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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1887. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 49. |
Christian Neighbor.
BY REV. SHU II. BROWNE,
Of the Koutli Carolina Conference*
Flattery.
Why should not editors?editors of religious
journals in particular?oftener
make extracts from the Bible? Such
reading would, at the least, be appropriate
and instructive as much that is found
in religions journals, and as news, nottiing
would be more strange and new to
many newspaper readers than extracts
from the Book of books. And not a few
learned editors might occasionally stumble
on passages of scripture which would
be new even to them, and profitable as
will.
Compliments.?It would make mighty
interesting reading if the editorial compliments
sometimes published in religious
papers could bo printed in parallel
colums with the private opinions expressed
b3f the editors on the same subject. If
those who peruse complimentary allu
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mendation. could know just what the
editor believed in his own heart, or what
he expressed with his lips among his
intimate friends, it would be a sudden
revelation to some of the "able speakers,"
"eloquent pastors," successful ministers"
and "beloved brethren" whose names appear
before the public in connection with
complimentary tributes.
It has doubtless been noticed by careful
readers that in reporting matters of public
interest, the "eloquent," "able," successful,"
"beloved," and "highly esteemed"
brethren are not necessarily those
possessed of the greatest ability, or the
most extended usefulness, but "they are
those who can be relied upon to stand by
the persons who compliment them on all
occasions; vote as they say, and be ready
to follow their leaders, without much regard
to which way they go or where they
stop.?The Christian.
To the above extract we append the following
passages from the Bible: lie that
walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,
and speaketh the truth in his
heart. Psa. xv:2.
Deliver my soul, 0 Lord, from lying
lips and from a deceitful tongue. Psa.
cxx:2.
Lie not against the truth. James iii:14.
They flatter with their tongues. Psa.
vi:9.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with
their month, and they lied unto him with
their tongues. Psa. Ixxviii:30.
A man that flattereth his neighbor
spreadeth a net for his fcot, Proy. xxix:
5.
Let me not, I pray yon, accept any
man's person; neither let me give flattering
titles unto man. Fori know not to
give flattering titles; in so doing my Maker
would soon take me away. Proverbs
xxxii:21, 22.
Sfoffor*.
Only ill-trained youths, the ignorant,
and the wilful unbeliever will scoff at
Christianity, especially in the presence of
those who profess to accept it as the guide
of their lives. The ill-trained youth is
ordinarily filled with egotism, scoffing
very often for the reason that to walk in
the "old paths," would arguo him too
like to other men?he will not claim sufficient
interest at the hands of anxious
friends unless he affects the unbelief he
is too shallow to more than half comprehend.
Doubts that restrain one from assuming
obligations to live honestly, conscientiously,
and, if need be, self-denyingly,
are doubts born of an evil heart
rather than of an unbelieving head.
Of the man who is truly ignorant of
the high claims of Christianity, who has
never known anything better than a perfunctory
profession of it by those about
him?for this man to be a scoffer is something
we can but expect. He sins against
the smallest degree of light, knows little
or nothing at all of real Christianity, and
we can scarcely feel wonder that he scoffs
at obviously pretentious professions.
The wilfully unbelieving inan, he who
refuses to see the beauty of lives which
are governed by the high principles of
Christianity, who defiantly closes his ears
to every appeal to his better nature; this
man cannot fail to be a scoffer at the
truths ho ignores yet fears. That dread
cloud, the end of life, gives warning of a
certainly coming storm, yet, fearing and
hating the thought, the man madly refuses
to attend, and scoffs when he should
pray.
Too often when some bad act is report? -*
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Christian friend X. I thought I knew
him." This remark made in tho hearing
of those who aro Christians is an insult
to their profession, an insult deserving of
sharp and immediate rebuke?a request
that the speaker shall repeat the words
only in the hearing of those who have as
little respect for religion as he himself.
These scoffers, the young, the ignorant,
and the wilful unbeliever, need sharp
treatment'-a Sam Jones to prepare the
way for the great Healer.
Rev. (?. Pierce Watson, Winnsboro
charge, was present in worship at Concord
last Sabbath. He is taking a few
days of needed and deserved rest, having
been continuously at work every day
since the Annual Conference. He has
consented to preacn, wiuio resun};, ai v uncord
next Sabbath?5th?in the morning,
and at Leesyille at night.
At tlie recent municipal cloctlon in the
town of Leesville, S. C., D. N. liodio was
re-elected Intendant, and J. S. Derrick,
John J. Kliealoy, T. M. Derrick and J. A.
Sease were re-elected Wardens?all of
them having served tlio year preceding
the election.
The meeting of the Holiness Association
at Newberry, S. C., is now running
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terest.
A secular papor, writing of the theatre,
says: "The theatre has been tho great
demoralizer of our young [women ; nearly
all tho pieces turn upon some rottenness,
deceit, or intrigue^ The French pieces
are all of that class, and uiost of the English
pieces are based on the French.
These girls sit there by young men feasting
on unhealthy details, amours, and
exchanges of love, and they go to rich,
late suppers. The final results are best
seen in our divorce courts."
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Private and Public "Wrongs.
BY MARY KLI/.AISKTH IJLAKK, OK BOSTON
What won hi we think of private dUIieul
ties settled upon the same principal ? Oik
man thinks another lias wronged him ii
violating the terms of an agreement, ii
marking the boundaries of his domain, ii
maligning him before his fellows, in
cheating him of his just dues, in interfering
in any way with his rights of property
or person. Does he resort to fisticuffs
or revolvers ? Does he institute a siege ol
his neighbor's premisos, or attempt the
abduction of his neighbor's person, or
rijiht himself in turn by the larceny of his
neighbor's purse? No, for the sentiment
of the world denies that any such measure
is proper or adequate for the balancing
of right or wrong. So far from having
in any way assisted efforts of justice
or vindicated his cause, the second man,
no matter how just his complaint, or how
arbitrary the injury under which he
suffered*, would have laid himself liable to
punishment and loss of personal liberty,
in the interest of society and the State.
Ho\t then can the State ignore for herself
the argument which she so wisely and
losiically applies to the separated interest
of her sons ? Can she allow that specious
reasoning which makes the greater evil
less vicious than the smaller; and which
grades the judgement upon guilt in inverse
proportion to its magnitude ? That
would be giving point to the sneer which
dubs the impoverished stealer of a dollar
a thief, while the wealthy thief of thousands
is only a respectable defaulter. That
would be ordaining the gallows as the
penalty for one life taken in a street
brawl, and showering honor and glory as
reward for battlefields gory with heaps of
slain, and pallid with dying lips crying to
heaven in agony. Alas! and alas ! Is
llOb MllSJUSb tlUlb WW tUO uuui^?
we must continue to do if we close our
eyes to this lurid and hideous cloud
which still hides from us the sun of righteousness
and the gospel of the Prince of
Peace ?
The D ork of an Editor.
A large part of the labor of tho editorial
office is to collect and prepare news, and
to select from manuscript contributions
and the literature of the day what it is
supposed will be interestmg and profitable
to the readers. It is not the duty of
the editor to express an opinion one every
topic demanding public attention; but to
keep his readers well-informed in regard
current questions, and to encourage them
to form impartial judgments. Least of
all is it the dutvofa responsible journal to
keep silence on those questions which
his readers may not see in the same light
that he does. Indeed it is the first duty
of journalism of the higher kind to keep
itsplf frnm narti sail shin of everv kind.
Therefore, it is frequently called upon to
express opinions contrary to those entertained
by a large number of the majority
of the readers. The points of differences
are commonly on a few questions only,
and generally on those which are apt to
be decided by impulse and feeling. A
few readers pass hasty judgment upon
the editor and condemn, and sometimes
express their indignation freely, without
considering that they are as apt to be
mistaken as the editor who makes no
profession of infallibility. The question
should be rather. Is he honest in forming
his opinions; is lie under the influence of
personal or selfish considerations? It is
probable that he has a moro independent
position, and has 110 other ambition than
to render the highest possible service to
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A Dying: Nownirf.
A few days before Dr. McFerrin died,
he called his son-in-law, the presiding
elder of Murfreesboro district, to his bedside
to receive a last message to the Tennessee
Conference. He said: "Tell them
to hold fast to onr articles of belief, justification
by faith, the witness of the Spirit
and holiness of heart and life. Tell them
I forgive all who may have injured me at
any time, and I ask forgiveness if at any
time I have wounded a brother. Evil
may have followed where evil was not
intonded; if so, I ask forgiveness. I
lovo the Tennessee Conference. I die in
poace with them and all men, and in the
laith of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the
love of God and in expectation of eternal
life. Again; tell the brethren I love
every one of them."
To his son who has charge of a circuit
twenty miles away, and had been summoned
to see him die, he said : "My son,
I feel better, and you had better return
and fill your appointment to-morrow. If,
while you are away, John, I should slipj
off, you know where to find me."
The Supreme Court.
TllTUlU U'll* A* CCC'O*
The plan of making up the Supreme
Court of the State and increasing it suggested
by the Anderson Intelligencer and
published in this paper meets our approval,
and is the same in effect as the idea I
we had in mind some time ago and suggested
in this paper a few issues back.
We do not agree exactly with the
Intelligencer, but the general idea is a
good one and we hope to see action taken
in the way suggested by the proper authorities.
We think the Court of Errors
suggested, and consisting of all the circuit
Judges a good plan, only we think it
should meet oflener than once in two
vears; say once in every year. We think
it should meet this often for the benefit of
litigants, so that their cases would not be
always in court.
A number of gentlemen?about 500?
living in Washington City recently conspired
to evade the Sunday law. Immediately
after "the first dry Sunday" they
organized a club, and selected as their
place of meeting the dining-room of an
establishment in which liquors are sold,
a caterer being selected from among tho
employes of the house. The matter was
brought to tho attention of tho Police
Court and the evidence showed that li3uors
had been furnished freely on Sunavs
to members of the club. "The judge
took tho view that it was an attempt to
evaue uie law, aim imposed a ime 01
on the caterer. The opinion of the judge)
is good, hut liis sentence is feeble. lie is
miphtv in word, but weak in deed. He
should have fined the members of the
club as conspirators against the law, and
t'ie caterer should have been punished
more severely. The conspiracy of intelligent
men to break the laws of the country
is the worst form of crime, in that it
evinces deliberation and deep design.
Henry Ward Bcecher's family phvsi
rian, who writes a line article 011 his patient's
"personality" for the North A merican
Review, says that lieecher's memory
in some respects was phenomenally
deficient. Phrases, sentences, isolated
terms, dates, items, wore absolutely forgotten
as soon as heard. The only thing
of this sort that he could recall was the
list of Latin prepositions that govern the
ablative case. Not a couplet of any hymn
though sung in his car and by his tongue
for a lifetime, not a passage of scripture,
not a scrap from the most celebrated authors,
could he quote with even a probability
of accuracy. Doubtless this was at
least one of the reasons for his most wonderful
versatility of expression. One
may read his sermons and prayers, and
though his ideas may be and are repeated,
n?n oluiovc ^Inthnfl nfrP.yh nnf cot.
UlUtY flic (11 ??J" V...V..VW ? 1 ..w ./wv
phrases, no quotations aro to be found.
Lady Wilde, mother of Oscar Wilde
and wife of Sir William Wilde, who is
known all over Ireland as "Speranza,"
tho natne over which she wrote revolutionarj'
poems during the Young Ireland
rebellion in 1848, is in absolute want in
London. For six years she has not received
a penny of rent, owing to the land
war, yet she would not censent to a single
eviction on her estate.
COMMONS.
' The Lesson of the Trees.
1 BY SUSAN COOJ.IDGK.
i 1 praised the pine-tree on the hill
Because so valiantlyit crows,
And keeps its green, and does not quail
Before the augr.v winter gale,
P Before the smlthig of the snows.
. The pine-tree bowed its stately head,?
It knew its worth, and was content;
But from the larch-tree and the oak
' iMethonjiht complaining voices spoke,
Heproaeliful eyes 011 me were bent.
"We too arc crave.-' iney seemeu 10 suy;
"It is not cowardice or fear
Which makes us drop our sheltering veils,
i And bear our branches to the Kales,
When the dread winter draws atiear.
"We but obey the Inner law
i Which every tree, and every flower,
And every humblest herb obeys;?
The law which standeth sure always.
And is the world's prevailing power.
"The pine-tree yields obedience meet
In holding fast his vesture so,
As we by yielding up our green,
To be renewed with brighter sheen
Than ever his tough needles know.
"Each hears the voice and the command.
And each, in his own several way,
Renders the rightful homage due.?
The homage of obedience: you,
Who preach to us, do you obey ?"
So I, who praised the strong green pine,
Now praised the bare trees of the wood;
For each in turn, as I in mine,
Is led and taught by law Divine,
And in obedience flnds best good.
Be Polite to Your Children.
Tim nthpr v wa nverhenrd a pen
tlemnn telling his grown sou how on
the preceding Sabbath he had found
the hymn in the book and handed it
to his daughter. He remarked: "She
flushed as she took it, and was immensely
set up. I do not think I ever
found the place for her before." She
always had been to him a little girl,
but her evident pleasure and pride in
his attention opened his eyes. Romp
and tumble with your children as you
will, treat them as babies, or the girls
as tom-boys, but please remember that
"there is a time for all things," and
when you are with the child before
strangers, a formal introduction of
"Miss Mablc," with all due regard to
the little lady's dignity, will make a
warmer place in her heart than most
people can imagine. Papa and mamma
are to her the wisest and thje best
beings on the earth. There is also a
little woman growing in the child's
J win ,.f .??! !? oil tlio wnmnn'u ilurnitv
and sensitiveness, and when mamma
and papa treat her in public with respect
and consideration, be sure she
will repay you in her graceful acceptance
of the honor.
In the street, or the restaurant, coming
home from church, or at the social
gathering, wherever you take the
child, polite attentions shown, in the
same way that they are shown to older
persons, tend to make the child love
and respect both father and mother,
and while they satisfy the natural
craving for such things,' they prevent
precocious seeking after them from
those outside of the family.
If the father is extremely careful in
such matters, and transgresses in no
way, when taking the daughter to
church, be quite certain that no boys
win pay ner attention umess iney me
fully up to the father's standard of etiquette.
If the father at church, social
gathering, or place of business is obliged
to leave the child for a while, and
says, "Please excuse me, I will come
in for you," etc., he may be perfectly
certain that when later in life a young
gentleman escorts her, she will demand
quite as much politeness and
consideration of him.
If one wishes to study the effect of
politeness to girls, they can easily try
it when opportunity offers, by handing
a plate of refreshments, or a glass
of water, to some child of their acquaintance
with the same little deferential
bow, or the same form of words
that would have been employed in
serving the bell of the evening. If
the child has not been treated too
much like a baby, and made to feel
that children do not belong in any
way to "grown-up" people, there will
be a very decided flush of pleasure,
and the little one will beam on you
and warm to your conversation in a
charming way.
Above all things do not snub your
daughters in public. If, when yoti introduce
them to some stranger or
friend, the child ventures to say a
word or two of the commonplace remarks
usual at such times, do not express
any disapprobation.
When there is an opportunity to
take the child out coasting, to ride to
the village, to go down town in the
street cars, or to go out on any of the
errands where the girl may go with
the father, change the ordinary form
of invitation. Instead of telling the
child to "Get ready," or saying, "You
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can go, it you wisn," say, 1 wouiu ue
pleased to have you walk down town
with me." In fact, as nearly as may
be, use the form of invitation which
would be given to an intimate lady.
I shall never forget the pleased, womanly
satisfaction that I have seen
come over a child's face when some
thoughtful friend has given such an
invitation. It reminds me of the look
I have sometimes seen when I have
lifted my hat to a little lady-<ui_the
street.
In many respects a father can make
his daughters. He can certainly form
their tastes, and decide in advance
what kind of men they will prefer to
associate with. If he neglects them,
they may have wild ideas of what
should be the external qualities of the
men with whom they come in contact.
Mothers may do even more for the
sons than the fathers can for the
daughters. Of a "mother's influence"
I do not speak, but merely of her power
in moulding the manners and social
habits of the coming man. While the
religious and moral influence of the
father and mother are of paramount
importance, the moulding of the external
man can not be neglected by parents
without injury to the child.
Personal and domestic tidiness are
receiving constant praises. It is said
of the man whose dress is habitually
seedy that he lacks some manly quality,
and the house which is topsy-turvey
is pointed to as proof that the
lady who presides in it is inefficient.
There is a spiritual tidiness that needs
looking after, and alas! how many
Christians fail to care for it.
'I don't see how you get so much
news into your paper," said the village
clergyman to the village editor
"seeing that you have no local reporter."
"Oh ! that's easily explained,"
replied the editor. ,lMy wife belongs
to three sewing societies in the vil"
lage, and she has a most excellent
memory."
Christ's (iiicsts.
Hospitable households arc thought
by their friends and neighbors to do
all that could possibly be required ol
thein in the way of entertaining. This
may be very true, and they themselves
may say, "Nobody can tell me anything
on that point;" but perhaps I
could give a suggestion.
Run your eye over the list of people
who have stayed under your roof, for
more or fewer days, during the lust.
yeur. Have they not been for your
amusement, becaiise they were congenial
companions? They, perhaps, were
people accustomed to move about from
place to place, and be feted. For them
your house and entertainment was
very pleasant, but was just like what
they were entirely in the habit of seeing
in their many wanderings. You
enjoyed them, no doubt, and may
have had your host-heart quickened
by their expressed appreciation of you
and your belongings, and also may
have been flattered by the attention
they created in your neighborhood.
My guests may not shed luster on
your name, but you will delight them
immeasurably more than any of these
fine guests.
Now make another list of your poor,
forlorn, disappointed, discouraged acquaintances.
Choose among them
one or two, and ask them to pay you a
visit. Let me imagine one of them
may be a teacher, who has taught
squirming children all last winter, u.nd
perhaps the winter before, with no
break in the everv-day life, being able
to say the Monday of one week what
she should be doing at that hour the
next Monday. She is too poor to pay
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I lue cut line unu uuaiu ui> mc oiiiipi^u
place for a vacation of only a week or
two. How her face would light up
and glow when your letter dropped in
her lap! This would be the first expression,
and then there would flit a
shadow across that beaming smile: "O
she is accustomed to entertain grand,
finely dressed people that poor me will
not be good enough for her. But I'll
try it." Now, my friend, do not disappoint
her. but treat her kindly, very
kindly, and trouble yourself to amuse
her. You may have many ticklish
social questions to arrange, but always
try to save her feelings. If you bring
her to your house to be slighted she
will find no rest.
If this particular one on your list
does not please you, try one of the
others. A rich old maid friend, who
is deaf and helpless, and very queer,
who has a tender heart, but hidden
under so many speeches that no one
lias ever tried to nnu u. airing uer,
and see if your merry house and kind
ways cannot soften her. Then you
may have a delicate little country
cousin to whom a change would be of
benefit. If anybody wants to try ray
plan she will find her mind full of applicants
for hospitality. Perhaps you
may say, "My house is too lonely, and
quief., and sad, to be of service to any
one." This very quiet might be a
paradise to some woman who has constantly
the care of her many children
on her mind. As she talked of the
garments to be made and mended, of
the hurt feelings and hurt bodies, of
the ever present burden of responsibility,
you, lonely and wearied, might
have your eyes opened to see that,
after all, your lot was not the very
worst, thus finding that both were
helped to go on very cheerfully with
life's burdens and difficulties.
This Christ-like giving of pleasure
to those who cannot give in return will
be most warmly smiled on by Him
who saith: "Inasmuch as you have
done it unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it unto
me:" By your trying this scheme
others might be led to see that they
too could brighten hours in dark and
lonely lives. Yours thus will be a
doubie benefit.
How Tom Gained and Passed Her.
Miss C was born only two
years earlier than her brother Tom.
When Tom was 10 years old she gloried
because she was 12; when Tom
was known to be 14 she confessed to
sweet 16; when Tom proudly boasted
of IS she timidly acknowledged herself
past 19; when Tom came home
from college with a moustache and a
vote and had a party in honor of his
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iweiiiy-nrsc uiruiimj sue ?.?#
friends: "What u boyish fellow he is,
who would think he was only a year
younger than I ?" When Tom declared
he was 25 and old enough to get
married she said to a gentleman
friend : "Do you know, I feel savagely
jealous to think of Tom getting married.
But then I suppose twins are always
more attached to each other than
brothers and sisters." And two years
later at Tom's wedding she said with
girlish vivacity to the wedding guests:
"Dear old Tom, to see him married
to-night and then how when he was
only 5 years old they brought him in
to see me his only sister. I wonder if
he thinks of it to-night?"
Harmony at Home.
I. We may be quite sure that our
will is likely to be crossed during the ,
day ; so let ys prepare for it.
li.""Every person in the house has an j
evil nature as well as ourselves, and (
therefore we must not expect too ,
much.
3. Look upon each member of the (
family as one for whom Christ died.
4. When inclined to give an angry ]
answer, let us lift up the heart in pray- j
er.
5. If from sickness, pain, or infirm- ,
ity, we feel irritable, let us keep a very J
strict watch over ourselves.
0. Observe when others are suffering |
and drop a word of kindness.
7. Watch for little opportunities of |
pleasing, and put little annoyances ,
out of the way.
8. Take a cheerful view of everything,
and encourage hope.
!). Speak kindly to dependents and
servants, and praise them when you |
10. In all little pleasures which may !
occur, put self last.
11. Try for the soft answer that (
turneth away wrath.
The certainty with which sin will '
be visited with its punishment, and {
the exercise of mercy are the two un- 1
derlying principles of God's dealings '
with man. The Bible does not in any
of its accounts of the results of sinfulness,
give the least ground forconclud- ]
ing that the sinner, who is unrepent- '
ant, will in any way escape the just i
punishment of his wrong doing. '
No man can be really influential <
who cannot listen as well as talk. Experience
teaches that all people have !
something in them worth attending to. ]
HOUSEMAND FARM.
Stale Itrcnd.
A great (leal of bread is thrown away
by those who can ill afford it, from
lack of knowledge how to utilize it.
On the farm, in most instances, of
course, stale bread is not wholly lost,
for if wet a little it makes good food
for the poultry, or may be given to
pigs, but this is not the best way to
make use of it even by those who have
poultry and pigs. There are many
wuvk to ntilizA sfnlp ln-onrl ff mnlcr>?
delicious griddle-cakes when soaked
in cold water. Three small slices with
water enough to cover them should be
sufficient, when the milk and flourare
added, to make two quarts of batter.
Some prefer to put in one egg, while
others like them fully as well without.
When the bread is soaked soft, make
it flue with a spoon, add the milk and
sufficient flour to stiffen enough so
that the cakes can be easier turned.
If sour milk, is used add to the batter
one even tablespoonful of soda. If
you do not use sour milk use twice as
much cream of tartar as soda. French
toast, always a favorite dish with children
, can be made of thin slices cut
trom a stale loaf and moistened in
milk and eggs?two eggs to a pint of
milk?and then fried 011 a griddle with
a mixture of butter and lard or butter
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with sugar or syrup, like griddlecakes.
Pieces of bread which are not
too hard can be made into a resemblance
of turkey dressing. Cut the
bread into dice, and if you have a
quantity of gravy from which fat can
be taken, left from any kind of roastthough
a piecc of butter will do as
well ?thoroughly grease the bottom of
a spider, putin the bread, with some
iittle chunks of butter and plenty of
seasoning; then pour enough boiling
water on to moisten it, cover tightly,
and, in a moment, it will steam
through and you can stir it, and either
brown a little or have it most like dressing.
It should be eaten with gravy
over it, and is a good substitute for potatoes.
Tlie little dry, hard pieces
and crusts which always accumulate
can be pi^. on a pie-tin in an oven that
is hot enough to dry ahd make them a
light brown, then roll them fine and
??'? -""ft" ^ nt.A Jn mnlrinw nrr\rt noffnc
jJUb ??wetjr IV/ uoc in luanutg viv^uvvwu,
frying fish, etc. Even these slightly
browned crumbs make excellent griddle
cakes with the addition of one egg
and a handful of flour and milk to a
batter. Stale bread may be utilized in
making a custard pudding also. The
fact is, that where economy is the rule
bread will not be thrown away.
rrescrving a Stair Carpet.
A quaint lesson in economy was
given by an English woman of wealth
and position to an American friend.
It related to the method of preserving
a stair carpet. To maintain the elegant
oarpet in its entirety as long as
possible the owner said that she and
the lord of the mansion had agreed to
traverse certain routes on the stair carpet,
the one to keep always to the right
in goingupand down, and the other
1L- rttiNr iiniin tho Inft hnurl sidfwif
the carpet. It was expected that company
would keep exclusively to the
centre of the stairway, and that as a
result of the arrangement the stair
carpet would grow old with equal rapidity
in all its parts.
How to Keep Brushes Clean.
The best way in which to clean hairbrushes
is with spirits of ammonia, as
its effect is immediate. No rubbing is
required, and cold water can be used
just as successfully as warm. Take a
teaspoonful of ammonia to a quart of
water, dip the hair part of the brush
without wetting the ivory, and in a
moment the grease is removed; then
rinse in cold water, shake well, and
dry in the air, but not in the sun.
Soda and soap soften the bristles and
invariably turn the ivory yellow.
A Practical Religion.
We want a religion that softens the
step and tunes the voice to melody,
and checks the impatient exclamation
and harsh rebuke; a religion that is
polite, courteous to inferiors, and considerate
to friends; a religion that goes
into the familv and keeps the husband
from being cross when the dinner is
late, and keeps the wife from fretting
when the husband tracks the newly
washed floor with his muddy boots,
and makes * lie husband mindful of
the scraper and the door-mat; keeps
the mother patient when the baby isi
fretful, and amuses the children as
well as instructs them; cares for the
servant besides paying them promptly;
projects the honey-moon into the
harvest-moon, and makes the happy
home like the Eastern fig-tree, bearing
in its bosom at once the beauty of
its tender blossoms, and the glory of
the ripened fruit.
"Hold Fast tiik Foior of Sound
Wf.nna "?a verv worthv conscien
tious Friend of New York Meeting
and a Minister of the Society, formerly
(lid not fee! easy in making use of
the word "inclement," as applicable
to the weather, or in hearing it so
used, and he had his reasons therefor.
Tt is derived from the Latin word Inplemens?lnclementis?the
literal
meaning of which is, ungentle, unkind,
merciless, pitiless. Should this
be applied to what cometh from the
Lord's hand, who is full of tender love
mil compassion ? "Who hath measured
the waters in the hollow of his
hand." There are those" now who
liave the same scruples aud think the
word not comely as so applied. Attention
has been directed by seeing it
used in account of Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting.
Negligence is one of the worst forms
Df Christian deli?(]uency. Many persons
who could not be persuaded to do
i bad thing win negieci to no gooci
ines that wait for them, and thus let
:h<.' evil ones have their way. They are
it ease in Zion. Nothing stirs them to
systematic and sustained effort.
Corns.?Soft corns can be cured by
this corn-salve: Boil tobacco down to
m extract, then mix with it a quantity
of white pitch pine, and apply it to
;iie corn, renewing it once a week un
,11 tile uom uisufj pears.
Oilcloths should never be washed in
liot soap-suds; they should first be
wiisibed clean with cold water, then
rubbed dry with a cloth wet in milk.
The same treatment applies to a stove
ar slate hearth.
To Clean Furniture?One pint
linseed oil, one pint vinegar, one-half
pint alcohol.
What Others Say.
[Baptist Weekly.]
Levity on Leaving Church.?
An earnest writer says: "I do not
warn you against cheerfulness. It is
pleasant to see the faces of God's peo.
pie beaming with the secret refreshments
of the spirit, or reflecting the
glories which shine between the cherubim.
But this sacred rejoicing is no
more like levity than the clear diffused
light of the morning is like the
flash of shaken t.insel. Cheerfulness
is the genial warmth of the Sun of
Righteousness. levitv is the cracklintr
of thorns under a pot. One i.s the
voice of rejoicing which becometh the
Tabernacles of the righteous; the other
is the laughter of fools, fit only for
the tents of wickedness. Cheerfulness
can mingle with solemnity just as the
clear heavens may be solemn with
night, yet cheerful with stars." Thif
distinction, so clearly and beautifully
drawn, isjust, it holds true under all
circumstances, but never needs to he
more carefully recognized than at the
close of public worship. People
should not go from church services
with dismally pious looks, speaking to
one anothefin sepulchral tones. This
always savors of hypocrisy and is abhorrent
alike to God and man ; but we
hold that levity in the aisles and jesting
in the vestibule and mirthful conversation
on the way home is neither
decorous nor consistent.
[Charles F. Deems, D. D.]
Man Has Double Capacity.?
The fact is, that man has in himself
the double capacity of believing on
proof, and of belieyiusr above proof.
Faith and Reason climb the ladder
hand in hand until the topmost standnoint
of the visible is reached, and
there Eeason pauses, but Faith goes
on?goes on and goes up, not treading
vacuity, but planting its footsteps on
the rungs of a ladder invisible indeed,
but just as existent and as strong as
any thing which appears to sight.
Reason cries out to Faith, "Come
down : you are in the region of superstition
!" It is true there is something
which stands aboveour reason; there
is something the existence of which
can no more be made manifest to reason
than the non-luminous rays of
heat or the actinic solar rays can be
made perceptible to the optic uerve.
(8. S. IHmes.)
There is a great deal of spurious
modesty in the world which is simply
cowardice. When a man shrinks
frnm nf>r>pntintr n. wpll-mpritpd bnrmr.
that is modesty; when be skirks the
performance of a recognized duty, that
is cowardice, though he may call it a
modest distrust of his own powers.
True modesty shrinks from the reward
of work well done; false modesty
shrinks from the work itself. This affords
an excellent test of true and
false modesty in ourselves and others.
Is it the honor that we shrink from ?
or is it the responsibility ?
(Pacific Methodist.)
It is proposed, on the invitation of
the trustees of that celebrated meeting
house to erect in City Road Chapel,
London, a memorial window to Bishop
Simpson. All America loved and
honored Bishop Simpson, but it ought
to have occurred to these trustees that
he was the Bishop of only one Methodism.
Asbury's name was indeed
suggested, but it was rejected because
he was an Englishman. Why could
it not have been McKendree?
(Cumberland Presbyterian)
No man has reached that state of
grace which he ought to reach as long
as he feels uncomfortable while the
contribution-box is passing. ]f you
find vourself complaining because
there are so many calls in the Church
for money, you have reason to fear
there is something wrong with your
religion. If giving is a painful thing
to you, you are not like Christ, for he
said, "It is more blessed to give than
to receive."
John Ruskin, Boston Ruskin Club:
"Our chief folly and sin on this side of
the Atlantic is spending all our na-,
tional subsistence in war machinery,
and the only general advice for either
side of the Atlantic which I can bring
within the compass of a letter is that
everybody should mind his own business
and leave the guardianship of
wealth and life to God."
We sleep, but the loom of life never
stops; and the pattern which was
weaving when tlie sun went down, is
weaving when it comes up to-morrow.
He who is false to present, duty breaks
a thread in the loom, and will find the
flaw when he may have forgotten its
cause.
O God! how beautiful the thought,
How merciful the bless'd decree.
That Grace ean e'er be found, when sought.
And naught shut out the soul from Thee.
The cell may cramp, the fetters gall.
The flame may scorch, the rack may tear;
But torture, stake, or prison-wall,
Can beendured with faith and prayer.
It is better to preach the truth without
practicing it. than to preach evil in
order to be consistent with one's evil
doings. But the best way of all is to
preach the truth, and to practice it
also. None of us ought to be satisfied
with any way short of the best.
The man who doesn't get as mad
and run as fast to get ins own cow our
of liis neighbor's cornfield as lie does
to get his neighbor'9 cow out of his
own, hasn't got the answer to the golden
rule.
There is plenty of work to-day for
all kinds of people, if they were not
too proud to do it. It is difficult for
some people to believe that anything
is more honorable than idleness.
A quiet life often makes itself felt in
better ways than one that the world
sees and applauds; and some of the
noblest are never known till they end, 1
leaving a void in many hearts.
What unthankfulness it is to forget
our consolations, and to look only ]
upon matters of grievance, to think so '
much upon two or three crosses as to '
forget a hundred blessings.
No man, for any considerable peri- (
od, can wear one face to himself and
another to the multitude, without fin- y
ally getting bewildered as to which j
may bathe truer.
"** * * tinf wifK a1/1 ?
Jjet us Keep mc .?.w. j
leaven, neither with the leaven of
malice and wickedness, but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and \
truth. ]
Christ of nil my hopes the ground, '
Christ ths spring of all my |oy: ,
Having known It "Christ to live," . 1
Let me know It "gain to die." J
Now the best way to kill a fellow is
with love, and then you don't have to i
bury him, and his wife is not a widow, i
SCHOOLS.
Look to tlie End!
"Well begun" mny bo "half done;"
But beginning Is not ending;
Great successes ne'er are won
By only wishing and intending.
"Start" is good, but "stay" is better,
"Start" alone ne'er won a race;
"Start and stick" is sure prize-getter,
"Staying power" takes foremost place.
Broad and deep lay the foundation, But
be sure you count the cost;
Or you'll rue, In deep vexation.
Treasure spent and labor lost.
Bold beqinner, mark Ills folly!
Rash, or craven, coward wholly, '
He began, but could not finish!
Polly Percy's Prize. . . j
BY BERTHA H. BURNHAM.
"If I were not trying to be a Christian,"
soliloquized little Miss Polly
Percy. "I could try for that prize. On
dear! I 'most wish I wasn't? N-no;
I don't mean that, not exactly, butwell,
it would be lovely if I could get
that prize. I guess?yes, I think I
will try for it. Any way, don't papa
and mamma exnecf mo to hp thp vprv
best scholar? If they were at home,
they'd tell me to, I know, and of
course I ought to obey. And that
watch is the loveliest thing! I've
wanted one for ages, and now?I declare
I 'most wish that there wasn't
any Kitty Lowe; for then I could try
for that pr? Why! I didn't see you
before, grandma."
"You do not use your eyes to as good
advantage as I do my ears," smiled
Mrs. Percy. "But what is the trouble,
my dear? Perhaps I can tell you what
to do, as mother is not here to advise..
Well, Polly?"
"It's a prize," began Polly, eagerly.
"Mr. Roberts, one of the committee,
has offered it, and be said?it's the
very dearest little watch, grandma,?
he said that if there were two best
scholars the rest of the term, he would
divide the money that the watcH Is
worth between them, and if there was
only one best scholar, he would give
her either the money or the watch. I'd
take the "watch, erandma.?
wouldn't you?"
"I see no reason why you should not
try to win the watch, darling," said
grandma; "that is, provided you are
honest in your endeavors."
"I didn't tell you the reason," ex
plained Polly. "I?you see, Kitty and
I are both best scholars; she is No. 1
one week, and I'm No. 1 the next.
But she's dreadfully poor, grandma,
and so I lend her my books, and we
study together,?and?you see?if?we
?study together any more, we shall
both have the prize,?and I don't want
fifteen dollars, I want the watch,?and
it will be selfish if I don't study witli
her, and?"
Grandma smiled sympathetically as
Polly paused.
"You know what you ought to do,
Polly," she said ; "now tell me what
you mill do."
"I don't know." Polly confessed,
shakinsr her head mournfnllv. "I
don't want to be selfish, for it js horrid
; and besides, it doesn't please Jesus,?and
I do want to please him.
But 0 grandma! you know how much
I want that watch! It's any quantity
prettier than Caddy Hollandson'a eyer
thought of being. Grandma, don't
you suppose our Lord was ever selfish
?just the least bit, you know?when
he was a little boy?"
" 'Even Christ pleased not himself,'
" quoted Mrs. Percy softly.
"Well," sighed Polly, after a long silence,?"well,
I rather guess, grandma,
that I shall try to be willing for
Kitty to win the prize. I know she
will if I don't, because the other girls
don't care about having good lessons ;
and I wish you'd pray that I may be
willing that she should have the whole
prize, instead of only half."
"That'smy brave girl!" said grandma,
approvingly.
Ever so many weeks after, Mr. Roberts
handed scarlet-cheeked Kitty
three bright gold eagles as the reward
for her patient study. Then Miss Kidder,
the teacher, said: "Polly Percy
deserves honorable mention; had it
not been for an unlucky spelling-lesson,
in which she missed one word,
she would be eutitled to half the <
prize."
And Kitty, her arms thrown about
Polly's neck, whispered, "You are the
loveliest girl! I know you missed 'elocution'
on purpose that day, and I
wish you hadn't.?only now I can buy
lots of medicine for mamma, and
shoes for Baby Bob."
After all. Grandma's praise was
* * T\nfllnr* t?nni*o ia fKo 7n nf
ucot oyai in>^f j vuio 10 tuv pi j<jv */i
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.'
"
Two Little Girls.
"Oh, dear, I so tired of doing things.
"When I come down in the morning,
mamma says: 'Have you brushed
your teeth, dear?' And Aunt Annie
says: 'Let me look at your nails, dear.'
And Grandma says: 'I hope you
haven't forgotten to learn your text.'
"When I'm at school the teacher, is
always telling me to do things. It is
alway: 'Sit up straight,' 'Hold your
pen so,' or something. And when
I'm taking a music lesson professor
keeps on saving: 'Ze wrist flexeeble?
count, one, two, three?oui oui?zat is
veil done.' I wish I didn't have to
practice, and I wish I didn't have to
t.t.wKr
oiuu(y .
"There's a little girl out in the street.
She goes by almost every day wheeling
that little old baby wagon. I
guess the baby is her little sister. Dear
me, T wish I was that little girl. I'd
like to have nothing to do but wheel u
baby wagon and go as slow as I like
and have nobody to say, 'Hurry and
sjet to your practicing, dear.'
"I don't believe she has to dress for
ilinner every day, andthat somebody
looks to see if her hair is just right.
And she don't have to be careful and
keen her rulHes nice, for she hasn't got
mv ruffles. She iust wears nil old
iress, and T don't belieVe anybody
?ares if it gets dirty. And she don't
lave to wear shoes and stockings.
Dnce when I was at a pic-nic I had
ny shoes and stockings ofF when we
wanted to play in some water. And
t's lovely to go barefooted.
"Yes, indeed, I wish I could be that
ittle girl.
A little girl five years old, was told
iy her teacher that the Mississippi
River was the Father of Waters.
'How is tbat?" she queried, "if it is
;he Father of Waters it ought to be
Mister-Sippi."
The talent of success is nothing
nore than doing what you can do well
without a thought of fame.