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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Greatest Curse Of the World.

Bishop Galloway's message to the Ep-i
worth League on the drink traffic was az
follows: "My creed is mental suasIon for the
man who, drinking, can think, morak
suaslon for the drinking man who does not
think, and jail suasion for the traficker Of
liquor. No law enforces itself. We may lash
ourselves into fury, we may shout and
preach, but the good Is lost.when we stay
away from the polls. We must demand the
enforcement Of the laws. Let citizens Of
every color, race, politics aud creed unitein
the eficrt against the saloon. Let US unitet
secure, not only the enthronement, but tho
enforcement Of the law that will save the
youth of the country from the greatest
curse OF the world"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Died at Ace of 1OS.

Thomas B. Allen, veteran OF three wars
and the oldest citizen in West Virginia,
died near Flemington few days ago, aged
1OS years and five months. Mr.. Aliens
father reached the age OF 120. Allen. who
was born in England, claimed to have been
at Waterloo, and that he knew Napoleon
personally. He came to America IN 1850
aud served in the Union army, having en-.
listed at the age OF seventy. He was never
married.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Tha Economic .Aspecta.

Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, q sue
cessor to Henry Ward Beecher, In his book,
statis,tcs tsue reckon cI S1' the aSefsee mans
value at $500 year. Each worker In
wood, iron or brass stands for en- engine or
industrial plant worth $4,000. producing
at six per cent, an income OF s6o0., The
death OF the average workman, therefore,
Is equivalent to the destruction OF $10, 600
mill or engine. The economic loss through
the nor. productivity OF 10000 drunkards
is equal to one Chicago fire. involving two.
hundred millions"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Tho Savage and the Civilized.

4 deputation OF native chiefs In British
Vest Africa called on the Governor the
other day to ask him to prohibit the deadly
gin traffic. And the Governor In labored
argument proved to them that the GIN
traffic was "vestei interest" In which
many OF his fellow subjects In England had
embarked much wealth. OF course, under
such circumstances, the gin trade must be-
treated with circumspectlon, even II 1t did
demoralize and ruin thousands OF the na-
tives in West Africa. Now, that was tie
ans wer those chiefs got. They represent
ed barbarlsm; the English Government
stood nobly for civllization.-Springfeld
(Mass,) Republican.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Our Plaque Infested Cities.

The immoral condition o. our great cities
is blot on our civilization. The saloon
runs the caucus, names the candidate, robs
the public, and spits on the law, writes
John G. Woolley, in the Voice. read an
interview with New York millionaire the
other day, In which he emphasized the fact
that nearly all the men Of affairs, sucoess-i
full business men, and men In professional
life In our great cities, were boys that came
from the farm or were reared In the small
town. He lamented the fact that rich mems
Sons reared In the city seldom amounted to I
much. And he wondered why. Well, if
the poor old innocent does not know, III!
tell him why. IT. because the moral tome
Of our great cities Is so low, vice Is so open,
80 allurlng, SO tempting; the saloons, With
the gaming.table In the rear and the scarlet
woman upstairs, are so numerous, that it
is almost impossible to raise boy In the
city without sending him to hell. God pity
the tempted boy tina. walks the streets Of
an American city after the fall Of night,
War has slain its thousands; rum has slain
its tens of thousands. Gut the usual eatt-s
mate in two, and 1t would require one huns
dred whole trains, ten cars long, with sixty
dead bodies in every car, to carry the re-
mains. 1t would make funeral process
sion, hearse following hearse, from Detroit
to Dubuque, and All q trench with dead
bodies, end to end, sixty-elght miles long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Drink and Pauperism.

The New Voice has been gathering sone
valuable statistics on this point. TO the
paupers OF the various almshouses
throughout the United States circulars
we're sent asking for statistics and facts;
s16 officials having In charge 33,245 paup-,
ers, OF these 7091, or twenty-one per cent.
were made paupers through intoxicating
drink. As there are some 73,045 paIpers
In all the almshouses OF the country, 1t Is
fair to assume that the numbers In the
almshouses there through drink is 81 .25s,
to support whom the public are heavily
taxed,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

smothered with flowers. the witnesses
being Jules Dupin, schoolmate,. and
Michel Gouillard, the whilom convict IN
name only, who was Victor's first and
last client.
THE END.
Copyright, by the Authors Alliance
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
IL Run by Women.

This Is the way Star staff correspondent
tells OF his experience In Beattle, Kan, on
day when the thermometer was way up
In the shade: ~ y
"Nearest glass OF beer," inquired Of q
sad looking man on the station platform.
.. He grinned and pointed to sign up the
street which said, "saloon."
"Closed by order Of the mayor"
whats the trouble?"
"Troubler' repeated another sad-faceds
man. "Lord, that Isn't the name for III" 2
"We've got lady mayor, lady council
and lady clerk. They'r running things.
This town Is going to the devil" &
Afterward, when met Mayor Elizabeth
Totten, she told me that this man was mis-;
taken. The town had been going to- the
devil up to April 4. But praise the Lord,
since that date she thought It had been
going the other way. Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN. (.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST,
IN MANY WAYS. 4

/ warnins-The State Of immortality.
That Prevails in Our Largo Cities 10 q
Blot on Our Civilization Rum Slsya
Moro Than All Our Wars. ~
o heart OF youth, I would beseech g
While days are fair and bright;
Heed we'll the truth, fain would teach
And save your lives from blight. ~
Refuse the wine Of ruddy glow, &
For poison lies within.
4 serpent turks its waves below,
At last 1t bites-like sin. q
Refuse the cider's tempting snare
Deceitful, treacherous thing! aI
It's amber holds an arrow there, ~
And deadly is its sting.
Refuse the beer, whose foaming cup
Hides bitterness below.
In pain and poverty they sup, ~
Who drain Its dregs Of woe.
spurn brandy, whisky, rum and gin.
To tempters, answer MOI
Refuse the drinks that lead to sin;
Refuse the ways OF woe. =
Be pure and goodl Be strong and brave
Make life noble thing.
Look up to livel Look down to sayel II
Be each In soul kingl ~;
Thus gladly chose the better part,
And choosing be at rest.
The promise to the pare In heart,
Shall keep you safe and blest. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
In the Slums.

Mrs. Dothetown-"Poor, dear child!
Are your parents dead?" Tenement
Tommy-"I t'ink pap is. Him an ma,
wuz a fightin' when I left, an gee, she
wuzn't doin' a ting t. fim.s-Ohie
State Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
Tho 3IoravIans In South Africa.

The Moravans will expend $4,000 In
pstat fishing new mission stations In South
Africa, on the Mosquito coast, in Nicaragua
and in Labrador.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25
The Religion of the Icelanders.

About 13,G00 persons. Which is about the
entire population of Iceland. are meuaeTs
nE tho nj narnn f~bnr.'',
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-25

A handsome woman is jewel;
rood woman ia o treasure-Sanide.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
CHINESE SIMPLICITY.
Even the Great Ii Hung Chang Dis
plays "a Lack of Proper
Understanding.

The Chinese are said to be very much
like children in their thought and ac-
ton. The commerce OF one of their
principal rivers is greatly impeded by
ledge of rocks, on which myriads of
junks and other kinds of vessels have
been wrecked or badly damaged during
the years Of many centuries. In fact
it is almost impossible for any sort of
vessel 10 pass this obstruction without
being hurt in some way. Recently sew
eral British men-of-war lay at anchor
for some weeks in the river and the
commanders offered TO blow up the
rocks and create safe channel wit out
cost to the government If permission
were given. The matter was referred
to Ii Hung Chang. China's greatest
statesman. who. after mature delibera-
tion, declined the offer. on the around
that If they took the rocks ont of the
river il would deprive western China Of
water and OOOd The eastern part If the
country! This reminds us OF The Phi.
losopher who opposed the building Of
the Nicaragua canal because he
claimed that the Pacific ocean was sey.
eal feet higher than the Atlantic. and
that If the canal should be opened the
western ocean would flow into the
eastern and produce another Noab's
foodl
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
ELECTRIC THAWING.
An Invention That In Much I'm De-
mnnd Among the Mines of
the kIOndIke.

Miners who have returned from the
Klondike. say that in that region. as in
others where the winter temperature
runs down TO well below zero. the bug
bear of the miner is the frozen soil in
which he has TO work. Under the in.
fluence of the frost the ground turns
as hard as rock for several feet down.
and until this obdurate stratum is cut
through mining operations are al Il
standstill. The way in which the soil
is softened has, SO far, been to build
a bonfire. and simply thaw things out.
This. however. besides being tedious.
is great waste of heat, IS per cent.
of which is lost in the atmosphere. A
patent for thawihg the ground electric
ally has just been sold for u large sum.
The invention is intended to be used
for winter mining in countries where
the cold is severe. Specially-construc
ed dynamos and electrodes are placed
against the walls of the shaft. with a
space of from five TO six feet of ground
intervening; so that when the current
is turned on it has TO cross the face of
this space to complete the circuit. AS
the ground contained therein forms
n resistance TO the motion of the elec.
tricity, heat is generated. and the
ground is thawed. The heat thus gen
Grated can be SO controlled that it can
be applied in any manner that Will
utilize its full force and effect. BY the
old bonfire system il took pa hours to
freeze out foot of soil; by the cleo.
trical system it is claimed that it. is
possible to thaw out the same depth Of
frozen earth in one hour, or "a feet per
day.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
Presidents Signatures.

President McKinley's signature is
next to that Of John Adams and Ty-
Ter, the plainest Of any of our chief
executives. Van Buren's was the
hardest 70 decipher,th though Jefferson,
Taylor. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison
and Garfield never lifted their pen in
singning their names. j. Adams
is small, cramped and the only back
hand in the lot. Folks is the most
ornate; Jackson's the longest, four
inches; and Pierce's the largest.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
Negro College President.

One OF the most interesting negroes
IN the country is President w. IT.
Council OF the A. and NJ. Coll ,ge for
Negroes. Normal, Ala. He is the on
ly negro president of college born
in slavery and self educated. He was
II years old before he learned the III
phabet and yet today he is said to be
one OF the rpest scholars OF his race.
MIR. Council Travelled abroad few
years ago and was received warmly
by the late Hon. W. e Gladstone and
King Leopold Of Belgium. The Lon
don Mercury in giving report OF h 5
three lectures at Queen Park Cathe-
dral church said: "!he mans mind
seemed absolutely stranger to cant
and claptrap, II condition notable and
refreshing to our own country, old in
freedom and culture. DR.. Leach did
good service to our country in set
ting before it in MIR. Council speci-
men OF the handiwork Of a Christian
sculptor from the rough block Of a
negro slave"
The story of his effort to rise in the
world and help his rece is full of in
tercst, and would till large volume.
Ho worked in the fields blowing split
ting rails, picking cotton, etc. He
took advantage Of every opportunity
to learn. He plowed three days for a
second hand Greenleaf's arithmetic,
and then walked four. miles three
times a week and paid 50 cents for
that many lessons in chemistry. He
subsequently taught geometry and
triSonometry in the State Normal
school,and If today professor or chem
istry, ancient history and mental
science in the A. and NJ. College of
Alabama, and is the only professor
out OF tbirty.four who does not hold
a college diploma.
The institution of which no ia the
founder and head ls one Of tho larg.
est and most useful in the world. 1t
gets $4,000 a year from Alabama and
receives about $4,000 a year under
the Morrill, act Of 1890, besides aid
from the whole country. Pupils are
there from eighteen States Pud from
Afnca. One Of the graduates from
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
FILE YOUR BILLS.

By order of the Board OF County
Commissioners, all bills against the
County to be acted upon by the
Board, must be filed on or before the
Saturday Immediately preceding the
Monday upon which the Board meets,
otherwise the bills will not be acted
upon until the next meeting of the
Board.
Attest: A. q. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
SUPERVISOR THE ASYLUM.

A Carson paper says that Joe Nc
earthly is to lie appoiI ted supervis or
at the Asylum. That is an Office.
which no one around Reno appears
to have ever heard Of. but perhaps it
may have been created by the last
legislature. Joe is good fellow and
took his medicine gracefully when
downed by the Silver Party State
Convention, and if there is anything
lying around 10 ,se that he would like
We hope he will get it.-Reno Jonrn-
al.
There is about as much use for a
Supervisor at the Asylum as there is
for dog to have two tails. This
Office was created sever Il years ago
for Silver larty man from Lyon
county by the name of Woods. He
filed it until he had row with Or.
Bergstein and since then there has
been no such officer ut the Asylum.
but the work has gone ON all the
same. Now, it seems that Mr.. Nc
earthly is out of job and the place
is resurrected for him.
The INDEPENDENT would like to
see Mr.McCGTthy get d good position.
but it protests against an office heing
created especially for his benefit mt
the expense Of the taxpayers OF the
State. It,soems to it that if the peo
pie must support him 1t would be
less expensive to send him to one of
the county hospitals. 1t would not
cost the people rs much rs it will TO
create an Office for him with a fat
SALARY attached. But then the motto
of the present State administration
seems to he "the people be blOwed,
we have the Offices"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08

Africa is now studying medicine
in Harvard University.
General Wheeler has taken a deep
interest in President Council for
nearly twenty years and regards him
as one Of the most useful and schol-
arly negroes Of this age. Tho school
is in General Wheeler's district
Washington Post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
New Warslilps.

The President has authorized the
ba, tleships anu armored cruisers
which the law required to be pamed
after States to be named the Penn
sylvania. New Jersey, Georgia, West
Virginia, Nebraska and California.
The six cruisers are to be
named the Denver, Des Moines,
Chattanooga, Galveston, Tacoma and
Cleveland.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08

a recently arrived Frenchman. who
visited well.known Boston establish.
meht one day to iii Himself ont for a
long journey 10 the west. says the Dos
Ton transcript. WAS complaining Bit
terry OF the coo. Don't sou have cold
weather in 'France?" asked the sales.
man who waited on him. "Why. Ger.
taiiily. we have ze cold weather in
France" was the reply. but we do not
have re all four seasons in one day in
France"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08

The Virginia City Miners Union
has appointed Judge Mack, John
Young. r. Bravin, Frank Fallon and
+. Rodgers committee to handle
funds for the home of disabled min
ers. All money contributed from
this Jurisdiction can be deposited in
the Hibernia bank OF San Francisco.
The sum of Sl2,923 so has been col.
lected already.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08

And now word comes that gigan-
tic combination has been incorporate
ed in New Jersey with capital Of
sl5,0OO,0O0 for the purpose of selling
compress ed air in capsules. 1hore is
no escape it seems. This is nm era of
trusts. The administration puts it's
trust in trusts. while tho common
people still read the motto on the sill
yer dollar. But Mckinley even
threatens to deprive them Of that
s. L. Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
YOU TRY 1T.

If Shiloh's Cough and Consump-
ton Cure, which is sold for tho small
price of % cts, 80 cts. and S1.CO. does
not cure take the bottle back and we
will refund your money. Sold for
over 80 Years on this guarantee. Price
~ cents and 80 cents. For sale by
ElkO Drug. Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
To Whom It May Concern.

The reward offered by me in s
tember, 1893, for the arrest and
turn OF Mike Hartman, who br
Jail in Elko on the 18th day Of s.
TENDER, 1898, is hereby Withdraw
j. M. MATTER.
Ex.Sherif OF Elko county, NevsI
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
YOUNG MOTHERS,

Group is the terror of thousands of
young mothers because its outbreak
is so agonizng and frequently fatal.
Smloh's Cough and CONSUMPTION
Cure acts like magic in case of
Group 1t has never been known to
fail The worst cases relieved i'm
mediately. Price % cts. so cts. and
sl.00. For sale by Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
SICK HEADACHES.

The cure OF overworked WON
kind, are quickly and surely cured
karps Clover Root Tea, the gr
blood purifier and tissue build
Money refunded it not satisfacto
Price % cts. and so cts. For sale
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08

The Baker City Record gives out
this fatherly advice: at thy enemy
smite thee on the RICH check send
him some embalmed beef"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08
V OK

Is never done, and 1t is especially wearing
and wcarisome to those whose blood is i'm
pure and unfit properly to sustain the vast
ing of nerve, muscle and tissue. The only
remedy for tired, weak, nervous women is in
building UP by taking good nerve tonic,
blood purifier and vitalizer like Hoods Sar-
saparIlla. For troubles Peculiar to Women
At change of season, climate or life, take
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08

Hoods Pills are nominating and
the only pills to take with Hoods
Ssrsaparilla.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08

1t will prove worth your while
to see our NEW SILKS, consist
ing of all the latest French
novelties and effects. We
have an elegant line of
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-08

IXlyi.2zIxzttzk LxLiN
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-26

The DeMocrate Hug WofLee IL
happy over the fact that the city Offices
have been 50 distributed that no gold
Democrat has had even II SMELL aHd
that there is no danger now Of be
coming mortified, yexed and Disguised
by seeing men holding Democratic
commissions parading i'll the front file
of the Mckinley, 90lden-rod, canned
beef procession but, on the contrary,
trotting along wrrH Is to the music of
Hail to the Chief. William Jennings
Bryan
We trust TINT the "golden-rod
Democrats will learn 10 know their
place, which is, to vote the city Demo
cratic ticket, so TINT the lG-to-l Demo
Gratis may get in power and Office and
slap them in the face II they want
further to show their reniteuce. let
them march in tue front Gle Of the
Bryau free silver free trade and free
.ouH. aaase PROCESSION The success
70 tsss Fafty will prevent the people
from getting teauned .hsef or, IN fact.
Auy kind of beet
Allow us to suggest to the Haqe-
Wofkef that William Jennings Bryan
is getting to be u sort Of " embalmed-
beef idol.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-26

II Is perhaps hopeless to expect
that the present Excise Bonrd of this
city will interest itself III the moral
welfare Of the people even 10 the eX-
tent OF restricting the sale of beer aud
liquors IN the slightest manner what
ever The Democratic members of the
Board, when they were running for
Office, came ont in handbill, in reply
10 the charge of THE RECORD that they
we're iii fayor Of unlimited and low Ii
ccnae, aud replied that the charge ", s
false That II elected they would act
for the interests of the people. Every
body knows that they have thus far
failed 10 keep their pledge, and that
Tar REeoEb's charges have been sub
Stimulated by their actions. thus far
Now. if this Board desires to redeem
itsclf, ii can do so by refusing licensees
- :..laces. ~. F9v' e-onlv hotels in name
and that are simply drinking saloons.
II can do So. also, by enforcing the
law against the places that are licensed
aud that habtually violate their license
agreement and the laws of the State.
IT is matter of common belief TINT
there are but two or three hotels and
drinking places in town that do not
habitually sell ON Sunday, It may not
be legal evidence of the fact. but il is
10 10 n Ia Ia n, 1anaa
that where men are to be seen in num-
bcrs going into drinking places by side
doors and gates, Sunday after Sunday.
aud where loaiing in barrooms is per-
mitted on that day there must be sell
ing of drinks going ON. 1t il also cont
monty reported that minors have ne
difficulty in buying drinks at most OF
the bars III town,
1t is the business of the Excise Board
to keep an eye on these violations o.
the excise laws, and, where possible
to bring to book the yiolators.
our city is fast reaching the pom
where the town will be RIM by thu
liquor interests. 1t IA time that til,
law abiding aud moral people of thu
city get some back bone in them ant
decide to take charge of affairs in thei
own interests If they do not do so
things will go from bad to worse
and the reputation of our city become
such as to repel trade aud busines
from It.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-26
HunterdOn County Circuit Court.

Notice is hereby given thata Writ of Attach
ment was issued out Of the Hunterdon County
Circuit Court against the rights and credits,
moneys and effects, goods and chattels, lands
and tenements of William J Smith and George
Hai-s, absent debtors at the suit of Frederick
T. Lear, for the sum of One Hundred Dollars,
returnable on the Twenty-third day of Janu-
airy, A. d, eighteen hundred and ninety -nine,
and has been duly executed and returned on
the Tenth day Of January, A. D., eighteen
hundred and ninety-nine by tho Sheriff of
tho County of Hunterdon
WIN S CLOSaON,
Dated Jan. 10th, 1s99 Clerk
WALTER L. HAYHURsr,
Attorney
Jan 10, iS9e-6t
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-26
,. - o N.s

Governor Voorhees, has appointed
Friday, April %, MS Arbor Day, and
IN his proclamation he recommends
that the day be devoted by the people
to the planting of forest trees and to
appropriate exercises, in the public
schools. The day will no doubt be
appropriately observed in all Of our
public schools and the teachers will
impress upon the minds of the pupils
the needed for the planting and enlti-
walton of trees. The instruction given
might be profitably extended to vines
and shrubs and plants.