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2. ESTABLISHED 1914.
The Big Man and his Mother.

We were at railroad junction one
night, waiting few hours for train,
in the waiting room, trying to talk a
brown-eyed boy to sleep. Presently
freight train arrived, and a beautiful
little old woman came in, escorted by
a German and they talked in German,
he giving her, evidently, lot of in
fomation about the routeshe was going,
and telling her about her tickets and
baggage check, and occasionally pat
ting her on the arm. At first our u
nited States baby, who did not under
stand German, was tickled to hear
them talk, and he "snickerd" at the
peculiar sound of the language that
was being spoken. The big man put
his hand on the old lady's cheek and,
said something encouraging, anu a
tear came to her eye, and she looked as
happy as queen? The brown eyes of
of the boy opened pretty big, and his
face sobered down from his laugh, and
he said:
"Papa, it is the mother.n
We knew it was, but how should q
4-year-old sleepy baby that couldn't
understand German tell that the lady
was her mother? We asked him how
he knew, and he said: :
, ooh, the big man was 80 kind to
her." ~
The big man hustled out; we gave
the little old mother the rocking chair,
and presently the man came in with a
baggage-man, and to him he spoke En-
glish. "This is my mother; she Is 60
ing to Iowa, and have to 60 back on
the next train, but I want you to at
tend to her baggage and see her on the
right car, the rear car, with good seat
near the centre, and tell the conduct
or that she is my mother. And here Is
a dollar for you, and I'll do as much
for your mother sometime" !
The baggage-man grasped the do.-
lar with one hand, grasped the big
man'shand with the other, and looked
at the little German mother with an
expression that showed that he had a
mother too; we almost knew that the
lady would be Well treated. Then we
put the sleeping mindreader on a
bench, and went out on the platform
and got acquainted with the German.
And he talked Of horse trading, buy.
ing, and selling, and everything that
showed he was live man, ready for
any speculation, from buying year
ling colt to a crop of hops or barley,
and that his.life was very busy one;
and at times dissapointments and
rough roads; but with all this hurry
and excitement he was kind to his mo
ther, and we loved him just little;
and when, after a few minutes talk
about business, he said: You must ex-
cuse me, I must go to the depot and see
if my mother wants anything" we
felt like grasping his fat red hand and
kissing it.
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Many good thing is condemned
because it is given Il wrong name. To
call child's going in quick succession
from one thing to another "fickleness, ]"
does not necessarily prove the child or
childhood tickle. The bee in it's rap
id flight from flower to flower cannot
he called tickle, because it has one
purpose in view,-the search for hon
ey. But to the casual observer the
quick flight and the short rest seem
but spOrtive and tickle life. So the
difference is with children, and with
men and women, whether or not there
is purpose in view that regulates
their seemingly tickle actions. Some
who appear outwardly most constant
and busy are realty the most tickle,
and some who appear most tickle, are
most consistent and constant in pur,
pose.
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RULES FOR A LONG LIFE-A Cana
dian clergyman, who is hale and
hearty at IS years Of age, gives these
rules which have governed his life
The Use of plain f,od, with plenty
of fuit.
Personal cleanliness by frequent
ablutions from head to foot.
Flannel next the shin the year
round, graduated according to season.
Open air exercise evey day.
Ventilation of sleeping room sum-
mer and winter.
Eight hours sleep each day.
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James Russell's Kindness TO n House.
hold Of Robins.

James RusSell'S Kindness 10 n II OuSe
hold Of Robins.
T once had chance to do kindnes:
to household of them, which they
received with very friendly condesen
ton. / had my eye for some time pas
upon nest and was puzzled by con.
slant fluttering of what seemed full
grown wings in it whenever I drew
near. Atlast Iclimed the tree in spite
of the angry protests from the old birds
against my intrusion. The mistery
had a very simple solution. In bull.
ding the nest, a long peice of pack.
thread had been somewhat loosely WOW.
en- in, three of the young had contriv.
ed to entangle themselves in it, and
had become full-grown without being
able to launch themselves in the air.
One was unharmed; another had 90
tightly twisted the cord about it's shank
that one foot was curled up and seem.
ed paralized; the third, in his struggles
to escape, had sawn through the flesh
of the thigh and so much harmed him
self that I thought it humane to put an
end to its misery.
When 1 took out my knife to cut their
hempen bonds, the heads of the fam
lily seemed to divine my friendly inter-
est. Suddenly ceasing their cries and
threats, they perched quietly within
reach of my hand and watched me in
my work of manumissson. This ow-
ing to the futtering terror of the prls.
inors. was an affair of some delicacy;
but ere long I was rewarded by seeing
one fly away to neighboring tree,
while the cripple making a parashute
of it's wings, came lightly to the ground
and hoped off as well as he could
with one leg, obsequiously waited up.
on by his elders. A week later had
thu satisfaction Of meeting him in the
pine walk in good spirits, and already
so fas recovered as to be able to bal
ance himself with the lame foot.
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A Word to Wise Investors.

The town of Greenwood Is In the richest Sec
tion of the World-Famous Piedmont; sixty
five miles from Augusta eighty miles from
Columbia; seventy miles from Spartanburg,
and fifty miles from Greenville. It has long
been known that in this broad eXpanse OF fer.
tile country between Columbia and Green
Vile, Spartanburg and Augusta, some impor-
tant center OF industry and population was
bound to be developed by the progress Of the
country. Greenwood was the stragetic point.
and capital has been busily engaged In deVel-
oping her resources. Her railroad facilities
are unsurpassed IN the state. she has sl25. ;
0O0 cotton mill, u $4,000 oil mill, s5O,N0 cot
ton compress, two well equipped Brick Man
ufactories turning out millions OF brick year.
ly. In her limits Is situated the beautiful
State Baptist Orphanage. She has splendid
system OF Graded Schools under an efflci ;nt
corp of teachers, Sl2O 600 invested In banking
institutions, excellent hotel, some OF the
handsomest and largest business establish
ments In the State. she receives more cotton
ann nuully than any point between Anderson
and Columbia, she has hundreds OF handsome
residences, and buildings are steadily going
furnished for them by two well equipped lum-
ber mills.
Are you an investor? Are you business
man? Are you professional man Are you
your field Of practice? Do you want to ma AXE
a sound investment? Do you wish more lu-
crative employment? Above all do you wish
home?
Then come to the Gate City Of the Piedmont
and cast your lot with her progress and pros
periiy. Listen 10 hard, cold facts. To obtain
The promptest return for your investments
you must look elsewhere than to the larger
cities. Rather seek o new place which by vir-
tue Of Its situation and natural advantages
cannot fail To grow TO large reportions. Starr
with such town and participate In It's
triumps. There is no place in the whole
South that can offer greater induceme ents to
every class OF industry than Greenwood.
WHY? Because for many years to come the
New South will he the field whereon the
mighty commercial forces OF the country will
engage. Every one is familiar with the rapid
strides made by this section in the last de-
cade. yet, but n step has been taken, only a
foundation laid. From henceforth the pro-
gress will be greater still. Do you desire to
share these benefits and profits? Then Invest
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Some Reasons for Unanswered Pray
BIZ Mrs. e. L. Johnson.


WHY, after years of crying and suff
ering for the deliverance promised in
Gods word, does that deliverance tar
ry? When the God of love is my
Father, and an obedient child, why
do [ droop and perish for what is un-
der His very hand? Does He not
love me? Has He forgotten me? Is
He ignorant of my needs?
There is time in the life of every
Christian when these questions,
though perhaps in more subtitle
form, will present themselves for solu-
ton. The Bible and the experience
of life have solutions for these ques-
tions. God Himself, in human form,
was made perfect through suffering.
"Whom the Lord loveth He chasten-
eth, and purgeth every son whom He
receiveth. Behold, happy is the man
whom God correcteth ; therefore, de-
spise not thou the Christening of the
Almighty - "For He maketh sore,
and bindeth up; He woundeth, and
His hands maketh whole ;" that He
may deliver thee from all thy troubles !;
from famine, death, war; and that
thou mayest live in peace and sin not /;
that thy seed may be blessed and thy
life full. =
1t is only through privation and
suffering, God can teach us some of
the lessons most necessary for our hap
piness. 1t is the pressure of the new
leaf that pushes off the old one. 1t is
the pressure Of affliction that pushes
aside useless desires and, driving us to
God, makes US live in Him. In Him
is light and life and love. That is
what we are all crying for, is it not?
Often the blessings we daily. hourly
ask Him for are within our own reach,
but we do not see them.
Like Stanley and his troops in Afri-
ca, we famish for food on the banks OF
q river swarming with fish. Is God to
blame for this?
T call to mind a woman who pray.
ed fifty years for the conversion of her
sons, but she was so taken up in doing
what she had chosen as duties that
she neglected to cultivate those lovely
virtues that would have made her
children think their mothers religion
the sweetest thing in the world, and
they would have wished that they
could be like her. That mother lived
to see both her sons fill drunkards'
graves, and yet the promise was to her
and her children if she had fulfilled
her part.
If we do not fulfill our part Of every
promise given us, need We expect the
Lord to be persuaded by our much
speaking into doing His part before
ours is done?
What we SOW we reap, and we must
be prepared to wait for our harvest.
Our Master suffered and waited for
His. AS He was, 80 are we to be. He
was not understood or appreciated, for
He was "a man of sorrows, and ac-
quainted with grief" We cannot eN-
pect to be higher than our Lord.
Here are three reasons why our
prayers are not answered.:
/. We ask what is not promis-
ed.
2. We are first to be mBde perfect
through suffering.
8. We do not fulfill our part of the
promise.
Will we not do we'll to make this
our own? "Cast not away therefore
your confidence, which hath great re-
compense Of reward. For ye need
have patience, that, after We have done
the will of God ye might receive the
promise" (Heb. X, 35, 36).
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NEW YEAR RULES For EVERY
BoDY.-Rev. Charles Simeon. the dis
tinguished preacher of the English
Church, once said that the more he
tried, the more he felt the Importance
of adhering to the following
rules =:
To hear as little as possible what is
to the prejudice of others.
To believe nothing of the kind till 1
am absolutely forced tit.
Not to drink in the spirit of one
who circulates All i'll report.
Always to moderate, as far as [ can
the unkindnees, which is unkindness
towards others.
Always to believe, that if the other
side were heard, Il very different ac-
count would he given of the mat
ter
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A minister's little daughter, who
had been to church for the first time
and heard her father preach, was
questioned by him on reaching home
as to how she liked his sermon. There
was an embarrassed silence then the
little maid, tired out with the long
strain of "being good" and yet anX.
ious not to offend, made answer, with
q long-drawn breath of patient resigna-
ton. "You preached awful long,
papa: but beared it,"
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He was a candidate, and limb of
the law. Whilst canuassing he was
treated to the following-Mr. Candi-
date knocking at the door where the
wife appears)-Is your husband in?
NVife-No sir; but I know what you
want. My husband is sure to vote
for YOU, because you got him off for
stealing that gun. mo, no; alleged
stealing of the gum" "Alleged be
bathered! We've got the gun in the
bouse nOW.U
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BE sure to take from the udder every
drop, of milk that the cow gives. Ma
ture responds to demand. If you DO
not demand all the milk she will shrink
the mess accordingly. She will not
work for nothing. Call on her for ev-
cry drop and she will keep up the flow.
She is generous to our needs when
manifested, but quick to take
advantage of our neglect. Milk clean.
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The Arbitration Cause.
TUNE :-"duId Lana SINE"


Come. brother, reach IRE forth thy hand,
And take my hand In thine,
One bond hath made 0nr hearts akin,
And shall our lives entwine.
This bond creates In fellow-mcn
Not strife nor enmity,
But high and low, and rich and poor,
One grand fraternity.
CHORUS.
Then while we work and while we oat,
And while we seek repose,
Our hope, our strength, our lie shall be
The Arbitration cause.
The "milk and honey" of the land
Is lab0r's own reward.
And nature offers gifts to men
Who Natures laws regard.
Her voice proclaims-in everything
Essential, Unity;
In doubling things, full Liberty.
In oil things, Charity.
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Go cd Advice 70 John and Jane.

"Now, John,n said a mother to son,
"listen to me, for am older than you,
or I could not haveb been your mother.
Never marry young woman, john,
before YOU have contrived to peep in
at the house where she lives, at least
four or five times before breakfast.
You should know how late she lies in
the bed in the morning. You should
take notice whether her complexion is
in the morning as it Is the evening, or
whether the morning wash and the
towel have robbed her of her evening
bloom. You should take care to sur
prise her, 80 that you may see her in
her morning dress, and observe how
her hair looks when she is not expect
ing you. If possible, you should be
where you can hear the morning con-
versation between her and her mother.
IF she is ill-natured or snappish to her
mother, SO she will.be to you, depend
on it. But if you find her up, and
dressed neatly, in the morning, with
the same countenance, the same
smiles, the same neatly coined hair, the
same ready and pleasant answer to her
mother, which characterize her appear
ance and department in the evening,
and particularly if she is lending a
hand to get the breakfast ready, she Is
a prize, John, and the sooner you Sc
cure her to yourself the better"
This is very good advice to John;
and as for Jane, if she is wise. she will
be quite as careful to find out where
the young man spends his evenings,
what company he keeps, how late ne
stays out nights, and how he looks and
acts in the morning; how he speaks of
his father and to his mother, how he
treats his sisters and other mems sis
ters, and then if all is satisfactory she
will not regret that she looked before
she leaped.-Selected.
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Theophrastus Such.

In the hippopotamus the eyes, ears
and nostrils set exactly on the plane
This enables the animal to sink Its
body entirely below the surface of the
water and yet be able to perceive the
approach of foes by hearing, sightan
scent.
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ENDoRsING.--The system of endors-
ing is all wrong, and should be utter
ly abolished. 1t has been the finan-
cial ruin of more men than, perhaps,
all other causes. Bookkeeping, a jour.
nal devoted TO merchants, clerks and
business men, advises our young men
especially to study the matter care
fully in all IFS bearings, then adopt
some settled policy tt govern their
conduct, so as 10 be ready to answer
the man who asks the them to sign
his note. What responsibility does
one assume when he endorses note?
Simply this: He is held for the pay
ment of the amount in full, principal
and interest, if the maker OF the note,
through misfortune, mismanagement,
or rascality, fails to payit, Notice, the
endorser assumes all this responsi-
bility, with no voice in the manage
ment of the business and no share In
the profits of the transaction, If it
proves profitable; but with q certainty
of loss if, for any of the reason stated,
the principal fails to pay the note.
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CHAPPED HANds.-One fourth ounc'

CHAPPED HANds.-One fourth ounce
of spirits camphor, one-fourth ounce
one-half ounce Of bay-rum,
and three ounces witch hazel. Apply
Immediately aJter each washing and
drying of the hands, and do not wipe
the hands after applying the lotion, as
it is readily absorbed. After riding IN
the wind, apply the lhtion to the face
and it will relieve the dissagreeable
smarting of the lips and cheeks.
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am really at the point of finding
that this world would be worth living
in without any lot of ones own. Is it
not possible for me to enjoy the seem
ery of the earth without saying to
myself. have a cabbage gardeD in
Theophrastus Such,
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SCHOOL NOTICE.

4 LII PERSONS HAVING BUSINESS
n with the School Commissioner, will
find him In his office, all public days and
every Saturday In each month nearest the
middle OF the month. during the present year
for the purpose OF registering claims; &c.
Abbeville County.
Eah A 1901 tf
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consequences.

"If could only live that year over
again, how differently I would conduct
myself" ..,... ..
So said an almost broken-spirited
mother as she was discussing with a
friend the best way of governing and
training her daughter Alice. This
daughter was "a hard case"-self-will-
ed, selfish, unmanagable at times, un-
loving, yet remarkable beauty, of some
very winning ways.
at was this way" the mother went
on. my husband was hardly started
in his profession, our income was very
narrow, my boy was still mere baby,
and the prospect of additional care and
expense was uncomfortable. I was at
war with my surroundings, with my
self, with God. I dared not literally
break the sixth commandment, but in
my heart I broke it every day. Alice
is the incarnation Of my state Of mind
at that time. And the worst thing
about it is that when she is in one OF
her unhappy moods she induces the
same condition in me, and / am so oc-
cupied with controlling myself that /
am in no case to do the best thing by
her. keep saying to myself: If you
had only submitted cheerfnlly to the
will ofGod, every thing woul Id have
been different. Alice might have
been lovely child, ..and as much a
comfort to you as she is now q trial.
Now you must submit to these conse-
quences of your own folly, and turn
them, if possible, into the nutriment
of virtue.'
"Then am so sorry for Alice, and
study over the problem continually
how to turn the baleful influences that
went into her makeup into means OF
growth in her of goodness and useful.
ness. I cultivate the best traits in her
character, and never stir up the evil
ones if I can help it. She has i'm
mense energy, and keep her occupied
with what she likes to do, and make
her like to do for rewards to follow
what she otherwise might be averse to
doing. Since she experinced religion
in our revival last winter sheis quite
manageable, but at times she has hard
battles with herself and with every
thing and every body that come in
her way. !:
"If 1 could live chat year over again!
I wish every young mother could
have the benefit of my experience, and
7 am sure she would take pains to cul-
tivate such spirit and such traits OF
character and disposition as she would
wish to live with herself during life,
and see reproduced in her children"
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Ringworms washed two or three
times day in strong solution of bo-
raX and water and busted over with
the powder will sooE disappear.
Household Hints.-Before cutting
very rich cake dip the knife in hot wa
ter and you will have no crumbs.
Keep plenty of chloride Of lime a.
round the house during humid spell.
1t will keep the air dry and pure.
ALPS we'll that ends we'll, of course.
The trouble is that so many things
end the other way.
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Mrs, Brown-"My baby is the pref
TEST in town." Mrs Black-'W by
what q coincidence! So is minew
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GExcept the exercise. the best rem
edy is the quinine. preceding it by a
hot foot bath, and following the bath
by q glass of hot lemonade.
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The Abbeville Land, Loan and
Improvement Company.

IN ACCORDANCE with Commission o.
/ Secretary of State ]. O. Marshall directed
to the undersigned Board Of Corporators Q
the ABBEVILLE LAND, LOAN AND I'M
PROVEMENT COMPANY
Notice is hereby given that the books o.
subscription of said company will be open al
the office of ]. ALLEN SMITH, President, on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9Th inst, at the
Abbeville National Bank.
]. ALLEN SMITH.
w. C. MCGOWAN,
P. ROSENBERG,
AUG. w. SMITH,
y E. A. TEMPLETON,
r. M. HADDON,
r. P. COTHRAN. 49,.
Board of Corporators.
Abbeyille, 8. c., Feb. 5 1891.
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DY virtue of the power invested in me as
D executor of Mrs. l.. J. Merriman. deceas.
ed, will on the goth day Of January, 1892, sell
at public auction the following real estate, TO
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DENTAL NOTICE.

DR.. S. G. Thomson,
OFFICE UPSTAIRS ON McILWAIN
Abbeville. 8. G, March %. 1891. IT
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THIRTY ACRES,

more or less, being and lying within the linn
its OF the town OF Greenwood, said property
being divided into two town lots, with one
building. Also tract Of
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Ninety-Fi7e and one-half Acres,

In Old Greenwood, the same being divided In
to "a lots or parcels aud known az the Nickel
lar land, bounded by property OF Francis
Arnold, B. +. Yoe and others.
All of this property has been divided Into
lots suitable for building purposes, plats OF
which will be exhibited on day of sale, and
will be sold without reserve on the day men
toned, on the following terms: One-third
cash and the remainder within twelve months
at per cent. interest.