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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
CAsCO BAY,

If e'er you sail on Casco Bay
When fields are green and skies are sweet
And watch the foam-capped waves at play
Where land and sea touch hands and gree1'
As friend with friend, in rude delight,
Your soul, like birds at break OF day,
Will rise for many joyous flight
Midst summer isles of Casco Bay
Of Casco Bay Sweet Casco Bay
Where life is joy and love at play
Midst summer isles of Casco Bay.
Oh, wild and glad and circlng far,
The ripples sparkle from your Prov
AS silYerv laughter from star
When Venus decks the evenings brow;
And where the islands stand apart
The ocean waves roll in to pay
Some tribute from the seas great heart
To gentle, queenly Casco Bay:
To Casco Bay Dear Casco Bay
Your soul imbibes the salt-sea spray
And sings with lovely Casco Bay.
Down smiling channels shadows run
And simmer on the green-blue tides;
And, booming like far-off gun
Where Harpswell sea from sea divides
You hear the breakers sullen roar
And watch the waves ascend in spray
While all around, behind, before,
The white sails swell on Casco Bay:
On Casco Bay Fair Casco Bay!
The white sails fill and bear away
The happy ships on Casco Bay.
--BenJanain S. Parker, in The Century.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
THE sILENCED BATTERY.
Written for 7Hs american.

Written for The american.
Twas in the front of battles smoke,
Down by the battery's side,
Where serried columns wildly broke,
Swept backwards by the tide.
Where horse and man. In deaths embrac,
Lay wetering In their gore;
The best and bravest of a race
Will answer bugle call no more.
The pieces stand with iron lips,
That once were wreathed with fame.
The hammers dead, whose rigid grips
In death were still the same.
The caissons, parked In empty row,
Stand idly in the rear;
The battery's silenced, bark the foe
Rush forward with cheer.
No Kissing shot from cannons hot,
No thunder's rolling wave.
No HURTING grape, no trailing slot,
To mark the foeman's grave.
No iron hail to sweep them back,
AS onward still they come;
No canister in sorted rack
To still the beating drum.
One, and two, beside each piece,
Rent with wars CORY wound,
Lay stretched in gloomy deaths release,
Upon Manassas blood strewn ground.
Three. and four, by cascabel and knob,
Fell backwards with the slain;
Their valiant hearts no more will throb,
stop vent, or lanyard taut again.
But tits soldiers wish to die
Where duty calls the brave,
To sweetly sleep and dreamless lie
Within the peaceful grave.
The column halts, and with caps off
Surveys the silent dead;
No exultant shout or bitter scOf-
Come, boys let's march ahead"
-.Tunius L. HeI,lDSfeHd
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
Height of Great Sea Waves.

Carefully repeated experiments made by
an experienced English navigator at San
lander, on the north coast of Spain, showed
the crest of the sea waves in a prolonged
and heavy gale of wind to be AZ feet high;
and allowing the same for the depth be-
tween the waves would make height "a
crest to crest was found to be 1856 feet.
Other estimates of the waves in the South
Atlantic during great storms give height
of so feet for the crests and 400 feet for
length. In the North sea the height of
length $50 feet.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
Leafn to Say No.

1t takes character to say emo" | have
a friend who says the first thing she would
teach boy, if she had one, would be to say
"No." The three Hebrew children said ::
owe will not serve thy gods; :" and there
they rested. They had nothing to do with
the results If the king threw them into
the fiery furnace, that was his business ;
and it was Gods business to look after the
FIRE when they were thrown into it. They
simply said, and acted, "No; we will
not" Dare to say "No !"
We are too apt to think what the result
will be if we say "No." ALI we have to
do is to decide what is right, and stand by
it and if we do not do this we are not
worthy to be called by His nane.-Canado
PresbqteTs1n
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
Effective Temperance Lecture.

The statement Is made by the keeper Of
the Morgue in New York City that fourA
ffths of the FIVE thousand bodies thai
reach the city dead house every year ars
sent there by drunkenness. Nor do they
all come from the lower classes; scions of
honorable stock have been found there too
often, for alcohol is as merciless leveller
as death itself.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

To the worldly mind, all definite doc
trine is obnoxious. But there is. on the
other hand, a new school arising who wish
to abandon theological creeds, because
they say they kill spiritual emotion.
The Spectator replies to these new OBJ
iactors to orthodoxy by showing that
throughout all the Christian centuries, the
most exquisite outpourings of spiritual
feeling have come from men who had .
solid dogmatic basis for their faith. Ii
now the richness and fulness of religious
emotion is DESERVING many, it is because
they have lost definite foundations of
belief. The truth is there is fashion
in opinions as in other things; SO called
freedom" is the present fashion, and this
is very much like a master mariner claim
ing freedom to sail as he likes, and to go
where he thinks proper, without regard
ing nautical data, whereby he might learn
where he is going.-IHe Christian.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
A Good Name.

What is more valuable in any pursuit
than good name? It is often the key
note of success in your calling. 1t is
worth ten times its -cost to its possessor
during life; and, after death, what more
precious legacy can be left for children
Besides, the value of good name does not
accrue to yourself and children alone. The
whole community is benefited thereby.
Your noble traits of character remain as a
stimulus to others, encouraging them to
efforts of self-improvement.
To young man, ambitious for position
of honor and profit. in the business world,
a good name is of the first importance.
Without this, no one is wanted in any
position of trust.-Canada Presbyterian.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
"Be We Also Ready"

A young lady friend of ours, in the
midst of health and happiness, visited an
acquaintance near by, and while there she
walked through the garden and admired
the flowers, especially some certain ones
that seemed TO particularly take her fancy.
She, no doubt, had the picture of a long
life of happiness before her, with nothing
to mar the blissful prospect. But in
very short time those same flowers she SO
greatly admired were laid upon her grave.
Oh, how many young life has come
forth Like q flower, and was cut down,
How many have clown as shadow, and
continued notW Many a understanding
instrument has one day played for the
amusement of some innocent and happy
young life. and the next day played its sad
and solemn funeral march
Young men and young ladies, you who
.have before you the prospect of long and
happy life, remember these words which
Christ spoke: Therefore, be ye also
ready."-The @ hqSsti0n VSsit0r.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
A New Joint Making Material.

A permanent and durable joint can, it is
said, be made between rough cast iron sur
faces by the use of mineral asbestos mixed
with sufficient white lead to make very
stiff putty. This will resist any amount
Of heat, and is unaffected by steam or
water. 1t has been employed for mending
or closing cracks in cast iron retorts used
in the distillation of oil and gas from can
mel coal. The heat being applied to the
bottom of retorts, and the temperature of
the iron maintained at bright red heat,
after time the bottom of the retort would
give way, the larger portion of the crack
being downward toward the fire. The
method employed was to prepare the mix
ture, and place it on the top of brick,
then put the brick on bar of iron or
shovel, and press the cement upward to
fill the crack in the iron, holding it for
some time until it had penetrated the cav
ity and somewhat set. Of course, tduring
this operation the lid was removed from
the retort, SO that no pressure of gas or oil
forced the cement outward until set.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
Work of Electricity.

There are now in use in the United
States more than $3.50 central electric
stations for light and power. There are
$40, 900 arc lights and 2,60O, 900 incandes-
cent lamps. There are fifty nine cleo
trical railways in operation in March last,
and eighty-six roads in process OF con-
struction. The increase of capital in cleo
trical investments durings 1888 was nearly
SIC, 900, 900. These are very significant
figures, and they point Enthusiastically to
the course of future inventions and discov-
aries
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
THE CHILDREN.
TSsIHE DESK OF CHARLES D1cKESs AFTER
n ~ DEATH

ae lessons and tasks are all ended,
be school for the day is dismissed,
little ones gather around me
me goodnight" and be kissed;
title white arms that encircle
ok in tender embrace!
miles that are halos of heaven,
ing sunshine and love on my face
len they are gone I sit dreaming
childhood, too lovely to last;
that my heart will remember
1T wakes to the pulse of the past.
| world and its wickedness made NE
timer Of sorrow and sin,
he glory of God was about me,
Y The glory of gladness within.
neart grows weak as woman's,
the fountains of feeling will flow.
think of the paths steep and stony
re the feet of the dear ones must go;
mountains of sin hanging O er them,
be tempest of fate blowing wild,
res nothing on earth half so holy,
ne innocent heart of the child.
#are idols of hearts and of households.
are angels of God in disguise;
might still sleeps in their tire sses,
glory still beams in their eyes;
se truants from earth and from heaven
~ have made me more manly and mild,
know how Jesus could Iiken
q kingdom of heaven to child.
mot a life for the dear ones
radiant, as others have done,
pat life may have just as much shadow
Temper the glare of the sun;
hid pray God to guard them from evil.
my prayer would bound back to myself
hseraQh may pray for sinner,
sinner must pray for himself.
Fwigis 80 easily blended,
ave banished the rule and the rod
Fe taught them the goodness of knowledge
ley Kaye taught me the goodness of God,
heartis dungeon of darkness
here shut them from breaking the rule
|rown is sufficient correction;
love is the law Of the school,
Ill leave the old house in the autumn
} traverse its Threshold no more
how shall sigh for the dear ones
lat meet me each morn at the door,
Ill miss the good nights and the kisses,
ID the gush of their innocent gIee,
group on the green and the flowers
at are brought every morning to me.
al miss them at morn and at eve,
leir song in the school and the street;
III miss the low hum of their voices
I'd the tramp of their delicate feet,
IN the lessons and tasks are all ended,
I'd Death says the school is dismissed,
the little ones gather around me
, bid me goodnight, and be kissed. ~
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

Remember that the time for self exami-
nation and self knowledge is, after all,
very short. Soon we shall know the great
secret. We may masquerade it for little
while in the dress of the saint, but death
will soon strip off the covering. and at the
Judgment we shall stand revealed just
what we are.-gpurgsoa.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

Goliath was killed by the same sword
with which he confidently expected to
kill David. Many wicked mans own
deeds become the means of his own de-
struction.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
He Was Prepared.

Jones-"Why don't you lay by some
thing for rainy day."
Brown-"I have done So I'm keeping
the umbrella Smith loaned me week
ago."
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

The mind of the bigot is like the pupil
Of the eye the more light you pour on
1t, the more 1t contracts.--O. ". Holmes.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

Those who have little butter must be
content to spread thin their bread.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

To be cheerful patient, brave and hope
full, is the privilege of all.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28

= Usually "up in arms"-New babies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06

Ladies' winter wraps. J have the largest
stock in the up-country. w. T.. Bell.
cases OF dress goods to arrive this week
w. +. Bell.
case Of millinery to arrive this week. w.
. +. Bell.
cases ladica winter wraps 20 arrive this
week. w. f. Bell
Misses and children's wraps In all shades
Trices low. w. F.. Bell.
/ have goods coming in every day by ex-
press or freight, SO you can get what you want
and the very latest styles. W. T.. Bell.
For style and good goods w. +. Bells is the
place TO go.
5 bales OF brown homcspun to arrive In rs
and Al goods. Look out for low prices. w.
j.. Bell.
] bale Of plaid dress homespun just arrived
w. T.. Bell.
My scock OF writing pads, box paper, fine
linen note, envelopes and stationery gener'
ally Is larger and more complete than ever
Would bc glad To have you examine il before
buying. Speeds Drng Store.
Highlands healing powder will cure any
sore, horse flesh may be heir TO, Or money
refunded. For sale only at Speeds Drug
Store.
II you don't believe Angeline will cure
a Rheumatism try Il buttlc of IT, For sale only
lat Speeds Drug Store.
J Wolfords Sanitary Lotion will cure tho
Itch. For sale only at Speeds Drug Store.
Window glass cut to fiji any sash at Speed.
Drug Store.
TT. WestmorcIand's Calisaya Tonic Is q
prescribed by the most eminent physicians
Try one hottie aS directed for chronic head
ache and nervousness for sale AT Speeds
Drug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06
BIRTHS.

Headquarters for line cigars. Speeds drug
store.
The place to get what you want. Speeds
drug store.
My object is to sell good goods Mt a small
profit. w. +. Bell.
Shoes for ladies. shoes for misses, shoes for
children W. +. Bell.
W.E. Bell is selling goods. rs every mer-
chant should, at small profits.
Always give w. T.. Bell call, and lie will
give you bargains in every department.
For childrcn's ribbed hose 20 TO VIM. +.
Bell.
Some rich novelties IN trimming brasid
| with ornaments to match may bc seen ut r.
NJ. Haddun Il Co.
Barley barley Nnu can hny hnme raj
ed seed barley from White EroherS.
No,hlng is so useful in II poultry yard as I'M
pcrial Egg Food. II keeps the chicks bright,
| healthy and cheerful besides making them
| wonderful egg producers. For sale only at
Speeds Drug store.
DR.. l.. l.. Wilson's Dental office Is over II.
w. Cannon's store. Those VINO suffer with
their teeth, can find relief by calling on him
there.
| Preparatory to taking stock we have
greatly reduced our prices In every depart
| mcnt. L. Rosenberg " Co.
Go TO Smith ~ Sons for pure barley and ry
| seed.
! Plush and vclvo!s ali the leading shades 80
| ID. - and 81 per yard at Il. VI. liadd0n Il Co
Plush and cloth wraps at II. VI. IIaddon L.
Co.
Now is the time 10 provide yourself with n
| winter wrap. jackets, new markets, and mod
jeskas at r. Nj. llnddon ~ Co
| a full line of gcntlemcn's kid gloves in all
colors, also an elegant driving glove at T..
| Rosenberg IL Co.
| Gemtlemen'shoul wear Earl and Wilson
collars and cuffs. They are the best made.
For sale by i. Rosenberg Il Co.
| Earl and Wilson collars and cuffs. Earl
and Wilson collars and cuffs. Earl and Will
sou collars and cuils Eor sale by =. Roscn.
| berg Il Co.
4 large line OF Emerson shoes just received
by =. Rosenberg Il Co.
| The best assortment OF mems and boy tlan-
mel orcr>hirts at L. Rosenberg & Co.
Carpets and Smyrna rugs at all prices at p.
| Rosenberg Il TO.
| Buy your carpets and smyrna rugs from
| L. Rosenberg * Co.
| Jersey jack cts in black and colors from 75
cents TO 81. w. +. Bell.
! For ladies hosiery 80 to w. L. Bell.
Ladies' wishing To buy goods can find bet
ter assortment Of goods at w. +. Bells than
III places much larger than Abbevile.
| Go to w. L. Bells for gloves.
| Prompt, reliable, liberal with all its dealers
i the National Bank OF Abbcyillc.
i Full line Flannel suitiS at Il. NJ. Haddon
~ Co. H. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06
ANNUAL MEETING.
--GOOd ROads--GOOd BridGes--GOod
Financial Condition And AIS


The County Commissioners held their an
nual meeting Monday and yesterday, audit
ing all claims for the past current year.
We learn from them that all current ex-
penses will be paid in full.
In the matter OF bridges, damaged and de-
stroyed, by the floods or September and Feb
ruary. (known rs special claims there is a de.
fciency OF about $1,000, but for the full pay
ment Of which the County Commissioners
have made arrangements with the Abbeville
Bank, so that all claims will be paid in full.
These officers have worked faithfully dur.
ing the past year, and as faras we can see
their official duties have been discharged In q
manner which can only be satisfactory to the
public.
The roadswere never worked as well as they
now are. and we have perhaps mare good
. bridges than ever before in the hiSiury Of tho
county. This Board Of tom,uis. i",riS have
yuniformly discouraged the rr,.c!inn "a: tempo
rary or cheap bridges, and have. in n3r IN
stances, put up bridges which, IL ia Suppo>. 4,
Will last for many years.
They have n0t"bly been active and clii.icIt
In the letting Of contracts, and in each in.
stance. their best Judgment has been eXrr.
clSed In the discharge of this duty.
Taken all together the financial condition
the county Is as good rs II possibly could
1der the pisfortunes which our public
3rs haye lub0rcd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06

We can give you the best Flour for the least
money that waS ever offered IN ADueNlllc
Come and sec for yourself. Smith y Son.
Short ends in ginghams, SccrSuckcLS ana
dress goods for less than cost. WIN. f' hcii.
Call on White Brothers and cXanlnc their
rust pruur seed OATS which they are now OIL
fcrIng for sale in quantities from one To ono
thousand bushels.
We desire to call the attention ofour friends
and the public generally To our tuil stock Oh
Groceries. We pay particular ,nttcnti0n 10
the wants of the inner niaii, ana Keep always ;
on hand everything desirable in the way ol
heavy groceries, flour. meal, baron, lard, mo-
lasseS, sugar, rice, coffee, teas, hams &C. An
excellent assortment OF fancy groceries,
canned goods, candies, crackers &c, NIL our
shelves, goods first class, and prices down 10
/ rock bottom. Smith l. Son.
! White Brothers have Il very extensive ana
attractive stock OF ladies cloaks, consisting
| of Jackets, mudJcskus, wraps, new hnTkctS,
&c. &c The latles are all invited to call and
| look at them. Prices are low
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06
THOS. P. THOMSON,
Intendant.
JONES F. MILLER,
Secretary.
]. W. SIGN,
FRANK B. GARY.
WardenS.
Sherif's Sale.

Sherif's Sale.
Il. II. Devlin against John +. Adams.-War-
rant TO seize crop for rent.
RY virtue of an Warrant to me directed, In
l. the above stated case, l will sell to the
highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the
legal hours Of sale, at his residence on FRI
DAY, the 18th day Of NOVEMBER, a. D.,
1889. the following described property, TO wit:
FIVE HUNDRED Bundles OF Fodder,
more or less, Five Bales Of Cot
ton, One Hundred Bushels of Cot
ton Seed, more OF less, One Lot
of Roushness, Corn and Cotton
in field unsathered.
Levied on and To be sold rs the property OF
JOLh i. Adams to satisfy the Aforesaid War
rant and COSTS.
TERMS-CaSh.
WILLIAM ID. MANN,
Oct. 20, 1850. Sheriff 4. Z.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06

When the people have had time to think,
they will readily see that the newspaper that
would save them dollar and fifty cents on
the bale. is In fact, q good friend to the far
mer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06

The Willing Workers of the Presbytcrlar
church will give an oyster supper Tonight
Wednesday, November 9th, in the New iinlci
Let ali turn out without regard to churc.
atfiliation. These oysters are non-scctariai
in principle, and will hc rallatablc to all
without prejudice for or against any pnrtlcu
lar form of religion. All they are particular
about Is, latitude for themsclves and capacity
for the eater.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06
An Ordinance
To Prohibit the Sale of
Whiskey, &c., &c.,

DE TT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN
Council Of Abbeville, S. G., and by the
authority Of the same:
That it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to sell in the corporate
limits of the town Of Abbevillc, any
kind Of spirituous liquors, wines, beers,
bitters, or fruits prepared with such
liquors, in said town, and if any person
or persons, who shall be guilty of selling
any such spirituous liquors, wines, beers,
btters or fruits prepared with such
liquors, shall upon conviction, bo find
dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the
County Jail thirty days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06
The State of South Carolina,
hRREVUJE (OIJSTY

Probate CONFEDERATION for Letters OF Ad-
miniStratiOn.
BY j. FULLER LYON, ESQ.,. JUDGE PROBATE
COURT:
IsIHEREAS, j. w. Sign has made suit to
w me, to grant him Letters OF Adminis-
tratiOn Of the Estate and elects OF lda L.
Williams, late of Abbrvillc County, deceased.
These are therefore, TO cite and admonlSh
all and singular the kindred and creditors OF
the said Ida T.. Williams, deceased. that they
bc and appear before me in the Court OF Pro-
bate, to be held at Ahbevlllu T.. H.. on tues
dav, November -. lSSg, after publication here
of, at IL o'clock in the forenoon, TO show cause
If any they have, why the said Admlnistra-
ton should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal OF the Court,
this Ith day of November in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty
nine and in the Iii year of American lnde-
pcndcnce. ,o,o
Published on the 9th day Of November, 1859,
in the Press and Banner ard on the Court
House door for the time required by lazy.
j. FULLER LYON,
Judge Probate Court
Nov. &, Is 8, If
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-10

churning, then warmed all together,
churned at temperature of 60 dogs. He
thought one ounce of salt to one pound
of butter was about the right proportion,
although he allowed that the amount of
salt used in butter was strictly matter
of taste The butter churned weighed
10t pounds, making 10 pounds of milk
necessary to produce one pound of but
ter. Cream stored in cans or pals should
be mixed or stirred thoroughly at least
six times every twenty-four hours.
A member from Richmond, N. Y,
with several years experience in silos
and ensilage is an enthusiast on the sub
ject. His dairy of fifty cows yields one
pound of butter for every fourteen
pounds of milk, and all the butter he
produced last winter sold at an average
of forty-one cents per pound. So much
for ensilage.
A dairyman from Utica spoke in favor
of judicious system Of feeding ensilage.
He said the best corn for ensilage is the
corn that will ripen best. He filled his
silos with uncut sweet corn, and prefer
red that to any other. During last Janu-
airy and February it cost him eleven cents
a head per day to feed his cows on ensi-
lage.
In answer to an inquiry Professor
Cooke said that white caps or white
specks in butter were caused by the
cream drying on the edge of the cream
jar or pail, also by over sourness of the
cream.