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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
HOW Old Must / BE.

"Mother," a little child once said,
"mother, how old must I be before
can become Christian ?"
And the wise mother answered,
"How old will you have to be, darling,
before you can love me-"
"Why. mother, I always loved you.
do now, and I always shall )" and
she kissed her mother. "But you
have not told me yet how old I shall
have to be-"
The mother made answer with
another question "How old must
you be before you can trust yourself
wholly to me and my care"
~ always did," she answered, and
kissed her mother again. "But tell me
what I want to KNOW" and she
climbed into her mothers Jap and put
her arms about her neck.
The mother asked again: "How old
will you have to be before you can do
what I want you to do?"
Then the child whispered, half guess.
ing what the mother meant, II can
now without growing any older.
Then her mother said, "You can be
Christian now, my darling, without
waiting to be older. All you have to
do is to love and trust and try to please
the One who says, Let the little ones
come unto me- Don't you want to
begin now?n
The child whispered, "Yes.''
Then they both knelt down, and the
mother prayed, and in her prayer she
gave to Christ her little one who
wanted to be His.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
Locals Amos B. Morse.

See here The preserving season ia almost
here and so am l right along with 1t, and OF.
fering you 16 pounds of granulated sugar for
81. Fruit jars and jelly glasses at prices In
the reach or every buyer.
10 pounds Of preserving granulated sugar
only 81.
25 pounds OF good rice 81.
dozen cans pound tomatoes 81.
IL 3.pound cans grated pineapple, splendid
for favoring and cooking, Sl.25.
Icre cream freezers 81 So Sl.75. S2 and on up
but not too high for any size. These are the
best standard freezers.
Poultry wire by the roll, $50 lineal feet, very
cheap. or cut In any desired length.
Another lot of croquet sets. You should &c,
one for the little folks
Barbed wire the best four point, galvanized
and staples for putting 1t up.
Lemons always on hand. also fresh candles
and crackers.
Fly fans, fly fans, fly fans. Don't let the files
bother you at table or mapping.
A fresh lot Of hammocks just received.
More Of those elegant galvanized bath tubs
In stock. Oh, how refreshing to have one.
Fruit jars, q gallons and quarts q plenty
for all. Extra rubbers cents a dozen. Jelly
glasses Is and a pints.
"Dove" brand hams, the fin est on the mar.
ket. banquet" hams, an excellent article, al
q lower price. "Dove" brand California hams
and breakfast strips to arrive In few days
A good stock of buggy umbrellas always on
sale, as we'll as parasols, gingham and gloria
hand umbrellas and sun shades.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
To Walk Well.

One of the chief graces is habit of
walking easily and erect. Few walk
we'll, yet all people who are not deform.
ed or decreplt may acquire the habit.
Men, as a rule, walk better than
women, but the latter, notwithstand-
ing their alleged incapacity of physical
emulation in the athletic exercises of
their brothers, may learn to walk in a
way that will compel the latter admira-
ton. A Delsarte teacher gives the fol-
lowing hints for practice : The proper
length of the step is twice the length
of one foot, and is measured from the
hollow of one foot to the hollow of the
other. Now, take piece of tape and
sew on it bits Of flannel at intervals
twice the length of one of your feet,
stretch it across the longest room you
have at your disposal, and you are
ready for practice. Each foot should
cross the same line as you walk your
tape, setting one foot and then the
other right over one of these bits of
flannel, letting the flannel come just
under the instep. Do this, and turn
your toes out we'll and swing your
leg from the thigh, and you are far
on the road to beautiful walk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
Advice to Horse Owners.

Never tie a horse with the halter
shank in his mouth if you do, the
animal is almost sure to pull back un-
til he breaks his jaw or the halter, or
cuts his tongue off.
Never increase the feed of a horse,
mule or OK for an extra days work or
a long drive. It is common mistake,
and kills many an animal.
Never allow your horses lampas to
be burned. If treatment is necessary
for congested gums, scarify them.
Never believe the man who says he
can remove SPAWN or ringbone and
leave no blemish. Even if he calls
himself professor, do not question
his title-that is what he is and all
he is.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
A Sure Relief from Choking.

Mayor A. p. Rowe, of Fredericks-
burg, Va, writes II read in The
Post, of December 3, that a citizen of
Washington, while on visit to his
son In Virginia, was choked to death
by bone in his throat after every ef-
fort was made to remove the same, but
without success. Whenever I read of
such cases in any paper I always
endeavor to send the same paper q
sure and certain relief for choking
that has never yet failed. The remedy
is simply this: To Immediately reverse
the up right position of the body, sup
ported by the hands and feet elevated,
when instant relief will be obtained
and the obstruction will fall from the
mouth. A child can be seized by the
legs and head turned down, and relief
will be instantaneous. Several lives
have been saved by this treatment"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
How to Make n Good Boy.

The following incident from an eX-
change, is very suggestive; "They all
put brandy in them," said one. "They
all don't. My mother has never put q
drop Of brandy in her mince pies since
the day Bob said he could taste the
brandy, and it tasted good. Mother
said then it was wrong, and she never
would be guilty of it again. And if
mother says thing is wrong, you may
be sure it is wrong !; for what mother
knows, she knows" "How about
mince pies? Are you sure she knows
how to m AXE pies good ?" and laugh
went up from group of girls gathered
around the register of the recitation
ROOM. eating their lunch. But some
of them WINGED little when back
were tossed these words; IF she
doesn't she knows how to make Q boy
good and isn't boy worth more than
mince pie ?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
BE Patient with the Old.

"Why should that old lady care,''
7 heard a girl say the other day
"whether or not her hair is turning
gray? What possible difference can IL
make of what color is the hair of an
old old woman? Why, she must be
almost eighty"
In the case in question the lady
criticised was on the borderland OF
seventy, but to sixteen she might as
well have been a hundred. Age and
youth are relative. TO the very young,
years count for more than they do to
the older who have lived longer, and
have learned that the soul does not
grow old with the body. myself feel
pity for elderly people who are ashamed
of their age, and are 80 weak as to try
to hide it, but I don't quite like to see
young girls unsympathetic. Try, il
you can, to fancy yourselves in the po-
sition of some of your elders-of wo-
men who remember, but do not look
forward. AS you 60 tripping on, with
light steps, imagine what it would be
to totter little, to see dimly, to hear
family, to feel worried at every little
pain and mishap, to reach the days
when "the grasshopper is burden"
All this should make you very pa
tient and gentle with old people. There
is nothing more beautiful in this world
than to observe the tenderness of some
girls toward their aged relatives. Dear
grandmother cannot thread her needles
so easily as she used to do, and is SEN
sitive on the the subject; and does not
like to be too obviously helped, to have
attention called to her failing eyesight
which she so much regrets and does
not like to admit. There are two ways
of meeting the difficulty. Matte, q
kind-hearted girl without much tact
will exclaim "Oh, gran! what per.
feet nonsense for you to fuss over that
needle! You know you cannot find
the hole where the thread should go
in ; your eyes are too old. Give me
the thing I'll thread your needles !'
The intention is most excellent, but
the old lady is hurt and stiles a sigh
She had young eyes once, and she
has the same independent spirit still.
Edith, in the same circumstances,
manages in another fashion. She
simply threads a dozen needles, and
leaves them all ready for grandmamms
in her needlebook, saying, pleasantly
''It saves so much time, dear, in these
busy days, to have ones needles all
ready and waiting"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
A Sweet Pickle.

A luscious sweet pickle for serving
with cold meats can be made with a
minimum of trouble from the large,
whole, ripe tomatoes, Peel and slice
thfckly, and to each seven pounds of
the fruit add half the weight of sugar,
a quart of the best cider vinegar, one
ounce of cloves and half an ounce each
Of cinnamon and mace. Place all
these ingredients in layers in a granite
preserving kettle, let it stand at night,
then bring to boil slowly and cook
from one to one and a half hours, or
until it thickens. Seal up in Jars. The
quality of this Is improved by remov-
ed by removing as many of the seeds
as possible before slicing the fruit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
Color OF the Hair.

Apparently the number of girls who
are dissatisfied with the color of theil
hair is legion. The girl with dark hail
wants to know what will make it light
while the fair girls ambition is fol
hair the color Of ravens wing. Good
advice is to leave the color of the hail
alone, and to devote their energies to
keeping 1t in good condition. It goes
without saying that the hair should be
we'll brushed every night-but not
with hard brush. A hard brush irri.
tates the scalp, just as small toothed
comb does, and falling out of the hair
is the result. Hard brushing with q
soft brush is the way to make the hair
soft and glossy, and encourage its
growth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
Working YOung Colts.

It is the custom nowadays to break
and use colts at q much earlier age
than in former years. There can be
no doubt that the practice is overdone,
and that many valuable horses have
been ruined by improper use at an
early age. On this subject the Ameri-
can Cultivator truthfully says that the
three-year-old colt should not be put
at hard work. He should have enough
to do to exercise his muscles, but
without the danger of straining them.
The young colt should be put beside
an old and steady horse, and thus used
it will not be apt to do to much. II
worked without injury during the
year they are three years old, they will
not be likely to be strained by any
task in later years after bone and
muscles have hardened.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
"This Indenture."

The phrase "this indenture" which
is still frequently used in written con-
tracts is probably unintelligible to
most persons, since no one now "in-
dents" Indenting deed or con-
tract consisted in cutting a zigzag line
across the top of the document from
one side to the other. All English
deeds were formerly written in dupli-
cate upon the same skin of parchment
and separated by cutting them apart
with knife in the zigzag manner re-
ferred to. One of these instruments
was given to each party named, and
the fact that the two documents would
exactly join each other was evidence OF
their genuineness. Butler, in his
verses of Human Learning, speaks oi
two persons,
Whose tempera, InclinatIons, sense and wit,
Like two indentures did agree so fit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
TOughening.China.

A very effectual way of toughening
glass or china consists of placing the
articles to be toughened in a large
kettle of copper (of course folding
cloths, ETC., around the things to keep
them from knocking together,) in
enough cold water to cover them
entirely bring this water to a boil, let
it boil for some time, then lift the pan
off the fire and do not touch it's
contents till the water is perfectly cold.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
Onions,

Onions make nerve tonic not to be
despised. They tone up the worn out
system, and if eaten freely, will show
good results in cases of nervous pros
tration. Ifa sprig of parsley is dipped
in vinegar and eaten after all onion,
no unpleasant odor from the breath
can be detected. And in addition to
this cheerful bit of information, onions
eaten freely are said to beauiify the
complexion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03

The Chicago Druggist recommends
the following remedy for severe scalds
and burns Cover the injured parts
freely with soft soap. If the burn be
severe, apply soon after, linseed oil
with plentiful dressing of flour. This
cakes, and fresh oil and flour can be
added. When this covering falls off a
new skin will have formed and no scar
left. Instant relief can be had by the
application of a salve made of SCOT and
lard. Soap will cause severe pain at
the start.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
The Lawyer and the Bible.

I was trying a case at Geneva once
before Judge Wilson," said Lawyer
Pat McHugh, to the Chicago Inter
Ocean. 1.-The lawyer on the other
side, who was great talker, strongly
warned the jury of the danger of re-
ceiving hearsay evidence, which he
described as often misleading and un-
reliable, saying that, no matter how
honest witnesses were or intended to
be there was always a chance of their
having misunderstood d mans mean
ing and language. For example he
quoted, or pretended to quote, copious-
ly from the Scriptures, giving the four
evangelists' accounts of the crucifixion,
which he described in detail. AT
length the judge said.
"Will you be kind enough to give
the reference"
II am quoting from the Holy Bible, ~
said the lawyer. -, , ,,
"Yes, yes ~ said the Judge "that's
all right; but we want your references;
page, chapter and verse if you please"
And I repeated the demand. The
lawyer turned upon the judge and my
self what was intended to be look OF
whitening pity and contempt and said
MAY it please the court, / am ad'
dressing the jury. If I were address
sing the court or counsel I might feel
it necessary to give reference for what
I quote; but I am addressing religious
and God-fearing men, who read their
Bibles with care and devotion, and
who know exactly where to find the
quotations I give without having to
be helped out by the chapter and verse
as If they were unenlightened infidels." /"
The judge and myself hung our
heads under this seathing rebuke, and
the jury were 80 tickled with this fiat
terry of their Scriptural lore that the
lawyer won the case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03

Nothing that man will ever invent
will absolve him from the universal
necessity of being good as God is good,
righteous as God is righteous, holy as
God is holy.
Few people know their own power.
1t is only in the midst of trials and
overshadowed by obstacles that they
bring into action latent forces and
know their own strength.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
TO Visit the Different
POLLING PRECINCTS.

10 further the registration Of the qualified
electors of Abbeville County, in accordance
with law, the Board Of Registration will at
tend the precincts on the following dates In
the month Of June:
Donalds, Sth. Monday.
Hodges 9th, Tuesday.
Green wood, 10th, Wednesday.
Greenwood, 1lth. Thursday.
Ninety-Slx, 18th, Friday.
Verdery, 18th, Saturday.
Bradley. 18th, Monday.
Troy, 10th, Tuesday.
Mccormick, 18th, Wednesday.
Mt. Carmel, 18th. Thursday.
Magnolia, 10th. Friday.
Lowndesville, Goth, Saturday.
Antreville, end, Monday.
Due West 23rd, Tuesday.
Douglass Mill, oath, Wednesday.
Abteville 18th, Thursday.
Clatworthys Roads. 26th, Friday.
]. D. CARWILE,
s. s. BOLES,
J. 4. ELLIS,
Board OF Supervisors of Registration.
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Go to Bruce's ice cream saloon and get your
ice cream. Extra large saucer for sc.
See the new lot Of baby carriages offered by
McDill Il Lvon. Patent wheels, patent brake.
servicabfo and durable.
Bargain sale for cash. Colored sstteen goods
worth leh and Is cts. now going at SIC at
Haddon's.
Grand clearing out sale of zephyr Cling
hams cheaper than calico. goods worth 10 and
l2Rc now closing ont at q IA cts. at Haddon's S
slippers. slippers. A fresh supply just re-
ceived at Haddon's.
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BOARD DIRECTORS.
AbbevilIe. S. c.. Feb. Is. 1895.

Abbeviie, S. c.. Feb 49, 1895.
Mr.. ]. r. Blake, Jr., Treas. +. NJ. F. A. A. c.
Dear Sir-Please accept our thanks for check
of $500 to cover recent loss OF our dwellings by
fire, For cheapness and safety we cheerfully
commend the Farmers Mutual Fire Associa-
ton of Abbeville County to all who desire In
surance on their property.
EDWARD ROCHE,
X. w, ASHLE
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03

Phaetons, buggies, (single and double), sur
reys and carts at all prices, cheaper than ever
a. A. M. Hill Il Sons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03

Our lOc 81 niger ale Is equal TO any imported
Speed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03
Restaurant.

T would announce to my friends and cust2-
RANT to Cothrap's Block, on Washington
Street, where 1 will be glad 70 serve the pup.
lie with as good meals as The provisions OF
the market will afford. y,
HARRIET E. ADAMS. So
Oct /, 1895, ems.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03

To Cure Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. We
refund the money II 1t fails to cure. 25c. At
Speeds.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-08
A. p. A. NAN WON
THE RETURNS INDICATE THE
ELECTION OF JONES IN KAN
SAS CITY.
MISSOURI ALL DEMOCRATIC.
WHERE POLITICS CUT A FIGURE
THE REPUBLICANS WE'RE DE-
FEATED.
IN OTHER LOCALITIES.
The States of Kansas, Colorado and
Texas All Had Elections of
Some Kind.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April THE munich
pal election progressed very quietly. An in
teresting feature of the battle was the part
taken by the women. There were 2,1O0 wom-
en- registered, and nearly 1000 of them voted.
Many women walked to the polls, some with
their husbands and others without escorts,
while the equal suffragists had carriages
running to all parts of the city to take the
women to the polls. In the Third ward there
were 500 white women and 305 negro women
registered. The fight in that ward for council
man was between B. S. Smith, a negro Re-
publican, and Tom Gilbert, white man run
ming on the Citizens ticket. Smith was
knitted by many of the negro women, as well
as the men of his race. The returns are
coming in very slowly, but at midnight it is
conceded that the Republican A. P. A. ticket
has been elected. Returns have been received
from ffty-two of the eighty-three precincts,
and these give Jones, the Republican A. P. A.
candidate, a plurality of sos. Jones is not
running ahead of his ticket and it is esti-
mated that the complete returns will show
the election of the entire Republican ticket
by 1000 plurality. The Populist vote is very
light.
The novelty was presented of a Republican
ex-mayor, Henry c. Kumpf, a prominent
banker, running for that Office on an inde-
pendent Democratic ticket. With him on the
ticket were politicians from both old parties.
On the Republican ticket James M. Jones led
strong fight for the A. P. A., as the reg
ular Republican nominee. Jones is police
judge and young lawyer very pronouncedly
IN favor of the A. P. A. principles. John S.
Crosby, who headed the Peoples ticket, cut
but little figure.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-08
RARE MARBLE IN THE CAPITOL.
Vein Exhausted After the Necessary
Pillars Were Taken Out.

Visitors to the capitol and those who have
business requiring them to be constantly in
the big white pile which constitutes the fin
est building in the world never tire in their
admiration Of the magnificent composite
columns in the hall of statuary and the su-
preme court room. These columns are COM
posed of variety of marble, sand and grav-
ell, and are the only specimens Of this COM
posite in the known world.
They were quarried near Aqua creek, Vir-
ginia, at one time the headquarters of the
Army of the Potomac during the rebellion
and 1t is noted in connection with them that
when sufficient of the material had been
what was in 1921 the chamber Of representa-
tives and the senate chamber, the latter
now used by the supreme court, this peculiar
vein of marble was exhausted and no traces
of it have ever been found since
Diligent search has been made all through
the country round about Aqua Creek, but
not the slightest VeStige of the now famous
composite columns has ever been discovered
Hence Uncle Sam is in possession of the
most priceless specimens Of marble extant
for they cannot be duplicated anywhere in
the world.
Tourists who have visited all the great
buildings and famous cities OF the world say
they have never seen anything in the way of
marble that will compare with these mas
sive and magnificent specimens which are
so conspicuous In the adornment Of the cap
itol at Washington. This composition is sus-
ceptble of a high degree of polish, and the
grays, browns, yellows, and other coIors
easily distinguishable in these marbles shine
lIOIo anu nlOIe every udy DIS the result OF eX-
posure to the air.
Apparently they are indestructible, for in
the early days Of congress some person or
persons about the capitol, evidently not ap-
preciating their value drilled holes in these
columns for the purpose of putting in sup
ports for a gallery which ran around the
chamber of representatives When it was
decided to turn the old hall Of representa-
tives into the American Pantheon this un-
slightly and disgusting gallery was removed,
the holes in the magnificent pillars were
filled up with cement and sealed with COM
position made to resemble the marble as
much as possible, consequently these dis
fgurements are not easily discernable unless
a close inspection is made of the pillars, par
ticularly in Statuary hall.
The marbles in the supreme court room do
not appear to have been defaced in the slight
est manner, probably owing to the fact that
the columns and pillars are much smaller than
those in Statuary hall, and no vandal ever at
tempted their DETACHMENT by driving in sup
ports for a gallery or any other purpose.
A great many natural paintings Of objects Of
interest can be picked out of these marble pill
lars, owing to the peculiar formation and COM
position, and the capitol guides, who make
their headquarters in Statuary hall, are con-
tinually on the lookout for novelties in these
marbles to present for the inspection of ad-
miring tourists from all parts of the world.