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The State of South Carolina
ABBEVILLE COUNTY.


Probate Court.-Cltation for Letters OF Ad.
mlnstration.
BY j. FULLER LYON, ESQ JUDGE PROBATE
COURT:
VIZ THEREAS, D. G. DuPre has made suit to
w me, to grant him Letters OF Admins
tration of the Estate and effects of l.. j. Silks,
late OF Abbe> lille County, deceased.
These are therefore. to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors OF
the said Z. j. Silks, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court OF Probate, to
be held at AbbevilIe c. H., on Saturday, the
I'D day of February, 1890, after publication
hereof, at II o'clock In the forenoon, to show
cause If any they have, why the said Admin
istration should lot be granted.
Given under my hand and seal OF the Court,
this seventh day OF February In the year
LIS. lof our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety. and in the 1l4th year OF
American Independence.
Published on the 18th day Of February,
1890, in the Press and Banner and on the
Court House door for the time required by
law. J. FULLER Lyon,
Judge Probate Court.
Feb u 1890 St
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1t is estimated that there are ,000,-
600 blind persons living to-day. In
Cairo, Egypt. where the proportion OF
blind persons to the number Of inhabi-
tants is greatest, there is one TO every
twenty residents.
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Mrs. Severn gives us some amusing
glimpses of Carlyle, who in his early
days was wont to stay at the house of
her great aunt, Mrs. Church, in Dunn
friesshirs. On one occasion while
there he went to the little GUNNER
trees Church, where the then minister
las a joke sometimes called Daft Dav-
lie Gillespie was preaching sermon
on "Youth and beauty being laid in
the grave" when something amused
Carlyle, and he was seen to smile up
on which the preacher stopped sudden
ly, looked with frown at Carlyle,
and said "NIistake me not, young
man-it is youth alone that you pos
sess.n This was told to the narrator
by an old cousin Of hers who was sit
ting next Carlyle at the time.
A good rule for the guidance of Il
girl through the years when she is the
object of admiration and tlattery is to
do nothing which she would not he
willing to tell now to her mother and
hereafter to her husband. Life may
be made tanner for her by observing
that rule, but it will assuredly be more
pure, womanly, and safe.
When man once gets in the habit
of measuring merit by martyrdoms he
discriminates less closely, and the best
abused man, for whatever causes,
seems nearest to sainthood.
Nothing is 30 narrowing, contradict
ing, and hardening. as always moving
i'm the same groove, with no thought
beyond what we Immediately see and
hear close around US.
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AQVeFSlty uOTTOWS ltS Siiai pSsI "ti'S
from our impatience.
1t is not knowledge, but love, that
distinguishes saints from sinners.
A man may be doing much who is
successfully overcoming adverse In
fiuences.
God is a shower to the heart burned
I'D with grief; God is sun to the face
deluged with tears.
We often excuse our want of philan-
thropy by giving the name of fanatl'
cism to the more ardent zeal OF Others
Might I but live in the fervent love
of God, what matter is 1t in what coun
try or what cottage, or what prison,
live?
If your theology does not make you
loving, it has not Christianized you
You cannot hate man whom you are
trying to bless.
Every child of God can be sure that
he has the time, the strength and the
ability to do ali the good that it is fol
him to do in the plan of God.
Charles Lamb said of the water-cure:
ut ia neither new nor wonderful, fol
it is as old as the deluge, which, in my
opinion, killed more than it cured"
Do all your banking in Heaven.
Be really lovelier than you seem.
Drop all sin, and every sinful
thought as you would red-hot Goals OF
fire.
Most men call fretting minor fault
"a foible and not vice. But there Is
no vice, except it be in drunkenness,
which can 80 utterly destroy the peace
and happiness, of home.
What are sciences but maps of uni
versal laws? and the univesal laws but
the channels of universal power? and
the universal power but the outgoing
of universal mind?
IF one have met a temptation and
CONQUERED it he has q real pleasure,
both because he has put down the evil
that beset him and because be has
proven that grace has been given him.
When you are judging a friend
whose actions puzzle you, but whose
motives you cannot see, rememl er
that "Charity thinketh no evil" 1t is
q blessed thing habitually to put the
best construction on the behavior OF
others.
It is the self.absorption that carves
the wrinkles in the face and streaks the
hair with gray. Kindly thought and
labor for others dependent and below
ed-the living out Of and not in the
petty round Of personal and individ-
ual interest-keep heart and energies
fresh.
There is no sin worse than hypocrisy.
To claim that we are speaking i'll the
name of the Lord, or that we believe
the Lord particularly desires us TO do
when we are consciously actuated by a
selfish purpose, is to "take the name OF
the Lord ia vain ~ and the Lord will
not hold such a man guiltless Oh any
consideration.
The following inscription, which
was found on the tombstone of one OF
Gods children, gives US the whole
truth simply:
have sinned.
have repented.
/ have trusted.
l have loved.
I have rested.
shall rise.
/ shall reign.
True PRAYER hath no necessary COM
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The pigmies were nation of dwarfs,
believed by the ancients to inhabit the
interior of Africa. They were said to
be about thirty inches in height, and
to be engaged in constant warfare with
their inveterate enemies, the cranes.
DR.. Schweinfurth was the first to actu-
ally see these peculiar people. They
inhabit the country between latitude
, deg. and l deg. north. They call
themselves the Aka nation. Sch
weinfurth measured a number of full
grown men, none of whom exceeded
four feet ten inches in height. The
explorer describes them as having dis
proportionately large heads, peculiarly
shaped shoulders, and crooked shoul-
der blades, with joints angular and
projecting, and abdomens of enor-
NOUS size. Their only symmetrical
part is their hands, which are shapely
and well-formed. The upper part of
the skull is round, and the jaws are
square and projecting. The feet turn
inward, and they walk with a peculiar
waddling motion. Schweinfurth want
ed to bring one of this curious race to
Europe, but he died before reaching
the sea-coast.
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True prayer hath no necessary com.
merce with the outward members OF
the body ; for it requires not the voice
but the mind-not the stretching o
the hands, but the intention of the
soul-not any outward shape or car
rage of the body, but the inward be-
heaviour of the understanding. Can
it then slacken thy worldly business
and groans, which are most etfectual
-kiads of prayer?
Be pitiful, be courteous.-The roots
of plants are hidden underground, 81
that themselves are not seen but they
appear in their branches, and flowers
and fruits, which argue there is root
and life in them thus the graces OF
the Spirit planted in the soul, though
themselves invisible, yet discover their
being and life in the tract of Chris.
tian's life, his words, and actions, and
the frame of his carriage.
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There are lost pieces of silver-aye,
and of gold-which have long ago
been missing from the Fathers treas
ury, and are trampled under foot of
man and beast alike-lives crowded so
full of cruelty and penury and vice
that, though they are Gods children,
they themselves do not even dream it,.
But if you can find them in the mire,
if you will wash them with your tears
and burnish them back to brightness
and beauty by your patient and loving
touch. YOU will find OH them the inn
age of Him who made them, and the
superscription of his immortal chill
dren. Light the candle of your love-
then, and sweep diligently till you
find them.-DjSh0p Potter.
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Not every soul can extend its inhu'
ence right and left, but every soul can
extend its progress upward. ats q
small piece of ground" said q house.
holder of his building-lot, "but own
all the way up" Old Thomas Fuller
noted the custom of London builders
in his day, ''revenging themselves on
the narrowness of their room with
store of sto:'ies.n Excellent arithme-
ticw he added, "from the root of one
floor to multiply so many chambers. "
And this prompted him to say, "Small
are my means on earth. May mount
my soul the higher in heavenly media
tions, relying on Divine Providence.
Higher, my soul higher J" TO every
one of us our Father has left an inheri-
tance that has no limit in lis upward
reach. If we will enter into this in
heritance, we can move upward i'll
definitely.
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A New York photographer prints &
circular containing eight suggestions
to sitters, and the following valuble
advice to the ladies: "When lady
sitting for q picture would compose
her mouth to a bland and serene char
acter, she should, just before entering
the room, say BOSOM and keep the
expression into which the mouth sub
sides until the desire effect in the cant
era is evident. If, on the other hand
she wishes to assume distinguished
and somewhat noble bearing. not sug'
gestive of sweetness, she should say
brush, the result of which is infalli
ble. If she wishes TO make her mouth
look small, she must say flip but i
the mouth be already too small, ant
needs enlarging she must say cab
bage.' If she wishes to look mournfuI
she must say 'kerchunk,' if resigned
she must forcibly calculate scat La
dies when having their photographs
taken may observe these rules with
some advantage to their appearance
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What boy is at fifteen. his mother
has largely made him; what man is
at forty, his wife has largely made him.
Whoever else may be ready to trust
us, no Ole of us ought to trust him
self. Others may he sure that we
would never fail in fidelity to the
right. We know that we are liable to
fail at any time. He that thInketh he
standcth is already tottering for fall.
Only the one who realizes his constant
danger of proving untrue has the pos
sibility Of sure Standing in the way
of truth.
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Carry pleasant or, at least a placid
countenance around with you. There
is nothing gained by going up and
down the street with a sour, wrinkled,
clouded visage. Eou appear to be aG-
gravating your own misery ; possibly
you are making yourself miserable
without real cause. Here IS q dead
loss of both reputation and character
as regarding yourself. Then, in your
relation to others, you are impairiug
your chances and your ability TO be
helpful and agreeable. Whoever
thinks these matters unworthy of con-
sidcration has very distorted view of
life and duty.
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Ordinance No. IB:s

Be it ordained by the mayor and town
council of the town of Thbodaux in council
assembled,
That for all services. labors and duties per-
formed by the tax collector, he shall be paid
two and a half ~ per centum on all taxes
collected by him aud actually paid over to
the town treasury, for the seizures. sales and
tax deeds made by him, he shall be allowed
the same costs which are allowed by
the State of Louisiana to sheriffs for seizures
sales, and shrrlf's deeds in judicial proceed
ings; and he shall be allowed two aud a
half (2a) per centum on the amounts collect
ed from tax sales, to be collected as costs.
Be it further ordained. etc, That all laws
by laws and ordinances. on the same snbject
matter conflicting herewith, be and the sanre
are hereby repealed.
Be it further ordained. etc. That the
foregoing ordinance shall be considered pro-
mulgated from. and after its first pubiic.-
tion in the official journal of the town.
Approved. Sept. IND. 1890
j l.. AUCOIN, Mayor.
JOHN 3. TAYLOR clerk
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a German syndicate has recently been
engaged in preparing to undertake the
clearing of the Danube waterway by
blowing up the iron gates. BY interna-
tional agreement it was settled at the
time of the treaty of Berlin that when
the time came Sarvia should give up the
quarries on the banks to whatever COM
pany was charged with the work at
nominal valuation. Several hundreds
of thousands of cubic meters of stone are
needed in order safely to divert the course
of the stream during mining and blast
ing operations,
Upon arriving at Belgrade, however,
the German representative found that
the government had anticipated him by
hastily putting up al the riparian quar-
ries to auction II numerous small lots,
and knocking them down to their radi-
cal friends. Consequently the company,
instead of having to deal with the
crown. finds itself face to face with a
swarm OF individual proprietors, each of
whose claims will have to be settled
separately. It is believed that the
strongest representations viii be made
to qUash the recent auctions. and the
company viii probably be backed by
most European tives-Cor.
London Standard.
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Medical Nomenclature.

Judge. jury. lawyers and spectators
We're treated to an exhibition of profess
sional priggishness in division No 2 of
the circuit court the other afternoon
that was decidedly refreshing. The case
of H. q. Bouham against the Kansas
City Railway company was on trial be-
fore Judge Slower. The case is one for
$oo.CG0 damages for injuries sustained in
an accident, and considerable medical
testimony had to be taken.
A young doctor was put on the stand
who was determined to display his learn
ing. and he WAS successful. When he
started off he did so with the easy gait
OF one who feels he has the nomenclature
of his profession at his tongues end, for
every sente2ce he uttered was so mixed
with technical terms that an ordinary
person coald scarcely understand him
When Le took the witness stand he
glanced pa1ronizingly at the jury and
the rest ii the court room, and in answer
to the first question ratified off lot of
medical terms that drew the attention of
every one in the room. Judge Slower
looked at him moment and then said:
Use plain English, doctor; l know
you can if you try
The witness looked around and said,
''Yes, sir; certainly, sir
Now. doctor, where did you say Mr..
Bouham was injured"
''On the posterior portion"--
Speak plainly, Doctor" admonished
the court.
"Well, he suffered severe confusion
of the posterior Of the abdomen" (turn-
ing to the jury with a familiar wave Of
his hand). He was bruised in the rear
of the stomach. In other words, his back
was hurt"
Judge Slower looked worried while the
witness continued to answer another
question.
when examined him / first remov-
ed his clothes, you know. and in feeling
him could determine that the abdomi-
nal wall was baggy and tender, and he
appeared to be suffering from q touch of
the" (here followed a name as long as
ones army, land the dorsal vertebra
were severely confused. In other words, +"
again turning to the jury with a wave
of his hand. ''his backbone had been
rubbed"
When the witness left the stand every
! one looked relieved and Judge Slower
mopped his brow, fer the ordeal made
the perspiration flow freely-Kansas
City Times.
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NO.
Eighty-one Changes.

"This is the season." said Detroit
tailor the other day, 'when the average
young man concerns himself about his
summer suit.
He is anxious to blossom out in keep
ing with the gladness Of the season. I
know one shabby genteel in this city
who was figuring on producing the best
effect with the least expenditure. How
do you suppose he managed?
''He bought three suits, one black, one
blue and one white He studied the
situation out very carefully, and as he
saw the wonderful possibilities Of three
suits Il broad smile spread over his face.
He tells me he is going to the seashore,
and that he is going to manage Ike this:
I'm the mo1ning he will wear lis white
coat, blue vest and black trousers: noon,
black coat. white vest and blue trousers;
out for q stroll, blue coatt black vest,
blue trousers: tennis, white coat, black
vest, blue trousers: on the veranda,
black coat, blue vest and white trousers,
etc.
Now, how long DO you think this
young man can stay at the watering
place and never commit the social desc
Grafton of appearing twice in the same
outfit?
"Give it up?
"Well, just eighty-one days. He has
nine pieces in his wardrobe, and each
piece is capable Of nine distinct combi-
nations or cighty-one changes in all.
Not SO bad, is it? Let our impecu-
NOUS young men stick pin where it
will 60 the most good. With these suits
of clothes a young swell can be joy
and delight to his friends for nearly
three long months, a period almost coin
cident with the whole sr1mmer-and no
J two days alile"-Detroit Free Press.
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The masculine sash appears this sum
mer to be a proper subject for discus
sion, rs well IS a popular a2jGnct to the
toilet OF gentlemen. TIE time has gone
by when decorum demands that the
waistcoat shall be worn with the tller-
mometer marking the llilaties. If one
may Judge from the scslplcs displayed
in the windows Of TIE 1ur2iaheiss' sl:ops,
the sash which is worn at the seaside
and in the tennis conrt Is l.nli12i.el as
to color. But sashes Of Il modest l>,3e are
creeping into use III the streets of E9ston.
especially since Speake. Eeal and III.
Lodge popularized them upon the floor
OF congress.
But there is one place il Boston where
the sash may not enter. One daring
member of the Boston Stock Exchange
ventured upon TIE floor with his waist
enveloped in the sillen adornment. He
was at once and uncere,noniously hus-
tied out and warned never to appear
again upon the floor OF tie exchange in
such a guise. The congress OF the Uni
ted States may suffer It's members to ar
ray themselves in such manner, but
the Boston Stock Exchange, never!-
Boston Advertiser.
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Cigars for the Seaside.

The time has come for the summer re-
sort joke and summer resort gossip, so
the following experience of Washing
ton druggist may be considered season
able. He said he had been going to the
seashore every summer, and had fallen
into the habit of taking with him a box
Of the best cigars that his case in the
store afforded, being a moderate smoker,
with Il taste for a good weed. But up
to q certain time lie found it difficult to
obtain any enjoyment out of his costly
tobacco, finding that as soon as he got
near the air of the ocean the cigars be-
gan to droop and wilt. as the smokers
phrase goes, and their Graught became
difficult, and the process of pulling them
became an altogether tedious operation.
One day he was smoking one of them
with good deal of difficulty ON chair
on the beach when a gentleman sitting
near accostcd him, saying that he had
noticed the trouble he was having with
his cigars, and that they were probably
Of an imported brand. To this the drug
gist asscntod, and the other, pulling a
couple of cigars from his pocket. handed
them to the rather astolisheG smoker
with the remark that he thought they
would go better. So the druggist lit one
of them, and in a minute was enjoying
one of the most delightful smokes he had
had since he lett home. The CIGAR drew
finely and did not wilt as the others had
done.
He asked his new friend why it was,
and was told that it seemed imported ci-
gars are so affected by the salt air as to
lose their shape and their drawing quail
ities, While cheap cigars or "two-fers, :"
as they are called, seem to be at their
best IN such an atmosphere, absorbing
just enough Of the salt air to take ON a
delicious flavor. Thenceforth the drug
gist saved money By smoking nothing
but cheap cigars while he was at the
scashore, and every time lie saw Il man
trying to smoke a good cigar with the
same luck which be had encountered he
played the good Samaritan" and offered
him q bad one, together with the advice
to s1noge none other within reach Of the
air from the sea. lie also found that
when he returned to town the good ci-
gars would regain their shape and quail
ity and were as enjoyable as ever, while
the others were as Getestable as he had
always found them to be-W asllirgton
Star.
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4 Trotter's Wild Break.

A strange and exciting runaway of Il
horse through q Penn street business
place occurred at Reading, Pa Charles
". Dochtel owned $500 spirited trotter,
which was standing in front Of his cloth
ing house, hitched to Il trotting buggy
The animal shied at a bicycle and dashed
on the pavement. He dashed into De
Witt G Hillcgass' leaf tobacco ware
house, d building 200 feet long. lie en-
tered by the front door while the place
was crowded, and made :. mad break
for the rear. About the middle Of the
building he tore loose from the vehicle,
cleared an elevator SHAFT twenty-five
feet wide and dashed through the rear
door into the street below. a distance Of
some twenty feet. His progress was only
stopped by striking brick house Oh the
opposite side Of the street, crushing in a
wall. The animal died three hours later.
Baltimore American.
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fsrxiin,nnce No. 1872

Re il ordained hv the mayor and town
council al The town of T"ibndaux in couhcil
assenhlt,i. That section - Of the revised
by laws aud ordinances OF this town be 50
amenrd and enacted "a 10 read as tol
lows !" vii:
Sect;.n ID Every proprietor whose front
or side walks or hanqnetses shall be paved
shall hc heund ut AL times to keep SAINT
clear and il goud order aud net to allow
mud ana ~rass to accumulate thereon under
penalty u! Il tina which shall mt exceed
one dollar Tor every ofense-
Approved, Sept. 2nd, 1880.
l.. AUCulN. Mayor
T. B TAYLOR, clerk