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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18
A Wise Boy.

Mr.. Hill was busy in his carpenter
shop one morning. The door stood
open, and he heard voice outside
He turned and saw bright-faced boy
with brown suit and q red cap.
Good morning. my little man.
said Mr.. Hill. "What can 1 do fol-
you? Do you want house or bridge
built ?"
"No," said the boy. "We've got q
house, and there's bridge now over
the creek. My names Johnny Jay
and want those, if you don't want
them yourself" He pointed to the
shaviugs which lay under the bench.
"You do, hey? And what will you
do with them, Johnny? Build bon
fire? =,
mo. I'm going to sell them to old
Miss Clark. She'll give me cent for
baskelful."
Well, guess you may have Them
So Johnny brought his basket and
picked up the shavings. When he
was nearly done he saw something
bright upon the floor. ltwas a dime,
johnny had never had more than q
cent at time in his life. He looked
to see if Mr.. Hill seen it; but had not
Johnny picked up the dime and
slipped it into his pocket. He filled
his basket, and went out without say
ing anything to Mr.. Hill. But as he
was going away he thought:
"This dime isn't mine. 1t is Mr..
Hills. If I keep it shall be thief.
But 7 want it very much. / s'pose
Mr.. Hill has plenty more dimes. He
doesn't know it was on the floor"
And very deep into the little boys
heart came the thought, "What would
God say ?" He ran back to Mr.. Hill
and said: "This is yours; I fonnd it
on the floor"
Mr.. Hill took the money and put ii
into his pocket. "You are an honest
boy, he said. You may come every
day for shavings.nN
DO you think Mr. Hill ought to have
given the dime to Johnny? He
thought of it; but then he said to him
self:
"I'm not going to pay the little fel:
low for being honest. He will find
pay enough in doing right for its own
sake"
And if you had seen Johnny run
ming away with plenty of little skips
and shouts you would have said that
Mr.. Hill was right.
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The Story ofn Kind Little Girl.

The family of petty official at Ber-
lin was recently treated to an agreeable
surprise owing to the charitable dis.
position of the smallest member OF
their little household "a three-year
old girl. During the month of May
she met, sitting on bench in the
public square near her home, an old,
poorly but neatly clad man, who at
tracted her attention by his sad looks
and lonesome air. Thinking he must
be hungry, she stepped up to him aud,
with the question. "Want "a piece OF
pie?" she resolutely handed him half
of her simple lunch. The man appear
ed somewhat perplexed, but smilingly
received the piece with thanks and ate
it. From that day both might fire.
quently be seen together engaged in
lively conversation, the little girl never
forgetting to offer her old friend part
of her lunch, which she was in the
habit of eating in the open air after
playing about on the lawn, nor even
admitting of any refusal on his parl
to take at least little bit. At the
beginning Of the month Hermine one
morning returned home the distress
ing news that the "poor" man had
not appeared. Neither had he bee
seen for several days after, when Her
mines father received an unexpected
summons to appear at court. Here be
was told that the "poor old man" "
who really was wealthy citizen of
Berlin, had left his whole fortune to
little Hermine. His will contained
the following paragraph:
II had despaired of the whole world,
for those who were nearest and dearest
to me had deceived me. Thus I re-
nounced all, for what desired was
unable to obtain. became miser,
because my liberality was only re-
wardel with ingratitude. Nearing
the end of my course 1 was nightly
touched by a child's heart, which rec
oncilei me with humanity. 1t was
only for short time; but if 1 had mil
lions to bestow, those few moments
would not he paid for too dearly.
May r1y wealth serve my little friend
for better ends than it did me, who
never knew how TO appreciate or to
expend t."-Guardian.
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Prize Flghts.-The claim that prize
fights engender a healthy interest, in
athletic sports Is .preposterous, 1of
those gentlemen who profess TO take
the livellest interest in athletic mat
ters and are themselves handlest with
the gloves, never indulge in ''knock-
outs" never disfigure their countenan.
ces with unsightly gashes and bruises
They leave such brutalities to the
ring, But those gentlemen are culpa-
BILE, and highly so, when though dis
daining themselves to thump and bet
ter each other they aid and abet other
human beingcast in the same mold.
and created after the same image and
likeness, in pounding each others face
into AN unrecognizable mass of raw
and uuivering tissues.
And right here we stand face TO lace
with pugiisni in its aspect OF an OUT
rage on humanity. Whatever there
ia divine in man Ia reflected In
his countenance and radiates from lts
Now the favorite point Of attack
with the prize fighter is the face. III
rains blow after blow on nose and eye
and hammers away at the mouth til
the teeth are dislodged from their set
ting, and the lips become pulled ant
swollen to twice their natural size:
Thus is man outraged in the divines
part of his physical being and the Al
mighty Maker insulted in this say
ace multilation of the counterfeit pre-
sentiment of Hes own ineffa BILE esse NJ
Ca tholic Review.
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WoMAN's PHYSICAL SUPERIORITY.
True. she cannot sharpen a pencil, (,
and outside of commercial circles, she
can't tie package to make it look IKE
anything save crooked cross section
of chaos; but see what she can 40
with a pin! believe there are some
women who could almost pin q glass
knob TO q door. She cannot walk 80
many miles around billiard table
with nothing to eat, and nothing 10
snesk of TO drink, but she can walk
the floor all night with a fretful baby,
without going sound asleep the first
half.bour. She can ride five hundred
miles without goiug into the smoking
car to rest land get away from the
children.) She can go to town ana q"
a wearis.,m days shopping, and lave
a good time with thee or four friends,
without drinking keg of beer. She
can enjoy an evening visit without
smoking half a dozeneigars. She can
endure the torturing distraction OF
house full of children all day, Wn'ie
her husband cuffs them bowling 10 oeo
before he has been home an hour.
Everyday she endures a dress that
would make an. athlete swoon: She
"a afraid of q mouse, and runs from q
COW. but book agent can't scare her.
She is the salt of the church, the pep
rer of the choir, the life Of the sewing
society, and about all there is OF a
Young ladies' school or nuDnery. A
bow with sister is fortunate, young
man with a sweetheart is happy, fel,
low with cousin is TO be envied, and
a man with a wife is thrice blessed
more than they all.-lBob Burdette.
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GRAINS.

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh
rich and he addeth no sorrow with
it. .-Y
Speaking i'll of other people is one
round about way of Dragging Of our
selves. -
He that Is surety for stranger shall
smart for it:and he that hateth sure
tiship is sure.
Though hand join in hand, the
wicked shall not be unpunished: but
the seed of the righteous shall be
delivered.
Whose loveth instruction loveth
knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is british.
A good name is better than precious
ointment: and the day of death than
the day of ones birth.
Sorrow is better than laughter: for
heart is made better.
1t is better to hear the rebuke of the
wise, than for man to hear the song
of fools.
Better is the end of thing than the
beginning thereof: and the patient In
spirit is better than the proud in
spirit.
Contest not point merely because
you are in the right and another in the
wrong. Out of such contests spring
dissentions and enmity.
TO help you love unlovely people
think how God so loved them as to
give His only begotten son to die for
them while they were yet sinners.
Every man however humble his
station or feeble his powers, exercises
some influence on those who are
about him, for good or for evil.
A most delicious bath may be taken
by filling the bath tub with water as
hot as can be comfortably borne aud
then thoroughly dissolving in it from
one-half to one pound of soda.
It is right and best to pay a greater
regard to the truth than to popular
opinion, though it often happens that
by 50 doing we incur the displeasure
and ridicule of the people, and perhaps
of our only friends.
Let us hear the conclusion of the
whole matter: Fear God, and keep
his commandments: for this is the
whole duty of man.
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SLingy Davy.

: Davy was pretty little boy. HI
had light, curly hair, dark blue eye:
and rosy cheeks. But he was very
stingy. He did not like to share any
thing with his little brothers and sis
ters. One day he went into the kitchen
where his mother was at work. and
saw on the table saucer of jelly.
|. "Can I have that jelly ?" asked
Davy.
Mrs. White sent me it," said Davy's
mother; "She has company for din,
ner and made this jelly very nice.
But don't care for it; so you may
have it if you won't be stingy with it,"
Davy took the saucer of jelly and
went out into the yard but lie did moi
Call his little sisters and brothers to
help him eat it.
"If l divide with them there won't
he spoonful apiece" he thought. at
is better for one to have enough than
for each to have just the least Bit"
So he ran to the barn and climbed
up to the loft, where he was sure no
one would ever think of looking for
him.
Just as he began to eat the jelly, he
heard his sister Fannie calling him
But he did not answer her. He kept
very still.
"They always went some of every
thing 1 have. If I have just ginger.
snap they think ought to give them
each a piece"
When the jelly was all eaten, and he
had scraped the saucer clean, Davy
went down into the barnyard and
played with the littls white calf, and
hunted for eggs in the shed where the
cows were. He was ashamed to 60
into the house, for he knew he had
been very stingy about the jelly.
20, Davy!" said Fanny, runnig into
the barn yard, where have you been
this long time? We looked every
where for you."
"What did you want" asked Davy,
thinking that of course his sister
would say that she wanted him to
share the jelly with her.
"Mother gave US a party" said Fan
ny. I'VE had all the dolls dishes set
out on little table under the big tree
by the porch; and we had straw
berries, cake and raiains. Just as we
sat down to it Mrs. White saw US from
her window and she sent over a big
bowl of Ice cream and some jelly left
from her dinner. We had a splendid
time. You ought to have been with
U.s."
Poor Davy how mean he felt. And
he was well punished for eating his
jelly all alone.
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THE ROD AND THE CHILD.
Not Whipping Children Is Doing a
Great Deal of Harm in the World.

"Spare the rod and spoil the child, is
the best idea, I tell you," said, Judge
Thomas to a New York Sun man.
Don't talk to me about persuading and
reasoning with children. The only
thing is implicit obedience, aud the
sooner you exact it, the better for you
and the child too. Puhish without
temper, though. Never show your,
anger to your child. That's the troub-
lie with most parents. They get into a
passion themselves when they whip,
and the child is quick to notice it, and
soon begins to resent it, and cherish it
as a wrong. Do your whipping more
in sorrow than anger. Unless you can
do it in this way you had better not
try il at all. The worst whippings
ever got in my life were by my moth
er, who did it with tears in her eyes at
my suffering, and prayer after it..
which took, II the resentment out of
my heart and made me feel that she
was the greater suffer. Oh this latter
day idea of not whipping children is
the supremest rot, and is doing great
harm. If whipping can be avoided,
all right; but if nothing else will do,
lay it on with slipper or switch. The
thing is to make them mind. Begin
the business early in life too, for the
longer it is put off the hartie: the task
will become. What does child
know about the reason of things?
Why attempt to reason with little
thing which is simply a bundle of
notions, appetites and impulses, which
must, for its own good, be restrained
and directed? Obedience is the prime
education. I tell you more than three
fourths Of all the ugly laWlessness and
crime which now affilcts this couLtry
comes from the lack of control in the
family circle. The disobedient. self
willed, INDUCED child is sure to give
unhappiness and trouble to his parents,
and, after leaving them, to violate the
laws of his country. No respect for
authority in a family circle means no
respect for the governing powers of the
State. This is all just as true as
preaching"
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How to Read with Profit.

Reading is companionship, educa'
ton, culture. 1t upbuilds and furnish
es and beauties the soul. 1t develops
confidence, enriches conversation,
and cultivates grace. The knowledge
| of good books "is The food of youth, the
delight of aye, the ornament of pros
perity, the comfort of adversity." 1t
is all open door to the hest society, a
stepping stone to the highest fame, a
crown of honor that outshines the sun.
These things being true, il is one of
life's necessities that the young should
read good books and not weary therein.
The following suggestions will help
to profit in reading:
j. Plan your reading. Select the
books to he read far in advance. Pre-
fer books that areold enough and good
enough to be- classical, attractive if pos
sible, pure always. Books with boards
are better than beardless books.
., Vary your reading. Follow ro-
nance with history, history with biog-
raphy, travel, art, science, philosophy,
religion.
Variety gives breath and keeps up
interest.
3. Limit your reading. Know a few
books welllather then many books in
differently. Intensive is better than eX-
ensive reading. Big fish swim in
deep water.
4. Fix your reading. To this end
read carefully, weigh thoughts, talk
them over to yourself and with others,
try to remember them. "Thinking
makes what We read ours"
5. Time your readings. Have a
bookhour each day if possible. Espe-
cialiy. however, utilize fragments Of
time for few pages of reading.
Little and often masters the largest
volumes.
6. Enrich yonr reading. This do by
looking up all allusion to history, poe
try, art, mythology, persons, places,
elc.
I. Preserve your reading. Own, if
possible, every book you read mark
choice passages in them make
comparisons Of them often commune
with them.
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Hope versus Desp ondency.

A hopeful disposition is an mex
haustible fortune. The ability to look
on the bright side is worth more than
talent or genius or wealth. He who
persists in piercing the darkest clouds
to find their silver lining, will always
have the sunshine in his soul. Some
people find God everywhere, and are
content; others find him nowhere, and
are sad and desponding. 1t is cross
to meet some people. They have q
graveyard air about them, There is
melancholy in their tones and appre'
hension in their faces. They always
tell you just the things you do not want
TO hear.
They take all the courage out OF
YOU and leave you udisheartened. They
see reasons for encouragement in what
everybody else deems prosperous. Tc
them the only good times are those
that are past, so while others are OF
the radiant hilltop, joyously, hopeful
ly. lovingly serving God and their gen
Grafton, they are down in the valley
among the bs. Il takes many dn!
and many prayer to rid ones self o
the chilling effect of contact will
these prophets eff evil. 1t is sometimes
said that such persons are to be pltled
but we say they are rather to be blam
ed.
We have no right to allow an un
fortunate temperament or ill-health o
personal mishaps and unhappy con
ditions, to cast shadow wherever W
90. Our business in the world is to d
good. TO give joy, to inspire hope
Every word, every look. every act
ought to be finger pointing upWar'
to sunshine and to God. Our presenc
ought to be like the spring-time, cal
ing out the flowers and the music, un
locking the streams and painting tn
hues of promise in earth and sky
Christian inquirer.
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How to Put It.-An exchange has
the following, which is the whole
truth. Did you ever think of 1t?
Suppose every business man in the
town took as much interest in the
upbuilding of the town as the news
aper man. He works for the rail.
roads, manufactures, schools, church
es, good streets, better roads and a
hundred and one other things for the
general good he urges, pleads, scolds,
and badgers until he gets what he sets
out for. Imagine his feelings, then,
when some lame, spring halted kind
of a fellow reproaches him because he
dosen't boom things enough, and nine
times out of ten that same fellow has
never paid one cent toward supporting
the paper, and the paper he reads with
marked regularity is either borrowed
from his next door neighbor or picked
up from the counter in the store at
which he trades.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18
"Sing n Song OF Sixpence."

You all know this rhyme, but have
you ever heard what it really means?
The four and twenty backbirds rep.
resent the "a hours. The bottom of
the pie is the world, while the top crust
is the sky that over arches it. The
opening of the pie is the day dawn,
when The birds begin to sing, and sure
ly such sight is fit for king.
The king, who is represented as
sitting in the parlor counting out his
money, IL she sun, while the gold as
he counts them are the golden sun
shine.
The queen, who sits in the dark
kitchen, is the moon, and the honey
with which she regales herself is the
moolight.
The industrious maid, who is in the
garden, at work before her king-the
SUMS risen, is day dawn, and the
clothes she hangs out are the cluds
The birds who SO tragicaIly end the
song by "nipping off her nose," is the
sunset.
SO we have the whole day, if not ir
nutshell, in pie.-N. Y. World.
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Finished Work.

It unfortunately the habit of many
neople and it is habit that was form,
ed in youth, to finish only that part ol
their work that is in sight. That par
that is not seen is left with rough
edges, or 10 stitches, or if possible
work is only done that is seen. Years
centuries ago, there lived sclpto'
whose work teaches us a lesson.
A sculptor was employed to erect {
statute In one of the GreclaI
temples, and on being asked why ~
carved the back part, which was to u
set into the wall, with as much pains
as the front, he replied, 1.-The gods SCI
it."-Presbyterian.
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An old woman, who had spent her
life almost entirely in the Tombs, one
day received bunch of flowers from a
gentleman who visited the prison
She was sitting with her head in her
hands and her elbows on her knees
she took no notice of the flowers when
the gentleman laid them in her lap.
He went away, but presently he heard
loId humping on the prison door.
The jailer went back to see what was
wanted. "She wants cup of water"
the jailer explained when he returned.
"She says that she can strike one OF
the flowers and make 1t grow into
plant. She says the flower grew in
her garden when she was a child,
somewhere near Boston. Please wait,
sir, while l give her the cup of water"
That old woman is now successful
florist. She has never been in the
'rombs since she struck the plant.
John Law in A Year of My Life.
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Farm and Garden Notes. !,

TOR" anu UhEucH NOteSs' rss-N,E
Do not let cattle or colts run in t he
orchard.
Avoid extremes of temperature with
the house plants.
Some claim that the Vergennes is
one ofthe best keeping grapes.
In mulching the strawberry beds
use litter that Is free from weed seeds. Z
Feeding too much grain ia not con.
ducive to health or egg production.
Unless bulky food is supplied the
hens will pick up much, that is, to say
the least, not beneficial. =
Too often there is an overfeeding of
grain to poultry and an undertaking
of more bulky materials.
Life is long enough for our heart.
aches and differences, but not long
enough for our love for the honey
bee.
One decided advantage with ducks
over chickens il that they thrive best
when left in large numbers.
When turkeys or ducks are to be
fattened rapidly it is important to
confde them in tolerable close
quarters.
A mule would rather hear himself
bray than to listen to any music from
others. A good many beekeepers are
built like him.
No farmer should attempt to econo-
mize time and labor by omitting the
garden from his plans for next sea-
sons crops.
The little green cleaned from the
cabbage stumps or turnip tops will
not pay for the tramping done by
cattle in the garden. ~,
Although with good care the ducks
will begin laying early in the winter,
1t is not best to have them hatch until
early in the spring.
A cow cannot make good milk from
one kind of feed. There ia not the
material in 1t that constitutes the
proper qualities for milk.
Us. Woodward advises pasturing
sheep In orchards, ten sheep on every
acre. He says they are the best insect
ci1es he ever had.
Nothing great Is achieved in bee
keeping without the severest discip-
line Of mind and heart, and nothing is
well done that Is done easily.
o.. . r. % . B .
The first plant that forms upon a
strawberry runner is the strongest and
best. Some careful growers refuse to :
use any but this when setting new
plants.
Fruit Of every kind will be valuable
this winter. Save all that you can
with the greatest care, and prices after
the holidays will make your heart
glad.
When the comb of fowel is large
and full of blood it is good indication
that 1t is In good health. When the
comb Is of a purplish red it is an indi-
cation of disease.
Geese do not attain their full growth
and breeding qualities under three
years. Hence, it is nearly always best
to sell the young geese and keep the
old ones for breeders.
P. J. Berckmans says of the Japan
hardy lemon that it Is hardy as far
North as New Jersy, and If planted in
good soil an impenetrable hedge can
be had three years from planting.
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1t is a grand grace to he able to al.
ways make yourself agreeable and
companionable. To be the right per.
son in the right place, and to say just
the right place, is an indication of
great tact. A word unwisely y said, an
Institution thoughtlessIy made, cut,
thrust, a hit of peevishness orselfish
sarcasm, alas? how often we would
give almost anything to unsay or undo
To be agreeable and cOmpanionable
we must be kind, thoughtful, interest
ell in our acquaintances' welfare and
success, sincere, cordial, and, above all,
cheerful. A church full of such peo.
pie would grow and flourish with the
poorest of preachers, and the poorest OF
choirs. When people see you take a
real interest in them you have already
half won them to your side. Will you
help your pastor cultivate this spirit?
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"Oh, that boy is joy to me-" said a
bishop of his grown up son as he went
from the room-a son who had full
orbed manhood, body unwasted by
vices, a mind enriched by study, q
heart gracious in courtesy, soul
manly in spirituality. Alas, that SC
many fathers have no such 'joy" in
their SONS, but only secret sorrow and
shame. Better 10 kill your father by
sudden pistol shot than by slow
heart beak.