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The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
The Extinction of the Kiss.

The kiss of affection and romantic
love is celebrated in the song and story
of all ages. Sacred literature justifies
and honors the holy kiss of religious
sympathy and fellowship. The meet.
ing of the lips has always been With
our race the universal and natural and
spontaneous expression of the most
tender sentiment.
Now sanitary science pushes itself
forward to degrade the kiss to the level
of sewer gas and the many agencies by
which noxious and infectious disease is
propagated. 1t is demanding the abol-
ition of the practice as q remnant Of
barbarous ignorance of the laws Of
health. It would subordinate romantic
sentiment to cautious prudence, and
forbid the lover to embrace his sweet.
heart, even as seal of their betrothal,
until they are able to produce medical
certificates that they are free from the
transmissable germs of disease.
For several years past prudent
parents, under the instruction Of their
physicians have guarded their young
children jealousy against the indiscrim-
mate kissing which was once in vogue,
lest those poisonous germs be transmit.
ted to the babies. 1t is q reasonable
precaution, for undoubtedly danger ex.
lists, as the germ theory of disease is
more generally accepted, peril of such
contact is appreciated the more intelli.
gently. II, then, there Is serious
risk for children in careless kissing,
say the preachers of sanitary science.
it is risk which older people must
avoid also. Even the cherry red and
pointing lips of beauty may convey
material poison along with the rapture
of love they express so Economically.
The most ardent manifestation of mas
culine devotion may be the means Of
planting the seed of disease, which will
bring forth fruitful crop Of maladies
sent down through generations.
Thus cold and prudential science is
invading the realm OF tender and ro-
mantle, poetic and religious sentiment.
and destroying as a pest house the very
temple in which the love of all ages has
offered up its worship. Itisan appalling
revolution. .s
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
THE UMBRELLA
REPRESENTATIONS OF THEM ARE
FOUND IN NINEVEH RUINS.

OF Ancient Origin as an Emblem of High
Rank-Pecuiiar Uses to Which 1t Was
Put i'm Early Times introduced Into
England in the Fourteenth Century.
The word umbrella is diminutivs
from the Latin umbra, and signifies "a
little shade" Representation of them
are found in the ruins of Nineveh and
On the monuments of Egypt. As an
smblem of high rank it is of very an.
cient origin. The king of Burmah has
for one of his titles, lord of the TWEEN.
ty-four umbrellas" In China and In.
dis its use is very ancient. and it had
also apparently some religious signifi-
cation. In the fifth incarnation OF
Vishnu. the god is spoken of as going
down to the internal regions bearing
an umbrella in his hand. The princes
of the blood in India have two gilt UNI
brellas with handles ten or fifteen feet
in length borne over their heads, the
other officers of state but one. The
umbrella of the king was of white
silk. In the middle ages it was used as
an emblem of rank in the church. The
cardinals and bishops were allowed to
have them borne over their heads in
solemn professions. All the large
churches, especially the cathedral
churches, owned an umbrella to be
used in the professions.
Kersey's English dictionary 17OS)
defines the umbrella as "a screen COM
monty used by women to keep off rain.
The umbrella was probably introduced
into England about the fourteenth CEN
fury. The Harleian Ms. No. 603, has
a drawing of an Anglo Saxon gentleman
walking out, with servant behind him
carrying an umbrella over his head,
with q handle that slopes backward.
Beaumont and Fletcher and Ben Jonson
refer to their use. They were at first
kept in halls of great houses, and
coffee houses, to be used in passing from
she door to the carriage, but Jonas Han
way, an eccentric traveller and philoso-
pher, is believed to have been the first
man of note who carried one in the
streets. He encountered great deal
of ridicule for so doing.
LII 0TS6C6 lu0 duo pal dSO1
were more used by women of rank. In
Rome its use was confined to women
and effeminate men. DeFoe, in his
Robinson Crusoe, described an umbrella
made by Robinson, and covered with
skins. The Chinese had adopted it at
very early date of their history, and
were the only people who did not con-
fine its use to the king and the princes
OF the blood, with whom, however, the
man who was privileged must be man
of wealth and position. The common
people made their hats broad, and of a
shape so similar to the umbrella, that
with their cloak of rushes they were
alike protected from the sun and rain.
The Japanese have used them ever
since they established themselves in
their island empire.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
GIGANTIC COKE Stake.
The Flick Company's Thousands OF work
men Want More Pay.

The Flick Company's Thousands OF work
men Want More Pay.
A dispatch from Connellsville, Pa,
says:
There are prospects of strike in the
coke regions this spring and summer that
will rival, If not surpass inextent, the
great strike at Homestead last summer.
The recent strike ut the Mount Braddock
works over the amount Of coal to be
"heaped" in mine wagons reveals the
fact that this is widespread grievance,
the miners claiming that the operators
get two extra bushels to every ton. The
miners either want more money Tor
load or demand that the loads shall be
smaller. II. C. Frick and Andrew Car
negie practically control the region, out
put, market and wages. Andrew Car
negie is the second largest stockhol'ler in
the Fl. G. Frick Coke Company. and Mr..
Tricks success in subduing labor in
ConneIlsville region led to his election
as chairman of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, in which capacity he succeeded Ill
whipping the Homestead strikers. AS
thO L LIN SouhPauJ SohSAoio s''Oe-s'->
Of coke ovens in this region, the number
of its employers here is vastly greater
than the number of iron workers at
Homestead. The Connellsville coke
works were originally manned by the
English speaking people, but they were
replaced by Huns, who have become
much more dangerous unionists than
their predecessors.
The Carnegie companies, both as
cookers and steel makers, are now exper.
imentins with negro labor, imported
from the South. About $50 negroes
from Alabama and Georgia, many with
their wives and children, arrived at
Bradiock on March 10, and will have
the preference over foreigners in the dis
tribution of work. If strike occurs
here, as now seems probable, the first
move Mr.. Frick will make will be to
introduce negroes. His company was
the first in Western Pennsylvania to put
Sothern Europeans in the iron mills, and
is now the first to get negroes as su5sti-
tutes.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
IMPORTANT LAND DECISION.
Against the Southern Pacific Railroad and
Opens Thousands Of Acres,

Against the Southern Pacific Railroad and
Opens Thousands Of Acres.
Secretary Hoke Smith has rendered his
first land decision. 1t was in the case of
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
nad involved the question Of the right of
that company to lands within its granted
limits and the limits of the grant to the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company,
basing its claims on the ground that the
latter company never complied with its
requirement of grants in the matter of
locating its road and the forfeiture of it's
grant in 1876. The Secretary holds that
the Southern Pacific Company had ac-
quired no title to the lands in question
under its grant. This decision operates
to open these lands, aggregating many
thousands of acres in Southern Califor-
MIA to settlement and entry. The Com
missioner of the General Land Office is
accordingly directed to take such steps
as may be necessary to restore them 70
the public domain.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
IN RUSSIA'S CLAWS.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF TWO
AMERICAN SAILORS IN SIBERIA.

Nearly Died cf Hunger. Released ty the
Commander Of tho q. .. .. niarion.-Tor-
turs with the Knaut. and Female
Eailea Cruelty Treated.
The steamer Gaelif, which has just ar
rived from China, brought to San Fran.
cisco. Louis A. Paradyce. who gives u
terrible account of the cruel treatment
he and companion received and OF the
inhumauisies practiced in Siberian pena
settlements by the authority of the Rus
, sian Government
Paradyce was sailor on the sealing
schooner Mary H. Thomas. and lie, with
another sailor named Wilson " ent ashore
on the coast of Kamschatka to fill water
casks. A hurricane drove the schooner
off and the men were left ashore. They
had no provisions and travelled inland to
q camp of Russian soldiers. They were
seized and accused of being spies They
were sent to Carazock, convict station.
Paradyce tells of horrible cruelty inhict
ed ON the prisoners there. Although
Wilson and himself were roughly treat
ed, they were not flogged, as other pris-
oners were. There were about six thou
sand convicts at tine station. and ever,
Wednesday those who had disobeye.i
rules during the week, were given fifty
lasl,es with the knout.
Of 10000 convicts in camp, 1900 wore
ball aud chain. Many men were too
feeble to walk and were dragged along
by their companions. Soldiers would
prod them with bayonets to make them
move more quickly. The convicts were
fed with black bread and raw salt meat.
Finally Paradyce and Wilson were ia
ken to Vladivostock. From there they
were sent to the Kara gold fields, fif
teen days journey. They suffered
frightfully from hunger and fatigue.
Wilson gave out and had to be carried
in wagon. The United States steamer
Marion put in at Vladivostock and the
officers were informed by a merchant
named Smith of Paradyce and Wilson's
fate. The commander of the Marion de-
manded that the prisoners be given up,
and after considerable delay this was
done. They were taken to Shanghai on
the Marion and placed in hospital. As
soon as Paradyce was able to travel he
was sent to Hong Kong on the Gaelic,
and thence came to this country.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
HAITI PLUNGED IN WAR.

Insurgents Cross the Frontier and Fierce
Battle Follows.
The threatened revolt in Haiti, against
President Hippolyte's iron rule has come
and alreadya decisive battle has been
fought on the frontier, according to a
dispatch received in New York. The in
surgents have been secretly gathering
strength in San Domingo for some time
and enough was known of their plans to
cause considerable nneasiness in Govern.
ment circles. The guards at the frontier
were doubled, and it is probable that the
reported battle occurred between some Of
these forces and the insurgents. The
battle is said to have been decisive, but
the result was not stated AS the news
comes from Port au Prince, the seat of
President Hippolyte's Government, the
inference desired to be conveyed is that
the authorities were victorious. This
statement must be taken with consider
able allowance, because the same dis.
patch which brings this news adds that
more troops are being hurried to the from
tier.
Whatever may be the outcome of the
present conflict, it can only add to the
troubles of the unhappy island. If the
insurgents win, the load of debt incurred
by the war, which would certainly prove
a large one, will be heavy burden for
the poor Hay tians. If the Government
should prove victorious, there will IN.
doubtedly follow demand for indem-
nifty on San Domingo, and in case of re-
fusal another bloody and expensive war
might ensue.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
COST or STOPPING A TRAIN.
ft 10 10 Cents For the Locomotive and
Cents for Each Coach.

ft ID 10 Cents For the Locomotive and
Cents for Each Coach.
By series of calculations it ha.
been demonstrated that it costs q rail
road company 10 cents to stop loco
motive and 4 cents for each stop OF q
passenger Car, say the Detroit FIRES
Press.
1t often happens that q passenger
does not make any move to leave the
train until the order is given to go
ahead, and the train must be stopped
again to let the slow-going passenger
of. This little incident costs the rail.
road company 16 or 20 cents, sometimes
as much as the tardy passenger has
paid.
Thss is one of the little leaks that q
railroad company undertakes to guard
against, and the number of coaches to
a train is limited to save expense OF
stoppage, as we'll as to lessen the mum.
Der of pounds of coal consumed and
wear and tear of its running gear.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
THE PENSION OFFICE.
The President Will Not Appoint . Poll
&fcJau

Tho President Will Not Appoint q Poll
ticiRn.
1t is inferred from statements made to
Congressman that the President is look
ing for a business man to appoint al
Pension Commissioner. In fact, he has
expressed his intention to divorce the
Office from politics and to select Com.
missioner who will conduct it purely on
business principles. A number of names
for appointment for the Commissioner.
ship have been presented to Mr. Cleve.
land, and it is said he is proceeding
warily in the hope of selecting man
who can keep his skirts clear of the un.
pleasant notoriety which has come to the
Office in recent years.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
Built His Own Gallows.

After working for several days on his
own gibbet, respondent Tailor William
Klein, Of New York, aged 80, hanged
himself in his bed room. The beam of
his gibbet was nailed to the wall. An
other beam projecte from it about 6
feet from the floor and was supported by
a piece of wood running across the angle.
Eleven months ago he ran needle into
his right hand. Blood poisoning set 10
and he could sew no more. He had six
children and the condition Of his family
had become desperate
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01

The man With plenty OF tat mort.
gsgss lives on the lien Of the land.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-01
PRICE Of LOTS QslI s10l

TERMS OF 1 UkcHAsa: Five d.,
lars lash and TWO dollars n.
month, with Ut lureres, d. y
cash, 10 per cent disc uul; all o.,
~ per cent disc unit.
MONEY will be advanced 10 n,
ties des.rlug ~ build. :
Ii a husband purchaser d.
before his purchase Is c. n,tis,J
u deed III lee Will BE- given 10 h
widow, If the properly n.. y,
improved. Or II urt. tie srnas
AHEAD, paiu will BE- r,,urD,d ~
1he above presents al oppvrt.
nifty lever before offered tho taI
ored people OF the CITY Of WIN.
lDgton To secure u valusblsa
elther as all Investment Or s,,
home on monthly payments, Nd
at the saD,e thine, entitled lhsn
TO q VOle and q Voice III the (,Op
ernu.es 1 vi the county.
lh"re who apply INST, vii ban
Tie hrs. cholc. vi lois.
Aii.auy ms'.J have made .ns
nomes In tire - ny u 30 il
end tie puscf a-sd . ne bow
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Rooms with Board: IL fi,s
'ass house and in Popular por':
VI the city. Cars pass the duo
y22-1l RI
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established Flfty-1Ys Years.
RAVEN e BACON,
RAVEN PIANOS,

East f6fN SfT'ef, Wa !eF'f Jag.
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so PER CENT
T!anos a-e Ill de from Ire hc-t Hnte-ia,
I'D IL he best manuel Gpn be " Ia e:er,
1T uah>.t Id First-Cttss, have been aNt-dea
Fir-t Premium wnere exhibited tine iaN'
'rtJ ears. Il cry piano xn ara erd or -iS
ii five d. ys trial owed Ia i.iay be It30rutshy
tic led by yourself and friend before Ia's - i"'
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.. Z. Upright or Sn1re. $50. ,ro,.fh 500
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The Washington bee., 1893-04-01

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

Troy, S. G., Nov. Il, 1893.
Miss Mollle Title opened her school at San
dy Branch this morning.
Mr.. O. NJ. Cresswell, of Piedmont, is among
relatives and friends here.
Miss Ettie Robinson after pleasant visit
in Chester returned home Thursday.
The new county Is getting 10 be the topic OF
conversation In Troy. Strong friends OH each
side.
Mr.. TiIlman White lost n fire mule last
Monday. Also, Mr.. w. c. Robinson lost one
last Thursday.
DR.. ]. 3. Moseley is In town on professional
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons, Of Woodruff are Wis.
iting her mother. Mrs. Mary Brown.
Mr.. d. ]. almer has been elected as night
watchman.
The railroad authorities are putting a nice
side walk across the railroad. This Is some
thing our town needs, and we may well feel
proud of 1t.
New scholars are still coming IN and there
is more room.
Mr.. and Mr.. W. p. wideman worshirped
in town Sunday.
There will be no preaching in the A. Il. P.
church next sunday.
The Augusta Exposition opens tomorrow.
You can 60 from Troy and return for 81.
One Of our young bachelors says he wants
some one 10 keep house. Iwil! refer any who
would like to keep house TO Mr. j. B. McCas-
Ian.
Miss Minnie Hamilton. of Hunters, and Mr..
A. F. Rogers, OF Augusta, Ga, were happily
married Nov. Sth.
Mr.. II. D. Pressly lost fine pointer last
week. Nick.
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See prices on our stock OF co1ee; we krrT y,
ali GRADES of Rio, also Santos. Thurber's ~
and Arbucklc's Ariosa. Aug. w. smith.
Whole OK tongue chiffed beef roast ami
corn beef and everything In canned goods.
Aug. w. Smith.
$50 barrels -four In and TO arrive See prices
in our advertisement. Come in and buy five
or six barrels as u sample. Aug. w. Smith.
Horse blankets, buggy robes, brides. sad
dies and blankets. Must go In the next 30
days. Don't fail TO see my stock In that line.
Aug. w. Smith.
Call early If you want to get good boys
suit for 75c =. Rosenberg & Co.
If you want nice fresh cleaned currants, ask
for them In one pound boxes at Smith X Sons.
We have also fresh citrOn, spices. chocolate
extracts, crackers. cheese, &c.
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Sterling silver lace pins and hair pins al
all the style THE year. Reese & DuPre.

Sterling silver lace pins and hair pins are
all the style THE year. Reese DuPre.
In Sc boxes, with sprinkler top, pepper,
spice, cloves. mustard, cinnamon and ginger.
All sc per box. j. H. Latimer.
A fresh lot of ginger, spice. nutmugs. cloves.
ETC., in the bulk. j. II. Latimer.
w. Joel Smith & Sons are taking more or
ders than ever for tailor made suits, pants
and overcoats. Call and see their samples.
Examine my stock of market and clothes
baskets. Our goods must 20 in the next thir-
ty days. Aug. w. Smith.
Amosk eag's best dress ginghan II yardr to
the dollar. p. Rosenberg l. Co.
For good overcoat 60 to 2. Rosenberg &
Co.
II you want bargains go to P. Rosenberg &
Co.
My stock of hardware, crockery ware, bug
gy and wagon harness, saddles, brides, col
lars. DC, is ready for inspection. Aug. w
Smith.
Bull Dog breecheS are the very best. Re-
member they can be found only at Smitn i
Sons.
We will continue our sl5 sale of mems suits
Just received biz supply. P. Rosenberg &
Go.
Go to Rosenbere's and see those ginghams.
IA and l6 yards 10 the dollar.
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IT IS estimated that there are now nearly
five hundred peop'e in town who are In some
way connected with the G. G. N railway.
About l50 men are employed at the shops.
These and their families. together with the
train men anu families make considerable
addition to our population.
Besides the railroad we have some new en-
terpriSes that have brought citizens to our
town namely: The OIL Mill, the TugaloO
Iron Works. the Allen Manufacturing C,m-
pany, and the Hammond Shoe Manuiaciory.
Mr.. THos. P. THOMSON has sold the vacant
lots on the street leading 10 the G., c. Il n. de-
pot, together with some lots OF the street. 10
Mr.. ]. Allen Smith, at from $500 TO 500 an
Lcre MIR. Smith will bnild houses TO rent.
He has also bought the Rutledge house. below
Mfller's hotel, aud he will likely repair IT. so
az to make 1t q desirable home for somebody.
Here Is something that YOU should lake ad-
vantage Of II you go to Gallagher Brothers
before the 18th December you can get one doz-
en cabinet photos for s.. Regular price 3d.
Don't delay and be lett In the rush OF the last
lew days.
Mr.. j. A. ELLIS, Of Hodges. gathered five
hundred pounds OF lint cotton from three
quarters OF an acre. He has ihirty-fve acres
in cotton and Will make twenty two bales,
weighing five hundred pounds. This Is good
farming.
SEVERAL new houses are going up In Able
ville and the demand Is not half supplied.
Other parties would come here If they could
get homes. Our fine school Is one OF the
many Inducements iOT ldmlileS W HoSe "
tUwn.
MR.. AND Mrs. w. P. FERGCsoN. Miss Cor
rie McCiung and Miss Henrietta Miller have
moved to the pretty new cottage which Mr..
Chapman has just finished on Washington
street.
The expected never does happen. We all
thought cotton would 60 to ten cents this
Fall. II didn't 20. however, and we do not
now believe 1t Is going. |
SEE the notice of Messrs. Pope & Patton de-
serving men who are striving TO benefit them
selves and the public by selling their wares at
low prices.
DON'T neglect the oat crop. Fall sown oats
are not more apt 10 be frozen out than Spring |
oats are TO suffer from want OF rain.
ONLY six weeks until Christmas. Another
year will soon be numbered with the years
that are past.
Mr.. ]. C. KLUGH is building new house
on one OF his lots.
Everybody says Lawson has the prettics,
Christmas goods he ever had.
New school books received this week Mt
Lawsons.
Nice linen paper at Lawson's.
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Bank Stock for Sale.

bNnR NtVCR IVr SVIVs
Shares In the National Bank of Abbeville
can be purchased ny inquiring at this office.