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The Abbeville Press and Banner. I BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1890. VOLUME XXXV. NO. 5. ?1 Various Thoughts. It is a very solemn ami an important act in human life to take the pen to write thoughts for rational, accountable, immortal beings to read ; for thoughts in print will exist long after the writer shall have passed away from earth, and will have a good or a bad effect on the readers to all eternity. My dear reader, do you write for the press ? If you do, Oh, never take your pen into your hand to write without serious consideration and prayer! Remember when you use your pen, that you may be using it for the last time, and take heeds how you write. Be sure to always write agreeably to the principles and spirit of Christianity as taught and practiced by the Great Founder of the Christian religion. My friend, do you pray every day ? I never heard nor read of a Christian who became a Christian without I ? prayer. I never heard nor read of a Ch ristian who said in youth, or in middle life, or in old age, "I have prayed too much ; I wish I had prayed less." Are you, reader, doing your duty faithfully and affectionately in your family, and everywhere else, to make others happy in the ways of a true happiness. v. An inspired writer says: "Wisdom's M ways are ways of pleasantness, and < all her paths are peace." What man < ever found war's ways to be ways of ( pleasantness, and all its paths peace? . x The ways of war are always the ways j of Satan, the prince of war, who "was a murderer from the beginning," and can never be the ways of pleasantness and peace. I Only one thing can make auy war | justifiable, and a "holy war,"?and that one, that only thing is, a corn- j mand from Christ. But where can|i that command be found ? Surely noti in any of the words or commands of i Christ, as recorded in the books of j Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John, nor|( in auy other part of the New Testa- | ment. What professedly Christian j| warrior that has ever lived in the j, world since Christ said to Peter "Put:, up thy sword into the sheath," has h had any command or authority from'! Him to draw the sword? Will any Christian, moralist, or sinner tell in J j what war in the world the command! or authority from Christ was given to11 <lwnnr f f) J j uiau nic onuut j No Christiau will deny that it is the;, duty of all Christiaus, according to: their opportunities and abilities, toj, make this sinful, suffering world bet- , terand liappier; and the way to do|( this great and important work is, byh the grace of God, to make all persons, I, as far as can be doue prayerful, pure, jj ? yyA', ^li^-ate. p^eubloskjjiO^Yov-' ing, cheerful, pleasa,ffrr~Tuid in all things holy, irue holiness brings to fallen man true happiness?lasting happiuess for time and eternity. My friend, are you better than you were yesterday? Are you sincerely trying, by God's help, to live a better ^ and a more useful life than you lived |L yesterday ? If you are not, you have very little, if any, reason to call yourW self a Christian. P A cousin of miue once made this reply to this very question to her : "Are you a Christian ?" "It is a great thing to be a Christian !" She answered very truly. There is infinite meaning the word Christian. l)r. Young says: "A Christian i* the highest stvle of man ?that is the highest name, order, or character of mm. To be a Christian is fur higher, in the sight of God, aud all the angels and saints in heaven, than to be a king, or a queen of England, or a presiden t of the United Slates, or eminent as a statesman, orator, poet, philosopher, or artist. My dear reader, when you come to be on your death bed, the great question with you will be, if you are in a sound mind, not "Am I one of the great ones of this world," but it will be this, "Am la Christian ?" and it ought to be the great question with you now. J. II. in Messenger of Pcacc. The Ch'irch and the World. The St. Louis Christian Advocatc draws a fearful picture of the spiritual state of its own denomination?a picture which, we would fain hope, is painted in colors too dark ! The world is in the Methodist Church, it is as big as an elephant, as ravenous as a lion, as offensive as a skunk, as poisonous as a viper. All sorts of good and bad things get into the Church, through the folks that come in. The original gate into the Church is Darrow. But we, in our lust for numbers, by our carnal revivals, by - our superficial preaching, by personal pressure, by social attractions, by -worldly baits, have widened the gate aud brought a great number of unconverted men, and children into the Church, and these unregencratc, unbroken ones always have the world with them. In many churches these form the majority, are active and c<>n trolling, ami the world then gives direction to the church and alas, for the direction ! By our superficial views of piety, by our desire to attract and conciliate money, position and fashion, we have, in short and in long, by retail and wholesale, filled the Church with flip nnrnnvfried. We fear that Baptists are not entirely free from laxity in the reception of mem here?that they do not always with sufficient intelligence and fidelity for their own principle'tliat the Church should open her doors to the regenerate only. Especially do we fear this, if there is any thing representative in two cases alleged by a correspondent of the Texas Baptist and Herald. He mentions "one Baptist who had no Christian experience, but knew he was saved because he had talked 15 minutes to a Baptist preacher;" and an| other "who does not know he is saved, but knows that he went up for prayer J iu a Baptist meeting, the preacher offered a 3 minutes prayer for him, that he felt better and joined the church." jsiicii cases, nowever, must oe exueptional and abnormal, if they really exist. . But the principle of regenerate membership may be violated in practice without going to extremes like these. Are you aud your church maintaining that principle, as well in what you do as in what you say ? Christian Index. A sense of the infinite distance be|L tween God and man, in wisdom, power, and holiness, should, in our approaches to Him in meditations and prayer, bear with deep and solemn weight upon the mind. One of the greatest needs of the Church is sanctified lips. A tongue of fire is not enough, for, according to St. James, it may be set on fire from the I wrong place. It is vain to talk of a [. clean heart without a clean mouth. .. . . What Others Say. i & S. Times. I The arm of the weak is the world's i strength, aud the little property of the s poor is the world's riches. Just what t our specific duty to others may be, de- \ pends largely upon our condition as \ well as theirs; ii depends, too, upon s times and places and circumstances, j But there are no conditions of either i party, no circumstances, that ever 1 shut"out the unselfish and self-giving 1 attitude of one of right impulses. An i aged but always physically active Christian woman became suddenly { helpless with paralysis. While car- s rieu rapidly down iuto the valley of \ the shadow of death, a helpless disease, t she was told that a near relative was t laid by with a severe cold. The stam- t mering tongue immediately replied, \ "Ask her whether there is anything t we can do for her." Her attendants s and family smiled at one who could move neither head nor limb thinking f of ministering to the sick in a distant s nome. J>UL ma? (jutrsni'u ui niai mother in Isreal had already done i more to touch the hearts and to inspire c the motives of those who heard it, a than she could have done, perhaps, ( had she been herself the busy bedside f minister that she would have been if t she could. And so there is never one t 30 weak as to lose all strength for oth- t ers, never one so poor as to have no 1 substance to divide with others. Min- a istry is possible to all. 1 The Christian. j Be Content.?Be content with such t things as ye have. Some people have n Letter things, others have wofse. cl You, perhaps, cannot have the better, ji iind you have no desire for the worse; u then be content with what you have, r You may have had better things in t I he past; you may have worse things g in the future; be thankful for the pres- I ent, and be content. If your lot is a a hard one, you may improve it, but not s by murmuring, fretting, or repining. I Iiiof hoi-o frwlav lparil t.hfi lesson of a contentment, and wait on God for c brighter days, for rich friuits, for purer o ioys. v. e *No blessing comes to the murmuring, complaining, discontented heart, v When once this evil demon of discon- u Lent has entered into the soul nothing t is right. Even the "angel's food" was I not good enough for the murmuring c Israelites, and "the corn of heaven" ^ould not satisfy those whose souls o ivere filled with the discontent of n jarth. But when once the heart has li found its rest in God, and all Its mur- ii nurings are hushed in sweet submission to His will, there is peace in believing" anoift^ Holy Ghost and d a hallowed confidence the kind n providence of Him who hathall t things well. a I A. It. Presbyterian. C A traveler, now in (he East, says i that while Jerusalem is a sacred city, 1 it is anything but a religious city. > There is something suggestive in the i comment which lie makes on this f fact: "As holy places multiply, holi- t ness departs; the worship wnich cen- c tres upon stones and sepulcliers and 1 relics, drives out the worship which is i in spirit and in truth. What Luther t found in Rome, aud what Christ found t iu the Temple, is present everywhere c here,?the house of prayer has become t a den of thieves. The greed ot gain i shows itself at every place one visits ; 1 and "bakhshish" seems to be the sole i purpose for which these places are > tended. Religious associations, as 1 s said, are the chief means of support t for Jerusalem, and the problem al- i ways uppermost is how to make the t most of them." t 110/1 t'ttccr vi'iouu?? Nothing is more interesting than to watch the process by which a strong hut coarse character, acting under the influence of definite religious convictions and the stimulus of the Divine Spirit, gradually works itself free from its unattractive features and becomes altogether lovely. We have seen numerous instances of this sort, and we have learned to be patient with the ' remaining imperfections" of those who are sincerely trying to become what (jlod would have them to be. A. It. Prrsdytcriun. The Voice has been instrumental in exposing some of the methods employed by the liquor power to defeat prohibition movements and temperance legislation. These methods may hp summarized as follows : "Subsidize the press, don't defend * the saloon, but talk high license and ] revenue; buy the politicians; get a ( few preachers to preach high license as ? a temperance measure ; work the rural districts by the cider and revenue argument through bogus farm papers ; and convince people that prohibition i does not prohibit. \ The Christian Index says "A little ( less than one hundred years ago, it was l estimated that in the population of the t United States there was only one pro- t fessing Christian to every fifteen ; now ] the estimate is one Christian to every t five. This indicates that, as rapidly as our population has increased in the < last hundied years, Christianity has ( increased threefold faster. Doe's this j look as if Christianity is loosing its i hold upon our people?" ] Danger in Newly Built Houses, i ?There is too great haste in occupy- j inga house after its completion. ]n j many places there is such demand for ^ dwellings and often business apart- A ments, that, as soou as finished, they are occupied. This is especially true of small dwellings. There is more f Kon ia minnnafirl 1 UaiigCl Hi lillO Vtiun ia 'ju m There is no health in dampness and { mould under any circumstances, and j in living apartments, where the ten- I dency is toward poor ventilation, the * dampness of newly finished houses \ contributes largely to ill-health. In 1 the town of Basle, Switzerland, a reg- f ulation has been adopted which pre- s vents newly built houses from being oc- i cupied until four months after completion. Under many circumstances, so i long a time as above specified is not i necessary, but it is often well to err on t the side of safety. The size of the house, its location, surroundings, the ( material used, and the state of the i weather enter into consideration of the | time necessary in which a building i should become sufficiently dry for occupancy. i ? ? - < A small box filled with lime, and placed on a shelf in the pantry or closet. will absorb dampness aud keep the < air in the closet dry and sweet. I Why the Houie was Pleasant. What a pleasant home ! Visitors 11 variably spoke of a certain houseold this way. In what consisted the deasantness ? Was the house handiome and costly ? No. It was a litle one-story dwelling. The furniture vas of the simplest. Perfect neatness vas the aetheticism displayed. The inn shone in upon rag carpets and )ine tables. But it slioue in. That vas one element in the pleasantness. 3ut the spirit that governened the lome was its main source of happiless. "We aren't always picking and ducking each other," said the plainpoken eldest daughter. "Mother von't allow it. She says we shall reat each other as kindly and considirately as we would treat a visitor." V very simple, natural regulation, one vould say. Afterwards, in speaking o the mother 011 this subject, she aid : "That was my rule for the children iom babyhood. *1 insisted that they hould be polite to each other." To insure such a state of things a nother must first be polite to her chilIren. Of courseshe must not storm it them or sneer at them, or punish nem wnen sue is angry auu iei, uieir aultsgo unnoticed when she is goodmtured. The mother in question ried to treat her children with jusice, which is one of the roots of poiteness. Justice was exacted all [.round, ltoom was made for individlality. Oue could display toes wishout havug them stepped upon. The merest rifles often distroy home and happiiess. Disputes are kept up day after lay about the most unimportant subsets. The stronger and coarser natire is always allowed to play the tyant. Kudeness that would not be olerated for a moment in ordinary ;ood society is rampant in the home. 11-nature is vented upon one's nearest nd dearest, boorishness is permitted; eltishness allowed to go unchecked, t is as necessary to work the home s to work the garden. If the same are were taken in the one as in the ther, we should soon see the good fleets. We all know what happens when yeeds are allowed to go to seed. They multiply with far greater rapidity ban the useful and beautiful things, t is exactly so iu the home. The evil rop grows fast. Children's hearts are soft. Lessons f forbearance and justice and politeicss take quick root. On the other land, they soon get habits that are nitnical to a pleasant home life. No old man's work in this world is one so long as he can teach younger len to bear with dignity and patience be weakness and infirmity of age. Nere is something offensive in a pulng, winning old man who sits in his sorner and'quarrefsilfe world, to soon as a man loses his dignity he oses the respect in which men are vout to hold their fellows Weakness s no reason for muttering and faultinding. A little self-control Is all hot ic nooriorl fn Ifoon mi nld man from "vvvvv. W ensuring every new thing. Old age is lonorable only in those who honor nankind. It lias been our observaion that old men are always welcome ;o the society the companionship, and :onfideuce of young people as long as he are cheerful and tolerant. The nan who becomes a censor of his felows and praiser of the time when he ,vas a boy is not welcome to any circle vhere hope is still bright and faith is itrong. There are aged men who keep heir hearts warm with love for all iround them, and they are never in he way and never destitute of loving riends. A Wiuvi'MT.v AfiVTv ? Avmri )utes about lesser truths and a religion hat lies only in opinions. They are isually least acquainted with a heavjnly life who are violent disputers ibout the circumstantials of religiion. He whose religion is all in his opinions vill be most frequntly and zealously speaking his opiuious; and he whose eligion lies in his knowledge and love )f God and Christ will bemost delipht'ully speaking of that happy time vlien he shall enjoy theiu. He is a areand precious Christian whoisskillul to improve well-known truths, therefore, let me advise you who as>ire after a heavenly life not to spend oo much of your thoughts, your time, ,'our zeal, or your speech upon disputes hat less concern your souls ; but when lypocrites are feeding on husks and shells do you feed on the joys above. [ would have the chief truths to be jhiefly studied, and none to cast out four thoughts of eternity. Richard Baxter. Watch your habits.?anouiaj nisery of old age is the very things vhich Dr. Holmes culls its crutches? labits. The mau who in youth has jayly. and almost unconsciously acquired the habit of drinking, or dawding at his work, or gross feeding, or he woman who has learned the trick )f incessant talking of or worshipping ler dress, find these things a straiu ind weight at seventy. "I doubt," said a shrewd old man mce, "whether the crime which I :ommitted at twenty really troubles ne as much now at sixty-five as the labit I formed of biting my nails." Remorse is short-lived, but the bad labit is immortal. It is pleasant enough for the garruou3 girl to talk M-hen her youth and >eauty bring charmed hearers around ler; but for the old woman who longs o clatter incessantly when nobody vill listen?what hope is there? 4^ ?? Save a Mother's Tears.?Not ong ago two friends were together engaged in letter writing. Oue was a ,'oung man from India, the other a ady friend, part of whose family reiided in that far-off land. The former vas writing to his mother in India. When the letter was finished, his 'riend offered to enclose it in hers to lave postage. This he politely declin>d, saying : "If it be sent separately, it will reach uother sooner than if it is sent through i friend ; and perhaps may save her a ear." His friend was touched with bis tenler regard for his mother's feelings, tnd felt with him that it was worth mying the postage to save his mother i tear. Would that every boy and girl every ,'oung man and young woman, were equally saving of a irother's tears. It sometimes happens that the greatest philosophers in theory are the greatest fools in practice. Je-SC'-ev:" .,j '"/v.& ... \- . THE RIGHT WAY, Or the Gospel Applied to Intercourse Between Individuals and Naions. BY KKV. .JOSKPJI A. CO I.T.I ER. (Continued.) IV. Perhaps tbe most formidable objection to tho gospel method, is tlie difficulties which attend its practice. Some of these have been alluded to. The chief one, however, and that which lies at the foundation of all the rest, is the opposition it encounters in our own bosoms. It may be said with truth, "The duties urged upon us run directly counter to our natural dispositions. Whether it be our fault or our misfortune, we are born into the world with certain propensities which clamor earnestly for gratification. Such are anger, resentment, and the desire of resisting evil; and to act contrary to them would be to revolutionize every instinct and impulse of our nature." But consider, r f)f what, rcliaiow did)/ man not the same thing be saiclt The irupeuitent n?ay object, with equal justness, that repentauce is very hard ; and the unbeliever, that faith in Christ is unnatural to him, and exceedingly difficult to attainment. Every sinner may urge, with truth, that his heart is strongly averse to loving and serving (jod. Of what path of revealed duty do not timid pilgrims say, "There are lioos in the way?" He who stops to count the cost of a religious life, will find many a "hill Difficulty" intervening between him and the celestial city. Yet thousands of Christians have bravely surmounted them all; and the whole church militant is made up of those who are grappling with and conquering difficulties as vast as any that oppose our obedience to those precepts. Let us place them upon a level with many other duties, such as love to Clod, repentance, faith, holiness; and ask, will not the objection apply equally to them ? Must not the objector, to be consistent, give up all religion, and refuse to obey any of the divine precepts? 2. Great as may be the difficulties in the wav. cxncricncc has shoivn that they may be ovcrcomc. . Every reader can probably call to miud some trophy of divine (.-race, in whom tlie most reseutful dispositions have been rooted out, and a heart of love and forgiveness implanted in their stead. Saul, the fierce, impetuous persecutor, "breathiug out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord," was afterwards enabled to say, "Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat." Compare Acts 9 :1, aud 1 Cor. 4:12, 13. The dying prayer of Christlike Stephen was, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." Acts 7 : GO. It is said that James the less, who suffered a martyrdom similar to that of STeJ.VViU. jirjiyed for his murderers amid a stiowSl of stones which^wy; cast Ht him, until of thenvtoeat out his brains with a fuTlerT3""cfub. The history of the church of God, and especially that of the Christian martyrs, furnislies numberless otuer msumces of the practical fulfilment of the precepts, "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you," etc. They therefore have been obeyed ; and what should prevent their fulfilment by every Christian? This objection, however plausible in the mouth of the ungodly, comes with an ill grace from the Christian. For, does it not argue a sad want of confidence in that almighty Power from whence he professes to derive all his sufficiency? It reveals, too, a glaring inconsistency of religious practice ; for it virtually assumes that while divine grace can strengthen for some kinds of duty, there are others for which it is inadequate; or that while it can enable us to repent and believe, it cannot enable us to love our enemies, and forgive injuries. What wonder is it, if those who thus practically distrust their Maker, should be left to feel their weakness, and be overcome by those difficulties which they do not rightly seek to subdue? Let them, however, lean upon that arm which is stretched out for their assistauce, and the obstacles will vanish from this, as they do from every other path of duty. ? The business pursuits of men are beset wilh Satan's devit-eB. A few year9 ago a noted evangelist from England delivered a discourse to business men in New York on "Curious Arts," in which he sought to expose some of the tricks which are frequently practiced in trade in older to secure gaiu. The sermon created some sensation at the time, but if the preacher had been able to drag into the light all the dishonest schemes resorted to in the transaction of secular pursuits, he would liave astonished the world. The devices by which some men and some powerful corporations and companies accumulate money at the expense of their employees, prey 011 the community and steal from each other and the schemes by which the poor sometimes seek to get their own, as they say, have often been subjects of comment aud debate; but still they continue and multiply every year. Many suppose that these are merely plans invented by shrewd men for getting gain; but thev are more. They are the inventions of the devil for destroying souls. Those who practice them and those who witness them are intent on the temporal prize; but in the mind of the tempter there is a deeper design and a larger prize. A Good Meal.?Charles Dickens used tosaytbat he judged the quality of housekeeping by the condition of the casters 011 the table. If the mustard was freshly made,"the vinegar cruet stainless, the silver brilliant, and the pepperboxes perpendicular, he expected a good, clean, well served meal, "with behavior to match." Tf, on the contrary, the casters were unclcaned and out of order, he knew what he had to expect and was seldom disappointed. It is, in truth, simple things that denote quality. 1 ne test or ai good cook is not the cake sue makes, nor the mysterious sauces she cun I concoct, nor the rich pudding she can produce. A good cook is known by her hoilcd potatoes, her mutton chop, her roasted joint. Such things require personal care and judgment, j and are t he basis of "a good meal." I - ? -CM- ? ? The Preacher?Well, Sam, how have you been getting along since your conVersion ? Sam?Oh, fust rate, sab, fust rate. Me and de whole family has quit lyin'.j swcarin'and stealiu'in a great measure. I Fifty Years Ago. The banks in the United States resumed specie payment. The first patent was granted to Goodyear for vulcanized India rubber goods. One - thousand reformed drunkards marched in procession at the first anniversary ot the Washington society. The Sirus and Great Western, the first ocean steamships, entered New York harbor on their return trip No. 1. Joseph A. Adams, for the first time made use of the idea now embodied in tiie art of eiectrotyping by reproducing from wood "cuts." The population of the' United States was only 17,097,420. The census cost the government $833,427. ? - ? Boston's Cancelling Stamp. Editor Household Correspondent: Can you tell me why the cancelling stamp on the letters coming from Boston is so different from that coming from any other city, except Philadel phia, which is adopting it now. It looks like a music staff' without any notes on it. In a recent discussion somebody claimed that it was merely a fancy, but I thought that perhaps there was some reason for it, and write you, thinking perhaps you can tell me ? IXQUIREK. Cape May, N. J. As it happens we can tell you what you want to know; at least we can give you the current story in relation to this cancelling stamp. Boston, as you know, is a literary centre. This being the case, many manuscripts go from that city to all parts of the United States. To send these, it was generally more convenient to put a number of two cent stamps upon a letter, than to go out for a teu-cent or twenty-cent one. This necessitated the separate cancelling of each two-cent stamp, as at that time the Boston stamp was a sit'f/lc round one, like all the rest, so a brilliant post-ollice official conceived the idea of this loug stamp which would cancel five or six at once, with one stroke. It would seem an indica 11UII Ul 1 illlUUCIpliUl S 1IIV.IU1 j auiuij, that, she is finding it advisable to adopt the same stamp. The New Orleans Picayune asserts that in northern Michigan there are many counties without a church of any denomination, and thousands of men, women and children grow up in the towns and in the woods who never have heard the word of God or seen a church. At a recent Baptist gathering, Dr. A. J. Gordon made a powerful address. One of his points was, that "a small man with a great gospel will accomplish more than a great man with a small gospel." The Presbyterian General Assembly at Saratoga reaffirmed the declaration mnrlo hv nrpvimiA jiHsemhlies in reerard ,,mwv VJ 1" " * ' --O to the use of the Bible in public schools: adding that "We regard its exclusion from our public schools as a menaceYkuatlonal welfare." A letter from Vie Czar, written in reply to one fnun the Queen of Denmark, is published. In li:ftletter the Czar promises a strict inquiry inf.P Siberian scaudals, and says he "will puh-i isli heavily excesses of severity en the part ol officials. Lastly, he promises to instruct bis ministers to draft measures of amelioration. The most obtuse ass in Christendom can write his own biography ; the difficulty is to get anybody to read it, says Blakely Hall, referring to the sketches of senators and representatives in the congressional directory. The New York World recently offer ed a prize of one hundred dollars for Pah lraantnrv O VinohonH i lie uesi icuci{ji iui w uuuvv?tiw at home. Quite a number of ladies contested for the prize, but the one who won wrote: "Keep him at home by encouraging him to go out occasionally. PJmploy no arts of coquetry. Become his choicest comrade. Keep the details and worries of the household from him; he has his full share of worry outside. If, after all this, he goes elsewhere,'? she adds, "he is not worth keepiug at home." This is true, especially the last clause. In an article in the Observer, Dr. C. S. llobinson says he once knew the hymn, "I would not live alway, I ask not to stay," given out in a sanitarium, and sung by 200 invalids, all of whom had come there because they wanted to "stay." and were doing their costli est and best not to leave this world. George William Curtis gave a new grouping of the agents of civilization in his address at the New York Chamber of Commerce dinner. "The Bible, the tea-pot, the spelling-book and the bath-tub," he said, have been the pioneers of progress on this continent. An American exchange says that "distinguished statesmen" have bepn heard to use such expressions as "Smith met Brown and I this morning." This is a very natural mistake, and one which is easy to account for. When the distinguished statesman was a boy he used to say, "Brown and me are going fishing this morning." He was corrected so often (not for fishing, but for the English) that he jumped to the conclusion that it was always right to say Brown and T, and always wrong to say Brown and me. Many educated people?besides statesmen? fall injo this error.?Toronto Globe. Dr. Sayre, of New York, tells the Ilcrald that the average of life in the United States is three years more than I in England, France or Germany, and five years more than it was sixty years ago. If Americans are on the rush it is because they are a high-strung peo1 - - rm,^ pie and must move mui wiy. iuci horse which prances dies no sooner than the horse which walks. One of the greatest banes of a student's life is that lie is obliged to write compositions. It is something looked upon as extra work, and is usually left until the last minute. Then the student hurriedly collects the uecessarydata. and in writing is very apt to [ introduce sentences from the eneyclopedia. Unfortunately it liapdens that one of the professors of English at Yale has written numerous articles for the enelyelopedias. A few days [ago this professor was reading over a composition with its author when he came across a particularly finely constructed sentence. "That's a pretty sentence," remarked the professor, j ' Yes ; I prided myself on that replied the student. -'So did I when [ wrote it," added the professor, to the great I discomfiture of his pupil.?J\"cw Ila1 yen *1 etrs. i Flattery iz like ice-kream ; to relish i it good we want it a little at a time, and often.?Josh Billinga. / r WAR REMINISCENCES. * "REB" REVISITS THE SEAT OF WAR AFTER TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS. Familiar Highlit and Scenes in and Aronnd tlie Battlefields of Gaines .Mill, C'hickahominy, Ellison's Mills. Meclianlcsvllle and Adjoin* ing Places. On May 30,1890, in company with J. F. Latimer, D. I)., of Virginia, Gen. It. R. Hemphill, of Abhevillc, and Messrs. W. R. Duun and John M. Uasor, of Donnalds, we visited some of the historic battle fields around Richmond. After some trouble and delay in getting a suitable conveyance, we left Richmond about 10 o'clock A. M., rcacblng the Chickahomiuy in about one hour. We found the country very much changed since last we saw It. The low flat swampy lands along the ChickabomIny have not changed so much. The swamps are used for pasture lands. We saw very little in cultivation, but the country between Richmond and the Clilckabominy and beyond tbe swamps have changed so that it is very difficult to locate with any certainty the camping grounds of tbe armlet*. Wb arrived at tbe Gaines farm about 12 o'clock. We halted for a short while at the residence of Mr. William Gaines, who showed us many attentions. We saw the blood-stained tloor of Mr. Gaines' house. He is living in the same house he occupied before the Federals taken possession, and used it for a hospital. The hallway was where the surgeons amputated the limbs of the Federal soldiers wounded at the battle of McChanicsviile, June 21), 1802. The Confederates used the house also for a hospital after the battle of Gaines Mill. The floor is a dark color, caused by bood stains. Scouring will not take it up, palm will not hide it either. In the grove around the house signs of where tenia wero pitched twenty-eight years ajjo can be seen. The ditches that were cut to keep out water can be 6een. Some of the ilelds that McClelland's army occupied as camps are now in a high state of cultivation. The most'of the land is planted in cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes and strawberries, and some clover fields. Mr. Gaines kindly consented to show us the Important points of the battle ground of Gaines Mill. After resting our team about thlrtv minutes we drove on in the direction of the Mill. Auout four hundred yards from the Gaines mansion weoame to the road leading to Galucs Mill. We then lollowed the same road that Gregg's Krigade followed in iStf.!. A drive of one mile brought us to the old mill sight. The old brick house was destroyed during the war. A small wood house is used now. Home of the old walls are still standing. Part of our company secured some of the brick out of tbe wall and brougbt home with them its a memento. Wo offered to buy a bushel of moal ground on the mill to send home, but failed to get any. Home of us imagined that a cake ol corn bread ground at Gaines Mill would be something extra. The hills around the mill have changed very little since wc last saw them. On the hill west of the Powhlte creek where so many sutler and commissary stores were destroyed, appeared familiar to some of us. After leaving the mill we followed the road leading direct to that part of the battlefield where Gregg's Brigade attacked the enemy June 27, IHO'i. The lleid opposite the mill and beyond the creek have grown up In pines since the war, and partly cleared agein. We followed the direct road to the field where Crenshaw's Battery was planted and shelled the enemy so furiously. Dr. Clinkscales of Co. G. Orr's Rifles, was killed In rear of the battery. In this field was the writer's first view of the enemy in line of battle. Co. G. lost two men up to this point, Samuel Reld on tbe 26th, Dr. Clinkscales on 27tb, both kill ea oy can nun siiuu Through the same field the Confederates built a line of heavy earthworks In 180*. The line run at right angles with the line of battle In 1862. Near this point was where the Feder al lines made such desperate efforts in 1864 to break through the Confederate ifnes and were so badly handled. There 18 a large Federal cemetery near by, where thousands are buried. Owing to the thick undergrowth we could not follow the route taken by Gregg's Brigade Just before the battle was opened. We followed the road leading beyond the branch. After crossing the branch we were on tbat part ol the battlefield where Orr's Regiment of Rifles were so roughly bandied. After looking over the ground a few minutes we '/icated the ravine where the command were ordered to lie down and rest. The ground cJWrtt'licb Orr's Rifles charged have changed fo that u^fcTSHld scarcely realize that it was the field through"the charge was made. The open field in 1862'l?8 grown up in pines; some of them almost aV'urge as a man's body. Part of the field has bed* cleared again and in cultivation. Two negrocab 1ns stand in the clearing on the ground ovK. which the charge was made Hie piece of wood land In which the enemy were posted is uow cleared land, but not in cultivation this year. Wo left this part of the ground and passed on In the direction of the McGee house, following the line of works occupied by the enemir Tho onrt.il mnrUq nrn still there, and were very strong. After seeing how well they were fortified and the shape of the line of battle we could see the trap that we run into. The line was in such a shape that our troops would be exposed to a flank Are either way they could go. We also visited that part of the field where stonewall Jackson attacked them and turned their flank. From this part of the line we turned and visited the Parsons and Watt bouse farms, where Longstreet's corps and other commands engaged the enemy. There is no signs there now of the conflict. From the Watt house we had a fair view of the Chlckahomluy swamps and bottoms. Mr. Gaines pointed out to us where McClelland's military road was built. From this point wo drove up to Ellison's Mill on Beaver Dam creek, where pari of the troops engaged the enemy in the battle of McCnanicsville 26th of June. The country arouml the mill appears very much the same it was twenty-eight years ago. Just above the mill tbe enemy were strougly entrenched on a hillside north of the stream. A body of North Carolina troops assauiiea me warns but lulled to dislodge them. The charge was made dlrcct In their front, across a piece of lowland on the creek. The loss was very heavy along this line, the enemy being posted on tho hillside, with two or three lines of earth works. The lines above could fire over the heads of the troops posted nearer the base of the hill, which give them every advantage. On this plcce of ground was where we first saw the realities of war. When we passed there tho next morning the dead were scattered all over tho field. The enemy evacuated their works on the night of the 2Uth. Jackson's troops was on their right flank, causing them to change their base to another point, (Gaines Mill). 'Die open fields between Ellison's Mill and MeChanlCSVllle have changed very little. The same can be said of the country between McUbanlcsville and the Chlckahomlny. The country Is open, and appears just as It did Id 18G2. We stopped a few minutes at the village of McChanictsville to look around the historic place. We passed near there twenty-eight years ago. but did not have the time or opportunity to takenoiice ol the village. The same old homestead Is still standing with some ad' ' ' 11 4a nno atnrA cjiuouui uuuuiuca Binw. ... 111 ere now that Is occupied; another one that was closed the day we were there. From this place we traveled the turnpike lu the direction of Richmond. Crossing the Chickahominy we noticed the lowlands on each Hide of the stream were used principally for pasture lands. Large droves of cattle were to be seen grazing over the marshy plain. The lund is so flat and oogy that very little of it Is cultivated. Being so near the city I suppose tho present business is more profitable than farming. On the south side of the Chickahominy the old forts and earthworks are still standing, nearly as complete as when McClelland was In front of Hichmond with Lis mighty host. Tho most of the earthworks near the city have been leveled down since the war. Time is gradually obliterating the traces of the late unpleasantness. In another generation or two the heroes of the mighty conflict will be almost forgotten by the masses. At another time we may give you some of our observations around Petersburg, and the battle grouuds of Seven Pines. KEB. DEATH LURKS IN THE WELL. Sickness nn(l MufFerlui; in (he Household?I,ovc<l Ones Sleep In tbelr U raven. Draw the water out of your wells. All the tilth on the lot gravitates to tlie Douom 01 the well. If you fall to clean It out, typhoid i lever may come to you or one of your loved ! ones. The cost of cleaning out a well 1b a mere trifle, compared to doctor's bills or fu-l neral expenses. To neglect to clean out the well at least once or twice a year is little less I thuna crime, and for the dereliction you may be held to a fearful accountability.! Nearly all of the typhoid fever comes from j the contaminated water in our wells, and he wlio floes nothing to keep impurities out ot his drinking water commits an offence against himself, his family, and his town. If, anybody should want to get rid of all his family ho can do so by making his well a cesspool. ' WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THIS 7 The Hon. Win. Mnnro, of Union, In* fliatH on "Great Bambooxler" Am* werlnjc a Question Categorically and Without Equivocation?Did or Did Not Mr. Tillman Say or Insinuate that Munro Hold Ont? / \ Columbia, June 28.?The following corres- ^ pondence reached the News and Courier after il o'clock to-night. It gives a fine example of Tillman's squirming abilities, and cau he submitted without further comment: munro to tillman. Columbia, June 23.?Mr. B. r. Tillman? vc Sir: In the report of your speech at Union on the 21st Instant as published in the New* and Courier and Charleston World yon are represented aB having said: "You people watch ~ now you vote ror senator . rue man : you eleoted went to Columbia and sold bis vote for another howdy-do." I was not present when you were speaking and only beard of this charge by the reports In the two papers named to-day. I now ask you did yon . use the language attributed to you or other language meaning that I voted from Jmproper motives or for any unworthy reason on any question at any time In the Senate ? The messenger will await your answer. v Yours respectfully, './ rigu WILLIAM MUNRO. TILLMAN TO MT'NRO. Hon. Win. Munro--Slr: I used the word "men" and not "man," and I had no partlcu- v3 lar man In view, but was speaking in general terms. It would appear that you must be, by this time, aware that the News and Courier leaves no opportunity unused to lie on me, and your anger should be directed towards it tor its infamous head lines bringing your name into notice as it did. I expressly men- .is tloned your name as having voted right on the census, as you afterwards voted to give us just representation. My caution In reference to watching and being careful about the selection of a Senator . ' was made with no Intention of casting any - reflection upon your conduct. Yoh have always opposed the FarmerR' Movement, and I only wanted a man for your successors who is in sympathy with us. Yours respectfully, B. R. TILLMAN. MUNRO TO TILLMAN, NO. 2. IA, O. Vj. II. XV. J.MUI1UU j.V, Sir: I have just received your reply to my note, which does not answer my question. You are reported in the Charleston Newt and r-j Cburterand the TForWas saylDg: "The malt. -0 you electeh sold his vote for a howdy-do." ~H You state in your note that you used the word "men" and not "man." I now ask you to answer me dlstiuctly. Did you use this :? lunguage in reference to me either Individual ly or in connection with others? Yours respectfully, WILLIAM MUNRO. tillman to munbo, no 2. Columbia, June 23.?The Hon. William XpF Munro?Sir: If you will do me the honor to call I will explain fully what I said and : meant. Yours respectfully, B. R. TILLMAN. 31uNho to tillman, no 3. ' ' % Columbia, June 23.?Mr. B. R. Tillman: In '-s this matter 1 must insist on a distinct answer M to the question I have asked. Respectfully, WM. MUNRO. ^ TILLMAN TO MUNBO, NO 3. Columbia, June 23.?Hon. Wm. Munro? '"J* Sir: I cannot give you any full explanation until you take it in person. I will after ex? plaining write anything you want to show that no allusion was made to you at all In > that connection. Respectfully, B. R. TILLMAN. MUNK0 TO TILLMAN, NO 4. Columbia, June 23.?Mr. B. R. Tillman: Yours received. 'I have asked no explana- ' ilou, but if you used the language, as reported, I understood your note as saying you bad no reference to me in the remarks made In / that connection. If I am correct this is en- ft tirely satisfactory. If I am not correct please inform me at once. Respectfully, WM, kUNRO. the final back down. June 23.-Hon. Wm. Munro-Slr: In speaking as I did I had no reference to you or any other man. I was speaking In general terms of electing men on account of personal popularity, and giving votes for "howdy-dos.f> Respectfully, B. R. TILLMAN. always eats hi3 words. Col. John C. Haskell, In his speech the - other night, said of Capt. Tillman that he had heard him frequently, when no charge was too vile and no slander too great to atter, hut iuul no una uever Been iuu umtj wucu iuvo uj face with the man be accused be bad failed to 39 eat bis words. N. G. Q. For i.Howdy.do or a Drink of ? Liquor. The Charleston WorUrfep&&rJZsU]iL, miilfOfUlr - ? to have said last Saturday at Union: By bis charge of the State government being permeated with political leprosy, I mean those men wbo go around tne State "howdy-doing," and I mean to hit without partiality. You sold your vote for a howdydo or a drink of liquor, and the man who bought it went down and sold it for another, or an introduction into the Columbia club. ANOTHER MAN KILLED. Some More Foolinhnciis?A Pistol Shot?A Dead Negro. The State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. Testimony before Jury of inquest over the body ot Stewart Franklin held this 21st day of June, 1S90. Hexry Tarrant, sworn, says: Yesterday evening at McCormik, while returning from Augusta on the A. & K. train, I was lying on a bench half asleep, be asked me to go with him. I went with him through three cars. As we were going out third car a nisfni from tin? outside. Stewart was on the platform of the car, and says, Henry, that man has shot me bnt after examination, said he wa6 only glanced, he step- h ped on the other platform and said he was going to see who shot at him; he pulled bis pistol and cocked it; he stood on|the platform till the train moved off. and as he was passing a ' s box car on the side track he: was shot, and said, I am killed. I and Todd held blm until we got him to his seat in the car. He lived about one half hour and died. I saw the flash of pisfot, but don't know who did it. Don't know why be wanted me to go with him. I suppose be bad had a difficulty with some one, out he called no one's name and I don't know who shot him. I was on the opposite platform from Stewart when he was shot. The train had gone about fifty feet when he was shot. The shot that killed Stewart was from the outside. It was dark and the party could not be seen. Gkokue Todd, sworn, savs; I was on the train coming from Aagusta yesterday evening, and while at McCormick some one called Franklin to the door and some one shot at him, but did not bit him, onnUmi-aiint whs fired a few scconds after which killed him. I was In the door of the car when Franklin was shot on the steps. Did not know who shot him. I know that Stewart had a fuss with some person to me unknown. Don't know who the conductor was, nor whether bo was notified. Stewart did not say who shot him. It was at MoCormlck In this county. Tiik state ok South Carolina, Abbeville County. An Inquisition Indented, taken at Greenwood, In Abbeville County, the 21st day of June, 1890, before \V. K. Blake, Trial Justice acting as Coroner for said county, upon the view of the body of Stewart Franklin then and there being dead. By the oaths of McD. Singleton, Rowland Calhoun, R. W. Major, Sam Turner, Jerome Bell, J. W. Fife, A. Q. Youngblood, H. B. Meade, E. M. Palmer, D. J, Rayborn. James Hilton, and R. S. Spark man, being a lawful Jury of inquest, who being charged and sworn to Inquire for the State of South Carolina, whore and by what means, the said Stewart Franklin came to his death, upon their oatbs do say that the said Stewart Franklin camo to his death by a gunshot wound flrcd from the hands of a party un? " " " ? J * V.? I rnw nn *#> Known to me jurors, huu ou mo ju.w* ? tlielr oaths do say that said deceased carae to his death in manner and form aforesaid. W? K. BLAKE. Trial Justice, acting as Coroner. A. McD. Singleton, foreman, S. S. Turner, J. G. Hilton, R. S. Sparkman, It. \V. Major, R. R. Calhoun, A. J. Bell, A. G. Youngblood, I). J. Ray born, J. \V. Fife, E. M. Palmer, H. B, Meade. m m A new method of ventilating railway carriages and preventing dust from entering with the air has lately appeared in France. The more quickly the train moves the more rapidlj' , the apparatus works. The air is made to traverse a receptacle containing water, which cools it and relieves it of dust, after which it goes through another filtering before entering the carriage. - * . _/