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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
How Long Whales Live.

CAS- 10 the age to which whales
live" says DR.. True, curator OF DID,
Iorv Of the National Museum, there
is no accurate data, but am IN
clined to the opinion that some OF
them live to an age in excess of forty
wears. This theory is borne out by
the finding in a whale IN lS9o OF q
harpoon which had belonged TO
shin that was sunk during the Civil
War. Ten years before the ship had
cruised as a whaler. The estimates
that whales to be thousand years
old are fanciful, and not based on
authentic information.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Temperance Notes.

Another international conference
to deal with the question Of native
race and the liquor traffic will be held
in Brussels.
KEY. Father Mockler, pastor of st.
Ignace Church, at st. Ignace, Michi-
gan, has closed all the saloons of that
town on Sunday.
Putting the San Francisco loss at
two hundred millions, it is only as
much as the loss caused by the liquor
business in the United States for one
month.
There is now almost q universal con-
viction prevailing throughout Europe
and America that if, during the last
year or two, the rank and file Of the
Russian Army had eaten more rice and
less horsemeat, and had drunk more
tea and less vodka, they would be
much better fighters than they are.
In a recent address given in Bis
nopsgate Institution, London, Sir Vic
tor Horsley showed that in 1852, the
London hospitals spent about $40,-
OU0 for alcohol and SIS, 900 for milk.
In 1892, these figures were practical
1y reversed, about $4,000 being
spent for milk and about $4,000 for
alcohol
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
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Fulfilled.

Fulfilled. =
A child, In needless way, -" q
To earth let fall,
A seed that was hard and gray
And dry and small;
No palette of thinner knew
The fostering mould.
Yet out of it's heart there grew
The green and gold.
The breeze bore song away
From gladful tongue;
1t was but simple lay, x
And crudely sung; 81.
Yet hearing, a chastened one
. Forgot his pain
And hope, in life undone,
Revived again.
A soul that had heard of Him, fr5
The Truth, the Way,
r..o,sn came. "
And there was the sinner bowed,
Long used to scorn! ~.
And there to his Father, God,
A son was born!
The seed from an infants hand
At random thrown,
The song that the passing wind -
Afar had blown,
The light of soul made free,
Shed DER sins road; ~
Wrought out mysteriously
The will Of God!
- NJ. A. MAITLAND.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Origin of Fear in Wild Animals.

Can a fear hatch out of an egg!
If a fear can hatch out OF an egs'
what is to hinder thought or an
idea from Matching out of an egg!
If a thought and an emotion can
hatch out an egg, why may not a vo-
lition hatch out of an egg? Why'
then. may not a complete character
hatch out of an egg; and Where Is tne
need of experience, training and eou-
cation?
After about ten years of caretui
observation and experiment with a
number of different species, l am
prepared to maintain the thesis. that
q specifc fear cannot hatch ou' o1 a
birds egg. Given the physical con-
ditions necessary to the life and COM
fort of the species, hatch the eggs
and one species is as tame as any
ntber. and will not show fear or man
mr. ANYTHING else until it has learned
nv actual instruction, experience VI
natural inference that the op1ect III
question is dangerous.
The fact remains, all the popular
statements to the contrary not"i'h,
standing. that a grouse chick natcheu
in an incubator or under hen' from
an egg taken from a nest IN the
woods. is every whit as tame as a
chick Of the domestic fowl; and 1t
,o;,s co untii it experiences some
thing to make it wild
A powerful motive in choosing the
ruffed grouse for experiment is tSe
fart that a myth has seemnsiy
spread over the entire country to the
afroc+ that this species is untamaole'
Country Life in America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
The Enemy of Labor.

Some will say the liouor trade
gives employment to labor and
creates a demand for material. Pro-
fessor Barker says: 1T purchases
less material, employs fewer men and
pays a lower rate of wages than any
industry with which it may be equit-
ably compared. It ranks lowest in
the aggregate number Of wage earn
ers in a list of fifty-five industries.
1t pays only eight per cent, for labor,
while the general manufacturer pays
twenty per cent. for labor" The
United States Department Of Labor
found upon inquiry that seventy-two
per cent. of agriculturists, seventy
nine per cent. of manufactures,
eighty per cent. of tradesmen and
ninety per cent. of railroad officials
discriminate against men who drink.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Tie Faith That Saves.

Once when I was preaching Nd.
ticed lady looking very steadily at
me, and she seened' to fetch home
to her heart every word that fell
from my lips. After the sermon, !
went down and asked her If she was
a Christian. She said mo; wishsI
was, I have been seeking Christ fof
three years, and cannot, find Him,
What am to do?"' : {
Said I There must be some mis-.
take. He has been seeking you for
twenty years, and II you have beeu
seeking Him, you would have met
Him long before now" q
She asked, What am I t. do?" 3$
DO nothing. Just believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and. be saved" @
Il have heard that until my head
aches Everybody says Believe, Be-
lieve, Believe; and I am none the
wiser" ''
l said ~ will drop that word. Trust
the Lord Jesus Christ as you stand
here" -
IF l say I will trust the Lord, win
He save me?" -
mo; you might say that thou-
sand times, and not do 1t. VIII you
do it."
II do trust in the Lord Jesus Christ
with all my SOUL" she said, and !
don't feel any difference" r.
I'said: "You have been seeking al
ter feeling; you have been seeking
Tor feeling in your heart. Now, there
Is no promise in the Word Of God
that you will get feeling. There is
no verse from Genesis to Revelation
where feeling is attached to salVa'
ion." -
quoted the verse: HE Is able
to keep that which have committed
unto Him." Now" I said, will You
not put your trust in Him? Trust
Him and let your feelings take care
If themselves" ~
She looked at me about five min@
utes it seemed, but I don't suppose
it was more than one; and then sne
reached out her hand and said: Z
trust the Lord Jesus Christ this night
% save my soul"
There was no tear, no prayer; DuV
there was decision-I trust.
She turned to the pastor of tha
church, and calling ham by name, SAID.
II trust the Lord Jesus Christ to save
nv soul" Turning to one of the el'
iers, she said, II trust the Lord Jesus
Christ to save my SOUL" She turned
and went down the aisle, and just as
she was going out the door she meu
another officer of the church, and she
,aid 81 am trusting Jesus to save my
SOUL"
The next night she was in 'front.'
If me. did not have to go down
that night and ask her If she loved
Jesus. At the close of the meeting
she was the first to 60 into the IN
uuiry room, and when I got in there
She had her arm around a young
lady's neck, and she was saying, III
Is only to trust HIND. L. MOODY!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Fire Costs Seven Lives.

Mrs. Sarah Gobba and her SIX
children W e burned to death in
fire that destroyed their home at
Lafayette, Ind. Soloman Gobba' NUS
hand and father. was badly burned.
The fire originated from the kitch-
on stove, The :lther awakened his
wife and together they rushed up the
stairs to rescue the children, VINO
were sleeping in an upper room.
Roth were overcome by smoke
Gobba managed to stagSer TO the
window, and. in his efforts to break
il oDen, fell through to the ground
below. sustaining painful injuries,
while the mother and children per-
isned
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
They Have No Saloons.

Iceland, about half the size Of
Missouri, has no Jail, no peniten-
tiary; there is no court and only one
policeman. And the very good rea-
son for it Is that not drop Of alco-
hclic liquor is made on the island,
and it's $4,000 people are total abb
stainers since they will not permit
any liquor to be imported. There is
not an illiterate on the island, not a
child ten years old unable to read,
the system of public schools being
practically perfect. There are spe-
cial seminaries and colleges, several
good newspapers and a printing es-
tablishment which every year pub
fishes a number of excellent books
on various lines" Such is the re-
port brought by northern travellers
Of this Incompatible and ideal land
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
The Human Touch.

"A visitor to a glass manufactorY
saw a man moulding clay into the
great pots which were to be used IN q
Shaping the glass. Noticing that the
moulding was done by hand he satd
to the workman, why do you not
use a tool to aid you in shaping the
:lay?" The workman replied ::ihera
ia no tool that can do this work; we
have tried many, but somehow n
needs the human touch" Is not tnis I'M >
true also in the Lords work? Ine
divine hand can wipe away every tear
and heal every heart wound; but He
chooses to use our common hands
yours and mine-to help Him. Many
sick of the palsy Of sin will never
come in reach Of the healing power
unless human hands bear them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Short Meter Sermons.

They seek in vain for power VINO
fear all pain.
federation may be but a Synonym
for sloth.
He cannot reach earth who does NOE
touch heaven.
Platitudes in the pulpit make pharr
sees in the pews.
Star gazing will never make you
shine as the stars. i
The two-faced never have more than
half an outlook.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Awful Conditions in LiverpooI.

IN Liverpool there is serious effort
being made to lessen the drinking habit
in women. The licensing bench called
liquor sellers to confer, the great aim
being to prevent the sale of spirits to
women before II in the morning. The
growth Of drunkenness among women
in Liverpool is awful. A watch kept
on one so-called wine shop in a weav-
ing town on Saturday night, showed
that 100 women went in that place
alone in the hour between 10 and IL
and the same story is told in all Eng
lish cities and towns where there are
factories. Throughout Lancashire there
is terrible state of things.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Fill Up While 1t IL Cheap.

water sold by the drink here. one
cent a glass. Get it before the water
meters are put in," is the sign in the
window of q downtown water Shop
Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Roeo Pail in the Philippines.

Rase ball has obtained strong
foothold in the Philippine ISLANDS
owing to the introduction ana pui-
suit of the game over there py our
soldiers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

Two women, in lighting picnic
fire on the slope of Waterman noun
tain, San Bernardino County, Cali
fornia, the other day, discovered as
phaltum deposits. A rush followed,
10000 acres have been located and
an oil boom is in progress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Strikes in Germany.

Year before last there were 1917
strikes in Germany and 12O lock-
outs: last year there were zoof
strikes and 200 lockouts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
StuGy of Horse Breeding.

Professor w. L. Carlyle, Of the
Colorado Agricultural College, has
been commissioned by the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture to spend
four months in England, France.
Germany and Belgium, to study
methods of horse breeding, in con"
nection with Government experf'
ments now in progress at the college.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Greatest, of Blessings.

All the blessings seem to grow dim
and become one in that greatest OF
all blessings, which is the heritage on
the pure in heart who shall see Cod,
Rose Porter. b
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

The famous Tugela River, in South
Africa, is said on one occasion to have
risen forty feet during a single night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

Matrimonial tickets are supplied
by the Canadian Pacific Railway to
those settlers in the Northwest Ter
ritory who wish to make a journey
in order to get married, and on pre-
senting the return coupon and mar
riage certificate man is entitled to
free transportation for his bride.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

In Paris some patient person has
been collecting statistics about women
journalists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

The worlds yearly use of post
cards is enormous. Germany uses
1,161, 100000, the United States 49,
100000, Great Britain 61S, 100000.
AS to letters, however, the United
States is far ahead of all other coun-
tries. The total number of letters
posted here during 1908 was 4,109,-
100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

A curious phenomena has been no.
ticed in the tropics that can never
be seen at higher latitudes. A min
ing shaft at Sombrerete, Mexico, is
almost exactly on the Tropic of Can
GER, and at noon on June 21, the sun
shines to the bottom, lighting up the
well for a vertical depth of 100 feet
or more.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

Cocaine in Chicago.
II is stated that there are 70,0ON
cocaine "fiends" in Chicago. j
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VEs OF INTEMPERhNCE.
Striking Temperance Lectures De-
livered in Congress - Heliish
Mixture That viii Make Rab.
L. e..

ilteTcu LII SOhSiCoo AA> A-S
Mixture That Will Make Rab-
bit Spit in Bulldogs Face.
Worse temperance lectures have
been delivered by Cough and Muir
ply than those Of Representatives
Richardson and Shirley in the Pure
Food debate. Doped whisky, accord
ing to the Alabama. authority, runs
as high as los, 100000 gallons
year in the country's total output,
leaving 100000 for the real article.
Eight-year-old whisky is made be-
tween sunrise and gunset, at which
rate it would take less than forty
Ell yht bours to produce a twenty
year-old brand. Mr.. Richardson's
statistics were powerfully illustrated
By Mr.. Shirley, who comes from the
State where. according to tradition,
there is no bad whisky" The gen.
tleman from Kentucky took quart
of alcohol, 100 proof, added little
coloring matter and some essence OF
bourbon to the white liquid, and
then defed "any connoisseur in the
House" to tell the real from the imi-
tation article This hellish mix
ture," said Mr.. Shirley, with some
feeling, will eat the intestines out
of coyote. 1t will make bowling
dervish out of an anchorite. 1t will
make a rabbit spit in a bulldogs
face
If precise and truthful statement
Of the ingredients of every bottle
were stated on the label it is doubt
full If the consumption Of whisky
would be increased. It is rather
more likely that some capital now
invested in certain distilleries would
be diverted to other industries in
which larger profits could be real
lied. Undoubtedly such conviction
on the part Of the dealers in doped
whisky had it's influence in the de-
feat of the Richardson amendment to
the Pure Food bill, which was calcu-
lated to protect the consumer against
the "hellish decoction" that cannot
be told from the genuine except by
an expert. The moral to be drawn
from the facts and their treatment
by the House is palpable. Either
be sure of your brand or don't drink
whisky.-New York Press.
Georgia Three-fourths Prohibition.
OF the 1877 counties Of the State Of
Georgia, 102, nearly three-fourths,
are now under prohibition of the
beverage sale Of Intoxicating liquors.
Only thirty-five counties are wet"
in any degree.
But of these thirty.five wet"
counties, nineteen allow the sale OF
liquor in but one place in the county,
leaving but sixteen counties where
license is the general policy Of the
county.
OF these thlrty-fve nominally
"wet" counties, twenty-one allow the
sale of liquor only in dispensaries,
twelve have the old-time saloon,
while two counties have both saloon
and dispensaries.
= In point of population, 783.S64
people of the State, about one-third
of the total population Of 2,216,331,
live in counties wholly under the
prohibition policy. Besides this,
294,4S2 more people live in counties
where temperance sentiment is so.
strong that the saloon is barricaded
in a single rat hole in one town or
city. E.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

There are at present only 10000
100000 tons of iron available, and OF
this Germany has twice as many tons
as this country, while Russia and
France each have 400,000,000 tons
more than the United States. This
country has at present workable de-
posts of 100, 100000 tons, with an
annual output and consumption Of
35,OO0,000 tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15

AAl N' 'O6C@2SSH0
7NNS 7fgaE= - GY1SyS s.
Two women, in lighting a picnic
fire on the slope of Waterman noun
tain, San Bernardino County, Cali
fornia, the other day, discovered as
phaltum deposits. A rush followed,
10000 acres have been located and
an oil boom is in progress.
Matrimonial tickets are supplied
by the Canadian Pacific Railway to
those settlers in the Northwest Ter
ritory who wish to make a journey
in order to get married, and on pre-
senting the return coupon and mar
riage certificate a man is entitled to
free transportation for his bride.
The worlds yearly use of post
cards is enormous. Germany uses
l,161,000,000, the United States 49,
100000, Great Britain 61S,0O0,OOQ.
AS to letters, however, the United
States is far ahead of all other coun-
tries. The total number of letters
posted here during 1908 was 4,109,-
100000.
A curious phenomena has been no
hn never
be seen at higher latitudes. A min
ing shaft at Sombrerete, Mexico, is
almost exactly on the Tropic of Can
Ger, and at noon on June 21, the sun
shines to the bottom, lighting up the
well for a vertical depth of 100 feet
or more.
There are at present only 10000
100000 tons of iron available, and OF
this Germany has twice as many tons
as this country, while Russia and
France each have 400,000,00O tons
more than the United States. This
country has at present workable de-
posits of LOO, 100000 tons, with an
annual output and consumption OF
35,000,000 tons.
A septuagenarian farmer, residing
near Harrogate, England, boasts that
durinS his life he has never worn an
overcoat, never even possessed one.
He drives his cart daily over bleak
moorland, and, despite the fact that
he has been drencheC numerous
times, is free from rheumatism and
from colds. For the last few years
he has not slept in bed, but has taken
his rest in an old armchair.
Some fine speciments Of Chinese
sounding stones have been described
by a late visitor at Ch 'ufu, the birth
place and burial-place of Confucius.
An incense dish of stone rang with
the bell-like tone of bronze on being
struck with a stick, two pillars gave
out musical note on being struck at
any point, and a large tablet-three
by Nve feet in area and six inches
emitted a note varying with
the point struck. These stone
gongs" are found throughout the
country, having ben known for cen
turies. 'The material is a grayisn
oolitic limestone, and it is said to
come only from occasional veins at
q quarry few miles from Ch'ufu.
BLACK Maria" is familiar term,
with an origin more or less mysteri-
Gus. 1t has been suggested that
Maria" really represents the old
word "marinated," which meant
transported, or married" a slang
expression formerly applied to per-
sons chained or handcuffed together
on the way to Jail. But more at
tyactive is the story that in the old
colonial days e gigantic and braWny
negress kept a sailors boarding
house at Boston and frequently lent
her strength to the cause of law and
order. Once she took three sailors
to the lookup unassisted. Send toT
Black Maria" it is said, became a
regular way of limiting that man
ouqht IN he Jailed,
Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-29

Let us do your prescription work Junction Drug Co.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-29
VOTE HAS BEEN
 FILED
The Returns Show But 3l41 Votes as Having Been Cast For Statehood Smiths Ma jority Over Cooper 2192,

PHOENIX, Nov. 2S.-CSmplete off cial returns of the recent election in the territory are now in the hands of IeiriIorial Sec.e,ary w. F. Nichols. and show that the vote in favor of joint statehood in the territory was 3141 out of total of 23, ,562 votes cast which makes the percentage in favor Of joint statehood 13 1-3.
 Mark Smiths majority in the terri tcry over Cooper was 2192 votes. Cooper carried three of the thirteen counties, the balance being carried by Smith. Cannon, the socialist candi- date, boiled POTS votes, while the state hood candidates, C. F. Ainsworth, re- ceived sos votes.
 On the statehood proposition 4156 people failed to signify their inten- tiops. this being due in a majority of cases to the fact that the voter knew the proposition would be defeated and lost sight of the question in considera- tion Of some candidate
 The contention of the anti-statehood people has been that there were not over 15 per cent of the people of the territory in favor of it, and the vote shows that less than that percentage voted for it. The actual vote against jointure was 16,265, the majority being 13;l24. The majority in favor of it In New Mexico was 10000.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-29
WANT CANADIAN POWER TRANSMITTED Energy of 157,O0O Horse Pow CT to Be Distributed
 EquitabIy.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-Hearings upon applications to the Secretary oi War for permission to transmit to the United States power developed on the Canadian side of the Niagra river were closed to night. Additional data will be filed. and Secretary Taft announced he would not be able to reach a de cision in regard to the applications until he had conferred with Secretary Root.
 This conference Is nesesssary be cause of the effect the contract may have on the International Treaty pro viding against any possible interfer- ence with the grandeur of the Niagara Faltls. He said he would award priv lege about January l If possible.
 The hearings before Secretary Taft were for the purpose of enabling him to find way eQuitably to distribute lo1,5OO horse power, the estimated linn itation on the amount of electric power to be admitted. among half dozen or more corporations, each of which thinks f. must have a third or more of Inc whole in order to exist.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-29
Bu.I} HOUSE Is
 ROBBED ,S DAY LIGHT Tour Rooms Are Entered and Various Articles Taken
 by Thieves.

What looks like one of the boldesi attempts at systematic robbery in the history of the city was brought t light yesterday afternoon, when 1t was discovered that four of the rooms in the Blair House, on Brewery Avenue had been entered and articles of cloth. Ing and whatever else of value tael { ~..s ..ad been taken.
 When several miners who room at the Blair House came off shit yester- day afternoon and went to their corns they immediately noticed tha. some one had been taking liberties in tkcir absence. The men told each other about it. and 1t was found that feur rooms had been robbed.
 The matter was reported to the DO lice, and Jack White is now engaged with Officer Wilmoth In tryin3 10 lo- cate the criminals.
 Up to a late hour last night the off cers had been unable to find any clue to the parties who committed the rob bery, as whoever twas took very good care oleave no clue on which the of. ficers could work.