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Hear DR.. s. Weir Mitchell, the great
physician: II have seen few people
who were ennobled by long sickness,
but far more often the result is to culti-
vate self-love and selfishness, and to
take away by slow degrees the healthy
mastery which every human being
should have over his own emotions and
wants." What strong hint to Chris
tians who are ill to preserve that
healthy mastery by all the strength
of Christ given to faith and prayer. The
history of our religion can never be
told without the touching chapter
which reveals the patience Of the
saints who suffer from chronic and
painful maladies. AS the storm swept
through their heart-strings, the music
of a heavenly peace has greeted our
ear. Let Christians show their physi-
clans and families that they are en-
nobled by long illness, that when they
are weak they are strong, and that they
can do all things through Christ who
strengtheneth them.
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Rules for Using Books.

Never hold book near fire.
Never drop a book upon the floor.
Never turn leaves with the thumb.
Never learn to rest upon an open
book.
Never turn down the corners of
leaves.
Never touch a book with damp or
soiled hands.
Always keep your place with thin
book-mark.
Always place a large book upon the
table before opening it.
Always turn leaves from the top
with the middle or fore finger.
Never pull book from shelf by
the binding at the top, but by the
back.
Never touch a book with q damp
cloth, nor with sponge in any form.
Never place another book or any,
thing else upon the leaves of an open
book.
Never rub dust from books, but
brush it off with a soft, dry cloth or
duster.
Never close book with pencil, q
pad of paper, or anything else between
the leaves.
Never open a book farther than to
bring both sides of the cover into the
same plane.
Always open large book from the
middle, and never from the ends or
cover.
To avoid injuring the leaves of
books, never put pencil mark in a IL
brary book.
Always keep your books out OF the
reach of small children, and in clean
dry place.
Always keep any neatly bound, bor-
rowed book covered with paper while
in your possession.
Never attempt to dry book acciden-
tally wet by fire, but wipe Oft the
moisture with a soft, dry cloth.
Never write upon paper laid upon
the leaves of an open book, as the pen
or pencil point will either scratch or
cut the book leaves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Cure for Diphtheria.

A correspondent of a Victorian pa
per writes:
Should you or any of your family be
attacked with diphtheria, do not be
alarmed, as it is easily and speedily
cured without u doctor. When it was
raging in England few years ago L
accompanied DIR. Field on his rounds,
to witness the so-called "wonderful
cures" he performed, while the pa
tients of others were dropping on all
sides. The remedy, to be so rapid,
must be simple. All he took with
him was powder of sulphur and a
quill, and with these he cured every
patient, without exception. He put a
teaspoonful of flour of birthstone into
q wineglass Of water, and stirred it
with his finger, instead of a spoon, as
the sulphur does not readily amalga-
mate with water. When the sulphur
was we'll mixed he gave it as gargle,
and in ten minutes the patient was out
of danger. Birthstone kills every spe-
cies of fungus in man, beast, and plant
in a few minutes. Instead of splitting
out the gargle, he recommended the
swallowing of it. In extreme cases,
in which he had been called just in
the nick of time, when the fungus was
too nearly closing to allow the garg-
ling, he blew the sulphur through a
quill into the throat, and after the fun
gun had sbrunk to allow of it, then
the gargling. He never lost a patient
from diphtheria. If patient cannot
gargle, take live coal, put 1t on
shovel, and sprinkle spoonful or two
of flour of birthstone at time upon
it; let the sufferer inhale it, holding
the head over it, and the fungus will
die. If plentifully used, the whole
room may be filled almost to sufoca-
ton the patient can walk about in it,
inhaling the fumes, with doors and
windows shut. The mode of fumiga-
ting room with sulphur has often
cured most violent attacks of cold in
the head, chest, etc., at any time, and
is recommended in cases of consump-
ton and asthma.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Common Sense Amenities.

Always turn to the right in passing
person, gentleman or lady, whether
walking or driving, unless the walk or
road is in a bad condition, in which
case give the lady the best side.
When travelling with a lady, or
when you share part of your seat with
lady, give her the place nearest the
window in summer, and the inside in
winter.
Always offer your seat in crowded
vehicle to lady or an elderly person.
You are supposed to be the stronger,
and it therefore behooves you to stand.
By a recent decision of the courts, a
person walking has the preference at a
road crossing or in the street. That is,
person driving must give the right Of
way to one walking. Every person,
whether afoot or driving, has the right
to half of the road.
No person has right to smoke in a
public conveyance, unless there is a
place specially set apart for smokers,
no matter if only gentlemen are pres
ent. Smoking may be offensive to
gentlemen as we'll as well as to ladies.
No gentleman does so, because he con-
siders that he has no more rights and
privileges than others.
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A Good Name.

"a good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches" Even the un'
scrupulous men know the worth OF
good principles that can not be moved.
A gentleman turned off a man in his
employ at the bank because he refused
to write for him on Sunday. When
asked afterwards to name some relia'
BILE person be might know as suitable
for cashier in another bank, he men
toned this same man.
"You can depend upon him." he
said, "for he refused to work for me on
the Sabbath"
A gentleman who employed many
persons in his large establishment
said: "When I see one of my young
men riding for pleasure on Sunday, ]
dismiss him on Monday; I know such
a one can not be trusted. Nor will ]
employ any one who even occasionally
drinks liquor of any kind"
Boys, honor the Lords day and all
the teachings Of the Bible, and you
will not fail to find favor with God and
with man also.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Washington Monument.

This monument is built of marble,
and the foundation is thirty-siX feet
deep and one hundred and eighty-sev-
Ell feet square.
The structure itself, at the level of
the ground, is fifty-five feet square,
and five hundred and ninety-one feet
high, including foundation.
The walls are fifteen feet thick, at
the base, leaving space twenty-five
feet square in the center, and as the
wall rises it gradually tapers in from
the outside, until at the top it is only
six feet thick, but the open space on
the inside is uniform to the top.
An eight foot stairway ascends from
the base to the top, where there are
windows to look out at. This stairway
is In sections, and there are fifty sepa-
rate flights, from one platform to an
other, and there are nine hundred
steps to the stairs, but as you cross the
platform fifty times, it requires over
one thousand steps to reach the top.
There is also steam elevator extend
ing to the top, though not now in use.
There are one hundred and twenty
five electric lights, arranged from base
to top, with which it will be lighted,
when Congress decides, by an appro-
priation, to open it to the public.
Thus far the huge pile of marble has
cost the Government one million,
three hundred thousand dollars, and it
will cost at least ten thousand dollars
year to keep it in condition for visi-
tors, and protect it from relic hunters.
The lower section, first built, is
greatly disfigured by scaling off at the
seams, where the large blocks come to-
gether. This scaling continues, under
the fearful pressure of the weight and
there is no telling where or when it
may end.
AS we stood off and looked upon this
massive pile of marble, unsightly
though imposing, we thought, and
said to our companion, "What huge
piece of folly!" The man who drew
the elephant was in comfortable con-
dition, as compared to those who have
charge of this monument. Think of a
huge, square pile, rising five hundred
and fifty-fve feet above the elevated
level where it stands And at the top
is simply sloped to point like a very
steep four-square roof. Not niche,
ornament, or anything whatever to
break the monotony. The eye tires
while gazing upon it.
Correspondent Central Methodist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
A Man with a Good Conscience.

At one of his Northern meetings on
Monday, Mr.. Moody, who was preach
ing about "Prayer," said: "Man may
pray like saint, but if he has dollar
in his pocket not acquired honestly,
his prayer is a sham, and he must
make restitution if he expects ever to
have God hear his prayer" Thereup-
on merchant from Dallas, Tex, rose
in the audience and told story that
emphasized this point. He had, he
said, got dishonesty from men in his
business some $500, and had built a
house with the money. Then Mr..
Moody happened along and preached
on this subject of restitution and the
merchant was present. II heard
you," he said, pointing to Mr.. Moody,
''and l went out into the street con-
science stricken. I went straight
home and told my wife that we must
sell that house and restore the money.
And we did. We held an auction,
and our carpets, our laces, our furni-
ture all left us, and with the proceeds
we made restitution" The man then
told how he and his wife started again
in life with nothing, and how they
had prospered. His credit, his pros
perity had never been so good.
L NeaO York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

1t is truly said "a nations literature
is nations thought and character in
print" This fact of itself is full OF
significance. Who would hastily
spread forth on the printed pages his
inmost life and character? And yet
we cannot write without doing this.
The page of book or paper is strange,
yet unfailing tidal mark, telling un-
mistakably how high we have risen or
how low we have fallen. Just as no
better declaration of the degenerate
life Pompeii exists than the sentences
traced on the walls of its exhuman
buildings, so we may know what we
are by the books and papers which are
most eagerly sought after by the mul-
titude.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Timetable for Boiling Vegetables.

Good Housekeeping gives the follow
ing convenient timetable and general
rule for boiling vegetables:
Potatoes, half an hour, unless small,
when rather less.
Peas and asparagus, twenty to TWEEN
ty-five. minutes.
Cabbage and cauliflower, twenty
five minutes to half an hour.
String beans, if slit or sliced slant,
wise and thin, twenty-five minutes il
only snapped across, forty minutes.
Green corn, twenty to twenty-five
minutes.
Lima beans, if very young, half an
hour; old, forty to forty-fve minutes.
Carrots and turnips, forty-five min
utes when young; one hour in winter.
Beets, one hour in summer; one
hour and half or even two hours, il
large, in winter.
Onions, medium size, one hour.
Rule-All vegetables to go into fast
boiling water to be quickly brought to
the boiling point again, not left to
steep in the hot water before boiling,
which toughens them and destroys
color and flavor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

Greystone, Mr.. Tilden's expensive
Hudson River residence, has been in
the market for two years, with no buy
er. 1t cost him $25, 900 a year to keep
it up, and no one has been found will
ing to follow suit. The estate proba-
bly, cost Mr. Tilden 100000, but could
be bought for half that sum. Henry
Ward Beecher's place at Peekskill is
another elephant of which the family
much desire a riddance. Jay Gould's
grand establishment on the Hudson
costs him S., 900 week, and when he
dies will probably be added to the list
of elephants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

ut is thought that imagination
reigns in a world lovelier than we have
kown. But no imagination clear or
bright enough to conceive the glory of
the world that we have seen and have
not known" These words are written
for those who have the gift of imagina-
ton, and can see the beauty and Won
der of the world of nature outside man.
hope that some day that it may be
true of the whole world, and that we
shall see this beauty with the eyes of
universal love and universal peace
RuSkin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
My Little Daughters.

Would you know my little daughters,
Should you meet them on the street?
They wear calfskin shoes like "papa's,"
On their dainty little feet.
Do you think their shoes are clumsy,
With the heels SO broad and low?
With the sole SO fiat and heavy,
Scotch edge, and square cut toe?
Shall tell you all about them?
How they sensibly are dressed!
How their hats are trimmed with ribbon,
Not with bird, or wing, or breast?
All their dresses are OF flannel,
And they're made to please their tastes,
But you'll mover find q corset
Cramping small their girlish waists.
Did hear you say cold fashioned?"
No one ever called them so;
They are straight. and strong, and healthy
Quite new fashionednow, know.
How wish that all the people
Would so dress their girls for health
That our country, in the future,
In their women would find wealth.
Wealth of mind, and health OF body,
Strength TO bear with care and strife:
Strength in turn, to teach their children
How to live true. brave lie.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Archdeacon Farrar tells what is im-

Archdeacon Farrar tells what is inn
peratively wanted to-day:
We want a new order of clergy, who,
bound by VOWS, not lifelong but tenn
porary and revocable will make their
homes among tile poor, sharing their
burdens, costingnothing; living simply
on their own small means and the vol
untary offerings of those to whom they
minister; working among the most
wretched with brotherliness and
sympathy; becoming their guides and
counselors by proving themselves their
benefactors and friends. With this we
want an army of laymen, who like
the Franciscan tertiaries, but with
more diftusive and more instructed en-
ergy, will deliberately devote their
lives to the Improvement of the world.
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Ha,per's Weekly.

Hd1per's HeekLy.
1t is indeed, to many persons evidence
of peculiar courage upon the part of the
Mayor that he should not of course
accept the invitation to the review.
They are persuaded that the declina-
ton will be visited upon him at the
polls, and that he will pay the penalty
of declining an invitation which tits
not convenient to accept by Irish hos
tility whenever he is candidate. The
Mayor understands this as well as any,
body, and in his remarks, as reported
he left the committee under no misap-
prension whatever:
"Itis not legal holiday; and you
ask me to leave my work to review
your parade; and you speak first of
the vote cast by the Irish and by your
society. Now I may be candidate
for Mayor next fall or for President,
and may want all the votes I can get.
Every one knows that the Irish vote
is strong enough to elect any candidate
in this city for which it is cast: but for
the purpose of getting this vote I shall
not get down to the level of consenting
to review any parade. be it Irish, or
Dutch or any other nationality. L
shall review no parades except those
which I am officially required as
Mayor to review"
For such a frank, manly, and hon-
orable reply every good citi-
zen is greatly indebted to the Mayor,
and amid the universal servility of
politicians to this, that, and the other
"vote," it is refreshing to hear apublic
man answering the representatives of
"vote" in a tone so vigorous self
respecting, and thoroughly American.
The parasites of a monarch are favorite
subjects of republican contempt, but
the servile seekers of votes are quite as
contemplate. There is not an honorable
and intelligent Irish voter in the coun-
try who will not respect. the Mayor all
the more.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

One is. forever hearing of men and
women who go away from home to
have good time; whereas, the proper
place for good times is right in the
home. The ways of having them are
as many as the sands of the sea; but
there is one reliable method for start
ing a "time," and that is to do some
thing to please another member of the
family rather than yourself. A little
exhibition of unselfish affection, IA
vor extended, a reasonable indulgence
granted, may start train of events
which will brighten whole day and
make an evening merry. 1t involves
less trouble and far more fun than a
picnic.
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house, and Discretion his porter, to let
in or out, as most fit. Thus is his
whole family made up of virtue. and
he is the master of the house. He is
necessitated to take the world on his
way to heaven, and he walks through
with it as fast as he can, and all his
business by the way is to make him.
self and others happy. Take him in
two words-a man and Christian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Earthauake Records Of the Rocks.

In many parts of the world the pro-
cess of denudation has left detached
columns, and pinnacles of rock are
readily overthrown or destroyed,
while in countries once worn by gla-
ciers there, are thousands of poised
boulders, which are equally sensitive
to shocks. These natural seismomet-
ers furnish q means of determining
whether severe earthquakes have visit
ed, since very remote period, places
where they have never been recorded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

All house-keepers should know that
sugar boiled with an acid, if it be but
three minutes, will be converted into
glucose, which is the form of sugar
found in sweet apples. One pound of
sugar has as much sweetening power
as two and one-fourth pounds of glu-
cose. In other words, one pound of
sugar stirred into the fruit after it is
cooked, and while yet warm, will
make the fruit as sweet as two and
one-fourth pounds added while the
fruit is boiling.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

Take of gum camphor piece about
one third the size of hens egg, and
evaporate it by placing it in a tin YES
sci and holding it over lamp, taking
care that it does not ignite. The
smoke will soon fill the room and eX-
pei the mosquitoes, and not one will
be found in the room next morning,
though the windows should be left
open all night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

A careful farmer in Michigan is still
using a harness which he bought sew
enteen years ago, the secret of its
"staying quality" being that he fire.
quently treats it to good coat of ker-
osene, first upbuckling the parts. ut
is woneerful," he reports, chow clean
and pliable the leather becomes"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17

Seven wonders of the world were
the Pyramids of Egypt, Pharos of
Alexander, Gardens of Babylon, Tenn
pie of Diana ut Ephesus, Statue of
Olympian Jupiter, Mausoleum of Ar
temisia, and Colossus of Rhodes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
EXTRA.
She Forgot Her Wrongs.

Yes. she forgot them Angry words
That cut the heart like sharpest sWords;
Yes, she forgot them !-UnJust DEEDS
The wrong that envy surely oreeds
In meaner natures, but no stir
or baser passions marred In her
The cona uering power Of purer thought,
Ever remembering who had taught,
"Father, they know not what they 90;
Forgive them !'-and she wished IT so.
Wrongs she forgot them, one by one,
Though never yet kindness done.
A generous act. q kindly speech
Would seem her very soul to reach,
And there remain lasting thought
To be with happy memories fraught;
Unlike cold natures, proud and vain,
In gratitude she felt no pain,
But rather Joy. which on her face
Its lines Of light knew how TO trace.
I wonder did she long ago
Learn lessons Of unfathomed woe,
That she fergets her wrongs alone,
But never once kindness done9
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BY one compromising act, your hold
upon another's confidence may be for
ever lost. Be truthful and consistent.
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Signatures or contracts written with
q lead pencil are good in law.
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Many know much, but few know
themselves.
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Religion is living out the truth there
is in us.
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What Others Say.

Mayor Hewitt and the st. Patrick's
Parade.
HE DECLINED TO REVIEW TIE Pa
RADE.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

II. ~ 10 sileest. Sheriff Coehfsne iele.
Rrspnsd TO tie governor ureiDs him Dot
30 isne the 'psss necessary for the sx
tradition Of 6od ain, tue alleged asssil-
aus Of George Hyde Preston. an expia.
nation IL In ordsr. II the shsr Il has
ussd bis ofiieiai position In an EFFORT to
defeat the ends Of justice. the public
certainly have right 10 know what
prompted his extraordinary act. The
matter should be thoroushly invsssi
gated. II Captain Wooieryss statement
II correct, 10 - lot tie fault of tie
sheriff thai Goodwin wss not allossd 10
escape after tis connection With the
crime fer sbieh be was wanted bad
been made clear. Far ihe credit Of the
county !, is sincerely to be hoped tat
nothing worse titan q desire 10 nedsls
prempe ed Mt. Cochrans's action. bus
tbsfa are nany VITO ALL rsfusa 30 q.
trbate 4 d. such d easse. 10 justice 20
himself ana TO the public. Slsr q Go b.
ranc should insiss upca taorooaa in-
vssiisation.
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

u IL evident that The fshssiss treaty
Wish U.s. elaborated With % much
care By the jsint commission u which
Secretary Bsysfd and yossrh cnsnber-
lsin we're The sh,sips lights. 10 doomed
70 mjsction. Nobody outside Of tie
circle Of thiek end ibis supporsers 81
shs administration he wiling to say a
good vesd fos 10, and thsss are many
who d. not hesiia.e 10 ehsraeterize Il
~ q shsDefui Surrender Of the rights
aud privileges Of Amsrican fishermen.
BaSssd will hsvs 10 toy sgsin.