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-' BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1889. VOLUME XXXIV. NO; 31^|
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. ft State of Sontl Carolina,
County of Abbeville.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Francis F.. Kills, Ease E. Callaham, Mary M.
Adams, Martha E. Cllnkscales, M. Annie
Bryant, C. Delia Williams, l'laintills
against
Christopher Ellis, Lemuel N. Tribble and
James Jones, Clnyton Jone?, Matta Futrell,
Margaret E. Jones, Laura Tribble
Jones, Dixia Ann Jones, Leona A. Jones,
Samuel V. Jones, Earl Jones and Marsh
ifones, children of Margaret K. Jones
deceased, Defendants.
COPY SUMMONS. FOR RELIEF.
(Complaint not Served.)
41% a nafaniln nto Plirtlitnnhnr VI Hh T.nmUf'l
N. Trlbble and James Jones, Clayton
Jones, Matta Futrell, Margaret E. Jones,
Kaura Trlbble Jones, Dixie Ann Jones,
Leona A. Joues, Samuel V. Jones, Earl
Jones and Marsh Jones, children of Margaret
E. Jones, deceased.
You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND
required to answer the complaint in this action,
which is filed in the ollice of the Clerk
of Common Pleas for the said County, aud
to serve a copy of your answer to tho said
complaint on the subscribers at their
office at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina,
within twenty days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of such service;
and if you fail to answer the complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintifls in this
action will apply to the Court lor the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated Abbeville, December Oth, 18S9.
PARKER it McGOWAN,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
To the absent Defendants, Lemuel A. Tribble,
James Jones, Clayton Jones, Matta Futrell,
Margaret E. Jones, Laura T. Jones,
Dixia A. Jones, Leona A. Jones, Samuel
V.Jones, Earl Jones and Marsh Jones,
children of Margaret E. Jones, deceased.
Take Notice?That the summons ol
which above Is a copy, with Complaint, l>as
been filed In the office of Clerk of Court at
Abbeville, being tor tue raruuou 01 cvrutm
Real Estate In which Esse Ellis, deceased, had
a Ulo Estate.
PARKER & McGOWAN,
4 Attorneys.
December 11th, 1S89.
Stockholders Meeting
National Bank of AMe.
THE regular Annual Meeting of the stockholders
of this Bank, for ttie election ol
Directors for the ensuing year, will be held at
its Hanking house on TUESDAY, 14th JANUARY,
next.
BENJ. S. BARNWELL,
Cashier.
Dec. 11. 18S9.
Tie Slate of Sootl Carolina,
County of Abbeville.
^ COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Caroline I?arricott, Plaintiir,
against
H. TL Gibert, E. B. Gary, Sarah J. Gibert, and
others, Defendants.
COPY SUMMO.\& FOR IiKUEF.
(Complaint fixed.)
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Totho Defendants Hugh II.Gibert,E. H.Gary,
Sarah J. Gibert, Addie McCUntock, Susau
Griffith. Emma Griffith. Satlie Young, Al-1
ice Butler, Jennio McCllntock, John W.
Griffith, Mary E. Houston, Cornelia A.
Houston, Alexander C. Houston, George
P. Houston,.Stephen Lee Houston,Thomas
H. Houston:
You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND
required to answer the complaint in this action,
of which a copy is herewith served upon
you, and to serveacopyof your answer to the
said complaint on tbe subscribers at their office
at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina,
-within twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive of the day of such service; and if
you fail to answer the complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintlfi' in this action will
apply to the Court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
Dated Abbeville. November 18, A. D. 1889.
PARKER ct McGOWAN,
Plaintifl's Attorneys.
To U?e absent Defendant, Hugh R. Glbert:
Take Notice?That a copy of above sum
mons with complaint has been filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Court for Abbeville
county, and that unless you appear and anoe
vonninvl hv tJir? Rinnmnns. indfr
meal will be taken pro confeano against you.
/ PAUKEIt Jc McGOWAN,
(rialutlir's Attorneys.
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.Have every tiling su
OLAUS.
VASES
In all the Latest Designs a
rations.
BOOKS
They have nearly all the Poe
feren't styles of Bindings, Cloth,
Russian Leather and Alligator.
CMATTER BOXES and oth<
NILE and TOY BOOKS in the
profusion.#
FIREWORKS of all kinds, as
CHRISTMAS CARDS. Yo
have them alf the way up to 5
LAMPS. They have the
HANGING LAMPS.
WRITING DESKS. A do;
.ALBUMS. A very large s
'GRAPH ALBUMS. SCRAP
en Glass and China Goods.
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GREAT BAB
a:
During the Mod
1 have some special bargai
LADIES WRAPS, and LADIES
ing the balance of this month,
will be sold for less than the wc
2 CASES OF MILLINERY
AT A GREAT REDUCTION.
Uome at once and secure s
of goods.
W. ?
JUST '
BEST Assortment of CH
ever shown in this place. Fk
kinds. Fine Mirrors, Photo Fr
ALBUMES in Plush ?
Choice Colognes. Fine Yases.
and SAUCEKS. Nicely bound g
All are cordially invited to i
J. B.
2nd Door from corner Main an
Pi. A. Tfit
MHH HBBWH MM
Is just opening
Cheap Holi
Don't fail to call and
thing in the Notion lin
prices.
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WV 1^ U1J11 IS *?1111111
FOR the past, twelve years wo have dealt e:
WEAK. During this time we have made n
cent purchases of FALL and WINTER MILLF
after a thorough canvass of the CENTRES of ]
Our selection of MILLINERY was made by
of our business is conducted under her personal
The LADIES may rest assured that they ca
signs and patterns in
Hats, Bonnets, V elvets,
in imported as well as domestic <rood?, together
Our assortment of DRESS GOODS, both as t
equal to any in the up country. Our prices ha
with honest quality. We can give you TRIMM
from the cheapest to the best.
Our line of LADIES SHOES are notexcelie
will do you no harm to inspect our slock, aud i
many dollars.
SAMPLES cheerfully sent on application, j
tention. DRESSES cut, tit aud made to order.
R. M. HA
Surveying. j i
I WILL give spccial attention to SURVEYING,
also to writing Deeds, Mortgages, 1
Bonds, Contracts, taking Dowers aud all
work In my olllcial capacity as Notary Public.
1
RESIDENCE?\]4 miles Northwest of Due
West and bV. miles Southwest of Honea Path.
WM. L. MITCHELL,
Honea Path, S. C.
Nov. 20.1880. 5t *
Georgia, Carolina and Northern
Railroad Co.
THE adjourned meeting of the Stockholders
ot the Georgia, Carolina and Northern
Railway Company will be hold nt ATHENS,
Georeia, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
15,1S90, at 12 M.
A. L. HULL,
Nov. 20,1889. Secretary. i
jawsoi
itable for Holiday P]
They have an immensi
5 . 0 Gr^j
nd Deco- jjj From
I j German ai
Lj Assortmen
* 20C. to $:
its, in dif- 51
Morocco,
All th<
3r JUVE- j> Wood, Ru
: greatest is so larg
* them all.
m l flte
cheap, if not cheaper, than you (
>u will be astonished to see the
>1.25 each.
best line of Fine Lamps in the
len different styles and prices.
tock of all the latest styles in be
BOOKS, FINE STATIONERY, ?
COME AND SEE US.
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LGAIN SALE
sryn
J3L
.th of December.
rr nnroo nnr\no
ns to oner in uncoo uuuuo,
and CHILDREN'S SHOES durThese
are great values and
irth of the goods.
just received that will be sold
;ome grand bargains in all lines
5. BJELL.
O F1 E3 1ST.
RISTMAS GOODS
VNCY PLUSH GOODS of all
ames. Elegant PHOTO
ind Leather, Writing Desks.
Beautiful Hand Painted C0PS
ift BOOKS, &c., &c.
call and see.
FRANKS.
d Bell streets, Lowndesville, S. C.
npleton
l a large lot of
day Goods.
l see them. Everye
at greatly reduced
_A_ \ XJr w ?
WI Mil.
xclusively in goods pertaining to LADIES
.close study of this line of Roods, and our reNERY
and DRESS GOODS were made only
FASHION.
.MliS. HADDON iu person, and this branch
supervision.
n find in this department the very latest deFeathers
and Ribbons,
with the newest trimmings for same,
o quality, quantity and variety, will be found
ve been made the very LOWEST consistent
LINUS to match all shades of DRESS GOODS
d either ior comfort, durability or finish. It
nay prove of much benefit In the saving of
iVll orders shall receive prompt and special atRespectfully,
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DDON & CO.
COUNTY AGENT WANTED.
W RITE at once and secure the County
Agency for the Beveridge Automatic Steam
Cooker.
F. W. WESSELS,
GENERAL AGENT,
NOV. 27, 1880, -It * AIKEN, R. C.
Taken Up.
AN old looking Grey Mule, with one eye
"milky,"?holds her head to one side
when eating. Worth about SW. Apply to
FRANK I'ATTON.
Four milesSouth of Abbeville?oil l>r. J. L.
I'ressly's land. The owner must pay expenses.
1 uo.
V I
RESENTS' \nd SANTA
3 stock of % !
Lest Clips. |
the Cheapest to the Finest in
id French China. An Elegant ?
t of MUSTACHE CUPS from i
2.00 Each. I
roYS. j
e Latest Novelties in Tin, China, !
bber and Iron TOYS; their stock ]
e it will take a half day to see l
iiflMM!: :
:an buy them elsewhere.
card they sell for 5c. They
up country, both PARLOR and
?th PHOTOGRAPH and AUTO- |
md all the latest NOVELTIES 1
N" & CO.
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NEARLY every one is beginning
to think of their
CHRISTMAS PURCHASES.
Some are thinking of their WEARING
APPAREL, while others are
turning their attention to selecting
(JhristmaJ Present^
tokens of affection for the little
girl or boy, or for the aged parent,
brother or sister. Not a few
are sorely perplexed as to what
will best please their SWEETUtTADTC
NA/IVFQ +k
i i L-rvi \ i anu ?v i v i?w. i v uivjv/
who are waiting to
"DRESS UP"
in a real nice suit of CLOTHES
or an OVERCOAT for CHRISTMAS,
we beg to call their attention
to our elegant line of
MEN'S
AND
Boy's Clothing;
which we have in all STYLES, i
and PRICES. We want to re- (
duce our I
STOCK OF CLOTHlJVfcr1
as much as possible between now
and CHRISTMAS and will sell
them at extremely LOW Prices.
Then we will carry you to our
HAT DEPARTMENT
and sell you a real Stylish HAT
at small cost. Something real
becoming, you knnow. A little
nearer to the front of our store
will place you among a most elegant
line of
DRESS SHIRTS.
FLANNEL OVERSHIRTS,
GENT'S UNDERWEAR.
HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
SUSPENDERS,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
COLLARS and CUFFS.
After being supplied with these
thing, we will take pleasure in
showing you our beautiful line of
durable, perfect fitting
EMERSON SHOES.
t
We have forgotten about our love- j
ly line of CRAVATS, but will j
"get there all the same." And
now for our suggestions for <
CHRISTMAS Presents. For the [
Boys nothing can be nicer than a t
a complete outfit, consisting of a j?
suit of Clothes, an Overcoat, a
Crush Hat, a pair of nice Shoes
and a Cravat. Also a Parlor
Rifle, a Shot Gun, or a Pocket
Knife. v
For smaller boys, we have 1
Rubber Balls, Toy Pistols, Dumb r
WatrhpQ anH Chains. Wheel-!11
oarrows, Wagons and Drums. "
For general Christmas pre- J
sents we have an elegant line of i.
Glass Lemonade Sets, Guest 11
3ups and Saucers, Vases, Triple
Plated Silverware, beautiful Silk
Handkerchiefs, Cuff Buttons, i,
Scarf Pins, Ladies Lace Pins, In- ?'
Pant's Lace Pins, Watch Chains, H
Children's Tea Sets, Doll Carri- ?
ages, Doll Cribs, Doll Chairs and
Dther elagant things too numerdus
to mention. DON'T FOR- J,1
GET OUR ti
SMYRNA RUGS! !i
They make splendid Christmas [|
present. Everybody appreciates y
them. Our Stock of ^
Groceries?
will also be complete with the e
:hoicest goods for the CHRIST- j)
MAS HOLIDAYS. Don't forget {
js. You can't afford it. . '
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P. ROSENBERG & CO. ,v
Abbeville, S. C., u Dec. i88g* 1
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Three Littfo Chicks.
Three III,tic chicks
<Jot into ii fix,
Would you like to know whatahout?
Well, listen n in unite.
There's something in it,
It is well for you all to find out.
Hcur tho old hen say.
In ivn old hen's way,
That each little chick understood,
'() dear! O dear!
I dreadfully fear
You ure nil very naughty and rude!"
but they stretched up their necks,
And continued their peviks,
As they wickedly fought with each oilier,
And then the hen saw beside her
A hairy, fat spider)
And then she knew what was the bother.
n nun? oy a tnreau
From tho rafter o'orliead,
Anil Whitey and SpecUleand Grey
Each wanted the bite,
And you see how the light
Began in the usual way.
Whttey crowded off Speck,
And gave Grey a peck,
Arid said, "Goaway; It Is mine!"
But Speckle and Grey
Huid, emphatically, "Nay!
I am bound on that Spider to dine!"
And now would you see
Just which of the three
Secured the prize he was after?
\Vhile they were tlghtlug,
And scratching and biting,
The spider went home to the ralter,
And each little sinner
Had lost a good dinner,
And the spicier might chuckle and say,
"Ha, ha, my tine chicks,
That is one of my tricks,
And I gain and you lose in that way!"
The old mother hen
Turned soberly then,
And said to her children three,
You may see, if you choose,
How you always will lose,
By acting so selfishly.
"You go hungry to heil,
With pflCh ii ?nrn Itonil
While the spider sits up on the raftor
To enjoy your defeat
In taking bis meat,
And Is shaking ail over with laughter."
From this littlo fable
I am sure you are able
To learn wbat you all ought to knowThat
selfish contention.
As I hardly need mention,
Will never a good thing bestow.
Methodist Ilccurder.
Tree Superstitions.
The ash lias always been associated
with superstition, more of a diviuatory
character than anything else.
Among the ancients it was generally
believed that lightning would not touch
the bay tree.
In classic times the laurel, one of our
most beautiful evergreens, was famous
for its many virtues.
One of the most sacred trees in the
east is the peepul, which is venerated
ilike by the Buddhist and the Hindoo.
The withering of the bay tree was
considered an omen of the most dangerous
character, and a sure presage of
ieath.
m !-?/"* ti'liWnfliAfn I
1 u U> UCUV'i iiiui liit n micniui ji iviui~
3(1 Christ's crown of thorns is due a <
French superstition that this tree utters
groans ana cries on Good Friday.
The old superstition, which refuses
to give up the ghost, is that if the oak
;ets into leaf before the ash, we may
ixpect a tine and productive year.
There is evidence that some virtue or
dgnificanee was once associated with
the box tree, by the discovery of twigs
jf this tree in some of the old Biitish
barrows in Essex.
The pine tree is one of the most useful
and luxuriant of our forest trees,
ind in ancient days it received an
amount of veneration amongst the
yreeks and Komans, similar' to the oak
tree amongst the Druids.
It is believed that a twig of the hazel
placed over the door of a dwelling
liouse is an infallib.e charm against
ugnmmg; uuu vuriuua uiucr supernatural
powers are attributed to this mystic
tree.
From Mexico there comes a peculiar
tree known as the "tree of little
bauds." It is thus called owing to the
"act that its five peculiarly curved anthers
bear some slight resemblance to
the fingers of a child.
The holly tree has become an object
)f worship, like the mistletoe, and at
>ne time new born children were
jprinkled with water impregnated
tvith holly to ward off evil spirits. 1
The Brahmins believe that to dream
)f a mango tree is indicative of tiie
joming of a friend; that if the mango :
;ree be in bloom he will come with
jood news; if in fruit, with some rich
presents.
The juice of the hemlock, which is J
ieadly in its effect, was abstracted by i
ihe Greeks ; and, in cases of capital of- !
enses, the criminal was given a dose I
f his crime had not been particularly ]
leinous. J
Arabia has a curious tree, the seeds i
>f which, it is said, if pulverized and I
aken in small doses, will excite even !
he most sedate persons to perform all
he contortions, facial and bodily, of a
:ircus clown, for about thesj)ace of one
lour.
The True Gentleman. ^
1
It would be difficult to point out a
in tlifl F.ni'lish lamruaire that is f
nore frequently misapplied~fhau the
ppellation, gentleman. In common i
>arlance, it is used to designate any
nan whose coat, bat, boots and linen i
re in good condition, and who is
icither charitably cared for in an alms- 1
louse nor forcibly detained in ajail.
^o tell the truth, there are some who \
Lave been in jail, and a still greater
lumber who ought to be, who are daily \
poken of by that title.
A cunning sharper, without eduea c
ioj), principle, or sense of gratitude,
,-hose life-plan, formed in early youth, \
ias been to hoodwink, overreach and
windle all with whom he lias come in t
ashless contact, and who liyes in
plendoron the proceeds of moral felo- e
ies so dexterously managed as to have v
scaped the penalties of the law, is,
evertbeless, by modern conventional- r
?ni, styled a gentleman. We need 1
obgo far to lay our fingers upon such
entlemen. We rub shoulders wuu \
lieni upon the sidewalks, and sec hats n
niched to them as theyjpass. They
ash in elegant carriages through our
lioroughfnres, driven hy honester men
lian themselves. Such individuals, t,
lien tliey die full of years, and rich j
u the compound interest of iniquity, t
re "regretted" as "eminentcitizens," c
nd the most fulsome obituary pud's i
re offered to their names.
Hut, after all, there is a class of socity
that recognizes gentlemen in the
bstract, and despises the bogus-ware I
hat passes current for the genuine ar- \
icle. Probity, independence, unsel- t
ishuess, tender regard for the feelings i
f others, and a hearty hatred for
whatever is mean, tricky, vulgar, or
>rofane?these are among the qualities
hat distinguish the true gentleman. r
Summer villa Ncwu. 1
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A Common Mistake.
"Mark down the figures on the face
of a watch," said a Summit street jeweler
to a reporter.
1, li, 4, 5, ti?began the reporter,
as he put pencil to paper.
"No, I mean ltoman numerals."
Then this was produced :
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII,
IX, X, XI, XII.
'You are wrong," said the jeweler.
"I guess not," said the reporter.
"Try again," said the jeweler.
''Perhaps I don't know how to count
in ltoman figures," said the reporter.
lou Know mat wen enongh, but
watch-makers u^e different cues.
Look at your watch."
'"Haven't got one."
"Well look at mine. See the figures
which stand for 4o'clock."
The reporter looked, and was surprised.
it was IIII and not IV.
"Are all clocks and watches that
way?" he asked.
"Every one which has lloman fig-,
ures on its dial."
"Why?"
"Well, I'll tell you the story. It's
nothing but a tradition among wa tch
makers, but the custom has always
bee u preserved. You may or you may
not know that the first clock that in
any way resembled those now in use
was made by Henry Vick, in 1730.
He made it for Charles V. of France,
who has been called 'The Wise.'
"Now, Charles was wise in a good
many ways. He was wise enough to
recover from England most of the
land which Edward III. had conquered,
and he did a good many other
ihings which benefited Erance But
his early education had been somewhat
neglected, and he probably would
have had trouble in passing a civilservice
examination iu these enlighted
ages. Still he had a reputation for
wisdom, and thought that it was necessary,
in order to keep it up, that he
should also be supposed to possess
book learning. Thedatter was a subject
hewasextremly touchy about.
"So the story runs in this fashion,
although I will not vouch for the language,
but put it in that of the present
day:
" 'Yes the clock works well,' said
Charles, 'but,' being anxious to find
some fault with a thing he did not understand,
"you have got the figures on
the dial wrong.'
"Wherein, your Majesty?" asked
Vick.
"That four should be four ones,'
said the King.
"You are wrong, your majesty,' said
Vick.
" ' I am uever wrong,' thundered
the King. "Take it away,' correct
the mistake ." and corected it was, and
from that day to this 4 o'clock on a
watch or clock dial has been IIII in
stead of IV. The tradition has been
faithfully followed."? Toledo Blade.
Utility of Hobbies.
Said a gentleman who had seen
much of human life aud was himself
an enthusiastic student at. threescore
years: "No man in tliig world can be
happy without a hobby."
With this as a text, another scholarly
and amiable hobby-rider said, as an
introduction to a lecture upon his favorite
study : "Indeed, for diverting
your minds from the little crosses
which we all have to bear, there is no
earthly solace so healing as a subject
in which we are intensely interestedsomething
to which the thoughts may
at any moment recur when weary of
he suggestions we would escape.
"When, in addition to being an in
nocent diversion, ours is a useful study,
we and our fellow-mortals are alike
gainers. The person who passes
through life without being an enthusiastic
student of something loses
something more than he can appreciate.
"J emphasize the something, because
nothing but natural selection can decide
what ought to be each person's i
Held of work. Nature is generous; <
the field is the world. With one it i
may be rocks or ferns, with another
mosses or oaks; or leaving untamed i
nature for applied science, it may be <
the steam engine or the telescope, the 1
field of language or the human form. 1
No person has a right to say: "My <
study is important, and yours is use- {
less.' Each man's hobby is really for ]
him the most valuable addition he can '
make to his own happiness and the
nn liia r\Qrf }
iuwdi jjjuuiuua tuuuiouuuu \/u uu jsMit,
to the sum total of human felicity and
general knowledge."
Universal Tinker.
Legal Don'ts About Wills.
Don't leave anything uncertain in a
vill.
Don't mention people by their nicklatnes.
Don't let a person interested in it be
i witness.
Don't try to devise real property to
111 alien.
Don't make a will without two witiesses
better three
Don't neglect to declare it to be your
ast will and testament.
Don't make a new will unless you revoke
or destroy the old one.
Don't make a will that doq,s not proride
for children that may be born.
Don't try to force a wife to accept ?
lertain property instead of dower. f
Don't neglect to make your witnesses
vrite their full names and addresses.
Don't fail to sDecifv which one is _
[leant when two bear the same name, f
Don't add a codicil unless you exeute
it in the same way as the original
nil. v
Don't forget that if a woman your
narriage will invalidate a will already ,
nade.
Don't allow a minor to will away I
>ersonal property unless IS, if male,
ind 10, if female.
c
Judge no one by his relations, what 1
ver criticisms you pass upon his CGm- 1:
anions. Relations, like features, are r
hrust upon us; companions, like 1
ilothes, are more or less our own selec- c
ion. J
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"The bleakest landscape in the world c
lightens into something like beauty e
vlien the sun shines upon it. So love, t
he richer, sweeter light of the soul, e
nakes any face beautiful." T
There is a slight difference between t
i lottery and a mustard plaster?the u
atter always draws something.
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Simple- Faith.
A story is told of a street boy in
London who bad both legs broken* by
a dray passing over tbem. He was
laid away in one of the bees of the bos- '
pital to die, and another little creature
of tbe same class was laid near by, . - J
picked up sick with famine fever. %
The latter was allowed to lie down by
i the side of the little crushed boy. He
crept up to hiui, and said :
"Bobby did you ever hear about Je- <'ifj
Isus?'
"No, 1 never heard of Him."
"Bobby, I went to the mission school
once and they told us that Jesus would 1
take you to Heaven when you die, and
you'dnever have hunger any more,
and no pain, if you axed Him."
"I couldn't ask such a great big gentleman
as He to do anything, for me.
He wouldn't stop to speak to a boy
like me."
"But He'll do all that if you ax
Him."
"How can I ax him if I dont know where
He lives ; and how could I get
there when both my legs is broke?"
"Bobby they told me at the mission
school as how Jesus passes by. Teach
er says lie goes around. How do you
know but what He might come around
to this hospital this very night*
You'd konw him if you was to see
Him."
"But I can't keep my eyes open.
My legs fell so awful bad. Doctor says i
I'll die."
"Bobby hold up your hand, and
He'll know what you want when He
passes by.".
They got the hand np. It dropped. A
Tried' again. It slowly fell baok.
Three times he got up the little hand I
only to let it fall. Bursting into tears,
he said, "I'll give it up."
"Bobby, lend me yer hand; put yer
elbow on my piller; I can do with- ',!
out it."
So one hand was propped up. And
when they came in the morning the '
boy lay dead, his hand still held up
for Jesus. You may search the world,
and you cannot find a grander illustration
of simple trust than that of
the little boy who had been to mission
school but once.
The Chri&tan Guardian*
The Well-Bred Girl.
Do you know many well-bred girls ?
Oh they can always be told.
A well-bred girl thanks the man
who gives her a seat in the street ear /
and does it in a quiet and not in an
effusive way.
She dosen't turn round to look after
gamblers or posing actors on the street, ' y:. 'p.
and she dosen't think that her good
looks are caasing the men to stare at
her.
She doesn't wear her jewelry in the
day time and she understands that the
diamond ringp, and earrings and bracelets
were intended for the evening 2
alone.
She doesn't go to supper after the
theatre is over alone with a man.
She dosn't declare that she never
rides in street cars.
She doesn't accept a valuable present
from any man unless she expects
to marry him. ; '|
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Sbe doesn't speak of her mother in
a sarcastic way, and she shows her the
loving deference that is her due.
She doesn't want to be a man, and
she doesn't try to imitate him by
wearing stiff hats and smoking cigarettes.
She doesn't say she hates women,
and she has some good, true friends
among them. -
She doesn't wear boots without their
buttons or a frock that needs mending.
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She doesn't scorn the use of
pie, and expects some day to make
clothes for little people who will be vH
very dear to her.
Simple Will injr nous.
"A simple willingness to serye tbe " t
Master." It was k petition in a good
man's prayer, which, falling on the
sar of the writer, has long dwelt in her 'it
memory.
In this busy, hurrying age, when so
many are working at fever beat, in tbe
jburch as well as out of it?when our
jooks and papers, the sermons we
tiear, even our intercourse with M
Tiends, all seem to stimulate to yet
greater activity ; that prayer for simple
willingness falls like a soothing
ialm upon tbe overwrought.
There are some of us?just a few? '''
ivhose hands are not idle, but who
;hafe and fret against the bounds of *1
>ur appointed place, and look longingy
toward what we deem a nobler,
arger work. The words "missibn,"
'vocation," "a higher sphere of activi;y,"
so much on the lips nowadays, too
>ften steal between us and a simple
villingness.
We are too prone, "The daily task
orgetting," to look too eagerly beyond
;o some great work we should love to
lerforni for the Master; while we
:ount as "common" the work he him?elf
has laid upon our hands. We
>ant to serve him in the throng, when
le calls us to a desert place.
"Do not pray for strength to bear
he tortures of the Inquisition," says
ipurgeon, "when what you need may
)e grace to darn the family hose un
:onipIainingly."
We may fondly think how well we
night serve the Master "in such and
uch a place." "If I were free from
uch heavy homely cares," sighs one.
'If I had only my once firm health,"
noans another.
But what we may need for service
mywhere is the simple willingness to
'do the next thing," whatever that
nay be.
How would the church?aye, the
rorld?grow in grace, if the servants
if Christ more frequently and siucerey
lifted and practiced this beautiful
ictition \?Selected.
THo nrnmnlo nf Pliist, anH hid anOS
les affords a practical proof of the 'panic
efficacy of the gospel, and of the
miversal love it breathes to the hUnan
family. Christian virtue can no
nore be bent from its firm and upright
>ositiou, to suit the petty views of themining
and malicious, or even the
pecious views of political expediency,
ban the main pillar of a temple can
ie bent from its perpendicular, without
endangering the ruin of the whole
difice. The elements of peace are in
heir nature supremely virtuous; the
lements of war highly vicious.
?here is nothing of seeming contempt
yhicli can rob the first of its excellence,
nor of gorgeous display can hide
lie deformity of the last and coufer
ipon it real glory.
Thot/ias Hancock?
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