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INSIDE INN FURNITURE SOLD.
Building That Cost s240,0M
Brings Only $4,000.

AL OF the furnishings OF the Inside Inn
at the Worlds Fair. including the furni-
in the world. have been sold to St Louis
concern. the Langan & Taylor Storage
and Moving Company. The purchase
price was $4,000.
The building has been sold TO the Wurs-
ter Construction Company for wrecka-e
for S5o00. The original cost of the
structure was s240.0Co
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05
ra ilroads in check has made an impress
sion ON the friends of the powerful cor


The attitude of the Committee on inter-
state Commerce OF the Senate will be best
understood when il Is stated that OF me
scores of bills which have been introduced
in the past ten years, proposing 10 extend
the powers of the commission, on.y TWO
have ever gotten out OF the committee;
One came out with an adverse report and
the other was killed on the floor without
once being in danger of passing.
In referring to the question OF railroad
TT is undoubtedly one of the big prob
lens Of the time. The President appears
TO be very much interested III II. but 80 far
he has not indicated what he viii say on
the subject in his message to Congress
"Of course the greatest objection to the
proposition of Government control Of rates
IS the question OF the advisability Of vcSt-
ing so much power III q few officials Then
again there are those who think that II
the Government should control the rail-
road charges 1t might as well be given
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05
CROW TO DEFEND
STATE BEER TAX
Attorney General in Washington
to Argue Pabst Case-Reve-
nue. Of S350,0e0 Involved.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Dec. i.-AttoTney General
E C. Crow of Missouri arrived in Wash
ington to-day to argue the Missouri beer
inspection case before the United States
Supreme Court tomorrow
The case IS based upon the State law i'm
posing a tax on beer in Missouri, the reve-
nue of which amounts to ssoo.0Oo a year.
The consti.utionality OF the law was oues-
toned by the Pabst Brewing Company.
The case comes on appeal from the Mis-
souH Supreme Court
Mr.. Crow Is at the Raleigh House
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05

BEATRICE EVELYN WILSON.
Seven years old, who was the youngest
pianiste to give a formal recital at the
Worlds Fair.
will 90 to Chicago. where she will receive
a thorough music ecucation under the d.
rection of Theodore Sturkow. the Russian
pianiSte. who gave a series OF reci-AiS
ir the Indiana and Texas pavihons.
Beatrice is q pro;egee OF Mis- Sturkow.
and was selected from several hundred
young pianistes who were thought 10 be
infant prodigies. Miss Sturkow was or
the opinion that the child possesses
wonderful amount Of talent
Beatrice is a daughter of Harry L WI
son of the constructing ouaTtermastsi s
office in Port Townsend. Wash.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05
YOUNGEST PIANISTE AT FAIR
RETURNS TO WASHINGTON.

Beatrice Evelyn Wilson, years old,
who had the distinction Of being the
youngest pianiste who gave formal re-
cital at the Worlds Fair. has departed
for her home in Port Townsend, Wash,
with her parents
After a short stay in the far West sh=
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EL PAso VISITED BY SNOW.
Freezing Weather Greatly In
jures Cattle on Ranches.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBIIC SPECIAL.
Fl Paso. Tex. Dec. 4-The most severe
weather that has prevailed here for two
years. and the first snow in the same
length OF time, was experienced here to-
day, and was preceded and followed by a
freextng rain, which crystalized into ice as
X fell.
The snowfall lasted for six hours an
occW1ence very unusual for this section,
even IA dead OF winter. As a result OF this
severe cold, news comes in from the
range, most Of which is unprotected. that
caff1o and sheep are suffering severely
and the loss will be heavy.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05
Destitute at 1o1 Years.

Andrew Flynn, said to be io1 years old.
a Iaborer, of No. % South Main street,
sick and without friends or relatives. is
a patient at the City Hospital. Owing 10
his advanced years and feebleness his con-
dition is considered serious.
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s,-e.,-c.r victim Dies.

Miss Electra Swartz. 65 years old. whose
address is unknown. who was struck by
a street car at Washington and Lefingwell
avenues on Novenher Is. died at the City
Hospital as a result of her injuries.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05

When called for breakfas. yesterday
morning Herman II. Borchers. dairy
man. living at No. 4Ss2 Natural Bridge
road. was found dead in bed. The cause
OF death is unknown, as he had not been
in. He was 25 years old and single The
body was removed to the morgue and an
inquest will be held to-day.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05
sou,hwe.t-Good Train Service.

The Texas Train for Dallas, Fort
Worth Waco. Houston, Reaumont-sleep-
ing and dining cars Leaves s. Louis
D. m. via Cotton Belt Route. Sla Olive and
Union Station
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05
Young Girls Missing From Home.

Gertrude Luggen. C years old, and her
sister. Augusta, s years old, have been
missing from their home at No. Zd5 Blair
avenue. since Saturday night They dis
appeared without leaving any word or
other trace behind them, and the parents
have asked the police to locate them
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-05
Married
Women !: !: !;

hever by Mothers Friend before baby this
t always the body for the upon it. and
the symmetry her FORM Mothers Friend oveones al the
ne o carries the mother safely through
neriod without pain womans greatest blessing
gratefully of benefit and relief derived from the
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Every woman eovets .
shapely, pretty figure. and
many Of them deplore the

loss Of their glrIlsh fofms
after marriage. The bearing
of children is often destructive
to the mothers shapeliness.
All of this can be avoided,
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uea of this wonderful
remedy. Sold by all
druggists at $I.oo per
bottle. Our little
book, telling all about
ahis iiniment. viii b
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
.-.. I'D. {. -, To- =,
SOME OFFICIAL THIEVES.

In the management of these reserve
funds, however. grave scandals took
place, the prisoner at the end of his
term of service finding but little of the
reserve fund at his disposal. the vam-
pires of the administrat ton so con-
fusing the poor wretch that in the end
he always left the prison with nothing
in his pockets. In 1901 General Wey-
ler decided that there should no longer
be formed reserve funds and that each
prisoner should receive each day the
total wage due to him.. This has not
in any sense assisted the prisoner, for
under the former rule the reserve
funds. in case the officials were honest.
really represented a certain guarantee
for the criminal. but now the convict
no longer practices economies. gamb-
ling houses have greatly increased, and
theft is the most ordinary event
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
The Crusade in Rrjef.

Il it right to license a man to sell drink
which will make people drunk, and then
fine men and women for getting drunk?
Is it right to license a man to make pau
pers and criminals, and then tax sober and
virtuous people to pay rates to keep them?
1t is worse than irony to be praying
Thy kingdom come" while in the nation
we are turning out annually 37,5000O0 bar
rels of liquors, supporting 100000 prosti-
tutes and 100000 saloons.
The Danish Government, in filling po-
stioas on the State railways, will hence
forth prefer men who can prove by docu-
mentary evidence that they have been to-
tai abstainers for at least one year past.
Is it right for people to wish the tenn
perance cause success. and at the same time
continue to drink ana support the liquor
traffic?
Whose wife and children do you want to
to see we'll dressed this year, yoGl own or
the saioonkeeper's? If YOU help to clothe
his family first, you will not have much
left with which to clothe you own. If you
think his family IL better than yours, give
it the preference.
, In the city of Minneapolis, Mimi, there
are 1905 saloons. These are confined to
an" area of only one-twclfth Of the city.
In that district l47 policemen are required
to keep the peace In the other eleven
twelfths there are no saloons, and in that
vast district twenty-eight policemen ara
considered sufficient.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
Too Busy to Mako q Noise.

A Kansas City teacher of kinder
garten was incapacitated from work
one day last, week by the following in
cident. The subject Of the lecture
and object lesson was animals, birds
and then more animals.
Nov, children" said the teacher, II
want each of you to think Of some an
imal or bird and try for a moment to
be like the particular one you are
thinking about, and make the same
kind of noises they are in the habit
of making"
Here was the command. Here the
finale:
Instantly the schooIroom became a
menagerie. Lions roaring, dogs bark
ing. birds singing and twittering, cows
lowing, calves bleating, cats meoWlng.
etc, all in an uproar and excitement
all with one single exception.
Off in q remote corner little fellow
was sitting perfectly still, apparently
Indifferent and unmindful OF all the
rest. The teacher. observing him, ap-
preached and said:
Waldo, why are you taking no part
with the other children?
Waving her off with a deprecatnS
hand and wide, rebuking eyes, he fer
vently whispered:
"Sh-sh-sh, teacher-sh! I a 'ooster.
and I'm a-layin' q aig!'-Kansas City
Star,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
Creating New FruitS.

It is the laboratory worker who is
coming to the front now rs the creator
of new fruits. When the cold winds
from the north destroyed the citrus
industry of Florida work was under
taken at once by the National Govern.
ment to secure an orange which would
be more hardy than any now of the
East; as far north rs Philadelphia, is
a small, hardy Japanese orange which
is only suitable for ornamental pur.
poses and which bears fruit the size
of a walnut Here was the hardness
By using this plant as the mother and
the tender sweet orange Of Florida as
the father, and vice versa, hybrids
have been produced which partake Of
the characteristics of both. These hy-
brids are now beginning to fruit for
the first time. They are, of course,
not so hardy as the hardy mother, but
are much more hardy than the sweet
orange, the other parent. The fruit
secured has some of the characteris-
tics of a lemon, but is valuable for
marmalades and other purposes-and
unquestlonably can be grown in every
back yard in the South.-The Worlds
Work.
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Married SiSters.

A study in relationship is offered by
two families living in and near here.
A veteran of the Civil War has a son
who married 4 well-kroWn Jung lady
of the county, and to whom several
children have been born. Later the
father of the young man welded Sis
ter of his sons wife, and the relation
ships of the two families thus becomes
decidedly interesting. A few of the
odd relationships thus developed are
as follows: The father is the sons
brother-in-law and both grandpa and
uncle Of the young mans children. The
senior wife is both grandma and aunt
of the younger family of children. SEN
ior wife is both stepmother and sister,
in-law of the young man. and SO on
ad infiuitum.-Walla Malla statnsman-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
HARVESTING THE TIDE.
ttHkktfttt
How Man Proposes to Convert ths
Waves Of the Sea Into a
Power.Driying Factor.

Man has harnessed nec~'y all the ell
ements to do his bidding, and it is not
strange that a means has been found
to press the very tides into service.
A machine for whic' a series of pat
ents has just been granted by the
United States Government has for its
purpose the utilization Of the tides OF
the sea for the generation of power.
The apparatus. which is designed to
be built upon butress at the very
shore Of tidewater, consists Of 4 walk
ing beam permanently mounted on an
axis at the sea end Of whose extreml-
ty is attached a large float or air-tight
caisson, which rises and falls with the
incoming or outgoing tide. AZ the
further end of the beam is 6 power
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
First Atlantic Turbine.

The first transatlantic steamship to
be driven by turbines instead of Or
dinary reciprocating engines. has been
contracted for at Belfast. It is to be
run on the Allen line between England
and Canada, and will have gross tom
mage of 10000 tons and a contract
speed of seventeen knots. Although
this speed is small compared to that
of many of the great transatlantic
liners, it will be greater than that Of
any of the ships of the Allan line. The
traffic between England and Canada
does not warrant the expense Of
faster ship, but the new vessel will
be interesting as the first of her kind
Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
Senator Edmonds' Dry Joke.

Tom Cavanaugh. for many years
Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms of the House,
is yermonter, and he says that once
upon q time Senator Edmunds came
near uttering practical joke; but the
Senator was always so grave that Cav
anaugh has to offer an affidavit every
time he tells the story. He says that
on one occasion Senator Edmunds gave
a page boy a telegram. and the little
fellow ran off, but Immediately re-
turned to ask whether the telegram
should be sent over the Postal or West.
ern Union line. Senator Edmunds
looked very thoughtful for a moment,
and then said: Send it by Western
Union. They may need the money
Exchange.
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pretty much the same way as a snake
swallows toad.
In burrowing in the sand they make
several strokes with the right or left
forefoot. changing from one to the
other; but when this dirt is to be
worked out of the way. they use their
bind feet with alternate strokes with
great rapidity. The female in this
way evidently digs into the ground,
where she deposits dozen or more
white eggs, which she leaves for the
warm earth to hatch.
I know Of nothing else so easily
tanned When caught in the hand
they seldom attempt to escape. Placed
on ones clothing, they often sit in the
same position for long time. Know
ing this peculiarity, decorated my
little son with nineteen lizards, just to
prove to some skeptical people that ]
was willing to back up my assertions
with a demonstration. Yet one OBJ
server who witnessed it declared that
it was risky, and that he knew a man
who had lost finger from the veno
nous bite Of fence lizard. A teams
ter who was not afraid to handle 0
snake could not be persuaded to touch
a lizard. although they both saw o
finger thrust into little saurian's
mouth. Ignorance is hard to Danish
but it easily drives away the truth.
They are not only harmless, but
beneficial. Lying on the fences which
surround the field OF growing crops,
they dcvour many insects as these at.
tempt to enter the fields, thus benefit.
ing the farmers, who have no apprecia.
ton of their value-Scientifc Amer.
ican.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
A HARMLESS REPTILE
Q Q Q Q Q
BY A. z. NJ. SPAID.

~SsoE F there is anything we need
4 y to teach more than an
9 9 other, it is that numerous
4 insects and reptiles, which
IC~ are held by many persons
to he poisonous, are perfectly harm
less. This is especially so of the pine
tree lizard, or, as it is often called, the
fence lizard. 1t is true that the lizard
has teeth, but they are almost too
small to be seen, the finely serrated
jaws feeling just like the rough lips or
a bass. Moreover, these little sauri-
ans seldom attempt to bite, and make
interesting pets.
I have q box two feet long. one foot
high and six inches wide. the sides
being of glass and the bottom covered
with a white sand to a depth of two
inches. With this on my study table
[ have a good opportunity for watch
ing the five interesting inmates as
they eat and sleep. Two are males
and three are females, easily distin-
guished by their color. Their color
seems to be Influenced by the condl-
tions of the atmosphere. After
rain or when they first come out OF
their hiding places in the morning
many Of them are very dark. by
holding them in the hand short time,
the color changes very perceptibly.
When my pets are ready to go to
bed, they dive into the sand, where
they remain covered up until morning.
Then here and there head bobs up,
and gradually the saurians either
stretch out on the sand or prop them.
selves up on their fOrelegs in q most
comical manner. They soon become
alert, and show how keen their appe-
tites are if flies, crickets. grasshop-
pers, or katydids are thrown to them.
Frequently, when one has seized
particularly fat grasshopper, another
will attempt to take it away. They
are also fond of reaches, but care moth.
ing for -shelled beetles. They will
not seize an insect unless it is moving,
and one often knows when the attack
is to be made, as the lizard opens its
mouth just little way before spring
ing upon its prey. It uses its tongue
with the same agility as does the
frog or toad, and gorges a large insect
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
Indians Fear LIQUOR.

The chief executives of the Five Civil
lied Tribes" resident in Indian Territory,
have recently held a consultation at Eu-
ao fau and h n Gn calling In ghasss general se
egates to an International convention,
which shall frame constitution for the
State of Jefferson, proposed to be formed
out of the present Indian Territory. It
was specifically agreed that the General
Council Of each nation should instruct
its delegates to vote for a strict clause
in the said constitution prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors within the new
State. The Indian citizens denounce the
popular political plan of making one State
out of Indian Territory and Oklahoma COM
bined, because such a State would newt
ably be in bondage to the saloon, which
now has q very solid hold on Oklahoma
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
Alcoholic Normandy.

The population of the five departments
of Normandy is 10000 less than it was
thirty years ago, and the decrease is at.
tributed wholly to the excessive use Of
alcohol. M. Debove. the dean Of the Paris
Faculty CT Medicine, shows how alcohol
operates in Two directions toward the
diminution. of the population-by raising
the average of mortality and by weakens
ing the s1s vitality Of the ascr majority nns sST
where the consumption of brandy is more
than a quart per day per head Of the
adult population. Alcoholism is said to
have got firm hold on large part Of
the female population. In. the fairly,
temperate" canton of Tourouve the aver.
age weekly consumption of raw spirits is q
little over three and a half quarts for each
male adult and about two quarts for
grown up women and young children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANcE.

The Remedy For the Drink Disease-Ws
Must Delve Iuto Mons Hearts and
Purge Them os the Desire For Intox-
icants-This Only VIII Curb the Evil.
While the world lasts, or, until Satan ia
chained, it is probable that the saloon, as
we know it in the United States, will re.
main. This is evident simply because it
!:as become one OF the most effective arts
of Satanic invention, and as it is certain
that all the fury of hell will be brought to
bear in the latter days when the devil re-
alizes that the time is short in which he
may work. why should he cease to work
through the saloon? =
And, also, as long as there age wicked
and selfish men in the world, it is reason.
able to believe that the,saloon will be here,
too. Perhaps this implies too forcibly that
every saloon keeper is a wicked, selfish
man. What we mean, however, ls that
one cannot visit any street Of wickedness
where the saloon is not found. The saloon
walks hand in, hand with the devil. Ot
this there is no doubt. There may be some
respectable, saloons with respectable"
proprietors, but they are few. and there
we do find them even they do not breed
respectablity, Most of the greatest relg-
ious thinkers of the day are positive that
if any man has the will of God at whats
ever cost he will never find that God Yo'
cation for him is to be saloon keeper.
We cannot abolish the saloon by destroy.
ing individual places of business, although
it was often cause of rejoicing among
many families where certain neighborhoods
have been relieved by conhagration But
we have to go deeper than che saloons.
themselves. We must delve into mems
hearts and find why there is such a demand
for saloons. In this way it resolves ITSELF
into an economic question. Decrease tina
demand and the supply will decrease.
The most effective method of decreasing
the demand for the saloon is to strive for
the reformation Of the drunkard-assist
him in his desire to be cured of his appetite
for strong drink. True reformation fol-.
lows. He daily grows morally, spiritually,
mentally and physically better and greater
in every way Thus, and only thus, can
the demand be decreased. And, as night
follows day, the supply will surely decrease.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
Russia Almost Bafded.

The Russian Government is experiencing
great difficulty in its efforts to restrict the.
almost universal use of liquor among the
says the Government is anxious "to save
the population from the baneful influence:
of the innkeepers, who in order to make
large profits ,adultarated their spirits with
noxious and 'deleterious substances which
were proving ruinous to the lower classes.
The average peasant was not content with
remaining in a public house until he had
spent his last farthing, but often pawned
his clothes, furniture and future crops.
The public houses were acknowledged to be
the most powerful agents of ruin and dis
organization in the economic life of the
Russian people, and threatened the impov-
erishment of the whole agricultural popu.
lation."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
Was Moderate Drinker.

The American Issue says: One Of the
greatest obstacles to the development of
temperance reform is the moderate drink
er, and his argument that there are no ills
resulting from the temperate use of intox-
icating liquors. A telegram sent out from
New York. dated December 2. proves the
fallacy of such argument in one case at
least; and if such an ending is possible in
one case, why not in many others? After
surgical operation, George Turner was
suddenly stricken down and was taken to
Bellevue Hospital, where he died in the
alcoholic ward from what the doctors de-
clared was delirium tremens. His wife,
with whom he had lived happily for thirty
years, and also his most intimate friends,
to all of whom he was always known as a.
man of very temperate habits, resented the
statements made by the doctors, and be-
lieving that they had blundered, demand
ed an investigation. After the autopsy
and statements from attendants. the cor
oner and physicians declared Turner's
death was due to refined alcoholism. He
found that the victim had been suffering
from chronic meningitis and softening OF
the brain, with, other maladies Of lesser
nature. The advice of the Book Is, after
all, the only safe course: 'Touch nots
taste not, handle not" = = .' I
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-03-16
Strange Incident of Paris.

A man named Armand, his wife and
his mother-in-law, all exceedingly
stout, himself weighing 225 pounds,
took cab in Paris the other day. The
two women got in first, then Armand,
but his weight upset the cab. Armand
fell beneath and the women inside
against the top of the cab. A young
man on the street, alarmed at the
screams, turned in a fire alarm. The
fremen arrived on the scene and pre-
pared to throw stream of water, but
the spectators restrained them and
r;shted the cab.