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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
THE POWER OF HxANPLI.

A Eell.known Christian merchant OF this
city, not long ego had an urgent telegram
calling him to see an old friend residing In
suburban town. When he arrived at the
house Of his friend, he found the latter very
i'll and only expected to live few hours.
This friend asked to see him alone, and when
by themselves, said: MY doctor tells me
that can live at the most but twenty-fou
hours. wanted once more to see you, and
to say to you something that I have never
told you" In early life, as young men,
thew Ead met in this city, in business rela-e
tions, and it was at that period that the
close bond of personal friendship was formed:
They went much together in society, and
had great happiness in each other. The one
who was about to pass away, had IN their
Young manhood, cousin, a beautiful young
lady, In this city, In whose society both these
friends passed much time. On one occasion
she gave an elegant party, at whlch ootn5
were in attendance. During the evening
when refreshments were served, she came 20
the friend of her cousin and asked him TO-
drink with her a glass Of wine. Very. fond
of her, the young man was sorety Perplexed.
but finally declined. saying, II VIII do any.
thing for you that I properly can, but can-
not drink the glass of wine." Turning from
him with somewhat Of an air OF displeasnra
she said. swell, I will SO to iher
cou,in), "he will drink it with me" She.
crossed the room to her cousin, extended the
invitation to him with the air OF confident
expectation, but he also declined, greatly 20
her sstonshment, and not little to her cha
grin. In this last interview, many years
after the party in question, one thing which
passed between these two old friends was
the statement of the one who was about 20
die which he wished to make as some
thing Of confession to the efect
that he was at that time an
observer across the room of what transpired
with his cousin. and though he had never
before thought Of abstainng from lntoncar
ting beverages, to the social use OF which ne
had always been accustomed, influenced py
the example of his friend in declining, ne
also determined to decline. BE wished now
to make acknowledgment OF his gratituos
for this eventful incident in his life, which
b. had no doubt had saved him from eI,
cesses and ruin which, in his case, would
have almost certainly followed the continu-
ance Of the drink habit.
In this incident may bs seen pracelcai
illustration of the power Of right example:
Its influence is sometimes more potent ana
far reaching than words OF counsel alone
however good they may be. May every one,
Young and old, realizs in the light OF tnls
diving statement of one friend to anotner,
the great value and importance OF the ao-
stainers example to others.-Ne1o York lem
Serance AdrocGte.
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AcoNvESrroN has been concluded between
Germany and the United States by which
American cereals are to be admitted into
the former country free OF duty in exchange
for the free admission Of German sugar
here.
THE Secretary Of War has received ths
report of the Board Of Visitors to the Mill.
tary Academy of West Point through Major
John N. Carson, the secretary.
THE President has accepted the resigna.
tion by Senator Blair Of the China mission.
WILLIAM H. BARKER, of Brooklyn. N.
Y, Chief of the Record Division of the
Pension Office has resigned.
BRIaADIER-GENERAL AUGUST V. KAUTz,
commanding the Department Of the Colum-
bia, In his annual report to the Secretary of
War, says there have been repeated troubles
between the Indians and white settlers in
the Koontnai country, and that unless the
Indians are provided with an agent serious
trouble will follow when the Great Northern
Railroad js built through that country.
THE United States Supreme Court con.
vened in Washington at noon for the Octo-
ber term, Justics Field. presiding in the alb
sence Of Chief Justice Fuller. Justices Brad
ley and Gray were also absent, owing to i'll
ness.
TIE Ecumenicsl Council Of Methodists at
Washington discussed preachers and the
press.
The Government steamer Alert which
vent ashore near Anticosti Island, Washing.
ton, has been pulled off with slight dam
age.
TIE Cabinet at its last meeting discussed
in detail several reciprocity treaties that are
now in the course OF negotiation between
the United States and European and South
American countries.
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LATER NEWS.

PHILLIPS BROOKS was consecrated Bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese Of Massachusetts,.
The ceremonial occurred in Trinity Church,
Boston.
CHARLES g. McCAwLEY, Colonel Com
mandant of the United States Marine Corps,
retired, died at his home at Rosemont, Penn.
He had been ill since last March, when he
sustaineda a stroke of paralysis.
KINGS COUNTY DEMOCRATS ratified the
State and local candidates at big mass
meeting in the Brooklyn IN. ~ Rink. E1-
President Grover Cleveland presided.
THOMAS H. STOUT, a clerk employed by
Kennett, Hopkins g. Co., New York Stock
Exchange brokers, has disappeared. He was
a defaulter to the extent Of about $50 OOO.
The Indianapolis Gnd) city election re-
suited in a Democratic victory. Sullivan
was reelected Mayor over Herod (hepuoil-
CAM by majority Of 27ss.
A PASSENGER train jumped the track just
east of Hicksville, Ohio. All the cars LETT
the rails, killing three persons and in5uring
twenty-three others. The private car OF
Emmons Blaine, son Of the Secretary OF
State, was in the wreck. Young Blaine was
slightly injured.
SAM WRIGHT, colored, was hanged by
mob near Helena, Ca, for assaulting MISS
Ada Beckwith.
The surgeon who accompanied the .Coro-
ner from Wyoming to the Sargent ranch In
Idaho to exhume the alleged remains or the
late Robert Ray Hamilton. Of New York
City, reported that the examination was
made. that the remains were unquestlonaoiy
those of Robert Ray Hamilton. and that ne
came to his death by drowning.
c. F. HEINRIcKs, a disappointed inventor,
committed suicide at Chicago, ILL.,, by inhal-
ing chloroform. By his bedside was found
the model of an uncompleted electrical ma
chine.
THE Assistant Treasurer at Boston hav-
ing recently refused to give gold coin in e1-
change for $1,000 Treasury note when re-
ouested to do 80, has been informed that his
action is not approved oy tne treasury oe-
partment.
ACTING TREASURER WHELPLEY has re-
ceived $500 Treasury note in an envelope
postmarked New York, N. Y. 1t was &C.
companied by the following statement: This
money is interest on moneys defrauded from
the Government years ago. Principal and
interest have now been restored. The money
was deposited in the United States Treasury
to the credit Of Conscience"
SECRETARY RUsK assured committee
from the New York Produce Exchange that
pork products stamped at abattoirs In the
West could be re-e1amined at ths port OF
export.
THE storm in Great Britain subsided, after
raging for many hours; numerous marine
disasters were reported. The latest reports
tell of nineteen vessels being wrecked, with
an estimated loss of twenty lives, while hum
dreds of people have been injured.
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Foreign.

AUSTRIA has made an appropriation for
the Chicago Fair.
SERIOUS rioting has occurred forty miles
from Annoy, China. The riot was caused by
fiscal abuses. The riots were quelle5, but
not before several mandarins and other
officials had been killed by the mob.
SERIOUS disturbances occurred at Rio
Janeiro. Brazil. The trouble made its first
appearance in the Italian theatre and soon
spread to the adjacent streets. The police
arrested many OF the rioters. A force OF
cavalry made several charges and dispersed
the mob. Several persons were killed and
many injured. lntrigues are afoot regard
ing the succession Of the Presidency.
Mr.. AND MRS. HENRY NJ. STANLEY, ac-
companied by Mrs. Tenant, the mother
Of Mrs. Stanley, started from London, Eng
land, on tour Of Australia. Mr.. Stanley
cident in Switzerland and is compelled to
have the assistance Of crutch and stick in
walking.
The famine in the Volga Valley OF Rus
sia has caused widespread sickness among
the starving inhabitants of that district
Thousands of peasants are already pros
trated by typhus fever.
THE express train, on board Of which were
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Stanley anu nrS.
Tenant. mother Of Mrs. Stanley, has been
completely wrecked at Carovigno, Italy.
The Stanley party was on its way to Aus
tralia, where the explorer is to lecture.
They had a narrow escape from death.
The Parnelite Members Of the British
Parliament have issued q manifesto IN
which they declare their hostility to the Nc
Carthyites.
AN epidemic of smallpox IS feared In Mon.
treal, Canada Already forty cases are
reported.
FIFTY. FOUR residents of Montevideo, Uru-
quay, were killed in the attempted revolt
against the Government, which was quickly
suppressed.
FELsEE NApAR, large village Of Tran.
sylvania, Austro-Hungary, has been COM
pletely destroyed by fire.
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Washington.

CAPTAIN NJ. A. HEALY, commanding the
revenue steamer Bear, has made report to
the Treasury Department in regard to the
recent cruise of that vessel in the Arctic
Ocean.
The Boston and Yorktown have besn or
dered to Chill by the Secretary of the Navy
for the express purpose Of relieving the Bal
tinore and San Francisco, the hulls Of
which are in so foul state that they will
have to be docxed, and it will be- necessary
for them to go to San Francisco for that
purpose.
president AND MRS. HARRISON attended
the funeral in, w ashington of Mrs. Pruden,
wife OF the Executives assistant secretary.
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY FOSTER
has ordered three clerks to go to Philadel.
phia, Penn, to aid in investigating the af-
fairs Of the Keystone National Bank. They
will be paid out of tine tund Of $4,000 placed
at the Treasury's disposal by the Committee
of Fifty.
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FUNERAL OF KING KARL.
The Kaiser and Other Notables At.
tend the Services.

Tho funeral of the dead King Karl OF
Wurtemburg took place at 10 o'clock In the
morning. at Stuttgart, Germany. A me-
mortal service was held in the Marble
Room.
The catafalque was surmounted by hand;
some baldachin of black velvet embroidered
with silver. The casket was covered with
red velvet pail, heavily embroidered and
fringed with gold. Beside the casket, repos-
ing upon richly embroidered velvet cushions
were the crown, sceptre, sword and other
insignia of royalty.
The royal family Of Wurtemoerg. the EN-
peror of Germany, Prince Henry Of Prussia.
the Diplomatic Corps. the Ministry, al the
prominent public officials. a number OF Gem
erals and Representatives of the clergy OF
high rank from all parts Of the Empire, were
present at the ceremonies
At the conclusion of the service the casket
was placed in richly draped funeral car
and was conveyed to the old castle or the
kings of Wurtemberg. Tne procession passed
through the streets Of Stuttgart amid the
tolling OF bells in all the ca riches.
After these services, the coffin was Lowered
into the royal vault. When it had been
placed In the niche awaiting it,in the vault,
Emperor William, accompanied by the King
and Queen Of Wurtemberg. aud all tns
Princes and Princesses, descended anu VIII
messed the blessing OF the bodv.
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FORGING ORDNANCE.
Secretary Tracy Visits the Bethle-
hem PENN Iron Works.

Secretary Tracy Visits the bethie-
hem PENN Iron Works.
The great ordnance works OF the Beshle-
hem PENN Iron Company, where s4ooo,-
600 worth Of work for the Government is
being done, were visited the other day by
BENJAMIN F. Tracy, Secretary Of the Navy,
and Commodore Folger, OF the Bureau OF
Ordnance. They witnessed the pouring OF the
largest casting every made in this country,
the head of new forging press lSo tons IN
weight. and they saw thirteen inch rlhe
forced aud two pieces of armor plate HAT
tened beneath the 125-ton steam hammer.
The spectators stood on the platform OF the
omen hearth steel furnaces opposite
the the casting ground. The work was
performed by the larger WhitWorth
forging press. The heated 1ngot was taken
out of the gas furnace and placed beneath
the powerful ram of the press. 1t was rap
idly moulded and shaped and it gradually
grew longer and more slender beneath the
Force of the ram. The gun will be thlrteeh-
inch tube about forty or forty.tw feet long.
The party subsequently visited the hammer
building. where large and small lngot
were in the furnace ready to be moui9eo Dy
the worlds largest steam hammer. Inc m
oots were taken out and the Secretary Wit,
9essed the forging of q large and smal
armor-plate. Both the Secretary ana ene
Commodore expressed themselves as oeiaS
highly pleased with the progress made on 'ne
Government contract.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
CALIFORNIA SHAKEN.
Buildings Shattered and People
Frightened by an Earthquake.


Frightened by an Earthquake.
TIE heaviest earthquake shock ever felt at
Napa, Cal. was experienced at 1924 on re-
cent night. People rushed into the streets in
night clothes in great excitement; chimneys
toppled over AMI several Buildings ware
shattered and badly shaken up. Drug store
fixtures suffered greatly, bottles bsing
thrown from the shslves to ths floor, AMI
other damage was done.
The Masonic Temple fine building WAS
shattered. At the State Insane Asylum
great e1citsment prevailed, the patients
being almost uncomfortable. 1t is reported
that the building cracked and that other
damage was done.
A severe earthquake shock also occurred
at San Francisco at 10:27 that same night.
1t lasted fully half minute aud was tae
most severe experienced in that city for a
long time. As far as known, however, no
serious damage was done.
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AS A result Of eating German-bred
pork, seven Saxons arc dead and thir-
ty others are very i'll. 1t has not
been learned that trichiniasis from a
German hog is materially different
from that of the American porke:-
but it is much more numerous.
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sMOKELESs POWDER.
England Has Decided to Use 1t for
Big Guns Only.

After making thorough tests OF the various
kinds of s:nokeless powder, including Amerl-
can, England has rejected its use for
small arms, owing to its not be-
ins compatible with the use of tn
uniform cartridges adopted by tn-
British army. and also on account OF its eS'
tremely rapid combustion. She has deciden
however, to use it in cannon,a fourfold gain
in the velocity Of projectiles being oDtalne2
thereby.
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AN AERONAUT KILLED.

A Youth, Caught i'll the Ropes,
Causes a Startling Accident.
Just as a balloon was ascending from tha
fair grounds ct Greenup Ill.,, Alexander
Gordon, a youth, became entangled in the
ropes attached to the parachute and
was then carried up head hang
inc downward. In his struggles
he caught the rope that releases the para
chute, and he and the aeronaut were thrown
to the ground, eighty feet below.
The balloouist, william Kesser, Of Louis.
Vile, Ky, was killed, and Gordon was seri-
ously injured.
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GEORGE ". TRUIrr well.known cotton
grower says that the cotton crop OF the
present year will fall fully one third short OF
last year. He thinks three hot days-August
10, II and 12-did the cotton great damage
and was the cause of the decrease. He
estimates that the crop Of the South was cut
of 1,500, 900 bales by that hot wave. --------
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BROTHERS HANGED.
Ed. ONeilI Also Pays the Penalty Of
Murder at Omaha, Neb.


Murder at Omaha, Neb.
There was a double hanging at R,lsS,
Texas, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon. John
and Wade Fielder were placed on the scaf-
fold in the jail yard. After short prayer the
drop fell and the condemned men were
pronounced dead in ten minutes. The Eel
derS wer. half-brothsrs, and had oeen con-
victed of the killing Of neighbor named
Yonce Thompson nearly a year ago John
Fslder acknowledged firing a shot into
Thompson's house, but said his half-brother
Wade was innocent.
The murder of Allen and Dorothy Jones,
which was com uitted on lonely farm, near
Omaha. Neb., IN February, 1899, has been
e1piated, Ed. O'Neill having been 1xecuted at
Omaha just as the noon whistles were o!1m. .
inc. Al the last moment he confessed that
he committed the crime alone, and asked the
forgiveness Of all, especially OF the Jones
family. :.
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WHOLESALE HANGING.
Three Men and a Woman Expfate
an Awful Crime.

Particulars have been received Of the
hanging at Spanishtown, Jamaica, Of three
men and a woman for the murder of John
Aller, his wife, his mother and man named
Gofaden.
named Punhansing and lbillic, the latter's
wife and creole named Robert johnson.
The last named, according to the story,
told by Ilbilllcs wife to man named
Richard Bennett, in the hearing of detec-
five was EMPLOYED to commit the murder
and was to be paid $50 for the deed;
The crime was caused by John Aller hav-
inc given information upon which balhh
made levy ON some Of ubillic's property.
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TEMPERANCE.
THE PHYSICAL HARM BY sEER,

DR.. Ezra N. Hunt, sanitary editor Of ths
New York Independent says in q recent
number Of that journal:
'Outside all questions Of home and Of
morals, The physical harm being done by
beer is appalling. Even Germany has been
compelled to raise its voice against It, Binz
who is an advocate for alcohol as an eco
nomic factor In sickness, expresses his pro-
found conviction Of the terrible evil 1t Is
inficting on the health Of the nation
DRINKING, PAST AND PRESENT.
Instead of drinking being the rule now
among native Americans, 1t is the excep-
ton. It is rarely seen on our dining tables.
Church members seldom make practice
OF drinking. 1t is never heard Of at ordina-
tions, and not often at funerals. Thousands
Of children have grown up without ever
takinga glass as beverage. Total. absH-
nence has become respectable, and drunkeu-.
ness a disgrace. And yet sensible people se-i
riously tell us that our reformatory methods
must DO given up, because we have made no
progress. They say there is more drinking
per capita NOW than when we began this tenn.
perance work. vii! they please tell Us IL
this means more whisky or more beert
But Suppose it means more alcohol, will they,
please tell as how much we would have been
taking at the previous rapid rate Of In
creased immigration Of drinkers II 1t had
not been for temperance work and teaching.
Temperance Teacher.
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SURE DEATH.

Aman cannot drink intoxicating fquors
and live long on the earth-that fact Is set-s
tied, and there are very few exceptions TO
the rule. Nelson, Of England, investigated
the case of I'LL tipplers, as ascertainsd from
their experience that the death rate Of Eng
lish tipplers was ffty-eight in 1909 per am
mum. This is al startling feet when we
know that the death rate for all England, iu-s
cluding the tipplers, is but nineteen In 1000
persons. Among the tipplers between
twenty y-one and forty.fv the death rate is
ten times as great as between abstainers OF
the sameage. 3 ,:tS
DR.. Willard Parker, in his estimates for
the United States, was hardly more encour-s
aging in his statements. For ten temperates
persons who died between twenty one and
thirty he declared that fifty!one intemperats
persons would die. That is, If the mortality
Tor the former was twenty one in 1000. 1t
would be fifty-one in 1000 for the latter
That is woful picture and it means murder
in wholesale degree. There Is aimost one
constant procession TO the New York City
Morgue-50O0 has been the: e:ayerage for q few
years past; All each month: nearly fourteen
persons each day; more than ons for each
hour Of daylight; and Of the 5000 dead, 400
come as having oiei from drink. 1t IS 3
terrible erecord.-Sacred Heart Reuietv. 81
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RELATIONS OF ALcoHoL TO roop.

Elisha Chenery, NJ D., of Boston, author
Of "Alcohol Inside Out" in an able paper on
'The Physiological Relations Of Alcohol to-
Food, read at the Medical Temperance Com.
gress, Staten Island, and published in full In
a Philadelphia medical journal, the Times
and Register, says:
II had an uncle who made fortune from
an apple orchard. He never poured cider on
the roots of the trees, though that cider
originated from the apples and might be
rich IN albumen from the wormy ones. But
he did dress the trees with manure and gave
them water as they needed. For such reason.
able care he was rewarded with abundant
fruit. -
HAS any one plant, valued almost as an
only son, who is foolish enough to break bot
ties Of beer, wine, or whisky about it2
Should this be done, the ig-tree by the way
side, with the curse upon 1t, would illustrate
the mistake. Why. then, wet down this I
higher organism with such unnatural fuidia
Can it quench thirst or dissolve nutritious
substances better than water? Nay, verily,<
water-water with the acids and alkaiies OF
the body-is the universal solvent OF the
body. There is nothing alcohol can do but 4
oppose and hinder, since it Is in direct an-
tagonism to the various celebrating ter-s
ments. Therefore, as fluid for the body,
it is not needed. Its use is positively harrn-
ful .. .". sisPsta