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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07

GRAY hairs at thirty. A man at forty-lve
with the stoop OF nonogenarian. No time
to attend to improved dentistry, the grinders
cease because they are few. Actually dying
of old age at forty or fifty when they ought
to be at the meridian.
Many Of these business men have bodies
like neglected clock to which you come,
and you wind it up, and it begins to buzz
and roar, and then the hands start around
very rapidly, and then the clock strikes five
or ten, or forty. and strikes without any
sense, and then suddenly stops. So is the
body of that wornout business man. It is
neglected clock. and though by some sum-
mer recreation 1t may be wound up. still the
machinery Is all out of gear. The hands turn
around with velocity that eNcites the as
tonishment Of the world. Men cannot un-
derstsnd the wonderful activity, and there
is roar. and buzz, and rattle about these
sdisordered lives, and they strike ten when
they ought t. strike five, and they strike
twelve when they ought to strike six, All
they strike forty when they ought to strike
nothing, and suddenly they stop. Post
mortem examination reveal the Tact that al
the springs and pivots and weights and BAL
ance wheels of health are completely de-
ranged. The human clock has simply run
down. And at the time when the steady
hand ought to be pointing to the industrious
hours on O clenr and sunlit dial the whole
machinery Of body. mind and earthly capac-
fty stops forever. The cemeteries have thou
sands of business men who died OF old age
at thirty, thirty-ave, forty, forty-iire.
Now. what Is wanted is grace-divine
grace for ordinary business men, men who
are harnessed from morn till night and all
The DAYS of their life-harnessed in business.
Not grace to lose 800, ,00O. but grace to lose
$40. Not grace to supervise 250 employees
in O factory, but grace to supervise the book
keeper and two statesmen and the small boy
that sweeps out the store. Grace to invest
not the $80.O0O Of net profit, but the S25Oo
of clear gain. Grace not to endure the loss
OF whole shlpload Of SPICES from the In
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-07

List. the holy inspiration,
Sweeping down the heavenly plains.
Temperance comes to save the Nation.
Free her slaves and break their chains.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19

"'Whyever amt l married man?
says you" So spake the old cattle
man, as he settled himself in a chair.
The question had just been asked him.
"Well, he continued, refectively, puff
ing his pipe, II was dispisitioned that
away when I'm a colt. But that's a
long time ago, an 1 amt in line for no
such gymnastics no more. My years
is way agin it; likewise, females.
You've got to ketch folks young to
marry 'em. After they gets to be thirty
years they goes slowly to the altar! If
you make out to marry a man after
he's thirty you has to blindfold him an
back him in. Females, of course, amt
SO obdurate. No; s'pose this yere be-
in married is heap habit. same as to-
bacco an bug-juice. A man takes a
hand early, it's all right-way good
game, 1 makes no sort of doubt. But
let him get to pesterin' round in the
forties, an him not begun none yet; he
don't marry nuthin'. Of course, there
is people that sordid they takes to lay
in for some woman's stack, wharby
they even makes such desperate play
as marryin' her to win; but me an you
don't discuss no low games like that"
st. Louis Republic.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19

seemed to find. More than once mother
limited about his going to chapel, but
his answer was always the same. No."
he would say, I'd rather stop at home
and read the Bible
And when he came to the end of
the family Bible strange story be-
gan to be told about him. For he
went forth and borrowed another BIZ
BILE and commenced again at Genesis.
At the end of a year he had come to
Revelation again, and then he went
and borrowed another Bible. 'Twould
be bold thing to say man was
touched in the head and gone totelish
because he was all the time reading
the Scriptures. But what puzzled
everyone was that John Sampson
should never be willing to read the
same copy of the Book more than
once.
'At last, after much talk upon the
subject, everyone was convinced that
he really was little bit dotty; for a
man came into Pentreath selling cheap
Bibles, and John bought three copies,
varying in size like three children of
O. one family. He put two in his
drawer, and went through the other in
the usual way, turning aside contin-
ually to hunt for something in the die
tionary that he never seemed to find.
II was a young man by this time,
and working in the same pare with
him at Wheel Dream. Twas common
practice for some of the young men to
laugh at him about his Bible reading,
but they couldn' do sovery openly, for
the elder men wouldn't hear of it.
"'Perhaps he is mazed,' said one OF
them. But 'twould be a good thing
for Pentreath if the whole of you was
touched with the same madness
Now, can zee guess what he read the
Bible for? No need to answer, for you
wouldn't be right if you guessed till
Doomsday. Nor did anyone in Pen.
| treath ever dream of what had worked
| the change until John Sampson died
suddenly, when he was about halfway
| through the third of his Bibles. OF
course, they searched his drawers and
so on. And at last they found an
old pocketbook. In it was piece cut
out of the All Sorts column of the
Argus:
| "'Anyone who discovers a printer's
mistake in a copy of the Bible is en-
titled to receive reward of one guinea.
Mother was very much surprised to
find how much the old mans savings
amounted to; twas plain he must have
been miser. And. knowing that, she
coudn' misunderstood the meaning o1
that bit of newspaper. John had read
the Scriptures daily for years past ir
the hope of finding mistake in the
spelling of it, and earning a guinea
Whether he would have got it, I can,
say; for he certainly never found &
mistake. And yet I could never gel
mother to own up that all that read
ing of the Scriptures wouldn' stand te
his credit for so much as halfpenny
being undertaken in wrong spirit"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19

morning, when he took up the Bible
and was going out to sit on the little
seat that stood against the front of the
house, she spoke.
'Wouldn' zee like to come to chapel,
John?' she said.
"He looked back with curious bit
of a smile on his face.
NO he said, I'd rather stop here
and read the Bible
"'Well, said mother, I suppose you
do know what's best for 'ee.'
Very soon John Sampson went into
town one Saturday by Jimmie Hayle's
van, and brought back a fat red book.
which turned out to be dictionary.
After that he always had the two
books by him at the same time. He
would stop in the midst of his Bible
reading and turn over the leaves of his
dictionary like a man hunting for
find it-whatever it might be. And
presently he finished the last chapter
Of Revelation, and shut up the book
with the air of man come to the end
of a long job and not too well pleased
with what he'd done. He laid it down
upon the table.
81 suppose you haven't got another
Bible in the house?' he said. 4 should
like to get the loan of it if you have
"'Why, man. said mother, isn't
your own Bible, that gave zee, good
enough for zee? What difference is
there between one Bible and another?'
IF you've got another he said, 4
should like to get the loan of it
well, mother was only too glad to
have the old man read the Bible at all.
She humored him and fetched out the
great big family Bible. And he be-
gan again at Genesis and went right
on to Revelation. He still kept the
dictionary by him as he read, and
would still turn away from his reading
about once in ten minutes to hunt in
that dictionary for something he never
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19
TO MAINTAIN GOOD VISION.
A Few Simple Rules for Preserving the
Sight Until Old Age.

SISuI onth oIu age
A few simple rules carefully obeyed
will do much to preserve the eyes in
health. Light and color IN rooms are
important. The walls are best furnished
in single tint. Windows should
open directly upon the outer air, and
light is better when they are close to-
gether, not separated by much wall
space, not distributed. Light should
be abundant, but not dazzling. 1t
should never come from in front, nor
should sunlight fall upon work or the
printed page. Never read or sew In
the twilight after an exhausting fever
nor before breakfast. Look up fire.
quently when at work and fix the eyes
upon some distant object. Break up
the stretch of wall by pictures that
have good perspective. These rest
the eye, as does looking out of a win
dow.
When at work on minute objects
rise occasionally, take deep inspira-
tions with the mouth closed, stretch
the body erect, throw the arms back
ward and forward, and step to an open
window or out into the open air for a
moment. Two desks of different
heights are valuable for a student or
writer, one to stand by and the other
to sit by. Plenty of open-air exercise
is essential to good eyesight.
The general tone of the nervous sys-
tenn has much to do with the eyesight.
Prolonged or excessive study frequent
ly has pain or poor vision as symptom.
The use of tobacco may bring about
defective vision, and alcohol sometimes
destroys it utterly, owing to nerve in
hammation that it sets up. City life,
with shut-in streets and narrow out
look, 1avors the production of errors in
vision. When looking at distant OBJ
jects the normal eye is at rest. To see
near by, muscular effort is required.
This effort, when constant, changes
the shape of the eyeball. After the
eighteenth or twentieth year parts of
the eye that earlier showed signs of
bullying or becoming near-sighted may
acquire new strength, and those who
escape myopia up to this time are
usually free from it after that. The
children of near-sighted perents are in
special danger. They require constant
care. 1t is best to have all children's
eyes examined for defects when they
are ten years old.
Near-sight and color blindness are
barriers to the army and navy, to GER
tain fine and mechanic arts and to
many industrial pursuits. Their early
| recognition saves time and money and
often prevents the encouragement of
| defeat.
Ounces of prevention are better than
| tons of cure. There are but few forms
| of partial or total blindness that were
not at one time the reverse of hopeless.
| In view of this fact the duty of par
ents and guardians is clearly manifest
Ignorance must be replaced by knowl-
edge, carelessness by enlightened fore
thought. Precautions in the way of
type, light, color and rest and exer-
else, together with occasional calls
upon the oculist, will probably secure
fair eyesight for life.-Outlook.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19

John Sampson. G'wan, Jess!'
He shook up the reins and awaited
the question which he knew would not
De long delayed
who was old John Sampson?" l
asked
"Another of the many people | knew
before you came into these parts was
the answer "Wheal Dream had not
been stopped in those days, and John
Sampson came from over to Tallywarn
to work there, and took lodgings with
mother, for she was a widow, and hard
pushed to find food and home for a
family of young children"
And he did not read his Bible very
wisely?" | persisted.
Sam1 chuckled. "He didn't read it at
all first going away" he answered.
Mother was woman of some con-
science; she used to wonder whether it
wadn' laid upon her TO turn him to
doors and starve, rather than have such
man under Christian roof | be-
lieve he was sober enough and no great
swearer. Indeed, SO far as l can re-
member him, he was man that hardly
ever talked about anything. But he
never went to chapel, nor even to
church, all the time he was lodging wi
mother. He used to spend Sundays out
upon the moors in good weather, and
when it rained he would sit smoking in
a little shed where the donkey-cart
was kept. If he was by when mother
prayed before sending us off to bed he
would go outside and sit on the garden
wall with his pipe in his mouth. I've
known her pull down the window and
pray almost in a shout, on the chance
that some word in season might strike
him like javelin and bring him to a
proper frame of mind.
''He stopped in Pentreath for some
years, and twas always the same with
him. Then one day he came into the
kitchen with very strange look upon
his face. 'Beggin' your pardon, Mis-
Gurney,' he said, but could zee give
me the loan of Bible?'
81 can see mothers face now, for
was growing a big boy by this time.
Bible?'
lss, he said, If there's one mandy.
"'Praise be for that! she said. III
give zee a Bible
"Well, she gave him Bible, and
after that she watched him pretty
closely. And, 'Ah,' she said one day,
the influence of Christian family is
thing that must tell For old John
Sampson stuck to that Bible like a
limpet to rock, and was all the time
reading it. Mother noticed that he
began at the beginning and read
straight through, genealogies and all;
aud that pleased her, for she was al
ways thorough herself.
This went on for some little time.
There was bra deal of talk about ii
in Pentreath, and to begin with very
few would believe the story mother
told. However, old Mis- Shelves
dropped in one evening, all by chance
as she made out, and sure enough
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19
HIS MOTHERS KISS.

1t was her wont when, tired OF play,
He to her bosom crept,
With golden locks in Gisarray,
To kiss him as he slept.
And still her plea would be but this:
I" shall not wake him with kiss!"
$50 heavenly sweet his sleeping face
So beautiful and bright,
know the angels lift the lace
To kiss my boy goodnight.
For. see! he smiles in dreams of bliss:
How should l wake him with kiss?
So did his mother say, and when
God whispered His sweet will,
She only moaned: He sleepsI" and then
kneeling, she kissed him still;
And weeping, murmured only this:
II cannot wake him with a kisS!"
Frank L. Stanton, in Chicago Times Herald
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19
just Judgments.

Mirth is a great sweetener.
There is only one of each of US.
It is better to be born lucky than
tired.
A child's 'why?" is parents buga-
boo.
Turn the tragic" hungry from your
gate.
Don't give to man, woman, or child
who whines.
1t is very mean nature that won't
borrow once in awhile.
IAN ounce of prevention" and
pound of anticipatory anxiety.
In the home the power behind the
throne is the eldest daughter.-Judge.
Germany has taken to political
protest in fairy tales. At Munich a
new four-act play, "The Weight of
the Scepter," has been produced and
well received, in which an Indian
prince, Gautama, drives away the
king. his father, and forms extrava.
CANT plans for making his people hap
py; he loses their affection and gets in
to trouble, from which he is freed by
the temperance of the old king, who
resumes the scepter. The play is clear.
ly inspired by Fulda's "Talisman,
which Kaiser William tried to sup
press --
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19

"Mary," said Mrs. Hume to her Irish
domestic. take this tape-line and
measure the width of your room. am
going to give you new carpet"
In few moments Mary called,
"Mrs Hume!'
"Yes, Mary"
II can't measure it."
why not?'
''The tape-line isn't long enough!"-
Harper's Bazaar.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19

Saml ceased, asd fourished an inef-
fectual-looking whip at the pony.
'Now, make haste, JESS" he said; "'tis
late, and got to go to prayer meeting
tonight"
But Jess logged onward at the old
sober pace, which nothing could alter,
and Pentreath was still miles away
Black and White.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19
In the West.

First Citizen lin the near future)-
Who is that they're goin' to string up9
Second Citizen-That's the man that
stole Tornado Pete's bicycle. e.-Puck.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19
THE BIBLE READER.
BY Fl. ID. LOWRY.

Ut, there!" said
S a MI, a S h e
reached the end
of his S t or y.
"There's a bra
many Christians,
as they do call
themselves, that
do read the Bible
in no b e t t e r
fashion than old
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19

John Sampson was sitting in the door
way reading away for dear life So
she went forth and told the news all
over Pentreath, and there was no end
to talk and wonder.
Mother was pleased enough to have
matters as they were for time. How
ever, after bit, she thought twas a
pity the old man shouldn't go further,
having begun SO well. So one Sunday
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19

-Abruptness Is an eloquence in part
ing when spinning out the time is but
the weaving of new sorrow.-Suckling
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-03
HE MADE A BARGAIN
THE HUSBAND ALLOWS HIS
WIFE TO MARRY ANOTHER.
Now He Turns Up In Court ON Charge
of Attempting to Make Away
with Himself

New York. Sept. 2.-Christlansen a
sleight-of-hand performer. was ar
raigned In court to-day on the charge
OF attempting to kill himself. Chris
tiansen and his wife were married In
Denmark. Christiansen's best friend
was Henry Gable. somewhat younger
than no and a good deal better look
Ing. Gable came with them to Amer
lea. and the three lived together on
the friendliest terms. ChristianSen's
little boy called both him and Henry
papa.
Christensen was a sleig'ht-of-hand
man. Gable a laborer. Gable had a
steady job as janitor of Brevet hall.
On East 5bth street. Christensen per-
formed AZ times ait worths museum.
and It was there that he gave way to
the attractions OF soubrette and
gave Mrs. Christensen cause for a
divorce. They held family council
not long ago and decided that Mrs.
christensen should get divorce and
should marry Gable. Christensen
even gave his wife the custody OF the
child. Gable and Mrs. Christensen
went away to live together at No. 16O
East 53rd street.
Christensen was calling on his wife
and Gable Sunday night. He 60; blue
and when he left took a clothesline
and started to hang himself to the
banlster " the stairway. He got 81
very miserable while ne was making
these arrangements that he tainted
Mr. and Mrs Ssanrai faupI hin, anJ
he was arrested for trying to kill him
self. In court yesterday ne was lot
go when he had promised to behave
himself.
II can get my divorce. anyhow"
said Mrs. Christiansen-Gable yeeter-
day. Il know what I'm about"
II want my boy Archie" said
| riStlansen
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-03
BLANCHE WAS SAFE
YOUNG HENNESSY OFFERED
HIS LIFE FOR HIS BRIDE.
On Their Way to the Wedding Altar a
Bull Puts In Ills Fighting APP
pearance and Horns.

st. Louis. Sept. "A COW seriously
interfered with wedding. Tuesday,
and Samuel Hennessy may become a
corpse instead OF a happy groom. He
was to have married Blanche Page, a
very pretty girl. and the flnery was
all ready. She Is the niece of Capt.
w. II. Grapvine.
The young couple decided to visit
the home of THE priest Of st. Theresa
parish and arrange for the ceremony
and they crossed tract Of land used
by dairymen. In the center Of the
inclosure they were chased by a cow.
The animal charged on the couple.
Hennessy was loyal to the girl he low
ed. Springing in front Of her, he told
her to run for life. and that he was
ready to die ito save her.
When the animal reached him. he
tried to jump to one side. but was not
quick enough. The cruel horns caught
him in the side and he was terribly
gored. He struggled with the COW I'M
It'll Blanche was safe. and then tried lto
escape. He was too weak from the
loss of blood. and would have been
killed but for timely assistance. The
COW was driven off. and Hennessy
carried to his home. where the doctor
pronounced the wound serious but moi
necessarily fatal
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-03
THEY COULD FIGHT
AND THE CHERRY SISTERS DID
SCRAP IN STYLE.
Dudes Fired Passe Eggs and Tender
Onions at Them, hut Now the
Fops Are Wondering.

Cedar Rapids. Iowa. Sept. 2.-rhe
Cherry sisters are trance mediums.
They are built for the prize-fighting
business. but evidently missed their
calling. They have big chests and
large biceps. and they know how to
use them One OF the sisters was hav-
ing n confidential chat with the shade
of Pocahonias. when a large Bermuda
onion took her on the tip Of the noe.
1t bruised the organ and wounded hr
spirit. The onion was followed by an
egg that long since was passe. The
other sisters went TO her rescue. and
then they were bombarvied wtch an
Client eggs. dead cats. beets. turnips.
onions and various other fruttB and
vegetables. The male portion Of the
audience howled In derision, and the
mediums took refuge behind tho set
scene In Ten Nights in a Barroom."
Three minutes later the three siscers.
zach armed with a 2xi scantlmg. DAFT
ed from the stage. and into the audi
ence room. Another medium guarded
the door. and for a few minutes there
was trouble. The girls pounded q bead
every time they got near It. The dudes
crawled under the benches and yeAled
for mercy. In return they received
blows that laid them out cold. Some
yelled murder" while others called
for the police. and the authorities were
compelled to put a stop to the riot
ing. The performance closed abruptly.
and the money was not returned.
The young men were assisted to their
homes. and all will recover. They
know more than they did.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-03
REVIEWING THE VETS.
The Emperor Meets the Americans on tho
Tempiehon Field.


Berlin. Sept. 2-The German-American
veterans were drawn up on tne Tempie-
nun ne.u rs .Uaa' w. DC nspeSIea a,' ny ,ne
,,,atos,r ,,,,,,ad "a roSa aoy,n T., -,
~ them He asked each man The niacs ~
his nativity. his regiment. the battles IN
which he took part, how long he has
been In America and II he was prosper
ing In business there. The emperor said
he was grat!hed that the veterans had
not forgotten 'neir oil nome. emperor
Wuhain reIna,neu On .he srounu 10 MIN
,i, u,e .ns pa.aue was n.isheu cue
,ha ,otor,n. sron, sr,or,oa and .sLaa =,
there was any wurtemburpers among
them. Mr.. Schlencker replied. The king
expressed his pleasure ait seeing the
Americans. After saluting the Americans
the emperor and empress reviewed the
entire oodyguard and at the conclusion
tne emperor loon ms place az one mead OF
.h ~. 9in ~ ~ 'ne a,, .ss.s'es .,., oaeN "
s;a a.sI, ,io,s ai.ra ~ -. ,,.n
~, vi, c.. T,..,,' ,
co, ,,sI,srans =, ~. vi, tIo,isa
w, pN,.,.. s,N,s oooAen
a.u 'ne aAn'seIsa,y
.. uhe pa.ae VI oeuah Quay uhaer ,he
ausp.ces Oh .he herman se.srahs unoh
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-03
Livingston Lose. the Game.

CneCthi DISPATCH W Ane ct1uuatus
Livingston. Mont, Sept. e.-More
than 500 people attended the ball game
here this afternoon between Miles City
and Livingston. Both clubs played
very poor ball, and the game. after the
third inning. was too one-slded to be
interesting. II Is the general opinion
that Livingston threw the game in or
der 10 get up money on to-morrow's
contest. The batteries were: For Miles
Clty-Sanders and Babcock: Livlngs.
ston-Munding and Goodyear. Struck
out-By Sanders, .; by Munding, l.
Safe hits-ofr Sanders, 10; OF Munding
II. stolen bases-Miles City. 4; Llv-
ingston. 8, Errors-Mlles City, IL, Liv-
ingston, l6. First baseman Masket OF
Miles City team. dld some fine playing
putting out IL men unasslsted alone
and six with assistance. Score by Inn
ings:
Miles City. % Q o 4 3 o o 2 oil
Livingston IL 2 o y l.