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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16
LABoRING UNDER A MIsAPPREHENsIoN.
What u Far OF Editor Has 10 Say
OF Our Little FURRY.
Columbia Record.

1t is amusing often and it Is Instructive of
ten 10 know how others see uS. MeSSrS. I'LL
man, Shell and their fellows will do well II
read the following that appeared under the
head of democratic Disruption in South
Carolina" in the Boston Transcript, and pom.
der over it. II is well for them to know that
at home, but that the Republican world Is
watching their movements with pleasure Iii
eyes.
Bat il is also amusing TO ;iotc the error into
which The Transcript has fallen. Protection
one of the cardinal principals Of The farmers
of South Carolina! They are TOO enlightened
for that. Protection is IL cardinal principle
but protect US from tie ravagcs of protection
10 which the Transcript refers.
The following Is what the Transcript has 10
say on the subject:
The farmers movement In South Carolina
threatens the disruption Of the Democratic
party in that State. 1t Is the outcome of the
efforts which the South Carolina agricultu-
ralsts, under the name OF Grangerism, the
Farmers Alliance, ETC., have made TO secure
better terms and lower rates from commits.
SION merchants. banks, transportation lines
ETC. Heretofore the farmers have acted with,
in the Democratic party, and at the last Dem.
ocratic State convention sprung Il ticket on
the delegates which came very near bel"g
nominated. Their candidates, Earl, got a
majority of the votes of delegates from the
white counties where the Democratic ascen-
where the elections ale manipulated, aud
Charleston, stood by j. p; Richardson, the in-
cumbent, and nominated him.
The Farmers party are first In the held
this year, and hold their State convention
to-day. Their programme IS TO nominate Il
ticket of their own, and leave the Democrats
10 indorsc it or oppose It, The Democrats are
likely To antagonize the new movement, and
In tiie opinion OF many Well-informcd South
Carolinaians the farmers will probably be-
come Il third party organization with "pio
lection" for It's cardinal doct'ine. TIE agri-
Gu l,ural sentiment Of the State Is strongly in
,o,, r a,ft trn in N.Y. nrucS M
heretofore been suppressed in Difference TO
the demands of the Bourbon oligrachy at
Columbia. This o!igarchy is trying to hold
the Democrats of tic State strictly TO Old free.
trade lines. but, as the Farmers movement
shows. their task grows harder and their fol
lowers become more and more Icslive,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16

AN ANGEL OF MERcY.-A little
girl was eraciously permitted, one
bright Sunday. to 60 with her man.
ma to hear her papa preach. 1t was a
lime of great rejoicing and responsible
ity, and the little face was all alight
with happy anticipation. Now 1t
Glanced that on this special occasion
papa's sermon was on the "warning''
order, and his earnest voice rang out
solemnly in the Sunday quiet. After
a moment of breathless surprise and
horror. the little listeners soul was
wrought upon with great pity for the
poor mortals upon whom so much
wrath was descending. She rose ex-
citedly to her feet, and, her wide, re-
proachful eyes just peeping over the
back of the seat, called out, in sweet
chiding tones: "What for is you scold-
ing all the people so, papa"
Ha,per's Young People.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16

1t is on crushed grain that man is
fed it is by bruised plants that he is
restored to health. Ii was by broken
pitchers that Gideon triumphed on
broken pieces OF the ship that Paul
and his companions were saved. 1t
was by the bruised bodies of the saints
that the truth was made triumphant.
When the true story Of all things shall
be known, then will it appear how
precious in Gods sight, how powerful
in His hands, were many broken
things-broken earthly hopes, broken
bodily health, broken earthly for
tunes above all and supremely, the
broken bohy of His Son, and the bro
ken bread of the sacrament which
commenOrates it.
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LIS papa being a member of Con.
gress the child naturally inhaled poll.
tics with the air she breathed, and
grew firm in the faith that nothing
good could be found outside the Re:
publican fold. Miss Blank, friend of
her sister, and political hereto in her
eyes, was visiting in the family. Late
one evening the child, searching for
her sister, wandered into the guests
room where she found Miss Blank In
the midst of her devotions. l.. stared
at her in open-eyed astonisbment, and
as the young lady arose from her knees
exclaimed "Why, Miss Blank! do
you say your prayers? 1 thought you
were Democrat %
,HeW 1'o7.2, Tribune.
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The .SNnddy.$chOOt Times calls atten-
ton to the fact that the untairest way
to condemn an individual, is to con-
demn him because he belongs to class
whose individuals are often hlamcwor-
thy, but whose blameworthiness has
no essential connect N with the class
idea. When a mother reprimands a
child by SAYING, !'Look at your hands
| always did hear that boys hands were
never clean;" or "Don't make such &
racket. Boys never can do anything
quietly" She simply hlames him for
what she declares to be an essential
characteristic of his sex and aye and
so efIectually denies to him the hope OF
his doing better. The child naturally
reasons "T am boy, and if boys are
always so, l must be SO too" And
many boy who has been struggling
and striving to do better, has been dis
couraged and permanently Injured by
being condemned, not for what faults
he has, but for what faults boys have.
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Do our Farmers want Ir0ncladS, OF
Bridges, Roads, and bitches!

! EDITORS PRESS :-EX-Embassador
Phelps has come back to the United
States very. sick. A severe attack OF
Anglo-mania has seized him: lnva-
sion panic is shaking Kim. The pa
inic-mongering English adnlirals have
had him by the hair Americas on.
ly safety, he thinks, is in spending all
our debauchimg national surplus IN
ironclads and big guns. wonder
whether this is the view of our much
enduring farmers? | wonder if our
5O-cents-a-sack barley grower has any
cash he wants to lay out on such need
less and expensive toys? [ wonder II
our 2O-cents-a-box peach orchardist, or
our S2-u-chest strawberry man has
many spare dimes to invest in such
useful aud reproductive articles?
Has America been eating any for-
hidden fruit that she must awaken to
a consciousness of nakedness and be
afraid? Admitting t"at our coasts
are denudcd of forts and our harb0rs
guiltess of ironclads-what then? DO
we expect any foreign potentate to
have designs against US? Our Wofa
concerning Samoa was amply respect:
ed hy the man of "blood and iron. !"
The word of this 10, 900 nation will
he very apt = carry respect wherever
it makes itself heard ; and il can make
itself Just as audible, intelligible, and
mandatory Us any utterancc from any
cannon's mouth. And don't let our
farmers forget it
So as Americas voice is respected,
it might be as we'll to spend our mon
ev in such useful ways as shall increase
our productive power, and consequent
" our wealth and influencnce. More
especiallr so as the new military sci
cnce laughs at forts, and sum up it's
needs in three t's-"trains, troops,
and tclegraphs." Add yet one T.,
treasure-the sinews of war, which
superahound Mt Washington and COM
prises all the rest. Then have we any
need for scare? I think any Cali
fornia Granger could furnish Il better
scheme for the disposal of our surplus
than the eX-embassador!
But our farmers are shorn by need
less taxation and don't even bleat.
So the blatant classes, politicians, and
military, work their wasteful will. ,
Can't we millions who live on bad
roads, or up unbridged streams, Or
where the parched soil cries toa braz-
en- heaven, can't we make our plea
heard for our crooked places to be
made straight aud our deserts kind
and hospitable? The same iron that
makes ironclads would make bridges
the same labor and skill can build u
aqueducts and fumes and roads; the
same brains that design our imple-
ments of destruction can devote their
energies 20 diminishing the illiteracy
of our G, 900, 900 Of illiterates.
Our fathers died in myriads to OBJ
tain and hold share in Government,
to have voice in politics.
Have California farmers lost their
voice? EDWARD BERWICK.
Carmel Valley, July I, 1899.
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TOBACCO SPIT ON MARBLE FLOORS.
The Members of Captain Shells Con.
yentiOn Had no Use tor the Two
Hundred SpittOOns.
Ne,Dberry Herald and Ners.

The editor of the Herald and Nems was In
Columbia last week and while there took q
v ak through the State House. and amongst
House OF Representatives, where the last
State Con nventlon was held, and he confesSes
that he was greatly surprised at the condition
in which the members of this March Conven'
tion left the beautiful marble floor Every
man of them must have been chewer of the
"filthy weed" for the floor was literally GOV.
cred, to be plain, with tobacco spit. And we
were told that over two hundred spittoonS
were placed In the hall for the use of this con.
VentIon. Tobacco will stain the marble. and
IL will be very difficult TO get II off, We wish
the members OF that convention could have
seen the condition of that beautiful marble
floor when they left II. We say this In no
fault-tnding or hypercritcal spirit, but be-
cause 1t Is plain truth, and one that we much
regret IL 40 true
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16
An Ascension Lily.
BY LEI; G. HARDY.

Through the winters cold it rested
In its he'd OF soft, dark earth.
Waiting patient for the sunshine
Which would call IL into birth.
Then, like love to life, the spring time
Brought glad messages of bloom.
And the flower sprang forth gladly
From It's deep and silent tomb.
Grew in slender, graceful beauty,
Stem of green and buds close Shealhcd;
Waillng that mysterious summons
Which ON Easter morn is breathed:
Christ has risen! every blossom
Opens 10 the suns embrace,
Frpighting all the air with perfume,
Filling all the world with grace.
For the tall Ascension Lily
From its chaliceS Of snow,
Whispers of the Resurrection 10
Ard the seasons ebb aud flow.
So it is that round their altars
Priests entwine It's sacred flowers,
And the little children love them,
While the maidenS in their bowers
Sigh and murmur. softly smiling.
"farewell wiuters snow and rain
Soon the summer shall be with lis
Lo, the Lilies bloom again"
For the Easter joy-bells' clangor
Wakes the Lilies into bloor-
bringing with them sun and spring tim
Risen from the winters tomb!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16

How HE REFORMED THE CHoIR.-
Like other ministers, lie had his choir
problem; but unlike some ministers, he
solved it. The choir giggled and they
whispered. Their eyes roamed about
the room, and their minds went wool.
gatl ing. They were tardy and
"cut" services entirely when the fancy
seized them. ''This will never do," he
said to himself. so lie got Il new choil
leader in the first place. Then he but
ton-hole:! each member of it and spoke
somewhat in this fashion: 1--WE are
going to have change. After this it's
going to lie an honor to sing iD the
choir, and no one is to be in it that
doesn't come up 70 the standard. You
are to be prompt and punctual, and
reverent in your demeanor; and il
you cannot behave Ikea Christian,
you cannot belong to our choir-no,
not even if you sing like Jennie Lind"
1t worked. He attends every rchcar'
sal, and prefaces it with short pray
cr. Now, that it means something &c
be in the choir, the young people are
anxious to join it. All this occurred
without NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16

Take quiet corner in the evening
time, ard carefully think of the day
which has just passed away and whose
history you have helped to make. Re
view the deeds and wol IDS and thoughts
which it has recorded against your
name. Measure each of these by the
standard of opportunity. Contem,
plate the relation Of days to eternity,
and ponder upon the certainty with
which present existence here is adj
vancing toward Immortality in heav-
en-. Do not forget to include proper
proportion of prayer. Try this as a
recipe for a good tomorrow.
Pyfsb,v'0h advocate.
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Orangeburg Times.

CHECK THIS EvIL.-The grand ju-
ry of Greenville say the country is
flooded with cheap pistols, most Of
which are in the hands-or pockets
rather-of boys or other irresponsible
persons. They recomend legislation
TO check, this evil, and suggest that q
tax be imposed OH each pistol sold.
Why not prohibit the sale of pistols
altogether They are only made TO
take human life, and people die fast
enough without the aid of pistols.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16
WASHING SoDA.-After all the pow

WASHING SoDA.-After all the pow
ders are tried, genuine housekeepers are
quite likely to go back to old fashioned
washing soda for cleaning floors, sinks,
iron and other metal work. There is
nothing that removes impurities so
rapidly rs boiling hot soda and water,
applied with a long-handled scrubbing
brush, and rinsed off at once with
clear water and dried with clean
cloth. A large lump of soda melted
oyer the drain in the sink keeps the
pipe clear from all grease. While so.
da is scrubber's main dependence, it
should never be Used by the laundress,
as it seriously Injuries cloth.
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"I am an agnostic." remarked 9
young man, in a proud and digniied
tone nf voice.
"And an agnostic is what?" inquir'
ed an elderly gentleman.
"An agnostic,n replied the smart
youth, in a manner full of pity for the
old mans ignorance, IAN agnosttc is a
fellow, don't you know, who isn't sure
Of anything" 80
II see," was the reply; "but how
does it happen that you are so sure you
are all agnostic?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16

1t was DR.. Chalmers, we believe,
who wrote Mt some length Of the tex,
pulsive power of new affection"
His doctrine received modern illus
tration in the streets Of New York the
other day, according to the Times,
though it was of sort hardly digni-
fled enough, perhaps, for pulpit use.
A big truck was loaded with empty
aud covcrless packing-boXes, aud ION
behind" out of the drivers sight, was
a messenger boy. The fellow was not
only enjoying free ride, but was at
the same time amusing himself by
preventing another messenger, ropre.
senting rival company, from sharing
the same privilege.
The boy on foot was tormenting his
more favored rival by various con-
temptuous remarks, and finally the
latter grew so angry that he jumped to
the ground with some half-understood
threat to "smash the others eyes.n
Just then the truck ran against all
obstruction, and off tumbled one of the
big cases. 1t fell open side down, and
in an instant both boys were lost tc
sight.
The driver heard 4 loud scream, and
turned SO suddenly that he himself
went backward into another of the
cases. a policeman FASTENED to his
rescue, and pulled him out.
Then the two men turned their nj
tcntion to the box on the ground, from
beneath which all the time proceeded
piercing cries.
AS quickly as possible it was lifted
and behold, there were the two boys,
WHO, half Il minute before, were hot
for Il fight, nOw with their arms about
each others necls, looking like a pail
of long. separated brothers.
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tSouth,restern Methodist,

The st. Louis Conference is taking
higher ground as regards the qualifica-
tions required in the young men who
enter the ministry. This is an impor-
tant step. The demand is upon us for
a better educated ministry. While
conservation Is of the first importance,
still, as the Bishop forcibly remarked.
there must be something to consecrate.
Consecrated ignorance is not an offer
ing acceptable to the Lord where the
paths of knowledge are open on every
side and the Church is calling for high
er education in her ministers.
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Perpetual prayerfulness and perpetu-
I'll ioyfulness in God are naturally NJ
LIED together. Their connection Is in
innate und direct: and neither will en-
ist in the soul without the other. Both
suppose God to be present TO the eye OF
thought as the object Of supreihe aflec-
zion, and so present that both natural
iy exist
Gentlemen shculd wear Emerson shoes and
no other. They arc the most durable and
hest titling. For sale by p. Rosenberg & Co
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There may be times when prudence
dedicates silence, and, again, circum-
stances where prudence of a high or
der may justify us in speaking to our
own vindication. But the part of pru'
dence is ever to be remembered that
the Preacher says, "In the multitude
of words there wanteth not SIM"
True, a multitude of words is not nee
essarily, or of itself, a sin. Loquacity
is more matter of temperament and
constitution than of morals or religion.
But, then, mankind being what it IS,
a taikaiive tongue becomes to many a
temptation and u snare. A foolish per-
son often speaks without rejecting a
wise man more often reflects without
speaking.-We QuUier.
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He that is habituated to receptions
and artificialities in tritles will try in
vain to be true in matters of impor-
tance for. truth is thing of habit
rather than of will. You cannot in
any giyan case by any sudden and sin
gle effort will 70 be true, if the habit
of your life has beer insincerc.
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DAINTY BIsCIUTS.-Beat Y,

DAINTY BIsCIUTs.-Beat very
lightly one egg, pour it over a pint OF
flour, add q glass of milk and chop in
one tablespoonful of lard and butter
mixed. Work thoroughly together,
break up pieces the size of marbles
which must be rolled US thin az your
nail. Sprinkle with dry flour as you
roll them out to make them crisp
stick with fork and bake quickly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16

The nearer the freezing point the
cellar can be maintained without actu-
ally endangering the stored fruit, the
better for apples. Heat and light Go
more. damage than cold. Alternate
freezing and thawing will soon destroy
fruit or vegetables.
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CHEESE SCALLOpS.-Soak one Gu p
of dry bread crumbs In fresh milk !;
beat into it three eggs, and add one
Tablespoonful of butter and half
pound of grated cheese; strew upon
the top sifted bread crumbs, and bake
In the oven delicate brown.
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Apologizing-a very desperate habit
lone that is rarely cured. Apology is
only egotism wrong side out. Nine
times out of ten, the first thing Il mans
companion knows of his short coming
is from his apology.
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What Others Say.
81. Louis Christian Adrocntc.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALs.-We have
often spoken of this subject, but more
is needed. The men, women, boys or
girls who are cruel to domestic ami
mails would be cruel to their fellows If
they burst. They are Of a coarse ma
ture-tyrans at heart, and In their
present condition incapable of high
refinement. They are ruled by their
own animality and not by their higher
nature. An English paper lately con-
tanned the following, to which We
heartily subscribe
A respected English nobleman said
the other day, "Whenever I see the
horses suffering from too tight check
reign know the owner is unobserUdnt,
cruel or ignorant. He Ia unObserUdnt
or he would know that his horses are
suffering; he IS ignorant or he would
know that they lose much Of their
power in pulling and cannot recover
themselves if they stumble, and he Is
cruel, if, observing and knowing, he
does not remedy this. While stand
ing, checked animals suffer with ner-
vousness and resllessness, which finds
vent in involuntary movements. that
call punishment. from. the driver.
Many tired horse, not thus fettered,
droops his head willie waiting, and 80
obtains rest before he again starts on u
toilsome journey" . 49,. ..--.-.,-
Rome is still Rome, as the following
statement will show: An English
young lady, under age, went to Italy
under parental arrangem tnts to study
Ito1 nd Io hxy
her relations to a nun, TO enter u COLI
vent: not going back 10 England, rs
Expected, an English solicitor went to
Rome, and appealed to her by. her
mothers mental anguish to return
home; his interview with her,
through a grated window, was watch
ed by concealed onlookep, using ST.
cret signs; the solicitor found that his
footsteps through the city were being
logged standingin the Coliseum dur.
ling the moonlight, and turning sud-
denly, he saw a man with hand up
raised to strike him, and who, being
discovered, retreated into the darkness.
After fruitless negotiations the mother
went to Rome accompanied by nuns
the daughter saw her; acting under
advice. she still refused 20 leave the
convent for time priests and monks
baffied the English and italian law
yers even an appeal to the Pope In
person was in vain, and not until the
case came before proper tribunal was
its illegality proclaimed, and the girl
restored to her parents. 1t may be ad-
d.d, she is entitled to the uncoirolled
use of 100000 on coming age. This is
the record of the nineteenth century.
1t is the story of Rome of to-day.
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FRENCH "GLoRY."-I never felt
more miserable, or more indignant, o.
more disgusted, in my life, than when
I went to Versailles this year, to see
the great palace of the kings Of France,
dedicated, as they said, ito the glories
of France" I found that there were
twenty miles of pictures. l did not
walk all the twenty miles, but walk
ed good many of them, and [ was
wading through blood all the time.
Blood blood blood everywhere.
I was Mortified when I saw the youths
and maidens Of France walking
through these crowded buildings, ev-
cry picture suggesting to them the &C.
cursed idea that the true glory of
France was to be found in killing peo-
pie. Not single picture representing
peace did see.-A Price HMgheS.
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We ought not to fear to speak our
love at home. We should get all the
tenderness possible into the daily
household life. We should make the
morning good byes, as we part at the
break fast table, kindly enough for H.
nal farcwell5. Many go out lii the
morning who never come home at
hight; thrccore we should part, even
for a few hours, with kindly word,
with lingering pressure of the hand,
lest we may never look again III each
others eyes. Tenderness in the home
is not a childish weakness, is not a
thing to be ashamed of it Is one OF
loves sacred duties. Atlectionate en-
preston is one of the secrets Of Il hap
nv home-life.
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Many coffin is covered with roses
by hands that never before gave its oc'
cupant anything but thorns.
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An odd 'racice prevails in regard to
mourning .or deceased relatives in Co.
rea. Any one who has suffered such Il
loss goes about for a year wearing a
kind of pointed basket on his head
which completely hides his face, ana
no one is permitted to address or speak
to him. 1t was by adopting the
mourner's bonnet as disguise that
the early Jesuit missionaries succeeded
i'm entering the country and making
their way about unquestioned by any
body.