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A PRAYER.

We ask thy help, our Heavenly Father,
that We may gain release from our OVID
ignorance. and that under the inspiration
OF thy Spirit, we may rise to some such
thought Of thee as shall fill our hearts
with gladness and inspire US with hope and
with love. In spite OF what We gee, IN
spite OF what we hear. in spite Of all
that is evil and all the causes that are
working to destroy, and all that maketh
pain and suffering, we rejoice that we
NAV believe in a Redeemer We rejoice
that our faith is 80 much more comfort
ing than our sight. We ask to be delivered
from the thral of our senses and from
those lower reasonings that belong to these
mortal bodies. We ask for that power OF
faith by which we shall be able to realize the
invisible and ineffable, for that rest, that
confidence. that hope which e1dures through
the night. We pray for God in us. for the
divine consolation, for thy forgiveness, for
that food which thou art to every hungry
soul, for that water of life by which thou
dost quench evil desire and satisfy holy
longing. Amen.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS ASD NOTES

A brewers horse Iarcs better than a
drunkard's child.
Many man puts his family in the dark to
help the saloon pay liz gas bill.
The man who begins by drinking some
time may end by having 10 drink all the
time.
No man has right to destroy his reason
b. drink, to become diseased by drink. to
destroy his moral sense and conception Of
right and wrong.
Of six hundred anu eleven paupers in the
Edinburgh poorhouse not one was an ah-
stainer, and four hundred and seven ad-
mitted that their poverty was due entirely TO
intemperance.
Bishop Gaines. at the African Methodist
Conference in Richmond, w., served notice
that he would orduin no man to the ministry
who drank whisky, chewed tobacco or
smoked cigars
The devil might have thought out some
more efectual plan than the running OF bar
rooms for destroying souls, but the bar-room
Is doing so much for him that he has not mt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-19
AGRICULTURAL.
'OPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
TEST TIE EGGS.

Test your eggs, after they have been
at on for seven or eight days If they
ire perfectly transparent they may as
veil be- taken out, as they will never
aatch. They should be boiled and
Iaved to feed to the chicks that do
hatch. If they are fertile the germ Of
ihe chick can be plainly seen when the
Eggs a1e held up to the light and
looked at through tube. 1t is we'll
10 sat two hens together, then if only
half the eggs are found to be fertile,
you can put them all under one hen
md thus save trouble and ROOM
Oansville Breeze.
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TT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

The mortality experience Of the United
Kin.dom Temperance and General Provi-
deut Institution Of London. from 1866 to
1898. inclusive. shows the following COM
parative aggregate results:
Total Abstinence Class: Expected claim;
Policies. 5S4l. Sums assured, S6,343, ,OOO
Actual cIaims-Policies. Alb. Sums assured
S4.317,7s9
General Glass: ESpecteo claims-Polieies,
s4O. Sums assured, SS,9l2.29s. Actual
claims-Policies. 1886. Sums assured, 49,
740,6D0.
Actual claims in total abstinence. only
seventy per cent. of the expected, while 10
the general class they amount to nlnety-eigh'
per cent. OF the expected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-19
Silk From Fish Eggs.

A French chemist has recently dis
covered that the eggs of a certain spe-
cies of tsh are enveloped in veritable
silken cocoons Since the learned
Frenchmau began his experiments in
this line lin 1894 he has found seven
different species of fish that produce,
eggs from which fine quality ef silk
may be woven. ~ !
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SaUS THE CUP.

Above all things, If you would be wise
shun that sparkling cup which the cunning
tempter holds out to you. Quaf 1t nos.
though 1t dance auI glitter 80 merrily in the
sunlight, for there is death in the cup. 1t
leads you on slowly and surely to the dis.
honnreI grave it loses You home, friends and
children: il covers vcu with shame. disgrace
and humiliation, and in the end it reduces
you to a miserable p!ight.-Sacred Heart
Review
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then unloading again into baskets.
Make the ends solid, cutting an open
ing for handles, and putting in two
long screws where the dotted lines
show, to keep the top from splitting
of. The sides are of Stats, the bottom
is solid. Such crates, with good care,
will last for years and prove great
convenience. New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-19
A PrTIFUL SPECTACLE.

A pathetic incident was witnessed by
number of people at Ninth and Willow
streets Wednesday, evening, at about $50.
that called forth some very severe comment.
A lame man. leaiing by the hand three
year-old little girl. was 80 drunk as to stag.
ger all over the sidewalk. Crossing gutter
at that point the man stumbled and fell, the
little girl baing underneath him. The child
excited great sympathy on the part OF all
who witnessed the sad plight OF the iather.-
Lebanon (Penn.) Report.
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Enpiand's Lost Oriental Trado,

The four great stables Of England's trade
with China used to -oe opium, silk, tea and
cotton goods. Opium and cottons were SEM
to China ports, and the Oelestials paid for
them with silk and tea. Now only the silk
trade remains. Indian and Ceylon teas have
driven China tea out of the English market,
while the Chinese now produce and consume
their own opium and buy their cotton goods
from India Instead Of Lancashire, -.
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Drop Handles Cause Paralysis.

Frederick Gallagher. accompanied by Jesse
ErselzinGer and William Laoine. started
from Morristown. A. J.. on their, wheels TO
visit Green Pond, which is about twenty
miles from Norristown. The wneelreu
reached Mount Hope. when Gallagher was
seized with an attack Of paralysis. His coz
panions assisted him 10 Rockawav. where
DR.. Flagg said that tho attack had been
brought on by too much riding on wheel
with drop handle bars.
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TEMPERANCE.
THE DEMON OF DRINK.

THE DEMON OF DRINK.
NV native land! amid thy cabin homes,
Amid thy palaces demon roams;
Frenzied with rage, yet subtle in his wrath,
He crushes thousands In his fiery path;
Stalks through our cities unaoashed and
throws
Into the cup Of sorrow bitter woes;
Gives to the pangs of grief an added smart,
With keenest anguish wrings the breaking
heart;
Drags the proud spirit from Its envled
height.
And breathes on fondest hopes killing
blight; !,
Heralds the shroud, the coffin and the pail.
And the graves thicken where his footsteps
fall!
William q. Burleigh
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PECULIAR DEATH OF A PRISONER.
Geneva Jailer Fires az the Ceiling and the
Ball Rebounds.

Joseph Allen. OF ElgiD, ILL.,. twenty-ons
years OF age committed to the county Jail at
Geneva on charge OF burglary. was shot
and killed at the Jail by Jailer Is. E. Richard
son. There were fifteen prisoners confined
in large cage and two Of them attacked q
third, attempting to kill him. The disturb
ance attracted the jailer and he ordered the
men into their cells They refused to go,
aud Richardson fired his revolver through
the bars of the cage 20 frighton them. He
aimed at the ceiling. which is made OF heavy
steel plates and from this the bullet glanced
and struck Allen. who was standing at the
further corner of the cage entering the heart
and causing immediate death. The iailer is
greatly Srieved over the affair, and was eX-
onsrGte1 Ly the corouers jury from b.;lme.
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SUICIDES Due TO pITHEESHEss.

DR.. Prinzing, Of Uim. Germany. comes
forward with the remarkable statement.
made after careful Investigation and eIeep.
tional facilities for reaching rorrec: result.
that more than thirty per cent OF al suicide:
committed by men in the prime OF life are
due 10 drunEeuueSS.
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SnrrAr,fler by Telephope.

Surrender by telephone h the latest de-
veiopmeat in war. A Cuban force having
recently surrounded Spanish garrison, toe
insursent Genera; tslsphoned to the Spanish
commander that he must caplnlate under
penalty OF having the town burned. An
hour later he telepnoned to Know the de.
cision, received the required surrender and
entered the town without firing shot. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-19
A FARM CART FOR GENERAL USE.

The illustration shows style of cart
that is quite commonly seen where
earth is being hauled from excava-
tious, where highways and railroads
are being built, and other places where
teaming is being done that requires
the quick and easy dumping OF loads,
but is unfortunately not seen very
commonly upon farms where much
hauling is done at all times of the year
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-19
A CRATE FOR POTATOES, APPLES. ETC.

A CRATE FOR PUIATUES, AFFIES' H1O'
Crates are exceedingly convenient
Tor use in harvesting the apple and
potato crops. Have enough OF them
all of size to fill the farm wagon,
then there will be no bruising oonse.
quent upon filling the wagon with a
loose heap of the fruit or tubers, aud
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Exeter Church Sold for S4J.

The Church OF the Second Congregational
Society of Exeter, N. H., has been sold at
auction for s45 The edince was built in
1924 at cost Of s10,0 900. The site must be
cleared for the erection Of a new building
within three weeks.
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.,p,r uu,ruRE FOR PROFIT.

"Can apples be made as profitable
as other fruits?" is question that R.
e. Sherwood, of Watervliet Mich,
can answer. He has been able to So
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Paris Eats Doukeys.

The consumption OF horse and donkey
meat In Paris is rapidly increasing. The
records show that 80, 900 horses we're sold for
food IN that city in 1896. --.-
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Tho right s"-; of p.ar:'l; a"'hH'nS al mp
m"tite fnr the Bihi". iu-; a. th' riShI III D.
Bike aHakras jrsi-" - ut;;v.
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Your few things may 'rr y"!y ana very
-'nnll things bat He expect. r"u t" he f4iili'
f;! over them. .-Fran"r. Il. HLve:Sal.
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Rusnea to Transport the Crops.

Several Westan railroads are being
pressed to provide facilities for the move
ment OF last years corn and small grain
cron, which is coming into market at rapid
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-04-04
The Is Republican raemlbers b

he. Is republican members Of.
congress from Pennsylvania who have
formally assured Senator Quay If their
support of his presidential candi idature
comprise the entire republ bliean eongres
siond delegation from that state. They
may be said 70 have unanimously writ
themselves down as Senator 0liays
little bulbs Boston Herald.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-04-04
OPELOUsAs LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, i ONE

|gether again. In the morning she went
to church with a distracted mind, but
| as soon as the joyous and beautiful,
Easter anthems were sung all her
doubts were gone.
| ssT have loved the creature instead OF
the creator" she said, and gave her
whole soul to the service
'sHe is risen
.sHe is risen, indeed"
The scent of the lilies and the grand
notes of the organ drove out all
thoughts s'of sin or folly born When
the benediction was pronounced she
was filed with a sweet compassion for
all weak and suffering humanity, and
in that spirit she passed out and met
Philip Neff face to face.
It was well that she had made an
Easter offering Of herself that morning.
She was friendI Iythere was no need to
be more. She did not take his OUT
stretched hand, but she said to him in
composed way:
Come to me at two o'clock, have
an engagement for yon then. -
will come, y he said, and there was
a glad look in his eyes that caused her
d moments pang, it was SO welcome.
He found her, to his surprise, ready
to go out, but he cheerfully acquiesced
in her wish that she should accompany
him, even when she Informed him that
her errand was to a hospital.
s The young assistant of st. Jude's
was there awaiting them. Some flowers
had been brought from the chancel to
adorn the. little table drawn ur to the
side of the sick girl. She had Iartaken
of the feast of Easter, and was lying
back on her pillow when Marion led
Philip Neffs to her bedside, and waited
for a mutual recognition.
I But the young man seemed to feel
himself an Intruder at this sacred
scene, and looked distressed, and Mabel
scarcely glanced at him before turning
her head wearily away.
"Do you know her?' asked Marion.
81? No, Miss Armitage, never saw
her in my life BEFORE z answered Philip
Nef, firmly, and without hesitation.
"Then why does she claim this ring ?"
asked Marion, stepping forward and
lifting the thin hand to view.
That is my ring" came the faint an
swer from the sick girls lips.
.'Who gave it to you?" asked Marion.
.sMy husband, Philip Neff."
"Oh!' exclaimed Nef, stepping to the.
side Of the narrow white bed; "then.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-04-04
only yesterday" we say, and now it is

only yesterday we say, and now it il
Easter again. And we are sorry, with q
transient human pain, for some who
have missed it, as If the more typical
keeping of Easter could compare with
that Easter which they have entered
upon.
Our lilies bloom and pass away.
| But theirs shall live and bloom for aye. %
Marion had made d very curious dis
coyery after The steamer had left Pal
erno. She had foundin the folds Of her
dress, as if it had been dropped there,
an antique r1ng-a curious arrange
ment of ancient gems, set in silver,
which she had noticed on the hand of
the American, Mr.. Neff Her first Inn
pulse was to snow il. 10 her aunt; her
next, to keep it as abpnd between them
until she could forWardit to him. Then
the idea occurred to her that he might
have given it TO her purposelY but no,
she dit not think he would have ven-
tured to do such a thingyet love was
daring, and Marion ended the matter by
forgetting it until she reached home
After that she wore 1t as souvenir Of
travel, intending TO return it when its
owner came home.
But a strange thing happened before
that time. During the Lenten season
Marion had devoted herself to chari-
table work. She had gone into the
slums to rescue the most wretched and
degraded. She had visited the charity
wards of the hospitals. and In st. Mary's
she had found young creature who
was fast leaving a world that had been
most cruel to her. She had helped this
poor soul up into the blessed sunlight
of divine peace, and knowing that she
had cruelty suffered, had sought TO win
from her the story of her life. But her
lips were sealed She admitted that
she was q wife abandoned by her hus-
band. Since she had lost love she would
have nothing else, and had stolen away
to die in a fit of jealous despair.
It happened one day that Marion wore
the souvenir ring, and as she bent over
the sick girl, who was known only as
Mabel, the eyes of the latter rested
upon 1t. She gave a great cry.
My husbands ring!" she exclaimed.
and tainted.
1t was days before she rallied, during
which time the ring reposed ON her
own finger; then she proved her right
to it by naming the letters engraved
on the inside.
Marion did not at once return to her
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charge. Easter Sunday was drawing
near, and she. had arranged that the
young minister who assisted at. st.
Jude's should conduct a service in the
hospital ward
She had looked forward to the day
with ! tunspeakable longing. The stran-
ger who had made such an impression
upon her young heart in that far-of
Sicilian town would present himself
no longer stranger. but almost a
friend, for she had received letters and
credentials, and soon he would speak
for himself. There was nothing to
fear. but all things 30 expect, and
now sss.sS
Philip Nef Is my husband
These were the words spoken by the
pale lips Of the sick girl, and Marion
knew that they were true.
But she had seen anger and jealousy
in the eyes of the woman she had be-
friended, and, cruelty hurt, she had
Withdrawn from any contact with her
until Mabel had sent for her. to come
and make a full explanation.
b What was there to explain2 he ring
had dropped from the hand of Nefh
when he laid the flowers III the lap of
Marion, as he explained ID answer TO
her letter of inquiry. He had asked
her. to keep 1t until he came, as. it might
be lost in returning it to him, and that
was all. Other letters had passed, but
there had been no phrase of sentiment.
nothing but the well-turned sentences
of % graceful writer, such as he might
have written to the chaperoning aunt.
If Marion had coIored them with the
hues OF Imagination, who then was to
blame? Not he, surely?
Little by little Mabel told her. story,
and It revealed sad state of affairs
between herself and the man who had
married her. She had worn out his
love with her jealousy and ran away
from him in a ftof piques to hide with
an old nurse. She was q creature OF
impulse. and he had not known how to
manage her. And he had gene away
without a word-where, she did not
know. nor did she ask II he had made
any provision for her. Passionate and
regengefall, she declared she would die
in the hospital ward, and be. buried in
the potter's field, rather than ask help
OF him. ss5s
Marion lay assak ke all the night pre-
ceaing Easter Sunday trying to conn
fort her own .disap pointed heart and to
evolve plan to bring those two te-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-04-04
PERPLExlTY OF REPUBLICANS.
much Presidential Timber But OF Poor

Nu&S1Gy%
/ 81 Just now the republican party is talk
ing about the men whom it may nomi-
nate for president The democratic par.
I 1y is not talking much about the men
/ whom it may nominate for president,
because it is IN no hurry. The republi-
cans have violently thrust themselves
first into the field. Their convention il
to meet before that OF their opponents
I Nothing If not courteous, the democrats
| politely wait for the action Of their es-
teemed adversaaies. When the republi-
cans shall have named their candidates
and shall have issued their platform, the
democrats win readily discern what
they should do TO equal or to surpass
| their opponents. Meanwhile, there is
not that unity of choice, that note OF
decision, that frmness of touch and
that confidence OF feeling among re-
publicans that should be desirable to
| them.
They are not entirely satisfied with
their material. They are saying that
Speaker Reed, whose intellectual
stature is analogous to his physical
altitude, is. keeping silence on silver
and the currency. They are saying
that ex-Gov. Mckinley, who undoubted-
Iy possesses the republican heart more
completely than that of any of his OPP
ponents, and who, being out of office, is
embarrassed neither by patronage nor
by commitments, knows only one sub
iect, namely the tariff. with thorough
inaecuracy, knows that too much and
knows other great subjects hardly at
all. To be sure, in 1888 Mr.. Mckinley
was willing to be a sister to silver,
though marriage. was not within his
intent. But at that time silver was
everybody's friend and nobody's rock
ahead, and it would not do to be too
critical now of any statesman on that
subject then. The republicans are also
saying that, while Senator Allison is
everybody's third choice, the entire
absence of yes and no from his politi-
cal vocabulary and his ability to walk
from Des Moines to Washington on the
key boards of a series of pianos without
raising a sound, somehow or other, afs
fects his eligibility at such time as
this. The grand old party is also de-
elaring that Gov. Morton is too young;
that he should serve at least two more
terms IN the governorship before as
piring to the presidency, and that he.
should formally enter the field for 1900,
and not for. 1896. We do not forget that
Senator Cu1lom is a candidate upon his
physical resemblance to Abraham Ian
coin, and that Senator Davis, of Min
nesota, is candidate on account Of the
close race that he is running with
Lon" Livingstone, OF Atlanta, for Vene-
zuelan appreciation. These candidates,
however, are provisional, and Mr.. Nc.
Kinley and Gov. Morton, up TO date, are
really the only two men who can be
relied on for provisions. Gov. McKin-
ley would obtain them from the bene-
ficiaries of expectant protection, while
Gov. Morton, as the head Of the great
London banking house of Morton, Rose
&c Co.. would run like a prairie fire in
Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa, Minnesota, California and other
places where English financiers are sac-
tsally, if not correctly, appreciated.
Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-04-04
THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING.
The Republicans Have Failed to Make
Good Their Roast. N

The Republicans Have Failed To Make
Good Their Boast
/ With great flourish of Ii ',anipefs the
republicans, who held vast majority la
the house of representatives and or,
ganized the senate Of the United States,
told the people OF the country what
they proposed TO do.
Well, what have theyfdone? In ses.
sion since the first day of December
last, what have they done? May we
not have some specification? They pro-
fessed themselves to. be wonderfully
gifted in the matter Of creating public
confidence, increasing public revenues,
making everybody, whatever his busi-
ness and however conducted, rich an6
happy. But what have they dona2 Let
Us try if we can to get down to q speci.
fication. IF they are competent. surely
three months ought TO demonstrate
that by their fruits they are justified
in their claim. Will they tell MS Of
anything they have done?
The house passed a tariff measure.
The senate now gives practically pub.
lie notice that the tariff measure shan't
go through. The house, instead Oh
meeting the recommendatio of the ex.
ecutiVe, who understood the situation
and who did not ask for d tariff bill
but did ask for sound Legislation on
the money question. passed a ridica-
lous bill of ats own. That the repub
lican senate sent back with a free coin.
age measure.
But where is the affirmative legislas
tion? Where is anything accom-
plished? What has Mr.. Reed done q d
speaker and what have all the great re-
publican statesmen Of the senate donei
They have been sitting IN congress for
ninety days and where are the resulta
Of their capacity
Not measure Of public concern and
utility has been perfected. This repub-
lean house and this republican senate
stand before this country as utterly inn
beetle and impotent as any body Of
statesmen ever appeared before con
stituency whom they had deceived By
repeated assertions Of their sagacity
and their proWess.
The republican majority in congress-
is an utterly fruitIess majority. Il has
boasted mueh, il has accomplished
nothing Chicago Chronicle.