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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
The Bride.

"Don't 60 without a bride boys"
was my grandfatEers favorite bit OF
advice.
Do you suppose we were all team
sters or horse. jockeys? No such
thing. If he heard ore cursing and
swearing, or given to much vain and
foolish talk, "That man has lost his
bridle," he would say.
Without bride the tongue, though
a little member, "boasteth great
things" 1t is IAN unruly evil, full of
deadly poison" Put bride on, and
il is one of the best servants the body
and soul have. II will keep my
mouth with bridle," said King Da-
vid. And who can do better than to
follow his example.
When my grandfather saw man
drinking and carousing, or a boy
spending all his money for cakes and
candy, "Poor fellow" he would say,
she's let off his bridle." The appe-
tite needs q refining. Let it loose, and
it will run you to gluttony, drunken
ness, and all sorts of disorder. BE
sure to keep bride on your appetite:
do not let it abe master. And don't
neglect to have one on your passions.
They 60 mad if they get unmanaga--
bic, driving you down a blind and
headlong course 10 ruin. Keep the
check-rein tight, don't let it slip; hold
it steady. Never 60 without your bri-
die.
That was the bride my grandfather
meant,-the bride of self-government.
Parents try to restrain and check their
children, and you can generally
tell by their behavior what children
have such wise and faithful parents.
But parents cannot do everything.
And some children have no parents to
care for them. Every boy must have
his own bride, and every gill must
have hers. They must learn to check
and govern themselves. Selfgovern-
ment is the most difficult and most
important government in the world.
1t becomes easier every day, if you
practice it with steady and resolute
will. It is the foundation of excel.
lence. 1t is the cutting and pruning
which makes the noble and vigorous
tree of character.
Era~geliS/.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02

To take iron rust out of white goods
pour teacupful of boiling water,
stretch the goods tightly across the top
of it: then pour on little of the so
luton of oxilic acid dissolved in water
and rub it with the edge of teaspoon
or anything. If it does not come out
at once, dip it down into the hot water
and rub it again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02

The man who first described child
as live interrogation-point paid to
childhood one of the greatest compli-
ments that it could receive. The spir-
it of inquiry is really the thermometer
of intellectual life. Only the dead are
sure to ask no questions. A child is
the most alive of human beings. To
shut off the inquiring spirit is, so far,
to deaden him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02

Hush! papa is reading the paper
Do not disturb him, for the daily pa.
per is a "great educator of the people. y
He has finished his murmurs, out
RACES, and minor horrors, and is now
in the midst of some juicy details o
the latest scandals. Be silent, or you
may interrupt his education.-LJe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
Physiology Of Evil.

DIR. B. w. Richardson declares that
the man of science finds two natural
causes of evil in mankind-heredity
and early environment. The opera
ton of these causes is made conspicu-
Gus in novel investigation carried out
by Mr.. Dugdale, of New York, who
has been able to trace one criminal
family back to the time of tine settle
ment of its first members in America.
He has found that from this parent
stock have sprung 1000 defendants,
and has followed the life record of 100,
not one of whom has escaped the con-
tamination of evil or its consequences.
His researches have led to the esti-
mate that in IS years the treatment OF
the crimes Of this family have cost the
State more than million and a quar-
ter of dollars. Those who are born
bad, however, are not always incUra-
BILE. Mr.. Isaac Ashe, President of the
Central Criminal Asylum, Dublin, has
suggested that inherited tendencies to
crime he treated in the young by teach
ing useful occupations calling into
play the faculties exercised in the
criminal acts. Thus, the child Of 4
clever forger may be educated into an
honest draughtsman aud the natural
inclinations of children of generations
of pickpockets may be turned into
healthy channels by teaching some
handicraft requiring u special capacity
of finger, such as matchmaking.
But to attempt to eradicate criminal
tendency without such utilization of il
is futile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
4 ~ preSbUfeyiTn.

What rebuke to those Christians in
this country who occupy high official
position land there are many such)
was the remark of a prominent Japan
ese who lately visited this country.
He said he thought America had less
religion than any other country that
he had travelled over it and seen its
wonders; that he had met with the
most delightful society; that he had
been entertained by prominent and
distinguished officials. but" said he,
mot one of these has asked ME to visit
a church. You seem to think your re-
ligion is not worth exhibiting" Per-
haps these officials were like DR.. r. j..
Breckinridge, who, when asked to give
his religious experience, said that he
"had no religion worth speaking Of"
We may, without uncharitableness,
say that the religion of the present adj
ministration is good deal like that of
DR.. Breckenridge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
What Others Say.
S, 8, Times.

s. 3. Times.
Nothing is final but the complete
truth. 1t often, indeed, seems desira.
BILE to withhold from our friends and
from the world the whole or a part OF
some truth in our possession. An au-
thor may desire, for various reasons, to
veil his personality under the guise OF
a pseudonym. A parent may refrain
from telling his child all that might be
told in answer to that chilG's question.
A translator or expositor of the Bible
may decide to use a reading or a rem
dering familiar to the public ear, as
being sufficiently expressive of the
sense of the original, in preference to a
better attested reading, or more accu-
rate rendition of the text. No eXcep-
ton can be taken to the exercise OF
ones clear discretionary rights in such
matters rs these. But it is well to re-
member that while such comprises be-
tween partial and perfect truth may
be expedent, they can be final.-Soon-
er or later the literary world will dis
cover the identity concealed under the
pseudonym (if it is worth discovering
at alD, and then the author will have
two names to he known by, instead of
one. Sooner or later the child will
discover for himself the suppressed
half-truth, and then his belief in the
parents truthfulness will depend upon
his ability to draw q distinction be-
tween concealment aud perversion.
Bolder eXegetes and more exact trans
lators will erelong make the more crit
cal version familiar to the public ear,
and the conservative translator will
have to revise his work accordingly.
Compromise between truth and error
is always wrong. Compromise be-
tween truth and ignorance may he
right, but it will always be tenpora-
ry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
81. Louis ddrocte.

Solomon says "a soft answer turneth
away wrath" That such is the fact
may he realized by all who sincerely
try it ; and, by the way, what good is
there in rash language harsh words,
or ill-natured language in tones of any
character Whom do they concili-
ate }? Whom do they any way advan-
tage? On the contrary, are not the
speaker and hearer injured by such
words? Soft, gentle language has al
ways tendency to lead to softened
feeling, and surely threre are enough
unavoidable Sorrows attending the
life of each and every one when we
all do what we can to live peaceably
and treat each other gently and kind
ly, without our trying to impede each
others way and add to each others
griefs and woes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02

BEGINNING THE MINIsTRY.-A
good suggestion is found in the Bi6li-
othcca Sacra: "Happy is the pastor
whom Providence permits to begin the
arduous work of his calling in some
country parish wlere he can COM
mand the situation rather than have
the situation command him, and
where in comparative quiet he may 60
over again, amid the practical affairs
of life, the great themes of the gospel
which he is to preach" This finds a
happy illustration on a circuit in the
Methodist Church. No doubt there
are many in our church who would
have made far more able as well as
useful ministers had their first work as
ministers been on circuits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02

If you want things to 60 right. live
right yourself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
81. Louis Advocate.

Preaching should be eXpository, eX-
planning the Scriptures and encOurag-
ing men to be good. Not much use to
spend time in telling men how bad
they are; tell them how to become
good, and what great advantage there
is in being good. You cannot scold a
man out of his sins, nor scold the sins
out of the man; and there is often
much gained by tenderness and gen.
tlenesS. Try it.
Too MUCH ORGANIZATION.-The
NeW York Examiner, Baptist, says of
the many organizations in the church
''Such auXiliaries have an unpleasant
resemblance to that South American
parasite described by DIR. Holmes
which, after clasping tree with q
slender, succulent network, thickens,
hardens, and stretches out in every di-
rection, until it ends by uprooting the
trunk that was originally its support
aud subsistence.
The Advocate at Nashville says ::
"Ambition for Office or for honor is, in
a preacher, nothing short of SIM"
Once upon time while Hon. Zebu-
len B. Vance was making a political
canvass of North Carolina, he spoke
in country village, where a young
man attempted to reply to him. At
the conclusion of wild and furious
flow of backwood eloquence, the
young man sat down, thoroughly con-
WINGED in his own conceited mind that
ne had crushed his opponent. Vance
stepped out upon the rOstrum, opened
and closed his mouth rapidly, with
out uttering any sound, and at the
same time making graceful gestures
with his arms and hands. After n
couple of minutes he sat down, re-
marking as he did so that he had re-
piled to all of the young mans points,
and if he had any more to say he
would be glad to hear from him. Our
readers can apply this locally to their
own satisfaction. on.-DUa.Rnz2 Gl01e.
A substitute for whisky as a remedy
for rattlesnake bites has been discover
ed. A man i'm Clinton County, Mo-,
bitten on the leg by rattler while in
the woods two miles from home, a few
days ago, wiped the blood off with a
leaf, and, taking big cud of tobacco
from his mouth, bound it on the
, wound with a piece of bark. After
reaching home he bathed his leg with
ammonia, and has suffered no i'll ef-
feet other than slight swelling of the
bitten spot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02

PRAYING FOR ENEM1ES.-Perhaps
there is nothing which more thorough
ly. tests the genuineness of the profess
ed piety of person than his willing
ness or unwillingness to pray for his
enemies. There is reason to fear that
many q professed Christian, if asked
to pray for one who had sought to
blacken his reputation, or had, by in
trigue, taken all the money which he
possessed, would stoutly refuse TO do so.
Especially would this likely he the
case if the offense had just been com
mitted, leaving smarting wounds aud
arousing burning Indignation
against the perpetrator OF the injury.
Iii is true that many mere professors of
religion have prayed for their enemies
i'm a wholesale sort of way and this
is a very easy thing. 1t is no real test
of q PERSONS Christianity, or lack of
it. it is one of the easiest things in
in the world to repeat the Lords pray
er, which says : "Forgive us our tres
passes as we forgive those who tres
pass against u.s." But it is one of the
hardest of duties with some to thor
ougnly practice this petition. One
may pray for his enemies, as whole,
with but little ot1ort but, let him
think of Il single enemy who has just
maligned him, and then see if he feels
like heartily praying for him, and do.
ing so voluntarily. This is fine test
hut if he be real Christian he will
pray with forgiving spirit for even
his worst enemies.
e. H. WETHERBE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02

The Advocate at Nashville says /:
"Ambition for office or for honor is, in
a preacher, nothing short of SIM"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-03-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY,

George Bancroft, who is now eighty.
hine years old, says he still remembers
his early literary days, when he received
two dollars for long article, and was
very glad to get it.
The collection of Corean books late
ly acquired by the British Museum pos
sesses considerable interest and impor-
lance. 1t consists of Corean editions Of
the Chinese classics, of native historical
works and of novels.
The name of Pushkin is exceeding
ly popular throughout Russia Every
anniversary of the death of the poet, who
fell in an unfair duel fifty years ago, is
religiously observed, while the name of
his murderer is abhorred.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
wrote her four stories-''That Lass O.
Lowrie's, (" 1.-The Fire at Grantley Mills"
"Pretty Polly Pemberton." and "The
Fortunes of Philippe Fairfax"-all
within less than year and four months
Paul Du Chaillu, the author and
traveller, is small, round-shouldered
man, about tifty-two years old. He is
far from good-looking, but has vivaci-
ty of manner and brightness in his con-
versation which make the listener for
get his want of good looks.
Marshall P. Wilder learns from his
London publishers that the copy of his
book, people I've Smiled With" which
was presented to the Prince of Wales,
was bound in morocco and had the title
and presentation engraved in silver.
The cover tips were also silver. Mr..
Wilder and the Prince are great friends.
John G. Nicolay, one of the writer's
of the Century life Of Lincoln, is the
son of German peasants and began his
career as boy in country store at
four dollars month; he regarded him.
self lucky when he was promoted from
that position to be printers devil in the
office of the Pike County Free Press,
and gradually worked himself up to be
editor and proprietor; he is now Mar
shall of the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Anna Pratt, we'll known as one of
the earliest women botanists, is still
living at eighty-two. Her greatest
work, "Flowering Plants and Ferns of
Great Eritain," was begun in 1s49, and
on its appearance took rank with stand
ard authorities. She revised it in 1880,
her seventy-three years not disqualify-
ing her for literary work. In later life
she was happily married to Mr.. John
Fearless, but she will be best remem-
bered as Anna Pratt.
"A London gossip gives the follow
ing story as illustrative of Lord Tenny-
sons peculiar manners in society" In
his early days, when he had no greater
horror than that of being lionized, a
great lady wished to introduce to the
laureate musician who had set some
of his songs to music. A party was
given for the occasion. The laureate
appeared, and the musician sang his
songs to him with every power of ex-
preston that he knew how to produce.
At the end of the performance every
body waited the word of the poet.
There was blank silence. The hostess
feared that the songs had not produced
a good impression. The silence became
agonizing. At length, from the corner
where Tennyson sat came voice chok-
ing with emotion: "Do you not see that
l am weeping?"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-03-12
ADVICE TO FARMERS.
Cultivate Less Land and Cultivate
Better.

Cultivate Less Land and Cultivate Il
Better. -
The one thing to be done now to make
the cotton States the richest people In
the world is to bring their lands to tho
highest possible state Of cultivation; To
cultivate less land in cotton and cult.
vate 1t better; put the balance in grain.
grass, fruits and other food and stock.
crops, BE sure to make what is wanted
to make home comfortable and happy
and thu focks fat and risky. Then
the cotton, two bales raised where !
half one Is grown now, will pay the
taxes, buy the clothes and other neces.
sary articles with some money left 10
invest in better stock, better barns and
better dwellings. No other country. ON
earth can produce cotton like the South.
The whole face. of the earth has been
tried by the English and other gov
ernments without obtaining satisfac-
tory results. The ten Southern States
hold monopoly upon the great
est OF all fiber plants. and yet they 81.
low the spinners and spectators Of Liv-
erpool to dictate the price Of every crop
before the seed is planted. The whole
fault lies with the cotton producer. Hs
keeps himself poor trying to raise cot
ton at English prices, to buy food for
himself and beast, and he is bound to
sell at the price fixed, whilst he raised
his own food and provender, his own
cattle and hogs and horses, he could tx
his own price or hold until the price
suited him. American cotton is su.
preme, and it is in the power Of the
Southern people to make it the great
American gold mina. In the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
there is great hope for the accomplish
ment of such a result. Education, or.
ganization and cooperation are It's OBJ.
jects, and through it the South can
breathe the hope Of a glorious future,
ii the purposes are steadfastly pursued.
Rural and Workman.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-03-12
Guilty, I bribed Chinaman to take

Guilty, bribed a Chinaman to take a
telegram across, addressed to Sir Robert
Hart, in Pekin, but they refused to dis
patch it, and sent it back. In fact, the
relations between the French and Chi
nese are just about as strained" as
they can possibly be.
No wonder that a Chinaman who falls
into French hands here gets very short
shrift-generally about as close as it
takes to pull trigger. In fact, l be-
lieve any Chinaman seen at Monkay at
night is shot on sight The Chinese who
come across on these numbering expedi-
tons are not pirates at all, or 'black
flags" or docoits, or any thing of that
kind; they are Chinese regulars, who
leave their yellow jackets behind and
resume them on their return. And, of
course, if the practice were not en-
couraged, or at least winked at by the
Chinese officials, it could not go on.
The native troops are not very smart
soldiers. but they take kindly to the
loose French discipline, and ON several
occasions they have fought very we'll in
deed. Their dress consists of dark
blue cotton knickerbockers and jacket,
little pointed bamboo hat and sash.
They wear no shoes, and the only diff
ference between the militia or civil
guards and the regulars is that the sash
and hat of the former are blue and of
the latter red. At Monkay the total
strength is about $50 men-35O Euro
peans and 400 natives-not nearly
enough, and the commandant COM
planned bitterly. Once as stood with
him in the fort he showed me valley
close by, and said: ''There are 500 pi-
rates over there. The day after to-
morrow / am going out to say Bon jour-
to them. And two days after got back
to Hongkong read in the newspaper
that he had made his expedition, the
Chinese had attacked his camp during
the night and that he had been the first
man shot. Don't forget to send me
some of your photographs, he said to
me at tho same time; they will be very
dramatic. Henry Norman, in North
China Herald,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-03-12
HUMOROUS.

An article in an exchange is en-.
titled: "How to Live on $40, 900 Year"
We should think it might be done-if a
man had the $50, 000 -Norristown Her
AID
-George-"The ring doesn't seem to
fit very we'll, Clara. Hadn't l better
take it back and have it made smaller?"
Clara - mo, George; an engagement
| ring is an engagement ring, even if I
have to wear it around my neck.'-
Judge.
In Court-'Prisoner, have you any
thing to say in your defensc?" "Your
honor, beg you to consider before pro-
nouncing the sentence that the emily rea.
son l steal is so as not to be loafng
about the streets all day."-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Editor Eve can't accept this
sketch-it isn't true to life-it repre-.
sents messenger boy running" Artist
but he isn't carrying message"
Editor-''Isn't hep" -"No; he's
running to fire." Editor-"Well, that
alters the case. Put in the fire and we'll
accept it."-Yankee Blade.
City Cousin-"How's your father,
James?" Country Cousin-'Father isn't
very WE'LL" City Cousin-ssHe must be
getting along in years" Country Cousin
-"Only eighty-nine last spring." City
Cousin-"What seems to be the matter
with him?' Country Cousin Cant just
say: guess EARNINGS beginning to tell
on him. Time.
White Citizen-"Well, jackson,
what are you doing for living now?"
colored eitizen-"Ain't dom nothin';
de ole woman takes in washin'." White
Citizen-"Ain't you ashamed of yourself
to allow your wife to support you by
washing?" Colored Citizen = "Well,
boss, my ole woman am mighty igner.
ent niger, an doan' know how to do
muffin else. "-Munsey's Weekly.
lis that this years maple strip,
Mr.. slye," asked the customer. "Why,
of course, certainly, ma'am. All fresh.
ly-' ''But you tolda my friend, Mrs.
Smith, who moved into this neighbor-
hood yesterday, that it wasn't" 'sTo
be sure l did, replied the grocer, con.
fidingly, "but you see l was afraid she
would go and trade at Sanderus' if I
didn't-er-impress her, SO to speak,
with my candid and upright methods
American Grocer.
-Financier = +" You literary men
haven't the least idea about business.
Here you have about ten thousand man.
uscripts piled up in this dark cupboard,
and you say they are all paid for?'
Editor Great Magazine-"Years ago.
''Just think of it! Hasn't it ever &C.
Cured to you, sir, that you are losing
the interest on all money you paid out
for those useless bundles?'' "Huh! You
tinanciers haven't the least idea about
literature. Every one of those manu-
scripts is from different author. and
the whole ten thousand OF them will &c
ON buying our magazines at shilling
copy until the articles are printed. y.
Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-03-12
HERE AND THERE.

Without cleanliness in the dairy ali
efforts to produce the best butter or
cheese are vain.
The man who buys good animals
and gives them scrub feed ought, to be
consistent, not to hoist his umbrella in
a rainstorm.
Pasture the rye, If 1t is growing. due
to the warm weather. Tho rye will not
be injured thereby unless the ground is
wet. Rye provides green food when II
can be had from no other source.
Have row of horseradish in the
garden. 1t should be set out early in
the spring--as soon as the soil will adj
nit of proper working. Use sets and
plant tolerably deep.
Plant the plum trees near the poul-
try-house and give the fowls free range
among them. They will do good work
in destroying insect pests that injure
both the trees and the fruit.
When special fertilizer is used
with any crop, care should be taken to
distribute evenly and to work thorough-
" into the soil at a time and ina man
ner calculated to give the best results.
Nine cases out OF ten where ava
riety of fruit which once fourished IN
given soil has ceased to flourish and
perfect fine fruit there, the change il
due to the fact that the soil has be-
come destitute Of the necessary mineral
manure.
BY proper pruning : tree can b
made to grow tall, with few extending
branches, or low and spreading. Which,
ever plan is found to be best should be
determined upon from the start, 80 as TO
avoid the necessity Of removing large
limbs.
There is nothing gained By trying
to work the soil in the garden when it 10
wet and cold The better germinstion
and growth that can be secured Until
the soil can be INT il good filth will
more than make up tor the delay ia.
planting: