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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
FIERCE FOREST FIRES.
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan
All Ablaze.

All ADlaze.
Meagre reports from the vast district in
the central part Of Michigan show that that
section was the scene Of devastating forest
fires for three days.
These reports more than confirm the worst
fears, and show a widespread line Of disaster
not equalled since the great wood fires Of
1871. The fires burned down the tele-
graph lines, made railroading dangerous
and wiped out barns, houses, stores,
churches and mills, with millions upon mil
lions of feet of lumber and logs. A smart
gale swept the flames about at will.
The line of flames reached almost without
gan, to Iosco County, on Lake Huron, with
the forests Of Lake Osceola, Clare, Gladwin,
Ogemaw and Altoona, where General Alger
owns large interests all ablaze.
Another fire of scarcely less magnitude ex-
listed in the Upper Peninsula. The incline
OF the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
Railroad through Marquette. Houghton,
Baraga and O1tauagon Counties was in the
path of the flames Two railroad bridges
were burned on that line, and the telegraph
lines are in bad shape.
The flames swept into Oscoca and burned
out 100000 worth of property. Two houses
The Chicago and West Michigan station at
Shields, Mich, was destroyed by forest fires.
Eighteen Chicago and West Michigan freight
cars were burned at Liley Junction. At
Brightley, on the Chicago and West Michi-
gan road, 1000, 1000 feet Of logs, owned by
Dpnshem, Bolinder & Co., of Muskegon, were
destroyed.
Walkerville, small tow1. IA Oceana Coun-
ty. the terminus OF Buffers and Peterss log
g;ug road, was totally destroyed by fire. The
hotel, livery stable, stores, saloons, black
smith shop, andnearly all the dwellings went
up in smoke, with SEQ, 600 hardwood logs.
The inhabitants of Bear Lake, Manistee
County, vera burned out and compelled to
wade into the lake up to their necks to save
their lives. The long railroad bridge at
Sturgeon River was burned.
Late dispatches from several points said
that rain had fallen and the worst was
thought to be over.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
TEN COMMANDMENTS.

The Temperance Society of Odessa has pub.
lished In its Listok the following command.
ments: -,
l. Thou shalt try TO lead sober life.
=. Thou shalt not treat thy fellows with
spirituous drinks. -
s. Thou shalt not rent any part Of thY
house, thy store, or thy shop as . place for
the sale Of spirituous drinks. 10
4. Thou shalt not trade in spirituous drinka.
5. Thou shalt not engage In the man ufac-
ture OF ofintoIicsting liquors and wines of any
kind. -
s. Thou shalt preach against drunkenness. s
Z. Thou shalt persuade all thy friends and
acquaintauces to join the temperance society.
3. Thou shalt never repeat or circulate an
opinion in favor Of the drinking of intoxicat-
ing beverages. s3
9. Thou shalt do all that is In thy power TO
prevent others drinking intoxicating beverages.
10. Thou shalt watch the dolngs of those
who trade in spirituous drinks, and promptly
report to the authorities any Of their actions,
by which they criminate themselves, before
the law. x
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
HELPING iNEpa1ATEs.

John G. Woolley is hard at work on the lima
of practical tenn mperance. he thus outlines his:
plan: II want farm where can take lost
man who want another chance and gige.them
rest-no inebriate asylum, no institution
Just my hom,." The necesears; finds f9r this
enterprise have been guaranteed, and "ReSt
ISLAND will be reality in few months. IL
Is proposed to held large temperance mes.-
ing there July 15 to 90, to be followed by simi-
lar gatherings every Summer. The farm Will
be located in the southern part Of Minnesots,
the men will be provided with work, wholel
some food and good company, and Mr. Wooiley
and his friends expect that much good will be
accomplished in this way.-[WitnesS. it,
Dr. B. W. Richardson, President OF ths
Royal College Of Physicians, says: There
were $4,000 persons in the United Kingdom
who 6ied annually from alcohol, and that
yielded 150, 900 months of disease ct the very.
lowest. Was there any other disease 30 bad
in itself? No. Pulmonary consumption came
next, and it destroyed $4,000 less year.
Cancer destroyed only is, 900, and the various
kinds of epidemics taken together could only
produce twice the number Of deaths produced
by alcohol. They, as medical msn, knowing
the terrible results produc ID by alcohol,
ought, IS administrators Of health, to be tho
first to wipe on: waat they knew to be great
blot on their civilization s.,
DR.. Norman Kerr says: "When few yesrs
ago instituted an inquiry into tho causes
contributing to the mortality in tho pracsice Of
several medical friends. it was with tho
avowsd object Of demonstrating and exposing
the utter falstty of the perpetual teetotsl as
sertion that 5000 drunkards die every year
in the United Kingdom. Ihad not long pur-
sued this line OF inquiry before it was made
clear to me that there was little, II any, exsg-
geratioD. in these temperance, statistics. and
when asked to present the final results OF my
investigations, at the Last Social Science Con-
grass, was compelled to admit that at least
I20, 900 of our population annuslly lose their
lives through alcoholic ex :ess-40. 500 dying
from their own intsmperance, aud ~, 500 from
accident, violence, poverty, or disease arising
from the intemperance of others"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
EDISON'S CONJURY.
Wonders Which He Has i'm Store for
Musicians and Sports"

Wonders Which He Has in Store for
Musicians and Sports"
Thomas A. Edison arrived in Chicago.
When asked if he had an electric novelty in
store for the Columbian Exposition, he said.
II have thing in view, but tho details
are yet somewhat hazy. My intention is to
have such happy combination Of photo
graphy and electricity that u man can sit IN
his own parlor and see depicted on curtain
the forms of the players in opera on dis
tant stage and hear the voices of the singers.
When the system is perfected, which will be
in time for the fair. each little muscle OF the
singers face will be seen Ia WORK, every
color Of his attire will be exactly reproduced
aud the stride ana positions will be natural
and will vary as do those of the person him.
self
To the sporting fraternity l will state
that ere long this system can be- applied to
prize fights. The whole scsne, with the noise
Of the blows, talk, ETC., will be truthfully
transferred. Arrangements can be made to
send views o. tia mill Ia stock anil race
ticker" .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.
Five Men Killed by an Explosion in
an Oil Steamers Hold.

A terrific explosion occurred on a recent
morning at London, England, in the fore
hold Of the tank steamer Tahcarville, by
which FIVE lives were lost, thirteen persons
were severely injured and the steamer was
badly damaged.
The steamer is engaged in carrying bulk
oil from American ports, and was under
going repairs on the dry dock at Newport at
the time Of the explosion. It Is supposed the
gases which accumulate in the hold Of all oil.
carrying steamers was the cause Of the ex'
p1osion
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
TEMPERANCE.
ALCOHOLICS IN COOKING.

In these days when total abstinence IN h.
coming more popular, there Is a re neNed enort
W introduce alcoholics into cookery. II yoa.
PUG the devil out the door he fies In At a.
WINDOW, and If you put him out Of the vindov
ne dances down the chimney and sets his biue
ngass burning on the cook stove. Caterers
consider many Of their most delicate disbsa
incomplete without the smack Of Alcoholic,
ttney ty hide this devil in solution In their sher.
tssr Se IN a sneir pudding sauce, In their cakes,
lookout at restaurants, hote!s. Ind soscs,iss
tens. tN'eo "No Dauen--,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
THREE MEDICAL WITNESSES

Dr. Edgar Shepherd, Medical Buperintsn.
dent de- s Of colney Hatch Lu1ssio Asylum. ss,s:
frequently expressed as to the part played by
alcoholic intemperance in Its casual relation
to insanity. No doubt macy cases OCCUR In
which some mental disturbances, generated by
what Is termed moral oause-nofably loss o.
money or friends-leads In the first plaos To.
excessive inhibition, but am persuaded that
the prime mover Of all that IL dtssrranging u:
fntempersnce," 1@S=s
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scARc1 OF paper money in California
was shown when a Chinese curlo mercnant
refused to accept one dollar Treasury note no.;
from the President during his visit to Del,
monte in payment for sea shell, he coulo
not he persuaded that it was good money;
and the President had to exchange the bill
for silver dollar before the Chinaman
would let him have the trinket.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
HONDURANIAN REBELS.
Desperate Battle About the Quartet
at Amapala.

Desperate Battle About the Quartet
at Amapala.
Desperate fighting is reported from Anna
pala, in Honduras, bstween Government
troops and force Of rebels under General
Bardales and Colonel Molina.
The reh9ls made an unexpected attack OH
the cuartel at Amapala, and as the guards
were taken by surprise the insurrectionary
forces were soon in possession
Colonel Barrera, with detachment of
630 Government troops, were summoned AM
made desperate attack on the cuartel. Sc
we're fighting followed, which resulted In a
victory for Barrera, the rebels retreating
with heavy loss. General Bardales, one Of
the rebel leaders, was left dead on the field.
Amapala is situated upon the island Of
that name, and the rebels were driven to the
mainland Colonel Barrera has force OF
3OJ infantry and forty cavalry guarding the
island The rebels are besieglng the place,
and evidently intend to make another attack
as soon the reinforc,m which they arc
expecting arrive,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
a BOYS ESSAY on TOTAL ApsrNryos

The Australian Sund.y-School Teacher gives,
ne Following as boys essay on total absti.
Il abstain from alcoholic drinks because. ia
fwould excel as a cricketer, Grace says, ahl
STAIN; as walker, Weston says, abstain; a..
an oarsmaa, Hanlon says, 'abstaint Is SWIM
mer. Webb says, abstain; as misstonarr.:
Livingstone says, abstain; as doctor, Clark
says abstain. Asylums, prisons, and work.
houses repeat the cry, Abstainr ~ s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
FIFTY-FIVE DROWNED.
A Steamer Loaded With Colonists
FOundcrS-OnIy One Saved.

Foundcrs-Only One Saved.
The steamer Lucy Lowe has foundered in
the Straits of Juan de Fuca with fifty-five
colonists on board. The party, numbering
fifty-si1, left Tacoma, Washington, to settle
on land near the mouth of the Gueslahes
River, but were beaten back by high seas
and became short of food. John n. Grant,
Of Tacoma, the only survivor, returned with
the news. The entire party has been lost.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

EFFORTS of the Monte Carlo Bank tot
found a new gambling business 70 the tiny
republic Of Andorra have failed because OK
the objections Of the peasant citizens ana.
their protector, the Bishop Of UrGA. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

A SUBSCRIPTION list Is to be opened to
erect monument on the spot where Colum-
bus first Ian led on the continent. which ID
said to be in Honduras.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

SENATOR PEFFER wants oOU, ,UOO, ,UUU
new Treasury notes of the denomina.
ton of 81 issued. The Senator has
doubtless been doing business with
the sleeping-car porter since bis elso
kion. ----- - "-~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

UTICA TOWNSHIP, Ind, is in state Of ter
ror over the appearance Of drove Of wild
dogs which have already attacked one man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
Washington.

julius ERASMUS HILGARD, late Superin-
tendent of the United States Coast Survey,
died in Washington. He was born in Zwsi-
brucken, Bavaria, on January Z 1925.
THE Census Bureau issued bulletin on
mica production in the United States. The
production during the census year was con.
fined to New Hampshire, North Carolina,
Virginia and South Dakota and amounted
to n 500 pounds Of cut mica, valued at S5O,-
900.
SECRETARY BLAINE has called upon the
Consular officers of the United States for in
formation on local transportation in the
principal cities Of the Consular districts.
The State Department intends to publish
this matter in the Consular reports.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in the various de-
partments Of the Government located in
Washington to establish a pension scheme
for the benefit of suoerannuated clerks
The United States Supreme Court has af-
frmed the sentences of murderers Jugiro,
Wood, Smiler and Slocum to be electrocuted
in Sing Sing IN. " Prison.
The United States Supreme Court sustains
the Judgment of the Supreme Court Of Penn
sylvania against the Pullman Palace Car
Company in the matter Of the taxation OF
that company.
The Signal Office at Washington reports
an unusually low temperature with frost all
over the country.
PENSION COMMISSIONER RAUM estimates
that the expenditures for pensions during
the present fiscal year will be sll6, 000, 00J or
So 7b9, 900 less than the amount appropriated
for soldiers pensions.
THE Chief of the Bureau of Statistics re-
ports that the total values Of the exports of
domestic breadstuffs from the United States
during the month of April. 1891, wers Sl2,-
373, s97; April, 1890, l5,54s.9l2.
The State Department received notice that
the Italian Government has selected Cssare
Poma, now Consul at Boston, Mass, to act
as Consul at New Orleans in place Of Consul
Corte, recalled to Rome by his Government.
Foreign.
NINE. BLAvAT5KY, the noted co-founder
of the Theosophical Society, die1 in London.
England, recently, aged sixty. Her body
was cremated at Woking.
AT HardebecI, Germany, the wife of a
blacksmith named Homfeld while possessed
with religious mania, dressed her two chill
dren in white held them over vessel and
cut their throats, letting the blool fall into
the receptacle.
The Pacific expresss jumped tho track
near Sunbury, Canada. A man named Nc
Alpin was kllel ami four Others injure1.
Two cars were burned.
THE revolutionary movement in Honduras
has been quelled.
THE Swedish bark Helega was wrecked OH
Newfoundland and eleven lives were lost.
FOURTEEN persons were burned to death
in fire which destroyed seventeen houses
in the hamlet Of Kotzon. on the island Ok
Wallir, off Stettin, Germany.
THERE is financial panic in Portugal:
the Government granted sixty days delay in
the payment of oil obligations.
The House of Commons expelled Captain
verney, who was recently convicted of inn
morality.
A GILLIAN man-of-war defeated by an
Tnsurgent cruiser, went into Callao for re-
pairs. The Peruvian authorities refused to
allow her to make the repairs and fit out
AGAIN
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD,

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION RECORD.
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dent made brief reply, and Messrs. Wana-
maker and Rusk delivered short addresses.
The party then retur ned to the station. The
pupils ct the public and private scEoc Is
were congregated at several points along the
line of march, and as the Presidents carriage
approached the children sang patriotic songs.
To each company of pupils the President ex-
pressed his THANKS. Mountains of flowers
were presented to Mrs. Harrison AMI the Ia
dies of the party. The Presidential party
spent an hour in Pueblo, Col, that after
noon. After Mayor Hamilton had informally
welcomed the President to Pueblo the party
were escorted to the Mineral Palace, a short
halt being made en- route to allow the Pres:-
dent to review the pupils Of the public
schools. At the Eighth street station, where
3 temporary platform had been erected, the
President made an address.
President Harrison and his party reached
Denver on the morning of the twenty-ninth
day of the tri p mono the worse for an acc:-
dent at Colorado Springs where they slept
in the vestibule train. None Of thu party
was in the accident, though it was rumored
for time that the President had been hurt
He had concluded his speech from
the hotel balcony and was holding
reception in the parlorS with Mrs.
Harrison, while Mr.. Wanamaker was
speaking when the porch below the balcony
gave way beneath the weight of the crowd
that was pressing into the pariors Thirty
men and women were thrown into the area
below the porch, distance of eight feet. A
scene OF great confusion enSued. Cries for
help were heartrendng. However. all were
soon rescued and no one was found to be
dangerously injured. The President and his
friends were received at Denver by the Gov
ernor. Senators Teller and Wolcott and a
tremendous crowd of.cheering people. That
afternoon Mr.. Harrison and other members
of toe party made speeches from stand on
Lincoln avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16

other way, you will see a rough granite
building with Doric columns and portico
to it. 1t reminds me of Greek temple
which I once lived in while in Europe ac-
quiring that polish which is SO noticeable
In my manner and carriage since came
back. 1t is more noticeable in my carriage,
think, than anywhere else.
This is Pilgrim Hall. 1t is not the first
and original Pilgrim haul. but we will not
dwell on that Before entering let us wipe
our feet carefully on the grass at the road
the scraper at the door. Upon the pediment
of the porch you will see a fine allegorical
group in demi-relief representing the land
ing of the Pilgrims. One of the Adamses
is just stepping ashore with spiral cane
and concordance. Others are following
him.
GOT A NEW PLYMOUTH ROCK.
The building was erected in 1924, but II
years ago it was thoroughly gave over and
at great expense refurnished and refitted
and nice new Plymouth Rock that had not
been used was put in the place of the old
one, which was much out of repair. The
name Plymouth Rock was suggested to the
Pilgrims by Rutherford B. Hayes, an elder
ly man who came over on the Mayfiower to-
gether with uew school of large Percheron
hens. These hens he called the Plymouth
Rocks, and as it was rule among them, and
one to which they strictly adhered, never to
cackle till they had laid an egg, this
wonderful Characteristic of keeping faith
with the public so endeared them to the
Pilgrim Fathers that their name is forever
identified with the place where they first
set foot upon the soil of America
Inside we find very good picture Of Oil
yer Cromwell, from kodak study by Sir
Edwin Landseer. Of Cromwell 1 can only
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
PUMPING OUT SHOALS.
Interesting Process by Which Dia-
mond Reef Is Being Removed.
SKIMMING THE SEA FOR FOOD,
ROund-Shouldered People Can Straighten
Up by Simple Exercise.
TAKING COLD BATHS IN THE MORNING
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH


One of the most useful pieces of apparatus
now used in the removal of dangerous shoals
is the sand pump. This pump is of the CEN
trifugal type, provided with a long suction
pipe, and it comes into play when the re-
moval of the softer materials that may form
part of the reefs and shoals being operated
on is required. Through the long suction
pipe stream of water mixed with sand and
powders is drawn, which rapidly removes
all such matter from the neighborhood ofits
operation.
This pump constitutes a D. rt )fan extern
sive plant carried by a scow detailed to effect
the removal of the Diamond Reef one Of the
most dangerous shoals in New York Harbor.
The operations of the scow are four-foId,
and consist of drilling in the rock, hoisting,
sounding and sand-pumplng. The drill bars
are introduced into tubes suitably placed
and worked from drilling engines on the
upper deck of the scow. They accomplish
their work by their own impact, exactly as
in drilling an artesian well, the tubes acting
as guides. In this way holes of any desired
size are bored rapidly. Cartridges charged
with dynamite or othe rexpIosive are placed
in tee holes and exploded by electrical de-
tonators after the scow has been withdrawn
to a safe distance, the charges having been
placed in the holes by a diver After the
explosion derricks on the deck of the scow
are brought into use. Divers are sent down.
who load the rock upon Platforms whence
it is hOiSted to the surface and dumped into
the scow, to be removed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
To straighten the Shoulders.

Round shoulders are so Objectionable from
every point of view that any practicable
and easy way of preventing them should be
widely made known. A cotemporary
states, however, that those who have round
shoulders may make themselves shapely
and healthy if tn ey will but bestow u little
trouble and perseverance on the process.
This consists i'll going through the simple
and easily performed exercise of raising
ones self upon the toes leisurely in a per.
pendicular position several times a day. A
perfectly upright position must be taken,
with the heels together, and the toes at an
angle of 45o. The arms must be dropped life
lessly by the side, perfectly relaxed, the
chest must be drawn to its full muscular
capacity and the chin will be drawn in The
further instructions are to slowly rise up on
the balls of the feet to the greatest possible
height, thereby exercising all the muscles OF
the legs and body; then to come into a
standing position without swaying the body
backward out of the perfect line. Repeat
this exercise persistently and good effects
will soon be noticed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
A STORY OF THE STAGE.

THE DISPATCH has been especially for
tunate in securing for its readers a story
from the popular actress and author EMMA
v. SHERIDAN. 1t is entitled "Freda Soma
day, or In the Footlights' Glare and Shad-
ows," and will commence next Sunday
1t is a story of theatrical ife-brilliant and
engrcssing in manner-truthfully descrip-
tive in its treatment of incidents behind the
scenes-neither heightenfng nor destroying
the popular illusions. and Possessing great
excellence of plot and Characterization. 1t
is a clean and polite story, although it intro
duces oontrastingly good and bad person.
ages, and embodies a realistic account of the
actual experience of actresses.
Miss Sheridan is a writer of ability. She is
daughter Of General George v. Sheridan,
an accomplished actress and q beautiful
young lady. Most of the literary matter put
forth as from the pens of actresses is fraud
ulent, for 1t generally consists of their ideas
formulated by professional writer's. Miss
Sheridan's work is wholly original, and her
published sketches, poems and stories have
been highly successful.