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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Cattle Lost I'm n Peculiar Way.

Farmers near Parkersburg, w. w., lost
a number Of cattle In a peculiar manner
A creek In the vicinity had overhowed the
meadows heal by, and when the waters
receded q heavy deposit of sand was left
on the grass. Soon afterward cattle were
turned into tho fields and fed for several
hours, and shortly afterward a number OF
them died in great agony. The stomachs
OF tho animals were examined and 1t was
found the sand on the grass they had
eaton had cut through their stomachs as
broken glass would have done.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Temperance News and Notes.

Impure words and blows are often the
Accomplishments Of drunkenness.
Australia has ruled out barmaids. Those
now in service may be registered and H.
censed, but no more can be engaged. But
a landlords wife will be allowed in the bar.
A liquor merchant and expert swore re-
Gently that fine cognac could be made from
roasted almond shells and essential oils.
This drink, he said, would fool the average
drinker.
The teaching Of temperance is now COM
pulsory in the public schools OF the prov
ince Of Ontario. According to the Minister
of Education, no fewer than 150, 900 pupils
are studying this question in the public
schools Of the province, and $4,000 In the
separate schools; and the Public Sc, DOL In
spector for Toronto states that more than
$1,000 pupils in the public schools Of the
city receive instruction in temperance
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
The Bicycle Said to Produce Temperance.

The %semi-annual reports Of the two large
brewing and mailing companies Of Chicago
and Milwaukee have just been published,
and they furnish food for reflection on the
part Of the public as well as the stockhold-
ers. The reports state that there has been
q decrease in the sales Of beer by the two
companies amounting to 47,4T barrels.
The officials attribute this falling OIL In con-
sumption to the depression in commercial
and Industrial enterprise. The total out
put of all the breweries In the Chicago In
ternel revenue district decreased 120, ISL
bushels for the six months, and although
the hot weather has increased the consum-
ton somewhat, 1t Is still below that OF the
corresponding period Of previous years.
Although the official reports relating to
the liquor business do not refer to the ef-
fects OF the bicycle on trade, 1t unquestion-
ably has an important influence. All the
worlds awheel, and as everybody knows,
q wheelman cannot serve two masters.
Hence he has parted company with Gam.
brlnus, and the numerous sheriff sales OF
saloons and embarrassment OF vinous liquor
dealers indicate that the bike Is even greater
than Bacchus. As a temperance worker
the wheel has no charlottesville (nl.)
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Killed q Boy In Church.

At q colored church. four miles west OF
5ylacauga, Ala, a thirteen-year-old colored
boy was murdered. John Graham, q col
ored man, returned to the neighhorhood
after an absence OF two years, much
changed in appearance. During services
in the church the boy whispered to Ora
ham; "You nave been away so long that
you look like q TOAD frog" Graham drew
! pistol and fred at the boy, killing him in
,faptly
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Theobald Mathew.

A young correspondent, who has no per-
sonal recollection Of Father Mathew, asks
US for some facts concerning the great
temperance advocates public career. The
following account gives briefly the princt-
pal events Of his life as o philanthropist
and reformer. Father Mathews heroic
work in Cork, during the cholera epidemic
of 1882, first attracted attention, and at
that time he was appointed one Of the gov
ernors Of the Cork House Of Industry. It
was there he met William Martin, another
governor, an old Quaker, locally famed as
the "teetotal man" OF that city. 1t was
through the influence Of the Quaker that
the priest undertook his temperance work.
One evening early in April, 1888, Father
Mathew sent for Martin and asked his as
sistance in forming a Temperance society"
A meeting was held for that purpose In
Father Mathews chapel on April 10, and
the Cork Total Abstinence Society was
formed. Father Mathew signed the pledge
and was followed by sixty others.
The pledge signed that night differs but
slightly from the form afferward adopted,
and which Is found on the medal. The
Cork pledge read:
ct promise to abstain from all intoxicat-
ing drinks, etc., except used incidentally
, and by the order Of a medical man, and to
discountenance the cause n practice OF
intemperance."
Thus was born one Of the greatest tenn
perance movements that the world has
ever seen. BY the close Of the year 10000
had signed the pledge. The next year the
crusade became an epidemic. On December
l, Father Mathew was advertised to preach
acharity sermon in Limerick. Atremendous
crowd filed the city.
All day long, all night, and most OF b
next day, did Father Mathew stand ad-
ministering the pledge; 1900 names were
recorded, though 1t Is estimated that more
than 10O, 900 signed the pledge at that time.
In two days at Waterford $4,000 signers
were secured. In one day at Clonmel. S0,-
600 signed. During the first year OF the
crusade the Government excise returns
showed a falling off in the consumption OF
spirits OF 1,480, 633 gallons. At the begin
ming Of 1s42, about 5 ,000, 900 persons in Ire
land, more than half the entire population,
had signed the pledge, andthe consumption
OF liquors had fallen of nearly one-half. The
crusade was then extended to Scotland and
England with wonderful results. In 1849
Father Mathew visited this country. His
tour was a continuous ovation. He was
bapqueted at the White House byPresident
Taylor. The United States Senate voted to
admit him to the bar Of the Senate Cham
Der, O distinction which no foreigner had
ever received except General Lafayette.
About GOO, 900 persons signed the pledge In
this country as a result Of Father Mathews
efforts. He returned to Ireland in 1851, so
completely exhausted that he lived only
five years longer. '.,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18

Brooklyn has released pitchers Mcmahon
and Daub.
It will be we'll to watch for a great finish
BY the Clevelands.
The Boston Club will play no more exhi-
bition games this season. 1t is out for the
flag now.
What a wonderful pitcher young Powell
seems to be! He is winning everything for
Cleveland.
Rusie, of New York, never pitched better
ball than this year. His long lay-of did
not affect him.
Warner, OF New York, has caught moro
games than any other catcherin the League
so far this season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Most DEGRADING Of All.

What is more degrading, more shameful.
more despicable In the eye Of God and mar
than intoxication? 1t destroys the temple
of God and turns it into that Of a demon
Shakespeare, in "Othello," refers to intern
perance In the following words: "Oh, thou
invisible spirit of wine, If thou hast no
name to be known by, let US call thee devil"
That invisible spirit is alcohol, which the
great enemy of mankind has so long m
pployed asa decoy to ruin such vast num-
beers of the human race.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Free Grass in Texas.

For a month Of dry weather extending
over a part Of June and the first Of July, a
dozen parties Of haymakers worked in the
free fields Of the coast country about Alvin,
Brazoria County Texas, and shipped thou
sands Of acres covered with this grass are
free to anybody, yet enough goes to waste
every year there, it is said, to feed all the
stock Of northern Texas. The proportion
saved each year, however, is becoming
larger now,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
People.

". J. Bryan Is said to be clearing $4,000
O year from his lectures.
John Wanamaker has had the degree Of
LII. D. conferred upon him by Howard Uni
versity OF Washington, IN institution for
colored students.
Horace L. Chapman, the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Ohio, studied law
when he was q young man, but never
practiced. He is very wealthy.
Governor Black, Of New York, who Is O
Young man in the ~forties, was a farmers
Son and one of a family OF eleven children,
yet he prepared himself, unaided, to enter
college at eighteen and graduated from
Dartmouth at twenty-five. go
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Suicide.

Henry Aubert, aged ffty-eight, and his
wife, Nina, aged ffty-six, respected resi-
dents of Jersey City Heights, N. j., fearing
that their old age would be embittered by
poverty, arranged their worldly affairs and
ended their lives together by lnhaling
Illuminating gas. They were found in
their room lying in their beds as though
aslann
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Seven Killed by a Tornado.

A tornado struck San Jose, Ill. The
house Of A. C. Mcdowell, two and a half
miles north Of San Jose, was destroyed.
Seven persons were killed. They were: A.
G, Mcdowell and his grandson, the wife Of
Samuel Brownlee and three Brownies chill
dren, and Miss Jessie Grover, a neighbor,
who was spending the evening with the
family. The storm came directly from the
north, and utterly destroyed the Mcdowell
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Killed in q Newspaper Ofice.

h. B. Owens, foreman Of The State news
paper, Of Columbia, 8. c., met with a fear-
full accident in the engine room, from the
effects Of which he died next day. He
was slipping a pump belt on when his feet
few from under him, and he fell head-6rst
into the flve-foot hywheel OF the engine.
His arm and head went through and were
crushed. His neck was dislocated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
"That Beats the Devil"

A Christian woman in Illinois recently
followed a drinker, In whom she was deep
ly Interested, into a saloon. Just as he
wa, about to take q glass she tapped him
gently on the shoulder and requested him
to 70 with her. He complied, and as they
marched toward the door the saloon keeper
recovered sufficiently from his amazement
to calculate: "That beats the devil!' The
lady turned and emphatically retorted:
eyes, sir; it was my intention to beat the
devil" If it Is the intention Of the church
to beat the devil, his Gibraltar Of intem-
perance must not be ignored.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
AUSTRALIAN SHEEP DYING FAST.
Tremendous Damage Is Done by Long
Continued Drought.

continued DTUukHts
Consul Bell at Sidney, New South Wales,
reports to the State Department, Wash
lngton, that the long drought in Australia
viii probably be worse on sheep than that
Of 1895. when more than 5000, 900 were lost
through that cause alone. Some estimates
predict the loss OF half the sheep and con-
servative estimates place the loss at 25,-
600, 900.
Lack of rain has destroyed all veseta-
ton on the ranges and the sheep are being
slaughtered in vast numbers to save the
pelts. All this seasons lambs are dead IN
most districts. 1t is declared that one
fifth Of the finest wool sheep on the entire
globe have persisted, and 1t appears TO Dc
m American opportunity now to raise
sheep at home, as the prices on the foreign
wool market are likely to advance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Cycling Notes.

A school to train bicycle riders Is soon to
be started in France.
DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew is learning tc
ride the bicycle. He is receiving instruc'
lions ~ Newport, r. l.
Around Copenhagen, Denmark, all cy-
clists are obliged, under penalty Of n fine
it is said, to walk their bicycles down hill
no matter how small the incline.
A long period Of dryness is harmful tt
rubber. therefore tires should not be stored
in hot, dry places. The dryness acts as
harmfully on rubber as damp does on steel.
A good wipe over with u wet cloth is an
excellent thing for the tires after every
ride.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
A Vineless Potato.

Robert Cornwell, a farmer, living near
Golden City, Mo-, after numerous expert
ments, thinks he has succeeded in develop
ing a potato that will grow without vines.
He says his potatoes grow entirely unde
ground out OF the reach Of potato bugs,
which cost so much to destroy each season,
not to mention the damage they do. He
also says a field planted with the ~vineless
potato may be worked with the ordinary
horrNU
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
THE GROWING SOUTH.
Report Of Industries Established During
the Years Second Quarter.

Report OF Industries EstaDllsneu Dufihs
the Years Second Quarter.
A carefully prepared tabulated report OF
the industries established in the South for
the second quarter Of this year has been
Issued by the Tradesman. These were: Agri-
cultural works, 8; breweries, 9; brick and
tile works, 9; canning factories, Q; COM
presses and gins, So; cotton and wooden
mills, "a; development and improvement
companies, 7; distilleries, 1; electric light
companies, SO; -four and gristmills, 40;
foundries and machine shops, II; gas plants,
6; Ice factories, 9; mines and quarries, 20;
natural gas and oil companies, 8; oil mills,
tanneries, 8; water works, so; wood work
ing plants, 18. Under the head OF miscel-
laneous are included rice mills, soap fac-
tories, sugar mills and reaneries, ETC., 81,
making the total number Of industries for
the quarter 547.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Wheat Still Advancing.

September wheat made a new record on
the New York Produce Exchange, reaching
eighty-six cents. The continued rise is due
to the conviction that the United States
must feed many millions in other coun-
tries. Corn was lower on better crop pros.
meets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Heavy Fighting Up the Nile.

The Egyptian Intelligence Department
has received word Of heavy tribal fighting
up the Nile between the Dervishes and the
Jaalins. The Dervishes, under one OF the
generals Of the Khalifa, defeated the Jaalins
in a pitched battle. and occupied Motemneh.
The losses on both sides were very large.
The Jaalins are said to have lost two thou
land killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Natives Defeated In OAKLAND.

In a battle neal J%himbutu, the capital OF
Gazaland, the Governor Of Portuguese Eas:
Africa, Colonel Albuquerque, with a small
Portuguese force, routed seven thousand
rebels. The Portuguese losses we're two
killed and ten wounded. The natives lost
three hundred,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
No Postal Competition.

The Federal Government will not permit
competition with its postal business. The
Western Union Telegraph Company recent.
ly established in Buffalo, n. Y, q local let
ter delivery at one cent for each letter
This meant a saving Of one cent to the Gus.
TONERS. The company received Il peremp.
tory order from Washington TO abandon
that line Of business.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Sunstroke In Alaska.

Those who have an idea that cold wealth
er prevails exclusively In Alaska will be
surprised to know that Archie Burns. a
miner, was affected by sunstroke while
crossing the pass from Dyea. He recov-
cred and proceeded after two days rest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
THE NEWS %EPIToMlzED.
Washington Items.

Terence V. Powderly assumed office as
Commissioner-Genera Of immigration.
The recent gold discoveries in the Yukon
region are giving renewed interest and I'M
oortance to tho Alaska boundary contro-
Tersy.
Expenditures OF the Government for July
exceeded receipts by nearly s11 ,0OO, 600.
Secretary OF the Navy Long said the
Federal Government can make armor
plates Tor less than the price contractors
demand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Naval Fete at Newport.

Twenty thousand visitors saw the naval
fete at Newport, R. I. In the afternoon
there was a parade Of sailors and marines.
In the evening beautifully Illuminated
boats wound around Goat Island amid the
barking of mo and the detonation Of
bombs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18

American Contracts Cause Indignation.
English firms are indignant because the
contracts for the traction plant Of the
London Central Railway have been given
to Americans.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Senator German May Retire.

1t is said on high authority that United
States Senator German, Of Maryland, will
in a short time announce that he will not
be q candidate for reelection, and that at
the conclusion Of his term he will retire
from politics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
LIGHTNING PLAYS on o Town.

Two children were killed by lightning at
Webster City, Iowa, and the havoc that
lightning played within the city limits for
almost an hour seems incredible. The VIC
tins are Minnie Lupus, aged two, and
Carl Lupus, aged four.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
New Coating For War Ships,

The Navy Department will investigate
the product of the Utah mineral lands With
reference to a new coating for the bottom
of wal ShiDS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
British Government Buys Our Rails.

British Government Buys Uur Tails.
Lord George Hamilton, In reply to an in
quiry in the House Of Commons, said that
the Government had bought 7703 tons Of
rails from America because the lowest
British bid was S43, 375 higher than the
American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
quarry Too Hot to Work In,

During the last especially hot spell work
was suspended in the granite q~uarries at
Concord, N. H., because the stone had be-
come 90 hot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
A Fierce Onslaught.

There are eighteen thousand applica-
tions on Ale for the seventy-lve positions
at the disposal of Congressional Librarian
Young
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
To Secure American Sailors.

To Secure American Sailors.
Lieutenant Commander Hawley will visit
many Of the lake cities to recruit sailors fof
the navy, the object being to secure more
Americans Of the high standard required
than are to be found in the seaboard cities
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Foreign.

NGood progress was made in the peace ne
gotiations between Turkey and Greece
seven Turkish warships sailed for Crete,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Arrests in Washington.
The National Game.

OF the %. 562 arrests In Washington las.
veal, II, 975 were Of colored offenders.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
INCENDIARY FIRE.
Another Stable Burned Yesterday on
the land-.-Suspicion Circumstances
Make the Theory of Incendiarism
Credible.

The Island seems to be the field of
operations for incendiaries. Strangely
enough, though, they have been con-
filming themselves to setting fire to
stables and out-buildings. Yesterday
shortly after two o'clock a stable in the
rear of Virginia street was discovered
on fire and an alarm was sent in from
box ". The fire had a good start and
when the firemen arrived it was burn
ing furiously. It was practically de-
stroyed and the charred sides will have
to be torn down. The stable contained
three sets Of harness and load of hay
About 5000 will cover the loss
The origin of the fire cannot be ac-
counted for, but is strongly believed by
the firemen to have been incendiary.
The building was owned by the Kyle
estate but was occupied by r. F. Ag-
new. Mr.. Agnew says that he left the
stable in the morning and locked the
door and that there was no light or fire
about the building that could cause an
accidental blaze, and to his knowledge
there had been no person in the stable
during the day Additional credibility
is lent to the theory of incendiarism on
account of two similar fires on the ISL
and a short time ago. The Higgins
stable, on Indiana street, and the Burk-
hart stable, near Zane street. were
burned in almost the same way.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO MEN.

When the desolating fact Of impair
ed vigor comes home to men the force
of the blow is crushing. They know
themselves inferior to their fellows.
and they shrink from companionship.
Their ambition is gone, and hope with
it. When hope vanishes despair takes
its place All this is without warrant,
for these men can be cured. Dr.
Greene, the famous specialist in mems
diseases, has found the remedies that
restore vitality in men. These RENE
dies build up and strengthen, and
thousands of men walk the earth to-
day who have been permanently re-
stored to vigorous manhood. by their
use. Weakness vanishes, hope and
ambition return, and the patient is
truly new man. DR.. Greene's glori-
Gus discoveries are the safeguard Of
many thousand homes to-day. His
wonderful Nervura alone has made him
famous. You may consult DR.. Greene
at his Office, So West 14th Street, New
York City, or write to him, and there
will be absolutely no charge for con-
sultation or advice in either case.
whether you call or write The sys-
TEN Of treatment by mail is perfect.
and is absolutely confidential
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
THE HUNTS QUARTETTE AND
MISS DAMIAN.

The Y. NJ. C. A. winter entertain
ment course will be opened by the
kunits String Quartette and Miss
Grace Damian. Seats will be on sale
Saturday morning for the grand con-
cert Tuesday evening. Tickets for
the course sell for S125. The Mon
treal Gazette contains the following
criticism:
'For woman Miss Damian has a
marvellous voice. 1t is a contralto of
good, solid quality, firm body, full and
sweet in the middle compass without
any lusciousness. In the upper regis
ter it is thrilling, with clearness of
enunciation and a faultless accuracy
of tone. She has abundance of re-
source and a physical command over
the low notes that is very unusual in
a female voice, and at times her style
rose to dignity that was impressive
The merit of her voice is its flexiibl-
ity, and her violate passages are grace
full and true"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15

Ellenboro, w. Va, October 1.-THE
Mountain State Gas Company's well on
the Charles Hayhurst farm, on Whisky
Run, is 1,400 feet deep, and shut down
awaiting the arrival of casing.
Cox & Ca,houn's venture on the
Riggs land, up near the head of Whis-
Ky Run, is about 400 feet deep and work
is at standstill awaiting casing
The Low Gap territory, which is To-
Gated about two miles south Of Cora
wallis, and between that place and
Cairo, is attracting much attention
since the big producer came in on the
United Brethren Church lot and new
wells and locations are plentiful in that
locality The Eureka Pipe Line Com
pany has force of men laying new
line to the wells and it looks as if work
will be very active for a time.
NJ Naughton & Co., who plugged a
hole on Joseph Lambert's farm, on the
road between here and Harrisville, are
starting a new hole.