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SCHOOL BOARD.
ABBEvILLE. April 81, Il

ABBEv1LLE. April 81, 1888.
The School Board met this day in
extra session, for the purpose of passing
on the Bond of the Treasurer elect MI.
N. c. Young, with the following men,
beers present, 20 wit: w. w. Edwards,
President, and Messrs. John Nugier, J.
n. Putnam and j. N. Williams. Absent:
Messrs. john Morgan. NJ. C. Broussard
and Nathan Perry.
The aforesaid Bond having been ex
amined. the same was rejected, by rea-
son of the affidavit attached thereto not
showing the qualification of the ~sureties
10 conformity to law.
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet on Saturday May 5th 1883.
W. w. EDWARDS, President.
J. N. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
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HOMES FOR THE MILLION
IL in Vermiliou Parish, Louisiana
Never overhowed. Send stamp for de-
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st Charles College.
GRAND COTEAU, L..
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Of Jesus.
LOCATION most healthy and
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-OPENING of Session 1882.
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wealthy those who do not improve their On.
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Portland, Maine. Marble
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and the MER1ploNAL one year for
the extremely low price nf $3.50 CASH.
Batou Rouge is now the permanent Cspi.
tai OF this great State. and this is an ex.
cellent opportunity to get the Capital and
parish news for little more than Oyr
PRIcS. The CAPITOLIAN is a spiey
interesting journal, Oiled with literary
matter for the ladies. humor for the fun.
loving, historical sketches for the student.
and news from all parts of the World, for
every one. Its editorials upon the mr..
rent political topics of the day are writ
ten in q pithy and attractive style, while
other subjects of importance are present
ed to the reader in VIGOROUS and unmis.
taxable terms. It IT,, in fact. a first.rate
Democrtt tic family newspaper. calculated
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SPARKS.

A two-foot rule-wear easy shoes.
Cynical Spanish proverb: "a womans
tears cost little, but bring her much!"
A Frenchman is teaching a donkey to talk.
What we want in this country is man who
will teach donkeys not to talk.-Boston Post. a.,
Oscar Wilde says his poems will be read
after Shakespeare has been forgotten. That's;
the proper time to read them-Hartforda
Post.
A newly-married Texas man shot his bride
while she was mixing her first batch of bis-i
cults. His plea in court will probably be SELF
defense.-Bsmarck Tribune.
bill posted in Lumpkin county, Ca,
offers for sale ''one-eyed mule with three
white feet, and to the best of my recolleC-
ton, two of them on one side"
Are your domestic relations agreeableT' ;
was the question put to an unhappy-looking
specimen of humanity. "Oh, my domestic
relations are all right" was the reply, tits
my wife's relations that are causing the
trouble"
An exchange feelingly reminds us that
nearly all the men identified with the NewS
York Tribune under Horace Greeley are
either dead or have gone elsewhere. The!
same is true Of those who served under Juliusi
Cesar.-Lowell Courier
Box Passenger: by Jove, driver it blows
hard up here. Quite sure you're full in
side?' Driver; You're right, sir, it do
blow sharp; and as you're so pressin', ain'tj
so full but 1 can find room for Two O. RUM
'Ot when we gets TO the Angel. Way up!l
Tchkl"-Fun.
In prayer meeting in Westfeld, Mass,
brother arose and said: Il want to hear sung
that beautiful hymn, Split Doors" A rip
pie of laughter was suppressed by sister,
who struck up "Gates Ajar." That's til
that's itP' the brother shouted, as he sat down
to enjoy the melody.
Little Ada W., of Brooklyn, went to
neighbours on the eve of election to fold
Seth Low tickets with the other little girls.
While there lady related the following,
which Ada repeated to her parents when she
got home: A Chinaman came into the la
dies cabin on the ferry boat, and took seat
beside an Irish market woman. He seemed
to want to make himself agreeable, and, rub
bing his hands, remarked: Belly cold"
The woman looked at him with an air of
contempt and replied: "If you'd put your
shurt inside your pants your belly wouldn't
be cowld, you heather blagard!"
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much company. We went to bed early;
mother sang some Christmas songs to us.
There was fresh snow upon the ground, and
when we awoke the earth was covered with
the beautiful white snow OF course we ran
to look i'll our stockings, and found two lit
tie papers of brown sugar and six plump
rasins; but they pleased US more than this
pile of confectionery does you, Teddy. At
breakfast mother put upon our plates a
cookey soldier, with allspice eyes, and big
piece of mince pie. We had a long play day,
mother sang the Christmas anthem and
father sang the bass. We thought we had
beautiful day
Aunty rubbed her eyes as she thought of
ner dear ones; they were in a happy cline.
But then she was lonesome here without
them. Ted was ashamed of his selfishness.
Aunty's little story did him good He di-
vided his candy and fruit into four packages,
and somebody saw little lame Tim Jones
with one, and Sarah Winters with another of
Ted's parcels and we will have to guess
where the Others went At night papa took
him upon his knee and told him again of the
great, precious Christmas gift and the star
IN the East; and mamma said she thought
Ted had realized it was more blessed to give
than to receive. Don't my little friends
think so, too?
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Whittier at Home.

Harriet Prescott Spofford, in January Harper
Mr.. Whittier has never married, and, with
the single exception of the exquisite lines
entitled "Benedicite," he has given the pub
lie no clew to the romance of his youth. His
sister Elizabeth, sympathizing with him
completely, of a rare poetic nature and fas-
tidious taste, and of delicate dark-eyed
beauty, was long a companion that must
have made the want of any other less keenly
felt than by lonely men in general. The
bond between the sister and brother was
more perfect than any of which we have
known, except that between Charles and
Mary Lamb, and in this instance the condi-
tons were of perfect moral and mental
health. To the preciousness of the relation
ship the pages of the poet bear constant
witness and Amesbury village is full of
traditions of their affection, and of the gen.
tie loveliness and brilliant wit of Elizabeth,
whom the people admired and reve1enced al
most as much as they do the poet himself.
For his old neighbors have the closest affec-
ton for Mr. Whittier; except very OCCASION
ally, what was his thought has. been theirs;
and now that he is not with them daily, they
miss him sadly, and among those who miss
him most and make the most complaint
about it are the children on the street. This
is not remarkable when one remembers that
Mr.. Whittier does not stand on his dignity,
but joins in the game played in his presence,
writes his nonsense verses on demand, has
the keenest sense of the ludcrous, and loves
all sorts of innocent fun. We have heard
him say that he was known among the child
rem as the man with the parrot-the parrot
being remarkable bird that used to stop
the doctors gig with his ''Whoar' and when
the school bell rang would call from his
lofty perch Run in, boys! run in"-the
fact being that the children felt the parrot
to be a bond between them, and he was less
of demigod and more of a man to their i'm
agination on account of "Charlie." Mr.
Whittier is of course very fond of children
and has been known to rick the loss of an
important train with equanimity when the
easy-going good-natured hickman had been
overtaken by an uproarious school of child
ren, and had gone with them for little
drive, appearing at the door at length the
carriage overlooking with the rosy faces of
the laughing little people, who. cared moth"
ing ABOUT time, tide and the train.
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A Brides Pretty Present.

"a pretty little story is told" says the
Newport correspondence of the Boston Jour
nal, ''of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery,
who were here a short time since. A day or
two before their wedding took place Miss
Rotbschld asked the young Earl what he
would like for wedding present from her
Oh, he replied, suppose you give ME a box
of gloves. The box of gloves were sent in
closed in an elegant iniaiid case. On opening
the box the earl discovered an envelope adj
dressed to him in a well-known hand. He
expected it contained a dainty little note.
1t did, but not the sort of note he imagined.
The contents of the envelope was a check
written out and signed by Miss Rothschild,
and in favor of the Earl, and was for the
modest little sum of 100000.
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month of s0hbing storms-with smiles anon;
With piercing wnds-then softly falling fakes
SO pure and white they bring forgetfulness
OF all the transient gloom and wrathful skies.
Like some lmpetuous youth dost thou give
sway
To many fearful moods and bitter tears
Then speedily Did welcome to sweet peace,
Up-springing from the sad and fearful strife.
Within Defenders fitful days and nights
The shadows llnger, darken well around.
Then, fading, blending with he rosy light
OF grand blrth-mOrn dawDng DER our race,
Are lost, forgotten mid the 10y and song
Aud hours of high and hottest delight.
o month of gifts and offerings fair to seel
With thee there came to us the royal gift
glorious Savior born to one and all,
Whose love doth brighten all our wintry path.
Through seasons fair or dark, to Him we give
Our sweetest praise, our ever grateful hearts.
Margaret p James, in Vanity Fair.
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Ted's Christmas.
Ella Guernsey.


Ted was a brown checked boy of nine. He
was jolly and good tempered in the main,
but on this lovely Christmas morn he wasn't
pleasant at all. because he had set his heart
on getting little watch, and mamma knew
he wasn't big enough for such costly pres
emit He poued, and looked ugly, and pushed
away his ry-books, oranges and candy,
and mamma felt grieved. Who can blame
her? Directly nice old lady came to see
mamma, and soon saw something was wrong
with Master Ted Brown.
What ails my boy?' asked Aunty Ora
ham, kindly.
20, nothin', but I didn't get nice things
for Christmas and it's real meanl'
you didn't, hey? Well, know of some
little people who would think themselves
quite rich if they had half of your presents.
Suppose aunty tells you whatshe and brother
Herbert got in their stockings one Christ
mas forty years agol Herbert and 1
hung up our stockings. His were brown.
home-knit, and mine pretty blue, clouded
ones, on Christmas eve We lived in wee
brown house on farm, and didn't have
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Prayer.


ivan Iourguenef.
Man may pray for anything; he prays for
miracles. Every prayer is after this fashion:
Great God, grant that two and two may not
make four"
And such prayer is only true prayer
from one to another. To pray to the Onima
Mund to the Deity, to the God of Kant and
Hegel; to pray to the abstract, unsubstantial
god, is impossible not to be thought of.
But can even personal, living, actual God
cause two and two not to make four?
Every true believer IS bound to answer:
'Yes. He can do that!'' and he is bound to
bring his own mind to this conviction.
But what if his own reason contradicts
such sense essness?
Then Shakespeare comes to his aid:
"There are more things in heaven and EARTH
Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in our philosophy" etc.
But if one in the name of truth, contra
diets him? He need only to repeat the
famous question, "What is the truth?'
Therefore let ms drink and be merry and
pray.
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We wish all correspondents a merry
Christmas.
XoA's work is thankfully received.
K. TY.-Please let us hear from you again.
E. j. B.-Your list of answers is perfect Thank
you.
DAMoN.-We hope 70 hear from you again
soon.
MAMIE lie PAGE says: Thanks for Under
one roof
NINA B.-Ditto. Win do as you request in re-
latiOn to the prize.
ERMINA. who has taken mp her abode in Hob
bieville. Ind, is back again in he puzzle depart
ment with good charade. Hereafter she will
contribute regularly to this column. Our friends
may EXPECT something excellent from her pen
every week.
Amos Quito writes: 81 hope you will ex-
cuse my absence for the last few werks
as 1 have been very busy lately in my
school duties, preparing for literary
entertainment recently gwen by our local
club, etc. Enclosed find n few hastily scrubbed
puzzles, which hope VIII he acceptable. won
der what has become of Frank O. Lucas, Pete
Kir c. Bunnel. K. Ty ana all the rest of your old
contributors"
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A Genuine Scotch Sabbath.

London Truth,
The Scotch are, of course, a very righteous
people, indeed and their reverence for the
''Sawbathn is matter of common notoriety.
Last Sunday bark arrived at st. Andrews
bay, flying flag for assistance. A fishing
boat put off, and it was discovered that the
captain and crew were in a state of semi
starvation, having been reduced for several
days TO diet OF one biscuit day per man.
But the godly people of St. Andrews are so
strongly opposed to anything approaching
Sunday trading that provisions were only
procured with the greatest difficulty, and
for some time it appeared as though the I'M
fortunate sailors would have done better to
remain on board with their one biscuit until
Monday. l wonder if it occurred to these
rigid Sabbatarians that if any of the men
had died they would have been morally, if
not legally, guilty of manslaughter?
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Venango SPECTATOR.
Andrew Jackson is a Seneca Indian who
has exemplified the saying chat little learn
ing is u dangerous thing He could write q
little, and only little, and so when one day
he borrowed So so from John Halftown, he
gave him his note for the money with in ter
est 1t ran like this: me, Andrew Jackson,
dav after tomorrow six months, will pay to
John Halftown, maybe three or four days,
SO or 81 dollars, no fetch paper no getmoney,
nv dam -
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Life of Christ is one of the ablest replies
yet published to the work of Renan. 1t is
the best reply yet published in the French
language. NJ. de Pressense is radically OPP
posed to all state endowment of religion.
He was deputy from 1871 to 1876, and he is
the only free-church minister who has ever
enjoyed legislative honors. 1t is fact
worth noting that since the death of Bishop
Dupanloup, in 1878, the Senate has not had
a single ecclesiastical member In the eyes
of the law, however, Pressense is only lay
man, the church of which he is a member
not being reconized by the state.
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Original Puzzles.

NO. 9H.-HALF-sQUARE.
1. Vessels made of dried gourd shells used for
containing liquors or goods, az pitch, resin and
the like. O. A student IN university or col
iege. 8. Toward the land. Courtship. 5.
MOtstens (obs) g. To add many things together.
z. The plural of word of respect used in ad-
EN-. TO- letter. AMOS QUITO.
SILVER LAKE, Ind.
NO. 948.-NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
lam composed Of twenty-five letters.
Nv 8, 2, 10, "a 10 is kind of play.
NY 3, II. p. 10, 3. 20 is promoter.
My a, Is, II. %. % is refuse.
MY l. IL, Is, 6. 3 certain fishes.
My whole is quotation from Macaulay,
W. sc lRBoROUGH. Me. XoA.
NO. 949.-CURTAILMENTs.
l. Curtail military progress, and leave
weight.
2. Curtail kind of cherry, and leave addi-
tional
8. Curtail an anthem, and leave a spot.
4. Curtall a province, and leave a name.
D. Curtall an aquatic animal, and leave a
Greek prefix.
6. Curtail fragment, and leave fish.
NO. 950.-HALF-sQUARE.
l. An island of the Indian ocean. 2. A sand
bath. 3. Decline. 4. Fillets. g. Finery. 6. In
ancient Greece, public disgrace T. Sin offer
iDgs. 8. To tiatter. 8. One. 10. letter.
AMOS QUITO.
NO. 951-NUMERIcAL ENIGMA,
NJ 8. 6 is proposition.
NV 7, g. 8 ls color.
My 10 Is vowel
MY whole is stranger. -OA
NO. 952.-DECAPITATIoN.
1. Decapitate an animal and leave an ancient
kings name.
2. Decapitate a game and leave hard SUBJ
stance.
3. Decapitate courage and leave pause
4. Decapitate to argue and leave IA metal.
3. DecaDitate a motor and leave above.
b. DecapiJate to click and leave wash.
UNCLE WILL.
NO. 953.-CHARADE.
My first is the name OF a Grpcian king
Whose fame was made through the world to
ring.
He was mighty and great,
But sad was his fate,
For by violence he died,
And few for him cried.
My second is found on mountain and dale,
And though of two kinds, the yellow and pale,
Ii you find iG alive
And able to thrive,
Where e'er it is seen
II is sure TO be green.
My whole lies silent amid storm and motion,
And quietly peeps from the depth of the
ocean.
Still many a rich store
Is brought. of yore
BY the waves, wild and free,
From these isles of the sea.
HoBBIEvILLE, Ind. ERMrNA.
NO. 954.-CRoss-WoRD ENIGMA.
NV first is in age, bnt not in date;
My second is in ire, but not in hate;
My third is in figure, but not in cut
My fourth is in barn, but not in hut;
MY fifth is IN end, but not in fate;
My sixth is in tardy, but not in late;
My seventh is in sober, but not in sad;
NV eighth is in vile, but not in bad;
My ninth is in close, and also in near;
Whole will name chandelier.
UNCLE WILL.
ANSWERS in three weeks
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Christmas Day.

0 tell me, children who have seen
The Christmas tree in bloom,
Which is the very brightest thing
That sparkles In the room?
The candles2 No. The tinsell No.
The skates and shining toys2
Not so, indeed, nor yet the eyes
OF happy girls and boys.
It's Christmas day itself, my dears;
It's Christmas day alone
The brightest gift, the gladdest gift,
The world has ever known.
st Nicholas
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She Didn't Believe in Hero worship.

DAvfrPoRT, lathe Democrat furnishes this
item: In our schools little girl, VINO said she
worshiped her papa because he married her
mother and was asked by the teacher II she be-
lieved in hero worship, answered: mo, but DO
believe in saint worship. because Saint jacob
OIL saved my little brothers life when he was
sick with sore throat, and 1t cured mSmma's
neuralgia"
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THE YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
THE PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.

Everything relating TO this department. must
be addressed to W. H. GRAHAM, West ScarhOr-
Ough, Cumberland county, Maine. Original con-
5rlbutions and answers to each weeks puzzles
are solicited from ALL
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No. 925.-1. Sole. 2. Pike 8, I0ach. 4
Doree D. CODY. 6. Rudd, z. rench
No. 926.-Wagtail
No. 927.-I-ran.
No. 92S.-Idleness always envies industry.
No. 929.- l. "A o R
A d o E
Il o Ii Z A
o r e A ID
r f. by
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The Throat.

"Browns Bronchial Troches" act directly on
tho organs of the voice. They have an extraoTd-
mary effect IN all disorders of the throat.
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Puzzles Answered.

BY Mamie LePage, Indianapolis, Nos. 924 to
929. inclusive.
BY E. ]. B., Evansville, Nos. 923 to 929, in
elusive.
BY Nina B., Lebanon, Nos. 923 to 929, inclu-
sive.
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ANSWERS in three weeks. !

Our Prizes.
l. First complete list, a book.
2. Next best list, fifty cards.
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Answers to PuzzIGs,

Answers to PUZZLES
No. 923.-Water-spout.
No. 924.- p
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Prize Winners.


RflZ6 winners,
1. Z. ]. B.-A book.
2. Nina B.-Fifty cards.
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