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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
FOREIGN.

Cuba's present revenues from all
sources approximate $17,000,OO0 per
year.
A triple drowning accident Is re-
ported from the Bow River, Blackfoot
Indian reservation, n. w. T. Sergeant
Brooks, of the Northwest Mounted Po.
lice; A. Beaupre and Joseph Disbury,
all of Gleichen, attempted to cross the
river when their team was swept
away.
|. Some of the most important new
buildings going up in London are in
the hands Of American and German
architects.
Plague and cholera are raging at Pei.
Tang, China. where 2000 deaths have
occurred during the past two months.
A severe storm swept over the north.
ern coast Of Portugal. Two fishing
boats, containing serenty-two men,
were wrecked. Sixteen Of the fisher.
men were drowned.
The Sultan Of Morocco ordered all
foreigners except the consuls to leave
FeZ.
The Portuguese Government has de.
cided to establish special police force
at the Azore Islands to prevent the Sc.
cret emigration to the United States.
Premier Balfour gave reasons for the
decision of Great Britain to take no &C.
tive part in the settlement of the Mace.
DOMAIN troubles.
American mails were delayed at Liv.
erpool. owing to dispute between the
postoffice and the London and North.
western Railroad.
Advices from the West Indies said
that great distress was prevalent IL
several British islands. and the Gov.
ernment was blamed for Withholding
aid.
King Edward is taking leading parl
in selecting new Cabinet Ministers, Ge'
string that, steps be- taken to remedy
the army scandals.
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Absinthe in France.

As result of an investigation set on
foot by the Prime Minister Of France, DR..
Laborde has reported that absinthe Is
running both the souls and bodies Of the
French race. The Academy of Medicine
has made declaration against its manu-
facture and sale, and we gee the prohibi-
tion question which many have thought
limited only to puritanical communities IN
the United States taken up by European,
Government. One of the striking, and In
many instances inspiring, characteristics
of the French Government is that under
it prohibition prohibits. It does not mat
ter particularly what the thing prohibited
is, whether it is bad habit, school sys-
tenn, or the Moulin Rouge, it goes. The
French Government. whose mysteries are
past finding out, and which seems to be .
series of crises, with knock-down and
drag-out riot in the National Assembly at
often recurrent intervals, is very effective.
We do not always admire its methods, but
we perceive that it always strikes twelve
It appears to be hampered by no noisy
sentiment about the rights Of the people
or "peuple (Which seems to mean some
thing else when it is put in French. Cheer
ing for the rights of the "peuple" is per-
mitted to go on uninterruptedly when the
cheering is on the side of the Government:
when it isn't, the "peupie" are put in jail
or chased off the boulevard by the John
Darms, as Bill Nye used. to call them. 1t
is quite certain that if the French Govern
ment determines to suppress absinthe there
won't be pale shade of green to be seen
in any resort in Paris or all France.-St-
Louis Democrat. ...;>
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS,

Sixty thousand children began schooi
attendance in Porto Rico, and thrice
that number Of enrollments were re-
ported.
An American syndicate has started
the construction Of forty miles of elec.
trio street railway at Manila, extend.
Ing through the business section and
the principal suburbs. The system
will cost $3,OO0,OOO.
The Philippine Government has en-
acted law for the education of a
number of Filipino youths in the Uni
ted States. Its primary object Is to
fit young natives for positions in the
civil service Of the Philippines. One
hundred are to be sent.
Attorney-General Knox rendered an
opinion that the Constitution did not
follow the flag in Guam, and upholding
the action Of Governor Leary in exer.
cising the right Of eminent domain.
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room and furnishes useful heat Cd Is
utilized in cooking. In order to in
crease the efficiency of the first class
of stoves, Philip S. Spiller has designed
a stove which greatly increases the
radiating surface. and, accordingly,
extracts more useful heat from the
oil burned. This object is attained by
providing q circular flue encircling the
entire stove. To still further increase
the radiating surface and insure the
hot gases produced by the fame, which
is located in this passageway, passing
entirely around the stove before escap-
ing to the flue, a deflector is placed in
the heat passage. The effect is to di-
vide the heat passage with a division
wall, DETECTING the hot gases from the
fue until such time as they have COM
pleted the entire circuit Of the stoves.
These are usually built in O-shape, and
may be adapted for house-warming or
for cooking or hot-water heating.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14

the Territories Of AssiniDoia, Alberta
and Saskatchewan-270 100000 acres
in all. The shaded square, B B, shows
the area of land good for farming
135, 100000 acres; while the black
square, a. is the land at present under
cultivation-4O 100000 acres. The black
centre of cultivated land is but n dot
on the great eXpanse of land suitable
for tillage. From that little black dot
over q million bushels of various sorts
Of grain were reaped last year. What
will the harvest be when the whole
area comes under the plow?
The error of an astronomical chron-
ometer is rarely greater than two one.
hundredths Of second.
Permission to reside in Canada has
been given to a large number of Brit
ish Reservisto.
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TIE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE or INTEMeERANcs.

Insanity From Alcohol - Very Valuable
port Of Connecticut Asylum-Impoz-
tance Of Temperance Teaching.
Very valuable testimony on this point is
found in the seventy-ninth annual report
| of the Retreat for the Insane at Hartford,
Conn. The Superintendent, DR.. Henry r.
Stearns, in discussing the question, says;
"You will further observe from the
tables of statistics appended that IN no
that is, in more than seventeen per cent.
| the insanity was thought to have been
caused by the abuse Of alcohol. This may
| be a higher per cent. of such cases than
exists in some State institutions, but it
corresponds quite accurately with cur own
history (seventy-nine years. in this re-
spect. .
crime, especially in cities and large towns,
that society should use every means to ed
| ucate the rising generation as to the dam
ger attending its use as beverage.
'The effects of alcohol upon the ele-
ments of the nervous system are much
greater before twenty years of age than
afterward. The brain is more sensitive to
the effects of all toxic influences during tho
| period of adolescence, and young persons
acquire habits of using both alcohol and
| tobacco much more readily than during
later periods Of life. When once formed
during this period they are much more
| likely to become incorporated with the de-
velopment of the system and thus become
permanent.
"They may eventuate in some cases in .
degeneration of the cells of the brain and
| the vasomotor portion of the nervous sys-
| TEN. In other cases, before such stage
is reached, there may result morbid
| changes in the mental activities of the in
| dividual, attended by cravings which be-
come, very difficult, and in some cases i'm
possible to resist. The will power be-
| ideals Of the individuals are lost"
In view of these facts we are prepared
to find Dr. Stearns emphasizing the i'm
| portance OF temperance teaching to chill
dren and youth. He says:
"The importance, therefore, that some
effective measures be adopted, If those al
| ready in existence are not adequate, to
have instruction given to the pupils of the
public schools of the State regarding the
| nature and effects of alcohol when used as
| beverage, can hardly be overestimated.
Such course should be continued if at the
expense of less important subjects OK
study" g..
This can be done more effectually than
! elsewhere in the higher grades Of schools.
and should be done mainly by means OF
! conversations and oral instruction in the
form of questions and answers by both
| teacher and pupils. In this way and by
| illustrating examples and plates, pupils
will more readily become interested than
] by reading any amount of dry material
which deals with physiology.
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enough to hold up some wealthy Turk
or insult O Turkish woman.
1t is from among these men that the
Sultan has drawn his notorious Hami-
dieh Cavalry, called: by his own name,
and provided with uniforms and arms.
While the unvarying rule Of the Turk
ish Government has been to send It's
soldiers far away from their own
homes for active service. a conspicu-
GUS exception has been made in their
case. While they have special bar.
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Cream to Burn.

Two little girls were engaged in an
animated discussion as to the merits
Of their respective homes.
"Well, anyway" said one little maid.
en- in a triumphant tone, you may
have more bedrooms than we have.
but we have more cream than you do.
We have enough for our cereal every
single morning"
"Poohw said the other, "that't moth.
ing. We own Jersey COW, and we
get a whole cowful of cream twice
every day."-Lippincott's
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and young girls outraged in the pres
ence of their families. On the last day
of August, the anniversary Of the Sui
TINS accession to the throne, speech
was made to these ensanguined butch
ers by Zekki Pasha, the Turkish gen.
eral, urging them to redouble the
slaughter in honor Of the day. So well
did they act on this suggestion that
after the war many of them boasted
Of having killed hundred Christians
apiece. The Bashi- -Bazouk, indeed,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
Trusted EInploye a Suicide,

William S. Mills, Eloney order clerk
in the Office Of the Southern Express
Company, at Nashville, Tenn. was
found dead in room in a MOTEL with
an empty morphine bottle by his side.
Investigation Of his books has revealed
a shortage Of less than 5000. He had
been trusted employe of the Southern
Express Company there for more than
twenty years.
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inserted and is kept in place by q
spring follower, which keeps the cake
of dressing in contact with the roller
at all times. When the moving belt
engage the roller 1t causes it to re.
volve rapidly and rub against the cake
Of dressing on the inside Of the case,
By this means the dressing is applied
to the belt very evenly and quickly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
Head Of Napoleor's Horse
Cast of Marengo, Bonaparte's
FaYorite Ch larger.

The Boston Globe publishes an in.
teresting photograph of the cast Of the
head Of Napoleon's favorite charger
Marengo. The cast was procured by
Sculptor Cyrus E. Dallin in Paris.
Marengo was large white Barbary
steed Of extraordinary symmetry AMI
grace Of limb, brought froT Egypt,
where he had been captured III i fight
with Mamelukes, in 1799.
Napoleon rode him Tor the first time
the following year s.t the battle CT
Marengo, and that famous victory sug.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
Horrible Crimes
)Perpetrated by the
Sultan's S Bashi-
Bazouks~&

There is no political turmoil in Tur-
lkey in which the Bashi-Bazouks are
not permitted and encouraged to take
the star role in the bloody drama or
fairs. So thoroughly is this recog-
ked that their name has come to be
onymous with bloodshed. their
Sence the gruesome forerunner OF
ertain harvest of death. Even
pg the Turks themselves their CON-
designation has come to be
ek Mora" devil of the night, and
host obdurate and refractory child
and becomes obedient at the
whisper Of that awful name.
hough known as irregular SOL
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Aiers or guerilla, and paid solely by
he plunder they are always sure to
they are the Sultan's chosen in
runents when it becomes his i'm
erial pleasure to wreak wholesale ven-
Eeance upon any Of his Christian sub
Meets. It was the Bashi-BaZouks let
Dose upon the Greeks at Scio in 1922
bat reduced that fair island of gar
b to ashes, while $4,000 people met
in a single day and 10000 women
children were carried off and sold
aves, to the scandal of Ch-isten-
The Turkish war with Russia in
thousands Of Bashi-Bazouks were
Eprted from their homes in the
ds Of Asia and turned upon
pless Christian population of
Bulgaria, masSacring over
them in the month of June
was at this time that whole
ol Of children were killed at
be bodies of the victims, to-
the school house, burned
rogers.
the Bashi-Bazouks, armed
tini rifles by command of the
Sultan. though in defiance Of the Ber>
F1in treaty, who began the awful Ar
menian massacres at Sassoun in 1894.
For twenty-three days the work of car
mage was permitted to so on in that
single district, village after village
H@yv. 81
10000 people-men, women and little
children-were put to death with every
conceivable torture. In one village all
the young men were tied hand and
foot, laid in row, covered with brush
wood and burned alive. Others We're
seized and hacked to pieces; little chill
dren were cut in two and mutilated,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
TEACHERS BECOME MoToRMEt.
It Pays Better In Ohio-So Eight Schools
Remain Unopened.


Springfield. Ohio.-There are eight
township schools in this county-in
Mad River, Moorefield and Harmony
townshps-that have not been opened
this fall and cannot he opened until
teachers are secured. There is dearth
Of teachers. due to the fact that the sal
aries paid are considered insufficient. 1t
is said that many teachers in the rural
districts have deserted the country and
come to the city to take places as mo-
tormen and conductors on the street
railway because the pay is better.
A. B. Graham, Superintendent Of the
Township Schools. said the trouble is
due largely to the fact that the poorest
workman on the streets receives as
much on the average as the country
teacher.
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State Troubles Grieyc Francis Joseph.

The text of royal autograph letter,
re-entrusting Count Hedervary with
the formation of new Cabinet, was
published at Budapest, Hungary, in a
special issue Of the Gazette. In it the
Emperor-King. Francis Joseph, says he
Is deeply grieved at the deplorable cir
cumstances whica hinder the working
of the state machinery.
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Reminiscent Of Hugo.
One Of the Interesting Relics In the
Great Writer'S House.

Thanks to the devotion Of NJ. Paul
Menrici, his friend and literary e1ecu-
tor, says the Paris correspondent OF
the London Graphic, Victor Hugo has
now his museum in Paris in the house
he lived in for so many years in the
Place des Vosges. In the case of the
great French writer the task Of getting
together several hundred articles Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
Stove Improvement

A comparatively small percentage Of
the heat of any stove having direct
fue connection with the outside air,
which applies to all fuel oil and coal
stoves, becomes available for useful
heating. Most Of the heat passes up
the chimney or flue. With oil stoves
it is different All the heat developed
by the burning oil radiates into the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
THE NEW CANADA

This illustration, says London An
svers, tells more convincingly than
would many columns of letterpress
why the eyes of the land-hungry all
over the world are turned to the Cana
dian West.
The square, C c, represents the totas
area of the Province of Manitoba. and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
Zig Contract Tor Fuel OIL.

The State Of Texas contracted with
the Higgins Oil Company, Of Beau
mont, to purchase G0.000 barrels of
fuel oil to be used in the State charita-
BILE institutions. The price is said to
be thirty cents per barrel.
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For Dressing a Belt.

A new device for applying dressing
to leather belts is being introduced
1t consists of a roller at the end of
case, into which a cake of dressing Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-14
To Eirlt PARKS.

President Eidltz, of the Building
Employers Association. Of New York
City, says the fight against Sam Parks
will be continued to the bitter end
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To England,s Shame.

One years drink bill of the United King
dom would pay the rent of all the houses
and farms in the kingdom, says London
Tit.Bits.
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Texas Has Good Cotton Crop.
Texas railway officials report favor,
ably on the cotton crop in that State.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-05
WORLD'S-1eO4-FAIR.
Plus THE TENTH.

Plus THE TENTH.
All Christendom retoices that the Pope chosen yes
terday Is man of powerful character and wide SYM
pathy. The Catholic Church wields, outside of af-
fairs Of theological faith and government I'M
mense influence the secular conduct of the world.
1t directly affects great majority of the population
in Southwestern Europe. in Ireland In South Amer
lea in Cuba and in the Philippines; large part OF
the citizenship the United States and Canada and
is priests and teachers penetrate everywhere. The
personal character Of the Pope reaches the life of ali
this vast body of human beings.
Not yet has the time come for the election of an
American to the great office But II not American.
the nearest to American ideals Cardinal Sarto,
now the Pope. Born without the advantage O.
wealth and family influence he in ecclesiastical
rank through the force of his intellect and the wis
dom OF his demeanor until he became Patriarch Of
Venice and Of the most potent influences in Italy
Plus the Tenth is not regarded liberal as that
term IL used In church policy but he has given every
evidence Of understanding the special interests of the
relations caused by the extension Of the political
control Of the United States in the West Indies and
the Philippines win find In the Vatican continuance
Of the friendly attention exhibited by Leo.
Coming from the people, the new Pope may be
expected to comprehend the democratic spirit which
is modifying all social and political institutions in
the nations of the world No other choice of the
!, College OF Cardinals would have promised more OF
usefulness to the human race.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-05
Merchants Bridge Company Must
Show Cause Why United States
Should Not Take Possession.
HAS CHARTER BEEN VIOLATED?
Company Given Until September 1
to Make Reply-In Event of Set
isfactory Explanation Pro
ceeding VIII Be Dropped.

Washington, Aug. 4-Secretary Root has
addressed a communication 70 the Mer-
chants Bridge Company. the owners Of the
large bridge across the Mississippi River at
St Louis asking the company to show
cause why the United States should not
take possession Of the bridge under the
statute which provided for its construction
Clder the law the Secretary CT War can
take possession OF the bridge without legal
proceedings OF any kind If any of three
things happen. namely. il the bridge COM
pany consolidates with any other bridge
company; IL the company pools its earnings
with any other company; If the same OFF,
GERS Of any other company become officers
of the Merchants Bridge Company.
In the allegations presented to the Secre-
tary Of War it S declared that leases made
by the Merchants Bridge Company eonsfi-
tute a consolidation with another company.
While the exact wording Of the order n
Withheld from publication the gist Of 1t =
that the company Is given until September
4 to satisfactorily explain certain features Of
the report recently submitted by Major
Casey and other charges. which Indicate
violation Of their charter. and IL such ex-
PLANTATION Is not forthcoming the War De-
partment will probably take peremptory
steps in the matter.
Some fntimafion has been made IN these
dispatches Of q reference Of this matter 70
the Department OF Justice, but the Judge
Advocate General Of the Army said to-
day that there was no need Of such refer
ence.
OF course. II the Merchant1 Bridge C09$
pany can give a satisfactory reply 70 th66
communication forwarded to-day ths usatt1r
will be allowed to rest
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Folk because Mr. Folks election would be the next
best thing to the election Of the genuine refermer
whom they guaranteed to select and support. 1t
seems odd therefore, that they cannot unite Mr..
Norton assuming, of course that they could unite
anybody.
Doesn't Mr.. Nortoni measure up to the standard as
conceived by the Star and the Globe? The public
would like to know. Aren't these papers, BY their ST.
ence. merely advertising the fact-assuming 1t to be
fact-that Mr.. Norton is opposed to Ziesenhenism:
In this view is not their silence the very best thing
that could happen TO Mr.. Nortoni?
Is there any reason why Mr.. Nortoni should not
go before the people of Humansville Polk County,
or elsewhere? Is there any objection principle to
Mr. Ncrton? If there is either objection
principle, the public should have the benefit AS
the case now stands the Star and the Globe appear
to be either very sulky or very much afraid
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-05
SHERIFF EXPECTS FIGHT
WITH FUGITIVE c0NvlcTS
New Posses Start in Pursuit Of Desper-
ate Men, Who Are Hungry
and FOotsOfe.

Placerville Cal. Aug. 4--If the expecta-
lions of Sheriff Bosquit Of Eldorado County
are realized. there will be fight in what ID
known as the Weber Creek country beforo
another day has passed between posses
from Lotus and Placerville and the escaped
convicts. who on several occasions In the
last few days. forced by hunger, have had
to show themselves at ranches and other
places to obtain food.
To-day posse was organized at Lotus
by ex-Guard Taylor of Folsom prison. AN
other was organized by Sheriff Bosquit IN
piacervflle The latter Is composed OF nve
men. and includes C. H. Ferrall Of Reno.
who arrived here late to-day with trained
bloodhounds.
It Is expected that the Piacerville men
will tonight join the Lotus posse at orilla
ranch, in the Weber Creek country. to
which point It IL believed the convicts are
making.
Sheriff Norman Of Amador telephoned
from jackson this evening that he was
about to start for Plymouth with fifteen
men to follow the trail Of the convicts
The outlaws have more than days start
on tho hunters, but az they doubtless are
footsore Norman expects to come upon
them before nightfall tomorrow.
Ex-convicts are nocking to this section
and the Sheriff says that no less than
thirty have already been seen. 1t II be-
Neyed that many are extending aid to the
fueftfyes