The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-08

messag ge to 60 from one end of the At.
lantic cable to the other.
Montana is larger than the Empire
whole Austrian Empire, by 10000
square miles; and New Mexico is
larger than Great Britain and Ireland
together.
A movement has recently beeu start
ed to provide an asylum for the insane
in Japan, there being none in that en-
pire. The afflicted ones are i'm prisoned
II their own homes.
ingalls,, of Kansas, says the deca-
logue and golden rule have no place in
politics, but John Bright maintained
that national morals should be the
same as private.
During the past fiscal year the South
ern Presbyterian Church raised Sll2,-
951.49 for foreign missions, which is
So, ,34 in excess of any former year.
This church employs 1876 missionaries
in the foreign field, of whom eleven
have been sent out this year.
CALCUTTA, Jure 1G.-The Times of
India asserts that over one-third of the
pilgrims who 20 from Bombay to Nee
ca never return that they die; owing
to over-crowding on the steamers, or
owing to disease. The Times calls on
the government to inquire into the mat
ter.
First Citizen docking over the pa
per:) II see there is considerable ac-
tivity in naval circles"
Second Citizen: "Ah, indeed What
have they done?"
"Eight more vessels have been con-
demEeG. ."-New York Weekly.
Six ministers were expelled from the
Reformed Presbyterian Church on
Wednesday, June 10, by action Of the
Synod at its session held in Pittsburg,
Pa. The accused ministers had eX-
pressed their dissent from the rules of
the denomination which prevents its
members from taking part in elections
or other political affairs. The vote of
the Synod stood 95 for expulsion and
81 against expulsion.
Samuel Small, who was received on
trial in the Colorado Conference one
year ago, was dropped from the roll at
the session of that Conference last
week. Whatever may be the merits
of this case, it teaches one lesson SO
plainly that none of our churches or
colleges should fail to learn it once for
all. Men who come to us from abroad
should always receive due cOnsidera-
ton, but should never be hastily
pushed into prominent and response
ble positions. "Lay hands suddenly
on no man" n."-New York Christian
| Advocate.
DR.. Seaver, of Yale College, Profes-
sor of Athletics, Informs the public
that the students of Yale who indulge
| in tobacco-smokinga are inferior III phys
ical vigor and mental ability to those
who do not. He publishes the results
of eight years investigation. His con-
clusiOns are that smokers have less
lung power, less discriminating capaci-
ty, are of less bodily weight, and even
of less height, and their muscular and
nervous power is notably less; also
that in intellectually they are inferior
to the anti-smokers. Ofthose students
who within given time have received
junior above dissertations, only five
| pei CGlll. lCSSitSo "PPoias
nents of any kind.
So thoroughly convinced is DIR.
Seaver, and SO convincing are his de-
monstrations, that he is able TO say
that seventy per cent. OF the senior
class do not smoke: the leading athletes
do not, and mot Il single candidate
for the rowing crew is u smoker" Yet
nine out of ten of the well-dressed boys
we meet in the city of New York,
many of them going to and from
school, are smoking cigarettes.
Another found delusion has been
shattered by the relentless data of
science. Whiskey has long been re-
garded as of value in the treatment OF
pneumonia, but u comparison OF the
results attained in different hospitals
by its use in this capacity shows that
it's employment is not desirable. 1t
is found that in the New York hos
pitfalls IS per cent, Of the pneumonia
patients die under alcoholic treatment,
while in London, at the Object Les
son Temperance Hospital, only . per
cent. dic-N. Y. Com. Advocate.
PRAYING FOR A DEAD CARDINAL.
MIR. Spurgcon referring to the prayers
the Romish Church had requested for
Cardinal Wiscman after his death,
said: "Now 1 don't pretend to know
where the cardinal had gone to, but it
was evident that his own people
thought he was not very comfortable
where he was, or they would not have
been so anxious to pray ior his repoSe.
If that was the case with one OF the
princes of the Romlsh Church, what
are we to expect with reference TO It's
ordinary members ,"
CIIINA.-The recent attack on the
foreign missions at Nankin obllglng
the missionaries to fly for their lives,
has been followed by similar violence
in other parts of China, The officials
of the country ostensibly condemn and
oppose these riotous acts ; but whether
they will do 50 effectively is doubtful.
The outlook for missionary work, at
least for its present extension, in Chi
ia, is clouded.
Joseph Howard in recent issue Of
the Boston Globe, speaks as follows of
the reckless extravaganza Of to-day in
New York:
Was there ever i season when SO
much money was spent us this: l
doubt it. The touch-and-go eNtr.va-
gance of war times, when shnddy J.
ruled the roost, was nothing like 1t.
In all circles Of society and in all
walks of life money flows as water.
Every channel of trade is swollen.
And yet over 3,GOO,00 people in This