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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

Bishop Whipple tells the following
story: On q visit to the Dakota Mis-
sion a scalp dance was held near the
mission house. 1 was indignant. |
went to Wabasha, the head chief, and
said, "Wabasha, you asked me for a
missionary and teacher. I gave them
to you. l visit you and the first sight
is this brutal scalp-dance. know the
Chippeway whom your young men
have murdered he had wife and
children his wife is crying for her
husband; his children are asking for
their father. Wabasha. the Great
Spirit hears his children cry. Some
day he will ask Wabasha, Where is
your red brother The old chief
smiled, drew his pipe from his mouth,
blew cloud of smoke upward, and
said "White man 60 to war with his
own brother in the same country; kill
more men than Wabasha can count in
all his life. Great Spirit says, GOOD
white man he has my book love
him very much; l have q good place
for him by-and-by.' The Indian is a
wild man; he has no Great Spirit
book he kills one man; has n scalp
dance; Great Spirit is mad and says,
Bad Indian; | will put him in bad
place by-and-by.' Wabasha don't be-
lieve it,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
DELIGHTS in Grape Juice.

One man of the present deserves
we'll of his day and generation, and
that is the man who has brought fresh
grape juice in use again. The abso.
lutte luxury of draught of pure grape
juice, just as it leaves the press, and
filtered from sediment, is only to be
Judged by those who have tasted it.
1t is what it purports to be-wholly
grape juice, undiluted, unsweetened,
untermented, delicious as the wine in
the cluster, innocent as mountain wa
ter, health-giving as the fountain Of
youth. It is the most beautiful liquid
in the world-deep, rich in color rs
fluid gems, all fermented wines being
pale beside it, for they are diluted,
while this is the full blood Of the grape
of sweet and divine odor. It's effect is
simply wonderful in restoring strength.
For years, daily, after working up
to II o'clock mornings, there has come
that reaction, the fatigue which wri-
ters and nervous people know, that no
food or medicine ever seemed to relieve,
and which made the rest of the days
work a dragging effort. A glass of
grape juice changes all this, and on
three or four glasses day work with
an ease and sustained strength which
makes me novelty to myself. 1t is
food and drink both, like milk, only
a thousand times better; and though
no vegetarian or dietist, had rather
live on crackers and grape juice wholly
than go without it. 1t banishes bill
ious and dyspeptic SYMPTOMS. humors
and consumtive ailments like magic.
Here stop, not for want of more to
say, for this subject is scarcely begun
but it is best to leave each person to
test it for himself. 1t is easily done.
Any one can squeeze Il pound of fgrapes
in towel and strain the juice fol
drinking at once, after the imperial
court fashion ages ago. A delightful
little hand-press with porcelain socket
sold for 81, does the work much better.
Once people get taste of this blissful
fluid, there will be no danger Of raising
too many grapes in this country or
any other, especially as it is perfectly
easy to put up this pure grape juice SC
that it will keep unfermented, un'
changed, fresh as when it left the clus.
ter, for twenty years. Don't say il
can't be done; it has been done for
centuries. You can taste it in the
New York shops fresh from the press
before your eyes, and bottled for years
and can't choose between the two.
The grape grower whose intelligence
provided this treat for the public has
done very good thing for his own
profit, but better one for the country
both for growers and consumers, and
the next five years will prove the
strength of these words.-American
! Garden.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

Is IT PURE FooLIsHNEss "A great
many bright and even witty things
are said annually by husbands
throughout the United Seates in re-
gard to the nearly universal practice of
wives and mothers of changing the ar
rangements of the furniture and the
established order of things in the
household. The genial "tender" of
the fire in "Back-log Studies" remarks
upon the fact that the only reason the
mistress could give for hanging pic
ture in what seemed the most inappro-
pirate place was that it had never been
Sbere before. There is, however, a
philosophy in this effort of the house
wife to give freshness and variety to
her surroundings which is at length
becoming recognized. a distinguish
ed physician has lately said that sit is
wholesome to break the uniformity of
decoration from time to time, for a
pleasant diversion Of mind, however
simple it may be, is wholesome not
less to the body than to the mind" A
woman passes so much Of her time in
the house she needs the harmless stinl-
illus derived from these slight changes.
There is a relief to her mind from the
monotony of her daily round. Victor
Hugo somewhere says that "mind up
lifts body, and is the only bird which
sustains its cage.n This being true,
everything which gives pleasure to a
woman in her work helps her.-The
Mothers Treasury.
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BRUTE HUMANITY.-Once in the
city of Vienna, there was dread OF
hydrophobia, and orders were given to
massacre all the dogs which were
found unclaimed or uncollared in the
city or suburbs. Men were employed
for this purpose, and they generally
carried short stick, which they flung
at the poor prescribed animal with
such certain aim us either to kill, or
MAIN it mortally, at one blow.
1t happened one day that, close to
the edge of the river, near the Ferdi-
nand's -Brucke, one of these men flung
his stick at wretched dog, but with
such bad aim that it fell into the river.
The poor animal, following his instinct
or his teaching, Immediately plunged
in, redeemed the stick, and laid it at
the feet of its owner, who, snatching
it up, dashed out the creatures brains.
Which was the brute?
We may surmise what the Athe-
mans would have done to such man
from the fact that they banished the
Judge of the Areopagus, because he
flung away the bird which sought
shelter in his bosom.
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Boys, Read This.

A gentleman advertised for boy to
assist him in his Office, and nearly fif-
ty applicants presented themselves be-
fore him.
Out of the whole number he select
ed one and dismissed the rest. II
should like to know" said friend,
ION what ground you selected that
boy without a single recommends.
ton" "You are mistaken" said the
gentleman, "he has great man. He
wiped his feet when he came in and
closed the door after him, showing
that he was careful gave up his seat
to that lame old man, showing that he
was kind and thoughtful; he took off
his cap when he came in, answered
my questions promptly and respectful
ly, showing that he was polite and
gentlemanly; he picked up book,
which I had purposely laid upon the
floor, and replaced it on the table,
while all the rest stepped over it or
showed it aside; and he waited quietly
for his turn, instead of pushing or
crowding, showing that he was honest
and orderly. When talked with
him I noticed that his clothes were
carefully brushed, his hair in nice or
der and his teeth as white as milk
and when he wrote his name, I motto.
ed that his finger nails were clean, in
stead of being tipped with jet like that
handsome little fellow in the blue
Jacket. Don't you call these things
letters of recommendation I do, and
/ would give more for what I can tell
about boy by using my eyes ten min
utes than for all the letters of recon-
that he can give me.-Man-
ufacturer and Builder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
Remedy For Cramps.

There is nothing easier than to make
the spasm let 60 it's hold, and it can be
accomplished without sending for q
doctor who may be tired and in need
of a good nights rest. When have a
patient who is subject to cramp, al
ways advise him to provide himself
with good strong cord. A long gar
ter will do if nothing else is handy.
When the cramp comes on, take the
cord, wind it around the leg over the
place that is cramped, and take an end
in each hand give it snap pull,J one
that will hurt little. Instantly the
cramp will cease, and the sufferer
can 60 to bed assured it will not come
on again that night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
Private Violence and National NiO
Ience.

The case of war is precisly analogous
to that of private violence. So long as
i'm any community fists, or clubs, or
pistols are regarded as proper instru-
ments for avenging insults or settling
disputes between man and man, they
will be used, and used frequently,
The moment that an enlightened
public sentiment has set the brand of
its reprobation upon such barbarous
instrume ntalities they will be aban-
doned, anu men will find that they
can adjust their differences more easily
and satisfactorily than before, by can
did argument or arbitration, or the reg
ular course of law. This is no fancy;
it is the well-known experience of
mankind in the matter of private vi
olence. Even duelling has been we'll
nigh eNtirpated in all civilized coun-
tries, and the day is not far distant
when it will beno more known for
ever. And why cannot what has
been done in the narrow field be done
i'm the wider? The world is finding
out more and more every day that in
ethics, political economy, and every
thing that concerns social life, there is
not one law for individuals and anoth-
er for States.-2He Church Of Christen-
dom responsible for tie Continuance
of War, by Thomas Chase, l.. l.. u.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

A singular ana Oeautllul tlaui',oii
fingers about the ruins OF an old log
church in the village of Goodluck,
Ocean county, \. ).
In l710 Il brig named Hanu-ln-Haiiu
struck on the bar hear this point. A
mong the passengers rescued was al
English Clergyman named Murray,
who having lost his wife and children,
had became prey to dispair. Almost
insane, he had resolved n2vor opreach
ouain. but to come TO the wilderness OF
the New World, where he could Tor
oct the'past and the God who, he be-
iieved had forgotten him.
as he crossed the sand beaches, he
saw a log. house, and near 1t an old
man standing i'm the door of cabin.
A basket of fish was beside him.
Twill you sell ne fish :" asked the
shipwrccked man.
"No. The fish are yours. l caughI
them for your dinner. l expected
you" -
"You do not know who 1 am" re-
piled Mr. Murrey.
"Iou are the man who is TO Tell us
of God,n said the old man. -,
81 will never preach OF him again"
was lne answer. A.,
The fisherman, Thomas Potter, told
his story. He had been sailor, but
had settled with his wife twenty
wears before on this coast. lie could
not read, but his wife spelled out some
verses in the Bible. ,-
II determined" he said, "to know
something about God. Whenever a
preacher came from down the coast.
would gather the folks in the kitch-
en- TO hear him preach. When l got
a day to spare | worked at yon log
house. It is a church. / built it.
First, a Presbyterian came along,
and then a Baptist, and then Methodist.
They all preached in it, and ] said,
"Stav. aud teach us about God But
no they had work elsewhere. Last
night I saw the brig cast away Oh the
sands. heard voice beside ME, and
il said, "There, in that ship, is a man
who will teach you Of God. He has
come through great sorrow to 10 this
work"
II have made ready for you a long
time ago." said the old man, with
tears in his eyes. "You will not go
away"
The legend is that this strange event
brought the rebellion minister on his
knees before God, and that he remain
ed during the rest of his life at Good
luck, preaching in the log church,
faithful and happy in his work..
Thomas Potter bequeathed the
church to him, and the will of John
Murray, minister at Goodluck, still
exists, in which he left it free for the
use of Christian people. e."-The YOUTHS
Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
A Mile A Meal.

A great deal more work is require d
to get up a meal in some kitchens than
it is in others.
IL have estimated" said a hoube-
keeper recently "the distance have to
cover three times day in preparing
the three meals. I walk at least a
mile in getting things together. The
pantry is off in one corner of the house,
the refrigerator is built into the ice
house and it is a journey there and back
again; the cellar must be visited once
or twice; the dining-room is good
way from the kitchen, and, really, by
the time everything is on the table
| am too tired to eat.
In our cities, where land is sold by
the inch and not by the acre, the
kitchen spaces are necessary small and
it is not uncommon to find every fa-
cility for preparing meals within easy
reach Of each other. The store-room,
the china closet, are all 80 near togeth-
er and so near the dining-room that
unnecessary steps are saved; andthere
is such q competition between builders
that no point of convenience is over.
looked.
In the country where land, is sold
by the acre, economy of steps in kitch-
en- architecture is by far too little con-
sidered. But if women would plan
their own houses with special reference
to the individual needs of their families
they might save themselves many a
weary and unnecessary mile of travel
while performing household tasks.
Women are entering the lists as arch
itects, and we may hope to see increas-
ing attention given to convenience
and compactness in the arrangement
of our kitchens.-N. Y. Advocate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

A young man with a good salary
married wife and set up home. In
stead of living within his income and
laying up money, as he had hoped to
do, he found himself in a short time
in debt. A friend of his, to whom he
related his circumstances, advised him
thus: "Whenever you are tempted to
purchase an article because it is to be
had at u bargain. and find yourself
saying, Otis but so and so, put the
money it would cost in q ''Tis but
box and see what it will amount to-"
The advice was taken. and in a short
time the "'Tis but" box contained q
thousand dollars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
In the Type Cases.
q printer-mans say.

printer-man, say,
What are hidden away
In these boxes. 80 many and queer?
To send US your able,
Song. story, and fable:
o, say! do you keep them In here?
These black little sticks,
Shaped like broken toothplcks,
Have queer little face on one end;
Are they fairies or witches?
And o tell me which Is
Which, and which isn't, my friend.
There are wonderful books
Hid away in these hooks,
Long waiting for some one to find;
There are thoughts the most grand,
There are smiles the most bland,
If the sticks be but rightly combined.
When a wizard his wand
Waves over the band
They start into line, and they tell
Things lively and sad,
Good, Indifferent, and bad
Songs, stories, and sermons as'well.
Would mine were the skill
To weave magic at will,
And strike song from each silent key;
To pick from the cases
The little imp faces
That would best spell my poem for me.
Tide
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

TO avoid the horrible odor which too
often fills the house when cabbage or
other green vegetables are boiling,
follow these simple direction: Put your
cabbage in a net and when you have
boiled it five minutes in the first pot of
water, lift it out, drain for few Sec
onds and place carefully in a second
pot which you must have full of fast
boiling water OH the stove. Empty
the first water away and boil your
cabbage till tender in the second.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
How HE LooKED.-An Episcopa

How HE LooKED.-An Episcopal
clergyman of Indiana tells this as a
true story Recently one of the promi-
nent members of his parish died. At
ter the funeral the widow found great
comfort in telling her neighbors about
the many virtues of her late husband:
even mentioning that he took the
greatest delight in playing cards as an
innocent pastime. She must have
been thinking of him as he appeared
in his customary attitude" for she
said: "Jacob looked so we'll when they
opened the coffin at the church. He
had not changed one particle. There
was, o, such Il heavenly expression on
his face. He looked just as though he
held four kings"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

1t seems somewhat strange that it
should require more than ten days to
pass resolution so manifestly proper
as that of Senator Plumb, instructing
the Senate Committee on Rules to put
a stop to the sale of liquor in the Sen
ate wing of the Capitol. There is a
rule prohibiting the sale of liquors ;
but MIR. Plumb knows that it is open
ly violated or he would not have offer
ed his resolution. While no Senator
has opposed the resolution, yet there
has been a manifest desire Oh the part
of certain Senators to bring ridicule
upon it by offering absurd amend
ments for instance, one instructing
the officials of tie Senate to carefully
search each Senator's desk every
morning to see that no liquor is con-
cealed there. I do not mean to class
Mr.. Blair's amendment aimed against
drinking in committee rooms among
the absurd ones. In common with ev-
ery one who has taken the trouble to
investigate the matter, [ regard Mr..
Blair's amendment as necessary to
break up what appears to he growing
evil. The others are below the digni-
ty of the United States Senate, and it
is surprising that members of such a
body should be willing to offer them.
There are rumors that Speaker
Reeds order prohibiting the sale of IL
quors in the House wing of the Capt.
tol is not being strictly enforced. I
have no personal knowledge on the
subject, but I know that since it was
issued passers by in the corridors have
not been shocked by seeing men drink
ing the filthy and destructive stuff in
the House restaurant, as they are dai-
ly by similar sights in the Senate res
taurant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

Bible fasting represents Il self-deny-
ing piety, and our Discipline was
formed after this self-denying order
and by spiritual rules. But we have
Welded to the drift Of the times, and
to the motions Of the flesh, rather
than to the rules of holy living, and
these have left the Bible and DISCIPLE
nary duty of fasting in the lurch.
Nashville Advocate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

Mrs. Grundy-And how do you like
the new clergyman? Mrs. Scrooge-
o 1 think he's just splendid docs
his sermons appeal to you ?n "N-n-o;
but o how he does 60 for the woman
next door, and the woman across the
street 1t does my heart good to hear
those critters get such an elegant roast
inpD
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

The Preacher: "Well, Sam, how
have you been getting along since
YOUR conversion" q" Sam: 20 fust
rate, sab, fust rate. Me and de whole
family has quit lynn. swearin', and
stealin' in great measure"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

"Short and sweet" remarked the
grocer, as he tied up Is ounces of sugar
and marked it lone pound"
When we refuse to believe God, we
have no claim upon His promises.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

"I wouldn't dri up the tears ov tt is
world if l could they are often the
only things that poor human natur
haz to battle her trubbles in"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

He who gives pleasure meets with
il : kindness is the bond of friendship,
and the hook of love he who sows
not, rcaps not.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

The aim of all intellectual training
for the mass of people should be to
cultivate common sense.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-23

worth 50 cents.
AT :37X cents we sell a Good
Drapery Net.
At o. cents we sell an All
Silk Drapefy Net, worth 81.
AT sI.25 a Very Fine Dra-
perry Net, worth fully Si.S7.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-23

In OUR local columns will be found
the census eDumerators appointed to
take the census, commencing on Mon.
day, the second day OF June. The
list looks % If Supervisor Wiley had
exercised particular care In the selec.
ton of his men for character and efll-
cheney. In this city thoy have only
two weeks in which to do their work,
and In the rural hundreds they have
the whcle month OF June. In Ger
tain sense taking the census 10 not
now such difficult task, o. the people
have become more used to II and un-
dcrs,and its purposes better. Still it
is surrounded with difficulties which
The enumerators will have to meet In
a gentlemanly, intelligent and judi
cious manner. We have not the least
doubt that this will be the most cor
rect and complete census ever taken,
and as the enumerators are sworn to
secrecy there should be no hesitation
on the part OF any citizen entering Into
the miputest details Of all matters re-
quired by the law.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-23
The Republican Candidates.

The only candidates 10 morrow Tor
the Republican nomination for sheriff
OF New Castle county are our we'll
known citizens, Peiree Gould and
William Simmons. They are both
true and tried Republicans and worthy
OF the suffrage Of their party. They
are both Wilmington men, born here,
raised heie, and have always lived
here. They arc both representative
men OF the masses, both intelligent,
both honest, and either OF them would
make an honest and efficient official.
They are also both horny handed sons
of toll, Mr.. Gould, well l.known
butcher, and MI. Simmons, Eo less
weH-known stfeel contractor and
paver. Let every Republican turn
out Tomorrow afternoon ard vote ioI
one or the other OF these gentlemen.
In the race ior the nomination loi
Coroner there are i've citizens who art
presenting their claims to their Re.
publican friends, and they, too, are a
Wilmington men, though il cannot BIZ
said that they have ull been 10 tht
manor born, but all are good Ameri
cans and true; all tried Republicans,
who have heretofore chosen TO follow
the fortunes OF the Republican party
through Acknowledgement, through
persecution, through vicissitudei
lather than be on the side OF vic
tory and dwell in Democratic camps
The names Of these gentlemen al
William X. Long, Charles II. Sparks
George w. jackson, Samuel G. Van
degrift and William Benge. Not on
OF them but would honor the Office
coroner if elected, bu, only one Gu
get the nomination. The contest b,
tween them is good natured. and II
mau who gets the nomination will
heartily supported by all the other
Let every Republican voter exercise
free and uncontrolled choice, but
them turn out and swell the Repub
can ranks tomorrow.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-23
HIVE.
3O6 MARKET ST.

We can still show you large
line Of all the new shades OF
Spring Dress goods, with Su-
rahs, Vclvets, Braids and Gimps
to match same.
Dress Ginghams from &c a
yard up to 25c. Sateens at all
prices from SC up. One lot 25c
very fine goods to be closed out
at Isc a yard.
We have 3 styles of SOC Cor
sets the best ever offered a Gus
toner ior the money.
Our stock Of Parasols and
Sun Umbrellas is now complete
at right prices.
We have too many Chill
dren's Lace Caps and have
marked every one down at prices
to go quick from loc up.
One case Plaid Muslins, IIc
a yard, worth l5c.
Ladies, do not forget we are
agents for the Demorest Sew
ing machine, SIo.5o, guaranteed
for five years.