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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-22
national w, q. U. Bulletin.

Dr. McGlynn has been chosen president Of
the Brooklyn IN. " Central Temperance
Alliance.
Washington, D. c., has twelve w. c. T.
Unious and nine Loyal Temperance Legions
and Bands of Hope.
New Haven, Conn, has 425 licensed
saloons; 253 Of the licensees are Of Irish
birth, Ill are Germans, So are Americans,
and the rest are not classified by nation
alities.
The Hope and Help Mission for women,
Washington, D. G., has proved a success
and far exceeded the expectations Of its pro-
jectors.
Mrs. Fannie NJ. Letter, otate Superinten-
dent of Scientific Temperance Instruction,
for the w. c. T. u, recently addressed the
pastors meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on the
subject Of her work.
Mrs Clevelands first reception of the season
was attended by the most prominent people
in social and political life On this occasion
no liquors were to be seen, but iced water
was served from large stanl by one of the
gardeners.
The Turks who are Prohibitionists by
order of the Koran, are working to abolish
saloons kept by the "Christians' in Constan-
tinop!e. All drinking places within 23O feet
from the houses of Turkish worship have
been ordered closed, and the police are en-
forcing the decree
In his annual message to the Legislature,
Governor Larrabee, of Iowa, declared that
the enforcement of the Iowa prohibitory law
had been so efficient in reducing crime that
he recommended the consolidation OF judicial
districts, so as to reduce the number of
judges from 44 to 40.
The Travellers National Abstainers' Union,
whose membership is chiefly among travelling
showmen, recently celebrated its seventh an
niversary ut York, England. This society
was organized in 1850 with forty-four menl-
bers, and now numbers 5,208. A1r. P. T.
Barnum is an honorary member of the
Union.
DR.. Benjamin Ward Richardson has been
giving series Of eight lectures at the Memo
rial hall, London, under the auspices Of the
United Kingdom Band of Hope Union In
the last address, which was in some respects
u summary of the course, speaking OF the
physical degeneration produced by alcohol, he
said it was fortunate its use had been confined
to man, or we should have had no animal
tameable, workable or edible.
Mr.. Robert Graham, of New York city,
has, with great care, ascertained the follow
ing facts: "Preceding the presidential cleo
tion Of 1854, there were held in New York
city 1,002 political conventions
sional, assembly, aldermanic,. primary, etc.
In these political meetings the country is
largely governed. Two hundred and eighty
three Of them were held apart from saloons,
ninety-six next door to saloons, and si1 hun
dred and thirty three In saloonsn
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4 Bonnet That Saved Two Lives. {

''The biggest piece Of luck / ever
SAW once said Allan Pinkerton, the
detective, to correspondent, Of the
Albany IN. ~ Argus, happened TO- a.
raw Scotchman and his wife that I knew. !
This, Scotch fool had been a chartist; a.
price was set on his. head; he had "a,
Sweetheart, Joan Carfrae a beokfolder's7
apprentice, and a lass. that had caught
his, heart I. a.singing chartist songs, Who
married him with his head all but nathe =
moose; and some friends shipped them
by stealth to Quebec, he as ships cooper:
and she as q cook on the bark Kent, =
April o, 1910. On May the Kent was ::
wrecked on Sable. Island, but the crew.
and passengers were saved by the aid Of |,
friendly Indians, who took everything .
that came ashore The cooper and wife
finally got from the scene of the wreck :
tcFisherman's Village in a small boat, ,
and from there by fishing smack TO ,
Aspy bay, where the Unicorn, Of Quebec,
changed mails with the Britannia, one
of the first steamers across the Atlantic. :
They were helped from here to Montreal,
where the cooper got work heading beef q,
barrels, and the couple soon got ), to-
housekeeping famously in one room. .
But members of the Coopers' union con-,
6dentially told him this job would shut
down at certain date, and 50 he i'm
pulsively decided on going to the thriv-
ing little city of Chicago. After buying
their tickets they had no money left.
The steamer was to leave that very after
noon. The cooper's little bit of wife,
came and confessed that she had
criminally ordered bonnet at the
milliner's; that it could not be got for.
the. charges; and pitifully pleaded that
they wait for the next boat, q week Z
later, that the money might, be earned, ~.
and the precious bonnet secured. The,
Scotch cooper roared like mad bull, .
but finally consented. They got the.
bonnet; but that husband made that
wife's life little short of hell till"-and
here Pinkerton roared the =, startled
passengers out of their dozings- =" news
came in few days that the boat they
would have taken, had it not been for
that lucky bonnet, blew up, and every
soul on board was lost -,
IL tell you that little song.singing
wife has had her way about bonnets
ever sinceI" chuckled Pinkerton. "For
that little Edinburgh girl was my Joan
and that fool cooper that ran away
from the Queens officers was me" :,.
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A Help. and Not an Injury.

In view of all the facts can it not be most
truthfully said that prohibition not only does
town. Before Des Moines had Prohibition it
had seventy saloons, now it has none, and
yet, Notwithstanding adverse circumstances
it expended in 1887 for public and private i'm
provements over four millions and a-half Of
dollars, transacted a wholesale, manufac-
turing and miscellaneous business of over
ffty-six millions of dollars, and raised its
population from about forty-six thousand to
over fifty one thousand; it has not received
one dollar of blood money from saloons, and
is by far the most prosperous city in love-
eff that is the way Prohibition kills towns"
then every town cursed with saloons may
well pray for similar death. h.-IndeDendent.
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RELIGIOUS READING.

'SThe Scripture Cannot be Broker.
No equal has the word Of God
To meet all human need;
Who leans on other staff or rod
Shall find a broken reed.
In words like these, when sight is dim,
What comfort may there be:
"In perfect peace Thou wilt keep him
Whose mind is stayed on Thee"
To him whose hope He would inspire
He says, s'If ye believe,
What things soever ye desire,
Ask, and ye shall receive"
The man by sin or sorrow prest
May trust His loving word,
And find from every burden ross
II cast upon the Lord"
It Is not always sure release,
But strength is given in this:
"For weakness that disturbs thy poace
My grace sufficient is"
To think such words for me may bel!
His tenderness to prove;
''The love with which have loved thee
Is everlasting love-"
ColleO QarR, divided sea,
midst roaring waves to stand,
Thou'lt find the cloud that covers thee
The shadow of mine hand"
"The cup Of trembling that was filed
With fiery dregs and pain,
Thou, weary one, the tempest sttlled,
Shalt never drink again.
"The hungry, thirsty, anxious soul,
Painting, distressed, astray,
Cries to the Lord, and finds the goal,
Led forth by the right way"
And thus it reads from page to page,
Gracious, and good, and pure.
What other word Of any age
Shall "thro' all time endureP'
So precious is this fund of truth,
So filled with every good,
1t meets all wants of sage or youth,
IT'S love, its light, it's food.
christian lntelligencer.
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Prohibition Enforced.

The number of convictions for the viola.
tion of the prohibiotry law at the recent ses
sion OF the Superior Court, and the amount Of
fines and Imprisonment imposed on the con
victed, indicate that the county and munich
pal officials, the court and the jury have
faithfully performed their duties. The facts
Stow that the law can be enforced, and the
beneficial influence is very apparent to all
who look at things impartially. The amount
of liquor selling and drinking is much less
than where the law is not enforced. While
the amount purchased out of the State and
sent to individuals, for their own use, through
the express and other agencies Of transport,
may lie considerable, it is very muth less
than has been represented, and the amount
of drinking very far less, and the drunken
ness mnch less, than when prosecutions were
not successfully made. The law is one
agency in the promotion Of temperance but
it is OBVIOUS to all Thoughtful citizens that to
rely on that alone is 4 very grave mistake
Moral suasion, right instruction in the home,
in the schools, in the press, in the pulpit, the
correct education of public opinion these
combined are more powerfully effective than
the law, and the aid of these can alone render
the law practically successful. Those who
say the law must do everything are just as
wide of the mark as those who maintain that
the law has been failure. All honorable
and effective influences and agencies need to
be invoked and kept constantly in operation
against the drink and drunkaru evil, one Of
the greatest that atliictS individuals and com.
munit:eS (lfe.) Journal.
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Next to acquiring good friends, the
best acquisition Is that of good books.
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LARGE chairs and long-backed sofas
may be protected and often frightened
by scarf tidy of grass linen or pongee
silk, decorated with a border of roots
or crackle-work, done in gold wire,
The drapery is about as artistic, and
certainly as durable, as anything in
the fancy-work line, since the linen
laundries well, and the design is
worked from o stamped pattern.
The Weak Feature in Labor Unions.
What the working classes of the
United States need and demand is the
hire education. The laborer is worthy
of his higher vages.-Bur1stte,
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Alcohol as a Medicine.

DR.. N. S. Davis. of Chicago, in late letter
to the President of the Maryland State Tem-
doned the use of all forms of alcoholic drink
in the treatment Of disease, and with positive
benefit to my patients. In regard to substi.
tutes for family use in emergencies, spirits
camphor, aromatic spirits of ammonia, tea,
coffee, are almost always at hand and are
more efficiei1t for all the proper purposes for
which, alcoholic liquors are usually resorted
to in families"
A bill has been introduced in the New Jer-
sey Legislature providing that on the petit
the question of the sale Of liquor shall be
submitted to popular vote In that county.
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depreciation Of the work of these glorious
and divinely called women who will not be
understood till after they are dead, women
like Susan B. Anthony, who are giving their
life for the improvement Of the condition of
their sex. Those of you that think that
an equal chance with men are ignorant Of
the laws A gentleman writes me from
Maryland, saying: Take the laws of this
state. A man and wife start out in life full
Of hope in every respect; by their joint efforts,
and, as is frequently the case, through the
economic ideas of the wife. succeed in ac-
cumulating fortune, but they have no
then the husband dies. What does the law
of this State do theni 1t says to the widow:
Hands off your late husbands property; do
not touch it; the State will find others to
whom it will give that; but you, the widow,
must not touch it, only so much as will keep
life within your aged body, that you may
live to see those others enjoy what rightfully
the relatives Of the deceased husband, whether
they be near or far, whether they were ever
heard Of before or not, and transfers to them,
singly or collectively, the estate of the de-
ceased husband and living widow.
Now, that is specimen Of unjust laws IN
all the states concerning womanhood. In.
stead of flying off to the dis cussion as to
whether or not the giving Of the right Of
voting to woman will correct these laws, let
me say to men. he gallant enough, and fair
enough, and honest enough, and righteous
enough, and God loving enough to correct
these wrongs against women by your own
masculine vote. Do not wait for woman
suffrage to come, if it ever does come. but so
far as you can touch ballot boxes, and Legis-
latures and Congresses begin the reforma-
tion. But until Justice is done to woman
bv the laws Of all the States, let the women of
America take the platforms and the pulpits,
and no honorable man will charge Vashti
with having lost her VEIL
Again: l want you this morning to con-
slider Vashti the sacrifice. Who is this that
see coming out of that ralace gate of Shu-
shan? It seems to me that / have seen her
before She comes homeless, houselesS,
frendless truiging along with a broken
heart. Who is she? 1t is VaShti the sacra-
flee Oh, what a change it was from regal
position to wayfarer's crust. A little while
ago approved and sought for; now none so
poor as to acknowledge her acauaintanceship.
Vashti the sacrifice. All you and I have
seen it many a time Here is home empal-
aced with beauty. All that refinement,
and books, and wealth can do for
that home has been done; but Ahas
uerus, the husband and the father, is TAX
ing hold on paths of sin He is gradually
going down. After a while he will founder
and struggle like a wild beast in the hunters
net-further away from God, further away
from the right. Soon the bright apparel OF
the children will turn torags; soon the house.
hold song will become the sobbing Of a broken
heart. The old story over again. Brutal
Centaurs breaking up the marriage feast OF
Mohave County miner., 1888-12-15
Accident at Crook stoss.

ALBUQUERQUE IN. M, Dec. l0.-The
Atlantic & Pacific passenger train which
should have arrived yesterday ut noon
did not get in until after 0 O'Clock this
morning. The train met with a serious
accident about fifteen miles this side oi
Prescott Junction, In which Eve coaches
and an engine went down hundred-foot
embankment, and in which number oi
persons sustained injuries, several Of
whom were fatally hurt The engineer
was changing the air.brakes when from
some cause unknown the engine became
unmanagable and went laundering along
the track at wild rate Of speed. The
passengers were frantic with excitement.
The track in this neighborhood is bad,
and the speed Of the engine spread the
rails, ditching it and five coaches. A
number Of passengers received painful
cuts over the head and body, but none
serious. The engineer and fireman OF the
iIl-fated engine were horribly cut and
scalded in several places and will die.
They were left at The Junction. Baggage,
master Rodemeyer was cut and bruised
considerably, and his right ankle was
mashed. Postal Clerk Schotts had his
left arm broken and received several bad
cuts OH the legs. The latter two were
brought into this city and are at the com.
pany's hospital.
Mohave County miner., 1888-12-15

described lies between two tribes OF In
dams the Wallap;,is sometimes spelled in
Spanish, Hualapais aud Yavapais, or
Apaches As these tribes were at war
they dare not hunt or be found In small
parties in this country. II was not un-
common in travelling through the Aztec
PaRs 10 nee two or three hundred deer
and antelope in day. A little TO the
north Of this there was large bands OF
elk. There was also the brown, the cross
and the cinnamon bear. too plenty for
fun. Therer~was also many carniyerous
animals, the cougar, the panther, the
large grey wolf and coyotes without mum.
Der. Turkeys and quail were quite com
mon.
] have known three crack shots to
leave Prescott In the fall Of the year and
in camping ON this divide killed four
horse wagon load Of game in three days
and return to Prescott, not being gone
from home but six days in all. saun ac-
companied this crowd. At one time as
band Of antelope ran past him he empticd
his Spencer six-sbooter rifle at them,
killing five and wounding three more
that they got next day. The five were
shot through the heart at a distance of
from lb0 to 200 yards, the antelope on
the dead run at that You would hardly
think they had time to get their gun to
their lace before they would fire and the
game would fall. This game has all
been driven out or killed off, and the
whole country around Is oyerstocked with
cattle and horses. Game is rarely seen,
but there il cattle on thousand hills. =.
WM. III. HARDY.
Mohave County miner., 1888-12-15
Peach Spring Letter.
PEACH SPRINGS, Dec. 9th, lss

PEACH SPRINGS, Dec. 9th, 1888.
EDIToR MMER:
The building OF Albert Crook is COM
pleted, on which occasion he invited the
citizens OF Peach Springs and their fami-
lies to assemble and enjoy themselves, on
the evening OF the 5th inst, by tripping
the light fantastic toe, which was kept up
until midnight, when all returned to their
homes highly pleased at the pleasant time
they had had, and with the hope that at
some future time they may have the
pleasures repeated.
The following persons were in attend
ance: Mr. and Mrs. j. n. Cohenour, Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Shale, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Love, Mr.. and Mrs. III. K. Hyde, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Donaldson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Logan, Mr..
and Mrs. Thos. Fay, Mr.. and Mrs. J. T.
Somerset, Mrs. Chas. Woods, Mrs. Aus
tin Moore, Miss Donaldson, and Messrs.
J. L. Nelson, Burt Enoch, g. T. Smith,
James Carter, Conductor Murphy, -
Reynolds, III. b. Cox, Chas. Hurst, Rich
DeCaine, Julius Smith and Robert Lester.
The latter is from Mt. Sterling, Illinois,
on visit to his sister, Mrs. J. N. Cohen
our.
The building il 40 feet front by 20 feet
i'm depth, divided in the center by par.
tition, in which there is double sliding
door, SO as to make it nearly one room.
The ceiling and walls are Of redwood
flooring, making it the most commodious
and comfortable house in our village, and
will be occupied by him as saloon.
James Carter, "boss carpenter" has con.
structed ii with his taste and made it one
OF the most substantial buildings he has
erected, and Albert Crook feels proud for
engaging him to build the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Atchison, OF Coium.
bus, Ohio, who have been visiting theil
brother In law, j. l.. Nelson, for some
time, have returned home via San Fran
cisco, accompanied by their niece, Miss
Gertie Nelson, who will make her home
| with them for some time. y. X.
Mohave County miner., 1888-12-15
FOR JOINT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
DISTRICT.
Calkins, II. Hoadley, d. Total
Darwin's Theory.

Darwin's theory of the survival OF the
fittest' is simply that the weakly die,
while the robust and hardy thrive and
live. How true this is OF seed growth,
and how necessary to SOW only that
which is suited by nature to live and de.
yelop
ID. M. Ferry & Co, the great seed
growers and seed dealers, Of Detroit,
Michigan, supply only the best and
purest, raising their own seeds by the
most improved methods and with the
greatest care, bringing to their business
the invaluable aid Of more than thirty
years experience. Their Seed Animal
for 1889 is real help to the gardener,
and should be in the hands Of all who de-
sire to purchase pure and true seeds.
Send your name TO the firms address at
Detroit, Michigan, and they will forward
you a COPY.
Mohave County miner., 1888-12-15
MINING NOTES.

o. +. Kuencer and Thomas steen ar,
at work on the Moss mine.
A. s. Coon is at Lost Basin working on
some mining claims he has in that dis
trict.
p. E. Ceilings is doing the assessment
work on some mining claims in the Wal
lapai Mountains.
The Flores Mining Company are sink
ing their we'll twenty feet deeper and
expect to get an abundant supply Of
water.
VIM. Grant. OF blackberry, went out tc
Lost Basin this week with party ot
miners TO do the assessment work on the
Ida mine.
Our miners are doing assessment work
on many OF their claims this year, and
the locator is getting his pencil sharpened
and bis location notices ready for the first
Of January, and claims not worked will be
relocated.
All the miners In this vicinity predict a
lively year for 1889. From the present
indications everything looks more favor
able for the mining interests in this
vicinity for the coming year than any
year since the first mines were opened.
Messrs. Murray and Church, Of Prescott,
have taken bond on some copper claims
twelve miles south OF Yucca. These
claims are owned by Messrs. Beecher,
Mackenzie and Rosborough. Messrs
Murray and Church left for the mines
Thursday, and will do some prospecting
and the assessment work.
Mr.. Vance, OF Des Moines. arrived this
week. He is a representative of the
Finch & Logan Mining Company, whose
mines are located in Cedar District. 1t is
the intention OF Mr.. Vance to thoroughly
prospect this property, and if the outlook
Is favorable the company will then put
up such machinery as il needed to sue.
cessfully work the mine.
Mohave County miner., 1888-12-15
Net q Desert.

In the opinion Of great many persons
Arizona is desert, says the Denver Re-
publican. These are people who have
never been in the Territory nor studied
its resources.
As matter OF fact Arizona is in natural
resources one OF the most highly favored
OF the political divisions OF this country.
II contains large area Of forest land, the
greater part Of which has never felt the
stroke OF an AK. 1t is rich in silver and
gold, and its copper deposits probably ex-
ceed in extent and aggregate value those
OF any State or Of any other Territory in
the Union.
The climate, except for people who de-
liyht in cold and snow, is the best in
America. II is dry, and in some sections
it is semi.tropical The altitude OF the
country gives the climate that peculiar
braeing quality which is characteristic oi
the climate of all the Rocky Mountain
region.
The garden spot Is the Salt River Val
lev, the principal town of which is PhG'
nix. There oranges, lines and lemons
may be grown superior to those Of Cali
fornia. ii il were desired ii could be
turned into one vast vineyard, producing
table wine and raisin grapes Of the finest
quality.
Ruins Of cities and other remains Of an
ancient civilization in the Salt Riyei
Valley indicate that that part OF Arizona
was once the home OF az many as 3o0,OH
people. These people depended in agri'
culture upon irrigation, and it is onl,
necessary to follow in their footsteps tC
develop the means OF support for the
same number OF people in this day.
Mohave County miner., 1888-12-15

ioaEs OF ALL AGEs.--An interesting
feature OF the Paris Exhibition will be
group OF forty-nine structures, intended to
give history of the human dwelling.
The different types Of shelters represented
will include those o: the prehistoric
period--under rocks, In caves, on water
and on land; and from later times those
OF early historic civilization, Of Aryan
civilization, of Roman civilization in the
East and in the West, and Of rude civiliz-
ations disconnected from the general
progress Of humanity--the Chinese, Jap,
anese, Eskimo, African, Aztec, etc. The
interiors, the customs Of tho occupants,
and the surroundings will be those OF the
different epochs studied.
Mohave County miner., 1888-12-15

G. V. Lewis died on Friday, the 9th
instant, Of pneumonia, after an illness Of
a few days. The funeral took place Sat
urday afternoon. Deceased was native
OF st. Louis, Mo-, and when young man
held the position Of city reporter on the
Missouri Republican. Latterly he drifted
west and followed mining in Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona. Deceased was
about "a years of age and was generally
liked by those who knew him.