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To be Avoided.

A teacher in one of our Eastern
schools has prepared a list of words
and phrases to be avoided" and it Is
80 good that it deserves wiie circula.
ton Had rather, for would rather;
Had better, for Would better; Posted,
for informed Depot, for Station Try
to 60 Cunning, for smart i; Above, for
Foregoing; Like I do, for az / do ;
Feel badly, for Fee bad Feel good. for
feel well ; Expect, for Suspect Nice,
or real nice, used Unfortunately
Funny, for Odd or unusual seldom or
ever, for seldom or never; More than
you think for, instead of More
than you think Nicely, in er to
question as to health Just as soon,
for just as lief; Guess, for Think Fix,
for arrange or prepare Real good. for
Really good Try all experiment, for
Make an experiment; 1t storms. for 1t
rains or it blows ; Not as I know, for
Not that know; Every man or
woman should do their duty; A party
for A person Healthy, for whole
some.-Harper's Young People.
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The Right OF Conscience.
Zion's Herald.

It is right to follow conscience even
though conscience be not always right
in its decisions. Conscience may be
i'll informed and led astray by its want
of information or misintormatlon fol
conscience is nothing more nor les
than the soul itself passing Judgment
on moral actions; and the judgment
must be according to capacity and
intelligence. njudges by what he
hath, and not by what he hath not.
He cannot rise above himself, or act
beyond his sphere he is not endowed
with infalihility there is no pope in
his mental economy to whom appeal
may be made for Ultimate certainty.
Uncertainty belongs TO our mortal
condition. We are to. follow con-
science, not as an infallible guide, but
as the best we have in this obscure and
devious way. 1t will not general y
lead us astray; and even in case we be
wrong, the act will incur no guilt.
Our works may be burned, while we
escape as from the flames. The inten
ton may be good willie the conduct is
wrong and we are judged by the
great Father by our controlling pur.
pose. In prosecuting the saints Saul
intended to serve God, though his acts
were satanic. His was a curious speci-
men of the pervers on of moral judg-
ment, while his general intention
remained sound aud safe. He tih well
to follow conscience until q greater
than conscience spoke audibIy from
the heavens, and he showed his gen
eral good intention by becoming then
al once obedient To the heavenly
vision.
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LET God Control.

"I need OIL" said an ancient monk
So he planted him an olive sapling.
Lord" he prayed, "it needs rain
that it's tender roo:s may drink and
swell. Send gentle Showers" And
the Lord sent a gentle shower.
"Lord." pray ed the monk, "my tree
needs sun. Send sun. pray thee
And the sun shone, gliding the drip.
ping cl uds.
"Nrw frost, my Lord, to brace its tis:
sues" cried the monk. And behold
the little tree stood sparkling with
frost. But at evening it died. Then
the IN, NIX sought the cell of brother
monk and told his strange experience
81, too, have planted q little tree
he said, "aad ste it thrives well
But entrusted my little tree to its God.
He who made it knows better what it
needs than a man liks me. / laid no
condition, l fixed not ways or means.
Lord, send it what it needs / prayed
storm or sunshine. wind, rain or
frost. Thou hast made it and thou
dost know" ."-Faithful Witness.
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fZiOn's Hcrald.)

How much deI ends on the way
things are put Nearly every opinion
may he stated Extensively or otherwise,
according as certain terms and tones
are used or not. An Oriental monarch
asked two interpreters the meaning OF
his dream. One said, "You will lose
all your children and relations and
then die YOURSELF" The monarch or
dered this prophet of evil to be be-
headed. The other said, Your Maj.
esty will survive all your family"
This one was loaded with favor,
though he had really said the same
things As the first. Two preachers
went through countryside delivering
their Gospel message. One cried, III
you don't repent, you will he dam
ned )" and all the people were mad.
The other proclaimed in winning
words. IF you forsake your sins, you
be saved" and they fiocked around
him. Some people 60 through life
jamming eirsharp elbows into every.
body's sides, hitting everybody's sores,
and treading on everybody's. corns;
then they wonder why they are so un-
popular, r,and talk about being martyrs
to the truth.
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Wheat and Tares.

Good and evil seem strangely mixed
in human affairs. Many man is puz-
Zled as David was when behOlding the
prosperity of the wicked, and the ap-
parent thwartiug of the plans OF good
men. The whence aud the why of sin
and its consequences passes the Know.
ledge of the seer and the philosophy OF
the sage. Of one thing we are sure !:
God in His government OF moral
beings proposes good, and only good,
as the final outcome for all His Great
ures. In the field of human probation,
from the first moment until now, from
the hand of the infinite good nothing
but good seed could have fallen.
Whence, then, hath it tares? An
enemy hath done it. Given simply
the character of God, without know
ing anything Of His treatment OF men
we would infer all this. But for rea-
sons which He has not explained, pro-
baby because we could not rightly
com prrhend them, He suffers the
wheat and the tares to grow together
until harvest. Our Saviour offers one
reason for this divine method; He
says: "Suffer them to grow together
until harvest. lest while ye gather up
the tares, We root up also the wheat
with them" That is, 1.-THE destruc-
ton of probationary sinners would be
the destruction of the proba ionary
system" One great office OF our re-
deeming and interceding Lord is to
prolong the life of a sinner, and give
him space for reformation.
God causes the wrath of man to
praise Him by suffering evil men to
prosper in wickedne-s. to have more
than heart could wish, allowing them
to 20 ON before the eyes Of the good
and work out the fruits of ungodliness
These fruits are always terrible. The
righteous seeing them are confirmed
in righteousness and made to eschew
evil. But wheat and tares shall not
grow together forever. "In the time
of harvest I will say 10 the leapers,
Gather We together first the tares, and
bind them in bundles to burn them ;
but gather the wheat into my barn"
God will openly discriminate then be-
tween the good and the evil. The
discrimination shall doubtless at that
time be no more perfect in His mind
than now. Heis not now deceived by
any false show of value; He knows
without question those that are truly
His. But the distinction shall be open.
ly manifested, as it never could be III
The present order Of things. The
questions, "Can God lie just and admit
evil among His creatures Can God
be mercirul and punish sif?" will
then be finally and satisfactorily all
swered
Let us lie true, let us be patient, let
us have faith in the ultimate triumph
of right: and despite the tares that mar
their beauty, let us rejoice in the whit
ening harvests, and exultantly shout :
"Hellelujah, tile Lord God omnipotent
reigneth"
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North and will perpetuate the entangle-
ment as long as he it is here.
Now, if he was not here, does any
body suppose that he would be allowed
to come here? If they were all in
Africa and wished to emigrate would
they be permitted to land at Castle
Garden? t? Of course not. Africa could
not do what China cannot. Races to
be happy and prosperous must be no.
mogeneous.
Of course they will not all 60. The
old and the decrepit will stay and be
cared for. There will be no forcible
separation of families. Certainly no
more than is now, for they scatter far
and wide in their present condition,
but it issafe to predict that the majority
will 90 whenever the means are pro-
viGed and the government is at the
head of the movement. The large
planters in the black belt will perhaps
be the chief objectors, for they now
fatten and grow rich off the negrO's
labor, but they will soon have white
labor in their stead and in the end II
will prove profitable.
sincerely wish that every thinking
citizen of the South would get Mr.
McKinley's little book and read it. 1t
is by far the best and most grateful
statement of the race problem that bss
vet been written. 1t is not only in
structive and entertaining, but reads
like all essay of Maccaulay, and the
book will not be laid down until the
persual is finished. General Fitzhugh
Lee said of it: ut is the best state
ment that I have ever read upon the
great subject it treats with so much
clearness ability. The work displays
not only much historical research. but
great knowledge of the question. and
must draw the attention Of all thinkers
to this great problem"
The Boston Traveller says: ut is
an audacious, ingenious volume and
will we'll repay reading and provoke
thought" and Henry Stanley says
1.-THE author is a seer of type rare
nowadays and handles his subject
wisely"
The price of the book is so cents,
and can he had, suppose. at the book
stores or from the publishers, Ford,
Howard & Hubert, New York.
I do not know Mr.. McKinley nor
have any interest in advertising his
book, but I sincerely believe that Its
persual will do more to direct public
opinion in the right channel than any
thing that has yet been written upon
the race questionable greatest question
now before the American people.
BILL ARP.
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cod. Cure For Worrying.

From beginning to end Christian
life Is a life of faith. The word
trust" is the keyword CT Old Testa-
ment theology, and the word "believe"
is tile keyWord in the New. They
both mean the same thing. Jesus
Christ never agrees to bear the sinners
sins until the sinner Is penitent, and
has willingly accepted him as his sub
stitute and burden-bearer. When our
heavenly Father says to us, "Give
Me your load; trust Me; what you can
not do will do for you )" He expects
us to take Him at His word. He
never consents to, carry our burdens
unless we intrust them to Him. Wor-
ry is blind but God sees into the tu-
ture, and often sees the coming relief
just ahead. Worry impatient but the
patient God biGs us walt and see.
Worry comp aims Of the weight of
the loads; but Gods offer Is to tighten
them by putting Himself, as 1t were,
into our souls and under the loads.
He then becomes our strength-a
strength equal to the day. This Is q
supernatural work. This .is what Is
meant by, "My grace is sufficient for
y
Jesus Christ dwelling in our souls as
light to cheer and power to sustain.
Follow Me" implies that Christ leads
us at every step, aud he never means
to lead US over u precipice or leave US
IN che lurch.
Such actual and constant trust is the
only real antidote TO worry. The
more entirely and simply and implicit
ly we trust, the quieter we become.
AS the baby drops over upon moth
er's bosom into sweet repose, 80 God
giveth His beloved sleep 80 not
sleep from work, but sleep from
worry. I have always found that
legitimate work is strengthening
to body, brain, and heart; but worry
freis and fevers us. 1t chafes our spir-
it and kills our devotions. Nearly the
whole magnificent thirty-seventh
Psalm is aimed against the sin Of fret
ting. Paul, the giant worker who
laid the foundations of Christ's king
dom from Jerusalem toRome, aud who
had the oversight "of all the church
es," never seems to have chafed him
self with a moments worry. He
warned sinners "with tears" but they
were such tender tears III Jesus had
shed over a guilty city. "Be anxious
for nothing, brethren" Was his calm
counsel to his comrades, for he knew
whom he believed.
1t is the weak and wicked worry over
the future that cuts your sinews. Re.
member that God never promises any
thing more than grace sufficient for
the hour and strength equal to the day.
Gods love will outlast all your to-
morrows roll your anxieties oyer on
that love =; it will cure all your worry
ing.-Dr. Cuyler, in "The Evan
geIist."
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Intercessory Prayer.

Ofall the means placed byProvidence
within our reach whereby we may
lead souls to Him, there is one more
blessed than all oIhers-intercessory
prayer. How often in the presence OF
one deeply loved, but, alas {! estranged
from God, the heart Of mother or wife
has felt sudden impulee to say an
earnest word, propose all act of deVo-
ton, to paint in glowing colors the
blessings of faith and the happiness
of virtue, and she has stopped, deter
red by an irresistible fear of how the
words may be received and she says
to hersef: Tomorrow shall be brav-
er." Poor mother! poor wife go and
tell to your heavenly Father all you
would, but dare not say to the loyed
one who gives you so much pain. Lay
that sin-sick soul before the Lord as
they long ago laid the paralytic man
who could not, or perhaps would not,
be led to Him. Plead for him with
the long-suffering Saviour as you
would plead with an earthly master
upon whom depended all his future
welfare, and say 10 him simply
Lord, have patience little long
er." Tell God of all your anxiety,
your discouragements, the means EN-
ployed for success. Ask Him to leach
you what to say and how 10 act. On
sentence learned of God in prayer will
do more for the conversion of a soul
than all our poor human endeavors.
That sentence will escape our lips in
voluntarily. We may not remember
that we have said il, but it will sink
deep into the heart. making q lasting
impression and silently fulfilling its
mission. You are perhaps surprised,
after many years, to see such poor
results. All! how little you can
judge. :.
Do you know what you have gained
Tn the first place, time, often physical
impossibility to sin, which you may
attribute to chance, but which was In
reality the work of Providence aud is
it nothing, one sin the less in the life
of all immortal soul? Then vague
uneasiness, which will soon allow of
no rest, a confidence which may enable
you to sympathize, more liberty left
you for the exercise of religious acts
YOU no longer see the contemptuous
smile at your acts of devotion. Is all
this nothing?
All! if while on your knees praying
for the one you would have reconciled
to God you could but see what is pass.
ing in his soul-the wrestlings, the re-
morse he strives vainly to stitie if you
could see the work of the Holy Spirit
in the heart, gently but firmly triumph.
ing over the will, how earnestly, how
inces antly would you continue to pray!
Only have patience, to wait with per-
severance, not to grow weary. IL is
the want of patience that often makes
us exacting toward those we desire to
help.
"N1ore haste, less speed" is an old
saying; the more we are eXacting, the
less likely are we to succeed. Men like
to act freely, and to have the credit of
their actions.
It. is because We have not learned to
persevere that the work seems never to
progress. Courage, then; the ground
may seem too dry for cultivation, but
each prayer will be as a drop of water,
the marble may be very hard, but each
prayer is like The hammers stroke,
that wears away its roughness.-From
Gold Dust"
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This is the prize definition "'rhe
first person that comes in when the
whole world goes out"
The following are some of the defini-
tio:s submitted:
A bank of credit on which we c--n
draw supplies of confidence, counsel,
sympathy, help, and love.
One who considers my need before
my belongings.
The triple alliance of the three great
powers-love, sympathy, and help.
One who understands our ST.
lence.
A jewel whose luster the strong acids
of proverty and misfortune can not
dim.
Que who smiles on our faults, SYM
pathizes with our sorrows, weeps ut
our berave'nents. and Is safe fortress
in all times of trouble.
One who, gaining the top of the lad
der, will not forget you If you remain
at the bottom.
One who in prosperity does not toady
YOU, in adversely assists you, In
sickness nurses you, and after death
marries your widow and takes cure of
your children.
The holly of life, whose qualities are
overshadowed in the summer of pros
perity, hut blossoms forth in the VIM
ter OF adversely.
He who does not adhere to the say
ing that number one should come
first.
A watch which beats true at all time
and never runs down.
All assurance against misanthro-
py.
An earthly minister of heavenly hap
piness. :,
A friend is like ivy-the greater the
ruin, the closer he clings.
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NJ. T. COLEMAN advertises his stock Of
new goods 10 this issue OF the Press and BAN
ner. Mr.. Coleman desires the trade OF the
readers OF our paper, and therefore tells them
what he has on hand. He is an experienced
business man having been q salesman in
Greenwood. Altar snta. Tallahassee and at this
place. He is posted as TO the wants OF the
people and has made his prices 10 suit the
Times.
The last ice cream festival OF the season
will be given by the young ladies Of Warren
ton Friday night. September ED. A commit
tee has been appointed to see that all enjoy
themselves and any body who wishes TO meet
anybody else will be introduced by Misses
Gussie Wilson and Maggie Brooks, and
Messrs. w. B. Wilson and Robt. B. Cheat.
ham.
Remember at Haddon's you will find every
thing necessary for bridal outfits and evening
wear.
Remember. at Haddon's you will find all
the latest novelties in Dress Figures.
Bemember. at Haddon's you will find line
OF Black Goods not excelled In this market.
Remember, at Haddon's you will find the
newest things out In Trimming Braids.
Remember, at Haddon's you will find all
the leading shades in Satins and Velvets.
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Household Hints.

Coffee-.-to Make with Hot Water.---
Instead of pouring cold water upon
the coffee, boiling must I've used, TAX
ing care the froth does not run over,
which is to be prevented hy pouring
the water OH the coffee by degrees.
To Pickle Tomatoes.-Throw them
into cold vinegar as you gather them.
When you have enough, take them
out, tie some spices in bag, and
scald them In good vinegar. Pour the
vinegar hot over the tomatoes.
Open Tarts.-Line your dishes with
thin light paste, fill in with preserved
fruits or jam. and lay strips of paste
across in squares or diamonds. A
short time will bake them.
Goosebury Jam.-to every pound ol
gooseberries add pound Of sugar;
bruise the gooseberries in a mortar,
and boil them we'll. When cold put
the jam in pots.
The best thing to clean bright tin
with is oil and rottenstone. This re.
moves all kinds Of stain. They should
be polished off with clean soft wash
leather.
Pudding. cloths only require to be
we'll washed out in the water In which
the pudding has been boiled, and after.
ward rinsed in clean hot water, and
hung up to dry.
CLAIMS Roasted.-Lay them OH 8
gridiron or hot coal till the shells
open-then take them out and pre-
serve the liquor to serve with them.
suet and lard keep better in tir
than in earthen vessels; suet may bt
kept for q year, If chopped, packed in
tin, and covered with treacle.
To restore frost bitten vegetables, lay
them in cold water an hour before
boiling, and put piece Of saltpetre IN
the saucepan when set on fire.
Cocoa is the foundation of chocolate
it may be pounded, and and either
boiled as milk, or boiling water may
be poured upon it. 1t is very digesti
BILE, and of q fattening nature.
Rusk.-l cup of butter, Of sugar,
pound of -four, pint of milk, 8 eggs
cup of yeast, bake In quick oven.
Sponge Cake.-Five eggs, half
pound Of sugar, and quarter of q
pound Of -four.
A weak solution of alum water will
setthe colors in printed goods of every
description.
Cold water cracks hot iron. in
fallibly.
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An Interesting Problem,
Harper's Young People.

There was once wise king who was
very curious. He was possessed of a
desire to know everything, and was
continually asking questions. Indeed,
his thirst for knowledge carried him SO
far that he wanted to know the age of
every person he met. But, being a
king, he was exceedingly polite, and
would resort to strategy to gain his
ends.
One day there came to the court q
gray-haired professor, who amused the
king greatly. He told the monarch a
number of things that he never knew
before. and the king was delighted.
But finally it come to the point when
the ruler wanted to'knoW the age of the
professor, so he thought of mathe-
matical problem.
"Ahem !" said the king. 81 have
an interesting sum for you; is trial
in mental arithmetic. Think of the
number of the month Of your birth" !"
Now, the professor was sixty years
old, and had been born two days before
Christmas, so he thought of II. De-
cember being the twelfth month.
'Yes," said the professor.
multiply by =" continued the
king.
"Yes."
add s."
eyes," answered the professor, doing
so.
"Now multiply that by So"
eyes"
add your age"
eyes"
"Substract $685."
eyes"
add u.s."
EYES,"
"And now" said the king, "might
l ask what the result is?"
Twelve hundred and sixty" replied
the:professor, wonderingly.
"Thank YOU" was the kings res
ponse. $50 you were born in Decem-
Der, sixty years ago eh?"
"How in the world did you know 2"
cried the professor.
why" retorted the king, "from
answer-126O The month of your
birth was the twelfth, and the last two
figures give your age"
"Ha, ha, hal" laughed the professor.
"Capital Idea. I'll try it on the next
person I meet. It's such polite way
of finding out peoples ages"
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The Greenville News speaks OF our refer
ence TO the contest for collector OF revenue
and Was surprised al our remark that the
"antis" preferred McCalla. That papers sur
prise was that there were any antis In Able
willie, basing its opinions on something which
the Press and Banner had said some time
ago.
There are still many autis In this county
and In this town, who will never abate their
opposition TO B. R. Tillman. The fact is, the
antis here could elect Governor If there
were not 80 many Tillmanites.
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Two soldiers lay under their blank
cts looking up at the stars. Says
army, Tom ?" "Well," replied Tom
II had no wife. and loved war, Jack
SO went. What made you go";
"Well'" returned Jack, II had wife
AID I loved peace, Tom so ! went
Something must be wrong when
two parts of a mans life fail to agree.
AL error has got In somewhere. Pro-
fession and practice ought never to
appear as though they ought to be-
long to two persons instead of one.
Suffering becomes beautiful when
any one bears great calamities with
cheerfulness, not through insensi-
bility, but through greatness of mind.
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The Function of the Home.-It Is
well for US to be reminded of first prin'
ciples. We are oapt to forget them
The Christian Union reminds us of
one: IA first fuhction of the home is
TO furnish q reservoir Of rest and
strength to the husband and father.
The mans shoulder belongs under
the burden; and if the woman, emu
lating his achievements, takes so much
of life's burden upon herself that her
wearied husband, son, brother, comes
home, not to lie rested, soothed, and
cheered by her presence, but to take
Oh new burden in his sympathy with
the overweight and wearied wife and
mother, it is certain that she has lost
sight of her most sacred service in her
ambition to render one of inferior
utility. Too often, alas! she cannot
prefer even this excuse for her nerve
less and jaded condition."