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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1971887. VOLUME XXXII. NO. 23. IS Tfl WE! i - j. In accordance with he ac i to raise supplies for the fiscal year com- ] mencing November 1st, 1886, notice is hereby given that the Treasurer's office J of Abbeville County will be open for the ( collection of taxes ' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1887. * Taxes can be paid until December 15th without penalty. The rate per centum of taxes, is as follows : State purposes 41 mills. County current 31 " County special 1? " Schools 2 " Total 11 " Poll tax J1.00. Male citizens between twenty-one and fifty years are liable to Poll tax. Tax payers in Ninety-Six and Cokesbury townships are notified that the tax to pay the interest on the Bonds in aid of the Atlantic, Greenville and Western I r Railway Company, amounting to 23 mills in Ninety-Six and 3 mills in Cokesbury will be collected at the same time as the State and County taxes, and will be subiect to the same penalties in case of non- 1 payment. , In order to further the .collection of the J taxes and to accommodate the tax payers J1 as far as I am able I have arranged the > following schedule of appointments, and ? request the tax payers will take due no- ? tice thereof as the office at the Court t, House will necessarily be closed on those 1 days: Verdery, Tuesday, November 1st. 1, Bradley, Wednesday, November 2nd. e Troy, Thursday, November 3rd. McCormick, Frida}*, November 4th and " Saturday morning till 11 o'clock. Bordeaux, Saturday afternoon, Novem- T ber 5th. n Willington, Monday morning, Novem- T ber 7th until 12 o'clock. T Lowndesville, Monday afternoon, No- ? yemoer i in iroin & u uiuub. ?uu iuosua>y, November 8th. Ml. Carmel, Wednesday, November 9th. Office at Court House the other days of v that week. I NineLy-Six, Monday, November 14th J from arrival of down train until depar- 1( ture of up train next day. ? Greenwood, Tuesday afternoon, No- p yeraber 15th and Wednesday morning t( November 16tli. v Hodges, Thursday, November 17th un- P til 8 o'clock. T Donnaldsville, Friday, November 18th. \ Due West, Saturdav, November 19th. ei O The remainder of the time I will be in e< the office at the Court House. All information as to taxes will be ? cheerfully given bv mail or otherwise. J. W. PERRIN, County Treasurer. I Sept. 14, 1887, tf GOOD ? Lumber at Cheap Bates a J. W/Wharton 2 0 VERDERY, S. C. n 18 PREPARED TO FURNISH ALL KINDS of LUMBER on short notice and at low prices. CEILING. FLOORING. FRAMING TIMBERS and BLANKS of every description. All orders promptly and faithfully filled on shortest notice at lowest prices for cash. Address J. W. WHARTON, Verdery, S. C. August 24, 1887, 3m Buggies, T Phaetons and Wagons 1 in Of all Sizes and Prices. [' si b WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF OUR t own make on hand that will be sold for less money thau we will take orders for at WHOLESALE PRICES. I p This is your time to get first class work for less money than you have had before or will get again soon. We also have on hand a stock of WESTERN BUGUIES and WAGONS which will bo sold as cheap as can be by anybody. jSeal. Mcllwaine & Co.1 Sept. 21, 1887, 3m. a GINNING AND PACKING. I HAVE two first-class gins at work in my ? gin house near the Depot. Capacity fifteen u> twenty uaiw a uaji Charge for ginning and packing, 1 The Twenty-Fifth. Every effort will be made for the accommodation of customers, and as little delay as possible in doing work. t. w. McMillan, I Abbeville, S. C. \ Sept. 7, 1887. 3m j J . , For Sale or Rent. House and lot ox magazine hill. ' Newly built. Four rooms ami hull with good well. Garden, stables, barn and cabin ' Splendid location. For terms apply to T. L. DOUGLASS. j j Sept. 21,18S7,4t Abbeville, S. C. < k PPLICATION will be made at the next ii sitting of the Legislature of South Carolina for the charter of a Railroad from Abbeville Court House to Savannah River in the direction of Washington, Ga., or Macon, Ga. i. Sept. 21,1887. 3m | Master's Sale. The State of South Can COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COUKT OF COMMON PLEAS. .Vdger Griflin Alexander against Eliza Alexander etal.?Partition. ]>Y virtue of an order of sale made 1J above stated ease, I will offer for public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. Saleday in November, 18S7, within tli liours of sale, the following describe irty, situate in said State and County, \I1 that tract or parcel of land, knowt \lexaDder Estate, containing Dne Hundred and Forty-Three nore or less, bounded on the North b )f James K. Davis, East by C. & G South by B. C. Parks, West by W. H ock, R. P. Blake, and W. J. Wells, idjoiniDg the incorporate lim . the Town of Greenwood. Said tract of land has been d and divided into 24 lots, of which , fronts on Wells street Lot No. 2 to X rlusive front on Railroad street, and I. 0 to No. 21 inclusive front on Ale <treet. The foregoing Lots range in slz >NE and ONE-HALF to FIVE ?ots No. 22, 23 and 24 also fronton K treet and contain respectively TW CHHEE, TWENTY-SEVEN and TJ VCRES. All are fine building lots. Ei vill be sold separately. Plats may be ny office or on application to ilou ilake, at Greenwood, S. C. TERMS OF SALE?One-third cash, I n two equal annual Installments of c wo years, with interest thereon from aje. at the rate of ten per centum mm; the credit portion to be secu >ond with approved surety and a mort he property sold, with leave to the pu; o anticipate the second and third paj 'urchaser to pay the Master for pap< lay for recording the mortgages. J. C. KLUGH, M Oct. 10,1887, 4t Sheriff's Sale. I. M. Spikes against Jno. R. Tolbert cutlon. r>Y virtue of an execution to me dire* J the above stated case, I will sell ighest bidder, at public auction, at Al 'ourt House, on Monday tlie seventh Coveniber, 1&87, all the right, title and st of Jno. R. Tolbert in the following c d property, to wit: All those tracts a els of land, situate, lying and being bounty of Abbeville, State of South Co owit: Tract No. 1,contaiuing 'HREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-T (353) ACRES, lore or less, bounded by lands of J. A jw, P. B. Brooks, the Laurens lands ai rs. Tract No. 2, containing FOUR HUNDRED ACRES, lore or less, bounded by P. B. Brooks, ce, A. McNeill and others. Tract No. 3, containing WO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH ACRES, lore or less, bounded by T. A. Watso 'olbert, Mrs. Whitlock and others, n and to be sold as the property of, olbert, to satisfy the aforesaid executi osts. J. F. C. DITPI Sheriff Abbeville Coi Oct. 10,18S7,4t Sheriff's Sale. t'ardlaw & Edwards against Hugh R. ? Execution. [>Y virtue of an execution to me dire< 3 the above stated case, I will sell ighest bidder, at public auction, wltl igsil hours of sale, at Abbeville Court n Monday the seventh clay of Noven >. INs", all the right, titleand interestol Gibert in the following described pr< 3 ?vit: All that tract or parcel ol la ate, lying and being in tne Coun'y o! ille, South Carolina, and known as t lace, and containing HREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY A lore or less, and bounded by lands of IcCaslan, \v. D Mars. \V. W. Mars ar rs. Levied on and to be sold as the pi r I r u. r> ^ I riugll ii. UIUC1 t, (AS PUliOlJ liiv, OiVlCQ sntion and costs. Also, 7]4 BALES COTTON, lore or less. Seized and to be sold un ttachment and the above Executions. TERMS?Cash. J. F. C. DcPl Sheriff Abbeville Coi Oct- 10,1887, it lepairing and Upholstei VLL kinds of FURNITURE repair UPHOLSTERED neatly. Room over Post Office In rear of Dr. \\ ental Office. E. L. WlL, Oct. 5, 1887, 3m Valuable Property for i "'HE TWO BRICK STORE-ROOM L Troy, S. C., with large hall above. I , the property of BRADLEY BRO'S. I 'isiiing to buy will find it to their adv > apply to PARKER & McGOWAJ Attorm ct. 5,18S7,2m. Abbeville, h Stale of Sill Car .County of Abbeville. COURT OF COMMON PLE, T ?? T>lr? 5rW IfT uauu 1AC, X KUUUll! against Hugh R. Gibert, Defendant. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEj (Complaint not served.) o the Defendant Hugh R. Gibert: if OU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED squired to answer the complaint in t Ion, of which a copy is 011 flle in the c tie Clerk of Court for said county, 1 erve a copy of your answer to the sai laint on the subscribers at their office evllle Court House, South Carolina, wenty days after the service hereof, ex f the day of such service; and if you nswer the complaint within the tim< aid, the plaintiff in this action will a| he Court for the relief demanded iu tli laint. Dated Sept 16 A. D. 188". RF.XET CASON. Plaintiff's Attor L.S.] M. G. Zeiglek, C. C. P. 'o Hugh R. Glbert, Absent Defendant: Take Notice that the complaint ibove action has been tiled in the offlcc 'erk of Court for said county. BENET J: CASON, Plaintiff's Attor Sept. 26,1887, Gt Henry's 6: Washington Stre ABBEVILLE, S. C. I HAVE HAD MY GINNING I lishnient thoroughly overhauled ! )airi'U UHU lilivc miuru tut; ituvru m nents. My raw? arc sharpened and re ny gin runs evenly, with speed and si lie lint in excellent condition. Pub 'onage solicited and the best and ?j vork guaranteed. FRANK HE Sept. 7,1887, 3m Pay Your Guano Bill PARTIES wishing to pay for Guano of me will please call on Mr. R. V ion at Abbeville, who will collect i :eipt for same. Very truly, Sept. 14,18S7 If j. h. holc Eggs for Sale. From imported brown leoi 81.00 per 13. t. W. COOG June 29,1887, tf COMMONS. olina. The Praise of Good Doctors. BY SAMUEL W. DUFF1ELD. bcth A. <p|10 bostof nil the pill-box crew, Since ever time began, in the Are the doctors who have most to do sale at With the health of a hearty man. C., on e legal And so I count them np again U prup- J-V.m K1 ?t> -? V.H. , to wit: There's Dr. D!et, 1 as the And Dr. Quiet, And Dr. Merryman. Acres, There's Dr. Diet, he tries my tongue. "I kuow you well," says he: y lands "Your stomach is poor and your liver ii . R. R., sprung. , Whit- We must make your food agree." And Dr. Quiet, he feels m.v wrist its of And he uravely shakes his head. "Now, now, dear sir, I must insist That you go at ten to bed." survey- But Dr. MerrymaD ior me Lot No. Of all the pill-box crew! o. 10 in- For he smiles and says, as he fobs his fee: ,ots No. "Laugh on, whatever yon do!" xamler ^ wjiat j OUKm eat,f e from And at tcn * so to bed, LORES And I laugh in the face of cold or heat; .ail road For t,lus '>?ve the doctors said! ir'nvrX: An J so I count them up again, i t \ And praise them as I can: There's Dr. Diet, seenat And Dr. Quiet, . w. iv. And Dr. Merryman! meand Boarding in the Country. i day of red "by Country board is much sought for al gage of this season of the year for a few rchaser weeks. Mauy times the want of tact inland manifested by both the contracting parties is absolutely remarkablk. The asier. large-neartea tarmer's wire, wno nas such an abundance of eggs, milk, cream and butter, is apt to make a mistake in her charges for a family. EiExe ther she asks too much for her accommodation, and the boarders are disap =tcu in pointed, or she charges too small an ibeviUe amou,,t and is herself disappointed i day of and a loser to a greater or less degree 1 lntj'? pecuniarily. ncTpar- Children unaccustomed to the freein iiip doni of ftonutrv life forerefc that all rollna, these fresh luxuries, to them, are a hree source income and are apt to be destructive of hen's nests, etc., etc. City l. Part- people do not care for the fancy cooku'doth ing of which they have enough in their own homes, but given plenty oi fresh fruit, vegetables, eggp, etc., well LeRoy cooked and neatly served, you generally find your boarders gratified and the '-five experiment a success. But remembei that your boarders will not probably n, d. j. desire to partake of yourhome life in Levied its detail, and do not feel offended il on and they hold aloof from it. By way of illustration, friends wenl mty into the country to board with a family who were auite musical. It was n lovely house, beautiful scenery, plenty of eggs and milk, but no one knew how to make bread or coffee which Glbert was palatable. In reply to some re ted in mar^s ?f a boarder the lady said : to the "We consider it worth a good deal tc iin the be in such a musical family as ours, and to have such beautiful views as we r Hugh have here." operty, "But madam, we did not come here nd. sit- e? *i,nr., ??.> Iini ' Abbfi' iyi Lliuac 1UJ laiuuj vuu Iiui he Lee live on sweet sounds, or pretty scenery, and I shall not pay for that." CRES, Of course they never went there James again. operty Another family took boarders. The aid ex- lady was all that was refined and cultured, her husband a man who ouffhl to have known better, but he was out deran 0f the men who, if he had been asked "Are those your own teeth?" would :tE, simply have said as one person did, " I unty. guess you would think so if you should see the bill I paid for them." Consequently, by right of ownership, 01 :ing. some other reason, he placed those , , teeth on the mantle shelf in full view of the family before every meal. The 'iison's refined city boarders couldn't endure son. that, and why should they? Yet the little refined* wife of this man was Sale 8r'evec^ because they objected to the 9U.J.C. unnecessary display. S AT . , , K& Bill Ar|). antage The inter State convention was s s!'c. success Our leading farmers will Keep pegging away unin mey nnu oui flhllQ what is the matter with farming, and Uillld. then niay be will change our methods and get along better. I am glad the convention found out what wa9 not the matter. That is a good way to * 8. narrow down the investigation. It is now settled that it is not the tariff that depresses farming?but Kentucky mules and wesiern meat and northern speculators have a good deal to dc with it. But the greatest embarrassment over p our up country farming is a disinclination to work. Our farmers will plow and hoe pretty well when they set at it, but Joe Bradley told me that if a man didn't scratch his head in the field by sunrise he wouldn't succeed > AND in farming. I have watched Joe ten his ac- years and be is a success. He nevei fficeof went to town except on business, and and to attended to his business and returnd com- ei' l'ome with alacrity and went tc at Ab- work- Sonne of his nabors would lose within "early the whole day when they went elusive' to town. Joe saves the scrapings ol fail to ','9 'jam-yard and the fence corners . and has heaps of compost. He raises jpiy'to h's own meat and some to sell. He lecom- buys calves in the neighlrtirhood and pastures them until they grow big and fat. He oils his harness and keeps his wagon greased, and when a rainy day comes, he goes to his work-shop and neys. fixes up the plows and hoes and axes. Joe loves to work and is always at it, and so of course he is accumulating, But a good many of our farmers have in the aimost quit attending to little things. > of the jt j9 s0 iiamiy to buy meat that he won't raise hogs. It is so handy tc buy fertilizers that he never scrapes neys. the barnyard but lets it all wash away, He will give fifteen cents for an ax handle rather than make one. If a ? man comes along the road he will tulk III to him half an hour. He will hunt squirrels and go fishing, or attend justices court when his crop is in the a grass, and so of course he is always be6lj hind. He has to rent poor "land because he ain't 'fitten' to tend any other kind. So after all it is more in the farmer than the farm. :rtab- ~ ?. If anv one does you a favor or cive; set and you a present, say "thank you" ii ivesall prettiest manner. But don't allow u?c?est yourself to fall into the wretclied ant NltY. underbred habit of saying "thanks' upon all occasions. The effect of tlx curt, slighting word upon the feeling! IS. of the person to whom you are indi'k bonchti ed ve'-y much, as Mrs. Sherman < !< v. cun-i verly says, "as if you did your grati inil re- tude up in a ball and fired it at tin 0MB head of your friend." ?-?? An obligation is almost cancelled bj a graceful acknowledgement, and n< one should be so ungracious as to b< ileh wanting iu politeness in this particu lar. Stale Regulated Vice for the British TJ Ann j. BY JOSIAir W. LEEDS. At a large meeting, lately held in .Exeter Hail, London, some humiliat- } ing revelations were made regarding the Contagious Diseases Acts. The JVl act of repeal of those infamous 1; \vs J." afl'ects Great Britain only, and not her numerous and populous dependencies. ^ The editor of tne Methodist Times of . London, after speaking of the British governmental provisions, relative to i?1 licensing brothel-keepers, operative in P" 8 Hong Kong, China, and in those parts of India where British troops are stationed. referred to a man on the walls I of the hall of part of the city of Ma- . J dras, showing the Contagious Diseases Hospital surrounded by church buildings and mission houses of many de- wc uonainations. He was ashamed to say ?.rc that many Hindoo and Parsee gentlemen, of other faiths than their own, co] were on the platform to protest against ^.ei this system, and in Exeter Hall, of all ? places, to rebuke a Christian country. , Could it be true, he asked, that with- j)n in twenty-four hours after our troops !)U arrived in Cairo, orders wore issued to Ln* the sheikhs of the native quarters to . provide prostitutes for the army, and ar! that in Birinah a small committee of , general officers had actually fixed the ~1S, \ charges which the brothel-keepers ie l might make? Cries of shame greeted "r these remarkn, as did those made by ; Josephine Butler, when she narrated Cl'< ' the pitiful incident which happened at Hong Kong, when two women, j fleeing from the British inspector over the flat roofs of the houses, fell over , into a granite-paved yard, one being killed on the spot and the other dyimr j?. three dajrs after. '"These women," .. ! said the thoroughly in earnest, plain , speaking narrator, 'were thus hounded to death by blood-hounds paid by J ^ cue liueen. one ieii jor uiose as ior . . i the women of her own country. Hin- .'j doos, Chinese, Fijians, they were all \ women, made like men in (he image j J r" of God, and they had no right to tram- P^ pie them in ihe dust by this institu' tion of State-regulated murder." J; f Alas, for the wars of the Queen, and , these her armies! What pajans of peace might have arisen in this jubi- 51; j lee year of Victoria, had she faithfully ^ ' and persistently followed the presage , of good will and amity pronounced by { Sydney Smith at the ceremony of his ?llt( P young sovereign's coronation. !n? Philadelphia, 7th Mo., 1S87. 00 * ' Peace i9 no new theme. Ancient t prophets foretold it as one of the pecu- t , liar glories of Messiah's reign ; and , the angels, sent to announce his ad-1 ! vent, sung over his manger-cradle, I,. . "Glory to God in the highest, and on j earth peace, good will to men J" Peace , was thu9 the birth-song of Christiani- . ty; and its principles, fully embodied ( [ by our Saviour in his Sermon on the | Mount, and thickly scattered through , , I the New Testament, were so strictly put in practice by the early Christians, ^ . mac not a icw ui iiieui went u> me|, stake rather than bear arms. The "r< , Church, however, relapsed into a deep, Pu protr cied degeneracy on this subject, jt>af , as on many others; and for more than j SP( | a thousand years after her fatal union j C.I<J l with the State, under Constantino, in J j j [ the fourth century, did she lend her: _ sanction to the custom of war with ',v< [ scarce a thought of its glaring contra- |? riety to her region of peace. Still she, r I was not entirely without, witnesses on this point; for the Waldenses bore f . their testimony in the very midnight wj of the dark ages, and Erasmus, the , day-star of the Reformation, wrote in sai , behalf of Peace with an eloquence ??r I worthy of the first scholar of the ; world. yo' . Every one knows the noble testimo- tin | nies borne against war by George Fox, bla William Penn, and their followers, for tin the last two centuries : but it was not ski till near the downfall of Napoleon So that any general or effective efforts t were made for the specific purpose of 3 I abolishing this custom. David L. I ioi: . Dodge, a pious and philanthropic mer-! it. [ chant of New York, was the pioneer! ha ( of these efforts in America. The first iter , effectual appeal tothe public at large,! til ! however, was made by Noah Worces- wi ( ter, in his "Solemn Review of tlieCus-; wi toms of War," published in December, fro . 1814. In August, 1815, there wasjlta , rorruea, in inew ioth. v;iiy, uiu nisi Peace Society of modern time; follow- 1 ( ed, the next December, by the Massa- of chusetls Peace Society, and by the tlx . London Peace Society in .Tune, 1810.1 kit This concert among the friends ofiali I Peace, in the two hemispheres, was! in . without any knowledge at the time of bn each other's movements or designs, an< [ and thus gave striking proof that the [ hand of an All-controlling Providence was at work to call forth and concen. trate the benevolent energies of Chris- > I tendom for the removal of this terrible wjt scourge. Similar societies were in |,j, ( time multiplied. The American Peace ul ( Society was organized in 1828, under p,. 1 the auspices of its venerable founder, jM>, P William Ladd, and kindred cflbris ( have been made in France, Switzer-! |-(ll. ! land, and other portions of Christen- in, j dom.?Gt'oryc C. J'cckwith. I pjt I The True Christian Minister. j ?t ( t j mti "A true minister of Christ, after His ho I example, is neither detained in one wo , place by the sweetness of the applause oik . of some, nor discouraged from his m:i a 1 .. ,*.1 I , | ministry uy me jeuuwsy aim vaiumuy sin > of others. There is an extreme want sin , of laborers in the Church. There are ov< i abundance who bear this character, kit but few who really work, anil a great \vi! i many who work in the Lord's name, are but very few whom He will own for hci I his ministers. Jesus Christ requires of j for laborers, not such as by intrigues ho and human solicitations assume the of- j tin ' fice, but such as are the fruit of the tin1 ' Church's prayer; not such as enter in- sta : to the harvest to make themselves the oiu lords of it, but those who labor only exl for the profit of the Lord of it: not eitl such as in the repose of an idle life en- tio joy the honor and temporal advantages of the ministry, but such as j j work hard, like daily laborers. We (jh ? do not sutticiently comprehend how pn . limiif.li it is niir dutv and interest Io ?mi r'pray for the obtaining jiood bishops, j he: 1 good curates, holy preachers, full of: mi ' zeal, knowledge, aud disinterested-! ? o i, liess." jhrt 4 ??& ,.p, So long as merely ofl'onsive wars are '.iir - (he olijiCt <>f detestation, with no :il- i'e.v - tack on the war-system itself, the war wli -* on mir side will bo approved as defen-ieix sive. Such has been, and will lie, the del i \ utterance of every nation. No dogma ) that the Papal See ever inculcated can 1 i surpass the war-system in absurdity, wl -i The burning of heretics to purify the etc I church is cast into the shade by it. err [OUSE AND FARM. Do Cows Need Exercise 1 of at I'll is much-mootccl question is of iv ito recent origin. II is natural to j0 jipose that all animal iife needs ex- io :ise in order to retain all its Tunc- |i< ns in healthy activity. But what in id of exercise? Not very much lo- fr notion is needed in secreting milk. jn en general health is maintained ar th quite moderate exercise. Do no? in vb get considerable exercise in step- sli lg around, getting up and down, lo idling for food, and licking them- vi ves when so confined af to be per- th < f a /l/-v t-A 9 * i 1 V V* V4 UV CIV l i 1 r\ Holland cows are confined in a T1 t stable at the beginning of winter, hi d are not let out until settled warm w< ather. This, at first, seemed in- ad tdiblc; yet all witnesses testify to pi ; healthy condition of the Holland lej ,vs. Gradually, during the last few sh irs, American dairymen have more fri sely confined their cows and kept sl) ;m warmer than ever before?not ed ly keeping them in warm stables, gr t resorting to artificial heat and giv-jso ; them warm water to drink. Thus ih , all testify t? the beneficial results vv sing from these practices. <rr :t is not the nature of a cow to exer- p?i e much. She prefers in the open jt. Id to crop the grass quietly until her in mach is full, and then lie down in ai ? shade and peacefully chew her hi :1, with a dreamy expression of the th 2 that denotes rest and enjoyment, m e does not run and cavort like the lie rse. This is not her mission. pr V Garden Barometer.?One of i simplest of barometers is a spi- hi r's well. When there is a prospect ?j rain or wind, the spider shortens U1 i filaments from which its web is n, >pended, and leaves things in this jn te as long as the weather is varia- ,,i . ii iitw i iiocvi) VI"IIQ HV?? Hi" 1111 i jrj s a sign of line, calm weather, the Ui ration of which may be judged of n, the length to which the threads are tri out. Jf (he spider remains inac- a\ e, it is a sJgn of rain ; hut if, on the th ltrary, it keeps at work during a tli n, the latter will not last long, and 11 be followed by tine weather. lier observations have taugnt that ; spider makes changes in its web My twenty-four hours, and that if t ;h changes are made in the even- v just before sunset, the night will clear and beautiful.?Nature. To Remove Scars. 'ersistent rubbing with oil night *v il morning will remove scars. Olive . will answer, but neatsfoot oil is ra- 1 jr more rapid in its effects. In the . ;e of burns when the tendons are * ft' and contracted, rubbing with oil f(r 11 ranrlni* tKo r?o rfr olmrUit" 4W II i UI1UUI buy |/ai v m?i\>vvvu uuuvmv i iple as before the injury. In severe les the rubbing must be continued an hour morningund evening. "J <s> ? ? J ream Toast.?Toast slices of stale ^ 'ad, put them into a covered dish, m tone quart of cream into a spider t lily handled, u little salt; stir a tea-1 |u )oii of Hour into a little cold milk or L am, and when tlie cream in the spir just begins to boil, put in the Hour. j ? t it boil but a moment, then pour it; ^ i?r the toasted bread. If you have use milk instead of cream, put but- cr enough to make it rich. ll( **t>* dt )rangk Moistcke.?An orange et II keep cut bread or biscuit fresh f0 ten in the same package, and the ^ ne orange will sei ve for several days different supplies of sandwiches. 8e ' not select a rusty-skin orange, as to 11 want the freshness to permeate <j ough the skin, and the brown and dj ick rust keeps all this freshness in w inside of the orange. Any clear- d inned, light-colored orange will do. ga says an exchauge. h, tl vice and Onions.?Cut up an oni and fry it brown, without burning yc Put the slices in a sauceoan with >i< If a pound of rice, cover it with \va- st or stock and let it cook slowly un- |o it is (juite soft and swelled. Season u 11) nutmeg and pepper and serve di 111 grated cheese. (,'olor it with saf- m n while cooking, and you have the hi lian dish. o] it, Uked Potatoes.?Select ])otatocs uniform size, peel and parboil them, c< mi place tlieni in a bake pan, sprin- ' * ; salt and pepper over them, and put ittle butter in the pan ; place them a brick oven, and bake until nicely >wued, then transfer them to a dish, J send them hot t-> flic table. w ?. tn A Sweet and Happy Spirit. V somewhat noted philosopher, len asked what quality he most i" ?hly esteemed in a woman, replied, . sweet and happy spirit"?what the Pilch call rjaicfc (hi conn' (liyht- u. irtcdncss.) A lady correspondent j1.1 (he Itih'ul Arw Yorker taues imsi" a text, and proceeds: "Not learn- 111 r, not beauty, but simply a sunny l'J position that enables her to Hull j asure in all things, great and small :l his it is in the power of every wo- m in to possess. Every one knows !11 vv utterly disagreeable a 'contentious 1,1 man' can make herself, and every e is familiar with the type of woin who is never pleased, be the skies my or cloudy. A woman who can ile when the bread comes out of the j"' ?n underdone or burned, when the 'J*' chen lire smokes, when the clothes II not dry, and when the children ~ unusuall> cross, docs not add toIi\ rown burdens, and lightens those! i every one else." It may be added, j?; kvuver (and ibis by no means helps j^j! > afoivsaid ''contentious woman"), j. it abundant facts necessitate thej1" temeiit, that the race of "contend- J.e fault-tinding men is by no means l,j :inct. And the r/aictr. da conn' in a(; lier ease can have no sure fotinda- ei u but in faith in the Redeemer. ?? * *? appeal ro me r.xptwicuci: <>i m-ij | ristian: when tlie Savior appearsLJ eiotis to your soul, when sir??i:u* * t| ions of love lo him expand vo:trks lit with a desire thai all mankind j ^ gilt behold tin- same exeellent 1 () to you, or can you lee I a wish lo t inie your hands in 1 !h- blood of your; . my? To m-.' Christians, whose ion coiiM>t? in (.< m nl<nc<\, who pro-j ' s to bo -.'.'bowers of Christ, and j ' mse inst n;i*3 ions are to love their j ' .'inies, to see such engaging in niur- ' ! fous war is truly amazing. op fhere is no war among men but 0,1 lat arises from some vice, from cov- 'k msnese, or ambition, or an immod- ' ite lovo of glory.?Plutarch. m Journey of Life. Xo one passes through the journey _ this life, though it be but of moder- "C elength, without 'o.sing kindred and icnds by death, whom lie tenderly | 1 ved when living, and continues toj r ve long after they are gone. If one: /es to an advanced age, he usually ^ is a far greater number of such iends in the next world than he has c this. Death sweeps them away, id sometimes he is left almost alone 1 respect to the cherished companion- p lips of his earthly life. To these ved ones dead he can render no ser- A ce, and, so far as we know, from em receive none. He may think of c pnv hilt V)f> nnn nnthirxr Hmm :iey are entirely beyond the leach of s action. He can speak no kind ord to them, and give them no good Ivice. He can make no sacrifices to omote their joys. The lesson to he ^el amed from this fact is that we Pe iould act toward our kindred and iends while they are living, as we, if en rviving them, will wish we had act- '|e I when thoy are sleeping in thej^o ave. Let the husband and the wife | J treat, each other, while they holdjPu is relation, that the death of neither 'U) ill give the other any occasion for re- lr< et on occount of misconduct. Let irents and children, brothers and sis- J0' rs, friends intimately associated, and ct) deed, all men, observe the same rule, id this certainly would be a much 1()< lppicr world. The rule would lessen e number of family quarrels, and w| ake life more serene and more like ;aven. Fewer hard speeches would W! iss between men. Gentleness and y? ndness would be the law of human lion. We once heard a man who l'a id just lost a most excellent wife say : aJ] [ am now sincerely sorry for every a1.1 ikind word I ever spoke to that woan. 1 wish 1 could tell her so, and * some way receive from her the ex ession of her forgiveness. I would jn ve 8-0,000 if I could thereby blot out 'n 1 such words." We have no doubt I 1 at just this sort of feeling has pene- so ated many a bosom. The way to oid it is so to act toward others "that iere will be no occasion for it when to ley are dead and gone. a,( ol A Word Alone. *' Five minutes' private personal en- u1' eaty will often accomplish more in ju inning souls to Christ than five eij onths' public preaching. Close oc- lo jn is effective. A pistol at a man's pI east is more dangerous to him than ht'inlredcannon thundering at him ;o miles away. The preaching may can anj' one or no one in the crowd ; it when you talk to me you mean | e. David might have listened calm- ' to long exhortations and pious coun- ]g Is without number, but Nathau's co rhou art the man !" cut him to the ^ ?art, and brought him to his knees. Q) Preaching often runs all around e(j en, and all over them, like a bucket 01] ' water sprinkled over a pile of corkI bottles. Personal effort uncorks fe( ie bottles one by one, puts in a funil, and pours them lull of water. V "But I do not know how to talk to j" ;ople personally about Christ a-id f lvation." Then learn. Confessed 0 norance is a good preparation for arning. How will a man know any ^ ling unless lie is taught? You c:i-i lk to people about rain, sunshine, ' ops, weather, fashions, fwes, and the},? ;wa of the day?"out of the abun-j. j nice of the heart the mouth speak- V, h"?why not read God's word, pray J r His Spirit, and pour out that when burns within ? r* Study your own heart. KnowyourIf, and you will know others. Talk others as you used to wish some lirislian to talk to you. Seek God's |P rectious. Speak when He gives the } ord, and wait and pray till it comes, o not talk when you have nothing to y, nor bore people with endless exirtations and dry disputes. Observe, link, pray, and act. "Yes, but it is such a cross!" Ah, fj( hi clo know how to do it, Jbut are not q1] tiling to try. Well, the rod is heavier ill, and the rod may yet make you jr., ve the cross. You must learn to1 ar ?ar the cross, if you would be Christ's <,?. seiple. A word spoken for Jesus yj ay cost you a momentary struggle, ti, it it may a!so win a soul to God, :md i w ion to yon a weii-spr?ng 01 joy. x iy; ?i ?II. L. Jladinys. ~o? -c? us icts and Figures?The Cost of War? What Europe Spends Annually for ^ its Armies and Navies. Excluding the greater horrors of; ar?deception, stealing, robbery, urder, tfce.?let the evil be viewed oin a financial stand-point as taken ni1 the New York World: Ji, Mr. Lewis Appleton, of the British ' nl Foreign Arbitration Society, has er st published a namphlet containing J j,., me statistics in regard to the cost oi l o, ar. They are intended, of course, to! (|, dtliccause of international arbitra- (|, in, and the disbanding of the ini-jan eiise standing armies that are eating' < > a large share of the substance <>'j te] urope. The annual expenditure ofUn 1 the European powers for their ar- D{l ies and navies is ?3,867,500,000. The w'j itional debts of Europe, which were ? eurred by wa?' nearly altogether, ag- (r(? egate $24,113,057,650. Nearly SI.0,000,000 annually is paid out for in- < rest. p]j There are at present actually under ms 4,123,075 men, and the number ;1IJ lined for war and subject to call is 't() ,007,484. Besides these, there are ju, 1,258 men in the navies, comprising > 4 ironclads and monitors, and 1,072 t|1( igates. All this is sustained bccause.fi,, the ambitions and greed of a com-[(jj( irativcly few men, and the necessity |stf guarding against them. The work- . "men pay the bills and necessarily I (]a main in poverty. It is on thcui that yj, e burden rests. Others may fail on )K, count of it to be as rich as they oth- ?,0 wise would be, but the suffering nies on the laboring classes. There ml a weighty sermon in these figures. t|,j Not a great while ago one man told t("n other that he believed he hail report- wj to deception in I he carrying out of s plans. This did not seem to excite m( e accused. Hut the speaker went tj); , "I say you either resorted to de- ni. ption or yon were outgcneralded." juJ i soon as lie made this charge the ^ an was ?vrra!ly roiisetl. Alas! how! any there is re who would rather hei cognized as scoundrel.* than eonsid-; wj ud to be fools. i M| War and Christianity are like thejin posite ends of a balance, of which cal ie is depressed by the elevation of tin e other.?Jonathan Dymond. sas That which was bitter to endure ( ay be sweet to remember. [tin SCHOOLS. - |j| >f Such is the Kingdom of Heaven." ,iitle foot may find the pathway Leadingupward untoGod; ^ Jttle hands may learn to scatter .Seeds of prccious truth abroad. roathiul hearts may lie the temple For the Suirlf's dwelling place? :hildho(xl's lips declare the riches Of Uod's all-abounding grace. ,ittle one though frail and earth-born, Heirs of blessedness may be; 'or the Savior whlspereth gently, "Sufler such lo come to me." .nd in that eternal kingdom, 'Mid I lie .irand, triumphal throng, hild'ish voices sweetmay mingle In the glorious choral song. o Unselflsh. [t is generally admitted that the idency of invalidism is to make a rson selfish, but a beautiful excepu appears in the following case, taKfrom the Open Window, a magazine ^ rA voted to the interests of the Shut-in I it her shadowy sick room I found a tit-iit siillerer lyingaloue. Itwasau .ii ur when her son could be away>ni liis business and with her, and all e week she waited this time of enfment of his society and for the in fort of his presence. "But where is Henry?" I asked, iking about the chamber. "I sent him away," said the mother, * ith ii kiiiUm ";Sent hi in away, when you have liteii all the week to have nim with "Yes," she answered, gently. "Suu- ^ y is his only free day, you know, id lie has so little sunshine and fresh ":>3 r that I thought a walk would -do m good." ? "But I am almost surprised that he ^ ould be willing to go," I answered, ;/Ja a disappointed tone, for this sweet ' valid had so many lonely hours that ' coveted for her the delight she had unhesitatingly put aside. "He would have stayed," she an- j rered gently. "He is always willing J stay ; but Mrs. Hunt sent ine such delicious mold of ielly that I wanted d Hetty Grant to have some of it, so persuaded Henry to take it to her." "Yes, I understand;* two birds with le stone. Old Hetty Grant and the >y must both be made happy, but >w about yourself? I confess I wantI you to "be happy to-day," and I uched the pale cheeks playfully, sur- yj ised to sfee her eyes slowly filling ith tears. "But you mustn't make me selfish, ar," she said in a voice that tried to ( cheery. "The fact is, I know comainls are hard for anyone who is ?ung and strong to hear, and Henry < young atid strong, and I must not mplain before him. It isn't that he >es not ieei ror me; ne leeis too uch. He feels helpless and perplexi, and, of course, he does not know le thing to do to help, and sometimes .< ; goes away half vexed, and with a '} eling that is anything but submisI'e to God. When this happens, I ir that ray illness is becoming a is irm instead of a blessing to him, as course I want it to be." "And so you send him away when ?u suffer?" "Yes; and partly for that reason I nt him away to-day. My head was ..;*g? full of pain that I could not bear e light, neither could I bear to shut m up here in the shadows. Then I ant liis recollection of me to be sweet ter I am gone, not painful, and how n it be so if he sees all I have to ar?" And so the dear soul was bearing her en physical distress, and making at e same time the effort to conceal it, at the one dearest to her might not s saddened by her pain. Deserved Reproof. There was a stir at the railroad stain, and two pretty girls came aboard, ney laughed and giggled; threw .sses to their friends at the depot; vo silly messages and good-byes, ..,-3 id as the train started, they took a at behind a commercial traveler. Iiere were other seats vacant, but ey preferred this, and rustled into it it'll a series of little shrieks and gig- es. . ;;$S "Did you see Tom Barlow watching i, Neliie? Te-he." "He'll be there to meet us when we >t back, sec if he isn't, Katie! Ha! i-:*M "Say, he'a a drummer, giggled Nel>, hunching her friend toward the dii t seat. "A swell, ain't he? Oh, my!" The traveler's lips were compressed, O id he replied by no look or motion to e rude speech of the merry girls. These were young ladies, dear read, whose fathers and mothers would ive been greatly astonished to learn at their daughters flirted. But then, e fathers and mothers are usually e last to know what is going on imiii iiiuir iiwii yuuiig peupie, "W-would you be so kind, sir, as to 1 us what time it is?" asked Nellie, a meek little voice, while her common tittered and looked out the ndow. riie next move was made by the ntleman. He took from his pocket lhotojrraph, and looked at it sadly, l'lie two young ladies did not see the olograph, or recognize whether it is man or woman, but they te-he'd d even speculated in a low voice as what it might, be?wife or sweetart. rhe commercial traveler heard what Liy said, and turning and holding B photograph so that the young lacould see it, he said quietly but 'rnly : 'That is tho picture of my little uirhter, a child of six years; she is ry ill, and I am summoned home, riians to see her die. But let me tell u that T would rather a thousand nes know, at this moment, that she ,o<- l.n lui.l ill l-o im ?, fn IOI/ uw? w\. IUIU 11J uci giavr, luau vu ink she could ?ver grow up into a ly, dishonest woman, tempting and ring with souls to feed her own eked vanity." i'he two girls sank back out of sight, utified and angry, yet conscious \t they had found, in one traveling hi, an honest-minded friend who d dared to give them a word of i'di';;l warning.?lh iroit Free Press. -tv ? - *? \ iiuIt* hoy's composition on cats uus up v, iiii this reference to their '< vantage over dogs: "Cats can climb is. Dogs can't. That is lucky for Is. When a dog gets after them ey can climb a tree, when they can is back without getting hurt." Hive because you love to give?as o (lower pours forth its perfume. T2 ..."