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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Why Certain Men Marry.

An editor sent out circular letters
to a large number Of married men,
and asked them why they married.
Here are some of the answers:
Because I did not have the exper-
fence l have now
That's what I've been trying for
eleven years to find out.
I married to get eve with her
mother, but never have.
=. 1 have yearned for company. Now
we have it all the time.
thought it would be cheaper than
a breach of promise suit.
Because Sarah told me five other
men had proposed to her.
That's the same fool question my
friends ask me.
l wanted a companion of the oppo-
site sex. She is still opposite.
The old man was going to give me
his foot, SO I took his daughters
hand.
Because I asked her to have me
and she said she would; l think she
got me.
Because I thought she was one
among a thousand; now I think she
is a thousand among one.
I was lonely and melancholy and
wanted some one to make me lively.
She makes it very lively.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
The Privilege Of Struggle.

Overcoming brings the greatest JOY
that a child Of God can know. But
overcoming is not possible" without
something to overcome; and that
something is offered, to us with every
temptation. We weary Of u tempta-
tions: we long to be free from them;
yet If that longing were granted now
and here, we should be robbed or g
privilege that nothing else could re-
place. Probably there are no regrets
in Heaven; but If there were, can we
imagine a keener regret than that OF,
looking back at the privilege OF strug-
gle which belongs to every soul on
earth along with the assurance OF
victory through Christ, and knowing
that we were now cut c1 forever from
the Joy Of resisting and conquertr5
the powers of evil-a privilege that
we had so often wasted when 1t was
ours? God gives us only a limited
lifetime of this sort Of character-mak-
ing opportunity. 1t is a privilege that
perhaps angels do not have; but the
Son Of God shared it with us. Shall
we not rejoice in it. anG use 1t to
the uttermost while we may?-SunS
day-School Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Manchester Cloth Market.

A better inquiry was experienced
in the cloth market during last week,
especially from India, which leads to
the opinion that business in the near
future will be brisker, particularly
when manufacturers r satisfied a.
to a basis of value. Meantime the
turnover, both in light bleaching
cloths and shirtings, was rather larg-
er. Chin took fair quantities of
specials, as we'll as of staple cloths,
while the Mediterranean markets
purchased satisfactorily. In the yarn
market American crops were difficult
to obtain for quick delivery and con-
s%equently full prices obtained. 9th
or qualities we're quiet and steady.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
PRAYER of q Child.

"The little hubbub that has arisen
over a supposed condemnation of
Sunday-school Libraries reminds me
of an incident which occurred to a
small friend of mine" said Miss l.. Z.
Stearns.
This small girl had committed
some small bit of mischief quite with
out any wrong intention. Her
mother scolded her severely and told
the child that she must not only ask
her forgiveness, but she must also
ask Gods forgiveness.
"Whereupon the little girl began
her prayer: o God, can't you take a
joke either?' milwaukee Free
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Against All Saloons.

A movement having for it's pur-
pose the outlawing Of every saloon
in the United States, and the placing
of them on the same legal footing
as gambling dens, will be started in
Cleveland. 1t is planned to make
the movement national in it's scope.
The movement has for its inspira-
ton the decision in the case against
the granting of a saloon license to
Albert Soltau, of Indianapolis.
This decision was rendered by
Judge Samuel R. Artman, of the Cir
cult Court, at Lebanon, Ind, Febru-
airy 10. The ruling was to the effect
that the license could not be granted
on the grounds that the State had no
right to permit anything contrary, TO
the best interests Of health OF the
people.-Indiana Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
4@ze @&
YR0AL HEkPSX
d|htbered tGrt be
lQyET Hour
THIS IS BLESSING, THIS Is LIFE.

I say to thee, do thou repeat
To the first man thou may'st meet
In lane, highway, or open street,
That he, and we, and all men move
Under a canopy OF love
As broad as the blue sky above;
That doubt and trouble, fear and PAIN
And anguish, all are sorrows VAIN;
That death itself shall not remain;
That weary deserts we may tread,
A dreary labyrinth may thread,
Through dark ways underground be led;
Yet, if we will our Guide obey,
The dreariest path, the darkest way,
Shall issue out in heavenly day,
And we, on divers shores now cast,
Shall meet. our perilous voyage past,
All in our Fathers home at last.
And ere thou leave him, say thou this
Yet one word more-they only miss
The, winning of that final bliss
Who will not count it true that Love,
Blessing, not cursing, rules above,
And that in it we live and move,
And cne thing further make him know;
That to believe these things are so,
This firm faith never to foregor
Despite of all that seems at strife.
With blessing, and with curses rife
That this is blessing, this is life.
Archbishop french.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Bachelor Brusqueness.

An olG-time English barrister was
John Williams, a sarcastic wit and a
bachelor with an intense prejudice
against marriage. His clerk one day
asked him for a holiday to get mar
ried, and some months afterWard, on
entering his chambers, Williams
found his dead body suspended from
the door. He engaged another clerk
and asked him if he was married.
NO" the clerk replied; but thinking
Williams would regard marriage as a
guarantee of s%teadiness, he added,
but l am going to be-" Very WE'LL"
replied Williams, but understand
this-when you hang yourself, don't
do it here!"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Beauty Never Washes Face.

Miss Amanda Johnson, Of Webster
City, Iowa, fifty years old, and noted
for her beautiful complexion, attrib-
utes it to the fact that for fifteen
years she has not used soap and
water on her face. Once her COM
pleyion was far from clear and bright,
and some one told her to give up
washing her face. This she did and
the result exceeded her utmost ex-
pectations. Now she says she won't
was for another fifteen years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
If religion is not for all OF a man
it is not for aught in man. .
Church Built in Volcano.

It seems like carrying the word to
the very gates of the Internal regions
to build a church in. a volcano, but
this is about what has been done on
the Island of Maui. High on the
slopes of Haloakala, the worlds most
Gigantic crater, there rests a tiny lit
lie church built by the Episcopalians
of Maui. The church is about 1000
feet up the mountain side. Blsnop
Restarick, the prelate for the Ha-
waiian Islands, oficiated at the open
ing of the church, but he was, unfor-
tunately, unable to dedicate, for the
church is not yet free from debt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
The Mellowing of Character.

It takes time to ripen character.
You cannot force 1t any, more than
you can force the ripening of an APP
pie. There must be a season OF
growth, and then a season of mellow
tng-irst the soft spring and sum-
mer sun and dews, and rain, then
the dry autumn heat and the nights
of frost.
II, is life and life only that ripens
character, and it takes ailaof life to
dc it, too-the bitter and the sweet
the hard and the easy. Let us not
be afraid, then, to live, however tn-
tensely! The moral coward 49, the
man who Is afraid of life, afraid OF
it's depths and its heights, Its valleys
Of humiliation and its peaks of viz
ion, its significant experiences OF
whatever kinds incapable Of de-
veloping character. All these are
the ripening experiences Of the soul.
We must expect them, as the apple
expects the MONDAY blaze and the
midnight frost. 1t is childish to
shrink from the intensities OF life.
Why do we live, If not to meet LIES
requirements and bear it's fruits?
It is always a sad thing to see q
soul yielding and breaking under the
stress Of life; a soul that complains
perpetually because 1t Is afhicted; 3
soul that groans night and day be-
meath its burden; a soul that holds
up -despairing hands to God, and
cries out that it is forspent and
crushed to earth, and can strive no
more. Souls are not made of such
stuff as this. Souls are made to en-
dure. LIES stress and strain are NOT
to break them, but to strengthen
them. There Is not one OF US who
cannot endure the discipline OF LIE,
no matter how hard, II he under
stands what it is for, and seeks the
divine aid in bearing 1t. 1t is simply
because we so often misinterpret the
meaning of trial that we are SO wealr
to bear 1t. Looked upon as mere
aimless torment, of course there is
no grace in suffering. No wonder We
sink beneath the burden II we fail to
see the hand that placed 1t, and feel
only as we think the grievous weight
purposely crushing us to earth.
Bravery, moral bravery, courage
under the stress of life-how sorely
we all need 1t. Our. .ch~ildtshness
clings to US too long, with Its shrink
ing from all that is hard and unpleais-
ant, it's petulance, its short-sightefl5T
ness, it's complaining. When we. be-
come men and women are we not 10
put away childish things? Let us
try to understand, let us try to bear,
let us try to cooperate! Note the
sweetness and richness n beauty
of those characters that have always
resigned themselves cheerfully and
t~rustingly to Gods will, and have
gone on nlellowing and p%erfecting in
holiness unto the end. Such souls
afford some adequate explanation Of
what life means, or may mean, TO q
true child Of God. They are reVela-
tions of ourselves to ourselves; for
the image into whose likeness they
have grown is a possible ideal to
every of us.-James Buckhams IN
Christian Union Herald. s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
How to Correct Others.

It is important to wait the moment
of God to correct others. We may
see real faults, but the person may
not be in a state Of profit by being
told his faults. 1t is not wise to give
more than one can receive. This is
what I call preceding the light; the
light shines so far in advance of the
person that it does not benefit him.
Our Lord said to His apostles: 4
have many things to say to you, bur
YOU cannot bear them now."-Mad-
anne Guyon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
A Test Case.

The Business Mems Association OF
Creston, Iowa, reports that out OF
100 men who pay their bills prompt.
ly, only three are drinking men. and
that ninety-seven per cent. OF those
on the blacklist (those refused redit
for cause) are saloonkeepers, barten-
ders and grog shop patrons. There
are twelve saloons in Creston.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
:Japan NAV Abolish Canteen.

Marshal Oyama has been petitioned
by Hon. Taro Ando to adopt the
American system and abolish the can
teen in the japanese army. 1t ap-
pears that the regulations Of the sale
of liquor to japanese soldiers is not
sufficiently strict to do away with the
many grave evils naturally growing
out of such sale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Who Wants the Liquor Saloon?

Who wants the saloon legalized in
Maine? Who wants the liquor traffic
to become a factor in all our State,
county and municipal affairs? Who
wants the rumsellers to set them
selves up as bosses in ward, town,
city and State management? Who
wants the degrading influence of the
saloon to Offset the influence Of the
churches and schools Of Maine? 1t
is easier to tell who does not want it.
No good citizen wants it. No MAI
with a family of growing boys wants
It. No one with the good Of the COM
munity at heart wants it. No man
with a. business which the profits of
the saloon would interfere with
wants it. No man who loves his fell
bowman wants it. No one who hopes
for the welfare and happiness of the
rising generation wants it.-Port'
land Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
A Georgia Definition.

Here is a Georgia youngsters def
milton of thunder and lightning:
The Thunder is Nav, readin' a
lecture to Paw, an the Lightnin' Is
Paw-runnin' to git away from it.
But 1 doubt If Lightnin kin beat him
when he jumps the garden fence an
hits the grit!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

Dr.. Paul Poirier, professor of ana.
tony at the University of Paris, died
almost on the day which he foretold
after diagnosing his own disease Of
the liver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Compressed Air in Iron Foundry.

Compressed air is now used in the
large iron foundry at the Science
tady works of the General Electric
Company for almost every operation
connected with the making of a
finished casting. Although the ma
chinery in the other adjacent shops
is operated entirely by electricity, in
the iron foundry, where the opera
tions are scattered and intermittent
compressed air was found to be adj
vantageous for small power servicesj
The air is supplied at eighty pounds]
pressure by a number Of electric MOI
tor-driven compressors. i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

The mystery as to why Kentucky
is going dry is cleared up by the an.
nouncement that ninety per cent. OF
the women of the Blue Grass country
are blue ribboners."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

Miss E. Mae Dawson is a young
woman nominee for the Office OF
county attorney in Nebraska, !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17
Texas Crusaders Busy.

Texas Prohibitionists have raised
nearly $4,000 for the State campaign
Of 1907.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

A Cleveland doctor has discovered
a new disease, the same being laryn-
geal anthrax and indigenous to tele-
phone girls from yelling baseball
scores over the phone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

A Cleveland doctor has discovered
a new disease, the same being laryn-
geal anthrax and indigenous to tele-
phone girls from yelling baseball
scores over the phone.
The pipe line, conveying petroleum
from Baku to the Black Sea, has
been completed. 1t is $50 miles
long, and is capable of passing 400,-
100000 gallons of oil yearly. An
other important oil pipe line has been
built for transporting Texas and Cali
fornia petroleum across the Isthmus
of Panama. 1t is eight inches in
diameter and ffty-one miles long.
The growing popularity Of inter-
locking rubber thing is shown by its
invasion of new fields, being extern
sively used in kitchens, vestibules and
bathrooms of the better sort; in fine
ocean liners, lake steamers, ferry
boats and yachts, where its non-slip-
perry character and the fact that it
remains unaffected by constant
wrenching strains render it very val
liable, and now it may be seen in n
of the finest cathedrals in the coun-
try and in one of the largest of u
public art galleries.
The best e%ficiencies of centrifugal
pumps are supposed to have been
obtained at discharge velocities
equaling about twelve feet per second
through the discharge aperture Of
the pump. Recent experiments have
shown that from pumps as large as
%thirty-two inches eighty per cent. eff
cheney was obtained at 1858 feet
lift, under a discharge velocity of
21.2 feet per second, while some re-
cent tests on very small pumps show
gradually increasing eficiencies un-
der heads up to e%ighty-nine feet and
discharge velocities Of forty feet per
second.
Hydrofuoric acid as a cleaning
dSSuI lOl Coolih6S Eoo DSCA An 6So
eral use but a short time, being treat
ed a few years ago as a secret process.
Formulae for the acid containing SUI
perfluous and i%nnocuous ingredients
to n1istify the purchaser have been
sold for considerable sums. Any
thing used in connection with this
pickle" aside from the h~ydrofuoric
acid and water, is wholly unneces-
sary, the usual formula being one
part of acid to ten Of water. In
adding water, however, care should
be taken to know the strength of the
acid. The idea is to get a dip that
will remove the sand perfectly and
quickly, the operation. requiring ten
to fifteen minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-17

~
.P6pd|5r Soi5pee|

French engineers are directAy sub
marine boats by wireless messages
sent to the navigating officers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-12
srRickLgrr HAS ~sPlT.sLow.
sALls - TOLEDO PITCHER
HAS ~TaE lNviNclBLE'--rAE
LONG AND sAoRr OF IT.


As the time for baseball comes
nearer aud nearer tho punches Of
fans IN the faverite hauntA get
larger and larger and the talk Wild
er aud wilder The down town
cigar stores aud nag'a pool room
ars chuck fall Of the hottest kind ~
sports who 10 nothing bat iaheer
batting averages. errors, extrashane
hits ard quote passages from the
eore book
As usual eropa 81 new curves
are being sprung. and 10 certain
pitchers have what the wafgish
ones ones say they have there viii
bs a host Of no-hii games this yaef.
According to rvd.hot fan Just up
from California. Miner Strieklett.
one time with Dngdhle. and thu real
inventor Of the splthaii. has a new
wrinkle that no nlaggcr can connect
with The new enc u a further de-
velopment alonx the lines Of the
apit ball. but IL a floater with a
break ln Il. rather than = fast one,
as the spit.han has been. Elmer
calls q a spit allow bali. and while
he has not yea gained perfect con.
troll Of Il he expects 60 break Il IN
on the blg league hatteFs thls year
A fan from Toledo tells a Wild
tale cf Pitcher John Quinn. better
known as soid Soldier ptncna. q
Pennsylvania recruit who viii Try
for position with the Manager
Armour's bread. winners. Quinn
has what u called the tnstncibie.
If Il expeesed 10 tear the battins
averages 81 the American Aaaocia'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-12

no thu fans really like = free hit.
ting gamef Lots Of batting and a
big scOre. like 10 60 or II 10 IL
Tho average base ball patron In
ainta that he enjoys seeing the ball
hammered all over the lot. but
does hsf or Is he fast echolng
shat he has heard someone say
A very popuiar expression II the
saying 7 want 10 see lot OF hit.
ting bat u u sof
Ask nimuat any person Who saw
the great elrventnntnx battle be.
tween Cleveland and nossan the
fall of issa-the FIRST battle Tor the
dnahie season chnmpiunship--and
no viii tell yoa Il vas the beet con.
test he ever say on any dinmond.
Yet the seoss was Q % 2.
lant fhI. the fact. That the
only time when hard hsttinx IL rel.
inhed IL when the home team 10 do.
ina gtf Did anybody ever 20 home
In a gieefal need from . Eans
when the home pitcher had been
driven out II the boxf
Any umpire -and no person
knowa the temper of crosd bet
ter thaa the arbitrator-utn tel
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-12

FIRST race. fu,ufity Ny
cAoieo. los (iiFuaeslisl. 20 !.
wnn. Ramona II. los. second
Lueksst. IoT. third. Time. i.ti Ia
sm1ond rAee. thfee-auArtorm % q
nile King Ahnh. log. 10 2. won,
fianfadA. 1906, second. = d ". t01.
third. Tiuaa. i;is Ia.
Third race. seven slEhtha ~ .
mlie-sssar % Runnyuiede. los
Isr@asnnl. 10 1. won. san AiTiso.
los, second. Black Nate. ios.
third Time. las
Fuurfh race. oae usiis-Kiug %
tho Mist. los giiarris1. z 20 !. won .
Eimdaie. IS. second. Robert Mitch.
eli. i0s. third Tins. la -
fifth race. fa,uFtty -Antara. liz
CIiarrisl. 10 {. woa, Ei0ta, %.
second. Wine uruxx. III. third
Tims. Ill Ia
sixth race. one hnd nneciEhih
mllss-capable. los Grand. 20
g. wuu. Comedian. los. second.
Mo0 Prinee. los. third. Tine.
i.66 Ia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-12
RACES YESTERDAY


First race. one half miie--Adrian.
ifg tkoefnerl. 10 :, won; VII.
more. liz. second. Hnstler. i05.
third Time. go IS
Second race. thirteeosiKtecnths
OF a mile--spring Ban. iis tItat.
tigl. 10 To I. won: Pelham. la0.
second. Mlmo. iso. third. Time,
1874 IS.
Third race. throequaftsrs Of n
mile-conxsnt Bell. los lscoviilsl i.
I 60 !. uoa. Alta Spa. ioI, second !.
Derfom. ie7. third. Time. lis,
Fourth race. one and one ai1.
tr~nth miiea~ Andrew Mack. iDa
tKoernorl. even. won. Nlgrssie. %.
second. Tbs Borsian. i0z. third
Time. so.
Firth race. one aaa oneeiEhth
miles Lone Wolf. 100 fisher.
10 70 1. won. Hnoiignn. 100. sec
ona: I'd Sheridan. 100. third
Time. %.
Sixth race. fivs-etghtha Of mile
--security. i1k tkoefaerl. I 70 10.
won: Elevation. ios. heooad; Wits
~ Kinx. Ito. third. Time. ios t6.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-12
DO THE FANS LIKE
A SLuGG|NG GAME?

you that the games that please the
people mcst are tho 0nea that end
with scores Of to Q. : 20 l OF 70 :,
The reason Il plain. In gamee
that are won By the narFrwest pos
nible nArEin thc interest II AZ the
kesnent poealbie pitch fFvsn begin.
ming TO end Al any time. almost.
q hit. stolen base. an error. any
lisilo slip az all. may change the 70
buit The fats of tho game tiFsU.
ally depends ca every bali served
up 70 the plate
90 tho offensive side hre the
veil trained tattern. trylug their
pfcifiess % find an opening
through which 70 drive the bail
on the defensive are the marvellous
pitchers and superb neidefa work
ins With AL their might 20 hrrp
ths opposition from Esttins fnsu Oh
tho bases
No. ma faas may talk 81 their
love for great battara bai the
hooka IN shs sscretary's offaee will
shuw that ths kames That attract
big rrowAs ''neKf DAY. are thusn In
which the scores are kept down 70
the lowest ruHafhte figures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-12
JAY HUGHES IS.
AFTER JOB

JAY Hughes. the old time star,
who used to be quito talked about
when he wore Seattle uniform
several years ago. Is signing 70 get
back into the game for a farewell
season. IN spite OF the fact that the
fans came 10 the conclusion That he
uas All In before he left here.
Hughes IL trying to catch on win
Danny Long Of San Francisco. and
arm, may be given n trial. Before
hts finger began 10 trouble him.
Jay was one q the best In the bnsi
neaH. but hln last season showed
that his siab.artist work was about
over
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-12
PALMER TO FIGHT ANY
BUT BIG JEFF

Durins the intsrsisw. Palmer fire..
Qusntiy interrupted tho coarsFsa
tian By saying 4 want "a ffxhs
o'Iifisn and DO yoa think o'Iifien
Nsil fikht rasF'
When told that the PhflaaelpAian
IL business MAJ and only = god
fat purse conld induce hlfn fosElshf.
Love admitted tho fMci that he
haa previoma experience viii
OTtrten. Palmer And hts manager
are nov camping IN Philaaeiphia.
where they vii await O'nrfenss re-
turn from los Angelica. II IL said
the main reason for hin Sudden de-
partura frpm California for home
Is beeauas Of he illness "a his
mother.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-12

-Painef wiIi Fight arr rhiss msn
in America save Jim Iafsrisa.
said Manager Love In The course
% an Interview IN New FORK. "Jef.
fries IL an uafair fixhtsf- This
statement caused establishment.
Asked IN What respect. TIA Ensilsh.
man said. ~ite's - hioomia' huge
II n a hls unfaif 70 pat an oydi
nary man against hlm. should
fancy. Palmer woult ~ Eivias
away about Fiftf poands. He would
look ridiculous IN the same ring
with the Californian What Ne
came hers for Is a match with Jack
OHrten After Palmer beats him
go viii take ca Tommy Burns.