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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
Who is Never Crazy7

There are many firm believers in the
theory that most people are crazy at:
times, and facts seem to support their.
belief. The following, from a source
unknown to the writer, will likely re-.
mind number of our readers of some
incident in their experience, which at
the time of its occurrence seemed to-:
them most unacconntable: "a wise;
man will step backward off porch or
into mud-puddle, a great philoso-5
pher will hunt for the specks that are
in his hand or on his forehead, hunt
er will sometimes shoot himself or his
dog. A working girl had been feeding
a great clothing knife for ten years.
One day she watched the knife come,
down slowly upon her hand. Too late
she woke out of her stupor with one
hand gone. For a few seconds her
mind had failed, and she sat by her
machine temporary lunatic, and had
watched the knife approach her own
hand. Asdistinguished professor was
teaching near a canal. Walking along
one evening in summer he walked as
deliberately into the canal as he had
been walking along the path second,
before. He was brought to his senses
by the water and mud and the absur-.
dty of the situation. He had on new
suit of clothes and a new silk hat, but,
though the damage was thus great,
he still laughs over the adventure
Our mail collectors find in the iron
boxes along the streets all sorts of pa.
pers and articles which have been put
in by some hand from whose motions
the mind has become detached for q
second. A glove, pair of spectacles,
a deed, mortgage, theatre ticket
goes in, and on goes the person, hold.
ing on to the regular letter which
should have been deposited. This is
called observation-disclosures, but is brief
lunacy." -. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
Anecdote of Lorenzo Dow.

The eccentric, but sharp witted
Lorenzo Dow, used to tell the follow
ing anecdote, to illustrate the apparent.
discrepancy between the doctrine. and
the preaching of Calvinistic divines
who teach that the number of the elect
| is so fixed and definite it can neither
be added to nor diminished from that!
if any, for whom Christ died, should
fail to get to heaven, it would be a
"mutilated heaven" and yet exhort
and urge men, in their preaching, to-
flee the wrath to come, just as tho
there was possibility of some of the
elect being lost, or some ofthe reprobate
being saved.
A gentleman in the Southern States
had a negro who went to hear a reguS
lar Synod d-of-Dort- Westminster Call
whist, who boldly preached just what,
he professed to believe. On his return
home his master said to the negro:
"Well, Sam, how did you like the
preaching to-day"
"Clare to gracious, Massa, I hardly
know, SIR"
"Why, Sam, what sort preaching
was it?"
"Mighthy strange, sir; neber hear
the like before"
"Well, what was it you heard?"
"Well, sir, de preacher fust say every
body is sinners. Den he say that God
promise to his Son q certain number If
he would die for EN-. Dem, sir, he
call the 'lect-and says they just 80
many and no more; and that none of
'em could be lost, no hoa0. Den he say,
some called reprobates. He say God
pass elm by, and none of EN- could be
saved, no hooO. Den he say next-the
Deyil is gwine bout seekingto destroy
some of the 'lect-that can't be lost, no
how-trying to take some of Christ's
people, that can't be taken no hoW-
Den, sir, fore he stops, he exhort sim
ners to repent; he seem trying his best
to git some ofthere reprobates-the DEVILS
people, what can't be saved no ho,0.
Now, sir, if de fust part of the sermon
be true-I can't tell which is de big
gest fl, devil or preacher. ."-MO.
| Christian Advocate. d
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
The Husbands Position.

The husband who chooses to make
the effort will find that when he ac-
cords to his wife full acknowledgment
of her individuality. and accustomF
her through all the routine of married
life to the same gracious courtesy }he
used to practice at all earlier day, ihe
will have fearless companion by his
side; woman of reflection and jydg
ment, who, having Il sense of res pon
sibility and accountability to heFself
always the sternest of judges, is an
actual helpmcet, possible cham bion
Il charming friend, reasonable assis
tant, Il woman with some other enter.
tainment in her than the reflection Of
his own accustomed thoughts,i with
some novelty and interest; and 30 he
will find his marriage far finer thing
than if he had always sweet al I'D tire.
some little slave at command. He
will find his own position, too, & some,
thing loftier one, for he will be the
protector and shield and SUPPORT o1
one of a nobler order than we;hklings
and he gains even in his own esteem
by the assumption Of that loftisr char
acter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

TO RulLD A CHIMNEY.-To build a
chimney that will draw forever and
not fill up with SCOT, you must build it
large enough-siXteen inches square
use good brick, and clay instead of
lime up to the comb plaster it inside
with clay mixed with salt; for Chin
ney tops use the very best of brick,
wet them and lay them in cement
mortar. The chimney should not be
built tight to beams and rafters; there
is where the cracks in your chimneys
come, and where most of the fires
originate, as the chimney sometimes
gets red hot. A chimney built from
cellar up is better and less dangerous
than one hung OH the wall. Don't get
your stovepiEe hole too close to the
ceiling-eighteen inches from it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

A little boy of seven, speaking with
his mother II bout people going up to be
prayed for, said in sober, thoughtful
way, "Well, if I had sense enough to
know what i was doing, I believe l
would 90 up there myself"
A little Gill of about six years old
was talking VI ith a lady who did not
exactly "apI ,rove of such things.n
Said the lady, MARY, what do all
those people go up there for?' ''To
get converted" said Mary. "What is
conversion, Mary?" Detecting, as she
thought, somJ JFthing wrong in the un-
dertone OF the question, the little
thing replied, IF you don't know
what it is, you had better go up there
yourself and s,ct itW Could Richard
Watson have paid more?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

Those wives! A lady, fherself a
wife, and presumably a good one,
gives it as her opinion THAT many of
the disorders that prevail I'm society are
due to the fact that mem have a poor
kind of wives. AS for the class known
rs workingmen, she f;ays-and she
claims to speak FROM observation
their special hardship comes from the
fact that their homes are uninviting,
and their wages wasted by incompe-
tent management. She alleges further
that many distuE Der in the church is
educated or trsinch into disloyalty or
stubbornness by cranky, plotting, ter
magant women,i who for some wise
reason in Providence, have been per-
mitted to marry them. Her words are
positive, and who will say they are
not wise?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

For SWOLLEN FEET.-Policeme n
mail carriers, and others whose occu-
patton keeps them on their feet great
deal, often are troubled with chafed,
sore and blistered feet, especially in
extremely hot weather, no matter how
comfortably their shoes may fit. A
powder is used in the German army
for sitting into the shoes and stockings
of the foot soldiers, called "Fusstreu-
pulver," and consists. of 8 parts of
salicylic acid, 10 parts starch and 81
parts pulverized soapstone. 1t keeps
the feet dry, prevents chafing and rap
idly heals sore spots. Finely pulveri-
zed soapstone alone is very good.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
Girls, Don't Flirt.

There is never any telling what will
come of q chance acquaintanceship.
In rare instances they have turned
out well, but as a rule they have been
exceedingly unfortunate, bringing
misery and shame where pleasure and
happiness might have reigned contin'
ually. Young ladies and girls of ten
der age are in the habit of picking ur
acouaintances on the streets, at parties
and picnics. These often prove quite
agreeable; 50 much so indeed thai
they are kept up OH the quiet. They
must be kept quiet because they dare
not take stranger to their home unless
they can give some account of him
and of his character. Clandestine
meetings are the result. These arc
bad, very bad in their very nature
because they tend to destroy respect fol
home discipline, as well as to develop
disregard for parents. The young lady
who indulges in meetings of this kind
cannot help telling downright false
hoods. Besides, she must be continu
ally striving to deceive her parentsan
mislead her friends. She must also
deceive herself, because her conscience
will accuse her of disobedience and
unfaithfulness. To quiet this persis
tent accuser she must invent excuses
of various kinds and accept them as
satisfactory to herself, when she
knows they are not. The vicinity of 8
hotel is Il favorite place for flirting and
picking up acquaintances. The festive
drummer is there in all his glory, and
always waiting to be picked up. He
is easy to pick up, but not so easy to
shake. Almost any young lady knows
Just what sort of a fellow the average
drummer is, yet they are ever willing
to make up with him. They are aware
that he has q girl at every one of his
stopping-places and probably a wife at
home. Yet they flirt with him, talk
with him and walk with him. This is
great fun for him and very pleasant fol
her, at least for the time. But what
are the results? Young gentlemen o'
rcspectability and worth note her con
duct and let her severely alone. They
do not care to attach themselves to one
who is not above flirting and associat'
ing with strangers of whom she knows
nothing only what she sees. Every
young lady may mark it down as 9
fact that if she flirts and associates
with "pick-ups," she will soon have
no others for associates. No matter
how UNJUST it may be, there will al
ways be the suspicion that those who
arc not above making acquaintance in
this way are not as pure in heart and
mind as they ought to be. 1t would
be unjust to say that no pureminded
girls hirt. They do, and many ol
them lose their purity by so doing
Others, althouh not so unfortunate
subject themselves to suspicious which
every pure woman should be above
Do not flirt. 1t is not essential tc
your happiness nor to your health
You will be better, morally and social
ly, by not doing it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
IN Accident from Biting the Finger.
Nails.

4 novel accident, resulting from Il
habit of very common prevalence
among nervous people, was brought TO
my notice recently. A young lady
complained of 4 constant irritation in
her throat. Two weeks previously She
had been taken with severe ''sorc-
throat" which was treated by neigh.
boring physician. Under his care, slae
says the inflammation quickly subsitl-
cd, but there still remained sensatid IN
OF irritation. Examination revealed ia
small ilesh-looking object, about the
size of Il kcrnal of wheat, adherent to
the tissues poStcrior to the left tonsil,
by one end. The other parts of tho
throat were normal. The little mass
could not be detached by Il cotton-coT-
cred probe, but 10y the use of forceps il
WAS easily removed, and on cXamina-
ton proved to be 4 piece of finger-naiI
which had become covered by checsy'
deposit. y broken piece of the nail
was also removed from under the mu.
cous membrane at the same spot by s.
sharp-pointrd probe. The paticn!
then confessed to the habit of biting
her iinger-nails, and, moreover, could
remember that q day or two previous
to the onset Of her throat troub!c Il
piece of nail which she had bitten off
had bccome lost in her mouth, but af-
ter it had caused lit of coughing she
had forgotten about it until reminded
by the discovery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

''Doctor," said the patient, II be-
Iievc there's something wrong with
my stomach.'i Not II bit of it," re-
Piled the dGctoi, promptly. "God
made your stomach, and He knows
how to make them. There's some.
thing wrong, with the stuff you put
into it, maybe, and something wrong
in the way you stutfit in and tamp ii
down, but your stomach is all right
And straitghtway the patient dis
charged him. ! My, how a man does
hate to have the doctcr tell him tho
truth
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
He Murdered Her.

I recently heard an incident that
may prove lesson to somebody. \
well-to-do citizen of Il city not thou
sand miles from this city, who is Il
hard drinking man, had Il sweet little
daughter to whom, when sober, he was
devotedly attached, but when drunk
be was inclined to be ugly. In the
latter condition he was frequently III
the habit of calling her to him for u
kiss. If she hesitated, the maudlin
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
Forgiveness.
isI j. l:DMONSrON.

When on the fragrant sandal tree
The woodman'S axe dcSccndS,
And she who bioomed SO bcautcousiy,
Beneath the weapon bends:
Fen on the edge that wrought her death,
Dying, she breathcS her sweetest breath,
AS If TO token in her fall,
Peace 70 her foes and love 20 all.
How hardly man this lesson learns:
To smile and bless the hand that Spurns,
To see the blow, to :ccl the pain,
And render only love again!
One had it, but ne came from heaven
Revilcd, rejected and betrayed,
No curse he brcathcd. no plaint he made:
But when i'll deaths dark panS he sighed,
Prayed for his mu-dcrerS, and died.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
Not Necessary.

An Irishman had Il correct apprecia-
ton Of the fitness Of things, who, hav-
ing applied for u license to sell liquor,
and being required TO prove Il good
moral character, said: "Icr Honor, |
don't see the necessity of good moral
character to sell whisky"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

To test cake in the oven, never in
sert broom splinter, but draw it gent
ly forward and put the ear close to the
loaf; if it is not done there will dc a
little sputtering sound. When it is
thorouphly baked there will be no
sound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

A small piece of salt pork boiled
with fricasseed chicken will impart a
richness to the gravy and the flavor
will be better than if nothing but but
ter is US ed.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-06
Springing into Fame.

y Congressman VIM. l.. Wilson, of
West Virginia, may not with the
same vanity and veracity exclaim
with Byron: II awOke in the MORN
ing and found myself famous,' but it
mast be conceded that of late years
few men have grown so rapidly and
extensively into public respect and
favor. just in the degree that the
political field opened and widened to
him he displayed that native ability,
culture. conscience, and statesman
ship which the issues, occasions and
situations demanded. He returns
from the West with q national repu-
tation. and the journals of that see
ton, as we'll as the individuals who
were present at the various points of
the educational circuit travelled by
the Democratic missionaries. are
unanimous in crediting Mr.. Wilson
with being the most acceptable and
persuasive speaker who has yet
taken the stump in the West.
Baltimore Sun.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-06
Democrats, Beware !!
FRAUD,

Democratic Voters are hereby
warned against apparent Democratic
tickets which upon a close examine
tioo will disclose the substitution of
the names of
FLICK for WILSON,
GOFF for FLEMING, BOWERS
for DUFFY, HIGLNBOTHAM for
KNOTT, WLSNER for DUCK
WALL, &C., and against Republi-
can ssStickers" of various kinds
which will be utilized to substitute the
names of Republicans in place OF
Democrats upon the Democratic
ticket, which will be freely used by
the opposition party, who are leaving
no means untried to capture Dem
ocratic votes for their various candl-
dates. Receive your tickets from
authorized Democratic ticket holders
at the various precincts, read them
carefully from top to bottom to see
that the name of every candidate is
thereon. and vote none other.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-06
Will be Resented, and Don't
You Forget 1t

Rumors are aioat hat Pittsburg
steel kings intend to make gigantic
efforts to defeat the reelection of
Hon. w. l.. Wilson. Doodle will be
their instrument and crisp two dollar
bills will be thicker than leaves in
Vallambrosia. There is no man
whom highly protected monopolists
would rather see defeated for Con-
gress than w. L. Wilson. He has made
a bold aggressive warfare upon them
in the interest of the people. Will
the people stand Ivy him now? The
honest voters of the Second District
should and we believe will resentethis
bold and shameless, boast tirat-thefs
ballots a be bought. VIM. L. VIE
son will be their next congressman by
an overwhelming majority. y
Wheeling Register. 4
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-06
Various Items.

A whole Republican club of eighty
members in Minnesota has Topped to
Cleveland and Thurman.
Hon. John p. Campbell, former
member of Congress from Kentucky,
died at Hopkinsville, in that State,
Tuesday. He married a daughter of
the late Hon. Charles j. Faulkner, of
Martinsburg, w. Va.
We learn that it is the intention of
the S. V. A. Society to sink an arte-
sian well on the grounds, said well to
be named after Mr.. Rouss. His do
nation of $500 to be appropriated to
THAT purpos e.-W Winchester Times.
+ DIR. John D. Keedy. a highly es-
lteemed citizen, and brother-in-law of
Mayor John H. little, of this place,
died at his residence near Keedysville,
Md, on Tuesday night, aged scout
% years.--ShepherdstoeDn Register.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun, from Washington, says: 1.-The
Presidents action in the Lord Sack
vile $ is being freely discussed.
and even Republicans were forced to
admit that the Murchison plot was
Hurried. Col. Ward H. Lamar, for
tmerly private secretary to President
ILincoln, said it was useless to deny
Ithe fact that President Cleveland has
frwon the admiration of every true
IAmerican citizen.
: Birdie Harris Charleston platform
kcharges the Democratic Legislature
with ''bad faith and cunning in pass
fling the Two Weeks pay Bill" and
considers the passage of the miners
act as a direct blow at organized la
Thor.
Let's see. George NJ. Bowers, the
present Republican candidate for
State Auditor, and ii. G. McWhor-
ter, Republican candidate for Su-
preme Judge, were members of that
Legislature. Both voted for both of
these laws. They are partners in
Legislative "bad faith and cunning"
land partners in "a direct blow ut or
fgunized labor" Their own platform
iarraigns these men, and condemns
them as unworthy ofpublic confidence
and support. Yet the men who pro-
mulgated that platform unanimously
nominated them for high offices, and
tthe man who wrote that platform is
now resorting to every means which
unscrupulous partisanism can sug-
gest in their behalf.
The whole business is rotten from
skin to core. The hypocrite and
demagogue never showed their hands
IpIainer. 1t is a fraud upon the peo-
pie and an insult to the intelligence
of honest men to ask them to cast
their ballots for the support of such
q combination.-Hheeling Register.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-06
MARRIED.

On October 18th. 1888. at Grace Church. New
York. by its rector, Rev. DIR. W. r: Hunting
ton, ALEXANDER BOTELER SHEPHERD,
formerly of Shcphcrdstown. W. Va, but now
of Mobile, Ala. and MIRIAM. daughter of the
late Hon. Philip Hicky Morgan. of New Or
tuans. late United States Minister to Mexico.
At the residence of the brides parents, in this
county. October 23d. 1888. by Rev. \. a. p.
Necl, Mr.. j. Z. BURNS. agent of the B. t o.
r. r. at Duficlds. and Miss MARY DANIELS,
daughter of Dennis Daniels. Esq.
On the Harper's Ferry bridge. October 18th.
1888. By the Rev. j: VI. Stephenson. Mr.. ROB
both of this county.
On Camp Hill. Hurper's Ferry. at the VI. E.
Parsonage. October Oath. 1888. by the Rev. j.
VI. Stephenson. Mr.. HARRISON HOFF to Mics
MELISSA MAY HEDGES. both of this place.
At Hngerstown. Md, October 18th. 1sSS. in
the NJ. Z. Parsonage. by the Rev. A. NJ. Cour-
tensy, Mr.. EDWARD q. DECKER to Miss
IADDIE C. TACEY. both of Harper's Ferry
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-06
To the Democrats Of the
Second District.


The Register wishes to say to the
Democrats and the people generally,
of the Second Congressional District,
who favor honest government and a
pure ballot, that each and everyone
of them should constitute himself into
q committee of one to work hard for
| WILLIAM L. WILSON from now till sum
down on Tuesday next.
The reason we make this special
request is that it has become known
that the tariff bred millionaires are
pouring money into his district to de-
feat him. He has waged such grand
wal against the trusts and monopolies
and in behalf of the people that these
tariff barons have marked him as one
OF their special enemies, and will not
spare money if money will defeat him.
We should give this not so much
heed were it not for the fact that Mr..
Wilson has not been able to make any
thing like a thorough v of his
district owing to his generous sacri-
flee of himself to the cause of the
nation at large. There has been no
Representative more in demand by
the National Democratic Committee
than WILLIAM l.. WILSON of the Sec
ond West Virginia District. There
is no finer orator or better equipped
man to elucidate this tariff question
to the people. Consequently he has
been in such request in Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey and Indiana
to fight the battle of honest govern
ment that he has no time to devote to
his own interests. He has generously
SacTllleu HIS own cilauceS 1OT GllOSe VI
the National Democracy.
Therefore we say let every Dem
ocrat and friend of honest government
in the Second District who admires
and loves this grand young West
Virginia statesman, and all must, let
him, we say, constitute himself a COM
mittee of one to work for his election
against the money power that is CON-
bined against him.
Work from To- till the closing of
the polls November 6, voters of the
Second District, and rebuke the i'm
putation of the fairfield milIionaires
that your votes can be bought.
eeI;o1 RoU;sfor
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-06

The Republicans are rejoicing that
the National Democratic ticket has
but little money, whilst the Republi-
can committee has an abundance, and
as they rely upon money to carry the
election, they hope thereby to defeat
the Democratic ticket. The Dem
ocrats do not rely upon money for sue
cess, and do not ''fry the fat" from
rich manufacturers and monopolists
as the Republicans do. They rely
upon the good sense, honesty, and
patriotism of the masses of the peo-
pie for their success, and do not in
suit them by offering to buy their
votes.