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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Cleveland, Ohio, has one saloon to ey
175 inhabitants.
Sixteen towns OF California have secu
o prohibitory ordinance.
The daily receipts Of Chicago saloons
estimated to be 1892, 500.
"a drinking woman Is social crim1na
the worst type. National Baptist.
Arecent dreadful murder In Connect
was committed BY q man who was drunR1
hard cider.
The annual liquor bill of the United StI
is over one-f1fth Of oil our expenses and
tween a fifth and sixth Of all We prod1
The ". C. T. o. of the District Of Coll
bia have passed resolutions highly commd
Inc Mrs. Cleveland for her firm stand aga
drinking.
The New York Tribune says: "The lie
traffic Is to-day the heaviest clog upon
progress, and the deepest disgrace, OF
nineteenth century.
Indiana's liquor bill is s40, ,000, 900 a y
In silver dollars placed fiat edge to edG
would cover the entire boundary line OF
State, including its rortuous river lines.
The California Voice says: ''That $1q
Of the $4,000 recently paid as pension
the soldiers found its way into the til
the fifteen saloons that curse the tow
San Monica.
The State Conventions OF the W. @. T.
wear have been unusually large, and It
iieyed that the National Convention
Cleveland will be the largest In the bis
of the organization.
The Melbourne Sportsman is respon
for the statement that 'drunk and Inc
BILE" was the charge brought against
children under ten years OF age In Cnrli
London for one year.
The Lancet says: "In 1000 grains OF
there are 1O71z grains Of nourishment
1000 grains of wine only ~" Invaltds
q great mistake in taking wine instea
nourishing foods to regain strength.
Professor August Forel, who Is conn9
with the University at Zurich and Is on
the foremost scientists OF Europe, has
made Chief Templar of the Grand Loda
Good Tenplars recently. instituted IN 5
erland.
As the saloon prospers ia any commu
the Church declines, and as the Ch
prospers, the saloon declines. The dea
the saloon may not always be the life o.
Church but the life Of the saloon is, 81
as it controls men, the death of the Chi
Presbyterian Messenger.
The National Soldiers Home at Da1
Ohio, is surrounded by saloons and div
tested with robbers who, by means ote
sultins in murder, rob the veterans OF
pension money. The Supreme Courl
lust rendered decision that the mile
half limit law, providing against the Sd
liquors within that distance from the
Is constitutional, and many prosecu
will follow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28

passed caravans of these camels march
ing in single file and fastened together
by sticks thrust through the thick
flesh of their noses. They were load
ed with great bundles of furs which
they had brought down from the
North for the dilettante manaarins of
Pekin, and were carrying back brick
tea and coal to the Tartars and Rus
slams. Many of these were ridden by
Mongol women, who, in coats, panta-
looms and fur caps rode astride, and
in other cases by men, who were clad
in sheepskins with fur caps pulled
well down over their fierce Tartar
eyes. I saw hundreds of Thibetan
lamas in their gorgeous robes, and I
met many Mohammedans from the
west part of China.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
A Funny Fish.

A peculiar fish was captured recent
" in the East River at the foot OF
Adams street, Brooklyn.
The fish is peculiarly shaped, weighs
about seventy-fve pounds, and meas
ures three feet in length and two feet
in diameter. It has two wings, each
of which measures fifteen inches in
length. Its head resembles that OF q
moon fish and has small oval-shaped
mouth about two inches wide. The
fish has one upper and one lower
tooth. The upper part of its body il
a bright silver color. while the lower
part, including the wings, is the color
of bronze.
The story of the capture is about as
peculiar as the fish itself. Morris
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
BOY DRUNKARDs. Z

John Flynn, aged six, of Amity stree
Brooklyn, was arraigned In the Myrtle Az
nue. Court, Brooklyn, for being drunk Z
and some other children stole half q doza
bottles Of whisky and drank 1t. The chil
was accompanied by Michael MacNamar|
fourteen years old, Of Congress street. Whd
they were placed in front Of the desk In {
clerks room, Flynn said:
"Say, Mickey, don't say nut'n, win WI
q Then he told the whoiestory. MaeNamaI
was sent to the Truant, Home, and Flyl|
was taken in charge By his father. Tenryeq
old Jimmie Brown, eleven -year-old Micha
O'Connolly, and seven-year-oh ThonnI
Ahearn have not yet recovered from I
effects OF imbibing the stinnlants. me
York Witness. IS - z
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
HoY no MAZE rorA1, AnsrA1NERs.

Rev. A. c. Dixon, D. D., Of Brooklynl
speaking on Total Abstinence for Youn1
Men How to Make II General" says 'T
make our young men total abstainefs, -
must convince them Of four things y
Nature Is against alcohol; It isnot the natrl
raj fruit. Of the vine, but the product o.
decomposition. Q. The Bible Is against alI
cohol. 8. The Church Is against It, AND
must be; q tipping pastor is worse than sn3
ten grogshops. 4. The StateIs, or ought e
be. against alcohol, as alcohol 10 against thd
State; It Is against law"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
A FnIGHTFUL WASTE.

"At the very Threshold Of this labor
question comes the temperance question. ~
Is fearful to think Of 1t, but in this Nation OF
the United States over 81, 100000, 900 annua
ally is spent in the direct traelc OF tntodcaf-|
ing liquors, besides its being the direct cause|
of the waste of much more money. Men areI
unable to work because of injury done to|
their appetites by drink. Time Is absorbed
In drinking, the countrys resources are scat
tered to the wind. It would be much betterl
If the money given to drink were taken an9|
cast into the lake. At least It would then
leave behind II no harm" !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
AND WOMEN TOO.

Doctor Brennan, one of the leading phys
dans Of Montreal, read paper few day
ago before the American Health Association
and stated that from his medical experience
he was in position to say that In wonne1
the habit Of ftippling Is far more preyaien|
and disastrous than Is imagined. Withi]
the last four months he had seen four.w
men, each the mother OF several childre1
and moving in good society, die from ga
effects Of chronic alcoholism. The %dr1n|
habit takes hold of woman sooner, gr1II
her more firmly, and lets go more rare
of more nervous organization, more easi
affected by stimulants, has more chances :
concealment and has fewer aids to recoyer|
when once enslaved. The best plan Tor
women is to avoid Intoxicating drinks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28

To prevent lamp chimneys from
cracking put them into kettle of
cold water, gradually heat it till it
boils and then let it as gradually cool.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28

characterizes all the products of
Partisan industry, and at the same
time it is called forth by a sorrowful
reality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
1AxD WORSE THAN WASTED.

An abstract from the German hmperf
statistics shows that one-flfteenth Of all th
cultivated land in the country Is devoted q
the production Of materials for the makint
of alcoholic drink. The liquor traffic en-
'ploys directly 1,500, 900 men out Of the 20|
soc, 900 engaged in German industries q
every kind. The loss to the country y
money through this diversion Of land, cap1
ttal and labor into the service OF an industr1
which leav6 the country no richer than bel
at 'Tss 10 esers ~ tos
family Of that size for eight weeks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28

A goose in Harrison County, New
York, adopted brood of motherless
pigs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
TEMPERANCE.
wHAr TOTAL ABSTINENCE DOES.

Total abstinence kindIes the home dre5
flls the larder, replenishes the WARDROBE
peoples the school houses, crowds tn8
churches, empttes the prisons. dtscnaIgec|
the police. throngs the markets, employs
labor. prospers everybody on earth end
blesses everybody In heaven. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
ONLY FOR DEVILS rooD.

An address was delivered recently
Washington, before the Temperance socia
OF the North Presbyterian Church, by .
". W. Godding, Superintendent 81 tho CD
ernment Hospital for the Insane. hemsI
o stScss plea fog Che establishment IN ~
city OF an inebriate asylum, and spoke Of 4
efforts he had made to induce Congress
take some action. He said that one OF Y
burning questions Of the day was the PROD
treatment Of the inebriate. He referredI
the mistake made by so many young menl
supposing that alcohol is food. When 4
evil that alcohol has wrought In the wo4
is considered, said the lecturer, the conc}
Sion is that if it Is nutriInent then It fs
only for DEVILS food. Retiring to drunk /
ness as disease, he said hat II Is dised
of which sin may have laid the foundatf4
but the pathological changes In the bra
the lecturer said, lies outside Of the plane
moral accountability, and are in the matt
Sfthe wages of sin, rather than the SIN tts4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28

years and not see him. He really
knows nothing about his people or his
surroundings, and he is sort Of q
puppet who stands still or dances
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
FouR QUALITIES OF DRUNKENNESS.

When Adam first planted the vine Sal
came and killed a peacock over II, and
vine drank its blood. When the vine 81
and put forth its leaves Satan came az,
aad Killed an ape over 1t, and the vines drd
the blood of the ape also. When grapes q
formed on the vine he killed Hon over
and the vine drank up the blood OF the ~
When the fruit was fully ripe Satan q
once more and killed pig over Il, ana
vine drank up that blood also.
Hence, he who drinks Of the fruit OF
vine imbibes these -four qualities. When
first tastes the wine, and IT begins to CT
in his limbs, the color blooms In MS u
and he becomes gay asa peacock. When
first signs Of drunkenness come upon MIN
plays, claps hands, aud dances Ike an
when the wine grows stronger within
he grows violent like the Hon, and q
lenges every one else. At last ne Waii
like pig in the mire, desiring only to sig
and his strength is gone.-Translated q
the Arabic. .Fas
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
MS own, pair OF mournful eyes met

MS own, pair OF mournful eyes met
his glance
1White Fawn!" calculated Darrel, in
bewiderment.
1t was indeed the Indian maiden.
ayes, it is White Fawn."
"And here? You rescued me. All,
how can thank youP"
Eagle Eye. forgets
.rorgets what9"
THAT he saved the life Of White
Fawn."
"But how came you here?"
because here was thn Black Crow
"Despard!" exclaimed Darrell.
ayes, so the paleface calls him."
"He is your enemy?"
The eyes of the Indian princess
flashed fercely.
"Hels, my most cruel enemy"
3Speak! What wrong has he done
you?"
aWhy would Eagle Eye know?"
"To avenge White Fawn's wrongs"
GYou would do that?"
"Yes, for he has persecuted the friends
of Eagle Eye"
@Come!"
The Indian maiden led Darrell to a
spot near the river where they would
not be discovered should the savages re-
turn. Then she told her simple, fateful
story.
1t seemed that month previous she
had been welded at the camp Of her
father to the Jaguar, a chief of the peace
full Nez Perces.
The latter was to convey her to the
reservation OF his tribe, and left the wig
wan of Shadow Snake loaded down with
gold and jewels.
Dyke Despard and his men were to
convoy them to their destination.
Instead, he robbed then killed the
Jaguar, as White Fawn believed, and
imprisoned her in the cave whence Dar-
rel had rescued her.
Here she had been guarded by one of
Despards men until the return Of the
latter from Ten Spot Then he had at
tempted to kill her, as has been seen.
Darrell asked the Indian girl why she
did not 60 to her father with her story.
@Not till White Fawn is certain the
Jaguar is dead, and until She has killed
Black Crow" she replied, ominously.
She listened intently as Darrell related
his own adventures with the bandit
Then she said: "White Fawn knows
where Black Crow has gone"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-02
Achilles and the Tortoise.

There is one paradox which upon its
face appears to be very easy of solu-
tion, but which, after careful study,
does not pan out SO well. The story
was first told upon gentleman named
Achilles, who was rather prominent in
early political times, and who had a
reputation as an all round athletic. He
could run, and run fast at that. One day
he started to catch a tortoise, which was
as slow in those days as he is today.
Achilles was some distance behind the
tortoise and set out to capture it. Achil-
les went twice as fast as the slow old
tortoise and gained constantly, but he
never caught it. No matter what prog
ress Achilles made, the tortoise went
ahead just half as far. By this time the
distance between the two, had they lived
to this day, would have been infnitesi-
NAL, but yet if Achilles apl thssetoise
ran with the proper mathematical isrs-
cision there would still be an interval
between the two.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-02
Artist and Amateur.

= critic, who was recently asked to
define the line between artist and anna
teur, stated that an amateurs sketches
were labored and finished up to invite
favorable criticism, while the artist g
sketches were broad and unfinished,
suggesting much to himself only.
Could not the dividing line be better
defined? The amount of time spent on
a sketch often depends upon opportu-
nifty. When the time is not needed else
where, one quite able to sketch in the
boldest, most rapid style may prefer tc
go on and produce a picture, trusting
to the inspiration of the present rathe
than of the future, and to vision 1athe
than memory. If something greater is
to be subsequently developed from the
work, it will be no less suggestive be-
cause of its finished character.
1t may not be easy to define the divid-
ing line between artists and amateurs,
but it is easy to point out we'll recog-
nized one that is Identical with 1.-THE
one that is drawn between poets and
mere writers of verse.-Art Amateur.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-02
A'Help to Shop ping.

The passion for shopping is strong
one in the breast of the average Ameri-
can woman, and now that the perpetual
variety show idea has taken root in this
town we are likely to see even more
widely developed cases of shopping
mania than heretofore. Formerly the
time always came when even the most
rabid shopper was obliged to go home
and rest and change the current of her
ideas. Now, when she gets tired after
a four hours struggle at the bargain
counters, she can wander into conven-
lent theater, get cup of tea for 5
cents, write letters or kilograms, do q
little sewing, have the use of powder
boxes, hairpins. curling irons and slip
pers, and rest for as many hours as she
wishes in the seclusion of the dressing
room set aside for that purpose. Then
she can go into the main body Of the
theater, see as much of the variety show
as her fancy Graves, and after thus be-
ing refreshed mentally and physically
go forth again to the conflicts of the
bargain counters. Altogether the wom-
ems variety theater is likely to have a
farreaching effect on future generations
of feminine New Yorkers.-New York
Sun
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-02
ONE OF THE BOYS.
How a Texas Postmaster Raised the Wind
to Have a Good Time.

How a Texas Postmaster Raised the Wind
to Have Good Time.
Schemes for robbing the government
are plentiful, but one of the most unique
perhaps that has been put into opera
ton for some time has just come to
light down in Texas.
Uncle Sam did not pay one of his
fourth class postmasters IN a little viii
lage in the Lone Star State sufficient
money to pay his bills and have sur
plus with which to go out with the boys
at night. A friend of the genial post
master was in. the same financial pre-
dicament, SO they decided to make the
government furnish enough coin with
which life could be made worth living.
They couldn't tap the tills of the Office,
because the receipts were too low, nei-
ther could they steal stamps, because
they were allowed too few. 1t was final
ly decided that the money order system
was the best thing to tackle in order to
get funds, and accordingly the postmas-
ter issued 81 orders for 500 each to his
friend, payable at neighboring office.
The friend had them cashed, and for
few weeks both lived high.
Now the question arose how to cover
their tracks. The wits of the two Grim
inals were put to work, and it was set
tied that they should buy the star route
in that section, subsidize the mail mes
senger and have ''hold up" after
which the postmaster would be able to
say that the money in payment of the
orders was taken from the mailbag.
The programme was carried out. The
messenger was held up and came to
town telling Of his loss. and the post
master swore that he had placed the
money for the payment of the orders in
the mailbag.
The postofice department became sus-
picious and sent special agent down
there, which resulted in the capture of
the postmaster and his accomplice. The
messenger was also locked up.-<Wash-
ington Star.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-02

The American silver weed, or tobac-
CO, is an excellent defense against bad
air, being smoked in a pipe, either by
itself or with nutmegs shred and rev
seeds mixed with it, especially if it be
nosed, for it cleanseth the air and
choaketh, suppresseth and disperseth
any venomous vapor. 1t hath singular
and contrary effects, it is good to warm
one being cold, and will cool one being
hot. All ages, all sexes, all constitu-
tions, young or old, men and women,
the sanguine, the cholerick, the melan-
choly, the phlegmatick, take it without
any manifest inconvenience; it quench-
eth thirst, and yet will make one more
able and fit to drink; it abates hunger,
and yet will get one a good stomach !;
it is agreeable with mirth or sadness,
with feasting and with fasting; it will
make one rest that wants sleep, and
will keep one waking that is drowsie; !;
it hath an offensive smell to some, and
is more desirable than any perfume to
others. That it is a most excellent pres
ervation, both experience and reason do
teach.
1t corrects the air by fumigation, and
it avoids corrupt humors by salvation.
for when one takes it either by chew
ing it in the leaf, or smoking it in the
pipe, the humors are drawn and brought
from all parts of the body to the stom-
ach, and from thence rising up to the
mouth of the tobacconist, as to the
helme of a sublimatory, are avoided and
spitten out A Brief Treatise" 1865.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-02

It is often interesting to see the pranks
that are played by nature in the mat
ter of hair and complexion. 1t is not
unusual to find a blond complexion
with black hair, and have seen sever
al cases of mismated eyes, one of them
blue and the other black. That phe-
nomenon, too, have seen in cats. Ne
groes are occasionally found with light
patches on their skins, and mulattoes
sometimes have patches of clear white.
Barnum's leopard child was an illus
tration of this freak. Cases where the
hair whitens irregularly are common
enough.
Whistler, the artist and scold, has a
little white topknot that he calls his
plume, and I met a man in Paris who
was black. as to hair, on one side of his
head and white on the other, the di-
viding line running down the middle
of his face, so that half of his hair, one
eyebrow, one lot of eyelashes, one mus
tache and the half of his beard were
black, the corresponding side being
white. Hair Of two other colors is also
found and occasionally see man on
Fulton street whose hair is brown ex-
cept at the back of his neck, where it
is black, while young fellow that l
have met has brown hair with little
tufts of red sprinkied through it. But
the oldest freak in that line that see
is a negro with red wool. brooklyn
Eagle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-02
INDIAN RELICS UNEARTHED.
Among Them a Medal of the First Metho-
dist Chapel In America.


dist Chapel In America
Charles 2. Fritzinger, German
farmer who resides in Benton county,
45 miles south of Sedalia. Mo-, while
digging a drainage ditch on his farm
last month unearthed, at distance of
three feet from the surface, medal or
token of Wesley chapel and parsonage,
John street, New York, the first Meth
odist building in America. Mr. Frit-
Finger took it to Sedalia to find out
something about it and ascertain its
value. The token is made of lead and
antimony, is 2 inches in diameter and
the thickness of Bland dollar.
On the diverse side is an embossed
likeness of John Wesley, around which
are the inscriptions, Founder of Meth
odism" and THE World Is My Par
ish." On the reverse side is an en-
bossed picture of Wesley chapel, show
ing the ancient place of worship and
the adjoining parsonage. The inscrip-
tions are Wesley Chapel and Parson-
age''. and Dedicated by Philip En-
bury, Oct. 80, 176S." 1t is possible
that it was given by missionary to an
Indian, for the spot where it was found
is where the Osages and Kickapoos had
their last great battle. In running the
ditch where the token was unearthed
Mr.. Fritzinger found a number of ar
rows, arrowheads, battle axes, toma-
hawks and other weapons used by the
Usage Indians. Herald.