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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
Varied Career of the DistinEuishe,
Courtier and Adventurer.

Varied Career of the DistinEuished
Courtier and Adventurer.
Raleigh's day of days was at the sack Of
Cadiz in 1896. It was Raleigh who over
bore the timid counsels Of Lord Thomas
Howard, crying out to Lord Essex: CEN
tramos! Entramos!" q permission 30 &C.
ceptable to the gallant young earl that he
threw his hat into the sea for sheer JOY.
Then Raleigh betook him to his ship and
led the van under the batteries and right
into the harbor When his vessel, shat
tered by shot, was on the point Of sinking,
he left it to enter Essex's ship, and,
though wounded severely by splinter,
had himself carried on shore and lifted on
to horse to charge with Essex against
the Spanish army. Of the sea fight Hak-
luyt says:
"What manner Of fight this was and
with what courage performed and with
what terror to the beholder continued,
where so many laundering tearing peeces
were for 80 long .atime discharged, leave
it to the Reader to thinke and imagine.
Of the charge on shore he tells us: "The
time Of the day was very hot and faint,
and the way was all Of dry deepe slyding
sand in manner, and beside that, very
uneven. But the most famous Earle, with
his valiant troopes, rather running in
decide in good order, then marching, has
tened on them with such unspeakable cour-
age and CELEBRITY, as within one houres
space and lesse the horsemen were all dis
comforted and put to flight, their leader
being strooken downe at the very first en-
counter, whereat the footmen, being Won
derfully dismayed and astonished at the
unexpected manner Of the Englishmen's g
kinde' Of such fierce and resolute fight, re-
tyred themselves with all speed possible
that they could"
Weknow the story of Sir Walter Raleigh
but too well-his cruel imprisonment, his
more cruel liberation to save his life by
accomplishing the impossible and his
most cruel execution on warrant signed
Is years earlier. He knew all that Is to
be known of success and failure, Of courts
and treachery, of sea fights and assaults
on cities, Of treasure islands and tempests
and lonc marches in tangled forests
Fortnightly Review.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
The First Basilicas.

In the third century there were already
small buildings called ''synagogues," or
ecclesi@, where services were conducted,
but Constantine began to build the first
basilicas fitted to hold large congregations.
In the west the apse was at the west end,
but in Asia it was on the east, and cur
tains divided off the bema or choir from
the rest Of the basilica. Within these stood
the wooden table Of the eucharistic rite,
and behind it, facing the congregation,
sat the bishop or presbyter, facing east at
Rome, but west in Asia. Not until the
ordinary service was ended and the deacons
had carefully excluded all among the
worshipers who were unbaptized were the
curtains drawn and the mysteries display
ed to the faithful. Thus no proclamation OF
the rite could be due to the mocking OF
unbelievers, though nothing was hidden
from the ever.-Blackwood's Maga-
Zine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
"COme Up Higher"

Such an invitation, coming from the
highes: source in the universe, means
great deal more than has ever been
appreciated by men in general. II
means that there are higher walks,
higher fields of usefulness, higher
privileges for development and al.
vancement in character and life, and
sweeter and more holy communions
than have ever yet been explored or
ex perienced. No man has ever been
brought fully to himself in the highest
and best sense, and the generality OF
men, even those in the church and
ministry, are very far below the best.
Our loving Father Is ever inviting us
up higher. and ever offering us q
thousand hands to help us to the high.
er and the highest places.
We need above all else to accept the
pressing invitation and lay hold on
the extended hands. To do this effec-
lively we must loose our hold on some
other hands and turn our attention to
those that offer stronger and more GER
tain help. Our radical trouble is an
obstinate disposition to walk by sight
and live among the things that are
seen. It is hard for US to realize that
we can only reach the high places OF
life by the higher elements of faith.
We read that the things that are not
seen are eternal, and we know that
the great forces of life are the unseen
forces, but we refuse to put our know
ledge into practical operation. We
know that the subtle nature of the
mind and soul are such as naturally 10
commune with the unseen and the
eternal, and. to gather strength and
life therefrom but it is hard 10 break
with the material, visible things about
US and turn to and live in the higher
and unseen.
Materialism, in one phase and
another, and still others, Is the great
bane of human life III this age. The
atmosphere is literally full of the high
er forces, calling on all men every
where and in everyway to come up
higher and walk in the higher fields ;
but our little souls are 80 much we'd
ded to the material things that we do
not hear or feel these forces, or can
turn an ear to them. The unseen,
eternal, and more potent and elevating
forces of truth and love are all about
US, appealing to the better a2d best
that is in us, but the carnal mind
makes US deaf to their plea and keeps
US bound to the body of death.
The direct appeals from God him
self, offering fellowship and commun-
ion with himself, ought to be enough
to liberate any human soul. The hon
or and dignity that are offered, to-
gether with the inestimable advantage
of direct communion with the King of
kings, is sufficient to inspire the most
ready obedience in any healthy soul.
"We ought" from purely selfish rea-
sons, if for no other, "to give the more
earnest heed to the things which we
have heard, lest at any time we
should let them slip" Surely we
have allowed enough good things to
slip and be forever lost to US.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
CHESS AND MATHEMATICS.
The Game and the Science Run on
Parallel Lines.

The Game anu the SC1euce 1Suh OA
Parallel Lines.
1t was Leibnitz Cborn 1646), the famous
German philosopher and mathematician,
who made that oft quoted phrase, "Chess
is too much Of game for a science and
too much of science for game, which
unfortunately seems to remain the popular
idea Of chess even in this day. After q
prolonged devotion to the pastime 1t is al
legged that the great Teuton renounced it
completely for solitaire, which is not easy
to explain, since all card games, saving
perhaps whist, are generally distasteful to
the confirmed chessist.
John Oliver Hobbies says, "Artistic
chess is beyond the petty restriction OF a
science" and this rings much truer than
Leibnitz's narrow dictum, which perhaps
she had in mind when she wrote.
It has been remarked that chess and
mathematics have much in common; that
they run on parallel lines; that they have
similar direction Of thought. Leibnitz
was not the only great mathematician
who made the game study. Euler and
Jaenish were both fine players and chess
analysts. Richard Proctor, the astron-
omer, who was also noted for his mathe-
matical attainments, was devoted to the
game.
And to turn to the other side Of the
shield most first rate chessists have been
excellent mental calculators. Andersen,
who next to Steinitz was undoubtedly the
most warriorlike of chess players, was q
really great mathematician. Lasker Is q
professor Of higher mathematics.
But, of course, there are elements In
chess which are wanting in mathematics,
the chief being the combative element.
The two intellects which contend for the
mastery must possess the qualities Of gen.
erals in the field of battle, an important
distinction. Walter Pulitzer in American
Chess Magazine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
The Philippine War.

The rebels are always routed. slaughtered
and disappear from the front of the Ameri
can army. Otis and Aguinaldo seem tc
take turns in chasing each other over the
country. A few weeks ago the armies wer.
doing business anywhere from fifty to hun
dred miles from Manila.
Now, they are at the very gates Of the city
Aguinaldo came near capturing some OF oul
officers, and, we presume. the city, too.
President Mckinley might just as we'll le,
the fact filter into his brains that the whipping
ofAguinaldo is not an easy job. and that ht
ought to send all the needed troops at the
earliest day possible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
The Old Ones.

"We'n have to give up the idea Of put
tin pictures in the parlor, Jane, }" remark
ed old John Turnipseed as he threw the
bride under the table.
"Why9" asked his wife.
"Too dear! Why, priced one in town
today, and the dealer sez, sez he, 'That's
an old master; its price is $780,
why sez I, 1T looks like a second
hand pictur.'
Yes, it is, sez he.
"Then, thinks I, If a secondhand pictu1
costs that much, it's no use to price a new
un. So, Jane, I reckon We'll have to hang
up few notices, God Bless Our Home
and the like, and let the pictur's CO.,
Pearson's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
THE HARD WORKED LIVER.
1t Is the Jack Of All Trades Of the
Human Body.

u =
Human Body.
The liver is the jack of all trades of the
body. Most organs are satisfied with do
ing their own particular business, 'one
man one job," but there would seem to be
quite four or five distinct functions for
this important organ.
In the first place, each one of its mil
lions of minute cells acts as filter, guard
ing the portals of the blood from intru-
sion. Our food may have undergone the
ordeal of digestion, but before it Is allowed
to circulate and nourish the body 1t must
be carried to the liver, which examines
and promptly eliminates any particle like
" to be injurious to the health.
Then, again, as a tonic manufacturer
the liver is without rival. 1t prepares a
special medicine, and every now and again
sends dose to the stomach to induce 1t to
work properly. Whenever the liver has a
little time to spare from its other duties
it manufactures O stock Of this medicine
(the bile) and saves it up in the gall blad-
der until required.
Moreover, the liver selects all the In
soluble fats of our foods and by dividing
them into very tiny globules and making
a soap of them with an alkai so liqueties
them that they can be absorbed in the or
binary way. The superfatted livers of the
Strassburg geese FUSED in making the ia
nous pate de foie gras) have been so over
worked that they have entirely lost this
soapmaking power.
One Of the most curious things done by
the liver is to deal with any Starchy sub
stances that are insoluble and gradually
transform them into strange material
that is found nowhere else in nature
namely, animal sugar. This sugar (gly-
cogen) cannot be initiated by the most
clever chemist, and it is carefully saved in
the body so as to compensate for any def
cheney in the supply Of tho ordinary kind.
Whether we consider tie liver as filter
or a soap boiler or an apothecary or sug-
ar maker, we find it doing each kind of
work as though that one were its sole
care.-New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21

pr. Hill's headache powder for sale al
Milford DuPres. The druggist. Phone 1O7
Why allow your tin roofs to rust and leak
when one coat Of ALIENS Antitrust Roo
paint Will stop the leaks and preserve the
root for i've years only 75c per gallon al
Speeds drug store.
Johnsons Chill and Fever tonic is guaran,
iced 10 cure or money refunded by Speeds
drug store.
why does Speed sell so many cigars? be
cause he handled high grades good at low
prices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
A Question Answered.

This is the way in which the Centralia
(Kan.) Journal editor answers q question
propounded by stock raiser:
GA rural subscriber asks, DO hogs pay?'
We know that good many don't. They
take the paper several years and have the
postmaster send it back marked Refused
Such breed is usually two legged and
Improbable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
Great Day at Due West.

Yesterday was commencement In Erskine,
and great day at Due West Is recorded.
Every horse and every vehicle at Abbeville
was brought into use, and a large number OF
of our people were guests Of our sister town,
during the interesting occasion.
Today ia the day OF all days In the Due
West Female College. The youth and beauty
OF the land will be there assembled this morn.
ing. The Due West Female College, although
the oldest OF the female colleges is still beau
tiful and lovely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
If you want to be appreciated, die or pay
your debts. Freeman.

In a business transaction in which
one man loses money and the other
party loses his integrity the latter suf-
fers the more grievous loss.
We talk too flippantly about
Essentials" and "nonessentials" in
mortals. There are no unimportant
things in conduct, no "nonessentiap'
duties.
1t is pleasant sight to see anybody
thanking God, for the air is heavy
with the hum of murmuring and the
roads are dusty with complaints and
lamentations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
Due West Female College.

The Press and Banner has received the cur
rent catalogue OF the Due West Female Col
lege. 1t came from North Carolina press
The catalogue contains much information
which is ofinterest to the friends OF the insti-
tuition. The nar,es Of the students are print
ed, and the farewell OF President Todd ap-
pears. Rsv. James B,yca, the new Presi-
dent. makes an announcement Among 9th.
er things In the catalogue. we notice that
Mess. r. r. Hemphill and Hugh Wilson o
Abbeville, are among the Board Of VISITORS y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
A Barrel Of Flour.

A barrel of -four will make nearly dou-
BILE It's weight in bread. Flour rapidly de-
teriorates with age unless kept dry. IL
absorbs moisture, and this moisture I'M
pairs the gluten which is Indispensable to
the nghtness Of the bread. Besides, 1t
changes some Of the starch into sugar and
q gummy matter known as dextrin, and
this makes the bread heavy and sodden.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21

Jesus Christ stripped himself abso.,
lutely bare of all those sources OF
strength that world rates highest, and
relied solely and utterly upon the
power of truth and righteousness.
The Christian modesty that avoids
notoriety is far from being the same as
the cowardice that shirks from the
facing of danger in the performance
of duty.
The difference between praying and
saying your prayers is as great as be.
tween eating and reading your bill OF
fare.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
The Smart VerGer.

The church possessed valuable Bible,
which was only used on Sundays, says q
writer in The Cornhill Magazine, speak
ing Of an English country parish. During
the week itwas kept in box which rather
ouriously formed the stand upon which
the reader Of the lessons stood. On one
occasion, when this was being shown to 8
visitor, the remark was made that 1t did
not seem very reverent for even q clergy
man to tread upon the Bible. pardon
me-" the old verger replied. "In this
church, sir, we take our stand upon the
Scy-i7,t,1rea -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
SHORT TERM OF COURT.
Criminal Business Finished Wed.
ne8day.

The June Term Of Court was very shor'
this year, and since the county has been di
vided, amounts TO very little.
Charlie Hunter, colored. was tried for mur
der The case consumed all Of Tuesday and
until II o'clock Wednesday, when verdict o
not guilty was returned.
Loveberry Oliver, colored, charged with The
murder of Newton Moore, was found mo-
guilty.
The case of the State vs. w. r. Bullock fol
forgery was continued.
The civil business was finished Thursday
This was one OF the shortest sessions evel
held In Abbeville.
Judge Gage. although stranger TO our peo
ple won the confidence Of all by the affablt
and dignifled manner in which he presided.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21

"Kid" is merely a jocose substitution
for "lamb," used for young child, and
Is very old. Charles Reade and Dickens
used "kid" in this sense, and Virgl's
phrase, site capell@," has been freely
translated, "Go it, my kiddies."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
Financial.

"Mother, how big must grow to be In
bank, like uncle?" asked the small boy.
"Not very much" said his father, "for
often seen in the papers that cashiers
are short "-Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21

Thousands of Egyptians live in old
tombs, eating, sleeping, wooing, loving,
laughing, dancing, singing, doing al
their deeds of daily life and household
cork among the mummies and sarcoph'
tgi.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21

The largest tree in the eastern hemis
phere if not in the world is monster
chestnut standing at the foot of Mount
Etna. The circumference Of the main
trunk at 80 feet from the ground Is sls
font
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
PRETTY YOUNG LADY.
Comes Back to the City and the
Home OF Her FOrefathers.

MISS GERTRUDE SMITH, q pretty and attrac
tive young lady OF Walhalla, ia on visit to
her aunt, Mrs. Maggie Sassard. She Is the
daughter of Mr.. D. A. Smith, editor OF the
Keowee Courier, who once lived in Abbeville
and married Miss Small Of this city. The
young lady Is welcomed to the city OF her
forefathers, where her ancestors are still held
In kind remembrance bv the older citizens OF
the town. Her grandfather, and grandmoth.
er. and her mother were once among us and
Of US.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21

Russian battle songs are written Up
minor keys, and instead of being bril-
liantly martial are sad, telling of the SOL
dier's fate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21

The character that is developed by
long years of patient tidelit." is often
put to the supreme test by some sub
tie and fiery temptation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21

To hunger and thirst after righteous
ness means to long for it and to strive
toward it with unrelaXing effort.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
$4,000 IN SILVER.
Given Away by II. B. Speed, Able.
VILE, y. e..

We have placed In our store q handsome
Oak Money.Box containing 20 silver dollars.
We have had made for us a number of keys,
some of which will unlock the box. With
every cash purchase OF Sl.OO and with every
81 90 paid on account will be given a key at
tached 10 a tag. Keys can be tried the lat
Saturday 10 each month. beginning 1st Satur-
day In August, and holders of keys that un.
lock the box will be given S. dollars AS
present. P. B. Speed, Druggist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-21
SUMMER SCHOOL,
Colored Teachers to be Taught How
TO Teach,

The Summer school for colored teachers oi
Abbeville. Greenwood, part Of Edgefeld and
part of Anderson counties will be held next
month, at Abbeville or Green wood, the point
not yet having been decided upon.
Rev. E. w. Williams will conduct the
school. In this work he will be assisted by
his wife, Mrs. E. v. C. Williams, and Miss
Jennie Weston Of Charleston.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-07-13

IIittle si,icksns. in order to develop
strength and SIZE, must be given
plenty of exercise. Is il true, not
only Of fowls, but of all assrsals ~
we'll Cramped continements VIII
make runts of the finest breed Of chick.
ems, even though they be given every
other attention with highest feeding.
A good sized run for fifty chicks for
the first two or three weeks would be
Gx1O feet, constructed out Of one inch
wire netting two feet wide, Will
twelve inch Dashboard AROUND the bot
tom: Ths ground should be kept well
sprinkled WITH sand and swept cleau
every two lays, with 4 traah supply ol
sand added.
After the chicks get older ant
stronger they may be allowed larger
runs in which some kind Of green croI
should be growing. Wheat, barley OF
clover could he sown III the latter pa.i
of August or September, when the
plants will be just right for the chicks
when needed. After the dew is off,
on dry days, the chicks could bs
turned out of their nartcs'. clean runs
aud given tho benefit of the riekings
furnished by the green food, toSethe!
with such insects, bugs, etc, as they
will find and chase around over the
wheat or clover patch. atlanta jour.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-07-13
WISE WORDS.

Beware OF him who hates the laugh
OF a child. .--Lavater
Interest makes some people blind,
and others quick-sighted
The use of money is oil the alvan-
tage there is in having t.-Franklin.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are
those which never happen. Lowell.
knowledge can never take the Won
der out of Gods world. George A.
Smith.
Kindness is wisdom; there is none
III lite but needs it, and may learn. -
Bailey.
"Tls hard to school the heart 10 be.
In spite Of injury and envy, generous
still Ellison
\ man cannot leave a better legacy
to the world than a well educa.ed 4
family.-Thomas Scott.
1t Is great evil as we'll as mis-
fortune, to be unable u utter prom pt
and decided no.-C. Simmons.
It is not wealth, nor ancestry. but
honorable conduct anl noble disposi-
ton that makes men great. Ovid.
The best evidence os merit is. tba
cordial recognition OF it whenever
and wherever II may be found. =
! Boyee
The careful reader Of few cooi
. newspapers can learn more IN a yea,
than most scholars do in their crea:
libraries. F. s Sanborn.