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Which Shall 1t Be ?
BY ETHEL LYNN.

Which shall It be? Which shall 1t pc?
looked at John-John looked AT me,
(pear patient John, who loves me yet
As wen as tho my locks were Jeto
Ny voice seemed strangely low and weak.
.sCell ma again what Robert SAID;
And then, I list'ning bent my heau.
A"'' 10 "'' '' 81 will give
House and lands while you shall live,
IL In; return, from out your seven
One child to me for aye 1s given
looked at Johns old garments worn,
Of and al tRar RarS and oaH care
Which I, though willing, could not share;
/ thought OF. seven mouths to feed,
OF seven little cbildren's needs,
And then OF this. ,.,a1
.We'll choose among them as they lie
Aaieop :" sotwalkipg hand In hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band.
First to the cradle lightly stepped
Where LILLIAN the baby slept,
Her, ,dampcurls lay like gold alight,
A elory 'gainst the pillow white.
Softly her father stopped to lay
His rough hand In loving way,
Sns hes not @ her
We astoapsd beside the trundle.bed,,
And one long ray OF lamp-uSut sueo
AthvaYt the boyish faces there
In sleep 80 pitlful and fair;
saw on Jamie's rough red cheek
A. tear undried; ere John could speak.
IHe's but baby, too," said /,
.Aniissiasedi him as we hurried by.
Pale, patient Robbies angel face
Sfilrii his sleep bore suflerings trace,
"No. for o THOUSAND crowns, not him"
We whispered while our eyes were dim.
PoorDick! bad Dick our wayward son,
ckless-idle-one-
ConiG he be spared MAY, he who gave
Bids, ,us hefriend him to his grave;
Only mothers heart can be
Ratispt enough, for such as he:
uArid So" said John, ~ would not dare,
no senti him .from her bedside prayer"
Then stole we softly up above
And knelt by Mary, child Of love.
aPerhaps for her 'twould better be-"
I said TO John. Quite silently
Heiifted mp curl that lay
Across. her cheek In wilful way, =,
AIiIfshook his head may, love, not thee"
The,Nhile my heart beat audibly:
Only one more. our eldest lad.
TruSsE and truthful, good and glad
So IKE bis father. "No, John, no
Icannot, will not let him CO."
And 20 we wrote In courteous way,
Wa,Qould,n give one child away;
And afterward toll lighter seemed,
Thinking Of that OF which we dreamed,
Happy In truth, that not one lace
we missed from Its accustomed place;
Thsnkfpl to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest TO One IN heaven.
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GRAINS.

The man who is good natured all
dsy does more for the race than he
who.wins q battle.
Christ says to every lost sinner
Come to every redeemed sinner-Go.
Come and be saved; 60 and save some
one else.
Every solitary kind action that is
done,the world over is working brisk
ly in. its own sphere to restore the bal
ance between right and wrong.
.As some rare perfume In a vase of clay
Peryades 1t with q fragrance not Its own,
So when Thou dwellest In mortal soul,
AlbheAyen's own sweetness seems AROUND
II thrown"
Augastine's famous remark about
the 0ld,and New Testameats, quoted
in an article in this paper some time
ago, Ia "The New Testament is latent
in the, old;. the Old is patent in the
New"
Odrasdfnl tongue! The mischief is
going. on everywhere. Life is embit-
tered, and the world filed with ele-
ments of wrath by this deadly agency.
Grsea is the. only remedy. "No man
can tameit."
The, weak man Is he who forms
many purposes and drops one after an
other in the face of difficulties. The
strong is he who forms few purposes,
bnt, In the face of all opposition, car
,riaa each one through to- successful Is
sues.
What an image of the Divine conde-
scension does it convey, that "the
goodness of God leadeth to repent
ANGEL" Itdoes not barely invite, but
itcopduets. Every warning is, more
or less an invitation: every invitation
is q lighter stroke to avert a heavier
blow.
.Anaiability is despised by some rug
ged natures as a weakness, but this is
mistake. A. granite pillar loses none
Of its massive strength by being pol
ishad !, on the contrary its polish is an
evidence of the hardness of its texture
and q guarantee of its strength. You
cannot polish chalk or putty.
The love of the world takes away
from men q desire after and relish for
heavenly things. None of the hidden
guastsswere kept away by an occupa-
ton in itself sinful, while yet all be-
came sinful because allowed to inter
fere with higher objects, because the
first place, instead of place merely
subordinate, is given to them.
God is a loving Father and loving
Friend to the children of men, and
not their arbitrary Sovereign. He
who realizes this truth has a freedom
in his grateful service of God which il
Is not possible to one who lacks it,
comprehension. 1t is said of a devoted
missionary that lin his eye all life wa
covenant, and every act consecra
tion.n Such a life is life of joy ant
a life Of peace. There is true joy ant
true peace in no other life.
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When two young people start out on
life together with nothing but deter
mination to succeed, not carrying the
candle near the gunpowder, sympa-
thetic with each others employments,
willing to live on small means till they
get large facilities, that is royal mar
riage. It is so set down in the heaven
ly archieves, and the orange blossoms
shall wither on neither side the grave.
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Another Wise and WeII.Bred Dog .

One of the Forest and STREAMS read
ers, who is skilled field shot, owns a
pointer who has been brought up in the
way he should 60. The dog knows
when Sunday comes, and he refuses to
hunt on that day. He will put in his
best efforts from early Monday morn
ing till late Saturday night, but not a
step will he bulge toward the field on
Sunday. This is not dog story, but
the facts are actually as stated.-Forest
and Stream.
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Our National Department of Agricnl'
ture, as the result of q serious of obser-
vations the past year, has pronounced
against the English sparrow. DIR. Mer-
riam says these birds spread over l3o,
600 square miles annually.
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Notice.

V,HE UNDERSIGNED WILL APPLY To-
j the next session Of the General Assem-
bic of South Carolina for q charter OF the
female school now conducted at Green wood,
s. c., under the name and title Of the Green
wood Female College, OF Greenwood 8. G.
. MRS. N. GILES, y
MISS T. GILES,
MISS P. GILES,
MISS NJ. GILES,
MISS 8. E. GILES.
August H. 1885, 3mo. a..g
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ATTENTION TO WATER.-It is better
to fill up the water trough before it is
ouiet empty than to let the cows get
very thirsty and drink SO much they
won't care to eat for two hours.
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Ezecutors' Sale.

We will sell at public outcry at the
late residence of James J. Devlin, de-
ceased, on Wednesday the 18th of No
vember next, the personal property OF
said deceased, consisting of
HORSES, MULES,
CATTLE, HOGS,
WAGONS, FARMING
TOOLS, HOUSEHOLD
AND KITCHEN FUR
NITURE, CORN,
FODDER, COTTON,
COTTON SEED, &c.
Also the real estate consisting of
Six Hundred Acres,
more or less, which will be sold in
three or more tracts, plats of which
will be exhibited on day of sale.
All of the property real and personal
will be sold for cash.
8. M. DEVLIN,
J. A. DEVLIN,
r. H. DEVLIN,
Executors.
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What Made Tommy Brown Gentle.
BY L. J. r.

Observation-Disclosures ."
Ruthie read the little verse out slowly,
then looked up at her mother, who sat
near, and said:
IT don't know what that means,
mamma
Mamma smiled, but din't answer,
for moment, then she said:
"Was Tommy Brown at school
yesterday?"
Ruthie frightened up Immediately.
eyes, mamma, he was, and he gave
me big red apple. I like him great
deal better than used to do. He isn't
cross and hateful any more, and he
dosen't get angry and fight the boys.
Fred struck him right in his face the
other day. I saw him; but he did not
strike back again at all, though L
guess he wanted to for minute, for 1
saw him raise his hand; but he didn't"
"Does he trouble you little girls any
more? ?"
20, mother! Not bit. You know
he told us he was sorry, and wasn't
going to do so any more"
"What has changed him so, Ru-
THIEF"
"Why, mamma, you know he has
become a Christian. ejoined church
last Sunday, don't you remember"
80, what was your verse, Ruthie?'
Thus recalled to her Bible, the little
maiden read again, "Ye are the light
of the world"
"Who was talking, Ruth?"
"Jesus Chsist."
"Who does He say is the light OF
the world?"
Ruth studied the chapter. "'Ye.'
1t says 'Ye.'"
"Read the first two verses, dear"
20, it was the disciples. His disci-
Piles. 1t says So"
Eyes, He told His disciples they
were the light of the world What Is
light for?"
"To-to-why, to make things clear
to show things"
And what should Christ's disciples
show?"
"show that they love Him." said
Ruth, softly, after pause.
"Yes, and that loving Christ makes
them better and kinder, too"
eyes," said Ruth, meditatively. ut
is so with Tommy. Everv body
knows that he is a better boy, and
every body says it is because he has be-
come Christian. I heard the boys
talking about it yesterday. think he
is little light"
Mother turned over the leaves of q
book.
"Hear is little poem, Ruthie. about
our shining. Will you read it aloud?''
And Ruthie read softly;
Jesus DlQS uS Snlne
With clear, pure light,
Like little candle
Burning In the night.
In the world is darkness,
So we must shine
You in your small corner,
And In mine.
"Jesus bids us shine,
First Of all, for Him;
Well He sees and knows 1t,
II our light is dim.
He looks down from heaven
To see us shine
You In your small corner,
And l In mine.
"Jesus bids us shine
Shine for all around,
Many deeds Of darkness
In the world are found
Sin and want and sorrow;
So we must shine
You in your small corner.
And 1 In mine"
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ADVISE TO LISTEN To.-It is better
to have d cow that knows how to
attend to one branch of her business
thoroughly than to have one ambitious
to excel in everything.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1883.
Total........
Poll tax $1.W.

Male citizens between twenty-one and
fifty years of age are liable to Poll tax.
Tax payers in Ninety-Six and Cokes-
bury townships are notified that the tax
to pay the interest on the Bonds in aid Of
the Atlantic, Greenville and Western
Railway, amounting to 8 mills in Ninety
Six and 81 mills in Cokesbury township
will be collected at the same time as the
State and County taxes, and will be sub.
ject to the same penalties in case Of nom
payment. q
In order to further the collection Of the
taxes I have arranged the following
schedule of appointments (subject to-
changes in Railroad schedules) and re-
quest the tax payers to take due notice
thereof, as the Office at the Court House
will necessarily be closed on those days:
verdery, Tuesday, November 9th. y
Bradley, Wednesday, November 7th.
Troy, Thursday, November 9Th.
Mccormick, Friday, November 9th.
Bordeaux, Saturday, November 10th.
Wellington, Monday morning, Novem-
ber 18th.
Lowndesville, Monday afternoon, No.
yember 18th, and Tuesday, November
18th.
Latimer, Wednesday, November 18th.
Hester, Thursday, November 18th.
Mt. Carmel, Friday, November 18th
until O. clock, P. M. " Is
Abbeville Court House, Saturday, No
vember 18th.
Ninety-Six, Monday, November 18th
after arrival of down train and until up
train next day. ..,s
Greenwood, Tuesday afternoon, No
vember goth and Wednesday morning
November 21st.
Coronaca, Wednesday afternoon, No
vember 21st.
Hodges, Thursday, November end un-
til 8 o'clock p. m. -.
Donalds, Friday, November 23rd.
Due West, Saturday, November Oath.
The remainder of the time I will be in
the Office at the Court House.
All information as to taxes will be
cheerfully given by mail or otherwise.
J. W. PERRIN.
County Treasurer.
Sept 2s, 1888, 3n
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Some people are always finding fault
with nature for putting thorns on
roses; I always thank her for having
nut roses on thorns.
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*Daily. tDaily except Sunday:
Main Line trains Nos. 81 and 55 daily between Co.
lumbia and Alston Daily except Sunday between
Aston and GreenyiIe. -,
ID. CARDWELL, Div. Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. G.
JAS. l.. TAYLOR, Gen. Pass. Agt.
SOL HAAS, Traffic Manager.
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TAX NOTICE !!

LIN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT
to raise supplies for the fiscal year COM
menclng November LIST, 1887, notice is
hereby given that the Treasurer's Office
of Abbeville county will be open for the
collection of taxes
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18
Jay GOuld's Doctor.

Mr.. Gould sat on the porch Of his lr-
yirgton residence and in his lap was
baby, the second son of his son George.
who married Edith Kingdom, the pretty
actress. The report that this new conner
is to be named after his grandfather is
mistake, because his brother, now about
a wear and half old, bears the name oil
Jay Kingdom Gould. Near by sat DR..
William Mum, to whom Jay Gould pays
sufficient salary to command his entire
time. The amount is said to b.. $50, 600
a year, and that is reasonable consider
ing that DR.. Mum gavo up an extern
sive practice to take this special job,
and is rather rich man, anyhow. The
contract covers period OF twenty
years ualcss terminated earlier by the
death of the opulent patient. Thus 1t
will be seen that Gould mas made an in-
vestment of nearly $3.50, 900 In medical
attendanc CO. Philadelphia Times.
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A Tribute to the Bible.

Before us, remarks the New York
Observer, lies a welcome sight. 1t con-
sists of Parts /. and II. Of an illustrat-
ed bible in the Italian language. 1t is
issued by Signor Sonzogno, the propri--
etor and able editor OF the Seco'a, o
secular paper. and the price is one cent
a mum ber. Among other things he says
"There is one book which gathers up
the poetry and the science Of humanity
and that book is the bible, and with
this book no other work in any litera'
ture can be compared. 1t is book that
Newton read continually, that Crom :
we'll carried at his saddle and that Vol.
taire kept always on his study table. 1t
is book that believers and unbelievers
should alike study, and that ought to
be found in every house. The text will
be that of Martini, translated from the
Vulpate, and caro- will be taken to in
sure accuracy" May this venture prove
a worthy contribution towards the sup
ply of Italy's need.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
So LONDONDERRY. w. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 49, 1888

tion, with Its paintings and Greek sor-
vice. I attended service. but was not
able to SEQ much difference between its
ceremonial and tho Roman Catholic,
save at the end all the congregation
won't up and kissed the cross in the
hands of tho priest. Some Of tho paint
ings are covered, save the face, with
silver and gold in manner lnever saw
elsewhere. The church " small, with
congregation of perhap, 100, mostly
natives or half. breeds. Besides the
three towns mentioned, We stopped at
no place in Alaska save at few places
Tor canning fish. Mining, fishing and
hunting seem the only industries OF
Alaska worthy Of mention. Tho former
is 50 undcveloped, save in one instance,
hat its future cannot be predicted.
Fishing occupies but three or four
months of the year. There is no evi'
dence on tho coast that there can be
ever any agriculture of Importance.
Almost everywhere the hills, when moi
snow-clad, arc covered with small
spruce, too small for lumber. There
seems no reason to think that the for
ests will be cleared, either for the lum
Der or tho rocky soil beneath.
The most of tho native huts seem O.
tho poorest, with an opening ia tn
centre to let out the smoke. Alaska
with its fishing and hunting, is wei
adapted to a savage population. I'm
less through its mines, it is difficult t.
SEQ how it can support any considerabl
number of civilized people. The native
arc fairly teachable, but the most diff
cult problem is to find oceupatio
which will support them in civilize
way -[Detroit Free Press.
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Sitka i'm Alaska.

The most interesting place in the
Territory of Alaska is Sitka, the capl-
tai an old Russian town. It is beauti-
fully situated, surrounded. save on the
seaside, by high mountains, and the
harbor is formed by many low, small
wooded islands. There is some level
ground on which town might be
built. Nearly all the houses seem 60
ing to decay, and there is almost no
building going on. Our government
officers reside here, and there is some
pleasant society. There is large aud
fiourishing mission schoo! of the Pres
byterian Church, where 16o young ma
tives of both sexes are educated. The
old Russian chur "a il the great attrac-
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A Sabbath In the Mountains.

Afar from the sound Of the Sabbath bell,
Afar from the Sabbath throng,
Whose voices to. day in worship swell
With jubilant notes of song,
Alone on lofty Alpine height,
Bathed in flood of resplendent light,
With the glittering peaks of snow in sight,
We gather for morning prayer
Though small may our congregation be-
Scarcely exceeding the "two or three"
The Master himself is there.
No pealing organ proclaims our praise
No preachers voice is heard,
Our chorister's psalm on this pearl of days
Is that of the happy bird;
Our music the sound of the rushing rills,
Pouring down from the snowy hills,
As each its appointed work fulfils
Leapng down through tho fowery cell; I;
And the wonderful works of our Father
teach
More than the wisest and best could preach,
Or the tongue of the learned tell.
Though they seem in eternal might ar.
rayed,
There once was day, we know,
When the hills foundations first were laid
And first they were crowned with snow
But when in fire at the last great day
All that is evil must pass away,
Do we not hope that the mountains gray
May delight our awakening eyes!
Emblem of all that is Iure and bright,
Pointing up to world of light,
And n glory that never dies.
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Tho Directive Faculty In Brutes.

A bird that builds its nest In a shelf
cred place exercises control over nature,
in its degree, quito analogous to the
work Of human architect. "The
foxes have holes, and the birds OF the
mir have nests" How does the fox get
it's hole, or the bird its nest9 They mako
them for their purposes, and this is Ger.
tainly control over nature to that ex.
tent. How does the fox support his
family if he has no control over naturel
Do hens and chickens run into his hole
and ask to be eateni DR.. Hopkins does
not seem ever to have heard Of tho way
in which tribe OF monkeys prepare to
roi3 corn field. Let US describe it.
When they get ready to start on their
expedition, an old monkey, the leader
of the tribe, with staff in his hand, so
a. to stand upright more easily, marches
ahead on two legs. thus being more ele-
vated than the others, so as to see signs
Of danger moro readily. Tho rest fol-
low him on all-fours. The leader ad'
vances slowly and cautiously, carefully
reconnoitring in all directions, till the
party arrives at the corn-6eld. He then
assigns the sentinels to their respective
posts. All being now in readiness, the
rest of the tribe rsvish and eat to their
hearts content. When they retire,
each one carries ono or two ears OF corn
along and from this provision the SEN
tinels are regaled on arrival at their
lair. Hero we see ability to rule and q
willingness to submit to rule; a
thoughtful preparation of means to the
end in view; and recognition OF the
rights Of the sentinels to be suitably re-
warded at the close of the expedition
Wherein does all this differ from simi
lay foray Of trib, Of savage men2 The
only difference is in degree; otherwise,
it is much tho same. me.-[Popular Scienc'
Monthly.
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Nasmytll the Inventor.

The great achievement of Nasmyth's
life was the invention of that powerful
steam hammer which still continues to
be marvel to ali who see tho opera
ton, at once mighty and delicate. 1t
is said OF this ma chine that it can chip
an egg resting on an anvil without
breakin g it, while it can also deliver
twelve-ton blow which will make
whole township tremb!e. Wo cannot
do better than quote Nasmyth's own de-
scription of this crowning mechanical
triumph of his life:
1T consisted Of, first, a massive an
vii on which to rest the work; second,
a block of iron constituting the hammer
or blow-giving portion; and third, an
inverted steam cylinder, to whose pis-
ton-rod the hammer block was attached.
All that was then required to produce
a most effective hammer was simply to
admit steam Of sufficient pressure into
the cylinder so as to act on the under
side of the piston, and thus to raise the
hammer block attached to the end OF
the piston-rod. By a very simple ar
rancement of slide valve, under the
control of an attendant, tho steam was
allowed to escape, and thus permit tho
| massive block of iron rapidly to descend
by its own gravity upon the work then
on the anvil. Thus, by more or less
rapid manner in which the attendant
allows tho steam TO enter or escape
from the cylinder, any required number
or any intensity of blows could be de-
| livered."
One of the first uses to which the
steam.hammer was put was that OF tht
driving of piles There were many ME
chanic, who did not believe that i
would drive piles faster or better thar
was done by tho old method. So Mas
myth resolved to have a match between
his steam-hammer and the ordinar.
pile-driver. Two immence logs wer
selected, and the two machines begal
to work at the same moment. The re
suit was that while it took the old-fash
ioned machine twelve hours to drive 1t
log to the proper depth, the steam
hammer had finished its task in fou
and ID half minutes.
The invention of the steam-hammc
not only made Nasmyth famou
wherever in the world the mechani
arts are practiscd, but add ed quickl
and largely to his worldly wealth. Il
was only thirty. one years of age, an
had already achieved great life worl
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Keene's Fortune.

Jim Keene owed his fortune to a
woman. The impoverished widow oil
an old friend of his came to him once
with $500 worth of diamonds, all she
had lett, eagerly begging him to Luy
that amount OF certain stock. "Bat
why2' She had been employed as
seamstres, at the homes of F.o,i, Fair
and OBJ len, all former friends OF her
husbands. At one OF these houses she
had overheard an account oil wonder
ful bonanza just thea discovered near
Virginia City, Kccnc took the dia-
monds, wedding gilt to this poor lit
tie woman from her mother. II, IN
vested their value in tho stock desired.
Ga tho announcement of the new dis
coveries the stock jumped from S2s to
$50. then rose to 800, $l60,
up to $2S5. At that point she
asked him to sell. She thought
herself worth about $25, 900. She was
in q fever OF excitement. Accnc, slim
and tall, was rs cool as q cucumber.
| "Sce how much Mrs. - has with
u.s." he told his cashier. The answer
came. '.Mrs. has $570 600, less
commissions, making 1862 S7O' Keenc
asked if she would have check for the
amount thea, but, receiving no answer,
found she had tainted. He had made
$40 900, 900 himself in tho deal, all ol
which has he since lost in the American
Monte Carlo-Wull street. The little
| woman whom no enriched now dazzlcs
people with her diamonds, keeping her
mothers gift as talisman. Il America