The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-05-23

There are two-face men to be found in
all communities. They endeavor to play
a double game In the great drama Of life
that they may be sure of success. They
try to divide themselves so as to be able
to lap in on both sides of every question
that is agitated. They are afraid of their
own shadow, lest it should reflect and
expose the corrupt and craven spirit that
is wrapped up in the substance. Their
whole life Is one Of base deception, and
their actions are shams and counterfeits.
They encourage what they know to be
wrong. and timidly sustain that which
they admit is right. They arespparently
frank and outspoken when the tide Of
public opinion all runs in one channel,
but as soon as they discover that there Is
division of sentiment on subject they
suddenly become mute, or show sigus Of
extraordinary liberality of opinion to-
wards both sides. Force them to an ex-
preston of opinion and you will extort
from them a kind of compromises
little in favor Of one side, and an excuse
in favor Of the other. They act as though
their very existence depend on making
everybody believe that they agree with
verybody. They become reconciled to
what they formerly professed to despise {;
or if not reconciled they are as quiet as
sucking doves, and as tame toward both
sides az house cats. They assign no
reason for their lamb-like conduct.
They have none, except want CT princi-
pie. They are devoid Of the proper
elements that constitute true manhood.
They are without meutal force to sustain
themselves In the battle Of life, and dodge
about trying to please everybody. until
they become hateful in the estimation OF
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they are contemplate In the eyes of men
of principle. Such characters, when ex-
pedient for their interests, have CAB for
all parties, and principles for every emer-
gency; but the people are too sharp to
be deceived in this manner, and those
who think they are swimming along
smoothly and unnotlced in the political
waters, will, before they are aware OF it,
be drowned In their own corruption With
no friends to save them. It is q game of
political ledgerdemain that cannot be
successfully played. Give us open can
dor. We can have some respect for a
rascal when he has independence enough
to show his true colors, and sufficient
courage to defend them but the man
who wears tw o faces, whose soul Is too
small to feal that he has right to enjoy
his own will, and who is too sycophantic
to express his honest convictions, de-
serves the reprobation of all honorable
men.
1t is generally supposed that when a
mans heart pulsation goes down to forty
a minutes fatal results may follow unless
restoratives are applied. Thomas Lyons
of Benton Harbor, Mich. is notable
exception. He is ffty-six years old, Of
dropsical tendency and weighs two hun
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spells about two years ago. His pulse
ran down to sixty and every body thought
he was going to die. Lately his pulse
sank to thirty-six and thirty-four. There
seemed no hope for Lyons, who arranged
his temporal affairs and prepared for the
worst. Electrical currents were applied
but the pulse only sank lower, reaching
thirty. All sorts of restoratiYes were ap-
piled. They seemed to have the oppo-
site effect. Farther down sank the pulse
even to eighteen, and yet all this time
Mr.. Lyons was, to all appearances, strong
and we'll. For over year now he has
been in this condition, his pulse waYer-
ing between eighteen and twenty-five,
and he has been at work almost every
day in his shop.
- In the debate on the Wilson bill Mr..
Hendrix, of Brooklyn, stated that dia-
monds are now largely owned by servant
girls, clerks on small salaries and poor
people. Mr.. Hendrix explained what is
not generally appreciated, that diamonds
are losing their hold as fashio nable Or
nament, and are not 80 common among
the 400 as in the days of yore. He said
they have become the means of the in
vestment of savings among the classes
in society in very ordinary circumstan-
ces. Readily carried, they can be
easily converted into cash.
On approaching his cabin few
nights since North Carolina man was
surprised to find the door, which he
had locked, wide open. He entered eau
tiously and discovered huge bear help
ing himself to all the eatables in sight.
He attacked the animal but was vaI-
buished and the bear escaped.
Yorkville has decided by a vote of
IA to II that it does not want q Dispen-
sary established there,