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Whenever I hear of an unselfish
act, a Grave, heroic deed, l want my
lads and lasses to know about it, so let
me now tell them of what occurred
near Columbia few weeks ago. You
all know what a terrible thing a mad
dog is, and what an awful death
generally follows his bite. Well, one
day in last August, on farm at
Eastover, colored woman, about eigh-
teen or twenty years of age, was busy
pulling fodder, and looking down
the field she saw dog coming straight
toward her. She also saw that he was
mad, and that there was no escape
for her. What do you suppose that
she did? She met him rs he came,
and as he sprang upon her and bit her
she caught him in her strong arms,
thrust ner fist into his mouth, anC,
though he was chewing her hand,
carried him to block where she cut
off his head with an AK. She said to
the physician who attended her, and
who gave these facts to friend of
mine who gave them to me: doctor,
when saw him coming I determined
that he should never bite anybody
else" Two months later she died OF
hydrophobia. Was not this ignorant
colored woman heroine?
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Rancid Butter.

Cne of The principal causes of butter
becoming rancid is the buttermilk
contained in it. If butter be churned
until CON pacted, no amount of wash
ing will rid it of all the milk. 1t is,
therefore, important that churning
cease while the butter is in granuia-
ted state. 1t can then be washed
paratively free of butter milk. 1t
is a good plan to draw off the butter
milk and fill in sufficient cold water to
float the granules, agitate it slightly
and draw off. Repeat until the water
is no longer discolored, 1t is we'll to
salt the butter slightly before begin
ming to wash it, as it will aid the
operation. Some suppose that all the
butter will not be separated from
the cream if the churning be stopped
when the butter is yet in granular
state, but if the milk drawn off be re,
churned it will be found to yield moth
ing. Butter treated in this manner
will require only sufficient working
to thoroughly distribute the salt, and
thus the grain" of the butter is
preserved and its keeping qualities
much improved.
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A Word 10 the BOYS.

If you have anything to do, do it
at once. DON'T sit down in the rocking
chair and lose three-quarters ofan hour
in dreading the job. Be sure that it
will seem 10 times harder than it did
at first. Keep this motto: Be on time
In small things as we'll as great things.
Habit is everything. The boy who is
behind time at breakfast and at school
will be sure to get "left" in the import
ant things in life. If you have chronic
ha6it of dreading and putting off things
make great effort to cure yourself.
Brace up! Make up your mind that
you VIII have some backbone. Depend
upon it, that life is very much as
you make it. The first thing to decide
ia, what are you going to make it. The
next thing is to take off your coat
and 60 10 work. Make yourself
necessary somewhere. There are thou.
sands of boys and young men in the
world who wouldn't be missed Il
they were dropped out tomorrow
Don't be one of this sort. Be power
in your own little world, and ther
depend upon it, the big world will
hear from you. Q
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Cleanliness In Food.

An onion fed to growing fowl, viii
in 10 days time, effect the flavor of Its
flesh. 1t is unreasonable 70 suppose
that the filthy barnyard pool, from
which many a goodly flock is obliged
to drink, will affect it any the less.
The quality of the feed will make
the quality of the meat and it is not
unreasonable to suppose that disease
and ill health may be contracted from
this source. Let us be careful, then,
that we supply none but healthful and
nutritious food to our feathered friends.
This proposition implies more than
may be at first realized. 1t means that
no more soft stuffs such as bran, cooked
kitchen scraps and the like, may be
fed, unless upon clear boards. and
then IN sparing quantities. The drink
ing water must be carefully looked to.
as also the quality and character of all
other foods given. Exercise must be
promoted in all ways possible and
a good standard of cleanliness be rigor-
ously maintained in all their surround
ings. If this be conscientiously done
success will surely follow.
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THE DOCTOR.
He Does More Charity Work Than
Any Man in the Community.

Perhaps there is no man of any
profession who does more charitable
work, says less about it, and receives
more abuse and less sympathy for the
hardships he endures and undergoes
than the doctor. His life is hard one
and he experiences very little OF the
pleasures and pastimes of life
experienced by men in other profess
ions and pursuits. He is almost
constantly in demand and on the 60,
in all kinds of weather, at all hours
of the day and night, travels the
the toughest roads and often endures
privations and receives the scantiest
fare imaginable. Often he is called to
leave his home just as he is calculating
on a few hours rest, to hasten miles
away through storm and darkness
to visit suffering patient although ne
knows he will never receive a cent lor
it. The charitable practice a doctor
does in the course of year, II compu,-
ed in dollars and cents, would astohlsl
almost any average citizen. worn out
and wearied with constant work anu
care and watching at the BEDSIDE OF
sickness, if he fails to respond to
another call as promptly as some
anxious friend desires, he is grumbled
at, and very often when a patient dies
he is blamed for it and charged with
being negligent, or ignorant of his
duties, or with making fatal mistake
in administering medicine, and he
is held responsible for circumstances
entirely beyond his, or even human
control. The doctor is the confidant of
his whole neighborhood and knows
more of the secret faults of his neigh
bors than any man living, and ne is
the last man in the world to expose
them, o matter how poor and humble
his patients may be. Not one doctor
in a hundred will reveal the secrets of
his practice, although if he were to do
so he could raise great sensations very
often where they are least suspected.
The world produces no horses more
noble and self-sacrificing than doctors
often prove themselves to be, though
there is less recognition of it by the
world than of almost any other
class of people. In epidenics OF
contagious diseases of the most danger
Gus types, the doctor. often exposes
his life for humanity's sake and
unflinchingly meets death in combat
ing disease, and trying to save others.
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How to Make Mother Happy.

"Why, mother, how bright and
cheerful you look tonight! What has
/ ,pened ?"
II feel very happy, my dear, because
my little boy has really tried TO be
good all day. Once, when his sister
leased him, and he spoke quickly
and Grossly to her, he turned around a
moment Of his own accord and said he
was wrong and asked her to forgive
him. believe I should grow young,
or never look tired or unhappy again il
every day my little boy and girl were
as thoughtful, unselfsh and loving
as they have been to-day"
Here a grand secret for you, little
ones; and now that you know how
to make mother happy, may you keep
her face always full of sunshine!
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Welsh annals A crew Of daring Arab sail

Welsh annals A crew Of daring Arab sail
ors about the eleventh century set out to
find the limits Of the western ocean and
carried home accounts of land beyond the
main. Two Venetian captains were wreck.
ed in the north Atlantic in the fourteenth
century and eventually reached Europe
with news of an inhabited country west Of
the ocean, and the adventurous Basque
whalers spread similar tales after their long
voyages. The records of Dutch, Polish and
Norman voyages also bear testimony q
both islands and limitless coasts Tar or tt
the west that could only refer to America
GEORGE L. K1LMER.
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"There are but very few persons who
know how to walk up stairs properly"
said well-known physician. "Usually
a person will tread on the ball of his
foot in taking each step. springing
himself up to the next step. This. .is
very tiresome and wearing on the
muscles, as it throws the entire
suspended weight of the body on the
muscles of the legs and feet. You
should, in walking or climbing stairs,
seek for the most equal distribution
of the body's weight possible. In
walking up stairs your feet should
be placed squarely down on the step,
heel and all, and then the work should
be performed slowly and deliberately.
In this way there is no strain upon
any particular muscle, but each one
is doing its duty in natural manner.
The man who goes upstairs with a
springing step you may be sure is
no philosopher or at least his reason
ing has not been directed to that
subject"
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Great Britian owns 2,5OO,O0O square
miles of territory in Africa, all area
almost equal to that of the United
States.
The Forum gives figures to prove
that the vaunted EARNED peace" OF
Europe costs the people more than ST.,
900, 900, 900 per year.
The sacred Scriptures teach US the
the best way of living. the noblest way
of suffering, and the most comfortable
way of dying.
A reduction of so per cent, is esti-
mated in the Cuban sugar crop, due to
the destruction of plantations by the
insurgents.
An evil habit is never conquered by
yielding to it.
Mans greatest victory is gained
when God conquers.
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Between Atlanta and Charleston

Trains Nos. 402 and 4O3 are solid vestibule trains
with Pullman Buffet sleeping cars between Atlanta
end Washington, through sleepers between Monroe
asd Portsmouth. Va. Pullman Buffet parlOr cars
between Washington md New York; sleeping cars
between Charlotte and Wilmington. Trains Nos IS
and A. cold between Atlanta and Ndrfold, carrying
Pullman sleeping attacl ed making direct connection
at Weldon with Atlantic Coast Line for Washington
and New York. and al points north and east at Nor
folk with for Washington. Bay Line Of Bal.
tim0re, Old Dominion for New York. Trains 81 and
45 solid trains between Atlanta and Columbia with
through coaches for Charleston Tickets for sale at
union depot at the companys ticket office at No.
kimball House.
JOHN II. WINDER, Gen. Mangr.
T. j. ANDERSON, Gen. Pass. ACT.
f. j. WALKED, City Pass. and Ticket Agt.
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Estate Of Dr.. G. D. Reid, Decd
Notice of Settlement and Appll'
cation for Final Discharge.

TAKE NOTICE that on the 2Stn uay OF
Of nv actings and doings as Executor Of the
Estate of DR.. G. B. Ried, deceased, 10 tne once
of Judge Of Probate for Abbevilie County al
nlv for A final discharge from my trust as
Ali persons having demands against said es.
ta re will present them for payfnet on that day
r w. B. ACKER,
March 9, 1896, tt Executor"
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Of J. Jones MCAdamS, Decd.
Notice Of Settlement and Appli'
cation for Final Discharge.

TNAKE NOTICE that on the End day of
Il April. 1896, 1 will render final account
of my actings and doings as Administrator
G. T. A. Of the Estate of J. Jones McAdams,
deceased, in the office OF Judge OF Probate for
Abbevllle County at 10 o'clock a. M. and on
the same day will apply for final discharge
from my trust as such.
All persons having demands against said
estate will present them for payment on or
before that day, proven and authentlcated or
be forever barred. H. Z. MCiE
March 9, 1896. Admir- Z. L. A.
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Mamma" said youngster, 'am a
canoe ?" "No, child; why do you
ask ?" ooh, because you say you like
to see people paddle their own canoe,
and I didn't know but what maybe
T was yours" The boy went out of
the door with reference more to
speed than grace.
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THE SKELETON IN ARMOR.

A skeleton incased In q suit Of antie
rmor, broken and rusted, was taken fri
he water at Fall River in 1889. The id
,curred to the poet to connect it with
Lmous round tower at Newport:
Speak, Speak! thou fearful guest!
Who with thy hollow breast
Still In rude armor drest
CONTEST to daunt mel
Wrapt not in eastern balms,
But with thy feshless palms
Stretched, as If asking aims,
Why dost thou haunt me?
Then from those cavernous eyes
Pale flashes seem to rise,
AS when the northern skies
Gleamin December,
And like the waters flow
Under December's snow
Came dull voice of woe
From the hearts chamber.
Twas viking oldl
My deeds, though manifold.
No skaid in song has told,
No saga taught thee.
Take bed that In thy verse
Thou dost the tale rehearse,
Else dread dead mans curse,
Fol this Isought thee.
Far in the northern land,
BY the wild Baltic's strand,
with my childish hand
Tanned the gerfalcon,
And with my skates fast bound
SKINNED the half frozen sound
That the poor, whimpering hound
Trembled to walk on.
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Restaurant.

T would announce to my friends and cusio
l. mers that I have moved my RESfAU
RANT TO Cothrans Block, on Washington
street, where l will be glad 70 serve the pub
lie with as good meals as the provisions O
the market will afford.
HARRIET E. ADAMS.
Oct. /, 1895, ems.
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OIdlNU SuCCeeQS
like success, but
the prize is often
cheaply won. The
Cabots gave the
North American
continent to- the
English race and
are called its dis
coverers, but the
English were a
century behind the
-
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BOARD DIRECTORS.

Abbevlile S. c.. Feb. Is, 1895.
Mr.. J. R. Blake, Jr., Treas. F. NJ. F. A. A. c.
Dear Sir-Please accept our than ks for check |
of $500 to cover recent loss Of our dwellings 6y
fire. For cheapness and safety we cheerfully |
commend the Farmers Mutual Fire Associa- |
tlon of Abbeville County to all who desire In /
'O' A'0' W. EDWARD ROCHE.
f.. w. ASHLEY.
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THE MORSE TOWER AT NEWPORT.

THE MORSE TOWER AT NEWPORT.
Oft to his frozen lair
Track'd I the grizzly BEAR.
While from my path the hare
Fled like shadow:
Oft through the forest dark
Folio ID the wcrewolf's bark
Until G'le soaring lark
Sang from the meadow.
But waen older grew,
Joining a corsair's crew
Ger the dark sea | few
With the marauders.
Wild was the life we led;
Many the souls that sped;
Many the hearts that bled
By our stern orders.
Once as told in glen
Tales Of the stormy seq
Soft eyes did gaze on me,
Burning out tender,
And as the white stars shine
On the dark Norway pine,
On that dark heart Of mine
Fell their soft splendor.
Bright in her fathers hall
Shields gleam'd upon the wall:
Loud sang the minstrels all
Chanting his glory;
When of old Hildebrand
asked his daughters hand,
Mute did the minstrel stand
To hear my story.
While the brown ale he quaff'd
Loud then the champion laughed,
And as the wind gusts watt
The sea foam brightly,
So the loud laugh Of scorn,
Out of those lips unshorn,
From the deep drinking horn
Blew the foam lightly.
She was princes child,
/ but; viking wild,
And though she blushd and smiled
was discarded.
Should not the dove 80 white
Follow the seamew's flight,
Why did they leave that night
Her nest unguarded2
Scarce had put to sea,
Bearins tho maid with me
Faire. ' Of all was she
Among the Norsemen!-
When on the white sea strand,
Waving his armed hand,
Saw we old Hildebrand
With twenty horsemen.
Then launch'd they to tho blast,
Bent like o reed each mast,
Yet we were gaining fast
When the wind failed us,
And with a sudden flaw
Came round the gusty Skaw,
So that our foe we saw
Lrugh as he hail'd US.
And as to catch the gale
Round veer'd the Tapping sail,
Death. was the helmsman's hail,
Death without quarterl
Midships with iron keel
Struck we her ribs Of steel;
Down her black hull did reel
Through the black water.
AS with his wings aslant
Sails the fierce cormOrant,
Seeking some rocky haunt,
With his prey laden,
So toward the open main,
Beating to sea again,
Through the wild hurricane,
Bore the maiden.
Three weeks we westward bore,
And when the storm was DER
Cloud.ike we saw the shore
Stretching to leeward;
There for my lady's bower
Built the lofty tower
Which to this very hour
Stands looking seaward.
There lived we many years;
Time dried the maiden's tears;
She had forgot her fears,
She was mother;
Death closed her mild blue eyes
Under that tower she lies;
Ne'er shall the sun arise
On such anotherl
Still grew my bosom then.
Still as q stagnant fen
Hateful to me were men,
The sunlight hatefull
In the vast forest here,
Clad in my warlike gear,
Fell upon my spear
Oh, death was grateful.
Thus scam'd with many scars,
Bursting these prison bars,
Up to its native stars
My soul assembled!
There from the flowing bowl
Deep drinks the warriors soul,
Skoall to the northlandi Skoals
Thus the tale ended.
-T.onGfellov
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To Athens, Atlanta and Points West.
J. B. CLEVELAND, Receiver.
Schedule in Eject JAM % 1896. Eastern Time

Close connections at Greenwood for all points on
S. A. L. aud G. & G. Railways, and at Atlanta to the
West.
For Rates and Schedules, apply to
WI. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Ga.
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CLEMSON COLLEGE.
u.u... Some1hrng for Your Edihca'

Here's SOmetniuS '
ton.
,,o,.o,, College, :. C., March 2S, 1896.
,r, 1919 of Trustees met "wednesday
s,lht The following appropriations Were
msde. Band one hundred anu seVenty,nv' nv,
dollars. Mechanical aepar..,ienI e u tnUu hUn
SAM SAM SnIiare and to the Veterinary uepartmen
prof W. L. MCGEE was made full Professor
of the Agricultural dePartment; ,.r,
They have finished the river dyke and nave
tonr con nvic,s working on the branch dyke.
i" The mess hall has been fitted out with liner
table cloths. doileys and doiley rings;
The Board accepted Mr. SIMS resignallon
The old cadets are now drilling WIN gun
and have TO double time around what !
known as the Boulevard in four minutes'
distance Of little over half mile. :,
The lost cadet is now visiting relatives IL
Georgia. ,,, ..,,a -,
in this country. ,,,,r,
ed officers have been appointed IN the corps
The manner in which their names appear II
their company rank:
COMPANY A.
Captain-R. f. Lee.
Lieutenants-J. u. Simpson.
T. 5. Norman.
Sergeants-J. 7. Bradley, lst sergeant
j -.
J.Sprott.
Corporas-C. &. Sontagg.
j. A. Parks
c. H. Seigler
IS. Simpson.
COMPANY Il.
Captain-O. w. Pegues.
Lieutenants-C. NJ. Fur,han, Jr.
r. w. Cothran.
serye.nts-G. w. Hart, lst Sergeant.
q, II. Suygert
d. o. Browne.
A. D. Talbert.
l,orporals-J. e. Cheatham.
]. T. Lee
r. 4. Burnette.
j.. w. Ayers.
COMPANY c.
Captain-W. w. Klugh.
Lieutenan,s-B. r. Tllman, Jr.
j. H. Moore.
Serpeants-i. p. Boulware.
W. Z. Brock.
A. p. Smith.
G. A. Henry, Jr.
1T. Hanvey.
Corporals-J. r. Austin.
H. j. Snider.
s. Z. Lilies.
w. Walker.
COMPANY d.
Captain-R. NJ. Mauldin.
Lieutenants-E. P. Earle. e.
z. w. Moore.
!. B Smith.
IT. Wise.
K. l.. Spencer.
corporals17J. H Pratt
H. Adams.
w. s. Clayton.
COMPANY E.
Captain-W. II. Carpenter.
Lleutenants-T. II. Tusten.
Ssrgeants-R. NJ. All, lst Sergeant.
j. H. Hook.
D. H. Henry.
]. A. McCravy.
W. ]. Sarratt.
Corporals-T. H. Tatum.
I.B. Taylor.
r. H. Turner.
w. r. Smith.
COMPANY F.
Captain-F. G. Thompkins
Lieutenants-L. A. Sease.
Sergeants--A. j. Tndal. lst Sergeant.
R. 7. Hathum.
ID. F. Rogers.
J.P. Mirus.
Corporals-C. X. Chreitzberg.
R. McLendon.
A. S. Shealy.
]. G.. Thomas.
Lieute9ant ideut onartermas,er w. Wardlaw.
Sergeant Major-P. H. Gooding:
Ouartermaster Sergeant-J. +. FOLK.
The commissioned officers including stan
and the first sergeants are from tne senio' eiaso
class. the sergeants are from the Junior CLASS,
and the corporals are from the sophomore
class. One thousand dollars was appropriated
to the library. III
Rev. H. A. S. Thomas filled the place OF @ Dr.
Moore Sabbath morning. His subJect-Ihis
is nv beloved Son, in whom l am wen
pleased hear ye him. The subject was an IN
teresting one and touched the hearts OF many
The Y. NJ. C. A. was conducted by L. ".
Ayers Sabbath night.
The oyster supper was success SaturaaS
night, between thirty-five and forty-hVe DOL
lars were made. ~ ~,
The Misses Simpson visited the Misses Cal
houn Saturday. Uuess'
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People Who are Not SouI-winners

People Who are Not SOul-Wtnners.
The husband who scolds his wife be-
fore the children because she happens
to get too much saleratus in the
biscuit.
The mother who can talk by the
hour about the dresses, and bopnets
of her neighbors, but can't say word
to her little ones about the love OF
Christ.
The Sunday-school teacher who
don't know enough about the lesson
to ask questions without reading them
| from the lesson paper.
The woman who talks about heaven
in church, and about her neigbors
on the street.
The young lady who hands wine to
callers.
The sectarian, who never has good
word for any other denomination.
The man who rings bell every time
he puts dime in the contribution.
The man who never goes near the
church on lodge night.
The man who blows tin horn and
shouts himself hoarse during cam
paign, but is down on anything like
excitement in religion.
Let one purchase hens of the COM
mon mongrel stock-which can always
be got quite cheaply-and with these
hens mate a purely-bred male of the
variety desired to breed into. In the
autumn carefully select the strongest
and best developed pullets, still retain
ing the former male bird. Select only
those pullets which are robust and
perfectly healthy in every respect and
strongly marked in form and color and
general characteristics of the breed
represented by their sire. Mate this
second crop of pullets to an unrelated
sire, and the resulting generations will
be equal to the thoroughbred stock of
that breed for all practical purposes
in laying and marketing qualities.
Corn meal is a convenient, and we
may say staple, article of food in the
barnyard, yet it is not the best food
for chickens. 1t is very good food in
winter, as it is heating, but tor young
chickens it is not sufficiently growing.
Very young chickens that are fed
on corn meal exclusively are liable to
be troubled with bowel disease. Give
a variety Of food, give plenty of range,
and above all, give clean quarters.
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Make Returns.

ALL Executors, Administrators. Trustees
n and Guardians are required by law tC
make returns to the Judge OF Probate an &C
count of the estates in their hands on or be-
fore the lst day OF March of each year.
r. L. HILL,
Feb. IT, 1896. Probate Judge.
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nICHA1D CAN'T, il now prepared TO t 90
X, All work in his department In the 1est
naenner and ut reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and snam. 1.
nooine 81 per month. Rasors honed ana put
:, the best condition for N cents eacn.
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OLD SEA KINGS BOLD.
DARING NAVIGATORS WHO FIRST
SIGHTED NORTH AMERICA.
The Cabots and the Earlier Voyagers.
What Was Done or Left Undone to Ex-
plore the Westward Limits Of the Known
World.

copyright, 1885, by American Press Associa-
ton. Book rights reserved.1
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Gsst -four at $3.50 a barrel. Aug. w. Smith.
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Seaboard Air Line.

Schedule In effect Dec. %, 1891. "The Atlanta
Special" solid Vestibuled Train-No Extra Fare
Charged