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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
BOND BILL PASSED
Completion of the House Programme Oh
Financial Legislation.

By a majority Of th1rty-four votes tne
Bond bill was passed by the House OF Repre-
sentatives at Washington after two days nau
been devoted to its discussion. Forty-seVen
Republicans cast their votes against tne Dill:
Only one Democrat, Mr.. dutcneson' "
Texas, voted for the measure.
During the first days deoate the oppoaa,, pppoa ;,
tion on both sides or the House was cnieny .iS
directed against the first sectlon OF tne Dln,
which contains the PROVISION 1or Tue enLeo 60
vera made pro and con, and the discussion
Continued until the hour Of adjournment. =,
When the House convened for the second
davis consideration of the Bond bill but
three hours remained for debate. me Vote
bv the terms of the rule under which the
House was operating was to be taken at
o'clock. The attendance was large.
The first speaker was MIR. Brosius (hep.'
PENN, who argued In favor OF the bill Mr.
Parker (Rep., N. J.) and Mr.. Stewart hep.
N. j. also spoke for the bill. Mr.. MeLaurln
Dem.. S. C.) said he should oppose the
bill. Others who opposed the measure
were Mr. Bartlett (Dem., N. Y.), Mr. Bailey
Oem., Texas) and Mr.. Marsh (Rep., ni.)
at M length oanaUp in Support Of ths bill and fol-
lowed by Messrs. Tawney (Rep., Mimi Bur-
ton (Rer., Mo; J, Connolly 9Rsp', nv HOP %r
Russell (Rep., Comm supported the plit
briefly, and then Mr.. Crisp (Dem., Ga.)
closed the debate for the Democratic side.
Mr.. Dalzell (Rep., PENN closed the debate
for the majority.
In accordance with the provisions OF the
order of debate Mr. Johnson (Rep., Cal. at
three O'Clock demanded division OF the
question, and the vote was taken on the first
section Of the bill. It resulted: Yeas, 17C;
nays, 1876. The vote was composed as fol-
lows: Yeas-Rspubicans, 1863, Demo-
crat, J.; nays-Democrats. SO, Repubh-
cans, AZ, Populists, 6, Silverite, l..
The announcement was received with ap-
plause. There was no division upon the
second section of the bill, and 1t was de-
clared adopted and the bill passed at tWen-
ty-flve minutes past three O'Clock.
Then Mr.. Dingley. Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, stated that
general understanding had been had by
which no business would be transacted for 4
week, 80 that members who 80 desired could
spend New Years at home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15

fs1b. ne i was q cleared. In April four
hens let On Brahms eggs hatched
thirty.eiehtl lchicks, and later on, be-
ing reset with Two more, hatcneaa
ffty.nine Leghorns. Eggs and poul-
try were sold to the owner Of fas fash-
ionable hotel at top prices, rsceiying
for sixty mine hens and chicks 84S: 3d.
and. bad forty pnllets left .to begin
the third winter. Divided into f0nr
.docks of ten each-as had Observed
from previous experience that small
Aocks usually do better than large
ones-they we're placed in winter
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
rARM AND GARDEN NorRs.


Cows should be protected from the
frequent changes Of weather during
the fall. More stabling and care are
generally demanded. Il Il ss 81
There are degrees Of. mental 'deyel-
opment even among cows. The
chances are that d nervous COW viii
give more and better milk than . dull
stolid one. rs.
The New Hampshire law which re-
quires all imitation dairy products TO
be colored pink has stood the test Of of.I
the courts and is now being vigorously
enforced. s.. s i.ts'f! Il: t4 s /
In Switzerland, milkmaids who can
sing get higher wages than those who
cannot. The reason is that 9 maid
who sings at her work can coax one
fifth. more milk from a COW than Q
songless mixer can extract sS5se Il
Milk is pasteurized whish has been
heated at 167 degrees Fahrenheit for
twenty minutes, then, quickly cooled =
it is sterilized when it has been heated
with steam or boiling water long
enough to destroy the germs.
E. A red.polled COW at Whittinghann.
England, has yielded milk continu-
ously since she ceased calying, five
years ago, her record being l3, 734
quarts OF milk OF the first quality. No
other case like this is known. .4a
If you wish to grow hyacinths,
tulips or other 'bulbous plants ind doors,
plant them now and place them in the
cellar until they have grown about an I
inch. !. They are then ready for the
window and will bloom successfully.
A new variety of blackberry has
recently been grownin' California. Is
is pure white and is known as the ice7,,
berg. The berries are delicious in
flavor and SO transparent that the
tiny seeds are perfectly visible when
the fruit is..ripe.
Eben E. Rexford writes In the
Ladies' Home Journal that ants do not
injure plants to any great extent
lQQe6u, Iuof o1o u .DoaSs - -
instances, as they catch the inserts,
which if left to themselves would soon
damage the plant greatly. s
There is often great difference IN
the churning qualities OF the milk OF
different COWS, some cream coming to.
butter sooner than others. This oc-
casions considerable loss in churning
when the cream of several COWS ls
churned together. It is better, If
possible, to churn each cows cream by
itself. @ss
The rains will carry the soluble por-
tions OF the manure down if it la
spread on the ground now, and worked
into the soil, while the solid portions
will decompose during the winter,
rains and frost more easily decompos-
ing it than when coarse material Is not
placed in the center of the heap. One
advantage of spreading manure in the
fell is that the labor of hauling 1t can
be done with less interference with
other work than to postpone the
spreading until spring, at which sea :
son work becomes urgent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Killed His Wife and Himself.

Charles B. Thompson, Principal Of the ccl-
ored schools OF East st. Louis, ILL.,, shot his
wife, Laura Il. Thompson, four times and,
placing the pistol to bis own forehead,
blew out his brains. Thompson, who
had been living apart from his
wife for the last six weeks, called
at her home. Mrs. Thompson, it Is asserted,
said she would have nothing more to dc
with him, whereupon Thompson drew a
thirty-two-calibre revolver and fired. She
turned to 90 up on tine front porch, but al
the third fire bullet entered her heao jus
above the temple, and she fell headloag up
ON the porch and expired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
BE laid hands on Mr. Houston, who ha,

He laid hands on Mr.. Houston, who had
sought him to cure paralysis OF the left
side. he neld his hands for an hour or
more, and Mr.. Houston declares he has been
greatly benefited, and hopes in time to be per-
fectly healed.
Schlattsr told them that, 80 far as he
knew, the Father had directed him to go to
Central America, but he will stop some days
Mt n Zuni reservation. He bade the strang-
els goodbye, mounted his white horse, and
rode Off through the sandy plain to the
southwest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
POULTRY PAID OFF THE MORTGAGE.

At first I was discouraged. writes
Mrs. E. r., and did not see nov l
could ever pay the mortgage urL f'e
and clothe my little family. At This
critical time my mother visited lne and
brought present OF brown Ire h"iu
hen and rooster. They were piHceI ~
the empty henhouse and fed on table
scraps and kitchen bits. The hen hld
through the winter and amply repaid
for what she and her mate ate. In
April, becoming brooay, set twelve
Brahma eggs and obtained eleven
chicks. These were brou- -ht up ny
hand that the hen might continue sit
ting. The second incubation Resulted
in twelve chicks. Both broods were
raised without the loss of a chick.
Eleven Branmas and three Leghorn
roosters were sold at a profit OF 80. 4O.
With ten hens the second w,Dtrr De.
gan, and from October l TO April l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15

20 DO away with IaIl wagons.
Postmaster Sullivan. of Rrookl IN, received
word from Washington that it was the In
tention OF the postal ant hnrities 70 DO away
with mail wagons after March 1, and Il mes
aenger service will be instituted. This IA due
to the success OF the trolley mail cars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Victory for the College Yct'.

Clifford Carson secured judgment for $3.50
at Kalamazoo, Mich, against Marshall Hill
and the village Of Galesburg for false i'm.
prlsonment. He was arrested for giving the
high school yell on the street there while
tried.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
-NIillinnaira Rides In q MGtncYcle.

HHIlUH*Iro 1NIOo~ III n I'h|F0 'eJ W.
John Jacob Astor, OF New York City, late
" took his frat lesson in manipulating y
horseless carriage. He guided it up Fifth
avenue under the instruction o. a wonfn,
who rode beside him. The vahisle was OF
Victoria pattern. the motive power being
hidden under the seat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
HEALER scHLATTER FOUND.

Discovered in Mexican Village by Three
Americans.
E. P. Houston, Receiver Of the Peoria,
Decatur and Evansville Railroad; J. W. sny-
der, business man Ct Paris, ILL.,, and L. 81.
Stanley have returned to Albuquerque, New
Mexico. from few days trip in search OF
.sHealer" Schlatter. They fol and him in an
obscure Mexican settlement, west OF Caba-
zon, about eighty miles from Albuquerque,
sitting by the fire reading Bible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Business Failures for 1895.
Business failures for 1895 were 2 is pol
cent. more In number than they were in 1894
The Rain Katahdin Accepted.

In the House Mr. Cummings (Dem., N. Y,
called up the Senate Joint resolution direct
Ing the Secretary of the Navy to accept the
ram Katahdin and make It part of the
navy, and, after brief discussion, it Wa:
agreed to.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Dried Apples for the German Army.

Knoxville (Tenn.) merchants have re-
ceived the contract, through a Baltimore
merchant, to furnish 100000 pounds OF
dried apples for the German Army. The
fruit will be purchased In Tennessee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
A Magnificent LIbrnry;

It is announced that the library that An
drew Carnegie is to give to Honest cad,
Penn. will cost 100000, and WORK will be-
gin on it at once.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15

II we are Gods children we need not fear
thrdevelopments ofhis proyidence.-Richard
Newton u. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15
Second Adysntlsts In Nentu cky.

Followers OF John Stavins, of Knott
County, Kentucky, who breaches the second
advent, are preparing thslr robes to ascend
with him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-15

surrendered his arms, and the disguised
wayfarer put upon his shoulders the mail
bags, leapei upon the horse and sped away
into the darkness, gaining fourteen more
days for the poor prisoner. Sir John Coch-
rane. and before the fourteen DAYS had ex-
pired pardon had come from the King. The
door of the prison swung open, and Sir John
Cochrane was free. One day when he was
standing amid his friends, they congratu-
lating him, the disguised wayfarer appeared
at the gate, and he said, "Admit him right
away" The disguised wayfarer came in
and said, "Here are two letters; read them,
sir. and cast them into the fire." Sir John
Cochrane read them. They were his two
death warrants, and he threw them into the
fire. Then said Sir John Cochrane: "To
whom am I indeb.ed2 Who Is this poor
Wavrarer that saved my life? Who is it?'
AMI the wayfarer pulled aside and pulled
| or the ierkin and the cloak and the hat, and
| 10! 1t was Grizel. the daughter OF Sir John
! Co.hrars. "Gracious heaven!" he cried
! "Iv c>Id, my savior, nv own Grizel!" But
mora thrilling story. The death warrant
! hi coma forth from the King OF heaven and
rarih The death warrant read, 1.-THE soul
I that snreth it shall die" The death war
rant coming on the black horse Of eternal
ni.ht, We must die! We must die! But
! br.asting the storm and putting out through
tna .,arkness was disguised wayfarer who
/ sripped by the bride the oncoming doom
! and flung it back, and put His wounded and
b'esding foot on the overthrown rider
Meanwhile pardon flashed from the throne,
and. Go free! Open the gate! Strike OF the
chain. Go free! And to-day your liberated
soul stands in the presence OF the disguised
wayfarer, and as He pulls off the disguise Of
His earthly humiliation and the disguise OF
His thorns AMI the disguise OF the seamless
robe, you find Heis bone OF your bone, FLESH
Of your flesh. your brother, your Christ, your
pardon, your eternal life. Let all earth ano
heaven break forth in vociferation. Victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ!
A guilty, weak and helpless worm,
On Thy kind arm fail;
Be Thou my strength and righteousness,
Ny Jesus and my all.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11
Tree Climbing Rabbits.

The London Field has an item that is
likely to call out discussion among
English correspondents Of that paper. "A
man writes that when shooting with
friend in Banffshire last December my
friend called out, There's rabbit up
a treer' Sure enough one was there at
least ten feet from the ground. The tree
was an upright fir, and the man had
seen the rabbit run mp the smooth bark
as easily as a squirrel The rabbit stop
ped on the first branch to look down.
What is more, there is lot OF
blown timber in the wood, and / sup
pose the rabbits have got accustomed TO
climbing on il, for l have often seen
them Jump on to a root and run up the
slanting trunk till they were sometimes
10 feet from the ground, which must
have been a dizzy height for an animal
of such ground habits.
Corroborative letters will probably
come in, and rabbits will have an es
tablished reputation as climbers IL II
said that in Australia the imported rab
bits have begun to develop hooked
claws. with the aid of which they arr
able to climb the rabbit proof fences
A large number of animals with hab
| its acquired because Of environment
have been noted from time to time
foxes that climb trees, rats that arr
beasts of prey, birds that build nest
adapted to certain conditions, ana s.
| on indefinitely.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11
TOM REEDS
At WARNING.
His Speech at a Gather
ing at Alfred, Me.
THE EVIL OF THE TIMES.
Caused by an Unwise Tariff Re-
vision.
THE EVIL OF THE TIMES
MUSHROOM OF THE SILVER PARTY.

Hard Times Greatly Aggravated by the
Loss of Revenuc-The Country Needs
More Capital, but Not More Money-The
Democratic Administration scored-Mr.
Reed Explains How Prosperity Can
Again He Reached - The Tariff and
Revenue.
The first gun Of the campaign In Maine
was fired by Hon Thomas Il. Reed the
other day. He spoke as follows:
II were going to give good advice to
the people Of the whole United States, l
should take this time to do It,
Just now there Is great deal of froth
and foam In the air, and some time Is
really needful to disclose clearly to every
eve how much of IL is the result of the
temporary breeze which stills at nightfall
and how little there IL of that heavy
ground swell which shows that great ele-
mentary forces are at work. How very
suddenly all this rush and stir has set It,
self into action Two months ago no man
Of any standing would have risked his rep
utation as prophet by limiting the slight
est doubt Of Republican success. -Four
years of actual trial of the opposition, un
der the guidance Of its best and twice
| trusted leader, had left no shadow OF ques
| ton as to public duty. However far tho
Republican party might have fallen shor'
| Of perfection, nevertheless all men felt thai
1t was the best party just now to draw
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11

men, sci-anR Co their feet, representing
hundreds OF thousands, aye, millions, ana
hencefOrth and always were part ana par
eel Of the bone and sinew OF the victorious
repubic What matter II the party had
gone wrong? They were right. One man
among them, one man alone, 10y single
sentence gave aid and succor IN this gov
eminent which Outweighed whole army
corps of veterans, musket ON shoulder
When stephen A. Douglas declared after
Sumter was fired on that " thenceforth
there could be but two parties-patriots
and rraitors''-he won the respect even OF
foes and an imperishable place In history.
We shall certainly welcome all such men
today, not that they are to be Republic
cans, but because they are patriots, for
that they must be.
Two months ago, as i have already
said, everybody conceded the election OF
the Republican ticket What has hap
pened since them Have the four years OF
history been blotted OUT Not one scrap
of them. Is our condition better Rather
worse Has the party changed any which
caused the most of our unhappiness? Yes;
there has been n change, but IL has been
for the worse. Its best men are leaving IL.
II this nation has thrice at the polls con-
demned this party when II was better, are
we now going to place IL In power when IL
has got worseS II they blundered on busi-
ness with their best men present, are they
| going To be a success on finance with their
| best men ABSENT
But we are all in bad way, and some
thing must be done Yes, we are In "A bad
way, and something must be done, but
) don't make the mistake of thinking that
any something will do. sick man in
proper cases had better take medicine, but
he had better be careful what medicine he
takes. There are some political orators
who think II they can draw rose colored
picture IL ought To convert cont
nent. What rosy picture we had painted
for us In 1892 What millions we were t.
expect We were to sell in the dearest and
buy In the cheapest market We were &c
have both ends of the bargain. We took
their word for It, and here we are And
now the least credible part of these same
gentlemen are smearing the canvas witt
another picture, for which they want III
to pay another four years or perhaps tel
of this nations life. Men deceived ono
are human; men deceived twice by TN
same men are fools.
There Is another class Of political ora
tory which deserves reprobation-the ora
, tory which paints the enemy in deep black
If anybody had curiosity to see what
, said of our opponents in 1892, they woul'
. find that did not venture any denuncia
: ton which depicts one-tenth OF the evi
which has happened. When told you tw
years ago what we Republicans would d
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11
Her Dilemma.

They met ut the linen counter, and
the girl in blue looked so sadly perplex-
ed that the girl in brown said sympa'
thetically:
'why, May, what is the matter? You
look so miserable.
I'm bothered, acknowledged May.
You see, Rudolph and l quarreled bit
terly last night And to save my life
can t make up my mind whether to 60
ON buying household linens in expecta-
ton of q reconciliation or to buy me an
organdie to begin new campaign"
TT is bothering," agreed the girl III
brown. "Ahl We women have so many
hard problems to solvev'-New York
Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11

Last evening Michael J. Dryer posted
500 with the News as forfeit and stake
money, $50 forfeit and $50 stakes, as an
acceptance OF the challenge made by
David Lloyd from the stage OF st. Pat
rck's Hall Saturday night after the hrst
match. Mr.. Loyd's proposition was to
wrestle mixed match at catch-as-catch-
can and greco-roman, a fall at each style
with tossup to decide the style oil the
third fall, il one be necessary.
Mr.. Dwyer said he could not see why 1t
should be thought necessary for him
to come to Calumet if Mr.. Lloyd
still is of the same mind as after the first
match, and as indicated by his challenge
he can send in articles OF agreement in
accordance with the terms az stated by
himself.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11
ONE sPoRTsMAN's AMBITION.
II Is to Hunt In the Undiscovered Patche'
Along Americas Coast.

II Is tn Hunt In the Undiscovered Patches
Along Americas Coast.
"I'll tell you what / would like to
do, " said man whose life is spent row.
ing about from city to lumber camp
and from park to forest II would like
TO own schooner fit to weather any
gale on the seas and travel in it up and
down the American coast from Labra-
dor to Cape Horn and north again to
Boring strait There's q whole lot Of
odd places one could visit seldom or
never heard of.
Take it about Cape Hatteras. Now,
what do you know about the mainland
alongshore there? What can you tell Of
the people in the swamps there and Of
the game these people find in the
woods? It's so little, you have to guess
| at il. Then there is whole lot Of the
gulf of Mexico's shore line, not to men,
ton the islands and lands south Of there.
| Why, only the other day heard Of a
| tribe Of Indians on some islands some-
where down that way that buy buckshot
to kill deer with and poor shotguns,
using only a dram of powder for a
charge Just think what sport fellow
with good rifle would have among
them-if they'd let him. What is more,
they pay for what they buy with pure
| gold, and if ever white man visited
them he did not come back to tell about
it, nor will the Indians say where they
got their stuff.
when you come TO think about 1t,
the sportsman nosing about in these out
of the way places could get more game
and curiosities than he could get out OF
Blue Mountain park or from any Other
of the big preserves.
81 hope to make just such trip some
time. III take u 1870, 10 gauge, {
20 gauge and target pistol, with stacks
of fishing tackle of all kinds and no enc
Of ammunition. The specimens vii
gather will pay for the trip, as l'shal
go along prepared to skin and dry any
thing from a tapir to crocodile, from
condor to a beetle, not to mention
snakes and other things New Yorl
/ Snn
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11
Portage Lake News
A Sudden Disappear
anCe of a Hancock
Man.
Said He Was Going BerryIng.
60 Give a Concert at Houghton
and Hancock.

Anthony Cooney left his boarding house
a week ago Thursday, saying he was
going berrying and would be back Sun
day. Mr.. j. A. Mayotte, with whom
Cooney boards, has not seen anything Of
him since nor has anyone else. lester-
day he reported the disappearance to the
authorities. Mr.. Cooney works as a
moulder for Carroll Bros. and there is no
reason apparent for him to voluntarily
stay away. lie has little money COM
ing to him at the foundry and owes moth
ing, to amount to anything at least.
Marshal Malherbe has ascertained that
the missing man, who is well-known in
Hancock, was last seen on Thursday
morning, the day he left, near the dock
at Hodges foundry. Where he intended
to go berrying is not known and the
whole affair ia puzzle to his friends and
the authorities. Mr.. Cooney has broth
er living at Ripley and one at lshpeming
neither OF whom know anything oil hif
whereabouts.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11

Rumors were around town this morn
ing that a ship had been wrecked oil the
month Of the canal and as the telephone
was not working several HancocKites
rode up to the canal on their bikes when
it was ascertained that during the night
a vessel was heard blowing the signal OF
distress and that the life saving crew at
once put out toh her and found the sounds
proceeding from the barge Norseman
some part OF her machinery having given
out. The crew started to row to Han
cock for assistance, but being overtaker
by the steamer Alaska, they were toweo
to Houghton, where Croze's tug, the va
lerie, was engaged to send force oil mel
from that gen'lemans shipyard to MAKE
the necessary repairs.