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- ' ' ' ' ^ The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 1888 m 1 1 > l weive Concoriiiiipr Xoisc. can bear the ]ieat very well," said a student forced to spend a summer in the city, "but I can not endure the noise." Possibly he did not stop to consider that, in making such a decla ration, he placed himself, in illus frioas conmanv. Thomas Carlyle ' could not abide" a noise, especially that of the morning crowing of cocks. Wallenstein, accustomed as lie was to the din of battle, bad au unconquerable dread of the barking of dogs, and even the clatter of the large spurs fashionable in his day. In order to ensure quiet, he engaged twelve patrols to make regular circuits about his house night and day. Neither Julius Cresar nor the philosopher, Kant, could tolerate the crowing of poor chanticleer, who, indeed, seems to have very few friends among the siudious and sensitive. SchoDenhauer exceeds almost all lovers of quiet iu the extravagance of his denunciation of noise. He declares that the amount which a man can bear with ease is in inverse ratio to his mental power. "If I hfar a dog barking for hours on the threshold of a house," he writes, "I know well enough what kind of brains I may expect from its inhabitants." A writer in the Popular .Science Monthly asserts that noise is one of the most injurious influences of city life. It may not be sufficiently loud to atr tract the attention of those accustom?rl In 5f Kut if nnnHnllnna if. npfe ftS VW IV IV) KJXAVy At WUMUWVW^) .w { inevitably upon the nervous sj'stem as water in dropping upon a stone. Experiments made upon animals i?how that when they have been subjected, for a number of hours, to thej vibration of a tuning-fork, their nerve centers became irritated, as certainly as muscular fibers would be affected by an acid or an electric shock. The injurious effect of ordinary noises has been recognized by the authorities of European cities, and, in borne cases, the nuisance has been suppressed. Heavily laden carts are not admitted to certain streets of Berlin, and in others they are only allowed to pass on condition that the horses walk. The street-cars of Munich have no bells, and those of us who live in places where these bells are not used on Sunday can testify to the relief attendant on the consequent "peace and quiet." The amount of the matter seems to be that the city dweller must regard noise as one of necessary evils of his condition?one to be borne philosophically, and requiring a large stock of grace and patience. Happy, indeed, are they who, through the long, hot months, are only disturbed in their morning slumbers by the song of the birds, ot the crowing of cocks. ? lour Specialty. That means "excel at something/. Make a specialty of something, and excel in it. Do not be content to do it well; do it in the very best, or most rapid, or in some distinguishing way, bv which you will come to be known in connexion with it. If it is bookkeeping, or sweeping, or drawing, put i yourself into it, and do it as others j have dreamed it might be done. \)o\ not be content to sing^as well as Susy,! or to sew as much as Mary, or to walk i as rapidly and easily as your older sis- J ter. Find out how they did this thing, | and then apply yourself to bring your i specialty, whatever it is, to perfection. It will require patience, industry, and self-sacrifice; but it will pay in the! long run. Good work of any kind pays, and it is the only kind that pays. Accuracy pays; so does rapidity; so, too, of neatness, thoroughness, and other qualities which you will be cul-j tivating, perhaps unconsciously, while| sounding the heights and depths ofj your specialty. And it pays, too, to hale a "special-1 ty." So many people, are "bright," "quick," "intelligent,"; but almost useless to any one needing skilled i help, because they have scattered their j forces over too much surface. In! twenty years you may learn to do one i thing well, so well that you could i command a price or a position any-} where; but you can't have learned) twenty equally well. Gather up your energies, your time, I resolution, patience, and talent (fori you have a talent for something) for! your specialty, and work right toward ; it. I mean, of course, make this your main business, and others subordinate to it. Try to do well "whatsoever your hands And to do," but bestow your greatest efforts on the one thing. A good steer is worth more than an indifferent bull, and keeps with half the trouble. Fasting without almsgiving 19 a lamp without oil. ( ' T.l,? n?l!A?tolr tODTCJIIlo Ull lut-u wciu/uitijt A prominent Albany clergyma who lived for some years in the Soul and is quite familiar with the typic plantation darkey, tells of a gentl ! man of his quondam acquaintan who had a faithful old body serva; whose word, with his master, w law. Before making an importai purchase, or in fact taking any st( which might have serious conseque pes, the old darkey retainer was co suited and liis opinion was usual final. One day, however, the okl sc vant was away f.om home, and in h absence the master made a purchase a horse. Whether or not the anim was a tine bargain the story does n I explain, leaving it rather to be infe r<*d from the old darkey's commei j upon the matter when he returnc | With some qualms of conscience ar an inexplicable feeling of insigni cance, the Master led the old serva: into the stable and exhibited h equine purchase. "Well, Sam," 1 said finally, breaking an awkward s lence, "why don't you say something What do you think of my bargain ' The old darkey scratched his whi wooly head and answered slowly "Well, massa, I war tryin' ter t'ink < a varse from Scripcha dat 'pears t me ter be applicable right heab. cau't somehow, git it into my o head, but I know it ends wid < words, 'An' his money am so< pa'ted !"?Albany Journal. The New England deacon of tl olden time was gifted with piety, go< sense and an epigrammatic way speaking. In the "Tradition of tl Bellows Family" mention is made a Deacon Foster, of Walpole, whopr posed to an aged widow by offerii "to go the rest of the way to heav< with her." The offer was accepted. One morning he rode up to the do of a lady in great ha9te, and' told h that a neighbor, Mrs. Carter, was sore trouble, as she had been violent taken with a "serious and painf breaking-out about her mouth." The lady at once went to her hous land discovered Mrs. Carter goir about her duties, and nothing unusu ion her face. Surprised, she told h of the deacon's message. "Well," answered Mrs. Carter, 1 know what he meant. When he can this morning, I was giving Ben Cart a piece of my mind for his careles ness, aud the good deacon thought rt temper made my speech a little u scriptural." 4^^ Misquoted Lines. It is a peculiar faculty of humt memory to misquote proverbs and po try, and almost invariably to place tl 3?1>/v-/v U /Iaao v\r\4- Knlnnrr CreUlt WJLICIO 11 uv/co uut uuiv/ugt Nine men out of ten think that "tl Lord tempers the wind to the shoi lamb" is from the Bible, wherea Lawrence Sterne is the authc "Pouring oil upon the troubled w ters" is also ascribed to the volun whereas it is not there; in fact, no oj knows its origin. Again, we hear people say: "Tl proof of the pudding is in chewing tl string." This is arrant nonsense, ar the proverb says: "The proof of th pudding is in the eating thereof, ai not in chewing the string." Nothing is more common than hear : "A man convinced against h will, is of the same opinion still This is an impossible condition an opinion and at the same time ho to an opposite one. What Butler wro was eminently sensible: "He th complies against his will, is of bisow opinion still." A famous passage of Scripture is c ten misquoted tbus: "He that is wit! out sin among you, let him cast tl first stone." It should be : "Let hi first cast a stone." Sometimes we are told: "Beho' how great a fire a little matter kim leth," whereas St. James sail "Behold how great a matter a litt fire kindleth," which is quite a difle ent thing. We also hear that "a miss is as goc as a mile," which is not as sensible < forcible as the true proverb: "A mi of an iuch is as good as a mile." "Look before you leap" should b< "And look before you ere you leap." Pope is generally credited with ha' ing written, "Immodest words adm of no defense, for want of decency want of sense." They were written I the Earl of Roscommon, who died b fore Pope was born. ? Carful observation leaves little doul that a moderate dose of beer or wit would, in most cases, at once diminis the maximum weight which a health person could lift. Mental acutenes accuracy of perception, and delieac of the sense are all so far opposed b alcohol, so that the maximum eflor: of each are incompatible with the ind gestion of any moderate quantity < fermeuted liquid. A slugle glass wi often suffice to take the edge off bot mind and body, and to reduce their ci pacity to something below their perfe tion of work.?Dr. W. Brinton. It is better to be nobly remembere than nobly born. I Ten Trne Friends. n> Ten true friends yon have th Who, five In a row, Upon each side of yon al Go where you go. e- Suppose you a? e sleepy, They help you to bed; ce Suppose you are hungry. They 6ee that you're fed. as I They wake up your dolly And put on her clothes, tit And trundle her carriage 10 Wherever she goes. I "* They bncklo your skate-straps. u" And haul at your sled: n. Are in summer quite white, And in winter quito red. ^ Now, with ten willing servants :r- So trusty and t rue. Pray, who would be lazy 1S Or idle?Would you? ?f Would you find out the name o] Of this kind little baud ? Then count up the fingers r?t On each little hand. ir *<?? at j Hio^r.-iplilenl Sketch of George W. " Willinnis. 1(1 fi- The memoirs of an eminent busot iness man, one who from the smallest tis of beginnings, and by virtue alone of be indomitable strength if will has ji- fought his way, against powerful conj? tending influences, to the front ranks ?" of his calling cannot fail to be interte esting and instructive. Such a gentleyr; man is the subject of the present bioob graphical sketch. er George Walton "Williams was born I in Burke County, North Carolina, le December 19th, 1820. The Williams 3e family are of Welsh descent, having >n emigrated to America on account of religious persecution. In 1799, Edward Williams, an enterprising member of ie the family from Easton, Mass., came South and located in Charleston, S. C.; 0f a few years later he removed to the ae mountains of North Carolina, and 0C formed a partnership with Daniel 0_ Brown, a successful farmer and mer3g chant. He soon afterwards marriqd 3D Mary Brown, daughter of his partner, and, of their numerous children born, or George W. Williams is the fourth and er youngest son. When three years old, j jn his father, Major Edward Williams, \Tni4Vi Pornlino fhol Jy XCUIUVCU ""I" JLlUi rn vmv&iuu wv vuu uj more genial and fertile regions of Na-1 coochee Valley, Ga., where he purie chased a large and valuable tract of jg land, and here, on the very border of civilization, indabited principally by er Cherokee Indians, Mr. Williams's) childhood and early youth were ij passed. His father was a man of ae great energy, and through hJs untirer ing exertions the fertile valley was ;g. brought into a high state of cultiva' tion. Major Williams first introduced n. herd's grass, timothy and clover, and) established cheese dairies, shoe factories and like improvements, and in this way did much to advance the agricultural and industrial interests of Northeast Georgia. in Major Williams appreciated the value of character, and trained his 36 sons to habits of temperance, industry and self reliance, setting before them ie in his own life a worthy example as 171 did his most excellent wife, a woman lSl of great energy, piety and benevolence. ,r* The subject of this sketch, in his a" fourteenth year, lost his good mother ie ?a severe loss to one who was so much ae indebted to her for his early training, and consequently home lost much of -e its attractions to him. ie tt...! li ia jiavjuy a pcuuuuuii mi nuuKi^] 1(* natural instincts led him to regard the ,e commercial world as his proper sphere 1(* of action; he determined to try a wider field to develop his pent-up energies. 1S Major Williams posessed horses, bug gies and inonej', but as his son insisted on leaving home in his teens, the fa^ ther declined to offer him any facilities, imagining that the inexperienced at youth would return the sooner to the n parental roof. Nothing daunted, the boy set forth on his journey of one )f" hundred and fifty miles to Augusta, k" Gil., in October, 183S. ie The young adventurer believed that m "Where there is a will there is a way." He started on his two strong feet, ^ propelled by a resolute will and untiring perservance. At that time there *: were but ten miles of railroads in the 'e great State of Georgia, and but a few r* huudred in the whole South. Had there been thousands they would not ,(1 have availed a boy with only ten dol3r lars in his pocket. To lessen his exss penses, he made a bargain with a kind neighbor, who was going with his i: wagon loaded with the mountain products to Augusta, Ga. Ho assisted v " in cooking and scotching for his board. ^ The board, ol' course, was rough, and 19 the lodging at night on the ground, y but this out-door life ' developed the e" muscles, and was an important training for a boy starting out in life with a determination to succeed. Thejourx ney of one hundred and fifty miles 10 was made in seven days, at an expense k of twenty-five cents! He was now y among strangers, in a strange land. 9| Fortunately, he procured a situation ~ with Mr. Daniel Hand, in a wholey sale grocery establishment, at the nominal salary for the first year of $-50 and board. He was prompt, active and industrious, did whatever he un^ dertook to do, well, and was ever k watchful to promote the interest of his employers. c" Mr. Williams's genius for business rapidly developed. At the age of twenty-one he purchased the interest !<1 of Mr. Scran ton, and became a partner, the name of the firm being - changed to Hand & Willams. One o the first acts of the young merchant on becoming a member of the firm was characteristic of the man. He bad been taught by his father that il was wrong to iruinu IIJ spimuuua U' quors. One half of their stock in trade consisted of such goods. He persuaded his partner to abandon that branch of their business. It was predicted that they would lose the mosl profitable part of their trade by. this course. Mr. Williams would not allow pecuniary gains to turn him from a course that lie believed to be right. I With a firm trust in Providence, he continued to prosecute his business with his accustomed energy and forethought. So far from losing by his bold step, there was, from year to year, a handsome increase in their profits. Fourteen years had come and gone since Mr. Williams left his Nacoocbee linmp "FTp hurl, hv his snnerior bus incss talents, accumulated a larger capital than could be used to advantage, even in their extensive Augusta house. * Having been for some years favorably impressed with Charleston, he visited that city in 1812, and established the wholesale grocery house o! Geo. W. Williams & Co., on strictly temperance principles. The sales in the Augusta and Charleston houses were soon increased to two million dollars per annum. Mr. Williams was elected a director in the State Bank of Georgia at Augusta, at the early flcft nf twentv-three. It was in this -~0- - - - " ^ _ well managed institution that he gained his first knowledge in banking, Just in the prime of vigorous manhood at the breaking out of the wai between the States, we find Mr. Williams at the head of two of the largest commercial houses in the South, an alderman of the city of Charles ton, chairman of the committee ol ways and means, which position he held during the entire war; director ol the bank of South Carolina; also ol two railroad ompanies; the financial counsellor of a host of friends, evei ready to engage in all public workf and enterprises which looked to the prosperity of his adopted city and State. During the war, through his untiring exertions, thousands of the destitute poor were supplied dailj With food. On the landing of the Federal troops, Mr. Williams secured their services in extinguishing the fires in various parts of the city. He thus saved from the flames, and distributed. food enoueh to feed 20,000 people four months. It was not Mr, WilliamB's intention, atthecloseof the war, to engage again in the mercantile business, but to establish a bank. In 1865 he proceeded to Washington for the purpose of procuring 8 charter for the First National Bank ol Charleston. Before this was accomplished however, he was solicited by friends and customers to return to his I old business, and his was the first house to resume business in Charleston, after the war. He at once com jmenced the erection of large ware | houses in the burnt district for the storage of cotton, and his extensive I stores on Hayne street were filled with merchandise. He also opened a banking house, and in a short time was (fully immersed in business, His firm j received as much as 75,000 bales o! [cotton in one season, in cash value [about $5,000,000, besides doing a gro 'eery and fertiliziug business of many I millions. Some fifty partners have been associated with him in his long business [career, many of them having beeu brought up from the humblest c'Tiec grade, and many have retired with fortunes. Mr. Williams nas aiviuec including interest, profits arising from liis various firms since he begat business in Augusta, Ga., in 1842, more than twenty-one million of dollars. This will show what ten dollars will do when handled by one of Mr, Williams's push, thrift and energy, and is a valuable lesson for the youth just starting in life. The banking department of Geo. W. Williams and Co.'& business increased to such an extent, that they found it necessary to secure larger accomodations for that branch, and in 187o Mr. Williams purchased the fine brown stone building, 1 Broad Street, which had been erected by the State Bank of South Carolina art a cost of $100,000. To this eligible location ho removed the Carolina Savings Bank and the banking department of Geo. Williams & Co. Since then, Mr. Williams has devoted himself almost exclusively to banking. His object in establishing the Carolina Savings Bank in conjunction with the banking business of Geo. W. Williams and Co., was to afl'ord persons of moderate means au opportunity of husbanding their resources. He felt that a savings bank properly conducted would tend to encourage frugality, industry and thrift among the laboring classes, and also teach tho young the habits of saving and economy. A New York Journal commenting upon Mr. William's character, says: "Your phrenological developments indicate uncommon energy, warmth, of temper, severity when aroused, and j ability to impress people with their Idelinquences. You have great Finn ' /- 'r * . V- Y;-. i'.'v-7 "-V ' v y?, f ness; you can take positions, and maintain them unflinchingly. Sometimes people think you headstrong, ? and all who know you well expect t that when you make an effort to ac- ^ ... at . complisn anytmng tuauic win oe uone i promptly and th<youghly. You ? should be known for dignity, ability <r ; to manage, to lead, to direct. You have a strong love of justice, V( ; which gives to your moral tone elevai tion and strength, and it tends to 1 . make you censorious. You are more , fr honest than devout; have more hope than faith, and in the daily affairs of a* i life you brace yourself up with confi- 0 i deuce in your own power and in the . prospects which are before you, trust, ing to the energy and to the enterprise with which Providence has en- w dowed you rather than to the special . interposition of Providence to work > out your purposes. You iucline to use ( . oars, and, if Providence send a favor- ^ , able wind, you adapt yourself to it; but if not, you work your way with the oars. You believe in sails, but "f R you believe more emphatically in oars, . because oars are within your own con- j* trol, while sails depend upon some- ? thing over the supply of which you " have no control. You would like a business which required sharp and a' earnest effort rather than one which H' required more skill and talent. You 1 would prefer to be a business man i ' rather than to be in a profession where 111 1 one had to wait for a call, a patient, or al a client. . ' r : * * k< You recognize the dangers that lie a] 1 in your way and seek to make every- m 1 thing safe, and though you will drive n ' rapidly, you keep a sharp lookout for g, ' the course you steer. You are ambi- a tious to triumph over opposition, have q | moral independence to carry your ^ ' views as a part of yourself, and it is K not common for you to lean upon oth- ^ ' ers for advice or assistance." n Mr. Williams *is endowed with ^ ! strontr will-nower. ereat tenacity of p purpose, is quick in perception, fertile in resources, is active and energetic, ^ with a tough, wiry, rather than a ro- ^ bust frame, enjoying uniformly ex- ^ ' eellcat health, not having been sick a ^ : day in fifty years, except for two weeks with yellow fever in 1852. His ^ | life has been one of devoted industry J and earnestly practical results. Inured from youth up to close applica' tion to some useful occupation, Mr. Williams is as actively engaged as at ! any former period of his life. In his business transactions he does not P' waste time or words, but acts, as it ) 01 were, by intuition, rarely stopping to ^ ; reason, but reaching his conclusions ^ ! by his first impulse. "Instinct," he p says, "is honest, while reason is sub- Qj ject to a thousand influences and is p often unreliable." Mr. Williams Has ^ J, allowed himself few Beasons of repose ^ or recreation, but has found time to ' visit Cuba, Canada, various portions (( of the United States, and has made ' the tour of Europe twice. ^ An example of the wonderful ver- ^ satility of Mr. Williams is found in *r his literary works. Amid the turmoil aJ of a commercial career, and during ~~ | the busy years through which he has passed to the honorable position he ^ how holds, he has found leisure to " present to the world in literary form & ' some of the results of his vast exper- ei P ience. From time to time he has ^ written, modestly, without effort or ^ i ff . pretension, yet with an ability which r would do credit to some of the prac- w tised pens of literature, a series of let- r* ters upon topics of high interest. His 6 "Letters to Young Men, Success and 8( 5 Failure, Making and Saving," may f" 1 be perused with profit by all who ; wish to emulate the worthy example 1 uf a worthy, man. ' - - - ~ .. ST 1 There is no citizen in tne soutn, r P ? who, by Ills teaching, and example, 1 and by the introduction or' wise and 1 beneficent measures, and by the foun- ^ dations of a financial institution for ir 1 the encouragement of the young, by n building aud founding commercial *>1 houses, has been of more benefit to the al City anil SUlie or ins UUU]UIUU tuau | George W. Williams.?The Finan- ^ tier. John Chinaman's Pen. P' m The pen with which John makes his di tea-marks is a curiosity. It is a hail- o: brush placed in a quill, and is very ic much like the little brushes sold with 01 1 toy paints. When he writes he never w touches his fingers nor wrist to the pa- of per, but grasps the quill in the middle and begins to paint very much like an 5 artist retouchinga picture. Singularly ca enough, there is not an instance of a ci Chinaman being unable to write his bl language, and many of the laundry- m men who speak pigeon English can q, read and write our language quite ci ' well. Remedies fok Burns.?1. Wetthejjs spot immediately and cover thick with j cr common baking soda, letting it remain ' co on from fifteen minutes to half an hour. 2. Have a bottle of lime-water; and sweet-oil mixed in equal propor-| tions and shaken together, and apply pr with a feather or pour it on a linen rag ae and put this on the burn. 3. Peel an Irish potato and grate it; put the grated pulp on the burn, renewing it frequently. IL^PS . Early Prohibition In New York. At the annual meeting of "the merican Social Science Association, hich we had the pleasure of recently tending at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., A ie following was read by the Rev. 5 'enry R. Traver, of Saratoga, from j D'ocumemtary History of New York," ( )1.2, page 592. The occasion describ- . I, I being a Council held at Albany, V ily 6th, 1754, by the chiefs of the 1 ive Nations," the Commissioners ? om Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut . If) id Virginia, and the Governor and K flcials of New York. M Extract from address of "the Chiefs m 'the Five Nations": *1 rethren?There is an affair about y hich our hearts tremble, and our ? inds are deeply concerned. This is le selliug of rum in our castles. It v ;stroj's many, both of our old and 5ung people, We request of all the overnments here present that it may ; forbidden to carry any of it among ie "Five Nations." rethren?We are in great fears that may cause murder on both sides. j he Cayugas here present now declare <v i their own name, that they will not , low any rum to be brought up river, id those who do must take conseuences. j Brethren?We, the Mahawks, of j 5th castles, hare also one request to \ lake which is, that the people who \ re settled round about us may not be 1 iffered to sell our people rnm. It .J eeps them poor,?makes them idle i| ad wicked, and if they have any j toney or goods they lay it all out for ;j lm. It destroys virtue and the pro- v ress of religion among us. We have :i friendly request to make to the V overnor that he will help us to build chapel at Canojohery, and that we >ott Viotra o Kail In tt vhloh tnwfhflr J ? o ith the putting a stop to the sale of im, will make us religious and lead * jtter lives."?jDocumentary History f N. Y., vol. 2: page 593. [We are glad to send the above irough our columns to about eighfc ) lousand editors in the United States. I William Penn had no trouble with le Indians. How* many Indian 'g ars might have been prevented by leproibition of the sale of rum to the n rl i n n s?Chir Thimh Animals. ..." Presbyterians On Pence. > A committee on Peace appointed by le London Meeting Friends, pre- . ared a Memorial urgiog the apoption f Arbitration as a substitute for War, 1 all cases of international disputes. opies of this were presented to the an-Anglican Conference of Bishops r the Church of England ; and to the an-Presbyterian Conference, held in ondonin the month of July. The itter body adopted the following favorDie resolution respecting it: A.t Exeter Hall, Condon, Jnly 12th, J88. The General Council of the .lliance of Reformed Churches holdig the Presbyterian system being met ad constituted : Resolved inter alia: -'The Council, having considered the le Memorial from the Society of >" ricnds on the subject of Peace and le use of Arbtration as a substitute r War, are happy to express their a tire and hearty concurrence with le sentiments of their brethren. We ail with joy the settlements of Insrnational disputes already effected itliout an appeal to arms, anu see no >ason why this method of adjustment lould not be applied in all cases whatever. In view, therefore, of the tany miseries of war, and of the inferable burdens which preparation ?r it imposes upon the nations, they mini end the whole subject to the rmpathies and prayers of the hurcbes they represent, in the hope )At He whom we worship as the rince of Peace will more and more icline the hearts both of people and llers to settle all their differences y an appeal to reason and forbearance, id not by force.,?Extracted from the finutoa of the Council, W. G. J3lakie, ?. D., one of the Clerks of Council." ^ m A Stopper for Rats.?A corresjndent says; "Souk one or moro ewspapers, knead them into a pulp, ip them in a suitable solution of salic acid. While wet, force the pulp ito any crevice or hole made by mice rats. Result?a disgusted retreat, ith sore snouts and feet, on the part f the would be intruders." "Now, George, you must divide the ike honorably with your brother liariie." George?"What is 'honoray,' mother?" "It means that you ust give him the largest piece." eorge?"Then, mother, I'd rather liariie would cut it." Proper Food.?Raw Indian meal bad for chickens; it hardens thpir ops and kills them; better feed oked pudding or scalded meal with >pper ill buckwheat, cracked corn. ? A "holy war" is as absurd an exession when applied to killing men a "righteous sinner." ^ m Hay or other ground food is indis nsable, and ground corn or hominybetter than when it is whole.