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\ '-Ji 4S , The Press and Banner Bv W. W. and W. R, Bradley. I HUGH WILSON, Editor.; i ABBEVILLE, S. C. i WPubllshed every Wed need? at 12 a < year In advanoe. , Wednesday, Jan 16, 1907. IN UrAHPersonal Mention of People on the Other Side of the Rockies. % After a Journey of a day and a half on the sleeper, the passengers, even If not acquainted, are still more or less attached or Interested in each other. When we arrived at Salt Lake City one lady among the passengers said to others: "The Wilson House is not the highest priced hotel, bat it is a good one. and ll Is a clean place." Her speech directed jne to go to that stoppiDg place. The reader may Interpret the word "clean." 1 i MEETING AN ABBEVILLE MAN IN SALT LAKE CITY. 1 In the "Wilson House," 1 was delighted to 1 find an old acqaatnt&noe and a former citizen ol Ninety Six?Mr. R. G. JohDSon, brother oi 1 the wife of Dr. L. T. Hill of this city. He bad ' been a little sick and was resting for a few days. Mr. Johnson la selling New Orleans Mnitira and Vnrmont Manle Sugar. He Is enthusiastic In reference lo the Western ' oountry and Its prospects along all tbe liner 1 of Industrial and commercial development. 1 His own Boccef-s has been pbenominal. His goods seems to be In demand wherever introduced, and tbe Increasing trade Is all for which Mr. Johnson conld hope. He thinks , there Is a good opening In tbe West for com- [ petentyooDg men of energy and Integrity. The demaDd for this class of men Is good, and the pay Is all that any one could wish. He hopes to make his pile lo a few years that will enable him to come back home In South Carolina. His headquarters Is at Lo Angeles, California, about a thousand miles from Salt Lake. B. G. JOHNSON'S OPINION OF THE MORMONS. ' Of course I asked blm what be thought o tbe Mormons. If I set down his words of > praise of them, their vanity would be frittered. Be had bad znncb dealing wltb them and he bad never dealt with a more honorable or a more honest people. Being asked about the standard of tbelr virtue, be said It was as high and as good a* that of any people with whom be bad ever met. Aa (food, If not a little better, tbao tbat of tbe Gentiles. In reply to question about tbe women, be said tbat tbey were as good as any others Polygamy bad bef n abolished for years, aud no new plural marriages were being celebrated. He thought that tbe old marriages were respected at least to tbe extent tbat, as rale, the'busbands were taking care of all of their wives. Tbe Sberilt of Utah was born a Mormon. I a?ked'him If the husbands of tbe plural mar* rlages wblcb occurred before tbe inanities! against polygamy were taking care of all tbelr wives. His reply was: "I believe tbey are, and I fee 1 like saying damn tbe man wbo doesn't do so." WOMEN VfTIHG. While I was In Salt Lnfce City tbe school election took place. The Mormons or ohurcb people were on one side, and the anti-Mormon people on the other. The parlies were called American" and "Non-Partlsan." The Non-Parllnan" or Mormon partv swept everything:, and elected all their candidate* Tbe "American party" was ably led by the dally Tribune, which made a vigorous fight In opposition to tbe Mormons or to the iNon-Partisan s." I bad never seen a woman at tbe polls, so I concluded that I wonld go to a polling pre oinot and set women exerelslng tbe right of nbrage. Th< women In Sa<t Lake City vote At school elections. I bad not long to wait. Tbe bal'ots and tbe envelopes were on a little table In one'side of tbe rocm, from which the J voter made hla or her cbuloe. Offering to vote tbe manager of tbe box asked the name , of the propo6Pd voter. Being told, be In tnrn ( asked tbe keeper of the poll list If It was there. Afte* an answer in tbe affirmative the voter dropped tbe envelope In the box. And tbe deed was done. One of the on-'ookera, or attendants on the election made himself known to me, and after an interchange of civllltea, be Introduced me to one ol tbe stately female voters who was beautiful in face, graceful In carriage, pleaBlng in speech, mnsical in voice and charming in manner. Her name is Miss 8beppard, and sbe is tbe prettiest woman that I met in Salt Lake City. f NAUGHTY PEfPLE. On the Journey, people, tbelr habits, and tbelr religion came often onder discussion. By various pious, patriotic and well meaning persons tbe following conditions were regarded wltb borror: 1. Tbe Soutb's cruelty to tbe negro In using foroe to make him work. 2. Cruelty Incident to tbe employment of ohlklren in cotton mills. j 8. Wickedness of tbe plural marriages among tbe Mormons. 4. Immorality of Catbc lie priests. IS TBEBE ANY GOOD IN ANY OF US? ' I Wltb all these ftarful bills of indictment , standing against people tbatare unknown to tbelr accusers, I could not belp from wonder* , lng If tbere was any good In any of us. From my point ofvlew: 1. Law-abiding and' Industrious negroes who do not i-eek to tramp on white people's , corns, are well treated. I 2. Cotton mills properly managed are a godsend to bonest people, wbo must work or | starve. , 3. So-called plural marrlsges by Mormons , are better and more desirable than tbe man- | ner of plural marriage* by Gentiles, who. when they marry more than on? wife, mnoi . send the first one from beneath bis roof, and < possibly !nto tbe meet. I do cot believe Id , divorces and tbe man who marries agalD after throwing his first wife Into tbe street. Is t uot more to be respected than tbe Mormon j who takes care of the first as well as tbe second or tbe third wife, , 4. Accusations agalu6l tbe morality ol ? preachers of any denomination is obliged to lower public respect for tbe clergy of any and all denominations. SWEARING FC R VARIOUS PORPO8E8. 1 j] But aside from marriage now. One man|s testified that it was egalnst tbe rules of tbe In Mormon cburck for any man to swear In tbe c presence of a woman. B On tbe train was a family?husband, wife , and three little children. In speaking ol t tbe Mormons 6be said that she did not like e the Mormon preachers because they wonld t wear In tbe presence of women. She object- * ed to them, loo, for tbe further reason that t tbey would play tbe fiddle of a Saturday c nlgbt lor yonng peoj!e to dance. She did not s like to bear a preacher on Sunday morning o after be bad fiddled for dancers nntll tht n midnight before. o Her remarks about swearlbg brought to my mind a remark by tbe Spartanburg Her- o aid, namely; "Physicians use whiskey for b medical purposes. Preachers use profanity p for religious purposes," or words to .that ef- U feet. ? 1HKU1 DOUBLE. >;< On the road I saw various persona that re-|o< minded me ol men and women at borne. Onelp< * ? . , , . iVrri\i,y-v/.vvr; Vt'V*S an reminded roe- of my youne frieod aDd i favorite amoug the glrla, Mr. Foster Hamr nond. He, like Mr. Hammond, waH as good i man an could be found In a day's journey maslow train. Among the attentlorlB he jald to me ami otuers was in reiorouce iu laudwlches tbat could be bought down the road. He said Id some of the paper bags, such things as chicken necks and pope's noses?a pope's nose being tbat part of tbe sblcken wblch Is last to get over the garden Fence?would be found, bat if tbe buyer would sxamlne the paper sacks, livers and bosoms of chicken would be found. Like the good man in the Bible when he beard news, I fell off my seat Just to think of the "busom of a chicken!'* Oue man who walked up streH Id front of me was an exact counterpart of Judge HoU Uogswortb, straight limbs, stick and all. One man looked so muob like Judge Lyon that I looked for his left arm to be oertaln whether he was tbe Judge or some one else. One little girl reminded me of Miss TempletOD, whose notes of people and events of Abbeville have so often entertained aod pleased the readers of the Press and banner. lunatics A stylish and well dressed young woman took the seat immediately in front of me on one coach. Without knowing why, she reminded me of the day dreams aud the ardent hopes of a youug mau more than thirty years ago. 1 bey were then centered oo the most Dbarinlru of all the adorable sweethearts tbat ever carried captive a susceptible lover's heart and soul. I needn't tell the whole story of a lover who lost his bead. As a rule lovers are a claNs of lunatics, and tbeynnng into of wbom I apeak had a clearly defined oase of love. ROBEKT M. WITHERSPOON. One of the moet pleasant men tbat I met la Salt Lake City was Mr.H >bert M. Witheripoon of the Smith Drug Co., corner of Main and Second 8oatb Street. Mr. Wltberspoon U a native orHumter and our meeting was pleasant. He Is connected with a store tha does a large business. The hon%e Is a oneitory structure of not great value. Tbe lot, however, la more valuable today than It was In the 60 ?, when It was exchanged lor a cow. Lt la now held at 5400,000. Hugh Wilson. Attorney-General and Hi* Assistant. Abbeville furnlabes tbe new Attorney-General In tbe person of Hon. J. Fraser Lyon Ana Abbeville gives to blm bis Assistant n a ?U? U,.? U D l^Prnhl Uliuruejr utuoiBi iu iuo uuu, iu. i. i/ou. >?>i These gentlemen are well known to all the people of tble county, and no introduction to them In m us 1b necessary, but for tbe benefli of tbe outside world we would tay tbat Mr. LyoD bas been for several years a respeoted member of tbe Abbeville Bar; tbat be bas been lor some time president ol tbe Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance Association; tbat be Is a member of tbe Abbeville Ledge of the Knights of Pytblar; tbat be bas taken a lively Interest In all tbe affairs that bas looked to tbe welfare of Abbeville county. Iu only one thing would we orlllclsm blm unfavorably. Altboogb eminently qualified to be at tbe bead of a good family be bat' never married. But be bas years to bU credit, and It Is to be boped tbat be may yet come up to all tbe requirements along tbat line. Mr. DtBruLl Is older tban Ibe Attorney Qeneral and has been at tbe Bar for a greater number of years. Like tbe Attorney-General, be has enjoyed a share of tbe law business at Abbeville. He Is modest In bis demeanor, and a worker In bis cfilce. He Is regarded as a safe counsellor, and by.all be 1b thought to be a good man. Tbeee gentlemen leave Abbeville ostensibly for a short time, but In reality we are not sore bat tbat their going lsjpermanent, and tbat henceforth they may be citizens of Columbia. Mr. Lyon will so doubt be re-elected two years bence. Tbat will make at least four years In Columbia for blm and bis assistant. In tbat time tbey may become in love wltb Columbia, which fact together with tbclr de Ire lor a larger field, may take tbem awa> forever. May they prosper In tbelr new borne, and live for many years to come. Governor Angel. Hon. Martin F. Ansel o( Greenville, wa? yesterday Inaugurated Governor ol South Carollnaand tbe people will never baveoause to regret bis promotion to tbe blgb and honorable < fflce wblcb be now fills. In tbe life of Governor Ansel tbe boys of tbls State bavi an object lesson. From bis yontb op be ba> been exemplary in bis conduot all ibe way from school boy to Governor. He baa been a good citizen, a good solicitor, a good lawyer, and will now make a good Governor. In every station be bas come np toal tbe requirements. Only in one tblng baa be been lightly ofi bis bare, and tbat was bis position (in the rllanpnunrv orhllfl he was a candidate. bat In bis message as Governor be baa swung baok <> nearly plumb ibat be w 111 be checked np to tbe maximum on tbe score or good Idtentlouasnd good words, even along tbe dispensary line. Governor Ansel may be depended upon to do tbe right. Wben be Joint tbe license crowd and winks at blind tiger*, we want somebody to telegraph us at out expense. Any Idea of Martin F. Ansel becoming tbe dirty tool of tbe bar-room crowd, or wlDklDgat tbe tigers la to do him lnjus tlce. tie couldn't be a sympathiser with thai crowd, If be tried. lee Plant for Abbeville. We learn that there are or have been, at least three peisons Investigating tbe feasibility of building an Ice plant at Abbeville. II any town of a population ol 6,000 ever needed such a plant, Abbeville is certainly in that list. It la to be hoped that Abbeville may not be like tbe girl with too many lovers who lost them all. There can be no question tbat a good ice plant properly mannged would pay In Abbeville. Beside tbe local trade, Abbeville might supply various neighboring lowns. Abbeville needs a laundry, too. And nr place could offer greater Inducement for Sudan enterprise. Abbeville,to we are Informed, lends away from 82C0 to 5250 a montb for laundry work. To tbe right man both of these enterprises would yield a handsome profit, and tbej vonld supply a long felt want while giving -mpioyment to men who wish to work. Tbe profits and wages of tbi se plants would lelp business to tbe txtent or tbe money so put In circulation. Abbeville needs and must have both ao Ice >lant and a laundry. No other town of this lze, we assume, Is without them. Mr. W. A. Kiugb, a grand old friend ol tbe Press and Banner, was In town last week, le is one of the best farmers of Greenwood, ind always makes tbe farm support blm. lkcion Kadb onrt nnrn o rA oltxravi tft ho frmnri ' U W |/1 UV?D HUM VVI U Ml V HI II w. ?w w awwww in bla place. Hogs and corn furnish bread tnd meat, and tbe sheep furnlkh lambs and vool to sell. He thinks, with a llvtle care, here is more profit on sheep than anything lae. They cost little for feed, and then when ie wan is h pair of trousers be Just tukes the rool olT tbe back oi a sheep, and carries it to be proper pi ce where it la exchanged (or >lotb. Mr. Klugh Is a 8ort of a crank on tbe ubjecl of honenty and believes that a man ughtiopsy his debt*, whether be has the loney or not. When be hasn't tbe cash, be ugbt to earn it. Loug time ago be borrowed looey on a fatm. The mortgage was Tore- I losed. It lacked 8100 oi paying the debt, but e look no advantage of tbe situation, bat aid It all; dollar for dollar, lie baa paaaea 36 half oeDtury mile post and owes do man aytblng tbat be cannot pay and will pay. .e 1b an honest man and we will furnish a jrtlflcate to that effect, If be itarts off to the ' aarly gate#, while we are atlll here. rV.y.ViYmlfcT-"' ,T.".'.J.i * About Chimney*. Our respected contemporary tlie Grpenvllle News seems to think that there mast I e w some myBtery or some ( clenoe In bulldli g u chimneys thut will art smoke. Neighbor, ^ there Is neither science nor mystery about '< the building ol a chimney. It Is as easy as falling oft a log. Let Ibe flue have 141 Indus b of space ail Ibe way from bottom to top. n Leave no projecting mortar Id tbe flue to v oatob Ibe smoke .Plaster the Inside. See tbat < ibe bricklayers in passing an upstairs tireplace dot s not reduce tbe air space below tbe 9 144 inches, and see especially tbat be plasters sucb places. If you neglect to see tbat tbe 0 b.-?ck layer does not reduce tbe space wben c passing an upstairs fireplace we will go bis f security tbat be will do so, and may possibly r ruin your chimney. You needn't depend C upon what be may say about leaving Buffl c olent space. He no doubt tbluk tbat a bole 1 tbat would let your list pass Is big ' prifMi^h *nd he wil be sure to till you, II 11 you are standing on tbe ground, ibat tbe 1 opening Is all rl*bt you can tben cllrub up * to where be Is at wmk with tbe certainty ' thattbe chimney netds tearing down and 1 rebuilding. There 1b no way known to this editor, bow a man may get a chimney, prop- ( erly built, txcept that he see It done with ( bis own eyes. .? "Defective flues" that so olten burn our bousts, a rt fit es wlih air spaces between tbe " brick. "Deleotive flan," If tbe flues aie f plastered inalde and when passing tbe from Iuk timbers li plastered also on tbe outsld*, i bey aie made perfectly safe, and will neverburn your boose,bat tbe 1 blaze or thu sparks will sooner or later pats through rpen (-paces betwetn tbe ( brlckB end set jour bouse afire. It is sale to wee with your own eyes stove flues as tbey are built. Tbe building of a chimney or stove flue Is one tbe most important Job* nbouia bouse, and wben improperly done is a Kource of constant annoyance and danger. * If the Jambs in tbe fire place do not project too much, or if ibe back of tne chimney 1? v not set too t .r baok, it will throw out beat. | Tbe only known way to be sure of geitin* v a chimney that will not smoke la to art ( with your own ey?s tbnt it Is open from bottom to top. A. solid brick pillar will doi draw^tbe smoke. If tbere Is a brie* layer idb i doesen't think tbat a flue abont ibe size, of u an auger bole la big enough to prevent a | ^ oblmney from smoking, we bave not beard of blm. If tbe chimney la bnlit aa iDggested, and I ha top Ishigh enough to keep the wind tbat { sweeps over ibe roof of tbe boose, or tbat of a neighboring bolldlog, from blowing down F tbe top yonr cblmrey will rmoke. It will give pleasure and satisfaction to tbe end of time. No-chimney Ibat was built as above ldnleated ever fmoked. Under to clicumsiances me terra coltn pipe for stove floes. Beating aDd cooling f will {make tbem crnmble and unfit them for p ?uch service, endarger tbe boose. Tbelr J ate vitiates tbe Insurance policy. ? , IW i V ranrtMna In the Use of Wor<>8. ? Oar good and much respected editorial b brother of tbe Associate Reformed Preeiiy- 1 terlan Is not only wise, bot be I* consoles- r tlOQS and careful In the ased words, In last 0 week's paper we And these paragraph*: "For a minister to rompialn that his peo pie don't esteem htm la aboot as wise as for ?< * yoaofrman to get angry at a girl becanst si she doesn't love biro. Live es to win ibelrenteern and ifyon can't do that, move. "Synod has provided for two collections In * 1907. Th? first one cornea no tne third Sab- ft bath of January and Is for the Ministerial H Relief Fund. Tbls Is a worthy cauce and every congregation should remember to tad' b np thin collection. Tbe money is needed ? and will be well spent. g If names or name bad been called In the first ) aragraph above qnoted, no donbt ? somebody's feelings would have been burl, , but as It Is, If reference wac bad to any con- t] splclous and admitted failure on tbe part of a preacher to do good, or to glve< Impropei p return for tbe money that be receives, no- , K?1,? ? nihnHtAil In the caD On hlf """J *- ? -- ? - . ? head. , Tbe second paragraph cornea ao near lo re- () faring to oar waste of money In Mexcotbat (| It Would b? lair to lnrer that tbe Presbyter tl Ud Is too honest and too conscientious t?< wr of tbe Mexican mission a "worthy cause' n and that tbe money "will be well spent In K Mexico. Aa far as we recollect no man has ever uaed aocb worda Id connection wltb b Mexico, and we therefore assume that th* f) conscientious writer would not be reckless f| Id fpecch about a matter upon wblcb there p might be reasonable grounds for at least tbe abadow of a doubt. We like tbe courteous b speeob of the Preabyterlan because It It h truthful and becauae nobody's teellnga are v hart by rodeuess. |( 1 ?- b They All Want It. ? It makea na tired to bear of Senators and ,i memberaof tbe Houaeaay tbey do not want R; an Increase In tbetr pay. Tbelr patriotism, u >r tbelr depreciation oi the value or tbelr |, services, may come from a'lear of tbe people. u Of course represenlutlvts In either branch b I Congress deserve toa snouia nave ao idoreaseofpay. It seems to ua tbat tbelr'pay cornea out of tbe treasury at Washington, g; aud, If they brought tbelr salary borne tbey t! ?et tbat much additional currency In clrcula- Cl Hon, which to each voter would be so sma l that It would tuke a glass of about a thousand e{ diameters to see It. u P 8< "OHtiiage Halt Lswjirs" Protect IT* y Irom Character Assasalus. )( If tbe bill to license newspapers to prlni N: libellous matters bas been presented to tbe b Legislature we have not seen a notice of It. a This bill is, we preuume, tbe only one of its b kind. It may be said to bave originated In itie wboletome 'ear of "damage auli lawyers." I -Jlnce tbe anti-duelling taw, defamers of good fc | names, Instead having to look down trie 31 mouth of a pistol, must now look with hor- 0 .-or at "damage suit lawyers." And the belter b class of citizens will ever hold tbe "damage gi ult lawyer#" In grateful remembrance. He ui is the only protectlou tbat gentlemen now t\ aavg against character assassins. bi (? n B Peculiar. Nobody "lives" In Atlanta, Tbey all "rt- ui In that fUrr Th?r? ar? neither hnilKPt. pi nor dwelling* In ihat towu. Tbe people "n- 0t ?ide" in "residences." c< Nearly ail men whose names get In tbe 18 newspaperBare "prominent," and nearly all. d tne women who get Inlo fouble are "pretty.'- w And Atlanta newspapers sey "transpired'when they would c< nvey the IdeH thai p( me thing took) lace or happened last night. A A thing may happen, occur or take place tc - 1 night, and not 'transpired" or becom* A Known, (or long afterward. Plumbing. Tbe firm of Ws'drop and Harrison ha^^fl employed a first olass plumber and Henceforth be glad to make estlma'work of that kind. Tbey are practical be mechanics, industrious and reliat.U. See )e nelr duilltt meDt lor further particulars. |h ra Prof. C. H. Jrdi-od Is dtad lit 87. For 54 ? veers be bad been connectfd with Furman mi UDlverslty. l)( ' de SeDHtor OraydoD came home Saturday. He j will well aDd troly look after the Interests of the people. f0( ? tlo Why is a lost article like a fog? Rppriisr it, in fminRpd,l mist. What is that which is brought to ta)le always cut, but never eaten? Apack of cards. g rT" 'J" j 'iirt'lftfflift > .We Are T.?ey P.n-<l miiii ? The Georgia delegation at VVa-'hliig'ou ronldn'i play )ant week when the suti-ir?a'- ' rv PHrnfi wan (in. When they found out ih-?t | itlantaoould not win, they left the choice of1 x-Htlon 01 the sutHieasury to others. Ah an original proposition this editor would j' ave voted for Charleston oroDeof the Pled-| jont cities of 1hls State?If he had had a; ote. Alter that we won Id have voted for Alio ta In preference to Columbia. But as between Colum bla and Birmingham fe certainly would have voted For Columbia. Columbia missed the sub-treasury by only ne vote, and this, too, at a time when Jeorgla bad votes to throw away. In Ibis art of the State Home of us at lea?t feel a1, nost like klnfolk to Georgia. And the Gate ;itylsapart of Geonda. Her people have tot been unfrlndly, and ber newspapers have nanlfested no particular dislike to people In bis neck of the woods. Nobody recognized iny attempt on anybody's good name or es.? .? Cor Ihu ruui.nn lhfil lltr DCff SUHDLTB lave been friendly nod because of tbe cio<<e allroad communication at least some of us lereabout (eel friendly to tbe Gate City. Beside?, lu tbe war, South Carolina and jeo'gia stood shoulder to shoulder. The joooer Grabolers and the Rice Birds were ;ood frieuds. In 1876 when South Carolina was making a mpreme tflort for home aDd self-government, imoog others, her distinguished sod, Bob room bh, gave us tbe touch of the elbow and ty tbe lertor ~i hla eloquence, "stirred up the >oye." When the voting took place no ecord was kept of the number of Georgians vho voted for Hampton. * When we review tbe past and remember be former times, South Carcl.na, has r^aon to letl that she has been wounded by hose from whom the 1-asi expected a stab. If tne aub-:reasury had been coming to iouth Carolina this newspaper would lmve referred Charleston to Columbia, and we vould have preferred either Anderson, Greenville or Spartanburg to Columbia. Our first choice in Georgia was Atlanta, and rbile our last choice in South Can. 1 ma was Columbia, yet we do not see how South Caro inlans can well roigive tuose ueoigiaus wuu pent OacK on us In ttie sub-treasury contest. I Charleston t-eems to be a bit irlendly lo the if-country. For this reason we would have I aade that city our first choice. After that ' be Piedmont wan the place to put the sub- < reasury. But li seems a little sjort of an outrage bat onr neighbors and friends across the lver went back on South Carolina when the I >lum*n was lu our reaob. . ? ) Court Uoase Lot. ( Little towns like Anderson, Walballa and e Mckens must put their Court House 011 the ublic square, Feeling that the temple ot 1 ustlce Is lbe greatest and best thltjg In a mail town It must be exhibited or placed In , be most conspicuous place, even In a place t rbere commercial or Industrial enterprises . hould flourish. Abbeville wants a court } louse. The people of this county are Hied ot | be unslgtrly tobacco barn and they want s ourt bouse that the next Keoeratlou wooid , ot tear oowd. naviug ?urvncu >uo (. >?>,? la! period, end when our people are deslrlnR o enter upon a utw era. lhty must have a ourt bouse that our children would not deLroy. The flrst thing to be considered la an ellg Ible lot. The public square 1* not a suitable 'ace for It. If we were all lawyer*. Judges ud otber court officers we might want to old conrt down on the calaboose lot, but we re'nota*] lawjers, neither are we all lltlants, nor lrdg<>rs of the calaboose. The court bouse, like tbe tallrrsd depots bould Dot obtrude Itsell on our vision. For his reason, tbe Press and Banner believe* bat a nice lot off the public square sbonld be pcured. What Is the matter with Klngh's 'ark? ll is accestable. It Is clo?e enough to tie public square. It is large enough. It Is rrounded od three sides by good streets. ' nd otber thoroughfare could be laid out. H as a good spring. It has a branch running tirongh It. It has a grove of splendid shade r?es. It la far enough from tbe square to aarantee to the court, freedom from tbe anoyance or tbe noise Incident to a crowded treet. y The council chamber or town hull could be nlIt on one of the many vacant lots to be >und. It srcms to be a pity to leer down ne bonce to build another, especially If we ropose to build enotber Cbeap Jobn affair. For Instance: The lot on which the tobacco am sits 1r not a suitable place for the court ouieolfcucb a town ss we exprct to be In wenty or thirty year*. If the tobacco bam i sold it would brlDg $10 000 lo SI2 000. The ouse could be altered as to serve some most sefnl purpose. If It Is torn down It would be Imostatotbl loss. Even suppose that the ubbisb,after paying expense of tearing down, bould be worth $1 000. And then suppose tie lot was cleaned cff, we would then have >8t a most substantial bulldlug lo sceure an ndesirable lot, after throwing away a 89.000 ouse. If the tobacco barn Whs properly fitted up. i could be rented to the post office for say. I 000a year. It Is most admirably suited lor Hat purpose. The other part of tbe building ould be ocoupi< d by profitable tenantw, a 8tII tbe tobacco bari?destroy nothing for g ''V"" 'hi near mnrt house or the council ). barnber aod build the new bouses on uulm- j roved land. Build tberi on lar e lots?whole a jnares lfthat can be bad. Tbe Gary-lot on g Ingatlee HI 'l is a good one. Tbe Marshal) )t In the same neighborhood la a good one. Ir. Stark could cut an admirable lot from his omeetead. Mr. James Hill hat* a lot thai light make a good council chamber or oper ouse. About a huudred other lots could be amed. It It be contemplated to build a court boune >r $40,000 or fSO 000, alter throwing away the , 0.000 lobacco bart. then tbe Press and Ban- ? er desires to rtg'ater ita objection to tbi ulldlngola new court bouse. To build a v 0,000 court houxe la to build an establishment ^ worthy ol this people. The difference be- g veen a cheap uew house and the tobacco c trn la not worthy of our people. S2.50.000 Is fc ottn excessive price to pay for a Court [ouveat Abbeville, but ralber than fall to p it a new court bouse we might adopt a tig. v re slightly below Ibla. By setting aside the a roflta which we make at the dlxpeusary Id illlbg liquor lo the opponents of that con- I irn, and by approprlatli.g tbe money which I now going lo tbe extinguishment of out e ebt to tbe Sinking FUDd, the additional tax 8 ould be light. We could reallz? from lie of oM court house SlOOtO ounty proflu on dlfcpennao 10,OX) mount heretofore paid Sinking Fund G.000 v cull! levy (i.OOti mount feavedg|(i not repairing old court \\wJK... 10 000 v We w^^^ave $42,000 Hi at i ear, and dtducilLg tbe pric? court borne and tbe money saved T repairing It we would have annuail; fit in tbe court boune home S22 0o0 Lei i tben lMRue bonds for 8200,000. Tblnat J per ? nt. wouMcoBt ub 88,000 a year, and which ilng deducted from (he total Income would J ave 81-1,000 to go to the t xtlngulKbment < / e court bouf-e debt. Tbe town at Hb ncci.t am# ntAtnlli trill he Hniillio ItC t\t fit< tlf R17.< lO Ul KJUTTlfcJ n HI ?v V.WMV.V ?.? f ten year*. As tbe ! wc glows and hh tb< bt In reduced 1be lmcieet account would be ( ure easily paid, nil tblf< amount lu reduc- c >n of Interest would go to extinguish tb< hi rl Svan If the debt sboud not be entirely paid our life time tbe succeeding generation N nl I ax easily pay thodibtan we Iihvo pulo three shabby courthouse* In one genrian. Lt I us lulld no good that the next gelation would neither be ashamtd of it uoi ()| nut to tear It down. ca v ? \ m b ? 11 i? ualureof true btliever? to Ive es well as to receive. | ^ '' &y \ v' * ' ' \f PECULIAR ENGItlSH SPELLING. '% H?xt Difiloult of All Sy*temn to Ao? quire Kscept the Chlneite. English spelling is the most unsystematic and therefore the most difficult of all systems to acquire, except the Chinese, The French has not a complete alphabet bo represent all its sounds in a simple and systematic manner, but the French use the incomplete and defective Roman alphabet much more consistently than we. The object of writing is to convey thought. A.n ideal astern would allow of the con feyance of thought with the least expenditure of energy on the part of both writer and reader. The sounds of the spoken language should be represented by the simplest, most complete and most logical system. There are in English 40 distinct sounds; iO distinct letters are needed to represent them. With 6uch a system the interminable difficulty of learning to spell would iisappear, the time spent in printing and writing unnecessary letters would be saved ind the learning of the language by chiliren and foreigners would be greatly fajilitatcd. There is no valid objection to phonetic spelling except the difficulty of Introducing It. The etymological objeoH/vn la nnarrvrt.Trr nf n<vrinna rnnkIrlprn.+,inn The etymology, for example, of "oophIsm" (which, by the way, does not Import % wise saying) resides In the real word, not in its spelling. Any one who knows She history of the word would associate that history with it, however, it might be jpelled. The Philological association farors phonetic spelling. It is, of course, impossible to make so radical a change at mce, but it does not follow that the beneits of phonetic spelling, the metrio system jr any other great improvement will come 5o us in the surest and best way by simply leaving the matter to chance. There is a ;endoncy to shorten spelling, but the beneItB to be derived from Improvement are 30 great that definite action should be &ken to secure them early and to make die changes in the way that will be most Seneflcial. Changes fof better and for worse will continue to come by chance a* ;hey have come in the past, but chance :hange in so important a matter aa the language of the most enlightened and nost progressive people of the world ihould not be satisfactory.?Self Culture. MAN A NONCLIMBER. Be Shows a Singular Repngrnanee to Becoming "Arboreal." Climbing runs in families, for steeplelacks are often the sons of fathers who vere in the business, but it is somewhat >dd that man, though he learns to swim 10 well that armed only with a knife he san encounter a shark In its native elenent, and judged by the extent of his ? * ? * ? ? ?? ? ll I "? AnvnmnwtnAn mlfV IllllUlg upcranuiio ill oumpcki.xouu ntuu uug lize of his body surpasses by a thousand rimes all animals tlrat work underground, las never become a good climber or shown ;he slightest tendency to become " arboreal,'' as he has become aquatic and subierranean. South sea babies that cannot walk vill roll into the 6ca and swim, oolller joys at 14 will take pick and lamp and descend into the mine almdst as naturally as roung moles, but we believe that in spite )f the danger from wild beasts In forest egions and the fact that in such places ;hero is ten times more life on the level of ;he tree tops than on the ground there is 10 singlo instance of a tribe which, propery speaking, has become "arboreal" and earned to climb like monkeys. Though lot a few make huts in trees they approach ;hese by ladders, and except in the huta vhich they use as a refuge and sleeping ilace they spend their time on the ground. Even in forests where the upper levels >f the trees are so closely laced together ;hat a comparatively slight adaptation vould enable the Indians to progress from aree to tree, and where nearly the whole >f the fruit and the greater part of the lirds and animals used for food are found mly in this 'upper story," man is not, ind always refuses to become, a' 'climbing inimal." Natural repugnance to this orm of enterprise seems characteristic of lavage men, and even of animals which Tin no risks whatever. African natives v ho have only lived in one storied huts ihow the greatest dislike to going up ttairs and have been snown to creen ud on lands and knees, while large dogs when equired to ascend stairs for the first time iften refuse to do so except under strong >ersuosion and with evident reluctance.? London Spectator. DnmM1 Adaptations. Alexandre Dumas, who hated the Singish, would have cursed In his breeziest tyle had he known of the number of unluthorized adaptations and annexations of lis ' Three Musketeers" which bristle on hit boards. Beerbohm Tree put on the hlsoric conglomeration in gorgeously pano otnio style at Her Majesty's. Sidney Jrundy, play adapter in ordinary, preparid that version for the stage, and his name appeared in bigger type on the posters than hat of Dumas. Dumas was luoky to be nentioned at all. Most of the play tinkers lere erase the name of the original author altogether and insert their own. As I walk Jong the Strand I sometimes think 1 iear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Hamlton and Rose, all the modish nativs rdapters of the day, sing In chorus (ha ;ood old couplets: Bring me the works of V. Sardon, Bring me the works of E. Angler, Bring me the paste and scissors, to?? I am the man to write a play. ?London Letter. The Wife Knew Better. " Charlotte, my dear, how Is It I find 'ou weeping? Have you had bad newi rotn your husband?" "Oh, worse than thatl My Arthur mtes me from Carlsbad that he would lie with ardent longings for me were it lot that he could gaze affectionately at ay picture and cover it with a thousand :isses every day." " That is really very nice of him. And, iray, is it that you are crying for? I rould give anything to have 6uch a poetio nd tenderly loving husband as you have I'' "Ah, yea, my Arthur is very poetical 1 Jut let me tell you that, just to try him, slipped my mother's photo into his travling bag instead of my own before he tarted."?London Tit-Bits. Another Ancient Mr"terr> Johnny?Pa, is there anything mor? aluable than diamonds? His Father?No, son. Why? Johnny?Oh, I was just wondering rhafc they gave Metliusaleh on his Ave undredth wedding anniversary.?Jewelre' Weekly. An Old Pnlace. Lambeth poluoo, London, has been tha ome of the primates of Canterbury for ver seven centuries. This place can show pecimens of almost every style of arohlaotur? which hau prevailed sino? 1190 Mothers who Rive their cbl'drpn K* nnedy's sxhI i ve Coush Myrup Invariably tudorselt. hMdren like H lpcau?? lite la?'e is s<> pleas-: in. Co'iihtnk Honey and T?r. It Ik theI rit'lnul Laxative Cough Syrup and In mival?d lor tlie ri-llef of croup. Drives the ! ilii ont ii?rom?h the howel*. Conform* to the, HtlojiHl I'u.-c Food and I>nig Uw. Sold l>y ! V. Mlltord. "I bad tried everything lor niy hnhy until r. Lyle recommended <'? >? iNwvct, 1) n truthful y fay It Ik the bust medicine I;, er lined lor b.'ible*. My little baby w?n ?i ere skeleton Irom stoniHch trouble?ko had j Ht she did not notice ar.j'hlnn, but is iw en'Ire!y well, Htid we nin hIiihikI *ee her < ow.?Nminle L. T?ylor. lUdford, Va.j UrCHMiM'l In sold by (3. A. Mlltord. " V " v'" > i - fa st ' 1 CANNON 6" GCLtt. Two Very Ancient Gun* Whow Orljl* ta Shrouded In Myntery, The Imperial army of Berlin has Wi addition to its armament a field gun as costly as it is unique. A cannon made of gold, such as is possessed bv no other armory in the world except the Hamburg museum, whence it came, is the great show piece just now for the domesticated Berliner, a* well as the thousands of strangers who visit the German capital The outward appearance of the monster jewel is mo si ' rinlir-Atfl in wnrtmnnahln ano.h ah fa tiatoi seen In an arm of this kind. The cylinder is 10 feet long and strangely beautiful in its massivo coat of burnished gold Jnlald with delicate frieze work, with a handle formed of two nude wrestlers and a cascabel In the shape of an elephant's head with inverted trunk. The handle ia in itself a work of the highest plastic art. In harmony with the elegance of the arm proper is the gun carriage, which is made of oak, inlaid with reddish pear wood and richly decorated with etched steel knobs, rosettes and other decorative designs. Twice in the chaste and unusually elaborate ornamentation are found the initials of the etcher, "H. R. Mi, 1643," but his identity has not yet been discovered. i Even more remarkable than the costli ness of the material of which it Is made li the construction of the cylinder. Its like is not described in any handbook on arms, and a similar arm has not been' seer before. The copper cylinder has a diameter of G5 millimeters, with an inner and outer mantle. The filler consists of pine wood and leather. The origin of the two gun* Is an unsolved mystery, although mention of them is made in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Oldenburger, in his "Book On Travel".(1675), and Berlenmeyer, In his "Antiquarium," speak with flTentfHnthusiAsm of the ''flrolden cannon." According to these two sources, the gun* were taken from t? Hamburg merchant: to satisfy a debt of $12,000. xne otyle 6? tht guns would indicate that they were made in Holland, and tbe costliness of the work justifies the assumption tliat they were made only by special order.?St Loui* Republic* SAINT OF THE COOKS. ? ????? She Waa a Queen of tbe Cnliaur Art and Wu Canonised. Few people, perhaps, knew before that cooks had a saint of their own, who, kind lady, will doubtless In the hereafter make the grilling of them as pleasant as posslbla Santa Zita, as she Is named, lived, it appears, at Genoa and was there banonlzod. i She could, so runs tbe legend, oook better ; than any chef within 300 mllee of the town, which, we all know, Is noted for its wonderful soups and dumplingB, though ofcourse in the latter Indigestible article of . food outrivaled by Vienna, since it is one of the chief articles in the religion of gastronomy that it is only in the kaiderstadt that the "glose" is in perfection. Santa CdlUi was, lb bueiua, uuii ion uuuuui tur vox piety than for cooking and was a constant attendant at the cathedral daring high ynwimf One <Jay, however, she fell into a trance, eo called?though, in plain English, a good, sound sleep?&nd quite forgot that she had to produce an exceptionally fine dinner for a large company. On awakening she hurried forth from the sacred edlfloe in a way which was tar indeed from Iter wont, but, on reaching the kitchen, what was her surprise and delight to find a party of cherub celestials busy cooking the required dinner. She did not interfere, but was at first not unwilling to accept the praise which was lavished on her culinary success. She soon repented, however, and told the world the truth about tha spiritual and miraculous help she had received, and it was agreed on all sides that she deserved to be canonized. Accordingly she became Santa Zita.?Exchange Slaokeral Skies. The mackerel eky comes from the cams causes as all the cirrus clouds, so called from the beautiful curl their fragments: often assume, such as "mackerel skies," ' mares' tails" and "catis' tails." Meteorologists are not agreed as to the cause, there being two explanations. It has been suggested that these cirrus clouds are tha heads of columns of vapor rising from the earth ana precipitated as soon as iaey attain a certain elevation, rarely toes than three miles above the earth <16,840 feet), and often five or six miles (26,000 to 80,000 feet). If this be so, the visible cloud form? the capital of an Invisible pillar of saturated aix. The second explanation is thai they are caused in the higher regions of th? atmosphere by the meeting of two currents of air, of different water bearing capacity, causing them to form into parallel Lands, each belt being 'composed of light, airy fragments, slightly altered in appearance according to a slight difference in conditions under which they are i'ormed. It has been supposed that such olouds are composed of particles of snow. It might be added that they occur in systems, long ranks of them extending in one direction for vast distances and being occasionally crossed by other systems, at other but also extreme altitudes.?Boston Traveller. Firecrackers In China. Firecrackers are also used to bring rain wnen it is needed. They are not exploded on sclentlflc principles, but simply to at[ tract the attention of Lung Wong, the rain god. If, after repeated salvos the drought continues, the deity is supposed to be asleep, and active measures are taken. The chief officials of the district, dressed In mourning and followed by numerous sorrowing farmers, visit his temple. In front of the procession are carried four silken banners decorated with the characters rep resenting wind, rain, thunder and light fr?Vy???* wklasins? In fKa efanrla noai UlLlg. XiiUOKJ (UO 1U vuw the altar and surrounded by lighted can. dies. Then, with much kow-towing (bowing very low) and chin-chining (greeting), written prayers to the rain god are burned in a sacral fire. A tremendous salute of firecrackers follows, accompanied by the usual clashing of cymbals, beating of gongs, eta These salvos are continued day after day until Lung Wong wakes. Sooner rr later they never fail to rouse him.?New York Post. Costly Bric-a-brac. A lady who was looking about In a brica-brac shop, with a view to purchasing something old, noticed a quaint figure, the head and shoulders of which appeared above the counter. "What Is that Japanese Idol over there worth?" she inquired. The salesman replied in a subdued tone. "Worth about 1500,000, madam. It's the proprietor."?Pick Mo Up. Don't drink green tea. Use It instead tc pmo+j-n-a wmtr Mnf-t to its original fresh' ness. The result will be admirable (or both Lace and nerves. Tk principal cause of the prosperity o1 Jawn brokers Is that they take so much Interest In their business. * Little touches of backache should cot be al owed to go untended. Rheumatism and many other things follow. A box of DeWltt's Kidney and B'adder Pills will bring relief quickly. Tbey drive tbe poison from the body. Act on tbe liver as well an tbe kidneys. A 2i cent box holds a week's treat* ment. Hold by C. A. Mllford. Food don't digest? Becfluse the stomach liick< Nome one of tbe essential dlgestants or the digestive Juices are not properly balanced. Tben.too.lt Is this undigested food that causes sourness aDd painful indlgestlon? Kodol for Indigestion should be used for relief. Kodol is a solution of vegetable arids. It digests what you eat, and corrects the deficiencies of the digestion. Kodol conforms to tbe National Pure Food and Drag I Law. Bold here by A. Mllford. PIP^HWH ~ - fHt DAY'8 SVE,~- ""*1 ,*> tn*rgu?rite?l i virginal ^arswjww Sow your hillside home, from the sky to tin n*er. Bione In the sunnier heats, ' With each of yooTSilver selves a-quiver, Beautilul marguerites! j > A hundred thousand hearts at gold To greet the opening day, K hundred thousand at night to fold In silver loaves away. ! O marguariteel . Delicate margueriteal ? Dpal hned pelvis, fringed and fine, . , . J* S CJmber heartii with the scent of pine, t t You tangle across the autumn's path, ! Ton nod at her from the limestone Mitt i A part of her beautiful aftermath Vnn lacoa tn t,tiR hmwn bmnb'i ndn. { . 1 Or, loat In the heart of the cedar wood* j You scatter intangible sweets { / ' . To woo her steps to ,yonr solitudes, - *' % Beantifal marguerites I r- .ivfib ?Fanny K. Johnson in Youth's Companion. LOGICAL ARRANGEMENTOFTHOUGHT A. Couple of Illustrative Incidents Preacher'* Experienoe. The appended anecdotes concerning the U te President Robinson are given to the public as too characteristic and too good to be lost. They are from the recolleotion*. of the Rev. Dr. A. J. Sage: "Once In the olassroom Dr. Robln?op was expatiating on the lmportaioe of careful logical arrangement of thought In discourse, when he drew the following lllus cruuuu lrum uis uwu c^peruju jo. uuw, when I was preaching, a pecullf r Incident occurred. I bad gone through my introi auction and first division, when my memory failed me. Icon Id not recall my leoond division, bnt Id stead of it caine up . tbe first point of tbe application. After vainly trying to recall the missing head, I hated to tbe congregation that for a special reason I would pass at onoe to the ai;rp location. I did so, and when I bad diwiuseed the first point, the missing part of my discourse came back to me and I went rvfej through It all without .further difficulty. On reaohlng home I Bet mysel' down to , Inquire (he meaning of this incident) when [ discovered that that which I had, planned as the first point of my application pbould have been, really the second division of the ;v. sermon. The mind in the activity of peaking had been more loyal to Its own principles than I bad permitted It to be in the toll of preparation.' ' "The,doctor was speaking to the on the importance of keeping the- mind free from preoooupylng and disturbing thoughts when about to speak extempore. He said: 'I was on my way to preach oae Sunday morning, absorbed in my discourse, when a gentleman met me who i said, "Have you heard that ??is going to marry Miss 1" mentioning twopqr-- ;t: , sons in whom I was interested, whose ' marriage would be particularly unsuitable. The suggestion took, possession of my mind, and in spite of in/ best efforts f could not get rid of It AD through my flA?mATC fK/*n?kfj| nana -#nll J ftf 'ttiA haunting idea of that unfortunate misalliance. My discourse waaa failure. You' may imagine (hat my feeling toward the source of this ill timed information was: not exceedingly amiable. I could bafp helped him over a tall fence.'"?New York Exam Lb er. Substitute* Tor Hay. It is not an unusual oocurrence that tbc weather in tba spring is so dry that tba hay crop la short or an almost,totiJ faUU? are. It Js strange that some way cannot ~v-"7 be devised for irrigating at least a suffloient amount of tillable land to insure the farmer a good hay crop. There is no ration that will take tbe place of this, and the facilities for making rare of it are any* thing bu<5 satisfactory. Every farmer aboQld set apart a certain portion of bis low land for hay. In wet weather be la likely to have a good . crop anyway, and In dry times a well oared for field of low land will do ruuch to bridge over the time between late antnmn and early spring, when there 1b nothing whatever out df . doora for stock to eat. Tbe practice of sowing millet, sorghum, cowpeas or orimson clover late In tbe season, when 7 c the indloatlons are that fall pasture will be poor, and that the bay crop la altogether, unsatisfactory, is becoming general. Cornstalks may be out as soon as the ears are ripe. Tbe earlier, they are out the more . nutritious they are and the more valuable for feedhur. Asa rule, farmers, sire too. little attention to oornstalks, which, when properly oared, are among the mcwt useful 'f , of food products for stock, especially so in tbe absence of an abondanoe of good hay. Rye malces a'good crop, but abaci* never;: :i_t be fed to cows that are giving milk, ac it imparts an unpleasant flavor to the milk and 1b by many persons considered unwholesome.?%New York Ledger. I ^ 1 tUS Tbe Mind and Action. '' I once asked a class of 16 girle to think Intently what it would feel like to lift the.. right hand and touch the loft shoulder. After a few minutes had elapsed nine of ? them confessed having felt a desire to do { it. I then dropped ttie subject and spoke v.;; of something olse. In a few moments six ; aotually did It Most persons when concentrating attention upon the thought oI what a given movement would feel like, ' /-'J And themselves becoming possessed of a desire to do it, and thla desire marks the tendency of the thought to produoa.the movement.. But as we not only feel but also see oar movements, we find that the thonght of what a movement looks like has also motor value and tends to pro^ooe ///I it This Is also true of touches and Ideas , of touoh?indeed all or nearly all mental ( v.;' states produce some motor changes In the body, but the motor effects of sensations and ideas of sound, taste and smell are relatively slight.?Professor W. R. New bold tn Popular Solsnoe Monthly. ' ^ ! London ReitaanuiU. ' ' V In London we are now In advanoe of , Paris in the matter of restaurants. ' To oite only one, the Savoy, not only Is the hut frhn nnmfnrt xnH thA ' uuuaiug ? r surroundings are superior to anything In -s. Paris. Wonderful is the progress that has v been made. When I was a young man, ibere were literally no restaurants in Lon- , don?nothing but the Blue Posts, or the Hummums in Covent Garden, and similar places, where the dinner was of the old fashioned British inn type.?London Truth. , ? i A man never realizes the superiority of v ' woman so muoh as when he is sewing on ' - f, a button without a thimble, pushing the' ' ,K needlo against the wall to get it half way through and pulling it through the other half by hanging on to it with his teeth. 1 - '. W Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible ,.*.j irAalt.h nf nstiirn Shfl ahnng nannlv iiit. (aces, but she is million fathoms deep.? Emerson. I ??????? The Egyptians used pencils of colored chalk, and several of these anolent crayon have been found In their tomb*. . / | _ . ; . Vvv . t'-.v How to Care Chilblain*. To *nJf>y fr<x?doin fro?o ohlblalos," write* John K*rao, East Otisflel'l Me , "I apply BnofcletTa Arnica Salve. Have also nwl it 'Or Kauraeuio wuu eiceiient renuiiu. uunranteed to cu re (ever, sore*. Indolent ulcers, plies, bu*ns. wounds, frost bites, akin die* 5Sc. at Speed's Drng Store. ^ The RiKbt Name. Mr. August Sharpe, the popular overseer of ihi poor. n| Fort Madison, la , says; "Dr. Kind's New Life P lis are righily named! they act more agreeably, do more good and moke one feel better than any other laxalive " Guaranteed ta cure bMUoaaness and oonltlpatlon. 25c at Speed's Draff Store. w