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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-22
The NArlUNS DRINK BILL.

Professor Francis G.. Peabody, of Harvard,
in lecture on the temperance question be-
fore the Lowell Institution Of Boston the
other day, said in substance: There are two
aspects Of the liquor question, the economic
and the moral. There are at present in the
liquor traffic throughout the country some
200, OO0 persons -l63, 900 in the retail and the
rest wholesale. These figures represent only
the dealers. The number Of persons employed
is supward Of 100000. The worst OF these
horrible figures is that they mean the with
drawal Of just so many persons from the
right kind Of employments. In their present
occupations they contribute little or nothing
to the wealth Of the country.
As to the amount Of liquor consumed in
1885, $685., 600, 900 was spent for spirits, 1904,
OOO,OO0 for beer, SIG, 600 for imported
wines and S34, ,0O0, 900 for domestic wines-a
frightful total Of about S700, 600, 600. This Is
one-twelfth Of the amount spent for food,
clothing and necessaries Of life.
In the same year there was received as
wages 1851, 900, 600, and the liquor bill con-
sumed two-thirds OF it. Again, it costs s3?o;-
600, 900 q year for churches, and the drink
bill would buy all the churches in SIX
months.
Behind all this is the great Importance OF
the moral aspect. That drink is injurious to
999 cases out of 1000 goes without proof.
The question is: How can it be stopped?
Legaiization fails of its aim. The solution
of the problem, though still far off, perhaps,
is in each individual recognizing that he him
self is an important factor in his community
as an example, and adopting for himelf the
teaching: IF meat make my brother to
offend will eat no meat lest / make my
brother to ffend"-Commercidt Aduer-
tiSer
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ALCOHOL AS A CAUSE OF DISEASE

DR.. Lewis D. Mason, of the Inebriate
Asylum, Fort Hamilton, N. Y, discussing
1.-The Etiology of Dipsomania and the
Heredity of Alcoholic lnebriety," determlnss
as facts that alcoholism in progenitors will
produce physical and mental degradation in
their descendants, with the disorders that
arise from q defective nerve organization;
and all grades Of mental weakening, from
slight enfeeblement Of intellect to insanity
and complete idiocy: and that the laws regu-
lating these changes are similar to those that
govern congenital degenerative changes from
other causes. The offspring Of the confirmed
drunkard will inherit either the original vice
or "some of its countless Protean transfor-
nations" In another paper-on PATHOLOGY
cal Changes in Chronic Alcohollsm-Dr.
Mason exhibits alcohol as modifying the
serum and the anatomical elements OF the
blood, besides being an irritant and directly
producing modification and degeneration OF
tissue, and therefore as being most evidently
a disease-producing agent. Contrasting the
little progress that has been made In the
study Of the pathology Of chronic alcoholism
and of the diseases incident to alcoholism
with the great advance that has been
achieved in knowledge Of microbic diseases,
he adds: "Alcohol has not any mlcrobe, but
the grand total of its mortality will exceed
the combined effect Of all the bacteria that
has ever passed the microscopic field or de-
veloped in the culture-tube of the bacterl-
ologist." The subject is now, however, be-
ginning to receive some OF the attention IL
deserves-PopularS Science Monthty.
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SPRING SONG.
80 many ways to wander in,

30 many ways to wander in,
/: So many lands to seel
The west wind blows through tie orchard
:; close.
I And the white clouds wander free;
The wild birds sing in the heart of spring,
And the green boughs beckon me.
And it's oh, for the wide world, far away,
IT'S there I fain would be,
For it calls me, claims me, the livelong day,
Sweet with the sounds and the scents OF
May,
And the wind in the linden-tree;
The wild birds sing in the heart Of spring,
And the green boughs beckon me.
"Far and far, in tbe distance dim,
Thy .ortune waiteth thee
know not where, but the world is fair
With many strange countrie;
The wild birds sing in the heart Of spring,
And the green boughs beckon me.
30 many ways may never win,
Skies may never see!
Oh, wood-ways sweetfor the vagrant feet
What may not come to be?
What do they sing in the heart Of spring.
And where do they beckon me?
Farewell, farewell, to my fathers house!
Farewell. true love, to thee!
Dear, and DEAR are the kind hearts here,
And dear mine own roof-tree-
But the wild birds sing in the heart OF
spring,
And the green boughs beckon me.
-Grahan, r. Tomson, in Scribner.
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VOICES OF GRACE.

It Is marvellous and beautiful to observe
how various are the voices of free grace. Il
am thirsty" says one. "Come to the waters"
she cries. 81 am hungry" says another.
'Then eat ye that which Is good" she says.
"and let your soul delight itself in. fatness."
.'But I am poor, and have nothing to buy
with" "Cone, buy wine and milk without
money, and without price, n"We are weary"
sigh the laborers in the sun-beaten fields.
"Come unto me-" breathes her answer like
breeze from the waters, "and / will give
you rest" "Cast thy burden on the
whispers to the pilgrim ready to faint on
the highway. "Behold the fountain" she
cries to the guilty: "the fountain opened
for sin and uncleanness." To the lost she
cries, II am the Way;'' to the ignorant, II
am the TRUTH to the dying, II am the
Life" How large her welcome to the sim
ner, how soothing her consolation to the
mourner, how inspiring her tones to him
that is faint of heart! There is no disease
for which she has not a remedy, no want for
which she has not supply; and every one
who applies to her shall confess at length.
1T is enough; am blessed as II ell tho
methods and riches OF grace were for me.
alone!'-[Hode.
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PROTECTING THE CHILDREN.

By degrees. Europeans are being con-
vihced Of the injurious consequences of wine
drinking upon the young, A certain num-
Der children in Berne, Switzerland, were for
bidden the use of alcohol in any shape. or
form, during eight months Of the year, but
during the remaining four months they were
supplied with the usual quantity OF wine d.
luted with water: The parents carefully
watched the children throughout the year,
and found that they slept better and longer,
and appeared decidedly brighter t, during the the
neriod of wine-drinking. In the recent In
ternational Alcohol Congress, held in Chris
tiania, Norway, great prominence was given
to the. .baneful effects Of alcoholic liquors upon
children, even the most persistent moderate
drinker admitting that education and legis-
lation are necessary on this point. It was
resolved to watch the methods employed in
the United States for teaching children the
scientific effects of alcohol, and, if possible,
to secure the introduction of the same text
books.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Fully 5000 of the licensed cabmen in Lon
don are total abstainers.
A saloon in Cumberland Gap, East
Tennessee, has the following inscription:
"Sunny Side Saloon-Polyti1 and other tri1
diskused at all ours"
Mrs. A. V. Quinn, one Of the leading w.
C. T. U. workers Of Wyoming, has been ap::
pointed by Governor Barber upon the Board
Of Regents of the State University.
A Buffalo IN. W saloonist, in offering his
business for sale for q thousand dollars,
states as IN inducement to the purchaser,
that five thousand laborers pass his place
daily.
The Board of Trade Review Of Baltimore
states that 25, 100 more barrels or beer were
sold in that city in 1890 under high license
than in 1889 under low license. There are
$500 saloons.
In New York City they have associations
NJ men who do not drink during business.
In O big city where competition III all lines
of business is so great, cool and clear neao
is very essential.
II has been estimated by an ex-maJor or
the police'that it requires 500 OOO every Week
to support the liquor traffic in tho District OF
Columbia, or 81, $50, 900 per year, all OF "h:cn
is direct tax upon the people.
Drunkenness is said to be the besettng SIN
Of London flower girls, and Mrs. Franklyn
Taylor is establishing guilds i'll various parts
of the city in which the flower glrls may
find shelter and keep their own flowers.
The British temperance women recently
sent an appeal from their association TO the
bishops Of England, begging them to give
their influence to the Sunday closing OF the
ipublic houses. A large number OF replies
have been received, all showing hearty sym
pathy with the movement ss=.-,sl.sss.:. L.
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Lake Tahoe's Peculiarities.

A tradition has long prevailed that the
waters of Lake Tahoe, California, will
not sustain the weight of human body,
and that many daring swimmers have
perishcd by venturing into its treacherous
depths. A few years ago it was reported
that members of LIE Conte's surveying
party had disproved the old notion,
which up to that time had been respected
by Indians, Spaaiards and Americans
alike. Now it is reported that MEM
Der of tic LIE Conte party denies that the
attempt was made.-St. Louis Republic.
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TEMPERANCE.
HARRY KAHN.


a gay young man named Harry Kahn
A rich mans only SON
Spent precious time Of his glad prime
In search Of so-called fun"
he used his powers in wasted hours,
AS though life were dream;
He raced and drank, played cards and sank
In poverty's deep stream.
At length one day. in reckless play,
He sold q neighbor's horse,
And rashly thought, like he who bought
1t, harmless fun" Of course.
If 80, through flaw in stars or law
Or possibly In both
He went to jail, through lack Of bail
Though very, very 10th.
With sentence passed, in prison fast
Was changed his mode Of life:
He learned trade, mems shoes he made,
With many an inward strife.
When passed ten years Of hopes and fears
And he was free to roam,
He found all changed, old friends estranged-
An outcast with no home.
Now boy, dear boy, 80 full Of joy,
Let temperance lead the van;
Touch not the bowl which blights the soul
Remember Harry Kahn.
HAIRY E. ireland, in Temperance Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-22
The Hercules Beetle.

The biggest insect of its kind in the
world is the hercules beetle Of South
America, which grows to be six inches
in length. 1t is said, whether truthfully
or not, that great numbers Of these crea-
lures are sometimes seen OF the mammGa
tree, rasplng the rind from the slender
branches by working around them with
their horns until they cause the juice to
flow. This juice they drink to intoxica'
ton, and thus fall senseless to the
ground Micago Herald.
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"a BILLION OF DOLLARS"

That Is less than the liquor traffic costs this
country every year. It takes by far the larg-
est part Of it out Of the pockets Of the labor
Ing class and gives them nothing Of value in
return. The greatest foe Of the poor man is
the drink. It IS the greatest monopoly in the
land. What do the political papers say
about it? Nothing. They are silent as the
grave. In fact they are silent partners in
this Gigantic crime Of crimes of the nine
teenth century" To cover their shame and
to turn the attention of the people from their
iniquitous course they make a great hue
and cry about other matters Of infinitely less
importance, fill their papers with inflated ac-
counts of baseball, horse races, bowling
teams and sports generally. No notices Of
temperance meetings are allowed to appear
In their columns. They ara supremely under
the control Of the liquor oligarchy. Mean
while, more than billion Of dollars comes
out Of the pockets Of the people, with no
honest return for the money spent
Advocate
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WAT ppoH,s1r1oy PROPOSES TO TEACH.

$40 crush self-reliance and personal ug.
n;tv is to make race Of weak children, OF
feeble towards; and this is the endeavor,ot
Prohibition" says Captain Pennick, in the
1,incinnati South. West. Not at all. Pro-
hibition proposes to take the luxurious
saloon keeper, turn him adrift on the cola
world where he will have to earn an ho9est
living or starve. We want TO teacn mn MN
..seif.reliance,n and not reliance upon poll
ticai fayoritism on the one hand and the
weakness and vices of his fellow.men on the
other. We would also teach drinking men
to reiy upon themselves in getting their
drinks. They now rely on the public support
of a vicious institution to supply them VIII
out effort on their park--The Votce - -
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CURIOUS FACTS.

A Swiss artist paints with her toes.
St. Petersburg (Russia) has no direc.
tory.
A Georgia railroad hos never killed q
passenger.
An inventor soon hopes to produce
artificial fur.
Bees are said to be possessed of power
full memories.
Alaska is more than eight times the
size of Missouri.
Uncle Sam has almost as many Indians
as lived here when Columbus landed.
To make one pound of honey the bees
must visit from 10000 to 200, OO0
flowers.
During fire in Buffalo, N. Y, case
of lamp chimneys fell from the third
story and not chimney was broken.
The Academy is the only French in.
stitution which has come down un-
changed from the times before the Reyo~
luton.
The first of the so-called Farmers
Alliance was called the National Grange
of Patrons of Husbandry. Hence the
name, Changers.
Five men committed suicide at st.
Louis on a recent day, the gloomy
weather and slushy streets being, it Is
alleged, responsible.
The oyster is one of the strongest
creatures on the earth. The force re-
quired to open an oyster is more than
1900 times its weight.
Brazil, occupied by the Portuguese in
1549, fell successively under the domin-
ion of Spain and Holland, but was finally
recovered by Portugal in 1854.
William Clark, farmer of Clarks-
Vile, Penn, born June 8, 1874, is said
to have voted at nineteen Presidential
elections. His first vote he cast for
Mol roe in 1915.
The famous Russian composer, Rubin
stein, in his autobiography recently pub
lished, expressed the opinion that not
more than two per cent. of the English
people were musical.
The guns of the following British
n-of-war have a range of ten miles or
more: The Collingwood, Rodney, Ben
bow, Camperdown, Howe, Anson, Hero,
Rcnown and Sansparcil.
A large elm tree planted by General
Lafayette at the Troy Female Seminary,
at the time of his visit to Troy, N. Y,
in 1924, was cut down the other day to
make room for the new Gurley memorial
building.
In Borneo the bride and bridegroom
are brought from different ends of the
town to the spot where the ceremony is
to be performed. They are there made
to sit on two bars of iron, that health as
vigorous and blessings as lasting may at.
tend the day.
II cloth can be made out of r1ne spun
glass, it would seem simple matter to
make it out of wood, and this is done by
boiling strips of fine grained timber,
crushing them between rolls, carding
the filaments into parallel lines, as with
ordinary textile material, and spinning
them into threads, from which cloth can
be woven in the usual way.
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THE BLOOD OF CHRIST cLEANsETH FROM ALL

THE BLOOD OF CHRIST cLEANsErH FROM ALL
SIN.
A gentleman teacher in one Of our Sab
bath.schools had long been trying to make
clear to his class what 1.-The blood Of Christ
cleanseth from all sin" meant. Having q
cottage at Cape May, he invited four Of his
boys to visit him. The shore, as all will re-
member, who have visited that watering
place, Is very smooth. Walking along the
beach with the boys one day he told one OF
them to get him a stick. Having got the
stick be told him to write "S"-and said,
"You see that letter,-what is Iii"
"Why," they said, lit is 81"
"Now write T-now write 'N'-now
what does that spell, boysw ...
"Why, sim"
At this moment great wave came in and
washed the beach smooth and clean, so that
no trace OF the letters remained.
''Now, boys" said the teacher, "that is
just the way with the blood of Christi He
comes with his love and power, and washes
your sin just as you have seen those waves
wash the letters away. Do you not want to
be washed?"
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The circulation is through two, sets OF
blood vcssels-arteries aud yelns--nos9 oo-
tanning their motive power from the heart
acting as force-pump. Alcohol increases
the pusations and, as the blood Is sent from
the heart to the extremeties faster Inan Tue
veins can ia Ike it up again to return it, con-
gestion results and the nose, being remote
6ortion of the circulation, reddcns and finally
becomes diseased. This, however, is not dlt-
ferent from other organs OF the body; all are
congested apl similarly diseased by the use
alcohol.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
MY PETITION.

MY PETITION.
May every thought of mine this day
Be pure is sunshine's clearest ray.
May every word that shall speak
Be wise and gentle, true and meek.
May every act be just and kind,
From dross Of selfisbness refined.
May thought and act and kindly word,
Together bound, threefold cord,
Reach out to men and help me save
Some sinking one from sins cold wave.
-[Egbert L. Bangs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-22

DoRA-I showed my portrait to the
Mayor yesterday. and he said that it
lidn't flatter me. Bosom Friend-Oh,
mt it does, dear, aud so did he! (They
q not On speaking terms noW.)
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sE1r.DESIAL consists in being able to
sav no to ones self-a lesson which so.
crates meant to inculcate when he said
to the Athepians. No thysel5"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-04
a Common sense Rem edr

In the matter OF curativcs what you
want is something that will do its work
while you continue to do yours-a rene
dy that will give you no Inconvenience
nor interfere with your business. Such
remedy is ALlCocK's Porous PLAsrERs.
These plasters are not an experiment;
they have been in use for over thirty
years, and their value has been Gttcstcd
by the highest medical authorities, rs
well as by testimonials from those who
have used them. They require no
change OF diet and arc not affected by
wet or cold. Their action does not in
tcrfere with labor or business; you can
toll and yet be cured while hard ct
work. They areso pure that the young
est, the Oldest, the most delicate person
OF either sex can use them with great
benefit.
Beware OF limitations, and do not be
deceived by misrepresentation. Ask
for ALLcocX's, and let no solicitation or
explanation induce you TO accept sub
stitutc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-04
An italian Paper OH America.

ROME, Nov. 3.-Tho Italia publishes a
leading article headed "The Good
1ankees,' during which that paper
says: The United States have ono
diplomatic rule for Chile and another
ior Italy: They have virtually closed
~ inc Mckinley bill the markets of tho
United States to Italian wares and bro.
uucts and now the United States seek
10 ee nigh suzerain over all America,
An Yankees unscrupulously follow
politics ms business, even when inter.
, ,;alohal Affairs arc concerned. But tho
a .IMe may come when Europe will Law
I IF petty differences and call the
United States to n more exact and
precise notion OF the law of nationsD
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THE MAYBRICN CASE.
The Suit for tho Insurance DIoney Before
tho Appeal Court.

The Suit FOR tho Insurance DIoney Before
tho Appeal Court.
LoynoE, Nov. 3.-ln the Court OF Ap-
peals to-day argument was resumed by
the appeal OF the executors OF tho will
Of Mr.. Maybrick (whosc wife, Florence
l.. Maybrick, was convicted OF causing
his death), against a decision sustain
Ing an insurance company in refusing
10 pay $1,000 insurance on his life,
the company holding that the policy
was void as the testator's death was
caused by poison administered by his
heir, Mrs Mnybrick.
Sir Edward Clarke, Q. c., the attorney
general OIL behalf OF tho defendant, re-
sumcd his argument this morning say-
ing that rs tho law did not permit n
wife OF other representatives OF an in
sured person who committed suicide to
recover the insurance money, the law
could not allow person TO profit by
his or her own criminal net.
Tho master OF tho rolls, Lord Esher,
in summing up, said he thought the
true construction OF the policy was that
the money should DO paid to tho execu-
tors in trust. Ii that was done and a
receipt obtained tho respondents were
not bound to SEQ that the trust was full
lillcd
Alter further argument, judgment
was reserved.
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BisNWOOD.
Industrial I;cm., Personal Gossip md
Gtnerni News Sotos.


Industrial I,cm., porsonn, Gossip and
Grncrni Eawa So,os.
Tho 0. r. railroad depot is going up
rapidly. aud Is very urea: improvement
on the last effort. II will be quite a
credit to tho town and company. A
number OF small boys spent som0 timo
IN the lock up for injuring tho lumber
for erection OF the depot. When the
aep9t u completed Mayor Joseph Ma
hoou wiz take Inc position oil station
aSeh.
Thovncnncy caused by tho resignation
OF Miss Mary McCabc, teacher OF No. .,
which was handed In tuesday and wen.
iiHo eject " euiesaay,~as MED by cub
siu.ntinR Massie sharp, nhlil me meet,
Ky ol INC trns,ces fr'uay evening. AZ
.nis meeting i Mss Ain'e ia',y Oh 40. J,
was u'poi1.e9 10 70 ., ana Miss sharp
""' "pro'''ee - w. l.
a yGnhg lohseSecpcr oil Main street
my m''n M,"I inlsht haVe Dceh scri'
,, acciucnI. ~ wns tiie OLD story Of the
NHr9sS"e Gun ana mo lirc. me oil OK
md ri1diny ihs ,,Jy ~ o U ,U 0. a}
baues md aIlinI n hnyo biissor any, ~
her nose
a,ns,,.., 80
& ohin road uonr tHo J h,; .hu b' r;
No 4i7 ;nmnSJ Tho , ,raci, s i, r mnSia"
throuab n switch and EnocIsi oT ,iss
Niio, AL sM,,'m ',, hnu "i ,Ci 81. lI,c
car was hard at work an hour removing
tho wreck.
A wrcstl;p, match was hall IN ,ho
lower wnrI got"rinn o ma' 50. nv
side. The contestants were Peter NIer.
Ger and John Fabcv. After n number
Of rounds tho victory was given 10
faboy.
Miss Conner, OF Sherrard, lost n
pocketbook containing a note for sos
and a considerable sum in currency.
She left the pocket book on the south
bound o. Il. train.
Two well known tower steel workers
mad lively set to'esaturday evening.
John Blake and James Bennett had n
s sn tussle IN winch Bennett came out
''u ", pes''
Tho remains Of James Lawless, tho
;; lung nun VINO was Killed ~ inc jung
tn Ia a w eaeninsi were Yesterday
Ar. -, ~ " ,., c,'
ron,,, wi. ue a. o'.Er, M.cly Oh inc y: ..
on friends on his WV hon" ~" trom ~"
West ~ ' '"'
Society is on the mn; riv ow,itinc tho
authentic onnonnccmon. a. thn cn,n; inv; me-
marriage OF one OF its young lady favor,
ties,