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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-09
There Comes q Time,

There comes time when We grow old,
And like sunset down the sea
Slope gradual and the night wind cold
Comes whispering sad and chilling;
And locks are gray
AS winters day,
And eyes Of ssddest blue behold
The leaves all weary drift away,
And lips OF faded coral say,
There comes time whom We grow old.
There comes time when joyous hearts,
Which leaped as leaped the laughing main.
Arc dead to all savo memory,
As prisoner in his dungeon chain,
And dawn Of day
Hath passed away,
The moon hath. into darkness rolled;
And by the embers warm and gray,
Ibear voice in whisper say,
There comes time when We grow old.
There comes time when manhoods prime
Is shrouded In the mist Of years,
And beauty fading like dream,
Hath passed away in silent tears;
ana then now DARK!
But oh the spark
That kindled youth to hues Of gold
Still burns with clear and steady ray,
And fond affections lingering say,
There comes time when We grow old.
There comes time when laughing spring
And golden summer cease to be,
Aud We put on the autumn robe,
To tread the last declivity;
But now the slope,
With rosy hope,
Beyond the sunset we behold
Another dawn, v th fairer light,
While watchers hisper through the night,
T: ere comes tim when We grow old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-09
The Dynamite Disaster.

Mr.. Boernemann, of Philadelphia, has
arrived home. He had engaged passage
in the Mosel, and at the time OF the
dynamite explosion he was standing on
board the vessel, about couple OF PAGES
from the steps Of the saloon door. He
suddenly felt terrible shock and heard
q dreadful noise as of heavy artillery.
To his utter horror and CONSERVATION
he saw a cloudy mass of human beings
thrown up into the air as far as his sight
could reach. He felt an immense shock,
as if some ponderous body had fallen
upon him but he was not physically
hurt, although the shock to his nervous
system was so great that he has been
sick ever since. The blackened, burned
and torn limbs of the unhappy victims
fell in a shower on the deck, bespatter-
ing it with their blood and shapeless re-
mains. The explosion took place amid
ships, between the second cabin and the
wheelhouse. Mr.. Boernemann was
thrown off his feet by the shock and con-
cussion. The scene was horrible to wit
ness. No one knew what to do. -Four
dead bodies and large number OF
wounded people fell on various parts OF
the ship. It seemed to be- common
impulse for those who had escaped un-
injured to rush toward the stern OF the
ship. The vessel was very seriously
damaged forward /; part of the bow was
blown away and the bulwarks rent in
n;aoea. Aftha moment of the explosion
the stesmtug Simson came along under
the bows of the Mosel and two wagons
approached her from Lloyds' Hall, one
with the mail and the other containing
goods. The whole was taken toward the
steamer by hand carts; and when the
last of these, having four cases and a
barrel on board, was unloaded on the
steamer, the great explosion was heard.
Eighty persons were killed or have died
of their wounds, and two hundred SUI
fered injuries more or less serious.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-09
Lover and Husband,

Perhaps there is no more painful time
in woman's life than the time of trar-
sition, when the assiduous lover is pass
ing into the matter. of-fact husband, and
the wooer is gradually changing Into the
master. Women, who are 80 much more
sensitive than men, more sentimental,
too, and less content to trust in silence
to an undemonstrative affection, are far
the most part happy only while they are
being made love to. It is not enough
to be loved they want to be told twenty
times a day, and to have the harmonies
of life enriched by a crowd of "occa-
sional notes." embroidering the solid
substance by which they live. Men, on
the contrary, get tired Of making love.
When they have wooed and won, they
are content to be quiet, and to take all
the rest for granted. They are not cold,
however, because they are secure; and
to most-and those the best-practical
kindness is better than fattery, security
ranks before excitement and hysteria,
and life passed in serene friendship,
fearing no evil, knowing no break, and
needing no praisiug, is better than life
passed in a perpetual turmoil of passion,
where there are scenes and tears, and
doubt and broken hearts, if there are
not endless courtship and fatiguing
demonstrations.
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A Love Visit.
Mrs, Joyce, the wife of Colonel

Mrs. Joyce, the wife of Colonel Joyce,
sent to State prison for being engaged
in the whisky ring, arrived at Jefferson
City with her littlo girl and babe, and
at once proceeded to the penitentiary,
where her husband is confined, and the
meeting between the two is described as
having been most affecting. During
her recent severe trials, Mrs. Joyce has
sustained herself with remarkable hero
ism. While waiting in the reception
room of the prison, she cndeavored to
preserve her accustomed composure, but
when Joyce emerged from the adjoining
apartment clad in his convict garb she
at once gave way to her overburdened
feelings. After sho became composed
she had conversation of several hours
with her husband. Joyce bore the
meeting and the tears of his wife man.
fully, but when the prison authorities
notified them that the interview must
end. and she aroe ee TO say goodbye, and
told him she would rstHrn the next day
and bring tho batgSp since his i'm
pr1son@snt to ssefshroke down
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Killed In q Day.

In San Francisco we have case OF q
marked reverse in journalism. We refer
to tho Alta California, which has the
opportunity of becoming the most pros
porous newspaper on the Pacific coast:
It is more twenty-five years old. 1t
achieved success by an accident. In1856,
the famous vigilance committee having
been Brought into existence BY the
shocking murder of James King OF
Williams, editor of the Evening ButIe-
tin, the question arose what policy. the
Alta would adopt-whether one OF ap-
proval of the vigilantes, or of opposition.
Deciding the question by the toss OF a
silver half dollar, it gave its Endorsement
to the vigilance committee, and thereby
had transferred to it tho entire advertls-
ing patronage of the Herald, the then
leading paper of San Francisco. Inc
Herald, which was edited by a former
reporter of the New York Herald, and
opposed the vigilance movement, was
killed in day by this move OF the Atta.
It had enjoyed oil the advertising
patronage of the city before that. The
morning after the Alta's appearance on
the side of the vigilance movement, the
Herald came out in tho form of half
sheet, and soon afterward was discon-
tinued. The Alta, OF the moment OF this
extraordinary change Of circumstances,
was on its last legs. 1t was doubtful
whether it would hold out q week longer.
In one day it became fortune to itt
proprietors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-09
Treatment of Old Horses.

What shall We do with old horses, is
question of some importance to the
owners of that valuable animal. After
years OF faithful service under the sad
die and in harness, this old friend of man
becomes superannusted and no longer
able to do effective work. What shall
we do with him To turn him out to die
would be cruel in the extreme; to sell him
to some animal in the shape of n man
who would overwork him, and half starve
him, would be worse ; to keep him up
and take good care of him. would be
troublesome and expensive, especially to
afarmeror other person who is compelled
by his occupation to keep ten OF twelve
horses. Some individuals would be dis
posed to end his suherings by poison or
by violence, but that is revolving to
person of ordinary sensibility +; therefore
the question comes up, "what shall be
done with him 2"
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taking. his wife's money, but she insisted
on giving him the money. It was her
will, and he must submit. So he went
down and paid the grocery bill, and on
his way home he sold his gold chain for
thirteen dollars. he felt happier now,
and was ready to commence the next
quarter.
On the next Monday morning tho
Young man went into the meat store to
send home piece of beef for dinner.
"How much will you have Z" asked
the butcher.
80, three or four
Charles got thus far, and then he
stopped. He had always been in the
habit of ordering an indefinite quantity,
and leaving the butcher to cut it off at
the highest figure, and charge the high
est price and then he remembered how
much was usually wasted.
"Let me have two pounds" he said.
He stopped and saw it weighed and then
paid for it. ... -;
When he went home at noon, he
found that his two pounds OF beet was
enough for o good dinner. The next
morning he went to the store. MIR.
Waldron had some nice figs just come
in which he showed. They were only
twenty-five cents pound. For mo-
ment Charles hesitated, but as he re-
membered that he had got to pay for all
he bought he concluded not to take
them. He found that things were not
so enticing when it required cash to get
them as when the. payment could be
postponed. He paid for what he bought
and went his way and thus things went
on through the week. When it came
Saturday night he knew that all the
money in his pocket was his own, after
deducting the rent.
That evening he went over to the mar
ket with Wilkins and bought as much
vegetables and meat as he thought would
last through the week. He found he
had made saving of at least twenty per
cent, and when the opportunity offered
he made the same saving in other mat
ters.
At the end of that quarter Charles
Matthews did not have to get slate.
He paid his house rent, and then he
found he had thirty-fve dollars left in
his pocket. That was his-he did not
owe penny of it. -.
"Ah, Hannah" said he, as he held
the money in his hand and looked it
over, "now I know how easy it is for
man to be wrong md his wife right.
This money all comes Of paying as / &c
along. It is very easy and simple to say:
Just charge it, and man can easily
buy things under such circumstances,
but when the day of reckoning comes.
these three simple words, that sound SO
innocent when spoken, are found to be
costly things. I did not believe it until
I tried it. I could not have believed
that man would purchase many articles
simply because he could have them
charged. But I see it now, and if I re-
fused to follow your advice at first, I
have gained experience enough to lead
me to follow it more explicitly now."
Charles Matthews never again allowed
himself to be carried away by the credit
system, but has followed the cash rule,
and the consequence has been that he
could buy produce, COAL ETC., at the
cheap prices, and he has now cut off the
expense OF house rent, for he owns
snug little &C ttage, and it is al ]paid for.
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Spanish COnscriptiOn.

A letter from Spain says: What We
found far more interesting was a room
dim with tobacco smoke, where con-
scripts were being measured and weighed
for enlsting. Many Of them were very
young, between sixteen and twenty, and
their faces wore an awed, frightened ap-
pearance, not OF oil soldier-like and very
pitiful to sec. Outside some women sat
waiting in differentattitudes of suspense
and grief one or two were crying dis
consolately, as if hopeless another, with
little hands clinched tight, stood motion
less beside the door, glancing up keenly
every time itopened, and, as noticed the
face, I Mid to the colonel "That woman
won't ut the one in whom she's inter
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-09
The Philippine Islands.

The Philippine islands, which have
been scourged by so dreadful a hurrl-
cane, with such terrible loss OF life, have
been rather Withdrawn from the notice
OF the world, both by their locality and
also in very great measure by the re-
pressive policy of Spain, whose govern
lnent, with its usual inability to COM
prehend the expansive wants Of human
ity, closed all the ports to foreign
commerce, and hampered intercourse
even with the. mother country by many
vexatious resS lions. In spite OF the
progress OF thd dafs many of these still
remain, and ovs sSpow only four ports
are open to foreign shipping. AS the
group contains no less than 1,2C0
islands, Of which about twenty are of
fair size, and four at least very lnrge, this
is entirely inadequate to the needs Of
commerce, But the Spanish govern
ment, terrified ct the loss of so many
valuable colonies, still continues to be
reluctant to let the world know much OF
POSSESSIONS so exceedingly valuable,
though under their present rule their.
great value must necessarily be un-
developed. The researches of Mr.. Sem
per, an English traveller, and more re-
Gently of the eminent German naturalist
DR.. Mayer, have, however, thrown con.
siderable light upon the resources of
these lands, which are said to be very
much coveted by the rising German en-
pire. The position of the 1slas Flip.
pinas is between latitude s deg. 81 min.
and 10 deg. 3S min. north, and III deg.
to 27sdcg. Longitude east, being one
admirably adapted for commercial enter
prise, for it. the center of very rich
region, and one in which traffcking is
an active and lucrative pursuit. Japan
is to the north, the southern provinces
of China and the English possessions in
Malacca to the west the Spice islands,
the Dutch settlements in Java, and
Australia to the south, and the innumer-
able islands OF palm oil and seed pearl
that checker the Pacific ocean to the
east. This group was conquered by the
Spanish in the reign of Philip H., after
whom it was named, and has remained
in their possession ever since, although
the Spanish ore lords only over $4,000
square miles out of the 120, 900. The
population ia estimated at 6, 600, 900, of
whom 1000, 900 are pure Malays, 1,000,-
900 are species Of negro akin to the
Papuans of New Guinea, and the rest
are whites or half castles. The Germans
are accused of stirring up the Malays to
mutiny, and OF furnishing them with
arms and ammunition, and this is at the
present moment the subject of diplo-
matte difficulty between the two powers.
The trade of America, which is much
less than it was, is almost ,ntirely. with
the capital city, Manila, which has
population of 100000, and is one more
of exports, than imports. II the dis.
patches received via Madrid are correct,
this great seat of commercial prosperity
has been unharmed by the tornado,
whose ravages were confined to the
southern portion of the largest island,
Luzon. Manila is built in tho center of
this, and many miles from the afflicted
region,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-09
Stick to Your Business.

One of the ablest men that this coun-
try has ever produced, and with whom
it was our good fortuneto beacIuainted,
used to say there was no regular bust
ness man could not make fortune out
of if he would devote himself to it and
refuse to be diverted into anything else.
And this is very true. But the history
of many Of our business men is his
tory of fortunes made in regular occupa-
tions, and lost in outside operations and
ventures.
Stick to your business, whatever that
business may be, is the only wholesome
and safe rule to follow. Let our young
men set out in life with this principle
firmly fixed in their minds, never to be
departed from. Their success may seem
to be delayed, but it will be sure; and
that the slow tortoise outstrips the
lnimble hare is more fact than fable.
Stick to your business, and your bust
ness will ultimately reIspy your devotion
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AHAppY ASswER.-That was shrewd
girl, and not devoid of sense either, who
remarked, when other girls were making
fun of her short skirts, and affected t.
be much shocked at the exhibition
thereof at q party: /" If you'd only pull
up your sycsses abo, 6our necks, where
they ousgto be, t.; g ee as sra shors no,as oS
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quarter, Charles7" kindly asked his
wife, as she came and leaned over his
shoulder, and smoothed the hair from
his brow. ..: Itaf.
"How much shall we lay up9" he re-
peated. "Not much. Get the slate
and let US reckon up" BE was resolved
to be frank about the matter and let his
wife know all.
The slate was brought. First, she put
down one hundred and fifty.six dollars
as the quarters salary. Then came the
rent aud the butcher and the baker.
"Now you put down thirteen dollars
for the chain-and twelve dollars for
sundries-that means cigars, concerts
and such things. Now take all that
from my quarters salary, and see how
much remains"
She did SO, and gave fifty:tgo dollars
rs the result. )
,"Fifty-two dollars" uttered Charles,
sitting back in his chair, Sand we have
not bought one article of clothing nor
of furniture. Fifty-two dollars with
which to pay sixty-fve. There is thir-
teen dollars short this quarter, and
meant to save at least thirty dollars"
"Well, it's no use to mourn over it,"
said the wife, in cheerful tone, for she
saw that her husband felt badly. "Let
US commence again. There is nothing
like trying, you know"
For some moments Charles remained
silent. He gazed first upon the bill he
held in his hand; then upon then floor.
At last he spoke. (
Hannah, I see where the trouble is,
and I must freely admit that I have
been wrong. If l had paid for every
thing as I bought it I should have hit it,
You were right. I see it al now. 1
have not estimated the value of moneyas
I ought. Let me once get up again to
where I began, and z Will do differently:
I must step down to the store this
evening and pay the rest ss| a as I
:; e: J: !. 3: Z; 9; 9 !;
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Al
lasted through its first half, and will ap-
parently seon again be resumed in vari-
ous other shapes. Tho most important
political features of the year wero the
imitation campaign, and the assemblage
this month of q Democratic House of
Representatives. The exposure OF huge
whisky frauds in the West have been
notable incident.
The preparations for the Centennial
exhibition in Philadelphia have been in
progress during the year. The Ameri-
can rifle team beat their competitors at
the match in Ireland, in June. Boss
Tweed escaped from custody a few
weeks ago. The Bunker Hill celebration
took place in June. There were heavy
summer floods in some of the Western
States. The Bank of California explod-
ed in August. There were workingmen's
strikes in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
and elsewhere. The Western Indians
have kept unusually quiet during the
year. The town of Indianola, in Texas,
was destroyed by hurricane in Septem-
ber. Vice-President Henry Wilson died
in November.
The Moody and Sankey revivalists be-
gan their Brooklyn operations in Octo-
ber, closed them on the twentieth of
November, and went at once to Phila-
delphia, where they have been engaged
ever since. Among the religious Incl
dents of the year was the elevation of
Archbishop McCloskey to the rank of
Cardinal OF the Roman Catholic Church.
II has been year in which, from first
to Inst, we have heard widespread COM
plants of hard times but, neverthe-
less the business Interests of the coun-
try have been getting placed upon q
sounder basis than they had previously
stood upon. The immigration from
Europe during the year has been much
less than for many years past. The re-
ports show that it is bdt trihe over
100000, which is one-thitd below that OF
last year, and two-thirdst below that OF
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-11-03
POLITICAL.
STOREY COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

OIMO SUHbtt bOnS
For State senators,
W. YRANK srRwART.
x. a. sCHUiTZ.
For Asssmblymsn,
WELLINGTON STEWART.
q. x. LOwERY.
AMOS @. DRNNIs.
JAMES a. RULE,
JOHN HENDERSON.
R0BRRT BRRaAN.
W. W. BOOHRR.
A. u. WILLIS,
J. y. FIrZPArRitK.
n. q. BUkNs.
a. RN0Lls,
THOMAS >. sniRLOs,
q. a. wIHR.
U. SUTHERLAND.
For sheriff.
THOMAs x. KELLY.
For County Clerk.
JOHN Y. MCFARLAND.
For County Treasurer.
q. d. SMITH.
For County Assessor.
wARRRN ). SHERIDAN.
For County Recorder.
vRRD. p. NiCu0hs.
For District Attorney.
OGDEN HILEs.
For Public Administrators.
DIX. n. BRRGsrgiN.
For superintendent Of Schools.
}. u. GRAHAM.
For County Surveyor.
GOTH. HAIsT.
For County Commissioner.
WILLIAM GRAY.
WILLARD BiTER.
KLI JOHNSON.
'or Justice Of the Peace. Township No. l..
Third and Fourth Wards. Virginia.
WILLIAM Is. RYAN.
8or Justice Of the Peace. Township No. Q.
Pirt and Second Wards, Virginia,
,. J.. COOPER.
For Constable. Township No. 1. Third
and Fourth Wards. Virginia.
MALACHI NORTON.
'or Constable. Township No. .. First and
second Wards. Virginia.
=. ). WALKER.
Justice Of the Peace. Township No. 5.
Gold Hill.
Y. q. COOK.
'or Constable. Township no. 5. Gold Hin.
aRORGE sAUNDIRs.
-
For School Trustees.
VIRGINIA..
w. x. y. DIAL lions isr.j,
JOSEPH BAnNRRr dsas ,sr-,.
w. q. TH0NPsOS.
v. J. BREED,
,. &. sCnMiDr.
ooLD HILL.
%. v. sTONR ds.s tern,
o. -. GALLUP Osss isr~,,
H. r. FOX,
}. q. HALL.
WILLIAM BRANNAN.
County Central COMMITTEES.
JOHN T. RI0RDoN tCh.ir-ss.
". X. LOwgRy sseretsryl,
GR0RoR EMMETT Cr~rss.srsr.
YRED. PUNK EFT.
PETER DUNN.
RICHARD BROWN,
n. n. BKGGs,
JOHN RUSH.
JOHN LEARS,
JOHN SNOW,
WELLINGTON sTRwARr.
THE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party Of storey county,
hvush It, dslesstss In Convention assembled,
eeiare snd publish the following - iis plat
Of principles;
Es~tr~f. That We indor.c thu platform
d pied by the Democratic National Convex.
Ton held In Vt. Louis on the 18th day Of June.
No. and pledge our enthusiastic snppcrt % the
Of the Oonvsntion, SAMUEL J.
riLDEN Tor PRESIDENT. and THOMAS A.
HENDRICKS foe Vice President.
Rs~so~f. That We are opposed TO- any and al