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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

TIE BIRDS IN TIE PIE.-You all
know the old "Sing i Song OF Sin
pencc." Have you ever read what 1t
meant:
The four and twenty black birds
represent lwcnty-four hours. The bot
tom of The pie is the world, the top
crust is the sky that overarches it..
The opening of the pic is day dawn,
when the birds begin to sing, and sure
" such n sight is ii dainty dish to set
before the king" .,
The king, who is represented as SIT
ting in his parlor counting his money,
is the sun while the gold pieces that
slip through his fingers are golden sum
SHINE. The Queen, who sits in the
dark kitchen, is the moon, and the
honey with Which she rcgalcs herself
is the moonlight.
The industrious maid, who is in the
garden ut work before the king-the
sun-has risen, the day-dawn and the
clothes she hangs out are the clouds,
while the bird which so tragically ends
the song by "nipping Off her nose' is
the hour Of sunset. So We laYe the
whole dayin Il pie.
Mar York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

A HARMLESS TALE.-"Rcmember
HonOra," said Mrs. Perkins to the new
nurse girl, "thut do not allow the
children TO hear stories that might
rrightcn them when they go to bed,
You MAY tell them about birds and
harmless little fairy stories, but MOTH
ing about bears or lions"
"Yim, mem, replied Honora and
this was the harmless little story she
told that night: ht:--.~-~---,-->----
"Wanst there wuz Il Sr-r-r-eat bl@
monsthcr of an animal wild horns an
a tail of hot fire an teeth Il yard long,
that wint around in the dead of the
noight attn up little byes un, glrruls
that boddercd their nurse askin' her to
get up an, give them wather i'll the
noigllt, an tellin' how she lift the baby
for Il wurrud wild the perlaccnine III
tie prruk, and little things loike thatt;
AM this TERRIBLE big monsthcr could
20 roight through solid walls, moind
week, an he'd ate yeez up fore yee21
could scrumc out. Now cuddlc up an
90 to slapc liokc good byes an gurruls
or he'll he atther yeez av yeez say I;
wurrud. Moind that. Sthop yer shiv'
erin now, Birdie; am phwat do yeeX
name by chatterin' yer teeth loikC
that, willie? TO slape wild ,yeez OF
yecz'll be ate up the mint l takes the
light out"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

WASH Your HANDs.-Cases of in.
fection that could be accounted for in
no other way have been explained by
the fingers as vehicle. In handling
money, especially of paper, door-knobs,
things that every one must frequently
touch, there are chances innumerable
of picking up germs of typhoid, scar
latina, diPhtheria, smallpox, etc. YET
some persons actually put such things
in their mouths, if not too large! Be
fore eating, or touching that which is
to be eaten, the hands should be imme,
diately scrupulously washed: We
hear much about general cleanliness as
next to godliness." 1t may be added
that here in particular, it is also ahead
of health and safety. The Jews made
no mistake in that "except they wash.
ed they ate not.r 1t is sanitary or
dinance as well as an ordinance of de-
cency.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08
Little Brown Hands.

They drive home tho COWS from the pasture
Up through the long shady lane,
Where the quail whistles loud in the wheat
fields,
All yellow with ripcning grain.
They find, in the thick, waving grasses,
Where the scarlct.lippcd strawberry grows
They gather the earliest SnOwilropS,
And The first crimson buds of the rose.
They toss the hay in the meadow.
They gather the elder blooms white,
They find where the duSky grapes purple
In the SOft-tintcd October light.
They know where the apples hang ripcSt,
And are Swcetcr than Ilaly's wines:
They know where the fruit is the thickcSt
On the long. thorny black berry vines.
They gather the delicate Sea-wcedS,
And build tiny castles OF sand:
They pick up the beautiful Sea-shcls-
Fairy barks that have driltcd to land.
They wave from the tall. rocking tree-tops,
Where the orioles hammsck-ncSt swings,
And ut nighttime are folded in Slumbcr
BY Il song that fond mother sings
Those who toll bravely are strongest;
The humble and poor become great;
And from those brown handed children
Shall grow mighty rulers of State.
The pen Of the author and statesman,
The noble and wise of our land;
The sword and chisel and palette
Shall be held in the little brown hand.
NeT J{Uccn NclCS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

Learn to be a man Of your word:
One of the most disheartening of all
things is to be associated in an under
taking with q person whose promise is
not to he depended upon-and there
are plenty of them in this wide world,
people whose promise is as slender a
tie as a spiders web. Let your given
VOID be q hempen cord, a chain OF
wrought steel, that will bear the heavi-
est sort of weight. 1t will go far to
making man out of you, And real
man is the noblest work of God-not a
lump of moist putty, moulded and
shaped by the last influence met with
that was calculated to make an impress
sion but u man, Il forceful, energized,
self-reliant, and reliable character, a
positive quantity that can be calculated
upor. - Siu7haua'W.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

registered VOW that his enemy should
he struggled with and overcome.
There were many battles to he fought,
many temptations to meet, but in the
end he conquered and now, in his
own beautiful home. surrounded by
the wealth and beauty he has acquired
through Years Of faithful and persis-
tent toll. the one fault which is never
condoncd in his children, which is
constantly held up before thcm in all
lis enormity, is ~ little tcmuper.'
Illustrated Christian IILfiHy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

discriminate indulgence OF child's
whinlS iS 4 y"t greater wrong, hcca,ISr
it fosters the growth Of that selfish
ness which is the greatest obstacle %!
every soul in its effort at right living.
Sellishncss is the most deadly thing
that grows in the human heart. Ii
unde:mines cvcrN good impulse; it
lwarfs the character, and makes ones
life Il sad failure. Sc!t-S:lcrllirc Is the
law of God that runs through the
natural and spiritual woild; and
only as child is taught how to con-
form himself to this law, can he know
the true blessedncsS Of living.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

ESTEEM-In domestic rule esteem j.
more potent than Indulgence or even
iorGcarancc. When boys or girls go
wrong, very frequent c;rllse is that
they are not esteemed at home, or fam
cy they are not. This esteem must br
genuine; ii cannot he pretended OF
comtcrtcitcd. Hence in governing
person there are. few qualities so valua-
hle as readiness to appreciate merits, or
ingenuity in discovering then, cSpc.
cialiy the latter. In every large family
or small circle of friends there is gcn-
orally some very difficult person to uli-
dcrstand. This person il G:icN exceed
ingIy troublesome, a;d 60 usr Il COM
mon expression, Every trying" His
or her merits, for hr Of she is sure to
have some, have not been found out.
Find them out anil appreciate them Il
great deal Of the trouble OF dealing
with that person will hc removed.
The value Of imagination in domestic
government is very great. five could
have statistics on the subject we should
find, think, that tic children Of uni
imaginative people are particularly
prone to go wrong. -IrthHr NrLVS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

- COOP LooKs.-There are faces that
might be beautiful were they not emp
ty, telling of starved soul SO plainly
tiat he Who runs may read. There are
other faces that might be Ieautiful
were they not written all over with
discomfort and selishness. An artist
who had secured All unwilling emma
man to sit as model said to hlm,
"John, if you don't look pleas:anter l
wont pay you" mo use" said John
"when Chinaman feclee ugly, ne
lookee ugly"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

There are within the range of every
ones life processes of life which must
be solitary-passages of duty which
throw one absolutely upon his individ,
ual moral forces. and admit of no aid
whatever from another. Alone we
must stand sometimes and if our bet
fer nature is not to shrink into weak
ness, we must take with us the thought
which was the strength of Christ
"Yet + am not alone, because the Fa
ther is with me-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

TABLE OF MEAsUREs.-The follow.
ing is Il table, by which persons not
having scales and weights at hand,
may readily measure the article want,
ed to form any recipe, without weigh.
ing. Make some allowance for any eX-
lraordinary dryness or moisture OF the
article weighed or measured:
Wheat -four: one quart is one
pound.
Indian meal: one quart is one pound
two OF.
Butter, when soft: one quart is one
pound.
Loaf sugar, broken one quart is one
pound.
White sugar, powdered: one quart is
one pound two or.
Best brown sugar one quart is one
pound two or.
Ten eggs are one pound.
y common tumbler holds half q
pint.
A teacup is one gill.
A large wine glass is one gill.
Forty drops are equal to one tea
spoonful.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

There are impossibilities in thI;
world even TO Il man of determined
will; /; as, also, there are possibilities tc
Il man who does not expect to carry hls
point. But, as a rule, the man who
says, in advance, of any d!1fcult TASK
ut can't he done," fails in the effort
to do that thing, even when he tries to
do it; while, on the other hand, the
man who says of the seemingly impos-
sible, ut shall be DONE" is likely To
make his word good. A purpose OF
achievement is in itself an achieve
ment, and an expectation of failure is
u failure from the start.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08
Hood To her accuscr's checks.

flood to her accusrr's checks.
els the Young man satiSiied?" she
asked with quiet irony.
And, followed by the .iccring laugh
ter of his fellow passengers, Willis,
covered with shame and confusion,
sank into his scat to brood over his dis
comiturc.
He had not yet recovered his spirits
when he presented himself the next
morning nj his en- -loycr's office, nor
WAS he treasured by the look of sur
prise and disappointment Judge Cation
bestowed Upon him.
"And YOU are Willis kcyCs,' he
said, slowly, piercing him through and
through with his sharp glance. "for
your fathers sake, will pay your fare
home; but regret to shy that | call
not take you into my ollirc.'
"Hut. sir, dn moi understand" fall
tered Willis.
"Lct me explain. WAS OH the train
yesterday nj Newmarket, and witness
cl the di<gracrfuI scene in which you
were the principal actor. Nothing
would induce me to take into business
with myself Il young man so utterly
lacking in Difference To agc amt W"-
manlGnl so ohliviolls Of the common
Ipropriclirs of life, and so complctel y
destitute of scli-control. Go back To
your home, ynung sir, and remember
that no man need expect to conquer
the world till hc has first learned to
conquer himself"
II WIS Il bitter lesson; blu Willis in
his humiliation did moi deny his need
of its teaching. Then and there hC
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08
/ Climb to Rest.

Ssill must I climb. II would rest,
LIE, mae tird scars upward to his nest;
Inc Inhng Leaf. ON the tree-t0p high,
cradles 'tse'' within the sky.
The streams, that,--oem IN hasten dawn.
Return In clouds the Ills IN crown.
The plant arises from hcf'- :" ''""'
TO rock aloft her flower and s..,,,
cannot In the valley stny
The great horizons stretch away:
The very cliffs that wall me round
Are ladders unto higher ground.
To work, to rest-for each time;
l toll, but must also climb.
What soul was ever quite at case,
Shut in by earthly boundaries? :;
l am not glad till have known
Life that can lift me from my own.
A loftier level must be won,
4 mightier strength to lean upon.
And heaven draws near as ascend:
The breeze invites, the stars befrlend,
All things are beck oning to the best;
climb to Thee, my God, for rest.
LUCY Lorconl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

A friend says: II wonder if it is
generally known what a wonderfully
soothing effect rubbing or stroking the
sole of the foot has in that terrible ner-
vous uneasiness that many invalids
suffer from? 1t will oftentimes prove
of great relief in severe nervous head
aches. Only try it, and you will find
the relief wonderful"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

One of the highest compliments pas
srd upon an eminent servant of God
who had gone to his reward, was that
"hc was never knrwn to be other than
Il Christian gentleman lie WAS no
of the men who rise an%rily
and numerically dcn0nncr Il brother
bccnuse his name appears in opposition
TO some pet scheme. \ child of Gud
can't afford TO | altythinghut "aChris-
t;an gentleman"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08
A small how in one of our pub

A small boy in one of our public
schools was reading, and came to the
word "napkin,n and hesitated. "Why
do you stop there, Johnny?" said the
teachcr: "you know what Il napkin is,
don't YOU ?'' "Oh, yes" said Johnny,
his face frightening up; 'thats some
thing we use when we have compa-
nv. ."-Bangor (1[ai,ae) Commercial
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

Emotion is the bud, not the flower
and never is it of value until it eX-
pands into flower. Every religious
sentiment, every act Of devotion,
which does not produce Il correspond
ing elevation in life, is worse than use
less; it is absolutely pernicious, lie,
cause it ministers to self-deception anG
tends to lower the tone of personal
morals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

The custom of using bells to sum-
mon people to church is said to have
been begun by Pautinus, Bishop Of
Nola, a city of southern Italy, about
the wear of our Lord 400. In Britain
bells were applied to church purposes
before the end of the seventh century
by the monks of Northumbria; in
Caledonia as early as the sixth centu-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

SLEEP. Every man must sleep ac-
cording to his temperament; but eight
hours is the average. If one requires
Il little more or q little less, he will find
it out for himself. Whoever by work,
pleasure, or any other cause, dimin-
ishes his sleep destroys his life. A
man may hold out for time, but ma
ture keeps strict accounts, and no man
can set her at defiance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

The strained effort to do too much is
one cause of The large amount of slip
shod, inefficient work that all dcpl"rc
and yet accept. No one can give of
his best until he has learned what to
lay aside aS well as what to do.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

Careful diet will do much toward re-
moving the greasy appearance from
your skin. In addition put little bo-
rax in the water used for bathing your
face
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

What is educatiOn?n asks 4 writer.
Well, ii is something Il college gradu-
ate thinks he has until he lrronrS I
newspaper man. Tx.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

Bill Nye says "the peculiar charac-
tcristic of classical music is that IT IS :,
really SO much better than it sounds" ."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08

"a COMFORTABLE SOFT or WO
MAN."--Said Il honIely, bent little man
pathctically, when Speaking of the
mrthrr of his children, who had done
her lilr-work: III comforts Inc TO
know that Sally would allus lie down
every afternoon an Sl, cp L bit. Some
folks tho't twas Il drctlul lazy habit,
and twas no wonder we didn't get
licll faster, but Size suited me jest ;ls
she was. Sally w;lS Il comfortable s"rl
of woman 10 lIavc ar,uEd, never
frcttim' III Il fv!lrr or iaultln' him when
things didn't go right. When frclin'
troubled she'd often say, 'Fatllcr, |
believe I'll lie down fora few minutes,
then back shed come Spry and chippei
;ls il canary bird. Sally didn't drive
and scold, but she wasn't lazy, AN she
brought up the youngsters To do their
part. don't see that drivin' women
gels on one mite better thai! she did.
It does comfort me 10 know that Sally
would take her rest .'-.Nicc;tN.
HIS VERY NWH.- Little Tommy
passes for very practical youth. The
other day his Cmc!r John brought
him, as Il birthday present, Il "worl
@anr,n which Tommy had never play
cd, and which did not scenic he ,'ar-
ticularly attractive TO him.
Nevertheless, Tommy thanked his
uncle; and Ly aiil lry, cd%in% around
his chair, he asked
"Say, uncle john ."
"Wcll"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-19
Wal. ken OVER A CLIFF.
Fatal Result Trip Through X,
lucky Woods In the Dark.

Fatal Result OF a Trip Through Ken
lucky Woods In the Dark.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July ia strange
Breckenridge county, Ky. Last Saturday
night four young men-James Hendricks,
- jolly, and two others, whose names
were not known-left their homes at Sam
pie to go TO "a party at farm house not
far away. Their route lay through a dense
body of woods and, the night being very
dark, they were soon lost
Went into an Abyss.
The country in the neighborhood of
Sample is filed with cliffs that are in
some instances nearly 100 feet high, and
in their aimless wandering in the dark
the young men came to one of these cliffs,
fifty feet high. Hendricks and jolly
were before the others and without a
symptom of warning they walked over
the cliff. The noise made by their fall
ing, together with their cries as thet
went down TO death, We're heard by their
companions.
Night of Terror for Two.
They at once knew what it all meant,
and to save their own lives they sat down
where they we've, well knowing that any
movement on their part would bring
them to the same awful fate They sat
there in the utmost terror the whole of
the night, and when morning came they
descended the cliff by a circuitous route
and found that the fall had killed Hen
bricks, probably instantly. jolly was
still alive, but was fearfuliy bruised and
mangled, so that his recovery was looked
on as impossibIe
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-19
The National Gam e.

CHICAGO, July 19-Yesterday's scores
on the base ball field were as follows:
League: AT Brooklyn-Brooklyn II.
Pittsburg 3; batteries -Colman, Osborn
and Decker, Lovett, DAILY and Bushong.
At Boston-Boston 9, Cincinnati 8; batter
ies-Clarkson and Bennett. Duryea and
Harrington. At Philadelphia - Phil
adelphia 5, Chicago 2; batteries
Nickery and Clements, Hutchinson and
kittridge. AT New York-(First camel
New York 4, Cleveland 5: batteries-Rusie
and Clarke, Lincoln and thinner. (Sec
ond game New York 9. Cleveland 5, bat
teries-Rusie and Clarke, Beatin and
thinner.
Brotherhood: AT Philadelphia-Ph
delphia II, Buffalo 2; batteries-Sanders
and Mulligan, Keefe and Mack. At New
fork-New York 10. Pittsburg 2. batter
ies-Crane and Vaughan, Staley and Car
roll. AT Brooklyn-Brooklyn l3, Cleve-
land 4; batteries-Weyhing and Kinslow,
Gruber and Sutcliffe. At Boston-Boston
O. Chicago 5; batteries-Gumbert and
Murphy, Barston, Farrell and Boyle.
Western: At Dies Moines-Kansas CITY
2, Des Moines /; at Minneapolis-Siou
City l, Minneapolis 2; at ST Paul-Ouaha
s. ST Paul 3
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-19
A NoJed Month.

From Keokuk, Ia, Democrat
August. 1887, was q noted month. II
gave extreme heat and extreme cold, the
results of which were disastrous to the
public health. Gases of collie. cholera
morbus and diarrhoes were abundant and
there were numerous calls at the drug
stores for Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. Druggists OF
this city tell US that this remedy has been
more frequently called for during the
past month than any other preparation,
and that 1t has proven q panacea for the
very worst cases. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoes Remedy is q mer.
itorious medicinal preparation for all
summer complaints for which it is recom>
mended. and grows In popularity in this
city and vicinity. The sales are increase
ing rapidly and wonderful cures are re.
ported. sold BY Hartz q Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-19
Police Points.

4 row, which looked for time as if il
might be tainted with blood, occurred in
Sieb's saloon this afternoon. but was fiu>
ally checked without serious consequen.
ces.
The preliminary trial of Fred Holmes,
the negro arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ship
Silvis at Lyndon Thursday. took place
before Magistrate Wiyill this morning.
II dimes being held in bonds of $500 and
sent to Jail in default for criminal as.
sault.
Eliza Hack, peddler, a native of
Asia Minor. now living in this citv, re-
ported to the police yesterday that while
in the vicinity of Andalusia he was met
by two young men who ordered him to
halt, and failing to comply they fired sew
eral shots at him with a revolver, and
chased him through the woods. The
Turk was so badly frightened that he
covered the distance to Rock Island in
forty minutes. being completely exhaus-
ted when he reached police headquarters
The marshal will provide him with a
synod of police when he goes out into
the wilds of Rock Island county after
this.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-19
No Use for Old Soldiers

For some reason or other Congressman
Gest seems to dislike the old soldiers. He
has shown this in all his appointments
throughout the district. Here is fresh
instance of his enmity to the veterans OF
the war taken from this weeks Rush.
vile Times:
The people of Browning were sur,
prised last Saturday on learning that w
G. Boilman had been appointed postmas-
ter TO succeed Marsh Willard, removed
We don't know on what grounds Mr.
Willard was removed, as be IS republi>
can, an old soldier and not able to max
q living by hard work. There IS nc
question about his ability. but nis deaf,
ness may have been an Objection. We
presume Marsh couldrt please every
body. however, go rs enemies had him
removed