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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
What d Woman Can Do.

She can laugh with her lips-make
a man think she is the merriest crick-
ct in the world, while her eyes are full
of unshed tears and her heart is beat.
ing as if it would burst.
She can forgive great sin like an
angel and nag a man about petty vice
like an importation from the lower
regions.
She can fix over old frocks and wear
them with a cheerful heart that she
may help somebody, and she can spend
the first money that she really feels
that she can, use for herself in going
to matinee and on sweets, when she
knows she needs new pair of shoes.
She can quiet a baby with one or
two little pats, when a man might al
most knock the life out of it, give it a
whole bottle of paregorfc and it would
still be awake and yelling.
She can employ whole day look
ing for pair Of braces for Jack, and
yet in the time of trouble she could
buy a mourning outfit in half an
hour, and her needle would fly as if
guided by electricity in sewing on a
bridal gown, or a shroud for some
body's baby.
She can cry out her troubles on a
mans shoulder and feel relief that
is only possible from masculine help,
and 10 minutes after she can laugh in
that mans face and wonder what men
were made for.
She can be brave in time of mental
trouble; she can stand by and hold
the hand of some one who is suffering
from physical trouble, and yet she will
scream as if she were about to be killed
at the suggestion of mouse or a
beetle.
She can smile over a dinner of bread
and butter and tea, when that is all
she can get, and later on, when pros
perity is to the fore, she can turn up
her nose at any game below canvas
back duck, and wonder at PEOPLE car
ing for anything but the best brand OF
Burgundy.
What can't she do? I will tell you.
She can never wear pants with any
grace, and she never will he able to
resist either the man or the baby who
has gotten the love of her heart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

CoNUNDRUMs.-What is that which
we wish for, and when obtained we
never know we have it? Sleep.
What is that which has never been
felt, seen, nor heard, never existed,
nor never will exist, and yet has a
name? Nothing.
What is the longest and shortest
thing in the world, the swiftest and
the slowest, without which nothing
can be done, which devours all that
is small, and gives life to all that is
great? Time.
What is that which has three feet,
but no legs, is all body, but no limbs
has no toes on its feet, no head, moves
a great deal. and never uses its feet for
that purpose, has one foot at each end,
and the other in the center of its body?
This is a queer creature in some re-
spects, and is very popular among the
ladies and some men. 1t never walks
out, and goes with one foot where its
head might be, dragging the other foot
behind. These feet have nails, but
no toes, no heels and no bones in the
foot? A yard measure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Two Kinds of Mothers.

Mothers who sacrifice everything
for their daughters seldom get the
gratitude they deserve. 1t is curious
fact that it is the selfish mother, who
dresses herself first and her girls after
ward, who in nine cases out of ten are
most admired by the young folks.
Her toilet is fresh she wears pretty
things; she makes herself interesting
to callers; she is more important anu
handsomer than her daughters, and
they are proud of her. "Plain mus
lins and neat woolen goods will do for
girls, and they need no jewelry," she
says, "but at my age woman must
dress;n and she does it. So with the
luXuries-the sofa, the best window,
the place next the lamp; she takes
them all as her right, and nobody
questions her. "You ought to see my
mother her daughters say-"so
handsome younger than we are :"
But the good, loving soul of moth
er, who from the first denies herself a
ribbon to buy something for the girls;
who pretends not to care for becoming
garments, that there may be more Of
them who gives Eliza the sofa because
she is so delicate, and sits on one side
straining her eyes that Jane may have
the lamp; who hangs up the dresses
thrown on the floor, and mends things,
and takes anything for herself so that
her girls may have more, what does
she get by way of reward? Very often
she gets no reward at all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
True Kindness.

1t was the day when all the child
rem were to march from the school to
the church. There the minister, Mr..
Price, was to preach little sermon to
them, and they were to sing some OF
the hymns they had learned that
year.
Long before the hour arrived most OF
the children had gathered at the
school-house. Miss Ellis, the teacher
in charge, soon came, and then the
march began.
The girls had on their best dresses
and hats.
Lucy Williams noticed all the girls
kept away from Edith Foster. She
soon saw the reason. Edith was poor
and had a plain dress and a cape bon
net.
"It is real mean," said Lncy to her,
self. She ran quickly up to Edith
and taking her by the hand said, LET
us walk together, Edith"
Edith was very happy then. She
and Lucy kept together all day and
had very nice time,
Lucy has kind heart. She cannot
bear to see others unhappy. She is
truly kiid-hearted. A kind hearted
person cannot bear to see another's
feelings hurt. True politeness is to be
polite to everybody. Be kind to those
Won do not like as we'll as to those you
do like.-Sei.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Making Postage Stamps.

In printing steel plates are used, on
which 200 stamps are engraved. Two
men are kept at work covering them
with the colored inks and passing
them to man and girl, who are
equally busy at printing them with
large rolling hand-presses. Three of
these little squads are employed all the
time, although ten presses can he put
into use in case Of necessity. After
the small sheet of paper upon which
the 200 stamps are engraved, is dry
enough, they are sent into another
room and gummed: The gum used
for this purpose Isl peculiar compost
ton made of the powder OF potatoes
and other vegetables, mixed with wa
ter, which is better than gum arabic,
for instance, which cracks the paper
badly. This paper is also of peculiar
texture, somewhat similar to that of
bank notes. After having again been
dried, this time on little racks that are
famed by steam power for about an
hour, they are put between sheets OF
pasteboard and pressed in hydraulic
presses capable of applying weight
of 1000 tons. The next thing is to
cut the sheet in halves each sheet, OF
course, when cut contains 100 stamps.
They are then passed to two other
squads, who, in as many operations,
perforate the sheets between the
stamps. Next, they are pressed once
more, and then packed and labled and
stored away in another room, prepara-
tory to being put into mail-bags for
dispatching to fill orders. If a single
stamp is torn or in any way mutilated,
the whole sheet of 100 Is burned.
Five hundred thousand are burned
every week from this cause. For the
past twenty years not a single sheet
has been lost, such care has been TAX
en- in counting them. During the pro-
cess of manufacturing the sheets are
counted eleven times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

To be misunderstood, even by those
whom one loves, is the cross and bit
terness of life. 1t is the secret of that
sad and melan ckoly smile on the lips
of great men which so few under
stand; it is the cruelest trial reserved
for self.devotion; it is what must have
oftenest wrung the heart of the Son OF
man; and if God suffer, it would be
the wound we should be forever in
ficting upon him. He also--he above
all-is the great misunderstood, the
least comprehended. Alas! alas
Never to tire, never to grow cold; to
be patient, sympathetic, tender; te
look for the budding flower and the
opening heart ; to love always-this is
duty,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Solitude and stiffness render the
.:nisht watchesu fit season for medi-
tation on the so often experienced mer'
cies of God: which, when thus called
to remembrance, become delicious re-
past to the spirit, filling it with all joy,
and peace, and consolation giving
songs in the night, and making dark
ness itself cheerful. How cheerful,
then, will be that last morning, when
the righteous, awaking up after the di'
vine likeness, shall be satisfied" with
all the fulness of God, and ''praise
Him with joyful lips" in those eternal
courts, where there is no night, and
whence sorrow and signing flee fal
away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Quiet women are women of power
The noisy, clustering, arrogant, self-as
serting among them make the air hot
with their voices, and trouble the
world with their superabundant activi-
ties. But this cannot be called
strength-it is more generally sham
and show, which breaks down under
the pressure Of personal and private
trial; while the true power of those
who, as wives influence the present,
aud, as mothers, mold the future, lies
hidden from the public, all the more
valuable because of its reserve.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Short Sayings.
FROM MATTHEW MELLoWDEW."

FROM MATTHEW MELLowDEw."
A good conscience makes an. easy
couch.
Prayer makes pleasant pillow.
Love and friendship bring soothing
dreams.
Gods hand is ever ready for dead
lift, and prayer gives the victory when
the battle is lost. 81
"The fervent effectual prayer Of the
righteous man availeth much," says
the peerless Book.
Bottled troubles are very hard to
bear.
Company in distress makes the
trouble less.
Never a vine but bears more grapes
for the cut of the pruning-knife.
Honesty is bound to come to the top,
though roguery may tie milestone to-
| its neck and fling it into the sea.
Right-doing has all the promises Of
God for private property. z
Gods shoulder is always under q.
good mans burden.
Nothing multiplies so much as kind
ness.
They who scatter with one hand
gather with two, not always in coin
but in kind.
A good conscience is safe insur-
ance.
God never puts gold in the fire but
He takes it out.
A crust of Gods carving is far better
than banquet of our own providing.
A brave heart bears burdens, and
courage conquers care.
A good conscience is capital that
bears high interest. %f
Hold hard by honesty, that's a self
righting life-boat that can't be swamp
ed.
Prayer is the key of the day and the
lock of the night.
He is we'll guided whom God guides
Going to law is like fighting whin-
buah, the harder the blows the sorer
the scratches.
A false flag aloft means a rotten keel
below.
A fruitful bough has the heaviest
weight on it. ...
After the harrow comes the harvest
Fraud generally lights candle for
Justice to get look at it, and rogue'sl
pen indites for his own arrest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

'I was so surprised to learn that he
was clergyman" said young girl of
our genial, fun-loving preachers.
Who was to blame for that unfortunate
verdict on one whose entire life is con-
secrated to the service of his Lord ?
Did the girl speak under the false inn
preston that sanctity and solemnity,
Christian grace and gloom, must 60
hand in hand? or has the brother in
question lost part of his spiritual
strength in the love of appreciation
and applause which prompts him to
the recital of jokes which are pointless
if not somewhat irreverent in tone?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

To be honest, to be kind; to earn Il
little, and to spend little less; to
make, upon the whole, family happi.
er for his presence; to renounce, when
that shall be necessary, and not to be
embittered; to keep few friends, but
these grim condition, to keep frienca
with himself-here is task for all tha
q man has of fortitude and delicacy
He has an ambitious soul who would
ask more he has a hopeful spirit who
you'd look in such an enterprise to be
uccessful.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Meeting Il Metho dist of state reputa
ton who has recently moved TO the
country, he spoke to US of preacher
who is in feeble health who frequently
breaches at his church. He said, 1--WE
love him, but see but little of him
when he comes to our house on preach
ing days; he spends his time till the
service out at the barn or elsewhere in
prayer and study, and his sermons are
spiritual feasts. The people rejoice at
his coming and the feast he gives
them.n 81. Louis. CT. Id.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Home Calls.

When the work-day hours are closing,
And the evening twilight falls,
How the homes throughout the city
Send forth their loving calls!
Calls so low you may not hear them:
But how many hear them and smile;
And tired hand and heads so weary
Are forgotten for the while.
The dear home.sounds ring sweetly
IN the ears of toilinS men,,
And for love Of wife and children
They seek their home again.
So sit in brooding twilight,
And watch us they homcward go,
With glad Steps hurryinS onward
To The hearthS that love them so.
And | long to cry out to them:
"Oh, guard the home-loVe well!
Be tender and true to your dear ones
How long yours, none can tell
For know there is one among them
Whose heart Ill sadness roamS,
Who hears no call in the twilight
Save the call TO the Home Of homes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Eternal inscriptions.

Several years since, upon shelf IN
the Treasury Building at Washington,
was q cannon-ball, to which was at
tached a card with this inscription:
"This ball saved two hundred and
twelve lives in October, lS47," and
then follows a thrilling narrative of
the circumstances. A ship in severe
storm had been driven upon the rocks
The signals of distress at gay dawn
brought to the shore men, eager to
save those on board. A cannon Was
procured, and a rope fastened to a ball.
An experienced gunner sighted the
gun with great care. 1t was fired.
The ball passed over the ship and sunk
in the sea, far away, leaving the rope
across her bows. Ready hands secured
it. In short time canvas cots were
rugged, and in few hours every per-
son on board had been conveyed safely
to shore. The ball, originally intend
ed for very different purpose, but
now used for saving life rather than
destroying it, was afterward drawn up
from the deep, sent to Washington,
and place as mentioned above.
Could the balls used in a single war
be recovered, inscribed and laid away,
what q fearful record of accumulated
horrors would be transmitted to other
generations ..
So of mankind. The record of evil
doing will he conspicuously apparent
upon the soul of the wicked. Think
of perpetuating throughout eternity
such q record as this: "This soul
turned from the ways of God, and, by
his influence, drew after him many
souls to their destruction - or, "Th(
soul refused everlasting life, preferred
sin, neglected his own soul, and drag
ped others down to darkness" Incon-
ceivably awful is the suggestion. The
Bible declares that upon the forehead OF
the redeemed is stamped the inefable
name of the Lamb. Shall it xoe>lso,.
of necessity, be that those Ylo i'll this
life persist in rejecting Kim shall in
voluntarily proclaim 2iong their end
less existence the fey(ful facts of their
own earthly career? 1t is certain that
our Divine Lord comprehended, as
could no other, the aVfulness of the
SOULS leaving this world while still im-
penitent. BY saying, "Verily, verify,
I say unto you, except man be born
again he cannot see the kingdom Of
God" He confirmed it twice by an
oath. How is it possible. then, that a
merely honest and moral man can be
saved? 1t is the unwavering, unalter-
able teaching of the Scriptures that
those who would escape the dread pen
atty of forever bearing and proclaim
ing their own sin must in this life turn
and repent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

eff it is supposed by any that a ritu-
al is a remedy for lack of soul, and
that by aesthetic prettiness men can
softly and delicately nurse in their pu-
ny spirits nobler life, the mistake is
tragic. If the secret feeling Of any is,
GO to now, let us be pious ; let us put
away troublesome ideas, and save our
souls by postures, surplices and Gothic
architecture let it be our supreme care
to minister at the ALTAR then the He
braic, the Puritan scorn may well
arise, and denounce these false proph.
ets.""
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

1t is the greatest of all delusions
says an old writer, to pretend to be
converted without changing our lives,
and to 60 to heaven by the way that
leads to hell.
"What is an epistle ?" asked Sun
day-school teacher of her class. "The
wife of an APOSTLE" replied the young
hopeful. -"f
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

A fashionable dressmaker has reciev-
ed an order for gown with zone of
them vestibule-trains that are talked of
80 much in the papers,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

GAIL woman wishes is to be loved" !"
says a gushing poet. Then all this
stuff about her wanting new bonnets
and sealskin sacks must be vile SIAN
der.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Guard the Lips.

"If you your lips
Would keep from slips,
Five things observe with care:
or whom you speak,
To whom you speak,
And how. and when, and where"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Tender-hearted young lady: 30,
you cruel, heartless little wretch to
rob those poor birds of their eggs?'
Wicked little boy: "Ho? That's the
old UNI at you've got on your bonnet,
guess she won't care.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Sleep is generous robber. 1t give
in strength what it takes in time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

He who depends on another dimes
i'll and sups worse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

IT'S a mercy to have that taken from
us, which takes us from God.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
LOTS OF MATERIAL

If there is any impression eXtant that
the Democrats in the North have not
ample material of the best quality the
country affords to fill all the offices, it is
likely to be dissipated before they are
filled. For instance, prominent DEM
Ocrat of that section a day or two ago
sat down, and, without other data
than his memory afforded, made up this
list, which is not slate, but intimation
of opulent resources: For governor,
MCCORMACK, of Grand Forks; treas
urer, DAN MARATTA: secretary, FRANK
WILSON, of Bathgate: auditor, Mr..
MARINAN; attorney general, O'BRIEN;
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, KENT, of Ellendale; assist
ant, EIsESHUTH, of Darlington; COM
missioner of immigration, j. NJ. QUINN;
public examiner, MARTIN RYAN: rail-
road commissioners, BUDD REEVE, FL.
c. RASMUSSEN, HUGH MCDONALD;
school land commissioners, SENATOR
CAMERON, j. V. BROOKE, W. NJ.
House: judges. MCCONNELL, ROSE
and GARLAND. Then there will be
two senators and representative in
congress, besides other offices, perhaps.
If the Republicans insist upon drawing
the lines, as they evidently will, the
Democrats will meet them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
oRDWAYEo FOR SENATOR.

1t looks now as if Gov. ORDwAY
would be pretty large and numerous
incident in the Republican field for
United States senator in the North. 1t
is understood that he has sold out his
interests at Pierre, and regards Bis
marck as his residence, although he has
been away from home good deal of
late years. not entirely for his health.
The old clamor against him was mostly
confined to the South, and has become
very mute since Gen. CAMPBELL de-
cided that injustice had been done him.
The argument in his favor will be based
upon the conceded efficient service he
rendered in the passage of the Dakota
measures, in the main. If more SUBJ
stantiai arguments are to have place,
the governor is millionaire, and
can afford to pay his way. The al
legged combination between ORDwAY
and ALLEN will make a rafting fight
in the Republican camp, and to win
will require fat snaps for HUGHES,
NIcKEUs, LA INQUIRE, WALSH, LORD,
not to speak of PIERCE, WINsHIP, and
good many others. Then the Demo-
Gratis may scoop the platter and knock
them all out.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
GETTING IMPATIENT.

Waiting for statehood with the time
table before you seems to be a good deal
like waiting at railroad station for the
train when there is great impatience 10
be on the move. The districts for the
constitutional convention are to be an
nounced by April 10, when month will
be had to get candidates in the field be-
fore voting. At jamestown local con-
vention was held some days ago to de-
liberate about candidates, although the
district had not been formed. This
could perhaps be sufficiently antici-
pated. The notable feature about the
convention apparently was to ignore
politics and select the best men. That
would seem to be the natural course to
pursue, but it was not done in framing
the Sioux Falls constitution. No Dem
ocrat was admitted to the convention,
and one of the urgent reasons for re-
fusing to frame neW constitution now
is that the new convention will not be
so politically immaculate. There will
he few Democrats and alliance men,
bers in it. There is no other reason for
plastering the old work onto the con-
vention, unless there is value in the
fact that prohibition has slumbered in
its bosom for three wears.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
CHANCES FOR DELAY.

There is disposition in some quarters
to perpleX the mind over the most i'm
probable contingencies. For instance,
if either or both of the states should re-
ject the constitution submitted at the
October election. what would happen?
The territorial machinery would keep
on grinding i'll that state, one or both,
until new conventions could be called
and another constitution built. 1t
would simply delay admission a few
months. The only chance for that event
is that the adherence to the old consti-
tuition in the South in May shall afford
chance for defects to come to the
searching glare of the public eye from
May to October, when the only chance
to cure them will be by rejecting the
work at the October trial, and build
anew. But both states will probably be
admitted on the same day, even if one
should be ready few days sooner, as
this would obviate any embarrassment
over the territorial organization.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
HOW 1T WORKS,

AS plain as the minority provision
seems to those who can read easily,
some learned editors have tried to find
if SPRINGER, PLATT, OF other Washing
ton people did not know of some occult
feature not discernible to the common
eye. 1t means just what it says-that
each district shall have three members
of the convention, but no man shall
vote for more than two of them. He
needn't vote for more than one, or he
may put on two names and no more.
He cannot give two votes for one man.
The three men who have the most votes
will be declared elected. That is all
there is to the minority plan. If there
are political parties in the field, the
stronger one will run two men, and the
weaker one but one. If near equal,
each Will put up two, and the uncer-
tainty as to which of the quartette will
be left out will give interest TO the con-
test. Those who think minoritieS should
have no consideration are likely to OPP
pose the system.