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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Now - Heart-Eoom for Jesus Offers
Christ a Living Personality-The se'
cret Of a Happy Life-"f 1t Please
Thy wilr'-whom God Chastenetl.
Kisses which fall upon the dead's mute lips,
Like dew On roses which the first frost nipS,
Com. all too late;
'Ti5 better far to give them while the lips
can speak
The golden cord OF life at best Is weak;
All! do n2t wait.
Kind words in ears whose earthly powers
are spent, ..
Like sunshine on the tree by lightning rent.
Can give NJ balm:
'Tis better far to give them while those ears
can hear;
For life has much OF woe and much Of fear'
~ And Love brings calm.
It Is too late, when liie's lamp burneth low,
When hands once warm are chill as winter
4 ',r To do kind deeds.
IT'S better here where feet are prone to
- slide.
IT'S better now titan wait till erentide,
" To help their needs.
All! friends, dear triends-lf any such there
~ be-
Keep not your loving Thoughts away from
= Till am gone;
want them now to help me on my way,
As lonely watchers want tho light OF day
~ Ere 1t is morn.
And though sometimes my heart, Ger some
sore wrong
Longbroodlng, weaves some bitterness in
- song,
.- IT'S but shade
Within 'life's textures where the best are
'.t poor,
Oh, close not up to many faults Loves door
2 = - + need your aid.
lg -E. f. Hodges, iu lions Herald
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
THE 6NClEWORM.
An Ansleworm yawned and stretched hil

An Angleworm yawned and stretched HIM
sell out, ~,
Then sighed and drew himself in ,
"Although | can render myself short anu
stout,
Then Instantly quite long and thin.
This earthly existence always have found
To be a most c0nsummate bore;
There's nothing to do but make holes in
the ground,
And nothing. alas to live for!"
"Tut, tut" said the Grub Worm, phleg-
matte and slow,
"Why look you so sad and sedate?
Cheer up, little Drother-you certainly
know
That fishermen love you-for bait,
Though some creatures lead tunultuoua
That may be, indeed, much more spicy,
They pay up with headaches, and sor-
rows and strife
Unknown to the genus lumbrlcl.
~Just think" said the Grub Worm, Chow
simply You re made
How uncomplicated you grew:
The gardner may cut you In twain with
And instead of one worm, you are two!
Each portion strikes out IN different
way, ..,
And soon both are naIuy anu i"t' .
Where else will you find In creature OF
Such wonderful structure as that?'
serenelr contented the Angeworm then
Resumed his old habits of thought,
And ncver-no, never-grew weary again
OF his gloomy terrestrial lot,
Though small onion bed ana cucumber
1ItI;t &c action defined
And life was bore; pretty much as oe-
He never thereafter repined.
Brer, Angleworm lived as an Anslew0rm
shouldsa
Was bound by no statutes or code,
An idealist be, and th2 pious ana gooo'
He dreamed of no better abode,
And Death and the Grave had no terrors
This worm beneath human contempt,
Compared with which we are as bright
From sin and pollution exempt.
Oh, Angleworm! Ansleworm! Happy thy
lot. -,
Tn Earth's tranquil breast to abide,,
without regret for the things you have
Impassive. whatever betide
Neither envy nor hope, nor passion nor
fear.
Nor visions of happier states.
Can LIGHT with smile OF dim with a tear,
He scorns both the Furies and Fates.
And, bound to this poor little atom OF
Earth
That floats in the Ininitc Vast,
Man gropes about blindly, 'twiXt anguish
and mirth,
And guesses and doubts to the last.
May be, 'mongst the millions OF glorious
spheres ,,
l That roll through the regions of God
sS.Are beings-of Jove and Apollo the peers,
s. TO whom we are as Worms of the Clod!
-Punseutawney Spirit.
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Common Deluslons.

FuIlanine out Of ten persons plume
themselves on being different from
others, when their very belief i'll the
notion is it's own contradiction. We
complacently aver,a"I have such a
keen sense of the ridiculous" when q
,ru,. sense of humor would have pro-
hibitcd the boast. But what we most
plumc ourselves upon-if we are the
average man or woman-is our power
to read character. Il may not be par
ticularlv clever" we observe, with that
guilclrSs brasgadocio which masque-
ratcs as humility, "hut Of one thing
I'm certain. and that is, Pm a good
Judge of human nature. I'm never
deceived in a person," when, if such
perspicacity We're Meally possessed.
Ssnssls wss ssy Of ees. lsl2ss f;sps! snos'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
A "coNcREssioNAL" FAMILY.
rwo Brothers Nominated In North Caro-.
lima In Congress.

It is rare thing to, see two brothers in
Congress at the same time from the same
State, whose father preceded them in the
same body. And yet that will be the re-
suit of the nomination of Claude Kitchen,
whom the Democrats of the Second Dis.
trict of North Carolina named as their
candidate for Congress.
The new nominee, who is but thirty
years of age, is brother of Congressman
". w. Kitchen, of the Fifth District of
North Carolina, and who will unquestion.
ablv be reelected to another term this
wear. The father Of these two young
men, the Hon. w. H. Kitchen, few years
400 represented the same district (Second)
his younger son has now been called upon
to represent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
A Study In Heer.

There lies dead in Bellevue Hospital \
man whose intemperance killed him at the
age Of forty-three. For many years before
his death life must have been burden to
him, for Id was forced to carry about 46O
pounds Of f5heahgmostly diseased.
It is notssaid that he was a drunkard,
but as for thattthere are different degrees
= of drunkenness. There is the man mad
with drink, the dwelling idiot inclined to
rambling philosophy and incoherent friend
illness, the babbling enthusiast: the insen-
safe inarticulate joker, the dull sleeper:
Amend drank prodigious quantities OF
beer and acquired cirrhosis of the liver.
As he lay dying all that his drowned-out
intellect could amuse or interest itself
with was a calculation of the amount of
beer consumed by him during the twenty
FIVE years that he had driven beer wagon.
This, he said, was seven quarts a day, 2555
quarts year, 63,S75 quarts for the twenty
five years What vision of bestlallty!
Nearly 500 pounds of beer-wrought; flesh,
with a trembling spark of intelligence;
hidden away among its masses OF tat. and
at the end, after long confinement IN the
hospital had reduced this mass to less than
200 pounds, the partially released but still
stupefed spirit could only busy itself with
the waves of beer under which it had been
submerged for quarter Of century,
New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
HWRAss.E

sng people
sof the q M kes M ails|3 aood st
f s 81 q q b 4 s ~ 8 q
nenhe M Al5 afpe! OF
9C0mme Fcef tundra LIS IN the
tundfa or " is>lns sSAs leacn
the eaHie gy0ld 9tH I'M ~:
w0Eld ts f0n6 ats gase Nome. Inc
tundra M kIg5gsfWho mas
vfsifed tiaBkan Il is the low
SrDund ayfHg between the monntains
and sthe beach Itis marslly and COW
cred with grass and moss during the
summer and sit never more than
81 couple of Efeet3 he surface.
While ex x6ry g Astout the 'tun-
dra, and ixfbws what II ssby sight, not
one Id Aa hausand q more knows
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
Whom God Love,h He Chasteneth.

Do not fret or rebel becaus. yoI: ilte may
seem given over in special way - trouble
and aff1iction. May it not be that God Is
thus tightening up th, har strings. that the
music Of your life may be trns5 AMI CLEARER
and swreter? How seldom i, We Had u
really earnest soul who has not b,sn schooled
to trouble Whom G. ID loyssh hs chlsssn-
9th. No sorrow is for sorrows sake, DIT for
characters. Let Us trust that whsn W. suf-
fer God is tuning u5upto concsrt pit ia, max
ing us more earnest and serious AMI strong.
lifting US for bstter ministry to otIers.-
James Buckham.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
CHICAGO WILL DECISION.
Maker Need Not Sign in the Presence OF
Witmesses.

Six religious and charitable institutions,
by the decision of Judge Gibbons at Chi
caeo, are sustained Il their clam to be-
quests aSgrcgating Sl00:U30. y precedent
~ established which, if srst1Incd by the
Supreme Court, will materially affect ju-
dicial practice in the r,oyin:, Of wills.
II effect the dcri,ion holds that the
maker o: il will need not sI-n ihc In*tru-
ment IN the ucscrtc OF tie Witnesses 10
the do,umcnt AMI that the witnt'acs read
not ne informed that the instrument Which
thew attest Is . will
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
An Ineidious roe.

, Drunkenness entraps the bread-winner
of the. household and robs him of his
wages, his strength his character and his
employment. 1t, r9bs the wife of the love
# tt takes from the children the care and
affection of father 1t steals from every
member shelter, foou, clothing and an
honorable name.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
ORIGINAL Bleak House For Sale.

ANY wealthy enthusiastic Dickens love1
,an have the original Bleak House, Broad.
stairs. Kent. England. for $1,000. It is
in the market, and unless taken will be
demolished to make way for modern
boarding establishment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
Ciyilizine Africa.

The civilization of Africa goes on apace.
A British steamer sailed from Hamburg
a few days ago with 1000 tons of spirits
on board for Lagos and Southern Nigeria.
Another steamer. sailing from the same
port, carried double that quantity. The
spirits consisted of bad gin and worse
rum, and the trade is principally in the
hands of few big English and German
firms
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their special pride. was trampled TO
death by horses and CATTLE: the lawn
in front of the house was turned into
Il nursery for pigs and geese, and
cocKle-burs were fast taking the place
of all other crops in the field. Still,
the real owners Of The land must suf-
fer in silence; they had no right to
protest.
During all this time Mr.. Blair was
very busy and the McClures could not
complain if they saw but little OF
him. his success as preacher was
Marked; his church was crowded at
every service; lecture committees
were most urgent in their demands
upon him. and. as fitting crown to
all this, he had just accepted a call
to leading pulpit in the metropolis.
The Mcclure family was as poor
ut the end of the three years as at the
beginning, but they had saved enough
money to pay all back interest on the
mortgage. They could get time on
the mortgage now because Of I'M
proved business conditions; good
health had come again, and, above all,
they desired to put stop to the ruin
on the farm.
With this in mind, Philip called one
morning upon Mr.. Blair in his study.
The minister listened to ill his wis
itor had to say. nervously marking
with a pencil the while on the tablet
on his desk. When the story, was nm,
ished he said without looking up: s3
81 see no necessity for opening up
that subject at this late day, Mae:
But Ralston," reasoned 2 Mcclure,
81 feel able to run the farm nicely
now, and thought that as you were
going away soon. you'd not want to
bother with it any longer, anyhow,
Besides, you know. I was to have 1t
back whenever Ethought best" ?
mo, sir" said Biaft IN great irrita-
ton. 81 don't know pything Of the
kind. The deal hskTg zae and you
was we'll underst9 xas to. hold
your place or not ht. took
it off your hands faith, to re-
lieve you of bur were unable
to Dear. So cons Lseld the
farm to Peddieord
Then a fearful thf ffed, Let
those who have pr2 the
human soul andS nner
clure's action So
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27

The dubbed tree gives its fruit: the cleft
wood perfumes the AK: the ground gem
shows It's beauty.-BishOp Warren.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27

Those who say they will f>rs.v, but can't
forget an injury, simply bury the hatchet
while they leave the handle ous, rsady for
immediate USED. L. Moody.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
,runIc;pal Ownership In Berlin.

The Eerln Council will hereafter build,
operate AMI maintain all strA-s oar haes
for municipal account.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27

That is the best sermon which makes liv-
ing easier Monday mornins.-Lyman ABB
bctt, d D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
-xa,t,,ns IN a Dor's Clothes.

:. AE4ana Mrs. Eugene Kelly have re. re-
ttdfned London from Paris: Mrs is MeiS T,enI,
Inns 81 b whose clothes cost r n bos iasr sev.
sSsiesx eSa sdded &ianp With diamonds;
~ coat WINTER and summer ifroeks. L
NM night dresses and a wonderful
M swith wired Medici co!lal.
wy nocket handkerchlets.
lals. while the tit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERAkcE.

Whats Rob a Poor Man Of His Beer
The Allegation That Alcohol Is Food
Which Does No Harm Shown to Be
Fallacy by Scientific Investigators.
What! rob poor man of his beer
And give him good victuals instead?
Your hearts very hard, sir, l fear,
Or at least you are soft in the head.
What! rob poor man Of his mug
And give him house of his own,
With kitchen and parlor 80 snug? ..
'Tis enough to draw tears from a stone!
What! rob poor man of his glass,
And teach him how to read and writes
What! save him from being an ass
IT'S nothing but malice and spite!
What! rob poor man of his ale
And prevent him from beating his wife,
From being locked up in Jail,
\ With penal employment for life?
What! rob poor man of his beer
And keep him from starving his child?
1t makes one feel dreadfully queer;
And 4'l thank you to draw it more mild.
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zone many steps the
t,e had done rushed
HE hurried back 10
e undo as far as pos;
skis ilissne act. He
JUS as he had fiallllens
6es epf 81 of the chair
on Die temp and
,.,';5
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27

eYelau0n "0E
$by all Of
xgha did was to-
one mur.
HAIR strike the
OF and then run outg
The age-herald., 1900-04-14
CHATTANOOGA MAY FESTIVAL
Elabo-a,e Preparations Being Made for
 the Great Event

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 13.-The press committee of the Chattanooga May Festi- val-the mid-country Mardi Gras, May to 12 inclusive-today issued their official an- nouncement of the features of the expo siton.
 It is to be a week of carnival, and special railroad rates from all points will with the arrival of King Baldur, with street parade and ceremonial features May s, the grand flower parade, in sec- tions, each sponsored by queen repre- senting Chattanooga and neighboring cities May g, the grand band tournament in which organizations from the leading southern cities will compete.
 May 10 is set for the reception and en- tertainment of governors of all southern states and on this day the occasion will be augmented by the arrival of Adjutant General Corbin, Secretary of War Root and other war and naval officials. May Il will be devoted to labor parades and curing at night.
 The closing day is set apart to secret or der demonstrations and festivities, and at night the grand closing of the carnival at the street fair. The street fair will be a Dermanent feature of the festival, and will be located on government square. It will be made as nearly possible a counter part of the midway of the Chicago World S fair, and the leading attractions of the world have been secured for this feature.
The age-herald., 1900-04-14
DEWEY'S RELICS

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The two oldest relics in the admirafs collection relates to the battle. of the Eng fish against the Spanish in Manila Bay in 1762 One is a piece of a flag taken from the Spaniards at that time by Sir William Draper, and afterwards presented by the Rev Dr. Provost of Kings college, Cam bridge, England, to William Everett of Massachusetts, and by him given to the admiral. Though the flag is old, the red and yellow colorings are still plainly to | be seen. The other relic is called a "plan of the reduction of Manila and Cavite by the British fleet and army, under the com mand of Rear Admiral Cornish and Briga- dier General Draper" This plan or map of Manila Bay and it's surroundings bears the following dedication: "To the Right Hon. Earl of Egmont, First Lord Commis- sioner of the Admiralty, this plate is .hum- bly inscribed by his most obedient servant, Samuel Cornish"
 The map shows the position of the Eng ish fleet at anchor in the bay on the night of September 24, 1762, as well as on the fol- lowing night and also the location of the cathedral, governors palace, royal audi tory, treasury royal hospital, town hall, archbishops palace, custom house, the bastions and gates of the city, and many points still easily located in Manila and vicinity.
The age-herald., 1900-04-14
THE DEWEY CLAIM APPEAL From the Washington Times.

Argument was begun in the supreme court yesterday upon the appeal of Ad- miral Dewey from the judgment of the court of claims upon his claims for bounty for his part in the battle of Manila Bay, by the destruction of Spanish vessels en- gagged in that contest. His claim was based upon the number of men in the vessels destroyed, which was 1,914, and was for the sum of S191, 400 The law gov erning the payment of bounty says that for each man on the ships of the enemy sunk in action, $200 if the enemy's force was superior, and $1OO if not superior.
 The Admirals share of the bounty was half the total sum allowed, and asserting that the Spanish force was greater than the American, his demand was for 191, 400. The court of claims found that the Span ish force was not superior to the Ameri- can, and gave Admiral Dewey judgment for $97, 700. From that judgment the ad- miral appealed.
The age-herald., 1900-04-14
Adjournment of Congress in June.

The republican national convention is to meet in Philadelphia June 19, and the re- publicans in congress are working and seheming to connect with it by bringing the long session to a close a week earlier thus permitting members to close tip their affairs in Washington, go to the conven- tion, and then go home to fight for re- nomination and reelection. The scheme is pretty and convenient one, and it will probably be carried out, especially if the Alaskan, Hawaiian, Porto Rico and Philip pine bills can be passed.
 There are, however, troubles in the way. and the chief trouble is the Hanna-Payne ship subsidy bill. Neither MT. Hanna nor the proposed Cramp-Carnegie combine are willing to trust to the short session, when their scheme could be talked to death, or to the next congress, which may include a democratic house. They are much inclined therefore to insist upon the passage of their bill at this session, and this means that an adjournment early in June cannot be brought about.
 NIr Hannas interest in the subsidy bill may In part be personal for it's terms ex- tend to lake commerce, but his chief inter- est in it no doubt relates to campaign as- easements of no small amount As the bill provides for the distribution of $9,000, 900 a year to lot of rich shipowners, the possibilities of the bill in the direction of campaign assessments can be readily seen. The republican party, too, can on this ground be held up to the passage of the bill before adjournment.
 Outside of the subsidy bill nothing real ly stands in the way of an adjournment carly in June-the earlier the better. There Is no possible good, and much possible evil, in the present congress. It takes it's orders from an unconscionable lot of poli- ticians, chief of whom is Mark Hanna. He is the boss of state bosses, the biggest boss of his party. His word is law in congress as well as in the white house. and the sooner his congress is adjourned the better for all concerned.
The age-herald., 1900-04-14
MINERS ON STRIKE
Three Hundred Went Out at Coal Creek
 Yesterday

Knoxville, Tenn, Aril 13.-Three hum dred miners of the Coal Creek company at Coal Creek went out on strike yester- day The strikers are United Mine Work CTS who have taken their present step be- cause four of their number were dis charged and they desired them re-instated. E. c. Camp, general manager of the com pany, stated today that he would not re- instate the union men and had ordered all the strikers to turn over their tools and vacate the company's property within twenty-four hours.
 Two mines of the Coal Creek Coal com pany are the only ones affected by the Coal Creek district.
The age-herald., 1900-04-14
GROWING YOUNG IN HARNE ss

From the Boston Journal.
 President ElIots sixty-sixth Birthday re- minds me of a story he told good many years ago at a Harvard alumni dinner in a form something like this:
 q cannot acknowledge that as the years go by I am growing old. I have evidence to the contrary. When I was a proctor al Cambridge a few years after my gradua- tlon I learned that the students spoke of me habttually as old Eliot few nights ago, on the other hand, I met a group ot students in the street. and when I had passed them I heard one say to the other: T wonder where Charlie has been So late "
The age-herald., 1900-04-14
THE WORLDS COPPER SUPPLY

From the Indianapolis News.
 Of the copper mines of importance in North America today, those of Montana. Arizona and Michigan are in the front rank, and Rio Tinto. in Spain, stands practically alone in Europe. Owing to in- terminable lawsuits, Butte's production is not increasing, but rather diminishing, and in Michigan, notwithstanding the iil- vestment of enormous capital in the opeh- ing up of new mines, the increase in pro- ducton is small. The greatest individual copper mine in this country, if not in the world, is unquestionably Senator Clark United Verde.
The age-herald., 1900-04-14
A Special Election Needed.

Every possible democratic vote is needed
 In congress now. This was made manifest pn the Porto Rican tariff bill vote
 "Wednesday. A democratic seat from Ala bama is vacant. General Joe Wheeler will not be permitted to occupy the seat to which he was elected. by virtue of the fact that he is serving in the United States army and drawing a salary as an army officer. Speaker Henderson refuses to recognize General Wheeler's right to seat and the house of representatives evil dently sustains the speaker in his opinion.
 General Wheeler has abandoned all hope of getting his seat and has so stated to his friends. Therefore it is the duty of The democratic governor of Alabama to