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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
RURAL FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
Assistant Postmaster General Heath Fa.
vors 1t in His Annual Report. -. 49,


vors 1t in His Annual Report. -. 49,
A vigorous plea for rural free delivery Is
made In the annual report OF First Assist
ant Postmaster General Perry 8. Heath.
Mr.. Heath says the service, 80 far. has re-
suited in increased postal receipts, en-
hancement of the value OF farm lands
reached by rural free delivery Of from %
to .s3 per acre. general Improvement OF
the; condition Of the roads traversed BY the
rural carrier, better prices for farm prod
ucts, the producers being brought into
daily touch with the state OF the markets,
besides educational benefits conferred by
relieving the monotony OF farm life through
ready access to wholesome literature and
knowledge Of current events.
On November l rural free delivery was In
successful operation over 3SS services. ra-
dating over forty States and one Terri
tory, Idt,ho, Wyoming, Mississippi aud
Montana being the only States unrepre-
sented.
Between thu beginning OF The new fiscal
year, July /, 1899, and November l, with an
additional expenditure OF S150,000, rural
free delivery has been extended to nearly
$780, 900 persons, at an annual cost OF about
eighty-four cents per capita, against an
average per capita cost Of about $3.50 In
small towns Of 5000 population.
Rural carriers soon are to be authorized
to receive and receipt for letters for regis
tration, as city carriers do now.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
GODS MESSAGE TO NAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS,

Tenpora Mutantuf - Time to Think Of
God-The Night Of Invincible Faith
Grounded in Jesus Christ-A Prayer
for Purifcation-The Living Fountain.
A hundred years ago,
Ii men were knaves, why, people called
them So
Aud crime could see the prison-portal bend
It's brow severe at no long vista's end.
In those days for plain things plain words
would serve;
Men had not learned to admire the graceful
Swerve
WherN~t'h the aesthetic natures genial
Makes r-..lc duty slope to private good.
The Ten Commandments had a meaning
then,
Felt in their bones by least considerate
Becaue" 1ahlnd them Public Conscience
stood,
And ~.--~- wiIclng made their mandates
good.
Whom rogues their sires, their miIder soBs
call smart.
And "slightiy irregular" dilutes the shame
Or what had once somewhat blunter
name.
Will S0uoEOuS CutV6 W6' '.QthW tuo tlOIoI
line;
Our swindlers are permitted to resign;
Their guilt Is wrapped in many differentiai
names,
And twenty sympathize for one who blames.
Add national disgracet to private crime:
Confront mankind with brazen front sub
lime, " a.-.
Steal but enough; the world Is unsevere,
Tweed Is statesman; Fisk fnancier;
Invent mine and be- the Lords knows
what;
Secure, at any rate, with what you've got.
The public servant, who has stolen and
lied, t... =
Gfcalled on, may resign with honest pride.
With ohoker white, wherein no cynic eye
Dares see idealiZed hempen tie,
At parish meetings he conducts In prayer,
And prays for missions to be sent elsewhere.
On Change. respected. to his friends en-.
deared,
Add but a Sunday school class, he's revered,
And his too early tomb will not be dumb
To point mortal for our youth to come.
james Russell Lowell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
The Popular Handkerchief.

"The hemstitched handkerchief is
always popular" said the man behind
the handkerchief counter in one of
the great linen houses. "Scalloped
borders are also in fairly good de-
nland, but the hemstitched, embroid.
cred handkerchiefs are in the lead.
They range in price from S2.25 to
$5.75 a dozen, and we are Offering
three different sizes variously EN-.
broidered. The initials on the hand.
kerchiefs are not as much used as
formerly. though many orders come
IN for the single letter. Some women
prefer to have their full name EN-,
broidered in the corner"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
waists, ihasmuch as it is soft ant
thin, almost transparent.
Simple Shirt-waist Model.

The Czarins shirt-waist, notwith
standing its title, is simple mode
that is suitable for making up almost
any pretty fabric, but a particularly
taking one included in the handsome
trousseau of an autumn bride is made
of amethyst velvet and heliotrope silk.
1t is formed with deep yoke OF the
back. There is wide plait down the
front, where the waist fsstens with
pearl and amethyst studs. The back
of the waist is very closely fitted, the
sleeves close coat shapes, with velvet
cuffs, and the fronts droop little at
the belt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
Tie Crusade In Paraprapl,s,

Tile Crusade In Paragraphs.
The way to prevent drunkenness is to
destroy the cause.
Men are drunkards because boys are
tempted to drink.
Two thousand saloons have beea opened
In Cuba since the war.
II you want q cool head and clear
Drain keep clear OF the snloon.
Every true patriot will hit the drink
devil whenever be gets chance.
II we had a u.ilion tongues we would
cry: "Save the children from the curse OF
alcohol"
A Christian has no right to assist In
maintaining traffic whose fruits are nec-
essarly evil.
Hereafter in New Haven County Conn.,
saioon licenses will not be granted to gro
Gerry dealers.
Temperance societies should be more
wideawnke than they are. They, ut pres
enr, are in danger OF lapsl1g into state
OF qulescence that BODIES but little good to
the cause OF total abstinence.
The Texas Liquor Dealer denounces as
"blackmail" letter from the officers Oh
tho W. C. r. U. OF Texas town, notifying
saloon keeper that he would be prose-
cuted II be did not cease violating the law.
There are, according to L'Etoile du
Mntin, juvenile temperance societies In
a750 OF the 1862 primary schools or the King
dom OF Belgium. There are also 6Sl adult
temperance societies In Belgium schools
with more than II, 600 members.
The drink seller .attens on the destruc-
tion oi public health md virtue.
That intemperance il one OF the great
est known causes Of failure OF young men
Is unquestionable. It is the bane Of the
human race. Anything that will destroy,
even temporarily, the power to use tile
intutive faculties and the judgment, Is an
appalling evil, and, unfortunately, 1t ls al
evil that Is largely prevalent.
We shall make short work OF the saloon
as Il recognized legal establishment. when.
ever we canget our own forces to race
about aud form in battle llue beyond the
forts OF folly. Face about, because, al
though for nearly half n century the church
and the snloon lave beea ut war, they have
never laced each other IN IN open Held.
There is district In Liverpool inhabited
BY Ct, COO people, where Intoxicating liquor
cannot he bought.
The American Anti-Saloon League an
nounce to the friends OF temperance
throughout the Union that they have taken
up work against the saloon among the COL
ored people In the South along their Gus.
tomary lines.
One OF the rules which Andrew Car
ncgie is said to have established ior
his own guidance upon tho road
to success is this: "Never enter
bar-room, nor let the the contents
of a bar.room enter YOU" A Young man
who does not understand that strong drink
IL a foe to professional advancement has
not US yet mastered the A. B. G. OF the al
phabet OF success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
Grounded In Jesus Christ.

The mighty word in Christianity which
needs renewed emphasis is personality. Our
religion Is not only founded by. but ground
ed in, the person Of Jesus Christ. 1t begins
In personal devotion to Christ, and 1t ul-
Inmates in q perfection OF personality
through and in Christ. 1t is propogated,
under the guidance of the Holy Ghost,
through personal work, mans service for
man. The heaven which 1t promises is
realized when the Heavenly Father
and His child meet in the perfect
personal union made possible by the triumph
Of righteousness. We must break loose
from bondage to everything which keeps
us from entering freely into perfect person
al union with Christ It is personal bond.
That emf hasis must not be lost. 1t has
been strong in the thought and life Of every
victor Christian and Is the assurance OF
conquest to each waiting heart today.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
APrayer for Purifica.i lion.

From the beauty OF the earth which thou
hast made we lit our hearts to thee, 0 God,
with worship and desire From love OF
home and friends our thought goes out to
thee. by whom all earthly friendships live
and grow from strength to strength. We
see thee in the character OF our holy and
loving Saviour, Jesus Christ and wonder
that while we were yet sinners thou hast
loved us and given thine only begotten for
our need. Yet. as our thought grows deeper
and higher and wider in communion. with
thy holy spirit, thou art still above our
knowledge. Thy beauty Is unsearchable,
yet thou dost fill our poor hearts full while
we are looking up to thee. Purify US that
We may see thee. who art not missed by any
that long after thee, and make US to know
thy love that passeth knowledge, for the
sake Of Jesus, Our Lord. Amen. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
In tile Matter OF Alcohol as Food.

Professor Atwater's "food" killed my
father nbout sixty years ago, burned up
our clothing and food and drove the smile
from my mothers eye, and would rather
live In the serenity Of ignorance than In an
iniatuation OF so-calied science that de-
fends alcoholic drinks under any clrcum-
stances. would be glad to submit to q
public test with Professor Atwater, I being
allowed to use water In connection with
my food and he being limited to diluted al-
cohol and see what the results would be.
Upon the supposition that Professor At
waters duties would probably make 1t i'm.
possible for him to visit Chicago for such 4
test, would suggest that he might send,
as substitute, the Bishop whose recent
utterances against the Prohibitionists have
not been forgotten, DIR. Lyman Abbott or
the President of the Brewers Congress.
F. Mcclure, Surgeon Fourteenth Wiscon-
sin Infantry, 1860 65, st. Cloud, MINI.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
High Grade Cattle For Guam.

High grade cattle have been introduced
into the island OF Guam, and the Navy De.
partment has undertaken the experiment
OF raising herd over there. A report came
to the Department that three COWS, bull
and calf, all Jerseys, had been safely
landed in the American possession In the
la airones. The report came from Com
mnuder Cottman or the Collier Brutus.
Guam has no milch cows, but tue climate
Is considered :. suitable for raising them,
and the navaLAgrlculturists say they have
reason to believs that.the experiment will
succeed. '!f
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
Desirable Dress Fabric.

Among the new expensive novelty
weaves in dress fabrics are those With
rough surface, but firm underweave
which prevents the material from
stretching or breaking at the waist.
seams. The surface is broken by Ia,
teral lines of chenille or narrower vel.
velvet woven in a raised design. The
crinkled effect is greatly enhanced by
the extreme sickness of the fabric,
which emphasizes the deeper black OF
the chenille or velvet stripes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE
VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

Wouldn't You ?-Ofcial Enumeration of
the Keeling Host of American Drunk
ards-The Awful Census Taken in
lao Cities-A Traffic That Kills.
II little pledge will keep me
Safe and sound,
And will show some sinking mortal .
Solid ground;
II 1t ties me fast to life-llnes
Strong and true,
Why, I'll take tho pledge and keep it
Wouldn't you?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
Views OF an Eminent Specialist.

An eminent specialist In diseases OF
children has noted the progress OF twelve
families with parents who were habltual
drinkers Of alcoholic drinks, and oitwelve
families with total abstaining parents.
During the twelve years these families
were under his observation the twelve first
named gave birth to flity-seyen children,
OF whom twenty-five died In the first week
after BIRTH five were idiots. five were
dwarfs, five later became epileptics aud
later one hud ciorea ending in idlocy, and
five others were more or less deformed
and unhealthy, leaving only eleven OF the
flfty-seven children to arrive at maturity
In healthy condition OF body and mind.
The twelve families with temperate par
ents, during the same period OF time wero
blessed with sixty-one children, Of whom
only six died during the first week after
birth, luter two showed Inherited defects
Of the nervous system, leaving flfty-three
Of the sixty-one healthy In body and mind.
My own observations during a continued
period Of sixty-two years Of medical prsc-
tlce, adds q doctor, fully corroborats the
.lferancss to be drawn from the foregoing
statamnnte
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
Intoxicanta Fatal In Alaaka.

In recent interview In Chicugo, Joa.
quIn Miller, the poet, who has pent some
time In Alaska, said: "To use intoxlcants
In Alaska Is fatal. No one can use stimu.
,ants without serious results. Even coffee
ls not necessary to the hnbltual coffee
drinker. Tea Is the proper beverage there.
and that Is the popular drink. Whisky is
/ deadly thing to the Indians, and they are
tlup Work
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29

How beautiful is the living fountain, UNI
varying. inexhaustible! Bring what vessl
you will and the swift outpouring OF
stream fills 1t to the brim. Pure. spark
swnet, refreshing, 1t Is tho image OF the
grace OF God in Cl.ist and seems to
the prophets call with its incessant y
"Ho, every one that thirsteth, CON
the MaterSr'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
Plain Setting For Em meralds.

Most people consider emeralds must
be surrounded with diamonds to bring
out their beauty, but big square
emerald owned by one woman who is
fond of the rich, green stones is in a
a perfectly plain setting, square cut,
as emeralds are, and is beautiful in
it's soft velvety richness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
The Homo of the BoodIer.

We ought to wage constant aud ag.
sresslve warfare against an institution
mat breeds the venal voter and stands as
he convenient clearing house In which
The boodle politician can buy his way to
dishonest and dishonora power.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29

Sometimes after hours ofagoni1
the thought comes to US that Coz
But we pray agan, and Sile9(
Wisdom, and then, rs we pray
ly, more earnestly, Wisdom
So at last we find Cons tru(
spell it out so slowly!-Ja9
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29

be considered, while in the black gown
the different methods of trimming
work Transformation in the too SOM
bre and workaday look that cheap
black gown 30 often possesses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
Women In the Churches.

According to the census of 1890 there
We're 165 women occupying pulpits in the
United States. In 1880 this number had
Increased to 1885, and more women have
been ordained every yeur since.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
What Keeps Them Poor.

Ex-Governor Grant, Of Colorado, says
;hat liquor drinking is the thing that
kecps the smelter men poor, and not low
wages or long hours. He shows that
s2,5OO, 900 in checks have been cashed for
:he men by the saIoonkeepers during the
last few years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29

How the Hats Are Worn.
Hats are worn in Paris and New
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
Changes In the II

Oue faction OF the
has formed Il new ass
owned and managed
IN the manner of I
Of the old coloniS
commonwealth.
new location at
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON,
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.

Subject: Settled in Heaven-The Fate of
- Nations as Well as OF Individ uals In
Gods Rands-The World Not Gov
erned In a Haphazard Way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29

travel, labors hard to prove that the slight
ruins Of that olty are really worth visiting:
Carthage buried IN tho cemetery or dend
nations. Not one altar to the true Goo
did she rear. Not one OF the Ten Com
mandments but she conspicuously rio-
lated. Her doom was settled In heaven
when 1t was decided far back In the eterni.
ties that the nation and kingdom that will
not serve God shall perish.
Walk on In the cemetery OF nations and
see the long lines Of tombs-Thebes and
Tyre and Egypt apd Babylon and Medo-.
Persian and Macedonian aud Roman and
Saxon heptarchy, great nations, small na-
tions, nations that lived yearand nations
thnt lived 500 years.
Our own nation will be judged by the
same moral lnws by which all other nn-
tlops have been judged. The judgment
day for individuals will probably come far
on In the future. Judgment day for M
tlons is every day. every day weighed
every day approved or every day con.
denned. Never before in the history oil
this country hns the Am ericnn nation been
more eurelv in the balance than it Is this
minute. Do right, and We so up. DC
wrong, and we go down.
lam not so anxious to know what this
statesman or that warrior thinks we had
better do with Cuba and Porto Rico and
L
what God thinks We had better do. The
destiny OF this nation will Ect be decided
on Wonder capitoline hill or at Manila OF
ut the presidential bnllot box, for 1t will be
settled In heaven.
Another thing decided in the same high
place is that happiness is the result OF spir-
itual condition and not OF earthly environ
mont. II we who may sometimes have
thousand dollars to invest find 1t such q
perplex.:y to know what to do with 1t ana
soon after find that we invested 1t where
principal and interest have gone down
through roguery or panic, what must be
the worriment OF those having millions to
Invest and whose lossea correspond In mag
nitude with their resourcesl People who
have their three or four dollars day
wages are Just as happy as those who have
an income OF $500, 900 u year.
Sometime happiness Is seated on foot
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-01
New Matter in the Famous
Waialla Stock Controversy.
AN AMENDMENT is PERMITTED
Alteration Subject to Argument
A Dover Suit-TreSpaSS Case.
Estate Affairs.

In the case Of John II. SOper and
E. 5. Valentine vs.. B. F. Dillingham;
and Waialua Agricultural Company.
Ltd. the plaintiffs have asked for con-
sent of the Court TO amend their bill by
inserting after the first paragraph on
the third page thereof, the following,
viz:
That said stock is not offered on
the market or listed on the Stock Ex-
change. is not easily or readily to be
obtained, and that its value is not cas-
lily ascertainable, owing 10 the undo
veloped condition of the corporate
property and to other causes OF a pub
lie nature"
Judge Perry has ruled that the
amendment may be made and filed,
subject TO argument upon the effect
thereof.
The defendants waived service and
acknowledged receipt of copy of the
amendment by their attorney, f. NJ.
Hatch. \. 5. Hartwell and ThursJon
& Carter for plaintiffs.
\ bill to admeasure dover has been
filed by KauimakoOle Lazarus VS.. Alex
ander Lazarus. The suit is one be-
tween mother and son. The petitioner
prays that her dover may be ad-
measured and set out in land situated
on Lunalilo and Kinau streets, or if it
cannot be so admeasured without great
injury to defendant that the dover be
ascertained in money. w. \. Henshall,
attorney for plaintiff.
Plaintiffs in the trespass case of Cecil
Brown ct al. VS.. ]. p. Mendonca, have
filed exceptions 10 that part OF Judge
Stanley's decision allowing Mendonca
use of water coming from the well on
the leased property near Gays house.
Exceptions allowed.
In the bill for injunction of James
A. King. Minister of the Interior, VS..
The Oahu Railway & Land Company.
4 motion has been made by defendant
for leave to file maps which were mis-
placed and could not be found at the
time of the trial.
A statement of assets and liabilities
has been filed by s. Decker. bankrupt
w. Pfotenhauer. administrator of the
estate of Kong Leong, deceased, has
petitioned the Court that his final ac-
count be examined. approved and that
he be discharged.
w. w. Hall, ancillary administrator
of the estate of Simon Magnin, has
fled his accounts. which have been eX-
amined and approved by Judge Stan
ley.
In the matter of the sale of real es-
tate of a. Rosa, deceased, J. F. Col
burn, executor of the will, petitions the
Court that the sales be confirmed
An answer has been filed in the
ejectment suit of Opule Kaulahea ct al.
VS.. J. NJ. Kauhimahu ct al
In re suit of 4. G.. Correa VS.. Isaac ID.
Iaea, a writ authorizing the sale of
property was returned yesterday from
the MarshaIs office, partially satisfied.
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Police Court.

Mishima Kurakichi. the Japanese
who stabbed one of his countrymen last
December was yesterday sentenced TO
serve six months term at hard labor
in Oahu prison. The injured man be
ing considered out of danger of death,
the charge made was assault with a
deadly weapon.
All Hon charged with unlawful pos
session of opium was fined $50.
Second mate O'Neil, of the WiIlscott
was fined S25 and costs by Judge Will
cox yesterday. for assaulting Lieben-
berg, the cook, of the ship.
The case against Joseph Gonsalves,
charging him with assaulting J. Batista
and wife, will not come up for hear
ing until Friday morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-01
Tack" Gibson Shot.

John Gibson. the horseman of Irish
Lassie" fame, was shot in the forehead
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Gibson was riding out 10 Wal
kiki in a tramcar Beside him was a
friend. Just beyond Thomas Square
GIBSON suddenly exclaimed that he was
shot. Blood trickled from his fore
head just above the eye. \ bullet from
what must have been a 22-cahbre par
lor rife had Struck Gibson making a
painful flesh wound. Out at the En-
gineer's camp the bullet was extracted
and the wound dressed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-01

I think 1 would go crazy with pain
were it not for Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, writes Mr.. W. H. Stapleton.
Herminie, Pa. Il have been afflicted
with rheumatism for several years and
have tried remedies without number.
but Pain Balm is the best medicine I
have got hold Of" One application re-
lieves the pain. For sale by Benson,
Smith & Co, Ltd. wholesale agents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-01

Manager Cassidy states that in a Jew
DAYS he will have the new express sys-
tenn switchboard set up in the Waikiki
station