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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Memory WatchwOrds of the Week.

[False and imperfect proverbs edi-
torially revised.
Have an aim for an "arrow shot a
venture" was never but once known
to hit anything.
Religion in business and q business
of religion.
In the race of selfshness the devil
takes the foremost.
Every man for his God and his
neighbor, and there will be no lack for
himself.
Only "a fair exchange" is "no rob-
bery"; betting is brother of bur-
glary.
The Sabbath is not Hebrew but hui
man and humane.
1t never rains hut God reigns and
rains.-Christian Statesman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
We clip the following from The
Patrol. published at Geneva, Illinois :


1.-The city Marshal's annual report has
some figures which should be studied.
A total Of 4l5 arrests are reported, 170
of which were plain drunks, while 70
others added disorderly conduct to
their drunkenness. Here are nearly
two-thirds of the totai number OF ar
rests in which liquor was the direct
cause. Add "A disorderlies and 33 as
.aults and batteries, for a large per
centage Of which liquor was RESPONSE
BILE, together with 2l. violations of the
iunor ordinance by licensed dealers
and 8 Sarres;s for selling without license,
and you have q grand total OF 81 ar
rests. leaving only 81 for all other
causes put together. 1t will be re-
membered that Il is is under the SlOOo
high license system which was to give
us better order and increase the respec-
liability of our saloons. Looking at
these figures, in what sense has high
license been a success? Absolutely
nothing has been gained except the
amount of cash in the treasury. Is
that all the people of Aurora ask for, are
they willing TO condone all sin If
sufficient cash is turned into the public
treasury 1t looks that way certainly,
or else The people would arise and say
we will have no more of this thing.
BY the way, had We a Prohibition law
and 30 arrests for violation were re-
ported in q year how loud would be the
cry of failure" Is not the license
LAW a failure when so many intractions
are reported among only 40 dealers"
And yet many of our people believe
(?l in high license to lessen the evil
consequences of liquor selling. Regu-
late! Regulate !! say some. 1t now
looks like we are to have two much
regulation to suit the liquorites and not
enough for Prohibitionists. The best
way to regulate mad dog is to cut his
tail off behind his ears.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
A Remarkable Production.

The following literary oddity con-
tains fifty-eight word }, 112 els and no
other vowels:
1--WE feel extreme eLleness when we
seek perfect excellence ere. We well
rememb ber men e.. .erywhnre err. Even
when Eden's ergreen trees sheltered
Eve, the serpent crept there. Yet,
when tempted, when cheerlessness de-
pressed, when helplessness letters,
when we seem deserted-then we re-
memember Bethlehem we beseech
the Redeemer's help We ever need
the rest the blessed expect. ."-St. Louis
Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

"He is a rustler!", Yes my son, I
have seen thousands like him. "He
gets over the ground" So do the
leaves, my boy, and they rustic IN
going, but it is all noise, and it does
not amount to oanything. The human
rustler makes great noise; he can
blow and he can brag, but somebody
else. frequently his wife, does the
work. The people who accomplish
much have no time for theatrical
parade. They stay ip one place and
keep pegging away.-Rocky Mountain
Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
AGAINST PUBLIC WELFARE.

No DispenSatiOn of LegaIized Intqui-
ty-NO Facility Should Be Given
to Crime-NO Betrayal Of Innocent
Blood.
Rev SIN. Richardson in Christian Messenger.
have delayed expressing myself
about the new liquor law of this State
because I wished time for further
reflection. I have read everything
! have seen in print on the subject
and have listened to verbal express
sions of opinion from some. l think
/ have finally made up my mind
1. I move to dispense with all dis
pensaries of liquor. When 1 was a
small boy-about six years old-a thrill
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Her Beauty.

There is man in this town, who af-
ter twenty five years of married life,
is more of a'lover than he was during
the honeymoon.
II don't see how your wife pre-
serves her beauty so" raid friend 10
him the other day.
"Ah," he said teuderly, "she pre-
serves it in her disposition, which is
the sweetest thing Oh earth. ."-Free
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
VentiInting Churches.
Peninsula MethOdist.)

Henry Ward Beecher is reported TO
have administered rebuke while lee
turing in new hall near Boston on
this wise, 81 never knew a tobacco
chewer SO petty as to chew another
mans quid, and yet you sit here, and
breathe filthy air over and over again
simply because you do not see it with
your eyes"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
"I love to steal awhile away
From every cumbering care,
And spend the hour Of setting day
In hum BILE, grateful prayer"

The regular chorister being absent
the duty devolved upon Deacon M,
who commenced, 81 love to steal, "
and then broke down. Raising his
voice little higher, he sung, II love
to steal" AS before, he concluded he
had got the wrong pitch 4; and deplor.
ing that he had not his ''pitch-tuner,"
he determined to succeed next time.
All the old ladies were tittering be-
bind their fans, while the faces OF the
"young ones" were in broad grin.
At length, after a desperate cough, he
made a final demonstration, and
roared out, II love to steal" The
effort was too much. Every one but
the clergyman was laughing. He
arose and said: "Seeing our brothers
propensities, let us pray" 1t Is need
less to add that but few of the 'congre-
CATION heard the prayer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Showing John Bull Around.

"And What is this ?" asked the Wis
ltor.
"This is Wall Street. 1t is the most
celebrated of all our American water
ing places" ."-The Epoch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Memory WatchwOrds OF the Week.

+ False and imperfect proverbs revised
OF two evils choose-neither.
Business and brotherhood.
No man has his price. !,
When YOU are with the Romans, 90
as the Romans ought to do.
Nothing but truth of the dead, ana
kind word now and then fol the llv-
ing. hon+ than
broken, but better not spoken.
Enonph is better than feast.
From" Successful men OF Ioday'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

The preacher who views the fresco,
or riveis his eyes to the floor while
to the people, will impress
Them deeply that he is-not in earnest.
-TeXas- Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Trust.

Trust.
My future I can leave
sale In thy care;
place II In thy hand,
Aud leave 1t there.
1t is so sweet to feel
My whole life long
Thy loving plan for me
cannot 60 wrong.
know that thou wilt choose
The best Tor me;
And can be- at rest
And trust In thee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

The last Township, No. IS, representa- the
town Of Greenwood. E. COWAN,
School Commissioner A. G.
Ian. 10. 1898.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
The Deacon,S PrODcnSitY.

An amusing incident occurred in one
of our down-east churches a few
months ago. The clergyman gave out
the hymn,-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

DICHARD CAN'T, is now prepared to do
II all work in his department In the best
manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and sham-
pooling 81 per month. Rasors honed and put
In the best condition for Is cents each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Apportionment School Fund
Es for 1898. s,

THE apportionment Of the Public School
l. Fund for the Townships Of Abbeville
County Is herewith annexed, and the School
Trustees are strictly cautioned not to over
draw on the amounts designated for their re-
snectiYa School Oiatricta.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
THE BLACK BEETLE.
Hedgehcgs Will Sometimes Eat Them
 One Who Would Not.


 One Who Would Not.
 The odious ''black beetle," which is, properly speaking, not beetle at all, is, like number of other insect pests, not indigenous to England, though it is now resident alien" The only use which we ever heard found for black beetles was to feed the first birds of Paradise brought to England by ship from the Malay archipelago. No four-footed creature that we know will eat them except the hedgehog, and cats, which are said to be poisoned by them. This is hardly strange, for ev- erything which they touch is contami- mated by their repulsive odor. Even hedgehogs are failure, though tradi- tion makes them thrive on cockroaches, says the Spectator.
 An early ambition oI the present writer was to live in house stocked with black beetles in order to keep a hedgehog. At last this came about. The new house swarmed with the in- sects, and we had the luck to find hedgehog in a cowshed and brought it home. It would not uncurl in the kitchen, so we put it in dark cup board, where there were enough of the creatures to ''feed right great hog," as the cook, who was disappointed in the animals size, remarked disparag- ingly. But the hedgehog never un- curled. We looked at him night and day and found beetles running over him and speculating where they would begin to eat him. At last we carried him to the lawn, where he did move and walked into the tennis net and had to be cut out to the great destruc- tion of the meshes. Black-beetle kill ing is a limited but respectable calling in London, and leading member of the craft sends his card round at inter- vals to owners of the large mansions in London, to intimate that in his opinion the time has come when his services ought to be required in the houses which he has attended during many changes of ownership or occupa- tion. One habit of the beetle, if the observers are correct, itself tends to their destruction. The eggs are car ried under the body of the female, and not dropped at hap-hazard. So that if the creatures are once exterminated, their quarters can only be repeopled by immigrants. On the other hand, it is asserted that the cockroach gums" it's eggs in cases to the walls. Which of the statements is true the writer has not yet been able to discover.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
Nationalities in Austria.

Foreigners are wont to classify Aus tria among the German countries. As matter of fact her German speaking population is but limited, and annual ly losing ground. The increase in pop ulation among the German inhabitants of Austria is but 5.17 per thousand per year; the increase with the Italians in Austria is 592, and with the Slavonic races 7.93. Of 100 marriageable women in the German districts fl find hus- bands; among the Slavonic races the percentage is 52. One of the reasons for this showing is that in the German districts of Austria the economic man. agement of affairs is almost prohib- itory to marriage among the younger sons and daughters of the peasants. The homestead goes to the eldest son, whose brothers and sisters become his servants. Among the Slavs the family property is equally divided among all children after the death of the father, and each. one is allowed to begiR housekeeping on his own hook.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
CHEERFUL LORD NORTH.
His Good Humor Toward His Antagonists in Parliament-An Irritating Servant.

His Good Humor Toward His Antagonists
 in Parliament-An Irritating Servant.
 It is curious thing that, although Lord North was not man of genius and suffered from many physical de- fleets, including extreme near-sighted- ness, he had yet such intellectual gifts, combined with high character and unfailing courage, that he was able to stand firm for years against the efforts of Fox and Burke, of Cunning, and Saville and last, but not least, the younger Pitt, says Temple Bar. His cheerful temper was never ruffied, and, while his opponents lashed themselves into frenzy and indignationSle calmly surveyed them as parliamentary curiosities. When he did reply to his antagonists it was always with unfail- ing good humor.
 On one occasion, for example, when interposing in quarrel, he observed that there was often far too much readiness to take offense. "That is not my own case" he added. "This very evening one member who spoke of me described me as that thing cdIlcQ d m1uISUeT. well, to De sure, continued Lord North, here batting his ample sides; 'I am an unwieldy thing; the honorable member, there fore, when he called me "a thing said what was true, and I could not be angry with him. But when he added, that thing called minister, he called me that thing which of all things he himself wished most to be, and there fore took it as a compliment"
 So amiable likewise was Lord North in private life that his daughter re- corded it as an extraordinary circum- stance that there was only one person who ever made him angry This was one of his servants, a drunken, stupid groom, who was distinguished by the children as ''the man that puts papa in passion" Yet this irritating individual was never dismissed, but died in the service of his indulgent master.
 As minister Lord North was con- scientious and upright. but in dealing with such formidable crisis as the American revolt he lacked resolution and firmnesS- He also too frequently yielded his own deliberate judgment to the persuasion of the king and his friends His daughter described his weakness as ''the want of power to resist the influence of those he loved"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
WARRIOR ANTS OF HONDURAS.
They Devour Every Animal in the Line of
 Their March.


 It was in Honduras, near the Carib- bean coast, that I first saw the war riOr ant, says a writer in the Louisville Courier-J ournal-those strong insects which march through the tropical for ests in armies, attacking every living creature in their path. One intensely hot day native came running in, and in excited gestures bade me follow him. I did so, wonderingly. There on the rolling savannah stretched a wide, black belt extending far back into the deep shadows of the adjacent forest. It rose and fell with every formation of the ground, and, like huge snake, slowly crept toward the village.
 In countless multitudes they swarmed over the plain, marching in compact order like well-drilled army. Before them scurried hetero- genous mass of lizards, grasshoppers, frogs, beetles and all other manner of insects and reptiles in wild scamper to escape to a place of safety. Pres ently the advance guard reached my hut and disappeared within; then the main column appeared, and soon the roof, floor, walls and rafters were black wish them.
 Like the soft rustic of dried grass stirred by gentle breeze came the sound of their presence in the leaves of my thatched roof. The sound increased in loudness as the rats, mice, lizards, coclroaches, centipedes and others of their ilk who had long made the roof their home tried vainly to es- cape. Some succeed ed in getting away from the house, but only to fall victims to the surrounding hordes without.
 One large cockroach, noticed, made a pluclzy fight, but overpowered by numbers, he gradually relaxed his eff forts and was soon dismembered, each ant carrying off portion of his body as trophy. The most exciting battle was with snake about three feet long which tried to slip away unseen. The ants quickly surrounded him, however, and fought with terrific ferocity. With every switch of his tail the snake killed a score of his tormentors, but their places were soon filled with the black swarm which swept increasingly on.
 Finally the writhings of the snake became fainter, and at last ceased en- tirely, and then, and not until then, did the ants relinquish their attack. All day long they marched through the house until at sundown the end of the column had past and was lost to view in the thickness of the forest. l afterward learned that the warrior ants refuse to touch any food that they themselves have not caught and slain, which accounts for my provisions re- maining unmolested.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
Japanese Railroads.

The government of Japan has in hand plans for the construction of fourteen new railway lines. At pres ent the railway mileage of the empire reaches some 1,50O, of which 994 be longs to various companies. These, it is said, will be taken over by the state Formerly the lines were built by British contractors, with material SUD- piled from the United Kingdom, and were operated by foreign engineers, but now the state and private com- panies have their own Japanese engi- neers, and great part of the railway material and rolling stock can be furnished from the national shops at Shinbasi, although there is still room for considerable foreign importation in this line.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
MANS WORK ABOUT THE HOUSE
The Kentucky Woman Who Never Liked
 the Idea of Doing 1t.


 the Idea of Doing 1t.
 Away up on the north fork of the Kentucky river the Widow Wilson kept halfway house, famous in that section for it's excellent fare, says a writer in the Detroit Free Press, and when happened to be in that neigh borhood on one occasion 1 made an eff fort to get there to stay over Sunday. I found it an excellent place and Sun- day afternoon as I sat in the shade of the porch the widow found me.
 Don't you get very lonesome here by yourself?" I asked, after few scat tering remarks.
 "Yes, sometimes" she answered.; ''but takin' it up one side an down t'other I reckon I'm about ez well off ez ef had man around"
 ''But you ought to get married" I argued. "You are still hale and hearty, and a husband would be a good deal of comfort to you" sJ
 "He thought be and he moughn't, :" she said, shaking her head. "I've tried two an neither one suited"
 "What was wrong with them.
 ''Well, Jenkins, he wuz the fust one," said she, in a reminiscent tone; he wuz a orney hound that used to git drunk an come home an thrash me all over the place. Elf he hadn't been a drinkin' man I could "a stood the thrashin' but I didn't like the idea nv both. After he died I married Will son, and he wuz a lazy, ornery thing that used to git drunk an come home, an I used to thrash him all over the place."
 She laughed softly at the thought of it.
 ''That was some better than the frst," said, laughing with her.
 ''No, it wuzn't," she promptly re- piled. @>
 ''No? Why?" asked in surprise.
 ''Well, I'd kinder got used to Jen- kin's ways, an when Wilson come never liked the idea of doing mans work about the house."
 ''It was new phase of "a mans work about the house," and for some time I ruminated about it. ::
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
Trouble from an Abbrevlation.

A New York firm has a house in Vic toria street, London. Their English representative, who was paying a visit to Paris, wrote letter to the London branch and addressed it: "Messrs. So- and-So, Vic street, London" The next day two very important and serious looking gentlemen visited the London office of the New York firm, and, show ing one of the clerks the letter, asked him if he knew by whom it was writ ten. "Yes," replied the clerk, ''by our manager. Whats the matter with it?' ''Your manager has grossly insulted her majesty the queen, and must apol- ogize to the postmaster general for having done so." 'Why, how has he insulted the queen?" exclaimed the as- tonished clerk. ''He has addressed this letter to Vic street instead of Victoria street and Victoria is her mai esty's name" But it is a common thing for us Americans to shorten names of streets in addressing letters. For instance, we often write 'B'way' for Broadway" ''We don't care what you do in the United States. You can't do it here, and we must insist upon written apology and assurance that her majesty's name shall not be mangled again by your manager" The apology and assurance were Ga-en and so the incident ended happily with out bloodshed.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
SEALING WITH SPEARS.
Indians Still Use the Ancient Weapon
 With the Precision of a Gun.

Indians Still Use the Ancient Weapon
 With the Precision of Gun.
 Unlike the white men, the Neah Bay (Wash) Indians take most of their seals with the spear, says the Seattle Telegraph. Long practice makes them proficient in it's use, and unlucky is the seal that pops its head above the surface within a radius of ten yards from their canoes.
 There are two men sent adrift in ev- cry canoe. With a long line attached to his spear-handle the marksman has his weather eye out for his sleek-coat- ed victim. With unerring aim he sends his dart through the seal and with his line draws it into the boat, where it is clubbed to death.
 They make use of the edouble-barreled gun, but are not in love with it. Their chase seldom leads them beyond fifty or sixty miles to seaward and they are thus enabled to run in and out at their pleasure and avoid the heavy gales. Sometimes they will follow the seal a long way north and generally return we'll paid. Their range north and south as general rule is confined with in the limits of Cape Disappointment on the north and Gray's harbor on the south.
 Of the four hundred men and youths on the reservation these may be divid- ed into three claSses-Seal-hunter fishermen and farmers. There are some who never go out on the chase, but stay at home and grow few veg etables, fruits, grass, etc, while oth- CTS angle for tbe salmon that are all most constantly to be found in the waters which gurgle and spin about Cape Flattery promontory. 4 steam schooner calls at regular intervals and carries away the fruits of their trolling lines.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-28
JennY Lind Pancakes.

One egg, one and One-half teacupfuls of milk, one-half teacupful of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, two and one-half teacupfuls of four, two tea spoonfuls of baking powder and pinch of salt. Mix quickly together and pour in well-greased gem pans and bake
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-26
sALr LAKE FOR HEALTH.
The Rio Grande Western VIII Distribute
DR.. Niles Paper.

The passenger department Of the Rio
Grande Western railway will issue the
following circular letter in few days,
which will be sent out with the paper
on health prepared by DR.. Niles.
salt Lake for health. To ticket
agents: We have pleasure in sending
you herewith q copy OF an important
paper prepared by DR.. Niles, of Salt
Lake city, and read before the medical
society of this city.
The paper is a comprehensive ex-
position Of the advantages of Salt Lake
city as a health resort, both in summer
and winter, and we send it to you with
a view of disseminating the valuable
information among our suffering
friends.
I'VE hope the paper will meet with
your careful consideration, and that
the facts related will be useful, to-
gether with the knowledge that we feel
you already have of Salt Lake city as a
beautifully situated inland town by the
Great Salt Lake, a place made espe-
cially interesting on account Of its
scenic attractions and it's historical
associations.
May we ask that after reading you
will be good enough to pass the report
with this letter TO the leading physi-
clan in your city, that the afflicted may
be directed 20 this haven of health and
rest? Also, viii you kindly arrange to
have it copied and commented upon in
your local paperS?"