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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
LADDER OF LIFE.

In climbing this ladder Of life. we leave
the rounds behind and they are soon forgot
ten So must it be with the days themselves
and with what they bring. How many things
now look little which once looked large
Who cares 70 remember his toilsome days.
the tossing nights. the pains tha: wrenched
his nerves. or the pangs that sinote his
heart The steps must be taken, the voyage
must be made. hut the incidents by the way
are forgotten in the destination. Welcomu
are the experiences that conduct Us TO wis
dom and goodness. to power and peace.
Welcome all the rounds by which We may
,cend.---Rev. Charles G. AmeS.
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EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.

Alcohol, which apparently brings so mucn
pleasure to its partaker, acts as poison, II
even consumed in small doses daily, Dy
means Of its cumulative action, as strik1nRly
shown in Munich, the centre of beer con-
sumption, by the frequent and sudden cases
of death Of apparently healthy men. Fatty,
enfeebled hearts, shriveled kidneys, fatty or
hardened livers, changes in the texture of
blood vessels, which cause paralytic strokes
and softenings of the brain by bursting In
the brain, chronic catarrhs OF the stomach
and bronchial tubes, ETC., trembling Of the
limbs, alterations and diseases OF the men
tal faculties, delirium tremens, etc.-these
are some of the consequences Of an immode-
rate drinking of alcoholic stimulants. Pro-
fessor DR.. Bollinger, Of Munich, has IN the
same manner proved the prevalence OF Vari-
GUS diseases Of a.definite nature OF the In
ternal organs caused by the universal drink
ing Of beer. A normal heart OF Kidney Is
the exception only in Munich. This state OF
affairs also Injuries the progeny In O most
serious manner. DR.. Demme found that OF
the children Of non-drinkers eighty-two per
cent. weresound, while Of those OF drinkers
only seventeen per cent. were soun1. AL
though large quantities Of beverages were
drunk formerly, still onlyin the last century,
and more especially only in the last decades,
in which the brewers art was perfect, mas
drinking become universal. IL mas spleau
everywhere and increased to a frghtful,
most alarming extent. It has been intro
duced even into country communities, and
the only inevitable consequences will be the
thorough degeneration Of the human race, If
the evil is not checked before it is too late.
Although it is contended that beer contains
less alcohol than either wine or whisky, 1t is
nevertheless as injurious rs either OF them,
while its vaunted nutritive value stands in
no proportion to its price. When a man is
required to perform the greatest feats Of cor
poreal exertions in battle. sport, eyplora-
tions, etc., the baneful effect OF alcohol is
most strikingly shown. In spite Of the mar
'velous advantages of our present age great
retrogression in an ethical sense is undeni-
able, the chief cause Of which Is principally
due to the increase OF drunkenness, because
the beer saloon has become the center and
focus of social life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
Earliest Vegetables Always Pay.

That's so, the editor hears Mr.. Market
Gardner say. Well, why don't you have
them? Simply because you don't plant
salzer's Northern grown seeds. His vegeta-
bles are bred to earliness and they never dis
appoint you. Salzer is the largest grower Of
vegetables, farm seeds, grasses, clovers, po-
tatoes, etc.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT TO
the John A. salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis,
with 1Oc. postage, you will get sample pack
age of Early Bird Radish Cready in 16 days.
and their great catalogue. Catalogue alone,
&c. postage. (A.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
Frost, Erolic and Busin eRs.

The wind over frozen pounds and lakes.
over snow-flelds OF plains and open country,
is heavily charged with frost and fine par
ticles of frozen matter. 1t is the most pene-
trating way for chill to set in. Sudden
warmth, sudden chill, and severe colds.
Girls and boys skating, driving for pleasure
or business, and men at work ateld know
the difference in temperature. Yet the
youngsters skate away and with mouth open
laughing take in dose Of sorethroat.
Drivers and workmen throw aside wraps and
all know the next day from soreness and stiff
ness what sudden chill means. Now the
best thingto do when housed is to rub well
at once with St. Jacobs Oil. If you do, You
will not have sorethroat: or il you are stiff
and sore. 1t will cure by warming the surface
to throw out the chill
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NATION OF TrPpLEIs,

England's annual drink bill reaches the
extraordinary total Of almost $500, ,0O0, ,O00
In many Of the museums and libraries you
can get what you want to drink, and 1t is
served gracefully by prim young women
On every floor of tho average theater there
IS a bar. The steamers that ply up and down
the Thames all have liquors, and there the
prohibited hours on Sunday do not apply.
At the railway stations are all the liquors.
Very Often each separate platform has its
bar, in addition TO the several bars along
the general platform. Wherever an express
train stops there is bar on each platform.
and the train almost always stops long
enough for you to ge: your drink. -.
Lunch baskets always contain drink OF
some kind. generally bottle Of ale. 1t ts
not an uncommon sight to see Sray-headed
lady slipping her banGy al the station. one
day at Broad street we beheld funeral
party soemnIy wendins their way to the
bar and soothing their sorrows. in all my
travel here, if the journey was for any dis
tance, the occupants Of the compartments,
with two exceptions. have at some stage OF
tho journey pulled forth TASKS and taken
inks.-Correspondence Baltimore Amerl'
can.
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FLORIDA FACTS.

February and March are two Of the best
months to visit Florida. The climate Is fine
and the social features at their height OF
interest. When you have made up your mind
as possible and in the most comfortable man.
ner. If you live in New York, Boston or
Buffalo, you can take one Of the Magnificent
Of these cities to Cincinnati, and with only
one change Of cars continue your journey to
Jacksonville. Direct connection made in Cen
trail Union Station. Cincinnati, with through
Mccormick, Passenger Traffic Manager, or
D. B. Martin, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent Big Four Route, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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WILL RUN AT PHENOMENAL SPEED.
Great Things Expected Of New Washing
ton-Baltimore Electric Trains.

ton-Baltinore Electric Trains.
A contract has just been awarded to the
Westinghouse Company, Of Pittsburg. for
the electrical equipment OF the new railway
between Washington and Baltimore. The
contract provides that the machinery furn-
ished shall send the express trains between
Washington aud Baltimore at a speed OF
sixty miles an hour. Trains will be run
every hall hour.
The equipment is to comprise eight 100
klowatt generators, switchboards and pan
els The first generator in each power
house is to be ready for operation
by May Is. The "hooster' system
has been adopted for the oper-
alton Of the plants. With the excep-
tion OF Il comparatively small portion Of the
road. the r"ute lies through "a level country.
aud 1t is expected the trains will make phe.
nomenal speed. No railroad grade crossings
are made on any part "f the line. The
single trolley with feed wires will be enl-
rlovcG mt lew method ~ suspension will
be Uoed Tor the p'l!I'o>c "t le:seninS the
danger I'll the trolley wheel jumping of the
wire
By June1 the road will. it is expected. b2
In operation between Baltimore aud Eli
colt City. and two months later between
Washington and Baltimore.
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How's This !

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F; J. CHENEY & CO. PrSps; Io!sd1' r. y;
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectiy honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any ooliga'
WEST WE r & TsuGx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
WA1nISS. KrssAN g. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, OHIO.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken lnternaiy, acI
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by ali DruRoists. Testimonials free.
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Gets a Medal for Speed.

Engineer William Turnkey, who
pulled the Lake Shores record break
ing train from Erie to Buffalo last
October, has just been given an elab-
crate silver medal by ". K. Wander
bilt andW. Seward Webb. Mr.. Tun-
keys ability as an engineer saved this
trial of speed from being failure, for
when the train reached Erie it seemed
irretrievably behind the scheduled
time, and Mr.. Turkeys quick work
saved the day. The medal given to
Mr.. Turnkey is of solid silver, weighs
nearly two pounds, and is work OF
art.-Scientific American.
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Tile Largest Bicycle.

What is saidto be the largest bicycle
in the world hls been made by u
bicycle company in Providence, r. l.
It is made to carry six persons. Its
length over all is l56 inches, and its
wheel base is 125 inches. The diameter
of the wheels is thirty inches, the tires
are y inches in diameter. the gear Is
compounded to l55, and the machine
weighs 1877 pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18

President Clements p. Markham, OF
the Royal Geographical Society, has
probably risked his life oftener than
any other civilian in Great Britain.
He is q great adventurer and was
trained inthe navy with McClintock,
the illustrious Arctic explorer, as q
eomrade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
NATIONAL THIRST.

For the iisc;i year 1895 the Enitel States
Government issued 22S, 900 liquor licenses.
which is equivalent to licensed saloon for
each 29S prophetic say nothing Of the
liquor-dcalcrS that are unlicensed. In the
Capital Of the Nrti'n there are Cos :"enScf
bar-ron!Es. ur u"n for each 4i5 i" ii". II
we tak' out the wlmcA and children and
temperance people as Il class, there are lcss
than 4 hundred drinkers to support each
saloon in the United States
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DON'T HAVE A BEoISElSG.

Young man. if you lave not hHsun 10
drink. don't begin, says Il contemporary.
You don't need liquor now and you don't
care for It. But If you drink it once Or twice
q day for a week, you will need il and must
have it. Resist the beginnings. This is eX-
cellent advice; but the advice We are giving
you is even more excellent Don't have any
beginnings to resist. Don't begin at all.
Think Of what the schoolboy said in his CON-
position Beware of the first drink. for il
you don't take the first drink: you will never
.ake the second"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
MADE Fol, AN END.

There is not a spider hanging on thu
kings wall lut hath its errand there is NOT
a nGttle that groweth in the corner of the:
church-yard but hath its purpose: there il:
not single insect iiuttering in the breez;
hut accomplished some divine decree and
/ will never have it that God created any
man. especially any Christian man. to he Il
blank and to he Il nothing. He made YOU
for an end. Find out what that end iS: find
out your niche and fill it. If it he ever 81
little. if il is only to be newer Of wood and
drawer of water do something in this great
battle for God and truth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
A HOG Sold for $500.

Iowa's prize hog, "king Medium, "
belonging to famous Poland'China
herd on J. A. Benson's "Norwood'
farm il O'Brien County, of that State,
was sold this week for $500, probably
the largest price ever paid in this
country for a hog. The rest of the
herd averaged $40 piece. Washing
ton Pathfinder.
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MUST sror SELLING BRANDY DROPS.

Owing to the receipt Of numerous cjm-
plaints Concerning the sale Of candy contain
ing spirituous liquors to children, the Police
Board of this city investigated tho matte"
and found that the charges were We'll
founded. and that brandy in large quantities
is contained in the candy known rs brandy
DROPS" Orders were therefore issued to the
police Inst week to notify confectioners that
they must cease selling such candy 10 chill
iren under penalty Of arrcS:.-N"w York
Witness
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Women Must Remove Their Hats.

Judge Johnson. in the District Court.
Denver. Col. approved an order requiring
women 10 remove their hats. bonnets or 9TH
er paraphernalia upon their heads during
performances M the Tabor Grand Opera
House. The theatre is at preSr... managed
by assignees, under directions from the Dis
trict Court. and this recent rule made by
tho assignee had to receive the iormal con
sent of Tho .Cp,irt before it c4I!d be en-
.4O.c2d
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18

That's Salzer's Earliest, fit for use in '2s
days Salzer's new late potato, Champion
OF the World. is pronounced the heaviest
yiclder in the world. and we challenge you
to produce its equal! 10 acres to Salzer's
Earliest Potatoes yield 1000 bushels, sold in
June at 81 a bushel-s4OOO. That pays. A
word to the wise, e:c.
Now II YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it
with 10c. postage to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse. Wis. you will get. free. 10
packages grains and grasses. including Teo-
sinte, Lathyrus, Sand Tetch. Giant Spurry.
Giant Clover, etc, and our mammoth seed
catalogue A.)
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LIQUOR AEITHMETIc-oBJEcT LESSON.

LIQUOR AEITHMETfC-oRJECT Lesson.
"Boy at the head of the class, what are we
paying for liquor as Nation?'
$4,000, ,000, 100 annually"
"Step to the blackboard. my boy. First
take a rule and measure this silver dollar.
How thick is it?''
Nearly an eighth of an inch"
well, sir: how many ofthem can you put
in an inch?'
Between eight and nine"
"Give me the benefit Of the doubt; call 1t
nine. How many inches would it require
% pile these $500, ,000. 900 in?'
100000, ,0G0 inches"
How many feet would that bs?'
1888, ,333 feet"
"How many rods is that"
"505, ,050 rods"
"How many miles is that?"
"l578 miles"
miles of what?"
"l578 miles of silver dollars, laid down,
packed closely together, our National liquor
bill would make. This is only one years
grog BILL"
Reader, II you need facts about this
temperance question, nail that to post and
read it occasionally. 1t would take ten men
with scoop shoves to throw away money as
faat as we are wasting it for srog.-Natlonal
Temperance Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
WARRINGTON ON THE USE OF L1ouon.

; General A. W. Greedy says in the Ladies'
Home Journal: Sin his younger days Wash
inRton extended at his first election the usual
post election hospitality, which, in those
deys, consisted in the minimum amount Of
food with the maximum amount Of spirits.
We find him paying an account for such IN
entertainment for some 400 voters where the
account was three shillings for food and
thiry-seven for liquors. The capacity ofthe
average drinker may, perhaps. be placed ut
three quarts at sitting, as derived from this
account, which covered one hogshead OF
punch, or barrel Of punch, forty gallons OF
punch, nine bowls Of punch, forty-fve gal
Ions OF wine and forty-seven OF beer. Wash
ington, who was not present, expressed his
surprise at their moderation, and wrote his
agent that he feared he had not been liberal
enou Oh, and expressed the hope that he had
not D eglected those who had voted In the
opposition. .
aHis reflective mind and acute observa-
lion soon noted the ravages maue by drink,
and doubtless confirmed that personal mod
nration which never permitted him to run
into excess Of any kind. In the Provincial
army, when general charges OF drunkenness
were made against the Virginia troops, there
was no word against Washington personally.
He had. moreover thus early deDlored 1t as
serious vice, forbade ii by stringent orders,
and applied hundred lashes to every man
found drunk. Still later he wrote that gin
shops served TO ruin the proprietor and those
who make the most frequent application to
them, and In advising his nephew he adds.
refrain from drink, which is the source Of all
evil and the ruin OF half the workmen OF
this country"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
TEMPERANCE
A cur OF WINE.

CUP OF WINE.
"Thick as biliows OF the seas
Are the graves Of debauchees.
Shall we warning take OF these.
Since they form OF death the liner
See the faces white with care,
See the pictures Of despair,
See the shadows in tho air
Coming from cup OF wine:
"And the beads which bubbliDg rise
Are the serpent's glittering eyes;
And its fangs are in the wine.
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Glddness Comes

With a better understanding Of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper ef.
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that SO many forms Of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi.
ton Of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt-
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that It Is tho
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating tho
organs on which it acts. tits therefore
ali important, in order to get its bene.
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists. -, "
If in the enjoyment Of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxa-
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual dioease, one
may be commended to the most skillfal
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is. most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18

DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP ROOT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free
Laboratory BinShamton, n. Y.
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A Good Dog is Worth Looking After.

you should be able to treat him intelligently
when i'll and understand him sufficiently to
detect symptoms of illness. The dog doctor
book written by q. Clay Glover. D. V. s.. spe-
mel clubs, will furnish this information. 1t is
a cloth bound, handsomely illustrated book.
and will be sent postpaid by the Book Publish
ing House, 1874 Leonard ST., n. Y. City, on
REGENT Of 40 cts. in postage stamps.
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DIVINE TIE SPIRIT OF GOD WITHIN InU.

o. do not let the sluggish. turbid current
of your ordinary days seem to you thai
which truly represents TO you what you are.
what YOU are able to be. No. the time when
YOU made the hottest resolutions. when YOU
struggled most with the powers of evil l.when
love conquered you and freed you from
other chains that you might wear her chains.
that. that was the true index to the divine
purpose concerning you: that tells you what
the Spirit Of God is every hour working III
you that may be.-F. d. Maurice
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[,cyolntioniZcz Can MnEin.

One Of the pioneer fruit Gamers of Cali
fnrnia has just perfected an invention that
viii revolutionize the can making industry
His machine can be operated by child II
is led at one end with sheets OF tin OF the
proper size, and it turns Out at the other
end si1ty-foar cans OF any size every minute
At this rate the machine will produce IS, 400
cans in ten hours. Ali the joining of seams
and soldering are done by parts OF the ma
chine. With number of these machines
one fa'tory Touid be able to supply al the
cans used on the Pacific coast for fruit. veg.
e5ab!es and salmon at one-tenth Of he pres
eIt cost.
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God is asking constaney Of us. You do not
aeed that should remind you what ever-be-,
getting and fearful tempters are waylaying'
your steadfastness and lOyalty.-Bishop
Huntington.
When the air is filled with sunlight. there
is no opportunity for the deeds of darkness.
Where the soul has tasted of the bread OF
life, it cannot hunger for the stones Of the
wilderness. Where God is all to uS, the
world is nothing. Canon Farrar.
Men were not weighed by God according
to ability: not weighed according to their
talents. hut 10y the manner Of using them. 1t
Is not he who serves much. but he who serves
perfectly that stands highest in Gods king
dom.- Mrs. &. +. Wilder.
The lamp of Christ's comfort may seem
useless To YOU in the happy days OF youth.
when you have no sorrow: but some time il
will grow dark about you. with no earthly
light to shine upon your path. and then this
heavenly lamp will he most welcome: it will
teach you where TO go when the night dark.
ems about your own soul. Anon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18

THE GENUINE "BROwN's BRONCHIAL
TRocBES'' are sold only in boxes. They are
wonderfully effective for Coughs and Throat
Tronbles
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The Worlds Earliest Potato.

England proposes to spend 10000, 900 on
her navy this year.
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The bicycling clubs of New York State
have an estimated total membership OF 75;-
600.
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Nebraska prohibitionists have started
boom fore. Z. Bentley for President.
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1 can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton to sufferers from Asthma.-E. D. Town
SEND, Et. Howard, Wis, May 4. 1884.
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The gold mines of Cherokee, Ga. are now
engaging the attention of English ca capitalists.
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FITS stopped free by DR.. KLINE's GREAr
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 500 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline. 8l Arch ST.. Phila.. Pa.
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The object OF the manufacturers Of Dobbins'
Electric Soap has been for 81 years to make this
soap of such superior quality that it will give
rntrersal satisfaction. Have they succeeded?
Ask your grocer for il. Take no other.
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Ii is Instructive to notice how earh living
thing takes from the sunbeam what j; wants
one it, aroma, another its coI"r. a third it.
luscious taste. So should We "Ntrart from
Christ whatever We require to roniplrtr our
character. The short-temprr-d must take
patience the passionate. parity the COW
arilv moral strength the domin""riny. p;t-
tirnrc th" dnwmcast comfort. We must
nj; simply pray for them. nut take Them
+. i. Meyer.
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The first theatre in the United States
was opened in Virginia in the year
1852.