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'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
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[ 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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|
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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.
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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