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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1889. Onr Mineral Wealth. We copy from the Churleston World nn fir tide iu reference to the mineral wealth of the State. While we agree with all the WorkI Bays, we think there is a greater wealth oi which that paper neglected to speak, namely our grass and other products of the farm. The wealth in grass is more evenly divided thun the wealth in minerals. The poorest man In the State may utilize some of the grass, hut It requires much capital and some Bkilled labor to make iron. We have very few citizens in this county that would be benefitted by the building of an iron furnace, but nearly every man in the county may raise cattle, hogs, and mules. .1? _r to nr\r\rf> Tbe country, us a matter ui um., ?? prosperous with a thousand prosperous citizens than it would be if their combined wealth and their aggregated profits belonged to one man or a single company with whom he might be associated. Another matter. Our brethren of the pres.* have, time and ag.*in, urged the establishment of small industries?factories which required only a small capital. We assent to all that, too; but it seems to us the more important matters are neglected. The prosperity of a people, as a people, cannot begin and end with the towns people. The country?the farms? are the place from whence all real prosperity must come to this country. When those who own the farms learn to utllhce their resources, then the country will prosper, but not before. A few isolated in* stance* of corporations or individuals, grow ing rich does not make the country prosperous. Instead, therefore, of urging the people to invest blindly in factories, let the newspapers suggest practical hints as to how pros perlty may come. The sowing of oats; tlx enclosing of all spare lands on the farms, especially that part that overflows; the ruis* lng of Bcrub cattle, and mules and horses, will be of infinitely more beueflt to the peo pie than a thousand broom|handle factories, ot any number of irom mines. Animals convert the grass into flesh. The farmer may easily enough make provision in the summer to feed them during the winter. To be able to Bail a mi IK COW ur inu cicij ;v?., .... ? raise a mule or two will be found to be a great help. During the present winter, perhaps out thousand Kentucky, Tennessee, or lu dlana mules and horses have been sold in this county at an average cost or at least S125. After having a limited experience and observation, we are thoroughly convinced thai there has not been a single mule sold in tlilt county, which our people could not have raised for less than So0. Life Insurance. The country Is going crazy again, and lift Insurance appears to be on a boom. We!] paid &c?nta, and liberally patronized newspa pen may be said to be companions in thiwork of boosting the companies. The edltoi may honestly and conscientiously believe that it is well for the people to buck against lite insurance companies, and the energeth agent may be thoroughly imbued with the y. . , siime Idea, but holding to tne opinion, as wi do, that life insurance had better be left alone, we trust to be pardoned if we suggest thai gudgeons and poor people had better stay out of the Insurance business. Nobody denies the solvency of any of the companies. They are all perfectly responsible and will always be so?If they stick to well known rules?and a majority of the in surersare as certain to become insolvent and forfeit their money or a good part of It. The chances are against the Insurer. Misfortune, sickness, and other unforeseen reasons cause the Insured to forfeit their policy in a majority of cases. If any subscriber of the Press and Banner has fifty dollars to spare, let bim loan It to his neighbor and take a mortgage on something to secure it. Next year he can do the ?If he has the spare 850. But suci i talk as this docs not answer the convincing talk of an agent who may have been drilled and stuft'ed with stock arguments, and furnished with a statement of a few isolated cases where a tobust man had died next day, or nest week, or next year after being insured. Such Instances ought to be a warning to people against insurance. Abbeville county has tnvested since the war perlinps more than half a million dollars In life Insurance. The people have realized a loss to nearly the whole amount so invested. Better buy a lottery ticket. But before you buy a lottery ticket, spend your money for something else, or even fool it away in paying debts. ? . Exposing Our Frailties. The physical weaknesses aud frailties of the great mass of humanity have been, until within the last few years, regarded as a sacred secret between the patient and the physician. But the enterprise and the energy of the patent nostrum vender has set aside, In man> Instances, the well established rule, and induced the sick and suffering citizen to lay hare, and expose to the public, a full and minute description of the ills from which he haibeen suffering. When a man describes the symptoms which may result from a disease, the name of which would.scarcely be mentioned in polite society and then certifies that he has been cured by swallowing a patent modicine which claims to be a specific for that very disease, we submit that the description of the ailment, and the medicine which cured, nre rather suggestive, and especially so in cases where the public have heretofore regarded the "cured" man as perfectly healthy in body] and as circumspect in his habits and as correct In his morals. To hear a woman talking oi lUKing u meuiciue which is u Hjjecniu iui ;i secret disease? but wliich, 011 general principles, goes searching round for a Job of miscellaneous repairs on the human system?can not fall to shock the sensibilities. Without assuming to give anybody advice on the subject of exposing their own sufferings, and without doing more than to give a hint as to the ioadvlsablllty of pulishing notices which may create an erroneous Impression on the mind of the reader, it might be well for the certlflcate-giver? First: Not to describe the symptoms which the medical profession may recognizc or presume to be the result of secret diseases; Second: To ascertain the disease for which a medicine may claim to be a specific before certlJylnf to Its efllcacjv 91,000 For the Bent Yield o^?rn. For some reason unknown to us, the shvti Agricultural Department, us we understand, baa offered 8500 to the subscriber for the American Agriculturalist who may raise the biggest crop of corn on one acre of land. 15y what authority the Agricultural Department undertakes such favoritism to subscribers ol the American Agriculturist, a New York paper, more devoted to stock raising, lime on land for wheat, clover, and other Northern crop*, than to cotton, we are not informed. The American Agriculturist is no doubt a good paper for any section of the country. buTla^re especially bo for th6 North. If the Agricultural Department of the State felt like encouraging Agricultural publications it seems to us that the journals which are published especially tor this latitude might have received some consideration. We have iu our own State a good agricultural newspaper ?the Cotton Plant?and then there is the Southern Cultivator, of Atlanta, devoted especially to the agricultural interests of this section. We don't see what right the State Agricultural Department has to discriminate in favor of any newspajiers or monthly publication. Write Good English. All persons who feel inclined to use slang, and who have a propensity to write articles for the newspapers, every word of which they intentionally misspell, shou Id read the article which we copy from the Charleston Sunday Net ex. It is well for every man who writes for the press to write as correctly as he can, under the circumstances. While humor may be indulged In sometimes, yet nothing like slang or butfoonry should be tolerated at any time. Let the United States buy Mexico, and Canady, too. With lour new States and Canada and Mexico, this would be a great country. A national debt being a national blessing, the bigger tlie debt t he bigger the blessing, provided, the territorial limits are extended. Til? Camden Journal is set up by young ladles?110 boys or men being employed to set type. SNOW FLAKES FROM L0WNDE3VILLE. I The City of the Seven Hills by Rocky Itiver'M Flowing Tide in oil a Firm Foundntiou. IiOWKDKSVILLE, S. C., Feb. 25, 1&S0. Miss Willie LeRoy left here last Tuesday on a visit to friends at Anderson C. H., and in the surrounding: country. Mrs. Charles Dodson, of Donnldsville, spent several days of last week with her brother Mr. \V. L. Seawright, Mr. John McAllister of ML Carniel was In town a day or two last week, the guest of Judge J. B. LeUoy. Mr. Jerry Martin of Laurens came over last Monday, to visit his kinsman's family, Rev. \V. S. Martin. Mrs. J as. Waldroup. of Latimer, died last Tuesday night and her remains were deposited in Salem semetary Thursday morning. Messrs. E. Calhoun and L C. Haskell of Monterey paid our town a visit on last NVednes day. Mr. R. L. Morehead was called to Anderson C. II., last Tuesday on business, returned on Wednesday. Mrs. W. L. Seawrisrht began the exercises of lier school near the depot last Tuesday morning. Rev. John Epps of Newberry and Mr. Daniel Epps of Laurens, spent several days last week with their brother Mr. S. F. Epps. Judge T. A. Cator of Magnolia was on our streets last Saturday. Miss Fannie Booker who has charge of a flourishing school at Latimer came up Saturday. nnd has since been the guest of Mr. J. I'. Latimer. Col. W. Ja?. Lomax still has the silk velvet vest, a beautiful one, in which he was first married -Jo years ago. II. is now in a fine state of preservation nnd looks as good as new. Miss Ollle Kennedy of Anderson C. H., Is now on a visit to the family of her uncle Mr. W. L. Kennedy. >Ir. Dixon and Miss Kate Hester of Hester Station were united In marriage, at the house >f the bride last Thursday morning, and passed up on our road on the 1 o'clock tralnr, Miroute to visit the parents of the groom, near Walhalia. Mr. Alex Zackaray, of Buncombe county iabbago seed notoriety, \ras snow bound for a lay or two. but the time was not lost to him is lie sold a good nvmy of his seed to our people In and around hero. Last week's Press and Manner Fays "South Carolina ought to get out a patent on In avy rains" the name of the thing would be all. "he patentee would have simply a sign cure, as there would be no investors. Yesterday was cold cloudy disagreeable. Sunday School In the Presbyterian church in the forenoon, a small Sunday School, and a <bort sermon from the Pastor, to a small congregation in the morning and the young men's prayermeetlns* In the evening were the services In the Methodist church. For the past few weeks tons upon tons of commercial fertilizers and tons upon tons of food for man and beast, have been hauled from here by eood farmers. Pedestrians for a day or two after every rain nave had a very soft walk on the side-walk :ilon<rslde the stores on the right of Main itrfiet. It has now been macadamised wnicn is a great improvement especially in wet weather. Last week's Medium, mentions the ''gorgeous phenomenon" of last Monday morning, i. c., the lighting up "of the whole firmament" with the "colors of the rainbow." The ;ame. was witnessed by some of our early isers, but it was very cloudy nnd raining, at 'he time, sun up and the li?htinK up seemed to be only in a southern direction. Last Thursday and Thursday night, wo had he heaviest snow that has fallen here for vears. It came upon us "on the blind side." Snows generally come from the North hut -his one from the South. Wc hear that the rround at Rlt. Carmel, fifteen miles south, was covered with snow at sunrise Thursday morning, several hours, (at least four) before any ell at this point. A note from "Yours, &c., Alliance" Barnes' station, informs me, that I missed It neatly a nile in my last week's dots, when in mentioning the improvements past and prospective or that place, I gave only a post office, depot and two stores. He says besides the above, there is a new residence, blacksmith >hop, a No. one and two saw and corn mills, :otton gin, one church and an application for another one, graded school, flourishing farmers alliance, and a number of lots under sontract. "Who would a thought it." A new depjirtute for Lowndesville, Messrs. Mathews nnd Patterson, have opened up an xtenslve poultry yard at this p!nce. Their yard consists of six enclosures wired off, in which is a neat fowl house. In each they have as tine n strain of fowls, as is to oe touuu; mey propose to open up a 6tock farm in tbe near future. The recent rains and snows, landslides and Mows, have been easy on our railroad, having interrupted travel but a few hours at any one time. CLASSIC GROVES AND COLLEGE BELLS. The Heavy Kuins ... Washed RoadsActive County Commissioiier.-IVog' Thieves Prosperous?Dr. Lathan'ft Criticisms?Smart Aleck Colt. I)t-e West, S. G, Feb. 25, 1889. Snow 12 inches deep. Weather prophets predicts fine crops. Greeley slipped up on his reports last Thursday. "Fair weather." We see cotton still going along to the gin. .Some persons are not done picking. Dr. Grler went to Columbia on business last Friday and returned Saturday. The Farmers in and near Due West, speak of getting up an Alliance. Some of the farmers ir: the Stone and Smith section of Long fane township have been losMng their hogs by thieves. They are stirred up over it and some rascal had better look out. Mr. Joe. Nance has a young colt of the Mnr gin siock mai is a nisi ironer ior us size uuu age. It bks fair to equal its ancestors in speed. Capt. John K. lirownlee was around in the Kue West township last week looking after the roads and bridges. He was busy riding 1 all the week. The recent heavy rains have washed the roads. Mr. Brownlee is a good man in the right place and will make an efficient and popular public officer. Miss Curie Calhoun and Mrs. Dr. Drenuan, of Verdery, ran up to Due West last Saturday to seo hotnefolk and friends. The colleges closed the record last week with one or two new students added to the roll. The societies arc busy getting up commencing orators. Mr. A. I). Kennedy recently bought a nice pair of mules from Mr. (Jus Smith, of Abbeville. One was not bridle wise and "cut up antics." Tho Senior class of the Female College t mimbers 32, and the Senior class of Krsklne 18. What a power are these institutions wielding over the country. On account of the varied exercises connect! ed with the semi-centennial, there will not be au anlversary oration in the Male College at commencement. I Tl,? \r??? rnilorl tn r.nt In nn an. pearanee Saturday. Mr. Johnnie Wenck worshipped with the Associate Reformed people last Sabbath. 1 The congregational sinking iu the Associate > Reformed church last Sabbath evening was especially good. The selections were such that ail the members could sing. tyr. Cochran, who is living with Mr. Thos. Bird this yoarilstened to a good sermon from DifW. L. I'rcssiy, Sabbath morning. />r7ltobt. Lathan's review in the last Aaso -Mate Reformed Presbyterian of Dr. Gerrar, deau's new book on "Instrumental Worship" is especially interesting. Both Doctors are iu ' entire accord. This review and the one recently published by Rev. C. E. Todd on l'saiinody are each by itself worth one year's subscription to the Presbyterian. Miss Josie Chiles, ol Troy: Miss Steel, of r| Kentucky, and Miss Mamie Lindsay, of Ches,) ter. three beautiful youns ladles, are brightening Due West society with their presence. Miss Anna Young, the skilled artist of the Female College has 17 pupils in her drawiug and painting classes. They are getting up some nice work. R. S. G. Uentli ol? an Axo<l Saint near Willing--I ton, S. Died at her residence near Wlllington, S. C.. on yesterday morning, February 21st instant, Mrs. Susan Leltoy at the advanced age of | eighty-seven years and nearly nine months, i The deceased was a consistent member of the Baptist church, of Buffalo for seventy years and a devout Christian. This blessed saint, the last ol all, Of tills household is gone; To greet the friends, she loved so much, Around the heavenly throne. I,et us now strive to Imitate, Her Christian life while here; ! Prepare at once, before it's too late, That we may meet her there. i A FRIEND. THE CITY OF QREFNWOOD ENVELOPED IN SNOW. The Young People Enjoy the Fun or Throwing Snow Ball*?'The Poetic Fire Which Know Kindled?Specimen Sparks?Xot Suicide?Death From Xatural Cause*?An Oil Mill Tor Greenwood. Greenwood, S. C., Feb. 25,1889. Fish won't bite this sort of weather. Snow is still on the ground and obstinately refuses to go away. It averaged 1 foot In ; depth. Capt. J. T. Youngblood left Monday for a trip to Augusta. The entire stock of the estate of S. E. Stan. , sell has been closed out at auction. , Mr. D. C. DuPre has a large and well selected stock of books. Any one who likes literature should call around and see his stock. Greenwood was visited by a heavy snow last tfeek. One of the heaviest that ever fell here. It commenced on Wednesday morning and fell in almost a ceaseless mass until nearly Thursday morning. Mother Earth looked divine In her gorgeous robes of snowy white. Every one, both old and young seemed happy. Plans of snow-balling and sleighing were being made, and all the young people were beeide.'themselves in the delight. Now, we don't propose to bring our poetical propensities to bear upon the beauty of the snow scene, as we have been accused ot being in love with some fair one, and then too the Tribune has made some very unfeeling remarks about us being worked up by oue Andrew Crunch, or that said A. Crunch made me put a job of that kind. Now we don't propose to be accused of any such, all because our poetical proclivities gets the better ol us and we have to write. But this recent snow has awoke an amount of poetry in us toith the snow U1HL IB UllliUOl i*t pivj^wu.wM Itself, but the remembrance of the above accusations will prevent us from penning any of It. But It Is very hard to keep back, and every time we think of it It almost slips out in spite of our efforts to prevent it But here it comes?we can't hold It any longer?Just as we expected?don't criticize? The wind it blowed and blowed and blowed, The snow it snowed and snowed and snowed, The snow-balls fly At the passer by, And the small boys crowed and crowed and crowed. ButthiRlsnot the style of strain that we should let flow at the remembrance of the beautiful snow. But we are much relieved, any way. The small boys around town enJoyed it and we think "Babe" would make a good grocery merchant. He made a big corner on meat when he cornered Mr. Simmons. Babe is a wonderful boy any way. The "boys got things lively among themselves in the snow-bull line. But our joys were badly mutilated and damaged. A young lady struck us on the north east corner of our left ear which spoiled the expression of that proclivity very much. But we must close this nonsense. We hope our sister towns enjoyed this visit of beautiful nature as much as Greenwood did. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Maxwell have returned from a visit to Edgefield. Mr. C. A. C. Waller says the G. C. & N. R. R is comlngsure, and It will be at Greenwood before very long. Mrs. Utsey and Miss Tressa Lipscomb of Ninety-Six are visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Moore ol th Is place. Mr. W. A. Lomax. Jr., one of Verdery's A. T. Stewarts, was in the city Tuesday. The C. & Q. Road was slightly washed up by the receni ruins ouiwc-fn hjiwuo ?uu pells, but was soon repaired and put In order. Mr. H. T. Poe of Greenville was In the city one day lust week prospecting for the establishing of an oil mill in this city. A mill of that kind would pay in this place, as there are quantities of Beed sold hero and shipped to mills In Greenville and other places. We hope Mr. Poe will meet with marked success. Miss Emmie Nicholson who has been visiting Miss Sudle Self left last week for her iiome. We hope that she was favorably impressed enough with our city to visit here again some day in the near future. Mrs. Belle Bozeman was found dead In her bed Wednesday morning. Dr. Maxwell was called to examine, und says that she died from natural causes and not suicide as some thought. She had been complaining the evening before, and as she did not come down at her usual time next morning, her sister went, up to see after her and found her dead. Her remains were interred in the Methodist cemetery at this place. Dr. Sheppard from near Klrkseyrwas In the city Wednesday last. Mr. W. S. Montgomery and Thomas Stansell left for a visit to Columbia on Saturday last. Mr. Stansell, we learn, will not return, as he has finished cloHlngout the business of the estate of S. E. Stansell. Miss Mary McGhce came home from High Point Thursday for a visit. Col. "Whack" Bailey of Augusta was In the city Saturday and Monday. Abbeville was represented Inst week hero by Hon. W. C. Benet, W. C. McGowan, W. E. Goddard and W. S. Cothran. Capt. J. N. Godsey of Newberry was In the city Tuesday. We learn that Dr. G. W. Rlckenbuker and wife will move to Orangeburg, PEMBROKE. GOOD ENGLISH AND GOOD CL0THE8. .Slung and Coarse Language to be Avoided Loose Fitting Clothes nnd I<oose Fitting Words Betrny thc Frtci or Cnreflnod Associates. Charleston Sunday News. A New York Club Man, who has written "Hint* About Men's Dress," concludes his collection of maxims and suggestions by saying: "Avoid the habit of using slang and coarse common language. If you offend in this way, your speech, despite your clothes, will betray the fact that your associates are not refined.' The New York Club Man might have gone farther than this with perfect safety. The habitual use of slang Is something more than an Indication that one's associates arc not refined, It is an evidence that the person who uses the slang is not himself refined,or Is in a fair way to become as coarse in mental character,;ind as careless in Intellectual attire, as In putting his Ideas in words. It is one of the canons of taste, of course, that clothes should tit well, and should not be so pronounced In style or color as to make the wearer conspicuous. This Is equally true of the attire of the mind. There is, in pure and undeflled English, the meanB of expressing every thought, and every shade of thought, of which the human mind Is capable, ana wituout having recourse to ephemeral phrases, which are the coinage of idleness, or barrenness of idea. The American verb "to fix," which lsalmost infinite in its application and its meaning, is as useful to the negligent and cureless ns a cout that can be worn in all seasons and all weathers. But its constant use Is evidence of intellectual poverty or mental slovenliness, whichever you please. They who read will have their clothing ready for every possible occnslon. and have no serious use for the American "fix,"any more than for the French "machine." But such loose-fitting words as have been mentioned are not nearly as bad as actual slang. This comes in the beginning from Ignorance of words, or their misuse; or else from the wanton perversion of words, or the desire to conceal the meaning from the uninitiated. Many of the slang words in common use are taken from the vocabulary of professional criminals. There Is no need of them. There is no proper place for them. Kach and every slang word that. Is used is a reproach to him who utters it, and an injury to the grand English tongue which it should be our endeavor to maintain In Its strength and cleunness. The New York Club Man lays stress on the Importance of beinir modest In one's Jewelry and in one's neckties and the rest. How much more important Is It to be simple and unaffected In speech. There is reflex action In such things. They who fall into the habit of talking slang will, lis time, think slung, It the phrase be permissible. Flashlness or expression becomes the complement of vulgarity of thought. And the risk Is in the beginning. It Ib natural enough perhaps to laugh at the slang word that falls from a schoolgirl's lips, or drops unexpectedly from the mouth of the shame-faced schoolboy. But the safe way is to bogln at the beginning, and condemn it from the first. With a little time and a little trouble, It should not be difficult to make children as much asham ed of slung as of any other thine that is coarse and unbecoming. For the children of larger growth?especially for the girls of sixteen and the youths of the cane and cigarette period? the cure Is more likely to come by example than by precept, but precept need not be despised. In plain truth, newspapers are more responsible for the dissemination of slang than any other modern agency. What Is worse still is that most newspaper men are fully aware of thi<, but are unwilling to sacrifice the appearance of smartness to old-fashioned Ideas of primness and precision In speech. What would the average newspaper man of to-day think of himself. If he could write such English as Addison and Southcy wrote? No doubt he would expect the newspaper reader to miss the customary spice of illegitimate words and complex phrases. But It would be worth while to try the experiment for a time, and see whether the puplic tuste is so vitiated thatlt cannot appreciate directness of expres- i slon and simplicity of speech. i Tills, however, is travollng away from the subject. The New York Club Man takes it for granted, in all that be writes, that the reader , is "honest, gentle, generous, brave and wise." , Else, he says, "what he learns herein will benefit him little In bis efforts to bea true gentleman." But If he be all that the author hopes ( for, thore is no danger of ill-behavior, or that he will use "slang or "coarse, common lan- 1 guage." How is it with you? Judge Aldrich on Reform. I AfcCormick News. The Press and Banner, one of the ablest weeklies In the State, pours criticism upon the "reform" tnat Judge Aldrich proposed to < make before the grand jury of Beaufort, and I The Neivs cy-liiclues with Brother Wilson. '1 . ,-v v-7,r' . .'/. I " ' . \ ' . ' SUGGESTION FOR LYNCH LAW. An Editor or Two In Imminent Per11...Jury CommlNNioner Who OhJectH to Being Lynched. We are not In favor of lynch law, but Ii Judge Lynch will Insist on holding court, w? would suggest when Juries acquit of the charge of murder,?(when the evidence un mlstakably supports the charge,?) that the Jury Commissioners be taken care of and treated as he deserves to be. If one or two Jury Commissioners were hanged on palpable evidence of Having tarn pered with the Juries which are to try mur derers, the effect would bo beneficial to the peace and dignity of the State. The attention of Judgs Lynch Is directed tc the Jury Commissioners who may bo In neee] of his attention. A little wholesome hanging of Jury Commissioners might ensure the fu ture conviction of notoriously guilty rnen.Abbevllle Press and Banner. Brother Wilson's recommendation Is a rath cr rash one. If such work begins there Is nr telling where It may stop. It might not enc until a couple or so editors had been strunf up. And we are afraid that the editors of tb< Press and Banner and the People would b< elected the first victims by the married breth ren. It's am unpleasant subject to thlnl about, so Stop your foolishness, Brother Wll son, and preach about something else.?5arn well People. And we too would like to put In an objec tlon to such foolishness, for the present a least. We tremble when we read such In flam matory articles as Brother Wilson hai written, for the editor of the Messenger is i member of the Board of Jury Commissioner for Kershaw county and he is very ccrtali that he has no hanKeriug to be lynched. J there's to be a lynching let Brothers WIIsoi and Holmes "dangle" oil' first, and pertuip: by that time we can get off" of the Hoard o Jury Com mission era. Then Kershuw jnrle as a rule Iry to do their duty. No, Brothe Wilson, do not Press any more such ideas up on your worthy Banner?don't!?Wntere Messenger. We have uo idou that the editor oC the Pco pie or the IVaUree Messenger will ever stan< in any danger of being lynched, or even ccn sured for either editorial or official conduct Brethren who are as conscientious cdi tors as they, will never be short 011 ofllcla duty. They will draw Juries according t( law, and we noi. pros, any case against eitlie of them. SEAL & HcHWAINE. Suspended (he Manufacture of Ychl el en. Messrs. Seal & Mclwaine give notice tlm they will discontinue the manufacture o vehicles for the present. They have on hnnc a large stock of manufactured carriages, wag ons and buggies which they propose to 6el before resuming the manufacture of sue! goods. Wishing to clear out their stock, pre paratory to a vigorous push of their boslties next Fall. They hope to sell out everythlni nun* nn hnrwl nml flirise nf nnr rPiiilPTH wh( uiay need anything In theirllne will do well t( call on them. This old and well known establishment ha been In existence ever since the war, and > large business has been done hy the firm Their work lias given great satisfaction am we have never hpard complaint of their busi ness methods. While it is no doubt well no to overstock the market, yet we are sorry fo even the temporary cessation of th'.-ir busi ness. Don't forget the fact that they offer goo< bargains, on accommodating terms. ^Obituary. Died, February 14, 1889, at Lebanon. Lihi eldest daughter of John Q. and Leila 1: Evans, aged, 5 years, 1 month and 17 days. Providence, mysteriously and sorely ai flicted this lovely child, who endured lie suffering, for six month, with wonderful pn tlence. Her disease was of a peculiar type battling all medical skill. .Sad was It to witness her preciousllfo wast ing gradually, day after day, until God claim ed her, as his own. "Safe In the arms c Jesus." For a year or more, it was observed tha she exhibited a strength of mlud and gentl disposition In advance of her tender as;? Her little plans were feasible, and her idea oftlmes profitable, while hir devotion t< parents and friends nolewortrTy. Those wbo knew her, loved licr too well She was "our darling." Happy and consoline, tho thought, Children; wear crowns so bright, The Bible: Infers, this Is taught, Jesus, accords them, the right. S. ma Obituary. Died on Februarys, 1SS9, little Carl Miller Infant son of Jno. T. and Jennie Bryant, age< ten months and three days. For about one month he suftered much; un til that time, his Joyous playfulness, hii sparkling eyes and sweet baby voice, madi him the Joy of the household. But, alas! this precious little flower, (shall ! call It a morning glory?) was to open onlj long enough that we might know its boautj and fragrance, and closed while the freshnesi of the morning dew was yet upon It. Fond parents do not think It cruel that 1 was token ; but the rather thank God tha you tnuy ever remember one so pure ant precious, that was given to you and thcr transplanted In the Paradise of God, hefori it was permitted to fadi;. ' The Lord hath given, and the Lord hall taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.' "I shall go to him but he shall not return t< me." PASTOR. We have several extra quality Gents Leath cr Valises, also a number of cheaper l>adic: and Gents Valises and Boys that we arc of ferlng very cheap for cash. Smith ?Jt Son. Some people Lave a habit of assent ing to everything said to them, with out regard to rhyme or reason. "Oh yes," "Certainly," "No, indeed," "O course," "Yes, indeed," "You ari quite right," and tho like. Mrs. Hen A mi* /\r* a aP < h At<a nl/vnonnf i\?iA1\1q Uiiuivs la uuc \ji bucov jnvaciuiu j/vw|?iv "I think," said Mrs. Hobsou, win was making a call, "that little Mis: Smith is one of the stupidest girls J ever met, and?" "Isn'tshe!" interrupted Mrs. Hen dricks. "And so plain?" "Dreadfully!" "Now, I haven't much beauty my self, but?" "No, indeed," said Mrs. Hendriek cordially. The woman that was cured of he ailment by touching Christ's garmen acted upon a sudden inspiration ; s< many a seeker would receive an anal agous blessing if he would act 011 1 similar inspiration ; for it is the H0I3 Spirit in both eases that movew to con nect by faith with Jesus. It is self-absorption that carves wrin klesin the face, and streaks the liai with gray. Kindly thought and laboi for others dependent and beloved?tlx living out of and not in the pettj round of personal and individual in terests?keep heart and energies fresh If people were as kind to live mer as they sometimes are to dead men there would be be more happy home; and fewer costly funerals. Beefsteafc and potatoes before deatn no more good than silver-mounted caskets ant floral tributes afterward. A New Jerseyman has madca ballot box which cannot be slutted. Now all the country wants is a voter buill in the same way.? Yonkcrs Statesman, A horse attached to a milk wagon in New York stepped on an electric wire which had fallen, and was instantly killed. At its regular session, held in New York Feb. 13, the book Committee selected Homer Eaton, D. D., of the Troy Conference, Book Agent, to lill the vacancy caused by the death of John M. Phillips, the Bishops present concurring in the choice. New York, February 19.?Jesse Calhoun, a descendent of John C. Calhoun, and one of the wealthiest residents of Pike County, Arkansas, committed suicide yesterday by taking morphine, after hearing that his only son had been arrested in Texas for murder. In the superior court for Atlanta 37S jases were returned. Of these fiftynine were for divorce. v V -y-v Self-Judged. BY WII.MAM CLEAVER M'lI.KINSON, D. J). As, let. the load-stone. sinking, near a mass 1 Of lllnty sands wit.li mot.es of iron mixed, ! Those iron motes will Instant upward pass ! Fast on that tractile surface to bo fixed, i While the dull sands, unconscious ol appeal I From that which drew their neighbors upward so, i Inert and cold, no stir of life will feel, No leap of lov?, to lift them froin below: J So, when the Lord, Incarnate from above, Moves among men, Immanucl drawing , nigh, I Some loyal souls elect, nlert with love, And buoyant with endeavor toward the I high, " Spring to his side, feet winged with eager will And, with del glit of love their being stirred, | Plight themselves his. allegiant to fulfil His least behest, and trembling at his word. ; But other souls, alas? their nobler mind ! With mortal chill of worldly torpor numb, - Know not their day of visitation kind : Sudden and s .vlftnnd unreturning come! "It is borne in upon me," as they ? used to say in old times, that I have a message for girls on the subject of J kissing; such a message as an older ? sister who has had more experience oi f life may give to one who is younger. Yrtn. hflbv of three once cave me a jf lesson on this subject. I was "getting r well" for some weeks at one of the nup merous health resorts which are dotted all over our country, and for the most j part, a cherry group of invalids were - gathered there. This wee girl was the - daughter of one, and was at tLe he" witching age when every woman of ,, us all who was true to her womanly r instincts wanted to catch the child in her arms anil hug her. In common with the rest, one day I besought her to give me a kiss. The baby drew herself up with an air and said, "Mannna tells me not to tiss!" t At once the wisdom of the mother imi pressed me, and one phase of indisJ criminate kissing was presented as ? never before. To touch lips that might * carry with them the breath of illness? !j the wise mother meant her child i should run no such risk. s Girls are impulsive ; they would lose 1 much charm if thej* wore not; they i make their dear five hundred friends, t and every time they meet and every [ time they part they kiss one another, The dear five hundred or the most ol them drop out of daily life as the years go on, and are replaced by others, and i:be habit grows until now you may se( (' women kissing each other everywhere f. an the cars, at railway stations, in ali tr public places. Women, too, who arc not friends, but who have only the > barest acquaintance with each other * perhaps they met. a week ago for tht first time. Many who never offer ?ae lutes after this fashion, yet submit tc ' them with an inward protest, lest they > bethought discourteous ill refusiug. A sensitive, delicate lady told me that she was forced to live for some time in a boardiug-house where there were frequent changes. It was one ol the annoyances or ner me uuusue was so often obliged to submit to this disI agreeable contact, or be counted rude. She said in the case of one woman * whom she particularly did not like, - she dreaded for days the time of her [ departure, expecting she must receive \ her good-bye kiss. But, as she put it 5 in her bright way, "Providence kindt ly interfered in my behalf, and made I me ill in bed just then, and so I did \ not see the woman when she left the house." 5 Do not think I counsel any unkind 3 feeling toward others ; far from it. Only remember, a kiss is the most sacred ^ expression of love which you can give - to your mother, or your sister, or your dearest friend; and I tell you now . what I know to he true, that really . refined women, as they grow older, grow chary of scattering such gifts f right and left to every chance acquain a till ICC. After all, my message may be pack. ed that into one word; so expressive j in its modern use, "Don't." s i [ Boiling starch is much improved by the addition of sperm or salt, or both, . or a little gum arable dissolved, A tablespoouful of turpentine boiled with your white clothes will greatly aid the whitening process. Kerosene will soften boots and shoes that have been hardened by water, anil j. will render them as pliable as new. Thoroughly wetting the hair once or twice with a solution of salt and watei c will keep it from falling out. t i ) No lives were lost in the tornadc - that struck Pacolet depot in its course, i February, 18. A number of lives were lost in a cyclone which the sanU - day passed through liibb County, Ala, The same day four persons were killed . in a cyclone, in Burke County, Ga., r John McElree, President of the Sun j Publishing Company, says editorially, - I t-v.l .... 10 ll.n? IITI.nU.nill ;ti ti<\f ir | v curuaiy 10, mat liicuim in ?#?) j can not and will not be affected either . financially or otherwise by the present i embarrassment of its President in , another business. : Cue am Pie.?One-half teacnpful o* i sugar and one tablespoonfui of flour I mixed well together; pour on, a little at a time, three-fourths of a pint of " cream and add Hie white of one egg J beaten slightly. i Three attempts, nearly simultaneous si iu different places, were made to burn j the town of Oraniteville about midI night, February 20. Loss ?l.'>,000. J *? ? i| The United States man-of-war Mon ongahela left Mare Island February 21, for Sarnod. j He who does two men's work will pay for it, sooner or later, with two i men's sufferings. The Savannah River is on a rise, and Augusta is again threatened with , disaster. A little Chicago girl recently defined "pillage" as the art of making pills. "Do you enjoy good health?" "Why, yes ; to be sure; who doesn't?"! FROM OUR SAMOAN CORRESPONDENT. Papicte ? Population --- RpNlneM ? Ituilditics?Shells ? Cor it I ?- King: Mowroft and IIcr MajCNty?Dealli in the Royal Family?Stevenson? Missionaries?Revolting; Custom. Nord Deutscher Lloyd S. S. "Lubeck," En-Route From Apia, Samoa, to Sydney, N. S. W., Australia, Dec. 18, 1888. Dear Neighbor: Having reached a considerable length in that part of my letter relating to the Marquesas Islands, and knowing your aversion to long articles, I have thought it better to make another one of what I have to say about Tahiti, where the Nipsic arrived on the 25th of last October. Papiete (Pap-y-a-ty?soft ys) is the principal seaport of Tahiti, and is the capital of the Society Islands. The population numbers about 6,000 inhabitant?, divided as follows : natives, 90 percent.; French, 4 per cent.; Ameri' cans, 3 per cent.; English, 2 per cent.; and Chinese, 1 per cent. The town, like nearly all seaports, was originally built along the water front, which in Papiete is a half moon I bay. The growth of the settlement : necessitated the extension inland, and i now the town is one of the prettiest ] ! have seen anywhere. Many hand some houses, wide, level streets well " shaded, numerous large and beautiful gardens, and several splendid drives; indeed, the roads, which equal the best drives I have seen in America, are widely known for their excellence, which was attained under the reign of a native queen a great many years ago. France has large government storehouses here for her troops and ships in the Pacific; and tlieTahitian government buildings are also in the town, situa" ted in pleasant public gardens. Business of considerable volume is carried on, fruit being the principal ex! port, and dry-goods, agricultural implements, liquors, etc., the chief im , ports, most of which come from sail ' Francisco. Nine-tenths of the food . consumed by both natives and foreignf ers are produced on the Islands, s Large shipments of pearl-oyster I shells are made from Tahiti to France : where they are utilized for manufac, turing pearl buttons. I White coral is very plentiful and cheap, but if one wishes to get his own ! specimens he lias but to take a boat ; and paddle among the reefs aud collect : whatever pleases his fancy. The large number of foreign resi? dents have imbued the natives with ' some ideas of modesty?externally, at least. Whilst they practice tattooing > considerably, all of them in the town i make some pretense of dressing. i They are about the same color as the ' Marquesans, and, like them, too, they i are magnificent physical specimens of I i ,,, iiiciiuuiuu iavvi I must relate a little incident of my ssoeiation with royalty in this part of the world. One Saturday afternoon a party of us were driving in the country near Papiete, and some one proposed that we visit the late King of the Society Islands. (When France acquired control of the Islands she bought off the rulers, to whom she still pays liberal annuities.) We drove to the country residence of His Majesty, King Mowrea III., and were promptly ushered into his royal presence. He is a man of about fifty, of good physique^ ! but rather broken by dissipation, Our ' reception was most cordial,?indeed, the King seemed greatly pleased by our visit, and thanked us profusely "for huuting him up." One of our i number, (a little the worse for the King's spiritual hospitality, I regret to say) with more curiosity than cour tesy, requested His Majesty to exhibit . Mm modi f.imilv J1S WP Jill ' lUV IVJU1 J ? ... knew, consisted of twelve wives. Without betraying the least annoyance the King politely invited us into the private apartments of the household, where we were each formally 1 presented to Her Majesty?a round dczcnofhcr. Just think of it. Twelve Queens in one country and in one ' house. Preposterous ; I hear you ex1 claim. Well, rather,?inasmuch as the only real Queen, the only legal wife His Majesty has ever had, was ' compelled by his cruelty to leave him when he sold his kingdom to France. Mowrea is enabled and encougaged to > lead this profligate life by the French , government, in the hope that his gross i dissipation will shorten his days, and ? when he dies France will be relieved , from paying his annuity which I amounts to 4n,000 francs ($9,G00.00) per annum. in leturn for his kindness we invited i tbo King to breakfast on the Xijmc the following Monday, which invita lion lie readily accepted, and we Jell him in rare good humor among Her . Majesty. On the morning he was to visit us, a note came oft* "regretting that the King would be unable to fulfill his engagement, owing to a tuddeh death in the royal family." Happening to mention the circumstance to a gentleman ashore that afternoon, what was my astonishment when he informed me that uo death had occurred in the King's family, and that the real eau.se of his inability to breakfast with us was that His Majesty had become too spiritualized for locomotion ! From this little episode you will ob. serve that I have become acquainted with a royal peculiarity not altogether unknown in more civilized countries than the South Sea Islands. Robert Louis Stevenson, the Popular English writer, was in Papiete, having arrived there just before us in his yacht. Doubtless many of your readers saw the picture of him printed I in a recent number of Harper's Mctrja\shic, which, indeed, is a veiy good j likeness ; he id just as thin, long, nervous and stoop-shouldered as the picture represents; wears his hair rather I long, and smokes, I can't tell how many, cigarettes every day. He is a delightful talker, and, as the public knows, a wonderfully clever writer, yet I could not help feeling a measure of contempt, along with pity, when lie admitted that his excessive cigar- j ette smoking was largely responsible for his extreme nervousness and rapidly failing health, but added that he would not and could not give it up# What a shame that the author of the strange story of "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. . Hyde" should be bo miserably weak. The Protestant and Roman mission- f aries have been unable to reform the natives iu some of their evil ways, although they have accomplished a great \ deal in their improvement and enlight- . meut. One of the most revolting cus- , toms is observable nightly in the public . square, and seems likely to continue un. restricted : it is a corruption of the ( "flower dance" called the "Huloo-hu- \ loo." As this dance is practiced in most of the Pacific Islands it is quite S unobjectionable, and is, in many coun- V tries, the national dance, but in Tahiti it has degenerated into a lascivious and brutal sport horrible to witness. ' S. T. Browne. j Wlint OiiKlit Israel to Do ? | The best thiug for Samoa and the I wisest course for the United States, England and Germany to take would I be to surcease from all movements and ? measures of a warlike appearance and submit the matters in dispute to a Conference composed of a member from each of the three governments named and one chosen from Samoa by these three and the fifth from France. All concerned bound, of course, by the J decisions of said Confererenee. Hiviaentiy mere appears to oe aucn alack of agreement between diplomats and those connected with them that a satisfactory settlement of the Samoan troubles does not appear In < the near peaceable futureGreater matters than the Samoan troubles have been kindled by a smaller fire than that which, as yet, is not in a blaze. May it die out without ever blazing. The governments which are immediately concerned should be fully persuaded before endorsing the course of action which has been taken or may be taken in Samoan affairs by their officials. When a way that is wrong has been / entered upon every step ^ from bad to r worse ; and when the right?the more v excellent way?is adopted it is easy to follow the things that make for peace ?things which abound along the way of righteousness and truth. However wide of the international and diplomatic lino these unofficial ' A 9 I _ .1 1 ... ? suggestions may ue, anu nowever n "contemptible" may be the speech of a private citizen in the eyes of great V men in authority, there is one thing i we can affirm with confidence: If those men, many or few, who may be entrusted with the settlement of the Samoan troubles be true Christians and will, each for himself, fast and pray to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, two days before meeting together, and appropriate the first day of their meeting to united prayer for Divine guidance in settling existing troubles, all concerned may be satis- ' tied, in advance, that the settlement will be according to truth and righteousness, and then shall peace come in the place of trouble, and so far will such a "treaty" conducted under the auspices of Christian diplomacy, conform the kingdoms or governments concerned to the kingdom of "our Lord and of his Chri.-t." No emergency can come to pass between man and man or between nation and nation to which the principles of the Christian religion do not apply and for a right disposition of which they do not provide. If rulers of nations, and in nations, would remember that they are under an auHmfiftr liirrlior flioti tlio liiirlinaf 1)11 luwwvj, u.g.jv.. ?m.. w..? "'t! , man authority, and would obey that highest authority, even as they would have their subjects to obey them, the obstructed era of "pcace on earth and good will toward men," would burst forth from national imprisonments and "all nations, and kindreds, and people and tongues" would join the heavenly host in praising God, and saj'ing, 'Glory to God in the highest.' To say that any war is necessary or unavoidable is to say that the Chris-, tian religion is faulty or {truthfully) | that men who thus speak will not have Christ to rule over them, preferring weapons of war to wisdom. The four States admitted into the Union by Congress, Feb. 20, are North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington. Such an event, admitting four Mates into tlfe Union all at once|lias never before occurred in the history of the Iiepublic. Some other name than 'Washington" would be bettor for the fourth one, this the people will find I uuu It is probable that Mr. Stanley, the explorer, is either dead or alive. Correspondents, reporters, telegrammers and cablegrammers can now speak either way or both ways, whichever j may be "the latest." Hick Piks.?Four eggs, well beaten, stirred into a quart of milk, two cups boiled rice, sweeten to taste and flavor. When boiling rice add a little salt. Bake with under crust same as custard pies. lie v. W. Carson who has rented a house inForeston appends: The Supply on Salters Circuit takes fine with the people nil round. The preacher on Foreston Circuit, holds his own well. The preacher who leaves the parson age prouerty in worse condition than that in which he found it needs a fatherly talk from the presiding elder. That J. CJ. Blaine is to be in Mr. Har rlson'a cabinet seems to be settled; I consequently there is one pain minus across the misery of the curious. I