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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
A PARROT STORY.

A parrot was recently bought by a
South Side lady upon the affidavit of the
man who sold it that it had only re-
fined education. The bird had in reality
been the property of a saloon keeper, and,
its cage being near the cracker bowl,
every body made free to give it crackers.
Its new mistress had hardly got it hung
up when lady friend called, and, Of
course went into ecstasies over the parrot.
When she began to poke her fingers
through the cage and call out "Polly,
Polly, Polly" the bird opened one eye,
cooked his head sidewise, looked at the
visitor, and said with great gravity:
"Now, for goodness sake don't ask me
to have cracker. I've sworn oil. -
CHICAGO Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
NOT ISoUISITIyE.

There was dust on his back and CRIME
of two weeks standing behind his ears,
and as he stood on a corner recently, he
was heard to remark that he was from
Lansing.
"What is the fare from Lansing to De-
troit?" quericd dudish looking by
standcr, looking waggishly at an ac-
quaintance.
II dunno" was the reply.
"Don't know!" echoed his questioner,
incredulously.
"Young man," returned the tramp,
impressively, "when I want to go to a
place by rail I get quietly on the train,
and when it gets there, step off again,
without ever asking any bloomin' fool
questions. ."-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
Denied, Yet Answered.

When Augustine, in his home at Car
thage, resolved to visit Rome, his mother
wished either 10 prevent him from going, or
to 90 with him. He would listen to neither
PROPOSAL, and resorted to trick to carry out
his plan. One evening he went to the sea-
shore, and his mother followed. There
were two chapels dedicated to the memory
of the martyr Cyprian, and he pressed her
to spend one evening in the church Of the
martyr, while he wonld accompany a friend
on board a ship, there TO say farewell.
While she was there in tears praying
and wrestling with God to prevent the
voyage, Augustine sailed for Italy. and
his deceived mother next morning found
herself alone. In quiet resignation she re-
turned to tie city and continued to pray Tor
the salvation of her son. Though nearing
we'll, vet she erred in her prayers for. the
Journey of Augustine was the means OF his
salvation. The denial of the prayer was III
fact, the answering Ct it. Instead of the
husk. Col granted rather the substance C OF
her petition III the conversion OF her son.
Therefore" said he, 20 God, thou hast re-
gard to the aim and essence of her d 'slres,
and didst not do what she then prayed for,
that thou mightest do for mo what she con-
tinually implored. ."-Seh
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
A RISING TIDE FOR TEMPERANCE.

There can be no question that, as tie years
60 on, there is rising tide for temperance
and for prohibition The number OF people
who believe liquor selling Il sin and crime
is on the increase, and so is the number who
have resolved that it must be stopped. Inc
saloon and the saloon keeper are regarded
with an Increased abhorrence; and the business
is gradually passing into the hands OF the
lowest class, nearly all of them foreigners,
and men who will never leave it except on
compulsion. And this compulsion ought to
receive a new impulse at the municipal elec-
tions now near at hand. Many of our cities
can be carried for prohibition, if the friends
of temperance will organize and put in the
hard work that has secured a no vote in Cam
bridge, Somerville and elsewhere.-Cong''e-
gation0kSt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
NOTHING FOR HER TO SAY.

A gentleman who had lost his nose
6as invited out to tea. My DEAR" said
he kind-heartcd lady of the house to her
\ title daughter, II want you to be very
Eareful to make no remark about Mr..
Fenkins's nose"
Gathered around the table, everything
Fvas going well; the child peeped about,
ooked rather puzzled for a long time,
Ind at last startled the table with:
"Ma, why did you tell me to say moth
hg about Mr.. Jenkins's nose? He hasn
got any,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
A PREACHERS CURVE DELIVERY.

Mrs. Frontpew-'I think it is shock
|ng-the interest our minister is taking
IN baseball. Why, I saw him out play
Ing yesterday afternoon with a lot Of
boys from the college,"
Mr.. F.-"Oh, I don't know that there
S anything wrong about baseball" -
Mrs. F.-"I don't say that it is really
immoral, but by and by he'll get curve
bitch, as they call it, and either leave the
bulpit or want SO, 900 a year. Chicago
Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24

"Well, it strikes me that there must be
certain social differences between us"
"And yet your occupations are just
about the same"
Chow do you make it."
"Your business is compounding, isn't
it,"
eyes"
''And his is come-pounding. So there
YOU are. .'-iMerrhant Trdrcler.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
ORIGINAL DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

A lady tells this: "We needed eggs
me morning, and old Maggie was sent to
he grocery to get some. Later in the
lay Maggie volunteered the general re-
mark that eggs is high.
care theya" I replied. GLOW much3"
''Forty cints dozen, mum. Sure I'd
e after buying no eggs at that price,
mum, and so I borried them of the neigh
,ors m-Bufao Commercial Adrertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
A HORSE OF 4 DIFFERENT COLOR.

Proud American Gn Canada)-"Ycs,
eentlemen, was President of the Ever
Faithful Trust Company, and I stole
+ 30, ,OOO."
observation-disclosures to me your face is
familiar. Amt you the man who some
Years before that stole loaf of bread for
bis starving family?'
American ferociously)-"Do you mean
10 insult me, sir2"-Philazelohia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
AN ANXIOUS SEARCH.

Ethel-"Oh, mamma! I've learned in
his book that preserved tomatoes will
axe ink stains out of silk. I'm going to
|ry it on my dress"
Ethel applies the tomatoes and hangs
lhe dress out to dry.
Mamma (next day)-"Ethcl, what are
lou poring over that book so long for:"
Ethel-sI want to find out what will
|ake tomatoes out of silk. ."-Bnghamton
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
BROUGHT HIM TO HIS FEET.

;"I fear it can never be, George" muir
(nured the fair girl. "Therc are obstacles
IN the way"
"What are they, Laura2" demanded the
koung man, eagerly. "Perhaps I can
6ercome them"
.sPapa has failed in business, and"
"You needn't mention any MORE" said
Fhe young man dejectedly, as he got up
rom his knees Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
A SAD REMEMBRANCE.

He-"She always goes alone. Won't
lave a gentleman attend her anywhere.
Her last escort met such shocking death
light before her eyes, you know"
She'll think I remember. He lost
lis life trying to save her when the con-
|ert hall caught fire, didn't he?"
He-''No. He was crushed to death
" the ladies at Easterdudd's spring open
hg."-Munsey's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
NOT A VICTORY.

"The London Times seems to have got
be worst of that fight with Parnell."
"Yes, it ought to put in an editorial
Ike the one I read in a Western paper"
"What was it!'
''It read: 'We had fight with Jim
Raddell the other day, but some one
pulled him off before we dis6gured him. >"
E4SJitings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
A LASTING WRONG.

Fred (bitterly)-"That woman did me
(he greatest injury woman can do to man
gave me solemn promise of marriage. !"
Harry-"And broke it?"
Fred-"No, kept it, and made me
teep it, o!"-America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
ABOUT THE SAME THING.

Editor-"I am sorry to say that 1 find
our witticisms are not acccptible, Mr..
/ ink"
Jinx isarcastically}-"Too refined, per-
faps2"
Editor-ssNo-no, refined is not ex-
|ctly the word. Say too diluted, and
lou will come nearer the idea. ."-7e're
Raute Erpress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
4 CAUTIOUS GIRL.

Gone minute, mamma," said a young
roman, ''I'll be down as soon as I have
nished taking this photograph"
"Photograph of what3"
"Of Georges last letter to me. In
hese days of perishable writing fluids,
IS Just as we'll to be careful. ."-Nerchant
Tracezer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
NOT OTHERWISE.

Tom-''Will you take my note for
|ayment?"
Dick-"Yes; if it's bank note, and
+ it's signed by the Treasurer Of the
United States. ."-Iankee Blade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
A DEpLoRABLE PRACTICE OF WOMEN.

The use of stimrlantS before and after
every slightest effort or cXertiO:l by refined
and well-care,i-for women is another practice
which diSgusts and surprises me-
''Oh, dear, have had such i lrHG drive l
must have a drop of sherry" and Il am
going to have such long wait rl::st take
taste of claret," and 'Oh. dear, t!r:t woman
bored Inc so can't do Il thing till / have
& sip of rort," etc, etc. Wines ;lic supple
mented by whiskies and punches. 'h,:>" ;:;sain
by cordialS pink, blue, green and lrtl-!t el-
ways makes me think OF The application of
backing my best shoes. always know then
that they are through the best half of their
usefulness that the more put on the more
have to, and that | can never stop it onc9
commenced. Moreoyeg. 10 close observer is
deceived as to the freshness OF the leather.
The veneer of spirits vigor. kindliness o..
strength lent to your vitality: dear ladies, by
stimulants is pitifully thin and is bound to
crack the leather.-NetU York Star
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
couldn't Scratch Against the Door
Not Otherwisc-About the Same
Thing-An Anxious Search
Original Domestic Economy.

Artist Cat Shantytown house door,
'Excuse me, madam, but have an etch-
hg."
Irish Landlady (slamming the door in
! is ce)-"An itchin' have yez? Begobs.
hen yell not scratch yourself agin my
(ure"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
Rineness in Character.

Rev, Charles H. Spurgeon beautifully il
lustrates the marks of ripenesS In CHRISTIAN
character som ewhat as follows: One marx
is beauty. Ripe fruit hls its own perfect
beauty. As the fruit ripens, the sun tints 1t
with surprising loveliness, and the co!ors
deepen till the beauty of the fruit Is equal TO
the beauty of the blossom, and in some re-
spects superior. There is in ripe Christians
the beauty of realized sanctiiication, which
the Word of God knows by the namo OF
s.beauty of holiness"
Another mark of ripe fruit is tenderness.
The young, green fruit is hard and stone-like;
but the rite fruit is soft, yields to the pres
sure can almost be moulded retains the
mark of the finger. So it is with the mature
Christian: he is noted for tenderness OF
spirit
Another mark OF r.peness Is sweetness.
The unripe fruit is sour and perhaps it ought
TO be or else we should eat all the fruits
while they are yet green. 1t may, therefore,
be in the order of grace fit thing that IN
the youthful Christian some Sharpness should
be formed which will ultimately be removed.
As we grow in grace we are sure to grow IN
charity sympathy md love: we shall have
greater and more intense a1rectlon for tho
person of Him "whom having not seen, we
foye:n we shall have greater delight in the
preci ,us things of His gospel; the doctrines
which perhaps we did not understand at
first will become marrow and fatness to us
as we advance in grace. We shall feel that
there is honey dropping from the honevcomb
in the deep things of our religion.
We shall, as we ripen in grace, have
greater sweetness toward our fell
low Christians. Bitter-spirited Christians
may know great deal, but they are imma-
ture Those who are quick to censure may
be very acute in Judgment, but they are as
vet immature in heart. know we who are
Young beginners in grace think ourselves
Qualified to reform the whole Christian
church. We drag her before us and con-
delnn her straightway; but when our viz.
tues become more mature I trust we shall
not be more tolerant of evil, but we shall be
more tolerant of iriirmity, more hopeful for
the people of e Il, and certainly less arro-
CANT il our criticisms.
Another and very suIe mark OF ripenes,
Is q loose hold of earth. Ripe fruit easily
parts fro IL the bough. You shake the tree
and tho ripe apples fall If you wish to eat
fresh fruit you put out Your had to pluck
it. and if it comes of with diff 'ulty yon feel
YOU had better leave it alone little longer,
but when it drops into your hand, quite
ready to be withdrawn from the branch, you
know it to be in good condition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
ANOTHER VICTIM.

"Have you noticed how fearfully bad
Eholly has been looking of late2"
ayes; the paw feller is killing himself
kith overwork."
"Gud gwacious! You don't say.
What's he doing2"
"Why, he's actually doing without a
Falet. "-NeW York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
A pUNsrER1oUs PHILOSOPHER.

"See that man working the road ram
ner in the street over there"
eyes"
"No doubt you feel somewhat better
han that man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24

When the wire is in connection with the
battery, you feel its tingling touch. II
Christ in me is working mig: g:.tily, /, mere
Tira, may seHd lifr thrilling through another
whom ! touch. Filled with the fulncsS OF
God, may minister of that FUN IS to needy
souls.-Dr f. BrdiSIin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24

An English briclnnaker, after careful in
vestigation, reported that among his men tn!
beer drinker who made the fewest number oi
bricks in a given time made $1,000 less thar
the total abstainer who made the fewest mum
ber in the same length Of time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-14
COOLER WEATHER COMING.
The Rain Area Working It's Way Il
This Direc5ion.

The Rain Area Working It's Way IN
This Direction.
The cotton reports to the signal bureau
yesterday show thai the Augusta, Cha les
ton, Montgomery, Wilmington aud Savan-
nah districts still report mean maximum
temperature exceeding 90 and no rain.
Light and very beneficial showers, however,
have fallen in the Atlanta district, and asO
in the G weston. Little Rock, Memphis,
Mobile, New Orlea and Vicksburg dis
tricts. where considerably cooler weather is
reported.
There is a storm cen ering central In Ohio
and diana aud m wing eastward. During
the last twenty-four hours light rains have
fallen IN many n rthern states, and also in
Tennessee. Mississippi aid northern G5or-
gia. high temperatures still clings 10
the southeastern portion of the United
States. The highest temperatures reported
are 92', at Augusta and Jacksonville
Charleston, Savannah aid Charlotte report
90.
The probabilities are that more rain will
fall the northern portion of the ATE with
slightly warmer and fair weather, followe
by cooler weather with westerly wind in
the southern portion, which Includes Sa-
vannah. I rain area may work its ay
sout eastward IN the course of a day or
two aud bri o Ii hit showers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-14
LOCAL PEE sONAA.

N. Pallizer OF Beaufort is in the city.
W. B. Crosby of Louisville is in town.
L. b. Way Of Walshourville is in town.
r. II. Everett of Brunswick IS in the city.
Leo Lubois of Bainbridge is in the city.
lie Wis f. Goodrich OF Auguitl is in town.
W. S. Harrison CT HinesVine Is in tbs
city.
J. c. Richardson came over from Roberts
vile yesterday.
r. W. Hunt cane over from Augusta
yes erday on business.
J. r. Mnehan and Capt. p. II. Ward OF
Brunswick are in the city.
r. w. Abrahams OF Mannilla, Fla, c. me
up q Savannah yesterday.
IL. L. Jones j. II. Jones OF HerudOn
came down yestsfd ~ a q spInt the LAY.
J. T. II. Waite aid p. w. p Waite Of
Dorc lester came ~ yesterday and spent
the day.
Mss Beulah Reynolds Of Macon returned
home yesterday after spending Nay week
With Mrs. =. l.. Od.tsn.
A. Hanley, VINO mas been spending some
time at Suwauuee Sulphur SPRING, hos re-
turned. looking greatly improved.
Mai Roberto g.. Ferrll Of Blackboard
lslaud who mas been spending "A few days
ia the city, returned home last night.
Dr. y. ID. Niclols. Dr.. II !. Nu8n, J. r.
Cayanaugh, A. MoD. Bad. ". &. Jact-
SOL an Ms. q. r. 3Heftall are AZ TOO 81.
wannes sulphur bPriggs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-14
RAJ AN ROSSTIE.

A meeting of the Sou n Bound railroad
directory was held yesterday afternoon. II
was decided to request tine commit ee o
subscriptions TO complete is canvass Of tn }
city. A committee from the directory was
appointed to recanvaSs the routes through
utn Carolina with a view of ascsrtaining
what additional subscriptions could BE- Sc
cured.
The Admission and Northeast Alabama
railroad has been Incorporated in Alabama
to build railway from Admission to point
at or near Alpine, Ga. where it will con-
meet with the Chatta o1ga Southern. In
cDrporators Robert Lawre ce, Ced II
Bluff, Cherokee county, Alabama; Arnold
Shamblil, Broomt WI, Ala; r. A. Rus
soil, G tylasvills, Ala; w. Il. Burton,
Cedur Bluff, Ala; A. J. La renee, lle1lo.
Ga; Jacob w. WAarCon, Forney, Ala. /;
]. w. Harris, Pied n n; H. l.. Stevens IN,
Calhoun, Ala; William Noble, Anuiston,
Ala.
The movement to esta 1lish al indepsn-
dent steamboat Ii o on the Indian river
having as its connections line of Gamers
on the upper ST. Jon s. and a outlet at
Jacksonville, via the Clyde Steamship Co n
pany, mas at last become an assured fact.
On May 81 Manager Cecil will b3 at Cocoa,
accompa led by Col. Ha t OF Palstks, I'd
other pro nine1J ca 1italists Interested, whsl
he hopes that he will be- met b the mer-
chants aud bust esS men of the entire river
country, as ne proposes TO address them
publicly on affairs connected with the now
enterprise.
May IA, Tuesiay--American Society of
Me .ha. iCal Elgi GERS. annual meeting at
Fri, Pa June IL, Wed dly-Trail Dis
patch 5rs' Associatio I. seco I'd ANIMAL INSET
ing a. Ildiauap)ls s, lad. June II, Wednes-
day-Yardmasyers' Association, fl esnLh
annual convent on at Colr Dbus, o. June
49, Tuesday-A e lean Railway Ma ter
Mechanic A's)ciatiol l, an ual nve ton
at M CARA Fal s. Ju q 10, Wednesday,
Order of Rail yay Teleyraphs;s, fourth an
nual sessi IN Of le gra ii division at C.eve-
land. June Is, Tues tay-Internatio Ial
Association of Car Accou 1tsntS, fourteenth
annual meet nR at Plank's Hot i, Island of
Macklnac, Michigan. Jule 25. Tuesday-
Ma ter Car Blu lder,' Associagi N, annual
meeting in S. atlga Sprl gs, n. Y. July
date not Fl t~d)-AssUcia5ion OF A nerican
Railway Accounting Offers, at Niagara
Fails. July 8, Tue day yelling Passe l.
ger Age IT'S AisocIatiI =, at Pa X Hotel.
MackIaac Island, Michi yan. July II,
Wednesd EDUCATIONAL Association Of &c =
eral Baggage Agents, al Detroit, MicI.
Sept II. Fues1ay-Anerican As )ciati N
of General Passenger and Ticket Agents, at
Atlanta, GA.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-14
WHY w AIT2
The Timid Fail While the Bolder Ones
Succeed.

The Timid Fail While the Bolder Ones
Succeed.
To those who are well informed upon the
facil ties now offered to home seekers, it
seams ve-y strange that there should be 80
many who are literally homeless. The
fault in great measure is theirs. 50 many
he itAte because they are afraid that some
thing W II happen" They seem never to
think that il 1t should happen after tney
had bought a lot and made'the start, that
they could not keep u wiz The pay
ments, that they could sell OUT their
property at a profit. Tnis is occu ing N.
stantlv, and many have got their star for a
home by their profits. PUCK and snap
afraid to start continue in that frame Of
mind all their lives, and leave families who
have to be cared for by tneir more pro-
gressiye fellows
The pr sperous young msn In this city
to-day are those who have given heel u
sucd advice as Is co tai1ed in this article.
No better service can be done anY MAJ.
young or old, than to impress upon him the
idea OF becomi 2 a real estate owner. lis
toe best beginning h. can make. II digni-
fes him and ne feels that he has becon, a
citizen indeed-one wno has earned his
rlgnt as taXp yer. No other species OF
property has tae Ell ct that real est lte mas
up1na man. Another effect is that this
kind # proper stays VITA a man niger
He is not 20 apt u rush OF and turn it into
money. The city whose real estate is dis
tri ut5d among 10 greatest numoer OF /
pc pie. is very stro 8 and successful com.
muAtity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-14
THE RICE CROP OUTLOOK.
Some Falling OF IN the Acreage and
the crop Little Late.

Inquiries among the rice planters 60 to
show that the general conditiol of the
crops average good. This is true of the
Savannah, Altanaha and Ogeeches valleys
which are more Immediately tributary to
Savannah.
There is barely appreciabls falling of
in the acreage this year IN the territory
embraced in the three valleys mentlona |,
probably reaching from 1000 to |, 300 &C es,
the bulk Of which may e sail t. be- on the
Savannah river, the upper pla Itatioas
havl besn disastrousy visited by
successive floods in 1887 and 1888,
s. thoroughly destructive to the banks as to
discourage the expensive improve nents
necessary to plant with reas nab e degree
Of safety from overflow, but the shortage in
acreage is So small { at it can have but
little Influence on toe market Of the ne Y
crop. In fact, with good season the rice
crop Of the P esent acreage, II it have i'm
munity from overflow, will give an in
creased output.
It 100 early TO forecast the possibilities
OF the growing crop. The March planting
il reported hooking well, ami s)me planters
have been using the hoe on the rice pla ia
tons. The crop on the whole is, however,
about twenty days late, by compa ison
with former seasons, aud what Is known as
June rice is not al! planted yet. The May
birds are not now giving tr uble, a ID the
May planting will 60 in rapidly from this
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