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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
THREE REPUBLICS UNITE
Triple Compact Between Salvador, MIC
aragua and Honduras.
FEATURES OF THE UNION.

These Central American Cove, --cnts
Agree to Unite Their Larger interests
Guatemala and Costa Rica Have Not
Yet Assented.--Uncle Sam to Be Arbl-
traitor In Disputes.
The details of triple compact between
Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras to es-
tablish permanent peace in Central America
have Just been made public. Guate-
mala and Costa Rlca have not yet Joined in
it. but they have not officially declined to
do so. The treaty will give greater force
and character to the Nicaragua Canal project
through the United States, and indicates
nlainlv that Uncle Sam will be the arbitrator
in future disputes.
The compact in substance Is that the tnree
renphlics shall hereafter form one political
entity under the name of "Eepublica Mayor
De Centre America" the Greater Republic
Of Central America), this name to be IN torce
until Guatemala and Costa Rica voluntarily
accent the present agreement In Whlcn event
it wilt be styled ''the Republic OF Central
America" .o,
This treaty does not affect the internal
affairs of the repubncs. luete W. ~,
Diet to carry out the greater repuonc al
fairs, composed of one deputy IRON eacn
Legislature and one member IRON eacn
republic. to serve three years, the ma
ior;ty vote to rule. In the event OF neeotla-
lions with other Governments one OF !ne
number will be selected to act for the Die..
II will also name the diplomatic ana CON
snIar representatives. The Diet will sit one
wear successively in each OF the capitals' tne
order of meeting to be designated by lot.
Article SAYS that all questions IN ape!-
ance. or which may arise in the future oe-
tween these republics and any other Natlon,
shall be discussed by the Diet according TO
the date and instructions furnished py the
Government interested.
Article holds that sin case it be lmpossl-
BILE for the Diet to arrange in friendly man
ner the question in allegiance, or to nave tne
same submitted to arbitration, 1t Shall notliy
all the Governments. go that. agreeable %
the resolution of the majority. it may accept
or declare war, according to circumstances;
The most important paragraph IN Article
8 saws that in the event Of an arbitrator
being needed the Diet shall choose him IRON
among the residents Of the American rePuo,
lies. which, Of course, means the oni1eo
States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL RIGHTS.

Whenever laws restraining the liquor traf-
ac are enacted and enforced, the cry is usu-
ally raised in certain circles that all such
legislation is an infringement upon personal
rights and liberty. But drunkenness, says a
writer on this phase Of the question, Is q
great public wrong, involving life, health,
prosperity, peace, property, morals, and the
general welfare. What Is its corrective! The
police power, recognized by the Supreme
Court Of the United States. Said Justice
Mclean: "1he acknowledged police power
Of State extends often to the destruction OF
property. A nuisance may be abated, every.
thing prejudicial to the health and morals OF
q city may be removed"
Said Chief Justice Taney: I'll q State
deems the retail traffic in ardent spirits In
furious to its citizens and calculated to pro-
duce idleness, vice or deDauchery, I see moth
ing In the Constitution Of the United States
to prevent 1t from regulating or restraining
the traffic, or prohibiting It altogether"
Nor does the fourteenth amendment OF the
Constitution OF the United States impair the
police power of the State. So says Justice
Field.
And this power is incapable Of limitation,
says Justice Miller. "Upon IT," he says,
'.depends the security Of social order, the
life and health of the citizen, the comfort OF
existence in thickly populated community,
the enjoyment Of private social life, and the
beneficial use OF property" !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18

at Topeka, Kansas. He says he is a candi-
date for his old seat in the United States
Senate. He advocated the election not cnly
Of Senators, but also of the President ard
vice-President, by direct vote Of the people.
J. q. Burton is considered the principal, OPP
ponent of ingalls, for the Kansas SenatorshIp.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
aSsipurnoDt of Printers

Penleld Brothers. Of A,bu-y Park, y. j..
have made an assignment. The assignee i:
). ]. Joyce, of Newark. The firm has 4
large printing establishment there. 1t issues
Peterson's, and Arthurs Ho he Magazine
and the Medical and Surgical Reporter. be-
sides the Daily Press and the Shore Press
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Our Gold Reserve.

Tho gold reserve Of the Ulitcd States
Treasury at the end of August stands at
S1ll, 791 ,34l.O5 The gold Withdrawals dur
ing the first two months Of the fiscal year
have amounted to $13OJy, 900 but. the bond
syndicate has, by it, deposits OF gold to re-
plcnish the reserve. prevented it from falling
at any time below $10p, 600. .0U0.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
A Mayor Indicted.

Mayor Martin Delmargo, Of Spring Valley.
Ill.,, has been indicted for giving aid and en-.
couragement to the recent mob that drove
the colored people out of the city. Fifteen
other persons have been indicted for partici.
pating in the assaults upon the colored peo-
r,la
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
NO USE.

There was no use in saying that It was
dirtv wives and low-ceiling houses that
made people drunkards, because it was
drunkenness that made dirty wives and low
houses. 1t was the dirty ris that made the
dirty pig-sty. Let them put pig into o
parlor. 1t was q pig still. The parlor,
would not reform the pig; but the pig would
very soon transform the par!or into pig
sty.-James Guthrie.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Notorious Insurance

Notorious Insurance Swindler Captured.
Dr. George " Fraker. notorious insur-
ance swindler for whose arrest Il reward OF
GOO 600 had been offered has been captured in
the wilds OF Northern Minnesota. Two years
ago by pretending he had been drowned,
his accomplces received 55S,0o0 in insur-
ance on his life from various companies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
The Defender Selected.

The Defender beat the Yigilant in the last
of the trial races off Sandy Hook. y. y. anil
the Committee unhesitatingIy decided tha:
She should sail against VaIkyrie III. in the
Contests for the historic trophy. the America :
Cutl
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
TEMPERANCE PROGRESS 1S PARIS.

II not France generally, Paris at any rate
Is at length taking considerable interest IN
the temperance movement, and the society
which was formed short time ago has just
issued its first programme. The Academy
of Medicine and the Chamber OF Deputies
are seriously considering the subject, and
will no doubt before long take an active
part In the crusade against the use OF alco-
houc liquors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Liberty Bell for Atlanta,

President Judge Thayer, Of Common
Pleas Court No. 4, Philadelphia, Penn,
handed down an opinion deciding that the
city could take the Liberty Bell to the Allan
ia (Ga. Exposition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
FIRST WOMAN SHERIFF.
mYs. Stewart Has Been Appointed In Mis-
souri, to Succeed Her Husband.

souri to Succeed Her Husband.
Mrs. Helen c. Stewart has been appointed
by the County Court to succeed her husband
as Sheriff of Greene County, Mo. She will
serve until the unexplred term is filled out
by the election of a Sheriff to take the place
of her husband, who died In tie harness.
The indications are that Mrs. Stewart will
be nominated and elected at the pollsto sue
ceed herself.
An effort was made to have the County
Court appoint her brother to the place. who
would turn over the fees to Mrs. Stewart.
Her brother is William D. Garwood. general
baggage agent of the St. Louis and San
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
VIII Deliver the Opening Address.

Judge Emory speer, of the United States
Court for the Southern District Of Georgia,
has accepted an invitation to Gcl:v"- tho
olenn, al tres> at tae Atlanta Exposition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
New Woman's Penitentiary.

A new penitentiary building for female
convtcts is about to be begun at Joliet, Ill.
There are flfty-ive female convicts at
Joliet, and they are confined under very un.
sanitary conditions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
CUBAN UPS AND DOWNS.

More Reverses and Successes OF the
Patriot Bands.
According to Havana advices Coionel
Palanca, with his command, has had sharp
battles with the rebel bands under suareZ
and Zayas at Cariblanca. The rebels were
dispersed and their camp captured. Thelr
loss Is unknown. The Government troops
are pursuing the insurgents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
To Purify Drinking Water.

The Massachusetts State Health Board has
appropriated handsome sum tc determine
xperlmentally the best method OF purifying
drinking water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Cholera Worse Than War,

The cholera in Japan has slain over four
times as many rs we're killed during the re-
cent va. with Ch.aa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18

Fell From a Street Car and Eroke Her NecE
While returning from picnic at Fort
Wayne, Ind, Ms. George Baldwin, thirty
years old, fell from a moving street car and
broke her neck. She died instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
4 General Business Revival.

business revival is general, and likely to be
permanent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Utilizing q Pest.

Nebraska farmers are making hay out OF
Russian thistles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
A WILD ENGINES WORK.
II Crashes Into a Crowded Excursion
Train Near Coney Island.
SCORES OF PEOPLE INJURED.

Doctors Said Ten Would Die---The
Wrecked Cars Caught Fire After the
Crash---Passengers Leaped for Life
From the Open Cars Details of the
Terrible Disaster.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-20

posters would be fastened up at the
door. l knew that if the market held
still another three minutes I'd saved
my game.
The fool at the blackboard was
marking the closing prices on Tigers,
PoOrman, C9ur d'Alene, Eagle of MUIR
derers' Bar, Grubstake. He'd wiped
out the old figures to write down Grub
stake at the price of a bankrupt mine;
the brokers were yelling like demons;
the place shook with the uproar; the
clock licked at t~wenty-nine minutes
past; the fool was writing the figures
that meant ruin-despair-death.
Raising my gun. l fired right at his
fingers, missed, fired again, but the
fool was gone. l fired again and again,
then once again, and flung my revolver
at the blackboard across an empty hall.
Yes, I'd stampeded the brokers, I'd
stampeded the whole COMPOUNDED bunch
the ruck of them was screechiEg
with panic against the doors-and l
stood alone in the gallery. The game
was won!
What matter if 1 did get excited!
What matter if l did knock a few
deputy marshals out of the gallery?
What matter if l did damage a city Of
ficial-or a few dozen-or score?
THE news is out; I've won me a wife
and a fortune; I'm boss of the range;
and Kitty shall live like a queen be-
cause / love her-because I've loved
her like a man-and she's mine!"-Al
Che Year Round.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-20
How Jones Was Made Senator.

"How was it that you elected Jones
to the senate?" l inquired of a we'll
known member of the Arkansas legis-
lature. well" he answered, you see
it was like this: was leading the fight
against Jones. and it looked at one
time as if we had some show of whip
ping him. But his wife saved him. He
asked me himself why l voted for him,
and l told him straight out, just as l
told the boys on the floor. told about
hearing Mrs. Jones sing the Old Cabin
Home and how it make me cry to lis
ten to her sweet voice; how it made me
want to see what sort of looking man
her husband was-a nan whose wife
could sing like that. had never seen
Jones. Just as o o as my eye lit on
him / took a fancy to him. saw that
be had a head like a washtub, and l al
ways liked a man of that sort. So l
turned over and voted for him. When
l told the boys of the legislature about
the old Cabin Home some one cried:
Sing it" and pretty soon the whole
house was joining in the music. That's
the way Jones was elected. IN. Y.
Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The Japanese mikado is q man OF
much energy and endurance, in spite
of the fact that he is q great cigarette
smoker. He is fond of outdoor sports,
and has warmly encouraged the intro
duction of football into Japan. He Is
a hunter and fisherman, and is quite a
good shot with a rifle. His devotion to
lawn tennis is marked, and he yields a
very clever racquet.
The late DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes left an estate appraised at
S72, 117.32. The personal estate is esti-
mated at S67, III. 80; the real at S. 900.
A copyright owned by the deceased is
put in as of an unknown value. The
personal property consists principally
of stocks and bonds. The value of the
books in the library and reception
rooms of the residence is fixed at
SSO4. so.
Kate Field says she thinks that
Worth made for her the only dress
that he ever made of American ma
terial. She took him a piece of Ameri-
can satin for the purpose and at first
he refused point-blank to touch it.
The manufacturers at Lyons would
never forgive me-" ne said. ''They
would accuse me of treachery." But
eventually Miss Fields persuasion pre-
vailed.
Oscar Wilde is a walking epigram
factory. When an idea comes into his
head that seems available as a disguise
for truth he writes it down at once. 1t
dnaGnft maffar Uhafhnr hn &c ~ n Sfafn.
ly dinner party or in conversation at a
club. His pad and pencil are always
with him, and the pockets of his clothes
are never free from slips of paper con-
tanning startling paradoxes clothed in
crisp language.
That nursery tale which has
charmed generations of children and
their elders, known as 'Blue Beard"
was written by a French author. The
original of the character of Blue
Beard was a marshal of France, who
lived in a Brittany, and who was
charged with numbering several wives
and over one hundred children. Being
convicted of sorcery, he was burned.
A singular popularity of his hair and
beard was its inky glossiness, which
in a certain light appeared of an indi-
go tinge, and so won him the appella-
ton which has rendered him immortal.
"A story of Rochefort is revived ON
the occasion of his return from exile.
When Victor Hugo was in exile in
Brussels he asked Rochefort to stand
godfather to his son Charles. Roche
fort accepted, and in looking for a
suitable present saw in a curiosity
shop window a silver table ornament
which attracted him and which he
bought, though the price was $4,000
francs. When after 1870 Rochefort
was sent t. New Caledonia and his
property coniscated, Victor Hugo sold
the ornament for the benefit of Roche
forts family. 1t turned out that it was
the work of Benvenuto Cellini, and it
brought in 200, 900 francs.
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to forty and one-half, but if it went
below hat l was lost.
"On Tuesday 1 went to the mining
exchange building with my heart in
my mouth. The stock opened at forty.
three, then a little was sold at forty.
two, and at noon it stood at f~orty-one
and one-half. Scared almost crazy. !
grabbed hold of a reporter, stood the
drinks and loaded him up with news.
/ told him to say in his paper hat the
Hewson outfit was bearing down the
market. that Silas had flooded the mine
to hide his bonanza until the moment
came to shout. But the reporter made
out that the next edition came out at
4 o'clock, and the exchange closed at
800.
Get out the posters early told
him, bride the printers, work the ropes
somehow, andif 1 win my game l won't
forget you
The reporter winked, and started to
write out his n-aws: but when the mar
ket opened again in the afternoon there
seemed to be no hope left, for the
stock was at f~orty-ore and o~ne-quarter,
with only three quarters of 4 point be-
tween me and perditlon.
From where l stood in the public
gallery | saw the brokers whispering.
for a rumor had got wind from the
printers that made them crazy. Some
OF them were Offering fOrty-three,
fOrty-four. even up to fifty for Grub
stake stock. but there wasn't a dollar
for sale. Twas old IIewson's broker
that started the counter umOr making
out that the newspaper yarn was some
FOOLS canard-or else a tale gotten up
so that the holders could sell out in a
hurry. l was paralyzed when the bid
ding stopped short. l didn't know one
more o that could ave the game.
l was ready to kill myself.
Hi Hewson sent up a clerk to say
sell.
1t was decent of him. but | told the
clerk to go to blazes, and further, be-
fore I'd throw up my hand like awhile
llvered coward.
AT three o'clock came a telegram
from Kitty shat said: Be brave. Pa
has bought all the stock he wants and
wired his broker to quit ''bearing."'
''Oh, man, but she was worth fight.
ing for. She's an angel out of Heaven,
and Id rather have died than broken
faith with her.
The clock was going so slow that it
seemed to have stopped. Five past
three, ten past, quarter past three; the
stock at forty-one. Twenty past
three, twenty-three past! l was saying
my prayers with my revolver ready in
my hand for death if / lost the game.
There was a commotion down below in
the hall-a rumOr was spreading
through the crowd, till it rippled up
into the gallery, and l heard the news
the Grubstake syndicate bankrupt!
Il knew it could only be a lie gotten
up by old Hewson's broker. l knew
that in another moment the newspaper
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-20
SCHOOL AND U r

in Labrador there are 1899 Eski
mo Christians.
The Congregational Educational
society has educated 5000 ministers
and students.
France has a compulsory elemen.
tary education, yet out of S4S, 900 young
men called out for military service
20, 900 could neither read nor write
and $1,000 more could only sign their
names.
AT the Mccormick Theological
seminary eighty-three of the divinity
students are the sons of farmers, thir.
ty-one of ministers, twenty-three OF
merchants, three of lawyers and three
of physicians.
Eight hundred years ago, in 1895,
the first crusade was started at Cler-
mont in Auvergne. The anniversary
will be celebrated with great pomp
this year, and the pope has granted
the indulgence of a Jerusalem pill
grimage to all who visit Clermon, ION
condition that they pray for the return
to Catholic unity of the separated ORR
entail churches"
The only distinctive Russian edi-
fee in the United States wa dedicated
recently at Streator, Ill, by Bishop
Nicholas, of Sitka, Russia. The serv-
ices were impressive, lasting five hours.
The church is built entirely of wood
which IN from Russia, and is the
remains Of the Russian vestibule in the
Manufactures building at the Worlds
fair. The congregation there num-
bers over two hundred.
Bishop Williams of Connecticut,
the Oldest member of the American
house of bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal church, is known in this
country and England as one of the
wittiest men of the century. He is a
great reconteur, and his supply of
good stories is inexhaustible. He has
I Yankee humor that, combined with
great scholarship, makes his converse
ton peculiarly fascinating.
The Missionary Review of the
World estimates the total amount con-
tributed to foreign missions last year
at S14, 200. 900, beside 81, 500, 900 raised
on the field itself. The missionary
force including native helpers, num-
bers IS, 14S. There are 1862 stations,
1,0S1, 70S communicates of mission
churches, and 2,744,955 native Chris
tians. Last year there were 1855 ad.
ditions. These r great results.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-20
A Martyr to Seals kin.

1T is hard" observed 4 woman the
other day, Ito be reduced to a sealskin
coat"
What do you mean?' was the puz.
zling query of the friend to whom she
spoke.
why, 1 am an example of exactly
what l mean. This jacket of mine is
perfectly good and so handsome that I
don't feel hat 1 can afford to buy an.
other expensive wrap. 1t was made
three years ago, and the sleeves are
not large enough to accommodate the
present style of boslffant waist under
meath. l have been consulting a fur
rier, and he tells me that it would cost
forty dollars to have a few inches of
new fur put in them. That l cannot
afford, either, for a mere within of
fashion that may go out by another
season So l am obliged to wear an
old style waist underneath my coat
and wait for better times. "-Philadel.
phia Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-20
II OVERHEARD.
How a Boston Belle Taught Two Gay
Youths a Lesson.

Youths a Lesson.
1t was a Back Bay tea. The room,
prettily decorated with ferns and
plants, afforded many a coign of van
tage from which one could in retire
ment view the company. Indeed, you
might have placed yourself behind the
big rubber plant in the corner and
been absolutely unnoticed by any one.
And that was just what Miss Chandler
did. She had been talking earnestly
for ten minutes with a couple of
youths. one of whom, Mr.. Boynton,
had just gone off to bring up another
friend. Miss Chandler had asked
youth No. ? to take her into the corner
for a rest. Now he had left her and
she was sitting there in silence listen
ing to two voices on the other side of
the rubber plant.
81 say, Jack" she heard Mr.. Boyn-
ton say, don't you want to meet -
girl?"
SIS she pretty?'
Lively"
eyes"
"Well," said the clerical Jack, "If |
must, l must. Trot her up" And the
two vanished from the hearing of Miss
Chandler.
They did not have to search long foI
her. In a few moments they found her
the center of an animated group of
men; all of appeared somewhat fas-
cinated by her flashing brilliance of
looks and speech. But the advent of
Jack brought about a startling change.
Immediately Miss Chandler become OBJ
|liyious of all but Jack. To him she
directed all her remarks and glances
and that young gentleman's spirits
rose as those of the others sunk. His
monopoly lasted just three minutes.
Then Miss Chandler turned to Boyn-
ton, Jacks social sponsor:
Now" she said, ''trot him off,
Boston Budget.
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up the sum of what I had last fall,
though since then I've been laying by
my thirty dollars a month cowpunch-
ing for the Square Triangle outfit
down Boise way, which money I've put
into improvements on my Wild Creek
ranch"
You seem to have been on the
make?"
Yes" Jack heaved a great sigh, "but
II came deuced tough. Why, I've sworn
on poker, quit getting drunk, even
tried to worry along without cussing."
But why all this virtue?"
Why, don't you see, you loon-you
Obj
Mwa all for Kitty's sake"
Who's Kittyq"
SHE'S my girl. Say, do you know
man Hewson down to Idaho
nnat' the capitalist who foated the
GruSstake miner.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-20

And you reject my offer??" he saio
to her, intensely. You refuse to be
me?"
I'm afraid So" she confessed rather
kindly, for she meant well.
Then, l have but one thing to say tc
you, madam" he said, reaching for his
hat.
81 am SURE you have my permission
to say that. What is it?'
He drew himself up to his full
hight:
There are Others" he replied
haughtily, and passed out of the game
Detroit Free Press.