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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18
Killed by Train,

Brownsville, Pa. Dec. 1S.-Howard
G.. Taylor, aged 80, assistant supervisor
on the Monongahela Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad was killed by
a train shortly before 8 O'Clock
today, at West Brownsville Junction
A switch thrown wrong, or broken
frog caused slight collision Mr..
Taylo: was on the steps OF one train
and was thrown of and his neck broken.
He died instantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18
Beware Of 0intments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering il through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply.
scians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by +. j.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, Zoe.
Take Halls Family Pills for cor Stipation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18

preparation bill of $11, 900, 900 for the
Panama canal. the main one being the
elimination of the House provision that
the canal bonds be placed on the
same footing with other two per cent.
bonds. The bill was sent to conference.
The debate as to the proper committee
reference of the insurance recommends
tons in the Presidents message, was
then resumed, in committee of the
whole.
Fred Lands, republican, ofIndiana,
made his maiden speech. He discussed
the question of insurance from the view
point Of a policyholder. Publicity, "
he said, sis the cure for the evils, ard
Congress can secure it,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18
Lost of Steamer.

Tunis, Dec. 18.-The Norwegian
steamer Albula has been lost of Kelibya.
Only one person from the vessel was
saved. The Albula WAS steamer of
l.164 tons. She sailed from Tyne on
November 2l tor Porto Vecchio, Corsica,
and has not been reported since that
date
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18
For Cracked Hands

Rough skin aud cracked hands are not only
cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye, but
an occasional application will teep the skin
soft and smooth. Best for Eczem9, Cuts,
Burns, Boils, etc The genuine DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salye affords immediate relief in
all forms of Blind, Bleeding Itching and
PrOtruding Piles Sold by W. F. Creighton
& Co., 40l King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18
IN MEMORIAM.

In:memory Of IDA A. ENTWISLE. shC
departed this life December IS, lS99-six years
ago today.
Not far in lonely graveyard,
Where the trees their branches wave,
Lies our dear beloved mother
In her cold AMI silent grave.
Six years have passed and still we miss her,
Some may think the wound is healed,
Bat they little know the sorrow
Within our hearts concealed
BY HER DAUGHTER AND SISTRR.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18
President Nc all Ill.

New York, Dec. lS.--John A. Nc
Call, President of the New York
Life Insurance Company, is seIi-
ously i'll at his home, No. "a
West 72nd street. He is suffering
with pneumonia although his condition
is not thought to be critical.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18
A Bad Scare.

Some day you will get a bad scare, when
you feel pain in your bowels, and fear APP
pendicitis. Safely lies in DIR. Kings New
Life Pills, a sure cure for adj bowel and
stomach diseases, such as headache. bilious
ness, costiyeness, etc. Guaranteed at +. S.
Leadbeater & Sons drug store, only 25c. Try
them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18

The caucus of democratic Senators
has reelected without opposition Mr..
German, of Maryland, as chairman. No
better selection could have been made.
MIR. German is a leader of men and his
four years absence from the Senate was
seriously felt by every democrat in that
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-18
The Market,

Ge0FgstoTn. Dec. iS.-Whesi 66.asl.
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DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
.anSburgh&Bro
Washington's Favorite Store.
UMBRELLAS
Are Standbys as
Christmas Gifts.
Are Standbys as
Christmas Gifts.

Women's Umbrellas, 26.inch Paragon
frame; cover of silk Gloria, with { IN
pretty gilt handles. Special. Vh'O"
Women's Fine Silk Gloria Umbrellas; 20
inch Paragon frame; pretty handles Of silver
and pearl. gold and pearl, horn CT S0
and natural wood........................ VA'ON
Women's All-silk Tape-edge,
Black and all colors. 26-inch Um- Cd Ok
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Children's English Gloria Umbrellas: %
and 24-inch frame; fancy or natural AOC
WOOD handies ..............'..'.''' .... '''.''.
Mems Umbrellas; 2S-inch Paragon frame;
cover of silk Gloria, horn and nat
ural wood; plain or trimmed han mn
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Mems Fine Silk Gloria 2S-inch Umbrellas;
natural wood, plain or trimmed 6 IN
and horn handles. ...... ........... %t'OO
Mems Silk Gloria 2s-inch UMBRELLA; han
dies of horn, natural wood, plain Cd M
or trlmmed............. ............ .....
Mems Union Taffeta 28-ineh Umbrellas,
one of the best wearing materials
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The House disagreed to the Senate
amendments to the urgent deficiency ap-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Be in Earnest,

Make the most Of your opportunities.
Don't be satisfied that you'll do 1t
tomorrow or rest on your laurels be-
cause you did it yesterday; do it to-
day.
Take advantage Of every opportu-
nifty that comes your way.
Don't get into the way Of belittling
your chances and feeling they are not
big enough to bother over.
What seems the tiniest chance may
be the nucleus of the browning achieve
ment of your life.
So you see you can't sford to let
any opportunity slip Cor fear it might
be the right one.
Try and put energy and interest into
everything you do.
Work with al your heart, play with
all your heart; above nj, things avoid
indifference and that enemy to all
progress-apathy.
Remember, life even Mt its longest is
brief, and there are thousands OF
splendid, wonderful things to be
crowded into it.
Try and economize these precious
fleeting moments by doing the things
that's most worth while.
Select the pleasures that will bring
you greatest JOY. Choose the work you
are most fitted to do.
Keep your eyes open; be alert; never
be afraid to try things.
Eliminate II can't" from your vocab-
ulary and put "Ill try" in its place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Detironing of Alcohol.

Another potent factor in the dethron-
ing of alcohol has been the spirit OF
scientific research of recent years. In
the great laboratories scientists have
been carefully studying the effects OF
alcoholic liquors upon the various Or
gansi of; the body, and, although they
differ in their, conclusions upon some
points, the result, is that; those physi-
clans. who have most closely followed
these investigations have, almost or
entirely, abjured alcoholics as a neces-
sary part of their therapeutic outfit.
These elaborate studies of alcohol have
convinced many that the nourishing
and strengthening properties formerly
ascribed 10 alcoholics existed only ip
the imagination, and belong to the err
rors of an age which had no facilities
for accurate observation. The food
qualities of the grains and fruits, it is
now believed by many authorities, are
destroyed in the process of making al
coholic drinks. Even the stimulating
qualities ascribed to alcohol are de-
MED by many. who class it among the
narcotics because of it's represent ef-
fect.-From an Open Letter in tn" Cea'
fury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
A Revelation from God.

In a conversation with Professor S.
T. 2. Morse, the inventor of the tele-
graph, Rev. George w. Hervcy asked
him this question:
Professor Morse. when you were
making your experiments yonder in
your rooms in the university, did you,
ever come to Il stand, not knowing
what to do next:"
ooh, yes; more than once"
"And at such times, what did you do
next:"
Il may answer you in. confidence.
sir" said the professor, but it is d
matter of which the public knows
nothing. Whenever I could not see my
way clearly, I prayed for more light"
"And the light generally came"
"Yes. And may / tell you that when
f1attering \honors came to me from
America and Europe on account OF
the invention which bears my name.
I never felt I deserved them. I had
made. a valuable application of electric
ity, not because 1 was superior to other
men, but solely because God, who
meant it fer mankind, must reveal it
to some one. and was pleased to reveal
it to me-"
In view Of these facts. it is not sur
prising that the inventors first message
vas, What God hath wrought!'-
Christian Union-Herald.
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M:W5az55IM L
H||stRE0RES1A 81


Peach Pie--Pare and cut in halves,
place in a deep dish; sprinkle a little
cinnamon and sugar, then sift on a lit
i atiour; cover with a nice rich crust.
70 be eaten fresh.
White Sauce-Add to melted butter
one ounce of flour and stir till smooth.
Pour in slowly three-Quarters of a pint
of cold water. Stir until it boils. Add
six drops of lemon juice, season and
strain.
Lemon Pie-One coffee cup of sugar,
juice and rind of one lemon, three
eggs, one tablespoonful of corn starch
dissolved in q little cold water; add
boiling water to fill the cup, make mer-
ingue of the whites of eggs for the top.
Lentils-Soak the lentils in water
overnight. Drain. and cover with
sailed boiling water. Boil for an hour,
drain, and cover with more boiling
water and cook until quite soft, but not
broken. Drain very dry. melt q heap
ing teaspoonful of butter in q frying.
pan, and, when slightly Drowned, put
= in an onion cut into tiny bits. Stir for
several minutes, then turn in the len-
ills. Add a tablespoonful of Drowned
-four, and a teaspoonful of vinegar.
Cook, stirring to q smooth mass, and
serve.
Stuffed Cabbag2-Wash a cabbage
and lay it in sailed water for an hour,
pulling the leaves apart, but not break
ing them off. Then place it in sailed
boiling water and cook for ten min
utes. Drain, and, when cold, stand on
end and put between the leaves q
forcemeat made by mixing a cup OF
chopped roast meat-beef, mutton or
yeal-with half as much fine crumbs,
and moistening all with weak stock.
Begin this stutting process at the cen
tire of the cabbage. filling all inter-
stices carefully. When the forcemeat
is all used, press the leaves into place
and wrap the cabbage in a strip OF
cheese cloth. Put carefully into boil
ing water and boil for q little over an
hour. Lay the cabbage on q platter,
carefully remov the cheese cloth, and
pour over the cabbage a good brown
sauce.
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Hints to the Cook.
/ can I've.

When making corn-meal mush' slft a
tablespoonful of -four with the meal
to prevent the mush sticking. ..
In molding fancy jellies brush the
inside of the mold with white Of egg
and the jelly will turn out easily.
If boiled or roasted meat that"1s to
be used cold is wrapped in 4 moist
cloth it will be more tender.
When making gravy remove the pan
from the fire while the thickening is
being stirred in, and when smooth re-
turn 10 the fire TO cook. This method
prevents Jumps forming.
To scale fish easily pour on hot wa
ter slowly till the scales curl, then
scrape quickly. Wash in several wa
tiers, having the last cold and well
sailed so no slime will be left.
For the boiled cider of grandmother's
day, without which ITO mince pie or
fruit cake was complete, and which
kept perfectly for a year or more, boil,
slowly, five quarts Of sweet cider Ill
a porcelain Skettle, ., Watching that it
Goes not burn until reduced to three
pints, turn into glass jars or bottles
and seal tightly like canned fruit.
Potatoes will boil more quickly if
two kettles of boiling water are pre-
pared, one of which is poured over
the vegetables, and after a moment
the potatoes are lifted into the other
kettle, and boiling will not cease.
When potatoes are to be baked, if they
are thoroughly heated on top of the
stove turning them once) they will
bake in half the usual time.-The Pill
grim. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Temnerance Notes.

In the Protestant primary schools OF
the Province of Quebec lessons upon
temperance and health are compulsory.
In Natal instruction is extensively
given in the primary schools Oh the
laws of health and temperance. these
being included in the list of optional
subjects.
The Very Rev. Father Hays has been
stirring things up i'll Australia. In
Victoria 21,35S persons put down their
names as total abstainers; in Kew Zea-
land $4,000 persons signed tie pledge
III ven weeks.
In the colony of South Australia
teaching Of temperance is regularly
carried out.
The Church of England Temperance
Society does some Legitimate Dragging
OH itself. During the year l9O3
through its publication house. 100000
pledge cards, over II quarter of a mill
ion leaflets and 60, 900 tracts sold.
There are now 1877 persons confined
in the Ohio p~enitentiary. and Rev. ID.
J. Star. the chaplain Of The institution,
saws that the records OF The prison
show that seventy five per cent. OF the
prisoners owe their incarceration TO
c,1mcS committed Will" under Tue. ".
iuence Of strong drink.
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Glad He is Dead.

Reporters called on a recent morning
at the humble home of William Clarke,
of Muscatine, Iowa, who had died the
previous night of delirium tremens.
The widow and ten children were gath
cred about the kitchen fire. When
asked for particulars the widow took
pencil and paper and prepared the fol-
lowing note for the press: please 90
not say that the family deeply mourn
for their dead. For years he has been
husband and father only in name. For
affection given, only blows and curses
have been received in return. 1t is
better for him that he is dead and bet
ter for us. Now that the long dark
chapter is ended, do not make US hypo-
critics by publishing that which Is not
true"
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CHAPTER VIII.

Fragile, waXen faces, that take the
stamp of youth most delicately, are
also those which olden quickest under
the pressure of moral or physical sick
ness. I have myself seen such a one
lose youth and bloom forever in the
space of four-and-twenty hours of
sudden mortal anguish. When Jane
Grand came down to meet Clifford Mo-
hun next morning, her face was more
altered by this one night of weeping
than many women's would be by the
wear and tear. and commonplace 'suf-
fering, of half q score Of ordinary
years.
Mohun was startled at the alteration
in her. Miss Grand's beauty was pre-
cisely that quality with which he was
in love; and it shocked him to see the
capabilities of plainnesS already latent
in her girlish face.
"Jane, are you ill?-my dearest Jane,
what in the world is the matter with
you"
She walked quickly to his side, and,
OelOEe le uou llllle " lioS. tuiSN HCi
arms round his neck-she so shy and
reticent even of loving words.-and
kissed him!
"Gifford-I shall never marry you"
Then Clifford forgot the ashy cheek
and hollow eyes; he saw himself about
to be defrauded, by some ovcrwhelm-
ing misfortune, of his own hopes. and
lie caught her passionatcly, almost
ficrceiy. 10 his breast.
do you know what you are saying,
Jane? Do you know what promises
you have made-promises that ITO one
but me can cvcr free you fromE"
"You will free me from them ALL"
81 free you! l give up your love
Jane, tell me what you are talking
shout. 1t is impossible thai you can
BE speaking in sober earnesr. You wish
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New Melon. Eating Record.

Four big pieces of watermelon =
four minutes was the record made D.
Nicholas Sullivan in 4 melon eatlh
match with Alexander Green n VI
car Gibson in Naston. Md. The COY
were seated in a pushcart in front Q
the court hoH,e and cash prizes wei
offered for the successful eater an
his nearest competitor. The stree
was filled by-a large. crowd of person,
who cheered the contestants along. y
lust four minutes Sullivan had cate
four pieces, Gibson three. and cree
two and a half. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
the Building OF Character.

Character may be defined as the,
house in, which we are to live forever
4No one can build it for q man.; every:
stroke must. be his cWn. And forlthe
rearing of. this perpetual home3of ours
We have only the few short years of
our life on earth. Iscit any wonder
that the first word in Peters wonder.
full program for u work is dill.
gence?" .E...g
This house of ours is to have a foun-
dalton, which Peter names next. Part
of the foundation is under ground, Of
course, out of sight; that is faith"
There can be no beautiful, visible
house of character without IN abiding,
rock-frm confidence in the great. I'LL
seer realities of the universe, such as
God, Christ, Heaven, Hell, the soul
and Immortality. And part Of the
foundation is above ground, that is
virtue" an uprightness Of conduct
that all men can see and rejoice in.
Peter next enumerates knowledge"
That is the framework that holds to-
getIer our structure of character.
Many n man has "gone to pieces" as
the saying is, because he had a, zeal
that was not according to knowledge;
he wanted to do things, but did not
know how.
Temperance" comes next-"self-con'
troll" as the margin has It. That is the
wall, shutting out the cold, the storm,
the robber, the wolf. Some folks think
it shuts out pleasure also; but it does
not. All the pleasure that is worth
while may come in through the door!
Then, patience" And what can
patience, be but the floors, those lowly
boards over which we tramp. tramp,
tramp as we 60 about our daily, hum:
drum tasks. Let not the boards creak
Cover them with gay carpet, so that
/ people may not know they are there
Patience may become the most beautl.
full and comforting thing in all the
house. 81.
Goodness comes next; the roof, OF
course. Every house ;sof. character
must have q side fronting Heaven
every house, that is, except those mis-
cradle abodes that are constructed in
the caves of 'selfislness, burrowing
down into the perpetual dark!
Thus, connected with the roof, CONT
the chimney and the hearth, the symboI
of the household, and so the symbol
Of that characteristic which Peter
names next-"love Of the brethren
No one can have such a character as
we are describing without loving oil
others that have the same character.
But there is something about
house that is more beautiful ever thar
the fire of the household on the hearth
namely, the windows that let the fire
light out to- cheer the passers-by. And
there is something in character more
beautiful than love Of the brethren
and that is love-" love Of all men
love that reaches to Heaven and down
to Hell, and takes in the farthest
darkest. corner of the earth. r. p;
Are we building our house Of charac
ter? Yes, indeed; we cannot help
building it; we are at work upon il
every minute. But how are we build
ing it? That is the question. Are we
building according to the careless die
tates of our selfish fancy, or accord
ing to that divine pattern that was
shown Peter in the holy mount?-Amos
R. Wells, in Sabbath Reading.
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The Most Pressing Enemy.

In q speech before the English Army
Temperance Association, Lord Wolse-
ley said:
'There are yet some battles to be
fought, some great enemies to be en-.
countered by the United Kingdom. OUT
the most pressing enemy at present IS
drink. 1t kills more than all our new
est weapons of warfare, and not only
destroys the body, but the MIND II
the soul, Also"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE;

The Saloon is a Good Thing For the
Drink Maker and tho Drink Seller,
But q Very Poor Thing For the MOI
Who Pours the Stuff Down His Throat
Is the saloon a good thing? Yes, for
lie saloonkeeper.
Yes, for the brewer.
Yes, for the distiller.
Yes. for the gambler.
Yes, for the confidence man.
Yes. for the hold-up man.
Yes. for the criminal court lawyer. ="
Yes, for the ward boss who gets his
weekly rake-of.
Yes, for the yellow newspaper edi-
tor who gets his sensation ready-made
there.H
Yes, for tue spokesman, who at the
last moment can always defeat civic
reform by buying. up the saloons habit
ues.
Yes, for the trapper who lives" by
SHARING young men and girls at the
wine-room supper.
Yes, for every brute that guised. in
mans garb goes out to serve his mas
ter, the devil, ,fands sdrags his victims;
down to the hell he has made for him.
self. ,, 80
For these and their like the saloon
is a good thing eternally.
Butts tile saloon q good thing? NO,
for the man who drinks up his wages
there.
No, for the wife whose home is bare
of comfort, because of the wages her
husband lost there.
No. for the children who breakfast
on crusts and dine on crusts and go to
bed supperless because their father
spends his wages for drink and not for
food.
No. for the butcher, who loses the
wages the saloon patron might nave
spent for steaks and chops.
No, for the baker, who would sell a
loaf Oh two of bread every day to every
saloon victim if there. was no saloon
to tempt him when he went home from
work at. night. =.
No. for the father whose son begins
to sow his wild oats in the high IL
cense buffet" goes from bar to barrel
house and i,Windsaup.a physical, men
tai and moral suicide. ,
No, for the young woman who mar
ries the man she loves ito reform
him." and finds out too late what hell
on earth is like.
No, for the taxpayer who thinks he
is getting off easy by making the sa-
loon pay him in license fee from five to
ten per cent. of it's net proceeds, and
forgets to figure up as n part of the
debit side:
(1) The cost of the police court; C2)
Jail; 81 county house; (4) fires caused
by drunken employees; (5) shrinkage in
| real estate values in. saloon districts,
| and (6) the loss to the community OF
| labor Of able bodied men whom the So
loon tempts to periodical sprees, or
whose drink undermined health and
poverty at length makes~them a public
charge; to say nothing of'the boys and
girls caught by rum before they are
old enough to know better and the
neutralizing of, all Christian .endeavor
by the ever present, ever busy infu-
ence of it's worst enemy.
For these and for every healthy,
wholesome interest of every comnu-
nifty the saloon is not a good thing, but
a mighty bad thing eternally.'
If you believe this, vote against it In
| your town, your State and your nation
al elections. every time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Life il Sacrifice.

Out of the soil in which deciduoIs
leaves are buried the young tree shoots
vigorously, and strikes its roots deep
down into the realms of decay and
death. Upon the life of the vegetable
world the myriad forms Of higher life
sustain themselves-still the same law,
the sacrifice of life for life.-F. W.
Robertson.