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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15
Japanese Courtesy.

Sir Edwin Arnold, in lecturing in
Chicago on Japan, said:
was led to Japan by grammar.
No guide-book took me there. | had
read all the guide-books, and most of
them are not very good. None of
them lured ME to Japan, but picked
up grammar once, which was very
splendidly done by Mr.. Chamberlain,
and there I read: ''The Japanese
language has no imperative mood
The japanese language has no form OF
oaths and no word of abuse" rub
bed my eyes, but there was the positive
affirmation that one could not swear
in Japanese you could not abuse any
body in japanese, and you could not
tell a person to go, rudely or roughly,
in japanese and I found it really to
he so. The worst thing you can say
in Janpanese is "fellow ~ Or, if you
are very much put out, you can say
"rhere? Theren' 1t sounds like an
exaggeration, but you cannot find o
bad word in japanese dictionary.
There are those who might find that
gieat privatiOn.
Now, it stands to reason that Ian
guage so refined as tins reacts upon the
people, and it does. Although not
Christians, they carry out, as we never
do, the maxim, "In honor prefer one
another" They invariably speak o!
another person in the most respectful
way and of themselves in the most dis
paraging way. In Japan you must
not say, "Where are you going this
afternoon ?" You must say, "Where
do you augustly condescend to re-
pair?" You must never say, Come
in." You must say, "Condescend al
honorable entrance" You must hon.
or your friend and dishonor yourself
and this habit is carried almost to q
ludicrous extent, and it reacts upon
the habits and manners of the people
so that in Japan you find place o
tranquility, of restoration, and OF
soft pleasure and peace, which, de-
clare to you, l have not exaggerated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15
ACuriOuS Paradox.

Which is the heavier, pound o
feathers or q pound Of lead? This wa
favorite question with "school com
mittemen" of the olden time, and tht
first rach answer used almost alway:
to he "a pound of leadn Then from
the older pupils would come the reply
"Both alike" If this question were
asked to-day, our oldtime querls1
might receive decided surprise. Fol
the pound of feathers could easily be
proved to be the heavier. a simple
experiment is all the evidence need
ed.
With any accurate scales weigh out
pound Of lead, using ordinary shot
for convenience. Pour the shot into
one of the pans of balance.
for the feathers light muslin bag
will be needed, and care must be taken
that feathers and bag together do not
weigh more than pound. When the
bag of feathers is put into the other
nan of the balance The beam will, after
few oscillations, come to rest exactly
| level. =,
So far the verdict, "Both alike" !"
seems to be proved. Butplace the bal
| lance upon the receiver of an air pump,
with lead and feathers undisturbed.
Cover the whole with the glass bell jar
and exhaust the air. Slowly the feath-
ers sink aud the lead "kicks the BEAM"
The pound of feathers is heavier than
the pound Of lead!
The truth is that what we called a
"pouud', was not such in fact. Tor
the atmosphere bouys up every thing
within it In proportion to the bulk of
the object, and the feathers being OF
greater bulk than the lead. are support
ed by the air to considerably greater
extent than the lead. Removed from
this supporting medium their true
weight is made evident.
Charles Reade propounds a similar
question. In one of his novels Jew
ish trader is made to ask: (which is
the heavier, a pound Of feathers or
pound of gold?" After awhile he ex-
plains, to the satisfaction of his audi
ence of miners, that the feathers are
the heavier.
Gold, he says, is weighed by troy
troy weight, while feathers are weigh
ell by avoirduyois; and as the twelve
ounces in a pound of troy contains but
5,760 grains, while the avoirdupois
pound contains 1850 grains, the pound
of feathers is, Of course, l.240 grains
heavier than the pound of gold!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15
What Next.

The Scientific American Of April %,
; publishes some statements in regard to
military balloOning, which it thinks
! may be exaggerated, but which if true
will revolutionize the whole system of
military tatics. German military bal
looms are said TO have been frequently
seen lowering over the Russians fortiti-
cations in Poland, and are supposed to
be taking observations Of the works,
which the Russians are PERFECTLY pow
erless to prevent, for the balloons are
at such great height that balls from
the longest range guns that can be
trained skyward can not reach them.
They come in the night, hover over
the Notifications, and send out i'm
mense electric search lights which re-
veal everything in sight below. They
remain over the place as long as they
wish and then move off in any direct.
ion they please in utter disregard and
defiance of any atmospheric currents
that may exist. IF the Germans have
learned aerial navigation so as to send
the balooon to any height they choose,
and in any direction they please, what
follows?
All our ships of war, all our coasts
defenses, all our great guns, are per.
fectly useless. None of our ships of
war, none of our coast defenses are
built to resist an attack from the sky.
Dynamite bombs of any size may he
dropped from these balloons with al
most unering precision upon the deck
of ships at sea or in harbOr, and into
the strongest Notifications, while the
attacking party is lowering in mid-air
out of range Of the missiles of the en-
emy.
1t is high time that the nations of
the earth were devoting their energies
to means for avoiding war and secur-
ing peace. Disband their immense
armies. beat their swords into plow-
shares, their spears into pruning hooks
and learn war no more. Quit wasting
money on war ships and coast de-
fenses.-C. A. and M. Peace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15
The Cart and the Locomotive.

Johnny Jones was driving Il donkey
cart along the highway. The railroad
ran nearly parallel with it. AS the
boy was jogging slowly on, and think
ing what q dull time he was having,
he heard the whistle of an approach
Ming train. He turned togaze upon it.
(He saw the engineer standing in the
Nab with his hand on the throttle and
Ills eyes on the track. Behind him
were half u dozen cars full of people,
and the train was running at the rate
of forty miles an hour.
90 N.Y." said Jhonuy to himself, II
wish | was in his place. How l would
like to drive an engine instead of a
donkey. Wouldn't | watch sharp,
though, to see that the track wasclear,
and that there was just the right
amount of steam in the boiler"
But while Johnny was looking at
the locomotive and envying the engi-
neer, the donkey saw thistle by the
roadside. He made dash tor it down
a steep bank. The cart was upset and
badly wrecked, and the careless driver
crawled out from under the ruins with
torn clothes, many ugly bruises, and a
broken arm. If Johnny can't do bet
ter thai that with donkey, he will
never be trusted with locomotive.
We all have too much Of this spirit.
Few of us realise how responsible is
even the humblest position in the
world where we are all on probation
for solemn and endless future. Let
us remember our Saviour's commenda-
ton of the woman: "She hath done
what she could" Let us all do what
we can. If all the one-talent men and
women would use to the utmost their
small ability, and improve TO the ut
most their few and narrow opportuni
ties, the world would soon he conver'
ted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15
.nhe Naval Exhibition.

Very painful is the lesson impress
cd at every turn in this EXhlbItlon
that the employment upon nature OF
the noble faculties of man has been for
iynoble ends. Here ruin is the domi-
nant note. There are two chief direc-
tions of energy-tEe one for construct
ion, the other for destruction. There
NAV be destruction for the sake OF con-
struction, but here, for the most part,
construction is for the sake OF destruct-
ion. Perhaps the grandest effort OF
the human mind and haud Is a hrst
class fighting vessel. Very beautiful
are the models of ships of all kinds
shown here. Those for passenger tlat-
tic are splendid. But after all, for III
penius, adaptation for magnificent
worknianship,t for powful construction,
none equal those designed, not to ben
eft mankind by interchange amongst
nations and distribution of useful pro-
duce, but for smash and slaughter. Is
murder the zenith of human glory?
Exceedingly interesting is the pano-
rama at this Exhibition of the battle
of Trafalgar andthe death of Nelson.
There one seems to stand III the midst
of the mighty ships of this great sea
fight. Vessels are being shattered aud
sunk, guns belching out devastating
shot, and men fighting, curslng, shout
ing, and dying. All Is intensely VlFld.
AS the lecturer describes the scene, we
seem to wander what demon ever gam
ed the power to rouse up such a mass
of confusion and agony. Can there oe
men-men, children of God-who de-
light i'm war? Every person who talks
lightly of war should visit this pano-
rama, and try to understand t''e
scene.
The crowning wonder of this Exhi.
bition is the Armstrong llO-ton gun,
the mightiest outcome Of human skill
vet devised. 1t takes charge OF pow
der of nearly one thousand pounds.
When used to smash property the shell
weighs l.S00 lbs; when used to smash
men the charge is 1900 large bullets,
each one capable Of destroying a lel-
low creature or crushing one or the
limbs God gave him. 1t is terrible to
think of the amount Of human agony
and tears possible from one discharge
Of that dread gun. "The terrible hav,
oc which shell will play WHEN fired
with a full charge from this gun IS
most vividly illustrated Oh the wall
closet to the model. There is given
sketch of the course Of the shell from
the ITO ton gun of The SaEspareil at a
trial al Shoeburyness in March last.
The shell tore its way at the rate OF
2,O79 feet per second through 20 in. OF
compound armor specia ly manufactnr-
ed; Sin. of iron fastened in heavy
wroughtiron frame; 20 it. of oak baulks;
5 #. Of granite blocks; II IT. OF con-
crete; and 6 it. of brick; altogether,
A 4 in. of a wall unique in history,
surely, for combination OF width and
variety and strength of material"
Everybody shonld SEE and seriously
ponder this memorable picture. Hap
nily, the expense is enormous. The
full charge cost POO, lbs that is but,
however, fraction of The expense, for
the gun is said to be only capable of
being fired with full charge seventy
five times. The gun cost not far short
of o,OOO lbs.-The Freeman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15
Pleasant Ways.

A good way to be happy, is to try to
be useful and helpful.
\ good way to succeed, is to he al
ways trying to do your very best.
4 good way to please God, is to try
TO do things you know Christ would
do.
A good way to come out all right, is
to be sure to start in right.
A very good way to accomplish great
things, is never to slight little ones.
A good way to make sure of heaven,
is to know every moment that you are
ON the way there.
A good way to get mere talent, is to
use those you already possess
A good way to resist temptation, is
to he always guarding it.
A good way to be growing Christ.
ian, is to be q working one.
A good way to becomes a soul winner
is to become q sin hater.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15
"Ye Did Unto We.

That wretchcd outcaSt boy,
No mothers care had he,
On whom YOU pity had
"Ie did unto Me-
That girl forlorn and sal.
a painful sight to see,
You clothed and housed and fed
"Ye did unto Me"
That tottering, poor old man,
From sickness never free,
Yon com forted and clad
aye did IT unto Me-"
Yon HELPLESS woman frail.
With pining children, three,
Your love inspired with hope
"Ie did IL unto Me"
That cup Of water given,
In loving sympathy,
The orphan to refresh
"Ye did IL unto Me-
That prisoner in his cell,
Who saw you face with glee
Because you pitied him
"Ie did il unto Me-
That widow in distress.
Heart deSOlate was she
Till you did Succour bring
"Ie did II unto Me.
That weary sin-Sick soul,
GroanIng to be set free,
You pointed to the Cross
"Ie did II unto Me.
Think not your loving act
Shall unrecorded be:
On" day the Judge OF all will say
"Ye did it unto Me-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15

Every man feels instinctively that
all the beautiful sentiments in the
world weigh less than u single lovely
action; and that while tenderness OF
feeling and susceptibility of generous
emotions are accidents of life, per-
manent goodness is an achievement
and quality Of the life. "Fine
Words" says one homely old provert,
"butter no parsnips;n and if the ques,
tions be how to render those vegeta'
bles palatable, an ounce of butter
would be worth more than all the ora.
tons of Cicero. The only conclusive
evidence of a man sincerity is that he
gives himself for principle. Words,
money, all things else, are compar
atively easy to give away. but when a
man makes IA gift of his daily life and
practice it is plain that the truth
whatever it may be. has taken pos
session of him. From that sincerity
his words gain the force and pertinency
of deeds, and his money is no Longer
the pale drudge 'twiXt man and man
but, by beautiful magic, what ere
while bore the image and superscrip
ton of Caesar seems now to bear the
image and superscription of God.---
J. Russell Lowell.
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4 friend with a keen sense of humor

4 friend with keen sense of humOr
writes us as follows: II recently atten-
ded a baplizing, conducted in the u.s.
ual manner of colored Baptists. The
learned celebrant introduced the SER
vices with an eXhortation on the sub
ject of baptism, in the course of which
he said: Our best Greek schOllrs tell
us that haptizo means to dip. to splurge,
to overwhirlm.' An accomplished gen
tlenan from the North, who accompan'
ied me, and to whom the scene was
new, was unable to find any fault with
the definition"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15

The only conclusive evidence of &
mans sincerity is that he gives him
self for q principle. Words, money
all things else are comparatively easy
to give away: but when a man makes
a gift of his daily life and practice it
is plain that the truth, whatever il
may be, has taken possession of him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-15
A Mercy" Boy.

A short time ago, as was crossing
Market street, near Twenty-second, @
boy not over ten years old, who had
been walking just before me, ran into
the street and picked up a broken
glass pitcher. I supposed he intended
the pieces as missiles, since the desire
to throw seems intuitive in every boy.
Consequently, was much surprised
when he tossed the .piecies intOa vacant
lot at the corner and walked quietly
on. AS he passed me, whistllng, |
said:
"Why did you pick up that pitch,
err"
II was afraid it might cut somo
horses foot" he replied.
My next question was natural
one.
"Are you Band of Mercy boy?"
He smiled as he said:
"Oh, yes; that's why I did it."
The bands of mercy were drawn
very closely around the dear little fel-
lows heart, l am sure. School and
Home.
A Few Animal Oddities.-All ami
mails which chew the cud have cloven
or split hoofs.
Animals of the bovine (cow) order
have no teeth i'm the front of the upper
jaw. Some species are said to have no
teeth at all in the upperj jaw. The owl
is unable to move the eyeball, which is
immovably fixed in the socket by a
strong, elastic, cartilaginous case.
The frog, owing to its peculiar struct,
ure, cannot breathe with the mouth
open; and, if it were forcibly kept op-
en-, the creature would die Of suffoca'
tion. In the parrots beak both man.
dibles are moveable-a popularity un'
known in other species of birds. Fish
swallow their food whole because they
are obliged to keep continually OPEN
ing and closing the mouth for respira'
ton. Rabbits, snakes, birds and fishes
never close their eyes because unpro.
vided with eyelids. The rabbit and
the common barnyard fowl are each
provided with thin membrane which
is let down over the eye when asleep OF
at rest.
The horse has no eyebrows, and il
much white is visible in the eye Itself
it is sure sign of vicious nature.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11

II will not be- through lack Of effort
on the part Of the ladies' Of this city II
lhe next two months are not filled with
Eaiety. Some Of the prominent social
lenders have recently organized a
euchre club and receptions are TO be
given twice month.
The club Is 20 consist Of thirty mar
ried ladies' and on these festive Ocra-
llons their husbands will be the guests.
Each member Is nsscssed small MONTH
" due, and the sum thus collected will
I've used In purchasing the prizes for
lucky winners.
The refrrshmcnt is limited 10 simple
viands, 40 the object IN Wow ~ not dis
play, but purely to promote social en-
ipyment nnd 10 provide plcnsant even
ings for the gentlemen. This club was
organized about two weeks ago, and the
first reception was given on Friday
night nt the home Of Mcsdnnes u. w.
Taylor and Connory. The woll-know
hospitality Of these ladies' and their
happy faculty IN providing for the plrns-
urc Of guests warrants the assertion that
this Initial entertainment was oil that
could be- dcsiwd,
The following names nrc of the ladies
first on the roll, the number Is 60 be-
made up IN full az the future meetings:
McSdGmeH Elser Ball, lhclnu. Hunter,
Tcmpel Burhridrc. Mccarthy. Tom
West James Harrison, Wynnc, Walter
Grant, Taylor, Counery, Tullaut, Adams,
Mcdowell
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11

let us rememt party honesty IS the
part of duty a \ party courage is party
eypediency ana Jut in the lead men who
will not FILTER -th protection. We need
not fear free = he or single taxes. The
man whom III urty has to fear IN its
councils is the igur-c0attd prOtectionist.
The quicker b goes elsewhere the lot
ter. We need his room. The masses
trust honesty nd love courage. They
despise the tri ner aud hate n cnWurd
We should ~ pc frightened by n de-
felt nor haml ID by any supposed tc-
cessity of con uing the cNtr'.Vagunce
Of projections lroiligucy, lor need we
fear the peOpl will not submit TO di-
rect taxation. That they will no longer
submit to ar, taxes on consumption,
which throws g burden ON those least
able TO bhur I
When MIR 3 lnsou sat down
HON Il, .. MILLS.
Of Tcxas was PRODUCED and he said in
substance: "lcu meet this evening as
faithful, jealous and tirpless friends Of
commercial emancipation. You have
been working hard aud working long
aud looking nnxiously for the coming Of
thr day that wits to hernld the deliverance
Of the Union from bondage. (Appaus"1
While ] rejoice with you In the victory
which we achieved, frnkness requires
mr TO say my JOY IL not unUllOyed. TO
fifty discharge the duties which have
been Imposed upon us we must show the
people Of The United Stntos We were
honest in the declarations we made in
our newspaper, IN the declarations we
mOde IN our conventions. That will give
them n government IN both branches of
the legislative department, as well as the
executive, which will impose taxation
for the single purpose of raising revenue
for the. support Of IN honest reform gov
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11
REALTY AND BUILDING.
AoOoD LIST OF TRANSFERS FOR
The WEEK.
What Fort Worth Can Become in the Way oil
Flour and Elevator CenleF--Bllld-
ing Operations.

No old year ever drew to 4 'losc In
Fort Worth with the outlook better Tor
II graudly prosperous new year iliah
docs the year 1892 This i being ie't'
TOO, IN MI lines Of trade. Rnal estate
is decidedly trmer and the transfers Of
the week show II to be more a'iive.
Building operations move along smoothly,
and rapidly, and there is talk OF stu
more building for 1893.
The news That General Clarke, secie-
tary of the chamber of commerce, ~
cciyel last night from General Traffic
Manager Henley Of the Atlnson was
very Important, and II Fort Worth lakes
advantage Of her opportunity II means
millions for MS. II was that the Santa
Fc aud Atchis0n granted milling in
transit rates to Fort Worth with II six
months privilege This sh3uid wrrn
elevators with 100000 bushels cnrnc-
ity and flour mills making 5000 barrels
Of flour day From what can be
learned this very thing will some about.
The walls OF the Federal building
are going up that Is the foundation
walls, aud the city hall is now above the
third floor
Residences to cost $4,000 are now in
the course OF construction.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11

Chicago. H.. Dec lO-tiencral Man
aver ST. John. VI tho Rock Island persists
In The denial of the statement by ,hief
Ramsey Of the Onier OF Railway Tele-
graphrrs That 81 per cent 81 tho
men IN the telegraph department arr
ont and that the road Is crippled by tlle
strike. n. John said today; There M,
reports from nearly every station Of
prominence along the liues aud they
indicate that trains are running well
II not an operator had contemplated
striking.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11

Topckn, Kan, Dec, 1O.-The popu-
list conference which has been in session
has closed and contrary to all expccta-
ton no radical measures were decided
upon, II was given out yesterday that
there might be trouble IL the tcpubli-
hut it Is now evident that no serious
difficulty will be experienced by the Re
publicaus when the time comes to elect
tile officers.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS.


Yesterday at the house II John T..
True, 300 Crawford, corner Of East
Annie street, an elderly luGy fen as
she was coming down stairway aud
broke her right leg just above The am
kle. Because Of her age II Ia u serious
injury. though no permanent M effects
are Rpprehended
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11

Chicago. H.. Dec. 10.-Grand Chicf
Ramsey Of Inc Order OF Railway Tele-
telegram expresses himself as stin
conhdent of the success Of no
Rock island strike. Chief Ramsey said
ropeta aud Wichita We're very impor.
tant points and his adyiccs were The
strike was solid.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11
FoR rHE MoRLp,s rAIR.

The ladies In chnrge OF the Auxiliary
Worlds Fair society ut this place have
planned that the social event Of the ycur
ihall occur just az iu CLOSE. On tho
uisht Of Wednesday, December ~. there
VIII be- 10 the HcnlrioI.'H building, under
their auspicrs. an assembly, the receipts
Of which will be- devoted to the Worlds
fair cause. Refreshments will bc served
and dancing mud other social nmuso.
menb viii contribute 10 the pleasures uf
the evening. The prices Of tickets will
be. $3.50, admitting gentleman and
lady.