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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
The Law Business Not Profitable.

9There are several reasons why the law
business is not so profitable as it used to be, !"
said an old attorney from IN interior town
the other day. zone is that the mercantile
and collectihg agencies have almost monop-
oizsd the collecting business, which used to
be very large factor in the lawyers re-
ceipts These claims worked in well with
his other business, and, without taking very
much of his time, made O handsome addi-
ton to his income during the course Of a
year But now the large reporting and
collecting agencies have their representa-
tiyes ali over the country, and mercantile
collections are nearly all made through
them.
The abstract offices have also taken away
O large amount Of business that used to be
done by the lawyers Some years ago the
tracing of titles and making Of abstracts
was entirely the work Of attorneys, but it
has now passed wholly out of their hands
into the hands of men who make 1t dis
tinct business of its own. Years are spent
in abstracting oil the land records and
Judgment dockets of the county and max
ing q complete abridgement OF them in the
books Of the abstracIor's office, and after
that the entries are kept up from day to
day. This entails large expenditure Of
time and labor, to begin with, but the books
OF such an Office in time become extremely
valuable and the business highly prohts'
ble
"A third reason for the decline" he con-
tinued," is that there is not as much cause
for litigation in an old as in a new conn
try. Titles to property become securely
settled in tue course of time, but while the
country is new conflicting claims ara often
asserted which can only be determined by
an appeal to the courts think, too," he
added, " there is less disposition to ltigate
in old communities than in new ones u
Chicago Journal Interview.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
The Balance Was Duly Entered.

Tie sixth auditor received funny letter
from a man IN southern Missouri, who had
been on q postmaster bond there. lhe
books of the treasury showed that this post
master owed the government cent The
tondsman inclosed tho cent ana requested
that he bo relieved from the boni. The
balance was entered and the bondsman re-
ved-Chicaso Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
The Sidney of the American Navy.

The widow of Commander T. A. n.
Craven is pet:tioning congress for an in.
crease OF pension. Commander Craven has
been called the "Sidney" Of the American
navy. When the Tecumseh went down,
while leading Farragut's fleet at Mobile IN
IS4, sunk by the explosion Of a torpedo,
Commander Craven went down with her.
At the time of the explosion the pilot and
he instinctively made for the same opening
leading below. Craven drew back. after
you pilot" h. said. There was no after"
for him. The pilot was saved, but Craven
went to the bottom with his ship.-Chicago
Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
s1encerness of sunday-school Libraries.

A voice Of complaint is heard from all
over the land about tue meagerness Of the
Sunday school libraries. More weak stuff
finds its way into Sunday school library
books than into any other class OF litera-
ture. Neither minister nor Sunday school
teachers have time to read the booAs before
putting them into the library. The work
is sometimes put into tue hands OF COM
mittee Tho persons who compose the COM
mlttee are either too busy to read the books
or elss they are not bookish, and are afraid
to take the responsibility Of saying which
books are good and which are not The
upsho5 of the matter is generally that the
selection is left to the bookseller, who Is told
to send so many dollars worth OF books In
bindings of appropriate colora A society
has been formed in Elizabeth, N. j., the
efforts Of which will be devoted to the I'M
proving of Sunday school libraries, and the
exchange of suggestions as to how to select
the books which compose them.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Con. Forest ~ a Letter Writer.

"Yes, said Col McLuro, appointment
clerk of tic posto!ce department, to re-
porter, Gen. Forest of the Confederate
army, though born cavalry general, was
one OF TIE most illitcrate mem that ever
lived. lie and orthosrarhy, etymoiogy,
syntax and prosody Were no:tal ioes |
lave frequently sen letters from him.
They would have made Josh Billings and
Petroleum V. Nasty as Jealous us young
girl is OF her first sweetheart. As many
battles as he was in he never could spell III
engagement as being other than lite, l
saw one letter from him i'll which no said he
had bten in the war long tine and had
come to the conclusion that 10 ho successful
it was necessary TO git thar the fustest with
the mo,trst mea '".-H ushinston Criti.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Nobility of the Commercial Traveller.

Now have reason for the faith which
is in mo concerning the drummer. AS a
class the commercial travellers Of this
country are representative men. But even
the large class have among them as noble
representatives of true manhood as were
ever heralded by the trumpet OF fame from
the tent, the bivouac or the battle field. l
have seen the drummer in a railway acci-
dent, cool, clear-headed, tender with the
wounded and sympathetic with the
anguished searcher for dead or dying. /
have seen him in q terrible hotel fire, saving
lives at the risk of his own. l have seen lin
on shipboard. when one could feel the deck
of thu STEAMER falling away from his feet
down into the awful depths of subterranean
grave.
have seen him stand by the captain
while the frail boats were being hurriedly
loaded and offer to shoot the top OF from
the first mans head who dared refuse pre-.
cedence 10 woman or child in the over
crowded yawls And next to the captain
he was the last man to leave the ship. l
have seen him arrange his coat and wraps
in sleeping car, so forward into another
coach, bring in a sick child and carefully
compose it for rest while he paid tue con-
ductor for the privilege OF its mother to
hold her weary virgi! by its side through
out the night, and take himself OF into the
cheese and beer laden atmosphere of the
emigrant cor. Sam Hill in Merchant
Traveller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
The Witness Reputation

The Witness Reputation for Yeracity.
Iawyer-"Do you know the witness who
has Just stepped down, Mr.. Rooinson::"
Witness-Yes, sir. do you think he would
ever tell an uutruth." Tell an untauth.
Thy. that man would swear to a New York
oapcr's circulation affidavit. "-Pittsburs
,'Lro. ,icia
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Tho English People Age Slowly.

Ago sits much moro lightly OH men and
women IN England than i'll America. The
average Engh.hman is at his best ut ~;
from this he glides very slowly down grade
70 GO, stops to take breath till 70 and then
gocs out suddenly like the snuf of a candle
with a combination of bronchitis and
asthma, tue natural products Of tho eli
mate. As for English women they are
never worth looking at till they have passed.
rheit. a:.th year and then they scarcely
change {. feature till they are 4U.-CoE.
Baltimore Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Enternrise of the Small IIoodlum.

When the enterprising small hoodlum
saws: Tive me fower," and is rewarded
by the benevolent passerby with fragrant
blossom, he does not carefully preserve his
gift with an appreciation OF It's retInln. IL
iuence in his humble home. lie runs to the
the next street, holds up bis trophy, ami
calls OH to the next passsr-by: Want
tower! Cne cent"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Porpoiso- Catching I'm North Carolina

Porpoise-catching is developing as an In
dustry in North Carolina Steamers have
been purchased AMI everything made ready
for a large haul this summer. The oil is ex-
trhcted from them and the meat Is used as
a fertilizer The fins are made into gela-
tine and the hide Is turned into an excellent
leather Chicago Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Prices Paid for English Orchids.

Sir Trevor Lawrence. the English orchid
collector, says that ST. ,@.50 is the most i'd
ever paid for single plant He thinks that
.orne OF tho recent prices paid are absurd. -
Detroit Free Press
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
House Hunting for the Season.

Mar,'na- It's good house for dance,
Emi,y: Emily-lhe rooms are rath5'
small, aren't treys Mamma ("ho knows
how matches are made)-Yes, but what y
capital staircase!-Punch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
A Thief Who Loves Flowers.

A pansy thief is Brooklyn production.
He goes from house to bouse during the
early hours and steals from each accessible
bed or vase of pansies plant or two
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Joe Howard's Journalistic beginning.

Joe Howard's Journalistic beginning.
I think that a man who is really cut out
for a newspaper writer will get on tue
press even if he is born and reared in
Greenland or in New York No power on
earth will keep him from getting on
While, on tho other hand, if nature i'll
tended him to DO carpenter or lawyer or
all ottice-seeker he would not keep his place
on q paper even if he were put in the best
place the journal had to offer. Joe How
ard, the veteran Newspaper writer, is said
to make 5000 year. don't believe he
does, but for the sake Of illustration let US
admit that he has to get along with tie
miserable pittance Of 5000 year. He
didn't know he was cut out for newspaper
man, but he evidently was He found it
out by being in u position to give paper
great piece of news and to scoop out OF
all creation the other papers. He tcle'
graphed to the New York Iimes-l think
it was The Times-asking if they wanted it
They answered, ''Send along two columns" i"
lie sent it and he has been newspaper
man ever since.-Cor. Detroit Free Press
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Asa Snr,.run-tl from Cyclones.

A cave large enough TO accommodate ell
the citizens Of tho own is TO bo dug ai
Clifton. u. I. 1t Ii designed rs L safe
guard fruu cycluueS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30

Woman Walking the Free Lunch Route.
I know O woman in Washington who oc-
cupieI small, dark inside room on the fifth
floor of q tolerably fashionable hotel She,
to uss a theatrical expression, faxed out her
meals That Is she arose at lU or l., bought
O. secondhand newspaper for cent AMI
wended her way to n small saloon on
Pennsylvania avenue, whose proprietor has
grown rich by making speciality OF deli
cious coffee and Vienna rolls and fine butter
He charges u conts Ior this little lunch.
The Madame Itinerant would breakfast on
her cup OF coffee and rolls Then she went
up to congress, invariably riding in the
) cent cur There is q, DoD-tail car running
up to the capitol, the tare III which is only
:; cents, and some folks are so aristocratlc
they are ashamed to DO caught riding in it
Madame would visit few OF tho members,
loil for awhile in the gallery OF the house
and sit Just long enough i'll the senate gallery
to secure recognition by q smile or bow from
such OF her senatorial friends as happened
to be on the roor AMI after picking up q
few choice items Of gosSipy news, the con-
versational coin with which she paves and
pays her social way, my Madame ltinerant
gets back by o'clock to her dingy inSilo
loom. At 5 she comes out reSplendent in q
nonparcil velvet dress an6, card-case in
hand, starts out on the round Of calls. She
goes from house to house aud dalntliy ami
deliberately eats hor lunch ut each piec,. In
the course of ten visits madame has more
than satisfied tho rraTings Of her stomach
and has dined and suppcd for the day
Washington Cor. New Orleans Eleayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
Or~an of the ISrusscls Socialists.

Tho Belgian lie Peuple is one OF the most
astonishing journalistic productions OF mod
ern times 1t is tue organ OF the Brussels
Socialists and is managed on purely COM
m,lnist principles The editor, the manager
and the reporters who constitute the stall OF
tho littlo journal receive exactly the same
pay as tho compositors All persons con-
cernei, whether workmen or Journalists,
are paid at tue rate OF Sl.03 a day. The
paper is sold for the ia ubulously low sum oil =
centimes, five copies for CENTS At first
the circulation did not exceed l2,OJO, and
this occas.oned Il loss; but since the riots
tue sales have risen 10 ~, OU0 cories, and lh!s
means q daily net profit at So The repar-
titiou OF tho profits is equally character
istic. Hall is put aside 10 Iorm reserve
fund, quarter is to be spent in socialistic
propaganda, and only the remaining quar-
ter is added to capital With this the cap
ital advanced is to bo reimbursed, and this
small sum is al . 10 supply The interest;
but, according to tho rules OF the associa-
ton, such interest shall mover exceed ) per
cent. Politically this littlo paper will
doubtless exercise great influence, rartIcu-
lurly if it can promulgate constructive
policy to meet tho economical crisis
capO Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30

Russell Soge's fortune is now estimated al
$4,000, OO0, yet he lives il e village board
ing.house, paying Sl2 per Week
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30

The La:lios' Health Protective association
has induced the owners OF slaushter-horlses
to make tho improvements recommended hy
the ladies' These consist o. putting in
asphalt floors, having the freshly slaughtered
meat kept away from tho e,l;;e Of the side
walk, keeping the nvemuu clear Of trucks,
and keeping tho houses Shut up so that the
children in tue reishborhood can not see
the cattle slaughtered. .-Dc,noreSt's Monthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30

The Lest way 70 lo0k ut friends faulN
is to shut YOUR eyes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30

Roscoe Corklng's fee in the Broadway
case was "OUp0.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30

In Oregon mary deer are being killed for
their hides, no Use wnasever being made Oh
the veniSon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30

Five million bass balls have bssn made this
season
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30

The Pennsylvania railroad company win
not employ men who are over 45 years II
aRa
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PRAYER CURE FOR lNEBRIETY.
a Reformed Drunkard's Strange Story

a Reformed Drunkard's Strange Story
At the Point of Death-Tke Sisters.
was possessed by the demon Of drins
and no persuasion Of friends or reflections
of my own had any effect in reforming me
One day I went TO New York bent upon S
tremendous carcuse, and had it In four
days I spent $50 for liquors Of various
kinds, and at the expiration of that period
my besotment may DO better imagined than
described Suddenly, OH the fifth day,
while still laboring under madness caused
fy alcohol experienced the strangest sen.
sation of remorse, and spirit was borno
in me to lead different life. AS if super
naturally inspired, | rose trembling and
yet determined, from my bed, seized upon
the cut-glass decautels and bottles contain
ing tho fiery fluid and smashed thenL
Amid that uncanny wreck, raised my
hand and eyes to heaven swearing that, by
Gods grace, would never touch another
drop OF any intoxicating fluid, though my
life depended upon il.
I grew so ill that doctor called upon me
and prescribed brandy. I would not take
it. He said would die I answered that
at least my death should ba a sober one.
After him, in providential way, a Cali
fornian entered my chamber and, dlvlnlng
the situation, took instant steps to remedy
it. He had HE put in Turkish bath, and
then gave me to eat soma dried herb OF his
region that filed ME with extraordinary
warmth and worked internally like electric
shocks / rapidly regained my health and
right Senses and, aftor testing me severely,
this mysterious friend threw in my way
several considerable sums of money. have
not taken drop OF liquor from that hour,
and though at this moment l am in pecu-
mary difficulties, would not touch it il
any one were to offer ME all this property
round about, which is valued at millions Of
dollars
Now, learned afterward, that my rela-
dves, having exhausted all known human
means for my conversion, had recourse to
divine aid. Three Of my family we're SIS
tiers of Mercy. Appeal was made to their
prayers. They offered up for me what IS
known in the Catholic church as a 'Novena,'
that is, an act Of devotion lasting nine days
1t Yves on the ninth day, at the very mo-
ment the last petition was presented be-
seechingly to the Almighty by those holy
women, that, hundreds OF miles distant, IN
the very midst OF my revel, I was, by sone
supernal power, led to tho destruction OF my
idols and permanent sobriety, which, with
heavens help. will never be violated. When
/ see other nen drinking or when tempta-
tion is set before me, behold the pale, an
gelic faces OF three religious women, clad in
the black and white hauiliments of their or
der, with one hand on their roSaries and the
other raised in gentle admontion. Some
people call this superstition, but what saw
ing superstition it was for me."-AuGusta
Niu) Cor New York Times.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-13
Mt. Norris.

Mr. MoRRIs, Pa, March 4.-Th,
protracted meeting is making good
progress here, Rev. Mr.. Weese offici
ating.
The new NJ. f. church is almost
done.
Among the sick at present are d
L. Donley, Mrs. Barrackman, Mrs
L. d. Fox, Mrs. DR.. Hatfield and
others.
DR.. George Hatfield has returned
from medical lectures a full fedged
physician.
Messrs. VIM. Wade, J. B. Donley
Marion Baremore and Spencer Ken
nedy contemplate a western TRIP
soon. Some of them will go fol
pleasure, the others for the long
sought wealth for which the West
is noted. Sorry to lose you, friends
Messrs. j. d. and A. p. Mcclure
will go to Pittsburg next week.
I. N. Smith, our popular grocer
has been at Pittsburg laying in a
stock of goods.
Owen Brown, our surveyor, has
been viewing lines, &c, for our citi
zens lately.
There is trouble brewing here
all on account of disappointed love
1t is very funny to see old love
scrapes settled in the postoffice.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-13
Jones' Ridge.

JONES RIDGE, UNION DISTRICT
March eve believe that this sec
ton of the country is blessed with
more bachelors to the square mile,
than any other region we have Wis
tied. There are dozen within a
radius of 5 miles who have either
crossed that line or are nearing it.
Now there are certainly sorie rea-
sons why all these bachelors are
still lingering along in lonely soil
tude. And we pause to enquire
what they are. We are sure that it
is not scarcity of ladies of a mar
riageable age, for there are plenty OF
them. And we presume that they
are not averse to matrimony. For,
Notwithstanding all we have heard
to the contrary,we think that there
are very few ladies who will decline
to marry, if they have a good and
acceptable offer. What then, we
ask, is the cause of the decline of
matrimony? For our observation
teaches us that smaller proportion
of our population enter the married
state than formerly. Can any one
give us information on this subject?
If so we shall be pleased to hear
from them.
The Bunker Hill literary society
is growing in interest Its officers
are: President, W. F. Holt; Vice
President. John L. Cans; Secretary,
Mr.. Heth; Critics, Jacob Ruble and
j. L. Cans.
Cadet H. H. Ryland was visiting
at his fathers this week.
The Bunker school closed last
Wednesday.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-13
WadeStOwn.

WADEsTowN, w. VA, March A.
jackson L. Kennedy has sold his
farm of so acres to Elroy Hennen
for 81, 900.
Sup't Vandervort visited all the
schools of this district last week out
five, and these he intends to visit the
first of this week. He reports the
schools of Battelle district in good
condition.
Revs. Green. and Kinsey held q
series of meetings at this place, fol
two weeks, closing last Sunday even
ing, with several conversions. The
services were well attended through,
out.
Revs. Woodruff and White also
closed a very successful revival
meeting at Kent's, which they had
been holding for about four weeks
Rev. Mr.. Cool is engaged in a re
vival meeting at Rice's church.
Rev. Mr.. Waters is holding s
meeting at Innings church.
A few cases of scarlet fever are re
ported near Wise.
W. L. Degarmo, who had beer
in another part of the State for 9
few weeks, in the oil business, re-
turned few days since quite unwell
but at present is improving.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-13
The X amaw ha Falls Hermit.

Within stones throw of the his
toric Kanawha Falls, and few hun
dred yards from the falls hotel, a
summer resort that is being welded
into modern history, is a cave I'M
dcrneath a cliff, a few feet above the
waters edge. Under one end of this
cavity a small room has been made
by boarding up the outside, and in
this room, two parts, the back and
the roof, of solid stone, and the other
side and the floor of rough plank,
lives Uncle Frank Payne, an old col
ored man, whose head is whitened
by the frosts of some eighty winters.
Uncle Frank came from Fluvanna
county, Virginia, and was once the
property of Col. Richard j. McGru-
der, but since the war he drifted
around the country working at vari-
Gus things, and some years ago set
tied down to spend the rest of his
now short life as hermit, and sup
plying the wants of his body by the
fish which he catches and through
the kindness of his neighbors. When
the sun shines Uncle Frank sits
basking in the rays surrounded by
his cats and chickens, with his pipe
in his mouth, and looking at the
white spray of the waters as they
hurl themselves off the rocky ledge
and break into foam and the silvery
mists that veil the angry tide. The
eternal roar of the waters will proba-
bly, be his requim, and some kind
neighbor will do well to carve on his
tomb of everlasting stone, "where
ignorance is bliss it's folly to be
wise. "-Kanatchd Gazette.