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BY IIU(iII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1887. VOLUME XXXII. NO. 22T
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Xx AcroltDANTi: WITH UK AC j
to raise supplies f??r tIn* fiscal year oominont
iMn November 1st, lsst^ notice is J
hereby iriven that tlie Treasurer's ollice p
of Ahhevillo <'oiuily will he open for the r
collection of taxes
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15,1887.?
Taxes can he paiil until December l*?th j
without penalty.
The rate per centum of taxes, is as follows
:
.1 |
County current '![ " |
County special IJ " j x
Schools '1 " *
Total II " j
Poll tax si.'"'.
Male citizen* between twenty-one ami j
lifty year* arc liaMe to Poll tax.
Taxpayers in Ninety-Six and Colics-1 ^
bury townships are notified that the tax (10
to pay the interest on the Itouds in aid of
the Atlantic, (ireenvillc and Western1
Railway < 'onipanv, amounting to L'if mills :
in Ninety-Six and mills in Cokesbury I'
will he eelleeted at the same time as the ai;
State and County taxes, and will !>e sub- j j..|
jeet ta the same penalties in case of non- i '>c
payment. q
In order to further the collection of the 0
taxes and to accommodate 1 he tax pavers! ,
as far as I am able I have arranged the
following schedule of appointments, and , II
request the tax payers will take due notiee
thereof as the olliee at the Court,
House will neeessarilv be closed on those
T
Yerderv. Tuesday, November 1st. !
Ilradlev, Wednesday. November '2nd.
Troy, Thursday, November .">rd. B(
MeCormick, Friday, November 1th and'
Saturday morning till 11 o'clock.
Bordeaux, Saturday afternoon, Xovem-i
ber ;"?th. i
Willington, Monday mornimr, Novem-, |
ber 7th until 12 o'clock. i J:'j
Loxvndcsville, Monday afternoon, No- 1
veinber 7th from "J o'clock and Tuesday, I',',!
November stli. j >"
Ml. Carmel, Wednesday, November j
Oth. ["
Oflice at Court House tins other days of i I
that week. I cl,j
Ninety-Six, Monday, November lllli ba
from arrival of down train until depar- j
ture of up train next day.
(Sreenwood, Tuesilay afternoon, November
l">th ami Wednesday morning
November l'ilh.
ll<>d<res, Thursday, November 17th tin- ?
* j COI
til '$ o'clock. hli<
Ponnaldsville, Friday, November l*tli.(
l>ue West, Saturday, November l!?tli. i "I
The reiuaindorof the time I will be in ; "'
j ?lll
the ollice at the Court I louse. on
! \j
All information as to taxes will be * '
chcerfully given bv mail or otherwise.
J. W. PERRIX,
Countv Treasurer- T
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Sept. 1 1. lss(> tt jj.t
Tie Slate of Sontli Carolina j"
County of Abbeville,
COURT OF COMMON I'l.KAX. ]]
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Thus. N. Smith. ;i- \(.liiii!ii>trat<>r of Isa'iclla
J,
Tolbort, deceased, I'laintilt, ?
against ^
Klvira Tnlhcrt. Salli<- Smiili. Mamie Smith, |in
and others, heirs and distributee* of isa- ^jj
holla Tolbert, doeeasod, lWendants. >
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{Oiiitjililiill Xi'i'I'C'l.)
To the 1 icfenilaiits Klvira Tolhcrt, Sallic
Smith, .M:iinl?- Suiilli, Willie Smith, Teresa
Smith and t lie tin known children of .1.
Wesley Tolbert olios Wilson, deceased :
1 n|" AUK IIKUKISY SI M.Mi?NKI? ANI? i
required Io answer the complaint inthisac-j
tion, of which a co] > is tiled in the ofticc of j
the .Indue oi the t'onrt of 1'robalo, and to
serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint
at the otlicc of said .Indue of Probate]
within twenty days afti-r the service hereof,
oxcltisive ut the day of such nervlce; and if ^
you fail to answer I ho complaint within UK1 < I
lime aforesaid and to show cause why tin* r<-j n-,|
Iif-t' prayed for should not Ik* granted tin- tio
plaintiff i!i litis action \v ill apply to the Court tip
for tin* relief demanded in the complaint, to! scr
wit. for tin- sal<-of the real estate of said lsa-| phi
bella Tolherl. deceased, in aid of the payment |,0'
of dehls in aid of persona 11 v. 11 w
hated Sept. !. A. I?. I?s7. ! ,,f
IWUKKK ?V MidiiW AN, j **??:
I "lain I ill's Attorney s. j >ai
! (Ik
[i..s.j i.i.ki: i.von.
.Indue Probate Court. j |
To tln> Absent Iiefoiidants, the unknown children
of .1. Wesley Tolhert itlittx Wllson.de ;
eased r j I
Takk Norn k that tho summons in this
ease ol which the above is a eopv, with coin- j
plaint, has hcon tiled in tlie olliceof the.Iudsje j 1
of the < 'our1 of Probate for Abbeville county
State aforesaid, on t> day of Sept. A. 1>. !Ss7. < ei
PAltK Kit A- MriinWAN, J
I 'la i ti I i lis Attorneys.
Sept. 7. IssT.IJt | "S
GINNING AND PACKING, J
Ill A V K t wo tirst-rln?s-{'lis at work in my .
cln housen?*!ir ttu- Iti-pol. Capacity tiltceii i
to t \* clity hahs a day.
Charge for uinniug ami packing,
Th8 Twenty-Fifth. i
Mvtvy f tl'orl will he made for tho acniiiniiu- I
dation of customers, ami as little delay as {'
possible in doins work. J(M
t. w. McMillan,
Abbeville. S. C.
Sept. 7. 1I?C. ?.iu
E?gs for Sale. J]
I-JKOM IMI'i?HTKI? UltuWN LKOIIOHNH. no
* ?!.<?> per 13. T. \V. CO?H?LEll. eel
June 29, 1SS7,11 l
GrOOD
Lumber at Cheap Ra
I W WWfi
/I 17 WW 1AM/A VI
VERDERY, S. C.
s I'lJKI'AI!I-:I TO ITKNlSll A 1.1. K
of l.r.MISKK on short notice and ;
riees.
i:iux<;. I'l.oouiNt;.
I'KAMIN<; TIMI'.KKS and
liLANKS of every deseri
All orders promptly and faithfully fil
iortc?t notice at lowest prices for cash.
Address .1. W. WIIAUTO
Verdery,
Antrust 21, lss", ::m
Buggies,
'hastons and Wagi
Of all sizes ana rnce
VK HAVI-: A I.AIKiK STOCK OF
own make on hand that will be
r less money than we will take orders
WHOLESALE PRICES
lis is your time to get first class wot
ss money than you have had before o
t again soon.
We also have on hand a stock of V
UN IM'CtilKS and WAIiliXS wliicl
sold as cheap as can be by anybody.
eal. Mcllwaine & i
<cpt. 21, 1**7, :tm.
10ME ENTERPRi;
. S. Hammond & G
M A X1?KA(*TC11KItS or
)ots, Shoes, Harness and all Kin
I.EATJIKH.
N't is. i> and :: TRINITY STItKKT.
? ICIIKST CASII I'KI'KS I'AII) for
1 or green hides. ICi-ltin*r Leather, \V
atlier always on Iiaiul cheap. Calf*
p-skins, Shee|>-skins in stork.
I mi will lii.d SIli IKS very cheap. Th<
rs Friend is a >2.N> shoe, and the Fai
'ess is a jvt.'iO Dalmoml?the I test shoe;
ide or liriiuiflit to this market. The
ulu from good holiest solid lealhci
a ran teed.
KXCHANtiK OIJ CASII.
.eather. Harness or Shoes given ii
ango for Hides or Tnnbark.
lighe.-t cash prices paid for hides or
rk.
J. S. HAMMOND &
fniv i::. Is>7. tf
TEACHERS EXAMINATION
1.1, teachers nnd persons desirous of t
in? in the public schools of Alibi
Linty for tlie next scholastic year will
[ Hoard of f.xamincrs at Alihevilie <
itise, on FHII'AY. the* Ttli (MTOl'iKIt
Mi o'clock A. .M.
The white teachers and white appli
il meet the Hoard on Friday, 7th Oct
d the colored teaehcrs will meet tin- I
Saturday, the Mh October at in o'clo
with pen, ink and paper.
k. cow a:
Chairman Iiourd Kxamin
>ept. 21, 1N?7, ::t
Farmers' Central Club
iik fa km Kits- ckntkaIj ci.ru v
meet in the Court House on Salcdii
tulier. Subordinale clubs will send
lions. Husiness of importance will
fore the meeting and a full attendan
died. J. II. M< 'It HA I
<ept. 1!'. Iss7. -t I'rcsldi
For Sale or Rent.
rul SK AMI LOT ON MAOAZINK I!
1 Newly liuill. Four rooms nixl hall
><1 well. '(tiirdcn, stables, liarn unci c
li-ntliil location. For terms apply to
T. L. IK)i*(?LAS
>cpt. SI, IssT, It Abbeville, S
ITLICATloX will III- mad*' at the
L sittinjr tin- Legislature of Soulli <
a for tin'charter of a I'nilmail from A
lc Court House to Savannah Uivcr ii
cction of Washington, (ia., or Macon,
cpt. 'J I, ISS7. :!m
ie State of Sub Carol
County of Abbeville.
col'lir OK COMMON PLKAJ
Jane Leo, l'laintill',
against
Hugh It. (iil.ort, Iicfcmlant.
co/'V st'Mm<>a*.v rojt ]{/ :/.i/ :/ '.
((Aiuiptui)it not served.)
the IicfciKlant Hush It. < iI>ort:
??l AUK lIKKKIiY Sl MMiiNKD
liiired to answer tin;complaint in tin
:i, of which si copy is on tile in tli?- oiti
Clerk of Court for said county, an
vc ? copy of your answer to tin- saiil
mil on tin- subscriber- at their ottice a
nilc Court House, south Ciirolina, w
i-nly ilaysaftcr tlic service liercof, excli
t lie ilay of such service: ami iI you fi
swer the complaint within the time ii
<1. the plaintiir in this action will app
Court lor the relief demanded in the.
lint.
sited Sept. i?i A. 1>. issT.
i:i:ni:t a- casox,
i'laintilf's Attornr
*.] >1. CJ. Zkioi.ki:, C. ('. P.
ilusih It. (iitiert, Absent Defendant :
'auk Notick that tik- complaint in
jve action has been lilcd in the ottice u
rk of Court for said county.
I'.KNKT .1 CASON,
I'la i tit ill's Attornc
ept. 'jr., issT, i;t
lenry's Gil
Washinerton Stree
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
IIAVV. IIAh MV <flNNIN(i I.s'
lislmii'iit thoroughly overhauled an
I red and have added the lat<*st imp
nts. My saws an* sharpened and resei
Kin runs evenly, with Kjieod and savi
lint in excellent condition. l'litilie
late solicited and the hest and 4iii<
iik yuaranteed. KltANK MhNI
>cpt. 7, 1S??7, Sill
Pay Your Guano Bills
(ARTI Ms wishing to pay fortJuanobt
of tutu will please call on Mr. It. W.
n at Abbeville, who will collect am
Ipl for nan e. Verv truly,
ippt. u, 1SV7 tr " .f. II. HOLCOJ
COMMONS.
itCS Making a Pooni (trow.
I sat wriliim in my chamber,
Striving t<> forget my cares.
When 1 heard tho sound of loot si ops,
Little footsteps on the stairs.
iJAM. "Please, mamma, come play with lioni
.Pleaded little curly head.
' Not now, darling," I made answer:
"l>ush will play with you instead."
"No, mamma: old Mash Is sleepy,
INI>s Ami I cannot make him run.
il low And I've liHiked my pictures over
Till I'm tired of everyone.
"('iimc anil swing mo in the hammock,
A ml I'll go to sleep so soon.
ption. You'll have time to write your letter,
Dear mamma, this alteruoon."
led on
" I is a poem 1 am writing,
X Not a letter. Beuuie dear;
< '< And. If I am interrupted.
It will 11 over grow, I fear."
lint I swung him in the hammock,
Faster, slower, at his will.
Till I swung him inlu Dreamland,
Ami tlie prattling tongue ""as still.
Then I tried to write my poem,
l'.ut I could not rhyme the words.
So 1 left it there with Hcunie,
With tlie butterflies and birds.
)ns Honrs later, when I sought it,
Not a trace of it I found.
Nothing but my old portfolio,
g Lying on the dewy ground.
"Oh!" ericd Iiennie, "I have fixed it,
Come, mamma, do conic and see
How I did it, just to help you;
For I knew how pleased you'd be."
/iiiui So I followed where lie led me,
for -it Puzzled at his gleeful talk.
To my little mound of pansies
In the winding garden walk.
There, among the laughing blossoms,
' Looking like a thing of woe,
i. r .. Was the poem llennic planted,
ir will Trusting it would quickly grow.
"Aren't you glad ?" he cried, delighted;
.'KST- Adding, with a look so bright,
1 will "Don't you think il would grow better
If wc watered it to-night ?"
| Christian llcyistt
: The Foolishness or Jt'oiiy.
J Observer calls attention to one of
evils which curses too many of
ir j small Florida towns, the looser
j which exists in the social circle.
; It is a grave matter upon the part
I parents to permit their children to
|q jsociate indiscriminately with 1<j
characters. The greatest evil effect
such a course is seen mostly in
flg Ofj boys and young men of a town. 1
man who is a gambler, or a drink
man, or one who sports in any w
comes into a community and his
I tent ions are received by young lad
1>Uy I the boys are apt t<> conclude that
iianir j dress well, to drink, and to gamble
kins, t],e thing, and these very girls, the
} i jects of their youthful passions,
liuTsj made too often the means of tl
\?'ycr| downfall and ruin in just this way.
* ji'hi 11 is rarely the case that you can f
j a boy at from ten to fifteen years
I but what has seen in the giiTs aroi
i ex- him the ideal of his dreams ami v
I are the objects of his present io e.
"j is generally true also that the girls
('<>. j whom they center their first love
j either their own age or older. Now
Nj anyone supposes that a boy does
feel when his sweetheart receives
tention by men he is mistaken,
each- these girls should be captured by n
I'viiic of loose habits and bold, rakish m
rourt I ,,crsi son,(! l-oys conclude that such
next the attractive features and the resul
readily seen in the conduct, habits <
character of these boys. We have I
Vo'iird ladies, who trained their girls w
ck a. ' care, to say to us, that they recei'
v- j but little attention at the hands
..is i ircntlenien. remarking that such i
I such girls (who were careless as
! their attendants, and where they w
|and when) seemed to he very popul
nu. "Do you want them to be like si
'y t"1!girls?" said we. "O no." "T1
( oil 10 w',at do you complain aliout ?" "Xti
cc isjing, I only remarked their populi
>. ty." Hut then this mother did sul
I because her modest, ladylike yon
| daughters were not the subjects
more attentions, in a eomtnuni
in I where careloss parents allowed tli
with girls to be attended day and night
abin Iyoung men who were dissipated a
s whose characters were bad in ma
l.V. J respects. This mother, like many o
ers in other places, began to feel
next)demoralizing effects of careless s
m,"- ' '"discreet conduct as alluded to by i
\ tii'o! server and remarked above. We
(?a. j not say girls are not injured then
also, for we believe that they are v<
seriously damaged and often ruin
litin Hut then the most rapid dcmoralizi
.1110,1 efleet is had upon the boys, who in
j der to be popular and successful w
: the girls make swift progress alongi
lines they are impressed are the Ij
"* I-mil Hm 1'iiiiioiif. to lio ch.irminc w
1 their sweet hearts. Hence, our sin
i towns contain many boys who swe
| drink, gamble ahd stay out of nig
and are wicked generally because p
ents living there are not careful enon
to raise their children up by g<
standards. It may hurt the tow
prosperity but it will hurt the childi
the most.
- -o- olligli-fliaii
Itrillianry.
anl?j "Hush!" whispered a little girl
isai'-iher class-mates, who were laughi
iccof during prayer, "we should be polite
<1 to (Jod."
wiiii-i ,.\ minister asked a little hoy w
i ai>- had been converted. "Does not I
ithin devil tell you that you are not a Chi
"siv?]tian?" "Yes, sometimes." "Wei
?' t??i what do you say to him?" "I I
. him that whether 1 am a Christian
ly '" not, it is none of his business."
coin-) "i wish 1 could mind Cod as my
i ?i-. .1 :...i_. ..... ?? .. litii.. i.,
j lir llliiMin iiiv;, nuiu tv nuiv u<
I looking thoughtfully on his sliu*;
. friend ; "lie always looks so pleased
vs t mind, and I don't."
John was building a ohieken-co?
i while little Budgestood by looking<
John bruised his thumb, and exelai
ti?.led : "Oh, gracious!" "What mal
r the you say that?" asked Budge. "W'l
.should I say?" retorted John, for 1
thumb ached. "Well," said Bud,
after rellecting a little, "you might *
ys- the 'mandments."
Ja pane.se 11 osp i t a I i t y.
A gentleman who has traveled
* over Japan and knows whereof
(speaks, says : "The Japanese are t
f imost hospitable people on the face
' lilt- globe. Those living near tlie <_ <>
j have, it is true, learnned something
I the ways of Europeans, and are nx
|-Ai?_ j war.v and grasping, hut those inla
ii' n- i are hospitality itself. The travel
r??ve- j matter, where he goes, is made w
rs'nii; come. If he wishes to stop over 11 i<.
put-! the hest room in the house is ]>laeed
'."I"*1 j his disposal, and he is furnished w
' ' a supper and a breakfast made up
? the choicest morsels the house afl'or
Frequently, too, it happens that I
householder will refuse to accept a
mciit payment for courtesies. The fartl
(an- inland one goes the more kindly a
re" good-hearted are found the inha
jb. hints."
Wasn't Wanted There.
She was :i little old woman, very
plainly dressed in black bombazine
that had seen much careful wear, and
her bonnet was very old-fashioned,
and people stared at iier tottering up
! theaisle of the grand church, evident1H-,"
ly bent on securing one of the best
seats, for a great man preached on that
day, and the house was tilled with
splendidly dressed people who heard
of the fame of the preacher, of his
learning, bis intellect and goodness,
and they wondered at the presumption
of the old woman. She must nave
been in her dotage, for she picked out
the pew of the richest and proudest
member of the church, and took a
seat. The three ladies who were seated
there beckoned to the sexton, who
bent over lite intruder, and whispered j'
something, l>ut slie was hard of hearing,
and smiled a little withered smile, i
as she said gent 13% "Oh, I'm quite j
comfortable here, qui to comfortable
here."
"But you are not wanted here," said ;
the sexton, pompously. "There is noti
room. Come with me, my good oldj
woman, I will see that you have aj
seat."
"Not room!" said the oi l woman,
looking at her sunken proportions,
and then at the fine ladies. "Why,
I'm not crowded a bit. T rode ten
miles to hear the sermon to-day because?"
Hut the sexton took her by the arm
and shook her roughly in a polite, un-j
derhand way, and she took the hint, j
Her faded eyes filled with tears, her
chin quivered, but she rose meekly,
and left the pew. Turning quietly tothe
ladies who were spreading their, i
rich dresses over the spot she left va- <
' cant, sue gently sam, i wipe, iii,v
dears, there'll be room in heaven fori]
us all." j'
Then she followed the pompous sex- s
"ie ton to the rear of the church, where!
our in the last pew she was seated hot ween <
a threadbare girl and a shabby old <
man. j<
' 01 "She must be crazy," said one of the 1
as" ladies in the pew she had first ocou-:'
'ost'. pied. "What can an old ignorant wo- h
8 01 man like her want to hear I)r.
t'ic preach for. She would not be able to i
/ a undersland a word said. Those pco-'<
pie are so persistent. The idea of her '
;,y< forcing herself into our pew. Isn't 1
,a^" that voluntary lovely? There's I>r. 1
'es- coming out of the vestry. Isn't (
to he grand?"
! > * "Splendid! What a stately man ! '
?'J" ^ on know he h:is promised to dine
with lis while he is here." j'
lc''r lie was a commanding looking man,:
and as the organ voluntary stopped.it
''['j and he looked over the vast crowd of <
win worshippers gathered m me great 1
ntil church, lie seemed to scan every face.''
fh? j[js hand was on the iiihle, when sml-1 ^
denlv ho leaned over the reading desk '
on and beckoned to the sexton, who oh- i
ar.e aeqwioiisly mounted the steps to re-i
ceivc a mysterious message. And I
,,(,t then the three ladies in the grand pewi,
at- were clect rilied to see him take his ^
way the whole length of the church,!
1011 to return with the old woman, whom 1
:in" he placed in the front pew of all, itsjA
afe occupants making willing room for!
t's her. The great preacher looked at her *
l,,(l with a smile of recognition, and then [ J
i/i'i j the service proceeded, and he preach-j <
hhjed a sermon which struck lire from (
I'od j every heart. <
?f| "Who was she?" asked the ladies j
"1(1 j who could not make room for her, as; >
l? tlioy passed tlic sexton at (lie door. |>
cut ''The preacher's mother," repliedjt
'{ir- the functionary in an injured tone.M
i(,l> IIow few remember that "while man,1
10,1 looketh on the outward appearance, <
'"' jlhe Lord looketh at the heart."
iri- , , r i i
A Lawyer IJoateii by a Catechism. }
i"K t
.?r A Chicago paper tells the story of I ^
V; au amusing scene in a court-room in!*
that city. A little hoy, about eight)
\ years old, was put on the stand as a;*'
l . I witness, when the opposing counsel;
'!-N objected on the ground that the child t _
,, did not understand the nature of an 11
I* oath. p
l, "Do you know what an oath is, I"
[)Charley?" asked the judge.
do " yc.Si sir," answered Charley : "it is| J
; to ask (?od to helpyou tell the truth." 1
"ry j "Where did you learn all this?" .
. I frowned the opposing counsel,
"'f "In the catechism," said Charley, |(
1 not to be frowned down by the biggest,1
| lawyer in the business.
? "in the catechism? What cate- ?
iTl! ! c''ism ?" j
J "In the ten-cent catechism, sir."
tail "Who told you to look in the cate-j1
?a# -icliism for the'definition of au oath?"
,1 '"Mysister. She told me last night,!'
arj" and I got it and studied it." !1
?'! "Have you got your catechism with L
>0(1 I ... iHJ
i, i y??u :
nsj "Yes, sir, here it is," taking 1110;'
"c11 well-thumbed little book from hi.s i
trousers pocket.
"You see tlie boy lias his docu-j1
ments," interrupted thejudge, with a;
smile; and a quiet litter went around v
i the court-room, as it became evident "
"JK| that the lawyer was being beaten bv ,
j the ehild. i'
I "H'm! Let me see the book. I s,
Jloj wonder if you know anything more '
. that's in it. Who made you V" ,:l
I "Why, (?od, of course," was the re-,
',i 1?I.V, ns i' the lt?d pooh-poohed the idea '
'l'" of being asked such a simple question, '
or and wanted "something hard." W
I Several questions were asked, and !l
elicited ready replies. The lawyer '
[' v> saw that lie was in for it, and accepted
"g.V defeat as gracefully as possible. Turn- '*
lo ing to thejudge, he said : j1
! "Your honor, I guess we will accept!.
'P? this witness ; and, for this little book, I "
f would submit it to niv learned!
m" friend, the counsel for the other side,!
and reeonunend its careful perusal by J
him. It will do him good."
lllS| ?
f' I i Tin-: Two Lovks.?A certain young;
' ^ lady was intimately acquainted in at
i family in which there was a sweet,]
bright little boy of some live years,'
between whom and herself there!
aU sprung up a very tender friendship. J*
ju. One day she said to him, "Willie, do;
be .vnu l"v0 n'eV" "Yes, indeed," he re-t
; iili?'il. with a cliusriuu kiss. "How !'
!(>( much?" "Why, 1 love you?I love!"
of you?ii|? to tlie sky." Just then liisjji
?.t. eyes fell 011 his mother. Flinging his '
n,j arms around her and kissing her past.r
sionatcly, In- exclaimed, "Hut, mam(.|1
ina, 1 love you way uptot.ioil." Could
ri,( the distinction between two loves hei'.j
' :it more exquisitely drawn?
it'll *<"** ii
<,f Whatever becomes of my hotly or',.,
(Is. my estate, I will ever labor to *tind]|j
lie somewhat added to the stature of my ..
ny soul. * t>
ler We shall never make progress in
nd the knowledge of Christianity if we
bi- do not prize it high above all other h
* knowledge. a
SCHOOLS.
The Child's Mission.
You have a mission, littli* one,
Thonuh your life is just begun ;
For there's work for all loilo.
In tin- world wo arc* passing through.
You may l>o like angels here,
Makinil sorrow disappear;
\V in n inu crowns I hat shall V?o jiivcn
To the faithful ones in heaven.
From I he cradle to the trrave,
F.verv precious moment save;
Fill your life with deeds of love?
Treasure bright, for you above.
m -
Was It Luck!
KY M-:i> (iW'K.V.
There was a frantic cry of "Whoa
"whoa!" and the driver of "No.
it 111 down the lirnlre jinil Mw? enr e;ii
[o a stand-still just as a run-a\v
liorsc dragging but a fragment of
carriage dashed past. Men, worn
mil children ran in variousdireetioi
iome of them trying to keep out
:he horse's track, and others, mr
venturesome, making ineffectual i
tempts to seize the dangling brittle.
Mr. Lord was unfolding "The liec
ivhich always reached him ahout t
ime he started "down town," wh
lie commotion outside attracted 1
ittention.
"Lookout for your old basket!"
md a slight kick completely overtur
?d it. In their haste and cxcitemei
i colored woman and two boys h
ictually collided ; at the same tintiuding
a street car an unyieldi
jack-grou nd.
Herbert Atkinson, nearly tumbli
nto the basket of freshly launder
lollies, which the woman in li
'right had dropped, indignantly si
died the force necessary to scatter t
mmaculate linen upon the dtis
street.
With n fierce scowl and mutter
tilth, he immediately sprang upon t
jar. Other vehicles standing nei
completely blocked the passage, a
ivhile trouble was imminent (for t
Irivers were loud in expostulatioi
Mr. Lord gave his attention to t
scene just under his window.
'Kxcuse me, madam," said the ot
?r boy, lifting his hat, which he u
ii the act of placing on his head, afl
licking himself up from the pa\
incut, where he for a moment hail fa
. ii, when, during the scramble I
iafety, both the woman and Hcrlx
md ''brought up" against him.
"Yer didn't do it honey, ycr nowa
;er blame," was the answer.
As she reached for her basket, s
groaned, and Cieorge (iraluim exclaii
.'d. "Are you durt?" and while s
>v1111 one hand was tightly holding t
nuiised and sprained wrist, he w
/cry carefully gathering up the in
toiled garments, brushing, slinkii
ind folding.
When the ear started, everythii
ind been arranged, and the manly 1
,vas walking away with the wasln
.voman's load.
Mr. Lord returned to his paper, fn
ooking at his own advertisemei
,vhieh read something like this;
"Wanted, at this oHiee, an hone
ind gentlemanly hoy, about sixtc
fears of age, who has a home in t
Mty. None but an apt scholar, ai
>ne well-recommended need appl
.'all at twelve o'clock to-day."
Mr. Lord's experience in advertisii
vassuch that he congratulated hii
:clf on the short notice he had give
rusting that the right hoy would he <
mud, and he not pained as he won
>e if obliged to turn away many app
ants for the place.
A little before noon, his wife car
n for a chat, leaving tliier little Am
.villi him for an hour, as was her ct
om when out at this time.
"Papa's little Rest has come, h
lie?" as he took the child in his hi
t was one of his happy hours, he oft
iai(lt when he gave himself up to
Volte with his little girl.
"(), 1'a, Dinah has hurt her hai
ind tumbled down in the street.
vas something about a horse and a ct
i .. i..
?illl^ \> it J , iihuiima tup |?a^rve\.? n ?jt
cc*t of food for her and taken h
lome. It was no matter 'bout ti
umbled clothes, maninia told her."
"Yes, dear, but who is Dinah?" se
ng that tilt' child was too much int<
steil to think of anything else ju
hen.
"Oh, she helps Mary wash, ai
ometimes takes theelothos home wi
icr." "Pa, there is the very boy \vl
nought the basket for her, comii
lore." as slu* looked from the windo'
"It is twelve o'clock, darling, and
mist attend to a little business. V<
nay stay here with me."
"John." through a speaking till
'you may send up the boys iu the <
ler in which they come."
"(iood morning!" and a youth p
itely removed his hat, as he respon
(1 to the pleasant greeting.
A prepossessing face and evidently
veil-informed boy of sixteen, brig
ml active, with a letter from a we
;r.own man, which read somothii
ike this : "James Armstrong is tl
on of an old friend of mine. He is
ine scholar. Please give hint a j>I:i<
11(1 oblige," etc.
"Well, .lames, I like your looks, ai
do not doubt your ability, but I n
iced the stump of a cigar in your li
ers as you came in, and your cloth
re tilled with the odor of tobace
low long have you smoked ?"
"Two years or more," he auswere
)oking resentfully at the urentlemai
hough he had the grace to blush.
".My l?oy, tio you kiiow you arc >o\
ng seeds of misery?"
"It rests mo to smoke."
"Rests you! All, poor child,
light preai'li you a 1<?n?r sermon, tc
f the blighted lives, ruined nerve
ml empty poekets, but T forbear. M
id, learn a lesson, throw it away b
ire it is too late. I'll excuse y<
ow."
The bov went ont in a swagger in;
tulillerent way, muttering somethin
bout "taking away ft man's liberty.
I'ityingly, Mr. Lord saw him d<
art. The next boy was clean an
lire to look at. and handed his recoil
lendation to Mr. Lord in a very sel
uti.-licd way. The gentleman, wit
lie scene of the morning fresh in h
liinl. even when he read the eonipl
H'litary words, written by hi* ow
linister, couhl not say "Yes" to sue
n applicant. 1 Ic had no doubt of h
ne scholarship, and his general a|
earance was greatly in his favor, bu
c said, "Herbert, I came down o
ur No 7 this morning ami witnessed
ttle scene that you will recall. J at
ertiscd for a gentlemanly lad. 1'
sense you, now."
Willi lmt cheeks, lie departed.
The next was a lioy with a line fac
ul not as well grown as the other
nd with 110 recommendation except
note from his mother. Mr. Lord read : ITf]
"Dear Sir: We are strangers in the ^
city. I know of no one who, with
I his short notice, can rccommcnd my
hoy. A mother may ho partial in her
judgment, hnt he is a good hoy, and
you, if you will take the trouble, can every
learn of his scholarship. Will you,m'o'l<
please give him a chance to learii ajnlreuti
trade that fras great attractions fori<'(>nt''
him ? We have a '"case" in the house, wises
:iii(l lip i-nil nl read v "set Ivnn" rmito .jury ii
rapidly. His fat her was a printer. | use ?f
Excuse this long note and oblige. hedor
Yourstruly, M. A. Graham." ^?"
"Well, a mother ought to know," he wear I
said to himself, and as his eye took in to s:iy.
the air of respectability that pervaded ?nly
the dress of the boy, he realized that tlie \v<
unless supplanted by new, it would dren y
2" soon become very shabby; and he re- eight,
called the time when his own mother them,
no came to the city with her small child- ^oc
ay ren and the disappointments that he, thesu
Ji; her oldest child, liad met with, before urated
eu he gained a foothold in the seethingp.d tur
IS tide of humanity that surrounded the inoi l>
of| unsophisticated youth. dry.
re| "ft* you can give us a little time, sir, One
at-1 mother will write to our old home, eight]
faud get the names of parties who will llillK *
i give me a recommendation. the flii
he! "My boy, I advertised for a gentle- 1?,(en
i manly lad*, and of that I have had in- wet it
>is | disputable evidence already, and thejtoothl
examination I will now give you will jcloth.
1?isettle the question of scholarship.
k very tilingelse ill taKeon trust leci t.
j jng confident that f shall not be dead'ceived."
The
i<\j That evening Mrs. Atkinson, when Journ
>o. discussing aHairs "with an acquaint* article
; ance, said : | ado, <
no; "I can not understand the luck of|milk <
od j some folks. Herbert went to the edi-lbies.
icr j tor of "The lice" tins morning, and (picnt
VH was only the second boy there." thor
''fj "Yes, my boy got there first," inter- thirst
sty rupted the other, "and he had n letter raised
I from one of Mr. Lord's friends." so frei
,p{1j"And my boy," broke in the first have s
l,L' speaker, "had a recommendation from on wli
[U'< our minister, and even then Mr. Lord motlu
took a shabby little fellow, Herbert c*liciti
I11-' says, who doesn't know anybody iu up at
town. Such luck!" ' for it,
he Was it luck, boys? ofi'to
o* - We f|
?l~ A Woman's Courage. when
infant
Dorothea L. T)ix had no fear of the <M' ?1'1
'.T insane, and the power of her voice a regti
J over them was very remarkable. Durt
i ing a visit of inspection to one of the ,
" j asylums of her own founding she ex- follow
I pressed a wish to enter the basement chinu
^' j which was locked. The keeper told the/)
i I her that only the fiercest maniacs were |y(' t?
cimlined fheiv. nnd her life would ; tlimbl
1 j l?i! endangered by going where they you d
I : were. She said .she had no fear, and pot HI
, I nsistcd upon entering. He reluctant- cookii
)W. i ly admitted her, pointing out the man well <1
n?r! particularly to lie avoided. She at ('lass
" i once approached the poor maniac, crack,
| whose hand was stretched through the Ichang
j bars of his cell as if to seize her. She! we s;i
.' I took the hand, and in a quiet voice this j
"j full of controlling power began to talk j tendei
,sl1 with him as if he were a rational be- j lain, t
ing. She expressed her sympathy forlannea
' him and her desire to help nim, ami especi
,s,j held his attention for some time. At them
L,n! length her hand and arm, from the ef-j
i fects of his tight grasp, began to ache Pot
Ml, violently, She told him of it and ask-; to crc
j ed him to release her. He said heione 1;
^'; would if she would come again, which little l
|Jfr' condition being agreed to, he let herjthebe
|n" j hand go and she went away with the i with
"astonished keeper. * smoot
DI{ Once when driving with only a boy cones,
j(j for her escort through an nnfrequent- erunil
jj_ ed road in one of the Southern States, anyth
j her carriage was stopped by a high-jalway
n j wayman who, at the point of a pistol,, I>it of
(j j demanded her money. With perfect j brown
[ calmness she told him that of course jenoug
i he could have her money, but that if! crisp <
' he took it he would also take from her j
'*! the power to do the errand of mercy j To
on which she had started, and inform-j soft so
led him of the nature of that errand.|ash, r
4 j The man gazed at her while she spoke, j one gr
i! with a bewildered expression ; he ery da
^ | dropped his hand and told her that he in the
|r > did not want her money, and that hejelesbi
'jliail seen her before; that she had! The v
'.! read and talked to him in prison. She'does n
ii ? ? ' --- - .i- i : . i 1 .1 _ i
|k> s.'iki sih* was sorry mui il ii;uj uimr n<?| iiutm-i
.good. Jic then confessed lluit lie had retain
0_ I resolved to follow her advice, but tluU' jT v]
...i after leaving the prison lie was taunt-' nnm|,>
ed with being a jail-bird; he had noj{er OI
I home, no friends nnd no money, ati?I [ ffoui*
,,11 so he got discouraged and went back i,akiii"
ijj j to his old life and expected to yet back 0j. vaI{
1() t<? prison in time. Her heart was! '
I touched with pity, and thereon that I
I lonely road, not knowing but that thej
j! man had accomplices near, she plead-; H.
jijed with him as he stood before her re-1 el11C-S
jvolvcrin hand. She told him that 'tis
i there was yet time for nim to take a,s<*"e '
,,/ljrood stand among his fellow-men and night,
j that she would be his friend. Then, I
{taking out her well-tilled purse, oli
jj~ { w h icli hea few minutes bofore would:
|so gladly have robbeh her, she drew! A w
out a five-dollar bill which with great her sin
h'( 1 dillicultv she persuaded him to accept, j '"gs 'J
Ij.j Then, giving iiim more kind counsel j "".t di
I and bidding him good-bye, she drove, said, I
,7.| on nnharmed. ' * instea<
' I _ not li"
, . -- r?*'1 1 "c
I)id You Sneak 1o Him.' i ,v}10
' or liei
i,l! You had the chance, perhaps, such l"^s,Jn|
,,.|as will never coins# within reach of saved ]
ii- your inllueiiec again. Ah! how v
(.jijniaiiy precious opporlnnics >lip; .-s""111
?J through our lingers! The other day lloll<
" j Mr. rtpurgeoii went to preach at a en aim
,1 | prominent chapel, and, after taking s'^yd.
,'ltea at the deacon's house, walked 11, "l"
(down to the* chaocl under the yuiil-j
y. j ance of a soil of* the house hold. our sin
"Do you low my .Master?" was the-'jiat w
<|iie>lioii which, iii his clear, manly ','ve ,l"
I j way, the preacher put to liis yotmy i
,|j j iVieiul. Ill-1 ore replying he stopped in ; Com
s the street, and looking his questioner ; eometl
y Istraight in the face, said: jout.''
J-.j "Mr. Spurgeon, I have walked down (
n, j to this chapel with the ministers for not NV
several years, and not one of them j ^>roV*
, I ever asked me that iiuestion before.M I
? j The faithful word was the beginning! . !'1'1 1
"Iof new light; and seeking Cod. he "t",|ls
found pardon and peace- th rough I,
(I! Christ. 1
,.{ Sincere reader, if you are a follower ' '''s
f. I of the Lord, ask yourself the ?|Ucstion, J'? ,'on't
], ("Have I done my duly in this res- hotisch
js|peet?'' Or are you letting the oppor- J''K
j. tunities voti have day to day slip! home.
? | through your liimeis ? ' 1
hi * |excuse
js A delicate and flexible demeanor is| made r
a prominent trait in polished life. Thej Wba
( hostility of the truly great is always as the
i, | marked' by courteous generosity, haunts
while mediocrity is perpetually cuvi- motha
Ii.iu-oil original minds and ma<r-!to the
jl I nanimotis thoughts. I will it:The
passions act as winds to propel Many:
our vr<si'l, our reason is the pilot that Honrisl
fj-ltfis lift"; without the winds sin- :i rusty
s,j would not move; without the pilot The*
a;situ would he lost. nresss-r
USE ANI) FARM.
Notes for Housekeepers.
.cad of applying fresh blacking
time a shoe needs shining, it
l)e well to work up the blacking
ly on the shoe, which can be
jy means of a moist sponge. A
hocmaker declares that great ins
done to shoes by the plentiful
blacking, which is seldom rub'
scraped off.
ng children should by all means
Llie spring-heeled shoes?that is
, siuh's \viin no neeis at an, due
u thickening of the soul under
carer's heel. We know of chilvearing
these shoes at the age of
years. They regret to part with
lean a gilt picture-frame, wash
rface with a sponge, lightly satI
with hot spirits of wine or oil
pen tine. There must be no wiput
the moisture must be left to
part of red raspberries to six or
parts of currants, either for can>r
preserving, greatly improves
ivor of the currants.
lean nickle on stoves, use soda
i ammonia. Apply with an old
irush, and rub with a woolen
Give the Babies "Water.
St. Louis Medina! and Surgical
a I savs : "I)r. Touissalnt. in an
1 in the Union Medicate de Can. alia
attention to the fact that
Iocs not satisfy the thirst of bait
appeases hunger, but it frely
intensifies thirst; and the aumaintains
that it is this very
that causes healthy children,
altogether at the breast, to cry
rjuontly and so violently. We
oen peevish, fretful infants, uplom
all the arts of the nurse and
rhad in vain been tried without
ng a smile, suddenly brighten
the sight of water, reach eagerly
and, on obtaining a drink, go
sleep calmly and contentedly,
uite agree with Dr. Touissaint,
lie declares that many cases of
ile indigestion would be benefitcured
by giving the little patient
ilar supply of water."
Xrki* Lamp-Ch imxkvs.?The
ing recipe for keeping lampleys
from cracking is taken from
iamond, a Leipzig journal devotthe
glass interests: Place your
ers, chimneys or vessels which
esire to keep from cracking, in a
led with cold water and a little
]g-salt, allow the mixture to boil .
ver a fire, and then cool slowly,
treated in this way is said not to
, even if exposed 'o very sudden
es or temperature, cnimneys
iid to become very durable by
>rocess, which may also be ex1
to crockery, stoneware, porce?tc.
The process is simply one of
ling, and the slower the process,
ally the cooling portion of it, the
ore ellective will be the work.
a to Qkoquktte.?For the potaiquettes,
put in a mixing howl
irgc cup of mashed potatoes, a
lutmeg and cayenne pepper and
aten yolk of one egg. Beat this
a fork until very light and
h, roll into little pear-shaped
dip in egg and then in bread
is and fry in boiling fat. When
ing is to be fried by immersion,
s test the fat by throwing in a
bread; if it takes on a boiling
i color quickly, the fat is hot
h, and your croquettes will be
nitside and light and dry inside.
keep bright iron from rusting,
ap, with half its weight in pearl
me ounce of mixture in about
limn oi uouing waiei j in ili cv*
y use in most engineers' shops
drip pans used for turning artiight
in wrought iron and steel,
oik, though constantly moist,
ot rust, and bright nuts are im.1
in it for days, till wanted, and
their polish.
man (,'akk.?'Three eggs, one
sugar, two and a half cups butle
cup sweet milk, three cups
one tahlespoonful Horsford'a
powder. Flavor with almond
ilia.
innel bag stufled with hops and
r from hot vtnegar, laid on the
one of the quickest and surest
"or ear-ache.
very unhealthy to keep a keroatnp
burning in the room at
especially if it be turned low.
(ioing to Christ.
oman, who was in distress about
is, went to a great many meet)
the hope of getting comfort,
d not find it. "At last," she
found I was going to meetings
1 of going to Christ; and then I
;ht."
gave up depending on herself,
minister, or the prayer-meetnd
came right to Christ, and he
ler.
nd, have you come to Christ?
ig else will save you, "For there
other name under heaven, givuig
men, whereby we must be
" t Acts iv. 12.)
r si us need an atonement; come
> Christ, "Who his own self bear
s in bis own body on the tree,
e, being dead to sins, should
ito righteousness." (i reier u.
e freely, for lie says, "Him that
i to me, I will in no wise cast
i Joii vi. '11. i
<|iiickly. for "Thou knowest
hat a day may bring forth."
x.w ii. l.i
is take eare to include in our pean
urgent entreaty that the
nrd in his rnercy will keep us
hiding fault with each other.
:?bit, allowed to grow and grow,
's a very upas tree in many h
old, killing all peace and breakvvn
the unity and comfort of
I'vm, if ? ,> ura runllv Slirfl of
ihle to do it better, there is 110
for discouraging tlie attempt
?y another.
t is with the treasure must fare
t reassure; the heart which
the treasure house where the
nd rust corrupt, will be exposed
same ravages as the treasure,
self he rusted and moth-eaten,
i man, many a woman, fair and
ling to see, is going about with
moth-eaten heart.
country is not priest-ridden, hut
i i i i i e 11.?L onf/jf'f/oir.