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The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1887. VOLUME XXXII. NO. 32. 1 ? ? ? ? i New Goods and Low Prices WILL TELL. OUR SALES FOR TBI LAST FOUR WEEKS TREMENDOUS. And for the NEXT 30 DAYS we propose to double our Sales if Selling GOO ?5 CHEAP will do it. SHOES. SHOES WILL BE SOLD 20 PER CENT. CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN GREENWOOD. Large and well assorted stock to select from. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! CLOTHING WILL BE SOLD 25 PER CENT. CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE IN* THE STATE. You will find tn our stock DIAGONALS, CORKSCREWS, CASHMERES, WORSTEDS and HEAVY FLANNELS. OVERCOATS of all grades. HATS AND FURNISHING GOODS. WE CAN BEAT ANY THING IN TOWN. HAVE HATS FROM CO CENTS to $4.00. 3DRY GOODS. Consisting of new effects in VELVETS, ENGLISH SUITING, TRICOT, FLANNELS. OASHMERS and all the latest styles In TRIMMINGS, BUTTONS, GLOVES-IN KID and CASHMERS?TOWELS, TABLE LINEN, HOSIERY, etc., willed ror quality ana prices win compare with any in the State. Our stock must be seen to be appreciated. GROCERIES. We have on band a full line of STAPLE nnd FANCY GROCERIES which will be sold at prices to suit the times. Will keep in stock the finest grades of Flour, Molasses, Syrup, Sugar, Rice and Coffee DON'T BUY BEFORE YOU EXAMINE OUR STOCK AND COMPARE PRICES. 5,000 YARDS YARD-WIDE SHEETING 61 CENTS. S. E. STANSELL, Waller's Old Stand, Greenwood, S. C. Nov. 9,1887.3m Time, Labor and Money Saved Something that Every Family Wants. DR. J. K. McWHORTER'S Will COf OH. FOR WASHING CLOTHES. FAMILY WASHING can be accomplished In a FEW MINUTES without the labor of RUBBING or the use of the Wash Boards or Washing Machines. This Wonderful Discovery was patented by Dr. J. K. , McWhorler, of Salem. ^ a., June 21s\ iSS7. and eome? with clad tiding" to every household and accomplishes In a few tuinuies nf itself, what has heretofore required days and hours of hard toil. It ia estimated that 1 One-Third of the Wearing Value of Clothes wus RUBBED OUT under the id process of washing. but now with the Introduction ol the "Washing Otnpound" this waste is nreserv d m.d the unavoidable EVIL of the PAST is REMEDIED. and A NEW EKA H^S DAWNED UPON OUR COUNTRY which saves TIME, LABOR and MONEY. For Novelty. Simplicity, Cheapness, and Thoroughness It is Unsurpassed. P. rfect Satisfaction Guar- i an teed. The entire washing of a large family can be done in TWI- NTY MINUTES, and LESS TIME, at a cost of only a few cents. There is nothing In the piepartaion that will injure the hands or clothes. 4?"Family Rights, County or State, can bo purchased by applying to \it n i rci v jp. m VV. U. LLJL. I Ut UU.) Abbeville, S. O. A. M. HILL & SONS, Dealers In GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,: VMM mvM * VAWAMM rUKt WINES AINU LiyUUKS, NORTH CAROLINA WHISKEY A SPECIALTY.; A full line of FRUITS and FANCY GROCERIES always on hand. Nov. a, 1887,2m JERVEY & CO., GREENWOOD, S. C. V WE HAVE JUST OPENED A MERCHANDISE AND COTTON BUSINESS, CARRYlng a full line of FARMERS SUPPLIES, and are specially engaged In HARDWARE. A full as?ortment of which we offer at LOW PRICES. RICE! RICE! RICE! We are dealers in CAROLINA RICE, both RETAIL and WHOLESALE, and as we deal as directly with the producers as the largest shipping house in the South we can compete with Charleston and Savannah houses successfully. DIXIE PLOW, of which we are agents, is wall known In the upper part of the state, especially In Abbeville tx>unty, (for prices drop us a postal.) We order in car londs from factory. So send in your orders promptly and they will receive attention. A little patronage from the good people of Abbeville and other counties will be appreciated. JERYEY & CO. B. S. 8PARKMAN. M?noff*r. Aii Old Poem. Who shall judge a man from mnnners? Who shall know him by his dress? Paupers may he rit lor princes. Princes fit for something less. Crumpled siiirt and dirty Jacket May heclolhc the golden ore Of the deepest thoughts and feelingsSatin vests could do no more. There are sprint's of crystal nectar Ever welling out of stone; Therearo purple tiuds and golden Midden, crushed, and overgrown. God, who counts by souls, not dresses, Loves and prospers you and me. While He values thrones the highest Hut as pebbles in the sea. Man. upraised above his follows, Oft forgets his fellows then : Mailers, ruler*, lords, remember That your meanest hinds are men ! Men by labor, men by fi elliiir, Men by thought, and men by fame, Claiming equal rights to sunshine, lm n nn nnlil i 11 l' niklllP. Truth and justice arc eternal, Horn with loveliness and light: Secret wrongs shall n?>ver prosper, While there is n sunny rlirht. God. whose world-heard voice Is ringing Boundless love to you and ine, Sinks oppression with its titles, As the pebbles in I lie sea. A Surgeon's Life. I have always held that it is impos sible for any man to oe a great surgeon if lie is destitute, even in an inconsiderable degree, of the finer feelings of our nature. I have often lain awake for hours of the night before an important operation, and suffered great mental distress for days after it was over, until I was certain that my patient was out of danger. I do not Uiink it is possible for a criminal to feel much worse the night before his execution than a surgeon when he knows that upon his skill and attention must de' - _ A- ? C ?A1kaK!A nWStroii peild [I1C IUie Ul it vmuauic viu/au, husband, father, mother, or child. Surgery under such circumstances is a terrible task-master, feeding like a vulture upon a man's vitals. It is surprising that any surgeon in large practice should ever attain to a respectable old age, so great arc the wear and tear of mind and body. The world has seen many a sad pic- ' ture. I will draw one of the surgeon. It is midday, the sun is bright and beautiful, all nature is redolent of joy, men and women crowd the street, arrayed, in their best, and all, apparently, is peace and happiness within and without. In a large 'house, almost overhanging this street so full of life i and gayety, lies upon a couch an ema- ; ciated figure; once one of the sweetest 1 and loveliest of her sex, a confiding i and affectionate wife and the adored i mother of numerous children, the subject of a frightful disease of one of her i limbs, or it may be ot ner jaw, n not < of a still more important part of her I body. In an adjourning room is the I surgeon, with bis assistants, spreading ' out his instruments and getting things in readiness for the impending opera- I tion. He assigns to each his appropriate place One administers chloro- i form; another takes charge of the < limb; one screws down the tourniquet UDon the principal artery, and another | holds himself in readiness to follow li the knife with his sponge. The flaps I ure soon formed, the bone severed, the j | vessels tied, and the huge wound approximated. The woman is pale and i ghastly, the pulse hardly perceptible, I the skin wet with clammy perspira- < tion, the voice husky, the sight indistinct. Some one whispers into the ear of the busy surgeon: "The patient, I < fear, is dying," Restoratives are administered, the pulse gradually rises, < and after a few hours of hard work 1 and terrible anxiety reaction occurs. I The poor woman was only faint from I the joint influence of the anesthetic, i shock, and loss of blood. An assist- I ant, a kind of sentinel, is placed as a < guard over her, with instructions toj watch her with the closest care, and to J < send word the moment the slightest ' change for (he worse is seen. |1 The surgeon noes about his business, 11 visits other patients on the way, and ' at length, long after the usual hour, lie j < sils down, worried and exhausted, to ? his cold and comfortless meal, with a I mouth almost as dry and a voice as 1 husky as his patient's. He eats me- s chanically, exchanges hardly a word i with any member of his family, and : sullenly retires to his study to pre-! i scribe for his patients?never, during s all this time, forgetting the poor, mu- < tilated object he left a few hours ago. I He is about to lie down to get a moment's repose after the severe toil of the daw when suddenly he hears a loud ring of the bell, and ft servant,! breathless with excitement, begs his I immediate presence at the sick-cham- I her with the exclamation, "They i think Mrs. is dying." He hur- i ries to the scene with rapid pace and i iinxious feeling. The stump is of a crimson color, and the putient lies in a i profound swoon. An artery lias sud- I denly given way, the exhaustion is I RXtreme, cordials and stimulants are i at once brought into requisition, thcil dressings are removed, and the recus- . ant vessel is secured. i The vital current ebbs and flows, re- j I action is still more tardy than before, ] and it is not until a late hour of the i niglit that the surgeon, literally worn i out in mind and body, retires to his I home in search of repose. Does he < sleep? He tries, but he cannot close i his eyes. His mind is with his pa- I tient; he hears every footstep upon i the pavement under his window, and I is in momentary expectation of the 1 ringing of the night-bell. He is dis-lc turbcd by the wildest fancies, he sees ii the most terrific objects, and, as lie J1 rises early in the morning to hasten to,1 his patient's chamber, he feels that he i i has been cheated of the rest of which j i lie stood so much in need. Is this pic-{J ture overdrawn? I have sat for it a I thousand times, and there is not an; 1 educated, conscientious surgeon that will not certify to its accuracy. t Bill Nye's Favorite Litera- ' TUBE.?in prose, i tnniK i uerivcM more comfort from Herbert Spencer, than any one else, As Mr. Lincoln, |< during the dark and trying days of oun< great civil war, turned to the light and i < joyous comments of Petroleum V. j f Nasby, so I flee from my own earnest]' and profound research to the dry, crisp ) humor of Spencer, and more especial- ' ly to that passage in which he charac- ' terizes evolution as "a change from an ' indefinite, incoherent heterogentily 1 through continuous differentiations i and integrations." Ji I never get tired of putting a damp towel over mv head and reading this i passage, for it enables me to forget < everything else. \> Take history through and through, and it will be found that the men and, women who have the most devoutly and honestly feared God have done most to defend and save the countries in which they liv?d. A Very Lamentable Thing. It is a very lamentable tiling that the Church is, rts a hoily, doing little or nothing to decrease and remove the unchristian and grievous War system from the nations of Christendom, and especially not Irom Europe. The European nations were never so thoroughly armed as now?never had so many soldiers under arms in time of Peace, and never were expending so much in preparations in time of Peace for the atrocious work of human slaughter as at the present time. Surely this does not look as though the world was coming, from year to year, under the spirit ami government of Jesus Christ, the King of Saints and * Prince of Peace; it does not lo.>k like the bright dawning of the "millennial day." Alas! alasi notwithstanding all the present revival of the Foreign Missionary spirit among all Christian sects throughout the world, theChurch t as a body, is living, almost in the be- 0 ginning of the twentieth century of 'j the Christian era, as far as it regards t the dreadful sin of War, with all its 0 abominable and agonizing cruelties, in f( the darkness of the dark ages?yea. in jj the midst of paganism. v :"no\v, i ao not say mat me uiuren t is doing too much ; I do not say that ' she is doing one-tenth part of her duty in giving the light and loveof the Gospel to the dark portions of the earth ; j? but it is high time for the Church to u arise in her majesty and in her Christian philanthropy, and say to the nations of Christendom: "You must im- j mediately begin to learn War no more j by disbanding your great armies, and cease to build forts and_war ships, and ,,( begin at once to live in Feacc, as towns e and cities now live in the same na- n lions, and settle all your difficulties, 0 not by the hideous power of murderous brute force, utterly disregarding the principles of common sense, philanthropy, and the Christian religion. but by the power of Arbitration." ^ When this is done, the Church can comistently march through all the [lark places of the earth with the white banner of Peace "conquering and to conquer," ana not urjorc. ? ^2> ? ? 01 Ciiistian Giving". fl God gets a part of our superfluity, y ami that is ail. We must dress like yur neighbors, live up to our rank of ft life, put a little by for a "rainy day," al and something for ourchildren. "We (j must bejust before we are generous," oi we think. And then, with some re- y serve for recreation, and some for mis- j) sellaneous trifles, all the rest shall be ? the Lord's. It may be but a "mite," t< but did not he accept a mite? So the very narrowness of our dole to the h Lord who has saved us, links us with t! lltfl WI1U I I till 1 l."5 ^J/CUiUI LUIU I1IV.II MUUW.I . y| Better keep it all back than give it S( in that fashion. But the amount giv- >j en just hinders us from realizing where g we are. We give it ungrudgingly, ft perhaps; we think it has the Lord's r( approval therefore. We do not think g, liow much it is that we can give ungrudgingly. ci Ungrudgingly it must be. Love it at must be. Though I gi"f all my goods tl (n lend the r>imr. excent it be love that n joes it, it will be utterly contemned, cl But if our love is measured by what e< we give to him, how serious i9 the ti j uestion raised! e< In this great world of sorrow and of h evil, Christ has interests dear to his t( heart?how dear, no one of us perhags lias a notion of. Souls lie in darkness a] to whom his word would give light, h ind in bondage to whom it would Ci tiring deliverance. He says to us, ''I di ?ount upon my people to do this." How can we answer to him for this 0i confidence he h?s placed in us? Shall h 41 T Aiul T Korfl liarl fn lrn nh *1, l"OJ, ""111, A. llu.v ...... ,,, with my neighbors, to provide for the t? future, to do a great many things. fa which I thought of more importance?" fr 5r shall we nay, "Lord, thou art so pi jreat, so high,'so powerful, thou sure- si ly canst not want my help in a matter ai like this !" or, again, "Lord, thou art j| o gracious, I am sure thou wilt accept ,sj mything I may bring, I would not n suppose thee a hard Master, to want n: me to bring thee much?" Alas, what ci shall we say? Sftall we not rather ij >wn with broken hearts how little we dl liniift vnlnnrt him 9?P. Tlr_ QrCLtlt. id tC Laws of War. le w Put war has its laws. Among the h laws of war is the right to dominate, y< for a time, all the liberties and human- ii ities thut have grown up in times of it ueace. It does not sieal.hut"forages." tl It respects neither property nor life. o< War knows no Sabbath. Some com- tl manders liave advised its observance, sc but uot one of them would dare refuse tl to desecrate it by a battle if military reasons called for one ou that day. If st lie did, he would be court-martialed. ,ju As the common law of England, our | fa inheritance, lias come to be a well-de- .si [hied system, made up of accumulated ni precedents, so war, practiced by all nations, has its code fairly settled w imong civilized people by usage. Cer- di :ain methods of killing and stealing se luring a war are denounced and nun- ai shed as contrary to its code. Inoeed, Jo hat very indefinite and unsettled, but w recognized, system called ''Interna- as ionul Laws," in wliich we have all ri liad more or Jess instruction in ourstu- ai lent days, is largely made up of max- cj ms to be observed, duties ami prom- tl aitions belonging to tlie state of war, hi tvlrich stale lias been for centuries the normal condition of some of the lead- fi< ng nations of Christendom. Great rn Britain, for instance, has had over :\venty wars in the so-called peaceful lialf century of Victoria. But war also has its spirit and charicter. Like a nation Willi a history, a d iterature; laws and couduct, so war, ni ivitli its organization, its discipline, us ni inities and diversities, is, in some tl sense, a person. It is animated by a T Jistinctive and definable spirit. It in exhibits certain moral qualities, and is pr created as responsible. Indeed, this j Im *reat engine which the nations have tl created and gradually developed has v< {rowti to such proportions as to re-lit mind us of the terrible mechanical j ei monster [Mrs. Snelley's "Franken- fii Htein"] which the inventor was said to pi liave made so perfect that, when ani- fo mated, it became his tyrant, and tor- h< mentor. War has not only an all-per- d< i-mlimr jirul ?niniHtiiiir snirit. it exhib-l ils more or less of what is called char-1 'icier. The na'ions themselves nre;p< afraid of it. Once unchained, tlie; i.< monster is n|t<> become a law untojT himself.?Advocatc of I'cacc. I n< i hi There is no part of a man's nature ai which the yospel does not purify, nojP relation (?f his life which it does not.ai hallow. lei I Nobody. f nobody 8 noticed you, yon must be small; f nobody's slighted you, you must be tall; f nobody's bowed to you, you must bo low; f nobody's kissed you, you're ugly, you know; f nobody's envied you, you're n poor elf; (' nobody's flattered you, you've flattered yourself; f nobody's cheated you, yon are a knave; f nobody's hated you, you are a slave: f nobody's called you a tool to your face, iomebody's wished for your back in lis place; f nobody's called you a tyrant or scold; ioniebody thinks you're of spiritless mold; f nobody knows of your faults but a friend, Jobody will miss them at the world's eud; f nobody clings to your purse like a fawn, Tobody'li run like abound when It's gone; f nobody's eaten his bread from your store, Jobody'11 call you a miserly bore; i iiuuuii.> n ninuucicu ?iicic jojuui jh-u , Ign yourself "nobody" quick as you can. Disobedience to Parental Authority. BY REV. A. M'lNTYRE. In the thriving village of in he State of there fivgd a family f much respectability and influence. ?he youngest child was a son called byhe pet name of Bennie. At the time f which we write he was a youth aurteen or fifteen years of age, heal hy, active and intelligent, popular tli the boys of the village and aoniehing of a leader among them. Benie was a member of the select school f the village, forward in his books, a ood scholar with plans already laid )r usefulness. He had no idea of beng a drone in the bustling hive of hulan activity. With all the freshness nd zest of his youthful vigor he had etermined to carve a place for himself i the busy world. The household of rhich Bennie was a member attended egularly at the house of God and livJ under the wholesome restraint ol iligious influence. His mother and ther members of the family werepro;ssing Christians and he himself a lember of tlie Sabbuth-school. Benie could not be called a bad boy, raier the revt-rse. He was thought to e excellent in his way, yet he had >mo dangerous traits in him that call il loudly for control, inese were unlistakably manifest at timea when he 'ould put at defiance the parental aulority. Such were the surroundings f hisyouth, and with prospects most attering, when the fatal catastrophe vertook him which brought his oung life to an inglorious end. On Saturday afternoon of a beautiil autumn day his father, about to be bsent from home for a short time, reuested the son to take charge of the tlice. Btnnie in company with a oung companion had agreed on a unting excursion that very afternoon. i! t*1cj n/vmmn n/1 V?*? I 'mc^uiuiug uia luiuvi o wuiumuu *-?% >ok the gun and started. The father jeing this, took the weapon from im and put it in its place, repeating se order that he must stay in charge F the office during his absence. The >11 waited until his father was out of ghton his journey; then he took the un and with his companion started >r the woods. They passed alotig the iad eastward from the house up u en tie accent a short distance and halt1 at the place where the railroad and irriage road intersect. Here Bennie, andingon the end of a tie, let down le butt of the gun on the ground and lacinc the muzzle a<rainst his side lose to the small of his back he leanI upon it and began a wriggling moon. Immediately the gun dischargJ and lodged the entire contents of a eavy charge of shot in the body close > the spine. The shock was terrible, [is companion sounded the alarm ud Bennie was immediately brought nine. The best surgical skill was sejred, and everything possible was one to save his life. The appalling situation into which ne act of disobedience had plunged im filled him with dread. The tenmif? tl-w? /lunQdlocu ivntnhinrr thp arful and loving forgiveness of his ither, the prayertf of loving Christian iends, and especially of his godly astor, all were of no avail; the cruel lot was the fatal message of death, [id after nine days of iutense sufferig Bennie passed into the land of lints. But the bodily suffering was ot to be compared with his agony of tiud. The thought that he was to be .it off" so prematurely and his young fe blighted by one persistent deed of Isobedience would come upon him ith nnwprfnl fnrne and then his men . v.. f il anguish no tongue could tell. He ft a message lor his companions to be arnetl by h's example, aud charged is pastor at hie funeral to warn all Dung people in the most public mailer, never to be guilty of a like offense st the same or a similar end overtake lem. The day of his funeral was an ?casion not soon to he forgotten for le salutary lesson it taught, as amidst >bs and weeping we laid his body in le silent grave. Let the youth who reads this little ory be also warned of the danger in ist one act of disobedence. No sin so *..1 T-.at n.m ti'iinonrpoctinn U fl? flip Ltl 1. <i UOb VJ1JV llUtiwgi vnmw,. ? ? ? n of Eden, the parent of all human lisery. He who wilfully disobeys a parent ill wilfully disobey God. He who isregards parental authority will soon (t at defiance the laws of the land id incur a penalty that is sure to fol\v. As the subject of this sketch, he ill be overtaken by some terrible disiter, or like Cain (if not seized by the gorsof the law) he will be a fugitive id a vagabond on the face of the irtli; or like Judas, the betrnyer of ie Lord, he may be led to lay violent !Uids on his own life. "Surely to obey is better than sacri?e, and to hearken than the fat of mis."?Religious Herald. Quiet Work Tells. Large conventions, meetings, where lou-ands are in attendance, etc., tike a big noise in the world and till nch space iu the newspapers, yet ley do not accomplish very much, he most of the work lias to be done i a uery different way. On this point diticians seem to understand matters iter than ministers. They tell us lat though class-meetings and con- <. jntions are striking and exciting, yet is tlie silent, hidden work thatiniiu- : ices the campaign. The men, therere, that work in the out-of-the-way aces and in private, can take com- i rt, knowing that though little is ; ard of them in the world, they are jing a great work for the Lord. Peace is a distinctive promise and isscssion of Christianity. Where ace is not Christianity can not lie. ; here is nothing elevated which is nt exalted by peace. Of wisdom it as been said, ''AH her ways are pleasntness, and all her paths are peace." eace has ever been the longing and j >pi ration o" the noblest souls, wheth- i r for thems?lveu or their country. Moral Character of War. BY R. B. HOWARD. This institution, whose history and literature are nothing, if not bloody; whose heroes are not heroes if they have not, by themselves or others, done much killing; whose laws, as far as they can be ascertained, are remorseless and cruel; whose spirit, an seen and felt in the final and ultimate end to which all war must come?the battle-field on sea or land?is certainly selfish, grasping, mercenary, unforgiving, unsparing, tyrannical, and, may I not add,at times diabolical? Its entire character is so far removed from that of Jesus Christ and his followers as to be evidently unchristiau ; yes, an/l-christian and wicked. This institution still in 1887 claims not only M:?Ui t...i :..!.! LUC IJf?llL IU CAIOt, UUl IllUlIUUUlij CI1UI its existence is necessary, and boldly demands not only the tolerance but the respect and honor of the Christian church. Wheu one classifies it, as I have often done in public addresses, wittv slavery, intemperance, polygamy and duelling in its essential moral quality, and together with them have advocated its abolition, I am met with certain words with which reformers are not unfamiliar?"Impracticable!" "Utopian!" "Fanatical!" "Untime'y!" They say, "Yes, war is an evil, but not a sin. It cannot be cured. It must be enuurea. i ne woria is noi ripe ror its abandonment." People imagine conditions, and create hypotheses, and triumphantly ask, "What would you do?" They usually tell the story of some individual who resolved not to fight and was overcome by temptation. Or they point triumphantly to John Britfht's admission that our civil war could not have been avoided by the Union. A Great Man's Greatest Thought. At a dinner table at the Astor House when Daniel Webster was Secretary of State under President Fillmore, after a period of silence which fell upon the company of some twenty genllemeu who were present, one of the guests said: "Mr. Webster, will you tell me what was the most important thought that ever occupied your mind ?" Mr. Webster slowly passed his hand over his forehead, and in a low tone inquired of one near him, "Is there auy one here who does uot know me?" "The most important thought thai ever occupied my mind," said Mr. Webster, "was that of my individual responsibility to God." And aftei speaking on this subject in the most solemn strain for some twenty minutes, he solemnly rose from the table and retired to his room. Thi9 incident, related by Harvey in bis Reminiscences, serves to illustrate the attitude of great minds towards eternal things. Great men are not scoffers. The men of flippant sneers and godless jests are men of small <^AlSKwn ft r?/l ftUft] Intft ? 1 T # Jj Af tauuiu auu siianun uiicii<cui? xb touvi the wise man who has "said in his heart there is no God." It is not the great man who casts off fear and restrains prayer before Him. A great man comprehends something greater than himself for he is but the image of a divine Creator, uiurred, defaced and distorted by sin, yet bearing testimony to the dignity and grandeur of the divine original, whose glory is so faintly shadowed in the man whom he has made, and endowed with intellect, and will and conscience, and whom he has made to feel, in the depths of his soul, the importance of "Individual responsibility to God."?Hastings. Weighty Words and Trnc. Mr. Wesley's apprehension as to Methodists came from their material thrift. Their frugality, industry, economy, begot prosperity, and prosperity begot sloth, ease, worJdiiue9s. weignty words are used by Dr. Herrick Johnson on this subject. "The church Is rich, and growing richer. She has gathered large stores of the 'loaves and fishes' of this material life. The millionaires appear among the sons of God. "Purple and fine linen," rather than 'raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle,' arc the apparel of the elect. "Self-indulgence is begotten of this increase of gain. If luxury can be commanded, luxury is likely to be had. Men will not walk a rough road if wealth can velvet it. "The church has never yet in an tne Christian ages, withstood this peril from material prosperity. She has withstood peril from hunger, and grown fat with want and desertions.' She has withstood peril from Neronian wild beastn, and the blood of her martyrs has been her fruitful seed. She has withstood peril from false doctrine, and, repudiating the spurious admixture, has flung her faith with a clearer articulation and emphasis, to the sight of men. "But it is yet to be seen whether the church can get rich and keep her riches, and keep her Lord. Thus far in history she lias gone down before this peril. She is face to face with the peril of to-day. It is instant, imminent, chief of all." War is not only the crime, it is the lunacy of nations, a contagious, epidemic, madness. But this evil would not continue in Cnristian communities u day longer, if the good Christian men of every country were once to recognize and acknowledge its monsiroiis criminality. I. therefore, do solemnly arraign the professed Church I of Christ, in all its divisions save a few small bodies who have borne aj faithful testimony in this regard. 1 , arraign the churches of-Christendom as guilty of all the crime and woe which the continnance of this barlar- ( ous institution entails upon the world. ( The while robes of the bride of Christ ), should be pure and spotless; but they h have been draggled in blood. Wan <terns to aim at setting up the king-|j ilom of Satan in the earth; and yet j ^ the Church is its very bulwark. Jtj, says God speed to the warrior as hej, sets out on his mission of death. On ! j this subject it in not Christian, out:, Pagan. I charge upon tho professing |, Church the responsibility for all tliej, rvils which war inllicts upon soriety ;! j for one word from her would stop them , nil. I make this charge with no bit-" ternessand in perfect charity. But I, make in all seriousness and solemnity, i The heights of earthly promotion c.nd glory lifts us no whit nearer heav-j sii. It is easier to step there from the lowly vale of humiliation aud sorrow, j Wbat Others Saj. (St. Louis Christian Advocate.) m The great pains aud expense taken by many city papers to gather and publish reports of various crimes of various degrees, from almost every part of the country, iias no tendency i to make men better nor in any way to advance the interest of Bociety. On the contrary it has the opposite effect. It panders to a vitiated and debased taste which grows and strengthens on that which it feeds, and becomes morr : and more debased. Familiarity wit! crime tends to lessen abhorrence, am as Pope has said, "We first endure, cnen pity, tnen embrace." Buch pub licHtions often stimulate the bad passions of youth and excite in them a secret desire to become participants in. scenes and acts which they foolishly regard as heroic, and urge them forward in ihe commission of crime. The fact that such things are sought -j after?and this is the principal reason why they are published?is itself, evidence of a low and debased taste, ^nd mnnv nf niip nnnnlai- nonara inofoo/l a/ being leaders of public opinion, are merely its exponents, when in reality they should seek to be both the one and the other?both a guide and an exponent. iStS ? (Dr. J. W. Alexander.) On Amusements. -As I grow older as a parent, my views are changing , J fust as to the dpn-rpp n( / nnfnrmlfir tn this world which we should aUow to our children. I* am horror-st#jck to couut up the profligate chil^pKof pious persons, and even njinnJcfre. Tne door at which those influences enter which countervail parental instruction and influence, I am persuaded is yielding to the ways of good society; by dress, books, and amusements, an utmosphere is formed which is not Christianity. More than ever do I feel that our families must stand in a kind but determined opposition to the fashions of the world, breasting the waves like the Eddystone Lighthouse. And I have found nothing yet which requires more courage and independence than to rise even a little, but decidedly above the par of the religious world around us. Surely, the way we ^ -"if commonly go on is not the way of self-denial and sacrifice and cross-bearing which the New Testament speaks of. Our slender influence on the circle of our friends 19 ofteu to be traced to our leaving so little difference between us. (Times and Democrat) Nipped in the Bud.?It was proposed to have a game of base ball in Charleston last Sunday, but, to their honor ue it saiu, the authorities nippea the matter in the bud and gave the base ballists to understand that they would be arrested-4f any game was attempted. While we do not believe in blue laws we agree with the Charleston Sun that "the decorous observance of Sunday is a matter of supreme importance. It is a foundation stone of the conservative religious sentiment that makes the strongest safeguard this country has against political and intellectual anarchy. It carries back the people once in every week of the year to nratit.ical reoocnition of aternal truth and acceptance of the doctrines and the spirit of the fathers." We thauk the Charleston authorities for the promptness with which they acted in the matter. Let us one and all remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy (Texas Christian Advocate.) Some of our contemporaries have been too severe on Dr. Kelley. Itcannot be denied that ho has made a seiious mistake, that his course cannot be defended, and that the doctrines of hie letter are pernicious. It is not onlv the right, but the duty of the Churcn press, to show the evil of his teaching and defend the Church and the ministry. It is not proper, however, for the Church press to turn itself into judge and jury to try any man. A Cnurch newspaper is not a proper court of trial for a Methodist preacher. A Church newspaper, in our opinion, oversteps the bounds when it suggests thet Dr. Kelley "resign his office" and "retire from the notice of the Church." lite atiipping-jiope rvn. The skipping-rope fever usually begins early in the fall. It attacks Indiscriminately girls of all ages. When the thermometer drops from ninety to sixty degrees, there is not one young girl out of a hundred but feels the natural and inherited hunger for the skipping-rope. Now there are two ways of jumping the rope. One is for the girl to turn it herself, going forward, as if on a run, instead of jumping always in the same nlace. This wav. in moderation, is healthy, for it is an easy, natural motion, straining no Dart of the body unduly. The other way to jump the rope is to gel one girl atone end and another at the other, and then to jump until tripped or tired out. The latter method is always the favorite?first, because it becomes a game iustead of an exercise, and, secondly, because the girl has nothing to occupy her hands and cam devote all her energies to jumping. Here is where the danger comes In. The steps are all up and down, up and down, for three and even four minutes on a stretch. Every time the girl allfi' Ills HI tor a spring sue piuuuvn.a slight?very slight?brain concussion. The action of the heart is greatly increased. After a full meal, indulgence in rope-skipping, particularly with other girls to turn, means dyspepsia and misery in a few years. Every one of these dangers is increased tenfold by that momentarilyuccelorated jumping-jack game of "Salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper," in which the turner tries to turn faster than the jumper jumps, and thejump?r tries to jump as fast as the turner turns, until both are ready to urop from exhaustion. "How many turus can you jump?" ;s prolific of more evil to girls than ;heir mothers dream of. The determined rivalry with which two children will jump up and down till gasping for breath, their pulse at one hunIred and twenty a minute and the ivell-nigh invisible blue veins in their foreheads are swollen outby the quick, irregular pumping of the heart, is tA Qno .. Go. find that heart less blest than thine, And pour within his ear Sweet words of peace, and comfort, too, With sympathizing cheer; Then shall thou rind ahapplnesn Around thy being thrown; The peace diffused mothers' hearts Khali make more blessed thine own. J