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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31
Woman Elected Tax Collector.

In Holden (Mass.) town meeting Mary E.
Hubbard was elecied Tax Collector,
receiving 81 votes to 81 for Levi W.
Howe aud rs for William J. Prendergast.
So far as there Is any record, this Is the first
time a woman has ever been elected to THAI
office in Worcester County.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31

John Corbett, of Indian Fields. ky.. put
out fire in a railroad trestle and tagged
passenger train in time and received as re-
ward an eighty-daY pass over the line. ne
rode around, carrying farm procuce 70 nelgn,
boring towns where he sold 1t for cash, and
realized nice little sum.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31
Again the Murderer,s Bullet.

william Drossel shot his wife and then put
bullet through his own brain. Drossel died
insanity IN the woman was fatally wounl-
ed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31
NEW ARMY POLICY.
The Public No Longer to Re Allowed to
Visit Forts.

Genera! Miles, commanding the United
States army. has issued general order pro-
hibiting, in the strictest terms, the admission
of any person, except officers OF the Navy
or Government employees, to any lake OF sea
coast defences without u permit from the
commandant OF the place. Moreover, such
permits are to be given only for true MILL
tary purposes, and under 10 conditions are
written or pictorial descriptions OF such de-
lenses to be made without authority from
the Secretary Of War.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31

Now the church goes forth bearing pre-
cious seed, but after awhile 1t will be the
sheaf binding, and reaper angels shall shout
tho harvest home. Now 1t Is tents and march,
ing and exposure, but then, In the ranks OF
PROSTATE inlquity and on the very walls of
heaven, "in the name Of God we will set up
our banners"
The earth sends up its long. deep groan Of
pain and clanks the great chains OF its bond
age and cries by the voice OF sea and land
and sky, "How long, o Lord, how lonG?"
There was tr dition on the other side OF
the water that the daughter OF Lir was
transformed into bird OF the air and that
she wandered for hundreds OF years over
river and lake until the arrival OF CHRIS
tlanity and that at the stroke OF the
first cathedral bell her spirit was freed.
Uncounted millions Of our race by the
mower of sin and satan have been Transformed
into state of wret:heiness, and they wan
der like the poor daughter Of Lir. but they
shall after awhile he released. When the
GREAT church of Christ shall In those dark
eneG lands from its tower ring out the glad
tidings Of the gospel, then millions OF wan
derinc souls shall find rest in a SGviour's
pity and Saviour's love, transported from
the kingdom Of satan into the kingdom OF
Gods dear Son.
BY and by you would hardly know the
earth II you saw it. The world as whole
shall be as greatly improved as the individual
heart by conversion. Fraud, leaving its
trickery, will 90 to work for an honest living.
Knavcry shall begin to make righteous
bargains. Passion shall answer to the con-
troll of reason. Scoffers shall be changed icto
worshipers and skeptics into Bible lovers.
Christ shall begin His reign on earth.
Whether He shall descend on TO the
earth in person and establish govern
ment at Jerusalem, I cannot say, but
it will be an era of more than Augustan
splendor. That is enough. Knowing this. we
can never despair. But as we see the church
of Christ putting on her beautiful garments
and arising to shine we will say, with the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31

rent of all inlquity. They make US believe
that, though nations belligerent and revenge
full may sign articles OF peace and come to An
amicable adjustment, there shall be no cessa-
ton OF hostilities between the forces OF light
and the forces Of darkness until the king
doms of this world have become the king
doms OF our Lord Affrighted by no opposi-
ton. discouraged by no temporary defeats,
shrinking from no exposure, every man to
his position, while from the tops OF our
schoolhouses and churches and seminaries
and asyums "in the name OF God we will set
up cur banners"
There are nonprofeSsors who have very
correct idea of what Christians ought to be.
You have soon members Of the church who
were as proud as Ahab and lied as badly as
Ananias and who were as foul hypocrites as
Judas. You abhor all that. You say follow
ers Of Christ ought to be honorable, humble
and self denying and charitable and patient
and forgiving. Amen. SO they ought. Come
into the kingdom of Christ, my hearer, and
be lust that glorious Christian that you have
described. Every church has enough stingy
men In it to arrest its charities, and enough
proud msn in 1t 10 crieee away the Holy
Ghost. and enough lazy men in 1t to hang on
behind till its wheels, like PhnraOh's char
lots. draG heavily. and enough worldly men
to exhaust the patience Of the very elect and
enough Snarly men TO make appropriate the
Bible warning "Beware Of dogs" If any
of you men on the outside of the kingdom
expect TO make such Christians rs that we
do not want you to come, for the church has
already million members too many OF just
that kind. We do not want our ranks
crowded with serfs when we eau have them
filed with ZounveS.
There are men now. ms In Christ's time,
possessed Of seven devils. In some instances
il seems us though at conversion only six Of
these evil spirits were cast out, while there
remains still one in the heart-the devil Of
avarice the devil of lust or the devil OF
pride. Men OF the world, If you would be
transformed and elevated by the power OF
the gospel. now is the time to come. 1t Is
The Press., 1897-10-14
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of slush taken to the 'pulsators,' and there reduced to a quater of load of nice, clean dark-colored sand. Then 1 followed it to the sorting tables i'd saw the men deftlysand swiftly spread it out and brush it about and seize the diamonds as they showed up. I assisted ,s and once 1 found diamond half as large as an almond. It is an exciting kind of fishing and you feel fine thrill of pleasure every time you detect the glow of one of those limpid pebbles through the veil of dark sand. 1 would like to- spend my Satur- day holidays in that charming sport every now and then"
 He visitsssmany of the important towns in South Africa, reaching Cape To VII, the end of his African, journey. From there he proceeds to Southampton pier, and his trip around the earth ended where it had begun thirteen months before.
 It seemed a fine and large thing to have accomplished-the circumnavigatlo of this great globe in that little time, and was privately proud of it. For m )ment. | Then came one of those vanity-sn ubbing astronomical reports from the observatory people, whereby it appeared that another great body of light had lately fialled uE in the remoteness of space which was travelling at a gait which would enable it to do all that 1 had done in a minute and half. Human pride is not worth while; there is always something lying il wait | to take the wind out of it.
The Press., 1897-10-14
Diseases of Miners.

As to whether there are any diseases peculiar to the miners calling there is evidence that, with one, or perhaps two, exceptions, there are none such. These exceptions are an affection of the eye, termed "nystagmus, and. in a lesser degree, that disease of the respiratory organs which usually goes by the name of miners asthma. Nystagmus, al- though not prev yuient affection, is one with we'll marked symptoms directly traceable to the posture of the collier while at work.
 The symptoms are oscilhtion with more or less of rolling motion of the eyeballs, giddiness, with headache, and the appearance of objects moving in circle, CT lights darcing before the eyes
 In severe cases the person affected may stumble and be so much incon- venienced as to be obliged to stop work. Dra Simeon Shell of Sheffield has given th59. disease special attention for about 20 gears and has published the results of his investigatio tions, which show be- yond all reasonable doubt that nystag mus is confined almost entirely to those underground workmen who are engaged in holing or undercutting the coal, and is due to the miners batit of looking upward above the horizontal line of vision, and more or less obliquely while at work lying cn his side. It has been observed also in firemen and others who have occasion frequently to examine the roof, turning the eyes obliquely while doing so. Any otLer occupation in which the person may habitually turn the eyes upward and sideways will induce nystagmus. Coal Trade Jour
The Press., 1897-10-14
MARK TWAIN'SNEW BOOK.

Mark Twain's new book, Following the Equator" is published by the Ameri- can Publishing Company of Hartford and is sold by subscription. It is beautifully illustrated by notediAmerican artists, in- cluding A. 0. Frost, Dan Beard, Peter Newell, B. West Clinedinst, and others. It contains photogravure portrait of the author Reproduced herewith), specimen page from his notebook, and dainty title page in color:
 On landing at the Sandwich Islands, the traveller writes :-
 "We strolled about the streets of the white folks little town and around over the hills by paths and roads among European dwellings, and by and by we stopped to ask an elderly English colonist a question or two, and to sympathize with him concerning3 the torrid weather but he was surprised, and said
 This? This is not hot. You ought to be here in the summertime once.'
 We supposed that this was summer.
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Number go.
A passenger told me a story about it.

A passenger told me a story about it. He said that his grace, the bishop of a certain see, was once making business progress through the tavernless welt, and one night he stopped with Boer; after supper, was shown to bed. He undressed weary and worn out, and was soon sound asleep. In the night he woke up feeling crowded and suffocated, and found the old Bor and his wife in bed with him ,one on each side, with all their clothes on, and snoring. He had to stay there and stand it awake and suffering until towards dawn, when sleep again fell up- on him for an hour. Then he woke again, The Boer was gone, but his wife was still at his side.
 Next to Mir. Rhodes, the most interest ing convulsion of nature in South Africa was the diamond-crater, which he de- scribed in detail :-
 "I watched the contractors at work - big tanks containing mud and water and invisible diamonds, and was told that each could stir and churn and properly treat 300 carloads of mud per day-1 ,60( pounds to the carload-and reduced it tc carloads of slush. I saw the carloads
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| am OverstOcked with Carriages of all kinds, and will give very low prices for the next sixty days, as I must have room for sleighs. It will pay anyone in want of a vehicle of any descrip- tiOn to examine my stock before buying.
 Repairing, Horse Shoeing and general jObbing done by experienced wOrkmen and at reasonable prices.
 JOHN G. wIaHTMAN,
 Stafford Hollow. September 13, 1897.
The Press., 1897-10-14

WOMEN NEED Nor BE DIsooURAGED.- The nervous tension under which most of our women constantly live affects the female organism seriously. Heavy house. hold burdens, social gaieties, work in some commercial establishment, any ot these duties seem impossible to women who are ill and yet they keep up for time under pressure of the demands upon them. When they do break down, the advice and treatment they receive from their family physician don't go to t"e root of the trouble and they get no better. They are discouro g+d, worn out, tird oi life. The great specialist in women's dis eases, Dr. Greene, of Nervura fame, 35 West 14th street, New York city, has shown thousands of women who though themselves hopeless invalids the way 10 health. His office is open to all women for free consultation and advice, or if you will write him about your case he will ad- vice you by mail absolutely free of all cost and confidentially. The glorious remedies discovered by this profound physician are an invaluable boon to wo- men. It costs nothing to be put on the road to health, and all ailing women should write to Dr. Greene at once.
The Press., 1897-10-14

The learned professions of Italy com- prise 295, 900 persons.
The Press., 1897-10-14

A VALUABLE PREsoRIPTIoN.-E Editor Morrison, of Warrington, Ind, Sun" " writes You have a valuable prescrip- tion in Electric Bitters, and I can cheer fully recommend it for Constipation and Sick Headache, and as general system tonic it has no equal" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2,625 Cottage Grove avenue,. Chicago, was all run down, could not eat nor digest food, had a backachc which never left her and felt tired and weary, but six bottles of Electric Bitters restored her health and renewed her strength
 Prices 50 cents and $1.O0. Get d bottle at E. K. Taft's drug store. 6
The Press., 1897-10-14
Artists Failures.

Do not, let me beg of you, be afraid of so called failures, |" said a we'll known artist addressing his class. "They are only stepping stones to success, the premiums we all must pay for expert ence. I may say, without vanity, that I have been fairly successful in my pro- fession, and yet to one canvas that suo- ceeded there have been as many as 40 which I have scraped down with my palette knife in disgust. Even if stu dent never succeeds, his very failures may be noble "
 It is not only to art that this exhorta- tion might apply. Ill every career, in every walk in life. the same point of view should be taken. Failures are not failures really-they are lessons; they are stepping stones. They should not be aseociated for a moment with despond- ency or hopelessness Just as a child tumbles and picks himself up as a mat ter of course and runs gayly on, so shpnld we children of larger growth regard the ups and downs of life, never losing courage, however often we tum- bles Young people especially should be taught that it is not always success to succeed and that disappointments should be taken philosophically, The idea of a booby prize in games is good 5ons There are many prizes in life for those who apparently fail, and even ill worldly matters the last shall be first and dshe first shall be last in nine cases out of ten. New York Tribune
The Press., 1897-10-14

On June 12, 1755, upward of 9, 400 salmon were taken above the bridge in the river Tyne and sold ir Newcastle at one penny and a penny farthing per nOund
The Press., 1897-10-14
Grant and OchiItree.

President Grant made Colonel Ochil- tree a marshal for certain district in Texas. The colonel, however, did not spend much of his time at home, but went skylarkinR about the country wherever his fancy led him. This caused so many complaints to be filed against him that at last the president sent for him to come to Washington.
 While waiting in the White House reception room for his turn to see the president, Ochiltree began reading a re- port of the preceding days races at Saratoga and was surprised to see that a horse bearing his own name, Tom Ochiltree, had carried off second money. When he faced President Grant, the latter said he was sorry to learn that an appointee of his should be in any way derelict in his duty.
 '"The fact is, Tom, can hardly pick up paper that don't run across your name," said he. land you seem to be about everywhere except in Texas. where you ought to be. "
 General, said the Texan, with a smile as radiant as California sun- set, "if you'll read the papers today you'll find that l carried of second money at Saratoga yesterday and am said to be in fine form and faster than ever.' See here.''
 And he showed the sporting page of the paper in his pocket
 Am I to blame, he said, "if, while am faithfully attending to my duties at home, some confouudcd race bol se is disgrac;ng ny name aL >ut the coun- try?"
 The president though nct, and T'cm hurried back home and st k to hUhi mesquite awhile. -CEivlGo Times Herald
 On June 19 1765 inward of 9 10O
The Press., 1897-10-14
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns of The Press, thirty years ago.l
Oct.IS, 1867.

Oct.Is, 1867.
 John Burwell has removed his photo graph saloon from the Hollow to this will lage.
 The Spiritualists of Stafford are about to erect a meeting house at the Hollow. A considerable amount of the necessary funds is already described.
 The work of arching over the stream east of l.. w. Clane's store has been con- mencedIby G.M. Ives, agent of the Granite Mill company.
 Cooper Lane, Oct. 14th, 1867. The monotony of the Lane has been broken by the advent of herd of forty five head of cattle, purchased in Vermont, and brought! here by our enterprfsing neIghbor and well known "cattle broker," Chauncey Smith. Breeds, sizes, colors and descriptions were all handsomely represented, from the patient OK to the "cow with the crumpled horn," and the heifer, such as the "old woman" told her husband never to buy, giving as her reason, II never knew heifer to make
 
 crowded in and for a few days Cooper's Lane wore a business aspect and seemed the Brighton" of Stafford. Men seemed to understand that there was a right smart chance '" for trade hereabouts, and as Winter, Wakefield and Rockwell se- lected the fattest of the corpulent bovines and drove them away, there was apparent on their self satisfied countenances some thing very suggestive of steak and sir loin in prospect fur the lovers Of good fare.
 A flock of wild ducks, who took lodg- ings for the night on the meadow pond back of Cooper's Lane on Saturday even ing last, somehow got mixed" with the shot discharged from the guns of Chauncey Smith and son, and Augustus Washburn, which accident detained four of their number from proceeding on their journey. Washburn shot a very fine duck, while on the wing, the shot taking effect only in the head. It may have been accidental, but he has had Ian experience'' in army service, which might have brought it about. SALLIE PEPPERGRAss. MARRIED. Mansfield Center, Sept. 12, 1867, J. A Chaffee and Martha Arm strong.
 Willimantic, Sept. 21st, Emory D. Rogers, of Holland, and Lucy Oldershaw, of Mansfield.
 Willimantic, Oct. 9th, Frederick P. Tnp 0F No-nRoll nd T,lio | Saxton, of Willimantic.
The Press., 1897-10-14

We live in country of which the prin- cipal scourage is stomach trouble.
 It is more wide spread than any other disease, and, very nearly more danger ous.
 One thing that makes it so dangerous Is that 1t is so little understood.
 If it were better understood, it would be more feared, more easily cured, less universal than it is now.
 So, those who wish to be cured, take Shaker Digestive Cordial, because it goes to the root of the trouble as no other medicine does. The pure, harmless, curative herbs and plants of which it is composed, are what render it so certain and at the sane time, so gentle a cure.
 It helps and strengthens the stomach, purifies and tones up the system.
 Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to $1 per bottle.
The Press., 1897-10-14

Never cut potatoes for baking, but fol steaming or boiling draw the edge of sharp knife halfway around lengthwise, so that they will crack open nicely.
The Press., 1897-10-14

Willimantic, Sept. 21st, Emory D. Rogers, of Holland, and Lucy Oldershaw, of Mansfield.
 Willimantic, Oct. 9th. Frederick P. Cummings, of Mansfield, and Julia A Saxton, of Willimantic
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-04-23

Within the past year, among the
thousands of hearty testimonials to the
wonderful curative powers OF Paine's
celery compound that have been re.
ceived by Wells, Richardson 81 Com.
pany--among the thousands Of grateful
letters received from every state and
town in the country, there have come
no less than six hearty Endorsements
from members Of the national house OF
representatives
All were willing that their expert
ence should be published, believing
rightly that they might thus do good to
others.
In these columns have already been
published. the letters received from
Congressman Meredith, Bell, Grout and
Powers. Now comes letter from
Congressman Robert Neill OF Arkan-
sas, as follows;
My home is at Batesville, Ark.
During the last spring and summer my
eldest daughter, then 7 years OF age,
was in very poor health, suffering FROM
general debility, nervous prostration
and frequent slight fevers. She had
the best medical attention. hut ap-
parently with little benefit In the
latter part of September last, while
still feeble she began the Use OF Paine's
celery compound, and improved in
health continuously. In three months
she had fully recovered, and is now in
perfect health. am bound to think
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-04-23
srs BACK UP.

when Noah blew his horn, the camel
humped himself to get aboard, and by a
surious freak he stayed bumped all his life.
Lumbago or lame back humps mans
back simply because he cannot straighten
himselfon account of the stiffness and sore
moss accompanying the ailment. Nature
helped the camel to his hump for special
purpose. Nature win help a man to get
bid of his hump right of if he uses St.
Jacobs Oil, because the character of the
trouble is such that it needs just such
remedy to warm soften and straighten out
the contracted muscles From the time of
Noah down to the present time men have
had lame backs, but only since the intro
duction of st. Jacobs Oil has the best cure
for it been known. Lumbago really dis
ables, but st, Jacobs Oil enables one to at
tend to business without loss of time.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-04-23

the remedy IL an excellent one, aud do
not hesitate to recommend IL TO the
suffering. ~
To postpone at snch vital time as
this regulating the nerves and purify
ing the blood IL serious mistake.
Men and women distressed by nervous
troubles or the effects OF impure blood
cannot afford now 10 lose il day before
taking advantage Of Pane's celery
compound.
In order to avoid disappointment 40.
cept nothing but Paine's celery com.
pound. A clerk who tries 10 sell some.
thing else than what people ask for 10
evidently not disinierestcd, He has an
eye to profits more than to the good Of
customers.
There can be no substitute for paine's
celery compound.
This has been shown time and time
again In cases where persons, TOO easily
led, have carried home something be.
sides Paine's celery compound, and
have failed to get the decided benefit
they had hoped for.
The strongest Endorsement ever re-
ceived for this great spring remedy
and no remedy ever compared with
Pdine's celery compound in the char
acter and the number Of the witnesses
TO it's efiicieney--the strongest indorse-
ment it ever received did not oyeresti-
mate or exaggerate In the least its un.
rivailed power Of making people we'll.