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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
TEMPERANCE.
nEAra OF THE DsUNKARp.

DEATH OF THE DaUNhhhD.
There. standing in the snow and sleet
All night wanderer in the street,
And rags and filth from head to feet,
And almost frozsn dead
A victim Of vile rum is he,
A wretch as wretched as can be-
To hopeless misery wedl
A Pariah Of society,
Whose curse is on his head.
He stands upon the corner there,
Like some doomed phantom OF despair,
Seen through the mornings sleety air,
And waits the door to ope--
The rumshop door, that porch OF hell
Where he and many millions fell
Down Ruins ready slope, >,
And went with headlong speed to swell
The throng without hope!
A shiyering, shambling. shapeless mass,
With both hands clutching at the glass,
He lets the fiery poison pass
To duench the hell withinl
But bark! he hears demoniac calls;
Foul fiends assail him from the walls,
And devils at him grinl
He staggers to the street.-the fallsl
May heaven forgive his SIN!
Come drag him off and out of sightl
IT'S only drlnkard, and what right
Has his foul, bloated corpse to blight
The fairness Of the morn?
A few pino boards and Potter's Field
Are all to him the world can yield
To wreck and ruin born!
But hold! enough he has appealed
To God from human scorn!
p. s. Cassidy, in New York Mercury.
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REEL GRATITUDE.

Do we remember that sacrifice calls for
sacrifice. and that our evil natures must be
cruci6ed with Jesus Christ? How many
only seek in the cross sight that will ap-
peal to their imagination without taking hold
of their hearts. Among the Impressions pro-
duced on US by the suferlngs OF our Lord,
there is a secret tenderness, l know not
what that attracts and softens US. We are
touched, but the emotion Is not repentance.
Our tears flow, but they are not caused by
selEabasement. The most worldly-minded
of men and women are susceptible Of these
emotions. You will see that. although they
are softeued for moment, at heart they
remain as frivolous as ever. The eyes
moistened with passing tears will sparkle
none tbo less at the sight of some coveted
possession the lips that proclaim redeemtng
love will be uttering the most frivolous
words; the hearts be rs full OF vanity as
ever.-IBersier. -.
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with the possibility of still further lower
inr the mile record, two western In
ventors have designed the novel vehicle
shown in the accompanying illustration.
In describing it the Philadelphia Record
saws it possesses but single wheel, the
endless shaft being bent in front to form
a raised top portion connected with the
saddle girrh of the horse. The rear
norton of the shaft carries the connec-
tions with the wheel, aud in addition
supports the curved springs forming the
seat of the driver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

Christ's patience under the trial of being
misunderstood and misjudged Is wonder.
full lesson to US. In every pain and trial
there is blessing folded. We may mis- it,
but it is there, and the loss is ours If we do
not get it. Every night Of sorrow carries in
its dark bosom its own lamps of comfort.
The darkness of grief and trial is full of
benedictons The truly happiest. sweet
est, tcnderest homes are not those
where there has been no sorrow, but
those which have been overShadowed with
grief. and where Christs comfort was &C
ceptcd. In one OF the battles of the Crimea.
4 cannon ball struck inside fort, gashing
the earth and sadly marring, the beauty OF
the place. But from the ugly chasm there
burst forth spring of water, which flowed
on thereafter. living fountain. So TIE
strokes of sorrow cash our hearts. but leave
fountains Of rich 5iessing.-tI. r. Miller,
D. y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
THE SANTA MARrA AS SIZE LOOKS NOW.

Then he tackled of the wharf with an
injured expression, sizzling between his
teeth tie famous song of the wstermen:
Leakiu' like lobster pot
Steerin' like dray.
all of which probably referred to the
model caravel. Outside Of the watermen
are a lot of other people who have looked
at the small ship with pro it and pleasure, ;
and crowds have visited the dock to get
a rood look at San Domingos gift to
the Fair. -
The caravel, which was consigned to
F. Ober, has been put on dat car aud
taken to Chicago.-New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
A cH1LD's DEATH FROM ALCOHOL. :,

a CHILD DEATH EfOm ALVUnVHsp
William D. Monahar, a four-year-old son
of Richard Monahan, a saloon -keep:f OF
Yonkers, N. Y, recently died OF alcoholic
noisoninp The little fellow went behind his
Fathers bar while no ons was around, and,
climbing on a chair, took down a bottle OF
whisky and drank almost pint Of it. He
was found lying insensible on trrs floor by
his mother. Doctors were called, but they
could not succeed in reyiving the child.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Cork is about the most buoyant sub
stance. ..c.s...-.
The microscopists say that q mosquito
has twenty-five teeth.
Yawn1ng is caused by deficiency in
the air supply to the lungs.
The carbons of electric arc lamps are
now being made of powdered graphite,
instead Of coke.
Scales are now made that will weigh
the flame OF a candle or the smallest
strand of hair plucked from the eyebrow.
In England farmers always soak their
seed in bluestone OF vltriol to prevent
smut md rust. A pound Of vitriol to
four bushels of wheat Is the proportion
used.
Variations in the size of raindrops are
attributed to atmospheric disturbances
and to the height from which they fall,
those from high altitude being much
tho smaller.
The new screw propeller of English
origin has two fat blades in the usual
form, but the remaining two, which are
opposite each other, are looped, so that
they form practically revolving figure 8.
The platinum beds in the Ural Noun
tains in Russia are the only ones In tue
sworld in which that metal is found in
Egrains. In several places it is to be found
Embedded in the hard serpeutine rock,
but only in the Ural in grains.
A recent invention is a new type of
refrigerator car that can be run for twenty
days without re.icing. 1t is charged
with ice'and certain chemicals, the com.
bination maintaining a freezing temper.
ature during this long period.
It is said that a really indelible ink
and kind of vinegar can be produced
from the juices contained in the banana
peel. The fiber of the peel. it is said,
can also be utilized in making cloth of
great strength and remarkable beauty.
An Ottawa (Cauad9 electrician claims
to have discovered process for utilizing
electricity for light, power or heat, 80 as
to abstract the heat from cast iron. blocks
until they are reduced to the temperature
of ice. he claims that this can be done
at price to compete fsvorably with the
latter. IS, ...
London scientists have recently de-
monstrated that the purest air in the
cities is found about twenty-five feet
above the street surface. Heretofore it
has been thought that the highest floors
in tenement houses I'D the best air. The
Investigations above referred to show
that the healthiess apartments are those
on the third 9oor:
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In Chicago one fare will carry ras-
senger block or an average nt about
eight miles in any direction from the
heart OF the CITY. d.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

2.GT. DIR. LowERY, OF st. Louis,
after bitterly attacking the mcmor-
les of a number of dead people, de-
.clared his willingness to go to the
graveyard, take the fcshless jaws OF
those he had been traducing and
shake them till the teeth ratified.
Just how this act would tend to rais'
groveling humanity to the benign and
sanity plane of Mr.. Lowery, those not
partaking of his peculiar goodness
RAY never know. But Mr. Lowery
was fgurative. The only jaw he will
shake much will be his own, an Of
fense only less gh0ulish than the pro-
posed grave robbery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

HANDKERCHIEFs have been added
to- the equipments Of the. Russian
soldiers. Heretofore the warriors Of
the Car have depended upon coat
sleeves and fence rails. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

SOMETHING was recently published
in Punch that had every outward ap-
pearance Of being joke. While people
were marveling over a circumstance
so violently defiant Of precedent,
Punch explained that the jest had
been due to deplorable Topographic
cal error, and that its repetition
would be guarded against with the
utmost care. So the stain on the
reputation of the somber and ponder
Gus journal may be considered effaced.
ALL the papers in a German town
have been fined for mentioning a
death from cholera. Reporting the
malady seems to be a much more
serious offense than merely export
Ing it. .-.-.-.-. --- ..--..-.---
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

,KEPoRTs OF recent prize fight
describe the fighters as brawny glad
iators, and state that when they got
real CORY the smell Of warm blood
drove the spectators wild with en-
thusiasm. 1t would appear from
these facts that all a burly ruffian
has to do to become a brawny glad
iator-a much more dignifled being
is to enter the ring aud have his
veins tapped. AS to the warm blood
at which civilization shifted in de-
lighted frenzy, more Of it and of bet
ter quality can be scented in any
al 1aI,nltor- house
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Driving on One Wheel

In order to reduce to the minimum the
weipht to be drawn by trotting horses,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

was q charm against lntoxcatlon, or II you
are not willing to accept the theory OF the
ancient Hebrews that the amethyst was
producer Of pleasant Greamss My answer Is,
I have brought you to the top row. tne
twelfth layer Of the foundation Of the heav.
enly wall OF 1900 miles Of circling amethyst,
to put you in position where you can get
new idea of heaven; to let you see that
after YOU have climbed up twelve strata
Of glory you are only at the base Of the
eternal grandeur: to let you, with snchant-
ment of soul, look far down and look far
up and to force upon you the conclusion
that it all our climbing has only shown US
toe foundations of this wall, what must the
wall itself be-; and if this is the outside OF
heaven. what must the inside be; aud II all
this is flgurative, what must the reality be;
Oh, this piled up magnihcence Of the heav-
emily WALT 0b, this eternity of decora-
prismatic miracle Of architecture! What
enthronement Of all colors A mingling OF
the blue Of skies, and the surf of seas, and
the green Of meadows, and the upholstery or
autumnal forests and the fire OF August
sunsets. All the splendors Of earth and
heaven dashed into those twelve rows OF
foundation wall. All that mark you, only
typical Of the spiritual glories that roll over
heaven like the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
swing in one billow.
Do ycu not see that it was impossible
that you understand a hundredth part OF the
suggestiveness of that twenty-tirst chapter
OF Revelation without going into some OF
the particulars Of the wall OF heaven and
dipping up some Of its dripping colors, and
running your eye along soma Of its won
drous crystallizations and examining soma
of the frozen light in its turquoise, and
feeling with your own finger the hardness
of its sapphire, and shielding your eyes
against the shimmering brilliancs in its
beryl, and studying the 1900 miles OF emer-
aid without flaw Yet all this only the
outside Of heaven, and the poorest part Of
the outside; not the wall itself, but only the
foot Of the ws2, for my text says, ''The
foundations of the wall OF the city were gar
nished with all manner Of precious stones"
Oh, get down your harp if you can play
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A step higher aud you come to chal-
cedony, another layer in the foundation OF
the wall and the running 1900 miles around
the heavenly city. Chatcedonyl Trans
lucent. A divine mixture Of agates and
opas and comedians. Striped with white
and gray. Dashed Of pallor blushing into
red and darkenlug into purple. Iceland and
the Hebrides hold forth beautiful specimens
Of chalcedony.
But now we must make swift ascent to
the top of the foundation wall for we can
not minutely examine all the layers, and so.
putting one foot on the chalcedonY Of which
we have been speaking, Wa spring to the
emerald, and we are one-third Of the way
to the top OF the foundation, for the fourth
row is emerald. That, would judge, is
Gods fsvorite among gems, because 1t holds
what seems evident IS His favorite coIor on
earth, the green. since that is the color most
widely diffused across all the earth;s conti-
nents-the grass; the foliage, the everyday
dress of nature. The emerald. Kings use
it as seal to stamp pronunciamentos. The
rainbow around the throne OF 6od IL Dy
st. John compared to it.
Conuuerors have considered it the great
est prize to capture. Wha5 ruth!essaess
when the soldiers OF Pizarro pounded it wita
their hammers! Emeralds have had much
to do with the destiny Of Mexico. Five OF
them were presented by Cortez to his bride,
one Of them cut into the shape Of rose, an.
other into the shape Of trumpet, another
into the shape Of a bell, with tongue OF
pearl, and this presentation aroused ene 1eai'
ously of the throne and caused the conse-
ouent fall Of Cortez. But the depths OF the
SEA were decorated with those emeralds, for
in shipwreck they went down off the coast
of Barbary. Napoleon wore an emerald at
AusterlitZ. .--
In the Kremin museum at Moscow there
are crowns and scepters and outspread mira.
Giles of emerald. Ireland is called the
Emerald Isle not because Of its verdure. but
because it was presented to Henry IL OF
England with an emerald ring. Nero had q
nagnifying glass Of emerald through which
he LOOKED at the gladiatortal contests at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-18
MIR. wArsoN's rEMERIry.

He Objects to . Resolution Concerning IN
Exhibit Displaying womsn's Progress.
Mr. Tom Watson Of Georgia is a nervy man.
He demonstrated that fact in the House this
morning to the bresthless wonder Of ell be-
holders.
Mr.. Watson has arrayed the women st large
against him.
A Senate resolution was pending permitting
the Smithsonian Institution to send TO the
worlds fair articles exhibiting the progress Of
woman, and unanimous consent was asked to
pass il.
In all the assent lage OF Congress there was
not one man who had the temerity to oppose it
until Mr.. Watson dashed into the arena like Q
knight Of old booted and spurred for the con
fiict. and threw down the gauntlet Of defiance
as he cried in clarion tones Il objectr'
The House held Its breath at this rash act OF
one who would dare throw himself deliberately
on the track in front of the express train Of
woman's progress. Then men gathered around
and besought him TO fee while there was vet
time-to withdraw his objection and not to
ride Rosinante against the vestibuled limited
But Mr.. Watson remained firm. insisting that
nothing should be passed unless the fair 10
closed on Sunday and the Senate resolution
took its place at the foot OF the calendar, with
no odds offered upon its passage.
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Snodgrass. H. q. Tennessee s27 sth .t,
Show, Herman W, Illinois 22T K Cnpitol al
springer. VIM NJ, Illinois. sS n ST sc
stahlnecker. W. e., New York, the Randall
stevens. Moses J.. Massachusetts. Arlington
s,ewara' Lewis. Illinois, 227 East Capitol 81
Stewart. Charles. Texas. INA st
stone, W. A. Pennsylvania l72l Qst
Stockdale. T. r.; Mississippi. National
Stone. Chas. W.. Pennsylvania. - h st ne
Stone. W. J., Kentucky. Metropolitan.
siorer. Bellamy. Ohio. 1929 Massachusetts ava
Stout r. G., Michigan. l945 l. st NV.
Sweet Willis. Idaho. pa l4th ct
Tsrsney. John G. Missouri. willards
Taylor, A. A.. Tennessee 4l2 9th stn.v
Taylor. Abner. Illinois. Cochran.
Taylor. J. d.. Ohio. lOl5 l. 81 NV
Taylor. Z. b.. Ohio Elsmers.
Taylor, Vincent A.. Ohio. 1921 kst
Terry, W. l.. Arkansas. Metropolitan.
Townsend. Hosea. Colorado. Hamilton
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Tracey, Chas., New York. Arlington.
Tucker, H. ST. G.. Virginia. PAS Del ave. ne
Turner, II. O., Georgia, National Hotel
Van Horn. Geo. New York 4 ongressionA. Hotel
Walker. Joseph H.. Massachusetts ShorehArn.
Washington. Joseph f., Tennessee, $40 18th 81
watson. i. T., Georgia. l29 18th 81 Sc.
Waugh, Dan. Indiana. 200 Delaware ave ne
Meadock, I. A. f., Mich. 1912 Sunderland pl
Wheeler. Joseph. Alabama. l74S L ST. nv.
White, Fred f.. Iowa. 81 ST. NV
Mlke. Scott. Illinois. 2Is Indiana ave.
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LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.
Items of Interest in the Appropriation Bill
As Fixed by the senate.
sEX. div.

As Fixed by the senate.
The legislative. judicial and executive APP
preparation bill has been completed by the
Senate appropriation committee and is
ready for report to the Senate. The
bill as it will be reported has some
radical changes in it from the form in
which it passed the House. The amendments
made in the House compelling clerks in the de-
partments to work eight hours a day. the
amendment granting only fifteen days Of
leave of absence, and the amendment appoint
ing joint commission for the investigation
of the executive departments in this city were
oil stricken from the bill without question.
The amendment Of the House providing that
no public money should be expended to pay the
funeral expenses of any officer or employe of
the government was also eliminated.
PRINCIPAL ADDITIONS.
The principal additions made to the bill were
as followG: To allow Capt. Bassett $500 addi-
tional. The thirty-fve clerks to Senators were
restored at salary of sc per day.
Two new clerks in the congressional
library were added, and appropriation of &c.,
900 is made on account of the Maltby building,
the salaries of the justices provided for by
the court of appeal bill are in
serted at 500 and the salary of the
clerk OF that court is also inserted. The ap-
preparation for the Supreme Court OF the Dis
trict is increased from S24, 600 to $50, 600.
INCREASES MADE.
The increases made in the bill over it as it
passed the House are as follows; For restoring
Senate employees, s45.74O; miscellan-
eous expenses of the Senate, $4,000;
additional clerks to Congressional Ii
hrary, $4,000; contingent expenses
in executive office, 81 900; Department of State,
s1,250; Secretary's Office, Treasury Depart
ment. $4,000; bureau of weights and measures,
"a 200; director of the mint, $3.50; two adj
dilionsl clerks in Office Of supervising
general, $1,000; rent of buildings,
Is, $50; Office of assistant treasurer at Chi
cago, So, 900: two additional commissioners to
Alaska. g., 900; restoration of the Utah COM
mission, 200; mine inspectors in the terri
tories, ll,000; Secretary's Office, War De-
partment, $3.50; Navy Department, hydro
graphic Office, 81. 900; Interior Department for
L. S. maps, 81 900; commissioner of railroads,
e., 500 bureau of education, $1,000; rent for
Interior Department and civil service COM
mission, S2s, 800; for Investigations by the
department of labor. 1000: Court
of Appeals for District, S23, 800; Su-
preme Court Of the District, $500;
United States district attorneys sal
aries, S20.700; United States marshal's
salary, $4,000. Office of surveyor general Of
Idaho, $1,000; Office of surveyor general OF
Oregon, $500; furniture for Court of Claims,
$500. In the record and pension Office of the
War Department there is decrease Of $160.
The amount in this bill as increased over
the House bill is 1854 $50.
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They Make . Series Of Ofacial Calls 1T the
Departments.
Mr.. 1HuRsToN WAITS UPON THE QUEENS REP
REsESrArIvE, BUT FAILS TO MEET HIM
PRINCE DAVID REMAINS AT HIS HorEL-Hrs
POSITION AS HE EXPLAINS 1T.

Mr.. L. A. Thurston, head of the special an
ne1ation commission Of the provisional gov
eminent Of Hawaii. called this morning at an
early hour upon Mr.. Paul Neuman. the deposed
queens envoy, but early as it was Mr.. Neuman
had left his hotel and the two gentlemen, who
are personal friends. did not meet
Mr.. W. A. Kenney, who accompanied the
commissioners in an unofficial capacity and
acted as their legal adviser throughout the
progress Of the negotiations with Secretary
Foster, has returned to his home in Salt Lake
City Mr.. Kenney is a native Of Hawaii, and
until few years ago was prominent resident
Of the islands
Prince David, who accompanies Mr.. Neuman,
remained at the hotel during the NOR ming.
than the natives Of Hawaii. He was
educated in the states, speaks English
fuently and has travelled extensively,
but has never visited Washington before. He
said the emissaries would simply present to the
pro- proper officers the papers now in the posses,
the queen. .we do not intend to
make a struggle against annexation" he
said. We are simply carrying out the instruc-
tons OF our queen. If the United States gov
eminent sees ft to annex Hawaii we shall make
no complaint The prince intends to remain
in Washington until after the Inauguration
and it is expected will be "lionized" to some
extent
THE COMMISSIONERS MAKING CALLS.
The Hawaiian annexation commissioners
visited the several executive departments to-
day and paid their respects to the secretaries.
The call was in the nature of leaves taking. in
asmuch as it is not likely that the Hawaiians
and the present cabinet officers will meet again
In an official capacity.
The representatives Of the dethroned queen
did not visit the White House or the State De-
partment today, and Mr.. Wharton, who is act
ing secretary Of state, said that SO far as he
knew they had made no request for hearing
by the executive.
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WASHINGTON MARKETS.

The butter market is fat today. Frac-
tonal shading has failed to produce the
usual result. The receipts are only mod
crate. Creamery, Elgin and other west
ern extras are quoted at 2sa30c.; creamery
frsts, 26a27c.; seconds, 24a25c.; fair to good,
22a23c.; imitation, 24a25c.; imitation seconds,
2la2Sc. Virginia and Maryland dairy packed,
store packed, print, roll. haulers' stock and
grease show q decline.
The egg market lis fairly firm and will be
strong if the present weather holds out for q
day or two. Nearbys are quoted at 25c.,
westerns and southerns do. The market is clear
Of lined and cold storage stock
Prices on poultry have eased up during the
week. but show a recovery todny. The receipts
are very light. Turkeys range from Is to l6
cents; chickens from IS to Is, and ducks.
l2al3.
There are no features to report in the vegeta-
bic, fruit or small stock markets.
Potomac fish are beginning to come up in
reasonable quantities, and the season promises
to be one Of plenty.