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'v - ...v yr . - .' Which Shall it Be ? s b BY ETHEL LYNN. U r) Which.shall it be? Which shall it be? _ I looked at John?John looked at mc, (Pear patient John, who loves me yet A? well as tho' my locks were Jet,) And when I found that I must speak, II v voice seemed strangely low and weak. 1 "Jell me again what Robert said And then! llst'nlng bent my hcud. tj "This is his letter;'5? "I will give a Hoase and lands while you shall live, lf?jB return, from out your seven One qhlld to me for aye is given." a 1 looked at John's old garments worn, t; I thought of all that John had borne, poverty, and work and care, h which. I, though willing, could not share; () I thought of seven mouths to feed, Of seven Uttle cbildren's needs, f, ' And thenofthis. "Come, John,"said I, o "We'll choose among them as they lie AataD;" so walking band in band. u Dear John and I surveyed our band. p Pint,to tbe cradle lightly stepped h Where Lillian the baby slept, Uer.damp curls lay like gold alight, o A glory'gainst the pillow white. Softly her father stooped to lay c His rough hand in loving way, W>?n dream or whisper made her stir. Aj)?thu?wiy John?"Not her, not her." e Waatocped beside the trundle-bed, ti And one long ray of lamp-light shed Atbvaifcthe boyish taoes there P ID U??lllu (uuiui ouu >1.4. , I hv on Jamie'a rough red cbeek Ateacandrled; ere John could speak. t< "He's but a baby, too," said I. 1%nrtilf 1?(1 him sn irri hnrrlnn hT s' Pale, patient Robbie's angel face : i SUM Id his sleep bore sufferings trace, "No, for a thousand crowns, not b I in" i We whispered while our eyes were dim. \ Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son, u Turbttfent?reckless?idle?one? n Coold be be sperod??Nay, he who gave Bid*, u*. befriend blm to his grave; z'j Only a mother's heart can be BMiaot enough for such as he: "Andso " s&ld John, "I would not dare, Da tend hint from her bedside prayer." Than stole we softly up above And knelt by Mary, child of love. "Itehaps former 'twould better be," I said to John. Quite silently He lifted up a curl that lay a AcrosJLher cheek in wilful way, And;shook his bead "Nay, love, not thee," w Ub^nijJlemy heart beat audibly: * Only one more, our eldest lad, Truetyand truthful, good and glad? ti So like, bis lather. "No, John, no? I.eannot, will not let blm go." ^ And so we wrote in courteous way, A^njou Idnot glTe one child away; tl And afterward toll lighter seemed, Thinking of that ol which we dreamed, tl Happy in truth, that not one face h W? mused from its accustomed place; Thankful to work for all the seven, ti Tm?tins> th? rest to One In Heaven. ^ \ D " " " ii BRAINS. a m ? The man who is good natured all u day does more for the race than he a who wins a battle. w ChrlBt says to every lost sinner? ^ Come; to every redeemed sinner?Go. Come and be saved; go and save some ? ' one else. Sl Every solitary kind action that is don* the world over is working brisk- h ly in its own sphere to restore the bal- tj ance between right and wrong. e) "A* bo me rare perfume In a vase of clay u Fervmlse It with a fragrance not Its own. So vtxoThou dwellestln a mortal soul, AIL heaven's own sweetness seems around , &> ?It thrown." Augustine's famous remark about the Old^and New Testaments, quoted 6' in an article in this paper some time * gQ, Ja: "The New Testament is latent 61 in the- Old; the Old is patent in the " ?? . New." ; I O dreadful tongue! The mischief is going on everywhere. Life is embit- a tered, and the world filled with elements of wrath by this deadly agency. Gsaoais the. only remedy. "No man M caategaeit." The weak man is he who forms * muay purposes and drops one after another in the face of difficulties. The stroBff.is he who forms a few purposes, hut, in the face of all opposition, carrisfteach one through to successful is- o sues, a What an image of the Divine conde- v ooension does it convey, that "the goodness of God leadeth to repent- h ano*J" It does not barely invite, but 1( it conducts. Every warning is, more 11 or less, an invitation: every invitation 0 is a lighter stroke to avert a heavier I.1 blow. 0 Amiability is despised by some rug- " ged natures as a weakness, but this is a mjstafce. A granite pillar loses none P of ita massive strength by being pol- a on the contrary its polish is an 111 evidence of the hardness of its texture & andaguarantee of its strength. You F cannot polish chalk or putty. The love of the world takes away j; mon o offnr orul ralifih fftP AtVJAA WVU ? UWA4W ?MW4 M? SV.WM ?- g heavenly things. None of the bidden t ,guiit?>were kept away by an occupa- a tipo in itself sinful, while yet all became sinful because allowed to inter- ? fj r fere with higher objects, because the ? first place, instead of a place merely t subordinate, is given to them. God is a loving Father and a loving c Friend to the children of men, and v not their arbitrary Sovereign. He j who realizes this truth has a freedom in his grateful service of God which is is not possible to one who lacks its comprehension. It is said of a devoted miaakmarv that "in his eye all life was ? a covenant* and every act a conseera- ? tion." Such a life is a life of joy and a life of peace. There is true joy and true peace in no other life. . t HANKERS ARE DECAYING. f 1 Gradual Decline of Social and Domes- ' tie Sweetness?The "Missing Link." J Higher education has something to 6 do with the gradual decline in that ' social and domestic sweetness which is ( 5 v- j the outgrowth of the performance of 1 loving little duties and atentions one toward another. The daughter has her school, her college, her post gradu- 1 ate courses, her societies and her discus- * sions of political economy and her ( 4'alow," and no longer relieves her 1 mother of household cares or places the slippers by the fire for her father. The soil has his night key, his own set of companions and associates, is only seen ] at meal times and not always then, and ( has so many engagements that mother j or sister can rarely rely upon him as ] an escort, and are often obliged to seek } or accept the attention from strangers j or mere acquaintances which they do ( not find at home. , But this is not the worst of "society" j young men. Vanity and imbecility ( are fast rendering them an indistin- ( guishable race?neither divine, human t nor respectable as brutes, but a new ( Ba&lf', 'pi; wmm ... ... . Mi pecies, possibly the "missing link," to e investigated and assigned a place y naturalsits. A young dude recently iiade it a condition of going to a party rith his sister that she should not "inerduce" any one. He didn't want to V? Ir> liof /vf an ft noinfo nnoc 1L1UWCU5C UIO nob VTA. esides, he was "afwaid" the "collec- 1 ion" might be "mixed." This is liter- ' lly true. Modern improvements, inventions ' nd luxurious appliances have done heir share toward ridding us of the ' mmanities. Nobody now wants to take any trouble" for themselves or ; jr other people, not even the members f their own households. What is the se of taking a message or carrying a 1 arcel? There is the telephone in the 1 ouse or office and the messenger boy < n the corner. Memory is no longe1" 1 ultivated in the direction of performag thoughtful little acts, and fails ' ven in the service of directing others 1 > attend to them. Personal solictude, I ersonal sympathy is dying out for ' rant of exercise, because every one is jo busy to more than write a note or i end a bouquet of flowers, and even the Llness of our nearest ana aearest is 1 arned over to the "trained" nurse and I octor, and the busy nothingness of ur lives goes on as before?Jenny June 1 i New YorkWorld. ^ Bread day in Normandy. A writer in the Epoch gives an injresting account of bread-makeng in ( French peasant's fanily, and it is one ( rhich will, no doubt, arouse in the Lmerican housewife an.increased atichment to her own methods of rork. , On calling at the farm-house, the -avelers were offered a lunch, consisng of cider, goat's cheese, and hard, eavy bread. The loaf placed upon the ible was one of a half-dozen, resemling cartwheels, which had been leanlg against the wall, and was cut with small saw made for the purpose. These loaves were baked but once a lonth, bread day in a Norman peasnt's family somewhat resembling ashing day with us. * ~ 1 nnn f AM rtf f V* C\ Aiici iuuuucuu, me uau^uici ui uiiv ouse took the visitors to a picturesque stone builing where the bread ras made, and where several pairs of ] xbots, or wooden shoes, hung against ie wall, looking as white as if they . ad been painted. In one corner of , le place wasa largeinclosure surround- ( i by boards, which were also snow- ( 'bite. This was the dough trough. , Once a month the father of the famiand his hired man here set the yeast ising. Flour and water are stirred to- | ether with huge wooden spades, and -hen it approaches the proper consist- ( ucy, the men put on the sabots, jump i, and begin kneeding, They hop and prance, stamp and ick, until they have no strength left, nd when that process is finished the ough is baked in a huge oven. "In America bread-baking is woman's 'U1A| ICLUaiACU a VIOIIUI* "Ah," exclaimed the little Norman irl, "how cruel you men are! I would ithershoe horses. ? Hot Rollf* Better than Oatmeal. Let us then have a breakfast of stake r chops with good coffee, hot rolls, nd eggs, and we are ready ior a aays fork. After all the abuse that has been eaped upon hot bread, I am glad to jnd my voice in its defense. Properly lade, that is, without pernicious alkali r half baking. I have found it not on- ; Y as easily digested, but many times ( lore so, than any cereal food that my yspeptic patients eat; and it is in j nitely more palatable. Hot rolls, as urchased from a first class city bakery re among the most desirable of morn- | tig foods. I regret that I cannot say o much for oatmeal, though many lersons seem to think that it consti utes the most needful and nutritious ortion of their breakfast. But recent xperiments prove that by far the greatr part of what is taken passes through he body unchanged, acting merely as n irritant to sluggish bowels as it goes long. To digest this intractable food ir?perly, hard out-door labor seems to ?e necessary, and I am convinced that he only nutritive value it has for a najority of my readers is found in the ream that is eaten wtth it, which vould much better be taken alone.? From "Health Suggestions," in the imcrican Magazine for October. Women who Never Rest. Many women never rest. They eem not to understand wnai rest? eal rest?means. To throw one's self lown with a newspaper or a book is lot rest; it is only a change of occupaion. To sit down and keep the finders flying over some sort of fancy ivork, as if one was pursued by a lemon of unrest, is certainly not rest. But to lie at full length upon a hard surface, arms extended at the sides, lead back, with no pillow, eyes clos}d, all cares and worries dismissed? ;his is rest; this will smooth away wrinkles in face and in temper ; this will give an air of repose the the tired, inxious, nervous woman; this will ake awak many an ache aud straight;n out round shoulders and crained aecks. Health In Flowers. Eight years of almost continuous lersonal experiment has confirmed the jarly view of Dr. J. M. Anders that jouse-plants are entitled to a very iiigh rang among sanitary agents. In i new work he even asserts the conviction that living plants serve as an efti;ient protection against consumption jfthe lungs, besides rendering important service in other conditions of lisease. An abundance of flowers, inleed, seems to offer an imperfect mbstitute for out-door life when inloor life is unavoidable. What Mailc Tommy Brown Gentle. J By L. J. R. 1 "' Ye-are-the-light-of-the-world.'" Ruthie read the little verse out slowly, i then looked up at her mother, who sat < ear, and said: ; "I don't know what that means, ^ mamma." - 1 Mamma smiled, but din't answer, , for a moment, then she said : 1 "Was Tommy Brown at school j yesterday?" Ruthie brightened up immediately. 1 "YeB, mamma, he was, and he gave ; me a big red apple. I like him a great | ieal better than I used to do. He isn't 3rosi and hateful any more, and he | dosen't get angry and fight the boys. ] Fred struck him right in his face the | sther day. I saw him; but he did not strike back again at all, though I ; ?uess he wanted to for a minute, for I ] jaw him raise his hand; but he didn't." "Does he trouble you little girls any more?" "O. mother! Not a bit. You know be told U9 he was sorry, and wasn't ] *oi?g to do so any more." ' "What has changed him so, Ru- 1 thie?" < "Why, mamma, you know he has 1 become a Christian. He joined church ' last Sunday, don't you remember?" ^ "O, what was your verse, Ruthie?" ' Thus recalled to her Bible, the little ^ maiden read again, "Ye are the light ' af the world." ! "Who was talking, Ruth?" ' "Jesus Chsist." ' "Who does He say is 'the light of * the world?" Ruth studied the chapter. "'Ye.' It says 'Ye.'" "Read the first two verses, dear." 1 "O, it was the disciples. His disciples. It says so." J "Yes, He told His disciples they were 'the light of the world.' What is light for?" "To?to?why, to make things clear ?to show things." "And what should Christ's disciples show?" "Show that they love Him," said Ruth, softly, after a pause. "Yes, and that loving Christ makes them better and kinder, too." "Yes," said Ruth, meditatively. "It is so with Tommy. Everv body knows that he is a better boy, and gvery body says it is because he has become a Christian. I heard the boys talking about it yesterday. I think he is a little light." Mother turned over the leaves of a book. "Hear is a little poem, Ruthie, about >ur shining. Will you read it aloud?" And Ruthie read softly ; "Jesus bids us shine With a clear, pure light, * Like a little candle Burning: In the night. In the world is darkness, So we must shine? omoll rtrtfnflf iUU 1U JUUI UU4MU wwt*.v I And I in mine. "Jesus bids ub shine, First of all, for Him; Well He Bees and knows it. If our light is dim. He looks down from heaven To see us shine? You in your small corner, And 1 In mine. "JeflUB bids us shine? , Shine for all around, Many deeds of darkness In the world are foundSin and want and sorrow; So we must shine? You in your small corner, And I in mine." L'uJuHtly Punished. The chances are, young people, that in those days of "home rule" by the children you have suffered from having had too little parental discipline rather than from too great severity. Nevertheless, there are cases of misplaced severity, and even wise and kind parents may sometimes make an error. Well does the writer remember the ( case of a parent who whipped his little riaiirrfitor uW?mnfinfr in overcome in U?U^U?ViJ MFWVW ? 0 ? this way her whimsical terror of the dark when left alone at night. The poor little maid sobbed herself to sleep, that night. But the next evening, five minutes after she had been left alone with the, to her, fearful dark, her terror overcame her dread of punishment and a pitiful little voice was heard at the < head of the stairs: "O papa come up here and whip me! I'm so 'fraid of the dark." i This convinced the father that the child's terror was more than a whim, and he deeply regretted his hastly punishment, which was never repeated. I The following incident, related by a father, is of the same nature : "I shall never forget, though I have ; have wished a thousand times that I could, how I punished little Mamie for continually pronouncing a word wrong?as I thought wilfully?after I had tried hard to make her say it correctly. She was quiet for a few minutes after I had punished her, and the she looked up, with a quivering lip, and said, "Papa, you will have to whip me again. I can't say it." "You can imagine how I felt, and how I kept 011 remembering the look on her face and the tone of the sad little voice." For our Girl*. [Extracts from the Baccalaureate address of President Bass to the forty-four graduates of the Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga.1 No work to do, indeed! Why, young ladies, there is now being conducted under the leadership of your own sex, the grandest moral movement of this or any other age. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, inaugurated and managed by women, is doing more to reform society by the destruction of the liquor traffic, than all similar organizations ever accomplished. Already the terrible tyrant, Alcohol, is nearly dethroned from his place of power in Georgia, ind I believe the time is near at hand when there shall not be found a drink- T ng saloon in our grand old commonwealth. A If there is one cause which appeals 11 - ' 1 ? il nxntUoi. vmir Y cnore strongly tuau uuutuoi w j vM* ? jympathy and aid, it is this work of your fair country-women in saving your homes and preserving your fa- Y there and brothers from a curse of a * drunkard's grave, and you dear girls, u from that saddest of all fates, a drunkard's wife. With brave hearts and -1 willing hands join your older sisters in v this glorious work, and rest not from t your toil till victory perches on your oanners, and every home is redeemed. Every Southern girl should be proud 11 to work by the side of South Carolina's b fair daughter, for the fame of Mrs. x Bailie F. Chapin will live in history j. with those of Hayne and Sumter and Legare, whose fame is the glory of the Palmetto State. How to Rend Books. It is almost always worth while to ^ read a thing twice over, to make sure ril ihat nothing has been missed or drop- we ped on the way of wrongly conceived ^ jr interpreted. And if the subject be fuj Berious, it is often well to let an interval av j)apse. Ideas, relations, statements of cu fact are not to be taken by storm. We n? have to steep them in the mind, in the hope of thus extracting their inmost ]a< 2ssence and significance. If one lets of an interval pass, and then returns, it is surprising how clear and ripe that has become which, when we left it, seemed he crude, obscure, and full of perplexity, th All this takes trouble, no doubt: but mi CO then, it will not do to deal with ideas ^ that we find in books or elsewhere aa th a certain bird does with its eggs?leaves cu them in the sand fof the sun to hatch ^ and chance to rear. People who follow g^j this plan possess nothing better than to ideas half hatched and convictions wi * ' 5 J A mi 1 {fr a Q T1 rearea Dy acciuem. mej aic nn.? ? ^ man who should pace up and down UI the world in the delusion that he is be clad in sumptuous robes of purple and th velvet, and when in truth he is only half covered by the rags and tatters of other people's cast-off clothes.?John Morley. Remove stains from cups and saucers ca by scouring with fine coal ashes. 8*( Cast iron stoves and ironware should jn be heated gradually the first time they are used. Hi A polished floor can be kept looking t-( nice by whipping it over with a cloth saturated with milk. pc Bent whalebone c&n be restored and used again by simply soaking in water a few hours and then drying them. As a dentrifie, salt and water is very th cleansing and also hardens the guns. It will also prevent the hair from fal- pj ling out. ?] A good substitute for buttermilk in or cooking is a thin batter made of flour th and tepid water, allowed to remain ^ long enough to sour. co A bread-and-water poultice is made m by dipping a piece of bread, after the hi crust nas oeen removeu, mtu Lift out and at once and apply hot. Not only should the mattresses be turned and aired at least three times a ^ week, but pillows and boulsters ought , to be beaten, shaken and exposed to ^ the fresh air. ^ Mix starch with soapy water and you will find it a pleasure to do up your starched goods. It prevents j the iron from sticking and makes a m glossy surface. ^ When potter's ware is boiled for the purpose of hardening it, a handful or m two of bran should be thrown into the ^ Tiratar onH fVio orlftsincr will TIGVer be in .. V.UX.A, B O a , jured by acids or salt. * When molasses is used in cooking it is a great improvement to boil and skim it before using. The raw, rather unpleasant taste of the poor qualities of molasses is much improved by this tb process. hi ? . ? TJ Milk as a Stimulant. ev yc Milk heated to much above 100?, n( Fahrenheit, loses for a time a degree of r}( its sweetness and density. No one A who, fatigued by over exertion of body re and mind, has ever experienced the ^ reviving influence of a tumbler of this tl( beverage, heated as hot as it can be re sipped, will willingly forego a resort to af it because of it being rendered some- m what less acceptable to the palate. The ^ promptness with which its cordial in- re fluence is felt is indeed surprising. ar Some portion of it seems to be digested and apropriated almost immediately, v*aw Ainntr fVimr iioqH aiiU ixjttuj yy xx\j uun muvj vuvj uwv? alcoholic stimulants when exhausted hi by fatigue will find in this simple m draught an equivalent that will be abundantly satisfying and far more th enduring in its effects.? Medical fie- w: cordcr. ' ge ? . m< rij Another Wise and Well-Bred Dor. ^ sb One of the Forest and Stream's readers, who is a skilled field shot, owns a pointer who has been brought up in the ^ way he should go. The dog knows when Sunday comes, and he refuses to hunt on that day. Ho will put in his best efforts from early Monday morn- ^ ingtill late Saturday night, but not a step will he budge toward the field on Sunday. This is not a dog story, but the facts are actually as stated.?Forest w and Stream. 10 - ? > pi A Glasgow draper, who was narrating his experience during his first visit to England, said he stepped into an to Episcopal chuch in the middle of the ('1 service,just to see what they did. "I hadn't been well seated," he said, w "when the minister away at the other end cried out, 'Lord, have mercy on us all!' and then a' the folks aboot me to lied, ,Lord, preserve us all!' 'Mercy at on us,' ways T, did ye never see a man tb frae Glasca afore?' " to ,'>^?^ V-^ '* *^-'* ?' :?8f* TTork and Win. 1 he sweetest cherries, mind you, lad, P Grow highest on the tree; .nd would you win the fairest fruit, B One thing I'll say to thee: . ; falls not at the clinking gay 1 Of an Idler's pelf? t ou'll have to climb the rugged tree, K And gather for yourself. :is vain to wait the fruit to fall. a Or pelt the tree with stones? si ou'll have to struggle up, b And risk some broken bones; b ou'll only waste your time below, d And get indifferent pay? & f you would reach the ripest fruit, & Just throw your fears away. si Pis so with everything in life That's worth the owning, lad? [] iMth learning, wealth, and oharacter? The best, the good, and great have had: hey come not at the nod or hest Of any Idle hand? li Hs only those who bravely toil l May have them at command. r, then, you want the ripest fruit, Just labor till you win; ;ut mind thee, boy, while up you climb, Keep heart and hand firom sin; he best and grandest guerdon, lad, If bought with wicked wage, 10 peace or comfort yields at last, But curses on your age. ? A Plea For Father. j c Let every wife and mother fully un- ^ rstand that the road along which s a man of business travels is not a icadamized one, nor does it ordina- I y lead through pleasant scenes and ill springs of delight. On the coniry, it is a rough and rugged path. 3et with "wait-a-bit" thorns, and 11 of pit-falls, which can only be oidea by the watchful care of cirmspection. After every day's joury over this worse than rough turnfee road, the wayfarer needs someing more than rest; he requires so- ( je, and he deserves it. He is weary 1 Hioflnll nrnsA nf lifi? anil dt.hirst r the poetry. Happy is the husband 10 can find that solace and poetry at >me. Warm greetings from loving arts, fond glances from bright eyes, e welcome shouts of children, the ? any thousand arrangements for our , mfort and enjoyment, that silently [1 of thoughtful and expectant love, Le gentle ministrations that disen- 1 mber us in an old easy seat before a are aware of it; these and like tons of affection and sympathy confute the poetry which reconciles us the prose of life. Think of this, ye . ives and daughters of business men! link of the toils, the anxieties, the 1 ortifioations and wear that fathers idergo to secure you comfortable >mes, and then compensate them for i eir trials by making them happy by <! mtheir firesides.?Reformed Church . ewenger. 1 s Chnrch Moorings. \ An old sea-captain was riding in the 8 rs, and a young man sat down by his t le. He said: "Young man, where are you go- l g?" "I am going to Philadelphia to \ re." "Have you any letters of introduc- ,< >n?" "Yes," said the young man, and he ] illed some of them out. "Well," said the old sea-eaptain, rnve you a church certificate ?" "O, yes," said the young man, "I d not suppose you desired to look at at." "Yes," said the sea-captain, "I want look at that. As soon as you reach liladelphia, present that to some lrlstian church. I am an old sail, and I have been up and down in e world, and it is my rule as soon as jet into port to fasten my ship fore id aft to the wharf, although it may st a little wharfage, rather than have yship out In the stream floating ther and thither with the tide." Dangers of Foal Air. ) If the condensed breath collected on ] e cool window panes of a room where > number of persons has been assem- , ed be burned, a smell as of singed tl r Will snow me preseuue ui ujgnmo ( atter, and if the condensed breath be lowed to remain on the windows for j few days, it will be found, on exami- J ition by the microscope, that it is i ive with animalculte. It is the inhala>n of air containing such putrescent atter which causes half of the sick : >adaches, which might be avoided by sirculation of fresh air .?American ' nalyst. , t r I It Worked Like a Charm. A Maine clergyman told a friend at he had great difficulty in putting s youngest child to sleep at nights, ae friend waggishly asked: "Didjyou er try the effect of reading one of >ur sermons to him, Doctor?" "Why, replied the good man, in all sejusness; "I never thought of that." fter his departure the friend's wife monstrated with him for playing on e simplicity of the reverend old gen;man, but was herself scarcely able to strain her risibles when, some time ter, the minister called again, and rearked: "Oh do you know that I [opted your husband's suggestion of - j- - t acting one 01 my sermons 10 my uoy, id it worked like a charm!" When two young people start out on "e together with nothing but a deterination to succeed, not carrying the ndle near the gunpowder, sympaetic with each other's employments, illing to live on small means till they t large facilities, that is a royal mar- ! ige. It is so set down in the heavenarchieves, and the orange blossoms all wither on neither side the grave. Our National Department of Agrienl- ] re, as the result of a serious of obser- J itions the past year, has pronounced ] ;uinst the English sparrow. Dr. Mer- ] am says these birds spread over 130, j 0 square miles annually. m * m Some people are always finding fault j ith nature for putting thorns on ses; I always thank her for having it roses on thorns. ] m j Attention to Water.?It is better 1 fill up the water trough before it is : liet empty than to let the cows get ] >ry thirsty and drink so much they , on't care to eat for two hours. Advise to Listen to.?It is better have a cow that knows how to ] tend to one branch of her business ' loroughly than to have one ambitious i excel in everything. 'he State of South Carolina, * ABBEVILLE COUNTY. robate Court?Citation for Letters of Admin- r istration. iy J. Fuller Lyon, Esq.. Judge Probata Court: b IfHEREAS, L. C. Templeton ban made suit J Mf to roe, to grant her Letters of Admlnls- ration of the Estate and effects of Martha E. y [orwood, late of Abbeville county, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all nd singular the kindred and creditors of the lid Martha E. Norwood, deceased, that they e and appear before me. In the Court of Proate, to be held at Abbeville C. H.,on Wednes ay, October 31,1888, after publication hereof, 111 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if ny they have, why the sala Administration tiould not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of the Court, this 16th day of October, In the year L,.S.]of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight and in the 113th year of American Independence. Published on the 17th day of October. 1888. ] i the Press and Banner and on the Court J louse door for the time required by law. J. FULLER LYON, t Judge Probate Court. a Oct. 17,1888, tf ?- I Executors' Sale. We will sell at public outcry at the t ate residence of James J. Devlin, de-> eased, on Wednesday the 14th of Norember next, the personal property of aid deceased, consisting of HORSES, MULES, CATTLE, HOGS, \ WAGONS, FARMING TOOLS, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, CORN, FODDER, COTTON, | 30TT0N SEED, &c. Also the real estate consisting of Six Hundred Acres, nore or less, which will be sold in hree or more tracts, plats of which vill be exhibited on day of sale. All of the property real and personal \ ivill be sold for cash. S. M. DEVLIN, J. A. DEVLIN, 1 R. H. DEVLIN, ( Executors. < Cheese 10 and 16c. per pound. Maccaronl ' Oc, per pound, a E. A. Templeton's. Look at E. A. Templeton's white shirts at 7c. and 47c. apiece. They are splendid. We are ready for the planters with a choloe ot of barley and rye for Pall sowing. Smith , fcSon. We have something entirely new for the la- { lies?a "Jersey" undervest. Smith <fc Son. Lodles ask for our Jersey undervests. They "i ire very desleable. Smith & Son. ' We have a good line of ladles undershirts in rhite and red wool, white merino and Jerleys. Smith <fc Son. Just received the largest stock of shirts in own. P. Rosenberg & Co. Bargains! bargains!! in straw hats. P. ftoeenberg & Co. Everybody ought to sow a barley or rye >atch, and you can get the best seed at }UiibU o. The best rye seed to be had by P. Rosenberg fe Co. * 300 boys suits from 81.50 up, Just received. ?. Rosenberg & Co. Two car loads flour Just received in all grades. P. Rosenberg & Co. One car load salt Just received. P. Rosen >erg & Co. Just leceived, a lot of 300 boys Buits from 11.50 up. P. Rosenberg & Co. I We are keeping a first class line of Caasiners for gents' pants and suits, also the j Inest line of linings for suits and pants, ever cept in Abbeville. P. Rosenberg. ; Clothing.?J. C. Miller has lost received a arge and attractive line of fall and winter samples. Prices low and perfect satisfaction issured. tf J. C. Miller has had Ave year's experience n selling clothing made to order, representngsome of the largest and most reliable Irms. Can give you entire satisfaction, tf Call for Hawk's spectaoles and eye glasses ind have no other. A new assortment Just ecelved at Speed's drug store. Who ever heard of starch at 5 cents per pound? Large lump at this price at E. A. templeton's. Only a few more Jeft. What! those 4 Ply Linen (Juns at ine JtiacKei oiore lor ncut per pair. J. C. Miller equipped the Abbeville Rifles with uniforms?forty suits. Perfect satlslacion given?not a single garment returned for Iteration. Call at onee and place your or;rs for a fall and winter suit. tf In politics our motto is Tariff Reform. In irugs, lowest prices .and purest goods. Best Patent Medicines, purest Drugs for Prescription work, Paints, Oils, &c. Garden Seeds, School Books.and all specialties of the drug trade. J. B. Franks, Lowndesville, S. C. March 29,1888, 12m. Feed good bran to your cow if you want good milk and a plenty of it. We can furnish you with the bran, Smith & Son. We have opened our Fall stock of saddlesA. larger and better assortment than ever be fore, and that is saying a good deal. Come ind see for yourself. W. Joel Smith & Son. We have an excellent gray flannel for ladles shirts. Smith <fc Son. COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE DIV CONDENSED SCHEDULE. IN EJFZCT SEPTEMBER 30, 188S. (Trains ran by 75th Meridian time.) NOBTUBOUND. I + t t No. No. No. | 4. SO. 54. I | Z5l Lv Charleston 7 00 I P. M.I Lv Colombia 5 45| 10 25 Ar Alston 6 42j 11 22 Lv Alston 1 11 25 P.M. I I 1 25! AlT Ar Spartanburg ..1 2 501 ArTryon 4 46| Ar Saluda 5 331 Ar Flat Rock 6 00 Ar Hendersonville 6 10 Ar Ashevllle 7 00 Ar Hot Spring# 8 40 Ar Newberry T 40 12 89 Ar Laurens 9 45 Ar Greenwood 2 27 Ar Abbeville 3 95 A.M. Ar Beltoo 3 52 Lv Belton...,. 1 10 80 3 52 Ar Piedmont 11 17 4 42 I ' P.M. Ar Greenville j 12 05 5 80 Ar Anderson I I i 4 25 Ar Seneca 5 45i Ar Walhalla | | | 6 45 Ar Atlanta 10 40| .... BOtJTlIBOCND. _ _ No. No. No. | 55. 51. 3. | A.M. Lv Walhalla 7 00 Lv Seneca 8 00 .. Lv Andorson 9 35 Lv Abbeville 10 30| P.M. Lv Qrecnvillo 8 44)1 2 10 Lv Piedmont s) 33 2 53 Lv Bolton 10 22i Lv Green wood 11 501 , P.M. j A.M. Lv Laurens I H 10 j Lv Newberry 2 15 8 10 Ar Alston 3 25 9 10 Lv Alston 3 35 A.M. Lv Hot Springs 0 50 Lv Ashevllle | >S 251 Lv Hendersonville | 9 15] Lv Flat Rock 9 25. Lv Saluda. I 9 521 j LvTryon_ 10 S9| I Lv Spartanburg .Ill 55! j |I\M| | Lv Union I 1 401 i Ar Alston 3 35 J 9 15 Ar Columbia | 4 40| 110 10 Ar Augusta 9 15 ' Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Main Line trains Nos. 54 and 55 daily between Columbia and Alston. Daily except Sunday between Alston and Greenville. D. CAUDWKLL, Div. Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C. .IAS. L. TAYLOR, Gen. Puss. Afrt. SOL. HAAS, Triiflic Manager. Notice. i M I1HE UNDERSIGNED WILL APPLY TO i L the next session of the General Assemle of Soath Carolina for a chartOT of the smale school now conducted at Greenwood, ! fKn nnmn onH Hflfl nf fha ^roon. . ?oocl Female Coiiepe, of Greenwood 8. C. MRS. N. GILES, C't MISS T. GILES, MISS P. GILES, MISS M. GILES, MISS S. E. GILES. August 14, 1888,3mo. v $ ESTATE SALE. JS i [WILL expose to sale on TUESDAY, the 13th of NOVEMBER next, 1888, at the ate residence of R. T. GORDON, deceased, be personal property of said deceased, conlstlng In part of ttules, Hogs, Sheep, Cattle, Wagon, Blacksmith Tools, Iron for Plantation Work; lonsehold and Kitchen Furniture, 1 Thresher, 1 Iron Safe, Buggy and Harness, md various other articles too tedious to man- j Ion. TERMS CASH. J JANE L. GORDON, ] Administratrix. $ Oct. 24,1888,3t rfHe !j En accordance with the act % o raise supplies for the fiscal year oom- Kl mencing November 1st, 1887, notice la xj liereby given that the Treasurer's office .* 3f Abbeville county will be open for the Election of taxee . A j HONDAY, OCTOBER 15th, 1888. 1 - ' '.iv J Taxes can be paid until December 15th without penalty. After that date 15 per sent, will be added. The rate per centum of taxes, is as fol- ;"cS Lows: State purposes 5 mills. < J \ County current 3 " '''?*&] County special * " Schools ^ ? Total 10* ? . Poll tax $1.00. Male citizens between twenty-one and V; fifty years of age are liable to Poll tax. Tax payers in Ninety-Six and Cokeebury townships are notified that the tax to pay the interest on the Bonds in aid of the Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway, amounting to 3 mills In NinetySix and 3} mills in Cokesbury township J will be collected at the same time as the State and County taxes, and will be sub- 'l ject to the same penalties in case of non payment In order to further the collection of the - i taxes I have arranged the following schedule of appointments (subject to changes in Railroad schedules) and request the tax payers to take due notice thereof, as the office at the Court House will necessarily be closed on those days: -'i Verdery, Tuesday, November 6th. Bradley, Wednesday, November 7th. Troy, Thursday, November 8th. McCormick, Friday, November 9th. Bordeau^, Saturday, November 10th. Willington, Monday morning, November 12th. Lowndesville, Monday afternoon, No- -yember 12th, and Tuesday, November - 13th. Latimer, Wednesday, Noyember 14th. Hester, Thursday, November 15th. Mt. Carmel, Friday, November 16th until 2 o'clock, P. M. Abbeville Court House, Saturday, November 17th. Ninety-Six, Monday, November 19th after arrival of down train and until up train next day. ' Greenwood, Tuesday afternoon, No- j vember 20th and Wednesday morning November 21st. ; :-''i! Coronaca, Wednesday afternoon, No- \ vember 21st. Hodges, Thursday, November 22nd until 3 o'clock p. m. Donalds, Friday, November 23rd. Due West, Saturday, November 24th. The remainder of the time I will be in the office at the Court House. All information as to taxes will bo / cheerfully given by mail or otherwise. J. W. PERRIN, , County Treasurer. Sept. 26, 1888, 3m Special Shoe Department of ROSENBERG- & CO You can't afford to buy elsewhere. The Largest Stock! The Best Shoes! The Lowest Prices! Good shoes at prices within the reach of all. Our stock of Men's, Ladies' and Children's shoes is more than double its usual amount. We buy from manufacturers only, and can sell you shoes for less money than those who buy from the jobbing trade. Buy from us, and we guarantee you a durable and comfortable shoe. Special bargains offered to those wanting several pair. P. Rosenberg & Co. i ! '.Vj,. ?Mi