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servation Of all thinking men, how fool
ish and absurd 1t is to ssy that men who
are the customers Of each other, and in
no true or general sense rivals or antag.
onists, cannot cooperate for their mutual
benefit. Farmers hire few men on the
farms; but for every man hired on the
farms many thousands of men, women
and children are hired in the mines, fac
tories and shops, on the railroads and In
in the great cities at divers occupations
all clamoring for better wages, that they
may become greater consumers Of farm
products. A hundred thousand men
more or less, are employed on and about
the railroads of the country. Everyone
of them and their families, of such az
have families, are customers and CON
sumers OF farm products In proportion
to the means they have to spend in that
line. The official labor reports show
that a million men, representing, per
haps, three millions of people, are idle
Unable TO earn wages through want OF
employment, they pay for nothing, while
they suffer and drift into crime on theil
way to the grave.
Now 1t is only expressing well-knowr
truism to state that it is to the interest Of
every farmer that his customers be mnl
tiplled and enriched 80 as to create {
larger and better market for his com
modities. Hence, the more men there
are employed on the railroads, in the
mines, shops and factories, in all the pro
fessions, in every line OF business, and IL
all the non-farming industries, the large
market the farmer has for his products
The employment of more men mean
shorter hours for wage laborers In th'
non-agricultural industries. 1t is bette
for the farmers Of America that wage
workers have short time-that three mel
be employed ten hours per day instea'
of two men fifteen hours. 1t is better TO
the farmers that in all industries wher
furnaces must be kept hot and wheel
and machines In motion night and day
three shifts Of men be- employed eigh
hours each, rather than two shifts twelv,
hours each. 1t ls also to the interest o
farmers that the laboring men, agentI
and clerks in all the non-agrlcultural in
dustries and employments receive goOt
wages. All wages thus paid to th'
workers and operatives In mines, shops
and factories, and on the railroads, en-
rich the farmers customers and improve
his markets for all the products of the
the farm. In order to SHOW the unity o.
interests In every normal community, II
may be added that short hours and
numerous, well paid employees increase
the business of merchants and benefit
every line Of trade and every mechanical
employment, because we are the con.
sumers of each others wares. No sensl
BILE business or professional man nor In.
telligent former can conceive himself
benefited by the oppression Of labor
through long hours and small pay. But
on the contrary, the more men there are
employed Chat means short hours) and
the better the wages the better it is foi
the farmers and for the professional and
business men who have lsboring men
for customers.
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show Of plauslbility. Under normal cir
cumstances 1t would be serious, provided
it did not entirely disappear. It Is
claimed that lower rates can not be per-
mited on the railroads without lowering
the wages OF the employees Of the road.
On the other hand, 1t Is not possible 10
grant the employees shorter hours and
better pay without raising the freights
and fares, which the farmers and public
must pay. Thus the corporations have
drawn picture Of the irrepressible con-
fllct, with the public, including the farm
erS, on one side and their employees on
the other. They would have US believe
that the farmers and all OF the public are
engaged in war of oppression on the
men who operate the railroads, and that
this war is merciless and endless So
earnest and persistent are the corpora
tlOns in pushing this view Of the case
that they have commenced organizing
their men into clubs, with regular news
paper organs, to resist the growing unity
and power of the farmers and peoples
movement. During the session Of the
Kansas Legislature last winter, men call
ing themselves ral'road engineers met
several times with the legislative COM
mittee and used their influence to pre-
vent any and all reform In railroad leigis-
lation. They boldly claimed that any
Tightening of the public burdens, in che
line Of railroad charges, would be taken
out of their wages, and cited cases In
Iowa to prove their statements. Tt was
replied to them that the corporations
have abundant margins, under just man
agement, to pay their men better wages
for shorter hours, while, at the same time,
granting all the easement that the farm
ers are asking.
; This view seemed new to the alleged
} engineers. They had evidently not
J thought of more than two parties In the
case. The more important and danger
Gus party, which had been pOcketing its
thousands, millions and hundreds Of
millions Of dollars, while the farmers and
railroad workers have been grabbing and
quarreling over pennies, was, by these
railroad club men," left entirely out Of
the account. No problem can be prop
erly and truthfully solved unless all the
factors In the case are duly considered.
In this case we have the corporations
who manage the roads, the workingmen
who operate them, and the farm
ers and general public who pat
ronize them. The corporations are the
ruling power. They work with little
noise or friction. They lay their plans
carefully and secretly and they carry
them out with certainty and conscience
less precision. Laws, constitutions, court
decisions and public opinion are brushed
aside as cobwebs by the hand Of a giant.
The men composing these corporations
are usually millionaires and are spoken
OF as "magnates." Beginning business
sometimes on the mouse trap plan, In
very few years their wealth IS reckoned
by hundreds Of millions. The coming
Millionaire, 1t is predicted, will soon ar
rive by railroad, foated in by the floods
and forgeries OF his own watered stocks.
These millionaire corporations are one
factor In our railroad problem. They
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Fresh Air for tl,e BABY.

Ifyour work is such that you can't
give baby Il long daily air bath, lo the
next best thing: after he has his morn
ing bath put on his wool band, the
knitted bands being the best, for they
hug the bowels snugly, and linen
shirt can be worn over them during
July and August, putting on a little
flannel sacque towards night to pro-
tect the arms: then the napkins, lit
tie socks and Il slip dispense with the
skirts if it is very warm, put baby on
a blanket on the floor in a room where
the purcst air obtainable is in abun-
dance and the sun is streaming in, pur-
flying every nook and crauny. Let
the little mite roll and kick to its
hearts content while you are busy
with your work. Remember this is
only a substitute for something better,
when mothers duties keep her at
home the greater part of the day.
When you can take the child out, put
on the skirts, etc, and take it. If you
have little yard spot take along a
heavy blanket or fur mat, spread over
place the sun has warmed and let
baby roll around there, it will be bet
ter than keeping him fastened in his
perambulator, or even in your arms
Good housekeeping.
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Changing Chicken Grounds.

This is matter of importance to
poultry-kecpers. 1t has been truly
said that one of the difficulties Of sue
cessful chicken farming on very
small places is not the lack of range
and exercise, but the fact that the
same ground must be run over from
year to year Some who have plenty
of room make this same mistake from
negligence, placing the chicken crop
year after year OH the same spot. Lice
may be kept Off from the chickens
anywhere with sufficient care, but the
ioulncss of chicken droppings in time
completely satulates the soil ard
breeds diseases that distroy the flock.
The hcn-house must be substantial
building. but it can be kept clean by
care, and insects destroyed by frequent
fumigaton. But it will be al adyan-
tage if the hen-housc is not so large
that it can he readily moved. In some
places we know that the hem-house
location is changed every few years,
and each time to Il spot that has been
plowcd and seeded since chickens
were there before. 1t is better, any
way, not to have very large chicken
houses. If q large number of chick
ems are to he kept. then build more
houses, and have them scattered as
much as possible. This may make more
trouble in feeding the fowls, but it
will DC far less than the loss and cx-
pense Of sickness caused by huddling
too many fowls in one place.
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PEACE AND ARBITRATION.
\ short Lesson in History for School
Children.

In looking over the copy of "The
Pacific Banner" for this month which
was sent to me, | notice a narrative,
taken from "St. Nicholas,n about "a
Pig That Really Caused War" This
is the concluding sentence:
1.-THE war that followed gave to
American naval history the names of
Lawrence, Perry, Porter, Hull, and
Bainbridge. 1t is one of the most
glorious chapters in our national am
mails. And in view of the facts thus
briefly recounted it does not seem to
he wholly whimsical to trace its origin
to the quarrel between the two citizens
of Providence oyer the wandering
pig"
Well, that same War of 1872 is
claimed by some to have been
"glorious," and yet there are Il good
many who, after looking at how it
came about (thc st. Nicholas narrative
is very good collateral testimony and
what it failed to effect, are quite Of
the mind that it was after all very
much of q pig-headed quarrel on
both sides. The matter of impress
ment, the chief cause of the war, was
IlOl Gltll ploNlNSN iol III LiS eiNtt"S
and, indeed, better understanding
could have been arrived ut in regard
to it before there was any fighting.
The people on this side of the Allan
tic were heartily glad when the bells
of peace rang out, while our Anglo
Saxon brethren OH the other side
were we'll satisfied to be relieved from
any distraction which might interfere
with their settling the much larger
dispute with Napoleon.
And now, having remained ut peace
IA little rufllcd occasionally with tho
"Mother Country" fully three quar-
tcls of Il century, it is scarcely sup
possible that the pg-headcdness of the
past will be repeated, and that the
questions Of the right imprcssI.cnt OF
the fur Sc; Is, and the three mile limit
Will need to be argued (thcy cannot be
so settledD by invading fleets, almo:ed
coast defenscs, dynamite cruisers and
linc-of-battle ships. The American ol
English school-boy or schoolgirl
asked the question, ought to be able
promptly to respond: Let it he arbi
tratcd. And so we all heartily hope
it will be. in case the wise heads o
the State Departments at London anC
Washington are forced to confess tha
they can't come to mutually agree
able terms between themselves.
Phila., Second Month, 1891.
JOSIAH w. LEEDS.
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Profitable PuUiSl,ancnt.

Our Youth relates the following
"Mary H, after being reprovcd iol
telling falsehood, repeated the grave
fault. Her father, who, after her fist
offense, and threatened to punish her
if she repeated it, took her into her
chamber, marked several Scripture
passages for her TO read and left her to
her reflection. At night Il bit of bread
and cup of milk were given her and
she was again left to herself. The
next morning her father, feeling
obliged to fulfill his threat, entered
her chamber, talked very tendcrly 1"
her, and then, after covering his face
with his handkerchief, struck the
hand of the child he so dearly loved
q few strokes with Il rod. Mary could
never forget that fathers head covered
that he might not sec the little hand
he was striking. She often said in af-
ter years, Il always loved my father
for it, Better still, that punishment
cured her of her fault SO thoroughly
that truthfulness became one of her
most marked qualities
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Society Manners.

"Those clubs and sociables which
agree to meet without dressing up do
not generally last long. When peo-
pie come together for any rational OBJ
feet, they ought to dress up 1t Is
possible to over-dress and to attach an
unreasonable Importance to eXternais
but surely this is all extreme less to be
deplored than boorish indifference TO
the impression we make on others. 1t
is not well to put on clothes whlchsare
costly beyond our means or
splendid beyond the occasion, but it Is
highly proper to express our respect
for the company we enter by making
ourselves as pleasing to the eyes As We
reasonably can.
"The great enemy of social enjoy
ment in this age is the spirit of show
of. In order to be agreeable after tho
first five minutes we must possess I;
certain amount of gOod-natured in
terest in others. We must in some
way suppress the troublesome and inn
pertinent Ego within us, and put forth
benevolent efforts to gratity the Ego
of our companion.
A remarkable bashful youth-anI
what is bashfulness but panicstrlckel
vanity ?-found himself seated by tho
side of lovely young girl. 1t wa:
his first party, and this young lady
was the first trial of his social powers
He was so embarrassed as to bc de
prived of the power of utterance, noI
could he think of one thing to say t'
her even if he had been able to say it
He sumoned up courage at last to peel
round at her, when he observed tina
she was more terrified than he was
He began to pity her: then he had al
intense desire to give her the relief ant
consolation which he so plainiuliy
needed himself, and finally he recover
ed nerve enough to remark that it WA:
a very cod evening. In two minutes
they were conversing pleantly to
gether.
"The secret lies here: Good nature
must supplant egotisnl. Experience
and reflection do the rest"
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.AG2<

DON'T WoRKY.-The Journal OF
Health says: TO regain or recover
health, persons should be relieved
from anxiety concerning diseases.
The mind has power over the body.
For 4 person to think THAI he has q
disease will often produce that disease.
This we see effected when the mind is
intensely concentrated on the disease
of another. 1t is found i'm the hos
pitfalls that the physicians and sur
geons who make Il specially OF certain
diseases are liable to die of it them
selves and the mental power is so
strong that people sometimes die of
diseases which they only have i'm
imagination. We have seen persons
seasick i'm anticipation of Il voyage
before reaching the vessel. We have
known 4 person die of cancer in the
stomach when he had no cancer or
any other disease. 4 man blinGlold-
cd and slightly pricked in the arm
has tainted and died from believing
that he was bleeding to death.
Therefore, persons in health and
desiring to continue so, should ut all
times be cheerful and happy, and
those who are sick should have their
attention drawn as much as possible
from themselves. 1t is by their faith
faith they die. fla man wills not to
die he can often live in spirit of dis
ease; and if he has little or no attrac-
ton to live he will slip away as easy rs
Il child falls asleep.
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A CURIOUS DREAM.-A laborer at
the Dundee llarbor lately told his
wife, on awakening, Il curious dream
he had during the night. He dreamed
that he saw coming towards him, in
order, four rats. The first one was fat,
and followed by two lean rats, the
rear rat being blind. The dreamer
was greatly perplcxcd us to what evil
might follow, as it had been under
stood that to dream of rats denoted
coming calamity. He appealed to his
wife concerning this, but she, poor
woman, could not help him. His son,
Il shary lad. who heard his father tell
the story, voluteered to be the inter
prefer. 1.-THE fat rat" lie said, "is
the man whe keeps the public house,
that We gang till see often and the twa
lean anes are me and my mither, and
the bliud one is yourself, father"
Scotch Paper.
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A Noble Young Prince.

Louis, the Duke Of Bergundy, Wa:
the grandson of Louis NN., of France
If he had lived he would have beel
King of France. He was kind
hearted, thoughtful boy, and died at
the early age of eleven years. The
story which follows is one of manly il
Illustrating his true nobility of charac
ter:
One day Louis was rushing hrlter
skelter down the stairs, when he sud
denly fell and hurt his knee. He was
SO afraid of frightening his mother
and so anxious that none OF the ser
wants in charge of him should be
blamed, that he told no one how much
he was hurt.
He suffered great deal for some
time, and at last he was obliged to tel
his mother about it. Then it was
found that an abscesS had formed III
the knee. The doctors held 4 consul
tation, and the little prince Was taken
into the next room while they tall ked
the matter over, and determined that
an operation must be performed.
When the day which they had fixed
arrived, the princes tutor went ia
prepare him for it as gently as he
could. :,
II hope you will be able to bear il
quietly" he said.
Louis smiled sadly.
"Iknew all you have been tellln9
ME two months ago. he said u
heard what the surgeons said, but
did not mention it for fear amy one
should think | was worried about Ii
Now the fatal day has come. Leave
me alone for u quarter OF IN hour
then shall be ready"
When the time was up the boy
asked to see the instruments. Taking
them in his hands he said:
Il can bear any thing, if only
may get well again and comfort mann
ma"
Chloroform was unknown in those
days, and the operation would have
been very hard for man to bear, yet
the little fellow only called out twice
and when it was all over he found his
reward in the tender embraces OF his
father anu mother.
Then came weary months or pam
and weakness, which tired the poor
boy sadly, yet it was only When the
Dalu was lllOlc liItlI ''S'I''
that he allowed himself to complain
and it was soon understood among the
attendants that if the prince were par
ticularly anxious about their health
and comfort, it was sign that he
himself was suffering more.
"Dear Tourolle," he said one day TO
one of his favorite servants, you q.
too much for me you hurt yourself;
Go out and get some fresh air; | will
try to do without you for two or three
hours"
Night after night the poor little SUI,
ferer, not yet eleven years old, would
like awake in pain, yet he would not
groan nor cry out lest he should wake
the attendants who slept near him,
and if he were obliged to ask for any
thing, it was in tone of voice which
could disturb no one.
At last those weary months OF sui
fering came to an end, and the noble
hearted boy died OH Feb. -, l1dl,
with his arms around his mothers
neck.
There is one saying of his Which
well describes his life, and which may
serve us motto for all "I cannot do
mich, but l will do all | can. .'-Sun-
day-School Advocate.
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Shortest and quickest route to Charleston, reaches
there three hours ahead Of any other line Connec-
tions made at Augusta for Atlanta and all points west
Tickets on sale at =. r. t. W. &. Ry depots to oil
points at cheap rates and baggage checked to dcsna.
ton. For any further information apply or write.
W. j. CRAIG, p. A.
r. W. HUNT. r.. A. Augusta, Gu.
JAS. l.. TAILOR, Sol. HAAS,
g. p. A. Il. NJ.
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M e~ GTOOdS =
THIS WEEK AT THE
FCRN|IIRD SIORI,

700 Rolls Wall Paper
Just in price low, 10, 70, 25 and 80 for double
rolls.
Oil window Shades
With Spring Rollers, prices 50 to Is cents
each-good and low price.
40 Rolls Paper Window Shades
50 cents roll or 10 cents each.
300 Chairs Received
This week, making about 100 Chairs on
hand. We have the latest styles OF dining
high back old styles, very pretty.
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TO defend war is to train and cdu-
cate men to engage i'm it. TO bc1iZen
it with tlimsy and Haunting glory to
disguise its horrid crueltics with TO-
nance, song, and painting, so as to
hide their hideousness, is to be untrue
to fact. 1t is TO eXalt tradition and
fancy, passion and force, over the
sweetness of love, the light Of nature
and of reason.
A wine glass of strong boraX water
in pint Of raw starch will will make
collars and cuffs stiff and glossy.
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The Abbeville Land, Loan and
ImproVement Company.

TN ACCORDANCE with Commission OF
i Secretary of State J. @. Marshall directed
to the undersigned Board of Corporators OF
the ABBEVILLE LAND, LOAN AND I'M
.PROVEMENT COMPANY
Notice is hereby given that the books OF
subscription of said company will be open at
the office OF j. ALLEN SMITH, President. on
III URSDAY, FEBRUARY 9Th inst, at the
Abbeville National Bank.
J. ALLEN SMITH,
w. G.. MCGOWAN,
p. ROSENBERG,
AUG. w. SMITH,
f. A. TEMPLETON,
r. NJ. HADDON,
r. P. COTHRAN.
Board of Corporators.
Abbeville, 8. c., Feb. 1891.
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No Time for Anything.

Time for nothing, can 1t be so:
Now please answer me yes or no.
No time for God. no time for man,
And are you doing all you can?
What hours are wasted, thrown away,
So that each week you lose day?
What time Is given TO useless things,
That no blessing profit brings!
At what hour do you rise at morn,
And yourself for your ork adorn:
What days to pleasure do you give?
Is it for Joy alone You live"
i really think you've time 10 spare,
If you each hour will plan with care,
And keep your faith all firm in God,
And lean upon his staff and rod.
Time enough, if all time we bless
And waste of time to God confess:
For then our work will well lie done,
And life's true battles grandly won.
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DIR. T. J. CRYMES,
- Dentist. -

GRADUATE, PENN. DENTAL SURGERY,
rs permanently located at Green wood, and
i offers his professional services to Green
wood and surrounding country.
R1-Work done after the most improved
and Modern methods. Gas given lor pam
less extraction Of teeth.
s8-Onice over Bank of Greenwood. <Na
June3, 1891. 3moS.