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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19
uT cav Snripstein. T don't hear va

IT say, Sprigstein, I don't hear you
bowling round so much now about an.
archy, socialism, division of property,
and all of them modern inventions.
What's come over you? Didn't it
pay?"
'Vell, you see, Shorty, the shircum-
stanshes vas schanged leetle. My
oncle in Owstralia he died lasht week,
unit I shust get vorb as he leefe me
tree tousand dollar. You don't peleefe
I divite it nit deese fellers Schkarse.
1y ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19
J. w MCRoY.

The Los Angeles River has changed
its course just below that city. A large
number of orange, lemon, walnut and
other orchards are almost ruined.
Growing crops in its course are COM
pletely destroyed. Total damages in
the vicinity of Los Angeles is placeq
at $750,0O0,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

Zone part force and nine part of
love.n So writes to us O good man
who is q soldier. We that if even
one-tenth of the money and effort now
laid out to prepare for war were en-
ployed to obtain information and to
secure justice aud peace, no war would
arise between any but savage nations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19
Sunday School Convention.

BY request the notice is hereby re-
peated that a State Sunday School
Convention will be held in Columbia
March 4-6. Distinguished Sunday
School workers from distance are ex-
pected to be In attendance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

Perhaps a gentleman is rarer than
many of us think for. Which Of us
can point out many such in his circle,
men whose aims are generous, whose
truth is constant in it's kind but ele-
waited in degree, whose want of mean
ness makes them simple, who can look
the world honestly in the face, with
an equal manly sympathy for the
great and the small.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

To live well in the quiet routine of
life, to fill a little space because God
wills it, to 60 on cheerfully with pet
ty round of little duties, little avoca-
tions; 10 smile for the joys of others
when the heart is aching, who does
this, his works will follow him. He
may not be hero, but he is one of
Gods heroes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

When n clergyman remarked that
there would be nave in the new
church an old lady whispered that she
"knew the party to whom he refer
rrd.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

Sa mbo, what's parshality? Parshal
ity is de hangin' up Oh de muskeeter-
bar to keep off de muskeeters an de
lettin' oh de bed-bugs hab what dey
want without molestation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

Who can foretell sudden bruise on
the leg of favorite! Keep Salvation
Oil for the stable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

It has been observed that the man
who has the fewest failings is the most
tolerant Of those of his nelghbors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

According to recent Investigations
by DR.. Chon, an eminent authority on
the subject, diffused daylight is not in-
furious to the eye, the great desidera-
tum therefore in artificial illumination
being to initiate the conditions of nat
ural light-that is, it should nc. he ddz-
zling should be supplied bountifulIy,
should not heat the eyes, and should
burn steadily.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

A cloudburst in China January
drowned oyer one thousand persons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

DR.. Johnson once dined with a
Scotch lady who had hotch-potch for
dinner. After the doctor had tasted
it, she asked him if it was good. "It
is good for hogs, ma'am," said the
doctor. "Then, pray" said the lady,
'let me help you to some"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19
Elias Boudinot.

It is most melancholy considera-
ton that even the civilized, and, ]
may almost say, the Christianized
world still continues to adopt the mil
itary life as an object Of eager desire.
1t is with pain that we see whole COM
munities, disregarding their Christian
character, highly applaud and reward,
with public honors and emoluments,
those who are foremost in butcheriDg
their fellow-heirs of immortality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19
My Scrap-BoO 72.
IMPOLITE THINGS

Loud and boisterous talking.
Reading when others are talking.
Talking when others are reading.
Cutting finger-nails in company.
Joking others in company.
Gazing rudely at strangers.
Leaving q stranger without seat.
Making yourself hero of your own
story. 49,
Reading aloud in company without
being asked.
Leaving church before the worship
is closed.
Whispering or laughing during wor-
ship in the house of God.
A want of respect or reverence for
seniors.
Correcting persons older than your
self, especially parents.
Receiving present without an ex-
preston of gratitude.
Not listening to what any one is
saying in company.
Commencing to eat as soon as you
get to the table.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

YOUTH AND OLD AGE.-A writer
who is a good observer, and has had
considerable experience, thus defines
the difference between the old and
young. There is, he says, wide gulf
between youth and ripe old age, hence
the proverb, "You can't put an old
head on young shoulders" This pro-
verb was written by an old man ;
youth had nothing to do with it.
Youth don't believe the old man
knows anything, and the old man ex-
poets continually that the young man
will be along saying, II dfsdiH,t know
it was loaded.n The wise young man
will seek the counsel of those ripe in
years and experience and avoid the
mistakes in life. But Young Amer
lea will continue to figure in the divorce
courts, and compound his debts at ten
cents on the dollar. He don't want to
be told that it is loaded he prefers
to find out himself. He gets there,
and pays the piper generally.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

1ou say you are waiting for bette
terms. You'll wait million years be
fore God will take you in any lowel
terms than your ceasing to do evil ant
learning to do right.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19
Thomas Garrison.

In the first two centuries, when
Christianity was the purest, there are
no Christian soldiers on record. The
war degeneracy of the church began
very early in the third century, and
went so far in the fourth, that under
and after Constantine the Great, Chris
tians engaged in war, as they general
ly have ever since.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

IT is said that Senator Beck, OF
Kentucky, would resign his seat in
the United States senate if he was
sure that Carlisle would be elected in
his place. Mr.. Carlisle would adorn
any position within the gift of the
American people, but he is of vastly
more service to the country and to
his party in the house than he could
be in the upper body.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The citizens of BRENNAN are get
ting together at last, and as result
better times may be expected speed
lily. There is nothing like unity and
harmony of action in building up a
town and securing prosperity.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

NEARLY every day the editor of the
BANNER is in receipt of circulars from
the superintendent of the United
States census making important in
quiries and asking for various statis-
tics in regard to Brennan and Wash
ington county. There is no question
but that the information sought
should be furnished by somebody. It
would be an immigration card and
an advertisement for the city and
county. The editor, however, mas
his hands full. What we need is a
citizens committee, progressive asso-
citation or board of trade with a
salaried secretary to devote his en-
tire time to answering ali such IN
quiries.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

Poor old Dom Pedro is said to be
a mental wreck. Since he was de-
prived of his throne he has become
possessed of the idea that he is to
die in poverty and abject want.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
Thursday, April IL 1890.

HE Waco Day is without ezcep-
ton the prettiest paper published in
the broad limits of Texas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

Correspondence solicited. Wa
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
RECLA1NrrNG PUBLIC LANDS.


Through the influence of the old
heroes and veterans of Texas, who
now find it so difficult every year to
obtain free transportation over the
railroads to their annual reunions,
or even reduced rates, except after
having gone through a wearisome
lot of red-tape business, the State Of
Texas, as a means of encouraging
railroad building, passed a law
granting the railroads sixteen sec
lions OF public domain for every
completed mile of railroad. Under
a stupid construction put upon the
law in obedience to the claims die
tated by the rapacity and greed of
the corporations, it was made to ap-
ply to sidings as well as the main
tracks, and the ruling under which
millions of acres of land were wasted
and thrown away was never ques-
toned until Acknowledgement Hogg
was indicted into office. Not long
ago he took the very reasonable and
natural ground that the law did not
apply to sidings and made arrange
ments to recover the property. Suit
was instituted in the district court
OF Val Verde county against the Gal
weston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
railroad to recover a portion of the
public domain thus conveyed, and
the case was tried last week at Del
Rio before Judge Winchester Kelso,
one of the most brilliant young jur-
lists in Western Texas. Judge
Kelso sustained the view held by
the attorney-general, that the rail
road companies were not entitled to
sixteen sections of land to the mile
Of sidetrack, and rendered Judgment
for the state cancelling certificates
to sixty sections of land situated in
Val Verde county. If the supreme
court upholds the decision the effect
will be to return millions of IN
patented lands to the public domain
That the decision should be sus-
tanned it appears to us there should
be no doubt on the part of any reas-
oning or reasonable creature. In
order to be sustained, a law must be
reasonable in effect especially
where there is any doubt as to the
intention of the Legislative mind.
The legislature certainly would not,
or, at least, ought not to make any
foolish and unnecessary grant. The
building of sidetrack is an appur-
tenance or incident of building the
main track. It is necessary in or
der to conduct the railroad bust
ness, just as much as the equipment
of the road with rolling-stock. The
building of main track also presup-
poses the building of sidetrack. The
legislature would not have granted
sixteen sections Of land per mile to
the railroads Just to build the track
and not buy roIling-stock to equip
and operate them. No more ought
1t to have included sidetracks in its
liberal grant, and nothing but the
most farcical and absurd construc-
ton can make the law read that way.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

Don CARLOS, the old Spanish pre-
tender, doesn't appear to be quite
SO popular as he used to be, Judging
by report from Madrid, which says
that the arrival of the Carlist leader,
Marquis Cerralbo, at Valencia the
other day was made the occasion OF
an anti-Carlist demonstration. A
mob of two thousand people follow.
ed him from the railway station tc
the hotel and smashed the windows
and tried to set fire to the building
The troops had to be called in tc
dispense the mob, and many were
wounded.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The old advice to the shoemaker
to stick to his last is becoming all
the time more and more applicable
to the preachers. The New York
Star remarks:
1t may soon come to pass that
Chicago clergymen will be able to
entirely dispense with the Bible as a
source of pulpit inspiration. They
are making very rapid progress in
that direction. On recent Sunday
in the breezy city by the lake there
were sermons on Ibsen, Syria, lot
teries, the Worlds Fair, electricity,
the press, success in Chicago, telling
fortunes, and Millet's "Angelus .
There was certainly variety in album
dance, but apparently little of good
old-fashioned Scripture.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

They had quite a lively time in the
Rhode Island legislature the other
day. The republicans resorted to
dilatory tactics to prevent the demo
Gratis from passing a saloon high
license law, some of them running
out of the capitol building so as to
leave the assembly without a quorum
with the sheriff chasing them. Speak
er Miller (democrat) counted the
absent members as being present.
The speaker could have been in bet.
ter business than copying after Au-
tocrat Reed. It affords, however,
another illustration that chickens al,
ways come home to roost.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
Chappen Hill, Texas,

Inform my friends that have disposed of
all fine cotton seed for this season, but will
be better prepared to fill orders for them mex
season, but solicit orders for cedar pilings,
posts, blocks and cord wood.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

In TIE Montana contested sena-
torial election cases the republicans
confessed the weakness of their side
in the arguments by DESERVING the
senate chamber in a body almost
when Senator Gray arose to present
the democratic side of the case.
They are none so blind as those
who will not see.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

PHILADELPHIA TINES: Honor to
Stone, of missouri, brave man who is
not afraid to do what others feel, that
the pension craze is debauching con-
gress and debauching the soldiers,
and if it does not debauch the people
will drive them to revolt against the
whole system. The towards In con-
gress took fright at Stones courage
and made haste to disown him; but
every one of them knew in his heart
that Stone was speaking the truth.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

GEN. DANIEL SIcKLEs, the new
sheriff of New York, isn't dependent
on his fees of Office for a living by
any means. He is a millionaire,
having been successful Spectator
in Mexican mines. 1t may cause a
little wonder that he should have ac-
eepted the appointment. But it is
understood that he has an ambition
to succeed Mayor Grant, ana it is
limited that Gov. Hill has selected
Gen. Sickles as his own successor in
the executive mansion at Albany.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

An exchange has just made the
discovery that 'the Sherman Regis.
ter is making heroic efforts to i'm.
press the people of Sherman with
the Importance of securing paved
streets and manufacturing indus
tries" Like the "onto" editorials
of the Fort Worth Gazette and gas
well editorials of the Paris News,
the Sherman Registers editorials
bave been kept in standing type all
the time.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The Iowa republicans dare not
shake off prohibition. The bill pro-
viding for high license was defeated
the other day. In the Hawkeye
state the republican party is the tail
of the prohibition kite, and cannot
afford to break faith with the pro-
hibs.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

town and Seeming lprosperlty.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The following bit of apocryphal
biblical history is from the brilliant
Sam Jones, in which he gives an
idea of the kind of man he likes.
The Rev. Sam is reported as saying:
"My ideal of man is John the Bap-
list, who jumped on a king and
stomped the very feathers out of
him. When he was put IN jail he
said he would stay there until the
ants carried him out through the
keyhole before he would modify any,
thing that he had said"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-19
Newspaper Etiquette.

It very frequently happens that vis-
itors to a printing Office do things cal
culated to annoy some Of the EN-
ployes. For the benefit Of those we
print q few rules:
When you enter u printing Office do
not handle the type in the case. Ii
you want to handle 1t say so TO the
printer, and he will be glad to leave
his work and empty the type upon the
editors table, where you can sit in his
easy chair and examine IL at your
leisure. Never mind putting back the
|type-the printer can do that after you
have finished.
Don't read the proof sheets, clip
pings or manuscript. If you wish to
know what is going to appear In the
next issue of the paper ask the editor
to read 1t aloud TO you. He has plen-
" of time and will be grateful to you
for the chance to quit his work and
entertain you.
II you want to look over the cash
book have the editor 60 and get 1t FOR
YOU. Your interest will please him.
Never ask for sample copy. Dis
cover where they are kept and help
Yourself to as many as you want.
Above all things do not offend the ed
itor by rendering payment for them
It fatters him 10 think you want to
read and 1t is cruel to end his satisfy
ing day-dream by the mention Of so
worldly a thing as money. Besides
he only publishes it for the glory there
is in it.
Just help yourself to the exchanges.
If they are still in their wrappers take
them out, by all means. They contain
later news than the others.
Before going make some pleasant re-
mark to the editor about how easy 1t
is to run a paper, and express your
surprise that he does not do it better.
You would leave an aching void in
his heart should you forget to do 80.
If YOU are interested in seeing how
things look in type, have the printer
set up your name in the incest type
in the Office and then take IL home
with you for a curiosity. The editor
likes you to have q memento Of him.
Other peoples forgetfulness is the bane
of his existence.
Ask the editor, If you are q perfect
stranger to him, to supply you with q
duplicate key to his post-office box, go
you can get his papers regularly. II
he be a gentleman he will give you
the key without asking; but come ed
itors are not gentlemen.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-19
PIscatorial Instruction.

A new aud novel method Of going
angling OH the first day OF the week
Is 10 carefully prepare your fishing
tackle, &C., on Saturday night. This
is very necessary to a successful days
fishing-and as early as possible next
morning secure two good, reliable
darkies-youDg darkies will do, bind
the tackling on their backs and send
them on ahead TO find a good fishing
place. Darkies always know where
the fish are plenty. But don't let the
darkies carry the-&c.; they might
lose 1t. After they are gone then get
into your carriage or buggy. Be sure
you don't forget to take picnic bas-
ket with you neatly tucked IN under
the seat together with the-&c. and
drive out Of the city or town you
may chance TO live in as though you
meant to go to some country church
or to visit your country relations. l
further remark that il is always IN
good taste to drive out in the country
to see the folks on Sunday just 10 &c,
the fresh air. There is q great deal OF
it done nowadays, land nobody thinks
nOthin,."
"The better the day the better the deed"
IL an adage as old as the hillsi
And yet there are times ell should take heed
And thus prevent many IN III.
But youth 10 forgetlHl OF adage or law,
When the time TO 90 fishing draws near.
''They think not OF danger, they care not
straw.
Why should theyP What is there to Iear3"
''Noihin'."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-19

A cyclone protector is something
that the public just at this time stands
greatly in need of and George Bucket,
a young electrician Of Louisville, Ky,
has undertaken TO provide II, says the
Louisville Times. Since the late dis
aster there the young man has devoted
bis entire time to studying out a solu-
ton of the problem. He has arrived
at conclusion and thus describes his
invention: To an ordinary barometer
is attached an electric battery which
connects with q bell, and when the
storm pressure is indicated the bell
will ring. Thus the person owning it
will be warned several hours In adj
vance that his life and property are In
danger and he will have ample time to
pack together his valuables and climb
down into his cyclone cellar. The
necessary attachment could be pro-
cured at a cost of about 81, and the
inventor thinks that The saving there
from would more than repay the out
Law
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-19

The lowest point In the state of
Kansas Is OH the old Wyandotte levee,
the altitude above the sea level being
$50 feet. At Baxter Springs the alti-
tude is $50 feet. It rises as you 60
north until at Atchison the altitude Ia
500 feet. II climbs upward as yOa 90
west until at Fort Riley il is LOO Feet,
at Osborne 1000 feet. Wallace, Hear
the west line Ut the state, is ISIS, n
the extreme northwest corner OF the
state it is 1000, aud at Dodge, rs near
the southwest corner Of the state as we
can get the figures for, the country IL
1900 feet high.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-19
TREE COINAGE OF SILVER.

In reply to the questions, "What is
meant by the free coinage of silver
Would it be likely to give the benefits
to the farmers which Bland, JEFF
Chandler and others say it would?"
the Globe-D Democrat says:
Under free coinage any holder OF
silver bullion could send It TO the
United States mint and have 1t coined
into silver dollars. The government,
under the present law, buys the silver
which it coins. The argument that
free coinage would benefit the farmer
or anyone except the mine owner Is
not worth much. It IL based on the
false assumption that population lie in
creasing faster than money and that
there Is contraction In the Volume OF
the circulating medium. Silver coin
age now under the Bland act amounts
10 an average Of about So, 600, 1000 .
year, while with free coinage il would
undoubtedly absorb the whole prod
uct of the country and carry large
quantities Of silver here from countries
which do not now ship It to Us. This
would undoubtedly send the annual
coinage uptO from $50, 900, 900 to $780,
100000 OF S00,OO00OO. An increase
In the silver coinage to- this extent
could not fail TO alarm the business in'
terests and conservative portion Of the
community, draw gold from the treas
ury and send Il to q premium, disturb
confidence in the stability Of business
conditions, dersnge trade and produce
widespread financial disaster. In pc.
RODS Of trade depression, as was seeI
| In the pamtcs Of 1881, 1881 and lsJt
the poorer Glasses, among which o..
tthe farmers, are always the chief sui
ferers. The assertion that the curren
cy IL being contracted Mr.. Blant
knows 10 be false, whether JeR Chand
Ter does nr not Twelve years ago th'
money in the country oUtside thI
treasury, II divided equally, would
give $3.50 10 saehiman, woman and
child Of the population. A sImilaI
dIvision to-day would give t2l.5e..