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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
EEST OFT OE LIFE.

A man who really means to get out of his
life its best results spiritually will not only
we'll cultivate it. but he will fence 1T. And
he will do that,if possible, in the springtime,
the blossoming time Of his years The time
to put up the fences is while the fields are
not as yet bare and brown. Christ calls es-
pecially for young men and young women
to give their hearts and energies to Him:
Now is the springtime of their lives as well
as the springtime of the year. To serve Him
one must not only plant the vineyard. but
protect it. Accept Christ, and he will give
you power to become sons Of God confess
Christ, and that act will throw about your
soul the defences that shall ward of spirit
ual ingatherings, safe amid thousand foes.
H. D. Jennings, in \. Y. Observer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
Gods Miracle Of May.

There came message to the vine,
Awhisper to the tree,
The blue-bird saw the secret sign
And merrily sang he =
And like silver string the brook -
Tremblsd with music sweet
Enchanting notes in every nook
For echo to repeat.
A magic touch transformed the fields,
Greener each hour they grow,
Until they shone like FURNISHED shields
All jeweled DER with dew.
Scattered upon the forest floor
A million bits Of bloom
Breathed fragrance forth thro' mornings
door
Into the days bright room.
Then bud by bud the vine confessed
The secret 1t had hoard,
And In the leaves the azure-breast
Sang the delightful word:
Glad flowers upsprang amid the grass
And flung their banners gay,
And suddenly 1t came to pass
Gods miracle Of May!- =
IF. D. Sherman, in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
Weyler on the War In Cuba.

The Madrid Heraldo publishes what Dur.
ports to be report Of an interview with
Captain General Weyler In Havana, wherein
Weyler is alleged to have expressed the
opinion that 1t will require two years to
suppress the rebellion in Cuba, and that 1t
will be necessary to postpore all political
reforms on the island until the insurrection
is crushed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
THE GREATEST SUFFERER.

It Is the woman upon whom the curse OF
drunkenness rests most heavily, says the
Index, and when women unite to protect
their homes from its blight their provocation
and their aim should secure for them at least
the respect Of silence from those who do not
believe in their remedies for an evil that none
can deny. Woman's suffering from drunken
husbands, fathers, sons and brothers gives
her right to call for all the protection that
society can Justly give.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
OuIcksand Swallows q Monument.

The granite monument marking the Next
can boundary line, at Tia Juana, In San
Diego County. California, was upset by a
flood shortly after 1t was erected by the In
ternational Boundary Commission. The
shaft fell into quicksand and efforts to re-
cover It were unsuccessful. 1t has been
necessary to buy new site for another
monument
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
Against Elaborate Graduating Dresses.

The East Stroudsburg (Penn.) School
Board is considering resolution recently Of.
fered prohibiting girl graduates from wear.
ing elaborate and costly dresses on CON-
mencement day. The girls are naturally in.
dignant at the attempt to deprive them Of
the time honored privilege Of looking their
sweetest ut graduation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
Silver aud Copper in Pennsylvania.

A company has been organized to prospect
for silver and copper in Wayne County,
Pennsylvania. There are indications that
these ores exist in paying quantities In the
region about South Canaan, and the COM
pany has paid 1000 for an option on 552
acres fland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20

The thing we have most to fear from is not
the liyelness Of the sinners. but the dead
ness of the saintS-that rcmotrness from
God. that innxpercnce Of the great realities
that makes God name and report rather
than felt person, and the superb verities
the possession Of the few rather than the
realization Of the many-Dr. Parkhurst.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
Rhodes Defeats the Matabeles.

1tHUuCS 1k1tHUCfcBs
A body of Matabeles, numbering fully
thousand. attacked the relief column under
Cecil Rhodes, en- route from Salisbury for
Buluwayo, South Africa, near Makalaka,
and the natives we're repulsed with the loss
Of thirty killed. The relief column sustained
no lose
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
McKinley Bolt in A

Mckinley Bolt in Arizona.
The Arizona Territorial Republican State
Convention at Phoenix split, McHinley's
friends boiling and organizing. Contesang
delegations will be sent to St. Louis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
When the Singer is Dead.

Bright Is the ring Of words
When the right man rings them,
Fair the fall Of songs
When the singer sings them.
Still they are carolled and said
On wings they are carried
After the singer is dead
And the maker buried.
Low as the singer lies
In the field ofheather,
Songs OF his fashion bring
The swains together.
And when the west Is red
With the sunset embers,
The lover fingers and sings
And the maid remembers. .....
R. L. Stevenson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
Larceat Gold Brick.

the largest gold brick ever cast In the
Black Hills was recently deposited In Dead
wood bank. 1t weighed trifle less than 10
pounds and was worth about S3O. .oOO. Ii was
the result of fifteen days output.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
Unoccupled Public Lands.

It Is stated that the vacant public lands
which still belong to the Government COM
prise an area Of 627.415,ssO acres, or nearly
one-third Of the whole area Of the country,
exclusive Of Alaska.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
TEMPERANCE.
A WISE BRAwLER,

a humorous fellow, in tavern late,
Being drunk and valiant, gets a broken pate;
The surgeon, with his implements and skill,
Searches the skull deeper and deeper still,
To feel the brains and try If they are sound;
And as he keeps ado with the wound,
The fellow cries. "Good surgeon, spare your
pains;
When began this brawl had no brains"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
The Rebellion In Nicaragua Ended,

Tho Rebellion In Nicaragua Ended.
A private cablegram from Managua an
nounces that the rebel forces in Nicaragua
have surrendered and that the rebellion in
that Republic has ended.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
ERYnf Resources.

The 1000, 900 inhabitants CT Egypt have
bonded indebtedness of $500, ,000. .C00 There
are only 5000 square miles Of productive land.
Of al average value per acre OF $115s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
BADGE OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
It is a Double Eicht-Pointed STAR Sur
mounted by an Eagle.

The officers and soldiers in the Volunteers,
Ballington Booths new American Salvation
Army Corps, have been decorated with the
badges of the order. The badge is double
eteht-pointed star, surmounted by an eagle.
In the centre Is red cross, surrounded by a
double circle, in which is the inscription.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20

Hirsch's Gift to the Prince of Wales.
1t is learned from trustworthy sources
that the late Baron Hirsch left $4,000, GOO to
his friend, the Prince of Wales.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20

You will find people ready enough to do
the Samaritan without the oil ard twopenre
Sydney Smith.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
To. the Lily-Purity's Emblem.

Sweet Lily,
Purity
In thee shines forth;
No SHOWS OF North
Thy whiteness match;
Nosun rays catch
Effulgepce equals to thine own;
Modestly bending .
In whate'er direction blown,
Charmingly blending
Royal stateliness with yielding grace
Thou Of all flowers art Queen,
Tween, -
Thou of the spotless face.
&C. C. Marin, In New York Suburban Weekly
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
Take MIchiran Polluted

Chicago papers are advising the people
to 'boil the water" The lake is not ft to
drink.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
-, .-, ~
,
MUSE w.,
Life,

Life. ., ~
A warmth. a glow, q light;
smolderlng embers, night.
A seed, a bud, a bloom;
A pod, a she'll, tomb.
A spring, a summer. fall;
A frost, snow, pail.
A culver, q motion, breath;
A song, a sigh. then death.
-Sigel Roush, In New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20

with those thin hands so strong for kindness
and with those white lips so strong for SUP
plication she has won coronation and in
ihronement and jubilee. And Christ said to
the angels who have brought each crown
z or the glorineo invalid: "NoS not these.
They are not good enough. But in the
jewe!ed vase at the right hand side Of My
throne there Is one that have been prepar-
ing for her many year, and for her every
gang have set an amethyst, and for her
every good deed have set pearl. Fetch
it now and fulfill the promise I gave her
long ago In the sickroom, BE thou faithful
unto death, and will give thee crown u"
1t was a great day when Aurelian, the
Roman emperor, came back from his vic
tories. In the front Of the procession were
Wild beasts from all lands. sixteen hundred
g!adiators richly clad, wagon loads OF
crowns and trophies presented by conquered
cities. Among the captives Syrlans, Egyp-
tians. Goths, Vandals. Sanaritans, Franks.
and Zenobia, the beautiful captive queen, on
foot in chains OF gold that a slave had to
help her carry and jewels under the weight
OF which she almost tainted. And then came
the chariot of Aurelian drawn by four ele.
puants in gorgeous caparison, and followed
by the Roman senate and the Roman army,
and from dawn till day the procession
was passing. Rome in all her his
tory never saw anything more mag
nifcent. But how much greater the
day when our conqueror. Jesus.
shall ride under the triumphal arches Of
heaven. His captives, not on foot. but in
chariots, all the kingdoms of earth and
heaven in procession. The armies celestial
on white horses RumblinS artillery OF
thunderbolts never again to be uuIimbered.
Kingdoms in line, centuries in line, sanity.
cherubic, seraphic, archangelic splendors in
line, and Christ seated on one great rolling
hosanna, made out of all hallsluiahs Of oil
worlds, shall cry halt to the procession. And
not forgetting even the humblest in all the
reach Of His omnipresence. He shall rise,
and then and there, Bis work done and his
such as neither mortal nor immortal ever I'M
ayir ed, to divide the spoil
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20


OF holding, feeding, clothing and sheltering
1,20,0OO,OOO people, and where we have
10000, 900 inhabitants, we have 100000
who cannot get honest work. and with their
families an aggregation of 100000 that are
on the verge OF starvation. Something
wrong. most certainly. In some way there
will be new apportionment. Many OF the
millionaire estates will crack to pieces on the
dissipations Of the grandchildren AID then
dissolve into the possession OF the masses
who now have an insufaciency.
What. you say, will become OF the expen-
slve and elaborate buildings now devoted to
debasing amusementsI They will become
schools, art galleries, museums, gymnasiums
and churches. The world Is already getting
disgusted with many Of these amusements,
and no wonder. What an importation OF un-
clean theatrical stuff we have within the
last few years had brought to our shores.
things! Having sold out to the devil, why
don't you deliver the goods and go over to
him publicly, body, mind and soul, and
withdraw your name from Christian
churches and say, "Know NIL the world by
these presents that am patron of un-
cleanness and child OF hell!" Sworn to be
the Lords. you are perjurers.
II you think these offenses are to 60 on
forever You do not know who the Lord Is.
God will not wait for the day Of judgment.
4 All these palaces of sin will become palaces
bf righteousness. They will come into the
possession Of those strong tor virtue and
strong'for God. 'He shall divide the spoil
with the strong"
China and Africa, the two richest portions
of the earth by reason OF metals and rare
woods and inexhaustible productiveness, are
not yet divided up among the good because
they are not ready TO be divided. Wait until
- AI Js,
Africa shall be entered. and Bishop Taylor,
with his band Of self supporting mission
aries, have done their work, and the Ashantis
and Senegambians shall know Christ as we'll
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07
HIS BRUTAL ASSAULT,
Mysterious Billy Smith Knocks
Gallagher Out by Foul
Means.
The Oakland Pugilist Was in Young
Mitchell's Saloon When Sud.
denly Attacked.

Billy Smith, "the Mysterious" and
Billy Gallagher, the slugger, are at
swords'-pcint. Last Sunday afternoon
some trouble-maker quietly intimated to
1.-THE Mysterious" that Slugger Billy was
looking for his scalp and would fight on
sight. Smith waxed angry and responded
quickly that he would put Gallagher to
sleep the moment he had chance to land
his big bunch of fives on the sluggers Jaw.
Gallagher was also approached by some
practical joker, who informed him that
Smith was on the warpath and would
punch his face until it resemb bled mince.
meat.
Gallagher was wild and excited and did
not hesitate to say that Smith was the
next man he would put to sleep.
The result of the scheme to get the two
''frecrackers' exploded bore fruit. Gal
Iagher loaded up with beer and started off
on the warpath in quest of Smith. ''The
Mysterious" donned warpaint and went
forth with one object in view, and that
was to meet his enemy and lick him at
any cost.
"the Mysterious" met iii Young Mitchell S
saloon. The proprietor had already taken
MS departure for home, and when the two
scrappers met there were only one or two
people in the sporting resort.
Gallagher, who was first on deck was
chatting to q friend when Smith put in an
appearance. The Oakland slugger was
unaware of Smiths presence until he re-
celved a smash in the neck which was
quickly followed by a swinging right on
the jaw. Gallagher fell a completely
knocked-out man, and while in a pros
trate and comatose condition Smith
started in to kick Gallagher's brains out
by brisk foot work. The spectators inter-
rupted the proceedings by compelling
Smith TO stand aside until Gallagher re-
covered his equilibrium.
The moment Oakland Billy regained his
pins Smith jumped at him like bulldog
and Immediately essayed to chew off a
piece of his opponents ear and Gallagher,
eudeavoring to release the hold that Smith
had taken OF his ear, sunk the finger nails
OF his left hand into Smiths nose. Once
again the sloggers were separated and
thrown torclbly from the saloon to the
sidewalk. Gallagher was the least excited
OF the two and challenged Smith to ride
with him in hack to the Cliff, where they
could settle their difficulties under any
conditions that would be favorable to "the
Mysterious. The latter refused to 60 and
when the prospects for an outdoor settle
ment looked glum Gailagher's friends es-
corted him to resort, where his bloody
ear was treated by a physician.
The Oakland welter-weight champion
will not rest satisfied until he has an op-
portunity to prove to Smith that he
(Smith) is not the only man living who
can do little rough-and-tumbie fighting.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07
The Columbia.

The Frawley Company at the Columbia last
night sent away satisfied house. AS CON-
pany, in London Assurance" they did all that
the late lamented Dion Boucicault could have
desired.
There was but one break, and the young lady
making 1t no doubt will be the greatest suf.
ferer. Miss Maxine Elliott as Lady Gay
Spanker, believing her husband, Dolly
Spanker, had been shot to death, rushed out
OF the room and tripped and fell She turned
in time, however, 10 save being disfigured, and
in seated position instead OF standing she
sDoke her lines and never told how she was
suffering. It was heroic.
Miss Elliott, it may be men toned, was per-
feet equestrlenne, her black or rather dark
blue habit making the hit of the evenings Co.'S
TUNES, but she certainly appeared to disadvan-
tage in the lighter ones.
The role of Charles Courtley was to be played
by I. d. Frawley, but he was called to the
East, and Charles Wyngate assumed the role
at torty-eight hours notice. Mr.. Frawley was
not missed, as Mr.. Wyngate was most accept
able. The other characters were all good.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07
ODD FELLOWS BIRTHDAY.
Yerba Buena Lodge Will Celebrate This
Evening.

Yerba Buena Lodge No. Is, I. o. o. F.,
will celebrate its forty-thlrd anniversary
this evening at Odd Fellows Hall.
The committee having the affair in
charge has arranged an interesting pro-
gramme and can promise their guests an
enjoyable evening.
After the entertainment, which will
commence promptly at o'clock, the floor
will be cleared for dancing. The pro-
gramme will be as follows:
Overture, YANKEES Orchestra; fancy and
Indian tire club swinging, Louis HIM, cham
plon amateur club-swinger of the Pacific
Coast; tenor solo, Gould l but Say" (RaeckeD.
ID. NJ. Lawrence; recitation, IAN Early Start, -
Miss Florence Kelly; barytone solo (selected),
b. /. Iarbox; specialties, ]. R. Bockman
Knickerbocker Male Quartet-D. NJ Lawrence
first tenor, r. P. Evans second tenor, d. b.
Crane first bass, L. A; Larsen. second bass;
recitation, J. Lester Gabriel; vocal solo, Mrs.
L. l.. Dixon; cornet solo, Professor L. n.
Ritzau; Knickerbocker Male Quartet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07
"Americans Abroad"

Americans Abroad" is a strong dramatic
presentation of Sardou's play, adapted by
AbDy sage Richardson for the American and
English stage, and is bidding fair TO call good
audiences at the California. For one good
point there is plot to the play, which is more
than can be said for some productions that
nave grieved the public, even on the Califor-
mas boards. And then the acting is really
good, which is not always the case.
me story deals with the adventures of q
weaitny American and his daughter and a yet
weaithier ward. In Europe the trio find them
selves besieged by adventurers of all sorts and
OF pnth sexes, all thirstiug for the American
mlillons This state of things so dIsgusts the
rlcn ward that she prevails upon her uncle
ana cousin to Join her in feigning sudden
reduction to poverty in order to fin d out who
their real friends are. The plan works ad-
mirably, though its windings are many, and,
as she ought. the heiress gets a man who loves
her Tor herself and knows naught of her riches
Mrs. Vandenhof and Mr.. Stockwell Go the
best work. The first named as the Baroness
de Beaumont, whom the English butler per-
slsts In addressing as MADAME de la Bar
oness, gives finished picture OF the polish ed
female schemer and society speculator. Her
keen scent for money and her final discom
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07


abused after fearful fashion, but in the end
wealth, fame and fortune shower their gifts
upon him.
MISS Leigh. for the first time during her en-
gaeement. takes the part of thorough-going
lemlnlne villain, and as Blanche Klrnball, the
This delectable character. it seems is the
proud possessor OF several husbands, whom
She S manages TO tangle up in a dreadful way.
her schemes at last come to grief, but they
take long time doing so, and when the final
expose takes place the husbands form them
serves INTO society tor mutual admiration
ana eondolence, which, perhaps is very pa
thetIc, out seems just little funny.
Leslie Morosco, Eugene Moore, Daisy Gro
and Butler do their share in rendering the
play OF absorbing interest, but there is a man
IN the cast whose voice has an uncanny
squeak The scenic effects are most artistic, Il
midnight view o. the madhouse in which the
gentleman tramp is confined giving oppor-
lunity LOT some fine transparency work.
lhls AFTERNOON an extra holiday matinee per-
tormance wIll be given
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07

| fiture are portrayed in the most artistic man.
ner-so much so that one cordially hates her
from the very first.
Mr.. stockwen as the rich American, Richard
Fairbanks, has chance TO do some very pre- etty
work, his takingdown of the artful baroness
being yeritable triumph of fine acting-but
everybody knows Stockwell can act; the won-
der would be il he did not come to time.
Miss Oliver as the ward and Miss Effie Shan
non as Fairbanks daug ter are both deserving
of mention, particularly Miss Shannon, while
among the men Mr. Kelcey as Landolphe
seems to share the honors with Mr.. Stockweli,
The other characters are for the most part
passaply sustained, and the staging is excel
lent
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07
GENERAL WAKEFIELD WINS.
An Important Opinion Relating to tn
State Troops Commander.

An Important Opinion Relating to TIL e
State Troops Commander.
1t is rumored in military circles that
Attorney-General Fitzgerald has rendered
a decision favorable to Brigadier-General
Warfeld and against rigadier-Gener
Muller. After the death of Major-General
Dlmond, General Muller assumed COM
mand of the State troops, claiming it as
his right under his com mission dated Oc-
tober, 1895. General Warfield, supported
by the local troops, disputed the other
claim, and it was decided to submit the
matter TO the Attorney General.
The latter's opinion has been forwarded
to djutant-General Barrett, but as he is
out of the State, the exact nature and text
of the decision is not learned, but rumor
has it that it is favorable to General w ar
fields claims.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07
The Casino.

The novelty of a performance every after.
noon and evening of the week is drawing well
at the Casino, in the Haight-street grounds.
Yesterday afternoon and evening there were
large audiences to listen to the wonderful
voice OF Black Patti in selections and the mu.
SIC oil the Russian orchestra: to see the won.
derful performance of the Aragon family in
performance OF Professor Macart's monkey
and dog comedians. There VIII be fine per-
bration.