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f HIMIBBII H I i'l I I IHJG The Press and Banner. AliBEVILLE, &.C. / "Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1889. Abbeville Joins the I'niverbal lamentation. A meeting of the citizens in the ('tinil l House was held at 12 o'clock on Wednesday. | Beautiful and titling resolutions were passed, j The church hells wcrfl tolled and there weiri memorial services held in I'reshjterian and I Methodist churelie*. in the latter Mr. r. j Ca*on, by special request of i!io Literary I club, read an essay on "Mr. Davisand Ills rise and full of the Confederate tioveriiinent." It was a thoroughly prepared paper, reviewing Mr. Iiavls from his hirih to the last days ot his life, entering fully Into all the details of political career and dwelling with great fervor and eloi|ueneo upon those strong Southern principles for which he fought and died a political death, and which endeared himtouli who love the true, the nobtc and the brave Statesburj; wiys, fittingly in her tribute to Mr. Davis. "In liini we recognize the hero and the martyr?intrepid in danger and devoted and unyielding in defeat.' His lidelily to all ollleini trusts ; his high Intellectuality-, his splendid mental acquirements; his Vrilliaiu military lecord; his pure morality; his dignified demeanor in prosperity and in adversity; Ids vicarioiiHutt'erln^s horue without eoniphinl, entitle his memory to our respect, our admiration aud our alleetton, ? Look Out for (in* Kiiuine Wlien Von Hoar (lie Uliistlo. It really seems to us that our dream of ad ditionai railroad facilities is to be realized, and tliat Abbeville is at last to be on a great iron highway from east to west. We will then look to new trade cent res and new lines of travel. l!ut with all the po.-sihililios in < store for Abbeville, she must work out liei own destiny. The railroad of itself will no! build a town. The building of a city Is left ' with the people, and they must, build it. < lur I ndvantasies and our opportunities will avail nothing without, the Individual ell'ort. ami i concentrated action ol the people themselves. < The question then is, what arc they going to do to draw business uml capital to the town? I Are they going to put forth renewed enemy i IU SUCTICU, CUUI ill umunuviiuDvii ....v w. , J fesslon ? y As competition iticreiiscs, tlio individual I ' inust work harder than ever before. Peoplt who have nothing but stout hearts and will I Ing hands, must work hurder lor a living in the great busy centres than we do in the rur- < al town!). A few landowners and other fortunate men I may get rich by the presence of the new rail- ' road, but the great mass of our people mus>l make their money in the old way. The Abbeville Oil Mill. The machinery of the Abbeville Oil Mill is < now running smoothly and satisfactorily t?< the stockholders and managers. The first oil was made last Thursday, since which tinn the work has been going on regularly. Very little or no trouble was experienced in setting | the machinery to going, flic making of oil i- , becoming to be an important Industry, and j we presume the time is not distant when oi | mills will be put up at all important railroad j towns. We learn that the mills at Ninety-Sis i and Greenwood aredoing well. Ifour triend* j at McCormick, Donalds, and Lowndesvill- , would invent In similar enterpreses tliej , would be public benefactors, and would i:<> | doubt reap a haudsomo dividend from tueir | Investment. i Memorial Services. 1 S. C. Cason, Esq.. read an essay in the Mctli odist Church last Wednesday 011 Jefferson? < being a historical sketch ol the great chieftain's lite nnd death. I In the Presbyterian Church the pastor. Rev. . J. Lowrie Wilson, delivered an eulogy on tin 1 life and characierof the deceased, comparing, or running the parallel of Moses and the chil- < dren of Israel in the wilderness, with Mr. I)a- i vis's leadership of the Southern people. All the places of business were closed foi I the time, and nearly everybody went to on< I or the other churches, I The public meeting in the Court House \va> i reasonably well attended, a full account o; I the proceedings of which we give in anothei f column. ( (innriliiiK Against Fire. The Abbeville Oil Mill Company have taken great care to protect their property from fire. On the high tower they have placed p large tank, from which run pipes into Unbuilding, with ready hose to throw the wat?*r on either in both tloors, If necessity should arise. 1 In addition to this they have attached on< / of Latimer's steam fire extinguishers lo the ^ blow*oft' cock of the engine, so that the buildI Ing may be tilled wiih hot. water and steam ^ In the shortest time possible. . In addition to all this, barrels tilled with water stand around in different pasts or tin , flooring. Tiicso precautions very much reduces ttis* J, risk from fire. Tlie Loan <?;'? t.ov.-r. ^ On next Monday night. I>. ni t Troy, In Wldenisin's liall. iiie nii'iiii.i-ix ? ! Mm* f Social Union Literary Club will -..Ivan entertainment, the especial features of which ? I \ be an entertaining drama, culled Tin.* I.oai: ol a Lover," niter which tney will lvml.-r a 3 farce. Some of ihe dramatic stars of that i pecial neighborhood will lake p.-iri in tbe per formance. anil "hold as 'twere the mirror up si to nature." After this treat a rapid transit will he made lo tin* comforts of the Inner 1 man, and oysters in every style wi I .serv- 1 ed. The attractions ot Hits entertainment 1 are so varied, that each person will find t something to please his eye, his ear or'his palate. The purse si rings will be opened for the * benefit or the Literary Club. The WilliniiiKtoii Female College. The Wllliamston Fomalc College is one ' of the best institutions in the State, and its usefulness in educating young ladies , is acknowledged everywhere. Many of the . best young ladies of this county received their education at this institution, and wheneuera former student of tnat college is lobe lound.a friend of President Lander is pres ent. The next session opens February 3. 1890, and all parents who think of sending , their children at any of the schools outside * of Abbeville county, should write to Kev. S. Lander, D. 1)., Williamston, S. C. A Mean Act. Miles Cole, a colored citizen living near Ah- J bevllle village, met with a serious lo>s lad Thursday night. Someone broke open his * his stable, and willi a knife or other sharp In- ' strument, cut one of the legs of his animal, s 1 as to disable it. The horsi; was valued :it >l"J"i. v A meaner thing was never done, and we hope } that the perpetrator of the deed may he prop- 1 erly punished for his cowardly and cruel act. I Fix Ins S';?. TheC. & (J. railroad authorities si cm lo he t paying some attention lo tbe Abbeville | . branch, for which tin? public arc ginl- fi.l. \ Some time ago, the tract: lor severil miles < Wr was laid with steel rat!.*, a.id n>.\ tbe track t and side tracks about ti.e ?! .? : taw been > bcnutilully levelled Uj<, Mid m >d - as n:<-c as V possible. t ( * oir for 4'linrIesto:i. Mr*. SassarJ, and her family, !ef' A . vI !o i i yesterday 10 jnalte Charlesiriu their ru!iir<-|i home. She leaves to he witli her son. Mr. m . .Arthur Sassard, who is a print-rcm the X< ? . > ktt tinil fvturli-r. Mr. A. J> iiamhlin has rciiteil |H? her dwelling house on Kloral I! 1!I. ami wiil move to town t > engage in t!ie st.cit trade. j Assessor"* Notice. Auditor Jones lias an Important notice for you In another column. Head it, and come squarely up to the scratch. ? - - ? Mtt. William Pkkky, ? hove legs were leal- 1 |y burnt some two weeks a;*o, died at the poor ' house last Tuesday eveniui?. His burns wciv * hucIi us to leave hut Utile hone that, he could ' live, l?ut the end was not thought to be st. 1 near. The amputation of both Ivsis wasd< cm- 1 ed a necessity to give at least a chance of lit--, ! and the physicians thought it doubtful if lie ' could survive the operation. I!< leaves ti\ 1 1 chlldien. who are orphans ii;de. il. 1 IK subscribers to the I'icss <111 <1 /!< 111 tier want ' to'subscribe for another |apcr lliat will be ?it 1 pecuniary advantage to them, let them give 1 us DO cents in addition to their subscription to 1 this paper, and we will send them llie Stuih- \ em Cultivator, Ihc subscription price of which 1 is one dollar. 1 Tiik Union Literary Club of ltrndley ami |1 Troy will Rive an entert-iinment. at Troy on 1' Monday niclit, i>ecember lr-i, in Wideinan's I 1 Hall. An admission fee will be charged, and j' the proceeds will be used for enlarging tie. ir 1 * library. Thk Ladies- of Verdery and vicinity will plve a Christinas Tree ami festival at the Ver- . ucry Academy on l?ee. 21th for the-benefit of! to attend. It will eommencc at e:ii;d'e-ii;;ii!. I Nkxt Wednesday will bo < hristuias day. How (loot! til" vcill's account s'and with yoii y I . Have you done your uuty ? If not, will you! innkcthc reparation as lar as in your p-nvu' lies ? The resolutions by citizens of I'hoi nix was j k sent In lime I'or publication last week, It.i , K they went crowded out. '1 lie* delay Is ourj fault. We hope to he excused. p It is thought that the stores in Abbcvillei K^k will t>e, as usual closed on < 'lirisl mas day, but , of this we have not been Informed ]-.o.<li'ivu!y. | John Panhsy, white, killed a tiejsro nntnid John liltfhy, last week, near llouca l'aih,. The dilliully aiose over a game ol eards. I( Mr. A. W. Smith left last Saturday to buy j' a lot of mules, which he will oiler on the Ah ' bevlile market this week. i NEWS FRCM NINETY-SIX. 5n(crfs!in^ Talii of IVoj?l? ami Of! Aboui tf?? Elisjurie | Tom 11. XlNETY-SlX, 1)CC. 17, I SSI I. ) The Kev. G. II. Carter pivaelicMliis last ser! in >ns tor tin* year in the ISaptisl ehiiro.h last Sunday fiinl snmlay iiiv.lit His congrcsja-1 : tioo k-.toi to^ivi' linn n|i. i <\?|. I'ls.-y lias moved into tlio I'opp linnsc. \V. S. lingers and wili*. of I .aniens. were i jover Sunday visiting lint former's laiher. Livestock at Floyd's sale unprecedented prices. W.I?. Anderson has hough! t.lio Stewarl plantation near town and will move in nil New Year. \V. II. Frazier sold to Mr. < iiazetier ln?-t Saturday sixty-live bales <>!' cotton at good |>> Miss Clam-he (irillifh, of I.ewiedalc, lias been visiting Miss Nannie Itogcrs. Mr. A. S. < ishornc lias rented Mrs. L. It. Jones place lor IS'.ki. The I lev. M. I h abitant and family have iii >ved in. Miss I'.enie Hill, of Crcetiwoo I ha? lieon visiiiin; her l.'ucle, Cap!. (I. M. l,ip>conib ami family. The Missionary Tea at Muj. Fotiehc's on last Friday niulit was a success. Mrs. W. U. Smith, of Chappcls, has been in Ninety-Six lately visiting friends. Mr. .1. <'. Foster and wife will I ma i'd at Hotel de Turner next year. Col. l?avid Aiken, of Coronaea was in town last Saturday. The candidates for Con gress nro numerous. Mrs. sherrard, mother of Me>srs. Samuel and W. V. Slierrard is in (own visiting the latter. Col. W. I\. Flake is a regular practitioner In .1 udge M iller's court. < Uu" 01! mill is running on full time. Miss lioules, of Newberry, is visiting her sister Mrs. I?r. II. M. .1 uliaii. Ninety Six is the place to huy your Christinas toys, ite. .Mr. :l. C. <irlUin lost, a considerable qtmntity of seed cotton 1 >y theft recently. ! A bridge over Wilson's creek oil the new rut road will lie built soon?very s.miii we . hope. * , Mr. J. II. I Slake, the President of the County A lliance, was down recently. Mr. i'lakc is tlm right man in the right, place. , 'apt. liyrd, Treasurer or tner. k.iV h. railroad was in town last week, hook out for the L'imine. John AV. Konshe who was hurt at Colmn t>ia last Wednesday by t ho discharge of a cannon, was the son of W. L. l'ooehc of tills dace. Mr. J. T. I!o/.eman has bousnt a farm near town and will j;o Into the dairy business. Miss Jennie Gordon, of Alabama, is visiting "fiends in town. The new ISaptist minister, Mr. Carroll, will 1 jccupy Mr. L. M. Fouehc's house. Dr. W. A. Sanders represented Kureka Lodi-eat the Grand Lodge at the last comnnnication. EAST END. THE G., C. & N. RAILWAY. ['otiIrnetors al Work Xcar Saluda Stiver?Hard Work and i'leiily of : It in Sight. 1 A second visit to the "Villago in the Pines," las demonstrated the accuracy of my state- l nent in my last note, that Mr. Hallvburton, liaiiro'td contractor on the (?., C. & X. lload. I s h veterau in tlie work, and means business, i Indeed, I was surprised that so much had leen accomplished lu so short a time. There i.> heavy work, and plenty of it, near the riv-r, in vol vim; the excavation of an immense I ut, both as to length and depth. The earth from this cut is to tie drawn for a great distance to till the depressed surface near the < river, and while the work necessarily grows lowly, it pro jr. sscs satisfactorily both to the < irtuploycr.and the employed. Hock has been struck in several places < which will somewhat retard the work, but wi ward Is the word, and on they go. i Mr. Hallyhurton has actually engaged on the work, S"> laborers and some.'fci to 40 mules, lie hopes that alter Christmas, lie will be able to employ 25U to :;iK) hands. ills use of tramways and s'do tracks will i jnable him to dispense with the use of many iti imals. i i On Wednesday nS^lit, one of his laborers l jccame Involved with another In it illllicully, i :he one shooUni; the other in ilio nnper pur- I ion of the loft breast. Dr. Austin was called i md upon probing t he wound failed to lind the 1 jullct, but thinks that it glanced from a rlt>, md lodged behind the shoulder. The suffer- i >r was doing weil on yesterday, (Saturday.) | The would-be murderer has made his escape. S'atnos not remembered. More anon. I VIATOR. VERITABLE VERDERY. I Ileitis of i'crsoiis mid Tilings Abnn! j tlie Town. \ Vkudkky, S. ('., Dee. W, 1SS!I. I Merry, merry Christinas will soon bo Here. 1 There are quit-' a stir and bustle everywhere ' n and around Verdery. I The ladle s of the town anticipate having n l 'hristmas tre?* in the Vcnlery Academy the 1 ve before Christmas. Hope It will boa sue ess, and a happy and pleasant event to all i vho arc present. I Miss Alma Williams, one of our prettiest oung ladies, returned homo on Monday af- ' era pleasant slay of three months in Kdgc- s ield and Wheel ess, (ia. Mrs. M. M. Lipscomb, has returned from n risit to her dau^ilier, Mrs.Twliurus, of Augustn. c Mr. W. llayi-s, a handsome niul p>ipular I ruling man,of Newberry, spent several days n town last week. * . Mr. Marsh >11 Dnk<-s and vvif, of Florida, in* yisitiivr relatives in tow I.1. 1'.. I5r:!t, a haiMs-nne and dashing ihystcian, ..| Hordeaux. is now l-'eaied in'our ' i%vi" 11 u*?!! m :i l i:*t? hi* nrnf'?n*lnn Wo 'Xtend 11ii > a iii-iii!y uelcomi', and are tclinl a have liiui in our midst. Mi\s Lola Williams has charge of t!ie Wlion public chm>) near Hani l?ih*?r. ' We ;irc fortunate In securing the service nl di?s (JiiIIkiuii as teaelser !<>r tin- coming year. ^ .Mr. ami .Mrs. J. II. Scott with iin-iV sweet s uid interesting litt-ie son, spent scvcr.il days ii Ninety-Six last week. s Mrs. I<. K. sinitli, mi' Snneiai. accompanied i ly her tieaulil'nl little daughter are visiting ' rieiul.s and relatives in town. A 15 C s . o I THE WINTKRO? TRAINING SCHOOL. * i In Ahheiiibie Correspondent is Highly IMoaspil With I!is Visit to That ( Institution. > C'oj.vmiiia, S. Dec. Hi, 1SS!?. Editor Press (aid Banner: ( We have Just returned fro in a visit to the i iVinthrop Training School for teachers, pica-'- ] mtly located In this city. Never have we ?-rn more favorably impre>sed with school vork than we were to day. It was our pleas- 1 n e to viiit Severn I school rooms filled with ' msy workers. These tooms were well supdied wilii I lie iati st charts, globes, maps and , tiier school apparatus. The walls of each ooni were tastefully di-corated with mottoes, 'rained pictures and also with beautiful lesions drawn on blackboards. Teachers and ] >?plis alike were deeply interested in their ' vork. We felt sure that no ehild would for >ne moment regret the day it. entered any oi i lie school rooms of the Winthrop Training School. In these rooms young ladies from every ,,'ounty in the State arc doing practical school j ,vork?work that will enable them to more . ueeessfully teach in their r<--i>-ciive (,'otni- ' ies when they have i-oni| !e;-d Iheir course icre, This successfully mi !.h i -.1 seliool is < indcr the supervision ur iVof i>. Johnson 1 A*iio is id so tiie S'.^K-rint -ml iiit o: Uio public 1 icl.ools ol t 'ohliiil;!:'. < i'ref. Joha.so.'i i.- an e.i: ii---:?, able. Christian I (cntl-inuo i<nd i* we.I w.irliiy l ie honored |>0.-iti0ii which In- M>>v holds. N. O. I'VIjS-X 1 Southern Stodent-i. i lol'K INS 11AI ?i 7. The Southern students of Jolins Hopkins I'liivcrsit.v met tit live I'. M., this afternoon II iu< iiioi'illlii ol .!( :!? Troll Ilavls. I:i!e i|. Mr. Pay of Louisiana, was el> cted i'lesi-l lent of the iiiit'Sis:*/, :ui?l Mr. I Suss of Ala-' i ilua, St c! etar.v. Tin-object of the lilcclitlJ j a ;ss Mated, anil 111 chair s:f K? <! lor sug-.-es- j ions as to methods <ii' procedure from any i ?ne prcs-ni. Alter yninu f< nernl remarks, .solutions 1;.iiii-i.|inir the death of .lellcrson i I>.?vis :tla t sympa!Inziiiic Willi tlic bereaved i amily, were ri-iul mmI unanimously adopted. i lli?> i|iifiy was then raised Ijy tin: chair:! Shall these resolutions j:o lurtli :;s pas-ed by | Hie soiillici ii members id the 1* si I v?*i sit y. or' from ihe 1* Diversity as a whole','-' Alter a lively it was decided to send tliein ! ortli as resnliitions from the Southern mem-1 iiei*s, :ts such sentiments and feeli iiirs could he j xproscd by unite other than a true -.South-< i ncr. The nest query was: '-shall the reso-j utioii< he si'.tnt-d l?y a committee or hy the ntire iiieml>er.>h;ji?" It was unanimously;, lceidedlhat they he signed hy the entire j" membership, as each member longed to si.-n . Ii is name to the hist tribute of love and ic-j peel .shown to the deceased leader of theCoiic.h r u-y. Tin- students generally paid warm j iributes to tlie memory o! the departed he-io ! \V. f. 1;KI,I,. j Mi:. II. I'. Me't.w VtNr.'st infant babe lliatj lias been vi.-ry >iek for several mont is, is no j lic-tter. 'i'tt!-: business ol Ihe Abbeville postoHiee lias been ijuite good f ir t he last quarter. Tilk weather,"since the tir-t ot lu-ceinber, lias been warm and Spring-! ik'-. Oris merchants are selling quantities of ioods for the t'hristmas holidays. Captain \Vai?k K. Cothkan, of Miilway, was in town last Friday. Ij'iok out for A. W. Smith's mules, which will be here this weelc. I yon want a good mule, call on Mr. A. W.' smith. Till-: Abbeville 1 til Mill was started last. Kriilny. GREENWOOD'S LETTEY. Personal >*otes---The Reason Why .Tlarried S,:?die> Do Not Act as Wailers?When Sherman's Heart Will .TieIt?1The <i., C. A X. (JKKK.nwooii, POO. 10, 18SD. ! Wo have been taught that if wo have nothI in<r i<> say, the host tiling we can do is to say I notliiiiaT. We observe the maxim in our | nolcs I his wcclr. Mr..J.T. Mel.oes ami .Mr. Frank Arnold caoh lost a valuable horse last week from folic. Now residences are going up on every hand. That, of Mr. A. < . Younijhlood's is iihout ready for oenpaney. Mrs. Nannie Sharp Agnew, of Mulhcry, was shopping in town last. week. The Nix stock here is in char no of Mr. E. 15. I'ixoii and is being rapidly sold out. Mr. Dacus, of Greenville, was in town last wi"'!t. Memorial services appropriate to the ocoasion were held hero on the day of Mr. Davis funeral. Mr. W. ('. Anderson is preparing to hulld. The lievotional meetings of the Y.M.C. A. are well attended. 11, is ononirh to molt the heart of Sherman himself to read over Mr. Davis account, of his arrest and incarceration in Fortress Monroe. The editor seems perplexed to know why married people do not participate us groomsmen and bridesmaids at weddings. It is easy enough of explanation when we remember that wedding etiquette requires lliat the bridesmaids be younger than the bride, and who over heard of a married lady being younger than an unmarried one. We are informed that the Times is to he published at Abbeville. If our State debt can be liquidated by the sale of its phosphate rights, the royalty on which now only pays about one-half the interest, \ve think It would be wise to sell. Mr. Halliburton is engaged on a contract on the <!., <'. it N. railroad on one side of town, while Mr. Sullivan with a large force of hands is engaged on the other side on the same road. Mr. Marshall Dukes carried several negroes ;iw?iy from here on last Tuesday to work on notion farms in Texas. Mr. .las. 15a i ley is still very low. M r. Rotifer has the contract for making the deep cut through town by which the O., C. tfc N. railroad will pass under the other roads lie begun wot It Monday. (.'otton receipts tor the week ending Deq. M, C! bales. Previously reported 1<),:|38 bales. , i'otal 11,271 bales. S. , ? i i ? Contributed Locals. Ar.itKVii.i.K, S. Dee. 10,1KS!I. The marriage bells have been ringing again in Ml. Carmei. Married, ou the Wth at 10 t>'cloek a. in., Hev. A. L. Patterson, Mr. , lllack well, of On., and Miss Funnie McCallis- , ter. We extend congratulations to the hup- , py couple. Ou the loth Mr. J. II. Oidam and wife, of Cireenwood were shopping in Abbeville. Mr. W. It. Powell and 15. A. Uoyd were in ' town one day last week paying taxes. The hot supper given on tlie 10ih instant by the ladies of Mt. Cur in el for the benefit of the , Methodist church wasa very enjoyable occasion, and the proceeds of thecveningamount ?d to ?37. Messrs. W. W. Black and J. S. Wolls, of tlie Valley town, were In Abbeville lust Tuesday paying taxes. Mr. black tells us he has sold out all Ills Interest in ML Cannel and will in the future make his home elsewhere. Mr. J. W. Morrah and family paid a visit to Augusta last week. Mr. J. W. Morrah, of ML Cannel has a tine lot of drove hogs for sal.! at -1 and 5 cents. Mr. J. II. Watson has rented his norne in Ml. Caimel to Mr. 11. W. Knox, and has mov d to his river plantation. liev. VV. A. Gaines will occupy the residence if Airs. McDonald next year, (in Mt. Carmel.) On last Friday, Capt. E. Cowan and his .'harming daughter, Miss Ada were in town. Miss Willie l)orn, of Oo.'nvllle, .S. C., is visiting relatives in Abbeville. Miss Mamie Murry is visiting friends in the Valley town. This day (Wednesday) week Is Christmas, lie looking up pour presents, and let all remember the poor. Do the children know whose birthday Christmas the 25th of December is? On Lit is day Christ the Lord was born, then remember how you celebrate the birthday of ihcKlng ol Kings. He cheerful and happy nul have kind and loving hearts toward ail mankind. This Is Chrlst-llke. 'flic show-windows of our stores present an ittractirc appearance this week. Take n [>eep at them as you pass along. We are glad to see Dr. Mabry up and able to >e ou streets again. Last Saturday was a very busy day !n town. When you come to Abbeville so and see tho jil mill in full blast. Mr. Ed. Koach and family have moved to heir residence on Magazine Ilill. TltniiMliK l>U,wlL'..r M... rn.rmf I' see her leave Abbeville to make bcr home in 'harleston. in her departure, the church I vill loose a useful, working member, and the 1 own a worthy and respected citizen. She .vill have the good wishes of all thin people | or her future happiness and prosperity Id l.er j tome by the sea. Miss Mamie Davis nccom)anlcs Mrs. Sa<sard to CliarleKton, where she vill spend the winter. Miss Annie White, of ML Carmcl is visitng Miss salllc Scott and other friends In Ab- ' n-ville. < Miss Mamie McDonald leaves to-day 18th, t 'or her home in New York. We wish her a < afc and pleasant trip. M. Tiie largest stock atul best assortment, of ( htlilren's ribbed hose, now ottered at aston- 1 shingly low prices at H addons. Not too late to secure a bargain In winter 1 vrap Jacket,new market, a few nice garments till on hand at it. M. iladdon and Co. A few pairs Ladies French kid button shoes ' illered at less than real value. Call at once. | It. M. Unddon and Co. ' All kinds of embroidery silks at Iladdon's. Call at Smith it Son's for old fashion pure nick wheat Hour. ( Smith & Son have just received a barrel of genuine old fashion unaduiterated buck . v it eat. We have reduced the home-made finger , ihoes fjom fl.70 to ?1.51). W. Joel Smith & | >011. t Call on Smith it Son for the best man's ilioes lor Sr-jO you ever saw the celebrated ( inger shoe, at a greatly reiluccd price. A good buggy whip given with etch fifty , rent package of Baird's Horse and Cattle 1'owlers at Speed's Drug Store. When you are out buying Christmas pros- 1 Mils don't, tail to see tlie pretty goods at speed's Drugstore. Don't tail to takcadvantago of the ofl'er of i good buggy whip with a fifty cent package , >1" Cattle powders, the whip alone is well .vorth the inonoy, for sale only at Speed's ( L>rug Store. 1 As the year is fast drawing to a close weconinuc offering bargains in almost every detriment of our stoek. li.M.Haddou und Co. J Flour! Flour!! Flour!!! Don't forget ,v!ien you need a barrel of Hour. They now | iller for sule one thousand barrels of llour. ( White brothers have just received an en irely new stock of tnu/./ie and breech-load < ng sidgle and double-barrel guns. liny yonr sugar, codec, tea and molasses join White Brothers. I While Brothers have had an immense trade n ready-made Clothing, hut they have reilenishcd their stock several times and still lave a great many attractive tilings In suits i:id overcoats. For Christmas Trade!!! 1?00 pounds plain andy, 'J'.!) pounds French candy. French eailly, French candies and fruits in fancy boxes, l-'?i pounds citron, 50 boxes raisins, 300 pounds siirraiits, nuts of all kinds, oranges and ap|des. All the s'bove at W'lilte Brothers. Bos I Florida oranges, apples, bananas, pears mid grapes at Hill ?fc Sons. Ilii: A- Son arc receivlnir fresh fruit overv Jay. I( yon want good fruit go to Ilill ?fc Son's fruit store. If you don't believe Angcline will cure 1 Cli<-ttiti:<tisni iry a bottleof It, For sale only ill Speed's Drug Store. Nothing is so useful in u poultry yard as Imperial Kug l?'ood. li keeps the chicks bright, lieallliy and cheerful, besides niaUing them wonderful egg producers. For sale only at Speed's Drug Store. l>r. K. I<. Wilson's Denial ollicc is over K. \V. '.^union's store. Those who sutler wil.li their teeth, can tiud relief by calling ou him there. Clo to Smith & Son's for pure barley and rye seed. I'ir.sh ami velvets nil the lending shades .TO \ li). 75 and 51 per yard at H. M. Jladdou <k Co l'lush and cloth wraps at It. M. lladdon & Co. Now is the time to provide yourself with a] winter wrap. jackets, new markets, and mod- j jeskasat It. M. lladdon & Co. I'm-children's ribbed hose go to Win, K. lie! I. S-.imo rich novelties in trimming brasld j with ornaments lo match may tie seen at It. J M. !!:i<ldnli Co. Ilarli-y ! barley !! Von can buy home rals- ' ed seed barley fiom While lirothers. Misses and children's wraps in all shades.; J'riccs low. W. R IJell. I have goods coming in everyday by ex-! pivss or freight, so you can get. what you wantami the very latest styles. \V. K. IJell. For style ami good goods W. K. I'ell's is the, place to go. hales of brown homespun to arrive In 7-S i ami I I goods. Look out for low prices. \V.! i;. I Sell. Call on Smith .t Son for seed wheat. Two choice varieties, Southern raised, to arrive) this week. "I'urple Straw" seed wheat for sale by Smith i iV Son. Those in tieed of seed wheat would do well i to call on Sinilli iV Son. We are receiving Koine choice varieties ol pure seed. ' x C'liriMtmas in t'-oming1 And don't forget Unit there i? now on exhibition the largest hihI bcfct selected stock of fancy plush dressing cases, work and jewelry boxes gold pens and pencils, inlrrortfj marlcure sets, oxidized silver goods, fancy, colognes, etc. that has been brought to this town for some years at Speed's Drug Store. Why Do you lie awake all night with Nervous dyspepsia or Indigestion when a wineglass of l?r. Westnioreliind's Calisaya Tonic will roiieveyou In lifluen inlnntes. Warranted or 110 pay. For sale at Speed's Drug Store. The nicest present, in town for a lady or gen llcman wonlil ho one ol those gold pens or pencils at Speed's Drugstore. The best goods in ladies, children and mls?es rubber circulars arc to be had Irom It. M. I laddon <C Co. My object Is to sell good goods nt n small prolit. W. K. Hell. Highlands healing powder will cure any sore, horse flesh may be heir to, or money rel'unded. For sale only at Speed's Drug Store. K. M. Iladdon & Co., have reduced prices 011 all (heir cloaks and jackets, lie sure and see their stock before buying. They have a full assortment.and guarantee to please you in price, quality and fit. A few of those seal plush wraps still left at Haddon's. These goods are real dressy and are sold at very low prices. No need to go Irom home, when you can buy as good goods at less prices right at your door. Iladdon & Co., can give you short or long wraps In light and heavy weight, and at prices far below their value. Don't forget to buy your clothing from White Brothers. Their slock of Fall and Winter suits and overcoats cannot be surpassed. Try a suit of their elegantly fitting clothing and then in the future you will not' have any other make. Remember we carry a llneof Priestley's celebrated black and grey silk warp ami all-wool fabrics. These are the most thoroughly reliable goods In the market. They are made of the finest silk and wool and are the same in nnalltp, weight width aud shade. 1C. M. Iladdon & Co. A choice lot of "lied May" seed wheat to arrive tills week. Smith ,t Son. I'll re select fresh seed wheat can be had of W. Joel Smith it Son. First buy a valise, and then fill it with tine clothing, the very best unlnundricd or laundried shirts, drawers, socks, collars, handkerchiefs, cravats, undershirts, and whatever Look at those beautiful cnrpets and rugs at the store of White Brothers. Carpeting was never cheaper than it is this season. As a special bargain, a good quality Df Brussels carpeting Is ofl'ered at 50 ccnts per yard. White Brothers. The handsome line of French flannels for blouses and jackets ever brought to Abbeville Lo be had at Iladdon's. Baskets of every description at W. E. Bell Shoes for boys nnd girls In nil grades, and very cheap. P. Rosenberg & Co. We have a splendid stock of boots and shoes. Call on us when In need of the same. Smith & Son. Received last week th-ee cases of dress ;oods. Every yard to be fold at a great reiuction in price. Wm. E. Bell. Full line Fall and Winter calicoes, ginguams and Satines at R. M. Xiaddon <fc Co. If you want rust proof red oats lor seed ; irou can find the purest and best at the store it White Brothers. , Gentlemen who want a real fine suit nnd 1 ihc best fitting clothes should buy from P. Rosenberg & Co. Every one is cordially invited to Inspect )iu Immense stock ol'flue clothing. P. Rosenberg & Co. : If you wish to buy a nice garment, you ! should see the bargains Win. E. Bell oilers in indies winter wraps. See wlint Wm. E. Bell has to say nbout bar;ains puring the month of December, lie 1 jan save you money. ' We are constantly receiving choice Florida | iranges, fine Northern apples, pure candies, lie best crackers etc. that the markets afford. , Sin J Hi arid Son. Fresh nuts, raisins, currants, citrons etc. for Christinas fruitcakes can be fouud ut Smith fc Son's. We have just received a big stock of al- ' nonds, English walnuts, Brazil nuts, pecans, ill fresh and good. W. Joel Smith ?fc Son. Housekeepers, go to Smith and Son's for :hc ingredients for your fruit cakes. Every .iiingin that line sweet and fresh. We have a large stock of Indies and misses ;!oaks, walking Jackets, modjeskas and new markets and will sell them at reduced prices. ['. Hosenberg & Co. The ladies attention Is called to our reduced iriecs on cloaks, wraps, walking Jackcts, and lew markets. 1\ Hosenberg & Co. All the ladles in need of an elegant walking aeket or new market should call on us. P. ilosenberg & Co. Another big lot of those famous ten cent 1 locks Just received. P. Ilosenberg & Co. ! We desire to call the attention of our friends mil the public generally to our full stock oi irocerles. We pay particular attention to 1 ,ho wants of the Inner man, and keep always in hand everything desirable in the way of icavy groceries, flour, meal, bacon, lard, moussea, sugar, rice, coffee, teas, hams &c. An , excellent assortment of fancy groceries, ;antied goods, candies,crackers Ac., fill our (helves, goods first cluss, and prices down to rock bottom. Smith & Son. White Brothers have a very extensive and ittractivc slock of ladies cloaks, consisting i if Jackets, modjeskas, wraps, new markets, fcc., &e. The ladles are all Invited to call and ook at them. Prices are low. For ladles hosiery go to W. E. Bell. Go to W. E. Bell's for gloves. Prompt, reliable, liberal with all its dealers, :he National Bunk of Abbeville. Short ends in ginghams, Secrsuckcjs and iress coods for less than cost. Wm. K. Mel I. Call on White Brothers and examine Iheir rust proof seed oats which they arc now of- < Vnng for sale in quantities from one to ono thousand bushels. We arc now offering tiie handsomest line 1 )f overcoats. 1'. Rosenberg & Co. Overcoats ! Overcoats ! all styles and prices it Rosenberg's. The economical man will buy his overcoat it Rosenberg's. Special to the Ladies: We are now ofTering Ladies' Cloaks and Wraps In all the latest 1 styles cheap. P. Rosenberg & Co. The rush for Millinery Dress Goods and Winter wraps, continues at Haddon's. In :>rder to supply the demand they have dupli sated their order on several lines of goods. Kivecases millinery dress goods, ribbons, adles wraps and assorted notions to arivr his week. Don't fail to see our stock. It. M. Iluddon A Co. Ladles Jackets, wraps, now markets anil plush garments, latest styles at R. M. Jladion & Co. i We have Just received several grades of choice new crop New Orleans molasses. W. Joel .Smith & Sen. Wo arc carrying anew line in these eooils Litis season. It. M. liaddon & Co. <V full line of overcoats in all grades at P Rosenberg A Co. EDUCATE YOUR DAUGHTERS, And, before deciding where, send for a catalogue of the WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE. The next session will open ivnvn a v rn?i?r i i>v o ionn iiivm/.i I ) l iiJilil'iilV L O) lOi/Vi I will come up from Wright's Hotel, Columbia, February 1. S. LANDER, President, WilliaraSton, S. C. Dec. IS, 18S5I. Notice. F^OR the ncootamodal Ion of t ho people of 1 Abbeville county, WIIKI'.LKItS Photography (Jallery will remain open until alter CHlllSTMAS. Hear of New Hotel. STATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBIIVJLLK. Sale Under Mortgage. T?Y virtue of the power of sale given to us by Mrs. Sarah (Slbert on April 2sth, ISSS, in a mortgage of thaidale, wo will sell al pubiic outcry at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina,on SAI-KDAY in .IANUAKY, Iv.m, within llni legal hours of sale the lollow-j ing described properly, to wli: All that! tract or pared of land, situate, lying ami he-1 ing in AnbevilU; eotiniy, In the State aforc-l said, containing One Hundred and Fifty Acrcs, more or less, and bounded l>> lauds of Andrew I,eroy, on the North, South and West by , lands of J. A. tilbert, ami on the Fast by lands of (iullford Cade. Said property so'.d to j satisfy the aforesaid mortgage and costs ofi salo. TKIIMS?Cash. Purchaser to pay for pa-. pers. I'M.LIS (i. (JUAYI'ON, WM. N. UKAYDON. December?.), 1SSU. St 1342. Report of the Condition OF Tie National Bank of Aleville, At Abbeville, in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business, December 11, 1889. RESOURCES. Loans find discounts S 5*,07l 00 IJ. S. Homls to secure circulation 18,750 00 other stocks, bonds, and mortgages 525,750 00 Due from approved reserve agents.... 21,401 !??'? Due from other National l'.anlcs 2,407 II Due from State Hanks and bankers.. 11,715 Si) ileal estate, furniture and fixtures... 7,5') > iki Current expenses and taxes paid 2,t"7 Hi Premiums paid 11,750 00 iliiis of other Hanks -1,?*50 10 Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents 200 7(5 Specie 3,85:1 25 Legal tender notes 12,Ml 00 Redemption fund with U.S.Treasurer (5 per cent, of circulation) K4-"5 75 Due from U. S. Treasurer, other than (5 per cent, redemption fund).... 509 00 Total f..... ?170,501 81 V.I A It 11.1 TIES. Capital sloelc paid in S 75,000 0m Surplus fund 11,000 00 Undivided profits x,20l in National Hank notes outstanding 10,875 00 Individual deposits subject to check 57,'KM "I Demand ccrLiiicates of deposit 12,008 01 Total 5170,501 st State of South Carolina, r County ok Anui:vii.i.K. ss: i, a j>ak.>wki.i.,? nsnicrni me anove nuuiid bank, do solemnly swear Hint I lieabove statement Is true to the best of my knowledge mid belief. BEN'J. S. BARNWELL, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before mo tliis 17th day of December, 1SSU. J. C. KLUGH, Notary Public S. C. CORRECT?Attest: L. \V. WHITE, W. C. McOOWAN J. U. EDWA RI)S, L)i rectors. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Sale to Foreclose Mortgage. O. A. Douglas against Louis Drayton. T?Y virtue of power conferred-on me in a iJ mortgage given by Louis Drayton on the the 7th day of March, A. D., and recorded In Mortgage Book No. Page 5f>). and also in a mortgage assigned to me by Ilill <& Co., December 14lh, ISSli, and given on tho 8th r January, A. D.f 1S.S.5, and recorded in Mortgage Book A, I'uge i")3, 1 will oiler for sale at public outcry on ?A LED AY In JANUARY. A. 1)., 18'JO, that being the Oth day of the month, within the legal hours of Bale, tlie following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate and being in Siuithviile township, county and State aloresaid, containing Fifty-Six Acrcs, more or less, and bounded by lands of Anjrew Moragne, William Moraiine and others, being lot No. 2<1 of the Marshall lands to satisly the said mortgages,costs, etc. TERMS t)F SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. G. A. DOUGLASS. Mortgagee. Dec. 11, lffcU. ine btate oi South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABHEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. P. L. McCelvy, as Administrator and Plaintiff against Win. D. Mars, ct.al., Defendant.?Complaint to sell land to pay debts. 1 WILL SELL AT PUHLIC OUTirry at Abbevillo Court House, S. CM on SALKDAY IN JANUARY next for the payment of debts tlio following described real estate, belonging to the estato of Mrs. Caroline V. Mars, deceased, to wit: All that tract or parccl of land situato in the said county of Abbeville containing Two Hundred nnd Fourteen Acres, more or loss, known as the Hemphill tract, bounded by lands lately owned by I). M. Rogers, deceased, Little River and Fortlield creek. Also, One-half interest in the Covin tract situate in said county containing One Hundred and Sixty Acres, moro or less, bounded by lands of the estate of Mrs. Jano Lee and others. TERMS?One-half cash, balanco 011 al credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sal0. Tffe credit portion to be seenroil by bond of purchaser and j\J mortgage of the property. Purchasers may have option of paying all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. FULLER LYON, Judge Prohato Court. Dec. 10, l.ss'i. Mule Colts Wanted. JT ri'LY TO I), n. HOWARD, at home near White Hall, who will pay the highest price in cash. Nov. ill) Riot Over Uncle Tom's Cabin. PEOPLE OF II TEXAN TOWN PREVENT A THEATRICAL COMPANY'S PLAYINCS. Hon ham, Tex., Dec. 11.?"Ilip Van Winkle" was presented here at Russell's Oj.era Iiouso by a traveling company on Monday night. Although the bills read one night only, thecoinpany announced yesterday that they would ctnu nwi' 1 sisit nitrlil sillil lilnv "ITlielo Tom's Cabin." Occurring as it did the night before the burial of Jefferson Davis, the majority of the cx-t.'onfed crates here were indignant. Last night just as the opera house doors were opened a band came march-1 iny down tlie street, and halting in front of the opera house began playing "Dixie." Home one sounded 1111* lire alarm and soo i ilie streets were thronged with about 2,u00 men and hoys, all of whom were ringing bells, popping cannon crackers and shouting, the band still continuing to play "Dixie." The manager of the company sent for the mayor and demanded .satisfaction, but the mayor was powerless to suppress the uprising. The members of the company extinguished all the lights and huddled into one corner of the building to wait until the storm was over, 'ihc crowd finally dispersed, after demonstrating, as thev sialed, that no company could ''ir..,.!,. : Ji.s-. | Mt i j \. i' v. i v i ''in n v nui it i<; uiiD vut> the night before the In;rial of Jeil Davis. Atlanta. (J.\.. December n ? Rev. Sam Small has maiJe ;tj>i>li?*a(:<>n for ordination in the l'rotesiaut Kpiscopnl church, llis application is being considered by a committee of ministers, and douh lt-ss will he favorable received. Secretary Windon estiniales that the sum of $.'?41,4J8,!)77 will he needed for appropriations for all purposes of the Government during the next fiscal year. In other words, that is what lie thinks it will cost to run all the departments. The estimates lor iNS'i were U>7,1SS. > ' ' '' ' ' - " "- ' -"'~l The Bonds of 18(50. From the Columbia Register Dee. 13, 1889. There is considerable stir here instate and financial circles at the appearance of Russell Wise of New York before the committee on ways and means in belialfof the petition for recognition and payment of the debt issued under I Act of March 2."., ISO!) Coming at a lime when I lie legislative committee is preparing a bill, in accordance with (iovcrnor'a recommendation, to fund , the P.rownconsols intoa new4percent. 1 bond, it produces much comment. Mr. Wise, in his argument, maintained ; that the bonds were a legal issue ; that the agent, by Act of -the Legislature, was authorized to pledge the funds for State purposes; that the State failed to protect these loans when due; that they were sold in the market and bought by innocent parties ; that the State received a large amount of money in its treasury from the proceeds. Mr. Wise earnestly besought the committee at the present time to forever settle the contention lielweon t.lw? mill lior creditors, and prepare a report which shall include the proposition presented by him, viz: To issue $2,000,009 in new 1 per cent, bonds in lieu of principal and interest due. His point that the State should not rest under the imputation of bavins received a large amount of money without some recognition on that basis seemed to make a favorable impression. Nogro Emigration. Tt will not be many years before North Caiolina is minus her negro population if the present rate of emigration from that State keep3 up. Nearly every week for the past two or three months they have rolled out of North Carolina by the hundreds, and where an emigrant train passing through here was formerly a curiosity it is now a common occurrence, and even the few loungers at the Air Line depot will hardly move from their seats to see an emigrant train pass. A special train of four passenger coaches and two freight boxes passed through here on the Richmond and Danville yesterday, bound for Arkansas and Mississippi. There were three or four hundred negroes on the train and all of them were from the Tar Heel State. Another train witli about , the same number went through on ( Snnd.iv?ftiwnvilln Vmru TIpp 1 A NOT JI KB THAI N LOAD. A train of eight coaches lillcd with < North Carolina negro emigrants passed down the road last week en route for Mississippi. ' [Chester Bulletin, Nov. 29 | ? i New View of the Brazilian Beyolntion. Lishon, Dec. 9.?It is stated that the greater portion of the higher officers of the Brazilian army were monarchists und joined the Republican minority in the recent outbreak in Brazil under the belief that tho demonstration was to be merely against the ministers and not against the empire. They became aware of the true facts only when they had gone too far to retrace their steps. ' When the revolution started, thousands of students armed themselves < with revolvers, rifles and swords, and ( threatened to kill the Emperor and his family. A boat manned by students ' patrolled the harbor, it being their in- i tention to intercept the Empen^^iJle < lie was embarking and do hiu^^^^Bfe A Marlboro Farmer Beats thc^^Ks ' Record for One Acre. ? fl?rC! ft TV?? Q fonfoiii T ' V J I >> | u? v<| JL/tU. fj VU|;^UIU M* Drake of Marlboro gathered 254 bushels 5 and 40 pounds of corn front one acre ] on his farm in Marlboro.MMjfcbreaks j the world's record, the hi|^^Beretofore beinijf 212 and a fraetio^^M&d by I)r. Parker, near Columbi^Kaptain Drake is competing for the7%ousand dollar prize offered by the ;>American Agriculturist for the largest yield of corn per acre. ' In a Southern city, not many weeks i ago an eflort was made to ascertain ] what j er cent, of the young men of the city attended the weekly prayer- ] meetings, and what per cent, visiteil TTftP^aloons. Axcommittee from the I Young MW&^^istian Association , made the investigKion. They found that the whole number of young men 1 in the city between the ages oi twenty- 1 one and thirty years was 9,000. On a < fuir night they found the whole niun- | her attending the weekly prayer-meetings was 114. During the hour, in 1 which the prayer-meetings were held < in which the 114 were present, they found there were in the saloons l.OOS young men of similar age. How many more of the 9,000 who were in other ' plates of vice they did not report, i How many were at work or at their homes was not ascertained. But that . eleven and one-half per cent, of the young men of that city were in saloons, { while only one and one-fourth per i cent, were in the weekly prayer-meet- . ings, was enough to alarm the commit- , tee, and startle the thoughtful men and women of the community. < A false messiah has lately appeared ] in Arabia, and multitudes of Jews are I i following him. A man of high education, with tremendous force of charac- ! ter, lie has been greeted by the poor among his people as the very deliverer ' they need. Kegiments of life-guards, < composed of Hebrew youths, protect ] his person, and he has even deceived some of the wise and prudent of the Jews of Northern Arabia. The rabbis are fully occupied in pacifying the exj cilemeiit, and preventing the further, spread of the movement. Second Adventists in this country are grouped thus: New England, 1:2,ooo; Middle States, (>,000; Western < States s.ooo ; North-west, -',000 ; i Canada, 4,ooo. mmmmmmm Is the oldest and most popular scientific nrd mechanical paper published and has l ho lamest circulation of any paper of Its class in the world. 1 Fully Illustrated. Best class of Wood Knirmv- 1 Inns. Published wceklv. !>end for specimen . copv. Price $8 a year. Knur months' trial, II. ' Mu'NN & CO., Pubmsiikks, 301 Utoadwuy, >'.Y. ( ARCHITECTS & BU1LDERQ < rt Edition of Scientific American. O * A creat success. Each issue contains colored ] lithographic plates of country atnl city residences or public buildings. Numerous engravings ( and full plans and specifications for the use of null as contemplate bull dint:. Price a year, i 2J eta. a copy. Ml'NN A CO., PfULISHEltS. ^^ ^3 may^bosocur. J I 6? have hoover Eij 40 years' experience and have made over J K lHO.KX) applications for American and Foreign patents. Send lor Handbook. Cortes- t pondcucu strictly confidential. TRADE MARKS. s( In ease your iMaik is not rcclsterod In the Tatent otllce, apply to Mrv.v A t'<?., and procure i immediate protection. Send for Handbook. COPYRIGHTS for books, charts, maps, l etc., quickly procured. Address IUUNN & CO., Patent Solicitors. Gene it At. oeitice: 301 Bkoadway, N. t j If you do ;i good piece of work in li- c nance, journalism, polities, art, music, r or literature, do not spoil it by voluntarily speaking of it complacently; and, on the other hand, do not speak f of it disparagingly. ] ^rVrtilfilH^n??????W?tot .; The Glory of the United States of America. 7 The following very eloquent words are from that great philanthropist and ' eminent scholar, Elihu Burritt. They i] rii iirnil ur/M'lli t? af f Kn /!??? *????! ?,v nvii itunuj ui me uccjj cuiisiuern* tion of every person iu our country and especially so at the present time. J. H. "There is but one path to glory and jreatness for this mighty and expanding union of Anglo-Saxon Republics, and that is tiie path of peace. The bubble of military glory has long ago burst with ruin upon the habitations . of those that followed hardest upon the trail of the phantom. But if it J* had not burst, if it were to-day the brilliant fascination to human ambitiou that it was when it led Napoleon to Moscow, and left him on the bloody field of Waterloo, eveu in that case it could possess no attractions for America. If there ever were fields of martial glory reddening to the harvest, those fields have been reaped sheer and clean by the nations of the Old World, which found the crimson sheaVes they gathered bundles of hissing serpents in their bosom?shocks of cankering miseries to their population, preying like deathless vampires upon their sub 3uniwc aim luuuairy irom generation to generation. The road to military glory is shut ' forever against America. The dark, the dreary desert rock of St. Helena lies athwart that sanguinary path. 1 That career is barred against our country forever by the wrecks of nations which pursued it to the farthest reach of human energy and ambition. The providence of God has ordained that if America aspires to be first in any distinction, she must be first In peace. ? All other distinctions?I say, all other distinctions?have been preoccupied by her predecessors. And if she would ever be first in peace, she must mter upon that glorious mission now, Dr she will lose the golden opportunity if that sublime precedence forever. Friends and fellow countrymen, let us show the world that as Americans we ire jealous of our country's mission ; ;hat we will not suffer any country or people to push by our own in the ca*eer of peace, and thus carry off the jtarry diadem of glory which should iit forever upon our nation's brow. Let us arouse the people from Maine ;o Oregon to sustain with their suffrages and sympathies this inalieuajle right of our nation to be first in peace. Rather than that she should lose this high precedence let us prove :o the nationalities of the Old World ihat we are ready to take down from jur country's banner that carniverous jagle which we borrowed from their )wu benstial emblems of barbarism, ind mount in its stead the white-wingid dove, bearing around the globe its )live leaf of peace ; that its stars lu nir firmament shall shine with the same benignity and luster on all lands ; that its stripes shall henceforth symbol no other sentiment than the Fatherhood of God and the brother hood of men." Doing Things Well. The young person nowadays who knows how to do one thing thoroughly well, who is determined to do it better, if possible, than anybody else, is mor? '< likely to succeed than one who knows more, but excels in nothing. Mr. ^ Vanderbilt pays his cook a salary of ten thousand dollars a year because he 9 understands the art of cooking to perfection. As Mr. Burdette says, In his 9 funny way, "If Monsieur Sauceagravi 9 louid cook tolerably veil, and shoot * ?a little, and speak three languages toler- JsB ably well, and keep books fairly, could telegraph a little"?and so on.^^9 with a dozen other professions?"he wouldn't get ten thousand a year for it." Emerson says that concentration is the secret of success, and Benjamin Franklin, when a poor boy, proved the truth of the remark. He went to Lon- 9 ilon, aud applied for work at a print- W iug office. The foreman, doubting whether an American could do anything well, asked Franklin if he really 3ould set type. For reply the boy stepped to one of the cases and set up the forty-sixth verse in the first chapter of John's Gospel. It was done so quickly and so accurately, and conveyed ?uch a delicate reproof, that he obtain id Employment at once and was rapid- : ft ly promoted.?Ex. Never Take a Lady's Arm.? 11 "The question is often put to me," S said a lady, whose opinion in matters ja i)f etiquette is wholly competent, a "whether it is ever permissible, to take a lady's arm in acting as an escort on a promenade." Unhesitatingly and J peremptorily, no. Not after nightfall, nor by daylight, nor at any other w time. An invalid may lean on a ^3 young woman's arm; a grandfather, if he is infirm, may avail himself af a similar support, and a Broadway policoman seems to have acquired the right to propel his charge in petticoats uiross the thoroughfare by a grasp on the arm, but these are the only persona jo privileged. For an acquaintance, a ./ friend, or one who aspires to a still near r place, to take the arm of a young a'oman when walking with her on the * *- -* 1-1- V/%.? niuuc nignway is luexuusauit?. j.uu nay be sure that nothiug will so quick y offend. To see a young woman ? nisi led along, a little in front of her pa scoit, by his clutch upon her reverses ill preconceived ideas of gallautry. JHIt her your arm young man, every ime, and do not commit the offense of uking hers.?N. Y. Sun. ITrvis, Mis?., December 14.?The ury in the Ivilrain case returned a ver- h lict of not guilty of prize fighting, but juilty of assault and battery. No one now thinks of a domestic or brtign trip, without a supply of Dr. jiiM's Cough Syrup. 23 cents.