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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-09-14
CHAPTER V.
Chains Matrimonial.

A philosopher has computed that one
tongue of average, not French, velocity
will publish at the rate Of q thick &C.
tavo volume per day.
Assuming the figures to be correct
one may calculate with some nicely the
speed whereat news must travel in a
thickly populated territory, twenty
miles long by six broad, and OF which
the French speaking inhabitants num-
Der more than two-thirds.
BY the time Sir John Severne has
finished his breakfast next morning
every man and woman in the little
country inn where he lodged has given
him a different version of Paul Ches-
ter's rescue, with marginal notes in
profusion as to the old Miss Vansit-
tarts and their family affairs-those
portions of the affairs especially (when
does misfortune fail of ready chroni-
clersO which touch on Mrs. Chester.
Briefly told, sitting the facts clear from
suppositions, hearsays and moral
fraught inference, the history comes to
this:
That, some eighteen years before the
present time Daphne Vansittart's chill
dish soul first awoke to the heaven
that lies about us" amidst the lanes
and valleys of Quernec. Her mother
had died in India at her birth; her faith
er fell in the Crimea, not in glorious,
pensioswinning fashion, but from pro-
sale exposure to cold and wet in the
bitches before S%ebastopol. No heritage
had the four-year-old child but that OF
sorrow, no prospect of a home save
such as the Miss Vansittarts, her great
aa2ts, buried away at Fiefde-la-Reine,
mig 1t be able to offer.
Amy other man than Paul Eansittart
would have provided against these
these very distressing contingencies"
said Miss Theodore, fretfully, when the
news first reached them Of their
nephew's death. But everything in
Paul's life from first to last was a mud
die. Choosing the wife he did, in In
dia-a baby faced creature who had
not energy enough to live for her own
child's sake-and now dying in this &C.
plorable way, his name not ever men
toned in the dispatches"
The eldest Miss Fansittart, in her
stoniest, most oracular tones, pro-
nounced the two words, Orphan Asy-
lum."
Aunt Hosic walked straight away to
her bedchamber, counted over b con-
tents of her poorly stored purse, and
packed up her travelling box.
Captain Vansittart, when the war
broke out, had left his daughter in
charge of q professional Good Samari-
tan at Brighton-one OF the advertising
Pipchins who offer parental affection
to motherless babes, by the month or
quarter; sea bathing, if required; ref
erences to benefited clerSymen; Il
terms payable in advance. And to
Brighton Aunt Hosie went. A week
later, battered by StCOnd-class traVei-
ing, her purse emptied 10 its last SOW
creign ~(perlaps her belief in samaritan
human nature somewhat Sapped), she
| rot back to the Channel Islands with
her charge-a small. fair child, looking
still smaller, still fairer, by reason OF
her Grape and ~bomhazine, and soft eyes
saving love me" 10 the world in
which hcr tiny drop of existence
seemed so absolutely jlppertinent q su-
perfuity..
talk Of expense; talk, as that W Im-
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The VIII Of God.

There are two functions discharged by
every living being and by every plant
one is the struggle for its own hfe-the-
function of nutrition; the other is the
struggle for the life of others-its function
All the activities of life may be classed
under one or the other Of these two:
heads, and all the activities OF the CHRIS
tan may be classed under one or the
other of these two heads, the function OF
nutrition or the function OF reproduction;
You 60 from a conference falriy wen
fed; the individual life has been attended
to. now what is to become of this unless,
it is to 20 out in different ways for the
helping of this universal movement 1or
the bringing of the world to Christi!
I know that many Of you are puzzled 70
know in what direction you can start to
help Christ to help this world. Let me
simply say this to you in that connection; =
Once I came to the crossroads in the OLD
life, and did not know in what direction
God wanted me to help to hasten his
Kingdom. I started to read the BOOK 70
find out what the ideal was, and l found
that the only thing worth doing IN the
world was to do the will of God; whether
that was done in the pulpit or IN the
slums, whether it was done IN the col.
lege or classroom or on the street did not
matter at all. MY meat and my drink,
Christ said, sis to do the will of Him that
sent Me-" And if you make up your
mind that you are going to do the Wlli;ot
God above everything else, it matters lit
lie in what direction you work. ,
There are more posts waiting for mem
than there are men waiting Tor posts.
Christ needs men in every community
and in u every eG fd land; it Ina matters or st t,ttl at T home,
as long as we are sure that we are where
God puts us.-Prof. Henry Druramond.
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This Interesting World.

It's an intensely interesting and en-
citing world, if we take 4 broad view
Of it.
Here we are like tiny flies glued to a
big ball that whirls through space on
4 spiral track. Where we came from,
or where our earth came from, we
don't know.
Where we are going, or where our
earth is whirling to, we don't know.
We have interesting and different be-
liefs, which we call religions. We
have stopped butchering each other TO"
our beliefs. Let us be thankful for
that.
AS our earth rolls along. she keeps
in her track, lodges comets and other
sphers. attracts the sunlight, produces
her crops with regularity, and keeps
us safe.
Let US be thankful for our safety
and our various eXcitements, as we
sail on, glued to this giant fywheel.-
| New York Journal.
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The EvangeIistic Church.

DR.. Campbell Morgan whose accept
ance of the pastorate of Westminster
Chapel has given great satisfaction on all
hands-has done good service during his
three Sundays there in insisting with en-,
nbasis upon the need of the church being
eyangelistic!: 1t ought to be commonplace
to insist upon this, but to many congrega-
tions it is new doctrine. Evangelism 10
supposed by very many people to be a
pious opinion held by extremists. what 10
supremely needed just now is to sheW teas
is not evangelistic. We have far too many
dilettanti who waste their precious time IN
making or criticising new hypothesis
London Christian. 1!
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BETRAYED by Silence.

Christ may be betrayed by silence. One
who fatters himself that he does no
wrong to his Lord so long as he does not
actively plot against Him or fight against
His cause is mistaken. he that is not as
lively on the Lords side is against Him.
The very fact of silence is dlsloyalty;
The loyal soul cannot be silent in a world
where the enemies Of the truth are busy,
The nine silent men who were cieansed
Of leprosy. but did not feel under oblisa'
tude and d~is,oyalty. 50 j. .Nc,y one who
remains silent concerning the mercy 0!
God Christian Advocate.
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Green Diam onds.

Considerable interest has been aroused
in johannesburg by the discovery on a
mining property at Klerksdorp OF Il green
diamond Of about ~three-quarters carat.
The gem had slipped into a crevice in the
iron plates of the crushing mill, and was
found during the dismantling OF the mill
to make room for a new stamp battery. In
1853 over seventy similarly colored dia-
monds were found upon the same prop.
crty. They had all slipped between the
dies and escaped destruction. 1t IS con-
jectured that many other green stones got
crushed out of existence. For the first
time since that date forward the klerks-
do"p G.. and ID. Company propose to re-
which contains both gold and diamonds.
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Female Education in India.

In India only about three per cent.
OF the girls attend public school, but
the Government Of India, in its cduca-
tional resolution, states that in trying
TO promote the education Of girls 4
far greater proportional impulse is i'm
parted to the educational and moral
tone of the people than by the educa-
ton of the men.
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The Bird and the Worm.

The Early Bird hOpped IelSurcIy Dy.
"Perhaps you do" replied the latter,
hastily drawing its tail in, but you
won't get hold Of it."
Disappearing into the earth ere the
Bird could secure him, the Earlier
Worm thanked his stars that he had
read the fable and had taken warning
l,Y it.-Chincinnati Times-Star.
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Bic Fence EiniShed.

The fence about the Fort Belknap Indian
reservations, which is forty miles wide and
sixty miles long, has been finished. accord.
ing to a dispatch from Helena, Mont. Il
probably is the longest fence in the world.
and has taken years in building. The plan
eros Ventres and Assiniboines from lntru-
sion, as well as to keep them from straylng.
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If We Only Knew.

How differently we would judge our
fellow men if we knew all that was behind
their words and acts! How often we misr
Judge them because of our ignorance! Only
those who have been misjudged can fully
appreciate the meaning of jesus admoni--
ton: Judge not, that we be not judged.
Several years ago the conductor of a Chi
cago street car made a slight mistake in re-.
turning change to a lady passenger. The'
lady Indignantly accused the conductor OF
attempting to cheat her. The conductor
made no reply, and the passenger took hls.
silence as evidence of guilt, and for some
late DR.. Arthur Edwards, who witnessed
the scene, saw that there was something,
evidently troubling the conductor, and
remarked that conductors have q hard
time trying to please the public. Yes.
they do,' replied the conductor. "But IT
that lady had known that my little girl
died this morning, and that I had to re-
port TO, duty or lose my job, she would,
not have been surprised that my thoughts.
are not on my business" This statement
deeply touched the heart of Dr.. Edwards
and in tender words he tried to comfort
the stricken father. He rode with him to-
the end of the line, and, as he was about
to leave him, said: "Your heart Is near;
II broken now, but remember that YOU
can meet your little girl again in heaven
"Do you really believe that? Oh, if l only
could!!". said the conductor: After some
further conversation, DR.. Edwards LEFT,
and as they parted the man said to the
doctor: 1T is very kind of you to take
so much interest in a stranger, and to go
so far out of your way to comfort me, and
I thank you from my heart" DR.. Edwards
never heard from the conductor again;
but we are sure that the man will ever,
hold sacred the memory Of one who com
forted him when he was misjudged.
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Where They Go.

Nice has become the headquarters Of
fugitive Partisan criminals to such an
extent that the French officials find
their work considerably facilitated.
Whenever 4 man is wanted they
promptly hunt for him in that city. Of
ten with success.
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HzN0PUEIgkR'


In the "PetriGed Forest" of Arizona
there is a natural bridge, across a
narrow canon, consisting of the petri-
fed, or agatized, trunk Of a tree, Ill
feet in length.
Sea level is a level only In the i'm
acination. For instance, the water i'll
the Bay of Bengal is 300 feet higher
than the surface of the Indian Ocean,
and along the Pacific coast of South
America the sea is often 200 feet
higher than its lowest surface. The
differences result from the attractive
powers of great mountain ranges.
The Cadiz Chamber of Commerce
reckons the total annual production
Of cork for the entire world at Sl.2sI,.
700 pounds. Of this Portugal produces
the largest amount. In 1902, its cork
trees contributed 32,515,104 pounds.
Spain comes next, with a contribution
in the same year of 2S,450,716 pounds.
Algeria and the other minor cork pro-
ducing countries together contributed
2O,321 $40 pounds.
In Germany. the home OF %technoioG-
zeal instruction, there are seven special
schools devoted to the sole purpose Of
training locksmiths and blacksmiths.
They are in the cities Of Burgstadt,
Grossenhain. Frankenberg, Meissen,
Glauchau, RossWein and Zittau. Only
graduates of public schools are admit
ted. The course of instruction in three
of the schools lasts three years; in
three of the others it is shorter.
During the present summer the ltai
ian meteorological observatory on
Monte Rosa, at a height of 1890 feet,
will be put into practical operation.
An observer will live On the summit
during the summer months. It is
hoped that the observations mad
there will prove Of special value in con.
nection with the international balloon
ascents, which have now become a
regular means Of exploring the upper
air.
Late reports concerning the expert
ment of preventing dust on the roads
Of France by coating the surface with
tar indicate that the results are salts
factory. After twelve months trial in
the Department Of Seine-et-Marne, 1t
has been found that the dust and mud,
formerly troublesome, have disap-
peared, and the cost of maintaining
the roads has decreased. The mingling
of the tar with the dirt forms a kind of
elastic skin over the the roadway,
which mufies the sound of footsteps
and renders traction easier.
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Tho o~uestfon in New Zealand.

In New Zealand, where a three-hfths
vote is required to imperatively prohibit
the liquor traffic, the requisite ,. vote mas mas
been sI gwen aiv in a s. mSiori als'f but not an a three Dee.
ffths majority. against licensing. IN sew
eral Of these latter districts the licensing
authorities have exercised their discretion
ary mower by refusing to grant or renew
any liquor licenses on the ground that d
majority of the people are against their -
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The EailureH.

The boy that can be trusted gets the
places of trust in the end. The boy that
shirks or cheats may start off brilliantly,
but look fol him ten or twenty years later
and you will find him just where he belongs
among the Acknowledgements hec'
ord.
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Dog Disliked tho Dark.

When she started from her house at
Camden, N. j., Mrs. John Grove PLACED
her large Newfoundland in a room that
was too dark for him. She had scarcely
left him when he dashed out, attacked her
and terribly chewed her arm. That set
tied the dog. He was shot. Mrs. Grove
said the dog never liked a dark room. -
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The other day at Mortenhampstead,
England, a laborer named Samuel Yelling
ton attempted for a wager to kiss his toe.
In doing so, however, he broke his thigh in
the centre, and had to be conveyed on a
stretcher to the cottage hospital.
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Practical Human Work.

The London General Omnibus Company
has issued an order that any driver guilty
of over-driving a horse in hot weather will
be dismissed. At certain points on the
routes tie horses arc served oatmeal water.
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In the "PetriGed Forest" of Arizona
there is a natural bridge, across a
narrow canon, consisting Of the petri-
fed, or agatized, trunk Of a tree, Ill
feet in length.
Alaska forum., 1904-06-04

burden clearing from Eagle IS working great hardship on the, lower river camps. A large party of prospectors headed for the Roy ukuk may be compelled to abandon their expedition owing to this ob- noxious regulation, according to a recent copy of the Dawson Ne70S. The same peper believes the rule should be repealed, and in justice to the lower Yukon camps we heartily agree.
Alaska forum., 1904-06-04
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1904

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, I9O@t
 THE Foyunu is in receipt, through the courtesy of the Hon. Knute Nelson, senator from Minnesota, of a copy of the Congressional Record containing the speech of the sena- tor on the appropriation for wagon road from Valdez to Eagle. While the bill was not passed, an appro- priation of $75,ooo was secured for a survey of the proposed road. Senator Nelson's speech is gem, and in the short space of time allot-. ted. gave as interesting an epitome of the needs of Alaska as is ordina- rily contained in volume. Among tue things most needed, he declared, were better transportation facilities and a delegate. Touching the lat- ter need he said: "The distances today are perhaps too immense to form a territorial government; do not know that they are in shape for a full-hedged territorial govern ment; but I do think they ought to have delegate here somebody who can represent them here and make known their wants. Your committee went up there last sum- mer, four of us, to investigate it, but the senate can not send com mittee up there every year. The house sent nobody at all, and one of the great reasons why we have not met with better response in this case is the fact that in the other end of the capitol they. seem to be entirely ignorant of tue sitna- tion in that country"
 THE custom regulation which
Alaska forum., 1904-06-04
LOCAL JOTTINGS

LOCAL JOTTINGs
 The mail launch arrived from Tanana last Saturday night, two weeks behind time. The delay was due to trouble with her shaft and exhaust.
 Sing Sing, who looked after the mess on 8 Little Minook last win ter, has taken charge of the kitchen at the Rampant Restaurant duriug the absence of Mrs. Lewellyn out side.
 Deputy Marshal Dreibelbis left for Fairbanks on the Rock Island Dreibelbis is expected back to meet Marshal Perry here on the latter's arrival from Eagle It is reported that the resignation of Dreibelbis may not be accepted.
 Clerk H. R. Heilig, District At- torney N. V. Harlan and his sec retary E. V. Harlan passed through on the Rock Island to attend the Fairbanks court session. Marshal Perry was not aboard, but is ex- pected on the Sarah, leaving Daw- son June 70.
 The Rock Island arrived from Dawson or her way to Fairbanks last Saturday night. About one hundred passengers were aboard, and the boat was well loaded down with freight. Louis Lane, son of !C. D. Lane of Nome. was one ct the passengers, and was going to Fairbanks. Whether the Lanes To- cate there will depend in large measure on young Lanes report.
Alaska forum., 1904-06-04

Jules Marion, N, c. mail agent, arrived from uprive1 few days ago. Bob Shaeber is building win ter mail stations in tue Flats and may not complete them before fall.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-27
FLAG AT HALF MAST
Capitol Building Closed in Respect to
 Memory of T. W. Pemberton.

The body of T. w. Pemberton ar rived here on this morning's s. F. p. < P. train from Los Angeles, accom-. lpanied by the members of MT. Penn berton's family. and the funeral will be held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at lthe Presbyterian church, as previously lannounced. Rev. Lapsley A. McAfee conducting the services. MT. F.. R. Gage. MT. F. M. Murphy, Mir. J. IT.
 Emmert and others with whom MT Pemberton was intimately associated in life are here and will remain till lafter the funeral
 As a special mark of respect and by reason of MT. Pemberton having serv- cd the territory faithfully in the office of territorial treasurer, Acting Cover
 nor Nichols yesterday issued a pro- lclamation that all territorial offices at
 the capitol building should remain closed today and the flag will be float
 ed at half mast over the building. The
 Phoenix National Bank, of which MT. Pemberton was president, will
 be closed all day.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-27
INVENTORS, ATTENTION.

How rich I'd be- said an umbrslla l salesman, If I'd patented the umbrel- la."
 The floorwalker smiled
 ou might as well talk" said he. "of a patent on swimming or cooking. Umbrellas appear to have existed a. ways. Wherever We excavate-Baby- Ion, Ninevah, Nippur-traces of the um- brella are found. This instrument is coeval with mankind
 "Now, what you might do would be to patent some new kind of umbre. la- some rain shield built on better lines. We have proof that the umbrella has existed for 10000 years. and yet in that time it has not yet been once inn proved. Consider it. It is by no means perfect. It turns inside out readily and only protects the head and should srs from the rain. Change all that Gvs us the umbrella that is a complete rain shield. Then you will become a mill iiona.re. Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-27
BAPTIST CHURCH LOT
Sold to Projectors of a New Amuse-
 ment Enterprise.

Walter A. Ross. and Dr. R. NJ. Tafel of Chicago. have bought the lots at the corner of Second avenue and Jefferson street. owned by the First Baptist church of this city and the former site of its church building. It is the only vacant lot facing the court house plaze and is one of the most valuable inside properties that have recently been on the market. The deal was consum- mated by J. Ernest Walker, who says it is the intention of the new owners to erect a brick building, probably of two stories and to cost approximately $1O,- coo.
 The first story of the building is to be devoted to the purposes of a club and natatorium, which is to be run on strictly moral ideas and to be made a resort for the best people in the city. No liquor will be allowed on the premises and there will be attractions for both old and young. The building. at least, the first story of it. it is be- lieved will be ready for occupancy within ninety days.
 The lot is fifty feet wide, fronting on Jefferson street and running 137 1-2 feet along Second avenue. The front will be devoted to barber shop on one side the entrance and office on the other. Directly behind it will be the reception room and reading room, with shower and tub baths, both hot and cold water, on either side of it. In the rear along the Second avenue side will be the swimming pool, half the width of the building and running clear to the alley, and the other half of the
Arizona republican., 1904-05-27

Ispaee will be devoted to bowling alleys of which it is intended to have four. with up-to-d date equipment. There will, Iof course, be numerous dressing rooms
 for the bathers, conveniently located,
 and balconies will be constructed for visitors clear around the building, overlooking both the swimming baths land the alleys. There are various pro-
 jects under consideration for the util- izing of the second floor, but just what lit will be devoted to is not yet determ- ined.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-27

W. ! The death with prescribed I am thanku for the ecure" April Ot (ev) w. Jones D. 14l1 Jackson St. Houston Texas  medical of  If it f fly this generations had kidney disease life in danger
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Arizona republican., 1904-05-27
KIDNEY TROUBLE AND BRICHT'S DISEASE

l Dr. Jones, of Houston Texas Says:
 5rrht's Disease Was Completely