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Divine Grace.

o how wondrous is that grace in its
continuance! 1t never fails, though
the race Of man should be wicked
cities should be wicked enough to be
destroyed by fire, though the imagina-
ton of the heart of man should of evil,
only evil and that continually, though
all flesh should corrupt its way on the
earth, though kings rule in unright-
eousness and judges accept bribes, and
teachers and preachers should be out
of the way, and Pharisaism should In
crust it on the Church, making 1t a
whited sepulcher, yet the grace of God
never fails, and the cry, "God be merci-
full to me, sinner" brings justifying
grace.
o how wondrous is that grace in the
sweep of its influence and power,
bringing us back from close compan-
ionship with evil spirits, back to COM
munion with Cur Heavenly Father, re.
storing us from the near confines of
hell, and making US sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
q how wondrous is this grace in its
updeserved freeness and fullness and
faithfulness. 1t worked with Peter
when he was Disappearing fisher
man. 1t worked with The Magdalene
when she was seven times possessed. It
worked with Paul when he was q
strict, hard Pharisee. 1t worked with
the disappearing John Buryan. 1t
worked with Jerry McAuley in Sing
Sing prison. 1t has worked with those
o. refined habits, revealing and de-
stroying their formality. it has worked
with those of coarser ways, destroying
their sin and purifying their practices.
If we only welcomed it and yielded to
it as we should, what men and women
of God we should be. "For the grace
of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men," (Titus ii. l1.)
We cannot estimate what this grace is
worth to the human race. Almost
everything in our cities can be esti-
mated-real estate. shipping, volume
of trade, imports, exports, and man
ufactures. These little thigs are with
in the compass of human mind, but
the grace OF God is beyond our mind.
We cannot estimate the grace of God
until we can put a valuation on the
love of God. For God so loved you
and me that he gave his only begctton
Son for US. We are not redeemed with
corruptible things such as silver and
gold (then you could estimate it), but
with the precious blood of the Son of
God.
Can we say with Paul that what we
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"This day shalt thou be with me in
paradise" It was to robber that
these words were addressed. After all
the stains of his criminal life paradise
opens to him with its communion of
saints. with the presence of God. This
day-what, then, no flames of purga-
tory. no long period of mournful expi-
alton? To-day, pardon. heaven To-
day, God found once more, and TO be
possessed forever! Could we have be-
lieved it if the promise had not been
given by the Just and Holy One-if it
had not come down from the cross,
where peace and justice were recon-
ciled, where the holiness of God was
proclaimed in its inviolable majesty.
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TROY'S TEA TABLE.
Visitors - Preachers - ExcursiOns
New Counties.
Troy G n AprIl 06 1g

Troy, s. c., April 26. 1891
Rev. T. w. Sloan left last Thursday for Bar
tow, Fla, having been sent there by Prssby.
terry to preach six weeks. Our folks didn Z
say anything but they thought mighty loud
All were greatly pleased with Rev. j. T. Oates
Sesh were good He is brgR1 and
promising Theologian from Due West. Hope
he will come back again.
Mrs. w. M. McCaslan, and her daughter
Mrs. owens, from Clinton, have returned
Mrs. H. L. Scaife. Mrs. Scaifewent home with
them.
Mr.. ]. c. Chatham from Fellowship paid
town visit last week.
Mrs. Jane Dendy has gladdened us all by
coming home again.
Messrs. Branch, Brooks, Rev. G. H. Burton
and DR.. Harrison, from Abbeville, were down
last Thursday to attend to Masonic duties.
Mrs. j. N. Robinson and Mr.. Walter Fuller
are at Liberty Hill visiting relatives.
Quite number Of our town folks are going
on the excursion to Augusta.
Mrs: c. Haddon and little Chalmers went to
Mccormick last week TO see her sister, Mrs.
Our town is looking lovely in her new dress
and 1t is the prettiest town on the road.
There will be picnic at Miss Anna McCas-
lan's school houss next Friday the 3Oth, all
are cordially invited to take lunch and spend
Miss May Mcdaniel has returned to her
home at Maddens.
Mrs. Rosa Brown had a stoke Of paralysis
last week and Is quite sick.
A warm rain Is very much needed, the gar
dens are far from vegetables.
Our little folks enjoyed an egg hunt at
were chaperoned by Prof. Scaife and Miss
Rosa Smart.
Miss Mollie Title is 10 Greenwood visiting
friends.
We hope all the voters will come out the
Nick.
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NINETY-SIX NEWS.
Old and HOnOred Men at u SOciable-
All Sorts of Talk About Cam
bridge.

Ninety-Six, S. c.. April &C. 1897.
Mr.. VIII UpShaw lectured at the Academy
hall Friday evening. He had q fairly good
audience and all spoke well of Earnest Will
lie" as a lecturer. Mis- Annie Wightman won
the prize offered by Mr.. Upshaw to the one
elling the largest number OF tickets.
Mr.. Ernest Beacham, OF Atlanta, Is visit.
ing his aunt, Mrs. Osborne.
Mrs. Roland Calhoun and children spent
several days In Greenwood last week.
The annual May picnic for the Ninety Six
All are invited to come with well filed bask-
cts.
Mr. J. d. Watson was in town Friday.
Prof. and Mrs. T. +. Wright, of Phoenix,
came In Friday afternoon 10 visit the parents
of Prof Wright.
a little rain would not come amiss just now
as write this hear the gentle patter of
rain on the roof.
Those who were up about o'clock Monday
morning were surely repaid for their early
rising by seeing beautifully, clear and per-
feet rain bow, span ming the western sky.
Cotton planting has been carried on during
the past week with great vigor and doubtless
most OF the years crop is in the ground.
1t Is pleasant TO see our farmers looking
life work so tremendously. But why should
they not be contented? Around our old his.
toric town lies the finest producing lands In
the state. The health of the entire commu-
nifty Is above par.
DR.. w. l.. Anderson and wife are recovering
from the effects OF grippe. They both have
been confined 10 home for sometime.
The public well caved In last week and we
are glad 10 see work being pushed in clearing
the debris. This well has been benediction
TO many weary thirsty beast.
Mr.. j. W. Blake is finishing his residence
| on Railroad ST. Those OF US who do not IN
tend moving to the Court House are busily
engaged at home.
Mr.. Howell, who is soon to sail for Austria
liza, is In town visiting his kinsmen, Messrs.
John and Wardaw Moore. MIR. Howell goes
to Australia, by appointment from the Gov
eminent, TO instruct the natives of that coun-
Try In the cultivation Of tobacco, grapes &C.
He will start for his far away home from this
place.
Rev. Mr.. Belts had the honor of having to
dine with him not long since trio Of inter.
esling youths. Mr.. John Davis. age 81 years /;
Mr.. Thos. Jester, age So years, and Mr.. Willie
B. Cason, age IS years. Mr.. Davis was born
and lived the greater portion Of his life near
Abbeville. Mr.. Jester WAS born and still
lives near New Market Mr. Cason was born
at old Cambridge in 1872. He remembers
when the town OF Cambridge contained 23
stores, churches. colleges, seven lawyers and
three or four doctors. This town site is one
mile south from the present town of Ninety
Six. All that is left OF a thriving village is q
pile OF rock. Where once stood stately man.
sions and commodous hotels are now fields
of beautiful grain gently rocked by each pass
ing breeze. Cambridge.
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eager to see tiger slain. 1t was tot
dull, now her boy is gone, to be lefl
behind in the camp all alone. \
Such jiggle.joggle Nashiban, tn.
magistrates elephant, well-traineC
and wise old beast, rocked to and frt
in her numbering walk like ship a.
sea. Mother had hard work to keeE
her white umbrella from thrusting of
fathers big white sun-hat. 1t wa!
very hot as they proceeded slowly
across the plain, and mother longed tt
reach the shade of the thick jungle
but there was the river to be crossed first
a deep, sluggish stream flowing stealth
lily along over its sandy bed.
Three of the elephants had wadeo
safely across, and Nashiban had nearly
reached the further bank, when fol
some reason or another she got out OF
the straight line and walked into dan.
gerous quicksand. First one foot. then
the other, sank down, as fast as she
tried to find firm footing. She stag.
gered and STUN bled, and father and
mother were in terror of being pitched
off. The cowardly mahout, or driver,
had slipped off the elephants neck at
the first sign of danger, and balf-swam
and hslf-waded ashore. But to get out
of the howdah was no easy matter, es-
pecially as the animals hind legs were
sinking up to her hooks, and her back
was an inclined plane.
From the safe shore the natives
shouted, encouraged, implored. But
the elephant is the wisest of beasts,
and she hit upon a device to save her
sells from being sucked in-but horri-
BILE one!
Her curling trunk came whirling
over her back. 1t snatched off fathers
suE-hat, mothers white umbrella, and
flung them down at her feet, where
she trampled on them to gain firm
foot-hold. Round came the cruel trunk
again in search of fresh material. In
another moment it would have
snatched off helpless father and mother
and made use ofthem, when warning
cry came from the bank.
Ere Bobbie's parents quite realized
their imminent danger, or had time to
slip out of the howdah beyond reach
of the trunk, a native bearing big bum
die of hastily-cut grass and branches
plunged into the water and brought it
to the elephant, who, seizing it in her
trunk, laid at her feet, and with its
help struggled safely on to dry land.
The native was the father of the lit
tie children Bobbie boy had fed
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arelis determined blythe grace of God
not by passions, or instincts, or social
environment, or selfish ease, but by
the grace of God, in its power to sus-
tain and multiply the labors of love ?
We all know that there is danger in a
storm, but do we know that there is
danger in a calm? Many vessels which
have braved the storm have perished
in the calm. 1t is when the wind drops
that the dreaded fog comes on. The
mariner fears the dangers which are
unseen. The engines cease to work,
the whistle sounds, the lead is cast, the
ship anchors where the stormless air is
filled with fogs. It. is all quiet and or
derly. We wonder sometimes if our
Churches are not in such ca I'm. o
that God would send gale of grace
that would clear the fog out of our
eyes, and let US hoist the anchor and
put the steam on and get away.
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The following advertisement, which
appeared in recent issue of the Dyers-
burg (Tenn.,) Gazette, is illustrative
Of the disastrous floods in the Missis.
sippi valley this spring:
On Tuesday, March l6, my dwelling
house, thirteen miles above Caruthers-
vile, was washed from its foundation
and tloated down the Mississippi River
1t is a new two-story frame, painted
white and built in II shape, with a.hall
in the centre and a two-story front
porch all the way across the building.
1t contained all my household and
kitchen furniture, including an organ
with J. G.. engraved on the plate. The
cook stove is an old fashion No. S
range. A Marlin rifle, sixteen short,
3S calIbre, was also in the house.
Any one knowing the whereabouts
of this house will be rewarded by in.
forming me at this place. J. I. Hop.
kins, Dyersburg, Tenn.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Public of Abbeville County!
There Now on Exhibition xt the Stores Of L. w WHITE


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Now is the time to commence gardening
Buy your seed and onion sets Of Harrison q
Game.
Write for Rambler bicycle catalogue to C.P.
Hammond e. Co.
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man mangf.d and apparently dead iy-
tng beneath his paws. The unfortu-
nate man was q fine swordsman and
f5St-rate wrestler-one Of the cham
Uions OF his regiment. Some people
who went to draw water at the well
had disturbed the Tiger and on his ris-
fn- they fed in terror. The brave but
rash soldier. who happened to be near
Al the moment. On learning the cause
OF the commotion. Immediately ad-
vauce-t 10 attack the tiger, and with
his sword gave him a tremendous CUT
over the head. which. however, did not
materially injure the powerful brute.
The tiger rushed al the man. stripped
the arm down 10 the elbow, and, dash
ing him 10 the ground. held him be-
Meath his paws. When We came up we
were al first at loss how to act. for
the man was as much exposed 10 our
fire as the tiger. However il was not
time for heightened consideration-we
fred. and g lucky shot finished the
1-irrcT-
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The First American Flag.

! wellknown authority on American
curios says: The first resemblance
10 & flag was the work OF Benjamin
Franklin and MeSsrs. Harrison and
Lynch. They were chosen as a com
uirree TO create national flag. and
adopted the Kings colors as a union.
reunited with thirteen stripes alternate
reti and white: showing that. although
the colonies united for defense against
England's tyranny. they still acknowl-
edged her Sovereignty" On Tuesday,
Jan 9, IV16, this flag was hoisted in
camp ct Cambridge. Mass. now Somer-
ville, receiving salute Of thirteen
guns and thirteen cheers. The first
Understandable flag was hoisted over
the capitol a1 Washington Feb. "A,
1866. all previous flags having been
manufactured from English bunting.
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Russian hunters are said 30 log upon
& combat sEngE-handed WITH q bear as
oniy an ordinary experience II Is
doubtful, however. Il many Instances
IF uan attacking tiger. armed with
Z sword oaly, can be found Col S<ea-
ton the elephant hunter. however, tells
ttis story OF bravery:
One morning. just as We were iea7-
ing the parade ground q nan came
rushing up breataIess- Get your guns
Den-' he exclaimed; -rhere * tiger
IN the hollow by the hut. and no one
dares 90 by II all haste we got cur
suns and two elephants and hurried to
the spot where IN truth & terrible scane
presented Itself The tiger bleeding
from & cut in the head. was on the edge
Of the hollow. growing 6ercely, with =
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Missouri Preachers for London

There is a demand from over the
ocean for Missouri preachers. Not long
ago the Rev Mr.. Briney. OF the Mob4r
Il Christian Church, received call to
church in London. and now it IS re-
ported that the Rev. John a. Brooks. of
Memphis, Tenn. but formerly OF Mis-
souri,. has been called to the British
metropolis. DR.. Brooks is we'll known
in Missouri, where he was the first Pro
hibition candidate for Governor in
1854, and great interest would be felt
in his success should he accept the
London pulpit. 1t would seem that the
American style Of preaching would be
a marked and agreeable Improvement
on the native London article, which is
generally impregnated with fog and
covered with coal smoke, lacking the
fuency and vivacity TO which .AmerE-
can church-goers are accustomed. a
Missouri divine in London would
change the atmosphere for large dis
tance around the sacred desk-Kansas
|. City Star.
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w-v .-.7 -esr.,-.4a.z .---.-.+--.
80 sssrfsfacr,5-fEr zh.s- d eu-s-e.5 t4r
on c5e spot
= an zo--T he ssl.rv * not E.-rsr =
be- said. ap.1I.5ze1iesarIy. -hgt tie b.snk
regulates, -E.a- sr.f bsva ~, .,.,7-r,,l
II rhe zarre-
Only I tew d2ys aso. AZ observe
might Eave seea Nora gazing with
truly te1-tEirs. feIfzh- 81 p-e+-v s,gEE-
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whistiiuy Not Bad Habit

TLe bow 10 he following story Is
described ,s nav.~ saving ANYTHING re-
rlarEabIa a. eating oatmeal in large
Quantities. chasing the cat, slamnins
rhedo.,r. and otherwise conducting him
self after tho manner of bows. with the
exception thar ha asked few questions
md does much thinking If he does
nor understand thing he whistles.
which * no- > had hsbir-,n some oc-
eaSfnus
-rnar,. vas -,r.b -rbfs-1irc in or-
-ar,5 onn summer + seemed 70 be an
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Indians Not Allowed to Vote.

The expression Indians not taxed
refers TO the Indians in their tribal re-
ia-ions. Tribal Indians are not allow
I'd 70 vote because they are not taxed.
and ara the wards OF the Government.
rather than citizens Of the country.
The Government considers them as its
pror..ges. whom it must protect. When
the tribal relations of the Indians are
dissolved and their land is divided
among them, TO De held by individuals
rather than by tribes. it is almost GER
tain that provision will be made for
them as citizens and that, being land
owners and taxpayers. they will be en-
titled 70 and will receive all the rights
Of full citizenship.
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Easier than Arithmetic.

II : easier 10 remember things usu-
ally i you know what they mean i
EsETte s.2y could lever reusuber even
about hsSw h7Els cubI Is dntiI his u RI
= JoEd him rhe word was cuhizus Il
Latin which means an elbow. and ttea
rh@ MEASURE called cEbFz was the dis
1aus>e from mans elbow To -he ea,i ot
hss middle finger
And how much ts ta-hom:~ asked
the little boy
Oh fathon CONES from rhe TWO
words 'EaC- which means in -he Aryal
laagua 10 extend, and sacn, Z ula 4
/ farhom Is the length Of & nan ez-
re1da1. that IS when his arms are
stretched OUT o. each side frcm the
shoulders f-'an tip 10 Tip CT his fingers.
The fc-,I y an English word. and
Eaeals just the length Of the foot of q
fuE--ovu man.
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1t Was Fragrant sno

THE coolest spy ever heapi -
captured by myself and bandt,1 way
men during the civil war. sa5 as
veteran. We brought him 10 tba as wv
manding officers tent and unon WV ~
person were found some papers-n., Is
portant but incrimina ting; a hpn1 -'ll'
afterward iearned-a couple of ci,,. w
and some other articles which na's a.s
not be mentioned. The comma,a;s
officer was puzzled that a man sba",s
risk his neck for papers Of suct lHu,a l'..
moment. lug
You will be hanged as snv, s,,,
the officer. SAa
No doubt about it, replied the n1s
oner. "'s
You confess you are a spy9
oh, yes. It's a matter of M ~
portance. Won't you smoke with ~.
General: indicating the two cipa,S
We'll, like your impudenca' r0.,
ed the general However, | don,
mind if l do And he lighted ono =,
the cigars. The prisoners ewes res,a,
wistfullF on the orher weed. and ,ba
general noticed the glance. He was.
kind-hearred, though eccentric man
and said:
Smoke the other yourself. priSD.
er. It's the last consolation youll hsva
for you will undoubtedly be condemn
ed to be shot
For some moments they smoked
talking about general matters. Than
the general shifted.
These cigars are not very good,
~ must apologize for the quality
General said the prisoner meeklv .
'Humph.' grunted the general, nm
altogether pleased but still putting.
Finally the officer threw away ,hs
lighted stump and the prisoner did like.
wise.
Thank you, General said the pris.
oner. 'you have performed an inestm.
able service for the Confedeacy.'
What do You mean roared the
general.
That you have consumed in smoke
most important dispatch. and that |
have smoked up another
What. Those cigars contained i'm.
portant dispatches:'
Yes, these other papers are mere.
y a blind. You held in your hand,
General = mockingly = information
which would have made you one Of
the greatest men IN the Northern army.
That information you have converted
into smoke. the smoke which IS waited
so Hospitality about our heads at this
moment. No wonder you objected to
the flavor of the cigar, General. for
within the tobacco was placed a long
dispatch on the finest tissue paper.
What was in the dispatch. General?
Read it in the smoke above our heads.
What words do you see in these i'm.
palpable clouds: Thank you, General,
for most pleasant half hour Ny last
smoke was the most agreea BILE one in
my life. The tobaeco-tissue paper mix
ture tasted more fragrant TO me than
the tiE~st Carolina would have done.
Au revoir. Long live the Confeier.
acy" Free Press.
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How the Lantern Was Invented.
King Alfred the Great Is credited
with originating the lantern He was
- b,J-a,srss,i By -he candle flames blow
tzG In re wind tE.s1 h. protected them
by pg-rinz The candles il cow-horns.
which BE- ordered 10 BE- ssrap+a<i thin.
Our sraadfa-hers made lanterns by
punching holes and sits in properly
skape-i pls--ss II tn which were then
ssSlder-i To-ezhar The lEhr which
caDs through The HrtIe cuts was al
WaEs very dim and hicks-tng Il was
this kind Of 4 uTeu which the old town
waEs-amen Ese-i 10 carry when they
went absput calling th= hours and the
weather II -hEne:
Us o1e . lie e.2ek-uii,iufzht fz past.
SL=ep on good f-ter4.s, th= time thou has.
For rise ye uus- 81 ea-iy dawn:
= o1e q TIE eIa.,E and TEes.l2y noru-' :
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How Grant Got His Name.

p to the start for West Point, Grant
had been Hiram Ulysses, or H. Ulysses
Grant. The young traveller required
trunk. and Thomas Walker, local
genius was the man to make it. He
did so, and to finish it off he traced on
the cover in big brass tacks the initials
H. [. G." James Marshall, Ulysses
cousin, Went to help him carry the new
trunk home. Ulysses looked at the big,
glaring letters. Il won't have that So
he said. 1T spells hug The boys
would plague me about it. And he
thereupon shifted the middle name and
became Ulysses II. Grant, and so he
went forth into the world.
He registered at Roe's Hotel. West
Point, on the Goth of May, as u. h.
Grant" and the same day reported to
the adjutant, George G. Waggaman'
deposited S4S and signed his name as
Ulysses Hiram Grant His name was
reported from Washington. however as
[. 5. Grant. and the error arose in tNls
way: Hon. Thomas Hamer received
the letter of Jesse Grant only the da!
before the close of his term. and beng
much hurried. sat down at once ana
wrote to Secretary of War PoinSett'
asking for the appointment of DIS
neighbor's son. He knew the poEs
name TO be Ulysses, and inferrng ina.
his middle name was Simpson. so filea
in the application. and thus it stoVu
when Ulysses faced the adjutant
He asked TO have it changed. but Was
told it was impossible without the con
sent of the Secretary of War.
VERY well,' he said. Il came mere
to enter the military academy, and eii'
ter l shall. An initial more or less does
not matter" He was known TO tn'
government thereafter as Z. S. Grant