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^The Abbeville Press andlianmll - r.r - ' ' '' f BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1888. VOLUME XXXIII. NO^?f|j ???i^?^????M?????? Do It Now. BY >r. M. LIG1ITCAP There is work for one and nil, I)o it now Hear the Muster to the call, I)o it now. Lead the young, the weak, the old: Woo the strong, the brave, the bold. To the teuder shepherd's foldDo it now. Can you help an erringone? Do it now. Stay not for "to-morrow's sun," Do it now. Bid them leave the paths of sin, And ii better life begin ; If some wanderer you can winDoit now. If for Jesus you can speak, Do it now. Though your tones are low and weak, Do it now. Take the tempted by the hand, Point them to the better land That awaits "beyond the strand"? Do it now. Bid them trust in Jesus' Power, Do it now. Flee to him this very hour, Do It now. Tell them that his life he gave Us from endless wrath to save, Gained the victory o'er the graveDo it now. ? If you are not warming the world, the world is chilling you. "Let love through all your actions run, And all your words be mild." Not thou from us, O Lord, but we Withdraw ourselves from thee. "It is better to serve God in solitude than serve sin with the multitude." If you would be honored above all, be sure you serve all. The time to bury the hatchet is before blood is found upon it. You can not be loving in manner unless you are loving in spirit. The first degree of folly is to think one's self wise ; the next, to tell others so; the third, to despise all counsel. A man who keeps riches and enjoys them not is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. The innocence of the intention abates nothing of the mischief of the example. He who is too much afraid of being duped, has lost the power of being magnanimous. Always treat an insult like mud from a passing vehicle. Never brush it off until it is dry. What an achievement to know how to bear a corroding sorrow without letting the ulcers show on the face ! Few mercies call for greater thankfulness than a friend safe in heaven. It is not every one that overcometh. Preachers have crippled themselves anch injured the cause of Christ by their unkind thrusts at each other. Faithfulness in little things fits one for heroism when the great trials come. It is well to be ashamed of our sins, but better to b6 humbled on account of them. It is good for us to think no grace or blessing is truly ours till we are aware that God has blessed some one^else with it through us. It is all a delusion to think of or tell of being "happy in God" unless we tenderly love and profoundly respect His commandments. Let us help the fallen still though they never pay us, and let us lend without exacting the usury of gratitude. There are souls in the world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and of leaving it behind them when they go. Love is the seed of harmony, peace and prosperity. Hate is the seed of discord, terror, destruction and anni* hilatoin. "Blessed is the mau that endures temptation." A weak and wicked man may suffer, but it taker a good man to endure. * The oleasantest thine in the world are pleasant thoughts,~and the greatest ia life is to have as maDy of them as possible. Speak the word of invitation when you feel the impulse to do so. The awkwardness may vanish in the act, and the blessing will follow all the same. Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life. The easiest labor is a burden to him who has no motive for preforming it. Rightness expresses of actions what straightness does of lines; and there can no more be two kinds of right action than there can be two kinds of straight lines.?Herbert Spencer. Do not let of your repentance flow out tears, put some of it into works that show that you have repented. The kind of repentance that pleases ia tVint whlf?h stons with the JOW4U AW fcuv?v .. r_ _ indulgence of grief and does nothing. NelfiHh I'rofcMSorn. "They satisfy themselves, mostly, with doing nothing that is very bad. Having no spiritual views, they regard the law of God chiefly as a system of prohibitions, just to guard men from certain sins, and not a system of benevolence fulfilled by love. And so, if moral in their conduct, and tolerably serious and decent in their general deportment, aud perform the required amount of religious exercises, this satisfies them. Their conscience harrasses them, not so much about sins of omission as sins of commission. Tliey make a distinction between neglecting to do what God positively requires, and doing what he positively forbids. The most you can say of them is, that they are not very bad. They seem to think little or nothing of being useful to the cause of Cnrist, so long as they cannot be convicted of any positive transgression.?C'. O. Finney There are fewer competent men in the world than there are open places for competent men. A competent roan is a man who can do any one thing a good deal better than its average doing. There are too many men who can do everything?in the sense that they can do one thing as well as another?but there are not enough men who can do one thing thoroughly well. He who would like to fill a good place, should prepare himself for the work of that particular place. The wlace is already waiting for him; and he is wanted in it even more than he wants it.?S. S. Times. You need the prayer-meeting, and the prayer-meeting need* you. These are two good reasons why you should go. There is another. The Lord him self commands you to go. Then for your own sake, for your brethren's ?ake, and for your Master's sake, go. MnffiinniinoitH. The following ha9 a lesson not only for politicians but for others. It shows Mr. Adams to have been possessed of very pure and noble principles, and streugtli, and courage to carry them out, for the purest and most exalted principles are corrupted by lack of courage to assert or force to execute them : An incident which occurred during the administration of the second Adams, heretofore, we believe, unpublished, illustrates the difference between the general principles which underlay the politics of that day, and those which control our own. Mr. Adams made out a Jist of men whom he had chosen to examine into the condition of the United States Bank, and submitted it for approval to [ his Cabinet. The appointment of these men would bring eacli of them prominently into public notice and stamp them with official approval as possessing ?xceptionable ability and incorruptible honor. Mr. Clay, glancing over the list, objected to one name upon it. "Mr. Adams," saici he, "that man II know to be one of your bitterest enemies. He has been your opponent throughout the whole of your political career. He deserves no preferment at your hands." Mr. Adams' color rose. He took the list, and looked at it in silence ; then, in his usual grave, measured tones, he said: "I am sorry to hear that, for I am assured that he is an able financier, j.1 J. X fir. ana a man 01 luu siernesi/iiiicgui^ . uw he does not not like me, eh? Well, Mr. Clay, as it is the interests of the country, and not mine, which we must consider in this case, we will let his name stay." Mr. Clay nodded approval. "The President," he said "had risen to an admirable height of self negation. But I should not have climbed there, I fear." A> Xcw Story of Hawthorne. Nath: niel Hawthorne was a kindhearted man as well as a great novelist. While he was Consul at" Liverpool a young Yankee walked into his office. The boy had left home to seek his fortune, but evidently hadn't found it yet, although he had crossed the sea in the search. Homesick, friendless, nearly penniless, he wanted a passage home. The clerk said Mr. Hawthorne could not be seen, and intimated that the boy was 110 American, but was trying to steal a passage. The boy stuck to his point and the clerk at last went to the inner rofcm and said to Mr. Hawthorne : "Here's a boy insists upon seeing you he says he is an American, but I know he isn't." Hawthore came out of his room and looked keenly at the eager, ruddy face of the boy. "You want a passage to America?" "Yes, sir." "And you say you're an American?" "Yes, sir." "From what part of America ?" "United States, sir." "What State?" "New Hampshire, sir." "Town?" "Exeter, sir." v Hawthorne looked at him for a minute before asking the next question. "Who sold the best apples in your town ?" "Skim-milk Folsom, sir," said the boy, with glistening eyes, as the old familiar by-word brought up the dear old scenes of home. "It's all right," said Hawthorne to the clerk, "give him a passage."?Ex. > The Mother'slOMtHonr. There is a lost hour among homekeepiug women, an hour which is lost in the wav certain arts are?so lost, in deed, that there seems to be very little likelihood that it will ever be found. This is the "hour to herself," for which every mother of a family longs, and, too often, longs in vain. She used to know what it was to have a little time entirely her own, now and then, in the days of her girlhood; but a matron's duties have absorbed her life completely, and she never knows what it is to be secure from interruption, even for so short a time as is required for the writing of a letter. Very often this is her own fault, for fault it is in spite of the angelic qualities which go to make many women hack-horses of patience and long suffering in their own homes. It is true that the young wife and mother is more often self-sficrificing than otherwise. She sinks her own individuality altogether too much in the service of her family. It is the easiest thing to do, to reverse nothing in the way of devotion, but it is not the wisest way. It develops selfish/I /v f f K/MirrK fn 1 nnoo ill f Kq new laoicau luvu^imuiuvoo iu vuv beloved ones whom she serves, and it too often happens that the wif# and mother who denies herself constantly in waiting upon others, and demands no consideration for herself, wakens later in life to find that she has made a mistake. Out of the fulness of her heart she has given more than she ought, for the sakeofher famiy as wellas herself. The daughter whose comfort has always been consulted before that of her mother, the son whose hours of study or play must never be interupted for his mother's sake, the husband who knows that his wife is a saint for unselfishness, impose, unconsciously, upou her goodness; and they develop a dullness of sympathy, an unreadiness to think of her needs, which is as hurtful to their own moral growth as it is heart-breaking and incomprehensible to the woman who has uselessly laid down her very life for them. It is the woman who serves as a queen serves her subjects who makes the happiest home, the woman who, with her high self-respect, demands the courtesy aud thoughtfulness which are her due, who prepares for herself a happy old age, honored by those whom her life has blessed within and without the four walls of her home.?Selected. - mm ? ? Service.?The church Is getting too full of proud service. We need more of lowly, self-denying service. The Churchman suggests: There are many ways in which women can do good work for others, and this without leaving their own homes. A Christian thoughtfulness and desire to accomplish some good would, for instance, suggest to persons living more or less alone in their own homes, that they could take into their homes some lady, young or old, whose presence and personal office would compensate for her board, but who is unable to earn her living in the callings that are opened to women. There are some veryllazy men in the world who might be benefitted by some sort of a labor movement. The Use of Tobncco. A very lively discussion on the use of tobacco occurred at the meeting of the New York Methodist Conference, on a resolution recommending entire abstinence from the use of the weed. The venerable Dr. Richardson made a spirited defence. He said that after arriving at manhood he was attacked by a distemper which all efforts of physicians failed to relieve, but which was cured by smoking. On his subsequently attempting to abandon the the practice, recurrence of the disease took place, which led him to resume the habit. Ke afterward ' began the practice of chewing tobacco, using it in a cleanly manner, without expectorating, and he had lived to the age of 83 in excellent health. He felt to bless tobacco every morning of his life. One member of the Conference testified that the use of tobacco had aided to prevent a loosening of his teeth, and that the temporary relinquishment of the practice had been attended with disastrous results. Another member recounted the benefits his wife had derived from the occasional use of a cigar, which was the only manner in which she could obtain relief from asthma. Despite these arguments, however, the resolution was passed. Why I am a Poor Man. "Wool Hat," in Planter'? Adoocate, tells us the following plain story why he is poor: "I am poor because I buy more than I sell. In the first place, I buy a part of my meat from the Northwest; my fish comes from Portland, in the taking of which the Mainlanders receive a bounty from the government. My onion sets and all my garden seeds come from Michigan. I sold the wool from eighteen sheep at 37J cents per | pound to an agent of the manufacturing coming at Beading, Pa.; four [ months afterwards I bought a hat from I the same company paying at the rate of eix dollars a pound for the wool. The hide of a buck I sold for five cents per pound. It went to Elmira, N. Y., was tanned, sent back and I bought it at 35 cents a pound, and it weighed more than it dia when I sold it. My ax handles come from Connecticut, my matches from Delaware, my pen, j ink and paper from New York. Am I the only fool in Georgia ?" Symptoms. A story is told of the late Archbishop Trench, the well-known writer, , shows hnw active a r>art the! imagination plays in determining the state of our health. After the eminent | prelate suffered from breaking health, he'was always accompanied, whether | in his rural rambles, on the train, or , even at formal dinner parties, by his , daughter, who was constantly by his | side. The story here quoted was origi- ( nally told in Dublin Society. ( The last course had been served at a , certain grand banquet when his grace is stated to have said to his daugnter, ( with some slight agitation : I "My daughter." \ "Well ?" "I fear that I am threatened with one of my bad attacks." , "Why?" , "I have been pinching my knee for . the past five minutes, and I cannot feel tne slightest sensation." ] "You can make your mind easy , your grace," rejoined a person on the 3 other side. , "Why so?" ] "It was my knee you were pinching all the time !" His Wife Got Even With Him. The story is told that a husband was < sitting in his store, when a letter in a J familiar handwriting was handed to < him. It was from his wife, whom he had left at home that morning with 1 every assurance of affection and devo- J tion. But the very first sentence i startled him, and as "he read on, the most horrible suspicion eeized him : < "I am forced to do something that I 1 know will trouble you, but it is my < duty to do so. I am determined you j shall know it, let the result be what it I may. I have known for a week that 1 ' ' 1 ' * 2 U.,4. 14- I tills trial was coming, uut Acpt n> ^ . myself until to-day, when it has reach- < ed a crisis and I can keep it no longer. 1 You must not censure me too harshly, I for you must reap the reward asu well as myself. I do hope it wt&UpcTush ? you. The flour is out. Please send 1 me some this afternoon. I thought f by this method you would not forget it." She was right. He didn't. ] Tbe Use of the Will in the Rellsonn Life. Many a Church member is living a i poor, shifting, religious life,groaning? ] " 'Tls a point I lone to know, i Oft It causes anxious thought; . Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His. or am I not?" Because of bailure to bring to bear up- ; on his religious life the power of his will. This may be due to the misap- j prehension that, having submitted and committed himself to God and the law of love, henceforth the words of the new realm will carry him safely into 1 port without his giving any attention ! *- * 11? T>?? J to the management 01 me sans, ireihaps if the Devil were dead, and the 1 old sinful nature were utterly extirpated there might be some ground for ! such a view. But the Devil is not dead, nor is the "Old Adam" usually J immediately destro3'ed. Therefore the Christian must bring all the power j of his will to bear upon the busi- 1 ness of living the new life. The will ' is the top-most, the imperial faculty of of the spirit. It is not left withouta sphere of activity when one becomes a Christian. Within its realm it must yet be top-most and imperal, though ow- ( ing allegiance now to God, as before it was the slave of self. Propose now to 1 conform the life to a set of rules and straightway a score of voices clamor 1 it. Inclination, ease, timidity, against weariness whisper, and the Devil from the pit joins the chorus to induce the soul to live aslip-shod religiouslife. The will must then assert itself and reign as of yore, The race is not to the swift but to the steady. He that wills to do his will shall know of His doctrine.? Buffalo Christian Advocate. Saved by Grace. When Rowland Hill was some years ago in Scotland, he was introduced to an age minister, somewhat resembling himself in piety and eccentricity. The old man looked at him for sometime very earnestly, and at length said, 'Weel, I have been looking for some teens at the leens of yourface." "And what do you think of it?" said Mr. Hill, "Why, I am thinking that if the grace of God hadna changed your I heart, you would ha been a most treJmendous rogue." Mr. Hill laughed | heartily and said, " Well, you have ust hit the nail oa the head." 1 "Gnilty, or Not Guilty She stood at the bar of Justice, A creature wan and wild, In form too small for a woman, In features too old for a child; For a look so worn and pathclc Was stamped on her pale young lace, It seemed long years of Buffering Must have left that silent trace. "Your name." said the Judge, as he eyed her With kindly look yet keen, "Is?-" 1 Mary Magulre, If you please, sir." "And your age Vr "lam turned fifteen." "Well. Mary," and then from a paper He slowly and gravely read? "You are charged here?I'm sorry to say It? With stealing three loaves of bread. "You look not like an offender, And I hope that you can show The charge to be false. Now answer me, A ro vnn cmllt.v r?f this or no?" A passionate burst of weeping Was at first her sole reply, But sbe dried her tears in a moment, And look In the J udge's eye: "I will tell you Just how It was, sir; My father and mother are dead, And ray little brothers and sisters v Were hungry, and asked me for bread. . At first I earned it for them, By working bard all day, But somehow the times were hard, sir, And the work all fell away. "I could get no more employment; The weather was bitter cold. The young ones cried and shivered? Little Johnnie's but four years old? So what was I to do, sir ? I am guilty, but do not condemn 1 I took?oh was it stealing?? The bread to give to them." Every man in the court room, (Jray beard and thoughtless youth, Knew, as he looked upon her, That the prisoner spoke the truth, Out from their pockets came bandkerchlofs, Out from their eyes sprung tears, Oat from old, faded wallets, Treasures hoarded for years. The Judge's face was a study, The strangest you ever saw, As he cleared his throat and murmured Something about the law. For one so learned In such matters, So wise in dealing with men, He seemed, on a simple question, Sorely puzzled Just then. But no one blamed him or wondered, What at last these words were heard: "The sentence of this young prisoner Is. lor the present, deferred!" And no one olamed him or wondered, When he went to her and smiled, Ana tenderly led from the court room. Himself, the guilty child!. A Strong: Brother. "Run out to the shed, little one, and bring a bit of woed for mother. I'd go myself, only father will be here to supper soon, and I'm in a hurry. Only a little?you're such a mite of a thing." Kitty was proud of being asked to do such a big thing, and toddled out with lively steps. Plenty of light wood lay in the shed, and she could have carried a few of the small sticks very easily. But the little girl wanted to do great things ; so she piled some of the sticks of hard wood on her arm, and struck out bravely for the house. But poor little jirl! they grew heavier every short 3tep, and before she was wey out of the shed one stick went one way and ane another, and then the whole went down. But she picked them up again ind tugged on. "Don't bring so much, my darling," jailed the mother, catchiug a sight of the toiling little figure?"Bring only two sticks." But Kitty did not like to give up. With uncertain little steps she kept on until she struck her foot against a small stone, and then lassie and wood ill went over. Mamma was about to go and help tier, when her brother Jim came around the shed into sight. He was ready for his supper, and would have passed Kitty without much notice if lia Vioil nnt r>onorhf ft rrlimrisp of the tlv "wv* "w" X"*" ? woe begone little face. "Ho, little sister, what's the matter? ' Hurt your foot ? Such a heavy load ? Yes, too heavy for Kitty.?But broth- , jr's big and strong. See, now!" He flung the wood over one arm and held " >ut his hand and said, "Take hold." , With a warm, strong grasp he took tier hand, and suiting his steps to hers, | led her along withpetting and encouraging words. , The tears came into the mother's jyes as she watched the two. The way is long and the burden heavy for sthers than little Kitty. But an Elder , Brother stands close beside the over- , burdened pilgrims, ready to lift the | loads of care and grief, and with His ifpnnor riorht hnnH tn lpari and aunnorfc 'V4V"0 **0"v * 4- -- , Dver rough paths?all the while giving words of loving sympathy aud cheer jo weary, sorrow worn hearts. The mother could not have said all jhe felt to Jim; but the touch of her hand on his head was very tender as jhe whispered : "You're a real help and comfort to Kitty and me."?Sel. Thrtt Which Lifts (Jr I'j>. By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly, namely, by simplicity and purity. Simplicity ought to be in our intention; purity in our affections. Simplicity aoth tend toward God; purity doth apprehend and < taste him. 'If thou intend and seek ; nothing but the will of God and the , ejood of thy neighbor, thou shalt thoroughly enjoy inward liberty. If thou wert inwardly good and pure, then thou wouldst be able to see and understand all things without impediment. A pure heart penetrateth lieaven and hell. Such as every one is inwardly, so he judgeth outwardly. If there be joy in the world, surely a , man of a pure heart possesseth it. As iron put into the fire Ioseth its rust and ! becometn cieany rea-noi, bo ue mat, wholly turneth himself unto God putteth off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man.?Thomas a Kempis. True Love. Love, the most precious among the "fruits of the Spirit," is the product of an early blossom in some souls. Little Philip fell down stairs one day, and injured his face so seriously that for a long time he could not speak. "When he did open his lips, how?ver, it was to no complaint of pain. Looking up at his mother, he whispered, trying to smite : "I'm pretty glad 'twasn't my little sister!" No doubt we have our heathen at home; who denies it ? And they need the gospel; who refuses it? But the shameful neglect of a past duty is no excuse for the cheap evasion of a present one. "When tne three men besought St. Peter at Joppa to open the door of faith to the Gentiles, all the Jewish peonle had not received the word of God. The enthusasm for Home Missions, which so curiously manifests itself in protesting hotly against Foreign Misssons, is usually an enthusiasm of words.?The Bishop of Rochester. Said a thoughtful pastor recently, "The people here seem to lack the religious sense." Let parents and teachers ponder these words. Whnt Will People Think ? Many persons have been led Into doing something foolish or wrong by the fear of what others would think it they should refuse to do it. Be brave enough to do any thing you know you ougth to do, aDd never uiind what people think. Only those whose opinion is not worth caring for will think the worse of you for doing what you believe to be right. And yet there is another way of looking at this question. It is well to ask ourselves frequently, "What will people think ?" for we are responsible for our influence. Our conduct is seen by others, and may result in either good or harm to them. "Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men," is just as good a rrmt,f.o for us as it was for St. Paul. And you remember Jesus said, "Let your light so shiue before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." So it is right to care about what people think when it makes us more careful to let them see nothing wrong in our actions. Worth Winning1. There was a boy who "lived out," named John. Every week he wrote home to his mother, who lived on a small farm away up among the hills. One day John picked up an old envelope from the kitchen wood-box, and saw that the postage stamp was not touched by the postmaster's stamp to show that it had done its duty and henceforth was pseless. "The postmaster missed nis aim," said John, "and left the stamp as good as new. I will use it myself." He moistened it at the nose of the tea-kettle, and very carefully pulled the stamp off. "No," said John's conscience; "for that would be cheating. The stamp bas been on one letter: it ought not to carry another." "It can carry another," said John, beoause, you see, there is no mark to prove it worthless. The post-office will not know." "But you know," said conscience, "and that is enough. It is not honest to use it a second time. It is a little matter, to be sure; but it is cheating. God looks for principle. It is the quality of every action that he judges by." "But no one will know it," said John, faintly. "No one?" cried consciene. "God will know it, and that is enough ; and be, you know, desires truth in the inward parts." "Yes," cried all the best parts of John's character,?"yes, it is cheating to use the postage-stamp a second time; and I will not do it."" John tore it in two, and gave it to the winds. And so John won a victory worth winning.?Oood Worda. - ? Telling: Jesna. A dear little girl said to me : "Every night I tell my papa everything that happened in the day, because, you know, he goes to his work in the morning before I am up; and it's so far he takes his dinner along, so I don't see him till he comes home in the evening. Then, after we have our tea, he holds me on his lap awhile before I go to bed, and we have a nice talk, and I tell him everything." I looked at the little one's smiling face, and asked, "What do you tell him?" She answered: "Oh, I tell him all I did, and what I played, and about the little troubles I got in, and?well, just everything. The he talks with me about it all, and if I have done anything naughty, he prays about it with me; but I always try to be good, because when I must tell him something naughty about myself, he looks so sorry it makes me cry." While listening to tliis dear little prattler, my mina was upon "Our Father," and how he loves to have his children tell him everything. I resolved to keep in mind every little occurrence during each day, and before I go to sleep tell my Father in heaven all about it. And now, my dear young friends, will vou not adopt this plan ??S. S. Visitor. - - > The Hoar Before Bed-time, All hours belong to the mother, but the hour just before the little ones go to bed is especially hers. Then, when the children are tired of play, and their daily lessons are done, she may have confidential taltfs with them, hear of their temptations and of the naughty things they may have done, praise them for the progress they have made in overcoming faults, and read the Bible with them, so that one of its aweet verses may be a little pillow for each sunny nead. Children who are accustomed to this sort of mothering will never get very far from its blessed influence in the future. Needed Grace. A poor man in fife, before eating askea a blessing in these weighty words, which were found, after the Duchess of Gordon's death, written on a slip of paper in her hand : "Lord give me grace to feel my need of grace: and give grace to ask for grace; and give me grace to receive grace ; and O Lord; when grace is given, give me grace to use it. Amen" Beware of Irreverence. It is very easy to lower our standard of reverence for any thing. We have only to speak of it habitually in a light way. There is nothiug like it to take the life out of the most precious texts of Scriptures. We may repent of such sin with bitter weeping; but those words can never be to us again what they were before. We may have cut down a bridge we shall some day vainly long to cross. Long ago Sir Walter Scott made one of his characters in "Rob Roy" say in relation to Presbyterian worship as he heard it in Scotland, "I had heard the service of high mass in France celebrated with all the eclat which the choic-i est music, the richest dresses, the most imposing ceremonies, could confer on it; yet it fell short in effect of the simplicity of the Presbyterian worship. The devotion in which every one took a share, seemed so superior to that which was recited by musicians as a lesson which they had learned by rote that it gave the Scottish worship all the advantage of reality over acting." 8. "None of us know how much badness is in us till the sifting time comes. Peter never dreamed that he could deny his Lord?much less play (he coward and turn liar and blasphemer." ^a ;k^ Cure for Hog-Cholera. To one pint of k?rosene oil put a half pint of spirits of turpentine and two ounces of gum camphor. Shake this up together until the camphor is dissolved. Theu nour the mixture over shattered corn, stirring it up so that some will get on all of it; then throw out to the hogs. I found my hogs would eat this in preference to corn without it, and I have never had ' a single case since I comm?nced this remedy. I had several sick hogs with cholera when I commenced giving them the above, and all but one recovered in lees than a week. I had a very fine sow sick at the time, aud had given her a dose by making it into a ball of doogh and shoving it down her throat, she being too sick to eat. The next morning I gave my son a ball of this dough, and told him to take one of the hands aud go down to where I had left her the evening before, and if she was alive to put it down her throat. He soon came back, and said: "Pa, if you want me to catch that old sow, I'll want more help than you gave me, for she's as wild as a buck." In a few moments she came up in a trot, and commenced feeding witn the other hogs. v I have great faith in this simple remedy, and advise my brother farmers to try it. It costs but a trifle.?R. A. Penick, in Eichmomd Dispatch. It is when we have been unmistakably wronged that we have an opportunity to show a Christian spirit. So long as others treat us with fairness, with kindness, and with courtesy, it is not easy for us to show a spirit of forbearance, of charity, or of commendable gentleness. Even a godless heathen would not be likely to resent an affront which he had not received. A Christian's best Opportunity of showing that he is a Christian is when he is under some gross provocation to bear himself in an un-Christian manner. In heaven alone, the thirst of an immortal soul after hapiness can be satisfied. There the streams of Eden will flow. They who drink of them shall forget their earthly poverty, and remember the miseries of the world no more. Some drops from the celestial cup are sufficient, for a time, to make us forget our sorrows, even while we are in the midst of them. "What then may we not expect from full draughts orthose pleasures which are at thy right hand, O Lord! for evermore? It may be a small matter for a person to be a few minutes late at a Sunday morning church service; but when a Eerson, or a family, is in the habit of eing late in that way, it is fair to accept the fact as an indication of character. Thus a young man was recentr ly characterized in the expressive suggestion : "He comes of a family that is always lateatchurch." Thst would be a poor subject for family pride?a reputation of that sort! It is a great thing for any man to fill his place in the world. It matters less where a man's place is, than that a man's place be filled, wherever it is. The lowest place well filled is more creditable to the man who occupies it, than would be the highest place poorly filled. And, indeed, no place in the world can be so good for any man as the place which God assigns to him as his place* Not a day passes over the earth buB men and women of no note do great A i- 1_ ? J ?iP? ueeus, specitv giettt wurua auu suner noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers and martyrs, the greater part will never be known till that hour when many that were great shall be small, and the small great. V It is said of the brilliant young lawyer who killed himself recently in T , that the fatal act was caused by "mental depression." The mental depression was caused by a debauch begun iQ a bar-room. His mother is called a fanatic because she wants the bar-rooms closed. A roasted or boiled lemon, filled while hot with sugar, and eaten still hot, just before retiring, will often, break up a cold. "Be not the first by whom the new are tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." Kerosene oil will make tin tea- kettles aa bright as new. Saturate a wooled rag and rub with it. It will also removed stains from and clean varnished furniture. You have no right to feed a dog so tongas you have not the money to provide your family with good papers and books.?American Agriculturist. Tiles,, even those of the simplest kind, arranged tastefully around the fireplace, lend an air of quainthess to the room. The flavor of the fuel used for smoking meat is somewhat imparted to the meat, hence the fuel should be selected carefully. Drive your horses a little to one side when y?u stop with a load on the sled. This makes it easier to start the load. A fire burns better in a hot than in a cold furnace; it is equally true that an animal well wintered is half summered. If open, outdoor feed-troughs are turned over at night they will not be filled with snow and ice in the morning. If you place the ax near the stove for fifteen muinutes it will cut better and not be so apt to break along the edge. I For convenience in cleaning lampchimneys, nothing is better than a small sponge attached to the end of a stick. If you do not wish cloddy and lifeless ground in the spring keep the cattel off the fields when the soil is soft. Simply iuhaling fresh air largely, by deep inspiration is suflcieut to nip an incipient cold in the bud. Harness hung in the stable is damaged as much by the gases and dampness there as it is worn by use. Don't milk at six o'clock to-day, seven to-morrow, and half-past seven the day after. Glaze the botton crust of fruit-pies with white ot egg, and they will not be soggy. After paring fruit drop it in cold water to prevent it changing color. A little sulphate of potassa added to preserves prevents fermentation. Put soda in sour fruit for pies, and they will require less sugar. Boil coffee in a salt-sack; it is nic?r than egg to settle it. Keep preserves in a dry place, seal with flower paste. A What Others Say. Pi o/euor Drummond. What is the end of life.?The end of life is, not to do good, althought many of us think so. it is not to win souls, although I once thought 8<>r The end of life is to do the will of God. That may be in the line of doing good or winning souls, or it may not. The maximum achievement of any man's life after it is all over is to have done all the will of God. No man or woman can have done any more with a life; no Luther, no Spurgeon, no Wesley, no Melanctlion can have done any more with their lives; and a daily maid or a scavenger can do as much. Therefore, the supreme principal upon which we have to run our lives is to adhere, through good report or ill; through temptation and prosperity and adversity tothe will of <5od' wherever that may lead us. It may take you away to China, or you who are going to Africa may have to stay where you are; you who are going to be an vangelist may have to go into business, and you who are going into business ? may have to become an evangelist But there is oo happiness or success in life till that principal is taken possession of. New Orleans Christian Advocate. It is a significant fact that both John the Baptist and our Lord taught their disciples how to pray. On one occasion the aitfbiples said to Jesus, "Lord, teach us how to pray, as John also taught bis disciples." we are too prone to think that prayer comes spontaneously, and its spontaneity is the evidence of its Xj genuineness. If this were ..tone, oar Lord would have answered his discipie's request in a different manner. What he did was to answer this-requestby teaching how to pray. An unstudied prayer maybe fervent, but not edifying. Paul said, " I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray witn ; the understanding." The reason for so many poor and unrefreshing prayers is the lack of studying, ana. learn ing tue an, 01 prayer. Nashville Christian Advocate. The civilization that makes wholesale Sabbath-breaking a necessity is a false civilization. The Sabbath-day Is worth more to the American people than all the daily newspapers In . the country?and ail the weekly ones, too! Jamet MadUon. The strongest passions and the most dangerous weaknsses of the human breast?ambition, avarice, vauity, the honorable or venial love of fame?are all in conspiracy against the desire and N duty of peace. '* y* Mb. A. M. Palmer, maT^^of the Madison Square theater,Newark, has lately acknowledge that "the stager? of to-day is a greater evil than any : other institution we have. Nothing else does so much harm to the young men and women of this city." The Rev. A. C. Kimbeb, of the Episcopal Church, who has had muchexperience in missionary work fn New ' York City among German immigrants, says the religious German will, come a few Sundays, and, finding the 'services different from what he has been accustomed to, will seek a Lutheran br Cath olic church. The irreligious class it is impossible to reach, as they make a point of avoiding religious services. : 1 i ' * :s: The hardest place on earth for the Christian to live is at home. There we are off our guard, and the evil, within us comes to the surface. When we are out from home, we are , v;fr restrained by the public eye and we - > are more guarded; but at home, with poor wife and children, the devil gets the best of us and we say to them things which we would blush to have our neighbors hear. You may be nearer to Christ than you think. Those men who went along the road to Emmaus, weeping ana moaning that their Christ was gone, poured into His very ear the tale of their bereavement. They told Him of y t,h?ir trouble?that thev had iofifcOliriat and there He was talking with them. In the midst of their deep grief there was the victory, and they did not know it. "The only being who ever had any choice in the circumstances of bis birth chose the poorest lot and the hardest fare that ever befell any man. Jesus Christ lowered the greatness of wealth by passing it by, aud uplifted and hallowed the life of poverty by deliberately accepting it." That is what Rev. Mark Guy Pearse says, and it is worthy of being remembered forever. Much of what calls itself Christian sociability is nothing more than the cultivation of agreeable associations, with congenial friends. Enlarge the circle brother, and take in the stranger and the neighbor whose only attraction to you is found in the hope that you may do him good. That will be followingyour Master. Nashville Christian Advooate. The Christian natives of the South Sea Island prepare their Sunday food on Saturday. Not a fire is lighted neither flesh nor food is baked, nor a tree climbed, nor a canoe seen on the uratar nop a inumflv hv land under- - taken on God's holy day. True national honor, like true personal honor, consists in being ready to do justice in all things; and when'the point of justice is doubtful to give it against yourself rather than for yourself.? Sir Stafford Northcote. The mind is like a merchant's ledger, it requires to be continually posted up to the latest date. Even the latest telegram may have upset some venerable theory that has been received as infallible for ages.?Hamertom. Fairbairn says, forcibly and truly: "The fellowship that does not beget affinity evokes antipathy; the mind that has not learned to love is dangerously near to hate." A brother in prayer-meeting in a neighboring town the other night J nKaanf "whn iroro nrniu A [jia.yeu mi me UUJUIII trated on beds of sickness and sofas wellness." The curse of the time is prodigaUflHH The poor make themselves roq|^NeH| apes of the rich, and the ncfoj^^R|^^HH carry themselves like Of all the riches thjAdfllB^HflflH the pleasures we no more of for a ple^ttxign^n^^^BBRHB two