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THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
FIGHTING THE RUM DEMON.
Not a Harmless Luxury.

In concluding his address to the
German Abstaining Physicians, FRO
fessor Kraepelin said:
whoever understands the action
of alcohol will certainly not look upon
it as a harmless luxury (Genussmit-
tell. That is the conclusion TO which
the unbiased examination OF its action
upon the mental life constantly leads.
It must be admitted that there are
still many gaps in our knowledge or
the subject yet to be filled. Our pres
ent means of investigation extend SO
far, however, that there would be
little difficulty in completing our
knowledge. This much is established
to-day by means of modern investi-
cation: That alcohol seriously in
lures the perception of external i'm
pressions and the association Of ideas;
that it temporarily promotes the i'm
pulse to movement, but hal it d.
minishes the strength Of muscular
work in proportion to the eXertion de-
manded; 1t also increases the sus-
ceptibility to fatigue. The effect OF a
single large dose lasts at least TWEEN
ty-four hours, and under some cir
cumstances even forty-eight hours;
the regular use of sucn doses pro-
duces a continual dinlinution OF ex-
ecutive ability, which is only very
gradually restored and which leaves
behind for a long time afterward an
increased susceptibility to the effects
Of alcohol. That is a clear SCIENTIFIC
knowledge. 1t alone furnishes US a
standard with which to judge OF the
influence which alcohol eXerts upon
the mental life of our people"
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logs about, and after a time he heard
q scream He ran for the water and
was in time to pull a very wet and
frightened girl out by the hair.
When she could speak she called
him a hero and said he had saved her
life and won her eternal gratitude.
She was the distressed damsel and
he the hero-the chavalier. There
could be no two ways about that. He
was invited to call at the hotel and
receive further thanks, and the drip
ping dacnsel took her departure.
Silas Carter called. He was braced
up by the heroic deed he had done,
and he felt very important when he
found himself in the presence Of a
young lady wearing diamonds and
fine clothes, and almost smiling at
the fresh grease on his boots. He
didn't know exactly what to do with
his hat, hands and feet, but he slowed
them away somewhere and modestly
said that he stood ready to rescue a
damsel every day in the week.
He was thanked ard thanked, and
the damsel said she could never for
get him. She even went SO far as to
give him her address In the city and
say that she would be pleased to hear
from hel hero-occasionally. In get
ting off the hotel veranda Silas fell
over a widows poodle dog and rolled
down the steps, but he was none the
less a hero in his own eyes for this.
He had read that they occasionally
took a tumble and were none the
worse for it. That evening when he
went wei to see Eunice he said:
"Euny, l asked you a few nights
ago to marry me, didn't -"
YES"
We'll, we'll hold on awhile about
it, I guess"
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Another strange marine creature ls
shaped like an octopus but has at
least two dozen %tentacles instead OF
eight. Many octopuses were found
clinging to the cable, but they were
thought too common to preserve.
While sections Of the cable pulled
up for inspection were found covered
several feet deep with strange plants
and animal life, seaweed. black in
stead of green, sponges and sea
urchins predominated.
Probably the -strangest creature
found on the cable was a flesh colored
fish not more than four feet long,
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The Counterfeit Southerner.

Of course, there are many counter
feits. A most amusing imitation is
one that often passes for the typical
southerner in New York. This satchel.
mouthed braggart infests the cafes
and demands attention by his abusing
the waiter for offending his delicate
sense Of honor. II hate a niger, subj"
he loudly proclaims, which Is a senu-
ment that one never hears from those
to the manner born. He haunts the
theaters and parades the streets, since
1t Is poor fun to practise his gentility
in private.
He wears a wide black hat, mounts
the table and yells whenever the band
plays a southern melody. Such a pre-
tentious caricature would be harmless
enough, but for the ridicule he brings
upon the south. Unfortunately, popu-
lar authors seem to accept him at face
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piyInino Rod 200 Years Old.

Winslow W. Ffeld Of Medford.
Mass, owns a metallic divinirg rod
brought from England more than two
hundred years ago by n Of his an
cestors. The rod, says Mr.. Ffeld, has
been used successfully all over New
England and In the western mining
districts. 1t is attached to whalebone
handles IL inches long and weighs two
ounces. The handles have inscriptions
on them which are almost obliterated
by age.
The person who brought the rod to
America was Isaac Greenleaf, who set
tied IN Massachusetts. The rod became
famous as a finder of water. After
marking the place Of many springs the
rod was used in California, Colorado
and North Carolina for locating by men
in quest of gold mines and other met
ais. One person who used It with par
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Silas Carriers Romance
By Carl Jenkins
Copyright, 1910. by Associated Literary Press

There was nothing wrong about
Silas Carter. He "a q strappine
young man who worked in a sawml:I
and ate three square meals a day
When evening came he sat down to
store his mind with knowledge. he
couldn't borrow Shakespeare OF
American history and, in consequence
be borrowed romances. They were
not eactly dime novels. They related
mostly to knights and chevaliers and
rescues of distressed damsels.
After reading for two or three
years Silas got the idea that he was
q chevalier, and that the distressed
damsel would sooner or later heaVe
into view. He didn't say anything
about 1t. 1t might be that be wasn't
a chevalier, and it might be tnat the
distressed damsel would be detained
on the road.
One night when he was calling on
Miss Eunice Bebee, the daughter OF
a villager, he casually observed:
"Eunice, I love you and want you
to be my wife"
II WILL" she replied.
Eunice had known Silas for a long
time, and had come to realize that
she loved him, and why shouldn't she
have answered that way? Why blush
and stick a finger in her mouth and
reply that she would see her father
about it? She did just as a plain
sensible girl always does under the
circumstances-she waited for Silas
to say more.
He began and ended right there.
If the distressed damsel appeared ne
would tell Eunice that he had
changed his mind; if she didn't then
they would get married some day.
Eunice continued to be a good. plain
girl, and Silas kept his eyes open
for what was coming.
1t came one July day. A young
lady from the city, stopping at a sum-
mer hotel in the village, came down
to the mill pond to fish. Silas was
in the mill yard. wrestling the saw
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Shaking the Gums.

A few days ago a convention Of bar.
tenders was held ct Euclid Beach
Park, one of the very few dry"
pleasure resorts in Cleveland. There
were several hundred Of the liquor
dispensers present. An attache of the
park, being afflicted with curiosity,
asked one Of them:
why did you fellows pick out
Euclid Beach Park, Z temperance re-
sort, for your convention?"
The reply was:
because We are up against the
buns every working day o. u lives,
ard when we take a day off We want
to get clear of the crowd"
Any man who a read English can
see the moral in that reply without
having it pointed out to him.-Cleve-
land Press.
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A Strong Preacher.

The minister's eight-year-old daugh-
ter was returning with her parents
from church, where the district super.
intendent had that morning occupied
the pulpit.
"Oh, father" asked the little girl.
her face alive with enthusiasm, don't
you think Brother C. is a very strong
preacher? do"
Gratihed by this evidence Of un-
usual intelligence on the part Of his
offspring, the minister eagerly In
ouired into her reasons for her state
ment.
"Oh," replied the little miss, artless'
ly, didn't you see how the dust rose
when he stamped his feet?"-Judge.
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q. S. army signal corps system. On
board were a score of huge TASKS
filed with alcohol. In them floated
strange shapes which 1t was hard to
believe were once living creatures.
Balls of red hair which looked
like tousled human heads proved upon
dissection to be a strange kind Of deep
water crab. Flesh colored round
masses were found clinging to the
cable by minute ~tentacles. One crea-
ture was shaped like the diablo toy,
narrow in the middle with big con-
cave white disks at either end by
which It catches hold Of any object.
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Tourists Drink Less.

The use Of liquor by tourists OF
board ocean steamships is decreasing,
according to testimony of men en-
gagged in the transportation business.
Sir Thomas Sutherland, chairman at
the annual meeting Of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Com
rany, held at London, declared that
though their ships carried more pas
sengers than they carried ten years
ago, the consumption of wine. beer
and spirits had fallen by fifty per
cent" while at the same time there
has been a notable increase in the
consumption of mineral water, which
was unknown on board ships in the
tropics a few years ago"
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way down to the waist line. At a gaia
performance In Paris given by the
Metropolitan Opera company of New
York-the most successful perform
ance Paris ever saw, and one whereat
$4,000 was gained for the Pluviose
victims-many Of the beautiful Ameri-
cans in the $40 orchestra seats wore
these daring gowns, and now at New
port they are often to be seen.
Mrs. Oelrichs stared at one with a.
founded eyes at a dinner. and her
neighbor said:
Isn't that new gown Of Mrs. Blanks
a dream? Old MI. Blank Is so de-
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ODD FISH FROM THE DEPTHS
Strange Marine Forms Brought Up
With Deep Sea Cable Sunk
for Ten Years.

Strange monsters the like of which
have seldom been seen by man were
dragged from a depth Of $500 feet by
the crew Of the cable ship Burnside
when they repaired the Alaska cable
off Mt st. Elias last month.
The Burnside is moored at its buoy
In Elliott bay after two months of re-
pairing and relaying the cables of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-21
Wasted Sarcasm,

The Philadelphia milk dealers who
recently raised the price Of their
product to nine cents a quart and then
lowered 1t again to eight appear to
have been the subjects Of a great deal
of unjust censure. They announced
at the time of the raise that milk
could not be sold at eight cents with
out loss. Finding that the consumers
would not pay the new price, however.
they are continuing to sell at the old.
thereby qualifying as genuine philan.
thropists. Every purchaser Of milk
at eight cents a quart will doubtless
hereafter feel that he Is an object Of
charity. . 4
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deep as that, and so o..

deep as that. and so o..
The mission was looking hopeless
when suddenly she darted from the
shop and seized a passing gentleman
by the hand.
will you please come into this shop
with me% she asked innocently.
Certainly, my chickabiddy," he re-
piled, IF I can be Of any use. What
Is it,"
The little girl replied not, but led
the wondering stranger to the counter.
There, miss!" she said. triumphant
ly. Mother wants some ribbon the
color of this gentleman's nose"
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,6icH WAS found enveioped

which was found enveloped IN the
.tentacles Of a young octopus. When.
brought to the surface its body was
swollen like a balloon. DR.. j. E. NAL
ney, the ships surgeon. who exam
tned it, said he believed the fish was
choked by the hold Of the octopus.
The section of cable upon which all
this strange life was found had been
down, 10 years at a depth Of a mile
and a half. The specimens which
have been preserved are to be handed
over to the Smithsonian institution
for scientific study.-Scattlo Post-In-
telligencer.
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An Appropriate Text.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," said a
new York banker, asked me one Sat.
urday afternoon a good Biblical text
TO base an address on. I'm thinking
he said. about that beautiful verse
from the Twenty-third Psalm-"The
Lord is my shepherd, | shall not
want Beautiful and appropriate,
I agreed. But. Mr.. Rockefeller,
there is even a better verse in the
same psalm-"Thou anointest my head
with oil; my cup runneth over"
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AS 1T APPEARED TO HER
Mrs. OeIrIchs Evidently Didn't Think
Much of Mr.. Blanks Earning
Capacity.

Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, the best
dressed woman In Newport, criticized
very %pertineptly. at a recent dinner,
the new dinner gowns of PaQuin and
Cabot
These cling1ng and flmy gowns are
chiefly remarkable for the V-shaped
back that they possess. The VT Is
incredible, but 1t Is true-oEens all the
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Practical

What the little girl with the Is cents
In pennies wanted was some red rib
bon of a particular shade for her moth
er. She knew the shade, but she
couldn't explain 1t and all she could
say was, 1t wasn't that, no, nor that;
It was deeper than that, and not so
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-21
Unprecedented Editor.

Entirely unprejudiced Is the editor
Of the Allgemeine Fleischer-Zeitung, a
journal for butchers. He advises
butchers who suffer from headaches.
nervousness or stomach troubles to
give up meat and adopt a vegetarian
diet.
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voted. They say that everything be
makes goes on his wife's back"
Mrs. Oelrichs, her eye fixed on the
gowr's terrible v, said with a smile:
well, he must be making very lit
tie, then"
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A Holy Cause and q Most Unlholy
Traffic.

Traffic.
Every sincere follower of Jesus
Christ daily prays: "Thy kingdom
come" There are two things con-
corning which all true disciples of the
Son,o o God are a unit. They believe
that the cause Of Christian missions
is q holy cause. They believe that the
LIQUOR trafnc is a most unholy traffic.
From their lips there never drops a
word disparagirg the cause of Chris
tian missions mol a syllable uphold
ing the liquor traffic. They are con-
WINGED that their most earnest efforts
should be given for the ChTistian.za-
ton of the entire human ace and
they are thoroughly satisfied that
their most determined efforts should
be employed for the destruction of
the foe that "biteth like 4 serpent,
and stingetn like al adder"
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you retain your personal liberty.

Now 70 ministers.
The average congregation is made
up of about 90 per cent. of free citi-
zens and much less than 10 per cent
of members Of the Labor Trust
The free citizen wants to hear words
defending the rights and independence
of the common man, free from the ar
bitrary dictates of any seif-seeking
organization either OF Capital Or La
Dor.
The merchant. lawyer. school teach
err, doctor, clerk, farmer and work
man rebels against any forcible STOP
ping of trains, boats, street cars,
or factories, for the prosperity of the
community is entirely dependent on
steady continuance of these things.
Men don't like strikes, b%oycotts, In
jured workmen or burned cars and
factories.
A famous divine says: These men
may hate capitalists but their hate for
other laboring men burns like q fame.
eats like nitric acid, Is malignant be-
yond all description"
Then we remembe- cases Of acid
throwing, eyes gouged out, children
pursued, women stripped. homes de.
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ticular success was a blind man, in
whose hands the rod Is said to have
done m~arvels.
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each morning! It's meat and bread
to their souls.
Then think of the lordly power, and
don't forget the steady flow of money
squeezed from the Workman's haro
earned pay e%nevelope.
But when these leaders 'tie up" any
industry no man can hold a job who
refuses to pay fines even on trumpet
up charges, and steadily pay fees
whatever they are.
The workman is absolutely at the
mercy Of this band Of men who have
secured and hold control.
Many and many an honest workman
has raised his voice and appealed to
his fellows to rise and throw off the
yoke Of Gompers, e. al. But, as n
writes, AT every convention OF he
American Federation Of Labor. strong
opposition comes up but at the crit
ical moment the impassioned orator
appears and most dramatically puts
the spot light on the leader and covers
him with q mawkish film of martyr
dom and the emotional delegates yell
in delight, forgetting the instructions
Of the peaceful ~worxingmen at home
who desire to free themselves from
the odium of membership under the
great advocates Of strike. boycott, vio-
lence and hate"
So we see the unelualled tnsoience
with which these trust leaders pro-
pose to induce" ministers to pull
their chestnuts from the fire by
preaching modern aggressive and vio-
lent labor trust methods.
There is a better way to secure JUS
tice for workers, as will appear furth-
er along.
Just a little diversion here.
I am charged with having first
brought to the attention of the public
some years ago. the name Labor
Trust"
A trust Is a combination Of men or
organizations for the purpose OF SELL
Ing their product at a profit and re-
stricting production to effect 1t.
We will say a large Oil Company
gathers in smaller ones and thus con
trolls production.
The Labor Trust gathers in" local
trade organizations and thus has pow
er to a how much work each man
shall do.
The Oil Company then fixes prices.
The Labor Trust does likewise.
The Oil Company may use meth
DDS" to force an unwilling dealer to
join.
The Labor Trust men so further
and slug the Independent man If he
tries to sell his labor without. paying
fees and "obeying ORDERS" They are
both exactly alike In purpose, which,
in both cases is entirely selfish to
gain power and money for the leaders.
Certain Labor Trust members do
not hesitate to use violence, dyna-
hitting of property, burning homes OF
Independent men and even murder to
force obedience.
The Oil Company doesn't so so far.
Both are extremely dangerous to
the welfare of people and communi-
ties, for power placed in the hands
of a few men either representing Cap
ital or Labor is. almost always abused
anu the public suffers.
Remember, reader, that your safety
lies in strenuous opposition to al
trusts which try to ride over and die
tate to the people.
Only by opposing their growth can
you retain your personal liberty. =.
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value and exploit him In novels OF
plays where q "southerner" is a nee.
essary part Of the stage machinery
Everybody's Magazine.
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GET RIGHT TO VOTE.

ton to amend the bill by making wom-
en- eligible was carried by a vote of
43 against 81.
Evening journal., 1910-11-26

Miss Eva G. Trice spent several
days this week in Salisbury and Balti-
more.
Evening journal., 1910-11-26
MARYLAND NEWS NOTES

The Rising Sun Free Library OPEN
ed its doors to the public to-day.
A corn show, at which prizes will
be awarded, wnll be one of the main
features of the Farmers Institute at
Rising Sun.
The Rev DR.. e. l.. Hoffecker, dis
tricts superintendent of the Whining
ton Conference, will officiate at the
Sylmar and Colora Methodist churches
tomorrow.
Mrs. Mary A. Whitaker, aged ca
years. wife of John A. Whitaker, Of
Calvert, and mother of Rev H. A. G.
Westerield, of the Elkton NJ. L.
Church, died at her home at Cal
vert.
The tenth annual Cecil county trap
tournament will be held next Wednes-
day and Thursday on the Sixth Dis
trict Gun Clubs grounds. The sec
ond day the shoot for the Cecil coun-
ty amateur championship will he
held.
Fire destroyed the residence OF
Millard F. Tydings and the residence
of DR.. F. w. Steiner, at Havre de
Grace, was badly damaged last night.
The two houses adioin, the fire
starting in Mr. Tydings' house. The
loss to both houses was about $4,000.
Evening journal., 1910-11-26
NEW CASTLE
MEN WANT JOBS
Hoping That State Tree Will
Drop PIumS Into
Their Laps
BACHELOR GIRLS CROWD
ONE DAY WITH PLEASURE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, Nov. 26.-New
Castle hundred citizens are getting
busy. Some of her young men want
positions in the court house, while
others prefer 10 be clerks in the Leg
lslature. A job as sergeant-at-arms
would suit a few others. The plum
tree bears the fruit but whether the
plums will fall into the laps of New
Castle men or not is a question.
The Feesem Chenip Club spent yes
terday afternoon at the Avenue The
atre, Wilmington The club is COM
posed of nine young women of this
city. They are not bachelor girls, but
real genuine peach buds. They are
Mary Elkinton. Emily Pedrick, Sarah
Hubbard, Eleanor Cross, Elizabeth
Bacon, Florrie Melchoir, Grace Nc
Caughan. They had royal good
time
The work of installing the new
metal ceiling in the Armory has been
completed.
Miss Mary G. Ladders, one of the
graduates Of st. Peters school will
entertain a number of her friends
this evening.
So far only one property owner has
taken out an application blank re-
garding the postoffice New Castle
people in general are opposed to any
thing but federal building. The
city is garowing and inside of two
years will show vast growth. In
population and industries.
Houses are still scarce, but the
people moving here cannot under
stand how the rents are so high. The
difference between taxes in a city and
village are so different.
Miss Elizabeth Page, formerly as
sistant principal of the public schools,
Is the guest Of New Castle friends
Miss Page is a resident of New York
state.
st. Peters football team will be
photographed Manager McDewitt says
It is a proud distinction Of winning
every game this season and losing
only one last year, when the soldiers
outclassed the young men here.
Evening journal., 1910-11-26
SCHLOSS ovERc0ATS
---.-...-.-.......--

None better. Dress Coats
in blacks and Oxfords,
$15, $50 and up to S35.
silk lined at SIS to S35.
Fall Coats, $15 to $25. New
greys and browns, with
plain and velvet collars
at $40 and S25. other
good makes at SO to SIS.
PRESTO COLLARS.
Overcoats in mems at S12
TO $25. Boys, $40 to SIS.
Little Boys, Sc to $40.
BOYS REFERS.
New Chinchillas in greys.
blues, reds and browns,
$4 to $40; all sizes 3 to
12 years. Little Boys
Fancy Refers and Over
coats, sizes 3 to 10 years,
at SO to SO.
Open tonight until 10
o'clock.
Jas. 7. MuIl'n & Sons.
9th and Market.