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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
CHE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.

Posm: The Two Glnsses-The Scare in
Good Work For the Cause Of Sobriety
Brew of the Deadly Stuff.
There sat two glasses filled to the brm
On a rich mans table, rim to rim.
One was ruddy and red as blood,
And one was clear as the crystal flood.
Said the glass of wine to his paler brother,
Let us tell tales of the past to each
other
can tell Of banquet, and revel, and
mirth,
Where l was king; for ruled in might.
And the proudest and grandest souls on
earth
Fell under my touch as though struck with
blight
From the heads of kings I have torn the
From the heights of fame I have hurled
men down.
I have blasted many an honored name:
I have taken virtue and 81 ven shame.
have tempted the youth with sip or
taste,
Which has made his future a barren
waste.
Far greater than any king am l.,
Or than any army beneath the sky.
I have made the arm of the driver fail,
And sent the train from its iron rail;
have made good ships go down at sea, :,
Fame. strength, wealth, genius, before me
fall
And nv might and power are over all.
Ho! ho pale brother laughed the wine,
"Can YOU boast of deeds as great as mine"
Said the water glass II cannot boast
OF king dethroned, or a murdered host;
But I can tell Of hearts that were sad
By nv crystal drops made light and glad,
OF thirsts ! have quenched, and brows I've
lavcd,
OF heads I've cooled, and souls I've saved,
I have leaned through the valley, dashed
down the mountain,
Slept in the sunshine and dripred from
the fountain.
have burst my cloud fetters and dropped
And everywhere sladdened the landscape
eye. .,
I have eased the hot forehead Of fever and
pain:
7 have made the parched meadows grow
fertile with grain. -,
I can tell of the powerful wheel OF the
mill
That ground out the -four, and turned at
my will
I can tell of manhood debased BY your
brew
That have uplifted and crowned anew.
I cheer, I help. strengthen and aid.
I gladden. the heart of man and maid.
I set the chained wine-captlve tree;,,
And all are better for knowing. me-.
These are the tales they told to each
other,
The glass Of wine and IFS pale brother,
As they eat together, filled to the brin,
On a rich mans table. rim to rim.
&C. w. o., in the Rams Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Not What Would Have Chosen.

My life is not what | would have
chosen. | often long for quiet, for read
ing and for thought. 1t seems to me
to be a vp:y paradise to be able to read
to think, go into deep things gather the
glorious riches of intellectual culture.
God has forbidden it in His providence.
l must spend hours in receiving people
to speak to me about all manner Of trl-
fles; must reply to letters about moth
ing; must engage in public work Oh
everything; employ my life on what
seems uncongenial. vanishing, tempo
rary, waste. Yct God knows me better
than | know myself He knows my
gifts, my powers, my falings and weak
npsses. what l can do and what | can
not do. So I desire to be led. and not
to lcad-to follow Him. | am quite sure
that He has thus enabled me to do
great deal more, in what seemed to be
almost a waste of life. in advancing His
kingdom, than | would have done in
onv other way. | am sure of that
Norman Mcleod.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
The Diam ond Rule.

A Rule better than the Golden Rule?
Yes, one of as much more value than
that as diamonds are more precious
than gold Apply the Golden Rule to
the "greatest thing in the world'-love.
How would it read? Love Others as
you would have them love YOU" How
would the Diamond Rs, read? Let US
take it from the lips of Christ: Il
would that ye love one another as l
have loved you" Here is new STAN
tlard, a diamond standard, for loving.
Our highest conception of the love OF
others for us, according to the Golden
Rule, would be love equal to that whlch
we feel for ourselves. But. after all,
how imperfect. how inadequate. how
blind and limited, is the love OF any one
for himself! One might wish for him-
self thousand good things. and after
he had received them all discover that
his best and most enduring good had
no. been promoted. So human bench
cence as a measure for mutual human
love is very narrow and inadequate.
We should love one another in deeper
and wiser way than that. The Golden
Rule Of love is only the human way of
loving. The Diamond Rule of love Is
tile divine way of loving.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
The Power that Draws.

"And I, if I be lifted up" said or
Lord "A few hours before His death,
will draw all men unto Me-" We are
greatly troubled in these days over the
Indifference of multitudeS to the ser
vices Of the church. and many are the
devices reSOrted to for the purpose OF
persuadius the people. and especially
men, 10 attend them. But all these de-
vices-whch we need not here partlcu-
larize, for they are known to ali-ara
ephrmeral in effect because. however
ingenious and pleasing at first, they
soon pail upon the TASTE. The only at
tractive power that has yet never
failed, and never can fail, is the up
lifted Christ. The preachers who today
are most faithfully holding up the cruri-
fed Lord as the sinners only hope are
those whose ministry is most effective
in winning the attention OF the people
and persuading men to be rrconciied to
God. This is the method prescribed by
divine wisdom. and no device of man
.an improve upon or successfully super
sede it.-EXaminer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
When Prayers Seem Useless.

We reap as we have sown. We suf-
fer where we have sinned. At such
times our prayer is not literally an
swered BY the voice Of the spirit, by
a spiritual instinct. we become conscious
that it is useless to pray further.
Though we pray, not thrice, but three
hundred times the thorn is not taken
away. But there is a sense in which the
prayer is answered. Our suffering is a
lesson warning men in all after-time.
We are permitted from Pisgah's height
to scan the fair land we long for, and
are then removed to better. We have
the answer given to us i'll the after
time, as Moses. who had his prayer
gloriously fulfilled when he stood with
Christ on the TRANSPORTATION Mount
RcY. L. 4. Meyer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
PESTHOUSE SET AFIRE
Crowd Made Trouble For Firemen
Who Put It Out.
Citizens Objected to tho Buildings Site.
Mayor Ordered Work Stopped. But
Board of Health Stood Firm.

Orange, N. Jan attempt to set fire
70 the temporary smallpox hospital in
Orange was made few days ago. and
John Harrington, laborer. forty-fve
years of age, is held by the police with.
out bail. The police say they have wit.
nesses who saw Harrington light two
matches and apply them to a pile of
shavings saturated with kerosene at
one corner of the building. Some lum-
Der nearby and the building itself
were also soaked with kerosene. The
attempt was made at o'clock while
the place was being watched by two
policemen and a watcher detailed by
the Board of Health. A big crowd
was in the neighborhood. and when
the firemen arrived the crowd attempt
ed to prevent the hose from being at
tached to hydrants. Louis Dodle. an
italian. tried to cut the hose and was
arrested
Work on the hospital was begun in
the morning, and it was intended to
move the two smallpox patients in the
following night. The building is a
cheap frame structure. and is situated
on a plot Of ground an entire block in
extent AS soon as work was started
there was opposition from people in
that part. Of the city. Mayor Henry
Stetson ordered Police Captain Leary
to stop the carpenters. Health Officer
William Schuer Immediately made a
formal demand on the Mayor. as the
head Of the Police Department. to fur
nish policemen to protect the building
and the workmen. The Mayor read
the law and then said that as Mayor
he would have the building protected.
He said his directions to the police cap
tain were given as a private citizen.
Then delegations Of people called on
President John T. Platt. of the Board
Of Health, and urged him to stop the
work and secure some other site for
the hospital. The contractor having
received his contract from Mr.. Schluer
declined to recognize any one else In
the matter, anu the work went on. In
the afternoon a special meeting of the
Board of Health was held, at which
the health officers acts were indorsed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Alcoholism Among German Pupils.

In an investigation by the authorities at
Donn, Germany, not long since upon al
coholism among the pupils in the primary
schools, it was found that sixteen chill
dren out of 100 did not drink milk because
it had no SAVIOR. OF 237 pupils from seven
to eight years old all habitualiy & drank ID beer i
a glass of whisky daily in order to become
strong. AS result of these investigations
il was found that the children most accus'
toned to spirtuous drinks were least intel
ligent. The number of girls who took
whisky with their breakfast was larger
than that of boys.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Prominent People.

King Edward Is said to be one of the
best shots in England.
Andrew Carnegie is q generous pa
tron of orchestral music.
Senator Warren. of Wyoming, is the
only undertaken in the Senate.
Lord Roberts had to pay $3.50 in
fees for the honor of being made an
Earl.
Henry NJ. Stanley Is Just sixty. and
apparently strong enough to try the
Dark Continent again.
Senator Kearns. Of Utah. is one Of
the three members of tie Senate who
part their hair In the middle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
LOSSES IN SOUTHERN STORM.

Tornado Crosses tho .arkansas-Texas
Line and Does $500, 900 Damage.
Little Rock, Ark.-A heavy wind and
thunder storm passed over Arkansas.
John Turner, aged twelve, at Pine
Prairie, was killed. The tornado
wrecked everything in it's path at
Pine Prairie, which is in the extreme
southwestern part Of the State.
Every town in Western Arkansas
suffered to some extent. many build
ings being unroofed. The loss will
exceed $5O0,000.
At New Boston, Texas, one man was
killed and seven. seriously hurt. The
town was almost demolished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
SUFFERING Au pong Zuni Indians.

An appeal has been sent to the Depart
ment of the Interior at Washington fol
aid for the suffering Zuni Indians in
Northeastern Arizona and Northwestern
New Mexico. A report from Apache
County says THAT some Of the tribe near
Rohmah is irl a fearful condition from
lack of food and d. clothing, kat.onS G L;tae at tne
have been contributing supplies. Last
summers drought destroyed the Zuni
erops, and the Indians traded nearly all
their blJnkets and clothing for food. AS
a rcsult the unusually severe winter has
caused much sickness and death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
DoiDgs of State Legislatures.

The Governor Of South Dakota has
been given power to remove appointive
State officers Of all grades.
Oregon has followed Illinois anC
Massachusetts in providing for the
Torrens system of land registration.
Corporation laws in Texas have been
made more liberal to foreign corpora.
tions of large capital by bill just
passed.
A new law in Oregon makes the
punishment for kidnapping imprison-
ment for from one to twenty-five
years, with a fine not exceeding $10,.
700.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
WiIhelmina Favors Total Abstinence.

No doubt there has been much wine
drunk to the health of the Queen, and the
Dutchman can drain bumper at slight
It that Queen Wilhelmina is not only her.
self an abstainer, but has persuaded her
friend the Princess Pauline of Wurtem'
berg, to take up the same position, Queer,
Wiihelmina is the patroness of the. total
abstinence movement in the Low Coun
tries. 1t is reasonably probable that she
will, by temperance regime; preserve
more perfectly her health and her pretty
figure than have some other of the heavy.
drinking feminine royalties of Europe
The Outlook.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
The Wi,consin- Michigan boundary

1t has just been discovered that strip
OF land of 25O,0O0 acres, near the boundary
between Wisconsin and Michigan. lies in
neither State. The discovery has been
made that this strip was originally in
cluded in Michigan, but was not in the
survey when the State of Wisconsin was
laid out The question has arisen as to
whether or not official acts, such as mar
riages and land transfers, in the strip are
valid, and the matter viii. probably be LAID
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
An Alarming Growth.

While the crusade against the drink
traffic has been emnently successful in one
way, saving thousands from a drum ken
grave. preventing the formation of habits
Of intemperance in countless multitudes
besides, and gradually building up health.
ier public opinion, it yet remains true that
the evil is. in another sense, increasing
steadily Population is overriding refor'
nation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
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A British War Office Blunder.

An almost unexamped case Of official
blu,jdcring is reported from Liverpool.
II appears that the British War Oillce
wax under the impression that the Liver
ncjol Volunteers were still in South Africa,
pphd kept a new Special Service Corps on
Waiting orders until it could be ascer.
thincd whether the Liverpool Volunteers
rEuuircd strengthening. The Liverpool
Volunteers returned to Liverpool four
months ago
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
AguInaldo's Reported Hiding Place

Cnconfrmed information coming
from native sources says that Aguin-
aldo Is in hiding in the Province of
Isabella, on the northeastern coast of
Luzon Island, P. I. American troops
are scouting in that section of the
country,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
No Promotion For Morgan.

Gunner Charles Morgan. U. S. NJ,
will not go before the Naval Examin'
ing Board lor examination for the
commission of ensign, as his age pre-.
vents it, he having recently passed
his thirty-fifth birthday. This makes
him ineligible for the commission
that would go with successful ex-
animation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
A Kansas Eank Robbed.

The private bank of J. P. Springer
at Argonia, Kan, was robbed by three
men, who got away with $500 IL
cash and $4,000 in registered Govern
ment three per cent. bonds. The
vault was entered through the brick
wall and the safe was blown open
with tro-glycerine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Sevsn-hIasteu Schooner.

A seven-masted schooner will be built
this year by John p. Gordon, of Franklin,
Me- The dimensions are: Length Of keel,
3a5 feet; beam, fifty-four feet; depth OF
eighteen feet; about 1000 tons net register.
The estimated cost is $l55,0W.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

ers to the Abyssinian Commander-in-
Chief, Ras Makonnen, in his ap-
preaching expedition against the Mad
Mullah, who has been causing a dis
turbance in Northern Somallland.
Menelik will place 2000 men in the
field, and the British will cooperate
with His Majesty's army with a force
from Berbera. The English had long
been overshadowed by Franco-Rus-
sian activities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Doing the Masters Work.

And as they went forth to do their
sIastrr's work. counting themselves now
no longer their own, but His-how the
personality of each stands out, strong
and distinct! There is no possibility OF
mistaking Peter for John. or John for
Paul The Masters word is spoken by
them all, but the voice of each is his
own. The humble fishermen and the
tpnt-maker have been recognized all
over the world. have made themselves
each separately felt by their character
and their words. as no statesman or or
ator ever has. They lost their littleness,
and found their greatness in Christ
lucy L.arcOm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

I Give MY Heart to Thee - The Diamond
Rule The Power that Draws - Not
What I Would Have Chosen - When
l give my heart to Thee.
o Jesus most desired.
And heart for heart the gift shall be,
For Thou my soul hast fired:
Thou hearts alone wOUldSt move:
Thou only hearts doSt love.
| would love Thee as Thou lowest me,
o Jesus most desired!
What Offering can I make.
Dear Lord, to love like Thine?
That Thou, the God didSt stOop to take
A human form like mine!
"Givp me thy heart. my SON:
Behold my hcart-'tis done!
| would love Thee as Thou lowest
O Jesus most desired.
Thy heart is opened wide,
Its offered love most free.
That heart to heart l may abide,
And hlp myself ii Thee:
All. how Thy love doth burn.
Till l that love return!
| wonld love Thee as Thou lowest me
. Jesus most desired!
Here finds my heart its rest.
Rrpose that knows no shock.
The strength of love that keeps it blest:
In Thee the riv"n Rock.
Ny soul as girt around.
Her citadel hath found:
| would love Thee as Thou lowest me.
O Jesus most desired!
-Fron the Latin Of an unknown au-
thor. Translated by Ray Palmer
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

The Wisconsin to Replace the Oregon.
The big battleship Wisconsin has
been selected to replace the Oregon
in Asiatic waters. when that vessel
is relieved, in the near future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
BRITISH AHEAD IN ABYSSiNIA.
Their Officers to Join Forces Against
Mad Mullah.

London.-England is again on top
in Abyssinia. This, it is said. is PROV
en- by the fact that Emperor Menelik
has consented that two British Off
GERS, Major A. H. Tracy and Captain
r. P. Cobbold, start for Ads Abeda,
capital Of Abyssinia, to act as advis-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
Franco Fears a Paper Famine,

The scarcity of pulp wood in France is
seriously interfering with the paper indus.
try there. 1t is expected that paper will
have to be imported.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

When the sinner thinks: "My sins are
ont of measure sinful, and my heart is
out of measure hard" why, think and
remember that in Christ there is mercy
out of measure mrrciful, and grace ont
of measure powerful.-Thomas Hooker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
BLOOD RAIN" IN ITALY.
Phenomenon Attributed to Dust From
African Deserts-People Alarmed.

Rome, Italy. - The phenomenon
known as a "blood rain," occurred in
Sicily and Southern and Central Italy.
1t was accompanied by violent 81
rocco, which brought across tn, Medi-
terranean showers Of dust from the
desert of Sahara.
The atmosphere in Rome was suffo-
eating, and the city was covered by
whirling clouds of sand. A mirage was
seen. THE wind felt like air from a
furnace. The population declare that
the phenomenon portends an earth
quake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27
seyenty-two Pilgrims Drowned.

During a storm on the Black Sea
seventy-two pilgrims were washed
overheard from a steamer anu
drowned
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

II mclts the heart to think that God is
as full of mercy as | am Of sin; he is as
free To forgive as | am to offend; ne
hath daily mercies for daily Sins.-J0hn
Mason
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

BLOOD rain" is not infrequent. and
IS due to different causes. The most
common Of these is the lifting OF red
dust by storm and it's fall with the
rain. This would seem to be the ey
planation In the present case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-27

u
ing the next and while she was laughing
you saw the tears still on her face" And
perhaps you stopped her in the very midst
of her resumed glee and wiped off those
delayed tears. So I think after the heav-
eniy raptures have come upon us there
may be the mark of some earthly grief,
and while these tears are glittering in the
light of the jasper sea God will wipe them
away. How we'll He can do that
Friends. if We could get any apprecia-
tion of what God has in reserve for US, it
would make US so homesick we would be
unfit for our everyday work. Professor
Leonard, formerly Of Iowa University, put
in my hands meteoric stone, a stone
thrown off from some other world to this
How suggestive 1t was TO me! And have
to tell you the best representations we
have Of heaven are only aerolites flung off
from that world which rolls on, bearing
the multitude of the redeemed. We ana
lyze these aerolites and find them crystal
lizations of tears. No wonder, flung off
from heaven! God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes"
Do you not this moment catch a glimpse
o. the towers? Do You not hear note of
the eternal harmony Some of you may
remember the old Crystal Palace in this
city of New York. came in from my
country home verdant lad and heard in
tina. Crystal Palace the first great music
had ever heard. Julien gave concert
there, and there were 5000 voices and 5000
players upon instruments, and was
nightly impressed with the fact that Jul
lien controlled the harmony with the mo-
tion OF his hand and foot, beating, tipe
with the one and emphasizing with She
other. To me it was overwhelming. But
all that was tame compared with the scene
and the sound when the ransomed shall
come from the east, and the west. and the
north, and the south, and sit down in the
kingdom of God, myriads above myriads,
galleries above galleries, and Christ will
rise, and all heaven will rise with Him,
foot He will conduct that harmony. Like
the voice of many waters, like the voice of
mighty thunderings, worthy is the Lamb
that was slain to receive riches and honoG
and glory and power, world without end.I1
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-02
Rates to Pan-Amerlcan Exposition.

The Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burgh Ry. will sell excursion tickets TO
Buffalo, N. Y, account of the Pan
American Exposition at the following
rates, commencing April goth.
Season tourist tickets will be sold
every day at $11.05 for the round trip
from Pittsburg, Pa, good returning to
and including October 31st.
Tickets limited Is days will be sold
every day at 1920 for the round trip
from Pittsburg.
On each Tuesday during May tick
cts will be sold at $500 for the round
trip from Pittsburg, limited five days.
May 18th and 29th special excursions,
tickets limited three days,will be sold
at S5.25 for the round trip from Pitts
burg,
Excursion tickets from other points
on the B. R. & P. Ry. will be sold
on above dates at proportionate rates.
Two fast solid vestibuled trains leave
p. & w. Depot, Allegheny daily for
Buffalo at 900 a. m. and 1000 p. m
City time. All Inquiries for informa- :
tion will receive prompt attention II
addressed to @. O'D. Pascault. DIV
Pass. Agent, No. 500 Smithfeld ST..
Pittsburg, Pa.