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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-25
Well Boring.

THE undersigned with his large 10 inch
| anger, and the double glazed Terra Gotta
curbing can put you up q well that will last
for ages, at one half the price of dug. wells.
He uses the ordinary size wood bucket for
drawing water. The cleaning out Of these
wells Is the work of Il minute, by keeping q
tin in bottom Of well to be hook ed out
at will. He also has the agency for Abbeville
county for the celebrated Porcelain lined Ga.
cumber Pump, which he can furnish and put
in at less than Factory prices for o single
pump. CHAS. ~:
Greenwood, S. c., Jan. IA, 1884. Tyr
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-25
Breast Collars.

4 Few plain and fancy Dutch or Breast
"A Collars just received and for sale cheap.
THOS. BEGGS.
Sept. 80. 1885.
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Riding Brides.

4 N assortment of plain and round Brides
n and Martingales, just received: and Tor
sale cheap. IhOS. bE1IS.
Sept. 80, 1855.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
WOMENS' CHRISTIAN
Temperance lJaiOn Column
EpITEp .RY THE ". c. I. UNION.
snn WhIskr. Renn nrnnkards.

"The following Is taken from one Of
Rev. Sam Jones' sermons recently
preached a5 Nashville:
The promise is sound and the logic
is a. clear rs the mind of God. Sow.
whisky and reap .lrunkar.l<.
How mary men la this city have
crossed the line beyond which they
can never return and will die drunk
ards Your crop will lie seed for
another crop. A drunken father, the
saddest sight in the world Every body
born to you is a half drunkard from
the moment he is born. Your inn
moderate dnm drinking will bring
you an 4 crop Of drunkards that will
be a curse TO ibis town by and by. Oh.
father, eternal issues are in every cup
you turn up to your lips Sow whisky,
reap drunkar,lsl I'm not mad with
men, I'm mad with whisky, that damns
everything il touches and is cursing
my rare There's enough whisky in
Nashville to debauch the whole country
for years to come. Oh, how / do hate
the grocery stores that have bar-rooms
in the rear. These Methodist and
Presl,yterian groceries you 90 in to
buy Al pound Of soda, and can take
drink wiihoutanybody suspecting you
I'm not surprised that you have so
much whisky sold in Nashville, but
I'm surprised that you haven't got ten
times as many drunkards as you have.
Some men are feeling all right because
all their boys and girls are not con-
cerneI in regard to the whisky ques-
ton. but first Thing you know the devil
will pack oil a drunken son in-aw ON
YOU lie couldn't do worse than that
if he had thousand years to work up
a bad thing.
THE DEVIL HAS PLAYED A JOKE
on the whole concern. A drunken
son in-law! My God, I'd rather have
my girls buried tonight out OF my
sight forever than to have them lie in
the embraces of a drunken son-in-law.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
An Important Moral Invention.


A Charleston moralist has made a
most important discovery, which will
revolutiOnizc some OF the evils of soci-
ETY.. For many years the Church has
arrayed itself against dancing as dan
gerous, demoralizing pastime. The
Charleston mOraliSt has made the dis
cOvery that the immortality of dancing
springs from the fact that men have to
catch hold of women when they dance,
and he logically arrives at the conclu-
sion that If they had something tn
catch hold of that was not woman the
danger would all be obviated, and dane
ing might be conducted even at vestry
meetings and revivals without the
fear of Improperly.
Acting upon this suggestion he has
invented knob or handle, which is
affixed to the female dancer as 1t is af-
fixed to door She can wear it on Il
belt and her partner can seize it with
out fear ofeoming IN contact with her
person. Knobs can be made of brass,
nickel, porcelain or silver, and If kept
well polished will add pleasant effect
to the person.
The introduction of these useful APP
pendages into the moral circles of
Charleston society is SAID To have given
great impetus to social intercourse.
A young lady can now offer her knob
to young gentleman with no fear of
Improperly, and late improvement
by which an electric bell is attached
enables any one in society who wishes
to chat with her to announce himself
properly.
The statement, made undoubtedly
by interested parties who have failed
to get patents on knobs, that wherever
they have been introduced dancing as
a pastime has declined, is not to be be-
lieved. One cannot give up his faith
in the prophecies so easily as that.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
FLORIDA STREET ORANGES.


How the Author of Peek's Bad Boy Wres-
tied With 2 jacksonville Street Orange
Everybody who has visited Florida
knows there is as much difference be-
tween the sweet, cultivated orange and
the bitter, sour orange that grows on
all sides ms there is between the wild
crlbapple that grows in our woods and
the mellow June apple that bushes in
the summer sun. Mr.. Peck did not
know it. He thought an orange was
an orange the world over. He tackled
jacksonville street orange, and writes
thus to PecE's Sun on the subject:
Tile oranges didn't look right to me.
I couldn't see how they could grow
right there in the street, right within
reach OF every little niger coon in
town, without being stolen. In the
North the sourest crab-apple that ever
broke a mans jaw or puekered up
pretty mouth would not be safe for
moment, as exposed as these oranges
were, and could not believe that boys
in the South were more honest than
boys in the North Then / got to
thin king, and made up my mind that
the oranges were tied on the trees with
pieces OF wire to deceive Northern peo-
pie. / thought it was mean decep-
ton, and | made up my mind to ex-
pose it to the world. | asked a color
ed man if there were any objections to
Il man picking an orange, and he said
he reckOned not; so | reached up and
got hold of one and picked it. | look
ed for the wire or string, but it was
actually growing orange, and had
more faith in Florida than ever. /
shall always believe that the colored
man smiled when he saw me take out
my knife to cut piece out of that
orange. Anyway, he turned his back
when | started the piece of orange to-
ward my mouth. Many of the readers
of the Sun will remember my mouth
as il was when lived Mt the North.
Ii was Il pretty decent sort OF il mouth
to stub around home with; n plain.
everyday sort OF a hole, with teeth and
tongue and lips, before | took that
piece of orange III. Ye gods! The
orange was us much snurer than vine
gar as vinegar is SOurer than honey.
And bitterl Aloes and rhubarb and
quinine combined would be molasses
beside that orange. My lips began to
curl up and draw around my left ear,
my teeth became loose and ratified
around like dice in dice box, and my
tongue Glove 10 the roof of my mouth.
One eye opened SO wide that the eye
bali looked like the face of Il six shil-
ling watch, and the Other closed spas
medically and Winked so a colored
nurse got oil bench and hauled the
baby away. while the bab-' cried as
though pin WAS sticking on ac-
count of the expression u = face
reached around to my p, .ket for a
handkerchief to cover my face until |
could unscrew my mouth and get it
back in front of me, and the colOred
man thought | WAS going to draw
pistol, and he started off on "A rum
Well, if | had picture of my face.
when l took mouthful OF that orange,
they could sell them by thousands in
dime museums as the wild man of
Borneo. And that is the reason oran-
ges are safe growing on the streets.
They are too sour to eat, and no boy
will steal anything he can not eat
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

THE New York Herald says: an
order to promote trade and encourage
commerce, France has granted sub
sidy to line of steamships to run be-
tween that country and Canada-a
grain-producing region. To protect
domestic agriculture from foreign and
more especially American competition,
France has just raised the duties on
imported cereals-of course with the
object of discouraging their importa-
ton. These. two acts are singu-
larly inconsistent; for the one means
cheap and abundant grain and the 9TH
er dear and scarce food. Yet Germany
is guilty of the same contradiction
when it prohibits or restricts impor-
tations on the one hand and grants
subsidies TO steamships on the other.
Such a policy results in double taxa
ton of the French and German people
once 10 support the ships and again
to support the farmers"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
The Difference.

ltsometimes happens that a preacher
is outdone even in his own field; for in
London one advertised that he would
preach next Sunday against the divine
ness of Mary. At one point the evan
gelist waxed hot and said, II defy any
of YOU Irishmen to tell how the mother
OF Christ was different at all from my
mother" In the pause that followed
this crucial question a good humored
Pat arose and said: al do not know,
indade, what's the difference between
your mother and Christ's mother, but
sure an there's big difference between
the sons" The audience could not
recover and the sermon came to an
abrupt end.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
CIarksViIIe Wholesale Market
CORRECTED BY CRUsMAN & HowAB

SUGAR-Cut Loaf, Crushed, Powdered and
Granulated, 71z6slOc; Clarified, 61zg71z cts /;
MOLAsSEs- New Orleans, 25to Csc Sor-
ghum. none in market.
SYRUP-25c to 65c.
COFFEE-We quote Rio, to Is; Java,
2215 to Soc.
sALT--Kanawha, bushel bbls.. 81 60; by
FLOUR-Superfne, SO IS to 90; Extra,
81 70 to 20; Choice or Fancy. 81 T5 to q;
Patent Process, IS rs to 4. 50.
STAR CANDLES-I5 to l6c.
WHISKY Common country, 81 O19l 20;
bestbrands Robertson county, 81 "a to 2 90.
RICE-Carolina, g to &c.
SOAP-Bar, 415G7c.
OILS-Coal Off l3c; lard oil, SaasOc; lin
seed oil, raw, zoe; boiled, Use,
TURPENTINE-Spirit 36c.
VARNISH-Copal,S 81 90; Japan, soc.
GLAss-Window, sxlO, 81 25 per box; lOx
PoWDER-Rife. 81 Oo@$4 so per keg;
cad, &c per pound.
ARDfNES-American, 81 90 per dozen !;
French. 81 s. to - % per doZ.
MACKEREII-No. 8 per bbl., SO 90 to II
kits, Nos i, and 3, 75c to 81 25..
BLACKING-25@5Oc per dozen.
NAIlIS-S2 80. Steel 81 20.
IRON-Kentucky, PIC; Tennessee, Sc.
ROPE-IIal5c
TRACESSS5 90 to u 90 per dozen.
COLA RS-S5 50 to Il 90 per dozen.
HAMES-S5 50 to 10 90 per dozen.
AXES-SI0 90 to II 90 per dozen.
ORCHARD GRASS-S1 As TO 81 IS.
BLUE GRASS-Sl % to 81 50.
TIMOTHY SEED-SI go to ST 70.
CLOVER SEEDS p To So SO.
RED TOP-5j to Gle.
SHOT-Sl 80 a l 10.
CAPS-40G5Oc per 1000.
OYSTERS-l and 2 lib. cans. 81 I0t0I so.
CHEESE-Prime factory, Sal5.
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produces
PORK-none.
BACON-7 to TIC.
LARD-.7@S.
TALLOW-5 cts.
PEANUTS-5O a SOC per bushe4-
GINSENG-SI . TO 40.
BEEssWAX-l5 to lSc.
PARTNERSHIPS. 35 to zoe.
PEANS-Navy 70c9f % per 60.
isEAS-50c 10 81 50.
EGGS-Retailing Ii to l5e per doZ. From
wagon IL a l2c per. dozen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
A Giant of sIorgan's Command Dead.

Smps Trussell, member Of Gen.
John H. Morgan's command, died in
Estill county few days since. He
was veritable giant. being six feet
eleven inches in height and weighed
300 pounds. He belonged to Nor
gan's command during the war, and es-
capped from Camp Douglas on the
memorable New Years night, 1864.
For two years past he has been para
lyzed. He was quite character, and
will be remembered by many of the
old soldiers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
Abandoned The Traffic.
An.l,wsFlIa frl.rnnfs-1a

Under the above caption the Banner
has the following:
Among the number who joined the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
morning wa~ Mr., 4 o. Beazley, a we'll
known wholesale and retail grocery
nerrlmnt ON the public square. HIS
house has been selling whisky, but
when he joined the church he stated
that he WIS notified that whisky selling
WAS wrong, and he had determined To-
quit, and given1 instructions TO hi
clerks to- sell no more. He also re-
uucsted Mr. Joe O'Bryan, one OF the
stewards, 10 have Il committee appoint
ed to take charge Of all the liquors he
had ON hind, and for them to do with
il as they saw tit, to pour it into the
Cumberland ii they thought best. The
committee will probably be appointed
to-day.
Capt. T. J. Ryman, manager and
owner OF the lower Cumberland river
steamboat line, has ordered all the
bars ON his boats to be closed.
Other houses, both wholesale and
retail, are also reported rs having
abandoned the traffic" since the boli
fearless onslaughts of the Rev. Mr.
jones ON the whisky business in some
of his sermons in this city. This is an.
example of the power and effect of the
discharge of ministerial duty. These
men have been licensed by the laws
of the nation and State to sell alcoholic
liquors, and the churches and tn"
preachers have regarded the traffic
legal and honorable, having the sane
ton of the law and the approval of the
citizens, and very mild Inconsistencies
and rebukes, ifany, have been directed
at the dealers in these liquors, many
of whom are church-members. They
are honorable, upright men, and be
lieve their trade legitimate one, and
find it profitable. Our fathers before
us made and sold and drank the fiery
liquid, cursed and swOre and fought
and killed their fellOw-men through
its influence, until the traffic is re
garded honorable with age, and tn
speak Of restraining or prohibiting it
the cry of interference with "oersonal
liberty" is Immediately raised. But
show these honorable dealers. thest.
men whose hearts and conscience
would not allow them to engage in
business that debauches tnd brutifies
the head of many a family, that trans
forms the sweets OF many a home to
the bitterness of gall, that blights the
prospects of many il promising youth,
thai plucks the rose from the cheek of
many a happy wife and mother and
sister and daughter and leaves the
tear-stain in its place, that scatters woe
and want and misery and death broad
cast over the land, that their traffic
does ali this and more, and they will
abandon it. All honor to them for
following the generous promptings Of
their hearts. We thank God that so
bold an ambassador of the Master, rs
Mr. Jones is, has been sent among us.
to stir up the hearts OF the people to
their utmost depths, and cause them
to turn from their evil ways and seek
the paths of duty and holiness.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

In the fall of 1884 | was taken with
Il case OF malaral fever which pros
trated me, both body and mind | WAS
dragged after the old fashion with
mercury and other mineral mixtures,
but with no good results. Ny health
was shattered and my energy gone.
My legs and feet would swell, and
had what everybody thought was
dropsy. These symptoms alarmed
me. and was ready TO grasp ut any
remedy suggested. A friend advised
me to try Swift's Specific. | procured
three bottles and commenced its use.
The swelling soon subsidized | have
taken the three bottles, which have
made perfect cure, and I-feel like a
new man to-day. There never was a
more meritorious medicine offered to
suffering humanity. 1t has wrought
wonders for me. WILLIS JONES.
LeeSburg. Lee County, G.,., March
II, 1885.
Treaties on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co,
A MI 40
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

The temperance war is raging in
Kansas with greater violence than ever
before. Many liquor sellers, perceiv-
ing the peril to be incurred by con
tinued violatson of the iron clad law,
having retired from the business. In
Atchison a mass meeting has been
called, to embrace all critizeIs of the
country who desire to enforce the laws
without fear or favor. The prohibit
tionists are jubilant and think the new
enforcement regulations will effect an
absolute suppression of the traffic The
tone of the Republican papers indicates
that they are prepared TO take St. John
into the fold agtm.-S Joseph Gazette.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

Victor Hugo, the eminent French
writer, died in Paris, on the ODD, of
congestion of the lungs and affection
of the heart. Paris and the whole of
France are mourning the great poets
death. He bequeathed his manu-
scripts to France and left it to the Re-
public to select a burial place for his
remains. When the Archbishop of
Paris, as death was near, prohered to
visit him and administer spiritual aid
and the rites of the Catholic church,
the dying man declined the profler,
saying: "Victor Hugo is expecting
death, but he does not desire the ser
vices OF a priest"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

THE Swift Manufacturing Company,
Columbus, Ga, has Just completed
three bed-spreads made ofsilk, costing
SIPS each. They will be sent to the
New Orleans Exposition. To give an
idea of the amount of labor and skill
by which these goods are made would
perhaps be difficult. In the first place,
a cardboard six hundred feet long and
sixteen inches wide is used in making
the design, and it is necessary to make
1,19S6S0 holes in the card board in do
ing this. 1t takes 45,Sl0 yards of silk
for the warp, while the filling consumes
262,O07 yards of the same material. In
weaving the spreads, then, 1t requires
1,l9S,OS0 movements, and as many
changes in the harness. There are 9,
GAO iron weights to pull down the
threads, and the same number ofcords
in the harness to lift the weights.
The weaver finds it necessary to throw
the shuttle back and forth twelve thou
sand times in making spread.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
AS REVISED.


A place Of punishment's a point
Whereon our priestly friends agree all;
some call 10 Hades, Others He'll,
While late revisers name Il Sheol.
But who would care to pay their cash
For prayer or mass, their soul to free all
From PurgatOry or, perhaps,
The yet more subterranean SheOl
Whst fellow now will mend his ways.
When preachers tell him that the be all
And end all OF his sinful aims
VIII bring him down at last TO Sheol?
Aud what will his anathemas
Be worth, who says he wants to see all
His earthly enemies condemned
To roast in that indefinite Sheol?
And WHO will get a healthy scare
And Shun tire place that men should flee all
When those who now describe the same
Speak OF IL modcstly as Sheol?
No, give ut Hell. We know the word
That awful syllable can we all
Pronounce with more of saving grace
Than lives In those reviseFs' Sheol.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

In London circus wonderful
horse named Blondon walks along a
tight-rope nine inches in breadth, mt a
heighth of twenty feet from the ground.
The horse, which mounts and descends
Z flight of stairs at each end of the
rope, is led by its trainer, Signor Cor
radina, at first with the use of its eyes,
afterward blindfoIded. Underneath
the rope net is spread, so that in case
OF the animal missing its footing 1t
would not be injured.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

An Indiana law student was caught
in the act OF vigorously arguing an inn
aginary case before q saw-horse and
twelve sticks of cord-w God the latter
representing the jurors, and the former
the judge. He allowed that he never
appealed to more intelligent jury,
nor argued before more impartial
Judge
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
Growing Wheat in the Northwest.

The Minneapolis Tribune of recent
date reported an interview with Mr.
Oliver Dalrymple. whose wheat this
season covers 10000 acres, He has
farmed ten years in Dakota, and grows
the Srotch-fife variety OF wheat, and
has averaged 90 cents per bushel. The
work of harvesting and getting To
market requires l ono men and 500
horses. He uses 200 harvest machines
and 80 steam threshers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

John Wesley said: Liquor sellers
are poisonous generally driving the
people to hell like sheep; their gains
are the blood OF the people. Earl
Chesterfield, in the House of Lords,
said: @Vice, my Lords, is not to be
licensed, but is to be forbidden and
suppressed. Instead OF encouraging
the sale of these liquors, which degrade
and brutiiy the people, we ought to
burst the walls that contain them and
suppress the dealers in them-those
artists in human slaughter
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

A young lawyer was appointed to
defend a negro who was too poor to
hire counsel of his own. After the
jury was in the box, the young lawyer
challenged several jurymen whom his
client said had a prejudice against him.
"Are there any more jurymen who
have prejudice against your" wills
pered the lawyer. NO, boss, de jury
am all right, but now / want you to
challenge de ledge. | has been con-
victed under him seberal times already,
and maybe he is beginning to hab
prejudice agin me-"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
Furniture Polish.

The Semitic American says that the
suhjoined simple preparation is said
to he desirable for cleaning and pol
ishing old furniture. Over moderl
ate fire place perfectly clean vessel,
and into this drop two ounces of white
or yellow WAX When melted, add
four ounces of pure turpentine, then
stir until it is cool, when it is ready
for Use. The mixture brings out the
original color Of the wood, adding II
luster equal tn that of varniah.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

Mrs. CLEVELAND, who once delight
ed the people of Augusta with her en-
inent musical and vocal gifts, is the
sister-In-law of the President. She
commanded at Savannah a salary of
1880 year for chureh-choir service,
and has been Il true helpmeet for her
excellent husband.-Augusta Chrnicle.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06
What 5. $. 5. is Doing for Me.

/ have suffered long time with
cancer and skin eruption. The best
physicians tested their skill, but said
they could do nothing more for me-
| have taken less than half dozen
bottles OF Swift's Specific, and to my
surprise as we'll as to the wonder of
all my friends. my face has pealed of.
the skin is smooth aud clear, my eye
is almost well, and the cancer on my
neck is drying up. have gained five
pounds in flesh during the last month.
and am now in better health than |
have been in eleven years. A terrible
load has been lifted off of me.
ID. A. HUDELsoN.
Dunreith, Henry Co, Ind.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

The Washington Post says: ave
scarcely know of an instance where
any Democrat of prominence and in
fiuence has been publicly mentioned
as Misunderstanding upon the Presi-
dents policy or condemning his APP
pointments but what he has made hot
haste to set himself right before the
public within the next forty-eight
hours, and utterly repudiate all sentl-
ments but those of the most profound
regard for the Executive and undated
confidence in the wisdom of his action
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

A young mother sends US poem
upon "Baby" 1t is certainly gem.
The only fault we nave to find with it
il that of sacrificing melody to hard
sense. The third stanza is striking
instance of this:
Doxery doodle-um dinkle UNI dunn,
Tum 60 its muzzery muzzery mum:
TizZery, izzery, booty boo,
No baby so sweet and so pity as 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

Little Arthur had been to church.
allow did you like the sermon ?" asked
his sister. pretty we'll" replied the
youthful critic, "The beginning was
very good, and so was the end, but it
had too much middle" There is 4
moral TO this anecdote. and we do not
need to note it.