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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.
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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 ?;
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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
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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
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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.
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