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"SOnlebONY PAYS.

A druggist in one Of our large cities
said lately, If am prompt and careful
in nv business, | owe it to a lesson
which | learned when | was an er-
rand-boy i'm the house of which l am
now master. ! was sent one day to
deliver a vial of medicine just at noon,
but being hungry, stopped to eat my
luncheon. The patient, for lack OF the
medicine, sank rapidly, and for some
days was thought to be dying.
II felt myself his murderer. Inc
agony of that long suspens made a
man of me. I learned then that 1or
every one of our acts of carelessness or
misdoing, however petty, some one
paws in suffering. The law is the
more terrible to me because it is not
always the misdoer himself who sui
fers.n
This law is usually ignored by
young people. The act of carelessness
or selfishness is SO trif1ing, what harm
can it do? No harm, apparently, 10
the actor, goes happily Oh his way
but somebody pays. A young GIRL TO
make conversation, thoughtlessiy re-
peats bit of gossip which she lorsetsS
The next moment; but long afterward
the woman whom she has mallgned
finds her good name tainted by the
poisonous whisper.
A lad, accustomed to take VINE, per-
suades q chance comrade to drink with
him, partly out of q good humorea
wish to be hospitable, partly, IL may
be, out of contempt for "fanatlcal re,
former He goes on his way, ana
never knows that his chance guest,
having inherited the disease OF alcho-
lism, continues to drink, and becomes
hopeless victim. 49,.
Our grandfathers expressed this
truth in a way of their own:
For the lack of a nail the shoe was
lost Ill.,.
For the lack of the shoe the rider
was lost;
For the lack of the rider the message
was lost; ,.
For the lack of the message the bat
tie was lost; :,
But though we do not see it, we do
we'll to remember that it is there
and to remind ourselves at the be-
ginning of every day, that each care,
less act, each unkind word in 1t, VIII
be paid for, not by us, perhaps, but IN
the want or pain of some one.
Youths Companion.
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Parental Anxiety.

Despise not parental anxiety. The
time will come when you will have
neither father. nor mother, aud yon
will 60 around the place where they
use to watch you, and find them gone
from the house, and gone from the
field, and gone from the neighbcr-
hood. Cry as loud for forgiveness as
YOU may over the mound in the
churchyard, they will not answer.
Dead! dead And the: you will take
ont the white lock of hair that was
cut from your mothers brow just be-
fore they buried her, and you Will take
the cane with which your father used
TO walk. and you will think and think
and wish that you had done Just as
they wanted you to and would give
all the world if you had never thrust
pang through their dear old hearts.
God pity the young man who has
broughtdisgrace to his father s name.
Godpity the young man whohashrok.-
en- his mothers heart. Better if he had
never been born-better if, in the first
hour of his life, instead of being LAID
against the warm bosom of maternal
tenderness, he had been cOilincd and
scpulchred. There is no balm power
ful enough to heal the heart of one
who has brought parents to a sorrow
ful grave, and who wanders about
through the dismal cemetery, rending
the hair and wringing the hands, and
crying, "Mother! motherW-T. De
Witt Talmagc, ID. d., in New York
Observer
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Daily RennenlcntS.

The following advice is given by the
editor of the Cbautauquan to youth
who desire guidance in social mat
terS:
"Therc is but one legitimate and
sure road to natural and graceful use
of social amenities, and that is prac-
tice. By that we do not mean prac.
tice in what is called society" There
is common opinion that this is the
only place in which to rub off burbar-
isms great mistake. Perfect
naturalness of manner exists only in
those habits which one employs day
10y day. A person who is habitually
surly is much more natural when
growing than when smiling. While
lie who eats pie with knife may do
it with ease, his attempt to use fork
makes him the most awkward of
spectacles. The person who does not
permit himself slovenly positions in
the family sitting-room or in his pri-
vate chamber will carry himself erect
in the drawing-room, will not stun-
bile over the furniture, or sit awkward
ly. If he has drilled his hands and
feet at home, they will not trouble
him aboard. If young fellow
makes it a rule to open the door for
mother or sister when she leaves the
room, to restore a dropped article, to
lift his hat when he meets her, he
will do so inslinctively and without
embarrassment when thrown into So
cial life. 1.-The never allows himself
to boast ut home, to strive 10 outtell
somebody else, to guarantee informa-
ion, or to display curiosity, at Il din
ner-party he will not be guilty of such
breaches of good breeding. If pune
tual ut home, he will not break the
saw which runs: go be too late is q
crime; To be too early, a blunder.
Hands kept off the table linen, and
which never finger the silver or china
in private, will not do so i'm public.
If his daily meals he sips his soup
from the side Of the spoon, breaks
mot cuts) his bread, he will do 50
when he dimes with the great and
fashionable.
"Irue, it may he discouraging to
practice these habits among those who
have no interest in social fineness
but no one will consider it impossible
so to do, nor is it necessary in putting
mes self into training TO become So
conspicuous rs to incur either ridicule
or antagonism. The very effort to
perfect ones habits without attracting
attention will be no mean drill. 1t is
not, Of course, right that any young
person in his own house should be
obliged 10 be his own mentor in mat
ters of ctiuuette. The father and
mother wrong child who leave him
unilstructcd in these matters, when
they might, by holding themselves to
weII-bred habits, give him the advan-
tages which these manners bring.
They cannot give him perhaps an cn-
tree into polite society, but they can
make polite society in their homes ;
and the practice which he will gel
there give him polish marked 10y Il
subtle refinement which 4 whole life
in conventional society would be un
able to impart.'
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Da Ynu Sling af Home.

There is perhaps no pleasenter oc-
cupation in the family circle than
sacred song. Many q home where
there is little of beauty, or ease, or
luxury, is made pleasant by "thanks-
giving and the voice Of melody" If
there be Joy in the heart and music
on the tongue, many rough places in
life are sInoolhed and made plain,
many dark spots are frightened and
made cheerful.
Those families which nothing know
of sacred song miss some of the purest
pleasure that falls to the lot OF NOR
tails. Family prayer is a duty and a
privilege, but family praise is none
the less so, and there is nothing that
binds hearts more closely to the home
than those songs which mother sang"
and old tunes in which the voices OF
parents and brothers and sisters join
ed from a bond of union which unites
hearts when noun tains riseand oceans
roll between them. Sometimes the
waywurd son, wandering in a far OIL
land, hears the song his mother sang,
and is charmed by its music to know
and serve his mothers God.
Careful and melodious singing III
the homes fits persons for singing
elsewhere, especially if persons are
taught to sing correctly, gently and
tenderly, anu without much instru-
mental accompaniment. Then the
hymns learned by the young linger
long in memory, precious heritage
against the days of darkness and sor'
row.
Let parents set the example of song,
and the children will be sure to fol-
low. Take time now and then, and
enjoy an evening of sacred song. Let
the voice of rejoicing be heard in the
,abernable of the righteous, and pray
er and praise ascend to the throne of
God. Let each child have his hymn
book, and he will learn to prize it next
to the Bible, and will from it gather
many precious truths which will go
with him to life's latest hour. "Who
so offereth praise gloritieth God"
Let us have more praising and less
mumuring, more song fewer COM
plants. Instead of fretting because
of evil doors, let us pray; instead OF
repining at our lot, let us leave our
burden at the Cross, "and bear song
away"
Haste thou no words? Oh. think again
Words flow apace when You complain,
And Hill your fellow-creatures' ears
With the sad tale OF all your cares?
"Wcrc half the breath thus vainly spent
To heaven in suppllcation sent,
Our cheerful song would oflener be,
Hear what the Lord has done for INC!
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The Kind Of Religion We Want.

We want Il religion that softens the
step, and tunes the voice to melody
and fills the eyes with sunshine, and
checks the impatient exclamation and
the harsh rebuke; religion that Is
polite, deierential to superiols, cour-
teous to interiors and consiherate to
friends; religion that goes into 4
family, and keeps the husband from
being cross when dinner is late, and
keeps the wife from fretting when the
husband tracks the washed floor with
his muddy boots, and makes the hus-
band mindful of the scraper and the
door mat; keeps the mother patient
when the baby is cross and amuses the
children as we'll as instructs them
cares for the servants besides paying
promptly, projects the honey moon
into the harvest noon, and makes the
happy home like the Eastern fig tree,
bearing III its bosom at once the beau
ty of the tender blossom and the glory
of the ripened fllit. We want rclI-
gion that shall intcrpose between the
ruts and the'gullies and rocks OF the
highway of life and the sensitive souls
that are travelling over them.
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Uncle Sam's Border Zinc.

DO any of our young people ever
query how the dividing line between
the United States and Dominion of
Canada is marked, and how trav-
elers In those wild regions northwest
of the Great Lakes can tell when they
step from the dominions of Uncle Sam
into those of Queen Victoria
For many years the question of
boundary between the United States
and the possessions of Great Britain
was discussed, and at last, at the
Convention of London held in ISIS,
the forty-ninth parallel of north lati-
lude was decided upon. y parallel OF
latitude, however, being an imaginary
line, is II very poor guide to q traveller,
so the next thing 10 do was to mark
that line SO that all who passed that
way should know where il was located.
Accordingly the country in that
vicinity was surveyed, and mon
uments were set up at every mile
interval, the British placing one he,
tween every two of ours. These extend
from the Lake of the Woods to the
Rocky Mountains.
Where the line enters forests the
timber is cut down. and the ground
cleared rod wide; where it crosses
small lakes stone cairns have been
built, sometimes being eighteen feet
under water and eight above; in other
places earth mounds seven by four
teen feet have been built.
The most Of these monuments,
which number three hundred and
lightweight in all, are of iron. 1t was
found that the most solid wooden
posts were not proof against the ravage
of the Indians, prairie fires and the
weather, so that nothing but iron
would do.
These pillars iron castings fitted
over solid cedar posts and well bolted
through, and are sunk four feet i'll the
ground.
They are eight feet high, eight
inches square at base and four at the
top, and upon opposite sides facing
north and south are the inscriptions
cast in letters two inches high: Con-
venti0n of London, October 20, 1915"
The pillars weigh two hundred and
eightyfive pounds each and were made
at Detroit, Michigan. So you see Uncle
Sans borderline is very distinctly
marked all the way from the Lakes to
the summit of the Rocky Mountains.
Awake
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How 10 Make Eniit!cIS.

IT, is said Of The late Charles Brad
laugh, the noted English scculari>t,
that he was brought up in Il pious
family of the Church of England. In
the usual couIse of things he was pre-
pairing for confirnation," and being Il
bright boy, he found some difficulties
i'm the Thirty-nine Articles, which did
not seem to him in accord with the
Mes Testament. His rector was Il
man totally deficient in tact, and on
learning of the boys state of mind,
treated his incipient skcpticisnl as Il
proof of depravity, and scolded him
furi0nsly. Young Bradlaugh, with
the hasty logic of youth, concluded
that Christians could not answer by
argument objections made to their
faith, and soon became a complete dis
believer in Christianity or any other
form of religion. Wise and kind
treatment at this critical time might
have saved to the Christian church n
man of great ability and high charac-
ler-a man who, in spite of his active
opposition to religion, had so gained
the respect of his opponents that, dur
ing his last illness, prayers were pub
licly offered in many churches for his
recovery.
This is type Of many cases that
are definitely known, and there are a
still larger number of cases, no doubt,
that have never been recorded. The
we'll meaning but injudicious Chris
tian who tries to drive men into the
kingdom of God has a great deal to
answer for. Who has done more
than he to incur the woe denounced
by Christ on those who cause his little
ones to stumble?-The Examiner.
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Oueen Victoria and the Musicians.

: A story about the Queen, which is
said to be well authenticated, IS BEN &
circulated, and it is TOO good to be lost;
On one Occasion Her Majesty. had
invited distinguished guests to dine at
Windsor Castle; it was, therefore,
necessary that the Court band
should prepare itself to perform special
selections of music. The leader sum.
moned the men to meet Tor lenealsai
on the Sunday. There were TWO
Germans in the band named Schraoer
and Gehrmann, who were Wesleyan
Methodists, and whose consclenccs
would not allow them IT, spend the
Sabbath in mere musical rehearSal'
They told their scruples to the lead
er, who, however, peremptorliy ORDER
ed them to be present on pain OF III
slant dismissal. They did not hesitate
for O moment in refusing to attend.
On the Monday morning, on pre-
senting themselves at their quarters,
the leader, in violent language, order
ed them to be gone.
The Door fellows walked sadly away,
and not far from Windsor met the then
Bishop of London driving to the
Castle. Stopping the carriage on
their signal, lie heard their tale and
promised to speak for them to the
Queen. Before the day was over the
leader of the band was summoned in
to Her Majesty's presence. The
Queen inquired what had become Oh
the two German Methodists, one OF
whom, as being one Of the best from
bone players in the country, was, a
great favorite at Court. The leader
explained that he could not allow
absurd religious scruples to stand in the
way of soldiers duty. The Queen
commanded that the men be immedl-
ately restored to their post, and added,
81 will have no persecution in my ser,
vice for conscience sake, and | Will
have no more rehearsals on a Sunday"
Methodist Times.
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Rad Children Of Good Parents.

David's grief for Absalom was ter
rible. Whether the young man had
been well-trained or not we cannot
tell. Solomon, David's wisest son,
said "Train up child in the way he
should 90, and when he is old he will
not depart from it," But Ezekiel, i'll
vindicating the ways of God to man,
says: eff a man be just, and 40 that
which is lawful and right, ne Is
Just, he shall surely live. If he be-
get a son that is a robber, q shedder OF
blood, and that doeth the like to any
one of these things, \ + \ shall he
then live? he shall not live: he hath
done all these denominations he shall
surely die. :: < " Now 10, if he beget
son that seeth all his fathers sins
which he hath done, and considcretl,
and doeth not such like, x he shall
surely live"
The general rule is that we'll
trained child will do we'll. There are
exceptions, for each man BORN into the
world works out his own character as
to merit or demerit, though affected
by many things. The most godly
NAV beget children that will defy all
training, and while their hearts break
and their sons are disgraced and pun
ished for crime, they and those who
know them may feel that they are not
TO be blamed.
Tendencies may be hereditary, but
the relation and strength Of tenden-
cies may be modified unaccountably.
The energy that makes father a great
preacher or an effective philanthropist
may make the sou, if he refuse to
obey the moral precepts of his father,
confidence man or terrible oppres'
sor. The excitability of temperament
that admits of oratory, the sensibility
essential to poetry or music, may
make i'm, unles he be man Of prin'
ciplc, q libertine, a gambler, a per-
petrator Of all evil.
Many good men believe that their
children cannot go wrong. Some
have thought that entire santiflcatlon
is hereditary, and that the ineradica'
bic taint of depravity will disappear
| if the parents are both completely
consecrated to God. Instances have
occurred where the misconduct OF the
children of authors has compelled the
alienation Of their sermons, essays
and even books in cou,se Of prepara'
ton. Cain and Abel had the same
parents, and presumably similar train
ing. "Bring them up in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord" Train
them, correct them, set befOre them
Il good example; warn, rebuke, eN'
hort, persuade, punish, and the ma,
jority of the children so treated will
follow the right path.
Many amiable parents, like Ell, dc
not restrain their Sons and daughters
and though devout and consistent
themselves, are bameworthy when
the children become wicked. God
alone can infallibly judge them. Pa
rental vigilance, kindness, and firm
n ess should never be forgotten.
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Wishing.

/ wish, and yet dare not wish
For something that might be:
l wish, hut all in vain my wish,
1t Will not come to me.
/ wish, but always keep MY wish
Deep buried in my heart;
The hidden secret OF that wish
will TO none impart.
! wish, oh that could not wish.
For wishing leaves Il sting;
On! who would think Il SIMPLE wish,
A heart with grief coul'l wiring:
l wlsh-I must not. will not wish;
Gods child. there is no need
That should murmur In q wish
AT what his love decreed.
/ wish-I will not, do not wish;
Iyield me to his care;
Hereafter let my every wish
Be changed into Il prayer.
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Try il for u Month.

Pray three time daily for n month,
and note the general effect OH your
daily life.
Pray daily for the salvation of one
or more souls, and see how God will
change them.
PRAY for those who despitefully use
and abuse YOU, and observe how fer
yently you will learn to love them.
Pray for pure heart, for sancti-.
fied neture: ttfor this is the will of
God, even your sancification," land
if we ask anything according to His
will. we krOw that He heareth u.s.
PRAY for a revival in your commune
ty. and mark the result.
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The. AbbeviHe Land, loan and
ImproVement COMPANY.

TN ACCORDANCE with Commission of
L Secretary of State j. @. Marshall directed
to the undersigned Board of Corporators OF
the ABBEVILLE LAND, LOAN AND M
COMPANY
Notice Is hereby given that the hooks OF
of said company will be open at
the office OF j. ALLEN SMITH, President. ON
FEBRUARY 9th INST, at the
Abbeville National Bank.
j. ALLEN SMITH,
w. &. MCGOWAN,
p. ROSENBERG,
AUG. w. SMITH,
F.. A. TEMPLETON,
r. NJ. HADDON,
r. p. COTHRAN.
Board of Corporators.
Abbeville, s. c., Feb. 5 1891.
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For simple hoarseness, take fresh
egg, beat it and thicken with pulver-
lied sugar. Eat freely Of it, and the
hoarseness will SOON he greatly relieved.
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DR.. T. J. CRYMES,
-: Dentist. -

GRADUATE, PENN. DENTAL SURGERY,
rs permanently located at Greenwood, and
= offers his professional services TO Green.
wood and surrounding country.
E1-Work done after the most improved
and Modern methods. Gas given for palm
less extraction of teeth.
ErOffice over Bank of Greenwood. .-ta
June 3, 1891. 3mos.
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God always has an angel to help for
those who are willing to do their
duty.
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Medical Notice.
. DIR. J. B. BRITT,

PHYSICIAN AND DRUGGIST, vERDERY, 8. @
DEALER In Pure Drugs, Medicine es, Chem
- icals. Paints. Sta ntlonery, fine Perfumery
and Toilet Articles, Fancy Goods, &C.
Prescriptions accurately prepared at ali
hours. Dec. III, lSVO, 2m IS
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THE IRRITATING MAN.
He Is the One Who Makes You Nervous
When re l. ihout.

He Is the Ono Who Makes You Nervous
When RE l. About.
Did you ever experience the sensation
not n pleasant onc-of being thrown
into a state of nervousness by the pre-
cnce of some one? The person may b.
n stranger or an acquaintance. may be
\ good friend or an enemy. Their.
seems to bc something peculiar about
such one that makes him almost mn
Dearable, at least at times Very like
ly he doesn't affect others as he affects
you. and you may do your best to over
como what you feel to be merely your
own weakness But the effort is vain
He irritatcs you in some inexplicable
way The sensation is most emphatic,
although the reason of it may be be-
yond your ability to discover.
These are few of the symptoms of
a common sense case, which YOU can
not fail 10 have diagnosed for yourself
often as you had the time or interest
necessary. You do not need to see or
hear your man. You can just feel his
presence and it viii send your thoughts
scurrying. no matter how well you had
them in hand before.
The man who makes you nervous is
n fixture in society as long rs people
are born with nerves and as long as
'7ople are born with different DISPOSE
ons. As long as poles of magnet at
act and repel so long will people have
,ysterious attachments and revulsions.
Tho can account for it? Shall we Law
1T the door of magnetism, mesInerism
or hypnotism, or shall we say simply
imagination or perhaps. hysterics?-
Pittsburgh Post.
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ODDITIES IN PRINT.

A SAvAESAH undertaken adverti.ca
grand spring opening Of things IA L.
line"
ACCURACY of statement is the aim O.
certain Maine newspaper. Itreceu--
gravely stated that large number 60
fresh mackerel had just been eaugl.t
off Portland harbor.
4 SPECTATOR in Oronogo, JG.i.~
county, No, advertised himself ~
Jack" buyer, meaning zinc Gre. ir.a--
inc his astonislmcnt when he had luJc
carloads Of asses shipped 10 him.
The following amusing advert.>c-
ment. evidently written in good fo.-,
appeared recently in a West Goa
(Eng.) paper: II want 10 let my fu--
nished house shootable for legations p.
any other man. And if it does rot She
ahe legation, can shoot himself els
where. Apply to"
IT is commonly believed in En-
land that a good way TO get a..
II cocllroaches IS 10 address to theIu
written letter, saying: ''Oh, roachrs
you have troubled me long enough;
now and worry my neighbors." TIC
letter must be put where they no
swarm, properly sealed. IL should b.
written legibly and properly punt
ated