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The Crusade in Brief.

There are fttv-two official temperance
committees in Russia, each receiving
state subvention of $4,000.
1t is personal influence and personal eX-
ample that count, and the moderate drink.
er does not reach the highest level OF
manhood.
The Russian Government is graphing
with the question of the restriction OF the
liquor traffic, and is showing some success
in its methods.
1t is reported from Liverpool that, ow-
ing to the improvement in the tenement
houses in that city there has been a
marked falling of in drunkenness.
In Mobile twenty per cent. less whisky
is sold now than formerly.
Many moderate drinkers wish there
was some way in which they could get
moderately drunk
It is aid that, taking the South, as a
whole, there was decrease in rum drink
inc last year of about fifteen per cent, as
compared with the previous years.
We need to be more busy in making tee
totalers and organizing them Tor aggres-
siyc temperance work. keeping before Us
as an ideal the prohibition OF the liquor
traffic.
In Savannah it is claimed that there
has been decrease OF twenty-five per
cent. in the whisky trade during the past
eight and ten years. In Atlanta the de-
A-aaae ID estimated at twenty per cent
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
Flowers In Rooms.

The principal things to be considered
in relation to pot flowers in rooms are
light, moisture and. air, with absence
of draft. Judicious watering Of plants
in rooms is, perhaps, the most impor-
tant feature In their management, a
feature that is, unfortunately, in many
cases not understood, the water being
given mechanically and with no re-
gard to change, Of SEASON. By too
eager desire for their welfare delicate
plants are often surfeited with water.
There are, Of course, exceptions to
every rule, but in a general way the
following rules are applicable:
In winter keep plants (not grow
ing fast at the time) rather dry; in
spring increase the quantity of wa
ter with their activity and the suns
power-that is to say, keep the plants
in a medium state. Of moisture; in sum-
mer water them daily, and in autumn
decrease the amount ofewater given
with the length Of the day and the
returning torpidity Of the plants until
the dry state of winter Is again
reached, All this resolves into the
following: ~ .'
Plants when grown fast may have
free supplies of water, which must
be lessened as their growths approach
maturity, until the return of their
growing season.
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How to Wash Dishes.

Dish washing is more frequently
i neglected In Its details than any other
branch Of household menage. To get
the dishes washed and putjaway is
1.-THE only aim Of the average maid.
sahd unless the housekeeper oversees
the work and insists upon its being
done properly, streaky plates and
rough cups with yellowed streaks
about the handles and in the creases
are Ssure to appear, while broken,
nickef and cracked dishes will be her
despair. Better far cheap dishes with
out hicks fand cracks and with dainty,
polished surfaces, than the finest ware
sEoofly cared for. "
The china should never be mixed
with sthe cooking and kitchen utensils
and dishes. The latter should be
/. washed first and put away. Then the
soup plates should be held under run
ming water or plunged into a pan of
clean water and piled together. The
meat and fish plates and entree dishes
should be thoroughly scraped, rinsed
like the soup plates, and each kind
piled together. The dessert dishes
should follow the same course. Cups
with fragile handles should occupy
an isolated position on the dish table.
Spoons with bowls all pointing one
way, and knives and forks should be
laid in separate heaps. Two. good
sized pans one for, washing and one
for rinsing, and a dish drainer are all
needed, and should be placed in po-
sition, with soapsuds as strong as the
hands will bear in the dish washing
pan. First wash the glassware, then
plunge it quickly into the hot water
in the rinsing pan; place it in the
drainer and dry, and put it away as
soon as all are washed. Next wash
and dry the cups and saucers in the
came way and put them away. Then
wash, wipe and put away the silver,
cleaning the teaspoons first. All the
other dishes can be washed, rinsed and
drained together. Water just below
the boiling point should be poured
over the china to rinse 1t.
1t will take determination and pa.
tience to get maid into the habit of
washing her dishes In this way, but
it can be done, and in one family
where this method is always used bro
ken and nicked dishes are almost un-
known. There should be no sound
from the dishes during the entire pro-
cess.
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Prayers of Thomas A. Kempis.

I bcseech Thee, my most gracious God,
preserve me from the cares of this life
lest should he too. much entangled
therein; and from the many neces-
cities of the body, lest I should be en-
shared by pleasure: and from whatsoever
is an obstacle to the soul, lest, broken
with troubles, l should BE overthrown.
Amen. ..-.. D,
Thou, who hast made the earth so
fair and shaped our. eyes that we might
see its beauty and our ears that we
might hear its melody, we thank thee
for the gift Of life and for thy presence
that is life's abiding happiness and hope.
Fix our heart on heavenly things; but
let us not despise the earth which thou
hast made our dwelling place. In thy
love let it be to us the house of God, the
very gate of heaven. Let thy holy will
he done in us from day to day. Help us
to be patient in life's trials; strong in its
temptations, imrnovable in faith and
courage. ever looking for the tokens Of
thy presence and the hope Of thine ap-
pearing. For thou art not far. off. but
near, 0 thoh' our spirits Life and JOY:
and thou hast given us power to become
thy children through Jesus Christ our
Lord. AMEN.
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Silver Cake = Beat to a cream one
half cupful Of butter and one cupful
of sugar. add one-half cupful Of milk,
one teaspoonful of vanilla, the beaten
whites of three eggs, two cupfuls of
-four, one teaspoonful Of cream of tar
tar and one-half teaspoonful of soda.
Stewed Chicken With Asparagus
Stew q fowl cut in joints and season
when half-cooked. When done remove
from the liquor. cover closely and keep
hot where it will not dry. Cook two
punches of white asparagus in the
broth and remove to five half slices Of
toast. Thicken the liquid with -four.
let simmer ten minutes, then stir in
the beaten yolks of two eggs. with Il
cupful of cream, seasoning if needed,
and a tablespoonful Of lemon juice.
Pour over the asparagus and fowl
the asparagus placed in the centre of
the platter, the fowl arranged about 1t
neatly.
Curried Salmon-Put in saucepan
q tablespoonful of butter and table
spoonful of chopped onions and cook
slowly together till the onion changes
color. Add a tablespoonful Of -four
and q teaspoonful of curry powder;
mix with the butter, then add three
quarters of pint Of milk. When
smooth add more seasoning if liked;
draw to one side and simmer ten min
utes. Add one pound Of salmon
(canned or boiledl freed from bones
and skin and broken in goodsized
pieces. Gently cook fifteen minutes
longer and serve with boiled rice in 4
,sansyate dish.
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NEGRO DIES AT THE STAkEt
sst-HsT
Large Crowd Watehl sttte Flames as
they Consumeahe Victim.


Wetumpka, Ala. (Special.-Winfeld
Townsend, alias Floyd, negro, was
burned at the stake in the little town
of Eclectic, fifteen miles from this
place. a few days ago. The crime
with which he was charged was an
assault upon Mrs Lonnle Harring-
ton, whose husband set fire to the
brands. which reduced Townsend's
body to ashes. The victim was q
nephew Of a man hanged here week
ago for a similar crime.
Mr.. Harrington was engaged at q
cotton gin in Eclectic and lived one
mile out OF town. The negro came
to the house and told Mrs. Harring-
ton that her husband had sent him
to- get twenty cents from her. She
told him she had no change. Then
the negro left but returned in about
ten minutes. The woman's screams
were heard by Bob Nichols, another
negro, who was passing along the
road at the time. He ran to tie
house in time to see the negro escape.
The news spread rapidly. All the
stores in Eclectic were closed, all the
gins and saw mills Shut down; the
people left their wagons In the road
and their plows in the field and gath
cred for q pursuit Of the negro. The
crowd divided. some securing the
woods near the scene Of the crime and
others went to the penitentiary for
bloodhounds. n
The dogs were not brought to the
scene until nearly dark. They were
taken to where the negro's tracks
disappeared, and an exciting chase en-
sued. The dogs stopped finally at
tree In front ofSQdion's store on the
outskirts of the town The. crowd
coming up soon discoyered the negro
sitting on q limb. b.fNHe was brought
down at once. Townsend was con-
fronted by Mrs. Harrington, who posi-:
lively identified him. H., /
Word was sent to the other search.
ing parties that the negro had been
found, and about II O'clock a crowd
of several hundred was In the little
village. The negro was then taken
to the edge of The village. The prep
arations for death were quickly made.
A rope was flung over the limb Of
big oak and hundred stood ready
to lend a hand at the rope. :.
Then a halt was called and the man.
ner Of death discussed BY the mob
To decide the matter vote was taken
and the balloting showed a.amajority
Of the crowd to favor death at the
stake. ..s;...-. %. -. .,s.-.. X 4
The stake was psspared and. Z the
negro was bound to 1t with chains.
Pine knots were piled about him.
Townsend's wild cries upon God for
mercy and help could be heard along
way. The crowd looked on, deaf to
his cries, and in IN hour the negro
was reduced to ashes.
Townsend, before being bound, con-
fessed the crime, and said he was also
implicated with Alexander Floyd, who
was hanged q couple of weeks ago.
He said he and Floyd had planned
for other crimes of like character. but
that Floyd's execution put stop to
them. j;
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Mystery In Gods Dealings.

When we are oppressed by the ;impossi-
bflity of fathoming Gods dealings with
us and are face to face with mystery, as
we sometimes stand face to face with a
fog, we should remind ourselves that. if
there were no mystery in Gods dealings
with us, we should very soon cease to be
able to trust him. 1t is the element Of
mystery in every human character which
supplies large part of its attractive
ness. You may know your friend never
so well, yet you do not know him wholly.
You may have summcred. and wintered
him for years. You may think that
every operation Of his mind and every
reason for his conduct are Perfectly un-
derstood by you, and doubtless in the
main you are correct. Yet every now
and then he surprises you by some un-
,oreseen utterance or action, revealing ele.
ments in his nature which you have at
least imperfectly comprehended. 1t is
because of this elusiveness, this unfath-
omablencss, this mystery, which is an
unfailins element Of every human char
acLer, that we do not become unendurably
weary of one another: and il this be
true Of each of lis within our finite and
limited capabilities and natures, how
much more true it must be Of God.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM The
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

Fancies-The Eeam and The Mote-Mys-
terry in Gods Dealings - Prayers OF
Thomas A. Keppis - Wealth worthy
Of Ambition Essence of Salvation.
God spoke to ME through the flowers and
said: :,
"Hcavcns sweetness and purity l
show :,
In these. my children. Loye them we'll
Are part Of Me-" 1 bowed my head
Touched their faces with my lips. 1
They will return my soft carcss some
day.
God murmured low, across the sea- and
said:
"My love and My own coustancy I
show, = q
Through this great sea that grows al
way"
l looked, and 10, wondrous light that
AS to heavens gate-And, by this, I
know
Life's rough, dark stream shall meet
- Gods sea some day!
Eta Wallace Wheeler in Uniyersalist
Leader.
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The Eealn and The Mote.

It is difficult to. see others as thev
really are. Yet by taking thought
enough we can form fairly accurate
conception Of their characters and their
abilities. 1t is still more difficult to see
ourselves rs we are. g, Probably il any
one among us could realize, if only for q
moment. exactly how he appears to
others, he would be greatly surprised.
The character that we think we possess,
the character which others think we
possess, and the character which we
really possess. may be three very differ
ert things. 1t should be the aim Of life
to harmonize them with each other and
with a fourth, the character which we
ought to possess. The lesson Of the fact
that it is almost impossible to under
stand each other perfectly. even i'll the
case of intimate friends, should promote
a profound humility. How often it is
that We are credited with being far bet
ter than we are, with having a quality
and a degree of power, wisdom and, es-
pecialy. nobility of character, which in
our own hearts We know that we have
not attained. 1t is something to be
grateful for when we know that we
seem to others to illustrate high excol-
lRnce, because it encourages and helps
them to believe that we are what We
seem: ana III we honestly Try TO reaHZe,
as fully as they think we realize, our
ideals, no hypocrisy is involved. But we
know, even if they do not, how pitifully
we often fail of being what we are sup
posed to BE-. No one can realize this
without being humbled and with this
lesson CT humility must be joined fleS
son of charity. What is true Of ussfs
true of others. If we need some allow
ance for our shortcomings, if we are as
truly better, very often, than we'seeIn to
be, as we. also sometimes. are worse than
we seem to be, so are our friends The
knowledge Of our own weaknesses and
faults should make us very gentle in
Judging them, and, il we suspect some
times that they may not be- as wholly
admirable as they seem, we know OF a
surety that they often are far more de;
serving of love, trust and even admira-
ton than they appear. = - = u
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,{sA Pan That is AlwayI Full!

5.sThafeg! Is one pail that is, perpetually
plls3 That sis the beer bucket, and ats fulls
less means emptiness fors Others means
canty and tpitifui fare even for the;
Yorkingma1 who never aanks, because
he money that should 1t to make q q de,
riand for the sprodnct ;of saiR strength and
kill, goes. insteadsto the till Of the sa.
oonkeepef. The fulIness Of the beer pail
means gaunt famine in the homes Of drink
ng meh-starving, halfclad, half-frozen
hildren and despairinss women, means
crimped living and harassing scantiness
the home of the honest and sober Ia.
,orer, because Of the economic waste of
more than a billion dollars every year. Z;
American labor will never be fully EN-.
,loyed and well paid until the beer pail
empty and the door Of the den where
is filed closed fast, and the political
,arty that prates loudly of prosperity"
md as well its chief opponent whose stock
n trade is usually believed to be .'calam-
ty,"5 both lovingly agree to keep the beer
2ail full and the. saloon wide open.-New
. Y - ..
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Newsy GleanIngs.

A trust has been formed to control
the output and sale Of Holsters and
other sea food.
A northeaster has destroyed Grand
Portal, one of the famous pictured
rocks on Lake Superior.
Paris is holding its first postage
stamp exhibition and the stamps e1-
hibitcd are insured for 100000.
Disorders have broken out at Sum-
Tai, near Canton, China. Several vii
lagos have been destroyed and others
oeSinDod
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Grand Portal Destroyed.

The terrific northwester which lashed
Lake Superior recently, not only did con-
siderable damage to shipping, but also
completely destroyed the Grand Portal;
the principal attraction of the Pictured
Rocks and one of the great natural curl
osites OF the world. The crash OF the
Portals fall was heard for nearly twenty
miles, though the actual falling was un-
witnessed by human eye.
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"rl,e means.t Bu.lnes. on Earth"

In one of our large cities there is MAI ,
Who keeps a frst-class restaurant, and his
;wo children, one of them an interesting
,oy of about ten years of age, wait on the.
;able. A friend who was much attracted
BY the manliness and gentleness OF the
ad, said: "You have splendid waiter"
'Yes," said the proprietor, "he is my
son. / used to sell liquor. The boy came
home one day and said: Papa, we fellows
1t school had discussion to-day about
the business in which our parents were
engaged, and the question, was asked.
What does your father do?' One of
them said: My father works. Another
said said' Ny Ny father father is IS lawyer. said, Ny
father sells liquor And then one of the
boys spoke up and said, That is the mean
est business on earth, And then ne
looked around and asked, Father, is that
SOP And I'said, Yes, John, it is, and I
am going to get out OF it. God helping me
I will get out of it. "
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Take lined saucepan, and in it
make a strong solution of soap and
water, put the veil into it and place
over the fire to simmer for about twen-
ty minutes; then squeeze the veil in
warm soap and water till it Is quite
clean; rinse in cold water, then again
in little cold water to which has
been added a few drops of blue and
one lump of sugar. Shake the veil
gently and pin 1t on clean towel to
dry. nv. '},. s'' -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
BLOW TO THE PURE tOoO LAW
Chicago Ruling That Guilty knowledge
Must Be Shown.

The new Illinois pure food law was
o;ven n death blow when Judge Smith, in
stseG Ebs Criminal % Court at Chicago, ruled that
rne un convict;on S can be made unless it is
ao shown what that the storekeeper had guilty
SrC%I knowIedge w of the selling Of impure food; i
Gepnaisasaes COMMISSION Expressed their dssppoint.
ment at the result of their efforts to en-.
force s the law, and admit that punishment hs:
can be meted out in but few &C cases, sho,v De,
cause it is almost impossible to > snow {. va
guilty knowledge on TIE part OF the store
keepeT.
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Secretary Hay Returns fo Duty.

Secretary Hay has returned to Wash
ington from his outing in the New
Hampshire hills. and resumed his Of
fetal duties at the State Department
somewhat improved In health. but not
entirely recovered from his recent in
diSpOsition.
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barred FROM the Order.

In the Modern Woodmen Society the
official organ announces: "a camp clerk
has no right to receive dues and assess
ments from person who has engaged IN
the liquor business. hen the memoer
engages in the liquor business ne V9lds
not make his certificate valid by receiving
dues and assessments from him.
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Wealth Worthy of Am bition.

Blessed secret! to learn how to do
without things. We need to learn this
secret of full life in Christ in spite Of
minor deprivations, because we cannot
have all the things that we Want7-eren
rich men have been known to want
more things-and some of lis have to do
without things which, OF the plane Of
physical life. are quite desirable. If we
can gain wealth it is we'll to have it. if
we receive it as coming from God and
use it for. His glory; but II we do not
possess this wealth, which is the lowest
wealth in the gift of God. we are eS-
horted to earnestly covet the best gifts
that wealth Of heart and soul which lies
open for the taking TO every follower Of
Christ. Here is wealth worthy Of am
bition; wealth which is offered freely
and without stint; the unsearchable
riches of Christ, which will make US
wealthy. to all eternity. Christ never
asks us to do without this wealth, the
true riches, but lie says: ASK. and it
shall be given you; seek. and yc shall
find: knock. and it shall be opened unto
you."-Advuncc.
The very essence OF salvation is to win
the will to righteousness. When that is
ACCOMPLISHED tho work is virtually done.
The work Of Christ then is to do his will.
is to win the will to righteousnesS.-Rev.
DR.. Crane.
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HEIRS OF LoNc.losT FATHER.
Two New Orleans Boys Own Half o'
ONYX Mine in Mexico.

Two New Orleans boys, August and
William Peres, are heirs to a half interest
in valuable onyx mine in Puebla, Mex
leo.
Recently Augustus Peres, father OF the
bows, died in Mexico, whittier he went
twenty years ago, leaving the two boys
and their mother at New Orleans. The
father did not return and the mother
died. Recently the boys had letter from
the Secretary of State making inquiries
for the heirs of Augustus P'res, who haa
died leaving them his half interest IN the
onyx mine.
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A Congestion OF Pubic Hou,es.

In Ireland in 1896 the total number OF
licensed houses was 1851. In that coun-
try the congestion of public houses was
terrible. In one city (Tralee) in one
street. forty yards long, so narrow that
two carts cannot pass in it,, there are
twelve public houses. In another. town
there are ten to a population of l79,, in
another one house in three, in another
one to every thirty persons. ~
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service in the Chapel Royal, after
which there was a reception.

Price Albert OF Belgium Is the SON
Of Philippe, Count of Flanders, brother
of King Leopold Of Belgium. Tho
prince wcs born in 1875.
The d. chess Elizabeth was born
in 1876. She is a daughter of Duke
Charles Theodore Of Bavaria, the Gel
ebrated oculiSt.
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Woman Centenarlnn Dies.

Mrs. Am Bryan Rowe died at
Whitehall, y. u, aged fO2 years. She
was probably the Oldest person in
Northern New York. Had she lived
three months longer she would have
lived in three centuries.
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eELcIUM's HEIR TAKES A BRIDE.
She Is the Duchess Elizabeth Of Bavaris.
. Daughter OF q Celebrated Ocuiist.

Munich (By Cable).-Prince Albert
of Belgium, heir presumptiye to the
throne of that country. married the
Duchess Elizabeth Of Bavaria. The
civil ceremony took place in the throne
room and was followed by q religious
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Big Whale in Delaware Bay.

A large whale measuring probably
forty feet in length was seen in Del
aware Bay, about hundred feet from
shore, at Cape May, II. ], He dived
after q few minutes and did not re-
aDDplr
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Row s,o,s Democratic Ticket,

The Democrats Of Massachusetts,
have nominated a State ticket headed
by Robert Treat Paine, Jr., Of Bos-