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The Abbeville Press and Banner, j BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1895. ESTABLISHED 1844 |jS CLOTH! f i SPRING HA ii, Latest \ $ Our Goods are an If yon don't care f how or what your CI of shoddy, printed. lo\in its make-up, for th< "Its all wool" and afFoi ' 1 - ~A t X ~ 4.^ me store Keeper iu that's luck. If it stay \ Negligee Shirt HATSThe new STRAW HAT mniiwiiii WE Wi The Door to lh? House. There were taie tnougais came in And warmed their little toes. And did more mischief about the house Than any one living knows. They scratched the tables and broke the chair# And soiled the lloor and wall. >'or a motto was written above th? door : There's a welcome here for all." When the master saw the mischief done. He closed it with hope and fear. And he wrote above, instead : "Let none Save good thoughts enter here.-' *nd the good little thoughts came trooping in When he drove the others out. They cleaned the walls and they swept the flour. And sans: as they moved about. A nd last of all an angel came. With wings and a shining face. And above the door he wrote: Here Love Has found a dwelling place." ?Harper's Young, People, "Do Yon Knppose?" "D<> you suppose," said Johnny, ai his little cousin laid away h?*r largest rosiest apple for a sick girl, "that CJoc csires about such thiuijs as we do? Hi in too busy taking care of the big folk to notice us much." Winnie shoot 1.UI. houH uml nnintod In m.'imflmil who had just lifted baby from hi crib. "])<> you think," said Winnie "mamma is so busy with the big folk that she forgets the little ones? Sh thinks of baby first, 'cause he's the lit tlest. Surely, God knows how to lov a* well as mother." And (iod's word tells us that evei though a mother may forget her chili (iind some mothers have been knowi to forget), yet will he not forget U* 'Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord loveth them that lea him." MICE ! .S COME AND "5 =.TT J ST IN I Veaves ant riving daily. Each train z Brown, Blue, G-re] or looks, you need not min othes are made of, any kin v grade wool goods, slighte 3 sake of cheapness will d< ds ail excellent pretense fc lk about. If it holds its colc 's together that's more lucl WE ARE ;s, Summer Under Alpines, ! shapes in head wear S= The Biggest Lot an* m wi w <-V ^ v~? 1st. ^ 2d. I 3d. : 4th. LNT YOUR 1 A Xohlt'-Ilt'iirlfil ltoy. One day u gentleman saw two hoys A. y< . iroiug along the streets of si large city. | Pro'1111 Tbey were barefooted. Their clothe* lef* i were ranged and dirty, and tied to-j111,11 , aether by pieces of string. One of the j e" 1 boys was perfectly happy over h half-i ,ua(,e withered hunch of flowers, which he "ul had just picked up in the sireet. j becom "1 say, Hilly," said he to his com-1 )va.s st panion, "wasn't somebody mil good to 1,1 ,,s 1 drop these flowers just where 1 could! <)|M: t find them, and they are >o pretty and ")r^ '* sweet? Look sharp, Billy; maybe11,C*Y*. 1 you'll find something by-and-by." t(> ,ns Presently the gentlaman heard his K'e w merry voice again, saying "() Billy, ia,uaztl if here ain't a half a pear, and it ain't e'.' 111. 'much dirty, neither! 'Cause you s i > ....... ! lavinn IKltllJ K, iv#i4ii?4 nil > mint:, ? wu IIIUY UllC , " first. l>,ers.e Billy was just going to take a very sl,e 1<! little taste of it, wlieu his companion about J said, "Bite bigger, Billy ! Maybe! *a,t * I we'll find another 'fore long." m\\V? e What a noble heart that poor boy '' ,,,|V s! had, in suite of his rags and dirt. * , ' ,! v heard ,, - - j T||e s. A little jrirl was wondering what face a was the matter with her thumb, and as he , complained that if hurt every time radial s she squeezed it. Her mother advised ou tin e her not to squeeze it. "But." she "fall - responded, "If I don't squeeze it, how ly con e-'can I tell whether it hurts?" This( little nirl may be taken as a sample of At i n ; the human race. How can we nurse, (|,e ev 1 jour wrath, and coddle our grievances,! Srienc ti and pel our wounds, and are eontin-jt,, S(M i. luallv squeezing them to see if they j liave l i, hurt! The better way is not, to squeeze. j been i r' Let it alone to get well, and avoid a I ids fo [good deal of pain. j row 11 r :uu wiijj N fROM ' J Coloi vrfficj to nnr Tmm 7", Drab and Mini n S J Ou sf us Fii n HEAD' wear, Necl Every Cr are in, and I Lowest Priced BlHHnHHll The very ] Satisfactio Latest Sty! To give th 'RADE i k>lu llAll 1?AXA?>?* lung man had been extrem ie, and thought little of the n After his marriage to a hi d, lovely wife, the habit app< 1 i 111 in a different lifiht, and spa.- modic efforts to conquer >t until a few months ago did e victor when the glowing < t before him, by a little ineidt real and shocking sinfulness. Sunday morning standing ie mirror shaving, the razors ndieting a slight wound. T fixed habit he ejaculated the i ord "CJod!" and was not a li d and chagrin tied to see rell the mirror the pretty pictur ttle three-year-old daughter, t her dolly down shefeurang fi at on the floor; exclaiming loked eagerly and expectai the room, "Is I)od here?" ' > and ashamed, ami at a loss tor answer, he simply s; . ? ) mse I thoucht ho was win you speak to him." 11 noticing the M?ber look on ml the tears of shame in hist gazed down into the innoi it face, she patted lym lovin ? hand, exclaiming assurinj him again, papa, I (less he s 10." light, wlu>n you look hack r 'cuts of the <iay, ask your c ?*, "How far have 1 endeavc: vu (Jotl to-day?" And if fo rant (cm i Him, if He lias 11 all your thoughts, then rgiveness and grace that to-n jay not witness tlie same sin. ! L WANT CLC IT Lixii; THE NOP *s, and C 5 v : ense Stock of Clay "Wo giings. !Pric< ruoodsar Built that Wi irnish ^UARTEi iwear. Handke Article of BI( ushes, we want to sho\ ever brought to this ( am ran Best Goods foi in in every pai le and a Cxood. .e biggest vain fkND MUSI YOURS TO PLE "( ikmMijo, <>o<1 KIcks Voh." ely )at-| IIY KUOKNK KIICI.I). I I love tin- woril*?perhaps berausc, jar- When 1 w?s leuvln<: mother. |)(J Standing at last In hoIcii.ii psu^i* V* I* IOOKt'11 at Ollt UIKM IK-I, it. And I?1 s-iw in mother'seve he ! TIih love !<ho coulil not me? a,,:i ' A love eternul b? the skies. Whatever fale befrll ine. ;ut,; Shf put her nun* ahout my mwk i ? And soothed tin- pain ?f lei.v lis:, .. And though her heart wus ike to break Hp- She spoke no word of grieving; rut? Sin* let no t?-ur he-dun Iiit cy#. For fear that might distress me. . Hut kissing mr, she said uood-hyi, tt 1<? ; And jinked our Ood to Mens me. ecte of * ~ oiii *'ie ^'"erence Days.?A "so u8 day,'' is measured by the rotation the earth upon iisaxis, and is of t ^ ferent lengths owing to ilie elliptic for of the earth's orbit, and other cause: j(l An "astronomical day" comment 1 at noon and is counted from the fi . to the 24 b jurs. ' A "civil day" commences at ni I . nigtit and is counted irom uie nr.si ,..Ju1 thti twelth hour, and then again fr< ^ ' tbe first hour of tlie day till t *J" twelth at night. K ^ The "nautical day" used by si ,r>I captains, explorers, and some f others, is counted as a "civil da^ only that the reckoning is begun iiioon, as with the "astronoini ?ver :ony?" A health journal says you ought not (a^e threee-quarters of anhour ford askj ner. It is well also, perhaps, to adi >\i\r-, * ... ..I .. |,W4 i lew VfKCiaiMca luiu u jucuc wi N< >THING APPE 1 T1 y i 1THERN A ut to Fit Rig rsted, Cheviots, Tweeds, ?S $5.QO "to S rw If p riot S cloth W 11UL J Cloth J and c ly. 01 ? your > antee Lwvi / mg i tw ojni r?? rchiefs, Collars, in's Wear. Derbeys, v them to you. 1 3ity. You look at the i % \ loQcf. mnnfiv IVJtiKJ 1/ IXlVJiAVJ ticular, or voui Fit. e for your mon ? HAVE IT A. The Need of Our Times. j I'rayer for Christians, that they may see the perils that threaten the Sabbath,! , and may be able to resist whatever is opposed to the spirit and duties of the: day. Prayei for ministers of the Gospel,' ; for parents, and for Sunday school, ; teachers, that they may impart SabI bath sentiment that will influence the j home, the school, and the social life of | the people. , Prayer for civil rulers, and for all who are responsible for the enactment, land enforcement of laws to protect ; Sunday as a day of rest and worship. Prayer for the Holy Sprit to enlighten^ direct, and strengthen those who ,_Jseek, through Sabbath organizations, ia*J to advance the .Sabbath cause through-, iout the whole nation.?X. V. Advo!)f* cate. tyi i. ces I A Thought For Children.?The Lord rst!.Iesus for your sake not only became ja man, hut a child, and He knows; j4j.; just what help you need to be His disto! ciple now while you are a child. 1U1[ Ask Him daily for that help; dally he expect to have it; and daily strive to i live with that help as the child Jesus lip lived. He can make you obedient.' ew j truthful, fearless in right doing, ami resolute to resist all manner of per-, nt 'suasions and temptations to sin. Ca"| i You need to be pardoued for the sins you nave already done, and to lie ! helped to leave off*sinning. This the J Savior does and loves to do for those , to'who ask Him and trust Him to: in-'do it. J a , " Economy is of itself a greatj : revenue." < /: _-/ ... I CLO OB BY ! -OPRIATE to 1 rrTin igr i ttJcJM. 1AEKET.= , Made t jib't; 1 Homespuns, and Summ B20.00. you regard appearance ing of material selected s .ing Houses in this Coun lurability in view, our < consideration. Every G id to give satisfaction or ^VWWVWV*'' J vvus. fS LINE. Cuffs, Canes, I Straws. Come in and take stuff and pass judgmen rnnripv J"ha.nlr L - rvwv/AA* ey you have e*v COHEN, <iiri?linii Hope. The hope of eternal life, a state of | ' unalloyed felicity in the hereafter, is ion of no value to us unless built upon the foi most satisfactory evidence. Indeed it ati must be true, from the conditions of ho our beiiip, that "if in tbis'life only we It have hope in Christ, we are of all men foi most miserable." The mind revolts at tie the thought of living on earth upon a Hit shadowy, flelusive figment of the \vl fauey, trusting in reference to the Ot future life to that which has no founda- sti tion either in reason or revelation. m< The natural longing for eternpl bless-jan edtiess, one of the rational evidences de of immortality, is not in itself suf- m< ficieut. To speculate as to what may frc or should be realized by souls so rich- m< ly endowed by our Creator is not a dr sure method of establishing hope, tie Reason as we may, there is nothing, mi save a distinct revelation upon this subject, that can till our longing minds ] with a sense of positive assurance. de We are thankful that revelation up- thou this subject is so clear and full, qu What blessed assurance the Christian it has of the linal fulfillment of his hope, tri The resurrection of Christ is brought an forward by the apostle as its sure as foundation. He was inspired by the H< Holy Ghost to reason upon this ques- thi tirni "tf" hp shvs ''Christ hp not ivr risen, then is your faith vain." All i ci devout minds will rejoice that God has thi made the foundation so secure. tlu "lie lives my mansion to prepare. j ?n no liven iu onug nie saioiy mere. i ??" I an ~ fac Too much crooking of the elbowputs a man out at elbows. ^0, ; , i THING.! 1 i :i ;he SEASON 3 v m :M o Wear. 1 I 1 er Kerseys, in Black, vwvwvw% -| is, and want reliable . and made by the best try, with looks, style 3-oods are entitled to -arment we sell guarmoney refunded. ";1 Jmbrellas and I t >| 1 a look. t. '*! ..\4 .plls . M ''m ' % ?1 rer had. I ' 1 m m ' ?1 Manager. jf A Pure Home. There is nothiDg on earth for which I e outrht to be more thankful than r having been brought up in the . nospbere of a pure home. Such a me may be narrow and even hard. *? may be deficient in material com ts, utterly lack the graceful ameniis which lend a charm to human e; but it has in it the forces on lich great characters are nurtured. ie of the beat friends?a man as lrdy as the forest oak?once said to 3: "I was the son of poor parents, d from my youth was inured to selfnial and hardships : but I do not re smber ever to have heard a word im the lips of either my father or Mher which was not as chaste as the i ifnn onAtir " Pottor aiin)i Q TW?nl n as that than an inheritance of llions of money. Boy Character.??It is the greatest lu9ion in the world for a boy to get e idea that his life is of no conse ence, and that that the character of will not be noticed. A manly, Jthful boy will shine like a star in y community. A boy may possess much of noble character ae a man. i may so speak and live the truth nt there shall be no discount on his >rd. And there are such noble, iristian boys, aud wider aud deeper an they are apt to think is their inence. They are the king boys long their ' fellows, having an meiise influence for good, and loved (1 respected because of the simple t of living the truth. tVork and worship are near neigh 9.