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The Abbeville Press and Banner. ! BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1895. ESTABLISHED 1844 |||| n T r\*VTTTT\ UUU X 1X11 JS SPRING KAl Latest $ 3 Onr fronds are arri If yon don't care fo: how or what your Clo of shoddy, printed, low in its make-up, for the "Its all wool" and afforc the store keeper to tall that's, luck. If it stays V Negligee Shirts HATSThe new ^nrn a \\r i-i a tc ^ i iv\ yy 11/\ 1 ^ i i WE WA ! I'liniprilcil KnlogieM oi the I>ca?l. | Probably more nonsense is written j concerning deceased persons than upJl on any other subject. We lead ac^ counts of the "most useful," lt<jistin-' guished." "honored," and "beloved"' citizens, whom we know to have been i financially dishonest, unkind to their j familits, or intemperate; and yet the papers speak of them as models. Hut the most striking illustration! recently appearing is this : She was of a nervous temperament j and was easily moved to anger, but; she was also of a forgiving spirit, and I ..svf-.w .? ! nfijuvrun^y icnutiru a iia>iv iuiuai r\. i This reminds us of an English drama that represents some military man us ' having shot a barmaid, and satirically , adds that the noble fellow went down the uext morning to see her, and expressed a willingness to overlook the! whole matter. "Sneak nothing but good of the\ dead'' is a safe maxim, but it does not require the attributingto them of quali- j ties that the whole community knows .HA Hna JIC ?JI UIU IlUt JMwr.-o. \*t will ministers?who was afterward expelled for immorality?preaching at the funeral of a man of the most disreputable character, a common drunkard, a miser, and profane, delivered his usual closing exortation and culled upon us "so to live as to be prepared toj meet the old gentleman in another: r world"?something that everyone in the house, including his own family,1 hoped to avoid.?N. V. Advocate. Suppress the harsh word that you i are about to speak, else you may inflict' a wound that no subsequent effort cauj <?n re. r I slice 7 3 COME AND JUST IN /eaves ar ving daily. Each trai Brown, Blue, G r looks, yon need not r thes are made of, any ' grade wool goods, slig sake of cheapness wil Is an excellent pretens< i about. If it holds its c i together that's more 1 WE ARE 3, Summer Und Alpine shapes in head w< }= Tlie Biggest Lot a? ura ' ms* ww m 1st. ^ 2d. ^ 3d. 4th lNT your A I'lcilsanl <aiMIH'. Progressive spelling is a line amuse-; rut-nt. Arrange your spellers in a row, | and let the lira?l be^'iii with the first ' letter of a word, which we will sup- 1 pose to he 'M." The next person, 1 ?i:.. l. :i i-- < - ? ' iiiiiiKiug possmiy (>i me woru ' "friend," may add "r;" the third, thiuking of "frisky," adds "i;" "g," says tin* next, thinking of "fright:"' "t" is' supplied by the sixtli, who starts to go down foot, when the one below continues tlie word by adding "f." The next in order of course cull but add the "u-1." and go down foot as having finished a word. Proper; names, contractions, and slang are ruled out. If a word is not considered rightfully spelled, or if it is one not in use, any person may "challenge" the one who added the last letter. If the person challenged has a mistake, and the word is not fouud in the dictionary, he goes to the foot, and the challenger takes his place. Anyone who occupies more thau half a minute in thinking goes to the toot, as also does the one who finishes a word. The struggle, of course, is to keep finishing it. It is a very bright and instructive amusement, and one that will bear repetition by the same company.?Selected. ?o True to IIor Instinct*. .ur.s. i. rmisonheiik?vvnyisit, l won- , der, that a woman will always turn to | the end of a novel and read the last , page before rending the other part of I it. Mr. CriinsonboaU?Her propensity ' to get the last word, I suppose, leads , her to do it. i| I YOU WIL FROM id Colo ces in adds to our Imn -rey, Drab and Mil nind w S t On i J _ ^ 1 uo. ^ 3 for .y. ?olor ^ W uck. ^ ( Fi ] HEAD erwear, Nec Even is, C 3ar are in, anc and Lowest Price* UH The very Satisfactii Latest St} .. To give t] TRADE Tli?> XccexNlly ol Comixtsnrc One thing that, if not a necess it least conducive to comfortabl ng, is hardly appreciated eve hose who most need it. This ; need of having some time eaol ntirely alone. It is impossible t comfortably without composui mind, and there is no way of set t. so surely as to spend a short ?ach day, and a long time is evei :er, in silence and free from int< Lions. It is soothing to tired n mil strengthening to a tired : Phe person who does not like done, who does not even strong] si re to he alone once in :l while, isal >n the high road toward illliea.lth lie only way l? have relief fron i??nfusion of always being in >ne's presence, which will soon later either ell'eet the nerve or wi lie mind. Wherever, or however you hen, see to it ihat you have at tie hour out ol'every twenty-foil iron can call your own. Some H'ople may at lirst think this i ;>ossible, but we rarely find an; vim does not waste more than . very <lay, and who is not the >11'lor the waste The very act ol ng thi-i hour strengthens the wil ulds that much to the comfort o ng, since a weak-willed person he mercy of every thins; and erson encroaches upon liis right! tot the leant of these is the rig live <1 licnltliv ( innf<irl.'ihlc life. moresi's Magazine. To live within your income, ?ain wealth. To* make your if your means is contentment. VEWJ L WANT UL THE NO rs, and ( 5 $ dense Stock of Clay \ iglings. Pric ir Goods a Built that V irnisl iQUARTE ikwear, Hand! j Article of 11 # < t C llAC i I we want to sh I ever l)rouglit to thi BHBBB l-BW < m PS Best Goods f( on in every ps -le and a Goo le biggest val AMD MUS YOURS TO PI Fallen Mou. ity, is: We bear much about "fuller e liv-ien." We sec statistics: this 11 by { many in this city and in that, is the should this be any more in tin i day jan's case than the man's? it 0 live,case it is evident there ure inort 'e ofiinen than women. Why 111 urinal much of the lesser number in tl time I istics ? Why so much talk ab 1 bet-j wrongeil and so little about the errup-'er? Why so much effort to s erves, j one and so little to hinder ht iniiid. J Why estahli ban unequal law* to be'ality protecting one, and sti^n: y de-r the other ? Is it not time t ready; light on this thing? The tremi . It is; nihility seems to be to run bli ii the j ages over some of the great still some blocks in its pathway. J?y i ler or conies what is called an "awak< eaken | Through some agency, human o jdentia), thought is turned in t live, J ivction. When thought is 1 least then revolution has (indeed r that: We are in the midst of the foci busy the'hought of the common pec itl.iu nninf <iu troll liuu nlllllht'l' * IIII- IIMO M. y oneiers. We must U'linit it, we luu this' to it, there is no hex iii soul, worse tilers* any sex in sin. The del I* tuk-1:iim! destroyer of virtue has no c I, and.'sion to throw stones at liis own if liv- When moral judgment refoi is at this point ye shall he much every along in the solution of thesocii s, and '.Society has fixed the brand on t lit to' fortunate woman ; now let it ] ?I)e- with its work and allix its mar edict of social ostracism upon men, until they reform.?CI Witness and Advocate. is to - ? wants It is easier to make a stain t wipe it out. 1 ^ N( OTHING APPRC . 1 rmT 5 II BTHERN M Zut to Fit, Rig Vorsted, Cheviots, Tweeds, ? 3es $5.QO to $ A T-P ft ^ LA y I tl nf 5 clothini ** ^ ilv/L J Clothin J and du /ay. 0' ? your c< > anteed uuv ling G RS ON THE [erchiefs, Collars, ( den's Wear. Derbeys, ---qftT p? ow them to you. C s City. You look at the st mm i 3r least money, articular, or your d Fit. ue for your mone >T HAVE IT jEASE, A A. "Mine Eyes Ironi Tears." fel i worn- tb class is ' *.Vhy Kobert Stall said that the word th i worn*, "tears" was the most beautiful word j,. i every in the English language. He whose ac, i fallen heart has been breaking and whose i,j| lake so brain has been warped and wrung by | Uu ic stat- atlliction, and who has experienced j ue out the the relief that kiud Nature's "gracious < WroUg- <?ropt?" a.iOlU, euu itliest uib ti uui ui ug ave I he his words. ha ;r fail? But when we realize the unkind, the j be if mor- mean, the cruel acts of which we have th< uitizing l,een guilty; the degradation to which U1J 0 focus we have brought ourselves through s|, 1 of hu- s'in '< the precious years wasted through j3jn ind for our own folly; that we have sinned! ixiblin^r-f agaiust the goodness, the mercy, the ind byiforbearance of God; how intensely; filing.'" hitter are the tears which we shed ! ; , rprovi- But through God's grace we are en- wi hat di-iabled to repent; to repent with a re- i of boused, jientance which needeth not to be re- joi begu?.'| pen ted of; we loathe and abhor our-j pit i-iugof selves and are vile in our own sight; j crt >ple on and our God in His kindness in Christ sh< of oth-i Jesus delivers our eyes from such bit-! for st come ter tears?wipes them in loving for- ' nor in Igiveness from our eyes. | wa (anchor ! Sometimes we shed bitter tears over be niiimu. our errlntr loved ones; they are diso-ltas work. i bedient; they give no lieed to parental' rnis on | rebuke or admonition ; like prodigals ;ouj farther i they wander away from their father's! na il evil, house, and in suspense and dread we ! he un-j fear evil tidings of them?we think of| proceed them with prayers and tears. I k and But our God is mindful of our tears; j hit fallen He puts them in His bottle ; He writes i in lristian them in His Book; He wipes them, | from our faces. Big with designs of! * mercy towards those for whom weitXt hail to weep and pray, He restores them to us <)r 1 : no longer aliens and foreigners, hut!0011 I CL01 9 ' )BBY ! DPRIATE toth ll\l :arket.= Made to b.t I lomespuns, and Summer 20.00. on regard appearances, g of material selected ant ar Houses in this Country O ? - v rability in view, our G-o Dnsideration. Every Gar: to give satisfaction or m knnuuiw roods. 3 LINE. 3uffs, Canes, Un Straws. ome in and take a tiff aucl pass judgment. money i back. / y you have eve: COHEN, j, low-citizens with the saints aud of | e household of God. I jt j( rhere are tears that will always fall, i Durjty ere are cheeks that will never be P y ; like those of Esau, they will beifrom compauied by a tfreat aud exceeding' regt :ter cry, and, like his, they shall menj , id no place of repentance?God shall; ver wipe them away. . j vvor(js Dh, sinner! let your tears be shed | ,.rru r'v re?tears or penitence which (Jod's i ouYwui nd shall wipe awify ! Let them not j j shed in that land of despair, where| ere shall be "weeping and "ailing i p . jt d gnashing of teeth where they j our the all fall forever, hut not in mercy's i [lit.?ltev. Herbert T. Bacon. j ^u(. W( ?? J peace. Before Her Tim?. lUOSin \ recently published book on rail-'l? sta3 iy systems contains tbis uew version 1 ?ons I the old story of an aged lady's lirst j thougt irney by rail. As the train was j thougl ;ched down an embankment, and she jare toa iwled from beneath the wreckage,!^0'* 2 asked a passenger, "Is this Stam- j d ?" 'No, madam," replied the man, whoj "Ma is pinned down by by a piece of tim- cle Jol r. "This is not Stamford ; it's a ca- to the itropbe!" garden '()!" erid the lady. "Then I hadn't 'stand filter got oil' here."?Amusing Jour-1 and ch 1. I "I b i man's ! alius n c ...... * /% -IV/.lit* l\nir ?yi I I yitu wuiii iu apuii j"ui %j\jj | blvv;prut'v n a latch-key aud allow him to eome uess, a any hour of the night. ! fence." ? - - ? ? 'eople who keep their mouths closed :ept when they are talking, eating (,'onsi jrinkiug, rarely contract colils or 0f uu^ any bu I 'HING! 1 m m e aiiASUJM a Wear. J ? 'il Kerseys, in Black, |g and want reliable jl 1 made by the best r, with looks, style ods are entitled to ment we sell guaroney refunded. abrellas and | ? ;:^lS % m look. M I r had. ^1 m Manager. 1 y (A. It. Presbyterian.) ) a Christian duty to cultivate^B^HB of thought. Jsotouly should the aud feet aDd tongue be restrained evil, but the thoughts should rained as well. No falser statejould be uttered than this that it t matter what we think if our and actious are all right. God il in the heart as well as in the d life, and to allow evil thoughts uke their home there is as really as foul words or wicked deeds, is sometimes said'"we can't help )ughts." Of course thoughts will )f themselves into our hearts, * need not let them stay there in Their coming of themselves is to us, hut when we permit them ?, when we yield to the temptat<> indulge in sinful and impure its we are guilty of sin. Our its are not absolutely, but they . ? >>; igreat exten t, under our own con ke it very "troug and close, Unin," said the lady of the manor Negro who was building a new fence; "uiy Christianity can't the test of my neighbor's pigs iekens." 'lieve you, missus," was the old fmohatic resnonae. "kase I bin otice dut dere waa an end to all and goodwill, and neighborliiu 'ligion, whar dar warn't no ider how few tilings are worthy er, and you will wonder that t fools should be in wrath.