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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. 6Z WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1887. VOLUME XXXII. NO. 14.
Christian Neighbor.
BY REV. SIDI II. BROWNE,
Of the South Carolina Conference*
The war was inevitable. It was bravely
fought and ended. The blue was magnanimous,
the gray was honorable in the
settlement. That each bolieved itself to
be right no intelligent man doubts. That
either wishes to set aside or to challenge
any of the great results of the struggle
" " 1^-1 > ?/Tn rn/'y'x Wccklu.
With what complacency! Counting!
over the corruptions, murders and attendant
and following evils of that unnecessary,
cvitablc war. Hew smoothly and
nicely the Weekly gilds its untemperod
mortar, wiping one side of its mouth
magnanimously for the Xorth and then
the other side honorably for the South,
and, with an air of innocenee, declare,
we "have done 110 wickedness."
If the war was "inevitable" thero was
no wickedness in it, for there can be
neither wrong nor right in any thing
which is unavoidable?inevitable.
The "inevitable" in that war was the
same as in any other porsonal or national
murdor, pillage and destruction. What
a capacious ware-house this "inevitable"
heresy affords to thieves, murderers, liars
and all such, in which to store away their
abominable crimes.
Unf timro woe n onrtain inevitable in
the beginning of that war. It was the
same in principle as the inevitable in the
case of Hymeneus and Alexander (1 Tim.
i: 20) who persistently refusing to receive
the Christian teaching of Paul inevitably
fell under the tuition of Satan, that they
might learn under the rough and bloody
curriculum of the father of lies what they
might have learned under Paul.
"Fools, because of their transgressions
and because of their iniquities, are afflicted."
Psa. cvii: 17.
Rev. Alonzo Webster, D.D.,
Presiding Elder of the Charleston Dis
trict of the South Carolina comerence 01
the Methodist Episcopal Church, (North,)
died August 1, 1887, at Brpttleboro, Vermont,
whither he had gone on a visit a
few weeks before. Dr. Webster had recently
married a second time. His wife
was with him in his last illness and at
his death.
Our acquaintance (of twenty years) and
occasional interviews with Dr. Webster
left no doubt on our tnind that he was doing
what he felt to be a duty to the people
committed to his oversight. He and
we have had not a few stiff discussions
about "North and South," ar.d "white
and colored," and peace and war, but our
disputes never ended in any bad feeling.
While to us and others his views on some
subjects appeared ultra, we became satisfied
that his "nllraism" was in part the
natural result of the teaching he had received
before coming South, and in part
by what ho regarded ultraism in the
Southern whites. Ultra begets ultra,
whether it begins first with A. or with B.
Dr. Weoster's views on some phases of
the "Race question" were, of later years,
much modified if not materially changed.
Dr. Webster was a strong man physically
and mentally?a great worker. His
work is finished and lie ha? been called
from labor to rest.
Rev. John Hemmenway, has recently
been near to death, but is now able to say
in last Messenger of Peace, of which he
is Associate Editor:
"I have recently been, as I thought,
near to death. I did not then expect to
write any moro for the Messenger in behalf
of the precious cause of Peace. But,
through the mercy ot uoa, 1 nm now in
a comfortable state of health, and my life
may be continued a few months and even
years longer.'*
Maj' the Lord prolong the useful life of
John Ilemmenway many years that he
may continue to speak, write, pray and
live in behalf of Peace on earth and good
will toward men. We know of no living
man who is more thoroughly sound and
zealous in Christian advocacy ot peace
and in bis Christian opposition to war?
the world's greatest curse. Life, health
and peace from Ood the Father and our
Lord Jesus Chri9t to our beloved friend
and brother.
How Is It, Indeed,
In discussing theSbehan case the Newberry
Herald and News says:
"By the way, how is it that onr esteemed
contemporary, the News and Courier,
heretofore so anxious for the blood of
some one, has had nothing to say of this
shooting affair."
Others besides the Herald and News
have noticed the absence of the sanguinary
editorials so common on like occasions,
and many are at a loss to account
for it. The only theory we have heard
advanced is that Sheahan is a Catholic,
and that it makes a difference with the
News and Courier as to what kind of an
ox does tlic poring, ism can 11 oe possible
that our leading daily discriminates
in such matters between catholics and
protestants? Its silence in this case is
certainly significant. Usually it is far
ahead of the people in condemning crime,
but here the people held an indignation
meeting, giving expression to their sentiments
respecting the killing anil the
trial, and yet no word on the subject from
the News and Courier. A strange silence,
truly.?Edgefield Monitor.
The Marion District Conference,
Held at Bennettsville, S. C., July 2831,
was well represented. Bishop Duncan
was .severe at times, but did his work
well. "Hides for sale," was suggested
by a visitor.
The next session to be beld at Conway.
Delegates to the S. C. Conference as
follows ! X. Oihson. W. A. Brown. Rev.
W. K. Breeden and C. A. Woods. Alternates
: II. H. Newton and E. Norton.
No revival in the church at Bennettsville
during Conference. Why?
B.
The brother who kindly seut us the j
foregoing brief, adds: "This i9 the best I
can do, having been 21 days and nights I
in a glorious revival in my Circuit, and
still goes on."
Celebrating at Fort Worth, (Aug. 6)
the victory over prohibition a keg of
powder exploded killing two boys and
fatally injuring a third one, and terribly
burning two others that may possibly
survive.
The prohibition cause in Texas Las
been lost by a majority of 50,000 if not
100,000?so reports and countings indicate.
In a private room in the Kimball
House, Atlanta, Ga., at 11 o'clock Sunday
night, Aug. 7, Col. Bud Veal shot
:uid killed E. M. Horn. Roth "prominent"
citizens. What these men and
Col. Sam Venable and several other men
were doing in that room at that hour
' Reporter" says not.
??^ ?
'Richard Woolfolk, wife, six children
find Mrs. West, an aunt of Mrs. Woolfolk,
twelve miles from Macon, Ga., were
found murdered Aug. G, the work of the
j preceding night. Tom <?. Woolfolk, Ron
of Richard Woolfolk by his first wife
was suspected and has been lodged in
! jail.
As was expected the two men of the
company that lynched Culbreath have
been tried and acquitted at Edgefield
O. II. The discount which now-a-days is
put on tile Hie oi murueruu men is icdeemed
by the courts in the high price
put on the life and liberty of murderers.
The loss to the farmers by the recent
Hoods of water is so far a loss in the
productions of tlio country. All other
interests aro more or less affected
thereby. "The profit of the earth is for
all: the king himself is served by the
field."
The Sandw of Sullivan'* Island?The
Wind*?The Tides and the Cause
Thereof.
Sullivan's [sland, August 8, 1887.
Dear Neighbor:
Nothing was said in last week's
letter of the sand that covers "The
Island" to a considerable depth. During
the hieh winds which prevailed for sev
eral davs just past the"sand was shifted
from place to place?hore and there were
mounds on a level with the fence, and
some doors were approachable only on
descending a steep bank of soft white
sand. The street cars wore frequently
delayed by the track being covered, and
if they passed on time down "The
Island" toward the boat-landing it was
no guaranty that they could return a half
hour later and not find the road impassa
Die uy reason or uw uuoujjiug
sand. Eyes, ears, mouth were generously
treated if one ventured to walk abroad,
and housekeepers complained that in
spite of well-covered pots, and great care
in cooking, the food would be gritty even
after all efforts to provent it. Wooden
side-walks facilitate pedestrianism, otherwise
one would of necessity be confined
to the beach at low water in order to enjoy
that exercise?which is made doubly
pleasant here by reason of the fine ocean
view and the delicious breezes. (We ex- .
cept those days when the wind must
have reached the velocity of a gale.)
Lest some of your younger readers
should not understand the philosophy of
the sea breeze we would write a word of
explanation. The land receives and loses
its heat more rapidly than the ocean,
hence during the day as the sun shines
on both, the land atmosphere becomes
lighter than that of the ocean, and, being
so, rises, while the cooler air of the ocean
rushes in to supply the vacuum. This is
our sea breeze. At night a change occurs.
The ocean, losing its heat less rapidly
than the land, is warmer than the continents,
and its atmosphere now rises,
whilo that of the laud moves seaward to
SUppiy lilt) UUUUJBIH.-J', buus bicaung n
breeze from the land toward the ocean.
This little island of ours, however, is foo
small to demonstrate the truth of these
statements.
Now if you feel a wind blowing during
the day and you know it does not come
from the direction of the sea, do not dispute
this philosophy, for there aro many
causes which deflect the wind from this
regular course?mountain ranges, the relation
of the earth on its axis, and others.
Possibly there are some among your
./MiHtful n?-c unonnnoinfArl wi M? f lm
theory of the tides. A few words will,
at any rate, open the subject to them. As
said last week tho tide rises and ebbs
twice every twenty-four hours, comiug
in for six hours ar cl flowing out as long.
We call the moor the satellite of the
earth. In its revolution about us it exerts
an attraction upon the earth across a
a distance of 240,000 miles. Water being
mobllo yields to this attraction, and rises
toward the moon, following it, as it were.
The land, a stubborn solid, resists this influence,
except the small fraction that is
felt throughout the whole sphere. Now
as tho water rises in obodience to tho be
nesi OI lllti moon U IllUVOS III ?it;ak illicit
across the bosom of the ocean, following
the controlling power. In mid-ocean
these swells are scarcely perceptible, bnt
when they meet the coasts of the continents
they break upon the shore, olimbhiglier
and higher upon the beaches for
six hours. During the next few hours
the moon's influence is exerted upon the
continent adjacent, and the tide is
left to ebb, or flow out. Our satellite
is now upon the opposite side of the
earth?twelve hours after our high tide?
and while it there raises a tide by direct
attraction we havo our second tide of the
twenty-four hours by reason of the earth
beingdrawn away, as it were, from our
ocean, and our waters are left in a manner
piled up, and roll in upon our beaches.
For the sake of simplicity we said
just now that twelve hours after our high
* *'" ?? A nwln r?f
LIUU 1/lItJ I1IUUII WiVJ UII IUC oiuo v*
the earth, but, in reality, it is in advance
of that position, for though the waters of
the sea yield to the moon's attraction they
do not so immediately, but only at an interval
of a few hours after the moon has
passed above them. Let the interested
student seek an explanation of the fact
that the tide comes in nearly fifty minutes
later on every succeeding day. Yes,
the moon rises later each night* by the
same timo, but why ?
If the shore of t6e continent be smooth
and gradually shelving, the tide rises to
the height of only a few feet, four or five ;
if, however, the coast be rocky and precipitous
the effort of the water to yield to
the moon's attraction is met by sudden
and sharp resistance, consequently it is
forced to amazing heights, especially if
the coast be deeply indented with narrow
bays and inlets. This is notably the case
in the Hay of Fundy, where the tide
reaches sixty feet.
Enough. Visitor.
The fifteenth annual session of the Darlington
county Sunday School Conference,
M. E. Church South, was held in
the Methodist church in Florence July
28, 29.
The committee on the general state of
the Sunday schools reported marked improvement
in the growth of the schools
in their systems.
The report of this yoar is as follows:
No. ol officers, 29; No. of teachers, 138 ;
No. of scholars, 1,532; total >jo. 1,719.
NO. of classes, in ; uomnouuon 10 scnooi
fund, $288.50; to missionary fund, $45.12;
total contribution, $333.62. Books in
library, 846; No. joined the church, 198 ;
No died, 8. Only one school suspends in
winter. Ten schools made no reports.
Average attendance, 1,052.
Wesley Chapel was elected as the place
for the next annual Sunday School Conference.
The London Herald of Peace says that
William Jones, the Acting and efficient
Secretary of the London Peace Society,
expects to visit America this Autumn, to
endeavor to promote the cause of peace
and international arbitration.
COMMONS.
The Two DIscorcrers. o
They sny that Just about the time p
Ttie brave Columbus crossed the sea, *
And set the nations all agog 11
With his new-world discovery. p
A dandy of Italian birth. a
Moved by desire for social sway, S<
Invented for bis ornament p
The button of our later day.
ttto hoiro conn TnuontInn'fi ?-v
Ami read the wonder In her eye, '
When In her contribution-box
The goddess saw a button lie! 8<
Undying Is the worthy fame ri
The sturdy navigator won. p
And yot, without the dandy's wit u
We surely had been still undone. f
We owe to one our native land, g
Its mountains, streams and valleys dear, ?
Yet to the other one, as well, u
We owe another hemisphere. M
Ask of the patriot how much ^
'Twas given that sailor bold to bless, tl
Hut wouldst thou know the other's meed, y
Go, nsk it of the button less r c|
We praise theo both, we honor thee, r<
Yet, nameless one, ere life was gone.
Would that thou hadst the secret left,
Some way of keeping buttons on! 11
si
Value of a Doctor's Services. 9<
a
I was called at midnight to visit a rr
gentleman who had just returned a'
from a late dinner, where he had succeeded
by hasty eating in lodging a
large fish-bone in his throat. I provided
myself with an emetic, a pair of
oesophagus forceps, and other para- I
pliernalia designed to give him relief, S
and hurriedly repaired to his room.
I found him pacing up and down the k
floor with a look of intense distress C
and anxiety, occasionally running his
fingers down his throat and gagging, tl
He told me, in tones of despair, that
he thought it was all up with him, but
begged me, if the least glimmer of E
hope remained, to proceed at once in
my efforts to relieve him. He extrav- o
agantly declared in the generosity of I
spirit begot by the vividness of his si
fears, thai he would give a million ri
dollars to have that fish-bone removed, b
I assured him that such cases were fl
freuuent. and ordinarily not attended
with much danger, before proceeding It
to carry out measures for relief. His
fears underwent some diminution on 1
the strength of this, and he then declared
that fifty thousand dollars tl
would no more than repay the skill g
and art required to extricate the un- b
welcome intruder. I smiled and proceeded
to introduce the forceps, but after
several attempts failed to grasp the tl
bone. His fears again induced bim to n
mention a fabulous sum as the meed of si
the service that would expel the ob- h
ject of his terrors. I then gave him
the emetic, its depressing effect caus- i
ing his generosity to rise again, barometric-like,
to a very high pressure, a
In a little while the emetic disburdened
him of the greater part of his dinner,
and with it up came the fish-bone, b
He gave a sigh and a look of relief, si
and solemnly looking toward me said, h
"Doctor, I wouldn't have that thing
in my throat again for $5!" My fee tl
eventually resolved itself into the
"valuable experience" that the occa- ai
sion afforded me.?Mcdical Record. a
Boys and Trades. n
u
A short time since a correspondent *(
of a Southern paper, who evidently f
knew how to wield something besides U
his pen, and this he uses to a good
purpose, made some observations, P
from which the Jeweler'? Journal ^
miiAfoo no fntlnnro
Vj WVl/CD (to tUi iW??o,
"I believe," says the writer, "ill E
schools where boys can learn trades. e
Peter the Great left his throne and
went to learn how to build a ship, and
he learned from stem to stern, from a
hull to mast, and that was the begin- I~
ning of his greatness. I knew a n
young man who was poor and smart, ii
A friend sent him to one of these n
schools up North, where he staid two b
years and came back as a mining en- b
gineer and a bridge builder. Last g
year he planned and built a cotton fac- u
tory, and is getting a large salary, p
How many college boys are there in 1?
Georgia who can tell what kind of na- p
tive timber will bear the heaviest bur- b
den, or why you take white oak for "
one part of a wagon and ash for anoth- y
er, and what timber will last longer tl
underwater and what out of water? a
How many know sandstone from k
limestone, or iron from manganese? v
How many know how to cut rafter or c
brace without a pattern ? How many n
know which turns the faster?the top tl
of a wheel or the bottom?as the wag- ri
on moves along the ground ? How si
many know how steel is made, and ri
how a snake can climb a tree? a
"How many know that a horse gets o
up before and a cow behind, aud the c
cow eats grass from herand the horse h
to him? How many know that a sur- p
veyor's mark on a tree never gets any m
higher from the ground, or what tree ti
bears fruit without bloom ? t<
"There is a power of comfort in t
knowledge but a boy is not going to d
get it unless he wants it bad, and that m
is the trouble with most college boys, t;
they do not want it. They are too tl
bnsy, and haven't got time. There is c
more hope of a dull boy who wants t<
knowledge than of a genius, for a ge- "
nius generally knows it all without a
study. These close observers are the h
world's benefactors." 11
Married Jt oiks houiu ue nappier. ;j
If expenses were proportioned to re- *
ceipts. t]
If home troubles were never told to
a neighbor. n
If they would try and be as agreea- S(
ble as in courtship days. v
If each would try to be a support a
and comfort to the other.
If each were as kind to the other as rI
when they were lovers. v
If each remembered that the other v
was a human being?and not an angel, e
If men were as thoughtful for their ?
wives as they were for their sweethearts.
If both parties remembered that tl
they married for worse as well as for ij
better. a
If there were fewer silks and velvet v
street costumes, and more plain, tidy o
home dresses. tl
If there were fewer 'please darlings' jj
in public, and more common manners v
in private. t
c
The sin we committed long ago is t
not only laid up against us," but is t
working out its natural effects in giv- s
inguspain. We are therefore suffer- 1
ers from it, which, in one sense, is to I
be regretted, but from another point t
of view we are gainers, for the sting a
j keeps us in memory and urges us to t
repentance. I
It is all very fine to give what is not
thine. I
War on Christian Principles.
Hno nf Mm nnn rl i t inlic r\f tlio trpntv
f Mexico with the United States, it
* said, is that any future war which
lay break out between the two counries
shall be conducted on Christian
rinciples. Now, we all know this is
n age of progress, and that in all
:>rts of matters, but war on Christian
rinciples is certainly the latest, and
t it is carried out, we think it will
rove the greatest of them all.
Just imagine it; we think we can
3e two armies drawn out in battle ar?y.
A fair field is before them; the
ositions are taken, the great guns are
nlimbered. General Scott (the
Fnited States general) is just about to
lve the order to fire, when an aid-deamp
comes up and respectfully relinds
him that the war is to be conucted
on Christian principles, and
iat it will not do to fire. "Very true,
ery true," savs the commander-intiief;
"but wnat are they. I have
jad Vauban, and Scheiter, and Turjne,
and Coehorn. I have read the
ves of the old conquerors, and I have
:udied the campaigns of the greatest
)ldiers, but I never happened to come
cross these principles m any work on
lilitary art. Do you know anything
bout it, colonel?''
"No," says the colonel.
"Noryou, major?"
"Nor I, either."
"I really don't know how to begin ;
suppose it would not do to shoot,
uppose we send for the chaplain."
The chaplain arrives?"Do you
now anything about this fighting on
hristian principles?"
"Oh, yes; it is the easiest thing in
tie world."
"Where are the books?"
"Here:" the chaplain takes out the
ible.
"Really," says the General, "we
ught to have thought of this before,
t is a bad time to commence the
iudy of tactics when the enemy is
ight before us; but I suppose we are
ound by the treaty. What is the
rstTthing, Mr. Chaplain?"
"Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt
>ve thy neighbor as thyself."
"But these are not my neighbors,
'hey are Mexicans."
"The same book tells us a little fur!ier
on, that the opportunity to do
ood to a man makes him our neignor."
"Will you go on, Mr. Chaplain ?"
"Love your enemies. Do good to
iiem that hate you. Pray for them
nat deapitefully use you. If a man
mite thee on the right cheek, turn to
im the other also."
"But while we are praying for the
lexicans they will be firing into us."
"No : they are bound by the treaty
Iso. It works both ways."
"Then what is the use of our arms ?"
"This is all provided for in the same
ook. Beat your swords into ploughtiares,
and your spears into pruning
ooks."
"Then I don't see as there is anyling
for us to do here."
"Nothing, unless you send over and
3k Santo Anna (the Mexican Gener
Ij ir ne neeus anyinmg in wie way m
ledicines, provisions or clothing; I
ither think the treaty requires this of
s. And I don't know but we ought
) send them a few schoolmasters, for
understand they are a shockingly
jnorant people."
"But how do you ever know which
arty conquers in this fighting on
hristian principles?"
"That is the great beauty of it.
loth sides conquer, and there are nevr
any killed and wounded."
During the war between the French
nd the English, in 174-3, one John
[ay wood was seized with sudden illess
and carried to the hospital. Dur->rr
hici uinlrnouu Mil) hnttlf* ftf FVllltp
*b " ? - --- - oy
occurred. A young man was
rought in wounded, and placed on a
ed near to Haywood. Ho was in
reat mental agony, loudly andcotitlnally
bewailing his departure from his
rinciples. Hay wood at last called to
im: "Young man, what are your
rinciples?" He said that he was
rought up in the Society of Friends.
But," repeated Haywood, "what cire
our principles ?" He then explained
Liat the principles of Friends were
gainst wars and fightings, and not to
ill but to love your enemies. Conictlon
of the excellence of these priniples
was sealed upon Haywood's
lind. He recovered and returned to
decamp: and on a day of great paade,
to the utter astonishment of the
aldiery, he stepped forward out of the
ink, and laid* down his gun. The
mazement was heightened when two
thers, with whom there hud been no
ollusion, also stepped forward and
?id down tlieir guns. They were
laced under arrest. Sentence of death
ras passed upon them by a court-mar-1
ial. Haywood was visited and urged
> retract, with promises of pardon. J
le told them he was ready to lay
own his life; he was convinced that
rar was inconsistent with Christian!y,
and he could not retract. The
ime of execution came. Their old
omrades pointed their muskets, and
>ok aim, waiting the command to
fire I" while they, most tranquil of
U the host, were strengthened from
eaven, I ween, by "ministering spir:s
sent forth to minister to them that
liall he heirs of salvation." At this
loment their pardon was proclaimed,
'heir case having been presented to
[ing George IT, lie gave orders that
tiey should he tested to the very last;
hut." said he. "God forbid that any
ian should be put to death for cohcience
sake under my reign." Hayrood
afterward narrated that he was
lready in heavenly places, his soul
lied with peace, ready to depart,
'hey returned to England, and here
re lose sight of the other two. Hayrood
joined the Quakers, became au
minent minister, and died in a good
Id age.? William J. AUintson.
Home Courtesies.?"I am one of
liose whose lot in life has been to go
nto an unfriendly world at an early
ge; and of nearly twenty families in
fhich I made my home in the course
f about nine years there were only
hree that could be designated as liap y
families; and the cause of trouble
k-as not so much the lack of love as
be lack of care to manifest it." The
losing words of this sentence give
he fruitful source of family alienaions,
of heartaches innumerable, of
ad faces and gloomy home circles.
'Not so much the lack of love as the
aek of care to manijesi it.-- i\oi more
ban three happy families in twenty!
iUd the cause so easily remedied ! In
he "small courtesies of life" what
>ower resides!
The time to bury a hatchet is before
dood is found upon it.
HO USE AN D FA RM
Advantages of Whitewash.
Whitewash has many uses, political
and moral, (or immoral rather) as well
as economic. But as a fire extinguisher
it has not been hitherto generally
recognized here. "Do you know/'
said a scientific gentleman the other
day, "that it is next to impossible to
burn a whitewashed fence? And do
tmn Irnnw that in l?ronnfl
j"u "-"v" ) 'uhum, l'i"v .11 1 iuxw,
protect frame and the interiors of other
buildings from fire, the walls,
beams, joists and the under side of
floorings are thickly coated with lime
wash before they are placed in position?
It is so, and if this course,
which has prevailed abroad almost
from time immemorial, were adopted
here, it would save many a house,
many a village, from destruction. I
do not mean to say that it will prevent
the spread of a fire once under great
headway; but from its uninflammable
character it is a guard against the
prime ignition that often leads to dire
results.'' This little hint set the writer
to making inquiry among competent
authorities, and full confirmation
of the doctor's words was the outcome.
Care of Roses.
The rose is a great feeder and it
must have a plentiful supply of nutriment
within easy reach in order to do
its best. Take some turf from a pasture
lot and cut it up into small pieces
with a spade and mix it with an ecjual
bulk of old cow manure. If to this is
a/I/Ia/I a r* ?i ar\f knalron Kriiina o
auucu a v^uauuuj ui kji uxvt 11 uuugo( u
compost will be formed which the
roots of the rose will revel in. The
plant can be removed from the ground
and then a bed prepared from three to
five feet in diameter with the above
mixture, and then the plant may be
replanted. A trench about eighteen
inches away from the bush can be cut
all around, cutting of! the side roots
underneath, below the surrounding
pile of earth. When this has been
done fill the compost material and give
it a good watering. Numerous new fibrous
roots will form and be ready in
the spring to supply the plaut with
sap.
Keep a fruit-jar that ha9 a cover, full
of dissolved gum tragacanth, or gum
arabic. Have a brush with a ring in
the cutoff handle, so that it may be
hungup wben not in use. ir scraps
of paper get loose on the wall, a moment's
work will put them on again as
good as new. When the house is papered
always save the scraps or get an
extra roll. It is but the work of a momeut
to put on a fragment of paper
that has been torn off, and it improves
the appearance of the house wonder!
fully. If the plastering is broken, or
a place dug out by some careless expressman
or mover of furniture, before
the paper is put on wet a spoonful
of plaster of Paris and fill the place.
Let it dry and then put on the paper.
It will look decidedly better, and will
pay for the trouble it takes.
Carpets.?Be sure and take up your
carpets this spring, and this fall, and
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every Spring uuu mil, uuu urai< Liiciu.
Carpets are generally considered unhealthy;
which saying is correct, provided
they are left on the floor from
one year's end to the other without
proper dusting and airing.
One woman was heard to say that
she had'nt had the brussels carpet on
her parlor up for seven years, and it
was just as bright and nice as 011 the
dav it was put down. Perhaps it was;
but from the musty atmosphere of that
room, there might be typhoid fever
lurking in every nook and corner.
Beds.?Four times a year have the
beds and mattresses beaten and shaken
in the open air; once a year, if
needed, have the latter remade.. If
bedsteads or boards of a room contain
unpleasant intruders, expel them at
once by brushing every.crevice with
strong brine and let it crystallize on,
" *?wrtmnin niofanH r?f rumnvinff if
UliU J3U 1C1IIM111 KIOIIVUU V* IVlilMilOg aw*
Be careful in this process to brine the
floors before taking tbe bed to pieces.
How to Cure Warts.?Place the
thumb upon the wart, and press it
against the bone. Move the wart back
and forth upon the bone until the roots
become irritated and sore, when the
wart will disappear. I have had quite
a number upon my hands, and have
got rid of all of them in the above
manner.
A i.^,1 1 ftllswl
A 1UUKICU ui iiidiru Ii'inuu, iiiick
while hot with sugar, and eaten still
hot, just before retiring, will often
break up a cold.
A Darkey of Business.
Mr. Archibald Forbes (ells an amusing
story, rather at his own expense,
of his gratification at the apparent desire
of the "man and brother" for
highest intellectual culture. On arriving
at the station at West Chester,
Pennsylvania, where he was to lec
ture, a ciarKey caoman onereu ins services
to convey him to the hotel. On
arrival, Mr. Forbes asked the extent of
pecuniary remuneration expected for
the assistance. The darkey replied,
"Well, sah, if you jus' gib me a ticket
to the lectur', sail, I should be right
glad." This unusual request from a
cabman struck him as not only singular
and laudable, but as quite complimentary
to himself, so he said, "Certainly;
and haven't you a missis?"
"Oh yes, sah, J'se got a missis."
"Well you shall have one for her;"
and Mr. Forbes requested his agent to
hand to the knowledge-seeker the requisite
cards. On reaching the lecture
room he cast a glance over the audience
to discover his colored friend; but
he had not arrived, nor did he put in
an appearance. The next morning, 011
getting into the same cab to go to the
station, Mr. Forbes said' "I didn't see
you at the lecture last night!" "No
sah; I were not dar," "But I gave
u/^ii linkptH for vourself and wife?"
"Yes, sail; T know dat, sail; but you
see, > ah, I jes' sold them tickets for a
dollar, sah, 'cause I don't know much
'bout lectures, and I thought I'd radder
hab de cash, sah."
Ocean travelers do not know the
terrible ordeal the stokers undergo.
The steamer Umbria has seventy-two
furnaces, which require 350 tons of
coal per day, at a cost of $20,000 per
T'AUOfTP Ono hundred and four men
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are employed at the furnaces. Oue
stoker tends to tour furnaces, rushing
from one to another, spendiug three
minutes at each. Then he dashes to
the air-pipe, takes a turn at cooling off,
and waits for his call to go through the
same operation. Four hours of scorch
J ing and eight hours of sleep make up
[the routine of life,
gjSS'
What Others Say.
{Sam Jones.)
The man who hears to the greatest
profit what his pastor has to say is the
man who has prepared himself to
hear it.
Repentance of a soul on its way to
God is just like what the alphabet is
to a human being when he is first
learning it.
Most anybody can do a thing they
feel like doing, but it takes a true man
to do a thing when he doesn't feel like
doing it.
I want to see the day when voluntary
contributions will support the
church, and when it will be a crime to
hire a pew in it.
"We always have got enough nice
people to look after the nice penitent.
I want always to look after the ruined
and degraded.
The power of the pulpit is in the
pew. It is rough to put a preacher in
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an lucuuA auu liicij uumc iiilu ucuuuac
he will not sweat.
If you were to pardon a sinner and
leave him alone, just as he is, he
would be back again like the hog, and
wallow in his dirt.
I never want to be in that party
which wants to get as near the gates of
hell as it can, and yet keep an entryway
into heaven.
They have been after me about my
grammar long enough to straighten
me out, but I always try to adapt my
cfvlo fn mir nnn/>i*orro flnn
WV4V vw "V w"5^6?"w"*
I don't ask for your indorsement, or
for any man's indorsement, for if you
were to indorse me I might not be able
to return the compliment.
A preacher shall never have hut one
lick at me when he points out anything
that I am doing that is inconsistent
with my Christian profession.
David was a great sinner, Dut David
was a magnificent repenter. He beat
any man of his day sinning, but he
also beat them all repenting.
I have often wondered where the
great store-house of God's music was,
from which he supplied the bird*, and
other musical agencies.
There may be a lot ot eople who
can beat me in living right, but there
shall not be auy man who can beat me
repenting of anytfling I do wrong.
(Abbeville Medium.)
A short time ago the Columbia Record
and the Greenville News engaged
a discussion as to whether the title of
"Mr." should be used in newspaper
articles. We cannot recall on what
side the respective papers were arrayed.
We have positive views on the
subject. The name of a person of any
distinction is enough without the prefix.
Only a small fry should have
"Mr." put in front of their names.
This rule applies when the Christian
name is used and it is in good style to
use "Mr." onlv when the surname is
given. The best newspapers in the
country have left off these titles even
in marriage notices and obituaries except
where the bride or the deceased
happens to be married, or a widow,
and then "Mrs." is used.
(Richmond Advocate.)
"The Mormon missionaries 'compass
heaven aud earth to make one
proselyte,' and the Sisters of Charity
encounter the hardships and perils of
war. pestilence and famine to enforct
the false claims of their Church upon
the world. If the thousands of Christians
who throng the public highways
in summer were animated with an
equal zeal for the cause of Christ, there
is no limit to the probable effect upoi:
the social body."
(Religious Telescope.) A
It is a good and safe rule to sojourn
in every place as if you meant to spend
your life there, never omitting an opportunity
of doing a kindness, 01
speaking a true word, or making.xi
friend. Seeds thus sown by the wayside
often bring forth an abundan!
harvest. You might so sojourn among
strangers that they should be better
and happier, through time and eternity,
for your words and your example.
(Christian Standard.)
The more closely we walk with God
the more clearly will we understand
the real condition of this present
world. I can learn more about the
course and destiny of the world by
reading the pages of the Bible than by
reading the newspapers.
Men see and understand guilt a little
when it starts upon them in a new
and unexpected forru, while they are
entirely blind to far greater enormities
which they themselves have assisted
to make common. The whole city of
Boston was shocked by the disclosure
of a scene of vice and cruelty. ]t was
cock-fighting. Unrelenting wretches
prepared their victims for the contest
by sawing off their spurs and fastening
deadlier oues of steel upon the
bleeding trunks. Then having forced
the innocent animals to a quarrel, they
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sai around 10 enjoy iue spcuiauic. hm.
when the same experiment is tried
with men, the world looks on calmly.
Military leaders bring men together
by thousands, men who have no quarrel,
and would gladly live in peace.
They drive them up together, front to
front, and having armed them with
weapons of torture and death, which
Nature never made, they succeed, by
compulsion and malicious art, in getting
the first blows struck and the first
blood flowing. This they call getting
the men engaged! There is no trouble
after tliat. The work goes on; a
work of unutterable horror! And
what do mankind say to this? Why,
a few Christian moralists remonstrate;
but the great mass of men gather
around the scene, as near as they can
get to it by history and description,
and admire the systematic arrangements
of the battle, and watch the
progress and the maneuvers of the
hostile armies as they wouia cne
changes of a game of chess. But
when it comes to sawing oft' the spurs
of a game cock and exasperating him
against his fellow, Oh! that is shocking
cruelty! that, they can not bear!
A gentleman, conversing with a
Brooklyn lady about the absurdity of
female apparel and the frivolity of
fashionable life, exclaimed : "Is there
on earth a bigger fool than a mere woman
of fashion ?" Her questioner
considered himself shut up and put
down like a disagreeable lx>ok when
" i-J? . n\oo flio man
me iauy uuswcu? ?vw9 ***%,
who admires her."
Let not a man trust his victory over
nature too far; for nature will lie buried
a long time, and revive upon the
occasion of temptation.
True friends visit us in prosperity
only when invited, but in adversity
they come without invitation,
SCHOOLS. ||||
The Eldest.
BY ELEANOR A. HUNTER. y jgSi
When the minister came to see an,
He pat In the easy-chair.
And dear little Bess came shyly,
And stood by his elbow there.
His face it was solemn and wrinkled,
Hlfl vaIao tror? ervovo on*l Ia?< ,
He wore wonderful gold-bowed classes,
And his hair was white as snow.
He lifted the little maid gently,
And perched her upon his knee,
And said to her. "Are you the eldest
Of all the family?"
Rhe looked rather timid and awe-struck, '
And scarcely could speak at all;
But she answered honestly, "No, *ir ;
Papa U the oldest of all."
' What a child!" cried mamma and auntiM,
While Bess sat still In affright;
But knew she had said something fUnny,
When the minister laughed outright.
It Pays to do Right.
ANNIE A. PRESTON.
As Walter Perry went running across
the frosty field near his home, V*?1
one late autumn morning, he came abruptly
upon a dainty young girl, who
wasstandinc lookinc ahont her n? if
perplexed.
As the lad approached she glanced
up at him in such a shy, half-inqulr- ? , Agm
ine way that he said, politely :
"Good-morning, miss. You are a
stranger here. Can I be of service in
any way?"
"O, thank you," she replied eagerly.
"I think I must have lost my way. I
came only last night to Grandpa Perry's
and I was so anxious to see my
cousins at Uncle William's that I hurried
off alone this morning. Grandma
told me where to go, and said I
should find no trouble; but I bad no vtffl
idea which way to turn." * .
"I will show you, with pleasure,"
said the lad, "if you will allow me to
walk on with you. Shall I take your ^
basket?" And as he took it from her
arm he thought she looked like a big,
walking doll, in her blae suit, grey
fur, and cherry-colored stockings ana
ribbons.
"The basket is a little heavier than I
expected it to be," she said, as she gave
it up. "It is only fruit ana confection- ' !i|S
ary for my cousins, Alice and Fred.
Do you know them?"
"Ob. ves." said the lad. "and I am
sure they will not consider it necessa- . H
ry for you to bring presents to make
yourself welcome."
The little girl laughed brightly. .
"Are you really and truly a country
boy ?" she asked.
"Really and truly," laughed Walter,
in response. "Why?"
"I hardly know, only I never saw a
country boy, and I supposed they were
somewhat different." ; J?
"In what way? I have seen a good
many city girls, and after 'ymi get acquainted
they are just as nice as country
girls. Sometimes they are a little
prim to begin with, until they learn , Vf C-?
that country people are not savages." r'fB
.IT j! i_ii * * i. J xt ni_^
"i aiuu-c expect 10 nua uiem iik? vm
that; but I suppose?well, that they
would not talk quite properly."
"If they care to keep up, why
; should they fall one whit benind in ,
, that way ? They have the same books <
and papers, and more time to study
' and read. But this is the house; 1 '"jlgB
am quite familiar here." And open- -e?S
ing the door he ushered his companion
into a large, pleasant, south-east M H
room, where the sun was shining,
birds were singing, flowers were
blooming, and a cat was purring upon B'3|l
a cushion before a blazing, crackling, ga'aSj
wood Are.
TwJ'What a lovely room," said the Jit- M?1??
J tie girl; and Walter called: '
"Come, mamma, and kiss Cousin
i Nettie, and please to introduce me
properly, so that I may kiss her too." ;$f|
1 "Oh, you fweet child," exclaimed a B
' gentle, motherly woman, taking the
; little girl in her arms while, between
; laughing and crying, she managed to
say:
"Is it really my Cousin Walter?
How funny! And I have been saying
to myself all the way across the field :
'I do hope my Cousin Walter will be
nice and gentlemanly like this boy.'"
"It pays to do right and to be gentlemanly
and polite," said Walter, as
' he went out to help his mother about
, the dinner. ''I have thought a good
many times that you were too particu
Jar aoout us cmiuren ; uut i uiaim
you for it now." And the big boy
gave his mother an affectionate hug
and kiss.
Two TTays of Looklug at Things. ,
When it rain9 one man says: "This
will make mud." Another: "This
will lay the dust."
Two children looking through colored
glasses, one said: "The world ii
blue." And the other said: "It ia
bright."
Two boys eating their dinner; one
said: "I would rather have some other
thing than this." The other said:
"This is better than nothing."
A servant thinks a man's house is
principally kitchen. A guest, that it
is principally parlor.
"1 am sorry mar i live," says one . <
man. 411 am sorry that I must die,"
says another..
"I am glad," says one, "that it is no
worseam sorry," says another,
"that tt%jio better."
One ujjih counts everything that he
has a gain. Another counts everything
else than he receives a loss.
One man spoils a good repast by
thinking of a better repast of another.
Another one enjoys a poor repast by
nnntrnstinir it with none at all.
Do Your Best.
"When I was a little boy," said a
gentleman one day to a friend with
whom he was talking, "I paid a visit
to my grandfather. He was an aged
man, and wore a black velvet cap and
knee breeches with large silver buckles
at the knees. When I went to say
good-bye to him, he put me between
his knees, kissed me kindly, and then
laying his hand on my head, he said,
'My dear boy, I have only one thing,
to say to you. win you ur auu iemember
it ?' I looked him in the face
and said, "I will, grandpa." "Well," x
said he, "it is this: whatever you
have to do, always do the beat you
can." This was my grandfather's legacy
to me. It was worth more than
thousands of gold and silver. I never
forcot his words, and have always
trieci to act upon them."
The heart that trusts forever slogs,
And feel6 as light as It had wings.
Id a look, a word, a tone, how much
of happiuess or disquietude may be
communicated! v
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