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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-03
Fish That Shoot Flies.

There is a curious fish of the Indian
Ocean, to which, although it has long
been known to naturalists, attention
has recently been called on account OF
some new observation of its pecullarl-
ties. 1t is fat and chubby, not unlike
the ordinary sunfish, and seldom ex-
ceeds seven or eight inches in length.
tits furnished with short snout or
muzzle, which, as we shall see, serves
very much the purpose Of sports
mans gun. 1t is fond of insects, and
it's method of capturing them has sug-
gested its name of the archer.
Swimming close beneath the surface
it watches the brilliant flies fitting
above, and, having selected one to its
fancy, suddenly thrusts its muZzle out,
and with almost unerring marksman-
ship discharges several drops of water
at its victim.
Confused by the watery projectiles,
and with its wings entangled and
rendered temporarily useless, the in
sect falls upon the surface of the sea,
and is Immediately seized by its vora-
cious enemy. The fish is said to be
able to bring down fly in this man
ner from a height of two or three
feet.
Some of the inhabitants of Java
keep these little fish in captivity for
the sake of watching them practice
their archery upon flies and ants sus-
pended above them.
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Saving His Bacon.

1t was Christmas Day of 1864 that
Gen. Lee invited a number of Con-
federate generals to dine with him.
His servant + phraim, who had been
his personal attendant for sometime,
seemed less at his ease than usual.
The guests appeared and dinner was
served in the Generals tent on rough
pine table, and consisted Of boiled cab
bage, on the top of which rested a
piece of bacon about three inches
square. AS Gen. Lee helped each
guest, he asked him to have slice of
bacon. AS the question was asked
Ephraim gave positive signs of terror.
The dinner concluded with the piece
of bacon undiminished in size, each
guest having refused. AS the guests
left the tent. Gen Lee turned to Eph-
rain and said in low voice:
"Ephraim, we have another cabbage;
have we moi" 2"
The answer was: Eyes, sab, Mass
Bob. We got anudder cabbage, sah ?"
"Then, Ephraim." said the General ,
"save the piece of bacon to cook with
that cabbage"
The prompt and decisive reply was :
"No, sab, Mass Bob, can't do that !!
I jis' borrow dat piece of bacon for sea-
sonin' from a friend ober dar in Rich
mon, and I done glib up my parole ob
honor dat I'll glib him back dat same
bacon what / borrow"
Gen. Lee left the tent without com
ment, and the bacon was returned.-
Outlook.
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Love-.

We learn to love by loving. 1t
grows by practice. Like everything
else, it gathers strength through exer-
else. The more we keep at it, the
easier and more natural it becomes.
We can form the habit of looking at
people with love; thinking about them
with love, speaking of them in love
and acting toward them lovingly.
Our deeds will react upon our
thoughts, and our thoughts and feel
ings will prompt to action. So we
may become stepped in love.
1t will radiate from US as the light
from the lamps. We shall be charged
with it as the battery is with electrici-
ty, and power will 60 out from US. So,
instead of crying idly, "Oh, for more
love-" let us lay more stress upon the
practice.
If we continually what we have,
it will increase.
Love never cast shadow upon a
home, never wounded q human heart
and never wronged human soul.
Love is never deaf to the cry of the
needy, never blind to the wants of the
deserving, responds to call back the
erring, to aid the distressed, to upbuild
Observation-Disclosures Times.
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"They's good all the way thu" said
a little negro boy to me one day, as he
offered q basket of apples for sale.
NV thoughts flew at one to Queen
EliZabeth's remark, when she felt so
bitterly the difference between the
good promises of her counsellors and
ministers of state in the beginning,
and the failure and disappointment in
the end. Like basket of apples,
fair and beautiful on top. but withered
at the bottom" The little negro's
words, "All the way thu" are good
motto to live by.
A grocer iniating a new clerk into
the mysteries of his trade, seeing him
on the first day of work filling peck
measure for a customer with potatoes
of fair size from bottom to top, said :
"See here, that won't do; we keep two
sizes of potatoes Fill the measure
half way from the barrel of small po-
tatoes, and finish from the one con-
tanning the large ones; the big potatoes
sell the little ones"
II prefer" said the young man,
Ito fill my measures with the same
quality all the way through"
His honesty lost him his place, but
not his reputation, which gained him
q better. Elsewhere it was argued
that the integrity which considered the
customers interest, hold good with the
employer.
Two boys competed at school for a
prize offered for the best original essay
on a given subject. One studied the
subject with all the ability of which he
was capable, and then wrote the best
essay possible for him. g,
The other cribbed paragraphs and
pages from encyclopedias and other
authorities, and strung them together
with his own words. The wise old
professor, when the verdict was given
in favor of the former, supplemented it
by saying: at is by no means the
best essay, but it is honest all the way
through. The other is not the produc-
ton of the boy who presents it, but a
mixture of his own and other peoples
writing. 1t cannot compete as an orig
inal essay.
Two farmers in the South sent bales
of cotton to market to be sold. The
cotton of one was sampled, and classed
good all the way through. 1t brought
its owner o price that gladdeped his
heart, and repaid him for his toll.
The other had hid away in coating
of fair cotton an inferior article, which
brought the whole down to its own val
uation.
We know of nothing the Almighty
has made which shows spacious out
side to hide fraud within. The earth
has buried in her bosom richer treas
ures than she shows upon the surface.
The ocean, 80 bare and cold above,
covers goodliest treasures beneath.
The lesson is good one for US to
learn for when the superficial stratum
of good which overlies q dishonest
character is exhausted, there is moth.
ing left but rottonness within M. T..
Satfold, in S. s. Times.
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What Roots are For.

All roots have little mouths in the
fine fibres among their branches, where
the food of the plant Is taken in. They
are so small that you could not see
them with the naked eye. The more
there are the more likely the plant is to
live.
These little mouths drink up fluid
from the ground that goes to nOurish
every leaf and flower. Yes, and all
the fruit you eat. And they choose
just what they want, too. The apple
tree mouths know just what will make
apples, and the strawberry mouths just
What will make strawberries.
We sometimes make mistakes about
what we should eat, but the plants
never do. There are so many different
things in the ground for the plants to
eat that they can all be supplied, and
yet grow side by side. Isn't it Won
derful? Some flowers will grow only
in swamps: they will not grow in any
other ground, because the little mouths
in the roots could not find the right
kind of food there.
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1t is the height of impudence for a
man TO ask God to help those he has
wronged, so long az he holds on to a
dollar of his ill-gotton wealth.
People who are Mortified to see a
Bible marked with pencil, view
with comp lacency their own moth eat
en- volumes desecrated by the rust OF
ages.
Zacharias was struck dumb for want
of faish. Perhaps this explains the
lifelong silence of some Christians on
the subject of religion.
The Church is ready to look after
tn e sinners in the slums, the moment
it is understood that she will not have
TO step down and out of society to do it.
Ii you want more light on the Bible
live up to the light you already have.
Said q friend to the writer II have
learned more about my Bible since 1
have been trying to live up to it, than
l did all my life BEFORE"
If you are cold you will realize it,,
but if you are freezing you will feel
comfortable enough to go to sleep. 1t
is so IN the Christian life. When we
begin to get cold we are painfully con.
scious of it; but when we get so far
from The Sun of Righteousness that our
hearts are nearly frozen, We are con-
scious only of a comfortable drowsines.
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Bishop o. P. FITZGERALD thus ex-
presses his appreciation of the Metho-
dist press: ga Bishop can 60 to some
places the weekly newspaper can GO
to every home if the preachers will in
troduce it. The pastor can make a
visit now and then his faithful coad-
jutor will 20 fifty-two times a year,
narrowing the seed that he sows, deep
ening the good impressions he has
made. 1t is sort of telephone by
which all the family can converse
with one another-a class meeting led
by the editor. By it the revival note
struck in one place echoes in every
part of our Methodism. The good
word printed multiplies into million
of words. The weekly family religi-
Gus newspaper is, next to the ministry,
the most efficient agent in the work oil
evangelization in modern times"
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The Weather Bureau gathers statis-
tics from all available sources of the
damage done by lightning, and from
the report of Alex McAdie, who has
the matter in charge, it is learned that
in the United States, during May, 1894,
As persons killed by lightning; "a per-
sons were struck and severely injured,
IL barns were set on fire, with an
estimated loss of $4,000 81 dwell.
ings, churches and school house,
were struck and damaged to greater
or less extent; SIS horses and % cows
were killed.
During June, 1894, 96 persons were
killed and 102 severely injured; SO
barns were struck, with an estimated
loss of $4,000; 49horses, 80 cows and
Is sheep were killed; 80 dwellings
were struck and more or less damaged !;
% churces, l railroad depot, l oil tank,
] grain elevator and mills and facto-
ries were struck, the damage in the
case of the eight last named being not
less than S257, ,5O0.--N, Y. Advocate.
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Ladies and Misses jersey ribbed skirts at
Haddon's.
Ladies umbrellas at Haddon's.
Black brillianteen for underskirts or dresses
at HaddoE's.
Try that ss inch bleached sea island home,
spun at Haddon's.
For winter wraps go or send to Haddon's.
Fasten hook lacing kids, all new shades al
Haddons.
Ladies rubber Inverness coats at Haddon' s.
Ladies' pure rubber shoes. light as feather
at Haddon's.
The bit Of the season; pair OF ladies fine
button shoes for IS cents. Everybody asks
Where7 only at Aug. w. Smiths.
Always come In TO see Aug. w. Smith, and
orice his goods. He offers some rare bargains
In dry goods, shoes, hats, clothing, and :groce-
ries.
The Krippendorf shoe for ladies in the new.
est shapes, only at Aug. W. Smith
For beautiful cravat see new lot at Aug.
". Smiths.
A8tnch sea island (heavy weight) at Aug
w. Smiths. 1t is worth cents.
Be sure to look at the Krippendorf shoe
when you want perfect fitting. and the new.
est shape. They are only SOLO at Aug. W.
Smiths.
Big stock and low prices is what every one
says OF Aug. w. Smiths grades.
Aug. w. Smith has only a few of those rs
cents boys suits left.
You should see our q plaid suiting for sc,
nothing in town to touch 1t. The W. +. Bell
Cash Co.
Best brand OF calicos for SC. The VIM. E.
BELL Cash Co.
New lot OF novelty dress goods just In.
The w. E. Bell Cash Co.
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- A Stormy Sabbath. iRz

Not many to thy sacred feasts,
o Zion OF our God to-day,
VIII upward haste with willing feet
Their early sacrifice to pay.
A few-the strong in manhood's might,
And woman, venturesome for prayer,
And youth, as buoyant as the light
May mlnge In devotion there.
o Sabbath, to my soul most blest
Though clothed IN sadness and In storm
Thou bripgest TO the weary rest,
AS If thou cam'st in milder form.
! hailed thee when thy mellow light
Bathed spire and tree, and vale and hill,
When every scene that charmed the sight,
In quiet whispered, "Peace, be STILL"
And now. as howls the angry blast
And thickly falls the drenching rain,
Faith sees the bow OF promise cast
Athwart the brow Of heaven again.
And something in this hour Of strife,
Through all the paths our feet have trod,
Procla ms, amid destruction, life!
Amid the frowns, the smile or Coo
Henry S. Washburne.
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How Coffee Acts.

Coffee acts upon the brain as stlmu-
liant, melting it it to increased activity
and producing sleeplessness hence it
is of great value as an antidote to
narcotic poisons. 1t is also supposed
to prevent too rapid waste in the tis-
sues of the body, and in that way ell
ables it to support life on less food;
These effects are due to the volatile oil
and also to peculiar crystalizable
nitrogenous principle, termed caffeine,
The leaves of the plant likewise con-
tain the same principle, and the in
habitants of the island of Sumatra
prefer an infusion of the leaves to that
of the berries. Its essential qualities
are also changed, the heat causing the
of the volatile oil and
peculiar acid which gives aroma and
flavor.
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1t was Boston girl who asked
"Why is it that two souls mated in
impenetrable mystery of their nativity
float by each other on the ocean cur
rents of existence without being in.
stinctly drawn together, blended and
beautitied in the assimilated alembic
of eternal love ?" ''It is because but
ter is fortyfive cents pound, ard a
good sealskin sacque costs as high
as $500.
Babies are so slow in learning to
talk because they have to devote so
much of their time and energy in
trying to understand what in the
world it is their mothers say.
I have never seen q man where
cruelty to animals was the habit of
early years, who was other than cruel
and tyrannous to all within his power.
At the same time, have never seen
children who were brought up to be
kind to domestic animals, who did not
continue to be kind and considerate to
all. | venture this assertion thatthere
would be no surer way of improving
society than by systematic efforts to
induce the development of kindness
10 animals among children.-Dr.. G.
T. Angel.
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Direct Prayer.

know lady who was asked to
pray for a young man who was far
astray. The request came from his
own mother. My very practical
friend, who was Quaker, asked, "Hast
thou prayed for thy sob thyself?'
The mother answered, "Yes." "Hast
thou prayed with thy son ?" And she
answered, mo, I have never felt quite
competent to pray In public"
tWell," said the other, II will not
pray for thy son until thou pray with
him thyself, and speak to him about
his soul but if thou wilt do so this
night, 1 will pray for him with thee"
That very night that mother knelt
beside the inebrlate form of her poor
boy, and, most tenderly and earnestly,
with broken voice did she plead for
his precious soul. He was the
most surprised man she had ever
met, and be Immediately came to his
senses, wondering what had happened
to his mother. And then he, too, be-
gan praying and the Holy Spirit broke
bis heart, and led him to Jesus, while
she received blessing that enabled
her afterwards to lead other souls to
Christ. Mothers, husbands, wives
have you been true to those precious
ones that look into your eyes, and
trust you to guide them safely, and
only always do them good?
That was a beautiful message the
dying boy spoke to his sorrowing
father: "When I 60 to heaven" he
said, papa, will ask Jesus to let
me wait at the gate until you come,
and then I will take you by the hand
and lead you up to Him and tell Him.
This is my papa, who always told me
about Jesus, and helped me SO to live
that I should meet him in heaven ~
Christian Alliance.
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Diamonds.

The diamond, one of the most beau
tiful products of nature, is at the same
time one of its greatest mysteries.
How can the black lead of your pen
Gil be, so to speak, own brother to the
most brilliant of gems? They are
both crystallized carbon, but how un-
like! The chemist who could find out
the secret of turning common carbon
into diamonds would be able to heap
up a fortune by the side of which
Monte Cristo's cave of treasures would
be poor enough and there are chem
lists who do not give up the hope Of
some day discovering the priceless
secret.
OF late years the scientific study of
the diamond has led into new field
of investigation. Men have found
out, not how nature makes diamonds,
but where she makes them, and that
is q great step i'm advance. There is
strong evidence of connection OF
some kind between diamonds and vol
canoes.
In the South African diamond fields
the gems are found in what are called
"pipes,n which are round or oval
stems of peculiar kind OF rock !,
several acres in extent at the top, and
running down to unknown depths into
the earth. Near the surface this rock
which is rich i'm iron, is disintegrated
by exposure to the weather, and as
sumes q yellowish color. 1t would not
be exactly true to say that it holds dia-
monds as a pudding holds plums, but
the imagination naturally forms such
simile. The precious pebbles are
readily extracted from the friable
rock.
Deeper down the "pipe" changes
character. The rock becomes compara-
lively hard, blue mass, much more
difficult to work. Yet it is still sprink-
led through with diamonds, lying i'm
bedded in the molds where nature
made them. This blue rock has to be
exposed to the weather, or treated
with water, before it will yield up its
treasures.
Now it is clear from the nature and
appearance of the diamond-bearlng
rock that it is of volcanic origin, and
the "pipes" are evidently the necks of
ancient volcanoes, whose fires died out
probably thousands of years ago.
| When we consider that the diamond
burns and is consumed at a high tenn
perature, we cannot think that the
gems contained in those ancient pipes
of rock were brought there from the
interior of the earth while the rock
was in a molten condition.
1t is far more probable that, under
peculiar conditions of pressure and
temperature, they were formed where
they are now found while the rock
was cooling off. 1t remains to be
learned what the real conditions OF
their formation were.
1t is very interesting to know that
this "mother rock" of the diamonds,
as it is called, bears a considerable
analogy to some of the meteoric stones
that fall out of the heavens.
If the ancients had known that fact,
they would have invented a romantic
story of some celestial forge in which
the god made gems; but we more
practical-minded moderns simply draw
the conclusion thatsome of the meteor
ties that fall upon the earth may pos
sibly have been elected from its vol
canoes, or from the volcanoes of some
other planet, and have gone circling
through space until. meeting with the
earth, gravitation brought them down
again.
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A Remedy for Insomnia.

An etficacious remedy for obstinate
cases of insomnia is to lie flat upon the
back and inhale and exhale deep, long
breaths; take thirty or forty of them,
then turn on one side, preferably the
right, and sleep will come before you
know it, unless you have the perni-
cious habit of taking your work to bed
with you. The facility with which
we can rest and recuperate from great
fatigue, either mental or physical, de-
pends greatly upon our power of dis
missing thought and encouraging a
state Of vacuity. 1t is question of
habit, but one which is in everyone's
power to acquire; and of so great value
that it is worth more than slight ef-
fort to win.-Demorest's Magazine.
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Cases to be Trled-the Charges against
the Prisoners.
List Of prisoners on bond-white:
Jack Price, murder.
W. w. Thompson, murder.
In Jail-colored:
George Harris, murder.
John Cosby, murder.
John johnson. murder.
Walter Derrick, murder.
Tilmon Danley, murder.
Allen Childes, murder.
John Tatum, house breaking.
Will Harris, larceny.
Amos Hurst, assault and battery.
Mack Nance, burgalery and larceny.
Westley Callahan, disposing crop under
lien.
John Williams, house breaking and grand
larceny.
John Boyce, breaking into railroad cars.
Mack Boyce, Sr, breaking into railroad cars
Mack Boyce, Jr., breaking into railroad cars
Sam Callahan, disposing crop under lien.
John Williams, breaking into railroad cars
John Cohen, grand larceny.
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MERCHANT RRINCES.
A Branch OF One OF Augusta's Biggest
Houses Established In AbbeviIle.

It is with much pleasure that we announce
tho arrival Of Mess. James Daily & Co., OF Au-
gusta who will begin business in one OF Mess.
P. Rosenberg & Co.'S new stores. This hrm
will open up with a $4,000 stock OF the latest
styles of dress goods and notions. We need
not recommend this old reliable firm to the
people. Our people already know OF the wide
spread reputation OF James DAILY Co. II Is
most popular young business men, Mr.. John
w. Bullock will be with them. We know
that he will prove credit hOth to himself
and his employers. They will be ready for
their opening on Saturday morning next.
The Press and Banner heartily recommends
this firm to the trading public.
MIR. johnson, Of Augusta, arrived here yes
terday to make ready for the grand opening.
The business will be under the management
of Mr.. M. L. johnson and Mr.. Ray DAILY.
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The Test of Meeft,

Our millinery stock is complete in every
line although we did not have special open
ing but we sold more goods than we ever did
and this Is q test as to how the ladies consider
our styles, we can please you and we mean to
treat you right. The w. E. Bell Cash 20.
The time has come when people want the
worth OF their money. and we have decided
to give them more for their money than they
can get elsewhere. The w. E. Bell Cash Co.
Don't buy old goods when yon can get new
fresh goods at The VIM. E. Bell Cash Co.
Every one receives the same attention az
The VIM. E. Bell Cash Co.
No one will be allowed to leave the store
without polite attention, we want TO show
you even II you don't care to buy.
The VIM. E. Bell Cash Co.
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individuality.

Individuality is never to become &C.
cenlricity. Personality is never to
stand for oddity. A strong person.
ality is to be as mountain, range,
composed of the same material as the
plaiiI. vet rising above the plain ;
lifting the plain skyward, its highest
neak hidden in the cloud of mystery,
its slopes resting firmly on the solid
earth. A strong personality is part
of humanity, but it seems to be mere
and higher than humanity, lifting
humanity itself above its low-lying
planes Of being. Into this humanity
YOU are sent forth.