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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
TIE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

The sisnboard-A Fable About Mouse
Trap and a SalooA-Once Inside tho
Latter and Your Liberty is Gone For
ever-A Warning Worth Heeding.
will print you a sign, Rumseller,
And hung it above your door,
A truer and better signboard
Than ever you had before.
will paint with the skill OF a master.
Aud many shall pause to see
That wonderful piece OF painting,
SO like the reality.
will paint you ruddy md smiling,
Whlte-aproned and supple and gay,
Like an dngel OF light 10 the simple,
But body and soul are your prey.
Here your Victim comes In, RumselIer.
At your hand he takes his first drink,
His FIRST net in the drama Of ruin,
Think OF 1t, Rumseller, think.
And now farther on view the signboard,
What scene ~ this that appears?
must paint with deeper colors.
Mixed with darkness and blood and
tears.
Hore's homo that you Elasted, Ruuseller,
A home OF despair, want aud strife,
Here are children OF shame aud sorrow,
And broken hearted wife.
] will paint tho form of q mother
AS she kneels at her darling's side
Her beautiful boy that was dears:
Thnn all the world beside
Fill paint the shape Of O coffin,
Labeled with one word-"Lost.s
I will paint all this, Rdmseller,
will paint 1t free Of cost.
Dut all the sin and shame and sorrow,
The crime and want and woe
That are born here In your rumshop,
No hands can paint, you know.
But I'll paint you sign, Rumseller.
And many shall pause to view
That wonderful swinging sigDboard,
so teariuly, terribly true.
And now as close. Rlm3eller,
Hear a kind timely warning, pray.
There's day OF judgment soon coming,
A great aud terrible day!
Repent and believe on Jesus,
Repent and forsake the whole,
Then God will forgive In His mercy
And eternully save your soul.
Presbyterian Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
WhaI the Man YotoA For.

We license q rumseller to make men
drunk; we pay policemen whom the rum.
seller may call In to remove the drunken
man to jail; we pay the officers OF court
high fees to sit on the prisoner; We pay u
big salary to judge to sentence him; and
II he committed crime we pay the expenses
OF pententiary to shut him up for years.
The man who votes for license votes for all
this.-The American Issue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
Murders Il hallway Man.

Ethan Mills, former lieutenant i'll the
volunteer engineer service and former
Lieutenant Governor OF Idaho, shot and
instantly killed Chief Engineer O'Melviney
OF the Oregon Short line in the latter'S Of
Ace in Salt Lake City: Etab.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
Tracts For Onr Soldiers,

The report OF the American Tract Society
for lust year shows that during the yeal
thirty-two new, permanent publications
were begun, making u total OF 623S. The
society is publishing literature In Spanish
for distribution among our new islapd pos-
sessions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18

Before men we stand rs Opaque beehives
They can see the thoughts go in and out OF
US; but what work they do inside Of man,
they cannot tell. Before God We are as
glass beehives. and oil that our thoughts
are doing within us Hs perfectly sees and
understands.-HenryW Ward Beecher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18

ITO Never SAM q. orGc Washinglon.
UnUle Mace Jackson celebrated his 127th
birthday few days ago at bis forty-acre
IL: NJ uear Monroe City. No. He Is an In.
tel. :y-nt negro. and Admitted that he never
s.~ Washington, although lie was born
u." .nlsed In Virsiuih.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
state of Siege I;alsed.

A ukasc has been Issued by the Serriau
Government raising the stnto OF siege
established In the Department OF Boil.
grade ut tho time Of the attempted
assassination OF Former King Milan
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18

Law Against killing Eagles Repealed.
1t il lawful to kill eagles in Connecticut
at any time OF the year, the law prohibiting
It having been ropealed two reprs ago
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
Dutch Officials Killed by Borneo Rioters.

The Colonial Department at Tho Hague,
Holland, received despatch from Batavia
saying that, in riot ut Kendangnn, In the
southeastern part OF Borneo,tw Dutch Of
fcials have been killed. Munv OF the
rioters were shot ana others arrested. The
situation Is now more satisfactory.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
British Soldiers and Total Abstinence.

At the annual meeting OF the Army
Temperance Association, recently held In
London, the Marquis OF Lansdowne, the
War Secretary, In speaking OF the spread
OF total abstinence In the army, said:
"In tho last twenty years the number OF
courts-martial minor punlshments and
fines for drunkenness had approximately
diminished by one-half." The figures
which show the relative proportions OF Of
fences committed by the abstatnlng men
and the non.abstainers Indicate much
greater difference than this.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
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Mr.. McKipley's Hfstorlc Gayel.

Gods highest favor to map is 10 h4lD
him GrOW.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-18
Drink and Ifered fty.

In opening discussion the Other day at
the Society for the Study OF Inebriety, Pro-
fessor Sims Woodhead drew attention to
the bearing OF modern theories regarding
heredlty upon the drink question. The two
hypothesis which he especially set hlmself
to controvert were, first, that the taste for
drink Is transmitted from father to son-in
other words, that children are born with
such an innate tendency to drink that they
ore hardly to bs held accountable when In
later years they become drunkards; second,
that drinking nation gradually develops
sort OF immunity to drink, SO that, bad
as may be the effects OF alcohol on the
present generation, the drunkenness OF to-
day does but lead to the temperance OF to-
morrow, and to the gradual development
Of race which will not only be immune to
the effects OF alcohol, but Indifferent to It's
charms.
We do not say how far the views OF Pro-
fessor Sims Woodhead will meet with gen.
eral acceptance. So far as concerns the
i'm mrractlcability. nay, the undesirability,
Of driving away the taste for alcohol by In
uring the tissues to Its effects, we are en-
tirely at one with him; but when 1t becomes
q matter OF measuring up tho responsibility
OF the individual there seems but little to
choose, so far as the "patient" Is concerned,
between an inherited taste for alcohol and
an inherited weakness which makes 1t dif-
acult to keep away from 1.-THE Hospital.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16
PROUD of His Son.

Nv Thos. Coppinger, Dayton,
Tenn, says: l have used RamOn's
Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets for
years, and canno: say enough Of
Them for the good thy nave done
tn my family. l wish t" tell you
specially what they did for my
youngest son. We thought he was
too little to take pills, but when he
saw the rest of US taking our usual
Tonic Pellet at night, he would cry
for one also. So we commenced
giving them TO him regularly, and
from pale, delicate child he i'm
proved Immediately, and lately he
is as robust a lad as ever brea,hed
mountain air, rosy checked, and he
looks as healthy as any big fat Irish
man you ever saw. For sale by
Lafayette Drug Co.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16
Brave Men Fall

Victims to stomach. liver and
kidney troubles as we'll as women,
and all feel the results in loss of ap-
petite, poisons in the blood, back
ache. nervousness, headache and
tired, llstless, rundown feeling.
But there's no need to feel like that.
Listen to J. w. Gardner, Idaville,
Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters
are just the thing for Il man when
he is all run down, and don't care
whether he lives or dies. 1t did
more to give me new strength and
good appetite than anything I could
take. l can now eat anything and
have a new. lease on life" Only
SO cents, at VIM. Clegg's drug store.
Every bottle guaranteed.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16

past. He says that the woman has
had stage career under another
name, and that this is not the first
time she has been mixed up in a
shooting affair."
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16
The Dreams Of Youth.
TFor The Gazette. |

Lies sun is bright in youthful prime,
And gilds each passing day with hopes
sublime.
Vague dreams into seeming truths do bloom,
And vivid fancies most be.uteous forms
As from the poppy's lurid breath there
springs q soft delight,
Which lures proud reason from his throne,
and robs him of his might.
So in the dreaming days of youth. there
comes a sirens song,
That lulls cold judgment t" repose in
slumber deep and strong.
At fancy's bold command the future does
unfold
A long and gliuering path of fame. of power,
OF wealth untold;
And gazing through the gauzy veil that
shields these shining roads,
The glowing mind of youth no hopeless
hindrance BODIES.
With passing years-Alas how few!
These besuteous fancies melt like dew,
Lies morning sun approaches noon-its
morning flowers dead;
They're withered on the stem, and hopeless
memory reigns in glowing fancy s stead.
But waking from these early dreams, how
happy is that child of clay,
Whom conscience does not soad, nor bitter
memories sway;
Though youthful fancies and unreal glories
evnescent fade,
lie lives in peace beneath green memory's
blameless shade.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16
Notice.

The annual stockholders meeting of the
First National Bank of Lafayette will be
held at the banking house Tuesday, Jan. 9,
1900, between the hours OF 10 and 4
p. m. for the election Of directors to serve
during the ensuing year, and to vote on the
proposition of altering article ; of the
charter so as to read: s.The Board of
Directors shall consist of not less than E1r
and not more than ten Stockholders
S. X. PARKINSON, Secretary.
Lafayette, La, Dec. S, 1899.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16

WANTED-sEVERAl BRIGHT AND HONEST
persons to represent as managers in this
and close by counties. Salary 5000 year
and expenses. Straight, bona fide no more
no less salary. Position permanent. Our
references, any bank in any town. 1t is main
ly Office work conducted at home. Reference.
Enclose self addressed stamped envelope.
The DOMINION COMPANY, Dept. g.,
Chicago. Sept. 23--26t.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16
Notice..

At regular meeting of the Board of
Directors of the First National Bank of La
fayette held this day, Il semiannual divi
dend of five per cent was declared, payable
after Jan. I. 1000.
S. X. PARKINSON, Cashier.
LAFAYETTE. La, Dec. s, 1900.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16

DR.. M. A. Simmons Liver Medi
cine has since 184o steadily risen in
public favor, and the demand for
it far exceeds that Of any other
Liver Medicine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-16
ATTENTION.!
Don't Trust Your Photos to Agents
Deal direct with the Artiste.

We will make to any one sending us a
photo Life-size Gillette, Crayon or Paste
Portrait free of charge to introduce our sui
perior work. Exact likeness, highly artistic
finish. and prompt return of small photo
guaranteed. Send us your photo at once.
Local agent wanted.
ARTISTS UNION,
2o3 Main ST. Dallas. Texas.
New-York tribune., 1899-01-10
RAILROAD NOTES

Philadelphia Jan. s.-The annual meeting OF the
Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad was held In
thi, city to-day The annual report shows gross
earnings OF s. S34 ss2 f3: operating expenses. o5
i4l o. and net earnings 1S 1911 IS The present ofi-
were reelected
Wilmington Del. Jan. 9.-The sixty-hrst annual
meeting OF the stockholders OF the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad was held here
to-day The old Board OF Directors was reelected
Tn. annual report OF President Thomson showed
total receipts OF 80 6oi 563 A; expenses, Sl2%2 s
and net earnings. s., 40, 81 %.
Philadelphia Jan. s-At the annual meeting 70
day OF the stockholders OF the Western New York
and Pennsyvanis Railway Company the present
Board OF Managers headed by 9. q. De Courcey,
president was reelected President De Courcey
presented statement. showing the operations IN
the ak months ending December 81. This showed
gross earnings OF 81. .ss5 7as. decrease. compared
with 1897 OF s5l o2s net earnings. sS0,S5s, de-
crease of Ng. .3ss and fxed charges for the same
period NSO5s The net decrease ie accounted FOR
by decrease in fregh rates and trafrc, ana an
outlay Of So 490 for inpi ovements and equipment
El Paso Tex Jan &C. B. Eddy president and
general manager Of the FL Paso and Sortheastern
Railway has wired tom New-York to the con-
tractors here to proceed at once with the work OF
preparing to grade the extension OF the main line
OF the road from Lauz 10 Salida near White Oaks.
y NJ distance OF ninety miles. At Salida ar.
the extensive coal fields which were discovered
about twelve years ago. The extension ~ 10 De
completed by Nav ~
New-York tribune., 1899-01-10
AUGUST BRENTANO IN An ASlL IL ~
AN INQUIRY INTO HIS MENTAL CONDITION
oRpERED-sAID no HAVE PAREsIs

AN INQUIRY INTO HIS MENTAL CONDITION
oRDEREp-sAID no HAVE PAREsIs
r n r Baldwin Dr Charles Phelps and David
Gilbert were appointed yesterday by Justice IruaX
a commission to inquire. with sherirs = jury INTO
IN. mental condition OF August Brentano' inem-
her of the well-known publishing firm, VINO Is d
nresent a patient in the Sanford Hall sanitailum
Flushing -.
The application for the commission was maoe oy
raura Rran,ano a sister OF Mr.. Brentano. she
said In an affidavi that he was OF unsound niiio
and unable 10 govern himself or manage ms ous'-
ness affair The other partners in the hrn were
his brothers SIMON and Arthur The value OF his
interest in the concern could not be given because
the business was in the hands OF William ~ Rose
the receiver appointed by the Supreme court IN al
sction for rhe dissolution Of the nrm =,
TCr Edwin A CioOdridge submitted an aluuhNit ~
1,1stica Truar I'm which ne said that Mr. BrehtaI0
bsd for sOm. time been an inmate OF me oaiIoiu
Hail SanfariIn. of which the afnant vas my An'o
icsI slinarintenuent. From careful eNdn4NdlloH VI
NJ grentauo ne was satisfied that he was OF ui-
sound mind and incapable or managing HiS Du4'a a
80 Affairs or of governing himself lie Wa
s,Isse-ina from general paress. and was haIdiy
80 70 artculate a continuous sentence uist4ncty
Trba next OF kin OF. Mr.. Brentano are SAID 70 pe
bie wife Mrs Jennie Kaufman brehthhO, siIu NE NE
bro,hers mother and two sisters, one oI "olii ON
ijyes in Philadelphia. John G coleman, VIZ ny
80 rod for Mrs l}rentano. did not oppose the az
ipNcstion The date for the inquiry Will De HAeu ny
counsel
New-York tribune., 1899-01-10
NEW PROHIBITION UNION FORMED HERE.
TO WORK ON THE LINES OF THAT IN ROCHESTER
FOR THE UTTER EXTERMINATIoN OF
THE SALOON.

meeting for the purpose OF organizing a branch
OF the Prohibition Union of Christian Men similar
20 the organization in Rochester was held yester-
dav morning In the Marble Collegiate Church. at
FYfth-ave. and Twenty -nnth-st The church was
crowded and the audience composed largely
OF business men. who see ned 10 take oeep IN
terest in the proceedings.
General O. O. Howard presided. and made short
Introductory address. He introduced c. H Howard.
OF Rochester, who explained the institution or the
movement and organization in that city. He spoke
briefly and then the Rev DR.. theodore l. Cuyler'
OF the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. or
R-ookIvn. made short address The Rev. Dr.
A G. Dixon next read the proposed constitution
which had been adopted at preliminary meeting.
This was referred 10 a committee composed or
clergymen from all denominations. II said in part
We believe that the saloon is crime against
@he state a crime against humanity ana crime
against God. Il has opened dens OF anarsns srsi,s
INC lseice P 81, % .l,s carNe win ts daily horrible
Dan %, debauchery and crime blocked the wheels
OF oIes,' - defsated the Church outraged the
Saa,hen snd hlasDherned The Almighty and this
association stands for nothing snort OF 's eh''io
determination.
The watchword OF the society Is 70 be In the
name OF Jesus Christ King, the liquor trafhc
must die" Any person may be member by pay
ing 2S cents fl annual dues. The reading OF tne
constitution evoked hearty applause ming.ed VIZ WaSn
cries Of That's right. Al o9J1cton waS m ilSoo .o
70 The inclusion Of the word prohibition III Ihe 81
- r.ss sr Ryt HsSqrY pt w ny WGnT s q s
chang II 10 the Christian Anu-Saloon Inion was
voted down. and the constitution was aoop'eu as
A committee was appointed to name permanent
oicers and this list was adopted Gen Genera Rrrs maser
swayne. president The Rev Dr Dayid towsrd
and ahe Wtllam am + wardwe presidents: JOh4
S Huyler. treasurer G. H. Mead SrcretSiE Dunn mn
Executive Committee the Rev James g. bui'A
Cleveland H. Dodge and l. X. Funk
New-York tribune., 1899-01-10
MAKE TOUR OF THE HARBOR
, COMMISSION IxsPEcTs THE DOCKS
AND TERMINAL FACILITIES AND VlsIIs
THE NAVY YARD.

The Commissioners appointed by the canadian
c.ovarnment 10 inspect the docks. harnor improve
nents and terminal facilities Of the harpors 0, '"e
nie" , 60 made a tour OF New York Har-
-, ,...,ardav afternoon. The start was mace
from West Twenty -frst-st, the party being con
Quoted by Radcliffe Baldwin. the New-foFk asen'
.. the Allan Line The Dock Commissioners Doa'
was placed at the service Of the visitors VINO pre-
coded 10 inspect the docks OF the principa steam
snin comma rIes both this side OF the -SVi ~
RIVER and the Jersey side. The rreishl
OF terminals OF the different rhi4lo
Entering New-York were also looked Lhlo. ,i Wllie
visit was paid to the drydOcls OF the Navy faro
4" r,b. rr1sident OF the Canadian Commission II
Robert Mckay on their return ne Coninisss,on,
ers EXPRESSED much satisfaction with the r-sult OF
their tour 1t served US said MAJOR - ltIoi-
taine TO gain cOmprehensiye kn0wledse oI ~ Eou1
With regard 10 harbOr advantages are ma
II will be greater time passes py 30 30 lnuvH 80 ~
tSat not another city in the word Will equhi IL
'rbs verv topography OF the city indicates this.
Your new docks. nearly finished. at Neri f.ltvr"Ci,
drJ twelfth sts show what progressiNthrss OF
IDEAS has been put into the building OF JOCKS
New-York tribune., 1899-01-10
CONSOLIDATION RTHORFD. n
INCORPORATION OF THE GENERAL yrrc-
TRIO COMPANY or MrNNEAPor1s IT 4.
rs SAID. FoRERUNs BIG n
COMBINAT1oN

tn. General Electric Company 90 Minneapolis
with paId-up capital Of g 2lco" incor-
pora;ei yesterday at Trenton. Sin ~ he me-,
named as incorporators are connected With ihs
ONCE ~ James r Dill. the compsnys counsel.
and the other three are said represent tho Pos
ton banking house o, Lee. HigR.n-or 60 -h,
will undervri,@ the company The csr'ir>s's
OF In corporation SAYS that tho business - hs cor-
pany will be carri,d or IN and Minneapolis.
although the company 10 emposs-s< tn DO bgsl-
ness IN any par' % the world
The charter covers every method ~ producing
,rclty The company may tund and uss suhvsys.
obtain municipal permits and hold the stock ana
securities Of other corporations
or the paid-in ceIi,ai tspcO Is preferred zee
cont cumulative and 81 10000 is common stock.
voting powers The directors authorized 20
issue new securities both stocks and bonds. n"
limit being placed on the amount ~ such issues.
bu, the directors may be removed before the e,-
piration of their term % office
Little could be learned yesterday regarding the
pr nOters ~ this new company or IN reiaton ~
It's ultimate aims. but n was asserted IN sons
quart ,rs that its Incorporation was step N fh>
direction Of gigantic consolidation OF elect,ic
light and electric street railway companies through
out the country. Although its capital az present
is comparatively small. only Si'f1'. n vss
pointed out the authority given 70 i;s fireefore
would enable tho new corporation 70 absorb az
many existing companies operating IN various
cities as It's promoters might find II advantageous
TO include under single manaee'neni
the General Electric Company included the ams
well-kno~n capitalists who nave recen'y nesn
prominent In companies formed mere anh IN fhlI,
adelphia for the purpose Of consolidating electrical
New-York tribune., 1899-01-10
CONVENTION or NINE WORKERS.
OPENING or SESSIONS N PrT-rsBr'RG-A DOZEN
STATES REPRESENTED

Pittsburg Jan s-The delegates 70 the tenth an
ers OF America were called 10 order to-day by the
National president VI Ratchford. who delivered
the annual address A bout five hundred delegates
from thirteen States were present. and about one
hundred more expected II WAS the largest
and most representative gathering OF miners ever
held and the convention, which will continue
throughout the week promises 70 be the mos, I'M
portant In the history Of the mine workers organ
ixation.
Immediately after the opening OF the session
dispute arose between President Ratchford AMI
District President Dolan over the appointment o,
the Credentials Committee and the entire session was
taken I'D with an acrimonious discussion as 10 the
right OF the chairman 10 name the committee. Al
20 o'clock the convention adjourned until TO-
morrow without having taken a ballot for new OFF,
Among the important questions 10 be considered
nv the convention are an advance I'm
eight hour workday and the general adoption OF the
run-ofmine system. These questions VIII Dc de-
cded upon for presentation at the joint Interstate
hed here next week. arrange the Interstate
wage agreement for the year. beginning April l.
1899. -, A.. u.o,..
At the last National Convention only hve states,
pernsvivania Ohio West Virginia Indiana ana
rllinois-were represenrei. A. this convention the
kansas Kentucky Tennessee Michsah. 10" =,
h~Lansas and indian Territory. The delegates IN
a,,endance represen' over one hundred thousaho
miners.
New-York tribune., 1899-01-10
REGrLATIONS BOARD IN SESSION.

The Board OF Military Regulations Of the Ma
uonal Guard. appointed by authority OF Governor
roosevelt. convened in the State Arsenal Sew
eH'i-aVe and Thrty-hfth-st.. yesterday morning
sha proceeded revise the old regulations OF the
Ha"onal Guard. issued In 1894 under Adjutan'-
"ene'dl Josiah Porter. The Board is composed
o' brlgader-General McCoskry Butt. Of the FIRST
nrslde; Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Blunt
Ihursion Inspector OF Rife Practice and Ordnance
'Aeer. y. G. y. Y; Major Bennett II. Tooey'
.''h Regiment Major George Jacob Ha1a. 6Sth
regiment. and Major William Maurice Kirby. IN
specior of Rife Practice and Ordnance Officer; y
y y Y All were present The Board Will hold
osAy sessions for month 10 come The question
~ unifo!ms for the rank and Ale OF the Guard VIII
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