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Accidents...HOw to Avoid Them.

l. Always look in the direction ir
which yon are moving.
2. Never leave q car or other public
vehicle when in motion.
3. If O horse runs away with you re-
main in the vehicle rather than jump
ing from it.
4. Never put your hand or arms out
of q vehicle when it is in motion.
5. In thunder storms keep away
from trees, metallic substances, doors
and windows. The lower part oi
the house is the safer.
6. Never play with firearms. AL
ways keep them beyond the reach OF
children.
7. Avoid charcoal fumes they are
deadly when confined in close room.
8. Illuminating gas-be sure 10 turn
it off. Never blow it out.
0. When gas can be smelt in an ap-
partment, always air the room we'll
before striking O match or bringing a
light.
10. When very cold move quickly.
If any part of the body is frozen, rub
it with snow, and keep from the
fire.
II. Change wet clothing as soon as
possible.
12. Carefully avoid exposure in ma
larial districts at night.
13. If necessary to go into an old
vault or well, first introduce a burning
candle. If the light burns low and
finally goes ont, carbonic acid gas is
present, and the place is unsafe to en-
ter. Unslacked lime will absorb the
gas and purify the air.
IA. Avoid walking on railroad tracts
and icy sidewalks.
Is. When awake, very young chill
dren should never be left alone.
16. Do not 60 near dangerous ma
chinery with loose hair or flowing gar
ments.
II. Never touch gun-powder after
Cark.
IS. Never fondle a strange dog.
10. Never light a fire with kero-
sene.
20. Fill and trim your lamps in day
time. Never trim or fill lighted
lamp.
81. Keep matches in close tin box.
%. Have your horses rough shod as
soon as the groud freezes.
%. When feeling dizzy or sea-sick lie
down.
"a. Do not close the damper of your
stove too early. Better waste coal
than run the risk of suffocation by
gas.
25. When climbing ladder, look up
and not down.
26. When railroad travelling take
the center of the car and the middle
car of the train for safety.
q. Eat only pure food, drink only
pure liquids, think only pure thoughts,
end keep your blood pure.-Baltimor-
can
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-30
What She Could Do.

A poor cripple woman, living in q
tiny room on the ground floor of q
dingy house, could only move on her
hands and knees, and had not stood
up for fifteen years. A lady visiting
the sufferer was pitying her for her ut
ter inability to do anything in the
world. While she spoke, two merry
little children clattered into the room,
and seated themselves by the scrap Of
fire. "Do these little children belong
to you?" asked the lady. "No,
ma'am," was the reply; they are my
neighbours children; she's just a poor
washer-woman, and I look after her
little ones to set her free to get job
of work. I can do just that, you see,i
thank the rd."-Southers Church.
man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-30

"Forty-siX workmen's societies of
Milan at a meeting Nov. 81, protested
against the triple alliance Germany,
Austria and Italy, and against war in
general. A resolution was adopted
declaring that they would not support
the italian Government in the event
of war. The protest will be sent Ito
workmen association throughout Italy,
workmen of France will be invited to
adhere in the name of the brotherhood
of labor. The Milanese will ask other
association to cooperate"
The above despatch which appeared
among the associated press dispatches
at the above date is significant. 1t is
another one of the accumulating facts
which show that the Wctinas of War;
are having something to say as to the
existence and desirableness of war
The able Milan daily paper, called
1t Secolo, comes to us freighted with
news and "Views" of the peace move
ment. The English, French ant
Italian Government among the "great
powersu are nearest like that of oul
country in being popular in their char
acter. The voice of workingmer
must in our times be hard Alas
that the church loses it privilege O
uttering it. In this case it is thu
Vor Del.
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I am one-time teacher, and these
stories were told me by fellow-teachers,
one at the time the incident occurred
holding the Chair of History in one of
our well-known Conference acade-
mics; the other very successful lady
teacher in the public schools of this
State.
One day, at the close of our work,
one of our teachers, whom I will call
Jones, came to me holding his sides.
And as Jones was not given to such
outbursts, I inquired what was the
matter.
49," he said, "I have just the best
thing yet to tell you. We had under
consideration in the United States his
tory class today subject of early at.
tempts at settlement, and among other
topics came that of the adventures of
Sir Walter Raleigh. had boy on
the floor reciting, and after he had Civ
en- some account of the attempts he
had made to establish colonies, I asked
him whether the queen had in no way
rewarded him for what he had done.
80, yes,' said the boy, she gave
him a night-cap.'
"Now the book had t'that she had
rewarded him with knighthood."
The lady who told me this story was
in the habit of giving her small pu-
pills talks on various topics, scientific
historical, or general, and then calling
on some one of them at subsequent
time to give her the story as she told
it to them. One day the State Super
|intendent came in, and among other
classes called was the class of little fel-
lows to whom she had been giving
these talks. She had but recently CIV
en- them the story of the capture of
Quebeck, and, as they had all seemed
to be much interested, she concluded
to have one of the little fellows give
her the story. She had asked for this
particular story because she wanted
the little fellows to do their best. So
one of them began, telling all about
the situation, and how the English
had stealthily scaled the Heights of
Abraham.
"And," said he, "when the French
saw what had been done they were
struck by lightning"
"Struck by lightning ?" exclaimed
the truly amazed teacher.
"Yes, marm," said he, "you told US
that they were struck by thunder.
But then you know you told US one
day that thunder never struck any
body. So we concluded you made a
mistake and meant they were struck
by lightning'"
She had told them that the French
were thunderstruck.
THOMAS N. RAwLINS.
BridgewiNe, DEL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-30
An Anthem Accurately Described.

Speaking of anthems reminds me OF
the story of two old British sailors
who were talking over shore expert
ence. One had been. to cathedral
and had heard some very fine music,
and was descanting particularly upon
an anthem which gave him much
pleasure. His shipmates listened for a
while and then said:
~ say, Bill, what's an anthem"
"What?" replied Bill, "do you mean
to say you don't know what han
them is?"
"Not me-"
"Well, then, I'll tell yer. If I was
to say to yer, ERE, Bill, give me that
'andspike,' that wouldn't be han
them. But was to say, 'Bill-Bill-
Bill-giv-giv-giv-giv me, Civ me
that-Bill, civ me, Civ me that hand
Civ me that hand, handspike, spike
spike-Bill, giv-giv me that-tha1
hand-hand-spike, hand-handspike
spike, spike, spike, ah-men, ah-
men; Bill, givmethathandspike
spike, ah--men Why, that would
be hanthem."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-30
Two Kinds of Bears.

A gentleman was making inquiries
in Russia about the method of catch
ing bears in that country. He was told
that pit was dug, and covered with
turf and leaves, and some food placed
on top. The bears easily fell into the
snare.
"But," his informant added, eff foul
or five happen to get in together, they
all get out"
"How is that?" asked the gentle
man.
"They form ladder by stepping on
each others shoulders, and thus make
their escape"
"But how does the bottom one gel
out?n
"Ah! these bears, though not pos
sessing mind and soul such as God has
given us, yot can feel gratitude, and
they won't forget the one who has pro
cured their liberty. Scampering off
they fetch a branch Of tree, which
they let down to their brother, en-
abling him to join them"
Sensible bears-and great deal bet
ter than human bears we hear about
who never help anybody but them
selves!
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The Pope of Rome gets 100000 a
year to sit back in an easy chair and
be waited on by hundred servants.
That looks like being in the apostolic
succession of such a man as Paul,
who said II am in labors more album
dant, in stripes above measure, in
prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Of the Jews FIVE times received I forty
stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten
with rods; once I was stoned; thrice
I suffered shipwreck, night and day
I have been in the deep; in journey
ings often, in perils or waters, in perils
of robbers" and go on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-30
Not SO Bad.

After all, little suffrage given tc
women in Boston did not work out SC
badly. AS our readers have already
been informed, the Roman Catholics
of Boston sought to interfere too much
with the public schools of the city
In the election of the School Roard
the women have right to vote. Elk
element ran high. About 10000 wo'
men registered; about 10000. of them
actually voted, although the day was
rainy and bad, even for Boston. The
Roman Catholics were defeated, and
the press attribute their defeat to the
Protestant women. Protestants al
least, do not seem to think the activity
of the women blameworthy.
Some people are very seriously con-
sidering the effect the presence of wo'
men at voting places will have. 1t is
hard to say, perhaps it cannot be guess
ed with much certainty; but it may be
we'll to note, as we go along, the facts
in each isolated case. Possibly after
awhile we may have facts enough to
begin to draw general conclusions
AS to the vote in Boston, the New
York Independent has this to say:
The women voted by the thousand
in Boston last week, and they were
not insulted or unseXed. They voted
in dignifed, ladylike way, and thell
presence made the polling places more
decent than ever before. The way
they voted was quite as intelligent as
that cf their brothers, and the result
commends itself to good citizens
There was a great deal of religious
feeling in the canvass, growing out o.
the discussion of the school question
but a Jew stood at the head of the pol
for school commissioners Wesleyan
Advocate. .'&4.'
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"Finish It,"

When Samuel F. B. Morse, after
ward famous as the inventor of the
electric telegraph, was young painter
studying in London, he made a draw
ing from small cast of the Farnese
Hercules, intending to offer it to Ben
jamin West as an example of his
work.
Being very anxious for the favora-
BILE opinion of the master, he spent q
fortnight upon the drawing, and
thought he had made it perfect.
When Mr.. West saw the drawing he
examined it critically, commended it
in this and that particular, then han,
ded it back, saying: Every well, sir,
very we'll ; go on and finish it,"
"But it is Finished" said the young
artist.
80, now said Mr.. West; "look here,
and here, and here" and he put his
finger upon various unfinished places
Mr.. Morse saw the defects, now that
they were pointed out to him, and de-
voted another week to remedying
them. Then he carried the drawing
again to the master. Mr.. West was
evidently much pleased, and lavished
praises upon the work; but at the end
he handed it back, and said, as before
Every well, indeed, sir go on, and
finish it,"
"Is it not finished ?" asked Mr.
Morse, by this time all but discourag'
ed.
"Not yet; you have not marked thai
muscle, nor the articulations of the
finger-joints."
The student once more took the
drawing home, and spent several days
in retouching it. He would have il
done this time.
But the critic was not yet satisfied
The work was good, livery good in
deed remarkably clever" but it need
ed to be finished"
"I cannot finish it," said Mr.. Morse
in despair.
"Well," answered Mr.. West, VI
have tried you long enough. You
have learned more by this drawing
than you would have accomplished in
double the time by dozen half-finish
ed drawings. 1t is not numerous
drawings, but the character OF one
that makes thorough draughtsman
Finish one picture, sir, and you are
painter.
1t was a good lesson. One principa
part of teachers business is to keeI
his pupil from being too easily salts
fed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-30

A deep sea diver laid his hand on
something soft, and curious to know
what it was, he took hold of it to ex-.
anime it. Fatal curiosity! The ten
tacles of an octopus reached out aud
grasped him in its deadly embrace.
The friends above feeling the strug-
gle drew him to the surface, to find
only corpse still in the clutches of
the monster. Many young man
has come from his pure country home
to this great city, and prompted by
a curiosity excited by the signs on the
streets, has entered one Of these
homes of the devil-fish which we
protect by law.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-30
Agreeable Meals.

1t is impossible to estimate properly
the immense influence which is exert.
ed upon household by the atmosphere
of the family table. If it is true that
if one does not come out of room the
same person he went in, the mind ever
after retaining the impress of what
affected it there, what great results.
must be achieved from the meeting in
the dining room, from the conversation
INDUCED in, and the sentiments habit
ually expressed there. A neat, we'll
covered table is in itself a lesson to the
children.
I have noticed that sensitive child
almost invariably has better manners
when dressed in his best, and have
seen with surprise the effect produced
upon small boy of my acquaintance
by handsomely dressed ladies who are
polite to him. To the inviting table,
where there should always be some-:
thing attractive, however simple the
meal may be, most children will como
prepared to behave properly. 1t fol-
lows then that pleasant surprises In
the way of preparing favorite dishes,
that good taste and painstaking in ar
ranging all the appointments ofa table
and dining room rise above mere
ministering to the animal existence,
and affect the fine issues of life. Good
behavior and cheerfulness ought to
accompany each meal as naturally and
unwaveringly as bread and butter.
The happy laughter which disturbs
nervous force, and calls the blood from
the brain, allowing the stomach to
get its full share, should be heard more !
frequently at our tables. No one
should feel at liberty to say one word
that is not kind and thoughtful, any
more than he would 60 without suffi-&
cient quantity Of food. These facts
need more careful consideration than
they have usually received.
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Two Meals Per Day.

Now, say that breakfast time is Z
o'clock. 1t takes a full hour afterward
before it is safe to interfere the nervous
energy essential to digestson. By 10
o'clock a healthy person ought to be in
good condition for work. At about II
O'Clock the air out of doors reaches the
highest point of purity, or in other
words, the oxygen in the atmosphere
is approaching the maximum. 1tcon-
tinues in this state until o'clock p. m.
The electricity following the sun is
then at its height.
So we have at midway the inner and
outer conditions for the greatest brain
and bodily power. To interrupt work
:at such time is a mistake which the
Anglo-Saxon race does not realize, be-
cause it has Inherited the custom OF
stopping to take provisions between l.
and 2 o'clock in the day.
All kinds of mental and physical
work proceed by better sustained at
tenion. The difference between an
Isaac Newton and an ordinary mortal
is shown in the ease with which the
occupation of the day is thrown aside
in order to do what is described as
"fortifying the inner man." Newton
could concentrate his mind upon a
subject so as to be oblivious of all else,
including eating and sleeping, for
twenty-four hours. I think there is
an appropriateness in comparing the
too frequently loaded human stomach
to an engine which is all fired and
working splendidly when the fire is
buried under new Goals and the steam
cooled down by deluge of water. /
am convinced that there ought to be
an interval of at least seven hours be-
tween the two meals of the day. If
there must be brief rest from labor al
noon it will be found healthier to do
anything else than eat and drink.
Nature is quicker to forgive the mis-
take of sleeping, bathing or walking
too much than the fault of depressing
the whole man with an unnecessary
DAD of food. The theory that the
stomach demands something to sustain
1t after a few hours from the last time
it took food is as wild as that horse
should be put to work in very little
while after it has had hard service.
TO break off the habit of eating the
noon meal, it only requires about four
days persistent fasting. After that
the craving for food will become more
and more moderate, and ultimately
disappear.
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Christ might have established his
headquarters in Capernaum or Jeru-
salem. He might have opened a
school and an hospital there. He
might have taught and healed freely
all who came to him ; but that would
not have satisfied the outgushing love
of his heart. No, no; he must go
about doing good. I have read of a
rich lady who was converted. She
had been accustomed to think and
care only for herself. She expended
thousands every year in travelling and
in gratifying her taste for the beautl-
full. But now she learned that she
must not live only for herself. She
INQUIRED how she could do good. A
friend brought to her a Bible reader,
and said, eff you will support this
woman, she will go as your represen'
tative among the poor of the city and
do what she can to teach and com
fort them"
The welthy lady was glad. She
gave the money cheerfully, and was
deeply interested in the reports of the
Bible reader. But one day the Bible
reader came, almost trembling at hel
boldness, and said, Madam, there is
a door woman dying in yonder alley
I told her of your kindness in sending
me to visit her, and she said that she
was grateful, but added, 'Why don'1
the lady come herself? If she does, ]
will believe in her religion" The
Lady went. The sick pauper died II
ber arms. And from that day there
were two Bible women going abou
doing good. She had learned that i
is only by personal labor that we cal
enjoy the full blessedness of Christian
benevolence.
is in our day too much doing
GOOD by proxy. Christians need tt
studv more the example of their Lord
Tbev need to initiate Him more II
nersonal conservation to His work
Even the eloquent preacher and tn
nrincely giver would be happier ant
more useful fthey would devote SOM
time to individual efort-if the.
would, now and then, 60 about dolnl
good.-Znterior.
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Tar Paper.

Tar paper is one of the best materi-
ais known for lining poultry houses,
as the fumes will prevent the entrance
of lice as we'll as the cold air in winter.
A granary lined with tar paper will
not be infested with grain weevils, and
one lined with tar felt may be consid-
cred as rat and mice proof, for these
vermin have dread aversion to such
strong scented and tough material.
Last but not least-coal tar is an excel
lent preventative of mildew, especially
for articles kept in boxes or cases OF
any kind.
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NEURALGIC PAINs.-Nearly one
half the population are more or less
afflicted with neuralgia pains. Instead
of sending for the doctoA who will
probably prescribe plaster and dose
of medicine, we advise the sufferer to
heat flat-iron, put double fold of
flannel on the painful part, then move
1.-The iron to and fro on the flannel.
The pain will cease almost immediate
y. We have seen the most painful
cases of neuralgia relieved in less than
ten minutes.
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The Latch.

Walking along street in London,
observed clergyman looking at me
but not knowing him, L moved on
Presently I heard footsteps quickly
approaching, and in moment the
clergyman was by my side.
He said, "Is your name Haslam ?'
"Yes," I replied, "that is my
name."
"God bless you, thousand times, u
he exclaimed.
"Thank you," I said, las much Of
that as you please, and the same tt
you. But let me ask, what is it all
about"
"Did you not say in Paris" inquired
the clergyman, "the latch is OH youl
side of the door,"
I answered, II dare say did: ]
have said such thing more than
once"
"Oh, God bless you-it was you,
then. I cannot tell you what effect
those words had upon me-"
"Do try and tell me-" I said. ~
should like so much to know"
My newly found friend was 80 ex-
cited and demonstrative in his manner
that saw we were attracting public
attention. I therefore tcok his arm,
and, walking along, bid him tell me
all about it.
II am a converted man." he said,
"but I was so weak in myself, and so
powerless in my ministry, that I went
on praying, and asking God to give me
strength. I did not seem to receive
any answer to my petitions, and this
made me both unhappy in mind and
depressed in body.
"At length I went to Paris for
change of scene, and it was there I
heard you say, Many people are pray
ing and waiting for God, while all the
time He is waiting for them. The
very fact that they are desiring and
praying is proof in itself that Christ
is knocking at the door of their hearts
to give them that very blessing which
they are craving. The latch is on your
side of the door. Do not wait for Him,
but lift the latch and let Him enter
"This word came to me like q reve-
lation from heaven. You went Oh
speaking as if you had said nothing
particular; but, indeed, it was most
particular and effective to and for me.
From your preaching I returned to my
hotel, and there I knelt down and
said, Lord, if Thou art waiting for
me, come in. I lift the latch-come
in, and welcome.'
"Oh, what joy filled my soul that
day. I longed to find you in order to
tell you of the blessing I had received,
but I could not. Soon after this I re-
turned to my parish here, in England
and with joyful voice and lips I told
my people that it is not by asking and
waiting, but by believing and taking
that we have Gods blessing"
(There are times and occasions for
asking and for waiting but all times
are fitted for keeping the doors of our
hearts open 10 God.-Ed. Fir. Re-
vieW.)