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w .The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 ;m BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1890. VOLUME XXXV. NO. 14. f?| ? Selections from tiu Christian Neigiibor Eating and Fasting:. If it were not slang of too pronounced a type we would say "here's a big how-d'-ve-do," referring to a receut occurrence in the Romish Church. The News and Courier published a "dispensation from the Pope granting to the faithful the privilege of eating meat last Friday ! (the day of Assumption, was it?) Mgre. Quigley, vicar of the diocese of Charleston, authorized the same, and in that diocese all was done decently and in order, and with satisfactory results we will suppose. In Savannah, however, the Bishop preached a "powerful sermon" severely rt prim audi ng "all the members of the Church who had partaken of meat on the mistaken idea that there had I been a dispensation from the Pope.'j He told them that they were to receive! their religious ordinauces from the clergy and not from the press. He, said that he had received no official, notice ef the letter of dispensation'j and consequently could not dispense | with the fast." Unhappy Romanists \ of Savannah ! What is your penance? Bear it meekly whatever it may be till you can be brought from darkness into the light, from the tyranny of the traditions of men to true liberty in Christ Jesus. It is not that we ought not to fast, rather should we both fast aiipnliT fKo /Vn/r nnrtfi in auu [ii , uut ouivij mv j w?.v~ Savannah makes this religious obligation ridiculous to say the least. Selah. A natural gas explosion iu Shelby County, Indiana, August, 11, is reported of as covering an area of fifteen acres all of which is either depressed, thrown up or cracked open. The mag-i nitude and terrific force of the upheaval is said to be past comprehension. Cairo, Egypt, August 11.?Tliere were 12G deaths froni cholera at Jeddah yesterday, and at Mecca 108. Since the first outbreak of cholera in Valencia, Spain, there have been 1,000 cases and 788 deaths. A boiler explosion August at a saw mill seven miles from Newberry killed four men and seriously wounded two. One of the killed is a white man. The 147th Contereuce of Wesley an Methodist ministers was opened in Bristol, July 22. Patillo who killed Hudson in Augusta, Ga., a few weeks ago is out on bail. ? The natives pronounce Newfoundland "Nuftbnlou"?with the accent hard on the last syllable. It is estimated that there are now $20o,000,000 of foreign capital invested in the United States. According to the last census, do per cent, of the whole population of New Zealand are nrofessors of relicion. Thirty families, numbering 240souls, have recently come over from Ilomauism to Protestantism in a single commune of Hungary. The prison population of England lias fallen oil' so much of late years, that out of 113 prisons, fifty-seven have been altogether closed. St. Joseph, Mo., August 11.?The Missouri River is cutting away its banks on the Kansas side, opposite this city, at an alarmtng rate. If prompt measures are not taken VVathena and Elwood will be swept away and St. Joseph left high and dry, while the million dollar bridge will span a dry water course. Asjieville, N. C.t August 14.?D. "NV. Shuler, cashier of the Bauk of Hickory, N. C., died suddenly this morning of heart disease. The failure of his bank yesterday is supposed to have hastened his death. Louisville, Ky., August 14.?The immense distillery and warehouse of the Kentucky Distillery Company, A owned by Barkhouse & Co., was burnm ed to-day along with 25,000 barrels of * whiskey. Spiders' webs are called cobwebs from the fact that "cob" is an old word for spider, and as such is used to this day in some parts of England. The venerable Rev. T. N. Ralston, D. D., says the Central Methodist, is very feeble, by reason of advauced age anu pnysicai prostration. xiis iiih una l>een an active one and his ministry fruitful for good. But his great book, 4 Ralston's Elements of Divinity," is the crowning work of his life. May his sun set in a clear sky and in perfect peace. Of the 5,<>00 young persons in American institutions of learning, who, within four years past, have signed a declaration, God permitting, to be foreign missionaries, 250 have already gone abroad on their sacred errand. A judge in a Chicago court is reported as saying: "Of all the boys in the reform school at Pontiac, and in the various reformatories about the city, ninetv-five per cent, are the children of parents who died through drink or became criminals through the same cause. Some one asked Mr. Clews, the New York banker, what was his motto. He rellected a moment, and answered : "My motto in brief is this- Always extend a helping hand; never try to crush a rival firm, but give it assistance ; ami never forget that young men need aid, advice, and encouragement more than old ones." A Charming Female Compositor. < Miss Fannie Martin, a charming young lady and an expert printer on the Christian Neighbor, "set up" the entire paper last week, between Thursday and Tuesday, which made 45,000 etus. This was splendid work and Miss Fannie deserves credit for her energy. If there were more like her the edit rs would have more religion than ever.?Abbeville Medium. teiSci:* - ? - . > Death*. Mrs. Anna L. Alworden. wife of W. G. Alworden, Columbia, died August 1. Mr. Amos Gilmore, nine miles from the city, died August 15. i Mrs. Strickland, wife of Mr. J. \V. Strickland, Columbia, died August 17, 1890, aged 32. I Rev. Walter H. McDanlel, a venerable and i gifted superannuate of the Alabama Conferjence, died recently near Randolph, Bibb I county, Alabama. He was the pioneer Methj odlst preacher of Alabama, and was a tower 1 of strength when in his prime. He was noted I for the power and force with which he preached the peculiar doctrines of Methodism. A grand old soldier oi the cross hus fallen on sleep. Judge Barnard of the New York Supreme Court lias decided that uo song 1 bird can be legally eaged. The cost of sustaining the regular army of the United States last year was $40,400,460. A machine has been invented for drilling square, oblong or hexagonal holes, heretofore fouud impossible. The United States already has as many citiesjvith a population of over 1,000,000 as Europe. During the last twenty-five years the Methodists have built six thousand more churches than the Presbyterians own in the whole country, seven thousand more than the Congregationalists, and five thousand more than the Roman Catholics. Spartanburg, August 6.?At a called meeting of the Trustees of Wofford College this afternoon, Professor C. B. Craighead was elected to the chair of Greek and French, to fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Professor Goodloe, and H. N. Snyder of Nashville, Tenn., was elected to the chair of English and German, vice Prof. Long, resigned. They both come well recommended. A telegram from Findlay, O., says I that a prominent glass-table manufact- 1 j? _^ ?!! J tioma or? 1 iu re J', vv iiu win ins tiuuiv uuvii t necessary, says that his establishment, with every like glass concern in the United States, has been sold to an English syndicate. Trie syndicate intends lessening the output of these factories where fuel Jis high and increasing the product where it is cheap. "The Churchman " of New York, ?ives the following etxract from a sermon of Dr. B. F. DeCosta, of the Church of St. John the Evangelist. His subject was : "The Nation1a dangers and its Defcnce." Force ok Arms A False Defence.?The age of force was past: the age of reason was upon us. Force was a false defence. Historically, force was a failure. It produced no * * 1 ~ C it Ul revolution iu uie Kinguoui 01 uiouguL. France and Germany bad engaged in a war ; but they were ready to spring again at one another's throats. Again force was over-reaching itself, so that it must be dismissed for that reason. Inventions were making war so terrible that nations would not dare to fight with one another. Science was making a small nation as strong as a big one. But physical force was also false, because it did not appreciate that there was a force superior to it. Real defence was often found where least expected. Our 3,000 miles of defenceless coast had been called a dangei. But the mountains round about Jerusalem were a defence; so might every mile of our defenceless coast become a terror to other couutries. Our exalted place among the nations was also a defence. Our officers cried for a greater navy. Owners of shipyards trembled, but the Deo pie did not. A small navy was necessary, but not a large one. The Power of One. } Many years ago, an invalid lady, i whose home was in the country, vis- i ited a large city near which she lived, t on a sultry summer day. She had 1 business iu some or the smaller streets i and alleys, and was appalled at the a number of pale, puny and .sick babies c iu their mother's arms, who were lit- i erally dying for a breath of fresh air. t What could she do ? "I canuot save all," she said, "but I c may save one. There is room for a s mother and her child at home. c She took the one mother and her i child to her country nouse, Kepi mem u for a fortnight, anu then took them t home and brought others. Her neigh- s bors followed her example. The next t summer the number of children en- 1 tertained amounted to hundreds ; the t next, thousands. 1 Another woman who lived in the t city, and had no money to give, was * vexed that she could not help in this a most qracious charity. "I can at t least tell others of it," she said. She I wrote an account of it for a New York t newspaper. t A third woman, possessed of great * wealth, sent a thousand dollars to the i editor, with the request that he should 1 open a fund for this noble purpose. * The Fresh Air charity was the result. 1 The various organization throughout a the United States, for the removal of i poor children trom the poisonous air i of the cities to the country, have i grown out of this first attempt of a t single weak, woman to save one dy- a ing baby. > During the last two years the charity has taken root in England and on the Continent. No one but God knows how many lives have been saved by it. If the woman who thought of it on 1 that torrid day, as she passed, sick f and weary through the slums, had de- 1 cided, "I cannot save all ; why should 1 [ trouble myself with one?" how r many Jives that might have been sav- ? ed would have been lost! c A Note of Warning.?I want the ^ girls and boys to read this item care- (] fully, and think about it. I gather . the facts from an article in a late re- J ligious paper, written by a good man. * Fifty years ago Dr. (Joan went as a j missionary to the Sandwich Islands. g He found there one hundred and thir- ^ ty thousand people. Soon after the v neonle betran to learn about the true God, they passed a law prohibiting the bringing of alcohol in auy form to . their islands. The story of the great * changes for the better in all that region is wonderful and beautiful. But ^ the United States government, influenced by liquor manufacturers, compelled the Sandwich Islands to let them bring liquors to its ports, and let the people trade for liquor! It is said that now only about fifty thousand people are left, and they have gone back, many of them into worse than heathen lives. All because of rum ! "We say mouse, and we say mice. Now, why isn't the plural of spouse spice ?" The Secret of Happiness. Few people realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent npon their work, upon the tact that they .are kept bus}' and not left to feed upon themselves. Happiness conies most to people who seek her least, and think least about her. It is not an object to be sought; it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it. How imEortantis health to happiness, yet the est promoter of health is something to do. Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him. A man does not want much time to think about himself. Too much thought of the past and its shadows overwhelms; too much thought of the present dissipates: too much thought of the future unsettles. I find that if a horse stands too much in the stable, with too little work, he gets the crib-bite. Too little work makes a kind of a wind-suckes of a mat). I recently had a letter from a friend 1 who, from having rented his farm for a number of years, had to much leis- 1 ure. Ju this letter he writes how well ' and happy he has been during the 1 season?he had enjoyed existence?the 1 gods had smiled upon him and he had found life worth living. Then he told 1 me, not by way of explanation, but as a matter of news, that his head man 1 had been disabled two months before ' and the care of the farm had devolved ' upon himself; more, that he was renovating a place he had recently bought \ re-modeling the house, shaping the ' grounds, etc. Then I knew why he ' had been so unusually well and hap- 1 py. He had had something to do into 1 which he could throw himself, and it 1 iiadsetallthe eurrenls of his being 1 ;oing again. < About the same time I had a letter 5 rom another farmer friend who told j ne how busy he was, so many things pressing that there was need of his I rointr two or more directions at once, |1 lot to get rich, bnl to make both ends 1 neet. And yet he was so happy ! Therefore he wits so happy, say J.) s Troubles and trials, he says, are few t ind soou over with, while Ihe pleas- 1 ires are past all enumeration. "There ( s so much to be enjoyed one never jets to the end of it." This man was too busy to be unhap)y, he had no time for ennui or the dues. You see he did not over-in- , lulge in the luxury of leisure. He 1 ,vas compelled to take it sparingly, 1 lenceit always tasted good to him. J The fruit of the tree of life of which J ,ve must eat very sparingly is leisure. ' Too much of it, and it turns to gall on c >ur tongue. A little too much of 1 hose things which we think will 1 nake us happy, and we are cloyed, 1 ind miserable, indeed. The boy * ,vould like to dine entirely upon pie H >r sweetmeats, aud we all need the * esson tliat the dessert of life is to be 1 aken sparingly. Because money is 1 ;ood, do nor therefore, think that c iches are an unmixed blessing ; be- I ;ause leisure is sweet to you, do not 1 herefore, imagine you would be hap- s >y with nothing to do. My corres- < jondent waa too busy and too poor to >e cloyed or sated, too much the vie-11 im of circumstances to be self-accus- t ng and repining. He had no choice [ >ut to go on and make the most of ? .hings. I I overheard an old man and a young t nan talking at the station. The 0 fouug man was telling of an uncle of v lis who had sold his farm and retired f uto the village. He had enjoyed go- t ng to the village, and so now he N bought he would take his fill of it. 1 if oftnn nlrkvorl nnnn him. TTp had f It OVUM -rW lothina; to do. Every night he would 1 ay witnasigh of relief, "Well, an- 1 >ther day is through," and each morn- t ng wondered how he could endure 0 he day. * In every village up and down the J ilder parts of the country there are 1 everal such men ; every day is a bur- t len to them because they have noth- v ng to do. They drift aimlessly up b md down the street; they loiter in b he post-oftice or lounge in the grocery tore, or hotel bar-room,?no comfort o themselves and no use to the world. a With what longing they must look _ ipon the farmers that drive in to get a lorse shod or to do a little trading and : hen drive briskly away! How the ^ ision of the farm, the cattle, the ^ beep, the barn, the growing crops, ^ he early morning, the sowing, the 0 Wanting, the harvesting, ect., must t launt them. Nothing to do ! When v hey were driven ana oppressed wun j vork they ^ad thought, what pleas- j ire to be free from all this, to be at r iberty to ge and come as one liked, f vith no cows to milk or chores to do ! ^ tfow they probably have not a hen or 0 i dog to comfort them. These men do t lot live out more than half their lat- ^ er days. Nature has no use for them v *nd they soon drop away ; whereas g heir neighbors who stick to the farm 0 ind keep the currents going, reach a |( nuch more advauced period of life. v John Burroughs, in (he Vhaulau- c puan. 0 Uncle Reuben Jones did uot live !-. ?in. !?!<> frxLl 1? So lappuy wnii ui? wins* lie luiu mo uiuister lie could not tell why it was, t or be gave his wife a great many com- v diments. The minister went round I o dinner, and in the course of the F neal Uucle Reuben took occasion to t ay to his wife : F "Jane, my dear, you are the best fc iook in the country. O how 1 wish 'ou were as good a laundress!" s "And yet,''said Uncle Reuben, after linner, "you see I paid my wife a comdiment, but she did not seem to be e deased about it." c "I dou't blatne her," said the minis- u er, "that's a kiss and a blow at the a ame time ; give her the kisses all by hemselves, omit the blows, and you vill come out right." . a The Rev. Lyman Abbott, I). D., bejau his installation address in these % Q vorus : "To be a Christian and to be a Chris- v iau minister?this was my desire from ny childhood days. My earliest recdections are of preaching to a cougrejation of empty clmirs with two elder p )rothers, who had no reverence for the j doth, and who, as choir, insisted on j jracticing their music while I preach;d my sermon. Thus from a very eary day I learned to bear two common ninisterial burdens?an empty house ii ind au irreverent choir." ? * * v 4-i-lnoh black silk net for lace dresses in fish >one goods. I can save you money on a lace , Iress. W. E, Bell. t A Light Bearer. A little girl of nine summers came to ask her pastor about joining the < church. She had been living a Chris- s tian for nine months, had been properly taught, and answered the usual s questions promptly and properly. At I last the pastor said : . i "Nellie, does your father think you 1 are a Christian?" . I "Yes, sir." I "Have you told him ?" I "No, sir." I "How, then, does he know." < "He sees." 1 "How does lie see that?" I "Sees I am a better girl." 5 "What else does he see?" I "Sees I love to read my Bible and to | pray." < "Then, you think he sees you are a < Christian ?" < "I know he does, he can't help it;" i and with a modest, happy boldness, i she was *ure her father knew she was s a Christian because lie could not Help ? seeing it in her life. 19 not such the privilege of all God's people, to he sure I that others see they are following I Christ? i AVe remember hearing of a poor, I hard-working man whose fellow-labor- i ers laughed at him, told him he was t deceived, and pressed him with difti- < uult questions. At last, in the desper- i ateness of his heart, he said : "I am a f changed man. Go, ask my wife if I i am not. She sees I am." c This is what Christ meant by being s witnesses and lights in the world. 1 Not only soundness of faith and bold- t tiess of confession, but a manner of life 1 tvhich, even without spoken words, i testifies of a new life and* love. \ This is the best evidence of our re- t igion. When those worked with us i in the mill or store, or on the farm, see a ihat we are living a new life, then our l ivorus nave power, iiiis is me pnviege of every one. We may not be ich or educated or eloquent, and hence lot able to give much or teach much >r speak much ; but we can live much, v md good living is the best giving, the c jest teaching, the best eloquence. 1J The poorest, the most ignorant aud the 11 youngest can cause people to see they * ire changed. They can prove the re- 1 ility of their conversion. I We cannot hide a good life. It e shines. It may make no more noise v ban a candle, but, like a candle, it " nay be seen. Thus, even a little boy >r girl may be a light-bearer. ? Christian 1 Vitncas. !' .,. I Thanking God for Our Tnorns. t Dr. George Matherson, of Scotland, p * totally blind, and yet he is one of b he most learned and gifted men in all " Britain, lie was a member of the < Jau-Presbyterian Alliance of Belfast P u 1884, and no man in all that body >f great men was heard with more atlm li? Acot/^rinal nnivpr 11 CHIIUU luau UV-. ill Wiaivi IVU& |/v ?T V. ias few, if any, equals in that body of " iloquent men. He spoke with such v, luency, power and magnetism that he tj wept everything before him. It is jeautiful to witness the sweetness of 01 he spirit of this man. Although lie n ives, and must always live, in total P; larkuess, yet he is a cheerful and hap- K >y-hearted Christian. The following ouching words from his i>en ought to trengthen the Christian patience of Joel's afflicted children: p "My God, I have never thanked a hee for my thorn. I have thanked al heea thousand times for my roses, U: >ut not once for my thorn. I have n >een looking forward to a world where e, : shall get compensation for my cross, >ut I have never thought of my cross i3 is itself a present glory. Thou Di- cj 'ine love, whosehuman path has been u lerfect through sufferings, teach me 0j he glory of my cross; teach me the 'alueof my thorn. Show me that I h uive climbed to thee by the path of!U] >ain. Show me that my tears have C1 nade my rainbow. Reveal to me that w ciy strength was the product of the f0 iour when I wrestled until the break it day. Then shall I know that my eI horn was blessed by thee: then shall e: know that my cross was a gift from ^ hee, and I shall raise a monument to nj he honor of my sorrow, and the ^ yords which I shall write upon it will u ie these, 'It is good for me that I have w ieen afliicted.' " V) What Old Men Can Do.?There is tendency abroad in the world to set ^ side from active life old men, simply ecause they are old. We should UUgU IlltfU iis W C JU*4?C tiwo. JLC I Jti lot years merely that make trees old, tj iut barrenness, A tree that keeps on rp learing fruit?good fruit and plenty ?j f it?is a young tree in fruitfulness, hough it may be old in years. So rith man. If a man keeps on bear- ^ ng fruit?good and abundant?what cj lo years have to do with his usefulless? The worth of a man is his useulness. C'ato, at 80 years, studied the ireek language. Plutarch was a vig- al rous writer at 80 years. Franklin of iroduced his ripest fruit in literature 111 k'hen quite old. Look at the mental igor of Gladstone and Bismark, now o far advanced in life. As long as ui Id men are fruitful in good works, et them have plenty of work. And ?hen a man becomes barren, though omparatively young, superannuate j, r locate him. ^ . in The very worst kind of slavery is tl hat which one imposes on himself vlieu he becomes "the servant of .sin." |j| ie is then enslaved by his own evil j;, >assions ; and this is far more destruc- w ive of his happiness than any form of political bondage. To this slavery our 01 Saviour alluded when he said : "Whosoever committeth sin is the ervant of sin." CJolin viii. 34.) je _ tc "Are the young women of the pres- ai nt day fit for wives?" asked an ear- T icst lecturer, the other day. "They sc re fit for husbands!" cried an enthu.- b< iastic female in the audience. T James?Is Miss Knowitall a gradu- ?' te of Vassar ? John?She is. "I thought she was. I hoard her sk if the muzzle of a gun was to prei SW It fi: ent ii going on." ? ? Jack Uppers?Say, Hcadds, could ^ ou lend me a hundred? Russell S. w icadds?That's not the point, dou'tL, ou know?could I lend it?but could j p; get it buck ? I a| The inevitable penalty of evil action j w 3 the degradation of both our physical c' ,nd our moral natures which it carries nth itself. "The facility with which ti ye commit sins," says Augustine, "is le k punishment for sins already commit- la ed." ol Cleanliness Around an Infant's Eyes. Dr. Eilvvard S. Peck, a New York acculist of high standing, says 011 this subject, ill Babyhood: Immediately after birth an infant should be kept secluded from the light; but within two days the eyes nay lie allowed some liberty in a lightened room ; the direct rays of light should, however, be excluded from them for some days. Many inauts are predisposed to gummy accretions and crust upon the lid-edges ; in jvery case these should be removed svith lukewarm water, to which a little borax may be added, by means of a small, soft sponge or a bit of .old musin, after which vaseline should be applied directly to the parts. As the hild grows older and is taken out-of loors, the exposure to sunlight proluces a tendency to an excessive accumulation of mucus between the lids md of crusts at the lid margins. The same rules should then be followed md elealiness rigidly maintained, ro neglect in this particular, more ban to any other local cause, is due ;he vicious habit of styes in very youug children. The glands secreting ;he oily substance, which is the natual lubricator or of the "edges, are apt ;o have the orifices choked with mu:us with which dust may be caught jp; a stoppage occurs, and a true 9tye forms. This is liable to be followed by i second and third one, producing not >nly pain to the little patient, but poslible damage to, and distortion of, the id. Catarrh of the tear-sac very freluently results from an uncleanly labitof the lids. In this connection t should be noted that "snuffles" and vatery eyes often occur together; but, hough depending usually upon heredtary causes, both can be corrected, md such a view should always be ta;en by the mother and nurse. Foreign Bodies in the liye. A curious popular delusion it is rhich teaches that a particle of dust or iuder blown into an eye by the wind nay best be removed by rubbing the minjured eye. Many have found by xperience that rubbing the unafleccd eye is quickly followed by relief of >ain in, and rapid recovery of the othr eye; while rubbing the organ into yliich the sharp particle has blown isually results in increased pain and iscomfort. This apparent proof by xperience is negatived by ilie experence of those who rub neither eye, mt simply wait, with tlie injured eye uietly closed, uutil the tears wash out he ofibnding mote. This is the philsophy of the cure, If the eye is rubed, the sharp-edged particle isembeded by preseure iu the conjunctive or sorner and cannot be removed by the low of tears due to the irritation of ,s coutact. If the patient, however, MU content nimsen wnu simpiy cioslg his eye-lids with the eyes rolled own ward, the flow of tears will in a ery few moments carry the little paroles of dust outside of the coniuncval sac. Hence it is that while he zcupies his meddlesome fingers with jbbmg the well eye, he allows the , uiuful eye to cure itself by physiolo- i ical therapeusis. Dr. J. B. Roberts. ? i Eating Vegetables. ? Good I [ousekeepiug says on the subject: In ; substantially vegetable diet, cream < ad cheese should occasionally be J ?ed, all of which contain much solid utrimont. About oue-third of the 5g is nutrition, and good cheese conlins a still larger proportion. Butter also food. An eminent chemist de- J ares there is "more strength stored < p in an ounce of butter than in two 1 nC mnnf )1 o 1 fhrviirrVl hllHor Will M .IUUC9 U1 lilVstlL, uillivu^ii Muvkv. it *?4 ( ot furnish material to build up the { ssues of the body like bread and j leat. Yet butter, with eggs and j earn or cheese in a moderate amouut, i ill generate all the animal heat and rce needed, just as coal and wood ?nerate heat under the boiler of an i igine. It has been demonstrated by 1 iperimenttbat one pound of boiled \ ?ans contains eighty-seven per cent, i ' nutrition, while beef contains only 1 venty-six per cent.; boiled peas give { inety-three per cent, against poultry, hich yields twenty-six per ceut. and ?al, which only gives twenty-four. + One Remedy for Horse Colic.? i Georgia correspondent vouches for J le remedy for horse colic here repro- { need from The Southern Cultivator, t o un "Take a blanket and cove f le bowels of the horses with it. ( ben secure it in position with two \ i ts tightly to the borse. Apply hot 11 ater, or as hot as the horse can bear r , freely. The bowels are relaxed and u le horse relieved of the colic like a s nirm." , _?- ?. u To set the color in dark hosiery, or ly cotton goodSj put a tablespoouful 1 'black pepper into a pail of water j id soak two hours. Salt should not be added to oatmeal r ltil it has boiled at least 10 miuutes. i a m % m l Teachers of men are like trees. We 1 in no more trust tbe words aud tlieo- t zings of tbe one than tbe leaves and 1 ossoms of the other. But when fruit- { ig-time has come, we shall have tests t lat never fail. f The surest "Way to produce moral i iuduess is to neglect moral convicon. One who pursues this course | ill soon admire his own errors, credit i is own lies, and take pleasure in his { ,vn wicked uess. , Drop the thing that worries, that ex* ] tes, that interests, that thwarts you ; t it it fall like a sediment to the bot- i an, until the soul is no longer turbid, * id say secretly : "Grant, I beseech J hee, Merciful Lord, to thy faithful t :rvant pardon and peace, that I may 1 1 Alaniieiul fmni nil illV sins Jllirl QPPVP , lice with a quiet mind." 1 Shall any one complain on account \ ' God's disciple? Jt is most unrea- t (liable to do this. Aside from the dis- 1 net declaration that "whom the Lord \ iveth He ehaseneth," we should re- ] lember tha. by no possibility can in- J nite wisdom err in dispensing what- i :er infinite love dictates. i The peculiar temptations and trou- ' !ds incident to the possession of great t ealth emphasize the truth that a >mpetence is all we really can enjoy, ] xtreme poverty is scarcely less favor- c ale to the development of soul-life. * he "golden mean'' is the condition t hich produces the noblest types of c mracter. It's good to live only a moment at a I me, as I've read in one of Mr. Wesy's books. It isn't for you and me to 1 ,y plans ; we've nothing to do but to jey and trust.?Adavi fiede, 5 I ALLIANCE PARAGRAPHS. Founding the Alliance, and Cause of Death of the Flint Organization. BY GRANGER SAM. In 1875 the settlers of Lampasses and adjoining Counties were oppressed by the Cattle Kings of Western Texas. The Cattle Kings gave private orders to their cow boys to loot all beef necessary lor their support from "the grangers." This evil became so great that the farmers j allied themselves In a band to defend and protect themselves. In a few years the organlza- ( tlon beceme so powerful that designing polltlclans dragged them Into politics, and thus the first alliance came to an untimely end. In 1879 an old member of the defunct al- \ liance of Western Texas, reorganized the first new alliance at Poolvllle, In Parker County, | Northern Texas.-realizing the needs of the < agricultural masses and remembering the rock upon which the former combination had i come to an untimely death. 1 The constitution adopted by this infant alliance has been changed very little by the j giant that stands full grown to-day. The con- i >tltutlon of the first alliance Is composed of i seven short sections as follows: 1st. To labor for the education of the agri- ( cultural classes in the science of economical government in a strictly non partlson splr- ( It. 2nd. To endorse the motto : In things essen- ( tial unity and In all things charily. i 3rd. To develop a better'state, mentally, morally, socially and financially. I 4th. To create a better understanding for sustaining civil ofllcers in maintaining law j and order. 5th. To constantly strive to secure entire harmony and good will among all mankind, i and brotherly love among ourselves. i Gtb To suppress personal, local, sectional i and national prejudices: All unhealthful i rivalry and selfish ambition. 7th. The brightest Jewels which it garnishes ! are the tears of widows and orphans, and lis | Imperative commands are to visit the houses > where larcerated hearts are bleeding; to as- i suuge the sufferings of a brother or slater; i bury the dead; care for the widows aud.feducato the orphans; to exercise charity to- j wards all offenders; to construe words and ( deeds In their most favorable light, granting honesty or purpose nnd good intentions to i others, and protect the principles of the al- ] liance unto deal h. Its laws are reason and < equity. lis cardinal doctrines Inspire purity < of thought and life and its lntent'ons, Apeace on earth and good will toward men." 1 THK Kilt.ST ALLIANCE NATIONAL C0NVEN- ] TION. It Is three years since the first national al- ' liance was held In Shreveport.. Louisanna. , This body was composed of delegates Irom , Texas, Louisanna, Arkansas, Missouri, Ten- | nossee, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Ken- tncky and North Carolina. South Carolina j and Georgia had not been born as alliance , slate. This convention did not dream of entering , into politics as an alliance as Is shown by the i address of its first president. He said let j every member carry h!s ideas of reform to , the political party that he belongs from prln- ( clple, and as the agriculturist comprises a , laree majority of all the voters he will neces | sarlly comprise a majority iu each party, and let these members In the Hall of Congress de- , mnnd of the goverment a redress of their , wrongs but In partisan politics, the members of our order should participate not as alliance ( men but as citizens,'because politics Is for clt- t Izeus. ( A COMPLETE KEVOLUTJON. The alliance as an order has entered the \ political arena. This revolution has been t brought about by the sub treasury plan. Sen- s uior vuuce in introducing uus uiu, uucmreu i thut he coufd not vote for such a measure be- t cause he believed it to be, not only unconsti- 1 tutlonal but, wildly chimerical. The Southern Alliance l.s a unit on this plan and they s are supporting men alcne who will work for 1 It. i i FIFTY CONGRESSMAN WILL STEP DOWN IN f THE SOUTH AND WEST. V e It is estimated that the Question of the al- \ llance in the South and west npon the sub- s treasury plan will r<sult in fifty or more of g Its advocates not being returned to the next t Congress. ? IS THIS TRUE? t It is said that under the sub treasury plan t that the farmer could borrow money from the e goverment at 2 per cent. Interest, and loan t It to the carpenter, blacksmith, or machl- v nlst at 8 per cent, not only making a profit of = 5 per cent, but at the same time making the b most eluantlc corner on the money market 8 Ihe world has has ever seen. JUTE BAGGING. The Jute Bagging trust has been whipped, 0 rute bagging is selling for six cents. Cotton a sagging Is higher than last year on account of e :be high price ofcotton. The farmers have no lunrrell with the producers of Jute, their j Ightlswlth the Jute trust and up to this c time they have routed them horse, foot and t; Iragoon. Should the farmers use cotton bag- ], Ing this season, they would do so at a loss oi 8 ;ight or nine million dollars. They hare v .he question now in their own hands. Put up t ute bagging factories and make your own (, xigging In the South. -j; THE ALLIANCE AND GOVERNOR GOKDAN. H Governor Gordon says he cannot endorse tl he sub Treasury bill. He was not forced by a he Alliance of Georgia to define his position, \ fet as an honest statesman he was forced to tl lothls. We think the Southern farmer has u 10 stronger Irieud than Gen. John B. Gordan ^ ind the alliance of Georgia will commit a tl treatmlstake when she lays Governor Gordon ? lpon the shelf. tl Matrimony. n BY ANDY CRUNCH. Having never tried the thing I guess my a Mews on matrimony are not as well devel- di >ped as those chaps who have been in the bus- B ness forty or tllty years. But generally each se >110 tells a different tale about It, so Its hard 0 come to a conclusion. The only way to ind out is to let each feltow try it for himself. Jut the thunder about that Is if be once tries t, lie may have to keep on the rest of his life, whether he lines it or not?goes in for bliss md catches thunder. r Solomon went Into the matrimonial busiless about as heavy as any man I know of, md alter he got through, he said his thouand wives were "all vanity and vexation," vhlch leads mo to think they made him get ip and dust whenever they nad a mind to, md goodness knows there was enough of hetn. cc Matrimony la a very aged institution?has M urned out many a graduate and will likely urn out a sight more. Its very popular, es- N >eclally with young folks, but I'm Inclined to hlnk a mau oughtn't to get married until he ti ;ets over being a ohlld. I have heard of some bi rylng It at sixteen and catching a thru shlng rom the old man the nextday, which Is very rc lalnful and mortifying, and for that reason it ij ihould be put off awhile. Marriage is a sol- bi imn thing and should not be trltled with? re lor the old man cither. hi 1 am told that (oiks go Into this league on m iccount of love. Now love is a thing men lave written about considerable. It Is a kind n: >1 drawing-closer-together feeling, and when cc l man Is full of it, he turns foolish and talks ri >ut. of his head. He ain't at himself, and bo h lives away a great many presents, antj prom- sf ses a heap that he never would If he was at limseir. It UaamIa oliAiitrl mamr Cr\t* Iauo onrl nnt fr\r* noney. and J suppose they do, especially the vl vomen. No woman would marry a man for m noney?of course not?It Is always for real w lown simon-pure love! But tben Its naturaly a deal easier to fall In love with a fellow ei ,vho has got a hundred thousand than one tt vho ain't got but fifteen cents. Marry for t; ove?Its good and proper?but there Is no tt larin In letting It follow a rich trail if its a nind t?. Matrimony may be a good thine n{ md It nmy not be, a sight depends on how re ,'ou marry apd a sight more on who you mar- p] y, Its uncertain, iltie any other business a tt nan may go into,?he may get a fori une out ci >f II. or he may get floored,?and a good many >r them do. She may look like a tame blue- M syed angel at first, and then turn out to be a nl Pexaa oyclone in dlpguise. N And that's what I tell Jim, but he shakes d< lis head same us to say, I don't know any- a hing about It, and pays no attention to me. f0 Vs I've hinted once or twice before, Jim has ;ono and done himself up for life. He is mar- vl oml ? irroaf hflfirnmpnvpr him. He nint al all like he used to be. He goes to o! own about one-fourth as often as he used to, ai uul then gets home an hour or two earlier, e^ 3e also doesn't do as much work, as he takes l jp most of his time coming in tbe house ev- pi sry hour or so to ace how things are getting >n, My Ma and Morandy seem terrible proud cl ,bat Jim bad sense enough to get him a wile, n md seem to think me and Dick can't do tbe st iame thing, but I guess we will 6bow tbein. to ; think I'll beat around this year and see If I ;nu't find somebody to go halvers with me on dl lie liabilities of life. There Is nothing like si ;olnp! halvers with somebody, especially when N hey'll do all tbe work and you can do all the pi iver-seeing. q\ m i oc Something new and very stylish in side >ordered satlnoat Smith & Sons, w Pean shaving stick makes the finest lather in or shaving on record, Mmlth Sons. Flannel coats and vests in all the latest itvlPf~ ftnd very cool for summer wear. P. Rosenberg <k Co. *' LONG CANE ITEMS. "Seminole" V urn In lie* a Readable . v| Budget. Long Cane, Aug. 23,1S90. Cotton picking will commence this week. Farmers are about through pulling fodder. , ;-rf Thirty per cent, of the population of the United States live in cities and towns. The two stone piers tor the O., C. <fc N. railroad on Long Cane will cost $0,000. It is reported that Mr. Doc Bowie will clerk for Mr. R. M. Hill thlH fall. The last panther killed in this part of the country was killed on Long Caue In 1791, near Mr. \V. O. Cromer's bouse. , x Mr. William A. Calvert Is an Industrious young man, who finds farming a paying business. r-SSl Mr. James A. Stevenson Is another young man, who works hard and is making money on the farm. Mr. Jeff S. Pratt Is a prosperous young man who takes great Interest in the larm and raising One horses. Young men who become tired of the farm md go to town soon learn that the farm Is the best place to tnake aud save money. Boys should stick to the farm. Artcslans wells have been sunk to a depth -> '5 of 4,000 feet. Mr. Edward Westfleld. a prominent citizen ;.'$2 of Long Cane, was born In England. From a deep well sunk 1q France, pieces of ;reen leaves were thrown up by the flrat gush '.% uf water from a depth of about 400 feet. They were ascertained 10 have come from a distance of about 150 miles from the spring. Mr. James A. McCord has great faith In his gold mine. He should get an experienced iold-digger to examine it. A boy iu China can get a new suit of clothes for lifty cents. Girls never bave to worry about tbe styles. Tbelr dresses are always made after the same pattern and they wear qo huts. A candidate In Orangeburg has announced himself for County Commissioner, and baseH his qualification on the fact that be Is a good L-oon hunter, and says 11 tbe good people do not see cause to elect him to the office he will * v*S <tlll bunt coons. Farmers are happy. The prospects for a jood crop Is as fair as last year with the ex- "Ss :eption of upland corn. The railroad authorities would make Darraugh's a regular station If the people would insist on it. Some enterprising merchant :ould do a thriving business there in the grocery line. If ttie kind editor 01* the Press and Banner ivould nlve the teachers of Abbevilleacolumn ind not allow them to discuss teachers salaries It would be agreat help in their work. Every progressive leacher would take the paper and be doubly Interested In It If the Warren ton correspondent mUses the mark in everything so far as ho missed it last 'Hi week "Nobody Knows" what he would come lo after a while. What was said concerning reacher's Associations as being failures as [iow generally conducted does not apply with ;<jual force to all associations. To say "men hat steal are dishonest" does not include all nen any more than saying that Teachers' Vssoclutlor.Bas now generally conducted are allures. "Nobody Knows" what some men. - -v/.*%jj Vlll attempt to do, to twlsttblngs tosult their >wn view*. The guess that we never attended a Teacher's Institute Is so thin that It Is rtoine desolate portions of old Abbeville vill soon resound with the blast of the whittle of the flying locomotive. 'Educator's" electric speed on broken rails tud sharp curves has caused him to leap the rack at an unguarded moment "Errou!ous Impressions." The Idea! If 6ome )ne should write a two-line local telling he farmers that ploughing too deep In wet veatlier ruins the land, would some good tarner who works .his crop with care and Is luccessful, bounce up and write a reply of our or Hve inches and among other things ay, "I didn't do it; 'tweren't none o' me." ?\ie criticism probably noes not apply to the Abbeville Teacher's Association. There was l man once who clung so close to home that le was 25 years old before he ventured twenty nlies from his birth place, then he exclaimed n his wonder : "If the world extends this ar on the other side of home ain't she a chopper?" If what was said about Teachr'8 Associations doesn't apply to the Due Vest) and Greenwood meetings "Educator" hould not take it to heart so seriously, but hould remember that he doesn't live In Ha Aon tar r\f f I m nrnrld nnH (haf aha 4a of 111 a whopper." The New York Mail and Express Is very biter towards the South, and among other hings said In a recent Issue, "Let fufl-bloodd negroes be nominated for all the offices hat are to be filled by election this year. It lould be the most fitting and proper that louth Carolina, whose malign and treasonaile Influence and example brought on the ioutheast the terrible punishment of civil par, should be the first to fall under the rule f the negro majority." This is about as biter as the wish, a few years ago. among some ricked Northern politicians, that South Carlina should be swallowed up by an earthuake so they could have excursions to the dge and look over Into the abyss. "Amazing" indeed ! "Amazing" to what? f what was said about some Teachers' Assolatlons being failures doesn't apply to any hat Prof. J.K.Blake has attended the little 1 oKa.iM hnuo niiooo,! U?r In <1litnlHn/< juai ouuuiu ua?o uttu pnoocu uj iu ut^uutuu ilence. The local which he has reference to ras written, published and forgotten before he Teachers' Association commenced at Jreenwood. The remark was meant for ,\V-< eachers' Associations in general and no ne in particular. If what was said in this ttle local has any Influence In discouraging be much-discusscd subject of teachers' salrles It Is fraught with a little good at least. fo one Is more In favor of tcacliers meetings lian we are when the object Is to advance lie teacher mentally for his work. Mr. lake after second thought will not consider ne criticism as applying to the Greenwood leeting any more than to other associations iat consume so much of a teacher's time dls- . ussing salaries. Teachers generally get what >3 ley are worth. The county pays $20 per lonth. Let the patrons make np the defiiency. The teachers 6hooldstop abusing the junty for not paying more. As well to kick cow for not giving more milk when you on't Increase her lood. But I digress, Mr. lake's associations never dlsouss teachers ilarlcs. SEMINOLE. NEW COTTON AT NINETY-SIX. , he Owner Lost Something by Pack* liiff a Heavy Bale?Preachers, People, Teachers ? An Old Man * Happy?All Sorts or Paragraphs. Ninety-Six, S. c., Aug. 25,1890. Dr. Chiles has delivered the first baieof new itton. It weighed COO pounds and was sold [r. E. M. Lipscomb at 11 cents. Mr. S. W. Richardson, of Greenville, Is at Inety-Slx visiting trlends. The Misses liozcni.iii and Blake have reirned from Gaffney City, where they have ?en to visit Miss Edna Richardson. Prof. Cork has employed Miss Tibbie Car>11 to assist him next year. She comes liigh recommended. The school has indeed right prospects. I'rof. Cork has worked unimlttingly for Its success, and right well has e succeeded. The next session will comlence on the first day of September. We met our old friend Mr, James L. Hefferan recently. Ho is certainly a subject of mgratuiatlon. He has been happily mared to Mrs. Summerall, of Laurens county. e is very happy indeed, and he looks and lys he feels twenty-five years younger. Misses Mamie and Gussle Maynard are vising at Mr. T. C. Turner's. Mr. KIrby Rhodes, of Texas, who has been Islting ills sisters, Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Croier, will leave about the 1st proximo for his estern home. ; > The ma?y Irleuds here of Mr. and Mrs. Rob t McGhco regretted to hear of the death of le former, which occurred at Greenwood last Iiursday. The bereaved wife has the syrapaly of a host of friends at Ninety-Six. Mr. W. F. Young, our efficient railroad ;enf, who has been on a short vacation has (turned, and Mr. Mattlson who supplied his lace in his absence will now leave, much to le regret of many new made friends, espe-> ally the ladles. The Uev. A. J. Cauthen, Jr. preached la tho ethodlst church at this place last Sunday Ight. This was his first appearance In a inety-Six pulpit, and his mauy friends were 'lighted to see and bear him. He preached fine sermon, and wo predict a bright future r him. Mr. and Mrs. CftUabam, of Edgefield, aro isiting their sister, Mrs. E. N. Dcvore. The first primary election is over and the ection timber Is slightly thlnnod out. We 0 quite satisfied now that It Is the duty of 'ci J YUier LU uijuiu ullt iil al 1-iiuuj nuu iviv, et us elect our best mea irrespective of iheir resent political views, Miss Llllle Utsey, of St. George's, will hnvo largo of the department of music in the inety-Six High school next session. This atoment Is a guarantee that the best musical ilent hus been employed. On next Friday Ninety-Six will haveacanIdate before the people for County Commlsoncr in the person of Mr. E. Y. Sheppard. Inety-Six fully endorses him. Mr. Sheptrd Is a Christian gentleman of fine business aalities.and if elected the finances of the >unty will be safe In his bands. The Misses Aiken and Williams, of Greenood, and Miss Glenn, of Newberry, are vlsllig Miss Maggie Rice. EAST END. To Improve your appetite and tone your omach, take Dr. Westmoreland's Call say a, ^ juio. for sale at Speed's Drug Store, -sj&V" :__r?