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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANCE.

w~ashincton's Miles of Saloon Fronts
Lecturer Says There Are Enough to
Line Pennsylvania Avenue - Herman
c. Metcalf's Address on Liquor.
1.-THE Liquor Traffic in Washington"
was the subject of an illustrated lecture
delivered by Mr.. Herman c.. Metcalf at a
recent meeting of the District Christian
Endeavor Union, at Assembly Presbytey-
ian Church. Mr.. Metcalf took the position
that the advocates of the abolition OF the
saloons were dreamers, but he contend cd
that their dreams might be well realized
by the application of practical methods IN
their labors. He showed by stereopticon
pictures the actual conditions existing in
the barrooms, of every class. in the Dis
trict. The church was we'll filled by En-
deavorers and the lecture was enthusiastic
cally applauded.
The lecture was preceded by a meeting
of the Union, at which a new orfaniZa-
ton to be known as the Concordia Lu-
theran intermediate Society was ad-
mitted to membership. The Nominating
Committee to select officers for the ensu-
ing year was also elected. Inc meeting
was presided over by Mr.. Owen P. Kellar,
President of the Union, and the prayer
was offered by Rev. George B. Wilson. In
his lecture, Mr.. Metcalf said:
Il never have been able to see how our
cause could be advanced by hurting epi-
thets at the men who are engaged in the
liquor business. They are, as a rule, hon.
orable in their business dealings, faithful
to their friends, and affectionate to their
families.
Il am not here to heap abuse upon the
heads of public officials. Neither do l be-
L. $3.50 nlo,1l ,.c-,ripot,, oopIorn and
berate the man who becomes the victim
of his appetite. The sooner we acknowl-
edge that the drunkard is the victim Of
disease disease of body and mind and
soul-and seek to apply a remedy, the
sooner may we look for more practical re-
suits from our labors.
"In 1892, the year before the League
was organized, there were exactly HOO Il
censed places. During the current license
year 627 licenses have been issued, a net
reduction in number Of 473.
ALLOWING twenty feet front to each
licensed place, which would be a conserv.
ative estimate, the 100 in 1892 would, if
placed side by side, make a row over four
miles long, half the distance from Wash.
ington to Alexandria. The 627 licensed
places. over 500 of which are in full blast
tonight, would line Pennsylvania avenue
solidly on both sides, and without leaving
openings for cross streets. between the
Peace Monument and the Treasury, and
there would still remain ninety-nine sa-
looms with which to decorate som other
thorougbfare."
MI. Metcalf said that it had been many
times suggested to him in his work with
the Anti,Saloon League that Washington
was cleaner than most great cities, not only
of this country, but also OF Europe; but,
he said, although he admitted this to be
so, Washington would never be clean
enough for him mt. there was not a Ii
censed barroom here.-Washington Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
The True and the Artificial.

1t is not difficult to distinguish between
the true and the artificial. The moral tesI
is the sure one. When conscience is SEN
~sitiye, and the will submissive, and the lift
consistent, there is no doubt about one'1
spirituality. When the soul sings: g
delight to do Thy will, o God" and theI
does delight to do Gods will, or does thu
will of God from firm resolve, there car
be no doubt. When one loathes sin, and
tries to leave tall sin, all kinds of SIM
sin against the body, sin against the soul
sin against the neighbor, sin agains]
Christ and the Father-there is no diff
fculty in reaching a decision as to thu
genuineness of Christian character. \
is no mirage. The garden of the Lord j
there.-Bishop John H. Vincent.
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Suspends Paper to Marry.

A Richmond Qnd.) dispatch to the Chi
cano Inter-Oceon runs: James CUP, edl'
tor and proprietor Of the Vernon Ind.)
Journal. has just been married to Miss
Myra Allen Hinchman. That he might
enjoy his honeymoon he has suspended the
publication of the Journal for one week
and has gone away with his bride. So far
as known, this is the first case OH record In
which a paper has. been suspended in or
der that a honeymoon might be taken.
Culp is an enterprising young man and has
something of a reputation for doing I'M
usual things.
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Three Wishes.
An infant in its cradle slept,
And in it's sleep it smiled -
And one by one three women knelt
TO kiss the fair-haired child; .
And each thought Of the days to be
And breathed asprayer half silently.
One poured her love on many lives,
But knew loves toll and care; 81
It's burdens oft had been to her
A heavy weight to bear. I'D
She stopped and murmured lovingly:
mot hardened hands, dear child, for
thee" Z
One had not known the burdened hands,
But knew the empty heart: 80
At life's rich banquet she had sat,
An urfed guest, apart. 4
"Oh, not" she whispered, tenderly,
An empty heart, dear child, for thee"
And one was old; she had known care
She had known loneliness;
She knew God leads US by no path
His presence cannot bless.
She smiled and murmured. trustfuIIy.,
Gods will, Gods will, dear child, for
.hec." ,
The British Weekly.
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Brewers rs ANGELS"

A decision of the Supreme Court OF Ne.
praska is to the effect that breweries must
ttH except in tAeir own names. But
what is there 10 prevent the brewers from
acting as "angels'-to use a theatrical
termEand furnishing capital to the appli-
cants for licenses while they protect their
Investments by mortgages on the prop
critics? 1t is known everywhere that a
system of that sort, or somewhat like it,
is practised on a most extensive scale by
the richest brewers in the Empire State
and elsewhere.-New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

Captain r. A. Weiss, keeper of the hgh5
house on Point Iona, Cal, has discoverS
a meteor which fell in 1875, and which HI
lain on the ground near the lighthouI
ever since. In the records of the ligA|
house Captain Weiss found an account d
the falling of the meteor and the locatio,
where it struck. He followed them an,
had the qualification of locating the stone
The meteor was found to be very large, to
large to be taken out of the ground as
whole, but several chunks of it which ha
broken off in the fall were recovered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
Cancer and Beer.

An inquiry by DR.. Alfred Wolf into the
mysterious cause of cancer has yielded
an unexpected conclusion which promises
temperance advocates a new and powerful
argument. DR.. Wolff discovers that all
the districts of high cancer mortality are
those in which beer or cider is largely
drunk. Bavaria, for instance, heads the
list in Germany, and Salzburg in Austria,
both great beer~-drinking provinces. In
France the statictics are still more strlk-
ing. There is the most marked contrast
between the high cancer mortality in beer
drinking departments and the low death
rate from cancer eisewhere-London Lit.
Bits
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An Unknown Conqueror.

When Rachel Hill was fifteen her moth
er died, and she became the head of theI
household. 1t was not an easy posi:ion|
for so young a girl, fol- Nora and Ned wereI
wilful and difficult to manage, and delicateI
little Ada needed special care. 1t would
have been a great relief to fall hack uponI
some relative-some one who was oiderj
and more experimentation to hire a house,
keeper. but neither plan was possible, and
so Rachel cheerfully assumed the burdenl
herself.
She was not particularly wise or tactful,
and she made many mistakes. There were
many nights, too, when, weary and heart7
sick, she fought the battle with her own
rebellion over the girlhood and good
times" she was losing, things which future
years could never bring her again. But
she never for a moment thought of giving
up.
When she was twenty-five a lover app
peared, and for a year Rachel tasted the
Joy of life. Then Ada, who had been
growing worse, was pronounced an incur
able invalid by the doctors. There was
anxiety over Ned, too, and pretty, thought
less Nora needed an older sisters care
So Rachel sent her lover away. 1t was nod
fair to him, she said, to keep up the en-
gagement when she could see no prospect
VI 1ISCOOlIls Liz plOlSSICu ~ u1Sls UuL w
for very long. Then Rachel settled down
to her life of sacrifice.
As the years passed they brought new
burdens. Nora married poorly, and after}
q while, a widow and penniless, returned
to the Old home with her child, to be sup4
ported by her sister. Ned went out West
and was not heard of for years, but at last
when Rachel was sixty, he, too, returned
broken in health and spirits, another care
for the busy hands of the mother sister.
But through the long years those hands
had grown used to burdens. To %strangera
there was nothing about the worn, gray3
haired woman to reveal one of Gfe's coni
luerors. She was not particularly attract
I've in any way, and she had been too busy
to acquire that easy touch with the world
which opens so many doors; But although
she did not realize it, her life had won the
had had the faults as well as the virtues
Of youth. She had cherished aspirations
and had had her own selfish plans and del
sires. But one by one she had put them
resolutely away, and had not repined1
From the selfishness of youth she had
grown into an unselfshness marvellous I'd
all who knew her.
MY prayer for years." she told her pas
tor one day, "has been that I may %outlive
all the others, so that I can take care of
them to the end. And I think it is going
to be granted me. I have no other wish
but this"
Does the story seem a sad one? Yet
how many eager young hearts, reading the
stories of holy lives of other ages, have
caught visions of the greatness Of love
which "seeketh not her own," and been
touched to higher purpose.
Don't, dear!!" a lady exclaimed to d
young girl, who was laughing over some hit
tie peculiarities of dress and manner OF an
old woman she had seen on the train
you don't know-we are so blind, often
1t may be that she is one of the worlds
saints."-Youth's Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
The Beaten Oil.

The lamp OF God is designed to shine
all through the dreary hours of the night,
And when we make frequent mention Of
the goodness and grace of God We are
holding forth the word of life, and shin
ing as lights in the world. Some one crop
ing amid darkness is encouraged, strength
ened and cheered. There is more real
help and encouragement in the Christian
life coming from the pews than we think,
But this volume of light might be in1
creased a thousand fold if we would only
observe the goodness of God, and mediate
thereon, and then make mention of all
His loving kindness. There are three
characteristics about oil, whether good on
bad. Crude oil gives poor light, makes d
bad odor and is liable to explosion. Pure
oil gives a good light, gives no bad odo1
and is safe from explosion. Religious utI
terance may be like either of these. a
hasty, forced, unmeditated speech is moi
illuminating, not very fragrant, and APT
to need revision in calmer momentsI
Whereas, 4 prayerful, prepared and spir|
itual word sheds light, its SAVIOR is sweel
and it abides unchanged. Are We givind
beaten oil for the sanctuary? Let US MOI
rob God of His due, but make mention
of His manifold kindness and everlasting
faithfulness.-From sermonette' by th4
Rev. Cornelius Woelfkin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
How GIovemakers Meet New Conditions.

\ size six glove to-day is larger than
4 size six glove five years ago, and this
applies to all the Sizes made. Tile eX-
planatien is that ladies' hands have
grown larger than they used to he,
through their practice of cycling, golf
ing, hockey, etc, but they do not like
to admit it, so the glovemakers meet
the new conditions and yet avoid hurt
Ing the vanity Of their customers
Westminster Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
Drcam Restored Stolen Purse.

While Mrs. Jacob Ebert was sitting on
the front porch Of her home at Wilkes
barre, Pa, thieves entered from the rear
and stole a pocketbook containing sos and
some papers. The woman says that next
night she dreamed that the pocketbook
was hidden under the grape arbor in her
yard. She went to the place and found
the pocketbook. but the money was gone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
Welcome News.

An English magazine brings the welcome
news to the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union members that enthusiasm for
temperance is overtaking the majority OF
fashionable women in England, and that,
having found out that wines and spirits
are bad for the complexion, they are drink
ing lemon barley water at luncheon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

A London buyer has been in the
Chicago market engaged in executing
an order for artillery horses for the
British Government. For these horses
from S125 to $3.50 per head is paid, and
their weights run from 1900 to 1900
pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

The report of the Minister of Rail.
ways gives the length of the railways
in Canada on June 80, 1903, as 1886
miles. OF this. 1907 miles were OPP
Grated by steam and 7j9 by electricity.
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Cog Railroad Up the Alps.

A fourteen-hour climb to the top OF
Mount Blanc, Switzerland, will soon be
done in two hours by a cog railroad. 1t
will climb over ll,700 feet and reach a
point 1870 feet above the sea level, and
will be nearly eleven miles in length. go
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

Sir William Ramsay, at a recent lee
ture. said that cases Of rodent ulcer
had been cured by the aid of radium,
but as far as he knew, there had been
no successful effort yet to treat can.
Ger.
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The American traction engines are
rapidly replacing the British type in
Argentina. The former are said to be
lighter and can be more easily moved
over the ground, and are cheaper.
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Professor George Darwin, T. r. S.
has been elected President Of the Brit.
ish Association for the meeting to be
held in South Africa next year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

Experiments to ascertain the nutri.
tive qualities of condensed milk, and
to discover its possible adulterations,
are being made at the agricultural ex-
pertinent station of Wisconsin Univer-
sity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
The Greatest Often Obscure.

Real greatness has nothing to do witt
q mans sphere. 1t does not lie in tn
magnitude OF his outward agency, in tn
extent of the effects which he produces
The greatest men may do comparativel,
little abroad. Perhaps the greatest in ou
city at this moment are buried in obscuri
ty. Grandeur of character lies wholly il
force of soul; that is, in the force d
thought, moral principle and love, an.
this may be found in the humbiest condl
ton of life.-W. Z. Claiming. n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
Miause of Drink.

NJ. Thirty, Professor in the University Of
Liege, has persuaded his Government to
permit him to lecture in the prisons on
ethics and the conduct Of life, with special
reference to the use and misuse of drink.
Statistics from his town show that in cases
OF fighting and assault half of the offend
ers are more or less intoxicated; amoey
thieves and swindlers, thirty-four per cent.
are habitual drinkers. Criminals are usu-
ally ignorant, and they offend in their sins,
as they often offend in their, living,
through lack of guidance and understand
Ing. Professor Thirty had the opposition
of the authorities, as all peoalogists have
in respect to prison reform, there seeming
to be a general view that the society
should "take it OUT of the convict to the
uttermost, without regard to his personal
ity, history or the gravity of his otfense.
But, having obtained the required permls'
sion, he has talked on Temperance and al
lied subjects, and, as he reports. with the
best results. The self-respect OF the prls-
oners has been awakened.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
No Drinking Men IS Elevator Builders.

"Tn tell you what it is" said the old
elevator constructor, as he putIed remln:
~iscently upon a short ste-nmed pipe, II
there is ever a time when a mai wants to
keep a clear head and have his wits about
him. it is when he is working on an ele.
vator Job in one OF our modern skyscrap'
ers. !.
Not only would a single misstep cost
him his life, but u weakened bolt, a mis-
placed screw, or a defective bit of machin.
cry would imperil the lives of scores Of
men and. women. So essential are steady
hand and bright wits in our trade that
under the rules Of our union no drinking
man can stay in the organization. The
first time a member of the union goes on
a lob under the influence of liquor ne is
suspended for a month and fined. For the
second ~offense he is summari!y expelled,
without hope of reinstatement: It's pref;
~ drastic treatment. but we have found
It the wisest way to deal with the matter"
philadelphia Telegraph.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

Income Tax in Montenegro.
The income tax has been introduced 70,
The first time in Montenegro.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

NJ. J. J. Siegfried has given to the
Institute of France the Castle Of Lam
geais. with the sum Of 100000 francs
for the costs of installations and an
endowment yielding an income OF TO-
600 francs for its support.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
Discovered an Old Meteor.

No man can mold back the hands
Gods clock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

One of the most interesting posses
sions of the museum at the Hahne-
mann Medical College, in Philadelphia,
is a complete nerve skeleton made by
DR.. Rufus 3. Weaver, the famous neu.
rologist. 1t is said to be the only spec.
linen Of the kind in the world.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24

The Otto Wahlbruch prize, Of the
value of $4,000, has been awarded by
the University Of Gottingen to Profes.
sor Wilhelm Pfeffer, Professor Of Bot.
any at Leipzig. The prize is awarded
for the most important contribution
to science during the past two years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-24
CHAPTER I.
Roses.

MOI GRANITE-BUILT Jersey
u y farmhouse, its walls
Is q o bleached by the salt
II ahna : storms Of a hundred win
~oR ters, it's windows case
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
INTERESTING PROGRA

A fair sized audience turned out last
Friday evening to witness the annual
exhibition given by the Y M. c. A..
gymnasium classes AT the opera house,
and all speak of II in meritorious
praise. There was a noticeable inn
provement in the work of the advanced
classes over previous exhibitions, which
speaks well for the training and disci-
pline of their instructor. While some
features of the program might merit
special praise, we do not feel disposed
to rasp the feelings of others who took
part, belonging to the association, and
therefore will make plain statement
of facts and say that each and every
number was excellent, as stated by
every body attending. The entertain
ment was carried out according 20
printed program with two exceptions
the musical membership Temple
ton played a clarinet solo instead Of
Ed CANDLES trombone solo, and the
either music was only executed by one
person, instead of two. The juniors
were dressed in white waists and black
trousers, and maize a Leap appearance,
and in the py ramidS the senior-juniors
were all dressed in white and the APP
paratus they used was white.
Two much cannot De said in praise of
the physical director, j F. Murray, who
has bent every energy during the year
in bringing the boys up to high stand
ard of excellence in their training, and
that he has. accomplished his object was
plainly apparent in the exhibition OF
Friday evening.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
FINE WEATHER..

With the event of May Has come the
most perfect spring weather. For four
or five days now there has not been a
cloud 10 the sky, and the air has been
all that could be wished for The
breeZes have been from the south, and
very balmy. tits such a change fromIthe
severe cold weather that we have had
with us ever since last November, that
Is seems to have given our people re-
newed life, and many are making ex
cursions into the country every day,
coming home loaded with trailing ar
butus; those who are more sportively
inclined have gone out TO angle for
trout. and many are going to Big Rib
and other streams to fish, and we learn
that several good catches of muscal-
longe have been made on Big Rib.
Those who have tished for trout at
Eland Junction and out on the Wolf
river, and over on Little Rib have had
excellent success. Next Saturday quite
a delegation is arranging TO go over to
Evergreen to spend the week and no
doubt will come home with all the trout
they can carry. The latter part of this
4Sek Messrs. Kreufzer, Bird and Good
ing viii go mp to Plum Lake To look
over their cottages, and to indulge in
fishing for muscallonge. While April,
for that matter the whole past winter,
was the coolest ever known in this sec
ton, it may prove TO make the month
Of May a very pleasant one
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
CLUB MEETS AGAIN.

The Wausau Mems club held its
monthly meeting last evening at Fra
ternity hall, about one hundred mem
bers being present. The principal ad-
dress of the evening was made by John
Manson, whose subject was municipal
utilities, and he offered many sugges-
tive propositions, the carrying out of
which would benefit the city. He also
advocated identifying Wausau in
different ways, such as improving the
west bank of the Wisconsin river be-
low Harrison Blvd, and making park
of Stewards island after the lower
bridge is built
Chas. Turner read letters from Fond
du Lac and Sioux City, Ia, where bust
ness mems clubs are organized, which
stated that they had accomplished
much in their operation. The club at
Fond du Lac was instrumental in Sc
curing the Wells Shoe Co. for that city.
Several inquiries have been made here,
it was stated, by corporations desiring
a new location. and the club expects to
get some Of them. Several committees
were appointed, among them one to
solicit acreage for sugar beets, John
Lamont and VIM Chellis being named
for such. The meeting was very prof
liable and full of many suggestions for
advancement, that will be worked out.