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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31
THE CARRIERS BBNEDICTLON
Gus Turns Orator and Poet.
NV name is Gus, I make no fuss,

NV name is Gus, make no fuss,
, am a quiet man,
And hence you see, you must agree,
To give me what you can:
Without the noise Of other boys,
I do my duty well,
And so it's true of each OF you,
That you'll do yours as well.
No need to stay, so long to say,
That YOU your duty Know
But what I'd do if were you,-
rs, quickly let me 60.
And each, himself, the little pelf,'
Would scarcely ever miss,
That he might place, in the embrace,
Of this my humble list.
Another thing that I might bring,
To urge you to be quick
A long address, just from the press,
I might on you inf1ict.
With all your names and Christmas
: games,
Well woven into rhymes.
Now don't swear,-but bestoeware,
And bring out quick, your dimes.
That Carrier boy, is full OF joy,
Who lives in such town
AS Abbeville, where ev'ry till,
In silver does abound 3
Prosperity and energy
, They find here, their abode,
AS many mills, and big green bills,
And new railroads here showed.
MY duty done, to ev'ry one,
In Spring and Winter day.
So now my life, tho I've no wife,
Is blithe as days of May.
IF you forget, and will not let,
= Your purse strings loose for me-,
The blithesome ways of many days
Knocked out of me will be. .
To eacll of you, the friends SO true,
OfsWilson's Press and Banner,
I bring good cheer, to close the year,
In this poetic manner
Now if it be that you can see,
Your way quite clear to trust us,
The Banner will, be better still,
I'm humbly yours, Augustus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

A SAFE ANswER.-Miss >Lucy (dy-
inr with curiosity to fellow-boarder
mir. Fowler, Jennie asked ME the 9th,
er day whether yon were engaged: II
she asks lie again what shall l tell
her?n
Mr.. Fowler: "Tell her-tell her
you don't know"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31
Santa Claus on the Train.

On Christmas eve an emigrant train
Sped on through the blackneSs OF nlsnt,
And CLEFT the pitchy dark III twain u.
With the gle;,in Of its fierce headlight.
In crowded car. a noisonc place,
Sat n mother and her child:
The woman's face bore wants wan trace,
But the little one only s;n!leu,
And tugced and pulled at her mothers
And her voice had n merry ring,
As She lisped, "Now, mamma,' come ana
guess
But sadly the mother shoo% her head,
AS she thought OF ~ happier past;
ale never can catch US here, she SAID,
The train Is going too fast.
40, mamma, yes, he'll come, say,
so swift are his little deer,
They runs nll over he world to-day
I'll hang my stocking uF here.
She pinned her stocking 10 the seat,
And closed hertired eyes,
And SuOn she saw each lnnSed-lor sweet
IL dreumlands paradise.
On q seat behind !he little maid
A rougn man sat apart,
Pint n soft ligh; DER his textures played,
And stole into his heart.
Asthe cars drew mp at II busy town
The rough man LEFT the tram.
Blu. scarce hnC from The steps jumped uo"h
Ere he was back again.
And a great big bundle of Christmas joys
BnIged out from his pocket vide:
He filled the stocking wit IN sweets, anu Toys
He laid by the dreamcrs side.
At dawn the little one woke with q shout,
Twas sweet IL hear her .ite;
az knOwea that santa wodld ma me out;
He caught the train, you see.
frnin,
The child WAS surely right,
The good Sa!ut Nicholas caught the train,
And c;,mc aboard that niSht.
For the saint Is fond Of masquerade
And may fool the old and wise,
Ard so he came to the little maid
In an emigrant's disguise.
And he dresses in many ways because
He wishes no one TO know him,
For he never says, ~ am SANTA Claus
hut his good deeds always show him.
Henry c. Wash.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

Texas Editor-A Mormon editor is
in Jail for supporting four wives.
Wife-You say he was an editor:
"That's the way it reads
And he supported four wives ,"
"Just so.n
"Well, 1 don't believe it."-Texas
Siftings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

A mixture of dry earth and land
plaster is good to Use us al absorbent
in the stable for the purpose Of retain
inc the ammonia, which is lighter
than air and gives that strong pun
gent smell in stables.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

The harder our work the more We
need solitude and prayer, without
which work becomes mechanical ana
insincere.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

Tea should never be made in tin
pot. The fannie acid in tea unlteS
with the tin and produces Il poison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

Our idea of real nice girl is one
who can be with poorer people and re-
sist talking of the nice things she mas
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

Never wash macaroni. The cook
ing water dissolves everything unde-
Sirable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

The world is looking-Slass and
gives back to every man the express
ion of his own face. Frown at ltano
it will in turn look sourly- upon you {;
laugh at it and with it and ltlsa Jolly,
kind companion and so let all young
persous take choice.-Thackeray.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

1t is easier to resist temptation than
recover from fall. But many refuse
to believe this, and 50 fall and are cr'p-
pled for life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-31

Great grace is as easily. secured as
any measure Of grace when there is a
willingness 10 pay the price.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

Sage works eight hours a day. He
would be positively miserable at a
picnic and would fret and fdgot
through a Thomas concert. He
would consider it an expensive even
ing that he had TO spend in such a
manner.
The Rockfcllers, William and
John d., with s25O,O00,OOO at thoir
back, and their satellites, Henry III.
Rogers and John Archibold, with
other numerous millions, work more
hours every day of their lives than a
driver of Broadway car. In fact
they have more wear and tear than
any driver on that or any horse car
line in town. Few can appreciate
tho possibilities of the human intel
lect for crushing speed and high ten
sion until he attempts to understand
the pace set by this quartcttc.-
Chatter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
Chinese Theory OF Evolution.

Popular Science Monthky gives
this as the Chinese theory Of evolu-
ton: "The rocks are the bones of
the divine body, the soil is the flesh,
the metals are tho nerves and veins;
the tide, wind, rain, clouds, frost and
dew arc all caused by its rcspirations,
pulsations and cxhalations. Origi-
nally the mountains rose to the fir
mament and the seas covered the
mountains to the tops. At that
time there was in the divine body no
lifc besides the divine life. Then
the water subsidized; small herbs
grew and in lapse of cycles developed
into shrubs and trees. AS the body
of man, unwashcd for years, breeds
vermin, so the mountains, unlaved by
seas, bred worms ard insects, greater
creatures developing out of lesser.
Beetles in the course Of ages be-
came tortoises, earth worms became
scrpents, high-fying insects became
birds, some of the turtlc-dovcs be-
came phcasants, egrets became cranes
and wildcats became tigers. The
proving mantis was by degrees trans
formed into an ape, and some Of the
apes became hairless. A hairless ape
made fire by striking crystals upon
rock, and, with the spark struck
out, igniting the dry grass. With
the fire they cooked food, and by
eating warm victuals they grew large,
strong and knowing and were chamg gcd
into men.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

Again and again this old poetic
fancy OF the earth rs one great ccmc-
terry, buried several times deep with
dead men and women and children,
has been rcfutcd by figures. But
great is error and will prevail, unless
the truth be well and steadily up
held.
Let us then take to the arithmetic
again. And again | beg you, my
friend, whether you talk to Sunday
schools or not, to do this arithmc,ical
problem for yourself, or with your
children, in exact figures. 1t must
suffice here that | give you round
numbers.
The population Of the earth is
now about I, 800 millions. Suppose
the human race to have existed for
six thousand years, and to have been
always as great as now. In six thou
sand years you have sixty centuries
In each century YOU may count three
generations Of mankind, or lS0 gene
rations III all, each being a generation
of 1900 millions. Now lay out a
cemetery for one generation. 1t
will be huge estimate to give to
every man, woman and child grave
five feet by two, or ten square feet.
You want for your graveyard then
$4,000 million square feet of ground.
a square mile contains something
less than % million square feet.
You want then n graveyard not So
miles long by 10 wide for your whole
generation. Now multiply this by
l8O and you have your burial ground
for six thousand years of mankind.
That is, strip of land 1900 miles
long by 55 miles wide will be ample.
In other words a cemetery contain
ing q hundred thousand square miles
would be sufficient for the entire
human race to lie side by side.
The estimate which | have given
you of continuous population is
obviously enormously large. The
estimate Of The size OF each grave is
very large. A strictly correct csti-
nation would reduce the size of the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
LADIES
',ecding tonic. or children that want ding
up, should take
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
, IL is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Ind iges.
ton, ana BiliollsnesS. All dealers keep It,
The Human Family.

The human family living on earth
to-day consists OF about l,450, ,000,-
600 souls, not less, but probably
more. They arc distributed all ovcl
the carth's surface, there being nc
considerable spot where man has not
found Il foothold. In Asia, the sup,
posed cradle of the human race
there are now about S00,000,0O0 oi
people, dcnsl y crowded, on an aver
age l2O to every square mile. In
Europe there $4,000, 700, averaging
100 tc each square mile. and not so
crowded, but everywhere dense and
in many places ovcr-populated. In
Africa there trc approximately, 2l0,-
100000, and in the Americas, North
Central and South, 10000, 900, and
OF course, relatively thinly scattered
In the islands, large and small, there
are probably l0,000,000. The cx-
trcmcs of the whites and blacks arc
as five to three; the remaining 70O,-
100000 intermediate brown and
tawny color. OF the entire race
50O,O00,000 are well clothcd--that
is, they wear garments Of some kind
to cover nakcdncss; 250,0O0,0OC
habitually go naked, and 100000.
600 only cover the middle parts OF
the body; 50o,000,000 live in houses,
10O,000,O0O in huts and caves, and
25o,0oo,Oo0 virtually have no place
to lay their heads.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
"Little Things'' Again.

You will be almost tired Of hear
i"g aLe"t everyday "triflcs," l am
afraid, but | do want to repeat one
moro anccdotc in that line. Here is
a little confession taken from the lips
Of Il school-g girl, and set down in her
own words:
"l'vc begun to find such little
mean strcaks in myself that | am
quite frightened. Guess what l was
tempted to do the other day! ! was
washing the dishes for mamma, and
when | got to the tins and kettles
was discouraged, they looked so
greasy and black, and Pvc always
been a little vain of my hands.
"I am going to Kitty Merrilrs
party tonight, and | want to keep
my hands nice for that. I'll leave
this for mamma; it won't make any
difference with her hands, because
she can't keep them nice, anyway
"Thcn something seemed to say to
me : 'Oh, you coward oh, you
sneak !! To be ~WiI.y to have
whittier hands than your mother!
Aren't You ashamed p
81 ards ashamed, and | washed the
kettles pretty humbly, | can tell you.
| felt as if they weren't half as black
as |. Since then I'vc watched all
my thoughts, for fear shall grow
80 wicked mamma won't know nc.
lve learned pretty thoroughly what
the minister means when he talks
about the little foxes that spoil the
grapes of fine character - UcN-
.SI"ing.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

required cemetery ,aore than one
half. But enormous as it is you
could lay out your burial ground for
all men who have lived on earth, SO
that they could lie side by side in
Arizona, or in California, or you
could lay it out in Texas large
enough to, accommodate the race for
5000 years past, and also tho race
for 5000 years yet to come, all sleep
ing in the soil Of that one State of
this Union.--Dr. ". q. Prime ii,
~ Y. JommaI Of Commerce.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
Never Swear.

1. 1t is mean. n boy of high
moral standing would almost as soon
steal a sheep as to swear.
2. 1t is vulgar-altogcther too low
for decent boy.
B. 1t is cowardly-implying a fear
of not being believed or obcycd.
4. 1t is ungcntlcmanly. a gentle
nan, according to the dictionary, a
a gcntccl man-wcll bred, refined.
Such Il man will no more swear than
go into the street to throw mud with
a chimncy-swcep.
S. 1t is indecent, offensive to deli
cacy, and extremely unfit for human
ears.
6. tits foolish. "Want of dcccncy
is want of sense"
7. 1t is abusivc-to the mind that
conccivcs the oath, to the tongue
which uttcrs it, and to the person ut
whom il is aimed.
8. 1t is vcnomous, showing boys
heart to be nest of vipcrs; and
every time he swcars one of them
sticks out it's head.
8. 1t is contemplate, forfciting
the respect of all the wise and good.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
others Faults and Our Own.
by SENEf SMITH.

1t is often said t,.at while we are
kccn-cycd to see the faults of others,
we arc blind to our own. But true
as this is, and sad because it is true,
it is not the worst Of the matter.
The strange fact is, that we see
most quickly and criticisc most Sc
vcrely in others the very things of
which we are oftcncst guilty our
selves. saw striking illustration
OF this the other day. went off
over to ncighbor's about eleven
o'clock. l found his little daughter
crying, because, in trying to help
her mother, she had stumbled and
broken platter. Before she could
gather up the fragments in came her
father. lie began at once to scold
and storm. He never did sec such a
careless set. They were always
breaking something. They would
break him up if they kept on.
tried to put in word for the child,
but it was useless. The man had no
pity for her, who, at Gfu worst, was
only careless, and seemed almost an,
CRY enough to beat her. But pre-.
sently as if he had forgotten what
he came for, he said: "Wifc, hurry
up the dinner; | want to be off to
town within fifteen minutes"
"Why," she asked, "what is the
mattcr?"
"Nothing; only | ran against Il
stump in the field, and broke my
plow."
"Didn't you SEQ the stump"
could not help asking.
eyes; saw it, but thought that |
turned out enough to pass it. The
fact is, that l was a little careless,
and that's how it happened"
"And your poor little daughter,
whom you have been scolding so
hard, was only Il little careless, too;
wasn't she %
The man, not knowing what to
say, turned to the table, and asking
me to join him, began to eat his
dinner as if he was in a tremendous
hurry. AS my crrand was not with
him, but to buy some butter of his
wife, | declined his invitation and
turned away.
If that mars child was careless,
she came honestly by it. lie him
self is one Of the most careless fcl-
lows in the ncighborhood. And yc,
he cannot endure in his family any
imitation of his own example. How
insidiously mean is our fallen human
nature! That mans breaking the
plow was far more incxcusablc than
his childs breaking the dish, and
the repairing cost twice as much as
a new dish, and yet just because he
was frettcd and angry with himself
for what he had done, he had no
pity or charity for the child. SO it
is the world over. We do ourselves
the very things which we criticisc or
complain Of in others.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
VagGnGr Academy.

Mrs. Julia Nj. j Johnson, Principal.
There is no institution in the county
more comfortably and completely fur
nishcd with modern convcnicnccS than
Wagner Academy. The most approved
methods of teaching adopted. beau
tifnl supply of Bradlcy's object forms.
used in illustrating "Obiect Lessons"
Special care shown small children. Daily
exercise in singing and calisthcncs with
organ accompaniment. Monthly reports
of pupils record sent to parents. Pa
irons will receive benefit of public money.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
'Daily except Saturdays.
tDailN cXCCpt SUNDAYS.

'Daily except Saturdays.
tDaily except Sundays.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE
On trains 80 and 81, Pullman buffet Slccner
between New York and Atlanta
hot Springs. '''>
On trains 52 and SO, Pullman Buffet Siccpcr
between washington and Montgomery; Wash.
inEtoh ana Augusta, Greensboro and Richmond
Greensboro and Raleigh.
Through tickets on sale at all principal sta.
ti0nS to all points ~
For rates and information, apply to any Agent
"i the comp 'y,or JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent
Washington, ID. G.
Sol. HAAS, Traffic Manager
Washington, ID. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
TEACHERS .J[ COLUMN.
CssS All communication intended
for th;s column should he addressed
to S.P. Stribling, School Commits
sioner, Walhalla, SC.

What is the purpose of education ?
This is answered by asking: What
lis the purpose Of human life? This
is o vital question. Character has
everything to do with success. II
Il makes no difference what the work
is, some sort of character must be
established before it can succeed.
This is a vital pl.nciple. Savage
tribes make no advancement because
they have neither character nor
capacity. All they can do is to fol-
low in the steps of their fathers, and
following, with no desire for advance
ment, never has and never can develop
character and capacity, and these
arc the only forces that can cause
progress. The vital question then
is, What is the spur to the develop
mcnt of these two essential qualities ?
And the only answer possible is, the
struggle for material eristence. This
is not low motive, for through it
comes all that is good, true, and
noble. But if this struggle for
material existence is the end, then
it is the most dcbasing thing on
earth. If man works that he may
satisfy material wants, he is on the
plane of a savage, though he lives
like n civilized man. If all our
efforts found their end and aim in
giving s something to cat and drink,
%hen We arc not removed from the
lower animals. But if we eat that
we may be able to become informed
by books, travels, thinking, and to
doing others good, then we arc living
on altogether another plane, char
acter and capacity become motives
for the struggle for material work,
anti the lower ccntcrs in its thoughts
and ideals around the higher. This
is civilization, culture. Anything
lower is barbarism and savagcry
Now it is plain to sec the pupose OF
e0ucutio'l-not to teach boys and
girls to get a living that they may
be able to cat, drink and clothc them.
selves, and crafty their appctitcs.
Whoever this, is educating boys and
girls to become civilized savagcs.
But the true teacher inspires his
pupils with irrcprcssiblc desires to
learn for lcarning's sakc-to know
for the very delight knowing gives,
to be good, noble, true, useful, God
like, and wcll-informcd, for the very
delight it will be, and for the very
JOY it will give him to be good,
noble, true, useful, God-likc, and
well-informcd. Who then is the
true teacher? 1t is plain to see.
The ploddcr who Grams for his pay,
as q" end, and makes his pupils plod
for marks and promotion, and praise
as on end, and who creates in his
scholars no higher ideals than the
getting Of a living, is educating
savagcs, but he who creates intense
desire to be better Informed, to
travel, to know the world, to invent,
to do good, is creating class that
will have character and capacity.
This is the civilized class. This is
the only class tha, has made the
world what it is. But all this comes
through the struggle Sor material
existence, not aS an end, but as Il
means to the higher cnd-choractcr
""H cw'0cHy. $. y. SrRlnLlNG.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

Many find it harder to live con
sistcnt Christian life in the home cir
Gle than in any other place. While
a mcagrc supply Of grace may enable
one to keep up a fair show of picty
in public, only a heart full of love
and grace will keep one faithful amid
the annoyances and irritations Of the
home life. There all the restraints
and checks Of public life are thrown
off, the witness is off his guard, and
in thoughtlcss moment yields to
pccvishncss or passion, and gives tho
lie to his profession. o, who can
estimate the balcful Influences of
these contradictions upon the young
and tender members Of the house
hold Should VIC not seek that
grace and wisdom at the beginning
of each new day that will enable us
TO walk with perfect heart within
our home ?-I. II. Presbyterian,
Due Vest
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

The States Of the Union have a
better thing than homestead.
The Supreme Court of the United
States in recent case from North
Carolina, has decided that a State is
an indcfcnsiblc party to any proceed
ing in equity in which its property is
sought to be taken and subjected to
the payment Of its obligations.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

Atlanta, Ga, is fast becoming the
Chicago Of the South in the matter of
divorces. The Augusta Chronicle
states that eight couples, all of them
white except one, obtained divorces
in Fulton Superior Court on Tues
day last.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

TnRouGm CAR SERVICE.
Nos. 3, 4, 90 and 81 daily except Sunday. -
; ."nin iinS t'"ihs 81 and 5o daily between Co.
Daily except Sunday bctwccn Aston owl
Grccnvilc. ~ gnu
itckets on sale AT principal stations to nj,
P"h'S. d. CARDWELL
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Columbia, s.
JAS. l.. TIA YLOR,
ca, u ,r General Pass. Agent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

Asthma. Consumption, Catarrh, Bron-
chitis, rheumatism, Kidney and Liver
Disease, Chills and Fever, Female Trou-
blcS, in all its forms, and, i'm fact, eve
ry Disease known to the Human Sys-
tenn.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

GLOW much older is your elder
sister than you?'
81 don't know. She loses year
annually. | expect we shall he
twins before long"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
Beware Of Fraudulent limitations

SEQ that our Trademark (samc as
abovc) appears on each jug.
Send for book "IIistory of tho Mi
croLo Killer" given away by DARBY &
CO., Druggist, Agt., Walhalla, s. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
Caused by Microbes,
Radam'S MiCr0De Killer

Extcrminatcs the Microbes and drives
them out of the system, and when that
is done you cannct have an ache or pain.
No matter what tho disease, whether q
simple cas- Of Malaria Fever or combi-
nation of diseases, we euro them all at
the same time, as wc treat all diseases
constitutionally.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06
NithmoN0 4 0laNui(lc Aai(road Co.

condensed Schedule, in effect, Sept %, 1885,
lraihs run by 10Th Meridian timc-onc hour
faster than Goth Meridian timc
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

IF YOUR BAtk iiIIES
Or you are al worn out, really good fos nothing
IL Is general debility. Try
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
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