HcV Sht- K * K . ' . j&v The Press and Banner Twelve Pages. - - 40A0 IWednesday, N ov. 'i&, lovo, EAST END'S SHORT STOPS. All Sorts of Paragraph* from lb Old Fort?Pleasant Reading. Ninety-Six, S. C., Nov. 21,1893. Mr. W. H. Frazler shipped his race hors and several cattle, sheep and bogs to the Ai gusta Exposition. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Galphln loot their infan child, a little girl, on last Friday. They hav the warmest sympathy of many friends i their sore distress. There were quite a number of drunken n< noes on the streets last Miaraay c?wiU| There Is a blind tiger somewhere. Mr. James Rogers has sold five berkshlr piss lately and has more on band. Cashier J. W. Greece, of the city of Greer wood, wan down last week on business. Mr. G. M. Kinard's fine thoroughbred col Ben Tillman, is 16 bands high and only abou 20 months old. He is a Rood ona We taw two beantiful girls riding on horsi back last Saturday evening. We wondc who they were. Mr. R. R. Calhoun has the handsomest s< lection of Christmas goods we have ever see In the Ninety-Six market. Miss Mamie Chatham has taken charge < the Mount Morlab school. We congratulal the patrons. She Is a most exoellent teacbe Mr. & M. Benjamin, of the Quarry, wv down tb!s week look alter some flne Bert ? M" Pno? annnilifl him and b aire bwi3.c> uii. - went home happy. The Rev. M. M. Brabham preached his lai sermon to his charge on last Sunday, bavin completed his 4th year. We suppose there ' not a person 'within his circuit who does n( regret his leaving, and we only wish it was s / that be could be returned to us, but It cannc be and we can only hope tbat bis next statio will be a pleasant one. Oar people are waking up to the important of forming a new county, and we believe th people the people of Ninety-Six township ai almost unanimously in favor of It Mlu Emmie Brooks, of Laurens, was or< last week with friends. Mr. John McTurner has bought out tt took of J. D. Watson and will carry a fu Hoe of staple and fancy groceries. The pretty little Miss Jessie Beacbam, < Spartanburg, is oo a visit to her aunt Mrs. i S. Osborne. Mr. Henry Hill, of Johnstone's, was up la week on business. Miss M. Sadie Griffin has been eleotc teacher of the Calhoun school and take charge. She is one of oar best public scho< teachers. Mr. Swindler, an experience Jeweler be watch repairer, is located in the post offl< bonding. A good maoy of our people killed hogs la week. Cotton is still low and our farmers are bit over the situation. We trust there is a betb time coming. Mrs. Sarah Plnson relict of the late Howai Plnsoo died at her residence near Corona( on last Monday morning. She was about ' years old. She has long been waiting for tt "mmnnt ?nd was ready when Tt cam uBleraod be those wbo die lh the Lord." Controller General John B. Sample, < Greenwood oouuty, was down last week. ? peaks hopefully of tbe County Dlspensai and says It Is In a prosperous condition an will work out wonders for old South Carolln Some wild tnrkeys have been shot In tl vicinity of Mr. Thos. L. Moore's. We belies they belonged to Tom Scott, colored. Col. Miller Is a straight out ?lnety-Sl Court House man, but be wants a new ooui ty, and like many of bis neighbors wants bad. Mr. Lewis Moore say It Is an outrage thi the Western Union charges 25 cents for a dl patch from Ninety-Six to Greenwood. Abbeville seems very fond of old Nlnetj Six Just now, bat would fight ber Just as st is fighting Greenwood. Weare trying to I Just what Greenwood is doing. This spa mOdlo, periodical love will only last for season. MlssAgnew and Miss McNeil two prett yonng ladles from Coronaca were In tow the pest week. Mr. John Wlllard, a prosperous farmer ? the Coronaca neighborhood, was In town lai week on business. Mr. Robert Child, or Central, was down lai week on bis annual visit "collecting rents, Onr people are always glad to see Bob H was born and raised on these Cambridge flelt that Abbeville Is so fond of and so attache to. Mr. John H. Hill, of Newberry, was up lai week on a business trip. Mrs. F. P. McGowao, ol Laurens, is visltlc k?" Mn Oh'nriotte Calhoun. Dr. Lawton C. Lipscomb, of Colombia, an wife are with friends at Ninety-Six. Mrs. Annie G. Lawton is with ber daugtb* Mrs. J. P. Pbllilpe. Our people are grumbling about their big taxes. Mrs. J. C. Fooshe ban gone to Abbeville o A Ti#H to ber brother Judge J. F. Lyon. Inclement weather Interfered with the dl play of new dresses and hats last Sunda; Oar people are generally sowing a larn area or wheat Now if they will follow with a large corn crop next spring all will t right. Oar High School now numbers betweeu ! and 100 scholars. Waldamar Weooke, of Augusta. Ga., Is hei now assisting; bis uncle Mr. J. S. Wilson 1 me rauroaa umce. Mr. John H. Pratt la at borne from Clemso College on a sick furlough. Mr. Yancy Sberard Is preparing to rale blooded cblckens on a large scale. The people of Cooper and Gray township Edgefield county, are clamoring for the ne oonnty. Like ourselves they know what It to be so far from tbe Court House. Mr. J. M. Baker's letters to tbe Press an Banner from Washington are very In teres lng. We hope be will continue to write, we are looking dally for tbe appointmer of Collector for the District of South Carol na. Col. Pbllllpe Is building some oomfortabl bosses for rent. Ninety-Six can boast of more pretty bablc . than any town ot the size in the State. A great many of our people will goto tfc Augusta Exposition. Only about 13 tickets were sold at our plac to the State Pair. We can't tell what was th matter, whether It was bard times, tbe repei of the Sherman law, or tbe dlspensar; There was some cause, for we generally sen a large delegation. Capt. Wash Williams, of Laurens, was hei reoently and spent tbenlgbt with his frlen Mr. J. D. Watson. Mr. J. MoD. Klnard shipped two Devo 1-1 n 11 ?r caives IU lifliuiainxuuj. Dr. T. J. Klnard wan recently called In t attend two very sick horses at the pabll stables. He treated them and they are speec .. lly recover In g. Dr. Holland Is home again from Bflltlmoi where be has been attending a series of le< tares. Mr. A. W. Still's sick child is rapidly recoi erlng from a severe case of pnenmonla. East End. THANKSGIVING DAY, The BnslneM Htawa of Abbeville t be Closed. We, tbe undersigned, agree to close on places o! baslness on Thanksgiving daj Thursday, Nov. 30th, 1893, and observe th same as a holiday: W. Joel Smith Q 11 r\T\ a fAi? nrtct nffioOQ V e icio wiimiijiu, uhr.v,a..>.u? r?.jv -??, . and, without undertaking to oomnieDd any particular applicant, I have written to the Ca Departmental Rome length, speaking of the ag situation and referring by name to Influential ' and responsible men In the community e , whose endorsement of an applicant would be wl t a guaranty of fitness for the office. When I 'J: bad compassed that part of my letter. I re- -f " lerred to the present nou action policy of the lu administration in the manner shown on the to enclosed sheet. I think I say nothing that is ;u !* not Justly warranted by the facts. > Johnstone sticks bis raffs Into Latimer, P( disabling him, and then 'seems uuable to si( do anything himself. I think It a pity that at a few men come here from Kouth Carolina, each claiming to represent the Democracy, su t and each fighting the other as a foe to Detnoc- CO 7 racy; and it is equally to be regretted that fe the administration permits such wrangling, . giving by its inaction a quasi-endorsement to sa the unseemly contest. at I was told to-day at the Department that my letter was the most satisfactory account . ? it had had of the situation. It was the desire a of the office when I called a day or two ago ed f that I should commit to writing what I wish- at] ' ed it to consider. J. Altbeus Johnson. ^ tua ^iiAiuinir lo tho oTiraAt. roforrpd to* r. intiwivi..ui.?,??,?,.?... is "I do not want to make remarks that may i- seem to be officious or pragmatical; bat very w ie many of the best people of South Carolina til think that the Administration here might art a. 't without rfgird to the personal squabbles that . 2 are Indulged in by"a few politicians. A few te Is Repiesentatives make charges und counter- M >t charges and apparently put a whole people hi under the odium of non-fealty to the prin- ^ >t oiples of the political party in w hk;h they n were reared. The mau who holds the ere- te dentlals as Representative from'the Third a, Congressional District of South Carolina, and the man who would like to hold them, S( e come here and jower about the question of T patronage to the disgust of the people they V( t are claiming to represent; and good people, . people who feel that they are better than 11 e either ot the Jowerlng parties, smart under it U theopprobrium which the Administration, by 8; Its non-action, seems to be putting upon them, o' I mean that the Administration, listening st apparently to the wrangling of a few polltl- ai clans, who represent nobody so muchastbem- *i st selves and who have disgusted all that they claim to represent, Is by Its non-action caus- u Ing the country at large to predict populism, tr D and all that sort of stuff, of people that are 0j ol wedded to Democracy and whose fealty thereto Is cruelly slandered when a Democratic s* id Administration stands aloofand listens to tbe w so charges and counter-charges of those who S( wish to control the patronage of that secst tion. ? This letter is written, as above said, not in favor of any particular candidate, or setot sr candidates, but as a protest against a policy which, by dignifying tbe personal wrangles C< d of a few politicians, is proscribing a whole a ? people as deserters of their political faith." tj le a T a ''Jibber Jabber" in God's House, 1 0' BY "GILDEROY." 1 y A continued "jabber," "jabber." in * id tbe church before, and up to,.the hour fg for service dissipates the spirit of wor- t] re ship. It shows a spirit of irreverence b in the house of God. It disqualifies j ? those who engage in it for prayer and 9j it praise, and for the preaching of the a WnrH Tfc nnnspn Ihe anirit of worship .. ^ to evaporate out of those who came to ^ pray. Nothing, hardly, will so cer- n ? taiuly cause the spirit of preaching lo t| |? depart out of the preacher. He feels a- that he has a light-hearted and light n a headed congregation that has come to t( y talk and not to pray. This thing is js n thoughtless, and it is sinful, too. If v the conversation were on religious sub- p "t jects it would not matter so much ; but (, generally, it is the lightest and silliest ?. 8,t of all talk. When once it begins in a a, [e church it is wouderful how rapidly it c] Ih grows. The writer has gone to tj *1 churches where he could hear this t, 5t ''jibber" for one hundred yards from ti the house. It is a shame and adis'K grace. It shows bad breebing, and, ? d just no religion at all. As soon as it p( " begins some one ought to arise and ? 5r command silence, silence in God's h house is a high order of worship. The rj hush aud silence of God's house before a] n the hour for service to begin disposes n a. all present to a reverent spirit; and it 'p y. fits them for an attentive hearing of g( j? God's holy Word as read and expound- ? ^ ed. A revival of religion is impossible ej in a congregation given to lightness u 50 and levity before and after service. Tn ^ e some sections the spirit of irreverence ai u in the house of God is largely on the ^ increase. The church ought to be a fl n sacred, an holy place. It is not a club- ^ ie house, a social hall. It i^, or ought to g, n be. a house of prayer. We ought to be js ? able to say, "How aminable are thy ^ la tabernacle3, O ! Lord of hosts."?Pick C( d ens, Miss. a i- .. 01 jt The Pnrpoae of Affliction. Afflictions do not spring out of the oi le du^t; do not be impatient with them : (8 we need something to soften this hard fr life. O, if it were all buying, selliug, b; 16 getting gain, out running one another pi e in a race for wealth, in which the ai ie racers take no time to record them- b< selves, there would be no gardens ou fr d thefacaof the earth, no places comse- fa cratad to floral beauty, no houses built 8 rt - -* L ? lor music, no l/liuicuee net uy IUI 01 prayer. But afflction helps to beep b< n us right; affliction helps to bring us p< to our knees. Poverty says think fool w io think. Affliction opens'the Bible at h; l- the right places. If you, strong man vi ,e with the radiaut face* and the full bi y pocket, were to open the Bible, it w would open up side down and at no- hi thing. But you broken hearted o^ mother; you, child of sickness; you st orphan and lonely one, your Bible falls of open olways at the right place. Give ri me your family Bible and I will tell tl you your history. The Bible of the o strong, prosperous, rich mau, 'tis like co himself; well kept?too well, hand d< ir me yours, man of the broken heart fo r, and the tear stained cheeks and the as ? reddened eyes and the furrowed brow. ? Ah ! all marks and thumbings aud iu turnings down aud maraginal notes ag and pencil indications?thirty third fit psalm, fourth of Isaih] a hundred T1 places in Jeramiah, includiug the Lamentations?why, I need no concordance to this Bible if I want to seek out the promises. I see your guest ^{ has been sorrow, and the hospitality Wj you have offered him has been pa- m tlence. If you would know the value y<] of the Bible in the house, coBsult ?e those who have needed it most, and ^ abide by their sweet reply.?Joseph rj( Parker, D. D. ca be A Word Fitly Fipoken. w?fl bIip n flanrrhter to train, said a woman of the world, one accomplish- ca ment above all should be taught her? ft to make herself agreeable without de- hi scending to make fun of other people. wi Much if not most of the fun current Se ' among young folks consists in pick- 0v ingotners to pieces. rj, B Bright people are given to use their Ai wit very freely upon others who have tli the misfortune to come near them. an Women especially regard tho world he i outside their immediate circle as ere- a c i- ated to afford thein amusement, not of the most amiable kind. They are not discriminating enough to see what underlies aud offr.ets the peculiarity wj which provokes their fuu. ,jr The ill dressed, hurried woman is a? commonly trying|tocarry affairs from |jj, whose burden her critics would shrink shamelessly. No wonder if the brave spirit steps awkwardly and unbecom- ] r ingly under the load she can just bear ha g without breaking. Those who bait th< their fun on her must laugh and laugh th< again unheeding. 11I? I War oit flie I>efVi?si ve. One of the speakers at the late Peace A. >ngress made the declaration that a se ir is on the defensive. This fact has rare en often noted of late. It has be- wa^ me so patent that the statement of it a.n(* simnle and natural. This factis one the greatest possible encourage- . "J ents. What are the evidences of its }nto ith ? leav The flrst one to be noted is the '' eeches and writings of the military xss. Articles in the North Ameri- -Nc n Review during the last two years, wf? well as other journals, are sufficient will idence, considering the tone iu liich they have been written, that "1 e class ot' men who live by the mil- e.n v iry have felt themselves compelled tiou defend the system against the ris- . g tide of opposition to it. The op- ,uve is the readiness and eagernes judi ith which the military clases, using dea lis word in its widest sense, take up whi id encouriago every thing which giv< mis to keep alive the military spirit, her ilitary drill in schools, the boy's ou i igade iu Churches and Sunday whi jhools, the military training of the scai legraph and postal clerk in England, T e all pushed with a zeal which is sug- thii ;stive of some extraordinary motive, doi he whole military system is beiugde- tha ^loped and modified and perfected just i every possible way, in order to make nei, - ' tirh as imposing ana iascinauug us putsble, that it may not lose its hold upon of J >ciety. Parades and Naval reviews or i ad grand manoeuvres, and sham bat- is* ' es and sea fights, are made as mag- sen ificent as time and means will per- 'ie* lit. The very perfection, therefore, que I the modern military system is mei ;rong evidence that it is pervadad J ith a feeling, perhaps largely uucon* vol :ious as yet, that its day is nearly OtL ver. wh It was once (akeu for granted that the ar was the normal and unavoidable in jndition of society. It was as natur- woi I to fight as to eat, and?nen supposed altl iat they must fight in order to eat. his whole conceptien ia now changed, are "he majority of thiu king men dare to yot uestion this ancient idea, aud many, gus n increasing multitude, dare to say toh loud what they think. ' or I There is a great movement among sun lie masses, in all their orgauized la- she ors, against the military system. i"K 'hey feel its tyranny, its robbery its iba lavery, its anti-social nature. They her re rebelling against it; they are deouncing it openly ; tbey are threaten- W|, ig to use against it that mightiest lodern instrument in the 'hunds oi ae weak, the strike. 1 Opposition to war has gotten per- mu lanently into literature, as opposition me ) slavery did half a century -ago. It wit i not only there, but it is becoming wo; ery prominent. Some of the most uol opular books of to-day are auti-war inc ooks,?"Die WafFen Nieder" and sen La Debacle," botli of which are un- boj paring arraignments of the awful giii ruelties aud the inherent immorali- our es of war. A poet of our own couu- phj y, a rising poet, who is destined soon not * *' L 1 ?1~ n?V?/x avi ) OOIU a UlgU piuuc, nuw olds already a high place in our the ew literature, has dared to make boj eace aud its glories the key note ol mu is song. be The peaceful adjustment of the Beh- if p ug Sea difficulty has called forth an con mount of interest aud satisfaction wa, ever before known in such a case, pec he interest has been of a type alto- our ether different from that awakened uat y the Alabama decisioa,?much deep- pro r, more universal, more humanitarian, wo tore Christian. Papers of all classes spe ave been full of it, have blasted of it thii i a great triumph of civilization, the he new method of dealing with dif- Vhi culties has been the supreme con lought, ?not what either country it n at or buffered by the decision. Mill- the ters of the Gospel without number viri ave made it the theme of noble dis- the >urses. All this has made war, as a to s method of settling difficulties, look of I lacker than ever. It will have to mu pologize again for its existence. A con etter way has been at last, after years in i r experimentation, really discovered, oft Anything like warlike aggression is thn owned upon and openly condemned the y the whole civilized world. The cigi ublic conscience has become quick smt jd sensitive in this regard. It will is g i a long time before France recovers boy om the disgrace into which she has the, lien through her recent treatment of drii iam. Not only in England, where age: >me lingering dislike for her neigh- ion >r across the Channel may be sup- sevi used to exist, but in America, which bac ftturally loves and respects France, ph> as her treatment of Siam been uni- pois arsally coudemned. Not a voice has sadi sen lifted up in her defence. We wot ant to see no more of the spirit of rate er Napoleonic fcimts. Many of her rem tvn best citizens have looked on with Mei lame to see her real glory and honor, ' which she had so much, again sacficed at the altar of the god of bates. II What is the meauiug of this new rise inception of war? Wha promise forj ? what Iwinn ilrioa if inariirp I hut to XV 2^1 fC) ?? uvvw IV W r the future? Wars may still occur old i the last efl'orts of a decaying system so ' frantic, desperate wars : but attack- soci g forces will with increasing cour- pies ;e press their assault until every war ?xa ig is down and every gun disabled, fnu tie great peace victory drawetli nigh, and by \Va Destroying the Illusion.?Dr. Nachjal, the celebrated Africau explorer, .m as once the guest of a rich Hamburg ef erchant. The merchant's 6on, h ^ ?uiik man of a somewhat sentimental . mperament, said, among other ,n iugs, that his dearest wish was to "en 1 ' am fKa honlr nf n itr aunw.i me ucocxi \/u iu^ vuv?? V4 ? rael. He thought such a ride must ?*e i very poetic, indeed. j"111 "My (learyoun^ friend," replied the \?f plorer, "I can (ell you how you can . . \ t a partial idea of what riding a ^elc rael of the deserts of Africa is like. jfes ike an office stool, screw it up as gh as possible, and put into a wagon ithout any springs; then seat your- r , If on the stool, and have it driven 1 er rocky and uneven ground du- J'0," jg the hottest weather of July or . * iigust, after you have not had anying to drink for twentyfour hours, d then you will get a faint idea of ,J? iw delightfully poetic it is to ride on . 11 samel in the wilds of Africa. ? 8 at y "PA Does your horse shrinn ana suiver , , len you approach? Does your dog * op its tail between its legs and sneak " 'ay when it hears your voice? What * j; udof a man are you anyhow? Keep up hope in bad times. We W ve the same sun and sky and stars, larg 3 same God and heaven and truth, grov a same duties and ihe same helpers, fam: >pe thou in God. feswi / 5pjf - I The Sensible Woninii. orusty old bachelor once said that nsible woman was the noblest and st work of God. His audience composed of congenial friends, he was not disputed, so he coned. rhe sensible women who are born this world outnumber those who e it six to one." Got the figures to prove that?" ed a reporter. i* hut. von nant' nrove that I'm I > X ng, my statement in au axiom, and be acknowledged as such .before ? kVhatbecomes of the sensible wornpho don't die?" was the next quesfheydie fools; spoiled in the bringup." sensible woman begins early in to show her prevailing characteri. As a child she can be reasoned obedience when she cannot be ced or driven, and though it would die to attach undue importance to bachior's opinions as given above, wise to remember that wise im*es may be changed to bad ones by roper training. he the sensible woman does not alself-gratification to persuade her 0 that which is contrary to sound jement. She never loves a man so rly, notwithstanding his bad habits ich she dispises, that "she cannot 1 him up." Her good sense -tells that love is short-lived unless fed respect, aud also-that au affection ich is weaker than a )bad habit is rceJy worth having. he sensible woman never does a ng simply because every one else is ng it, but because she has decided t shejmay safely do it. She cares ; enough about the opinion of her ghbors, aud none too much. She 0 does not care what others think aer is lacking either in good sense norality. She whose first thought "What will folks say?" lacks good se and firmness to do what she be'es to be right regardless of couaences. The sensible woman is the dium between two extremes. u the time of trouble one turns inuntarily 10 the sensible woman. iers may be favored companions en the skies are clear, but under clouds are useless as a lace shawl a snow storm. But the sensible cnan knows you are human, aud lough that may have seemed pro} when your fair-weather friends comparing you with the angels, 1 are not grateful. She does not ih or look scandalized, or say "I 1 you so," or becomes sentimental, iry to convince you that she haa fered worse; you know at once that i understands that she is not waut; in appreciation or sympathy and it she will help you It you will let nt a Doctor Say* of Yonnj? Men aud Cigarettes. 'he city youth of to-day would be ch finer mental and physical sped* ns if they did not dally so much h the cigarette. As to the young men of our cities 1 am inciineu ic :e groat progress. In fact, I am liued to think that in a sphysical se the girls bave ibe best of tbe rs, especially in families where la lead -natural Jives. As long as - girls cau maintain their present ^sical standard the human >acecandegenerate to any very alarming ent. Wben, howe.ver it comes tu i very important question of our rs, 1 must conf-sn that there is ch to excite solicitude. Boys will boys, and we must expect that; but iarents and guardians and friends tld only steer them into the path y or mouerauou wuttt a nauuu ua pie the Americans would he! 11 boys could be induced to live more ural lives, like our girls, when perly mated with the latter, we uld produce the finest physical cimens in the word. Wny, just ok of possiblities. Our girls are most beautiful of any in the world, is is admitted everywhere on the tiuent of Europe and, strange as iay seem, as tne boy deteriorates -girls seem to absorb many of the lie traits which properly belong to male. Effeminacy is, I am sorry ay, increasing in city-bred youths the wealthy classes'. I attribute ch of the condition of which 1 iplain to cigarette smoking. I find ny practice mat a large peiucmasc >oys and young men afflicted with oat troubles laid the foundation of disease by immoderate use of tbe irette. I know that the statement icks of a ebestuutty flavor, but it 09pei truth just the same. Our s use too much tobacco. What y drink?and there is too much akingof beer and alcoholic bever9 among young men?in my opindoes not injure health within eral degrees as much as the toco habit. It stunts mental and -sical growth, and injects a virile jou into the system. Our next crui must be against tobacco, and the nen of the country must iuaugu> and carry on the war.?Dr. Lawco J Flick in interview at World'u iical Congress in Chicago. Not Stuck Up. ; is always sad to see one who has n to a higher position in society ;et the honor due his relatives in a nbler station, or fail to recognize neighbors, because they are not ^ell-dressed, or so well versed in ety manners as himself; but it is 4*1 ...I,,* USUI) I IU luet'l lliuac ?yiiv/, uuirs>ci Ited aud honored yet retain the lkners and friendship of youth, remember "auld lang syne." i following pretty story is related The Youth's Companion of one of shington's social leaders; and how i'h more we respect the |lady for kindly act: t one of the receptions of Mrs. utor a countryman was &hown > her parlor. He was a "constitt," ami was dazed by the lights, the vd, and the elegance about him. stood helpless and awkward, bling with his hat aud shifting feet in embarrassment. rs. Senator stepped forward, 1 out both herhands, aud in her li, clear voice, cried, "Why, how you do? and when did you e?" Lord, child, he answered' ''howd enow me? I aint 9eed you sence was a little thing. STo, she laughingly answered, "the time you saw me I was up to my >ws in soapsuds, washing my dress o to a picnic on your farm. je old man smiled. "I declare," aid, "it does my eyes good to look e, au' to find ye ain't a bit stuck >v vour fine position. nil she niade'much of the man, inuced him as ''an old friend of e," and made his visit.oue of the its of his life at only a trifling to herself. e must increase our taleuts. eue our graces, shoot up its tallness, v up to this stature. For God's ily admits no dwarf; stunted proon was never sound. - m i m / a. m. : The public are now excited over p( Stable ani X kept bv us, and oilered at PRICES THAT DEF1 When In the city call and Bee for yourself, ? We keep the only COAL and WOOD YAI and will furnish OAK and PINE WOOD In an, OUR SALES' Are the best equipped lu the up countryOur I In this department yon will find CARR1 and MI LB URN WAGONS. Also, HARNi Rem toi THE BANK OF GOSSIP. By Madlsou u i-eiers. Our ?nd Propensity. There is a sad propensity iu. our nature to listen to Bcandal mongers. Without intention to do our neighbor an injury, a careless remark may be seized by a babbler, and as a snowball grows by rolling it so does a story by telling. It parses through the babbling tribe, growing larger and darker and darker, and by tbe time it has rolled though Babbletown it had assumed the largeness and blackness of base ' slander. Especially is this trae of the fair sex. _ Open Eur*. Slander would starve and die if nohodv took it in and cave it lodging. 1 There are do many open mouths be- 1 cause there ase so many ope i ears. If j | yob listen to a slander, you are equally , guilty -with the one who tplls, aud an old writer says you ought both to be ' buog?the one by the tongue, tbe other I by tbe ear. He or she who tells you , the faults or others intends to tell , others your faults. Look to Tour Own Faults. Never employ yourself to discover the faults of others. Nobody is always consistent. If you look through a telescope in the usual way, it magnifies the object seen, but if you reverse it it makes tbe large and near seem very small. Meu often look at their own < faults though one and their neighbor's though the other. ' Dean Swift aaid, "You had better ' find oat one of your own faults than ] I ten of your neighborV If you must , * ?? Af hid | mention a man s muu, cpcoiv ? . ' counterbalancing excellencies. 1 When any ooe was speaking ill of 1 another in the presence of Peter the < Great, he would shortly interrupt him j ' and say: "Well, but has he not a ' bright side? Come, tell me what you ' have noticed as excellent iu him? It 1 . is easy to splash mud, but I would rather help a man to keep his coat clean." Whenever you catch yourself making a detracting remark, say something approving in the same 1 breath, and you will soon be cured. > Keep Yonr Jfunth Shut. The clapper complaiued that the bell was cracked. "It is true" remarked a bystander, "but you cracked it, and I moreover it would never have been | known but by you. You proclaim ev- , erywhere that crack in the bell."| Moral keep your mouth shut! Be 1 quick at work and slow at talk. i I A Slander Book. I once read of a family where they kept what they called a slander book, | and when father, mother, the chil- ( dren or any of the visitors uttered | slanderous words in that house about 1 any body it was. all put down in this t book and carefully kept. For a while c there was a great many entries, but by g and by there were no entries at all. It would be a good thing to have a ( - ' 1 1 ' ' < fiawwr hmiuohnlH in t hft ) biauuei uuuts. m ciuj land, lor how few can say truthfnlly, ? "I have never spokeu ill of man or woman !" Woman's Sleep, Aphysician who is a specialist in nervous diseases says that women ^ should sleep at least nine hours at night and one hour in daytime. ? A woman will plead that she hasn't r time to lie down for a few minutes in t the daytime; and she will infringe upon the hours of night, which should j be given to sound, healthy, needed sleep, in order to finish some piece of h work which could as well be complet- t< ed tomorrow. She will rush and burry all day long ;$nd then, when the household is hushed iu slumber at night, she will sit up to read the daily paper, thinking she will not have to n pay for the time she is stealing from ,| the health-giving that comes beforemidnight. c Yawning in company is admittedly on instance of bad manners, and if it cannot be suppressed, it is always con- u cealed as far as possible. But the act of yawning otherwise serves a very good purpose. High medical authorities delares that it ofteu gives instaneons relief in cases of catarrh and other affections of the throat, by putting the it muscles of the pharnyx under a kind is of massage treatment. ri ^' y Perhaps to suffer is nothing else e< than to love more deeply. Love and n< sorrow are the two conditions of a profound life. tc ?Whatever touches the nerves of ^ motive, whatever shifts a ruau's moral position, is mightier than steam or caiorm or nguiiuug, w If all loved "as brethren" there would be no unsanctified strife of tongues. ?No man is so weak that he may not become an emphatic voice by which God may speak. "Mere blank submission to what o\ we cannot help is a very bitter thing, but with loving acceptance comes peace." ht You can't shut the devil up, but hi you can shut him out. ti< Hill & srplexing questions, so are one an d Fancy ( { COMPETITION. 18 we offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS to "G/4 kWMM RDS in Abbeville, and are prepared to tuafce y quantity 09 SHORTEST NOTICE.. AND LIVER -farnlsblng any and aU kind* 01 turnooU di Jepo? [ages, phjetons, buggies, boad ca? as, WHIPS. LAP ROBES and UMBRK1 er TtLis : K.S 1" : I?:? v iTnlovi Preabvtirlan. Example vs. Argument?It is not lecessary that we should answer all Jje argument* of unbelievers against >ur faitb. Some of tbe arguments reate to the conduct of professing Chris* ians. We may not be able to defend ;he example which others set. It does lot follow that we are to yield to the irgument. We are responsible especially for the example which we set. Tf this is right, our argument is unanswerable. 8. 8. Times. It is often said, with a good show of reason, that if a man will say a thing to himself often enough, he will, in Lime, come to believe it?especially if it be a thing^that he would like to be lieve. Many an evildoer comes to grief 1 1? Af tfa4or bin/1 nf 30C&USC Lie IB lilt? viwuu vi vuio cmm%> -v. self-wrought delusion. C^ll It so, and have pity for the deluded victim. But Forget not that the first steps toward evil need not be deeds of band, or barsb word?, but mere vain boasting, or tbe veriest off-band empty talk. Nashville Christian Advocate. Regularity of habits is not only one jf the prime conditions of success in secular life, but is also one of tbe great safeguards of character. The man who keeps in the beaten way cannot.go far wrong. Fixed hours for work, for eating and sleeping, for reading and writing, and for praying, should be cultivated as far as possible. A good babit is one of the best friends that any man ever had ; and a bad one is one of the worst. The Interior expresses the hope that some student of sociology will give us an answer to the following question : ?"How many horses have died upon the track and how many lads been ruined at the pool rooms? How many Tractions of a second has the 'record' been lowered, and how many degrees has the character of American manhood been dropped? How much has the breed of hones beeu 'improved' and bow much the breed of men debased ?" One Way.?A young man, in com _?.2AU 1 rvfKnn 'VAIttlamAVl jUliy Willi ecvnai umici gviiiioMiv.., jailed upon a young lady. Her father ivas also present to assist in entertaining ;he guests. He did not share his laughter's scruples against the use of ipirituous drinks, for he had wine to >fler. This was poured out and would iave been drunk, but the young lady isked, "Did you call upon me or upon )apa?" Christian Arbitrator. Tim .nHl/.mant r\f tho RptirinC SpA A UC OVlllV LUUIU W* V.JV A?WM....n lifficulty by peaceful arbitration will [ive America and England a higher lace in the opinion of the people of he earth, than if they had spent five ears in bloody war and sacrificed mil- ' ions of money and many thousands of luman lives trying to force each other d terms. I A Ruinous Fallacy.?The Watch- ' lan, Boston stales it: "We believe liat on the whole there are few falla- ' ies more widely spread among Protslant Churches than that their success ' epends upon haviug what is called an ,'loquent preacher," or a preacher of } uusual oratorical girts." c - May 11? if? from Mpiirgeon. t When a raan is going down, don't icrease his trouble ; when everybody i i blaming him, do not swell the chois of censure. c Answer all who slander you, and v on will have a vocation for life. Proa;ute every slanderer, and you will eed a court to yourself. " It would live for a week on the small wages e pays bis men on Saturday. r There are 110 chance shots. An over- c iling Providence arranges even the uriy-burly of battle. The arrow hich pierces between the joints of ,j ie harness bears a message from God. Look out for the man who shakes a >ur hand with two fingers. It would ke as many of him to make a Chris- o m as snow-balls to heat a baker's b en. Ci The man who expects a change of (j ?art by a change of church relation id as well expect to cure consump>11 by putting on a clean shirt. Ml V - ' ";./. ,' .. ' " ' Sons. '/ . . / . , <>. . v id all over the splendid line of 3-roceries . & JBil BUYERS." i CLOSE FIGURES on COAL,Id roaod !oU, ' ' - - . " . - i ' :'.v* ,Y STABLES %y or night. ; ' * '*v f 1 -:iy. tory! TO, and lb? CELEBRATED 8TUDEBAKER uLAS. . , . laiantee GOODS and PRICES, and cordially your lmpectioa of oar stock. i RICHMOND & DANVILLE R&ILHO AD * >- *' / y,T* BAVtnL Brnon, W. H. noiDuuru ami awwi i'oeTrx, Bwsttms. nOLUMBIA AND QBKETTVILLR DI7I8JOB. V/ Cond?BMd Mbedole la eflbet Asf. IS, UM. BBTWXSX ASP ~ Dtlly, D?Jt*. r* . Ha 1L 8TAT10S8. Ma. 11 806p?riLY_An4mo?j_Artl2 Ofpm ' 4 00pm Lr....Bel ton, Ar 11 litem 015pm Ar..Gre?DTlLle.L? 10 Ifiun ?~?r? 2:?r * BETWEEN CHABLE8TON. COLUMBIA, SENECA AND WALFALLA. Mixed. I Dmilr. I 1 I kfi*?T. Ho.?6f| So, 11 I BTATIONB. | go. lt| Ho.Uf <-V 7 80?m LT.lbtfletton.Arl 8 45pui| 8 45p?r'-VrV "V/'*^ 11 90ua LT..Colombl?.Ar| 4 16pm | 8 00pm 0 I/*?ia IZVOpm LT..??IWBn..?t aouun i iwgi . ?. 11 00am IS 60pm LT_Ncwbe*ry_Ar f Mptft 10 OOua 180pm 21Hpm Lv.Nlaety-8lx.Ar 188cm 7 40un 816pm 287pm ArOreeflwoodJiTttfiftpa 7 OOaa So.?.t 8 00km 9 87pm Lv.8re?Bwoo4 Ar 1266pm 8 80pm 6 4tan S 00pm Ly... Ilodgea... Ar 12 86pm 7 46pm 1 80am I so pro L v... Donal d a._ Ar 1216pm 7 00pm 7 56ou> 8 86pu> Lv.Hon^aPatb Ai 12 08pm 80pm ; 11 88am 4 24pm Lv_Andftr?cn..Ar 11 15am 8 48pm 19 15pm 4 58pm Lv_Pendlelon_Ar 10 88aa 2 68pm 2 15pm 6 85pm Lv..8eneca. ..Ar 10 OOun 110pm fSOOpm 8 06pm Ar. Walfcalla. Lv 9 80un 12 80pm 515pm Ar.flwnTllle.lT 10 lBam BETWJBEN CHABLE8TON, COLUMBIA, ALSTON AND SPARTANBURG. Dally. Daily. Drily. Dally.~ L' No. 15. No. 13. STATIOHB. Ho. 14. NO. 18. 7 30am LT.CbariestM.Ar 846pm . ^ 11 30am Lr_CoIombU._Ar 8 45pm 12 15pm Lt._. Alaton .?Ar 8 00pm 1 47pn? Lv?.?Unlon._Ar 180pm .. 8 20pm S 10pm LvSpartanburgAr 11 Swob 6 OCpra 919pm [ 8 40pm Ar? Aah>whf?Lr 819pm 210pm BETWEEN NEWBEBBY, CLINTON AND LAURENS. Er. Son. No. 15.J STATIONS, j Ex. 8m. No. 18. 11 20amr?vICo!umb!tt_Ar| 416pm 1 00pm LT>Newb?TyrAr,H 80pm 2 16pm LT~Cllnton....Ar111 lOam 2 60pm Ar._Laaf?B??LTllO 40am BETWEEN HODGES AND ABBEVILLE. W/ii Dally. I Daily. I, : Dally. I Dally. No. S. j No. 11. j STATIONS. No. 1ft [ No. 12 13 40pm 8 06pm|LT...Hodj*a_Ai| 2 66po>|lS 2Bpm 115pm 8 40[>injLv_GotambU_Arl!0 20am| .A-.'v | 8 00pm| Ar_.8a?annah_L*i 8 OOaml Nob. 18 and 14 are wild traini between Charleston ? and AshtfTllle. Through coach between 8*vann.th and AaherUla oa No*. 14 and 18, via Sooth Bound K. B. Train? leave Spartanburg, 8. G, A. * C. Dtvlaloa Northbound, 1222 a. ra, 6. 8 p. m., 6.12 p. m. (Teatt> baled limited); Southbtund, L35 a.m_,8.U* ?. m. 11.87a. m.(Veatlbaled Limited); Westbound, W.If. C. Division, 6.20 p. m. and 3.10 p. tor Honderaooyllle, Aahevllle and Hot Sprlaga. Trrlna leave Greenville, 8. On A'. a C. Division Northbound 1128 p. m., ifib p. m., and (US p. m. (Vestlbnled Limited); Soatbboond, 8.28 a. a., 405 p. m., 1228 p. m. (Veatlbaled Limited). Traina tave Seneca, 8 0., A. * 0. Division, North bound, 10.16 p. m. and i?l p. m., Southbound, 8.40 ft "? m. and 6.46 p. m. PULLMAN CAB 6EKVICE. ~ Pullaaui Sleeping Canon Nua IS and 14 batWMk Charleston and Asbeville, via Colombia aad Spartanburg. y , Pullman Palaoe Sleeping Car on Traina 86 and M 87 and SS on A. a C. Division. W. A. TUKK, 8. H. HABDWICK, Oen'l Paw. Agent. Asa11 Gen'l Plat. Aft, Washington, D. C. Atlanta, 6a V. E. MoBEK, SOL HAAS, Gen'. Superintendent, Traffic Maumr, Columbia, S. 0. -Washington. D. C W. H. GREEN, Qen'l Mgr., Washington, D. 0, / Farm and Garde* Nates. Air-slacked lime la good for galls. Provide the horeee with low man* gers. Beef scraps are excellent for fattening. ' .. With fowele grit takes the place of teeth. Impure water will cause chicken cholera. Itpayswell to shock well the corn cut for fodder. Fowels enjoy a chauge of diet and pay well for it. Never give young chickens watei before reeuing. Do not try to keep too mauy varieties of poultry. Gather up the sorghum seed to give the poulty this winter. A duck-legged breed of obiokens would not be a bad idea. t Do not feed your fowls for twenty'our bourn before killing. TV^nnf nil AW ?li? Rnnro nil th? roos Jl/U UW MMVIT VOW ? ? ? ?..v era to grow too long. Chickens pay belter than old fowels ivhich are past ti.eir usefulness. Separate the pullets from the cockirels when three or four months old. Fowels enjoy the dust bath and it lelps to keep them free from vermin. , It pays well to develop the fast walk* ng gait of draught aud farm hones. Boiled beets make an excellent, sue- 1 ulent food for chickens during the vinter. Let every generation of your poultry ie an improvement on its predecesors. It is the way your ground is tilled atber than the number of acres that If you have no range for poultry cut little grass or clover every day fur hem. Wheat is an excellent food for layig hens. Now that it is cheap lay In good supply. , A scrub will hardly pay for the coet f raising, but good draught horses ring good prices. Horses fed on early cut and well ? ?- - Ml ? urea nay win cuiue uui iu ^uuu wuitiou next spring. A selfish heart is unfruitful soil in , 'bich to grow the truth.