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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
BROUGHT Up on THE BOTTLE.

A Lewiston man, who was @ politician in
Portland, Me-, when General Neal Dow was
Mayor OF that city. in 1854, tells OF man
whom he brought before Mayor Dow for
abusing his wife while drunk. The Mayor
ordered that the man be brought before
him with his whisky bottle. He put the
bottle on the table In the court room and
The prisoner fixed his eyes on it and admitted
that he had drunk out OF 1t. When the man
was sent up to the jail Mayor Dow took the
bottle along himself and requested the turn
key to place the flask Just outside the cell
door, where the prisoner could see it, and it
stood there two months. BE begged to have
the bottle broken or removed. Once when
the door was opened he made dash with
his foot 10 break 1t. but did not succeed.
When that man was released he hated the
sight Of a whisky bottle, and never tasted
drop Of liquor afterward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
Deafness Cannot be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reacn the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu.
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in.
famed condition CT the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in.
famed you have rumbling sound or inper.
feet hearing. and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inf1am-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
destroyed forever. Nine cases out Of ten are
caused By cararrh which is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
Corn
per bushe

It will thus be seen that if this quail
ity of coal were selling at less than
ST. so and corn were bringing 12c.. it
would pay to turn corn, while coal
must sell as low as S5.41 per ton to be
as cheap as fuel at 10c. per bushel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
BAxrsHED TIE WRONG ONE

Louis MI. of France first gave permis-
sion to distill spirits on Il large scale. So
terrific were the effects twenty-five years
afterward that Francis, his successor, was
obliged for the safety OF his subjects to en-
net u law that the drunkard who remained
incorrigible alter severe monitory punish
ment should suffer amputation OF the ears
and be banished from til" kingdom.
How much more wisely would Francis
have acted If instead Of balishinS the drunk
ard he had banishcd the pcrnicious material
OF drunkenness,
Yet in this nineteenth century Of our Gov
ernment to-day acts as unwiScly MS did
Francis. 1t imprisons the drunkard, whereas
it should imprison the drunkard's drink
that which makes the drunkard. National
Temperance Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
TEMPERANCE.
THE WILL AND THE WAY.

THE WILL AND THE WAY.
Farewell. wild companions, past follies and
Farewell. sly enchanter the bowl;
Farewell, ye deceitful and sinful decoys,
The light has just dawned on my soul.
Ye promised me pleasure, while laughter
went round,
Till ye led me to ruins dark brink,
believed, partock, enjoyed and found
The road to misfortune was drink.
But now I'm resolved, with the succor of
grace,
To arise, and do all that 1 can
My life to reform, my steps to retrace,
And become quite temperate man.
fear no relapse, though the old habits are
strong
II for help but fervently pray;
believe IN the maxim too old 70 be wrong
That, Where there's will there's way.
A PUBLICAN's ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHILDREN.
The following letter which appeared in the
English Alliance News, is worth very wide
circulation, as 1t shows the advantage of
teaching temp erance songs TO popular tunes:
"Sir-A publican in my neighborhood
(a1tke End), at Christ mas thought it would
be cheaper 10 give the children Of his Gus
TONERS (costermonger5 aid laborers) an en-
tertainment in lieu of Christmas boxes, so
engaged the services of local proprietor
OF Punch and Judy show to give an exhi.
bition OF his puppets In his large billiard
room, which was cleared out for the pur-
pose. and packed as full as it would hold OF
the youngsters. At the conclusion of the
show friend OF the landlord, who had been
acting AS NJ. G. during the evening. made
speech to the children, in which he greatly
eItoled the virtues of his friend Bung, and
told the youngsters how thankful they ought
to be that he was such good, kind gentle
man to give them such a splendid treat as
they had had that evening. When he fin
!shed talking the pianist struck up the tune,
"For He's Jolly Good Fellow" expecting
The Youngsters would MI join In singing the
same; but the children associated with the
tune another ditty, with which the East
Enders' youngsters are more familiar, which
is as follows:
Shut up your public houses,
Shut up your public houses,
Shut up your public houses,
For we want nore OF your beer.
And they commenced to shout this with
all the strength Of their young lungs. The
landlords friend in vain shouted to them
above the din to hold their noise as that was
not tho right song. saying, Shut up, you
young devils and the children hearing the
wor Is Shut up,' thought he intended them
to shout louder and longer especially as he
was gesticulating violently, and this they
did, and kept it up until they were uncere-
moniously bundled into the street, the pub
leans NJ. G. calling than the most migrate
ful little wretches he 1ad ever seen. My
informant who Uaa tha ohounoop bipocoIf
told me it was comical sight to see the ex-
cited state Bung's friend was in at the unex-
pected turn things had taken. Straws show
which way the winl blows, and it is evident
chat Bands of Hope in this district are
teaching the children that beer is not the
necessity Of life it was once supposed to be,
but harmful. W. BONNER"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

The Shah of Persia is going to send
an embassy extraordinary to visit sue
cessively st. Petersburg, Vienna, Ber-
lin, Paris and London. Nasseret Moulk.
son of the former Minister OF Foreign
affairs of the late Shah, will be at the
head of it. He is said to be an intel
ligent man, quite familiar with Euro
mean affairs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
WOMEN OPPOSE TREATING.

Vigorous action against the treating habit
is being taken up by tine w. c. It. 9. in the
States Of New York ana Pennsylvania. An
anti-treatinG bill has been introduced into
the New York State Senate providing that
whoever treats or offers to treat any person
10 an intoxicating drink or beverage in
public place shall be fired IS for the first
offence, and not less than five days. or more
than twenty for the second offence. The
White Ribboners ure circulating petition in
relating 10 this treating habit. Mrs Rebecca
B. Chambers is pushing the movement In
Pennsylvania with the aid of the State Presl
dent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

There is Boston church where the
contribution box has q small bell con-
cealed in it, which rings only when
deposit is made. The collection Is
taken during the sermon, and the
stingy churchgoers are thus easily de-
fenfad
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

Cremation is making progress in
Sreat Britain. Facilities for incinera-
htion have now been provided at Man
chester and Glasgow, as we'll as. at
3Woking, and every year the number
of bodies disposed Of by that process
is increasing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
VIRTUE REWARDED.

The temperance society OF an Ohio town
recently purchased the only saloon in the
town limits aud burned all of the fixtures
with appropriate ceremonies. The owner
was recently converted at Il revival meeting,
md the prohibitionists ure now booming
him for Mayor. Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

According to recent returns there,
were 917,201 births and 527, 92e deaths
registered in England snd Wales dur.
ing 1896. The natural increase of the
population during the. year being thus
389,272.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
Agriculture in Spain.

The business OF farming in Spain Is so
much depressed that the Government is
about to devote $1,000, 900 to the relief OF
that industry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

There is said to have been very much less
snow in Maine at the beginning OF March
than ever before at that season in forty-fve
years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
No.To-Bac for Fifty Cents

Over 100000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobsccoi
Saves money, makes health and manhood;
Cure guaranteed. so cents and Sl0O. at all
druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton to sufferers from Asthma.-E. d. Town
SEND, Ft. Howard, Wis, May 4. 1894.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

FITSstopped andpermanentlycured. No
hts after first days use Of DR.. KLlNE's GREAT
NERvEREsroRER. Free S2trial bottleand treat
ise Send 10 DR. Kline 9Sl Arch St, Phila.. Pa
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

WHEN bilious or costve, eat a Cascaret.
candy cathartic: cure guaranteed: l0c., 25c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

A general European war could not
fail to stimulate prices of American
farm produce, yet our farmers, boasts
the American Agriculturist, are disin.
terested enough to wish the world at
peace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
tion. aliays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

Horses have been offered at Oxford, Me-,
lately in open market at ''S5 and take your
rint -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

CAscARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; lOc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

--|JUST try 10c. box of Cascarats, the fnes
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

Ifaflicted With sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
so4'sEye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

SIT. vitus' Dance. One bottle DR.. Fenner's
Specific cures. Circular, Fredonia, n. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

1t was rather risky :hing for Paul to at
tempt to quote extemporaneously from a
poem in language foreign to his and be-
fore Greek scholars, but Paul did 1t without
stammerinS and then acknowledged before
the most distinguished audience on the
planet his indebtedness to the Greeks, cry
ing out in his oration, las one OF your own
poets has said"
Furthermore, all the civilized world. like
Paul, is indebte! TO the Greeks for architec-
ture. The world before the time Of the
Greeks had built mOnoliths. obelisks, crom-
l.chs, sphinxes and pyramids, but they were
mostly monumental, to the dead whom thy
failed to menor alize We are not certain.
even, OF the names of those in whose COM
memoration the pyramids were built. But
Greek architecture did most for the living.
Ignoring Egyptian prece!ents and borrow
ing nothing from other nations, Greek archi-
lecture carved its own columns. set its own
pediments, ad justed its own entablatures,
roun.rd its own holdings and carried out
rs never before the three qualities OF right
building. cal ed by IN old author 'hrmltas,
utiitas, venustas namely, tlrmness, use
fulnesS, beauty.
But there is another art in my mnd-the
most fascinating, elevating and inspiring OF
all arts and the nearest to the divine-lor
which all the world owes a deot to the He!'
lenes that will never be paid. mean scuip-
tur, At least go years before Christ the
Greeks perpetuated the human face anu
form in terra Gotta ana marble. What Il
blessing to the human family tina. men and
women. nightly useful, who could live only
within century may be pcrpeluateh for nve
or six or ten cepturcs1 How wish TINT
some sculptor contempornneous with Chris'
could have put His matchlcsS form III mar
bic, But Tor every grand and exquisite
statns If Martin Luther. Of John KNOX. OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

were broken, he stopped the whirlng wind
lass and arrested the descending bucket and
saved the lives o. the miners beneath. The
superintendent OF the mine flew to the res
cue and blocked the machinery. When Jim
Hemsworth's bleeding and broken body was
put on litter and carried homeward and
some one exclaimed, Jim, this Is awful"
he replied, "Oh, what's the difference so
long as.I saved the boys?"
What an illustration it was Of suffering for
others. and what text from which to illus
trate tho behavior OF our Christ, limping
and lacerated and broken and torn and
crushed in the work Of stopping the descend
ing ruin that would have destroyed our
souls! Try such scene OF vicarious suffering
as this on that man capable Of overthrowing
all your arguments for the truth, and he will
sit down and weep. Draw your illustrations
from the classics, and 1t is TO him an old
story, but Leyden jars and electric batteries
and telescopes aud Greek drama will all sur
render to the story Of Jim Hemsworh's ''Oh,
what's the difference 50 long as l saved the
boys?"
Then. if your illustration Of Christ's self
sacrifice, drawn from some scene OF to-day,
and your story Of what Christ has done for
you do not quite fetch him into the right
way, just say to him, professor doctor
Judge, why was it that Paul declared he was
learned friend to take the Greek Testament
and translate for you. In his own way. from
Greek into English. the splendid peroration
OF Pau's sermon on Mars hill, un-
der the power of which the scholarly
Dionysius surrendered namely. "The
times of this ignorance God winked at.
but now commandeth all men everywhere
to repent, necause He hath appointed day
in which He will judge the world in right
eousnpss, by tina, man whom he hath Or
dained, whereof He hath given assurance
unto all men in that He hath raised him
from the dead" By the time he has got
through tho translation from the Greek l
think you will see his lip tremble and there
will como pallor on his lace like the pallor
on the sky at daybreak. BY the eternal
salvation Of that scholar. that great thinker,
that splendid man. you will have done some
thing to help pay your Indebtedness 10 the
Greeks. And now to God the Father. God
the Son and God the Holy Ghost be honor
ard glory and dominion and victory ana
song, world without end. Amen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the b8st.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14

Hoods Pills easy eas Rlos: in eect esaT IS cents ana
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-22
A ThioTs Confession

Boston. June 22.-George c. Blair, with
many aliases. who was arrested Satur-
day afternoon by Inspector Gaddis on q
charge Of stealing bag containing $500
worth of diamonds and other valuables,
the property of G. Butler Smith Of the
Hotel Vendome, and who claimed to
have come from Virginia, told Inspector
Watts that he Is q native Of the District
of Columbia and that his father Is a
commander in the United States navy,
now under suspension because he made
some remark derogatory to Armiral Por-
ter, and was tried by q court martial
at Richmond, about seven years ago.
my first stealing" he said, was done
in order to get money to maintain a re-
spectable appearance at college. rob-
bed my college mates right and left.
j would relieve them Of their valuables
when we had our little suppers, and /
had placed them under the table, % to
cpeak. That was how began. I
have kept It up ever since. have
never served but one term, however. and
that was in the state Of Connecticut. on
a charge Of forgery
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-22
On Their Honor at Princeton.

A marked advance has been made by
the students themselves at Princeton dur
ing the past few years In the matter of
dignity and the ethics Of college life.
Spontaneously and without influence from
faculty or alumni-an influence which
generally seems to work inversely TO the
direction inteDded-they introduced and
have maintained what Is now known
throughout the college world az the "hon.
or system" under which student caught
by his fellows cheating at examinations
loses his social status, Is disgracod, and, as
matter Of fact, has to retire from the
university. It needed only that one or
two should be thus ostracized to discover
that the mass Of honorable students could
successfully maintain a system of absolute
fairness. So true Is this that professors
sometimes leave their examination room,
and the old time surveillance IL q dead let
ter. The spirit of manliness has still
further pcrmcated tho student life, and
brutal hazing has also disappeared during
recent years, it IL hoped never to return.
james w. Alexander In Scribner's.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-22
Uncle Sam . Fire sufferer.

New York. June 22.-For the second
time within q week the United States
government finds itself loser for a sum
over S300.0o0 Tonight the ordinance
building In the navy yard at Brooklyn
was destroyed by fire. The ordinance
building which is known as No. 13 In
a 3-story structure. 250 feet long and
about so feet wide. The building itself
is valued at 100000. and. by q custom Of
Uncle Sam. is uninsured. The great loss
which the destruction OF this building
entails In accounted for by the fact that
within II was stored some Of the best
ordinance In the possession OF the Amer
lean navy. On the ground floor were
stored a large number Of field pieces and
rapid firing guns, together with many
Whitehead torpetoes. the total value OF
the goods on this floor alone being about
$780, .0O0
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-22

When De Lesseps was in Egypt 90 presi.
dent Of sanitary commission in 1884, II
became his duty to inspect great mum
Der Of convicts in the Egyptian galleys,
and among these he found upward Of 4OC
Syrians from Nazareth, all Christians.
The Nazarenes begged him to do some.
thing to get them free. De Lessops set
about procuring their release. AS Me.
hemet Ali, the vioeroy, had reasons FOL
wishing to stand well with the French, he
told De Lesseps that he would quietly pro.
cure the liberation of five prisoners week
until they were all free, but presently Dc
Lesseps' doors were besieged BY the rela-
tives and friends of the remaining prison.
ers. The Frenchman was 30 nearly torn
to pieces by these importunate people that
he purposely had one Of his suits of clothes
literally torn into tatters, and on the next
occasion, when he was to SEQ the viceroy,
he wore 1t.
Mehemet was astonished at such an ex.
traordinary costume. what has happened
to you, M. 10 Francais9' the vioeroy asked.
"Oh, your highness, answered Dc Les
seps, "no one but yourself has put me into
this plight, for in ordering that those Naz
arenes should be set free at the rate Of five
a week you have left me the prey OF the
families Of those who remain in the gal
leys. They are tearing me to pieces, and
so it will be as long as any are left. There
were 412. Your highness, by computing,
can see how long must go In rags" The
viceroy, after laughing at SO extraordinary
piece of diplomacy, ordered that all the
prisoners from Nazareth should be liber-
ated at once.--San Francisco Argonaut.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-22
SOcialiat DehA.

Chicago, June 22.-With the sunlight
shining on his impassioned countenance
and a convention Of socialists roaring at
his feet Mr.. Debs yesterday outlined his
cooperative commonwealth scheme. He
declared that the present American
system of government would be over
thrown by peaceful means, IL possible.
but otherwise II necessary. and gave
notice that he and his followers were pre-
pared to resist United States troops at
the right time. The supreme executive
board. selected by the convention to
manage the vast and complicated pro-
gram for the formation Of q new com
monwealth, consists of Eugene ". Debs.
William z. Burns. Roy M. Goodwin.
Eylvesta Keliher and James Hogan.
the Ave men who were sent to the Wood
stock jail for contempt Of court at the
time of the Chicago strike.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-22

Among batch of stories attributed to
President Lincoln Is tho following good
one on President Tyler: "During Mr..
Tyler's inoumbency of the Office he ar
ranged to make an excursion In some d.
rcction, and sent his son Bob to arrange
for special train. It happened that the
railroad superintendent was a strong
Whig. As such he had no favors to be-
stow on tho president, and informed Bob
that his road did not run any special
trains for tho president. What said Bob,
did you not furnish special train for
the funeral Of President HarrisonY' Yes,
said the superintendent, and II you'll
bring your father In that condition you
shall have the best train on the road. -
Troy Times.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-22
Attorney NV Dead.

Providence. June 22.-After an illness
of 10 days, Joseph G. Ely, undoubtedly
the most prominent attorney I'm the
state, died at his home In this city yes
terday morning from an affection OF
the heart. His death was the result of
overwork. He was counsel for many
large corporations. was one Of the COM
mlssioners on the revision of the laws
OF the state. and. had been prominently
connected with a number Of public In
.fitutioua