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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
AN OPIUM SEIZURE.

Evidence That a Petty Traffic Is Going
On.
Monday night Deputy Sheriff Mclaughlin, of
Skagit county, captured eighteen pounds of
opium at sedro, and the same night Deputy
Inspector of Customs Hopp captured ten pounds
at Sumas. Information of the two captures was
telegraphed the customs officials here yesterday.
The opium at Sedro was found by a section
hand, who saw man hiding it in the water
tank. He went at once to get the deputy sheriff,
and the smuggler escaped into the woods
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-22
Sun Spots and Weather.

Mr.. Tacchini, the Roman astronomer,
has been devoting good deal of time
and attention to the study of the sun and
its relations to the earth. He says that
of the heat radiated from the sun the
earth receives but one twenty-five hun
dred millionth. Mr.. Tacchini has been
engaged during the past winter in OBJ
serving what is going on in the suu. He
has found the solar disc in an extremely
disturbed condition. "During the first
three months of 1884," says Mr.. Tao
chini, "the phenomenon of spots and
faculae was much more pronounced than
in the previous three months, and, by
reason of the greater activity of the sun,
the number of days without spots has
been much smaller than BEFORE" Dur
ing February the activity was particularly
marked, metallic eruptions being among
the striking phenomena noted by the OBJ
server. The temperature of its radiating
surface and the temperature of the earth 9
surface must, according to the prevalent
theory, be thereby affected. The in-
crease of the suns power may be very
minute, but a very slight addition to it
would produce considerable difference
in the meteorological condition of our
globe:"-
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The "Sand Anger" Phenomena!

One of the most curious wind phes.
nomenons is the t'sand augers" whioh'
are observed on wide plains where the at.
mosphere is hot and dry. Whcnl the
Union Pacific Railway was being con-
structed the workmen had frequent op-
portunities of witnessing tho formation
and progress of these 'ssand-auger" whirl-
winds. They were especially frequent
in the Lodge Pole Creek Valley, through
which the railway, leaving the. Platte.
River, runs in northerly direction:
The first indications of the near 'ap-
proach Of one of these "augers' would
be the formation here and there in the
valley of little dust whirlwindss or baby
cyclones. These would be: whisked
away by strong currents of cool air,
coming from no one knows where, but
all drawing across the valley towards the
eastern range of hills, their places; being
almost instantly occupied by as fast-ad-
vancing, fuunel-,haped cloud, like that
observed hanging over water.spouts
forming at sea.
From under the surface Of this low
lying cloud swaying: tongue of lead
colored vapor would prelong. itself to-
wards the earth, from. which, as if to
meet the monster of the air., would rise
o cloud of dust and; sand. This earth
column would rise higher and higher,
with swift, whirlihg: motion, becoming
more compact all the while, until the
blle.black vapor from above and the
brown mass from below would unite and
form the typical 'ssand augcr of the
plains"
The diameter Of these augers seldom
exceeded fifteen or twenty feet at the
ground, bat their bulk increased with
their height, until they were merged
into the broad surface of the thick,
murky vapor OF the cloud above. When
this occurred, lightning flashes would
sport about the upper stratum of the
cloud and immense hailstones be formed
in the dark point beneath. When all
conditions were favorable these hail
stones would be thrown, by centrifugal
force, out from the revolving cloud.
These hailstones we're almost invariably
of a fiat disc shape, from three to six
inches in diameter, an inch to an inch
and half thick, and made up of alter
nate layers of sand and ice.-St. Louis
Repu5lic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-22
COURTESY TO SERVANTS.

The servants right to be politely treated
is just as absolute and indefeasible as that OF
the Queen. She is q child of the great King.
and to her applies the royal law ,accordingtd
the Scripture, "Thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor as thyself." That law, which Is tho
highest of all, surely includes politeness. II
we are bound to love our neighbors as our.
selves, we are bound to treat them court
teously at any rate. That is the, first
and most rudimental Of our duties
to them. Your servant, dear madam.
is vour neigh bor-the nearest of all your
neighbors. She has right, then, under
this royal law-which Is itself the spirit Of
all ;ust lsws-to be courteously treated bY
YOU. II is no more condesceilsiou for y6u
to use respect and gentleness IN your inter.
course with her. than it Is for her to sweep
your floors or to build your fires. You are
entitled to no more credit for speaking kind
" to her, than you are for not stealing hex
pocket handkercbiefs. If you do not govern
Yourself, In all your conversation with her,
By the same laws of courtesy which you
observe in your conversation with
the callers in our parlors, YOU
are very vulgar person: The;
maid in your kitchen Is a woman; the guest
in your parlor is nothing more. Will you
give to silks, and feathers, and purse.
what you deny to womanhood? That Is the
very essence OF vulgarity. Do not say that
servant does. You know that many Of those
whom YOU greet with smiles, tell lies about
you when they are beyond your sight. The
laws Of good manners lead you to treat their
deceitfuness with forbearance. Should they
not require equal forbearance toward the ig-
norant servant girl In our kitchenf-
Hearth and Home.
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BEET DRINKING m THE sLuMs.

It is interesting to an observer Of human
nature to walk through the suns Of New
York nowadays and watch the unfortunate
dwellers there in their endeavors to keep
cool. On warm summer afternoon all the
windows and doors Of thu tenements are
wide open, and hundreds Of heads may be
seen hanging from them in the hopes of
catching stray whifs of air. The stencil Of
the region, intensified by the close atmos-
phere there, is augmented by the odors Of
cooking which come steaming through every
aperture. Many women huddle together
on the stoops Of the houses and gossip and
wrangle, and in the excitement Of their chat
ter forget for time their troubles. Scores
Of babies play about in the cutters, happy
in their satisfaction with their surroundings
and in theil. ignorance Of anything better.
Thore arc Of course, plenty OF idle men in
tho poor districts The chief meeting places
Of these arc the liquor stores, which abound
everywhere around. Every few momentsa
girl ora woman wearing plaid shawl over
her head, which also cnvelops most Of her
body and concealS the tin can which she
carries in her hand, darts into one Of the sa-
looms aud in few moments darts out again,
but with n moro careful movement than BE-
fore lest sho loso any OF tho precious liquor.
Of women OIL the sidewalk, who pass it from
mouth to mouth, not forgetting to give sips
Of it to the children who come clamorinS
around fo: their share.-Ne:v YORK Tele-
gram.
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DON'T HEAR EVERYTHING.

The art of not fearing should be learned
BY all. 1t is fully as important to domestic
happiness as cultivated ear, for which so
much money and time are expended. There
are so many things which it is painful to
hear, Very many of which, If heard, will
disturb the temper, corrupt simplicity and
modestv, detract from contentment and
happiness, that every one should be educated
to take in or shut out sounds, according TO
his pleasure. Ifa man falls into violent
passion, and calls US all manner OF names,
ut the first word we should shut
our ears and hear no more. II, IN a quiet
voyage Of life we find ourselves caught IN
ore Of those domestic whirlwinds of scoldMg,
we should shut our ears as sailor would
furl his sails, and making all tight, scud be-
fore the gale. If hot and restless man be-
gins to inflame our feelings, we should con-
slider what mischief the fiery sparks may do
in our ma2ezine below, where our temper n
kept, and instantly close the door. Ii, 40
has been remarked, all the petty things said
of one by needless or ill-natured idlers were
to be brought home to him, lie would become
a mere walking pin.cushion stuck full OF
sharp remarks. II we would be happy, when
among good men we should open our ears;
when among bad men shut them. It Is not
worth while to hear what our neighbors ssy
about our children, what our rivals ssy
about our business, our dress or our aftairs.
The art Of not hearing, though untaught IN
our schools, is by no means unpractfced IN
society. We have noticed thata well.bred
woman never hears vulgar or impertinent
remark. A kind Of discreet deafness saves
one from many insults, from much blame.
from not little connivauce in dishonorsbla
observation-disclosures Troye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-22
ENFORCED TEMPERANCE.

The agency Of the railroad companies In
promoting temperance Is not generally ap-
preciated They employ 6S9, 9l2 persons not
counting those who mine the coal and iron,
make the rails or locomotives, or build the
cars and carriages used by the road. The
freight and passenger traffic Of the country
is practically controlled by 800 Of these cor
porations and of these 900 no fewer than
S75 prohibit the use Of intoxicating liquors
by their employees, among the number be-
ing most Of the largest companies. The
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers uses
its influence in the same direction. when
ever member Of the Order is known to be
dissipatei," says Mr.. Arthur Long, the head
of the organization, 1--WE not only expel or
suspend him, but notify his employers" and
during the last year 375 members were ex-
pelled for this cause. This is only one illus
tratioa of the way in which practical busi-
ness considerations are operating to promote
the spread of temperance. 1t is purely
matter Of business with the railroad COM
panies. They simply cannot afford to em.
poy man who is liable any day to get
drunk and precipitate some terrible disaster.
The average man GIN thus see that it is
money in his pocket" in more senses than
one, if he keeps out Of the saloon; and the
moral is not lost upon him.-Ihe Nation.
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A Piano Played by Electricity.

A number of well-known musical peo-
pie and newspaper men met in one OF
the parlors of the Brunswick Hotel in re.
sponse to invitations to musical recep-
ton by an automatic piano company.
Two upright pianos were in sight, and
when the hour arrived at which the
mus cal programme had been scheduled
to begin no performers had put in an
appearance. At length, A. B. de Frece
pressed an electric button, and on the
instant there came from one of the in
struments the notes of the march from
Mendelssohn's "Nidsummer Nights
Dream"
The ivory keys of the piano worked
up and down as they do when musi-
clan presses them. Following the march
came a selection from "Tannhauser. I"
1t was as if an invisible hand were work.
ing the keys, and the effect was wierd
and uncanny.
But there was nothing uncanny about
the performance. Within the pianos
had been placed a machine which
worked by electricity. 1t was very SIM
pie. A long strip OF heavy paper or
thin cardboard had been perforated with
holes and little slots representing the
notes of the selections. This was ar
ranged to pass over series of metallic
points with springs under them. As the
strip passed along, taese points were
firmly pressed down until one of the
holes or slots came along, when the
spring forced the iron point upward
through the hole and it struck one of the
hammers of the piano. The slots and
holes represented all the notes of all the
parts of the musical pieces. A little
electric motor, worked by storage bat
terry just behind the piano turned the
rollers and kept the strip of paper NOV
ing. The pianos were fitted with
cranks which served the same purpose if
the operator cared to shut off the current
and do the work by hand.
Many pieces of music were played
yesterday, including waltzes, marches,
and familiar airs.-Mw York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-22
How to Care For a Razor.

"Been shaving yourself, sirY" asked
the barber in tone Extensively patroniz'
Ing.
"Yes; how could you tellY"
"Oh, that's easy enough. can fol-
low your tracks. Your neck shows
it."
"Well," said I, apologetically, feeling
as if I had committed a crime, "the
trouble is I can't keep my razor in Or
der"
The barber smiled in that superior
manner BARRIERS have, and said nothing
for few strokes.
"How do you keep razor in order2"
I asked with humility, whereupon see-
ing himself approached with becoming
respect, the barber delivered the follow
ing extempore address on the subject Of
caring for razors:
"It would take you long time to ur-
derstand the razor" said he, as if de-
ciphering hieroglyphics were child's play
in comparison. "In the first place, you
must learn to hone your razor. See, +"
and he drew forth tendcrly white,
smooth stone, and applying to it the fat
blade moved it diagonallY back and
forth with scientific motion. Then he
laid the keen edge against his thumb nail
and made an observation. ''Now it's
right" he said triumphantly, 'just
allie from end to end, but it's hard to
get it so. You would spoil that edge
with half dozen strokes.
"The next thing is to know how to
strop your razor when you've got the
edge right. And the hard part of that
is to keep your strop in order. Look at
this one" 1.-TWO broad straps of leather
and canvass used alternately. "Notice
how soft they are. That is because I
keep them oiled jdst enough. I pay
dollar for bran new strop, and six
months later ! would not sell it for two
dollars, because I've had the trouble of
breaking it in. It's the same way with
razors; they're worth twice as much after
they've been used.
"Another thing you amateurs don't
understand is that man needs a duti
razor in shaving just as much as sharp
one. Didn't you notice that I changed
razors in going over your face the second
time2 Well, the second one used was
dull. I could not have used it all the
first time over no more than l could have
used the sharp one the second time. You
must have keen edge to get off the
bulk of the beard, but for shaving close
the edge must be rounded. Why is that2
Oh, am not giving explanations; I'm
simply stating facts.
"Well, good day, sir. Next"-Nsv
York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-22
Best Way to Punish Children.

One of the best ways to punish a
child is to find out what the child wants
to do and then prohibit it from dong
that thing for a while. Perhaps it
may be we'll to prohibit certain kind of
food of which the child is fond, as pun
ishment for misdemeanor. The going
without will teach him self-control and
be q constant reminder of his error.
Some method of this sort is much better
than corporal punishment, which usually
hurts only for few moments and the
chief effect of which is to make the
child angry.--Dr. J. q. Kellogg.
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TEMPERANCE.
LITTLE BY LITTLE,

LITTLE BY LITTLE.
Little Ey little all things grow.
Plants and trees from the seed we SOW;
, The beginning Of life is under the ground,
In darkness and silence all profound;
Then tiny shoot comes up to the light
And the plant increases in beauty and
might.
Little by little bad habits grow;
How they begin we scarcely know:
A little wrong act, just one false word,
One pleasant drink in the wine cup stirred.
Repeated once in a while and again,
And loi we are fast in cruel chain.
Little by little good principles grow,
Steady and sure, though sometimes Slow;
A little act done because it is right
Soon comes to be choice-a real delight
Till our second nature it grows to be,
And we walk in its light and liberty.
Little by little,our life wears on;
Days, weeks and years, and the whole has
gone;
The days are made up of minutes so small
To do our true work we have need Of all.
Then carefully fill each tiny space,
II you would have jog at the end Of the
Temperance Bonner.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The Bompeh South Africa) w. G. T. U.
has sent $40 to tho Womans Temperance
Temple Fund.
In Cambridge, Mass, the aldermen have
decided to grant one druggist license where
forty were granted before.
Dr. C. L. Dana, visiting physician to Belle
vue Hospital. says: There is no salvation
in malt liquors and light wines"
Des Moines, Iowa, is city of 60, 900 peo-
pie, and has not an open saloon within its
limits, nor within the county in which it is
situated.
The tweuty-flrst general convention Of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Amer
lea will meet in the city Of Washinton,
D. c., August 5th.
A temperance lecturer says that three
times as many people drink intoxicants to-
day as ten years ago, but the amount con-
sumed is less by ons-half than it was at that
time.
Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, Correspond
ing Secretary of the Worlds ". G. I. u.
hns been absent from America eight years,
and has in that time organized liz societies,
held over sixteen hundred meetings, travelled
100, 600 miles and has had the services Of 229
interpreters i'll forty-seven languages
The new administration in Vincennes,
Ind, having ordered saloon-keepers to close
up on Sundays, the latter, who are in the
majority in councils, retaliate by revlvlng
an old ordinauc, requiring that all business
be suspended on Sunday. As consequence
drug stores, cigar stands, barber shops, lem
onade stands, ice-creanl parlors, etc, are
closed on the sacred day.
A despatch from Topeka, Kansas, says
that the prohibition leaders are delighted
at the result of the Supreme Court decision
in the Rohrer Original Package case. hold
ing the Wilson bill constitutional. County
Attorney Welch, who had dropped bis prose-
cutions of the men charged with continuing
to sell liquor after the passage of tho Wilson
xvered with discrimination
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-22
STEALING HOPE.

Inidelity comes to men and demands OF
them to surrender their religion and hope OF
the future, enforcing the demand by endeay-s
oring to bring into contempt the source
from which they get their idea of God and
Justice. But 1t never brings forth anything
to supply the vacancy caused by the departed
hope, which once held the storm-tossed soul
to the distant shore o: the great unknown.
He who crecps into my yard and steals
nv horse Is called thief, and the law de.
mands that he should be punished. And
he, who by wicked endeavors and low cun-
ming, surrounds q man with false logic, and
by sophistry, bewilders him and steals his
hope Of Heaven and the blessing ofpresent re-
ligion, is thief who steals life's greatest bless
ing, and ought to be Stunned by all lovers Of
Him who planted hope to spring eternal In
the human breast.
The worst thieves in existence are these
who steal the happiness of mind and soul
who prowl around the land robbing mankind
of the dearest treasure to which men are heir.
Men who are so destitute Of moral principle;
that they can blaspheme God and the Bible,
and assail pure and undefiled religion, would,
naturally, if not prevented BY civil law, fu-s
dulge in anything which their british appe-i
tites might crave. Virtue home aud prop.
erty are only saved from such men by CIVIL
law vigorously prosecuted, s.-..e.,1
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Cape Cod Is Disappearing.

Thele isn't the least doubt but that
Cape Cod, Mass, is gradually being
eaten up by the greedy ocean. Less than
100 years ago lighthouse was placed
on the headland by the Government.
The original deed calls for plat of ten
acres in extent. At the present time the
enclosure embraces hardly six acres. On
a point just north of the marine stations
at Highland light the face of the bluff
has moved in nearly 25O feet in the last
seven years. A this rate it is only q
question of time when Cape Cod will be
thing Of the past.-ISt. Louis Republic.
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around. and there is commingffug Of tears,
ond God is the Father Of the rain; the Lord,
lons suffering mercifuI and gracious.
In religious assembiage q man arose and
said:: Il have been very wicked man;
broke my,mother's heart 1 became an ind
del. but I have seen my evil way. and have
surrendered my heart to God, but it 1s 8
grief that I never can get over that my
5arents should never have heard Of my SAL
vvation: don't know whether they are living
or dead" While he was yet standing in the
audience a voice from the gallery said, Oh-
INV son, my sonw He looked up and he rec
ognized her. 1t was his old mother. She
had been praying for him a great many
Years, and when at the foot Of the cross the
prodigal son and the praying mother en-
braced each other, there was ram, ire
mendous, rain. of tears, and God was the
Father of those tears On, that God would
break us down with sense or our sln, ana
then lift US up with an appreciation OF his
mercy. Tears over our wasted life. Tears
over ereived spirit. Tears owe. an in
iured father Oh, that God would move
upon this audience with great wave of re-
igious emotion!
The King Of Carthage was det hroned.
His people rebelled against him. He was
driven into Punishment. His wife and
children were outrageously abused. Years
went by, and the king Of Carthage made
many friends. he gatnereu up d SIeao
army. He marched again toward Car
thage. Reaching the gates of Carthage
the bast men Of the place came out bare
footel and bareheaded and with ropes
around their necks, crying for mercy.
They said. ave abused you and we abused
YOUR family, but we cry for mercy" Ths
king of Carthage looked down upon the
people from his chariot and said: Il came
to bless, 1 didn't come to destroy. You
drove me out, but this day l pronouucs
pardon for all the people. Open the gates
and let the army come in" The king
marched in and took the throne, and the
people all shouted, Long live the king"
NV friends you have driven the Lord
Jesus Christ, the King OF thu church, away
from your heart; you have been maltreatlng
Him all these years; but He comes back to.
day. He stands in front Of the gates OF
your soul. If you will only pray for Hl;
pardon He will meet you with His gracious
spirit and He will say: Thy sins and thine
iniouites I will remember no more. open
wide the gate I will take the throne. My
peace I give unto YOU" And then, oil
through this audience, from the young and
from the old, there will be a rain OF tears
and God will be the father of that rair
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voprn.s FA1p TEMPERANCE EXHIBIT.

Temperance will have a great exhibit at
the Worlds Columbian Exposition. Temper:
ance drinks, temperance literature and
temperance hospitals will be features OF the
display.
Installation Secretary Hirst has received
application for space for the exhibit. Miss
Josephine E. N. Nichols, of Indianapolis,
made the application on behalf Of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union and the
Woman's Temperance Publication Associa-
ion. Nor will the exhibit be restricted to
temperance subjects only. A model creche
will be established, with nurses and cribs for
the care of children whose parents will leave
them fora few hours; the hospital will be
itted for the care of emergency cases. the
treatment to be without the use OF alcoholic
stimu!ants. A large pavilion will be fitted
up with fountains, flags and banners from
thirty-eight national unions. The entire
display is to be tho result Of female labor
and will be most elaborate in all its details.