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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-22
The Little Myths of Childhood.

There is a society somewhere | read about
the other day for the suppression of nursery
literature. | know several people who think
children should not be taught what they call
rubbish. They say it misleads them; that
they find out some time tho absurdity of
those stories, and that it weakens their faith
in their parents. don't think that society
will ever make any Roadway wonder if
there is anybody who is not forever grateful
to his mother for having told him those old
myths and made him believe them for
awhile! What would a mother do if she
could not take her child on her knee and
sing nursery rhyme to it and tell a pretty
storyG
What is there in life, any way, when you
take the fanciful out of it, Eating, drink
ing working, sleeping Tell the child the
truth and it will not be disappointed, they
say My friends, the truth is a pretty hard
thing to tell to grown up people The truth
about life is not pleasant We have to lie to
make life bearable. The poetry of life is
mainly lie; but it is the enjoyable element
after all Lie to children. Paint the world
as bright and happy as you can. Give them
ell the pleasant pictures of it you can. They
will find its hard and practica! character
quite soon enough, long before they have
been seriously misled by fanciful stories and
myths invented by love and affection.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-22
Tribute to a Wife,

IF ever | have accumulated anything,
ever avoided mistakes, ever in any degree
honored the Master, greatly attribute it to
an influence which men are not always
prompt to acknowledge In my home has
been life swallowed up in my success, will
ing to be unknown and out of sight, unweary
ing in giving encouragement and rousing to
effort, prompt aud cheerful in concealing my
defects and in covering my deficiencies; kind
TO apologize for what could not be approved,
accomplishing when worn down by heavy
burdens such as few are called 10 bear; more
than ready TO be unselfish and to wear out
that others might profit by my labors say
it was there. In that life have found the
source and the cause Of all have done. D,
wife Of my youth, many daughters have
done virtuously, but thou excellest them all
Rev John Todd
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-22
The Emergency Box.

This Is the most convenient box in the
whole house." said lady as she took down
the article mentioned 1t was a small box
but one destined to be useful in many ways
II call it my emergency box" she continued
land the children are forbidden to touch it,
except in an emergency" 1t contained small
rolls of lint, several strips Of linen, laid loose
ly one above another so las to be readily
picked up, four needles all threaded, a small
ball of knitting cotton, some strips of court
plaster and salve, for cuts and scratches; a
small box of soda for burns, and another OF
salt for mosquito bites; a small vial of emetic
lin case the baby should swallow something
poison" and another Of arnica for bruises.
~ always carry this with ime when travel
ing" said the owner, land don't think
could get along without it. | find it so con
venient that have been tempted to over
crowd it by adding boot buttons, hairpins,
Irvine, pins, ETC., and think strongly of fit
ting up another for emergencies to the toilet
ami the furniture instead of to the person
1t is q great saving of steps and nervous
ness. n-Lewistoh Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-22
Consumpt,on of Ties.

Assuming the entire railroad system of the
United States to be 10000 miles, as appears
from Poor's Manual, with the addition off he
lines in construction during the current year,
and taking 2,640 ties per mile of track, we
have in use at least 400, 10000 ties This es-
innate, large though the totalappears, is I'M
der the mark, as no railroad uses less than
2,64O ties per mile, and many of the roads
with heavy traffic have 2,S16, and in few
cases more.
The life of these ties varies according to
their quality and the climatic conditions; but
in the east, where only the best ties are en-
ployed, the average life is found to be about
six years, while in the west, where poorer
quality of timber often has to be accepted,
and where dry rot and other disadvantages
have to be contended with, the average life
is from three to five years; so that even after
allowing for a few exceptional cases in which
ties may last ten years, the average life of
ties all over the country cannot be counted
as more than five years.
1t follows, therefore, that the annual con-
sumption must be about 1900, 900, which,
with steady increase Of railroad building,
must soon exceed 1000, 0O0-a gigantic de-
mand to be satisfied from our forests each
year, when we consider the many other calls
upon them, and the fact that at present vir-
tually nothing is being done by the govern
ment or the people to replenish our source of
supply.
The certain rise in the price of wooden
ties, when these facts come to be fully appre-
ciated by the lumbermen who control so
large part of the available timber area,
will force the railroads to seek the best solu-
ton of the question in the adoption of
metal tie-Pacifc Lumberman.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-22
Mothers of Good Men.

When Lydia Newman's old Quaker uncle
saw that she had fastened her pretty little
Newport ties with poppy red ribbons he
frowned and told her it was not seemly. But
Lydia laughed. ~ don't care for them my
SELF" she said, but want my little boy to
remember that his mother wore red bows on
her shoes" Who does not remember the
pretty things that mother" worei Her dain'
ty laoes, the pale lilac dresses, the rose tuck.
ed under the lace on her breast, seem half di
vine when they become but memories to US
Mother" is mother" be she gentle OF
rough, but what different ideal we have
when we recall how proud we were when we
brought friends home from school and rather
surprised them with her graceful, pretty
ways
Her hair was so soft, her eyes so tender,
she talked so well(and knew how to make
boy feel at home 1t was not necessary 10
make excuses for her and say she was SO
busy. The other boys themselves praised her,
and we felt sorry for them because we knew
they must feel how much sweeter and pref,
tier she was than their mothers could be. 1t
is wise for a mother to take time to dress and
be fair in her children's eyes; to read for
their sake; to learn to talk well and to live
in today. The circle the mother draws
around her is more wholesome for the child
than the one he has to make for himself, and
she is responsible for his social surroundings
1t is not easy to be the child's most interesting
companion, and to make home his strongest
magnet, but the mothers who have done this
have been mothers of good men.-Chicago
Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-22
PIMPLEs on NE 20

Denote an impure state of the blood and are
looked upon by many with suspicion. Acker's
Blood Elixir will remove all impurities ard
leave the complexion smooth and clear. There
ls nothing that will so thoroughly build up the
constitution, purify and strengthen the whole
system. Sold by KAGLAND x Co. ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-22

Man About Town thantertnglyl - Pat,
you're the most artistic drinker ever saw.
1t must have taken lots Of practice TO get
that right elbow of yours working so artistic
ally
Pat-Thank ye for yer praise, scr. Yers
no cripple ourself.-Texas SiftingS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-22
The NewLDiScoYery.

You have heard your friends and neighbors
talking about it. You may yourself be one
of the many who know from personal exper-
fence just how good thing it is. If you have
ever tried it, you are one of its staunch
friends, because the wonderful thing about it
is, that when once given a trial. DR.. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds place in the
house. If you have never used it and should
be afflicted with cough, colder any Throat,
Lung or Chest trouble, secure bottle at
once and give it a fair trial. 1t is guaranteed
every time or money refunded Trial Bottles
Free at all drug stores. 6-l0tf
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
One Thing at q Time.

"Early i'm morning." relates a gen
tleman who has now spent mahy de-
cudes in the service of God and his
fellow-man, 81 learned from Il very
simple incident a Wholesome lesson
and one which has since been of in
calculable benefit to me.
"When I was between II and i
years old, my father broke up field
on his farm, and planted it with pota
toes, and when the plants were two OF
three inches high, he sent me TO hoe it.
The ground of that piece was very
hard to till; it was matted with grass
roots and sprinkIed with stones. /
hoed the first row, and stopped to look
ut the general task before me. Grass
as high as the potatoes was everywhere,
and looking at the whole from any
point it seemed to be q solid mass. /
had the work to do all alone, and as |
stood staring at the broad reach OF
wcedy soil, felt good mind not to
try to do anything further then with it.
"Just that minute happened to look
down ut the hill nearest my feet. The
grass didn't seem just quite as thick
there, and said to myself, L can hoe
this one we'll enough
"When it was done, then another
thought came to me: I shan't have to
hoe but one hill at time, at any rate.
"And so 1 went to the next, and
next. But here I stopped again and
looked over the field. That gave me
another thought too. could hoe ev-
cry hill as I came to it; it was only
looking away off to all the hills that
made the whole seem impossible.
az won't look at it |! said; and
pulled my hat overmy eyes so Icould
see nothing but the spot where my hoe
had to dig.
"In course Of time, I had gone over
the whole field, looking only at the
hill in hand, and my work was done.
II learned Il lesson tugging away at
those grass roots which [ never forgot.
1t was to look right down at the one
thing TO be done now, and not hinder
and discourage myself by looking off
at the things I haven't come to. I've
been working ever since that summer
at the hill nearest my feet, and I've al
ways found it the easiest way to get
hard task accomplished, as it is the
true way to prepare field for the har-
vest. .n-AnOn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
IRY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVIL]
What They Excel In.
Alabama ranks fourth in cotton.

Alabama ranks fourth in cotton.
Arizona ranks second in silver.
California ranks first in barley, grape
culture, sheep, gold and quicksilver.
Colorado ranks first in silver.
Connecticut ranks first in clocks.
Delaware is way up in peaches.
Dakota is the finest wheat growing
State.
Florida ranks third in sugar and mo-
lasses.
Georgia ranks second in rice and
sweet potatoes.
Indiana ranks second in wheat.
Illinois ranks first in corn, wheat
oats, meat packing, lumber traffic, malt
and distilled liquors and miles of rail
way.
Iowa ranks first in hogs.
Idaho ranks sixth in gold and silver
Kansas ranks fifth in cattle, corn
and rye.
Kentucky ranks first in tobacco, and
has q worldwide reputation for thor
oughbred horses and cattle. Likewise
beautiful women.
Louisiana ranks first in sugar and
molasses.
Maine ranks first in ship building,
slate and granite quarries, numbering
and fishing.
Maryland ranks fourth in coal.
Massachusetts ranks first in cotton,
woolen and worsted goods and in cod
and marckercl fisheries.
Michigan ranks first in copper, lum-
Der and salt.
Minnesota ranks fourth in wheat and
barley.
Mississippi ranks second in cotton.
Missouri ranks first in mules.
Montana ranks fifth in silver and
gold.
New Mexico's grazing facilities can't
be beat.
Nebraska has abundant crops of rye,
barley, flax and hemp.
Nevada ranks second in gold.
New Hampshire ranks third in the
of cotton goods.
New Jersey ranks first in fertilizing
mari, zinc and silk goods.
New York ranks first in value of
soap, printing and pub
fishing, hops, hay, potatoes, buck
wheat and milch COWS.
North Carolina ranks first il taf-Hnd
turpentine,-
Ohio ranks first in agricultural i'm
plements and wool.
Oregon takes the palm in cattle rails
ing.
Pennsylvania ranks first in rye, iron
and steel, petroleum and coal. :.
Rhode Island, in proportion to its
size, outranks all other States in value
of manufactures.
South Carolina ranks first in phos
pilates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11

"Go to bed, sir ~ said an enraged
Scotch father to his son, who had Civ
en- him Just cause for offense. "Were
it not that these gentlemen are pres
ent, I would give you sound whip
ping; but you shall have it before
breakfast tomorrow, certain" The
little rebel went to his crib in room
off the sitting room with a heavy
heart, and the enjoyments of the party
continued until a late hour. Just
when the party was about to break up
the bedroom door was quietly pulled
back, and the young offender put ou'
his head, requesting that the sentence
might be carried out. "Father, Woul'
ye just gle me my licks the night, fol
I Gamma sleep without them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11

Abiding.
[ need not care

need not care
II days be dark or fair,
If the sweet summer brings delight,
Or bitter winter chflls the air.
No thought OF mine
Can penetrate the deep design
That forms afar, through buds and bloom,
The purple cluster OF the vine.
do not know
The subtle secret OF the snow .-
That hides away the secrets Of the viOlets
TIL April teaches them to blow.
Enough for me
Their tender loveliness to see,
Assured that little things and large
Fulfill Gods purpose equally.
How this is planned,
Or that, may not understand;
am content to know, In faith,
That all my times are In Thy hand.
Whatsoever share "
or loss or loneliness or care
Falls TO my lot, 1t cannot be
More than Thy will for me to bear.
And none the less,
Whatever sweet things come to bless
And gladden. me, Thou art It's source
And sender OF my happiness.
Add this to me,
With other gifts so free,
That may never turn my face
In any evil hour from Thee.
Nor on the sand
OF shifting faith and feeling stand,
But wake and sleep with equal trust,
Knowing my times are In Thy hand.
Boston Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
Character shows itself in the littl

Character shows itself in the little
acts of everyday life, even before stran-
gers. He who talks to another in a
loud tone of voice in public place
in a public conveyance, thereby dis
closing his lack Of fine sensibilities, he
may say that he has nothing to conceal
from the public, and that therefore he
is ready to speak out before all. But
every man ought to have much to con-
ceal from the public in his personal
life and in his relations to others. I'm
less, indeed, man shrinks from the
full disclosure Of his thoughts and
feelings before the world, there is llttlt
of sacredness in his thoughts and feel
ipgs even in his own estimation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11

There are certain small things all
girls ought to know about-little forms
of etiquette, the observance of which is
expected among all well-bred people.
Some understand by instinct, or inhert
itauce, or by observation, but others
appear to need hint
A lady once told me that she was
much chagrined at having been guilty
of not making "party CALL" in a city
where she had spent the winter and
had been invited to several houses.
She was refined and cultivated, but
had never been much in society in large
towns, and actually did not know what
was expected of her until it was too
late. She said that just before return
ing to her home, she heard lady in
the house where she was boarding, ask
another, "Have you made your party
calls?"
The matter was q puzzle to her. At
the first opportunity she asked a friend
to whom she was not afraid to betray
her ignorance the meaning of the en-
preston, and found that by the eti-
quette of society it was the polite and
proper thing for her to make call at
each of the houses where she had been
invited. Imagine her chagrin on be
ing told what "party call" was
She did not wish to he considered crude
or rude, but rs crude or rude those hos
tesses must regard her.
In some cases, like hers, it is igno-
rance and in others it is negligence;
but the lady who has invited you will
be likely to set persons down as under
bred or i!l-bred who fail in this small
courtesy.
A good many instances have come to
my knowledge since then, of young
girls who have been honored by invi-
tations to choice garden or indoor
party, and never afterwards took the
trouble to call. I have known even q
more discreditable thing-it is incredi-
BILE, but true, that young people have
left such party without taking leave
of their host and hostess
Margaret Lake, in Wide AUdke.
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A story is told of dignitary of the
church who somewhat astonished an
audience ofyoung clergymen by taking
the above words as the text Of an ad-
dress, in which he impressed upon his
hearers the importance of tact in deal
ing with their lay brethren. Speaking
generally, it may be said that in every
walk of life delicate treatment and
gentle handling are often the secret of
success in dealing both with persons
and things. The great gift of tact, so
difficult to define, so easy to appreciate
and admire, is nothing more than the
art which enables its possessors to Grub
lightly" in all the relations Of life.
The instinct which helps us to under
stand characters widely different,
which gives us quick perception of
the susceptibilities and peculiarities of
others, is essential to all who aspire to
deal successfully with their fellow
men.
Even in the most commonplace du-
ties of every day life the art of rubbing
lightly will often enable us to over
come difficulties and obstacles which
have resisted all rougher methods.
The servant who possesses q light
hando is indeed "a treasurer in the
ewes of her mistress, and will succeed
in many little domestic duties, where
clumsy fingers would utterly fail.
Though of most imL ortance, and
seen in its highest form in the world at
large, there is ample scope for the eXer-
else of tact in the narrower circle of
home life and social gatherings. And
here it may he observed that this nat
ural instinct and insight into charac-
ter, connected as it is with the finer
feelings of our nature, is seen more
commonly and ina higher degree
among women than among men.-
Who does not admire the ready tact
which enables Il popular hcstess to
make a mixed party ego off," or, in
other words, to harmoniZe the some
what discordant elements of 4 miscel-
laneous assemblage.
"What can equal woman's tact"'
saws Oliver Wendell Holmes; "her
delicacy, her subtlety of apprehension,
her quickness to feel the changes Of
temperature, as the warm and cool cur
rents of talk blow by turns?"
If we consider the importance of tact
in the wider relations of life, we shall
find that those who can rub lightly
achieve large measure of success in
dealing with others.
Perhaps the value of tact will be
most readily and most commonly rec,
ognized in the region of diplomacy
The diplomat who successfully nego'
tiates the issues of peace OF war, is ol
almost equal importance to the great
party leader, the popular bishop, the
eminent physician, the successful
hcadlnaster. The principle of rubbing
lightly in is generally carried on in the
intercourse of man with man. 1t j:
not saying too much TO say that "tac
is the success" of life.-SeLectcd.
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Don't re

PEARLS OF GHT.-Dont re-
peat mistakes.
Never try to outshine, but to please
Never press a favor when it seems
undesired.
Have order, system, regularity, ano
also promptness.
A man of honor respects his word a:
he does his bond.
Do not meddle with business yor
know nothing about.
The host is Il king supreme a dis
loyal guest an abomination.
Help others when you can, but new
err give what you cannot afford becaus
it is fashionable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11
John wesley's advice to Methodists

John Wesley's advice to Methodists
is worthy of deep consideration by all
classes of Christians. He entreated
them to ''take heed to their doctrines,
their experience, their practice, and
their discipline. If they take heed TO
doctrine only, they will become Anti
nomians; if they take heed only to ex-
perience, they will become enthusiasts !;
if they look only to their practice,
they will become Pharisees and II
they do not take heed to their disci-
pIne, they will be like man who be-
slows much cost and pains on his gar
den, but leaves it without a fence, to
be devoured by the wild boar OF the
forest"
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Knowing my times are in Thy hand.
Boston: Journal
If you want to be happy as child,
please one.
He who does not know danger, and
does not pray, may soon perish.
To serve God is better not only than
liberty, but even than kingdom.
Allis needful thatH sends; nothing
can be needful that He withholds.
tits dangerous for Christian to dress
himself by the looking-glass of this
world.
I Ipreached philosophy, and men ap-
plauded; T preached Christ, and men
repented.
The most delicate, the most sensible,
of all pleasures, consists in promoting
the pleasure of others.
1t is not what man processes, but.
how he acts and walks. that deter
mines his christian character.
Have tender regard for sudden and
unprecedented impressions. In the
pure heart they are often Gods whisper
to the soul.
Naked knowledge will be as unserv-
iceable to the soul in the dying day as
painted fire would be to the frozen
body in cold day.
A true faith can no more be seperat-
ed from good works than the light OF
the candle can from its heat, or the
heat from its light.
Wealth fs,-pot the way to Heaven,
but:the contrary 1ct all your care be
to live well, and you may be- >suFe- you~
will never die poor.
Our wishes are presentiments of the
capabilities which lie within US, and
harbingers of that which we shall be
in condition to perform.
Do not despise your situation; in 1t
you must act, suffer, and conquer.
From every point on earth we are equal
ly near to heaven and to the infinite.
When faith survives doubts, teapts-
ton and difficulties, its very existence
is an argument for the reality Of that
which is believed, proof of the prac-
ticability of religious life, and COM
mendation of its unspeakable worth.
Sympathy is one of the great secrets
of our lives. It can overcome evil
quicker than the harshest treatment.
It strengthens good, bringing forth
more help to bear the hardest trials
that come to US all from time to time. s
We can conceive no character in
created being worthy of affection which
is not produced by moral struggle;
and on the other hand, the greater the
moral difficulties that have been over
come, the more worthy of affection
does the character seem.
The New Testament is occupied
from first to last-especially the Ser
mon on the Mount-in showing that
the acts are nothing except as they are
fruits of state, expect as they indicate
what the man is; that words are moth
ing except as they express a mind or
purpose.
Faithfulness and constancy mean
something else besides doing what Is
easiest and pleasantest to ourselves.
They mean renouncing whatever ls
opposed to the reliance others have III
US, whatever would cause misery 10
those whom the course OF our lives
has made dependent on US.
Whatever withdraws us from the
power of our senses, whatever makes
the past, the distant and the future pre-
dominant over the present, advances
us in the dignity Of thinking beings"
The man who lives mainly within tne
limits of his physical sences, certainly
lives on a small scale, and at a low
level, as compared with his possibilities