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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-31
PRUDENTIAL PICNIC

The crew of 35 men and their
families, of the Spokane staff of
the Prudential Life Insurance Co.,
enjoyed picnic today at Medical
Lake. They made the trip in u
special car at $3.50 a. m. Bah
games, rowing and bathing were
the order for the day.
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Idaho S. e r. has been bought
steadily this week, but in a quiet
way, and apparently absorption of
several large outside blocks has
taken place. The fact that credit
ors are taking no action leads to
the belief that something is up
looking to the adjustment of all
difficulties. Snowshoe was in
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tensively, selling shares in his
company and obtaining more than
$4,000 from men and women who
were impressed by his statements.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

Corner of Fourth and Post. Sun
day service at IL a. m. Subject of
the lesson sermon, Love-" John
M. Henderson, first reader.
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Liverpool Grain Market.
LIVERPOOL, July 31.-Wheat-
Close: 5sc to &c lower Corn I'm
changed to hc lower. September
wheat, IS. 3ssd.; September corn,
IS. Sad.
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THE PUBTIC SQUARE

Dedicated everything personal
family fights Ohe what think
about 800 words and sign your
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EASTERN MARKETS
FURNISHED by Walter ]. Nichols
& co., upl
CHICAGO Grain Market.

Chicago Grain Market.
CHICAGO, July 31.-Wheat-
Close: July, $105%; September,
$1.04&; December, SLOPES; May,
$1.05B.
Corn-Close: September, 66Bc;
December, 54Bc; May. 555sc.
Oats-Close: September, 1885;
December, $3.50; May, 40%c.
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Walter J. Nichols
& Co., Brokers
SOS Howard St. Phone Main rs

MEMBERS
Chicago Board of Trade
Portland Board of Trade
Spokane Stock Exchange
Correspondents Logan & Bryan
United Wireless Telegraph
Will sell SO shares pfd. at $3.50
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Poor pencils and dull boys are
difficult to sharpen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-31

Good, paying grocery store, horse,
wagon, cheap. E38 Front avenue.
Cigar store for sale by owner at a
sacrifice IL taken soon. 1870 How
ard street.
$1700-Brand new. five room mod
ern; best of plumbing, built in
china cupboards, plat rail. cellar;
block of school and car. Best buy
in the city.
$3150-Six room strictly mod
ern;: furnace, gas, electric lights;
corner, close in; cement walk, fine
shade trees and lawn; only $500
cash. See us at once.
$1400-Five rooms, modern; two
closets. pantry, cellar, cement
walk; close to car. $3.50 cash and
balance SIS and interest.
$500-Two fine lots in LidgVI
wood, half block Of car, fine and
level. For few days only.
.$S00-Two lots in Avondale, one
corner; fine building site, worth
$1,000. For few days at $500.
HYE, WATSON, XIX & CO.,
1928 Exchange Bank Building.
Phone Main SO.
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Miscellaneous
& Real Estate
Opportunities
Registration

Our office in on the ground floor
and in the same building as the
land office and one of the notaries
appointed for the registration is in
our office. Call and get one Of our
Spokane guide books free, or any
other reliable Information you want
as to farm land in the Inland EN-
pire..
THE THOMPSON GILLIS
INV. co.
IS Washington Street. Phone $3.50.
Ground Floor Hutton Block.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
Miscellaneous
e Real Estate
Opportunities


Miss Marie Strasil, first class man
touring. Granite block, room 232.
Phone Main 9442.
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Ninety acre farm for sale; imple-
ments complete. Call S172
Howard.
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For Sale.

Good, paying grocery store, horse,
wagon, cheap. EDS Front avenue.
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TOP PICTURE-A TYPICAL WHITE MANS HOME Al NAIROBI
WITH KIYUYU GARDENER AT WORK. BELOW-A NAIROBI
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Two new modern houses, one s.
room and one 8 room, at 03926
and 0392S Post street; Monroe
park; half block to car line. See
owner at property.
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Wanted.

Plumber wanted to open shop
02310 Monroe. Doyle, same address
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-10
Most Striking Argument.

One of the most striking arguments
for temperance reform, says Mr.. l.. A.
Brady, is to be found in certain cold.
dispassionate statistics issued by the
United States Census Bureau. These
figures show that intemperance, as
either q direct or a contributing
cause, was responsible for more than
10 per cent.-practically one-ffth-
of all the divorces. granted in the
United States during the twenty years
between 1887 and 1906 inclusive
Since at the present rate at least
every twelfth marriage ends in di.
vorce, we get a proportion OF u
home In every sixty-one wrecked by
drink. Moreover, the census author.
tiles themselves, according to Mr..
Brady, admit that these figures rep.
resent only the most fragrant and pal
pable instances of the part which in.
temperance plays in divorce, and that
greater percentages than those &C
tually given would be nearer the
truth. The detailed figures as sci
forth in the Isl bulletin are as
follows:
drunkenness was the sole cause
Of divorce in 36,516 cases, or 3.9 pei
cent. Of the total number of divorces
(1SS7 to 1866. 1t was a cause in
combination with some other cause
in 17,765 cases, or 10 per cent. OF
the total number. Therefore, 1t was
a direct cause, either alone or in com.
binatiop. with other causes, in 3d.,
281 cases, or 81 per cent. of the
total. Of divorces granted to the
wife the percentage for drunkenness
either alone or in combination with
other causes was TO; of those grant.
ed to the husband, the corresponding
percentage, IA.
1.-THE attempt was made to ascer.
tair also the number of cases in
which drunkenness or intemperance.
although not a direct ground for the
divorce, was an indirect or contribu.
tory cause. The number of such cases
was returned as 130;2S7, represent
ing 1873 per cent. of the total num-
Der of divorces. Probably this mum.
Der includes those cases in which the
fact of intemperance was alleged in
the bill of complaint or established
by the evidence, although not speci'
fed among the grounds for which the
divorce was granted"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-10
The. CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
FIGHTING THE RUM DEMON.
ayes, I'm Guilty"

"I'm guilty, my lord" the prisoner said,
AS he wiped his eyes and bowed his head.
Guilty of all the crimes you name;
But this we're lad is not to blame.
Twas I alone who raised the row,
And, my lord, if you please III tell yer
how. -.
You see, this boy is pale and slim;
We call him Saint-hls name 10 lin
He's like a preacher in his ways
He never drinks, or swears, or plays.
Why, sir, many and many a night,
When grub was scarce and / was tight,
No food, no fire, no light to see,
When home was hell, if hell there be,
Tve seen that boy in darkness kneel,
And pray such words as cut like steel;
Which somehow warmed and lit the room,
And seemed to chase away the gloom.
Smile if you must, but facts are facts,
And deeds are deeds, and acts are acts;
And though I'm black as sin can be,
His prayers have done a heap for me,
And make me think that God, perhaps,
Sent him on earth to save as chaps.
This man what squealed and pulled us in,
he keeps a place called Fiddler's Inn,
Where fakes, and snides, and lawless
Conniye and plot with thieves and tramps.
Well, Tim and me, we didn't know
Just what to do or where to 60,
And so we stayed with him last night;
And this is how we had the fight:
They wanted Tim to take a drink,
But he refused, as you may think.
Drink! DRINK they cried, this foaming
beer, +,
Twill make you strong and give you cheer
Then Tim knelt down beside his chair,
And offered up his little prayer.
Help me, dear Lord, the child began,
As down his cheeks the big tears ran, ,
TO keep the pledge I gave to You,
And make me strong, and good, and true
I've done my best to do what's right;
But oh, Pm sad and weak tonight, ,
The landlord yelled with rage and fear,
Then. like a brute, he hit the lad,
Which mad my blood just bilin' mad,
I guess I must have hurt his head,
I struck go hard-for the mans dead.
No. he hain't no folks nor friends but me;
His dad was killed in sixty-three.
Shot at the front, where bursting shell
And cannon sang their song Of hell,
And bullets Kissed with fiery breath,
As brave men fell to the tune of their
I promised his father before he died,
AS the life-blood rushed from his wounded
side,
I promised him, sir, and it gave him joy,
That I'd protect his little boy.
I simply did what his father would.
And helped the weak. as all men should.
Yes, I knocked him down and BACKED hl
eye,
And used him rough, III not deny;
But think, my lord, a chap like him
Striking the likes of little Tim.
If I did wrong, send me below,
But spare the son of comrade Joe.
You forgive him; and me! Oh. no!
A factf God bless you! Come, Tim,
let's go!"
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Yearninp For z b

when it comes to consuming gas
in large quantities blind people can
beat their seeing brethren all hol-
low" said an inspector of the gas
company. II know two families
where both husband and wife are
blind. Every jet is turned on full
tilt in their homes at night and is
kept going at that rate clear up to IL
o'clock. Light and darkness are ali
the same to the afflicted ones, but
they insist upon illumination brill
liant enough for a reception. And
that partially for light is not a within
peculiar to those two couples. Most
blind people feel that way. They de-
mand the light, and in all private
homes and institutions where the
blind are cared forthe gas bills vouch
for the strange fancy. "-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-10
Begun Too Late.

Much temperance instruction
brings small results becaus, it is be-
gun too late. Temptation or exam
pie exert their influence early in the
lives Of thousands. An inquiry by a
physician in one of the larger Amer.
lean hospitals as to the age when the
use of drink was begun by alcoholic
patients, showed that in ITS cases
Investigated, nearly one-third (thirty
per cent began to drink before six
teen years of age, and over two-thirds
(s%ixty-eight per cent? began before
twenty-one years of age. If these sta.
tistics are representative, they indi'
cate clearly that temperance training
to be effective must be begun early
and carried on thoroughly and sys'
tematically through childhood and
youth with devotion to the highest
conception of human life and patriotic
duty.
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CHAPTER vi.

For still another day the rain beat
and the sea Numbered.
Jacqueline's obstinacy, her over
weening confidence In her own pow
ers were well punished, at last. Shut
In her room, she saw no more of the
Trevors. Vic brought her meals, but
was careful not to linger.
I'm forbid to talk to you" said
the girl, but this I'll say-the storm
has damaged the sloop-battered
her on the rocks and stove a big hole
In her. Joe Raby's got to repair
damages afore he can go to the main
again. A boat tibet he left on the
shore went adrift last night, and he's
damned his hand awful hammering
the sloop-you ought to have heard
him swear, though! The air was
jest blue: And Peter - that fool
Peter-what do you think? He says
he's travelled around the world and
never seen your like for beauty, and
he wishes the storm would last for
ever, so you couldn't leave this dog
gone island" Jacqueline stiffened.
Vic gave her a bright, laughing
glance. II told Peter to keep his
zigzag eyes on the moon, and not go
straining 'em after born ladies', that
wouldn't touch him with the tongs!
Things are Citing awful queer in
this house, miss" And Vic scam
pered away.
Late in the afternoon of the fourth
day the wind died out, the rain
ceased. A cleft of watery light di-
vided the clouds, like a sword. The
storm was over. From her window
Jacqueline saw Mrs. Trevor come to
the enclosed piazza and lift her mel
ancholy eyes in mute anxiety to the
sky. She wore a trailing white gown,
and she looked desperately i'll and
sad. AS the light broke in the west
she clasped her white hands and
raised them toward it with an almost
prayerful gesture. The passing Of
the storm was plainly a matter of
deep import to Mrs. Trevor.
A sitting sense OF confinement
seized Jacque!ine-aD overwhelming
desire to escape from the house OF
her enemy and breathe once more the
unccntaminated air. Exercise She
certainly needed. She donned her
outer garments, slipped down the
stairs, drew the bolt OF the main door
noiselessly and walked out into the
twilight.
The salt smell of the sea smote
her nostrils-thrilled her with d
glorious n OF relic: and liberty.
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British Harbor OpeHed.

The naval harbor, which has been
in course of construction at Dover,
England, for about eleven years and
has cost about $20,00O,0 900, has been
formally opened by the Prince Of
Wales. The warships in the harbor
werG Saily decked, there vas a grand
military display ashore, with much
saluting between the forts and the
ships, The harbor comprises an area
Of nesrly 700 acres, which were for
merly open sea. The biggest Dread
roughts may enter it at all ti6as
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EkGGA
@UhdW
RreAkhsN
ElIGnhle
YOU ASK ME.

You ask me how I gavemy heart to Christ!
I do not know.
There came a y~earning for Him in my soul
I found earthfs flowers would fade and
die
I wept for something that could satisfy;
And then-and then-so.nehow / seemed,
to dare
To Lift my broken heart to Him in prayer.
I do not know( cannot tell You how;
I only know He is my Saviour now.
You ask me when I gave my heart to-
Christ?
I cannot tell.
The day, or just the hour, I do not now
remember well.
1t must have been when I was an alone
The light of His sorgiving Spirit .shone
Into my heart, 80 clouded Ger with sin;
I think-I think-'twas then I.let Him III.
I do not know-I cannot tell you when;
I only know He is so dear since then.
You ask me where I gave my heart To-
Christ?
That sacred place has faded from my sight
Perhaps he thought it better I should not
Remember where. How I should love that
spot!
I think I could not tear myself away.
For I should wish forever there to stay.
I do not know-I cannot tell you where:
I only know He came and blessed me there.
You ask me Why Igave myheart to Christ!
| can reply
1t is a wOndrous story; listen while I tell
My heart was drawn, at length, to seek
His face;
!, I was alone, ] had no resting place;
I heard how He had loved me with q love
Of depth so great-of height 80 far above
All human ken; I longedsuch love to share;
And sought it then, UPON my knees IN
prayer.
You ask me why I thought this loving
Christ
Would heed my prayer? i
I knew He died upon the cross for me-
I nailed Him there.
1 heard His dying cry, Father, forgive!
I saw Him drain deaths cup that 1 might
live;
My head was bowed upon my breast IN
shame!
He called me-and in penitence I came.
He heard my prayer! I cannot tell ycu
how,
Nor when, nor where; only-I love Him
now. ,.a
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The Dion Poplar.

A private letter from a traveller IN
France speaks of a poplar tree that
the writer saw in the city Of Dion,
which is the oldest tree Of its kind
in France. 1t is 1872 feet in height,
and is f~orty-flve feet in circumfer-
ence at the base. The city council
has an authentic record of the his
tory Of the tree, since the year 1872.
The people of DIXON are proud Of it,
so much so that they not long ago
voted to levy a tax to put a railing
around it, so that it might be pro-
tected from possible injury. It, is
good TO see sentiment of this kind.
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CHAPTER v.
Continued.


These entries like the notes of
hand wore a suspiciously fresh look
Trevor had undoubtedly hoped
much from Jacqueline's youth and
ignorance. In the memoranda more
figures appeared, with such lines as
the following attached:
paid Hatton's debts again
twenty thousand dollars. Made me
swear secrecy and promised reform.
For the sake of his wife and children
I must keep silent"
"Hatton losing heavily-poor fool!
Asked for another loan. Impossible
to tell where this will end. I love
him like a brother, and can deny him
nothing-no, not If he involves me,
as he is certain to do, in his own
ruini"
More debts of honor. He is los
ing heavily-more loans"
Jacqueline, at the end of her pa
thence, dashed aside the papers, and
then, for the first time, perceived
that Trevor had entered and was
standing beside her.
WELL" he said, have you found
anything that restores your conf
dence in me?"
She looked at him steadily in the
face.
mo! These are all forgeries and
falsehoods," %scornfully Indicating the
books and papers. do you expect
me to credit lines of figures, unsup-
ported by any evidence-fgures that
might have been written five years
or FIVE hours ago-that NEAR moth
ing, end prove nothing? And these
promissiory notes.-the handwriting
is not my fathers, and the ink upon
them seems hardly dry"
His face darkened angrily.
you are blindly. wilfully stub
born!" he cried, "you exhaust my
forebearance! Not content with
thrusting yourself on me herewith
forcing me to tolerate you under my
roof, you dale to tell me to my face
that-that-"
She finished the sentence for him.
THAT you are casting calumnies
on the dead, sir-defaming the vic
tim you destroyed! You ask me to
believe that which is unbelievable,
and l tell you I will not attempt it,"
He grew pale with rage or fear, or
perhaps both. :
Nov our attitude is plainly de-
fned!" he said. I'VE are foes, and
need no longer preserve the outward
semblance Of friendship. You came
to this island to extort money from
me, and failing, you sting me like
the little wasp which you are. Tut!
tut! You count too much on my old
friendship! Remain in your room
I command iti-till you can be re-
moved to the mainland. I would
gladly take you there to-day, but I
do not wish to drown you, though
such a fate would not be altogether
undeservedi Bear in mind this fact
Il will neither see. nor talk with you
again."
He waved her peremptorily to the
door. She went out with a firm step
and head held high, but when she
reached her chamber she sank de-
jectly into q chair.
II have Enthusiastically failed!"
she reflected. "Oh, Doris, he will
never give up our money! Your
poor JAG has managed this affair with
neither tact nor wisdom-she has
made a terrible mess of it."
JacQueline's fortitude suddenly
gave way and she burst into tears.
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Temperance Education n Hopeful
Work.

The nations of Tomorrow are al
ready here. With us of to-day rests
the responsibility for determining
what shall be the future progress of
these nations by the training or the
neglect of their millions of children
that at this moment are in the home
or in the school room. Temperance
education of youth cannot do all in
solving the alcohol problem, but the
problem cannot be solved without
that education.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-10
Moses GrGl.f nAnSri Dead.

Moses Grant Daniel, ed1cat0r aul
author, died in his home in Ro2b"ry.
Mass, seventy-thyse years DID He
was graduated from Harvard in 1853.
He was principal of the Chauncey
Hall School for twelve years and
afterward was editor Of textbooks.
He was the author of many works on
Latin used in the public schools.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-10
Hav:.nc. (::acoa.t strike Ends,

The strike Of The garbage collectors
aud the stree: swecpeTs in Havana
has been settled. President Gomez
having issued & decree appropriating
funds sufficient to satisfy tho de-
mands of the mcn Energetic efforts
are now being mace 10 clean IN the
city.
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The Reign of God.

The reign of God begins in the hui
man heart by unselfshness, honesty
and a hearty support Of every enter
prise that has for its end the better
ment of social, economic and religious
conditions. - Rev. G. w. Grinton,
Newburgh, N. Y.
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A Fine Y. NJ. c. a. Building.

One of the interesting develop
ments since the State Prohibition law
was passed, IS the successful CAM
paign which PES resulted in raising 4
100000 fund in Nashville for the
erection of a fine Y. M. C. A. build
ing. More than 1000 people contri-
tuted to the fund for this splendid
enterprise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-10

In Vermont, where seven years ago
the Anti-Saloon League united with
the liquor dealers 20 substitute local.
option for State prohibition, the
spring elections resulted in a gain Of
one Town 1oJ tba liGansG column
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Dealing With Trouble.

There is no life that is empty OF
care. There is no existnca th"' $
absolutely free from heart rangs. Yoc
must take your troubles as they
come, shake 'em up il you ran, and
throw them ont Of yorr mind quick
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-10
Eraces Of

To bear evils with patience ex-
tracts from them their sharpest
thorns and gathers from them the
sweetest graees Of temper.-ReV. ].
B. Remepspyder.
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Prizes For Aero Contests.

r. J. Collier and F. N. Doubleday,
through the Aero Club Of America,
offered valuable prizes 70! aeroplane
CQ-tCstS i'll 1910.
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Rutonic Plague RACES.

There we're seventy-seven deaths
from tho bubonic plague and sixty
four fatal caces Of cholera ju Annoy
during the two weeks.
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There is Il weekly average of $50
deaths in New York City among chill
drea Under five years old.