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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10
RELIGIOUS READING.

GIVE KIND WORD WHEN YOU cAI.
Do you know heart that hungers
Fora word Of love and cheer?
There are many such about US;
It may be that one is near.
Look around you. If you find it,
Speak the word that's needed 80,
And your own heart may be strengthened
By the help that you bestow.
It may be that some one falters
= On the brink Of sin and wrong,
And word from you might save him
Help to make the tempted strong.
Look about you, o my BROTHER
What sin is yours and mine
II we see that help Is needed
And We give no friendly sign.
Never think kind words are wasted,
Bread on waters cast are they,
And it may be we shall find them
Coming back to US some day.
Coming back when sorely needed,
In time of sharp distress;
So, my friend, let's give them freely;
Gift and giYer God will bless.
1.-THE Housewife.
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Costly Metals.

Some rare metals possessing special
qualities arc required for certain work.
Thus, palladium is used in making some
parts Of timepicces, and iridium for the
points of gold pens. Lithium is the
iightest Of metals. Rhodium is extremely
hard and brittle, and is only fusiblc at a
very high temperature, and iridium IS
the heaviest substance hitherto dis
covered. The uninitiatcd have no idea
of the value of these scarce products,
which are most of them far moro precious
than gold anil silver, us far as their
market value is concerned. Brooklyn
CHRsn.
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Heat Tests In n DeeD Well.

The first official test of the deep we'll
on Bogg's Run, Wheeling, w. Va, have
been made. A thermometer suspended
at the depth of 500 feet showed the
temperature of seventy-two degrees,
which was what was expected. At the
bottom of the we'll, however, at $500
feet, it registered 107 degrees. The
mercury was expected to go much higher.
1t is thought that possibly the tenpera-
ture at this depth varies for some un-
known reason. Some time ago when
the water was drawn up man put his
his hand in it, and found it painfully hot.
Boston I1uns scriDt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10
A Tiger Beats O Lion.

1t is popularity supposed that thc lion
is the most courageous and powerful Of
the carnivora, or at least of the felida
but on the few recorded occasions of a
battle royal between the lion and the
Bengal tiger the lion has come off second
best. One such combat occurred recent
ly at the Calcutta Zoo between an Afri-
can lioness and tigress. They are ex.
hibited in adjoining compartments of the
anme cage, and the door having been
carelessly opened between the two com.
partments, the tie ress rushed in and dis
posed of her rival in fight which lasted
about ten minutes. Forest and Stream.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10
A VARIED EXPERIENCE.

The Rev. Mr.. Behrends of Brooklyn has
had large experience and liberal training.
He knows many theologies, and can preach
each and all. He was baptized In the Dutch
Church, in Holland, where he was born;
was confirmed in the Lutheran Church, in
which his father was a minister; was con-
verted by the exhortations OF q Methodist
circuit-rider; began his ministry In the Bap-
tist church, In which be preached for ten
years. and then went into Congregational
Ism. After that, why should 1t be hard to
unite all these churches? Their confessions
could be kept separate, or melted into one,
as metals are in making BELLS Herald and
Presbyter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10

FIFTEEN years ago depositor in the
Second National Bank Of Monmouth,
ILL.,, drew some money, and as the
teller soon afterwards missed q SlOC
bill, it was suspected that the deposl'
tor had been overpaid. He denied the
accusation, but suspicion attached to
him until the other day, when car
penter, tearing apart on old counter IL
the bank, found mouse's nest, and IN
it the missing bill only a little mutt
lated,
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MY BACK YARD.

I left off school at ten year old,
B., But have my share or knowledge,
And I am educateder
t Than any chap from college;
Ideas have been tanned into me.
Jest billed and stewed in hard.
Jest baked in by the sun thet shines
In my backyard,
An believe it's Bible truth
If man wants to be wise,
Hes got to live out in the air
Beneath the open skies:
The tulip in the sunlight breaks
The earths skull, old and hard,
An tie SUN sprouts thoughts in my Of skull
In my backyard.
Take your brains out in the sunshine,
If you want your thoughts to sprout
Strong-stocked, purple-colored fancieS
Flowers er faith, not weeds er doubt:
Give yer bare brain to the sunlight,
Let its lances stab ye hard,
An yer'll fin some thoughts worth thinking
In my backyard.
There's thoughts thet's salted down IN oooks
Like salt pork in berrul,
An boysin school will eat the stuf
If rammed in by ferrule;
But new ultainted meat er thought
Thet don't digesS so hard,
Is foun out in the open air
In my backyard.
The power thet makes the parsnips grow
An sprouts the early grain.
Will start the tendrils or the soul,
An fertilize the brain.
So wash in a SUM- bath, an
1let her soak in hard,
An strong, red flowers or thought are grown
In my backyard.
The brightest thoughts fellow thinks
Are those ne thinks himself,
They amt in any book thets foun'
On any libr'y shelf.
No college president could think
If he thought long an hard.
Thoughts like the sun soaks into ns
In my backyard.
s. ". Foss. in Yankee Blade
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
WHAT A WOMAN SHOULD WEIGH.
A woman whose weight is

This table Is for women between
twenty and forty-five years of age. After
that they become heavier. A woman
should weigh but little less than man
in proportion to her weight Pittsburq
Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10
A RENovAToR OF FACES.

A Miss Sheppard who keeps a beauty
shop in London, is said to be making
money renovating the faces of society
women. She has been a masseuse, and
tisreby has acquired practical expert
euce. Her method is simple, and is tho
more commendable that, after the neces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10

IT is recalled of General Sherman
that he did not like broad story any
more than General Grant, OF whom
this anecdote is related: Some ona
in a company, where he was, pre- lent
began by way of preface, Il be ieva
there are no ladies present" No,
said Grant; "but there are gent4smenE
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& NATIVE OF Borneo sto:e hanas
mock belonging to an English MIS-
sionsry, and his chief sentenced him
to cot his plunder or lose his head
he was given seven days in which sG
tickle his palate with the oatft, and he
accomplished the feat. He Is now
@heau honest"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10

An oak log that waS recently sawed in
Henry Malcy's mill, near franklin, Ind,
haG hollow in which 1877 black snakes
had nested. The largest is said to have
measured sevcnty.cight inches in length.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
PERSONAL.

Henry +. Brueninger of 734 Thirteenth street,
who has been seriously i'll for the past three
weeks, is very much improved.
Mr.. James p. VOORHEES,, who has been visiting
Detroit and elsewhere in the Northwest, has re-
turned here much improved in health and
couraged by the recent success he has had with
his play, Tides
Associate Justice Brown, of the United States
Supreme Court, called the President yester-
day and thanked him personally for his ap-
pointment, 1t being their first meeting since his
nomination was sent to the Senate. He was &C
companied by Chief Justice Fuller and Associate
Justice Brewer.
Mr.. Sam Hudson, the versatile and prolific
journalist who has represented the Philadelphia
Bulletin here for the last eighteen months, has
gone to Harrisburg to keep his eye on the Penn
sylvania Legislature while it is in session. Mr..
Hudson knows more Pennsylvania politicians
than any other man in the business, and he is on
to all their tricks.
Mr.. L. w. Spear, of Duluth, Mimi. treasurer
of the Northwestern Investment Company, Wis.,
tied friends during the holidays in Washington.
Mr.. Spear is one of Duluths prominent capital
lists, and declares that in material advance in all
channels of commerce, manufacturing, trade,
| and realty Duluth and Superior have no equals
| in this country, and that a second Chicago is
building at the headwaters Of Lake Superior.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
ON VIRGINIA BATTnE.F1EnDs.
The Spot Where Senator Butler Lost His
Leg Located.

The Spot Where Senator Butler Lost His
Leg Located.
There is still a halo OF historic romance about
the battle-felds Of Virginia, and there is also
much room for historical research. Maj. j. IL.
Stne of this city, historian of the First Army
Corps, has been examining the battle-felds
around Stevensburg, Va, with view Of con-
ducting parties of Union and Confederate Off
GERS and others there in the spring. The fields
in question embrace that on which took place
Averill's great cavalry fight between the Rap
pahannock and Brandy Station before Chancel-
lorsville. This was the big cavalry fight In
June, when Hooker to use an Army phrase,
was feeling Lee at the time when the latter was
preparing to make his famous invasion of
Pennsylvania, which terminated with the decis-
i've battle of Gettysburg. The Confederates
have located the spot where Senator Butler, of
PSouth Carolina, lost his leg on the road from
Stevensburg to Brandy Station 1t was taken
off by solid shot from Union battery sta
toned near Stevensburg as Butler was riding
along at gallop. This spot will be visited by
Maj. Stne and party in the spring. The latter
says Gen. Butler was in the act of moving his
command in the direction of Brandy Station
when the shot was fired.
The historical party will also take n retro
spective observation of the movements of the
Army around Stevensburg in the winter of
1S63'64, just before Gen. Grant took command.
| They will visit Gen. Hancock IS old headquarters
on the mountain-top, with the cavalry forces
about him, in the following order: Gen. Davis,
near Hancock. at Dr. Grayson's; Fitzpatrick,
Just outside of Stevensburg, at Covington's
| Pleasanton, at Brandy Station, while Custer's
headquarters were at DR.. Barbour's, a brother
of Senator Barbour, of Virginia. The scene OF
these intricate and extensive cavalry operations
will furnish several interesting and valuable
chapters Of unwritten history, and the historical
party will comprise some of Washingtons most
distinguished military and historical characters
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
INDoRsED BY THE PEOPLE.
The Toast of Cardinal Lavigerie Struck
Fortunate Blow.

The Toast of Cardinal Lavigerie Struck a
Fortunate Blow.
Cardinal Lavigerie's declaration in favor of
the French Republic has received the support of
the Archbishop of Tours, Cambria, and Rouen,
and Of several bishops and other clerical dig
nitaries. In u recent interview with the Pope
Monsignor Fuzet, Bishop of Reunion, urged
that in the interest of the church the French
Catholic clergy ought to sever all connection
with the Monarchical party. The Monarchists,
he held, were now powerless to conserve or
found anything, while they were so far forget
ting the dictates of conscience as to resort to
the weapons of corruption and conspiracy.
In a letter to Cardinal Lavgerie Mgr. Fuzet
reports favorably as to the results of his inter
view with the Pope His Holiness has remarked
that the Republican clergy ought to be satisfied
with the sentiments of Cardinal Lavigerie's
toast. Mgr. Fuzet replied that Cardinal Lavi-
gerie had struck most fortunate blow in be-
half of the church, which could not identify the
cause of religion with opposition to established
government
Mgr. Fuzet's letter is countersigned by many
bishops, and is tantamount to definite sub
mission of large section of this clergy to the
Republican government. The Catholics pro-
posed holding an international scientific con-
gress here in April next, under the presidency
of Cardinal Richard.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
Indiana Republican Club.

The Indiana Republican Club met in their
rooms in the G. a. R. Hall last evening, aud
elected the following officers Hon. John G.
CLANCY, President; r. M. Nixon, Vice Presi-
dent; E. Finley Kitson, Secretary; George
Robertson, Financial Secretary, and Maj. L. P.
Williams, Treasurer, (reelected.) The presi-
dent-elect, Mr.. CLANCY, made an enthusiastic
address, 1t is the intention of the organization
to furnish suitable entertainments for its mem
bers and friends, and to that end the following
committee was appointed for the year: Capt
Thomas II. Mckee, Chairman; John R. Leonard,
f. Tibbetts, Giles Smith, Frank Morrison, j. B.
already actively engaged in preparing for re-
ception to take place some time this month.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
a Transaction in Boarding Houses That
Was somewhat Irregular.

A Transaction in Boarding Houses That
Was somewhat Irregular.
About a month ago a little Frenchwoman
arrived in this city from New Orleans, and after
looking around for while for q business
opening found that Mr. Alexander w. Harris
and Mrs. Sarah w Willis, who kept copart-
nership clearinghouse at 1903 and ll05 G
street, were desrous OF selling out. The house
was in good order and very well filled with
guests. Mrs. Ringgold. the Frenchwoman,.
concluded to take hold of the place. An agree
ment was arranged, and $4,000 was named as
the price, and to fix things in definite shape
Mrs. RiDggold paid $3.50 down, and agreed to
board aud room the pair and also to pay them
S25 month in addition. Things moved along
smoothly until about ten days ago, when
an agent of Mr.. W. o. Houghtou, the furniture
dealer, came ou the scene and demanded payment
from Mrs Rnggold for the furniture in the
house. which he claimed was sold on the in
stallment plan to the former proprietors, Mrs.
Ringgold refused to pay, and a suit was threat
eued. When the former owners learned of the
demands of Mr.. Houghton they attempted
to oust MIS- Ringgold and to take possession
of the house again. This did not suit Mrs.
Ringgold and she called In officer and made
known her troubles. The officer told her to
swear out u warrant for their arrest. and acting
on the advice she went to the District Attor-
ney's office and related her case. Assistant
District Attorney Mullowney advised her to
make it case OF conspiracy, and the warrant
was issued. Mr.. Harris was arrested yesterday
by Officer Hughes and gave bail, and about 8
O'Clock last night Mrs. Willis surrendered her
self, and Judge Miller at the Police Court ac-
cepted 81 900 iu each case. Mr.. j. IL. Ralston
was present as the representative of Mrs. Will
lis and Mr.. Harris, while ID. w. Classic is look
ing after the interests of Mrs. Ringgold.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
Beauty Jennie Not in the Will.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, Jan. 3.-The will of Selah
Chamberlain, the railroad builder, was probated
to-day in Painesyile, Lake County. Mr.. Cham
berlain left an estate valued at 81, 100000 on
low estimate He was a member of the Pres
byteran Church, and the only public bequest
he made, which was a small one, by the way,
was to the Lane Theological Sem
mary, at Cincinnati. The bulk of his
vast estate will go into the possession of two
nephews, SONS of his brother, who lived here.
The famous beauty, known as Jennie Chamber
lain before her marriage was his niece. Her
name is not mentioned in the will. She was
married year or two ago in England to a
wealthy man, and is now known as Mrs. Nay
lor-Leylan. She was always regarded here as
being special favorite of her uncle.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
THE woMAN's CLINIC.
Steady Increase of the Good Work-Addi-
tional Donations.

Steady Increase of the Good Work-Addi-
tional Donations.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of the
Woman's Clinic was held on Saturday night at
the residence of DR.. D. S. Lamb, 500 Tenth
street northwest. The report of the executive
officer of the clinic for December, DR.. Clara Bliss
Kinds, shows that seventy-three patients were
treated, a steady increase of the work The
efforts of the clinic have been supplemented by
additional donations. The ladies' sewing circle
of the clinic met last Saturday at the residence
of Mrs. E. e. Massons, S13 Twelfth street
northwest, for the purpose of making articles
for the sale at bazar soon to be held for the
benefit of the clinic.
DR.. G. r. Dufour is in attendance at the
rooms of the clinic, 1900 Fourteenth street
northwest, on Mondays and Thursdays from l
to 2 for the treatment of eye diseases; DR..
Amelia Erbach on Tuesdays and Fridays from
2 to 3; DR.. Clara Bliss Kinds, Wednesdays and
Saturdays from l to 2; DR.. Julia E. Smith, on
Mondays and Thursdays from 2 to 8; DIR. Ida j..
Heiberger, Tuesdays and Fridays from l to 2,
and Mondays and Thursdays from $50 to 7:30
p. NJ, and DR.. j. III. Bryan on Wednesdays
from 1:3O to 2:30. Miss Carrie S. Harrison,
Mrs. William A. Coppinger, Mrs. Elvira Bliss
Sheldon, and Mrs. William W. Heron were
added to the board of directors.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
Emergency Hospital Cases.

Mr.. w. H. Mclnterlf fell from his bicycle on
Eleventh street last night and severely cut his
chin, and DR.. Hall dressed it. Robert Hart
cut his hand badly while fooling with a thresh-
ing machine, and DIR. Middleton dressed his
wounds. Oliver Delphy, while under the in
iuence of liquor on Pennsylvania avenue, at
tempted to read temperance lecture to two
men whom he did not know. His argument
turned in and gave Delphy rough beating,
necessitating the attention of the doctors at the
Emergency to make him presentable for Sun
day outing. He will read no more lectures to
strangers
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
A Pleasant Coming-of-Age Party.

Mr.. Morris Hale, of the Disbursing Office,
Post Office Department, was twenty-one years
of age Monday, December 30, and host of his
friends, including the Pastime Musical Club, of
which he is a member, assembled at his mothers
house, 932 New York avenue northwest, to
tender their congratulations on attaining his ma
jorlty Among those present were Mines
Holmes, Pierce, Speer, Thompson, Smith,
Spang, and the Misses Curry, Marble, Miliigan,
Bessie and Ada Ashley, Raphael Ellis, Ward,
Hale, Stevens, and Mary Curley, of Baltimore;
also the Messrs. spang, Smith, Speer, W. s.
Brown, Kairnes Holmes, Pierce, Baur, O'Brien,
McCauley, Marble, Geible, Josette, Gallaher,
Ftch, stiles, Furman, West, and McEneny.
The Pastime Club rendered some of their
choicest music, and Mr. Spang, accompanied by
Mrs. Hale, sang some of his best songs in his
best style Mr. Morris Smith, fine old Eng
lish gentleman, and his wife, eomely hand
some, old lady, the grandparents OF the .'new
man. who celebrated their golden wedding
last October, were also of the party A fine
supper was served at 10 O'Clock.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
In Memory of Dead Comrades.

On Sunday evening next the members Of the
Washington Light Infantry Corps will observe
the beautiful custom of recalling at a special
meeting the memory of the comrades who have
died since the corps was organized. There have
been fourteen such deaths. The meeting
will be held at Albaugh's Opera House,
and DR.. Hamilton Leach and Mr.. Campbell Car
rington. There will also be an appropriate
sermon and vocal and instrumental music.
The exercises will be highly interesting and i'm
pressive. Each member of the corps will be
given ten invitations to the meeting for dstri-
button to their friends. Others who desire in
vtations may procure them on application to
the invitation committee, Maj. Dalton, Capt.
Allison Naior, and Sergt. Kennerly.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.
She Had Been Despondent and Took a
Dose of Rat Poison.

She Had Been Despondent and Took
Dose of Rat Poison.
Mrs. Frances Gibson, white woman of pre-
possessing appearance, about thirty years old,
committed suicide yesterday morning at her
residence, No. 1914 South Capitol street. For.
some time Mrs. Gibson has been despondent
because Of serious family aflliction and trou-
tract attention from the neighbors. Yester-
day morning she was seen about the
house as usual, but at noon was dis
covered in semi-unconscious condition by
some children. By her side was large quantity
of rough on rats, and with this she had ended
her life. Physicians were immediately sum-
moned, but before their arrival the poison had
taken such hold that it was impossible to do her
any good. She died about 1870 O'clock. The
coroner was notified and will investigate the
affair TODAY
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
Child Abducted by a Chinaman.

New YORK, Jan. 3-Au Fong, wily-look-
ing Mongolian, was arrested tonight upon a
charge of abduction, and was dismissed be-
cause of lack of evidence Fong inveigled
fourteen-year- old Mary Schawn into his room on
the top floor of the tenement-house 40 Bayard
street on Friday night. The police found
the little girl lying on the bed in a semi-dazed
condition. When she recovered she told the po-
lice that Fong had given her cup of tea soon
after she entered his room. After drinking the
tea she says her mind became blank, and she
cannot remember anything that transpired.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
CAN THIS BE TRuE2
Are There Men the Police Force Who
PLAY Poker?

Are There Men the Police Force Who
Play Poker?
The raid on the Traymore Club on f street
and the story of the police stumbling on hid
den wire, the simple touch Of which opened the
doors, is laughed at considerably by those in the
inner circles. sequel of the affair and pretty
good story in its way is related by gentleman
who paid the club visit. He was a stranger
in town and was invited to visit the place for a
"quiet game" He went there and was dunn
founded to see two tables going, clustered
around them being men in their shirt sleeves,
with pistols and nippers protruding from their
back pockets. "Hey, what is this /? Have l
struck cowboys meeting ?" he inquired. 'Oh,
no." replied his guide, ''they're all right. They
are policemen" No wonder, then, the hidden
wire was discovered.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04
THE ALLIANCE IN TOWN.
A Branch of the Citizens National Alli-
ance to Meet Here.

to Meet Here.
AT meeting held last evening at the Office of
the National Economist, ,on North Capitol street,
branch of the National Citizens Alliance was
organized. The Citizens Alliance and the
Farmers Alliance are practically one ard the
same organization, the only difference being
that the Farmers Alliance is confined wholly to
the agricultural districts and the Citizens Alli-
ance aims to organize in the large cities and
tewns. Both organizations are working for the
same measures of reform, etc. In Kansas
during the late election the Citizens Alliance
showed up with about $4,000 members,
among them are some of the most
enterPrising business men of the State
The Washington branch will be known as
Local Branch No. 4. The following were
elected officers: President, Mr. Herman Baum
garten; Vice President, Paul Il. Bowen; Secre-
tary, c. T. Walport; Treasurer, l.. p. Wild.
Meetings will be held twice each month, and
prominent speakers will be in attendance.
Among them will be several members of Con-
gress who are interested in the reforms that are
sought by the Alliance.