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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27

g The AImShOuSe the COunty'S
3 Convenient Dumping Ground.

James Oppenheim writes an expo
sure of almost unbelievable condl-
lions for the American Magazine.
His subject is the Almshouses of the
Counties of New York State. Says the
editor in a foreword to the article:
"You must go back to the old Bedlam
to find anything SO revolving in the
case of suffering human beings The
following is quoted from the article;
Possibly it may now be under
stood what an almshouse is. 1t is the
last refuge of the old; it is the win
ter hotel of the vagrant; it is the
pest-house for the sick; the asylum
for the feeble-minded-it is, in short,
the county's convenient dumping
ground. Here the Charities Commits
sioner, the Overseer Of the Poor and
the magistrate commit the dependent,
the defective and the delinquent.
They are all cooped up together and
allowed to work out their own desti-
MES. One finds in the woman's liv-
ing room a spectacle Of horror and
poignant sadness. Here is a woman
of ninety, like a child of three,
doubled up in a little rocking chair,
singing wildly. Another woman sits
by whose nose is half eaten away by
syphilis. Next to her sits a degener-
ate who escapes from the institution
for a o whenever she can. An
other, three feet high, in a wheel
chair, witches and jerks with chorea.
Another rocks to and fro, babbling
%incoherent fragments. Another has
an ulcer wrapped in dirty bandages.
And yet among such people some
quiet old woman who is patiently
waiting for death must spend her
days. At night she sleeps in the COM
mon dormitory with these deformed
or degenerate human beings"
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Need of Mutual Forbearance.

In order to be satisfied even with
the best people, we need to be con-
tent with little and to bear a great
deal. Even the most perfect people
have many imperfections; we our
selves have as great defects. Our
faults combined with theirs makes
mutual federation a difficult matter,
but we can only fulfill the law OF
Christ" by bearing n another's
burdens" There must be mutual low
Ing forbearance. =
Frequent silence. habitual recollec-
ton, prayer, self-attachment, giving
I'D all critical tendencies. faithfulness
IN putting aside all the idle magma
tions of a jealous, fastidious self-love
all these will go far to maintain
peace and union. How many troubles
would he avoided by this simplicity9
Happy is he who neither listens to
himself nor to the idle talk of others.
Be content to lead a simple life
where God has placed you. Be obe-
ilient; bear your little daily crosses
you need them. and God gives them
10 you only out of pure mercy
Eenelon.
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Ideal Patient.

Some years ago Bishop Warren was
in South America, and it was found
necessary for him to undergo an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis. The editor
Of the st. Louis Christian Advocate
methodist Episcopal Church, South)
remarks: 1.-THE heroic bishop was as
r and calm as a martyr when he
was placed on the surgeons table,
with a faith in God so implicit that
he was less agitated than anybody in
the room. The operation was a mon
umentaI success. The blood of the
patient was so pure that his wound
healed like the flesh Of a child. In
a few weeks the bishop was again
hale and hearty, and when the great
surgeon met him on a street in
Buenos Aires he remarked with much
enthusiasm: you are a living. walk
ing, monumental temperance lecture
and lesson; the greatest ever deliv-
cred, seen or heard in South America!
Had you been a lifetime user Of either
tobacco or alcohol, at your age you
could hardly have had ever the frac-
ton of one chance for recovery
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
Fireworks to Protect Crops.

The great grain fields of the sand
horn ranch in Shasta County, Califor-
MIA, are ingeniously protected at nlgnt
from the vast focks of wild geese ana
other aquatic fowl that do immense
damage to crops by c OF a dis
play of fireworks.
Skyrockets and Roman candles
were bought in large quantities by
the management of the ranch. and
men are stationed at various points
Whenever a flock is heard honking IN
the distance several s~kyrockets or a
shower Of colored balls from a Ro-
man candle are sent upward, anu as
result the birds give the ranch a WIDE
berth.-Popular Mechanics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
NEW ENGLAND THE NATIONS
SUMMER TIME PLAYGROUND
The Statistics of the Amount of Vacation Business Done nt
Picturesque YankeeIand Are Dazzling.

In order to properly accommodate
the public the transportation facill-
ties will be materially increased this
season, among the improvements be-,
ing a new through night train be-
tween New York and Portland. There
are also new through trains between
New York and Williamstown, Mass.
and Keene, n. H. In a word the va
cation season transportation service
this summer will be better than In
that has heretofore existed.
Even New England agriculture Is
having a big boom these days, and the
activities of the special bureau main
tanned at Concord, N. H., are helping
to dispose, of many farms to persons
fresiding outside of this section. So
far has this agricultural propaganda
advanced, indeed, thatthere is serious
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
Not Z Hat.

A teacher in one Of the Newton
lower grade schools was entertaining
two visitors to the classroom. Sew
eral days previously the teacher had
furnished amusement and at the same
time increased the children's store of
knowledge by a series of questions of
the following nature:
What do we sit on that rhymes
with hair"
Some child would answer "Chair."
To-day che visitors would be pleased
to observe how readily the pupils
could answer.
What do | wear on my head that
rhymes with cat?" asked the instruc-
tress.
Up went the hand Of a boy with red
hair. -,
"WelI, Johnny" said she, you may
tell us"
Johnny arose and appeared fright
ened.
cts a rat" he blurted.
And then the tableau. - Boston
Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
FIGHTING THE RUM DEMON.
Slowly Decreasing in Numbers.

In view of the statements OF those
Interested in keeping the saloon in
existence that the agitation against
the saloon does not seem to be effec-
tive, these facts, taken from the New
York Sun, are of more than passing
Importance:
There was in 1907 a decrease of
six per cent. in the number OF sa-
looms throughout the country, &C
cording to the United States Census
Bureaus Forthcoming report on the
statistics of the 1853 largest cities,
which had a population of over 3d.
600 each that year.
The report, prepared by Chief OF
Division E. H. Mailing, contains COM
plete statistics of the number Of
liquor licenses in force at the close of
the license year Of the cities and the
number Of Inhabitants to each dealer
selling liquor by the drink.
More than ~one-fourth of such deal.
ers i'm the 1853 cities were reported
from New York and Chicago; the
cities Of over 100000 population with
the smallest number of saloons were
Washington, 521, and Pittsburg, 181.
In the cities of this class the largest
number of saloons in proportion to
the population were in Milwaukee
and New Orleans, where in the former
there was one dealer selling liquor
by the drink to every 142 inhabitants,
and in the latter to every 200 inhab-
itants. The number of Inhabitants
to every dealer in Philadelphia was
761, and in Boston 1888. The other
cities having less than 100000 in
habitants to each dealer were: Gal
weston, 1874; East st. Louis, 143;
Mobile, 1853; Houston, 1853; Hoboken,
1873; Sacramento, Cal, 1873; San An
tonic, 179; La Crosse, Wis, 1873;
Springfield, ILL.,, 1873, and West Ho-
boken, 191.
The smallest number Of saloons in
proportion to the population is shown
for the cities Of Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts, and the largest for
those of Texas, Ohio and Wisconsin.
In comparing the number of retail
liquor dealers in 141 cities reporting
for both 1907 and 1905 it is shown
that there was a decrease of six per
cent. in the number Of saloons in
1907. The decrease was general in
nearly every part of the country ex-
cept Rocky Mountain and Southwest.
ern States.
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OLDEST KNOWN POTTERY.
Remarkable Work of q Prehistoric
People i'll Peru.

At a meeting of the Manchester
Literary and Philosophical Society re-
Gently Sir William Bailey read a pa
per giving further details Of the re-
markable discoveries of prehistoric
pottery made by Hewitt Myring in
Peru, a short description of which has
already appeared in The Sun.
Sir William explained that the dis
coveries, which have attracted wide
spread attention, at least n Ameri-
can museum having tried to secure
the pottery, were made during the
exploration of the Chimcuna Valley
in Peru. Mr.. Myring was exploring
the sand ridges in the hope of find
ing something III the Inca graves, but
it appeared that the valley had been
used as a cemetery by the Chimus,
the race before the Incas, and as he
went on he discovered hundreds of
pieces Of what is probably the most
ancient pottery in the world. These
pieces, which are in the best state of
preservation, have been brought to
England, and about a third Of them
have been secured for the British
Museum.
Sir William said that the Egyptian
pottery of any dynasty was not equal
to the best of the Peruvian specimens.
The modelling of the human face was
startling in it's art. Both dignity and
laughter were shown, and the mus
cles of the cheek, the wrinkles OF the
skin and the fiexibility Of the nostrils
were depicted with great care and
skill.
No two specimens were alike.
There was individuality in each fig
ure. The serfdom of habit and GUS
tom and tradition did not govern the
work, which showed that the workers
must have had intellectual liberty and
genius.
The pots were buried with the
dead. They varied in shape and size.
Some represented animals, birds and
fishes. Weapons were not much in
evidence, and neither bows nor ar
rows had been discovered. No horses
were to be found but there was a
beast like a hornless antelope. Birds
we're somewhat abundant and a bat
like beast, stays and frogs were imi-
tated.
The broad, intellectual human
faces represented on some Of the
pieces were doubtless portraits. They
might easily be taken for English or
German faces. The workmanship
was equal to any Of the portrait Jugs
in vogue in this country in the eigh-
teenth century and in some cases was
better art.
The age Of the pottery might be
anything between 5000 and 10000
years. Many of the pots cantalned
silver pellets and necessaries for a
Journey, thus revealing that these
early races shared in the belief in. an
other world and a state OF TRANSMIT
grafton possibly entailing hardship
and the need Of endurance. The alb
sence of rain in Peru and the pres
ence of silicates in the soil had helped
to preserve the specimens practically
intact.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27

East of the Mississippi, all roads
lead toward New England in the good
old summer time, for New England is
the nations vacation playground. This
surely must be what the Great Arch
itect intended it to be, for certainly
there is no other such made-to-order
area in existence in which the attrac-
tions of scenery, climate and outdoor
life can be found in like degree.
The outing season has made an au-
spicious start. for not only did a larg-
er number of fishermen than usual go
into the Maine woods to lure the Turk
ing trout and salmon, but they had
splendid luck, and returned home, al
most without exception, thoroughly
satisfied with their experiences. Some
notable catches were made at Range
ley, Moosehead, Grand Lake and 9TH
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
Expenditure For Drink Increased
With Wages.

Whether poverty is the cause OF
drink or drink is the cause of poverty
is a question over which social work.
ers have sometimes split hairs. I'm
doubtedly both views are right, as
poverty and drink constitute a
vicious social circle. DR.. Fuchs, how
ever, studying working mems eXpen-
diture in seventeen villages near
Carlsruhe found. according to Der
Abstinent, that the greater the in
come, the greater the proportion OF
none spent for drink. indicating
that in this case. at any rate, poverty
was not the chief cause Of drink.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
i,ugar {'r1tst S525,G GOO Suit Ends

The American Sugar Refining Com
pany's suit against the city of New
York for Il permanent injunction was
closed before Morgan J. O'Brien, a
Supreme Court referee. The city
threatened to shut off the water from
the Williamsburg refinery unless tho
company paid a bill of $525,000 for
water which, it is estimated. the COM
pany got from 1898 TO 1903 by frau
dulent means. Four years have passed.
since the action was begun, and more
than $4,000 pages of testimony have
been submitted. Referee O'Brien re-
served decision. =.
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Good TO His Constituents.

81 ask for leave to print 'L'lcllle
as p part Of my remarks" said the
new Congressman.
What has that got to do with
our sDeech on the hog industry: IN
uuired a floor leader.
Nothing. But the young people
of my district want me to send EN-
some good poetry to read evenings
washington Herald.
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EkaG6
NTRdY
RreAkf6s3f
IGnhle
THE SWEET BY AND BY.

BY LOUISE LIDDLE.
When we reach the shining portal
Just beyond the swelling tide,
When we sit enthroned in glory
At the dear Redeemer's side,
Think how great will be the blessing
There forever to abide.
With the bright and shining angels,
Chanting songs of sweetest praise.
We shall soon forget our sorrows,
And our songs Of gladness raise
To the Father, in whose mansions
We shall dwell through endless lays.
Glory! All yes, twill be glory,
When we reach the heavenly strand,
When the Saviour leads US upward
By His omnipotent hand;
When we dwell with Him-foreSer
IN that bright and better land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27

talk of having a corn exposition IN
Boston next fall, just as if it were
Omaha or some other Western me-
tropolis.
A change in the ownership of the
noted Maplewood Hotel at M~aplewood
presages an expansion of activities
there, and there are various other
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
Distressing.

"Bobby." said mis- mother. "sit up
straight and don't tuck your napkin
under your chin. I've told you hun
dreds of times"
"There!"exploded Tommy; you've
made me lose my count! I don't
know whether it's 256 or 357 times
I've chewed this clam!"-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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"Crime and Disease Sold Here"

"The injury does not stop with
the drinker; il goes on down to tho
third and fourth generations. Across
the front of every saloon ought to be
written: Crime and disease sold mere.
Our goods guaranteed to MAIN and
destroy unto the third and fourth
generations" - Dr.. I. a. Mac
NichOll.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
Cheap Thinking.

Model think l shall spend a
week in Paris
Artist-"How the dickens can you
afford to do that"
Model can't, but 1 can afford
to think I will."-Illustrated Bits.
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Turned Into Blessings.

Those who can repress complaints
murmurs and peevish bemoaning-
better still, the vexed feelings which
beset us when those around inflict
aetty anuoyancey and slights on us
will really find that their little daily
worries are turning into blessings
/. l.. Sidney Lear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
The Logic Of It.

Unless Jesus Christ is Lord Of all,
He is not Lord at ALL. Hudson
TaYlOr- /
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evidences of progress to be noted
throughout the White Mountains re.
gion, including a further increase in
the mileage of improved highways.
Three great trunk lines Of macadam
roadway are at present being con-
structed through New Hampshire by
the State, and it will SOON be even
more like a New World Switzerland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
His Power Depends on Our Love.

Everybody. would be glad to feel
confident that Gods resources were
at his command, but not everybody
may have this assurance. We can
not claim the promise until we are
willing to put ourselves under His
control. Submission must come be-
fore endowment. No one can follow
the leadings of Gods providence. I'M
less he has accepted Gods authority.
Many times we quote thoughtless-
iy, "All things work together for
good" but that is not true. ALI
things work together for evil for
some people. Their prosperity be-
comes a curse; the number and in
tensity of their friendships bring
them no lasting comfort; the whole
order of Gods universe works against
them. His will is in process of con-
quest; he is at last to be triumphant
Dver all evil. No opposition to Gods
plans a prosper.
And so, whose will quote the prom
lse, "Ail things work together for
good" must add, "to them that love
God"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-27
The Law of Reciprocity.

1t is more blessed to give than to
receive.-Acts 20, IS.
This text is the embodiment Of n
Of the greatest of truths-the law OF
reciprocity. Similar passages in the
Scriptures are: whatsoever a man
goweth, that shall he also reap"
'Give, and it shall be given unto
you" Bear We one another's bur-
dens, and so fulfil the law of Christ"
Giving is like an endless circle. 10
is casting bread upon the waters,
which returns in multiplied abund-
ance after many days. 1t is the seed
in the soil, bursting into the golden
harvest. 1t Is the banker, giving out
to the borrower till the interest exc
ceeds the principal. 1t is the philan-
thropist, receiving the gratitude OF
mankind. 1t is the martyr and mis-
sionary losing his life to find it. It is
the discoverer and inventor, like Hon
dirk Hudson and Robert Fulton, gtV@
ing their genius for the welfare of the
people, and receiving, generations aft
terward the p%laudits and thanksgiv-
ing Of the world, because Of the glory
of their achievements.
Men who give get bills of exchange
on Gods banking house, the interest
of which Is paid as needed along the
Journey of life, while the principal
awaits their arrival in the Eternal
City.
e. Giving is the philosophers stones
which, instead of turning everything
into gold, turns gold into everything
into halls of learning, Libraries Oh
information, missions for Millions
homes for the homeless, Christ for
the Christless, and life, eternal life,
for the dying.
The returning compensation for all
noble deeds comes in that which IA
better than an equivalent; In a love
and gratitude unpurchasable, as 1t is
unfading and unspeakable in its glory
and blessedness. It is the crown OF
character on the brow Of the indiyid-
ual or nation, respondent, immortal.
Even though your gift is unappre<
ciated or misapplied, it is i%rreyersi-
bly, recorded in your being. Children
may be undutiful, but the parents are
blessed on account of their express
sions of kindness and care. Husl
bands may be drunken or brutal, but
the wife who struggles patiently on
has her reward in her own soul, and
it may be the final redemption Of her
lost one. The divine Christ who gave
Himself upon the cross as a Saviour,
as an example Of infinite self-sacrfice,
possesses a name above every name
and a throne universal and eternal
Edwin Whittier Caswell, in the Sun.
day Herald.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-16
NEGRO CONGRATULATES JEFF
Jack Johnson Holds White Opponent
in Highest Regard.
Sends Telegram to Rivals Camp
the Occnsion Being CnIifOrnian's
Thirty-hfth Birthday.
SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.

Special 20 The Washington Herald.
Chicago, April Ito show THAT he
bears no hard feelings toward James J.
Jenries, Jack Johnson tonight sent the
Californian a telegram wishing him many
happy returns Of the day. the occasion
being the thirty-ifth birthday Of the
boilermaker.
Although Jeffrles has said many uncom-
plimentary things about the champion.
johnson does not hold this up against
him. he believes half OF the things
which are credited to Jeffries are put in
the Californian's mouth by his manager
and trainers.
Il have nothing but the highest regard
for Jenries as a gentleman and fighter
and until he says things 10 my face
which are uncomplimentary, I will con-
tinue 20 hold this high opinion Of him.
Jack said. after he had sent the telegram
1T never does for fighters to be so IN
friendly that they continually are calling
one another names through the press and
other sources. If beat Jeffries on July
I will be the first one 70 help him TO his
corner. and II he beats me I will be the
first one TO congratulate him.
Although celebrated my thirty-secont
birthday last month and did not receive
any good wishes from Jeffries. 1 think Il
was more Of an oversight on his part thar
anything else. I hope he had as good z
time celebrating as l did. and I hope hi.
wife is on the road to recovery"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-16
BUSINESS TENNIS MATCHES.
SchOOIbOy Racquet WieIders Play
Interesting Games.

The Business High School tennis team
started their first mems singles tennis
tournament yesterday afternoon at the
schools courts. on the corner OF Six
tenth and streets. The men were
matched by Mr.. Hart. so as to have
close games. The best match Of the
afternoon was between w. F. and ]. =.
Moore. w F. Moore finally triumphed
over his opponent by the score Of y to
10 Herle. a first team man, displayed
midseason form and defeated Bridget
easily. The second round, and the semi
finals will be played this afternoon, the
finals running over until Monday.
The results are as follows: First
round-Wilson defeated Powdermaker. G
to 4; Gordon won by default from Grace,
Simpson defauted TO Libby. jackson de-
feated Rathbone. : 10 5; w. F. Moore
defeated J. F. Moore, Il TO 10; Shore de-
faulted TO Thompson. Herle defeated
Bridget, TO T.