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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26

Not what a preacher says to his
hearers, but what his hearers say to
themselves, is of value in influencing
those hearers lives. The mere utter
ance Of truth in the ears of a listener
is of itself powless, either for good OF u
evil. "What shall it profit q man."
says the preacher impressively, "if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose
his own soul?" Ninety-nine Of bis
hearers nod appreciatively, and listen
to hear something else equally good.
The hundredth hearer stops in his
listening, repeats over to himself,
"What Shall it profit-what shall it
profit me p" and receives an impress
upon his life as the result Of his self:
preached sermon. E[e is not yet a
master-workman in The craft of soul
winners, who has not learned the art
of making his hearers preach to them
selver. S. S. Times.
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difficulty Of Teaching Truth in
Ghin1.

| TIE C6ttechisne was, / believe, com
piled specially for use in China bu
the first question and answer is an at
tempt to translate that sublime open
ing of the Shorter Catechism. How
wish that boys and girls in England
were made to learn the Shorter Cate
chism
"What is the chief end of man?"
"To glorify God, and enjoy Him
forever"
What do you suppose is the nearest
we can get to that in Chinese? why
this:
"What is the use of man on earth p
"To serve God to the utmost, and eV-
er praise His great mercy"
This brings me to speak of q great
difficulty we have here. In England
one sometimes hears of "the poverty
of language;n yet in things religious,
the thoughts and talks of thousand
years have stored up an immense Vo-
cabulary, so that from such simple
words as "sinner" and saviour" to
such complicated names as Joanna
southgottonian," and such ready-made
phrases as final perseverance OF the
saints''-all is at your disposal. Think
how much English would have to be
blotted out if every phrase and word
created by the presence of the Church
of Christ in England were to be taken
away.
And then remember that we in Chi
ma have had to coin new expressions,
and to put new meanings into old
ones, in order to make the Chinese
comprehend the Christian religion !;
thatis why the books need so much
explaining.
ever" Why do we get no nearer in
translating that than, ''to serve God to
the utmost, and ever praise His great
mercy?'
Because the Chinese have no such
ideas, and, therefore, have never need
ed the language to convey such ideas.
If the Chinese had such a high sense
of pleasure to enjoy Him forever,
things would be much easier for those
who try to teach them.
Perhaps you know that in China
three religions live side by side in
peace "a sure sign that they are all in
their dotage; but neither Confucian-
ism, which is practical atheism, nor
Taoism, which is deified men, nor
Buddhism, with it's mysterious Bud
dhas, not one of these could teach the
Chinese such an idea as that man was
made to enjoy God and glorify HIS
name. To enjoy an idol! TO glorify
an image of clay! The very idea is
Confucianism says, "Do right; that
you may respect yourself and be re-
spected by others"
ado right; that you may grow ia,
nous and rich, and have many sops,"
says Taoism. -,
lido right; because there's a hell
where you will be punished if you
DON'T" says Buddhism.
"Do right; that you may glorlty
your Maker" This was reserved for
Christianity to say.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
Scholarship is of first importance in

Scholarship is of first Importance in
its own sphere, There could neither
have been Revised Text nor Revis-
ed Version without scholarship. But
in the Interpretation and exposition OF
Scripture, scholarship does not hold
the first place. Scholarship belongs to
the soul, the mind, the intellect;
something deeper is needed for the In
depreciation Of the Word of God:
This is spiritual, and only the spiritual
man can discern the things of the
spirit. When Robert Hall wanted
light upon some passage which he did
not understand, he used to 60 to poor
man, not scholar, but whom he
knew to be taught of God. False and
faulty views of doctrine have general
lv come not from illiterate Christians,
but from scholars who exercised their
own minds not under the guidance OF
Gods Spirit.
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g.nSt Yer Sight.

Mrs. Oliver G. Bloom of Detroit
Mich, lost hdth of her eyes in 4 curl
GUS way. While taking up a carpet
she endeavored to pry outa II tack with
table-knife. The spring of the knife
blade threw the tack up with such
force that the point entered Mrs.
Blooms eye-ball and the aqueous
humor ran out. The eye was finally y
taken out, but it had been allowed to
remain in too long and Mrs. Blooms
other eye became affected. That eye
also was taken out.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
Muskets for Boston Schools.

! Mr.. Garrison writes l should like
to add my protest against the appro
priation of muskets in the public
schools, although for different reasons
have three boys who are to be 1nf1u,
enced by the decision. My daughters
it will not concern. I notice that
whenever I oppose the military drill
on moral grounds am invariably met
with the argument of its physical adj
vantages. In vain L plead that my
boys have the gymnasium, football,
baseball, tennis, rowing, swimming,
bicycles, etc., until the chief aim of
| life seems to center in athletics. Alas
these are naught without the drill.
Nobody manifests anxiety for physi-
cal well-being of my girls. They ride
no BICYCLES and kick no footballs.
They swing no bats. They are not in
vited to participate in military drills.
They are handicapped with gar
ments that cramp the body and make
exercise weariness. The Committee
on Public Education is too busy in ad-
ding the 'wastefui and ridiculous ex-
cess of musket-drilling to over-exer-
cised boys to think of their puny sis
ters who dwindle by their side. How
much $4,000 might do toward teach
ing girls the laws Of health l have
another difficulty. I want my boys
brought up to love peace and abhor
war. I try to inspire them with. the
spirit of our Savior, who, instead OF
inciting to violence and shooting hu-
man beings with muskets, inculcates
the higher and more truly courageous
method of overcoming evil with good.
illustrate the lesson by His life, and
show them how much nobler it was TO
die for principle than it would nave
been for him to kill hundred OF bis
prosecutors. Then I read to them
from Longfellow's beautiful poem,
'The Arsenal at Springfield"-
"were half the power that fills the world
with terror
Were half the Wealth bestowed on camps
Given to redeem the human mind from er-
There were no need OF arsenals or forts
The warriors name would be name abb
And every nation that should lift again
It's hand against its brother, on Its forehead ID
Would wear forevermore the curse OF
Cainr'
You may imagine how quickly, the
moral impression I try to give my boys
is dissipated by the example OF the
military drill at school. 1 do not wish
to have them taught the use of fire
arms OF the art of fighting. / protest
with all the earnestness of my being,
against such demoralizing instruction.
Especially am opposed to their en-.
tering the militia when they are OF
lawful age. TO my thinking, such as
sociations are to be Stunned, the social
habits inseparable from military COM
panies, the drinking, the tobacco, the
profanity. I shall labor to make re-
pugnant to my boys: 1t is a wretched
school of moral, and [ shall continue
to cry out against the prevented public
sentiment that encourages such an am
bition in ingenious youth. Ana 1
hold to the conviction that to force tax
es from the community to pay for mus
kets with which to teach the children
the trade of war, is an evidence OF the
state of barbarism is which this coun--
trv, which boasts of its civilization anu
Christianity, is at present groveling.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
A German Patriot Speaks.

One Of the most hopeful and significant
of recent events, was the proposition
introduced. in the German Parlinent
by Herr Liebknecht that AIsace-L Lor-
raine be created an independent and
neutral province. The German
socialist used strong language and
stated that he held wda.,.I0 be a crime,
and believed that those who committed
this crime ought to be punished. He
further declared that by advocating
this opinion he considered himself to
be better patriot thad those who op-
posed him. Of course he represents q
very small minority; yet it makes the
beginning of higher and better era
in international politics when even
one man dares utter such sentiments
before the assembled deputies Of a
great empire. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26

his own big one, and with very dro!l
smile bid him to "run along home,
and feed the boys" and added. "Tell
Peter that you are really required to
obey the Bible by getting in the maim-
ed and the blind, and that he must be
Il better Christian than he is ~
In less than an hour Mr.. Seward
said they passed through the yard on
their way to the Cabinet meeting, and
no less than ten small boys were sit
ting with Tad on the lower steps,
cracking nuts and having Il Estate
Dinner"
Mr.. Lincoln remarked that the
Kitchen aUas ours"
[M s., IN Vide Aayake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
A noble disposition eager self-in

A noble disposition eager self-im-
provement will accustom itself to
court censure as frankly as most people
court commendation. It will not
merely receive with grace. and accept,
but il will use censure. Whether the
structures be from the soul of enemy or
friend; whether prompted by love,
sympathy, pity, jealousy, or malace
whether they bear The impress of re-
fined or vulgar spirit; whether just
to the point or entirely untimely
whether chiefly true or chiefly false
whether conveyed in general terms OF
specifcally,-mak little difference.
They are an eye-glance from outside
into the self, too valuable to be con-
temptuously discarded. Possibly they
point q deep lesson for us. II the
blame does not hit the mark in this IN
stance, we may wildly recall instances
in our past when we were standing
lust where it would have pierced us,
had it come at that time, ard we are
able to impress on our soul warning
lesson for the future. And even II
the censure is so undeserved that II
fails to remind us of anything errone-
Gus in what we have been, and fails to
open up to us any weakness in what
we are, it nevertheless still serves the
important purpose of revealing to us
what some one ontside of US thinks we
are. Let US strive in every case OF
censure SO to restrain our personal feel
incs as to be able, without regard to
the motives in the critic that prompted
its utterance, to reap for our improve
ment the full benefit of that insight
which the censure may open up to us.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26

One of the difficult problems that
beset the young Christian is the break
ing off from certain old habits which
he now recognizes as unworthy Of q
servant of Christ, but which, because
they are habits, still have power
over him. If he simply casts them
aside, he is fretted with the "aching
voidn which they leave. The only
safe way for him, is to push out the
old habit with new. one. There
must be on vacancy. The new and
higher activity must supplant the old.
and lower one. Two things, two in
fluences, two motives, two interests,
cannot occupy the same place at the
same time. He who has Christ's work
to attend to, will have no time for the
DEVILS work. Where Chrift is, "sthe
world, the flesh, and the devil" cannot
be. s. s. Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26

ST. PAUL, June IA dispatch
from Mora Linn says: The treacher-
Gus Chippewa Indians are on the war
path again, and there are grave fears
of a general uprising.
The present trouble is the outgrowth
of the encroachment by whites upon
Millelacs reservation. Recently con-
tract was awarded by settlers of Folly
Brothers of st. Paul to dig ditch for
irrigation purposes from Millelacs
Lake to point on Smoke River, near
this place. When the Indians learned
that the ditch was to be dug they came
to the conclusion that the intention
was to drain the latter, and deprive
them of their fishing privileges. No.
tice was served by the Indians upon
the contractors, warning them if they
did not leave the Territory at once they
would be put to death.
The contractors gave no heed to the
warning, but came here and engaged
300 laborers, who began work yester-
day morning at Millelacs. About noon
yesterday they were attacked by par
ty of 400 Chippewas, led by White
Snake and Great Bear. The Indians
were in full war paint and armed with
Winchester rifles and tomahawks. AS
soon as they saw the reds coming, the
Iaborers dropped their shovels and fled
toward this place. They were pursued
by the savages, who shot and killed
seven men. Several others were
wounded, but not seriously. The In
dians scalped two men and mutilated
the bodies of two others in fiendish
manner.
Ex-senator H. M. Rice of st. Paul,
Bishop Warty of Dakota and DR..
Whiting of Wisconsin, the commits
sioners appointed by President Harri-
son to treat with the Chippewa In
dams, are in this city, and were to
have started out next week to negotl-
ate with the tribes at Millelacs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
y',,p,rufitptl Hearers.

Father is sick and can not go to
church. Daughter, who has spent
three years at bondilg-school, and
is Il communicate and Il teacher in
the Sunday-school enters.
"Wcli, Mary, did you have good
sermon. >"
"Yes, splendid. I never heard DR..
X. preach better"
"What was the teXt?'
80, I don't remember. never
could keep texts in my mind, you
know"
"What was the subject? Don't you
remember il, OF some of the ideas?
"Nn papa, but remember II beau'
tiful figure he had about Il bird soar,
ing up into the air. Why, | could al
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26

most see it and hear it's song ~
well, what did he illustrate by the
fight of the bird pr
LET me see. 1t was something
about faith, or about going to heaven.
I can't just recall now what it was,
but the figure was splendid"
And the father was satisfied. Why
shouldn't he be? That was the kind
of listening to sermons that he taught
her by example. If he had heard it
he could not have made better re-
port unless there had been something
in it about politics, or the news Of the
day. We are losing the habit of at
tention and the use of the memory in
the house of God.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
Uses of Turpentine.

After housekeeper fully realizes the
worth of turpentine in a household,
she is never willing to be without a
supply of it. It gives quick relief to
burns, it is an excellent application for
corns, it is good for rheumatism and
sore throats, and it is the quickest rem
edy for convulsions or fits. Then 1t Is
4 sure preventive against moths; by
Just dropping a triflei in the bottom OF
drawers, chests and cupboards, 1t Will
render the garments secure from lpJu-
ry during the summer. 1T will keep
ants and bugs from closets and store
rooms by putting few drops In the
corners and upon the shelves; it is
sure destruction to bed-bngs, and will
efiectually drive them away from their
haunts if thoroughly applied to the
Joints of the bedstead in the spring
cleaning time and Injuries neither fur
niturc nor clothing. A spoonful OF it
added to pail of warm water is ex-
cellent for cleaning paint: A little IN
the suds on washing days lightens
laundry labor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
Five Hundred sheets to the ae.u,.

S~ SACcto 70 Tue tS66Lus
To THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE:
I note in February number is an arti-
Gle signed "Stationer," asking that
paper makers take action on the mat
ter of putting ruled goods, ETC., In |
reams of five hundred sheets, or twen-
ty quires Of twenty-five sheets each.
This is move in the right direction.
I think, and one which should be
faVorably considered by every manu-
facturer. I will venture to say that
there is not single stationer or print
er in the country who would object to
it, and, as suggested by your corre-
spondent, the.type bodies at great ex-s
pense to themselves, why can not the
paper manufacturers make the change
for the convenience of their trade,
when it can be done without any ad-
ditional expense to them? Now, the
stationers would like to hear from our
brethren of the paper trade on the sub
ject and trust that they will agree to
adopt the suggestion. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26

With so simple all article rs q red
cabbage, very old but pretty little
chemical experiment may he made by
the young people, with the result OF
amusing and astonishing those around
them. The effects may be strlklngly
shown in this manner: Cut three
leaves of the cabbage into small pieces,
and, after placing them in basin,
pour a pint of boiling water over them,
letting them stand an hour; then pour
of the liquid into decanter. 1t will
he of fine blue color. Then take four
wine glasses-into one put six drops OF
strong vinegar; into another six drops
of solution of soda; into a third, the
same quantity Of 4 strong solution OF
alum and let the fourth glass remain
empty. Fill up the glasses from the
dccanter, and the liquid poured into
the glass containing the acid will
quickly change to beautiful red; that
poured with the soda will be q fine
green, and that poured into the empty
glass will remain unchanged.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26

The man who has learned how to
put himself to work and keep at it has
reached a condition of mastery that
promises him success in almost amy
situation. He hats then possession
infinitely better than the gift Of geni-
lis
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26

She was II thoughtful Preachers
wife who said, "It takes pretty poor
preaching to spoil the gospel"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
CheaD Academic Titles.

Just in time to forestall, or at least to
warn, the boards of trustees of our
colleges, comes an article in the June
Forum on "Cheap Academic Titles" !"
by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, himself a
D. ID. CYale.) He spares neither Har-
ward, which made Andrew Jackson an
LII. D., nor Yale, which has made
many men D. DIS because they had
friends in the corporation but he
points out the astounding utility OF an
IL. d., which will fit equally well a
tobacco made millionaire, Il governor,
or IL scholar; and the degradation OF
the D. D., because the clergy OF al
men are forbidden to accept such
"semilunar flrdels." After indicating
several methods OF redeeming academ-
ic titles, Mr.. Bacon concludes that, af-
ter all, perhaps they are not worth re-
deeming, but should be laughed out OF
existence in democratic country.
Sure it is that secret, unobserved
religion is not the religion of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Whatever religion can
be concealed is not Christianity.--John
Wesley.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-07-02
NOTICE TO ST lCKAOlDERS.

NTOTICE TDTHE STOCKHOLDERS
IN of the Nevada acific Railway
COM any that the said corporation by
write > aut hority of three-fourths of its
stock h plders and by resolution of he
Board of Directors, have agreed to con-
solidate its property, righ and fran
chises with the Utah AMI Northern
Railway Company, the oregon snort
Line Railway C,mpany, Congress onal
corpora ions, tne Ut h Central Rail ay
Company, the ~alt Lake ami western
RaiIw-y ompany, the Utah and Nevada
Railway Co np.ny, the t'gden ana syria
cuse Railway Company. all corporat1"ns
of Utih Territory, the Idaho Central
hallway Company. a corpo 'a'fon OF wy
oming Territory. AL stock holders are
h reb. not fisd tn It there VIII be
meeting of he stockholders to ratifv or
q tuuon .uch con olidation, at he fice
,f wi liam 4. F. Deal, at Virginia City,
Nevada. at 2 O'Clock p. m. the 18th day
of July, 1888.
JOSEPH A. JENNINGS,
Secretary OF the Nevada Pacific Rail-
Way company. 1uneHo
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-21
CALIFORNIA; BIG STORM.
Much Damage Around San Diego-Rail-
road Washouts-A Drowning.

Much Damage Around San Deso-Rail-
road Vashouts "A Drowning.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 1.-THE dam
age done by the recent storm to property
in this vicinity is estimated at from
500, 900 to $500, 600. Six bridges on
the California Southern road were
washed out between here and Solidad
canyon, and there is little prospect
OF any trains moving before night. The
California Southern alone will lose
probably S25, 600 or $50, 900. The Pacific
Beach road is badly washed away at
Rose canyon, where at least 1000 feet
of the railroad has been destroyed. 1t
will be a week before trains will
run to Pacific Beach. The Cuyamaca
road was badly washed out in the Chol-
las valley. The Coronado Belt line and
the National City road both suffer from
washouts. The race-track at Pacific
Beach is badly damaged and the loss
there will probably reach $4,000
o. w. Wilson, master mechanic OF the
Pacific Beach road, was drowned Sun
day. He started for Pacific Beach with
motor engine to find out the damage
done to the track and left the engine at
Rose canyon, and that was the last seen
of him. His body was discovered buried
in mud.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-21
IT STRIKES GOTHAM.
Influenza Makes It's Appearance
In New York.
EIGHT CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
The Sufferers Confined to One Family
Steps Taken by the Health Om-
GERS to Prevent the Spread
of the Malady.
THE SYMPTOMS

TIE SYMPTOMS
New YORK, Dec. flight cases OF
influenza in the same form as now ex-
listing in Europe have been reported.
They are all in one family. The first
victim was young woman who returned
from Europe about ten days ago. Her
first symptom was vertigo, speedily fol-
lowed by headache and chills. Then
she became deathly sick with pains
in her limbs and muscles. This
was succeeded by bronchial catarrh,
soreness Of the throat and coughing,
followed by high fever and an ex-
ccedingly rapid pulse, which at
times reached I20 to the minute.
Since then seven others, members of the
family, have been attacked by the dis
ease. The health officers say they are
not surprised at its appearance here. 1t
is not dangerous, but if it tends to be
epidemic all cases will be quarantined.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-21
THE VERDICT.
Further Details of the Report o.
tho Cronin Jury.
LOW IT AFFECTED The PRISONERS.
Hunxs Tearfully Protests His Innocence
The News of Their Doom Received BY
the Others In Silence and with
Varying Emotions.
GENERAL DISSATISFACTION.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE verdict in
the Cronin case was returned at 2:3O p.
NJ. Monday, the jury having been out
over seventy hours. The verdict IN
full is as follows:
1--WE, the jury, find the defendant, John f.
0eggs, not guilty.
ave the jury, find the defendant, John
Kunze guilty OF manslaughter as charged In
dc indictment and fix his punishment at i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for term OF
three years.
1--WE, the Jury find the defendants, Daniel
Ooughiin, Patrick o'Sulliyan and Martin Burke
Ruilty OF murder in the manner and form as
charged in the indictment and fix the penalty
a Imprisonment in the pcnitentiary for the
term OF their natural lives"
After the reading of the verdict Mr..
Forrest, OF the defense, at once re-