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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-25
A Watchmaker'S Tradition.

In a recent conversation with New
York Star reporter prominent jewel
er ,of Maiden lane told the following
story to explain why the Roman nu-
merals printed on the dials of watches
and clocks differ from those in common
use. He said:
..It is nothing but tradition among
watchmakers, but the custom has al
ways been preserved: You may ory you
NAV not know that the first clock thai
In any way ,resembled those now in use
was made by Henry Wick in 1870. He
made it for Charles V. of France, who
has been called The Wise
$50 the story runs in this fashion,
although will not vouch for the Ian.
guage, but put it in that of the present
day: ...
SNOW, Charles was Wise in good
many ways. He was wise enough to
recover from England most of the land
which Edward III. had conquered, and
he did q good many other things which
benefited France. But his early educa.
ton had been somewhat neglected, and
he probably would have had trouble in
passing civil service examination in
these enlightened ages. Still he had
the reputation for wisdom, and thought
that it was necessary, in order to keep
it up, that he should also be supposed
to possess book learning. The latter
was a subject he was extremely touchy
about. =,
"'Yes, the clock works well, said
Charles, but being anxious to find
some fault with thing he did not un
derstand, you have got the figures Oh
the dial wrong
"'Wherein, your majesty? asked
Wick.
"'That four should be four ones,
said the king. >.
"sYou are wrong, your majesty. SAID
Wick.
"'I am never wrongv thundered the
king. Take it away and correct the
misfake?' and corrected it was, and
from that day to this 4 O'Clock on q
watch or clock dial has been iii. in.
stead of Nv. The tradition has been
faithfully followed" -.
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n,HEsE WORKS WERE EsTABLLsAED in
i 1s47 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and James An
derson and purchased by me In the year 1855, and
from that time till now carried on successfully by
myself Ny friends and customers viii bear witness
ofthe large and stupendous Jobs executed by me- It
was at nv works where the largest and almost only
lob Of its class ever executed In this city was done
VIZ: the making Of the pipes for the City Water
Works In the year 1893.
NV stock OF patterns for ARCHITECTURAL
WORK, COLUMNS for Store fronts, Is large and
various and in RAILINGS for Balconies, Gardens,
and Cemeteries have thelargest variety and most
modern patterns; many Of these are patented and ]
have purchased the right for this State. :.
In the machine line can furnish my patrons with
STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS of any size and
description. Ny CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have
carried off the prize every State Fair held In this
CITY, and In their construction have taken pains to
combine simplicity with the most useful modern i'm
and may fatter myselfthst my ClRCU.
LAR SAW MILLS find favor with hevery erwho
understands his business. = III
The many orders am steadily receiving for 8 u
GAR CANE MILLS prove that the public appreciate
the mills OF my make, and so 1t is with my GEAR.
Inc for HORSE POWERS. GIN WHEELS, GRIST
MILLS and other MACHINERY. ~ ;.
I have the manufacturing rights of many PAT
ENTS such as castings for COTTON AND HAY
PRESSES, HAWLEY CORN sH ELLER and three
or four FEED CUTTERS and other Implements
will be pleased to send my circulars to any sppli-
can't together with price list estimate Ny prices
are moderate and assure the public that they are
lower even than those of Northern and
that my work will compare favorably with that ofany
other maker. Address r. T..
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For DAYS that Are to Be.

by FRANCES l.. MACE.
Feast now thine eyes on this surprising vie"
or mountain, shore aud sea;
Drink deep the woodland air, the elysian
blue,
For days that are to be.
Paint ON the inner chambers Of thy brain
The winged and glittering bay;
Learn the near oceans slumberous refrain,
Calling, Away! Away?'
Nor for this day alone OF Natures cup
Hast then In transport quahed
Far hence thy spirit shall be lifted up
BY this one perfect draught.
And through golden haze in years to come.
When the long summers burn,
And In the rainIess hills the brooks are DUMP,
The glory will retnrn.
Then thou shalt hear the cool sea billows
break
Across the harbor bar,
And the blue ripple OF the mountain lake
Shall glisten from afar. r.r
For, this is Natures largess, color, tone,
Splendor Of land or sea-,
An that she once reveals. becomes thine own
For days thatare TO be.
"Harpe,'s Magazine" for August.
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= Lad don ,

ious or secular, shall be subject to
visitation and inspection by state off,
GERS. .
II. To tax all property, secular and
religious, the Mormon temple, the
Chinese joss house, the Roman cath
edral and Protestant chapel, and thus
give Christians an opportunity to
obey Christ, who ordered them to
"render Caesar the things that are
C9sar's' .@ '.. .,..
IL. That the oath taken by natural
lied voters shall require then to
abjure all allegiance to the pope of
Rome, if they belong to that corpor-
alton. ..- .
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NOTED AMERICAN TREEs.-The big
tree of California.
"Old Liberty Elm" at Boston.
The "Burgoyne Elm," at Albany,
N. Y.
The immense ash trees planted by
General Washington at Mount Yer
non and now the admiration of visi-
tors.
The weeping-willow over the grave
of Cotton Mather in Cops burying-
ground, near Bunker Hill, taken from
tree that shaded the grave of Napo-
leon at st. Helena.
The Cary tree, planted by the road
side in 1882 by Alice and Phoebe Cary,
is large sycamore, standing on the
turnpike from College Hill to Mount
Pleasant, Hamilton County, Ohio.
The Washington elm still stands at
Cambridge, Mass. It is on Garden
street, short distance from the COL
leges, and it is a large well-preserved
tree. An iron fence is built around it,
and on stone in front is the follow
ing inscription: Under this tree
George Washington took command of
the American army, July 8, 1775."
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Amiability alone is not holiness.

Amiability alone is not holiness.
No pride is 80 absurd as spiritual
pride .....
True taste is correct arrangement of
truth.
Refined taste Is beautiful ornament
of virtue. f.. .sI
Patience with ourselves in wrong
doing is very sinful.
A person who is wise in self-knowl-
edge is wise indeed.
To be good and do good is the sum of
duty to God and man.
Selfknowledge and pride will not
mix together in harmony.
What many consider good taste is
nothing but the froth of vanity.
"God is love-" and the more man is
like God the more he abounds in love.
No man in his natural fallen state has
any true love for an infinitely holy
God. . o..
No man ever did q designed injury
to another without doing greater to
himself.
Capital punishment is q bold and an
abominable insult to Christ's Sermon
on the Mount.
War and love are as directly op-
posite as the brightest sunlight and
the blacklist darkness. s.
Patriotism, full of war spirit, is the
curse and shame, and philanthrophy
the blessing and glory of nations.
The more thoughtful and observing
we are, the more clearly we see the
wickedness of fallen human nature.
An unamiable Christian is disgrace
to the Christian religion, but. alas! !!
such Christians abound in the world.
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Port Roval & Western Carolina R'y

AUGUSTA, Ca, JANUARY 5, 1882
Commencing Sunday, March 4th, Passenger
train will run as follows, by 18th Meridian time. Y.
uS.,.,, nATrv Many
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The Secret of Physical Beauty

The secret in physical beauty is not
in external applications to the skin.
1t is fresh air, exercise, cleanliness,
stout shoes, good food, few drugs, plen.
ty of sleep, q good conscience and q
quiet mind. The two latter are factors
quite as important as any of the for:
rner in developing the repose and
sweetness of expression which im-
parts to faces quality hard to analyze,
harder still to define; but easily recog-
nized under the name of charm. Ma
ny middle.aged and elderly women
possess this attribute in so large a
measure, that their very look is ben
ediction, and we come from their pres
ence helped and cheered, when per-
haps very little has been said. They
have simply beamed upon US, and
their sunshine has made It's own mel
lowing effect. Worry is a great pro-
ducer of wrinkles, the most mastery
workman that time employs to deface
and mar what ought to take on new
dignity and loveliness as the years go
by. Do you ever realize, my fretted
sister, that worry is sin, a tempting of
divine providence, distrust Of Gods
love? Do your best, pray your ut
most, and leave the results of your life
to God. What you can do for your
home, yourself. your children, your
friends that and that only do, bewar.
ing of needless overWork. And il
work you must, beyond your strength,
even then do not add worry to the
sum of the days burden. Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof"
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Children, whether boys or girls, who
have learned to regard their mother as
friend, will assuredly turn back to
her in the real troubles and difficult
ties of after life, even if, as they are
growing up, they may for a time adopt
occupations and form friendships from
which she fells herself excluded.
The voice of conscience is so delicate
that it is easy to stifle it. But it is also
so clear that it is impossible to mistake
it,.
Patience is not very snowy grace,
but it is very valuable and lovely.
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Terra Gotta Wells.

NNHE undersigned will put you up 10 inch
| Terra Gotta Well for half the price OF q
dug one. The common wood bucket Is used
for drawing water The cleaning out is the
work of moment by keeping galvanized
sheet iron bucket in the bottom TO be hooke ed
ont at will, Satisfaction guaranteed. This
Terra Gotta weighs 4O to SO pounds to the foot.
G.. M. CALHOUN,
Greenwood, 3. G.
They are frog proof and superior to one dug.
Joel S. Bailey, Greenwood.
They are bound to take precedence over all
others. Prof. Blake, Greenwood.
Joe Ligon, Bradley.
Rev. H.Smart. Troy.
DR.. L. Anderson, Ninety.Six.
Rev. Pressly, Due West.
D. J. Wardlaw, Mccormick.
out of a wells made in my town In two
ears I hvae put up o Of them.
July 13, 1887, IL m
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Nos. 3, and so and 81 daily exc ept Sunday. Ma
Line trains Nos. s. and IS daily between Columbia
and Alst0n. Daily except Sunday between Alston
and Greenville.
d. CARDWELL Div. Pass Agt., Columbia, s., G..
JAS, l.. TAYLOR, Gen. PRss. Agt.
SOL. HAAS, Traffic Manager.
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Connections made at Greenwood for points on G. &
G. R. R. Connections made at Spartanburg for points
on A. & G. Air Line and 8. & A. r. Z.
And at Augusta with Georgia r. B., G. Q. & a. k
R.. South Carolina Railway for allpoints.
For further information relative to schedule, tickets
rates, best route etc., write to or call upon
'"'''' W. j. CRAIG,
W. HUNT, Act Gen' Pass. Agt
T, P. Agt, Augusta, Ga.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13

Girls is CRATE on making bleeve.
She will make bleeve dol is live
baby. She will make bleeve she is or
full sweet on another girl or Teller,
if they come to see her, ana when they
are gone she will say, "Horrid old
thing"
Girls is olways fo!ling Teller. She
can't lick yer so she gets the best Of
yer that way.
If yer don't do what girl tells yer.
she says yer horrid. / drather be
horrid than be soft. II you do what Il
girl tells you. you will d o all sorts OF
foolish things.
Girls can be good in school every
day if they feel like it, | shud
think they would git tired and have
to do sumthing wonse in a while;
know "a feller does. Girls say felIers
acts orfull, but when a girl gifts a-going
it she acts oriler than any Teller burst.
They don't care for nuthing.
II girl wants a Teller TO carry her
books home, she amt satisfied unless
she gifts the same Teller the other girls
want. whether she likes him or not
Girls is CRATE on having secrets. /
mean, telling secrets. They make a
secret out of nuthing at all. and then
tell it round to all the other girls,
or.ul quiet just as if it was sumthing
dredfui. beeve a girl likes TO make
bleve they are doing sumthing dredfull.
Girls olways gifts their joggerfry les
sons better than "a Teller, but il they
are going anywhere they don't know
their way "a bit, and they are sure to
git lost.
II TWO fellers has Il fite the girls all
go for the Teller what licks, no matter
whether he is good for anything else
or not
If girl don't feel like doing thing,
you can't make her, no matter wheth-
err she had orter or not II she won't
she won't, and she will git out of it
somehow. That is all kno about
girls this time. Yankee Blade.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13
Cranks on Teeth.

Half the people who have occasion
for the services of a dentist have hob
bies about their teeth, or queer notions
about dentistry Nearly every one who
leaves.a an order for false teeth instructs
the dentist 10 furnish them with small
ones that are a clear white and without
a tinge OF color. This, dental experts
say, is a wrong idea. The size of the
teeth should be regulated by the
natural ones, and the color by the COM
plexion of the person. People with a
dark complexion should have teeth
with blush cast.
DIR. Ross Bryte in talk with Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette reporter.
told OF some peculiar people he had
met In his professional capacity.
A certain society belle had beauti-
full set OF teeth which nature had given
her but they were a triAe large TO
suit her shapely mouth. she thought.
She went to her dentist and ordered
him TO extract them all. He at first
refused to do so, as he thought it a
great wrong TO destroy handsome
incisors. She insisted, and the destist
decided to humor her After she had
had her teeth all drawn she ordered a
set OF small ones, which were entirely
unsuitable for her.
ID mond setting in teeth, DR.. Bryte
says, Is the height OF folly. Diamonds,
to show their brillance, must have
light, and when they are set in teeth
they are as dull as piece of glass.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13

suit OF happiness, that he should get
up by eight O clock, and make him un-
derstand that his honor is at stake.
Then set the alarm clock right by
mis- head, and wilma it clear up. SO that
when il goes oil at seven, next morn
inc the whole neighborhood Will hear
il. and think there is fire somewhere.
In the morning, after you have
cleared your throat, you can begin To
call your boy The earlier you start
out at it the more vocal exercise you
will get.
When YOU have yelled up the stair
way all YOU feel that you can, go up
stairs, and fire away at him from the
hall. Then, cheered and inspired TO
fresh efforts by his resounding snOre,
open his chamber door and shake him.
and poke him up, rs the keeper does
the animals at the menagerie. II you
work with will, and your hands are
moderately cold. you will probably at
the end OF half an hours hard work.
elicit the sleepy inquiry:
whats wanted! Who's-a want
ing me-to-tO get up this time Of
night?"
He is an early riser when he so wills
it. but on other occasions you might as
well try to wake up the sentinel on the
Soldiers monument on your village
common.
And his mother will excuse HIM, and
tell her next door neighbor whose boys
are all girls, that poor Willie works
so hard at school, and grows so fast,
that he needs all the sleep he can get,
and it seems To be a shame to wake
him up to ca. breakfast with the
family.
And so Willie is left in bed till he
sees fit to get out Of it, and the break
fast-table stands, and the kitchen girl s
temper is spoiled. and SO are the muf-
fins and the baked potatoes; and when
Willie grows up and gets family Of
his own, he will try his wife's temper,
and he will set the bad example of UNI
punc,uality TO his children.
SO, therefore, we say TO him: evil
lie, get up the first time you are
called. New York Weekly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13

Chris. Kleintz is a goody-goody boy
OF Philadelphia, fourteen years old,
whom his parents want TO raise, but
the precocious scion of the house OF
Kleintz will have TO reform or the
daisies will bloom over him in the
early part of the spring. About n
year ago Chris was taken i'll, and con-
fessed to his anxious parents that he
was in the habit of smoking cigarettes,
promising, however, TO give up the
habit. His resolution was broken,
and the other day rash broke out
all over his body, followed by re-
markable swelling, until the body be-
came twice its normal size. For ten
hours physicians labored with him
before they succeeded in starting IA
Precipitation, and when this was ac-
complished the swelling was reduced.
If Chris lives he will solemnly prom
Use never to use the weed in any form.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13
Mistakes in Marrying.

| may say here that think marriage
is Of all human institutions the best, if
you marry the right person, says Mrs.
Crawford. If you don't, it's a school
for patience, the most valuable OF all
the virtues. We both agreed that two
persons of irritable nerves or hyper
sensitive dispositions should not unite
in matrimony. Dickens was one OF
the best fellows, Wilkie Collins said.
that ever lived, and very cheerful
worker. He was bright and genial in
his home circle. But he had nerves,
often on edge, and Mrs. Dickens was
sensitive and mistrustful of herself.
This made her low-spirited just at
times when flow of good humor wa
wanted to soothe him. He wine ed.
and she shed tears. and so the disso lu-
ton Of partnership came about. She
was a good little woman, but she did
not develop mentally along with
Dickens, who married her when he
was very young, and hardly knew his
own mind.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13
The Beautiful Country OF the Upper Nile.

For the first five hundred or six hun
dred miles of its course, from the Vic
toria Nyanza to point somewhere
north of Lado. the Nile is known to
the Arabs as the Bahr-el-Gebel, the
river of the mountains. This is the
most beautiful part OF the river The
country is diversified with mountains
and forests. green hillsides and brigh I
brooks. For stretches OF m any miles
the river is broad and slow. In 9th err
parts are wooded islands and foam ing
rapids. About halfway between the
Victoria Nyanza and Lado the Nile
flows through the northern end Of the
Albert NyanZa. Above the Albert
lake are the Murchson falls. Below
the lake, for more than one hundred
miles, the stream is broad and placid,
traversing comparatively level
country and always navigable for ves-
sells drawing four or five feet. In this
part OF its course, about forty
miles below the Albert lake. it passes
Wadelai, the present headquarters of
Emin's government. Colonel Prout,
in Scribner.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13
lie Still Lives.

A Nebraska subscriber writes to in
quire il there is another weekly pub
lished in this burg. There is. We
have a chattel mortgage on every
thing but the red-headed cross-eyed,
op-shouldered coyote who edits it. and
can close him up at any minute: but
we let him run on in order 60 keep him
off the town. We rather like his au-
dacity as well. lie prints $50 copies,
none of which can be read on account
of the poor press-work and yet he
claims the largest circulation in the
known world. He knows we own the
very chair he sits in, but yet he de-
votes four columns each week TO abus-
ing us personally.
Yes, he still lives, poor old unfortu-
nate. But we are going to give him
rope for the winter. II he was bounced
out he might have to run for the leg
islature. Arizona Kicker
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13

A bill is to be introduced in the
present congress to set apart Alaska
as penal colony for the worst class
of criminals. Such a measure can
never be adopted, because it is antag-
onistic to a republican form Of govern
ment, but rather belongs to the mon
arches OF the old world. The public
lands OF this country belong to the
people and are open to settlement by
them, and should never be set apart
for criminals. The United States
wants no territory that may not look
forward to representation in congress,
and this would be impossible with
Alaska we're it populated with Grim
inals.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13
A Modest Policeman.

"A young couple were arrested in
New York for kissing each other on
the public street That was all they
did. The policeman. whose name is
kearns, was so shocked that he ran
them in, but the justice discha rged
them at once, smiling contemptuously
at the policeman, who possibly would
shudder to speak OF dogs pants, or
tremble at the disgusting indecency OF
trees when stripped OF their leaves.
We may expect TO read that some
journalist has been arrested for strip
ping literary articles OF their verbiage.
-Siftings.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13
Pointer for Authors,

Young authoress with bundle OF
manuscripD Would you like story
of pair OF young lovers who separated
and each married some one else, and
years after, when his wife was dead
aud her husband was dead, the two
met again and the old love rekindle d?"
Experienced publisher: "Um - I'm
afraid that wouldn't be a success owa-
days; but If you'll rewrite the story and
have the mans wife and the woman's
husband both alive when the two meot
again and the old love rekindles IL
would sell like hot cakes"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13
The Leaves We Pressed.

The zephyrs through the branches played
And kissed the leaves Of gold,
AS Maud and ! with Cupid strayed
Through forests dim and old.
My memory still fondly cleaves
To those delightful hours
When we two sought the autumn leaves
To press the winter flowers.
She was vision Of delight,
With locks of sunny hue
And watching eyes so soft, yet bright.
To match the sky's own blue.
She pinned a fair autumnal spray
OF gold across her breast
Her bushes might the truth display
The leaves we plucked and pressed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13
Our Babies Chances.

OF the babies born during the pres
ent year, how many will probably live
to be over 100 years old?
a recent article on the subject says.
Take your pencil and follow me while
we figure on what will happen to the
1000, 900 of babies that have been born
in the last 1000 900 seconds. / believe
that is about the average-"one every
time the clock ticks On the LIST day
of October, 1890, il the statistics don {
belle us, we will have lost $50, 600 Of
these little "prides OF the household"
A year later, $4,000 more will be keep
Ing company with those which have
gone before, At the end OF the third
year we find that 22, 900 more have
dropped by the wayside. The fourth
year they have become rugged little
darlings, not nearly SO susceptible to
TO iufantile diseases, only 8. 900 having
succumbed TO the rigors imposed by
the Master. BY the time they have ar
rived at the age OF II years, but pal
try few hundred leave the track each
year.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-13

The New York supreme court has
decided in the Vassar contested will
case that the executors must pay the
sum of twenty thousand dollars and
interest to the trustees in charge OF
the fund. 1t seems that during his
life time John Guy Vassar gave twenty
thousand dollars, contingent upon the
raising OF one hundred thousand dol
lars. The death OF Mr.. Vassar occur
red before the fund was raised, and
when the whole amount was finally
donated the executors of Mr.. Vassar's
will refused to pay the amount sub
scribed by him, hence the suit, and
the decision above mentioned.