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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-06
When Rival Babes Met.

Two rival mothers with rival babies
sat opposite each other in blue ca"
the other day, en- route for the great
east side.
One infant was pretty and the other
wasn't, and the beauty child got so
much attention, 80 many chucks under
the chin, and such quantities OF fool
ish talk flung at it that the mother of
the neglected child grew pale with
anger and envy.
"I felt so sorry for her, said the
friend who told me this, "that paid
her poor little one some slight atten-
tions, which so encouraged its mother
that she became another being as it
were and broke out as follows:
"'Shure beauty isn't everythin' in
child, ma'am. My Patsey amt no
picture child, but if he grows up good
en- honest an hard workin' that's bet
ter than good looks, which is the ruin
of many"
Then she glanced over at'the op-
position baby and added meaningly:
"'There's been plenty of robbers
and murderers that was good look.
in'.'"
And my friend left the car in some
haste to avoid the impending storm
that was gathering in the eyes of the
mother who sat on the opposite side
of the car.-New York Herald.
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A Family Driven Mad.

An extraordinary case of madness,
in which all the members of family,
consisting of father, mother and four
children, were simultaneously afflicted
has occurred in Germany, Aparty of
strolling gypsies, who undertook to
tell the fathers fortune by means of
cards, declared that he would be killed
while serving in the army, and this
prediction so impressed him and his
family that in the course of the same
day they all developed signs of waver-
ing reason, and before long had to be
put under restraint. The gypsles
we're arrested by the German police.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-06
STILL USE BIRDS WINGS.
Worn More Than Ever Despite the Pro-
tests OF Ornithologists.

The seventeenth annual meeting Of the
American Ornithologlsts' Union has just
been held in the Academy OF Natural
Sciences In Philadelphia. The lecture room
was nlled With representative students Of
North American birds, a number OF women
Selng in the audience. DR.. c. Hart
Merriam, Of the Department Of Agriculture,
presided. Among the reports presented
was that OF the Committee on Bird Protec-
tion. The report stated that, Though the
last year saw greater use OF birds wings
In millinery, yet ut the same time the pro-
test against the use OF such was never
greater. Investigation showed that many
Of the birds used for this purpose were i'm
ported from foreign countries, where there
are no laws against the killing OF birds. A
number Of papers OF interest to ornitholo-
gists were read.
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The Crusade in Brief.

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The only safe course is to let liquor en-.
tirely alone.
Drinking whisky never helped a man on
forts Of his home.
Thirty-two Mayors OF English provincial
towns are said to have signed the pledge Of
total abstinence.
II we had a million pens everyone OF
them would write: "Train the children to,
Danish the drink fiend."
Moderate drinking puts one in the way
of all the seductive forces Of temptation
that center In the saloon.
Startling testimony in regard to the
adulteration OF wines and liquors was
given before the Senate Committee on
Manufactures.
1t is estimated that In England one In
every 1000 persons Ia arrested for drunk
enness and fined and imprisoned. =,
The Young Peoples Temperance Fedora
tion has started movement looking to-
ward establishing coffee-houses ns sub
stitutes for saloons In all parts OF Chicago.
Dr.. Margaret A. Stewart, one Of dozen
woman doctors who have been speechmak-
ing lately, says TINT more women than men
have become drunkards during the last few
years. , -a--. ... } g...i.s:'
The application OF the laws OF heredlty
to the drink curse hns long been known.
How much suffering and misery are brought
upon the innocent and helpless by this
means is beyond computation.
A new temperance society was started
to-day In Chicago. pledged to secure 1,00o,+
600 votes for the Prohibition party.
There is something unspeakably distress
ing in the bondage, shame, suffering, de-
grndatIon, poverty and ruin OF drunken
meas.
"No up-to-date saloonkeeper can afford
to have other than gentleman behind the
bar" says the Washington Liquor Dealer.
And yet this is the business hat turns gem
tlemen into vagabonds and loafers.
The Kansas Issue tells OF one John Bell!
who got drunk on liquor. OF which the city
got some fifty cents. While drunk Bell
killed one Bryan Cushman, thus wrecking
two families. The trial cost the county
some $1,000. This Is how the trafnc bene!!
tits community. .-.,-I
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THE GREAT DESTROY YER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT The.
VICE OF INTEMPERANcE. q;

Tho Independent MANA MischieycuS
and Immoral DeclsIon-Bsd in Law
Bad in Logic-Tooi Much syuspashys
Shown to. .Drunkards. ..ys # AZ
stand before you, one and all < ~
70 sound aloud the temperance cal, :,
Aud picture to you, II can, u
The real Independent msnr-
The Independent mani
BE neither smokes, nor drinks, nor chewss:;:
The glass he firmly can refuse; :; ], II
He lives not under terror,s ban; " 4 81
He Is an independent man /. i 9 & S
An independent man. i,s -:
By living right he gamers health So; Is, {;
He makes good friends and gathers wealth.
The charms OF nature he can scan 81 y &
With Joy, this independent man
This Independent man. 70
BE counts his home place of rest;
His wife and children are the best;
No drunken temper mars the plan,
OF this the Independent man ~
. Our Independent mani
The tempter finds hin all prepared;
His good right arm Is ever barred. ~
To victory he leads the var, b
This very independent man
This Independent man. ~ IS
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Tho Land o. steady aablt.. .

Connecttcut's direct drink bill, as Judge
Edgar N. Warner, OF Putnam, told the
National Prison Association, in session IN,
Hartford, is S240, 900. That Is the cost OF
prosecuting and falling the public drunka
ards, at an average OF $40 per head for.
to lessen this burden of the sober mauss |.
Judge Warner said he did not know. he;
was satisfied, however, that the treatment.
the drunkard receives does not sober him.
nor protect the sober part Of society. There
Is no attempt whatever at the reformation
OF the drunkard or the petty offender, mo-
classification Of Jail prisoners, no edaca.
tion, and no trade schools Sor them, and
little or no moral instruction. More than
seventy.f1ye per cent. OF the inmates. OF thei
jails are drunkards. They are washed
and we'll fed, get little. IL any, work to Do:
and society does not even think that they;
will be reformed. ~. Z, ~ -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-06
ueer IN Connecticut.

1his SEASON, especially since the leaves
left the trees and underbrush, deer have
been seen in Connecticut In uncommon
numbers. Several have been seen in both
Tolland and Litchflsld Counties. In one
case doe was seen with q fawn, indicating
that the animals in the State have begun tc
propagate. The Stnte law protects deeI
until the yerr 1903, unde. penalty OF q line
OF S100.
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A He ExDressed II.

A Hibernian member Of the Twelfth
New York Regiment said that their
mastering out was a fine sight. They
we're all there" he boasted. "Out OF
the whole lot who went to the front,
not six absentees were present. -.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-06
Britisl, Army,s Motto.

"Watch and be Sober" Is the motto OF
the British Army Temperance Association,
which has membership OF 49, 600 men in
the service In India, which means one,thtrd
Of the white troops there and l4,0o0 IN sne'
home service, including the British Isles.
Australia, Canada and the West Indies. Y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-06

The first postal was made thirty
years ago in Vienna at the suggestion
of Professor Hermann, of the Techni.
cal Institute.
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A NOVEL.
1p nQrs elizabeth G. @inter.
isabella
A NOVEL,.
1p 1lrs. elizabeth G. Winter.
CHAPTER vi.
isabella CASTELAR.l

,co1,risbt 1892 and 1882, by RoBrnr Boxsrns ssxsJ
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-06

The printing press Is to De the gfeat
agency Of gospel proclamation, 1t Is hign
time that good men, instead OF denouncing
the press. employ 1t 10 scatter forth the
gospel OF Jesus Christ.
The vast maj jority OF people In our cities
do not come to church and nothing but the
printed sermon can reach them and cal
them to pardon and life and peace and
heaven.
Young lawyers study with old lawyers,
young physicians with old physicians, and
I believe it would be great help II every
Young man studying for the gospel minis.
try could put himself In the home and
heart and sympathy and under the bene'
dIction and perpetual presence OF CHRIS
tian minister.
But, Il remark again, the religious dis
course OF tho future will be an awakening
sermon. From altar rnil to the front door
stop, under that sermon, nm audience
will GET up and start ior heaven. There
will be In it mqnya stnccato passage. II
will not bs a lullaby. It will be bnttle
charge. Men will drop their sins, for they
will feel the hot breath OF pursuing retri.
button on tho back OF their Decks. 1t will
be- sympathetic with all the physical dis
.tresses MS wei. as the spiritual distresses
of tho world. Christ not only prenched,
but he healed paralysis, and He healec
epilepsy, and He healeu the aump unu TIE
blind and the lepers.
That religious discourse Of the future
will be IN every day sermon, going right
down into every mans lie, and it will
teach him how to vote, how to bargain.
how to plow, how to do any work he ls
called to do, how to WELD trowel and pen
and pencil and yardstick and plane, and II
will leach women how to preside over theil
b ousehoIds and how to educate their chill.
dren and how TO initiate Miriam and Esther
and Vushti and Eunice, the mother ol
Timothy, nnd Mary, the mother OF Christ,
and those women who on northern and
southern battlehelds were mistaken by the
wounded for angels OF mercy, fresh from
the throne OF God.
The time will come when all the village,
town and city newspapers will reproduce
the gospel Of Jesus Christ, and sermons
preached on the Sabbath will reverberats
all around the world, and, soue by type and
some by voice, oil nations will be evange.
lized. - -'
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tu6u. Iuou luo SCuiptOI Hoo ootiThSa
Oh, my friends, what the world wants is
not cold Christ, not an intellectual
Christ, not q severely magisterlal Christ
but n loving Christ, spreading out His
arms OF sympathy to press the whole world
to His loving heart.
But remark again that the religious
discourse Of the future will hnve to be
short. Condensation - demanded by the
age In which We live. No more need OF
long introductions and long applications
and 80 many divisions to n discourse that
1t may be said to be hydra headed. In
other days men got all their information
from the pulpit. There were few books
and there were no newspapers, and there
was little travel from place to place, and
people would sit and listen two and hall
hours to n religious discourse, and ''seven'
teenthly" would find them fresh and chip.
per. In those days there was enough time
for a man to tnke an hour 10 wnrm himself
up to the subject and an hour to cool Off
But what WAS u necessity then is a super.
fluffy now. Congregations are full OF
knowledge from books. from newspapers
from rapid and continuous intercommunl.
cation and long disquisitions OF what they
know alrendy Will not be abided. II re.
ligious teacher cannot compress what dc
wishes to sny to the people in the space oil
forty-Ilve minutes, better adjourn it To
some other day.
The trouble is we preach audiences into
Christian frame, and then we preach
them out OF it. We forget that every aud.
itor has so much capacity OF attention, and
when that IS exhausted He is restless. That
accident on tho Long Island railroad yea-i
ago came from the fact that the brakes
were out of order, and when they wanted
to stop the train they could not stop, and
hence the casualty was terrific. In all re.
ligious discourse we want locomotive power
and propulsion. We want ut the same time
stout brakes to lie! down at the right In
stant. 1t is a dismal thing, after n hearer
has compreh ended the whole subject, to
hear O mnn say, Now to recapitulate,.
and "a few words by way OF application"
and "Once MORE" and FINALLY" aud
"Now to conclude"
Paul preached until midnight, and Euty-
chus got sound asleep and fell out OF
window and broke bis neck. Some would
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11

The recent wreck of a freight train
near Elko was caused by n OF the
horses kicking out the end Of
one of the cars and falling between
1t and another car Four Cars OF
horses were ditched killing about half
OF them.
Don't forget the shirt waist sale at :. Il
Cohen's today. All s. and 81 25 waists
will be closed out at 81 each.
Four pair soxs for a quarter at Kelly
Co.'S, Arlington Block. The longer
YOU wear them the stronger they get
Because You Love Me- the beautift
song by Max Hirchfeld that is taking
San Francisco by storm can be had at thu
Fox store; also all new publications II
vocal and instrumental music,
Prof. Warfel will give instruction IL
Latin, Spanish and English, during
the Inquire at Miss CaVa
augh's, King street.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11

Nebraska's new female labor law
has Just gone into effect. 1t limits
the hours OF labor OF grown Woneii
in mercantile. manufacturing and
mechanical pursuits, hotel and rest
%aurants, to 60 hours a week and 10 a
dav. The law is intended principally
for the benefit of employees of d-part.
ment stores. lifts provisions contain
anv benefit for those women il canno'
be said that the law was not needed
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11
The Supreue Court of Nevada will

The Supreme Court of Nevada will
perform wonders if they escape all
criticism upon their fina: decision III
the G~ubernatorial contest. They
cannot hope for any such success.
The Supreme Court of the United
States divided on political lines in
the Tilden-Hayes contest. All the
Democratic members voted for Hayes
on the question whether the Electoral
Commission could GO behind the bal
lots as returned by the several boards
Common sense taught the people
that rights and wrongs had nothing
to do with the decision, and it is no
longer contended that it had In the
G~ubernatorial contest one side asserts
that the other side is trying 10 hoist
Governor Sadler out OF Off &c on the
strength Of fly speCks revealed on the
ballots, and the other side asserts that
Sadler is trying to keep his Office
when the ballots, if counted accord
ing to law, would prove that he was
defeated. The ballots themselves re-
veal that the people are careless vot-
ers. They contain marks that could
be used as distinguishing MARKS, but
taken as a whole they do not show
that any such markings were made
for the purpose of distinguishing
them from others. In the same pre-
cincts ballots are found with marks
thst might be called distinguishing
marks indiscriminately voted fol
Sadler and for Mcmillan. The bal
lots further prove that the last elect
ion was an honest one, and thai
there was no buying Of votes. and j
there was, the buyers had to trust ths
sellers for the delivery of the goods
So far as the Supreme Court ha'
decided points and outlined its future
position, the people of Nevada cal
congratulate themselves on the fac
that the Rotton Borough has set til
shining example of deciding a pollti
cal case on legal points.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11

To LET Housekeeping rooms. In
quire at the White House.
FOR SALE-Five corner lots. House
and barns, owned by Mrs. NJ. Fox, in the
eastern part of town, is offered for sale
cheap.
Fishing tackle of the right sort can be
found at the Fox store.
Ifyou want q handsome racing suit.
Sage Green and White, Club Colors
Leave your measure at the Emporium.
Fresh candies at Tyrrells.
Those So, 81, IS, SO and $40 suits at
Joe Platt's are beauties and are going
fast. Get in while there is a chance.
FOR RENT OR SALE-House par
TALLY furnished, : rooms. Also piano
for sale. Inquire of Mrs. John John
son.
Geo, A. Tvrrell is making q specially
of Home MAIDS Candies, also receiveing
fresh fruits daily.
The latest tints and sizes in letter paper
and tablets just received by Davis Il Far
rer. Ask to see the new ones.
Sickels' Masonic Monitor can be had a
the Fox store.
a new line Of perfumes, toilet article
and dentrifces, best, most reasonable
prices in town at Davis and Farrer's,
Silk front shirts and crash hats for tn
warm spell are the coolest things out
They can be found at F. w. Days.
Wanamaker & Brown clothing a
Sam Cohn's.
observation-disclosures by an ex
perienced nurse. Apply at this office.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11
RepubEc OF Empire.

The Philippine Question by VIM. j.
Bryan, Andrew Carnegie, Senators
Hoar, White, Teller, Daniel, Mason
and a number OF others, also from
Samuel Gompers, David Starr Jordan;
Rev. II. Van Dyke, ex-senator George
F. Edmunds and numerous other con-
tributors.
P. N. HANSEN,
Agent.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11

TO LET Housekeeping rooms. In
uuire al the White House.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11
To the Ladies

Mrs. Ella Wheeler of San Jose, Cal, is
in this city and will personally canvas
this town. Ladies wishing Medica1ed
Facial Steam or any treatment for the
head or face will please call at the Briggs
House. room is, from 4 till 8 p. H..
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11

An Indian. man 1903 years OF age
has Just succeeded in getting divorce
1t is to be hoped that he has had
sufficient experience to pick out a
wife who will be c~ongenial next time,
saws the Chicago Times-Herald.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11
Notice To Hcusecleaners.

am prepared to take up, clean and lay
carpets and do all kinds OF housekeeping
o. w. Doud. Leave orders at Walsh Il
Wylies.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11
Ice! Ice! Ice!

DIR. Benton is now ready 10 serve old
and new customers with pure, clear ice
frozen from running water and no frog
ponds. Leave your orders at the Benton
stable,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-07-11
u MOTHERS.

Group is the terror of thousands Of young
mothers because its outbreak is 50 agonlzing and
frequently fatal shiloh's Cough and ConsuIlp-
,ion I1Ire acts like magic i cases of Group. Ii has
never been known TO fail The worst cases re-
lieved immediately. Price IS cts, SO cts and II NO.
For sale at Nevada Drug Store.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
SURVEY FOR NEW CAR LINE.
Swift Creek Mills to Employ Two Hun
dred and Fifty Hands

PETERSBURG, VA. January 9o.-Mr
John W. Hays, the civil engineer. OF
this city, began to-day surveying the
route Of the new electric railway, the
survey to-day being from West End Park
down u Washington stree,
The old track will be taken up and new
rails and sills laid.
News has been received here Of the
death of Mr.. \. H. Gracey, prominent
toudccO grower ana cotton raiser OF
Mecklenburg county. lie was widely
known here and was a member OF the
Third Virginia Regiment In the Conied-
crate Army.
The Board Of Directors Of the Peters
burg Perpetual Building and Loan Assoc
citation this morning elected officers as
follows. Nelson 7. Patterson, president.
Thomas ii. Woody vice president, Rob-
ert Harrison. cashier. a. B. Wood, ex-
aminer. and r. o. EdgertOn, &. IA. Cuth-
bert and George DAVIS. trustees.
Inc PETERSBURG Biues ana me Hippo
Guards. two colored companies Of this
piaee who have just been mustered out
II Macon. arrived here last night and are
spending their money freely to-day, The
Petersburg Guard. the other company
from this city arrived Saturday.
Air. QUINN. the new owner oi the swirl
creek Cotton Mills. says he Will have
the mills in operation with l25 hands in
will have them going night and day and
employ 80 operatives.
Hog cholera j. prevailing 20 a consider
able extent IN Prince George county. Mr.
James G.. Harrison. who was In the city
to-day, reports that he has lost 90 hogs
from the disease in the past six weeks.
Mr. r. r. Long, of this city. who
few days ago fell from the Meherrin river
bridge az Emporia, while trying 10 cross
IL ON "a bicycle, ana was painfully injured,
has been brought here for treatment.
There was a number Of slelghs on the
street yesterday. Z ne snow was ten
inches deep here and twelve inches deep
ont I'm DinWiddle county.
Twelve persons were baptized at the
Second Baptist church last night by the
pastor. Rev. ]. ID. Hart.
\ meeting Of ministers and laymen will
b. held tomorrow with a view OF arrang
ing for a series of noon day meetings.
Mr. Crockett assistant passenger agent
Of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
here. who has ben in for some time with
pneumonia. is much improved and able
10 sit up.
Tn funeral OF Mrs C. b. Hams. the
wife or Rev. DR.. c. 3. Hams. who died
In Wilmington. n. c.. Thursday. took
place at IL O'Clock this morning from Sa.
Pauls Episcopal church.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
PROBING INTO
CORRUPTION.
The North Carolina Penitentiary in a
0emoraIized State.
INVESTIGATION NOT MADE PUBLIC
\ Lawyer Charged With Stealing
Books-A Mother Comes After the
Body Of Her Son Who Met Death
at His Own Hands.
INVESTIGATION NOT MADE PUBLIC

RALEIGH. y. G.. Jan. So.-Speclal.-The
Joint committee on the penitentiary
standing heard on Saturday the report
Of the subcommittee The report. In
stead OF helping matters, made them
worse. The half Of the reckless manage
ment. aud looseness there, financially,
morally and politically, has never been
made public. Part Of the records were
actually unprintable.
1t viii require at least $4,000 in bonds
to pay the debts, equip farms and operate
Tor one year. It's known debt is $4,000,
with a terrible depreciation Of the value
Of the property.
George W. Justice. a lawyer from Ashe-
VILE was arrested here Saturday,
charged with stealing some law books
from the office of the clerk OF the court
The books were found In his possession.
CAME AFTER HER SONS BODY.
The body OF the young man. Ripley,
who was found dead in his room here,
was carried TO Buffalo, y. Y, accom-
panied by his mother. who came here
upon hearing the sad news OF his death.
The question OF insane criminals be-
Atb 'bitutttu III Tue ptAAteNttdFAf i HAt'A-
ing with very violent opposition.
INEBRIATEs.
Then. too, the question OF admitting
inebriates into the Alorganton Asylum
is being discussed. Superintendent Muir
ply OF the Morganton Asylum. says
that IN the construction of the asylum
there We're certain rooms built and sepa-
rated from the rest Of the rooms. for
pay patients These were not in demand,
and except as for such use were useless
for the insane. 50 the Legislature Of 1891
allowed them TO be used FOR inebriates
but made no appropriation for their care.
50 that charges are made for keeping
them.
DR. Murphy says in the eight years
there have not been over seyenty-fve
treated there.
a draft Of n gneral insurance law was
to-day submitted 10 the Legislative In
surance Committee