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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
A Sin to Be Wretched.

With all the poor and substantial joys
which Jesus offers within our reach, it is
q sin and shame for Christians to be
wrctchcd Is not disObcdience to God q
sin! He commands, US to rejoice. No
duty is more clear. "Rejoice in tue Lord
always, Snd again I say reinice! The
10y of the Lord is your strength" You
can fill your soul with inspiring thoughts
and with memories Of mercles;you can
occupy your soul with plans of dong
good to others and with acts of obedience
to the inward voice of Christ, such as
will kindle your soul into glow. Ihere
is q .'.0dly sorrow" over orr shortcom-
lnss, and over the woes and wrongs or
others that every Christian ought to trel;
but such SORROW must never be allowed
TO drown out the deep, abOundnG JOY OF
the Lord down in the very core OF our
souls. There is gulf-strcam or God
given Joy that ought to send its warm
current through the intriest waves OF
trials aud adversities. The coal-beds are
sOlidifed sunshine. The love Of Jesus
streaming down into your soul makes the
central heat: that heat generates spirit
ual power. So doth the JOY Of Jesus be-
come your perennial strength. A doubt
ing, ague-smitten Christian cannot do
much but shake. A back-Sliding CHRIS
tian is on his road to cell IN the castle
Of Giant Despair. But "he who is near,
est to Christ is nearest to the hre, ana
the contact keeps the heart aglow. Why
not rejoice more? Count up your goiaen
mercies, count up your opportunities To
do soo,l, count I'M your exceeding great
and precious promises, couut up your
Joys of hoirship to an incorruptible inher-
:tanrc and then march on the road heav-
onward shouting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
Budding Humans with Christ.

Once there was brier growing in a
ditch. and there came along Il gardener
with his spade. As he dug round it. and
lifted it out. the brier said to itself.
What is he doing that for? Doesn't he
know that | am only IN old. worthless
bricr:" But the gardener took it into
the garden and planted it amid his flow
arS. while the brier said, "What Il mis-
take hc has made, planting an old brier
these" Bnt the gardener came once
more with his keen-edged knife, made
a slit in the hricr. and "buddrd' it with
a rose. and by and by. when summer
came lovely roses were blooming on that
old brirr. Then the gardener said, Your
beauty is not due to that which came
out. hut to that which put into you. "
This is Just what Christ is doing all the
inc with poor human lives.-FOrward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
Popular Lace Bows.

A new trimming exploited this sea-
son occurs in the lace bows, made very
small and very neatly. They do not
appear singly, but in series, connect
ed with narrow satin ribbons, upon
which they appear to be mounted. They
can be used in various ways, and on
great many materials. Their manifest
destiny. however, is on orSandie and
lawn frocks or dainty summer gowns
of some sheer wOolen material.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM The
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

The Circuit Of a Year - A Sin to La
J. 'Wretched-In the Crowd-"Make Us
Children of God!"-Budding Humans
With Christ-Rrapins as We Sow.
Through morn and noon and silent night,
From May around to May,
The pines upon ChocOrua's height
Climb and sing and sway.
Across the fercely flaming skies
Their shielding arms they spread
The fire as soft as dream-light lies
On the sweet-fCrn's bed.
Aloft their banners far they fling
To winters icy gale:
Against the storm they bendsand sing
Oaks, a-shver, wall.
When summer burns and winter shrouds,
Beneath the sun and snow,
Steadfast and strong they pierce the
clouds.
Reckoning below.
o pine trees brave, your banners lend,
Your shielding arm and song;
Into the storm Ill singing bend,
Spread ME and be strong.
Through morn and noon and silent night,
From May around to May,
The pines upon Chocoruas height
Climb and bend and pray.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
Liquor-Drinkine in America.

In very interesting and instructive
book written by a John Koren, some re-
suits are given of the inquiry of the Com
mittee Of Fifty" into the liquor problem,
or drinking customs, of the United States.
Among those who come under the notice
Of the charity organization societies pow
erty can be traced to liquor in at least 25
Der cent. of the cases. OF those in aims
houses 81 Of every 100 would not be there
into the cases of no less than l3, 400 con-
victs, and found that in one-half of the
cases the crime was chiefly due to intem-
perancc; it was leading cause in 81 per
cent, and sole cause in l6 per cent. Of
the cases.
Some, however, can only be made to
view intemperance through the pocket, and
even in this aspect it is something awful.
The value of the liquor produced annually
less than Sl,0OO,0OO,O0O of capital is en-
ployed>i in the business. A revenue Of near
~ 5000, 100000 is collected annually from
the business. To cap all, no less than
100000 persons directly derive their sup
port from this nefarious business, which
is running the lives here of their fellow.
beings and DESTROYING their hopes of happi-
ness hereafter. Most sincerely might all
wish that both persons and money might
far otherwise be employed.
Notwithstanding the undenhble statistics
adduced it is asserted by some that pow
erty is not so much an effect of intemper-
ance as it is a cause OF intemperance.
This is simply a baseless assertion scarcely
worthy of serious consideration There
must in the first place be something radi-
cally wrong with the man or woman who
flies to drink" to drown sorrow or other
trouble. There must not only be a weak
ness, but an inherent desire in the indi-
vidual for liquor, otherwise he would not
adoDt that mode of dulling his memory in
preference to another, or rather than fight
against it as becomes a man. In those
who thus "takc to drink" we think there
decided tendency to insanity, which is sim
ply stimulated and fastened by liquor.
He has but the sembance of man who
would thus seek oblivion from trouble in
Inconsistencies. He is worse than the
poor ostrich that seeks to evade its pur-
suers by simply hiding it's head in the sand
while all the rest OF its body is exposed
to view. The mans troubles like the birds
pursuers are still there, and his evil, of
whatever nature it may be: is simply a@
gravated and made worse by drink. BY
drowning his consciousness and acquiring
a drinking habit man is but removing
the brake which prevents his going rap
idly down hill to destruction
The committee say that in their opinion
the evil of drunkenness is decreasing in
this country, and there are few outside
the "trade" who will not rejoice to hear
it. In some measure the decrease is doubt
less due to the fact that the complicated
nature of modern industries necessitates
perfect sobriety in the employes-numer-
Gus processes requiring to he performed
nd
It. would seem likely that with the rush
and hurry of modern life the habit of
drinking to excess will be driven out by
sheer nccessity.-Presbytcria Banner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
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the E@I@TS or. fRSAI0N,

New York City (Speciail.-A pre''!
outdoor bodice. and at the same time
one simple of construction. is always
t weIcome In this model. reproduced
from the Philadelphia Record tucks
dispose of slight fulness at the waist
both back and front. the opening in
the latter being fastened by cords. from
tiny gilt or silver buttons. The vest
we should suggest making in either
white satin or cloth embroidered all
over with an indeScribable design in
gold and silver thread narrow ap-
Dluuc of the same edging the revers,
cuffs, and that smart Medici collar.
which is so invaluable in imparting
an outdoor air TO bodice.
Black panne or satin. slightly folded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
Tie Crrsado In Erief.

Respect yourself, your parents. brothers
and sisters. shun the company OF topers,
and never darken the door of saloon.
One immutable truth is that. whether
alcohol be fuel food or not. it is so dan
gerous that it would be better to live most
abstemiously than to depend on it for any
portion of sustenance where anything else
can be obtained.
An Ohio woman has just been given 4
verdict for $4,000 against two saloon keep
ers who sold liquor to her husband, which
caused him to become helpless. and he lay
outside and was badly frozen. His hand
had to be amputated. The case was bit
terly fought by the saloon men.
A. leading brewer has testified before the
Senate Committee on Manufactures that
salicylic is used in making beer. The use
of this adulteration, he said, is Il necessity
to stay the natural decay of the component
parts of beer" 1t also helps to begin and
carry on the decay Of the stomach of the
man who drinks beer. This the brewer
forgot to add.
The Delaware State Sunday School AS
sociaton ut its recent annual session, at
ter expressing it's eternal hatred of the
luuor traffic. says: I'VE respectfully sub
nit that the time is now at hand when all
Bible school workers and all Christians
should take sides with voice and pen and
prayer and vote to crush this liquor de-
mon. whose profanlng touch wlthcr; the
very lower Of our land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
&aw SIMMER Stockings.

Nhere Is no silk nor design of floriated
pattern on the new summer stockings
yelept foulard stockings. 1t is simply
The clever idea of merchant who sells
silks and also hosiery. Fine isle
thread stockings of colors to match
the foulards most in demand, blues of
VARIOUS shades. browns, gray, few
r3ished raspberry" amethysts, sage
gfe1en or tans are heaped up by the
SIX counter. Some, but not all, have
openswork meshes as decoration. They
safe obviously meant to be worn with
shoes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
Total Abstinence and Soldiers.

According to official reports nearly 1000
of the men who have gone to South Africa
on active service arc members OF the
Army Temperance Association. Lord
Roberts. in commenting on this report,
added that he had been struck by the re-
turns from India. which showed a remark
able difference between the convictions re-
corded in 1898 among abstainers and nom
abstaincrs. Among the former only Az
in 1000 had been court-martlaled while
among the non-abstainers the figures were
3GS in 1000. In 1897 the figures were much
the same. The admissions into hospitals
were also largely in excess in the case OF
non-abstainerS. 1t appeared that during
the Tirah war 2O00 men went through the
whole campaign without taking drop OF
alcohol
This new and significant tendency in the
army appears to be the result not so much
of any religious or moral enterprise as of
a growing conviction that a free use OF
alcohol interferes with the efficiency OF the
troops. General Kitchener prohibited all
drinks containing alcohol in the Sudan
campaign, except the few that were pre-
scribed by the medical officers. and after
a little preliminary grumblng the men dis
covered for themselves that the Comman-
der-in-Chef was right when he emDtied
out into the desert a cart of Scotch whisky
that had been smuggled into Berber for
sale to the troops. In the Ashanti war
and the kaeir war the good health of the
troops was also ascribed to the suspension
Of the rum ration a.-Independent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
Reapinc US We Sow.

To every seed belongs its own body:
To the wheat, wheat. and to each seed
after its kind. Although the body is Won
drrfully above the seed that was Sown,
yet it bears an exact relation to it. If
we take pains to plant the right seed we
may be sure Of what to expect. We
want wheat, so we plant IL wheat seed.
1t seems clear that Il pure spirit will en-
anatr from pure body. and loving
spirit from loving body. If we have
been full Of charity. helpful. kindly, and
eager to speak tender, pitying words
thought no evil. believed I'LL things. hoped
all things. and endured all things-can
any one doubt what the fruit shall be.
The natural comes first. and after that
the spiritual. But ''aS is the natural, 50
is the spiritual" 1t is far more glorious,
but, after all-thr same.
God not only forgivrs imperfect good
things. but pcrfects them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
An East Indian 'Kerchief.

A great many girls like to cover the
top of the head when bathing with a
silk handkerchief of some becoming
color. insteadssof wearing one OF the
macintosh eaps.s The handkerchief
can be chosen ofsa becoming tint or
to match the bathing suit. If your
suit is ofblalE sefge, satin or brllan-
tine, or Of laxK ,be material. you can
use one Of t danas of glorious
East Indian c6ietfng. tropical greens
and orange, bI9s violet and dusky
reds. Gut the indiana in half diagon'
ally, and them 81 just the right size
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
The Newest Leather Belt.

Soft fawn-colored or pearl-colored
suede leather or ooze leather forms Il
stylish belt for the fastidious girl in
i world which is much given to wear
ing pulley belts of satin or corded silk.
The newer leather belt should match
as nearly as possible the tone of the
h0mespun suit. Beautiful light browns
or grays predominant. Select a chate-
laine bag to match. for this is the
pocketless agefgGet bag with an out
side half pocket. in which you can tuck
your little kerchef so as to get it
easily without opening the chatelainc
bag in which your money is laid away.
You can get a red or black and some
times a dark blue leather belt. also a
cream one. They are much less wide
than formerly. The latest tapers Off
very much in front. where it shows de-
cidedly more narrow than ut the back.
They run in sizes from eighteen TO
twenty-fOur inches. The narrow leath-
er belt is certainly quite smart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF NTEMPERAMcE.

Our Coming Banner - Poverty Can Be
Traced to Liquor in at Least Twenty.
five Per Cont. of Cnses-Evil OF Drunk.
enness Decreasing In This Country.
o say! do you see on our star-spangled
Flag y
The red stains of crime that dishonofz>
the nation,
Which son in its course would to lafamy
drag
And make of our land one vast desola-
tio1?
Sec .he woe and despair! hark! what cries
I'LL the air
As the wide food of ruin pours on every
where!-
IT'S the curse of the demon that fain
would enslavc
All the free, and defile all the good and
the brave.
Lons-long doth the tyrant his iron sway
In paths drenched in blood, law and order
Till thousands lou s%ls OF homes of the drunkards
With vain prayers for help or the groans
OF the dying;
Yet the lava-t!dc flows, amid shrieks, walls
n. and throes
vi IiIuS LH2L KNOW not rClle1 NOT TeI)OSG,
And still the striped banner in mockery
waves
Over millions Of souls rushing on to their
graves.
o! then, let US rise in our God-given
might
To drive out the foe and all his pollution
With prayers and with ballots, to urge on
the fight,
And courage that never will know dimi-
mutton.
&c. with victory blcst, in peace we shall
rest,
Assured OF our birthright of Freedom pos
sessed,
While the Star-spanglcd Banner forever
shall wave
Der the land of the frce-thc pure-and
the bravc
National Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
Two Elaborate Blouses.

OF the two blouses shown in the
large engraving the first is Of chiffon
in the new tea-rose yellow colorng,
over this charming foundation coming
black net embroidered in jet paillettes,
and in its turn overlaid with design
of single flowers and leaves in ivory
lace applique; while then at the waist
there is deep swathed band of rose
pink silk, twist of which-in a slight
ly paler shades drawn up between
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
SUFFERINcS OF The WOUNDED.
Startling Tale of Hardshlps by English
Soldiers in South Africa.

The Times. of London, publishes COM
munication from William \. p. Burdett-
Coutts. NJ. p. who is now in Cape Town,
charging the Government with inadequate
provision for the sick and wounded
The writer paints a painful picture tell
ing of 1900 patients who lay in field hosni-
tails for seven weeks without beds. He
says that typhoid victims were stretched
upon the ground in the rain, when the
mud was three inches deep, and that the
Door wretches had practically no nursing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
A Hat Trunk.

\ hat trunk or hat box. as our Eng
lish cousins say. will accommodate as
many as half Il dozen pieces of milli-
merry. Each hat has stout cushion,
which enters the crown and serves as
IL mount. The hat pins run through the
cushion and fasten your big hat to the
mount. Now it is firm and cannot
wabble about and so get out of shape.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
DEER GOES TO CHURCH.
It Follows Postmistress Smith an
starties the. Congregation. -

A deer followed Mrs. James Smith. the
Postmistress at South Sandisield, ) Mass,
to church the other Sunday evening. AS
the Rev. Mr.. Bliss was concluding his ser
mon his congregation was astonished to
see a deer peeping through an open, win
dow. Some were frightened, but such was
not the case with Mrs. Smith, who, rising
in her seat, said, "lr is only deer"
Before services were resumed the con-
eregation went out and viewed the pretty
animal, which earlier in the day had been
seen playing around Mrs. Smiths post
Office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
MILLIONS MOVED IN WAGONS.
Transfer of Freshly Coined Dollars to
PhiIadeIplIia,s New Mint.

Seventy.one million silver dollars have
been transferred from the old Mint on
Chestnut street to the new building at
Sixteenth and Spring Garden streets. in
Philadelphia. The dollars were coined as
security for the last issue of silver certih.
Gates.
bags, which were placed in as many small
pine boxes. Express wagons conveyed the
boxes from the old Mint to the new. The
silver vaults at the new Mint have a c.,
pacity of ll0.00n.0On silver dollars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18

Mohair. the most Scrviceable material
made for summer wear, is used for the
above costume. reproduced from the
Chicago Record The tone is sand col
or, trimmed with tailored bands Of
golden-brown silk. With it a violet
silk skirt, finished with 4 high white
satin stock, is worn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
New Thlngs In Underwear.

Now that the upper portion of the
bodice is so generally cut away to shoW
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18

fashions the corselet. which is OBJ
viouSly made over 4 weil-shaped ana
boned foundation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BLYTHE NOTED
DIVINE.

sub,ect: The Miracle at Cana-Lesson OF
Changing the Water Into Wine-Christ
Teaches That We Should Not Shadow
joys of Others With Our Own Griefs'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-18

wedding ring has Deen loe'' .'E -
have been broken, the house I. down. Dut
Won know the Bible saws that the church
a the Lambs wife. and the Lord wi! at
fer awhile come to fetch her home. There
will be cleaning of torches in the sky, ana
the trumnets of God will ravlsh the air
with their music. and Jesus will stretch OUT
His hand. and the church. robeG IN WlIlte,
will nut aside her veil and look un into the
face Of her Loru the King. and the BRIDE
Groom Will saw to the bride: Thou hast
heen faithful through all these years. Ihe
mansion is ready. Come home. Thou are
fair, nv love-" and then He shall put upon
her brow the crown of dominion. aud the
table will be spread, and it Will reaci
across the skies, and the mighty ones OF
heaven will come in garlanded wiIh Geauty
and striking their cympals; ana thG Dr,uec e
groom and bride will stand at tne .ed" VI
the table. and the banqueters' looklns up,
will wonder and admire and say: nat ID is
Jesus, the Bridegroom. But tne scar a otI
His brow is covered with tne cola"v. u.;,i' i," -
tbes 'stab in His side is c9veren eT Will !
robsand "That is the bride! The wearl-
ness Of her earthly woe lost IN the HUSH
81 tbhis wedding triumph"
f There will be wine enough at thac Wea,
iina;anot coming up from the, potsomneGi y !
|Sats @ ;6f earth, but the VINEYARDS of COD ;5
will 1ress1their. ripest clusters, and the the
cups and the tankards will blush to tine tine
brim with the heavenly vintage, and then
all the banqueters will drink sta. standing ing b,o.
chanalian reyeIry. of Ahasuerus, where a
thousand lords feasted. will be there. ana 10
the Queen of sheba, from the hanquetb atbor OF
Solomon, will be there; And the .n motnfr ,n;lI
of Jesus, from the wedding IN Caha' .hat T". tbe
be there. And they all will agree tiiat LIZ itt
fbhathy bat fsastnF Ta was tbep PeGF chces in that
light, they shall cry to the Lori ,o ot unt;I ,Hi
feast, "Tbou hast kept the gooo wine un'. =
now"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-28
WAITED IN CHICAGO.
Warrants for StrIairou. the suFviv
ing Victim of the Hotel Shooting.

CHICAGO, Aug, 2s.-Horace II. strid-
iron. the surviving victim of the Hotel
Vendome tragedy in New York. is wanted
here There are tive warrants out for his
arrest. one obtained by his sister, Miss
Ann Stridiron. of 119 SeeIy Avenue, charg-
ing him with non-support of his two
daughters. fourteen and thirteen years old,
who are living with their aunt. Miss Strid-
iron is Frustrated by the news from New
York and refuses TO be seen.
The second warrant against Stridiron is
in behalf of Marshall Field & Co, on the
charge that he attempted to pass worth
less check on the firm
StridiTon, who left for New York a month
ago. was weIl-known figure among ward
politicians and sporting men and was
known as Hot Strid,'' He had been pay
ing teller of the First National Bank.
About 1880 he began to 1abble in politics,
and obtained the position of Chief Com
parer in the county recorders office under
Samuel Chase He was discharged il is
said, because Of his attentions 10 a young
woman in the Office Subsequently Strid-
iron became a salesman for different lum-
Der firms. his latest position being with the
Superior Lumber Company He left this
concern a few days before he went to New
York
John H. Esson. the man who shot Strid-
iron and killed himself lived at the Grand
Pacific. where he was known as a patron
of the race track and a contractor
Miss Lillian Hayes, who is we'll known
on the South Side, went to New York re-
Gently TO recover 81, 600, which she asserted
Stridtron had possession Of The police be-
lieEe that she was the cause of the shoot
ing.