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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Live More Simply.

"a simpler mode fife Is the crying need
of the present. day. Men and women are
wearing themselves out with elaborate and
unnecessary formalities and are the slaves
Of foolish customs from which they get no
real enjoyment" We hear talk like this
on all sides, but of what use is the talk
unless it Is followed by action2 We are all
agreed that we ought to live more simply,
but we are all afraid to make any change
ourselves. We do this and have that, not
because we wish but because other peo-
pie expect It of US, until 1t seems as though
we were ordering our households wholly in
accordance with the views Of others, and
very likely of those who really care moth
ing for US. Why not have the courage OF
our convictions and live in the way which
will yield the best results? Is it simply
because we are afraid Of being thought
peculiar, or do we, after all, really love the
cords that bind US? 1t is always difficult to
know how far we may break away from
established customs without ~injuring our
influence, but, until We are ready to make
some change, it is hardly worth while to
talk.
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completed, at least three times a week
by each troop, battery and company,
and at least once a week by each regi-
mental commissioned staff and
members of regimental bands.
Hereafter there will be no picked
teams of men who have shown special
ability as marksmen selected from the
ranks to demonstrate what they can
accomplish, but every enlisted man
who wears the uniform of Uncle Sam
will have to learn to shoot and shoot
we'll. Each will be taught that the
head and heart of the enemy are the
vulnerable points. They will shoot to
kill and not to main.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Causes of INDIGESTION.

Indigestion is su~perindu ced quite
often by the very bad habit Ameri-
a n have of drinking as they eat.
Ice drinks, so common in summer,
arrest digestion till the liquid becomes
heated to the proper temperature, and
disturb the flow of the gastric juices.
Tea and coffee, thought to be so in
furious to a weak digestion, lose half
their terors when they are taken after
the meal is over. The natural liquid
for the dissolving of food is the gastric
juice, but it is given no chance when
liquids like iced tea, hot coffee or
lemonade are swallowed by the quart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
IN TIE QUIET HOURS.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THO
WORLDS GREATEST AUTHORS.

Tease Complaining-No Journey Withou!
Obstacles-Prayer for Increase of FaitE
Live More simply-Joy Tempered by
jesus Spirit God Speaks Gently.
Mortal, cease thy sad complaining,
That the years OF life are waning,
Few and fewer still remaining,
Whether losing wealth or gaining,
Mid the flowing Of life's river,
Thank the great and glorious Giver,
That one blessing leaves us never
Love is ours, and ours forever!
Though the tenderest ties be broken,
Though the last farewell be spoken,
Still We know by many a token,
When our hearts are worn and weary,
And the world looks dark and dreary,
There's a being grander, clearer,
There's q friendship, sweeter, dearer,
Each swift moment brings them nearer.
Charles E. Lindsey, D. D., in N. Y. OBJ
server.
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ayers to place their daughter on exhi-
bition as a freak. She was being ex-
hibited in Liverpool, the parents re-
ceiving e3 los. for showing and at
tending her. The child weighed only
twenty ounces at the time of her death
and was just a foot high. The palm of
her hand was not as large as a silver
twenty-fve-cent piece. Her feet were
no larger than an ordinary mans
thumb. The parents disclaimed any
desire to limit the growth of the mid
get. The little one had been guarded
from cold, was well-nurtured and had
never had a days illness until the day
it died. The jury returned a verdict
that the child diedfrom natural causes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
HEMATITE ORE IN ALABAMA.
Discovery Of q Vein 100 Miles Long and
Inexhaustible.

There has been discovered on lands OF
the Sloss Iron and Steel company near
Leeds, Ala, twenty miles from Birming-
ham, a solid vein Of brown hematite ore,
forty feet deep and ten otwelve feet thick.
The vein has been tapped in various places
for a distance Of twenty miles, and found to
be regular and free from impurities. Its
analysis has in meinstanees shown sixty
five per cent. of iron. Experts, believe the
vein to be q hundred miles long and mex
haustible in quantity.
The presence Of ore was known before,
but heretofore it was thought to be only IN
small and Improbable pockets. Inc only
profitable brown ore mines were neld to be
those zeal Russellville, Franklin County.
The newly discovered deposit runs into the
lands of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com
pany.
A conservative authority holds that Its
discovery will cheaper the cost ofiron max
ing in tho Birmingham district by at least
twenty-five cents a ton, the brown ore be-
ing much more cheaply worked than the
common Alabama red ores high in silicon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
The Value of Electrical Plants.

Few persons realize the enormoh
amount of money which is invested in
electrical plants of various sorts. Over
100, O0O, 900 of dollars are invested in
electrical machinery used in mining.
Electric elevators employ about fifteen
millions more. Electric railways rep
resent about one billion dollars. This
does not include the money now being
used in the manufacture of electrical
machinery.
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is called, that being the limit of dis
lance from the marksmen at which the
target can be placed, is six feet high
and twelve feet wide. On this target
is the silhouette of a soldier standing.
On the target with the thousand yard
range is the figure ola mounted soldier,
but the legs of the horse are cut off at
O height of two feet from the ground.
Just why this. has been done no one
seems to really know, and it is consld-
cred that here, if any, is the only in
consistent point in the whole scheme
There is still another target which
is'known as target A; that is the short
range target. There is this difference,
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with anything less than artillery-the
weapon with which they are armed,
instead of selecting the very best
weapon that can be found for the
teams picked out for practice. Officers
and enlisted men of the staff corps will
use the rifle as will infantry men and
artillerymen. Cavalrymen will prac-
tice with the carbine. During the target
season, the regular practice will be
held until the prescribed course is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
A Sanitary Mausoleum.

New York is to have a sanitary maui
solemn with a capacity for from 10, 900
to u, 900 bodies. 1t is proposed to
entomb the dead in cement receptacles.
The bodies are to be exposed for sew
eral months to q current of mir made
chemically dry by passing it over sui
phuric acid, the air to be purified af'
terward by fire. When the body is
thoroughly desiccated the receptacle
is to be made alright and deposited
in the m%ausoleum, the interior Of which
will resemble O great library.
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the name would indicate. The same
principle described in the short range
target governs all others, but, of
course, there is a difference in the fig
ure and a corresponding change in the
size of the target. For instance, the
midrange target in a square, six feet
on a side, which is still rectangular.
The figure on this is the silhouette of
a soldier in kneeling position.
The eight hundred yards target as it
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
God Speaks Gently.

We are always inspired but we necessarily
stife the inspiration. God does not cease
to speak, but the noise of the creatures
without and Of our passions within con
fuses US and prevents our hearing. We
that in the deep stiffness of the soul We may
perceive the inetfable voice OF the Bride
groom. We must lend an attentive ear, for
His voice is soft and still and is only heard
OF those who hear nothing else. All! how
rare it is to find a sou still enough to hear
God speak!-Fenelon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Our Exhibit at Paris.

Congress has made m appropriation OF
e25, 600 for IN exhibit at the Paris Interna-
ttonal Exposition in 1900. The bill provides
tor an appointment OF a Commissioner-Gen-
sral to the Paris Exposition, whose present
duties shall be to prepare a plan for the
proper representation Of the Government
at the exposition. The Governors OF the
various States and Territories are requested
to invite their people to assist In making
the exhibit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
BlcYcLlST WITHOUT LEGS.
The Legless Son of a Kansas Minister
Rides n Wheel.

Bicyclists with but one leg are be.
coming quite common, but a no-legged
bicyclist is indeed a novelty. Such a
one is James Jump, the son of the
Rev. Albert Jump, of Independence,
Kan. Twelve years ago the boy lost
both of his legs in a railway accident.
One of his legs was cut off close to the
thigh and the other only a little lower
down. On the stump OF the latter he
vas able to fasten IN artificial leg. Re-
Gently Mr.. Jump became seized with o
desire to ride a bicycle. He had wit
messed venturesome feats of o~ne-legged
cyclists, but he was in doubt about the
ability of q boy with no legs at all to
speak of to sit half astride O wheel and
make it 60. He bought q wheel, how
ever, and set about learning to ride.
Leading his rubber-tired steed to the
,%urbstone, he balanced himself on his
,rutches and, with a side motion made
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04

As thou hast made thy world without,
Make thou more fair my world within;
Shine through its lingering clouds of doubt,
Rebuke it, haunting shapes of sin;
Fill. brief or long. my granted span
OF life with love to thee and man;
Strike when thou wilt the hour of rest;
But let my last days be my best
j. G. Whittier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Natures Perfect Harmony.

We see God in nature, and our heart
drinks peace from sky and land. Anineffa-
BILE beauty seems spread over the scene; and
we visit not what to say for language can
not utter it. There are days which are like
a concert ar oratorio, when earth, air, trees,
sunshine, blue sky, grass, are all in the
same happy mood, all in u together, no
discord to jar the full harmony.-James
Freeman Clarke.
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easy by the absence of his leg, slipped
into the saddle. Fastening his crutch
in a spring catch on the side where his
EGGS ought to be and putting his arti-
icial foot on the pedal, he was off.
He soon mastered the art of balancing
md can now ride al almost any com
non speed he desires and can ascend
md descend any ordinary-sized hill.
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that is balanced very nicely upon a
seemingly insecure base. The great
mechanical difficulty of getting the
building materials to the top Of this
rock must have been vastly increased
by the peril of overbalaacing the huge
mass and bringing it crashing down
upon the plain like an avalanche.
There is another temple in Burmah
similarly situated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Mexicans Must Serve In War.

Mexico has adopted the theory that
every citizen is bound to defend the
soil, the interests and the honor of his
country as a soldier. Thus in future
a wealthy Mexican will have to serve
in the army, at least in case of war, as
we'll as q poor M The Constitution
has to be amended for this purpose,
but there is little doubt that all the
States of the great Central American
federation will give their consent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
An Historic Snot.

Frenchmen in Mexico have started O move
nent to raise funds for the erection OF a
handsome monument to mark the spot
where Emperor Macmillan was shot. The
execution took place on a hill overlooking
Queretaro, and the spots now marked only
BY a pile Of rough stones.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
SMALLEST HUMAN ATOM.
Weighed But Twenty Ounces and Was
Only a oot High.

The smallest human being that ever
existed is believed to have been O lit
tie girl named Catherine Elliott. The
Coroner of Liverpool, England, was
called upon to hold an inquest on her
iiminutive body. This human atom
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, about
three weeks ago. Her parents were
poor, and were easily induced by man
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
British South African Preparations.

British South African P~reparationss
The British Military Commission has
purchased fourteen hundred horses in Ar
gentina for the use Of the British troops In
Cape Town, South Africa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
Strange Sit for q Temple.

One of the most strangely situated
buildings in the world is a Hindoo
temple. II. is built upon a huge rock
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
He,eh, L1mi. OF Buildings.

The height limit for Boston buildings b
125 feet-cornice projection. three feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-04
craWS or crops

four inches high and measures five
inches from beak to tail. It does not
appear to suffer any inconvenience on
account Of its marvellous formation.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-26
TRAFFIC ORGANIZATIONS

I'm Chicago in "A State of Suspended AMI
nation Owing to the Supreme Court
Decision.
CHICAGO, March 25.-Al railroad
traffic organizations in this city re-
Trained from transacting any business
Wednesday which had to do with the
regulation of rates or division of bust
ness. Although the executive officers
and clerical force at the various head
quarters remained at their desks only
routine business and that which does
not come within the ban of the su-
preme courts decision was attended
to. Practically all the associations
are in state Of suspended animation,
Cooking over the ground and waitin G
TO find out where they stand" as
Chairman Caldwell, OF the Western
Passenger association, expressed it.
The Chicago, Burlington e Quincy
railroad gave a sweeping notice OF
withdrawal Wednesday from mem ber-
ship in every freight and passenger
traffic association. The general coun-
sci OF that company advised the pas
senger officials not to affiliate with
other roads. The notice includes the
bureaus for the issue of mileage tick.
cts and half-fare clergy permits, which
are departments of the Western Pas
senrer association
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-26
FIVE 3 URNED.
Children of Frank Penrod. at Laddvillc,
Ia. Cremated-The Parents Were at
Church Only One Hundred Feet Away.

Children of Frank Penrod. at Laddvillc,
Ia, Cremated-The Parents Were at
Church Only One Hundred Feet Away.
OTTUMwA, Ia, March 25.-Five chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Penrod, at
Laddsville, a little mining town on the
Wapello and Davis county line, were
burned to death Tuesday night.
The parents of the children took the
oldest child of the family, son aged
10, and a baby in the arms Of its moth
er, and went TO a religious meeting,
having first put the other five children
to bed. The school house where
the services were held were only
a hundred feet away from the
Penrod house. About Q o'clock
an alarm of fire was given
and Penrod, with the other occupants
of the schoolhouse, rushed out to find
his house in flames. Penrod succeeded
in pulling two of the boys out, hor-
ribly burning himself in the act. The
two never regained consciousness,
however.
The others were burned until only a
few bones were found in the debris of
the house. The coroner's inquest threw
no light On the origin of the fire.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-26

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The presi-
dent has decided not to waste any moro
time in regard to the appointment of
of American repu blics, but notwith-
standing the protests of some of
the South American members of
the bureau he has instruct
ed Secretary Sherman to put Mr..
Smith in charge, and to notify the
| representatives of the other govern
ments of this order. Secretary Sher-
man therefore sent note to each of
| the ministers of the Central and South
American repu blics, notifying them
| that the president, having examined
the law establishing the bureau, and
the regulations governing its admins
tration, had found nothing therein
which restricted his power to remove
or appoint the director of the bureau
at will, and that, in the exercise of
that power, he had appointed Mr..
| Smith to that position. There may be
some little irritation among the minis
tiers over this, but Mr.. Smith will get
his place and things will quiet down.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The follow.
ing appointments were made in the
treasury department Tuesday:
Maj. Fred S. Bracket to be appoint
ment clerk, vice Scott Mesblt trans
ferred to coast and geodetic survey as
disbursing clerk; Capt. William A.
Rogers, of Ohio, to be chief of division in
the Office of the auditor of the war de-
partment, vice Eugene Speer, resigned.
The senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations: Willis Vandeventer,
of Wyoming, to be attorney general:
Capt. Charles Smaller to be ma jor, ord
nance department.
Tents for Flood Sufferers
WASHINGTON, March 24-The senate
has passed joint resolution authoriz.
ing the secretary of war to purchase,
not exceeding 1000 tents to be used
for the relief of the sufferers by the
floods in the Mississippi valley
Controller Bowler Resigns.
| WASHINGTON, March "a. Robert
Bowler, of Cincinnati, controller OF
the treasury, has rendered his resigna
ton. Bowler called on Secretary Gage
and resigned verbally, saying that he
|
if so desired. Gage said the matter
would rest for the time being. Bowler
will serve until his successor shall be
appointed.
Clearance Papers for the Bermuda.
WASHING TON, March 24.-The treas
ury department Tuesday directed that
clearance papers be grant the al.
legged filibuster Bermuda, now at Fer.
nandina, Fla The Bermuda's cap
tain took the oath required by the de-
partment to the effect that the vessel
would not transfer any part of hel
cargo to any other vessel before reach.
ing her destination, nor take on board
more men than was required to run
her. The steamer will clear for some
port in the West Indies, not Spanish
with cargo of munitions of war.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-26
THE HAZELTON WRECK.
None OF the Bodies Of the Five Victims
Have Been Recovered.


Have Been Recovered.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 24-Two
weeks time has passed since Chicago
& Nashville limited passenger train
was wrecked at 4 washout above Baz.
elton, Ind. None of the bodies of the
five victims has been recovered The
smoker, in which the men were seated
when the accident happened, is total
wreck, only the floor remaining The
bodies have either foated awav or are
buried under several feet of sand The
baggage car was entered by the divers
Tuesday afternoon. Three sacks OF
paper mail and two trunks were recov.
cred, all being water soaked One OF
the latter bore the address F. M. Fin.
uey, Marietta. Ga"
He had two trunks in the baggage
car, one Of which contained $4,000
worth of diamonds jewelry and relics.
The work of repairing the damage to
the Evansville 6 Terre Haute road bed
can not be resumed until White river
gets within its banks. 1t fell an inch
IN the last "a hours. 1t is reported
rising above Hazelton.
The Ohio river at this point register.
ed 90 feet at 6 p. m, and is falling.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-26
IN SOUTH AMERICA
Will Wood Says He Will Sail-His DiRso-
lutte Career in Baltimore-Ordered Out
of Town.

Will Wood Says He win sail-His Disco
Lutte Career in BaltimOre-Ordered Out
of Town.
BALTIMORE, March 23.-Will Wood,
of Pearl Bryan fame, came to Balti.
more in October, mat-iculated in the
college of physicians and surgeons
He did this as a blind, as he never
took up the course.
He obtained a room with III. C. Me-
Cabe, police reporter on the Baltimore
World, and went with McCabe to the
police station soon after his arrival.
He was recognized by Eugene Gran
nan. former chief of the 3. & o. de-
tectives. Wood acknowledged his
identity. and told McCabe the story Of
his connection with Fearl Bryan's muir.
der.
He said that he introduced jackson
to Pearl Bryan and that Jackson
ruined her. Wood said he tried to help
Jackson out Of the scrape, claiming
that he wrote to Jackson to send the
necessary medicines. and that Jackson
wrote him to send Pearl Bryan to Gin
cinnati.
Wood had copies OF his own and the
Origin OF jackson letters IL a scrap
book which he showed McCabe. He
said that he thought Jackeon cut off
Pearls head. Wood became enamored
of u dissolute woman about Christmas
and took up his residence with her.
DR.. Dawson, pastor of the Guilford
avenue M. E. Church, a friend of
Woods father, tried to persuade him
to leave the womap, but to no avail
Woods father wrote to McCabe, beg
ging him to save his son. All the eff
forts OF DR.. Dawson and of McCabe
failing, Police Detective Tod Hall, an
earnest Y. M. C. A. worker, was called
in. He went to Wood and ordered him
to leave town, supplying him with
ticket bought with money sent by
Woods father. This was three weeks
ago.
Wood told McCabe he would visit
Greencastle Tor week, and then pro-
posed to sail to South Africa, where
he could escape newspaper bounding,
He seemed weighed down with remorsc
I'll the time he was here.
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J.
Malaxa is within the limits of the
Turkish Gordon drawn by the admirals
of the foreign fleets, but this fact does
not prevent the operations of the in
surgents within the line, they refus-
ing to recognize the authority of the
admirals to establish such Gordon.
A body of Turkish troops who were
trying to convey provisions to the fort
at Malaxa were held in check through
out the day by the Christian insur-
gents
The troops. finding that they could
not reach the forts. signaled the gun
boats, requesting aid The gunboats
opened fire upon the insurgents,
but could not drive them from
the positions that they occu-
pied, which effectually commanded the
approaches to the fort. So far as
known the fire from the warships did
no damage. The insurgent leaders re-
iterate their refusal to accept autonomy
from the powers, and declare that if
the island is not annexed to Greece,
they desire war. If it were not for
the support accorded the Turks
by the powers, they would in
short time be driven from the
island. It is believed here that sue
cess has so intoxicated the leaders of
the insurgents that they would not
hesitate to assume actual hOstilities
against the troops of the powers. If
they should join forces with the Greek
army of occupation and resist the pow
ers, it would take a strong force and a
large expenditure of money to conquer
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-26
Daneerous Prisoners Escane.

JOLIET, Ill, March 23.--The three
most dangerous prisoners in the VIII
county jail here. all counterfeiters who
had been held to await the action of
the federal grand jury, escaped early
Monday morning by saving through
the bars of two windows, taking down
a heavy iron screen and dropping in
safety 20 feet to the ground. The
fugitives are James Foley, jacob John
son and John Albert Skeog, the last
named being noted counterfeiter.