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flfe' ' ; v' / The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 BY HUGET WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. 1891. VOLUME XXXV. Npr||| New Quarters. IW WIS. I am Not Prepared to Offer at Reasonable Prices tie Lap! aid Best Selected Stock of Watches, Clocks, jrSWKXiRlT, Silverware, Spectacles, j and Gold Pens, And everything In the JEWELRY Line ever offered to the peopleof Abbevi'Ie county. Silver and Nickel Watches from 82.50 to 518 Gold Watches from 815 to 875. Clocks from 81 to $15. CHAINS. CHARMS. LOCKETS, ^ SLEEVE BUTTONS, COLLAR BUTTONS SCARK 1'INS, STUDS, LACE PINS, BROCHES, EAR RINGS and DROPS, and CHILD'S DRESS BUTTON SETS In GOLD and Rolled Plate at the Lowest Prices. Gold Rings, [quality guaranteed] from 75 cts. to $10 Sterling Sliver Thimblee, Spoons and Forks very low. The celebrated Wm. Ropers Knives, Forks, Spoons, dc. Triple plated on Nlckel Silver. 14 K. Gold Spectacles and EyeGlasses from f 4.50 to 98 per pair. Why injure yoar eyeB by wearing cheap gla?ses when you can get Pebbles for J2.60 per pair. It will be to your advantage to call on me should you need anything In thejewelry line Repairing neatly done and all work guaran teed. Office In store of J. C. NICKLES. J. T. Duckett, JEWELER. Greenwood, S. C. Oct. 15, 1890. STATE OF SODTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. James T. Hester, Plaintiff*, against W. N. Mercler, as survivor of the late firm of W. N. Mercier * co.t nam nrra naving been composed of the said W. N. Mercier and one A. D. Smith, now deceased, De fondant, Summons. For Relief. (Complaint not Served.) To the Defendant, W. N. Mercier, as survivor of the lkte firm of \V\ N. Mercier & Co., said firm having fbeen composed of the said W. X. Mercier and one A. I>. Smith, now deceased. V ? t UU *l?,ll?,rsi St-UaiUilLD Aiiun leqalred to answer the complaint in tbi action, which was flled in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleao, for the said Coun ty on the 14th April, 1891, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office at Abbe. Tille Court House, 8ouih Carolina, within twenty dayB after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Bated 14th day of April, 1891. PARKER & McGOWAN, Plaintiffs Attorney. April 22, 1891 8t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Abbeville. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Greenville Savings Batik, Plaintiff, against Eva S. Maloney and Howard L. Odiorne, Defendants. SUMMONS. FOR RELIEF. {.Complaint not Sen ed.)^W T the Defendants, above named: You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND required to answer the complaint in this ac Hon, which on March ''{1st. 1889 was llied In the oftlce of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their officc in the city of Greenville, H. C.t within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such Bervlce; and If you fall to answer tbe complaint wlthlu the time aforesaid, tbe plaintiff In this notion will apply to tbe Court for tbe relief de manded In tbe complaint. Dated March SOih, 1891. WESTMORELAND & HAYNESWORTH i'lalntltf's Attorneys. Til OS. L. MOORE, _ C. C. I'. { Seal \ April 1, 1891, Ct. DON'T PLANT Western Corn. Get the Best Home Raised Seed. Isaac a. kellar one of the best corn miners of Abbeville County has produced anjexcellent variety of seed corn, of which Hitlargest crops are always made. He makes the corn crop a specialty, and his seed may be re lied upon to give satisfaction. He has a ti.u lot of picked seed corn on hand which he o(fers to sell at two dollars a bushels. Apply U I. A. KELLAR or J. O. EDWARDS. April 1, 1891. I 1WE MAIN WHEEL IN A WATCH makes 1 revolutions iu a day of 24 hours, or 1,460 in a year. Next, the centre wheel, 24 revolutions a day, or 8,760 in a year. The third wheel 192 in a day, or 59,030 in a year. The fourth wheel 2,440 in a day, or 545,600 in a year. The fifth, or scape wheel, 12.9GA in a day, or 4,728,200 in a year. The "ticks" or bents of the hulance wheel 388,900 in a day, or 141,882.000 In a year. The above Is mathcmcticnlly correct, and should prove to you that a WATCH 1r a very dellcatcand complicated machlne.andshould It be out of order the watch requires the attention of a First Class Watchmaker The undersigned offers you all the advan tagPB that skill and experience can command in tbe repairing of Watchs, Clocks and Jewelry. ENGRAVING any style letter or monograme executed at short notice. All Work Warranted 12 Months. A nrslclaes RIOCK OI UUljU, MUVim UHUI NICKEL WATCHES, JEWELRY. SILVER WARE, GOLD PENS <&e. Rogers and Bro., Win. Rogers FORKS, KNIYES AND SPOONS. Goods guaranteed a* represented or mony refunded. No charge for engraving goods bought of me. PJuce of business In F. F. Dunbar A Co's stoie. R. B. Hennemann, GREENWOOD, S. C. Jan. 30,1891, tr IblTlwilson, iixjirvxisac. ?~Offlce up stairs over R. W. Cannon's store Aug. 2S, 1889. Best Chicken for the Parmer! r?ROM CROSS PURE WYANDOTTE AND Brahma. Eggs 50 cents setting. From pure Bronze Turkey 82.50. Address : P. L. STURKEY. McCormlck, H. C. T ' T\ ^ 1 Lewis Mono Tbe well-known Stallion, can be found ut Waller's Stable Greenwood, S. C. TEEMS, CASH. Five Dollars a single visit. Ten Dollars a Season. Fifteen Dollars Iusurance. Money by Insurance Due as soon as Mare is ascertained to beln Foal. PEDIGREE?Lewis Redmond is a Deep Bay, Seven Years old, Fifteen and One-Half Hands High; Sired by Messenger, Grandsire Old Granger, Great Grandsire Old Mambrlno Chief, Great-Great-Grandsire Mambrlno Paymaster. Dam a very fine Kentucky Mare, said to be Hamiitonlan. For further Information address W. J. McGEE, Riley, S. C. A nrll Q IfcOl ".?n DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. 6. Thomson, OFFICE UP-STAiltS UN MclIAVAlN Corner. Abbeville, S. C, March 23, 1S91. tf MACMURPHY & STORY, ARCHITECTS, No. 8 Gray's Piazza. AUGUSTA, GA. ARK PREPARED TO MAKE PLANS and superintend the building of CHURCHES, COURT HOUSES, SCHOOL HOUSES, JAILS. HOTELS, THEATRES, STORES. DWELLINGS. June 4,1800,12m DOORS, BLINDS, And all Other Building Materials, 'pHE UNDERSIGNED WILL KEEP i from this dute on a full supply of Doors, Blinds, Lime, Shingles, Laths, and all kinds of building m-tterlal. Call at J. F. Miller's store. B. K. BEACHAM, Manager. Feb. 9,1801. :im RICHAUJD (iAIs'TT, 18 now prepared w> up all work in biB department in the bent manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly . URtomers shaving. hair cutting and shampooing $1 per mouth. Razors honed and put in the best condition for 25 cents each. Walter L. Miller, Attorney mid ConnNellor at Lnw, ABBEVILLE, S. C. PRACTICES IN BOTH STATE AND L Federal Courts. Special attention given to collections and to Investigating titles. Pec. \ 189 J. ritno. A Few Funny Errors. Nome of the Htimorous Blips Mad* by ^ Buoy Kewnpaperdom. y Tlie mistake in newspaper offices | arising from ths faulty chirography of n occasional and regular contributors v have Jed to the publication of a few T specimens. ? The Oswego Palladium refers to one 0 instance, that of a Syracuse clergyman who gave the manuscript of a sermon J' of his to a reporter of the Standard, for the purpose of making an abstract U ot the discourse for publication. The manuscript said of John Wesley that "though only a presbyter, he himself^ ordained Thomas Cook to the office of ^ the episcopacy." The preacher's pen- o manship was so bad, however, that the reporter made out this statement q to mean and read "though only a Pres- V byterian he himself ordained his cook ia tho iifHrip nf thp Anienrmsinv " ? The Brooklyn Eagle follows this up T by relating how some manuscript of w Dr. Talmage came to its office at one Si time iu which occurred the words: ^ "My text finds our Lord." When the p? words appeared iu print they were r ueatly transformed to read: "My tall ? friend, our Lord." ^ Horace Greely's manuscript was a r> puzzle to most of the people, and therefore it is not to be wondered at that when he wrote: " 'Tis true, 'tis pity, \\ pity, 'tis, 'tis true," the type made T niin say: " 'Tis two. 'tis fifty; yes, 'tis fifty-two." On a Rochester daily* a few years ago, a reporter wound up a sketch of a little boy who had died from the ef- T fects of an explosion of firecrackers, which he carried in his pockets, iti these words: "His afflicted aud bereaved parents will have sympathy," \] etc. The announcement as it appear- pi ed in print was an offer of sympathy p; to "His afflicted and burned pants." ai A New York compositor, accustom- w ed to setting up the marine news of ti his paper, and who therefore found it w convenient to set up and save iiauieB ol of cities aud towns along the Atlantic di coast, made himself famous by an p amusing error. His copy described ti how a gentleman had met death by li the' hand of Divine Providence." To n save time he reached up among his n list for the word Providence, of Rhode c< Island fame, but in his haste took the g wrong word. When the paper came ti out the acquaintances of tne deceased w learned for the first time that their for- h mer frieud had been removed by the w "hand of divine Nantucket.''?Ro- fc Chester PostrExpress. tl ? ? ? w ThtDKR that Shorten I.lf*. Unloaded shot-guns. V The Indiau policy. ? tc The railroad-car neater. Is Puddles of tobacco spittle. ir Women who will not keep to the s< right on muddy crossings. c< Men who go in droves on the side- si walk. b The man who wants to make a bar- ai room of the parquet. fi The price and the wear and tear of t laundried linen. fc onoltrona f\f A 1*1? V S tl CT Tl/ Q- I" 1 W LUWL1J MUUIJ OVtJ V4 V?I luutug ? X" ter and not enough inquiry into the s< beer bacilli. cl The unadulterated odor of onion 81 and kraut. 1 The etreet-car hog whose No. 11 toes tl have to be tramped on to make him o sensible that he is occupying more of ? the "pen" than he pays for.?Indian- a apolis News. S m I m V There was an old man la a tree " Who was horribly bored by a bee. p When asked "Does it buzz?" O He replied, "Yes it does, n It's a regular brute of a bee." " RICHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD i> COLUMBIA UREENVILLE DIV P CONDENSED SCHEDULE. " In Effect May 31, 1801. h (Trains run by 76th Meridian time.) d NORTHBOUND. tl j a No. No. ! No. No. j No. No. ? 13. 17. 15. j 9. 41. 48. h Zmj J I ^ Lt Charleston 7 OOfA.M. P.M. - 7 Lv Columbia 11 OUJ 6 20 0 0C| ' tl . P.M.| | | I Lt Alston.. 12 18] 7 05i 6 5&i Lv Union 2 10. Ar Spartanburg..... 3 21J J . n Lv Ti-von ".... 6 W| | | fl Lv Saluda 6 27 I I ' Lv Flat Rock ?M tl Lv Henderaonvllle 7 07 I I ]< Lv Ashevllle 8 00 I | I Ar Hot Springs..... 9 40 J *" LvPomoHa. 12 31 7 22 , 7 18 SI Lv Prosperity 12 5&I 7 4ft 7 33 A.M Lv Newberry 1 131 8 03 7 47 | 8 10 ,i Lv Goldvllle i 8 4ti I 10 litt Lv Clinton I 9 0s j 10 42 a Ar Laurens I I 9 45 11 40 f, Ar Nineiy-Six i|2 30|9 18| | Lv Ninety-Six., f 2 501 9 lbi A.M.j O Lv Qreeuwood 3 12 9 40 ^ Ar Hodpes...... I I 3 86! 10 0&| 6 35 112 15 Lv Hodges f 3 4' | 10 &5| n Ar Abbeville 4 16 10 40, 6 15 | 1 Oo " Ar Belton I 4 30:11 Oil P.M. f< Lv Helton J ? wi" i?i I" "\i y Lv Willlaintton... 4 ffll | U j?| . Lv Pelzcr 6 00i }} " Lv Piedmont 17 j | jM?j Ar Greenville... C Wi ! il2 a>| ArAndornon 5 20 11 513. Ap Pi-nd!eton 0 15j i -.a? J UiS Ar Wftlballft ! 3 16 C AiAtUnU 12 80 J I _ * SOUTHBOUND. _ ^ No.! No. ! No. No. J No. No. t 14. 18. I 1C. 10. 40. 42. s P.M. I P. M.IA.M. \ Ar Charleston 9 45| j Ar Columbia 0 30l 9 00] 10 ."4(| Lv Alston 4 261 8 10 9 IS Lv Union 2 39 " Lv Spartanburg..... 1 40 I t I.v Tryon 13 311 | | ? A-wLv Saluda. 11 4-" Lv Flat Rock 11 IS S Lv Hend'sonvllle.. 11 00 | t Lv Ashevllle |10 10 ? Lv Hot Springs ^ .;2j P M.i I I C Ar Pnmarla I -1 0'- T 5f>| 9 25 | _d Lv Prosperity.... j 3 341 j -J 03 i P M. Lv Newberry S 10 i 10. 8 .1 J?? t LvGoldville I J 52 ^ I Lv Clinton I I > ?' t Ar Uurens TITS}' 6 03* ' 1 \ Lv Ninety-Six... H j u>| 0 0?i ! I i Lv Greenwood |12 8iJ| 5 441 j | P.M. e Ar H?.dg b \ M! ! I ! Lv Ilodpeft ) |ii toi o -> i | Ar Abbeville Ill 05| 4 41) I P.M. 1 .? . Lv Bolton 4 ? ! 4 i Lv Willlemston...|lO "8| j I 0|| I Lv Pelzer. 10 27 hi .V? Lv Piedmont 10 lo| 3 37 Lv Greenville 9 30[ I H 1)0 ( Lv Anderson 110 1?| 4 00 | | Lv Pendleton 19 871 I | \ Lr Seneca 9 00i i i Lv Walhalla. S ?) \ Atlanta {A.M. | | | I Train* ?, 10, 1:5. 14, in, 1(1,17,18,40, 41.42.43daily except ' Sunday. ihiin Line train? IS and 14 dully between CoIniubia and Hot Springs. Daily except Sunday be- . twi-on Alston and Greenville. J. A. Dod-un Supt., W. H. Green. Gon. Man'r. Si .Ia?. L. Taylor, Gen. Pass. Ag't, Sol Huss, Traffic ( .U-n ??or. ' e " D. CARD WELT., Dlvploi Pops. Agent. s Columbia. fl C. t 1 . ''...-.-y.-.'-v ? While We Mar. 'tie hands are such dear hands; 'hev are mo fall; they turn at our demands o often ; tbey reach out, Wth trifles scarcely thought about. o many times; they do 0 many things for me, for you? f their fond wills mistake, re may well bend, not break. hey are such fond, frail lips, hatspeult to us. Pray if love strips hem of discretion many times, r if they speak too slow or quick, such crimes ire may pass by, for we may see >:iyb not far ofl when ttiose rmall words may be [eld not as slow, or quick, or out of place, but dear eeause the lips are no more here. hey are such dear familiar feet that go long the path witli ours?feet fast or slow, nd trying to keep pace?if they mistake r tread upon some flower that we would take < pon our bread, or bruise some reed, r crush poor Hope until it bleed, fe may bo mute, or turning quickly to impute rave fault; lor tbey and wo ;ave such a little way to go?can be ogether such a little while aioug the way, r'e will be patient while we may. a many little faults we find *e see them ! for not blind 1 Love. We see them, but if you and I erhaps remember them some by and by, bey will not be aults then?grave faults?to you and me, ut just odd ways?mistaken, or eveu less, emembrances to blesB, ays change so many things?yes, hours, re see so diflerently In suns aud showers. Istaken words to night ay be so cherished by to-morrow's light, re may be patient for we know here's such a lltllct >vuy to go. Independent. ? + Au Indian Legend. he Tradition Concerning: Sleeping: Bear Point and on the .Haniton Inlands. Tbe folk lore of the . Indians of [ichigan is almost a thing of the ast, but few of their legends being reserved at t.'ie present time. To be ire there are h few of the old natives, rliose locks have been whitened by le recurring frosts of many winters, lio preserve a few of the traditions f their tribes. Such a one is YVien a-goo-isb", an aged brave, whose huge roportions gave him the name menoiied, which, translated into Engsh, means giant. Being in a comlunicative mood a few days ago he dated one of his tribal traditions conjrniug the Manitou Islands aud leeping Bear Point. He said that lany years ago, before the primeval oods of Michigan aud Wisconsin ad been invaded by the ruthless bite man, the wild animals of the ?rests were possessed of spirits, aud iat the medicine men of the tribes ere able to talk with them. Once upon a time a huge she-bear as compelled to desert the shores of /iBconsin and with her two cubs take )the waters of Michi-game, the great tke, on account of fires that were rag)g io the wilderness. The heat was ) intense that the mother bear included not to return to the Wisconn shore but struck boldly out for the auks of Michigan. When nearly cross the lake the two cubs sank om exhaustion and were drowned, he old bear swam about the spot >r hours, but her cubs rose not again, inally weariness compelled her to ;ek the shore, reaching which she limbed a huge bluff" and lay down to leep. That bluff was Sleeping tear Point, and from that day to this, tie spirit of the old bear has reraainea n that bluff, and from the spot where ink the two cubs there gradually rose two beautiful islands, North and outh Mauitou, or, as it means in the ernacular of the Ottawas, Spirit Isuids. Thespiritsof the cubs are suposed to abide oil the islands, and that f the mother bear keeps a constant nd loving watch oyer the homes of er loved ones, where they are bound 3 remain until terrestial time shall e no more, when they will be transorted to the Indian heaven, or happy untitle grounds, not as victims of the untsmen, but as guardians of the Inians who love them. On stormy nights, the Indians say he spirit of the mother bear moans nd cries from her post on the great and bluff, in anxiety for the fate of er young, the shores of whose home re oeiug UHSUIICU uy uic ucauiciuu^ raves which caused their death.?Deroit Free Press. In an old-fashioned, disused chimey, in a little grocery in Brooklyn, a imily of mice made their appearance he other day. Their nest was on a jdge midway up the flue. It was omposed of shavings aud bits of traw. Nobody in the store was aware of lie presence of the mice until one day little pink fellow, evidently only a jw hours old, tumbled over the edge f the nest aud fell to the floor. EvIemly he didn't mean to. It was not much larger than a peaut, but was unhuit by the fall. In 11 2W moments the people in the store /ere treated to the spectacle of a thrilltig rescue. Scarcely had the wee stranger reach d the floor than its mother appeared. Ihe seized her ofFapring by the back ol ts neck with her teeth and tried to limb up the jagged sides of the chiralev with it. But she had hardly proceeded a ard before the weight told upon her trength aud the baby fell from hei ;rasp lo the floor. Three times she related the attempt and three* times he failed. At last she ran away, and he spectators believed she had abanlonea the lueklesss youugster to his ate. But this was not the ease, for 11 a few moments she returned with nother mouse, evidently the father of he family, fie clutched the little hing by the neck, while the mother nade fast to its tail, then slowly but urely they struggled upward toward he nest. It was a difficult task, but iter five minutes' labor it was sueessfully performed and the auimals lisappeartd from view. A heartless onlooker suggested that * (lo o rrrvrwl tn L ? VUUVI lit U ^wu *uv%? vw he family, but sympathetic people vere in the majority, and the u 11 feeing proposition was was promptly vot(1 down-?New York Herald. Men of science declare that the ormge was originally a berry, and that ts evolution has been going 011 foi norc than a thousand years. .. . ...| .,r ? .. ,i?. ISEKI.IN, April ->>.? Jill IIIIJK_-Ii.il utreehas been issued forbidding racinp ill Sundays', and advising local authortics to permit races to be held only on vorking days as rlie best method ol lindering tiie working-men from atending them. Ninety-five per cent, of all the run-1 iiadu in the world is the product oi leven distilleries in and around Bos011. They are all old establishments some of iliem running back to the ol( . olouial days, Hung an Innocent Man. Startling Sensation Developed foi Npnrtnnbiirir. The hanging of Sam White, a whit* mau, in Spartanburg about twenty years ago for the murder of Pete Haw kins, a colored man, will always be re membered as a remarkable executfbn i It happened iust at a time when tin white and colored races were decidedly , at dagger's point but that fact had n< influence or bearing on the case. Tin , idea of a white man being hung foi the killing of a negro was rather re pulsive to a great many people wh< bad suffered under negro dominatioi and misrule, but the law took it! I course and the man was executed ir the county jail. He suffered the penalty of the crim< with the commission of which he hac nothing to do and which was laid or his head by the man who did the kill ing. Dick Bride, another white man wh< was present at the murder, died re centlv in McDowell county, Nortfc Carolina. While on his death bed ht made a full confession of tlie crime ir permitting Sam White to be hung foj the murder of Peter Hawkins. Bridt went on to say that he killed, but pui the blame on White, that the evident taken was altogether against Whit< and that he had permitted him to bt hanged for the murder, although h( had nothing to do with it. The confession is now made public foi^the first time and has caused considerable ex citement. Chewing-Gum. A correspondent inquires whetbei the use of chewing-gum is really bene ficial, 09 some persons have asserted. The opinion has one plausible argument in its favor. The saliva is ac important digestive fluid. On it depends the digestion of all starchy substances?bread, mush, potatoes, and the like. It is for this reason thai thorough mastication of such foods is necessary, in order that the saliva maj be duly mixed with their particles. For the same reason it is better *to eat bread dry than to moisten it, and dry bread is practically easier of digestion than mush, which is often swallowed without sufficient mastication. Now, as the saliva is copiously secreted in gum-chewing, it might be thought that the stomach would thus be aided in the digestion of starchy hut iimt here comes in another physiological fact, namely : that saliva loses its digestive power very soon after entering the stomach, being neutralized by the action of the gastric juice. But can gum-chewing be regarded as to any degree harmful ? 1. The habit is unnatural. It meets no normal need, as does the chewing of the cud by the cow and some othei animals. Whatever is abnormal it presumptively injurious, even though we may not be able to trace its effects. It took a long time to find out that tobacco-chewing caused one of the most .is,? C mini UISCUBCS ui I UC iicai L. 2. Every secretion of the body iias its natural limitation. Artificial stimulation greatly beyond this point must be hurtful. This is the general law. Gum-chewing stimulates the salivary glands vastly beyond their normal limit, and the result must be injurious. 3. The constaut swallowing of saliva in a sort or' churned state carries intc the stomach a large amount of air, which becomes a source of discomforl and often of positive injury. It musl be remembered that air swallowed in this way becomes greatly expanded by internal heat. 4. Muscles are enlarged by use. tiaua f 11 a Kvl /itrom i ! * 7 a o i?rY? a a nnm. TV ibu^oo iiic uxa^j^ouiiiu o UIUJ ao tuur pared with that of the scholar. Witness also the euormous muscles of the athlete. Now the normal use of the masseter muscles tends only to keep them in proper working coudition: their overuse in gum-chewing must tend to their undue enlargement, and thus to the disfiguration of the face. *? Mr. C'obilcn on Duelling* When Mr. Cobden was invited to settle a dispute with Sir Thomas Hastings by a duel, he replied in these lovmu "F nnrlpiMtflnrl vnn tn nrnno.ep that we Bhould, with pistols in hand endeavor to blow out each other's brains. Now, I am satisfied, without such an experiment, that half an ounce of lead, propelled by a* quarter of an ounce of powder, is quite sutflci. entto shatter the human skull and tc extinguish all powers of reason. But how such a process could satisfy me that I had actcd unjustly towards 1 you, or convince you of the contrary, is ouite beyond my comprehension." The logic of Oobden is perfectly conclusive, and is 110 less applicable tc - the wars of nations tbau to the strife? 1 of individuals. The Best Tonic.?There is a good . deal of condensed wisdom in Julian Hawthorne's latest homily oq the val ' ue of the outdoor exercise, when he ' says that if some genius were to invent a tonic that could be put up iu a 1 bottle, which could freshen a man up after fatigue and depression as much as a brisk walk of a couple of miles in the open air, he could make a gigan1 tic fortune in six months. And yet people go on taking tonics, elixirs, f)ick-nie-ups and so forth, which they jave to pay for, and which do them no lasting good ; while the elixir ol the open air, which they can have for nothing, and which not only restores them, but actually lengthens their lives?it is difficult to iucluce them to take that. ?*** Death*. Rev. John G. Rowe, Virginia Conference, died April 1G, aged 04. Mr. L. M. Landrum died at hla home neai Columbia, April 17, itged sixty-one years. iRev. R. R. Ricks, a Methodist preacher, fell dead in his pulpit at Burlington, N. C., April .11. Rev. r,. C. Chappell. a local preacher In the Methodist Church, (Mouth) died In Fairfield County, April 22, lSfl|. I'eyton Randolph, third Vice-President o the Richmond and Danville Railroad, died IT , Washington, April 23. Mr. Tyra Guntt, Cleveland County, X. C. died at Belwood, April M, ISfll, aged K7. Tlx deceased was the father of Rev. A. G. OJantt p who, for several years before the transfer o ' territory was a member of the s. c. Confer ' ence. j. Prof. T. L. Wright Thomnsville, N. C., diet 1 April 15, ls?l, from Injuries sustained In be Ing thrown a wagon nt'ached to a runaway team. The accident took place two days be lore tils dcnth. Professor Wright was a iia I tlve of South Carolina, and brother of I)r. J f Ii. C. Wright of Florence. I Tulmago's uew Tabernacle was open ed last Sunday, April 2(5, The Husbandry of the Plough, An the Husbandry of the Sword P England is tbe admiration of th world for the high perfection to whicl it has carried the science of agricultur< To the American traveller, Englan seems a prize garden, tilled to sho^ the world what beauty and wealt! labor may produce from a given are of the earth's surface. Every-one c its fields, in seed time of harvest, look within its green hedges, like a frame Eicture, upon which scores of humai anda have wrought with artistic ski! from the earliest song of the lark t the last ray of the setting sun. A1 its green and graceful trees, whethe grouped in groves or forests, or rauge like veteran life-guards around i thousand parks,?wnereyer theystan whether in the farmer's hedge or i the choicest preserve of royalty, the, are all the nurslings or monuments c labor. All through the year, even i the middle of winter, labor is abroa with its plough, spade, hedgk-bill, c shears, fertilizing, beautifying, cul tinf? or trimming. Go where you ma i you will see the fields, hedged, gai ) dens, parks and lawns of Englan r teeming with men, women and chi i dren toiling to make their country t living picture of wealth and beautj ; And what do tbey receive for makin i It such a picture ? What fs the sur > total paid for all the iuil and ski! ? which make England the wonder r world for the production of its sol t and the rich finish of its landscapes Why, it is said that there are 700.00 laborers emplyed to do all this work and that their weekly wages averag ten shillings per head. Then all th agricultural labor bestowed upoi England, to make it what it was a the last harvest, cost $91,000,000. Now then, let all who looked with deligh upon the country iu the time of th golden corn remember; let every on of those 700.000 laborers, and all th farmers who paid them, remembe that England that very year appropai ated $92,600,000 to the mere nusbandr , of war,?for mere preparations ro blasting, consuming, impovishing wax that she paid more for training mei ; and instruments to reap down men 01 the battle-field, than it would coBt t I till ju9t such another England to al the perfection of agriculture whicl their country could snow during th ' last twelve months ! English farmers is not this a startling thought for you Think of it, when you plough, am , sow, and reap, and on the way to mai ket! tnink that your country pay more for hired men to kill their bretn ren of another country thau you pa; ' for growing corn and producting foo< for ten millions of human belngs.( Elihu Burritt. ? ^ ? The_Croi? Mother. At no time in her busy days is ai i intelligent mother so apt to fold th i arms and close the eyes of materna justice as when she is cross?simpi; aud undoubtedly cross. This cross ; uess is chiefly caused by fatigue?wea rinesd of mind and bod/, a~nd some i times soul. With tired nerves an - weary bojy, she cannot endure th : common demands made upon hei and ill-temper follows. She sows bit ter feelings, and repels loving atten I tions with her irritable, hasty wordt , Broadly speaking, no mother has an; right to get so tired. She cannot al ) ford it. It takes too much out of he , life, and too much out of her chi] ; dreii's life. Such a condition cai t more frequently be prevented than i i generally belieyed. The careless ' shallow woman says : "I was ovei worked. It made me cross;" am , she considers that admission the sui ncieut reason anu excuse iur nu; amount of similar indulgence. Th > religious or sympathetic woman woi i ries over it, prays over it, sheds bitte > tears?and then the trouble repeat ; itself. The remedy lies near at hand , Let a mother find out what makes he I cross, and then let her avoid th cause, if possible. If social pleasure weary her, let them be decidedly lee sened. If there is too much sewing too much cooking, or too many bouse hold cares, lessen them. If economi cal efforts cause the severe strain ! stop economizing at suoh a cost. Tha ! is the worst of wastes. Let the firs economy be of that precious eommod i ity, a mother's strength. Even th extent of one's religious and pbilan i thropic woak should be carefully ex ' amiued, and if the trouble lies there - calmly and wisely dismiss some or al ~ * :l e?^ Ucfr aP i4 n f i au frtP "whft 1 u1 It liuiii liic tiai ui uukivo, : doth it profit a man if be gain tb > whole world and lose his own soul?1 It is surprising how easily seeming iu , terests or needs can be spared witnou injury to tbe home life whenever tb ' thoughtful woman seeks to find tbem ? and surely one of tbe worst of house i hold influences is a mother's cross ness.?Harper's Bazar. I Ten Questions. The family at a Pennsylvania fnni house were kept from church and Sat ! bath-school one stormy Sabbath an* ' the boys and girls were anticipate 1 a long tiresome day, when Uncle Ne< ' came to the rescue with the list o questions below. Bibles were brough out, and lite search for answers kep ' them nil busy and interested a larg part of the day. Perhaps some of ou young people would like to look fo them too: 1. Where does the Bible speak o boys and girls playing in the streets :J. Who cut a book into pieces witl 1 a penknife and threw the leaves int< the fire 7 1 3. What young man went to sleej and fell oyt of a window while at i preaching service? 4. What news did the first carrier pigeon bring? 5. While cutting wood near a river i . man lost his axe-head in the water How did he recover it? i G. What man escaped from a wallei i city while his enemies were wat^niu] for him at the gates, by being let dowi from the wall iu a basket? 7. On whftt occasion was a larg army put to flight by three hundrei , nieu using only lamps, pitchers am trumpets? 8. Who hid some ear-rings under at 1 oak? 9. Who hid two spies among som . stalks of llax upon the roof of he house ? 1 10. What little girl was the mean of curing a man of leprosy and tun [ ing him from idolatry to the worshi ' of the true God ? The first conversation by telephon between London and Paris was ej = changed March 17, and was high I successful. d Busy Little People. I know tome little people, ' They number twenty-six; e They're all auch busy creature* h And never cut op tricks. ] i. Where'er you go yon flntfthem, 1 d In cbureh or In a felr; Atbanqueta, ballaorpartlse? . Indeed, they're everywhere. i They help make up our dreaaea, j a They finish hats and ahoea, < >f Without theae little people < s We'd never have the newa. ; d Our reading and our apelllng, ] n We conld not learn, you see. 3 n The letiera to our grandma, i 11 Would never written be. ft These busy little people 11 Join banda and work together; r They're tolling in the aunahlna ^ And in the cloudy weather. & They teach by their example gj H How well we can succeed. ./-al By working all together :;XdgM u When In a time of need. ( C X uc/ 1U1 KM ? tiuu-vuo M?mv AS? y '* You haven't guessed It yet? I) Then I will have to tell you; H It la tbe ALPHABET. " ChHttian at W*rk.~ 3 f y "Daddy, Come t* X?.** lJ It is a difficult thing to crash , heart. Pile up years of wrong-doing a ^pon it, years of giving way weakly ; T to appetite and sinful indulgence, 3 " steep it in sin, and drown it in drink, | ? and yet where least exdected it comes, . to the surface and asserts itself.^ Would we could make our Young Peo!. pie readers realize this, and realize a# 9 well tbe worth of living in such a way ' flu til grivA uiatonanm anH llfa In tUi'.w . best thaL is implanted within them. ^8 e One summer, at a time when in the . J& densely-populated districts of Phlla-a? delphia children of the poor were dyt ing by the score weekly, a man whose | ; face showed plainly the ravage? of the 1 drink curse, staggered one morning^'J up the steps of a physician's dwelling. In the neighborhood be was known 1 as "Old Bourbon," and a boy passing Jj . tossed the name at him derisively. ^ The door was opened by the physi- J v c'anyr "The baby's worse," said the mau. | .t " You've been here for me every day ^ ' for a week," exclaimed the doctor. 1 j "I cannot go again to-day. I told the 0 child's mother there was no chance 1 this morning. It was dying then." , "Won't you come now ?" e "No; I have not a minute to spare. : There are patients waiting whom ? can help." j "Old Bourbon" followed him to his .. carriage door, twisting his rag of a M 8 hat in h>9 shaking hands. "She'*? . she's all I've got, doctor !" ,, But the doctor, with a pitying uodj \^ \ Hmva otrov onH aM matt nAavto ^3 J ?*w? V M ft H Jf } MMM VMV V1U 41JUU f UVM?*^ - , sobered by his keen distress, crept I home to the attic where his little .1 grandchild lay dying. Whatever J ureing or kindness little Mary bad:%a known had come from "Old Boorbon." Her mother had six other u children, aud went out washing every ? day. The poor old drunkard and the v? 1 innocent baby were left to form a ? y strange friendship for each other. She called for him now feebly, as she J| l- law nn hpr mrrthpr'a Inn J* "Daddy ! daddy ! (Jcme to me!'!-liJ| d He kneeled down and put hia fin- ;1 e ger into tbe tiny withered hand, il ? Tbe tears rau down his bloated ;-Iq > cheeks. "God, leave her to me ! God, leave . ^ > her to me?" he muttered. y "Daddy, come to Marv!" she crled*&jg once more, and then the little soul, J r whose taste of life had been so bitter, $ l" passed on into the unseen. n It was only a baby. Its mother,- ^ 9 who had six other half-starved ehll- /j '? dren to feed, shed but few tears oVar ';|9 j it. The doctor sent in a certificate of 'j its death with a dozen others. In the ' weekly bill of mortality there waa. an || V item. "Of cholera infantum, sevene ty." Little Mary was one of tbesev- "'Si "* enty. That was all. Her record was- . >1 *"% #nrff?d. Thft world had dona with 3. * her. -< ' But an old trembling man crept r next Sunday into the back pew of the J e little mission church, not far from the I 8 attic in which he lived. He stopped 'a ' the clergyman when service was 3m over. j I" "Why, is this you, Bour?I beg '?J l" your pardon. What is your real ? nam??" * "John Black, sir. T want you to 1 take my name again. I'm thinkin' > * of siguin' the pledge an' pullin' up v1 e for the rest of the time left," stam* " mered the poor wretch. The clergyman was wise and help- -M !j ful. John did "pull up." He lived ^ 1 but a few months after that, but be 1 did what he cojld to live a decent, > ? honest Christian life in that time. "The Lord is merciful, John," his ^ l* friend said to him as he lay dy- ^ 1 ing. e "I know it, sir. I'm not muqh ae-^i ? quainted with Him, but I've been try- ,1 s j in' to foller little Mary. I hear her al- .1 | ways cry in,' 'Daddy, come to ae.'^ I'm comin', an'I reckon He'll not | turn me back." Even the baby had its work to do, ? land had done it. i'l a: B. m d How to Leabx to Talk.? ? to listen well, and very soon you will * find yourself speaking the word iu f season and surprising yourself, as oth1 ers, by the quickness with which your 1 thoughts will be well expressed. Bead e the works of great writers, think r them over, and conclude in what way r you differ from them, says an ex- .Sj change. J The woman who talks well must '~d * have opinions?decided ones?but she 1 must have thera well in hand, as sj 3 nothing is so disagreeable as an agrrroaui\7A fftllrpr P Say what youjhave to 8ay pleasanta ly and sweetly; remember always that the best thing in life-dear, sweet j love?has often been won by that de? lightful thing "alow voice." * Be not too critical; remember that ^ ' eveey blow given another woman is a - boomerang which will return and hit you with double foroe, ^ Take this, into consideration?it is 11 never worth while to make a malicious rprnwrk. no matter how clever it ? may be.?-New York World. m 9 m For fifty years at Harvard the first J n honors of the classes have never gone ' - * j A -1 to a man wnosmoaea iouwuuu. lucm e may or may not be something impor r taut in this fact. It is figured that on tho shipment 3 of $1,000,000 worth of gold coin in Atlantic voyage there is lost by simple , P rubbing something between $1,000 and i $2,000 worth. 1 The failures during the last week I e throughout the the United Sates and ?* Canada aggregated 256?an increase of . y 26 over the total of the preceding \ weeK.