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BEER DRINKING AND HEART DISEASE.

It is said that disease Of the heart is very
prevalent in Munich, where the consumption
of beer amounts, on the average, to 565 Itres
per head annually: andin the same place the
duration of life among the brewing trade Is
shorter than that Of the general population.
the latter is $50 years, that Of alehouse keep.
ers ia 31.35 years and Of brewers 2.33 years.
The same note adds that for the whole Of
Germany the annual consumption Of beer
per head amounts to IS litres, but Ior Bar
varia it is 200 litres.-London Lancet
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-02
HUMAN IN ARMS.
-China,s Most Turbulent Province in
Open Revolt.

~China's o Turbulent ProVihce III
Open Revolt.
Intense excitement prevails at Shanga J.,
China. The course OF events is tending to-
ward a great civil war. Foreigners In
China ara in extreme peril.
The chief Of the great secret society Of the
Kaloa Hui has been arrested in the French
Concession at Shanghai. h Viceroy at
Nankin has ordered him to be tortured, hop
ing that he will betray his a~ccomplices. II
not he is to be beheade3.
The whole province o. Human is in a state
of siege and open revolt. Sedit:ous piacards
are posted everywhere:
The European Ministers at Pekin are
seemingly Indifferent. The Chinese Minis.
rers and officials fraternize with them. call
them friends, banquet them and ct up tetes
for them every wees.
As q result of this the foreign residents in
China are furious. Their Indignation Is ne.
yond expression, because OF rhs mraanes;":
chose .'dipiomarists.' who are forgetting
their dut.: TO their own coantrvmsa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-02
ALCOHOL CONQUERED GOLD
John r. Mines Dies in the Workhouse,
Blackwells island.

DlASA VIGIL otNlAu
John r. Mines, better known as "Felix
Oldboy," the name he wrote under, died a
few days 81 in the workhouse on Black
wells Island. New York City, from alcohol
ism. Mr.. Mines was born in Troy in 1886,
was graduated from Trinity College, and
from the General Theological Seminary, in
New York City. Although ordained an
Episcopal minister, he was all his life a
journalist, Int under the name Of "Feiix
Oldboy" he was well known all over the
country. Some time ago MIR. Mines, who
was a confirmed d%runkard, placed himself
in the hands of DR.. Kelley, to be treated by
the alleged gold cure' method. Mr.. Mines
wrote many articles advocating this cure for
drunkenness, his last appearing in
the North american Reuiey. Unfortunately
for the reputation OF this cure" MI:
Mines was arrested Tor being drunk, INT
was sent to B%lackwel's Island. When he
arrived there he was taken with a fit,
several Of which followed in quick sue.
c~ession, from the last Of which he died in
the workhouSe hospital.
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EOreicn.

The British steamer Lux was burned a
sea a few days ago, of N%egropont, in the
Egean Sea. The total number OF persons
who perisned by the disaster is placed at
twenty.
The polling in Cork, Ireland for a sue
cessor to Parnell in the House OF Commons,
resulted in the probable election Of Mr..
Flavir, the McCarshyit. candidate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-02

TIE census OF the Navajos OF California
shows rhe tribe to number 18, !02, while
their neighbors, the Moquis, number 1900.
Seventy scholars are in attendance at the
agency school. The Navajos are a very rich
uribe Of Indians, owning over l, 500, 600 sheep,
over /, 900, OO0horsss and ponies and over TO-
900 cattle. They also have several thousand
goats.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-02
The drunken Justice Of the Peace

The drunken Justice Of the Peace
in Kansas City who sold his whiskers
at auction for $500 has been re-
moved from Office, fined $50, and sem
fenced to thirty days in jail. He.has
done much in his way to advertise
Kansas City, but his. day Of useful
ness is over. The only thing left for
him to do is to emigrate to some
place a few hundred miles west OF
San Francisco and grow up with the
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country.

A COMPANY organized to run coaches
from Chicago to the Worlds Fair is
going to employ women as conductors,
but it won't work. Why, it would
take a woman all the way from Lake
street to the Calumet to find her
pocket and make change for the first
passenger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-02

THE United States F1sa ComndIssIon re:
ports that the experiments made In 1889 and
1890 with trout in the waters Of the Yellow
,toue National Park have been successful.
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SABBATH school,.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON F0R'
NOVEMBER 20.
Lesson Text: Christ Before Plate
John xix, 1-t6-Golden
Text: Romans
iy., 25.

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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

SN
Ex-Governor J. GREGORY SMITH, Presi-
dent of the Vermont Central Railroad, died
a few nights ago at his home in st. Albans.
VT, Of heart disease. He was born In st.
Adams on July %, 1918.
Two men were blown to pieces aud eight
others seriously injured by a premature blast
which occurred seven miles from Hastings,
Cambria County, Penn.
Two Pennsylvania girls Of ten and twelve,
named Kung, averted a terrible railroad &C.
cident on the Pittsburg and Youghiogheny
Railway a few nights ago. They u n a
telegraph pole across the track, n by
swinging a lantern stopped the train.
TEE Cory PENN National Bank has
been closed by the Bank Examiner. The
capital stock is 500, 900; the deposits are
close to $500, 900.
CHARLES CHIFTENFORT, O young man en-
ployed as a collector and delivery man for
The Weise Produce Company Of Ringers
town, Penn, has disappeared, taking with
him valuable papers and money to the value
OF s12, 200.
THE statement Of the Bank Superintend-
ert, Charles M. Preston, on the Ulster
County IN W Savings Bank shows that its
assets are eighty-ive per cent. OF the la
bilities.
New YORK CITY is seriously threatened
with a water famine. Eve inches Of rainfall
are needed to restore the reserve in the
reservoirs to che normal. The drought in
New Hampshire is drying up the wells, and
several mills have been compelled to shut
down. The water supply of Fftchburg.
Mass, is so low that the City Counci! has
been petitioned to shut of the supply from
manufactures.
cpr.r oot;y;ty in fttino war shinS for sea
continues at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, y.
Y. Washington officials say the work has
no special signifcation.
MRS. W. J. WILLIAMS, whose husband
and son were killed in the mine accident at
Nanticoke, Penn, died several days after
ward of a broken heart.
MoScURE ROBINSON, one of the pioneers
of railroad construction in this country, died
a few DAYS ago in Philadelphia, in. his nine
tieth year. His great work was the build
ing OF the Philadelphia and Reading road.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17
Aarirulturf.



From The New Dairy We gather soDe
facts about ie,dirg which gill Interest our
readers Nj. Appl,tob says the secret Of
feeding to improve the qualily Of the milk,
ss veil a. 10 iucresse the quspiiiy, consists
in srsduslly Increasing The quantity q rich
icod. from wck 10 week. ~ The coz may
be able 10 take Il. OF perhaps. continuing
high feeding wheat any increase for some
time Well,bred COWS which are capable
Of ultimately yielding large products diilsr
much iu respect 10 The time required Ia
training lhsm. He names bis Gov Euro,
tisams. which, after bel first calf. Vas able
TO take the msiimum quantity " food ht
oIee sld soon produce over twenty pounds
OF butter ia q week. Auother COW SINH
larry bred could lot. after her second calf
take hslf as much food ss the fret one,
and Was only able to yield about fourteen
pounds Of bntier IN any week that year,
the next year the did better, both IN guam
tiiy Of food taken and Ia ptody ct Of bat.
ter but the nett year sitter that e. o, after
her fourth calf, she was able to consume
the maximum ration and produce about
twenty four pounds VI butter in a week.
Eurotisama's feed was also carefully noted.
from the beginning TO the end OF the test,
il would be tGdions and OF little use TO
give here the Details NJ they were not
much varied from week TO week, excepting
at long periods. or for some special reason
OF Der condition. She began with twenty
four pounds Of grain per day, OF onethrd
each corn meal. ground oats and wbest
middliDgs This was reduced after a
month to tweniy'one pounds. in the same
p roportions, which. for most OF the pc.
riod thereafter, continued TO be the ration.
1t was, however, occasionally raised and
dropped again for several reasons. At the
end OF the fourth week, bran was sutsti.
tuted for midllngs. and continued with I'D
vantage in the change. The grain wa in,
yariably mixed with cold water. and some
portion Of the ration was generally spread
upon bay or sisge. What is safe, sui'
ficient and economical ration for a COW?
Mr.. Appleton says it is estimated that any
well bred Jersey cow that is, one in whose
pedigree, close up to her, are to be found
great performers in butter, and one tina, is
of mature age, and in good condition, may
be trained to produce at least fourteen
pounds Of butter within seven days, on
the following ration, viz Eighteen
pounds OF grain, OF equal parts corn meal,
ground oats aud wheat bran or middliDgs
Substituting occasionally, perhaps, one
pound OF oil meal or pea meal in equal
quantity by weight for the corn meal and
pasture, hay or silage at discretion.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

The custom is 10 seed 10 the spring, but
this is not natures season for this work,
and The Milestone suggests, what has
proved ,uectseiul, the seeding TO cltve 10
the fall, after the warm days are passed
Ii may follow on wheat stubble, or even 4
corn crop Usy be grown obd the clover
" ed put IN after corn, provided the corn
is removed ~ soon as i, il cured, aud the
clover will thrive better and heavier
stand be secured frum the fact that the soil
may then be specially prepared Tor 1t, ar
is done for any other crop, by ploHing the
lsnd, narrowing u fiue aud brushing The
seed 10. No stable manure should be sp
piled, for fear Of tue seeds Of weeds, but
We cd e.hes or lipe should br used 10 The
fall. with plaster at the rate 81 100 p, npds
per acre, in tie spring. Tue C overseed
should be covered but very little, bfusb'
Jog over the soil being sufficient. BY this
method a crop can be grown 90 sandy
soils, and IL viii make sufficient gfo.th
during the cool 9eslher Of autumn to be-
come we'll rooted, aud 10 the spring 1t will
start vigorously. with oil the advantages
10 iis favor OF making uniform stand.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

Never salt meat until the hogs have
hung long tnough foI the meat TO become
entirely cold all the way through. For
b rreled pork the brine should be as salt
as 1t can be made-so strong that there
will always be salt undissolved IN the bar
rel. Cut into pieces Of convenient size
and pack them in rings on their edges.
Fill all intersiIces and cover each layer Of
meat with salt. Theu ponr in oil the
strong brine the barrel iii hold aud keep
it filled. For side bacon The usual plan lie
first TO rub each piece With salt and then
pack skin side down Gu platform covered
with salt As soon es ole layer is down
cover 1t with salt std ut another on Il
and SO ,rc coed piInR It up US bigh us
convenient. Overhaul. rub and repack II
from three to |, VI limts uuiil 1t is we'll
sailed ,hruulb The time It must remain
Will depeld On he thickness II he meat
and the ten peraiure q the packing place.
In extremely cold weather third longer
time may be required There is no danger
Of 9, ting picked polk or heavy fat sides
too salt. For the bams, pickle should be
made just etrol 6 enough to barely float an
egg. Into this STIR enough brown sugar
or molsts,s 10 We ii y slightly sweet taste
Ii the weather is moderate, hams that
from eight to Twelve pounds may be taken
out for smoking ia from three to four
weeks. In hard freezing weather aud for
large hens longer time will be required,
varying from four to seven weeks.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17
I Shall Make a Speciality OF
Jobbing of All Kinds
T I N r 90 z I N q +,
FAVE lBoU6HlNG.
PLUMBING In LEAD OR IRON
PIPE.

Dealer in Lead and Iron Pipe Of all Sizes and
Salt Glazed Sewer Pipe and Fitiinge for same,
Sinks, PUMPS, Clothes Reels. Clothes Horses
Wash Tube and Boards, Churns, Granite lion
Ware, Holowware, Glassware, Baikets. MIN
Cans Of all sizes, in fact all such goods as are
kept in my line Of business.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

The Shr, pshires unquestionably have ct
present the right OF way. especially 10 The
we.i, on account OF their size ADD their
weight Of f.ece But IS respects the
quality OF mutton. hsfdiness Ind yigor OF
constitution. easy keeping. pert elton OF
form, uniformity AID depsi'y of fleece. to
say nothing Of purity Of blood aud long
established uniformity Of type snd rehoe'
meut Of symmetry. The South Downs are
superior to sll other breeds for New Egg
Land. ssys correspondent Of the Kura'
New Yorker. Az regards lands oil inferior
quality. j, is perfectly certain that the
occnpiers or osners will hnd the South
Down more profitable than shy q the
larger varieties. cross'bred sorts Al ife'
quenily yield more profitable results Tor
the time being bot they eanno' stamp
their cbsrsc,erisiics on the Inferior STOCK
ne The cid aud pure blood slssys does.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17
G. A. LAWRENCE,
TINSMITHASpPL LUMBER

! dssire my customers 90 bear IN mind that
quality 10 ai~aysA consideration With me As well
ls price viii not be snderroid when this 10
consider
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

The gsester part Of fruit trees have their
heads formed too high, They should be
Low and then their branches would 10 .
degree protect their ,rnnks from the snr.
the trees would be better In many ways
and the fruit could be more easily gsiher'
ed. according 70 . correspondent Of The
Farmers Review.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17
Nothing Else


equais Ayers fi3a ~ stAmalaiiae iafIlt
grrf. strengthening diFesi1on. ana fcgu'
lauhK llle Aeilea a tlie bowels Ibey cuas
tain na n6Antuti. ne ang pihef iniarlwes
afsr. hus are oampoaed = he artife lalpta'
t2cf a TIE best teretstiie eAilariacs.
~twasa fneefef Dor years frum dYsrepsls
ard iifrf tFuslsiat and fegsmd permanent
riiei anti oamfpeuoed taking Ayers Pills.
Jsey have effected 3 complete cure -
GoogFs Mecnty. Malia walla. WI
Mheafycr ! am troubled villa co,stra-
iion, a. suffer fipm loss q appetite. Ayers
fl.ls sci the Yighl sGzin a. klstf. Jr.
Hoes Iuaes, Va.
~Tnt l5e cure a heAdache Ayers Ca
ihsftie rilis arc the mos, elective medicine I
ever used - n X James. norrheStef Mass.
Two hults q Ayers Pills cured me- 4
severe headache iFom nhich vas long sai.
iorer - Emma Reyes, fahbArdsion. Conn.
Ayers Pills,
rnrrANEn ~
DR.. J. C. AVER a CO., Lowell, Mass
sold ~ "a Dealers In Medicines
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co N Y z A

A suretcure for SPAWN, splint, Curb, Ringbone
Thorough pin, Capped Hook. Shoe Boil and all
engagements on or around the joints 81 horses
limbs. II your horse is suffering from any Of the
above troubles. or lame from any cause whatever
try CONYZA, for CoSyzA never fails TO affect a
euro II cure is possible. And it costs only 75c
bottle. s@ld by all druggists. Pamphlets sent
free. Address, CohYZA MANUFACTURE
CO. Claremont, N. II. sam
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-07-03
Costly Postage stamps.

Some stamps are quoted at big prices.
The rarest of French stamps, that of one
franc, orange color, issue of 1S49, is worth
ninety dollars new and twenty-five dollars
if cancelled. The first Hawaiian stamp
issued, with figures instead of design. is
currently exchanged for 5000 bill, if in a
good state Of preservation. The stamps
of Reunion Island in 1852, one for fifteen
the other for thirty confines, both on sky
blue paper and printed with ordinary
types, are worth more than 5000 for the
two.
But the rara avis is that of the Isle of
Mauritius, 1850. Whether it is red OF blue
Cancelled or not Cancelled, so long as it bears
the word ''postoffice' in English, it brings
$500. Between stamps quoted at such high
prices and those obtainable for a halfpen-
ny there are plenty Of a good average kind
worth from twenty cents to a dollar. The
Mexican Guadalaxaras, white, half real,
1867, and Cancelled, are worth fifty dollars;
the English Guianas, round, black or yell
low, 1850, are worth ffty-five dollars; the
telegraph stamp of Bavaria, 1870, is worth
fifty dollars if it is new, twenty dollars if
Cancelled. Chicago Herald.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-07-03
Well Finished.

Eliphalet Duncan, or "Uncle Liph," as
he was familiarly called by his relatives
and friends, possessed what he termed a
sphilosophizin' mind" which stood him
in good stead on many occasions. "What's
the sense O. worritin' over things that VI
happened?" he used to say. e'Jest view
'em over careful an you'll most allus find
they've got side you kin dwell on an
take some comfort out'n it,"
lie had his share of discomforts and
trials, but he was a "well to do" man, and
some OF his less fortunate neighbors said
that If they were as forehanded as Uncle
Llph 'twould come easier to bear up under
things"
He had lived in one house ever since his
marriage, when very young man, but
when ne was about sixty years old the old
house was getting SO dilapidated that he
mad new one built on lot of land which
commanded a better view of the hills He
also built a new barn, which was well
stored with hay and grain. Much new
furniture was bought, and Uncle Liph and
his wife. with their one unmarried daugh-
ter, We're to move over to the "new place"
in October
The last of September the Duncan family,
together with many friends went to the
county fair, which was held eight or nine
miles away. Latein the afternoon a boy
arrived at the fair and announced to Uncle
Liph with Mortified gasps that his new
barn had caught fire, nobody knew how,
and the only neighbor who had staid at
home had been making fruitless attempts
to put out the flames.
When the Duncan family arrived at the
site of what was to have been their new
home in week or two the barn had been
entirely destroyed and the house was rapid
ly burning.
The next morning a farmer driving slow
ly past the scene of the confagration espied
Uncle Liph seated on the stone wall, in
Illuminating attitude. He turned round as
he heard the sound of wheels, and said
slowly, "I'm Viewin' my ruins, We seel'
"Well," said his friend, with some en-
ergy, "Pm bound to say, Uncle Liph, eff l
was in your shoes, 1 shd find it consd-
duble of a stump to philosophize over this
mess"
''Ye-es,'' drawled the afflicted Ehphalet,
tbs more difficult N usu'l, butt" he add
ed, Frightening little, cts all fer the
best, in course; an, then, jest see what
complete job it's; there amt anythin' left
with speakin' Of except ashes; an ye'know
l allus was great hand t. like things fin
ished up, without any shilly-shallyin' or
half way workP'-Youth's Companion.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-07-03
Study These Out,

The familiar query, If Dicks father is
Toms son, what relation is Dick to Tom?
is easier of solution than the other one
closely allied to it, which runs as follows:
A man standing before portrait says of it:
Sisters and brothers have I none
Yet that mans father is my fathers son.
What relation is the speaker to the per-
son depicted in the portrait? The answer
is often given that the portrait represents
the speaker himself, when, as matter of
fact, it represents the speakers son.-New
York Tribune.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-07-03
Clean Money.

Tt must have been noticed by most peo-
pie in this vicinity who have much occa-
sion to handle money that the cleanliness
of the bills in circulation, especially of the
smaller denominations, has deprecated
within a few years. A new bill is seldom
seen; clean ones are rare, and the public
are forced to handle and carry upon the
person paper money which is exceedingly
worn, dirty, and even foul.
The remedy for the present state of
things is in the hands of the people, SO far
as the people are represented by the banks.
The treasury department is always ready
to give clean bills or certificates for soiled
ones, and offers to the banks the benefit of
its own contract with the express compa-
MES, by which bills can be sent to and from
Washington at the nominal rate of twenty
cents housand.-Springfield Republican.