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***** AN APPEAL TO SOUTHERN HONESTY. | Col. W. I.. Treuholm. Ex-Controller of Ibc Currency, shows Why the! South Should not Vole lor Free Silver. (From tlie Baltimore Manufacturers' Record.) j Amoug the Southern men who have : made homes in New York Col. W. L. I Trenholm, formerly of South Carolina,! who came into prominence as Control-j Jer of the Currency in Mr. Cleveland's first Administration, occupies to-day | probably the leading position as a financier. It has been said of him I that, while he brought his head to! New York, he left his heart down in I Dixie. It happened that I caught Col. j Trenbolmiu his office ou a Saturday! after-noon, when the neighborhood of Wall street at this time of year is like a deserted village, and he talked to me as he would have talked to any other Southern man seeking his advice?like a friend and brother. "Though the parting of the ways; has been reached," said Col. Tren-I holm, "and the time is at hand when duty demauds that the South shall turn from the supporters of free silver, yet those who are reviling tbis people ?a people who instincts are right, I whose sense of honor is high, whose) houesty of purpose is unimpeachable I ?seem to have forgotten, if tney everj knew, how it came about that an al- j liauce with the trienas 01 stiver was i primarily a condition of Southern representation in Congress, and how afterward allegiance to the friends of silver wa* demanded by the promptings alike of gratitude, loyalty and good faith. "Until they can be brought to see this question in its true inwardness or to realize the situation in its new aspect, it is not to be expected that our people, taught from infancy to stand Kg.- by their friends, will without good Kj; reason do anything that is made to appear to them like an abandonment of those through whose aid they obtained representation in the National Government, and by whom, later on, they were rescued from what they believed would result in a subversion of their local governments. "Now. let these historical facts be borne iu mind. That thej have been largely ignored by the advocates of sound money has been one of the oversights of this campaign. There is no way of reaching a high-minded, chivalrous people but by frankness and candor. Tbeir attitude must be considered from their point of view. And their point of view has been one of gratitude and loyalty to those who proved friends in need. But any people whose characteristic/! are thus noble may be relied upon to do right in the critical hour, no matter how trying the ordeal. The man who is capable of gratitude, and whose sense of honor i9 keenest, is always the man who, when he sees nis duty, is surest to do it at any cost. Honorable men do not desert their allies until that course is demanded by principle. "For the silver mine owners to ap-1 peal to the gratitude of this honest' people iu order to induce them to per- j - - * 1 -II ~ I peiraie a irauu upuu au me yeupic?iu work an irreparable wrong by demanding tbe misuse of a way of escape provided in an hour of peril?is simply monstrous. For the people of the South to hesitate when asked to become parties to a crime would be to do violence to those traditions, instincts and characteristics and to the principles which have been their proudest heritage. Therefore it is the duty of every man who can commaud their attention, or whoenjoys theirconfidence, to make clear to this people just what is being asked of them?just what lies under the surface of this issue. It should be poiuted out how the laudable promptings of a noble people are being worked upon for what is neither right nor wise, for what is neither honorable nor expedient. These are things that the politicians wit! not tell the people if, indeed, they know or realize them. "The editor of the paper with which you are connected, the Manufacturers' Record, has written an able pamphlet, showing in a convincing way that 'the Act '73' had nothing whatever to do with the existiug general depression, tiuu suuwiiig luut iicc aiivu tauuui benefit tbe ;Southere people. But J am not appealing to expediency.- I am not going to put the duty of the South on the basis of mere self-iuterest. "I could, by going into the merits of the financial question, show to the satisfaction of auy man willing to be convinced that our finacial troubles began with the Act of Congress stopping the retirement of greenbacks, and how the locking up of all the silver that the Bland-Allison Act and the Sherman Act provided for the purchase of has been worse in its effects upon the general prosperity than would have been the locking up of $600,000,01)0 worth of wheat and cotton, on a falling market, instead of exporting it and getting the proceeds in money and credit. But I only have time to say on that score that it is my belief and my conviction, after study5 nor thia onuuHan rl i I inron 11 \r fr?r voord that it would be an irreparable blunder, financially, for the South to vote for free silver. "As I have stated, that is not the phase of the question uppermost in my mind. I am asking such of my fellow countrymen as I am able to get iu touch with to rise to a higher point of view; to look into this question as men of principle and as patriots, and not as partisans. A Southern mau may in this terrible ordeal even vote for McK in ley and still maintain untarnished his Facred honor; but I believe the timejwill come when no Southern man will feel that he has maintained his honor untarnished, and his patriotism unsullied, and the honesty of his purposes unimpeachable, if, with a knowledge of the merits of this financial question, and of what the Chicago platform really means, he shall have cast his vote for Bryan." + One.Tenth for The Lord. "Forgot ray nickel," mumbled the boy with the gold watch. '"Spent all ray money yesterday," laughed the one with the spiked-toed shoe9. "Saving up to buy a 'bike," said the one with his hands in his pockets. The envelope passed around the class, returning to the teacher with six cents. Everybody knew who put in that nickel and penny. It was the boy who earned sixty cents a week carrying a newspaper route. His trousers were too short for his fast-lengthening legs, and his carefully polished shoe3 showed a break here and there ; but one-tenth of his earnings was given without fail into the Lord's treasury. If you have a horse that refuses to go wheu asked, take a small rope and wran it twice around the leg just below the knee, draw it tight and tie it. In a few minutes the horse will start. If he should show any indictions of repeating the offense repeat the dose and he will be cured effectually. fek \ - The Utile Thine*. In the church tower of a town in (Jermany hangs a bell and on it is a six-eared stalk of corn, and the date, October 15, 1729. The original bell! was so small its tones could not be, heard at the end of the village. A sec- ' ond bell was wanted, but the village; was poor and there was not the needed j monei*. Everj'one gave what he could | * but the united . ofTeriugs did not amount to enough. 1 Ono SnnHnv the schoolmaster noticed j1 growing out of the church wall agreen ; stalk of corn, the seed of which must have been dropped by a passing bird. The idea struck him that this stalk of! corn might be made to produce the | second bell. He waited till the corn j was ripe, and then plucked the six ears on it, and sowel them in his garden. The next year he gathered the little; crop and sowed it again till he had 1 not enough room in his garden for the 1 crop, so he devided.'it among farmers, who sowed the ears until in the eighth year the crop was so Jarge that when sold there was money enough to buy a beautiful bell, with its story and birthday en craved upon it, and a cast of the slaFk to which it owes its existence. Those servants who were "faithful in a very little," received a rich reward. We may not be able to speak great words, but we can speak kind and true words ; we may not be able to do great deeds, but we can do helpful and loving deeds. And these, with the blessing of the power of God's Spirit in our lives, will result in untold good, and our reward will be sure. A weaver was so poor he could buy no wool or silk for a piece of tapestry, soused the little piece which he had, and so skillfully did he weave bis curtain that when it was complete it was purchased by the king fur a handsome sum. Little bits of true service done in Jesus' name, woveu into the web of I every-day life, help to form a tapestry well-pleasing to the King of kings, i * " 1 - J it- ???fk 1\A T\ro_ I wno nas purcimsew ii> mm ^.vciou9 blood of His only Sou. Why I Go to Church on Rnlny Day*. I attend church on rainy Sundays because? 1. God has blessed the Lord's day and hallowed it, making no exceptions of hot, or cold, or stormy days. 2. I expect my pastor to be there and should be surprised if he were to stay at home for the weather. 3. My presence is more needful on Sunday when there are few, than on thosedays when the church iscrowded. 4. Whatever station I hold in the church mv example must influence -il T f T twvI Olliers. J. I A ?W?y ttwajr, wujf uiaj IIWV they? 5. On any important business, rainy weather does not keep me at home, and church attendance is, in God's sight very important. 6. Among crowds of pleasure seekers I eee that no weather keeps the delicate from the ball, the concert, or the theatre. 7. Such weather will show me on what foundation my faith is built; it will prove how much I love Christ. True love rarely fails to meet an appointment. 8. My faith is to be shown by myself-denying Christian life, and not by the rise or fall of the barometer. 9. Though my excuses satisfy rny ">lf tl.nn rvinot niiHarnn DnH'a snril 3C111 lunj UJUOb MUUVI^U v??\* W w ? tiny; and they must be well grouuded to do that. A prayerle99 day is a perilous day. Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. Recollect that trifles make perfection, and that perfection i9 no trifle. The prosperity of a country does not depend upon its money, but upon its men. Four things cannot come back?the spokeu word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. Prejudices are like rats, and a man's intnH libo o Iron thpr crpf. in PAMllv. IUIUU Jinv nwji/ j fcwvj -? ? ^ * and then perhaps can't get out at all. There are men In the world who if they displayed one-half the energy in business that they exbidit iu loafing, would soon become independent. Get one little line of loveliness into your disposition, and that may be the beginning of a spirit which will at last include "whatsoever things are lovely." Before going to law, be sure it's worth while. It takes only two to make a quarrel, but all the courts in the country may be required to settle it. If any man has failed to estimate the affection of a true hearted wife, he wui oe iiKeiy 10 marK uie vaiue in ins loss when the heart which loved him is stilled iu death. Education is leading human souls to what is best, and is making what is best of them. The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others. You have honestly and sincerely tried to do right, and misjudged, misunderstood, or misrepresented. Never mind. God knows, and He will not misjudge nor misunderstand. We are God's plants, God's flowers. Be sure that He will help us to unfold into something serenely fair, nobly perfect, if not in this life, then in another. If he teaches us not to be satisfied 'til we have finished our work, he will not be satisfied 'til be ba9 finished his. The domestic pets of the world carry 30 per cent, of tne common contagious diseases from house to house. Some of the professors of Berlin, including Du Bois-Raymond and Grummach, have succeeded in applying the Roentgen rays in such a way as to get very clear intimations of disease spots in the lungs, heart, aud other internal organs. +4^* Tn DID WOQI oidld hatn'oon Uio uments of those two great men, Warren Hastings and Richard Cobdeu, is one of Jonas Hanway, whose chief claim to fame is that he was the first man in England who carried au umbrella. Ritualism is growing in the English Church. Incense is used in 308 churches, against niue in 1882. Lights on the altar are used in 3,598 churches, against 581 in 1882. That man will be a benefactor of his I race who will teach us how to manage I rightly the first years of a child's eduj cation. Howshall you make man know that I God loves him? Most of all by loving j the man with a great love yourself, of which he shall know that, coming through you it comes from beyond you. THE DEADLY TOWEL. DiNeiMp Lurks in tlic Innoccnt I.uokiiig Fabric. Tbi9 is a matter for serious consideration. Too many people in hotels, restaurants, and business offices use I he same towel. It hangs up in the common lavatory; seems a great convenience. yet may be a source of very serious disease. We have known of certain instances that were startling to the sufferers. A writer in the "Christian Secretary" thoughtfully reviews Ihe matter, aud what lie says is worthy a wide distribution : "A case of infectious disease for which the physicians could not in any way account, recently gave a start to an investigation that ought to interest all persons who find it necessary to use toilet appliances outside of their own dwelling. Being of an inquiring turn of mind, and having known the family in all of its branches, the doctor was a little curious as to the source of the infection. He finallyjearned that in the same office where his patient was employed was a janitor who was suffering from this disease. From this point it was not difficult to track the cause of the trouble. The doctor dropped in at the office one day just before closing ha oannrofl fl-tA orvilor) fna'pk TilPSH UV O^VUICU l/UV OV/liVU t>/ ff Viw. - ? he subjected to a thorough examination, and found a nourishing colony of disease bacilli of the sort be was seeking. This was an incentive to further research, and the clean towels were examined. These were furnished by a company that supplied thousands of towels all over the city. Half a dozen were examined, with no results beyond a -few harmless microbes, but later a very innocent-looking, clean white one was found to be a veritable hotbed of disease germs of the most horrible description. Then the inquiry proceeded a? to why this should be, when it was ' found that very many towels are turned iu at the laundry with scarcely an appearance of soil about them. "To make work easy, these are sometimes merely run through a suds, rinsed, died and mangled. "In one case a profuse crops of pimples was traceable to the use of one of these towels when the body was heated and the face moist with perspiration. Because one is unable to see tnese organisms is no sign that they do not exist in deadly numbers. "It is said by some observing medical men that skin diseases have increased in cities in most startling proportions since the custom came about of supplying office towels from a general depot. If this proves to be the case, then what has been regarded as a very great convenience will be shunned by all intelligent people. That there is grave danger from this source isevident from one or two instances that have come under the notice of the profession. "A tnujol chnoui ntr n vppv filiorhi. cfni fl? not enough to cause the casual observer to think of investigating it?was the object of suspicion to a microscopist. The spot was cut out and subjected to the culture process. As soon at it came in contact with moisture, the spot, which had been ironed dowu smooth and flat, swelled to prodigious proportions, and was found to contain enough disease matter to inoculate a hundred persons. "There are but two remedies for this sort of things. One is, let every person take his own towel aud use no other, or to insist that all such articles be washed by steam process at the highest possib'etemperature. This is the only way to make these things safe, and until this is done it is impossible to predict when we may find ourselves aftlicted with viruleut and malignant diseases." True Bravery. In the heat of passion Robert had done something that he was ashamed of and sorry for, after the excitement had passed away. "I wisl) I hadn't let ray temper get away with my good sense," he said, "but it's done, and what's done can't be undone." "But isn't there a way to overcome the effect of wrong-doing, to a great extent?" asked a voice in his heart. "How?" asked Robeit. "By owning to one's blame in the matter," answered the voice. Confessing one's fault does much to set wrong right. Try it." Now Robert was very much like all the rest of us?he hated to admit that be wa9 in fault. "I'm wrong, forgive me," is a hard thing to say. But the more he thought the matter over, the more he felt that he ought to say just that. "It's the right thing to do, he told himself. "If I know what's right and don't do it I'm a moral coward. I'll do It." So he went to the one he had wronged and confessed his fault frankly, and the result was that the two boys were better friends than before, and his comrade had had a greater reepect for him, because he had been braveenough to do a disagreeable thing when it was presented to him in the light of a ilut}'. My boys, remember that there's quite as much bravely in doing right ki/vIi )o onlrA 'i o Utat>a i a in I Ka I\Ca ? . IUI I J^III o oaac do IU^I^ 10 m IUO formance of grand and heroic deeds that the world will hear about. How Alcohol Warms. The Temperance Cause relates anecdote about the oft repeated argument of the warming effects of alcohol, os follows : "But, doctor, I must have some kind of a stimulant," cried the invalid earnestly. "I am cold, and it warms me-" "Precisely," came the doctor's crusty answer. "See here; tliis stick is cold," taking up a stick of wood from the box beside the hearlh and tossing in into the fire. "Now it is warm, but is the stick benefited ?" The sick man watched the wood first send our little puffs of smoke and then burst into flame, and replied : "Of course not; it is burning it>elf." "And so are you when you warm yourself with alcohol; you are literally burning up the delicate tissues of your stomach and brain." If any one's head or tongue should grow apace, and all the rest of the body not grow, it would certainly make him a monster, and they are no other that are kuowingand talkative Christians, and grow daily in these respects, but uot at all in holiness of heart and life, which is the proper growth of the children of God. It is not the will of Christ that we should depend merely on the hope of the future. It is not his will that any part of life should be a blank space, an uncomforted stretch of desert through which we march to the Promised Land. The remedy for care is to realize the love of God in Christ; moment by moment, couching an existence and glorifying it?if we will? with peace and joy. Experience is the best schoolmaster hut the echool fees are heavy. V Care of the Ear. Never wear cotton in the ear.s if> they are discharging pus. Never attempt to apply a poultice , to the inside of the canal of the ear. ^ Never put anythiug into the ear ic for the relief of toothache. Never drop anything into the epr _ until it has been previously warmed. ' * Never use anything but a syringe w and warm water for clearing the ears n of pus. f. Never wet the hair if you have a any tendency to deafness ; wear an oil- .( ed silk cap when bathing and refaiu y from diving. Never strike nor box a child's ears ; this has been known to rupture the [j drum head and cause incurable deafness. il Never let the feet become cold *i and damp, nor sit with the back toward the window, as these things tend to ag- t gravate any existing hardnesses of ^ hearing. 9 Never scratch the ears with any- f( thing but the finger, if they itch. Do a not use the head of a pin, hairpins, n pencil tips or anything of that nature. n Never put milk, fat or any oily substance into the ear for the relief of ^ pain, for they soon become rancid and ^ tend to incite^ inflammation. Simple ^ v> ai ui "ttici n 111 auo v* ci iuu puipuoc ^ better than anything else. ^ Never be alarmed if a living in- a sect enters the ear. Pouring warm c water into the canal will drown it, n when it will generally come to thesur- fl face and can be easily removed with ij the fingers. A few puffs of tobacco smoke blown into the ear will stupefy i the insect. q Never meddle with the ear if a j, foreign body, such as a bead, button or j seed, enters it leave it. absolutely alone v until a physician can attend to it. ^ M"r>ro hnmaffa h?a Iippii dnnft hv the in- * judicious attempt at the extraction of j a foreign body than could ever come i from its presence in the ear. v ? i" The Sweet Tonne Sister. t The sweet young sister of a little boy ? was dying. The child had heard that k if one could secure but a single leaf 0 from the tree of life that grew in the a garden of God, every illness could be e healed. No one had dared to attempt the quest, however, for the way was F very nara, a great angei guaraea " the gate of the garden against mortals. [ The child loved his suffering sister so ' well that he resolved to lind the gar- ? den and plead with the angel for the 1 healing leaf. So over rock and moor and hill he went., until in the golden 0 sunset the beautiful gate appeared, ana ? he tearfully made his request to the j angelic seutial. "None can enter [ this garden," replied the angel, "but 1 those children for whom the King has r sent, aud he has not called for you." ? "But one leaf," pleaded the child, "one little leaf to heal my sister. He caunot wish that my' sister should suf- E fer so and die and leave me all alone. \ Have pity, great angel, and hear my 1 prayer." The angel looked down on the little ^ suppliaut with deep love and pity, and ? said : "The King has sent my brother, t the angel of death, to bring your sister ? to himself. If you are allowed to keep L her, will you promise me to see that r she shall never lie tossed on a sick bed it: pain?" ? "How can I?" said the wondering ^ child. "Not even the wisest physi- c cians can keep us from sickness al- 0 ways." 9 "Then will you promise me that she v shall never be unhappy, nor do wrong, ? nor suffer sorrows, nor be cold or bun- ^ gry or tired, nor be spoken to or treated c harshly?" asked the angel. "Not if I can help it," auswered the child bravely ; "but perhaps even I could not always make her happy." "Then," replied the angel, tenderlyj "the world where you would keep her must be a sad place. Now" I will open the gate just a little, and you may look t into the garden for a moment, and then, if you will wish it, I will ask the * King for a leaf from the tree of life J to heal your sister." ( And the astonished child looked in y where grew the living tree, and where f flowed the crystal river, and where J stood the bright mansions, and where a walked and talked immortal children t under a light more beauliful than that of the sun, and with friends more lov- ? ing than those of earth, and where love and blessing reigned forever. He looked until his eyes widened in sur- , prise, aud glowed with ioy, and, turning to the angel, he said softly : "I will not ask for the leaf now. There is no place so beautiful as this; there is no friend so kind as the angel of death, I wish he would take me, too." J So the child turned back under the stars that shone like celestial eyes upon him. Aud as he went a ray of holy light fell upon his path and wonderful music, such as he never before heard, j tilled his ears, and he knew that the golden gate had opened to receive his -j sister. And it was so that when he saw her silent from upon her little bed at home, he was comforted. i: Accordiug to an American farm pa- v per 40,000,000 eggs are used by the p calico print works each year. Photo- p grapic establishments use millions of f dozenti, and wine clarifiers call for [ over 10,000,000 dozens. The demand t from these sources increases faster g than the table demand. They are used ji by bookbinders, kid glove manufac- y turers, and for finishing fine leather. a Dried eggs are being put upon the i market. Fresh eggs are broken and j churned by machinery, and the mix- t ture is then evaporated to dryness, t They are claimed to keep indefinitely t in this form. When cooked with hot ) wuter in various ways they are said to taste precisely like fresh eggs. It j promises to become an important in- j dustrv. and evidently will notreouire i an expensive plant. r An item is going the rounds of the ' press to the effect that whiskey is now manufactured out of old rags. We see nothing remarkable about this. Everyone knows that nearly all the old sage now in the country are manufac* . turedoutof whiskey, and there is no apparent reason why the process of \ conversion may not work as well one way as another?from whiakey to rugs, and from rags to whiskey. What a beautiful business it is ! f A contemporary suggests that the ' hearty words of praise many a minister 1 receives when he quits a field which j his parishioners have made too uncom- . fortable for him, remind one of the . epitaph a French husband inscribed " on his wife's tombstone, "Tears can- ) not recall her, therefore we weep." Did you ever feel tbe joy of winning 1 a soul for Christ? If so, you will 1 need no better argument for attempt- 3 ing to spread the knowledge of His a uaiue to every creature. I tell you ( there is nojoyout of heaven that excels 1 ! ?I r\f flta Itontl /if nnp whn t says: "By your means I was turned 1 from darkness to light." There is bouudless pleasure in nmk- i ing others happy, even if the others i are "only animals." 1 The Deadly Itliichet. Many Americans have wondered 'hat the machete is, the instrument 'ith which the Cuban insurgents make ach havoc in hand to hand encoun-, jrs with the Spanish soldiers. Here i a recent description of it: ' Cuba has a terrible national weaon. It is deadly machete. One . f the horrible features of a battlefield 'hen machetes have been used is the umber of partly beheaded and fear- , illy multilated bodies which are found, , nd which present a ghastly sight, even 3 the sturdy soldiers who have surived the conflict. < The matchete has played no small ' art in the history of all uprisings in he spanish-speakiug provinces, but in ;uDa, it nas done sucn execution mat f the island should win her freedom, lie machete ought to be included in 1 he coat-of-arma of Cuba libra. It is ' he tool of the Cuban workingman. Vith it he earns his living cutting the ugar caue; with it he cuts the wood jr his fire. Indeed, it is the hatchet ud knife combined for him. Every < aan in Cuba possesses a machete, no natter what else he does not oWn. It is really an implement for the ields, and a useful instrument of husandry in all sugar-growing countries, i lit so deadlv ia it in warfare thatSDain ' las declared them contraband weapons. J iiuce the insurrection in Cuba they re, of course, not sent directly to that ountry by the manufactures, but like ouch else that is forbidden, they still ind their way into the insurgents' tauda. The machete is made of the finest empered steel, aud much skill is retired in its manufacture. Its blade 9 long, and broadens toward the end. t is exceedingly sharp, and the haft is ' rery short. Thus the machete is a ! Qurderous weapon, despite the agriculural purposes to which it is applied. Svery country has a sword of its own, tut Cuba is, perhaps, the only country vhose sword is at the same time her puninir honk. '"P> "VWM* In the conflict in progress in Cuba he insurgents have done such deadly xecution with the machete that the Spaniards have decided to arm their iwn infantry with it, in order to be .ble to meet the insurgents on more qual terms. The rank and file of the ,'uban insurgents, who c6me from the ilantations, are not skilled in the use if firearms, out they make up for it >y the ferocity with which they engage u close encounters with Spanish solliery with the deadly machete. When his happens the Spaniard fares badly. The stroke is aimed at the abdomen >f the person attacked, with the intent f wounding the body below the waist. I'hen with the weapon raised to the u 11 length of the right arm, the wrist s simply turned over and the machete nakes r stroke back to the left, so as to lash the victim's neck, and if possiile, partially behead him. With one nore turn of the wrist the edge of the nachete strikes downward, cleaving he body again. In the hands of ttie nsurgents, habituated to the use of the nachete, and who are very strong these >lows are fearfully effective, and a nachete wound is usually fatal. The tattle of Baira, in which so many Spaniards were decapitated, was won ?y machetes against the best modem ifles. When the Cuban husbandman reei ves his matchete it is not at all sharp, >ut he whets aud sharpens it until it uta like a razor. The great execution f the machete lies in his wonderful kill in haudliug it. It is doubtful whether an army of the most skilful wordsmen in England could stand up lefore an equal number of Cuban cane utteis." What are You Seeking? As far as we can judge, the great nass of humanity is seeking the one nd of happiness. If this is not the ase we do not see what else is before hem. Some seem to have no end at ,11, but the majority seem to be ever oliowing that ever-flitting delusion, he promise of happiness. There is 10 reliable promise of that kind anywhere, but it is worse than vanity to ollow the promises of the world or the lesh or the devil. These latter are bundant in their promises, but they lave never been known to fulfill a siu- i ;le one. In fact, neither the world, he flesh, nor the devil, nor all of them ombined, have enough to make one oul happy, were they to bestow all heir possessions on one alone. It is lot in tne nature 01 numauity to oe uade happy that way. Hence there ,re millions of restless, disappointed ouls all about us. A great multitude nadly following the ever-deluded lelusion, "seeking happiness where 10 happiness is to be found." The fact is, happiness Is a mere inident in life and not an end to be ought. It comes to many souls, but lever comes to those who seek it. Neither God nor nature around us >romises happiness to man, but there re lines of life, or perhaps we should ay, there is a line of life, along whicb here is no little happiness to< be ;ained. Duty, Intelligent, honestduty, >ursued with a single eye, will bring nore happiness in one mouth than vill come from a whole lifetime of ileasure-seeking. There is more hap* 1 1 C JIJUeBtt IU ue littu HUUi wuc vjaj ui iuvc or our fellow-men and love for God, ove tbat leads us to devotional service, ban can be had from a lifetime of [ratified ambition or avaarice. There s more happiness in knowing Christ, mowing him as the source of our life md our hope of glory, than in all the lonors and emoluments of the world. Jaul had as many of these as most nen, aud yet he says : "I count all bings but loss for the excellency of he knowledge of Jesus Christ my liord." It is best to quit thinking about hap)lness aud go to living for the good of uimauity aud the glory of God, for t is only in this liue tbat you can each any higher life or any solid, asting happiness. ? Wesley an Advocate. Boys ought to be as bright as girls, >ut they are not. Men ought to live is long as women, but they do not. What is the matter? A California paler, the Palo Mail, sheds a little light >n the question : The School Hoard of Santa Ana ound tnat for some reason the boys in he public schools were nowhere nearly is proficient'in their studies as the firls, and an investigation was institued to discover the cause, whether the >oys were being neglected by their eachers, or whethera lack of discipline vas chargeable with the fact that the ........ ,?^ll Tl.rv ' }\VTflC IIWL UWIU^ ? Vli. A IIC AI> VV?9igation way had, and it was found hat ninety per cent of the boys beween the ages of twelve and fifteen 'ears, who attended the public schools, raoked cigaretts. The investigation lid not require to be pushed any furher. It is sufficiently well known hat cigarette smoking blunts the intel eci us wen as undermines iu? uuusu:utiou, and in ninety per cent, of the Santa Ana boys stay with the habit, linety per cent, of the Santa Ana boys ;vill be failures and life, and no help or it. ? . - - - : W. JOEL SM] ^ TO THE \\7E BEG to announce that we are fully prep) * * store Is brimful of New and Atti Ami while we strive to buy goods cheap, v sur eirortu are being rewarded, as the large quae litest. Our stock of f fexnti a Is simply complete In every detail, and our p jatue grade of goods. SHOES! We make a specialty of SHOES and It woulc ->iir mummoth stock In this short space. Hurtle boib in quality and price. Oar Clothing 1j a as by no means been neglected, and we a wearing, solid comfort, medium grade clothing lust received a large and well selected stock of DLES from the cheapest to tbe best. HATS AND CAPS FOR THE Ml . . . SHIRTS, SUSPENI but wbats the use to say more, we could 1 T Y -m--ar-v V -#-1 A^L LIJL'LL W LLJL & cllJ We always carry a fall stock of HARD WAR] :omes to GROCERIES, we take a back seat I quarters and In large quantities and are prepan Ine prices od FLOUR that cannot be duplicate We respectfully solicit your patronage. W. J vlam Daily Gettinj Fall and Winter Goods, Shoes, Clothii I HAVE A GOOD STOCK OF LOW PRICE it will be sold the same way. My stock ol ^=33 S II C will soon be In, and then you can get Just what ready my samples for taking orders for TAILOR-MADI Come and make Special attention is given to nice groceries do you good. Amo Shoes in A AN ? Cheap a " "? TT T A J*T . JLJL-tSL_l.TJLJ.TJL Have the largest stock of SHOES in them cheap. All the styles for LADI] buying in lots. Look up your sizes and from 2oc to $1 per pair. Yoi c. P.; Greenwood's lii i Tlios. R. Davis, - ?In Post Office building, with the It UTUFS! MEN'S MISSUS JJIlJJiU U) lUUil W| XI1WUUU at the very lowest price in South Carolti pleased. Very Respectfully, B. K. Be j-^^Jfroprietor A 1 BROKER ITT Wf C0TOT3 Abbeville, 4* LEA n A Gi mi) iiiir i M ill!! i TVTY HOUSE AND LOT In the city of Ah- I 1*1. beville, bounded hy lands of A. \V. Jones, Lewis Parker, Trinity Church lot aud others. Further Information given on application. Also, Three Hundred and Forty-One (341) Acres, more or less. In the County of Abbeville, Lowndesvllle township, bounded North hy lands of Jacob Martin, Soulh hy lands of G. 1 \V. Speer, East by estate of Thomas Cunningham, West by lands of William Cook. Arthur Parker. Abbeville, S. C? April 22,1S96. tf |. The man who mounts hishigh horse is invariably the one who gets the least 11 pil.y when he falls. j; [TH & SON. I T3TTTFKT ^ | ired to serve our friends and the public. Our H :active Goods. I ve positively refuse to buy shoddy goods, and H littles of goods we are dally sending out will H lit l@!tei J I rices are guaranteed against the world on the B shoes t I I be impossible to give the least conception of I e it to say that we can suit any living person department re prepared to show as attractive line of good an wao ever broucbt to this towo. We have CROCKERY and CHINA. We have SAD[JLTITUDES, SHIRTS, UNDERVFPff flPAVATS SJUIVNJJ VXVXJ. V UXM| ? ill this newspaper, but Just a word as to id Groceries. E and CARPENTERS TOOLS, and when 1 'or no living: man. We bay direct from bead ed to sell at rock bottom prices. We are mak d. OEL SMITH & SON. * in my Stock of^"~ Groceries, Dry Goods, is. Hats, &c. t?J' ' D CLOTHING, especially bought cheap and ) E , you want, and at living prices. I have now 5 GARMENTS. .? your selection. Bring me your trade and cotton, and I will s B. Morse. .bundance ! d S Dirt OND &c CO. Abbeville. And hotter, we are selling ES for Winter. Reduced rates given come and see us. Ladies' Over-gaiters irs for Bargains, HAMMOND & CO. j Sloe Store, - - - Proprietor. irgest and most complete stock of? AND CHILDREN'S SHOES, . j la. Look before you buy, you will be THOS. R. DAVIS. jacham, bbeville k j fruit*** m IY PRODUCE. - - s. o. VELL & GAGE, rcenwood, - S. O. , GRANITE & IRON FENCING. i?a lionip folks . . . I direct from tbe Quarries, do first- a vork and sell as cheap as any firm ^ or South. "1 Yours very truly, J LEAYELL & GAGE. | OTJH DEAD. rpHE NATURAL PROMPTINGS OF THE -?- human heart goes out in tenderness for the dead, and weshow respect for ourselves by giving a decent burial to our friends as they go out from amoug6t us. J. I. SIGN, UNDERTAKER, has two FINE HEARSES, one for the white M people.and one for the colored people. He B euibalmes bodies, and keeps on bund H ALL LINDS OF COFFINS, 1 from tlie cheapest to the finest. B He tnkes orders for all ktuds of MONU* 8 MENTS and HEADSTONES. When the services of an Undertaker Is needed, or monuments are wanted, call on J. W. SIGN, relephone No. 40, Shop. Kesldenc. No. 55. July 15. lSOti, If It is not enough to keep the poor in mind ; give them something to keep you in mind. J