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The Abbeville Press and Banner.
BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1894. ESTABLISHED 1844
RICHARD GANTT, Is now prepared to do
all v*ork in his department In the best
BunnwamUi reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and sham
poolngSl per month. RAsors honed and put
! the best condition for 20 cents each.
School Notice,
ALL perfions holding school claims will
have tbeui registered at once, as I want
o make up my annual report.
E. COWAN,
School Commissioner.
Oct. 25,1893. tf
t J. T. PARKS, J
#Fire, Life &Eeal Estate Agent#
^ Cotbrau's Urick Oftice, Main Street. #1
# FOR MALE. #
^ Settings of I ml In n Game Fowls $2.(10 #
0 Settings t?r S. 0. Brown Leghorn, 130 A
5 Abbeville, S. C? Feb. 7,1SSM. A
w Ti rLTT TT AT* T\
A. ?
TAILOR,
HAS moved, and occupies the room recently
occupied by J. I,. Clark, the gunsmith.
and is now prepared to do all kinds of
repairing uDd eleauingof gentlemen's clothes
on short notice.
Samples of suits always on band. Charges
reasonable.
TERRA COTTA WELLS
PRICES to SUIT the TIMES.
IN THE FUTURE I propose to sink tbe celebrated
Terra Cotla Wells at a great redaction
In my former price. So partlen desiring
an everlasting supply of good sparkling '
water st a low price would do well to confer
with me before making other arrangements,
as I propo?e to make It to the Interest ol all
to do so. WATER OR NO PAY?Is my motto.
1 have in ten years experience standing
testimonials In six counties. Address
C. M. CALHOUN,
Greenwood, S. C. 1
March 22, 1898. It J
A Complete and Full <
STOCK OF THE CELEBRATED
Metropolian M of MM Paints;
OF
JOHN LUCAS & CO.
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always on hand at the I
City Drug Store.
PRICE8 IN ONE GALLON CANS by th*
single can 81.25. A liberal dlscouDt to
painters unlng large quantities.
OoU 25,1888, tf
r* nnr r rn a j
t. cuuuLnu,
GREENWOOD, S. C. ]
MANUFACTURER aDd dealer in Rough c
Granite, Monuments. Gravestone*, all >
kind CenJetery Work, and Builders Work.
All order* promptly attended to.
Feb. 21,1894,3 m. 1
SCHOOL NOTICE. ?'
All persons having business (
with the School Commissioner will find
i in bin office nil public days and every c
Saturday In each monih nearest the middle .
of the mouth, during the present year lor tbe J
purpose of registering claims, Ac.
E. COWAN,
School Cnnamise'mer Abbeville County.
Feb 2, 1892. e
Registration
NOTICE.
The books op registration win hp '
opened m my office on Law Range,as the 1
law directs ou the !
.First Monday in Each Month, ,
tuitU flrst Monday In July, 1S94, when the law
requires theru closed uulll after the next general
election. This Ik for i he purpose of registering
all persons who have become of age. or i
entitled to renter since last election; to |
transfer person* from ihls to another county;
and from one township to another,or from '
one residence to another. All this must lie
done before or on the first Monday In July,
lK9f. Lost certificates may be renewed to 1
within 30 days of the election, and those who
become of age between 1st July and the election,
may register at any time before election.
Those who Refused or Neglected to Register
before the last election, cannot register until
the law 1b changed.
J. D. CAR WILE,
Supervisor of Registration for Abbeville
Coauly. LDw. 0,1893, tf
lAre !
I You- |
] out of employment, or in{
a position that you do not j
5 like ? Possibly the sol ie- s
I iting of Life Insurance is \
\ your special forte. Many :
z people have, after trial, 5
? been surprised at theirs
z fitness for it. To all such jj
j it has proved a most con-s
genial and profitable occu- J
i pation. The Management j
jof the
j Equitable Life j
sin the Department of thes
sCarolinas, desires to adds
s to its force, some agents S
5of character and ability.:
. . 5 Write for information. :
j W. J. Roddey, Manager, S
| Rock Hill, S. C. J
J. C. MILLER, Special Agt.
Abbeville, S. C.
Money to Lend.
Oa Improved farming landsAll
applicants must. bring their title deeds "I
with them on making application for a !
lo-n. "'1
Apply toPerrln AColhran, Abbeville,S. C,
Feb. 27, 1894. 4t. Or
Al
$100 Reward
IS OFFERED to any one who can furnish "G
evidence to convict the person who burnt J
the barn of Mrs. L J. Lesley. SI)
Communicate with J. W. LESLEY, i
March 13,1S9I. Abbeville, S. C. "T
Bu
Dissolution of Partnership. 1
I^HK LAW FIRM formerly existing and Bu
ent;u?c<-U I" the practice of law at Abbe- ^
vlile, S. 0.. under the firm name of Benet & Ati
i;usor?, was dissolved ny imnutu conseui on;
the I61I1 cluy ol Febuary, 1891. Sal
W. C. BENET.
March H, ltfW. S C. CASON. Wl
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The State of South Carolina, ??
COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. He
PROBATE COURT. Thi
In the matter of the Estate ol Mrs. Harlet K. A?
Duvkett, Deceased. ^
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
Hoc
ALL persons Indebted to said Estate must A
settle without delay, and those holding
claims against the Estate must present them r..u(
properly attested to. ?
B. F. DUCKETT,
Feb 20, 1894. Executor. ^
A"J
]S?aster's Sale.
The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. t Mi
two
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. tribl
J. B. FrnnkBand T. Baker against J. M. BaM:
ker et ul.?Foreclosure. ton
|j brotl
t>y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE led U
made In ttie above Btated case, I will offer for criru
wile at public outcry at Abbeville C. H? S. C., beca
an SALEDAY IN APRIL, 1894, within the the I
legal hours of sale, the following described kept
properly, situate Id Halt! State and Couuty, to I tiistu
wit: A11, that tract or parcel of land, known ! and
?sthe Latimer Savannah Klver Plantation, | leugl
containing Cast
bar e
One Thousand (1000) Acres, 'hert
laidi
more or less, bounded by lands of I. H. McJulia.
W. K. Clinkscales, K. I'.. Hutchinson, As si
iiid James M. Young. a ge9
Said tract will be divided into two or more the t
LraclB, and plats exhibited on day of sale. some
TERMS of SALE.?One-half c-?b, balance r
>n a credit of twelve months, with interest tone
Trom day cf sale, secured by bond of the pur- Won
5bu*er and mortgage of the premises. Pur- bar."
;!iaser lo pay for papers. ?we
J. C. KLUGH, Master,
March 12, 13SM. 3t \r
I did
but 1]
Sheriff's Sale. ??<
takei
Florence E. Sullivan, by UuardlaD ad litem weilt
plaintiff, vs. Andrew Jackson Poore, de- 'e6a'
fendaut.?Execution. Cbatl
' peas<
t>V VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO ME
lirected in the above stated case, I will sell Ceilir
o the highest bidder, at public auction, with- 1011 0
n the legal Lours of sale, at Abbeville Court 'wo c
louse, on MONDAY, the 2nd day of APRIL, ^
V. D. 1894, all the right, title and interest of tellin
Andrew Jackson Poore, in the following 8l)0:ie
lescrlbed property, to-wit: All the tollowlng tbe b
iescrlbed Real Estate?less a homestead? that
sonBlstlng of the Ittwyi
court
Dwelling: House and Two | days
[200] Hundred Acres I on te
lurraundlng the dwelling. recently set oIT by ^er8,
^oimuisslouers appointed for tbat purpose. StQU*
1. All that tract of land In Abbeville Conn- |earn
,y, S. C., containing j sa?
Four Hundred and Thirty- XI
Eight [438] Acres, The.
? peop,
nore or less on Kerr's Creek, waters of Little iuter
[liver, and bounded by lands of Elizabeth A. womi
VIIller, Edwin Calhoun, J. Grlfllu, and others, them
2. Also, all that tract or lot ol land con- side I
alning seats
dies.
Two [2) Acres, seate
u re,
more or less, lying In the fork of the Mosely ntv
Ferry lload and the Charleston Road,adjoinIng
lands of Mrs. Elizabeth Sherrod.
3. Also, all that tract or parcel of land, In Upon
said State and County, containing w"as
One Hundred and Fifty-Four
[154] Acres, ? rr
more or less, and bounded by lands of Edwin askil
Calhoun, A. J. Cllnkscales and others, and looki
by the Moseley Ferry Road, being a part of were
the tract known as the "Bull Town Tract."
Levied on as the property of A. J. Poore, to
satisfy the aforesaid execution and costs.
F. W. K. NANCE, \V
Sherlll' Abbeville County. niUC
February 1, ISM. j amJ
remi
Overseers, &
7 ! tanc
We
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TAKE IK
oste
! mat
j reac
OvERSEFRS OF PUBLIC ROADS IN AB-1 '
bevllle county are hereby ordered to proceed j %oui
at once to have their roads put In first class are
condition as required by law before the first I euo1
day of May. . ro?!
Tb.e law exacts not less than SIX (C> DAYS mir
evei
work, and we bave no right or disposition to j
make any change. | ?ar?
Every able bodied mon between the ages of; J.8 n
SIXTEEN (10) and FIFTY (50) is liable to i ?ar !
work the public roads, except a preacher In | j8 ?
chargc of a church, a school teacher, and a .
student at school. All otherB aie liable. i rool
The certificate of a physician Is NOT an ex-1
emptlon. Any man able to do ordinary farm j 1 '*?
work Is able to work the public highway,and j
the law will be strictly enforced. j r '
i fort
E, H. Armstrong,
j ma;
Chairman, one
; rooi
J. M. Major,
W. A, Lanier, j 1
County Commissioners. Jeur9
March 8. ISM. If *Xt
Our Little Boy Who Ran Away.
By Susan Teal Perry.
'm Rolug now to run away."
Sulci little Sammie Greer one day.
'hen I can do just what I choose.
I'll never have to black my shoes,
wash ray face or comb ray hair.
I'll rind a plnce, I know, Romewbere;
[id never have again to till
1'bat old chip-basket; so i will."
iood-bye, mamma," he said; "good-bye.''
ie thought his mother then would cry.
e only said, You are going Heat?'*
\ nH /I 4/1 rw.t uU^/i loot*
here, now," said Sar unite Greer, "I know
She does not care if I do go ;
t Bridget does. She'll huve to fill
hut old chip-basket; .so sue will*"
t Bridget only said, "Well, lioy,
fou oft for surt*? f wish you Joy."
id Summit's little sister Kate,
V'hoswunt; upou the garden- gute,
Id anxiously, us lie ptu-sed through,
To-night whatever will you do
ieu you can't get some Musses spread
it supper-lime on lop of bread?
e block from borne, and Samnile Greer's
Veak little heart was full of fears,
thought about Red Riding-hood;
be wolf that met her In t he wood ;
e beanstalk boy who keep so mum
/hen he heard the giant's "Fee, fo fum!"
d when be beard a policeman,
[e turned and quickly homeward ran.
in through tbe alleyway be sped,
ud eiawied in through the old woodshed.
3 big chlp-ba6ket be did fill;
te blacked his shoes up with a will;
washed tils face and combed his hair,
e went up to his mother's chair,
ii kissed her twice, and then he said,
I'd like some 'lasses top of bread."
They Were Lawyer*.
rs. Anna Christy Fall, one of tbe
women lawyers in Boston, conltes
this amusing true story to the
on Sunday Post:
y* friend and I practice law in Boswith
about two thousand of our
bers-in-law. Our practice usually
is into the civil rather than the
inal court room. But one day it
me necessary for us to appear at
atter place. The court officer was
very ousy for a time in quelling a
irbance in this corner of the room,
hushing a voice in that. At
Lh, however, all was still, and he
his eyes in the direction of the
nclosure, when, lo and behold !
i sat two women inside the bar!
lediately he came up behind them
4 ? 1 ,.1.
(OUCIieU UIJC upuii IUC BUUUIUCl.
)e looRed up inquiringly, he, with
ture intended to strike dismay to
learts of the intruders, pointed to
( vacant seats over in the corner of
oora, and said in a very official
of voice, "take seats over there !
len ere not allowed inside the
1 "But," said we both, in a breath,
are attorneys. We are lawyers."
looked incredulous. My friend
he replied, "No, you are not."
not hear him make any reply,
le moved away from us to where
half dozen young lawyers, some
bom we knew. They had already
) iu the situation, and when he
to them and inquired as to our
standing, their amusement
ged into a hearty laugh at his exi.
The discomfited court officer
still and cast his eyes up to the
ig, with an indescribable expressn
his face. There happened to be
:olored lawyers inside the bar at
ime, and I overheard one of them
g another lawyer about how |
one tried to turn him outside of
ar, for, said he, "They thought
because I was a nigger I warn't a <
er." Evidently this gray-haired
officer thought the degenerate
had come, when negroes and wocould
sit inside the Suffolk bar
rms of equality with other lawBut
the end was not yet. The
;1 to the eisode showed how thorly
the gray-haired officer had
ed his lesson. Just a week latter, '
alone in the same place, on the i
business. It was early, and no
lawyer had yet taken a seat,
judge was present, a number of
le, principally women, had been
viewed by him. As two of the J
en left bis side they looked about
i, and seeing me silting alone inthe
bar, evidently thought those
were reserved especially for laAt
any rate, they complacently
d themselves within the inclosOne
of them an old lady of sev,
dressed in mourning, and the
4 a girl of sixteen. Immediately
;ray-haired court officer appeared
i the scene. But how different
his bearing ! Approaching them
entially, he said, courteously, "Are
lawyers? If not, please take seats
there." The women changed
seats, laucrhiner at the idea of his
lg them such a question. As I
?d on, I felt that my friend aud I
iavenged.
I,lviii)r for Nliow.
hat we want in our homes is a
h simpler style of housekeeping,
we shall have it when we learn
jreat lesson?which is the only
edy for this matter?to live more
omfort than for osteutation ; to
less for show and more for subse.
There is where the evil lies,
live too much for others ; too
h for the world. We fix up our
lesaltogether too much with the
of either what the outside world
say of them or to outdo our neigh.
When we reach that point
re we shall dismiss a little of that
ntation that is now so prevalent in
ly of our homes, we shall not only
ih a happier state for ourselves, but
will remove one-half of the neri
ailments from which our women
now suffering. It is all well
ugh to have a pretty home, with
us filled with dainty bric-a-brac,
rors, cushions and ornaments of
ry sort. But some one must take
s of these things, and generally it
ot the help we may employ. So
as the ornamentation of our homes
oncerned .ve are overdoing it in
majority of cases anyway. A
in tasteful in its rich simplicity is
exception rather than the rule.
; greater part of our drawing-rooms
>nible museums more than anyjg
else, aud a man is never so cornable
as when he is out of them,
ween kickiug something over, or
icking something oil', the average
it's mind is anything but a tranquil
in the typical modern drawing
in.
?
he Louisiana Lottery Company has
centrated its ollices at Tampa, FlorIt
had ostensibly removed its
iness to Honduras. The postmasgeneral
is moving energetically I"
erminate the pest.
A Memory cf the Late Dr.'Deems.
Editor Christian Advocate: A few
years ago. at Ocean Grove, I heard I)r.
Deems relate to a large audience how
lie came to write the poem you quoted!
recently in your editorial on that distinguished
divine. After a long illness,
when for a time his lif? was despaired
of, he became convalescent enough
to go to his study ana look over
the correspondence which had accumulated
during his sickness. There
was a great pile of letters, more than a
bushel. As he looked at them the
perspiration started from every pore,
and from very despair lie said : "How
can I ever read all these? What shall
I do?" Just then something said to
him: ''Don't try to read them now.
write a poem." Suiting the action to
the suggestion, he began:
" The world is wide.
In time and tide,
And God is guide,
Don't hurry."
Too weak to write more, he laid a
siue tne manuscript, home time alter
that, not yet fully restored to health. 1
he went to Carlisle, Pa., to deliver an
address ill connection with the Commencement
exercises of Dickinson j
College. On reaching Carlisle he
found the town full of excitement over
a wonderful address just given by Hon. 1
Stewart L. Woodford. Every one '
said to him, "Woodfrod has given us
one of the finest addresses ever heard (
in Carlisle." Once more he was in de- j
apair. He said: "How can I, not a
well man, follow such a man ? What
can I say? What shall I do?" 1
He walked the floor of his room, i
The perspiration started from every
pore of his body. He was almost wild ,
from weakness and fear. Again the
suggestion came to his relief: "Write
a poem." He took up the unfinished
task of weeks before, beginning where
he left oft':
Ami he |g Most,
W bod ties his heat,
And leaves the rest,
Don't worry.
He then repeated the completed poem
and retired for the night. Said he,
"I never had a sweeter night's sleep.
I rose in the morning with both body
and mind delightfully refreshed.
When the hour came for my address
I went before the great audience, and
bad one of the best times in my life.
My hearers were in perfect sympathy
with me, and many came to me afterward
and told me how much I had
helped them."
This is the history of the origin of
that little poem. Looking it over,
line by line, I question if Dr. Deems,
before or since, said so much in so
small a compass. t
"The world Is wide b
iii miuc ana uue ;
And?God Ih guide:
Then, do noi burry.
"That man Is blest ?
Who does bis bent j
And?leaves the rest: I
Then, do not worry." "
R. W. Van St'iioick. "
New York Adocate.
War'* Ilecorri. t
According to the philosopher Dick, v
war bits destroyed fourteen billions of b
human beings since inan was first o
placed upon the earth. t
Some authors put the number much
higher; but, taking Dick's estimate as
a basis, the loss of life will l>e as fol- v
lows: *
2 333,333 annually. h
194,444 monthly. P
6,481 daily.
279 every hour. ri
4A every minute. jjj
Shall the sword devour forever ? ?
Not if God's Word is true. Chris- a
tians, come up to the help of the Lord u
igain&t Ihe mighty. a
Truly a bloody record.
Here is Thackeray's version of his A
first meeting with Charlotte Bronte.
Ihe tiny, intense creature had idealized
Thackeray, personally unknown
to her, with a'passion of idealization.
"Behold a lion cometh out of the A
North !" she ouoted under her breath, li
as Thackeray* entered the drawing a
mom. So/Tie one repeated it tn hi m
"O Lord !" said Thackeray; "and I s
am nothiug but a poor devil of an v
Englishman, ravenous for my din- v
ner!" At dinner, Miss Jironte was v
placed opposite Thackeray hy her own c
request. "And I had," said he, "the \
miserable humiliation of peeing her t
ideal of me disappearing down my i >
own throat, as everything went intojt
my moulh and nothing came out of |
it; until at last, as L took my tifili;'
potato, she leaned across, with clasped j'
hands and tears in her eyes, and J
breathed imploringly: "0, Mr.lt
Thackeray! Don't!" '
i <
Tent Question as to Hie Worth ?l j
AimiNciiiciits. (
First. Do they rest and strengthen
or weary and weaken the body? ?
Second. Do they rest and strength-!.
en or weary and weaken the brain Vj
Third. Do they make resistance to
temptation easier or harder?
Fourth. Do ihey increase or lessen |
love for virtue, purity, temperance, I
and justice? I
Fifth. Do they give inspiration nnd i
quicken enthusiasm, or stupefy the in- I
tellectual and burden the moral nature?
Sixth. Do they increase or diminish
respect for manhood and womanhood
? i
Seventh. Do they draw one nearer
to or remove one farther from the
Christ??Christian Commonwealth.
?? - -o?
When one reads of the beauties of
Japan, and the delightful simplicity of
life there existing, it seems that a Japanese
woman is born to a coveted existence?a
notion, however, that is
done Hway with when such bits of information
as the following full to our
view : "There are seven grounds of
divorce in that country [as regards women
only]?first, jealousy ; second,
tbievishness: third, iniidelity ; fourth,
childishness; fifth, disobedience to
parents-in-law ; sixth, an incurable or
contagious disease; seventh, talking
too much."
The concussion experiments for rainmaking
were not wholly lost. Professor
Hazen, of the weather bureau, who
watched their effect, is convinced that
they in some instances, served to prolong
the drought. They may yet be
utilized to break up excessive rains.
GRAINS.
?Gentleness does more than v
lence.
I
I ?Hooks and companions determi
largely our destinies.
?When you feel weak, think he
strong Christ is.
The simple heart that freely asks
love obtains.
Better a little chiding than a gre
deal of heartbreak.
A man in earnest finds means, or
he cannot find, creates them.
Some men weave their sophistry li
their own reasou is entangled.
Moderation is commonly firm, at
firmness is commonly successful.
No womau is educated who is ni
equal to the successful managemei
of a family.
The memory has as many moods j
" 1 .1.:r... u 111
iue aim ssii11lm lis HL*ciici,y ur
a diorama.
Tliere are few wild beasts more I
be dreaded than a talking man ha'
ing nothing to say.
He that knows the world will n<
be bashful; he who knows himse
will not be impudent.
Conceit is vanity driven from a
Dther shifts, and forced to appeal t
itself for admiration.
"No one is useless in this worl
svho lightens the burden of it fr
iuother."
Every truth is equal to its ow
moral force plus the moral force of th
person who utters it and stands b<
lind it.
?"For what purpose does a cburc
ixist?" asks an exchange. Some r
hem do not exist; they are tomt
(tones of their own former life.
?Being in Christ, it is safe to foi
jet the pant; it is possible to be sur
>f the future : *it is pobsible to be dili
jent in the present.
?Obedience is a mark by whiol
he true children of God may b
mown. They obey, not because the;
ire commanded to, but because the;
ove to.
?Return unto thy rent, () 1113' soul
or the Lord hath ,dealt bountifully
vith thee. For thou hast delivered
ny soul from death, mine eyes fron
ear.-*, and my feet from falling.
?Takfi the self, denial gaily an<
heerfully, and let the sunshine o
hy gladness fall on dark things an<
iright alike, like the sunshine of thi
Almighty.
We dream of success or triumph ii
my walk or contest of life, butonh
u the degree in which we cease ti
I ream and dare to do, do we realh
nd truly become that which we Ion]
n be.
The hearing of the gospel withou
loing it is but a house upon the sand
t is the bearing and the doinj
irhich is represented by the housi
iuilt upon the rock which all the fore
f winds and waves cannot over
hrow.
Christians are like sheep in mor<
^ays than one. Some sheep kee]
teaiJily in the straight way. Other
ave to be drawn by many sweet com
ellinginfluences. Others, again, hav<
3 be driven, used sharply, almos
oughly, to keep them in the righ
uha o fan e\ PKriationa
I ttUiv. l ucic aic ovcauj vuiio<iuun
'here are drawn Christians. Then
re driven Christians. It matter:
juch in the way of effort, solicitude
nd agencies as to these different class
3. The main object, though, whethei
y drawing or driving, is to get then
a the fold of heaven.?Nashville Ch
id v.
Talking too Much.
Many a person talks too mncb, ani
inds when too late that silence woulc
lave been golden. The Mongols have
story on this wi9e :
"Two geese, when about to star
outhward on their autumn migration
vere entreated by a frog to take bin
ylth them. On the expressing thei
villingness to do so, it a means o
onveyance could be devised, the fro/
>roduced a stalk of grass, got the tw<
reese to take it, one by each end
vhile he clung to it by his mouth ii
he middle.
"In this manner the three wer
naking the journey successfully
Alien they were uoticed from bclov
ty some men who loudly expresse*
heir admiratiou of the device, am
wondered wno had been cleve
inough to discover it. The fro,
>pened bin mouth to say, It was I,
lost his hold, fell to the earth and wa
Jasneu 10 pieces.
"Do not let pride iuduce you t
*peak, when safely requires you to b
*i lent."?Exchange.
.k Kevelitf ion.
lie. "At last we are alone, ami
have an opportunity to speak. I liav
been seeking this moment for daj
imi days, for I have something to sa
lo you."
She. "(Joon, Mr. Harkius."
He. "I will. Miss Jones, you pel
haps have noticed that at times
have been constrained, uneasy, eve
awkward, in your presence, that
have had something on my mind tin
I felt I must say to you."
She (softly). "Yes."
He. "That constraint, that awl
wardness, Miss Jones, was due todue
to?"
She "(So on, Mr. Harkius."
He. "was due to the fact that
feared you were uot aware that 1 ai
engaged to your mother."?From tl
"Editor's Drawer," in Harper's Mag
ziue for March.
A Kentuckian with a large jug mat
a bargain with a countryman to tal
him four miles over the hill. "Ho
rnuch'llyou charge?" "Oh, a coup
of swigs of thestuft'in that jug'll mat
it about square, I reckon." After tl
journey had been made and thestraiif
countryman had taken a swig, hesaic
"Stranger, I'm a peaceable man, hi
if you don't want to be chuck full
lead to-night, you'd better find anothi
way to carry yer molasses."
A lie is always a few shades black
than the sin trios to hide.
Clothes carefully folded and sprinkled
are half ironed.
I0" Warm mutten suet applied to cold
sores will soothe the pain, allay the
ne inflammation and soou cause them to
disappear.
>w A settle is a comfortable thing about
tbe kitchen, as it can be used for
ju many purposes and yet do its best
service on ironing days.
ut It is a common mistake to have too
tight a smokehouse, and, in consequence
the meat is apt to remain soft
'' and greasy.
To restore its pristine smoothness to
'I* wrinkled silk, sponge it on the right
side with a very weak solution of gum
arabic and press on the other side.
Individual salt sellars are again in
use instead of the salt shakers that
have been popular for so many years.
itiey come in glass, silver or china,
and a small salt spoon is placed by
each one.
Le No matter how large the spot of oil
any carpet or woolen stuff can be
to cleaned by applying buckwheat plenv
tit'ully, brushing it into a dustpan
after a short time and putting on
. fresh until the oil has disappeared.
If Nothing iji the way of linen lasts
longer than the half bleached damask,
.. and it is good economy to buy it, for
11 in a few months it will bleach to a
0 snowy whiteness and not grow j'ellow
when laid away as quickly as the
d fully bleached will do.
>r To prevent mouldy cheese the housekeeper
should leave the cover a little 1
n open when the cheese i9 in the pantry. <
ie A revolving cheese dish is a capital (
i- arrangement for keeping cheese fresh.
It has a cover that does not require to
. be lifted off when the cheese is ou the
b, table.
>f
>- A warm footbath, with an ounce of
sea-salt, is almost as restful as a nap.
Paddle in the water until it cool9, dry
with a rough towel, put on fresn
e stockings, and have a change of shoes,
and the woman who was "ready to
drop" will feel much better in ten
1 minutes.
p
v The dairymen should carefully see
? to it that the milk should be drawn
from the cow into thoroughly cleau
and sweet pails, and the care should
; continue in all the succeeding stages
V until the milk is used. In nearly all
i cases the cause of the early souring is t
1 to be found in the lack of care. . f
Cold boiled potatoes sliced and put
i in milk gravy, and boiled till warm, J
f are veivv irood with anv kind of nork.
1 especially" ham aud bacon. They are i
3 more delicate if the gravy is thickened
with corn starch and enriched with
i butter. This is a way of saving pota- t
j toes, as the gravy forms much of the (
a dish. . )
f t Fruit trees that are near au apiary j:
= often l?*ar large crops, while those t
that are not frequented by bees have s
t very little or no fruit at all. It seems j
. very clear to us that the bee is the t
5 friend rather than the enemy of the 1
e fruit grower, and think that both the c
e bees htid the fruit would do better if c
- the hives were set in the orchard. ?
a Holly Spring, Miss., March 1.? ?
3 News has been received here of 'the a
s murder of the Kev. Stephens Wells, a 11
. Baptist minister, by William Gurley. t
? The trouble between the two men com- t
t, menced more than a month ago and 0
t was renewed when they met today,
Gurley cutting Wells' head open with
j an axe. Wells leaves a large family.
* Training is everything. The peach
? was once a a bitter almond : caullflow
er is nothing but cabbage with a colr
lege educattou.?Mark Twain, in the
I r'untnrv *
VVItJ wu I J t l,
J. H. Raborn, conductor on the t
Columbia and Greenville Railroad was a
accidentally killed near Greenwood, on ?
the 26th of Febuary. a
1 We have noticed that the girls who
1 go through a course of gymnastics for
j their health usually have mothers
who look as if a little rest from houset
hold drudgery would improve them.
j Of the human race, o00,000,000 are
r well clothed?that is, wear garments of
f some kind that?will cover nakedness ;
* 250,000,000,000 habitually go naked,
u and 70o,000,000 cover only the middle
parts of he body.
I From the Spirit of the Age, N. C.,
we learn that the Rev. P. L. Hermau,
preacher in charge of the Oxford cir'
cuit. is improving, and hopes to be able
j o resume work soon.
i The Raleigh Christian Advcate and
r the Western N. C. Advocate have been
S consolidated, and the new paper will
be published in Greensboro.
a The highest tree in the world is at
Dudenong. in Australia. It is a gum
II II I.. ten KJ..I, nnil id
g I lee. il Miinua ton icct uigu, ?uu <a i
still growing.
The bent illustration of mingled
hope and fear is a lazy man looking '
or work. <
I ]
e The railways of America employ |
'a over J,000,000 men.
$ The word captain, so often used in '
the Rible, simple means officer. ?'
r- Tokio, Japan, has ninety-two Chris- ,
I tian churches.
j Dr. Edward Everett Hale, writing j
lt!in The Cosmopolitan, is rather in- i
I dined to regret that women are so
| interested in the machinery of parlia* ';
mentary usage and are trying to learu
"jit. May the Lord forgive Dr. Hale,
for he knows not what he does. If he
I were to attend a few women's meet*
j ings and. in the midst of a vitally im- ,
111 portaut discussion evolving the JdisJei
bursement of a large sum of money,
!l" | behold a woman rise and announce a
j millinery opening at such a time, or
j invite the ladies to a rose tea at herj
lej house next week, he would never say i
ie;a word again against women learning;
w I parliamentary usage; never.
!y The Oxford (Me) Democrat tells a I
j I story of a gentleman of the old school |
I in Oxford county who used to aspire j
I'.jto all kinds of official honors and j
./ sought every occasion to expose his;
()Joratory. He was once undertaking'
_;the feat of fording the Audroscoggin I
iJtiver with .the old mare and wagon
on the bed of the river. In relating!
I the circumstances he said: "The first |
er thing I thought of was how I should;
exonorate myself."
I
JONES JOTS.
All About a Good Xelfrbborhood.
Jones, S. C., March 5th, 1894.
We learn tbat there has been a great deal of
stealing in tbe neighborhood of Mattlson's.
Several persons have lost potatoes, fodder,
meat, and other things. Mrs. Shaw lost not
longsinceaquanlty of meat, and CapL MatI
tlsou has lost from three to thirteen dollars
at different times during the last twelve
month*. Tbe people have beoome aroused
and are making searches for the perpetrator*
of these petty though wicked crimes. One
colored man haw been arrested for the stealing
of Captain Mattison's money and at the
preliminary trail in trial justice Matin's
court at Donalds confessed his crime and was
committed to jail. We hope the oeople will
succeed in securing all who have participated
in these sneaking deeds.
NO LOST DAYS.
Notwithstanding the heavy sleet and snow
last Monday tbe attendance at school was
good. It is a noted fact tbat during the last
three years tbe school has been running In
this community not a day has been lost on
account of bad weather.
Mrs. Nancy Kernels, an aged lady of tbe
Laurens side, died last Tuesday, Febuary 27,
1894.
MARRIAGE OF COLEBED PEOPLE.
ine marriage or iue aaugnter or Willis
Ware (colored) took place yesterday moraine
at tbe Jailers borne, at which several of the
white ladles, gentleman, and children of the
neighborhood were present. After the marriage,
wbicb, by the way, was very nicely performed
by the Rev. Mr. Adams, a very nice
and substantial dinner was served, a separate
table having been prepared for the whites,
most of whom accepted the very kind and
solicitous invitation of neighbor Willisand
wife and enjoyed a most excellent dinner of
turkey, chicken, pies, cake, Ac. We wish tbe
newly married couple a happy and prosperous
life, and neighbor Willis many more days
of enjoyment.
Rev. W. H. Moore preached here in the
Bchool building yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Willis Jones, besides building a new
dwelling for himself, is enlarging otner residences
on his place co tbe comfort of those
occupying them.
Tbe Turkey Creek school suspended exercises
last week on account of bad weather.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following is the roll of honor of the
Jones school for January, and Febuary, 1684:
Arthur Bolt 99 2-8.
Miss Hattie Crane 881-2.
Miflfl T.lllion .InnM OR 1-9
Frank Morrison 981-3. 1
MIsh Blanche Culbertson 98.
Miss Anna Bolt 97 S-4.
Miss Alma Morrison 97 1-2.
Miss Llllle Culbertson 97.
Miss Mamie Jones 97.
Wesley Morrison 97.
Miss Maud Mabry 97.
John Nickels 97.
Thomas Crane 901-2.
Miss Alice Nickels 961-2.
Wash. Jones 96.
Clifton Roberson 961-2.
Thomas Gaines 951-2.
Miss Minnie Jones 95.
Homer Owings 94.
Homer Oulla 95.
The weather is fair and warm now and earners
are putting in all the time possible In
ireparlng for the crops. Pompey.
DEATH OF ROBEBT A. WIRE.
Ld Abbeville Man Die* In Hinds
County, MImn.
Died near Learned, Hinds County, Mission
he 26ih of February. Mr. Robert A. Wire
Ware). His death was very unexpected ud
rery sudden. He was In usual health and at
vork when be fell and died in a few moments.
Mr. Wire was born In Abbeville Dlatrlct,
South Carolina, near Fair's Bridge on Little
liver. I believe he was a son of James Wire,
ind bis mother was a Miss Gray.
He has a brother (or bad when the writer
eft South Carolina) living In the neighborickhI
of Antreyllle, William Ware, and I
blnk a sister somewbere In that country.
He was a member, I think, of Orr's HI flea,
"apt* G. McD. Miller's Company. After the
lose of tbe war he removed to Hinds ooonty,
fllsslsslppl, moved to Kentucky, remained
ear or so and returned to Hinds.
He married a Miss Allen from Abbeville
ounty; sue aiea some xour years ago. as
ran married the second time to a Mr*. Stewrt,
who survives him. Two daughtera are
IvlDg.
Mr. Wire came near being a model man.
le was a good farmer; thrifty, honorable,
iluh-tonod gentleman.
His funeral was attended by a large number
f friends, who mourn bl? departure. He
tas u member of the Baptlit church.
"None knew him bat to praise."
J, R. C.
Ccffee as a Strong Drink.
I bad often heard it remarked that
here is do drunkenness in Brazil, but
he statement is untrue; not perhaps,
s far as alcoholic drinks are concernd,
but the whole country is perpetuilly
in a state of semi-intoxication on
loffee?men, women and children aike?and
to babies inarms it is fed
rom a spoon. At all hours of the day
md night, in season and out, every ,
>ody literally guzzles it.
The effect is plainly apparent in
rembling hands, twitching eyelids,
nummy-hued skins and a chronic
itate of nervous excitability worse
hau that produced by whisky.
Are you overheated in the noon day
mn or chilled by the dews of eveing?
Vre you wearied or "blue," orsufferng
from bodily pain or homesickness?
-coffee in the Brazilian's unfailing
)anacea, as the Chinese turns to his
ipium, and the toper to his toddy. It
s brought to your beside the instant
wu are awake in the morning, and
ust before you drop off to sleep at
light, at meals and between meals:
md whenever a caller comes in coffee
" - ? a
s offered him as a social cuhiulu uu
jourtesy, just as wineand other liquors
were dispensed at social calls and parses
in this country in the olden times.
I am so pleased with what I have
ound out about using a solution of salt
)n coal that I cannot forbear complying
with your request to your readers
X) advise you of results of the trial.
Last Saturday all the coarse salt I
^ould Hud in the house was some rock
salt my wife had used in the summer
af 1:892 in freezing ice cream. We had
ibout a gallon jar full. This took about
four gallons of water to dissolve
it, which I sprinkled from a common
garden sprinkler over both my furnace
and kitchen stove coal in their respective
bins. The coal now burns up
brighter and much more quickly in
both furnace and stove, and the flame
is a beautiful yellow instead of the former
blue flame. I believe the heat is
more intense also. We are obliged to
you for publishing the item, as we find
it practically the same as and much
cheaper than the patent preparation
we formerly used, but which we have
been unable to find lately in the market."?J.
W. P., In Union Signal.
Unless a Christian's walk corresponds
with his talk the less he has to
say the better.
President Thwing says more young
women are hurt by too much dancing
and candy eating than young men are
by too much smoking.
A sentiment is growing in England
to abolish the House of Lords. This
hereditary body is deemed in many
quarters as in the way of the great reforms
needed by the times.