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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
The Value of To-day.

81 believe said Senator Hoar, that
to-day is better than yesterday, and
that tomorrow will be better than to-
day"
Contenment and hope! With these
two, and no more, we car solve the
riddle of life.
To-day is better than yesterday"
Believe it, and remorse fees; regret 1t
not; and memory becomes what it leg
Ultimately should be-a JOY.
Yesterday is what We made OF 1t
and there is no yesterday which should
be perfect in the light of today. Where
fore, be thankful that there is a to-day,
and that with it comes the opportunity
to build better, nohler and stronger up
on the mistakes OF Observation-Disclosures
zine Of MYSTERIES
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
ITO be Continued.)
No Porter Needed to Guard.

"Some people," remarked IN employe
at Broad Street Station, have their
own ways Of doing things. The other
day a party of four persons arrived at
this station from one of the summer
resorts. They were laden with a mis-
cellaneous assortment of luggage, ana
the head Of the family had an immense
white bulldog. The luggage was SO
heavy that they were compelled 10 call
upon the porters for help.
when they reached the cafe door
they directed the porters to pile the
luggage in q heap on the floor. Then,
their request being complied with.
they placed the bulldog on the top OF
the heap and went into the restaurant
and dined, failing to appear for two
hours.
In the meanwhile the dog was mon
arch of all he surveyed for none
dared 20 nearer than ten feet Of him.
The party finally took a train to
one of the suburbs."-Philadelphla
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Temperance Notes.

Among the States, Pennsylvania
ranks second in the production Of
whisky.
Mortality from cancer is very high
in beer drinking districts of. Germany,
such as Bavaria and SalZburg.
Adrian Iselin. a New York million
aire. has purchased a road house near
Fort Slocum and turned it into a tenn
perance tavern to prevent the soldiers
from spending their wages for liquor.
Statistics show that there are 10000
saloons in Belgium, making one to
every thirty-siX persons, and this
means one saloon for every twelve men
above seventeen years of age.
Boston has fewer saloons than any Of
the large cities, according to popula-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
A Few Hints.

White wool articles are thoroughly
cleansed by rubbing with dry -four.
Shake we'll afterwards
1t takes less sugar for fruits and
preserves if put in after they are well
cooked.
A silver spoon, knife or fork put into
a glass jar or dish will temper it so
that it can be filed with anything hot,
even to the boiling point.
A raw egg, swallowed, will usually
detach any foreign substance, like fish,
bone, if lodged in the throat.
Ink spots on linen can be removed By
dipping the articles in pure melted tai
low. Wash out the tallow and the ink
will come with it.
A ~teaspoonful of ammonia in the
water in which silver is washed will
keep it brilliantly bright.
Fresh lard will remove tar from
either hand or clothing. Wash with
soap and water afterwards.
Wet cooking soda, spread upon a thin
cloth and bound over a corn, will re-
move it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03

At Brookdale. Santa Cruz County
California, q fine but shallow-roote'
specimen Of the Sequoia, or Californf
redwood, was blown over in a recen
storm. The tree is estimated to b
over $50 years old, measures It's fee
from butt to tip, and sixty feet in cir
conference. Ten feet from the top o.
the tree, and at a distance of 165 fee
from the ground, was found a hol,
somewhat less than two feet deep. i
had once been the nest OF a wood
pecker. In this hole had grown a stur
dy, three-stalked huckleberry bush
two feet tall. Its roots, extending si1
feet into the heart of the tree, had alb
sorbed the sap Of the redwood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Home Made Rugs.

There is the ordinary rag carpet
made of simple materials and in one or
two or many colors, and the more
elaborate one, made of fine materials.
Into the latter go velvets, silk dam
asks, tapestries and woods. Cretonnes
are woven into others, combined with a
plain warp. A rag-style rug which is
charming is woven of Singapore lattice.
This is a curtain drapery-a lattice
like material, as it's name implies. 1t
comes in delightful soft, dull shades
and when cut for weaving in the rugs
the irregularities of the lattice work
form a thick nap, which gives the rug
a rich warm effect. A rug of the kind,
q beauty, has the body of the rug in
a clear light gray, with stripes of pale
sea green, brought out with q bit Of
deep green which form a border at
each end.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Eft Tu. Wilhelm

The latest news from Germany will
cause CONSERVATION in the ranks Of
the nebulous German-American. beer
canteen Alliance on this side of the
water. Germany, the veritable beer
garden-of-E Eden, the forever illustrious
and irrefutable argument of the drink
maker to prove the h~ealth-giving eff
fects of moderate indulgence, the last
resort Of the personal---very. chan-'
pion, when the annoying facts of scien-
tifc temperance instruction are threat
ening to curtail the dram sellers pre-
carious Electromagnetic think that Ger
many should cable cheer to the prohi-
bition fanatics Of America in the
name of Gambrinus Rex, what is the
world coming to, anyway?
When Emperor William announced,
In reply to an inquiry Of a member Of
the army temperance society, that no
compulsion exists to partake Of toasts
in alcoholic drinks, and that it may be
left to the movement now in progress
to advance this idea in all circles" he
struck away the basic support of social
drinking in its hitherto most impreg-
nable refuge. Less than a year ago
King Edward made an almost identi-
cal declaration. thus officially sane
tioning the propriety of abstinence
where alcohol once claimed unques-
toned homage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
~Intemperate Doctors.

Cnder the law of Minnesota, if a
physician or surgeon, being in a state
of intoxication, without a design to
effect death, administers any poison,
drug, OF medicine, OF does any other
act as q physician OF surgeon to any
other person, which produces the lat
ter's death, he is guilty Of manslaugh-
ter in the second degree; and if, in u
state Of i~ntoxication, he administers
any poison, drug, or medicine, or does
any other act. as a physician or sur
geon, to any other person by which the
l%atter's life is endangered or seriously
affected, he is guilty of a misdemeanor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Appesl For New Devotion.

DR.. Theodore L. Cuyler, the beloved
Presbyterian Nestor Of Brooklyn. has
issued to the churches an appeal for
new: devotion to temperance endeavor.
He proposes the regular maintenance
of monthly temperance meetings, ad-
dressed by the most effective speakers
o%btainable, and enlivened by such lit
erary and musical features as will be
calculated to attract the interest of the
young people. He recommends in con-
nection with this, the organization OF
a Temperance League in each congre-
CATION on the basis Of a pledge against
drink and kindred evils for all men,
hers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Cleaning Windows.

Kerosene is a splendid aid in the
cleaning of windows. Into a basin put
two tablespoonful of kerosene and two
of water. Take a soft cloth a little
larger than the hand, dip it in the
basin, half wiring it and wash your
windows, both sash and glass. Then
rub dry with a soft newspaper and
polish with a soft towel. This process
will remove fly specks and dirt from
both glass and paint more quickly than
soap and water, and leaves the glass
with a better polish. The quantity
given is sufficient for washing two or
binary sized windows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Glass Collins.

To preserve the features of those who
have died it is proposed by q Russian
to embalm corpses by casting around
them a solid mass of glass. Of course.
it is not possible to pour molten glass
directly on the body, so it is first coated
with n thin covering of sodium silicate.
This is allowed to harden and forms
n protective coating. The body is then
put in q mould and melted glass poured
ornrD6 II
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Tk0GA .
HUhdW
.RrGhkfAH
1Iu:o.b1e
JESUS.
BY M PARKINSON.

By AMY PARKINSON.
Jesus, my Guide!
The way IL all unknown-walk Thog betor
So I may plant my feet where Thine ha1
been,
And stray no more.
Jesus, my, Light!
When night falls thickly down, shi1
through the dark,
So shall I fearlessly press on until
l reach the mark.
Jesus, my Lifei
Though heart and flesh may fail, Thou al
the same "a
Give of Thy strength, SO shall my so
forget
Jesus, my King!
Let me but hear Thy voice, and ! obey;
Thou art my Life, my Light, my Guif
through gloom
To endless day.
Jesus, my God!
The close cannot be far, Of earthly year
The time draws nigh when Thine own tel
der touch
Shall dry my tears.
RAMS Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
A Logical Conclusion.

In An argument which DR.. George =
Pentecost once had with an atheist tn
latter said the reason why he did no
believe in the Bible al because b
did not know the author. DR.. Pente
cost replied:
"Well, my friend, is the multiplied
ton table q work Of authority witt
mathematicians?"
Most certainly"
do you happen to know who tn
author of that table isl"
In q moment he frankly c%onfesse,
his ignorance, upon which DR.. Pente
cost added:
Then 1 suppose, as a matter of fact
being a scientific man and conscien
tious skeptic, you never use the multi
p~lication table?'-Ram's Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Bedroom Climate.

On the tombstone of tens of thou
sands Of those who have died from
tuberculosis might appropriately be in.
scribed: Disease and death were in.
vited and encouraged by a death deal.
ing bedroom climate"
To show that this is no exaggeration
it is only necessary to call attention to
the fact that fully half the tubercula.
patients placed in outdoor consunlp-
tive hospitals make a satisfactory re-
covery. If fresh air will cur the dis
ease, it is certainly a wonderful pre-
venti7e of it.-Dr. David Paulson, in
Good Health.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Boring Holes In tho Ships Bottom.

bOIluR nOiCb II LILO 9hApb ot1ob
We are living in tremendously praa
teal times-history, national and Il
ternational, is being made by leaps an
bounds.
It has been truly said that the charaS
ter of the individual is the charact9
of the nation; it therefore behooves 4
to guard with the greatest jealous
against that which tends to lower To
standards of true manhood.
In the business life Of to-day, throug|
stress of competition as well as frod
pure selishness, there has been q grow
ing tendency to forget "the other mani
A strange picture this, but a tu'
one, of our noble "Ship Of State" viii
canvas set to a favoring breeze-enI
barked upon her a. mighty host, prot
Of her great hull;S her taut ropes aIA
towering spars, all hoping for a plead
ant and prosperous voyage, and yel
among this great throng there are har|
working-and in other ways har|
thinking business men-who, anger u
hand, are deliberately and steadily BOZ
ing holes in the ships bottom.
But, you say, that would mean shiI
wreck.
Let us turn from the picture and fac
the facts. squarely as we find them 4
everyday life.
The manufacturer who for a large
profit adulterateS an article OF food, tn,
fnancier who sells a property at a
inflated value, the chemist who e1
riches himself by impoverishiug a dru|
or medicine-one and all are jeopardi5
ing the health, the savings, yes, TIL
very life of "the other man." The
are boring holes in the ships bottom.
Now whether this boring is done tina
the borer may make a larger profit q
any cost, or simply from careless
selfshness, the result is the same. =
is undermining the foundation o
things.
Undoubtedly many men excuse them
selves by saying: "The ships bottom
is of thick timber and strong, the hol'
that 1 am boring will not amount t,
anything, I shall not 60 deep enough
He forgets that close by another ma,
be boring, and not far away a hundred
more
Now, any man and every man VIII,
does not give honest value in his deal
ings with his fellows, and with the gov
eminent whose protection he enjoys
and of which he himself is an integra
part, is deliberately putting the auge.
close to the keel Of our institutions.
God forbid that any man should al
low his conscience to become so cloud
ed and his heart so cold that he woult
entertain, much less put into execution
any practice that strikes at the founda
ton of our national welfare.
We are all stockholders in thil
mighty enterprise. Can we stand b!
and see it "scuttled"-worse still, hav,
any hand in such a work? God forbid
Honorable dealing is character build
ing-the building Of the nation. Now
if ever, we need men Of high purpos'
and unimpeachable character. We al
can be such men. We must be.-F.:T
Burdett.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Miniature P-reachmcnts.

The greatest coward is the one wht
is afraid of being charged with fear.
Throwing millstones at meA is no
the same thing as giving them -four.
The nan who has no mind of hi
W often las most Of it to give away
1t is a good deal easier to condemn
a new idea than it is to comprehend
il.
Tie church service that does no
stretch out on to the street only serve'
the devil.
Many q man thinks he is getting
corner !ot in glory when he puts !;
dime III the collection that lie couldn'
pass OIL the street az.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
A ToInboy Choir.

"Wanted-100 boys named Tom
This small ad. appearing in Milwaukee,
(His.) newspapers was the means
taken to secure a real Thomas boy
choir for st. Thomas Episcopal
Church. of the entire number answer
Ing fifty were named Tom" three
were Williams with g. last name of
Thomas. The leader of the choir is
named Thomas H. Thomas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Revival in ireland.

Ireland is experiencing a revival of
TEMPERANCE work which recalls the
DAYS of Father Matthew. At a TEN
perance meeting in the prison OF Dun
dalk the Presbyterjans. ~Episcopalians
and Roman Catholic cbaplainS, with
several local magistrates. took part and
a deep impression on the prisoners was
evident.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
To Clean Safe ems.

Sateens, whether French or domestic,
may be cleaned by washing them in
soapsuds made CT lukewarm water.
White sop and a cupful Of salt. Rinse
in lukewarm water and salt, stiffen
with gum arabic solution, and wrap in
a sheet. In two or three hours iron on
the wrong side. These garments
should not be hung out of doors at all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Gave Pearls Away.

The Sultan of Sulu almost ruined
the pearl fisheries about his American
kindom recently. He gave the pearl
fishers sieves and told them that they
could have all the pearls which fell
through the mesh, but he would keep
the big ones. In
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Baked Potatoes DIyestab1e.

Baked potatoes are supposed to be
very easily digested, and so they are,
when they are baked properly. A hot
oven is necessary, for a strong degree
of heat is required to turn the starch
of the potato to deXtrine. Cooked in a
slow oven, a baked potato is no more
digestibie than boiled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Household
MATER
Milk For an Emergency.

Milk will Immediately and effectually
extinguish the flames from gasolene or
any form of petroleum. since it forms
an emulsion with the oil, whereas
water only spreads it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
The Force of Example.

A young man WHO united with TIL
church was asked what particula|
person led him to take the step. Hl
replied: THE fellow whose desk j
next to mine at the bank. We arr
both bockkeeperS with plenty of WORT
and moderate salaries. He lived sucl
Il simple, contented, trustful life tha|
l want 10 know how 10 make my III
us fine as his"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03

bling block when this prayer is intro
duced, for he is a terrible materialist
But, after some reviling. he is silent
upon these occasions. though nothing
on earth can make him a believer.
In this better way, the sprirgtime OF
life. with it's bright clouds and sunny
glades, comes to Saranne and Little
Make-Believe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
No License in Quebec.

Outside of the large cities, Quebec
has more than 600 municipalities IN
which no licenses are issued, out of a
total of 1000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03

London's new motor fire engine will
be able to travel about t~hirty-fve miles
en- hour at top speed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANcE:

4 New York Man Sent tn Prison Fol
Giving Boy HIS First Drink De-
tails OF a Case That Has Attract
ed Wide Attention.
Justice W. F. Wakefield, of Port
Chester, N. Y, has sentenced Charles
Crews, aged twenty-five years, 70 serve
three months in the Kings County
Penitentiary for enticing and getting
a youth seventeen years of age to
drink intoxicating liquor for the first
time.
This case is attracting wide atten-
ton, owing to its being the first OF
the kind before lie courts Of West
chester County. The records in JUS
tice Wakefeld's court show that the
convicted man was driver for q bak-
ing company in Port Chester, by
which the youth in question, Albert
Dietz, was also employed. Crews, the
convicted man, CON- aimed that he was
feeling i'll, and asked that young Dietz
be allowed to accomparv him in the
wagon ;.round his delivery route.
Consent was given and the boy went
along. They had not gone long before
Crews took from his coat pocket a
flask of Of whisky and asked the boy,
to drink with him. The latter declined,
saying that he had never taken whisky
or any other kind Of liquor. Crews got
ugly and threatened to put the boy out
Of the wagon and tell their employer
that he ran away and would not work.
Then he said the boy would lose his
job.
Still the boy persisted in refusing to
drink. Stopping in front Of a saloon
on Pearl street Crews told the lad he
must go in the place with him. Here
Crews, by threats, induced the boy
to drink a glass of beer, which he had
doctored with whisky taken from his
pocket. The mixed drink made the boy
paralyzed drunk.
Crews took him out Of the saloon and
left him on the roadside, where he was
found at night by his employer and
searching friends A physician was
summoned and worked over the boy
fully an hour before he was brought
TO consciousness. When able to appear
In court, young Dietz lodged his com.
plant with Justice Wakefield.
When seen the Justice classified the
CdSc dS Ollc VI (AC uloOI puIAo6Soao
cases he was ever called upon to con.
slider.
Il consider the act n of pure devil.
ishness, inspired by the lowest deprav.
ity," he told an Evening World re-
porter. Il wish I had the power to
send the man to States prison for q
long term. Three months does not
meet the requirement of the case"
The sentence vas imposed under Sec.
ton No. 675 of the Penal Code, which
states that any person who wilfully
and wrongfully Injuries the. person or
property or endangers the public peace
or health or outrages public decency,
shall be liable to imprisonment.
Justice Wakefield does not agree with
the County Judge who decided that
public intoxication is not a crime.-New
York Evening World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
Man Not = Blank.
A Strange Huckleberry,

4 man may By q blot CT 4 D!esslns
but q blank he cannot be.--Chalmers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
a QLl4RHY7z1Ne CT1Ho

hospital service in Vera Cruz, and last
~ by the delegation from the Pas
teur institute of Paris in Rio dc
JaneirO, all confirm in the most con-
vincing manner both the accuracy and
comprehensiveness of the conclusions
Of the American commission. 1t haE
been we'll said that Reeds experiment.
will always remain as models in the
annals of scientific research, both fos
the exactness with which they were
adapted to the points to be proved and
the precautions taken that no expert.
ment should be vitiated by failure to
exclude all possible sources of error.
Appreciation of Reeds work was in
slant in the scientific world. Honorary
degrees from Harvard university and
the University Of Michigan were CON
ferred upon him.
Yellow fever has ceased absolutely
in Havana, though previously the num-
Der of deaths annually had rarely
fallen below 800 and had often ex-
ceeded 1000. The proof of the mos.
quito theory is regarded in scientific
circles as making it certain that yell
low fever has been conquered, and
that it will never again get beyond
control.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
COUNTRY BEHIND GLASS.
Florists Bring In Bits Of Field and
Forest for Window Dis
plays.

In the midsummer the town florists
keep their shop windows just as at
tractive as in spring. In one window,
filled with field flowers, noats at will a
company of bees and butterflies.
Thudding of the black and yellow bees
against the glass draws attention to
the window that has not already been
won by country bloom or light laden
butterfly wings.
Thoroughly pleasing is the window
which has been converted into a gar
den of decided landscape pretensions.
Grass seed is sprouting over the gently
undulating lawn that covers the entire
floor Of the window A grove of dwarf
maple trees flourisies in the back
ground. Below the grove lies a lake.
On the water float various kinds of
little water plants. About the rim of
the lake runs border of shrubs and
vines. s~.. ...z
A picturesquely arranged pool of
water is a favorite ornamental device
in window arrangement among the
florists at this hot season. The pool of
one window IS surrounded by palms.
One palm Is tipped forward so that a
great leaf dips hal: way into the wa
ter. - -.
Gree: 10 he Keynote % al. thc win
dows. Ferns fll the background and
sides. cover the flooring ard hang sus-
nended from the ceiling. The pats OF
the ferns do not show from TIE street.
The effect is ono mass of untroken
green. Is. :.