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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-20
rhe Ashes of q WoInan's Dreams.

The women are telling OF all Atchi.
son man who treated his wife with in
difference and cruelty in their early
married life. They say he is now down
on his knees blowing into tho lead
ashes of her love trying to revive a
spark of affection for him. How WON.
en- love to picture man i'll such I'm
attitude! 1t is probably the dream OF
every neglected wife that sono day
her husband will try 10 walm his
hands like frozen Cupid at the fl es
of her love, and will find only dead
ashes there. There is enough dead
ashes in the average woman's dreams
to macadam1ze a road.-Atchison
Globe.
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A Marriage Made in Heaven.

At q recent wedding all went mer-
rily until the bridegroom was called
upon to produce the wedding.ring.
In vain he felt in his newly-creased
trousers pocket for the Indispensable
triAe. Nothing could be found except
a hole through which the ring had
evidently fallen. What was he to do2
Suddenly happy thought struck the
parson.
tTake your shoe off," he said. al
The suspense and silence was pain
full. The organist, at the clergyman's
bidding, struck up voluntary.
The young man removed his shoe.
The ring was found, also hole in his
stocking, and the worthy minister re-
marked, evidently With more than the
delay of the ceremony on his mind:
young man, it's high time you
were married."
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Swiss Schools Of Agriculture.

Switzerland was the home of the
philanthropist and educator Fellen-
burg. His school, established, in Ho-
pyl in 1906, was philanthropy in aid
Of the pesssntry, concerning whom
he said that, possessing nothing. but
bodies and minds, the cultivation of
these was the only antidote for their
poverty. At least three thousand pu-
pills received their education in agri-
culture here. The Federal Polytech-
mic School at Zurich is the nations
pride. ONT of six courses Of superior
training which it provides for its one
thousand students, forestry and agri-
culture count as two. Five. universi-
ties and numerous special schools
furnish aid to agricultural education.
w. E. De Rlemer, in Appletons'
Popular Science Monthly
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Mans Inhu,nanity to Man.

Are the men as considerate of the
men as women are of women? When
an engagement is announcedthe girls
friends give her doilies, linen, lace
things, teacups, etc., but does any
one give the man anything? On the
contrary, his creditors become par
ticularly active, knowing that his ex-
penses will soon be larger, when it
will be harder to collect from him.
No engaged man was ever called upon
by other men and presented with
socks tied with light blue ribbon or a
pair of new suspenders with pink
bows on. All the attention he gets
from the men consists of guying.-
Atchison Globe.
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Rockies, Canada and Alaska. It is
our anthracite coal fields which turn
out between 80, 600, 600 and 60, 600, 600
tons of anthracite every year. We
have in addition to this a hundred and
thirty odd million tons of bituminous
coal annually. We have, in short, the
biggest and best coal measures on the
globe. It is estimated that our coal
east of the Rocky Mountains covers
10000 square miles, and within the
past few years coal has been fonnd in
many parts of the Far West. Colo
RADIO will eventually be greatmanu-
featuring State on account of its coal.
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Japanese Women Divers.

Over one hundred Japanese women,
following the hazardous profession OF
divers, are found along the coast of
the peninsula. They are divided into
four patches, and their ages range
from seventeen to thirty. They come
almost exclusively from Shima, Mi
ye ken, noted fishery centre in ia
pan. Their earnings are, of course;
not uniform, as they are paid accord
ing to the amount of their work, which
consists in diving for agar-agar sea-
weed, sea-ear, sea-crcumber and so
forth.-Japanese Weekly News.
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VII
CONTINUED.

The opera was now coming to an
end, and as Madame Celestine and
her husband rose hastily and were
soon lost in the crowd the moment the
curtain fell, Miss Olive Gaye had no
further opportunity then for observa-
ton of the life-dramu which, In its
first stages, she had found so inter
y esting. But she didn't dismiss it
from her mind; on the contrary, 1t
occupied her every thought, and her
first act, when she reached home, was
to write the following letter toa friend
in England:
"DEAREsT ToDDLEKINs:
what was that story you once began 10
tell me, and never had an opportunity to
finish, about the Stanley family-do you
remember. dear?-and the quarrel Of the
Hon. Clarence with his papa? And how
are DOOR, dear Lord Appleby and his most
interesting little boy? II my memory
doesn't make me mistake, you began to
tell me about the cause Of Clarence Stan
ley's finally quarreling with his father IN
such serious manner that they parted Ior-
,eYer--andth earl is such perfect gentle
mani It is hard for me to imagine anyone
having such a serious quarrel with him:
You spoke, too, Of the Mendoza branch OF
the family, and OF q young lady to whom
Clarence was engaged, and with whom ne
seemed deeply in love. I am interested In
this, because there is young lady here
whose name is Mendoza-not common
name, you know; and 1t has occurred to me
that she may be In some way related to
the Stanley Mendozas. That photograph
of the Hob. Clarence that you once showed
me was very hapdsome-I never dared
speak of him to the earl, 1t was such
sors subieet: otherwise I would have asked
for picture OF him. ] have pictures Of
Lord Appleby and his wife and also Of the
little boy-the dear little fellow! Now.
Toddie, dear. couldn't you send me q
photo OF Clarence2 II that is impossible,
have copy made from your own, and let
me bear the expense. Won't you do this
for your own, dear, naughty; williul
Having carefully sealed and stamped
this letter, Olive Gaye rang for a SER
want. The servants and others OF the
Gaye family had long since ceased to be
imposed on by the childlike ingenu-
BUSINESS and sweetness of this young
person. She therefore wasted no in
fantine smiles on the messenger into
whose hands she gave. her letter.
Stephen, see that this letter gets
into the mail that leaves for Queens
town tomorrow morning. Let there
be no mistake. The Servia sails at
eight O'Clock. %
'Yes, miss, }" answered, Stephen.
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The first coal found in America was
near Ottawa, Illinois. It is mentioned
by Father Hennepin, @ French e1-
plorer, who visited there in 1879.
The first mines worked were about
Richmond, Va. This coal was dis
covered by boy while out fishing.
He was hunting for crabs for bait
in q small creek, and thus stumbled
upon the outcroppings of the James
River coal bed. Our anthracite coal
fields have perhaps paid better than
any other coal fields of the world.
They were discovered by hunter
named Nicho Allen, when George
Washington was President. Allen
encamped one night in the Schuylkill
regions, kindling his fire upon some
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DON'T IKE BRITISH ayLLETs.a
New English Missile Said 70 b Quite -
Bad ~ the Dumb

It is asserted in France that the.
British are violating one Of the prot
visions of The Hague conference Pr
their use in the Transvaal Of q bullet
almost, if not quite, as baJbsrously
destructive as the famous dum-dum
bullet. The conference decreed thai
only those bullets ehould be used
which are completely covered by
hard envelope or case, the objection
able feature about the dunn dunn bull
let being its jagged nickel envelope. 8:
The new British bullet has q acppper
socket, which contains a. charge of
ssmokeless powder, and at the, end il q
lead ball inclosed in q nickel envelopes.
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at short ranges into dead bodies and
results thus obtained are Arrays mn
satisfactory. "a
A similar charge against GreAts
Britain has been made in Holland
ever since the Trsnsvaal war started
and there are few continental Papers
which have not referred to the .sIbiect
in one way or another. Many expert
ments have also been made as 20 the
effect of ickel-coated bullets with
Objectionable cavities, but, 90 Briiehl
experts pertinently point out thess
experiments have been made on dead
animals, and the conclusions drawn
therefrom are Of little vslue. y
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Sc Method Of Strengthening the Lungs.

Strengthening the lungs, especially
the ape1es, may be done by blowing
through small pipestem or tube that
will allow the breath to pass out slow.
ly. First fill the lungs with good air,
then blow with steady force vigorous.
ly but not violently. A few times
daily will he anfic ient.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
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}LIFE IN A COAL MINE.
How Our Black Diamonds Are Dug
From the Earth.
'ooccooooecoccooccooccoc
YHE accompanying illustrations

| ILL aSoonPony A"S
give fair idea of the method
of living and working in a
Pennsylvania coal mine,
thousand of feet from pure air and
sunshine. The human workers at
least get a small share of both these
requisites. but the mine mules have
no such breathing spells. The ami
NAL shown in one of the illustrations
has not been in the open air for five
years, and he has not been prisoner
nearly so long as many of his fellows.
The life of coal miner has improved
vastly of recent years. Many of the
features that used to shorten his life
and make it one of extreme hazard
have been eliminated, or atleast greatly
reduced in danger. The air Is purer,
the danger of that greatest of terrors
lire damp-has been reduced to a
minimum through more intelligent
methods than those of former days
and the introduction OF improved ma
chinery, the greatest factor in the
workman's safety being the non-e1-
plosive Davy lamp, with which miner
may fearlessly enter pocket full Of
explosive gas. ..., :.
But with ell these new safeguards
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country. For the most part they are
in dirty villages, with narrow streets,
their houses blackened by coal smoke.
In many mining districts the houses
belong to the company owning the
mines, and the miners pay rent for
them, SO that when q strike c::urs :Ia
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black stones. He aToke to find him
self almost roasted. The stones were
on fire, and anthracite was burning
for the first time. Shortly after this
a company was organized to. sell an
thracite coal. It wes taken around to
the blRcksmitls. but they didn't know
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Long Island Sound, under the super.
vision of the United States Lighthouse
Board. The apparatus consists in
brief of an immense megaphone,i
mounted on a circular table. By
changing the position of the phone
toward each of the principal points Of.
the compass in turn, and by blowing
a different signal at each point, the.
compass bearing is given to passing
vessels. u:
The apparatus works automatically,
a three-horse power gas engine being
sufficient to pump all the air required
for. blowing the signals and to turn
the worm gear that revolyes the mega!
phone, '".-. II
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BoERS Conveying BRITISH PRISONERS 70: PRETORIA

they are out of money they are given
orders to leave. Many of the houses
have nothing more than two rooms
and a kitchen, and in some places the
only stores at which the miners can
trade are the company's stores. With
all this the American miners are far
better off than the miners of other
countries.
Have You ever been down in coal
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OF all Oriental peoples the Armen.
ians are said to be the most devoted
to journalism. Their political, liter
ary and mercantile papers are read az
far as India. go ......
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There are thousand vessels which
cross the Atlantic Ocean regularly
every month, some Of them twice a
month, ---.
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04
ORGANIZE Clubs.

The Jeffersonian stands pat for the
Peoples Party, and would like to see
the friends of pure Populism join hands
again uniting into Peoples Party
clubs. 1t is an easy matter to accom-
plish if some loyal soul in each precinct
will take the initiative Do not call
meeting until you have the names of
half dozen or more to your list, then
announce a time and place; meet and
elect your officers. In this way it can
be accomplished without expense The
very unselfishness of such a movement,
will bring success. If there are but two
Populists in your precinct form a club.
We now call upon the Populists of this
city who believe in the principles of
the Omaha platform to come to this Of
flee at any time when you are On the
street and become a member of a club.
This means you, my brother, wherever
you live in the city so that you are a
voter in any of it's precincts.-Faribaul
Jeffersonian.
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173o Mnneapo Mnn.

their earliest meetings, select three men,
to represent them on the nationl COM
mittee. either choose the old members
of the national organization committee
and now by resolution of the Cincinnati
convention, members of the national
committee to succeed themselves or
choose new men to supersede them. OF
course, members of the Butler commit
tee, and subscribing to the plan of or
ganization adopted at Cincinnati, may be
chosen, as they have already been
chosen. The state central committees
upon taking action, should at once re-
port their selections to Milton Park,
chairman of the national committee, and
to the presidential and vice-presidentia
candidates now in the field.
We would impress upon state COM
mitteemen the Importance of attending
to these matters at once. for it is time
to get down to hard work if the defeat
of the moneyed Oligarchy is to be achiev-
ed in 1900. Desultory fighting, however
hard, however brilliant, will not serve.
There must be thorough organization,
from the national committee down to the
precinct club so that systematic work
may be done. To Populists we say draw
not back at the magnitude Of this work;
If such work appals you, you are not the
men to accomplish the overthrow of
plutocracy, you are not fitted to lead
the social revolution, you are not worthy
of leading great movement for the up
lifting of mankind, II you essay you
will fail.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04
Sensible Suggestions.

Let all true Populists reunite. We
have gotten scattered in the last two
and one-half years. If necessary to such
reunion, every national, state and local
committeeman should be willing to re-
sign and let new committees be appoint
ed. Three years ago when there was a
movement to unite the reform forces"
we asserted that the reform forces were
already united in the Peoples Party, and
that the uniting" proposed by Senator
Stewart and others would result in a
scattering of reformers The editor of
this paper is member of both national
committees and is willing to resign from
both in the interest of re-uniting the
Peoples Party. But we make one con-
dition and that is the reunion must be
on the basis of fighting both of the old
monopoly ruled parties, and an ad-
herence to Peoples Party principles
Mo. World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04

For corporation to build a railroad
through your property and pay you what
the appraisers think the company has
damaged you, is exercising what is
known as the right of eminent domain
But for the government to take rail-
road company's property and pay ap-
praised value for 1t, that is confiscation.
Can you see any difference between the
twO?-Living Issues.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04
A Good illustration.

DR.. Paley, the great theologian, wrote a
century ago: If you should see a flock
of pigeons in cornfeld, and if, instead
of pecking where and what is wanted,
and no more you should see ninety
nine of them gathering all they got in
a heap, and reserving nothing for them
selves but the chaff and refuse, keep
ing this heap for one and that the weak
est, perhaps the worst pigeon in the
flock, sitting around and looking on all
winter, while the one was devOuring,
throwing about and wasting it, and If
a pigeon more hardy than the rest
touched grain of the hoard, all the
others instantly flying upon it and tear
ing it to pieces-if you should see this.
you would see nothing more than what
is every day practiced and established
among men,"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04
RETRIBUTlVE JUSTICE
prominent Congressman Who Stood
by Free silver Relcsated to the
Rear.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-When the Demo-
cratic convention at Chicago pronounced for
Tree silver there were six we'll known sound
money Democrats in the senate who of
course, did not believe in the silver fool
lshness. Gray. of Delaware made a pre-
tension of abandoning his party, but last
winter came into the fold again and voted
in the senate with the repudtationi Cor
don of Maryland, Murphy Of New York.
Mitchell Of Wisconsin, smith of New Jer-
sey, and Faulkner of West Virginia. had
no sympathy with the 16 to / nonsense, but
believed it was necessary in the interest of
regularity to stick by the party. They will
all leave the senate March 4, their party
having been defeated in each of the six
states.
OF the Republican senator's who made
their dramatic exit from the ST. Louis con-
vention, Dubois of Idaho was promptly re-
pudiated, and Mantle of Montana and Can
non of Utah will disappear March L.
Towne of Minnesota failed of reelection
to the house in 1896 and was beaten in 1893.
Simple-minded PETER Of Kansas was turned
down for another Popuist. and Allen Of
Nebraska will be succeeded by a Republi-
can. Turpie of Indiana and White Of Cali
fornia, Silver Democrats to the core, failed
to hold their states, and will drop out Ct
sight in two months.
Bryan and Bryanism have played havoc
with public men in Washington, making but
furnishing accessories both before and af-
ter the fact.
The partial census given above shows that
the Chicago platform sentenced to political
death German. Faulkner, Smith. Murphy
Mitchell and Gray sound money Demo-
Gratis who had not the courage of their
convictions; Dubois. Cannon, Mantle and
Towne Republicans who deserted thei- par
ty because of their convictions; PETER and
Allen, Populists, one simple and the other
pestilential, who were deserted by their
own brethren, and Turpie and White. Silver
Democrats, repudated by their own states
on a square issue in an off year.
All these were prominent men in politics
in the fall of 1896: all are has beens'' in
the spring of 1S99 There may be a lesson
in this for somebody.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04
In the Land Of Hard Times.

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
From the Palace Of Ease my lady set
out,
Her carriage wheels shone in the light;
Her fields lay fertile and green about
And she wondered that any blind soul
could doubt
That God ruled ever in might,
And she marveled greatly how sin and
shame
Into this fair world came
There gazed from a window across the
way
A creature pallid and gaunt;
Her cheeks were hollow. her face was
gray;
And hard, deep lines by her hard
mouth lay,
For she dwelt in the Home Of Want
And a look like a curse came into her
eye
AS my lady rode by.
She hated the world that had used her
Ill;
She was bitter with discomfort
She was weary of toll in the dull tread
mill;
Where she wasted her life in the effort
to fill
The mouth of that monster, Rent;
She hated the owners of acres broad,
AS she doubted God.
Oh, woman, weary of toll and pain,
No wonder your heart is gall.
God gave His people wide domain,
He gave us the seasons, the sun and
the rain.
And room and food for us ALL
1t is man. the author of selfish crimes,
Who brings hard times.
Oh, lady fair, in your Castle of Ease,
You are SO happy and well content;
But what would you do were you one
of these
Who toll and suffer, and starve and
freeze
To fatten the monster-Rent
Yet God rules ever, and right some day
Must have it's way.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04

The people are paying over eleven mill
lion dollars year interest on the USE
less bond issues during Cleveland's ad-
ministration. This interest would buy
every year eleven thousand homes of the
value of one thousand dollars each. In
other words it is consuming the value
of that many homes every year-Mo.
World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04

A Prominent Minister sa.d Tsecher Both Given
Up to Die. Msns Cured
Nv the new treatment. Names and addresses
given at the ST. Paui Medical and Surgical
Institute, Fifth and ST. Peter streets, St. Paul,
Mimi where cured, This treatment given at
home,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-22

continued from last week.
that they would pay In the balance
shortly.
II was moved by J. r. Corcoran sup
ported by T.. e. Searls that the clerk
notify the Michigan Telephone company
Ia remove the telephone from The Office
OF the prosecuting attorney. Motion
carried unaaimously.
The county treasurer reported that he
had settled the suit between the Fenton
Metallic Company vs.. the Board 81 SUI
pervisors OF Irun county. 10y taking up
order No. 271s. amounting To yll5S GO,
held by seid Metallic Company, and
also paying said company six per cent
interest on I'D order.
On motion the above report was ac-
cepted.
Moved by j. +. Corcoran. supported
by A. Forsber, that We adjourn until
7;30 O'Clock p. IN. Motion carried.
JOHN WALL, Clerk.
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PUSH 1T ALONG.

The bill establishing n Nor.
nal School at Marquette passed
the senate last Tuesday and now
lacks but the Governors sig
nature to make IL a law. Mar
quette is an excellent place for a
school and the school viii be an
excellent thing for this PENN.
sula. What our school officials
want TO do now TO help make this
school a success is to placea pre-
MUM upon teachers that have
been educated there. There
is no reason why prefer
ence should not be given TO
teachers from the Marquette
school officers in this district.
We advise Iron county officers
10 do So and hope that com
missioners Of counties will do
the same.
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Lots for sale.

Lots for Sale.
All the unsold lots 10 the Wagner &
Cary addition will be sold cheap For
Information inquire Of
CASPER ABERLE.