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|w / p . >: . | p : "wr. |4/' The Abbeville Press and Banrierv J BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1896. ESTABLISHED 1844 jg| -TTT"?- I _m .... . /Mir Tnnl IOI C VCAB'C TUC CDCMOU UCll IHAU j " j ~ " ' . , I DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. 6. Thomson, OFFICE [TP-STAIRS ON McILWAl Corner, Abbeville, S. C. Eggs for Sale. TJiGG* FOR SALE FROM PURE BREE Jli S. C. B. Leghorns, and Barred Pl.vmou Rocks. .1. R.GLENN. I Jan. 13, 1896.^ 2m Abbeville, S. C, Desirable Place for Sale, WE offer onr homeplace at (,'okesbnry f sale or exchange. Premises lu finer pair. itt acres of flrstclass land. Land w< adapted to fruit and all crops. Pure cold w ter and perfectly healthy location. Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville, S. C. J. S. Aiken, Cokesbury, S. C. SepU 3d. '& >. tf. House ana Lot for Sale. 1 OFFER MY HOUSE AND LOT in tl J. town of Abbeville for sale. The lot oo: tains two acres, the house eieht rooms.and a tbe premises in perfect repair. Every lu provement and easy terms. Apply to W. C. McGOWAN. Dec. 12,18M, tf Abbeville, S. C. WALTER L MILLER Attorney at Law. .A-bbeville, S. C. I also represent a number of Investroei Companies. Loans made on Abbeville < Greenwood City real estate. OFFICE on Law Range. E. F. GILLIAUD /.TAILOR, .V HAS moved, and occupies the room recen ly occupied by j. L. Clark, the zui smith, and Is oow prepared to do all kinds < repairing and cleaning of gentlemen's cloth< on Bbort notice. Samples of suits always on band. Cbargi reasonable Livery, Feed and Sah Stall Having bought the interest o W. S. Cot bran In the Livery, Feed and Sale Stables I Will Continue Business a the Old Stand. I Thanking my friends for the support in^tt past, I solicit a continuance of the same. J. S. STARK. NIOB PHOTOGRAPHS All Sizes ^ ^ All Prices IN LATEST STYLES OF FINISH. A If copying and enlarging done at reasonab rates. I have GALLAGHER'S negatives and wi make photographs from tbem. M. V. LOMAX. ISTOver HADDON'S store. School Books IAT COST FOR CASEThe Days When the School Com missioner Will be in his Office. rpHE COUNTY BOARD of Examiners hav JL bought for Abbeville County SCHOO TEXT BOOKS and placed I hern In tbe care ( School Commlasloner who will sell them A COST FOR CASH. I will be in tbe School Commissioner's offlc during the next scbolsstlc year hs heretofor ON EACH SATURDAY OF THE MONTfr except the 1st Saturday. Also on all Sal Days or other public days, for the purpose < transacting all officUI business; andsellln school books that are purchased by tbe Coui ty Board during the year. In order to accommodate 1 he people ever day in the week, I have made arrangemenl with Dr. S. F. Killingsworih who may t lound at bis office in "No. 4 SEAL BLOCK" ( attend to sale of books for me, during tta times that I am absent from the office. A books will be sold for CASH. W. T. MILFORD, Opt. 2fith 1S95?tf. School Com. A. C. THE ABBEVILLE mm n OIL 11 and GINNERY Is Now Ready for Business THEY are prepared to GIN COTTON at th LOWEST MARKET l'RICE. und wl PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE for all CO' TON SEED that is offered. Their improved machinery, which has jui been overhauled and the speed Increased ei aoles them to do an indefinite amount < ; work In the shortest time. Persons desiring to provide themselves wit the cheapest and best Pood for Cattli (should make arrangements to BUY HULLS & MEAI 49- Send Cash for Hulls and Meal. The experience of the pact has fully demo trated that Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls n the cheapest and best food In the world. Tt r\t?lno c\f thwHH artloloB will hp Ini^rPAfiPfl nfl t) season ad vancep. Every coavemenoe for weighing. IVfEAL AND HULLS WILL BE SOL 1?JL for cash, or upon payment of bills c / presentation lmmddlately after delivery. J. M. HARDEN, Manager. Sept. 27.1895, tf LOWNESVILLE, [jj Preacher* and Preaching? Personal* ?Strange Occurrence. Lowndesvllle, s. Feb. 17,1S96 Mr. Earl Allen left Mouday for Sumter, Orangebur?r and other points. Mr. J. T. Bask I a has been at Moffat tsv I lie Jn for sometime managing the mercantile allairs of his late mother-in-law, Mr. T. A. Klierrard Mr. J. U. Huckabee went to Abbeville Tuesday for a several davs stav with kinsfolk. - Dr. 11. A. Henry and Mr. D. I<. Karnes were called to Anderson Wednesday, by some business matters. Mr. E. W. Harper went to Anderson lhursor day and returned Friday. e- Mr. J. C. Thomas went to Greenwood fhurs 11 day and returned Kriuay. a- Mr and Mrs. A. V. Barnes went to Starr nnd Dean's Tbuisday. ami stayed a day or two with the parents ol the last named at the last mentioned place. Those of our folks who were somewhat pushed for a show, invested 15 cents in an old ~ ollnd mule concern Wednesday night. The fun seekers were badly sold out. Mr. The Smith has been lor sometimeacting as salesman lor Messrs. Harper & Latimer. 1* Mr. T. J. Baskin and Miss Sailte and Miss j Ina Sherrard, ol Mottattsvllie worshipped at ProvldeDce yesterday. Mr. F. L. Morrow, of Abbeville, was here a day or two last week. Lawrence Jones, colored, who has been Route Agent on the Savannah Valley rail road since a sbort while alter Gen. Harrison was President, died a few days ago at Anderson with consumption. He was buried with Odd Fellow honors. He was thought well ol J by the whites generally. Siuce he has been too ill to perform the duties of tlie office, Mr. F. P. Rob nsou, of McCormick, has been tilling the position. The measles are now calling upon those passed by tn their other rounds, and the problt abilities are that a clean sweep will be made jr this time, which will prevent another visitation for some lime. A mad dog out in the Latimer section a few days ago, bit a cow, dog and chicken for Mr. - G. C. Gtaves. ' There are some places in what used to be known as "Allen's lane" that are now In n "sweet fix " There is, it is true some bottom to them, but it has to be hunted for and found ' by every one passing. Prof. J. U. Harper, of the Honea Path High Rev. Emory Goos, of Elbert county, pastor ol Union Baptist church at Barnes, was in t- town Saturday. o- Rev. Foster Speer. of Anderson came down ol Saturday and spent the day wlih tbe family 3* of bis father, Dr. A. J. Speer. Rev. H. C. Fennel, of Toccoa, Ga., reached as here Saturday evening and occupied the pulpit in Providence church yesterday. As he - returns to his work he will preach in this place on the 2nd and -1th Sabbaths in each 1 mouth. His family will move back here in J about two weeks. An effort is now being made by Mrs. J. T. Latimer, whose name coupled with the object p- hud in view, gives abuudant assuranceof success, to raise fuuds to put a substantial and durable enclosure around tbe Smyrna cemej tery. We heartily sanction this move. ' A few weeks ago Mrs. Jink Parnell died, t and the next day as the friends with her remains were passiug Mr. B. Berry Allen's, several of his pits were near the road, one of which was a pretly bad one, This one ran to tbe wagon in which the remains were,got ie under It, and moved along with it. Some ol the persons present tried to drive it back, but it would notgo When the bridge spanning Rocky river was reached the pis was not allowed to cross. It then went up tbe river, swam it, and again followed on to the Baptist church in this place where the luneral servIwk wpri? p.ondui'ted. and to nrevent I he nli; from eoing Into the church It was put Into the Tlot of Mr. E. W. Harper near by. where It was kepi uutll the next day, when It, in the mean tluie, having become the property of Mr. T. D. Cooley, It was taken charge of and carried to his borne. An explanation of this pecull <r circumstance would puzzle a wiser head than thatof the writer. It seems Incredible, but It can be proven by a number of creditable , witnesses. Troupe. '< VISIT TO COLUMBIA. 11 ^ Random Shot!* nn?l Incoherent thoughts by the Editor. Last week the editor of the Press and Ban? ner spent a night or two In Columbia. Taking the U., C. <fc N. train at 12:40 we arrived safely ^ at the Jerome hotel at ball-pas' nine o'clock. ^ The trucks of the tender jumped the track * when within a short distance of Jalappa. At ter a delay of an hour or two the wheels were placed on the track. We proceded until we found the track obstructed by the wreck ol an engine and tender. Alter auotber wait ol an hour or two the tiack was cleared, and we hurried on toward tbecapttol. At Prosperity we stopped for more than an hour to work on " a .hot box. Frequently between tbatpolat and Columbia the train was stopped for a like purpose. Ordinarily, passengers are Impatient to go on, out on this occasslon it seemed that everybody took it good natureuiy, auu <ympatbised with the conductor who seemed e more worried at the delay than anybody else. L In Columbia we met various members ol >f the Oenerbly Assembly. The regulation ol 1' their pay seemed 10 be the predominant thought, and the one chief subject of converse sation. The lrequency with wtiicb this vital 'e question was meotioued led us to tblukiug 1, about what people talk about. We divided le them into four classes, namely : >1 1. The average ctiizen often makes the cong ditlon of the weather and the crops a starter i- lor a conversation with whoever be may meet. y 2. Another class talks politics, and a few ts veuture on religion. >e 3. Traveling men talk of the hotel where o tbey stayed last night, and seem anxious as to the quality of the spread ui the next tJlnU ner bouse. 4. Legislators talk of their pay. We leave it to the reader to say if we have not properly classed the talkers with whom - they meet. If any man has ever met a drummer who does not talk ot his eating, we are inclined to think that be is an exception to the general rule. If any man has talked with a Legislator who did not refer to his per diem we wouiu oe pieaseu 10 noie me iaci. While in Columbia we saw very few of the officials, except Secretary of State, 1). H. Tompkins, who knows where to get good priuting at the lowest price. Don't "Lick" Envelope*. It is said that in consequence of the I war in Egypt and Soundun, as well as J the Armenian troubles, that gum arabic has advanced to such a figure that envelope manufactures have quit usintr it for envelope flaps, and are submitting glue made from the hoofs of horses and oxen, as well as from other more questiouable sources, and that when the tonuue touches it to moisten I it there is danger of infection. Not long since, in the East, a man died as the result of this lickiug process, and it was the opinion of the physician ie that the poision in the blood came ' from something in the mucilage, as it is called. at a)f State Abbreviations. h The most egotistical of the United States, "Me.most religions "Mass.;" Most Asiatic, "Ind. father of states, "Pa.most maidenly, "Miss. best Jiiu time of flood, "Ark.;" decimal ^ state, "Tenn.;" state of exclamation, I "La.;" most astonishing state, "O.;" I most unhealthy state, "111," to cure | the sick, "M.d. ;M state for students. "Conn. ;" state where there is no such word as fail, "Kan.not a state for ithe untidy, "Wash." n-1 re A man went into a drug store and asked for something to cure a headache. The druggist held a bottle of ! hartshorn to his nose, and he was D nearly overpowered by its pungency. As soon as he recovered he began to rail at the druggist. "But did not it help your Tiendache?" asked the apothecary. "Help my headache?" asked the man "I haven't any headache. It's my wife that has the headache." ANTARCTIC husoidili i ico. Explorer Borcligrrevink Thinks There May j Be ? Future For Commerce There. Tho recent Antarctic expedition was a oni.mn'roial ono, and commercially it was t a failure, because wc did not find the right i whale, so valuably for its whalebone. The , Antarctic was fitted out for the hunt of \ that particular kind of whale; nevorthe- ( less I have no doubt that tho commercial c result of the expedition would liavo been much better had we worked under more j favorable auspices. t I do not by any means consider the faot. f of our not having met with the right E whale in those seas as conclusive proof of their nonexistence in tho bay at Victoria g Land. Tho Antarctic found tho right ( whale at Campbell island in the winter r time; the boats fastened to five of thom, r of which, however, only ono was caught. ] Now. to me it does not seem improbablo that these whales go south to the bay of \ Victoria Land, whoro Ross saw them, in j the summer, and roturn north in tho win- j tor. It would seem incredible thht a man t of Sir James Ross' standing, supported as ^ ho was by able' scientists and experienced t whalers, should have mado a grata error t when he said that this valuable whale was 8 to b<y found in large numbers iu those g southern latitudes. a Tho difference in tho appearance of the e bluo whale, as we found it there, and the 8 right whalo, in tho method of spouting, is ^ 60 striking that even tho most casual ob- j server could not easily bo deceived. Very possibly, had wo ponotrated farther into ^ the largo open bay discovered by Boss in E the vicinity of the volcano peaks Erebus j and Terror, wo, too, would have found the right whalo in great numbers. Wo saw ^ very many blue whales, but had not the e appliances to take them.' r As I remarked at the international geo- ^ graphical congrcss, we found few seals, j They incroased, however, in numbor as c we worked eastward, and seemed afraid 8 of the land. All of the seals that we met j on the shore showed much uneasiness, and j speedily mado for the wator, a fact which , strengthened my belief in the existonco of a largo onemy of the seal on the conti- ^ nent. I do not doubt that the seals con- ] gregato together in larger numbers at f some places on tho bay. I consider tho guano beds which we dis- t covered of great commercial importance, ^ and they ought to bo well worth the attention of entomrisine business men. The specimen which I brought back with me contains a large percentage of ammonia. ] Furthermore, from the analysis of the specimen of rock which I brought back with mo, the possible and probable presence of valuable minerals on tho continont is proved, although the lava and the volcanio aspcct of tho coast lino do not speak favorably for tho presence of heavy metals near the surface.?C. E. Borchgrevink in Century. How the Chinese Count Time. Tho Chinese sundial embodied the usual principle, but was crude indeed. A rod or neodle set upright reflected a shadow on a flat surface as tho sun moved. On this were characters indicating tho hours of the day. Tho Chinese also used a water clock called the clepsydra. It was a disk of copper or other material, with an extremely small aporturo, from which the water trickled, drop by drop. The clepsy dra of Canton Is thus described by a trav- f olcr: "It is avaso of copper. It is situated j in a pavilion built on a double aroh that crosses a 6treet leading from the great J south gate of the city to the palaco of the j treasurer of the provinco. Liko that which existed, and perhaps exists still in the ^ Peking observatory, it is composed of four ? copper vases, whence water runs from one B to anothor by little tubes fixed at the base. c The vase that rests on the floor has on Its woodofi covor a kind of handle, crossed by t a rule mounted on a float and covered with characters representing tho hours. When tho water has run out?that Is, in tho morning or evening?it is poured again J into the uppermost vase. Thero is a little t brick staircase by which the attendant as- j conds. c "In the temples thoro are attendants ? whoso business it is to hang up a placard, f with a white ground, on which is indicat- r ed tho hour. They strike tho hours of tho day on a drum, and at night they beat a gong. The attendants who thus look after tho flight of time occupy tho intervals between in making 6ticks of lnconse, on 6 which are marked tho hours. These are 11 sticks so arranged as to' burn a certain longth of tim< for every hour, and these B aro used by peasants and othors. The ? cfistlr 10 Txrhnn t.hn crnncr ennnds. J and in this way the private individual can keep very tolerable account of the hours as they pass."?Now York Ledger. Painting the Lily. Painting the lily has becomo a literal fact, not merely tho poet's notion of the wildest exaggeration. An array officer's wife, writing from an out of the way western town, tolls of a young woman out there, "quite tho most refined person hero sho is, too, who related to me, with much pride, an idea of hor own which she had carried out for a rocont silvor wedding. 'I cut some of our annunciation lilies,' 6he explained, 'and pasted silver paper in strips on tho outsido of tho flowers. They woro very much admirod.' " This wostern artist (?) is equaled and outdone by a Berlin society woman who sot out her dinner board lately with exquisito flowers, on which mottoes and quototinno t?om nnlnhifl In nnlil eilv<n> and "V.u 1' O 1 r various colors. On a deep purple hearts- * easo was a greeting in croam color on its t surface, anil other flowors had boon equally J" disfigured, at great expense of misguidod J skill and money. Perhaps the worst outrage was a lovoly rose, hearing the oom- I pleto menu on its petals.?New York Times. A Stop In Time May Save a Sermon. Ono of tho elements of a successful ser- * mon is a timely and effective close. Many ' a grand effort has utterly failed for lack * of remembering this. A climax is reached, c tho impression is vivid, then, alas, "a * few more words," and tho influencogainod v is frittered away. Weariness takes the 6 place of conviction, and tho truths uttered ' beforo are forgotton. Thoro is no use In * banging away whon ono has commenced J to lire blank cartridges.?Syraouse Chris- ' tian Advocate. ' c A River of Ink. | - ? ? j-t. *r_ xL- i in Algeria tncre is a river 01 iuk. jlii mu | upper part of its course it flows through c beds of decaying inoss, in tho lower part 3 through strata of iron ore, and thus, 1 through the combination of tho two, its ^ waters acquiro very nearly the color and c something of the taste of black ink. * The grandest review ever seen in this country was that at Washington at the close of the civil war. Over 100,000 men were in line. 1 In 1880 the value of the cotton mill product in this country was $192,000,000; \ in 1890 it hud Increased to $268,000,000. ] UU IVIAUfMC.n o Ulic l rn_/uuuu. iii_* Ever Since Tonth He Has Been Threat- Jan. ened With Los* of Sight. In the course of a talk Dn Maurier de- Ni scribed a tragic affair that occurred at the day \n twerp academy, where he was studying fhri inder De Keyser and Van Lerius. "It the < ivas on a day in Van Lerius' studio," he invc ;aid, "that the great tragedy of my life boot iccurred." to b< Tho voico of D-j Maurier, who till then lad boon chatting with animation, sud1 Ni leniy fell, and over his face camo an inde- 1 inable expression of mingled terror and 60aP tnger and sorrow. es c "I was drawing from a model, when sllnJ luddenly the girl's head seemed to me to y?u Iwindle to the sizoof a walnut. I dapped folic ny hand over my left eye. Had I been nistaken? I could see as well as ever. sl8n 3ut when, in its turn. I covered my right 'he T mKnt KoH hnnrionnH Mtt 1QQI IJ U, JL iUUUUU TTiiau 1IUU uu^vuvm. eft eye hud failed me. It might be alto- rece jether lost. It was so sudden a blow that bly < ! was as thunderstruck. Seeing my disnay, Van Lerius came up and asked me Y vhat might bo the matter, and when I old him he said that it was nothing; that ber; io had had that himself, and so on. And 00111 t doctor whom I anxiously consulted that A ame day comforted mo and said that the ma* icoidont was a passing one. However, my ye grew worse and worse, and the fear of N i total blindness beset - me constantly. The Chat was tho most tragio event of my life. ma^ :t poisoned all my existence." are Du Maurior, as though to shake off a toyroubling obsossion, rose from his chair ind walked about the room, cigarette in an(* land. lake 'In tho spring of 1859 we heard of a ;rcat specialist, who lived in Dussoldorf, *em! ind wc went to see him. He examined mor ny eyes and said that, though the left eye b vas certainly lost, I had no reason to fear osing the otier, but that I must bo very Sen1 areful and not drink beer or eat cheese, ind so on. It was very comforting to ^hel: jnow that I was not to be blind, but I 'he lavo never shaken off the terror of that *am ipprehension. P?y "My life was a very prosperous one from ^an< ,he outset in Lpndon. I was married in T 1863, and my wifo and I never once knew c^ai inancial troubles. My only trouble has er r< >een my fear about my eyes. Apart from hat I have been very happy."?Westmins- c'1?? er Budget. . t"1 old < PASSING OF THE GYPSY. Romany Ryes Gradually Disappearing . From the Haunts of Men. Yon: The gradual disappearance and extinc -* - ? -s A - A. ion of tftat picturesque vagaoouu, tne vj {enuino, simon pure gypsy, has caused imp nuch. comment, but the reason for the dy- subc g out of the old raoe is somewhat diffi- shot mlt to find. There are probably more ing oving, wandering vagabonds in tho world perf oday than ever before, but a real Romany B s seldom found even in England, where hem le formerly flourished. In this country the 1 eal gypsies were never numerous and are "J oday less so than ever before. They are BiblJ >ccasionally met with, but the bands are mab ilthor very small, or are composed of horse bouf rading scamps and fortune telling "fa- ed i cirs," who have not a drop of the Romany amo ilood in their veins. and In the old days the gypsy impressed him- time elf and his personality on the literature or$! ind the art of the countries in which he ed 1 oamed. It was a poor novel that did not bant ntroduce a gypsy fortune teller, and a aboi >oor play that did not have at least ono and ihlld stolen by gypsies, while the artists men airly reveled in studies and sketches of an h ,'ypsy maidens. But the gypsies of today ther lo not indulge in any child stealing pro- was ilivities, although they occasionally make wha i "bluff" at telling fortunes. As for the ed I ' "j .1 n_ i nnir miiarou, LI1U/ u&uau^ liavo cuuugu UJ. Iiugil ??? iwn not to bother their heads and risk myi heir liborty by stealing those of other men leople. my A band of gypsies which appeared In the ston trovince of Quobeo the other day actually mon ried to soil their own children, arguing calls hat times wero so poor that they were no tori* onger able to provido for the little ones, be v jo it can readily be seon that the day of hi he gypsy is past. If ho ever had any use- thru ulness, ho has long ago outlived it.? el a Troy Times. corn was Queen Bess and Her Sailors. D?t> Queen Elizabeth personally liked her 'alle ailors and their way of life. She had all f \ woman's love of the adventurer. They ^ 6 irought hor money, finery and flattery, r >nd she dearly loved all three. But they : ' uitod not only her tastes, but her policy. 11 There was a mutual understanding be- was ween them. If, for reasons of state, it ?as necossary to disown their privateering eats, evon when they were triumphantly TJ uccessful, they must reckon on her hard is 6c vords and black looks. If it was safe to octe icknowledge them, they were rewarded whe pith open smiles and favors. Thoroughly ural sharacteristic, for example, was her treat- Qece uent of Francis Drake when the ever cool ;lorlous Pelican came home, leaving a mac vako behind hor which went right round I ed ii he world. Ho had laughed at Spanish | nati irotests, plundered Spanish treasure, and owns and ships, with thb light hearted suet ludacity of the gentleman bandit, and equt anchored at Plymouth with an El Dorado spar n his hold and the shouts of admiring roue England in his ears. log Mendoza, tho Spanish embassador, furi- on j iusly demanded that "the dragon" should this >e forced to disgorge his plunder. But it fihor uitod the queen to teach the Spaniard a Daer> esson?that if his master encouraged Irish ?ro ebels she would encourage English priva- war( oers. Drake was the lion of her court. t? w she ostentatiously walked about with him notf n the public gardens. The Pelican was of c he scone of a royal banquet, and Glorlana Aftc nado rough Francis one of her knights.? ?ver 5ood Words. disc Flaying For a Deaf Man. A long and a bitter struggle he had, S( his Anton Rubinstein, before he secured by I lis fame and his fortune. He used to de- the i ight in showing his friends the portrait him >f an old man who once bought all the mac ickets that wero sold for one of his ju- guis 'enile rocitals. And he had even a better Hen tory than tnis. ac xmjiji muvguruu, tie thou ho was only 18, ho gavo a concert you vhich attracted an audience of only one. part Brilliantly the little fellow played for two Bond lours, but not the slightest applause was youi orthconiing. Then he stopped and ad- let i Iressod his audience politely, asking if Mb . ence >laying did not deserve a little encourage- j surp ment. The dilettante leaned forward to j erou - A f /-? V? 5 * *-? on/1 f Kn 1 IQCiCIl 1X113 wurua uuuiuaaou iu uuu, uuu v*<v mwu 'ouug pianist was stupefied to find that he is lis only listonor was as deaf as a post! who ["his singular person used to frequent the bon< soncerts to conceal his infirmity.?Cham>ors' Journal. Bi Not So Very Unexpected. 0f jj "Ada, dearest Ada, will you be mine?" couj "Oh, Charles, this is so unexpected! whi< fou mcst givo me a little time." the < "How long, darling?" "J "Oh, [will just call mamma. She is repli vaiting in the next room."?Fliegende in fc 31atter. inve I the Itey of Presents and Fete* In Si Paris. J'OU ow Year, not Christmas, is the French ?f * of days. The only bit of unusual 9*ea istnias gayety is tho morning rush of 8.0,r children from chimney to chimney to stigate the suspendod stockings and day s. They usually And M. Santa Claus caD e a wag, leaving few toys, but making by ly pleasantries. the ew Year is more jubilant. You wake poss see in your doorway a smiling, weli mei ied maid. As your eyes open she rush- and in you, crying, ''Bonne Annee." No (lev king under the bedclothes will spare No an expectant New Year kiss, to be peri wed when you have made your offer- hoc by a resounding one of satisfaction, a al for other maids tarrying outside j door to enter and wish you in like 8er iner happy New Year. When all have ^ Ived thoir token they troop out, volu- . ^ calling down upon your head the bless- int< nf fha cainta ou lie back upon your pillow, knowing well that not until every other mem- = of the family has been visited-will one lescend to light your fire. t last it is lit, and the well soaped ^ d hands you a cup of coffee and the 4 r Year roll. i ot for long are you left to dream aloDe. J children come with arms laden. They J :e the floor a veritable toyshop. You 9 called upon to examine, admire and d Dps buzz, steam engines run you down, 4 your washbowl is converted into a J bus, with dressing gown calls from ? Inine members of the household, the W nlng slips away. At last you scramble d e ready for breakfast. 4 1 the dining room are assombled the 4 Clemen of the family to greet the ladies 5 1 courtly bow and gallantly to kiss J r hands. The gay breakfast is over, J children, the youth and those of the lly in the prime of life make ready to visits. They start forth, pockets and 3s filled with remembrances. be older ones, ensconced in great easy r8 before the fire, wait for the youngalatives and friends, who will come 1 light and merry talk to make good ew Year Is the day of the young, the ind the servants.?New York Times. BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT. ng Men In Business Should Be Sure Tf Before Going Ahead. 6 of the many Important points to be TV ressed upon the understanding of a irdinate, and one that the manager loci ild be sure is understood, is that noth- Mc( should be attempted unless the idea is ectly clear. ut rather than appoar dull of appre;ion the assenting reply is given when Idea is very vague. \ My first position entailing any respon- J ity," said a retired merchant, "was to ^ ;e payments of the oity bills, which our Q se settled monthly. My duties consist- ^ ,n taking the statements and the 0 unt which the bookkeeper prepared ^ placed in a small hand satchel. Some- 0 33 I would have only 150, iagain $200 ^ 100. On my first trip the cashier count- ^ she money, footed the statements and ^ Jed me the satchel, cautioning me ^ it taking receipts for money paid out ^ not to pay out more than the 6tatets called for. It was considered quite f lonor to make these monthly trips, and efore when I was called into office I ? very proua inaeea, ioe emuuu sumw- ^ t turning ray head. After I had start- 0 found I was dreadfully hazy on some ^ its, but my pride would not pormit return to the office. I made several payts and was congratulating myself on business abilities when I came to a a where the clerk who received the iey said, 'See here, young man, this i for $35, not $25.' He was very diotail, so muob so that I thought he must cry high in authority, 60 I tremblinganded over $10 more and hurriedly ist the receipt he gave me in the satch,nd got out as quick as I could. Of 'se, when I came to the last man I 110 short?a contingency that bad ocourred to me. Considerably crestin, I returned to the office and made statement. Imagine my consternation n I was shown the receipt given me uy pompous friend for $251 Where was HO? Well, I paid over my own money take up the shortage, but the les&on worth all it cost."?Hardware. Self Hardening Steel* /.mnlimmont nf col f hnrd?Tlln<? 'a UU OUi^/iVJU4VUV V4 UV?k www -,? kid to be rapidly extending. It is charrized as a kind of steol which is hard V in its normal state, as it cools nat- A ly In the atmosphere, there being no ^ :ssity of quenching It in water or of v ing it rapidly from a red heat in any ^ iner. It bocomes soft enough to be shap- W 3to simple forms when redhot, is of a ^ ire that will not endure a white heat, W is at a much higher temperature at ^ i heat than wrought iron is when it is ^ illy luminous, and throws a dark red k from the emery whoel when there is ^ >h carbon in its composition. Accord- f to Hpauldlng, the well known writer ^ metallurgy, it appears that wherever f kind of steel is used it overcomes in a ^ t time the prejudice which its employ- 0 t generally meets. Thus tool dressers ^ said to be not favorably disposed to- 9 il it at the start, because it is very hard ^ 'ork into shape upon the anvil, and W ling whatever can be done in the way ^ utting or bending it when it is cold. ^ )r the tool comes baok to be dressed there is danger that defects may be losed upon reheating. ?New York Sun. f *r~* - ->/ th. PlanntL M. )me odd communications are received Jr. Christie, the astronomer royal, on == subject of the studies which engage , in his official capacity. It seems that ly persons are still unable to distin- 1 ;h between astronomy and astrology. ^ a is a specimen letter which Mr. Chris- Nrl has communicated: "Dear Sir?Will kindly rule my planet and sond full iculars? I was born . I am ling three stamps, as I do not know j r charge. If it is not sufficient, kindly ne know, and I will send the differ- i i." The writer musthavebeen rather ? irised at the answer he got to this gen- k s off or. It was as follows: "The as- 1 omor royal requests me to state that j i not> able to rulothe planets. Persons pretend to do so are rogues and vaga- I Is."?London News. | A Banker's Advice. ] ? ? ^11/3 wmo oelror? ktt ft frlotlfl i iiruu xwuuaouiiu rvuo aciauu %jj u , Is to advise him in the matter of? )lo of financial transactions, one of 1 :h offored a very Inrgo rate of interest, ^ other a much smaller ono. [f you want to dine well," the baron ^ led, after a moment's reflection, "go >r the first; if you want to sleep well, st in the second."?Figaro. No Drilling to Harbor. ays Dr. Wayland Hoyt: "If , mg people only knew the value 5 heir youth! A half hour each day idily given to the vanquishing of le real books in history, science, or rature is more than twelve solid s of fifteen hours each year. What not the busiest tnau accomplish such fragments of time? Oh, if Per young people knew the culture bej ?ible for them by such simple ins! Merely frittering newspaper ? I novel reading?a youthhood only oted to that?how pitiably sad? ships drift into harbor. No young auu units into au acmeviDg man- ply id or womanhood." ji Ivery moment time not spent in the vice of God is wasted. I"ot until you make men self-reliant, elfc elligent, and fond of struggle?fond- wb of struggle than of help?not till n*'1 n have you relieved poverty. HEW HUM! 1 F GIVES ME PLEASURE TO ANNOU1 public that I bave opened up a "Bran ntore under the hotel recently vacated by tb will keep constantly on band a well selected DBY GOODS, SHOES, HAT! HAEDWAEE, EANCY AND FBUITS, COHFECT] Watcb the local colmuna for specialties. ] to my stock and thereby always have somet tomers. My friends can help me very muct quently and always taking away somethlnj attentive assistants, Messrs Thos. Thomson to make your calls pleasant and profitable t< * k rr? AiHU [. H. PARSER, President. JULIUS H. DaPI he Farmers' Banl DEPOSITS S< aroJHL-C* OES GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Bn Hons. A Savings Department baa been est ds. Interest at 4 per cent, payable quarterly. ease rapidly. JJirectors?W. H. Parker, A. W iee, P. B. Speed, R. M. Haddon, Dr. F. E. Harrl vwwwwv Abbeville B, K, BEAQHA2M WE HAVE A NICE *^FOR SAL1 /%%/% P. B. I Is the Place to Get Anyi DRUGS IDJ Orders by Mail atte M Fresh ( -SOLD I H. W. LAW* We have just received a large i All kinds that are used ii H. W. Law: ,V. JOEL SMITH. PECIAL AMC Having* served the pi many years it is with announce that we arc stand fully prepared mauds of all with tin the lowest possible pr complete in every der laily receiving large s Dry Goods, Notions, S ware, Groceries, &c., ol ticular mention will h sals of this neAvspapei W. Joel Smi DENTAL NOTICE. pL F. Killingsworth, No. 4 Seal Block, Abbeville, S. C. Notice to Trespassers. LL persons are forbidden from hunting, . fishing and trapping game on my land. rods caught trespassingoo my land will ' jrosecuted. y O. H. TAYLOR. in. 24,1896, lm For Kent. LARGE ROOM 17x17 OV*E HADDON'S . store, suitable lor office or Ap? I at store of R. M. HA DIM** CO- 9 in. 22,1896. i Surveying and PlattingJ and and Town Lots. Also Terracing, L?T jg and Grading. Accurate work d&M ere local attraction makes a Com paw nn- . *:,~3R able. T.C.ANDERSON, eb.5,1896, ly Nlnety-SlX, B.O. fcruuusi :r jce to my Friends and the n i\ ; New Htocfc of Goods" In the corner ie Abbeville Supply Company. i ^ line of ? 3, STAPLE NOTIONS, J HEAVY GROERIES, i :0NERIES &c. 5 . ft will be my aim to conntantly add i I hing new and fresh to offer my cus- * ) In this purpose by visiting me fre- V ; with them. With my polite and m and Frank Hodges, we will try ever i " ) you as well as ourselves. # & B. MORSE. t ? A. W. SMITH, Ylce President. m IE, Cashier. r of Abbeville. 3LICITED. . $75,000 6,500 : ya and sells Exchange and makes Colecablished. Amounts received of SI and up-JaDuary. April. July, October. Small sav. Smith. W. C. McGowan, J. R. Blake, H. P. Buut A. r>. diuroe* /j s? c. [, MANAGER t SAMPLE ROOM J SSMBiV.^v'' # MTI)\ ?J?J?S KJ ihing in the Line of 11. 7. A nded to at once. ' m Wen kl { t SON & 00. | stock of SCHOOL BOOKS. # a the public schools. V son <& Co. S m w wvvS A. M. SMITH. \TTvrfiv\irvvr*r / y IN WJJlYiJJXN X . lblic faithfully for pleasure that we 3 at the same old to supply the de3 best of goods at ices. Our stock is lartment. We are liipiueuts of choice lioes, Hats, Hard[ which more par?e made in the loL*. Lin yc iSFI#h.