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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05
The Secret OF woman's Power.

The secret of woman's: power and sue
cess in regard to the relief of trouble
among the afflicted poor lies, not where
most other secrets of force and efficacy
have their stronghold-in the intellect
but in the simple authority OF virtue.
The sweet and even operation of a ten
der and steadfast spirit of charity
necessarily carries all beforei it. Woman
wins her way also by showing, what
she cannot help, that her sole object is
to assuage and succor. leaving upon the
threshold all that is not pure and simple
goodwill. With men to do so is diff
cult. Men 60 by statute; they are up
holders of the law, which demands
obedience to the letter, enforccs the ap-
plication of it, and insists always upon
technical justice. Contrariwise women
prefer equity. The justice which fol-
lows the dictates of nature is always
more Christian in essence, more liberal
and magnanimous, therefore better
adapted for achieving noble ends. When
men in this department Of work are ex-
ceptionally successful it is because, as
individuals, they have feminine disposi-
tions. Equity, whatever may be claimed
on behalf Of justice as rule of life, is
the substratum of all the noblest ma
lures, whether male or female.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05
FOR THE FAIR SEX.

My All.
have no home but in thy heart,
No heaven apart from thee;
My world is only where thou art;
Within the busy crowded mart,
Thy form is all see.
My lille, my love, my Heaven, my all!
Oh, would rather be
Thine own, though kings should wait my cal
For life, though in palace hall,
We're drear, unshared by thee.
dread the day that yet may come,
When one must 20 alone,
With fond heart chilled, and senses numb,
Because the others lips are dumb,
Beneath lowly stone.
And looking in thine eyes, Ipray
We may together 60
Together tread the self-same way
Which leadeth to eternal day
Because love thee so!
Lila ". Cushman
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05
How Grant Got His West Point Ap.
p0intment.

An Ohio member of Congress says
that General Grant once gave him the
following account of his admission to
West Point: When was boy, living
in Georgetown, ILL.,, my mother ran
out of butter one morning, and needing
some before it could be had at the store,
she sent over to the next door neigh
boris to borrow some. I was just as
we'll acquainted there as was at home
almost, and opened the door and went
in without knocking, and just as went
in one of the folks, the old gentleman, I
believe, was reading letter from a son
who was in West Point. ! didn't want
to disturb them while they were read
ing the letter, and stood there and heard
what was read. Well, the son said in
this letter that he had been found-that
is, he had failed to pass examination,
and he would have to come home, and
ne had sent the letter one mail ahead,
80 that the surprise at his return might
not be so great. When they got through
J borrowed the butter and took it
home, and then rushed down to Thomas
L. Hamar's office-he was our Congress-
man then-and I asked him if he
wouldn't send me to West Point. He
told me that he couldn't send me until
this other boy got through, and that
wouldn't be for three years yet. but,
Hamar," said I, "suppose this boy
should fail to pass examination, and
should be sent home, will you send me
then?"
"Well, Uly," said he, "I guess if he
can't pass there'd beno use OF you trying
"BuS I want you to promise that you
will send me-" said I.
"All right" said be, eff he can't get
through I promise to let you try"
During the day Hamar heard about
the other fellow, and the next day I
went and asked if he had heard the
news. He said he had, and after laugh
ing at me for the way I had got him to
make the promise, he said it was all
right, should 60. Well, I went. and
because my mother happened to be out
Of butter has made me general Of the
army of the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05
Whence the House OF Washington De.
rived its Name.

While every American has heard of
Mount Vernon, probably not one in a
hundred knows whence it derived the
name. The unfortunate Duke of Mon.
mouth had a private secretary named
Vernon, a prudent, sensible man OF busl-
ness, who, after the dukes death. found
favor in influential quarters, and under
William III. became secretary Of state.
He left son, Edward, born 1884, who,
greatly against his fathers wishes, en-
tered the navy, and serving with early
distinction, rose to the rank of admiral.
In l722 he was returned to the house OF
commons, and having in July, 1893, de-
clared there that Porto Bello might be
reduced with six sail of the line, and
that he would stake his life and rcputa-
ton on the success of the expedition,
he was sent off with squadron to do it,
succeeded, and gave his men $4,000,
which had just arrived to pay his troops.
Oa returning home he received the
thanks of both houses and the freedom OF
the city of London. From that time.
however. his star declined. An expedi-
tion to Carthagena made two years later
signally failed. Smollett. at that time
a naval surgeon, accompanied the fleet,
and has told the story of it in "Rod-
erick Random" where he compares
Vernon and General Wentworth. who
commanded the auxiliary land force,
to Caesar and Pompey. "The one" he
says, "would not brook q superior,
while the other was impatient Of an
equal; 80 that between the pride of one
and the insolence of another the enter
prise rniscarried." It was in the land
force at Carthagena that Lawrence
Washington, Georges elder brother by
fourteen years, had served, and appar-
emily he esteemed Vernon, as he gave
his name to his home on the Potomac,
and procured midshipman's appoint
ment for George, but his mothers in
terposition ultimately prevented the
boys availing himself of it, albeit she
at first consented. Vernon's popu-
larity was so great that his unlucky
expedition does not seem to have
affected it, and he was actually
elected to parliament for three
places at once on his return. Probably
his known hostility to the government
had much to do with this. In l745 he
was detailed to watch the North sea, in
view ola movement of The pretender's
adherents. The next year a serious
squabble arose between him and the
government. resulting in his producing
two pamphlets, which 80 exasperated
the authorities that by the kings ex-
press command he was struck off the
list of admirafs. He died in 1857, at bis
seat in Suffolk. and, Notwithstanding his
disgrace, a handsome monumt. TO him
was erected in Westminster able, 1t
was Vernon who brought into use the
custom of mixing water with the ration
of rum, which got the name of grog
from his habit of wearing a grogam
waistcoat. and hence his nickname OF
"Old Grog." Altogether. the man who
invented grog, is buried Westminster
abbey, commemorated by Smollett, and
gave a name 20 Washington's home,
must oe regarded as no ordinary person.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05

One of the English election phrases for
which there is no equivalent in the
United States is "plumping." Where
ever II constituency returns two mem
bers, each voter can give one vote each
to any two candiGat.s, but he canno
give his two votes to any one candidate.
If he chooses he can give one vote to only
one candidate, and this is termed
"plumping."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05

il doctor gives in German medical
journal detailed account of man
who literally burst, split his diaphragm
in two, and died. He had swallowed
four plates of potato soup, numerous
cups of tea and milk. and taken a dose
of bicarbonate of soda to aid, digestion.
His stomach swelled enormously and
tore the diaphragm from the right side,
causing immediate death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05
i" "roared a man out in Nebraska

"Sir," "roared q man out in Nebraska,
striding up to a neighbor, "Sir, you are
q liar" -. amp" exclaimed the aston
ishad neighbor. "How do you know !
ann" because know it; because /
have found it out" "How long have
YOU been living herep" six weeks"
Neighbor, TRANQUILITY, nodding his head ;
"Oh, well probably you do know it
then. didn't think you hade been in
town so long" There was no fight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05
The Years Are Passing BY.
The years are passing by!

The years are passing by!
We watch, as from an open door,
Their passage through times corridor;
Each shadow, in its falling, slopes
Across the grave OF buried hopes;
The pulse OF being slower beats
Through winters snow, through summe
heats,
And faith and hope and love grow cold
AS we grow old--as we grow old!
The years are passing by!
The years are passing by!
Times record hath such pages blurred
With hasty deed, with bitter word;
Such sad mistakes mark nll life's years
We scarce can read, because OF tears;
We see dead faces on the walls,
We hear dead voices in the halls,
We touch some hand on bended knee,
We kiss some lips we cannot SEQ
The years are passing by!
The years are passing by!
They carry with them as they 60
The rain, the sunshine and the snow;
They leave behind the DRIFT of days
Wherein each soul some peuance pays;
Some hopes we have, but not our own,
Some loves we cherish, not alone;
And there are leaves and faded flowers
That tell sad tales in memory's hours.
The years are passing by!
The years are passing by!
The seal OF silence on onr lips
We closer press. Times umbra dips
10 deeper darkness down the lane
Through which we walk to hide our pain.
We smile and smile as one who bears
A Life untouched by griei or cares, .F,.
But when in solitude we wait,
We bow our head at sorrows gate.
J x The years are passing by! y
The years are passing BY
Another joins the passing band! ...-,
Oh, is there not some other land %
Where conpensationior all ills II
The measure of lites being fills?
We wait the answer, but in vain.
The shadow falls, a sense Of pain
Rests on US whereso'er we 90
And whispers OF the sod and snow.
The years IRE passing by!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05

During the last year an average of
$4,000 letters day was received at the
Washington dead letter Office, New Eng
land furnishing the largest share pro-
portionally. These letters contained
S35, 1000 in currency and Sl,500,O00 in
drafts, ninety five per cent. of which
was returned to the proper owners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05

A mania for clocks IN the streets has
seized upon the municipality Of Paris,
and large number have already been
erected. The clocks are Illuminated
ones.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05

A Dakota girl has mar ried China
man. He had some difficulty in explain
ing the state of his he,lrt. but she finally
got his cue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05

Canada's timber supply is being heav-
lily drawn upon, the present seasons
yield being estimated at 1854, 100000
feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05

Several American residents of Yoko-
hama, Japan, have sent to their home
friends accounts in detail OF the recent
earthquake at that place. One of these
accounts has reached the Baltimore
Sun. The writer says that on the
morning of the earthquake the first
shock caused him to turn over in bed
merely, az he attributed the commotion
to some lesser cause. At the next shock
the noise was awful (the word being
used not in the schoolgirl sense, but in
its meaning, "tull of awe.') At day
break he found both the chimneys that
belonged to his house were gone. Other
chimneys were hanging by the edges OF
loose stones, and looked as though they
might have been showed over with the
little finger. Many Of the houses were
cracked from cellar to ridge. The
writer continues: How strong this
earthquake was one can see by looking
at heavy pianos, which have in some in
stances been moved three feet away
from the wall into the room. Itwas by
fur the strongest shock I have felt so
far, and off the bluff there is scarcely a
house which has escaped damage alto
gether. All the ladies declare that they
are going to leave this country by the
first mali steamer, and I feel sure that
some will really 60 if we get another
shake like this last one, which God for
bid. / have had enough earthquakes
and do not wish for any more.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-05
TIMELY TOPICS.

The fifteen great American inventions
of worldwide adoption are: l. Ihe
cotton gin. Q. The planning machine
3. The grass mower and reaper. 4. The
rotary printing press. S. Navigation by
steam. 6. The hot air engine. 7. The
sewing machine. 8. The India rubber
industry. 9. The machine manufacture
of horseshoes. TO-. The sand blast for
carving. II. The gauge lathe. 10. The
grain elevator. 13. Artificial ice max
ing on large scale. IA. The electric
magnet and its practical application.
Is. The composing machine for print.
ers. A sixteenth must be added-the
telephone.
A Nihilist trial in Kieff has resulted
in q number of revelations concerning
the way the Russian revolutionists 60 to
work. The accused, who has been con-
demned to death, one Arsaynee Bogos-
lavsky, the son of a clergyman, was
charged with an attempt to rob a mail
van and to appropriate the cash box OF
regiment of infantry, with manufac-
turing explosive materials, with mur.
dering fellow socialist, Kuriloff, and
with dwelling in Kieff with a false pass
port. The murder of KuriIoff. one of
their own, was decided upon because
he was believed to have heen betraying
his friends. He was fallen upon by
the latter and shot, and his body was
flung into the Dnieper. According to
one of the witnesses, an ex-Nihilist, the
chief of their association is invested
with the right of life and death over
the members. For the first case of dis
obedience, corporal punishment is the
penalty; for the second, death. Ac-
ccrding to the same and. another ex-
Nihilist, one of their fellow members
had been the son of a prince.
Some figures on the magnitude OF the
Bessemer steel interest Of the United
States will not prove embarrassing.
This industry was projected in 1864, and
in the following year the first steel rails
made in America were rolled at Chicago
by Captain E. B. Ward. There are at
present in the United States eleven i'm
portant establishments-fve in Penn
sylvania, three in Illinois and one in
each of the States of New York, Ohio
and Missouri. Productions has steadily
increased, until, in 1879, the number of
gross tons manufactured reached a total
Of 606, 1897, and the price has as steadily
decreased from Sl66 per ton currency, in
1867, to S48.33 per ton in the year just
expired. In the last ten years, and in
the experimental years which preceded
them, the United States has produced
grand aggregate of 2,522, lO7 gross tons
Of rails, enough to lay 26, $50 miles of
railway track with sixty-pound rails.
According to the highest authority re-
cognized in the trade, no other country
has in these ten years made half the
progress in building up a Bessener steel
industry that the United States has
made. American industry is to-day
abreast of that of Great Britain. of which
the present producing capacity does not
exceed $50, 900 gross tons of rails annu-
ally, and it is predicted that before this
year closes the United States will take
the first rank in this branch of manu-
factures.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19
DOMESTIC.

SEASONING FOoD.-Many people have
the idea that a Anely-flavored dish
must cost II great deal; this Is mis-
take; If you have untainted meat, or
sound vegetables, or even Indian meal,
to begin with. you can make 1t deli
cious with proper seasoning. One rea-
son why French cooking is much nicer
than any other Is that Il is seasoned
with 80 great II variety of herbs and
spices; these cost very little; If you
would buy few cents worth at tine
you would soon have good assort-
ment. The best kinds are sage, thyme,
sweet marJOram, tarragon, mint, sweet
basil, parsley, bay leaves, cloves, mace,
celery-seed and onions. III you will
plant the seed Of any of these seven
first mentioned in little boxes on your
window-sill, or In sunny spot In the
yard, you can generally raise all you
need. Gather and dry them as follows {:
Parsley and tarragon should be dried
IN June and July. just before flower
ing; mint in Juno and July; thyme,
marJoram and savory in July and
August; basil and sage in August and
September all herbs should be gath
cred In the sunshine and dried by arti-
fcial heat; their flavor is best preserv-
ed by keeping them In air-tight tin
cans or In tightly corked glass bottles.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19

In 1896 COL. Forbes, Sam Houston g
Commissary General at the battle. of
San Jaointo, was In room IN the "Old
Stone Fort" when Colonel Davy
Crockett, on his way to the Alamo,
called to take the oath of allegiance.
Forbes was Commissioner, Alcalde,
and recruiting officer, and to him ap-
pearcd Crockett, coOnskin cap and all,
lie stoodup holding In his left hand
"Betsey," his gun, his right hand
raised to heaven. When Forbes, read
Ing tho oath, came to where it said, 81
will support any government that may
be framed by the people," etc., Crock
et:indignantly objected, and taking the
blank oath inserted "republlcan" after
"any," to make 1t read and mean tina,
he wonld support "any republican gov
ernmcnt' that might be formed here
aftor by the Texans. but mono other.
He then picked up "Betsey" and won't
and died with Travis and Bowie al
Alamo.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19

PRINTERS, shoemakers, Tailors, and
all who lead sedenrary lives, will hnd
relief and cure for Constipation, Dys.
pepsia and Headache by taking this
simple, harmless vegetable compound.
The effect Of simmons Liver Regulator
on the stomach, liver and kidneys is
prompt and efectual. Taken in doses Of
half tablespoonful after each meal, it
will establish regular habit Of body,
free alike from constipation or laxity,
will not interfere with business, and
the languor, depression and nervous
debility, which arc inevitable results
Of indigestion, btiiousness, and an ir-
regular habit OF body will cease.
"EDIToRfAL.-We have tested Its
virtues, pei sonally, and know that for
Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Throbbing
Headache, it Is the best medicine the
world ever saw. We have tried forty
other remedies before Simmons Liver
Regulator, but none OF them gave us
more than temporary relief, but the
Regulator not only relieved but cured
ua.
"EDroR, Telegraph and Messenger,
Macon. Ca"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19

Metals in the Body.-The human body,
which seems made up Of flesh and
blood, really contains several metals,
aud gases and other substances which
perform important offices in tho world
Of science. Nitrogen and carbon and
hydrogen are lis chief constituents !;
but it holds, besides, about two pounds
of phosphorus which is essential to the
health Of the bones and the vigor Of the
brain. This phosphorus, If extracted
and put to use, would make up about
four thousand packages Of friction
matches. Besides phosphorus, it con-
tains few ounces of sodium, and half
ounce Of potassium, which school-boys
know as curious metal that burns
brilliantly on the surface Of water, or
when touched by an icicle. Tue guam
tity of such In the body would be suffi-
cient for many experiments in large
school. In addition to sodium and
potassium, there are few grains of mag
nesium. enough to make the "silver
rain" for u family's stock of rockets OH
a Fourth Of July evening, or to create
brilliant light visible twenty miles
away. Who knows but some reckless
chemist may undertake to drive pro-
ftable business by extracting these
materials from dead bodies?
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19
Tho Greatest In the World.

without question Buffalo, N. Y,
can boast Of the largest and most com.
plete private Sanltarium In the world
The lnvalids' Hotel was founded by DR..
Il. V. Pierce, who was represented his
district as State Senator and in Con.
gress, and Is known throughout the
United States as the originator of DR.,
Plerce's Family Medicines, and has
also become widely celebrated in the
treatment of chronic diseases. Tho
erection Of this mammoth home for
invalids was made necessary by the
large number Of afflicted who flockcd
to Buffalo from all parts of the United
States to consult Dr.. Pierce and the
eminent medical gentlemen associated
with him as tho faculty Of this celebra-
ted Institution. The establishment is
said to have cost nearly half million
of dollars, ana Is furnished with every
appliance and facility for the care OF
chronic ailments. A correspondingly
large branch institution Is located In
London, England. The wholo con.
Germ Is owned and operated by the
Worlds Medical Association, of which
the original DR.. Pierce ia President
his brother, an uncle, and other emt-
nent medical gentlemen taking part I'm
the treatment of cases. I'm Crea ting
cases they are not at all confined to the
narrow limits Of prescribing the Justly
celebrated remedies, DR.. Pierce's Gold
On Medical Discovery, Pleasant Pur-
gatlVe Pellets, or any other set
remedies, however good, but resort to
the wholo range of the 4hdteria Medica.
as we'll as to Turkish anu other baths.
Swedish movements and other approy-
ed remedies anu methods of cure,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19
The Antiquity OF the spoon.

The use of Oar common table utcnsil,
the spoon, is widespread, and It's lnyen.
tion, as it appears, dates from remote
antiquity. The form that we use at
the present day-a small oval bowl
provided with a shank and ilattencd
hindle--is not that which has been uni
versally adopted. Ii we examine into
the manners and customs of some of
the people less civilized than we-thc
kabyles, for example.--we shall find
that they use round wooden spoon
The Romans also used round spoon,
which was made Of copper. Wem,ght
be led, from the latter fact, to inter
that the primitive form of this utensil
was round, and that the oval shape was
comparatively modern invention
But such IS not the case, for NJ. Chan
trc, in making some excavations on the
Borders of Lake Paladru, the waters OF
which had been partially drawn Off,
found, in good state Of preservation
wooden spoons which In shape were
nearly like those In use at the present t
day-the only difference being in the
form of the handle, which was no
wider than the shank. The lacustrin @
station where these were found dates
back to the ninth century, and we
therefore have evidence that oval
spoons were already in use during the
Carlovingian epoch, and learncd me n
tell us that spoons of a primitive kind
have been found among the fossils OF
the reindeer age.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19
WIT AND HUMoR,

"WtLLIAM, do you know why you
are like a donkeyp" "Like donkey P''
echoed William, opening his eyes wide,
mo, don't" "Do you give 1t upP';
II do" "Beoause your better half ls
stubbornness ITSELF" 'tThat's not bad
Ha ha I'll give that to my wife when
get home." "My DEAR" he asked as
he sat down to supper, edo you know
why am like a donkeyp" He waited
a moment, expecting his wife to give it
up. But she didn't. She looked ut him
somewhat commiseratingly, as she an.
sswered, 81 suppose because you were
born So"