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F^wsr ^' ^*r'.^ :r 7!?^^?^"^< 7~!~~ "."jrr ~T."[ .7" " " TX~g^^-J .J-".~J? yL?r ~ JM - ^"-^.^..L- - ij_ if Jg?iyu". / .,.. y^> -~ The Abbeville Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S~. C~ WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1888. VOLUME XXXIII. NO; 3 j) J Across tho Atlantic to the Cape Verde Islands. united stafks ship nipsic, pokto grande, st. vincent, cape verde islands, march 6, 1S88. Dear Neighbor Our trip across the Atlantic from New York to the Cape Verde Islands was exceedingly rough, but, owing to a well behaved stomach and a pair of stout "sea legs," I experienced no discomforts during the tweniy-nine days occupied in making the passage. For six days after leaving New York we were driven before a North-west gale, and suttered considerable damage from the heavy seas and winds we encountered. On the third day out the severest of all our misfortunes befell us in the loss of a life-boat. It was all iu an iusibih; we were plunging along at a lively speed, driving before the gale,?suddenly a huge wave swept over the ship's side and tore away the boat from its iron davits. Quickly following this mishap we "pooped" two heavy seas (that is, two immense waves washed over the vessel's stern) which flooded the entire ship, causing considerable inconvenience for the time being. During the rough weather we were often visited by snow and rain storms, or "squalls," as they are nautically called. These 9qualls were quite severe while in progress,?the snow falling'so thickly on some occasions as to obacure the top-masts from the lookout on deck. Another peculiarity of them were the. frequent alternations from snow to rain, and vice versa; when snow prevailed the masts and rigging were speedily robed in white, giving to the ship rather a spectral appearance against the dark blue sea. After awhile our dark days passed away, the clouds dispersed," and the "silvery lining" shone forth cheerily and repaid us for _the gloomy period we had endured. Each day was more balmy and beautiful than the one before, and it seemed as if we were in perpetual Spring,?only, that the lassitude one usually experiences at that season was replaced by a delightful sense of renewed life and vigor. When about midway the ocean we commenced picking up aquatic neighbors: now, a hideous shark following in our wake, or a school of porpoise* sporting together at a distance; or, perhaps, a whale floating lazily along spouting up huge streams of water; very often we would sight a "Portuguese man-of-war,"?a tiny inhabitant of the sea, of the jelly-fish species, and which resembles a miniature ship under sail. I could not help admiring the pluck and endurance of "Mother Cary's Chickens" (frail little sea birds] as they followed U9 day after day, picking up their food as best they could from the crumbs thrown overboard from the ship. The sight of another ship always occasioned considerable interest and speculation. Every one was anxious 1 s V>no ocnoWoin to uescry na wiui 3 auu uiv? mv?u..u its nationality. If it happened that we were to pass our neighbor at short range the interest was increased tenfold as we neared each other. How pleasant it was to see some other faces than our own in mid-ocean, and to dip colore with a passing friend. The fellowship of the sea is quick in its iuception, and enthusiastic in its manifestation. On the morning of Fediuary 15 land was sighted. At first it was scarcely distinguishable from the l ank of clouds along the herrzon, but as we drew nearer, a thin purple haze told unmistakably the outlines of the Cape Verde Islands. Nearer still, and the* veil was liftwl and we beheld erreat brown, bar ren masses of rock rising from the water and towering into mountains two thousand feet above the level of the sea. It was a grand spectacle, those islands of rock climbing from sea to sky,?one extreme hidden in the water and the other in the low hanging clouds! Porto Grande, on the Island of St. Vincent, was our destination, and as soon as anchor was dropped in the harbor I went ashore to cable the Government at Washington of our arrival in port. The wharf was thronged with a miflrollnnpnna witheriner of the human kiud, and I was at once besieged by guides who volunteered in poor English "to show me to the town." I think they were taken aback when I fired two or three sentences at them i? their own tongue, telling them that I had 110 desire to be exhibited, and respectfully declining their services,? relying, as I did, upon what Spanish I had learned on the passage across to carry nie through so small a Portuguese town. I was not a little gratified at my success in making myself understood so readily, and from that day to this I have experienced 110 difficulty in getting along with my limited stock of Bpanish, which of course passes current with the Portuguese. The Cape Verde Islands are of volcanic origin, and one of them, Fogo by name, is still occasionally eruptive. Earthquakes are also of frequent occurrence, though not usually very se vere. Geographically, the Islands are extremely interesting, and any one who cares for "specimens" can easily pick up a filie collection in the course of one hour's stroll. Nor are they utterly devoid of vegetation, for, upon visiting some of the interior valleys, I found numerous fertile spots which produce fruit and vegetables in abundance. To give some idea of the cheapness of the former. I need only relate that one of our sailors exchanged a plug of tobacco [for which he had paid twenty-three cents on the ship] for three dozen oranges and one dozen bananas. Similar bargains are readily struck by others of the crew ; aud several parrots have been obtained by a more liberal outlay of the "weed." These Islands are a dependency of Portugal, and the Portuguese language, customs and values prevail throughout. Originally, they were peopled by Portuguese, but for many ? koAn n years me jiupuiuiiuu uao ncvu ? mongrel one, large numbers of Africans having come over from Scnegambiaand mixed liberally with the old inhabitants; the result is that now there is little, if any, pure Portuguese blood on the Islands, and the great majority of the people are practically Africans. I am bound to say, however, that the resultant mixture furnishes, in appearance, a more intelligent and refined race than the colored people of the United States; excepting this possible superiority, the "brother in black" as we know him at home, is vastly more industrious and thrifty than the hybrid citizens of the Cape Verdes. The natives live very poorly, and are without any great comforts in their little stone huts; the men seldom do - t * more than eat, sleep and fish, and they leave the women and children to perform the household labor and the agricultural work their limited acreage allows. They are slow and unprogressive, ami, despite the modern labor-saving devices that have penetrated this remote region, the people cling to the primitive methods of pounding corn and coffee in huge wooden bowls with the aid of a heavy stone. Cooking is done in the open air, except during the months of October, November and December, which form what is known as the rainy season. The town of Porto Grande contains some five or six thousand inhabitants, and is the only settlement on St. Vincent Island. Like most other towns of its kind, it has a Governor-General, or Mayor, who is a monarch on a small scale, and who resides in some grandeur in a great one-story white etone house in the most prominent part of ti?n tAurn Tnof- in thp rear of this es lllC W n?u? V vtwv >. tablishment is the garrison, two hundred strong; and to the left of it is a jail large enough to accommodate double that number of prisoners. What a roaring farce is all this pomp and power! For it is a happy, peaceful town,?the men too indolent to fight, -and all too poor to be robbed. Yet, what will not a man do for a little authority and money, and a row of gilt buttons on his coat? But, in the case of these officers there is a greater object in their avocation than appears on the surface: they are also customhouse guards, and as the import duties are cruelly unjust, smuggling is generally practiced along the coast. By dividing the profits with the guard a smuggler may ply his unlawful trade with impunity, and as this rule of division is usually adhered to, the guards receive far more than their nominal stipend. Porto Grande is known in the maritime world as a coaling station for steamers plying between the northern and southern ports of the two hemispheres. There are, on an average, about a hundred and fifty vessels in the harbor each month, consequently the coal trade amounts 10 a considerable industry in the course of a year. The business is controlled by Englishmen, who were the commercial pioneers of the Islands, but who are now threatened with formidable rival* from the United States. Competition Is greatly needed, in order that both the prices and the qualities of merchandise may become more satisfactory. The buildings are nearly all of brick or stone, and are seldom more than two stories high,?in truth, most of them are only one,?and the walls vary in thickness from one aud a half to three feet. This remarkable strength of structure is needed on account of the frequent earthquakes, and also as a protection against the heat. The Boman Church predominates throughout the Islands, but in the last twelve months a Methodist missionary has come to Porto Grande from England, and he is already meeting with such success in his labors as to incur the active hostility of the resident "Padre" and his flock. Shall I venture to question the genuineness of the missionary's success? Try as I may, I cannot help fearing that his new doctrines are popular and are accepted because there is economy in them. A practical illustration will explain my skepticism? A man and woman wish to be married?the priest charges twenty milreis ($21.60) for performing the ceremony, and requires cash in advance ; as the average laborer's pay is but eighteen cents per day, it can be readily seen what a long time it would require for the groom to accumulate so , large a sum. Owing to this ecclesiastical high tariff the custom of formal marriages has fallen into [shall I say ?] ' innocuous desuetude." That is what the natives claim, that the lack of ceremonial marriages is altogether without evil effect, and that their informal co-habitation is as strictly respected by both parties to it as would be the most Tn flu'o noooi?f.inn HkLIUllSUi: UiilUU. i.u tuiu tbey are corroborated by the English residents, hence I am forced to believe that the revival of the marriage ceremony on the free trade platform of the missionary is somewhat indicative of the nature of his success. Even this possible insincerity on the part of the converts does not relieve the priest of the odium of unchristian extortion, but rather it emphasizes his sordid practices most inotoriously. The Cathedral is quite an attractive structure, so far as the exterior goes; like all the other large buildings in the town it is made of stone. The style of , architecture is Spauish, consequently the general effect is different from the surrounding houses. The bells hang low over the entrance to the sacristy, and any irreverent vagabond who E asses by may set them a-ringing. , [owever pleasant to the eye the exterior may be, the interior is dismal and ill-kept, and is devoid of furniture or , adornment, save the pulpit and chancel equipment and the scriptural paintings along the walls. I attended mass one morning and was rather amused to find the small congregation of women and children either kneeling or sqnatting upon the bare, unswept floor. Occasionally a child would relieve the monotony of the service by losing his equilibrium and tumbling over with a resounding thump. Little heed was paid such diversions, however, and the mass drew wearily to its finale, and was succeeded by a series of collections for various lenten purposes. The priest pursues a unique method of publishing notices that usually are read from the pulpit. He does not burden himself and his congregation with a long list of society meetings, and the like, but simply writes them out and nails them on the Cathedral doors, where they may at all times be consulted by n forgetful member. [A fellow at my elbow onnarinnlir OllffOrMlIu flint Ihp PllH ffi lOUVVUUjj.J V..?v ? does this only because the people wont j come to church to hear him read his "schedules of prayers for the repose of ia soul," or for its "delivery from pur[ gatory."] Well, perhaps so, for every prayor is prepaid,?but I hate these cynical suspicions, so I'll quit the subject, and to-morrow I will cross the j Atlantic again, bound for South America, where I hope to find something more interesting to write about.?T. Browne, in Christian Neighbor. A friend in Michigan writes : "Our little three-year-old Birdie had been watching the rain, it suddenly ceased, the clouds parted, and the sunlight came in floods. She ran to her baby brother, and said : 'Birdie sees through the door witeinto heaben.' " An large a demand is made on our faith by nature, as cau be made by miracles. ^ ; - " Jy , * *V . War. Scourge of the nations, and the bane Of freedom, hope and life! Stern reveller In gory tlelils, Exulting In the strife! Thou terror of ten thousand homes, Thou sword-plague of the world! When shall we see thy balefires quenched, Thy blood-stained banners furled? Ambltlon-born and power-begot, With passions dark and vile, And fostered by the cruel arts Of avarice and guile, Tbou goest forth with reckless hosts To slaughter and enslave, Thou trampled upon human hearts, Thou gorger of the grave! Thy or!flamme floats wantonly In the pure, unconscious air; The chorus of thy drums give out The warning note, "prepare;" Thy cympals ring, thy trumpets sing With shrill and vaunting breath; Vlas! that such vain pageantry Should grace the feast of death! Growing In peaceful splendor stands Some proud and prosperous town, Till thy dread footsteps pass her gates, And tread her glories down; While panic sweeps her wllderlng streets, A nH oil hnnnHfi Af nPAW Make riot In"ber homes, and'leave Dishonor and dismay. A province withers'at thy frown, A kingdom mourns to see Her desecrated temples torn, Her towers o'erthrown by thee; Bewails her commerce paralysed, Her tlelds unplonghcd and wild, And all her household sanctities Invaded and defiled. And yet the land that sends thee forth; "What land soe'er it be, Leaps at thy lawless victories, And lifts the voice of glee; And songs are sung, and bells are rung. And merry bon-flres blaze. White false and foolish pens distill The poison of their praise. And at the crowded banquet board Quick tongues diffuse tby fame, And columns lift proud capitals In honor of thy name. And virglnature and beautiful, Give theirlond hearts away To men who trod out human life, In the carnnge yesterday. Ay, strip thee of thy dainty garb, Thy tinsel robe of pride, Lay glistening helm and flaunting plume, And specious names aside,? And what remains of that gay thing That dazzled us beiore ? A monster hideous to behold, An idol smeared with gore! The widow's curse is on thee, War; The orphan's suppliant cries, Mixed with the mother's malison, Ascend the placid skies; And bones that bleach upon the shore And welter In the sea, Appeal.?and shall it be in vain ?? Against tby deeds and thee. The green earth fain would fling thee off From her polluted breast; The multitudes are yearning, too, For knowledge and for rest; And Hps, inspired by Christian love, All deprecate tby wrongs, And poets, fired with purer themes, Disuain met) 111 men nuugM. ' The embattled corn" Is lovelier far Than thy embattled hordes, One plow In Labour's honest bund Is worth ten thousand swords; The engine's steam pulse, fitly piled, Hath nobler conquests mude Than all the congregated serfs Of thy abhorrent trade. More courage In the miner's heart Than captain ever knew ; More promise In the peasant's frock Tban coats of scarlet hac; More honor iu the craftman'8 cap, And In the student's gown; More glory In the pastor's robe Than all thy valu renown. England, my own, my mother land, As fair ns thou art free! Thou Island queen, whose wide domains O'er sprinkle land and sea. What need that thou shouldst yearn again To conquer and subdue? Thy power has long been known to all, Shall notxhy mercy, too? Forbear to us the cruel sword, Or, If thou wilt Invade. R? It with nal m or olive brancb. That mað none afraid; Be it with Bible in tby hand And Justice in thy breast. Give peaceful arts; give gospel light; Give rectitude and rest. Give the Horses Time to Eat. When spring work begins, there is sucb a hurry that the temptation is great to get the horses to the field as Boon as tbey have swallowed their grain ration and a few mouthfuls of bay. Nothing is gained by so doing. It is when the horses are tlrat put to hard work?severe exercise takes from the digestive organs the energy needed for the digestion of large quantities of food?and put on full feed, that indigestion most often begins. And indigestion at this time means loss of appetite, colic, rough hide, loss of flesh and weakness later on. If the horses are given their grain, mixed with clo ver, cut, una an moisietica, auu are allowed time to eat it, and a half an hour afterward for rest and digestion, they will work enough, faster and harder to make up the time, will not suffer from indigestion, and will keep in good condition. The horse should be given full ninety minutes for its noonday meal. It needs this time for both rest and digestion; and In the end time is gained by giving it the ninety minutes. If the horse lias been at very severe work, it is well to let it rest fifteen minutes before giving it auy food. The stomach is in no condition to receive food immediately after severe exertion. It must be borne in mind that what is severe labor to the horse, the first two weeks at the plow or harrow, will not be so later. At the begiuning, its muscles are soft, and labor is more severe upon it than may be supposed. Observance of this and care in watering and feeding, with time given it to eat and partly digest Its food before being put to work, will otrAi'/l noa nf nnvvrloca tlY V/1U III V UOV VI vuuuibivi* |/V v*viw and other nostrums, and are much better generally. The Tomato. Tomato plants should be set out about the 1st of June; the ground should have been made very rich, and if it is kept free from weeds, no further attention will be required. Just before frost the vine may be taken up with all the earth that can be kept adhering to the root, and transferred to the cellar, where all the full grown tomatoes not already picked will ripen. I The essayist has seen i>erfect ripe tomatoes of most excellent quality on the table at Thanksgiving, which had been ripening in this way. There are en mnnv croori varieties of this veceta ble that it is hard to make a selection. Three or four dozen plants may be required in order to furnish a good supply all summer; they should be set eight feet apart. Plants like fresh soil. To grow a plant well, pot it often. Tulips and hyacinths should he planted about four Inches deep and six to eight inches apart. A considerable quantity of sand, well mixed with the heavy soil, will make beets much sweeter than if not used. Narcissuses are most effective when planted in clumps. The bulbs should be set at about the same depth as tulips. Much is wanting where much is desired. Burglars and Chloroform. A correspondent asks this question, and were we to answer from our general knowledge obtained from reading the newspaper accounts of burglaries and robberies committed while the inmates of the house are fast asleep, or base our opinion on the very uncertain knowledge derived from reading- novels, we should answer in the affirmative. Our knowledge of the characteristics of chloroform and its physiological action on the human system, however, make us auswer decidedly in the negative. This is probably a question about which it would be difficult to convince the public, but facts are very stubborn things. Careful inquiries among the detectives and police authorities have failed to show one single instance where these officials, after careful examinations, have become Tippannnllv mnvinf.pd that nersons rob bed have been chloroformed. All have heard of such cases, but not odo has come within their own knowledge. Having so far convinced ourselves that these cases do not occur, we will look a little further and try to prove that chloroforming a person while asleep is impossible for sound physiological reasons. Chloroform, as all physicians know is a decided cerebral stimulant; that is, it is really a concentrated alcohol, administered by inhalation, and produces intoxication. All physicians who have ever administered chloroform to a patient know what resistance they encountered. Any sleeping adult not under the influence of a powerful hypnotic would certainly be awakened if an attempt were made to make him inhale chloroform. Be* sides all this we are always told that the persons who were chloroformod and robbed recovered, livery pnysician knows that unless chloroform is carefully administered with a proper v.''-fixture of atmospheric air, the patifetlt dies. Now why should a subject in the hands of an ignorant burglar, inhaling chloroform, have a better chance of recovery than a patient in the experienced hands of several skilled and trained physicians who have previously examined the actions of his heart, who cautiously watch his pulse and closely adjust the amount and quality of the chloroform and atmosEheric air administered. And yet we ear constantly of death by the administration of chloroform by physicians' hands but never a death when given by thieves. Further than this, we are told that burglars can administer chloroform to several persons sleeping in the same room and produce auaetbesia. Of course it would be sheer- nonsense to talk of burglars im ha n4mA(inVt0P0 AF ]jregliuuiig lilt; cuiiio anuuo|/u^iv vi an apartment with chloroform, for that would necessitate many hours labor with an atomizer, a supply of more chloroform than burglars would carry, and would leave the air irrespirable by the thieves. These statements, which any physician will confirm, we think, Erove clearly that chloroforming by urglars is a popular myth. Morality in Little Tilings. A railway conductor, passing through his train, recently remarked, "If all were like that gentleman yonder, I would have far less trouble in my work. Every day, almost every hour, some one tried to ride on my train without paying for it." The gentleman to whom he referred was uncertain as to the value of an excursion ticket, thinking the time for us ing it under the regulations of the corporation had possibly gone by. He, therefore, submitted the ticket to the conductor, cjflling his special attention to it, and expressing a desire to fulfill the exact conditions under which he had purchased it. He not only wished to relieve a faithful employee of possible embarrassment in his report to the company, but also to be strictly honest, doing every thing openly. This incident points a moral. It is wrong to allege that corporations defraud, and, therefore, they may be innocently defrauded. The moral sense of an individual ought not to be stultified by any known wrong, however trifling it may seem, or however successfully concealed from view. We are not sure but that here is just cause for close self-examination by many a one, who fancies himself occupying secure moral standing. Christian morals have to do with fundamental truth; with the smallest, as well as the greatest volitions. And the way to reach integrity of character Is not so much to regard the conspicuous acts or iiueiuy iu inu rigut, us iu uc ouic that we are really true in reference to those innumerable matters which make up our daily life. It is well to cultivate a tender conscience in every thing; well for the individual himself; well for his influence over others. In the end of life, it shall be well with them. Peace will adjust tho pillow in life's latest hour of that man who acted in all things with a conscientious regard to even-handed justice toward others, with a strict sense of duty to his God. MiNHiiifjT at the I'rnjor-Jleetiiie. "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together" (Heb. x, 25). Ah! who missed me there? My Savionr, my pastor, and my brethren and sisters in Christ. And what did they miss there? They missed my figure in ils usual place, my voice in the sacred song, and the voice of heart in prayer. And what did I miss by my absence? I missed the blessing of God, the ap1 * * - - 1 iK? {irobation or my conscience, unu iue ove of Christ's friends. Ami why was I missed at the prayermeeting? I forgot the hour, and was too for away in body and heart to reach there.?The Occident. Tlic Friend to Love. The thing you love in a friend is not | the thing you see. I know of a very beautiful character?one of the loveliest characters which had ever bloomed on this earth. It was the character of a young girl. She always wore about her neck a little locket, but no | body was allowed to open it. jNone or her companions knew what it contained, until one day she was laid down j with a granted permission to look into I the locket; and she saw written therp | "Whom having not seem I love." That was the secret of her beautiful ltfe. She had been changed into the image.?Professor Henry Drummond. As to the afflictions which persons may suffer who are embarked in a righteous cause, they are intended to purge away the dross, and to refine them for the Master's U9e. Just for To-Dny. Lord! for to-morrow and Its needs I do not pray ; Keep me, my God, from stain of sin, / just for to-day. . Let me both diligently work And duly pray. Let me be kind in word and deed, Just for to-day. Let me be slow to do my will, Frompt to obey; Help me to mortify my liesh, Just for to-day. Let me no wrong or idle word Unthinking say; Set thou a seal upon my lips, Just for to-day. Let me in senson, Lord, be grave, In season gay; Let me be faithful to thy grace, Just for to day. And If to-day my life Should ebb away, Bid me come home to thee, Sweet Lord, to-day. So, for to-morrow and Its needs. I do not pray; nut keep me, guide me, love me, L<oru, Just lor to-day. Eyes Open. Rachie went off to school wondering if Aunt Amy could be right. "I will keep my eyes open," she said to herself. She stopped a moment to watch old Mrs. Bert, who sat inside her door binding sh?es. She was just now trying to thread a needle, but it was hard work for her dim eyes. "Why, if her? isn't work for me!" exclaimed Rachie. "I never should have thought of it if it hadn't been for Aunt Amy. Stop, Mrs. Bert, !et me do that for you." "Thank you, my little lassie. My poor old eyes are worn out, you sec. 1 can get along with the coarse work yet, but sometimes it takes me five minutes to thread my needle. And the day will come when I can't work, and then what will become or a poor old woman ?" "Mamma would say the Lord would take care of_you," said Rachie, very softly, for she- felt she was too little to be saying such things. "And you can say it, too, dearie. Go on to school now. You've given me yonr bit of help and your comfort too." But Rachie had got hold of the needle-book, and was bending over it with busy Angers. "See," she presently said, "I've threaded six needles for you to go on with, and when I come back I'll thread some more." "May the sunlight be bright to j'our eyes, little one," said the old woman, as Rachie skipped away. "Come and play, Rachie," cried many voices, as she drew near the play-ground. "Which side will you be on?" But there was a little girl with a very downcast face sitting on the porch. nllTU.i!. iL. M flA,M YV UUb la ILlc lUUllCl, JCllUICi oaiu Rachle, going to her. "I can't make these add up," said Jennie, in a discouraged tone, pointing to a few smeary figures on her slate. "Let me see: I did that example at home last night. Oh, you forgot to carry ten; see?" "So I did." The example was finished, and Jennie was soon at play with the others. Rachie kept her eyes open all day, and was surprised to find how many ways there were or doing kindnesses, which went far toward making the day happier. Try it, little girls and boys, and you will see for yourselves. "Will you look here, Miss Bachie ?" Bridget was sitting in the back porch, looked dolefully at a bit of panor nn tlia IritnHan tohlfi qVia liflri Par. I-"-" ?W?V"V? WW.*# "? ried out there. "It's a letther I'm aftber writin' to me mother, an' it's fearin' I am she'll niver be able to rade it, because I can't radeit myself. Can you rade it all, MissRachie? It's all the afthernoon I've beeu at it." Rachie tried with all her might to read poor Bridget's queer scrawl, but was obliged to give It up. "I'll write one for you some day, Bridget," she said; "I'm going over to Jennie's to play 'I spy' now." The fresh air and the bird songs and the soft wind made it very pleasant to be out of doors after being in school all day, and her limbs fairly ached for a good run. But she turned at the gate for another look at Bridget's woebegone face. "I'll do it for you now, Bridget," she said, going back. It was not an easy task, for writing was slow work with her; but she formed each letter with painstaking little fingers, and, when she had finished. felt well repaid by Bridget's tirn tVianlra anrl a oo f icfi or] foolinrr A f wqiuj iiiauAoauu u cunoitvu ivwiug v?? duty well done. "Our Master has taken His Journey To a country that's far away." Aunt Amy heard the cheery notes floating up the stairs, telling of the approach of the little worker. "I've been keeping my eyes open, Aunt Amy, and there's plenty and plenty to do." Obedience. A little boy who had been forbidden to throw stones, was one day found doing it. When called to aceount by his mother, he said : "I didn't throw them, mamma; I was only tossing them." Being told that he was neither to throw nor toss stones, he was overheard to mutter, as he walked slowly away : "Well, I don't care; I've got a jerk left yet." Was I lint; linv's oltf^lienne of the right sort? Would any business man want a clerk or asssistaut who obeyed his directions iu such a way ? Was it in that way the Lord Jesus obeyed His parents when He was a boy here on earth, and does that sort of obedience please Him now, do you thiiik ? In the Fnture. Lady at the polls?I want to vote, Mister. Election Judge?All right, mum; how old are you ? Lady (flushing up)?What? Judge?How old are you ? Lady?Do I have to tell that ? judge?certainly, mum. Lady (tearing up the ticket)? Thanks, I d n't want to vote that bad. Good morning. "Uncle James," said a city lady, who was spending a few days in the country, "is that chicken by the gate ft Brahmin ?" "No," replied Uncle James; "he's a Leghorn." "Why, certainly, to be sure!" said the young lady. "How stupid of me! j I can see the horns on his ankles." On Being: Pleasant. Says Mr. Thackeray about that nifce boy, Clive Newcome, "I don't know tlmt Clive was especially brilliant, but he was pleasant." 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 thiug about them is that they help to make other people pleasant, too. Their pleasantness is coutagious. The other morning we were in the midst of a three days' .rain. The fire smoked, the dining-room was chilly, and when we assembled for breakfast, papa looked rather grim, and mamma tired, for the baby had been restless all night. Polly was 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 coat and boots in ine eniry, ana ne came in rosy ano smiling. "Here's the paper, sir," said Jw to his father with such a cheerful tone that his father's brow relaxed, and he said, "Ah Jack, thank you," quite pleasantlj*. His mother looked un at him smiling, and he just touched her cheek gently as he. passed. "The top of the morning to you, Pollywog," he said to bis little sister, and delivered the rolls to Bridget with a "Here you are. Bridget. Aren't you sorry you didn't go yourself this heautiful day ?" He gave the fire a poke aud opened a damper. The smoke ceased,,and presently the coals began to glow, aud five minutes after Jack came in we had gathered around the table and were eating our oatmeal at cheerily Sis possible. This seems very simple in the telling, and Jack never knew he had done auy thing at all, but he had in fact changed the whole moral atmosphere the room, and had started a gloomy day pleasantly for five peo pie. "He is always so," said liis mother when I spoke to her about it afterwards, "just as sunny and kind,- and ready all the time. I suppose there are more brilliant boys in the world than mine, but none with a kinder heart or a sweeter temper; I am sure of that." People whose dispositions are naturally unhappy, think it n# use trying to be otherwise; but that is a mistake. If they will patiently and perseveringly try to keep always pleasant, after awhile they wilt get in the habit of smiling instead of frowning, or looking bright instead of 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 & world full of bright and happy people, where every one is! as gooa-natured and content as they are. ? The Old Fashioned Way of Impress* lug1 Moral Lessons. A generation or two ago plain American fathers and mothers did not entertain the fanciful idea the State should take charge of every body's education, morals and habits. They believed that it was their duty to keep an eye on their boys, and in cases of misbehavior they resorted without compunction to a tough hickory or a barrel stave. Thirty or forty years ago, if a Georgia father had been told that his sixteen-year old boy was in danger of having a coujested brain from the smoking of cigarettes, he would have rnahpil thA x*niin crater nut, into flip back yard an<$ sailed into him with a stick. In those days people didn't appeal to societies or a woman's Christian Temperance Union or the legislature when their boys went wrong. They simply made a family affairs of it and straightened it out satisfactorily. The other day we said that there could be no great improvement in morals until we restored the thorough and efficient system of family education and government which formerly prevailed. What we said applies diI rectly to this cigarette evil. If boys are to be allowed to be their own masters, choose their companions aud dispose of their time, we may rest assured that the majority will pick up [many-vices that will injure them in the future. Do you want your boy to grow up pure, hontst, sober and industrious? Begin your work ou him at borne, and keep at it. Good laws anil good schools can never take the place of the old fashioned family training. We cannot afford to have a lot of tobacco hearts and congested brains pushed into society and business circles. The great problems and gigantic concerns of this age demands men j who enjoy the largest measure of physical and mental health. We must have them at any cost. If they cannot be produced under our present system, i let us go back in some degree to the 1 common sense simplicity of our fa- 1 thers. It will not hurt the youngsters, 1 it wiil be their salvation in more ways than one. 1 Blessing; of Religions Iteadlujf. ' Consider the value of such literature in tlie home. It effectually arrest the currents of secular thought after tlie labors of a busy week are over. Who estimate the importance of this, even from a worldly point of view? Without some kind of wholesome interruption, experienced at regular periods, no man can very lohg endure the strain on nerveanp brain. He needs something more than a daily cessation from exhausting toil; absolute deliverance he must have in order to the best possible fitness for future work. Nothing will accomplish this so well as me religious uuuk or nc??pnjjci read in the home circle during the evening hours, read where the dearest companions of hi9 life may share with ' with him in the common blessing. It needs to be repeated again and again that it is the little things which ^ test character. The way a professing Christian behaves under some unex- ? pected provocation, some irritating I disappointment, some petty personal t affront, these are the things which 1 put to the proof the palienceand meek- 1 ness of the man. There is profound truth in the quaint saying of Rowland i Hill that a man's cat ought to be the s better for his Christianity. > When Dr. John Mason Good was | on his death-bed he said. "I have talc- i en what unfortunately the generality of Christians too must take. I have c taken the middle walk of Christianity, c 1 have endeavored to live up to its du- c ties and doctrines, but I have lived be- 1 low its privileges." , c / If I Cannot. If I cannot be a sunbeam. Shining fnll and far, i Lighting up the earth wltfc radiance, I wilt be a star. - . ?&] ?/ If I cannot be a light house, , V. Gleaming out at sea, I will be a tiny glow-worm, v Shining cheerily. If I cannot be a river. Flowing deep and strong, I will be a merry streamlet, ?'T;. Hastening along. If I cannot be a song bird, Making music sweet, I will be a homely sparrow, *'? Chirping, "Tweet, tweet, tweet J" If I cannot be a Jewel, . " Precious, rich and rare, I will be a crystal dewdrop, Sparkling, bright and fair. If I cannot be*-rose-tree, _ ' '?A nneuaiDg i rag ranee sweer, I will be a modest daisy, Blooming 'neath the feet. ' j ati If I cannot be a poem, Thrilling all wno read, - ? I will be a thought of oom tort ; Just to one In need. - r r r , . 'i Extrnctcted From Dyawod'i, Simjs on War. ' ;> .{-V; It has been the ordinary practice of those who have colonized distant countries to force a footing, or to . maintain % it, with the sword. Oneof theflretob- / & jects has been to build a fort,.anil to provide a military. The adventurers became soldiers, and the,colony -was a garrison. Pennsylvania was, however colonized by men who believe that war was incompatibla.with Christianity, and who therefore reeolved not to practice it. Having determined not to fight, they maintained no sol<Uera.and possessed no arms. . They planted themselves in a coun- ,v try that was surrounded by savages, and by savages who knew they -were unarmed. If easiness of conquest, or incapability of defence could subject them to outrage, the Pennsylvanians might have been the very sport of vior lence. > > (!? Plunderers might have xobbed:.them X' without retaliation, aad^nnies .might have slaughtered them without res&t- ^ ance. If they did not give a temptation to outrage, no temptation could be given. But these were the people who possessed their country in security, whilst those around them were -v trembling for their existence. This was a land of peace, whilst eveiy other was a laua or war. ?n The conci usion is inevitable although it is extraordinary?they were in no w need of arms, because they would not use them. These Indians weresofflciently ready to commit outrages upon other states, and often visited them with desolation and slaughter, with that sort of -<deeo- "i lation and slaughter wbich might he v expected from men whom civiniaUoii ? had not reclaimed from cruelty, and whom religion had not-awed into forbearence. But whatever the -quarrels of the Pennsylvania Indians w^re % with others, thejniniformiy respeoted. <a and held, as it were sacred the territories of Wra. Penn. The Pennsylvanians never lost man* Woauuvor child by them, which neither thaoelony of Maryland, nor that of Viiglnia could say, no more than the greit colony of New England. The security and quiet of Pennsylvania was not transient freedom from war, such as might accidentally happen to any nation. She continued to enjoy it for more than seventyyeara^aad ^ V? subsisted in the midst of six Indian-nations, without bo much a&a militia for her defense. * * * * * And when was tfcesecurity of Pennsylvania molested, and its peace destroyed? When the men who .directed its counsels and who would not engage in war, were out-voted.in its Legislature ; when they who supposedthat 3 there was greater security inthesword ; - 0 than in Cliristianity became 4he pre- "fjj dominating body.?Messenger of \ Peace. . While worldly men enlarge thelf / possessions and extend their eonnex- ^ : ions, they imagine they are strengthening themselves agains all the possible vicissitudes of life. They s^y in their heart, "My mountain stands strong, and I shall never be moved." But so fatal is their delusiou, that, instead of strengthening, they are weakening that which only can support them wheu those vicissitudes ?ome. ' To Ebonize Pine Wood.?Wa#h the wood three or four timeswilh a boiling decoction of logwood, allowing it to dry between eacb application. . Then wash it with a solution of aco-- 3jj tate of iron, which is made by ditsniving iron filings iu vinegar. This stain is very black and penetrates to * considerable depth into wood, so that ordinary scratching or chipping does not show the original color. The sweet experience nf former iiverauces givetn a comfortable assurance of protection in present and fu- ^ ture dangers; and this should cause us to fly for refuge, at all times, by strong supplication and prayer, to Him who is able and willing to save us .from death. Chilli Sauce.?Sixteen large ripe tomatoes, three green peppers, two onions chopped fine, two tablespoonfuls 3f sugar, one of salt, one-liair each or allspice and cloves, in two cups of vin;gar, boil two hours. Put iuto bottles md seal. Two little girls were playing church. Due said, "Now we are going to have prayer, you kneel down and be a 'real Christian;' I'll just sit down and put uy hand up to my face, I'm going to 3c one of those 'stylish Christians.'" Lettuce Dressing.?Two eggs, a ittle salt and pepper, one tablespoon fUl ?f sugar, one-naif cup of vinegar, one ablespoonful of butter. Beat all together and let boil uutil thick. Put ? ! til Ill It'C U LI 111 IjllllC W4U auu OCl w ?. Humility is not only a virtu* itself, mt a vessel to contain the virtues, like jmbers which keep the Are alive that 9 hidden under them. It emptieth ltlelf by a modest estimation of its own .. ^ vorth that Christ may fill it. Who would discover iu your sharp cbukes of sin any approach to the rnthos of the Savior's tones as he fore- - - ' old the destruction of Jerusalem? Sow many tears vrera there in your )urning denunciations? "Any one can aDonsn ms tax on .vhiskey and tobacco at any time by limply leaving them alone?and lie vill be a great deal betteroft'flrrancialy, physically, mentally, and morally f he does." Tomato Sauce.?One tomato oook-id and strained, one-half cup of water, >ne lablespoonful of flour, butter jlze ? if a walnut, salt and pepper to taate. ioil till thick as drawn nutter. Nice iver fish. .