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[ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1880. VOLUME XXXIILNO. 34.
Christmas.
My little child com^s to my knee
And tugging pleads that he may climb
Into my lap to hear me tell
The Christmas lale lie loves so well?
A tale my mother told to mo.
Beginning "Onco upon a time."
It is a tale of skies that rang
i With angel rhapsodies sublime;
Or that great host, serene and white,
The shepherd saw one winter night?
And the glorious stars that sang
An anthem once upon a time.
1 This story of the hallowed years
Tells of the sacrifice sublime
Of one who prayed alone and wept
While his a wearied followers slept?
And how his blood and Mary's tears
(Commingled, once upon a time.
And now my darling at my side
And echoes of the distant chime
1 Bring that sweet story back to me?
Of Bethlehem and Calvary,
A w%A r\f fV?r? ftontln Phrlct. t.hot rlipri
| For sinners, once upon a time.
The mighty deeds that men have told
In ponderous tones or fluent rhyme,
Like misty shadows fade away?
But this sweet story 'bides for aye,
And, like the stars that sang of old",
We sine of "Once upon a time."
j
An Act of Heroism.
A large concourse of people had collected
in one of the streets of San Diego
in California, and were shouting at the
top of their voices in a very excited
manner. The cause of the uproar and
tumult soon became apparent.
A drunken drover had charge of a
herd of wild cattle, and was driving it
through the town. Every one knows
how dangerous these animals are, especially
when goaded nto fury by a tipsy
drover. One of the largest of the
bulls, with terrific horns, detached himself
from the others.
Now, a little child was playing in the
street, dragging a toy cart after it, and
the mad bull rushed after the child.
The drover tried to turn the infuriated
animal, but in doing so lost his balance
and fell heavily from his horse to the
ground. A cry of terror arose from the
lips of the spectators as they saw the
great danger the poor child was in.
Surely nothing could save it from its
horrible fate !
But help was near. A young lady
was passing, and the shouting of the tumultuous
crowd having attracted her attention,
she took in at a moment the
imminent danger of the little child. She
immediately seized hold of the drover's
horse, and, springing into the saddle,
gave chase to the bull. She soon
caught up with the animal, and taking
a shawl from her shoulders she threw it
over its head and neck, while the bull
was in full charge, and painfully near
the child. In less time than it takes to
tell, she had reached down, clutched
the child, lifted it into the saddle, and
bore it away out of danger.
The shouts and hurrahs of the delighted
spectators were deafening, as
this young lady (Miss Lawrence by
name) dismounted and placed the child
in the arms of its grateful mother.
Not only did this splendid action show
great presence of mind, but it was a
feat of horsemanship which most peo?Ko/1
Vumn Willi 11 er
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would have been incapable of informing.
There is not the slightest doubt, that
had it not been for the young lady's heroic
action the child would have been
tossed and gored to death. Such an act
will live in the memory of all those
who were so fortunate as to have witnessed
it.
A Silent Christmas.
The first "Still Christmas" in England
occurred in 1525. Henry the
Eighth was king, and he had not yet
forfeited the respect of his subjects ;
but great political events were at
hand.
In December the king was sick. The
nation was filled with anxiety. It was
decided that the Christmas should be
a silent one: there were no carols, bells
or merry-makings.
Silent Christmas were proclaimed in
the Protectorate of Cromwell. The
festival was altogether abolished, and
the display of the emblems of the nativity
|was held to be seditious.
The change was most notable in London.
There was silence on the Stand.
The churchbells were still. St. Paul
lifted its white roofs over the Thames,
and Westminister Abbey its towers,
but the tides of happy people in holiday
attire no more poured in and out
of those ancient fanes. The holly and
ivy no more appeared in the windows
of the rich and the poor. The Yule
fires were not kindled, nor the carols
sung.
Bells indeed rung out on the frosty
air, but how different from the chimes
of old ! They were the hand-bells of
the heralds in simple garb passing
from street to street and smiting the
air and crying out:
"No Christmas ! No Christmas!"
Heads filled the windows aud figures
the doors. Crowds stopped ou the
corners of the streets and in the
squares. The cry went on :
"No Christmas ! No Christmas!"
It smote the hearts of those who
loved the old ways and customs. But
the spirit of the time was not lost. In
the silence of the long procession ol
Tr,?,n?i;oV> fncHvnluflip liiw fif ('lirisf wn<
UIl^UOU AVWK* ? w?M -% ??? v....uv
a period of great morality and fruitful
plenty. A period when the nation was
conscientious :.nd strong. The Staj
of Bethlehem was still shining.
A great chauge followed the Itestora
tion. The Christmas bells rung ou
once more. The waits again sunt
their carols at the gates of old feuda
halls. There were merrymakings un
der the evergreens. It was at one o
the Court Christmase3 of these year
that Charles knighted a loin of beef
and gave it the name of "Sir Loin."
A Keautiful Complexion.
A dean, fair skin and a good color
are within the reach of a great many
who think they can never hope to
have a beautiful complexion. But the
price to be paid, not in money, is often
a very large one, aud involves an entire
change of diet and ways of living.
One who is accustomed to turning
night into day, who during the hours
of sunshine is sleeping within four
wall?, may have a clear skin, but it
will not be roseate. One who eats
wrongly or overeats must pay the
price, aud a part of it will be in a
muddy complexion. The skin is an
important factor in the sewage of the ,
body (which is seventy-five per cent, j
water), no less than twenty-seven (
miles of sewage tubing being 011 the ,
surface of the adult of average size. s
Obstructions anywhere along this extended
line will show themselves, if ,
not in fevers and colds-, in eruptions,
scales, "blackheads," and other uu- j
sightly blemishes. >
The sewage escapes of the body are t
the skin, the lungs, the kidneys, the j
bowels. If the air one breathes is j
foul, it cannot properly purify the j
blood, and the skin that is nourished ]
by impure blood cannot be beautiful, t
If the diet is constipating there will be ,
another source of ugliness to the coin- s
plexion. The skin and lungs will try <s
to get rid of effete matters retained in t
body and the breath will be fetid. As j
a lady lecturer on hygiene once said, in <.
? f mool ?nrl friilf 1
recuuuueiluiljg <1U umuiuu ,
diet: "It is impolite to have a bad i
breath." If by a hearty meat diet the t
kidneys are overworked, unable to per- r
form their office, the skin, by its un- r
healthy color, will show'its sympathy (
with them. r
Friction and cleanliness are impor- i
taut factors in producing a clear com- i
plexion. The bath is inseparable from c
beauty. Exercise is an important fac- ?
or in producing a clear complexion. If j
the exercise taken must be within f
doors, let them and the windows be j
thrown wide open, and all of out-doors j
that is possible l>e brought within the j
walls. Even then one cannot realize y
the full benefit of out-door exercise. t
Cosmetics such as are above recom- i
mended will do more than improve the j
complexion. They will make the per- j
son using them well and strong and t
happy in exuberant health. To sum c
up, these cosmetics are: ;
1. Plain, wholesome, nutritious food, c
Z. ivuuuuanct; in jhuvuu. ,
3. Plenty of sleep at night.
4. Exercise in the open air.
5. Friction of the skin and the bath.
(i. Regularity of habit in all things.
Only Tongue-Lore.
Mary Marson was always telling howmuch
she loved her mother. Words
were very cheap, and little Mary
seemed to have a great number of them
?so many that her mother got tired of
hearing her talk.
Of course you will expect me to tell
you that Mary was a great comfort to
her mother, and was always glad to
help her in every way possible. That
was just what Uncle Ralph thought
when he heard his niece's fine, loving
words; but before his visit was hair
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over, he found the little girl Joved ner j
mother with a love that is good for just
nothing at all.
One day the girl who did the work:
was taken sick, and baby Willie was J
very fretful, so the mother's hands was ^
more than full of work. Mary kissed ^
her mother when she saw how tired ^
she was and called her "darling
mamma," but did not offer to amuse .
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the sick baby, or take Ann's cup of tea
to her room. Oh, no! she could not stop,
for she was making her dolly a new ^
hood for winter. Uncle Ralph said to ^
his sister:
"What can I do to help? I sec that ?
your little daughter does not love you
any, but I do."
Mary stopped knitting and rocking 1
in her comfortable chair and looked at
her uncle in surprise. "I do love moth- j
er," she said angrily. "Oh, no; you
don't" her uncle said, shaking his head !
i
sorrowfully.
"I do." And here I am sorry to say
one little foot went down on the lloor
very hard.
"You have plenty of mouth or tongue
love, 1 know ; hut. that is like 'sounding
brass'?noise only; don't amount to any '
thing."
<
Mary began to cry at this, and "won,
der" what could she do.
'Ask your mother 'what can I do?' "
said her uncle.
Poor little Mary stopped crying, but
looked very unhappy; for it seemed to
her that she must sit on that very comfortable
chair and knit dollie Jane's
hood. But she might take care of baby.
"I will take baby out" said her uncle ;
"that will help."
Then Mary felt easy again, for some
one else was doing her duty for her.
"1 wish your Mary loved you," said
her uncle to his sister, as he put the
baby into his little carriage: "but she
' does not I fear?only tongue love, not
heart love."
' After quite a while Mary went softly
r into the dining room, and set the table
neatly for dinner picking up baby's play
" things in the sitting-room, andmadehis
little crib bed for his nap, besides taking
' care of her own little room.
What kind of love did this show?
" Which kind have you for your mother.
5
Some people like brooks are always
murmuring.
Ecliocs.
Far away, in days agoue,
Shepherds heard the angels sing;
Light from heaven round them shone?
Listen! distant echoes ring:?
"CJlory he to God on high,
Who glvcth pence"?the hills reply,
"(iod glveth peace"?
"And good-will to men." Again,
Echoes sweetly sound, "To men."
If the angels, s nee then, never,
Have been heard, by us, forever
Echoes will rebound
Through the hearts of men; endearing
Each to each, forever cheering
All around.
Tlio Birthday of Jesus.
A little girl was separated from her
mother several thousand miles. When
lier mother's birthday came, she said :
'If my mamma were at home, I should
make a nice present and give to her; but
she is far away, and I cannot give her
my thing. I have thought of some
;hing that will be better than a present.
I will do everything I can think of to
>lease my mamma all day to-day."
rhis was her resolve before she rose in
lie morning. So she dressed herself
leatly and came to the table promptly.
?he attended to her morning duties,
cneeling in her room and asking God's
lelp, and went to school, all the time
bin king to herself, "Will this please
minima?" When she was tempted to
peak unkindly, or be selfish with her
ichool mates, or to neglect her studies,
he good angel in her heart would wliis>er
to her the better thought; and so
he went through the day, often asking
lerself the same question, and holding
lerself to the purpose of doing everyhingin
a way that would please her
namma. At night she wrote her
notlier a letter, telling her how she had
elebrated her birthday. The letter
'cached her mother and made her very
lappy; and she wrote her little girl that
t was the best birthday present she had
sver received. Our Savior has gone
iway from us into heaven, but He told
3is disciples He was coming again. In
i few days we are going to celebrate His
tilth day, which wre call Christmas. He
9 not here, so we cannot bring Him
)resents, as the wise men did when He
,vas on earth. How can we do better
hail to do as the little girl did for her
namma?try to do everything to please
Kim that day, and so make Him hapjy
? In the first place, love Jesus; then
>bey Him. Think out what He has
lone for us, how He has died to save us,
tnd thank Him; then try and make
>thers happy. Many children make a
nistake in thinking only of having a
food time themselves 011 Christmas, and
orget tli^t it is Christ's birthday, and
hat He is the one to be made happy.
8ut to strive to please Him is the surest
vjiv to be harmv ourselves. If .Tesus
vas really going to spend His birthday
n one of our homes, how we should try
o think what we could give Him and
lo for Him. But He has told us that
vhat we do for others in His name He
vill accept the same as if done for Him.
So it is in the power of us all to make
Christ happy on Christmas day. Do
he things that would please Him.
The Country Boys.
About sixty years ago a Vermont boy,
, farmer's son, was sent to East Poultney
>y himself to sell a load of potatoes. It
vas a great event for him?the proudest
lay of his life. He sold out his load,
hen drove around to the tavern, put up
lis horses, and went in to dinner,
low grand he felt, ordering a dinner on
lis own account, and paying his own
till!
A good many people were in the dinng-room,
among the rest a distinguish
td-iooking man, no loss a personage
han thesheriit* of the county, who had
ieen formerly a member of Congress.
3ut pretty soon our young fellow's
yes fell upon a "tall, pale, white-hair(.1,
gawky boy," sitting at the further
!iul of the table in his shirt-sleeves,
laying attention to nobody, and eating
is if upon a wager. "This is a'pretty
lortof a tavern, anyhow, to let such a
ellow as that sit at the same table with
ill these gentlemen ! He ought to come
n with the hostler," thought our proud
>otato merchant.
Before long (lie conversation turned
ipon some political subject, some act of
in early Congress, and there was a
lifFerencc of opinions as to how certain
nembers voted upon it. All at once the
iherifl'turned to the white-haired, lialfIressed
boy at the end of the table, and
isked:
"Ain'tth^t right, Greeley?"
"No," said the boy, "you're wrong."
"There!" said one of the other men,
"I told you so!"
"And you're wrong, too," continued
the boy, and he proceeded to give the
history of the measure in question from
beginning to end.
Our dealer in potatoes was astonished
out of measure, the more so because the
whole company took tliese statements
as law and gospel, settling the whole
dispute at once and forever.
The "gawky boy" was Horace Greeley,
who was there at work in a printing-office
at East Poultney. The other
boy became a prominent New York
physician. The two did not see each
other for many years. Then the famous
physician met the famous editor
one day in the street, and told him this
story, to his great amusement.
Many a man has never realized what
a safe-guard to human life and welfare
the gospel is till he has gone to some
section of the country where there are
no Churches or Sunday-schools.
Tributes to Woman.
G'onfucious?Woman is the master
piece.
Herder?Woman is the crown of
creation.
Voltarie?Women teach us repose, '
civility and dignity.
Lessing?Nature meant to make woman
his masterpiece.
Jolin Quincy Adams?All that I am,
my mother made me.
Ruskin?Shakespeare has no heroes
?He hits only heroines.
Whittier?If woman lost us Eden,
such as she alone can restore It.
Gladstone?Woman is tic most perfect
when the most womanly.
E. S. Barrett?Woman is the last at
the cross and earleistat the grave.
Bulwer?To a gentleniif -ry woman
is a lady in right of i x. ,
Saadi?A hadsome wo ma is a jewel; (
a good woman is a treasure.
Damartine?There is a woman at the
beginning of all good things.
Rochefoucauld?A fashionable woman
is always in love with herself.
Cowley?What is woman? Only ,
one of natures agreeable blunders. (
llichter?No man can either live pi- i
ously or die righteously without a
wife.
Cervantes?All women are good? .
good for nothing or good for some- ,
thing.
Victor Hugo?Women derest the ser- ,
pent through a professional jealsusy. j
N. P. Willis?The sweetest tiling in ,
life is the unclouded welcome of a ,
wife. ,
Francis I<?A woman changes oft; <
who trusts her is the softest of the ]
soft.
Shakespeare?There was never a fair ,
woman but she mouths in a glass. ,
George Eliiot?A passionate woman's j
love is always overshadowed by her,
fear. <
Heine?Handsome women without ,
religion are like flowers without per- (
fume. I
Voltaire?All the reasonings of men |
are not worth one sentiment of a wo- (
man's. ]
Leopold Schefer?But one thing on
earth is better than a wife?that is the f
mother. ,
Beecher?Women are a new race, j
recreated since the world received ]
Christian it v. i
Luther?Earth has nothing more "j
tender than a woman's heart when it is 1
the abode of pity. j
Shakespeare?For where is any i
author in the world who teaches such \
beauty as a woman's eyes? I
Michelet?Woman is the Sabbath of s
man ; not his repose only, but his joy, ,
the salt of his life. (
Margaret Fuller Ossili?Woman is ,
born for love, and it is impossible to .
turn her from seeking it. !
Louis Desnoyers?A woman may j
be ugly, ill-shaped, wicked, ignorant, ,
silly and stupid, but hardly ever ridic- ,
ulous. (
Lord Landsdale?If the whole '
world were put in one scale and my j
mother into the other, the world would (
kick the beam. j
Cervantes?Between a woman's s
"yes" and "no" I would not venture (
to stick a pin. 1
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Water Before Breakfast.
i
A thin, tall man got uptheoth- i
er morning, at the Fifth :o Hotel, \
and, coming down stairs. red two |
glasses of water at (he liquid refresh- ,
ment counter, says the New York Mail. (
The trained bartender snr.vJ, but j
handed out two large glasses full of ,
pure eold water. The man smacked
his lips, and said It was a healthy drink |
before breakfast, and one that he reconi- i
mended. He said : i
If I had not drunk cold water before ,
breakfast, I might have been in my <
grave long ago. I am a physician, or, j
rather,^was one before I retired, and ,
have made a study of liquids. Water, |
drunk freely liefore meals, has a very (
beneficial result, for it washes away the ]
mucous secreted during the intervals of <
repose. I
The membrane thus cleansed is in a ;
much better condition to receive food .
and to convert it into soluble com- ]
pounds. In the morning the accuniu- ,
lation of mucous is specially marked, j
when the gastric walls are covered with
a thick, tenacious layer. Now, food entering
the stomach at this time will become
covered with this tenacious coating,
which for a time protects it from
the action of gastric ferments, and so
retards digestion. Your man with a
tubular contracted stomach, with puckered
mucous lining and viscid contents,
a normal condition in the morning before
breakfast, isliot suitable to receive
food. A glass of water washes out the
stomach, gives tone, and prepares the
almentary canal for the morning meal.
The farmer's life, according to care- ,
fully-prepared statistics in Massachusetts,
is longer than that of men engaged ,
in any other occupation, lie liveson an
average sixty-live years, while the
lngnescaverage 01 any mini uuniiivOT ?,
fifty-six yeaix. Thi.s longevity is not |
due entirely to his out-of door life, for
some other out-door workers are not
long lived. But the farmer's out-door
work is mostly in pleasant weather.
In storms he keeps pretty closely indoors,
thus showing the great advantage
not only of knowing enough to go
in when it rains, but of having a business
which allows him to do so.
A Happy Christinas to You!
J5Y PRANCES RIDLEY IIAVERGAL.
A happy Christmas to you !
For the Light of Life is born,
And his coming is the sunshine
Ol' tiie dark and wintry morn.
Fhc grandest orient must pale,
Hie loveliest western gleam must fail,
lint his great light,
80full and bright,
Ariscth for thy hesirt to-dayIlls
shadow-conquering beams shall never
pass away.
A happy Christmas to you !
For the Prince of l'oaeo is come.
And his reign is full of blessings,
Their very crown and sum.
No earthly calm may ever last,
Tis but the lull before the blast;
Hut his great peace
Shall still increase
In mighty, ail-rejoicing sway?
His kingdom in thy heart can never pass
a way.
Kiiceoss In Pnblic.
John Bright says:
"When I intend to speak on anything
that seems to me important, I
consider what it is that I wish to impress
upon my audience. I do not
write my facts or my arguments, but
make notes on two or three or four
slips of note-paper, giving the line of
argument and the facts as they occur
to my mind, and I leave the words to
come at call while I am speaking.
There are occasionally short passages
which for accuracy I may write down,
a.s sometimes also?almost invariably
?the concluding words or sentences
may be written."
Young ministers of religion would
do well to ponder these ingenuous confessions.
It would probably be found
that all supremely successful speakers
:>f our own time have substantially
idopted the same method as Mr. Bright
Very few, if any, great speakers in Parliament
or the bar have fallen into what
Mr. Bright truly describes as "the double
slavery" of writing out their speeches
it length, and then committing them
to memory. Reading speeches and reciting
speeches are vices peculiar to the
Christian ministry. All the most pow
irful and successful pulpit orators of our
time have emancipated themselves from
:hc "double slavery." Even those who
ctegan with that plan have discovered
that it is unendurable and fatal to the
iiighest success.
Mr. Spurgeon's success is, on every
round, phenomenal. Now his method
if preparation is subtantiully the same
is Mr. Bright's. He prepares both of
lis sermons on Saturday evening by
otting down on half a sheet of notelaper
the main outline, with suggestive
vords. Like Mr. Bright, he leaves very
nueli to the inspiration of the moment,
ivhen under the glorious influence of
;he great crowd that fills the Metropoli
:an Tabernacle. Every true orator owes
jome of liia best and most impressive
passages to the subtle, magnetic inflence
)f his audience. The speaker and those
rt'ho listen, act and react upon one
mother. Some of the loftiest acliievenents
of human speech are improvised
n the presence of a sympathetic auditoy.
The true speaker instinctively
modifies and readjusts in actual delivery
jven what he had minutely prepared.
The man who reads or recites a sermon
s not an orator. He may be a brilliant
jssayist, or a refined scholar, or a consummate
rhetorician ; but the very cslence
of oratory is dextrous adaptation
)f speech to the exact circumstances of
;hc living audience. A man who reads
.lis sermons is a brilliant pianist who
may do wonderful execution with notes
ilrcady mechanically prepared. He
nay even by a subtle "touch" bring
nuch expression out of them. But the
:ruc orator, of the Bright orVBpurgeon
:ype, is a violinist who makes his own
notes, and produces subtle and exquisite
i fleet beyond the rcach of art, and even
to himself instinctive rather than delib;rate.
.Mere technical symmetry and artificial
tlourish should always lie sacrificed
to force and eflect. A sermon is
not an end in itself. It is a means to an
?nd. The real end is to move the will
>f the hearer to the imitation of Christ,
rf the preacher only succeeds in awakening
admiration in the mind of his
liearer, or in his own, his sermon is a
lead failure. Sir Charlie Russel is the
leading orator at the bar ljeeausche conduces
juries and wins the verdict more
frequently than any other men.
f reaching is as real and practical a thing
is forensic oratory, and must, in like
manner, be judged by its results. As
men are increasingly interested in relig,ous
questions, the public taste iu pulpit
>ratory is being revolutionized. Merc
rhetoric, mere clever word painting, is
incoming positively rcpellaut. Thereis
profound truth in I)r. Parker's famous
exclamation : "Prepare your ser\n;
nrenare vourself!" Let
men bo simple and earnest; let them
use intelligible illustrations and arguments;
let them subordinate everything
to the great practical results;
mil they will not lack an audience
wherever they are.
Forgot Himself.?There was once
a judge noted for the mildness of his
manners and the gentleness of his reproofs
to the lawyers, who sometimes
addressed each other in language which
could not be passed l>.y without notice
from the Court.
One day two lawyers who were pleading
a case passed bejond the stage of
bantering, and began to call each other
names. One of them said :
"The attorney on the other side is,
may it please your honor, not the ugliest
but the stupidest lawyer in the
country."
"You forget yourself, Mr. Smith?
you forget yourself!" said the judge,
rapping gently with his gavel.
The Great Boston Parade.
The third was a blue October day?
not blue like the sky, or the sea, or the
distant mountains, but the day took its
hue from the noses and cheeks that
piercing air had so chilled, that the
blood did not circulate.
Five thousand soldiers, infantry,
cavlary, artillery, with a sprinkling of
ambulance wagons, some gaily caparisoned
officers, and now and then a
chaplain in clerical dress, marched with
ten bands of music through the principal
streets of Boston. There was no
rain, or dust, or heat, and very little
mud, so that there was a minimum of
discomfort for marchers. The sidewalks
were packed with sight-seers,
and boys who love noise diligently clapped
thin pieces of board in applause.
Two young men wearing spectacles
rode on one fieldpiece. Some gray
haired veterans and many fat men
trudged along as soldiers. Now and
then n sword was nuked. On the
march they hailed and unfixed their
bayonets. They rolled their overcoats
and wore them about their shoulders
like a strap. The soldiers were rewarded
by being looked at, but one could
poorly distinguish one from another in
the crowded and uniformed ranks.
There was no pretence of "occasion^"
no "day" to celebrate, unless the railroad
excursions for this week organized
to secure country trade constituted
such. Did it pay? Let us see.
Five thousand men idle two days ,
preparing and getting home. Let us
allow them: J
One dollar aud fifty cents per day 815,000
Hun road lures were at least. 16,000
Dinners and otlier expenses in Boston 7,vw
Extra preparations and expensed 5,ooo
542,000 1
The theatre-going, drinking and gen- '
eral dissipation would carry the ex- i
penses up to $50,0U0. i
n?ii aiiiliop InrnttiwipV who lini'P Tin 1
marks of being extraordinary except 1
his clothes, crowded me and others
aside in an uninilitary or at least uncivil
way. A gentleman with eagles on
his shoulders answered inquiries curtly
and discourteously. The crowd of spectators
yelled and shouldered and pushed
eacu other excitedly to see.
Pride, profanity, selriishness and vanity
were all "paraded." Uut what 1
meant the camion, the muskets, bayo- <
nets and swords? They were made, I
polished, kept and "paraded" to show
what was tlie tiling essential to a soldier,
viz : to wound and kill his fellow ,
beings. The ambulance with its stiff ,
springs and jarring motion was the on- 1
ly mark ot mercy. The chaplains j
looked as if merged in the soldiers. >
The fact, the reality which was kept i
out of sight, but which is the' basis of ,
war, is cruelty.
Poor fellows, if it is mere parade, it j
hardly pays even if confessedly grand. \
If it is preparation for war such as is ;
saidtobegoing on in Canada, it is a j
mustering of all forces belonging to man, ]
to destroy his l'ellow-man. He has little claim
to be called a Christian, and is ,
indeed less than humane, who does (
not pity those who are fooled into |
senseless parades, or drilled to unliinch- .
ingly kill their fellow-men. We pity <
also the governments and the public ,
fiunHmdiii that encouratres this folly. ,
Parades do not educate men in what j
they need most: meekness, humility, \
modesty, self-denial,. (Jhristliness. <
They minister to vanity, boastfulneas
and selfishness. But parades are the
best things about military life in either
war or peace. This "play" over the
reality of war is depraving. Men Jwill :
learn this by and by. But at present ;
the soldier-life is the admired, the fashionable
life. "This is your hour and
the power of darkness." But the light
cometh. The day dawns. The day
stiir appears. Pray for it, watch for it.
Be ready for it. "Lord Jesus, come
quickly!"
Ages to Come.
"That in the ages to come he might show
the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus." Eph.il. 7 (R. V.)
"The ages to come"?what a wonderful
prospect! How shall we, the shortlived
and shortsighted children of time, ;
bear to look into the heights and
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depths or mat eternity auieu uy oi,
Paul the "ages to come?" All that
we can now is by divine revelation,
and the glimpse here afforded us a.s to
the glorious future of God's people is as (
elevating to the spirits as it'iscomfort- ,
ing to tiie heart. In that great future
God will have-a work to do: He will .
show His people that which they could .
not apprehend or understand now.
All that can here be known of the exceeding
riches of His grace is poor com- 1
pared to what has yet to be revealed 1
"in kindness toward us iu Christ Jesus."
The centuries of time are not long 1
enough to show all this ; it requires the i
"ages to come" for its full display, i
The work accomplished by Christ in
His life and in Hi's death was in one <
sense ended when on the cross fie ]
cried, "It is finished!" but its glori- <
ous results shall know no end; the
"ages to come" will only unfold more j
of their "exceeding riches." (
How strange that we allow ourselves
to be engrossed with the cares of this
life even to its most petty trifles, while
such a prospect as this is set before us! 1
How sail that we should break our '
hearts over the losses and the crosses of '
a day, and forget "the exceeding riches
of his grace," to be shown in the "ages 1
to come !"?The Sunday at llomc. | <
How to Make Hens Lay.
People would better understand this
matter if they consider for a moment
a hen to be, as she is, a small steam engine,
with an egg-laying attachment, !
and that there must be a constant sup- 1
ply of good feed and pure water to J
Keep the engine and its attachment up :
to its work. In addition to keeping
before hens that have complete liberty 1
a constant supply of water, summer I
and winter, it will be found that dur- <
ing the cool and cold weather of fall, '
winter and spring, a dough compound- I
ed as follows, fed one day, then inter- i
mitted for two days, produces excel lent
results: To three gallons of boiling i
water add one-half an ounce of com- <
moil salt, a teaspoonl'ul of cayenne (
pepper and four ouuces of lard, rttir i
the mixture until the pepper has im- <
parted considerable of its strength to (
the water. Meantime the salt will
have been dissolved and the lard melt- (
ed. Then, while yet boiling hot, stir |
in a meal made of oats and corn ground ,
together in equal proportions, until a j
thick mush is formed. This is an ex- .
cellent food for the purposes intend- ,
ed?to make hens lay in cool weather. '
A man's own good breeding is his ^
best security against other people's ill 1
manners. J
Obstinacy is the heroism of little t
minds. j
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How to Judge.
A well known Paris scientist, Dr. ?
Delauney, has made some curious |dia- $
coveries which show the connection
between little and great things. To ascertain
the qualities of an applicant
cook, he says it is sufficient to give her ';5j
a plate to clean, and watch now she j
moves her hand. ]f she moves it from
left to right, or in the direction of the "
hands of a watch or clock, you may
trust her; if the other way, she is ^
certain to be stupid and incapable. />r??
The intelligence of people may also be
gauged, the Doctor further says, by
asking them to make a circle on paper
with a pencil, and noting in which Va
direction the hand is moved. The
good students in a mathematical class ;'"?j
draw circles from left to right. The ,
inferiority of the softer sex, as well as
the male dunces, is shown by their
drawing from right to left. Asylum
nationts do thfi samp. ^30
No Lunch Between Meals. A
prominent physician and surgeon
once said to me of his three children
who were then well grown youths., JfaS
and the picture of health: "We never jSjgl
allowed our children to lunch between ' ',^1
meals, and they are all good eaters; we
never allowed them tea and coffee,
and they are all good sleepers." All
those same children have since graduated
from colleges and are holding
high positions to-day in the profession- 1
al world, robust and of excellent
habits, though inheriting a frail consti- tution
from a mother who died young.
How to Serve Tea.?A cap of tea '
or coffee should not be filled to the
brim; it is in bad taste, and certainty
ungraceful, as the liquid slops overinto '%?
the saucer and causes the bottom of xiwffl
the cup to drip as it is lifted to the
mouth. You will find it convenient to
have a little bowl of hot water beside
you when you are pouring out tea. In
this you dip the cup before filling it; 'yrfll
In that way it becomes sufficiently '-V$?
damp at the bottom not to slip, and Zrfl
perhaps upset in the saucer. In filling :
the cup a second time the dipping in
( ha Vino/l nf Vinf. water remnvM ftliv VI JxW
residue of coffee grounds or tea leaves. 'y$j|
On English tables the "slopbasin" is
considered as necessary a portion of .
the tea-set as the tea-pot.
Be sure that the children understand jjl
cvhat they learn by rote in Sunday $38
school. One little fellow innocently
xsked his teacher who Nora was, bav- .Maw
ing been accustomed to repeat the >
Tenth Commandment as if Jt read,
"Nora's ox, Nora's ass." Similar blun-.
3ers are made sometimes by older peo- ,$H
pie. The Cornhill Magazine tells an
lmusingstory of au ignorant Yorkshire
man who persisted in using a positively
harmful quack medicine. The rector
appealed to the man's wife to exercise
her influence, saying that her husband ?*58
was surely killing himself. To which > foaH
she tearfully replied : "I know it, and .'^3
tnany's a time I've praved against it in
the church service," referring to a passxge
in the Litany which she had al- -'"'J
ways rendered, "From all false doctoring,
good Lora, deliver us P' There are ,
cases, however?the Christian Scient- /ww
ists, for example?in which false doc- .
trine and false doctoring run into, and,
so to speak, telescope each other.
Found in the Little Desk.?
Not long ago a little girl in a Christian
family died. She was only six years . < '.$8
old. About a year before her death she '
bad a small writing desk given to her. . M
After she died, her mother unlocked it,
and found this writing:
"The minute I wake up in the mora- :
ng, I will think of God.
"I will mind my father and my -|S
mother always.
"I will try and have my lessons per"I
will try to be kind, and not get '
cross.
"I want to behave like God's child."
Give not a hair-breadth of truth $ ^
away, for it is not yours, but God's. 'fM
Any one who desires to serve God *
need not be a day without work to do ^
and plenty of it.
The beat characters have a mixture v. jj
r>f infirmities, and the worst have iX
some redeeming virtues.
Hang un everything that will hang
in Hie Kucueu. will save uiuo vgsr
when you go to sweep it.
Keep your bread pans and pie dishes M
free from ill flavor by always washing
them in hot water after using.
Christ, and Christ only, has revealed
that he who has erred may be restored,
ind made pure and clean and whole yA
igain.
He is happy whose circumstances >\
mit his temper; but he is more excel- , "A
lent who can suit his temper to cir- ..-3
jumstauces.
. The sacred Scriptures teach us the
jest way of living, the noblest way of I
suffering and the most comfortable j
ivay of dyiug.
Fight your own battles?ask no favors.
You will succeed a thousand
times better than one who is always
Deseeching patronage.
The true Christian is like the sun, ji
fMinoiiAo ifo nniaolooo front onH
n UlUi JAllSUCiS l?ct uviavivon W l*V** MUM
; very where leaves the effect of his
aeams in blessing upon the world
around him.
"Ordinarily, the very sin about $
which men are most sensitive is the
rery one which demands attention and
exposure. The place in the body that " . J
is most sore to touch, is the place that
iemands most clearly the surgeon's
irt and firm band."
A Quaker lady, who is herself the
jest known recommendation of her
prescription, suggests the following
^osmetics: For the lips, truth; for the
roice, prayer; for the eye*, pity; for
ihe mind, charity; for the figure, uprightness
; for the heart, love.
If we know of a kind act which we
might but do not intend to perform, if
sve be aware that our moral health requires
the abandonment of some pleas
jre which we no not miena to aoanion.
here is cause enough for the Joss
)f all spiritual power.
It is not when we are conscious of
wr faults that we are most wicked; on
:lie contrary, we are then less so. We
=ee a brighter light: and let us remember,
for our consolation, that we never
perceive and feel our sins until we bejin
to cure them.
Jesus never taught His disciples how
to preach, only how to pray. He did
lot speak much of what was needed to
srcach well, but much of praying well,
to know how to speak to God is more
:han to know how to speak to man.
NTot power with men but power with
jod is the first thing.
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