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A Plea For Father.

Let every wife and mother fully un-
derstand that the road along which
the man of business travels Is not q
macadamized one, nor does it ordina-
rily lead through pleasant scenes and
we'll springs of delight. On the con-
trary, it is a rough and rugged path,
beset with "wait-a-bit" thorns, and
full of pitfalls, which can only be
avoided by the watchful care of cir
cumspection. After every days jour-
ney over this worse than rough turn
pike road, the wayfarer needs some
thing more than rest; he requires So
lace, and he deserves it. He is weary
of the dull prose of life, and athirst
for the poetry. Happy is the husband
who can find that solace and poetry at
home. Warm greetings from loving
hearts, fond glances from bright eyes,
the welcome shouts of children, the
many thousand arrangements for our
comfort and enjoyment, that silently
tell of thoughtful and expectant love,
the gentle ministrations that disen-
cumber us in an old easy seat before
we are aware of it; these and like to-
kens of affection and sympathy con-
stitute the poetry which reconciles us
to the prose of life. Think of this, ye
wives and daughters of business men
Think of the tolls, the anxieties, the
notifications and wear that fathers
undergo to secure you comfortable
homes, and then compensate them for
their trials by making them happy by
owntheir firesides.-Refo1naed Church
Messenger.
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1t Worked Like q Charm.

A Maine clergyman told a friend
that he had great difficulty in putting
his youngest child to sleep at nights.
The friend waggishly asked: "Didlyou
ever try the effect of reading one OF
your sermons to him, Doctor" "Why,
no." replied the good man, in all Sc
riousness; II never thought of that" "
After his departure the friends wife
demonstrated with him for playing on
the simplicity of the reverend old gen.
tleman, but was herself scarcely able to
restrain her risibles when, some time
after, the minister called again, and re-
marked: "Oh do you know that I
adopted your husbands suggestion OF
reading one of my sermons to my boy,
and it worked like charm!"
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An old sea-captain was riding in the
cars, and a young man sat down by his
side. He said:
"Young man, where are you 60
ingw
II am going to Philadelphia to
live"
"Have you any letters of introduc-
tion?"
eyes," said the young man, and he
pulled some of them out.
"Well," said the old sea-captain,
"have you church certificate ?"
80, yes" said the young man, II
did not suppose you desired to look at
that"
eyes," said the sea-captain, II want
to look at that. AS soon as you reach
Philadelphia, present that to some
Christian church. lam an old sail
or, and have been up and down in
the world, and it is my rule as soon as
I get into port to fasten my ship fore
and aft to the wharf, although it may
cost a little wharfage, rather than have
my ship out in the stream floating
hither and thither with the tide"
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How to Read Books.

It is almost always worth while to
read q thing twice over, to make sure
that nothing has been missed or drop
ped on the way of wrongly conceived
or interpreted. And if the subject be
serious, it is often well to let an interval
elapse. Ideas, relations, statements OF
fact are not to be taken by storm. We
have to steep them in the mind, in the
hope of thus extracting their inmost
essence and significance. If one lets
an interval pass, and then returns, it is
surprising how clear and ripe that has
become which, when we left it, seemed
crude, obscure, and full of perplexity.
All this takes trouble, no doubt: but
then, it will not do to deal with ideas
that we find in books or elsewhere as
q certain bird does with its eggs-leaves
them in the sand fof the sun to hatch
and chance to rear. People who follow
this plan possess nothing better than
ideas half Matched and convictions
reared by accident. They are like q
man who should pace up and down
the world in the delusion that he is
clad in sumptuous robes of purple and
velvet, and when in truth he is only
half covered by the rags and tatters o.
other peoples cast-of clothes.-Joha'
Morley.
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Cheese 10 and 15c. per pound. Maccaroni
1oc, per pound E. A. Templeton's.
Look at E. A. Templeton's white shirts at
&C. and 47c. apiece. They are splendid.
We are ready for the planters with choice
lot Of barley and rye for Fall sowing. Smith
& Son.
We have something entirely new for the la
Lodles ask for our Jersey undervests. They
are very desieable. Smith Son.
We have good line Of ladies undershirts in
white and red wool, white merino and Jer-
seys. Smith Son.
Just received the largest stock Of shirts in
town. P. Rosenberg & Co.
Bargains! bargains!! in straw hats. P.
Rosenberg Co.
Everybody ought to SOW a barley or rye
patch, and you can get the best SEED at
Smiths.
The best rye. seed to be had by P. Rosenberg
300 boys suits from sl.5O up, Just received.
P. Rosenberg & Co.
Two car loads flour Just received in all
grades. P. Rosenberg Co.
One car load salt just received. P. Rosen
berg Co.
Just received, lot of 300 boys suits from
sl.5O up. P. Rosenberg & Co.
We are keeping first class line Of Cassi.
mers for gents pants and suits, also the
finest line OF Innings for suits and pants, ever
kept In Abbeville. P.Rosenberg.
Clothing.-J. c. Miller has Just received q
large and attractive line of fall and winter
samples. Prices low and perfect satisfaction
assured. u
J. G. Miller has had five years experience
in selling clothing made to order, represent
ing some Of the largest and most reliable
firms. Can give you entire satisfaction. tt
Call for Hawks spectaoles and eye glasses
and have no other. A new assortment just
received at Speeds drug store.
Who ever heard of starch at cents per
pound? Large lump at this price at +. A.
Templeton's.
Only few more left. What! those Ply
Linen Cuffs at the Racket Store for l21a cts per
pair.
J.C. Miller equipped the Abbevine Rifles
with uniforms-forty suits. Perfect satisfac-
ion given-not a single garment returned Tor
Iteration. Call at once and place your Or
ers for a fall and winter suit. II
In politics our motto is Tariff Reform. In
drugs, lowest prices and purest goods. Best
Patent Medicines, purest Drugs for Prescrtp.
tion work, Paints, Oils, &c. Garden Seeds
School Books, and all specialties Of the drug
trade. ]. B. Franks, Lowndesville, 8. G.
March %, 1888. I'm.
Feed good bran to your COW II you want
good milk and O plenty of it. We can furnish
You with the bran, Smith g. Son.
We have opened our Fall stock of saddles
A larger and better assortment than ever be
fore, and that Is saying o good deal. Come
and see for yourself. W. Joel Smith q Son.
We have an excellent gray flannel for ladies
shirts. Smith d Son.
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Hot Rolls Better than Oatmeal.

Let us then have a breakfast of stake
or chops with good coffee, hot rolls,
and eggs, and we are ready for a days
work.
After all the abuse that has been
heaped upon hot bread, I am glad to
lend my voice in its defense. Properly
made, that is, without pernicious alkali
or half baking. have found it not on
ly as easily digested, but many times
more so, than any cereal food that my
dyspeptic patients eat; and it is in
finitely more palatable. Hot rolls, as
purchased from a first class city bakery
are among the most desirable of MORN
ing foods. I regret that I cannot say
so much for oatmeal, though many
persons seem to think that it consti-
tutes the most needful and nutritious
portion of their breakfast. But recent
experiments prove that by far the great
er part of what is taken passes through
the body unchanged, acting merely as
an irritant to sluggish bowels as it goes
along. To digest this intractable food
properly, hard outdoor labor seems to
be necessary, and I am convinced that
the only nutritive value it has for a
majority of my readers is found in the
cream that is eaten with it, which
would much better be taken alone
From "Healh Suggestions" in the
american Magazine. for October.
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Remove stains from cups and saucers
by securing with fine coal ashes.
Cast iron stoves and ironware should
be heated gradually the first time they
are used.
A polished floor can be kept looking
nice by whipping it over with cloth
saturated with milk.
Bent whalebone can be restored and
used again by simply soaking in water
few hours and then drying them.
AS dentrifie, salt and water is very
cleansing and also hardens the guns
It will also prevent the hair from fal-
ling out.
A good substitute for buttermilk in
cooking is q thin batter made of flour
and tepid water, allowed to remain
long enough to sour.
A bread-and-water poultice is made
by dipping piece of bread, after the
crust has been removed, into water.
Lift out and at once and apply hot.
Not only should the mattresses be
turned and aired at least three times a
week, but pillows and boulsters ought
to be beaten, shaken and exposed to
the fresh air.
Mix starch with soapy water and
you will find it a pleasure to do up
your starched goods. 1t prevents
the iron from sticking and makes a
glossy surface.
When potter's ware is boiled for the
purpose of hardening it, handful or
two of bran should be thrown into the
water, and the glazing will never be in
jured by acids or salt.
When molasses is used in cooking it
is great improvement to boil and
skim it before using. The raw, rather
unpleasant taste of the poor qualities
of molasses is much improved by this
process.
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Unjustly Punished.

The chances are, young people, that
in those days of "home rule" by the
children you have suffered from having
had too little parental discipline rather
than from too great severity. Never
theless, there are cases of misplaced
severity, and even wise and kind par
ents may sometimes make an error.
Well does the writer remember the
case of a parent who whipped his little
daughter, attempting to overcome in
this way her whimsical terror of the
dark when left alone at night. The
poor little maid sobbed herself to sleep
that night.
But the next evening, five minutes
after she had been left alone with the,
to her, fearful dark, her terror over
came her dread of punishment and a
pitiful little voice was heard at the
head of the stairs:
80 papa come up here and whip me!
I'm so 'fraid of the dark"
This convinced the father that the
child's terror was more than whim,
and he deeply regretted his hastily
punishment, which was never re-
peated.
The following incident, related by
a father, is of the same nature:
II shall never forget, though 1 have
have wished a thousand times that I
could, how T punished little Mamie for
continually pronouncing a word
wrong-as I thought wilfully-after I
had tried hard to make her say it
correctly. She was quiet for few
minutes after had punished her, and
the she looked up, with a quivering
lip, and said,
Papa, you will have to whip me
again. I can't say it,"
"You can imagine how I felt, and
how I kept Oh remembering the look
on her face and the tone of the sad
little voice."
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MANNERS ARE DECAYING.
Gradual Decline Of Social and Domes'
tic Sweetness-The 'sMissing Link

Gradual Decline Of Social and Domes-
tic Sweetness-The "Missing Link"
Higher education has something 10
do with the gradual decline in that
social and domestic sweetness which is
the outgrowth of the performance OF
loving little duties and attentions one
toward another. The daughter has
her school, her college, her post gradu-
ate courses, her societies and her discus
sions of political economy and her
"aims," and no longer relieves her
mother of household cares or rplaces the
slippers by the fire for her father. The
son has his night key, his own set of
companions and associates, is only seen
at meal times and not always then, and
has so many engagements that mother
or sister can rarely rely upon him as
an escort, and are often obliged to seek
or accept the attention from strangers
or mere acquaintancesw which they do
not fnd at home.
But this is not the worst of society"
young men. Vanity and imbecility
are fast rendering them. all indistin-
guishable race-neither divine, human
nor respectable as brutes, but new
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species, possibly the missing link" to
be investigated and assigned a place
by naturalsits. A young dude recently
made it condition of going to a party
with his sister that she should not Sin
terduce" any one. He didn't want to
"incwease" his list of acqnaintances;
besides, he was "afwaid" the "collec-
tionn might be mixed" This is liter
ally true.
Modern improvements, inventions
and luxurious appliances have done
their share toward Kidding us of the
humanities. Nobody now wants to
"take any trouble" for themselves or
for other people, not even the members
of their own households. What is the
use of takinga message or carrying a
parcel? There is the telephone in the
house or office and the messenger boy
on the corner. Memory is no Longer
cultivated in the direction of perform
ing thoughtful little acts, and fails
even in the service of directing others
to attend to them. Personal solictude,
personal sympathy is dying out for
want of exercise, because every one is
too busy to more than write a note or
senda bouquet Of flowers, and even the
illness of our nearest and dearest is
turned over to the "trained" nurse and
doctor, and the busy nothingness of
our lives goes on as before.-Jeany June
i'm NeaU York World.
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Milk as o Stimulant.

Milk heated to much above 1902,
Fahrenheit, loses for time degree of
its sweetness and density. No one
who, fatigued by over exertion of body
and mind, has ever experienced the
reviving influence of tumbler of this
beverage, heated as hot as it can be
slipped, will willingly forego resort to
it because of it being rendered some
what less acceptable to the palate. The
promptness with which its cordial in
fuence is felt is indeed surprising.
Some portion Of it seems to be digested
and appropriated almost Immediately,
and many who now fancy they need
alcoholic stimulants when exhausted
by fatigue will find in this simple
draught an equivalent that will be
abundantly satisfying and far more
enduring in its Effects Medical Re-
corder.
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from his place of power in Georgia,
and I believe the time is near at hand
when there shall not be found O drink
ing saloon in our grand old common
wealth.
If there is one cause which appeals
more strongly than another to your
sympathy and aid, it is this work Of
YOUR fair country-women in saving
YOUR homes and preserving your IA
theirs and brothers from a curse OF a
drunkard's grave, and you dear girls,
from that saddest of all fates, a drunk
ards wife. With brave hearts and
willing hands join your older sisters in
this glorious work, and rest not from
your toll till victory perches on your
banners, and every home is redeemed.
Every Southern girl should be proud
to work by the side of South Carolina's
fair daughter, for the fame of Mrs.
Sallie F. Chaplin will live in history
with those of Hayne and Sumter and
Legare, whose fame is the glory of the
Palmetto State.
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Women who Never Rest.

Many women never rest. They
seem not to understand what rest
real rest-means. To throw ones self
down with a newspaper or book is
not rest Z; it is only change of occupa-
ton. To sit down and keep the fin
gers flying over some sort of fancy
work, as if one was pursued by a
demon of unrest, is certainly not rest.
But to lie at full length upon hard
surface, arms extended at the sides,
head back, with no pillow, eyes clos
ed, all cares and worries dismissed
this is rest; this will smooth away
wrinkles in face and in temper; this
will give an air of repose the the tired,
anxious, nervous woman; this will
take awak many an ache and straight
en- out round shoulders and Grained
necks.
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Work and Win.

The sweetest cherries, mind you, lad,
Grow highest on the tree;
And would you win the fairest fruit,
One thing I'll say to thee:
1t falls not at the clinking gay
or an idler's pelf-
You'll have to climb the rugged tree,
And gather for yourself.
IT'S vain to wait the fruit to fall.
Or pelt the tree with stones
You'll have to struggle up,
And risk some broken bones;
You'll only waste your time below,
And get Indifferent pay
If you would reach the rlpest fruit,
Just throw your fears away.
IT'S 80 with everything in life
That's worth the owning, lad
With learning, wealth, and character-
The best, the good, and great have had :
They come not at the nod or hest
OF any idle hand
'Tis only those who bravely toll
May have them at command.
II, then, you want the ripest fruit,
Just labor till you win;
But mind thee, boy, while up you climb,
Keep heart and hand from sin;
The best and grandest guerdon, lad,
If bought with wicked wage,
No peace or comfort yields at last,
But curses on your age.
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Bread day In Normandy.

A writer in the Epoch gives an in
teresting account of bread-makeng in
a French peasants family, and it is one
which will, no doubt, arouse in the
American housewife an increased at
tachment to her own methods OF
work.
On calling at the farmhouse, the
travellers were offered a lunch, consis-
ting of cider, goats cheese, and hard,
heavy bread. The loaf placed upon the
table was one of half-dozen, resem.
bling cartwheels, which had been lean.
ing against the wall, and was cut with
a small saw made for the purpose.
These loaves were baked but once a
month, bread day in Norman peas
ants family somewhat resembling
washing day with us.
After luncheon, the daughter of the
house took the visitors to picture.
esque stone builing where the bread
was made, and where several pairs OF
sa6ots, or wooden shoes, hung against
the wall, looking as white as if they
had been painted. In one corner OF
the place wasa largeinclosure surround
ed by boards, which were also snow
white. This was the dough trough.
Once month the father of the fami-
ly and his hired man here set the yeast
rising. Flour and water are stirred to-
gether with huge wooden spades, and
when it approaches the proper consist
ency, the men put on the sabots, jump
in, and begin kneeding,
They hop and prance, stamp and
kick, until they have no strength left,
and when that process is finished the
dough is baked in a huge oven.
"In America bread-baking is woman's
work, }" remarked visitor.
"Ah," exclaimed the little Norman
girl, "how cruel you men are! I would
rather shoe horses.
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Dangers Of Foul Air.

If the condensed breath collected on
the cool window panes of a room where
a number of persons has been assem-.
bled be burned, a smell as of singed
hair will show the presence of organic
matter, and if the condensed breath be
allowed to remain on the windows fol
a few days, it will be found, on exami'
nation by the microscope, that it is
alive with animalcula. It is the inhala'
ton of air containing such putrescent
matter which causes half of the sick
headaches, which might be avoided by
a circulation of fresh air.-Americon
AnaEyst.
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Health In Flowers.

Eight years of almost continuous
personal experiment has confirmed the
early view of DR.. J. M. Anders that
are entitled to a very
high rang among sanitary agents. In
a new work he even asserts the convic-
ton that living plants serve as an effi-
cient protection against consumption
of the lungs, besides rendering impor-
tant service in other conditions OF
disease. An abundance of flowers, in
deed, seems to offer an imperfect
substitute for outdoor life when in
door life is unavoidable.
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For our Girls.

EXTRACTS from the Baccalaureate address of
President Bass to the forty-four graduates
Of the Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Co.
No work to do, indeed! Why,
young ladies, there is now being con-
Quoted under the leadership of your
own sex, the grandest moral move
ment of this or any other age. The
Woman's Christian Temperance Un-
ion, inaugurated and managed by
women, is doing more to reform society
by the destruction of the liquor traffic,
than all similar organizations ever
accomplished. Already the terrible
tyrant, Alcohol, is nearly dethroned
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A Glaspoy draner. who was narrat

A Glasgow draper, who was narrat-
ing his experience during his first visit
to England, said he stepped into an
Episcopal chuch in the middle of the
service, Just to see what they did.
IT hadn't been well seated" he said,
"when the minister away at the other
end cried out, Lord, have mercy on us
alp and then a. the folks aboot me
cried, Lord, preserve us all1 Mercy
on us, says I, did ye never see a man
frae Glasca afOre""
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The State of South Carolina,
ABBEVILLE COUNTY.


Probate Capitalization for Letters of Admin.
istration.
By j. Fuller Lyon, Esq. Judge Probate Court:
WHEREAS, L. C. Templeton has made suit
w to me, to grant her Letters Of Adminis-
tration Of the Estate and effects Of Martha T..
Norwood, late OF Abbeville county, deceased:
These are therefore, to cite and admonish a all
and singular the kindred and creditors OF the
said Martha +. Norwood, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, In the Court of Pro
bate, to be held at Abbeville G. H., on Wednes-
day, October 81, 1888, after publication hereof,
at il o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause II
any they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal of the Court,
this 18th day Of October, in the year
LIS .1of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and elghty-eight and in the 18th year
OF American Independence.
Published on the 18th day Of October, 1883,
In the Press and Banner and on the Court
House door for the time required by law.
J. FULLER LYON,
Judge Probate Court.
Oct. II, 1888. tt