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SENT BY WHOSE HAND? WINGED MESSENGER SAVED LIVES OF SAILORS. _ 1 Bird Prectloally Forced Captain to Al* tar Course of Hie Vestal and Thua Effect the Rescue of Drown? ing Men. The fol.owtag story was published ay a sea captain Is "Aftonbladet" of Stockholm recently There are many people stilt living- in Arendal who re? member the occurrence which Lb hero described. One darl nlgbt several years ago a aalllag vessel from Arendal. Norway, wss croeolng the north Atlantic, on Its way from Amerlea to England. There was a strong east wind, against which the ship was tacking. As It drew toward eight bells In the even lag, the captain was walking back and forth on 'he br. eja, trying to make up his mind w bet bar to put about or to -continue- on the sumo course for an? other vaica or tw > As he walked ho suddenly received a blow 01 his et)eat, which, he discov? ered, bad been dealt by a sea bird. Thea his winged asssllant quickly die* appeared to leeward. A f*w moments later the captain was foe: living the command to turn the vessel erben be agala received a blow In the cheat from the same mes? senger Then the bird dtsappesred as before in a southwesterly direction. After this bed been repeated several more times, the bird, after esch blow, fl;tng 08 towsrd the southwest, the esptaln, eho thought there must be something supernatural lo the matter, decided to follow the bird. Instead of turning back, be caused the boat's course to be sent toward the south? west This was no sooner done than the bl.*d settled down on the ship's railing boilde the captain. The bot t now nailed at a great pace he fore tho strong wind. Dut sltbougb a sharp watch was kept aft as well ss forward half the night passed and nothlr.g in usual was discovered. The crew began to joke about the "old mac's" maneuver, snd the cap? tain himself doubted the wisdom of continuing to sail out of his course, losing dlstsnce wblch a great deal of tacking would be required to regsln. At 1 o'clock in the morning be was on the point of giving the order to turn sgsln. wben the lookout on the foreysrd sung out thst he saw a glow as of a fire ahead. All the waning Interest woke again! Boon the veesel found itself ap> Broaching a burning ship, and It lay to as close ss was practicable. A boat waa lowered and found many 1 men floating about on hencoops, pieces of wreckage snd other floating articles from the burning ship. They were week and exhausted, having chosen a slow death in the ocean to being burned alive or suffocated by the ire. When the sufferers hsd been cared for to the best of the rescuing vessel's ability snd the vessel's bow bad been turned again toward England the sail? ors found that the bird was still on board Nor did It leave the boat egaln. Hut one day, after the vessel had reached the English channel, one j of those who had been ssved from the burning ship klcksd the bird to death In .avenge for s bits from its bill. I - How hot le Lavs? To ascertstn the temperature of lavs ss It is emitted from a volcano has bsfiled msny scientists. The Roman toademy bee Just published the reeults of ths Investigations msde hy Olovanl Plataola during the erup? tion of Etna last year. The eruption began September 10 and the scientist was unable to ap? preach the mointaln for ten days. When one crater was still In action. He camped ss near as he could to this crater, close to a stream of lava Sowing about a yard s second. Using the new "teles-ope pyro sjseter." be got tempersturee for the surface of the lava flow of all the way from 1.040 to 1,42'? degrees. A second series of observations, takes st s dlstsnce of s dosen feet* gnve figures as high ss 1.500 degrees. The estimates sre thst the lncen descent lsvs, as It comes directly from the rretsr, bss s tsmperstnre not lees than 2,200 degrees. _ Mourning Colors. "When people whe write for fashion publication." says a Vienna letter, "hsve nothing more to say ubjut queer shaped hats, sjroveeque skirts and other equally important' matters, they tell us thst blsck le going out snd wblts Is to be the mourning color?If white msy be so term ed. This fashion news Item' may be looked for several times a year, bot black, sombre black, still maintains its place The band on the aleeve has done much to ssvs money fo~ Hose who still wish to wesr a beds*, of mourning, but the sleeve bsnd will never be white The greater display of mourning Is made with sta? tionery, the site of the cards and the depth of the black borders Indicating ?what? There a 1.1 be real mourning among the stationers when one may announr?. th? death of s beloved one or tell of his good qualities on paper which is pure wblts." She Knew Jack -When I asked Bthel If she would he sttne she fetl on my breast and Mohtwd like a child, hi t finally she p it her arms around inj u ?ek und Maud Oh. yes, 1 kn o- nil about that; 1 rehearsed it ?Ith ggf DANGER IN RAW FOODS "WHY UNCOOKED NUTRIMENT MAY BE MENACE TO HEALTH. ?3ood Physical Reasons for Taking AH ] Precautions Are Easily Set Forth ?-Proper Knowledge of Facts Mcst Essential Thing. In older civilisations, where the ooil bus been exhausted and needs con? stant manuring, conked fruit and vege? tables rather than r*iw are much more tho rule th in with u*. In densely peo? pled China, where night soil Is u*ed to fertilize the land, the eating of raw vegetables Is said to be very rave. It Is easy to see why such foods, un? cooked, may be very dangerous. Al? though such methods are not followed to aay great extent in the United States, raw fruits and vegetables may be a menace to health. A Russian authority, Prof. Metchni koff, because of the possible presence of disease in the body, strongly ad? vises against the eating of any raw food v. hat ever, even if it has been washed Id boiled water. Although this view may be considered extreme for American conditions, It shows what care must be taken in the pur? chase and ths cleansing of food that Is to be consumed raw. Kitchen methods in many of their details fall to meet the requirements of sanitary science. The cook Is not trained in bacteriology; she does not know what cleanliness means from the laboratory point of view. The old fashioned hatred of dirt for its own loathsome sake Is the best substitute for this knowledge, but It Is not enough. For instance, boiling has long been known to kill whatever was the cause of "?polling" of food. However, moBt housekeepers did not "boil out" the milk pans; they simply scalded them "Scalding" is an indefinite term; if boiling hot water Is used, and enough of It, scalding would doubtless be ef? fective, but too often, when the facts In the case are not thoroughly under? stood, such a process is carelessly car? ried out and the desired end is not ac? complished. When in such cases the milk spoils quickly it la often attributed to the weather or to bad luck. The house? keeper who understands the cause of spoiling, and who knows that the microscopic plants responsible for it may be destroyed by a sufficient de? gree of heat applied for the proper time, Is more likely to be successful than one who works by rule of thumb. Hero, as In ao many other house? hold problems, knowledge is essen? tial. How is tho ignorant cook to know that what lurks unseen in crack or seam may bring to naught all her precautions? The homely old dictum, that the only way to conquer dirt is by "eternally keeping at it" Is as true as ever It was, but we have come to realise the Insldlousness and omni? presence of the enemy to health. Prisoner Without Clothes. "Hey. take that fellow out and put some clothes on him!" exclaimed a court attendant when William Nahart was ushered into the court of special sessions In St. George. Richmond, New York, to face a charge of petit larceny. "He ain't got any," replied Detec? tive Considlne, who had the shame faced prisoner In charge. "He tried to pinch a suit, but we got it away from him all right." The subject of the above remarks was clad coolly but scantily in an un? dershirt and a pair of overalls. Save for the generosity of Detective Con? sidlne. it appears, he might have latked the latter garments, for inas? much as all the raiment he wnr? when arrested on June 27 last was stolen, it naturally was taken from him forthwith. The sleuth, however, realising that the court's modesty must not be she'ted, supplied him with the overalls. Thus attired, Na? hart speedily was sentenced to six months in the New York penitentiary. Record Pries for Rembrandt. A work of Rembrandt ("Woman Plucking a Fowl") recently sold in Paris for $95,000, appears to hold ths record price for that artist's work. The sams picture was sold in Amsterdam In 1734 (It was probably painted about 1640> for $70. In 1845 In London it brought about $1,62".. and In 1884 was sold In Paris, to the family which has now resold it, for about $2,800. The previous record price for a Rembrandt was that paid for the "Girl Holding a Medal." In the Hoe collection, sold here last year for $70,000.?New York Press. CuHous Nicknsmes of Old. Some curious nicknames are found in the Dutch records of New York In 1644, evidently due to the fact that certain persons either had no family name, or that it had been forgotten. In one Instance there is recorded John IMetersen, alias Friend John. In the Newtown purchase from tlie Indians, dated in 166ft one of the; h nindaricH Is "by n Dutchman's land Called the Hans tho Hoore," and in the bUShWiek latent, dated October 1I66T, one of the boundaries is "John the Swede's meadow." in 1696( in the Kings county records, ? man t-: named living at QoWanUS us "TunU the Fisher." The con mon council of Nan York, in 1691? ordered Dsn to be brought Into the dock "over against tho city hall, or the hotl ? thai Long Miry formerly llvt ! In," and the same year an order was named "tl 'i Tofv-Knot BettJ ni I be? children be provided for SI objects of charity." HOW NAHES ORIGINATE IREEK AND LATIN SUPPLY M08T OF FEMININE ONES. Four Principal Sources for Most of Given Names Used Among Eng. HstvSpeaking People?How Mary Became Popular. There tire four principal sources for almost all the given names In use among English-speaking people?these are Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Ger- j man. A ve.ry few are of Saxon, Celtic, Syriac, Persian or Arabic origin. When England wan a Roman Catho? lic country the name of the mother of Jesus Christ was, from religious and superstitious motives, very fre? quently chosen hy parents and for centuries Mary was the most com? mon female Christian name In Eng? land. After the Reformation the increased familiarity with the scriptures caused the names of the characters of the Old Testament history to be very fre? quently adopted. To this period we owe the introduction of Sarah or Sara, a Princess, and Hannah, grace. The latter has many derivatives, such as Ann., Anne, Annie, Anna, Annet*". Nanette, Nan, Nancy, Nance and N< t tie. The Puritans were steeped in Bible lore and were fond of taking the names of Christian virtues as front names for girls, as to them we owe such namoa as Mercy, Modesty, Grace, Patience, Prudence, Truth, Virtue, Faith, Hope and Charity. In Queen Anne's time came in a fondness for choosing names ending In a or la, as Amelia, Letitla, Maria, Luclda and Alicia, of several of which there are alternative forms ending In e, le or y, as Olive, Lettice, Mary, Lucy, Annie and Alice. Elizabeth, which means "conse? crated to God," is Hebrew and came Into general use In England during the reign of Queen Hess. Isabel Is the same name, of which Isabelle, Ysabel, Isabella are variants; Bess, Bessie, Bet, Betsy, Betty, Elisa, Elsie, Lizzie, Liz and Llllle being diminu? tives. Other Hebrew names In less com? mon use are Abigail, Deborah and Dinah, Pleasure as the significance of Edna, and Eve, the mother of all, means life. Of Eve or Eva, Eveline and Evelina are diminutives. Joan, Jane. Joanna, of which Janet Is the diminutive, are feminine forms of John; Jean, Jeanne and Jeannette are the French equivalents. The meaning is gift of God. Jaqueline, Josepha and Tomasa are respectively feminine forms of James, Joseph and Thomas. The name of Magdalene, given In the gospel to dis? tinguish Mary of Magdala from other Marys, appears In French as Made? line, the shortened form of which is Maud. Maria has two meanings, bitter and star of the sea. Marion is the French form of this and May is a diminutive of it. The name Marion or Marianne is the result of the com? bination of Mary and Anne. Martha means sorrowful or ruler of the house. We owe to the two classical lan? guages, Greek and Latin, as many names as to all other sources put to? gether, about 50 female given names being traceable to the Greek ard about 70 to the Latin. Several Greek first names are taken from flowers, precious stones and animals. Thus Rhoda is a rose, Phyllis a green bough and Diantha flower of Jove. Margaret and its diminutives, Madge, Maggie, Margy, means a pearl; Melis? sa is a bee and Dorcas a gazelle. Among the most common Greek names are Dorothea, Dorothy, Helen, which Is the original of Eleanor? among the most popular and fashion? able names today.?New York World. Old Cathedrals Near Ruin. Winchester cathedral is not the only structure of its kind to have be? come endangered in the course of centuries. Italian experts have re? cently declared that the cathedrals of Como and Milan are in danger of col? lapse, and that immediate restoration works are necessary If they are to be saved. The main structure of the Milan cathedral da??s back to the sixteenth century, but the facade was added by Napoleon and the hurried manner in which he had the work ac? complished has caused It to be un? safe today, many of the marbles be? ing soft and hazily set. The upper part is now to be demolished in con? sequence. It Is also the facade of the Como cathedral which Is in dan? ger. This has been bulging outwards for nearly a century, and a large portion is now out of the perpendicu? lar.?London Globe. Education in China. One of the first official acts of the new Chinese government was to is? sue an order for the resumption of educational work on a modern and uni? form badia. Record Elevator Trip. An oloetric elevator in a New York office building that travels to ? heip^if of ft?f> feel on each trip la believed to hold the world s record Indications. "I think rooms reflect the personal? ity of their Inhabitant! "Thun I 1ak?- It. the lady who USOS this room la of a very worrying dispo iition." "What mak< n you think thai V "Because it bai -;?' much frei work.' ORIGINATED IN A JOKE EXPLANATION OF HORACE GREE LEY'S ADVICE, "GO WEST." According to Statement of Kansas City Man, "Salted" Mines Gave the Great Editor the Inspiration for Well-Known Words. According to isom C. Stephens, who runs a little corner grocery store ir Kansas City, the famous advice of Horace Greeley to "Go West" wan founded on a fake hit of persuasion in the form ol a "salted" gold mine near Denver, Colo. In the Spring of 1860 Mr. Stephens was in Denver?then a mere frontier village Whose chief enterprise waa gambling?at the time when Horace Greeley mado the town a viBit Steph? ens was one of a party of six who wasted considerable effort trying to get real gold out of the Identical lo? cality where the early day promoters produced extravagant wealth before Mr. Greeley's eyes. The ruse worked admirably. It was good for several col? umns of the "Go west, young man" stuff right off the New York editor's trenchant pen. Mr. Stephens, by the way, has a re? markable record as a pioneer. In four different states he "pioneered" years in advance of the railway?Michigan, Kansas. Colorado and North Dakota. Mr. Stephens was born in a log house In the woods of Michigan in 1831. "I got the gold fever early in I860," Mr. Stephens said. "My brother-in-law had been in Denver the year previous and had struck it rich In placer min? ing. Wo learned of excursion rates of $40 from Atchlson to Denver, which were cheap in comparison with tho regular rates of $100 one way. "When we got to Denver the gold fever was running high. Horace Gree? ley, editor of the New York Tribune, and a member of his staff were in Denver. They sent back beautifully worded stories of the grandeur of the west, and the possibilities of getting rich. My father had been a subscno er to the New York Tribune ever since he built our log house in the Michi? gan clearing In 1828. 'our party got a tip on the mines that Greeley had written about and we went up near Boulder and tried our luck. The six of us showed a gross re? turn of $1.27 worth of gold for the week's work. Discouraged and halt starved, we trailed back to Denver. Shortly after that we learned that the gold mines had been 'Baited' for the purpose of arousing Mr. Greeley's enthusiasm. "Mr. Greeley went back to New York that spring. It wat, the season to put ozone into the lungs of a city man and make him think there was no place like the boundless west. He left a staff writer in Denver that sum? mer. I followed tho trail back to the states the same summer. A drought had seized the land. Everything was parched and brown. It was a desolate looking landscape. After I got back to Michigan I read the rosy accounts ol the western country In the Now York Tribune, but they didn't look good to me."?Kansas City Times. How the Red Pursuers Increased. One day while the late Senator Hearst, father of William Randolph Hearst, the publisher, was a young man and yet had his fortune to make, he and a few companions were on a prospecting tour. Along In the after? noon they sighted a band of Indians, and 8? in those days all Indians wore hostile Mr. Hearst and his frier.da naturally wanted to get away from there. All the prospectors except the future senator were mounted on horses. Mr. Hearst was on a retired army mule and snon found himself in the rear. | The Indians were on bis trail and things began to look serious when he called out to his rapidly disappearing j companions: "Hold on, boys! there's' only a few of them?we needn't be afraid." Just then the mule scented the ap? proaching Indians and with a wild snort started out with a gait that soon left the horsemen far behind. When j Hearst was about a quarter of a mile In advance be turned in his saddle and ye!' d at the top of his voice: "Hurry up, boys; you'll get seal fed.1 There's more than a hundred of > Uiem." Origin of Vaudeville. Writing to the Kansas City Star con? cerning the origin of the word vau? deville, Raymond Weeks, professor of romance languages at Colombia uni vt'rrlty, says "the word is derived from tho Vaux de Vire (the Vales of Vlro), a village In Normandy. "Oliver Rfioselln was a French poet who resembled Robert Burns and who lived at Vaux de Viro In the fifteenth , century. Ho wrote many popular i songs, largely Jolly drinking songs. These spread far beyond the obscure hamlet where he lived, until, finally, tho name of Vau] de Vlro, by which they wore known, not being under? stood, they and similar songs were called Vaux de Vllle. They are men tinned by Rolleau In his Art Poettque Early In the eighteenth century In Prance, such songs were Interspersed to vary light operettas, which later were called by their name. Tho Bonus of Hasselln In praise of cider and wine uro probably th<? finest of thofr wort In any language, "Ab for tin* fac? thai e?e have taken vaudeville from the French, let me observe thai moot of our Important terms relating to the theater camu Into English from Fr? u< h." I WARY OLD BLACKSNAKE QAVE NATURALIST A MERRY TIME BEFORE ITS CAPTURE, Every Device, From Flight to Open Defiance Resorted To ? Finally Shaken From Tree Top It Continues Resistance. A natumlist in Virginia encountered ; a desirable specimen of blaeksnake which be wanted f<?r his collection. Aa usual In auch cases the snake saw him first. It lay perfectly quiet, trusting to i escape observation. Directly iri front of the naturalist lay a wide open space. The naturalist knew that ho could easily overtake > the blaeksnake before it could reach , the bushes opposite. The blaeksnake, too, seemed to be cognizant of this fact, inasmuch as the man had not taken half a dozen steps in its direc? tion before it changed its tactics and, some ton feet away, turned and i charged its hunter. ! The man spread his legs and stoop? ed to catch tne snake. Hut the black snake displayed such agility that be? fore the hunter could determine Just where to grasp it the snake was ten feet away. It was evident that the blaeksnake expected the mar. to flee, as no doubt it had seen other men flee under such circumstances. The snake was some seven feet in Ungth and although quite harmless looked formidable enough to frighten the average man. As its hunter did not flee the snake turned about and again charged. This time it swerved from its course when It saw that the man wa* standing his ground. This deviation in the snake's rush got It into some bushes. Here it colled after the manner of a rattle? snake. It elevated Its tail and vibrated it with great rapidity and, striking the leaves and twigs, managed to produce a buzzing sound not unlike the warn? ing of a rattler. At the same time it drew back its head as If ready to strike. The man continued to advance; so the snake once more changed Its tao tic8. It began to doge in and out of the bush. The maneuvering continu? ed for perhaps ten minutes. Then the man, seeing a good opportunity, rush? ed forward to secure his prize. The blaeksnake mounted through the bushes to their tops and went from the tops to the lower branches of a smaU birch. It continued to mount upward and made Its way to the swaying tip, some 15 feet in the air, performing the feat as quickly as a squirrel could have done it. FYom this elevated position tb.3 blaeksnake surveyed the man in tri? umph. But Its exultation was short lived, for a vigorous shake of the tree brought it down, and as It fell upon the soft bed of leaves at the hunter's | feet the man threw himself upon tha serpent &ud succeeded in catching iL J Even then the blaeksnake did net lose its head, but by an unexpected movement managed to fasten one cf ! Its teeth in a finger, inflicting deep | scratches. The naturalist kept thin snake fcr nearly two months. It proved to be , the most lntractnble of blaeksnake*. j Whenever the naturalist took It In his hands It would exhibit much in? genuity in its attempts to escape, i Country Weckers. Mayor Crump of Memphis in a re? cent address on behalf of children's country week associations said: "Astonishing Is the Ignorance of nature shown by these little pale, lean slum dwellers. One child, whoiw knowledge of trees and grass and flowers was derived from the early closing city parks, said as she gazod with delight on a green rural scene: "'What time does the*country shut up?* "Another child watched a farmhand digging potatoes and said: M 'Is this where you keep your pota? toes, sir? I should think It would be handler to keep them in bags In the cellar.' "And I know of a third child to whom a farmer offered a superb, ripe peach. " 'Let me pluck this peach for you right off the tree,' he said. "But the child, a little girl, turned up her nose and answered loftily: "'No, thank you. I never eat them Uli they're canned.'"?Exchange, His Business. "I was tu a place yesterday that em? ployed a bouncer with the most ap? propriate name in the business. It was Vine." "How is that so appropriate?" "Because his principal occupation is to throw out a lot of suckers." A Truthful Girl. "1 am vory sorry, Captain Snobb, that circr instances over which I have no control compel me to say no." ' May I itsk what the circumstances ate?" "Yours.*'?Lipplncottfn, Explained. *T am sorrj t4> h,,<> you hero again,** said the Judge. "You're not half as sorry' as I am. fudge," said the prisoner. "Bad company, mj man, as I told you before, is sure to bring you back,' said the Judge. "Yes, judge." laid the prisoner. "But 1 can't help myself, l tried to avoid this vulnnr < op, but he Just regTsrl) thru t bisself upon me." Harper's Weeklj Ni;W KIM) OF PAINT. Hank of Siiriu? r Building to Be Fin iHhod Oil in New Mjle. The Bank of Sumter Will be finish? ed with a paint new to Sumter. The new paint is known as Pee Gee Platkoatl ;m<i is lor use on walls and ceilings of residences and I public building! of all kinds. It is a washable paint aeed for pointing plastering and is e..ns;.bred much more sanitary than the older kinds of paints. The new paint has been iutejr- In? troduced to Sumter by Mr. John A. Plsss <.f th<- Peaslee-Gaulbert Com? pany of LoutSVille, Kentucky, who has painted one of the small rooms of the new I'.ank of Sumter huilding and was Wednesday and Thursday sagaged in demonstrating to the architect, bank officials and others the merits of the new style paint. Marks of all kinds were made on the walls and easily rubbed "ff by the use of a little soap and water. The new paint will he sold by Du Rant Hardware Company, who will act ss agents in this city. The bank? ing rooms of the new Hank of Sum? ter huilding will be finished in ivory, ric h cream and light tan col? ors. Mr. Plass Is an expert decor? ator and is simply employed by the company to design color schemes for the various huildings which Will be painted with their Pee Gee Fla.koatt paint. COLORED CHARITABLE SOCIETY. KcgrojBS Form Organization to Take ( arc of Destitute of Their Color. Recently a charitable organization has been formed among the colored people of Sumter for the purpose of taking care among themselves of the destitute of their own color. The or? ganization Is known as the Colored Woman's Federation and has already done much good among the colored pccpie and Is steadily gaining strength and growing to such an ex? tent that charitable work can be done by it on a broader scale. As an instance of the work done by the association may be cited a case occurring at the Sumter passenger station Wednesday. A negro coming in from Marion, where he had been employed at a saw mill, was taken suddenly sick and heing without funds was in a deplorable condition. A purse of three dollars was raised among the colored people at the sta? tion s the man was sent to the Sumtt iospital to be cared Tor. He will remain at the hospital as a charge of the charitable organization until he recovers, the organization having heard of him through Dr. Maxwell. Other such cases constant? ly coming up are taken care of in the same way by the colored charitable organization. ELECTION AT PIXEWOOD. E. P. Geddings Cf?sen As lntee iant of Town. Pinewood, Dec. 4.?The town elec? tion passed off quietly last Tuesday with a new eel Of wardens sleeted. A. P. Lide. Howard Scott, E. C. Geddings and L. X. Berwick. EL P. Geddings was elected Intendant, which now is a salaried office at J1G0 per year. It is possible that this is the only town In the State that pays a salary t< its Intendant? It has a population Of only 424. Bank's Work Bearing Fruit. Mr. LU I* Baker, of BishopvtUe, district agent of the United States department of agriculture, was in the city for awhile Tuesday afternoon and while here he stated that the work of the Coy National Bank among the farmers to encourage di? versification and rotation ot crops was hearing good fruit all over the State, especially in this section. He stated that In nearly all of the citi?s in this section of the State funds had been raised for prizes to encourage the farmers in their work along simi? lar lines as had been the plan of the City National Bank when they inau? gurated their ? ortest. This work was especially gratifying to the agents of the department of agriculture and it was no dottbt that it would be pro? ductive of great good for the coun? try at no distant date. Fire Saturday. Saturday evening about '7 o'clock tire broke ?tut in a box car on the At? lantic Coast Line freight yard, but was extinguished by the lire depart? ment b< tore considerable dan age was done. The car contained a month's rations for the section gang, some of which was damaged by the tire, but most of NN hieb NN SS saV? d. Mrs. Itacl ael H* mphill Minshall has i.e. n appointed postmistress at Abbeville. The senate last spring re? fuse d i" confirm th. appointment of John R Talb.rt, .h., nlm was nomi? nated t" succeed Mi Mil.shall.