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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
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oils Big Brother and Gets Married.

FoIls Big Brotner anu 0ete S"atfASS'
Jacob Sachs and Minnie Wechsler.
both Of Newark. n. j.. wanted to get
married, but Minnie's big brother, Jo-
seph. Said mo" st, Minnie. in tears.
planned with Jacob that, big brother
or no big brother, they would get mar
ried, and in the night, when it was
raining, they slipped out OF their home
and eloped to New York.
Joseph, the Zig brother, followed hot
on their trail. He was unromantic
enough to look upon the affair as an
abduction and not an elopement. ard
he told the police how Jacob had car
ried off his infant sister. With two
sleuths Joseph traced the pair and had
them arrested.
Why, my sister is only. seventeen
years DID," said Joseph in court. This
man abducted her. She has. NJ right
to choose a husband"
Insane jealousy. snapped Minnie.
Then she counted back to the time
she was born and proved by arithmetic
that she must be at least twenty-thEee
years old.
And. O. Judge, won't you marry
us cried the girl.
The Judge could and did. and Minnie
was q bride before she mud time to
vealiZe it.-New York News.
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The Crusade in Brief.

To allow men craZed Or stuDefed by
LIQUOR to convert automobiles into cars OF
luggernaut 'is intolerable.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union members said they would use Gov
ernment reports to prove. that othcers
drink. excessively at Governors ls.and posts.
Selling liquor to one who Is operating or
about to operate an automobile should be
severely. regulated. Those road engines
are. terrible enough in the most sh!!.ful
hands.
Since November IS. 1907 when the Ma
tional Temperance Soe:et, instituted the
Worldwide Pledge-signing Crusade"
nearly 1000, GGo Of temperance pledges have
been sent out.
A drunken mans horse is a pitiabie OBJ
ject. which ought to run away. but Is gen.
orally too weary to do anything but accept
abuse IN shrinking patience. An automo-
bile, on the other hand. knows no Weari-
ness. In a drunken mans hands Il may
be as dangerous as dynamite.
As a result OF the combined forces OF
temperance workers i'll our country 10000
COO of our citizens are living under prohlb:-
ton. either in State prohiEitory laws or
lorai option laws.
The manufactures in Germany are w3rk-
ing in the cause Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
fer business reasons-har:n.: found that a
man who drinks beer IS less valuable than
one who does not.
Woe to the liquor powe. that recklessly
destroys 100, 900 American lives every year!
For the saving Of life among our people
the downfall OF the Misunderstanding saloon
is the supreme issue Of to-day.
The average saloon is an evil pace.
There is no doubt about that. |: takes
the bread out Of the mouths OF many wives
ard children, and comDels them to live
under conditions unfit for human beings.
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..,ce Work For Girls.

Holland wrote in Mrs. Hayes al
hmm these words: ss::Women only can maze
vine drinking questionable and neal IAe
nation of this curses m
What did DR.. Holland mean by women
~or;v9" Is it true that only women can
mnIe wine drinking questionable and neal
this nation OF this curse? You and need
to know this first. because II only we wom-
en- can do this thing why 1t Is an a"1ui re.
sponsibi.ity upon us. each one Of US. anu
4 somebody else can do it, we, like all oth-
owe. would like to give that somebody else
The Job, Some years ago, at Washington,
Mrs. HAYES became mistress at the Whlte
Honse. and it was for her, and no one else,
70 saw what the social atmosphere should
he which surrounded her guests, ana no"
thev should be entertained at her nome.
Well. she did an unheard OF thing. She
banisbed wine from all her entertainments,
With inst one exception. Secretary EVart5
made a fuss. he was MORTIFIED. he cou4a
not endure to have Lord and Lady EGG,
]ish, Count and Countess french 2
Baron and Baroness German come 10 tne
White House dinners and have! Dothlng mt
ior them to drink-not a drop of poison.
It was too utterly queer. So Nrs. Hayes
made one exception in favor o.. these lot
e;on hiphnesses and allowed wine upon her
table in their presence. But only Tor once:
Her conscience-high-souled woman that
she was-smote her for that one little COW.
ardly compromise with wrong. She could
better endure to have Secretary Evarts
and the Smiths ashamed Of her than to be
ashamed OF herself. So she quietly and
forever prohibited wine from her table and
cheerfuliy endured the lifted eyebrows and
shrugged shoulders of the diplomats, br::-
ish. French. Russian and all; and the snort,
1;,o5 b;es nj fashionable" society until
that hiss turned into a cheer. and fashion.
able society turned round, like the spaniel
it is. and trotted on behind its mistress; 1t
became questionable to serve win and to
offer wine in fashionable society while Mrs.
HAYES was in the White House.
What Mrs. Hayes did in the White
House every girl can do in her own home
il she will.-Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, IN
the National Advocate.
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One Glass Too N

The Duke OF Orleans was the eldest SON
OF King Louis Philippe. and the inheriter
OF whatever rights his father could trans
nit. He was physically noble. His sener-
Gus qualities made him universally popular.
One morning he invited a few OF his com
nanions to breakfast. as he was about to
depart from Paris to Join his regiment.
In the conviviality OF the hour be drank a
little too much wine. He was not in any
respect a d~issipated man. But in that Joy
ons hour he drank just one glass too much.
and slightly lost the balance Of his body
and mind. Bidding adieu to his compan-
ions ne entered the carriage, and presently
blighting at his destination ieapt IRON 1T
and lost his balance. His head struck the
pavement. Senseless and bleeding he was
rarried into a b~eer-house close by and died.
That extra glass OF wine. overthrow the Or
leans dynasty and sen the whole family
into exile.
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Filling the Asyiums.

Dr.. 2. II. Warren, Pure Food Commits
sioner Of Pennsylvania. in ar interview re-
Gently said: Most OF the cheap whisky
sold in Pennsylvania. / have discovered ny
analysis, is manufactured from wood aieo-
hol and red or India pepper. the latter ele,
ment giving the deadly dose the desired
snap Ninety-ive per CEN. OF the sam
ence OF wood alcohol in poisonous quanti-
ties along with the pepper" No Won
der continued the doctor, "tkat our asy-
lu.ns are full" e..
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANcE. 10

Poem: A Refuge For Tempted-Ho"
1t Became Questionable to Servo
Wine in Fashionable Society During
the Hayes Administration.
When temptations fierce assail,
And | tremble on the brink;
When my will can not avail
:Gainst the craving for the drink
"Jesus. lover Of my soul.
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll;
While the tempest Still Is high.
When the ices beset nae core,
And I can no longer stand
Gainst the drink shops open door
That I see on every hand
"Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, alb, leave nc not alone,
Sill support and comfort me"
When j know that Thou art near
That Thou.wilt not let me sink,
I shall have no cause to fear.
Thou wilt break the chains OF drink
CAL my trust on Thee Is laid,
All my help IRON Thee | Ering,
Cover my defenceless head
With Che shadow Of Thy wing;
National Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
a Dsnoerous Poison.

A discussion has taken place at the
Academic de Medicine. Paris, as to the
poisonous qualities of absinthe. compound
ed as it is Of essence of wormwood. COM
bined with that of an!seed. peppermint
and other aromatIcs mixed with alcohol.
ar. Laborde conclusive;y showed that the
essence OF wormwood is, in itself. 4 dan;
poison. producing epilepsy or allied
effects. The absinthe qrinker not only has
to contend. therefore, with the poisonous
Elects OF alcohol. but also with those OF
, L. ,.1,,,rnpb
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
Musical Watch Betrays Thief.

A Bordeaux jewe;er has added to the
gayety Of Parisians. He met a nretty
woman en- the boulevard. later dined with
her, after which he missed his watch and
his companion. The watch had a most
costly music-box attachment. The jeweier
was in the act OF complaining to q police
man in the street about the theft. He ad-
mitted he couldn't describe his companion
except in a hay way, when suddenly he
heard an air from La Traviata' as a girl
passed. There's my watch now" he
cried. The girl was arrested and the
watch was found in her possession.
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The Music of the Heart.

Piety is a much abused wc7d, but
there is e true piety as distinguished {
false piety is clearly shown by the
DR.. Cuyler in the words. that follow:
True piety is the harmony Of ltss
with God. His will becomes the vii
His loving and obedient child. and sp
Christian finds his happiness in the q
Of his own desires with what God bids
to do. This is the fountain of all gen,
music OF the heart"
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A Matter Of Deep Conce:

Perhaps it is already, but if no
to be. a matter. OF deep concert
other Powers IS to whether the4
ing used anconscioIs:y as allies "a
in holding off the force whichy
breads almost as much as SIZE ,a63
pan. Russian statesmen, some 81
are almost frantic lest China slid
III. What if keeping China out Of
near the defeat OF Japan, her d
as an Asiatic maritime power d
complete ascendaney and triampi} {
STA. her predominanee in China'ya,
tration and the advent of a neE, 3
the Pacific, Russia rules the wave:
far can the otheT Powers cenyr
themselves?-Rev. William Ashmor
adelphia, Pc
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Alcohol and the Stomach.

The action OF alcohol on the stomach is
physiological. and well understood; if in
large doses. muscular contractibility Is ar
rested. Aaccidity and diiation result. d.
gestioI is interfered with; the food is
passed on partially dIsested. and under
goes putrciacti,S decomposition. Sensation
is b',untcd and safety IS lost.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
Deadly Absin9he.

Statistics show 4 steadily continuing in
crease in the consumption Of absinthe IN
France. Between 1885 and 1892 there was
an increase Of S. 600 hectoliters. Frcm 1892
only Jour years more were needed to add
another IS 1909 'iiters to the, consumption.
4. recent experiment demonstrated that
SIX drops OF essence Of ahslnthe IN three
as six drops of prussic acid in the same
Quantity Of water.-London Globe -
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Grpat Relief

AS the pedestrian passed the desert
ed lot seven masked men si,"ang out
and began &c pummel him nnmerci-
fully.
Help, IIe!p.' shouted .hc pedes-
TRAN. What ere you trying to do to
me?"
Rob YOU" -c:orted thc ;eaGe" Of lie
wicked gang.
Thank. heaven. ] thought You were
going TO give NE 4 college initiation"
Chicago News.
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s Prehistoric Town.

A prehistoric town has been discovered
on the Island of Crete, in the MediterTa-
mean. 1t has been almost entirely exca-
waited. The town IS situated in the neigh.
porhood OF Russolakkos. and seems to be
of the period Of Kamares. A large mum.
Der of well preserved streets, bathrooms,
ruins Of buildings and q good deal of kera:
mic utensils, flower pots, figures and
statues Of men and women have been
found.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
Gods Peace.

See, then, how faithfully the Lord
leading thee to true peace, who surronIt
eth thee with so many crosses. 1t
called the peace Of God which passesh 4
Understandings that is, which. il
known by feeling or perception or thin
ing. AL our thinking cannot attain ]
understand it; none but those .wko>ahI
will take up the cross laid on them
tried and troubled inaanAthey feel
think and understand. afterward en-
fence this eace.-LutRsr. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22

4 man hopelessE lost in the bush IN
South Australia. after wandering, about
for four days. came across the tele
graph line between Adelaide and Port
Darwin. He had not the strength 10
20 further, but managed to break the
wire. He then made himself as com
Portable as possible and waited. The
telegraph repairers were sent along
the line. and they came to the wan
derer in time 10 save bis life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
The Right Kind of Praye

Do not pray for results. Prs
to achieve them; not for ease, b5
healthy spirit that rejoices in aG1
energy that makes mountain Z
cXbilaratioD rather than that IL
made smooth.-Rev. Jesse K. Bj
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22

A feature of low street life iii Toxic
is the 'kuisha,; or moxa doctor. who
applies small pads made CT dried herbs
TO the skin. then setting them alight,
The ensuing blisters being supposed to
be most effective as 4 cure for various
ailments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
Tho Home Of the Blest.

The Home Of the BEST.
Around about me is a world,
g A world j cannot see;
Its boundaries are infinite,
Its breadths encompass me.
The wonders of this blessed land
Where Joys eternal dwell.
Are too exalted for the words
Of mortal man to tell.
Mansions that glisten in theIsun,
Which lights THAT country fair,
Are homes of our beloved ones
Who now are sheltered there.
No hate; nor fear, nor anger there
No selfshness, nor greed,
The only law they know is love;
Sufficient for their need.
The air 60 pure is undeiled
aii By erring mortalsS breath;
An angel guards the city,s gates
And mortais call MIN Death.
Il do not fear the sentinel,
I know my Lord is King
Oh. grave, where is thy victory
Oh. death, where is thy sting?
Frank Beard, in the Rams DO
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A Poor Success.

There is 10 success in all Il
which is 50 to be dreaded as ii
# getting away from Gods purpc
Robert Z. Spear.
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MINI Ruried in Ono Coffin.

The nine victims of the recent Morris
Run pa fire were buried after funeral
services had. been held at. the Poish
Church. There was but one coffin, as
eight Of the bodies were almost wholly
consumed. -
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WAY of the Crosa,

Go where thou wilt, seek whats
wilt, thon shalt not find a hi}
above, nor { safer way below thar
CT the hu!y cross.-Thomas a KeI
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22

Baron Hancko says that the. well-to-
do Japanese live about the same as
Americans. For breakfast they have
coffee from the Philippines. with con-
dcnsed milk from Chicago, bread made
from Minneapolis -four, a paper printed
Oh pulp from Wisconsin ard a cigarette
from Cairo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
Need Not Hone

The man who is afraid OF burnt
wick need not hope to brighten I
Scottish Reformer.
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Some Famous Links.

General Games G. Wilson has an IL
teresting pair Of sleeve buttons. Bene-
dict Arnold gave them to General
Washington when the former was in
good standing in the continental army.
After he fell from grace Washington
did not care to keep them, so gave
them to General Tarleton. who, in turn,
rave them to an American loyalist.
who gave them to General Fitz Greene
Halleck, and by him they were given
TO General Wilson.
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When the present Gar was care
witch he was attacked by a fanatic in
Otsu. Japan. and two j%inrikisha men
assisted in rescuing him from his as
sailant. They have received a pension
from Russia ever since. This year it
was forwarded TO, them as usual, much
to their surprise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22

The Austrian warship Kaiserin Eliz.
abet has left Pola for Australia Oh a
VOYAGE of scientific research.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22

The most remarkable photographs or
lightning on record have been made by
a Hamburger named Walter. and are
reproduced IN the .Annalen der Physik.
They show that q fash lasting eight
len .housandths Of a second is preceded
by at least five smaller flashes separat-
ed by four ten thousandths Of a Sec
0nd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22

They have a queer way Of holding
auctions in Japan. and these affairs
arc entirely without noise. The auc-
tioneer puts up the object 20 be sold
and asks for bids on it. Each bidder
then writes his highest price on a bit
of paper and deposits it in 4 box. The
box is opened and the object given to
the one who has offered the most for
4
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-12-07
Another in Hioh Finance.

From the Chicago Record-Hcrald.
People who are interested ill the ir,-
tricacies of high finance will not be
likely to overlook the case of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Savage of Frederick coun-
ty, Virginia. Some time ago Mrs. San
age secured Il divorce and was awarded
alimony of $500 a year for life. To Sc
cure the payment OF this money she Sc
cured a trust deed OF her former nus
bands property. Matters having thus
been settled, the two We're remarked,
after which Savage went INFO bank
ruptcy with heavy liabilities His cred
itors endeavored 10 levy on his prop
erty, but the courts found that the trust
deed to cover the payment of the $500
year alimony as long as his Wife lived
shut out everybody else.
The scheme is 50 siinple that il is a.
wonder nobody ever worked il before,
and ii Will doubtless readily commend
itself to many of the people who are
trying TO get ahead and find it slow
work on account of their inability 10
establish relationship with our emf
ncnt rife Insurance presidents. VIC
deem il our duts' in this connection,
however, tn sound u solemn warming.
Women who deliberately cake the
course that WAS adopted by the Nil'-
gillia lady do so 1T n great risk. What
ii their husbands, being free decline 10
80 on with the Program Some men
might be just mean enough TO be Will
ing 10 pay $500 or S4o0 Il year aliinony
rather than get married again. The
lady TO whom the proposition is made
should always consider the possibility
of such Il contingency. Even here we
find That the element of chance enters
largely into the case. is there no way
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-12-07
"chewine the Rag"


"IIc kept chewing and chewing. Yer
Honor and threw him out
Kept chewing what"
'lle kept on chewing the rag
What rag? 1 sec no rag mentioned
in the Indictment. This seems to be an
assault case. ] am not supposed to have
even nodding acquaintance with an
this slang. not any more than ! am en-
pected be able to understand all the
various languages of the African black,
Ii may come that Recorder Wicr and
many Others may care to hear of it's
origin. That high honor belongs to Tommy
Atkins of the British army.
Walking his weary rounds on a cold
night, Tommy of the earlier days was won't
to carry a piece of cloth rag between his
teeth. tobacco at the time being probably
too expensive for general and saliyalN pur-
poses. That rag tho soldier boy chcwed
hard and fast, douhtlGSs to lScci, his bad
temper from flowing out of him in words,
the while he kept muttering in his threat
his accumulation OF grumbes against all
III authority over him. With more particu-
lar reference 10 the individual who was
when the hard pallet of the barracks
dormitory would have better filled the bill.
by and by ii came to be that all discon-
tented mutterings and complainings in
an undertone came 10 be set down in the
vocabulary of Tommy as "a-chewin' OF tho
rag.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-12-07
GOOD BLOOD FOR BAD
rheumatism and Other Blood Dis
eases are Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills
"In the lend mines ] was

In the l"nd mines wasa' Work on my
knees with my elbows pressed against
rock walls in oampness and cxtremes of
cold y said MIR. j G.. Meukel. Of 291j
Jackson avenue, Dnbuuue, Iowa, i'm de
scribing his experience To IA reporter,
:. and It is not surprising dat con-
tracted rheumatism. For three wears
had attacks affecting the ipints Of nv
ankles. knees and elbows. Nv ankles
scarcely walk on uneven ground and :.
little pressure from "a stone ,indcr my
feet would cause me so much nain than I
would NEARLY sink down. was often
Obliged 10 lie in bed for ,everu! DAYS ut ii
time NJ friends who were similarly
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-12-07
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper viii be pleased
to learn that there is Mt lras, one dreaded
disease that science has hen able 10 cure in
all its stages. and that is Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure Is tho only positive cure noW
known TO the medical fraternity. Catmrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment HATS CaArrn
Cure is taken internally, netting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying he foundation
of the disease. and giving che patiepi
strength by building up the constitution alui
assisting nature in doing its work, The
promctors have 50 much fajtlt in IFS onra-
live powers that they offer ono Hundred
Dollars for amy case thai il fails To cure.
Send for list of testimonials
Address +. L. CHENEY X co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. TOO.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-12-07
Not Impressed.

From the Philadelphia Press.
YES the new Shade WAS boasting.
II WAS one of the leaders of the great
beef trust. tell you, we cornercd cat
tic to suit ourselves"
Yes, replied the old shade with tho
long beard, moving away With n yawn.
say the new Shade called after
him, you don't seem To be duly inn
pressed"
No. had a corner in live stock
myself once My names Noah.' pull
ldnillliA prnsS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-12-07

set i'm. and was obliged to use the
catheter- took to my bed and The
doctors failing to help. began usin.
lpoan,s Kidney Pills. The urine soon
came freely again, and the pain grad
ually disappeared. ! have been cured
eight years. and though over 10, am
as active as a boy
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo. y. y.
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Stuffed Potatoes.
From the Boston Post.

fUI tITV I Us,t.
Wash and wipe large, fair potatoes
and bake soft. cut a round piece from
the top of each and carefully preserve
it: scrape out the inside with spoon
without breaking the skin and set aside
the empty cases with the covers: mash
the potato. which you have taken out
smoothly. working into it butter. a raw
egg, little cream, pepper and salt;
when soft heat in Il saucepan set over
the fire i'm boiling water, stir until smok-
ing hot. fill the skins with the mix
ture, put on the caps. set in the oven
for three minutes, serve in II heated
napkin