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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Only a GInss of Beer-How Many
Useful Lives Have Been Wrecked
by What is Oft-Acclaimed to Be
AN "Innocent Beverage!"

by What is Oft-Acclaimed to Be
AN "Innocent Beverage!"
II only take a glass Of beer now
and then" said a young man Of my
acquaintance; "it rests me, and there
Is no harm in It," That. was four
years ago, and to-day that man is fast
becoming a d%runkard, If he is not
already one. After awhile one glass
did not satisfy him, so he took an
other, until now he is an habitual
drinker.
"Only a glass of BEER four years
ago, and to-day a drunkard.
How many useful lives have been
wrecked, how many thousands have
gone down to a drunkard's grave,
how many are spending weary years
inside the prison doors, and "only a
glass Of beer" was their first down
ward step!
Boys, don't touch. it. If you never
take they first drink youtare on the,
safe side. Don'tithink you are strong
enough to stand when others stronger,
than you have fallen. Don't you
think you can take a few drinks and
then stop when you choose, for with
the appetite 1t Is sure to create and
the saloons looming up on every cor.
ner it Is dangerous business, and you
cannot afford to take any chances,
II you have commenced, stop at
once. Don't drain the cup to Its
bitter dregs, for you will find nothing
but sorrow and a waste of life. Take
your stand against it like a boy /
know, who will boldly say, II have
v drank and I never shall" This
boys father was a drunkard, and
there was misery and sorrow in that
home. It made a deep impression on
the heart of the boy, and though he
has grown up with temptation all
around him and every opportunity to
go astray, he has firmly stood his
ground. I He is never seen standing
in, front of the saloons. The gambling
table has nc charms for him. He
| never goes with evil companions, and
If by chance he Is thrown in their
way he boldly looks into their faces
and dares to say "No."
Mothers point to him as a model
for their SONS to initiate Would to
God that all men and boys were like
him. There would be no saloons,
with their doors wide open like the
mouths of ravening wolves seeking
whom they may devour. We would
not have to urge the men who call
themselves Christians to vote the
curse out Of existence.
"Only a glass Of beer" yet what
an outcome! Sorrow and misery all
along the way, a wasted life, and
finally a drunkard's eternal hell.
"Touch not, taste not, hcldle not"
I for in that alone lieth safety
Frances M. Wheeler, in the National
| Advocate.
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CHAPTER VIII.
Laurance Lowe.

The old man entered in his usual
Slow sand deliberate manner. The
Colonel advanced to meet him with
,outstretched hand and a hearty word
of greeting.
"Ah, Laurance, I am glad to see
you! There's life in the old dogs
yet, although the young ones are
growing SO big around u.s."
Lowe answered never a word. He
took the outstretched hand in his
thin, strong fingers, and bowed as he
pressed it with a quaint, old-fash-
toned courtesy.
In the meantime the two brothers
had met.
"Hal1oo, Charlie!"
~Well, VIM"
They were close to Lena when they
shook hands, and she heard the char
acteristie greeting. She also saw
the long, slow glance Of their eyes as
each noted the work of the last three
years in the development, bodily and
mental, of the others forces.
AS they stood thus together be-
fore her she saw with feminine ra-
pidity of thought that there YVES not
such a a remarkable resemblance be-
tween the two brothers as she had
at first imagined. What likeness
there was lay rather in name and
carriage than in the features. She
saw now that Charlie was a much
bigger man than his brother; also
that he was fairer and with blue
eyes, while Vineyards were gray and
quick in their glance. In one, the
slow, sur characteristics of a Saxon
predominated; in the other, the
, quicker organization of a Celt.
Lena's comparisons were at this
moment Interrupted by her father,
who came up and shook hands with
Charles Mistley. dispensing with an
introduction.
"Ah," he said genially, "you
should have been a soldier instead OF
a sailor! You are too big a fellow
to be cramped up in a torpedo boat.
/ am afraid we old soldiers thin; that
every man should be a r~ed-coat, and
perhaps we're right, after all. l
know that every time 1 hear the roll
OF the drum or the tread of trained
feet ! look down for the gold lace on
my arm and think hat if I had an
other life to live I would try SOL
diering again."
VINEYARD Mistley had turned away
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THOUGHTS FgRTHE
SIT MT g.
'NAAr~
QUIET -FOUR
TO HIM THE PORTER oPENETH

To Him the porter openeth--
Shepherd divine;
The right of entrance is His own,
Password and sign.
To Him the porter openeth-
To Him, who waits
Jesus-with low, appealing knock
At the hearts gates.
We want to welcome, yet thro' sin =,
We scarcely dare; :.
To Him the porter. openeth-
Him-waiting there. r
When our response is, ."Come, oh, come,
Lord, cleanse my sin"
To Him the Spirit openeth ~
And brings Him in. w !.
The Holy Ghost thus ushered Him
Into my soul;
Trembling, yet overjoyed, l knelt
And gave the whole!
And there are some at whose closed doora
Christ waiteth still;
o heavenly Porter, lead Him m
. At their, own will.
-Winifred A. I~verson, in London Chris
tan. j.. d.
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Crew in Fear Jumps.

Detroit, Mfch.-While engaged
with an engine in switching in the
Michigan Central yards here, the
crew saw a passenger train approach
ing behind them, thought that there
would be a collision, and jumped
from the engine, leaving it, speeding
unchecked. "
The engine dashed into the Third
street station, striking the west wall,
tearing out a section and causing the
second and third floors to collapse.
G. r. Booth, the parcel clerk, was
killed in the parcel room, and three
employees at work on the third floor
were carried down with the wreck
age and badly injured.
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Worlds Sheep Supply.

This country is beginning to gain
slowly in it's number Of sheep and
yield Of wool. But here the lamb
and mutton demand has developed so
rapidly that from this cause the in
crease is slower than in some other
countries. Argentina seems to stand
at the head nov in numbers, having
74,379,562 head and Australia IT,
322,918. Russia is third with about
100000 and the United States
next with 4~5,170,423. The United
Kingdom claims 29,076,777. France
has 17,S00,9S5 sheep, against Ger
many's 7%,9O7,173. Cape Colony has
l1,31S,S29 sheep and Natal 726.752.
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Feminine News Notes.

Miss Rosemary Sartoris, grand
daughter of President Grant, was
married to George H.. Woolston, Of
Florida.
The New Zealand Parliament has
voted a grant Of 100000 for the
widow of$M Seldom, the late Premier.
M. Seldom left a fortune Of about
$4,000 only.
Mrs. Mary Tabaree, the widow Of
an American missionary who was
slain by Persians, has been granted
an indemnity Of $4,000 by the Per-
sian Government.
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VII.
Confirmed.

81 have not seen Charlie" he said,
quietly, as he followed her, "since
he went to sea. He could not get
away from Greenwich till this even
ing, and of course the colonel and
have been spending a happy day at
the Foreign Office. I suppose he is a
great. big fellow now; he was rather
weedy when I went to India; but
there vas a promise of great strength
about him"
Il think" said the girl, softly, che
Is the strongest man l have ever
SEEN"
Vineyard looked up quickly into
her face, which he could now see, as
she had turned at the top OF the
stairs to wait for him.
"In every sense of the word?" he
asked; for he thought he detected a
deeper meaning in the tone Of her
voice than the mere words conveyed.
But he never received his answer, for
at thai moment the drawing-room
door opened, and Mrs. Wright came
forward to receive him.
"It is striking seven" she said,
with a smile. You are here to the
minute. I know now how it is that
you never hurry, and always have
time for everything, as the colonel
tells me you have. I need not in
troduce you two, apparently"
No, it is not necessary, thank
you," replied Mistley, standing aside
to allow Lena to pass into the room.
Colonel Wright entered, and after
carefully raising his trousers so as
to avoid dragging them at the knees,
sat down.
Mrs. Wright nodded in acquies-
.cence, she continued:
When I said we would be a fami-
ly, l forgot that it would be necessary
to explain that Laurance Lowe would
be here. 70 your mother such an
explanation was unnecessary, as she
knows our ways. Mr.. Lowe is such
an old friend that we consider him
one of the family, you understand"
81 think" said Colonel Wright, in
his peculiarly slow and somewhat
hesitating manner-"I think that
Mistley knows a great deal about
Laurance Lowe. You see, we had a
large amount of spare time upon our
hands out there-morning papers
were not readily pr%ocurable. Nudes
was some way off, and altogether we
were thrown a good deal upon each
others society, so we talked of home.
Eth, Mistley?"
Eyes," chimed in VINEYARD, cheer
fully; eve got quite learned in each
others family affairs, and by dint of
hearing extracts from letters began
to take an absorbing interest in the
doings of people we know nothing
whatever about. I shall be glad to
meet Mr.. Lowe"
"Laurance Love-" said the Colonel,
sturdily, lis the most silent man and
the truest friend l have ever known"
VINEYARD Mistley nodded with a pc
culiar little acquiescent smile, which
meant that he vas not thinking very
much about the subject under dis
.cussion.
ga silent friend" he said, present
1y, with a great show of gravity, "is
as rare as he Is valuable think I
hear Mr.. Loewe upon the stairs"
The next moment the door opened,
and Laurance Lowe entered the room,
closely followed by Charles Mistley.
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God is Considerate.

Let us not live fretful lives. God
will never stretch the. line Of our
duty beyond the measure of our
strength. We ought to live with the
grace of the flowers, with the JOY OF
the birds, with the freedom of wind
and wave. Without question this is
Gods ideal of human life.-W. l..
WatkinSon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Locomotive Boiler Explodes.

San Jose, Cal.-Through the ex-
plosion Of the boiler of the locomo-
tive hauling the Sunset Express,
south-bound from San Francisco to
New Orleans over the Southern road,
at Sargent's, eighty-seven miles south
of San Francisco, two railroad en-
ployes and four or five tramps we're
killed, one railroad man was fatally
hurt and many passengers were in
jured by broken glass and a sever
shaking up. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Uses 5oo,ooo,ooo Matches a Day.

Estimate is made by a British
newspaper that the United Kingdom
consumes 500, 900, 900 matches q
day, or about twelve for every man,
woman and child. Smokers probably
account for the greater number.
About ninety tons Of wood are used
up in the form Of matches every day,
or about $4,000 tons a year, Swe-
den and Norway export more than
$4,000 tons of wood inmatches every
wear. In France, where the tax on
matches averages eight cents an In
habitant, the consumption is COM
p%aratively small.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
The Glory of Iceland.

They say that Iceland has one police
man, no Jail, no intoxicating liquor,
domestic or imported, and not one IL
literate past the age Of ten. A poor
country; and yet what country is richer
in the riches that do not have wings
and fly away?-Everybody's Magazine:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Robustness Commands Respect.

Let the preacher believe robust
truth robustly; and then let him prac-
tice, as well as preach, with terrible
earnestness the cardinals Of u or
thodox Christianity and everywhere
will a goddess world have for the min
istry a merited and wholesome re-
northumberland Presbyterian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Six Killed. Five Hurt,

! Cleveland, Ohio.-sA boiler in the
shops of the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern Railroad at Collin
wood, a suburb, exploded, killing
six men outright and injuring five
others. The dead are Max Crawford,
Albert Bloom, A. v. Latte, Paulo
Lanceoni, Giovanni Pacioni and Ju-
Illus Maeder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Four Hurt in Wreck.

Watertown, N. Y.-An east-bound
freight train on the New York Gen.
trail 1collided with a work train about
two miles south of this city, injuring
four workmen. The locomotive and
several cars were smashed and the
wreck caught fire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Claims Cotton Picking Record.

"Zeb" Johnson, a young man liv-
ing near Martin, Texas, claims the
worlds record in cotton picking. In
the presence of eleven other pickers
he gathered in one day 1875 pounds
of cotton, and in the forenoon Of the
same day picked more than 700
pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
A New Life Stirring.

The day is coming when no one
will be called a Christian unless he
lives for humanity as Jesus lived. A
new life Is stirring in the hearts and
minds Of men and women to-day. 1t
is q new vision Of the Christ.-Hora-
ito w. Dresser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
StyIe in Ell Reno.

Black Coyote was in town to-day.
In dress he always keeps a little ahead
of the fashion plates. To-day he wore
a blue rael, suit with white polka dots
and his trousers were creased on the
sides.-El Reno American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Delmas to Defend Thaw.

Judge Delmas, of California, who
presented the name Of Hearst to the
st. Louis Convention in 1904, was
retained in New York City to defend
Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White. He is said to have been paid
100000. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Rnldest of Editors.

The editor Of the Grindstone Is. d.
Bee evidently has not an ak to grind.
He writes thus: Miss Fowler, the.
accomplished cook at the Fowler Inn,
had quite an accident last week. She
baked a batch of biscuits which
weighed less than a pound each"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Killed Under Higher Law.

When LINCOLN C. Whitney refused
to right a wrong done Orlando Muir.
rays sister, at Portland, Ore, Muir
ray killed him and surrendered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Tnes In.

Can any "fan" or "rooter" explain
why nearly all the champion baseball
players turn in their toes? - Victor
Smith, in the.New York Press.
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of Truths.

There is no truth greater, more
certain, or more precious than this:
That God is merciful. that God is
ready to forgiye.
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Water For Dogs.

water FOL Dogs. .
Constartinople has a water basin
for dogs on every block.
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Indiana Territory was organized
July 4. 1900.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-04
John c. 0lmstedd TO Visit Whitman
Last Week
He IS on HIS WAY TO SEATTLE
WILL DESIGN GROUNDS FOR THE
YUkONALASkA PACIFIC
EXPOSITION.

Whitman college is to have a visit
from John c. Olmstead, one Of the
greatest landscape architects in the
Unitet Stats NEXT week The noted
man will stop over on his way to Sc
attic where he will design the land
scape plan for the Alaska Yukon ex-
position and some parks in the CITY
ITSELF
The trustees of the college are plan
ming to have the campus laid out in
a systematic manner with trees. shrubs.
ETC., and will ask the great Olmstead
how it can be done to the best
advantage. 1t is the idea to make
the campus of the Walla Walla institu-
ton one Of the most beautiful in the
United States. The natural site is one
of the finest and if its features are all
taken advantage of it is thought that
this result may be accomplished.
Mr.. Olmstead president of the
American Society of Landscape Artists
and vice president of the American
Park and Outdoor Life association. He
has designed parks in San Francis
co, Newport, r. l., New Orleans and
Hartford, Conn.,, and is now on his
he has SO far undertaken.
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PERSONAL MENTION

2 C. Bell of Touchet is registered
at the State.
George Lowell of Touchet was in
the city yesterday.
G. Mills is registered at the
D9cres from Pendleton.
F. Nelson of Pendleton is in
the city on business today.
H. G. Edge of Pomeroy, made the
civ brief visit yesterday.
4. P Cahill the Dayton millman is
in the city on a brief business visit.
Judge NJ. NJ. Goodman of Dayton is
in the city on legal business.
Hon. Ralph E. Moody a prominent
Portland attorney is in the city on U.
S. court business.
NJ n. Hauser. a we'll known grain
man of Pomeroy, is in the city on
brief business trip.
NJ c. Hayden. a well known stock
man of the Lind country, is a bust
ness visitor in the city
Robert Brewster, d. D. S., of Port
land is visiting his aunt Mrs. w. d.
Lyman of 103 Merriam street. .
Judge Edward Whitson of Spokane
arrived in the city via Pasco just be-
fore noon today and will be here sew
ra days.
Samuel R. Stern, the we'll known
Spokane attorney is one of the legal
lights in attendance on the L. S. court
now in session here.
Judge \. s Bennett, of The Dalles,
One Of the attorneys for Senator
Mitchell in the famius land fraud trial
is in the city on legal business.
Prof H. l.. Walter of the high school
has returned from Pullman where he
Went to attend the eastern Washing
Ton convention of science teachers
Judge Thomas Burke, one of the
leading attorneys of Seattle is regis
tered at the Dacres He is in the
city as an attorney in a case before
the [. S court.
+. f. Mojonnier, secretary of the
"aIla Walla Produce company and
Ills family will leave for Los Angeles
Whlgnt to make a six weeks tour of
southern California. They will be ac-
'ompanied by Miss Delapine.
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Remarkable WindfaII.

from the northeast, swept over the
Simcoe mountains, lying north of
Goldendale, and laid low a strip of
timber two miles wide by six or seven
miles in length, very irregular in form.
The trees in many cases were uproOted
bodily, which preserved the timber
which is now being cut ntO lumber
The timber destroyed by the wind
storm is estimated at 100000 to 49,
100000 feet.-Goldendale Sentinel.
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ball over the goal line, but their ef-
called on account of darkness
The game. is designed to eliminate
the annual rush between the sophomore
and freshmen classes, but is hardly a
success. since there is more danger of
man being hurn than in the rushes
With 800 men in a mass pulling
truggling, all anxiou to get the ball
toward their adverarie' goal. when a
man got tangled up and fell there
were about 80 men to pile up on him,
that football of the good old inter-
collegiate kind was mere child's play
compared to push ball. No serious ac-
cidents resulted, although there were
many who carried away black and blue
spots and pieces of what were once
garments
When the ten men of each class were
competing there was more opportuni-
ty to see what was going on, but as
thC wv were VI utdTlN equal
strength, the ball did not move up or
down the field much
The freshmen claim that they proved
themselves the stronger team, for dur
ing each half they We're down to the
sophomore's 25-yard line, and in the
second half reached that point after
working the ball from their own 30
yard line. The ball is covered with
cowhide, and Is six feet in DIANE ter
and at times, when it would be above
the sething mass of freshies and sophs
it would be whrling faster than the
earth is reputed to go by reason of the
many hands thrust up TO it.
About 1000 pectator We're preent
and pronounced the spectacle rare old
sport.
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WOMEN BEG FOR COAL.
With Tears and Sobs Boise Fair Ones
Beseech Dealers.

BOISE, Dec. 4.-Women rushing into
coal offices with their babies in their
arms, shivering with cold and with
tears in their eyes begging for coal and
offering every inducement, even to pay
ing a double price for it, if allowed
only one sack
This is the condition that has de-
velOped within the last few days in
Boise. The fuel situation is now be-
coming desperate. The cold weather
has brought to light cases of actual
suffring. A car of coal arrives Oc
casiOnally, but it dos not last long,
usually being distributed in small
quantities, a sack of 100 pounds here
and there.
Some time ago coal dealers ceased
taking orders and only those who are
fortunate enough to be around when
car arrives are given relief and then
!. only temporarily, and the grief of the
mothers who in desperation snatch
their babies from their cradles and
hurry to the nearest coal office is add
ed to by the answers to their plead
ings:
Sorry, maam, but we haven't
pound of cOal.'
During all hours of the day dealers
are besieged with requests for coal,
"just few pounds if nothing more
and telephone bells in the office are
kept ringing nearly al the time.
Many people daily watch for the
arrival of a car of coal and when one
comes they flock around it and de-
mand of those in charge that they be
given a supply. Generally their first
request is for half a ton. When they
find their demands unreasonable they
come down to 500 pounds and then
when refused that amount, seem salts
fled to carry away a sack. While no
violence has been reported, some OF
the requests are voiced in unmistak-
able terms, showing that spirit OF
determination prompts the requests.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-04
cUPID's PAPER BUNDLE
Pretty Romance at Long Distance
Range Turns Out Well.

APPLETON, Wis, Dec "A ro-
nance with a unique beginning had
its elimination in this city today when
Miss Lillian Dunkirk was welded to
Henry L. Freeman of Grand Forks,
N. D.
In the paper mills of this city the
practice of girl employees writing their
names in print and wrapping paper
that goes out all over the United
States has become general and many
interesting affairs result. Miss Dun
kirk wrote her name in a bundle Of
wrapping paper that went from the
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From BroadcIoth to Buckskin.

PITTSBURG, Dec. At has been
discovered that young William Thaw,
the millionaire nephew and pal of
Harry Kendall Tnaw, has forsaken
the dress suit for buckskin breecnes
and is riding on a wyoming cattle
for the far west a week since to take
up his former life of cattleman, and
he has promised his mother that if
by spring he still likes the wild out
door life he will buy an immense
ranch and settle down in Wyoming.
The Punishment of a cattle ranch
was self-infiicted, a proposition made
by the young millionaire himself to
mis- mother, who had applied to the
courts of Allegheny county to have
him declared an habitual drunkard,
and it comes out that this was the
only proposition Mrs. Elizabeth Thaw,
the long suffering mother, would agree
ii. 1t was in effect that he should
bury himself on the western prairies,
for a time at least, cutting out the
fast life.
Under these conditions, Mrs. Tnaw
agreed to withdraw her move to have
him declared a habitual drunkard,
still reserving the right of future ac-
ton through the clause until further
notice"