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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04
Practical Religion.

Giving up sinful practices or pleas
ures-or even questionable ODes-ls not
enough. Such negative religion will
not last long, or avail much. Genuine
piety is positive thing; it is doing
right, it is keeping Christs command
ments. Pulling up weeds does not
make a garden in the bright May
days. Mellowing the earth and drop
ping the seeds and setting out young
plants is the only substantial way to
do it. When the soil is busy in grow
ing vegetables and flowers there is lit
tie space for weeks. Less than half
your religion depends on the "Thou
Shalt nots.n Christ did not say TO
Matthew, "Thou shalt stay here at the
toll-booth and try to keep out of cheat
ing and other evil practices of the pub
LEANS" He said, "Follow me-" and
Matthew goes at once into Il new line
of conduct and new life.
Begin at once TO do whatever your
Master commands. Begin to practice
religion. A child never would learn to
walk by hundred talks about the law
of gravitation; it must use its own
feet, even at the risk of meny tum-
BILE. Wait not for more feeling or more
pungent convictions, or for anything
that you read of in other peoples eX-
periences. These are all snares and
hinderances, if they keep you from do
ing at once the very first act that will
please Christ. Have you ever opened
your lips to any unconverted friend
either to avow your own feelings, or to
do that friend some good? Then try
it; you will strengthen yourself, and
may bring an unexpected blessing to
him or her. In short, you must begin
to obey Il new Master, to serve new
Saviour, to strike out a new line of liv-
ing, and rely on Gods almighty help
to do it? When you give yourself to
Christ in this whole-hearted and prac
tical fashion, He will give you thous
andfold richer gifts in return. Yea
lie will give you himself? When you
possess Christ, you have everything.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04

lent as Far as it goes; but it must be
supplemented by reflection, and by the
training of the character in the duties
of life. John Randolph once said /:
we all have two educations: one that
the most important, that we secure for
ourselves 1t is the latter that deter
mines our character, our success in
life. and our destiny hereafter"
But" cried Jinkins, twill it pay
for boy who has gone through college
to work on a farm? Johns education
has cost thousands of dollars, and he
ought to make something by it."
"By making something you mean
making money. That is the way with
Americans. We are always asking
how much money there is in it. But
money is not the only thing worth liv-
ling for. The man who is mere mon
ey-getter is the worst of all failures in
our modern civilization. He is a
sponge that petrifies as fast as it is fill
Ell. He has a cold, metallic intellect, a
metallic conscience, and a metallic
heart. For goodness sake don't try to
shrivel John up to q cent-per-cent ideal
of manhood. Let him believe that the
true riches are within; that a good
man is worth more than good bank
account. If he makes a living and
grows wiser every day, he will be hap
pier than if he were amassing for
tune and starving his soul. | tell you,
Jinkins, we don't want all the educa-
ton centered III towns and cities; we
need it on the farms. Let US cultivate
our minds and hearts as carefully as
we cultivate fields and orchards, and
we will have the noblesG population
en- courage the idea that soon as young
man knows any more than the district
school can teach he too smart to be Il
farmer, we degrade that element in the
land on which its true prosperity de-
pends. If had as many sons as pa
triarch Jacob, and expected them all to
be farmers, I would send them all to
college, if I could. True learning
learning sought and loved for its own
sake-prepares man to be successful
and happy in any sphere. 1t would be
worth all that it costs if its possessor
had to be q day-laborer. But on q
farm it may be source of profit, as
well as enjoyment. Tell John to show
his neighbors that education don't
make man too proud to work. Tell
him human life began with two great
teachers-Nature and God and that If
he would be perfect they will help
him. Tell him to show US that he has
been trained to observe and to think.
Above all, tell him to rejoice that he
does not have to depend on clients, or
patients, or the whims of school direc-
tors, for his bread, but receives it di-
rectly from God. I do not believe
there is any nobler position for a man
than that of a cultured and devout till
er of the SOIL"
II reckon you are right, and I'll send
John over to talk with YOU"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04
Sympathy with Human Suffering.

Forget, for a moment, that you are of
the comparative few to whom the
fresh air and sun, the joys of home,
books, love, fireside, and children's
laughter, are things accessible and ap-
preciable imagine that you are of the
million to whom life is an unrelnitting
battle for the very means of existence !;
transport yourselves in fancy to the
noisome dens of Whitechapel, the
filthy slums of every great city; to the
prisons, the penitenliarles, the asy-
lums, the hospitals of every civilized
nation; to the hills and plains of Afri-
ca, where the hideous slave trade goes
INCREASINGLY on to scenes Of war, fam
inc, pestilence, shipwreck, that wiring
the hearts Of millions with fearless
woe. Realizc, if you can, all that sum
of human suffering, while your fellow
creatures groan aloud in an anguish, or
suffer Oh in sullen, dumb despair.
Seek, therefore, to do what lies in your
own power, towards diminishing, even
if only by little, this sum of human
misery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04

Prose poem by the collector: 'For
ANY two words of tongue or pen, the
warmest and coolest are Come
again.'n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04

Can war cease while Christians
themselves are the advocates? If this
world is to he delivered from war by
the gospel, the gospel must be applied
for the purpose. Would the gospel
ever convert the heathen from idola'
try, if Christians should themselves
encourage idolators, by compliance
with their customs? But as little may
we expect the gospel will make war
cease without the eXertions of Chris
tians, and while they countenance the
custom by their own example.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04

LACK OF TASTE AND REVERENCE
"W" in the DuliiWOae .)LeLh00iSi
touches an important matter thus: at
is a matter of surprise and deep regret
that so many ministers among us show
so little good taste, and even reverence,
in the use of the Lords Prayer, and
the General Confession in the liturgy
of the Lords Supper. We have heard
them rush through both with such
break neck speed that it was impossi'
bic to keep up with them, thus rob
bing the people of their part in the scr,
vice and destroying the solemnity each
should produce"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04

As certainly as your Masters love is
i'm you, his work will he upon you.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04
For ladies hosiery go to w. +. Bell.
10 TO w. f.. Bells for gloves.

NO To " :, T., DVII 5 IJT BTUNVN.
Prompt, reliable, liberal with all its dealers,
the National Bank Of Abbcville.
Short ends in ginghams. SeerSuckcIs and
dress goods for less thun cost. VIM. f.. Bell.
Call on White brothers and examine their
rust proof seed oats which they are now of
fcrIng for sale in quantities from one to one
thousand bushels.
We are now offering the handSomIst line
of ovcrcoats. J.. Rosenberg d Co.
OvercUats ! Overcoats all Sty les and prices
at Roscnberg'S.
The economical man will buy his overcoat
ut Rosenbergs.
Every one Is invited to look Mt the Immense
line ofovercoatS ut Rosrnberg's.
Special to the Ladies': We are now Offering
Ladies' CluakS and Wraps in all the laiCSL
styles cheap. l.. Rosenberg L. Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04

On afternoon through Palace Sleeper for Savannah
Connections made at Spartanburg with r. q d.
and A. 4 s. Railway, ut Greenwood with G. l. q. Ry,
ut Anderson with Blue Ridge Road, at Augusta with
Z. @. q A., s. &. Ry, P. K. & A., q. L. L. and
Georgia r. +. for all points.
Cheap round trip tickets on sale Saturday afternoons
good TO return Monday morning.
For further information relative to schedule tickets,
rates, best route, etc., write to or call upon
W. J. CRAIG,
R,W. HUNT, Act Gen'l Pass. Agt.
T. P. Agt., Augusta, Co.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18
Responsible for the Johnstown Flood

The coron-r's jury have rendered
their verdict a. To the cause of the
awful disaster at .Iohnst own. and the
owners oi the reservoir are held res
ponsibls. The wasteway WAS not
large enough to carry on the acr,I,nu-
lated waters of the heavy rains, the
enhbanknIeni WAS not strong enough.
and as soon as the Hood began run
nine over the top it eat its way down
with lightning rapidlity, lei ting out tho
whole body of ihe lake. Following i,
the verdict of the Jury:
We, the undersigned, the iurv of IN
quest inlban~le,I IN the case OF the
death Oi Ellen liite on the 81 Il ,iay of
May, after hearing th. testimony do
find that Ellen HIie came To her rd-ath
from drowning, ami that the drown
ing WAS caused 10y the breaking oi the
South Fork dam. We iurt her find
ii ON the testimony and what We saw
on the ground, that there was not sui
hcient wa-te-way. nor was the dam
constructed stiill.i-ntly strong. nor
was the material strong enough to
withstand the overflow, and the
founders oi he dam We're cupabl- in
not making II as secure "a should have
been done, especially in view of the
fact that "a population oi many thous
anls We're in the valley below. We
hold they are responsible for the fear
iul loss nj life aud property resulting
from the breaking oil the dam.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18
GREENBACK PARTY.
A Call Issued for q Convention TO Meet at
Cincinnati in September to
Reorganise.

4 Washington special says: George
+. Jones, chairman of the national
sreenback party, has issued an invi-
tation requesting all persons who de-
sire to aid in reOrganizing the ma
tional greenback party to meet in
their respe tive states and congress
>iOnal districts on or before Sept. 1
next. and appoint one delegate and
alternate to attend "a national green
back convention, called to meet ut
Cincinnati on Sept. 12 next. The in
vltation is extended to "those in favor
III n dist met American policy regard
ing it = finances, who believe that full
legal notes, greenbacks, issued by the
government Tor value received in pro-
noting the general welfare constitute
u money which marks our advancing
civilization, made the best money the
world ever saw and should become the
permanent circulating medium, OF the
American people, the life oi whose free
government they saved, and that the
party bearing the slnews should be
perpei uate'i to Keep these great truths
const antly before the people. Those
who believed with the prophet of old
that money answereth all things, and
that no other reform can he wisely
considered nor honestly determined
until the great economic WRONGS.
brought about by bad leeislat ion, have
been corrected and the money u,,es-
iIon forever set titled in the interest oi
the whole people, and who are willing
to act IN accordance with the spirit of
thc resolution passed by he constitu-
iional congress of 1913, viz, not to
eat, drink, wear nor use ANYTHING
manufactured in Great Brit ain. nor
after One year trade with any one who
deals III goods brought under the Brit
sl ilag.'
The call says that the reorganiz-d
party will also br I le adVocateo of pay
nient 81; public debts according q hs
original contract under which they
We're ISSUED; the encouragement of he
American merchant marine and oi
home Industries; the limitation of
debts al corporations tn til. amount
"i stock actually paid up; ior the re-
strict ION oi dividends Oi corporations
To a faIr return ON the investment.
and u resi- rl'ti"n oi tlIr private own
ship ol land.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18
more members in the church, for half
he : got amt worth killing.

more members in the church, for hall
hes got amt worth killing.
The only difference between the Bal-
lists and the Methodists is the differ
ence between high-cock-a-lorum and
low cock a hi.hrem.
Ii any one here don't believe what ]
say, AMI will tell me so, will give him
II hat and some dentist a Job Of re-
placing his teeth, from his teeth down.
!, the biggest fish that swins.
The penitent sinner is The man that
falls down. Jumps up, ruis his shins
aud goes a-running.
You are all black-mOuthed devils
who belong to the church, and when
the yellow lever came were white with
fear
don't know of anything too bad
for you old NANCY hounds who refuse
to vote against the damnable whisky
traffic.
! don't know who is these fellows
spiritual daddy.
You old skunk, you,
A high. license preacher wont be in
hell ten minutes before the devil will
have him saslhlel and bridlesl, riding
him around and exhibiting him as n
curiosity.
II any merchant here keeps open
during these meetings, il will be some
little 15cent skin-a-ilea- -fOr-his-liisie-
and-tallow member Of the church.
just mash their mouths and you've
got 'em.
The Lord can catch these infidels;
the only trouble is lie hardly has a
hook small enough for them to swal-
low
can put one hundred Of these little
inf'lels in my vest pocket and never
know they are there, except ] felt for
my tOOthpick.
What are yOn old Jresbyterians
kicking abOut-yOu old pOssum-eared
houndsy Live ones kick--dead ones
don't. ii n man was to come to my
town and talk about my church like
have yours, ] would either cOwhidle
him or build n new church.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18
Lem Hills Funeral.

Another of he l,i,-er characters il
White Horse camp was n man known
as Lem Hill. lie was ms mild as but
ternilk and as dull rs n hoe, and no
one ever Thought of asking his advic,
Ons day le took sick, and after 1,
period lasting about three weeks il
was seen that lie must die. II wa.
deemed best that some one should
break the news tn him, and so judge
kelsO dropped IN aud said
"l.eni, You are going to iurnupyoui
toes before anol her sunrise"
The Judge did not mean to br sud
den or unleeiIng, but that was his way
II guess ] am. quietly replied Lem
well, that pint being settled and
no exceptions taken. what last re
quests hey We got to make We want
to do the fair thing, you know, al
though II : n busy llmr
Kim hey n i,mral?" u,irri~l arm
Won kin"
Rex lar procession
Yes"
II don't expect any coffin. of course.
but TT lik. to hey he affair pulled oll
reasonably ,lereni. You kin plant me
on the hill beside hc Frenchman
guess We won't quarrel.
"lrs, We'll do that. tho,ieh it : p,ri y
hard disgin up thar"
Needn't mind going over u coupl.
of feet, said Lem, ''anl the irller>
with the body had better take the
lei' hand path as they COUP; i, ,'seasm'
to climb.
'';ot any wealth." asked the ju,lg,
after II moment = silence.
"A couple of ounces, mebbe."
Mighty slim show for u big spread
on that. But we can't help it. Well.
Lem, it 5 my busy day, you know, and
! must cut this short. Hope you
won't take Offense."
'Ol, certainly not; don't neglect
work on my account. Sunthin' said
at the grave"
".Iist "a few words, Lem, and III say
'em myself. III practice up this after
noon, AMI get some whisky To clear
my throat. want tn make u decent
lob Oi it,.
what II you say
"Why, that you died happy hey
left an aching vOid-we shall all miss
you-cut down in yourprime. III lay
it on purity thick
"Well, I'm sure I rouldt ask iOr
more, and perhaps it's better than
could expect. 80 long. Judge. Go back
tn your work. and III 20 on witt, ~,
dying"
And the Judge leit the shanty Wins
Ting rs WAS his wont, and Lem had
been dead over AN hour before word
came to ms down in the g,ih'h. The
funeral came on he next morning. and
It has always been n pleasant rrn,ein.
brame with me that hc Judge did con
siderable better than he agreed to. H.
gave two eulosies in place of one, and
after the burial he licked one Of the
men who wouldn't knock OH work Ia
attend.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18

llnter Mo,intain.l

Inter Mountain.l
Few suspect that under the nOncha-
liant lemeanOr Of "a man OF the world
Col. Tom Ochiltree hides the soul Of a
poet. But 50 it, is. After the second
famous victory Of Spokane over Proc
tor Knott AN unsigned poem appeared
,s follows in IL Washington paper.
ol Oehiliree WAS sOjOurning IN Wash
Ingi on and nursing his wounded leg at
{ lac time. His friends thought they
recognized his touch and attributed to
him, without him denying it, tieaut IT,
orship of the following yen d'esprit
B"atrn. Proctor Knott!
Beaten again
by spekan-'
Has IL come {. pass
That the famed blue grass
Gives no such speed
Az the feed
on some wind swept ssvapns
81 Montana
Egad.
li> bad
nl,rky
For kentucky
II y snul il yexed
The Tar northwest is getting vain aud
risky;
Twill b- producing preitier next
Aud better whisky
The s,,ccess of this effort was inst an
iancous. II went home to the heart
pi every sporting man in The country
Judge what their delight will be when
hey read he following, picked up yes
rrday IN one Of the corridors at the
" orth house, and evidently in Col.
h'hiltrer /. handwriting
Haeeland, king racer of the land,
Fame sounds thy name on every band.
There = not "a trace
Fer thee, oh, Race.
oi bitterness within my heart;
Vet bad backed thee ERE the start
Id have pursued n safer plan,
Id been y wiser, better man;
Brace.
Race.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18
SAN JONES
Some Choice Expressions From the Evan
gelisi's Sermons in New Orleans.

Christ ianity Is ihe srielre oi lie.
You boys keep ,,tet ar get out.
Now don't You i-rl mean. you old
devil you?
A preacher Who does not hold fam
lily prayer amt lit to be pastor OF "a
litter oi pups.
Some "i you will go of and cri,icisr.
You hlaimout he,i ioois, who cares
what you think?
Brother Black there don't want any
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ifrom onr Regular Correspondent


WAsHlS"roN. July IL, 1889.
The ".lorioiis Fourth" has been n
blessed day in Washingi ON, owing to
the number oi excursions to here, here
and everywhere. and since the cannon
b"omed and the church brll- chIned
national airs at daybreak, here has
been reasonable quiet IN lac city. The
small boy with the toy pistol and the
nuisame adult with the cannon fire
cracker have alike hied away for the
day and there ls peace.
Holidays are perhaps less noisy in
Washington than elsewhere hcrause
they are more common here, especially
so tar rs the poor government Wage
Garner is concerned. What with the
regular holidays, the Christmas week
hall alf-hOliday, his thirty days annual
leave, and his sixty days sick lsaycioi
which he generally takes some advan-
tagel thegOvernment clerk could afford
to ignore the liberty oi the Fourth.
But hs does not. The passion for holi-
days becomes fierce flame. Every
time he reads Of the crit ical condition
OF any ex-secretary Of the part icular
depart nent i'm which he is employed,
he becOncs solicit o,is. II the sx official
dies, he it IN Washinyi on ar Persia,
the depart ment will le closed for he
day. So the government clerk IL char
itably inclined tn believe that so long
as man is mortal. and this part irular
man is very old, and his work is done.
he might do lar worse than die, eslss.-
ially as il is now midsummer aud the
office is particularly close and hot.
The first oi July did not, tn any ex-
tent, bring about the resolut ION in the
depart nents that had been fondly pre-
hicted 10y the waiting office seekers
The discharges We're not unusually
large for the end Oi any fiscal year,
and We're not even so numerous as
those occurring in the summer after
Mr.. Cleveland's inauguration. The
few republican congressman whom
! have talked Will on he subject bit
t-rly denOum- the tar.liness oi the
administration IN This regard.
Your Uncle Jerry Ru,k is pici ur-
esque figure, II sort ol sporiiv- rustic
who plays his part as secretary of
agriculture with considerable comic
opera spirit. When he lt.il the State OF
Wisconsin to take care of il self. and
came to Washingio on as the head oi
I l,c seed dist rilutins office, his friends
lew allied his act ion ~ being - vOlun-
tary rushing into obsc,,rity. Some
lid not hesitate to say that il was a
lioOsi-r trick to take Uncle Jerry out
oi he fierce light Of active polite. and
prevent him from assuming, II presi'len
tial Importance ia 1892.
But Uncle j. iS ~ man al original
daring. Within u mont Ia after arriv-
ing here he had inst allied himself into
the good yrac-s of all the newspaper
men in Washington. It. is Just a. easy
to get n paragraph al HIM as it is nj II
country Justice oi the peace. The agri-
cultural department H. now II great
news centre. Ancient Jokes elbow per-
sonal anecdotes, and every correspon-
dent may take his pick.
On- day Secretary kusk sets every
one laughing by swinging .cythe on
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18

Mrs. ex-prr>ld-nt John TYLER died
at Richmond, Va, ON the 10th inst
from consestiNe chill. She had only
been at the hotel since sunday evening
aud was ro have lett Monday to visit
Il son on the James river. Tuesday
forenoon she WAS taken with conge--
tive chill
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18

the department lawns and thereby
giving u lesson to the gang oi slow
wOrkmen employed. IN anyone else
this would have been "a freak. IN tins
ease II was an advertisement. as well
prepared rs the best of Mr.. Wanama
ker's Philadelphia announcement ,.
Mr.. Rusk followed this hit 10y mount
ing the wheel horse and driving n
double team from the stat ION tn Gen.
Felix Angus count y plaeein Maryland.
The hay wagon thus con'lrrted con
tanned "a score of newspaper CORES
pon'lenis who promptly spread the
story over the country. To the good
natured graf iiicai ion of the majority
Of readers.
But all this time Uncle Jerry is on
the outlook for something sensational
in politics. Life has its stern duties,
its serious obligations, as well rs its
frolicsOme relaxatiOns. Everyone
with ~ recollection of the details Of
he last campaign remembers Mary
Ann Dousl,erty. This widow had II
special pension hill passed for her hon
eft by congress, and President Cleve-
land vetoed il on the grounds that
Mary Ann was n disreputable charac-
ter and not worthy OF being classesi
among the humble widows Of vet Grams.
Though the widow Of DO,,gl,erty thus
lost her pension, she gained great fame,
and her name was in the mouths Oi
hall the campaign speakers. Fame,
alas, was too much for her girlish M
ture and hsr exuberame Of feeling was
several times checked by small tines IN
the police court, where she was charged
with inhaling strong liquors. This
week Secretary Rusk discovered her in
poverty and wretciie,lness, and imnre-
diately appointed her Ms n seed packer
at 81 30 per day. The picture of the
gracious secretary handing 81 80 II
day to the rcd-nOsed widow with the
violent breath touches one To tears.
ApropOs Of the great Paris sale Of
paintin this week, the officials Oi the
torcOran art gallery gravely anl,ounce
that they sent "A secret commission { q
Frame with inst rirtions Ia bit The
ADsulus mp tn SlW,Wn