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Head Hunters.


Head hunters is the name given to
the professional assassins of Solomon
Islands. The vocation of these men
is to procure the heads Of those whom
they are hired to murder, or to sell the
victims for sacrificial purposes. Some
times the enemies Of a man offer
large sum, to be paid in the native
shell money, for the head, which will
be a proof Of death; and the head
hunter, with cold-blooded and unscru'
pulous methods, lays his plans.
Frequently great caution is neces.
sary. The intending murderer will
worm his way into the friendship of
the victim. and a long period may
elapse before the opportunity will ar.
rive for the fatal stroke. 1t may thus
often happen that the murdered mans
death will have been compassed by one
whom he has regarded as the closest
and most loving Of intimates. Surely
this is the most hateful of all profess
sions followed for the sake of gain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
nLoYe IntereSt.o "

A weekly contemporary, says the
London Graphic, remarks that "love
interest" is being relegated to a subor-
dinate place in modern fiction. There
probably never was a time in the his
tory of literature when really great
novelists could not dispense with that
interest and yet hold the attention of
their readers. Ceryantes did so in "Don
Quixote." So did Dickens in "The
Pickwick Papers," and Disraeli in
"vivian Grey" and Zola in LA
Debacle," and there are many other
instances. At the same time it stands
to reason that, as civilization becomes
more complicated. the noyelists will
become less and less disposed to harp
continually upon single theme.
Women, in particular, have more in
terests in life than they used to have,
and women are the novelises most
faithful clients. Their lives, like the
material world "a general. progress
"from an indefinite incoherent homo
geneity to a definite coherent hetero-
geneity." Etcetera. etcetera. The
Spencerian philosophy, which explains
so many things, explains also the de-
position of the love interest from its
sovereign place in contemporary ro-
nance.
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q few small areas Of treeless upland
country, particularly along the Pacific
Coast north Of the city of Panama,
where considerable number Of set
Elements are found and agriculture is
followed. The towns and hamlets are
scattered over these upland regions or
dotted along the coasts. particularly
on the inlets, or planted in the interior
along some waterways within easy
reach Of the sea or along the line Of
the Isthmian railroad, between the cit
les Of Panama and Colon, where the
population is most dense.
Panama is supposed to have about
250. 900 inhabitants; but no census has
ever been take1., and these figures are
based only upon an official estimate
by the Colombian Government. The
difficulties of travel and the ill famed
climate have made the Isthmus so un-
attractive to residents from foreign
IaRds that they have added little to
our knowledge Of the people and coun-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20

This map is that adopted by the best
photographers pending the decision of
the dispute.
4 Near the boundary on the Caribbean
B1de Is Boca del Toro, the fine inlet
protected by islands.
:, The eastern boundary is the Gulf of
Darien and the Atrato River, which is
naVigable almost to its source. in north
western Colombia. The river would
hot be prominent in any hostilities
that Colombia might contemplate, be-
cause muddy bars at its mouth pre-
vessels; and to take troops down the
Atrato to Panama would involve the
crossing Of almost impossible noun
tain ranges.
When the American geologist, Rob
ert T. Hill, made geological recon
noissance through the Isthmus several
years ago he reported that our knowl-
edge of the higher SUBMITS and the
topography of the country beyond the
low drainage valleys opening on the
oceans was very deficient. We know,
however, that most of the interior is
thickly sprinkled with hills and low
mountains most irreguiarly distribut-
ed. The courses of the larger rivers
have been traced, and also some of
the tributaries; and the courses of
some smaller tributaries have been in
ferred from the lay Of the land.
But while most Of the territory of
Panama is uninhabited. except by
scattered bands of Indians. there are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
A Sure Way to Escape.

A man whose widow testi6es that ho
was never drunk in his life died in a. New
York hospital the other day of delirium
tremens, the doctors declare. His habit
was to take two drinks of whisky daily,
one in the morning and the other at night.
He was not robust physically, and these
two drinks, steadily repeated every twenty
four, hours for some thirty years, finally
alcoholized his tissues, undermined his
nervous strength and killed him. 80.
Laymen have scoffed at the doctors for
holding that two drinks day can do one
any harm, much less send him raving to
drunka1d's grave, but the doctors stand
their ground, and come back at the moder-l
ate drinkers in way to alarm these com.
fortably self;indulgent and easy-minded
persons. Men so eminent in their probes
sion as Drs. Shrady, ,Danforth, Somerset
and Bailey assert that those who cannot
themselves whenever they touch alcohol
are really in less danger than those who
seldom or never drink to excess, but inn
bibe steadily-the strong-wilied tipplers,
who "carry their liquor like gentlemen"
and pride themselves on being able to
"take it or leave it alone" Dr.. shrady
puts it thus: ..Aat
AS between the habitual drinker and
the dipsomaniac, the latter has the better
Cnance or gO0Q 0lQ age. lC 15 just Cn6
difference between the fame which burns
itself out quickly and is done with, and
the smoldering fire which slowly but sure
ly eats into the vital organs, produces de.
generation Of the arteries and brings on
q premature old age. 1t is not so much
the quantity of alcohol man drinks as
the regularity and frequency with which
he drinks that work the havoc with his
system.
Of course, there are unnumbered men,
and women, too, who on social occasions
take wine without injury to themselves.
And it is also true that there are multi
tudes so organized nervously that they
are in no danger Of becoming drunkards,
though they like bottle of claret with
their dinner and a glass of something
stronger on occasion. r,.,.a 80
But the safe course for the young man
who has his way to make in the world
is to eschew drinking altogether. he may
be among the fortunate upon whom alco-
hol can take no hold, but then again he
may have the physical and nervous sus-
ceptibility which makes it unsafe to trihs
with the tempter. If he resolves to be q
total abstainer he will be completely in
sured against the peril which strews tho
shores Of life with wrecks. F..
If you don't drink you can't possibly be-
come a drunkard.-Editorial in the New
York American, ... -.
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The late George S. Morrison. the civil
engineer, in his address in December
before the American Geographical So
ciety, said that the death rate on the
Isthmus could be greatly diminished.
He attributed the unhealthful climate
to the fact that no systematic sanitary
work has even been undertaken.
There is an abundance of excellent
water in the mountain streams, but no
village or city has a water supply.
There is no sewerage system.
The women wash soiled clothes in
the streams and the people get their
water from the same streams. Nearly
every disease may be found there, and
the filth of centuries is kept under
some Of the houses-New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
How Paris Paper Grew.

Additional proof Of the enormous
change in French journalism in recent
years is seen in the fact that the Petit
Partisan now comes out as a twelve
page paper. Ten years ago it was a
little four-page sheet. Then it grew to
six pages, then to eight, and has now
reached twelve. AS its circulation is
over million day, it may now be
considered the best newspaper prop.
erty in France. Thirty years ago NJ.
Dupuy, its proprietor, was a bai!iff
serving writs in Paris, and three years
ago he was Minister of Agriculture.
Now he is a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

Poem: Who Will Sign e-An Instance
Showing That Two Drinks Day May
Send Man Raving to . Drunkard's
Grave-A Terrible Warning.
Sign the pledge! Who will sign? Mako
no more delay; ...... f.
Wait not till to morrow; better sign
to-day.
Sign the pledge right early! Offer no
excuse,
Stopping short of duty never is of use.
For a million pledges we have set our plows
You can lend a good hand; lend it here
and now! -
For the sake Of others, for your own sake
sign, ,..,-..- ..-s
For the wide worlds welfare, come, with
us combine.
See the drink curse raging! Join to stem
its course
By your wise example, by loves gentle
force! .,...... -,
Parents. answer quickly to your country's
call, -
Christians, for this service Christ requires
/ you all!
And this sacred crusade; hea- the voice
Let each say with fervor, "I will make it
mine" ... =. =. -. ~. ~ >,
Then in years to follow we shall thankful
be ,... ......
That we helped the people to be pledged
W Dawson Burns.
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The sense Of smell in the snail has
been found by Emile Yung to be linn.
tied, as j rue. to distance o. ABOUT
an inch.
It is estimated that New York City
a;one has 10000 persons who would
be dead without the medical progress
of the last fifty years.
Cremation makes slow progress. and
Sir Henry Thompson gives the num-
Der of bodies disposed of in 1902 IN
the crematoria of the world as $500.
The contested theory that pearls are
due to a parasite in the oyster. was
first advanced by Filippi in 1852. Sew
eraI recent observers have confirmed
the view.
Were it not for the multitude of
storks that throng 10 Egypt every Win
ter there would be no living in some
parts of the country, for, after every
inundation, frogs appear in deyastat-
ing numbers.
The double-headed snake, hitherto
supposed to be peculiar to Central
America and the credulity Of unscien-
..fic travellers, has turned up in Cali
fornia. One story says that it was
headed for San Francisco.
A successful method for destroying
the water hyacinth Oily pad). which
seriously obs.ructS navigation in
Southern rivers, has been tried on the
st. Johns. where sor'a wharves have
been abandoned because of it. A boat
filed with a laboratory and force
pump sprays a swath ninety feet wide
with q chemical which causes them to
die to the roots.
Recently experiments with a view to
preserving the calorific properties of
hard coal by immersion in salt water
were made, and it was demonstrated
that loss of one per cent. occurred.
Stored in the ordinary way coal loses
about fifty per cent of its calorifie
power. Rain sodden coal is said to
cause bunker fires, but the effect Of
coal soaked in sea water yet remains
to be seen.
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Porto Bello Harbor is commodious and
deep, but the Notifications Of the old
seaport are now overgrown with forest
vegetation and the place has become
an obscure hamlet occupied by few
hundred negroes who do little trade
with Colon, Colombia and Jamaica.
The deadly Chagres fever ragged so
there that the port was practically
abandoned and Chagres became the
Atlantic terminus of the Isthmian
route from Panama. But Chagres
soon won fame as hotbed Of marsh
fevers and the population rapidly dis
appeared.
A new port was founded. therefore.
which was called Colon in honor Of
Columbus. who discovered the bay
1t became known also as Aspinwall.
from the name of one Of the chief pro-
moters Of the Isthmian railroad. This
name. in late years. has been very lit
tie used.
After Colon was burned in the revo-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
MINE LEADERS DEPORTED.
Press Censorship Established in Col
orado County.

Press Censorship Established in Col
orado County.
Denver, Col.-Under the. proclama-
lion issued by Governor Peabody de-
,laring San Miguel County to be in a
state of insurrection and giving the
military full power to use such meas.
ar. as they deem proper to restore
oe' Major Zeph T. Hill. commander
D. military at Telluride. has es-
tablished 4 strict press censorship and
taken control of both telegraph and tal-
aphone lines.
Major Hill rounded up twenty-five Of
the leading union agitators, including
President Miller. of the Miners Union.
md marched them to the railroad sta
ton.
A detachment was sent to the Office
If Eugene Engley, ex-Attorney -Gener-
al Of Colorado. and now representing
members of the Miners Union. He
was arrested and ordered deported.
All were warned not to return to Tell
lride.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
GENERAL LONGSTREET DEAD.
Leaves But One Great Confederate
Leader Living.

Atlanta, Ga.-General Longstreet, sol.
dier, statesman and diplomat, and the
last General of the Confed-
crate Army, with the exception of Cen
eral Gordon, died in Gainesville, Ca,
from an attack Of acute pneumonia.
He had been ill two days.
General Longstreet was a sufferer
from cancer of one eye, but his general
health had been good until recently,
when he was seized with a sudden
cold, developing later into pneumonia
of violent nature. He was eighty-four
years old. He is survived by his wife,
two sons and q daughter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Test Your Appetite.

a young man carelessly formed the habit
of taking a glass of liquor every morning
before breakfast. An older friend ad,
vised him to quit before the habit should
grow too strong. r.
"Oh, there's no danger; it's mere no.
ton: can quit any time" replied tho
drinker. =" e.
Suppose you try it tomorrow morning.
suggested the friend. 4
Every well; to please you I'll do 80,
but assure you there's no csr7e for
alarm"
A week later the young man met his
friend again.
"You are not looking we'll" observed
the latter. "Have you been ill?"
Hardly" replied the other one. "But I
am trying to escape great danger; and
fear that shall before I shall have con-
quered. My eyes were opened to an inn
minent peril when gave you that promise
a week ago: 1 thank you for your timely
aHow did it affect you? inquired the
friend =.
"The first trial utterly deprived me of
appetite for food. could eat no break
fast, and was nervous and trembling all
day. / was alarmed when | realized how,
irsidiously that habit had fastened on me,
and resolved to turn square about and
never touch another drop. The swearing
off has pulled me down severely, but I
am gaining, and mean to keep the upper
hand after this. Strong drink will never
catch me in his net again. Church Life.
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A Temperance Revival.

The Illinois Citizenship League has put
t, test new method of anti-license work
in saloon towns. and found it very sue
cessful in creating sentiment It il
called a Temperance Revival" and con-
sists;o series OF meetings. at least four,
and a children's meeting. At these meet
ings the people are asked to come forward
and sign the pledge to the effect that they
will do all in their power to prevent the
sale of intoxicating and malt liquor in
their own town, except for medicinal and
mechanical purposes. On each signer a
bit of red ribbon is pinned; also. on the
children at their meeting. when they prom
ise to help.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
SitrO-jilycerina Kills Four

Four men were killed and several
we're injured by an explosion in the
nitro -glycerine department of the Ma
tional Explosives Works. eight miles
from Penzance Cornwall The district
was euveloped in black smoke. Nearly
every window in st. Ives. three miles
away. was shattered and many win
dows were smashed in Penzance.
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Wary Insects.
One Of the efforts now making to
lure and destroy harmful insects is
by the use of trap lanterns. Entomol-
ogists are making experiments in va
r:ous parts of the country, and at one
station, where the trap has been used
every night for five months, it has
been found that the most harmful in.
sects avoid the light, as rule. OF
the buffalo tree hopper. the squash
bug, the chinchbug and the bee moths,
for example, very few specimens were
caught; while, on the other hand, ich'
neumon flies, lacewings, ladybugs and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
DOODLE INDICTMENTS.

Bench Warrants in Milwaukee For Ar
rest of the Accused.
Milwaukee, Wis. - The Grand Jury
which is investigating alleged corrup-
ton in Milwaukee city and county gov
ernments returned indictments against
the following:
Fred Heiden, Jr.. former inspector OF
House of Correction, two indictments;
ex-Alderman Charles H. Hayenor,
Charles ]. Jungman and Charles Cooke;
Aldermen George Meridith, William
Zimmerman and Valentine Jesion and
Supervisor Albert q. Dade. Bench
warrants have been issued.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
How Otoe Indians Spend Their Money

The plethoric Otoes, those that sold
high priced inherited allotments, are
putting on all kinds of ridiculous style.
They are buying the most costly horses
and carriages, and several of them are
buying very expensive tattoo marks!
One of them recently had his little
daughter decorated in the face by aa
expert tattooer. and he paid about $500
for the indelibIe insignia e..
IT, News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Worse Than Fusel Oil.

The fact that all whisky handled BY the
retail trade contains fusel oil would be-
more alarming ii it were not for the other
fact that fusel oil is not the worst thing
that whisky contains. The alcohol fs
what does the business. it the consumer
sticks to it long enough. - Minneapolis
Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
The Folly of Treatio~.

The question of wages and Of justice to
the laboring man absorbs wide attentions
but who will dispute that ii all the money
that is spent BY the working classes in
treating each other 70 alcoholic hever-
ages were saved there would be thousands
Of better furnished homes. better clad
wires and better fed children:
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REBELS NEAR SANTO DOMINO
Population Joining Revolt Against
Provisional Government.


Cape Hayten.--The population of the
region south of Azua de Conpostela.
In San Domingo, has joined the army
IF reyolutionists which is marching on
the capital, and several new defections
from the Ministry of the provisional
President, Morales, are announced.
General Jiminez. former President of
the republic and leader Of the revolt
tionists. is still in Santiago de los Ca
balleros. working with the aid of Gen
erals Desehamps and Pichardo. for the
final success of the revolutionary
causes. There is great depression in
business and the situation is deplor-
able. =,
The British cruiser Pallas has arrived
1T Porto Plata. Three German war
ships, the Gazelle. the Vineta and the
Panther. and the French cruiser
Troude are at Port au Prince.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Deaf Mute Wins Doctors Degree

For the first time in the history Of
German universities a deaf mute has
succeeded in obtaining q doctors degree.
DR.. Walter Kuntze, on whom the Uni
versity of Leipsic has conferred Phi.
D., is a comparatively young man. l. !;
thesis for the degree is regarded as one
of the best in recent years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Made q Demon Of Him,

"Lock me up, please; put me where 2
can't get any more whisky; it makes de-
mon of me-" said John Jackson, as hs
hurried into the central station, in Cleve-
land. Ohio. Anything to get me away
from the liquor demon. I've had enough.
Red lights twinkle all around me. Hun
dreds Of voices call to me. see all sorts
of things"
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other insects useful to the farmer were
caught in a great number. Another
singular fact is that Of the harmful in
sects lured into the traps a majority
were males, whereas it is the females
that do the most damage.
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prosperity only by the carrying out OF
the canal enterprise.
Under the old regime of Spain the
only line of communication between
the two oceans was one simple mule
path crossing the Isthmus from Pana-
ma to Porto Bello on the Atlantic side.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Duel for q Baroness.

Baron Won Ompteda, the novelist, ex-
changed shots without any result with
a cavalry captain near Dresden, Ger
many. because of the captains atten-
tionS to Baroness von Ompteda.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Montreal Club Burns.

Fire destroyed the house Of the Mt
Royal Club. a leading social Organiza-
ton of Montreal, Can. Frank Hutt.
fireman. twenty-one years old. was
killed and six persons were injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Firemen Save GOO Girls.

Panic and possible loss Of life was
averted by the activity of the Fire De-
)artment at the textile mills of William
T. Smith & Sons. at Philadelphia. Pa.
where 500 to 600 girls are employed.
All were rescued from the fire escapes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Greatly Reduces Drunkenness.

"A certain Justice of the Peace of East
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, requires all drunks
brought before him to sign the following
total abstinence pledge: II, -, hav-
Of the Peace, of public intoxication, in Or
der to obtain suspension of sentence, do
hereby pledge myself to abstain from in
toxicating liquors for period of one year
from the date hereof; and in case should
be arrested and convicted Of intoxication
within that period. l request said Justice,
in order to save me from utter ruin, to-
impose upon me the full penalty of the
law, to wit, six I ,nths in +; Albany
Pcnitentiary." 1t Is stated chat this
unique method has greatly reduced drunk
enness in the town.
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Blackmailer Sentenced.

Isaac Graville. convicted of sending
threatening letters to the Northern Pa
citic Railway Company. was sentenced
at Helena, Mont. to ten years in the
penitentiary aud to pay fine Of $4,000,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-20
Kaiser Closes 4 Theatre.

Emperor William has ordered that
the Royal Opera House be closed until
more exits are built and fireproof stairs
substituted for the present wooden
stairs
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stTalgn. line. 1t adjoins the Republic
Of Costa Rica on the west.
t Panama and Costa Rica have a long
standing boundary dispute, and no one
bretends to know how it will finally
be decided. The boundary shown on
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flourished or declined according to
the routes followed by international
trade.
The work on the De Lesseps canal
gave it period of great prosperity,
but it has languished in recent years.
1t is no wonder that the people of Pan
anna and Colon were cut to the quick
by the way in which the Colombian
Government has trif1ed with their in
terests; for they can have enduring