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: " ; " ' - .. The Abbeville Press and Banner. | BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S.'c., WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1888. VOLUME XXXHI. NO, 1 Guard the Tongue. Guard, my child, thy tongne, That it speak no wrong; Lot no evil word pass o'er it; Set the watch of truth before it, That it speak no wrong. Guard, ray child, thy tongue. Guard, my child, thy eyes; Prying Is not wise; Let them look on what is right; From all evil turn their sight; Trying is not wise. Guard, my child, thine eyes. Guard, my child, thine ear; Wicked words will sear, Let no evil words come in That may cause the soul to sin; Wicked words will sear. Guard, my child, thine ear. Ear and eye and tongue Guard while thou art young; For, alas! these busy three Can unruly members be. Guard, while thou art young. Vok ami ovfl ami t/incriiA. ? The RiMing Tide of Crime. Mr. George R. Stetson, a statistical writer of some reputation, does not content liimrelf with simply asserting that crime is on the increase. He industriously marshals au army of facts? in support of his position, and looks into the causes of the prevailing evils of the age. The tendency of civilized society is to turn children over to the schools foi their mental and moral education. Unhappily the antagonism between the various denominations renders it almost impossible to adopt a simple scheme of non-sectarian religious and moral instruction in our schools. "When we come to civics it will be found that our schools teach a pupil very little that tends to fit him for the duties of citizenship. The drift of our eductional sysems is towards the abnormal development of the intellect, and morality must necessarily suffer. Our penal laws are the crudest that could be devised. Until we have a national penal code we may expect to see a large floating population of criminals moving from State to State, swarming where justice is least active and the laws are least severe. The attitude of public sentiment towards criminals is a disgrace to ourcivilization. It is uncompromisingly harsh where small offenders are concerned, and maudlin where the big ones challenge attention. There is growing up among us a class of professional criminals, a vast brotherhood, the members of which de iigfit in ineir aaring auu uaugeruus enterprises. But is crime actually increasing? Let us take the statement of the editor of the International Record of Charities and Corrections, a Boston publication. The editor says : In the first place, I want you toremember that in no land in the world is crime so on the increase as in the United States. With all our partriotic pride, we have to confess that we are going downward in the scale of public morals faster than any great modern nation. In 1850 there were in the prisons of the United States nearly 7,000 prisoners, is 1860 tnere were 19,000, in 1870 about 33,000 and in 18k) more than 59,000 prisoners. That 1QSA Ann in mrortr Q OfiH nonnld is, ill 1WU VUV XIX V/ ? V* J vjvw ^W|/.v was In prison, in 1860one in every 1,600, in 1870 one in every 1,000, and in 1880 one iu every 837 of our vast and increasing population. During the last six years the tide has not fallen. In our own commonwealth, it has risen in about the same ratio. The last report of our prison commissioners for 1885 puts the proportion of our prisoners to the entire population as 1 to 575, and for our county of Suffolk 1 to 278. This is bad enough, but Mr. Galton, the distinguished writter on "Heredity" and kindred subjects, expresses the opinion that "the social condition of Athens, taken as a whole, was as superior to ours, as we are superior to Australian savages." But we are not without company in our inarch downward. Mr. Stetson says: Crime in Germany and France is said by the keenest native observers to be not only statistically, butacctually, in rapid augmentation. In Saxony, 1/lJt? LI U IIJ MUX U1 uiunuaio IJUO ^uvicoo* ed a hundred per cent in seven years, while the growth of population was but seven per cent. Criminals under eighteen years have increased foun hundred and thirty per cent, and child criminals one hundred per cent. For an example of laurel trailed in the common sewer, Saxony may probably challenge, at heavy odds, any spot of an equal area and pobulation in the whole world In the eight old provinces of Prussia, offenses against property increased from 1871 to 1877 by newly fifty per cent. In Bavaria, for seven years, ending 1879, impure violence increased by two hundred and ihirty-seven per cent; and in Wurtemburg, by two hundred and eighteen per cent. The earnest reformer will impatiently ask for the causes of these evil conditions. We have already mentioned the abolition of family government, and the imperfect training of the schools. To these must be added the spread of agnosticism, the increasing luxury, and materialistic tendency of modern thought, the weakening of the marriage relation, intemperance, unjust laws, and the unreasonable admin jstration 01 me law. In the foregoing we Lave merely synopsized Mr. Stetson's thoughtful article, but even in this slender summary the legislator and the average citizen will find food for thought. The author, whose views we have endeavored to present to our readers does not put the case too strongly when he says: The great tide of materialism, skepticism, and moral turpitude, rising in Germany, has swept over and nearly submerged France, invaded England, crossed the broad Atlantic, and is now surging at our doors, sapping our lifeblood and threatening to engulf the continent. Its presence is felt in the enfeebled morality of the whole community. How to stem this advancing tide is not a question for ministers ana moralists alone, but for every practical man and woman in the land. It is a question of moral life or death, of crime or honesty, of security or iuse?!? * #?? nf wKAnnrf ir f\ llAll/il' of tho CUIlVjr wi yiv^vivji ?i "wi.wi, w?v virtue of our sons and daughters, of our wives and mothers, of the sanctity of the family aud the home. How shall we roll back this rising tide of crime ? There is no time to be lost iu dealing with this mighty question.? A tlanta Constitution. Many favors which God gives us ravel out for want of hemming, through our own unthankfulness; for through prayer procureth blessings, giving praise doth keep the quiet posuession of them. Remember every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. The Thirty-Seventh^ Article of the Church of England. In a letter to a gentleman in Glasgow, pub'ished in the Christian Leader, Mr. John Bright, M. P., referred to the Thirty-Seventh Article of the Church of England in the following terms "An article of the Church of England makes all bearing of arme and all war lawful, and insists on this as a religious belief and thus conscience is darkened and misled." [ In answer to this, Mr. Bright has received several letters, to one of which he has sent the following reply : ? "One Ash, Rochdale, March 11th. "Dear Sir.?I am glad to have your letter in reierence 10 iiuue, m nmvu * mention or quote from the Thirtyseventh Article of your Church. J take the article as 1 find it in your liook of Common Prayer, 'It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the magistrate, to wear weapons and to serve in the wars.' I take this to mean at the commandment of any magistrate?that is, of any person who has authority to deal with affairs of State. It requires only that the wars should be sanctioned by the magistrate?that is, by the ruler for the time being?to justify any Christian man to wear weapons and to serve in the wars?that is, in any wars which the ruler or magistrate may undertake. The Christian man is noi to trouble himself as to the justice of thequarrel. As a rule, every monarcn or statesman going so far, declares that the war is just, aud this is to be accepted by those enlisted in service. It follows, therefore, that according to the article of your Church, in any and every war which has the sanction of a magistrate or ruler, Christian men may lawfully, that is in compliance, not only with human, but with the Divine law, engage themselves. I object to this view of this solemn question, for it dethrones the individual conscience and gives license to every crime with which war is, everywhere and in all times, associated. It is said that good men join the Army, and in the crimes and murders which armies commit. I grant this, I and I do not doubt they derive much comfort from the Thirty-seventh Article of your Church, which artich j was inserted, not by good Christian men anxious for the good of the f!imrp.h_ hut bv monarch or statesmen) anxious that Christian principles and practice should never interfere with their schemes of ambition and conquest. In the same article it is declared to be lawful to punish Christian men with death for grievous offences, under which statesmen and judges and juries were comforted when they sent men to the gallows for stealing sheep or for forgery, or for stealing in a 5hop or dwelling-house to some trifliug amount, or for passing base coin. ' The Thirty-ninty Article declares that a man may swear when the magistrate requireth, altogether there is no act or offence which a man may or can commit which is more expressly forbidden in the New Testament. These articles t? which I am objecting have nothing to do with religious belief. They were introduced only for politimirnnsps. and in mv view they have for three hundred years done much to pervent the minds of our people, not of Churchman only, but of Nonconformists, who in many things continue the unsound opinion which iu early times the teaching of the Church made common. You say these articles are only of 'religious belief to the clergy, but you will hardly say that their influence is confined to your many thousands of ministers, and that what clergymen have to accept as a doctrine to be believed maybe wholly rejected by their congregations and parishioners. A Church free from the State might free itself from the fault and the dishouour of making very doubtful political ideas into articles of religious and Christian belief. "Yours very truly, "John Bright." The English Church for years has darkened the spiritual understanding of its people, from the crowned heads down, by authorzing murder (viz war) from the pulpit, nor is it to be wondered at, when the highest religious power in the land sanctions it, that such a believeingnationas the English accepts the idea that the bearing of arms is right. We, as Americans, however, cau plead no such excusa for our blindness, and it is enough to sadden one to hear, as we did last Sabbath night in a large Methodist church, a well known and successful evangelist speaking of the good our civil war hud done. He had no hesitation in saying he had helped in twenty battles, adding at the same time that the devil had instigated the war and the Lord had overruled it for good. In our opinion the Lord is perfectly able to manage the country wrthout reaping any benefit from the devil's investigations, and if Christian men use the sword, when Christ says, "put up thy sword," and go to killing men, widowing women and rendering children fatherless, when Christ reiterates the command "you shall not kill," it shows they have a very hazy idea of the teaching of our Lord on this point. Are such men ni/liiior CinH'e nnuoo t.lio nartli wlion they say from the pulpit that war is permissible and that Christians need not fear to carry arms in obedience to man's mandate! To quote the text "without shedding of blood there is no remission of sin," in connection with war is to our mind a near approach to blasphemy and a mischievous perverting of God's teaching. The only blood that can remit sin was shed over eighteen hundred years ago, and is now pleading for our short coming before the mercy seat. Can any one dare to say that our sin of slavery was: expiated by the fratricidal struggle that decimated our people? That war was the awful result of sin as all wars are; and the freeing of the slave dimply a last card played to win, a confiscating of property (by law) that only a condition of war could sanction. Will any one say that a grander moral effect would not have been produced if the nation naa purcnasea me slaves ann liberated them, or freed them for conscience sake without enumeration, as the Quakers did ? We have no State church authority to mislead us, but as long as our ministers teach that war is allowable, the people will believe it. It is not because God "would" permit war, but because the people, aye, the christians, "would not" prevent it, that many a "house lias been left unto us desolate." The most effectual remedy for slimy and greasy drain pipes is copperas dissolved and left to work gradually through the pipe. A Little Boy's Temperance Speech. Some people laugh and wonder What little boys can do To belp this temp'rance thunder Roll all the big world through; 1 I'd have them look behind them, < When they were small, and then < I'd like Just to remind them That little boys make men! The bud becomes a flower, The acorn grows a tree, 1 The mluutes make the hour? l 'Tis Just the same with me. I'm small, but I am growing As quickly as I can; And a temp'rance boy like me Is bound i To make a temp'rance man. j Sons ami Mothers. A writer in one of our recent magazines brings some very heavy charges against his sex of inappreciation and irreverence for women, the reason of which one need not go very far to find. The first woman a boy knows much about is his own mother. If she is untrained, ignorant, incapable, unable to control and instruct him in elementary matters, how is it possible that he should feel toward her genuine respect and reverence? How it is possible that he should not take her as a fair sample of all her sex, and thus regarding her, his remarks to other boys concerning girls and women will reflect his views on the subject with tolerable accuracy. But suppose a lad makes his first acquaintance with his letters, with sci- ^ ence, mathematics, phiiosopny, ( through his mother; suppose hers is the hnnd that leads him into fields of ^ research, of application, of industry; . suppose that in all his studies at school . and at college, he can come to her with t his problems and difficult questions, and find in her a guide, companion, and friend, how is he ever to speak of woman with irreverence and disre- i spect, even though he find the majoriof women far inferior to his mother? Only as the mother becomes the J former of her son's mind and character, of his immortal powers, no less j than of his physical powers, can she * acquire a perrnuneut and controlling influence over him. It is not enough to feed him properly, to clothe him , suitably, to provide necessaries for his body; she must become his intellectual and spiritual guide and companion, or her infiuence^ver him will be comnnrntivijlv slicrht. f r*" J ?? Whether men and boys shall respect c und reverence women or not depend ^ very much on women. Mrs. Somerville found no lack of respect in the highest circles of scientists in Europe. Miss Maria Mitchell is spoken slightingly of in no astronomical or other high circle. Garfield honored his mother because he couldn't help it; so did Horace Greeley ; so did George Wash- t ingtoh- The list of noble and learned t men who have found able and delight- ^ ful companionship with their wives t and daughters is a long one. Cicero g and Tullia, Sir Thomas Moore and j Margaret?all the world have heard of j the friendship between these fathers * and daughters. ^ What Napoleon said of the French ^ people is true of every nation?a na- a tion to be great must have great mo* [ thers. It is not an unworthy motive in our young women at school that g they should study with the direct purpose of training themselves to be intelligent and able mothers, qualified to j take charge of the education, intellect- g j ual no less than moral and physical, of j the children it may please God by and I hu fn oivd t.hpm f VJ ^ e..V vw ^ 1 ' m 9 m 11 (? An Entering Wedge. 0 A lady moved into a neighborhood ^ where she saw a great many little chil- u dren growing up without much home 0 training. Her heart yearned over c these untaught bits of humanity, and j she set herself to work to devise means of reaching and instructing them without seeming to cast reflections on their parents, and thus making matters unpleasant. One by one she gath- e ered a number of the little girls into a & class in Sunday-school. Then she in- f, vited them lo visit her on a certain t week-day, and bring th?ir thimbles, if b they had thimbles. When they came c she supplied each one with the neces- c sary materials, and gave them patch- 0 work to sow, varying it with the mnk- 9 ing of doll clothes, with patterns for y which she had provided herself. Then p she had them make aprons and petti- s coats ana otner garments ior mem- 0 selves. Occasionally, instead of sew- t ing, she took the little girls into her j kitchen and let them make cake and j candy, which they carried home with c them. They were eager to learn every s thing she tried to teach them, and to v surprise their mothers with their at- p tainments and proficiency. Other teachers in the school followed 8 her example, and the good work [spread, until a great transformation f, was apparent in that neighborhood. c Knitting, crocheting, embroidery, j lace-making, were gradually introduced as rewards for past achievements ^ and stimulus for future industry. 0 What village or hamlet is there i where such a movement is not needed? ? The poor we always have with us, and e the "shiftless" also. The best way of helping this class is to make it possible <] and-easy to help themselves. Not very c much am be done for adults of this 0 class, but its children can be trained ?; * ? " - ??1 ---A - r 11.a ^c inio naous or jnousiry. ui mim, ui e self-help and independence. }j Forgiveness. " 0 The first joy the Christian feels is n the knowledge of sins forgiven. A j, little girl knelt to pray, hut a memory ? of a wrong done that day came be- ^ tween her soul and Christ. She had v disobeyed her father. She rose and ^ went to his room. "Papa," said she, as the tears filled her eyes and choked her voice, "I have come to tell you something that I did that was wrong to-day. I want o to ask you to forgive me." ii "My dear child," was the answer, |j "I do not want you to tell me; I for- t; give you freelv without." n Ua ^ima.1 oufaif Ivor foora art/1 canf n her back rejoiciug. o As she knelt once more for her Hea- b venly Father's blessing the readiness s of her earthly father to forgive her 1 was to her a type of the Divine for- H giveness. She realized.that "God par- c dons like a father who kisses the of- v fences into everlasting forget fulness." \ The best maxims for health are within the reach of all: Cleanliness, and c plenty of it; fresh air, fresh food ; and r varied exercise for brain and body, g either in the form of stated work or occupatiou of any kind. c The young man who, while he a makes one dollar, spends a dollar and c one cent is on the sure road either to I bankruptcy or the penitentiary. li What Others Say. Atlanta Constitution. The late women's council at Washington has called public attention to some of the matters dicsussed during the se&sion of the convention. It will be recollected that their reformers demanded equality between men and womeu in schools of learning and professional study, in industrial training and in equal wages for equal work, besides an identical standard of personal morality. A brief glance at the reports of our last census shows that of 259 occupations pursued by the people of this 2ountry, women are engaged, either ilone or with men, in 221 of them, oooinopnTllv twpnt.v-lilnp ofifMinntions exclusively controlled by men. The :wenty-nine callings into which wonoil have not entered, embrace such :rades as blacksmiths, railroad builders, butchers, engineers, etc., etc. So much for the progress of women 11 the ordinry occupations of manrind. Iu the matter of learning and Drofessional studies, they are permited in various colleges to go as high as lien ever go, and iu quite a number )f professions they have already made heir mark. The moral standard inlisted upon will be regulated by pubic opinion. If women are more severely judged than men when they itray from the right path it is because -heir sisters would have it so. When he great majority of the sex Insist ipon an identical standard of morals 'or men and women the world will lave to come to it. Until they reach Vi5o nninf if ia n wnafp nf time to talk rw* ? - ? ? ? o men about it?men are powerless to egulate it. The general disposition on the part >f women who have no fathers or husJands to support them, to earn their >wn living instead of becoming obects of charity will result finally in vinning all the privileges and ill the consideration desired by them, before very long public opinion will orcemeuoutof many of the lighter imployments in which they are now mgaged, and^bheir places will be filled >y women. \This drift of things hould be encouraged, and the women vho succeed iu their chosen profe3ionsand occupations should be ap>Iauded. It is infinitely better for hem to become honorably indepenlent in this way than it would be for hem to sit down in idleness to be upported by strangers, or perhaps by inwilling kinsmen, no better than trangers. The present is an of intense social o fima i?Kon nil Hivinnlv .? 1 lai/lUU | a UlllC ITUVU UAl VII cdained institutions are tested even o their very foundations. The holy Jabbath, especially, is in imminent langer. Many who bear the Chrisian name have admitted the secular pirit into the home and church on the jord's Day; some have suffered habts of self-indulgence to impoverish heir religious nature; in some cases he excitements of worldly pleasures lis8ipate serious thought; while in , few, God's blessed word is no longer elished on the Sabbath on account f the preoccupacy of the modern lunday paper. A Oar Load of Liquors as a olitical Stater.?Is the following tatement of the JVew York Voicc rue? "Saint Louis, the city that won the 'onvention, made a regular whiskey ampaign for it, sending out a car-load f liquors under the escort of the Mayr and other prominent Democrats. Vitn these liquors a free bar was set nniinnnl londafu lUy UlUUliU vvuii;il biic iiuiiuuu* ivuutio < f tbe Democratic party stood and dis-ussed the superior claim of St. ' jouis." Sunday Work Don't Pay. Mr. Elliot T. Shewherd, a promin111 New York merchant, was asked ome time ago by a reporter the reason [>r his opposition to the running of be Fifth Avenue stages on the Sabath. His answer was: "The Fourth Commandment and the blessing it arries with it. ... If I had my wn way I would *top every horseand team ear throughout this country on iunday. And 1 believe it would be a laying policy. I do not make this tatement on mere idle assumption, but n a great mass of statistical informaion that I have gathered in France, telgium and various other countries of Curope. Against the loss of 13 per ent. of the receipts entailed by the topage on one day out of seven there ' rould be, I believe, a net gain of 36 er cent, growing out of increase of 50 er cent, in the receipts for the other ix days." 1 "How do you reason that the receipts 3r six days would be increased 50 per ent. by the stopping of traffic on Sun- ! ay?" "Well, there would be lees wear and ' ear on the road and rolling stock, and, 1 f course there would be a saving there, ^hen the companies would be able to et better work out of their employ8." j This item should be taken in connecion with that which records the con- ' lusiou of the Board of Commissioners [ f the great exposition in Cincinnati, ' hat "it doesn't pay to keep open suoh xhibitions on the Sabbath." Facts ike these are a sufficient basis for a ' lost effective agitation of the Sabath question, and they will be well mployed by the friends of Christian lorality. At the same time they will < sist steadily that the moral and reliious arguments are a thousand times tronger than these eonsideratines, ,'hich ought to decide the question.? 'elected. 1 in Choosing (he Military Profession. i The Rev. Leigh Richmond, author < f The Darynian'? Daughter, learn- ' Dg that his son inclined to a military ife. wrote: "Anything but this, any- < Ling but tliis?the very mention of a ! military life fills me with horror. I i an not bear to think of a child i f mine engaging in scenes of Ioodshed and destruction. No con- 1 (deration could extort my consent, .'he subject often hangs heavy on my ' pirits, I mean my poor dear son's iu- < lination for military life. Hating < par as I do from my very heart, eoninced as I am of the inconsistency of i t with real Christianity, and looking n the profession of arms as irrecouilable with the gospel, I should i uourn greatly if one of my boys chose ! o cruel, and generally speaking, so < irofligate aline of life. I could never i onsen t to it on consoieDCious grouuds, ,nd therefore wish this bias for the rofession of arms to be discouraged. < dislike and oppose it with n>y whole i ieart.M i Martha or Mary. I cannot choose; I should have liked bo much To sit nt Jesus' feet, to feel the touch Of His kind, gentle hand upon my head While drinking In tlie gracious words He said. And yet to serve Iilm! Oh, divine employ! To minister and give the Master JoyTo bathe In coolest springs His weary feet And wait upon Him while He sat at meat. Worship or Eervice?which? Ah ! that Is best To which He culls me. be It toi! or rest, To labor for Him In life's busy stir Or seek His feet a silent worshiper. So let Him choose for us?we are not strong To make the choice; perhaps we should go wrong, Mistaking zeal for service, sinful sloth For loving worship, and so fall of both. Sulphur for Consnmptiyes. There are a great many interesting characters among the inventors who yearly troop down to Washington to see about their patents. One of these men, William Heckert, of Yonkers, talked his hearers into a state of enthusiasm the other day about the medical qualities of sulphur. Mr. Heckert says that in reading the history of Italy and other volcanic regions, he found that periods of freedom from epidemic disease corresponded with periods of volcanic activity. In compare ing labor statistics lie found one trade in which consumption was unknown, that of sulphuric acid makiug. It occurred to him that the antiseptic properties of the sulphur fumes killed the disease germs in all these cases. His ! wife was a hopeless consumptive. He , began having her inhale continuously the fumes given off by the boiling of , ordinary floured sulphur water. To ( his delight she began to mend, and in , time was completely cured. In other cases, the names and dates of which are too numerous for repetition, he was successful. While Mr. Heckert patents many of his ideas he is quite willing that the , consumptive puolic should have the full benefit of this. The apparatus is ( simply a glass retort with a spirit lamp beneath and a tube from which the pa- . tient may fill his lungs with the sul- 1 phur vapors. A solution of common sulphur boiling in the retort will produce the necessary vapor. So firmly ; convinced of the feasibility of the remedy has its discoverer become, that , nothing but his busy life has prevented his urging some wealthy philan- J thropist to open a small hospital for consumptives, where it may be given a fair public trial. ( Many an old custom, remedy or rule , of health had its root as firmly bedded in the truth as the most new fangled of , modern scientific maxims. Probably J no one of the endless generations of ( little Yankees whose grandmothers lmvfi rinsed them with molnsses and brimstone, was ever convinced that ] the medicine really did him any good, j In fact nothing more than Dickens' familiar delineations of the motherly Mrs. Squeers treating her young , charges to this nauseous mess is need- ( ed to render sulphur a discredited rem- , edy. Yet if the word of this simple j hearted inventor and those of some who have taken up the study of the , question are to be accepted, sulphur is the king of panaceas. v j ? ] Why AdTertlsing by Physicians is For- } bidden. 1 1 It is frequently asked among the laity why physicians are not permitted to advertise their skill, and not seldom such questions are propounded by members of the profession. < A little thoughtful attention will i show that there is excellent warrant i for the course now required to be pur- 1 sued, derived from a consideration of i justice to the public and to the honora- I ble members of the medical profession, 1 - i -?n? i- ii- - -i:~i ui? 1 UI1U JUSIIUB lu lilt; uisiiuuujauic uura iui that matter, if there are such. ] The merchant may advertise his calico, sugar, and coffee in any way he sees fit, for he can do no more in the long run by advertising than to call public attention to the fact that he has these commodities for sale. The customer will judge for himself, and if false assurance has been given, he will next time trade elsewhere. It is the same in every line where advertising is admissible. Even in law, where a larger latitude is given than in medicine, the abilities of the lawyer may be determined by his success in case* carried to appeal. But in medicine there is no such means of ascertaining the truth of the doctor's claims. The public does not know in the great majority of cases whether the correct diagnosis has been made or whether in any essential respect a correct report of a given case has been presented. The consequence is that an unlimited margin is left the reporter for falsehood. If, then, general advertising was permitted among physicians, the one who could air himself in the public eye with the least scruple of conscience and the greatest degree of dramatic skill would be the one to gain the largest success. As it is, with the style of advertising in vogue, we know that not a few incompetent men owe their success to the use of means which a better sense of the physician's relationship to science and "the public and a cleaner conscience.would not allow. Wrap fruit jars with paper to keep out the light. Never sun feather-beds. Air them thoroughly on a windy day in a cool place. The sun draws the oil and <;ives the feathers a rancid smell. rP!n fiiuuulu rnuf htiiI nro nftfll worth less in a few weeks, because, after i washing, they are not set on the stove for a moment, or in the sun, to dry thoroughly before they are put away. ' Mix stove polish with vinegar and 1 a teaspoonful of sugar. ~ f To brighten or clean silver or nick- ? ul-plated"ware, rub with a woolen cloth t ind Hour. t A dish ot whiting should he kept by J jvery housekeeper. It makes nickel ? shine like silver and removes grease f md dirt from paint without injuring ? it. " r Saleratus or soda cleang tin beautiful- 1 ly. I Have mats at top and bottom of eel- a lar stairs, or else carpel the steps with * old carpet. It will prevent carrying t rlirt on your feet out of the cellar. u When your coal fire is getting low a i tablespoonful of salt thrown over it t will help it to come up. Egg shells crushed into small bits and shaken well in decanters, three ' parts filled with oold water, will not ( only clean them thoroughly, but make j' Ihe glass look like new. > We are always casting the shadow of t our life upon someone, always helping I or hindering some weaker one by our s influence. s Curiosities of Vision. Though vision without the* optic nerve is an impossibility, yet light thrown directly on the optic nerve or its fibers is not followed by any visual perception. Only when the nervous elements contained in the optic nerve are distributed among the four layers of the retina, and light is thrown on it, does vision result. There is one spot in the retina more sensitive than the rest. While the retina in other parts is purplish red, in this part it is yellow. The very center of this yellow spot is the point of vision. We can look at but one thing at a time, though while looking at the one thing a!l other objects in the range of oui vision are vaguely seen. When we look at a thing we turn the center ol this little yellow spot on it. Tn the easrle everv noinf. on the reti na is a point of vision. Hi9 retina i* all yellow. The brain of the eagle is largely made up of the knobs of cerer bral matter from which the opticnerve proceeds. So the eagle is in an important sense all eye, and has very little brain for anything else than vis: ion. We can seo but one thing at a time with that intensity with which the eagle sees every thing wifhin the range of his vision. Where the optic nerve enters the eye is a "blind spot." This may readily be found by the following^experif ment: Fix two cards at the height of the eyes, upon a dark wall, two feef apart from each other. If the left eye be covered and the right eye fixed upon the left hand card, the other will disappear from view at a distance of about eight feet from the wall. How to Aroid a Bad Husband. Never marry for wealth. A wo- ' man's life consisteth not in the things uhp nnyspRSpth Never marry a dnde who struts about dandylike, in his gloves and rufflesy with a silver cane aud rings on his fin-* gers. Beware! There is a trap. Never marry a niggard, close fisted, ' mean, sordid wretch, who saves every 1 penny, or spends it grudgingly. Take uare lest he stint you to death. Never marry a stranger, whose character is not known or tested. (Some females jump into the fire with their eyes wide open. . J Never marry a mope or a drone, one 1 who drawls and draggles through life, one foot after another, and lets things* take their own course. Never marry a man who treats his sister or mother unkindly or indifferently. Such treatment is a sure iudiraitinn nf a mean and wicked man. Never, on any account, marry a , gambler, a profane person, one who in the least speaks lightly of God or relig-t ion. Such a man can never make a good husband. Never marry a sloven, a man who i# negligent of his person or his dress, ind is filthy in his habits. The exter-. nal appearance is an index to the he&rt. Shun the rake as a snake, viper, a ^ery demon. Finally, never marry a man who ia iddicted to the use of ardent spirits.' Depend upon it, you are better off ilone, than you would be tied to a man whose breath is polluted, and whose vitals are being gnawed out by alcohol. Keeping Oil Cloth Bright. Never use soap in the water when jleaning oil clotn. It fades the colors: lud breaks up the paint. Ammonia, ilso is to be avoided, because it given ;he cloth a dull, dead look. If a brush s used, it should be a soft one, but it is, setter not to use any, except in cases ivhen the oil cloth has been long negected, or poorly washed for some time previously. Take a clean flaunel cloth and apply ;lean, warm water, which is finally to 3e removed by soaking it up into the clashing cloth again, after it ha9 been ivrung out. The oil cloth is then* wiped dry with another piece of clean lannel or coarse cloth* After the oil cloth has become thor A ntr Annlv f/\ it" CATYin tVQ?m lilt. JUgMljr Ul J, ^ o?'i"V v* ma ui iiu | ieed oil. The housekeeper who tries ;his for the first time will probably use ;oo much, and make thecloth so sticky .hat every particle of dust will adhere :o it. Only a very little is to be used, ' ind slightly rubbed into the cloth, givng it a handsome glos9. The linseed )il will do more harm than good uness used as sparingly as indicated. In ;he country skim milk is used in place )f oil, and it gives the cloth a beautiful , jloss. Of course, an oil cloth with frequent ivashings, will look old, and the house- , weeper should be cautious about wash- . ug when dusting will answer just as , .veil. j At a recent gathering of Unitarians, J me speaker recited an anecdote which . ulmits of large and varied application. ( Lt was the story or a minister who, ^reaching on exchauge, said some itron# things about fast horses. He .vas told after the sermon that he hud ouehed one of their best members at a ;endvr point. "Well," said the jreaeher, "I cannot change my sernon for him." In the evening the nan was introduced to the minister, ,vlio said, "I understand that what I mid this morning touched one of your .veaknessea. I assure you that I was t iltogether unconscious of the weak- t less when I said it." "Oh, do not { rouble yourself," said the man. "It i s a very poor sermon that docs not hit ( lie somewhere." j " - ???? A Unnn. ! UAIX A.MJ WiAn.uir.ii,?1\ k/j/uu I sit student, Dr. Peracchia, lias learned luit bad men may be distinguished , rom good by their walk. Jn lawibiding people the right place is longer ban the Ieit, the lateral separation of 1 he right foot from the median line is < ess than that of the left, and the an- j fie of deviation of the axis of the fool rom a straight line is greater on the . ight side than on the left. In persons )redisposed to theft there is a prolounced widening of the base of slip- a >ort, together with a very long steu; 0 ind in those of murderous intents the >ase of support is noi as wme u? u m liieves, since the angle formed by the ' xis of the foot with the median line r s less obtuse, but (he peculiarity of * heir footprints is very marked. < On a summer's morning our little I Millie was walking with her aunt and a liscovcred a spider's web. She was c leliphtcd, and exclaimed: "O, see, t s a hammock for bugs!" r An excellent way of cooking ejrgs is ^ o break them in boiling milk without eating. Cook slowly, occasionally s tirring, and when done add pepper, e alt and butter. i War and (he War SyMem. . [A PLACARD.] Six reasons why all Christians should actively oppose war; > 1. Because war is, in itsnature, con- 3 trary to the spirit of the New Testament. *'No war can be reconciled v with the words of Christ, 'Love your enemies.'" *2. Because war appeals to the pas- ig sions of men, fosters-a vindictive and aggressive spirit. "Those who defend ' war must defend the dispositions that lead to war." 3. Because the war system, as.supported by Christians, is the great hindrance to the spirit of ChHstiauity, both in civilized and heathen countries. "If Christianity is to live and spread, M tne war system must die." 4. Because war, in its best aspect, -> :?l Is an attempt to overcome evil by evil. "How can Satan cast out Satan?" 5. Because the war system habitually sets aside even the ordinary rules ' of morality, and tolerates murder, ly- 4| ing, theft, and every evil thing. "It is never right for either nations or in-' divlduals to do wrong, for 'all unrigbt- ' ? ' ^ eousness is sin." 6. Because war is wasteful beyond description of life and property, while , ^ its decisions are in favor of brutt force . a rather than of right. "Waris interna- v tional duelling. There is no more sense in trying to settle national .'quar- x 1 &3g reis by war than in trying to settle per- .3: 3onal quarrels by duels." Tribute to Henry Berfk. I have seen Bergb, single and alone, stop the ongoing and progress or Fourth avenue cars, owned by the Vanderbilts, the horses staggering -,'j along, dragging with extremity *Jf re- - ; $ solve loads that might much better have been instrusted to the omnipotensy of steam than-to the sinews of an- y|jj inaality. Drivers cursed and conduce :<v? tors 6Wore, and passengers threatened ' i Lynchdom, but, with firmness of- re- . 3a1 *ta an/1 * i ? al ? auu IUC jA/ioiativjc uui^iuiiiiauuij : nf success, the- melancholy vfeaged man, full panopled, with the potency of the Empire State, cried' "Hfclt, -- -[W& man, halt," secured halt and^ chsnged . Si the system. I tell you, Bergh was a great man. .-AJudged from the heights ou which we % stand and view this past, his. achievements were phenomenal. Asaunique . .? ;;N| personality in the history of New / York btate, Henry Bergh stood alone. He can be compared, he cau be contrasted, with no one.?Joe Howard in >? New York Graphic. Dr. John Hali is quoted as saying : "One who is healthy does not wish to , vr dine at a dissec ting-table. There is evil enough in man, God knows! Bat it is not the mission of every young man and woman to detail and report it all. Keep the atmosphere as pure as possible, and fragrant with gentle* uess ami charity." That is a wise re- Xl mark. There are family boards where a constant process of depreciating, *sjigning motives, and cutting-up.eharictergoeson. Let our homes be. cen oIrfnrlnnoa vrKam xnYiat IUIO \ji I1MJUA muuuvov . vw uviv num 3oever is lovely and true and of good *'< report is considered, and leave character dissection to others. Ivy Poisoning.?The beat, of all remedies is hot water. All other rem- * idies that I have tried (and I have tried many) only aggravate the poison, but hot water, as hot as can he borne, , :>ig| iffords instant relief. It must be applied every hour or two, or as often as :he itching returns. In a couple of iays a cure is effected. Poison sumac y ields to the same treatment. The inflammation, and with it the itching md burning, are allayed at once. I mi poisoned dozens of times .every ' '. year, but suffer no Inconvenience exjept the trouble of applying the hot Vi; tvater. Rolled Pancakes.?Here is a ^ iainty variety of the pancake, desira jle for the lunch table or nasty dinner, v Make a thin batter with a quart of x -ich milk, add a little cream, a pint of lour into which a pinch of salt and a :easpoonful of baking powder have jeeu mixed, and three well beaten ?ggs. Bake into large cakes, spread ;ach one as taken from the griddle, ivith butter and jam or marmalade.; oil up and arrange them side by side . >n a small platter. Serve hot and eat tvith a hard sauce of cream and sugar. Keep forever in view the momentous t'alue of life; aim at its worthiest use : -its sublimest end; spurn with disJain those foolish trifles and friyoloutt canities which so often consume life as he locusts did Egypt; and devote yourself, with the ardor of a passion* o attain the most dfvlne improve ruents of the human soul. In 'short, lold yourself in preparation to make ;he transition to another life, whenever you sliall be claimed by the Lord >f the world. Blindfolded and alone I wait, - Loss seems too bitter, gain to i?t?; . Too heavy burdeus in the load, And too few helpers on the rax); And joy In weak, and ?rlef U strong, A nd years and days no lonjr, so long, Yet this one thing I learn to know, Each day more surely, as I go,? That I am glnd the good and ill By changing law are ordered still. Not as I will. The greatest elevation which has )een attained by man is 37,000 feet? ibout seven miles?this height having jeen reached during a balloon ascent wade by Glaisher. At this tremenious distance above the earth's surface )hysical exertion is found to be almost nipossible, owing to the great rarefacfon of the atmosphere. f "I see," said Stubbs, "that Dr. Michael Foster Iclls the British Assoiiation that smoking tobacco produces lefectivc vision. Do j'ou believe it?" '0 I am sure of it," replied Mrs. Stubbs: "for I saw your friend Butta ast evening puffing away, quite u??onscious that there were sevural ladies n the room." The humanity consists not In a goneimish ear; it consists not in starting ir slirinking at tales of misery, but in . dispotion of hvnrt to relieve it. True immmity appertains ratlier to the nind than to tiie nerves, and prompts nen to use real and active endeavors o execute tiie actions which it sug ;ests. Practice to make God thy last bought at night when thou steepest, ?iiv Hvuf thnucht when thou wak st; so sliall thy fancy be SAtinfiet) in he night, and thy understanding be ectified in the day; so shall tliy real ie peaceful and thy labors prosperous. A man that is great only on oeeaions is a social mushroom. The evry-day greatness is tb? fountain of iever-1'ailing supply. " i M ?? 0 'jfi