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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06

WHEN the grippe epidemic made
its second appearance last year, the
general conclusion reached among
physicians was that the affection had
become chronic. Now a new problem
presents itself as to the prevention or
cure of prolonged and unnatural sleep,
various cases Of which have puzzled
the medical fraternity during the
present year. The latest reported is
that of a Munith (Mich.) school
teacher who has been slumbering for
over 100 days. AS in the majority OF
cases Of this kind, the sleeper enjoyed
good health previous to her lengthy
nap, but is now only able to take
LIQUID nourishment, and is rapidly
wasting away. Will not the breth-
rem of the medical profession get
their heads together and find a means
Of awakening those thus overcome by
this sleep unto death?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06
THE EVERLASTING ARMS.

ssWhen are the everlasting arms under
meath u.s. The only answer Is, now and LOT
ever more. Now, at this moment, beloved,
the everlasting arms are underneath us.
The life of q Christian described rs walking
by faith, and to my mind walking by faith
Is the most extraordinary miracle ever Pc
held beneath the sun. Walking upon the
V as Peter did, 1t a type Of the life Of
every Christian. I have sometimes
likened it to ascending an invisible stair
case far up into the clouds. You cam
not see q step before you, but you
wind up towards the light. When you look
downward all Is dark, but before you lies
nothing visible but cloud, while beneath you
w a fathomless abyss. Yet we have
climbed some Of us, now for years up this per-
petually ascending stair, never seeing an incn
before us. We have often paused almost IN
horror, and ask in wonder, What next, and
what next?' yet what we thought was CLOUD
has proved to be solid rock; darkness has been
light before us, and slippery places have
been safe. Every now and then, when the
darkness has been denser than usual. o dark
ness which might be felt, when all the past
behind us has vanished, and nothing has been
seen but the one step we stood on, we nave
said, How did I come here? What q strange,
mysterious life mine has beenF' We have
almost wished ourselves down on the level
among the worldlings, who can almost see
their way and know what Is underneath
them; but faith has come to our help again;
we have believed, and believing we have
seen the invisible and grasped the eternal;
and then we have gone on, have put our
foot down again, and anon have run up the
shining way with joy. What an ascent
we have sometimes made on that ladder
of light, so that we have companled
with angels, and eft the world far
down beneath us! Now and then we
have enjoyed a glimpse through the thick
darkness of the jewelled walls Of the eternal
CITY, which needeth no candle, neither light
of the sun; we have seen. I say. its bright
ness, and determined still to climb the mys-
terious way. Well, believer, at this moment,
though thou canst not see thy way, yet since
thou art walking by faith underneath are
everlasting arms @GSpurgeon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06
THE QUEEN AND THE cAsKET.

LIE QC16S n<N AaA 20
1t Is said that Queen Victoria once pre-
ure chamber in Windsor Castle with q
request for the richer Of the two small CTS
kets IN bis custody, made each of oneisolid
crystal, exquisite in workmanship and very
costly. Selecting the richer and finer OF the
two she drew from her pocket q copy OF the
Bible and locked it in the casket, which was
then returned to its place richer than ever
for the new treasure it contained.
The Bible stored in that shrine was Cen
eral Gordon's. 1t bad been his daily sup
port and solace, and was with hin at khar-
toum. It was worn and marked VIII the
thousand notes of daily use and daily study,
which indicated the relation of It's hero
owner to It and what 1t had been to him.
We give the story as we have heard 1t.
Treat it as we will, as parable or as history,
it Is q striking illustration OF what gives su-
preme value to the Bible and Of its true rela.
lion to men. It wa not a new copy: OF
Scripture, fresh, unsoiled and unused, thai
was thus royalty set: it was not selected 1or
the beauty of the binding, the richness OF
the material, or the excellence OF the WORK
manship. 1t was chosen because 1t bad once
borne the relation 1t did to o heroic life. 1t
had helped to create that life, to raise IL high,
to make it pure and strong, to fill it with
faith and light and hope. The queens act
was a commemoration of a great victory and
a service, the greatest service that can be
rendered to a man in helping him to develop
his character, to be what he Is made to be,
and to do what be is made to do. This IS the
place the Bible holds in the history Of the
nations which have loved it and lived by It.
This is the place it is destined to hold in the
life of the race redeemed. Redeemed and
sanctifed humanity is to be the crystal
shrine of the welLused Bible, which vii
have guided, supported and inspired II
through the long years Of its warfare.-llndt'
pendent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Molasses is honey to the contented
mar
Marrying for money has its draw
backs.
A million dollars covereth a multitude
of sins.
Tale-bearers are just as bad as the tale
makers.
There are no eyes so saarp as the eyes
of hatred.
Discomfort is the peg in your shoe
that hurts.
Even a sheepskin isn't a yard wide
and all wool.
Nothing is more difficult than to re-
turn thanks neatly.
A woman's smile is the little poem We
lind in the prose of life.
Nothing is more simple than great
ness; indeed, to be simple is to be
great.
Happiness grows at our own fresides.
and is not to be picked in strangers
gardens.
We never read q novel that we don't
liken ourselves to some n Of the
characters.
The only vice that. cannot be forgiven
is hypocrisy. The repentance OF ahypo-
critic is itself hypocrisy.
Some men are grasping enough to
want to subdivide the clay they are made
of and sell it for town lots.
Nothing Is SO good for an Ignorant
man as silence; and if he be sensible Of
this he would not be ignorant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06
POPULAR SCIENCE.

France has a mine 1000 feet deep.
Flowing is done by electricity in
Spain.
Electric headlights are used on the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Professor Huxley says that an oyster is
a far more complicated piece of macain-
cry than the finest Swiss watch.
It is estimated that 10, 900 electric
lamps, a~ggregating 10, 000, 900 candle
power, will be required for the Chicago
Worlds Fair.
The bee can draw twenty times its
own weight, can fly more than four miles
an hour and will seek food at a distance
of four miles.
A mastodon's tooth ten inches long,
seven inches from the crown to the roots,
and weighing five and q quarter pounds,
was found by a prospector on Gobls
Creek. Oregon 8 few days ago.
Compressed air delivered from q 1ex1-
BILE hose with a small nozzle at a pressure
Of fifty pounds to the square inch. is very
effective in cleaning plush cushions. It
is so used on the Union Pacific Com
panY's road.
Carp are very fond of the larvae of
mosquitoes, and as these fish thrive in
the only kind Of water in which the
Larvae of the mosquito can live, it is sug-
gested that they might be employed to
exterminate this pestiterous insect.
The steamer Rhynland has taken to
|sAntwerp, from the United States Fish
Commission, 500 catfish, consigned to
the Belgian Government, which will at
tempt to propagate them in the sluggish
waters that abound in that country.
A company has been formed in Ger
many to erect works for the production
of the new explosive, d%ahmenite, which
is especially adapted for mine use, hay.
ing more power than dynamite, at the
same time being perfectly harmless under
ordinary circumstances.
A remarkable change is said to be
about to take place in the manner of
giving the warning lights to mariners.
In England, electric lights experimentally
turned vertically toward the sky have
given extraordinary results. The light
of the Eddystone Lighthouse can be seen
seventeen and a half miles on a clear
night, but a vertical beam OIL flight of far
less power is visible twice as far, and can
surmount an ordinary fog.
Experiments conducted on shore under
the auspices sometimes Of a Government
and sometimes of a railway company
show that color blindness is extremely
common, and that those who are color
blind are often entirely ignorant of the
defect in their vision until the tests are
made. The same thing must necessarily
be true of sailors, who seldom have any
occasion to test their vision by scientific
methods, and who are confident in the
belief, if they think of the matter at all,
that their vision is normal.
A mollusk, only known hitherto as a
fossil of the Miocene age, has been found
in a living condition, having been
dredged in brakes Bay at a depth of
twenty-five fathoms. Considering the
upheavals and depressions that have oc-
Cured along the Pacific Coast, one
might think that there had been some
change in s~senvironment' during all the
time since the long, long ago Miocene
age, and that the shell and its owner
would have long since changed its
character if "environment' had much to
say in the matter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06
RELIGIOUS READING.
CHRISTMAS BELLS.
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,

CHRISTMAS BELLS.
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken SONG
OF peace on earth, good will to men! :
Till ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime,
Of peace on earth, good will to men!
But in despair I bowed my head.
"There is no peace on earth," l said;
"For hate is strong
And mocks the song
OF peace on earth, good will to men?
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep,
GOOD Is not dead, nor doth be sleep!
The wrong shall fail,
The right prevail.
With peace on earth, good will to men!'
Henry W. Longfellow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06

l had a friend who had many m~isfortunes.
Everything went against him. He had good
business quality and was Of the best morals,
but he was one of those men, such as you
have sometimes seen, for whom everything
seems to 60 wrong. His life became to him
a plague. When I heard he was dead I said,
Good; got rid of the sheriffsm Who are
the question is asked, "Who are they?" the
angels standing on the sea of glass respond,
"These are they who came out Of great bust
ness trouble and had their robes washed and
made white in the blood Of the Lamb"
A man arose in Fulton street prayer meet
ing and said: II wish publicly to acknowl.
edge the goodness of God. I was in business
trouble. I had money to pay, and l had no
means to pay it, and l was in utter despair
of all human help, and I laid this matter be-
fore the Lord, and this morning went o
among some old business friends l had not
seen in many years-just to make a call
and one said to me: why, am 80 glad to
see you; walk in. We have SOM money on
our books due you q good while, but we
didn't know where you were, and therefore
not having your address we could not
send it. We are very glad you have come"
prayer meeting said, "The amount they paid
me was six times what I owed" You say it
only happened 80. You are an in6del. God
answered that mans prayer. Oh, you wan1
business grace.
Commercial ethics, business honors, laws
of trade, are all very good in their place,
but there are times when you want some
thing more than this world will give you.
You want God. For the lack Of Him some
that you have known have consented 10
forge, and to maltreaJ their friends, and 10
curse their enemies, and their names have
been bulletined among s%coundrels, and they
have been ground to powder, while otner
men you have known have gone through the
very same stress of circumstances triumph.
ant. There are men here to-day who fougnt
the battle and gained the victory. People
come out of that mans store, and they say,
''Wel. il there ever was a Christian trader,
that is one" Integrity kept the books and
waited on customers. Light from the eternal
world flashed through the show windows.
Love to God and love to man presided III
that storehouse.
Some daY people going through the street
notice that the shutters OF the window are
not down. The bar Of that store door has
matterY" You go up a little closer, and you
see written on the card Of that window,
"Closed on account Of the death OF one OF the
firm That day all through the circles or
business there is talk about how a good man
has gone. Boards Of Trade pass resolutions
of sympathy, and churches OF Christ pray
"Help, Lord, for the godly mar ceased"
He has made his last bargain, ne has ST..
fered his last loss, he has ached with the iass
FATIGUE. His children will get the result OF
his industry, or, il through misfortune there
be no dollars left, they will have an estate OF
prayer and Christian example which will pc
everlasting. Heavenly rewards for earthly
discipline. There 'the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at resi-" .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06

An Illinois man has invented an
automatic telephone exchange, and
the dear girls who continually chew
gum, lever answer your rings and
forever and ever cut you off in the
midst of a conversation, must 60. 1t
is to be hoped that this automatic
exchange is not a fake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06
A PERSON in a Wilmington theatsg

A PERSON in a Wilmington theatsg
the other night arose in his seat and
demanded that the performance
cease unless it could be conducted
according to his own ideas. The re-
mainder of the audience were in
some doubt as to whether he was a
dramatic critic or a popular clergy
man, but he proved to be an ordinary
crank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06
Found $50 i'm n Horses Hoof.

Something out of the drift of events
common is graciously furnished by the
narrative of Il blacksmith. plying his
hammer and bellows on Chestnut street
near Thirteenth. This brawny son of
Vulcan relates that while shoeing an in
differently constructed horse q few days
ago he came across a gold double eagle
embedded in the hoof of the animal -
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06

RICHES do not seem to 1engthen
life. The a who is so rich he can
go North in summer and South in
winter, does not live any longer than
the poor fellow who has to stay at
home and shiver or sweat with every
change of weather.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06

IT Is quite appropriate that the In
dependence race-track should be kite.
shaped. That is certainly q good
shape for flyers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06

their temptations! Men who toll with the
hhnd arenot apt to be very sympathetic with
those wfo toll with the brain. TIL farmers
Who raie the corn, and the oats, and the
wheat sHnetimes are tempted to think that
grain Merchants have an easy time, and
yet thei' profits without giving any equiva-
pent. ;Hato and Aristotle We're 80 opposed
70 merchandise that they declared commerce
10 De tn curse of the nations, and they adj
vised ti.at cities be built at least ten miles
from the seacoast.
But you and I know that there are no
moro industrious or high minded men than
those who move in the world Of traffic.
Some! of them carrying burdens heavier
than ,hods OF brick, and are EXPOSED to
sharper things than the east winu, and climb
mountains higher than the Alps or Hima-
layas, and if they are faithful Christ will
at last say to them: "Well done, good and
faithful servant; thou hast been faithful
over a few things, | will make thee ruler
oveb many things. Enter thou into the Joy
OF tEy Lord"
We talk about the martyrs of the Pied.
mont valley, and the martyrs among the
Scotch highlands, and the martyrs at Ok
ford. There was just as certainly martyrs
sof Wall street aud State street, martyrs Of
Fulton street and Broadway, martyrs Of
Atlantic street and Chestnut street, going
Though hotter fires, or having their necSs
under sharper axes. Then it behooves US to
bauish all frettulness from our lives if this
subject be true. We looS back to the time
when we were at school, and we remember
the rod, and we remember the hard tasks,
aid we complained grievouslv. but now we
sde it was for the bes.. Business life is O
school. and the tasks are hard, and the chas.
usements sometimes are very grie7ous, but
do not complain. The hotter the fire the
better the refining.
There are men before the throne OF God
this day in triumph who On earth were
cheated out Of everything but their coffin.
They were sued, they were imprisoned for
5eJf, they we're throtIled by a whole pack
tf coustables with writs, they were sold out
by the SD eriffs, they had no compromise with
their creditors, they had to make assign
ments. Their dying hours were annoyed by
impetuous creditor who thought it was out
rageous and impuient that o maj should
dare to die before he paid the last three
shllings and sixpence.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-31
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas default had been made in the con-
dltlons OF certain mortgage, containing power
Seccomhe Ia single mani mortgagor, to The Col
onial d. United ates Mortgage Co., Nimited)
mort gage, bearing date the 22d dav of Septem.
Der. 1856. and duly recorded in the office OF the
register OF deeds in and for the county of
Cavalier, territory OF Dakota, now State of North
Dn kota, on the oh day of October, 1886, al
40 o'clock p. M. in book of mortgages, page
20 by which default the power Of sale has be-
come operative, and no action, or proceeding at
law, or otherwise, has been instituted to recover
the debt secured bv said mortgage. or any part
thereof. and there ia claimed to be due thereon
at the date of this notice the sum of three hun
dred and seventy-seven dollars and thirty
cents (S377.3U) together with the further sum
Of ninety dollars and ninety -nine cents (9O.99)
for tax 3 paid on sa mortgaged property for
the years 1888, 1889, and 1891 which said
mortgage. W. ob.id-ed to pay. and did pay, in
said mortgage, on the 265h day Of Fcbrua nv.
1892 and interest thereon at Tho rate Of TIVE I've
l2) per cent. per annum fr m said date OF ay-
ment, as stipulated in sa d NOR gage.
And wher az the said mort gage has been duly
assigned by an instruman, III writing duly exc
cuted and delivered by said mortsagee, This
Colonial L. United States Mortgage Co. Qimited.
to Investment Guarantee Tlust Co. uIimited
bearing date he twenty-tifth day Of January
1857, anu duly recorded in the office OF the
register ofdeeds in and for the county Of Cava-
lier, territory OF Dakota. now state OF North
Dakota. on The 21st. day OF Feb, 1887, at
cock p: m. in book of mortgages. pager
2 and ga.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that by
virtue OF said power OF sale. and the statute in
such case made and provided, che said mort
gage viii b. foreclosed, and the premises de.
scrioed Ia and GOV er.d by SAID mortgage. Go-wit,
The south eat quarter (S E. N OF section
thrty-six t36), township one hundred and
sx5y-two Q6:) range fifty mine (59) contain
ing on hundred and sixty Q6O) acres of land,
more ur les, according to tine government sur
vey thereof in the county of Cavalier and
state Of North Dakota, with the heredit amenrs
and appur5ena Ices will be sold at public auc-
tion to the highest bidder for cash. to pay said
debt and interest, taxes as aforesaid. and fifty
dollars $3.50 attorneys fees as stipulated in
said mortgage in case of foreclosure, and the
disbursements allowed by law, which sale will be
made by the sheriff OF said Cavalier county, or
his deputy. at Inc front door OF the court house.
in the village Of Langdon in SAID county Of
Cavalier and state of North D kota on Sa.ur-
day the 7ch day of NJ ~, 1892, at 10 O'Clock
a. m. subject to redemption &C any time within
one year from day of sale. as provided by law.
Dated March 9Th. 1892.
Investment Guarantee Trust Co. Himitedl
assignee of niOrtgagee.
Jonn D. Farrand. attorney. Fargo, N D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-31
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas default has been made in the condi-
lions of a certain mortgage. containing power
OF sale, duly executed and delivered by James
Lindsay and Nellie Lindsay, his wife mortga-
gors, to J. w. Smith MORTGAGE, bearing date
the 18th day of July, 1887, and duly recorded
IN the office Of the register OF deeds IN and 1or
state of North Dakota, on the 10th day OF Aug
u.s., lSS7, at o'clock D. m, in book 8 of
mortgages page SOC, 3O7, & 3OS by which de-
fault the power of sale mas become operative,
and no action, or proceeding at law, or other
wise, has been stiLuted to recover the dent
secured by said mortgage, or any part there
of, and there is claimed to be due thereon at
the date OF this notice the sum Of three hun
dred and ninety-tive dollars and torty-two
cents ($395.a2) together with the further sum
twelve cents ($137.12), for taxes paid on said
mortgaGed pronerty FIR he years 1888, 1889,
1890 & 1891, which the assisn=e OF
and did pay, in accordance with tie
terms and conditions of snid mortgage, on the
Goth day of February, 1892, and interest there
on at the rate of twelve (l2) per cent, per
lated in raid mortgage.
And Whereas the said mort gage has been duly
assigned by an instrument iu writing duly exc
cuted and delivered bv SAID MORTGAGE, J. w.
Smith, to Melvin Montgomery bearing date the
18th day of November, 1887, and duly record
ed in the office Of the reeister Of deeds IN and
now state of North Oak 'ta on the 18th day of
November 1897, at o'clock p. NJ, in book 8 of
MORTGAGES, page 1913.
Now therefore, notice ia hereby given, that by
virtue OF said power OF sale, and the statute in
sucn case made and provided, the said mort
gage will be forclosed, and the premises de-
scrlbed in and covered by said mort0ape, to wit:
The south half of the north east quarter (slo
ne14) and the north haf of the south east quar-
ter [nAse4] OF 8, ction thirteen [13] township
one hundred and sixty-one [16l], range sixty
1901, containing one hundred and sixty [16O]
acres of land, more or less, according TO the gov
eminent survey thereof, in the county OF Cava-
lier and state of North Dakota, with the heredi-
taments and appurtenances, will be sold at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for cash, pay
said debt and inter. 81, taxes as aforesaid, and
fifty do lars [f5O. OO] attorneys fee as stipu-
lated in said mortgage in case of foreclosure, and
the disbursements allowed by law.
Which sale will be made bv the sheriff OF said
Cavalier unity, or his deputy, at the front
door Of the court h use, in the village of Lang.
don, in said county Of Cavalier and state of
North Dakota, on Monday the Och day OF
May, 1892, at 3 o'clock p. m, subject to
demption at any time within one year from day
Of sale, as provided by law.
Dated March 18th, 1892.
Melvin Montgomery, assignee Of mortgagee.
Jno. D. Farrand, attorney. Fargo, N D.