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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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