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Five ragged, unkempt and weeping
children were left orphans the other day
by the death OF their mother, a widow
who lived on Prospect street. The
father was killed at n of the depots
about two years ago, and since then the
mother had kept the family together by
hard days work. Lack of food, exposur'
and worry brought on an illness which
terminated fatally, and the children hud-
died together in a corner of the room
feeling awed and frightened, but yet I'M
able to realize that death had made them
waits. When the remains had been sent
away to potter's field, q dozen women
gathered and held a whispered c~onsulta-
ton.
"IIl take one of the poor things,
though I've four children of my own"
said one of the women.
"And I'll take another"
"And I'll take one."
"And SO will l."
Then there was the baby-a toddling
bow, who had been rocked to sleep every
night of his life, and whose big blue
eyes we're full of tears as he shrank be-
hind his sister to escape observation.
81 could take him." said n Of the
women, "but I'm qMck-tempered, and
the Lord will never forgive the woman
| who strikes n dead mothers child !"
81 could take him, but I am old and
will soon die" said another. when
he had learned to love me, and l had
come TO look upon him as O son, death
would separate u.s."
A girl not over ten years old, dressed
a little better than other children there,
crept into the group and heard what was
said. While the women were looking
into each others faces in silence. the
child reached out for the babe, patted
his white head, kissed him, and said:
81 will take this one! I have no
brother, and ma and pa will let me keep
him. He can sleep in my trundle-bed,
play with my doll, and they may put all
the Christmas presents into his stock
ing! !"
The women protested, even as they
wept, and the girl ran around the corner
and returned with her mother, who sane
| toned all she had said.
"Come, bubby-you're mine now!'
called the girl, and he laughed as she
put her arms around him and tried to
lift him up.
By and by a woman said:
"Children, you have neither father,
mother nor home. You must be divided
up or 90 to the poor-house. Kiss each
other, poor orphans, and all kiss the
baby |" .
They put their arms around him, and
Rugged and kissed him, and they went
out from the old house to 60 in different
directions and perhaps never again to
meet all together.
"Good bye, Johnnie |" each one
gasped as they turned for a lest look at
baby, and the little girl called to each
one in turn:
"Don't feel bad ! I'll give him lots
to eat, learn him his prayers, and when
he's big man he'll buy you all back !"
Detroit Free Press.
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Condensation.

According to NJ. Pierre Veron, one OF
the brightest writer's on the Parls PRESS
the telegraph has much to answer tor.
Slowly and surely, he says, it's influence
is extending. The mania for ~condenslng
our thoughts has spread from the DIS
patch to our ordinary conversation, 70
our letter, to the stage. We are losing
all sense OF the importance of the super
fuous. For instance, says Veron, !ook
at letters of to-day. Instead
charming mixture Of everything
the sun with which Madame de :
used to delight her friends, what n@
we? Take the last letter you have re-
ceiyed and see if it does not resemble q
dispatch. "Ihunted yesterday. Horrld
weather. Louis has the whooping
cough. My father.in-law becomes more
and more unbearable. Ny cousin Aifea,
is with as. He is fatter than he was.
Is not this the style of to-day? Our let
tiers are now nothing but a sort OF book.
keeping. Our letters are to those o I q
hundred years ago what :Licbig's extract
of beef is to good fresh meat. Wnen =
letter is more than q page long we tnrusS
it aside with an impatient remark as w
the uselessness Of fine phrases: W9ea
wa come to the art OF conversation wna1
do we find? Look in at q ~fashionaple
eat;nc bouse and listen. Two men hurry
in and take their saats: "Waiter quick!
Give me- what ever can be had without
Waiting; never mind what it is. Hurry
- .1.SL lIa carir,1I work or
eating begins. Every FIVE Or ten min.
" "Pretty good fish, that" No answer:
aTbat coffee isn't what it might be-"
Another pause. Then number one goes
on: "Theater t'night" Number two
understands this as meaning, ARE you
going to the theater this evening" and
alter a swallow OF two OF coffee, answers:
Nuisance, these de6uts," and so FORTH
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Oh, wise Aunt Sophia, foreseeing that
youth and health would assert sway, If
once the mourner could be lured into
the busy world Anne, blooming and
CAV, had accepted with ready tact the
lofty position unexpectedly assigned by
strangers, and been charmed by the nov
city of travel. Paul Chambers's leaf was
dark. He was not a martyr, weary OF
the ills of life, who turns from the world
to become q morose recluse; still, ne
was lonely and miserable. His years
had been made up of painful drudgery
to win bread. He did not imagine him.
self born to any heroic and lofty fate; ne
had saved Anne from sharing his W
bitter poverty by going away. That was
all. From the moment of sacrifice,
when he had renounced his love that she
might marry the rich judge, he had
fallen a prey to poignant regret. lie
who looks back suffers the golden sands
of the present to slip through a nerve
less grasp. .
"Paul, I believed you had utterly for
gotten me, and at the moment of my
greatest need" said Anne, in the win
dow. How the tender voice vibrated on
the chords Of memory How familiar
was the fair face in the waning light
"Oh. Anne, if I could believe that
you needed me still !" he whispered, his
fingers closing over her warm soft hand.
Aunt Sophia %interposed on soul-com-
munings, briskly. cit is time for a cup
of tea. I hope those Tompkins girls
will find husbands in their summer
campaign. They have ~iaunted to Vienna
already, and you might as well try to
follow q comet :.
When summer again dawned, the old
Moore homestead wore it's most cheerful
aspect. Children were abroad IN the
fields berrying, and the cattle wended
their way soberly along the village street
beneath the elms. Paul Chambers
kneeled on the moss of the garden,
studying some object, Aunt Sophia
glanced through a window.
"What are you doing ?" at length de-
manded feminine curiosity.
"I am considering the ways OF ants
he replied. What wonderful fellows
they are! Depend upon it, We make a
profound mistake in ever travelling be-
yond u own gardens, where we meet
the best foreign society. The day-lily of
Portugal bids you good morning, madam,
the heliotrope from Peru is your scent
bottle, while all about the mystery OF
life goes on-seeds floating through the
air, buoyed up by downy umbrellas, and
bees carrying love messages to the flow
ers."
"suppose you come in to breakfast"
said Aunt Sophia.
Summer had entered She dark dining
room, with it's quaint furniture and
plate. At the table sat Anne, widow no
in crisp pink muslin, resembling
her favorite roses. Judge Moore's por-
trait, entwined in ivy, hung on the wall.
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Not much =
Whitehall Times.

The young man was evidently honest
in his intentions, but three years OF con-
slant counting had failed to overcome
his excessive bashfulness. They were
sitting in chairs at a respectful distance
apart. Said the young man, having
spent five minutes in search OF q suplect:
'tHow do you get along with your
cooking ?" "Nicely," replied the young
miss; "T'm improving wonderfully
can make splendid cake now.H aCan
YOU ?" said the young man, in a,pieasea
manner. What kind do youike.bests
az like n made with -four and sugar
and citron and raisins and currants, and
lots of those things, and beautiful FROST
ING on top" responded the young MISS.
"Why, that's a wedding.cake, e1-
claimed the young man, nervcusly. -
meant wedding" said the young miss.
shyly. They are published. -Rockla"d
Courier.
II DEER-A FABLE.
Agracefuld deer, while passing by q clearly now
ing brook, ,,rod
Saw bis own form reflected there, and paused
Entr sSee,s be- sazed, with beaming2 eyes, and
great a~stonishment; .n,ht
Acknowledging as he stood, thus to bis tnousn'S
gave vent:
Chow beautiful am" quoth be, my norns
how great and tall! ..od,ro,v
but then ny Feet so ugly are exceedingly
"Hov insignificant they seem They're not
"why must such beauty as I have, be put %
such abuse. -
Scarce had he spoke, when he heard sroAf'
prolonged and loud ao.r oo vain
A lion, in The distance, spied the deer SO ''in
With antlers raised, and quiv'ring hmOS'' "'
deer soon swiftly sped ..,od
Toward a wood, where thick AND gnafieu'
strong branches overspread.
His feet, so wrongfully despiaed, fast nrousn'
him to the wood 49,. ord.
He thought himself secure and safe-Dut SUI
denly he stood.
With horns entangled in a thick and oVernans-
Those antlers that he boosted Of, GER
tain death to hin r
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Meadow Sweets.

When I can look within thine eyes,
I see the blue OF summer skies.
Then should thy perfect mouth u~nclose,
l find the small, sweet-brier rose.
Thy hands to me are daisy blooms
The meadow pink thy breath perfumes.
When in the pond the wild bird dips,
Someway I seem to touch thy lips.
The golden-rod 1 even dare
To match against thy fleece Of hair.
When thou dost smile, the butterfly
Hath not a lighter heart than I.
Thy laughter, rare and rich, think
To be the tuneful bobolink
And il thy mood be sad and still,
I seem to hear the whip-poor-will.
When round the tree clings close the vine
I thrill to dream thee wholly mine.
The scarlet lily all aglow,
Tells Of the love I may not show.
Flowers, birds and grasses Of the field,
Their tender, hidden meaning yield.
But what are Loves own charms to me,
Are only meadow sweets to thee!
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A"Special Advertising Agent" offers
the Times the munifcent sum OF ISL
cash in advance" for a six-inch adver-
tisement next to reading matter four
weeks, and a two-inch editorial notice.
After this, who will be reckless enough
to say that country newspapers ought
not to get rich ? Fulton Times.
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It is estimated that the number of
settlements on public lands this year
will be nearly double those of last year.
The land Office at Washington is hard at
work in consequence of the increase.
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All the members of the family Of No.
beling, who tried to kill the German
emperor, have changed their name to
Edelino.
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Items Of Interest.
Fishing is mostly net profit.

Fishing ls mostly net pfont.
Tom Thumb weighs eighty pounds.
Where there's a willow there's a wave.
OF course miners are crazy when they
lose their mines.
s.To step aside is human"-especially
when a runaway team is coming down
the street.
A classical man out in Venice, [lliooi
has christened his cat "Othello. or
Newer of Venice"
Calumny, though raised upon nothing,
ia too swift to be overtaken, and too
volatile to be impeded.
There is DO egg of q bird known which
is not good food, or which could not be
eaten by a hungry man.
"Mean weather this" volunteered
Filkins. eyes," replied his wife,s sec.
ond cousin, "the days are rather close.
Within the last three years it is said
that some twenty-five new histories OF
the United States have been published;
Danielsonville Sentinel: A man
never wants to laugh when O hy allghts
on his nose, but he is greatly tickled.
Drear is labor Of the hand, which
Occupies LIES little span;
But an honest picnic sandwich
Is the noblest work Of man.
A sign posted up in a Wisconsin saw
mill reads: "The saws are running
no use to touch them to convince your
selves"
Diner-"I say, waiter, I've just
cracked this egg. Look at it." Waiter
-"Uon't look very nice that or !, sarE, !
must say. Try the other"
The wolf, says a Russian proverbs
changes it's hair every year. The young
lady OF the period does better; a
changes hers every afternoon.
The melancholy days have come, .
The saddest Of the year,
When he who seeks to kill . fy
Slaps himself on the ear.
els this air.tight2" inquireda man
in q hardware store, az he examined .
stove. "No,' sir" replied the clerk;
"air never gets tight" He lost q Gus
toner.
Square umbrellas are reported as the
latest thing in Paris. That's nothing.
We have been using square umbrellas 9
long time; at least they are never round
when wanted .-Ronae Sentinel.
Pause before you follow example. a
mule laden with salt, an ass laden with
wool. went over q brook together. BY
chance the mules pack became wet, D
salt melted, and his burden became
lighter. After they had passed, the
mule told of his good fortune 70 theass,
who. thinking to speed as well, wet his
pack at the next water; but his load be-
came the heavier, md he broke down
under it. That which helps one person
may hinder another.
BOY AGAIN. -
Who wouldn't be q boy.
With nothing else to do
But fill himself with solid pain,
And then play "hookey, too?
-Hackensack Republican,
wouldn't be q boy again,
I wouldn't il I could; -;
Perhaps I'd better here explain,
couldn't if I would.
We wouldn't bea boy again,
Because We don't suppose ~.
We ever could anew attain,
Such happy days as those.
West Jersey Press.
----- boy again,
------a and froic,
-----a awful pain,
------an and colo;
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A regular system of kidnapping the
Chinese and sending them as .laborers
on the haciendas ~(plantations) in the
northern part of Peru has been discov-
cred in Callao. The government has
begun earnestly to correct and reform
the labor system, and make the condi-
ton of the Chinese laborers more tolera-
BILE.
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Do hens eat live bees? A Los Angeles
(Cal.) agriculturist seems to throw some
light on this mooted question. He says
that having often caught his poultry in
the fragrant act--standing in front Of
the hives and taking the busy insects as
they pass in aud out-be. finally dis
patched one and found in her crop $50
bees
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Patagonia is a very attractive country.
It's climate is of the coolest, it's men, are
of the t~allest, and it's women of the ugli-
est specimens of the human race. It's
mice are likewise gigantic, and the no.
tives display an ~ineradicable disposition
to tell lies. This delightful country is
destined to become very important in
consequence of the recent discovery OF
gold therein. From the Cordilleras to
the Atlantic, from the Santa Cruz to
Terra del Fuego, the country teens
with gold.
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A simple method, but n not gener-
ally known, of discriminating between
real and spurious diamonds, is 10 i'm
merse the specimen in water. If a gen
uine diamond, it will sparkle with al
most undiminished light and brilliancy
of color; but if it be spurious, whether
paste or rock crystal, the "fre" of the
gem will be completely quenched.
Another simple test is to draw a small
steel file across the stone. If real, the
stone will not be hurt; if imitation, it
will be badly marred.
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The territory which Turkey loses by
the Treaty of Berlin is roughly ,estimat-
ed by the London Daily Mews at sew
enty-one thousand five hundred square
miles, or more than the whole area Of
England and Wales. The loss in popu-
lation amounts to more than three and a
half millions, or somewhat more than
the entire population of London.
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The conundrum about the pins is we'll
enough, but who breaks all the needles ?
A single factory in Redditch, England,
turns out between 5000, 600 and 7,0OO,-
900 Of them each week: or about $780,
600, 900 q year, which is equal to one
third the population of the globe. With
all the factories in the world going, who
breaks these billions of needles?
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-17
4 " " 4 & is 6Sis !, (
II IS,AoMBARp.

y y 40 day Pva been 10 meeting, John,
bear the parsop preach, a Z. g 81
ss But how theyv changed since we wor,
young 8, Ss9sl ;s 4. ss Z !.
In sall they do aud teach.
hey cay that We re old fashioned, john
And don't care what wo say;
n But my old heart can see aud feel
" hene'er they change Gods way.
'sstY hen We wore young tho world was gay,
And loved to make show;
n But Ohristians walked the narrow way,
We could not with them go;
But oh, how things have changed since
s5Ss55 then,
The two waye are but one;
Is They all go in together now,
r And say they've "lots OF fun"
4 When We wero young they used to meet
In our old kitchen room,
Aud sometimes in the school house near,
many ehanoe to come;
4 And Elder B., that good old man
vi ne'er forget his voice
How faithfully he dealt with sin, 6
And how the saints rejoioed.
But now they meet in palaoes,
SO gorgeous, rich and nice;
And everything that draws the crowd,
They'll have ut any price;
s With cushioned seats and oarpetings,
And everything 80 gay,
The poor can hardly gather thcrp-
They've not the scrip to pay.
The minister, like somo vain fop,
Stauds up aud reads his prayers;
Anfao 70 bsssF bBssss ihs'iBsa Sd SSAT dhss:9' :" do"
He did not prvaoh, he only read
An essay on Christ's voice;
\ No heart was touched, no tears were shed,
And not soul rejoiccd.
Flo thought Christ's voioo was musical,
Melodious, rich and clear,
And TINS it sounded pleasantly
y Upon the listening ear.
heard some soy us they passed out,
Wasn't that splendid thing2"
Aud another said, "That cunt be beat
by even DR.. Tying"
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was in full sblost, j Jest slipped into tbo
entry,Y which was all lighted up bfiRhs & q
won't up ooo flight Of stairs, aud vas noun
tin tho second /, when man rushed out
upon me with drawn sword into his hand.
Says lio, in 9 pi0roin' tone: 3i ...3
"Give pa's word, or not stop furdcr do
you go!" says.ho. 2sl'
was 80 skairt that / fairly shook, but I
puta bold face'on and says |; 4 81
vi don't know your pas word, Dor your
mas word, neithor,,' suysI, nbut I'm com.
in' up, novcrthelessl, &9
il. .vsh5 sbj.1A' a''eols,alme sasass &
u give . horeoch that fetched tho whole
caboodlc right onto tho spot1 One man he
give me push, and down the stairs
rolled oil ina heap, Ny hat fell off, the
coat I'd put on ovor my gown busted open,
aud there J. was!
Some of tho mon knowcd who was, and
says thoy:
"lts tho widdor Brown" says they, "as
sure as shootin"
Cousin lothian hadn't mixed much 10
the doin's, but when he heerd that, he oamc
and picked mo up. Says he.
"Elmiry, next time you try to git into IL
lodge of ODD Eollors, you lot me know it,
won't your |
Odd Felcrs! Why [ was parfeokly
dumfoundcd at tho idea, sister Poubodyl
Id allors looked on secret s'itics us the
Invention Of tho ole Evil One hisscf, ond
whom l thought what an escape I'd had
from being capturd, and put to death,
perhaps, it kinder worked on my feelin's
so THAT it fetched onto my system tho .sust
kind Of scientific rheumatism. and was
laid up for days.
Cousin Jotlam l,e spruoes up and goes
to the lodge as rcgler as ever; but the lows
knows, he was odd enough, without jinin'
No truit of character is moro valuable
thnn the possession of good temper.
Homo oon never bo made happy without it.
II is like flowers springipg up in our path
way reviving and cheering us. Kind words
aud looks arc the outward demonstrations:
patience and forbearance arc tho sentiments
within.
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South Carolina Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. 4,
CHARLESTON, March /. 1879


CHARLESTON, March 1, 1878.
The following schedule will go into cffoot
on Sunday next, tho Sd instant:
For AUGUSTA.
(Day Train-Suaday morning oxcepted.>
Leave Charleston at 8 90 III
Leave Charleston at 7 80 n m
(Night Train-Sunday right excepted.1
Arrive at Augusta at S 90 n n,
IN'9ht lraln-ounday night excepted.)
Arrive at Augusta ot 6 IS am
FOR COLUMBIA.
[Day raius-Sunday morning executed,
Leave charleston at 90 IN
Leave charleston at s 30 pm
Arrive at Columbia at IL so am
Arrive at Columbia at 45a NJ
FOR CHARLESTON
(Sunoay morning cxccpted.)
Leave Augusta at 8 80 a n,
Leave Augusta ut 7 DO IN
Arrive at Charleston ut 4 30 n n,
Arrivcat Charleston at 7 45a NJ
Leave Columbia at 6 90 p m
Leave Columbia at g 90 = ~
Arrive at Charleston at 12 Is b NJ
Arrive at Charleston at 6 sam
Above Schedule makes close conucction
at Columbia with Grcenvilo & Columbia
and Charlotte Railroa'', and at Augusta
With Macon and Atlanta trains.
S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintendent.
). IS. PIoKENs, Gent Ticket Agent.
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Atlanta and Charlotte Airline Railway
C!L1NGE or SCHEDULE, .

OFFICE GEN'L PASS & TICKET AGENT
ATLANTA, Ca, September %. 1878.
Cn anu alter Sunday. September Goth, 1873,
trains will run rs follows:
Mail Train No. Il GOINGsEA ST.
Arrive ut Seneca, 7 48 pm
Leave Seneca, I 40 pm IN
MsH 2ruin No. g GONG VEST.
Arrive at Seneca, 7 o5am
Leave Seneca, /? 0G NJ
Locol freight 1ratn. = GOING EAST.
Arrive at Scueca, S 34nm
Leave Seneca, II pm
GOING WEST.
Arrive at Seneca, 5 40 nf
Leave seneca, q OO am
1hro"gA Freight 3rain-G Y O1NGEAST. :
Arrive at Seneca, 6 % D M
Leave Seneca 6 % pm
Wrou3A Freight Train GOING VEST
Arrive at Seneca 42am
Leave Seneca 8 80 am
Forming direct connection at Charlotte.
Danville and Richmond for all Eastern
cities and the celebrated watering places Of,
Virginia and tho East.
Pullman Palace Drawing Room Coaches
through from Atlanta to Washipgton Oitv
and New York without change. No other.
line can offer this inducomcnt.
CONNECTIONS.
At Atlanta, with tho Atlanta & Now Orleans
Short Line, ca. & w. Pt. r. R)and
Kcnncsaw Route, w. & A. r. R,> for ali
points in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan-
sas, Texns aud the Northwest.
With the Centra! Railroad Of Georsia, for
Macon, Savannah, Brunswick, and iii
points in Southwestern Georgia and
Florida.
With tho Georgia Railroad for Augustr.
Charleston, Port Royal aud Savannah.
at Lula, Co.,. with tho Northeastern Rail.
road, for Athens, Ga Z
AT Seneca, with the Blue Ridge Railroad
for Walhalla and Bolton, S. @.
at Grcenvillc, s. c., with the Grcenv;lo e.
Columbia r. r. q
At Spartanburg, with tho Spartanbnrc F
Union u Columbia Railroad. with ,bn
Spartanburg & Ashoville Railroad. for
Tyron Mountain, connecting here win
stages for Flat Rock, Hendoryo = v;lis
Ashevilc, and Warm Spring. N, a a Il
iino and well finished hotel at tho foot Of
this mountain.
At Charlotte, with tho Richmond Il Dan.
vlIio Railroad, for all points North, East,
and md West, and for Virginia Springs,
With tho Carolina Central Railroad for
wilmington and intermediate points.
G. J. FOREAcRE, 81,
General Managor, "
Agent, ''5