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The Abbeville Press ?d Banner.! BY IIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1887. VOLUME XXXII. NO. 12. M Christian Neighbor. BY REV. NIDI II. BROWSE, Or the Senth Carolina Conference* who In It? We all remember the story of the shield which was viewed by twonicn, one seeing only tlie front siflcand the other look, inn only at the inner, the first asserting it was of gold and the latter equally certain it was of silver. Human character pre. sents the same puzzling combination. None of us are wholly good and none arc entirely bad, and the opinions of others depend on the view they get of us. W< know an invalid who has been confined to bod for years?to many she appears a helpless sufferer, to others able to observe more closely she appears not so helpless? frequently rising from her bed when she thinks 20 one is near and walking about the room as she declares she never can again. To many tho invalid appears a mlraclc of patient endurance, an example of the power of God's grace under affliction, so beautifully does she talk of "mysterious dispensations of providence," "resignation," and the like; to others, however, who are more penetrating, who) seo through the flimsy veil of hypocrisy j (or self-deception, perhaps,) and to those who keep their eyes aud ears open, the, pseudo-martyr presents quite a different' looking side, She is cruelly exacting of an aged mother, wholly ungrateful, never giving oven a "dog's crumb" of thanks after a hundred demands, unreasonable, bitter aud hard. Long continued suffering is not easy to bear, and one can scarcely wonder at occasional impatience, but for one who imagines himself uear the eud of life to be almost given up to unkindnesiH and selfishness shows a poor conception of what is impending. It is true that those who are always In robust health know little of the necessary dependence on others ol those whose bodies are weak, but on the other hand many who are invalids make needless demands on their friends, think ing, it would scorn, "If I cease my demands people will forget I am sick." Few things aro more touching than hopeless invalidism patiently borne by ono who is ever thoughtful of the needs ol attondents, but the useless exactions oj the impatient sick are difficult lor even tho quietest and strongest minds to endure. Quarterly Meeting:?Fine Rnlnw. Dear Neighbor:?The third session of the Lecsville and Concord Quarterly Conference for 1887 was hold at Leesville July 23, 24. The attendance of the officials was good. The oldest member of the body and one of the younger and stouter ones got nearly to the church but both gave out and turned back?sick? . sorry. Dr. S. B. Jones, the P. E? did the duties of his office well and, it is hoped, profitably, to tho Conference. Being enjoined by his physician not to preach for a few weeks because of an affection of the throat, tho preaching fell to the lot of the P. C. andBro. E. 0. Watson who did as well as they could under the circumstances. It is not exactly the most pleasant sort of thing to preach to a congregation who come expecting to hear another?a greater. But the P. E. conducted the communion for us on Sabbath besides l^iviug tliu v^uilipl d4icrt uijv vioj wv4v. v) some wholesome talk. The school exer- < cises fill their usual place Sunday morn-1 ing. Bro. Watson, at the request of Supt. j Mitchell, took charge of the grown class. It raiued nearly all the time of the fore-, noon service. The congregation was' quite fair for a drizzly morning, but was quite slow and slim at the afternoon service?6 o'clock and after. Along with the Presiding Elder I fell into pleasant hend quarters Saturday and night at Mr. Pick Bodie's. After Sunday forenoon worship the P. E. distributed himself to the custody of Mr. J. A I J. Mitchell while I went with others to "Uncle Jitnmie Bodie's." Good Johnnie Asbill I found about ready to get Hip | from a seven days sick bed. Didn't visit much. Embraced in a walk with the P. E. a call on Mr. E. J. West and his son-in-law, Rev. E. 0. j Watson. After 6 p. m. service I wound up with supper at Mr. John Shealey's, thougli John and his wife had Fomehow forgotten "6 o'clock" and ate their supper before they wont to church. But there was plenty left that was, good. I took mine on the lap in the piazza while the talking went on. I and "Spot" made havoc with the pood lady's pies in particular. I appropriated tho inside and "'Spot" very thankfully and waggingly disposed of the rims. Enough. S. H. B. A Bnil Job for n Bad BuHlnesN. The war vessel, the Atlanta, the beginning ol tho gigantic folly of "strengthening tlie navy," of the United States tired oil" two of hor guns tho other day at a target just to test the vessel and its war fixture*. The result was so damaging to the timbers, joints, doors, A*e., of the ship that it was judged safo to eoaso firing. This suicidal experimont doubtless cost somebody a little money, and may have prevented the death of many souls in the future. Would not tho whole world bo groat^' blessed if every war ship wore in tho present condition of this Atlanta and remain so until there is "no more sea?" Successor to Dr. Mrl'errln. Wo see it announced in a secular exchange that I)r. J. D. liarbee, pastor of McKendree chijrch in Nashville, has been elected JSook Agent of the Southern Methodist Publishing House, thus succeeding Dr. McForrin, deceased. The paragraph from which we quote?"Nashville, Tenn., July 13"?ends: "Thejudgment is universal that ho is among the very strongest men in the church." Solicitor Nelson of Edgefield iiaK given notice through the county papers that all of the witnesses in the Culbreath lynching caae must be present at the coining term of Court. There is every reason to believe that the case will be tried. Mds~ Of Nome Thlnei Omitted. Dear Neighbor: The dateless letter ol last week from Aiken didn't s;iy near ill I had to way nor will this postscript say all I could say. I Mr. G. H. Stein and family who helped so largely to organize and keep the Sunday school aiivo are, I suppose, in New Orleans. Mr. Smysor and wife gone to the Sand Hills beyond Augusta. <?a. Mrs. Yates and her son John with his family have moved out two miles and a half on a farm, and have built a cosy cottage and a large fine house. It was my young friend Branaird that drove me out there and back Saturday before and after sundown. I regret that for want of time I could not visit more of my old friends?the venerable Mrs. Wood, Dr. Teague and Mr. and Mrs. Ott among the number. At Mr. and Mrs. Clay's I met their daugh ' ?l- : 3 ter, iHISS ijeor.H, WIIU mrivi-u ouluiuaj from Milwaukee where she has been teaching for some years. She makes a visit to Aiken about every other year. Dr. J. R. Mood and family have moved from Charleston to within a few miles of Aiken?of course Methodists. I made a call at the office of the Aiken Recorder. Intended to look in also on the Aiken Review, but was switched off in another direction until it was too late for that day, j and next day was Sunday, and the next 3 morning I was off early down "tho hill" I homeward. ' ^ lr\ nmit fhat I shook hands with faithful "Aunt Tena," the ^ alone colored member of our church in t my day, and, I think, the only one in t Pastor Duncan's. And "Sam Green" (colored) is still sexton, and deserves v special mention for keeping the District r Conference supplied with ice water?no ^ small job. Towards the last friend Sam c looked somewhat like I felt?wilted. b As well as I can recollect the foregoing t P. S. was written along in July A. D. t I8S7, somewhero between the 14th and " 125th. S. H. B. ? How for the Bent? u | What about the week preceding tho ? one of "self denial, August 8-15?"? And what about tho week or weeks following? v f.nt (taro b9 taken that "self do not in the end come out even with "denial." j1 Tlio surest way to make that week t what it is proposed to lie is to confine do- t, nial to daily eating and drinking, and j rive the deniod to the poor, or sell it and li give the proceeds to missions, or better v still, give to the poor the amount of de- v nial and then give an equal sum to mis- a sions, and keep a sharp lookout that v "self do not afterwards gulp and gor- 1: mandize to make up for "lost time." t , i . v Krupp, the great heavy gun maker, ? Essen, Germany, employing 20,000 hands, died a fortnight since. Much of his works n have gone before him, more to follow! A > man's life spent in making instrument* 11 for hnman slaughter! Would it not havo b been better for tlie world that man had !' not been born ? i C 1 e More uoou news irom nnvinuc. u A letter from Mr. Jno. M. Brooks, c secretary of the chamber of Commerce, t of Knoxville, was received here by Col. a Hoyt, yesterday, which gives another encouraging phase to the prospects of the j Carolina, Knoxville & Western railroad. Mr. Brooks says that he had appeared be- ^ fore the county court and asked for thn j appointment of a committee to confer ~ with the authorities of the Knoxville <k t Western and to secure from them a pro- a position relative to building the road s through Knox county. Contrary to ex- p pectation, the request was readily grant- v ed and the committee appointed. This is t, the first step towards securing a sub- a scriptionfroin Knox county, and is encouraging cn that account. . A press dispatch from Asheville, of Saturday, says: Arrangements have been a completea for the construction of the 8 Carolina & Knoxville railroad. Chief v Engineer Ramseur has been directed to 1 push the surveys and get the work rcnay i for the contract, sufficient money having t been guaranteed. Large iron and coal v interests in Tennessee and North Carolina and other States support the enter- s prise.?OreeuviUe Netvs. ^ ^ Commission Issued. , The declaration of the Graniteville t Porcelain Manufacturing Company has been filed in the office of the Secretary of 2 State and a oommisslon issued. The cap- r ital stock is put at ?50,000, divided into 500 shares of the par value of $100 each. The purpose of the company is to manufacture kaolin. Land, writes J. L. Moultrie, of Union f Springs. Ala., cannot be too sandy for ?| turnips. If the land is dry they may be t sown level, but if the soil is very reten- E tiye of water, bed it up as if for cotton t and sow on the beds, leaving a good water f furrow. Ruta bagas and early turnips j may be mixed and sown together. Use ^ out the early ones, and leave the ruta bagas for late Winter and Spring. Sev- , enty years ago, everybody sowed wheat c witn their turnips as a protection from a the fly, which preferred the small grain. r It also gave a nice calf pasture when the ( turnips were gone.?isouinem vtuavuiur. ? A caBO of humanitarianism run mad is s reported from Minnesota. Tlie convicts j at the State Prison will begin, about An- t gust 8, the publication of a weekly four c column folio newspaper, called the Pn's- t ov Mirror. The object of tlie enterprise r is to l)cnefit the prison library fnnd. v There are tour practical printers who will attend to the mechanical department, j while prisoner Lew Shonmnker will be J editor-in-chief. George P. Dodd, prison j storekeeper, has consented to act as treas- j urer and business manager! i Tho Suprome Court of Pennsylvania J has deckled that a man cannot assign un- j earned wages tn any way. In the case r decided the court said "tho attempt was j to assign that which had no existence, n either substantial or incipient. Theie j was no foundation of contract on which . an indebtedness might arise. It was the { mere possibility of a subsequent acquisition of property. This is too vague and J uncertain. It cannot be sustained as a 1 valid assignment and transfer of proper- * ty.?Southern Cultivator. f. The Inter-State Commission says that t persons belonging to the elans known as ' commercial travellers are not privileged I to ride over the raidroads at lower rates s than are paid by other persons. What- t ever reasonable ratos commercial travel- f ers aie made to pay other travellers may j be made to pay. To charge one more f than another is an unjust discrimination. And this is true whether tickets issued are mileage tickets or in some other form. The house in Washington in which Payne attempted to murder Secretary ' Seward at the time of Lincoln's assassin- h ation, is now offered for sale. It has t long been used as the headquarters of the r the missionary general. i COMMONS. Tint Crossing' Paths. MARGARET J. PRESTON. Our far diverging linos of life Have for a moment crossed. To touch, and wind away, and be In the dim distance lost; No ehanco In all our wanderings Has brought us heretofore Ho face to fare, to pause, and speak, i And speak, and part no more. I As passlug ships, whose wide-Hung Rails I Are for an instant furled, i We hall, the barter words of cheer, Brought from tlic under-world; With eager Question, quick reply, Across the deck we lean; I Then part, and put the silences Of ocean wastes between. We turn and watch the fading sail Until our eyes grow dim, And the blue billows melt away On the horison's rim. How ead It seems! a few brief words. A kiss, a hand-clasp given; Then?paths that cross on land and sea, j No more this side of heaven! I Well, let them cross, as cross they may, I And let them still diverge, , Cunriorml htr lpAirilAR nf dfiKPrt lflfld. By mountain or by surge,? We know there is one certain spot 1 No traveling feet have passed, I Where earth's divergent, crossing paths Shall meet and end at last! [Sunday-School Times. I About HaDiiners. j You may have noticed the name of )iivid May dole upon hammers. David daydole made hammer9 the study of lis life time; and, after many years of J houghtful and laborious experiment, le had actually produced an article to , yhich, with all his knowledge and ex>erieuoe, he could suggest no improveaent. Let me tell you how he came o think of making hammers. , Forty years ago, he lived in a small illage in the State of New York; 110 ailroad yet, and even the Erie Canal nany miles uistani. tie was tne vuage blacksmith, his establishment onsisting of himself and a boy to ilow the oellows. He was a good deal 1 roubled with his hammers. Someimes the heads would fly ofF. If the J netal was too soft, the hammer would pread out and wear away; if it was oo hard, it would split. At that time , lacksmiths made tlieir own hammer.", nd he knew very little about mixing ] ires so as to produce the toughest iron. But he was particularly troubled { vith the hammer getting off the hanlle?a mishap which could be danger- ' ius as well as inconvenient. One ' lammerhad an iron rod running down ( hrough the handle with a nut screw- ' d on at the end. Another was comiosed wholly of iron, the head and laudle being all of one piece. There 1 vere various omer devices, some <u , vhieh were exceedingly clumsy and wkward. 1 At last lie hit u]>on an improvement vhich led to his being able to put a lammer upon a handle in 9uch a way hat it would stay there. He made k'hat-is called an adze-handled hamner, the head being attached to the [ landle after the manner of an adze. The improvement consists in merely uaking a larger hole for the handle to ;o into, by which device it has a much inner hold of the head, and can easily 1 >e made extremely tight. Each harnner is hammered out of a niece of j ron, and is tempered over a slow charoal fire, under the inspection of an xperienced man. He looks as though le were cooking his hammers on a ' harcoal furnace, and he watches hem, until the process is complete, as ' cook watches mutton-chops. The neighborhood in which David ' lay dole lived would scarcely have re- 1 [uired a half-dozen new hammers in a ' ear; but one day six carpenters came o work on anew church, and one of . hese men left his hammer at home, ,nd came to David Maydole's blackmith shop to get one made. The car- ' >enter was delighted with it; and, i'hen the other five carpenters saw it, ' hey came to the shop the next day, , ,nd ordered Ave more hammers made. They did not understand all the lacksmith's notions about temperiug , ,nd mixing the metals; but they saw t a glance that the head and handle cere so united that there never was ikely to be any divorce between them. a carpenter building a wooden louse, the removal of that one defect yas a great boon. A dealer in tools in New York city aw oue of these hammers, and then )avid Maydole's fortune was made; or he immediately ordered all the tammers the blacksmith could make, n a few years he made so many hamaers that he employed a hundred and ifty men. Valuable Ad?ice to Young Girls. A lady of intelligence and observaion has remarked, "I wish I could mpress upon the minds of the girls hat the chief end of woman is not to oarry young." If girls could only be rought to believe that their chances r?r h hnnnv mftrriftpe were better after wenty-tive than before, there would < >e less misery in the world than there low is. To be sure, they might not i lavesomany opportunities to marry ,s before, but, as they do not need to narry but one at a time, it is necessary hat one should be satisfactory. As a ;irl grows older, if she thinks at all, he certainly becomes more capable of udging what would make her happy ban when younger. How many girls if twenty would think of marrying i he man they would gladly have mar- I ied at sixteen ? At thirty a woman vho is somewhat independent, and i lot over-anxious to marry, is much larder to please and more careful in i ler choice than one at twenty. There ; s good reason fortius. Her'mind has mnroved with her years, and she now j ooks beyond mere appearances in 1 tidgiiiK men. She i? apt to ask if this i nan who is so very polite in company i s really kind-hcaited. Do his polite i ictions spring from a happy, genial ] iature, or is his attractive demeanor i >uton for the occasion and laid of!" at I tome, as he lays of his coat? A very ; ,'oung girl takes it for granted that j' nen are always as she sees them in so-: I iety- polite, friendly, and on their rood behavior. If she marries enrly he man who happens to please her niwv ?he learns to her sorrow that in line eases out of ten a man in society ind a man at home are widely differ- ' snt beings. Five years at that period j >f life produce a great change in opinons and feelings. We frequently \ :ome to detect at twenty-five what we id mi red at sixteen. The detractor may, and often does, ! mil down others; but he never, as lie j eems to suppose, elevates himself to j1 heir position. The most he ei?n do is! nalicioiiBly to tear from them the bless-j i Dgs which he can not enjoy himself. 1' A Presbytery Puzzled. Here is a story which I heard in tin mountains of Virginia. A part of i was once published, 1 think. Up or the heights in the Old Dominion when the houses are few and many of th< mountaineers know little of the settle menu below, a man of God lived whe took to preaching the gospel in hit own crude way. He was a man o strong character and clear commoi sense. He could just read the Iiiblethat was all?but he got at the heart o things, as his ministry showed, ant drew near to his Master. He was t very plain preacher?a most careless und unguarded man. He told the peo pie the truth without any apologies with all kindness and tenderness o heart. Many were turned from sir unto righteousness, and the Presbyte ry in whose bounds liis work was de termined to ordain him, simply on th< ground of his efficiency and clear cal lo the ministry, though he had no ed iication. He objected. They persist ed. Finally the day was appoiuted and a large company from the moun tains and the valleys below gatherec to witness the examination for licens ing and ordination of this Strang* character. All knew that there woulc be something entertaining in his an swers. The Presbytery assembled the congregation looking on. Johr Leland took his place in front, drop' ping his head into his hands. Thi moderator simply stated the object o the meeting, addressing Mr. Leland The latter looked up, and said : "Mr. Moderator, I'll tell you all ] kuow. It won't take long," and dowj tiis head went into his hands again A. smile went around the assembly. Moderator?"Mr. Leland, do you be lieve that God had a people, choser ind elect, before the foundations o the world ?" Leland?"I don't know what Got was doin' before He made the world Don't know anything about it. I ain' a educated man." Moderator?"Yes, but you must un lerstand me. You certainly believ< that God had a people chosenand elec from all eternity." T.elnml?"No I don't believe that They couldn't a'been onr kind o' folks itnyway ; because our? are made out o the dust of the earth, you know." Moderator?"Mr. Leland, we hav< henrd of your Christian life, of you efficiency and your success, and w< me met to ordain you to the ministry Df the gospel. This is a solemn occa *ion, and you must not make light o the questions. Now, I want to knov if you believe in the total depravity o mankind ?" Leland ?"No, I don't, if you meai by that that men are as bud as the; can be?for the devil ain't any woree'I that, you know." Moderator?"Do you believe in im puted righteousness, and that it is nuf flcient to nave all who have faith?" Leland--''! don't know any right eousness that will save a man win won't do right himself." Moderator?"Do you believe in thi final perseverance of the saints?" Leland?"I don't kuovy what tha means." Moderator?"Well, you believe tha all who are converted will be kept and not fall away." Lelami?"Oh! I don't know how' in in t.h<? spttlements. amonir the edu cated, but I tell you up where we livi we have the awfulest cases of back ididiug." Moderator?"But, Mr. Leland, yoi certainly believe that when a man i converted he will be kept in some way and finally saveil ?" Leland?"I can't tell much abou that till I am saved myself. Don' know anything about It now." Moderator?"You feel that you an t'alled to preach the gospel ?" Leland?"No, I never heard anj Dneeall me." Moderator?"We do not mean tha you heard a voice?anything saidhut that you are called." Leland--"Well, Mr. Moderator, i there wasn't any voice, or anything said, don't know how there could be i call. Never heard any." Moderator?"You believe it is youi duty to preach the cospel to all crea tures!" Leland?"No. I don't helieveitmj duty to preach to the Dutch, for in stance. I can't talk Dutch. If tin Lord wanted me to preach to them, ir someway I could talk Dutch; but ] can't, I never tried." Moderator?"Mr. Leland, you cer tainly desire to see all men come to re pentance, and turn to righteousness Your acta show that. We have heart of your self-sacrificing spirit, your lov< for mankind, and all your good worki to win sinners to the gospel and repen tance." Leland?"Mr. Moderator, I'll tel you the honest truth. I am a litth ashamed of it, but it is God's trutl iust as I tell you. Some days I do fee that way, and then again some o them act so bad I don't care if thi devil gets half of theiu." After the Presbytery had retired t< take counsel over the matter, they re turned and announced that while hii answers had not been entirely satisfac tory in every respect, nevertheless, ir view of his efficiency in preaching they had voted to ordain him, whicr they proceeded to do in the usual man^ uer. After it was over, Mr. Lelanti lifted his head out of his hands straightened himself up, and stooi his full height; looking first at th( Moderator and then all round him, h< said: "Brethren, I've put you to a heap o trouble. I don't know anythingaboul your doctrines, 'n' I told you I didn't I've been doin' the best I could preach in' the gospel as 1 found it in the Bi> hit*. Now, you see, I don't know anything else. Another thing, when tlu >11 jostles put their hands on a man'i - ? At. * A. 1 1 1 head, l reau mai me iuuh mm oumt power or some sense or some knowlt*(lve that lie hadn't afore. Hut now brethren, honest and (rue, right out you've all had your hands on me, and I'm jii!?t as hig a fool as ever I was but I thank you, nevertheless. I'm very much obieeged to you." And so they let him go. "Hear (he other aide," is the maxim r?f the law and common sense, yet how frequently do we hear and read of de liverance based upon ex pctric in tor mation, and it takes a wise man tc look at both sides and decide accordingly. It is well to remember the ancient legend. A dog can look at oik nide of the shield, only a generous knight acknowledges that it has twe sides. A pure heart and a peaceful conscience are a source of unspeakable tranquility and joy. HOUSE AND FARM. [ Less Food Needed In Summer. ? Growth mid waste anil repair go on j in a nearly uniform way the whole 1 year through, but the amount of food ) necessarj' for these operations or purn po^ea is surprisingly small. The genf erationof bodily heat requires a more , variable quantity of food. In Winter, . with the temperature of the external f air at zero, the temperature of the I blood in healthy persons is 98.3 det green, and when the heats of Summer < drive the mercury of the thermometer . near to or above that mark, the blood still registers 98.3 degrees. The mare monhoniom hv wViinh tliia iini-1 , form blood temperature is maintained . at all seasons it is not necessary to con. sider, but it must be evident to every ? one that the force needed to raise the \ temperature of the whole body tonear. ly 100 degrees in Winter, is no longer . needed in Summer. The total amount of food needed for repairs, for growth, I and for heating, physiology teaches; I us, is much less than is generally im. agined,and it impresses us with the ; truth of the great surgeon Abernethy's } saying, that "one-fourth of what we . eat keeps us, the other three-fourths we keep at the peril of our lives." In J Winter we burn up the sulphus food . with a limited amount of extra exer; tion. In Summer we get rid of It lit-1 f erally at some extra risk to health, and, of course, to life. We cannot burn it. Our vital furnaces are bank-' [ fid, and we worry the most important i working organ with the extra exertion of removing what had better never have been taken into the stomach. i Salt a Care for Falling Hair. f "I am very glad of the opportunity 1 eiven me bv the Query *to thank r,^otes ami Queries' for" the recorat mendation of dry salt as a cure for falling hair. My Iiair had come out - frightfully for several months, so that j I dreaded touching it with a brush, t Thinking that salt coujd do no harm, anyway, and remembering the benefit always derived from sea air and bath1 ing, I tried it. and was surprised at ' the result, for after three application." ?and brushing and shaking it out in 2 the morning?not one hair came out r with the most vigorous brushing, i J have used it three or four times a week f since the middle of November, and " notice a perceptible thickening of m> f hair and no disagreeable results what'' ever. The treatment might not be hc f beneficial to every one, of course, but I have written this fully, feeling that 1 I could hardly say too much in praistf of what has been so successful with 1 myself."?Boston Tranncrijit. Hot Water For Sprains.?Hot water is the best thing that can be . used to heal a spraiu or bruise. The 3 wounded part should be placed in water as hot as can be borne for fifteen or e twenty minutes, and in all ordinary cases the pain will gradually disap nonr Hot wjiter anolied bv means of c rw%" - t- i 4cloths is a sovereign remedy for neut ralgia and pleurisy pains. For burns ( or scalds apply cloths well saturated with cool alum water, keening the int jured parts covered from the air. Stewed Potatoes for Breakb fast.?Cut cold boiled potatoes about - the size of a waluut; put them iu a spider with about a pint of milk ; add i considerable pepper, and dredge over s them flour, and let them boil slowly , until the milk looks thick. Put them into a warm vegetable dish, and add a t good-sized piece of butter. Serve hot. 1 A supply of copper wire should be kept on hand by every farmer. It is 2 useful as tieing material in many cases; ih strong, pliable, and not liable f to destruction by rust. Several different sizes will be needed. 1 he asparagus-bed must be attended to early. Fork in a plentiful supply f of fine, well-rotted manure, so as to alr low the rains to carry down the soluJ portions to the roots of the plants. In case of fire, Insurance Companies r become liable for the actual loss or - damages caused thereby, not exceeding the amount insured. f When you have bought one fine - Hi ncr unn mimt htiv ten more. so that """'h J ? ?-- ^ your appearance may be all of a piece. A good kitchen garden saves many dollars in the way of food and doctor's bills. Saved by Kindness. John Roach, the famous ship-builder, believed in the law of kindness in dealing with erring men. Out of the twenty-five thousand men employed by him first and last there were seventy found guilty of criminal conduct. He saved sixty of them. This is his story of the way he reformed a 'confirmed drunkard.' The man was a ; 'master workman.' ITI - u"J iini-ooo Ollll |)A(1 '116 LlllU ICIliuic opibvo, j them pretty often. He would come . raving into the shops, disgracing him3 self and disgusting everybody. When . sober, he was penitent; and I forgave , him, and took him back again. I appealed to him till there seemed to be j nothing left to appeal to. One morn. iug, lie came in after one of his sprees, I and said : 'Mr. Roach, I want you to discbarge me. You can't make anyj thing of me. I have broken my ; promise and abused your trust over ? and over and over. You took me up when I had nothing to do, and you i learned me your trade and paid me I good wages, and have borne with my faults till it ain't human to ask you to 1 bear any more. Now discbarge me.' " 'Mike,' says I, 'I won't discharge . you ; but I'll let you resign. I'll write , .your resignation,'?for an idea struck , me. I went to my desk and wrote : , " 'John Roach : Sir?You helped me when I was penniless. You gave me work when I was idle. You ' taught me when I was ignorant. You j always puid me well. You have borne . with my infirmities over and over. J But I have lost my self-respect, and have not enough regard for you or love for wife and children to behave like a man; and, therefore, T hereby withdraw from your employment.' "I gave it to him, aud said, 'I want ' you to promise me one tiling?that you will always carry this with you, and " * -? * IJ that, wuen auoui iu uikc u ^iaps ui n> quor, you will take this out, sign it, - and mail it to cue before you drink.' He promised solemnly that he would. > He stayed in my employ for years, and ? was never drunk again."?The Pacific. A man who is dissatisfied with ev erything about him exerts a bad influ! <?nce, which tends to unsettle and sour the minds of others, What Others Saj. (J T. Borland in Chiistinn Worker.) Other churches are recognizing th< value of 9ilence. Spunreon says t( hia students, "Do yt>u call me a Qua ker? Herein I follow George Fos moat lovingly. Brethren, rob 1101 your hearts or the deep sea joys; mist not the far-down life, by formal babbling amoner the broken shells and foaming surges of the shore." In one of ni9 Northfield convention: D. L. Moody asked for a time of silenl prayer and some twenty minutes wer< so spent that were characterized a: "blessed" and "powerful." Josepl Parker, of London, says, "It would bt well, if in our brief time of worshij we would set aside a few moments foi absolute silence, no minister to speak no organ to utter its voice, no hymn t< trouble the air. If we could with shu eyes and bowed head, spend five min utes in absolute speechlessness, tha would be prayer, that would be wor shin. The fool would misunderetanc ana think nothing was being done but as the last expression of velocity if rest, so the last expression of eloquenc< is silence, and sometimes the highes liturgy is to be dumb. We have ban ished the angel of silence, the angel o quietude is a nuisance to our fussy civ ilization; we have set noise in th< front ana silence has been exiled froa the church." (& S. Times.) Every gift, every possession, everj attainment, that increases one's possi bilities of well-doing, corresponding!} increases his danger of ill-doing. Th( finer the nature, the more liable it if to contamination and defilement. The most delicately poised balance is tbe most easily deflected, and therefore tht most liable to a false showing. The very refinements of scientific methodj increase the chances of destructive er> rors. He who is capable of making the nicest distinctions in language if in the greatest danger of saying whai he does not mean. It is because mac has virtue that men are vicious; it ii because man has reason that men are unreasonable; it is because man ii made in the image of God that mer are found in the likeness of the Devil Every allurement to vice ought, there fore, to be a reminder of man's capaci ty for virtue; and every skeptica doubt ought to suggest the possibilitiei of personal faith. He who has beer efficient in the service of the Evil One ought thereby to be reminded of hii duty aid privilege of being at least ai efficient in the service of his true Lore and Master. Nothing at this time so stealthily and powerfully threatens the stability of our free institutions as this sam< treasonable doctrine of Romanists that the Pope is or ought to be the civi ruler of all nations. Beit remember ed that Romanism is not only foreigi in its origin, but is alien in its allegi ance. Every true Roman Catholic owes civil, as well as ecclesiastical obedience to a trans-Atlantic sover ?irrn At this verv time a citizen o the United States is under suuniioni to go to Rome to answer for offense) committed in this country. He doei not go against his will, only because (lie Pope has not power to force him The spirit of Romanism is inconsis tent with republicanism. It is rnon arcliical to the core. Why should th< Church of England have ceased a once, at the close of the Revolutions ry War, to exercise authority iu thii country, while the Church of Rom< holds increasing power here until thii day? (Atlanta Constitution.) The trouble is that too many of ou people grow up without any mora teaching. In a fit of enthusiasm o; emotional excitement they join i Church, but it is too late to cute tin evils resulting from their defectiv< moral education. They profess a kinc of theoretical Christianity, and con tinue devoted to the world, the flesh and the devil. This defective contin gent may be found in every Church and it is sometimes large enough to b< a serious drawback. If the lack p: moral training weakens those who art in the Church, it must necessarily work a still greater injury to thos< who are out of it. "Virile." BY K. B. H. In the excellent comments made bj the Editor of the Watchman on tht communication of Rev. W. M. Thayer, April 14, opposing a standing navj as being as un-American as a standing army, I notice the word used above as a caption. It was applied to the American Peace Saciety, as it existed forty years since, in contrast with its present condition. In that sense, and with that meaning, it is not a bad word. At the same time, those of us who, for the past three years, at least, have done our best to rehabilitate the good old cause in Christian esteem, and, in spite of apathy in both the secular and religious press, on the plat form and in the pulpit, Lave succeeded in exciting occasional, local, and (sporadic interest, feel that the newly[born child, "Peace," even after ita I bloody baptism in 1860-65, is still alive and approaches virility. If the Society has not succeeded in exciting public notice, it in, in part at least, because it is limited in pecuniary means. It cannot advertise; it can purchase no pens, subsidize no preachers; but it has voiced, so far as it has been able, the incieasing convictions of the people. It has claimed a hearing before the local churches and the great denominational meetings, as being inside (he lines of Christ's kingdom and deserving a place in the prayers, sympathies, ami benefactions of the Christian church. By some, this claim has been cheerfully admitted. With the lessons of the Civil War burned into our souls, by both physi cal and. moral suffering, such as this nation had not endured since the Revolution, the Peace Society pleads before the people and in the ear of successive Congresses for the way of settlement, when international troubles arise, more moral, more reasonable and more Christian than the old fashion of setting thousands of people to scientifically kill each other. It asks for a permanent High Court of Arbitration. It asks America to lead in its establishment. It asks the churches of America to lead her up to it. Is not this "Virile?" God's sovereignty is not our rule but our resource. It is a mercy to have that taken from us which takes us from God. SCHOOLS. Shortening the Baby, Our haby now Is four months old, A bonnie boy, with hair like gold; ' And Mb long clothes are put away? For Mother Hhortened him to-day. He ha* the lovellest of frocks, All trimmed with lace,and two pink socks, SS I yhflt Fattier bought, the best by far And prettiest In the whole bazar. ; And now the rogue can kick about; ' His little feet go in and out ~ :.>S8 i as inougn tney oouict not rest, and ho Ir Just as happy as can be. Besides, he feels quite proud to-day i Wltli nil his long clothes put away, , And dressed so fine! And then, you know, - ^ We praise the boy, and love him so I r ills grandmamma must see him soon . A'S We all will go this afternoon, i And take the pet, and stay for tea,? - 5 > And what a riot there will be! I At llrst, perhaps, she may not know - ;,<?{ The baby, ho has dwindled so; > But tether guess, and do not say . That Mother shortened him to-day! 1 Stand Up, Yoong Man. ? i t l [ Yes, stand up right before us, while . | we talk to you like a Dutch uncle. "J And what are we going to say ? Just " this: Save something, young man I ' Don't spend all you make, or all you ' get, and run in debt in the bargain. - Don't blow in your earnings on cigars. ' beer, good clothes, or, it may be, a fast girl. Don't run or incline to that sort of business. It is demoralizing, dangerous, deadly. There is nothing that .. ' gives a man more eunobling thoughts " ?bulges out his chest so broadly?fills 7 hiin with such an inspiring sense of ! manliness, as to own something. Try -^9 ii, ana see wnat a nobJe pleasure it is ' to own a piece of land. It may be ; only a few acres. Perhaps an humble , ; village plot, or a more pretentious city ' lot, but to own it?to have, as all your ' :*jjl ' own, that which you have paid for, a : ^0 piece of God's good round earth, is to . ^ ; acquire a feeling of security and inde' pendence which is the most delicious < [ and profitable experience in the world. To step out upon?to plant your feet squarely on some piece of land, some little portion of earth aud feel that it ' is all your own?that you alone possess it, that it has been won by your own endeavors, by toil and struggle, through patient working; to know , mat rue grass tnat greens it, this spot of earth, you own?the violet that J blooms above its verdure, the vines that ornament it are yours to possess ' and enjoy; gladdening the eyes, de- v| * lighting the senses ; that the glad sun , will beautify it and the rains of heaven moisten it into brightening beauty ?all this brings a sense of pleasure and feeling or contentment that can . be realized from no other method of 3 enjoyment. It is freedom, independ" ence?joy! Then to this exquisite j and ennobling sense of possession may be added the delight of a home, and - ^ ' underneath heaven, there is no j<w so pure, so elevating, as a well ordered " home! Beneath the shade of your ' own vine and fig tree, clasping vour ;-ffl ' little ones to your heart, witn wire in ' cj I loving communion, the glories and peace of the home of God is only J above this heaven on earth! Yes, 3 young man! Own a piece of land! I No one, however small his pay, little ^ ? his savings*, but can in due course of ' time have a home of his own?a piece " of the good wide earth all his own! li,wu mnrlf fnr IM Vnnnonnnn orofft I and the State aud the Nation will be the gainer, and humanity the better J off, for the true nobleness of ctyizen, ship is centered in him who hag earn' ed a home, for that home leads to the ^ observance of law, aud respect for constituted authority, inculcates moral and Christian duties and leads to love r for your fellowman and to the fear of j God! Young man, get a piece of land. [ A Good Joke. j Boys are often fond of playing pracj rical jokes. Such things may some. times l>e done, but never to any one's inconvenience. ! In one of our colleges, a professor who made himself very friendly with ? the students, was walking out with an [ intelligent scholar, when they saw an v ? old man hoeing in a corn-field. He r was advancing slowly with his work .. " y'f, ? toward the road, by the side of which lay his shoes. As it was near sunset, the student proposed to play the old man a joke. "I will hide his shoes; - ' we will conceal ourselves behind the . . J OT.L.A* H Dlisues, uuu&cc Ytuai iic yt 111 uu. "No," said the professor, "it would , not be right. You have money , enough; just put a dollar in each of [ the old man's slioes, then we will hide r behind the bushes and see what he . will do." The student agreed to the \ proposal, and they concealed them. selves accordingly. j When the laborer had finished his , row of corn, he came out of the field I to go home. He put on one shoe, felt i something hard, took it off and found , the dollar. He looked around him, but saw no one, and looked up gitite! fully toward heaven. He then put on the other shoe, and found anoth?r dol, lar. He looked at it and looked all around him, but saw no one. He then . knelt upon the ground, and returned thanks to God for the blessing which , had thus been conferred upon him. , The listeners learned from the prayer that the old man's wife and one of his *' children were sick, and that they were very poor; so that the two dollars y&t were a great relief sent to them from heaven. "There," said the professor, "how much better this is than to have hid the old man's shoes." The student's eyes filled with tears, and he said he would never play another joke upon any one, except in kindness. A little boy asked his father why he didn't go to Sunday-school, prayermeetintr. etc. "O," said he, "I'm 'stahlished; no need of my going." A few days after that they were out with a horse and cart hauling wood, and when they came to a hill the horse would not pull, and after all efforts had fniled to get him to pull the father asked the boy, "What do you think is the matter?'' The hoy answered, "O he's 'stablished, father." It is no waste of time to give half a day now and then to the pleasure of children. Aunts, uncles, grandparents, as well as parents, can do a great deal of good in this way. The children will never forget it. It is a humanizing process, that takes the native savaireness out of them, to see their elders devoting themselves to them. The ehildren always know whether the interest in them is real or assumed. He who is not aceustomed to see the kn** ui/lo nf hia follnw'a rharacter J shows the worst side of liis own. -m .?j|S ... < .. .. a