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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. O., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1888. VOLUME XXXII. NO. 49. A
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F. S. HUTCHISON, Proprietor. J. Q. DONNALD, Manager.
The Lowndesville Wholesale and Retail
STOVE AND TIN HOUSE
WE HAVE ON HAND TWO CAR LOADS OF COOKING STOVES THAT WE ARE OFferin<;
at very LOW PRICES FOR CASH or ON TIME. We give ! <? pieces wi'Ji each
Stove. We will prepay FREIGHT ON STOVES TO ANY POINT IN A1JBEVILLE COUNTY,
so come and examine our large stock or write us for prices. All orders by mull for eoods
In our line will have prompt attention. We carry the largest stock of HOUSE FURNISHING
GOODS in the county, such as
Tinware, Crockery ware, Woodenware,
Granite Ironware, Potware, Glassware,
Stoveware, Lamps, Lamp Fixtures,
Shelf Hardware, Shears and Razors,
Table and Pocket Cutlery.
A thousand and 011c other things too numerous to mention. Wealsoilo ROOFING AND
GUTTERING on short notice and manufacture TIN and SHEETIRON WAKE, SMOKE
STACKS, SPARK ARRESTERS, ite. Address all orders to
J. Q. DO!>s ^wVLD, Manager,
Lowndesville, S. C.
i P. 8. We carry In stock the best ROOFING PAINTS made. Also, VARNISH for SMOKE
STACKS and BO ILEltS. J. Q. D.
SPEED'S DRUG STORE!
WITH A FULL AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medicines
Dye Stuffs, Stationery, Paints, Oils. &c.
Most any demand of this market can be supplied, ready mixed
PAINTS In any quantity from 25c. can up. WHITE LEAD, RAW and BOILED LINseed
OIL, WINDOW GLASS and PREPARKD PUTTY in abundance. The latest novelties
in WRITING PADS, BOX PAPER, PEN STAFFS, INK STANDS. &c. My
]VTay Klirby and Irfcebel Girl Cigars
can't be equalled in this market for a 5c. Cigar. My CHEWING TOBACCO and CIGAR
- thln? unml tn PHEW Or
ETTES are first class aiso. in raci, l HI IltSIUlJUUILCIO 1111 Ull,< UIIUH 0 ?
to SXJOKE, but don't, nor wont, keep any thing good to drink,exccpt SODA WATER, which
with a first class outfit. I shall 6pare no efforts to bring up to the highest standard.
The above with a full line of HARMONICAS, VIOLIN and GUITAR FITTINGS, TOILET
ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, SOAPS. CONFECTIONERIES, the LATEST NOVELS, CHEAP
EDITION, and various other articles too numerous to mention. I'm satisfied your wants can
be supplied at the LOWEST PRICES.
45- ORDERS BY HAND OR MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
Prescriptions Carefully & Accurately Prepared at all Hours
WILL BE GLAD TO SEE YOU WHETHER YOU BUY OR NOT.
FIRST DOOR ABOVE NATIONAL BANK. ABBEVILLE, S. C.
P. B. SPEED.
April 11,1SS8, tf
the Augusta Furniture Palace
The Leading Furniture House of the South.
^RITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICE LISTS.
BEDSTEADS from $1.50 to S150.00. PARLOR SUITS from 800.00 to $500.00.
BUREAUS from 8(5.00 to 8175.00. BED ROOM SUITS Irom 815.00 to 8150.09.
Call and sec us whether you want anything or not. No trouble to show goods.
FLEMING & BOWLES, THE LEADERS,
838 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, 6A.
Feb. 1,1888,6m
If on The Place for Bargains
Don't See What, You ? L mm CASH ST0REi
Want Ask for It. JCO. 2 KNOX'S Itl.OCK.
?Where you will find a good line of?
SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS,
WE'VE GOT IT "ACON, LARD, FLOUR,
" Ij.WJj M.W X X 1 TOBACCO, CIGARS,
TINWARE and NOTIONS.
Utterly impossible to enu- A,so? bargains In Toilet and Laundry Soap.
merate what we have in Fre8" "?? ^"?
Don't fail to come and see for yourself.
StOCk. April 4, 1888, 9m
We cater to the tastes of I COUNTY BOARD OF
all, irrespective of honor, _ #
wealth, fame, or previous Equalization.
condition of servitude.
We guarantee satisfaction ^I^he county board of
5 oatioxaonuu EQUALIZATION will meet
to the old, the young, the ?" thcACo"n& Auditor's Office, ThursJ
? day, April 20, to hear Complaints, &c.
rich, the pcor?male or fe- All petitions must be ill person or in
r writing.
male, plain or aesthetic. The County Board is composed of
the Chairman of Local Boards. A
nn j full attendance is desired.
Pay your money and make j g. edvvards,
your selections at A w Couuty Vmmh
P. ROSENBERG & CO DENTAL OFFICE,
March 29,1888, tf NINETY-SIX, S. C.
~ T~ 7~ "TT ' f\S AND AFTER MARCH THE 12th, I
The State of South Carolina,! w will oirer my professional services to my
friends and the public generally.
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Having provided myself with the latest impudratf
roi'mt proved instruments, &c., I will be prepared to
t .u .. . .1 pimin it., do all work in my line, both in operative and
In the matter of the estate of Dr. Edwin I ar- mechanical dentistry. All work guaranteed.
Ker, Deceased. prices moderate.
Petition for Settlement and Discharge. _ \V. H. HOLLAND, Dentist.
?F. PARKER, as Administrator of the es- March 7,1888, Cm
tate of Dr. Edwin Parker, deceased, ~ ? ?
having filed his petition in this Court praying Tflvvg 11/ nl 1C
for settlement and discharge, A Olid vUutd if ClISi
It is Orderkd: that Monday, the 23d of
April next be fixed for settling said estate and THE undersigned will put you up a 19 inch
granting a final discharge as prayed for. 1 Terra Cotta Weil for half the price of a
J. FULLER LYON, dug one. The common wood bucket is used
iitiiiro iWiKnio I'nnrt for (Irnwlntr water. The cleanlnir out is the
March 20, 1888, 4t work of a moment by keeping a galvanized
sheet iron bucket in the bottom to be hooked
. out at will. Satisfaction guaranteed. This
We Offer Grand Opportunity Terracotuweighswtoj^^undstojhefoot.
FOR Greenwood, H.C.
_ t, . ? i They are frog proof aud superior to one dug.
EaiSinff Fine Mules. Joels. Bailey, Greenwood.
? They are bound to take precedence over all
others. Prof. Blake, Greenwood.
fPHE THOROUGHBRED JACK MOZART. V1,??1'tPsmart'T^ov
i aTfrr?lnvJ^Aawn,^ tltfnilVlnbJe?,?nr Dr- ^ Anderson, Ninety-Six.
AVALL1NGFORD & RUSSELL during the Rev. Pressly, Due West.
8eRBOQ. ]) T Ward hi w McComnlnlf
S0,.?r0S!aCk' 'i lia,?c's six years old, ^ t Qf 94 wells made in my town In two
p^und^ w?n proportioned. ? I hvae put up 23 of them.
TERMS?Ten Dollars insurance, tor fur- ' In|tf,? iR87 12 111
ther particulars communicate with jhij to, *coi, t*
WALLINGFORD & RUSSELL, " . . __
Abbeville C. H.. S. C. DAmefvofiAn Vnfina
March 21,1888, tf XVUgiObiauvu iiubivui
. BOLD BRANCH STOCK FARM
w..nn.?<h Supervisor ok Registration,
Mmniuolh Bronze Turkey s , Abbeville, S. C., Feb. 29,1888.
Plymouth Rock Chickens, nr
Brown Leghorn Chickens, I HE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF REO...
Istration will bo open on the flrst Mondays In
of the best and most notid prue-winnlug ^iarct)i April, May, June and July for the
strains. transaction ot such business as the law dlEggs
82 00 per setting recls 1,1 connection with the registration ol
voters. No. 4 O'Neill Law Range.
Thoroughbred Registered Devon
Bull "Jester," No. 3634. W. P. CALHOUN,
W. P. ADDISON,
Troy, s. c. Supervisor*
Feb. 8, 1888. 3m* Feb. 29,1888, tf
Extracts from Lowndesville Advertiser
The Rev. Sam Jones will deliver a
lecture at Anderson on the night of
the 21st. An effort is being made to
run an excursion from here on that
date and return after the lecture is
over. Tickets are on sale for reserved
seats, and parties.desiring to attend
can obtain tickets from Mr. J. M. Latimer,
or Rev. W. S. Martin.
Col. J as. H. Rice, State Su peri ntenpantof
Education, will deliver an
address next Wednesday evening at
the Methodist church at four o'clock.
Col. Rice has been iu different parts of
State, and has awakened an interest in
the public school system.
The Fire Department of Anderson,
S. C., have issued some handsome invitations
to "the citizens gala week"
and "the Fireman's Tournament and
Band contest" to be held June 12, 13
and 14. We hope to have the pleasure
of attending.
Mr. G. S. Bruce has an Ethiopian
dog, and two pet Beavers, one white
and the other black. Any one who
has never seen anything of the kind
should call on Mr. Bruce and see his
pets.
Master Earnest Allen thinks
that our friend It. A. McConnell can
come as near sitting "all over" a
bench as any one man he ever saw.
Mr. E. W. Harper came down
Saturday evening and spent the night
at the Ferry. He returned to Anderson
Sunday.
Mr. P. L. Sturkey, has suffered a
great deal with the felon on his hand,
but it is better and he is able to be up.
Mr. W. F. Kennedy went to Anderson
Friday to attend Presbytery,
which convened there that night.
i,,T" fni- Vinilrlinor n
AttE. Oj^iupnanuu .X,. _
United States Court House at Greenville,
S. C., has passed the Senate.
Mrs. Charlie Simpson, spent
Saturday and Sunday with her brother
Mr. E. R. Horton.
Capt. J. E. BROWNLEEand family
worshipped at the Methodist church
last Suuday.
Mb. J. B. LeRoy, has been sick for
several days but is able to be up and is
improving.
Miss Surilla Smith, of Mt. Carmel,
is visiting her sister Mrs. P. L.
Sturkey.
Mr. M. L. Kay, passed through
town Monday en route home from Augusta.
OUR DUE WEST LETTER.
Due West, April 9, 1888.
Miss Keith, of Walhalla, is visiting
Miss Lizzie Miller.
Dr. Lathan has been requested to
write a history of the Associate He
formed church at Due West.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashbel Brice are in
town. Mr. Brice is one of the prominents
of the Chester Bar.
The Sun Beam Society gave a
successful entertainments in the way
of refreshments in the interest of the
Baptist church Thursday night of last
week. It was a public occasion.
Mr. M. B. Clinkscales is having his
beautifully situated residence painted
snowy white with green blinds. Mr.
Izban Bell is doing the job and it will
be neatly done.
The painters who have just finished
Dr. E. H. Edwards dwelling in Tallapoosa
write that it is the prettiest
residence in the place.
Mr. John F. Calhoun has 150 young
chickens. He beats the town in numbers.
We see by the Instructor that Dr.
Grier is booked to deliver an address
in Philadelphia at the meeting of the
National Keformed Association the
middle of this mouth. Quite an array
of able sneakers from all over the |
country are named.
From the list of new houses to be
erected in Lowndesville as given by
the last Advertiser, "the Seven-Hilled
City" must be 011 a regular bender.
We see that Latimer claims the mineral
springs.
Miss Julia McCaw, among other
books has sold quite a number of copies
of "Our Country" iu Due West.
In reading this book . we were most
struck with the chapter on "Money
and the Kingdom." This chapter is
the climax of the book. The chapter
on "the Anglo-Saxon" is considered
the finest by some.
IMaj. J. Harper Vance, of Cokesbury
spent last weelt in town. He has the
agency of this country for the "The
Beautifnl Story?Companion Book to
the Bible." Written by J. W. Buel
and T. DeWitt Talmage. It is a fine
book and finely illustrated.
The quarterly meeting ot tne
Associate Reformed church was held
last Saturday, Capt. John Cochrane
in the chair. The finances of the
church were in good shape.
The young men of the town will organize
on next Saturday a Young
Men's Domestic Missionary Society.
This is a worthy undertaking. There
is work in our community they can
do.
Maj. H. Vance has patented a plow
that will plow a row at a time, and
with one horse. R. S. G.
N0TE8 FROM ABBEVILLE COURT HOUSE.
The position taken by Auditor A.
W. Jones in regard to taxing National
and other banks has been sustained by
the Attorney General. Mr. Jones first
called the attention of the bank at
Abbeville to their return of property,
which he held was not in accordance
with the law. The matter was then
referred by Mr. Jones to the Comptroller
General who submitted it to the
Attorney General with the above result.
According to the opinion of the
Attorney General, banks are liable for
taxes on Its stock and surplus, and a
circular has been issued to all the Au
Uilors ox 1110 eiaie 10 require me duiikb
to make proper returns. Thi., will add
to the taxable property of the State
some two millions of dollars. Auditor
Jones is a faithful and competent
officer, and one too that looks well after
the interests of the tax-payers.
Since he has had charge of the Auditor's
office he has added to the tax
hooks of the county some two hundred
thousand dollars of taxable property.
The people of Abbeville should congratulate
themselves on having Buck
an efficient officer.
Last Friday the white teachers of
the county were examined, and on
Saturday the negro teachers stood
their examination. The result of
these examinations will be given in
the Advertiser next week. A large
number of negroes were examined.
It will take some time for the Board
of Examiners to examine and pass
upon the papers.
The Diocesau Cenyentiou of the
Episcopal church will meet in Ander9un
early in May. The delegates are
Messrs. W. H. Parker, W. A. Lee, W.
C. Benet and Wm. P. Calhoun.
There is going to be a lively race for
the office of Sheriff this year. It is
an important office, and a good and
competent man should be selected for
the position. Rossdiic.
Latimer Ltcnh.
Latimer, April 7,1888.
Easter Sunday dawned bright and
beautiful, our people all attended Divine
worship at Salem. The church
was artistically and beautifully decorated
by the young ladies.
Mr. M. P. DeBruhl, of Abbeville,
spent Easter Sunday in Latimer.
Mr. Tom Carter was the I'icky man
who drew twenty-five dollars in the L.
S. L.
The Misses Baskin, of Rocky River
church, were in our neighborhood yesterday,
soliciting contributions to buy
an organ. We wish them all succcss
in their good work.
Miss Lula Wright has returned
from Greenwood, and resumed her duties
in the school room.
We are happy to report Johnnie
Danniel improving.
Mrs. M. 1*. DeBruhl and children are
spending this week with Mrs. Geo. C.
O raves
Rev. H. C. Fennel and Mr. Gibcrt of
Monterey, and Mr. Frank Wilson, of
Warrenton, boarded the train yesterday
afternoon, to attend Presbytery
which convenes in Anderson next
Sunday.
Mr. Dalton, a tobacco drummer from
North Carolina, was in town this
week.
Miss Lizzie Edge has charge of the
school recently taught by Mrs. Eugene
DuPre.
Mr. Well, of Augusta, was in town
tu-uujr.
Whooping cough has almost exhausted
itself in our neighborhood.
The many friends of Mr. E. T. Yarbrough
will be glad to hear that he is
in Augusta. We hope soon to welcome
him back to our town.
Honor Bright.
Mr. W. J. Craig, Acting General
Freight and Passenger Agent of the
Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway
Company has issued a circular in
which he says:
"The Augusta National Exposition,
to be held iu the City of Augusta, October
10th to November 17th, 1888, offers
the following Liberal Premiums
for County Exhibits:
For the'best County Exhibit of the
products of Agriculture, Horticulture
and Forrestry, and the products of
^A t^a ci nrvn
XJUIiicaLIU on.ui uuu inuunu^, <ri,uiA/..
For the second best, ditto, ditto,
$500.
This Exposition, with the exception
of the World's Fuir at New Orleans in
1885, will prove the most extensive
ever held in the South, and thousands
of visitors from the North and West
will be attracted hither seeking homes
and investments in this section.
It, therefore, affords the most favorable
means of displaying to the world
the resources and industries of your
County.
Desiring to assist in advertising the
natural advantages of the section traversed
by these lines, the general
inauagement have decided to transport
free, to and from Augusta, the
Exhibits of the several Counties traversed
by the Port Royal and Augusta,
and Port Royal and Western Carolina
Railways, wnen entered for the Premiums
named above.
It will be my pleasure to give any
further information that may be desired."
This is a liberal offer, and the people
of our Htate should use every effort
to make a good showing of our resources.
Abbeville County should
t.rv for the above nremiums bv all
meaus, and In this way would become
well advertised.
D?en Advertising Pny?
We beard a gentleman say tbe other
day that it did. He said be seldom
went to town without taking bis paper
and looking over the advertisements
in order to And out where to get
the articles he wanted. This, he says,
saves a man from ruuning around over
town hunting what he wanted. By
examining the advertisements before
going, be always knew exactly where
to go.
This is a good plan, and we suggest
it to all of our readers. Read the advertisements
in the paper and you will
know exactly where to go to get what
you want. It is a known tact long ago
that the most prosperous business men
of any place do the most advertising.
4^
Evangelist Sam Jones will have
a crowd to hear him at Anderson ou
the 21st. A special excursion train
will be run for the accommodation of
the crowd as follows :
Leave Lowndeaville 6.01 p m
Leave Cook 6.21 p m
Leave Starr 6.33 p m
Leave Dean 6.39 pm
Arrive Anderson 7.00 pm
Leave Anderson at 10.20 p. m. or
immediately after the lecture, making
the run to Lowndesville in one hour.
Round trip tickets will be sold Saturday
April 21st, good to return on
until Sunday, April 22nd at the fol- ;
lowing low rates :
From Lowndesville 50cts.
From Cook 40cts.
From Starr 30cts.
From Deam 25cts.
Tbe railroad authorities will have
ample accommodation and will see
that the best of order prevails.
Lownpesville democratic uiuu
No. 2 will meet in Lowndesville on
Saturday the 21st at three o'clock to
re-organize and elect delegates to the 1
Central Club. J. T. BASKIN, JR.,
B. L. Cmnkscal.es, Pres.
Sec.
Lowndesville Democratic Club
No. 1 will meet on Saturday the 5th
of May at three o'clock to re-organize
and elect delegates to the County
Club. I. H. McCALLA,
J. M. Baker, Pres.
Sec.
Mrs. F. AuLnaud Mr. Olin Auld,
of Greenwood are here visiting their
many friends, who are always glad to
see them.
The work on Mr. J. M. Latimer's
house at Depot street is being rapidly
pushed forward. ,
Mr. A. J. Clinkscales, of Monterey,
was in town Monday on business,
Mrs. Dr. A.J. Sheer, has returned
from a visit to relatives in Georgia.'
Extracts from Christian Neighbor
The W. O. T. U. of Mississippi,
through Hon. T. M. Kemp, introduced
into the Senate a bill providing for
scientific instruction in the public
schools on the effects of alcohol and
narcotics upon the human system.
The bill passed the Senate and also
the House, but was vetoed by the Governor.
The Temperance women have
sent a letter to Gov. Lowry asking the
wherefores of his disapproval.
Union Revival Meetings were inaugurated
in this city last night, April 9,
by Rev. C. H. Yatman. Services will
be held every day during his stay here
from the hours of 11 A. M. to 12 M.,
and from 8 to 9 P. M., with an after
service at the latter time.
A Georgia lawyer, J. B. Rodgers, is
taking the initial steps toward securing
to himself and his co-heirs certain
lands in South Carolina. The town of
Aiken, it is said, is included in the
tract of 700 acres belonging to Mr.
Rodgers's grandfather.
On the Milwaukee and St. Paul,
April 5, a train plunged through a
trestle over a swollen creek, and twelve
passengers were instantly killed, and
more than that number injured, many
so seriously that it is feared they canuot
recover.
Iu the City of Mexico, March 3, the
inclosure within which a bull fight
was in progress was fired by incendiaries.
There was a panic, the deaths
from burning and trampling numbering
eighteen.
The municipal election in this city,
April 3, resulted in the election of the
regular nominees of the Democratic
party. In ward four there was effort
to bolt a portion of the ticket, but unsuccessfully.
Rev. I. S. Hopkins, D. D., presideut
of Emory College, Oxford, Ga., has
i- J il- ! * ! ?
accepteu me posuiuii ui prwsiuwm. ui
the Georgia Institute of Technology.
This will leave vacant the presidency
of Emory.
Henry Rosenberg, a millionaire
banker of Galveston, Texas, has donated
$40,000 for the erection of a public
school building in that city for the
education of white children exclusively.
Jacob Sharp died in New York
April 5. It will be remembered that
he was accused of bribing New York
aldermen to secure a franchise for his
surface railway in that city.
Under the operation of the new license
law in twelve wards of Philadelphia
the number of saloons has been
reduced from 2,147 to 551.
John Hawkins, Assistant Postmaster
at Newberry, swindled the Postmistress,
Mrs. Herbert, out of $500, and
left that town March 28.
Rev. T. F. Harden, Methodist pastor
in Greene County, Ala., committed
suicide, April 4. No cause is assigned
for the act.
The ninety-fourth anniversary of
the Frst Presbyterian church in this
city was celebrated last Sunday April
J.
The Edisto Bridge on the South Carolina
Railway was burned April 5.
The State Democratic Convention 1
will be held in Columbia, May 17.
The Southern Press Association met I
in New Orleans, April 6.
Evolution of the Table. <
It was late in the fourteenth centu- 1
ry when the first evidences of art in 1
the shape of silver cups were noticea- '
ble on the buffet. The dishes were 1
made of pewter or wood, and spoon 1
of bone, wood or silver. Knives were 1
rare, and on that account guests invit- '
ed to feasts carried their own knives. 1
Forks came in general use still later, 1
and for long years after their introduc- '
tion they were considered ridiculous 1
affectation and foppery, and not near- I
ly so convenient as one's own fingers.
The lord and his lady dipped their
** !-?- iU. .... ..... b../.n tha
lingers iiiiu lue aauic uup. uvcu
queenly Elizabeth, with all her elaborate
ideas of etiquette, was content I
to carry her food to her mouth with I
her fingers, and at first despised the 1
newly invented forks as unseemly and 1
awkward <
Very gradually the dining hall grew 1
in comfort and splendor. Dishes of i
gold and silver were made, and so '
eager were tho nobles for them that i
they would saccellar anything to <
possess theiu. The salt-cellar was for J
a long time the article of highest im- I
panceportontheboard.lt was a great I
affair,and it stood directly in the center <
of the table; it was the dividing line; s
the nobles were seated above the salt, <
the commoners below, hence grew the
proverb, "Below the salt." The pass
ing of salt was a ceremonious custom, >
the guest throwing a pinch over his 1
left shoulder and murmuring a bless- ]
>?{? j
The salt-cellars were of the most I
curious devices. Sometime tli?y re- 1
presented huge animals, sometimes a t
yreat fullblown flower, or a longslend- ?
erstem, and again, they were in shape i
of a chariot, mounted on four wheels, I
on which they were easily lun down t
the table. f
The first glass cnps came from Veil- <
ice during the sixteenth ceutury, and
from that time on seciety began to
lose many of its primitive ways, and (
became, in a sense, more refind. j
Henry VIII. was born with luxuri- t
ous tester; he had his banquet chairs t
supplied with velvet cushions, and c
about this time the parlor or "talking- (
room," as it was called, was introduc- j
ed : and here it was that the dames e
took refuge when the dinner had ad- [
""" I l>?\'/-?r?rl nrnilpilt, limils. as it ^
VtUltUlt , - c
invariably did before the finish. j
The cook that presided over the c
kitchen in those days was not the M
counterpart ?f our nineteenth century \
Bridget, but he was a" artist, and gen- j
erally a man of quality. The ladies j
of the household, even those of noble
birth, attended to many domestic c
duties, making the bread, preserving j
the fruits; while to understand the ?
peoper use of starch was considered a a
great accomplishment. e
"Frettine/ is an cvidcncc of [
weakness." It shows that you are not j
controlling yourself. While in that fl
condition you are not fit tocontroll !,
anybody else. Don't fret. It is your
Christian duty to cultivate self-con- t
trol and patience; and in so doing
you are not only obeying God, but you
are also working for your own greatest c
happiness. j
God keeps his word even in the t
smallest particulars. Trust him and t
try his faitfulness. He delights to c
have us thus test him iu faith. (
Religion Is the perfection of wisdom, 1
practice the best instructor?thanksgiving
the sweetest recreation.
Now.
BY SUSAX. COOLIDGE.
When our dead are taken
From our sight.
All their faults and follies
Vanish quite.
All the little discords,
A11.the fret,
All the moods and puzzles,
We forget
Nothing but their sweetness
We recall,?
How they served us, pleased us,
That Is all!
Only tender memories
Come to mind.
Love's dear recognitions
Sure and kind;
Fair as are the angels
Unto men
Shine those vanished faces
To us then.
When onr dead have left us
What avails?
Can they hear our voices??
Thick the veils
Drawn 'twixt sense and spirit.
Who can know
If our love may follow
Where they go?
All our bitter yearning
Is in vain,
Though to pierce the darkness
We are fain.
Love hftt but Its minute,
Its brief day,
Nor forany grieving
Will delay.
Ere the cruel spoiler
Disallow,
II you love your loved ones,
Love them now
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Wage* and Liviug Forty YearM Age.
The Springfield Republican publisher
a portion of the address of James
Bartlett, ati old citfzen of Detroit, al
the semi-centennial of Michigan.
Mr. Bartlett is an intelligent workingman
and no rhapsodist. He had
long been a machinist in Massachusetts
when young, and spoke of things
wiiniii nis own Knowiege. nis own
recollection went Ijack forty-five years,
for he first began in 1842, in a machine
shop employing about fifty men on
cotton machinery for Lowell. He
said :
"The wages of a machinist in this
shop were $1 to SI 25 a day, one nabob
of a partem maker received the sum
of SI.50. They went to work at 5
o'clock in the morning and worked
until 7.3U at night, with an hour for
breakfest and three-quarters for dinner.
It was several years before we obtained
eleven hours a day. It has now been
ten hours a day for twenty-five years
np mnrp nnrl wa crumble at that.
though we may get more than twice
the wages we did forty years ago; and
we are hoping to get the same or higher
pay for working eight hours. I know
the condition of the machinist is better
than when I first joined the guild.
He has better pay, better houses, better
education, oetter living; and I hope
he will keep on improving for the next
fifty years. Large machine shops
were started before 1836. One in Lowell
employed over 1000 men on cotton
machinery. Now the country is dotted
with them. For my part; I don't
want any more of the good old times.
The present time is the best we have
ever had though I hope not the best
we shall ever see. In fifty years we
have reduced our hours of labor from
fourteen to eight hours a day, our
wages are doubled, and the necessaries
of life are much cheaper (a barrel
of salt, which cost $3.50 years ago, has
been sold in Michigan for 75 cens.)
TKn f nnron nf ^riinlronnocu 1C
i Liu ^iuau vuiou ui uiuuivvuuv>x> jc
very much diminished. We live in
better houses, better warmed and
lighted, and we are better clothed ; a
high school education is in the reach of
svery child; books are free to all; the
poorest laborer who meets with an accident
in our streets will receive surgical
aid that 110 king could purchase
fifty years ago. Our great railroads
iistribute the fruits of labor so that
famines are impossible. Beef killed
in the prairie is sent all over the country,
and supplies the markets of Europe.
Fish from the salt seas and from
jur great lakes are eaten fresh all over
the continent, and tropical fruits are
peddled round all our streets.1'
A Story of Wbitticr.
Boston Advertiser: "Did you ever
hear the story of Whittier and the cabbage?"
asked an old friend yesterday ;
'it may have been told before, but it is
worth repeating now. He hates the
idor of cabbage, like other seusible
men, and has a cordial horror of the
right smell in the wrong place, as Henry
James calls the fragrance of a dinunr
5n fha It oil tuor Ann rlo\r luui*.
" "J V.W "
jver, a cabbage was cooked at Oak
Knoll and most of it was left over.
In defei^nce to her cousin's olfactories
Ihe mistress of the house directed the
?ook to put the cold cabbage on the top
jhelf in the pantry until the next
lay.
In the course of the afternoon Mr.
Whittier was seen digging in the garlen.
A member of the family asked
lim what he was going to do, but he
.rat her oft' with a merry twinkle in
?is eye. When, in the course of houselold
events, the cook sought the dabjage,
it wa9 gone. Mr. Whittier had
raced it to its eyrie; he had climbed up
md had borne it away in triumph, (
md in defiance of domestic economy, (
md buried it in the garden. "I tell ,
he story as it was told to me," said his j
Vtmwl f n 11 it11 Hnu' tli?? Pnpf: nlHllted a
Cabbage (boiled.)
Modern Jerusalem.?The order of j
lungs in Jerusalem is very different 1
roin what it was only a few years ago,
ind the change the Holy City is eradmlly
undergoing strikes every traveler
of eight or ten seasons. Whole
piarters have been rebuilt, sanitation <
s eared for, the streets are well light- <
id, clocks are placed on many public '
>uildings, and the gates, are no longer 1
losed at sun-down, to tht? inconvenence
of residents and the hindrance I
>f tradespeople. The tanneries and I
laughter-houses have been removed 1
o a distance, and outside the walls of 1
he ancient enclosure a "new Jerusa- |
em" is slowly rising, that at the pres- I
nt rate of growth will in a few years 1
luite over-shadow the old city, exceed- 1
tig it both in area and population. 1
suburbs are springing up round about i
ma exteuuing, notably on uie uch- i
rn side. And as Herr Schick, the f
fovernment surveyor, estimates the i
lumber of dwellings to have "probab- t
y trebled" in five-and-twenty years, i
ome idea may be formed of the rate i
it which Syria is making progress, 1
lotwithstand many and serious dis- i
idvantages.? Spectator. I
-o- .I
There is a curious law in vogue in t
swit/erland which compels every new- 1
y married couple to plant trees shortly
ifler the marriage ceremony. The
rees ordered to be planted on wedding <
lays are the pine and weeping willow. <
)n nalal days the suggestive birch- i
ree is selected.
All whom God owns He employs: i
sven angels have a service for Him.' ;
On B?lnff Pleasant.
Says Mr. Thackeray about that nice
boy, Clive Newcome, "I don't know
tbat Clive was especially briHiant, but
he was pleasantv" Occasionally we
meet people to whom it seems to come
natural to be pleasant; such are as
welcome wherever they go as flowers
in May, and the most charming thing
about them is that they help to make
other people pleasant too. Their
uleasautuess is contagious..
The other morniug we w?re in the
midst of a three-days rain. The fire
smoked, the dining-room waa-chilly
aud when we assembled for breakfast,
papa looked rather grim, and wama
tired, for the baby had been resttas all
night. Polly waf plainly inclined to
fretfulness, and Bridget was undeniably
cross, when Jack came in with the
breakfast rolls from the baker's. He
had taken off' his rubber coatand boots
in the entry, and he came in rosy and
smiling. "Here's
the paper, sir,"-said-he to
his father with such a cheerful, tone
that his father's brow relaxed, and he
said, "Aii, Jack, thank you," quite '*>.
pleasantly, .
His mother looked up at him smiling,
and lie just touched her cheek
gently as he passed.
"The top of the morning to you 1
Poliywog," he said to his Httfe sister,
and delivered the rolls to Bridget,
with a "Here you are, Briget. Aren't
you sorry you didn't go yourself this
beautiful uay ?"
He gave the fire a poke'and opened f |
a damper. The smoke ceeeed and ' }
presently the coals began to glow, and
five minutes after Jack came in, we
liad gathered around the table and
were eating our oatmeal as cheerily as
possiDie. Tnis seems very Dimple in
the telling, aud Jack never knew he
had done anything at all, but he had
in fact changed the whole moral atmosphere
of the room, and bad* started a
gloomy day pleasantly for five people."
"He is always 60," said his mxrther,
when I Lpoke to her about it after- . *
wards, "just as sunny and kind aud
ready all the time. I suppose'there
are more brilliant boys in the world
Iban mine, but none with a kinder a
heart or a sweeter temper. Iam sure * ..v
of that."
And I thought, Why isn't it a-disposition
worth cultivating Isn't it
one's duty to be pleasant* just as well \
as to be honest, or truthful, or industrious,
or generous? And yet, while
tnere are a good many honest, truthful,
iudustrious, and generous'souls in
the world, and peopl? who are unselfish
too, after a fashion, a person who ,
is habituAllv nleasent is rather a raritv.
I suppose the reason is beeaose it is %
Huch hard work to act pleasantrwhen one
feels cross. Very few people have
the courage of that cheeriest of men,
Mr. Mark Tapley, who made itapoint ^ s
of honor to "keep jolly" oBder the
most depressing circumstances.
People whose dispositions are naturally
irritable or unhappy, think it i?
no use trying to be otherwise ; but ?that
is a mistake. If they will patiently
and perseveringly try to keen
always pleasant, after a while they will
get in the habit of smiling instead of
frowning, of looking bright instead ?f
surly, and of giving a kind word instead
of a cross one. And the beauty
of it is, as I said before, that pleasantness
is catching, and before long they
will find themselves in the midst of a
world full of bright and happy people,
where every one is as good nattmdand
contented as they are.?Christian at
Wnr-l
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Wash the Dishcloth
Now that diseases are known to be
caused by gerras, one is on the lookout
for death in almost any thing. Even
a dishcloth may generate the.;germs
that cause sickneass and death. If it
is black and stiff, and sour, throw it
into the fire. Keep your dishcloth
clean, if you have to eat without a
tablecloth, do without curtains to your
windows and cake for your tea, and
have to let your face drv after washing
it. Let the weeds grow in your garden,
let the holes in the heels of your
husband's or children's hose go unearned,
let the shoes go without blacking
for Sabbath, if necessary, but do
not neglect to wash the dishcloth.
A tidy housekeeper writes: "Ihave
smtlled a whole houseful of tvnhoid
Cover in one dishcloth. I had ?oifte
neighbors once?clever, good sort of
folks. One autumn four of them took #
sick with the typhoid fever. The doctor
ordered the vinegar barrels whitewashed,
and threw about forty cents'
worth of carbolic acid into the swillpail
department. I went into the
kitchen and made gruel. I needed a
dishcloth, looked around for one and
found several. And such rags! I
burned them all, and called the daughter
to get me a dishcloth. 'She looked
around on the table. 'Why', said she,
there were about a dozen here this
morning. She looked in the troodbox,
on the mantle piece, and felt In the
eubboard, 'Well', I said" 'I n.
saw some okl black, rotten rngBlying
around, andfl burned them, for there
is death in such dishcloths, and you
must never use such again.' I took
turns in nursing that family for weeks,
and I believe those dirty dishcloths
were the cause of all that hard work."
Why We Salt the Cnttle.
Salt! Every live farmer knows his
vittln <ln haltnr liihon n literal aunnlv
sf this article is kept before them ;but
who cau tell why ? The R\tral Candiem
thus explains.
As so:m as food enters the stomach
the natural tendency is at ouce -for
Fermentation to begin, and there arises
i contest between this tendency and
the digestive powers. And If these
powers are vigorous and the process of
fermentation is checked or Intercepted,
do bad resultswill follow, the food
tviII be digested, and salt will not be
leeded, though at any time salt assist*
i) the process of digestion. Salt keens
Yuit from decaying until it can be aijested,
and assimluted, and prolongs
he time to allow the digestive organs
.0 complete their work. If food isiikea
11 excess, as often happens when etoek
s in pasture, salt given irequemiy win
je of much advantage. Furtliur, salt
s prevnetiveof worms. When formed
ation sets in, the conditions are
avorable to the existence of worms in
lie intestinal canal, and may possibly
)e engendered by the process.
"The disposition to "ju<lg? and condemn"
others grow out of th? habit
)f self-righteousness. Look withiu,
ind see if it Is not so!"
While a word is yet unspoken you
ire master of It ; when once it
spoken it is master of you.
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