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National Baptist world., 1894-10-05
PRECIOUS BUGS,
How They Saved the Orange Trees o
Southern Cal: :T0rnia.

How They Saved the Orange Trees OF
Southern Cal I:Tornia.
Orange growers in the San Gakriel
anG San Bernardino valley tell an in
teresting story of how they destroyed
a pest which threatened the destruc-
tion of the industry in this country
A few years ago the trees were attacked
by an insect known as scale SO rap
idly did the pest propagate that within
a few weeks the bark of the trees was.
white with them. Drastic remedies
were applied, but without avail. So
serious was the outlook that many Of
the growers were on the point of cut
ting down their immense groves. One
day young man suggested a novel
plan for the speedy determination Of
the pest. He said that there existed in
Australia species of lady bug which
existed on insects that cling to trees.
He received consignment Of thirty
eight of these bugs by the next steam
er. One grower who had ten thousand
trees and probably one hundred thou
sand million scale on all of them
bought eight of the precious bugs and
placed them to the best advantage in
his orchard He tells this story:
''Three days after made the expert
meDt | went into the grove. The trees
were as white as ever with the pest
told my friend that thought his lady
bugs failure. He advised me to be
patient. for, he said, it was likely that
the bugs were breeding before making
their onslaught on the scale Three
days later I again visited the orchard
and foGnd the trees as clean as a
whistle. Not one of the insects was
visible. Neither were the lady bugs.
Having finished their work they flew
away and | have not seen them since
More bugs were released in other
orchards and in the course of a month
there was not an orange tree in the
valley afflicted by the pest. We now
keep stock of the bugs in hand so
that in case the scale returns well be
ready to fight it again. The bugs sell
for twenty-five dollars apiece. But
they are worth that money and more,
too, for they have saved every orange
tree in the country
National Baptist world., 1894-10-05
a NEW WHITE METAL.
1t Is Much Lighter Than Aluminium ar
is BESIDES This Transparent

1t Is Much Lighter Than Aluminium and
Is Besides This Transparent
A man who has been chopping wood
for number of years in Pine Nut dis
trict lately found new metal, says q
San Francisco dispatch to the New
York Journal. His stone oven having
been burned out he took some clay
from large deposit he knew of mean
by and, mixing it with little water
made a back, built fire in his stove.
and paid no more attention to it until
next morning, when he noticed that
his stove-bach was gone and in the
ashes he found white, clear metal
with scarcely any weight to it,
1t would not break, so he put it on
an old anvil outside the cabin and hit
it with a heavy hammer. 1t would
draw out but neither crack nor break
He has since experimental with it in
various ways. The clay will melt like
lead, but the metal produced will stand
a heat like iron or steel and is very
flexible.
He beat out piece four inches thick,
six inches wide and eleven inches long.
The block is transparent and weighs
only nine ounces. He says there is nc
limit to the clay, as he has seen the
same kind in several parts of this and
other states. He will melt out block
two feet square and have it at the Mid
winter fair for people to see.
National Baptist world., 1894-10-05
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
THE GIFT OF SLEEP.

so He givethHis beloved sleep. "-Ps. cxxvii:2
de sees when their footsteps falter, when their
heart grows weak and faint;
he marks when their strength is failing, and
listens to each complaint;
ne DldS them rest for a season, for the path
way has grown too steep;
And folded in fair green pastures.
He glveth His loved ones sleep.
Like weary and wornout children, that sigh
for the daylight's close.
he knows that they oft are longing for home
and its sweet repose;
So He calls them in from their labors ere the
shadows around them creep,
And silently watching DER them,
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
He giveth it, oh, SO gently! as mother will
hush TO rest
The babe that she softly pillows so tenderly on
her breast:
Forgotten are now the trials and sorrows that
made them weep;
For with many soothing promise
He giyeth His loved ones sleep.
He giveth it, Friends the dearest can never
this boon bestow;
But He touches the dropping eyelids, and
placid the features grow;
Their foes may gather about them, and storms
may round them sweep,
But guarding them safe from danger,
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
All dread of the distant future, all fears that
oppreSs to-day,
Like mists, that clear in the sunlight have
noiselessly passed away:
Nor call nor clamor can arouse them from
slumbers so pure and deep,
For only His voice can reach them
Who giyeth His loved ones Sleep
Weep not that their tolls are over, weep not
that their race is run;
God grant we may rest as calmly when our
work, like theirs. is 6onel
TIL then we would yield with gladness our
treasures to Him to keep,
And rejoice in the sweet assurance
He giveth His loved ones sleep
Golden Hours.
National Baptist world., 1894-10-05
QUEBEC'S HUNTING GROUNDS.
Plenty of Big Game to Be Had Close at
Hand.

Quebec is at the edge of a great viii.
derness of forests, rivers and lakes-a
wilderness reaching all the way to the
north pole. Without doubt, SAYS tho
New York Sun, it is the nearest to big
game of any city east of the Mississip,
pi and north of Mexico. Moose and
caribou are SO close at hand that men
are willing to try for them within
few hours Of the city, and to guarantee
the getting of them in a days journey
or less. The moose roam all over the
country south of the st. Lawrence,
and are perhaps most plentiful eastVf
the Maine border. The caribou field
extends all the way into and across
Labrador, there being two varieties
the wood caribou and the barren
ground caribou, the latter being the
larger beast Visitors to the recent
carnival at Quebec were surprised at
the great number of freshly slaueh-
tered moose and caribou then in the
city. They not only figured on the
floats in the grand procession but they
were to be found in the dwellings and
offices of the sportsmen and in the
clubs. The trout that has been
caught by fishing through the ice
were positively enormous Some were
more than foot in length, and
more than an inch thick at the thick
est part. They were not only speckled
but their skins were suffused with
brilliant reddish tinge. These fish
abound all around Quebec and are as
little trouble to get as any game fish
in the world. Two accompaniment of
the ordinary wilderness country were
very disappointing. They were the
Indians and the Indian curiosities.
The Indians were always in evidence,
but they were more white than red,
and more French than anything else.
Ordinarily they looked and dressed
like the rest of the habitants, but
when they put on their aboriginal
toggery for the great carnival parade
part of it proved to be most extraor-
dinary headdress of short feathers.
They were turkey feathers apparent
ly, although most of the American In
dlans despise the turkey as a cowardly
bird unfit to eat and unworthy to be
dealt with at all. Whatever the feath-
ers were, they were arranged like
a mop, and on the heads of the
Indians they looked like the new
tangled paper lamp shades which the
women are making. These headdresses
were the only Indian curios worth
having. The beadwork sold as Huron
work is such as the Long Island farm
erS wives sell at Fulton and Washinp-
ton markets Flowers were the princi-
pal designs, and flowers are things
that the true Indian never works into
pattern in any tribe in any part Of
the country.
National Baptist world., 1894-10-05
TO BE FILLED BY GOD,
Sunken Places In Our Nature To Be
Evened Out by the Omnipotent.

Sunken Places In Our Nature To BE
Evened Out by the Onnipotent.
If you take a coin and compare it
with the die from which it has been
struck, you will find that wherever in
the die there is an elevation, in the
coin there is a sunken place; and con-
versely. So there are not only resem-
blances in man to the Divine nature,
which bear upon them the manifest
marks of his destiny, but there are cor
responsiveness, wants on our side, met
by gifts upon His: hollow emptiness in
us filed. when we are brought into
contact with Him, by the abundance
of His outstanding supplies and
gifts. So the poorest. narrowest,
meanest life has in it a depth
OF desire. an ardCr, and sometimes
pain and madness OF yearning and
longing which nothing bat God can
fill. Though we often misunderstood
the voice, and so make ourselves mis-
cradle by vain efforts, our ''heart and
our flesh" in every fiber of our being,
cry out for the living God" And
what we all want is some one Pearl of
great price into which all the dispersed
preciousness and fragmeutary bril-
iances that dazzle the eyes shall
be gathered. We want a person. a liv-
ing person, present person, a suffi-
cient person. who shall satisfy our
hearts. our whole hearts. and that at
one and the same time, or else we shall
never be at rest.-Boston Watchman.
National Baptist world., 1894-10-05
THT SAME AS CRIME.
Some Grave Charges Which Suggest Them.
seIxes frnua q YerSa OF Scr;rfuro

Some Grave Charges Which Suggest Them
selves from a Verse of Scripture.
was stranger, and We took me not in;
naked and We clothed me not: sick. and in
prison, and We visited me not.-Matt., % 49,
No actual crime is charged. No
malicious murder is indicated. Moth
ing is said about having destroyed
with torch or sword. You didn't
break into my house and steal my
dread. Yo1 didn't poison my food or
National Baptist world., 1894-10-05
A Desirable Power.

There is a vast difference between
being ''open-minded" ard "open-
mouthed.' An open mind is ready 20
take in any good thing; but al. oreu
mouth often let's out things, good and
bad. that were better kept in. The
suggestion Don't be a clam is sup
posed to apply to persons who shut
themselves up against new things that
are worth receiving: but when even a
clam gets to that state in which it is
unable to keep closed there are unmis-
taxable signs of decay in the clam.
The power to shut ones mind against
evil communications, and to shut ones
mouth against too free speech, is an
important and desirable power; and
when we lose that power we are lack
ing in true vitality.-S. S. Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20

A few years ago fire broke out in 8
charming little Swiss village, says an
exchange. In q few hours the quaint
frame houses were entirely destroyed
The poor peasants ran around wiring
ing their hands and weeping over their
lost homes and the bones of the burned
cattle.
One poor man was in greater trouble
than his neighbors, even. His home
and cows were gone, and 80 also was
his son, bright boy of SIX or seven
years. He wept and refused to hear
any words of comfort. He spent the
night wandering sorrowfully among
the ruins, while his acquaintances had
taken refuge in the neighboring viii
lagos.
Just as daybreak came, however, be
heard q well-known sound, and look.
ing up he saw his favorite cow leading
the herd, and coming directly after
them was his bright eyed little boy: :,
20, my son! my son ~ he cried,
"are you really alive?"
"Why, yes, father When l saw the
fire ] ran to get our cows away to the
pasture lands"
"You are hero, my boy" the fs-
ther exclaimed.
But the boy said : 80, no! A hero
is one who does some wonderful deed.
I led the COVE away because they were
in danger, and I knew it was the right
thing to do"
"Ah " cried the father, he who does
the right thing at the right time is the
hero"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
"Just q Little"

"Only lust a little, a very, very
little ~ said the brook to the bank.
And the bank was silent, and the
brook wore its sides till the earth
melted away and the sods fioated down
the stream. r..,.
Just a little more, q very little
more v' said the brook again.
And the waters pressed agalnt the
roots of the willows that grew be-
yond the banks and laid them hare.
"Just a little more, very little
more.n said the brook again.
And the waters pressed against the
roots of the willows that grew beyond
the banks and laid them bare.
"Just q little more, a very little
more,n said the brook again.
And the widening stream advanced
with fresh force till, one by one, the
willows fell and were borne away in
the torrent.
"Alas !" cried the meadow, as the
waters closed In on it, "if 1 had not
neglected the first attack on my bank
nv fence would never been destroyed;
but now my protection Is gone, and l
am rightly served in being turned from
a fruitful field into Tatery waste"
1t is always so with the beginning
of evil. Yielded to 'just little," by
and by It claims the whole.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
GONE to be RefOrmers.

Ex Comptroller. General John Sam Werner
hasjoined his political fortunes with the Re.
formers. He made q speech to an assem-
blage of Rsformers in Columbia last Friday
night. pledging his support to that wing Of
the Democratic party. II the pure old line
Democrats will now abuse him enough, he
may get Office. but, as q rule, late con verts
only swell the ranks. One blessing to come
in this change Of bis political afaliation will
be, that we will have one III cker less, and the
antis won't miss one brother much. While
our side can never elect anybody, we can
abuse the good name OF the State, and sail
Into The leaders Of their side.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
The Speaking At Rock Hill.

We give notes Of the speaking at Rock Hill
last Monday, which are taken from the News
and Courier and The State.
The account is readable, and we presume
that every one will want to see II.
It seems to us that there has been q grea
deal OF talk about how Tillman and Butler
would tear each other TO pieces and We pre-
dict that the campaign will not be without In
terest. II Senator Butler keeps up his tactic,
In nagging Tillman, 1t is not unlikely that h'
may reply In kind. Neither the Governor
nor the Senator are lacking In courage or re
partee, but We would suggest that the effor
Of either to ridicule the other in the presence
OF his friends Is not good politics.
Butler and Tillmsn are both able men. ant
either would make good Senator. Their
politics, we believe. are about the same
They are neighbors at home, and both come
from Edgefeld.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
The Immigration Craze.

At intervals, more or less remote. the im-
migration craze, like measles, takes posses
sion OF the public mind. The newspapers
may be relied on to boost "immigration." !"
The editors who could command o feet or ex-
ecute the most difficult operation In surgery.
are always ready to help I'LL the country with
immigrants, and landowners are generally
urged to cooperate by selling their lands at
nominal figures.
The Press and Banner takes no stock in any
such agitation. II anybody comes amongst
us, We will be glad to welcome him, but we
do not desire an indiscriminate moving Of
poor people to this country, and we do not
encourage our people 70 sell their lands for
less than they are worth.
This country is ours. and this land should
belong to us and our children forever. We
shouldn't do as the Indians did-part with
our lands for q trife. We don't recollect II
the Indians encouraged immigration or not,
but It seems to us that some Of the "immi-
grants" lost their scalps and all the Indians
lost their lands We don't want to repeat
history In this particular.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
The Laurensvtlle Herald.

This old and reliable Reform newspaper Is
lighting the Honorable Washington Shell,
with all Its energy. We are not informed al
70 the motive or necessity for this course, bu,
presume there is good and sufficient reason.
II the Herald was younger paper, and its
editor had had less experience In the business
we would be inclined, with the light before
us, to think that the Herald was making 6
mistake In assailing its Congressman. There
are times when it is necessary for news.
paper to 60 to war, but as a rule 1t is impolitic
and unwise to enter into q scrimmage for OF
against a politician on personal grounds.
Political opposition Is all right and political
adherence is not wrong. Facts may be stated
II necessary, but venom, epithets, insinua
tions, or arguments are different things.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
Defense OF the Sou uth.

From all such, now and forever. may the
good Lord deliver as. Conscious of the recti.
tude Of her course. sensible of her high char
acter and never doubling the manhood Of her
men, the South needs no defence from North
ern traducers and fugitive negroes In foreign
lands.
To dispute with these classes Of people Is to
put ourselves on the defensive, and whoever
assumes the defensive Ia put at disadvan.
tage. Let the liar and the traducer exhaust
their efforts-honest seekers for truth will
right the wrong. AS every section OF the
world furnishes specific for every poison II
produces, 30 the land where liars and ira.
ducers flourish, will sooner or later furnish
truth.seskers to put their falsewords TO shame.
Knowing that we are right, and conscious
OF doing no wrong to anybody, We can let our
assailants alone. The neighbors who seek the
truth will furnish the antidate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
Will the Ouposttion DisinteKrate .

We believe that there is general feeling
that the opponents of the administration
will not put out ticket In this campaign.
The fact that the opponents are not organ
lied portends their disintegration as party.
without leaders no party can long exist.
Without the idea or the dream OF being re-
warded by ONCE, nobody is willing to under
take the expensive and thank less Office OF
marshaling forlorn hope.
The opposition being In hopeless minori.
ty, we may therefore expect many others to
do as Ex-Comptroller.Ge General John Sam Yer.
ner has done-go into the ranks OF the doml.
nant element.
II they can't control the storm. they, will 60
with 1t, in the hope OF giving 1t direction.
There Is no use to spin theories as to who
are, or are not Democrats, and It Is useless TO
attempt to rule everybody out OF the Demo
cratic party who does not think as We do on
all the issues that confront this country.
We must maintain our unity as a people,
and must settle little differences among our
selves, without breaking up into little fac
tions, some Of whom would sooner or later
appeal to the negro 10 arbitrate our differ
ences.
First, we had the Boilers, or Straightouts
In 1890, then we had Alllancemen and Ocaia.
ites Now we have Third Partyites.
II all these degrees Of Democracy are TO be
required to slough of from the real and true
Democracy, as We may see 1t, there will be
few left Not enough to keep watch over the
old corpse for one night.
The State Democratic Committee did right
In not excluding any from the Democratic
ranks who are willing to pledge fidelity TO the
party and 10 support the nominees at the
polls.
Wha: this country most needs Is peace. AS
between the aspirants for Office, there Is moi
enough for the people 10 become excited over
and we think that General Butler is to be con.
graduated In bis course in looking for votes
where they are to be found. We presume
that he uttered his true convictions on the
questions which we're propounded TO him
That being true. he has right to the respect
of the people. II then, he and Governor Till
man hold the same views. 1t will be merely 9
preference between the men.
II Senator Butler had chosen to antagonist
the dominant element, 1t would have been
useless for him to stand for reelection. Hlt
| true friends, while being disappointed at bill
course, will find that he is working for the Of
fee In his own peculiar way, and they should
not forsake him because he wants 10 get into
Governor Tillman's preserves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
NOTICE !
TO
HAWKERS and PEDDLERS.
TO

Section l. Be It enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives Of the State OF
South Carolina, now met and sitting In Gen.
eral Assembly and by the authority OF the
same, That on and after the passage OF this
Act no person shall, as hawker or peooier'
expose for sale any goods, wares or merchan
disc In any county In this Slate unless ne
has received and Is ready to produce and
exhibit q license from the Clerk OF
Court of the Common Pleas OF such County
so to sell or expose for sale goods wares and
merchandise In said county.
Section 2. That The said Clerk shall Issue
10 hawkers and peddlers 70 be good IN his
county until the last day OF December next
after the date of Its issue, upon receiving
from the applicant such fee or fees therefor as
the County Commissioners place at their
first meeting In January after the passage OF
this Act and thereafter at their first meeting
In January Of every year, establish and n1
license fees for hawkers and peddlers In tneir
County and 1t shall be the duty OF the Coun-
ty Commissioners TO fix and establish the
said license fees In the several counties In
the State. And each license shall specify
the sum paid therefor and the privilege
granted thereby.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty OF every
Trial Justice and every constable and OF tne
Sheriff and Of his regular deputies TO, and ev'
cry citizen may, demand and Inspect the IL
cepse OF any hawker o. peddler In Dis or
their County, who shall come under the no
tice OF any Of said officers and TO arrest OF
cause TO be arrested any hawker or peddler
found without good and valid license, ana
70 bring such hawker and peddler before the
nearest Trial Justice to be dealt With accord
ing to this Act
Section 4. That the provisions OF this Act
ahall not extend to vendors OF newspapers,
magazines, vegetables, tobacco. provisions OF
any kind or agricultural products, or TO sell
by sample by persons travelling for estao-
lished commercial houses, but shall extend
and apply to vendors OF every other class
and kind OF goods, wares and merchandise,
and TO sell by samples or otherwise by such
nawkers and peddlers OF stoves, ranges,
clocks, lightning rods, sewing machines,
pianos or organs.
Section s. That any person or officer vio.
Iating any OF the requirements or duties I'M
pesed bo this Act. shall upon conviction. be
guilty of q misdemeanor and shall be fined
not more than ifty dollars or imprisoned In
the county jail not more thirty days for each
and every offense.
Section 8. That all Acts or parts Of Acts In
consistent with this Act be. and the same Is
hereby, repealed.
Approved December Goth. 1888.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20
The Senatorial Race,

The Augusta Chronicle OF last Thursday
contained long editorial urging the ability
OF Senator Butler to represent the State in the
Senate, and urging his reelection, while ac-
knowledging that Goveror Tnlman's desire
for the place Is an honorable ambition. The
Press and Banner will look on v ith interest
as the campaign progresses. We are a little
Indifferent just now, hnt may become inter-
ested later on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-20

II you don't see what You want. ask for 1t.
Now In the time to announce yourself as a
candidate for office. The cost Is no more
nom now until the election, than II put In
the paper the last week Of the campaign.
II sufioient number Of candidates come
out for Office 1t reconciles the printer to his
hard lot Of running a newspaper year after
year.