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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
At Our Boarding House.

Cholly was disconsolate.
whats the matter, Cholly?" we II.
quired.
THAT old man Billings makes me
tired" replied Cholly with sudden
heat.
How" we sympathetically asked.
"He told me last night that a word
to the wise was sufficient"
"Yes?"
"And then he went right on talk.
ing to me for half an hour"
Cholly is improving. He is begin
ming to see things. Soon he will stop
wearing those silken shoestrings six
inches wide, and he will also throw
away that scarfpin of his that so close.
~ resembles q golden pancake. We
are making a man Of Cholly, and
then
And then we shall sic him on old
mar Billings, Of course.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
Tk&GA
DURdW
Rr0AkfASf
@IIUoble
Out of Touch.

Only a smile, yes, only a smile
That a woman Ger burdened with griei
Expected from you; 'twould have given
lief,
For her heart ached gore the while;
But weary and cherries she went away
Because, as it happened, that very day
You were "out Of touch" with your IL
Only a word, yes, only a word,
That the Spirits small voice whispe
But the worker passed onward unbies
and weak,
Whom you meant to have stirred
To courage, devotion and love anew,
Because when the message came to YOU,
You were tout of touch" with your IL
Only a note, yes, only a note
To a friend in a distant land;
The Spirit said "Write;" but then you
planned
Some different work, and you though
1t mattered little. You did not know
'Twould have saved a soul from SIN
You were "out of touch" With your L
Only a song, yes, only a song
That the Spirit said: "Sing tonight,
Thy voice is thy Masters by purcha
right"
But you thought: Mid this mo-
throng,
I cor not to sing of the city of gold"-.
And the hearts that your words mi
have reached grew cold;
You were "out of touch" with your *
Only a day, yes, only a day,
But, oh! can you guess, my friend,
Where the influence reaches, and wber
will end,
OF those hours that you FILTERED avn
The Masters command is: "Abide in NJ
And fruitless and vain will your service
If "out of touch" with your Lord.
Young Peoples Pape
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
New Kind OF Editor.

A woman whose acquaintance with
the methods and opportunities of work
in a modern newspaper office is of the
slightest. was talking to a friend about
her sons start in life. The young man
had just left college and had secured a
position as reporter on one of the i'm.
portant New York dailies in the
humble capacity which is the usual
lot of a cub journalist-that Of a po-
ice court reporter. His mother was
enthusiastic over his good fortune.
do you know" she exclaimed,
they've given him such a splendid
position. He's the crime editor at JEFF
ferson Market Police Court!!'-Har.
per's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
A Well-to-do Man.

". L. Lightner, living near Abilene,
Kan. disposed Of his farm for $1,000
in cash-$45 an acre-anl the Abilene
Reporter says he had so much money
that he did not know what to do with
it. So when he made his sale, instead
of putting on his bills the usual terms,
three per cent. off for cash. he put on
it, nothing off for cash. but gave ten
months time at six per cent. interest.
As the sale went on the buyers came
up with the cash and few asked for
time. Altogether $1,000 worth Of farm
animals and goods were sold. and
200 was in cash."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
Butter Kent Torty-tvo Years,

A rohus: butter aaccdc:e GENES IRON
Burt County. Neb. It IS stated a farmers
family while digging for a spring found
four-pound roll OF butter inside 4 stone Jar
The butter. it is said, had beer packed ir
a jar and placed in tie spring forty-two
years ago. 1t sank into the soil at the bot.
tom of tie spring, and was supposed to
have been lost. Investigation disclosed
that the bottom of the spring was of
quicksand. which accounted for the d!sa;r.
pcarauce of the jar. The butter was
mo!dy outside, but the inside was asserted
to be yellow and sweet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
Force of the Soul,

Real greatness has nothing to do WI
mans sphere. 1t does not lie in the !
nitude of his outward agency in the
tent of the effects which he produces.
greatest men may do comparatively !
abroad. Perhaps the greatest in our
at this moment are buried in obscu
Grandeur of character lies wholly in
of soul; that is, in the force of thou
moral principle and love, and this ma,
found in the humblest condition OF Ii
w. Z. Claiming.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
Home of Black Cats.

One Of the queerest corners of the earth
is Chatham Island, off the coast of Ecua.
dor. Captain Reinman. who recently Wis
tied it to inquire into the proper ground.
ing a deep-sea cable. says it aboInds in
cats, every one of which is black. These
animals live in the c~revices OF the lava
foundation near the coast, and subsist by
catching fish and crabs instead OF rats and
mice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
Need More Policemen.

There were only about thirty-ive 20
licemen needed in the whole of Vermont
during the fifty years when the State was
under prohibition. Now, since the adop.
ton Of the local system and the return Of
the saloon to a number Of cities and towns
many more policemen are required. In
one town they now have two saloons from
which they receive for license $3.50 each,
making $500. But they now have to EN-.
ploy a policeman at q salary of $720 q year
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
At Terrible Cost.

William Hargreaves, M. D., after a thor.
ough research, gives the annual expendi.
lures for strong drink in the United States
as Sl,464, ss7, 59S. DR.. Dunn, Secretary Of
the National Temperance Society, esti.
mates the indirect cost from crime, pau.
perism, loss OF labor and of life as $685.
504, 964. The paltry revenue obtained to
be set off against these enormous figures IL
only Sal ,000,4 S7
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
SHXN CS
1WO ORTIZ KNOWING3s


About o%nc-third of tie weight Of a.
egg is solid nutriment.
TIE Japanese in Hawaii row out
! number the natives two to one.
The proportion of divorces to mar
riages in Japan is n to four.
The Koreans do notsew their clothes,
but use fish glue instead Of thread.
The general depth of the Niagara
River at the brink Of the falls is four
feet.
There are 155 women commercial
travellers now on the road in Great
Britain.
It is stated that there are nearly n
million more women than men in the
British Isles.
February this year had no full moon.
This phenomenon occurs once every
nineteen years.
During the past year the night shell
tiers of Paris received 6I,2S3 men, 2OO6
women and 3SS children.
The largest window in Britain is the
east window in York Cathedral. 1t is
se~venty-ive feet high and t~iirty-two
feet wide.
A butterfly which q Chicago woman
kept all winter, and which has recently
died. ate one drop Of honey in every
three days.
The greatest number Of deaths take
place not just after midnight, as popu-
larly supposed. but between 3 and e
o'clock in the morning.
Among the sights iE the city of Paris
is a regular rat pound, where the serv-
ices of the rodents are utilized for re-
moving the flesh from the carcasses OF
dead animals.
The laws under which the French
fisheries Of Pierre and Miquelon are
carried on are most carefully observed,
and all. infringements punished in a
most impartial manner; none escape
who are detected.
The Tien-tsu-husi or Society for Nat
ural Feet, is making many converts in
China. In some regions young men
sign a pledge not to marry girls with
artihcially crippled feet.
Professor Flinders Petri recently
told. an audience at Owens College,
Manchester. Engla.d, that one spot in
the ruins at Abydos, in Upper Egypt.
tells a continuous story running back
to 5000 3. C. The remains Of ten sue
cessive temples have been uncarthed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
Kindlins the Fire.

Theodore Cuyler found Mr.. Moody lal
ing in a mission room in the city of Bird
Ign. With him was a handful of p)
people. DR.. Cuyler whispered to D
"Slow work this, is it not" Mr.. Mo-
looked at him and said, "Did you 4
light a fire? I am lighting my fire" and
kindled it to such good purpose that al
it blazed over two continents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
The Temperance Fight.

This struggle long ago ceased to be q
moral pastime, which men can pick up and
lay down at their will. That it is a bitter
fght-a fight that must eventuate either
in the destruction of the liquor power or
in the humiliation e the Christian Sab
B. Finch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
RUNS Work in GERMANY,

At the twentieth anniversary of the Ger
man Society Against the Abuse Of Alec
holic Drinks there we're presented some
telling statistics of the ravdges OF strong
drink in Germany, where the use of alco
hol is said to be responsible for ffty-fou1
per cent. of the divorces, fifty per cent. Of
the railroad accidents, seventy per cent. Of
the accidents on the sea, eighty-seven per
cent. of the offenders sent to houses Of cor
~rection, $50 per cent. of the disturbances
of domestic peace, and SO on through 3
long list.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
Higher and Lower Self.

Salvation is a process by which ]
comes to the realization of his true
1t is a man living in his higher mind.
man also has a lower self, which fights
the supremacy, and it is a sad fact
many live in this lower self and thus DIV
the higher nature. - Rev. 7. A. K
Cleveland. O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
dedicated to Temnerance.

The Nidaros Total Abstinence Society
of T~rondhjem, Norway, has bought a
building on one of the thoroughfares of
the city for about $4,000. The building
will be reconstructed so as to afford a
public hall which will seat about 300 young
people. This will be the headquarters Of
the temperance people in the future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
A Spotless Town.

University Place, the seat of the Ne.
braska Wesleyan University, not only pro-
hlbIts saloons, billiard tables, dance halls
and questionable amusements, but no cigar
or cigarette store is allowed. This is, in
deed, . physical and moral "Spatiess
Town."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
A Queer Revenge.

An Austrian peasants wife, in revenge
tor her husbands loss of a lawsuit, sowed
tares during the night in the wheat field
OF his successful opponent. She was sent
to prison for three months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03

Young sa1ons Taught Farming.
Primary agricultural schools are now
in twelve cities of Saxony.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03
After Old Tree Stumps.

There are men who are waiting for
devil to tell them to start to Heaven.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03

The laws under which the French
fisheries Of Pierre and Miquelon are
carried on are most carefully observed,
and all. infringements punished in a
most impartial manner; none escape
who are detected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03

Professor Flinders Petri recently
told. an audience at Owens College,
Manchester, Engla.d, that n spot in
the ruins at Abydos, in Upper Egypt.
tells a continuous story running back
to 5000 B. C. The remains of ten sue
cessiye temples have been unearthed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03

The Tien-tsu-husi or Society for Nat
ural Feet, is making many converts in
China. In some regions young men
sign a pledge not to marry girls with
artihcially crippled feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-03

Among the sights iE the city of Paris
is a regular rat pound, where the serv.
ices of the rodents are utilized for re-
moving the flesh from the carcasses Of
dead animals.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

4. 4. could Bill said kind worried TIL OH man
especially th way TIL parrot acted Well be
young pig that day ever an be upon deck
look at tn weather walks behind like jumps
back 18th awful screech an when
how bis face didn't look fermiliar
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

S. around deck, kind o. awkward ike, arter
that arubbn his face an hnkn till he spies Davy Jones
That poor dumb ce who in tn plot of pertended
think tn OF real pig an that settled it. AFTER ex
amnn tn patient laid it too much fresh pork an prescribed
BROTH
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

9Th old mao didn't know wot make o. 7h' parrot but
arter he'd took his trick at tn wheel fer SPELL Bill who ,u
passn aft stopped short an looked hard him fer minute
Jst as tn Capin us gin ready file over Bill orr is Gao
an asks respectful like ct he might take tn wheel while tn
skipper went below turned in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
SAYS HEARST,
IS in CONTROL
DEs MONIES CORRESPONDENT
THINKS CONGRESSMAN HAS
IOWA DELEGATION.

Chicago. ILL.,, March IA. - The Trib-
une today publishes the following un-
der a Des Moines date:
Evidence is accommodating that the
conservative Iowa democrats fear the
control of the delegation to the nation
al democratic convention will fall in.
60 the hands Of William Randolph
Hearst. The activity of the Hearst
people in perfecting an organization
from their headquarters in this city
has led to a number of conferences OF
the so-called conservatives" recently
and a number of democrats Of that
stamp are in the city for that pur
pose.
Previous conferences have not re
suited in naming any special candidate
against Hearst, but were more in the
nature of a consultation to canvass the
situation and lay plans to prevent the
New York man capturing the state del
egation. Saturday night, however, G
conference was held, and it is giver
out today that General Miles is be
lieved to be the most available candi
date for the anti-Hearst democrats 'ot
Iowa to unite on.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
NO MONEY FOR
THE RIV Err
CANNOT BE SECURED FROM CON,
GREss FOR AN uNNAVleARLE
STREAM.

There is little probability that con-
gress will appropriate any sum of
money whatever for the improving or
Strengthening Of the Des Moines river
according to letter received by G.
Church of South Ottumwa today from
Congressman j. F. Lacey. The subject
is one of much interest to Ottumwa
people and it was hoped that if an ap-
preparation had been made for i'm
provements on the river at Des Moines
that like sum could be secured for
this city,
Mr.. Church stated that he read an
article in Chicago paper stating that
Captain Hull had persuaded congress
to make an appropriation for the i'm
proving the river at Des Moines so as
to prevent repetition of the damages
done by flood in that city in 1903. Mr..
Church at once wrote to Congressman
Lacey, enclosing clipping, and stating
that if it was true all Ottumwa would
be up in arms to secure like results
for this city. Following is the reply
received from Congressman Lacey:
Congressman Lacey's Letter.
G. Church, South Ottumwa, Ia.
Dear Comrade:
Your letter came to hand some days
ago and l have delayed answering ii
until l could look the matter up with
some care. Captain Hull has not Sc
cured an appropriation for the
Strengthening of the Des Moines river
at the city of Des Moines. He has in
troduced a bill on that subject which
has been referred to the committee on
rivers and harbors. 1 have consult
ed the chairman of the committee who
advised me that there will be no bills
reported in this session of congress
from the rivers and harbors committee
making appropriations for any scheme
whatever, nor do think it is possible
that such bill could go through the
rivers and harbors committee in view
of the fact that the Des Moines river
has been declared non-navigable by act
of congress. Had this not been done
the improvements of the Des Moines
might have been taken UP and consid
cred by the rivers and harbors com
mittee. 1t is possible that Captain
Hull might secure some small appro
priation to protect the front Of the site
of the new postoffice and court house
Should that be done, it would have tc
be done through the committee or
buildings and grounds and moi
through the committee on rivers and
harbors. The chairman of the commit
tee informed me that the committee
had never in any case, since he has
been connected with it, considered the
question of making an appropriation
for the Strengthening or improving Of
a non-navigable stream.
Yours truly.
z.ai John f. Lacey.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
HIS LIFE
CRUSHED OUT
H. D. coNNELLY, WELL KNOWN
oTTUMWA MAN, KILLED
AT OMAHA.

II. D. Connolly, for several years a
resident of Ottumwa, was instantly
killed in a railway collision on the
Union Pacific railroad at Omaha Sat
urday. His mother, Mrs. H. Connolly,
resides at 1901 East Main street and
he has several other relatives here
Mr.. Connolly formerly lived here but
left some time ago to accept position
as brakeman on the Union Pacific rail-
way. The remains were brought to
this city today and the funeral serv-
ices will be held at the residence of
his mother. Tuesday afternoon at 8
o'clock, Rev. d. G. Bevan pastor of the
Main Street Methodist Episcopal
church officiating, assisted by Rev. j.
M. Bailey, pastor Of the First Chris
tian church.
The collision which caused the death
of Mr.. Connolly occurred at the Twen-
ty-fourth street viaduct and two cars
were destroyed and two engines bad
lily damaged. Connolly was in the ca
boose and warned by the shouts of the
engineer and fireman ran out of the
caboose, just in time to be caught be-
tween the caboose and car as they
SeIl10 -to6SIllCi. L lie pldIlOIIl WAS
shattered and Connelly's body was
driven against the end of the caboose
which was forced about six feet back
into the car. The body was flattened
out against the debris and was remov.
ed with difficulty.
| A Sad Feature.
A sad feature of the death is the fact
that Connolly was married only last
Wednesday at Gibson. He is surviv,
ed by his young wife, by his mother
Mrs. H. Connolly of this city ard two
brothers, w. w. Connolly of Chicago
and w. ] Connolly of Burlington and
five sisters, Mrs. Frank Higley OF
Omaha, Mrs Harry Calverd of Bur
lington, Mrs. Tash Cooper and Misses
Cora and Myrtle Connolly of this city
Mr. Connolly was member of the
Brotherhood of Railway trainmer
which organization will have part ir
the funeral ceremonies. Mr.. Con
nelly was 80 years of age and was
born in Washington county, Pa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
KILLED IN
FIST FIGHT
HENRY CARMICHAEL OF osKA.
LoosA RECEIVES A MOST. uN.
USUAL INJURY.
HIS VOICE BOX CRUSHED
Ralph Davis, An Old Enemy, Struck
Blow, Which is Said to Have Caused
carmichaeIs Death = Fate Seemed
to Have Hand in the Affair.

Oskaloosa. March Ia. After two
hours OF intense suffering, Henry Car
michaek died here Saturday night as
result of a blow on the throat re-
ceived in fist fight with Ralph Davis.
Ihe voice box was crushed in by Dav-
is and blood from the ruptured blood
vessels flowed into the lungs, while
the air escaped into the tissues of
the face and chest Local physicians
who did all in their power to save the
mans life, state that no injury similar
to this is recorded in medical history.
Davis was arrested and is lodged in
the county jail to, await the verdict of
the coroner's jury.
Queer Freak Of Fate.
The fight between the two men was
the result of personal quarrel of long
standing and was precipitated by an
unusual happening Davis called ov.
er the telephone for his residence and
through some mistake was connected
with the Shaw Livery barn where Car
michael was employed. AS fate would
have it Carmichael answered the call
and hot words were exchanged. Davis
started out to meet Carmichael
threatening violence. When the men
came together, words led to blows and
Carmichael received his fatal injury
from a blow which landed on the left
side Of the neck.
Says He Intended No Murder.
Davis says that he had no intention
OF undue violence toward Carmichael
He claims that the blow was not hard
enough to knock a man down.
Davis comes of a well known family
and with his father is engaged in op
Grating a coal mine rtsaar this city He
has always borne a. good reputation
He has a wife and five children.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
SUCCEEDS VAN PATTEN.
J. M. Duncan to Be Chief Clerk to
Superintendent Laas.
Washington Bureau of the Courier.
WaShinuton D. c.. March Ia,

J. M. Duncan of Tomahawk, Wis,
has arrived in the city and will enter
upon his duties as chief clerk to Sup.
erintendent e. Laas of the Milwaukee
Wednesday. Mr.. Duncan succeeds L.
w. Van Patten, who resigned about
a month ago and expects to enter the
service of the New York Life Insur.
ance Co., April 1. Mr.. Van Patten has
been with the Milwaukee about sixteen
years and was formerly ticket agent
at the Jefferson street depot He has
been capable and popular official
and has made many friends in the city
Mr.. Duncan has been chief. clerk in the
office of the superintendent of the
Tomahawk and Northern railway.