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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-09
Don't Be Stingy.
Economy is not stinginess

Economy is not stinginess
1t is getting out of a thing all there
is in it, and not expending tw enty
volumes of heat to boil one volume OF
water, not paying a dollar for a dimes
worth, not saving the barrel of apples
and buy ng a barrel of acid at the
druggists later on, for the apple juice
is much the cheaper medicine of the
two.
AN ignorant woman is, as a rule,
really an eXtravagant woman. She
does not understand the proper use OF
material, nor will she learn.
The penny wise, pound foolish meth
cd, is her method, and so she will
stumble along, starving her soul and
starving her body, and wasting her
substance. meantime congratulating
herself on her wise and economical
management.
If meat can be cooked so as to retain
100 per cent, ofits nutritious qualities
is it not waste to lose half of this by
improper cooking?
If in August the system needs but
a few lightwood sticks to keep the fires
going, isn't it waste to shovel in tons
of coal?
Yet there are thousands of women
who cannot cook corned beef Alright,
and have sausage for breakfast in the
dead of summer.
Is it wise to pay ten cents a pound
for shavings to keep upa a fire when
hickory sticks can be gotten for hal
that sum, and are cleaner, easier tc
handle and give out better results?
Take care of the peptics, and purse
will take care of itself.
The woman who buys poor food
actually revels in extravaganza.
1t is better economy to pay five cent;
for one apple than one cent for five
apples.
The difference in the quantity OF
fruit will be tritling, while the quality
is very much in favor of the five cent
apple: that is, you get more real apple
for your money.-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-09
'92. ESTABLISHED 1914.

tain by reason of any road forks, the
boys would hunt for a pole, put their
arms about it and cry, Here's our old
friendW
They would push along from pole to
pole, and so each of the boys got safe
ly home. Johnny's mother was re-
lieved of a burden of anxiety when
she heard his footsteps in the entry,
and Fred's mother was helped very
much by the medicine.
.Jonny told his grandpa about his
tramp over the hill in the falling,
thlckening snow, and in the dark.
Grandpa heard him interest. Then
he said, laying his hand affectionately
on the boys head, Faithful. Johnny,
be faithful to your Savior, and when
you are perpleXed and don't know
what 10 do, take no risks, but follow
the telegraph poles, Jonny."
"What, sir?"
"Why, prayer and your Bible. Jhon-
ny, and Sunday and the house Of God
and the Church of God; they rise up
like guideboards, waymarks, beacons,
and if you follow them, you will get
home to heaven"
"I'll.try, grandpa" "murmured Jhon-
ny.
Grandpa Earle did not stay long up
on the earth, and when Jonny looked
after his death upon the face so still
and peaceful, he thought how grandpa
had followed the way-marks faithfully
that surely lead the pilgrim home
through the widest storms to heav-
Ell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-09
IF YOU ARE GOING WEST

AND WANT LOW RATES
To Arkansas
Texas, Missouri, Colorado. Oregon and Cali
fornia, or any point WEST or NORTHW EST
1T WILL PAY YOU
10 write to me.
FRED. D. BUSH,
d. =. A., j.. d. ". X.
Q Wall ST., Atlanta, Ga.
Oct, %, 1891, Gm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-09
BOARD Or ASSESSORS.
TO CANVASS THE RETURNS OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY OF
ABBEVILLE COUNTY.
Who They are and What is Ex-
pected of Them.

The returns of the various Townships Will
be forwarded to the Township issRsds on t1e tne
hold their meetings between the lst and 9th
dag of March. On Monday the lith day of
March. the County Board r consisting 1e OF Inc
will meet ut Abbeville Court House.
1t is clearly the duty of the Township
Boards Of Equalization 10 canvass carefully
each and every Return of Personal Property
made at their respective Townships, In order
that individual Returns OF Personal Property
may be equaiiZed as near as possible, ana In
every instance where material change In
the Return OF any individual is made, notice
TO the Taxpayer, must be given in order mat
he may have the opportunity TO appeal be-
fore the County Board which meets the l4th
day of March, lS!j2. Postal cards Will be fur
niShed by this office for the purpose of SO no.
tifying where material changes are made.
The follow ing free holders are hereby ap-
pointed Boards Of the various Townships.
Ninety-SiX-J. ID. Watson, j. n. Lipscomb,
b. P. Pinson.
Greenwood-C. A. c. Waller, ]. w. Green
H. +. Fuller.
Cokesbury-Dr. Willie T. Jones, w. r.
DonaIdsville-J. w. Mattson, E. B. Rasor'
]. K. Latimer.
Due Wes,-M. B. Clinkscales, j. E. Todd, ].
r. E. Dunn.
Long Cane-N. P. McIlwaln, A. F. Calvert,
r. Fl. COchrane.
Smithville-W. A. Lomax, j. l.. White,
White Hall-D. w. Jay, T. ]. Hearst, S. P.
Brooks
Indian Hill. A. Childs, r. ]. Robinson,
J. F. Wideman.
Cedar Springs-A. X. Watson, r. o. Hunter,
John Lyoi.
Abbcville-J. Allen Smith, John G. Ed
wards, 7. p. Milford.
Diamond Hills. b. Knox, j. E. Wakefield,
G. w. Milford.
Lowndesville-I. H. McCalla, Massalon
Bell, DIR. B. A. Henry.
Magnolia-Sam Miller, B. A. Boyd, j. S.
Norwood.
Bride. ]. c. Kennedy.
Bordeaux-Dr. o. A. Taylor, D. ]. Wardlaw,
w. T. Jennings
The various Boards will meet and organ
iZe by electing a chairman and notify this
w. w. Bradley,
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Prof. Max Muller says: mo ital-
les, nor signs of exclamation, can
equal in mpressiveness the natural
emphasis of conviction that issues at
times, like. an electric current, from
the voice of Il most unimpassioped
preacher. A book sometimes NAV
kindle enthusiasm, but the short and
safest way from the heart to the heart
is, and always will be, the human
voice. 1t is the fashion, in some quar-
ters, to assert that the preachers dav
has passed, that the book, the maya
Zine ana the newspaper have superse-
ded the pulpit. But when the printed
page supersedes the human voice, the
human heart will also have been super
seded by type metal.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-09
At the New York Chautauqua,

At the New York Chautauqua,
when DR.. Henson came to lecture Oh
"Fools." Bishop Vincent introduced
him thus: Ladies and gentlemen,
we are now to have lecture on
"Fools" by one ofthe most distinguish
ed'-there was a long pause, for the
Bishops infection indicated that he
had finished, and the audience roared
with delight, SO that it was some time
before the sentence was concluded"
men of Chicago" DIR. Henson, who is
Il ready wit, began his lecture when
silence was at length resorted by say
ing: "Ladies and gentlemen, am
not as great fool as Bishop Vincent"
and here he stopped, apparently
through with the sentence, while the
audience again wildly applauded,
finally concluded-"would- have yon
think"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-09
The Sunshine of Smiles.

There is one kind of sunshine
which it is needful to bring into every.
home, and that is the 'sunshine OF
smiles.n Next to the sunlight ana
warmth of heaven is that of cheer
f,,I face. No one can long withstand
it's influence no one can mistake it..
a sunny smile, loving word, all tell
Of the peace and joy that dwell with
in. One glance at such a face has lift
ed the mists and shadows from many
q heavy heart and scattered the fogs
from many hurdened spirit. A
bright, warm, cheerful face inside the
home will drive away gloom and rem
der it impossible for it to exist. The
germs of disease, which may lurk at
times in the most elegant furnished
room if kept dark, will vanish away
before the bright and cherry sunlight.
Open, therefore, the windows of your
heart and let the sunshine in.
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Old mems eyes are like. old mems
memories they are strongest Tor
things a long way off.
RomOla.
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Thou and 1.
Ry Phoebe Cu'.y.

ny "UtOI Se'5'
Strange, strange for thee and Inc
Sadly aIar;
Thou safe, becOnd, nbnve,
meath the star;
Thou where flowers deathlrss spring,
where they fndc
Thou in Gud's paradise,
mid the shade.
Thou where each gale breathes talm,
tempest tossed
ThOn where true joy Is found,
where tits lost.
Thou counting ages thine,
not the morrow
Thou learning more Of bliss,
more OF sorrow.
Thou In eternal peace,
mid earth's strife;
Thou where care hath no name,
where tits life.
Thou without need Of hope,
where tits vain:
Thou with wings dropping light,
| with times chain.
Strange, strange for thee and me,
Loved, loving ever
Thou by Life's dealhless iOunt,
near Deaths river
Thou winning WisdOm's lore,
strength To trust;
Thou mid the seraphiIn,
In the dust.
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Apportionment School Fund fol
Abbeville County for 1892.

THE apportionment of the School Fund for
| the townships in Abbetiile comfy Is
herewith annexed, and the School Trustees
are cautioned not to oycrdraw on the amounts
designated for their respective School Dis
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.


ONE-half of the people born die be,
fore the age of sixteen.
A TIFTEEN-year-cld boy has just died
in Brooklyn of too rapid growth. AT
the time of his death he was six feet
two inches tall, but did not weigh a
hundred pounds.
No LESS than seventeen thousand
young girls and women-homeless,
friendless, helpless and foodless-sleep
in the open-an-night shelters of Step
ney Green, London, in year.
A RECENTLY launched Baltimore
schooner was christened with water in
stead of wine, the liquor always here.
tofore used on such occasions. The
vessels owners are said to be strict tenn
perance men.
A PITTSBURGH Pa.) man has been
cleaning his eyeglasses for years with
bank notes, and says they are far bet
ter Tor the purpose than anything else
and at the same time the bills are not
injured by it,.
IN IAlS N'AA FNoJOl DttolllNtl VI lNOllAC llt1NO
been discovered the tombs of six popes,
among them that Of Sylvester, who sue
ceeded in converting Constantine to
Christianity, and who lived at the time
Of the council of Nice.
A FLOCK of twenty-one fine geese be-.
longing to Asher Werts, of Crawfords-,
vile, Ind, spent night on his fish
pond. 1t froze during the night, and
next morning the birds were found fast
in the ice, every one OF them dead,
Two ATcHIsoN (Kan.) society young
men recently had fight. 1t is said that
after they had decided to fight they re-
moved their hats and coats; then one
asked the other to excuse him while he
removed his necktie, collar and cuffs.
JUMPING claims in Idaho is dangerous
business. A man at Wallace named
Harris found three men putting up a
cabin on a lot owned by him. They re-
fused to leave, whereupon he got his
gun, Shot two of them dead and danger
ously wounded the third
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.

THE cotton crop OF Alabama is valued
ut $5O,OOOOO0
A SOLID train of seventy.fve cars Of
lumber arrived in Savannah, Ga, re-
Gently.
IT is reported that white servants are
rapidly replacing colored help in the
towns of southwestern Georgia.
WAsHIYGToN county, Georgia, pro-
duces annually $4,000 bales of cotton,
worth about 81, 100000. This is one of
the largest cotton-producing counties in
the state.
THERE are two counties in Georgia
that have not lawyer They are Ech-
OILS and Charlton. The returns for 1890
show further that Charlton has neither
doctor nor dentist
The negroes of Terrell county, Ga,
are steadily increasing in prosperity and
acquiring real estate, for which they
have an especial liking They own
some of the best farm lands in the
county.
Gov. JONES, Of Alabama, has arranged
with the state comm ioner of agricul-
ture to procure for liIa trees from all
the mostnotable battlefelds Of Virginia,
20 be tranaplanted to the capitol
grounds at Montgomery.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
FUR AND FEATHERS.

A RIVAL to the Maltese cat is the Mall
tese dog, bit Of canine beauty recent
ly imported from Paris by the fashionar
BILE.
A North CAROLINA hen has taken tc
numbering her eggs as she lays them.
Each egg bears its proper number in
raised figures on the shell.
WEsTvnLE, Ind, has cow which.
quenches her thirst at the village pump,
tossing the handle of the pump with
her horns until sufficient water flows
for her needs.
A SCoTcH terrier is a regular dead
head on the West Shore railroad, and
will only ride On a first-class train. He
spends his whole time travelling and il
well liked by the railroad men.
THE body of cat which on Septem,.
Der %, 1880, jumped from the top of the
Washington monument at the capital,
and lived for some time afterward, is
preserved, properly labeled, in the
Smithsonian institution.
AN Oregon man claims to have a hen
that has established a nestin the center
of his flower garden, in the most con.
spicuous part of his front yard, and de-
posits an egg regularly every day except
Sunday.
The Arab ponies which the sultan re.
Gently presented to the three elder OF
the German emperor's six sons are said
to have pedigree which dates back to
the "sacred mare" on which the prophet
fed from Mecca to Medina.
A PARROT in Atlanta, Ca, devoured
in a little less than six weeks two
horses, two men, six dogs and a whole
forest of trees. In other words he ate
painting representing those objects,
and is now looking around for some.
thing else to satisfy his artistic appetite.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
ON RAILS OF STEEL.

THE Georgia railroad has been in OPP
Grafton since 1915 and has never killed
passenger. 1t is over three hundred
miles long,
DRIED toadstools pushed into bleed.
ing nostril will stop the hemorrhage,
They are also said to make excellent
pipelghters,
THE street railways of the United
Kingdom have an aggregate of GAS
miles, with PATIO horses, 515 locomo-
tives and 1881 cars.
THE life of a locomotive crank PIN.
which is almost the first thing about an
engine to wear out, is GO,00O miles, and
the life of a 33-inch wheel is &C, 1888
miles.
RECENT statistics show that French
railways annually kill one person out
of 100000 carried, while in England
81, 200, 600 are carried before one meets
q violent death.
ABE GOULD, brother of Jay Gould,
will have charge of the purchasing de-
partment of the Union Pacific and Mis-
souri, Pacific railroads under the pro-
posed consolidation.
Mr. GOULD is quoted as saying that
an advance Of one mill per ton per mile
in the rates would increase the neS
earnings of the Missouri Pacific railroad
over S2,OOO,OOO per annum.
THE United States has a mile of rail.
way for each 400 of population and each
90 miles of area, while the balance OF
the world has mile for each $500 Of
population and 227 miles of area,
The fastest travelling in England is
made by an express train between
Grantham and Doncaster. The dis.
tance is seventy-one and a half miles,
and the trip is usually made in fifty.
six minutes-a speed exceeding a mile
and a quarter a minute.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES.
Legends and Beliefs Descended from Re-
mote Antiquity.

Legends and Beliefs Descended from Re-
mote Antiquity.
The comparative mythologists have
begun to turn their attention to fairy
tales. 1t is a fascinating subject, and,
some of the conclusions reached are
highly interesting, whether or not we
accept the scientific and historical sig
nifcance imputed to fairy lore.
The investigators find fairyland very
human in its organization. It's inhab-
itants marry, sometimes among them
selves, sometimes into mankind. They
have children born to them, and they
require at such times female assistance.
They steal children from men, and
leave their own offspring in exchange
the so-called changelings. Their fe-
males sometimes become captive to men,
but such unions are not lasting, for, on
the first opportunity, the female fairy
returns to her own land, and her hus-
band must follow her there if he would
regain her.
On the other hand, the mortal who
enters fairyland and partakes of fairy
food, is spellbound; he cannot return
at least, for many years-to the abodes
of men. Among their human traits, it
is observed that fairies are grateful to
men for benefits conferred, and resent
full for injuries. They never fail to re-
ward those who do them a kindness,
but their gifts usually have conditions
which detract from their value.
Their chief distinction from men is
their possession of unbounded magical
powers. They appear and disappear at
will. They make a long time seem
short and a short time long. They
change their own forms. They cast
spells over mortals, and keep them
spellbound for ages. All these customs
and powers are imputed to the fairy
folk wharever traditions about them
are preserved. Such legends and be-
liefs bear witness to remote antiquity.
They have come down to us from pre-
historic times. 1t seems probable that
all of them rise out of the doctrine OF
spirits, the doctrine of transformations
and the belief in witchcraft held by
savage tribes.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
THE ZULU HOUSE.
Et'Is. Designed and Built by the Female
Native.

tits Designed and Built by the Female
Native.
The Zulu woman is the architect and
builder Of the Zulu house, and the style
of architecture is known in the colonies
as waffle and daub." 1t looks like an
exaggerated beehive, for the Zulu mind
hasthis popularity thatit cannot grasp
the idea of anything that Is not round or
elliptical in form. There are no squares
in nature. To build her house, the
woman traces a circle on the ground
fourteen feet in diameter, and gettinga
number of long, Timber branches, she
sticks them firmly into the ground aad
chen bends the tops oyer, and ties them
with fibre obtained from the numerous
creepers, or monkey" ropes. Then she
twines thicker creepers in and out OF
these sticks all round the circle of
spaces about twelve inches apart, and
then taking waffle "a kind Of coarse
grass or reed she matches the edifice,
leaving small hole at the top for
chimney, and another hole, three feet
square, for a door In front of this she
builds covered way, extending out
wards about three feet, and the exterior
of the house is finished by coating Of
''daub" or mud. She then seeks the
nests of the white ant, and digging
them up, obtains n quantity of white
clay, which she beats to powder, dries,
and then mixing it with water, kneads
it until it is quite smooth This she
spreads all over the ground inside the
hut, and beats it carefully until it is
quite hard and free from cracks. This
floor a good housewife will scour twice
arday with smooth stones, until it is,
like a piece of polished marble. The
fireplace is near the door, and is simply
airing of this clay to confine the embers
IN one place. The other necessaries
found in a hut are bundle of spear
shafts drying, some tobacco, and sew.
eral lunches of millet hanging from
the roof. Grouped round the walls are
the three amasi "a species of sour milky
jars, the native beer jars and open jars
holding grain. OF course, the dense
woodsmoke rising coats the roof, millet
and tobacco with SCOT, and long
''fngers" of it hang in every direction;
but the floor will be clean enough to
eat on, and as long as that is SO, the
social Mrs. Grundy of the Zulu is salts
fed. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07

European palate this Kashi-yan is
rather dry and tasteless-"too much
crumb, as the precocious youth said Of
Sairey Camp. But it is very cheap,
and for five sen one can get huge
wager bag full Kasuteira, or sponge
cake, is not so much sought after as it
used to be. Yet some bakeries, such
as the Fugetsu-do and Tsuboya, excel
in producing the lightest and most de-
licious of sponge-calle.-Yozohama
lie raid.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
BAKING IN JAPAN.
Bkead and Cake Fast Growing in Popular
Favor.

Favor.
Most remarkable is the universal
favor that bread and similar floury con-
coctions are beginning to enjoy. This
article as food has also0been complete
ly Japanized, and sells. in forms UNI
known to westerners. Tsuke-pan,
sold by peripatetic vendors, who push
their wares along in a tiny-roofed hand
cart, is much liked by the poorer
classes. 1t consists of slices-thiclx,
generous slices-of bread dipped in roy
and brown sugar, and then fried or
toasted. Each slice has sllewer
passed through it, which the buyer re-
turns after demolishing the bread. One
cannot speak highly of this bread. The
dough is heavy and the color an UNI
healthy yellowish-gray. But the best
Japanese -four is equal it is said to
California No. 3, which is high praise
indeed.
Flour is now used in many other
ways besides the manufacture of simple
bread. There is Kashi-yan, ''cake-
bread" which is sold everywhere. AS
the name implies, it is sort of sweet
breadstuff, made into cakes OF various
sizes and artistic figures, according to
she skill and fancy of the baker,, Toa
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
GATHERED FOR UNCLE SAM.


FROM 1880 to 1890 the Indians de-
creased seven per cent.
THE German emigrants outnumber
the Irish two to one every year.
THE once mighty Indian population Of
the United States has dwindled to 244,-
075.
OF the white population in America
eightper cent. is unable to either read OF
write.
IN one year the cost to the govern.
ment of Irvine to tie up mail packages
reaches $72, 600.
The number of Indians in the United
States who wear citizens dress is stated
to be about 10000
A ROCHESTER, teacher having occasion
to use portrait of George Washington
at school exercises was unable to findit
on sale anywhere in the city.
THE total amount of silver offered for
sale to the government during the yeaI
1890 was GS, $50, 457 fine ounces, and the
amount purchased 37,59l,373.75 fine
ounces, costing S39,991 $40, the average
cost being S1.06 per fine ounce.
New YORK contributed twenty-six
cabinet officers in ALL Massachusetts
twenty-four, Pennsylvania twenty-five,
Virginia twenty-one and Ohio seven.
teen. Missouri comes well down to-
ward the foot Of the list with four to
its credit. All of the original thirteer
states, except Rhode Island, have beer
represented at one time or other in th6
presidents ministerial council.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07
HOUSEWIVES SHOULD HAVE

GOOD fuel.
SHARP knives.
A TIDY husband.
PURE soft water
PLENTY of tinware.
A GOOD cook stove.
WEIGHTS and measures
NEIGIBORs that do not gossip.
Flowers and time to cultivate them.
A GOOD thermometer as well as q
clock.
Ar beast one good newspaper treating
upon subjects appropriate to her sex.
A PLACE outside the house to empty
Stops, convenient alike in cold and hot
weather.
AN assortment of good brooms with
screw-eyes in the handles and places to,
hang them.
AN iron scraper at every outside door,
and mat with necessary instructions
accompanying.
A GOOD clothesline and convenient
posts for the same set close together
upon a grassy yard.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-10-07

Very Long. - Your ailment is
lung trouble, believe, said the doctor
TO Mrs. Meddergrass on his first call
20, yes, = replied that good lady, I've
he'd at nigh on ter JUc!. yearn