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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
The Habitual Use of Alcohol Even in
Moderate Degree is Injurious.

DR.. William Pepper writes as follows in
the Chautauquan: The effects OF the alco.
hol habit vary enormously with the amount
consumed and with the form in which it is
taken, but they are always bad. Alcohol
should not be regarded either as poison or
a food. It is strictly drug. 1t belongs to
that class of substances which, like opium,
Indian hemp and tobacco, produce effects
which habit renders agreeable, but which
are followed by constant increase in the
craving for larger doses OF the drug. This
increasing dependence upon alcohol IS one OF
the worst effects of its habitual use, and
with most persons it is inseparable from its
use even in small amounts. 1t is true that
nearly all can digest without apparent dam
age a small quantity of alcohol, In sufficient
ly dilute form, if taken only occasionally.
1t is certain that the highest possible health
may be enjoyed without the use of alcohol.
This being so, its use, even occasionally and
under the restrictions above stated, IS at
tended with risk both physical and moral.
But when alcohol is taken in large amounts,
or in stronger FORMS or is used habltually
even in moderation, it does positive harm !;
and this harm increases rapidly as the habit
strengthens. in its hghtest degree there is
some irritation Of the Stumach and impair
ment Of digestion, with slight disorder or
circulation and secretion and intellection.
Often enough these cause false feeling OF
S<>SSoS NN
course to great harm.
Perfect health can scarcely ever be enjoyed
continuously by one who uses alcohol, even
in strict moderation. l make an exception
in favor of some elderly persons with slow
and feeble digestionS and with weak circula.
ton, for in them small quantities of dilute
alcohol taken daily with their principal meal
improve their health. When once we pass
the lesser degrees of the use of alcohol the
effects of its habitual employment are strik-
ing and disastrous. The mucous membrane
Of the stomach becomes the seat of chronic
catarrh. The function Of the liver is dlsor-
dered and the most important processes OF
nutrition are disturbed. The nervous system
suffers, and mind and character alike de-
teriorate. 1t is not only the injury which
comes directly from alcohol which We note
in such cases: there are associated with 1t
neglect of proper diet and of proper hours OF
rest and avoidance. of exposure, which con-
tribute to the sum Of damage wrought upon
the system.
The alcohol habit, if at all excessive,
causes organic disease directly, and RUNS
body and mind. Its habitual use, even in
very moderate amounts, renders health un-
stable and increases the liability to disease,
and the danger of disease when it occurs.
The true use of alcohol is in the treatment
of disease. There, when prescribed ju-
diciously, it does great good, and is at times
indispensable. But even there it should
never be prescribed unnecessarily, nor with
out q clear recognition Of the fact that the
tendency to the alcohol habit is great and
that this habit when formed is destructive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
His Method of Revenge.

Woman ito tramp-"Why do you
stand in that detected, pleading atti-
tude9 Amt the pie goods"
Tramp--"Yes, ma'am, the pie is all
right, but I used to be waiter, and I
got the habit of taking this pathetic pos
ture while looking for fee."
Woman-"Well what did you do
when you didn't get any fee7"
Tranp-"What could I do2 just
brushed few crumbs into the customers g
lap or let his hat drop and let him go."-
NsU York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
Honor in Defeat.

"Sir," said the defeated highwayman,
as he slowly picked himself up and gath
cred himself together; "that was done
very scientifically. May I ask of which
class of pugilists you are the champion"
"Of none" replied the victor. 81
am simply plain man who won't let
himself be thrashed."
''Let me clasp your hand" returned
the other. 'In this age of champions,
men of your kind are so scarce that it is
rather pleasant than otherwise to be
licked by one of them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
A Matter Of Location.

Husband (at an evening ENTERTAINMENT
MY dear, what q charming manner
young Mrs de Courcy has. 1 admire
temper and spirit in woman"
Wife-''Haven't temper and spirit,
john"
Husband-"Yes, but I mean when
they are possessed by other mems
wives. ."-Epoch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
Getting Even.

81 don't like that snob Brinkerson,"
said one medical student to another.
"Neither do I. l would like to fix
him for his superciliousness."
''There is only one way that we can
get even with him"
"What is that" asked the other.
eve will cut him dead" was the
significant reply.-Merchant Traceter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
How He Lost Time.

Fedestrian-"B-b-boy, can you. tt.
tell me how f.ffar it is to the po.po-
postotfice2"
Newsboy-"What dye say, mister7"
Pedestrian - "I-I-reckon you-you-
heard me. How f-f-lar is it to the po-
postofficel"
Newsboy-"Only half block, mister.
If you hadn't a stopped to ask me you'd
a been there a'ready."-Lye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23

The true Christian is like the sun, which
pursues his noiseless track, and everywhere
leaves the effect Of his beams in blessing
upon the world around m---(Luther.
Christ always sails in the ship of prayer:
He steers safely; He sees the hidden rocks
and secret shelves, and needs no star nor
compass. He fills the sails of the Church's
ship with prosperous gales, to bring her into
safety. He turns Gains into storms, 20 obey
his Church's cry, and raises the waves OF
tie sea, so that saints are glad because Of a
storm, to bring them to a calm haven. Oh!
happy storms, that drive saint to Heaven!
Oh. happy Heaven, that enjoys a perpetual
and everlasting calm!-[Lee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
It Certainly was Peculiar.

It Certainly was Peculiar.
fMammaw
swell, my dear?"
"What awfully queer ways these
Western folks do have, don't they2 I
have been reading an article in the
Stock Breeder's Gazette that papa brought
home and it says that COWS should have
their corn fed to them in the ear."-
Boston Beacon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
Restitution.

During the last Convention at Northfeld,
Mr.. Moody was speaking upon Prayer, and
an incident occurred, illustrating his sub
jecr, which made profound impression, and
came home to every one. He said true
Prayer consisted Of ten demonstrators.
tion. Confession, Restitution, Thanksgiving,
Unity, or Brotherly Love, the spirit Of for
giveness, Faith TASK with beggar's i'm
portunity; a servants docility; and a friends
confidence, Perseverance, and, last, Submis-
sion. When he came to the third element
Restitution-a man rose in the audience and
cried out:
"Mr. Moody, let me cut in here. Iwent
to Texas five years ago, having cheated
my creditors Of fifteen thousand dollars.
My wife and I thought we were real
smart. We settled in one OF the cities,
bought nice house, and furnished it tip
top-grand piano, Brussels carpets, and nv
wife bought no end Of lace curtains. But
we hnd hardly got settled down, when Mr..
Moody ceme along; and. like others, we fol-
lowed the crowd Of professors and Church
members He preached the same sermon we
have so far heard tonight. The Spirit Of
God convicted me and my wife both Of sin,
on this head Of Restitution, and we went
home perfectly miserable. l said, Loo,
what are we to dor "Do!' says she; you
know what to do without asking me: repay
6VeryDOQy 10 Luo laSU Ceut. NO SOouoi Shio
than done. The house was sold, and an auc.
tion called right away; and oh, the joy had
in handing up the silverware and the china
The piano and all went: but my wife was so
happy at parting with the lace curtains, it
was really curious. Then we took two
little rooms-a bedroom and kitchen and
the only table we had was the one we had used
in the kitchen for chopping meet on; but
the Lord filled US with Himself, and we had
peace and joy, because we had pardon and a
clear conscience. The dear Lord has blessed
me for above my desert, and beyond what
the devil led me to steal: and we have come
to Northfleld to praise the Lord and carry
back with us to Texas fresh baptism OF the
blessed power which set us free five years
ago."
There was hardly dry eye in the great
audience, and to watch Mr.. Moody was a
study; he did not say word, but looked
over his glasses, now, on one side, now on the
other, ali over the house; then, after the
pause had had its effect, he quietly went on
with the next head of his discourse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
Prepared for Business.

First Tramp-"Where'd yer sleep last
night?"
Second Tramp-''Had a hard night.
Slept on lot O. hay"
First Tramp-"Well, what's the mat
ter with hay"
Second Tramp--'It was baled hay.
Where'd you sleeps"
First Tramp-'I had bad night.
Slept in a bed"
Second Tramp-'Feather bedw
First Tramp-"No, asparagus bed.
Say, let's 60 into business together"
Second Tramp-"What kind of busi'
ness?"
First Tramp-"Funny business. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
What is the meaning of the throug

What is the meaning Of the throng
In yonder clothing store!
There surely must be something wrong
What are they gathered for"
The cause is plain it seems to me-"
Replied the passing wit,
Some person in there, don't you see,
Is taken with titr'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
He Would Forget to Order the Meat

He Would Forget to Order the Meat
"N1iss Clara" he began passionately,
'1et me open my heart to you; let me
tell you how long and deeply have
loved you; how from the first moment
your sweet presence beamed upon me, l
have"
Just then q deafenine noise outside
disturbed them and they hastened to the
window. After 1esuming their seats, he
went on:
"Oh-er-h'm-s:ngular what was
the subject of our conversation when we
were interrupted All, yes, I remember.
From the moment your sweet presence
first 6awned upon me, have longed to
make you my wife,"
"That can never be, Mr.. Chalk" re-
piled the girl. firmly. "Iou are too
absent-minded. ."-Ths Epoch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
A Slip Somewhere.

We were humping along at the rate
of thirty miles an hour on a train bound
into Nashville, when I spotted a couple
of three-card monte men in the car.
They had made up to farmer-like chap
and had things all their own way. One
of them tossed the cards and the other
acted as capper and made hit of $40
the first thing. This was to egg the
farmer on, and he was willing to be
egged.
"Reckon I've got leetle money that
says I kin pick that yere keerd," he said,
and he slowly counted out three $40
bills.
"You pick the ace of hearts, oyou'"
asked the thrower.
"She's the one."
"And which is it?"
s'This ar the one."
"And YOU bet $50 on it9"
81 do"
The card was turned over, and 10! it
was the ace of hearts and the old man
had won. He pocketed the money and
the monte man retired in disgust. Later
on 1 asked the thrower how he came to
make such mistake.
"Why, I paid feller $50 to learn me
the business the other day, and this is
my first trip. There's $50 clean cash
gone to Goshen, and Pm going back
home to farm it for the old man at $1s
O month. ."-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES

n Suitable Reason-It Certainly
was Peculiar-GettinS Even
with Him-A Matter
OF Location, Etc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
Temperance in Japan.

There are many temperance societies IN
of total abstinence. The National Temper
ance Society contains mon of higher position
than any other, and publishes magazine a5
the capital. North Shore Temperance Society
is the largest organization, and is carried e on
in connection with Christian mission. Ihe
efficiency of the work of this society is proved
by the fact that prohibitory laws have been
adopted in two or three Of the villages The
with eighty-nine members, now has men,
bership of 500 and publishes q magazine, the
Temperance, which hos attained large
circulation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
FDR. TALMAG.E.
BOOKLYN DIVINES SUN
I DAY SERMON.
ct: Docs Religion Pay?"

"Godliness is profitable unto all
haring promise of the life that no,o
lJ thut Which is to come. III. Timothy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23

The liquor traffic Of the six principal ma
sp the produce Of S, ,ooo, 900 acre Of farm Land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23

duOtueT llEe Ol liSuTeS-Soiile lIile VI hSui ioS
he had forgotten, and knew not where he
had laid them@and the accounts were
balanced and the Lord delivered MIN. You are
an infidel if you do not believe it. The Lord
delivered HIM. God answered his prayer as
He will answer your prayer, o mau OF busl-
ness, in every crisis when you come to Him.
Now, if this be So then I am persuaded, as
you are, of the fact that the vast majority Of
Christians 10 not fully test the value of the r
religion. They are like farmer in Call
fornla, with fifteen thousand acres of good
wheat land and culturiEg only quarter or
an acre. Why do you not go forth and
make the religion Of Jesus Christ practical
affair every day of your business life and
all this year, beginning now, and tomorrow
morning putting into practical effect this
holy religion and demonstrating in your life
that Godliness IS profitable here as well as
hereafter Z
How can you get along without this re-
ligi2nl Is your physical health so good you
do hot want this divine tonic! Is your mind
so clear. so vast, so comprehensive that you
do not want this divine inspiration? Is your
worldly business so thoroughly established
that you have no use for that religion which
has been the help and deliverance Of tens of
thousands Of men in crises of worldly
trouble! And if what have said this morn
ing is true, then you see what fatal blunder
it is when O man adjourns to lifc's expira-
tion the uses of religion. A man who post
zones religion to sixty years of age gets re-
hgion fifty years too late. He may get into
the kingdom of God by final repentance, ous
what can compensate him TOR q
whole lifetime unallevated and gn-
comforted! You want religion to,qay
in the training Of that chlld. You
will want religion tomorrow in dealing WIZ
that Western customer. You wanted re-
ligion yesterday to curb your temper. Is
your arm strong enough to beat your way
through the floods. Can you without being
encased in the mail OF Gods eternal help &c
forth amid the assault Of all bells sharp
shootersa Can you walk alone across thest
crumbling graves and amid these gaplns
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-10-30
DRIFT OF OPINION.

. If Corporal Tanner didn't intend
that letter should be made public, he
was foolish to write it. If he did in
tend that it should be made public he
was lust as foolish to write it.-Phila-
delphia Call.
--"Fitness is the sole test" but of
all the Republicans selected by the
President to talk to the Spanish speak
ing Representatives at the Interna-
tional Congress not one speaks Span
ish. st. Louis Republic.
-"Mr. Wanamaker," says our
esteemed contemporary, the Rochester
Union and Advertiser, evidently in
tends to leave his mark behind him in
his department Yes, he will leave
it. He has left it. It is 0. IN. Y. Sun.
1t is not Tanner, but Tannerism
that has fallen under the ban of public
condemnation. If President Harrison
fails to perceive this and TO act upon
it, his troubles will only be accumulated
by Tanners dismissal. Rock Islander.
The Republicans of Mississippi
have nominated. General James r.
Chalmers, who assisted at the Fort
Pillow massacre on tho Confederate
side, for Governor. and Colonel Elliott
F. Shepherd may be relied upon to ex-
tend to him the greeting Of one brave
political soldier to another. -Provi-
dence Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-10-30
Harrison's Pension Policy.

The pension policy the Republican
party is now pursuing is not justified
by any precedents. not even by its own.
In urging pension legislation its lead
ers have until recently always kept in
view the cost and the probable effect
on the people. In speech in Con-
gress just before his election to the
Presidency Mr.. Garfield resented an
assertion that pending legislation
would increase pension expenses $685.
900, 600 a year. He argued that the
increase could not exceed $28, 600, 900,
and that 1t would be the maximum,
pension expenses thereafter necessarily
decreasing from natural causes. He
did not anticipate such artificia al causes
OF increase as a policy which, with
'out law and in spite of it, adds $780,
600, 900 year to the expense and runs
up the total to a figure at which he
would have stood aghast. though Il
only whets the fretorlan appetite. =
St Louis Republics
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-10-30
THE RECENT ELECTIONS.

The Time Will Come When Men VIII
Vote as They Think. Not as They Feel.
The Democrats in the now States of
the Northwest have not done so badly.
There was reasonable prospect that
eight Republican Senators would be
added to the unholy hierarchy that
dominates the so called upper house Of
Congress. Instead, there may be but
six.
Although the result is mixed, Mon
tana is Democratic. 1t was in Mon
tana that the Australian ballot scheme
prevailed. There was an honest vote
in Montana
Years hence, when the farmers of
the Northwest have been brought by
hard experience to realizing sense
of the wrongs they suffer from the
war tariff. the palm will be awarded
to Montana for being the first to de-
clare against this iniquity. If there
is one class of people that more than
another is injured by the present re-
strictions on our trade it is the farm
ers of the West. Singularly enough,
this is the class that has been most
tardy in realizing the need of reform.
The Herald sees no occasion for de-
spair in the result of the elections.
The new States were peopled largely
from Republican States at a time when
il was the fashion in the North to be
Republican, or at any rate, not to be
Democratic. They contain, besides,
a large foreign element which for
some inscrutable reason has always
affiliated with the Republican party.
Nor is this the only instance where
prejudice and sort of inherited
prediction have proved stronger
motives in mems minds than sober
considerations of self-interest. In due
time those prejudices will tade away
and men will vote as they think, not
as they feol.-Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-10-30
THE SEAS ADVANCE.
Flow Sandy Hook and Staten Island Have
Suffered of Late Years

Flow Sandy Hook and Staten Island Have
Suffered of Late Years
Year after year for the past twenty
summers the outposts and defenses set
up on the coast against the invading
surf are carried by storm. Line after
line is rolled back; whole settlements
have retreated and repeatedly made a
stand inland far from the places they
first occupied; and the retreat still
goes on. Coney Island. Sandy Hook
and Staten Island have suffered from
this invasion of the waves. On the
south beach of the latter region traces
of old homesteads are found at the
water mark, and within the memory of
some of the old inhabitants meadows
hourished and corn grew where CLANS
are now plentiful. But without going
into hearsay evidence upon this point,
one has only to look at the beach
itself. There he will find the
roots of pine trees more than
half way out from the present line of
high water. The trees that stood there
are well remembered by many persons
whose recollection need only 60 back
some ten or fifteen years. And we are
told the evidence is the same all along
a considerable portion of the Atlantic
seaboard. just where this thing is
going to stop it might be diff cult to
say. Perhaps some scientific mon will
say that in ages past the sea here
abouts came very much further inland
than it does at present; that it receded,
and has now taken notion to como
back again. Well, it certainly does
look a little that way. Every new
storm appears to bring the water
further up than the one that came be-
fore it.
But let the wild winds whistle and
the breakers roar; the continent is a
big one, and can stand a good deal Of
encroachment. Besides there is con-
ISOLATION in the reflection that, if we
are heavy losers just hereabouts. some
other region is in like degree a
gamer, for whatsoever the sea takes
away it may not keep, but must pres
emily elsewhere deposit the same. N.
Y. Star.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-10-30

BATTLES OF BIRDS.
An Early Morning Fight That Disturbed
an Entire Feathered Colony.

An Early Morning Fight That Disturbed
an Entire Feathered Colony.
Battles between birds are sometimes
very fercely fought. DR.. Abbott. In
Days Out of Doors" describesn long
drawn conflict in which apair OF great
crested y-catchers and pair Of blue
birds were the actors. By chance they
had chosen hollows in adjacent apple
trees for their nests, and so were
brought daily into more or less close
association. So far as / could see, all
went we'll. The fly-catchers hawked
for insects among the tree tops; the
bluebirds were content with worms
from near the ground.
But by and by the eggs of lhe blue
birds were hatched-at least presume
that they were-and at the time the
young of the fy-catchers were we'll
nigh grown. Before sunrise one morn
ing. when the bluebirds were happier
than usual, there arose o clatter in the
lane such as l have seldom heard
among birds. Every robin stopped
singing, the wrens forgot their broods,
orioles screeched, and every cat-bird
bawlcd murder!
Even the poultry took 1t up. and for
many minutes that quiet, shady lane,
ordinarily the very picture of peace,
was an actual pandemonium. 1t did
not take many minutes to fathom the
mystery. While every bird present
was thoroughly excited, there were
four upon which my attention was at
once conferred. Brave as lions, the
bluebirds, little furies now, hurled
themselves against the fy-catchers.
which, although stronger, could not
Withstand them. Vainly they attempts
ed to dodge their pursuers. but the
bluebirds were too quick. They had
acquired new powers, and with
strength. courage and endurance !
never supposed them to possess. they
drove the fy-catchers far a-field and
kept them there. The bluebirds had
been robbed and OF course had caught
the fy-catchers in the act.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-10-30
THEY WILL GO SLOW.
Why the Republicans Can't Run Things
in the Next House.

in the Next House.
We do not hear so much of late
about the way in which the Republic
an majority in the next House are to
shake up things after the organization
is effected. Their ambitious pro-
gramme has been materially short
aned as the time approaches for Con-
gress to meet, and it will not be sur
prising if, Immediately after Speak
err and other officers have been chosen.
a Republican member makes the usual
motion that the rules of the old House
be adopted until otherwise ordered. It
took the Republicans some time to
realize that a majority of three or four
was not omnipotent and that without
the presence of g. full quorum they
were absolutely helpless without the
cooper alton of the minority. This of
course they will have on all questions
in which they can with justice or pro-
priety claim it. In the election of a
Speaker their slender majority will be
NO source of embarrassment, nor will
th sir inability to muster quorum at
all times interfere With the traasae.