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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
Notes About The Drink Evil.


While the saloon exists your own son Is
never safe.
A champagne trust with capital OF $780,
000. 900 is reported.
The House OF the Utah Legislature de-
feuted by n vote OF 20 to 10 Il bill to provide
local option upon the liquor question.
The man who deliberately destroys his
health and shortens bis life by drinking
commits suicide rs surely as II he blew out
his brains or took poison.
II YOU have got the love and taste OF
drink in your mouth, It will dog Jou and
bonnd you through life, and your only
safety is, renounce drink altogether. /
The House OF Keys OF the Isle OF Man
shevcd bill designed to open the saloons
on Sundays. Sunday closing has been the
law OF that little island for forty years. !
The Legislature OF South Dakota las ad-
inurnei without enanting legislation to
carry out the will OF the people expressed
by their vote for the L!speIsary system at
the last election.
The noted inventor, Thomas A. Edison,
Is n total abstainer. When asked why be
never drinks he replied. Because always
felt that had better use for my head.
Well to do alcoholics ruin their health
and their families; rs tor the Dapless WorK-
ing men who give themselves up to drink,
their lot is even worse; they become vaga-:
bonds, cripples or criminals, thus becom-
inc weight on the community BY filing
the prisons and asylums.
The total abstinence pledge has twofold
power for good. It benefits the nbst stainer,
but 1t also benefits others through him by;
inducing them to abstain. 1t makes him
become an active apostle OF temperance
and his example encourages others to imi-
tate him, illustrating, as 1t does. In bis
social and domestic Lie, what temperance
VII do for o man
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
Who Are the Carlists?

At the death of King Ferdinand Of
Spain, in 1888, his three-year-old
daughter, Isabella H., succeeded to
the throne, though Carlos, Ferdi-
nand's brother, claimed to be entitled
to the honor under the salic law,
which provided that no female should
30 to the throne as long as any male
descendant Of the king was living.
This law, however, had been revoked
by Ferdinand, who had no children at
the time, but six months after his
death daughter was born and she
became Queen, to the exclusion OF
Carlos. The latter's descendants,
who are called Carlists, have since
persistently insisted that, by right of
succession, the throne belongs to
them, and for over fifty years Spain
has been subject to Carlist uprisings,
which have simply meant r. nber OF
unsuccessful wars, the ction of
property and general public Unrest.
The Carlists have found their
strength in what are called the Basque
provinces, dominated mostly by the
clergy, who believe in the divine
right of kings and Of kingly success
sion. The inhabitants of the Basque
region are largely shepherds and lar
mers. They are good fighters, and
have been the main strength of the
Carlist forces. A strong sentiment in
favor of republic exists in the cities,
where the people have been led to in
dependent views by education, read
ing and travel. It is unnecessary to
say that between what are called the
and the Carlists there is
a strong antipatby, for their aims are
different. In 1873 Spain
was republic, and the people owe to
that period of popular government
many of the liberties which they now
enjoy. Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26

my own opinions are good deal in adj
vance of his-and I won his seat for
him. But for my influence he would
now be biting his thumbs DER his un-
profitable elections bills. Yss-yes;
he went on my shoulders to the House
of Commons, and that nobody can
deny! Fishing I have no opinion of
at all. Any bit of boy can put
a string at the end of stick and catch
o trout. And I would think shame of
myself if I could bear to be one of o
big crowd of men and horses chasing
a poor dog-fox, forbye that half the
time the fox gets the better of them.
As for the classics, stood we'll enough
in them when I was at college. There
is time and a place for the classics,
and the Laird of Levens-hope knows
better than to mix his farming up with
Horace and Virgil. I am about two
thousand years ahead of them, Helen.
Charlie Janfarie was my friend. Hc
left his daughter in my care"
"You mean he left her money in
your care.
"Charlie thought deal of my wis
dom, and l thought deal of Charles
good, easy temper. For his sake I
hope Katherine may be happier than
is likely"
"She Is happy. She is very happy"
"At the present, Helen, at the pres
ent-the future"
1.-THE future" said Mrs. Brathous,
interruptlng him, sharply, "the future
is not in your ordering, Alexander.
Look at them. They love God and
each other, they have youth, beauty,
health and wealth, and surely I believe
that
" ID estiny who sees them so divine
Will weave their future fAe silken twlne.''
THE END.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
A SOclable Seal.

The Edinburgh (Scotland) Evening
Dispatch contains the following strange
story about the remarkable conduct OF
q seal: A gentleman residing at
Broughty Ferry, it says, who OWES
yacht, took run down the river the
other day, accompanied by some
friends, for the purpose OF having
seal hunt. On the banks Mt the mouth
of the estuary they saw large numbers
of seals old and young. Believing that
these creatures are attracted by whist
ling, they tried the experiment, and
were surprised to observe a young seal
following in the wake Of the yacht.
Continuing to whistle, the creature
followed up the river, disappearing
for time, and then reappearing, with
its head above the surface of the wa
ter 1t was not far off when the yacht
reached its anchorage in West Ferry
bay, and after the yachtsmen went
ashore they were more than astonlshed
to see the young seal Topping up the
beach behind them. So tame was the
creature that they had no difficulty III
capturing it. 1t was carried to thel1
home. 1t was we'll fed and cared for.
Not having q proper place for keeping
such pet, it was resolved to restore
it to its natural element, and the
yachtsmen proceeded down the river to
the neighborhood of Broughty Castle,
where it was placed in the water. So
attached however, had the seal become
to its captors, that it refused to leave,
and again followed them home to
West Ferry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
Saloons Not q Social NecessIty.

The argument that liquor saloons are
"social necessity" to the poor man, or, in-N
deed, to any one, Is too specious to hold
water. At any rate, in this country there
is.but little Of the "poor mans club" per!
tanning to them. At Its best the liquor 80!
loon is but sorry ma keshilt when recreaI
tion Is the object, and the instruction O
workingman is likely to gain init is scarce
ly calculated to elevate or improve his
mind. So long as he has money and will
spend 1t with alacritY his company is well
come, but when his pockets are empty his
society Is no longer regarded with favor by,
the proprietor. The saloon keeper Is not
man OF sentiment, but invariably keeps his
eye on the main chance. This being so, the
question must be faced rs It really is and
not judged from an optimistic and imaglnaI
liquor saloon in America Is not "poor
nuns club" q place In which he can give.
his "recreative instincts" fair play, but
simply and solely house for the sale OF
strong drinks at large profit TO the pro-.
prietor. .
1.-THE liquor saloon doessatisiy the work!
ingman's "recreative instinct" all We can
say is that II he does not possess the bibu-
lous instinct We are sorry for the }intellt-
gence OF the workingman. The great ma
jorlty OF medical men nowadays are quite
aHICCu ulCOuOl UOcS uO BOOu " "
healthy man, and, taking into consideration
the incnlculable amount Of harm that has
been wrought by Its agency, It Is best that
the matter should be judged on its. merltsI
and that the ignorant md careless should
be warned OF their danger. II ia right and
just that the workinSman should be af-
forded the opportunities OF mixing In con-!
genial society which the rich man enjoys,
but he must not look for In the liquor sa-;
loon. ~
From a consideration OF the social side OF
the saloon question to that OF the abuse OF
drink Is but step. Where, then, Is the
remedy to be sought In order to abolish or
counteract an evil which is acknowledged
on all sides to BIZ widespread and extreme
ly pernlcious? The view that habituaI
drunkenness is n disease and should be-
treated as such Is the one most generally
held In these days. Dr.. Norman Kerr, the!
best known British authority on the mat
ter, says: Deal with the inebriate as you
have successfully dent with the maniac.
Frown not on him rs q hardened crlminai.l
Remember he has fallen by the power OF 81
physical agency which has crushed to earth
some OF the notlest and most gifted. Treatr
him as patient laborlDg under a baffling
and inveterate disease and amid many dis
couragements. Such a measure OF success
will follow your true curative treatment as
will glnddeu your hearts as men, while It
will attest your skill rs physicians"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
Rolling Out Gunpowder.

At a recent fire in Boston. which
filed the neighboring building, o gun
store, with smoke, and threatened its
destruction, a man quietly sat upon
the powder chest near the door, until
it was removed to q safe place in m
adjacent block. The cool deed recalls
all anecdote told in "a Good Child of
Washington, about fire in New
York, in 1888, while the British were
getting ready to evacuate the city.
Colonel Morgan Lewis had returned
to his house in the city, and with
him, as guests, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Hamilton. Fire broke out
in the arsenal, and all classes were
frightened. Those Americans who
had returned to their homes feared
That the arsenal had been set on fire
by the British. The British soldiers
kept aloof lest they should be sus-
pected, and become the object OF
popular violence. The flames con-
tinued unchecked.
Colonel Lewis and Mr. Hamilton
were forming the citizens into line to
pass leather buckets from hand to
hand, when a soldier announced that
all was lost, as the arsenal contained
several barrels OF gunpowder which
the fire had just reached.
"Come, my lads, won't you help
us?" said Colonel Lewis to the Brit
ish soldiers, standing idly by.
Eyes, sir, willingly" they replied.
Hamilton and Lewis led the way
into the burning arsenal, and the SOL
diers followed. They rolled out
through the fire the barrels OF gun.
powder, calling them "barrels OF
pork" and thus saved the city
Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
TIE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST.
IN MANY WAYS.

The observation-disclosures Shops Are Not the +
Poor Mans :CIub-Are Sorry Make
shift When Recreation is the Object
Drunkenness is Disease. -
On feeble and unsteady legs
He walks as II he trod on eggs.
Wiener he has to give or take
His hands, as with the palsy, shake.
To meet your gaze he vainly tries q,
With dull and bleared and bloodshot eyest
Compelled to bear the sign, he shows
A swollen, coarse and crimson nose.
His IMPLIED. blue and bloated face .9#
or manliness has not trace.
All people near him shun like death =
His oermeating, sickening breath.
With ruined health and shattered nerves
He suffers tortures he deserves. ~
Sad children and heart-broken wife -
Through him endure wretched life. ~
Abhorred and summed by friends once
known
He wanders through the world alone.
Soon losing sell respect, he goes
In seedy, torn and dirty clothes.
With raging, hot. increasing thirst -
Which can't be quenched he's ever cursed.
In vain he takes the pledge to stop; y
With all power gone lie has no prop. -
>E9
Down, down he sinks, until in time Z
He In the gutter reeks with slime.
From borrowing he begs until ~
For drink he'd steal or even kill.
Delrium tremens' horrid sights -
He sees. With imps and snakes he fights.
At last with tramps hi, doom is sealed,
An then he goes to Potter's Field.
And after that? Alas, who knows 'T
Where any slave OF liquor goes2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
An Intellectual Poison.

Alcohol ia an intellectual poison. Nor
,ould 1t be otherwise, for the bran, which,
3 the seat OF memory, Of thought, and or
lll the intellectual faculties. is affected byI
alcohol, and by reason OF the extreme
sensitiveness OF its tissue IS even partic-
ularly Sensitive thereto. Hence 1t SOON
becomes subject to Change under the in
fluenee OF liquor, and quickly deterlorates.l
The power OF thinking Is affected. the In
tellectual faculties are obscured, Judgment
disappears and the final result Is that many
alcoholic subjects develop madness.
For that matter, drunkenness ITSELF;
that temporary poisoning-is really an
ephemeral madness which, by force or
repetition, becomes converted into COM
plete madness. It is statisticaf fact
which shows at glance how alcohol af-I
fects the mind, that the increase OF mad
ness Is in direct proportion to the con-
sumption Of Intoxicating liquors in the dill;
terent countries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
Bad For Our Soldiers.

The whisky and beer manufacturers and
dealers who ure trying to make the people,
believe that nothing will preserve our SOL
iiers' health and increase their strength so
much rs the product of their brewerles aud
aistileries. are we'll answered by tie e3-
perience OF the great explorer, Paul du
Chaillu, who, in latter written 10 young
soldier said:
Il will tell you my experience while
ravelinS in warm countries. I abstalned
from strong drinks because I found they
did not help neon the contrary, felt
weaker ialf an hour after, SO gave them
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.
The Empress DoIaser Issues AN EGici
For Their Protection.

l
For Their Protection.
United States Minister Conger, at Pekin,
has supplied the State Department at
Washington with copy Of proclamation
posted ut Tien.Tsin relative to the treat.
ment OF missionaries in China. In this
elict, issued on "27th OF tenth moon" the
Empress Dowager recite> tie fact that
anti-Christian. movements have taken place
in many provinces. and declares tnnt these
nave all been based on D. false sentiment.
She wishes the people to understand that
the teaching o. Christianity is permitted
in China. and that the preachers arc to he
treated rs good citizens. The Empress de-
clares that good man, whether Christian
or not, will he honest and true to others,
wherefore she desires her people TO trent
foreigners US their own countrvmen, aud
avoid al misunderstanding with them.
She commands the Vicerovs and officials
in the provinces to emphasizes ber sincerity
by exerting themselves 10 suppress all aci-
tation among the people before any ANIL.
Christian prejudice is displayel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
Seventy fifth Anniversary o! the A. s. S. q

The American Sunday-schooI Union will
on the 25th of May celebrate its seventy
iifth anniversary in Philadelphia. Tie
Academy of Music has already been So
cured for the meetings. Many leading
speakers of the country are to be there and
representatives OF the union from all parts
OF the United States will be present. This
/. the oldest and largest Sunday-school
missionary society in America, having for
its He'll Of operations the whole United
States and has organized over one hundred
thousand Suuday-schools during lis seven
ty-uva wears Of WORK
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26
We know what mon accomplish under

We know what mon accomplish under
worldly opposition. Men do not shrink back
for antagonism or for hardship. You have
admired Prescott's Conquest Of Mexico"
as brilliant and beautiful q history rs was
ever written, but some of you may not
know under what disadvantages 1t was
wri.ten-that Conquest Of Mexico"-for
Prescott was totally blind, and be had two
pieces OF wood parallel to each other fast.
ened, and totally blind, with his pen be-
tween those pieces Of wood, he wrote the
stroke against one piece OF wood telling
how far the Zen must 80 in one way, the
stroke against the other piece Of wood tell.
ing how far tho pen must go the other way.
Oh, how much men will endure for worldly
knowledge and for worldly success, and yet
how little we endure for Jesus Christ! How
many Christians there are that so around
saying, "Oh, my hand: oh, my hand, my
hurt hand Don't you sea there Is blood on
the sword?" while Eleazar, with the hilt Inn
bedded in the flesh Of his right hand, does
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-26

As I look ut Eieazar's hand also notice
bis spirit OF self fOrGetfulneSs. He did not
notice that the hit OF the sword was eating
through the palm OF his hand. He did not
know it hurt MIN. AS he went out into the
conflict he was so anxious for the victory
he forgot himself, and that hilt might 60
never so deeply into the palm OF his hand.
it could not disturb him. "His hand clave
unto the sword" Oh, my brothers and
sisters, lei US go into the Christian conflict
with the spirit OF self abIeGatioD. Who
cares whether the world praises us or de-
pouuces us? What do re cure for misrnp
resentation or abuse or persecution in
conflict like this? Let US forget ourselves.
That man who is afraid OF getting his hand
hurt will never kill q Philistine. Who
cares whether YOU get hur. or not il you
get the victory? Oh. how many Christians
there are who are all the time worrying
about the way the world treats ;nem!
They are so tired. and they are so abused.
and they are so tempted, when Elpazar
did not think whether he had Il hand Or an
arm or foot. All be wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves in
worldly achievement. We have often seen
men who. in order TO achieve worldly sue
cess. will forget all physical fatigue and
all annoyance and all obstacle. Jlst alter
the battle OF Yorktown in the American
Revolution musician, wounded. was told
he must have his limbs ampatnted, and
they were about to insten him to
the surgeons table. for it was
LONG before the merciful discovery OF
anesthetics. He said: NO; don't fasten
lpe to that table. Get me VIOLIN
violin was brought to him, and he said,
Now, go to work rs begin to play" aud
for forty minutes, during the awful pangs
of amputution, he moved not Il muscle nor
dropped Il note. while he played some
sweet tune. Oh, is 1t not strange that with
the music OF the Gospel OF Jesus Christ,
and with this grand march of the church
militant on the way to become the church
Triumphant, we cannot forget ourselves
and forget Ill panc and all sorrow and all
persecution and all perturbation?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-08-11

Smoke the "Bronzo Matre," best DC clgS'
on eearth ! at Vinsou's Drug Store.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-08-11

I HAVE FOR SALE two unimproved tracts
L OF land-one Of 90 Acres and one oil -
Acres, near Rockville, Md
Also, several Houses and Lots 10 hocS'
vile, and one House and Lot in KensingtOn'
All at low figures
FRANK HIGGINS.
dec Aft Rockville, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-08-11
Real Estate Agents.

'NHE undersigned having entered into tbs
Il real estate business, in Gaithersburp, ia
now prepared to make sales of some Of The
best farming lands in Montgomery county
also OF houses and lots, both in and out Of
town. We also have a number of houses 10
rent. Loans negotiated, &c. Correspond
ence solicited Respectfully,
@. W. CRAWFORD l. co,
mAy !3-ly esther hlre Md
The Eddy current., 1899-04-22
JOHN BULLS PACIFIC NAVAL STATION.
ESquimault the Fortress Which Is Designed
to Protect Victoria.

The recent shipment over the Cana.
dian Pacific Of many heavy guns and
much war material 10 the new naval
station az Esqulmault indicates the
Intention Of tho British government
TO erect, az the gateway OF British
Columbia. Pacific Gibraltar. which
Will render the British possessions IN
this quarter ~ the world absolutely
secure against aggression by any other
nation.
Tho policy OF Great Britain over
since II became naval power has
been TO seize strategic points and forti.
~ them 20 strongly as to render them
invulnerablo, and thus. by their pos-
session, control immense stretches OF
sea and large land territories which
could not be held Ia any other way
save by n great outlay. This pollcy
- illustrated In the Mediterranean. for
instance. BY n simple statement. AT
the western extremity OF this great
inland ocean England holds Gibraltar.
which has long borne the roputatIon
OF being the strongest fortress I'm tho
world. In the center there IA Malta
which Is scarcely inferior to Gibraltar
IN tho effectiveness OF its fortlnca.
tions. AZ the eastern extremity there
y cyprus, which has not yet been full
" fortified. but no doubt. I'm pursu.
anco oi the British policy, will be dur.
ing the next few years. There are no
forllhcntlous ON the suoz canal but
the majority OF the company stock IS
owned by Great Britain. Egypt has
virtually become British proylnce
and there Is not the slightest doubt
that should there be prospect OF
serious trouble with any foreign ma
ton Involving the Egyptian and east.
orn Interests OF Great Britain the ca
nal woula be seized. aud. n necessary
fortified and defended by English
guns. ~ present there ls no need ~
such action, for. although suez ana
Port Said are not defended. England
holds M the southern extremity of
the Red Sea the great fortress OF Aden
and the island Of Perrin. and could I'm.
stantly close the Mediterranean ana
The Eddy current., 1899-04-22

repairs effected aud all provision made
for the equipment and maintenance
Of the fleet which England AZ all times
maintains In the North Pacific.
The interests 10 be safegunrded by
Esquimault and the great guns now
on their way across the continent are
already enormous and will become
much larger during tho next few
years. To begin with, there Is the
transcontlnontai trade, which NJ all
times In the year. even during the
winter season, Is n very important
matter. The Canadian Pacific was
built for the sole behoof and accom-.
modatlon o. the British colonies. and
its western terminus must be perfect
ly secure against attack. otherwise the
railroad becomes Of little value. Dur
Ing the last few years II has become
clear that there Is q great future be-
fore British Columbia. a couple OF
decades ago the entire region was
supposed 10 be- practically unlnhabltn-
bic by whites on account Of the Sc
verify OF the climate, but experience
has shown that the mild winds Of the
Pacific temper the climate for a con-
siderable distance inland. and that IN
latitude where. on the east coast,
winter has almost perpetual reign,
the crops OF more temperate regions
can be grown in British Columbia. In
fact, the climate does not differ ma
torlally from that OF the states OF
Oregon and washIngtonand the album
dance Of rich lands which can with la
Dor bo made available for farming
VIII unquestlonably tempt from tho
British Isles omlgrants. who other
wise might have come TO the United
States.