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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Who can tell what men and angels lose on
the day young man takes his first drink?
The influence of alcohol is never to stimu-
late life-growth, but always to hinder AMI
depress it.
All the gold and iron and coal which
Australia produces in fifty years it drinks
away in ten.
Hcathen parents throw their children TO
the crocodiles; license voters throw theirs to
the saloons.
The Boston and Maine Railroad is having
IN "annual clearance Of employees who Visit
drinking shops.
Maine has no breTcrjcs or distiIlcrics. but
# has thirty loan aud building associations
in active operation.
The liquor traffic is to-day the hea"est noS
upon the progress and the deepest disgrace
OF the nineteenth century,
Even n brewer one hundred years ago
wrote: Through drink there are half q
million homes to which happiness never
comes"
NJ, Andre, who taught tho French Prince
Imperial how 10 swim, and acquired wealth
as a fashionable teacher under the Empire,
mas lust died in great poverty, due 10 drink.
His last means of earning O live.ihood was
TO shave noodles. and his own black poodle
followed him to the grave.
Railroads and other great corporations
have it in their power, ii they Will. 10 serve
ms efficient HELPERS on of the temperance
interest. Five saloons in Chicago near the
Nickel Plate shops are reported to have gone
ont of business since the order went into
effect forbidding employees to visit slch
places. ~ ----
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A NATIONS WARDS.
UNCLE SAM'S SUCCESSFUL GUAR
DIANSHIp OF THE INDIANS.
The Once Hostile Tribes Have Aban.
doned the War Path and Taken
to the Arts Of Peace
The Custer Massacre.

T T is a fact worthy of note that
since June 25, 1876, the date
upon which General George A.
Custer ap5 his entire command
were massacred by the Cheyennes, no
serious outbreak upon the part of the
Nstlon's ward, the American Indians,
has occurred in the United States.
Yet, despite the fact that the Custer
massacre practically dates an entirely
new epoch in the history of the In.
dian races of this great country, it's
twentieth anniversary, which occurred
recently, passed unnoticed and un-
honored, save by few individuals
with whom the memory of the little
band of heroes who perished on the
plains is yet green.
Prior to that time Indian uprisings
were of frequent occurrence, for of
the 200 or more tribes now in the
United States there are not ten but
what have been in revolt at some time
or another.
There are many residents of San
Francisco, says the Chronicle of that
city, to-day who can recall the Modoc
troubles'of 1873 and the Bannock war,
in which King Joseph asserted him.
self so persistently, while the Apache
outrsges under the leadership of Ger
onimo are still fresh in the memory of
many who can by no means be called
old timers.
During the past twenty years, how
ever, the Government has been en-
gagged in trying to civ1lize and control
the remnants of these once powerful
tribes on reservations, and with re.
markable success. In fact, the Indian
of to-day can only cast longing eye
over the old hunting grounds of his
forefathers. for, although centuries of
living by roaming, war and the con-
sumption of the wild products of ma
ture have not especially fitted him for
readily accepting civilization, he has
been compelled to accept restraint.
The Atlantic coast Indians, the
Cherokees in North Carolina, most of
the tribes on the northern lakes, and
the remnant of the Six Nations in New
York and Pennsylvania have long
since ceased to be troublesome, while
disease and other causes have helped
to destroy the great mass Of the In
diane from the Atlantic coast to the
Mississippi River.
The Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws,
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Can you not guess? 1t affects Briar
and YOU. You have always been such
GOOD friends until very lately, and I an
so anxious for those OLD feelings to be
renewed. The circumstances Of you
last meeting were not--very pleasant
He will remember this, and perhaps you
will remember it too. l am going to
ask you to forget it. When l re:all all
that you have done for me before, l feel
perfectly confident that you will not re-
fuse this favor. You understand me, !
am sure?"
Understand Who can fail to under
stand such goodness as yours? When
I think of that, it is all the harder to
forget the suffering he has caused you.
Perhaps I cannot promise, Margaret.
"Oh, yes, you can. The suffering you
speak OF may have been of great ad-
vantage. may become the better and
the stronger for it. Besides, Brian has
struggled and suffered too. You o2n
never know how much. Even I can
never know how much. And he is try
Ing now. For that he deserves credit
/ think you will have to do as I wish,
BERTHE. Indeed, am sure you will. ."
There, have nothing more to say.
You always have your way. I dare say
we don't realize what Brian had to
overcome before he won his victory,
and as far as my words or actions are
concerned, he shall have no reminder OF
the past"
Thank you," was the grateful an
swer. Il never liked you better or ad.
mired you more than l do now"
He smiled his response as they turned
in at the gates of Elmwood. AS they ap-
preached the door Margaret saw Brian
waiting to meet her.
He had evidently not expected to see
BERTHE, and Margaret noticed slight
embarrassment upon his face.
Il have BERTHE with me-" she said,
riding close to him. He has come al
the way from The Cedars to see you
Little hypocrite. murmured BERTHE
under his breath. @Don't you think it
wrong to tell tibs?"
The next second he had assisted her
from her horse and turned 10 Brian.
No word passed between them, but theil
hand clasp held language and a mean.
Ing Of its own.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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DOG WITH A WOODEN LEG.
"Boze'' Limps Like a Veteran, 81
Manages to Cover the Ground.

Mana2eb U SoVcr Ino oEouho'
4 living dog, even with woodeI
leg, is infinitely better than deaI
lion.
That is what Mr.. Garrett, of Pulasl
County, Kentucky, thought when hi
watchdog, 'tBoze," limped into thI
house one day with his left forele|
barely hanging by the skin.
'rBoze" had q foolish antipathy Il
railroad trains. and the inference wal
that he had scraped up an argument
with an express which had gon]
through about half an hour before.
Mr.. Garrett, who is something of
surgeon-like most good Kentuckian
decided that he might better kee1
three.quarters of "Boze" than to los
him altogether. So he completed th
work of amputation, bound up th
stump of the leg and gave the dog first
class care.
"Boze" himself seemed to think LIT
was worth living, and in three OF fou
weeks he was up and about. But hl
gait was wobbly, and Garrett set 7
work and made q wooden leg t
straighten him up. BE whitfield an
scrsped and polished it, and fastene
it to "Boze'' with a clever arrange
ment of straps.
At first trial the dog didn't tax
kindly to the addition that had bee
built for him, but he couldn't shake
off and finally concluded to make th
best OF it. Within q week he We
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-12

There are small "deer" on the island
that arouse no poetry or gracious sentil
ments. The mice, those pests of jap
anese tea.houses. raced through the
doll houses at will by dark, the orna1
mental trsceries and designs pierced
in the pretty wood panels above the
screens giving them free range of every
room. They ran over my face, scratched
my pillow, nibbled my fingers, and
kept me awake night after night with
their rustling and gnawing. On the
third night of mouse carnival I called
the servants and had lights brought.
The landlord heard the sounds and
hustled across the court to see what
the matter was. 81 think there is q
mouse in this house," I said. "Oh.
certainly, certainly, honorable lady, Z
he said, bowing low and proudly J
eyes, indeed; I have many, plenty Of
rats at the Momiji." And he could
not at all understand why we should
make such trouble about 80 natural
a thing, and object to these sure evi-
dences of abundant prosperity, these
companions OF Daikoku, the god OF
plenty.-Century.
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TEMPERANCE

MOTHERS MOAN.
II was not ON the field Of battle,
It was not with ship at sea,
But fate far worse than either
That stole him away from me.
Twas death in the ruby wine-cup,
That the reason and senses drown,
He drank the alluring poison,
And thus my boy went down
Down from the height of manhood
TO the depths OF disgrace and sin;
Down to worthless being,
From the hope of what might have been.
For the brand of beast besotted
he barteled his manhood's crown;
Through the gate Of sinful pleasure
My poor weak boy went down.
IT'S only the same old story
That mothers so often tell,
With accents OF infinite sadness,
Like the tones Of q funeral bell,
But never once thought when heard II
l sh ould learn all its meaning myseLI
Thought he'd tie true to his mother.
Thought he'd be true to himself
But alas for my hopes all delusion!
Alas for his youth and pride!
Who are safe when this yawnlng danger
10 open on every side?
Oh! Can nothing destroy this evil2
No bar in their path be thrown.
To save from the terrible rnaelstron
The thousands of boys going down?
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HARMLESS CIDER. +"

A few months ago two boys rode to q coun.
try store. One of them bought and drank
four glasses of "harmless cider" They then
wen, to country church, disturbedthe con-
gregation, who were holding social, and
starting home. overlook others.
The boy, only nineteen years old, who had
drank the cider, began to quarrel with anS
other young man. and before the others
realized what was taking place, had killed
him; and he was son of q widow. The boy,
only nineteen years old, was sentenced to
the peuitentiary for twenty years. So two
homes are made desoiate by four glasses Of
cider.
Not until the anguish OF that widowed
mothers heart as she sat listening for the
bounding step of her boy and heard instead
the tread of those who bore the life ess form
of her boy, can be estimated, can we know
the cost Of four glasses OF cider.-Watch-
tower.
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BEER AND ATHLETICS.

Beer drinking in Germanyis being discrtd-
tied by competitive athletes, says the Ma,
tional Temperance Advocate. 1t is stated
that three clubs of Leipsic students have
abandoned the "morning drinking bout,
and that several additional university clubs
are about to take the same step. A desire to
excel in athletic sports is said to be the i'm
peling cause of this action on their part.
This practical acknowledgement that beer
drinking is inimical to the best physical con-
dition and to the highest degree OF athletic
success would be significant in any country,
but it is especially 80 in Germany, the great
beer country of the world! We have some
times feared that many students wee dis
posed to give relatively too much attention
to athletics, but if these athletic sports should
lead them to abandon the use OF into1icants
we should rejoice and account it great
Gain. even If they were less brilliant in
Scholarship. May their athletics prosper
and beer be overthrown!
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frightful barbarity. Three military
expeditions were required to stop the
Sioux massacres of 1896, at cost
of 10000, 900.
From 1865 to 1879 there we're fre-
quent engagements. The most i'm
po-tant were the war in Southern Ore
gon and Idaho and northern parts OF
California and Nevada, 1S65-6S; the
war against the Cheyennes,A Arapahoes,
Kiowas and Comanches in Kansas,
Colorado and the Indian Territory,
1s6s.69; the Modoc WarI in l872.73 ;
the war against the Apaches of Ari-
zona, 1878; the war against the
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Ii Hung Chang.

No living public man of Asia has
been so much the subject of discus.
sion and criticism as Ii Hung Chang.
Much of the criticism has been unfav-
orable, and his critics arc often unfair.
1t is hardly just to him to estimate hia
character and attainments according
to the standard Of Western Nations.
His education is exclusively Oriental,
and his entire life has been spent IN
China. His knowledge OF our civil.
zation is such as could be acquired IN
the motley society of treaty port. As
statesman he has had to deal with o
very conservative and bigoted constit'
ue1cy, end with associates prejudicec
against and ignorant of foreign Ma
tious. Judged in the light of his edu
cation, his experience and his sur
roundings, he must be regarded as the
first OF living statesmen OF Asia, anc
one of the most distinguished OF the
public men of the world. Century.
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Chickasaws and Seminoles, in the In
dian Territory, once so warlike and
fierce, having intermarried with
whites and the colored people and
adopted others into their tribes, have
almost entirely lost their identity, and
are now a progressive people.
The Sioux, Comanches, Apaches,
Navajos, Kiowas, Bannocks and 9th.
ers are on reservations, and, even if
disposed to belligereucy, are SO sur
rounded by white settlements that o
war would be of short duration.
The Pacific coast fish eaters and
root diggers are peaceable, prcgres-
sive and almost entirely self-support-
ing.
The reservation Indians, 133, ALI in
number, according to the census Of
1890, are located in twenty States and
Territories and form about lat tribes
or parts of tribes, occupying about
rs, 500, 900 acres of allotted land, but
much of the area OF these reservations
is desert.
The present policy of the Govern
ment, the eighth which has been tried
upon the Indian since 1889, is known
as an educational and allotment one
and to the education of all Indian
children at the expense of the Nation
is chiefly due the existing condition
OF affairs.
The best tests of Indian advance
toward civilization are the adoption OF
the white mans dress and habits, their
engaging in agriculture or the me-
chanical arts and in consenting to the
education of their children. Judged
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The German War Dogs.

A special feature in this years Ger
man grand maneuvres will be sup
piled by war dogs, which hsve been
most admirably trained for seeking
the wounded and carrying dispatches.
At the command "seek," accompanied
by gesture indicating the direction
in which the dogs are to search. they
will start off without allowing them
selves to be disturbed by any sur
rounding circumstances. They will
find the men who figure as wounded
with unfailing certainty. take q
piece of their clothing-cap, helmet,
or piece of cloth torn of-and bring
this back to the ambulance mer /,
whom :hey then conduct to the spot.
In the despatch service the dogs full
fl their duty with admirable speed
and certainty. They carry the des7
patches in small box affixed to their
collar.-La France Militaire.
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CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN CAMP.

war from their former homes to
Mount Vernon barracks, near Mobile,
Ala, effectuslly stopped their depre.
dasions, however.
The number of actions between reg
ular troops and Indians from 1866 to
1891 was LOGS, keeping an average of
$4,000 officers and men actively EN-.
ployed.
The total cost to the United States
for pensions to the survivors or widows
of these Indian wars to June l, 1890,
was estimated at $2S, ,2O1, ,632.
The following table shows the num-
Der of Indians in every State OF the
Union, both on and off reservations,
from which it will be seen thst more
than half of the Indian population of
the United States is dependent upon
the Nation. The first. column of fig.
ures comprises the reservation Indians
not taxed the second column includes
all the Indians off reservations, self
onnnortino and faxed.
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have cost the lives of about 19, 900
white men, women and children, and
some 1000 Indians.
From 1889, the date of the adoption
of the Federal Constitution, to 1S46
there were seven serious VETS, as fol.
lows: War with the Northwest 1ndi-
ans, 179O.1795; William Henry Har-
rissn's expedition to the Northwest,
1911; Seminole War, 1878; Black
Hawk War, 1882; Greek War in 1913,
1914 and 1887, and the Florida War OF
1889.
Between 1916 and 1866. period of
twenty years, the United States was
engaged IN two wars, tEat with Mexico
and the Civil War, in both of which
the Indians figured extensively. Dur.
ing this period also there were some
fifteen to twenty Indian affairs in CAL
ifornia.
The Indian wars OF 1857, 1852, 1864,
1865 and 1866 in Minnesota and ad-
jacent States were bloody and costly,
being conducted by the Indians with
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United States, and furnish striking
illustration of the result which may be
attained when the ignorance, inabil-
ity and fears of the Indians are sub
dued.
The Indian wars ander the Govern
ment of the United States have been
more than forty in number. They
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SIOUX WOMEN IN CAMP.

Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyennes in
Kans: s, Colorado. Texas, Indian Ter
ritory and New Mexico, 1S74-73; the
war against the Northern Cheyennes
and Sioux in 1S7G-77; the Nez Percez
War, 1877; the Bannvck War, 1878,
and that against the Northern Chey-
enpes in lS7S.79. Thess include the
Fetternan massacre of December p,
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FRENCH CHAMPIONS OF TEMPERANCE.

The temperance movement in France Is
constantly finding new champions. In the
provinces as we'll as in Paris new societies
have been founded both for total abstainers
and for those who, while not going quite as
far, attack in the most earnest way the ex-
cessive use of wine. Among the friends OF
this movement are large number OF we'll
known physicians, some OF whom, while
avowedly non. Christian, acknowledge the
need of moral and religious help for those
enslaved by liquor.
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by these three standards the Indians
are slowly but surely progressing
toward Anglo-Saxon civilization.
Whereas in former days the Indian
children were allowed to grow up in
Incidence and hatred OF the white
man and his methods, they ere now
educated at National institutions,
and, being essentially quick and i'm
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-12

Since the Indians have taken to the
arts of peace and abandoned the war
path, life on the frontier for the
American soldier has become almost
burdensome. It is now question as
to whether the garrison posts which
were necessary along the frontier
when the Indian tribes roamed at
large at will, and at which trained
troops were held in readiness to take
to the field at moments notice in
response to the smoke of the signal
fires of hostile Indians. are nov
needed, and some of them have al
ready been abandoned. Others are
being converted into military schools,
where the army, such as it is, may
be drilled in the art OF war. Life at
the army posts has thus become
monotonous and desultory.-San
Francisco Examiner.
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1866, and the Custer massacre OF June
25, 1878.s
The Utes in Colorado and invading
Indians from outside that State caused
three wars prior to 1890, and the
apaches in Arizona and New Mexico
were frequently murderous and de.
structive. The removal of Geronimo's
band of 3s4 Apaches as prisoners of
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THE |" SMALL DOSES. y

The small doses frequently repeated, small
glasses OF liquor regularly taken every day,
are what make an honest citizen victim Of
alcohol without his having ever, perhaps,
passed through state of complete intoMca-
tion, and without his having suspected the
danger to which he was exposed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-12

A Congregational church is to
erected in Gainsborough, England,
Il cost of 100000, as a memorial
John Robinson, who gathered the
his flock of Pilgrim Fathers.
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itative, soon learn the white mans
ways.
In addition to those on the various
reservations there are at least ITO, 900
Indians who are self.reliant and indie
pendent. These having already
learned that it is to their interest to
be like other men are already on an
equality with other races in the
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Progress in the settlement of Nil
nesota was never so marked as ut pre-
ent, the sales of State, Governne1
and railroad land being very heavy.
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scendants of those who left Englan
recently visited the historic town an
made 3 special pilgrimage to ii
shrine Of the tiller. 1t is said to I
in an excellent state of preservation
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Mayfiower's Tiller Still Preserved.

It is not generally known that the
tiller of the Mayfower is now at
Plymouth, England. and is owned byl
a Mr.. Mortimer, of Devon. The de-
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Without another word he pressed her
hand and was gone, leaving her rather
surprised at his unusual manner.
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walking about with all the four corI
nered dignity imaginable.
When he wants to jump q fence OF
chase an invading cat out of the doo1
yard he folds the wooden leg up unde3
him. And railroad train is some
thing he has no longer any possibli
use for.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-05

The career OF the late FREDERIC L.
GREENHALaE, Governor OF Massachusetts,,
may be said to represent the possibilities
that the American republic offers to its
foreign-born citizens
Coming to this country at an age young
enough to secure to him the advantages of
training in the American public schools,
this English boy grew up to be an Ameri-
can citizen in spirit as well as In name.
He took sides In the great civil strife by
enlisting in the army, and shortly follow
ing the war began political career which
was pursued with the greatest OF credit
stituents and his fellow citizens generally
whom he represented In various capaci-
ties. He sat in the lower house of Con-
gress and was three times elected Gov
ernor OF the great commonwealth where
he made his home since coming to this
country.
Our neighboring commonwealth has
ever been noted for her splendid examples
of American citizenship, but none was
truer to its high ideals than the foreign
born lad who became the most popular
citizen of his adopted city. His broad
public spirit, his independence and his
eloquence made him loved by all classes
OF citizens from one end Of tire State to
the other. No party lines marked the
warm devotion OF men to him. He was
Republican intensely devoted to the card.
inal principles hut he was citizen who
had the respect and love OF his opponents.
When men urged a narrow policy on the
ground OF expediency he stood for the
soundness OF broad public principles. In
every station OF life he had performed his
duties well, and to the Office of Governor
OF the State he added new lustre, although
the position had been ofttimes oc-
cupied by men who were the peers OF any
statesmen OF the world. In the hearts
of all classes in his teloyed State his
fame Is enshrined and from the record
of his life work an inspiration may be
drawn by every young citizen OF the
Union.