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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-06
WORDS or TRUTH AND soBRsNEss..

The liquor traffic is q feeder OF our jails,
penitentiaries, insane asylums, and poor
houses. It Is devourer OF manhood ana
womanhood, and, stripped Of all its licensed
legitimacy. II Is a public enemy, tax-eater.
a Moloch, ,devourer Of body and soul. Andtne
present large movement against Il points 20
a time when II shall be put under pubic repro.
faunt their glaring lights at night and tri-
umphantIy hang out their banners BY day
These figures show unmistakably that the
youth Of our country can and must be res7
cued from the pursuing hand OF this tre-
mendous evil.-Minneepolis Journal
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An Eavesdroppins Reporter P unished.

Frank Robbins, a reporter of the Gncin-
natl Times.Stsr. was arrested at Frankfort,
KY, by order Of the Court OF Appeals, Just
after the Walling decision was handed down,
for eavesdropping. Robbins was listening
through hole in the Senate floor, which is
just above the Judges chamber. Robbins
sentenced 10 thirty days imprisonment.
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TEMPERANCE
LIKE FATHER Lrrs son.

LIKE FATHER LIE soH.
The man looked into the cup one day
Only one glance; then turned away, *
But the demon hid In the sparkling
wine z
Thought, Zone more glance, and the Z:
man Is minep - I;
And he laughed and danced Ia his 4
ruby lair
Till the wine grew foamy and spark
ling fair.
Another glance did the man bestow,
And his eyes shone bright with q strange
wild glow. s5S
"only one drop! one taste!" thought he5
"What harm can It do to ono Ike mefs4
Only one drop he tried at last,
And the demon setxed and held him
fast. ~ fsgiisss y Il
"As father does" thinks the little son,
$50 may In Ana the deed Is done. ~
The demon laughs IS the days 60 by, Ge
And ehuckles, "Another soni have
And the boy cries out, itsis Nslssst !
know, ~ q ~ ~ e. w
Where father leads. I may surely
go!" IS ~
30 years roll on and the man grows old
Rich in crime, but poor In gold;
The son has reeled to mans eetates i;
His heart on fire with sin and hnte,
And the demon tightens his eruek
While he lures fresh Victims 70 share
their pain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-06
A STORY or A TEMPERANCE pocToR.

One of the best known stories In connec-
tion with the late Sir Benjamin Ward Rich-
ardson's advocacy Of temperance tells now
he had been on visit to one OF the three OF
four small towns in England which have NO
public house. Although there were 1000
people there, the doctor was nearly starving.
One day a young medical man came to Sir
BENJAMIN for advice as to taking the prac-
tice. and Sir BENJAMIN, placing his hands on
the young doctors shoulders, said: "Take
nv advice, and don't. Those wretched teel
totalers not only shirk accidents, but, wheH
wounded, heal so fast that there Is netther
pleasure nor profit after the first dressingS
Westminster Gazette. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-06
Ru&AN INSANITY.

Forming our conclusion upon 3S4 cases
in which the facts were ascertained, we find
1874, or about 50 in every 100, In which the
cred to have led to the insanity OF the Par
son.-Ohief Wadhn, Of the Massachusetts,
Bureau Statistics of Labor.
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Died OF a Scratch on the Nose.

Martin Dixson, aged forty. six, was slight
ly scratched on the nose while at work at
Packer Colliery No; 2, Shenandoah, Penn,
by falling piece Of coal. Blood poisoning
set in, and he died.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-06
SHOOTERS KILL A MAN.
Boys Who Were After Bounties slay an
Illinois Citizen.

James Shelley. a prominent citizen and
member of the Village Board OF Trustees at
st. Marie, ILL.,, was accidentally killed while
conversing with friend on the street near
his home by shot from target gun fired
by either Will Baker or George Joseph, boys
who were out hunting sparrows for the two
cent bounty. A twenty-two-caltber cartridge
struck Shelley In the stomach, and death
followed in a few minutes afterward. He
leaves wife and several children.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

ITO BE CONTINUED.
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gospel put to new work. In our time we
have had the telegraphic Invention, and the
telephone invention, and the electric light
invention, but they are all children OF old
electricity, an element that the philosophers
have long while known much about. So
this electric gospel needs to flash Its light on
the eyes and ears and souls OF men and to
become q telephone medium to make the
deaf hear, teiegraphic medium to dart in
vitalion and warning to all Nations, an cleo
trio light to illumine the eastern and western
hemispheres. Not new gospel, but the old
gospel doinga q new work.
Now you say. THAT is very beautiful
theory, but is it possible to take ones reig-
ion intu all the avocations and businesses OF
life2" Yes, and will give you some specl-
mems. Medical doctors who took their relig-
ion into everyday life: DR.. John Abercrom-
bic, of Aberdeen, the greatest Scottish ply
the Brain and Spinal Cord" no more won
derful than his book on 1.-THE Philosophy OF
the Moral Feelings" and often kneeling at
the bedside of his patients to commend them
to God in prayer: DR.. John Brown, OF Edin-
burgh, immortal rs an author. dying under
the benediction Of the sick Of Edinburgh,
myself remembering him as he sat In his
study in Edinburgh. talking to me about
Christ and his hope of heaven, and a score OF
Christian family physicians in Washington
Just as good as they were.
Lawyers who carried their religion into
their profession: Lord Cairns, the Queens
adviser for many years, the highest legal au-
thority in Great Britain-Lord Cairns, every
summer in his vacation preaching as an
evangelist among the poor OF his country;
John Mclean, Judge Of the Supreme Court
of the United States and President OF the
American Sunday School Union, feeling
more satisfaction in the latter Office than in
the former, and scores OF Christian lawyers
as eminent in the church Of God as they are
eminent at the bar.
Merchants who took their religion into
everyday life: Arthur Tappan. dertded In
his day because he established that system by
which we come to find out tho commercial
standing of business men, starting that en-
tire system, derided for it then himself, as I
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is exposed. an incision is made into the root
md then shells are placed Mt this incision tc
catch the sap or the gum as 1t eXudes. It Is
very precious, this scAmmony. But the
peasant mixes 1t with q cheaper material
then 1t is taken to Aleppo, and the merchant
there mixes it with cheaper material; tnen
il corpes on to the wholesale druggist IN Lon.
doR or New York, and he mixes it with a
cheaper material: then Ii comes to the retail
druggist and he mixes 1t with cheaper
material, and by the time the poor sick man
gets It into his bottle 1t is ashes and chalk
and sand, und some of what has been called
pure scammony after analysis has been
found TO be no scammony at all.
Now, practical religion will yet rectify all
this. 1t will 60 to those hypocritical pro-
1assors of religion who got a Corner IN
corn and wheat in Chicago and New York,
sending prices up and up until they were
beyond e reach OF the poor, keeping these
breadstufIs in their own hands, or control
ling them until the prices going up and up
and up they were. after awhile, ready to
nell, and they sold out, makinG themselves
lnillionaires in one or two years, trying TO
TX the matter up with the Lord by building
IL church or university or hospital. delud-
ing themselves with the idea that the Lord
would be so pleased with the gift He would
forget ths swindle. Now, as such a man
may not have any liturgy in which to say
his prayers, I will compose for him one
which he practically is making: "Oh, Lord
we, by getting corner in breadstuffs,
swindied the people OF tie United States out
OF s1G,OU0, 600 and made suffering all up and
down the land, and we would like to COM
promise this matter with Thee! Thou know
est it was scaly job, but then 1t was smart.
Now, here we compromise it. Take one per
cent. of the profits, and with that one per
cent. you can build An asylum for these poer
miserable ragamuffins OF the street, and I
will take yacht and 60 to Europe, forever
and ever. Amen"
Alb, my friends, if man hath gotten his
estate wrongfuly and he build line OF
hospitals and universities from here to
Alaska, he cannot atone farit After awhile
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-28
BAB TALKS ON
8 .szv MOTHERHOOD.

ing some books the other night. came
across a copy. an old, old copy, OF John
Halifax, Gentleman" and almost before
j knew what / was about | was reread-
ing that most delightful OF books.
Then there came back TO me the story
OF the little girl whom she had loved
SO well. At the funeral Of her mother
some one said that her marriage banns
had been announced only the Sunday
before. One day Mrs. Craik and her
husband were out driving. and meeting
some friends were told by them that a
beautiful child, a baby evidently of
aristocratlc birth. had been found on
stone by the wayside that morning.
and, not knowing what to do with it.
the man who discovered IL had taken II
to the town hall, where IL was waiting
to be identified. With woman's curl
osity Mrs. Craik drove on to see the
child that had been SO cruelty treated.
AS she leaned over TO look at IL it
raised it's little arms TO her, and the
childless wife announced that, having
claimed her. IL should be her child. 1t
went home with her, and for weeks
afterward a description OF IL was ad-
vertised i'm all the English papers. for
Mrs. Cra!k did not propose TO lose IL
just as she had learned to love IL. But
no word as TO who IL was or where its
parents were or who had abandoned it
ever reached its mother by adoption.
AS soon as the child could understand
she was told that while she was not
their daughter i'm the usual sense she
Mad been given this father and mother
by God, who had laid her on rock
where they might find her.
H. -
in the hall of the Craik house. and from
the time she was old enough il became
the duty of the little girl to put fresh
flowers upon il every day. Whenever
a beautiful vase was given TO Miss Mu-
lock, a lovely jug or a bit OF china that
would hold flowers, IL would be sug-
gested that it should be put on what
was known to the household as the
baby stone" The fact OF the child's
unknown parentage was never made
cruel story TO her. and she was snr-
rounded so entirely by love, by sweet
ness and the beauty OF life that each
night she thanked God I'm her prayers
that her dear mamma had found her
instead of some one else. who might
have been less gentle and less thought
ful Of her. A friend of mine was pres
ent at her birthday fete, the day cele-
brated being that one on which she
was discovered. At this her tenth fes-
tivity she said To another little mite.
who was telling that she was II years
old and her grandmother a duchess.
"Oh, yes; but that's nothing. I'm not
an ordinary child like you. You were
only born while | was found" The
story Of this girl, now a wife and a
mother seems particularly sweet TO me
and l think that she can have no bet
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-28
The Summer Girls Fads.

Among the vanity OF vanities worn at
the buds belt this season is a small
square plate glass mirror set in dell
cate frame OF gold or silver. often thick
with Jewels. attached to the chatelaine
among trophies Of all sorts. OF course
it's for use as well as ornament.
An astonishing sight is the wearing
of the silver mounted rabbits foot at
taohed TO the purse chain. IL is fea-
ture of the shirt waist period.
jewelers. are displaying glittering
things i'm the way OF belts made from
gold or silver or plated stuff set with
Jewels or plain as fancy dictates but
they are not for wear with the cotton
waist or for the shirt waist I'm any
form. the only belts admissible being
those OF silk or kid. with more or less
plain buckles.
For fancy silk blouscs these gorgeous
belts are all very well and are some
times accompanied by dog collars
matching them
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-28
OLD
roses.

Ihe rose jar, no matter how costly
and beautiful. is a thing OF the past.
The up TO date woman no longer prizes
IL as receptacle for dried roses with
sentiment, attached to them. In ms
place has come the rose sachet not the
ancient form of sachet either, with its
cotton batting and ounce OF powder IL
is a dainty thing made of the finest or
candle or null, beribboned and adorned
with lace, Just as the owner sees it,
A pretty one shown the other day In
New York was OF the finest of rose How
cred organdie. with drawing strings and
bows OF apple green silk The rose leaves
or pink, yellow and deep red that shone
through II and filled the room with their
perfume were brought all the way
across the continent from Tacoma. An
other rose bag, for the most OF the new
designs are in the shape OF bags. was
or white chiffon embroidered I'm butter
flies. with rufiie OF the chiffon TO set
off the sides and bottom The roses
were picked In southern California at
Christmas time for an eastern friend.
Some women are using their pretty
handkerchiefs 10 make designs for bags.
for these precious sachets are not put
i'm the chiffonier TO waste their beauty
there, but are suspended by their long
ribbon strings to the back OF an artistic
chair When the room is well heated,
they emit delicate perfume.
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ICopyright. lS97.l

Among the good examples set by the
fashionable English woman Is that OF
being mother. 1t Is possible that
you may visit at her house formally,
and you will never know that there is
anything I'm the shape OF a small child
there. But II you happen 10 know
your hostess well the small people are
drought In with the dessert, dressed in
abe simplest and prettiest of clothes
and prepared by the teaching that has
been given them to show not only their
hnery, but their good manners. The
English woman, copying the example
set by the royalties, is proudest when
her family is large. She likes to go TO
drive in the afternoon up and down the
row showing the sons and daughters
that are so much of credit TO her
she certainly looks her best atethese
times, for the tall. slender girls, with
their beautiful hair, the big. fine look
ing babies and the manly looking boys
remind one of that small girl who so
many years ago announced to her
mother. II am glad you married into
our family, mamma, because you are
so pretty" The extremely smart wom-
an i'm New York is copying the English
grande dame and goes out driving with
her midgets about her and tries her
hardest to impress the woman who rides
with dog as her companion how much
.he is TO be pitied.
BY the bye, did you ever notice the
way some women hold babies, espe-
cially the way they lift those unfortu-
nate limp looking ones who seem 10
have no more backbone than eels? 1t
really does seem as IL one type of VIC
-. II 81.
arm as If it were a scarf she were wear
ing. And nine times out OF ten the same
woman will hold a plump baby as If IL
were a pitcher filled to the brim with
cream and which she must not allow
to move for fear some might spill
never saw man who didn't hold a ba-
by well, and l never saw a baby es-
pecially a girl baby, that was not ex-
tremely anxious to be held by a man.
II seems as if they realize, bless their
tiny hearts, that the arms about them
are good and strong and that at last
somebody is holding them who does
not fear dropping them. The children
OF this generation-I mean the fashion
able chidren-are extremely handsome
and the reason is not hard to discover
They are dressed with the utmost sim
plicity They eat simple food. which
Is proper fo.a. They take plenty OF eX-
srcise, and they are not supposed at an
Immature age to be informed of Greek
and Latin. Their mothers are deter
mined that they shall be beautiful wo-
men and handsome men. rising up to 10
them credit.
Speaking of children, how many people
know the story of Dinah Maria Mulock
Craiks aesopted daughter? Straighten-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-28

Even after tea was introduced into
Europe and had come into general use
teacups were scarce. says The jewelers.
Circular. At the same time coffee was
introduced: but. apart from Constan.i-
nople, the first coffee cups in Europe
date back only as far as 1915 IN Eenice.
1859 In Paris, 1852 in London and l63t.n
Leipsic. From the first. however. the
conventional oriental coffee cup wits-
out stem or handle was little used and
in Germany not at all The Chinese
teacup was used for tea, coffee and
chocolate. Specimens of porcelain were
undoubtedly introduced into Europe in
the middle ages. yet not till the six
teenth century We're cups imported from
China in any great quantities and even
then it was as articles of vrtu. Nost
of these found their way back to Lhina
again, as collecting porcelain is a last
ing fad there, and high prices are paid
for good specimens. The collection of
Chinese porcelain. If only the genuine
specimens are desired, requires inn
mense study and knowledge, as the
Chinese are skillfu imitators and put
numerous falsificatlons on the market.
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WQ"KXN( WAY ..11zz6 1]W0|NAN(W(OpK

thetic souls, not souls that seem 10
know the sorrow or the JOY OF another
soul and TO go out toward 1t in loving
Kindness. Perhaps a nickel would be
offered for a soul like this. Then there
are the souls that have had much to
bother them-that. Martha like. are
troubled about many thlngs-and yet
they try to do their best. though per-
haps the way is not a pleasant one. A
generous pawnbroker might offer a sill
Yer piece for this sort OF soul. And
then there are souls that have gone
through the fire OF life, been struck by
the sword OF temptation and. like one
sweet smelling leaf, are sweeter than
they were before they were bruised. and
Tor these even the pawnbroker would
give gold and diamonds, for their price
IS above rubies. and the ruby--the cost
Hest gem OF all-mcans intense love.
and for IL souls have been lost and
souls have been gained
Apropos of bodies rather than souls.
have you seen the girl who having
been a Cooks tourist I'm England. now
pronounces Charles as IL 1t were in two
syllables?
Don't you expect TO meet the girl who
goes yachting for one afternoon and
afterward talks as If she spent her
summer in cruising and wears her
yachting costume day and night? At
least, her intimate friends say that her
nighigown has a sailor collar on IT.
Don't YOU expect TO meet during
your peregrinations. that dainty young
gentleman who, having heard tnat the
harsh American Voice is objected 10 in
London. has got his tones down so
low that YOU cannot hear a word he
says, and you are under the impression
that his general idiocy has affected mis-
tongue?
Don't you exnect TO meet the man
who, having played three games Of golf
and ridden bike twice, does nothing
but talk of athletics and outdoor
sports%
Don't you expect 20 meet the child
who is impertinent through all the long
summer days and who comes home in
great need OF immediate treatment from
the professional spanker?
Don't you expect TO meet on Broad
way the actor got up 20 initiate
Booth ard who Is overanxious TO tell
you that he might have played leading
paris. but that he preferred smaller
ones?
Don't YOU expect 10 meet the girl who
goes in for being tailor made, whose
clothes have not been touched by a wo-
man. who is immensely proud Of being
good fellow and who. 20 be a bit vul-
gar. is neither flesh, fish nor good red
herring? oh, youll meet them all
They come in With the mosquitoes and
the extreme heat and the other pests
Of the summer time. But you can bC
sure Of one thing-you won't be able tC
put on that list the name Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-28
Beaten Biscuit.

a quart of -four. a teaspoonful Of salt.
a tablespoonful of lard. tablespoonful
of butter and half a pint of milk and
water mixed in equal portions. Put
the salt i'm the -four and sift on to
marble slab Then with spoon thor
oughly mix In the lard and butter.
Slowly pour on the milk and water
and begin 10 work. alternately knead-
ing the dough and beating it with an
az or large potato masher. Twenty or
20 minutes viii make the dough soft
and light. with little blisters rising over
it, Roll out about three-quarters of an
inch thick and prick with a fork.
About 20 minutes are required to
bake them. And, above all things, cut
them with a very small cutter.
large beaten biscuit is not the genuine
thing, at least not the Kentucky arti-
Gle | have had cutter made by
tinsmith to suit my ideas, but the top
of 10 cent can of baking powder will
answer all purposes
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-28

ing studied the art OF dressing the neck
in Paris. cuts the evening bodice meant
for these women very low I'm the back
showing its beauty, while she hides the
hollows I'm front with innumerable
strings of pearls. IL the woman In
hand is narrow OF shoulder. the clever
modiste utilzes her stock 10 conceal
that misfortune. How? BY arranging
the stock proper i'm soft folds and then
having enormous flarng fans of lace.
chiffon or whatever material is fancied
standing out on each side in such "a
way that they give breadth. If the
customer has broad shoulders, then the
stock Is smooth. but plain has neither
rosette nor loop 10 break the contrast
between the round throat and broad
shoulders and only an effective brooch
placed just in frCnt as a neck decora-
ton. In the house where one may have
the sUftest neck dressing imaginable
the woman with a short throat must
have on her matinee or tea gown
neither a frill of chiffon nor an ordinary
rufie Of lace, but a broad sailor collar
of insertion and ribbon. which turns
over TO show the whteness and round e.
ness OF the column upon which her'head
is Het.
The woman with slender throat fol-
lows the fashion OF the day and wears
high collar or pierrot rufile OF ehif-
fon. lace or net The slender woman.
by the way. must never make the mis-
take OF having bodice cut V shaped,
That would add length to her nose and
give her face a sharp appearance. VI
the neck is TO be open at all and the
shoulders are not TO be displayed. then
my lady must have the broad square,
which nowadays is called the "DutGh
square" and properly enough. too, for
IL is copied from the bodices worn by
the pretty Dutch peasant girls. The
wise woman, when she wants 10 treat
herself. buys a bit OF real lace. for she
knows IL may decorate a bonnet, be
twisted I'm a jabot, worn as a cravat
and be left in ones will To ones special
friend.
BY the bye. If people were pawning
souls / wonder what they would get
for them? There are souls so mean and
narrow and abomnable that / don't be-
lieVe even the Maryland coin known az
"a ftp and a bit" which is really Ga
cents. would be given for them. But
there are souls that seem so oVerflowing
with loving kindness, souls that seem
10 rise up and look out Of the eyes a.
II they only knew sweetness and purity
and light, and yet in these souls there
Is that awful, awful something that we
call selfishness and which means, y
will have what | want. and oe anything
that / want. and do anything ! want
and not be found out, because find the
amiable business is the most success
full" What would you give for a soul
like that? A colored Chinese coin with
hole i'm the middle would be all that
il is worth
Then there are good souls that are
like all wool flannel-warranted TO wear
well and not to shrink. provided the
laundress understands how to wash
them the fist time. These are good
| souls. but not fine souls not sympa-