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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

ANTIDoTE FOR ANTs.-I tried sever
al methods to prevent ants molesting
bees, writes Prof. A. J. Cook, and found
the following far the most satisfactory
By use of crowbar make hole in the
middle of the anthill down to the bot
tom, which is easily found by the more
open or less compact earth. Then in
to this hole putagill of bisulphide ofcar-
bon and fill and crowd down with earth.
AS the liquid is very volatile, and can
not pass out Of the now compactly
filled hole, it quickly evaporates and
kills all the ants. If clay be near, al
ways use this to crowd into the hole, as
it is more impervious than is sand,
though by firmly pressing with the
foot the sand can be made to hold the
liquid. Kerosene may be used instead
of the carbon, but it is far less efec-
tive. So, too of carbolic acid. By
means of syrup, so covered by gauze
that bees are excluded, the ants can
be trapped in great numbers and de-
stroyed. have often done this, and
by adding Paris green have poisoned
the ants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
What Others Say.
The Church Pest.
Baltimore Baptist.

Exactly so. HIe is out with his pas
tor, is he? That is Il way he has. 1t
is his normal condition to be out with
his pastor. We have known of his
conflicts with three or four pastors.
He is immensely fond of them at first
--fairly swallowed them whole-but as
soon rs Il man crosses him, or as soon
as he, III his infinite conceit, fances
that he has been sighted, then he
makes terms with the Devil and goes to
fighting the preacher. 1t is a sort OF
glory with him; it makes him feel
very graud and important to have a
quarrel with his pastor. He actually
enjoys the notoriety of the thing, and
then he has the lnalignity to push his
contest to the bitter end. We loathe
the spirit of such q man. He is the
parent of discorl and the leader in de.
struction. Why does not the little
band combine and put the monster
out: 1t ought TO be done.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

A BEAUTIFUL IDEA.-That was q
beautiful idea OF the wife Of an Irish
schoolmaster, who while poor himself
had given gratuitous instruction to
poor scholars, but wheu increased in
worldly wealth began to think that he
could not give his services for nothing.
James, don't say the like o. that"
said the gentlehearted wife; "a poor
scholar don't come into the house that
1 don't feel as if he brought fresh air
from heaven. never miss the bit |
give him; my heart warns to the soft
homely sound of his bare feet on the
floor, and the door almost opens itself
to let him in"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

A good story is told of Gov. Tom
Bennett, who presided over the desti
nies of Idaho more than decade ago
A member of the Legislature, who had
been annoyed by his neighbor's hog,
introduced a bill compelling the owner
of the prescribed animal to keep him
within the limits of pen. The bill
passed and went up to Governor Ben
nett for his approval. TO the surprise
of the members, and the ehagrin OF
its sponsor, it was returned with his
veto. When asked for a reason he eX-
claimed: II don't believe in the bill
in the first place, and, if did, /
wouldn't sign bill that spelled hog
with big H, and Governor with lit
tie g."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
Household Hints.

When recipes call for cupfuI it
means Just half a pint; this amount
in granulated sugar weighs just half a
pound
Salt will curdle new milk so in pre-
pairing custards or porridges the salt
should not be added until the dish is
prepared.
Red pepper pods or few pieces OF
charcoal thrown into the pot in which
onions, cabhages, ETC., are being boiled
will prevent the unpleasant odor.
Two tablespoonfuls of washing soda
in q gallon of boiling water makes a
good disinfectant for the kitchen sink.
Pour it in at night, while it is still at
boiling heat.
Tin pans can be prevented from rust
ing by heating them and rubbing well
with linseed oil and heating again.
Wood ashes orwhiting (Which is BETTER
mixed with kerosene will brighten
them.
Make list, in the order in which you
pack them, of the contents Of youl
WOODEN chest, and paste it on the out
side. Then the articles at the herd OF
the list will be at the bottom of the
box.
Dusty black cashmere should be
sp ,nged with equal parts of alcohol
and ammonia, diluted with a little
warm water. When pressing use Il
piece of alpaca or undressed cambria
next the warm iron.
If ironed when damp, and pressed
till dry, table linen takes a certain
stiffness which is more permanent and
less subject to creases than the stiffness
of starch, which is also injurious to the
fabric.
Lime and alkali stains may be remov
de from white goods by simply washing
In the case of colored goods and silks
the goods should be moistened and cit
ric acid, much diluted, applied with
the finger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
"wednesday Oct. A6. J.: 20.
Laughter.

Do we, as rule, l%ugh rnOugh" Is
there not too much beefsteak and too
little gravy for salutary digestion in
the every day consumption of brain
food? Is there spice enough to season
the standing dish of drudgery? There
is service to chaste laugh, and its
relation to physical comfort is note
worthy. Oar emotions are the play
thing of our SuicnUndings, and the
graces we would cuitiTlte can never be
perfected in an alnn>! here that is not
cordial. The ni@h'nrt'c OF disaster is
ever disturbing new endeavors and
cherished ventures and, if it is to be
dispelled, the handiest helper is the
sunshine Of mirth. To one who is in
the maelstrom of cares or who IS gal
ley-slave in the struggle to exist or on
whose cast of dice is staked the gain or
loss by living there is no force than
can sustain as broad bumor. Music
has q power to tighten loads, relax
bows, but q side-shaker seems to be
quite as salutary to the weary ones III
the market-place. A ditty travels to
the springs of the feelings, but a neat
ly perpetrated pun makes the man of
care take cheer as he tolls. The mind
that is lost to every appeal save the re-
QUESTIONS of his vocation needs to be
switched off, and handy way to do it
is to tickle him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
Being Obliging.

One day when little Arthur was
making mud pies in the front yard, he
heard some one call him. It was his
Aunt Jane, who was standing on the
front porch with letter in her hand.
"Run across the street and put this
letter in the box, Arthur, please" she
said.
"No, I don't want to- answered
Arthur, who did rot like % be disturb
ed.
So Aunt Jane went across the street
herself and mailed the letter..
Not long after this, Arthur's mother
asked him to take Il spool OF silk to
Aunt Jane who WAS Upstairs.
"No, I don't want to-" answered
Arthur again.
His mother said nothing. but when
she went upstairs herself with the silk
she had little talk with aunt Jane
about Arthur.
An hour later Arthur ran to Aunt
Jane with broken whip.
PLEASE mend this, Aunt Jane" he
cried.
"No, I don't want to-" said Aunt
Jane, without looking up from her
sewing.
Arthur seemed surprised for mo-
ment, then hung his head and turned
away.
When supper was over. Arthur car
ried book of fairy tales to his mann
ma.
"Please read me a story, Mammal
he said.
"No, 1 don't want to-" said his
mother, who was knitting.
Arthur's lip quivered, and his eyes
were full of tears as he sat down on a
cushion in corner to look at pictures
in the book.
But he forgot his troubles when his
papa came in.
10 papa" " be said running to him
"please make me whistle"
mo, don't want to-" said his pa
pa.
This was too much for Arthur, and
he burst into tears. But no one COM
forted him, and the nurse came and
I, 49,, to Ln,1
While she undresscd him she told
him that no one could love little 10y
who never wanted to do fuvors, and il
he were not ready to obligc others he
must not expect others to 0blige him.
The next morning Aunt Jane came
out again with letter. AS soon as
Arthur saw her he left his mud cakes
and ran to her.
Let me put the letter in the box,
Aunt Jane" he said.
Aunt Jane smiled and kissed him as
she gave him the letter. She saw that
Arthur had learned Il good lesson, and
he never again refused TO do favor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

Fires, storms, floods, wrecks on rail
roads, disasters at sea, murders, sui
cides, elopements, base ball, r"''himg
stage coaches and railway train: de
faults, stealing, acquittals ami hang-
ings, duels, prize fights are common
and prominent items in the dnilies.
Earthquakes, volcanoes cloud bursts
are less common but none the les> in
dicative that The world is approaching"
a crisis. Whether that crisis is the rnd
of all things time will tell and that 'o''
when the people "think not
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

Many persons are troubled about
matters which are of no sort of inter
est to them, and are often perpleXed
when they should be happy. Of what
real benefit would it be to us to know
when the worlds around us were crea-
ted, or why sin is suffered to exist
We see the world and we feel the eff
fects of sin. 1t is enough for us. DR..
Payson said: "The Bible tells us that
an enemy came and sowed tares.
Now, if any man choose to go farther
than this, and inquire where the enc
my got the tares, he is welcome to do
so; but 1 choose to leave it where the
Bible leaves it. I do not wish to be
wise above what is written"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
The Danger at filc Door.
Chicago Christian Advocate.

There has been remarkable growth
in our own Church of q sentiment in
favor of spending larger proportion
of missionary funds at home. He is
blind who does not see that the argu-
ment in favor of such policy is CO.
gent and unanswerable. Our cities are
in growing danger. The recent elec-
ton again showed that the foreign
wards in New York City almost sway
ed the vote in the State of New York,
and that States vote almost swerved
the decision of the nation. There can
be no doubt that the home Churches
must do more dutifnl labor in behalf of
the nation, both for the sake of souls
and pure franchise. After making
due allowance for Christian duty, it is
jnst to keep in mind that that which
we do at home is of the nature of self
interest, and Of the nature, too, of pol
ice self-protection.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

DANGER IN NEWLY Built HorSEs.
There is too great haste in occupying
house after its completion. In many
places there is such demand for dwell
lings and often business apartments,
that, as soon as finished, they are oc-
cupied. This is especially true of small
dwellings. There is more danger in
this than is supposed. There is no
health in dampness and mould under
any circumstances, and in living apart
ments, where the tendency is toward
poor ventilation, the dampnss> Of
newly finished houses contributes
largely to ill-health. In the town Of
Basle, Switzerland, q regulation has
been adopted which prevents newly
built from being occupied upti four
mouths after completion. Under many
circumstances, so long time ~ above
specified is not necessary, but it i>"ttcn
well to err on the side of safety. The
size of the house, its location, surround
ings, the material used, al the State
of the weather enter into the consider
alton of the time necessary III which a
building should become sufficiently
dry for occupancy.
Scientific -Aa"ric''".
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

The advantage of coming to Christ
in youth is like the advantage of re-
ceiving a thorough education in the
earlier years of life. It adds some
thing to the spiritual equipment Of the
man, which he can never acquire later
in life. There is certain lack of NOR
al refinement, coarseness of fibre and
texture, about the man who has grown
up unregenerate, which no spiritual
devotion in after life can quite make
good. The life pure from infancy, har-
moniously developed from the begin
ming, has charm, a sweetness, a sort
of melodious consistency, that can be
acquired in no other way. That this
should be so, is in accordance with all
the laws of development. 1t is simply
one instance of the working of natural
law in the spiritual world.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
"Nake it Look Like One"

Ned had watch, very good one
though little 0ld-fashioned. There
va, one thing about it Which displcas'
Ell him; it was 4 kcy-wintler, and all
the rest of the boys carried stem-wil-
Gers.
"Why, Ned" says his father "ev-
cry jeweller says key-wiuders arc the
most reliable and durable. Besides,
there is no such solid gold in any
watch cases in your school"
Ned insisted, and his father consent
ed for him to take it to the jcweller,
and have a stem-winding attachment
pat in. lie came back with Il doubtful
look on his face.
Father, Mr.. Smith says he can't
change the watch to Il stem-Winder'
but he can make it look just like one"
"And you told him nn"'
d."
"Want your watch to lie? l want
my hoy to understand, if he levcl
learns another lesson, the difference
bntwe"5 seeming to he and being.
AnG want him 10 understand that
tic L.':r' Of society is the contempti-
bic people who are always trying to
appear what they are Dot.'-Guidc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

The Interior has recently publish
ed suggestive article on "How Shall
we Keep the Confidence of our Chill
dren ?" We commend the following:
"There is, it seems to me, but one sure
way to bring our children to contide to
US the facts of their spiritual life, and
that is to show them, by our daily
walk and conversation, that we live
lives sustained and cheered and helped
and comforted by power higher than
ourselves; show them, by precept and
example, that we desire that they also
shall experience the reality of this reli-
gion which we profess, so that when
the responsibilities and trials of life
come to them they also may find the
guidance and support and help which
we have found. Children, who are
convinced Of the reality and the sutii-
cheney of the religion profrssed by
their parents to meet all the encrecn
cies of life, will be the most likely TO
carry to their parents the story Of their
own spiritual struggles and rrrpIeSi-
ties, and to give them that most sacred
confidence of life, the confidence of a
soul struggling against temptalion and
sin for conformity to the likeness Of
Christi
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

If pierce the shoot of plant with
the finest needle, the prick forms a
knot which grows with the leaf be-
comes harder and harder, and prevents
it from obtaining its perfectly complete
form. somethinslf fimilar takes place
after wounds which touch the tender
germ of the human soul and injure the
heart-leaves of its being. Therefore
you must keep holy the being of the
child; protect it from every rough and
rude impression, from every touch OF
the vulgar. A gesture, look, sound
is often sufficient to inflict such
wounds. The child is more tender
than the finest or tenderest plant. 1t
would have been far different with hui
manity if every individual in it had
been protected in that tenderest age as
befitted the human soul, which holds
within itself the divine spark.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

Do notlaugh at the drunken man
reeling through the streets, however
ludicrous the sight may be. He is go
ing home to some tender heart that
will throb with intense agony some
doting mother: perhaps, who will
grieve over the downfall Of her once
sinless boy; or it may be loving wife,
whose heart will almost burst with
grief as she views the destruction of
her idol; or it may be IA loving sister,
who will shed bitter tears over the
degradation of her brother, shorn of
his manliness and self-respect. Rather
drop a tear in silent sympathy with
those hearts so keenly sensitive and
tender, yet so proudly royal that they
cannot accept sympathy rendered
them either in word, look, or act, al
though it might fall upon their wound
ed and crushed hearts as the Summer
dew upon the whitening plant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
A Thought.

Back and forth across the woof Of years,
The shuttle Of each life the weaver throws
And here and there small bits, whence no one
knows,
Link with the thread the mystic pattern
weaving,
Then lose themselves amid the snIil.t and
tea-s
Which o'er the web are lights and shadows
leaving.
We heed them not-those fragments inicrlac-
ing
With ours some life that crossed oar path
one day,
$50 many seems the tangled thr ads that
Stray,)
Until amazed we pause, some figure tracing
Thrown up in bold relief, and see and know
The thread whose worth we failed 10 under
stand,
But now whose wondrous beauty serves to
show
The matchless wisdom Of the Master Hand
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
Recently the leader of q Conference

Recently the leader Of Conference
meeting took the occasion to say that
the great stumbling-block in meetings
of the same character is proliXity. If
those who speak wonld come to the
point at once, utter their particular
word, and then give way to others,
there would be new interest. He
was no sooner seated than one of the
brothers arose and said that if the lead
er of the meeting chad not been so
long in telling others to be SAoaI,
there would have remained an oppor-
tunity for the Others" BY the clock
the leader had taken twenty-siN min
utes to give his very wise advice, and
to show his very bad example! When
we are OH our feet we do not know
how rapidly the time passes. But
those who listen al ways know.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
What to Teach Boys.

A philosopher has said that true edu-
cation to boys is to teach "them what
they ought to know when they become
men,"
l. TO be true and to be genuine. No
education is worth anything that does
not include this. a man had better
not know how to read-he had better
never learn letter in the alphabet,
and be true, genuine in intention and
in action-rather than be learned in all
sciences and in all languages, to be at
the same time false in heart and coun-
terfeit in life. Above all things teach
the boys that truth is more than riches,
more than earthly power or posses
sions.
.. TO be pure in thought, language
and life-pure in mind and in body.
8. TO be unselfish. To care for the
feelings and comfort Of others. 10 be
polite, to be just, in all dealings with
others. TO be generous, noble and
manly. This will include a genuine
reverence for the aged and for things
sacred:
4. To be self-seliant and self-helpful
even from childhood. To be industri-
Gus always and self-supporting at the
earliest proper age. Teach them that
all honest work is honorable, and that
an idle life of dependence on others is
disgraceful.
When boy has learned these four
things when he has made these ideas a
part of his being-however poor, or
however rich, he has learned the most
important things he ought to know
when he becomes man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
Samoan Houses.

George Turner describes a native
Samoan house rs a gigantic beehive,
thirty-five feet in diam eter, hundred
in circumference, and raised from the
ground by number Of short posts at
intervals Of four feet from each other
all around. The spaces between these
posts, which may he called open doors
or windows all round the house, al e
shut i'll AT night by roughly plated CO.
coanut leaf blinds.
The floor is raised six or eight inches
with rough stones, then an upper lay
er of smooth pebbles, then some cocoa
nut leaf mats, and then layer of finer
mating. In the centre of the house
there are two, sometimes three, posts,
20 feet long, sunk three feet into the
ground, and extending to and support
ing the ridgepole. These are the main
props of the building.
The space between the rafters the ma
tives fill up with what they call ribs,
the wood of the bread-fruit tree, split
up into small pieces, and joined to-
gether so as to form q long rod the
thickness of the thumb running from
the ridgepole down to the caves. All
are kept in their places, an inch and a
half apart, by cross pieces made fast
with sinnet, or rope made out of cocoa
nut fibre.
The thatch is laid on with great care
and taste; the long, dry leaves of the
sugar-cane are strung on to pieces oil
reed five feet long; they are made fast
to the reed by overlapping the one end
of the leaf, and pinning it with one rib
of tho cocoanut leafet run through
from leaf to leaf horizontally. The
reeds thus fringed with the sugar-cane
leaves hanging down three or four feet
are laid on, beginning at the caves and
running up to the ridgepole, each one
overlapping its fellow an inch or So
and made fast one by one with sinnet
to the inside rafters.
Upwards of a hundred of these reeds
of thatch are required for single row
running from the caves to the ridge
pole. Another is then made, and so on
all round the house. Two, three or
four thousand fringed reeds may be re-
quired for a good sized house. The
thatching, if we'll done, lasts for seven
years.
TO select the sugar cane leaves and
"sew" the ends OH to the reeds is the
work of the women. An active wo-
man can sew fifty reeds in day, and
three men will put up and fasten to the
roof of the house some five hundred in
a day.
The great objection to the thatch is
that in gales it stands up like field of
corn, and then the rain pouls into the
house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

1t is refreshing to meet an instance
of real, practical, genial humanity. A
Boston minister had occasion the other
day to visit very poor family. He
was surprised on tapping at the door to
be answered by DR.. Phillips Brooks
with a baby in his arms. The fact
was that the woman had been very il
and sorely needed fresh air, but had no
one with whom to leave her baby.
The brilliant Boston preacher found
her out, gave her tickets for a train
ride and was tenderly tending the IT,
ny baby while she enjoyed it. DR..
Brooks is very big man, and has no
baby of his own. Weare glad he could
have so good a time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

The stronge.t wood in the United
States, according to Prof. Sargent, is
that of the nutmeg hickory of the Ar
kansas region, and the weakest the
West Indian birch. The most elastic
is the tamarack, the white or shell
back hickory ranking far below it.
The least elastic, and the lowest in
specific gravity, is the wood of the
Ticus aurea. The wood having the
highest specific gravity, upon which
the value as fuel in general depends,
is the bluewood of Texas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

The three weeks meeting at WASH
ington Street (Methodistj Church
closed last Sunday night-and era =
cious time it was to many OF tbe vas,
crowd in attendance. 1t was the eli
max of a growing interest from tht
first of twenty one days and nights.
The results in conversions are reported
at $50 to It's souls. Brother Leirch
and Marshall left the city Monday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

Fault finding is great enemy to
beauty. About the mouth there is GER
tain to come a cluster of lines to tell
the world at large of the peevishness.
1t makes the eyes smaller, because
they contract at the time, and the lips
grow extremely sensitive from contin-
ual biting.