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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
ROuntl Shoulders Cured.

A woman physician has recon-
mend to the Boston Herald the follow
ing simple exercise, requiring little
time and no apparatus, for the cure of
all except very severe cases of round
shoulders, when braces are also some
times necessity:
81. Raise arms before you, shoul-
der high, extend arms sidewise, throw
lead back, straighten head, move
arms toward, lower arms; repeat ten
times.
2. Stand erect, raise arms before
you, rise on tip-toes, then throw arms
as far backward as possible, sink again
on heels and drop arms to side; repeat
ten times.
3. Raise arms with elbow bent,
shoulder high, bringing palms togeth-
er in front of face, then with elbows
still bent, swing both arms vigorously
backward as far as possible even with
the shoulders, palms looking forward.
This should be repeated several times,
but as the position is somewhat fatigu-
ing, rest or change of exercise may be
made between the movements"
Another simple movement designed
to bring about q correct position of the
shoulder-blades consists of holding q
cane or wand in both hands, throwing
the head back and carrying the stick
from "above the head back and down
the hips"
AS the clothing, if too tight or un-
yielding about or over the shoulders,
may help to produce round shoulders,
both the under and outside waist
should be comfortable and bands over
the shoulder of garments made of elas'
tic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
Sea.s OF Learning.

awe usually think of the cities as
centers Of cultivation" said a college
professor recently, "but my own OBJ
servation convinces me that there is
more reading done in the farm-houses
than there is in the CITY,"
Undoubtedly this gentleman was
right. Reading habits are the excep-
ton, rather than the rule, among. the
majority of people in the cities. These
people are "too busy to read" but not
too busy to 60 to theaters, or baseball
matches, or promenade the streets.
The life of the city is unfavorable to
reading habits.
The people on the farm are very
busy, too, and generally regret that so
little time is left them for the improve
ment of their minds. Nevertheless,
few farm-houses are unprovided with
periodicals of various sorts. Many
farmers families possess excellent
books of their own, with sets of ency-
clopedias in which they are accustom-
ed ito look up" subjects.
The state of things on the farm, es-
pecialIy in the winter, encourages
evening reading instead of discourag-
ing it. 1t is a change from the farm
work-a delightful peep into a new
world.
The farmer who wishes his boys and
girl TO acquire habits of reading can
cultivate in them these habits nowhere
80 we'll as in his own sitting-room.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
A Wonderful Cure.

She found Him on the street with q
crowd around Him, everyone askipg
for help. They were all talking as fast
as they could. telling one another what
great cures He had made, until the
woman thought: "If can but touch
His clothes, It will be enough to, heal
me-" So she pressed close to Him and
put her trembling fingers on the hem
of Him garment. Right away she
felt thrill through all her body, and
she knew that she was we'll! The
good Physician turned to see who
touched Him, the woman was afraid
and hid away in the crowd.
"Who touched My garmets" He
asked.
Master" said some one near, "do
you not see how all the people press
around us, and do you ask, Who
touched Me%"
"Yes," He replied ''some one has
touched Me in q way the others have
not" And looking out among the
noisy crowd He caught the eye Of the
poor woman. Then she saw she need
not be afraid of One whoae face was so
full of tenderness and love. She came
close to Him, and told Him all the
truth about herself. Think how she
must have felt when she heard Him
say in gentle voice: Daughter, thy
faith hath made thee whole; goln
peace, and be whole of thy plague"
Do you not suppose that that woman
loved the One who healed her, and af-
terward was always ready to do any
thing she could for Him?
We know who the good Physician
was. There never was another like
Him. Yes; we know His name Is
JESUS, and we are glad that
He is living still, and Is just as
as ready to help and heal sin-sick souls
"a He was to cure that poor woman.
We are indeed very i'll. We do not
know how ill we are. The truth is we
are going to die If we do not find the
Great Ph ysician. We may try all the
ways we can think of, as that woman
did but, like ner, we will never grow
better, but worse and worse every
year we live, unless we come near
enough to ] Jesus to touch Him and hear
Him say, "Thy faith hath saved
thee"
He does not want us to join the
crowd and talk about Him, and yet
never come near enough to Him to be
cured of sin. There were q great
many people in that multitude around
Jesus who were never any better for
being there. No doubt they talked
loud enough, asked the Lord for
great deal, but they never were in
such heart-earnest as was the woman
who wanted truly to be cured OF her
sickness.
Jesus wants US to be whole pure in
heart, speaking truth with our lips.
loving what is good, hating all that Is
evil. He wants US to mind what he
says, and try always to please Him:
What happy world this would be II
every sin-sick soul would come TO
Jesus and truly be made whole"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
A Strange Dialogue.

Not many weeks ago minister sup
posed to be in the midst of a gracious
revival was met at railway station by
friend, who said to him:
(which way?'
"Going on four weeks trip down
South"
"Sick ?'
"Never better"
II thought your church was in the
midst of a revival ?'
"All through; took in sixty-tive last
Sunday"
"W6at sort are they? Pretty good
class to take into the Church ?"
I don't know much about
them; l gave the invitation, they
rose"
"Do the profess to be converted ~
"a good many of them do"
II should think you would have
stayed there until you got them well
into the way of attending the services
and doing church work."
%, no; left that to the church and
the Holly Spirit. l am tired, and ]
am going off to have good time. !
earned it holding meetings right along
for four weeks
This is the substance of a CONVERSE
ton between a minister Of Christ's
Gospel and layman who once was a
spiritually minded man.
He told it merely as an incident.
TO us it seems as melancholy tale
as we have heard for many day.
The most critical period in most in
stances is not that which Immediately
precedes the public manifestation of a
desire to be saved, but that which fol-
lows. Had the minister been sick,
every spiritually minded person would
have wished him Godspeed upon his
tour for recuperatiOn; but to turn his
back upon sixty.tive converts because
he was "tired' and wanted "good
time" furnishes little ground to be-
lieve that any one of the sixty-five
needed a spiritual change more than
he.
The true shepherd could not desert
his flock at such time, and perhaps
the lamp ofChrist's fold are better off
when the "hireling fees"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
Language of the Umbrella.

An American, after IengCneneu
study of the subject, gives the follow
ing definition Of the language of the
umbrella "To place one in rack at
club indicates that 1t will soon snort
ly change owners /; if a cotton one be
substituted for silk, it means that
exchange is no robbery" "A man
getting all the raindrops from the
points of the umbrella, which he holds
over IA lady, signifies courtship, hut
when man keeps the lions share of
the article, giving the lady the rain
drops, it denotes marriage. TO carry
an mbrella under the arm at an angle
implies that the Individual following
will lose an eye, while to hold it just
high enough to injure passer's eyes
and mems hats signifies i am a WON
an Lastly, the loan of an umbrella
is synonymous with an act OF eyre
gious folly"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
l0uriesY In the Home.

I do not know a half dozen families
in which the members exercise to-
ward each other positive courtesy. |
do not mean that I find most people
boorish or unkind but this, that while
there is no lack of negative good mall
ners in the family, positive manners
are lacking-such manners as are
habitual with visitors. This is plainly
a great American fault. 1t is a fault
not chargeable to the Oriental races,
nor in as great degree to some of the
European nations. The glory of Jap
anese home life is tender respect for
parents and the utmost regard for the
feelings of brothers and sisters. That
home life cannot he truly admirable
and satisfactory on any other basls
needs no argument. L believe we
should insist more on home courtesy.
From the earliest years the children
should be taught to look with abhor-
ence on harsh words, or a lack OF
gentle ones in all common intercourse.
Of course, do not argue for the fllm-
fiam of 'my DEAR" and similar con-
ventioualities. They mean nothing,
and cover considerable. What 1 look
after i. that beauty of childhood and
youth which should be, and can be,
cultivated into perfect growth and
blossoming. We have so little of it!
The fine faces one sees of 10 or II are
.lmost all of them bearing marks OF
Immature aud ill-manners, and by 20
or IS they are mainly deficient in
every element of beauty. Why shal!
we have so little glorious manhood
and so little glorious womanhood:: is
it not because in our homes our ideal
is so cheap and our manners so empty?
I understand well that manners may
he fraudulent, but they may also carry
the spirit of gentleness, kindness and
love.-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
894. ESTABLISHED 1914
Electric Young Men.

The electric atmosphere of the Amer
lean business world Is all tool apt to
make our young men impatient, writes
Edward w. Box in an article OH
young men in the March Ladies'
Home Journal. They want to fly be-
fore they can even walk we'll. Ambi-
tion is splendid thing in any young
man. But he must not forget that,
like fire and water, it makes good
servant but poor master. Getting
along too fast is just as injurious as
getting along too slow. A young
man between twenty and twenty-five
must be patient. know patience is
q difficult thing TO cultivate, but it is
among the first lessons we must learn
in business. A good stock of patience,
acquired in early life, will stand
man in good stead in latter years. 1t
is handy thing to have and draw
upon, and makes q splendid safety
valve. Because young man, as he
approaches twenty-five, begins to see
things more plainly than he did five
years before, he mustn't get the idea
that he is business man yet, and en-
titled to mans salary. If business
questions, which he didn't understand
five years before, now begin to look
clearer to him, it is because he is pass
ing through the transitory state that
divides the immature judgment of the
young man and the ripening penetra-
tion of the man. He is simply begin
ming. From then he will grow, and
his salary will grow as he grows. But
Rome wasn't built in a day. and bus
mess man isn't made in a night. As
experience comes, the judgment will
become mature, and by the time the
young man reaches thirty he will be-
gin to realize that he didn't know as
much at twenty-five as thought he did.
And when he is ready to learn from
others he will begin to grow wise.
And when he reaches that state where
is willing to concede that he hasn't
"corner" on all the knowledge in
this world, he will be stepping out of
the chrysalis of youth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

Many Episcopal bishops are in the
habit of describing themselves "by
Divine permission bishop of their d.
ocese, in official documents. A certain
bishop not long ago had occasion to
send such a document TO a most de-
vout, but not highly educated, laymen.
Thereupon it became the duty of the
layman to draw up and sign an official
document relating to some church bus.
mess, and noticing the phrase referred
to in the bishops paper, he thought
it was incumbent upon him, also to
recognize the Divine guidance. so, I'D
entire good faith, he described himself
as "John Smith, by Divine PERMISSION,
grocer and dealer in all kinds Of Hour
and feed" The paper never got into
the archives of the chnrch, however.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

quires that we should understand an
idea before we fly in arms against it.
Seeing a fellow being do right and
avoW his reasons therefor is Il power
among men. God is not inclined to
leave himself without witness in
this world. We expect that his spirit
will press home upon human hearts q
right example rightly given.
No mercy Oh organized sin! Wait
ing for organized iniquity to reform it.
self organically never accomplished
and never will.
Things will move toward the right
when each individual proceeds at once
to put himself in a right attitude.
When Christian minds and hearts
are where they should be they cannot
he kept apart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

DIR. Peabody, of Harvard, who has
inst entered the ranks of the octogena-
rians is little absent minded at times.
One summer day, having come into
Boston from Cambridge, and having
alighted from the car at Bowdoin
souare, he turned sharp corner and
collided with an elderly gentleman
who was standing with his hat off,
wiping the perspiration from his fore
head, but who held his hat in such a
way as to give the appearance of beg
ging. DR.. Peabody, seeing the hat,
dropped quarter into it with bis Gus
tomary kind remark. DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, who was holding
the hat, put the money in his pocket,
solemnly thanked his old friend, the
giver, and passed on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

An exchange aptly remarks that
when you see youth who will do any
sort of work, no matter how menial it
may be, rather than be idle, you can
make up your mind that fellow
amounts to something. The young
man who would starve before he would
do anything beneath what he conceives
to be his dignity is not made of the
right stuff to cut much of figure in
this world. Don't be afraid of any
sort of work so long as it is honorable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

We often do with greatest confidence
those things for which we have the
least capability. To attribute motives
fairly to our fellow men anu women, is
admitted to be difficult task. But to
ascribe reasons for the actions OF chill
dren and infants-this is only too sell
dom treated with the dignity due to
O vital problem. a little child may
cry aud cry on, not for one reason, but,
successivelv, for two, three, or more
The cause for the beginning of the cry
is not necessarily the cause for its con-
tinuance, though there be not mo-
menrs interruption. First the Child
NAV have hurt himself, and, before he
recovers and is stilled, his mother or
his nurse may have hurt him ny u
scolding word or all unsympathizing
manner. He will now cry on, more
for the heart wound than for the pain
in the flesh. In certain nervous or
carnations the hurts of both kinds
have worn themselves out. as motives.
and the crying becomes merely physi-
illogical. The paroXysm has outgrown
its original motive, and shifted 1t,
ground; the nervous system Is DOM
inant. The child is simply a crying
machine, without cnnscions motive.
But if the parent recognizes-as pa
rents too seldom. do-that the quality
of the demonstration changes. how
often does the parent consider the ne,
cessity of a change of attitude toward
the child, and of methods in dealing
with it's. S. Times.
The three smallest horses.-1n lS4S
what was thought to he the smallest
specimen of the equine race in the
known world was Queen Mab." a
pampered pet at at the London zoologi-
cal gardens. Nab was brought to this
country when II years old but only
lived three months after she reached
New York. One account says that
she was only lG inches high, another
that she was 2G inches, both measure
ments probably correct, taken at differ
ent times.
A few years ago the Baroness Bur
dett-C -Coutts owned Shetland pony
only IA inches high and IS inches il
length.
But the smallest horse brute in eXis
tence belongs 10 the shah OF Persia
1t is 1884 inches high and wears golc
shoes worth $50 each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

1t is very common for the people
who ride a hobby to suppose that the
world is prosecuting them, when, as
matter of fact, it is simply laughing at
their folly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
An Old Easter Hymn.

In the bonds of death He lay,
Who for our of1ense was slain,
But the Lord Is risen to-day,
Christ has brought as life again;
Whereforefore let us all rejoice,
Singing loud with cheerful voice,
Hallelu!ah
Jesus Christ, Gods only Son,
Came at last our foe to smite,
All our sins away hath done,
Done away deaths power and right;
Only the form OF death Is left,
.Halleluiah!
Twas wondrous war trow,
Life and death together fought,
But life hath trlumphed DER his foe,
Death IL Knocked, and set at nought;
Yea, .tis as the Scripture saith,
Christ through death hath conquered
HalleluIah! .
Now our Paschal Lamb Is he.
And by him alone we live,
Who to death upon the tree
For our sake himself did give.
Faith his blood strikes on our door,
Death dares never harm us more,
HallelulIah.
On this day, most blest or days,
Let US keep high festival,
For our God hath showed his grace,
And his sun hath risen on all,
And our hearts rejoice to see
Sin and night before him fee.
HaIleluiah
To the Supoer Of the Lord
Gladly will We come to-day;
The word OF peace Is now restored,
The old leaven is put away;
Christ will be our food alone,
Faith no life but his will own,
Halleluiah!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

He that refuseth instruction de-
spiseth his own soul ; but he that
heareth reproof getteth understand
ing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

The best remedy for depressed spirits
is Il little active work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

DICHARD CAN'T, is now prepared 70 do
II all work In his department III tpe SeS.
manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and sham
pooling 81 per month. Rasors honed anu pun
in the best condition for % cents eacn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
Every Man
A Capitalist.

You can become a capitalist at
once by laying by a small part OF
YOUR yearly income and invest
ing it in a Tontine policy Of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14

CUIUIIUIi, D' %
p. S.-A little later on, say in April,
those Divisions that want the July
meeting with them can notify me.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
First Monday in Each Month,
J. D. CAR VILE

Supervisor Of Registration for Abheville
County. lDer.6 d, lS9b, u
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-30

The Electric Road has recently received
800 ties which are being laid along the line
by crew.
Probably by Tuesday more of the open
cars will be on, and the others will be
brought out as they are made ready.
The car house has been painted and is
very much improved.
Today the half-hour car will begin to run
at s. 80 A. NJ, out of this city.
An extra car will leave State street at
$50 A. M, for the accommodation of the
workingmen who 60 down river. This is a
convenience never before afforded.
The half-hour car out of here in the
evening will continue till s 80 for the pres
ent, and later will continue further into the
night.
Superintendent Maloon has received a
letter from big firm in Chicago, making
inquiry about his improved brake and wish
ing considerable information about our fine
road.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-30
AUGUSTA Hiah School Alumni.

The executive committee of the Augusta
High School Alumni Association met at the
Cony high school, Saturday morning, for
the purpose of preparing for the annual
reunion.
II was decided to abandon the former
custom of giving a ball and public exer-
cises. Instead, private reunion will lie
hele at one of the hotels. In order to
accommodate as many as possible of the
high school alumni, who will probably
attend the Bowdoin centennial, the reunion
will be held on the evening of Friday, June
30. There will be business meeting ann
reception at 6 o'clock P. NJ, collation. at 7
o'clock, and addresses at s o'clock.
Only members holding tickets will attend
the reunion. Each members ticket, admit
ting self and friend, will be 81. Additional
guest tickets will be 81 each.
The necessary ub-committees were ap-
pointed to take charge Of the details, and
Melvin S. Holway, Esq, was elected chair
man, vice George V. S. Michaelis, re-
signed. M. S. Holway, G. V. S. Michaelis
and Z. L. Nash were chosen a committee to
formulate report for the action of the
alumni association on the subject of alumni
representation on the board of directors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-30
10. 0. r. ANNIVERSARY SERVICE
Held IN Methodist Church Sunday Evening e.
fore Large Audience.

The l. o. o. F. anniversary service to
observe the 18th year Of the introduction Of
Odd Fellowship in America, was held in the
Methodist church, Sunday evening.
The church was filled and many were
obliged to 60 away, as there was not stand.
ing room. The programme as published in
the JOURNAL Saturday, was carried out.
The members formed in line in front of
their hall, State street, and marched to the
church. There were 26 members of the
Canton in line, at the lead, under command
Of Captain Pond, all in full uniform, then
10 members of Asylum Lodge, headed by
Marshal Lovejoy. All marched two abreast.
Rev. c. S. Cummings preached a very
interesting sermon, taking his text from
Ecclesiastes, iv: 9-10: Two are better
than one, because they have q good reward
for their labor. For il they fall, one will
lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is
alone when he falleth, for he hath not
another to help him up"
He spoke of the order growing out of
Christian sentiment, and this being the case
Of its establishment, the form of observing
the 10Th anniversary of its Introduction of
Odd Fellowship in America, by attending
church in body, was an ex cellent one.
Mention was made of tie objections some
raise against the order. Some object to its
being secret. A few allude to it as being
evil. Because the funds are used only for
the members, some object and say it is not
charity. Others say it is detrimental to
church work. If anybody was present at
this meeting who raised such objections
surely all such peculiar ideas must
have been given up, as the
speakers remarks would tend to wipe away
all conclusions of this sort. The benevo-
lent efforts of the order, in helping the
members and their families, was very inter-
estingly treated upon. The principles of
the order were explained. Its belief in God
and Immortality on man, the foundation on
the Bible, the application of practical char
ity, and the following of resolutions, in
deeds rather than promises. Reference was
made briefly to the statistics of its bene-
fetal efforts. About $50 900 900 have thus
far been paid to the families of members.
The speaker addressed the |. o. o. F.
members present, regarding the qualities of
a good Odd Fellow and the work he may
do and the benefit he may be to this noble
fraternity.