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r t'he Press and Banner V AHBEVILLE, S C. H {^"Published every Wednesday at S- n m year In auvanee. | Ten "Pn^es. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1337. M iiU close at Abbeville, S. 4'.. Posl ODiCe. 10:30 A. M.?going West 11:15 A M ?goin'x South. 1:13?eolus; North. 4:4o?xotti!: Aorin nna .->oiun. S:uO?North and Sou Hi. All mail for the nlsht trains should ho deposited In the Post Office and not In street letter boxes afrer 1 P. M. Hob!. S. Link, Postmaster. Feb. 7, 1S97. / / 1 / Utilizing: Callers to Put Out n Fire. I Phoenix. S. C.. Feb. 1, 1X97. / Mrs Joseph Lake and Mrs. Mose'ey were , ) theKuestsof Mr. and Mrs. T 1'. Henderson on f Sunday. 1 While Mr Joseph Maxwell and Mr. II trace \ Ouzts werecalling on the Misses i>i;(MeSun/ diy.they discovered that the house wa? on j fire. The.v ran npstalr<and after Italian hour ^ succeeded in exttusnNluncr t he flames. Ills purposed to bsive caught from the stove. JV1I8B I'.aiTTia VV lllll'lll* lin> S"IIC iu uinv charge of her school iu Sh)Ulerii0ld. Miss EfBe Adams 1ms been quite ill. ?mt is Improving. Nick. Beautiful Sen Shells. Every one admires ?hem. Since coming South I have received numb?rous inquiries lrom northern people for sea shells, and now I am prepared to answer yes. I can send yon Rhell?, lor I have made quite a collection of lovely shells, both from our own coast, the coral reefs, and some 'oveiy ones irnm the West India islands. I will mail n dozen or more different kiuds. no i wo alike, to any one who sends a stamp for posiaee. Yours. Mrs. F. A. Warner, Jacksonville, Fin. I / } Bruco's restaurant is the place to gel fresh J AVtllal>0 "" Brnce's restaurant keeps chickens, cays and country produce for sale aud exchange. Bruce keeps a very nice line of cigars. ('. V. Hammond A Co. Shoes reduced in price at C. 1'. Hammond A Co. AH heavy shoes will go to make way for the Spring Shoes. Patent Leather Shops In all styles at i\ P. Hammond <& Co. See that Talent Leather <" Tan Shoe. f Buy you a 2<>od Spring Seat Saddle of C. P Hammond <fc Co. Ph11il rpn's^Khnps ehuan nf fl. P Hnmmnnil & Co. Loctyt. Aihom B. .Ilorae. I have a few' Dove" i>rand Hams, the finest known, tbat I offer at 12J<J to close. Mackerel! Mackerel! A few kits of nice F?mliy Mack?rei at greatly reduced prices. A full line of Oarclen Seeds of the best seed growers, ready for you right now. It pays to buy flrsl-classOil to burn. I keep that kind. If you want a Bargain, a Big Biirgain, in M oiiui uuii ui nuct uirwripuuu, JUM, ^IUI <111 your hat anil wait right into my store and you will flud it. Did you sae make cotton ? If so, plant good BPejl. I have a lew bushels of "Hawkins' Prolific," a very fine early variety. I Now is the time to set out Pecan Trees. A few flue two year old trets a; 10 cents each. Slave you tried "Baked Beans" with "ToBatoSauce,"3 lb. cans, for K> cents. If not, why not? f An elegant light brown Sugar 20 lbs. for SI Ikrbuckle's Coffee20 cents a 10. [ Ladies, just glance over this list, then senn In your orders by'pbone or otherwise. Worcester Sauce, Salad Dressing, Olive Oil, To ImatoCatsup, Prepared Mustard, Crab, Lob feter, Shrimp1 Oysiers, S;i I inon, Sardines.Chipped Beef, Corned Beef. Luuch Tongue. Potted il .rv, LV,?t,?l IV*..?* ?/. C I im.it 1} f.-lfl ! In it jfl^Eew and elegant.) Plain Pickles, Mixed ^^Vickles, Sweet Pickles, Jams, Jellies, PreB^Verves, Prunes, lUlsins. Currants. Applet ^WPeacbes, Apricot*. Citron, Itolled Wheat, Koilecl Oats. Leggett's Buckwheat, Cheese, ^ Macaroul?and everytbinc that is good. I have just, received a fresh lot of "Corn Starch." Prepared Jelly, Gelatines and Lemon and Vanilla Extracts. , Mice fresh Chocolate Carame's, Rock Candy and other Confectioneries. A good stock of (Jreen nnd Parched Cotfees' Plaik aud Mixed Teas always on baud. Onion sets in abundance. il L. W. fVliltcN LocaK ,Tu?-t received: 1,000yards of those white checked Nainsooks, at 5 ceu:s per yard. These goods are very hard to set s?nci this supply will not last long. They are in great dernuud. Come and supply yourvjlf belore they are all trone. Extra good values in White Goods at 8 auti 10 cents per j ard. Examine my stock of Carpets. Itngs and Mattings. If you are needing anything in this Hue you cuo net some bargains. Thpnllpntlon nf Mip luiiiou Ik r?^nPi?}fnllv called to those remnants ?>l Whit<- Checked Natnsoo. s at 5 cents per yard. A?k for theui uud you are sue to buy ttieur. Buy an Overcoat whil<* they are so cheap. You can get a arent bargain in three pound .Tomatoes hy the case troio L W White. Oet his prices. -.?>? W. Joel Smith A Son. In order to reduce our ?tnek ofKlour we will nell for a short time a huh grad>*, second pattent at St 85. Now Is the time to get a rare bargain Id flour. W Joel Smith & Son are polling "> bnrs Octagon Soap and 1 l?ox of Pcnriin?* tor 25 ceuls. Or the.v will sell live bur* Circus Soap and one { box ot Washing power for 'S> cents. No belter soaps and Washing Powder made. TheCoffee we sell at. 7 pounds lo tli? dollar ' Is not shoddy stull, but. a flrt-t-class Rio Coffee. Try It. ' Our aim at al! times is to give our customers ) the\ery best goods at rock bottom prices, and we respectfully ask our friends lo give us a call when In need of tinyihlng in our line. A fresh lot of buckwheat flour Just in. Our large warehouse Is full of corn, oats, bran, flour, hay and in fact everything ueedtd for man or beast. A large lot of hardware aud farming implements just in. We have knitting thread in a'l colors. Clothing, over coats*, shoes, hats, &c? going at greatly reduced prices. An examination of otir poods and prices is all we ask. W. Joel Smith & Son. Asa cough, cough, oough or a c.?ld, cold, cold all day long, why not go to Speed's drug store and get a box of thai laxative biomo quinine whlce will cure you in one day. It has cured others and will cure you. R. C. Wilson <t Co hereby return thanks to their many triends lor their help In putting out the fire last Tuesday night, aud 11 you . will call on them they will give you a bargain In stationery. Go to R. C. Wilson & Co. for Kcrosine. Kerosine at R. C. Wilson & Co. It is an ancient belief that when a maid ees cupid in her dreams lie will In some measure assume the outwutd appearance of the man whom she will wed. Whether this be true or not we cannot say, but we do k now this, that all the maids in this section should fee the pretty line of millinery displayed by R. M. Haddou Jt Co.. at Abbeville. Syrup wild cherry compound will stop that pougb. Call at Harrison & Game. t' Grip capsules prepared by Harrison <t Game never fail to cure a case of grip. 2-ic per box. Bulsts'garden seed and onion sets, fine paper aud envelopes, blood r""jiilciues and horse powders Just received. Harrison & Game. Now is the time to commence gardening Buy your seed and onion sets of Harrison & Game. Grip capsules are harmless, they do not routalu morphine or opium. Sold only by Harrison & Game. Beth'* \c?v Yenr. It is a waste of energy to resolve t break otl'oue bad habit, if we area (irmly resolved to hold on tn another God does not give us grace to make : compromise with hitn. It is lonely! said Beth again, just a she had been saying at intervals fo the last half an hour. This time sh ? ? ?!? lirHj ?i<rll <111(1 JirosR t MI'I > "in. ..vv.^ - .f,--, depart; for tlie short winter afternooi was nearly gone, and the slant rays <i the sun were making a golden patl across Lillian.s pretty room. Itseemei to Beth that Lillian's whole life was golden path: that she had everything girl could desire. This new room ii all its finishing and furnishing was ii such perfect ta-te, so cozy, complete and beautiful. "It was really my Christmas preset) you know," Lilian explained, as Betl admired carpet, curtains, easy-chairs and all the dainty appointments, "bti it wasn't all in order for me to tak possession until to-day. Yes, indeed I expect to enjoy it. I'll begin in; new year here, as mamma says." Beth looked back at the roomy, con venient house and Lillian's bright win dows as she hurried away down th street to her own home. "I must be gin my new year in just the same littl< rucked up corner that I always have with Sue shuring my uea? Kerues co in one corner. and a host of things be longiug t<> everybody in tlie closet an< Irawers, because, there isn't room fo them any where else," she said gloomi ly to herself. "O how restful amide lightful it would be to live as Liiiai does!" She said the same thing t< her mother when she reached home? the mother whose sweet, tired face hac iirighieued into a smile at her coming But the smile vanished into a littli sigh at the sight of Betli's cloudec brow. She had taken extra work upoi herself that busy afternoon that lietl might have a little walk in the fresl iir and a pleasant hour with lier friend but the result had not been pleasun after all. Still she listened with loving mother-patience to a description o Lilian's room accompanied by a need less description of what Beth's roon was not, and strove to comfort ant I cheer. "Yea, I know, dear, it would b< nice for you to have a room to your self. ^Ve are all of us crowded in oui little house, bu t perhaps we may b< able to build the addition next year I hope."? "O mamma! we've hoped that S( long !" Beth broke iu impatiently "We have planned for that new build j iug every year, and sonietbinig hap peuing ail the the time to hinder lis." "I am sorry, Beth, but we must trj to be patient. It is a great deal to be thaukful for that we can begin this new year iu health, and unbroken fami< ly." "That is what mamma always says,' murmftred Beth irritably, asshesoughl her room and looked discontented upon its homely belongings. -'She alwayj thinks we ought to be so thankful foi all the little common things that everybody has. I wish I could begin this new year with some great thing to bt thankful for?just for once, to see how it would seem." Beth wa-i not really half so selfish and ungrateful as her words seemed : but she was in a fretful, discouraged mood, and fouud a gloomy satisfaction in {tainting her own lot in as dark colors as possible. So she stood at hei window watching the early twilight deepen and the lights shine out down the street, while she brooded over het dissapointments and deprivations, and * ' l?nii*Y??d hnti n/ue /l/iSnor nrnrb Hir&dl lUUl lll'l U1UUIV.1 *?c*o uwtug ??u.n that she could have lightened. Suddenly her attention was attracted by a little bustle in the street below hei window. There was a sound of persons running, and an excited voice called out some bit of intelligence t< an enquirer on the opposite sidewalk. Theu a neighbor cauie to the door and spoke hurriedly to Beth's mother. Mrs. Clyde! do you know there hai been an accident down at the river' One of the ferryboats?the 'Veudome I heard?has gone down. The boilei exploded." Heth had flown downstairs at th( first sentence. The "Vendorae!" That was the boat on which her fathei usually crossed at night. She saw hei mother's face grow white and her hanii clasp her heart as if an arrow baii pierced it. She scarcely beard the broken words in which the neighbor shocked at her own thoughtlessness tri?jd to mitigate the blow. "Is that the boat??O Mrs. Clyde! r never thought of that! There maj be some mistake"? All was confusion in a moment Mrs. Clyde hurriedly put away the clinging bands of Sue and Bertie, anc caught up her bonnet and shawl. "I must go down to the river, Beth ?I must! Take care of the chil dren." Can any one tell what that hour was to Beth Clyde ? She tried to quiet thf little outs while her own heart seeraec breaking. She wandered vainly froir door to window listening for tiding! that did not come. Mechanically sh< put the rooms in order?rooms that al ready seemed to have lost their home like cheerfulness and grown strangely empty and desolate. <J it 1 couk see them as they were last night?s< bright, with papa and all of us here!' She sobbed. How that she dared t< say that she had no great blessings Had God shown her how much sh< had by taking it away? Poor Beth Such thoughts are the bitterest stinj of sorrow. It whs only an hour, the time whicl seemed so interminable,and then then were footsteps at the door, and th< dear, familiar voice, and Beth sprang into her father,s arms. He had beet detained at the ollice a little later thai usual, and so had not crossed on tlx "Vendome." But the agony was fo other homes, for other daughters Beth could not forget that, as sh< stood at her window again that nigh and looked beyond the street lamps ti the stars so far above them it seamei to her that she had looked into eternit; and learned some lessons that wouh last a lifetime. "If I haven't anew room to begii the new year with, mamma," Betl whispered the next morning, '"at leas I'm sure that I have gained a new am wonderful outlook from the old one." We live in proportion as we love. Half of your worry to-day is due t your neglect yesterday. A thought grows clear and dcfinit by simply lying in the mind. A great thought is a more valuabl possession than a gold mine. The unmeant mischief of fools is all ' pervading and irremediable. An excellent thing to remember i i that every story lias two sides. Business covers a multitude of trans actions just out of the reach of th law. Any delayed duty, be it ever s small, becomes irksome and disagret able. Worldly greatness perishes. Wh remembers the name of the man tha was 1'rinie Minister of England whe Wesley began his work as an evaug< ' list? Doroflliy'ft Mission-Is It Yonrs? r? PV iPnn7 a RAKER. 81 Dorothy anme home from church one ' JSuuday morning nod went directly to u her mother's room. "Mamma," she said, as she laid aside her wraps, "I s wish that you could have been at r church this morning. Doctor Atwood e preached the loveliest sermon I ever o heard ; his text was about forgetting u those things which are behind, and f pressing forward. Tt was just spenj did !?all about what grand lives we j must, live lor Uod." She seated liera self in a low rocker as she finished a speaking, and placed her feet on the u fender with the air which always auu nounced that she was settled for a "cosy . talk with mamma." "And what do yon think of the f<e:rt moil, my daughter?" said her mother, Lj smiling into the bright young face it turned toward her. t "Oh, it was beautiful, and made me e long to do something that really would >mount tosomething forOhrist?some y thing like going on a foreign mission, or writing a wonderful book would - inspire everyone who read it to lovely, . unselfish lives, or if I had a voice like e Florence Nightingale's and could fiing - and Make sull'erers forget their pain, e or?or in some way 'uplift humanity,' - as Doctor Atwood said." t "Well, dear," answered her mother, - "you know that no heights, iu either 1 yooduess or greatness, are reached by r sudden flights. To write the 'wonder. ful book,' will require years of patient . toil and striving after the highest in j yourself, for we cannot lift anyone } higher than we stand ourselves. To - be a Floreuce Nightingale also means 1 unwearing voice culture and prepara. tion, tmd if you really mean to go as i one of God's frout rank soldiers to a 1 foreign mission field, you cannot begiu ) too soon to get ready for that.'' i "Why, mamma, do you mean that, i now, right here at home, I can get ) ready to go as a foreign missionary? ? How could I do that? There are no r heathen here!" f "There is much work forlht Master - which lies within reach of us: and doi ing faithfully the duty that lies next to j us is always preparation for the duty tha1. lies beyond. But I have i been thinking for some time of . a vast mission that is almost r within our door ; you would not have j to leave your home to find your place . in it." Dorothy's eyes had been growing ) large with wonder. "Why, mamma, . I what do you mean ?" she cried. "I mean the colored people," her . mother replied quietly. Dorothy's face fell iustantly. "Oh, mamma, they are Dot a mission! i There are plenty of colored churches j for them, and there are just as good . schools for the colored children sa there are for the white children; be' side they are so?well, so?But what t could 1 do for them ?" she broke of i abruptly. s -'Dorothy, dear, in this bright South land of ours there are over seven mil. lion colored people, and very, very ( many of them need the salvation of ; the Lord Jesus. Perhaps here in Atlanta, and some other cities the schools lor them are excellent, but in many *hio io nor ?n riiH beside that. i j;iav,cn iuiii iw ? | ; you know the older people did not have I these advantages, and their homes are where sin and ignorance do their worst work. It is in the homes of the ool ored people that our Women's Missionary Union is trying lo do its most efi fective work. And it is a work of all others we Southerners should be interI ested in, for they live amoug us, and are numbered with the other lost sheep that Christ came to save." i "But what can I do for them ? I am ouiy a young girl!" . ,"Yes, but you are one of Christ's followers, and he requirred of each do > us whether young or old, that we do all that we can for him. Have you I ever thought what you might do for ) Sallie, the cook s uaugmei r< "Sallie! that disagreeable, imperti' nent child? Why, mamma!" ' "So she is, but do you not remember r, that it is .*aid, 'Eveu Christ pleased not himself?" You might win Sallie to ? become one of God's children. You ' are a little older than she is, and your inllueuce over her could be a strong one. Stop her when you meet her and I have an opportunity and talk to her I about going to school and keeping her self clean, theu watch for your chances , aud you will find a way to help Sallie , to become a better girl. In that way you would commence your work of ! "uplifting humanity' at once." - "But, mamma, I had such a different idea of that. I though that 'uplifting hnmnnifv' meant something creat, like I ; it would be to do something for the I whole seven million of the colored people at once." i "That is the trouble with most peo pie's thoughts on'that subject. They think that they will wait until they 3 can do something ereat for God, and, i as most of us never have an opportunity 1 to do great things, we spend our lives i without doing anything. You are 3 thinking of the grand work that you i may do some day in the future, which - will bring many stars to your crown, - but God has placed beside you here a f little, dark, unpolished stone, which 1 you may help him to polish into an im ) moriai star, 10 suine lurevei auu iui' ever. He says, 'Whatsoever your :> hand finds to do, do with your might.' ! That means what you tind nearest your s? haud and, for you now, is it not Sallie? ! Just think for a moment if every boy I and every girl in all the Southland should help to made 9ome colored boy 1 or girl belter, would't that go along b ways toward 'uplifting' all of the seven i? million of the blank race?" ; Just then the diuner bell rang, aud ) as Dorothy rose to go she said, "I'll j try mamma, to cultivate my rnis? sion." q Happy is the man who has learned t the fine art of looking for the bright [, side. The cloudiest day is brighter j than the darkest night. The darkest ^ night has unseen stars concealed bej hind the drapery of its doom. There can no misfortune befall us that can u rob us of the Father's care. For he li makes all things work together for ^ good to them that love him. Once ad[1 mit his plan and his hand all things are gloriously transformed. The wick of your lamp is charred and bluck. The oil in the lamp, soaking upward, makes the wick still more uncomely, o But bring the lighted match to the charred wick and you explain its past, blackness in its present cheer. Welcome the Father into the darkest hour, and you see the hour was black bee cause he was absent. The secret of looking for the bright side of life is 1- the Heavenly Father's face. s ***" Trying to be happy is like trying to i- go to sleep. You will not succeed uue less you forget that you are trying. Whether a calamity overthrows us o or only staggers us depends upon which way we are looking when it comes. True goodness is like the glow worm o in this, that it shines most when 110 it eyes except those of heaven are upon u it. J- Service without love is the corpe of devotion. Tlie Destiny or Woman. I think that the Almighty in I leuaen me worK 01 woman in mi? I world should be. above all, the I rearing of a family. He gave iuto I her keeping the souls and characters jof the young, to make or to mnr. Aud surely there is no nobler 01 more responsible work than this. From the home?the d omain of woman?spring most of the highest impulses of humanity. And to fit woman for her* great work the Creator made her of a finer cast than men; there is nothing on earth so noble, so pure, so exalted, so near the ideal of character, as a good woman. Woman can rise higher than man ; but she can likewise sink lower. The very height she can attain seems to make her fall the greater when she does fall. There is great strength and great weakness in woman's character; and it is a vital duty of men, whose greater evenness of temperament gives them greater self control, and consequently a commanding position, to do everything in their power to enable the woman to be true to her higher nature. 1 believe that, all things else being equal, the happiest woman is the woman who is a mother and the maker of a home; but if she cannot fulfill her true destiny, if she must enter the business world, she should be given the greatest consideration simply because she is a woman. I have heard women say that they ask for nothing on the ground of sex. Even in a purely business matter my attitude and manner toward them are not just as they would be toward men. Lost time is never found. Pay as you go and go slow. Misfortunate unvuils character. Virtue is the gold of characters. Sin signs its own death warrant. Self-seeking means Christ-losing. Tho "Rihlo ia an intaTlpnt.lllll tonic. Wisdom give9 weight to opinion. Praise is the cream of gratitude. The best society travels in the narrow road. Heart arguments ignore rules of logic. Murmuring is meanness trying to talk. Men lose more by selffthness than they gain. Systematic daily study will soon turn an ignorant man into a scholar. The height of wisiom is to live each day as if it might be the last day. When God plants an idea, it grows into a reformation. Treat tempiation as the fox does the hounds?run from it. ! Breaking your pramise to a child is one way of teaching it to lie. , * A? ? Accusing auoiuer uiwu xueuua uuiuing more than excusing one's self. The 9elf-satisfied man is good company for no one except himself. No duut affects the eyes like gold dust, and no glasses like brandy glasses. Men are justa9 good as their daily lives indicate them to be?and no better. Fame won by doing good is deplorably rare, but it is eminently .Christlike. One drop of ink will darken a glass of water, and one bad boy will corrupt a n?ighborhood. The shield of innocence inspires con fidence wnen tne aans 01 mance are fired at our hearts. It is of no consequence how good a man is abroad if be is really CQean at home. To be able to say no at the right time is better than to be able to speak half a dozen languages. Don't try to get rich all at once. Any one can be sure of a competency who has sense enough to keep what he earns. It is a mistake to suppose that only bad habits are contagious. Try being pleasant, and see how pleasant folks around you will become. Our spiritual blessings are far more important than anythiugelse and if we use them right, we will surely express our gratitude. Courage is not the absence of fear. Any one can do what the worlds calls a brave deed if he is not afraid, but it takes a hero to do it when he is afraid. Thuro nrp anmfl things, such as the acquislion of knowledge and the growth of character, that cannot be hurried. Many men never hear the gospel until they have seen it advertised in a sainty life. Such a life is a logic unanswerable. We are too easily depressed by an unpromising outlook. The sun never shines so gloriously as wheu it breaks through a h'/avy cloud iu the morning. Try to put yourself in another's place. Ask, "What should I like myself' if I were bard worked, or sick, or lonely?" Cultivate the habit of sympathy." The man who is always pious, but never pleasaut, is probably not much nearer the kingdom of heaveu than the man who is always pleasant, but never pious. The lowest temperature ever recorded was on December 30, IS71, by Professor Goroehon,at Werehojausk, Siberia, 81 degress below Hero. Steel pens are destroyed by corrosion from acid in the ink. If a nail or some old steel pens are put in the ink the acid will exhaust itself on them, and the pens in use will not corrode. Lightning is zig:?9g because as it condenses the air in thu immediate advance of its path it flies from side to side in order to pass where there is the least resistance to its progress A writer in the Loudon Speaker declares that the greatest aid to digestion is conversation at meuls and that laughter is almost a cure lor dyspepsia. Take equal parts of Florence oil, or freshly drawn linseed oil, and lime water; shake them well together in a wide bottle, so as to form a liniment. This will be found an exceedingly healing application for recent scalds and burns. It may either be spread upon a cloth, or the parts affected may be anointed with it two or three times a day. A friend recently sent me the following simple remedy, which she says has given her such complete relief that she wishes every sufferer with corns to know of it. Soak the feet in warm ! water a long time, and take oil'as much of the hard skin as possiblethen put ! around the toe a strip of surgeon's adi hesive plaster, nufllciently wide to I entirely cover the corn. Wear the ; plaster until it comes off or wears out, j and theu repeat the soaking and put on another plaster. The plaster can be bought at any drugstore, and live cents' worth will last a long. It must be warmed before applying to the corn. ?, I Fresh An New Orle v -v By thi Hams and L,ai I HAV 111 Coftee and Teas wli # _^^Roaste< BLENDED T Talking With God. j "An far back as I can remember." said a wise and good man, "I bad the ( babit of thanking God for everything I received, and of asking Him for I every thing I wanted. . "If I lost a book, or any of my play- f things, I prayed that I might find it. | "I prayed'walking along the streets, " in school or out of school, whether j playing or studying. "I did not do tbis in obedience to ( any prescribed rule. It seemed uat ural." "I thought of God as an everywhere present Being, full of kindness and love, who would not be offended if children talked to him." That man was Dr. Charles Hodge. How happy all children would be to cultivate the spirit of talking with God, which he had as a child, and also the habit of thanking God. Too often when our prayers are answered we forget to give God thanks. The child who talks with God will not be likely to use bad words at auy time. His speech and his heart will be sanctified by communing with One who is perfectly pure and loving, so that only words which are goodnud pleasant will flow from His lips. Honi-orlng 1'iients. "The words "Honor thy father and the mother" mean four things?always \ do what they bid you, always tell them a the truth, always treat them lovingly " and take care of them when they are a sick or grown old. I never yet knew a ' boy who trampled on the wishes of his 4 Earents who turned out well. God never leases a willfully disobedient son. | When Washington was sixteen years old, be determined to leave home and | be a midshipman in the colonial navy, j After he had sent off his trunk, he ^ went to bid his mother good-bye. She wept so bitterly because he was going away that he said to his negro servant, "Bring back my trunk, I am not going . tn make mv mother suffer so by mv 11 leaving her." 0 He remained at home to please his mother. This declsiou led to his be- v comiDga surveyor, and afterwards a P soldier. His whole glorious career in e life turned on this one simple act of " trying to make his mother happy, j* And happy, too, is the child who never '! had occasion to shed bitter tears for 1 any act of unkindness to bis parent*. J' Let us not forget that God has said, u "Honor tby father and thy mother." 0 n 0 In tiying to wrong another man, j, you do yourself a greater harm than t you can do him. | ? When you become convinced that I ^ you have done a wrong thing, it is not'? a sign of weakness for you to make a c prompt and explicit acknowledgment!9 of the fact. c c Be sure of the foundation of your j life. Know why you life as you do. Be ready to give a reason for it. Do f not, in such a matter as life, build on t opinion or custom or what you guess i is true. Make it a matter of certainly j e and science. j ( A farmer in Columbus county, N. \) CM last year realized 5101 frotn a four- " acre patch in snap beans; he followed tne beans with corn that shucked out 180bushels; this was argumented by twelve tons of pea vines. These four ! acre3 turned him out $871, or an aver- j age of ?92.75 per acre, and his land is! not impoverished. I | The Christians life is, or ought 1 to be, one contiuous lesson in 1 addition. "Besides this, giving all diiligence, add to your faith virtue; and lo virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; ami 10 paueuce j godliness; and to godliuess brotherly-kindness; and to brotherly-kind- ] ness charity." If we work out this ] lesson correctly the answer will be , fruitfuluess in the knowledge of our ( Lord Jesus Christ and an abuudant , entrance into His everlasting king- J dom.?Associate Reformed Presbyter- { ian. , When a man becomes an object of attention, praise and caluin < ny are meted out usually without < much regard to truth." We quote * these words from a distinguished'' Congressman's r^ply to an untruth-[ ful charge circulated against him. i' It is all too true. Iudiscriminate >' llattery on the one hand and iudis-j1 criniuate censure on the other are)* poured out on men in public life. | Whatever they do will please some'< and nothing that they can do will Js please others. This ought not to 1 be so. If we want our officials to $ be faithful to their trusts we should H be just both In praise and censure. Praise no one simply because he belongs to Jour party and censure no one simply because he is on the other j side.?Associate Reformed Presbyterian. J There are church members who can stand on the street comers and discuss politics with many words, who will not 1 open their mouths except it be to yawn, i in a testimony meeting, claiming they ; ? are not gifted with language. There is only oue place where bless- c ing can be obtained?waiting at the throne of grace. Let us open our f hearts heavenward, sacrificing everything, with the one object of seeing j what God can do for them that wait on him. If God gives us grace to say, | "This one thing I do; I wait on the.' Lord," we may depend upon it that lie1 will arm and lead his people on to bless-j ing and power such as they have not \i known. i< 1 V" ivals orGroceries! M : ans Molasses % * 1 ; JgSB 3 Barrel or Gallon. | 'd of the Very Best Quality, E SOME SPECIALTIES 1 ich are very desirable ^ ' 1 Java and Mocha Coffee in Fancy 2 lb. Tins. .*4m P AC The Finest in the Market-^. wI kO * A+ Kfl ^ati+c! n Pnimil UV VCUUO Ul JL UlLUUi L. W. WHITE. 1 [ Spring Qoods 5 J ? coniNG >;|g I At Haddon'o! ||| i WE WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK 5.' Y Fifty Plecsa of New PercaleR, S td 121-2 cents 1 Jk:'*! W Fifty pieces of New Cotton Drees Stuft for early spring wear. , * k .s%J > Flfty-lncb Black Brllllantlne, the 75 cent grade, now only 50 cents. The . H- % ^ 50 cent grade now only 35 cents. The SI graae now only 75 cents. : ' 5 Black Dress Goods - ? ?, * The most Complete line we have ever owned at this season of the year. A Fifty pieces White Check Nainsook* Lawns, Piques, Dimities, &c. ' ' r Ten pieces New Flannelets. Dainty stripes and beautiful quality. ^ a One Hundred and Fifty pieces Embroideries, all new patterns,very cheap , ^ Twenty-flve pieces New Spring Woolen Dress Goods. The latest designs ^ W in Checks and Fancy Weaves. Kvery thread Wool. Only 25 cents. k f A COMPLETE LINE DOMESTICS. #||| W WE STILL SELL ^ a That extra quality, yard wide Sea Island for 5 cents a yard. f .J Vv?|o? ^ 44 Bleach Homespun, 10-4 Sheeting, Pillow-Casing, Bleached and Unbleached ^ ^ Drilling, Check Homespuns, Chevolts, <tc. C Respectfully, ^ I R.M. HADDON. li| rmmuHiuuiUHt Does Yonr Minister Suit Yon. T PTI 11(1 TkTTfn T7AIT "I do not remember to have heard, I u I I \ U| I VIII ~ ^n.ioo r\r\ck Hiaraanpnffll I I il'i | I . 1 | I I 1 I 1 1 Li LL\y latUCI O liuuotj viiv Uie*vwrvw..?. IIIJ1 r unkind word respecting a minister." Jiyi : ?U1 1UU That is what we overheard a young fomau say Dot long ago. .She was . aying a high compliment to her par- /\ TV 1.1 m 1 nts as well as her ministers and she |)T) tnA Ujffnr ill/" ' < escribed a condition of thlDgs which vll llIU Ills HI ilduiVa hould exist in every Christian home " a the laud. Ministers .are men and bey are not augels. They may err in udgment, but many persons magnify _ -i aolehill infirmities into mountains r \TTT!1T^T f badness. The reckless handling of 1.11 pH H |\| uinisterial infirmities is one of the bins f the times. A minister's ruputation 3 his capital. You might a hundred imes better burn his home than assail lis good name. As well waylay him THE LEADEB OF LOW PRICES ndstab himas break down pubhcconfilence in his integrity and religious WILL DO IT. Uttntuicr* A uau uiau onuuiu uv/t uc ... , h ielH eH hepause hp pafHps a shenh erH 'v j 9^ expect &Dy> man to buy hcr6 who nieiaea pecause ne carries a snepnera s can do bett r auywhere else, but he'll have a rook ; but the fact that he carries the fruitless hunt. Wepujour whole heart into Took should not subject a man to uu- clothes?buying and selling. W? employ nut or maliirnanf prifipism evey talent, profit by experience, strlvefor A I? .I gIianc critici81m. every perfection, and have got the art down All the more ought Christians to be to a nicety. While some are shouting how >utspoken and true blue in loyalty to cheap they've got, we want to tell yon how heir ministers Are nthprs furainst ""f. we ve got. Anybody can sell common . ministers. Are otoers against clothes?there's no knack about that We've ? > nmo Thev ohoiilrt he for him. with eot suits as low as S4?all wool and willeive v emphasis. Are others talking him satisfaction, but our better class of goods, lown? Thpv shnulH talfc him nn nn w?ere expertness counts, cleverness Is taxed, lown . 1 ney snouid taiK mm up, up. where competition is declared out of the race. suppose be does not quite suit you. Where us "neck and neck" with the best of tie is an ideal pastor in the estimation c}1810 tailoring, and we are selling that >f a s-nnd manv npnnlp who know ?1- c ?/ Soods at actual cost now to make >i a gooa many people w no Know ai room for spring stock. And just think of xiost as much as you do. Allow no what a saving it is. A little more than is )ne to speak disparingly of him in your asked for the cheap truck, but a great deal presence Talk him un if he dpsprvps , the tailors demand-about half, areseuce. lain nim up xr ne aeserves What worth have words when everybody t, in the home, in society, everywhere, claims the largest stock? What weight have He will- take courage, preach better E'\t!!i!b?etl,-prl,ce8 unle8H y?" can prove the iprmons and vnn will havp thpinvnf yal.ue8? ^ou ve got a.standing invitation to sermons, ana }ou win nave me joy or look us over and see if we are not showing Snowing that your words helped him three times the variety of suits that Is to be -- - ,J ? I found anvwhere else. You are assured sat :o conquests ne wouiu uevei uavc, 1(jfactlon fn every purcha(ie> nol the ?a8 good icbieved \vhil6 struggling alOI16. las-kind," but a guarantee that therecanbe do better made. There's no chance of our not being able to suit you. Such an immense line must hold everybody's size and every- , Measuring an Acre. body's style. Some of the "back-clothiers" , .1 . /..% advertise clothing in any shape asthefasbI ew farmers know tue size Of tlieir ionable sort, but their idea is like their clothes fields or bow many acres they contain, ?ancient. The stales this season are of the rt io Hptiirnhlp? ill farf- indisnpnsahle m0(Jerale Kon in lenttb, both cutaways and It is aesiraDie in met, inuispensauie K(lcng This way for the correct style at low?for good work that a farmer should est prices that can be made for the best know this, otherwise he cannot appor- clothes. Lion seed or manure for it, nor can he --------A -m-?i ?i?i.0 ?? / ^g i M-? 7VT ten LIU VV IIJUULl I1UJC it auuuiu ianv y mm j j M ^ 1 ^ plow, harrow or cultivate it. A good 9 i." cotton cord, the size of a plow line, Thfl filntliiflr ht\(\ T'liTni^iliflr should be kept for the purposes of ine uioimer anaxurmsner. npusiiriiip Remember we have added a tlret-class liue To make one, buy sixty-seven feet of *i?oes at low prices. jf cotton rope, fasten a ring at each ;nd, and make these rings precisely DENTAL NOTICE jixty-six feet apart. This is four rods. * Tie a piece of red rag in the center. . lvllllllii'SVVOrtllj One acre of ground will be a piece 'our of these cords long and two and a No. 4 Seal Block, Abbeville, S. C. lalf wide, equal to sixteen by ten ~ ~ *ods, making l(iO square rods to an That Christians should tight one anicre. other when they are facing the world, * The advantages of the rings is that the llesh, and the devil, is an unspeak>ne persou can measure by driving a ui,le pity. itake in the ground to hold the rope TT , . t.M .... . vhile he stretches it out. The rope However rough and difficult the road ihould be soaked in tar and then dried, of duty may be, it is, in the long run, Lliis will prevent its shrinking. 'al* smoother and more pleasant than the paths of sin. Good temper, like a summer day, The recognition of sin is the be"iu- sheds a brightness over everything. It ine recognition oi sin is tne ue0iu . thegweeter 0f toil and the soother nng of salvation. # of disquietude. ' Junning difFers from wisdom as . wilight from open day. At every stage of your religious prog. . . . ress, you need to cultivate the grace of Blessedness is promised to the peace humility. "Let him that thinketh he naker, not to the conqueror. 'staudeth, take heed lest he fall." hoart1"1' raUl" The of happiness are varied, x hardens, the obdurate heart. bul , have more often found her among There are tew, very few, who will little children, home firesides, and iwn themselves in a mistake. country homes than anywhere else. Not to enjoy life but to employ life T,., .. ,, ... night to be our aim and aspiration. , Iftlme we, T"4ln >biug ?'e b . . , \ . .. .. had other people's advantages were A prayer, in its simplest defintion Spent iu using our own, we would soon s merely a wish turned heavenward, have as mauy advantages as we could Econmy is no disgrace; it is better wish. iviug on a little, than outliving a great The sin which you committed twenty years ago has lost none of its heinousEarth has nothing more tender than uess by the lapse of time; but, unless i woman's heart when it is the abode sincerely^ repented of, still stands )f piety. against you. i %