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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-23
STOPS PAIN.
LOST, FOUND, STOLEN.

LoST-Near Travis and Preston. black
shepherd dog with white breast and lin
OF tan, Party knowing whereabouts mott
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-23

f'lh N@f!t--tNelFo- thoroughbred Barred
plymouth Rock hens one rooster. GIaw-
Rns strainli two Belgian does and black
Belgian buck. one white Appora hiIrt .
four common does, Sl5 for the lot II
scld at once Mrs l. y. Palmer Bruu-
ncf. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-23
MHATv o DO :, 49,
HELP WANTED.

wANTED--A young man 70 drive Acme
wagon: must be well acquainted With the
street, between tina hours OF and IL a
m. or Monday. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-23

II YOU WANT good cup OF couee, 20 y
Ereds, 6o6 and COS Main street
CREOJE DRIP COFFEE with rolls. Sc. a
Freds. eO6 and COS Main. 2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
the BLACKBERRY PATCH.

The biaekberr patch near the garden
What marvels its depths may hold.
And far in its jungle what strange events
Await, to challenge the bold!
What cosy corners which none can see
Who chances TO know them not!
And oft from the cares OF the day ice
To visit the friendly spot.
And 10! when I gaze at the tangled rows
Where q thousand times I've been.
A queer little boy, with treckled nose.
Appears and leads me in;
Together We crawl on hands and Snees
Through a barbed and winding way.
And here, in the midst OF the ants aud bees,
To our hearts delight we play.
he shows me his treasures, one By one:
The nest Of the old black hen;
The web by the monstrous spider spun;
The terrible bandits den;
The cunning retreat where Towser hides
When he wants enjoy bone;
And many q curious thing besides,
Coutded to me, alone.
Have you guessed the secret Why. don't
you know!
That queer little boy 10 J.!
And be takes me into the Long Ago.
Where the realms of Childhood lie.
We play ut the wonderful make-beteve
We often have played before. $50,
Till the dawn arrives, and from morn TIL
eve
I am only q man once more.
Edwin L. Sabin. in Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
NEW IN STREET CAR TRAVEL.
Toledo Merchants Provide . Passengei
Station 20 Help Their Trade.

Toledo Merchants Provide . Passengef
Station TO Help Their Trade.
One Of the novelties Of street railway
travel In this country Is a passenger
station provided rent free by the mer-
chants Of q certain street in Toledo. It
has q newsstand In 1t and q parcel
check room adjoining.
Through this particular street five
car lines run. and they bring to the
city on an average 5000 passengers q
day. The merchants doing business In
the street. realizing the advantage to
themselves Of having these passengers
alIght there wanted the railway com.
panies to establish the station.
The companies didn't see why they
should. So the merchants have done
II for themselves.
They have rented a large store for
three years and provided 1t with
benches and lockers. Any citizen may
rent a locker for Ave cents day and
have packages sent there. to be put in
his box. Then when the time comes
for him to 60 home he can start with
his purchases without having had all
the trouble OF Juggling them about with
him all day.
The experiment. though new one.
has been so successful already that It
Is likely to be initiated elsewhcr:.-
New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Why He Turned Pale.

At shooting range there Is usually q
telephone from the marksman's stand
TO the target. The marker Is thus In
communication with the shooter. and
II eare Is used Is In no danger. Occa-
sionally. however. accidents happen
like the following. which the Hon. 7.
F. Freemantle tells In his recently
published volume. '"The Book Of the
Rifle"
Sir Henry Halford was shooting at a
range of q thousand yards. The day
was not clear. and 1t was impossible
at such distance to see surely. even
through a glass. the movements Of the
marker. Thinking the marker must be
ready for him to begin. Sir Henry
asked through the telephone. Are you
all right"
The marker replied. "All right. sir. in
a minute"
Unluckily. Sir Henry caught the "All
right. sir" but missed the last part OF
the sentence by removing the telephone
too soon from his ear.
He lay down and fired shot. On
looking through his telescope. he was
Mortified to see the marker with per-
fectly white face staggering toward
his shelter.
Ringing him up on the telephone. 81:
Henry cried. What has happened
Are you badly hurt:"
"No. sir. I'm not hurt" came the
reply. "but I had bucket Of white
wash between my legs. painting the
target. and you put q bullet into 1t
and splashed II all over my face"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Right TO Search Husband's Pockets.

Judge Sidener. Of the First District Po.
lice Court. IN St. Louis. Mo-, has rendered
u decision to the effect that wife has q
right to go through her husband s pockets:
The decision was rendered in the case OF
Henry Shaue-, who gave as an excuse Tor
abu,ims HI, wife. Clara. that she lad
husband sometimes drank too much, and
then spent all his money In order to keeF
the iarier supplied. she said. i, sometime:
was necessary to go through his pockets
and extract the money Shauer. said hlss
wife had no business in his pockets, and
that caused the trouble. Judge Sidener
said Mrs. Shauer was perfectly justified
in doing as she did. and assessed fine OF
s. against her husband on the charge OF
disturbing his wiie's peace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Diveralon n Rest.

That physical rest may be obtainnd
by bringing into play a different set
Of muscles from those previously In
use is illustrated in the old story OF
the pugmill mule that was found to
step OF briskly in the afternoon IL
allowed to reverse the motion Of the
mill. The Guild who produces incipient
giddiness by twisting up swing.
brings the unequal congestion OF the
centres Of equilibrium to balance by
Q -ap'd untwis;ing motion. Absolute
rest Of mind or body scarcely exists.
relative lest or modification oc the
mode OF activity gives sensation of
rest Mt any rate. After long day Of
close visual application. when the
hands press the tired eyes although
this particular mode Of stimulating
visual sensation may be harmfuD.
how delightful to many persons are
the subjective sensations OF color-the
Kaleidoscope effects that come and 80
with slight variations in pressure. The
brain finds rest In an otjectless play
Of color; so the tired mind seeks rest
from the stress Of routine duties. cot
in the unconsclousness Of sleep. but in
the frolicsome vaudeville. or the per-
usal Of light literature or the news
paper. Perhaps this explains to some
extent the wonderful demand for books
Of fiction and magazines. as we'll as
for the plotless stage performance SO
characteristic Of these days Of strenu-
Gus intellectual llfe.-Amerlcan Medi.
| cine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
What We Miss.

What VIC just miss IL often 4 1isappoiak
ment 20 Us which We think oi and worry
about. This is the case when it was a
thing of pleasure or prof., that W, missed.
But we are rot always grateful enough on
account OF the evils or perIs tina: we hard
ly escaped. Dangers that we were spared
from bv moving little earlier or later.
and temptations that VIZ ,csistcd. or that
failed to lead us away because ot other i'll
iucements. OF which We thought lit:le at
the time. were OF more Importance to US
than we sufficiently consider. The love
that is over US at all times. guiding and
shielding us by day and by night. when
we are in dangers seen and unseen. Is
greater than we ever think OF or imagine.
Our Father never forgets us. even though
we SO often forge. Him. What Father
is ours urs?-Sunday-SchoolT Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
religious and philantnropic endeavors

religious anu pniiautnropic euoee'o6s
What is left?"
Science. The study Of the correla'
ton Of mental and physical abnor
malities is In It's infancy: on the moral
side the map Of the brain is very In
complete. There are some splendid
things In their early stages. II we gel
on as fast this century rs we did last
In our study Of the human double
dumping We shall have practically
settled the criminal question by the
end Of It."
ITS awful-this idea Of that IRE
sponsibility Of the criminal"
ION the contrary. it's most hope.
full"
And how Is the brain Of the criminal
to be alteredT'
How should I know? I'm not a
doctor. BY altering the character OF
the blood supplied to II. suppose.
Possibly by operation-the tendency
nowadays seems to be toward more
knife and less pul-box. OF course.
WueEe uOkuhiS CtSS Sah oS oohS shc
criminal will be killed. personally
ought to be killed. and should be if I
were in & civilized country. am
the real thing. But we hang only
murderers. who nearly always are use
full people. and ought not to be killed
at all. It's a funny world. But I am
afraid I shall never make you see
these things my way. In any case I
must be OF. I am going to-I shall
be rather busy tonight. and want. II
I can. to get O few hours sleep first.
Good-by. Charmed to have met you"
He shook hands warmly with the
philanthroplst and left quickly.
Extraordinary case" the ph!lan-
throplst thought to himself. Must
have had some smatterlng Of educa-
ton. Well dressed. too. Wonder II
there Is any time to make a ncte Of 1t
before I so to dress for the annual
dinner"
And then be noticed that little bit
of his watch chain was hanging loose
from his buttonhole. The rest Of 1t
had gone. So also had the very hand.
some gold watch presented to him by
the committee. with the pretty in.
seription about twenty years Of de.
voted and voluntary service."-Barry
Pain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Drink and Crime.

lr. Eugene Smith, an authority on
criminal Statistics. in a paper recently
read before the National Prisons Asiocia.
ton at Cleveland. presented an array OF
figures that should certainly arrest the at.
tention Of every sincere patriot.
He declared the first cost OF crime IN
taxes upon city, town and county for mere
policing criminals is about 800, 900 900 an.
nually in this country. Add to this the
cost of professionals in crime with their
average yearly gain. and there is fetal
loss per year of 300, 600 900, exceeding the
entire value Of the cotton or wheat crop
OF the United States. Now add TO this
the further loss by arson and Of goods sto-
len. not returned, or il recovered are de.
preciated fully one-half, and We have q
sum that is bewildering to the mind to con.
template. .. =,
chusetts, in their report for 1859, said:
..The proportion of crime traceab.e to
this great vice must be set down, as here
tofore, at not less than four-heths.'
DR.. Elisha Harris. long Corresponding
Secretary OF the Prison Association OF the
State of New York, states:
That fully eighty-tive per cent. OF all
convicts give evidence OF having IN some
larger degree been prepared or enticed to
do criminal acts because o: the physical
and dstracting effects produced upon the
human organism by alcohol
He also states that '.of seventeen cases
of murder examined by him separately,
fourteen were instisated by Intoxicating
drinks"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Bu.b.nd and Wit. For ;s Years.

In I basement room, humbsy but cozily
furnished. IN Chicago. Mrs. Walcnty Or.
lick. l02 years old. the other day received
neighbor, and friends who had visited
her trying to console her Tor the death OF
her husband. who had just been buried.
after having reached the a:e oi lO4 years.
1T does not seem possible that lie Is
dead" said Mrs Orlick We have lived
together so long that really cannot be.
feel as il he is only gone on a visit. and
every little while when the door opens
think perhaps it is he who IS coming back
To me"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
How Ear EeredIfY Acfa.

Hiram \. Wright asserts in the Phi!a.
delphia Med;ca! Journal that heredity is a
powerful factor in determining the quail.
ties OF the physical body, and environment
Is OF minor importance. while. as to the
mental and moral traits manifested. envi.
i,y is entirely imperative. Mentally and
morally we are the architects Of our own
destiny, and We arc neither blessed nor
cursed BY he-edity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Drink and Crime.

Mr.. Euserc Smith, an authority oa
criminal Statistics. in a paper recently
read before the National Prisons Associa.
tion OF Cleveland. presented an array OF
figures that should certainly arrest the at
tention Of every sincere patriot.
He declared the first cost OF crime In
taxes upon city, town and county tor mere
policing criminals is about 500, 900 900 an
nuaiiy in this country. Add to this the
cost OF professionals in crime with eaetr
average yearly gain, and there is total
loss per year OF S6O0, 900 900, exceeding tho
entire value OF the cotton or wheat crop
OF the United States. Now add TO this
the further loss by arson and OF goods sto-
len. not returned, or il recovered are de.
preciated fully one-half, and We have
sum that is bewi!dcring to the mind to con-
template.
The State Board OF Charities in Massa-
ehusetts. in their report for 1869, said:
The proportion OF crime traceabie TO
tbi, great vice must be set down, as here
toiore. a, not less than four.6fths."
DR.. Elisha Harris. long Corresponding
Secretary OF the Prison Association OF the
State OF New York, states: -,
That fully eighty.fve per cent. OF all
convicts give evidence OF having IN some
larger degree been prepared or enticed TO
do criminal acts because OF the physicai
and distracting effects produced upon the
human organism BY alcohol"
He also states that "of seventeen cases
OF murder examined by him separately.
fourteen were instigated by intoxicating
drinks
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
ArbitrarIness Of Christians.

The arbitrariness of Christians drives
many seekers away. 1t was the aim Of
the Master to bring in all the doubling
Thon,nses. While it is of prime impcr.
tance that we should know that God is
our Father. it is not these mere revela.
ton that il important. but the character
Of the Father.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
The Man Who Succeeds,

Under the ,uspices OF the ministerial
association OF Joliet, ILL.,, a notable tenn
perancc mass meeting was held recently.
The speakers were bankers, judges, mer.
chants, teachers. railway managers. edit
ors and workingmen. All bore testimony
to the need OF total abstlIenc: ty thc
man who succeeds in lie.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Source OF Race Dcccacrat:ra.

Dr. Folk, in work Oh Criminal
France" says: alcoholism Is one ot the
mort patent causes o, race degeneration.
Crime. whica IL the most powerful! factor
OF alcoholism. neve: leaves the family or
is.liyidual .heir rrlniErc latcSrity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
AstouudinE Facts.

Mr.. Nelson, the most distinguished OF
English actuaries, after long and careful
investigations and comparisons. ascer.
tanned BY actua! experience the following
astounding facts:
Between the ages OF fifteen and twenty.
where ten total abstainers die, eighteen
moderate drinkers die.
Between the ages OF twenty and thirty.
where ten total abstainers die, thirty-one
moderate drinkers die.
Between the ages OF thirty and forty.
where ten total abstainers die, forty mod
crate drinkers die.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
cau.ed n pecrea.. in Crime.

In the seventeen largest towns OF Scou
land during the first three years OF ths
Forbes Mackenzie act, closing the saloons
on the Sabbath. there was a decrease in
the cases o: crime. combined with druak.
cnncss, to the extent OF 10 sos.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Caused n Decrease In Crime.

In the seTenteen largest towns OF Scot
land during the trs; three years OF the
Forbes Mackenzie act. closing the sa,"cas
on the Sabbath. there was decreas. IN
the cases of crime, combined with drGak'
eupes,. TO the extent OF 29.3oj.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
A Harmful Example.

Very few moderate drinkers keep their
moderation within such bounds that they
are not damaged in their health and man
Illness. and that there are still fewer who
fail to exert harmful example upon the
young mca with whom they come IL con-
tact.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
A Harmful Example.

Very few moderate drinkers keep their
moderation within such bounds that they
are not damaged in their health and man
liness, and that there are still fewer who
fail to exert harmful example upoa IN"
Young men with whom they come Il: ..
tact
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Attending FRets.

Mr.. Nelson, the most distinguished OF
english actuaries, after long and careful
investigations and comparisons, ascer-
taiued by actua! experience the following
astounding facts:
Between the ages OF fifteen and twenty.
where ten total abstainers die, eighteen
moderate drinkers die:
Between the ages OF twenty and thirty.
where ten total abstainers die, thirty ono
moderate drinkers die.
Be,ween the ages OF thirty and forty.
wnenp ten total abstainers die, forty mod'
crate drinkers die.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
Yearly lols From Insecta.

Mr.. b. d. Walsh, one OF the best ento-
mologists of his day. in 1867 estimated the
total yearly loss in the United States from
insects to be from $500 o090,O0O to $.O0, ,OOO,.
OOO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30
THE CRIMINAL and THE
PHILANTHROPIST.

OU really are that cele'
brated-I should say no.
torious criminal. Louis
Parrace:" asked the phil.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30

The race. Romans 3: l2, They are all
@ :ome Improbable: there Is none that doeth
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-30

The start. Psalm 81: ., Behold. was
shapcn in iniqui:y, and in sin did my
mother conceive me"
This is a B!b.e statement. but experience
proves the truth OF it and history cmpha.
sizes it in every particular. However men
may rebe! against the doctrine OF original
sin, and speak Of i: as an injustice and all
If that, nevertheless. this we know to be
true that we are born with bias to sin.
md also tina: ii we were to speak honestly
We would say that from TIE very first it
mas been easier for US to DO wrong than to
10 right. We have been in 4 great COM
pany in this experience, for even the great
apostle said. When l would do good evil
i present with me-" do not for a mo.
mcnt imagine that we are guilty, any OF
Us. OF great sins, but the existence Of little
sins will prove the existence OF sinful
nature.
4 famous ruby was offered for sale to
the English Government. The report of
the crown leweier was that it WIS the
finest he had ever seen or heard OF, but
that one OF the facets" one OF the little
cuttings o! the face, was slightly fractured.
The result was that that almost invisible
flaw reduced its value BY thousands of
pounds. and it was rejected from the re.
gala of England. Again. when Conova
was about to commence his famous statue
1f the great Napoleon, his keenly observant
eye detected tiny red line running
through the upper portion OF the splendid
block that at infinite cost had been
fetched from Paros. and he refused to lay
chisel upon it. Once more, IN the story OF
the early struggles of the elder Herschel.
while he was working out the problem OF
gigantic telescope specula, you will find
that he made scores upon scores before he
got one to satisfy him. A scratch like a
spider thread caused one to be rejected,
although it had cost him weeks OF toll.
We certainly must all of us plead guilty
to the little flaws, the line OF defect. and
the scratch upon the character is there,
.iny as a spiders web.
II.
The race. Romans 3: lo, They are all
gone out OF the way. they are together he
come improbable: there Is none that doeth
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
RAILROAD
STATION
BURNED.
Fire Swssps Through The Build
Ing al Dover, n. H.--Pas-
ssngsrs Had 10 Flee.

Dover, n. IT,. Jan. 1.-The passenger
station of the Boston & Maine Railroad
In this city was gutted by fire at S
o'clock this morning. People sitting In
the waiting room saw "A blaze coming
through the floor in the east end OF the
room directly over the boilers and the
hre spread with great rapldity to every
part of the building
Famed by stormy north
west wind the entire structure
was soon completely cnveloped
in flames and il was nearly an hour and
half before the fremen with seven
streams OF water were able to get the
fire under control
The structure was n two-story building
OF wood with brick walls and granite
trimmings The first floor was occupied
with "a waiting room. station agents Of
fee telegraph office, ticket. ladies' and
gents toilet rooms and Armstrong; news
stand All the furnishings on this floor.
including thousands of tickets I'm the tick
et office, were destroyed. 4 large sum
OF money and many valuable papers In
the office were saved
on the second hoor was the conductors
room. the road masters office and
supply room the contents of which were
a complete loss The loss will probably
amount To 5000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
GOT $4,000.
Pirates Stole Mail Pouch From
the Steamsr Kinau.

San Francisco Jan, l.-Advices re-
ceived here today from Honolulu, under
date of Dec a. say
Robbers entered the mail room OF
the steamer Kiiau here on Dee q and
stole registered pouch containing N5.-
600 in gold and currency. There is no
clue TO the thieves. The police OF Homo
lulu think that the job was the work OF
an organized gang OF steamship robbers
who have been operating I'm various parts
Of the world for several years.
"The affair Is enveloped I'm mystery.
The robbery colsey resembles the theft
Of $4,000 from the steamer Alameda, the
robbery OF an equal amount from the gold
room on the steamer Aorongi. at Syd-
ney. and the disappearance OF "A treas
ure chest from one of the Cunard liners
a few months ago
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
CHINESE CASES.
They VIII Come Before United
States Court Next Week.

There was no session OF the United
States court today and the three China
men confined at Crauston for being in the
United States unlawmlly will not be
brought I'm for arragnment before Com
missioner Morgan on Monday next.
The delay is due 10 the pressing duties
OF Government Inspector lizard Of Bos-
ton who has just made another descent
on Chinese lauudries-2l i'm all-at Man
chester. y. n, There he gathered I'm 22
Celestia,s and the sweep was SO complete
that several OF the laundries for enforced
absence OF proprietor and assistants had
10 temporarily close their doors.
Bur OF the y arrested IL had their pass
ports and the other II must appear FOR
a hearing next week also.
Before the local commissioner FIVE are
10 be given hearing three at Cranston
and TWO plying their vocation i'm Paw
tucket laundries.
The number OF bankruptcy petitions
voluntary and Involuntary. filed i'm the
United States district court at Boston
during 1901 was 1915, as against 1856 hel in
1900 Almost All OF these petitions were
for amounts ranging from $500 10 $4,000.
the present year being remarkably free
from petitions involving large sums.