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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
A STORY OF FREDERICKSBURG.

1t was after the battle of Fredericksburg;
The ground was strewn with the fallen foe,
They lay in ranks on the side OF the hill
With their front to US; and a boy could
A stone to the nearest rank, so close
Had they pushed their way 20 the %frowning
edge
OF our rife pits in the last mad charge,
When they struck our lines like an angry
sledge,
And fought up under the very guns
Till the blue line wavered, and turned, and
broke,
And..the ~stragglers s~ullenly disappeared
Behind the mantle of plying smoke.
There was one tall man in the nearest rank,
So tall he had lowered above the rest
As we watched him bearing the tattered
flag.
He lay with a rife ball through his breast,
We thought him dead, but he turned at last,
And raised himself on his elbow there,
And looked down over the bloody field,
Then back at US in a fierce despair:
We saw him tumble beneath his coat,
And feelAy draw with a shaking hand
A little package of letters stained
With use and tied with q faded band.
He spread them out, and picked up one,
The smallest letter of all the store,
We knew that his eyes were filled with tears
That blotted the tiny packet or.
He tried to read, but his head dropped low
On his breast, and his hand fell ncrvelessly;
But the stiffening fingers st:l! kept their
grasp
On the words that his eyes could no longer
see.
Amurmur ran through the rife pits;
We had watched him there from our shell
tered stand;
We fell to wondering whose hand had traced
The letter b, held in his big brown hand.
"His wife," said one; "No, his sweetheart,
boys!'
Said another, ellis MOTHER" said one whose
face
Was fresh and fair as a girls; be dropped
His gun add ciambered from out the place.
He ran to the dead mans side and raised
The hand, and there in a childish scrawl
Was written, 81 love you, papa dear"
The hand had closed DER the rest, and all
That had cheered his soul in that lonely
place
Was tho simple note of q little child.
And yet, it sweetened the taste of death,
For it seemed to me that the dead man
smiled.
-Hertert W. C~ollinywood, in N. Y. Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
Like Kris Kringle.
m like Kris Kriueie. Kate?'

am I like Kris Kringie, Kate"
Smiled Harry, counting late in clover;
"Because," she yawned, 1--WE know so great
A pleasure when your visits over"
ooh, no! that isn't right, Miss Green"
Groaned Harry, at the clock a:glanclng;
"Kris Kringle's presents, Kate, 1 mean
Must belize mine-to you ~entrancing."
"Indeed! your presents' why" laughed she,
~ never knew you to make any"
"I mean my presence here" blushea he,
"Must- that IS might give pleasures
many"
.'Perhaps, if you were like st. Nick,"
Smiled Kate, "Oh, tell ME how" cried
Harry.
then, d" she said, and made him sick,
"Come once a year and never larry"
II. 6. Dodge
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

"Belles" call many people to church.
Chicago Ledger.
Selfish men are d~ecorous. They never
forget themselves. -Picayune.
It is the man who can't raise the wind
who does the most Observation-Disclosures
Trlceler.
No man who eats onions can keep the
habit q secret. 1t will leek out some
way.-Lynn Union.
Schoolma'am-What is the poetical
name of ancient Greece P~upil-Oleo'
margarine. boston Courier.
.sWhat is ease?" asks a philosopher.
Ease is q thousand-dollar salary n q
hundred.dollar job.-&. Louis Cr't'c.
A novel has just been announced with
the title Gin Haying Time" we sup
pose it must have q grass plot.-PucS.
In England they are still in fear OF
the dyuamiters, and aman dare not blow
up his wife without exciting suspicion.
Call.
Chicago pie bakers live only hiteen
years. DO their customers muroef
them, or do they eat their W PIES
Courier Journal.
There are S, 1000, 900 piano players IN
this country. We have much TO Do
thankful for; it might be 10, eoo, Ooo' OF
even more.-DanuiUe Breeze.
Mr.. Oldbcau Ito young rival, before
Young lady to whom they are both atten-
tivc)-.Why, bless me, Charley, no"
you've grown"-HG1sr's Easar.
A Sioux chief is learning how to ride
the bicycle, and the final cxtermlnatlon
Of the aboriginal race is now only q
question of timc.-LowcN Citizen.
A famous tenor has injured his voice
BY having a toothpick lodge IN ms
throat. lie probably swallowed the
toothpick to give his voice more 1lnOre.
1t must be expensive living.
For the angels up in the sky,
For we nj; know, both saint and sinner,
That a rent in q cloud IS hlgh.
-Boston Budget.
81 car always tell" says jenkins,
sswhen q little boy has marriageaDle
sisters by the attention which he receives
from the young men."-St0est0a Ma7er'
ick.
..Do you think Johnny is contracting
bad habits at schooi2" asked Mrs. eau
ton of her husband. "No,d dear, don't.
I think he is expanding them: was ING
the reply.-Ptt:s>ury Telegraph.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
A Panther Boards n Steamboat.

While the "IIenry A. Tyler" was pass.
ing Savannah, Tennessee river, recently,
a huge panther jumped into the river
from the bank opposite the city and
made a bold swim toward the opposite
shore. While the eyes of every one on
the boat were directed to the graceful,
tawny creature making his way rapidly
and easily against the current he sudden
" changed his direction, and made a
bee line for the boat. Anticipating trou-
BILE the roustabouts gathered chunks of
coal and awaited the approach of the
beast. Reaching the guard, which was
low in the water in consequence of a big
cargo. he threw his huge paws upon it
and with a bound gained a foothold. A
fusilade of big coal chunks struck the
animal in a dozen places, knocking him
into the river amid hissavagc growls and
bowls of pain. Almost Immediately the
now thoroughly Infatuated beast again
turned, aud with a growl leaped clear
ont of the water and landed amid the
knot of almost paralyzed negroes on the
forecastle, where he crouched fercely,
with blazing eyes locking about him,
swapping and sharing, while his long,
graceful tail slowly swayed to and fro.
At this moment Captain Hill, who had
arrived upon the scene with a double
barrelled shotgun, raised his weapon and
sent a charge of buckshot into the pan
theirs fore shoulders, which caused him
again to leap into the river, and with a
trail of crimson blood staining the blue
waters behind, the savage king of the
Tennessee iungles rapidly swan to the
shore, disappearing in the dense thicket
and underground which fringes the bank
at this point. The animal was Of. u
tawnv brown, about five feet lone, weigh:
ing not less than 200 pounds, and said
to be the largest ever seen in that coun.
try.-H. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
Fashion NOteS.

Bonnet strings are fastened under the
chin.
Collars and cuffs are made of beaded
galloon.
Lace of all ages is revived and will be
fashionable.
Black has lost none of its favor with
the best mod istes.
Bridal toilets are made now very sim.
piv as we'll as very elegantly.
Plush and satin embroidered ribbons
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
For the Silver Wedding.

One of the affcctionate thoughts which
a Hartford mother, parting with her
daughter IN her wedding day, delighted
to put in form, was the preparation of a
box in which, Theoretically sealed, were
placed various remembrances of the
happy occasion. The case was of heavy
tin, prettily lined, and contained, first,
the bridal loaf. With this was laid
various fanciful bonbons and favors from
the refreshment table, some roses worn
by the bride, and a piece of her satin
dress; also enclosed were photographs
of the bride lin her veil and sweeping
robes), her new-madc husband and her
father, mother and brother. There were
also lists of the witnesses of the ceremony
and friends attending the reception.
These and many other pleasant souvenirs
of the occasion with a loving letter from
her mother, were preserved to be opened
to the light on the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of the wedding. There is a world
of possibilities between now and then
for the girl who is leaving home for an
untried existence, but what sweet men,
cries will not arise when, in 1910, the
beautiful matron Off she live so long,
shall open the sealed case, and breathing
the aroma of the spiced cake and roses,
shall read the words penned twenty-five
years before by her mothers hand, and
show these relics of the wedding day to
her children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
TEMPERANCE TOPICS.
A Common Character

He never did any good work in his life,
He's a man who from danger would shrink,
He's always neglected his children and VITA
And squandered his earnings in drink.
Ignorant, selfish, uncultured is be,
Yet people by whom he is known,
Remark with a sigh, "What a man he would
be
If he'd only let liquor a'one!"
Boston Courier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
Corrupting the Young by School
Books.

Bad enough is it to run risks on &C.
count of the vicious character of the
light reading sought after so much by
the young, without having wicked mis-
chief in the course of study imposed by
law. Every citizen isdeeply interested in
the course taken by commissioners and
boards of education in providing school,
books bearing upon elementary physio-
logy. We must see to it that the law is
not evaded. To teach q child at school
that the moderate use of alcohol is good
as an invigorating beverage when the
law makes the selling of liquor to that
child a criminal offence; to pratc about
the moderate use of liquor when the
country spends annually eight hundred
and fifty millions of dollars for rum and
about eighty five millions for education;
to teach that the use of alcohol can be Of
any real or comparative good to brain,
muscle, or nerve, when the great daily
press so rceks and teens with the record
of crime and aLomination wrought under
the influence of alcohol 80 to make the
ordinary newspaper no longer fit to come
under the eye Of a pure family and
household all this is to stultify all
concerned - Christian Adeocas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09

The death rate in Dakota is only FIVE
in the 1000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
FOR FEMININE READERS
How London Bellos Dress Their Hair.

How London Bellos Dress Their Hair.
The hair is dressed very high in the
evening and is either dotted over with
combs, fancy-headed pins and jeweled
butterflies, or ornamented with a tuft of
real or ornamental flowers placed on the
top Of the head. Combs are in favor,
and jewelers. have recently been engaged
in r%earranging diamonds to form the
high. backed Spanish comb or M with
a back of single stones. They are worn
either at the top of the basket plaits or
put in slantwise on the side of the head,
or firmly placed in the front to form a
coronct with a pouf of small feathers at
one eni.--London Queen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
New Feminine Stvle in Gait.

"Have you noticed the latest idea with
the ladies7" said an observant Pitts
burg shoe dealer the other day.
mo. What is it," asked the re-
porter.
"a new style of walking; don't you
see2 The real fashionable young lady
doesn't dawdle along now as if she was
going to have a tooth pulled. Instead
of that she takes a quick, springy gait,
not exactly as if she WAS in a hurry, but
as if she enjoyed walking and was run
ing over with animal spirits aud good
health. That is the idea they wish to
carry out. Summer is over and every
young lady is supposed to have boon
either in the country or at the sea-shore,
and come back full of vigor. 1t isn't
the proper thing at all now for a young
lady to be tired. She may be slightly
fatigued,' but tired is too great an
acknowledgment of weakness. think
that the idea is a good one, anyway, and
the very appearance of good health will
bring good health. At least it will
bring outdoor exercise, and that is the
next thing to it."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09

do what is right, may not God give me
back my father some day, and through
him my dear mother, too7 Ihave thought
of it so much, and it seems that the dear
God who is so just will give me him for
another, i'll con but keep one from the
tempting evil. Be that oae, Herr Johann,
for I love you'll,
And in the evening glow the promise
was given.
Years and years after, in the graveyard
of the Cloister church, an old WORKOUT
man knelt, weeping bitter tears ove q
little grave-tears of repentance and re-
greet. Strangely enough, an unseen hand
had guided Johann, even at this late
hour of life, to the haunts of Gerba's
miserable and debauched parent; to him
he told the tale I have told you, with
him he pleaded earnestly in his child's
name, who was dead and gone on before
to a better land.-~E. SearcAfeM.
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What the poor vicar unueI"euL uul-
ing that interminable service nobody but
himself knows. The surplice he wore
was short. Gerald Maldon's trousers
were long. The sun streamed down
full upon him rs he stood within the
chancel rails, and he felt that the eyes
of the whole congregation were liked
upon the astounding neither garments OF
the man who had never been known to
.elax so far from orthodox broadcloth as
even to put on criclseting fanncls. 1t
was in vain he tried to hide himself; it
was in vain that he endeavored to pay
a proper attention to the ceremony at
which he was assisting. He edged, he
maneuvered, he lodged, and he pulled
the surp.:ce down at the sides. until it
split ut the neck with a crack and ex-
posed the collar Of Gerald's seaside
shooting coat" as it's present wearer
styled it. The perspiration now stood
out in great beads on the poor vicar
forehead; his hands were hot as fire and
he performed his part of the ceremony
in such a nervous, agitated manner that
the beadle thought he was going to be
ill and brought him a glass of water.
The unfortunate vicar, who saw the
bishop looking at him, determined thai
the moment the ceremony was conclud'
cd, and he should have an opportunity
in the vestry, he would tell the whole
story to his grace. But when the mo
mint came he vas so overwhelmed with
confusion that he was dumb, and 1T
mistook the humorous twinkle in the
bishops eye for a look of scorn and in
dignation.
"ReaIly, Mr.. Texter," said the pre-
late at length, 'you must excuse mt
if I remark upon the exceedingly
unclerical style Of dress in which 20,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-10

Yacht racing and the riding Of bicycles are
two most wholesome kinds OF sport, by sea
and land, and are of great utility. The tea.
lures aimed at in the construction of sailing
yachts are speed and safety. Our lake and
ocean yachts with their great breadth Of
canvass have the appearance OF being liable
to capsize, but they do not often do So They
they are very fast. The problem as to the
best method OF construction, for reaching
the desired results, is one OF great
importance, and the contest be-
tween our American Puritan and British Gem
esta illustrates the theories OF the two
countries as TO construction. Yachting is
not mere sport, although very good sport
When the perfect Yacht is realized, then ship
builders will know just how to construct
ocean steamers and bsrques SO as TO secure
speed and safety at one and the same time
The City OF Rome, OF the lnman line, and
other ocean steamers, are yscht-built and run
on their sides, quite fast, and yet safely
There is therefore solid foundation for the
widespread interest manifested as to the
Puritau-Genesta race. The utility OF bicycle
riding has become so manifest as to not n, ed
the service OF argument and illustration.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-10
'dcrstood and appreciated the entire situs

understood and appreciated the entire situs-
ton"
The speaker then described the division of
The army in which General Grant was sent 10
Memphis. General Sherman then continued:
"These circumstances were in truth the fires
designed by Providence to test the ability,
courage and endurance Of him on whom
whole epoch in history WAS des-
tined to hinge. Others have told
the whole story Of the war, and still others
are repeating and celebrating II. Even he
himself almost in his dying hours, was en-
'ged IN recording his experience aud we all
await the publication with great interest. He
aimed to achievements, caring little for the
manner by which they were ACCOMPLISHED
lie possessed and always asserted the most
perfect faith in the Justice of our cause
aud always claimed that sooner or later II
must prevail, because the intetes, of all man.
kind demand existence of Just such re-
public, as we had irherited and that ss by
the consequence Of political causes conflict
had fallen upon us, We had only to meet II
like brave men and conquer as a matter of
course. He believed in deeds not words, IN a
war of aggression, not of manpiver; and
from Belmont to Appomattox his strategy v
and tactics were the same, strsiyh, to the
mark, till all armed resistance had ceased and
absolute submission TO lawful authority was
promised. Yes, my comrades, there is a Prov
itence which shapes your ends, rough hew
them as we may, and fortunate was il for us
and for all mankind that two such
men as Lincoln and Grant were
"on duty during the critical year 1863, each
the tull complement to ths other. the one TO
think. the other TO do, forming the solid arch
ON which our glorious L MON could safely re-
pose in the earthquake OF passion and folly.
81 will not yield t, like temptation to trace
the wonderful career of this our comrade
through his late life which in
its phases surpssses any which history.
ancient or modern, records. Truly, Plu-
tarch gives no parallel, nor does Spartss.
To compare Grsut with Alexander, Hanni-
bal, Cm'sr, Napoleon or Wellington, seems
to me folly, for he was no more similar to
any OF them, any more than the period o.
time in which they existed. resembed ours.
No, each epoch OF time creates its
own agents and General Grant
more nearly impersonated the American
character of 1861 than any other living man /;
therefore, he will stand as the typical hero
o. the great civil war in America OF the
nineteenth century. Nevertheless we may
continue to gather cbaples to strew on his
grave rs loving tokens OF our remembrance.
cloud cheering and applause)
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-10

~ NEW YORK, Sept ..
FLOt k-Shadc stronger; superfne western
ana state, - 05s3 10; common to good extra
western aud state, - IOh3 80; good 10 choice
do, 81 sba5 p; common To choice white wheat
western aad extra, 81 75a5 90; fancy do, s. Uja
|525
WHEAT-Higher; No 2 Chicago. S5asj1Sc; No
hard, G'Ig; tsainer No. red. ssc; No. 2 red
9llgc, elevator; g2> zag3l e. ahoat.
CoRN--.4s2c bett-r; No. 2, i9Iaa 40, elevs.
tor Jh4a57c, atioat; No. = white SIC.
OATS--%al4c better; mixed western, 25L.a
&c; white do, SSSai312c.
COFFEE-Fsir; Rio quiet At SIC old: sc
new; No 7 Rio 81 30.
sUGAR-Quiet and firm; refined firm, &C -
Tti6c; extra &C" O. l.sGl4c: yellow, EarI &c;
standard a." H4a67 &c.
MOLASSES-Q quiet and unchanged; New Or
lea 40aJ2c.
RICE Firm and in fair demand.
TALLOW-Firm al - sa5 3l6c
EGGS-Nery firm and demand fair; western,
PORK Steady and quiet.
BEEF Dull.
CUT ME .TS-St a'y; picked bellies, GAGE.
LARD- Weak; weste n steam 50 GOa6t5.
BlTTER-Quiet, raj her weak.
CHEESE bull and heavy.
Other articles unchsuged
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-10
An Erica INTERkSTED.
What Our missionaries Have Done to
Develop the Caroline IsIand..

Develop the Caroline Islands.
NEW YORK, Sept. s-Rsv. DR.. Judson
smith, secretary G the American Board o.
Foreign Missions, writes as follows: "You
know the present controversy 10 Europe over
the question of sovereignty in the Caroline
Islands. II is not generally known thai
American citizens have some YER, consider
able interests there. For more than 30 years
the Americ Board OF Foreign Missions ha.
been carrying on a missionary and philau-
throplc work among the unle,tered and bar
barous Inhabitants of these islands. II en-
pioys force Of from IL 10 l6 Americans
who reside in these islands and superintend
this work.
More than $4,000 are annually expends 4
In the work, and this year the board ba,
fitted out missionary packet with auxiliary
steam power at cost OF $40 1000, to be er-
ciu'lvely used in these waters 10 forwardinp
the missionary work. More than q third of
the Islands have been visited, and on MANY
OF them hes shenism has been entirely ex-
tinguished.
Schools have been established on the isla nds
OF kusale, Ponape and Ruk, and this wear
the work is to be extended to zap. About
30 Christian churches have been organized
with membership OF more than four lhous-
and communicsnts. Five OF The languages
have been reduced to writing, and school
books have been printed IN them all. The
Scriptures have been translated into three
languages. The dress and tastes and habits
OF civilized lite have made their Appearance
wherever these schools and churches have
been established.
No European nation has had anything to
do with these islands since American mission
aries have labored there, and all that makes
them valuable as possessions and profitable
as centers OF trade is due to what these
American missionaries have done and are
now doing.
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The Church and PoIitics-what Bishop
Foster SAYS.


Bishop Randolph s. Foster, OF tie Meth
odst Episcopal church, has a goodly portion
Of the brain OF his denomi nation under his
hat, when he wears it. he was for two years
"A long time ago-psstor OF the Springfield
church now presided over by Dr. Leonard,
but at the time alluded to, worshiping in
what was called "the old barn." standitg on
the southeast corner Of Market and Column
bia. The venerable bishop, at the centennial
conference OF Meihodism, declared that ''the
only relations the church sustains to worldly
politics is in the moral principles
| which she teaches and in the exercise of the
individual rights of her members" And he
said further: alt is apostacy to her mission
and prostitution of her pulpit when she en-
cages in political strlfes or permits her pulpit
to become partisan platform for the pro-
mitigation Of political doctrines" In this
lies-the Bishop declared one OF the grea,
perils OF The denomination. Prohibition par
tisans, who are Methodists, should do some
vigorous thinking on these utierances.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-10

Only so long sgo as July cath, 1885, e1-
Governor John p. st. John, the leader Of the
partisan prohibitionists, said both publicly
and privately, las is asserted by Mr. James
q. Thrower, Of Atlanta, over his own sigma.
ture,) that "the method adopted in the south,
and especially in Georgia, in procuring
prohibition under local option. un-
mixed with party politics, was the best that
could be adopted" and that. ii he (St. John)
lived in Georgia, he would do just the same
- the temperance people were doing.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-10

Archibald Forbes publishes the statement
In Europe that it Is surprise of fortune il
the president (of the United States happens
to be gentleman. However this may be,
Archibald Forbes is certainly a gentleman Of
the most high-toned quality. He proved this
when in Detroit few years ago, by uncere-
moniously quitting at IN early hour ban
quet given him by the mayor and other
prominent citizens, to keep an appointment
With disrepunble woman at . notorious
house OF ill-fame in that city, as halt a dozen
men who were then reporters on the Detroit
press can testify. Forbes is a gentleman, of
course.--ClevelAnd Press.