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SAINT OF THE COOKS.
She Was q Queen of the Culinary Art and
Was C~anonized.

She Was q Queen of the Culinary Art and
Was Canonized.
Few people, perhaps, knew before that
cooks had q saint Of their own, who, kind
lady, will doubtless in the hereafter make
the grilling of them as pleasant as posi-
BILE. Santa Zita, as she Is named, lived, it
appears, at Genoa and was there canonized.
She could, so runs the legend, cook better
than any chef within 300 miles of the town,
which, we all know, is noted for its won
derful soups and dumplings, though OF
course in the latter indigestible article OF
food outrivaled by Vienna, since 1T Is one
of the chief articles in the religion of gas
tronomy that it is only in the kaiserstadt
that the "glose" is in perfection. Santa
Zita was, it seems, not less famous for her
piety than for cooking and was a constant
attendant at the cathedral during high
mass.
One day, however, she fell into a trance,
so called-though, in plain English, a
good, sound sleep-and quite forgot that
she had to produce an exceptionally fine
dinner for a large company. On awaken
ing she hurried forth from the sacred edi-
fee in a way which was far indeed from
her wont, but, on reaching the kitchen,
what was her surprise and delight to find
q party of cherub celestials busy cooking
the required dinner. She did not interfere,
but was at first not unwilling to accept
the praise which was lavished on her Gull
nary success. She soon repented, however,
and told the world the truth about the
spiritual and miraculous help she had re-
oeived, and it was agreed on all sides that
she deserved to be canonized. According
ly she became Santa Zita.-Exchange.
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Wisdom is Outlines Nearer When W.
StOop Than When We Soar.

DR.. Benjamin Franklin wrote that
he received a very useful lesson from
Cotton Mather.
He said to his son. "The last time l
saw your father was in l724. On tax
ing my leave, he showed me a shorter
away out of the house, through a mar
row passage, which was crossed by a
beam overhead.
We were still talking as / withdrew
be accompanying me behind, and
I turning towards hin when he said
hastily, "Stoop q! stoop J"
I did not understand him till L felt
my head hit against the beam.
He was a man who never missed an
occasion of giving instruction; and
upon this he said to me you are
Young and have the world before you,
"Stoop as you 60 drought it, and you
will miss many hard thumps." This
advice, thus beat into my head, has
frequently been of use to me and Of
ten think of it when I see pride morti-
fled, and misfortunes brought upon
people by carrying their heads too
high"
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CANNOT BE TOO GOOD.
Money Good for All Alike, and
Valueless If Idle.

talucltSS Il liz
Unused money, unloaned money be-
slows no more value upon it's owner
than an uneaten meal a give of
pleasure or nutrition. A little reflection
makes it plain. therefore, that the
farmer and the Chicago packer, wage
Garner, manufacturer and capitalist are
equally interested in circulating a kind
of money which, when theyletgoof twill
buy them the most satisfaction either
at home or abroad. Those who buy
Of the farmers the foodstuffs which
they raise, and sell the same farmers
should understand that wise
farmers desire to buy only. the best
money-money which, like good pork,
beef and cereals, will pass current in
all markets. And as there has never
been any complaint about too good
wheat, too good beef, too good pork, or
too productive a farm, so there never
can be, from correctly reasoning men,
any complaint about too good a dol
lar, too good currency or money. A
dollar with too much purchasing power
is as impossible as a square meal with
too much nutritive power, an acre Of
land with too much productive capa-
city, or an advocate Of Populistic
schemes Of finance with too much logi-
cal enthusiastically j. Sterling Nor
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Jamie'S Post.

"Rob, what does a to-tie-to mean ?"
"A-what ?" askes Rob, suddenly
becoming aware of the small pres
ence.
"That boy" declared Jamie, point
ing one plump finger, ''said another
boy didn't be a to-tie-to."
ooh" groaned Rob. mo; he said
the other boy wouldn't do to tie toto
tie to, you understand? 1t isn't all
q word"
"What kind of a boy does it mean,
Wobby"
MEAN? Why, when you say a fel-
low won't do to tie to, you e that
you can't exactly trust him. He isn't"
Rob hesitated, realizing that some
common phrases that seem to convey
to one a very clear meaning, are, after
all, not easy to explain. cts this
way, Jimsy. If you were going to tie
a horse somewhere, wouldn't you find
a good, strong post that would hold
hem ?"
eyes I wouldn't tie him to some
bush, said jamie, scornfully. He'd
wun end dwag it off.
That's it," answered Rob, de-
lighted with his W clearness of ex-
position. land ifyou were going into
the water and wanted a rope to pull
yourself in by, and hold you so you
could not be swept away, you would
fasten the end of it to something strong
and solid that wouldn't pull loose and
let you sink. Well. the folks that do
to tie to are the ones that stand fast to
what they say-the ones that you can
always trust to do the right thing, no
matter how much pulling there may
be in other directions.
eyes. I tie to YOU" said Jamie,
admiringly. "You'er that kind of a
boy to tie to, amt you ?"
Was he? Rob wondered a trifle I'm.
easily as he walked away. He had
never thought of asking himself such
q question before, but this attempt to
explain the subject to Jamie had made
it stand out very clearly. He knew the
two kinds of boys he had been de-
scribing, and he could count the few
who always stood where they ought,
for everything good and right, and
who could be depended upon to hold
others fast, instead Of being moved
: themselves. But the many "who went
with the crowd" and yielded to every
influence that touched them-he could
not be sure that he was wholly unlike
them. He knew that he was carrying
the definition farther than Ralph had
thought of doing when he used the
words ; but the thought would not be
put away, though he impatiently tried
to do it. He found himself watching
his companions, and noting contrasts
watching himself and making deduc-
tons not altogether comfortable; but
after all, the strange study taught him
more than many of the professors wise
lectures had done.
At dinner Jamie suddenly looked up
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One Dead.

Columns of facts and figures, with
all their arguments could not convey a
stronger portrayal of the awful effects
of drunkenness than THE story of real
life, taken from one of the big daily
papers of New York. One morning
last winter, SO the story runs, a police
man came into the Jefferson Marker
court, having in charge a lad OF TWEEN
ty. The boy stared vacantly about
him, and his face, which was honest
and good-humored, was bloated with a
long and heavydebauch. Close behind
him came a little old woman, decent
ly clad. Her hair was white and her
countenance pale and anxious.
"Who's this, officer?" the justice
said, when the boys turn came.
otis John Cleary, your honor.
We've got his mother to enter com
plant against him for habitual drink
ing. We think if he had a month at
the island it would give him a chance
to pull up" ;+, hin,
yourself, Mrs. Cleary?" said the kind
ly magistrate, who, used as he was to
scenes of sufferings, was startled by
the dumb agony in the old woman's
face.
II cannot, sir. It's five years since
be took to the drink. It's not John
ny's fault. There's four saloons near
by. He was as good a boy as ever a
mother had. He's good now when
he's himself"
Hes mad when he is drunk" the
policeman interrupted. "He tried to
kill her twice." =,
Sign the complaint Mrs. Clearly"
the magistrate ordered, nodding to a
clerk who laid a printed form on the
table before her, saying: "Wrlte your
name on that line"
She took up the pen, and then turn
ed to the justice again. Her thin face
was bloodless. so,
"Sir,n she said, "he's all the child
I've got ! I've been fighting the devil
for him for five years. IF 1 sign that
paper, I'll have to let him 60. He'll
never forgive me. He'll never come
home again." .,
"It's the only chance to save him."
the officer said. 49,,
She wrote her name. John was told
W SlohN aP'
"Now go into the witness-box," a
policeman directed her. You must
swear against him."
Her foot was on the step. She sud
denly turned. II can't swear against
him! I can'tW She clutched her
breast with both hands. "It's killing
me! Johnny, come here!"
Her son sprang toward her, bat she
fell at his feet. She was dead when he
lifted her.
"Mother, mother, I'll quit the
drink ~ the startled lad cried. But
she did not answer The physician
said it was heart disease.
An ambulance was summoned.
Some one whispered to the justice.
"Discharged," he said, and the
wretched lad followed his dead mother
home to be haunted all his life by the
terrible thought that he had sent her
broken-hearted to her death.
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CANNON OF GOLD.
Two Very Ancient Guns Whose Origfa Ii
Shrouded In Mystery.


The imperial army of Berlin has in adj
dition to it's armament a field gun as cost
ly as it is unique. A cannon made OF gold,
such as is possessed bv no other armory in
the world except the hamburg museum,
whence it came, is the great show piece
lust now for the domesticated Berliner, as
we'll as the thousands of strangers who
visit the German capital. The outward
appearance Of the monster jewel is most
delicate in workmanship, such as is never
seen in an arm Of this kind. The cylinder
is 10 feet long and strangely beautiful In
it's massive coat of FURNISHED gold inlaid
with delicate frieze work, with a handle
formed of two nude wrestlers and a cascabel
in the shape of an elephants head with in
verted trunk. The handle is in itself a work
of the highest plastic art. In harmony with
the elegance Of the arm proper Is the gun
carriage, which is made of oak, inlald with
reddish pear wood and richly decorated
with etched steel knobs, r~osettes and other
decorative designs. Twice in the chaste
and unusually elaborate o~rnamentation
are found the initials of the etchcr, "H.
R. NJ, 1643," but his identity has not yet
been discovered.
Even more remarkable than the costli-
ness of the material of which it is made is
the construction of the cylinder. Its like
Is not described in any handbook on
arms, and a similar arm has not been seen
before. The copper cylinder has q diameter
of Is millimeters, with an inner and outer
mantle. The filler consists Of pine wood
and leather. The origin of the two guns
ia an unsolved mystery, although mention
of them is made in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. Oldenburger, in
his Book On Travel'' (1675), and Berlen-
meyer, in his "Antiquarium," speak with
great enthusiasm of the golden cannon.
According to these two sources, the guns
were taken from IA hamburg merchant to
satisfy a debt of s12,0 900. The style of the
guns would indicate that they were made
in Holland, and the costliness of the work
j~usti1es the assumption that they were
made only by special order.-St. Louis
Republic.
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Yard wide Sea Island 5 cents at Haddons.

Yard wide Sea Island 8 cents at Haddons.
You should see those beautiful silk and
wool dress patterns. No two alike. Cheaper
than ever known. Haddons.
French organizes, In all the newest tints
at H~addon's.
For the newest. prettiest and cheapest mil
inery 20 to Mrs. Taggart.
Mrs. Taggart receives new millinery every
week.
When in search of bargains don't fail to call
at HaddOns. They carry the most complete
line of Ladies goods In the market.
Greatest value of the season that IA white
quilt 81 w at Haddons.
Look at those so In blk, secillian cloth
reduced inprice at Haddons.
Black Sicillian cloth makes a nice Ladies
skirt, or q mans summer coat at Haddons.
Prices reduced on broken lots of slippers at
Haddons.
Organs repaired and tuned, sewing ma
chimes repaired and adjusted, fine parasols
mended. AS an expert In all these. l DEFY
competition. For 30 days you will find me In
Photo Hall. j. A. NJ. COble
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Chinese Smiles.

Some of the ordinary expressions Of
the Chinese are pointedly sarcastic
enough. A clustering, harmless fell
low they call "a paper tiger" When
a man values himself %overmuch, they
compare him to "a rat falling into a
scale, and weighing ITSELF" OVERRIDING
a thing they call "a hunchdack max
ing a bow" A spendthrift they COM
pare to "a rocket" which goes off at
once. Those who expend their chart
ty on remote objects, but neglect their
family, are said to chang q lantern on
a pole, which is seen afar, but gives no
light below."-New York Ledger.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are authorized to announce JOHN w.
BULLOCK as a candidate for the House OF
Representatives to MI out the unexpired
term Of Il. A. Graham, subject TO the action OF
the Democratic primary.
We are authorized to announce NJ. ?. DE.
BRUHL as a candidate for the House OF Rep
resentatives, TO fill the %uneXpired term OF II.
A. Graham, subject to the Democratic pri.
mary.
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*Daily. tDaily, ex. Sunday. +DAily cx. Monday.
Nos. 1903 and i02, "The Atlanta Special" Solid YES
tibulcd Train OF Pullman Slccprrs and Coaches be.
tween Washington and Atlanta. also Pullman
Slcepers between Portsmouth, and Chester, Sc
Nus IL and IS, 1.-The s. A. l.. Express" Solid
Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepcrs between Ports
mouth and Atlanta. Company Slrrpers between
Columbia and Atlanta.
Both trains make immediate connections ut ATTAIN
tn for Montgomery. Mobile, New Orleans, Texas, Cal.
iiornia, Mexico, Chattanooga, Nashville. Memphis,
Macon, Florida.
For Tickets, Sleepers, apply to
B. A. NEWLAND. Gen. Agt., Pass. Dept.
6 Kimball House, Atlanta, Gu.
GEO. Nc. i. Bate, Trav. Pass. Agt.
Charlotte, N. c..
f. ST. JOHN. Vicc-Pres. and Gcnl. Mgr.
v. I. MCBEE. Gen'. Superintendent.
II. W. L. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
r. j. ANDERSON, Gen'. Pass. Agent.
General Offices: Portsmouth, Va.
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r. C. Wilson and Co. have n full stock OF
HeinZ's Pickle and condiments.
Bruce's Ice Cream Business commences TO
day
Send your orders for Butterick patterns to
II. Nj. Haddon Il Co.
Oxford tics black and tan at Haddon's.
Sandals with steel buckles, ladies, Misses
and children at Haddon's.
Crinkled and plain Chiffon in all shades.
Musiline and China silks In different colors
at Mrs. Taggart's.
Go to Bruce's for chickens. hens, fries and
broils, prices to suit the times.
II you need towels or table linen go to
HaddOns.
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were only efforts to smooth from
Ii aged face the marks of time. But
Florence did not forget the strange
sight which had so puzzled her, and
after grandma had left, she said
Mamma, what made her face all
checkered-like ?"
Because, dearie, grandma has lived
a long, long time !" vas the reply.
meantime lovingly patting her moth
er's cheek, and then she queried:
Evil your pity smoov' face ever get
like grandma's"
ayes, I suppose So" said the moth
er, with a lopg-drawn sight, ''if live
to get DID," For like most people this
mother shrinks from age and wrink-
les.
The child-who is no "make believe"
child-is wonderfully old for one of
her years, and seeing that her words
had brought a shadow to the face she
loved so we'll, and wishing to counter
act the effect of them she said quick
ly: -,
"Never mind, mamma, p'raps you'll
die pity quick !"
But her effort to cheer had the op-
posite effect, for the child's mother
had a greater dread Of dying than of
growing old, and for that reason had
tried by every means IN her power to
teach her only child tolook upon death
as a friend, rather than with fear.
Seeing that she had blundered again
Florence stood silently looking out Of
the window a few moments, until a
happy thought seemed to strike her,
then she said sweetly:
"Just see how beautiful my tulip bed
is, mamma it's lots nicer'n twas last
year," "Yes, DEAR" was the only
answer from the n who was still de-
pressed by the thoughtless words,
"P'raps you'll die pity quick"
"But, mamma" urged the child,
putting her arms lovingly around her
mothers neck, "don's you member
how I cried last summer when there
wasn't any more flowers an all the
leaves turned yellow ?"
Eyes, dearie, you thought so much
of your beautiful tulips because Aunt
Amy brought the bulbs from Europe.
you did not understand the nature OF
bulbs and you thought they would
never bloom again."
"Yes, mamma, 1 member how you
splained it to me, an don't you 'mem-
Der what you told we when Lulu was
put in the ground in a pity white
box ?"
eyes, DEAR" answered the mother
in a halfdistracted way.
'"Then don't you see you needn't
feel bad if you should die pity soon
an be put in the ground, for you'll
come up lots lovelier in a little while
like my beautiful tulips Then you
won't ever, ever have to grow check
cred like grandma ~
The child not long before had lost
her dearest playmate LULU" and her
mother had comforted her by telling
her how Jesus would bring her back
to life again just as the flowers in
spring escaped from their prison. And
how we'll the child treasured the lesson
is shown by the way she tried to COM
fort her mother and she succeeded,
too.
For after the disturbed one listened
to words of her child, she glanced to-
ward the many-hued tulip bed, and
then kissing the up-turned face said
cheerily "That is true, my sweet lit
tie comforter .
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Proposed by Silver Democrats.

The declarations Of the Chicago con-
yention attack individual freedom, the
right of private contract, the indepen-
dence Of the judiciary, and the au-
thority of the president to enforce fed
eral laws. They advocate q reckless
attempt to increase the price Of sill
yer by legislation to the debasement
Of our monetary standard, and threat
en- unlimited issues of paper mone
by the government. They abandon
for Republican allies the Democratic
cause Of tariff reform to court the ia
vor If protectionists to their fiscal
heresy.-National Democratic Platform.
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nICHAXD CAN'T, is now prepared to do
II all work in his department IN the Desl
manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly
shaving, hair cutting and sham.
pooling 81 per month. Rasors honed n put
n the hast condition for Is cents each.
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The Democratic party ever has main
tanned, and ever will maintain, the
supremacy of law. the independence OF
it's judicial administration, the inviola-
bility Of contract, and the obligations
of all good citizens to resist every
illegal trust, combination or attempt
against the just rights Of property n
the good order Of society, in which are
bound up the peace and happiness OF
ourpeople.-NItional Democratic plat
form.
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a great many things which we are
so quick to say are beyond our control
are only our self-control.
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White french organizes 66 inches wide, %
to SO cents at Haddon's.
Mrs. Marie Pfrang is now ready to start her
classes for French, German, Piano, Organ and
Guitarre at 81 per month during vacation,
Please 10 apply at her residence on Main
street, opposite Younger's butcher shop.
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Rruce's is the place to get besns. tomatoes
chickens, and eggs.
5 cases summer millinery just received at
liaddon'S.
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The principal cause of the prosperity o.
mwnbrokers is that they take 50 much in
tcrrst IN their business.
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Water Works.

HAVE your work done by a man thai
IL knows his business and save money
and health. C.B.
Practical and Licensed Plumber.
Abbeville, S. g., Jan. IL, 1897.
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Don't drink green tea. Use it instead to
restore rusty black lace to its original fresh
ness. The result will be admirable for both
lace and nerves.
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Costly ~l}ric-a-brac.

A lady who was looking about in a brio
a-brac shop, with n view to purchasing
something old, noticed o quaint figure, the
head and shoulders of which appeared
above the counter.
"What is that japanese idol over there
worth?" she inquired.
The salesman replied in u subdued tone:
"Worth about $500, 600, madam. It's the
proprietor. "-Pick Me Up.
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DENTAL NOTICE.
DR.. S. G. Thomson,

UPSTAIRS ON MC1LWAlN
Corner, Abbeville. S. G.
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Sunday Excursion Rates,

Sunday Excursion Rates,
Via Charleston & Western Carolina Railway
Co. Tickets are sold for all passenger trains
to pass stations after 100 noon on
Saturdays and until GOO p. M. on Sundays,
Tor return passage until 1900 noon on
the Monday following date of sale. For rates
orany other further Information call on any
agent of the Company, or
VIM. J. Craig,
General Passenger Agent.
Augugta, Ga.
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bENTAL NOTICE.
S. +. KillingsWOrth,
No. 4 Seal Block, Abbeville, S. c.
Fine Chickens.

THOROUGHBRED Indian Games, Buff
l. and $. c. Brown Lcghorns. from the
finest Strains.
Having a surplus of Eggs, | will sell them
cheap. r l.. H..
Mich. l9.-3m.
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FOR HOUSE KEEPER.
eess the Undersigned. Brad
Mrs. F.. p. IounghloOd.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-27
PRESlDENCtA
DEL EXCMO AlUNTAMIENTO De LA CIUDAD
DE PONCE
AL PUBLICO

OTdenado por la 1ntendencia General de
Hacienda publlca la formacion de los padro-
nes que han de serIir de base para el repair
to de La contribution territarlal en- Ell ejercl-
clio proxlmo de 1887 a 90, Sc hace publico
por e. presente para que los vecinos contri-
ouyentes presenter en- esta Secreterla las
planillas que expresen los productos obteni-
dos en- Ell &fo natural de 1896 en- las diferen
tes rlquezas que comprende la territorial,
aJastandose al modelo que la Intendencia
dlspone para el efecto.
81 plAz0 para la lndicada preset tacl00 de
planlllas sera de clez dias a conJar oesde hey
40 tenIend0 derecho areclamaci0n aJgQEa los
que p0r cualquler cIrcnnstanCla deJasen CT
llel ar este requisite.
Ponce, Enero ID de 1697.-El Alcalde, Al
0erado. 3-3
MR.. CHoKLEo BUCHhT, director de l.
'-Fol41a Ia Oent1ai oe Frauul4.", are,
CeL unce
Qoe nabitIdo a1a!izado ei qua dc Flo
>.1a pIe! aIaos Lc1 ii L.Go ID. a. Oer&o,1,
Arr 20, F4>li:, Rlc@, Iesulta contener III
clucu pr UleLCo oo aLel,es eeeLClaIas lures
1ompIU badoa pordlVe rsos prOCedlmientos.
A0tnlea i0a TX ueLea cuautaIVos Go las
esonc'as l0uUatran que aon de muy bueDa
calidad"
Il cel tincado original de este analisis Sc
halla en- poUer oe Ia administration dc La
DEMoORACIA, que puede ensefarlo 6 quien
10 desee. Dernuestra por 10 taAto este Ie
suitado obt,nido por 81 laborato1lo del mejo1
eetaDlecimleuto farmaceQtico de Francla,
que ecepclon del Aqua Florioa Murray Y
Lamman, 30 hay otra despues de la nues-
ira que conteDga lgaal Oantidad de esen-
clas. Esto undo al ImltaGIslmo precioa
que SO Vende hoy este aItfcuio Ell Ia isla, hs-
&c que nuestra aqua FIollca morezcs pre-
fere ncia quo sc Ie va reccnoeiendo en todc
81 pals.