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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

OPINIONS AND CONVICTIONS. IAN
exchange makes the following nice
distinction between opinions and com
victions. Something which Is worthy
of attention in this day while opinions
are so common and convictions so
rare. e
"Some one says the great difference
between our generation and the Pil-
grim Fathers is, "They had convic-
tons, but we have only opinions.n
We are not sure but this describes the
difference exactly. There Is quite g
difference between opinions and cOn-
victions. Conviction Is derived from
two Latin words which mean to
thoroughly conquer A man Of cons
victions is one who has been thorough-
ly conquered aud possessed by some
great moral idea. These men Of con-
Victions, usually alone at first, hated,
villified and slandered, then Joined by
others, have wrought all the reforms
of the centuries. We have enough
who are sitting on the fence, plenty
destitute of spinal column. A crowd
of opiniopists are watching the lead
ers of their party, who are their wealth
CT wanes, looking to see which waN
the wind is going to blow. To which
party each Of us belong? But oh, how
much the world of to-day needs men
of convictions! In this age of the de-
cav of conscience, when the tendency
to compromise with evil is every.
where, when the sharp lines between
truth and error are being effected,
when the world has invaded the
church, When ministers are heard to
confess that they do not like to preach
the unpalable truths of the Bible, how
much depends OH the resolute few
who are determined to be true! But
thank God, He has always had q
remnantn'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29
VOLUME XXXV. NO. 40,
Speak Not Harshly.

Speak not harsh ly-much Of care
Every human heart must bear;
Enough OF shadows darkly lie
Yelled within the sunniest eye.
BY the childhood's gushing tears,
BY thy grlefs Of after years,
BY the anguish thou dost know,
Add not 10 another's woe.
Speak not harshly. much Of sin
Dwelleth every heart within;
In Its closely covered cells
Many q wayward passion dwells.
BY the gifts TO errors lent,
BY the wrong thou didst not shun,
BY the good thou hast not done,
With q Ienient spirit scan,
The weakness Of thy fellow.msn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

ONE AT A TIME.-A small boy of
four was riding on a rocking horse
with a companion. He was seated
rather uncomfortably on the horses
neck. After a reflective pause. he
said !: II think if one of us gets off I
could ride much better"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29
One More Unfortunate.

On Thursday night. February 5th, a
young woman not more than thirty
years of age tottered into a wretched
restaurant in the basement of No "a
Park Street, New York. She was
dreadfully elnaciated, but her delicate
and refined features indicated that she
had been reared amid culture and well
born. Once she had been very beauti-
full, and even now, though great the
emaciation, there were none of the
signs of dissipation so frequently met
with girls who have enjoyed the price
less blessings of a home of refinement,
but who have later been cut adrift
through betrayal or any other of the
many agencies which are ever at work
to drag down the unwary. This
young woman was poorly clad, but her
clothes were clean. She dragged her.
self into the cheap restaurant, and to
the keeper said, "John, am cold and
hungry. I want q cup of coffee, but i
have not cent" "All right. you
shall have it, returned the proprietor.
She sank into seat, and as the coffee
was brought, drew from her pocket a
dried crust of bread, and tried to bite
it; she had not strength. u Will
warm it for you," said the restaurant
keeper. When it was returned, che
dipped it in the coffee and took bite,
then replaced the balance in her pock.
ct, after which she stretched forth her
hand for the coffee, but it fell, as, with
little scream, the young woman
died, Those at the other tables gath
cred around her for q moment. Her
large blue eyes were open, but glazed.
Some one threw an apron over her
head, which a young woman passing
raised as she passed out, and sxclaim-
ed, "Oh, that is Annie Muller" A
black wagon was driven up to the res
taurant; the poor woman was taken
to the morgue. In her pockets were
some Salvation Army leaflets, a card
from the Salvation Army on which
was written,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

Trains 9, 10, IL, IA, Is, lGl7lS40 except
sunday Main Line trains l3 and II daily between CO.
lunbia and Hot Springs. Dnily except Sunday be-
tween Aston and Grrpnve.
d. CAEDWELL, Div. tass Agt., Colu pbia, 8. G
JAS. L. TAYLOR, Gen. Pasa. Agent, Washington
ID &.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

Fruitless is sorrow for having done
amiss if it issue not i'm resolution to
do so no more.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

On the street, on the street,
To and fro with weary feet,
Aching heart and aching head;
Homeless, lacking daily bread;
Lost to friends. and JOY, and name;
Sold TO sorrow. SIN, and shame;
Wet with rain and chilled by storm
Ruined, wretched, lone, forloin;
Weak and wan, with weary feet,
Still wander on the street.
On the street, on the street.
Still / walk with weary feet;
Lonely mid the city's dip,
Limp In grief aud woe and sin,
Far from peace and far from home,
No one caring where roam;
No kind hand stretched forth TO save,
No bright hope beyond the grave;
Feeble, faint, with weary feet,
Still wander on the street.
On the street, on the street,
Whittier tend my wandering feet?
Love, and hope, and Joy are dead
Not a place to lay my head;
Every door against me sealed.
Hospital and Potter's Field.
These stand open. Wider yet
SS,sr TSiass P,ena my SsaSeans saTans set
On the street, on the street.
On the street, on the street,
Late walk with weary feet.
Oh, that this sad life might end!
Oh, that might find One Friend
One who would not from me turn,
Nor my prayer Of sorrow spurn.
Oh, that / that Friend could see!
He would plying look on me.
Such as have kissed His feet,
On the street, OH the street.
On the street, on the street.
Might here Saviour meet!
From the blessed far-off years
Comes the story OF her tears,
Whose sad heart, with sorrow broke.
Heard the words of love He spoke;
Heard Him bid her anguish cease:
Heard Him whisper, go in peace J!
oh, that might kiss His feet!
a Of root IN tho afrppt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

Where are you going, my pretty maid
Going to Sunday-schoQ}, she said.
Have you been Of late. my pretty maid :?
Not for about year, she said. 81
Then why do you 90, my pr city maid
Christmas is coming, sir. she said. ~,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29
Lost: All have sinned.
Look: Unto me.
Live: Jesus saves.

On piece of paper were the follow
ing lines well calculated to bring tears
to the eyes even of the most selfish
and stony nature
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

There was an old man In tree
Who was horribly bored by O bee.
When ask ed "Does 1t buzz?
He replied, ayes 1t does,
It's d regular brute Of q bee."
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01
HOMES

That is an alarming story the count
of farm and home transcripts tell to the
people of the world about the mortgage
plastered farms of these United States.
Nearly one-fourth Of the families in the
country occupy encountered premises.
There is something wrong in the govern
ment or the people to bring about such
an abnormal condition of things. Pure
ly agricultural states seem to be most
impoverished. The average debt of Iowa
farms is Sl.283 and the average for farms
and homes is S1,li0. The report says if
these averages hold good for the whole
country the membranes on the farms
and homes in the United States will
reach over S2,5OO,OOO,OOO, a sum of
money the magnitude of which cannot
be fully comprehended. The figures are
bewildering.
1t is now in order for the professors of
political economy to explain the auses
which have plastercd the farms of the
country with eating and ever consuming
mortgages. They could tell some truths
which would open the eyes of the whole
people concerning the vicious work
ings Of a most vicious tariff. They
could point out how protection has
strengthened the arms Of the manufac-
turcrs while it weakened those of the
producers. They could evidence its OPP
erations in favor of the rich as against
the laboring poor in the powerful pools
and trusts upon the one hand and the
100000 idle men and tramps upon the
other. In "a word, they can show that
the legitimate fruit of a high protective
policy is witnessed in the S2,5G5,0OO,OOO
OF farm and home Indebtedness of the
country.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

In view of the fact that Great Falls is
honored by the presence of half a hun
dred clerical gentlemen and as many
more visiting laymcn who hold a liar in
adherence the tribune suggests that
the Leader management put a diamond
hitch on the jaws and pen of the Ana
Mas who controls the editorial columns
of that paper. We know it is asking a
great deal but we ask it to be decent
for two or three days or until the city's
guests depart. But probably thev won't
see the Leader. Come to think of it
they won't. OF the seven copies pub,
lished for circulation the kitchen maids
gather up six to kindle their morning
fires. The devil gets the seventh. Sc
go right along MI. Leader and make q
holy show of yourself as usual!
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01
INCREASE IN POPULATION.

The Seattle acknowledgement, having
scrutinized the latest csnsus returns
from the old and the new country, comes
to the front with the following grist of
interesting facts: according to the re-
cent census the population of England
and Wales shows an increase of but J1.GJ
per cent during the past decade, a lower
rate than any since the first English cen
sus was taken. The United States shows
an increase of % per cent. in the same
period, "a declining per cent. of growth.
Our negro population showed up to 1856
an average rate Of increase for a decade
of 30 per cent, but the increase from
1880 to 1890 is but 11.9 per cent. In
England and Wales there are 100000
more women than males. Germany is
the only growing nation that is civilized.
France, Italy and Spain show no power
of growth, a little more than holding
their own, but Germany has maintained
it's old order and rate of growth in the
past decade despite emigration. Russia
is growing, but Russia is not a highly
civilized nation"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

THE formal presentation and the quite
as formal acceptance of Quay's resigna.
ton were simply formalties. Quay and
BLOCKS of Five Dudley elected Harri,
son president. But by their methods OF
doing it they invited and received the
censure of about every clean-minded man
in the republican party. The leaders
knew they did not stand the ghost of a
show to elect their candidate for the
presidency with Quay and Dudley as Of
iicers of their central committee, and SC
they had to go. They went, but il any
one imagines that Clarkson's tafry will
condone the manner of their taking-oti
he knows not the stuff such men as
Quay and Dudley are made of. Harri
son will miss those able champions of
corrupt methods in politics should he be
renominated by his party.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01
AND WHEAT.

A Boston paper takes the ground that
the scheme of the farmers of the coun-
try to hold back their wheat for an adj
vance in price is illegal: that any and
every farmer who enters into such an
agreement lin restraint of the ordinary
operations of interstate trade commits
IN offense which is now punishable by a
fine of $1,000 and Imprisonment for a
year." In addition to this he can be
sued for triple damages by any
who has suffered in any way by the
operations of the corner. This may be
true. 1t may be right to punish those
who enter into a combine to enhance the
price of any necessary of life, but the
TRIBUNE cannot now call to mind an in
stance where any of the numerous pow
erful pools or trusts, or combines in the
country has been punished for cornering
the nccessaries of life, or been intcrfered
with in their pcculiur methods whereby
certain plants shut down in order to
stimulate prices for certain lines of man
ufactures. These great corporations
have been bulling and bearing the mar
kcts for years without let or hindrance.
They have enriched themselves at the
expense of the consumers by just such
tactics as the Boston paper condemns
in the farmers. But it is not yet known
that the farmers have entered into the
agreement named. When they do the
Boston paper will find they have put up
the bars behind them quite as securely
as the pools and trusts Of the country
have put up theirs.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

The question at to the right OF cor
porations under the law to import skilled
labor into the United States under con-
tract to do specified worF 10 both affirmed
and denied by officers in the treasury de
partment. Secretary Foster takes the
negative Of the proposition, and as his
ruling will hold good until otherwise de-
cided by the supreme tribunal of the
country none will be admitted for the
present al least. The TRIBUNE hopes
that for the benefit Of all concerned that
this much-mooted question will soon be
definitely settled.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

1t is not often an editor cnjoystt.
ilege of writing his editorials behr
bars of a Jail, and when the opput
is thrust upon him it is not ever
who is philosopher enough to GA
Editor Mcknight, who was recen,
fortunate as to enjoy the exper
proved himself equal to the situati
the following will show:
Although quite able to be
Judge Mediation has placed b.
around me which preclude the pos.
of my roaming about to any great
The cells here have iron doors an
dows, and there is a high stone an
wall which forms the quadran
which the Jail is situated. As this
first experience in such a place |
know how to break through thes
iers, so | must cen content my.
best | may, and will try to tell myf
who, like myself, are accustomed
free air of heaven, how it feels to
prison, and how the prisoners b
There is something horrible in
forcibly deprived of ones liberty, al
heart sinks when the jailer's keys
grating in the locks that shut {!
from the outer world. But it is No
a great help to feel the conscio
that you have committed no erin
that at worst your confinement m
of a short duration.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

The Boston Advertiser has this to say
about Wanamaker's Philadelphia chum:
Ills recent wild spcculations, for which
no known cause exists" are, it seems,
set down by the doctors as proofs that
Bardslcy, the convicted Philadelphia de-
f%aulter. is suffering from paresis. Are
we to understand that paresis is what
is the matter with the innumcrable null
titudc in every large city who are en-
gagged in wild speculations, or that any
other cause needs to be assigned for
Bardsley's wild sp%eculations than for
those of 10000 other men, of whom some
risk their own money and some do not!
OF course there will not be the slightest
difficulty in getting plenty Of medical
certificates to the effect that Bardsley is
insane. There never is any difficulty in
getting such certificates, provided the
criminals stealings are large enough or
his crime Of whatever nature sufficiently
a~trocious; and provided, also, that he
has the necessary influence personal OF
otherwise"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01
THE EARLY MINER.

There has been so much nonsense
written about the days of 40 in Califor-
ala, and of the typical minerof that early
time that it is refreshing to read OF the
period and the man, printed upon truth
full lines. 1t is time hat the truth of
history be indicated. The writer, who
is a forty-niner, has frequently taken oc-
casion to picture the early day miner as
he really was. The following from the
pen of a contributor to the Century
magazine may be accepted, as far as it
goes, as within the bounds of truth. He
makes a mistake in saying that the
Argonauts were from the east, unless he
uses the word without reference to
particular localities. A large ma
jority of the %forty-niners were from
the farms and workshops of what was
then known as the western states, Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin,
and Michigan furnishing the p%reponder-
cnce in number. There is no use dis
guising the TACT that there were cases of
bloodshed, robbery, and violence during
the years named in California, but they
were rare and were confined to booming
mining camps. However, as stated, it is
refreshing to read something approach
ing the truth concerning the Argonauts.
Here is what is said:
1.-The early miner has never been truly
painted. / protest against the hippant
style and eccentric rhetoric of those
writer's who have made him a terror, or
who, Selling upon a spasnodic case of
extreme oddity, some drunken, brawling
wretch, have given a caricaturc to the
world as the typical miner. The So
called literature that treats of the golden
era is too eXtravagant in this direction.
In all my personal experience in mining
camps from lS40 to 1854 there was not d
case Of b%loodshed, robbery, theft or act
ual violence. | doubt if a more orderly
society was every known. How could it
be otherwise: The pioneers were young,
ardent, interrupted, most of them well
educated and from the best families in
the east. The early miner was ambitious,
energetic and enterprising. No under
taking was too great to daunt him. The
pluck and resources exhibited by him in
attempting mighty projects with moth
ing but his courage and his brawny arms
to carry them out was phenomenal. His
generosity vas profuse and his sympathy
active, knowing no distinction of race.
His sentiment that justice is sacred was
never dulled. His services were at COM
mand to settle differences peaccably, or
with pistol in hand to right a grievious
wrong to a stranger. His capacity for
seif-government has never been sur
passed. OF a glorious epoch, he was of a
glorious race"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

As INDICATING the growth of the
Methodist church in Montana it may be
stated that fifteen years ago most any
well provided family could furnish com
Portable quarters for members of its an
nual conferences. They were few in
numbers but strong in the faith, and to-
day those who rode their ample circuits
on bucking cayuscs or took the safer but
slower "walker's line" to meet their
widely separated appointments, Il en-
Joy a taste OF some Of the fruits Of their
old-time labors in the building OF
churches and the growth of a moral
sentiment throughout the state. And
the same may be said of the clergy Of
other religious denominations in Mon
tana,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

The Missoula Gazette has been cut
down nearly one half in size. That fact
itself gives Missoula the worst 'black
eye" it has ever received. The Gazette
is a bright, sparkling, newsy paper, and
its teeming columns was always an ex-
cellent advertisement of the city's growth
and prosperity. 1t is the only paper
published in the city, but it appears the
business men of the place are either too
poor or too niggardly to extend a gener-
Gus patronage to it. If, as rightfully
contended, the thrift and prosperity and
~desirab!encss of ID city for the profitable
investment of capital be indicated by it's
newspaper o. papers, Missoula will suffer
in the eyes Of the public. Missoula bus
mess men are making IA great mistake.
They should see to it that the Gazette
be increased rather than be reduced in
size.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

MAJOR MCKINLEY wants the farmer
alliance vote Of his state and thus MAX
a bid for it: 81 am in favor of the u
of all the silver product of the init,
States for money as a circulating mcdlu.
l would honor gold and silver allE,
And this is penned by a man who but
few short months ago worked and vor'
against free silver coinage and would
so again if he had the opportunity, 7
leopard changes it's spots-McKl
ley is the leopard.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

THE Davis will case is on again bet7
department one of the district court
Silver Bow county. In view of rec
events, in which one j. A.. Mcknight
somewhat Interested, the TRIBrSE
prepared to disclaim any knowledge
the case. In fact, if necessary, it l
go SO far as to avow disbelief in the ?
present or future existence of a man
the name of A. j. Davis. 1t woull
inconvenient for the TRIBUNE editC
staff to visit Butte lust at present.
are coming off at Great Fall
the near future.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

The law and order league which has
lust been organized in st. Paul, having
been born from the success which at
tended the effort to stop the Fitzsim-
mons Hall fight at that place, will, it is
surmised, now turn it's attention to the
closing Of st. Paul saloons on Sunday.
II it should succeed in this undertaking
the TRIBUNE suggests that it tackle the
st. Paul census A~naniases Of last year
with the view of reforming them. Aside
from these the sanity city offers a wide
field for refOrmatory work.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

HERE is the unkindest cut of all. !
is from the Minneapolis Times. NJ,
Knight, the martyr, however, can tin
some consolation in the fact that tn
name of the Journals business manage
is spelled wrong:
The managing editor of the Helen
Journal, who has gotten into Jail throug
contempt for Judge McHat,on's court,
named Boose. He ought to apologii
and petition the court to change h
name,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

The republicans make nothing by ex'
changing Quay for Clarkson. The latter
is quite as dirty in his political methods
as the former, without possessing his
boldness and knowledge Of political tao
tics. Quay can carry a state where
Clarkson would lose a county.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

plated glass and wooden and other fac
tories will increase the %payrolls. The
city's guests may, during moments not
occupied by their duties, find time to
note these facts and impress them upon
their memories. And when they have
done all this they will have learned only
the alphabet of Great Falls immeasur-
able resources.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-01

AND now m a dispatch announcins
that President Cleveland will not speak
in Ohio during the gub~ernatorial cam
paign. 1t is now in order for those re-
publican journals which have said 50
many hard things about Mr.. Cleveland
in connection with the report that he
would speak in the Buckeye state to re.
wise their statements or acknowledge
their error. But they will do neither.