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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17

and one-half pc
muzzle velocity of N
ond. The recoil of the
is checked by means or
brake, spring cylinder and a.
spade on the trail.
The breech mechanism is on d.
modified Schneider system, which the
Cruesot works have adopted for ali
their quick firing field guns. 1t is Of
a screw pattern. working with only
one mo vement. The rapidity of fire
is from eight.to ten shots minute
The shrapnel shell especially designed
for the gun contains 254 bullets and
q bursting charge of ninety grains
At the maximum angle of twenty de
yrees the range of the prejectiIe is nc
less than five miles. SO
:. The wheel gauge of the gun car.
riage and timber is only three feet
six inches. The gun, however, rests
An the axletree in a manner that re-
duces the firing shock and gives ths
carriage the stability required in
spite of the narrow width betweeI
wheels. When limbered up the CUR
is kept in the same horizontal plane
as the trail, which is an interesting.
innovation, but one TINT seems t(
justify the designers idea that the
muzzle of the gun will thus, be car;
ried we'll above ground, and that il
will not get >choked up or knocked
about when the battery is maneuv
ring over rough ground. ~
The gun is constructed of forged
and tempered steel, and Is subjected
to the same tests as those imposed by
the French War Office. Its tota
length is eight feet two inches, and
it's wei ght about six hundred pounds.
The body OF the gun includes three
compo nent parts-a tube in which the
breech is screwed, q ring masking
this tube, and steel band forming
the outside shell of the gun and hold.
ing the whole together.
AS already limited, the breech mech
anism is beautifully simple. One
turn of lever fixed closed to the axle
tree undoes the breech screw and
opens the chamber. Again, this
mechanism does not require a large
number of intricate pieces. The few
there are are simple and strong, work
easily by hand without the employ.
ment of any tool, and are placed in
positions where they are least likely
to be accidentally injured or struck
by stray bullets. The piece is actus
ally discharged by means of percus
sion fusing apparatus that works au-
tomatically, while subsidiary cleo
trical device is also carried.
In lyirg for elevation in. the bat
terry position the gun and the cradle
on which it rests are balanced by the
limber-that is to say, the gun Gomez
into action limbered up. Lateral
direction is obtained in the usual way
by the old Of a traversing lever,
business much simpli6ed. by the addis
tion of two little backsights half way
DOWN the gun, which enables the acr.
;uracy of the aim to be followed With
each discharge. q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
,Jnn,n Stau,n. O,t tI,a Plaque.

Tho Japanese authorities are receiving
great praise for The spoun and skill with
which they have stamped out the bubontS
plague. The disease was not alloin
spread beyond - Ssysn GSil0
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
Japan Signs The Hague Convention.

The Japanese envoy at The Hague, Hol.
land, on behalf OF tho Mikado, has signed
all tue conventions Of the International
Peace Conference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17

| ought to De some Otner way tor nen 10
settle their controversies without butchery.
Oh, come into the church through Christ
| the door, q door more glorious than that
| OF the temple OF Hercules, which had two
pillars, and one was gold and the other
emerald! Come IN to-day! The world
you leave behind is poor world, and 1t
will burn and pass of like pillars OF
smoke. Whether the final confagration
will start. In the coal mines OF Pennsyl-
vania, which in some places hnve for many
years been burning and eating into tue
heart Of the mountains, or whether 1t shall
begin near the California geysers, or
whether from out the furnaces OF Cotopaxt
and Vesuvlus aud Strombolt 1t shalt
burst forth upon the astonished nations I
make 10 prophecy, but all geoloGlsts
tell US that we stand on the lid OF Il world,
the heart oil which i5 raging, roaring, aT-
/ ful flame, and some day God will let tho
| red monsters out OF their imprisonment OF
/ centuries, and New York on fire in 1885,
and Charleston on fire In 1865 and Chicago
on lire in 1872, and Boston on fire in 1873
were only. like one spark from black
smiths forge rs compared With that
last universal blaze which wilt be seen
in other worlds. But gradually tho
flames vii! lessen, and tho world viii
become Il great living coal, aud thst
will take on asben hue, and then ouIruined
puuet will begin 10 smoke. and thesmoInts
AIMS will smoke, and tho valleys VIII smoke,
and the islands will smoke, and tlie seas
will smoke, and the cities will smoke, and
the five continents will he I've pillars OF
smoke. But the black vapors Will beglu 20
lessen in height and density, and then vii
become hardly visible to those who look
upon it from the sky galleries, and after
awhile from just one point there will curl
up a thin, solitary yapor, and then even
that will vanish. and there will be nothing
left except the charred ruins OF burned
out world, the corpse OF dead sta1a
ashes OF an extinguished planet,
pillar OF smoke.
But that will not interfere with
vestments II you have taken Chri
Saviour. Secure heaven as yo]
home, und you can look down
muntled, dlslul~,d and demQ
Without any perturbation.
The daily sentinel., 1900-11-27
Settling tn. Land Question.

A collier wandering on some land
belonging to Earl D CHANGED to
meet the owner face to face. His lord
ship asked the collier If he knew he
was walking on his land.
THY land! Well, I've got no land
myself" was the reply, "and I'm fore
I'd to walk on somebody else's. Whaur
did you get 1t from?"
"Oh," replied the earl, Il got it from
my ancestors"
"And whaur did they get it from?''
inquired the collier
"They got 1t from their ancestors" "
And whaur did their ancestors get
it fromf'
They fought for it."
"Ah, WELL" said the collier, squar-
ing up to the earl, come, and I'll fight
thee for it"-London Tit-Bits.
The daily sentinel., 1900-11-27
Troop "A" Will Fight.

Denver, Nov. 2e-Colorado is prepar-
ing for war.
At 10 o'clock this morning Adiutant
General Overmeyer wired Troop A, cav
airy, at Grand Junction, to be in readi-
ness for an immediate call in case Game
be equal to the Indians in the White
River country.
This troop 10 known as "Overmyer's
Rough Riders" and is made up OF pion-
eers, cowboys, and crack shots OF the
western slope.
There are sixty men in the troop and
Gen. Overmyer has shipped forty sad
dies, brides, cinchss and ammunition for
a two weeks Indian raid through the
mountains
This troop OF cavalry is much closer the
scene OF the trouble than the Denver
troops and could be on the ground within
twenty -four hours from receipt OF notice
to start.
1t is generally understood, though not
admitted by the officials, that the cavalry
il held in readiness under direct orders
to General Overmyer from Governor
Thomas.
There will be bloodshed il the Grand
Junction troop ls called out, as every man
enlisted is fighter.
Horace T. DeLong went to Whitewater
today.
Bernard F. Hughes of Fruita was in
tho city yesterday.
Remember the concert at the Presby-
teriap church Friday evening.
Set aside Friday evening to attend the
concert at the Prssby terian church.
John Vaughn who has been suffering
from hip disease, was on the streets to-
day.
Mr.. Green, who has been visiting his
friend, Mr.. +. F. II rritt, has left for his
home in the east.
A home musical program is always en-
joyable. You will hear good one at
the Presby terian church Friday night.
For Sale-Six hole range and large
heater. Also fve rooms furnished for
housekeeping, for rent. Apply at Fair
lawn.
George r Bennett Of Denver, secre-
tary of the Colorado Loan Investment
company is in the city today talking very
seriously of erecting several houses for
rental purposes.
Grocerymen and other mercantile es-
tablishments have agreed to close all
day Thanksgiving. In order to accom-
rnodate all patrons the stores will re-
main open until late hour Wednesday
night.
The daily sentinel., 1900-11-27
EXPANS|ONl

Yes, this is our aim. We want
to expand all over western Colo
RADIO and eastern Utah. But
"charity at home begins" We
wish to state to our customers and
friends that we have some time
ago invented a new process for
enameling White Shirts, Collars,
Cuffs and also one for Flannells.
You will always find our Shirts,
Collars and Cuffs snowy white,
stiff, but pliable, and you cannot
break them. You may wind them
around your finger, and after you
release them they at once resume
their proper shape. Have your
work done properly. We know
how. Our wagon will call for it
and deliver promptly.
EXCELSIOR
STEAM LAUNDRY,
FRANK BUnHRING,
Proprietor. 9Th d MAIN SIS.
The daily sentinel., 1900-11-27
You Ought To Go.

To California this fall and remain
there during the winter-its climate is =
dream of luxury. Write or call on w.
X. McAllister, General Agent Southern
Pacific Company, 1112 Seventeenth ST.,
Denver, Colorado for rates, routes, maps
and descriptive literature.
The daily sentinel., 1900-11-27
Coal! Coal j! Coal (!

The best is the Black Diamond, only
g 90 per ton-Best store coal|Order OF
Scoville-Or Grand Junction Feed Co.,
prompt delivery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-10-05

john. the three months old son OF
Anton Vidner died yesterday of Group.
The saloon license of Rody & Hick.
ey has expired and the place is closed
up.
VIM. Jordan and wife of Duluth
were registered at the Vail Wednes.
day.
Crandall and Fletcher make q
speciality of views and fine photo.
graphs.
Miss Maggie O'Brein has returned
to her home at Sparta after visit in
this city.
B. N. Wheeler, superintendent of
schools visited in this city few days
last week.
Mrs. G. G.. Shipman and mother
Mrs. Burton, left Wednesday morning
for Duluth.
Opie!s Photos are the best,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-10-05
LOCAL HAPPENINGS,

E. S. Howe went to Duluth yester-
day.
DR.. n. e. Wunder spent Friday in
Duluth.
Manager John Pengilly went to Du-
luth Tuesday.
Have you seen the new art corner
at Optics Studio.
DR.. G. B. Rich spent few days in
Duluth this week.
VIM. Flint was up from Tower
Tuesday on business.
ELIOT Alfalfa secured first papers
Monday from Deputy Clerk Brown.
Say, they have the best peanuts at
Sam Rapson's that you ever ate.
Fresh roasted and roasted just right.
Maria Elizabeth Sihtonen and
Jacob Maxi were married last week.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17
Lift IS STRENGTHENED BY
CONQUfRING OUR TEMPTATIONS
By David Star Jordan

who sets out in life to be wicked There
are some such, tiends by blood and
birth, but you and l do not meet them
very often. The sinner is the man who
cannot say no. For sin to become wick
edneSs is a matter of slow transition.
One virtue after another is yielded up
as vice calls for the sacrifice. In Kip
ling's fable of Parrenness, the slave Of
vice is asked to surrender one after
another his trust in man. his faith in
woman and the hopes and conscience of
his childhood. In exchange for all these
the demon left him just a little crust
of dry bread.
1t is because decay goes on step by
step that bad men are not all bad, as
good men are not wholly good. In the
stories of Bret Harte. the gamblers
and sots are capable of pure impulses
and noble self-devotion. The pathos of
Dickens rests largely on the same kind
ly fact 1t is indeed fact and those
who would save such people should
keep it constantly in mind.
I number among my friends. if he be
living yet. which doubt. an old miner.
who has had a hard, wild life. He was
a victim of drink. He walked from
Los Gatos to Palo Alto for such help
as might be found there. AS he sat
waiting in my house, little child who
had never known sin came into the
room and fearlessly offered him his
hand This a grown man would not do
without shrinking, but the child had
not learned to be a respector of per-
sons. The SCARED face lightened: the
visions of demons vanished for mo-
ment, and the poor man repeated al
most to himself these words of Dickens:
II know now how Jesus could liken
the kingdom of God to a child
But true happiness leaves no reaction.
The mind is at rest within itself. and
the consciousness is filled with the joy
of living.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17
By Garrett P. Sersiss

The war in China and the awaken
ing Of the Orient which has preceded
and will follow it, irresistibly carry
mems minds back to that mysterious
principle of human action which Bishop
Berkeley expressed in his famous lines:
Westward the course Of empire takes
it's way"
All history shows the absolute truth
of this poetical statement. Put in an
other way, it may be said that the
course Of empire follows the sun. AS
day breaks in the east and closes in
the west so the march Of civilization is
always from the east toward the west.
1t began in China uncounted centuries
| ago and like a. tidal wave that has
/ encircled the globe. we behold it break
! ing again on the shores OF China in its
| constant westward progress. Neither
! chains of mountains nor deserts nor
oceans can arrest 1t.
The curious fact has been pointed out
that the westward impetus is so great
that only when the circumstances are
| specially favora BILE does the current
/ spread far sideways. Thus Africa,
| south of Egypt has remained to this
day virtually untouched by The encir-
cling flood of civilization. The waters
| of empire have roared past, covering
Europe which lay directly in their path,
| but finding it easier to spread across
| the broad Atlantic than to turn aside
into the Dark Continent. And on this
! side of the ocean we see a similar phe-
| nomenon. The current has swept over
the middle of North America, where it
is still swelling without having yet at
tanned it's flood tide, and has already
leaped the barrier of the Pacific, passing
over to Japan and China. which are
now catching the first ripples Of it's ap-
preaching surge. without having spread
| southward beyond the border of the
| United States.
Another notable peculiarity of this
strange tendency of human progress to
run round the earth in pursuit of the
sun is that it moves with accelerated
velocity. 1t was SLOW in passing from,
Asia to Europe. 1t fingered for many
centuries in Greece and Italy although
its speed increased when it's full effect
was once felt in western Europe, while
tn crossing of the Atlantic was like
an inspiration of fresh power, driving
it onward with wonderful velocity, so
that in America it has travelled from
| ocean to ocean in a small fraction OF
the time that was required to traverse
the continent of Europe.
Mr. Brooks Adams assures us that
the spirit of empire already possesses
greater vitality in the United States
than in Europe. However that may be,
it is certain that from the United States
it is still streaming westward, and.
gliding the Pacific isles as it passes, it
begins plainly to glow once more on
the oriental coasts of Asia.
Whether o!d China will. awake from
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

physical attraction, but simply ten
dency of the mind, is needed to account
for the phenomenon. 1t is an express
sion of the universal desire to prolong
daylight.
Imagine the earth to be inhabited by
but a single man. and he endowed with
thousand years of life. Would he not
go round the planet from east to west,
following the sun. rather than in the
opposite direction? The morning sun is
rising phenomenon which seems to ap-
proach and which grows brighter. One
only needs to wait for it to come and
stand overhead in noontide splendor
But the afternoon sun is declining
and withdrawing phenomenon. and the
natural tendency of those who enjoy it's
rays is to follow it, in order to prolong
its period of radiance and postpone it's
setting. Upon so simple principle as
this may be based an explanation Of
the apparent mysterious march of en-
pire.
If the explanation is correct, the
cause of that march would be reversed
in case the earth turned in the oppo-
site direction. so that the sun rose in
the west and set in the east. But in
any event, man proves by the ceaseless
treading of his tribes and his empires
in its track that he is true child of
the sun.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17
REACHED
A VERDICT
FRED STEVENSON HAS BEEN
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER
IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
FOR THE KILLING OF
OLD MAN WOOOSIDE.
Said That Some of the Jurors Favored
First Degree Verdict, But
Yielded a Point.

Frederick, w. Stephenson. who shot
and killed Joseph NJ. Woodside, at Mel
rose, this county, on June 8 last has
been found guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree, which means a sentence Of
from ten years to life in the penitentiary.
The verdict was returned about 1890
yesterday, and received by Judge Clan
cy with all of the parties to the trial
present. ..............
The trial of the defendant was COM
menced a. week ago. but the jury panel
was exhausted and an order for a spe-
cial Venire. was issued. Two days later
the trial was resumed, and at about $50
o'clock on Saturday evening the ease
went to the jury. The deliberations of
the jury covered period of eighteen
hours, the sticking point being the de-
gree that the jurors thought ought to be
returned. 1t is alleged that few of the
twelve favored a first degree verdict.
while others thought manslaughter
would be about right but both sides
We're obliged to yield a point which
brought the decision to one Of second de-
gree murder.
Mr.. Thresher. when seen in regard to
the case today, said that there will be an
appeal. The principal errors to be re-
lied upon will be the introduction of evil
dence in regard to other offenses said to
have been committed by the defendant.
have been committed by the defendant
1t will also be claimed that the nstruc-
tions of the judge to the jury We're very
conflicting and excluded from the jury
the consideration of involuntary man-
slaughter.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

Five different styles of birtn-month
rings for every month from sl.'o, at
Hight & Fairtieid's
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17
MINING APPLICATION NO. 1905.

United States Land Office. Helena, Mon
tana, Octo %, 1900.
Notice is n,Areby given, that Horace v.
Winche!l II. John =. O'Neill, whose post
office aal' ass is Butte City, Montana,
have this cay filed their application for q
patent for 1900 linear feet, being 512 feet
southerly and 9SS feet northerly from
discovery shaft, of the Blue Eye Lode
Mining Claim, Upon which a notice of in
tention to apply fora patent was posted
or the 10th day of October, a p. lfke,
situated in unorganizei mining district.
jefferson county, State of Montana, and
designated as Sur. No. 5000. in unsur-
veyed Township North OF Range Z
West, and being more particularly de-
scribed as follows 20 wit: Beginning TT
the southeast corner, which is also Cor
No. !. of Sur. No. 1727 A.. porphyry
stone set in the ground with mound of
earth alongside and marked 1-6090 for
| Cor No. ], from which the Initia Point
for surveys in 7. NJ. r. w. bears s.
T5 degrees II minutes E.. 659G2 feet, and
running thence N. Sc degrees w. 600 feet.
thence N. 90 degrees "a minutes F.. 1900
! feet, then S. Sc degrees T.. GOO fes.,
| thence S. 20 degrees 81 minutes w. 1900
feet to the place OF beginning containing
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

Temptation has its part TO play in the
development of character, the strength
of life is increased by the conquest of
temptation We may call no man vir-
tuous until he has Won such a victory.
1t is not the absence of temptation, but
the reaction from it, that insures the
persistence of virtue.
l heard once of a university Gt may
be in Tartary, or it may be in Dream
landp where the students We're placed
in a row, and each one knocked down
every morning to teach him self-con-
troll. By this means he was made slow
to anger. To resist wrath helps on to
resist other impulses.
In the barber shop of hotel in Wash
inSton this inscription is written on the
mirror: There is no conquest in life
equal to that of the conquest of
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

an area of 2012 acres claimed by the
above named applicants.
The location of this claim is of record
IN the county recorders office of Jeffer-
son County, Montana, IN Book IL OF
lode locations on page 452.
The adjoining claim to the PREMISES is
Sur. No. 1927, Silver Arrow Lode. Lot No.
80 A. John. S. Harris ct al, applicants.
on the south.
GEORGE D. GREEN,
Register.
SAMUEL BARKER, Jr.,
Attorney for APPLICANTS.
First publicatic.:. Oct. "a 19OO.)
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17
WHY DOES The OF
;, Garrett = s.,,.. EMPIRE FOLLOW The sun =?

her age-long sleep at this magic touch
and become in the course OF time again
the center of civilization. is a most in
teresting question, with the solution of
which we are not at present concerned.
But what is the cause of this west
ward tendency of the spirit Of rule and
progress? Why should 1t follow the
course of the sun from east to west?
Perhaps this is not so great a mys-
terry as it appears on the surface to be.
1t is not necessary to imagine that the
sunbeams possess an occult power. a
hidden magnetism, forever drawing
mankind toward them as sunflowers are
bent and turned on their stalks. No
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

vicious habit" This the barber keeps
before him every day. 1t is no idle word,
but the lesson Of his life; a struggle
against the temptation Of self-indul-
gence.
In general the sinner is not the man
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

The inventions of Arkwrignt, Har-
graves and Crompton, benetiting. as
they did, almost exclusively the art of
cotton spinning, and the unparalleled
development of that branch of textile
manufactures, largely due to the in
genuity of these inventors. gave the
linen trade as it then existed fatal
blown. Down to the end of the eigh
teenth century the implements used in
the preparation of linen yarn-the
spindle and distaff-were of the most
primitive and inexpensive description.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

Hight & Fairfield
Have nickel watches for girls for $3.50;
silver for $50 and gold filled for $3.50.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

Both brass band and orchestral in
ventions at the end of the century
opened the way for rapid progress. The
ophicleide was the first made, and a
trumpeter in the Austrian imperial band
improved upon the idea of adding keys
to instruments.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17

The grand mosque at Oran. Algeria
was erected in commemoration of the
expulsion of the Spaniards and with
money paid at ransom for Christian
slaves.
Among the births Of the last year of
the eighteenth century of persons who
helped make the nineteenth century ia
nous We're the following:
Francis Brinley, American lawyer,
statesman and author
Heinrich George Braun, German nat
uralist.
Catherine Brown, Cherokee teacher.
James Brown, New England pub
Usher.
Thomas Jefferson Bryan. American art
collector
Franklin Buchanan, American naval
officer.
Dr. Robert Buchanan, Scottish clergy
man.
Oscar Bulles United States naval of
icer.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-17
"The World One Hundred
Years Ago Today"

copyrighted, 1860 by r E. Hughes,
Louisville.)
Through the influence of Napoleon,
Denmark. Sweden. Russia and Prussia
We're induced today to enter into a
league against the maritime power of
England. The Emperor Paul Of Russia.
the bitter enemy of England, was the
head and soul of this league. Paul had
already laid an embargo on British
r.Esels in Russian ports, While the Dan