The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-08

William rem fOrcSaW, nearly TWO
hundred years ago, the possibility Of car
ly destruction to our timber trees, and
insisted on five acres out of every hun
drod being allowed to stand, and lie es-
pecially desired that the oak and the
sor Rothrock says that Franco requires
that t~wirty-two per cent. of her area
should. be in timber, but that in tho
United States our proportion of timber
land to area has been already reduced to
twenty-five per cent. More than ten
thousand square miles Of timber are de-
stroycd each year. The law of Sweden
requires that for every tree cut down two
shall DC planted by the trec-dcstroycr.
SELr-SAcR1FIcE.- That which es-
pecially distinguishes q high order Of
IMAM from Il low order of man, that which
constitutes human goodness, human no
! blcness, is surely not the degree Of en-
, lightcnmcnt with which men pursue
their own advantage; but it is self for
gctfnlncss-it il self-sacrificc-it is the
disregard of personal pleasure, personal
indulgence, personal advantage, remote
or present,
uUMILITY.-Ho that means to build
lastingly, must lay his foundation low;
as in luoory grounds they erect their
houses upon piles driven deep In the
ground, so whom we have to do with men
who arc insincere conversation
would be unsound and tottering, if 1t
wore not founded upon the graces of
humility; which, by reason OF their
slondernoss, pierce deop, and remain
firm.
INTEaRITY.-Who vor possessed it
that did not derive untold advantage from
it7 1t Is better than riches, it is Of more
value than diamonds and all precious
stones )" and yet every man may possess
it. The poorest may have it, and no
power OH earth eau wrest 1t from them.
Young mon prize integrity OF character
above all earthly gifts.
Dnllis has n good now store,
Many goods and receiving more;
From North, Eust and other parts,
To sell you cheap to cheer your hearts.
II doubts you have or malice,
Lay aside and buy of Dallis;
Then If you find him untrue,
Quit and say Tom won't do.
Newberry College (Lutheran) Is to be
built on the site of the old College, which
was built only a few years before the war,
hut which foil down years ago. The COLI
tract has been lot and the rubbish is fast
buing removed, preparatory to tho orcc-
ton of q new building.
Sickly cIlilirend mayl'be restored to
health and beauty by tho use Of ten cents
worth of Shrincr's Indian Vermifuge.
Do not let your children be dragged to
the grave by worms.
A great deal Of rain has fallen In bro
ken showers since our last issue. From
all parts wo hear tho rain has been gencr-
al and of that mild kind Which vets
without washing tho land. Tho crop
prospect has greatly frightened and to
tho best wheat crop Of twenty years we
bayo n likelihood Of a corn crop as pro-
ductive as any for several ycars.-ReoWee
! Courier.
or twcnty-throe persons who loft New
Haven, Conn.,, for the Black Hills, all but
three have returned, and those three
have gone to Texas. Some of the adj
vcnturcrs had tn tramp it home, and all
spont tho capital they started with.
\ number Of men who went ont with
tho militia in New York and New Jcr-
sey, last week, during the railroad
troubles, have lost their situations in
consequence. Hard.
Gen. J. c. Winsmith, of Spartanburg,
is dead.
There arc ahout sixty visitors ut Glenn
Springs and the cry is still they COME
~ISpartunbury Hcraid.
Mr.. Thos. p. Benson, a wolf known cit
izcn of Anderson, has quit tho Wavorl.y
House at Anderson to keep horol at
S~partanburg.
People seldom improve when they
have no othcr model than themselves to
copy after.
Our natures arc like oil, compounds
with ovory thing, yet still VIC try to swim
upon the top.
How docs O cow become q landed os-
tatc7 BY turning her intoa field.