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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM ,IHE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

In Sorrows Night Peaceful Anidst tho
Storm - Lifes Two Supreme Dates -
stereotyped Aspirations - Words uii
of Cheer - Gods Way OF Showing Us.
So unch OF brightness drew into the
west,
So many lives loved had vailed to fate.
I thought to follow. past the sunset gate.
And be with them. ..wherever they were
blest! .
But no; as on their (Rrintiess path l
pressed.
A Voice detained me: Thou, thyself.
must wait:
Behold, their term Of life is not thy
date:
Reverse thy steps. to other paths ad-
dressed"
Thereforth. at twilight, loath I set my
feet
Towards the wistful, haunted, violet
east,
where yet, in reflex dim, their glories
burned.
What wonder. if seem. to all / meet,
A moving darkness-features undis-
Corne0-
An evening wrath that wanders till re-
leased!
II.
o Unseen Shepherd of those vanished
ones
Peace cometh, now that Thou hast sent
away
The wiStful remnants Of departed day,
And splendors shot from unreturning
suns.
1t is full night: am as one who shuns
(Grown used to shadow noontide's
burning ray.
1t is full night; hut even as stray,
From out the east tender herald runs!
o Unseen Shepherd Of my unseen loves!
Thy moonlight and Thy starlight Thou
doSt send
That not alone my path I henceforth
tread;
But comfort, as from brooding wings Of
doves.
Shall from Thy nightly, orbs on me de-.
sceni,
Since every ray is as a, message sped!
Edith M. Thomas. lin The Congrega-
tionalist.
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time, 1t is we'll proport;oned. and all
the details are in keeping with its size
and purpose. 1t is eighteen feet wide
the wheels being nineteen feet three
inches from centre to centre) and
twenty seven feet long. with little
bay window two feet deep. to give
more room for the al ar. From the
floor (Which is on 4 level with the plat.
form to the r.dge-pole is eighteen
feet, but the cross anu belfry add sew
eral feet to the height. These addi'
tions. however may he removed when
the chapel Is being conveyed along the
road. so that it may pass under tele';
graph and telephone wir's. The OUT
side is gray and Of somewhat plain
appearance but inside the decoration
is, quite handsome and the arrange.
ruent excellent.
The designer, too. has .contrived to
give an appearance Of spaciousness
by leaving the interior open to the
dge.pole. The pews are comforta-
bic. and will seat hundred persons.
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To ESCAPE Conscription in France

The Magistrates of Moissac arc en-.
gagged in investigating cases of voiun-
tary mutilation nracticed by band o.
sharpers in the district of Quercy Oh
young conscripts. BY means of 4
bandage these sharpers produced an
chylosis of the toes. causing infirmi.
ties that neccssitated the discharge Of
the young men. or at any rate their
transfer to the auxiliary services.
Each enc of these operations brought
the operator q fee Of from 1000 to
1jOOf.-NoteS and Queries.
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Lifa,s Two suurs,na Dates.

Every human life has it's two supreme
dates, but within their narraw limits
lies, for the most part. only harmless.
useless, futile living. To the great
world. praying and wostMng and fight
ing it's way into eternits@ft matters very
little whether, for most of us, those
dates are close together, or seventy years
apart! Only once in while single
life lifts itself up between its two dates
and towers against eternity like a
mountain against the sky. We, on the
plains look UP and wonder and cape at
it: like the mountain. the life is so full
of detail that to paint it we must either
take a bit here and there-a fall Of
sparkling water over a precipice, the
cash Of black ravine, shining. snow
capped peak-or else we must 90 far
enough back to see it as whole in
large and simple lines, and so Jose the
marvellous detail Of it all-Margaret
Deland. in Harpers Bazar.
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Laboripc Mon Waking Up.

1t is especially gratifying TO-. see how
generally the laboring classes of our fel
low citizens are appreciating the truth that
the burdens of the liquor traffic are borne
principally by them, even though they
may never enter saloon; that the terri
BILE waste made by the liquor traffic can
be repaired only by production; that the
landlord who pays increased taxes for the
support of paupers, prisons and police, in.
evitably adds that cost to the rent charged
to the laboring man, and that the manu-
facturer reimburses himself for his in
creased taxation by reduction of wages to
his employees.
Intelligent mechanics and operatives ere
learning that increased liquor sales mean
reduction of house and furniture building;
reduced demand for shoes, hats, coats, cal
icoes, silks and fannels, and therefore his
employment in building machinery used
in such production. The farmer will have
less sales of -four, pork, potatoes and other
products of his toll in proportion as the
saloon thrives.
No department of honest industry can
escape the devastating influence of the suo-
cess of the liquor traffic, except possibly
that of the undertaken.
Tradesmen are learning that their bad
debts are made chiefly because the money
that really belongs to them is raked into
the Golfers of the saloon keeper.
But the alliance of the slums with mush-
room aristocracy in defense of rum-selling
shows as yet no signs of weakness.-Our
Paper.
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StereotYped Aaplratlopa.

Brother minister, get new public
prayer. That is a good one which you
are using every Sunday, but your people
have become so familiar with it that it
no longer evokes sympathetic response.
You are unconscious of it, but you have
fallen into the habit of steraotyped petit
tions and aspirations. Jesus warned
His disciples against the use of vain
repetitions." and you need to be thus
warned. Get a new prayer. A new re-
ligious experience would bring it. A
study Of the Bible ah.: devout medita-
tion will inspire it. a hrart-to-heart as
soriation with your people in their
temptations, sins, defeats and victories,
in their sorrows and tht.l joys. will help
you TO it. Lead your eager and aspiring
people in a new public prayer!
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each of the runners in the rear of the
sled as shown in the picture is YER
tical bar with a horizontal bar coE-
Meeting them, which acts as support
for the apparatus.
BY fastening the "sled spurs" in one
Of the slides and holding with the
hands the bar in front the sled, can be
propelled at a great speed by pushing
with the other foot. Tourists use this
sled extensively, as it is portable and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-03-06
New Moth Pest in Massachusetts.

After giving up the task of dispossessins
the gypsy moth the agriculturists and
Park Commissioners in Massachusetts, find
now that they must fight the brown-tail
moth as we'll As the Legislature has re-
fused to appropriate any more money to
kill the gypsy moth, personal appeals sars are
to assist in the new worl, of destruction.
Unless steps of a most radical sort are
taken it is said that the State will be
overrun within short time with the
brown.tailed pest. 4.
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pertaining to the business Of feeding

pertaining to the business Of feeding
hungry men.
What is your order?" she asked the
grave, silent man who had just taken
a seat at one of the tables.
Bring me-" he said, "a Swiss cheese
sandwich with rye bread. a couple of
doughnuts and some coffee"
"Slab O. Switzerlan' on rye" she
piped shrilly. "Sinkers! Draw one in
Jayaw-Chicago Tribune.
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can be conveniently taken into rail-
road car. The sled has been often
called the winter velocipede.'
A Fairy in Disguise.

The waiter girl was undeniably pref
ty, and she did not seem to know 1t.
Modest, ladylike in demeanor, mind
full only Of her duties. she moved
swiftly to and fro through the crowd
ed restaurant, needless Of the admiring
glances darted at her by susceptible
young men, filling the orders of exact
ing guests with exemplary patience
and good nature. and tactfully repell-
ing all attempts to engage her in airy
bandiage or il any conversation not
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Raautos LOYAL to Edward VIE.

Chief Lerothodi and chiefs of other ma
tions assembled at Maseru, Basutola nd, to
hear the proclamation of the accession OF
King Edward VII. Lerothodi and others
smoke in praise of the late Queen, saying
spestes eney rend Tbe 'ne Bsntos @ accepted
King Edward as the great chief of Basu.
toland
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The Most Dangerous Drink of All.

Yet another fallacy on which we need
to concentrate the light until it becomes a
burning glass to des troy it is the idea that
lager beer, if not harmless, is the least
harmful of alcoholic drinks. 1t is, in fact,
the most dangerous of all, partly because
this fallacy has made it seem one of the
little sins" that so many are willing to do.
I once examined the inmates of the
Christian Home for Incorporate Men, in
New York City, as to the way they, reached
cent. told me that they began with beer.
Yonder is the dark land of intemperance
reached by two bridges, wine and beer.
Over the wine bridge go 20 per cent; over
the beer bridge 80 per cent. The most i'm
portant temperance work is to stand at the
entrance of the seemingly harmless beer
bridge and warn those who are thought
lessly entering upon 1.-THE Presbyterian.
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Largest Hat in the World.

Here is q picture of the largest hat
in the world, so far as can be ascer-
tained. and it was made by an ambi-
tous halter of small place in the
Philippines. who used go yards OF
Jumbo" straw pleat an inch in width
in the manufacture of this monster
head covering.
AS a means Of comparison. what are
said to be the smallest lady's sailor
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raspberry and the common blackberry
The taste Of the fruit combines the
fiavors of the dewberry with that Of
the raspberry, and it comes into bear
ing as the raspberries are falling. E.
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Swiss Railways.

The FIVE principal railways Of Switzer-
land are to be purchased by the State.
Their combined length is only ITS miles,
but the capital invested amounts to about
length Of ITS miles, but its capital Is
more than $33 100000
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chapel. anu superintendent its construc-
tion. The chapel is. Of course, as
lightly built as is consistent with
strength, so as to be easily drawn
along country roads. But, at the same
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Words Full of Cheer.

Keep ME, o God from every evil
word; from all unkinlness, idle levity,
hasty temper and useless complaint;
from iattery and falsehoOd. Make my
heart pure and my lips clean. Give ME
to share thy joy and let all my looks
and words be full Of cheer, lest should
bear false witness to thy perfect grace
Of forgiveness and. thy loving care.
Keep me from insfncerity. from i'm
patient speech and querulous tones in
petty trials and Observation-Disclosures. SO
tame thou that tongue which no man
can tame and make it harmless in this
world of strife and ready in thy service.
And to tIler will give praise and glory
nycruorr Amen.
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Anew Fruit.

A new fruit was recently exhibited
to the Fellows OF the Royal Horticul
tural Society. in London. The plant
bearing it is a hybrid between the
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Y The greater portion of our foreign
Immigration comes through the port
inf New York.
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God does not show us the whole plan
Of our life Mt burst. but unfolds it to
us, bit by bit. Each day He gives us
the opportunity of weaving Il curtain.
carving Il peg, fashiOnng the metal. We
know I:nt what we do. But ut the end
Of or i. the disjointed pieces will sud-
denly come together. and we shall see
the symmetry and beauty Of the Divine
thOught.-F. r. Meyer.
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The best thing we can do-infnitely
the best: indeed. the only thing. that
men may receive the TRUTHS to be our
selves true Beyond all doing Of good
is the being good; for lie that is good
not only does good things, but all that
h. does is sOOl.-tir0rSr Macdonald.
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SLED SPURS"

A New Winter Sport Of Which tho Ger
mans Arc Growing Fond.
"Racing Wolf Is the name of sled
now used extensively in Germany. On
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hat and the smallest mans straw are
held up for comparison with this.
giant, which measures seven and one
half feet across the brim and three
feet around the crown.
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How Alcohol Acts.

Physicians tell US precisely how alcohol
acts on the system. Almost the moment
it is swallowed it makes its way through
the veins of the stomach into the blood,
which it darkens. Its action is immediate,
for it has undergone no transformation.
1t passes away. very slowly, through the
skin, lungs and kidneys, which are irri-
tated by its passage. Once it has been in
troduced into the body it performs it's
deathly work. The digestive apparatus is
the first point of attack. The stomach,
whether bloated by beer drinking or
shrunk by brandy drinking, soon becomes
liberated, causing hemorrhages. Digestion
becomes more difficult, for the gastric
juices are diminished in quantity by the
paralyzing of the glands.
The liver becomes congested and swollen,
heavy and painful. This is fatty degenera-
tion of the liver. Then sometimes the liver
stony tissue. This is cirrhosis. The taste
changes very early, leading to all kinds of
alterations. When an old absnthe drink
er was put on,a milk diet in the hospital
he complained that the milk burned his
throat. He managed to get some pure alb
sinthe, which; he swallowed. claiming that
it refreshed and cooled his throat wonder
fully. The circnlatory system is no less af.
fected. The arteries become hard and
brittle. Accidents which would normally
affect only the aged seriously. strike down
young alcoholized persons. The irritation
of the lungs produces dry cough. tending
directly toward tuberculosis. The kid
neys, worn out by the accumulation of al
cohol, become .inaAmed, leading to Bright's
disease or other kidney affection.
The worst troubles resulting from alco-
hoPs abuse are those of the nervous sys-
tenn, weakening of memory, nightmares,
visions of impossible animals, hallucina-
tions, general paralysis, insanity. Delirium
trements threatens every alcoholic patient:
The finest intelligence is soon destroyed
by this poison. Superior talents are
drowned in the bottle.-New York Herald.
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10000 Roers In the FieId.
1t is estimated that there are 10000
Beers still in the field.
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STILL IMPROVING.
Buffalo, Sept. IL, 1890 a. M
The Pres; dent is still improving,
and his physicians are hopeful.
MAKE PENALTY DEATH.
Public Men Think Assault on
President Should be so
Punishable.
MAKE PENALTY DEATH.

u
Washington, D. O., Sept. g.
The people of Was hington, IS
we'll as throughout the world, are
earnestly discussing lawful means
to be prov iced for the deportation
or determination of men of the
stripe of Czolgosz. It is believed
that when the Fifly-seventh Con
gress assemblies effective laws will
be put upon the statute books to
prevent anarchists coming into
this o,'uutry, and further to pre-
vent those hAre from carry ing out
any more murdcrous designs they
may plan against rulers OF this
government or elsewhere.
The villainous ."pests" located
in Paterson will be taken care of
by a law which the New Jersey
Legislature will enact at its COM
ing session. There is no doubt
on this point. Governor Voor-
hees has so stated in vigorous
language, and he knows what ne
is talking about. Olher States,
notably, OHIO and Illinois, in
tested by these anarchists will,
without doubt, pass similar laws.
Anarchy must 60, according to
the views expressed by leading
public men in Washington.
It is also asserted that some
legislative act will be forthcoming
to punish by death any further at
tempt to assassinate the President
of the United States or any other
high Government official.
This seems necessary because
of the fact that if Preside Mt Nc
Kinley RECEIVERS the scoundre]
who made the attempt to kill hin
cannot, under the present law, be
given more than ten years in the
State prison for his crime.
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SPECIAL RATES.

The Atlantic Coast Line is of.
fering cheap excursion rates on
the 18th of this month. They
will sell round trip tickets to
Wrightsville for $1.5O, and to
Old Point or Virginia Beach for
So. Tickets are good on any
regular train on the 18th and can
be used to return not later than
the 20Sh.
The Southern Railway will run
their annual excursion to Ashe-
Vile on the 18th of September
The fare for the round trip from
Goldsboro is only $500. The
train leaves Goldsboro at $3.50 a.
m. Tickets good to return on
any regular passenger train up te
and including the Goth.
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CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
THE PRESIDENTS CONDI-
TION SATISFACTORY
TO HIS PHYSIC-
IANS.
Rapid COnvalescence May be Ex-
pected if Complications
Do Not Arise.
Special telegram to the ARGUS.

Special telegram to the ARGUS.
Buffalo, Sept. 10.
Bulletin, 9 a. m.-The Presi-
dents condition this morning is
eminently satisfactory to his phys
sicians. Ii no complications arise
a rapid con valescence is expected.
Pulse 1O4, temperature 99.s, res~
piration 26.Temperature taken by
mouth. Signed by the attending
physiciens.
Buffalo, Sept. 10.
Bulletin 12 m,-The condition
of the President continues to i'm
prove. Pulse 1O3, temperature
SO, respiration Is. DR.. McBur-
n6y will leave for home to-day if
no complications arise. All the
attending physicians are confident
though the danger is not passed.
Buffalo, Sept. 10.
1t was expected this morning
that the Vice-President's depart
ure would be only a matter of
hours perhaps. The people of
this toWn will heave a sigh of re-
lief when Colonel Roosevelt de-
par is. It is not that they do not
like him or do not want TO have
him as guest, but as his hasty
arrival was ominous, so his leave
taking is looked forward to as
significant. There are some per.
sons who are naturally skeptical.
EYen yesterday they could not
help asking, ''are we getting the
facts from the physicians?"
The one thing that these doubt
ers desire is to see the Vice-Pres.
ident board a train and take III
his holiday where he left off
FThey look forward to this as the
crowning confirmation of all the
good news. In other words, they
I desire to see the e-President
livery important as such, not fig
Turing in a bigger way as one VIII,
/ may be President at any moment
) The city is still decorated will
, the flags which were hung out il
+ honor Of the Presidents arrival
Somehow or other the house
lholders did not know what to d.
about them. Half mastipg woul
have best fitted the occasion, bu
for the intimation that woul
Il have been involved. To-day tn
Fl gay colors in the streets are svm
bolical of the relief that the CON
j. munity feels over the .probabl
e1 narrow escape from great CO
lamity.
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Two Bullets Take Effect and the
Wounds Are Serious.
THE DEED OF AN ANARCHIST.
Nieman Declared He Had Only
Done Eis Duty.

Buffalo, Sept. g. President
Mckinley was shot twice by an
assassin as he stood in the Tenn
pie of Music at the Pan.American
exposition at 4 o'clock this after
noon. The shots we're fred by
Fred Nieman, Of Detroit, who
said afterward that he was an
anarchist and had only done his
duty. The attempted assassina
ton took place in the presence
5000 people VINO had crowded
into the Temple of Music and
while ten thousand others stood
outside the temple waiting for a
chance to enter and shake hands
with the President.
The first bullet struck the ster-
mum in the Presidents chest, de-
facted to the right and and trav-
eled beneatn the skin to a point
directly below the right nipple.
lie second bullet penetrated the
abdomen. Oaly superficial
wound was caused by the first
bullet, and wlthln five minutes
after the physicians reached the
President it had been removed.
The second bullet was not found.
An operation was performed on
the President at the Emergency
Hospital, On the exposition
grounds at 6 O'Clock by DIR. Mat
thew D. Mann, DR.. John Pass
menter and Or. Herman M center.
The Presidents stomach was
opened, but the bullet was not
found. Drainage tubes were in-
serted, the incision was sewed
up, and at 7:45 o'clock the Presi-
dent was removed to the home OF
John g. Miiburn at DelaW are
avenue and Ferry street. The
doctors stated after the opera
tion that they were hopeful. and
that while the wound caused by
the second shot was serious, it
was not necessarily fatal.
The man who did the shooting
was seized Immediately by the de-
tectives. He offered no resis-
tence, at first refused to give any
Information about himself. Later
he said b name was Fred Me,
man, that l-e was 28 years OF agt
and had come to Buffalo from
Detroit week ago. He gave
his occupation as a blacksmith
and said he was born in Detroit.
The reception to the Presiden
this afternoon was one to whicl
the general public had been in
vited. President John G. Milburl
of the exposition had introduces
the President to the great crow
in the temple, and men, wome
and children came forward for
personal greeting Among thos
in Inc was Nieman. whose le
hand was wrapped in harldke7
chief. EMBODIED in The handke
chief was a 32.ca1ibre Derringe