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BY HUGH WIT,SON. ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1887. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 46. llfi Christian Neighbor. BY KEY. SUM II. ItKOWMC. Or the South Carolina roiift'rfiice' An Unhappy Oi<l A^o. As years pass tlio illusions of youth are of necessity dispelled?the eye, quickened by experience, penetrates the thousand shams that deceive the nn wary, and men are prone to cry, "All is vanity!" As this experience broadens, and one folly after another is discovered to be such, many become embittered, and quickly - learn to despiso the world and the men that make it. As a<;e advances they become more bitter, until there is no man, nn oiitprnrisfi. no motive that is above I suspicion. Xo conversation of these haters of their kind is free from gibesmorning, noon, night, at home, on o the street, in business hours, always, everywhere, the same harshness characterizes them. Other men with better balanced minds?minds made "even" by high and holy purposes?may penetrate as deeply the shams of the world, yet remain sweet minded and gentle, quite untouched save by pity for the deluded. These may sec quite clearly that the man they aro dealing with is a knave and will cheat them if he can, yet have the power to remain unrullled by the unpleasant knowledge. This evenness of temper is by no means synonymous with weakness. Its possessors can be as decided, j's positive, as determined as the violent man, and can accomplish as much with less mental strain to themselves and thoso associated with them than the man who rages and swears, it may bo with only a "wooden oath.'" Violent minded men as they grow older find themselves deserted by relatives and friends?this by no means tends to improve their tempers. None will of choice seek the company of thoso who invariably indulge in suspicions and hate?it matters not where one finds them, the theme is sure to be the rascality of the world in general and of some man in particular. Though none should adopt tho belief that all men aro knaves till they prove tliemnolvoa honest men. vet the discovery oi deception and fraud makes no necessity for the cultivation by any man of chronic hate toward all tho world, and habitual harshness of speech. The evil increases with years, and before the man realizes it ho reaches a loveless old age?avoided by all save those whose hard duty it may be to try to love vtlie nlovable. We are in receipt of the "Prospectus of the first Annual Inter-State Fanners Summer Encampment, to be held at J ' Spartanburg, S. C., beginning Tuesday, J August 2nd, 1SS7, at 8 o'clock, <\. M., and! ontinuing until Saturday, August 6th, 1SS7. Under the auspices of the patrons of husbandry ot the States of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina." We know but little of -.vhat is hoped for in this movement, and of course knowless as to what good will como of it, but we have a vague suspicion that it will follow "immigration." "fish culture,"' "civil service reform," and kindred enterprises. ? Dr. E. J. C'. Wood, Aiken, April 2<?, W"',A?" r\f tl?n Motlinrliyf, in that town and of I'ro. Duncan, the pastor. The church is much in advance of what it was twelve and ten years ago, yet but few now remain of those who were members then. The pastor's reports at the Quarterly Conference indicate prosperity in the juvenile and adult departments of the church. The family of our friend, Dr. Wood, also his venerable mother have been much aUliclcd. The Lord bless those friends whose kindness during our pastorale there has not been forgotten. Many over a hundred times we have thought of mustering up sufficient courage to request the publishers of eight-page journals to cut the leaves so as to save the troubleof turning inland out, and out and in, <fec., but as often has our heart failed? lining n frmr-nn?rf? Jlllfl iUV -4.* *>*;/?? ?% *??.a I'-O ralher under size at that. II* wo ever should make such a request it is hoped that the ''big brothers" will not think 'little Benjamin" is impudent. Ex-President Davis and ("Jen. Beauregard, of lottery fame, are at lo?*<jer-heads over some exploits in the lato war. It is rather seldom that one of the more prominent heroes in a war is loved to death by his yoke fellows in arms and honors. Very few people will care much about :any quarrel between theso two ^eutleatnen. Wfc must thank the committee for an Invitation to the "Basket Picnic to the Employees of the Walker, Evans A' Cogswell Company," Midland Park, May 11. The day would be a pleasure to us, and we can only regret our inability to attend. John M. McBrvde, president of tin South Carolina College has accepted the oiler of the presidency of the University' of Tennessee at Knoxvillc. Davis.?Mrs Harriet Roach Davis was born in < Jooriietown, S. ('., and died at Macbeth, Berkeley County, S. on the 7th instant, from burns received on the (Jib. She united with the M. E. Church, South, many years ajfo. She resided in Marion, where she was much esteemed. Her life was not free from much sorrow, for she drank its cup to tho dregs; but in the final hour she was able to engage in prayer and praise with the writer, who committed her body to the grave by the side of her sister, Mrs. A. A. Mark ley, at Kehoboth Church. She leaves an only child, Mrs. A. It. Dennis, who tenderly oared for her and now laments hor lo.^s, though she weeps not as if she had not tho hope that her mother is now in Paradise to await tho resurrection of the jus:, May we all who survive our departed sister "so number our days that we may - apply our hearts unto wisdom." Rov. C. D. ltowell of the South Carolina Conference, died at tho parsonage oi Jonesville Circuit May 2, 1SS7. A devoteil and faithful watchman on the walls o; Zion has fallen at his post. Conference -2<I Session ?Concord?On;' Way. J)nir Xciyhhnr: Friday, April iJO, before breakfast, the 1'. E. and tlio 1*. C. boarded tlio train f<>r Ijoesville, thence per buggy to F. A. Warren's for breaklast. No need to sny that this section had wind that day and the next.? .Never before had I seen such clouds of dnst and sand as the wind lifted from the fields and roads and carried them whithersoever it listed. After a capital sermon by Dr. Jones caino the Conference?eleven of the sixteen officials present. In the course of the prescribed rontino of business John I). Rikard and II. Thompson liikard were licensed to exhort; George A. Fulmer and D. I). D. Mitchell were elected delegates to the District Conference; A. S. Iiouknight and F. A. Warren were chosen as Itcscrrc*. Amount raised during the quarter lor the ministry something in advance of what it was this time last year. In addition to this $1S.1"> was reported on last 5 car's claim?paid out pro rata to the ministry, P. E. and P. ('. last year. The session was pleasant and harmonious all through. Wo dined together at John W. Spann's, and after some church business, at 5 p. in., the P. E. left with J. A. J. Mitchell, cn route to hold Conference with pastor I Vaughan and hi * people. I abided still with iricml John. At night-meeting "Uncle" Joel Warren [exhorter] gave the people an appropriate talk. Wo were all glad to hear words from the venerable servant of God as lie sat [a part of the | time] in his chair. Preaching by the pastor on Saturday. Walked home with uncle J.W. to dinner. Ilis wife has not been able to get to meeting since I have been her pastor. I These dear old people speak hopefully of their future home. At 5 p. m. th? old gentleman walked i with me to the public road where Willie i Mitchell took me in his buggy, on our way to his home we called to seo "Uncle" John Miller who was quite sick ; and fur ther on \vc turned in to sec Bro. Roland, who also was in bed sick. A pastori should give prcferencc to the sick, the J poor, tiie widows "in a/lliction" and the aged and the iniirm. It was nearly dark when wo reached Willie's home where he ha? a mother, a sister, and a "better-half' recently and happily" added. This trio of ladies will help to keep their Willie straight?though T think ho is already one of my straightext members. J Returning to church Sabbath morning I learned that the sick friends wero "about the same.'' The Sunday School exercises were of interest. The congregation wss unusually large?rather suspect some of them had expected to hoar the 1'. ] '. Rev. j E. O. Watson came up unexpectedly to me.just at preaching time, but he declined to preach lor me or in the shoes of the absent P. E. Rut consented to preach at "> p. m. which he did?and wc wen; all glad to hear what he said. The commun- j ion, following the morning sermon, brought many to the table. . A quarterly meeting does not look like one without the Presiding Elder, but we all tried to do toward the best wo could | after l>r. Jones left us. I dined Sabbath with that stirring turpentine farmer, Mr. Cook, or rather with hint ami his familv, and .then slept four minutes before the "chaps'' and I drove a mule down to tiio church. Said mule was safe and good looking but seemed as unwilling to go to meeting that evening as some members of the church. Somehow things fell cut so that sundown found me at Torn Warren's taking tea, and, rather contrary to the calculations of Tom and "John" they, as aforetime, gave tne a pleasant ride to Leesville?this time by moonlight. Thinking back 011 the quarterly meeting, one among other pleasant facts remembered is that of the face of my friend Mack Mitchell among the /uarin;/ worshippers on Sabbath morning. S. II. ]'. The llntl ol'a Dog's Qiiiirrcll. One day a line Newfoundland dog and a in as till' had a sharpo discussion over a bone, and warred away as angrily as two boys. They were lighting on a bridge ; and the lirst they knew, over they went into the water. The banks were so high that they were forced to swim some distance before thev came to a landing place. ? ? ? - lie was as much at homo in the water as a sea!, lint not so poor Bruce ; he struggled ami tried to swim, but made little headway. The Newfoundland dog quickly reached the land, aud then turned to look at his old enemy. lie saw plainly that his strength was fast falling, and that he was likely to drown. So what should the noble fellow do but plunge in, seize him gently by the collar, and, keeping his nose above water, tow him safely into port! It was funny to sec these dogs look at each other as they shook their wet coats. Their glance said as plainly as words, "We'll never quarrel any more." If this is a true story many professors of the Christian religion may learn a lesson from the Newfoundland dog. There arc now nearly one hundred monuments on the batlle-lleld of (Gettysburg, costing from S-'iliil to si,U00 each. "Man being in honor abideth not; he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly ; yet their posterity approve their sayings."?/'.v. : l:{. Tnk Ui:i.i<!iors Way To I>o It.?The 1 X, ir lii'lniiix .Uli'iififc says: "The Salvation Army, while doing many things tliat i<? >Ic strange, seems fruitful in expedients I'or raising money. Not long since wore needed ami lliey went to work l?> ratso it. llow? J!y a "sacred concern" ? Not at all. ISv an "ice cream party"? Far from it. I'.y a 1 "little hop"'? Nothing of the kind, I'.y ' a "supper"? No. They simply had what limy called "week of sell denial;" ami the money was raised, (?!?, ye pampered Christians, if you want to raise the Lord's money, learn from these despised Salvationists!" Another ISlow at Honesty ami lair Healing. [Spartanburg IfrraUL] This is another blow at honest and faildealing ami will enable many a raseal and his wii'o to avoid paying honest debts, r Wo are glad to seo that Judge Mcfiowan j at least, dissented from this opinion. Virtue consists in self-conquest. COM M0NS. Disarmament. "Put up tliy sword!" The voice of Christ once more Speaks in the pauses of lhr> ran lion's roar, i ?'er tiolds of corn by isery sickles reaped Ami I Pit. dry ashes; over trendies heaped With nameless- tie id; o'er cities starving slow I'mli'i a rain of lire; through wards of woo Mown which a m'oauin^ diiipnsou runs From I irtured brothers, husbands, lovers, sons, Of desolate women in their far oil' homes, Waiting to hear the step that never comes! o men and brothers! let that voice be heard : War fails, try peace; put up the useless sword. <J> The Christian Way to Kill an Enemy. 'That man will Ik; the death of me yet,' said Paul Levering. He looked worried out, not angry. "Thee means Dick Hardy?' 'Yes.' 'What has he been doing to thee now?' asked the questioner, a Friend, named Isaac Martin, a neighbor. 'lie'salways doing something, friend Martin. Scarcely a day passes that I don't have complaint of him. Yestcnliiv diie of the bovs came and told mehes-aw him throw a stone at 1113' I now Durham cow, and strike her on the head.' 'That's very bad, friend Levering. Does thee kuow why lie did this? Was thy Durham trespassing 011 his grounds?' 'X0, she was only looking over the fence. He has a spite against me and mine, and does all ho can to injure me. You know the fine liartlett pear tree, that stands in the corner of my lot, adjoining his property?' 'Yes.' 'Two large limbs, full of fruit, luing over on his side. Von would hardly believe it, but it's true; I was out there just now, and discovered that he had sawed oil'those two line limbs that nung over on his side. They lay down upon the ground, and his pigs were eating the fruit.' 'Why is Dick so spiteful to thee, friend * Levering? lie doesn't aniioy inc. What lias thee done to him?' 'Nothing of any consequence.' 'Thee musl have done something. Try and remember.' '1 know what first put him out?I kicked an ugly dog of his once. The beast, half starved at home. 1 suppose, was all the while prowling about here, and snatched up everything that came in his way. One day 1 came upon him suddenly, and gave him a tremendous kick that sent him howling 1 through the gate, rnforlunately, as if- has turned out, the dog's roaster happened to be passing along the road. The way he swore at me was dreadful. I never saw a more vindictive face. On the next morning, a splendid New foumlland, that I lnul raised from a jiu)) met me shivering at tlie door, with his tail cut of!". I don't know when 1 have felt so badly. Poor fellow! his piteous look haunts me now. I had no proof against Dick, but have never doubted as to his agency in the matter. In my grief ami Indignation I shot the dog, and so put him out of sight.' 'Thee was hasty in that, friend Levering,' said the(}uaker. 'Perhaps I was, though I hove never regretted the act. J met Dick a few days afterwards. The grin of satisfaction on his face I accepted as an acknowledgement of his mean ami cruel; revenge. Within a week from that time one of my cows had a horn knocked oil'.' 'What did thee do?' 'I went to Dick Hardy, and gave him a piece of my mind.' 'Thai is, thee scolded and called him | hard names, and threatened.' 'Yes?just so, friend Martin.' 'Dili any good come of it?' 'About as much good as though I had whistled to the wind.' 'How has it been since?' 'No change for the butter, it grows, if anything, worse and worse. Dick never gets weary of annoying me.' 'Has thee ever tried the law with him, friend Levering? The law should protect thee.' 'O yes, I've tried the law. Once lie. ran his heavy wagon against my carriage purposely, and upset me in tliei road. 1 made a narrow escape with; my life. The carriage was so badly broken that it cost nvi fifty dollars for repairs. A neighbor saw the whole thing and said it was plainly intended by Dick. So 1 sent him the carriage- j maker's bill, at which he got into a towering passion. Then I threatened j him with a prosecution, atid he laugh-j ed in my face malignantly. I felt that the time had come to act decisively, - * ?ft and sued mm, raying on inu cviuenee| of my neighbor. JIo was afraid of Dick," and so worked liis testimony tluit tlie jury saw only an accident instead of a purpose to injure. Alterl that J)ick Jlardy was worse than ever. He took an evil delight in annoying and injuring inc. J am satislied that in more than one instance he left gaps in his fences, in older to entice my jcut I to into his fields, that he might soL. j his dons on them and hurt them with < stones. It is more than a' child of mine dares to cross his piemises. Only last week he tiied to put his dog on my little Florence, who had Mrayed! into one of his fields after butlereups. The do?- was less cruel than his master or she Would have been torn by his teeth, iu.-tcad of being only frightened by his bark.' 'It's a hard case, truly, friend Levering. Our neighbor "Hardy seems possessed of an evil spirit.' 'The spirit of the devil,' was answered with feeling. 'He's thy enemy assuredly; and if tlue doesn't get rid of him will do thee great harm. Thee must, if thee would dwell in sulciv, friend Levering.' I1I1C* 1/liUhVi iav;*j very serious. He spoke in :i lowered I voice, and bent toward his neighbor in a confidential liiamier.) 'Thee must put liini cut of the way.' 'Friend Martin!' the surprise of Paul was unfeigned. 'Thee must kill him.' Tlie countenance of Levering grew black with astonishment. 'Kill him! lie ejaculated. 'If thee doesn't kill him he'll certainly kill thee, one of these days, frici.d Levering. And thee knows what is said about self preservation being the fir.-t law of nature.' 'And get bung ?' '1 don't think they'll hung thee,' coolly returned the (Quaker. 'Thee can go over to his place and get him all alone by thyself. Or thee can meet him in some by-road. Nobody need sec Uh'c, :hi<1 when lie's dead, I think people will he more glad than .sorry.' 'JJo yon think I'm 110 better than a murderer? 1, Paul Levering, stain my hit litis with hlood !' 1 'Who said anything about staining 111y hands with biood?' said the (?uaUer mildly. 'Why, you?' ''Dice's mistaken, I never used the word blood.' Mint you meant it. You suggested murder.' 'No, friend Levering, I advised thee to kill thy enemy, lest some day, lie should kiil thee.' ' Isn't killing murder, I should like to know?' demanded Levering. 'There are more ways than one to kill an enemy,' said the Quaker. 'I've l-;il...l .. ill mu niwl ivitiiru a ^wimi iiiiiiia> in iiij iauivi uuu no stain ul' blood can be found on my garments. My way of killing enemies is to make tliem my friends. Kill neighbor Hardy with kindness, and thee'll have no more trouble with him.' A sudden light gleamed over Mr. Levering's face, as if a cloud had passed. 'A new way to kill people.' 'The surest way to kill enemies, as thee'll find, if thee'll only try.' 'Let me see. How shall we go about t?' said Paul Levering, taken at once with the idea. 'If thee has the will, friend Levering, it will not be long before tlicc finds the way.' And so it proved. Not two hours afterwards,as Mr. Levering was driving into the village, lie found Dick Hardy with a stalled cartload of stone. He was whipping his horse and swearing at him passionately; but to no purpose. The cart-wheels were buried half way to the axle in still' mud, and defied the strength of one horse to move them. On seeing Mr. Levering, Dick stopped pulling and swearing, and getting 011 the cart, commenced pitching the stone off", In the middle ol the road. 'Hold on a bit, friend Hardy,' said Levering, in a pleasant voice, as he dismounted and commenced unhitch ing his horse. But Dick pretended not to hear and kept on pitching out the stones. 'Hold on, I say, and don't give yourself all that trouble,' added Mr. Levering, speaking in a loucer voice, but it) kind and cheerful tones. 'Two horses are better than one. With Charley's help we'll soon have the wheels on s-jlid ground again.' Understanding now what was meant, Dick's hands fell almost nerveless by his side. 'There,' said Levering, as he put his horse in front of Dick'.i and made the trace fast. 'One pull and the thing is done.? Before Dick could get down from the cart it was out of the mud-hole, and without saying a word more, Levering unfastened his horse from the front ol Dick's animal, and hitching up again rode on. On the next day Mr. Levering saw Dick Hardy in the act of strengtheninga bit of weak fence through which Levering's cattle had broken once 01 twice, thus removing temptation, and saving the cattle from being beaten and set on by dogs. 'Thee's giving him a bad wound, friend Levering,' said the Quaker, on gelling information of the two incidents just mentioned, 'and it will be thy own fault if thee does not kill him.' Not long afterwards, in the face ol an approaching storm, and while Dick Hardy was hurrying to get in some clover hay, his wagon broke down. Mr. Levering who saw from one of his fields the incident, and understood what its loss might occasion, hitched uj) his own wagon, and sent it over to Tiifk's! nssixfnneo. With a storm com ingon that might last for days, and ruin from two to throe tons of hay, Dick could not decline the offer, Ihiugli it went against the grain to accept a favor from the man he had hated for years, and injured in so many ways. On the following morning Mr. Levering had a visit from Dick Hardy. It was raining fast. 'I've come,' said Dick, stammering and confused, and looking down on the ground instead of into Mr. Levering's face, 'to pay you for the use of your team yesterday, in getting in my hay. I should have lost it if you hadn't sent your wagon, and it is only right that 1 should pay you for the use of it.' 'J should be very sorry,' answered Paul Levering, cheerily, 'if I couldn't do a neighborly turn without pay. Von were right welcome, friend Hardy, to the wagon. I am more than paid in knowing that you saved that nice field of clover. How much did you get?' 'About three tons. Ilut Mr. Levering I must?' 'i\oi <i word, n yini uuij l wiiii'. iuui fend uk',' interrupted Levering. 'I trust there isn't a man around here that wouldn't do as much for a neighbor in time of need. .Still, if you fed embarrassed?if you don't wish to stand my debtor, pay me in good will.' Dick Hardy raised his eyes slowly, and looking in a strange, wondering way at Mr. Levering said, 'Shall we not be friends?' Mr. Levering reached out bis hand. Hardy grasped it with a quick, short grip, and then, as if to hide his feelings "that were becoming too strong, dropped it, and went oil'hastily. 'Tl.ce's killed him ?' said the Quaker on his next meeting with Lever-inir; 'thy enemy is dead.' 'Slain by kindness,'answered Paul Levering, 'which you supplied.' 'No, thee took it from Hod's armory, where all men may equip themselves without charge, and become invincible,' replied the Quaker. 'And I trust, for thy peace and safety, thee will never use any other weapons in lighting with thy neighbors. They are sure to Kill.'?/'. a. siruiur. A KOK Tin: WlI'K.?fiivc your wife a vacation. Shu needs one. I,idle cares are harder to hear than greater responsibilities, and she lias many more cares than her husband, and 'sometimes as great responsibiliIii's. A woman's work is never done. And modern life has increased and intensified it. Cares have multiplied faster than conveniences. Life is more complex, its demands are greater and more numerous, society more exacting. Who needs a vacation, if she does not? And she can not get it at home. The more ?|tiiet and restful the luune is to you, the more evidence that it is a care, if not a burden, to her. A housekeeper can no more take a vacation in her home than a merchant in his counting-house. Kven though her absence occasions inconvenience, give her an occasional vacation. The inner life is the only means whereby we may oppose a profitable resistance to circumstance. If the sailor did not carry with him his own temperature, he could not go from the pole to the equator, and remain himself in spite of all. HOUSE AND FARM. A Care for Diphtheria, II. Munch, proprietor of a drug establishment in Leipsic, Saxony, pub, lishes in the Pharmacist, a medical . paper, a remedy for diphtheria which has had surprising success. He urj gently presses all physicians to try it for the benefit of all patients suffering , from the disease, and requests the i press to publish it. He says: "My little daughter, seven years of age, has had diphtheria twice within some weeks. with severe fever ?about 105? Fahrenheit. We gave with great success rectified oil of turpentine (oleum terebinthinac rectificatum.) I)ose, one teaspoonful in the morning and the same at evening." Adults should take one teaspoonful. Afterward drink a little lukewarm milk to allay the burning in the throat. For children the second dose can be , mixed with milk, which will render . it easier to take. The result is really marvelous. The inflammation of the abnormal diph! theric spots in the throat grows lighter at the edges, and in this way they i gradually shrink until in twenty-four hours they disappear entirely, leaving 110 sign. To quiet the inflamed tonsils the . throat was gargled al first every two hours, and then every three hours with the following gargle: One ounce cholorate of potash to forty ounces of i distilled water. This remedy has been used with perfect satisfaction both by adults and children, not one case ending fatally. The Milwaukee Vollcsblatt quoted this remedy from a German paper, and afterward received a letter from a sub! scriber in Mitchell county, Iowa, say jing that "a child in the writer's fami! Jy was attacked by diphtheria, treated J by local physicians, and died; theu ,! four other members of the same family jwere similarly attacked, treated by this remedy, and, I am happy to tell I tv?n oil lviPAuni'nrl " A Npw York physician says that : there is nothing better for the treatment of diphtheria than tar smoke, i It lias been used by many physicians in New York and found most efficacious. The method consists in closing the room tightly and burning a quantity of pitch on a red-hot stove or | shovel. The smoke dissolves the fi1 brous matter that chokes the patient, , and gives almost instant relief. A J remedy so easy to try is certainly ' worth remembering. A Xew Method with Pansies. Last season I tried growing pansies i in a new manner, at least it was new j to me. We sowed a large quantity of : seed quite early, but the drought came 1 on before the plants had attained much I size, and all through the summer they 'just managed to live, and that was all; i indeed, they would have died long bej fore fall came with the long deferred J rains, had we not watered them daily. But the water we applied did not I seem to produce the same results that 1 follow the application of moisture in a natural manner, and the young plants ' stood still. But when it began to get cooler, and an occasional rail) caine, i the plants began to grow. I wondered what efl'ect pinching back would | have on them. They were inclined to 1 make a growth of one or two branches I only when they got started. So I j went to work and pinched oil'the ends J of all of them. Th!? induced other i branches to start and these \\ cic pinched off when they had grown a few inches. In this way I had some com1 pact little plants rather thau the usual slender, sprawly specimens. Why Arctic Animals are White. Wherever all the world around is remarkably uniform in color and appearance, all the tuimals, birds, and j insects alike necessarily disguise themselves in its prevailing tint to escape observation. It does not matter in the least whether they are predatory or defenceless, the hunters or the hunt* /* XI ~ * ~ /-lnctiMir.tinn r\v I CU J 11 lllt'y iUC IU V'OUUpv MVOV1 uvwiwn vr. starvation, as the ease may be, they must assume the hue of all the rest of nature about them. In the arctic snows, for example, all animals, without exception, must needs be snowwhite. The polar bear, if he were brown or black, would immediately be observed among the unvaried ice-tields by his expected prey, and could lievci get a chance of approaching his quarry unperceived at close quarters. On the other hand, the arctic hare must ' I equally be dressed in a snow-white j coat, or the arctic fox would too readily discover him and pounce dowu upon him ofl'-hand ; while, conversely, the fox himself, if red or brown, eoufd never creep upon the unwary hare without previous detection, which would defeat his purpose. For this reason, the ptarmigan and the willow grou-e become as white in winter as I the vast snow fields under which they burrow ; the ermine changes his dusky summer coat for the expensive wintry suit beloved of British Themis; the snow-bunting acquires his milk-white -i.-mnrw.. niul nvHii tho weasel assimi i lJI ? "' " " ? - # lalos himself more or less in hue to (lie unvarying garb of arctic nature. To l>e out of the fashion is there quite literally to he out of the world; no half measures will suit the slcrn decree of polar bigotry; strict compliance with the law of winter change is absolutely necessary to success in the struggle for existence. Sow, how has this curious uniformity of dress in arctic animals been brought about ? Why, by that unyielding principle of Nature which condemns the less adapted for ever to extinction, and exalts the better adapted to the high places of her hierarchy in their stead. The ptarmigan and the snow-buntings that look most like the snow have for ages been least likely to attract (he unfavorable attention of arctic fox or prowling ermine; the fox or ermine that came most silently and I most unperceived across the shifting I drifts has been most likely to steal un jawares upon the lieeuiess iiocks or ptarmigan ami snow-bunting. In the one case protective coloring preserves the animal from himself being devoured, in the other case it enables him the more easily to devour others. And since "cat or be eaten"' is the shrill sentence of nature upon all all animal life, the iinal result is the unbroken whiteness of the arctic fauna in all its developments of fur and feather. Nothing is more expensive than penuriousness; nothing more anxious than carelessness; and every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. A Safe House to Sleep in. A lawyer of liigh reputation in the city of Philadelphia was traveling in one of the Southern States, and being belated one evening, after a long day's ride, he was compelled to turn into a house on a solitary plantation and ask for shelter and hospitality for the night. His request was granted. In the course of the evening he thought he observed something reserved in the master of the house which awakened his suspicions. He was at length conducted to his chamber, which was adjoining the family room. There lie dwelt on the circumstances that had alarmed liim till his excited imagination was filled with thoughts of night1.. A.w1 Lj luuuciy aim cn^iut^juauun. jljlc jjiuceeded to barricade the room as well a? he could. He fastened down the windows; against the doors he piled up tables, chairs, every thiug that was movable in the room. While thus engaged, words uttered in a low voice caught his ear and increased his alarm. He placed his ear at the key-hole. The man of the house was engaged in prayer?in family prayer. Among other objects of intercession, he was praying for "the stranger whom the providence of God had unexpectedly brought to lodge beneath their rool that night." When he got through our traveling friend arose from his stooping posture. Imagine the change in his feelings. All his fears had vanished. Though no Christian himself, he knew that the prayers of Christians are like guardian angels to the abode in which they are ottered up, and went to bed and slept soundly and sweetly, feeling that the house where God was feareu auu worsnipea was a sajc nouse to sleep in.? Worker. A Good Experience. God knows me better than I know myself. He knows my gifts and powers, my failings and my weaknesses, whatl can do and cannot do. So 1 desire to be led, to follow Him ; and I am quite sure that He will thus enable me to do a great deal more in ways which seem to me almost a waste in life, in advancing His cause, than 1 could in any other way. I am sure ot that, intellectually, I am weak; in scholarship, nothing; in a thousand things, a baby. He knows this, aud so He has led me, and greatly blessed me, who am nobody, to be of some use to my church and fellow-men. How kind, how good, how compassionate art Thou, 0 God! 0 my Father, keep me humble! Help me to have respect toward my fellow-men, to recognize these several gifts its from Thee. Deliver me from the diabolical sins ol malice, envy, or jealousy, aud give me hearty joy in my brother's good, in 1>ia work- in hi? criftq nnH tfllfillts. ftllri may I be truly glad ill bis superiority to myself, if God be glorified. Root out weak vanity, all devilish pride, all that is abhorrent to the mind oi Christ. God hear my prayer. Grant me the wondrous joy of humility, which is seeing Thee as all in all. End of tlic Christian's Trials. The time is coming when thy heart shall bo as thou wouldsthave it; when thou shalt be discharged of all these cares, fears, and sorrows, and never cry out, O my hard, my proud, my vain, my earthly heart, any more! When all darkness shall be vanished from thy understanding; and thou shalt clearly discover all truths in God, that crystal ocean of truth. When all vanity shall be purged perfectly out ol thy thoughts, and they be everlastingly. mvishingly, and delightfully entertained aud exercised upon that supreme goodness, and infinite excellency of God, from whom they shall never start any more like a broken bow. And as for the pride, passion, earthliness, and all other matters oi thy complaint and trouble, it shall be said of them, as of the E gyptians to Israel, "Stand still and see the salvation of God." These corruptions thou seest to-day, henceforth thou smut see tlieni no more forever?when thou shalt lay down thy weapons of prayers, tears and groans, and put 011 the armor of light, not to light, but triumph in. Lord! when shall this blessed day come? How long! how long! Holland true! My soul waiteth lor thee! Come, my beloved! and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bethel. Amen. ? ^ A Double Edged lliut. Our pastors in our cities and towns should be examples of neatness in apparel. Slovenliness iii a preacher is a <rif?ir liindrjuit'ff to usefulness. He should always wear a clean collar and shiny boots, and bis toilet should always be so neatly adjusted as to give no offense to people of taste. His clothes should never be ragged or offensively coarse. Now, if you want your pastor to lill this bill, furnish him the means. If you want the bricks, furnish the straw. If you are niggardly and illiberal, do not grumble if your pastor's seedy appearance causes you to blush when he enters the sacred desk. -< f -C*? Power of Evil* I do not know why it is, that, by the constitution of the universe, evil has so much more power than good to produce its effect and to propagate its na-1 ture. One drop of foul will pollute ai whole cup of fair water; but one drop of fair water has 110 power to appreciably improve a cup of foul. Sharp pain present in a tootli or a toe will make I the whole man miserable, though all the lest of his body be easy ; but if 1 all the rest of the body be suflering, J an easy tooth or toe will cause no pei-i ceptible alleviation.?l)r. JJoyil. The licentiates of Princeton Semi-' nary were in the habit of preaching some distance from that place. | Among their hearers was a sincere I Christian slave, who, on his return j home, would tell his mistress what lie fould remember of the sermon, but j complained that the students were too! deep for him. One day he said that a poor unlunxt old man, like himself, | I....I ..f.l.A.I ? lm ? !? linnilv fit In1 liavi [iivaviitvi ?* " "? ' ' k J preach to white people; but he was! glad he came, for his sake,/or he could | remember everything he had said. Sam's "Unlarnt" preacher was Dr. Archibald Alexander, who, when lie| heard the criticism, said it was the highest compliment ever paid to his preaching. j The selfish man lias the most prcs-j ence of mind, lie never forgets him-! Belf. SCHOOLS. ' M On tlic Gift of a Cent. 1 It Is a bright nn?l shining thing; | Hut sonic good things 'twill buy; I i'ii therefore not despise the coin, ^' -f il This bil lhday gilt?not I. I A volume for the press: 7: : izSM 'T would buy a tract, with truth enough I Home erring soul to bless. | 'T would buy a pencil, to work out . "I Great problems on the slate; , S 'T would buy an e<?g, wherewith a boy 1 Might make a fortune great 1 'T would buy a nail, to stop a leak 1 And save a slnklugtjoat; fi 'T would buy a slick, by grasping which 4 Some drowning boy might float. ' 'T would buy a piece of wholesome bread, J Some starving child to bless; * 'T would buy a pin. wherewith to save 1 Some article of dress. I 'T would buy, *t would buy, I can not say 1 How many things't would buy; 1 I'll therefore not despise the gift j 01 a bright new cent?not I. % "A Disposition to Excuse." 1 The biographer of "William Wirt 1 says of the Swiss aunt who mothered 1 the young boy after his own mother 1 died, that, although She was a firm ] and.successful disciplinarian, she had j "a tender disposition to excuse," for 1 which all children feel deeply grateful. 1 This "tender disposition to excuse" J on the one hand, balanced ou the other by firm control, makes the -most" * " J perfect motherhood in the world. Do j ui? lwu luiu^s accm luuuiupuuuic; v/, 1 be sure they are not! The control j must be the wheels upon which family I government moves, but a readiness to j forgive and forget may be the spring*' j upon which the family rides smoothly. ] "I wouldn't mind being beat once -in i a while," said a sturdy little chap to j me not long ago. "What I hate wast is the way mammy jaws me a'l day." ] Do not too mauy "mammy's" make ] "jawing," which is easier to them, -do the work of prompt, over-aud-be-done- j with-punishment, which would be so j much easier to the little offender*? 1 Easier, and much, much more efficient. "0, you old newspaper advisers," \ cried a perplexed mother iu my hear- A. ing, giving a certain religious weekly j a thump as she spoke, "you always < make your examples fit your theory; but I'd have you know that your flue- \ nhrased theorv don't fit mv five noisv. ] boisterous examples!" J The offending paper contained no less than these articles, from different g pens, warning mothers against keep- | ing muddy-booted boys off the parlor carpet, and stieky-tingered girls out of the library. "They always make the ? children ask the most reasonable jSjM things," complained this mother of ^ tive noisy examples, "and then make | the mothers refuse in the most cruel } manner. While the biggest part of the truth is, that the precious children j want to do unreasonable things most f of the time, and the mother has to say * don't, don't, don't as a steady refrain 1 And I, fresh from the picture of ' Wirt's aunt-, was prompted to suggest i "the tender disposition to excuse." I " believe my suggestion was taken, for 1 | overheard from the parlor the next * day: "Mabel, Mabel, how can you be sa careless as to set your chair on my lacocurtain? See! you've torn a hole in it; that's too bad; now don't sit In I the bay-window again to-day." There ] was a suiicy little answer, ana meu me j mother's voice in an entirely different J tone: "Never mind, dear; little heads J can not always remember. I'll have m lo keep yon out of the bay-window to , help you remember; but I'll stay out, too, to keep you from being so lonesome." This time there was an unmistakable sound of a kiss, and the little girl's voice, sweet and loving now: "Indeed, mamma, I'm sorry; Jt know T can't mend it nicely euough, but I'll run and get your work-basket, : and then I'll read VV hat Katy Did to you while you sew." O mothers, don't you wish wo each had a picture of that good Swiss aunt, so firm, so gentle, to hang over our nursery fire-places? Playing Stagc-Coaelu "All wanting the same place makes i .% /??./?.? /?! !?. tluo II 38 a ^icai viuu wi uuuujc i u uuo hui juj said mamma, thoughtfully. "Shall I tell you a little story about it?something I know is true?" "0, yes, do mamma! chimed the '|?j children, "It is a very sad story, but I will tell it to you," mamma continued, "aud the very next time that you are tempted to be selfish, stop and think over it. Once, long ago, there were four children playing stage-coach just as you have been doing now, and, just like you, they all wanted the first place. . instead of playing on a log, however, they were in the spreading branches of a willow tree. " 'I want to drive,' said Luoy, getting in the driver's seat. .-ijj " 'Xo, let me drive,' and Harry climbed up beside her. 'Let me sit J JUL JUUUJ U1U HUL JUUVC. 'CM " 'Let me sit there,' again repeated Harry, giving her a slight push aud crowding his way on the same branch where little Lucy sat. 'You must let me drive.' 'A moment more, a sudden crash, and they were on (he ground. The branch had broken. ' "Harry was on his feet instantly, trying to raise his sister, but there was a sharp cry of pain, then she lay very still. Mother and father came running out of the house and gently lifted the little, fainting form, from which the arm hung limp and broken. There was sorrow and crying, but it was too late; nothing could turn aside the weeks of suflering and pain that must be borne before the little girl could take her place again among the other children. 1 think they ail learned a lesson of loving unselfishness in thos? weary days, each trying who could bring the most brightness and happiness into dreary hours. I was that little girl, and 1 learned to appreciate little kindnesses as I had never before done. It was then that I learned something else too?something I want you all to remember," and mamma looked at the little group. "It is, 'Even Christ pleased not Himself.' " mj Tn ;i eometarv a little white stone marked the grave of a dear little girl; "S and on the stone were chiseled these words: "A child of whom her playmates said, 'It is easier to be good , when she was with us.'" I used to .J think, and do now, that it was one of the most beautiful epitaphs I ever As every tin-cad of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time.