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A Town Built of Concrete.

A serious fire recently visited Win
throp and within an hour two hotels
and seven houses were completely
destroyed. The progress of the fire
il one direction was completely
stopped by a concrete house which
was just being finished, and which
was not injured at all. The fire was
so intense where this building stands
that the granite curbing across the
street was split and crumbled as if
broken with sledge hammers. In
view of the strength and fre-resisting
properties Of concrete, the new town
of Concrete, Pembina County, N. D.,
proposes to stand by its name, and
the town site people refuse to sell lots
except on the condition that concrete
will be used in the construction Of
the buildings to be. erected thereon.
Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
"Mystery" of Washfngton's Death.

Clement K. Shorter, an English
writer of more or less distinction,
surprised everybody last week by
printing in a London newspaper an
article in which he asserted there
was a mystery surrounding the death
Of General George Washington about
which Americans hesitated to talk.
If there be a mystery we should like
to know what it is.
George Washington caught cold
when riding over his plantation at
Mount Vernon on the afternoon OF
December ~, 1893. Fortyeight
hours later he died.
He was attended by three OF the
best physicians Of that part OF the
country. He was bled no less than
three times to relieve a sore throat,
and he was dosed with calomel
enough to deprive a healthy man OF
his life. But what is the mystery?
Enlightened physicians frequently
assert that General Washington was
killed, that he was bled to death and
poisoned with calomel. Tobias Lear,
his secretary, says that after the doc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
THOUGHTS F@THE
xW
QUIET -FOUR
WHAT THEN?-To THE Deliver.

After the Christians tears, after his fights
and fears,
After his weary cross, "all things below
but loss" +.
What then?
Oh, then, a holy calm, resting en- Jesus
arm,
Oh, then, a deeper love for the pure home
above.
After this holy calm, this rest on Jesus
After this deepened love, for the pure
home above 4
What then? :.
On, then. work for Him; perishing souls
to win:
Then Jesus presence near, deaths darkest
hour to cheer.
And when the work is done, when the last
soul is won.
When Jesus love and power, bring the e1-
pected hour
What then? 2
Oh, then, the crown is given! Oh, then,
the rest in Heaven
Endless life in endless day, sin and sorrow
passed away.
The Soul Winner.
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Life's Gracious Opportunity

Life is not sufficiently regarded al
mainly opportunity fo- character
building and testing. But we are to
use life as essentially designed, not
for getting and holding, but for &C.
curing s%oul-wortB, in which lies sal
walton. BY faith and love and prayer
by labor, by philanthropy, by self
culture, mental and spiritual-we are
to seek unguessed treasures Of wis
dom and strength. We shall travel
this way but once, and if we fail to
get out of life what it was meant to
yield us, we fail miserably. What
largeness Of salvation; what bound
lessness of Gods love; what sense Of
sacred nearness in His presence;
what ineffable beauty in Jesus; what
sublime victories for His Kingdom
what length and breadth and depth
and height of spiritual privilege may
come to us all if we cultivate the ex-
pectant and receptive mood.--Leyi
Gilbert, D. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMpERANCE.
The WreckerS.

Inc WreCkeFS.
Hank! to the roar of the surges,
Hank! to the wild winds howl;
See the black cloud that the hurricane
Bend like a MANAGES scowl!
Full on the sunkcn lee lodges
Laps the devoted bark;
And the loud waves, like a hundred
smite to the doomed mark!
Shrilly the shrek of the seamen
Ceaves like a dart through the roar;
Harsh as the pitiless laugh of a demon
Rattles the pebbled shore.
Ho! for the life-boat, brothers,
How many the hearts of the brave,
Hurting their lives to the rescue of Others
Conquer the storm wave.
Shame for humanity's treason!
Shame for the form we wear!
Blush at the temple of pity and leason
Turned to a robbers lair!
Worse than the horrible breakers,
Worse than the 'shattering storm,
See the rcugh-handed, .remorseless wreckers
Stripping the clay yet warm.
Plucking at girlhood's ~tresses,.
Tangled with gems and gold;
Snatching l~ove-tokens from manhoods
Clenehed with a dying hold.
What of the shrieks of despairing?
What of the last faint gasp?
Robbers, who lived would but lessen your
sharing
Gold-'twas O god II your grasp!
Bows in their sunny brown beauty,
Men in their rugged bronze,
Women whose wall might have taught
wolves a duty
Dead on the merciless stones, IT,,
Tenderly slid DER the %plundered
Shrouds from the white-capped surge,
Loud on the traitors the mad ocean thun'
Low Ger the lost sang a dirge.
Friends! there are deadlier breakers,
Billows that burn az they roll!
thanked by q legion of ~crueller ~wreckers-
Wreckers of body and soul;
Traitors to God and humanity;
.Tempters that hold in their arms
Blood-dripping murder and hopeless In
Folly, and famine by turns.
Crested with wine redly flashing, r.g.
Swollen with liquid fire,
How the strong ruin comes fearfully dash
ing,
High as the soul walks. and higher! p
Virtue, and manhood, and beauty, t-
Hope and the sunny-haired bliss,
With the diviner white angel of duty,
Sink in the burning abyss.
What though the soul of the drunkard
BE lost on the reefs of crime!
What though his children by beggary CON
quered. ... . =
Sink in pollution's slime! .
Gold has com in to the wreckers,
Murder has taken his prize;
Gold, though a million hearts burst on the
breakers, .
Smothers the crime and the cries!
&C. C. Burleigh.
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little before noon, and Mr.. Tlcknor
says: Il often heard persons say at
the time that n could know how
far the news had spread by the clos
ing of the shops. Each man, when he
heard that Washington was dead
shut his store as a matter Of course,
without consultation, and in two
hours all business was stopped.
my father came home and could
not speak he vas so overcome. MY
mother was alarmed to see him IN
such a state till he recovered enough
to tell her the bad news. For some
time every one, even the children,
wore Grape upon the arm. No boy
could go into the street without 1t.
I wore it, though only eight years
old"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
A LITTLE WASHINGTONIA
Our First Presidents Gifts as a Letter Wrter---WaS Not
= EXEMPT From Abuse---A Celebration That Was Purposely
Omtted---The Trouble Over the Jay Treaty---The Mother
of WaShinStOn.

desk when the sky was clear, and his
horse was paving before his door.
impatient for the expected canter to
"a farm five miles away. He loved to
be on horseback, chasing the fox, or
riding over his estate to inspect the
growing crops and the lazy cultiva-
tors thereof.
But the master OF this man was
duty. Obedient to the behests of
duty, he wrote during his lifetime Of
sixty-seven years many thousands of
letters, some Of them very long, and
all written with care and exactness.
Spelling and punctuation were not al
ways up to the standard Of modern
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
Three Meet Tragic Deaths.

While alone in her home in Marsh
field, Ore, Mrs. Walter Keating's gar
menrs in ONE unexplained manner
took fire and she was burned to
death. Her cries for help attracted
the neighbors, but she was breathing
her last as they entered the house.
Twenty years ago Mrs. Keating's hus-
band met a tragic death in the wreck
Of the tug Sol Thomas, and a year ago
she lost a son, the victim Of a fright
Jul saWmill accident.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
Attorney Will Get $500, 900.

By the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the Waters
Pierce Company case County Attor-
ney Brady, of Travis County, Texas,
who started the proceedings, will get
approximately 100000 in fees as his
share of the fine which the company
must pay. 1t is expected that State
Receiver Ecknardt will soon be placed
in possession Of the property, which
has been for nearly two years in the
hand of Federal Receiver Dorchester.
Most of the properties are located in
Dallas and are valued at about $780,
900, Independent of the oil stored and
business accounts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
TT You Drink Get "Soused."

Addressing the Lincoln Temper
ance %Chautauqua at Austin, ILL.,, John
A. Nichols, Of Boston; said he pre-
ferred the man who goes on an all
night drunk occasionally to the one
who takes a nip every day.
IF I wanted to drink" said Mr.
Nichols, II would get 'soused' good
and then cut it out for a month. 1t
Is not nearly so bad to roll in the
gutter as it is to take a nip every now
ard then. A mans physique can't
stand either one, and especially the
latter.
Three persons suffer for every n
who takes a drink. and he should be
made to abstain, Dot only fo- the self
inflicted injuries, but for the injury
he inflicts upon innocent persons"
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that he suffered such abuse as might
be heaped upon a corrupt and selfish
political boss"
The trouble arose out Of what is
known as Jays treaty. The relations
between England and the United
States had been intolerably bad, and
President Washington sent John Jay,
then Chief Justice, to England to
make a treaty. Mr.. Jay had to take
what he could get, and that was a
treaty which pleased no one and
which was. regarded as abominable by
all those who, with Mr.. Jefferson, fav-
ored the alliance with France.
But Washington, though by no
means better satisfied than 'others,
held to the opinion that any treaty
was better than none, and determined
to ratify it if the Senate would con-
sent TO do it. He did so, although
probably seven-eighths of the people
were opposed to the treaty; and the
result showed his wisdom.
Always before that year Congress
had adjourned early on the 22d of
February to go in a body to present
the respects of the members to the
President and congratulate him on
his birthday. So high did the party
spirit run that a resolution to follow
this custom was opposed and voted
down.
Washington's Letter Writing.
Washington must have been enc
Of the most industrious of men, par
ticularly with the pen; although, Like
most men of out-of-door habits, he
had no great love for that little in
strument, said in the hands of the
truly great to be "mightier than the
sword"
He did not enjoy bending ,oHer a
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times, but the matter Of the letters
was stated plainly and fully.
There seems to be no end to the
| discovery of his letters. After the
publication of enough to fill twenty
octave volumes every anniversary OF
his birth ELECTS additions to our
stock.
One thing is very remarkable: No
matter how many letters are disin-
TERED, no matter how private their
nature, we always find in them the
same wise, just, sound hearted Wash
ington. No disagreeable disclosures
oblige us to reconsider our estimate
of the moral worth of the man.
Whether he is writing to an overseer
about a refractory negro, or to a nep-
hew at school who is giving his teach
er trouble, or to a storekeeper OF his
Christmas bill, we see him just and
considerate, intent on doing the thing
that is exactly right.
Washington's Mother.
In the little old house in Charles
street, Fredericksburg, Virginia,
Washington's mother, who was in her
day a famous cook and housewife,
was at times fond Of giving a small
dance and dinner party"
| There, ION the waXed floor Of the
front room, lighted by numerous can
dies" the bellies and beauX of other
days did dance righte merrily." In
a diary now worn and yellow with
age, one bright-eyed belle tells:
MY petticoat was of Powered
Peach satin, with long-waisted Coat
of White. A lace 'Kerchief was gath
cred round my shoulders, and my
Arms we're bare to the Elbow. A
| string Of Milk-white Pearls did tie
around my throat. My hair | had
high and pleasing Powdered. And
silver Buckles were upon my Shoes
Old Mr.. L., one of the neigh
bors, happened to drop in n morn
ing while Mrs. Washington was busy
in her dairy, was requested to come
there if he cared to speak to her. He
entered, found Mrs. Washington
with skirts turned up and sleeves
rolled busy with the fresh made but
ter, which she was moulding in a
wooden tray. For you know, Mr..
L." she said, my tongue and
my hands may be employed at the
same time without loss"
Washington's Death.
Mr.. George Ticknor, who wrote
The History of Spanish Literature
and THE Life Of Prescott" remem-
bered distinctly the death of Wash
ington. He says in his diary:
There never was a more striking
or more spontaneous tribute paid 10
man than was paid in Boston when
the news came Of W~ashington's
death"
1t was on December IA. 1893. 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
5,GCO,O 600 Cartridges For Army

Orders have been received at the
Pa, for the Manufacture of 100000,
rifle cartridges. This order, with the
work on hand, will keep the arsenal
busy day and night until the end of
the fiscal year in June. The arsenal
has been working day and night since
September.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
Sinking Under RUNS Torrent.

Give US a chance to breathe; we
are sitting; give US a chance n
swim; the torrent of rum is sinking
US"
This exclamation is from a sermon
against the liquor traffic by Chancel.
lor James E. Cassidy before a con-
gregation OF 400 men at Fall River:
Mass. He declared further: THE sa.
loon in furthering its vile purpose
knows no good, no God, or gospel
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
Ringing the Changes.

as to Washington's birthday, the
changes have been rung on the cher
ry tree and the Ratchet motives I'M
til little more can be said on the SUBJ
ject. Jack Horner pies in patriotic
designs are to be had, and flags play
an important part in the schemes OF
decoration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
A Conccited Conscience,

The worst thing in the world Is a
conceited conscience. You cannol
reason with a maj so afflicted. A
man so troubled will apply the torch
and the sword, forgetting entirely
that hatred and death have no place
In Gods plan.
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~A OW that Washington S
Birthday is so universally
celebrated, it is interesting
"a to note an instance OF the
omission Of this popular
custom. Only those who have care
fully studied the political history OF
the country a have a just idea of
the condition of affairs that existed
i'm 1895. 1t was the last year OF
W%ashington's second Administration.
The Father. of His Country was about
to retire'to private life; and 1t was at
the very close of a public career as
honorable and useful as that Of any
other patriot in the worlds history
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
A Sentiment by Madison.

am not less sure that General
Washington would have spurned a
sceptre, if within his grasp, than
I'M that it was out of his reach If he
had secretly sighed for thames
Madison.
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Rings True.

The Michigan Christian Advocate
expresses the sentiment Of every true
American citizen: IF we could we
would transform every brewery into
a mandatory, every saloon into a
store, every saloonkeeper into a
farmer, and every drinker into a total
abStainer."
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The Blessings Multiplied.

He that saveth his time. from
prayer, snail lose it; but he that
loseth his time in communication
with God. shall find it in a life of
multiplied blessiDgs.-Wilder.
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Watch What You Do,

What you are is of no moment, but
only what you are doing there. 1t is
not the place that ennobles you, but
you the place; and this only by doing
that which is great and noble
Petrarch. .
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vice.
Marriage licenses are required in
all States and Territories except
/ Alaska, New Jersey (if residents,
otherwise required), New Mexico and
South Carolina.
A canal 10 miles long and costing
100000 900, connecting Lyons and
Aries, France, is proposed. 1t Is also
suggested to build a s16,000,000
branch to Marseilles.
During the eight days including
| Christmas and New Years Day &c.
900 turkeys were consumed for food
in New York City.
The University of Wisconsin has
1887 students exclusive of the winter
agricultural classes, which will bring
the total to more than $500. The
Freshman class numbered 945.
In California, where many wells
yield both natural gas and water, it
is stated that a stem has been tried
whereby the gas is separated and util-
lied in an engine to pump the water.
The statistics of life insurance peo-
pie show that in the last twenty-five
years the average length of a mans
life has Increased five per cent, or two
whole years-from 41.9 to 1873 years.
1t was estimated by the Consul
General of the United States in Mex
ice some time ago that the total sun
OF United States capital invested in
Mexico in mining and smelling en-
terprises was no less than $125,000,-
900, gold.
The first attempt to steer a balloon
was made in Paris in 1884.
or the 5SS locomotives in Rumania
427 use petroleum for fuel.
Many workmen are planning to
leave the Island of Samos, in the
Mediterranean, forty-three miles
southwest of Smyrna, because of the
Introduction Of cigarette machines,
which permit a daily output of 1907
900 cigarettes. -
VII Kyuin W%i11ineton Koo a Chi
nese, has been chosen to edit the
Daily Spectator at Columbia Univer-
sity. 1t is said to be the first time
that a Chinese student has been
placed at the head of an American
college paper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
Russian Loan Oversubscribed-

The subscription to the London
portion of. the new Russian loan OF
S2S0,OO0,O00 has been oyersub.
scribed four or FIVE times.
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SHIN CS
MWO ORTIZ KNOW1NG@
s6zzM@=sE

A japanese sword used by n OF
the emperors about 500 B. c. is still
in existence.
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The area of the Pacific Ocean is
about the same as the earth's land
area-i. e., 100000 square miles.
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Englard's turbine fleet already in
rludcS siyty-tWo warshlps and forty
four vessels Of the merchant marine.
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Galloway cattle are being raised in
Alaska, their hides being considered
equal to bearskins for beauty and SER
vice.
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tor had bled him to the extent OF
half a pint Washington interrupted
with the remark: 1.-THE cash Is not
big enough; make it WIDER" And
the highly trained professional idiot
proceeded to do 30. docs your
throat feel any better?", asked the
learned leech. Its very sore," muir
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10

Marriage licenses are required in
all States and Territories except
: Alaska, New Jersey (if residents,
otherwise %required), New Mexico and
South Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
Women La0orcrs in Bohemia.

Women employed as ordinary day
laborers in the construction Of build
ings, mixing the motar, sitting sand
and carrying bricks and for unload
ing coal, are the unusual conditions
described as existing in Prague and
elsewhere in Bohemia. The women
are paid from thirty-two to forty
rents a day. The working day for
these women is from 6 a. m. to 6 p.
Ill, with an hour for dinner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-10
American Checker Champion.

Charles Francis Barker, of Boston,
has held the title of American cham
pion at checkers for about thirty
years, and has just shown that his
grip on it is firm by defeating Joseph
Drouillard, of Kansas City, in a match
of fifty games. Barker won ten
games in the match, while Drouillard
captured only two, the remaining
games resulting in draws. 1nciden-
tally, it cost Drouillard and his
friends $1,000 to test Bankers met
tie. The m.tch was played in Kan
sas City, No.
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The Way 1t Was.

Pop Washington-"Now, my boy,
as a punishment for cutting down the
cherry tree, you may cut it up, and
after that ! will see you at the house"
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A canal 10 miles long and costing
$3.50, 000,0 900 connecting Lyons and
Aries, France, is proposed. 1t Is also
suggested to build a s16,000,OOO
branch to MarseilleS.
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JTx
Sm7oaq=5c6oof
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR FEBRUARY Fl.

Subject: Stephen, the First Christian
Martyr, Acts 6:1-S; 3--Golden
Text: Acts 7:59-Commit Verses
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During the eight days including
Christmas and New Years Day &c.,
600 turkeys were consumed for food
in New York City.
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The University of Wisconsin has
1887 students exclusive of the winter
agricultural classes, which will bring
the total to more than 1900. The
Freshman class numbered 945.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-12-04
Farming Implements

pccrinR binder H. cut, used but one season
McCormick mower. used but little osborne ted.
der. new McCormick hay rake, nearly new new
disc harrow, check row corn planter used but
little new ~ tooth lcvcling harrow, 20 tooth
spike harrow, good order Syracuse piows No.
,.7s one Horse pillow, u tooth spring harrows
Iron Age wheel eulii"ntor, Little Diamond Guilt
yator. hand cultiyatots. row corn marker.
farm roller Vim. Galloway manure spreadcr. "a
bus. capacity. horse York drill. II hole, Fair
banks scales. weigh iooo lbs. nearly new corn
shelters, Rriudstouc new; whecibnrrow. These
implements have been used but little aud are as
good as new. Two and three horse doublctrccs,
sinRlcirccs. sprradcts, log aud other chains,
forks. rakcs. wheciharrow seed sower 500 lbs
binder twinc 81 lbs. Gar rope. 100 tomato baskets.
lot carpenters tools. 3uo grain bags 6Oo bus corn
hay 10y the ton, Nc.
TERMS-Ni months credit on all sums Of
$50 and over by purchaser giving a hankablc
note with approved security. in,cre,, from date
II not paid when due.
ERNEST FRAZER.
{. X. Biles. Auct.
H. Thompson, Clerk. iDel wv