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PLEA FOR TOTAL ABSTINENCE
No Other Attitude Towards the Liquor
Question Is Right
or Sane.

What is the fundamental principle of
The temperance reform? Is it not that
alcohol is the most insidious and the
most destructive of all poisons? Wine
is a mocker," insidious; strong drink is
raging" fierce destroyer. Such is it's
description in that most discriminating
OF all books, the Bible. The experience
and inventions of men confirm the testi-
mony. Other drugs and poisons have
each some one peculiar effect upon the
human system. Opium acts on the nerv-
Gus structure, perverts the Imagination
to idle dreams, and destroys the whole
man by the Incidence and lethargy
superinduced through that action. Prus-
sic acid and some of the mercurial poi
sons seize on the vital fiuids-on some
more. on others lesS-and curdle and
corrode them through brief and mortal
agony. Arsenic, nux vomica and others
act on the stomach in different ways and
produce death or great injury The
poison of the rattlesnake or the SLAYER
of the mad dog may be swallowed with
out harm, but is fatal on the broken
skin. Some drugs stimulate the animal
properties to more than brutal excess;
some blotch the skin, and others rot the
bones. But it is reserved for alcohol to
perform at once almost all the functions
of other poisons, destroying man as a
passive and helpless victim; and, last
and worst of all to make him an active
and fearful agent in the ruin or misery
of all around him. Not only is his own
body destroyed. and his own progeny
polluted by the bad blood he transmits
to them, but his soul is denounced, the
fountain of natural affections is sealed
up, or its pure streams turned into the
waves of the burning lake, so that he
spurns his loving wife loathes his sweet
children and curses his weeping moth
er. Now, what other poison does all
thisf And when does alcohol fail OF
such tendencies? And how often do its
influences surpass, infinitely surpass, all
powers of description? If the forego-
ing positions are true-if they are but
very partially true-should not every
moral suasive and every righteous legal
power be employed to put away this
poison from every human life? asks
Samuel Aaron, in National Advocate
How can any sensible man maintain
| the moderate use of such an article or
! the same ground that he does that o
wholesome and needful food? Does the
use of food tend at all to make devil
Does the moderate use Of it tend in.
fallibly to gluttony? Alcoholic poisons
cause intense bodily suffering, infatuatt
the mind, tickle the nerves and excite
the brain. Our object is definite, mos
distinctly marked-to put these poison'
entirely out of use. The true remedy il
| voluntary total abstinence
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25

his crime" The able was pressed to
tell the tale or to give a clew to the
culprit, but he maintained a guarded
silence. Presently in came one of the
most trusted of all the monarch's IA.
vorites
"Ah! M. rAbbe." said he. recogniz.
Ing an old friend. Gentlemen" he
continued, turning to the company. ct
was the first penitent whom the able
ever shrived, and promise YOU when
told him my story he heard what
astonished him." That night the no.
bleman was carried to the bastile. and
the evidence OF crime committed 80
years before was complete.
Cigars and liqueurs vanished mvs-
teriously from the shelves of a Lon
don restaurant. Watching seemed of
no avail; the stock still disappeared.
At last the detective came upon a
broken piece of button. 1t was treas.
ured, and a visit was planned to a
man already under discreet surveil-
lance. The suspect was wearing coat
which in one place had only half a but
ton, and suspicion became certainty in
the minds of the officers; but they
went to work with caution, and unfold
ed their errand. The man laughed
loudly.
Think I've got light fingers, do
they? You can search and welcome"
But his mood changed and his face
fell when a detective stepped across,
and, producing the fragment OF a but
ton, matched ii on his own garment
The transition from bravado to dismay
was dramatic and ludicrous Every
pretense broke down. "All right" he
muttered, and surrendered
For long while the parcels and
trunks carried in the baggage cars Of
certain trains were tempered with.
The detectives watched closely but had
no clew. When the train reached it's
journeys end the cords and locks Of
the packages were all right, but some
Of the contents were missing. At last
suspicion fell upon the brakeman, and
It was decided to test him. On this
particular night he was tempted to
look into a large wooden package
which wore the appearance of contain.
ing good things. BY the aid of a
screwdriver and a hammer he raised
the lid of the crate and forced it half
open. What was his amazement when
he found it contained the detective,
who sprang out and arrested him on
the spot
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
TRACKED BY CHANCE
STORIES THAT TELL OF NEMESIS
IN STARTLING GUISE.
Sherlock Holmes in Every Day Life
Secret of the Confessional Be-
trayed Courtier-Victim
of Broken Button.

A distinguished surgeon, who was
also detective in embryo, was called
to perform an operation upon a man
who had been shot by an unknown as.
sassin. The position of the man and
the mystery of the shooting rendered
the case notorious. The man was un.
conscious at the time of the operation,
and nothing could be obtained from
him. When the doctor examined the
wound, he said TO his assistant:
"A pistol has been fred at him by
person who is left-handed."
While he was explaining the reasons
Tor his conclusion Mr.. As partner,
Mr.. x. entered the room. Some
thing about his manner attracted the
attention of the eminent surgeon, and
he whispered to his colleague:
eff that man were left-handed I
should at once suspect him of the
crime"
The next instant he turned to x
and said:
"Will you kindly hand me that
lint?"
X did so, using his left hand.
The man died. X was accused of
the murder, and, upon being tried and
condemned, confessed his guilt
A dramatic example Of a mans guilt
being disclosed after the lapse of many
years comes from the reign of Louis
XIV. During the days Of that mon,
| arch brilliant able was one of a large
party who had assembled on a certain
| occasion round the royal supper table
The able added to the interest of the
evening by telling the adventures OF
a memorable career. "T remember
said he, "well the first penitent who
came to my confessional. 1 was young
then, and little accustomed to hear the
secrets of court life. The man was
a murderer, who told me the story oil
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
PROGRESS OF REFORM.

No saloon for the city means good
trade in the stores and thrift among
the people.-National Advocate.
Lieut.. Tilley, U. S. N, governor
of the province of Tutuila in the
Samoan islands, has excluded intoxi-
cants from the province
Countess Adeline Schimmelmann
has opened in Kiel, Germany. the frs.
anti-alcoholic home on strictly Chris
tan lines, as her own private enter
prise. By special protection of the
government, she is allowed to work in
the imperial German army.
Horn of Plenty.-A whisky manufac-
turer had among his brands one called
the Horn of Plenty" on which a tenn
perance poet wrote the following lines.
PLENTY ofpoverty, plenty of pain;
Plenty of sorrow, plenty of shame;
Plenty OF broken hearts, hopes doomed and
sealed;
Plenty OF graves for the potters' field"
movement inaugurated by physi-
clans is now on loot Tor the adoption
of the educational methcd against
drink. The Council of the British
Medical association, through a com
mittee of its members, has asked
every registered physician in England.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales to sign
with them a petition for the COM
pulsory study of the laws of health.
including elementary instruction on
the nature of and effects of alcohol
on the body and mind. 1t is recog-
nized that the hope of the nation lies
in preventing the formation of drink
ing habits through education of tn
rising generation.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
And It Did Too.

At certain railway station a Young
dandy was amusing himself trying all
the penny-in-the-slot machines At last
ne came to one that did not respond to
the copper.
Look here!' he said to a porter.
zone machine is to try your strength
and another to try YOUR weight; so
I've put a penny in that blooming
thing and can't see what it's for"
That. governor" replied the porter,
is to try your temper."-TitB Bits.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25

some coffee for the men. mother?
think they would like it,"
Then the thought flashed through
the lady's mind: There are many to
sell them beer and none to sell them
coffee
why, there are nearly 80 of them"
she said. aloud. Il don't think can af-
ford to give all of them coffee"
"oh, mother!" exclaimed the disap-
pointed girl
We'll, if you are disappointed. you
have enough money in your bank" said
the mother. You can go to the grocery
store and buy coffee and sell it to the
men a; two cents a cup. II they want
coffee at all they would rather pay for
it."
To the grocer's then the child flew. ct
amt any use" said the grocery man,
promptly. 1.-The men will have their
beer. They wouldn't take coffee if you
gave ii 10 them"
Il shan't give it," said Hetty. I'm
going to sell it,"
And sell it she did.
AT first the rough men were greatly
surprised at the girls steamins pail and
her pretty, business-like manner; but
soon they bought and drank, and
smacked their lips Some of them de-
clared that hot coffee like this was bet
ter than beer"
The sirl-pedGler soon had all she
could Go. She too, another girl as part
ner the next day. and was successful be-
yond her sanguine hopes. The neigh
borhood was all alive with interest in the
new venture; but the most surprising
thlns OF all was that the oaths and rude
language We're now seldom heard upon
that street A new gentleman seemed to
have been born in the spirit of these
rough men. Their foreman declared
that Tor the time the little miss came he
never Lad better gang of laborers un-
Ger him. He, 100, had found it possible
not 10 swear at his men.
But, TOO soon. the men passed on I'M the
street and Hetty could no longer serve
them, but the incident which took Mace
IN al eastern town recalls the fact that
we, by Ihou2htfulness and attention. can
me little ways of serving and benefting
DINERS that will make both them an6 MS
napier and better. It is because of our
1nolherence that it is not done.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
Perpetuating a Feud.

He-l heard story of a southern
feud, the other day, where all the par
ties interested on both sides had been
killed off, excepting a girl on one side
and young man on the other side
She-Quite interesting.
There was danger that the young
woman would move away, and then
The feud would be at an end"
"Wen"-
"a match was made between the
two, and they were married; that was
the only way the feud could be per-
petuated. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
shingling His Own Roof.

chaplain McCabe tells the story of a
onnklng man who, being in a saloon
1ate ~ night heard the wife of the
SAIGON Keeper say to her husband:
send that fellow home; it's late"
No never mind" replied the bus-
band; he is shingling our house
for us"
The idea lodged in the mind of the
orunkard. and he did not return to
me saloon for six months. When pass
ing the saloon keeper in the street tha
latter said: 'A0
'Why don't you come around 70 ou
place any more?"
Thank you for your hospitalitv -
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
This Coffin Was No Tow

A man weighing $50 pounds, the
heaviest human being in England was
buried the other day at Dover. His
body lay in q coffin that was seven
feet long, three feet wide and two feet
three inches deep. Twelve men lifted
it, and it was passed out through a
window into a hearse backed up on
the sidewalk.
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
GENERAL MARKETS

Philadelphia Pa, June %. - Flour
steady; winter superfine, $3.25@S40;
Penna. roller. clear. $4.406465; city
mills, fancy. $5.25G5.35. Rye -four
quiet; per barrel. $4.l5. Wheat firm;
No. Penna. red, SOCIOLOGY. Corn
firm; No. yellow, local. soc Oats
steady; No. > white, clipped 49c ::
lower grades, 47c. Hay steady; No. l
timothy, Sl7.50G IS. large bales. Pork
firm; family, SIG. Beef steady; beef
hams, $2OG p. Live poultry steady;
hens, lac; old roosters, Toe Dressed
poultry firm; choice fowls, lie: old
ROSTERS. 10c. Butter steady; cream
cry, 19c Eggs firm; New York and
Penna.. 1S'2c Potatoes steady; new,
S250@3 per bushel
Baltimore, Md, June %. - Wheat
dull; spot, contract. $1.01@ 1.01A !:
spot, No. , red western, $1.01QI0lA;
steamer No. red, S5MS5Hc; south
ern, by sample. soc a s1.01; southern
on grade. soc. a $i.01. Corn quiet, easy;
spot, 51A a. 52c.; steamer mixed, 49A
M49kc.; southern white corn, 500
seize; southern yellow corn. 500
561hc Oats easier; No. white. 471hM
4Sc; No. mixed 44lR @45c Rye dull
and easier; No. western, 79c. Hay
steady; No. ! timothy, $3.50: No. /
clover mixed. S13.5Od1 IA. Butter finn;
fancy imitation, 10000; fancy cream
cry 24f125c.; fancy ladle. 15ml6c.:
store packed. 120 13c. Eggs were
steady, at lie per dozen.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
A Coupon Clinner

She CATER the honeymoon)-Wha
DO you really mean that you have no
income outside of your salary?
He-Certainly | mean what I say.
But you often told me that your
fingers ached from clipping coupons. !"
Yes; / used to take a good many
newspapers. IN. Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
Scandal and Truth.

A little scandal trickled through
Where gossip cracked the wall,
And rapidly the volume grew
That was at first so small.
They sought with truth TO I'll the rent,
To close the ugly breach, but spent
Their efforts all in vain for, like
The stream that steals out through the diks
Foul scandals volume swells and spreads
Beginning as a subtle slur
1t quickly wrecks and rips to shreds
The splendid walls of character
Chicago Record Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
journalistic Limitations.

Schoolmate-It must be lovely TO he
married to a newspaper man. You get
free tickets to all the theaters and
operas, don't you?
Mrs. Scribbler-Y-e-s but we never
go.
why not?"
I'VE haven't anything to wear."-N.
Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
A Family Affair.

"Will you marry me?" asked the fair
young thing.
"I-I-really, this is so student" an
swered the timid youth. II fear may
only be brother to you, but you might
ask papa"
You'll be a brother to me, anyhow, {"
she replied. Mamma is asking your
papa, tOo."1Jud9e
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
The Honey Bird of Africa

The honey-bird of South Africa is
about the size of sparrow, and has n
shrill, Kissing cry, with which it attracts
the attention of men, whom ii conducts
to trees, sometimes miles away, where
wild honey is stored.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
The Limit.

Reporter-Then You think the ma
tional prosperity has touched the high
water mark?
Flnancier-Well, perhaps not. Still
wouldn't advise any more water for
the present.-Town Topics.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
Live Stock Markets.

Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Pa.
@G.35; prime, $5.S5@610; fair. 1865
0490 Hogs active; prime heavias
mediums and heavy Workers. $5.40M
5.45; light Workers. $3.50 $40; pigs,
S5.f5@5.25; roughs, S46450. Sheep
slow, prime wetherS. $490@5.10; com
mon sheep. $293; choice lambs. $4@
6.75; veal calves, $5.50@5.75.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
Two Ton Manu

Triplets," sale wee Winkletop, with
a very knowing air, always come to
poor families. It's when God sends them
whole line OF samples to pick from,
and they hasn't enough money to pay
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25

Tommy" asked the teacher. what
do you understand by the word ere
ate?'"
To make ont of nothing"
Give me an example"
MY sister creates a pompadour every
morning. Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25

The Montana local option bill has been
declared constitutional by the supreme
court.
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An Incons istencv.

How oft the politician
Demands in accents grim
Reform for other people,
But none OF II for him.
Washington Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25
Familiar Instance.

the expressman to take two OF 'em
back. "-Lippincott's Magazine.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-06-25

replied the former victim. I've been
Singing my own roof lately"
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
Bigamist Escapes Thro' Stove FIue.

Especial to News and Observer
Goldsboro, N. c., April 1S.-Mill Har-
ris. negro who was in jail here awaiting
court this week to answer 10 the charge
of bigamy, succeeded in making his es-
cape from Jail on Saturday evening by
crawling through a stove flue. lie Ior-
merly worked for Mr.. 4. c. Bryan as a
timer and was also accused OF taking a
quantity Of tin and tools.
The promenade concert to be given in
the Banner Warehouse on "Wednesday
night by the citizens military band prom
ises to be one Of the most unique and
successful events of the season st. step
hens Guild. Company d., Goldsboro rifles,
Ruffin Lodge X OF F., and the Eclipse
Fire Company will unite with the band n
making every moment Of the evening re-
piete with pleasure
Glldsboro is now on the eve OF q bond
election ito help build a railroad from here
to Seven Springs. The election in this
township will take place tomorrow and
the election in the adjoining two town
ships through which the road will run
viii take place on Wednesday or Thurs
dav.
Goldsboro township has been asked TO
vote $4,000 in bonds and the other two
townships $4,000 together.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
Cured to Stay Cured.

Mrs. s. Il. Roberts, Clinton, Ia. sent postal
card request for trial bottle of brakes Pal
metto Wine to Drake Formula Company. Drake
Block Chicago. H.. and received it promptly
by return mail without expense to her. Mrs
Roberts writes that the trial bottle OF this won
derful Palmetto Medicine provedquite sufficient
to completely cure her, She says: "One tria'
bottle of brakes Palmetto Wine has cured me
after months OF intense suffering. My trouble
was Inflammation OF Bladder and serious con
dition of Urinary organs. brakes Palmetto
Wine gave me quick and entire relief and
have had no trouble since using the one trial
bottle"
Brakes Palmetto Wine cures every such
case to stay cured. 1t is a true. unfailing speci
&c for Liver, Kidney. Bladder and Prostate
Troubles caused by Inflammation, Congestion
orCatarrh. When there is Constipation. Brakes
Palmetto Wine produces q gentle and natural
action OF the bowels and cures Constipation i'm
mediately, 10 stay cured. One small dose day
does all this splendid work and any reader of
this paper may prove it by writing to Drake
Formula Company. Drake Building, ChicagoIu
for trial bottle OF Drake Palmetto Wine. 1t
is free. and cures A letter or postal card Is
your only expense.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19

st. Marks, Fla, Jan. %, 1908.
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which also caused me to have
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body. My blood c,lso becam so
bad that the least little scratch
on my hands would make G
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"I am thankful to say that
your Liver and Blood Syrup
brought me the longed-for relief,
and that I now feel better than
have for many years.
Yours truly,
P, G.. DAMBLY.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19

and opened court 1t is term of one
week for the trial of civil causes only.
The first case TO be tried is Phlegar vs.
Mendenhall, involving title to Lawyer.
row, brick building occupied as law
offices on Court square. mis- case occu-
pied five days of December term. q mis-
trial was the result, the jury standing
eleven to one N favor of the plaintiff.
Mr.. O. D. Boycott, a former business
man here, who has been spending the
last fifteen months in his old home in
England, returned last night, and will
again resume business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
SCIENCE PREVENTS Badness.
The Fatal Germ and It's Remedy Now
Facts Of Science.

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The Guide Buys the Banner.
Especial TO News and obscrver.)

Especial TO News and Dissolved
Dunn, n. c., April 1S.-Mr, j. p. Pitt
man, owner and editor OF the Weekly
Guide has bought the entire printing out
fit, including subscription list and good
will of the Banner Publishing and Print
ing Company, which heretofore has been
publishing the Democratic Banner. This
sale includes the brick building formerly
occupied by the Banner Company. This
building now belongs to Editor Pittman
and viii constitute the permanent home
OF the twice a-weel Guide, the paper he
is now to conduct and edit