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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
Our Ingratitude.

1t goes against the natural grain to
show continued favors to an ungrateful
man. When we do kindness we
rather like to be thanked and smiled
at. Sullen acceptance of gift or
courtesy does not encourage repetition /;
gruf refusal almost makes the giver
regret his own amiable intention. Be-
hold, now, the supernatural love and
patience of the Father, who gives good
gifts to his ungreatful, disobedient
children day after day. The children
render infrequent and scanty thanks
for such blessings as please them !;
complain loudly against others, con-
cerning the fitness of which they place
their own darkened judgments above
that of the all-wise God; and in great
numbers rudely reject the most pre-
cious of all mercies-salvation through
a crucified Redeemer. We must medi
tate on the abundance and steady con-
tinuance of the divine bounty to
thankless creatures, to understand
even in part what is meant by the as
surance, "God is love-"
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THE REMEDY.-A medical authori-
ty tells how, the other day, woman
came to the London Hospital COM
planning of what was called skin dis.
ease. The clever, but sarcastic physi.
clan to whom she applied for treat
ment saw at once that the "skin dis
ease" was of peculiar but not very
uncommon nature.
"I should advise you, madam" he
said, with great courtesy, Ito fill a
bath with water of temperature Of
ninety degrees, and to immerse your
self in it; then take some yellow soap,
rub it vigorously on piece of flannel,
and apply the flannel with considera-
BILE friction to all parts of your body"
"But, DOCTOR" said the patient,
"that sounds like telling me to go
home and wash myself"
II confess, madam" was the reply,
"that it is open to that objection"
She never came back.
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"Died as the Fool Dieth."

Thos. E. Jackson, aged is, was beat
en- to death, at st. Louis, Sept. II, by
Ed Ahearn in a prize fight. "The
fight throughout was one of the most
desperate battles ever witnessed in the
ring" Half a column in the Register
of Sept. IS, contains the details of the
brutal scene. Do such horrible doings
as this shock the nerves Of complacent
advocates of war? Why should such
people be offended? This diabolical
affair is but an illustration of the
principles" which obtain in war, null
tiplying one by thousand thousands.
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Good Music.
WASHINGTON
Attending

Attending Washington Street
Church on Sunday last we were struck
with the effectiveness of Mr.. Marshall
as leader of congregational singing.
Tn the one hymn in which all joined
he succceded-pretty nearly-in keep
ing all with himself, so far better than
the average choir succeeds that II
seemed to lis Il leader Of that kind
would hca good substitute for our av-
erame choir-why not say any choir:
There stood the leader near the pulpit,
q little to one side and within easy
reach OF the preacher and i'll view of
all the people. The people could see
the lips as we'll as hear the words OF
the leader as he sang, and thus by the
power of example and the power of
his "presence" were kept en- rdpportc
with him. If need be let this leader
have his organ and accompanist-but
these should be, as with MI. Marshall,
mere accessories-quite secondary.
Musicians say there are "parts" in mu-
sic. Let such as have an ear for music
sing such "parts'-let the leader pro-
vide for the "air" only. Making our
bow to exceptional leaders of choirs
and exceptional choirs we would re-
spectfully suggest that this plan be
tried rather than that now prevailing,
an organ and quartette of singers plac-
ed behind and above the congregation,
and which as most choirs claim is
meant merely to 'lead the congrega-
tion." Long-lived fallacy! 1t doesn't
lead. Too often nobody offers his
voice to be led, and sometimes the
voices do go up from down stairs but
they are not led, each one, rather, tax
ing and making his own "time." But
with man standing as much in sight
of the congregation as the preacher,
one understanding music and having
ability to lead, with such an arrange
ment we do think most churches
would find an improvement in singing
and it might even come to be rightly
termed congregational. Song.
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The Rebuilding of JOhnStOWn.

YOUNGSTOWN, PENN, September l6.
THAT Johnstown will rise again there
seems to be no doubt. The enormous
task of restoring the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks from South Fork to the
famous stone bridge continues day and
night. With all possible energy the
Cambria Iron Company is operating
those departments of its works which
escaped ruin. Its army Of employees
is busy and hundreds of men are ell
gagged in rebuilding the structures de-
m0lished or damaged. Planning mills,
gas works, electric light WORKS, and
other minor industrial establishments:
are being putin working order. Stores
have been re-opencd, and although the
are only in temporary build
ings they have good stock on hand
and find an ample demand Ior tneir
wares. There have been at least 1000
places of habitation erected during the
last three months. Of course the ma
jority of them are only temporary
but they answer every pur-
nose. Some substantial buildings,
however, are we'll under way and
many foundations are being laid.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Though far off among the Islands o.
the Pacific our son Sam did not forget
that his father attained hts "three
score and ten" last Monday, Septem'
Der 90, 1889. The remembrance was
expressed in way so delicate and sub
stantial that the 20 mile post may fol
that and other reasons be called the
"Ebenezer" of the Editors pilgrimage
This, this is the God we adore,
Our faithful, Interchangeable friend
Whose love Is as great as his power
And neither knows measure nor end.
Ills Jesus the first and the last,
Whose Spirit shall guide US safe home:
Well praise him for all that is past,
AID trust him for all that's to come.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02

DON'T MENTION THE BR1ERs.-It
is not only wise and happy thing to
make the best of life, and always look
on the bright side, for ones own sake,
but it is blessing to others. Fancy
man forever telling his family how
much they cost him! A little sermon
on this subject was unconsciously
preached by child one day last fall.
A man met little fellow on the
road carrying basket of blackberries,
and said to him: Sammy, where did
you get such nice berries" y
"Over there, sir, in the briers."
"Won't your mother be glad to see
you come home with basket of such
nice ripe fruit?"
eyes, sir" said Sammy, "she al
ways seems mighty glad when I hold
up the berries, and don't tell her any
thing about the briers in my feet"
The man rode on, resolving that
henceforth he would hold UP the ber-
ries and say nothing about the briers.
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CHICAGO, September 16. The Rev.
Chas. III. Fowler, D. D., Of San Fran
cisco, Bishop of the Methodist Epis.
copal Church, who has just completed
o trip around the globe, this morning
expressed the belief that ten years
hence America would pay for its Anti
Chinese laws with the blood of her cit
liens. He occupied the entire session
of the Methodist ministers to-day in
speaking about his observations OF
missionary work abroad, the object OF
his trip being to personally inspect the
workings of foreign missions.
In speaking of the law prohibiting
the Chinese from coming to America,
Bishop Fowler said it was the most
dastardly and disgusting thing that
America ever did, "and," he said with
a slow emphasis, which was very inn
pressive, lit will be paid for some day
by the blood of some of Americas best
men," He thought every American
should blush for shame when he
thought of the violation of tile treaty
with China, whereby Cinnamon were
refused permission to land on oul
shores. "China is not asleep" he said
''They talk little, but they think. In
some of the interior towns I met Chi
namen who would surprise you by
their knowledge. You lowed landec
in China" they ask. Yes I replied
'Chinamen no lowed landee in Melica,
they reply; why you lowed come
here" One man said to me one day
Me no Clistian or me sendee you way.
II tell you they are thinking, and
trouble is brewing. The greatest
Prince in China said to me one day
We are looking after our home inter
ests now. Ten years will put China in
shape as to her interior arrangements
then we will look after her outside in
terests.' They are making great guns
and ironclads, and are manning them
In ten years country with one.third
of the inhabitants of the globe will be
ready to ask what we meant by trifiine
with her treaty."-NeaO York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02

THE SECRET OF LoNGEvITY.-A
little way beyond the ancient church
at Holderness is a brick residence,
whose front is half hidden by one of
those monster elms that are the pride
of our Northern States, and beneath
its shade 1 saw yesterday an old man
who is passing his ninety-ffth year, sit
ting comfortably in great arm chair.
My wife told me that his aunt had
recently died, aged one hundred and
five; and, curious to know If there was
any special reason for such longevity,
1 made inquiries. "No," said my in
formant ; ''only they were almost al
ways out-of-doors and lived a quiet
life.n ....
Yet in that single sentence lay a
greater philosophy than he dreamed of
a sounder precept than he knew. To
keep out-of-doors AMI avoid worry is a
maxim that, if followed, would close
a majority of our hospitals, which, L
regret to say, have a greater number of
occupants with each succeeding year.
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Rev. A. J. P. Matthews, Roman
Catholic priest of Bath, England, has
seeded from that church. In his let
ter of resignation he says: after
long and anxious thought and study,
I have arrived at the conviction that
the Roman Catholic Church has no
claim to be regarded as divinely con-
stituted authority; that the Papacy is
q human institution gravely compro:-
missed to error and superstition, and
therefore injurious to the spiritual and
temporal welfare Of mankind"
Marion has new bank, certificate
of charter having been issued Septem-
Der 10. Capital stock $50,OOO, divided
into 1000 shares.
The free schools of Columbia opened
Monday, September 23rd.
Two Irishmen were walking under
the gibbet at Newgate. Looking up
at it, one of them remarked: "A h
Pat, where would you be if the gibbet
had done its duty?" "Shure, Flanna-
gan," said Pat, ian I'd be walking to
London-all alone"
"Twenty years ago, said a colored
philosopher, "niggers was wuf thou:
sand dollars piece. Now dey would
be deah at two dollars a dozen. It's
'stonishin' how de race am runnin'
down."
The propensity to evil or dishonora,
BILE course is much more to be deplored
than the acts which come of it.
The architect should regard utility
more than beauty or grandeur.
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Send me that which Thou knowest
is blessing, though it may not seem
blessing to me; and deny me that
which Thou knowest is not blessing,
however ready I, in my ignorance,
NAV be to think it 80. That is the spir-
it of prayer. When we are praying for
blessings, we ought never to pray for
them absolutely. We ought always to
pray for them if they be truly good for
us; if not, God, in answering our
prayer, would not beblessing us indeed
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Head waiter-Hope you are not 60

Head waiter-Hope you are not 60
ing to forget the waiter, sir.
Guest-No, sir: I'm not going to
forget him nor forgive him either.
Why don't you 60 to work and quit
begging? Hang me, if haven't half
a mind to have you arrested for va
grancy.
Head Waiter-But sir, I have en-
ployment, sir, the proprietors of this
hotel, sir, are my employers, sir.
Guest-Then why don't they pay
you enough to keep you from begging?
Hang me if I don't have them arrest
ed, too, as accessories before the fact.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
Life.

Oh! the tangled skeins of life
How they chafe the human heart-
Till we humbly learnto know ..s.
That we only see in part.
From the city great ami dark
Come the cry Of bitter.pain, -.
"Why should we who strive. have loss,
Whilst the worthless ones have gain z,
Then the wall Of anguish sore,
As the lonely mother sips ..,.''
Drop by drop, bereavements cup. .--
With pale cheek and quiv'ring lips.
In the rich mans gorgeous home
Find we pomp and worldly pride
Whilst in garret, starved to death, ..
CEi!d and mother side by side.
And in cellars small and foul
Nests Of filth and vicious strife,
Lie poor, dying. sin-stained ones,
Cursins God, who gave them life
Oh! how helpless seems the hand
Raised 10 check the tide of sin, ...-
Trying human dregs to reach
And immortal souls to win.
Compensation seems so far -
From these wretched wrecks OF time,
Yet we listen in our hearts ...
To the promises sublime.
Ringing thro' the ages still,
Telling us our "God Is Love-"
And that all his chastisements
Clear Will be in heaven above. r..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02

People say they shell peas when
thew unshell them, husk corn when
they unhusk it, dust furniture when
they undust it, skin calf when they
unskin it, scale fishes when they un-
scale them, weed their garden when
they unweed them.
The United States are producing for
ty eight per cent of the worlds silver,
and nearly thirty-three per cent. of its
gold.
Marriages would be more frequently
q success if fewer men and women
were failures.
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Mrs. Catharine Moore, a widow aged
eighty years, and living near Carthage,
Moore County, n. c., was murdered
the night of September IS. The old
lady's son had been called from home
that night, and there was no one in
the house but Mrs. Moore and q faith
full colored woman, who lost her life in
trying to save her mistress. One Med
lin, Mrs. Moore's nephew, has been ar
rested on strong circumstantial evi-
dence. The object was money-but
there was none, it is said.
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The Washington Street Meeting.

We heard an effective sermon las
Sabbath by Brother Leitch. Up t.
that time twenty-five had Joined tha
church and about one hundred pro
fessed convention. The good work i!
going on.
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Come and let US Talk and Pray To-

Come and let US Talk and Pray To-
gether.
The Seventeenth Anniversary of the
South Carolina Peace Society will take
place in Columbia, Tuesday October l,
at 7:30 P. M.
Not only are the members of the So
ciety urged to be present, but the pub
lic-ladies, gentlemen and children
respectfully invited to attend, be their
views on the subject of peace what
they may. Something may be said or
done at the meeting to abate somewhat
the alarming prevalence of violence in
the country-in the world. Come one,
come all. There is strength in union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
From the Pen to the Scalpel.

Major A. S. Todd Of the Anderson
Journal has gone to Baltimore for the
purpose Of taking course of lectures
in medicine, to which profession he ex-
poets in the future to give his attention.
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Remember that the 18th Anniversa-
ry of the s. c. Peace Society will be
held in Stanley's Hall next Tuesday,
Oct. l, at 7:30 p. N.
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I know no religion that destroys
courtesy, civility, and kindness.
That which is of God, gathers to God,
and that which is of the world, is own
ed by the world.
He is most powerful who has him
self in his power.
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Snow was reported September IA
from Wyoming and Colorado, and on
the 18th from Michigan. In many
States from the Northwest there has
been frost.
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"Here, waiter what kind of pie do
you call this ?"
apple pie, sir.n
"But there is nothing in it,"
"Beg pardon, sir, but we use evapor-
ated apples in all our pies"
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ana Cnen, IL YOU musI ohoo' ooiAAS"oeJ
crack away.
At present this is as far as the editor
of the CHRISTIAN NE1GHBoR would
presume to "take in hand" the editor
of the Ney York Advocate. Whether
in our brief criticism on the belief OF
DIR. Buckley we have implicitly been
handling also the faith of the editor of
the Southern Christian Advocate we
are unable to say. He is neither un-
able or afraid to speak for himself. If
he is of the same "faith and order"
with Brother Buckley and has a mind
to so declare we hope he will not neg
lect to cLinch.
All three of US belong to the same
Christian Methodist organization
which, like nearly all the other
churches in Christendom, is so far de-
fiected from the teaching and example
of Christ and the apostles and the
primitive disciples on war that there
is a manifest necessity for Peace So
ciety whose special purpose should be
and is the restoration in the churches
of "faith once delivered to the saints, "
with it's manifestation in life, even as
it was for the first two or three hun
dred years after Christ.
There is great need of what the peace
societies are striving to accomplish,
Will not the editors help in the good
work? J.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17

There lsno change apparent IN tho loca
market and prices remain unchanged
Amount 81 grain In store at the elevation.
Corn, 623i7 bushels oats, 6S,76s bushels
wheat. sS3 bushels.
AZ New Orleans the sugar market remain.
quiet kcttlcsarc weak aud lower ccntrifu,
gals easy, molasscs unchanged, rice in mod
crate demand
Dispatches fum Rio state that the pros
poets are good Tor the coming coffee crop.
and that great part u the crop IL safe. AZ
New York last week coffee 50 10 IS points.
Europe sympathi1cd with our market. aud
declines have occurred at IIavrc aud Ham.
burg. Brazil market quoiably unchanged.
Visible supply, 1880, is2, S02 bag. fsss. $50.
DO bag. 1857, 5ai. po3 bags. lSsl 7lI.3Is BAGS.
Oranr, are now being moved from Flor.
ida In bulk tie same ~ POTATOES. The car,
are piled about three icct deep With oranges.
Paper l. run aruund the side, of the car. ana
the ilouris covered with fine mar.h grass.
These carloads u loose oranges" NV. the
Baltimore san, nov come regularly 10 RAJ.
timow from Orlando station on the South
Florida Railroad. This new method ~ NOV.
Ing them docs away with tho idea II wrnp.
ping In paper aud excluding the air a.
much a. p,ssihlc Several yarictics como In
ear partitions ot thin boarI being put
uu."
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q rOccrIC.

CANNED GooDs-Pinea,ples, sl.25@l.50
Peaches, 2 lbs, standard, Il. 359l 40 second,
sl00. Tomatoes. 2 lbs, standard, S5@0Oc; 3
lbs, standard, Sl.00. Strawberries, ST.
Raspberries, Sl,25. Blackhrrics, $780, Green
Cages Sl.25 Pears, 800. Plums, $40.
Asparagus, 800. Green corn, $1,000 40.
Green Peas, Sl.25. Cove oysters, full weight,
H. 0Oc; lbs. l.55@1. 60; light weight, 0jc;
2 lbs, Sl00@l10. CondeIsed milk, Crown,
$500; Eagle, $40; Swis $3.50. Salmon,
sl.7j@2OO Sardines, $50; mustard sar-
dimes, $3.50. Mackcrel, 1925 herring mack
erel, Sl.05.
sUGAR-Pure white, &c; Off white CSC;
yellow clarified, 69s@6N; refined A.. nc;
standard graduated, 7Nd7Bc; powdered,
sH@SAci cut Loaf, SI1ge4ci open kettle, b
@52lc; firm.
CorFEE-Common. '1Gc culinary, 16K@17c;
fair i7A@lSci prime Rio, Sll9lo9tc; choice
to fancy, l0I1@2oc; old ggernment 3lD33c;
steady.
sAIr-saginaw, si.3O@.45 per brl; Ohio
River, 81. 20lJl.45 per brl;lacks fine, 1880
l.40; coarse, 81. l0Gl.i1, ptSts 2A6y7c.
RIcE-Louisiana, 44@eEc; Carolina, ca
| &c; firm.
CAYDIEs-Stick, all slzs, in bxs, pals and
brls, 9Ggllc; fancy, assTed, l0@l5c; extra
fancy, lstG25c; firm.
SrARcu-3Ag
| MoLAssEs-Louisiana, common TO fair %
6d3Oc; prime choice, 35ql2c; fancy, 4iC15Oc;
centrifugals common tdfair 20@j0c prime
| TO choice 3OdI35c; syruI 20Cgi5c steady.
CnEEsE-Prime flats, lI@DRc; New York
factory, 0lIMi0c; full cream, l2Is6gl3c;
Young America, i3(gl4t
Soar AND CANDLEs-s,p 9il@5c; candles,
full weight, l0c.
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Articles

Cash quotations were a. follows
flour-Stcndy aud unchanged.
No spring wheat, p)eiotc; No. 3
spring wheat, soas7c No. red, giaojiac.
No. Corn, a3A.c.
No. oats, 2iG@2llsc.
No rye &c.
No. barley nominal.
No. faxsccd, clos.
Prime timothy seed, si.Ss
Mess pork, per brl. si2s0.
Lard per 100 lbs. 500.
short ribs sides llooscL 1910. drS snlted
shoulders boxed, tH2ttdG37i.; shou clear
sides thorcdl S7.i2is@72i.
Receipts Flour $1,000 brls, wheat $1,000
bu corn, iSi. 900 hu. oats. 10000 bu; rye,
1000 bu. barley. U3.OUO bu.
shipmcnts-flour. 500 brls, wheat 5000
bu corn, 5000 bu, oats, 70,OOO bu, rye
10000 bu. barley. 1890 bu.
ST. Lows No., Jan. l0-Flour-Easy, but
unchanged.
whcat-Opcncd firm and advanced va
l4c, but later prices broke and closed -
below yesterday. No. 2 red cash, nst6elc,
February, pls.Ma5c, and closed NJ tlc,
nomin1l MAY, eiisMnsisc, closed at rJ,sta
1850. June, Mt.mpiIc. closed nt i3Ae
asked. July, &9fds7c, closed at e5}Sci
August, ste. nominal.
Curn-liighcr most the session, but closed
easy No. 2 cash. 2DkmD'sc February,
~ q, lpr. and closed at 1'fc bid March,
SOisnIic. MAY. 3assC3akc, closed S2sc,
Oats-Firm, No. 2, cash, 2i'so bid' May
25A.c.
rye and barley entirely neglected, the
latter could hardly be- sold at DC decline
ilny-l.ow grades very dull, ont ee.l
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qualities steady; prairie. $ooo@s.75 tim.
othy, $1,000 @14.00. Bran-Dull; sacked at
mill, Coo. Lead-Steadyi refined, $500.
Butter-Quiet; creamery, 23925c dairy,
12@20c Northern roll l5@1Sc. Cornmeal-
Steady. at $l.75@1.S So Cotton bagging-
Weak at l0@l2Nc. Iron cotton ties, $1,000
lbs.
Provisions-Dull and weak; only jobbing
trade. Pork, S13.00@i350. Lard, $3.50. Dry
salt meats-Loose shoulders 5000; longs
and ribs, 1878; short clear, 1896. Bacon
Shoulders, 1910; longs, S7.70@7.75; ribs.
S7s0@7S6; short clear, S7.05. Hams, $1,000
@12.25.
Receipts-Flour, 1000 brls; wheat, 1000
bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats, 1900 bu; rye,
none; barley, 1000 bu.
shipments-Flour 700 brls; wheat, 1000
bu corn, 10000 Blu; oats, 1900 bu; rye, 5000
blu; barley, none.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. l6.-Wheat--
Steady; No. 2, red cash, 81 &c bid, 93c asked;
May, 9lssc bid Csc asked; year, 75c bid, 7sc
asked, No. 2, soft cash, 96c asked; February,
06Hc asked; May, OSLO.
Corn--Steady. No. q cash, 25%c bid, 26c
asked; May 29c bid, 29Hc asked.
Oats-No. 2, cash. zoe bid, 2219 asked.