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f The Abbeville Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1888. ' VOLUME XXXIH.: Tired. I am too tired to sew; upon my lap, Weary and spent, my Idle lingers lie; The needle Is too heavy for my hand, I fold the tidy dress and put it by. The little maid, so weary of lier play, Must wear her faded frock another duy. Here, close beside me, lies my dainty book, With quaint, bright fancies'mid its flowing rhyme, Waiting through all the full and busy hours For one short space of free, untramineled time. I touch its covers with a tender hand? My brain is dull; 1 cannot understand. I am too tired to pray, 0 pitying Lord! I only know the day's hard tasks arc none. I bring my burdens,?thou canst count them o'er! I lay them down before thee, every one; I only long for sleep to still my pain, And strength to take iuy Durdens up again. Two gentlemen, friends who had been parted for years, met in a a crowd* *J? -* 1 1^" AMA WKA 1Siro/1 in 6G city street* jluc uuc ?tuv uwu the city was on his way to meet a pressing business engagement. After a few expressions of delight, he said: "Well, I'm off. I'm sorry, but it can't be helped. I will look tor you to-morrow at dinner. Remember, two o'clock, sharp. I want you to see my wife and child." ; "Only one child ?" asked the other. "Only one," came the answer, tenderly; "a daughter. But she's cidar, ling." And then they parted ; the stranger in the city getting into a street car bound for the park. After a block or two, a group of five ?irls entered the car; they all eviently belonged to families of wealth ; they conversed well. Each carried a very elaborately decorated lunch basket; each was well dressed. They, too, were going to the park for a picnic. They seemed happy and amiable until the car again stopped, this time letting in a pale-faced girl of about eleven aud a sick boy of four. These children were shabbily dressed, and on their faces were looks of distress. They, too, wpre on their way to the park. The gentleman thought so; so did the group of girls, for he heard one of them say, with a look of disdain: ? "J suppose those ragamuffins are on an excursion, too?" "I shouldn't want to leave home if I had to look like that. tWould you?" This to another girl. "No, indeed ! But there is no accounting for tastes. I think there ought to be a special line of cars for the lower classes." All this was spoken in a low tone, but the gentleman heard it. Had the child, too ? He glanced at the pale face and saw tears. He was angry. Just then the exclamation, "Why, there is Nettie! Wonder where she is going?" caused him to look out upon the corner, where a sweet-faced young girl stood beckoning to the car-driver. When she entered the car she was warmly greeted by the five, and they made room for her beside them. They were profuse in exclamations and questious. "Where are you going?" asked one. "Oh, what lovely flowers! Who are they for?" said another. "T)tw /vr? w?TT 1X7a XT +r\ Dollo Plflrk's. I 1 ui ira mj ?? t*.jr i,v She is sick, you know, and the flowers are for her." She answered both questions at once, and then, glancing toward the door of the car, saw *he pale girl looking wistfully at her. She smilld at the child, a tender look beaming from her beautiful eyes, and then* forget-j ting that she wore a handsome velvet skirt and cos^Jacket, and that her j shapely hana^^5^3s covered with well-fitted gloves, she left her seat and crossed over to the little ones. She laid one hand on the boy's thin cheeks as she asked of his sister: "This little boy is sick, is he not ? And he is your brother, I am sure." It seemed hard for the girl to answer, but finally she said : "Yes, miss, he is sick. Freddie never has been well. Yes, miss, he is , k my brother. We're goin' to the park to see if 'twon't make Freddie better." "I am glad you are going," the young girl replied in a low voice meant lor no one's ears except those of the child. "I think it will do him good : it's lovely there, with the spring flowers all in bloom. But where is your lunch? You ought to have a lunch after so long a ride."' Over the little gill's face came a flush. "Yes, miss, we citght to, for Freddie's sake; but, you see, we didn't have anv lunch to bring. Tim?he's our brother?he saved these pennies so as Freddie could ride to the park and back. I guess, mebbe, Freddie '11 forget about being hungry when he gets to the.park." There were tears in the lovely girl's eves as she listened; and very soon she asked the girl where they lived, and wrote the address down in a tablet which she took from a bag on her arm. After riding a few blocks she left the car, but she had not left the little ones comfortless. Half the bouquet of violets and hyacinths were clasped in the sister's baud, while the sick boy, with radiant face, held in his hand*a package, from which he helped himself now and then, saying to his sister, in a jubilant whisper: "She said we could eat 'em all?every one?when he get to the park. . What made her so sweet and good to us?\ And the little girl whispered back : "It's 'cause the's beautiful as well as he clothes." The gentleman heard her whisper. When the park was reached the five girls hurried out. Then the gentleman lilted the little boy in his arms and carried him out of the car, across the road, and into the green park, the sister, with a heart full of gratitude, following. He paid for a nice ride for them in the goat carriage; lie treated them to oyster soup at the park res, taurant At two o'clock sharp the next day, the two gentleman, as agreed, met again. "This is my wife," the host said, proudly, introducing a comely lady, ''and this," as a young lady of fifteen entered the parlor, "is my dauhgter." "Ah !" said the guest, as he extended his hand in cordial greeting, "this is the dear girl whom I saw yesterday in the street car. I don't wonder you called her a darling. She is a darling and no mistake, God bless her." And theu he told his friend what he had seen and heard in the horse car. Let not unwortliiness scare the children of God. Parents love their children and do them good, not because they see that they are more worthy than others, but beeause they are their own. i%i*i . v v v f .% *; * :/-vV' - All Appeal to Mothers. America's greatest need to-day is what France's was in Napoleon's time ?mothers. Mothers to form, and mold, and guide, and teach with unremitting vigilance, and while all this is being done, to watcli as carefully lest thorns appear with the beautiful blossoms; lest evil thoughts, false principles, imperfect views, creep in as insidiously as the serpent approaches. O ye mothers of our land, if everything else is neglected, if all other duties are slighted. I beseech you, in the name of all that is high and holy, do not neglect the character of your child! Consider what life means to us, what is before the young ; and and consider also what lack of mental aud spiritual culture implies. I think that nothing in the way of culture and aspiration in after years can compensate for the loss of this during the formative period. Teach the boys and girls what life means; that this existence from the cradle to the grave is but the segment of a circle that shall encompass the eternities?that their characters here and their destinies hereafter have an infinite correlation; that their achievmentmust be commensurate with their principles and purposes. Teach them that if they sow "wild oats" thev must exnect to rean the same, and nothing else; golden fruitage never comes from seeds of thistles. God may sometimes work miracles in character-transformation, but he oftener works by means of fixed laws and through human agencies. And mothers are his special agents, When we see a boy just verging into young manhood, with powers untrained, principles latent, faculties slumbering, his entire growth false, we do not reasonabilitv expect that he will ever distinguish himself by brilliancy of intellect or deed, one marked nobility of character. Such a se?uence would be a miracle; but while do not deny that such have been and may be, I repeat that we have no right to expect it. For the right formation of character there must be some centre of attraction around which the soul may describe its infinite circle, and this central power should be God. Keligion is a life, not. a garment to be put on or off'. It must be interwoven with the very fibres of the soul, and must be developed as the muscles of the body are developed by exercise. It must flow out to other lives in order to bless our own, and the child-heart should be taught the beauty of such a life. This should be the. atmosphere through which all else should be viewed ; all else should be subservient to its high demands. 0 mothers, if you would but teach your children thus what a world of misery might be saved?what a flood of crime stayed !?Christian at Work. X Word to the Rich One of the happiest instances of ministerial skill and fidelity is recorded in the memoir of Rev. Thomas Brainard, D. ?>., for thirty years a pastor in Philadelphia. At a meeting of leading members of three city churches, called to raise money for an imp?rtant new enterprise, there was little response in the way of subscriptions, though all applauded the object. Dr. Brainard rose, faced the rich men, and thus addressed them: "Bretheren, the Lord has denied to you the privilege of exercising many of the most precious graces of the Christian character, which in his infinite mercy, he has vouchsafed to the rest of us. You never knew what it was to repose absolute, unassisted faith in God for the things of this world. You never .liad to go to sleep at night without knowing where your areakfast was to come from. You never had a sick child wasting away for the want of cosUy luxuries. You never had to deny yourself the gratification of the impulses of pity, when a enffpror nnmp fan vniir Hnnp. Ynil M K.W<4V*V. ? W J " ' ~ never had to endu re the humiliation of being dunned for an honest debt without knowing whe ther you could ever pay it. All these unspeakable advantages in developing Christian character an incrutablo Providence has taken from you and bestowed upon us poor men. The one solitary grace of the Christian life wh ich has been denied to us and given fco you is, the grace of liberty, and if you don't exercise that, the Lord have m ercy on your souls!" That bold appe al did the work. A smile crept over the face of one of the rich men, he dre w to him the subscription paper, put down $10,000, others followed h.is example, and this meeting accomplished what all the preceding meetings for consulation had failed to do.? Dr. A. T. Pier son, in N. Y. Observer. The most widely known author in tiie Kussian empire, uount loistoi, has resigned from the military service, and, retiring to his estates some miles from Moscow, is engaged in the peaceful pursuits of agricultural life and in writing essays and books, which he believes will benefit the people far more than the pursuits which fromerly so engaged his attention. What brought about this remarkable change? Simply the study of Christ's Sermon on the Mount, with the resultant conviction that all wars were forbidden by the Prince of Peace. Great need there is that the rulers, legislators, and peogle generally of professedly Christian tates should heedfully consider that explicit declaration of our Lord: "My kingdom is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight." Suppression, flic Holy Ghost ia quenched by silence as well as grieved by speaking. We may sin by suppression as well as by expression, lleligion stagnates and dries up without outlet. The sparkle and the freshness come from the outflowing. Convic+ w\r*o uoTrAP ftiv? lftcf l^A^linrra IXV1JO ilt ? VI UWVV*W? Ml V 4VOV* J. die out of the heart which are never on the lips. Love grows by the telling. The song is forgotten which is not sung. The unspoken creed has no credence. Words not only express but form and strengthen principles. Resolutions are the stronger for being spoken. The saints are said to have overcome not only by the blood of the Lamb, but also by the word of their testimony. An eminent Russian lady said in our hearing recently, speaking of her Christian experience after having long kown the truth, though she had not fully and heartily accepted Christ as Saviour and Lord. "First He took my child, and then He took my husband ; after that He took my heart." Alas that'"so many of us make for ourselves such a hard way to Jesus! Alas we make it hard for Him to save us! A Disastrons Ride. Rome little drops of water, Whose home was In the sea, Togo upon a journey, Once happened to agree. A cloud they had for carriage, They drove a playful breeze. And over town and country, They rode along at ease, But 0, there were so many, At last the carriage broke. And to the ground came tumbling. These frightened little folk. And through the moss and grasses They were compelled to roam, Until a brooklet found them ? And carried them all home. War Against War. The most glorious war on earth is war against war?a war of peace against war. In this grand war, full of the broadest philanthropy, women are valiant soldiers. These soldiers, in fighting for victory over war in all of its vile and hateful forms of pain, sorrow, selfishness, destruction, crime, and death, in all their words and deeds meekly act and declare that "the weapons of our warfare are not carnal." Tbey have no use for weapons and powers of human slaughter. They burn no cities or villages, destroy no property, and never "break through and steal." They never apologize for any bad doing by calling it "a military necessity," ior,tney never nave a military necessity." They make no widows, nor orphans, nor cripples, nor pensioners, nor national debts. Their capital is "the captain of salvation," and not of destruction. He is Jesus, the Prince of Peace, and in their warfare against war, they, like Him when on earth, "go about doing good," and make it the favorite object of their peaceable, benevolent lives, like their Savior, their Leader, "not to destroy men's lives, but to save them." They, in their war, never cause weeping or pain to a single human being. Their glorious mottoes are: "Peace forever!" "War never!" "Arbitration always!" "Love to all nations, all men!" On their white banner, brightly inscribed by the angels of God, is the Psthleliem song, sung at the wonrous birth of Jesus, the peaceful Be. deemer: "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will towards men." Oh, how beautiful .how sublime, are the battles of Peace against War, led on by Prince Emmanuel, whose blessed kingdom of peace shall gently destroy all the war established and war supported kingdoms of the world. Ye soldiers of Peace, follow your Prince in faith, in patience, in meekness, in gentleness, in courage, and in unceasing, all-conquering love. Make it Eight. There are few persons who are not conscious of having wronged their fellow men. They may dispute it or deny it; but tbey know that it is true, nevertheless. The question then arises, What should be done? There are many who know the wrong, but will not admit it; there are othere still who both know and admit the wrong-doing, but who take no stepfl towards repairing the mischief they have wrought or undoing the wrong which they have done. Strictly speaking, the wrong act1 done can never be undone ; the wrong word said cannot be unsaid; but no man who has been guilty of wrong should rest satisfied until he has done his utmost to make suitable reparation. If he has wronged his neighbor pecuniarily, let him make restitution, not in scrimped and scanty measure, but liberally, heartily and ungrudgingly. Let him restore four-fold. If he has said wrong things, let him promptly and openJy recall them. Let his apologies be as distinct and hearty as his accusations have been. Let him in a manly and Christian way, so far as in him as lies, remove all occassion of grievance. Let him see to it that the false impressions he has given be corrected, that the slanders he has uttered be recalled. Thus, and thus only, can he win back the love he has forfeited, and hope to receive the blessing of the Lord whom he has offended.?Christian Standard. The question is not whether the Roman Catholics have the legal and moral right to settle in the South, wherever they please and in whatever numbers they please, but shall the Slate mab appropriations for that purpose? Shall its Protestant citizens be made, nolens, volens, to pay the expenses of this movement? That was the avowed object of the Hot Springs convention. When some of our exchanges, religious and seculiar, have answered these Questions they will have said something to the point. What says the Lutheran Visitor? We heard a'presiding elder say the other day: "I am doing my best to get the country churches to have service every Sunday." We never pass on Sunday morning a closed church without a feeling of oppressive loneliness coming over us. The verysilence of the place is a protest against its wants of harmony with Christianity. Go, brother, invite your neighbors, open your church, read the Scriptures, si hk and pray, and the next time the "circuit rider" comes he will preach a better sermon. Friendship and forgivness are too often mad synonymous terms, and there are few of us too noble not sometimes unconsciously to presume upon the patience of those whom we honor with our regard in a way which our mere acquaintances would inevitably resent with a vigor which would go far towards hringing us back to the ways of politeness. Here is Gospel preaching admirably defined by the editor of a Scotch monthly journal: That minister best preaches the Gospel who preaches it as a sinner needs to hear it when under deep conviction of sin, and a Christian . wants to hear it when on his dying bed and about to make an exchange of ! worlds. Such a gospel is good news to the soul. The moro of it from the preacher's lips the better. A missionary on eniurmg ? uew field in China was kindly received by the mandarin, who promised to do all in his power to help him. "I have not heard your doctrine," said he, "but I have seen it. I have a servant ' who was a perfect devil, but since he received your doctrine he is another man, and I can now trust him." A remark well put was that of Dr. Meredith at the installation of his successor over Union'church in Boston : , "Just bear in mind, when your pastor gives you his weakest and feeblest sermon (and it will be a new experience for this congregation not to hear such discourses, now and then) that he'll preach a good deal more gospel truth i than you'll be likely to put into practice that week !" Why the Soldiers Desert. An ex-soldier was telling his experiences a few days ago. "Do you want to know," he asked, "why it is that so manysoldiers desert from the army? Nearly one-third of the army deserts every year, and there 12,000 courts martial every twelve months, and this, remember, in au army which doesn't consist of many more than 20,000 men when the ranks are pretty full. Well, the reason why so many desert is that they are treated more like dogs than men?no not like dogs for I would rather be and officer's dog than a musket carrier?and never receive auy consideration whatever. That's why a better class of men doesn't join the army. I don't kick on the pay the what I have heard and what I have done, I can hardly persuade myself that all frivolous hurry and bustle of {>leasiire in the world had reality. I ook upon all that is past as one of those romantic dreams which opium commonly occasions; and I do by no means desire to repeat the nauseous dose.?Lord Cheater field. Smoke and the Weather. How often we hear the remark, "we shall have rain; the atmosphere is so heavy." The reverse is true. When one sees the smoke hanging from a chimney, with a tendency to sink to the ground, it indicates the atmosphere is light?in fact, too light to float the smoke. When the smoke rises from the chimney it indicates a heavy atmosphere. A column of smoke is not a bad barometer for a barometer is nothing more than a recorder of the pressure of the atmosphere. When * 1 - ? ?' ? <trk/) OTY1 /\lrn common soldier gets?$13 a mouth aud clothes and grub is more than many a man with a family to support gets? but the things the private puts up with is too hard to bear, and it's a wonder that fifty officers ain't shot every year by their men. "Of course the officers will deny that there is any brutality in the army; but it's there all the same, and the men would rather a good deal be sent to military prison at Fort Leavenworth than serve in the ranks?that is a good many of them. Why, a private darsen't speak to his superior officer, a young cad just out of West Point, without permission. There's too much English snobbery iu our army. Outside the English our army is the most exclusive aristocracy in the world. It's mostly made up officers now, anyhow, there being an officer for every eight men or so. It's nearly as top heavy as the navy and as useless. It supports a lot of lazy loafers, and that's about all it's good for. There's good men in the army, of course, but there's nothing for them to do but draw their pay. Perhaps you think I'm a little u*t?An mnot i>omoiYihar t.hftt. T UltlCl I UUl JVU JLUUOV 1VLUVAUWJ. vmmv ? seryed five years in the ranks?which is worse than five years in Joliet any time."?Chicago Tribune. Yanity of Worldly Pleasure. I have run the silly rounds of pleasure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the pleasures of the world; I appraise them at their real worth which indeed, is very low. Those who have only seen their outside always overrate them ; I have seen all the coase pulleys and dirty ropes which moves the gaudy machines; and I have also seen and smelled the tallow candles which illuminate the whole decoration, to ,the astonishment and admiration of the ignorant audience. When I reflect on what I have seen, I lie atmospimru is uguii nuu iuc diuv?v settles, the pressure on the mercury is light and the column falls, indicating storm. When the atmosphere is heavy and the smoke rises, the pressure is greater and the column rises, indicating fair weather.?Chicago Herald. An Acote Old Man. An old man of very acute physiognomy answering to.the name of Joseph Wilmot, was brought before the police court. His iclothes looked as though they had been bought second hand in his youthful prime. "What business?" "None; I'm a traveler." "A vagabond, perhaps?" "You are not far wrong; the difference between the two is, the latter travels without money, the former without brains." UUfKaKA V?Q\ro Trmi fravplftfl 9" Tf UV/J. V? UW?V JVM . "All over the continent." "For what purpose?" "Observation." "What have you observed ?" "A little to commend, much to censure, and very much to laugh at." "Humph! What do you commend?" "A handsome woman that will stay at home, an eloquent divine that will preach short sermons, a good writer that will not write too much, and a fool that has sense enough to hold his tongue." "What do you censure?" "A man who marries a girl for her fine clothing, a youth who studies law while he has the use of his hands, and the people who elect a man to office who will not pay his debts." "What do you laugh at ?" "At a man who expects his position to command the respect which his per- , sonal qualities and qualifications do not merit." He was dismissed. Dr. William M. Taylor tells that in his early boyhood, after having heard a sermon in which the preacher dwelt much on "the appropriating act of i faith," he asked his father what was meant by that expression. The old man gave the same reply which had , been given him by his mother to the { same inquiry when he was a lad, namely: "Take your Bible, and underscore all the 'my's,' the 'mine's,' , and the 'me's,' you come upon, and you will discover what appropriation ; is." J That "we must take people as we ] find them," in this woild, is unmis- ] takablytrue; but that we must leave . people as we found them, is to admit j that our efforts in their behalf have ( been utterly valueless. Taking peo- < pie as we find them, and leaving them \ a great deal better for our presence and , labors, is the simple duty of all of us. ; The length of a church's communion roll is no index to real strength. < A few consecrated souls, strong in the j love of Christ, and quick to discern j opportunities for, good, will make a , church a power in any community in | which it is placed. I If your prayerfulness in secret does j not keep pace with your increased out- < ward activity as a Christian, that activity Will lack proper direction and : sustained energy. ] If you want to keep money from ] hurting you, you must think as much 1 about giving as getting. I j Hawks or Doves 1 If words Were birds, And swiftly flew From tips Of lips Owned, dear, by you; Would they, To-day, Be hawks and crows? Or blue. And true. And sweet? who knows? Let's play To-day We choose the best; Birds blue And true, With dove-like breast! 'Tis queer, My dear. We never knew That words, Like birds, Had wings and flew! Many Signs of Rain. If moles cast up hills, it will rain. If the swallows fly lower than usual, expect rain. T/? ii _ _ .1 a J i a At ... li lue cncKeis sing luuuer mau usual, it will rain. If frogs and toads croak more than usual, expect rain. If convolvulus and chicken-weed close, there will be rain. If cats lick their bodies and wash their faces, it will rain. If the cock crows more thaii usual and earlier, expect rain. If worms creep out of the ground in great numbers expect rain. If cattle leave off feeding and chase each other in their pasture, it will rain. If sea birds fly toward land and land birds toward the sea, there will be rain. If the marigolds continue shut after 7 o'clock in the evening, expect rain. If bees remain in their hives or fly but a short distance from them, it will rain. If the crows make a great noise and fly round and round and round, expect rain. If the water fowls scream more than usual and plunge into the water, expect rain. If the leaves of the trees move without any perceptible wind, rain may be expected. If fish bite more readily and gambol near the surface of the streams, and ponds, it will rain. If sheep and goats spring about in the meadows and fight more than usual, expect rain. t If peacocks and guinea fowls scream and turkeys gobble, and if quails make more noise there will be rain. If horses stretch out their necks and sniff the air and assemble in the corner of a field with their heads to the leeward, it will rain. If smoke from chimneys blows down, or if soot takes fire more readiIv than usual, or falls down the chim ney into the grate, expect rain. He "Mast be Moring on." A minister was boasting of the number of pastoral calls, he made, averaging thirty per day. An old gentleman present observed that he did not doubt it, as he happened to be in the sitting-room of a certain house where he called sometime since, and the following was the pastoral work which he did,: "Good-afternoon, Mrs. Jenkins." "Good afternoon, Dr. ." "And how is Mr. Jenkins? Is he suffering with his gout as much as ever ?" "Well, almost as much; but he is attending to his business." "And you ?" "Well, I am quite well." "Ah, yes; well, good afternoon, Sister Jenkins, I must be moving on." There is no reason why a .man could not make sixty such calls every day. But they are rather passing than pastoral calls. A Knowing Dog. The Boston Record tells the story of a dog who not only understood language, but took a rebuke from his mistress quite as readily as some boya and girls receive the reproofs of their parents : A lady called on his mistreas the other day. During her call, Lion came in rather shyly, lying down on the parlor carpet, and went to sleep. The conversation ran on, and visitor said Anally : "What a handsome Newfoundland you have!" XJ1UI1 upcucu UliC CJC. "Yes," said his mistress, "he is a very good dog, and takes excellent care of the children." Lion opened the other eye, and waved his tail complacently to and fro along the carpet. "When the baby goes out, he always goes with her, and I feel perfectly sure then that no harm can come to her," his mistress went on. Lion's tail thumped up and down violently on the carpet. "And he is so gentle to them all, and such a playmate and companion to them, that we would not take a thousand dollars for him." Lion's tail now went up and down, to and fro and round, with great ana undisguislied glee. "But," said his mistress, "Lion has one serious fault." Total subsidence of Lion's tail, together with the appearance of an expression of great concern on his face." He will come in her with his dirty feet, and lie down on the carpet, when I have told him time and time again that he mustn't do it." Here Lion arose with an air of the utmost dejection and humiliation, and slunk out of the room, with his lately exuberant tail totally crestfallen. No one can be aware, until he has actually tested the matter by experience, how'much the devout study of the Bible will do for his soul, how it will modify and spiritualize his tastes, how it will enlarge bis vision of spiritual things, how it will clarify, simplify, ind intensify his faith, how it will make invisible things real to him, and inable him to endure "as seeing him ; who is invisible." The most charming book in this world, l>eyond all comparison, is the Bible to one who studies it enough to see its charms.? , Learning, metaphysics, philosophy, elaborate ritual, antiphoual singing? i these are husks for the prodigal if he is not made to hear his Father's glad welcome. Put a true preacher in a barn, and it becomes God's house, a :rue cathedraal; but put other men in i x cathedral and it soon becomes an ;mpty, desolate barn. The desire to do right, the will to do i right, and the power to do right are not of ourselves but of the Lord. ... He stands ready to give all these in Jieir fulness to all who will receive ,hein.?Thco. Parsons. Ij Speak to tlie Stranger. In one of liis characteristic speeches, the Rev. Hugh Price Hughe9, of the English Wesleyan Conference, narrated the following incident, which is not without significant application the wide world over: "In a Methodist chapel in Dublin a good Methodist took a pew, and for a whole year no one spoke to him in' the chapel. At last he decided to give them one more chance, and if no one spoke to him the next time he went to the chapel, he made up his mind never to go again. He put himself in people's way to get them to speak, but without success. At length, with a heavy heart, he took his hat, and was turning to leave the pew, when a man in the next pew put out his hand and grasped the hand of his neighbor heartily, crying, 'Good-morning, sir.' The good man was astounded, audiu much stammering informed the gentleman who had accosted him that he had been to that chapel for a year, and had determined never to go again unless he were spoken to that day. The other replied that he, too, had been in that pew next to him for twelve months without being acknowledged, and he had resolved that if no body shook hands with him that day, he would shake somebody's hand instead. That brother made a good resolve." ' The way to Health. The only true way to health is that which common sense dictates to man. Live within the bounds of reason. Eat moderately, drink temperately, aleep regularly, avoid excess in anything, and preserve a conscience "void of offense." Some men eat themselves to death, some drink themselves to death, some wear out their lives by indolence, and some by over exertion; others are killed by doctors, while not a few sink into the grave under the effects of yicious and beastly practices. All the medicines in creation are not worth a farthing to a man who is constantly and habitually violating the laws of his own nature. All the medical science in the world- cannot save him from a premature grave. With a suicidal course of condact, he js planting the seeds of decay in his own constitution, and accelerating the destruction of his own life.?Scientific American. Simple Treatment for Boils and Car* buneles. In a communication to the French Academy of Medicine, at a recent meeting; M. Verneuil says : \ The topical applications (prominent among which stand the carbolated and borated solutions) employed in a certain way, ;and particularly in the form of powder used repeatedly and for a long time, are of remarkable efficacy, and at the same time are absolutely harmless and easy of application. These applications of powder quickly abort, with very few exceptions, boils and carbuncles. They arrest the progress of the disease in the gravest cases, ordinarily cause the pains to quickly cease, reduce the fever, aisintect tne puruieni anu gangrenous centers, hasten resolution, and promote the formation of healthy granulations. ' ? ,j , XL* ' Eggs Cooked Without Boiling. Put some boiling water into a large basin, and let it remain for a few seconds then turn it out, lay in the eggs, and roll them,'over, to take the chill off the shell, and to prevent their cracking. Pour upon the eggs boiling water from the kettle, until they are completely immersed; cover the basin with a plate instantly, and let it remain upon the table for twelve minutes; the eggs will then be found to be perfectly cooked, free from all flavor and appearance 01 rawness, and, yet so lightly and delicately dressed that persons will be tempted by them who cannot eat eggs boiled in the usual way. Corn With Small Cob. In selecting seed corn that with small cob, especially at the but end, should have the preference. It is more easily husked, ripens earlier and is less likely to be injured by curing. The moist ure in the cob in cantact with the germ prevents it from drying out rapidly, and if severe freezing occurs at this time the germtis injured. This is the great trouble with the Western Dent corn. The Dent corn has often a small cob, and it is particularly important with this variety to select the seed so as to keep it small. A crop with thick, heavy cobs shows that the corn is running out. It is a common complaint that the farm and farm-life are not appreciated by our people. We long for the more elegant pursuits, or the ways and fashions of the town. But the farmer has the most sane and natural occupation, and ought to find life sweeter, if less higher seasoned, than any other. He alone, strictly speaking, has a home. How can a man take root and live without land? He writes his history upon his field. How many ties and resources he has; his friendships with i his cattle, his team, his dog, his trees the satisfaction in his growing crops in his improved fields; his intimacy with nature, with birds and beast, and with the quickening e'emental forces! Cling to the farm; make much of it; bestow your heart, your brain upon it, so that it shall savor of you and radiate your virtues after your day's work i is done.?The Century Maqaxiile. < In a time of much religions discussion, a Dutch farmer was asked bis opinion as to which of the denomina- , tions was on the right way to heaven, i "Veil, den," said he, 'ven wc ride our . wheat to Albany, some say this road < is the best, and some dat?hut it don't make much difference which we take, for ven we get dare dey never ask us vicli vay we come?and it is none of their business?if our wheat is good." < If your church field is raising good wheat or turning out goou cnrisuans, it is doing heavenly work, whatever i may be its methods. ] Perhaps a gentlemen is rarer than many of us think for. Which of us pan point out many such in his circle, men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant in its kind hut elevated in degree, whose want of meanness makes them simple, who can look the world honestly in the face, with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small. True zeal is modest and retiring :it is not like the scentless sunflower, which spreads its gaudy petals to the light of heaven, and turns its face to the orb of day, as if determined to be seen; hut, like the modest violet, it hides itself in the bank, and sends forth its fragrance from its deep retirement. 1 "Hare Ye Kept the Faith?" . A dear brother of the writer, living ill Nevv York, was recently ou a train which was just leaving the station. By the side of it, on the next' track, was another train, which was about ' . starting in the opposite diretion. ,A man near my brother suddenly jumped to his feet, opened the window, and hurriedly called, "John!" A man an open window in the other train, instantly recognized his Mend, aud quickly responded, "William!" A hearty grasp of hands, aud the short, solemn inquiry came ringing from Willliam; "John have ye kept the faith ?" ' "Aye, by the help of God, I have." The cars moved away, a smile of pleasure on the face of each, and they saw each other no more. Was it strange that a thrill of Christian sym- ^ pathy took posession of my brother's heart, as he at onced took a seat by the side of William, who had hitherto been a stranger, but now was a Christian brother. Nnt "ffuvn vnn moHo mnnon 9" "Have you made a great name for yourself?" What stronger evidence of conversion could have been given f }. than in the question aud auswer which, came from these two traveler^j<?a to eternity? Happy the man who can give a . -?/ right answer to this important question, and who, at the end of life and" in the day of judgment, can say, with Paul,411 have kept the faith?'^-The C'h ris ft an. A man may be truly merciful who */ has not wherewithal to be bountiftli or liberal. ; a I am as careful not to offend my ^ conscience as I am not to offend a friend whom I daily converse with ; nay, as I am not to offend a magistrate whose r ^ij authority I am under, and -to whbm Z^fS am accountable. It may be said that the hardest thing ;:M in the world is to do just right one's self; and that the easiest thing in the V: world is to see where others rail short of doing just right.?S. &. Times. , Money never stays with me; it would burn me if it did. I throw it out.of my ? hands as soon as possible, lest it find a way into my heart The dial of our faces does not infallibly show the time of day in our.ffiM hearts. i The difficulties in being pious lie ) more in indecision and half-hearted ness than in outward obstructions or the inherent hardness of the thing '7 itself. When daily life is to do the willof God, no disappointment is possible; > neither can failure come in. Step by step following, is the most quieting, disentangling thing in the wondl _ All the waking hours of all the dayV^J|j may be made to tell on the Christian's growth. Is not that the meaning of the apostle's saying "that whether wa * eat or drink, or whatever we do, we \-ty should do all for the glory of God." ;/yp The world says, "Be a man." Christ '* says, "Be a child. " In nothing did the . ;i'j Great Teacher more show forth His originality and divinity of instrucrion. It should be remembered that godliness consists, not so much in a syBtemof righteousness, as in holy and v spiritual affection, regulating the whole conduct. ? 'C./'tymB The malice that is eager to ascribe ,a selfish motive for agoodactis the blackest thing in sn unregenerate human nature. It is akin to that which ascribed Christ's miracles to the Devil. >ps?j There is doubtless a great deal of poor preaching, but it is not to be de- V"fa nied that in niue|cases out of ten if the preaching is bad the listening is worse. ; Vy^ Half the misery of human life- ^ might be extinguished by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence and './J humanity. Blessed be the hand that prepares a 7M pleasure for a child, for there is no ; p saying when and where it may again bloom forth. Depend upon it, as a general thing it is the parent's teachings and exampie more than that of others that form the character of the child and make ^ bim a blessing or a curse to his race. , The longer a man lives the more he * knows about what he dosen't know. . ^ Calumny robs the public of all that benefit that it may justly claim from the worth and virtue of particular persons, by rendering tbeir virtue ut- ,rterly insignificant. If one only wished to be happy, this M could be readily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is almost always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. The true Christian may doubt, his own ability, but he can not doubt God. tie may pay whii raui, xauiiewiiiuaii the least but he must also add, "I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me. Owing to the increased electrical in- ' tensity of the atmosphere, which ia Induced by the continual evulsion of steam and smoke, Dr. Andries estimates that the danger from lightning is from three to five times greater than it was fifty years ago. I was tempted to If cheat my % neighbor. I thought to gain a dollar 1| by hiding a little of the truth, by giving bad measure or poor quality. What I really meant was to aim a deadly blow at the security and order m of the universe. An Emperor's Objection to : Dancing.?A curious story anent the Japanese Emperor's opinion of dancing is told by the Tokio Dempo. That journal relates that recently a Minister of State, while in audience, touched upon the subject of dancing, whereupon His Majesty expressed the opiniou that the prevalence of such a voluptious custom was a sure indication of the dccay of the nation. The State Minister in question, hearing His Majesty express such strong views on tiie subject, upon retiring presence immediately gave pJftwgHBhy:.-!. Jers to those ensured in -r ? ! 1-tu*. LJUJ1 Ul UieJJCYY JJB1UUC IV uiouiauyj^ lug v lancing saloon in the new building, which was already completed.?San Fixmcitsco Alta. In the wake of the Commencement i dance and a supper came off in the State House Wednesday night. The name of Governor Richardson would be more honored if found in some othjr connection than at the head of the managerrs of the ball. And there may be some other uses to which the Uate House could be applied with ]uite as much credit to the State House justodians, and of less danger to morxls. The following paragraph is not foreign to the fashion of dancing: