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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
THE NoBLEMAN's GREATEST COMPLIMENT.

THE NoBLEMANs GREATEST COMPLIMENT.
One wet, foggy, muddy day a little girl
was standing on one side of q street in Lon
don waiting for an opportunity t. cross over.
Those who have seen London streets on such
q day, with their wet and mud, and have
watched the rush of cabs, hansoms, omni-
buses, and carriages, will not wonder that
little girl should be afraid to try to make
her way through such Babel as that. SO
she walked up and down, and looked into the.
faces of those who passed by. Some looked
careless, some harsh, some were in haste; and
she did not find the one she sought until at
length an aged man, rather tall and spare
and of grave yet kindly aspect, came walk
ing down the street. Looking in his face,
she seemed to see in him the one for whom
she had been waiting, and she went up to him
and whispered timidly:
"Please, sir, will you help me over"
The old man saw the little girl safely
across the street; a"d when he afterward
told the story, he id: THAT little girls
trust is the greatest compliment l ever had
in my life" -.
That man was Lord Shaftesbury. He re-
ceiyed honors at the hands Of mighty ma
ton; he was complimented with the freedom
Of the greatest city on the globe; he received
the honors conferred by royalty; but the
greatest compliment he ever had in his life
him out of the jostling crvwd of London
street. and dared to trust, him, stranger
though he was, to protect and assist her.
Men carry something of their character
written in their faces. Day by day 1he acts
of life chisel their impress on the human
countenance; and the record there kept re-
veals the character of the man, and the his.
tory of his life and deeds If worldliness, and
selfshness, and sin, are written there, tae
keen eyes of childhood will not fail to find
the record; while if there beams in that
countenance the grace and peace of Christ,
and the gentleness and kindness of the Lord
even the children will be attracted by such q
face.-The Christian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Nothing so immutable as truth.

Nothing so immutable as truth.
Any kind of courage is desirable.
A great, strong heart is never over.
come.
Hypocrisy and knavery are siamese
twins.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hy-
pocrisy.
Let your anger set with the sun, but
never rise with it.
Many man who tries to ride hobby
gets thrown finally.
Some people are so constituted that
they would kick at a football match.
Nothing is so indicative of deepest cul-
ture as tender consideration of the ig-
norant.
No books are so legible as the lives of
men; no characters so plain as their moral
conduct.
The erandest and strongest natures are
ever the calmest. Restlessness is symbol
of weakness not yet outgrown.
There is no beautifer of complexiors
or form of behavior like the wish to
scatter joy and not pain around us.
Perhaps the secret regrets of life are
the wei ightiest, and chiefly on this &C.
count-that they are incommunicable.
There may be times when silence is
gold, and speech silver; but there are
times also when silence is death and
speech life.
A brave man thinks no one his superior
who does him an injury, for he has it then
in his power to make himself superior to
the other by forgiving it.
If you want to have man for your
friend, never get the ill-will of his wife.
Public opinion is made up of the average
preiudices of womankind.
The condition of the world would be
improved, if men were to think less of
the dishonor of submitting to wrong and
more of the dishonor of doingit.
There are degrees of contentment; but
it will be found that the most contented
are those who are engaged in useful work
of some kind, down into which thought
flows, and that the least contcnted arc
those who are idle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
A Justices Fine Physique.

Justice Horace Gray, Of the Supreme
Court, always insists upon doing his own
marketing. Justice Gray, by the way, is
an unusually conspicuous figure in Wash
ington wherever he goes on account Of
his great height. He must be at least six
feet four inches tall, and many smile
has been caused at receptions where he
has met men of small stature. The JUS
tice is q keen expert on all matters per-
tanning to the market, especially in the
selection of game. 1t is said at the stalls
there that he waits before purchasing a
bird until the feathers have begun tc
drop out and fall upon the floor. Then
it is ripe and goes into his basket at any
price.-Philadelphia Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
ASrI-pRoHIB1TIoN DEVICES.

There are many ingenious devices to evade
the Prohibitory liquor laws. One Of these in
Iowa. near Mount Pleasant, was the erection
OF a shanty, with board partition, making
therein one large room and one smaller one
on the other side. A barrel was set in the
partition and the customer could deposit his
money and get his drinks without seeing the
man in the other room. This made it possible
for the customer to swear that he did not see
the Gouor-seller and did not l:now who he
was A telegram mentions that, under the
ruling of Judge Travers, the proprietor Of
this shanty is now in jail serving sentence
of four months He is probably persuaded
that Prohibition really does prohibit
National Adrocatc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
TEMPERANCE.
WEBS AND FLIES.

Whisky spiders great and greedy,
Weave their webs from sea to sea;
They grow fat and men grow needy,
Shall our robbers rulers be?
"Sweep the webs away" the nation
In its wrath and wisdom cries;
Say the fools with hesitation:
iNo! but educate the fiesm
We do both, twin wings, who sunder,
Let the schools fill out their sphere;
Let the Church sound seven thunders,
But the webs must disappear.
Up! the Webs are full of slaughter,
Sweep away the spiders lair;
Up! wife, husband, son or daughter,
Make the vexed earth clean and fair.
-Rey, Joseph Cook
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
Tesuyius Clad in a Mantle of Snow.

Naples, Italy, and the country round
about have been treated to a phenomenal
meteorological experience. a violent
storm of wind, slcct and snow came
from the north. Vesuvius was completely
wrapped in q mantle of white. The
olive and orange orchards Of Sorrento
were badly damaged. Many olive trees
were uprootcd or broken off, while the
fruit of the trees was blown to the
ground in immense quantities. Had the
storm come two weeks later the olive
crop of the season would have been ell
tirely destroyed, for the trees would then
have been in bloom.-San francisco
Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
RELIGIOUS READING.
THE LIVING FOUNTAIN.

THE LIVING FOUNTAIN.
I hear the. .tinkling camers bell
Beneath the shade Of Ebars mount
And man and beast at Jacobs well,
Bow down to taste the sacred fount.
Samaria's daughter too doth share
The draught that earthly thirst can quei;
But who is this that meets her there?
What voice is that at Jacobs We'll?
"Ho! ask of me, and I will give,
From my own life, thv lifes supply;
am the fount! drink, drink and live;
Nomore to thirst, no more to die"
Strange, mystic words but words Of heaven,
And they who drink today, as then,
To them shall inward life be given:
Their souls shall never thirst again!
Prof. T. C. Uphan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
TIE THREE woMES'S pRAYEN-MEETING.

In the town Of Woodstock, Conn, in.11S0,
there was not O Christian church or institu-
ton. The inhabitants numbered about 800,
scattered over a farming territory. In some
way, three women found out that they pro
fesSed to be Christ ans and members OF the
same church-the Congregational church.
One woman, advanced in years, lived III the
centre of the town, woman in middle life
lived three miles away, allC = younger wo-
man lived three miles tbs other way. They
had moved into the town at different times,
and from different places. but in sv1Ie way
got acquainted. and ea:l. found out tnat the
others were Christians. The old lady ss'd to
herself: 80
II have not long to I've. Hav- done my
whole duty: My hus: and and family know
have been faithful but arc t':crc noE others
whom might benefit"
She sent an invitation to the two other
women to visit her, and they met ut her
house and prayed and talked about matters,
and frally decided 20 come together the next
Thursday afternoon at o'clock in the school
house and have meeting. Tho OLD lady
said to the younger woman:
You can sing; will you sing Z"
81 will" she replied.
She said TO the middie-aged woman:
"You can read will you read 'wo or
three chapters from the Bible ?"
~ will, was the reply.
"Then," said tl,e old lady, " will pray"
So OH Thursday afternoon they came to-
cether. One came three miles FROM the cast,
another cInle three miles from the TeS'
and the younger lady sang and the middle
aged lady read the Bible AM tho old lady
prayed.
A woodnan, going by % C. load Of wood.
and seeing the dco" open. though. he would
close it. He went to the door and heard the
old lady praying. 1t vas q new ievelatlo.,:'
to him. He listener. TIL shc said Amen"
and then heard Ter aS'S the others:
shall we come agaia?"
Yes they answered, "hc us come nc4t
The woodman mounted lis load and told
everybody he met The next Thursday when
the three women got there they found the
house full. There were three chairs provided
for them. They Went ill., and the young
woman said:
II am too diffident to sing before all these
You must sing" said the oil lady.
~ cannot read before all these people,"
said the 9TH woman.
"You mu read" said the old lady.
So the singer sang and the reader read,
and the cd lady prayc |, and before she had
got l:alf through her prayer there was Sob
birr all over the house. In few days they
sent for q minister from the next town to
labor in he fields that were white and ready
for the harvest Today there stands where
the scEoolho,iSc s'ord little white chur.h-
Ihave preached in it. 1t is tie result of the
faithful efforts of those three women.-Dr.
L. B. Bdtcs.
.4...;o...1r- ,ro,,,,J a. foo1;,o-. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
TIE WORK OF A CIDER DRUNEARD.

The horrible parricide in Westfeld, Mass,
the other day, which was followed by
the suicide Of the murderer, was the
work of a cider drunkard. The crime was
one of the most brutal on record, as the
father had shown unremitting kindness to
the son, ard the only differences between
them grew out of the latter's dissolute habits.
It is curious fact that the hard-cider drunk
ard is peculiarly morose, stubborn and vim
dictiye.-Ne,u York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22

"Why do you use paint2" asked vio-
linist of his daughter. "For the same
reason that you resin, papa" elbows
that2" "Why to help me draw my beau
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22

Never Intentionally wound the feelings Of
human being.
Never talk or laugh aloud in public places
or upon the stlet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22


heads through the bars Oftincs in the dusty
and busy streets you wish you were homo
again on that cool grass, or in the rag car
peted hall Of the farmhouse, through which
there was tho breath Of now mown hay or tho
blossom Of buckwfcat.
You iitay have in your windows now beau
tiful plants and flowers brought from across
the seas, but not ono Of them stirs in your
soul so much charm and memory as tho Old
ivy and the yellow sunlower that stood sell
tinel along tho garden wall and the forget
me-nots playing hide-and-seek mid the long
grass. The father who used to CORE in sun
burnt from the fields and sit down on the
doorsill and wipe the sweat from his brow,
may have gone to his everlasting rest.
The mother, who used to sit at the
door little bent over. cap and spectacieS
on. her face mellowing with the vicssltudeS
of many years, may have put down her gray
head on the pillow in the valley, but forget
that home you never will. Have you thanked
God for it? Have you rchearsed all these
blessed "reminiscences! Oh, thank God for a
Christian father; thank God for a Christia4
mother: thank God for an early Christian
altar at which you were taught to kneel;
thank God for an carly Christian home.
bring to mind another passage in the his
tory Of your life. The day came When you
set up your own household. The days passed
along in quiet blessedness. You twain sat at
:l,e table morning and night and talked over
your plans for the future. The most lnsignl.
cant affair in your life became the subject OF
mutual consultation and advlsement. you
were so happy you felt you never could
be any happier. One day dark cloud
hovercd over your dwelling and it got
darker and darker, but out of that cloud the
shining messenger of God descended to IN.
carnate an immortal spirit. Two little 1eet
started on an eternal tourney. and you were
to lead them-a gem to fash in heavens
coronet, and you to polish it; eternal ages OF
light and darkness watching the starting out
of newly created creature.
You rejoiced and you trembled at the re-
sponsibility that in your possession an i'm.
mortal treasure was placed. You prayed
and rejoiced, and wept and wondered, and
prayed and rejoiced and wept and wondered;
YOU were earnest in suppication that you
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22


rnadvised Endorsement, or by q conjunction
of unforeseen events, or by fire, or storm er
a senseless panic, you have been flung head
long, and where you once dispensed great
charities, now you have hard work to make
The two ends meet.
Have you forgotten to thank God for your
days of prosperity, and that through your
trials some Of you have made investments
which will continue after the last bank Of
this world has exploded and the silver and
gold are molten in the fires of q burning
world? Have you, amid all your losses and
discouragenents, forgot that there was bread
on your table this morning, and that there
shall be O shelter for your head from the
storm, and there is air for your lungs and
blood for your heart and light for your eye,
and glad and glorious and triumphant re-
ligion for your soul!
Perhaps your last trouble was bereavc-
ment. That heart which in childhood was
your refuge, the parental heart. and which
has been q source of the quickest sympathy
ever since, has suddenly become silent for
ever, and now sometimes. whenever i'll sud-
you say II will go and tell mother"
the thought flashes on you: II have no
mother;' or the father, with voice less
tender, but as stanch and earnest and loving
as ever, watchful of all your ways cxultant
over YOUR success without saying much,
although the old people do talk it over by
themselves, his trembling hand on that staff
which you now keep rs family relic, his
memory cmbalmed in grateful hearts, is
taken away forever.
Or, there was your companion in life,
sharer of your joys and SORROWS, talien leav.
ing the heart an old ruin, where the chill
! winds blow over wide wilderness Of desola-
lion, the sands Of the desert driving across
the place which once bloomed like the garden
of God And Abraham nlourns for Sarah at
the cave Of Machpelah. Going along your
path in life, suddenly, right before you was
on open grave. People looked down and they
saw it was only few feet deep and a few
feet wide but to you it was cavern dowr
which went all your hopes and oil your OK
| pectations.
But cheer up in tho name of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Comforter. He is not going to
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-07
THE ROUND OF POLITICS..
Getting Ready to Hare q
Rally Tonight.
GrvDMt tn oG the (luS sbrEanixch by Hrr"b-
la Political
GarSls--iiow the Rcgi-sry
lsecori I0O~.

The democratic club of is not
very old. hat IL aircady claims u meiibcr-
ship of $40 voters. and tiic long list
il increasing rapidly. The club Is az
lively at work looking after voters who
are slow tn report for rrgistry. and getting
the forces i'm trim for the fight ira October.
Ii is proposed 10y the officers of the ciub
tai hold ~ series of public meetings aid tn
SECURE the services AT tirst-r.itc campaign
orators. 81 that all the questions involved
i'm the canvass may be fully di>ctissssi and
put before the people. Arrangements
have alrrady been made for ~ series of
these mass meetings, the first of which Ia
il announced for tonight \ number at
good speakers have already been en-
gagged, and il is now expected that at IA
final demonstration la h. held within "a
day or two of the close Of the campaign
both Mr., Toolc and Major Niaginnis viii
Ia. here. Meetings will tn held AT least .s
often as every Saturday uignt. Ii viii he
seen by the ENCOURAGEMENT IN me
that Hon. IL. h.. smith. of Dil
Ion. and d. X. BoIrrIiill. OF TINS city, arr.
the orators for this evening. Mr. Suith
is one of the most effective ainIligicr-
i'm the territory. The members oi the
Carroll demo. rattle club have accepted
the invitation to attend to-night's rally,
which promises t. la IL rotI~iug turnout.
! To add la tine interest al tt.c dciuoiistia-
, ton, good music has bccu secured.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-07
THE SPECIAL
i'opuia sentiment believed tai he Ssenrr-
ally in Favor Of BONDING.

Popular Senttusent believed to be tsesrr-
ally in Favor of 1sondinE.
Reporters for the hear adj
verse comment. now and then. on the
proposition to bond the city for $2b,OOO
for the purpo~s. Of building a main sewer.
hut, as n rtilc. public sentiment IL clearly
ia favor of voting tho bonds and doing the
work.. The advertisement announcing
the special election. which happens To bc
the fisst official notice ever published by
the announces that IL IL tn he
held on Thursday, October I'D. Ii IL pro-
posed tn issue bonds i'm the siam of Sa6,U0O
for the term of ten years. the bonds tai
hear seven per cent interest, The work
of building the 81 wcr will IN. by contract.
In the way of bonded indebtedness tl,s.
city now owes ONLY SlO,OuO, bonds in that
sum having been iss,icd this year for
the purpose of building the new school
house. While certain property owners
object tn the increase IN taxes made nsss-
csSary 10y the construction al the proposed
sewer, the fact is pointed out by chose who
favor the measure that the taNabic prop
eriy i'm this city has Increased very nearly
"a per cent within ~ single year. The as
scsscd property in Anaconda now amounts
tai more. than nine hundred thousand dol
lars. Ii was six huI,drr.l tho,isand "a year
ago.
only one to he built 10y general tax. IL
will, run tho entire icugth of the cIty ano
enstiy be connected Will n system al
lateral sewers which will furnish Lr,inags
for the eniire city. Abundance al water
is available. for usc i'm keeping the scw.l
in excellent sanitary condition and the do
ma,id for Ills immediate construction APP
pears tn be general.
All persons entitled to cast n vote a
general elections have u right to pass ot
the sewer question, the decision not bciiil
confined to the properly ow;icsrs aS man.
people suppose.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-07
THEY WANT IT BAD
OnIce Holders Who Are Trying tn haIss
Out That They Are Abused.

Office Holders who Are Trying to Make
Dat That They Are Abused.
At the Office, cards of several
candidates for county offices have been
received. IL il the odd custom in this par, of
"a custom which doubtless arose At "a time
when this region was not provided with
i'm which tn announce names.
Some of these cards are a novelty. One
of them, received at the STANDARD Office
yesterday, bears the name of "a rcpubl can
candidate for n county Office with the re-
mark that he Was duly elected to the
office, November d, 1ssS. for n period of
two years, with the following dded:
''rhe constitutional convention saw lit tn
remove me from Office, and rs l feel j am
entitled tai ~ full term. l most respectfully
ask your support at the polls"
Voters i'm the territory will remember
that the question of the admission of
Montana was fully discussed about the
time the nominating conventions were.
hcld last year. Ii was then believed that
the territory would surely he admitted
within a year. and il was assumed that all
the offices would bc declared ''off,' as
that has been almost the universal rule
when territories have been admitted. In
fact there have been but one or two excep-
tions to this rule in the history of the
country. u cannon therefore he ssuned
that Montana makes any exception on
that the charge of unfairJIcss toward office
holders can la sustained. SO far as that
goes. the voting public is quite Indifferent,
to the claims of Office holders, on this
score. who are now evidently trying Ia
hold their own and keep their places b.
working "a sort of sympathy racket
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-07

ST. Marks Church.. Episcopal. will hold
service in Odd Fellows hall tomorrow at
II a.. m. and X D.. m. Sunday school AT IL
N. m. Rev. w. l.. Mes, pastor.
Services i'm 81. Paul's Church, Catholic,
at $40 and fO::D a. M, and s:D -. m.
Mass every day AT : O'Clock. This church
is always open. Rev. Father DE Sicrc,
pastor.
In the Presbyterian Church, service is
held at IL IA. m. and 4 y. IN. Sunday
school at IL I'D -. M. and Chinese school
at I I'D ID. I'M. Meeting of the Y. T.. -. &.
r. at u. m. Rev. L. -. Lamont, pastor.
Service of the Methodist Episcopal
Church i'm the corner of Oak
and Third streets, at IL "a. IN. and < p. m.
Sunday school at 2:D y. m. Subject of
evening sermon: "Thc Gospel and Power
of God unto Salvation" Rev. Il. Lowry,
pastor.
Methodist Church, South, services at II
a. M. and 4 -. m. Sunday school at , n. M.
Rev. -. ID. Barbcc. pastor.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-07
A QUESTION or REMOVAL
Readers eff the standard who Want the
Cemetery Abandoned.

satN ~ WV - wv
Cemetery Abandoned.
by "a curious sort Of a coincidence. it
hapVcncd that the first communicates
a,ldrcsScd to- the and sent to its
editorial rooms, was a letter requesting
the paper tn begin agitation without delay
in favor of the removal of the cemetery
which occupies the commanding hill at
regarded rather too suggestive tor the
early numbers of "A newspaper making its
first ventures. The subject, however. is
one which from time To time has been SER
io,isly discussed by people living in Ana
coIitia.
When the cemetery was assigned to its
present site. oholy dreamed that the
town would grow To its present proper
dwellings and from the business center,
and the lot now occupied by the school
house was decidedly suburban. But the
city has grown and II is altogether proba-
bile that within two years dwellings will
stand on nearly every available lot. for
two or three blocks either side of Main
street close up to- the foot hills. Already
"a large tract of land mp the canyon and
south of the cemetery limits has been ta-
ken mp in private ownership.
Ii is claimed that there are strong sani-
cemetery and. besides this. it is Thought
that the site. which is by tar the most at
tractiye of amy near town, Will be in de-
mand not long hence for any public build.
ings that may he located IN this city.
When the question of removing the capi-
tai to this city was agitatcd. the current
belief was that handsome grounds for the
purposes of the state would he acquired
at the head of Main street. IL mas tscH
suggested that "A more suitable place Tor a
city cemetery than the one now i'm ust
could be found ON tie foot hills south ot
of the road ic.iding to Carroll. The prop
has been informally talked about, but i
has never been seriously discussed.