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^ ' . : .' ?>:! -v.' > * The Abbeville Press and Banner, j BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1887. VOLUME XXXII. NO. 11. '"fl ??? ?? ?? '%-m Christian Neighbor. MY ICEY. Sim II. BROWNE, Of Smith Carolina Conference* Co I it in 1> in District Conference. Fifty members all to hi from first t< last, attended tlio Columbia District Con ferenee held in tin* Methodist church Aiken, K. July 11-17, .S. R. Jones, Pre siding Elder, in the chair. A. M. Hoozerand C. I'. Watson wen elected secretaries. DAILY I'ltOCSKAM. Business from 9 to 11, then preaching 4 to 0-30 [i in business ; preaching S -30. The several interests, spiritual am temporal, of the church were reported or by preachers and laymen and inquired into. Advancement?in some charge* more than others. The worship of Cod in the families belonging to the church was emphasized. The Sunday school cause is gaining everv year. The systems for working the finance* of the churchy-support of the ministry in particular?are much the same in all thf charges?'"Assr.vucntThe plan work* well where it is well worked, but no system will work itself. A plan was adopted for the liquidation of the debt (about 82,700,) on the District parsonage. To aid in the purchase of the "Oliver propert}'" in Spartanburg for a preparatory school for Wofford college, five hundred dollars were subscribed. The more prominent educational interests in the Conference were presented ; S. C. Advocate by "YV. D. Kirkland, Col umbia Female college, by O. A. Darby ; Wofford college by A. Coke Smith. Resolutions expressive of fidelity and zeal toward the various interests of the church were adopted, also one relating to travel on Railroads on the Sabbath. L. D. Childs, J. C. Counts, J. D. Eidson and D. G. Ruff were elected Delegates to the Annual Conference J. II. Iluiet and Z. A. Smith, Reserves. Resolutions of thanks for the hospitablo manner in which the Conference was entertained by the good people of the town and vicinity were adopted by a rising vote. Johnston was chosen as the place for holding the next District Conference. No preaching Saturday ? business. Nothing at night but trying to rest and sleep?so hot. The absence of titles and adjectives in the brief of proceedings will be approved it is hoped by all except those who complaincd of the cold weath cr. Sunday: Love feast, preaching, communion, Sunday School Mass mectiug, and preaching again at night in the Methodist church (South.) The pulpit of the Presbj'terian, Baptist and M. E. churcli (North) were supplied with preachers ol the Conference, so too the churches at Granitevillc and at Langloy. I went in the forenoon with my Presbyterian host and hostess to their church and heard a sermon. The names of those who preacli ed or spoke at any time or place is nol iinportant^so they preached and so the peoplo believed. 1 Co. xvii. Editorial Correspondence. Dear Neighbor : Along with others? not to> numerous to tnention?left tin City on the Congareo Wednesday, Julv 13, ami was steamed on schedule tinif (C. ('. & A. R.,) to Aiken junction?71 inilos. A "special" with two engines run us "up the hill" to the famous health plateau called Aiken. The extensive and internal improvements in this town since I was here lastnine years ago?surprised me much and more. Among the improvements are a well painted post office, a fine brick court house with a clock in the tower, and a number of parks. A number ol tine residences, and some new chnreli buildings take the place of what used to be woods or empty space. It is gratifying to me (pastor of the Methodist chnreli here, 1S73, 187G, 1877,1 to see the tasty improvements and touches about our house of worship within and without and over the beautiful plat ol ground belonging on the outside. Ever more gratifying it is to iearn of the prosperity of the church in numbers and, il is hoped, in spirituality. Methodism in Aiken is now about "in line" in this growing town. And here are tho venerable Rev. S. P, T. Field (local Deacon) and his worthy help-meet, both feeble, yet persevering, and Mrs. Calderbank. Dr. Wood, Mr and Mrs. Clay, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Yates Mr. and Mrs. Wigfall, and others of "in\ day" among them that I could name Some arc gone t:> other parts of this worlc and some to the other, we hope the bettei v/orld. Dr. Wood used to give me somo pleas ant rides about the town, but since thei he found his Mary and she and their foui children can fill his carriage and if neec be let him and me walk. About the same time Mr. Robert Pow oil and Miss Fannie Clay joined handi and hearts just before I pronounced thon "man vnd wife." Well, it was at the de lightsome home of brother and siste Powell and their lovely daughter Win nie (eight years) that I was lodged dur ing Conference, and a more pleasant an< lovely "home" I have never had in forty one years at any Conference or on an: other occasion away from my own farai ly. Besides a delightful evening driyi with my hostess "around Eastern Aiken I had "Rattler" and the buggy at nr command. His last kind service and tha of his master (Mr. P.) was to land mo ii good time Monday morning at the depot Much left out?but that this may get o! on train, no more u> say iww, s. ii. n. Personal. TCev. L. M. Little, Columbia, was ta ken seriously ill on Sunday night, Jul; 17, but was much relieved Tuesday morn ing. ?? The supply cf raw cotton in the Unit ed States averages 3,000,000,000 pounds year. The supply of raw eotton in Eng land averages 1,400,000,000 pounds a yeai Shut Down on It. Who has not become disgusted, nausea ' ted, with all the talk about ouo I)r. Mi* ftlynn in America and an old transatlan tie man oalWl the Pope? Who care.' any tiling about the quarrel between thes< two men? Who cares whether McGlyni 1 is better or worse than the Pope? Wheth or he is in the Roman church or out of it! * Whether the Pope excommunicates Mc (Jlynn or lets him stay in? The Christian churches luive disciplined thousand? * of her members just as good as Dr. Mc Glynn or the Pope and little was said about it beyond the church or locality ' invfhediately concerned. Such is Jesuitism that all this talk and ' fuss about McGlynn being called tr ' Rome, his refusal to go and the Popf I sending over a boycotting sentence 1 against the refractory priest may bo j sham to bring Romanism and the Pope into greater notoriety among the people of the United States. ! Whether the quarrel Is real or sham the better way is for Protestants to let the ; priest and the Pope and their allies fighl 1 it out on their own lino and in their own ' sectarian enclosure. Other people have ' had enough and heard enough of tho in significant affair. Lost Time. "Oh, Miss Jennie," cried a little girl to her Sabbath school teacher, "I ain so sorry, but I have lost a whole morning." "Lost a whole morning?" repeated Miss Jennie, with a grave look upon her sweet face. "How was that, Clara ?" "Why, mother was so busy, and she left Harry in my room, and really, Miss Jennie, the little fellow was so full of fun that I have done nothing but play with him." T 1 Al TT" ?? % l>*o /lirvinlorl J usi men xiuri.y jjui ujj m.i unu^iv. arms to "love" Clara, as he called it iu his baby talk. He pressed his lips upon her cheek, saying, "Me love 'oo, C'ara." "You have not lost your morning, Clara, said her teacher. "You have helped your mother, and you have bound your little brother closer to you by your kindness. Such a morning may have been well spent, my dear." A few days after this, Mrs. Palmei was seized with a severe illness. She could not bear the least noise or confu sion, and Harry's noisy play distressed her very much. So Clara took the little felfow to her own room, rocked him to sleep at night, and cared for him almost as well as his mothei could, until Mrs. Palmer recovered. "My dear child," said the physician, as he placed his hand upon the little girl's head, "if your mother had nol I had so kind and thoughtful a daugh ter, I fear that she would not nave recovered so soon, if at all." ' Thus little Clara had her reward Never call that hour lost which if 1 spent in making others happy. A Great Preacher's Experience.? On the last Sunday in the yeai 178S, John Wesley preached to a largt congregation in London. "Sir," sail j he to his attendant while putting 01 his gown, "it is above fifty years sinc< [ first preached in this church ; I re member it from a particular circuin ( stance. I had come without,a ser mon, and, going up the pulpit stairs, J hesitated and returned into the vestry under much men till confusion and agi . tation. A woman who stood by, no , ticed my concern, and said, 'Pray, sir what is the matter?' X replied, 'I have not brought a sermon with me. ' Putting her hand on my shoulder, slit I said, 'Is that all? Cannot you trusi i OJori for a sermon ?' The question bad , such an effect on me, that I ascended the pulpit, preached extempore, witli great freedom to myself, and acceptance to the people; and have nevei since taken a written sermon into thr pulpit.' A word spoken in due seai son, how good is it! Compared with Luther, Erasmus waf , the greater scholar, the more highly cultivated and courtly man, but in moral dignity and devotion to duty Ik ' was vastly inferior to the heroic reformer. The gulf which separated i them is plainly visible in one of Lu! ther's retorts to a sentiment of Erasmus. The latter had said, "If Luther's doctrine be true, it is, nevertheless, so dangerous that it ought to bt r concealed, certainly not discussed in i the vulgar tongue and in presence oi the multitude." To this Luther stern l?_.l nr A I I MM.| T ly replied : i ien juu, ?uu jl j?'? ' to lay it to heart, that to me the matter is serious, necessary and eternal, 01 ! such momentous interest that it musl be asserted and defended at the risk ol . life itself?aye, though the resnll should be not only to plunge the world in conflict, but to bring chaos back again and annihilate the universe!' These widely diverse sentiments illus ' trate the opposite characters of the twr ' men. In Erasmus we see a man whose spiritual conceptions were s< I dim that he was ready to sacrifice the r immortal interests of mankind totheii present quiet; but in Luther we see r man whose vision took in the relation! of truth to men's everlasting well-be 1 ing. Hence the former was a timid r ignoble time-server; the latter i 1 grandly heroic reformer. I Have the courage to do without tha - which you do not need, however mucl , your eyes may covet it. Have the , courage to show your respect for hon esty, in whatever guise it appears : anc your contempt for dishonest duplicity r by whomsoever exhibited. Have tin - courage to wear your old clothes unti - you can p:iy for new ones. Have tin 1 courage to obey your Maker at tin _ risk of being ridiculed by men. Hav< the courage to prefer comfort and pro } priety to fashion, in all things. Hav< " courage to acknowledge your igno b ranee, rather than to seek credit fo , knowledge under false pretenses. f Whatever outside Christian work wi t may do, therefore, let us not fail t< , look well to our own households. Jew ish parents used to say that if the; could have the exclusive control o their children until they were eigh years of age they feared no subsequen apostacy. If christian parents wil till their homes with prayer and lov and faithful teaching, and the swee spirit of Christ, while their children' y lives are tender and easily impressed . they need not fear that in years t come they will fail to be godly and nc i ? Die mfell ana women.?jri eouyizinut. God is entitled to the supreme plac a in our hearts. It would degrade liin to accept less, aud would be umvorth; . of us to offer it. C 0 M M 0 N S. The Heart. i < The hear! hath chambers twain Wherein do dwell t ' Twin brothers, Joy mid l'nin. When Wiiketh Joy in one, Still calmly } Pain clumbers in his own. O Joy, thy bliss restrain, Speak sofily, Lest thou should'st waken Pain. [iVtfiv York Tribune. The Gimlet?A Pastor Perforator. ' Once a pastor was from home for a few days, during which time the son I of a parishioner, who lived several miles distant, died. He did not hear ' of the young man's death until he had * returned; then he was taken sick, ! and it was several days before he was i ab'e to visit the afflicted family, s When he did so, the first words which } greeted nis ears were: "Well, I thought you had forgotten us," and the afflicted mother complacently sat down to be consoled. This is what I mean by a pastor perforator?the lay gimlet; and it is astonishing how proficient certain persons become in its use. The delicacy is insinuating, the deftness and grace in twisting, can only have been acquired by assidious practice. They know where it will go in most easily ; * -* A- -f J i just now many turns 10 give it wiuie it gets down to the quick. I There are various scientific twists of i the gimlet known both to adepts and to victims. For example, there is the sarcastic twist. Hostess enters the I parlor and greets her pastor thus: i "Good afternoon, Dr. ; really, , the sight of you is refreshing! Have you found out at last where we live?" Then there is the business twist. , "Do you know you haven't been ini side our house for six months! Ordi; nary folk, as well as mathematicians, are painfully aware that figures can'l lie; so that this twist is a peculiarly efi fective one, usually transfixing the ? victim, and reducing him at once to a , condition of silent helplessness. Then there is the reproachful twist, , also a very effective one; tremendously so if the twister can manage to ! start "a silent tear" or two. "Really i we began to doubt whether we had ; any pastor!" : ' Ami once in a while, there comes the ' ' spiteful twist, in administering which ] ' the ox>erator, or more commonly the operatrix, is at no pains to conceal her j savage intent, but drives the unoiled ' gimlet with n steady, determined '' I hand; or, in other words, given the ' ' parson "a sharp setting down" on his 1 ' shortcomings. Those who wince uuder the gimlet i are the conscientious pastors, who are always more or less haunted by the t vague sense of work in arrears, and 1 tormented with self reproach because 1 they do not bring it up. The gimlet is 1 a terrible instrument to such a minis- I ter. He knows a gimlet house as well i ' as a doctor knows where small pox is. i He braces himself to visit them once, I twice or oftener, yearly. He says to . himself as he opens the g^te, "There < r is a rod in pickle for me here." Such < , a one goes about his work very much|l i as if he were going to liave a tooth , filled or extracted?meets the gimlet ' . twister without betraying any inward ! 1 writhings?reads a chapter, "kneels to i . pray, and rises to his feet to meet a . parting twist, thus: 1 "Now that you've found the way I here, you must come again : we hope I ' to see you very often." As he goes ' . down the steps lie looks into his note I book, ami seeing that the next place I ' on his list is also a gimlet house, he i i says to himself, "No! not to-day; I've i , had as much as I can stand." i You cheerful, sunny, sympathetic I I souls, who perhaps excite the jealousy i I of your neighbors because the minis- I , ter "drops in" at your houses so much . oitener man ai incirs, uocs n t.-vci w < . cur to you that lie conies almost as I , much for his own sake as for yours, < [ because he knows you always have oil j and wine in your casks for ihe wound 1 of the gimlet ? t . Now, ye gimlet twisters! ye pastor perforators! lift up your voices and j ! answer: "What do you want a pastor- i , al visit for? Do you want to talk with I your pastor; do you want him to talk I with you about your temptations and I trials? Do you* want instruction on i [ some question of Christian experi- i elice? Do you want to discuss some j ' scheme of Christian enterprise? No, [ indeed; not you! No lawyer is more ? j adroit in turning the conversation, the 1 j- moment it takes any such direction. I Suppose your pastor should try his i ' hand on the gimlet, and probe your heart and lay bare your poor, starved, p stunted religious life! Let him tax you rigorously with your absence from r church, your coldness and indiffer- j . ence, and you will not complain of the j I scarcity of his pastoral visits. ; Strange Test of a Call to Preach. , j A young man in the mountains of ( ' .N. L'., reelingnnnseir caneu lopreucn, applied to his church for license. An i , eccentric deacon had his doubts about ' the genuineness of the call. So he ap- i plied the following (est to the young . man. "Now," said he, "if I can i ' prove to you from the Bible that you j are not called, will you be willing to < | withdraw your application?" "Of course," said the young man. "Well," j said the deacon, the Bible says: "Up- i 1 on the mountains, how beautiful are 1 the feet of him who bringeth glad tid! ings." Then pointing to the big feet : : of the young man, said, "Now look at ' your big ugly feet, don't you see that > you are not called?" This was a ; J "clincher" to the yonng man, and be' ing surprised and mortified, he with drew his application, not being able to e see that a heart made beautiful by : grace is the evidence rather of the " call, than pretty feet. L4 ^ m An Edi'.iberg minister on one occar sion happening to visit a resident of his parish asked what church he was e in the habit of attending. The niau n.-i i.~ i-.-.i i.?i ? l> answcreu nun nu imu uciun^cu u# ? - certain congregation, but that be and y others would not assent to certain f views which were accepted by the mat jority, and they had therefore formed t a secession. "Then you worship with 1 those friends?" "Well, no; the fact e is, I found that there were certain t points on which I could not conform, s so I seceded." Oh, then I suppose I, you and your wife engage in devotion o together at home?" "Well, not prei eisely. Our views arc not quite in accord, so she worships in that corner of e the room, and I in this." n Every good deed that we do is not .. f nl/iooiii'o Knt n nvnn for V I If III V 21 PlfftriH UUWHIV-, " r*"!' I I the future. Tired of War Lectures and Literature. Yea. I am tired ' Tired of the inter in in able Century articles, tired of the Lowell lectures on battles, tired of the war scenes which the ingenious pen of General Grant has depicted?the sharing and promoting of which led that [jreat soldier to hate the sight of even i review! I may not be as severely truthful as General Sherman and call war only another name for cruelty, Ijut I cannot see how any one who, with Mr. Angell, pities the sufferings if animals, birds, and even insects, jan hear without shame and disgust of the cruelties inflicted on soldiers in prison and in battle. I will not say with General Sherman iu his speech to the young men of Ohio, "Young men war is hell!" But a good mail who witnesses a battle and serves in a lospital for the first time must feel in such an atmosphere as a clean-minded, jlean-mouthed boy is said to feel at liis first cigar, first oath, first glass of iciuor. first nierht at a low saloon or jrothel. Tlie finer instincts must shrink and cower with shame. A batMe is not the place poets picture or historians describe. Fiction is lever more untrue than when it por;rays one. The Erckman Chatrian novels are an exception. They are more realistic than Headey, Abbott or Scott and all the romanjers of fighting. The simple fact is that in our day an idvance towards and into a battle lacks the element of grandeur. It f.s ;he cunning of huntsmen or the prow?ss of a prize-fighter that is most evilen t. Smoke and dust cover and hide tbe idvancing'columns. The benumbing din of cannon, the murderous hiss of minnie balls, the shrill squeal and yell of the hurtli ng shells, take the place of brass bands ind drum corps. The latter a>-e at their best at military musters. They :lo a little to cheer heavy and sad marches over muddv roads, when the feet are soggy and backs are breaking. But during a battle the music makers jarry maimed men on those* bier-like vehicles called "stretchers," whose jar-piercing and heart-breaking dis:ord is made up of groans, and 011 the janvas of which blood puddles, and through which it oozes. In most tights the soldier is denied the poor exhilaration of conscious triumph. Neither General Meade nor General Lee was quite sure, at the close of the third it Gettysburg, which had conquered. Gfeneral Meade, at least his officers! Mid men, were uncertain whether the sneiny had fled or waited to renew or t'epulse an attack. The Sunday Newspaper. A seventh part of every man's exisLenceistobe given to the consideration of relations to God and eternity. ntlw.B iiiam (lion (liic onn OitlllP 1111 nu wmui *ic? LIIUII v??.o WMIW ?r to the meaning of the words, "Keinember the Sabbath day"?(hat is, the rest day?"to keep it holy." Now. the whole tendency of the Sunday newspaper is to break down and obi iterate'this important truth. It says, in effect, that there is no difference between Sunday and other days as to whatoneisto read and think about. The fact that most men have more leisure is only a reason why they should road more of the same kind of matter which they read during the secular week. And the paper, coming to them in the morning, cannot but give Lheir thoughts and feelings a direction wholly inconsistent with the design of the day. And this is true, whatever be the character of the journal. It may bo pure and elevated in tone, and its coutents both interesting and instructive yet, being thoroughly secular, "of tiie earth earthly," it must needs lead the reader's mind away from the things which the rest-day was intended to keep before him. In Jeed, it is lmrdly a paradox to say that the better the Sunday paper is in*a lit?rary point of view the worse is its inlluence, because it is the better adapted to catch tlie unwary and lead them iway from the proper use of holy time. No man can habitually read sue!) a paper without insensibly losing the feeling that there is any sacredness in the first day of the week. Take away the religious sanction of Sunday, and its hold upon the public mind is gone. This religious sanction is what the Sunday issue of secular journals habitually undermines. Hence the deliberate assertion thut such issue is evil, and only evil, and that continually. Editors and publishers may not, doubtless, do not, think so; such is the fact. Fair Bird Destroyers. That fickle, changeable, fantastic, and often nonsensical goddess, Fashion, and her fair votaries, are answerable in part for the destruction of the birds, and particularly of those adorned with brilliant plumage. Many a * 1 ?? " * + /-? 1 * /I ah 1? An tan* maujeii, oi wuiuuii, icuwi uc?hed, considernte or sympathetic, who would be shocked by the wanton cruelty of the thoughtless boy who would kill the beautiful little humming bird as it flits from flower to flower, is quite reconciled to the act if the dead bird can be treated by the taxidermist and added to the aviary upon the curious structure which is now worn in the place of the bonnet which adorned and protected the head of her mother and grandmothers of different degrees for generations. Questionable as is the taste that places a yellow eyed screech owl, or vamprish bat, upon a lady's headgear, it is a well-known fact that thousands and tens of thousands of our much-prized birds become a sacrifice to fashion each year. It is gratifying to learn that the Audubon Society, whose members pledge Hmmwlvw) to do all in their power to discourage, and, if possible, "suppress the use of birds and birds' feathers as ornaments of dress, is rapidly extending its sphere of usefulness and humanity. It would be well if in every city, town and school district in the United States the girls and boys would organize a society or club having for its object the protection of our harmless, beautiful and musical birds. The j;irls, by refraining from the use of birds, or the plumage of birds, for ornament; and the boys, by ceasing to stone, shoot, or trap such birds, or to rob their nests of eggs, or young, and by waging a war of extermination against the sparrows, can do much towards restoring to us the birds whose absence and loss is so much to be implored. Misery loves company, and company causes the good housekeeper a great deal of misery, too, when she hasn't anything cooked in the house. HOUSE AND FARM. Feeding Young Pigs. it It does not take long for a good lit- t] ter of young pigs to outgrow the ca- a pacity of the sow to furnish enough ^ milk to keep them thrifty. This milk a from its dam is the best possible nour- jj ishment for young pigs as for all other S( young animals; but with the stomach ]j to be filled the sow cannot possibly a give enough milk to fully satisfy them, s. ImwAVAp ivnll fori olio mnv lm_ Mv tile tl time the pigs are toil days to two y weeks old they will begin to eat, and they should be helped to all they can ^ devour. A handful of oats or cracked C( wheat is excellent for the young pigs, n and scarcely anything is better for the a old sow. Corn should not be given at ? this tender age, nor, in fr.ct, in any j? quantity until their growth is pretty B well made. It is a great loss to fail to feed young pigs well, as they make s] more growth from the same amount of b nutriment than at any subsequent r< time in their lives. And yet, relying 3] wholly upon what they can get from b the sow, many pigs in large litters be- n come stunted even before they are n weaned, and their growth is so check- fi ed that it costs nearly all they are 0 ir\ nrof flioni cfnrfoH in frrnwim* C again. Unless the owner is willing to e take some extra pains in feeding the h weaklings a litter of pigs may prove w less profitable than a small one. h Sleep a Preventive of Hcadaclie. A scientific writer says: ''Sleep, if taken at the right moment, will pre- a vent an attack of nervous headache, k If the subject of such headache will e watch tne symptoms of its coming. rI they can notice that it begins with a s< feeling of weariness or heaviness, a This is the time asleep of an hour, or n even two, as nature guides, will effect- ii ually prevent headache. If not taken a just then, it will be too late, for, after e the attack is fairly under way, it is im- k possible to get sleep until far into the a nhrlit, perhaps. It is so common infp these days for doctors to forbid having n their patients waked to take medicine 1< if they are asleep when the hour o comes round, that the people have r learned the lesson pretty well, and t they generally know that sleep is bet- d ter 'for the sick than medicine. But it s is not so well known that sleep is a I wonderful preventive of disease?bet- r ter than tonic regulators and stimu- C lants.?Scientific American. a To Cuke a Horse of Kicking.? The simple prescription here given has the indorsement of a prominent au- t thority in such matters: "If you have j a horse that is in the habit of kicking, '1 put him in a narrow stall that has d both sides thickly padded. Suspend a 1 sack filled with hay or straw so that it r will strike his heels, and let the horse c and sack fight it out. Be sure to have d things arranged so that the horse can- s not hurt himself. The sack will be ( victorious every time, and in the end C the horse will absolutely refuse to kick c the sack or anything else." t Gapes in Chickens.?Gapes in r chickens is the result of worms iu the f throat, and a removal of the worms is c a cure for the disease. This is most commonly olt'ected by passing a quui feather clip pod in turpentine into the throat and twisting it around until 1 the worms are dislodged. What causes i these worms is not clearly understood. Fumigating with carbolic acid is re- s commended in bad cases, by a good c authority, in poultry ailments, but I care must be taken that the chicks are c not suffocated by continuing the treat- ? mcnt too long. c The Auffiisfa (Qa.) Chronicle tolls c this story of a lady in that city, who, c having abandoned hot bread at meals a during Lent, confessed that she had rJ been thereby "wonderfully benefited I in health." In well regulated armies c soldiers are never permitted to eat t broad newly baked, because it is dangerous to health. And yet delicate women cxpect to foel well after consuming hot rolls or biscuits morning I and night. Science and experience t are against it. If you ever endured the agony of a s ? J -Pn r. I- f linf 11 teion, you win apprecmiu me iuwi m<.i it can be cured by woolen smoke. 1 Place the woolen rags under an invert- * ed flower-pot, and put coals upon ' them, or set them on fire some other c way, then hold the felon over the smoke, and it will extract all the pain. Leave plenty of potato to your potato-eyo if you want strong plants. j. A Sad Sfelit. J The music of a band called us to our J] Beacon Street window to-day, to look upon the saddest sight we have seen in Boston. The "High School Battal- ' ion," a military organization of boys, ^ was escorting the Queen of the Ha- ^ waiian Islands. These striplings j, dressed in blue uniforms, carrying . heavy guns, with fixed bayonets, J crowded the street and tried to , "march." The Queen of the Islands, . whose inhabitants were couverted to . Christianity by Titus Coan and others _ * : C sent out oy toe Aineni-uu x>wutu u> Commissioners of Foreign Missions which has its offices in this very build- f, ing, was taking a lesson in the way a Christian city educates its boys! Prof. Sargent of Harvard College, the lead- j ing teacher of Athletics in America, lias pronounced the military drill inef- j! fective as a promoter of health and j strength, which has been the popular excuse for militarism in schools. But were it ten times as good for that, it 1 would not justify itself. It teaches r vanity, excites respect for armies, less- i ens a wholesome dread of war and pro- j motes military ambition. To-day it j shows the Queen of converted heath- ^ en that Christians teach their children to fight and honor proficiency in the art of war as much as the ancient \ Spartans did in that of thieving! Alas ' for Boston ! It repented its treatment (j of abolitionism and has just honored Garrison, its champion, with a beauti- t, ful statue on Commonwealth Avenue. ' Tf atiii hntmrs and cherishes a relic of barbarism as inconsistent as Slavery 'J with the words and Spirit of Jesus Christ. We hope Queen Kapiolani ? will not go home to imitate Boston in ? this. God hasten the day when Ha- ? waii and the United States shall be- 15 cmnc provinces of that broader and higher Kingdom of which the King j1 said "My kingdom is not of this ' world, if my kingdom were of this v world then would my subiccts fight'" 0 a The Lord lias proven himself to be our (Sod l>y bringing us out or many a o trouble. 1 What Others Say. (/?j/ Frances E. Willarcl.) Tf young women knew what young len think aud say of them, when liey pass along the street in pyramid1 hats, which are but cages of dead irds; dresses displaying the bandged, hour-glass waist, the camel's ump, the mopping skirt, with front 3 strapped as to display the lower nibs in most unseemly fashion; with rms akimbo and so pinched that a uisage is their only parallel; and lio fnL.UiAnnKIn n iinAn iin liioiiiwimuic upuutuv upi/ii ie same hideous slant-heeled pedesxls that the demi-monde of Paris 'ear; if even these young women Duld hear the remarks of the young len as they pass by, they would never gain appear in such a hideous guise, lontrast with such an image a young idy, quietly dressed in plaited wai3t, lain skirt of some soft goods, falling 5 the ankle, low-heeled walking lioes, pretty collar with a bit of ribon, and neat cuf^ at the wrist, neat Dund liat, hair in a simple knot, clear kin, and cheek touched with the loom of youth and purity. No young rlan, having one spark of sense or 1 lanliness, could look upon the first * gure without secret contempt, or up- 1 n the last without sincere respect. . Ine would "lead him a life," (he othr would found him a home. In one is heart might safely trust; the other rould be apt to marry him iu haste for is money, and leave him to repent the rpianderiug thereof at leisure. (Central Methodist.) It is a question of deep interest in 11 our city churches. How shall we eep up our congregations at night, specially during the heated term? 'o this we have one answer: Let the erviees at night be deeply spiritual nd earnest. Let th? m be accompaied by the sweetest songs. If preachag be attempted, let the sermons be Iways short, pithy, earnest, and pointd. For an. entire summer we have ;ept up our congregations in this way, nd we never had greater numbers or ieople more attentive and apparently nore profited. It will not do to preach ong, dry sermons, however orthodox r profound they may be. The ser ons should be full of the marrow of ' he Gospel and be pervaded by the leepest earnestness. The preacher : l *1-1 ,.\ 11. ^ L 1.? 2.. UOIUU SHOW tllUI/ lie JS llllCI I5UUJS. jet there be no theological lectures or 1 netaphysical discussions, but let Christ and Him crucified be the great bsorbing theme. (67. Louis Christian Advocate.) : A strong infusion of the sermon on he Mount is much needed in some lopular phases of modern religion, rhe man who sent us five dollars, and lemauding us to cancel a fifteen dol- i ar debt by his own motion, without efcrence to our rights, or inquiry as to iur willingness, discounts his own lebts sixty-six per cent and sign9 himelf. "Sanctified and saved, glory to iod," needs a stroug dose of the Ten Commandments. There is too much >f tliis counterfeit religiou in circula- , ion. One of its most delusive phases s a profession of high and holy expeiences without an underpinning of air dealing, without the foundation of ommon honesty. (Golden Rule.) Company manners for .every Day.?A little more formality in servng the family meals wouldn't harm ome households. There is no need of aving all the "company manners" for ompany; if you do, the children, at east, will be found wanting when the iccasion comes. The necessity of heerfnlness and contentment at meals :annot be too often enforced. The visdom, on purely ohysical grounds, if a tranquil mind at meal times, is as ild as Bacon, in our language, and as indent as tlie patriarchs in practice. Phe time given to the table ought to ie doubled in many families, and the heerfnlness, good nature and domesic conversation increased in like ratio. (Samuel W. JJoardman.) So long as merely ofTensive wars are he object of detestation, with no at- i ack on the war system itself, the war in our tide will be approved as defen- i ive. Such has been, and will be, the ; ittcrance of every nation. No dogma i hat the Papal Bee ever inculcated can urpass the war system in absurdity. < The burning of heretics to purify the i luirch is cast into the shade by it. I , Frankness and Harshness. i How often a bitter speech, which ' las caused keen pain to the hearer, i las been followed by such words as i hese, as if in justification of the un:indness shown: "I'm a plain, blunt < erson.andl have to speak out just < vhnt I think. People must take me i ,s the Lord made me." Anything i neancr than such an attempt to throw < he responsibility for one's ugliness of I em per off upon the Lord, it would be lard to imagine. Frankness of speech s one thing, but harshness is a very lifferent thing. The Lord never en!ow.ed any man with such a disposiion, or put him in such circumstances * 1 ' -11! J ftfinrrinnp nai lie was OOllgeu IU umnc aiu.(,.i.6l ruel remarks. Some people have nore difficulty than others in beiug weet-tempered and kindly spoken, ' tut when one fails it is his own fault. Make Sunday a pleasant day. Lei i t be the field-day of the week. You i leed not secularize it; but you can lave some extra sweets prepared for < t. Y ou can make it the day of song, i f good reading, and of loving fellowhip. It is the family day, and ought I o be always the sweetest of the seven. ' jet the large Bible with pictures now lo its best service for the little ones, ^et the Catechism have its place, but i in imt trv to tpacli it all in one Sun- 1 lay. Break the truth into crumbs, I ml be as constant as the growing i cars of chihlhood. A college boy i pent a June Sabbath in the home of a wealthy Christian layman. It was a i ay to be remembered. In the after- t loon there was the cleverly fatherly ulk?better than a sermon?and with i ther ministries, the preparing bou- J [iiets to go next morning to the Jiospi- i ill and to the'homes ot the poor in the reat city. Family religion ought to ( row on Sunday like plants enjoying 1 n exceptionally fine day of rain and 1 un. ] When a person uses the first person1 pronoun constantly, and tells how s le advised, and knew, and acted, and j vhat great results came from the fact u . i.i i?Mia wnrlfl Mm rlismi.?t. t n iu? uiTiufc ?'v ???i ?0? ,f the listener is complete. J Five things are requisite to a good 1 iflicor?ability, clean baiuls, dispatch, iatience and impartiality. 1 SCHOOLS. __________ Where is She ? .. . Frisky as a lambkin, Body aR a bee? . That's tlie kind of little girl People like to see. Modest as a violet, As a rosebud, sweet? WlmtJo tl.A Irlrwl 1I*?Ia s?l?1 * . jimioiucnuiuui nine gui People like to meet. Bright n8 18 a diamond, Pure as any pearl? .->? Ev'ry ono rejoices In Such a little girl. Happy as a robin, Gentle a?a dove? " 'j That's the kind of little girl Every one will love. Fly away and seek her, Little son* of mine. For I choose that very girl - .Js Ab my Valentine. f Wide Awake. "She Until Done What She Could." ? * M MRS. GEORGE ADDICKS. The weary mother sank Into the :hair beside the table, and buried her ace in her hands. Worn out, dis:ouraged, was it any wonder that laid, bitter thoughts would come? About her were evidences of povery and want, yet everything was scrupulously neat and clean. From early norn until late at night she had toilid. She had borne the heat and burlen of the day, and now in the dewy :ve her heart rebelled at her lot. How could she teach her little ones iright, and guide their tiny life-boats, Weighted with their precious souls; h rough the shoals and breakers of shilkood, the treacherous quick&ands )f early manhood and womanhood, nto the haven of safety?a life hidden n Christ Jesus? Was it right for her to be compelled ;o toil on and on, with scarcely a monent in which she might impress the elastic minds and hearts of ner little jneswith the principles of truth, vir;ue and piety ? Only that day had her Willie, who aad been visiting with their neighaors, come home with some playthings which did not belong to htm. The thought that her boy would > steal was more than she could bear. She had taken the things back and severely puuished the boy, and when in the evening her children had gathered about, her to sav their evening ' prayers, she had talked to them lovingly and earnestly of the commandment, "Thou shalt not stealbut th& hard, sullen look in Willie's face showed his spirit unbroken. But the poor have no time to spend in idle repinings, so with a heavy heart she began to mend the muchworn and already oft-mended little garments. The bitter thoughts are still there; but as she sits silently c s stitching, a voice saya gently: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy h dcu, and I will give you rest." She looks around, but there is no one there. Quick as a flash comes the thought, "Who am I. that I should judge my Maker?" And in an agony of remorse she sinks to the floor, ana with streaming eyes prays aloud.for forgiveness for her murmuring, for strength to bear her burdens patiently ?nay, cheerfully?and for wisdom to train her children aright. And as she prays she seems to hear the fustle of angels' wings, while sweetly and lovingly comes the still small voice: "Daugliter, ue or gooa cneer; my faith hath made thee whole." She rises from her knees, and the holy smile flickering over her worn, faded face, reflects the deep peace In her heart. Yea, truly, it is good to drink deeply at the Jiving fountain. She resumes her needle with a light heart. She has laid her burden at Jesus' feet. Suddenly she hears the patter of little feet on the bare floor, and, looking up, sees Willie coming toward her. "Why, Willie, dear, what is the matter?" With a great sob he flings himself in her arras, and cries: "0 mamma, mamma, [ will never be naughty again. I could not sleep, und when I heard you praying for me I seemed to find out at once how naughty I had been, and came to have you ask God to forgive me and help me be better." Lovingly she soothed the excited ihild, ami when he was mo/e calm talked to him earnestlv of his faults ; [hen, kneeling beside him, she prayed Jesus to take away his naughty heart, uid give him a new one, white and ;lean. With a good-night kiss he went back to his little cot comforted, -*- -it.- .1 -l ind was soon in me ueep sjccp ui innocent childhood. Years rolled on, full of trials and Jiscouragements. but the mother nev?r again gave way as she did that night. She had learned a lesson she never forgot. And when clouds of ilarkness gathered o'er her she turned to her Saviour for strength and succor. Day after day, year after year, she patiently strove by word and example to perfect the characters of those iutrusted to her care. One by one she saw them grow to manhood or womanhood, and had her reward in part in seeing them occupy honorable and influential positions in life, and by their influence teach oth* " 1 X? nit A ./ ers tne way or saivauon. iucu oi?c folded her tired hands, and the Master whom she had served so loug and " faithfully said: "It is enough; come up higher." They laid her to rest in the quiet Bhurch-yard, and the passer-by, standing at her grave, reads on the marble slab at her head, the simple inscription: "Our mother. She hath done ? what she could." Jenny, the kitchen maid at Kippoch manse, was sent by the minister's wife to invite Mrs. and Miss Snawlip to take tea with her at five in the afternoon. Jenny solemnly delivered her message: "My mistress sent me over to ask ye f ye could come tae tea thisafternoon, ifter five o'clock." "Yes, tell your mistress we will be nost happy to come," replied Mrs. jnawlip, graciously. "And was that 11 ?- 4? <m Ill you ?cre iuiu m cuj 4 "Aye. But she said if ye were iomin' I wis tae gang intae llie ba<er's an' get twa loaves; an', if no', I ivisna lae iuiud," was the simple reply. "I have known men," says St. Baiil, "who have fasted, and prayed, aud jroaned, and yet would not give the ltllicted one farthing." But God said ~ ' '"-niino "Thv nrnvprs and thine ,U V>wi lien u.;t * ?v I ^ ilms are come up for a memorial before God." I will glatliy curtail my liberty if hereby I can restrain another'a license.