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ABBEVILLE, S.C.
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 1888
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Concoriiiiipr Xoisc.
can bear the ]ieat very well," said
a student forced to spend a summer in
the city, "but I can not endure the
noise." Possibly he did not stop to
consider that, in making such a decla
ration, he placed himself, in illus
frioas conmanv. Thomas Carlyle
' could not abide" a noise, especially
that of the morning crowing of cocks.
Wallenstein, accustomed as lie was to
the din of battle, bad au unconquerable
dread of the barking of dogs, and
even the clatter of the large spurs
fashionable in his day. In order to
ensure quiet, he engaged twelve patrols
to make regular circuits about his
house night and day.
Neither Julius Cresar nor the philosopher,
Kant, could tolerate the crowing
of poor chanticleer, who, indeed,
seems to have very few friends among
the siudious and sensitive.
SchoDenhauer exceeds almost all
lovers of quiet iu the extravagance of
his denunciation of noise. He declares
that the amount which a man
can bear with ease is in inverse ratio
to his mental power.
"If I hfar a dog barking for hours
on the threshold of a house," he
writes, "I know well enough what
kind of brains I may expect from its
inhabitants."
A writer in the Popular .Science
Monthly asserts that noise is one of the
most injurious influences of city life.
It may not be sufficiently loud to atr
tract the attention of those accustom?rl
In 5f Kut if nnnHnllnna if. npfe ftS
VW IV IV) KJXAVy At WUMUWVW^) .w {
inevitably upon the nervous sj'stem as
water in dropping upon a stone.
Experiments made upon animals
i?how that when they have been subjected,
for a number of hours, to thej
vibration of a tuning-fork, their nerve
centers became irritated, as certainly
as muscular fibers would be affected
by an acid or an electric shock.
The injurious effect of ordinary
noises has been recognized by the authorities
of European cities, and, in
borne cases, the nuisance has been suppressed.
Heavily laden carts are not
admitted to certain streets of Berlin,
and in others they are only allowed to
pass on condition that the horses walk.
The street-cars of Munich have no
bells, and those of us who live in
places where these bells are not used
on Sunday can testify to the relief attendant
on the consequent "peace and
quiet."
The amount of the matter seems to
be that the city dweller must regard
noise as one of necessary evils of his
condition?one to be borne philosophically,
and requiring a large stock of
grace and patience. Happy, indeed,
are they who, through the long, hot
months, are only disturbed in their
morning slumbers by the song of
the birds, ot the crowing of cocks.
?
lour Specialty.
That means "excel at something/.
Make a specialty of something, and
excel in it. Do not be content to do it
well; do it in the very best, or most
rapid, or in some distinguishing way,
bv which you will come to be known
in connexion with it. If it is bookkeeping,
or sweeping, or drawing, put i
yourself into it, and do it as others j
have dreamed it might be done. \)o\
not be content to sing^as well as Susy,!
or to sew as much as Mary, or to walk i
as rapidly and easily as your older sis- J
ter. Find out how they did this thing, |
and then apply yourself to bring your i
specialty, whatever it is, to perfection.
It will require patience, industry, and
self-sacrifice; but it will pay in the!
long run. Good work of any kind
pays, and it is the only kind that
pays.
Accuracy pays; so does rapidity;
so, too, of neatness, thoroughness, and
other qualities which you will be cul-j
tivating, perhaps unconsciously, while|
sounding the heights and depths ofj
your specialty.
And it pays, too, to hale a "special-1
ty." So many people, are "bright,"
"quick," "intelligent,"; but almost
useless to any one needing skilled i
help, because they have scattered their j
forces over too much surface. In!
twenty years you may learn to do one i
thing well, so well that you could i
command a price or a position any-}
where; but you can't have learned)
twenty equally well.
Gather up your energies, your time, I
resolution, patience, and talent (fori
you have a talent for something) for!
your specialty, and work right toward ;
it. I mean, of course, make this your
main business, and others subordinate
to it. Try to do well "whatsoever
your hands And to do," but bestow
your greatest efforts on the one thing.
A good steer is worth more than an
indifferent bull, and keeps with half
the trouble.
Fasting without almsgiving 19 a
lamp without oil. (
'
T.l,? n?l!A?tolr
tODTCJIIlo Ull lut-u wciu/uitijt
A prominent Albany clergyma
who lived for some years in the Soul
and is quite familiar with the typic
plantation darkey, tells of a gentl
! man of his quondam acquaintan
who had a faithful old body serva;
whose word, with his master, w
law. Before making an importai
purchase, or in fact taking any st(
which might have serious conseque
pes, the old darkey retainer was co
suited and liis opinion was usual
final. One day, however, the okl sc
vant was away f.om home, and in h
absence the master made a purchase
a horse. Whether or not the anim
was a tine bargain the story does n
I explain, leaving it rather to be infe
r<*d from the old darkey's commei
j upon the matter when he returnc
| With some qualms of conscience ar
an inexplicable feeling of insigni
cance, the Master led the old serva:
into the stable and exhibited h
equine purchase. "Well, Sam," 1
said finally, breaking an awkward s
lence, "why don't you say something
What do you think of my bargain '
The old darkey scratched his whi
wooly head and answered slowly
"Well, massa, I war tryin' ter t'ink <
a varse from Scripcha dat 'pears t
me ter be applicable right heab.
cau't somehow, git it into my o
head, but I know it ends wid <
words, 'An' his money am so<
pa'ted !"?Albany Journal.
The New England deacon of tl
olden time was gifted with piety, go<
sense and an epigrammatic way
speaking. In the "Tradition of tl
Bellows Family" mention is made
a Deacon Foster, of Walpole, whopr
posed to an aged widow by offerii
"to go the rest of the way to heav<
with her." The offer was accepted.
One morning he rode up to the do
of a lady in great ha9te, and' told h
that a neighbor, Mrs. Carter, was
sore trouble, as she had been violent
taken with a "serious and painf
breaking-out about her mouth."
The lady at once went to her hous
land discovered Mrs. Carter goir
about her duties, and nothing unusu
ion her face. Surprised, she told h
of the deacon's message.
"Well," answered Mrs. Carter, 1
know what he meant. When he can
this morning, I was giving Ben Cart
a piece of my mind for his careles
ness, aud the good deacon thought rt
temper made my speech a little u
scriptural."
4^^
Misquoted Lines.
It is a peculiar faculty of humt
memory to misquote proverbs and po
try, and almost invariably to place tl
3?1>/v-/v U /Iaao v\r\4- Knlnnrr
CreUlt WJLICIO 11 uv/co uut uuiv/ugt
Nine men out of ten think that "tl
Lord tempers the wind to the shoi
lamb" is from the Bible, wherea
Lawrence Sterne is the authc
"Pouring oil upon the troubled w
ters" is also ascribed to the volun
whereas it is not there; in fact, no oj
knows its origin.
Again, we hear people say: "Tl
proof of the pudding is in chewing tl
string." This is arrant nonsense, ar
the proverb says: "The proof of th
pudding is in the eating thereof, ai
not in chewing the string."
Nothing is more common than
hear : "A man convinced against h
will, is of the same opinion still
This is an impossible condition
an opinion and at the same time ho
to an opposite one. What Butler wro
was eminently sensible: "He th
complies against his will, is of bisow
opinion still."
A famous passage of Scripture is c
ten misquoted tbus: "He that is wit!
out sin among you, let him cast tl
first stone." It should be : "Let hi
first cast a stone."
Sometimes we are told: "Beho'
how great a fire a little matter kim
leth," whereas St. James sail
"Behold how great a matter a litt
fire kindleth," which is quite a difle
ent thing.
We also hear that "a miss is as goc
as a mile," which is not as sensible <
forcible as the true proverb: "A mi
of an iuch is as good as a mile."
"Look before you leap" should b<
"And look before you ere you leap."
Pope is generally credited with ha'
ing written, "Immodest words adm
of no defense, for want of decency
want of sense." They were written I
the Earl of Roscommon, who died b
fore Pope was born.
?
Carful observation leaves little doul
that a moderate dose of beer or wit
would, in most cases, at once diminis
the maximum weight which a health
person could lift. Mental acutenes
accuracy of perception, and delieac
of the sense are all so far opposed b
alcohol, so that the maximum eflor:
of each are incompatible with the ind
gestion of any moderate quantity <
fermeuted liquid. A slugle glass wi
often suffice to take the edge off bot
mind and body, and to reduce their ci
pacity to something below their perfe
tion of work.?Dr. W. Brinton.
It is better to be nobly remembere
than nobly born.
I
Ten Trne Friends.
n> Ten true friends yon have
th Who, five In a row,
Upon each side of yon
al Go where you go.
e- Suppose you a? e sleepy,
They help you to bed;
ce Suppose you are hungry.
They 6ee that you're fed.
as I They wake up your dolly
And put on her clothes,
tit And trundle her carriage
10 Wherever she goes. I
"* They bncklo your skate-straps.
u" And haul at your sled:
n. Are in summer quite white,
And in winter quito red.
^ Now, with ten willing servants
:r- So trusty and t rue.
Pray, who would be lazy
1S Or idle?Would you?
?f Would you find out the name
o] Of this kind little baud ?
Then count up the fingers
r?t On each little hand.
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j Hio^r.-iplilenl Sketch of George W.
" Willinnis.
1(1
fi- The memoirs of an eminent busot
iness man, one who from the smallest
tis of beginnings, and by virtue alone of
be indomitable strength if will has
ji- fought his way, against powerful conj?
tending influences, to the front ranks
?" of his calling cannot fail to be interte
esting and instructive. Such a gentleyr;
man is the subject of the present bioob
graphical sketch.
er George Walton "Williams was born
I in Burke County, North Carolina,
le December 19th, 1820. The Williams
3e family are of Welsh descent, having
>n emigrated to America on account of religious
persecution. In 1799, Edward
Williams, an enterprising member of
ie the family from Easton, Mass., came
South and located in Charleston, S. C.;
0f a few years later he removed to the
ae mountains of North Carolina, and
0C formed a partnership with Daniel
0_ Brown, a successful farmer and mer3g
chant. He soon afterwards marriqd
3D Mary Brown, daughter of his partner,
and, of their numerous children born,
or George W. Williams is the fourth and
er youngest son. When three years old, j
jn his father, Major Edward Williams,
\Tni4Vi Pornlino fhol
Jy XCUIUVCU ""I" JLlUi rn vmv&iuu wv vuu
uj more genial and fertile regions of Na-1
coochee Valley, Ga., where he purie
chased a large and valuable tract of
jg land, and here, on the very border of
civilization, indabited principally by
er Cherokee Indians, Mr. Williams's)
childhood and early youth were
ij passed. His father was a man of
ae great energy, and through hJs untirer
ing exertions the fertile valley was
;g. brought into a high state of cultiva'
tion. Major Williams first introduced
n. herd's grass, timothy and clover, and)
established cheese dairies, shoe factories
and like improvements, and in this
way did much to advance the agricultural
and industrial interests of Northeast
Georgia.
in Major Williams appreciated the
value of character, and trained his
36 sons to habits of temperance, industry
and self reliance, setting before them
ie in his own life a worthy example as
171 did his most excellent wife, a woman
lSl of great energy, piety and benevolence.
,r* The subject of this sketch, in his
a" fourteenth year, lost his good mother
ie ?a severe loss to one who was so much
ae indebted to her for his early training,
and consequently home lost much of
-e its attractions to him.
ie tt...! li ia
jiavjuy a pcuuuuuii mi nuuKi^]
1(* natural instincts led him to regard the
,e commercial world as his proper sphere
1(* of action; he determined to try a
wider field to develop his pent-up energies.
1S Major Williams posessed horses, bug
gies and inonej', but as his son insisted
on leaving home in his teens, the fa^
ther declined to offer him any facilities,
imagining that the inexperienced
at youth would return the sooner to the
n parental roof. Nothing daunted, the
boy set forth on his journey of one
)f" hundred and fifty miles to Augusta,
k" Gil., in October, 183S.
ie The young adventurer believed that
m "Where there is a will there is a way."
He started on his two strong feet,
^ propelled by a resolute will and untiring
perservance. At that time there
*: were but ten miles of railroads in the
'e great State of Georgia, and but a few
r* huudred in the whole South. Had
there been thousands they would not
,(1 have availed a boy with only ten dol3r
lars in his pocket. To lessen his exss
penses, he made a bargain with a kind
neighbor, who was going with his
i: wagon loaded with the mountain
products to Augusta, Ga. Ho assisted
v " in cooking and scotching for his board.
^ The board, ol' course, was rough, and
19 the lodging at night on the ground,
y but this out-door life ' developed the
e" muscles, and was an important training
for a boy starting out in life with
a determination to succeed. Thejourx
ney of one hundred and fifty miles
10 was made in seven days, at an expense
k of twenty-five cents! He was now
y among strangers, in a strange land.
9| Fortunately, he procured a situation
~ with Mr. Daniel Hand, in a wholey
sale grocery establishment, at the
nominal salary for the first year of $-50
and board. He was prompt, active
and industrious, did whatever he un^
dertook to do, well, and was ever
k watchful to promote the interest of his
employers.
c" Mr. Williams's genius for business
rapidly developed. At the age of
twenty-one he purchased the interest
!<1 of Mr. Scran ton, and became a partner,
the name of the firm being -
changed to Hand & Willams. One o
the first acts of the young merchant
on becoming a member of the firm
was characteristic of the man. He
bad been taught by his father that il
was wrong to iruinu IIJ spimuuua U'
quors. One half of their stock in
trade consisted of such goods. He
persuaded his partner to abandon that
branch of their business. It was predicted
that they would lose the mosl
profitable part of their trade by. this
course. Mr. Williams would not allow
pecuniary gains to turn him from
a course that lie believed to be right.
I With a firm trust in Providence, he
continued to prosecute his business
with his accustomed energy and forethought.
So far from losing by his
bold step, there was, from year to year,
a handsome increase in their profits.
Fourteen years had come and gone
since Mr. Williams left his Nacoocbee
linmp "FTp hurl, hv his snnerior bus
incss talents, accumulated a larger capital
than could be used to advantage,
even in their extensive Augusta
house. *
Having been for some years favorably
impressed with Charleston, he
visited that city in 1812, and established
the wholesale grocery house o!
Geo. W. Williams & Co., on strictly
temperance principles. The sales in
the Augusta and Charleston houses
were soon increased to two million
dollars per annum. Mr. Williams was
elected a director in the State Bank
of Georgia at Augusta, at the early
flcft nf twentv-three. It was in this
-~0- - - - " ^ _ well
managed institution that he
gained his first knowledge in banking,
Just in the prime of vigorous manhood
at the breaking out of the wai
between the States, we find Mr. Williams
at the head of two of the largest
commercial houses in the South, an
alderman of the city of Charles
ton, chairman of the committee ol
ways and means, which position he
held during the entire war; director ol
the bank of South Carolina; also ol
two railroad ompanies; the financial
counsellor of a host of friends, evei
ready to engage in all public workf
and enterprises which looked to the
prosperity of his adopted city and
State. During the war, through his
untiring exertions, thousands of the
destitute poor were supplied dailj
With food. On the landing of the
Federal troops, Mr. Williams secured
their services in extinguishing the
fires in various parts of the city. He
thus saved from the flames, and distributed.
food enoueh to feed 20,000
people four months. It was not Mr,
WilliamB's intention, atthecloseof the
war, to engage again in the mercantile
business, but to establish a bank.
In 1865 he proceeded to Washington
for the purpose of procuring 8
charter for the First National Bank ol
Charleston. Before this was accomplished
however, he was solicited by
friends and customers to return to his
I old business, and his was the first
house to resume business in Charleston,
after the war. He at once com
jmenced the erection of large ware
| houses in the burnt district for the
storage of cotton, and his extensive
I stores on Hayne street were filled with
merchandise. He also opened a banking
house, and in a short time was
(fully immersed in business, His firm
j received as much as 75,000 bales o!
[cotton in one season, in cash value
[about $5,000,000, besides doing a gro
'eery and fertiliziug business of many
I millions.
Some fifty partners have been associated
with him in his long business
[career, many of them having beeu
brought up from the humblest c'Tiec
grade, and many have retired with
fortunes. Mr. Williams nas aiviuec
including interest, profits arising
from liis various firms since he begat
business in Augusta, Ga., in 1842,
more than twenty-one million of dollars.
This will show what ten dollars
will do when handled by one of Mr,
Williams's push, thrift and energy,
and is a valuable lesson for the youth
just starting in life. The banking department
of Geo. W. Williams and
Co.'& business increased to such an extent,
that they found it necessary to
secure larger accomodations for that
branch, and in 187o Mr. Williams purchased
the fine brown stone building,
1 Broad Street, which had been erected
by the State Bank of South Carolina
art a cost of $100,000. To this
eligible location ho removed the Carolina
Savings Bank and the banking
department of Geo. Williams & Co.
Since then, Mr. Williams has devoted
himself almost exclusively to banking.
His object in establishing the Carolina
Savings Bank in conjunction with
the banking business of Geo. W. Williams
and Co., was to afl'ord persons
of moderate means au opportunity of
husbanding their resources. He felt
that a savings bank properly conducted
would tend to encourage frugality,
industry and thrift among the laboring
classes, and also teach tho young
the habits of saving and economy. A
New York Journal commenting upon
Mr. William's character, says:
"Your phrenological developments
indicate uncommon energy, warmth,
of temper, severity when aroused, and
j ability to impress people with their
Idelinquences. You have great Finn
' /- 'r * . V- Y;-. i'.'v-7 "-V
' v y?,
f ness; you can take positions, and
maintain them unflinchingly. Sometimes
people think you headstrong,
? and all who know you well expect
t that when you make an effort to ac- ^
... at
. complisn anytmng tuauic win oe uone
i promptly and th<youghly. You
? should be known for dignity, ability <r
; to manage, to lead, to direct.
You have a strong love of justice, V(
; which gives to your moral tone elevai
tion and strength, and it tends to 1
. make you censorious. You are more ,
fr
honest than devout; have more hope
than faith, and in the daily affairs of a*
i life you brace yourself up with confi- 0
i deuce in your own power and in the
. prospects which are before you, trust,
ing to the energy and to the enterprise
with which Providence has en- w
dowed you rather than to the special
. interposition of Providence to work
> out your purposes. You iucline to use (
. oars, and, if Providence send a favor- ^
, able wind, you adapt yourself to it;
but if not, you work your way with
the oars. You believe in sails, but "f
R
you believe more emphatically in oars, .
because oars are within your own con- j*
trol, while sails depend upon some- ?
thing over the supply of which you "
have no control. You would like a
business which required sharp and a'
earnest effort rather than one which H'
required more skill and talent. You
1 would prefer to be a business man i
' rather than to be in a profession where 111
1 one had to wait for a call, a patient, or al
a client. . '
r : * * k<
You recognize the dangers that lie a]
1 in your way and seek to make every- m
1 thing safe, and though you will drive n
' rapidly, you keep a sharp lookout for g,
' the course you steer. You are ambi- a
tious to triumph over opposition, have q
| moral independence to carry your ^
' views as a part of yourself, and it is K
not common for you to lean upon oth- ^
' ers for advice or assistance." n
Mr. Williams *is endowed with ^
! strontr will-nower. ereat tenacity of
p purpose, is quick in perception, fertile
in resources, is active and energetic, ^
with a tough, wiry, rather than a ro- ^
bust frame, enjoying uniformly ex- ^
' eellcat health, not having been sick a ^
: day in fifty years, except for two
weeks with yellow fever in 1852. His ^
| life has been one of devoted industry
J and earnestly practical results. Inured
from youth up to close applica'
tion to some useful occupation, Mr.
Williams is as actively engaged as at
! any former period of his life. In his
business transactions he does not
P'
waste time or words, but acts, as it
) 01
were, by intuition, rarely stopping to ^
; reason, but reaching his conclusions ^
! by his first impulse. "Instinct," he p
says, "is honest, while reason is sub- Qj
ject to a thousand influences and is p
often unreliable." Mr. Williams Has ^
J, allowed himself few Beasons of repose ^
or recreation, but has found time to
' visit Cuba, Canada, various portions ((
of the United States, and has made
' the tour of Europe twice. ^
An example of the wonderful ver- ^
satility of Mr. Williams is found in *r
his literary works. Amid the turmoil aJ
of a commercial career, and during ~~
| the busy years through which he has
passed to the honorable position he ^
how holds, he has found leisure to "
present to the world in literary form &
' some of the results of his vast exper- ei
P ience. From time to time he has ^
written, modestly, without effort or ^
i ff
. pretension, yet with an ability which
r would do credit to some of the prac- w
tised pens of literature, a series of let- r*
ters upon topics of high interest. His 6
"Letters to Young Men, Success and 8(
5 Failure, Making and Saving," may f"
1 be perused with profit by all who
; wish to emulate the worthy example
1 uf a worthy, man.
' - - - ~ .. ST
1 There is no citizen in tne soutn,
r P
? who, by Ills teaching, and example,
1 and by the introduction or' wise and
1 beneficent measures, and by the foun- ^
dations of a financial institution for ir
1 the encouragement of the young, by n
building aud founding commercial *>1
houses, has been of more benefit to the al
City anil SUlie or ins UUU]UIUU tuau |
George W. Williams.?The Finan- ^
tier.
John Chinaman's Pen. P'
m
The pen with which John makes his di
tea-marks is a curiosity. It is a hail- o:
brush placed in a quill, and is very ic
much like the little brushes sold with 01
1 toy paints. When he writes he never w
touches his fingers nor wrist to the pa- of
per, but grasps the quill in the middle
and begins to paint very much like an 5
artist retouchinga picture. Singularly ca
enough, there is not an instance of a ci
Chinaman being unable to write his bl
language, and many of the laundry- m
men who speak pigeon English can q,
read and write our language quite ci
' well.
Remedies fok Burns.?1. Wetthejjs
spot immediately and cover thick with j cr
common baking soda, letting it remain ' co
on from fifteen minutes to half an
hour. 2. Have a bottle of lime-water;
and sweet-oil mixed in equal propor-|
tions and shaken together, and apply pr
with a feather or pour it on a linen rag ae
and put this on the burn. 3. Peel an
Irish potato and grate it; put the
grated pulp on the burn, renewing it
frequently.
IL^PS
.
Early Prohibition In New York.
At the annual meeting of "the
merican Social Science Association,
hich we had the pleasure of recently
tending at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., A
ie following was read by the Rev. 5
'enry R. Traver, of Saratoga, from j
D'ocumemtary History of New York," (
)1.2, page 592. The occasion describ- . I,
I being a Council held at Albany, V
ily 6th, 1754, by the chiefs of the 1
ive Nations," the Commissioners ?
om Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut . If)
id Virginia, and the Governor and K
flcials of New York. M
Extract from address of "the Chiefs m
'the Five Nations": *1
rethren?There is an affair about y
hich our hearts tremble, and our ?
inds are deeply concerned. This is
le selliug of rum in our castles. It v
;stroj's many, both of our old and
5ung people, We request of all the
overnments here present that it may
; forbidden to carry any of it among
ie "Five Nations."
rethren?We are in great fears that
may cause murder on both sides. j
he Cayugas here present now declare <v
i their own name, that they will not ,
low any rum to be brought up river,
id those who do must take conseuences.
j
Brethren?We, the Mahawks, of j
5th castles, hare also one request to \
lake which is, that the people who \
re settled round about us may not be 1
iffered to sell our people rnm. It .J
eeps them poor,?makes them idle i|
ad wicked, and if they have any j
toney or goods they lay it all out for ;j
lm. It destroys virtue and the pro- v
ress of religion among us. We have :i
friendly request to make to the V
overnor that he will help us to build
chapel at Canojohery, and that we
>ott Viotra o Kail In tt vhloh tnwfhflr
J ? o
ith the putting a stop to the sale of
im, will make us religious and lead *
jtter lives."?jDocumentary History
f N. Y., vol. 2: page 593.
[We are glad to send the above
irough our columns to about eighfc )
lousand editors in the United States. I
William Penn had no trouble with
le Indians. How* many Indian 'g
ars might have been prevented by
leproibition of the sale of rum to the
n rl i n n s?Chir Thimh Animals.
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Presbyterians On Pence.
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A committee on Peace appointed by
le London Meeting Friends, pre- .
ared a Memorial urgiog the apoption
f Arbitration as a substitute for War,
1 all cases of international disputes.
opies of this were presented to the
an-Anglican Conference of Bishops
r the Church of England ; and to the
an-Presbyterian Conference, held in
ondonin the month of July. The
itter body adopted the following favorDie
resolution respecting it:
A.t Exeter Hall, Condon, Jnly 12th,
J88. The General Council of the
.lliance of Reformed Churches holdig
the Presbyterian system being met
ad constituted : Resolved inter alia:
-'The Council, having considered the
le Memorial from the Society of >"
ricnds on the subject of Peace and
le use of Arbtration as a substitute
r War, are happy to express their
a tire and hearty concurrence with
le sentiments of their brethren. We
ail with joy the settlements of Insrnational
disputes already effected
itliout an appeal to arms, anu see no
>ason why this method of adjustment
lould not be applied in all cases whatever.
In view, therefore, of the
tany miseries of war, and of the inferable
burdens which preparation
?r it imposes upon the nations, they
mini end the whole subject to the
rmpathies and prayers of the
hurcbes they represent, in the hope
)At He whom we worship as the
rince of Peace will more and more
icline the hearts both of people and
llers to settle all their differences
y an appeal to reason and forbearance,
id not by force.,?Extracted from the
finutoa of the Council, W. G. J3lakie,
?. D., one of the Clerks of Council."
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A Stopper for Rats.?A corresjndent
says; "Souk one or moro
ewspapers, knead them into a pulp,
ip them in a suitable solution of
salic acid. While wet, force the pulp
ito any crevice or hole made by mice
rats. Result?a disgusted retreat,
ith sore snouts and feet, on the part
f the would be intruders."
"Now, George, you must divide the
ike honorably with your brother
liariie." George?"What is 'honoray,'
mother?" "It means that you
ust give him the largest piece."
eorge?"Then, mother, I'd rather
liariie would cut it."
Proper Food.?Raw Indian meal
bad for chickens; it hardens thpir
ops and kills them; better feed
oked pudding or scalded meal with
>pper ill buckwheat, cracked corn.
?
A "holy war" is as absurd an exession
when applied to killing men
a "righteous sinner."
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Hay or other ground food is indis
nsable, and ground corn or hominybetter
than when it is whole.