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f 'l Christian Neighbor. BY REV. SIDI H. BROWSE, Of the Sonth Carolina Conference. COLUMBIA, S. O. Two Bats and a Dumb Horse. Railway conductors and train hands ?rA T think, more accommodating -1l [ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE S C., WEDNESDAYJNLIBCII 23, 1887. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 38, flS now adays than years ago. They help in and out a fellow's baggage as well as that of ladies. These on the C. C. & A. R. R. are actually very clever to me?and other folks too. And Little Willie Cook is as clever as they, for he took me from the cars last Saturday evening and saw mo safe, via mule and buggy, to his father's Bro. W. S. Cook's?midway between Leesville and Concord where I lodged in comfort, iucludinga good sleep, until Sabbath?time to go to Sunday school. I was well off that morning ?two buggies?"two strings to my bow"?take which I pleased?accepted of both, but rode only in one?Miss Birdie conductor?she put me out at Concord and whipped back for another load?of finer freight this time. ! I think the children and the adults are improving in promptness. No ooneretration is more orderly in wor ship. None of them ever stay out, aud the children all stay for public worship. It was, I think, a good day every way, and, may be, more or less so to almost everybody there that day. Went to Bro. Tom Warreu's where the newly mated and happy Charlie and Eula abide. Bro. Reedy C. and the little girls fell in with the rest of us?and all seemed to be exactly pleased. Walking out about sundown I saw two bats?to my eye the first of the season. They circled in the air, high and happy?never saw bats fly as , high, nor any that seemed to enjoy i life as they did. ? * .1 I After prayers ana tea gray juuh walked up to Leeaville, and Tom and I went along in company, permitting said "John" to hear what we talked about. Often have wondered how much of 1 people's talk horses can understand. If horses could talk and would tell all j that they hear people say, wouldn't some people have a time of it. Don't remember that wp two said anything very bad about other folks, nor anything against each other, for at Leesville we parted in peace. S. H. B. The Eloquent Tongue Now Still. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher died in 1 Brooklyn March 8,1887, aged 73. The tongue of the world renowned speaker is now still forever. He said some things which he ought not to have ??#! mov )mvp rlnne some thiners oaiu OUU 4UWJ V ? | which he ought not to have donelike every other mortal on probation. His equal, in many respects, is not left behind him. Much has been said for and against him by others which would be the better if blotted out or l still better if they had not been writ[ ten at all. The judgment day will set all things right with Mr. Beecher, his friends and his foes. Rerival in Newberry, S. C. From Bro. vy.t. Tarrant, oiewaru, I we learn that for three weeks past a gracious revival has been going on in the Methodist church in Newberry, J. L. Stokes, pastor. Very many souls have been converted and added to the different churches in the town. The meeting has been, with the concurrence of the pastor, under the conduction of "Tom Leatch," aided by the pastor, Mr. Scuddy, "Uncle" Mark Boyd, Rev. Clifton and others: "Nothing like this has been seen in many years." The pastor of Lowndesville charge, W. S. Martiu, appends : We are all well and in very comfort able quarters. f This is a fine country and with our | new railroad I see no reason why this County may not prosper. My people are kind and attentive and I am hopeful of the outlook. As the Neighbor is now being published in Abbeville so near by, we shall expect you up some time during the summer and shall claim a visit. Bio Talk.?Some editors, publishers, correspondents, and weather-cock i candidates who pay little or no taxes are among the stoutest in advocating measures?"free schools" in particular ?which increase the burden on the real tax payers. The interested will take a note of this, and spot those whose patriotism on A nhnriin (?\ ftrp at the Cost of Other auu vivu,i fvj ^. j ?.? ~ and honest people. It is time for truly honest people to speak and to act. We see a certain "Methodist" man advertises "Seeds, Seeds, Seeds," in a Methodist paper. If his seeds are no better than his sense of obligations r they will not "como up." We have no faith in any man who will not pay his debts, whan he can. Rev. J. W. Walling and wife, missionaries from the M. E. Church, South, are expected to sail from Newr port News, March 19 for Brazil. t " ' .' ' "j , . .. . She Will Sleep To-XIglit. Smooth the brahls of her silken hair On her queenly brow with tender care. ; Gather the robe in a final fold Around the form thai will not grow old; Lay on her bosom, pure as snow. The fairest, sweetest flowers that blow. Kiss her and leave her, your heart's delight; In dreamless peace she will sleep to-night. A shadowy gleam of life-light lies Around the lids of her slumbrous eves, And her lips are closed as in fond delay Of the lovinjr words she had to say; Hut her con tie heart forgot to beat, And from dainty hand to dainty feet She is strangely quiet, cold and white. The lever Is gone?she will sleep to-night. Put by her work and her empty chair; Fold up the garments site used to wear; Letdown the curtain and close the door, She will need the garish light no more; For the task assigned iter under the sun Is finished now, and the guerdon won. Tenderly kiss her, put out the light. And leave her alone?she will sleep to-night. O blessed sleep that will not break For tears, nor prayers, nor love's sweet sakcll () perfect rest! that knows no pain, Xo throb, no thrill of heart or brain; O life sublime beyond all speech, That only the poor through dying reach ! (Jod understands and His ways arc right; Hid Ills beloved a long good-night. Weep for the days that will come no more. For the sunbeam flown from hearth and door, For a missing step, for a nameless grace Of a tender voice and a loving face; Hue not for the soul whose goal is won, Whose infinite joy has just begun? Not for the spirit enrobed in light, And crowned where the angels are to-night. Small Breeds of Fowls. 1 11 - ' T Anno iUOUgll small 111 3l?C, mc ucfiuuiuo and Ham burgs grow rapidly and mature earJy. It requires some time before a large fowl attains its full size. The advantage of the small breed is, that they permit us to make a "short cut" to the laying point, though they may be deficient in weight. So far as the cost is concerned, it has been demonstrated th^t it requires no more food for a large fowl than a small one, compared with the product. That is, we can produce as many pounds of Leghorn meat as we can of Cochin meat with the same proportion of food, but in laying qualities the small breeds are superior, as they are usually nonsitters, and lay large eggs. Another advantage with them is that, being small, a large number can be kept together, as they require less room on the roost. Being active, they do not become excessively fat, and if allowed to run at large they will pick up a large proportion of their food during favorable seasons. Being usually clean-legged, they are not as subject to scabby legs as the Asiatics, and if kept " ii'intnp tlioir Inv ohnilt ji_q wpll during the cold seasons as in summer. ?o? Household Hints. To prevent flat-irous from scorching, wipe them on a cloth wet with kerosene. To brighten or clean silver or nickle plated ware, rub with a wooled cloth and flour. When there is a crack in the stove it can be mended by mixing ashes and salt with water. White paint that has become discolored may be nicely cleaned by using a little in the water for washing. A good cement for china is ordinary carriage varnish; if put together neatly the fracture will be hardly perceptible, and it is not affected by water. To clean bronze chandeliers, lamps etc.?These articles should only be dusted with a feather brush or soft cloth, as washing will take off the bronzing. off**** 41m rlnof Viqq Kppn V/ill [.'CIO) MlVVt 111 U VtUWV lilW MWOV en out, may be brightened by scattering upon them corn meal mixed with salt, and then sweeping it off; mix salt and meal in equal proportions. ^ The Way to Keep a Boy. The influence of home life on the average boy is very potent. The vagabonds, the street arabs, the youthful smoker and drinker, the young criminal who finds his way to the penitentiary before he is twenty-one. These are all such because they never have had any home. What does your boy find when he comes in at night? What is the welcome he gets? What reception by the mother? What is there to draw and win the boy? Have you been thinking what you could do to make the place pleasant to him? Did you know that a little something done to show the boy that it was done for him would get hold of his heart, and if you will lay aside your work a little in the evening, and will read to him, you will fasten a chord arouud him that will go far toward keeping him. A few pleasant books, a cheerful room, some healthful illustrated papers, a little personal attention, a good example, good words?backed up by good living, a little firmness when necessary?these will go a long way toward keeping the boy iu the house. "Let Christians say to war-making rulers, '"We cannot, we dare not, lend the least countenance to this wholesale butchery of mankind. We believe it to be the climax of human wickedness, and can have no share in its sins; but must, in conscience, teach all under our care or influence to hold it in the deepest abhorence. We will write against it; we will preach against it; we will talk against it; we will pray against it; through life and in death we will bear our testimony against it. No demands, no threats, no tortures shall turn us from this purpose. Martyrs to our faith ye may make us; rec reams, iranors, never: oeize, n )uu will, our property; load us with chains, drag us to prison or the gallows. We will offer our necks to the halter; we will bare our bosoms to your steel; but never, never will we stain our consciences, and peril our souls, by aiding in this work of pillage, murder, and conflagration." Such a stand, taken by the church, would surely and speedily remove the disgrace of war from our religion, and ere long sweep the custom itself from every land where the influence of Christianity is predominant. The Methodist Advancc says:? "Rev. Dr. Winfield, the Arkansas Doctor of Divinity, has discovered that a man may be in the Presiding Eldership too long. But the funny thing about it is that he never made the discovery till he got out of it. Who ever did ?" Axs.?Those who being continued therein missed an office of greater honor or still larger salary, ed. c. n. Rev. J. G. Armstrong has withdrawn from the Protestant Episcopal Church. To treat men as if they were better than they are, is the surest way to make them better. \ .. . ORIGINAL. An Ercning's Outing in Washington. BY HALE WEATHERWELL. The22nd of February is supposed to awaken or furnish some thrills of patriotism in the American of to-day. My own particular thrills were not vigorous, and I preferred hearing an Irishman lecture about J&ngianas men and parties to attending some boisterous celebration of Washington's 155th birthday. The Congregational Church was well filled, and when Justin McCarthy, M. P., appeared on the platform he was greeted with applause worthy the man. His subject was "English Orators, Statesmen and Parties," and he [spoke as easily as if only breathing, at tthe same time filling the immense house with the well modulated tones of his strong, yet gentle voice. In talking of Parliament, Mr. McCarthy traced at length, and with particularity, the many parties into which that body has at times been divided and sub-divided. He spoke modestly, but hopefully, of the "Irish Parlia mentary Party," and its work in freeing the Emerald Isle from the heavy yoke that England burdened it with in the opening of the present century. "A doom awaits every 'Peer of the Realm,' and that doom is a penal servitude in the House of Lords, a servitude that death alone can break." This royal side of Parliament is in low esteem with Mr. McCarthy, and he says he stands in no fear of its opposition, as the Lords will not dare thwart the people's will, lest there be an upheaval so powerful as to shake the kingdom. Whatever division of his subject he was handling, Mr. McCarthy spoke in such a way as to keep Ireland's cause in the minds of his hearers, and yeti he held on faithfully to his advertised lines: still, "Ireland of the 19th Century" proved cleverly illustratory of the powers of Gladstone, the perfidy of Churchill, the renegade, the grasping shrewdness of Goschen, the notorious financier. In the speaker's opinion, Mr. Gladstone is the most sagacious and power ful statesman that England has known for ages. He does not regard him as the greatest orator of the day, although his voice, that is now broken, possesses much of the man's magnetism; Gladstone's power is in debate. Seemingly as easy as to make an ordinary address, is it for the Ex-Premier to arise after hearing, perhaps, ten or a dozen speeches by as many men, aud reply to them all, not merely in the order of their delivery, but to consider the points brought forward in each iu its proper place. Mr. Cowan, a member of the Commons, from Ireland, is the real orator, according to the judgment of his fellow-countryman. Mr. McCarthy is sanguine of early success in obtaining "Home Rule" for Ireland, and truthfully, though rather sentimentally, proclaims tliat when the day of brightness dawns, St. Patrick's people "will raise a column of glory which the world will honor and applaud, and 011 which the names of William Ewart Gladstone and Charles t?;ii ho hiofnripallv fin piuau i aiucu un* w graven." What a pity to mar a plain and brilliant narrative of Britain's large concerns by ending with a touch of energetic emptiness. An iuformal reception was held after the conclusion of the lecture, and I had the pleasure of meeting the famous reformer. A close observation left this impression of McCarthy, the man about five feet and nine inches high, "well-built," erect; a head as finely shaped?as nearly perfect?as any I have seen ; his hair is reddishdark-brown, freely sprinkled with gray, and his full beard of four inches is even more frosted than the hair. A beaming, friendly face, full of strength and determination ; eyes of dark and brilliant, blue; a forehead that is a plain "sign-board" for the man of intellect and learning who bears it. Turning away from this great man, ?this renowned historian, literateur, statesman and orator,?with all the delight of the recent meeting, I was startled by the repulsive face and figure of Dr. Mary Walker, who was close be ' <- > - * ... siue rue. one was uieoem iu man's full evening dress, an overcoat hung upon her arm, a beaver was in her baud. This feature of the object u?ar me was disgusting, but utterly adhorrible were the withered and sallow cheeks, the glittering and almost black eyes, the thin, yellowish lips, making altogether a hideous face, full [of perk and sinister expression. Actually shuddering from contact with this human travesty, I hastily I left the house; and, though the hour ! was late. I remembered that the President and Mrs. Cleveland were holding their closing reception before Lent, so I hurried to the "White House," and took my place at the end of the procession tbat was marching in. Happily, the lateness of my arrival saved me from waiting very long. Once iu the Executive Mansion, I was quickly ushered into the "Blue Parlor," and presented first to the President, and then to his wife. How kind and painstaking Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland are! They stand for hours on such occasions, shaking hands with thousands of curious strangers of all classes and styles. As one approaches, the usher in front of the President pronounces the name, and Mr. Cleveland gives the hand a hearty shake, repeats the name of the person before him, smiles, ?and the stranger steps forward a few feet, and enacts the same ceremony with "the lady of the land." President Cleveland is an overlooking man than his pictures show him ; while his wife is just as young and beautiful and fresh as the artists have made her appear. The different public rooms of the White House are of interest, the decorations, and the portraits of Ex-Presidents are worthy of study, and will require another visit before I am prepared to write of them reliably, and, besides, my letter is long already, and one evening's "outing" has furnished enough dissipation for this time. Hawthorne, March 1, 1887. s i*.>. '.J .. Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven Years Ago. by rev. p. l. herman of the north carolina conference. Mr. Editor: In 1860 and 1861 camp meetings were held at Cold Springs in the bounds of what was then Concord circuit, Wadesboro District, South Carolina Conference. The late E. W. Thompson was preacher in charge, and this scribe was junior preacher. The Editor of the Neighbor was the Presiding Elder. The political sky was overspread with dark ominous clouds in 1860; the distant mut terings of a coming storm arresiea attention, and fell upon the public ear Notwithstanding these surroundings, the preachers were at their posts. At our quarterly and Campmeeting the most conspicuous figure was the Presiding Elder whose coming was always hailed with pleasure. At these meetings we expected a big time and were never disappointed; things moved, the public mind and heart were stirred. The official members looked serious, and seemed more devout than on ordinary occasions. This general chief pastor came for the purpose of reviewing the saints, and to preach to the masses. The roll was called and all the subordinates were expected to answer to their names, in fact the rank and file were required to appear on dress parade once every three months, and be scrutinized by the officer of the day. Duties performed must have official approval; obligations neglected must be reproved. These were times of great solemnity particularly when a case had to be tried by court-martial. There were also other matters of grave import to be reviewed; the treasury department and commissary stores were looked into. Quarterly meeting was the day that the pay train was expected, and all the employees on the narrow way and strait gate line expectcd to be paid. Oh, Mr. Editor, how sad a frequenc occurance in those days? when the pay train was behind time, sometimes failed to arrive at all. Oh the heart-rending groaus of the officers. These were daysot real distress, but then the preachers had the fervent prayers of the pious beseeching the Lord to give the laborers souls for their hire. I am glad that those days of trial are now things of the past. I have wondered the pay train being behind caused me to liuger about the depot. The elder preached in the summer of 1860 at Cold Springs. His theme was the "signs of the times." Our recol lection is that the preacher painted a big signboard that day. The corrupt politician, the drunkard, the gambler, the dancing master (who professed to be a churchman) with the bloomer dressed belles, denominated short frocked dancers, together with the libertine, were all on the board that day. It was a sermon for the times as well as the signs of the times; it stirred the vast assembly. Some wept and repented, others rejoiced, while still others of the baser sort reviled and cursed the message and the messenger. The whole camp was stirred from center to circumference. In 18(51, we again met the same Presiding Elder upon the same ground; lie stands before the same congregation. Many of the predictions of the preacher had been fulfilled during the year; tne "dogs of war" had been unchained the Elder propounded to the assembly the question "Am I become your enemy because I tell you the truth?" and proceeded to demonstrate to them that he was their friend the I best of friends. The people believed ; I.. t uiey were meiicu imu imucniras, ?uparently the whole camp surrenderee!; many souls were converted. Though twenty-six or twenty-seven years of toil and conflict intervene yet that day abides fresh in memory, and a benediotion upon my heart. Should these lines meet the eye of the pastor of Leesville and Concord he is at liberty to make any needed corrections as I write from memory. P. L. Herman. Snow Hill, N. CFeb. 28th, 1S87. Science.?The aroma of red cedar is fatal to house moths ; the aroma of black walnut leaves is fatal to fleas. It is a matter of common observation that persons engaged in the business of making shingles from odoriferous cypress timber in malarial districts are rarely, if ever, affected by malarial diseases, and that persons engaged in distilling turpentine do not suffer from either malarial diseases or consumption. It is said that when cholera was epidemic in Memphis, Tenn., persons working ill livery stables were entirely exempt from it. It is affirmed that since the destruction or me ciove irees on the Island of Ternate the colony has suffered from epidemics unknown before; and in times when cholera has prevailed in London and Paris those employed in the perfumery factories have escaped its ravages. Study Your Animals.?Some farmers have learned that animals are! not alike in every respect, says the Farm. Journal. They all have stomachs, but while they are all after the same plan they do not all work alike. This fact accounts for one calf getting the scours, while the rest may do well on the same feed. One culf will constipate, bloat, and have spasms?stiffness of the legs?and perhaps fall down, while others will be all right. I he farmer is the only one to study and find out their peculiarities, and manage his animals according to their differences of appetite, digestion, and| 9 - " onimolo fin imf ! assiruuauuii. OUUJC umuiuig uu HVI. bear confinement, and others can not endure the cold?a chill makes them sick.?Exchange. Water fok Cows.?As well drink the water from a filthy barnyard pool as to allow your cow to drink it, and i then use her milk. Whatever impurities may be in the water are taken up by the system of the cow, and are given oft'in her milk and pass off into the system of the human consumer. Owners of cows, then, should be very careful to allow them only pure water [ to drink, and it is just as important that their food be pure and wholesome also. ' V 3 * COMMONS. ReceiTlng" Calls. I want to urge every woman who has any but very intimate friends to have an afternoon in the week to receive calls. Many women of wealth aud social position have adopted the fashion, perhaps at first because it was a fashion, but there is a great deal more than that to be said in its favor, and it is to the busy woman, who has fevery moment occupied with household duties and yet keeps her hold on social life, who will find it a saving of time and a means of snatching some passing pleasure and repose, from what otherwise is au occasional vexation, whom the custom would help most. The advantage of a receiving ? " i?? 1 i. 1 1 i. .... (lay 13 otten runy unuersiuuu, uui, wumen who make no social pretension shrink from it for fear of being thought "airy" or aping fashion, but it is just these women who might look on it as an absolute duty to themselves, and a real kindness to their friends. How many of us do know what it is to have an acquaintance, who is both agreeable and, would be, welcome, call on us just as we are doing something that we are nervously anxious to finish, or that requires our undivided attention ; fortunate if we are not in the middle of some delicate cooking that will spoil by leaving it. There are then but two things to do-ask our visitor right into the kitchen or work room, or leave everything and go to lierjustaswe are; anything is better than to keep her waiting. If we do the first, she will know that she has just come at the wrong time, and teel that she is intruding in spite of your assurance that you wish her to stay, and in fact you go on busily with your occupation you really cannot enjoy her visit, while if you leave every thing, you will show the marks perhaps of being very busy, and your mind will wander to the oven that was just right, and is now cooling, or the work that you wanted to finish so specially to-day; in any case, you do not enjoy the visit, and your visitor will feel that you have been very polite, but that she might have choosen a better time. But having a "day" you do away with all this, and you save time. You kuow the afternoon or evening when your friends will call, and you arrange accordingly. You need lose time only for that day; you will have no exacting work in hand; you will be dressed ready, and stocking darning or small mending, although not parlor work, may be left to pick up and can be put away without mental anxiety when visitors arrive. If you have made it known that you have given up this day, (and you can pleasantly also give your reason) you may have several calls atone time, while otherwise each would have come separately and separately taken your time. Your callers will probably enjoy meeting each other, and you with your mind quite free, will be at your best. Be Sincere. A wise mother when asked, at one time, what she considered one of the first duties of a parent in the training of little children, replied, "To be perfectly sincere in all things, at all times, in all places." A development of this view, as given in the American Kindergarten, may be seen in the following extract from that journal: If curiosity buds in untimely questions, do not concoct some tale so absurd that your tones and manner betray your purpose, but say, frankly and kindly, "When you are grown, you will understand all these things; now you mustlearn the things that be1 - -? momma waifptl IUI1?? 1(1 CllllUliUUU , UitttliLUU .1 V...V.. until she was a woman to learn the things that concern grown-up people." The curiosity will be allayed by that method, while mystery and subterfuge will only serve to excite it to greater intensity, with the strongly probable result of future deceitfuluess and imitating mystery on the part of the child. A mother was so unfortunate as to destroy a rare bit of china belonging to a friend with whom she was visiting; her bright little boy, four years old, was at her side, the only witness to the accident. Clasping his hand, the mother glided through the parlor window on to the piazza, and when the loss was discovered, she was rocking her boy and complacently singing f.ohim. They heard the servant upbraided for carelessness; heard her in - " * l ... dignant worus oi ueiense; ?ui-? umi she was peremptorily dismissed "without a character," because the lady thought her untruthful as well as careless. Bobby's chivalry was aroused, and he began to scramble down from his mother's knee; his eyes were hashing anger, for Norah had won his heart. His mother's arm tightened about him, and the whispered in his ear, "Never mind, Bobby." The little fellow reluctantly returned to his mother's knee; but the puzzled look on his face was never forgotten by her. It was an enigma to neighbors and friends why Bobby changed from a generous frank, justice loving "little man" to a cowardly sneak, who loved to injure helpless' animals, smash toys, suap flowers from well tended beds with his whip. His misdemeanors were al n . 1 -1 I ways shifted 10 me siiuuiuwa ui umers than his own, and when in despair his oft forgiving father decided to send Bobby to a sehoolship, the boy turned to his mother and referred to the incident of the broken china as the startng point of his wrong doing. Tie the Camel and Trust God. Darkness was coming down upon the desert. There were no trees to cast lengthening shadows, no hilltop to hold the lingering rays of sunlight; but suddenly, all over the wide extent of level sand, darkness fell like a black robe. Mahomet and his attendants halted on their journey, and a tent was I pitched. "Allah's care is over his children," said one of the band. "I will even loose my camel and trust in Allah that I shall lind him again in the morning at sunrise." "Friend," said the prophet, with grave, uplifted finger, "tie thy camel and then trust in Allah." There is one point of our daily living at which we see men and women coni tinually loosing their camels, with jloud protests of trust in Allah, and i showing presently pious resignation at their loss; I mean the care of their j health. Of course, this earthly house of our tabernacle must decay and we i must bear its infirmities cheerily and patiently; but there is neither sense nor piety in committing our lives to God, and then breaking all the laws of hygiene. "This is a strange dispensation of providence," I said mournfully to my neighbor, as we attended together the third funeral which we had followed from Col. B 's house withiu two years. "Providence, indeed!" answered ray neighbor with a gruff disrespect which I hope wan intended for me, not for providence. "Humph! The colonel keeps rotting potatoes in his cellar!" "I am asking God to give me dying grace, that I may be willing to go," said a girl in the last stages of consumption. "Ah," said her doctor, in a conflden tial whisper, "if she had only asked a year ago for common sense to keep her from putting off her flannel shirt in midwinter to go to a party!" Friend, eat plain, wholesome food, weal seijsiuiu ciumes, veiJLimiy your house, bo temperate, be prudent; in short, tie your camel, and then trust in God and take cheerfully the dispensations of his providence. GRAINS. He is a strong man who can hold down his opinion. Only the foolish and the dead never change their opinions. Religion would have uo enemies if it was not an enemy to vice. Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry is by true love. Never go to any place of amusement where you would be ashamed to die. Good thoughts are no better than ! good dreams if they are not executed, i A holy act strengthens the inward holiness. It is a seed of life growing into more life. When a man begins to go down he '< has not only the force of natural grav- ' itation,buta hundred hands to help him in the precipitation. Buy a small farm. It costs less, is more easily bought and sold, has less ' fencing, less taxes, and will be better 1 cultivated.?Farmer^ Friend. God has given to woman a peculiar intuition in regard to human character. She has a capacity to judge of , moral character that man has not. It is an insult to philanthropy to class men of the military profession, however patriotic in intentions and pure in private life, with philanthropists. Life is so short we cannot know everything. There are but few things we need to know, but let us know them well. People who know everything do nothing. If a minister cannot get the atten- 1 tion of the people for prayer or Biblereading, it is his own fault; much of the interest of a service depends upon how it is launched. God gives hjs ministers a license ev- ( ery Sabbath, and a new message. He | sends none of us out so mentally poor that we have nothing to furnish but a cold hash of other people's sermons. ( You may be sure that the more you ; consider and pray for the cause of ] Peace, the more you will see of its ' beauty and its grandeur. It abounds in good-will to all contending classes ana nations over the whole earth. At ? 3 1. 1 vvnen me wmu mowa liuiucbl mc traveler girds his cloak to him the clo- i sest; and when temptations are the i most violent we cling the more to Christ lest we fall; and Christ holds us with the stronger grip that we may not falter. Make it your continual care, by the help of God, to cause not a pain or sorrow, nor lead into sin a single person around you, but ever helping all within your reach to be good and happy according to the principles of the Christian religion. The Church of Christ is a glorious ! orchard full of fruit. There is some poor fruit in it; some weeds that ought to be thrown over the fence; some , crab-apples trees that ought to be cut down; some wild grapes that should be uprooted; but are you sroing to des- j troy the whole orchard because of a little gnarled fruit? Any one in a passion always speaks very loud, and hence I thought, if 1 < could control my voice, I could restrain my passion. I have, therefore, j made it a rule never to suffer my voice to raise above a certain key, and, by a careful observance of this rule, I have j with the blessing of God, entirely | i 1 ? ? ,1 finU/lnail tnt? nflllirftllv ' IllUSieiCU U1IU SUUUUVU UIJ m petuous temper. , In every human life there is more < or less of struggle and burden-bearing i and homesickness aud pain and sepa- i ration from those we love, but, under i the operation of the grace of God, : these things are all good for us. They i are exercises of mind and heart that j are calculated to lead us closer to i Christ; and, if we but let them, they j will make us like him through whose i voluntary poverty we are made rich 1 with the hope of heaven. 1 ? ? i Food for Thought.?Governer St. i John, of Kansas, made a temperance i address in Baltimore last week, which ? the Sun considered good enough to s print. From it the following extracts are taken: St. John said : "This is a free coun- I try, and allhave a right to belong to 1 whatever church or party they want 1 and whoever attempts to interfere 1 with that freedom is an enemy 01 civil i government. I trust no prohibition- 1 ist will become so narrow and soulless ' as to make faces at his neighbor be- ; cause he differs in politics or religion. 1 The tight must be won, not by abuse, * but by appeals to the heart and rea- i son. I will not even say an unkind < word of a saloon-keeper. It is out of < place to abuse a man for engaging in a i lawful business. I am unable to see < the difference between the saloon and < the man who keeps it, between the I saloon and the law which protects it, 1 between the law and the church dea- ] con who votes for it. When they all j come before the judgment, God will ' not take time to grant separate trials, j . J Ull. 1 DUI Win ueeui un uimc gumji planse.) We are told that it can't be 1 helped, that we are in a miserable i minority. I'm used to that, and I like I it. (Laughter.) Ignorance and pre- I judice are hard to overcome. I speak < from experience, for I have had both. (Laughter.) When Noah wasfloating : around in the ark and looked out on the big majority in the water, none of those with him wanted to go over to i the majority. (Laughter.) Hut many would have been glad to have gone over to the minority with Noah." (Laughter.) . W * * / : ===^= I CfUAATC . U V JJl wu uo. Taking Aim. There were four little boys Who started to go From the very same spot, i To make trucks in the snow. Who made his path str&lghteet, . , 2s3 They laid in their plan. Of all the contestants Should be best man. Now, this little four Were Philip and John, ,M And merry-faced Harry, And sober-eyed Don; The best friends In the world, ij? And fall of Invention In play, but they seldom Were found In contention. _ Well, they started together, * And travelled along, But John, Don and Harry, .> M'%$ In some way went wrong; ^vSB But Phil made his path Nearly straight, and they wondered, When all tried alike, Why they three had blundered. men rump repneu, "The reason you see: Though no harder I tried To succeed than you three, I pushed for that oak, Going forward quite ready, While you struggled on Without aim, and unsteady." Now, you see. my dear boys, What such lessons teach? If there 1b a point That you wish to reach, A position in life At all worth naming, If you gain it, 'twill greatly Depend on your aiming. The Cat aud the Bee. "Buzz, buzz! hum, hum!" And the bee went buzzing and humming round the room. J'Sia "Oh, what a great big fly!" said a young kitten who was playing; "what y Sjjl a soft velvet coat he has! I never saw such a fine fly before." "It is not a fly," said the old cat, who was stretched out upon the hearth rug; "it is a bee, and bees have stings, and if you meddle with it you wiil D6 sorry." , 'Hi&Sj "Buzz, buzz! hum, hum I" The bee was getting quite out of patience, and made more noise than ever. The kitten watched him with increasing interest, and decided she 'j would catch him. "But I'm not going to be disapDointed," said Frisk, eyeipg the ola cat, who now seemed to be fast asleep, with ' some contempt; "mother is always telling one something or other, as if one had no eyes and no sense but her." And the next time that the bee paused for a moment on the floor she -.A made a dart at him. But the bee was too quick for; her, and flew high up into the air, buzzing louder than ever. The old cat opened her eyes and shook her paw at her kitten. "You will get into trouble, Frisk, if you do not let that bee alone." And she doses off again. . ^ The bee having flown round and g^Mj| round, and banged itself against the 1 window, settled again close to Frisk. ' I "Now is my time," said she to her- ,^j|s self, approaching very cautiously, and then, suddenly raising her paw, she ,-^a brought it down upon the bee with a triumphant "Mew." But, alas! the mew of triumph was shanged into a howl of pain. She had Ir111 as! 4-Via Koq ODrtolnlv Hilt. tYlA HpA MIMaaffiMB bad stung her soft velvet paw, and she limped about the room in agony. " The old cat jumped up. "You fool- ^?a| ish kitten," she said, "did I not warn you of what would happen ? However, it is the way of the world. Every one must learn by his own experience."? Sel. Advantages of Early Poverty. It is far from being always a disadvantage to young men to commence | life in poverty. In fact the worst thing that can happen to a young man at college is to have a father or mother so t injudicious as to keep him amply supplied with pocket-money. It is fatal to studious hadits, and, in the end, generally fatal to good morals. This _ ' is equally the case with a young man in business, who is made to feel that to bim "salary is no object"?that a weal- , ^ thy father's purse is always open to his most extravagant demands. Nothing ,iA.,ni?no n immior man like fiphtimr HCVCJUpO M JVUW& 0 w his own way in the world. Some spur af necessity; some bracing of adverse surroundings is needful to most men, if thev are to put forth their whole power. The rich man's heir, nursed and < v petted iu infancy, and shielded from battling with the world, never fairly teams to stand erect and walk alone. If by any chance he is stripped of his inherited wealth and lias to learn to fake and give hard knocks like others, lie nearly always goes under in the struggle?at any rate, he seldom regains by his own efforts the fortune he lias lost. Nearly all the wealthy and successful men of this country are poor men's sons. Nearly all of the scholirs, poets, orators, statesmen, are poor men's sons, Wealth has its advantages, it is true, but, after all, the son of . jj n rich man begins life with odds igainst him. The poor man'sson, has ill the odds in his favor. He must work or starve. 'He has nothing to ose and everything to gain. The rich nan's son has already social position, -.Of ind everything that money can give tiim. There is much less to strive for, md infinitely less inducement to strive. War's Reality.?We are at Antieam. People think that battles and jeing killed are what make war horri>le, but these things are as nothing kvhen compared with war's reai nor ors. The being kept for weeks and iveeks and months at a time in bare, wretched quarters, with nothing in 'our life really suited to body or mind, without books or cheerful companion- . " hip, with hard, dry food and coarse, ancid fat meat, and too little of it at hat; with vermin and scurvy, and Jamp ami cold, until heart despair and pigsty greed are facts, and home and Jecency are a fading dream ; and then >n the march and after battle, to see :he dead lying stark, or being hustled ivhile yet dying into holes hastily dug, ivhile a stick marked "unknown" is ammed in above them: to see the ivounded huddled together, mangled mdgory, in the mud and snow, hoping, and hoping vainly, for help; to liear their terrible moans and cries, ind to have to go on about your own business as if you saw and heard nothing?these, and worse, are some af the things which teach a man what war means, and the awful responsibilitv nf him who Dromotes war. " ? "" The truly gifted and learned man is seldom vain of his gifts or acquirements. But he whose natural parts are but feeble, and whose achievements arc but slight, is often eaten up with the most inordinate vanity. ' v? ?d