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/ ' ^ , ' iiie Press and fiannei ABBEVILLE, 8.C. EF~PublUhed every Wednesday at 82 a year In advance. Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1899. Yellow Fever. While tills country was contemplating the filth that made yellow lever possible In Cuba, the dreaded disease suddenly and unexpectedly came to the "Soldiers Home," near Norfolk, Va. We believe some four thousand union soldiers are quartered there, aDd with thirty cases of yellow fever among them, there must be at least a feeling of discomfort. The veterans are those whom the government has undertaken to care for, and it would be a pity for an epidemic to get among men wbo are so well provided lor, and wbo have no cares on tbelr minds as to wordly affairs. When a man is freed from anxiety about the affaire of tbln world, it is lamentable for him to be scared to deatb by tbe presence of yellow fever. Nine have already died of the fever, and tha remaining 3,991 are scared early to death. The Oil Mill. President J. Allen Smith has bad extensive additions and improvements made to tbe Abbeville Oil Mill, and every preparation bas been made for an Increased business during * the coming season, xne omcer? ui iuc uim are : J. M. Hardin Vice-President and Bookkeeper. JL>. J. Melson, Business Manager. Carl WosmHnski, Night Superintendent. Harry SlmmonB, Day Superintendent. Lecture at the School House. Just as we were going to press we learn that Prof. Edmunds bad an appointment to deliver a public lecture in the Graded School building last night. Subject, "Language." We bavA no doubt that those who were present enjoyed it very much. He Is a pleasant and entertaining speaker, and Is making the Summer School a benefit to the teachers. Mall Game Today. This evening at 4.30 o'clock Abbeville and Union will play a match game. Both clubs play fastball,and will also play a game on Thursday and Friday evenings. Union has one of the best teams in the State, but tbey haven't played Abbeville yet. Our boys exDsot to win two of the three games. Picnic at Union School. Picnic at Union School Houie. Level Land, on Saturday, tbe 5tb day of August. Several speakers have oeen invited, and tbe public is Invited to come. Well-filled baskets will be acceptable. John T. Bryant, for Committee. The Literary Club. Tbe Abbeville Literary Club will meet next Friday night at the borne of Mr. Templeton. Hon. w. H. Parker, escaylst. Subject, "Early History ol tbe Abbeville Bar." Miss Carrie Young, of Level Land, Is In theolty visiting Mitts Corne Kllllngswortb. Mr. Edgar Thornton, of Elberton, Ua., spent Sunday In the city with friends. Dr. Hill's famous headache power for Bale by Milfoi J & DoPre. Phone 107. Remember where to get Dr. Neuffer's Lang Tonic. Mllford <fc DuPre's, The droggtst. Phone 107. Dr. Hill's headache powder for sale at Mllford <t DuPre's. Tbe druggist. Phone 107. Why allow your tin roofs to rust and leak when one coat of Aliens Anti-Rust Roof paint will stop tbe leaks and preserve tbe root lor Ave years only 75c per gallon at Speed's drug store. Kelnjane hams are the finest. Every one guaranteed. Smoked shoulders 8%c. per lb. 1 have metal bath tubs various shapes and prices. Base balls, bats, mitts and masks, also sweaters. The best you ever Baw for 50c, Novelties in belt buckles and belts, at Haddon's. i.r/dlnUnn'ianH Im nniioant Mllford <fc DuPre's soda fountain. Dr. Hill's headache powder for sale by MUford & DuPre. Phone 107. Bargains at lladdon'N. New arrivals In white goods at Haddoa's. A new line of embroideries, insertlngs and ribbon*. See oar linen and crashes for cool summer dresses. 36 lnob percales at 5 cents at Haddon's. Go to Haddon's and get a bargain In colored lawns at 2>? cents per yard. A new piece of gloria silk for ladles' waists SO inches wide at Haddon's. Ready made shirt waist at 25,85 and 50 cts. Window shades at 10c. at Haddon's. A fnll lino nf trlnrlnv ahartoc In all onlnra at all prloes. Wblte and coloied dotted swifts for curtains. An elegant line ol fine lace curtains at all prices at Haddon's. New arrivals Id millinery tfclB week at Haddoa'8. Sailors legborn and flats just received tbis week. A new supply of cblfrons, ribbons and laces at Haddon's. For tired and sweating feet, use Allen's Foot Ease, sold at Speed'*. Buy your drugs from Speed and get a key to tbe money box. Dr. Hill's headacbe powders for sale by Speed. For tlrec, swollen, sweating feel, nothing equals Allen's fool ease. For sale by Speed. Drink gtogerale malt at Mllford & DnPre's , soda fountain. Lolly pop" and cherry phosphate special ties at Mllford 4 DuPre'ssoda fount. Fresh shipment of Nunnallles" candv at Mllford & DuPre's the Druggist. Phone 107. We make prescriptions a specialty. Phone us and we will place It In your hands before you can send to the Drug store. Mllford A DuPre the Druggist. Phone 108. All the best cattle powdery for sale by Speed Kill all Ihe files In your house with insect powder. For sale by Speed. Harris Llthla water and ginger ale. For sale by Mllford & DuPre. Phone 101. There Is no use to tell you anything about Mllford <fc DuPre's drug store, but go and see. Kodol, the great dyspepsia remedy, for sale by Mllford & DuPre, Phone 107. THE SUMMER SCHOOL. Tbe School In Vblcb Oar Teacher* are Taught How to Teacb. Tbe Summer Hchool enters this morning upon tbe third week of Its work. ODe half of its session having passed. Supt. Edmunds and Miss Withers have made many Irlends In Abbeville, and are doing good work for the teachers. Tbe enrollment Is as follows: Mrs. E. C. Cromer, Mr. M. E. Bradley, Mr. B. M. Cheatham, Miss Leslie Branyon, MIbs Fanny Brown, Miss Meta Brownlee, Miss Lois Crawford, Miss Mamie Cox, Miss Essie Douglas?, Miss Honora Cuddy, Miss Cassle Fleming, Miss Florence Henry, MIbs Rosa Maxwell, Miss Nelle Nlckles, Miss E. Lula Penney. MIssLula McWhorter, Miss Mary Robertson, MIbs Eliza Thomson, MIbb Bevvle Wilder, Miss Nina Wham, ?? l?? ^ n n Id T tVUn luiuo nuutv u. ?? unuj, Miss Jeaole White, Miss EmmaC. White, Mies Fanny O. Wldeman, Miss N. L. Pettlgrew. Miss Eliza Gambrell, Miss Ida Nlckles, Miss coral Muse, Miss Corrle Young, MIsb Annie Roblson, MIhb Lizzie Nlckles, , Miss Lula McGbee, Miss Jeannle Cowan, Miss ErBle EUts, Miss Viola Poore. Mr. Edmunds says tbat there 1b a very earn-' est and faithful spirit among the teacherpupils. He Is much pleased with their work and progress. If you need a new fall skirt, see that line fine drew stuff offered oheap at Haddon's. j ryv<y ?. ? DUE WEST ITEMS. An Spcii by i? I.lvo niul Wlile Awake Reporter. Due West, S. C.. August 1, 1899. ( Prof. P. L. Grler reports that school taxes are being voted at Prosperity and other * places Just as It no adverse decision had ever . been rendered ou ttie subject. t A irood delegation from this place will attend the Young People's Convention at Ora, h. ' U, next weefc. t Miss I.emmle Tribble and Miss Lena i Tribble have been visiting friends In and { around the city of Antrevllle and spent a delightful time. J Miss Zula Brock Is teaching a class of music y pupils at Honea Path and will not be in Due . West for auy length of time during the summer. In the early fall she will begin ? teaching in the Anderson graded school. Fine rains fell here last week and Uie crops , have been greatly revived and Improved. Mrs. J. S. Moffatt, of Cnester, and her five 1 children James, Grler. Julia, Martha Wylle ' and the baby are visiting at Dr. Grler's. a ' " 1 VT? L,!.. Mr. and Mrs. w . u. ivi';e, 01 hiucij oia. mc f visiting at Mr. W. T. Cowan's. Their three ; chl idren cntne along to see Krandpu. t Rev. F. V. Pressly Is expected home from (j Chicago about the middle of August, Prof. Grler Pressly la pleased with the prospects ot the primary department of Ersklue E Col If 2e next session. <j Rev. O. Y. Bonner has bought the house on c Main street that was so Jong the home of the late Dr. J. L. Miller. It Is convenient to the I church and Is regarded as one of the most i valuable pieces of property In all the town. 4. Judge L. Oscar Cowan has recently soda silver mine In the republic of Mexico for sixty thousand dollars In Mexican silver or about 1 thirty thousand dollars in gold. Judge and a Mrs. Cowan will visit their Due West relatives during the month of August. Afrer 1 vlsitingSouth Carolina they expect to settle t Kt Tucson. Arizona, and make that their lu- t lure home. A orotracted meetlnsr Is being conducted at 8 Gllgal church ibis week by Kev. W. B. Wbor- ^ ton. He Is assisted by Mr. Check of Ninety I Six. n Mr. Isaac Green and family are visiting ^ relatives in Look Cane township. ? Miss Alpba Kasor returned to Due West o last Saturday after a pleasant stay of two * weefes in Greenwood. , Up to tbls time Bob MoAdatns, colored, has 1' sold tbe largest watermelon brought to tbls fc market. It weighed forty pounds. A A good brats band will furnlsb music for tbe Farmers Institute to be held here on August 8 10th. t Mr. James McMillan, wife and baby were in * town la6t Monday. . Dr. O. P. Hawthorne has been having some c good stock timber hauled in town to the saw v mill of Mr. W. B. Cllnkscales. * Kev. J. W. Balrd and family of Mississippi, are expected in town tbls week. Mrs. Balrd c is recovering from a case of fever and comes li to Due West to recuperate. n Mr. Mofl'at Grier went to Gastonla, N. C., last week on business. He reports that a there will soon be eight cotton faotorles in operation at that place In addition to various other manufacturing Interests. J. T. McDlll and J. Y. Miller are doing a good merchandise ouslness,and Samuel A. Fressly succeeding E In the brokerage business. Miss Maggie Lowry Is in Due West for a ,cn .recon DW; . i.?.og "umj ID IU CiailCUl bealih, and her iriends are glad to know tbat j( she is stronger then she has been lor several ' years. ? Dr. and Mrs. D. R. Anderson, of Fairvlew, o visited the latnlly oi Mr. A. S. Kennedy last 8, week. ur. Anderson is an interesting talker and well posted on tbe affairs of the day. Leon Clinkscales, a little son ot Mr. and n Mrs. J. H. Cllnksoales, took the wrong end of n tbe street wbeu be came out of a store bere _i la?t week, and Instead of going to Mr. H. C. PooreV, bis grandfather, found himself near ti Mr. F. H. Dariiugton's. h Mr. Robert Prult of Anderson County, and *1 by tbe way a very energetic man, Is operating a saw mill near the residence of Capt. G. N. r Nichols. t< Ur. \V. M. Grler and Mr. R. 8. Galloway, wentto Greenwood Monday, morning through tbe country to meet with tbe executive com- ^ mitlee of Erskine College, who have In charge b Inst now tbe building of a girl's domltory for g, Erskiue. Miss Nelle Kennedy,'Miss Alma Brock, W. * P. Lindsay aud Robert Brock spent a delight- O lul day with Mr. and Mrs. James Rasor at p their country home near 8aiuda river, one <.1 day last wdek. Henry Mttcbel, colored, was arraigned be- tl fore Town Council last week for beating his n wile. Sentence, twenty dollars fine,or thirty 1. days on chain gang. Not having a twenty :J rinllftr hill in hta nn^lrot M? Mh-Kai ' eluded 10 enter the training school for pick n intj and shoveling dirt, now being conducted by Capt. Joe Johnson, In Bordeaux township. Henry Brownlee, of colored persuasion, ^ was unexpectedly called upon lo stand a pre- p llmlnary trial In the court presided over by Judge M. ?. Holllngswortb last Tuesday. The evidence was 6ucb that the Trial Justice 0 telt Justified In committing Henry to Jail tl where he awaits the conveuient call of the ^ Sheriff at the next session of the criminal . court. The prisoner is charged with an as 13 sault upon the person of Boston Jones. o: A few nights ago we enjoyed a pleasant serenade from the Due West cornet band. , We were surprised at the rapid progress these ? youDg musicians have made, fne following a young men composed the band : Joe Maglll, a Ben Maglll, Robert Ellis, Eb. Ellis, iiutber *. Ellis, Crawford Clinkscales and Earl Clinkscales. Send lor the Due West cornet band w when you want good music. n Mr. Krank Jones and Mr. Blunt, two hand some young gentlemen from Abbeville, were . visiting some of their friends among the sJ young ladles last Sabbath. si BABBIT STEW. Q Six or seven hundred colored people attend- !!!! ed the barbecue in "rabbit s'ew" last Friday. ? Tbe barbecue was a business enterprise run p by Enoch Cochran and Robt. Mars, two bUBt- L ling farmers, who cleared twenty-tive dollars on tbe venture. They sold out everything ibey.had prepared and could have sold a good deal more. The colored bands from Due west and Honea Path furnished the music. .. Speeches were made by Ben Cowan and olli- 11 era. In tbe afternoon tbe crowd came into st town and had a game of base ball. Tbey ai were quite well behaved and appeared to en- , Joy the day throughout. 11 01 SCHOOL HOUSE LOT. ^ At a meeting of the building committee last R Saturday it was decided to buy the lot be- n tween Mrs. Lois Pressly's and tbe A. R. P. u church lor the public school building. The 6< price paid for tbe lot of two acres Is two hun- ai dred dollars. The committee was unanimous in accepting the proposition of Mrs. Pressly w In offering the lot at the price named. In a n few days plans and sneclflcatlons lor the K 6cboo! building will be ready and the commit- ol tee prepared to receive bids lor the construc- ~ tloii ol the same. a] CAN GET MONEY AT LOW KATE OF INTEREST jj The public school building committee have a note good for fifty thousand dollars at least and possibly good loreltfhty thousand dollars 8' on which It Is authorized to borrow eight hundred dollars at a low rate of interest for the purpose of erectlue a school building. Two baukB have already offered to loan the money. Mr. E. C. Brownlee, Jr., has been made the secretary and treasurer of the building fund and will be entrusted with the care and keeping of the money. >lr. W A. Vaughn, who served Duo West faithfully for a year or two as town marshal. Is now merchandising In the city of Ureenvllle. lie Is doing a good business and his J1 friends here are pleased to hear of his success fj as a merchant. DEATH. Mr. Jno. M. Lelth died at his home on Long j Cane creek bPtween Due West and Hodges, a ot in a rr> YV O.I n onrl a 17 lulu Ol-.lh Ua T1 partially paralyzed some mouths ago aud n was also affected with a mallgnent disease of v the brain. He had taken no solid food since the 161 h of April and his death was not unexpected. His remains was laid away in the p cemetery at Greenville church on Thursday ? last, the funeral exercises helnir conducted by Dr. J. O. Lindsay. Mr. Leilh had been a a member of Greenville church for several years. He was a Scotchman and came to this j. country after the war Willi Mr. McKay who T owned the brick house place near Douglass * Mills. His Intelligence and public spirit a made him a useful man In his neighborhood. Mr. R. W. Haddon found the creek a little high Tuesday afternoon ol last week. He unhitched his horse and left his buggy In the creek until he could send back for it. FIFTV CENT DOLLARS. y Capt. David Sharpton, of San Luis Potosl, Mexico, visited his sister, Mrs. J. W. Ellis, last week. He was a studeot In Ersklne col- ? lege about the year 1870, and boarded with * Capt. James Pratt who lived at that time " where Dr. J. H. Bell now lives. Alter leaving ? college he married and engaged in rail road business in Texas for several years. For the past twelve years he has been a passenger conductor on the Mexlcap National Railway, bl? run extending from San Luis Potosl to . Saltillo. Capt. Sbarpton'llves in a splendid " climate, the lowest altitude at any point on o his run being more than Ave'thousand feet r above sea level. Mexican dollars are worth fllty-ftoe cents. He has a good wife and Is W the father of five boys. One of his sons Is practicing dentistry at Edgefield, another is a conductor on another line entering San Luis Potosl, another Is an engineer, another we are sorry to learn Is blind and will be taken to Atlanta ror treatment, the youDgest Is . named Ben Tillman, The fighting weight of II the Captlan Is two hundred and sixty-five pounds. , Rev. J. A. Brown, Mr. T. L. Haddon, Mr. J. 0 R. McGee, Miss Lula McGee, and Miss Essie Ellis attended the union meeting at Buffalo cburcb last Saturday Sabbath. a Rev. J. A. Brown began a protracted meeting at the Baptist cburcb in Donnalds last Monday. The preaching will be done by Rev. D J. E. Covington, <] A new lot of black crepons for skirts, Just J} received at Haddon's. Now Is the time to get a bargain In slippers J* at Haddon's, n /. v szr? " * r>*v. PECULIAR ENGLISH SPELLING. if out Difficult of All Syntema to Ao- i qnirc Except the Chlnene. I English spelling is the most unsystem- 8 itic and therefore the most difficult of all 9 !y6tems to acquire, except the Chinese. ; rhe French has not a complete alphabet " x> represent all its sounds in a simple and J systematic manner, but the French use 1 ;he incomplete and defective Roman al- r phabet much more consistently than we. the object of -writing is to convey thought, f A.n ideal system would allow of the con a reyano* or thought with the least expendl- 8 lure of energy on the part of both writer r ind reader. J The sounds of the spoken language J ihould be represented by the simplest, r nost completo and most logical system, c Chere are in English 40 distinct sounds; a 10 distinct letters are needed to represent hem. With such a system the intermina- t >le difficulty of learning to spell would t lisappear, the time spent in printing and e vriting unnecessary letters would be saved c tnd the learning of the language by chil- a Iren and foreigners would be greatly fa- t :ilitated. There is no valid objection to t >honetic SDelline except the difficulty of s ntroduclng it. The etymological objeo- t ion is unworthy of serious consideration, a The etymology, for example, of "6oph- i sm" (which, by the way, does not import t k wise saying) resides in the real word, v 105 in its spelling. Any one who knows d he history of the word would associate v hat history with it, however it might be a pelled. The Philological association fa- r ors phonetio spelling. It is, of course, v mpossible to make so radical a change at >nce, but it does not follow that the bene- g Its of phonetic spelling, the metric system g r any other great improvement will come 8, 0 us in the surest and best way by simply n savincr the matter to chance. There is a ? endency to shorten spelling, bnt the bene- ~ its to be derived from improvement are v o great that definite action should be aken to secure them early and to make r( he changes in the way that will be most s, leneflcial. Changes for better and for ^ rorso will continue to come by chance as j hey have come in the past, but chance hange in so Important a matter as the inguago of the most enlightened and aost progressive people of the world hould not be satisfactory.?Self Culture. MAN A NONCLIMBER. p< le ShoTfi a Singular RepnrntnM to ]( Becoming "Arboreal." (j Climbing runs in families, for steeple- b icks are often the sons of fathers who t) rere in the business, but it is somewhat c dd that man, though he learns to swim " a well that armed only with a knife he e: an encounter a shark in its native elelent, and judged by the extent of his 8< lining operations in comparison with the Lze of his body surpasses by a thousand C Imes all animals that work underground, y as never become a good climber or shown y he slightest tendency to become "arboeal," as he has become aquatic and rob- n jrranean. ? South sea babies that cannot walk a rill roll into the sea and swim, collier tl 07s at 14 will take pick and lamp and de- Q send into the mine almost as naturally as < oung moles, but we believe that in eplte J f the danger from wild beasts in farttt j] egions and the fact that in such plaoes r< here is ten times more life on the level of n tie tree tops than on the ground there to ^ 0 single instance of a tribe which, proper7 speaking, has become "arboreal" and y jarned to climb like monkeys. Though q ot a few make huts in trees they approach n hese by ladders, and except in the huta C( hich they use as a refuge and sleeping ^ laoe they spend their time on the ground. Q Even in forests where the upper levels ? f the trees are so closely laced together F iat a comparatively slight adaptation rould enable the Indians to progress from j_, ee to tree, and where nearly the whole f the. fruit and the greater part of til* ' irds and animals used for food are found oly in this "upper story," man is net, ad always refuses to become, a1 'climbing oimal." Natural repugnance to this )rm of enterprise seems characteristic of . wage men, and even of animals which . an no risks whatever. African natives ho have only lived in one storied huts e iow the greatest dislike to going up airs and have been known to creep up on 11 an da and knees, while large dogs when squired to ascend stairs for the first time ^ ften refuse to do so except under strong fV arsuasion and with evident reluctance.? ondon Spectator. , d; Duma*' Adaptations. ^ Alexandre Dumas, who hated the Eng* sh, would have cursed in his breeziest *; iyle had he known of the number of unuthorized adaptations and annexations of ?1 is "Three Musketeers" which bristle on 18 ar boards. Beerbohm Tree put on the his>rio conglomeration in gorgeously pano* ' - -a tr- i?a i_ flU. . ? it unio styie at ner iXLajt?i<yB. cuuxiu/ rundy, play adapter in ordinary, prepar1 that version for the stage, and his name ppeared in bigger type on the posters than t1 iat of Dumas. Dumas was luoky to be tr lentloned at till. Most of the play tinkers bi ere erase the name of the original author [together and insert their own. As I walk r( long the Strand I sometimes think X it ear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Ham* ri ton and Rose, all the modish native Da iapters of the day, sing in ohorue the re ood old couplets: it Bring me the works of V. Bardou, ir Bring me the works of E. Angler, ol Bring me the paste and scluors, too? ri I am the man to write a play. ?London Letter. The Wife Knew Better. "Charlotte, my dear, how is it I find q ou weepingP Have you "had bad news p( om your husband P" N "nh wnrcfl than that! Mv Arthur ., Tites me from Carlsbad that he would ie with ardent longings for me were it (j; ot that he could gaze affectionately at ly picture and cover it with a thousand isses every day.'' -.j "That is really very nice of him. And, "J ray, is it that you are crying for? I . rould give anything to have such a poetio ? ad tenderly loving husband as you have I" j "Ah, yes, my Arthur is very poetical 1 tut let me tell you that, just to try him, w slipped my mother's photo into hie trav- ^ Ling bag instead of my own before he '' karted."?London Tit-Bits. Ej Another Ancient Hritcrj. jV Johnny?Pa, is there anything mare aluable than diamonds? His Father?No, son. Why? Johnny?Oh, I was Just wondering rhat they gave Methusaleh on his five ^ undream weaaing anniversary.?jowtu- . re' Weekly. Jj w An Old Palace. ^ Lambeth palace, London, has been the ome of the primates of Canterbury for ver seven centuries. This place can show pecimens of almost every style of arohlacture which has prevailed slnoe 1190. Lax thinking, as a usual thing, ends rp 1 lax conduct. Keep good company and you shall j e of the number. Do what good you can in the world, n ad be caretui to do it wnen you can. u A man may successfully deceive his eif?hbors or himself; but he cannot n eceive God. r< Poverty and hardships have lifted tl muy a man to fame and a noble areer who would have accomplished d othing had ease and affluence been n is inheritance. t! Good Advice to Girl*. I wish I could say to all young girls n city or country, beware of strangers !sever speak, especially when travlinj ilone, 10 strangers, unless what thej iay ia said distinctly enough to b< leard by all persons sitting there rhe low voice of strangers speaking t( rouug women or eirls to whom thej iave not been introduced should be egarded with suspicion. Another thine. Have no secrets rom your parents. Danger, if noi ictual harm, begins with secrecy. B( is open as the day. Your father and nother are certainly your best friends f you sometimes think they are not 'ou are probably wrong, but even ii ight while you are young it would be nuch safer for you to have all youi .Lvjuaiu lautco uuuci nuuu. Sometimes strangers endeavor to en> rap young girls by advertising lhal hey would like to begin a correspond' nee. This Is the most common neans of leading girls astray. Tht wful results ot answering such adverisements as they have been brougbl o my knowledge by lettter and per onal accounts, and through reformaory and other institutions, would rouse the American people to such ndignation against the newspapers hat admit such decoy letters, that the wretches that edit them would be triven from decent society. Nevei mte a letter to a stranger, nor one tc , friend that would disgrace you if il pnnhpri nfhftr lunula t.h?n fhnao f<?i rhich it is intended. In almost every school there is some irl bad enough to be in a reformatory, ihe may be bright and pleasant, but a;s wicked things, and there are aany who are weak ; so that an innoent girl may be greatly injured by ome schoolmate. The moment a /ord is said that you would be ashamd to have your father or mother hear enounce the society of the one who ays it. You would be afraid to go ato a room with a girl that had ecarit fever. It would be better to have our body contract such a disease as hat than to have your soul poisoned. Real Friends. "You'll catch it, when you mother ses you," said Joe to Charley, as the itter picked himself up slowly from tie ground and ruefully eyed a jagged ole in his new trousers and the mud bat was literally plastered over hia lothes. But Charley answered: Humph, you don't know my irotbr.? "I'll bet she'll give you a j^gu 3olding," replied Joe. "My mother never pr.olds," said lharlie." "She'll sa.V, Well I guess ov've had a tumble: did you hurt oureelf, dear?" Joe looked in open-mouthed amazeient at his friend, and said, slowly, Do you mean that she7'1 really think bout you first, before she talks about ae mud and the hole?" To which iharlie rather indignantly replied: Of course, I do. My mother knows wouldn't tear my clothes and roll in Lie mud on purpose. You want to ;inember that my mother and I are lore than just related to each other? re're real friends." How many boys can say that? If ours cannot, be sure there is a grave listake somewhere. It is true that a lother must guide, control, advise, or jmmand, as the occasion requires; ut to degenerate into either a servant r an officer is to abuse God-given oportunities. A problem worthy of the careful, rayerful study of every mother is, fow can I be "real friends" with my ov? / The Love of Trntb. The importance of truth and of the owledge of truth to all men was undowd iu auy practical way to beathlism, and may be considered as due wentially to Christianity. Chrisanity requires not merely truthfuless, but love of truth. The divine on of man represented His mission to b very principally to bear witness to le truth; and that question which ie highest civilization of antiquity id not care to have answered. He as made through His Spirit a perpetal aspiration of His discinles. Chrisanity, in fact, has added many new irdinal virtues to the old pagau ones, ad among them is thi*, ueither the ist nor the least of all, the desire of loral progress. To seek truth and as is found to live by it and to impart to others, to cherisn true personal jnviciioDs concerning human and ivine relationships, and to diffuse iem, in every way to testify to the uth which we live by?this is a new irtli of Christianity. Christianity, it is true, does not di?ctly denounce some social evils, and does not directly define some social irhts; nor does it furnish new instrulents, nor found new institutions for salizing its aims ; but, notwithstandig, it ever has been, and ever will be, idirectly the most powerful adversary f such evils, aud advocate of such ghts. Slngnlnr Lives. If one professes to be a follower of hrist, and then lives just as wordly ?ople do, the light in him is bidden, o lesson needs to be spoken into le ears of men to-day more earnes ly, lore vehemently than that the isciples of Christ must come jt and be separate. "Ye are Dt of the world," cries the [aster ; "I have chosen you out of the orld." The tendency of the day is to literate the lines of separation beveen the church and the world. If iere is no difference between the orld and the church, why shall we >ntinue to call men into the church ? r Christians live just as the world's ?op!e do, why are tbey Christians? /hat is the light that shines in them, that shines out from them to give pbt to others? When Christ lighted us be did not ant ub to keep our new life concealed 1 the habits and customs and ways of le world. He wanted us to hold up le burning torch of a consistent, oly. and worthy Christian confession, > that all men may see in us that hich was not there before. "If we ien be risen with Christ, seek those lings which are above, where Christ tteth." A Little .Mischief. When is sugar like a pig's tooth? When it is in a hogshead. What is the board of education? he schoolmaster's shingle. Why is life the greatest of all ridles? Because we must all give it up. Why is a tramp like a white flanel ? Because he shrinks from washig. How do you know when night is igh ? Wheu the (tea) is taken away. Why is it absurd to call a dentist x>m the dental parlor? Because it is ue drawing room. Which is the easiest profession, a octor's or a clergyman's? A clergyjan's. He preacnes; the doctor pracICfeH. ; v - .tv.. ?w. > , -~ . ,<-*yv'! , A FREAK OP NATURE. \ MONTANA'S PUZZLING AND CONTRA5 DICTORY WELL. ) T In the Simmer Its Water Freeiei ? and In the Winter the Ice Melts and the Water Becomes Warn*?A i MyKterlons Current of Air. t j Seven miles to tbo north and a little to | the east of the Cheyenno agency in Custer . county, Mon., is a well filled with ice that , exoites much curiosity among the ranchers f and cattlemen of that section. Every cow 5 boy who visits the well has much to tell and invariably advances his own explanation. ^ Many Ingenious theories are given . which tend to indicate that mankind of t all degrees of scientific knowledge pnt 5 forth an effort to find the origin of things. . However, they all agree that the ice forms ; in the well during the summer and that . it actually thaws during the winter. This . apparent contradiction of the natural laws I that govern the outside world has carried ! the fame of this wfell for miles around and , people have traveled great distances to , witness the formation of icicles during the ( hot weather of July. This well is within a few hundred feet | of the summit of Little Wolf mountains, . on the north slope, at the very beginning of Greenleaf creek, which empties Into Rosebud eight miles from where the Rosebud joins the Yellowstone river. This portion of the mountain is covered with ft growth of tall pines. Fourteen years ago three men prospecting for silver, mistaking certain colors In the rocks, began sinking a shaft. At 15 feet it was disagreeably cold, at 30 feet the cold had Increased so rapidly that they were thoroughly frightened. They could feel currents of cold air rushing up from the crevices in the rock. They Imagined they were digging into some mysterious underground cavern. They had heard Just enough of wonderful adventures of dig1 ging into caves and underground lakes, and being alone in this wilderness, whew the very stillness permitted the ears to hear and the mind to imagine all manner of grewsome powers hid beneath the rook, , bo thoroughly filled them with fear of im pending danger that they abandoned the work which has since gained such renown. The summits of Little "Wolf mountains ore covered with scoria, which has all the , appearance and texture of a good grade of tiling. It is usually red, but varies in color through all the shades down to black. These varying colors give the beautiful tints to the thousands of buttes throughout the bad lands. In comparatively recent geological times vast beds of Ignite ooal were formed over the eastern half of Montana, extending into western Dakota, the burning of these beds of coal was the beginning of the bad land formation. The fine deposits of clay above the coal were burned as brick are burned In a kiln and formed the scoria. Where the heat was greater and rock and sand were present it melted and mixed with the coal and ooal ?sh, forming large cinderlike rocka, which we sometimes mistaken for lava. As the coal burned out from beneath the day, now baked Into scoria and melted into cinders, it broke into small divisions and fell promiscuously down into the pits thus formed. Volcanic ash is found scattered over the Little Wolf mountains and the eastern portion of Montana. It must have drifted with the wind from powerful eruptions in the Rocky mountains, as there are no indications of any volcanic action in the vicinity of the ice well. The Little Wolf mountains are merely a rough range of buttes apparently of the same origin as all the bad land buttes. Their summits, towering above all the other buttes, have given them the name of mountains, but they are only of slightly over 4,000 feet altitude. If ice were to be put into the well during the winter, it would keep through* out the summer nearly as well as if stored away in ordinary icehouses. By chanoe nature has formed almost the identical conditions that man has made use of to preserve ice throughout the hot weather. The shaft is the cavity in which to store tha ioe. The volcanic ash, filling into the open space between the loosely piled rook, serve* the purpose of sawdust in keeping out the warm drafts of air. The altitude and the north slope are favorable to the preservation of the ice. Tall, denso forest prevents the heating of the surface rock by the direct rays of the sun. The rooks are too porous for the water to soak up, so to speak, from beneath. The facts are that in many places near the tops of the buttes, on the sides where the rocks have fallen loosely together, they are perfectly dry for many feet below the surface, being molafcened by the winter snow and rain aa it ?nti ^niirn >> Vltyttq ixxaj lOU OUU iUII UVTTU UVAM MWVTVf During the winter the well li nearly filled with enow. Enough water from the early spring rains finds its way through between the rocks to mix with the snow and freeze into one Bolid mass of ioe. The ice in the well is formed by the cold of the winter season, but does not begin to form sometimes till the winter Is half gone. In turn, it is melted by the heat of the summer, but does not begin to melt until fha miTTimor 1a half cwpir Tn thn mrlv part of the glimmer it is still freezing in the-well, and during the first half of the winter it is still melting. The well aoti as a refrigerator. It receives the heat slowly and then gives it off just as slowly. If the earth received and gave off heat readily, the hottest weather would be In June and the coldest in December?In fact, the seasons follow nearly a month behind the sun. It is a fact that if on a hot day you walk rapidly into the cave to where the ioe is it feels as though a strong current of cold air were blowing against your face. The sensation is so decidedly real that it re quires carer ill demonstration to prove to the contrary, and even then it almost seems as though the demonstration has been a mistake. It can be easily tested by using smoke, or better still, a rather heavy colored glass. Again, if one should stand without the entrance to the cavt on a very warm day near enough to feel any draft that may be stirring, none can be felt coming from the wave. If one should stand directly above the Ice well on a hot, Btill day, even putting the face down to the very opening Into the well, no upward draft of cool air can be fek, but go down into the well and one would state positively that there was an upward draft of extremelv cold air.?Boston Advertiser. Effect of Water on Teeth. Herr Rese has collected statistics in Bavaria and Herr Foerberg in Sweden which tend to prove that the water we drink has an Important influence on the teeth. Carle*, or decay in teeth, is less common where the water is ''hard" owing to the presenoe of chalk and magnesium salts. The harder the water the better the teeth. Prob1 ably the presence of lime in the water | benefits the bones in general. The mercy of God is without end or limit, but a man may sin away his capacity to profit by it. Boasting and undue depreciation are often used for the same purpose?to direct attention to self. However the world may look at the matter, it is nevertheless true that in God's sight goodness is the only true greatness. The man who starts out in life determined to keep the ten command' meats will soon find out that theii maker is God. WWLessons on Kindness to Animals. i Never stick pins iDto butterflies and ' other insects. Never carry poultry with their heads hanging down. Never throw stones at those harm- 1 less creatures, the frogs. That nearly all snakes are harmless and useful. N mi. _ a. ?.l. ?. ^ 1 luatearm worms are n:>rmiess aau useful, and that when you use them in fiehing they ought to be killed instantly, before you start, by plung- 1 iug them in a dish of boiling water. That it is very cruel to keep tish in " glass globes olowly dying. ? That it is kind to feed bird* in winter. That bits should never be put in horses' mouths in cold weather without being first warmed. That it is cruel tokeep twitching the reins while drivin?. That when your horses is put in a strange stable you should always be sure that he is properly fed and watered and in cold weather that his blanket is properly put on. That you should never ride after a poor- ooking borne when you can help it. Always look at the horse and refuse to ride after a poor-looking one, or a horse who^e head is tied up by a tiorhl nhM<Ir.roin V'?M ? vuvwu a V?M> ^ That you should always talk kiDdly to eery dumb creature. That you should always treat every ^ dumb creature as you would like to be treated yourself if you were in the creature's place. Work and Hope. ^ Yea, work and hope. The outlook may be dark, the times may be threat- . ening; but while God lives it cannot but be well with the hopeful, believ ing, trustful well-door." True, times f and things might be better; they * might be worse, also. Despairing never changes anything for the better, but hopeful working does. Look . upon the bright side. If you do not 1 see it, hunt for it. Bring a flower \ when you come home from your toil i and hand it, with a smile, to your j wife, your mother, your sister, or your ^ daughter. It will cheer them, and i make them feel that life is worth living ; then in return they will smile upon and cheer you. Fill your home with loving smiles, kind words, helpful deeds, and then hope will well up in your soul. There is love all about us, if we will but make ourselves lovable; there is plenty of appreciation near by, if we will but do something worthy of appreciation. The world is not going to smash, and we are not going to be cast out to die of starvation if we but do as well as we may. Therefore, work and hope. Unclaimed Letters. Letters remaining In tbe post office for tbe week ending July 18,1899. A?Jasper Andrews. B?Mrs. Callie Buggs. C?H. B. Cook, Benson Cook. D?Mrs. Slndle Dotson. E? Mrs. Basle Edwards. G?Frank Graham, Geo. Gllee. H?Alexander G. Hager, May Lear Hunter. J?Mrs. Carrie Jones, Lacy Jackson, Cbarlle Jones, J. B. Jones. L?Mrs. Sophenla Lomax. E. L. Larriannla. M?F. A. Moragne. Mrs. H. L. Morton, Miss Ollle Mlttte, Miss Mary Mason, Albert MoNlgbt, Miss Susan Miller. K?Mrs. Mabalay Rlarnla. S?Miss LUer Smltb, 8. B. Smith, Miss Marrler Seep. W?Geo. Washington, Jr., Jau. Walles, Miss ? 1MrQ t ImIh U7Hliama Mra UUttiC TT ilOUU , MAID* WW Lear Williams. , Robt. S. Link, P. M. R. M. Baddon <fc Co. are preparing for fall business. Tbey bave special bargains for next 80 days. You should see the remnant* of silk, offered at reduced price by R. M. Haddon a Co. On these hot afternoons nothing Is so re- I freshing as a "Lolly Pop.1' Sold at Speed's | soda fountain. Wlfflil 1IM II Ull Ui.W wvuiiuvi Jas. H. Carlisle, L.L. D., President. I Eight departments Including the New Chair of History and Economics. = 1 Wofford Fitting School, j An excellent training school for boys. J A. M. EuPRE, Head Master. i For catalogue address, J. A. GAMEWELL, , Spartanburg, S. C. j Forty-Sixth session begins September 29th. J July 23. 1899, tf j J |^5V^bster*s^l < | International | j | Dictionary | : 9 Succestor of the " Unabridged." 9 x The One Great Standard Authority, 9 ] X So writes Hon. D. J. Brewer, X 1 ' of the U.S. Gov't Printing o ! Office, the U. S. Supreme A > Court, all the 8tate 8u- X WyjjM | Iy *11 the SchoolbookJ. 9 SdCH I Warmly X i ggi] i commended X J L [*&&&) 1 by State Superintendents X \fPV < of Schools, College Pretl- X K&M < denta.andotherEaucators X almost without number. Y ' . Invaluable X In the household, and to X i ^_gMB the teacher, scholar, pro- X ( fesslonal man, and self- x 9 "Webster'* Dictionaries." All autnenuc y 0 abridgments of Webster's International Diction- Q Q ary In the various sizes bear our trade-mark on o 5 the front cover as shown In the cuts. X i, x /@\ /@\ ? I Y / ?*im \ / wtsrrm \ I wnrrm 1 ( wtsJrm l Y p 1 academic/ mchsoeal IcDNDsntl [nawrrnm o A \ocvamJ \acrmml, \acvamJ Vdcthmvj X . \ 1 Cheerfulness and sweetness of disposition are often as great a force in ; trying situations as nheer intellectual ability. Tbe power of restraining one's temper under provocation, of ' looking on the bright side of things in discouraging circumstances, and of not ] construing a difference of opinion iuto i a personal matter, is one of those choice attainments whose winsome- ' ness men almost universally recognize. 1 Do not be too much discouraged be- j cause you cannot stumble upon that sweet grace, content. It is not reached by luck nor inherited as a legacy. Paul intimates the way to possession ~e :t. ha ooiju ?'T linvA lpftrnpd in U1 It WUCU UC Dajo A MV* . w whatsoever state I am, therewith to be i. content." It is something to be acquired by learning, but though the , learning is a long process the result justifies the labor and the cost. > Prayer should be just what one feels ; j ust w hat one th i n ks ; j ust what one needs, and it should stop the mo ment it ceases to be the real expression r of the need, the thought and the feel- 1 ing- ! Extra Jftae Lot OF SADDLE AND HARNESS . V?8 HORSES AND MULES VILL BE RECEIVED AT OUR STABLES " ' % THIS WEEK. \ n Mill Qnnc & i. * 1111 Vk 4^V11 ?7* Hates "West ijm TEXAS, MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, , 'h ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO, or any point, with FREE MAI'S, write to FRED. D. BUSH, ? District Passenger Agent, Louisville & Nashville R. R., -1 No. 1 BROWN BLDG., ATLANTA, GA. VM. H. PARKER. WM. P. GREENE PARKER & GREENE, ' iltorneys and Counsellors at Law. Office on LAW RANGE. ABBEVILLE - SOUTH CAROLINA. day 4. 1898. if Jharleston and Western Carolina R. R % Augusta and Asheville Short Line* la effeet Jaa. 8,1809. W Auguata .... 9 40 am 1 40 pai. lr Greenwood 12 15 pm ;. SB Lr Anderson 6 10 pm , . ^1 Lr Laurens .... 1 20 pm 7 00 am Lr Groenvillo 8 00 pm 10 16 am lr Glenn Springs 4 00 pm Lr Spartanborg.................. 8 10 pm 1ft 20 am lr Saluda ...^ 5 88 pm Lr Henderaonytlle. 6 08 pm .............. Lr AaheTllle,. 7 00 pm .v AaheTllle ~ 8 20 am , , jm '.t RmrlinhsnJ 11 45 am 8 06 Dm jj jT Q-Wn tiprlngs_ 10 00 am ?VS jT Greenville ..., 13 01 am 4 00 pm , jV Laurens - 1 37 pm ,v Anderson - IS"1 *5S > Greenwood ~ - 2 37 pm 6 00 im lr Augusts. 6 10 pm 11 10 am ft jV Calhoun Falls ... 4 44 pm "77777Z7. lr Raleigh.. 2 10 am ...... .. fjm Vr Norfolk. 7 80 am .? Petersburg fl 00 am ......... BlchmondT. 8 15 am , '^8 > Augusta 2 S pm lr Allendale- ? - 0 00 pm ^ .jg *.r Fairfax - ? ? Pm Lr Yemassee ? 46 am 6 90 pm it Beaofort. 10 80 am 7 20 pm -M it Port Boyal 11 06 am' 7 86 pm ^ .y2B kr Savannah ? jg P"1 it Charleston- ? ? 10 P'n > Charleston. ?... ? jj? 4111 _'^Sjy Savannah? * 7 00 *tn > Port Boyal 1 40 pm 8 30 ?m > Beanfort.; 1 ? pm 8 40 am . slgW > Yemassee. 8 OS pm J 45 am Jgw > Fairfax W51 am . . -3m jv Allendale.... ............. 11 06 am , lir Angusta. - ^ P a 'Sm > Greenwood ..........j 4 zo am . - ? , ?* Lr Laurens....... 6-00 im , . > Laureng.. ... 7 00 am , J8? lr Spartanburg 10 20 am jV Spartanburg ? 8 10 pm .>$ jT Lnurens.. 8 80 pm " -.3 Lr Greenwood >w.?...12 85 pm Close connections at Greenwood for all point* on ). A. L. and 0. & G. Hallways, and at Spartanburg ~sH ?ith Southern Railway. * y>Q9 For any information relative to tickets, rates, ached* lie, etc., address v ;4gl W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pus. Agent, Augrmta, Gs. *$u E. M. NORTH. Hoi. Agent . "i* T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. SOUTHERN RAILWAY, j J9 # 1 6*ad*na*d Schedule la ItM I d*c. 4th. laae. stations. I tCTl \(f, Charleston T M Lt. Columbia. * mm : fesgJtern8 ? i* , "M - Ninatr-SLi. 1? ? ? ..jl - Gr^xfwood. 7 40 . s> 1?U ir. Hodwa 8 00 a m 111 p t? p.AbbrSl<! ~T40 ? m ? tf p n Lt. B?ltoo 777. 8 60 a m 110 PHI f"deraon........... 9 85 a m 8 85 p"in dtrtnyiS*.. 1010>m~il6pn KAtli>aU....,:..,^rll 8 61 p m] OWjIjl WAJION8. ^0,X1 Kot Or.drMnylU^ 510pm 19 II ? a Piedmont 0 00 p m 19 49 a " WilMamrton. flCpm ?iil^ \tr. JLacleraon 46 p mMil ? a ;'s $ Lr.'kelton .7... " { *& P ? U M a i J-| lr.Donnalda............ T lfi p M 11 40 ft a LriAbtavlllaJ.!! 110 P a ino a ;f| C.V. Hodge#... .. 7 85 p m 11 66 ft a - Greenwood 8 00 pm J2 ?? P - Ninety-Six ? ? p a " Newberry J p a ir.Prosperity. ! ii p 5 " Qolnmbla ' M P g v . -v|j kr.OyliMn 1* P g v$g BiitlSg 8-fi.TIONa ISgggg > '; iiQp 710aLt....Charleston....Ar 8OOp 11 OS TBSll80a ' ....Columbia..... " 8&P 6&0p 9 07a 1215p ' Alston Lt 2 80p 8 Ma KOto 123p H Santuo 44 128p 1 48p > : H Sua 2OOp H .Union. " 106p T80p 1089a 222p w ....ionearille.... M 1235p 668p [0 Ma 287p " ......Pacolet " 12 Hp 848p 1125a 8 lOp At. . 8partanbnrg.. .Lt 11 jUfc fllfip 1140a 8 40p Lt.. Spartanburg.. .At ll 22? ?00p a<6p 7OOp Ar... Aaheville.....Lt ittal ?0>p "P,'1 p. m. "A." a. m. Pullmannpais.ce sleeping c*r? oa ituuiwiwi .., M, 87 and 38, on A-anctO. division. Dining earl in thase trains serve all meals enroate. .,'43 Trains >ave Spartanburg, A. A 0. divlsUa, , northbound, 6:45 a. m., 8:37 p.m., 6:10 ytV* [Vestibule Limited) j southbound ISK BL, - {*>. 1:16 p. m., 11 a. m., (Vestibule Limited.) . .8 Trains leave Greenville, JL and 0. dlvlstaa, northbound, 6:50 a. m., 2:64 p. m. and ItS p. m* [Veetibuled Limited) rsoutnboimd, 1(28 a. Ml, ItflO p. m., 12^0 p. m. (VestibuJedlimited). Trains 6 ana 10 carry els rant puilmaa ileeplng cars between Columbia and AflbevlUe reroute dally between Jacksonville andOtnaa [M aatl. ^ TBXNK 8. OANNOW, J. M. GULP, i im Third V*P. A Genu Her., Trifilo M*r? J Washington, D. Ck YfMhingtoa, BL 0. W. A. TURK, & H. HAADWICK. #nn. Pan. Ag't, l4'tO?s.PMS.AfH, Waahlngtoa, D. C. Atlanta, (ik. By using a bottle of Speed's lightning reno mtor you can make your last summer cloth* ng look like new. Price 10c. at Speed's. Dont fall to try a box of cacti soap. For ale by Mlllord <fc DuPre. Phone 107. The druggists. Dr. Hill's famous headache powder has no squal. For sale by Mllford & DuPre. Phone 107. : naii at MHfnrii a DuPre's drag store and ie refreshed with one of their ice cream sodaB. Whv does Speed sell so many cigars? because he handled high grades good at low prices. Order what you want over tbe phono and have Mil ford & DuPre to place it in your bands at once. Phone 107. Get rid of your flees with insect powder. For sale by Speed. Try a glass of our delicious olaret phosphate. Mllford it DuPre. For pains In the back get a bottle of Priok ley Ash Hitters. For sale at Speed's. Johnsons Chill and Fever tonic is guaranteed to cure or money refunded by Speed's drug store. Ice cream sodas and all kinds of delicious Find refreshing cola ariuKS ai speea s soua fountain. Soda water and every thin? in tbe way ice drinks at Milford <& DuPre'a druij store. Tar Heel cholera cure is positively guaranteed and when it talis to cure hogs or fowls of cholera you can get your money back. For mle by .Speed. -a! I :3 ~ a