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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07

The division Of the year into three
hundred aud siXty-five days and a.
quarter comes to us from the Egypt
ians. So far as history reaches back
into the darkness of the early ages we
are led to believe that the dusky brown
people by the banks of the Nile wer.
the first to study the motions ofthe sun
and stars, and make them the measure
of time. And some recent discovers
i'm Egypt, by careful students, seem to
show the way in which the early astro-
nomers were enabled to count the days
in the solar year. The great temples
on the Nile were built with long en-
trace of columns leading from the riv-
er to the interior shrine-a kind OF tun-
mel ; sometimes it was lined with
sphinxes or huge granite figures. Its
mouth was turned toward a certain
part of the heavens where the light Of
the setting sun could enter it only once
a year. It was either at the summer
sOlstice, when the sun was farthest in
the north, or at some other periodic
position of the sun or star. We may
imagine the Egyptian astronomer
watching in the inner shrine for the
opening of the new year. The long
line of columns served as telescope
by which he could catch the first beam
of the setting sun. Suddenly the red
light would flash through the tunnel
up to the Holy of Holes the moment
it reached the shrine the philosopher
would mark the hour, and know that
another year had begun. From that
point in time he could count day after
day until, when the three hundred and
sixty-tive days had passed, once more
the red beam of light streamed into the
tunnel, and another year had passed
away. In this way it seems probable
that our days were first counted and
divided. Other nations, and even the
Greeks and Romans, used the moon az
their guide, and divided the year into
lunar months. But it was found, as
time passed on, that great Irregular
tiles crept in the months no longer
TO the seasons April be-
came June, and the autumn months
winter. The Egyptian sun year was
then generally adopted by the ignor.
ance or the Roman priests and at last
julius Caesar, who was fond of astrono-
my, resolved to correct the calendar;
it is his year we now use, and to his
friend, the Egyptian Sosigenes, we owe
our division of time. Caesar fixed up
on the first of January as the beginning
of his year-a season of feasting and
Joy with the Egyptians and all mod
ern society. Another mode of calcul-
ating the days Of the year in Egypl
was by the rising Cf the dog star. Sir
ius. This was know as the Sothic sys-
tenn, and is another proof of the care
full study the Egyptians gave to the
starry skies.-Eugene Lawrence, III
Harper's Weekly.
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Lay Delegates.

The following is a list of the lay
delegates to the South Carolina Con
ference which meetsin Laurens, S. g.,
November q, 1894:
CHARLESTON DIsTRICT.-B. Greig
J. d. Nelson, J. Il. Stokes, w. r
Googe. Reserves NJ. P. Howell, VIM.
Stokes
:. CHESTER DIsrRIcT.-J. NJ. Riddle,
H. G. Strauss, j. L. Glenn, George
Beach. Reserves w. H. Crook, J.
A. Smith.
CoKESBURY DIsTRICT.-I. II. Boul'
ware, J. !G,Jenkins, G. " Hammond
J. r. Bullock. Reserves: james
Cothrau, R. w. Major, J. T. Miller,
J. d. Fooshee.
COLUMBIA DIsTRICT.-L. B. Hay
nes, r. H. Jennings, G. D. Stanley, D.
L.Qninby. Reserves: J. r. Curlee,
j. d. Edison, A. M. Boozer, DR.. e. s.
FLORENCE D1sTRlcT.-G. Hoffmey.
er,,J. q. Mccall. A. J. A. Perritt, A.
NJ. Gordon. Reserves: james Epps,
P. H. Brock.
GREENvILLE DISTRICT.-J.G.Clt
scales, NJ. NJ. Gaines, RS. Hill, WA.
Clyde. Reserves: T. ID. Harris, w.
H. Nardin, T. F. Reese, A. Fl. Cure
ton.
MARION DISTRICT. w. J. Mont
gomery, P. A. Hodges, E. Norton. j.
G.. Sellers. Names of reserves not re.
ported. 2
ORANGEBURG DIsTRICT.-A. G.
Dibble, Geo. H. Bates, H. J. Brabham,
o. b. Riley. Reserves: II. l. Judy,
G. w. Goolsby, r. B. Tarrant, j. b.
Guess.
SPARTANBURG DISTRICT r. l..
Coleman, IT. L. Hamer. DR.. j. H.
Carlisle, w. P. Harris. Reserves: 4: D.
H. Golightly, VIM. Jeffries, T. c. Dun
can, w. H. 5. Harris.
SUMTER DIsTRICT.-N. S. Mcleod, ,
l.. r. Rollings, s. A. Nettles, l.. A.
White. Reserves J. w. Mcleod,
j. M. Knight.
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AS long as we look at men to see
what God is doing, we shall be disap-
pointed.
To preserve a friend, three things
are required TO honor him present,
praise him absent, and assist him in
bis necessities.
It is hard for the Holy Spirit to fill
a man who is already full of himself.
There are few better razor strops
than can be made from remnant of
old leathor betting that has revolv ed
long beneath a dripping Of oil from
machinery. A razor first stropped OIL
such strip of leather and then upon
q piece of calkskin is easily kept in
good order.
Letting clothes hang after they
are dry, or letting them hang
through a storm or in windy weather
to slap about, is not conductive to
long wearing or to help the good mans
pocket book.
Good thoughts are no better than
good dreams, if they are not executed.
The printing of the stamps for the
Post Office Department is done on
presses that produce about 1000
stamps a minute, or about 100000 an
hour. Each press has an endless chain
carrying four plates, and on each plate
40 stamps are represented. The Gov
ernment now saves about $4,000 per
annum by manufacturing its own
stamps.
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The Yirtues Of Bnttermilk.

Concerning the remedical value OF
buttermilk, the Medical Advisor says
that it is of 80 much worth that it
has gained distinct place in "materia
medica," and ia largely prescribed by
the best physicians for the chest and
lung ailments andlin most forms OF
kidney troubles. An exclusive but
termiik diet has seemed to bring about
a cure for Bright's disease. A proper
and constant use Of it will greatly re-
duce, and sometimes cure, the craving
for alcoholic liquors with which many
persons are afflicted. The craving
may be satisfied and the system bene-
fited and strengthened instead OF
weakened. Buttermilk alone will
often remedy acidity of the stomach.
The Tactic acid needed in many cases
supplied by it much more than any
other drink or food, 1t is said to
alleviate the oppression about the
heart that 30 many old people suffer
from, and it should be constantly
drunk by them. 1t is also to a certain
extent stimulant for the entire sys.
tam, just what the aged need.
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W hat Others Say.
Nashville AdYocatel.

The process of secularizing the pull
pit goes on apace. In many quarters
the old theme of personal religion has
heen virtually banished. Into its
place are put mere discussions of cur
rent issues, the most of which have. it
is true, pronounced moral phases. We
feel sure that the final outcome Of this
policy will be disastrous beyond meas
ure. No amount of interest in matters
that are occurring in this world can be
all effective substitute for an intelli-
gent concern in matters that lie within
the sphere of the world to come. Nor
is this all. 1t is also true that the best
possible way, the only possible way,
of getting into right attitude toward
all human affairs is, first of all, to get
into right attitude to God. The radi-
cal and effective method of reforming
the world is to labor for the spiritual
renewal of individual men and wo-
men.
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Refusing to Fight.

JOSEPH, the brother ofOliver s. Fell
business manager of the Universal
Peace Union, was as boy convinced
that the use of weapons was contrary to
the teaching of Christ, and so when the
Ciyal War broke out and he was con-
scripted by the rebel officers, he quitely
submitted to their cruel treatment with
in Libby and Castle Thunder Prisons.
He was obliged to live on unwhole-
some food and thin soup for about nine
months, being kept in filth and am ong
evil company. His eyes and health
were injured, though he had wonder
full visions of light. He suffered with
meekness for the Truth, aud his life is
now devoted to the service of Jesus.
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Central Methods

Judging from the roar of cannons,
which can he heard from our office al
most every day or night, the election
in this country is causing a good deal
of excitement. What folly! Men
who can have no possible interest in
the result, other than mere partisan
triumph, abandon everything, join in
with the rabble, and disturb the peace
and quiet of Il whole community.
And even Christian men. forgetting
the dignity of their profession, run
wild with enthusiasm, attend the daily
and nightly gatherings, but have no
time, and apparently no taste, for the
weekly gathering of the Lords people
to honor Him. Partisan politics, when
1t turns the heads of the people, be.
comes the bane of society, henceis very
damaging.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
The Peace.Making Duck.

I am sure all the children who like
to hear true stories will be glad to
know these interesting facts about a
duck, who earned for itself the name
of 1.-The Peacemaker."
The peace-making duck lived on a
poultry farm in Kentucky. 1t was
not what could be called "a rare spe-
cies,n or q "fine bird" as regards its
appearance and pedigree. as poultry
keepers count greatness. But in char
acter it was rare fowl, as you will
soon find. The farmer and the farm
er's hoy thought more of that duck
than of all the high-priced ones they
had, with all their fine display of
feathers.
If you have ever watched the fowls
in a chicken yard, or on a farm, you
have noticed that they have traits in
their characters something like those
people have. There are some little
chickens that always run quickly to
the coop when the mother calls them,
and others that like to stray off and
wait awhile before they obey their
mothers. You have also noticed that
roosters will fight with each other !;
even very young roosters who have
not yet learned to crow will get angry
at some little happening, and fly at
each other in a furious way.
The roosters on this fine poultry
farm in Kentucky were just like roos-
ters in all the other States of our
country. They would fight, and the
"peacc- duck" could not bear
to see such display of ugly temper.
No matter where this duck was, or
what it was doing, whether eating a
good meal or having pleasant sail on
the pretty pond, the moment there
was rooster fight the peacemaker
hurried to the field. When the COM
batants flew at .ach other, with their
feathers all rutfled up. and tried to see
(which would whip" the peace-mak-
ing duck ran between them and
quacked loudly. The fighters were
always 80 surprised that this duck
dared to interfere in their battle that
they stopped fighting for moment to
look at her. Instantly the duck
would run between the legs of one OF
the roosters and take hold of him by
the tail-feathers. and the fight would
be over for that time. No rooster who
respected himself could give battle
after a duck had grabbed him by the
tail-feathers /; such shameful mortifi-
cation as that was made him think of
trying to regain some respect for him
self, instead Of fighting his neigh
Dor. e.
Don't you think that we might learp
q very good lesson from this "peace-
making duck" and, instead of STIR
ring up unpleasant things to rouse an
angry spirit, Try to make everybody
kind and thoughtful of everybody
else?
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Ways of Injuring the Health
Continual worrying about something
or nothing; or giving way to hts oi
anger.
irregularity in sleeping, and eating
too many kinds of, and too highly
seasoned food.
Wearing thin shoes and stockings
and insufficient clothing, especially
upon the limbs and extremities.
Sleeping OF featherbeds in 7x9 bed.
rooms without ventilation at the top OF
the window,
Allowing gain to absorb our minds,
so as to leave no time to attend to
health following unhealthy occupar
tions because money can be made at
them.
Tempting the appetite with bitters
and nIcelies when the stomach says
no, and forcing food into it when
nature does not demand it or be-
tween meals.
Marrying in haste and living in dis
satisfaction cultivatirg jea!ou-les,
domestic hrnils and always hri"g ~ y
mental fcrM"nt.
Neglecl!ng i"or'r c'Tp of q 'i'r'
and making Il drug s:!"p &" 'le
body.
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Strong Protest.

The election returns as far as heard from
furnish strong protest against Tillman and
Evans, and their methods, and give hard
fight against the dispensary. This protest
and fight Is based upon two grounds:
lst. The hatred for Tillman and the meth
DDS which he pursues.
End. The dispensary, which divides the
Tillmanites and arrays the liquor element In
solid phalonx.
In the low country, and wherever else the
liquor element is strong, and where the
hatred of Tillmanism Is bitter, Pope has re-
ceived his strongest vote.
According to our way Of looking al 1t, all
the forces against Tillman are fighting him
for imaginary or real grievances, and they are
sincere. The liquor element are not less sin.
cere. and they are doing earnest work against
law which they conscientiousIy believe is
wicked and unjust
Tillman and Evans have not been concil.
iatory in their speech es, and have done much
10 intensity the hatred for them and the law.
While on the surface 1t may appear as per-
soual dislike to Evans, yet we think the dis
pensary law has much more to do with 1t.
The vote for Pope is surprising TO every
body hereabout. and he has, without person
al popularity, single handed and alone. put
up fight which. for audacity and the sur
prising developement of strength, is the won-
der Of us all.
Without making speech or going ont
among the people, he will lack less Of gaining
the ONCE, than did the organized opposition
in 1899. With partial returns from thirty
counties he is now standing about equal with
Eyans, who has the organized Democracy
and aiis6e political machinery working In
hfsbehalE From this fact, the dominant ele'
mept may find a lesson, If they will look for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07

A Boston cooking school recipe fol-
white lady.fngers is as follows: Beal
the whites of four eggs to froth, add
half level teaspoonful of cream OF
tartar and beat until stiff; slit in
gradually half cupful of fine granu-
lated sugar and beat without reyers.
ing the motion. Remove the beatei
and, with a wooden spoon, fold in q
little at time, half a cup of pastry
-four that has been sifted four times,
add half a teaspoonful of any desired
flavor, press through a pastry bag
and bake in the small tins used fol
lady-fingers. Sift powdered sugar
lightly over the fingers and bake
slowly twenty minutes.
Brooms are bent out of shape by
being allowed to rest on the floor in
stead Of being hung up. Dipping
them once or twice week In u Kettle
of boiling suds is the housekeeper's
method Of making them last twice as
long as they otherwise would.
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"a, r. Presbyterian,)

Many are not thankful enough for
the blessings that come in q negative
way. We think Of how many things
we desire and never get. The absence
of trials that others endure, of want
that others suffer. of temptations that
others have to meet, ought to make US
think how blessed we are in the ab-
sence of such things. If there are
homes around us that excite our envy,
there are others that call for pity and
sympathy. IF God has passed US by in
some of His choicest blessings, He has
also passed us by in many of the sorer
trials of life.
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"Jesus Of Nazareth went about doing good.
-ACTS. 10, 81.
Jesus came into our sinful, sorrowful
world to do good. His words and
works were to promote peace on earth
and good will to mankind. Precious
blessed are all Christians who, like
Jesus, go about, as they are able, doing
good. Such lovely and blessed saints
were William Penn and William Ladd
and Elizabeth Fry, and thousands of
others unknown but little distance
from their quiet homes but Jesus will
remember them when He. "makes
up his Jewels" To 60 about doing
good is all worthy of the greatest and
the best of human beings. Jesus, our
loving and glorious Savior, when on
earth found his highest JOY in doing
good and has left us his beautiful ex-
ample to follow as we have time and
opportunities.
JOHN HEMMENwAY.
July 20, 1894.
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A story told of Gerhard', a shep-
herd boy, illustrates the fact that he
who is faithful over few things will
become the ruler over many.
One day he was watching his flock
which was feeding in valley on the
borders of forest, when a hunter
came out of the forest and asked
How far is it to the nearest vii,
lage ?"
"but the road is only II sheep track.
and very easily missed"
The hunter looked ut the crooked
track and said a:
my lad, I am very hungry and
thirsty. / have lost my companions
and missed my way. Leave your
sheep and show me the road. ! will
pay you we'll"
IL can not leave my sheep, sir" re,
Joined Gerhardt. "They would stray
into The woods and MAJ be eaten 10y
wolves or stolen Ivy robbers"
"Well, what Of thar ?" Iueried the
hunter. "They are not your sheep.
The loss of one or two wouldn't be
much to your master, and I'll give
you more than you have earned the
whole year."
II can not CO." rrjoined Gerhar'It,
very firmly. "My mas:er pays me
for my time. and hetrsuls me with his
sheep. If / were to sell my time
which does not belong to me, and
the sheep should get lost. it would be
the same as if I had stolen theIn."
"Well," said The hunter, "will you
trust your sheep with me while you
90 to the village and get some food,
drink, and a guide? l will take care
of them for YOU"
1.-THE sheep" said he, edo not
know your voice, and" He stopped
speaking.
"And what? Can't you trust ME I?
Do look like dishonest man %
asked the hunter, angrily.
"Sir," said the boy, "you tried to
make me false to my trust, and tried
to make me break my word to my
master. How do I know that you
will keep your word ?"
The hunter laughed, for he felt that
the lad had fairly cornered him. He
said
II see, my lad, that you are a good,
faithful boy. I will not forget you.
Show me the road, and will try to
make it out myself.
Gerhardt then offered the contents
of his scrip to the hungry man, and,
coarse as it was, he ate the food gladly,
Presently the attendants came up, and
then Gerhardt, to his surprise. found
that the hunter was the grand duke,
who owned all the country around.
The duke was so pleased with the
boys honesty that he sent for him
shortly after that and had him educat-
ed. In after years Gerhardt became a
very great and powerful man, but he
remained honest and true to his dying
day.
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Old sailcloths are used extensively for
the Oxford Bibles. "There are huge
piles of the old material" says the
Leisure Hour, gathered in here, after
battling with breeges in all the seas
under heaven. They come In here to
be torn to shreds, and beaten into pulp.
and bleached, drawn into beautiful
:, lie sheets, to be presently printed
OF, aud waited off again to all the ends
of the earth-certainly rather a quaint
uil curious metamOrphosis.'
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MRS. BENET left yesterday for her home In
Charleston. Many warm friends regret IL
see her 60 away from the scenes amid which
she has lived all her life.
LowndesvIlle, Abbeville county. cast 10S
votes for Convention and 2S votes against It,
As far as heard from Barnwell county will
give Evans about l coo majority.
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When God touches US, it is likely to
be at our most sensitive point. Many
a Christian has said to himself. 81
could have borne anything but this
that has actually come" For that very
reason, perhaps. God suffered it to be-
as it is. There Is no credit in enduring
what does not hurt. Character comes to
completeness by such processes. Not
that the processes, by themselves, are
invested with any transforming power,
but that they are charged with divine
grace, and ma vehicles of divine
Influences.
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The grand jury at Elizabeth, New
Jersey, Oct. 25th, hroughtin apresent'
ment declaring church fair lotteries J.
legal. 1t was stated that one church
i'm Elizabeth has announced fair at
which $500 worth of stock is to be raf-
fled. Attention was called to the In
consistency of any crusade against race
track gambling under such circum-
stances.
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The election took place In the court room,
and as many by-standers were permitted as
felt inclined TO loiter around. Part OF the
time in the morning quite a number waited
10 see the progress Of the election, but IN the
afternoon the opponents OF the Convention
seemed TO yield the question, and those who
favored the Convention became assured. The
crowd grew less and less, until at one time
the court room was occupied only by the
managers of the State election and stray
voters that struggled In.
On the other side OF the Court Room from
where the State election was being held, the
Federal election was going on. When the
votes were counted for Congressman, II was
ascertained TO be:
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The total number Of blind persons in
the United States and Europeis 352, 745,
or about eighty-one to each 100000 of
population.
The main reason why Moses and
Joshua accomplished great things was
because they were willing for God TO
he commander.in-chief.
God has given to woman a peculiar
intuition i'm regard to human char
acter. She has capacity to judge tf
moral character that man has moi.
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Watfips. Waflles a:e olIen made
with bread, as fuIlnw : aN hall a
loaf of bakers bread in y pint pI milk I;
add sufficient flour to make tolerabiy
thin batter, also some salt lastly,
put in three eggs, beaten very lightly,
Bake in waffle irons,
Bluing added to the rinse water does
not whiten the clothes, only covers
,lirt, and need not ever he used.
A basket exposes the clothespins to
lust. and the clothes suffer accord
ingly.
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Fire on seven different steamers in
Savannah, Ga, destroyed $50,0OO
worth of cotton Nov. 5. Fires are sup
posed to have been set by recently
triking longshoremen.
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The Columbia "Daily Register OF
Nov. 1 was special issue of twelve
pages. 1t was u capital paper, contain
ed pictures and sketches of leading
public men of the State, and was liber-
ally patronised by local and foreign ad'
vtrtisers. ..
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By the use of the word "limited"
the different members of a firm are
liable for the amount of shares indi-
vidually held. For instance, If party
in limited firm owns but third of
the business, in case of failure his loss
is limited to his share alone. In rail-
roading a limited train may mean
either q restriction as to number or
class of cars.
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The cost of the worlds wars since
the Crimean War has been $l3, 265,
600, 900, or enough to givea $40 gold
piece to every man, woman, and child
on the globe.