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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
The Shlftless Farmer.

The following interesting picture is
drawn by an exchange:
The shiftless farmer has a lifelong
ambition to gain reputation for wear
ing a dirty shirt.
He will alarm the neighborhood by
getting up two hours before day and
then sit around and not 60 to work
until after sun-up.
He will ride around week looking
for So hog.
He will complain of hard times, then
tear his pants climbing over q fence
where gate ought to be.
He will pay So for new bride, and
then let the calf chew it to pieces be-
fore Sunday.
He gets all his neighbors to help in
getting cow out of the bog, then let
her die from want of attention. She
will get in and destroy his crops at a
place in his fence that he has been put
ting off fixing for six months.
He will sprain his back lifting some
thing to show how strong he is.
He will go in his shirt-sleeves, on a
cold day TO show how much he can
stand, and then return home at night
and occupy two-thirds Of the fireplace
till bedtime.
He will ridicule the mechanism of
corn-planter, then go out and smash
his thumb mailing board on the fence.
He will go to town on Saturday and
come home with so cents worth of cof-
fee, paper of pins and dollars worth
of chewing tobacco.
He is economical; economy is his
forte; he will save 10 cents worth of
axle-grease and ruin the spindle of a
SO wagon.
He won't subscribe for o newspaper,
but will borrow from his friend and
forget to return it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

I have been intensely interested in
the articles in Ihe christian by "a
Missionary" Is there not danger
lest we lay down one standard of right
for the missionaries abroad, and q diff
fercnt one for ourselves at home. Per.
haps we may be agreeing mentally
with all we have read in these about
the self-abnegation, the zeal, the hero
ism requisite amongst those who 60 tc
preach in "the dark places of the
earth." yet have not sufficiently
brought home to our own consciences
the remembrance that Christ called all
his disciples to take up the daily cross,
and follow Him. believe there is to
each of US the danger of forgetting
that we ought not to expect more Of
the missionaries in the path of self-de-
nial than we are willing to practice
ourselves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

I have lived to know that the secret Of
happiness is never to allow your ener-
gies TO stagnate.
He who reions within himself and
r,1es noss;ors desiras end fa,rs is
more than king.
would o;va nothing for tb.t MANS
relioion wLoee very dop and cat are
ut tba bott.r for #
.,:,o
Hi'Ne''',eS' 'i'"S pio'Pe- '0i ' " INV
ou'' III ''e .uns t'n' ne wiz 'o.' N" -
a. "o'N Will p"S '"'
prosperity often makes a man q Vor
tex instead OF fountain, SO instead OF
throwing Out ne learns TO ara" III.
The tale-bearer ana the tale-hearef
should ooth be h"ns up oack 10 oaeN'
omc oy 'no to''s s'' "ii'' 'iie ''Aet ~ D''0
AL u "' Io a.. "0t.' 'N7
speho our iiia'liooo III uiN"i n'ns 'ne
folllts OF eHpla'lng the MISTAKES oi
youth.
Personal work for Christ is vague
expression. Go and do something for
some needy fellow creature. That IS
definite.
The work you have to do in the count
ing-house, in the shop, or, wherever
you may be, is that by which you arc
to serve God.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

This note from Lord Macaulay may
be serviceable to some Of the Adcocotc
readers. At any rate, it is an interest
ing reminiscence Of the great histori-
an:
When boy I began to read very
earnestly, but, at the foot of every
page read, I stopped and obliged my
self to give an account of what 1 had
read on that page.
At first had to read it three or four
times before 1 got my mind firmly fix
ed. But I compelled myself to comply
with the plan, until now, after have
read a book through once, I can al.
most recite it from beginning to the
end.
1t is very simple habit to form ear.
ly in life, and is valuable as means o1
making our reading serve the best
purpose.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
SubjecttOn.

1t not infrequently happens that
dominating and masterful men select
as wives women who are quite willing
to be dominated. So harmony reigns
in the family for time. BY and by
when children are born inheriting the
will of the father, but who must be
brought up largely by the mother, there
is possibly an interruption of the har-
mony, and then the mother finds her
hands full. With a sturdy self-wiled
boy to control, to train, to bring into
line and keep in line, how shall she,
accustomed to be led and to follow,
manage him?
The answer to this question cannot
too early in the life of her child engage
her attention. Children are creatures
of habit. A child WHO from his earli-
est days (not years. has been accustom-
ed to submit to a wise control, who has
had channels, for his various necessi-
Ties and activities wide and deep
enough marked out for him, will not
be likely to overleap those channels,
will have very little temptation to do
SO. His will may have occupation
given it in the marshaling of his toys,
in the achiev ement of some childish
enterprise, but never in contest with
his mothers will whenever it can be
avoided.
A mother with no power to COM
mand, but who has q very self-willed
boy, was telling us the other day how
she managed him. When she had her
first contest with him she saw plainly
that she would be beaten if the battle
went on. So she quietly withdrew
from the field, telling the boy that
when he had decided to do as she
wished he might come to her, and
turning the key in the door left him
alone. In short time he had con-
quered himself, and signified his will
ingness to obey his wishes. This
course she said invariably produced
the desired effect, but such was the
tender love between the mother and
child that it had to be resorted TO with
less and less frequency as the years
went on.
Another mother in like case was ac-
customed, whenever contests arose be-
tween her and any one of her chill
dren, to take the contestant apart and
pray with him or her, and this course
proved to be good one.
The Christian mother with the BIZ
BILE in her hand ought not to shrink
from the duties involved in the gov
ernment of a family. If she carefully
instills into the minds and hearts Of
her children the commands and pre-
cepts of the Scriptures with regard to
obedience to parents, and is careful
that all her commands shall be in har-
mony with right and truth, she will
have small trouble in securing prompt
and cheerful obedience. The fear of
the Lord will constrain them, and
most wholesomely, to conform them
selves to parental authority.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

They had just begun their courtship
and were swinging on the garden gate
beneath the silent stars and they were
silent, too, for they were yet in the
dawning of young love and scarce
knew what to say to each other. The
silence became embarrassing and she
said:
II must so in"
whats your hurry?"
"Oh, we're Just like two fools swing,
ing here and saying nothing"
~ don't know what to talk about"
"Well, I must go in."
"Wait moment. Say, you must be
awfully troubled by the flies in sum-
mcr time"
"I?n
eyes; they must light on you in
swarms."
"Sirw
because you're so awful sweet"
She didn't go in.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Mothers Responsibilities.

Few mothers reflect that the family
is merely a school for husbands and
wives, says The Rural Nea0 Yorker.
| What sort of men make the best hus-
bands? Those who as boys had the
best mothers. The boy who will crit
icise his mothers speech or dress, who
will find fault with her coffee, or bread,
will do the same with the woman who
may be so unfortunate as to give her
life's happiness into his hands. A sell
fish man may be drawn out Of his sell
fishness through a few weeks court
ship, but wait until ,'he wear and wor-
ry of married life comes on, and he
will inevitably settle back into it.
Love seldom radically changes a ma
ture. Only the grace of God can do
that, and it takes more grace, I often
think, than many people get hold of.
"The best husband l ever me-" says
the author Of "John Halifax" came
out of family where the mother, a
most heroic and self-denying woman,
laid down the absolute law Girls
first;' not in authority, but first to be
thought of in protection and tender
ness. Consequently the chivalrous
care which those lads were t'ught to
show to their sisters naturally extend
itself to all women. They g'ew up
true gentlemen-gentlemen, generous,
uneXacting, courteous of speech, and
kind of heart"
1t was while reading the above that
it occurred to me how truly the moth
er molds and forms the future hus-
band. 1t is faithful responsibility, /
grant you, sisters, but the reward is
glorious one. If you teach your sons
to yield generously to shield and pro-
tect them manfully and lovingly, not
only do they make better husbands,
but the sisters who have been so cared
for will look for the same courtesy,
chivalry and tenderness in the men
they marry, and will be satisfied with
nothing less.
Right here 1 want to give quota.
ton from Shakespeare which occurs
to me. There isn't any special con-
nection of sequence in it, except that
mothers would do we'll to have their
daughters commit to memory this sim
gle passage, if no other, from the
worlds greatest poet. 1t speaks for
itself, and comment is unnecessary:
"And whilst thou livest, dear Kate,
take fellow of plain and uncoined
constancy, for he perforce must do the
right, because he hath not the gift to
WOO in other places for these fellows
of infinite tongue, that can rhyme
themselves into ladies' favors, they do
always reason themselves out again.
What q speaker is not a prater; a
rhyme is but ballad. A good leg
will fail straight back will stoop
black beard will turn white; a curled
pate will grow bald; full eye will
wax hollow but good heart, Kate,
is the sun and moon, or rather the sun
and not the moon; for it shines bright
and never changes, but keeps its course
truly. ."-Erchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Cowardly men are often cruel.
Those whose nerves are so sensitive
that they shrink from the slightest
prospect of pain ought to be very care
full never to intlict pain needlessly on
others; but, strange to say, they are
not always so considerate. Brave men
are usually remarkable for kindness.
/ is said of Sir John Franklin that he
would not kill u fly. Although tor
mented by them, especially when TAX
ing observations, he would patiently
desist and carefully remove the intrud-
ers without injuring them. The quail
ty of kindness is largely u habit, and
the result of patient and thoughtful
culture, and cruelty is not only natural
to some persons, but is greatly aug
mented by carelessness; but real he,
roes have mastered themselves. No
terror affrights them, and no suffering
in other creatures affords them pleas
ure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Faith and Character.

The faith that has so much to do
with the formation Of true character
is more than mere opinion. 1t is
something warmer than any intellect
ual belief-something that touches the
affections and daily hopes; and yet we
all do we'll to guard ourselves, even
here, lest the ground of our re.igiou
experiende be merely evanescent feel
ing.
1t is not unusual that the very indi
viduals who deem themselves in the
least danger of failing upon one of
these extremes are really in the great
est peril. Tendencies to an undue eX-
altation of the intellect in spiritual
concerns, are often present when we
least expect it; while, on the other
hand, that service which men render
to God chiefly because of the happi-
ness produced by it is, without their
realizing it, positively hurtful to relig-
ious character.
Watchfulness in all things is the
price of all acter-building-watch-
fulness through the Spirits aid; In the
.habitual mindfulness of our own
weakness in a growing desire to be
wholly the Lords; in an habitual
spirit of supplication, and in a lively
sense of the present intercessions OF
Jesus in our behalf.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

JEsUs.-Oh, He is sweet Master
One smile from Jesus sustans my soul
amid all the storms and flOwns of this
world. Pray to know Jesus better.
Have no other Righteousness, no other
strength, but only Jesus. Oh, for full
ness out of Him! Keep looking then
to Jesus, dear soul, and you will have
the peace that passeth all understand
irg. Cleave you to Jesus; be Joined to
Him b. faith, and you shall be one
spirit yuu shall be made warm and
vigorous ant full of activity Of Gods
service.-W Ch'lnc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
Interprtati on.

The lam p burned low, the hour was late,
The embers died within the CRATE,
Yet with AN anxious brow she safe,
And questioned keenly Of the day
Just closed, that had been toilcd away
In work that would not brook delay.
"I had not meant she sighed. ito see
1t slip my grasp, and yet there be
No separate duty done for thee!
"This little trustful sleeper here,
Who clogs me with love So dear,
How could l keep my conscience clear?
$50. orking with such full accord,
AS finds therein its own reward,
Ive left no margin for my Lord"
Just then the golden head was stirred,
AS in It's nest Il grooming bird;
And then her voice she dreamed she heard
40, sister, such q dream had!
So sweet and strange, it made me glad
l thought that you were sitting sad,
'"BecauSe the king Of all the land
Had sent the people his command
To bring him, each, gift in hand.
"And in my dream saw you there,
And heard you say, NO hands can bear
A GIFT that are so filled with care
"'What care?' the king said and he smiled
To hear you answer, wailinS wild:
Il only toll TO iced a child!
"And then with such look divine
crWaS that awaked me with its Shine)
He whispered, But the child Is lnine!"
She sprang to clasp, with arms outthrown,
The little dreamer: all was lone
And hushcd; the dream had been her own
Margaret j. Preston.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

A GOoD Cow.-The minister in
search of a cow" asserts that a good
COW, like good business man, will
have some visible assets. If she has
much mill, she will have a place to
keep it in. she should have a good,
generous udder, which is shapely after
milking, its four sections keeping sep
crate individually and main tanning the
square" formation. If it at all falls
together, like an old glove, she may
have any amount Of Endorsements, but
she won't have milk. The minister's
hints may serve as a guide to other
and more secular people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
How Assurance isto be Attained.

Our Savior prescribes men all unfail,
ing method to assure themselves of the
truth of this doctrine John vii: l7).
eff any one," says He, twill do the
will of the Father, he shall know OF
My doctrine, whether 1t be of God, OF
whether speak of Myself" If men
could but be brought to look upon the
ageuIa of Christianity as suitab'e'
they would never judge the c7'e0e710a
of it irrational. There is strange in
terc,urse and mutual corroboration be-
tween faith and practice. For as belief
first engages practice, so practice
strengthens aud confirms belief. The
body first imparts heat to the garment,
but the garment returns it with ad-
vantage to the body. God beams in
peculiar evidences and discoveries of
the truth to such as embrace it in their
affections and own it. in their actions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

A GOOD Observation-Disclosures"
said Alfred, II prayed three prayers
and the Lord answered two of them.
Do you think He will answer the 9TH
er?
II think He will my dear. What
were the prayers?"
"One was that he would make you
well, and you're not sick any more.
Another was that he would make pa
pa more kind"
Yes, dear. Now what was the
third?
III prayed that God would keep us.
children from quarreling; but He
hasn't answered that yet, for Daisy
and 1 qpareled dreadful to-day"
"Ah, my son, you will have to help
the Lord to answer that"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

I cannot but think that the world
would be better and brighter if our
teachers would dwell on the duty of
happiness, as we'll as on the happiness
of duty; for we ought to be as cheer
full as we can, If only because to be
happy ourselves is most effectual con-
tribution to the happiness of others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

An old lady from New Bedford Wis
tied Boston recently for the first time
and while viewing the attractions of
the public garden, was pointed out the
bronze statue of Charles Sumner.
"Well, 1 declare" the old lady re-
marked, II never knew Sumner was a
colored man before.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

In the early age of Rome women
were prohibited from using wine, and
hence their near relations were allowed
to salute them with a kiss, in order
that they might ascertain by the sense
of smell if they had been drinking it.
They were so fond of it, however, that
Romulus, the first King, made law
that husband might kill his wife for
drinking.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
81. L0MiS Oh. Id.

Where hundreds of children attend
the Sunday-school, and only one in
twenty remains to the church service,
there is radical defect somewhere-a
defect in the pulpit, or the Sunday
school or the family-where?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27
W hat Others Say.
iSWnddU School Times.


The higher mans ideal of desira-
BILE attainment for himself or for 9TH
ers, the higher is likely to be his and
their measure of actual attainment ;
yet at the same time the less likely he
is to be satisfied with the measure of
attainment thus secured. In other
words, the larger prominence q man
gives to the work yet to be done, the
lesser prominence he gives to that
which is done. ~ good illustration OF
this truth is found in the feeling of q
punctual minister in Indianna, in
view of the unpunctuality of the peo.
pie Of his charge. Writing of a recent
Editorial Note on the subject of pune
tuality, in these pages, he says:
In the main, I agree with the posi-.
tions you take in your editorials. Bu
I am constrained to differ from the po
sition you take Oh the question o.
punctuality. You say, "He who
would have punctuality in other:
must himself be punctual," to which
L do not particularly object. You say
''If the service is announced for two
o'clock, for example, that service
ought to be we'll under way by one
mirute past two" 1 have practiceG
that rule constantly for nearly twenty
nine years, Every member of my
church thoroughly well understands
that there never is, and never will be,
q delay Of two seconds when tile bell
ceases to toll. Then you add: THAT
method Of doing will secure punctual.
ity from any people, anywhere"
beg your pardon. "That method oi
doing" has never secured punctuality
in three parishes I have served, except
on the part of people who wilhbe pune.
tual in any circumstances. But they
have had the example of punctuality
set before them constantly. My con-
clusion in reference to this
matter is, that tardiness is a habit
and nothing else. If some people are
ever in season at a religious service, il
will be because they make mistake,
or the clock is ahead Of time. My
conviction for years has been that, if a
prayer-meeting were appointed at nine
o'clock at night, there would be no
preceptib!e difference in punctuality OF
attendance. In short, people are rot
punclual, because they do not care to
be ; and neither example, nor exhor.
tation, nor entreaty, will produce the
least effect in overcoming the force Of
inveterate habit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Some one of large experience says
there are no less than eight hundred
and twenty-seven different terms in
the English language which express
the state of being in love.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Two students, walking down the road,
Saw donkeys coming with their load.
The boys were full Of fun. "Good-day,
Mother OF asses!" shouted they;
But mother wit put down their pride,
"Good-day, my children" she replied.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

We cannot expect perfection in any
one, but we may demand consistency
of every one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

The Japenese hitch their horses in
the street by tying their forelegs tc
gether.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

A paper must receive patronage in
order to be first-class and first class pa
tronage consists in Il mans paying his
subscription in advance. In nearly
every town there are people who are
willing to lend their moral support
to a newspaper, but in final wind-up
moral support doesn't pay for print
paper or ink. There are people who
come in ard subscribe to help you
along, but who fail to think that un.
less they pay for their paper they are
asking you to lend them so much cash
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-27

Bishop Turner, of the \. NJ. E.
Church, in Nashville Advocate
"Slavery was providential institu'
ton, not divine institution; for if it
had b ell, it would have been as eter-
nal as any attribute of the Godhead.
One is temporary and contingent, the
other immutable aud eternal. God
was not asleep nor oblivious to passing
events, when the negro was being cap
tured and brought to this country, and
subjected to state of unrequited ser
vitude. He knew the horrors of their
past and their present condition, and
foresaw the grand sequel which await
ed the termination of their slave Or
deal. God knew hat the slave re-
gime, although exceedingly pyrotech-
nical at times, was the most rapid
transit from barbarism. to Christian
civilization for the negro. Negro as I
am, and being thoroughly acquainted
with the characteristics of my race, I
am frank to make this declaration, odd
as it may seem to many"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1889-10-23
Make no Mistake.

By dispelling the symptoms so
often taken for consumption,S SANTA
Able has brought gladness to many
a household. By its prompt use for
breaking up the cold that too often
develops into that fatal disease,
thousands can be saved from an un-
timely grave. You make no mistake
by keeping bottle of this pleasant
remedy in the house. CALIFOR-
MA CAT-R-CURE is equally effec-
tive in eradicating all traces of nasal
catarrh. Both of these wonderful
California remedies are sold and war
ranted by DR.. E. L. Rice, for $1.00 a
package, 8 for $3.50.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1889-10-23
Missouri State Board Of Agriculture
Columbia, Mo-, Oct. 19. 1889.

Columbia, Mo-, Oct. 19. 1889.
To Ed. TINES: Will you kindly
announce in your columns that the
22nd annual meeting OF the Missouri
state board of agriculture will be
held in Columbia, Mo-, on Nov. 9th,
7th and Sth7 1t is expected that
there will be a large attendance from
all parts of the state, including
members Of the board, delegates
from county fair associations and
leading stock breeders and farmers.
An interesting series of addresses of
interest to farmers will be delivered
by professors of the State Agricul-
tural College and others who have
made special study OF agriculture.
The subject of the establishment OF
state fair and management of coun
ty fairs will be discussed. The meet
ing will be public and it is hoped
that there will be large attendance
of farmers. We hope to secure ra
duced railroad rates on all roads in
the state for this occasion.
Resp'y, LEVI CHUBBUcK.
Secretary.