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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

Inflammatory. The New York
Christian Adyocate, publishes a letter
a column and half [small type] long,
relative to alleged abuse of O Rev
Thomas Joiner of the Northern Meth
odist Church. The letter is headed'
"a most dastardly outrage against
Methodist minister in the South" and
is signed, "Susan Masley Grandson"
a negro woman we infer. Consider
ing the general bitter, sectional and
race prejudice of this infammatory
communication one feels at loss how
to understand Its appearance, without
note or comment in DR.. Bulkley's pa
Oer
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
In Error.

"Give me, this day, dear Lord" cried,
.Some blessed station near thy side;
Some work in every deed for thee,
That may know Thy need OF me.
Thus pleading. praying. up and down
| wandered, searching field ana town,
Intent on task, the very best,
Eluding still my eager quest.
And morn to MONDAY frightened: night
Drew slowly toward the fading height,
Till l, low knceling at the throne
With empty hands, made weary moan:
"Thou hast not any room for me!
No work was mine, dear Christ, for thcc!'
Then sudden on my blurring sight
Swept majesty and love and light.
The Master stood before me there
In conscious answer TO my prayer.
He touched mine eyes. In shame bluShed
In shame my weak complaining huShcd!
For, 10, all day, the swift Eours through,
The work, Christ given, for me to 90
In Mine own house had slishted been,
And |, convicted so of sin,
Could only lift my look to His,
The grace Of pardon ask for this,
That had wandered far and wide,
Instead Of watching 1T his side;
That had yet to learn how sweet
The nome tasks at the Masters feet.
Margaret T. SungStcr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
Ne,y York Christian advocate.

Sound common sense, the ability to
consider things in all their relations
with self.control and re!icence until
opinions mature by rational process
into convictions, can alone give the
foundation of stable character and an
enduring influence. God grant this
wisdom to our brilliant young men
Personal magnetism and bright parts,
as a speaker, are not enough to insure
success. Conscientious, earnest piety !;
a stronger desire to see Christians edi-
fled and sinners converted than the
house crowded with the laughing and
flattering auditors, and secular news.
papers applauding and reporting, and
calls numerous, these are necessary; to
these let us take heed, for in so doing
we shall both save ourselves and them
that hear US.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
I.cat: iiclnlnl TcrScs.

How many of YOU, as you take up
the Bible for the morning dcyotion$,
turn to something which will be OF
practical use through the busy day at
" hose threshold you paEse to render
homage to Him whose kindly presence
YOU need throughout its hours? There
are strong, helpful words, that will,
lhus read, stay hy children rs they go
Off to the Hchool.ro"m, STAY by your
wife at home, ring sweet music in
your own soul all day long. "As
much rs lieth in you, live praccably
with all men," may keep your body
out of fight. "Study to show thy
self approved unto God, Il workman
shat nrrdrth not be ashamed" may
help him TO overcome the temptation
to do Il little cheating in his lessons.
"Evcn Christ pleased not himsclf;'
the memory Of that verse may help
your girl to be un*clii>h and kind.
Read the Bible in course; read it so
with your family if you like, but when
precious morning time, give them rs Il
key-nut" for ihr day some helpful Old
Testament story uf faith and its re-
ward: Il psalm Iu;! Of praise or cnnsc-
Grafton, sweet words OF cumfrrt and
counsel from The lips of Christ and his:
arn>tlcs. If yGu arc pressed by cares,
and lave time but FOR It few verses, let
tllem br words tha! shall lc "crIlocs OF
blessing" all day, and God alone
knows how murh good may be The re-
suit Of thus brightly dividing the
word of h."-1hc Presbyterian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

"rhe idca," says the Chicago times,
"that the Sunday mail must be seen, is
entirely Gallucy resulting from long
habit. Nothing is gained in the end
ny this Sunday work. a business
house does no more business by reason
of il. \ merchant adds nothing there
by to his years profits. 1t is simply
an inability to shake off the shop OH
Sunday. The government ought not
10 be expected to assist by what
amounts to the persecution of employ
ces in fostering this bad habit"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
A Little New Years Sermon.

God gives you something hard to do
in the year which has just begun. He
asks you to fight that besetting sin of
yours every day all the time. 1t may
not be one pitched battle and then fl
nal result. That would be easier.
You are to bc Oh picket-duty to-day,
watching for the enemy. You are TO
encounter him tomorrow, and will
tcin, remember-after Il struggle. You
are to hide and let your adversary pass
by the next day and the next, when
you come upon him suddenly, you are
to meet him bravely and win-always
win.
Hard? Why, yes it is. But you
would not ask for an easy place behind
all the fl ghtcrs in the battle-ranks,
would you! Good soldiers do not feel
so.
What, then, is your besetting sin
Temper? Quench it. Selfishness
Undermine it. Uncharity? Shield
with love. Dcceitfulness? Force to
the light. Degrading thought? Flee
it, fight it, stamp it out, but never give
way to it-never!
Remember two things: First, God
is always behind you in this warfare
he will surely come to your rescue il
you call upon him. Second, if you
win to-day, your victory will be easier
tomorrow this, of course.
But suppose you fail to-day? Then
you have taken back step and must
make it up. How do you climb slip
perry hill? DO you give up at each
Slide, or push forward the more reso-
lutely because you have lost ground?
Finally, what a JOY it will be to
bring in a wcll-worn battle-flag at the
end of the year! Our Father will
know, and all your friends will know,
the meaning Of it.
FaithfullIcss and-victory.
JVcMSpring.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

1t is Il foolish habit that some anN-
ious parents have of discussing the
health of delicate children in the chill
drcn's presence. The Christian Union
says: "a physician, speaking out of
Il deep and practical mind, said "lf
you hear mother refer to her daugh-
Ter as nervous in the daughters pres
cncc if you can not speak, glare ut her,
but if you can speak say, "Madaml,
your conversation would make wood
en- girl nervous, to say nothing of a
flesh and-hlood young person like your
daughter"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
Ncw York Christian Aduocafe.

Physical pain is not altogether evil.
Tt serves at least two good purposes: ii
calls attention to the fact that an inn
portant law has been broken, and ad-
monishes the transgressor to proceed
no farther in that direction. 1t is the
mission of pain to prevent suffering.
There is spiritual pain which is more
poignant and more important than
physical. Pangs of remorse admonlsh
the transgressor to repent and seek
pardon. The anguish of a guilty con-
science is not the punishment of sill
but merciful warning that punish
ment turks somewhere in the direction
the sinner is pursuing. Pain is Ma
ture's danger-signal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

TIE EVILS OF SPANKING.-Whilc
children are much more indulged ard
considered in this age than ever before,
they are still the victims Of barbar-
ouS custom. | refer to the practice OF
whipping as punishment. Though il
has long since been largely abolished
in our country and other countries as Il
most inhuman mode Of punishment,
little children are still beaten, cutitd
and spanked by fond (:) parents in 4
most uEconscionable manner. 1t is
pretty generally conceded that cutting
children on the head or ears, is fre-
quently fraught with the most serious
results many eases Of deafness and
even brain disease having arisen from
this practice. Evils quite as grave, |
am assured by lady physician Of cN-
tcnsive practice, result from the pun
ishmcnt known as "spanking" Blows
given with more or less severity and
greater or less frequency, in the region
Of the spine, will, she contends, cause
serious brain or spinal trouble.
Moreover, the state Of the brain and
nervous system, have great effect up
on the disposition and shock which
may possibly cure one fault, may, by
d!sorIering and deranging the nervous
system, produce faults of much gray
er and more complicated nature.
Muric HcrTick, in October L0tlicS'
Home Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

A ludicrous mistake happened some
time ago at funeral. The clergyman
was reading the service, until he came
to that part which says. "our deceased
brother or sister," without knowing
whether the deceased was male or te-
male. He turned around to one of the
mourners and asked whether it was a
brother or a sister.
The man very innocently replied,
"No relative at all, sir-only an ac-
uIIain;ance.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

Here is an item for persons addictrd
TO the habit Of chewing gum. Iarai-
fine is the tar dcpoSi! left after the kcr-
oscnc has been extracted from the
crude petroleum. About scvcnty-iive
barrels of lara'linn arc shipped week.
ly from bradford, Ia, to New York
and Boston, about half of which il
made into chCMinm cum.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

DO not build a home larger than you
really want A thousand dollars
worth of house for other people to
look at is costly vanity. Have Il
good cistern and a large one, with a
brick filter in it. 1t will pay the cost
ten times over single year.
n. f. Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
S. S. Times.

With this world as it is, lnan is Of
ten at temporary disadvantage
through doing his duty. But with
this world as it is, man is sure to be
at an advantage in the long, run
through doing just what he ought to
do. The world says, Honesty is the
best policy" J" but to the worlds eye
there is many a time when it seems
the very worst policy for a man to be
strictly honest. Then it is that faith
is to take the place of sight, and that a
man must believe that it is always the
best policy to do just as God has conf
manded, whatever appearances may
indicate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
Success.

Sorrows sore our little lass
Felt each day in spelling class;
Never could she 60 above
Lily, or for gold or love.
Though she studied with might and main
Lily twice as hard again
Studied, and, the lesson said.
Kept her old place ut the head.
But one day. at last. she came
Running with her face afiame.
She the Rubicon had passed,
She was at the head at last!
What delight! what pride! We said,
"Are you really at the head?n
"Yes, oh yes" she cried in glee,
"Lily stayed at home, you see!'
II. P. SpoJNord.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

It wasa Virginia lady who present.
cd check to be cashed, and was met
with the customary polite response to
strangers, "Madam, you will have to
bring some one to introduce you before
we can cash this check" Drawing
herself up quite haughtily, she said
freezingly "but l do not wish to know
you sir.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

"What did you see at church ?"
grandfather ask Il Minnie after her
first visit to the sanctuary.
81 saw man come in with his
on, am he was SO 'shamed
he hid his face in his hand little
while fore he dared to say word"
E;ro7nincr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
NeaU York Christian advocate.

During the Roman Catholic Centen-
nial celebration at Baltimore, a promi-
nent layman of that Denomination
complained bitterly of the treatment
the Catholics have received at the
hands Of the citizens of the United
States. His address indicated that the
perils and prosecutions through which
that Church has passed in this country
are something wonderful. Among
other things he declared that a Catho.
lie could not be elected President OF
the United States. Dr.. M'Glynn
drove home nail in his speech al
Cooper Union on recent Sunday eve
ming when referring to this remarkable
statement. He said: '"rhe American
people will not elect a Catholic to be
President until it shall become much
clearer than it is to-day that man can
be good Catholic. and at the same
time a true American. 1t is not clear
to day. The American people believe
in the preamble of the Declaration OF
Independence; the pope and the
pope's men do not"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
What Others Say.
Ne,V York Christian Aduocatd.

"I ought, therefore 1 cam" is the
suggestive title of q Sunday-school
publication. If the author had never
written any thing besides this title he
would deserve to be remembered with
gratitude. This is one Of the finest
specimens of logic in all the range of
literature. There can be no possible
obligation beyond the range of ability:
The plea of inability has been made to
do deal of mi-chievous service for the
human conscience. The drunkard
says :: "I know I ought to abstain
from drink, but cannot" The sim
ner says: ~ know ! ought to repent
and be converted, but 1 cannot y
Many a Christian says: II know /
ought to pray in the prayer-meeting
and in my family, but I cannot"
The fallacy of such statements should
be apparent to every one. If it be
true that one ought to do any thing, it
is not true that he cannot. Let every
Christian remember that his ability is
with his obligation.
Nothing is duty which he cannot per-
form: and in our effort to persuade
men to forsake sin and turn to God
and live a holy life, we should never
forget that any man can do whatever
he ought to do. Assertions to the con-
trary arise from ignorance, thought
lessness, or dishonesty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
George C. Beck,cih.

If war is right for us, it must have
been equally SO for our Savior; but can
Won conceive the Prince of Peace, OF
one of his apostles, leading forth an
army to their work Of plunder, blood,
and devastation Is there Christian
way of burning villages and plumber
ing cities, of perpetuating the whole,
sale butcheries Of the battlefield, and
hurting thousands on thousands OF
guilty souls into the eternal world !
Does the gospel tell us how to do such
things arigM?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

AS much as Il pint of water may be
eliminated from the blood within ten
minutes, under conditions of intense
emotional excitement.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

A stir brush in the stable, judicious
ly used on the farm horses, is a good
horse doctor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

Gather the leaves which collect III
the fence-corncrs, all trash along
fences, sods which are slipping away
into the road, all the scraplngS5 ABOUT
cowyard, pigpen, chickenyard, etc',
and place them in the barnyard, TO be
incorporated with the manure. "A
large quantity of valuable fertilizer
can be collected on any ordinary farm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

There is nothing under the face of
the sky that can bc quite so stuck w
as q sheet of stamps when it tries TO.
Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

When we are the church Of the
American people let us by all means
call ourselves II lie American Church." !"
but until we are let us be content with
he more modest, not to say more de-
crintiYC name.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12

Life is q short day, but it is work
ing day.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
THAT TERRIBLE GRIPPE +"
What At Really Is Explained by
one OF the Hest Inf0r med Men IN

"has IL Really Is Explained bv
one OF the hest InfOr med Men In
America.
.Thepresident of one Of the leading New Yorr
MEDICAL colleges, in conversation with The
Wrter the other evening. said:
IA Grippe, the Russian influenza, that has
caused SO much talk. is q more Sc we're affiiction
otsIy and appears to have Its origin in the at
mosphere The last time it visited America
was In 1903, and IL came then, as now. from
Asia. The name influenza comes from the
suggestion that the malady was due to the In
nuences' OF the heavenly BODIES, bnt more
70 tne changes In the electrical conditions
Whatever N ay be the cause, 1t is a strong con-
gestion OF the blood vessels and mucous mem
Drane, principally in the head and throat ana
nothing but strong stimulauts will check this
congestion and keep the blood actively cir
culating. For this purpose know of nothing
Detter than pure whiskey, and believe Duffy's
Pure Malt to be the best and purest whiskey
known to the world
FORMERLY this influenza was said to precede
an epidemic of he plague, and the person who
was about to be taken with the latter had as a
preliminary, ft of sneezing. Now 1t pre-
cedes a worse epidemic than the plague,
is slight but its ending is often terriole Pains
Ia the limbs back, chest and head; a sore
throat and lack of appetite; copious discharge
at the nose; these are some of the symptoms of
this dread disease. Upon the slightest ap-
pr0ach OF any of these symptOms, q nervous
feeling. or lassitude, resort should be had to q
pure whfskey. which is the only certain means
a hold upon the system or check it when it has
become started Care should be taken, how
ever. TO secure only that which is pure, as the
article above named certainly is"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
THE CITY PRINTING.
How 1t Costs More Than II
should.

How 1t Costs More Than 4
Should.
1t will be remembered that in Decem
ber last the City Council advertised fol
proposals to do the city printing, and that
two bids were received-one from the
Express at fifteen cents per inch for each
insertion, and the other from the HERALD
at twenty cents per inch for the first
insertion and ten cents per inch for each
subsequent insertion. When the bids
were opened before the Council they were
referred to the Finance Committee, which
was to see which was the lowest. TWAS
shown that according to the printing
done during the previous year the
HERALD bid was considerably the
cheaper, but the Finance Committee
closed it's eyes and regardless of the fact
that the city . money was to be saved, rec
ommended that the contract be awarded
to the Express. At the last meeting of
the Council demand for citv printing
done by the Erpress since December
10Th, was approved by the Council.
This demand was for $7741, and WIS
$11 .522 larger then the same printing
would have cost had the lowest bid been
accented
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
GENERAL TOPICS.
A Yale Professor Gets His
Walking Papers.
A ROW IN THE FACULTY ENDED
A new Jersey Girl Commits Suicide
Because Her Lover Married
Another.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, January 49,
Frederick B. Honey, who for some time
past has been instructor in mechanical
drawings at the Yale Scientific School,
has been removed from his position,
Prof. Brush announcing today that Profs.
Richards and Dubois would fill the
vacancy temporarily. The dismissal
ends one of the worst quarrels which has
occurred among the members of the Yale
faculty for some time. Honey ordered
freshmen to purchase their drawing in
struments of firm in this city, but in
stead they purchased them from q
junior who canvassed their class for
Philadelphia firm. Honey then an
no1nced that he would mark the students
absent if they used these instruments.
Upon this the Board of Directors stepped
in and told Mr.. Honey he must retract.
He would not and was dismissed.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
THE ARCADIA.
opening of Santa Monica,s PaIatial
Hotel.

opening or santa MOm1ca,s RaIat1al
Hotel.
Elsewhere in the HERALD will be found
the announcement of the opening at
Santa Monica of the Arcadia, the famous
seaside hotel of Southern California.
Tourists visiting Los Angeles should
never fail to include Santa Monica in
their pleasure trips. 1t is doubtful if
there can be found in the world a more
delightful resort for rest and enjoyment.
A large volume might be filed with the
opinions of distinguished visitors from all
parts OF the world as to the advantages of
Santa Monica as a winter as we'll as a
summer residence. The Arcadia. under
the management of MIR. J. w. Scott, is a
model hotel, where every comfort is
ootalnable. Tourists can have the oppor-
tunity to take some of the most enjoyable
drives in Southern California, and fish,
nunt, bsthe in the surf, or take hot salt
water baths to their hearts desire.
aere are four trains each way TO Santa
Nonica daily.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
"A Poisoned ships Crew.

BALTIMORE, January Is The steam
ship Earl Dale, Captain w. H. Carter,
arrived late yesterday afternoon from
Cuba with Steward w. Walker in irons,
charged with attempting to poison the
whole ships crew and officers on Mon
day last He acknowledged TO the sec.
ond mate to have put bottle of jalar
into the food. Later he wrote long
letter to the Captain, telling how he hao
poisoned the food, and pleaded excessive
drinking as the cause. He told the as
sistant steward on Monday that he had
poisoned the food for the second officer
John Leddon, for an old grudge. Ali
The poisoned officers and hands have
fully recovered.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
Not La Grippe.


You wonder at my knees rigidity,
You wonder at my cheeks fiaccidity,
You wonder at my forms marcidity;
/ wonder I'm aboutl
Pains alternate and sub-cutaneous,
Internecive, contemporaneous,
Circum fluous and subitaneous,
Have worn my strength out.
La grippe' mol Nothing SO tragical,
Or epidemically so magical.
Only an attack most podagrical-
More plainly, the gout.
Were l dude, or an aristocrat,
An artist, a swell, or plutocrat,
A divine, actor, or an autocrat
Awielding the knout,
I would have had Ia gripps. Sequestration
OF fashionable hopes defagration;
Inglorious my redintegration
From plebeian gout.
MARINER J. KENT.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
SceooiIlouse. Matters.

The Joint Committee on Schoolhousel
and Sites met yesterday morning ant
decided to recommend to the Counci
that the bid of Stratton for building the
addition to the Amelia-street school bt
accepted, and that the checks of the
other bidders be returned to them. Il
was also decided to recommend that the
Council appoint the Board of Education
as agents to attend to the construction
of the school buildings now in course O
construction.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
The Rails spread.

SALT LAKE CRY, January 6.-An acci
dent occurred on the Wyoming division
of the Union Pacific yesterday, at Hamp-
ton, sixty miles east of Evanston. Inc
rails spread as a passenger train passed
over the switch, and the express and
baggage cars and first. class coach
rolled down tho embankment and we're
broken in pieces. None OF the passen-
gers were killed, but dozen were more
or less injured, some seriously.