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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12

marryin' alone, BOP Deane," and
marched on again, whistling.
@It's shame!" cried Rose, bursting
into tears. Il never favored him, Rob-
ert.
All that night the seas song was loud
and exultant. Next morning the waves
came rolling in like long-ranged cliffs
Of CLASSY green, with beetlng foam
submits, raging into snow cataracts
and clashing up the cliff face in blind
ing masses of spray; the groundsWell
suck ed the shingle back with threat
ening rattle that sounded like an angry
cry above the continuous thunder OF
the breakers. Men stood gazing sea-
wards, battling with the gusty wind,
and talking of the lifeboat house in the
adjacent bay, saying that it ould never
round the point with such surf.
Rose was little troubled by the gath
ering storm, her heart was too full OF
personal matters. The church bells
rang out from the windy tower in fitful
clashes as the sound was caught and
tossed about by the gale, now pealing
loud on the blast, now unheard Tor min.
utes together, and then pealing out,
tangled again. She did not 60 to
church, PARTLY because her banns were
called, and the hours flew swiftly on to
the wedding day.
Robert came up to tea in the after
noon, all blown about and staggering in
the gusts, which grew fiercer with the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12

sunshine bringing out the gold CLEANS
In Roses hair and the red coming to
her cheeks at Robert voice, he stopped d
and swore quietly to himself. until the
fair one went in by the fireside and the
door was partially closed. Then he
turned away.
Cursed jilt!" he muttered, pursuing
his downward path, with his lobster
pots on his shoulder. "Ay, Bob Deane.
you smiles superior on me, do ye? Mar
ried a Monday and me to ring your bells,
sh? George Attrill ring for another
chaps wedding his own girl! Look to
yours elf. Bob Deane; deal may chance
between this and Monday!"
He stopped again at a lower turn OF
the narrow patch and looked once more
at the iaint glow from the cottage win
dow fronting the moaning sea. then he
,suddenly dashed his lobster-pots to the
Iground and himself beside them, face
tdownwards. The wall OF q sea-gull
living homewards and tho low murmur
!of the surf at the cliff bases alone
broke the silence of the desolate place.
But I'm not to be mistress here, |"
Rose was saying, standing in the glow
ioR the hearth, so soon to be hers; "the
house and all is yourn, Mrs. Deane:
''tisn't even Roberts,. So she said in
her courtesy, looking round the pretty
neat nest she meant to keep and arrange
SO carefully. -
-'Taint all shipshape yet. Rosie,
said Robert; "but mother and me reck-
.ons to get all trim and taut by bed
time"
ITO be sure, Robert worked like g.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Representatives OF All Nations to Meet IN
Washington.

On the 18th of next May congress. OF
representatives of all the nations belonging
to the Postal Uuon will meet in Washington.
One subject which 1t will consider IS the
adoption of a universal postage stamp, which
will be good in all the countries of'he worid.
1t is not proposed that the stamp shall Do
good between points in any given country,
but only from one country to another
A proposition has been urged before Com
cress TO the effect that every State IN the
Union shall have its own distinctive postage
STAMP. This would BIZ Il very pretty notion,
particularly if the stamps bore designs rep
reseptinC in emblemutic fashion the various
States.
The United States Government prints and
sells OOO, ,0u0, 900 stamps annually. Upto two
wears ago all the stamps were printed under
contract By the Bank Note Company in New
York, but it was decided that the Govern.
ment could save money by taking charg9 OF
the business itself. Very little machinery
had to be bought for the purpose. inasmueh as
the Treasury already possessed one OF the
finest engraving and printing plants III the
world. The printing is done by small presses,
each of which turns out 16OU stamps MIN
ute, or about 100, 900 an hour.
The fad for collecting postage stamps has
grown greatly in popularity during the last
few wears, so that the marker value OF rare
specimens generally has about doubled with
in decade. good collection OF stamps
represents rs definite value as so much real
estate, and will fetch corresponding price
ut auction any time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Total Abstainers the Best Workmen.

At one place in England where q large
amount of brick-making is carried on and
where the amount Of each mans work, the
number Of days lost by sickness, or other
wise, and the deaths were made matters Of
record, the rules Of the service allowed to
every man a mug of beer OF each meal. But
there were among the workmen quite q
number who wholly abstained from the use
of the beer and every other intoxicating
drink. An examination of the record
showed that the average amount Of work
done per annum by the beer-drinkers was q
large percentage less than that done by
those who wholly abstained, while the num-
ber of days lost by sickness was greater
British and Foreign Medico-C Chirurgical Re-
view.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Liquor Evil in Ancient Times.

The saSes of antiquity were not insensible
to the madness of intoXication. Some pro-
hibited all cups beyond three,-thc first for
health. the second for cheerfu!ness, the
third for sleep. Lycurgus forbade every
man to drink more than what was strictly
necessary for satisfying the thirst; by the
laws Of Athens. an archon convicted Of
drunkenness was condemned to death; and
Pittacus decreed that a crime under the in.
nuence of liquor could be doubly punished,
The prudence of the Romans, who to inspire
their children with disgust sometimes made
their slaves drunk, is well known. To drink
on an empty stomach was regarded as gross
intemperance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
True Moral Strength.

It is not only unmanly, says Charl
Follen Palmer In "Inebriety," but mean
spirited, for the Incorporate man to del
clare that, although he Is weak on the one(
point Of getting drunk, he is especially
strong on other temptations; that, al
though he gives way to inebriety, he does
not do so In other vices, such as gambling,
lying, stealing, taking undue advantages
Of another in bargain, scandal-monger-
ing, bearing false witness, adultery and the
like. He deceives himself and attempts to
deceive others when he says 50, for he
knows that he does not exercise any strong
force Of moral resistance to these, and that
the reason he does not yield to them Is
because he has no strong tendencies or in
clinations In such directions. II they pos
sessed one-half the power over him that
drink does, he would yield to every one Of
them. There is no manliness in adhering
to virtues which are in harmony with the
disposition-no moral advancement what
ever; for it might be harder to gamble
than not to gamble, to take advantage Of
another than not to do 80, to commit adul-
terry than to subdue the prudent fear Of
consequences, to steal than not to steal.
The truth is that he will exhibit greater
moral strength in fighting against his one
great temptation, drink, than in any other
direction, and it is in this one direction
that his restoration to the full stature Of
man is to come
The temperance zealot, lacking the ap-
petite or desire for liquor, may be much
less the man, as far as drink goes than the
inebriate who resists his craving for drink
five times out of ten; and so it Is with every
virtue In the calendar. We are only
strengthened, developed, and made right
full claimants and possessors of the title
and dignity of manhood nv our sucoessful
fghtings with every form Of weakness.
A large number Of men and women go
through life with the credit of being manly
men and moral women, who have never
had q temptation sufficiently strong and
potent for q kitten not to resist on the
score Of impropriety, and who yet fail to
resist even these.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN
MANY WAYS.

Frozen Pudding Barred by Grand Chief
Fancy, Of the Grand Lodge of Good
TempIars-Convention of the Worlf's
W, C. T. e. at Toronto Next Octob- T.
There was an old topper,
As I've heard tell, .r
And he bought bottle
His head for to swell;
He bought bottle,
All on summers day,
And he fell asleep
On the towns highway.
There came by pedler
And his name was Stout,
And he took the toper's pockets
And he turned them inside out
He left him not penny
To buy another dram,
And the old man woke, exclaiming
"What bloomin' fool ami"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Alcohol Makes Liars.

Or. Norman Kerr, in speaking Of exces-
sive alcoholic indulgence, says: lone Of
and periodic inebriety is an utter disregard
for the truth on the part Of many inc
briates. Females lose the sense of truth
more completely than do males. Seen in
the very act of laying down the just en-.
ptied glass, patients have coolly and
solemnly denied to me that they had par
taken of the contents. The perception Of
truth seems to be destroyed by alcoholic
indulgence; the consciousness of truth
seems to be lost in the devotee Of Bacchus.
Even when temporarily sober the brain
may be so dominated by the alcoholic OBJ
liquity to truth that no reliance can be
placed on any statement made by the man
or woman whose soul has, as it were, been
STEPPED in alcohol"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Save the Children.

Dr. Luc SEVERN, Of Liege, in an article In
LIE Bien Social, makes an earnest appeal on
behalf of the children. Among other things
he says:
"It has long ago been proved that health
has nothing to gain by the use Of even g.
minimum quantity of alcohol, and that, on
the contrary, 1t can only be injured by 1t.
1t is, then, indispensable that parents, un.
der whatever pretext 1t may be urged (ex.
cal prescription, should never give their
children wine, nor beer, nor liquors Of any
kind. In fact, one has often seen children
whom their parents had taught to taste
alcoholic liquors take advantage Of a favor.
able opportunity to drink rapidly a quan.
tity Of liquor which quickly makes them in
toxicated, and often ends in commissions OF
q state Of Inflammation of the brain, very
serious for health, sometimes even fatal"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
A Poison.

Among the radical opponents Of the use
of alcohol as beverage, whether In
large are small portions, is Dr.. A. Flick,
professor of physiology in Wurzburg. he
pronounces alcohol poison, and as q spe-.
cialist in physiology he declares that its
effect on the mind and body is most per-
nicious. Respecting the strengthening in
fuence of alcohol he says: 1T is alto
gether beyond question that even the
moderate dose Of alcohol diminishes the
powe rof work. All that is said about
the strength produced by slcohol is de-
ception. The small glass Of the poor man
taken during his hours of labor is un-
doubtedly injurious. Every penny which
the laborer pays for alcoholic drinks is not
only wasted, but also works destructively.
The laborer would use his money produc-
lively if he spent for fat and sugar what he
gives for alcohol
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
IHnrlfl's ". c. 7. l..

The convention which is to be held in
Toronto will begin October 23d. The con-
vention will be attended and addressed by
Miss Agnes Weston and Mrs. Hannah
Whitall Smith. 1t will be a delegated body,
300 strong, each delegate representing 100
pledged and paid-up members.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Frozen Pudding Barred,

At the annual session of the Grand Lodge
of Good Tempiars in Worcester, Mass,
Grand Chief Templar Joseph A. Fancy sub
mitted number of decisions. one Of which
was:
IF plate of frozen pudding, saturated
with liquor, is placed before q member and
he partakes of it, he violates his pledge"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Temperance News and Notes.

No man drinks to please his wife.
Strong drink is the devils way to man,
and mans way to the devil.
Every blow aimed at the saloon is bound
to hit the devil somewhere.
Whisky fills hundred thousand homes
with misery. and is poisoning the blood Of
the generations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12

A "Divine Healer" In Dime Museum.
Schrader, the "Divine Healer" sin dime
museum In Allegheny, Penn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12

harley for myself or nv mother-in-law out
of these separate straws." Not so said
beautiful Ruth. She gathered two straws,
and she put them together, and more straWs,
until she got enough to make sheal. Put-
ting that down, she went and gathered more
straws, until che had another shea', and
another. and another, and another, and then
she brought them together, and she threshed
them out, and she had an ephah OF barley,
nigh a bushel. Oh, that we might all be
cleaners!
Elhu Burrtt learned many things while
toilinC In IL blacksmith shop. Abercrombie,
the world renowned philosopher, was a
! philosopher in Scotland, and he got his phil
osophy, or tho chief part OF II, While as
physician he was waiting for the door OF the
sickroom to open. Yet how many there are
in this dav who say they are so busy they
have no time for mental or spiritual i'm
provement. The great duties Of life cross
| The field like strong reapers and carry OH all
| the hours. and there Is only here and there
| q fragment left that is not worth cleaning.
All, my friends, you could go intothe busiest
duy and busiest week Of your life and lind
golden opportunities, which. gathered,
| might at last make whole sheai lot the
Lords garner. 1t is the stray opportunities
and the stray privileges which, taken up ana
! bound together and beaten OUT, Will at itst
| fill you with much JOY.
There are few moments left worth the
cleaning. Now, Ruth to the field! May each
one have n measure full and running over!
Oh, you cleaners. to the field! And it there
be in yonr household an aged one or sick
relative that is not strong enough to come
forth and toll in this field then let Ruth take
home to feeble Naomi this sheaf OF cleaning
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again
with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
him." May the Lord God of Ruth and
Naomi be our portion forever!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-16
NEW PATENT LAWS
Governing International Patents Will
be Asked for by the United States.

Washington, Sept. 16.-Commissioner
Butterworth and Assistant Commits
sioner Greedy of the patent office, are
engaged in putting in shape amend
ments to be offered to the treaty exist
ing among the leading nations of the
world, for the protection of Industrial
property.
A meeting of the representatives of
these nations has been called to convene
in Brussels next December, and il is
the purpose of this country to secure if
possible certain notifications of the
present agreement. The convention was
entered upon for the purpose of protect
ing patents, trade marks and other sim
liar interests
Article of the treaty is one which
this country will seek to have changed.
AS the article stands, it provides that
the citizens of each of the contracting
states shall enjoy in all the other
states the same advantages that are
given to the citizens of those states. 1t
has been found that this provision
works a hardship upon our people TAX
ing out patents abroad entirely out of
proportion to the tax upon foreigners
taking out patents in this country.
In some countries to become the own
ers of a patent right costs an American
as we'll a citizen from 5000 to $780,
while the uniform rate in this country
is $35.
The effort will be to amend that
treaty making our rates TO them equal
to theirs to- US.
There will also be an effort to restrict
the articles which are patentable in
this country so that the subject of an
other country cannot patent any arti-
Gle in the United States upon which
he cannot secure a patent in his own
country. This modification has been
suggested by the attitude of Germany
In that country a patent may be OBJ
tanned for a chemical process, but not
on the product. 1t is claimed this re-
suits very disastrously to our interests,
enabling German manufacturers in
some interests to control our market.
An amendment will also be suggested
on behalf of this country to article 4,
so as to define more clearly the right
of priority and put inventors of this
country on the same footing as those of
other countries where patents are
granted without the preliminary exam
nations which our laws require.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-16
All the Enrolled Members Requested
to be Present Tonight

The Karnival Knights will hold an
important meeting this evening at the
hall, SOB and sos Kansas avenue. to
which all young men of the city who
have been elected as members of the
organization are earnestly invited. A
full attendance is desired as the sub
ject of going to Atchison one week from
tomorrow will be discussed. The Kar-
nival knights 300 or 400 strong will go
in body to the Atchison Corn Carnival
headed by Marshall's band. The meet
ing this evening is important in that
the full arrangements will be made. Ar
rangements for the Topeka Carnival
will also be made. There is ample seat
ing capacity at the hall and a large at
tendance is expected Will Haskell
will be present and outline his plans
for booming the Carnival and making
it a big thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-16
PRESENTATION OF CHANCE"
Society Girls Will Usher at the Par
lor Comedy, Library Hall.

The presentation of the farce comedy
Chance under the direction of Miss
Georgia Brown, at Library hall Fri
day evening of next week promises to be
an entertainment of unusual interest. The
farce was arranged by Miss Brown from
Heads or Tails and "A Box of Mon
keys" and is bright and full of humor-
Gus situations. The cast of the piece as
it will be presented is as follows:
Mr.. Wranglesworth-A wealthy man
ufacturer .......-...---. Adrlan sherman
Harold Dycaster-His nephew ....-:....
Christopher Quail-Who celebrates.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Julius Wedding
Edward RalSton-A promising young
American. half owner of the Sierra
SOld mine lean LOW
Chauncey Oglethorpe-His -partner:..
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JOS Morgan
Sierra Bengaline-A prairie rose, Mrs.
Wranglesworth' niece. Eva Brown
Rosamond - Mr.. WranglesWorth's
Wfnifred-Very Willing. .Virgie Mulvane
Landy Guinevere Llandpoore-AnE Eng
lish primrose, daughter of the Earl
of Paynaught- -s.--.N.-.-.-.. Lllllan rent
Mrs. Wranglesworth-An admirer of
rank; Rosamond's stepmother.
-.---.--..--...- 1880 -OlI!e - BIIen
At the presentation of the piece Miss
Glenna Cross, Miss Edna Crane, Miss
Ivah Davis, Miss Mary Thompson and
Miss Franc Littlefield will act as ushers.
The proceeds of the entertainment go to
the floral fund.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-16
TO UNITE THE OCEANS.
Scheme for an Interoceanic Railway
in Nicaragua.

Washington, Sept. 16.-United States
Consul Weisike, at Managua, has been
earnestly at work to secure from the
Nicaraguan government a liberal con-
cession for the construction of an inter
oceanic railway in that country which
should place the capital, Managua, in
direct communication by rail with the
Atlantic ports of Bluefields and Rama
and reduce from 10 to six days the time
required for communication with the
United States.
He has addressed himself on this sub
ject to President Ze1aya and to General
Espanosia, pointing out the many adj
VantageS to accrue to Nicaragua ana
the United States by the construction
of this railway. He did not ask the con
cession for himself, or his friends, but
asked only that it be bestowed upon
United States citizens
The correspondence upon the subject
which has reached the state department.
shows that both President Zelaya and
Gen. Espanosia gave the project hear
tY Endorsement.
Mr. Weisike has consequently secured
a promise from Don Santiago la Jose,
the representative in congress of 'the
Atlantic coast district. that he will in
troduce a bill based upon the consuIs
ideas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-16
BIG STRIKE ENDS.
Thousands of Coal Miners Re-
turn to Work in the Pitts
burg District.

Pittsburg, Sept. 16.-After three months
idleness, between 5000 and 1900 miners
in the Pittsburg district returned to work
today in accordance with the action
taken at yesterdays convention authoriz-
ing the men to resume work in all mines
complying with the provisions of the scale
of 65 cents adopted at Columbus. The
remainder of the q. 900 miners of the dis
trict will be at work before the close of
the week. 1t is estimated that the strike,
which lasted 65 working days. cost the
people of the Pittsburg district from So
100000 to $7000,000. OF this amount the
miners lost about ST. 30, 600 in wages.
The strike against the DeArmitts will
continue indefinitely. Arrangements have
been made to assess the working miners
per cent of their wages to defray the
expenses of keeping up the fight until the
Go cent rate is made uniform throughout
the district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-16
YOU CANyOT CURE PILES
By Internal Remedies.

The only sure way to cure every form
of piles is to use remedy like the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure, which is applied directly
to the parts affected and its wonder
full healing effects are apparent from
the first application because the medi-
cinal properties are rapidly p Inscribed by
tissues and sensitive membranes of the
rectum and the cure is made speedily
and almost before the patient is aware
of it every trace of piles has left him.
This is one of the reasons why the
Pyramid Pile Cure has been so uni
formIy successful. 1t is applied di-
rectly just where it is needed and where
it will do the most good. Not by the
the harsh, barbarous methods of varI-
Gus surgical operations and so-called
systems.
Direct application to the seat of dis
ease is the only rational way, and this
is fully accomplished by the Pyramid
Pile Cure
If the voluntary testimony of thous-
ands who have tried this remedy is
worth anything, then no sufferer has
any excuse for longer delaying in giving
it fair trial, knowing that when you
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made one more friend, the best possible
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tains no poison, and lastly, it is the
cheapest and quickest cure yet found.
Your druggist can tell you what il has
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