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The Right to Shoot.

It is an ordinary affair in country life
for farmer to discharge shotgun at
trespassers, and he seems to be unaware
of the fact that he can be convicted of
murder in case the shot proves fatal.
The same impression, although in less
degree, prevails in the city. There are
thousands of shopkeepers who would not
scruple to shoot person caught robbing
their till, and as for housebreaker, there
is scarcely one man in million who
would not think himself justified in
shooting down the scoundrel at sight.
Yet little reflection should convince
any one that he has no right to shoot In
any of the above cases. The law on this
point is sufficiently explicit. You ara
not to shoot unless in peril OF your life,
and not then unless there is no chance Of
flight. You may shoot burglar or q
highwayman because you have a right to
infer that the burglar or highwayman is
armed and will shoot you, and because
you cannot escape. But you have no
right to shoot the thief whom you may
detect in leaving your hall with your
overcoat, nor the p:ckpocket whom you
catch with his hand in your pocket. The
principle upon which the law is founded
is obvious. You have moral and legal
right to defend your life or the life OF a
fellow being, but you have no right to
be the Judge and executioner in the case
of a misdemeanor or felony. The courts
exist for the purpose of furnishing the
crimes of housebreaking, felony, thiev-
ing, and fruit-stealing, and when you
presume to punish them you are rightly
amenable to the law. If it were not tor
s,me such provision, society would fall
into os.-PailadelphiI Call.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-06
How TO Cool Water.

Here is a suggestion for keeping water
cool without the use of ice: Procure
large Jug and cover it to a thickness OF
half an inch with one or more layers of
any kind of coarse cloth, carpet or other
material. When filling the jug saturate
the jacket with water. Keep the Jug in
a windy, shady place, and the evapora-
tion of the water iu the jacket will ab-
sorb enough heat to keep the water in the
Jug pleasantly cool. A tin pail, fitted
with very fine wire gauze lid and q
heavy, saturated jacket, set in raised,
shady window, furnishes far better
place to keep milk pure and sweet tnan
nine .tenths of the household retrlgera..
tors, which usually contain little OF
everything else but sweetness
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-06
WORDS OF WISDOM.

A friend should bear his friends in
frmities.
Here, see. and say nothing, ifyou would
live in peace.
He who receives q good turn should
never forget it; he who does one should
never remember it.
It is more from carelessness about truth
than from intentional lying that there is
so much falsehood in the world.
A man should never be ashamed to
own he has been in the wrong, which is
but saying in other words, that he is
wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
The living get credit for what they
might be quite as much as for what they
are Posterity Judges man by the best
rather than the average of his attain
ment.
To divert at any time troublesome
fancy, run to thy books. They presently
fix thee to drive them, and drive the
other out of thy thoughts. They always
receive thee with the same kindness.
Intercession is the very safety valve OF
love. When we feel that we can really
do nothing at all in return for some re-
markable kindness and affection, how
exceedingly GLAD we are that we may
and can pray.
1t is an old saying that charity begins
at home, but this is no reason it should
not 90 abroad; q man should live with
the world as citizen of the world; he
may have preference for the particular
quarter or square, or even alley, in which
he lives, but he should have generous
feeling for the welfare of the who,e.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-06
"When the Brains are Out"

Two remarkable and wonderful cases
Of recovery from ballet wounds have
lately taken place in London. In one
case, that of girl who was shot by her
lover, the bullet is deeply imbedded in
the head, to deep to admit of any oper-
alton; yet the patient has been dis
charged from the hospital convalescent.
The other case was one of attempted
suicide, the sufferer having shot himself
in the head with a revolver. In this
case, too, the bullet is still in the brain,
anil in such a position as to prevent the
operation of extraction. In spite OF this
the patient has been discharged from
no pital care, and it is said that he suf-
fcrs no inconvenience from the conse-
ouences of his rash act. A curious coin
cidence in connection with these cases is
that both shots were fired on tic same
day, and that both cases were treated IN
the London Hospital. "rhe times have
been, says Shakespeare, 'that, when the
brains were out, the man would die" "
The poet puts these words into the mouth
of Macbeth, when that wicked King secs
the ghost of the murdered Banquo rise be-
fore him. In the case just cited, VIC have
reality which no poet could equal in
romance. People walking about in the
flesh with bullets in their brains arc GER
ta,nly far more wonderful things than
spectres. These marvellous rccoverles
from what, few years ago, would have
meant certain death, must be credited
to surgical skill and the modern anti
septic method of treating wounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-06
The WoOlen Smoke Cure.

So much interest is expressed in the
cures of felons, bruises, etc., effected by
means of woolen smoke, that we give
the record of fresh case. Recently a
little child of five years old fell from
some high place upon his face, and
struck three upper teeth entirely
through the upper lip. They had to b;
extracted, but the agony of the wound
was fearful. His mother left him In
some ones care and went to do her
washing on Monday. She was told OF
the smoke cure, and when she went back
on Monday evening applied it to the
child. She took the precaution to put q
cent upon the hole in the inverted flower
pot, that she might regulate the smoke,
and, guarding his noise and mouth from
inhaling it, applied it to the wounded
lip and the violently concussed jaw. In
ten minutes the pain was much relieved.
In an hour the child seemed as we'll as
ever, except that the mouth was sore, and
he could only drink, not eat.-Bost0"
ITnnsc1iDt,
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Some Customs OF Canterbury.

Some curious old customs still prevail
in Canterbury, says letter from Eng
land to the Picayunc. For instance, the
town crier, finc-looking old fellow in q
military coat all gold braid and lace, a
cooked hat, crusted with gilt and braid
a pompous manner, sing-song, ringing
voice, trud ging down the streets bawlin!g
at the top OF his voice "Oyez! oyez!" and
following his oyezing up with rigma-
role of announcements of auction sales,
court sittings and cases to come up and
what not. And then last night, as !
tossed in my feather bed, heard bell
toll for - o'clock and the watchman
going down the street calling: "Twelvc
o'clock; all's WELL"
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and some say that I have taken the dag
isis of what is the matter with the earth
1t has so many burdens on it and so many
! tres within it, it has fit. 1t cannot stand
such a circumference and such diameter
,me new CJtocaxi or Stromboli or Fesu-
vius will open aud then all will be OF peace
for tn, natural world. But what about the
moral woes of the world that have rocked all
nations, and for six thousand years. Science
proposes nothing but knowledge and many
people that know the most are the most un-
comforted.
In the way of practical relief for all dsad-
vantages and all woes, the only voice that's
worth listening to on this SUBJECTS the voice
Of Christianity, which is the voice of Almighty
God. Whether have mentioned the partic-
ular disadvantages under which you labor or
not I distinctly declare in the name OF my
God that there is a way out t and q way up
for all of you. You cannot be any worse OH
than that Christian young woman who was
In the Penberton mills when they fell some
years ago, and from under the fallen timbers
she was heard singing: IL am going home
TO die no more"
Take good courage from that Bible, all OF
whose promises are for those in bad predica-
ment There are better days for you either
Gn earth or in heaven. l put my hand under
your chin and lift your face into the light. OF
the coming dawn. Have God on your side
and then YOU nave LOT TCStENe UIOOPo oil OhO
armies of heaven, the smallest company OF
which is 20, 900 chariots and the smallest ba-
talon l44, 900, the lightnings Of heaven their
drawn sword.
An ancient warrior saw an overpowering
host come down upon his small company OF
armed men, and mounting his horse, with
handful Of sand, he threw it into the air,
.rying: "Let their faces be covered with
nsnfusion." And both armies heard his
voice, and history says it seemed as though
the dist thrown in the air had become so
many angels OF supernatural deliverance,
and the weak overcame the mighty and the
immense host fell back and the small number
marched on. Have faith in God, and though
ali the allied forces Of encouragement seem
to come against you in battle array, and
their laugh of defiance and contempt
resounds through all the valleys and
mountains, you may, by faith in God
and importlnate prayer, pick up handful
of the very dust of your humiliation ana
throw it into the air and it shall become an
GELS of victory over all the armies OF earth
md hell. The faces of your adversarlss, hu-
man and satanic, shall be covered with con-
fusion. while you shall be not only conqueror,
bnt more than conquerer through that grace
which has 50 often made the fallen helmet OF
an overthrown antagonist the footstool OF q
Christian victor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-06
Modern Locomotives.

The iron horse IS so common nova
davs that few note how rapidly his
Kind increases. There are loo loco
motives operated by Massachusetts lines
ccnterinr in Boston, and scarcely q
month masses without an addition to the
number. The Albany and the Boston &
Maine possess not far from 500 locomo-
tives. The latest locomotives are mon
sters compared with those built only q
few wears ago, increased power as w!ll
a. speed being the combination sought
by the builders. Boston Transcript.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
The Faithful Friend

The Faithful Friend
In a very humble cot,
In a rather quiet spot,
In the suds and in the soap,
Worked women full Of hope,
Working, singing, all alone,
In a sort of undertone:
"With Saviour for Friend,
He will keep me to the end"
Sometimes happening along,
had heard the semi-song,
And often used to smile,
More in sympathy than guile,
But never said q word
In regard to what I heard,
AS she sang about her Friend,
Who would keep her to tae end.
Not in sorrow, nor in glee,
Working all day long was she,
AS her children, three or four,
Played around her on the floor
But, IN monotone, the song
She was humming oil day long:
with Saviour and Friend.
He will keep me to the end."
Just a triAe lonely she,
Just as poor as poor could bo,
But her spirits always rose
Like the bubbles in her clothes;
And, though widowed and alone,
Cheered her with the monotone
OF Saviour and a Friend,
Who would keep her to the end.
I have seen her rub and scrub
On the wash-board in the tub,
While the baby sopped in suds,
Rolled and tumbled in the duds,
Or was padding in the pools
With old scissors stuck in spools,
She still humming of her Friend,
Who would keep her to the end.
Human hopes and human creeds
Have their root in human needs,
And would not wish to strip
From that washerwoman's lip
Any song that she can sing,
Any hope that song may bring,
For the woman has Friend,
Who will keep her to the end.
-AdrGnce.
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Cabinet ministers in France have a
handsomely furnished house and $40, 600
year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-06

The Mother Superior of the convent at
Springfield, Mass, is greatly interested
IN gaining signatures to the Words w.
G. T. U. petition. She has nearly 900
ames of Catholics of that city. TEN.
perance textbooks arc to be used here.
after in the convent of which she has
charge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-06

There are $4,000 saloons in New York
City, and 1000 in Jersey City, Newark
and Paterson, making $1,000 saloons in
sight of Trinity spire.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
11urmurs Of COMPLAINT.


'.Oh my oh myr said the pretty rye,
II feel bad enough to have good cry.
thoughtl was meant to be usedfor food,
And was planted and grown to do some
But now, when I've done my best, just
I'm converted into nasty drink.
II had known about this last fall
really don't think I'd have grown at oil n
A stalk Of corn bowel its graceful head
And sighed: II almost wish I were deadl
For the same dis graceful fate, fear,
Awaits my every ripening ear.
'Tis burning shame to use us so.
Aud force us for such base purpose to
grow.n
A murmur arose on the summer air,
A murnur Of sorrow and grief, and de-
spair,
Among tie hop-vines IS they t:embled,
with fear:
For they knew they were doomed to make
ale AMI beer;
And they mourned that in all their beauty
and pride
They must be on the brewers ami drunk
ards side
around,
And shook from their topmost leaves to the
ground
As the farmer talked OF the cider and wine
He should make in the fall from each tree
and vine.
Let us pray and work for the happy day
When temperance folks can have their way
All through our land, from east to west
(For temperance folks know what is best)
And by the time that we are all grown
Twill be the best country that eyer was
known.
-Ynuth,s Te1nnprnnce Rnnner
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-02
A. & N. College.

Speaking of this most worthy College,
very successfully educated farmer and
prominent gentleman of great observa-
ton and fine judgment, residing in
another State, thus writes: at is AN
AWFUL BLuNDER aud MISFORTUNE to
Mississippi aud the WHOLE SouTH not
10 supply her A. 4 NJ. College with all
the money it needs. Il is almost the
only College that is fulfilling its mission,
and could have at least 500 boys from
other States believe to help pay ex-
penses, if room was sufficient"
Daily, similar testimonials come from
all parts of the South, showing that the
hopes Of the whole Southern people are
eentered in the prosperity Of this Col
lege. Not only the people of the South
but those of the West, North aud East
hope much benefit from it for sheir
own colleges and people, and regard any
niggard restriction of its usefulness rs
one of the greatest calsmities that could
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Observation-Disclosures DAY.
MONDAY. March l. 1885.

MONDAY, March l, 1886.
House met pursuant to adjournment,
Speaker Sharp in the chair.
Leave Of absence was granted to Mr..
Watson.
Mr.. Burkitt submitted the following
statement aud explanation:
Mr.. SPEAKER: In a letter written
hastily to my paper last week, referring
to the report Of the Senate committee
charged to investigate the management
of the Penitentiary for the past two
Years, used the following language !:
II do not believe this Legislature has
the moral courage to arraign him, (Gov.
Lowry at the bar of the Senate"
The sentence, when put in type, Mr..
Speaker, is sceptible of harsher
construction than intended, and ] feel
it nv duty to say 20 you, sir, and to this
House, that | have the highest respect
for the personal integrity of my fellow
members, with all OF whom my social
and official relations have been of the
most pleasant character, and | most
emphatieally disclaim anv intention to
cast reflection upon the honor OF this
body, or its purpose as a whole to do
what the majority conscientiously be-
lieve to be right.
/ Mr.. Speaker. there are many men OF
undaunted courage, whose hearts are
20 full of sympathy for their fellows,
thSt they would rather forgive than
to punish. While there are others, no
drawer, no better. no truer, whose in
flexible ideas Of right and Justice make
them close their ears to the pleadings OF
mercy and pronounce without a tremor
the stern sentence of the law.
/ have seen men, Mr.. Speaker, who
would risk their lives in arrestiug the
desperate and then shed tears to see the
prisoner manacled. have seen men
charge the lannon's mouth, that would
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-02
The Lean Law.

EDITOR CLARION: Feelin somewhat
encouraged by the publication of mo.
|" and being disposed not to disappoint
the general expectation, no doubt created
in the minds Of your readers by tho
promise In. my last to write on the
above subject, proceed to disgorge
No. 2.
Az the name prognostigates, the "Lean
Law" since It's imposition upon our
people, has advertised Mississippi as the
dead Sta,e" Of the Union. BY the en-
enlargement Of cotton raising to the
crowdiug out Of the food crops, this law
has gradually trustdecded all the flesh
or Of our bones, and we stand to-day
the lean aud poverty stricken skeleton
Of cotton producing State, with our
corn. cribs in ST. Louis and our smoke
houses in Cincinnati complete slaves TO
the middlemen whose interest 10 Is TO
increase the planting acreage OF that
product out Of which, leech like, they
suck their wealth.
Because few cotton buyers, middle
men and Chancery Clerks, perhaps
would desire the continuation of this
emacating law, Is that sufficient to deter
legislators from the duty OF lifting the
burdens imposed upon the great bulk of
our farming population by its repeal9 |
hope not. The results of a repeal would,
in the first place, give the land owner
better control over the laborer. Being
his own supply merchant the owner
would have entire control without out.
side interference. And what is more
needed to help our State prosperity than
to have the farm labor under proper
contFolY
In the next place, IL is wrong in princi.
pie and false in economy to mortgage that
which is not in existence. How would
it appear for physician or a lawyer to
be permitted TO give Il mortgage on his
prospective teesH Imagine merchant
with doctor in the Chancery Clerks
Office, having trust deed written up to
secure an account on said doctors fees
for the coming year, and such questions
being asked as, whats the name of
your patient with the rumasism, aud
the one with the Jun jams-what will
their bills beP' Or, think Of this item
ia trust deed on a lawyer, viz: 1850, the
amount against VIM. Shocks, fee Tor
helping him out with case where he Is
to steal a hog next month from Sam
Shorter" &c. You see, Mr.. Editor, you
can run this clean" business into the
redariO dd swdum, as our school mistress
says BY the repeal of the law, we
would tind that capital, being diverted
from It's present channel, would be
difused amongst our people, having
better security in lands, etc, the rate Of
interest would be cheapeued, and by
cheap interest, we mean increased conf
deuce and increased prosperity. In this
connection, however, we think that a
law should be passed exempting loaned
money at low rates of interest from all
taxation. This we look upon as u SINAI
| qai aias Of getting rid of this incubus
the Lean Law. ON Boo,s.
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standing this, many Of the best aud the
sisesi men Of the Democratic party
then iusisted that the carpet-bag Consti-
tuition should be set aside and a new one
formed by our OVID people.
Il new Consultation was thought to
be q necessity then, It is ten times a
necessity now Then, the leaders, Of the
parry alone foresaw the danger hat was
20 come from the foreignborn instTu.
meEt that had been forced upon "a
people powefle.s to reject It. Nov, the
danger has been seen aud felt by the
masses; and the few gifted men who,
looking beyond the days Of Democratic
rejoieingsa. deliycrance from the hands
Of the spoilers, to the time when the
instrument framed 10 perpetuate their
power, should 10 fruitful Of evils to the
Democratic party, have been reinforced
by countless thousands Of the yoemanry
Of the State clamoring for the oppor.u-
nifty to mpplant tina: INSTRUMENT, and
iill It's place, now long desecrated, with
Constitution, In fact rs well ~ in
name.
We do not envy the extremely prac-
tical gentlemen who respect. and
revere the present so-called Constitution
Of Mississippi AS they would one framed
by Mississippiaus. On the contrary, tits
a matter Of profound surprise that there
are those who hesitate moment to
right the wrong that was perpetrated
on the people Of Mississippi when the
Eggleston Offspring was thrust upon
them as a shield and cover for the
numberless outrages that marked the
reign Of Republicans in this State.
Is IL asking too much Of the members
Of the Legislature who:revere the mill.
tary Constitution Of Mississippi to ask
that they will have consideration
enough for those who are compelled TO
live under 1t, to offer them an opportu.
nifty TO express their sentiments con-
corning IL at the BALLOT boxY
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The Girls College

There are few old fogies who want
to cripple Mississippi's pet institution
the Girls ColIege-but they will not be
allowed to prevail, we are sure.
Wehope that the Legislaturewill make
generous appropriation to the College.
It's success has been unparalleled, and ii
has more than met tho expectations Of
all It's friends.
We think that the College is one Of
the cheapest In the United States; We
mean OF course, az compared with
schools Of equal rank, and tho PROPOSE
ton that II shall be kept out Of an APP
proposition sufficient to maintain its pres.
ent high standard because the per capita
distribution to pupils In the common
schools ia limited In amount, is scarcely
worth consideration. To stint the Col.
lege would benefit the primary schools
but little, and this all know who have
tried to create prejudice against the
College, because the Slate appropriates
largely more per capita to that institu-
tion than to the primary schools. Aud
as these directors aud grumblers know
il, so do the people in whose behalf they
claim to speak, as we'll as the members OF
the Legislature, and their specious criti-
cisms will fail Of effect.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-02

Parsons who desire replies to their
letters should be careful to see that the
postofIice address Is clearly stated We
call attention to this matter now because
we are informed that letters and postal
cards written TO members Of the Missis.
sppi delegation In Congress, sometimes
fail % give the address Of the writer, and
the posloiIlce stamp Of the mailing Office
Is 40 indistinct as to be illeglble. In
such cases II is evident that no replies
should be expected.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-02

scriptiyes iofbids a lengthy notice.
Numerous toasts we're proposed and
responded to the one calling forth more
enthusiasm ihan any other was TO the
health Of Jefferson Davis, Mississippi's
best loved and most distinguished citizen"
At3P. n the party left for New Orleans,
harboring most pleasing recollections Of
the Gulf Coast
Mr. Editor, IL not the reporter mistaken
10 saying that all this occurred on Sunday
Surely our lawmakers would not 20 FAR
forget themselves AZ ~ thus violate the
sancii,y Of the Sabbath, and defy the
Christian sentiment Of this great common
wealth. II this il a mistake u the printer,
pray correct Il and remove the stigma thai
Il places upon our Representative.
J.S.o.
gtarkgille. Miss, Feb. q, 1886.