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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
1STEapERANcE AND CRIME.

The saloon brings dire disaster to the
whole social fabric. 1t loads down our Grim
inal calendar. We are living in fortunate
period Of time; the country is at peace with
foreign nations: there IS no civil strife
within its borders; no agrarian war; no con-
flict Of classes has occurred. Yet our jails
and work-houses are crowded: our criminal
courts are never void Of culprits; our police
forces, though large, are too small for the
work allotted to them. What is the cause?
answer: Alcohol. Intemperance is not the
sole crime Of the day. nor is it the sole cause
of other crimes which men commit. Butas
Chief Justice NoaE Chase, Of New York,
says: "Among all the causes Of crime in
temperance stands out the uhapproachable
chief" In addition to specific rum crimes,
alcohol begets numberless others, inasmuch
as it awakens the lower appetites. and breaks
down all moral barriers. 1t is the fruitful
feeder of immortality, theft rapine, murder.
It suggests to the mind the thought OF
crime; 1t gives the animal excitement needed
for deeds of violence, it silences consciences
when the deed has been done. How often
after horrid crimes, which alright In his
sober moments the wrong-doer himself, we
hear from him the excuse-W hisky did it,
Archbishop Ireland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
THE PROBLEM OF INTEMPERANcE.

Intemperance is vice Of human nature.
While the liquor traffic encourages and in
creases the vicious tendency Of men and
women, the vice is back of and more firmly
rooted and difficult Of destruction than the
traffic.
The aim of the true temperance reformer
is to lift men to higher manhood to a self
controlling spirit. The resources to effect
this end are various and ample. The order
and method of their application requires the
highest wisdom and skill. 1t requires the
wisdom that cometh down from above.
For these reasons we have no specific to Of
fer. The solution Of the problem Of iutem-
perance must be by the act of God who has
solved other problems of humanity, and who
will solve this. He will do it through the
people because it must be done in the people.
The manner and time Of His leading us out
of Egypt do not yet appear.
To the human side Of the question the peo-
pie must address themselves. The question
must not be dismissed from the public mind
or thrown off the public conscience and
heart. 1t must continue to be talked about
in private and public, and discussed in the
periodical and on the platform and in the
pulpit. But more light must be prayed for.
A universal concordant waiting upon God
will unity the people, and prepare them for
action. His providence will point out the
path of duty. From all envy and strife,
from all clamor and evil speaking, from all
undue reliance on men and measures, let us
come back to God.-AmertcGn Temperance
ReuieU.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
WORDS OF WISDOM.

We're never to old to unlearn.
The grief which all hearts share,
grows less for one.
Beware of the man who feigns to be
amused when he is angry.
An average awkward squad makes a
good display of wheel within wheel.
It's always more agreeable to tell the
truth about ones neighbors than ones
self.
The man who has to hoe his own row
is foolish to befoul the soil with wild
cats.
You cannot repent too soon, because
you do not know how soon it may be too
late.
Some people seem to imagine that pre-
ordination offers an excellent excuse for
a life failure.
Our generation appears to thought
full mind ungirt aud frivolous compared
with the last age.
One reason why some people are not so
wicked as others is because they haven't
had so good chance.
Simplicity is the last attainment of
progressive literature, and many are
afraid of being natural from the dread
of being taken for ordinary.
Mankind is always happier for having
been happy; if you make them happy
now, you make them happy twenty years
hence by the memory of it.
Our life is determined for us; and it
makes the mind very free when we give
up wishing, and only think of bearing
what is laid upon us, and doing what is
given US to do.
A clown who il smart in his profession
may achieve quite a reputation, but a
minister who is buffoon loses the high
honor of the sanctuary and fails to gain
even the poor applause of circus.
limitations are always adulterations.
Let everyone be himself-but his best
self, not his worst self. There are two
selves in every self. Bring out into
dominance the angel and subordinate
che animal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


This temperance movement is the very
bud and blossom of the Christianity OF the
nineteenth century.
China now has National W. C. 7. U.
with the necessary equipment OF general
otficers-fifteen Vice-Presidents and nine
Superintendents Of Departments.
The Rev. Johr Mcneil OF London, assured
an audience lately that he owed his success
in life to having become member of the
Good Templar Lodge at Inverkip in his IF
teenth year.
"a Presbyterian church." says DR.. Theo-
dore Cuyler, sis not properly manned until
there stands in its pulpit an uncompromis-
ing teetotaler II you put bottle on the
pulpit it will trickle into every pew of the
congregation"
The annual report of the British Woman S
Temperance Association. recently issued,
states that the past year has been the most
progressive one in its history. There are in
all 495 societies. extending throughout
twenty counties, the Isle Of Man and the Isle
OF Jersey.
The Rev. Mr.. Redenger, of Findlay, Ohio,
in harmony with his conviction of duty
preached against the Saloons and the sa-
loonists, availing themselves of the best
arguments at their command, bombarded
his house with stones and brickbats tho
other night.
The society for the abolition of strong
drink in Holland certifes that in a popula-
ton Of 8 500, 900 there are 35, 600 licenses for
the sale of liquor annually granted. Com
putting two thirds of the total population to
be women and children, there Is a saloon to
every thirty three men; a woeful condition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
FACES TOWARD THE LIGHT.

The sick quite unive: sally lie with their
faces toward the light. This is very notice
able in the wards OF q large hospital. As
you pass from bed to bed, ask one of these
pale faces why they all are moved by this
common impulse. He cann6 answer. The
reason is deeper down than his understand
ing. He does so naturally, he does not know
the reason why.
just as 1t is the nature Of plants to tend
toward the window and reach out after the
light, so law written deep down in our
spiritual, as well as in our physical nature,
causes every soul to reach out after the
light. Human wisdom and philosophy are
but artificial lighs which will not satisfy the
soul in its reaching out after God, any more
than an electric, or any other light however
bright, would adequately substitute the life
giving rays of the sun In the home OF grow
ing niants.
What this world. sick with sin, wants and
longs for today more than anything else, is
to have its face turned toward the Sun OF
Righteousness.
It is this universal instinct of the soul that
gives 10 preaching its success, snd to every
Christian service its benediction of reward.
How many are today unhappy, simply be-
cause in their nature, deeper down than their
understanding, there is reaching out after
God, and heaven and sacred things, while at
the same time, in wicked rejection OF the
Saviour, the sinner Is turning his face away
from Christ and the light Lutheran OBJ
server.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
SOME GIRLS WAYS,

1t was Saturday morning In big farm.
house kitchen. Nell was bending over the
sink picking chicken, with decided scowl
on her face; Hattie was kneading bread.
with an expression Of grim determination
suitable for soldier scaling bis enemies
breastw orks; and Susan was shelling peas,
her pretty face spoiled by the settled discon-
tent about the mouth. The girls were not
talking-they never talked while they
workel-but they often spoke sharply and
uukindly. Work was to them a separate
state of existence in which the Christian
graces played no part.
Ibid leave my whip in there ?" asked a
hesitating voice ut the door and boy in a
biz straw hat appeared behind the voice.
NO" snapped Nell, "but's wonder you
didn't. for you are always leaving something
around for us to tread on"
1T has fallen down under your chair,
Susan" he said, coming in to pick it up.
Ned, you are always bothering some.
body" fretted Susan, while she arose with
ungracousness in every movement.
"Father called me to come quick and catch
the chicken, and stood 1t in the corner,'
replied Ned, roughly, and gladly made his
escape.
That same morning in neighboring farm
house kitchen, Lucy was kneadlng the
bread as deftly as Hattie, but at the same
time planning with Helen and Grace how
to earn money for their mission-boxes;
Grace had funny story to tell while she
washed the dishes: and Helen told them Of
the meadow-lark she saw while picking the
strawberries that she was now hulling for
the strawberry short-cake for dessert.
Sam came in with an armful Of wood and
threw it nosiy into the woodh"v. twitched
Gracc's curIs, made believe 70 dive lis hand
in Lury's pan of flour, snatched the largest
strawberry from Hclen's dish, and pranced
out whistling Sunday-school hymn.
The girls smoOtheu out the little smile
that Sans tactics always brought to their
faces, and began to sing his hymn, being
echoed by Fanny, who was sweeping the
front stairs.
Which family do you belong to, girls
[Advocate and Guardian.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM."
Revelation l., Z.

EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM."
Revelation l., :.
When first to this polluted earth
The holy Saviour came
So humble was His place of birth,
Few cared to know His name.
His lowly form no comeliness
To mortal eye possessed;
No Beauty in His grief-marred face =
Revealed the heavenly Guest. =
But lol with clouds He. comes again,
The crown upon his brow;
And every eye shall see Him then,
And every knee shall bow.
Thine eye, o Thou with soldire's spear,
Or with more cruel dart
OF unbelief, reproach. or sneer,
Who pierced the Saviour's heart.
Thine eye, o Thou in pride who dost
His great salvation scorn,
Or by neglect Thy soul has lost,
Shall look on Him and mourn.
Thine eye, o weak and trembling saint,
Whom sin makes often sad,
Who, though pursuing, oft are faint,
Shall see Him and be glad.
Thine eye, o Thou whose faith Is bright
With joy In One unseen,
Shall see Thine everlasting light,
Without cloud between.
Oh! blessed hope. oh joyful thought,
For those who know His grace.
That when the fight Of faith Is fought
They shall behold His face!
To work and wait, to watch and pray,
With lamps kept burning clear,
Be this our service day by day,
Until the Lord appear.
-lLondon Christian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
A FORM OF ROBBERY.

The Toledo Blade, referring to the saloon,
says:
1T is clear that the saloon is a form of
robbery. 1t robs the family Of its victims
of the necessaries and comforts the money
wasted in rum would buy, and it robs every
legitimate business in the city of the money
that would be paid for them The saloon IS
the worst enemy Of the business of any city.
Consider how much money saloon must
take in daily, and multiply it by the numter
of saloons in the city; multiply this in turn
by the 365 days in the year, and you will
have before you the sum wasted in your own
town or city through rum traffic. And it is
to be remembered that the saloons prevent
the earning of nearly as much money by de-
stroying the capacity for WORK. The drunk
ard cannot do as good a days work as So
Der man, and he loses the time spent in his
debauches, and in the inevitable "sobering'
process As he goes on, and becomes more
and more the slave of rum, he becomes more
and more incapable Of steady labor, until he
will not work at all except when he can in
no other way obtain the rum to satisfy his
cravings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
Forging by Electricity.

An exhibition was recently given in
Boston by Mr.. George D. Burton. Of
that city, to Professor Van De Wride,
of the Cooper Institute, New York :;
Doctor William H. Wahl, Secretary OF
the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia;
Mr.. C. E. Robinson, of the Manufacturer
and Builder, of New York. and half a
dozen other men. The exhibition was
of processes of forging and temperiug
by electricity of .obdurate metals. One
experiment was the melting into liquid
form of bar of steel an inch in diam.
eter and twelve inches long in forty
five seconds, without the temperature of
the room being raised single degree
from its normal condition.
Another thing shown was the making
of steel railroad spike. The bar is cut
into the required length, the pieces
passed through the electrical machine,
where one end is heated, and then to
die, which shapes the head on the
heated end, the point being eompressd
into shape without heating. Another ex-
hibit was the forming of an auger
screw, tie fiat bar of iron being fas-
tened in the machine at the two ends
and heated almost instantly, and then
twisted into the required spiral by the
automatic turn OF the machine A little
machine is devised for making spherice.!
ball bearings, such as are used for b.
cycles, etc. While the exhibit was ir
progress to-day a cablegram was re-
ceivcd from the Krupps, the great gun
makers of Germany, in furtherance oi
negotiations for the rights of the in
vention in Germany and other countrie:
Of the European continent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
MacarOni.

Macaroni is very peculiar product Of
wheat, formerly made only in Italy: and
still popularity regarded as distinguishes
diet of the natives of that country.
The name is now applied only to the
larger pipes, and the smaller ones ara
known as vermicelli, though there is mo-
real difference between the two except
the size of the tubes. The wheat b
ground, with the use of heat and mois-
ture, into sort of meal or paste called
semola, from which the bran is ex-.
cluded. This meal IS made into q
dough, with water, and is forced
through gauges, from which it cmerges
as macaroni or vermicelli, the process re-
sembling that of lead pipe drawing
Special varieties of wheat, those contain
ing the largest proportion of gluten,
are demanded for the successful manu-,
facture Of fmacaroni.-Furmd and Firesidd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
An Illinois Pearl of Price.

The pearl-huuting craze has been re-
vived by the finding by Mr.. James
Mawn, Of Kappa, ILL.,, in mussel from
the Mackinaw River, the largest and
most perfect pearl ever taken from that
stream. 1t is as large as very large.
pea, and is perfectly globular, without a
flaw and OF fine color. The find has
created Eluch excitement and the banks
Of the river are thronged with pearl
hunters. The Mackinaw is a winding
stream, which is crossed by the Chicago
and Alton at Lexington and the Illinois
Central st that point and empties into
the Illinois below Pekin. A great many
pearls, some of quite good size, have
been found in it, especially near Kappa<
st. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02

complete electric batteries on either stdes
of his head, constructed after the mos1
approved scientific principles. Each 81
them consists of about 40 cells In TIL
shape of six-sided tubes placed side nE
side. The walls OF these cells are hnod
with nerve tissue and each one Is flleo
with clear, trembling jelly. Preciset
how many volts this duplex galysntG
apparatus is capable of administering ha1
never been determined, but frequent ex@3
perience has shown the power to be SUIT
ticient to knock down and temporarily
paralyze man. Natives in Central Aux-;
erica are said to make a practice az
driving wild horses into water where
cramp fish are, in order that the latteE
may stun the frightened quadrapeds sn6
make them @ to capture. So that &:
shock shall be administered, the object
must be brought into contact attN0
points with the torpedo, thus completing y
the electric circuit. Scientific men re
gard this as one of the most interesting
of natural phenomena. Two other kindA3
of animals possess galvanic batteries
catfish and an eel. The two latter hayH
the storage cells situated in their taiIs-
In all three cases the electricity is merely
transformed nervous energy. The oil l0E
the cramp fish is commonly believed to-
be good for rhematism and cramps.
"Saw fishes belong to the order q;
rays, although their bodies have tlas
shape of ordinary fishes. They swim
wholly with their tails and the LONE
weapons which adorn their noses ars
merely prolongations of the snout, armed
on either side with teeth in sockets and
covered with rough skin of great tough b
ness. With this formidable instrument
they attack their prey, tearing pieces oe
flesh from its body or ripping open tlistss
abdomen to feed upon the intestines of (
the victim. There is something posi-
lively abnormal about all these creatures
called rays. They suggest the notion oEs
fishes antediluvian and it is not suprising
to find many large and extinct species
among the fossils OF vanished epochs. e w
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
GERMA.c BEER MoURNERs.

It appears that recently some German
students, desirous Of commemorating Count
Won Moltke, under the leadership Of pastor
of local church who was master OF cere
monies, drank solemn "Trauer-Salaman.
der" in his memory. Any American min
lister who should lend himself to such beer
drinking ceremony in the name of mourning,
in this country, would give rise to great
backwardness Of the temperance reform in
Germany, that such a ceremony could take
place and be nothing thou ght OF as peculiar
or exceptional in that country. The agita
ton for total abstinence on this side of the
Atlantic, though it has not prevented still
enormous consumption Of into1icants, has,
especially in religious circles deprived social
drinking usages of much Of their old.time
responsibility. Let the agitation continue
and dinorease.-National Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
GOOD HOMES.

There is nothing that society or church
needs so much as it does good homes, and
the power and charm Of the home is most Of
all the mother. Every tendency Is therefore
to be deprecated that operates to cheaper
woman's maternal possibilities, and to make
it appear that she can subserve her mission
just ns well outside of domestic relations as
within them.
I believe that it is good sense and good
Scripture to say that about the best thing
that can be asked of woman Is that she
should marry man, have health enough to
bear children, and mind and womanliness
enough to fit those children to be useful
members of society.--[ Rev. c. H. Parkhurst.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
A QUESTION THAT WILL NOT DOWN.

This (the drink evil is a great public ques-
ton. Itappeals to every honest mans heart.
and is areproach to every honest mans con-
science. 1t wrings the very soul of our noble
mothers, who see hell-trap set by society on
every corner for the destruction Of their be-
loved. Politicians may ignore it-convention
may keep silent about it; but this issue is
'trrepressible." 1t will not down. 1t claims
solution, and it will have solution in ac-
cord with the dictates of humanity, Chris
tianity and civilization, before the cries Of
its victims cease to echo through the aching
chambers Of our hearts-before our con-
sciences cease to cringe before the shame of
it. How long, o brothers, will it bs before
we will begin to be honest with ourselves and
with each others-F'armers' Alliance, Lin
coin, Neb.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02

THE Earl of Dudley Is soon to wed
Miss Lefty Lind, the fascinating "skirt"
dancer, whom theater-g -goers may re-
member as the possessor of limbs as
elastic as her notions of the convention
aities. The Isrl is "a years old, and
the down is jSss beginning to sprout
on his upper lip. Miss Lind is the
mother of hearty 12-year-old daugh
Ter. This is nothing new. Many in
the first ranks of the En- glish nobility
are descended from unions quite as
queer as this. 1t takes bu, generation
or two. often but year or two, to
blend disrepute with the best blue
blooded families.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
FRANCIS MURPHY TREATS.

A short, thick-set man, with silver streaks
in his hair and bushy mustache, stood in the
rotunda OF the Grand Pacific yesterday and
talked earnestly to group of reporters that
encircled him. Friends" he said, sit is
very warm. Let us go to my room and have
long drink" This startled the young men,
for the speaker had never said such sweet
words before. But recovering quickly, they
followed the man to his room. He rang for
a bellboy, and when the messenger arrived
the host said: Bring us four nice, large
sparkling glasses of ice water" Then all was
quiet. You gould have heard couple of
pins drop, and each reporter had different
expression on either side of his face The
host was Francis Murphy, the famous tenn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02

The New York Sun, in defending the
Prince Of Wales, seems to take the po-
sition that when q man is ibertine,
drunkard and gambler it is all right If
he will only say SO in an open and
manly way. This is doubtful. People
get out of patience with too muoh Of
that sort Of thing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02

Mis-. CHAsKA is seeking q divorce
from her Sioux brave. What Tired
already of the tepee, and yearning fol
the ways of the civilized? When
tho dime museums fail, the noble red
man seems to pail upon the civilized
appetite.
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TEMPERANCE.
REAPING TINE.

REAPING TINE.
Be temperate, my son; don't indulge in the
cup
Avoid what's called, "going on toots,"
Or you'll find yourself trying to lift yourself
up,
Some day, by the straps of your boots.
-Ne1U York P-css
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-01-16

Over in Jersey CITY there is a
very bright hllle Girl Of six years,
whose father is Presbyterian, with
an occasional iondness Tor the bot.
lie, says the New York San. They
live a few doors from The church
A few Sundays ago the parents
went to communion service, and
baby was left at home to escape
the long ceremony. |, was warm
day, and Coronation the usuaI
closing hymn, tloated out through
the open windows. The good dea.
con took the pastor home to dine
with him. When grace had been
said little Bessie remarked:
IL knew you was comm home
papa"
How did you know. little one 2
''Cause | heard Tie song.r
"What song?' asked the preach.
"Oh, You know the one where
you say, bring forth the royal dem.
John
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-01-16

A special from Elkton Nd
says: The will of Harry Mos, wht
was editor and proprietor OF the
Chesapeake Chesapike, this county,
some years ago, and who died in
Mississippi. was filed to day. AT
ter beqnealhing lis property. both
III Maryland and Mississippi, to his
sister, the testalLr says:
desire that my body be dres |ed
in seasonabIc apparel and placed
on lis back with a pillow under its
head, and in a saprling pen sulli.
GENTLY close to keep out a mink,
and with a good roof slanting but
one way, a bottle of water on each
side slightly corked, a door in the
pen fastened on the inside with a
latch without any string to it.
There | wish to be left forty DAYS
and nights. II, after that TIM,
any one chooses TO bury me they
can do so, il they r certain | am
dead.