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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
Christian, Inder.

LIVE ISSUES OF THE 7 ,Y.-"Why
don't our preachers and religious edi-s
tors keep abreast of the times, and tell
US about present things, and the live;
issues of the daym Well, how will
these do? Thou shalt not bear false.
witn7s against thy neighbor. We
know of no issue more thoroughly live
than this. Here is another. Thou
shalt not steal. How could anything!
possibly be more live than this ?.
Again: Honor thy father and thy
mother. Surely this is live; but if
not, here is one that. is: Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holX.- #
this is not live issue We despair of.
ever being able to find one. i:.f. I
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08

The Korean alphabet is so strictly
phonetic that any book can be easily
read, and it is difficult and generally
impossible to mispronounce that
which is written. Nearly every wom-t
an can read out of a population of
thirty millions; and an intelligent
person can learn to read the language
in half day. This statement is from
the Missionary Record of the United
Presbyterian Church, and it is claimed
that the prospect of the spread OF
Christianity in Korea is highly en-
couraging.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
Central Methodist.

War is not only cruel, useless, ant
wicked A: but all its fruits are evil con
tinually, and it is always and evess
where a fagranI violation 10th
the precepts and the conn"
Christ.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08

Saintliness of character or of man.
ner is not born in person. 1t Is Il
growth, or IN requirement, Or result
of training. And the more markedly
it stands out in the face and bearing
and methods of 4 man in his maturcr
life, the more it must have cost him IN
its securing.-S. 5. Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
What Others Say.
We find the following entry

We find the following entry
record of the South Georgia
ence: "As the Bishop ANNOUNCED I'll
he would take up the Goth Quesu
resolution was offered respecti...
ing so much stress upon statistlcs,, !,
the examination of character, and re
questing the Bishop to have the rel
ports handed in to the Statistical Sec
retary without being read. After q
spirited discussion, in which the Bish1
op, J. O. A. Clark, A. M. Wynn, ant
others participated, a substitute waa
offered by George G. Thompson. Thfa
resolution was tabled" After all, iti
appears that the brethren deslreY
to have the figures read in open Confer-
ence.-Nashville Advocate.
We think the inference above
wrong. We were not present at the|
Conference, but we have been inform-I
ed that the resolution was "tabled'ii
not because majority wanted the ST
tistics read, but out of Difference to the
manifest wishes of the presiding Bish-
op.
Alexander King, M. g., in his not
worthy brochure, "The Cry of Chris
endom," observes: "The pomp 81
glitter of State pagentry, and event.
awful sanctions of religion, are freq
and ingeniously employed to disgus
the brutality of war, and to confer tb
highest honors that can be bestowet
by Christian sovereigns, Christian par
liaments,' and admiring Christian
peoples upon trained and professa
men-killers, who are ready to r
their own lives in efforts to kill 9th
who have done them no wrong.
When prelates, priests, and pars
have blessed the banners of bloo.-
and invoked the God of battles, {
are not competent to act as mfnisSss1
of peace. If any of them attempt 81
perfunctory criticism of any groR
atrocity, or egregious blunder, in tn
routine of a nations butchering busi
ness the military leaders may reto,
with cynical scorn, physician hes
thyself."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08

To revenge q wrong. is to do 4
wrong.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30
THE WIZARDS LATEST.
Edison viii Exhibit Several Astonishing
Invention at the Worlds Fair.


Thomas A. Edison, the famous
electrician aud inventor, is pre-.
parng TO astonish the world, by
the EXHIBIT he will make at the
Worlds Far IN. 1898. II shall
have two or three things to show,
said he recently, ~ hich ! think
will both surprise and please the
visitors 10 the electrical depart
mept Of the Exposition, which, by
the way, am fully convinced,
will be great success. Two of
these inventions are not yet ready
10 be described, oI even charac-
lterized. The third however, is so
nearly perfected, tnat 4 | do uot
hesitate to say something about
ut.
hope 10 be able by the invon-
tion to throw upon Il canvas a
perfect picture of anybody, and
reproduce has words. Thus, should
PATTI be singing somewhere, this
invention will put her full length
picture upon the canyas so per-
fectly as to enable one to distin.
guish every feature and express
Sion OF her face, see all her ac-
ItloAs and listen to the cntrancing
melody of her peerless voice. The
, invention will do for the eye what
the phonograph has done for the
voice, and reproduce the voice sI
well, IN fact, more clearly. ! have
already perfected the invention SO
far rs to be able TO picture prize
| light--ihe two men, the ring, the
intensely interested faces OF those
surrounding lt--and you can heal
the sound Of the blows, the cheers
of encouragement and the yel,i
of disappointment. And when thu
invention shall have been perfect
I'd, said Mr.. Edison with the trac,
Of enthusiasm IS glow IN hts face
"a man will be able to sit IN hi
library at home. and having elec
trcal connection with the theatre
see reproduced on his wall or
piece Of canvas the actors, an
hear anything they say. / ca
place one SO It will command
street corner, aud after letting
register the passing sights for
time, | can have IL cast them on
canvas so that every feature an
motion OF the passers, even to th
twItching Of the face, can be sect
and if a friend passed during th
time, you may know it. This il
vention will be called the 'Kln'
:, tograph.' The first half of th
;. word signifies motion and u
+ last write, and both togethC
mean the portrayal Of motion
The invention combines phot'
Z grsphy and photography"
n Mr.. Edison occupied nearly a
acre with his EXHIBIT at the Par
h Exposition. As be wishes to sho
Mt Chicago all that he exhibited
= Paris, and numerous other thiny
= besides. he IS desIrous ot bsin
/ accorded greater space IN 1885,
It The electrical exhibit is expecte
to be the wonder Of the Expos
ton.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30

Adyeri-s:ag Is the life Of trade.
IT you have no trade Try It ana
fee. If you baye some trade try il
and see the increase. 1t i one OF
thS most necessary adjuncts to
business. Everybody ieads
suniy paper-ALhcrefore Il
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30
TWILIGHT.
LMrIttcn Id TME aAhErrN. }

There is no jewcllcd hou- with
in the days bright crown, so
priceless and beloved as ls the
pearl Of twilight; that mellow
period Of time when evil thoughts
or inclinations creep away IN
shame from every nature, and all
that's good aud beautiful within,
comes forth, like a spectre of
mans original purity. bidding
him be nobler aud truer to his
better nature. There is a magic
witchery IN this houl, which opens
wide the door OF every heart, ox-
posing every tender nook, or se-
cret Granny IN Its depths; the
will grows drowsy and benunbed,
the present vanishes, the eyellds
close and the heart is lit up only
by tina glow Of memorY's cmbers,
which warm into life the chilled
ashes OF bygone days, and thrill
ones whole being with the old
tiino trust aud faith in every one.
We gaze within, aud every joy
Gus scene of long ago rises be-
fore our eltraaced being, every
Grade happiness once thrown
within the cruclble of time, comes
forth, a golden nugget OF mem.
ory, and wc laugh and reyel be-
fore the fires Of the Past, laugh,
while the heart grows warmer
and brighter, and the damp of
( every care or sorrow IS driven
out, and all that left Is gladuess,
! JOY and sweet content, rest,
dreams, peace
Would that there were more
twilight hours, when from this
heated fray OF life, the soldier
could retire aud recuperate hii
worn aud tlaggiug energies. 'Tl'
then the angry waters of the SOU
ale stilled. and all opposing inter
ests seem anAi)us for flag o
truce. Somehow or other, W.
throw the dregs Of malice fal
away when evening comes, an'
nature like tired child, grow
! fretful for quiet and rest. Their
is a solemn sacrcdness which fall
upon the earth as IL the Dlvin
! Hand was gently laId upon crea
I ton, and peace rested With
4 everything.
, Oh twilight, diamond in th
casket of days ieweIlsd hours
Q how many tender, nobl. impulse
; thou dost inspire. how man
grand and glorious visions tho
: dost create Whispering to 81
= her fairest and most chaste d.
c signs, giving TO music her mos
: thrilling and soul inspiring melc
: DIES, opening TO genius the chry
!. sails of marvellous and unheard {
: larva. Thou art the cradle {
mans MODEST aspirations, th
q cool retreat from off the heats
s highway OF the day, when pure
y sweet thoughts like fragrant flow
i ers, droop Ger and hide til
. meaner thorns OF evlI,--and whe
g at last this glorious world sho
). cease to roll, and from the gentl
d twilight rest called Death, eac
! soul shall stand before ITS loviu
Maker, methlnks its evils will b
Z left within the louely sepulchre
and only all its purest, grandes
attributes retained.
VI. Il. BRiDEwELr.
Osyka, May 22. 81.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30
A LETTER walTTEH BY JESUS
CHRIST.

Mr. EDrroR:-This paper, the
PoInte Coupee La Democrat,
WAS sent me, by |. IL. Cam with
the request thar turn il over 10
you and request you to publish
the letter written by our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ
Your friend,
". j. WRoTEN.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30

The establishment of mail
line for Alaskan ports as far west
as Unalaska opens up new route
for summer tourists, and people
kgho take nm interest IN the seal
~ixises question can 90 and see
as for themselves.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30

A borssman dashed up thro' the dusky
twilight,
And stopper at the low, lattised gate;
The m0cking bird trilled heart happy
song
It, too, had called back is mate.
Aud the souls, tina. seemed severed, on
EarthdOIn. for aye,
Met and merged again into one;
And he whispered kissing tho
teaT-sta'ns away
"Ay darliig. our SORROWS are done;
And, IN the lone grave that nas held ouI
crushed hearts,
Thro' these hercc, yawuing years Of
the Fray.
Meath white rose, aud jasmine and
violet mound,
Wen bnry the Blue with the Gray
OgOLOxA, Miss, May u, 1891
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30

The Best kAlys In the world tor Cats
Sores, letter. ChApped nAHds. Chnbisin'
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enr-s Piles. OF no DAy rsgnitsd II 10 Kusrsn
tsel ia give perfect safisf4rtisu. Or mourJ
refunded. Prre IS oruts per box For salt
by John Hrugh.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30

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Medical Discovery prevents and
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skin and scalp disease, aud even
Consumption { which is really lung
scrofula) in all its earlier stages, il
is certain remedy. It's the only
one that's guaranteed, in every ease,
20 benefit or cure, or the money is
refunded It's q matter Of conf
dence in ones medicine.
IL is the cheopess blood purifier
sold, through druggists, because you
only pay for Ms good you get.
Can you ask moref
The "Discoyery" acts equally
well al Ms year round.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30

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hsss been wrliten by our Lord
aud Saviour Jesus Christ, aud
found eighteen m,Iss from Iconiom
twenty five W. of .fser our blessed
Saylor~f v q m. the foIlsSsssd trans
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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-05-30

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02
A Prudent Man.

There was a man sitting on a bench In
Union square the other day with the index
finger of his right hand tied up in "A rag.
The hand was resting on his knee, with
the finger pointing across Fourth avenue,
when "A policeman came along and seized
the rag and pulled it off. The finger looked
exactly like all the rest-large, wrinkled
and dirty. There was no sore or wound or
other reason why it should have been tied
up.
"Have you been begging on the strength
of that?" asked the officer.
mo, sir"
rs your finger sore?'
"No, sir"
"What's you object in wrapping it up
this way?'
"Well, sir, that's the finger | allus use to
scratch my head with. The nights are
getting cool now, and ! wrapped it up last
night so as not to get cold in it. I've bin
using that finger forty-three years now
and have got too old to change"
The officer looked at him a long time,
and then passed on with the remark that
since the papers had raised such a great
howl about people being dubbed for moth
ing no patrolman had any show to enforce
the respect due to his position.-New York
World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02

The probability mOun almost to GER
tainty that star strewn space is of meas
urable dimensions, for from innuInerable
stars a limitless sun total of radiations
should be derived, by which darkness
would be banished from our skies, and the
''intense %inane," glowing with the mingled
beams of suns individually indistinguisha.
bic, would bewilder our feeble senses with
its monotonous s%plendor. This laying
bare, so TO speak, of the empyrean would
be the simple and certain result of the con
tinuance ad infinitum of any arrangement
of sidereal objects comparable with that
prevailing in our neighborhood.
Unless, that is to say, light suffer some
degree of enfeeblement in space. If this
be the case, then our reasonings are put to
silence, and a veil is drawn impenetrable
to scrutiny. But there is not a particle of
evidence that any such toll is exacted; con
trary indications are strong, and the asser-
ton that its payment is inevitable depends
upon analogies which may be wholly Wis
ionary. We are then, for the present en-
titled 10 disregard the problematical effect
of a more than dubious cause. The sid
ereal system cannot accordingly be re-
garded rs in any true sense infinite. Agnes
NJ. Clerke.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02

In Il PRISON Of ~ITN,1bourg one of
Fouquier Tinville's agents could only
make up seNcH,cl1 c.:'Ic, ORA 4, ~ list
of eighteen 80 Aicu lad bee. Sven A.u... 81
want oAe more he sad. - as...a the
first su,oect who piss"d Oy MS lo.ne, and
on hearing II crIeo, said, "Hes, it is you"
He had him carried off, and the next day
he was Cuillotined. On another occasion a
warder called Il the name of an aged pris-
oner.
a lad who was playing at ball in the gal
lery mistOOk the name for his own, and
asked if he was wanted. yes" was the
answer, come along:' and the next day
the boy was guillotined instead of the man.
AT Bordeaux IA boy of sixteen named Mellet
was guillotined instead of an old man of
eighty named Bellay. On Directing, he was
told that he was eighty years old in wick
edness.
~Dupaumier. administrator of police at
Paris, could not read. Coming one day
into "A cell he found a prisoner reading.
"What are you doing?' he said. you see
| am reading" was the reply. You must
not answer so. What are you readIng?''
The prisoner presented his book, but Du-
paumier would not avow his ignorance.
you are insolent. answer me-" Il an
reading Montaigne..' "Ah, since you are
reading the mountain it is all right; a book
written by the mountain, bravo"-Nicomte
de RrOc
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02

Sixty years ago there were in the long
room of the London custom house twelve
officers styled cocket writers, because they
wrote certificates that goods had been duly
entered and the duties paid. They were
also known rs patent officers, because ap
pointed for life by letters patent from the
crown. Their salaries were nominal sixty
pounds ~ year. bHj t..,y were pc nj ed to
remunerdte themselves " |eNLurtIns fees
from the merchants, fees which in some
cases amounted to a Thousand pounds "A
year.
In 1881 the treasury determined to abol
ish patent offices, and called upon the
twelve o0cl-ot writer's 70 furnish n state
ment tI t.fy.r enO.Ln4eI.is. ne ui-.. ers,
ignorant OF the tltasurv's purpose. inn
agined that he govcrnIncn, a.. euued to
impose an income tax. Ten Of the writer's
therefore returned IA statement W hicn un-
derstated their fees w several h~"lred
pounds. Tn other two furnished an hon
est statement.
In a few days ten clerks were surprised
and dis5usted, ana Two clerAs were ,,ston
ished and pleased The treasury notified
the cocKet writers that their Offices would
be abolished, and Thar they would ho com
pensated 10y pensions rated according to
the returns they hal Themselves f]rHi>hed
There were crashing of teeth and broad
smiles IN the Ions ioOiA. One OF Vie TWO
honest cocket writer's enjoyed his pension
for ttty-tWO years, daring W. lCu time the
treasury rlid him 80. 600 Youths Com
paninn
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02
Speculative Builders Abroad.

The speculative builder is always with
us, and his trade continues to rank among
the four classes which produce the largest
proportion of failures. This fact is attrib-
uted by the inspector general in bank
ruptcy to a habit of considering it his
business to erect buildings without regard
to the law Of supply and demand. The
only limit upon his operations is that
which is imposed by exhaustion of his
power to mortgage. ~"Frequently start
ing" says Mr.. Calcraft, with little or no
capital, he has no difficulty in obtaining
sites on lease; the lessor, knowing that the
moment the requisite materials are
brought on the ground its value will be
improved, is perfectly Indifferent to his
tenants means"
Having thus obtained his lease, the
speculative builder proceeds to order tim
Der, bricks, cement II other materials on
long credit, and as the buildings go on he
has no difficulty in pawning them for two
thirds or th~ree-fourths of their actual cost.
With this cash he contrives to meet his
bills for a time with regularity, and so the
process goes on till the day when a tempo
rary pressure in the timber trade, or the
closing of some avenue of supply by fail
ure or otherwise, brings about Il collapse.
Then, we are told, the debtor as a rule
has no debts due to him over which he can
give IA charge. Furniture and similar
property are too often found to be pledged
to his relatives, and even to his wife or his
marriage trustees, in consideration of al
legged advances, and when at last the bub-
bic bursts and bankruptcy supervenes, his
estate is found to ave entirely disap-
peared. London News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02
Mistakes mt "a Christening.

On two occasions | have given names of
the wrong sex owing to the defective utter
ance or INSTRUMENTATION of the sponsor.
One, a boy, was christened Rachel, and it
was discovered in the vestry that Richard
was what was intended. The other was "A
girl, brought to the ont by an ignorant
woman, a friend of the mother. When
asked to name the child she answered,
"Enuth." | said, There is no such name
perhaps you mean Enoch." She allowed
me to suppose so and ! proceeded, "Enoch,
| baptize thee" etc. BY and by, at the
registering, | said, Let me see, Mrs. T.,
your little boy is Enoch," when she calmly
replied, "Please sir, it's a lass" But |
have christened it Euoch," l replied, you
said that was right"
mo, sir; | said Enuth." There is no
such name" | said again. well, I've got
it on a bit o. paper in my pocket, that's
what it's mother said" and after fumbling
she produced a dirty piece of paper with
the word Eduth inscribed thereon. "Oh,
Edith, | see you mean" Eyes, sir; that's
it," "Well, we must make it right. will
enter it Edith, but ! must nut Enoch, as
well" q had done so before in the case
mentioned ahovel. And Richard Rachel,
Edith Enoch, they remain to this day
Cor. London Tit-Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02
His Trouble.

The reporter saluted a gambler as he
stood on the after deck of IA Bay Ridge boat
last evening coming from the races. This
is the conversation:
Twin or lose?" by reporter.
"Win-good money. Big play on last
race"
The gambler had won. He was not
elated; he did not smile. There he stood
thinking of something, and his thoughts
presently came to the surface in words.
81 was thinking" said he, how easy
some men can weep, shed tears, yes, cry
like women. Only today "A big man came
to the back of my box with a ticket on
King Hazem 1t called for fifty dollars
against five. There he stood with tears
running down his face and his ticket,
ready to be cashed, in his hand. Poor fel-
low, | thought, that will help him out of
some tight place.
"Crying for ioyY' | asked.
"Nope,' said the man.
"'Sorry you won?' said |, surprised.
"'Nope,' he replied.
"Why, what was the matter with him?"
asked the reporter, unable to hold down
his curiosity.
Had hay fever" said the gambler, look
ing far, far away.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02
Mean.

To the large number of stories Of 1.-THE
meanest man. which are frequently re-
lated, one should be added of a certain
Frenchman, famous for his habit of gruin-
bling at everything and on every occasion.
He was attacked by inflammatory rheu
matism, and was carefully nursed by his
wife, who was very devoted to him
in spite of his fault finding disposition.
His suffering caused herto burst into tears
sometimes as she sat at his bedside.
One day a friend of the invalid came in
and asked him how he was getting on.
BADLY, badlyl' he exclaimed, "and it's
all my wife's fault"
as it possibleS" asked the friend i'll sur
prise.
Eyes. The doctor told me that humid
fly was bad for me, and there that woman
sits and cries, just to make it moist in the
roomi"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02

In the Maldive isles of the Indian ocean,
should your first visit to the old sultan of
Twelve Thousand Islands" find him in the
middle of a meal las it probably will, for
he does little else but eat all day long, he
will show his appreciation of you, if you
are so fortunate as TO please him, by
squeezing up into a ball a handful of his
boiled rice and thrusting it into your
mouth with fingers that look as if they
had not been washed for a month, this
being the most hattering form of compli-
mentary welcome which he can give to any
guest.-David Ker in New York Epoch,