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wm T'-'Hk jf The Press and Banner jay Published every Wednesday at }2 n ear In advance. Wednesday, July 15, 1903. m A Conservatory of MiinIc. k Prof. I). N. Baldwin, of Marietta, Ga? has been engaged by the members of "Baldwin's Military Band," recently orgauiz'-d In this city, as instructor and director. In connection with his Band be will open a Conservatory of Music, and will take a limited number of private scholar on violin, mandolin, cornet, <?o. Prof. Baldwin comes highly recommended from some of the largest cities In Georgia, where he ban for thirty years past conducted bauds and orchestras under his own name. Those who wish to avail themselves of thlR opportunity will do well to consult Prof. Baldwin at the Glen Ethel Hotel for terms, Ac. V Snbbntli School Instil 11 (on. p Arrangements have been made for two Sabbath School Institutes within the bounds of Houtb Carolina Presbytery: one to be held at Richland church, August 17th and lSth;and the other at Honea Path. August 19ih and20lh. Efforts are being made for helpful, practical discussion of live suMects. The officers, teachers and friends oi the Sabbath Schools of the Presbytery are urged to attend. For further information, write K. H. Wftrdlaw, Chill. Com. ou S ibbath Schools, Pleduiout,.S. C. ?i?? Good Everywhere I'nhI. v Bradford's "Clifton" Is guaranteed by the maker to be the best flour Id the market. It la carefully milled from nouod wheat, making bread that Is pure, wholesome and nutritious ?Just what the American people need for their dally food. Besides "Cltlton" Is an allro'ind dour, belDgas well adapted to making v cake and pastry as It it* bread and biscuits. L. T. 4 T.M. Miller. Summer School. summer school for white teachers will held lu the Graded School building at A jbevllle. beginning at 10 o'clock, Monday, July 27th, 1903. Those who intend to teach In this . County next year are expected to attend. K. C. DuPre. County Sup't. of Education. Nnniuier School. The summer school for negro teachers will be held at Greenwood, S. C.. beginning Monday, July 27th 1908. You are expected to attend f.ud remain during the session of the school. F. C. DuPre, County Sup't of Education. Evauirelintlc .Meeting. Beginning Sunday night, July 19th, at the Baptist church, the new paBior, Kev. H. C. Bucuhoiz, will conduct a special series of revival meetings. These meetings will con tluue every uigbt except, saiuruuy uuu win continue for two weeks. The public Is cordially Invited. Tonr <iue*lH Will Praltte It. Why not try r ?HCk of Braostord's "Clifton ?" You will never kuow bow good It Is until you use It. Yonr neighbor flu us It the best flour In the market, and your home people as well x an your guests will praise jour bread, cake and pastry if .made of' Clifton" flour. L. T. , 4T.M. Miller. Notice. We beg to notify our friends, and tfce public ' generally that we have secured the services 01 Mr. 8. T. Jackens, a practical plumber and tluner, and are again prepared to sure yau In these lines. Aubevllle Hardware Co. LoM? Reward. On her way home from Methodist cburch last Sunday morning, a lady lost a beautiful heart-shaped sc?rf pin, set with opal ceutre and chip diamonds. The finder will be rewarded If leu at Press and Bauner office. Cleau Up. All lots and premises will be Inspected V * nAur mi A fllll UKP * UULU LiUiO w Uinc of lime la recommended. James Chalmers, City Clerk. Fur Nal^ or Kent. A newly finished five room cottage, centraly located with good well of water aad vegetable garden. , K. E. Hill. Who Iw He? Who Is it (bat mnkes the Fewer gallons; wean-longer paint? Potafoe Slip*. Yam potato slipe or sale by C. R. Rlcbey. p Mrs. C. B. Wosma: skk. Miss Pauline Wokraansky and Mlt-s Ue la Wilson bave returned home after spent in* several days In Elberton with their brol ler Mr. Ernest Wilson. Sydvkster Prick ?old S'SS worth of?dpies mat week, and $1.98 worvh thin wrek. Hf never comes to town without bringing some thing to sell. Miss Lee Clark Is In Greenwood soendlnp t a white with her friend Miss Maggie Holllng*worth. Mr. Walter Tlmmerman of Granltevllle spent several days Id tbe city the gue*t of hit uncle, Mr. J. M. Brooks. Thk Pope of Home is still living but It If thought that be bus buta short time to live He Is 98 years old. Miss Janie and Miss Katie Campbell spent Saturday and Sunday In the city <vllb relatives. Miss Lennie Fisher is in Columbia, spending a while with her friend, Miss Belle '*r, Iilndfors. Mr. Fred Simmons left last Saturday for Eiberton to spend tbe-summer with bis aunt Mrs. A. K. Bowie. JCLICS C. Smith of Greenville Is dead. * We are constantly replenishing onr stock of Samples and are still selling Shirts, Jt- Underwear, Hosiery, Belts, Umbrellas, Neckwear, Susvenders. Towels. Handker ?~ 7 * ' chiefs, Gloves, Skirts, Waists and very many other articles at exactly wholesale prices. > A. M. Smith & Co. 4 J. W. MoKee'N Local*. Try McKee's Purity Coffee l jo 2 for 25c. Try oar English cured shoulders. Try h gallon of New Orleans Syrup at McKee'6,C0o per gallon. Fresh cheese at 20c per pound. Be sure and see as before you buyyrur k fruit Jars. ^ if you need Jelley glasses call at MtKae's. MONEY to LOAN rim nnnntrv ppop"rpty. VX1 W V/Xl A JkV J. X AWVX MM* * WRITE ME. Edw. C. Dugas, Augusta, 6a June 17, 1903. 4t? Just because one man may climb up w the ladder of success higher than another is no reason why he should attempt to look dowu upon others. According to the good book poor folks are God's chosen people. Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things in which smiles and kindness and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort. A secular paper says, "Church entertainments are a device to make the goats pay the pastorage of the sheep." Now isn't that a nice way for the world to be talking! Whose fault is It it? t' A ?- * 1 . ? fir\/.l?nn io 1 5 1? zi n rvv\l ao rt wuru llllj' 10 unv ttj'j'ico of gold in pictures of silver," says the proverb. Here are a few words by Sidney Smith ihat'will fit auy human being in any age, state or condition. "Take short views, hope for the best and put your trust in God." * It is good news that comes from Germany to the efleet that an eminent throat specialist has discovered the perfume of certain flowers to be harmful to the human voice. Now the girls will either have to stop singing or we may quit sending them flowers. i: -*v ' . a* - | MR, CALHOUN IN REPLY, m ll?N of I lie Same Opiuioii Still. Columbia, S. C., July 11. In the mailer of the lust meeting <>t the cabinet of the southern Confederal:}. li has been my aim to try j to settle it detiuately. it should hp settled j beyond doubt?not to satisfy the local pride | of either Abbeville or Washington?but In the : Interest ol history. So fur, ihe lacts seem to establish very con* I clusively that the lust real and lenal cabinet i meeting was held at Abbeville, S. O., thut the CCII KJI IUC J " "n "VV? ! aud destroyed there, alter the cabinet meetI Inc. In opposition to t tie wishes ol Mr. Davis, j Iiau formally dissolved the Confederacy. | No dental o; the jact is made that Mr. Davis ! was iu Washington with a few members of i his cabinet, that he'lssued^certaln orders there I as it appears, without signing himself as the i president, aud that he did other things that I did not require a cabinet meeting. AH that I he did there was to issue orders to dispose of I that portlou ot the Confederate luuds that were in charge of Mr. Clark, and to appoint that gentleman treasurer for the purpose of dlsoursing them, that being a uecesslty. So far as I can see, no facts are given of a cabinet meetiug at Washington, the peopiw of tiiat place simply relying on what Mrs. Davis said she "believed," and on the contradictory statements of Mr. H. M. Clark. At Abbeville! the tacts and the subjects discussed at the meeting are given, as well as thu conduct oil Mr. Davis. In the face of all that Mrs. Green and Mr. | Kmmet CallHn, of Washington, Ga., still try to prove that that city is the pluc? where the last cabinet meeting took p!ace, and they take tne severely to task tor not agreeing with them. I replied to Mrs. Green privately and not ihrnuuii .Mm OirnnW-le. thinklne that there would be no other Richmond In the field ; but since Mr. Callsn ha? made.bis appearance, nnd tias taken up the-cudefcls and tr led to give 'tie some bard knocks. I will publlxb my reply to Mrs. Green with a few corrections aud wlli ulve Mr. C-illan ?orne ruore nuts to crack. The loUuwlug It Mrs. Green's letter : 'Dear Madam: 1 read this morning your reply In the Augusta Chronicle to wh-.it I had to say snout the last meeting ol the Con led crate c bluet. "I call your attention to my second letter on the teller on the same subject In the Chronicle of yesterday, covering the ground more fully. I will nave the data;toshow that the Confederacy expired before It reached Washington. 'I do not consider your letter by any means conclusive, nor is the one from Mr. Clark that I publish. "You seem to have lost the track on one or two hnprtant points and then you do not agree with Mr. Clarke in some important dales, etc., thus still more confusing the matter, i will not now go into all of them, but will call your attention to two or three. 'Mr. Clark states that the last cabinet meeting was held May 4 auc that they left on ihat night. You dale the appointment of Mr. Clark on the otb. That appointment was made alter .was dissolved at Abbeville and while there was a man filling that office who had not resigued or been removed and who was still dibchargtng his duties. Mr. Davis bad no authority to make the appointment, as he was no longer president of Ibe Confederacy from a legal standpoint. There was no cabiuet officer with the president at Washington, but Mr. Reagan, Mr. Mallory and Mr. Breckinridge, so far as my knowledge goes, and uone were appointed to till the places of the absent members of ibe cabinet, Mr. Clark, you must remember, was simply acting as a disbursing officer aud was not a member of the cabinet. "What you state about the great seal of the Confederacy, so lar as its use is concerned, in correct; but what you any about the probable place ot deposit of It will certainly be news to the general public. Great search has been made lor it. It was laHt seen in Abbeville and the well on the Burt place has been searched for It. Ibere Is no question about the tact of It having been at Abbeville and it Is more than probable that it was thrown into the Savannah river as was advised by Mr. i'erriu, of Abbeville, it is not among the war records ?t Washington. Thfre are [copies of it, one of which Is in Columbia In Ibe office of the secretary of the slate. The original would be of great value, historically as well as from a money standpoint. "There are other discrepancies lu your letter that I will now point out. Your letter has totally lailod lo convince me of the correctness of your position that the last cabinet meeting was held at Washington. > "I read what you had to say with greal pleasure. "My only aim is to establish the point definitely. It ought lo have been done years ago. -I have written to Mr. Reagan. He will -late, if I am correctly luformed, that there was no meeting of the cabinet, officially, at Washington. Please read what Mr. Parker says about the matter. Trusting that we will finally reach the real facts in this matter, 1 am, with kind regards, very truly yours. "wm. p. calhoun." Hwu. Wiu. H. Parker. In a recent letter to me, Hon, Wm. H. Parker, of Abbeville, among other things, writes as iollow> : "I don't think that Mtk. Green showed at all that thfie was a?y cabinet meeting at Washington, Ga., but only certain appointments by Jefferson Davis, not signing himself as piesident, for the sole purpose of en abllog payment i<> me troop* ol certain fuod? and H is exactly what was understood at the time Ah to the Confederate seal, It Is very ceriuiu tbat it 1b not iu the possession, of the Uuited States government,or It would have been forthcoming long since. Arierall, i think there i? no doubt about the last real caMnet meeting being at Abbeville." Everybody knows tbat the great seal was not used at cabinet-meetings, and, therefore, it could ,noi have had auyihing to do with a c ibloet meeting at either Abbeville or Washington. I t wan mentioned to show what became of It, and as prool tbat the last meeting was at Abbeville. It was In Abbeville at that time and on the advice of Mr. Thomas C Perrtn and after the cabinet meeting, and after the Confederacy had been dissolved at that meeting In opposition to the wishes ol Mr. Davie, the great seal was destroyed, as there was no longer any Southern Confederacy and to keep it from tolling into the bunds ol the enemy. Had the Confederacy not been dissolved, Mr. Perrln never would have advised and the president and his cabinet never would have consented to Its destruction. It u now somewhere In the Savannah river. That is why the seal Is referred to, and It is very' very strong proof of the fact tbat the Confederacy expired at Abbeville; and tbat when Mr. Davis left there he was simply a private citizen and no loDger president, and he recognized that fact and did not sign himself as president. I make the following statement without the least fear that it can be disproved. Not one iact siatea Dy Mrs. ureen ana Mr. uaiian cliow that h cabinet meeting was held at Washington. The only thing la couuecilon wltb thai matter tbat tbey can rely on Is what Mrs. Davis said "she believed" and the contradictory statements of Mr. Clark. Tbey show that Mr. Davis was in Washlngton on the date named : they show further that Messrs. Keagan, Mallory und Breckinridge were ibere; thai Mr. Davis Issued certain orders without signing hlmsell as president; that Mallory resigned there; thai Clark paid out. certain moneys, and that there were about 100 soldiers wilb Mr. Davis, but not tbe slightest attempt is made to show that a cabinet meeting was beld, or tbat there was even a consultation In the Heard bouse, except as already explained ; as to Mrs. Davis and Mr. Clark, I am not disputing those things. It whs natural tbat Mallory, Reagan and Breckinridge should have accompanied Mr. Davis to Washington, as tbat was on the road to their homes. As It whs nol convenient lor them to go farther wltb Mr. Davis, they left blm t aere as they would have done at Abbeville tinder like circumstances aud as Beuja mln did. Bect use Mallory resigned at Washington Is no evidence that a crblnei meeting whs helri there. Mallory never ho stated. If he had done so, Mr. C llan would havs quoted tilm. II we believe the statements and arguments of my good friends and neighbors, Mrs. Green and Mr. C'allan, we will have to eouelude tbat the war was still going on, even after Mr. Davis left Wusblngton, Gu., and until be was captured. Under those circumstances, a cabinet meeting <:ou:d btive been held on the road somewhere by appoint ing oew cabi net otlli-ers Our Irlends argue themselves entirely out ot court. They have exceedingly little, If any, standing at all, ac eotding to their own lacts as they give them. . Tb? fact I bat Brekenriuge signed or coun terslgued certain orders Is no evidence that a cubmet meeting was held or that the war was still going on, or that it end<d in Washington, liis nota myth that the majority of the soldiers accompanying Mr. JUavis leu blm at Abbeville. The men -ramped arouud tbe bome ol my lather and I saw them abandon their guns, ammunition and the like and strike out for home. I gathered up many guns, cartridges, pots, pans and the like, as did many other boys and men alter they left. It was well known at the time that there was a wide difference of opinion between Mr. L)avis and bis cabinet as to the continuance OI lue war, auuuvine uo meu iu luitc bin cabinet to come to his way of thinking, uut lie tailed totally after a very hot debate. It was during tbat cabinet meeting aud while the matter named whs under discussion, that the officer In command of the troops at Abbeville, informed Mr. Davis tbat the troops would tight no looter. Then followed the tcenc dei-cribed by Mr. 1'arker' in my former article. My information is to the further etTecl that the matter ol the dissolution of the Confederacy was hotly opposed by Mr. Davlo. On a vote being taken, the cabinet voted unanimously lor dissolution and the Cotiltderacy was then and there dissolved. Therefore, no ac 18 of Mr. DavlR alter he left AbbeIvi.le could revive tlie Confederacy; nor ! co ild a legrvl cabinet meeting have been held. Tbo*e are some of the iacts for my iriendH to disprove before they can substantiate their claim. Whnt the I'Ihii Wax. What Mr. jtavls Intended to do after be got across the Mississippi river seenm to have been simply a persoual scheme uu lilts pitrt. The tesllmoriy of Mr. C!ark must be ruled nut entirely, except as to that part relating i to the disbursement of the money and as to j his appolntmeut as treasurer. Mr. Davis i tirobahly Issued more otders nfter he left I Washington and It Is just, as reasonable to {calm that a meeting of his cabinet, whs held i after leaving there. If the Confederacy did ' not. expire at Abbeville by the action of the ' 1 ? -- * i. jm ..i u7o.hr l/.n i..,. CHUIUKli H.uiu uuic*|iiic -< " i.hi.usu,u, ?uu on t!>espot where where Mr. Davis whs captured. That In the historical spot, II we take the view of the matter as presented by my friends. They must make their own selec, Hon between that spot and AbbevilleI They quote Mrs. Davis, who only pays that I she always believed that the last meeting j was held at Washington. She gave no reason for so believing. Clark says at . ono time It vhx at Abbeville and at another lime It was | at Washington, ami upon those two persons Washington bases her claims. We are asked , on that claim alone to believe what my friends say Mr. Reagan has never said that a leabinet. meeting was held at Washington. He ought to know. He simply states who were there. Mr. Callan says he admits the meeting at Abbeville, and I presume that lie mast admit what took place there as well, but ho claims that I do not show that It was the last meet Ing. I must humblv assure my good friend and neighbor that I have been totally unable to discover any latter one than that at Abbe viile. I further most humbly assure him that he hss failed to prove a meetiDg at Wash ington. What more does he want ? i"HELL0. BILL" ? TAKE THE SEABOARD Air Line Ry. FOR BALTIMORE! $I7.35 Round Trip. TlcketH on pale July IS. 19. 20. final limit via Norfolk and Bay Lino AUGU->T f>th. For parties of twenty-five or more traveling together, the ronnd trip rate will be $16.35. ? For the accommodation of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Annlston Lodge of B. P. O. Elks, who have selected the Seaboard Air Line and Bay Line as their official route, the Seaboard will operate a special train from Atlanta to Norfolk, leaving Atlanta at 12 noon July 18, arriving ^rfolk the nextmorning at S o'clock. This train will be composed of comfortable day coacbeH and elegant Pullman ears. Make your Pullman reservations now. THE ABOVE RATE IS OPEN TO ALL. For further Information call on G. H. FULLER, Agent, Abbeville, S.C. J. A. VON DOHLEN. T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. W. E. CHRISTIAN, A.G.P.A., Atlania.Ga THE CONSUMPTION OF COMBUSTIBLES will beinimenceon Independence Day also the consumption of our BitEAD, CAKES, PIES, ETC. Uncle Sam's patriotic citizens 'throughout the couutry will burn lots of powder. Throughout this section they will eat lots of the good things that are produced in our bakeshop. Don't waste time and energy doing any home baking for the Fourth. We can provide things that will please both yourself and your guests. J. W. Breihahn, Proprietor. A. B. WARDLAW, Dentist. Office over Kendall's Storr. April 15, 1903. U CANNED GOODS FOR THE CAMP or home. Ours will be found suitable for either places. Have the line ilavor that makes them acceptable ever where iTonctotilna rvifMitu ptr> UUUIUO licnii *c(jviuuivo? vw, | are plentiful. Only the finest goods are used by the canneries from whom we pur-' chase and we consider them worthy to be in this stock of GROCER IKS. Goods can be packed and made ready for shipment anywhere. L T. ? T. N. Miller. L . _ _ The largest, bent selected stock ol paintB ever dlHplayed In Abbeville at . Speeds' Drug Store. I If you are looking lor the "very bent" In , fresh candy then go to Speeds' Drug Store. ' -: *T; p*l WHAT PRAYER CAN DO. '??? MOVES IX A MYSTEKIOIS WAY" TO SAVE FROM FORECLOSURE OF THE MORTGAGE. A Warning: Affninnt Lending Money fn IHa Pnar "No," pai:l the lawyer, "I shan't press your claim against that man. You can get softjeone else to take the case, or you can withdraw it, just as you please." "Think there isn't any money in ' it?" "There would probably be a little money in it; but it would come from the sale of the little house the man occupies and calls his 'home.' But I don't want to meddle with the mat- ; ter anyhow." "Got frightened out of it, eh ?" "Not at all." "I suppose the old fellow begged 1 hard to be let off?" "Well, yes, he did." "And you caved in likely ?" "\es." "What in creation did you do?" "I believe I shed a few tears." "The old fellow begged you hard, , you say ?'' "No, I x didn't say so; he didn't , ppeak a word to me." "Well, may I ask whom did he ad- j dress in your hearing?" "God Almighty." 1 "He took to praying, did he? "Not for my benefit in the least. , You see, I found the little house easily enough, and knocked on the outer j door, which stood ajar, but*nobody 1 heard me; so I stepped into the little hall, and saw through the crack of the ' door a cosy sitting room, and there on the bed, with her silver head high on the pillows, was an old lady, who 1 _ _i i 11 iu. :.,~4 . lOOKCU IOI tin tuw wunu fust uno iuy ; mother did the last time I saw her on 1 earth. Well, I was on the point of knocking again, when she said, : 'Come, father, now begin ; I am all ready.' Down on his knees by her Bide went the old white-haired man, still older than his wife, I 3hould judge; and J couldn't have knocked then for the life of me. Well, he began. First he reminded God that thoy were still hissubmissivechildren, , mother and be, and no matter what He paw fit to bring upon them, they should not rebel against his will. Of course, it was going to be hard for them to go out homeless in their old age, especially with poor mother so sick and helpless; and oh, how dif- 1 ferent it might have been if only one ' of the boys had been spared ! Then his voice kind o'broke, and a thin, J white hand stole from under the cov- ] erlid, and moved softly over his snowy | nair. men ne went ou 10 repeat taat nothing could ever be so sharp again as the parting with those three sons? unless mother aud he should be separated ! But at last he fell to comforting himself with the fact that the good Lord knew that it was through no fault of his own that mother and he were threatened with the loss of their dear little home, which meant beggary and the almshouse?a place they prayed to be delivered from, if it could be consistent with God's will. And then he quoted a multitude of promises concerning the safety of those who put their trust in the Lord. In fact, it was the most thrilling plea to which I ever listened. At last he prayed for God's bles-ing on those about to demand justice." Then the lawyer continued more slowly than ever, "And?I?believe I had rather go to the poorhouse myself to-night than to stain my hands and heart with the blood of such a persecution as that." "Little afraid to defeat the old man's jirayer, eh ?" J5ieP8 your soui, man, you couldn't defeat that prayer. I tell you he left it all subject to the will of God ; but 1 he claimed that we were told to make known our desires to hira. But. of all the pleadings I ever heard, that J moved me most. You see, I was J taught that kind of thing myself in my childhood, and why I was sent to hear that prayer I am sure I don't ' know?but I hand the case over." "I wish," said the client uneasily, "I wish you hadn't told me about the , old man's prayer." "Why so?" "Well, because I want the money i the place would bring. I was taught : the Bible straight enough when I was a youngster, and I hate to run counter , to what you tell me about it. I wish you had not beard a word about it; , and another time I would not listen to petitions not intended for my ears." , The lawyer smiled. J "My dear fellow," he said, "you are wrong again. It was intended for my ears and vours. too: and God Almieh- * ty intended it. My old mother used . to 9ing about 'God moves iu amys- | terious way,' I remember. "Well, my mother used to sing it, too," said the client, and he twisted the claim papers in his fingers. "You ; can call in the morning if you like, and tell 'mother and him' the claim has been met." "In a mysterious way," added the lawyer/ As a spring lock closes itself, but cannot be unlocked without a key, so we of ourselves may run into sin, but cannot return without the key of God's grace. Man.v men get so rich that they can well aftord to retire from business, but no one ever gets so rich in grace that lie can afford to retire from Christian work. If there is no teacher's meeting in your Sunday School do not blame the teachers. They are not the leaden*. Lay it on the superintendent and pastor, and lay it on hard. Poor old Adam ! He has had a hard time of it. God drove him out of the garden of Eden, and now the higher critics are trying to chase him out of existence ! They say he was a myth. When the Sunday school teacher plays cards the devil may pla> possum, but he is peeping out"of the corner of his eye. on the sly, and laughing out of the corners of his mouth, all the same. Some of these days criminals may be released by our higher courts on the ground that the man who drew the indictments failed to dot an "i" or cross 111 "t." To 8U(*)i rptf npmpnta wp sacrifice justice. Jesus found people sacrificing the weightier matters of the law for the technical and formal. The best thing to give your euemy is forgiveness ; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example ; to a father deference ; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. A burning desire to fill a high place, to do something unusual to attract public attention, to do that which must be accomplished with tremendous strain and stress of faculties?a straining after eH'ect?this morbid ambition is one of the curses of the age. WHEN WOMEN PROPOSE. How Orent Would be Wedded RIImh, If Woman were Allowed the Initiative lu ('ourtnlilp. A young girl, who frankly admitted that she was in love with a man who did not care for her, asked me not longj ago, says Dorothy. Dix in the New Orleans Picayune, if there was any way by which a woman could win the affections of a man. For the dignify of mv sex I longed to answer "No." but I have seen so many men married in spite of themselves that I could only assure her that the woman who went odt on a still huut after any man was pretty sure to bag him for a husband. The old theory that a man is the pursuer and womau the pursued in love-makiug is a beautiful and romantic legend, but it has few facts to support it. Custom and convention deprive women of taking any active p?irt in courtship, but while this cripples her energies and deprives her of fair play, it does not bar her from the matrimonialgame. It only forces her to arrive by a pircuitous route, instead of the plain open path. Every man flatters himself that he discovered the timid and shrinking little violet he elects to wear on his heart, but every womau knows that nine times out of ten the little flower bad her eye ou him from the start, and deliberately put herself in bis road, so that he couldn't get past her without breaking his neck. The silent tactics with which ai woman conducts a courtship are not die nifled. They are even a little under-' handed, but they are tremendously effective, but when a man finds that a woman is in love with him, and has marked him for her own, his only safety lies in flight. If he remains within the radius of her sphere, his name is Benedict. Little by little he yields to the flattery of being bo adored. Her judgment and taste in preferring him to other men appeals to him, and from having been perfectly indifferent to him in the beginning, be commences thinking she is a flue woman, a discriminating woman, a superior woman, the ideal womau he has been seeking, and its all over then, but the wedding presents. And he never knows, bless hi? dear unsuspicious heart, how she turned the trick. For the things men don't know about women, my sisters, let us all return thanks. It is our salvation. The old idea that a girl never looked at a man until he proposed to her, and never thought of him as a possible sweetheart or husband until he asked her to name the day, is too idiotic and sentimental a pose for this practical day. Long, long before any man proposes a girl knows whether he is going to do it or not, for women are incrediblv subtle in these matters. More than that, she knows when she is goiDg to let him propose, and she has her an 3wet cut and dried. Now, personally, I believe that the convention that prevents women from telling a man she loves him and asking him to marry her, works as much unhappiness as any other one thing in the world. I don't think |hat there can be any doubt that women are more discerning in matters of the heart than men are, acid that if women could ?hoose their husbands, instead of having to take what they can get, that there would be fewer misfit unions. Marriage means more to woman than it does to a man. He has his business and a thousand interests outside his home, and if his wife prove uncongenial, if he finds that he is unrespon3ive where he looked for sympathy, Darrow where be expected her to be broad and liberal in her views, even if 3he bores him, or is surly and ill-tempered, while it is without doubt a bitter disappointment to him, it is not the blighting tragedy it is to the woman who marr es one kind of a man uixl find? him to be another when she gets him home. It is, therefore, more important that a woman should be pleased in her husband thau a husband should be satisfied *ith bis wife, and if either one is to have the advantage of picking the other out, it should be she. Nor, in the end, would this be any the less to the man's advantage, for the wife makes the home atmosphere, and a happy aud cheer ul and contented wife will make a pleasant home. The woman who has gotten the husband 3he wanted, the man who cafne up to ber ideal and fired her fancy, and who is forever Dattine herself on the back for Laving captured a matrimonial prize, is going to mpve heaven and earth to please him, and if I were a man I would take the woman who wanted me in preference to the woman I wanted every time. It is so much easier to be pleased than to try to please. That men have small taste, and less judgment in picking out wives the divorce courts abundantly t-how, and the the chances are that women would display more acumen. When a widower with six children wants to marry again, he generall picks out a fighty young creature with a pink and white complexion. Very likely she marries him, for his offer may be the best thing in sight, but she would never on uurth ninlr liim r\tif if Litia ho/1 Mm um. cauu pivtt mm wut n out uuu tut po&ing to do. Her taste would ruu to Johuny Twostep, and she would leave her elderly suitor to the middle-a?ed woman, who would mother his children and make his home happy and comfortable, and bring peace to him, instead of misery and discord. When Tom Poorman gets married he selects the silliest and vainest and fightiest jrirl of his acquaintance, but little Miss Frivolity, who marries him and keeps his nose on the grindstone the balance of his life, would have known better than to have proposed to an impecunious clerk herself. She would have asked somebody who was able to pay her dry goods bills. Many and many a rich woman would be glad to share her fortune with the poor man she loves, and who never asks her, if she only dared tell him so; many an old bachelor would be rescued from privations of his lodginghouse and landed in a happy home if only the woman who is dying to do it could cull his attention to the fact of how comfortable she could make him. There isn't a bit of use in saying that any woman with tact can do all of this without popping the question. There are men so dense they have to be slugged with a fact before they ever see it, and if they ever get to the brink of a proposal they have to be shoved over, or else they back away. If women had the right to propose it would be a powerful incentive to domesticity. Now, when they have to take any old thing that comes along, they naturally feel that any kind of housekeeping and cooking is good enough, but no honorable woman would ever think of such a thing as asking a man for his hand and heart unless she could make him a good home. Then, too, after she had won the promise of her shrinking Adolphus, she would have to face the ordeal of the interview with his father, when Adolphus' stern papa would demand "Ymnxr woman, can von make my son us comfortable at* his mother has always dor.e?" Why men should so strenuously oppose woman's right to pop the ques I tiou is bard to understand. Que would think they would would welcome, rather than shun it. To have beauty on her knees before you, can -- on mmluooont uirrVif f/\ aUl CJJ' LllJL uc au uupirawu o??Uv| IV say nothing of the solid satisfaction there would be in having some fair one weeping because you wereagood thing she couldn't get. And as a matter of fact, being made love to is not an unpleasant experience. Quite the contrary. And a man would always have the right to decline. He could say "no," or refer the matter up to a papa, and when he saw a girl beginning to get sentimental he could head her off by telling her how much like a sister he regarded her. And he would at least know where he stood and who was making goo-goo eyes at him and so he would be safer. It would be much less dangerous to face a business-like proposition than to ward off the insidious attacks of those who are trying to hypnotize you without your finding it out. **r.. * 4 ntilcr Jrur imiiiiu /muiuima. Palmetto Post. A man was drivintr a beautiful horse. At the roadside was a watering trough. The animal swerved from Ihe road. Its delicate muzzle was quivering and a short whiunv said as plain as a horae can speak, "Master, I am very thirsty ; please can I have a drink?" The answer was a jerk on the reins, a blow with the whip, and the rig disappeared in a cloud of dust. * That was cruelty?unthinking cruelly?and it brings up the whole question of hot weather treatment of animals. Is your horse given water frequently? Do you give your dog and cat water as often as they desire it, or do you simply "guess tbey find all the water they need ?" The owner of any kind of animal, large or small, who does not think of these things is not fit to own a dumb brute. Not to provide for the wants of domestic animals ? ? -j ami?au?I f u/tf aa llOOfl f/wf ii l>a anu pciO 19 UI UCHJ iuai tauoto iuitujc< It is not safe to trust to aD animal's finding food or drink. In a wild state they were able to do this. Domesticated they have learned to rely on man, and in many instances tbey have met with base betrayal. Water is as essential as food. In the hot days of July and Augu-t it really comes before food. _ Kindness to animals in more than kindness ; it is justice. The man who beats a horse can be reached by law, although too seldom does he meet with Ilis just deserts. The man who does not beat his horse, and who forgets to water him for long periods can seldom be reached by law, and yet his cruelty is far greater than the temporary pain that follows the feel of the lash. Think about these things. Remember how it feel9 when your throat is dry and parched, and look after the needs of your four-footed friends. A Woman'H Heart. "There are three things man is destined never to solve?perpetual mo'Inn llifl onii&rc nf a nirflln. itnH t.hf? heart of a woman. Yet he may go a little way into the labyrinth with the thread of love, which bis Ariadne will gladly give him at the door. "The "dim chambers are fragrant with precious things, for through the winding passages Memory has strewn rue and lavender, love and longing, sweet spikenard and instinctive belief. Some day, when the heart aches, she will brew content from these. . "There are barriers which he may not pass. secret treasurers that he may not see, dreams that he may not guess. There are dark corners where there has been torture, of which he will never know. There are shadows and ghostly shapes which Penelope has hidden with the fairest fabrics of her loom. There are doors tightly locked, which he has no key to open ; rooms which have contained costly vessels, empty and deep with dust. "There is no other step than bis, for he walks there alone ; sometimes to the music of dead days and sometimes to the laughter of a little child. The petals of crushed roses rnstle at his feet ?his roses?in the inmost places cf her heart. And beyond, of spotless marble, with the infinite caltp of mountains and perpetual snow, is something which he seldom comprehends?her love of her own whiteness. "It is a wonderoua thing. For it is so small be could hold it in the hollow of his hand, yet it is great enough to shelter him forever. All the world may not break it if his love is steadfast and unchanging, and loving him, it becomes deep enough to love and j.ity the whole world. "It is a tender thing. So often is it wounded that it cannot see another suffer, and its own pain is easier far to bear. It makes a shield of its very tenderness, gladly receiving stabs that were meant for him, forgiving always if motr auu iwigcuiu^ "uru it iajwj, ' Yet, after all, it is a simple thing. For in times of deepest doubt and trouble, it requires for its solace only tfie tender look, the whispered word which brings new courage, and the old-time grace of the lover's way." These words are worthy to be read at the marriage altar and upon each anniversary of one's marriage. The Common Ne?*<l. "The greater part of the courage that is needed in the world is not of a heroic kind. Courage may be displayed in every-day life as well as on historic fields of actiou. One common need is for courage to be honest, courage to resist temptation, to be wbat we are not, courage to live honestly within our means, and not dishonestly upou the meaus of others." "What sublime spectacle is that of a man going straight to his goal, cutting - ?1." -I. .1 rvrJ ?,!.? 111H way IIUUUKIJ UUIII/UIUCO, ctuu outmounting obstacles wliich dishearten others, as though they were steppingstones !" Coming to love God is like climbing a high mountain. It takes you out of the low valley of formal life. 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