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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Statesmen Are Alarmed.

The terrible conclusion is forcing itseir
upon thoughtful minds that in cities uni.
versal suffrage, the corner stone Of democ.
racy, OF our peculiar American political In
stitutions, Is \ failure.
All this means that we turn the power
OF government into agencies to foment IN.
temperance II means that we permit and
authorize the exploitation Of vile and
tigerish appetite in the interests OF cupid.
ity. -,
1t means, to our national disgrace, that
America is ruled by the liquor power Il
means that Americans have not the will
nor the ability to enforce law, that lawless.
meas abides with u, that our legislation is
mere verbiage Ireland:
Lord Rosebery says. Il cannot but be
struck by the pathetic urgency with which
the appeals for dealing with this question
come from every part OF England. Scotland.
Ireland and Wales AID though l say !
am not fanatic on this question. / view
the uncontrolled condition OF our liquor
traffic as q serious danger much
OF the crime, much of the psuperism and
almost all Of the degradation prevalent in
this country is attributed to drink: But
the second point on which I regard it as q
danger il this. that it Is becoming too
great a power in the State. 20 - far as
to say this. that il the State does no: soon
control the liquor traffic, the liquor train"
will control the State. ."-Fosward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
MINOR HENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Senior Gonzales de Quesa,la. the new
| Cuban Minister. was escorted to the
White lImisc by Secretary Hay and
presented his credentials 10 President
Roosevelt.
A poll Of the Senate showed forty
one Senator's In favor Of the Nicaragua
route for the isthmian canal, forty for
the Panama route and seven doubtful
and holding the balance Of power.
rhc House unanimously adopted a
resolution TO appropriate $25.0OO for
plans for % memorial monument In
Washington to Abraham Lincoln.
The House unanimously adopted 4
! resolution appropriating 100000 to-
ward the erection OF monument to
the prison ship martyrs at Fort Greene.
Brooklyn. n. Y.
No action will be taken on the State.
hood and Department Of Commerce
bills Mt this session OF Congress.
Admiral Melville. Engineer.in-C Chief
Of the Navy. announced the success OF
q series of tests which give hope that
oil may soon be substituted for coal as
fuel on warships.
Senator McComber introduced a sill
providing for a permanent exposition
building ut Shanghai. China, for the ex.
hibition Of American products.
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to make the matter clear. perhaps"
He stopped without finishing the Gen.
tence.
A dafing answer was ON the lips OF
Alan Forbes. but the girl could not
stand by any longer and see him play
shuttlecock with life and death. She
had been swithering In an agony of
fear. white with fear. looking from one
to the other with appealing eyes. Now
she interposed.
You are not coming to better MI.
derstanding. You play at cross pur'
poses. Why do you not stop laughing
and make him believe you. Lieutenant
Forbes? And You. Roger-you are
quite wrong! The Lieutenant carried
dispatches to Colonel Tarleton. and on
his way back stopped to see me for q
few minutes. He is an honorable gen
tleman. Just as you are. I would NOT
have you misinterpret each other"
She had gathered confidence as she
went on. and as she finished stamped
her little foot imperiously.
do the officers Of the British crmy
disguise themselves while they are car
rying Dispatcher asked the Amsri.
can. with irony.
He discarded his Uniform in the
woods ut a deserted hut sope little
way from here" explained Polly.
Then answer plain question plain
ly, SIR" commanded the Colonial Officer
brusquely. "Will you give me your
word Of honor that you broke through
our lines for the sole purpose Of meet
ing Mistress Ward?"
II will
And that you will remain absolutely
silent regarding anything you may
have seen here after you are again
without our linesT"
II give you the word Of a Forbes
and swear 1t on my fathers sword
hilt. May the curse Of all my ancestor,
light on me gin I break it"'
The American looked hin through
and through with an eye that would
ravel the secrets Of the soul-and be-
lieved him.
Then. sir. you are at liberty to de-
part at once; and II say tie sooner
the better. l hope ycu will not thinh
ME too frank"
Forbes offered Goodfellow his hand
I'm mo- a grand tongue at the thanks
Captain, but whiles I think MAR thar
I say"
And the Kings officer went out Of
the house whistling q blithe air.
There was a long. awkward silence
after the Highlander left. which Good
fellsw was the first to break.
"And now. Polly. since We have dis
! posed Of Lieutenant Forbes for the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
READY FOR THE FOURTH.

We're ready now to celebrate
We have a lot of splints.
A bucketful of arnica,
Two dozen kinds of lints-
So let the noble eagle scream
And rockets split the sky,
For now we have the gladsome day
The Fourth day of July.
The sticking.plaster's close at hand,
The soda's in the box.
We also have some hniment
That's good for sudden shocks:
Then let the speaker cleave the air
And sho1t in accents high
Now comes the day we celebrate
The Fourth day Of July.
We have some ice already cracked,
Stored in shady spot;
The bandages are neatly rolled
Near a convenient cot.
We're ready for most anything,
Frem wounded toe to eye,
So prod the eagle-we salute
The Fourth day Ct July.
Amraonia's on the lower shelf
To soothe each sigh or groan,
That number on the placnrd Is
The doctors telephone.
Cut loose. The ambulance Is here,
The nurse is standing by.
And were prepared to celebrate
The Fourth day Of July.
Baltimore American.
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President Loubet dismissed General
5onnal, commander Of the army school.
and retired him for improper official
conduct.
The Spanish. American treaty Of
friendship will probably not be con-
cluded before autumn.
Germany will await Americas atti-
tude toward Cuba before deciding on
its diplomatic intercourse.
Venezuelan revolution.sts defeated
the Government troops and declared
President Castro would be OverthrOwn
within month.
A banquet was given by Americans
in London to welcome II. Clay Evans.
the new Consul-General Of the United
States.
Builders Of stands along the route OF
the coronation procession In London
had not received so many applications
for seats as were expected.
The entire family of a farmer named
Wetzel. consisting Of Wetzal himself.
his wife and FIVE children. were burne,l
to death In a farm house situated In
Adelsberg. Prussia.
NJ. Won Plehwe. the new Russian Min
lister of the Interior. will repatriate CD.
900 people who bad been expelled from
various cities durias N. Sipiaguine's $
administration.
King Edward. in speech on the
war. praised the Beers for their BRAY
cry.
Cold weather was experienced In
Cape Colony. South Africa. Many AMI
mails perished and telegraphic cOrnmI.
n!cation was interrupted.
Judge Taft Informed the Vatican au.
thorities that IL they preferred cash
to Philippine bonds indorsed by the
American Government for the lands
owned by the friars in the Philippines.
they could have the cash; the value OF
the lands is reckoned at from $I.OU.-
600 to $lO,OOO.OOO.
Colonel Grimm, Of the Russian Army.
was sentenced at Warsaw. Poland. to
twelve years Imprisonment at hard
labor for selling military secrets to
foreign power.
The Cubans were reported to have
received offers for reciprocal arrange
ments with Great Britain. which they
were disposed to consider should The
United States fail to act on reciprocity
with the island.
Colonel Arthur Lynch. Member Far
liament-elect for Galway. was ar
raIgned In London police court on the
charge of high treason; the case OF the
prosecution was presented by Sir Ed
ward Carson. the Solicitor General
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2 7ReUoIL77o1a2E)IoU

who IL at the present moment behind
the press door In front Of u.s." con.
cluded Goodfellow in the saIlc cve1
tone.
The closet door opened and let out q
man dressed II the awkward-ftting
clothes OF . country rustic.
Enter Forbes" said the newcomer
gayly. "Quite right. Captain! That il.
il you meant that Alan Forbes and
not King George was back Of the door.
Man, but what are your eyes made OF
that you can glover through door
and tell what Is back CT t:'
MY eyes are good. Lieutenant
Forbes" returned the other gravely.
They can sec not far away a gallows
waiting for. spy"
"And 1t disna tak the second sight
for that" answered the young High
lander lightly. That's easy telling.
man! But 1t will be nae spy that Is
hangit on 1t. whateRer."
mo" asked the other incrcdulously.
mo. I will be puir honest Scot
wha came dangering through the lines
for q crack with his may"
Are you asking me to believe that
you broke through our pickets. know
Ing that the chance Of horrible death
stood waiting you here. for the sake OF
seeing-your sweetheart"
LOT seeing Mistress Polly Ward
corrected the British officer. Just
for the chance Of a twa-handed crack
WI her, and at all events there wasna
muckle chance of being taken. I ken
tine woods about here like rabbit. But
I'm mo- asking you to believe. Cap
tain. Leave 1t or tax 1t, not bit Of
differ 1t makes to Alan" concluded the
young man tauntily.
"It may make all the difference be-
tween life and DEATH" answered Coed.
fellow steadily. "If you would trouble
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Liberty Bell.

In chocolate. a hue quite cs dark but
rather d!eerent from that Of the Lib
erty Bell hanging In Independence
Hall, is the toothsome bell. sold as \
holiday sweetmeat. How carefully
the crack has been initiated! The crack
will spread as soon as tie children
take bite from the glossy little choc.
Olate bell
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
present, has Roger Goolfellow a 70

present, has Roger GOOdfellow a 70
ture-so far as you are concernedT
'They say there Is no tense In love
neither present. past. nor future. It II
eternal. Isn't thar what the poets
say" she parrietl.
The Captain took his hesitation ny
the throat. AMI the lady in his arms.
Come. Polly. 4 plain answer to
plain man. Is 1t yes. or no. lass:
From deep within the folds Of his
coat he heard a faint "Yes.'-The De-
liCeat0r.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

A commission was sent to Samar, r.
l.. to appoint Senor Llortes Governor
and to establish civil government.
Lieutenant Hagedorn, Quartermaster
Of the Twenty-eishth Infantry. who
was arrested in March last on the
charge of embezzlement, was dismissed
from the Army and sentenced to two
years confinement In the prison Mt Ma.
Mia.
The cholera epidemic in Manila was
decreasing. the deaths averaging only
seven daily. but the disease was still
serious In the provinces.
The prospects Of peace in the Island
of Leyte. p. l., were Frightening.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Natural Soap Mine.

A natural soap mine ,s noted BY United
States Consul General John L. Bittinger,
II Montreal, as having been found in the
foothills near Ashcroft. British Columbia.
This natural washing compound, contain.
ing borax and soda. is found on the bottom
md sides OF several soda lakes, but no two
analyses OF the compound agree as to COM
position. the same sample having been re-
ported rs containing ten to twenty per
.ent. OF borax. A syndicate has been
formed to pu. the product on the market,
md about 275 tons have already been
taken ou. of one OF the lakes. and this one
lake alone is said to coatain 10000 tons OF
/ substance equal to the washing powders
in common use.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Three Great Rivers.

A Russian explorer has solved one OF the
puzzles ot geography in find ing the situa
ton OF the upper parts OF the rivers Ho-
uncho. Yanstse and Mekong. which have
Their origin in the high plateau OF Thibet.
The hrs, TWO oi these rivers traverse
China. the Mekong running to the sea be
tween Anam and siam The explorer
found that they all flow on the surface OF
the great plateau. 10000 feet above sea
level and are separated from one another
by parallel range. oi mountains, running
northwest and southeast
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF NTEMPERANcE.
How . business Man became Teetotslier
THE Conviviality Which 10 . Source
ofMIsrry and Ruin 10 Aany--A Fathers
Tippling o Bad Example Fer His Son.

How Business Man became reetotslier
THE Conviviality which 10 . Source
ofMisrry and Ruin to Many--A Fathers
TipplinG . Bad Exampio Fer His Son.
A most entertaining story of good TEN.
perance work comes to Us from Toronto.
One Of the junior employees in q large
Wholesale house built very comfortable
residence and invited his fellow-employcs
to share his hospitality in the house
warming. Next day senior empioye, 4
well.known public man. congratulated the
hos. Of the evening before upon his com.
Portable new home, and inquired how he
could save enough out Of his salary to
build it. adding that he. with double the
salary. for so much longer term. was
still in a rented house. Pressed Tor an
answer the home owner at last modestly
stated that he saved the moneys that many
others spent with the boys. His interro-
gator took this rs q home thrust. for he
was cornwall. good hearted and open.
handed. as the saying is, although rot by
any means q drunkard. The answer
haunted him. and indeed irritated him.
That very evening he attended a public
supper. and before it was over got pretty
merry, and was quite surprised when hi:
eldest son, a lad Of fifteen years, who had
been at a party. called to accompany him
home. He was humiliated that his son
should find him even slightly under the in.
fiuence, and the mental disturbance caused
by his fellow-employe's statement was ac'
CELEBRATED by the new incident.
Next morning. on reaching the ware:
house, the senior very frankly unbosomed
himself to the junior. and told him how
unhappy his remark of the previous day
had made him. and how the unhappiness
was accentuated by the feeling that his
son might be badly influenced by knowl.
edge Of his father tipping. The younger
man was n member OF temperance so.
ciety, and promptly invited his friend 10
Join, but he demurred at p.edgins for life.
and a compromise was agreed upon, that
q pledge for q moath on trial should be
prepared and presented to all the people
in the warehouse. The enterprise was so
timely that every one. eighteen in all.
signed the pledge. except the manager.
who is one OF the members OF the firm. i
was not presented to the manager until
the name OF every employe in the estab'
lishment was affixed, but that gentleman,
although church member and Sunday.
school superintendent. declined. and be-
came the one fly in the sweet-smelling pot
of ointment. The pledge has since been
renewed for a year, and severa! OF the
signatories have since become members Of
q regular temperance society, including the
senior principal of this story.-Caaadian
Royal Templar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Und.rcu.,i.r Mining sr.chi.ss.

One of the most remarkable features IN
the mining Of bituminous coal in the UNI
ted States is the progress made in the de-
vclopment OF underwriting machines: in
1895 the ground mined By machines was
81 2.il3,lii short tons, in 1899 it rose to 49,
9s4 900 short tons, and in l9OO-notwith.
standing a decrease IN Illinois. where the
labor unions opposed the use of these ma:
:hines--to 800 tons. The number OF
machines in u.c was 39J7 IN 1900. "a COM
pared with 3l25 in 1899. and 2622 IN 1873.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Tho Saddest Fact.

A meeting was recently held in London.
rnder the Craftsmanship OF Viscount Pee.
in the interest of the farm colony cstab-
lishment at Duxhurst for the reclamation
o. drunken women. The saddest fact set
forth at the meeting WAS the terrible in.
crease Of the evil which the farm is estab.
lished to cure Fiscount Peel made the
alarming statement that the convictions
OF women in the police courts. chiefly for
drunkenness. had risen from 1873 in 1873
to 200 in 1899.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Tho Lcason Taught BY Q Spring.

4 tourist writes Of 4 spring as sweet %
any that ever sushed from sunny hillside,
which one dag he found BY the sea when
the tide had cbbed away. Taking. his sup
he tasted OF the water. It was clear and
sweet. Soon the tide came in again and
poured its bitter surf over the little spring.
hiding it out Of sight When the nds
mo.e br the spring to see If the 5ra6kish
v,ves had left their bitterness in its
water. but they were flowing sweet ias
ever. So it may Le il the heart Of ths
Christian when aoods OF bitter trial and
sorrow roll over MS life From secret wells
the ,wcet waves fow, crystal and fresh a.
c;s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02

Few persons have noticed the inter.
esting evolution On our flag of the
stars and stripes as depicted In the
armory of the Ancients ut tie top Of
old Faneuil Hall. Most persons are
familiar with the story Of Mrs. Ross
and the making Of the first flag Of the
free. But evidently 1t was not Mrs.
Ross who originated the idea Of stripes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Tho HolT 0hosf.

The influence and presence Of the Holy
Ghos; in the Gospel to-day is the main
spring Of service, j: is the secret OF sue.
rcs.. 1t .,ows out in deeds Of service and
in ,oors oi love-Rcv. J. L. Honeywell
Methodist, Ashton, LII.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
A chapla,n.s Remarkable Statement.

Chaplain :. H. Morgan. OF the Hunts.
vile. Texas, penitsntiary, saws: "One.third
oi the populous portion OF Texas is under
Irohibiton Seventy.hve per cent. Of the
inmates Of this prison come from siioons
and saloon influences As these influences
arc curtaiied. the number OF State Grim.
il.als decreases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
ResurrcctIon OF Christ.

The resurrection OF Christ, which we ceA
.orate at Easter, IS the only true and satie
factory answer about our immortality.
To deny thia ono inus: overcome insurs
moun,a6,c dificullies.-Rcy. p. +. OHxa
New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02

He gravel walk
sounded crisply
under the feet Of
the blue-coated
Colonial Captain.
as he strobe with
clinking spurs up
the walk to the
vine-covered cot.
tage. He was a
well set-up young
fellow. long-leg-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Helps or HIndrsnees.

Anything may become to US either Q
help or a hindrance. The right use Of
that which is granted US will prove ito
efficiency, while its neglect or disregard
mss reveal it as q real hindrance. That
which seems i'll may be q blessing; that
which is teeming with benediction can BE-
transformed into a curse. "Al things
work together for good to them that love
God" is not an idle word, but profound
truth. The most threatening danger can
bring succor. The lightning clash clarifies
the atmosphere. Save for the storm, the
rainbow in all its beauty would be i'm
possible. The use Of all that comes into
lie, and its enforced submission to help,
should be the purpose Of each one.-The
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
An En,Ir,,s remper.ne. crusade.

One hume red thousand copies Of a pam
phlet. entitled Away with Alcohol. were
distributed last summer by the accident
in.rrancc department Of the Austrian Gov
erli ,ent.-The Union Signal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Ranka In OklnhomA

Oklahoma has 1876 State banks and fifty.
five national banks. with total deposit Of
5,5OO,OO0. The population Of the Terri
tory is estimated at 300,90.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02

The Government OF India has decided 70
establish 4 Bureau OF Commerce on the
lines now suggested in America.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-01-29
Township Nominations.

bblNANs
Tionesta twp.-Road Commissioner
Fred Dreyer; school directors, Melchiol
Jaun, w. Ii. Wolf; constable, j. B. Eden;
clerk, C. w. Wolf; treasurer, 8 years,
VIM. Lawrence; auditors. j. II. Went.
worth, VIM. Mealy; judge of elections,
David G. Hunter; inspector, VIM. Thom-
as; pathmasters, w. S. Clark, Henry
Blum, Ernest Sibble, Henry Sibble,
Robert Mealy, Sol. Byers, A. w. Mong,
A. T. Patterson.
Tionesta Recommendations caucus-
School directors. j. G. Scowden. l.. Ful-
ton wears ! V McAnincb . vears
council. G. f. Weaver. J. w. Landers
constable. =. r. MaxweIl audiior. G. r.
Fei'; high constable, W. L. Hunter
Judge of elections, G. w. Sawyer inspec-
tuls. j. n. Gerow, j. j. Landers.
Harmony twp.-School directors. D. E.
Carson, Archie Hotchkiss; constable.
Geo. Hood road commissioner. d. e..
Carson; assistant assessors. F. T.. Met
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-01-29
Miss Nellie Platner Loses Her Arm.

Saturday last DR.. Dunn accompanied
Miss Nellie Platner, whose injury to her
left arm in runaway accident was noted
in these columns last week, to the Oil
City hospital owing to the serious nature
OF the case. On Monday morning at an
early hour DR.. Davis, one of the city's
leading physicians, was hastily sum-
moned to the hospital and found the pa
tient suffering from a rupture OF the
main artery of the arm, making amputa-
ton at once necessary in order to save
the young lady's life. This opera ion
was performed, the arm being taken off
above the elbow, since which time she
has been resting as comfortably as could
be expected under the circumstances.
The case is a very distressing one in
deed, and the young lady's friends SYM
pathize deeply with her in this mistor-
tune.