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must have proved rather useful in
wringing money from nervous people
afraid of the man exerting his power
against them. His mistake was to use
it to the detriment of his partner in
crime. 1t was his pursuit of Miss
Gavin, or Mrs. Robin Macpherson, as
she is now, which raised the jealousy
of an Unbalanced mind, and made the
woman go to his cabin and stab him
Immediately she recovered from the
swoon into which she had been thrown
by hearing the conversation to which
too played eavesdropper."
"But what made Miss Gavin accuse
herself of the crime?" could not help
asking.
'That was the result of most re-
markable coincidence" explained the
home specialist. 81 left Miss Gavin,
you know, imagining that Lyas was
about to kill her lover by his will
power. After the experiment in the
morning she never doubted his ability
to do SO. Suddenly it came TO her as an
inspiration that her will might be
stronger than the professors, that If she
concentrated her mind on killing him
she might be able to save her lovers
life. At the end of her effort some
body rushed on deck with the news Of
Lyas' death-a coincidence which would
be too remarkable for story"
bennett only had one more point to
settle.
II do not see what this has to do
really with the subject on which | was
speaking" he said, and the doctor oa!y'
smiled his quiet smile. Pail Mall IN :
get
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-01-15

DEPOSTTO GENERAL. para
Eco FIDEL en- las Duenas Botloas
Coanoo Lares Arecibo Adjuntas Utuado denas Bot
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sOMgRERO ) De PANAMA. Hernaiz
" Ompa ala par pan a Sus cllenteS y al
g mercio en- gene al que han recibido nue.
v mente un lr5irlo de. SONBREROS DE
CATACAOS, reeomendando d los que me-
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Heaven Is Place.a

Heaven is state and also q place.
and ultimately it will be more distinct
ly a place. Christ went away in the
body, and a body must have a place
and He went away to prepare place
for us, not as spirits, but as body, soul
and spirit. When the child Of God
dies, where does he go? Absent from
the body, present with the Lord.
Christ did not die for the spirit alone,
but for the body also and He means
to have place for the individuality of
the believer that he may be where He
is. This makes the ultimate heaven
no longer merely spiritual place, for
it is as truly place as this earth is a
place.
There will be a place for spirits if
spirits want a place but He has gone
to prepare place for us as body and
spirit. Christ will come again in
ir the body in which He went away.
and our bodies, too will rise again
from the dust. Christ will come again
as man to fetch us, and we shall lie
presented to Him in all the perfection
of manhood. The sweetest idea of
heaven is that we shall be with Christ,
shall see Him, and shall be made par
takers of His glory forever and ever
SpurgeOn.
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iRlchmond Christian Advocate.)

The old preachers set great store by
the doctrine of repentance. They
rated high the Gospel plowman who
excelled in subsoiling. Rejoicing in
powerful conversions, they watched
anxiously for signs of powerful con-
viclious. They were encouraged sby
strong crying and tears and agonizings
of soul. They were not oyer anxious
to lead a sinner to Christ until he could
come all broken up because of the sins
he had committed against his Lord.
Perhaps they sometimes insisted on
too much, but our present concern is
that to-day we are insisting on too lit
tie. Certainly, we hear little of repent
our fathers understood it
nowadays. There is popular doc.
trine of "auit your meanness," which
around under the name
of repentance, but it is not repentance.
The fact that the robbers on the
Jericho road "quit their meanness"
when their victim was only half dead
is no evidence that they repented.
One of the most serious obstacles to
the progress of the Church to-day Is
the large and growing class of mem-
btrs in it who simply "quit their
meanness" and gave their hand 10 the
preacher, with the determination that
if the Lord would not mention the past,
they wouldn't either.
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Ifaman is false to the feeblest con-
viction that lie has in regard 20 the
smallest duty, he is worse man all
over ever after. We cannot neglect any
conviction of what we ought to do
without lowering the whole tone of
our characters and laying ourselves
open to assaults of evil from which we
would once have turned, shuddering
and disguised. A partial thaw is gen.
orally followed by intenser frost. An
abortive insurrection is sure to issue to
in more grinding tyranny. n soul
half melted and then cooled off is less
easy to melt than it was before. And
so, dear brethren, remember this that
if you do not swiftly and fully carry
into life and conduct whatsoever you
know you ought to he or do, you CAN
not set limit to what, some time or
other, ifa strong and sudden tempta-
ton is sprung upon you, you may be-
come. SIS thy servant dog, that he
should do this thing?" Yes! But he
did it. No mortal reaches the extreme
of evil all at once, says the wise old
proverb and the path by which Il man
is let down into the depths which he
never thought it was possible that he
should traverse, is by the continual
neglect of the small admonitions of
conscience. Neglected convictions
mean, sooner or later, an outbuEst OF
evil.-McClaren.
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Points In Grammar.

General Ogle, a member of tine
Pennsylvania Assemly, had been
deputed to compose all address to the
newly. elected President, Andrew
Jackson. When the bluff old warrior
submitted his document TO the House,
Il dapper little fellow from Philadel-
phia observed : pardon ME, General.
/ hesitate about making any sugges-
ton TO so distinguished all individual,
but cannot refrain from saying that
it is customary with cultured letter
writers TO write the first personal pro-
noun with capital H. instead of a
small '1,"
General Ogle returned a look of
Scorn.
Sir" said he. "when | write to SO
great a man as Gen. Andrew Jackson,
Democratic President of the United
States, abase myself,-I abase myself,
sir; use as small an ii" as can
put upon paper. But, sir, if ever !
should have to write to a little snipe
like you, | should use all I,' sir, that
would fill two pages of foolscap. ."-lhe
Watchword.
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Church CllOirS.

II is marvellous that church choirs
develop jealousies, and take liberties in
the sanctuary that would not be tolera-
ted i'm others. 1t is even more marvel
ous that churches will suffer the irreli-
Gus and worldly to do the singing of
the sanctuary. 1t is a travesty that
borders on sacrilege to have the hymns
of the church sung by those who are
utterly indifferent to the sacred teach
ings they contain. The ambition to
fill the church with people who care
nothing for religion. and would not
come except for the music Of an esthe-
tic and worldly choir cannot be com
mended as wise. We are not opposed
to church choirs. We favor them, en-
dorse them; but we are not in favor of
employing worldlyminded and goddess
singers. 1t is shameless inconsistent
cy. Better he without a choir than
have one that misbehaves in the
church and has no respect for religion.
We would have no choir singers who
are not professed Christians. We
would insist on dismissing any men,
Der of choir whose behavior brought
discredit upon the church. We would
promptly discourage all selections that
were not consistent with the spirit of
religious service. We would insist up
on all the people taking an earnest
part in the song service Of the church.
When singers get jealous of each 9TH
er we would invite them to the mourn
ers' bench to reconcile their differences
and insist on their getting religion
Methodist Protestant.
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The Blessing nt the Table.

The blessing at the table has much
to commend 1.-THE example of Christ,
the necessity of cultivating household
religion, and the sense Of gratitude for
mercies received. 1t is small fea-
ture of our domestic life, though en-
tering potentially into it. In many
households it is omitted altogether,
either from ditlidence or Indifference,
except when visiting minister is be-
ing entertained. Around some tables
it is a form injected irreverently into
the clatter of dishes and the chatter of
tongues, u sort OF empty phrase which
propriety demanuS. Sometimes with
an excess of zeal it becomes long
drawn-out petition testing the nerves
land the necks) of the little ones.
Many seeing the abuse of this ordln-
ance have been led to ask what good it
does. Do we say it lest otherwise there
may be death in the pot" DO we
utter it as a pietistic formula? What
do we mean by ''asking the blessing"
TO say "grace at the table," then, is,
in word, momentary turning of the
spirit heavenward in prayer and praise.
1t means, first of all, thankfulness for
the mercies spread before us. and for
the unnumbered benefits of which
they are the representative. 1t means
Il fresh emphasis Of the truth, which
we are prone TO forget, that all our
blessings IS flow from the goodness of
God" and are designed to lead us to
repentance" 1t means the ceaseless
recognition of the fact that the
strength which our "daily bread" af-
fords should be spent in service for the
kingdom. 1t means that the Chris
tian would see in the provision of bread
statedly supplied constant reminder
of the "true Bread" 1t means the
earnest petition that in everything we
do, "whAther we eat or drink" we
may glorify God. 1t means renewed
affirmation that We believe in the
duty, dignity and tine potency of
family religion. Ought not an ordin
ance that suggests all this to be earnest
ly and heartily enshrined in Christian
homes
Practically word. Four essential
principles should regulate our manner
of "giving of thanks" at the table-sin-
cerity, brevity, variety on the part of
those who ask the blessing and unity
of sentiment on the part OF all who are
present. The last may be secured i'm
pressively by the general response
"Amen" at the close of the uttered
prayer. AS for variety-an Important
thing to seek-this may be obtained in
many ways. The contents as well as
the form of the prayer may be chang
ed. The blessing may be asked silent
Iy, as the friends do who simply bow
the heads in quiet petition, or it may
be said in concert, or it may be sung
with fine effect. If one acts for all in
in saying grace, it need not always be
the same person who voices the gener-
al thanksgiving. The consecrated in
genuity of the readers of this article
will devise other ways, if necessary, in
which to vary the manner of asking
the blessing"
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What Can the Little Ones DO I?

A great many entertain the idea that
the little ones can do nothing toward
saving the world. That is as great a
mistake as to think that they cannot
accept Christ until they are grown.
In one of my children's meetings |
requested each one whose papa was
not Christian to 60 home and to put
his arms about his neck, and ask him
to become Christian, and have fami-
ly prayers. Several little hands went
up in response to the request but
many of the older people supposed it
only children's play.
Two or three nights afterward man
came forward, completely broken
down with his burden of sin, and was
happily converted. In relating his eX'
perience as to what brought him to
Christ, he said that his little boy came
home from that children's meeting,
climbed on his knee, and with his lit
tie arms about his neck, said, Papa,
won't you be q Christian, too"'
"That, )" said he, "broke my stubborn
heart, and I yielded" "Who hath
despised the day of small things =,
(Zechariah iv., l0.)-The Watchword.
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by Degrees.

Webb, the celebrated walker who
was remarkable for vigor of body and
mind, drank nothing but water. He
was ore day recommending his regi-
men to friend who loved wine, and
urged him with great earnestness to
quit course of luxury by which his
health and talent would he equally de-
stroyed. The gentleman was quite
convinced, and told him that though
he thought he could not change his
course Of habit all at once, he would
leave off strong liquors by degrees.
"By degreesw exclaimed Webb with
Indignation. "If you should unhappi-
ly fall into the fire, would you caution
your servants to pull you out by de-
preeS Y'
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A Great Milknlan.

Berlin has a great milkman of whom
an interesting account is given in the
Chautauquan. Fourteen years ago
Herr Bolle, Il poor German peasant,
came to Berlin with two cows and be-
gan selling pure milk. He met with
success at once, and today his establish
ment is the largest in Berlin and one
of the largest in the world. His carts
are greeted familiarly by the people,
"Here comes Bolle." One thousand
men and sixty women are employed
by him. In the place of two wagons
. there are now two hundred and one
hundred and fifty horses.
The milk of fifteen hundred cows is
used, from sixty to seventy thousand
liters being delivered daily. In his
buildings and grounds the most im.
maculate cleanliness prevails. In one
department the milk is sterilZed, in
another the pure sugar is extracted, to
he used for babies food. So great is
the care, that a baby who begins with
either morning, noon, or evening milk,
receives the same always-every one OF
the innumerable customers receiving
individual care.
The milk is poured into compart,
mentS of the spotless carts, which are
then locked, and the milk drawn of
through faucets, to prevent the pos
sibility of adulteration by any dishon-
est carrier.
The scrupulous care extends even to
the homes of the employees, for whom
nurses are provided in illness, while
schools, halls, fresh-air funds and sc
on, are organized and sustained by the
wise fore-thought and benevolence oi
Herr Bolle. The very clothes worn by
employees are washed in model laun'
dry on the grounds.
Herr Bolle is now more than eighty
. years old, Il very short, white haired
man. His whole success has been
owing so the same honest and clear,
headedness which led him, a poor
peasant, to take his cows to the great
capital of Germany and sell "pure
milk" in defiance of establised CUSTOM
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Hard Times-Its Cause and Remedy.

No sane man can deny that, as a
Nation, we are in bad way-general
depression, in business, great financial
stringency, vast numbers of our peo-
pie without the necessaries of, life to
say nothing of the luXuries. AZ
State the outlook is extremely gloomy.
Dark clouds hover over us. "What
shall we do? il heard on every
hand. AS a denomination, we have
been hard pressed and still the work
Is far short of the demand. Our boards
are all in debt, the great mass of our
rural population are hard pressed to
live ; before us perhaps smaller con-
tributions for the next year. The out
look is gloomy. What shall we do:
We can't retreat.
Why is all this? In one word, sin.
What is the remedy? Confess our
sins and turn to the Lord humbly re-
pent and beg forgiveness. Then the
scales will turn. The Lord knows
how to deliver his people.
REMEDY.
Now, Bro. Editor, all our Union
meetings will comence on the 5th
Lords day in June and Saturday be-
fore. For one day, say Saturday, let
us lay aside worldly business, go to
these meetings, not feast from we'll
filled baskets, but to humble ourselves,
spend one day i'm fasting and prayer to
our Heavenly Father that he would
lift the dark clouds which hover over
us, send peace to our State, prosperity
to our nation, and joy to the hearts of
his children, for he knows how to de-
liver from trouble and in ali times of
trouble. Let all our churches observe
the day. Will our Methods and
Presbyterian brethren and all other
Christians join with us? So shall the
rule and government Of heaven be re-
cognized, God honored and the peo-
pie blessed and all our hearts made
glad in the Lord. So mote it he.
Amen.-J. r. f., in Baptist Courier.
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ado not expect immediate resuls.
Immediate results are not worth work
ing for. History is long, and it is
slow; but the clock keeps ticking and
the brook keeps flowing. DO some
thing, and do it on Il straight line, and
if you do not last to finish it, God will
top it out or get somebody to. Very
likely your own inspired life and in
spring activity will be just the in
tiuence that will create the discipleship
and take up the work where, at death,
you lay it down, and carry toward
completion the enterprise which you
|inauguated."
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To marry your ideal woman may be
all very well, but you will have to
live with real one. Good health, a
good disposition, industrious habits.
and prudent management will do
more to insure your conjugal happi-
ness than all the sentimental excel
lencies in the realm Of imagination.
Young man, instead of spending
hours in picturing an ideal, make your
own disposition agreeable, your own
manners gentle and refined, studying
to correct all conceit, and thus fitting
yourself to make an honest and virtn-
Gus woman happy.
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NV Mothers Hands.

HY REV. w. W. HEBERTnS.
o hands that tended mo.
In youths unconscious day,
Thn, gently held my helpless form.
And smOothrd my aches away.
Yol'ra cnarlcd and knOtted now.
By pain ; unhallowcd touch.
But grace and beauty still adUIn
The hands love so much.
These pale and wrinklcd hands.
Which once were sult and fair.
Have lost the grace Of former years
Through weary pain and care.
But vet these hands To- me.
With beauty rare still shine.
In that sweet. hallowed inward liSht.
Akin to things divine.
Some day-t'wiil not be long.
These hands So marred 10y pain.
To outward form and lnvrlincss
Will sure return again.
When in triumphant joy.
And perfect strength again.
They'll minister to Christ the L"rd
With all the heavenly train.
The PreSbWfcrid
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Betwsen Atlnnta and Charleston.

Trains Nos. 402 and 403 are solid vestibue trains
with Pullman Buffet sleeping cars between Atlanta
End Washington, through sleeprrs between Monroe
ard Portsmouth, Va; Pullman Bnfct parl"r cars
between Washington ard New York; sIrrpirg cars
between Chnll"lt,. and inn.ion. Trnihs Mos IS
and IL, solid hrlwrrn 4 tanrn and Nn field, c'r yin.
Pullman sleeping atac rl. rLaking direct e"rrrtI"n
ut Wetlun with Atlantic Coast Line for Washington
and New York unh all points north and east n Nor
folk with s'caincrs fur Wahngi"n. Bay Line of Bal.
timure Old DnInIniun for New York. Trains 81 and
As, solid trains between Atlanta and Columbia, with
through coaches for Charleston. Tickets for sale at
union depot at the companys ticket oilicr, at No.
Kimbal House.
JOHN Ii. WINDER, Gen. Mangr.
r. j. ANDERSON, Gen. Pass. Agt
+. J. WALKED, City Pass. and Ticket Agt
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True repentance consists in the heart
being broken for sin and broken from
sin. Some often repent, yet never
reform they resemble man travel
ing in a dangerous path, who fire.
quentIy starts and stops, hut never
turns back,
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Twenty Dollars Reward fOr fears o'

Twenty Dollars Reward for Years OF
She was tall. spare woman, sallow
of coloring, lusterless Of eye, with
STOPPING shoulders, and hard, gnarled
hands. For forty years she had been
the wife of the man who sat beside her
in the lawyers office, and those forty
wears had been spent in the hard man.
ual labor the perennial baking and brew
ing, the almost ceaselesS round OF toll
that belongs to the lot of farmers
wives. =,
Their Joint home had been small
acreage of land in Western Pennsyl-
van;a, which had been hardly reclaim
ed from the wilderness, but which now,
in the light of some recent coal find
inps. had become valuable and salable
property. 1t was to execute such a
deed of sale that the two had come to
the attorneys office, and they waited
passively and quietly while the law
yer's clerk prepared it.
Presently it was ready, and, true to
the custom of their married life, 1T was
father who first took the pen, and,
with much labor and pains, produced
his signature.
Then "mothern was asked to put her
name on the proper line, and place
was made for her at the office desk.
But she did not move. Her hands
fumbled nervously, and she cleared
her throat of some choking emotion:
Before I sign that paper" she said,
and her voice grew steady and firm, II
want to know what my shares to be-
I've worked as hard as father all these
wears on the farm, and I've pinched
and managed and earned whatever's
to be paid for it as much as he, and |
want set sum that's all mine, and
1 can hold in my own hands and have
belong to me alone"
Husband and lawyer were both
amazed at this outburst but her man
ner indicated so much resolution be-
hind it that the legal man proposed at
once not to combat her, but to accede
to her request. In a conciliatory
speech he acknowledged the reason
ableness of her demand, aud wished to
know what she would consider fair
estimate of her share, her husband sit
ting by dazed and speechless at this
most unexpected turn of affairs.
The woman did not hesitate.
81 thought of that, too," she said.
"It's been forty years-a good forty
years-for we took the farm in the fall,
and this is spring, and it seems to me
-" her voice broke little at this crit
ical moment, lit seems to me-" she re-
peated, "as if ought to have twenty
dollars"
This is true story of recent hap
pening.-Northwest Christian Ad-
VOcate.
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First lady 81 saw your husband
meet you Oh Fulton Street yesterday,
and l noticed that he removed his hat
while speaking to you. / admired
him for it. Very few men do that" !"
Second lady: II remember. / told
him in the morning to have his hair
cut, and he WAS showing me that he
hal oheyed."
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$50 d. III. train connects at Greenwood for Wahalla
and all points on SeahOard Air Line and Columbia
and Greenvillc Railways.
For any information relative to tickets rates. sched
ules, ETC., address
WI CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent,
K. l.. TODD, Travelling Passenger Agent.
Augusta. Ga
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When the School Commissioner
will he in his Office,

WILL BE IN THE SCHOOL Commis ission-
l. ers office on Saturdays. except the lst Sat
urday in each month, and also on Saedays
and other public days during the present fis-
cal year, for the purpose of transacting the
business Of the office. w. 4. MILFORD,
Jan. 25, 1895. School Commissioner A. c.
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So live with men as considering al
ways that God sees thee SO pray to
G cd rs if every man heard thee. DO
nothing which thou wouldSi not have
God see done.
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BOARD DIRECTORS.
A bbpyiile. \. C.. Feb, Is, 1SgJ,

Abbeviile, :. c.. Feb. IS, lShj.
Mr.. ]. r. Blake, Jr., Treas. +. NJ. Il. a. y. G..
Dear Sir-Please accept otff. thanks for check
of 500 to cover recent loss Of our dwellings by
fire. For cheapness and safely we cheeriully
commend the Farmers Mutual Fire Associa-
ton of Abbeville County TO all wha desire In
suranrr on their property.
EDWARD Rc4'llE.
T.. ". ASHLEY.