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"by hugh wilson. abbeville, s. c., wednesday, february 13, 1889. volume xxxiii. no. 40 Jf M ~III ? WWJMI1 mpi?aMmwifCT 11 L wpmpiwbcmmb?? iiiii IHIMIMMWMBMMMMMBBM MI naawMM?? Charity. A beggar died last night, his soul Went up to CJod, and said : "I come uncalled; forgive it, Lord; il died for want of bread.'' Then answered him the Lord of heaven, '.Son, how can this thing be? Are not my saints ou earth ? and they Had surely succored thee," "Thy saints, O Lord," the beggar said, "Live holy lives of prayer; How shall they know of such as we? We perish unaware. "They strive to save our wicked souls, And Mt them for the sky; Meanwhile, not having brend to eat, (Forgive!) our bodies die." Then the Lord God spake out of heaven In wrath and angry pain : "O men. for whom my Son hath died, My Sou hath lived in vain !" The Relative Value of Different Kinds of Meat as Food. Beef. Among all civilized people beef is regarded as the principal animal food. By common consent we admit that beef is more nutritions than any other kind of flesh. This universal opinion is supported by the investigations of science. There is a larger proportion of nutritious material in beef than in the flesh of the sheep or hog. Beef is of closer texture, and is fuller of red-blood juices. It is richer in flavor than the flesh of any other domestic animal, and a smaller j amount of it will satisfy hunger. Veal is not nearly so nutritious as beef, and is much more diflcult of digestion. Some persons are wholly unable to digest veal, and when they eat of it, it acts as a foreign body in the h intestines, and causes griping and diW arrhoea. It is more easy of digestion E when well roasted or broiled than I when boiled. The time required for the digestion of veal is five hours or more, while beef is digested in from two-and-a-half to three hours. Mutton. This is more easily digested than beef, though in a healthy man no marked difference would be observed, since in the stomach of such a man 1 there arises no inconvenience from the digestion of beef. However, mutton will be found to tax the stomach of the dyspeptic less than beef does, and mutton broth is both acceptable and valuable to a person suffering from dysen^ tery or kindred aflections of the bow" els. But mutton is not so nutritious as , Jbeef. Ill dressing a mutton the wooly coat should not be allowed to touch the I flesh. There is quite a preceptible difE ference in the flavor of mutton taken F from a fattened wether, which has I been for some time deprived of all excess in his wooly coat, and of that I -taken from a sheep which has a heavy | fleece. The smallest proportion of i both fat and bone to muscle is found in ^ the leg ; consequently this is most vali mable part of the animal. | Lamb. This is not nearly so nutri ftious as mutton, me tissue is sou, ;gelatinous, auu rich in water. It is I used principally on account of its deli[ <cacy of flavor, which, however, is very ^ ^variable, depending upon the breed B and nourishment. Lamb should not n Ibe selected for those whose digestive W organs are weak. ' F Pork, Bacon, and Ham. As a rule, dried meats are more difficult of digestion than the same meats in the fresh' state. Bacon and ham are, however, I exceptions to this rule, for wben well cured they are digested with more ease ithan fresh pork. Jn cold weather, 'nice bacon is especially suited for fursi ishing a large amount of heat by its oxidation in the body. The inhabitants of cold countries find fatty food necessary to their existence. >'or several reasons the tlesh of the hog must continue to form oue of the most important sources of our food. This annual can be fattened more readSI? ?f lftto /lAof tlion oitlior flip OX iij aim a,c wov uu?u v?%> . or sheep. Tlie best breeds of pigs store up in their bodies three times as much of the food which they eat as the ox does. Then the flesh can be cured easily and preserved indefinitely. Again, the animal multiplies rapidly and reaches maturity speedily. On the other hand, of all meats ordiaiarily eaten, this is most likely to be diseased. The flesh of the hog, therefore, should not be eaten unless it has Ibeen thoroughly cooked. Dewghts ix Iniquities.?Mrs. {Jreenapple was exhibiting her daughter's collection of curiesities, and was dilating thereupon with maternal pride. ??T?Ko*r oro rorfjiiiilv* verv interest iug," observed Colonel Moony. 4'Some of tliem appear to be exceedingly rare." "I should think so," smirked the old lady. "I can assure you that Gertie delights in iniquities!" And then there was a sudden isleuce, and the Colonel was just about to vamp up a few new and original remarks about the weather when harmony was restored by the explanation of the younger Greenapple. "Mamma means antiquities." A farmer, bringing his son as a pupil, was asked, what he intended to make of the lad. "Well, if he gets grace, we'll make him a minister." "Ah," returned the schoolmaster, "if he gets no grace, what then ?" "Then he might just become a schulemaister like yerself." If there is anybody who wants copyfright it is the editor. So much copy wrong is what is wearing out his life. One dislikes to meet a man who is in mich haste to see the next man as to .treat the first one discourteously. r Kfenu-" Superstitions About Babies. Harper's Bazar has collected the following interesting superstitions about babies. Some of them are familiar sayings in every country, others are new: It is believed by mauy that if a child cries at its birth, and lifts up only one hand, it is born to command. It is thought very unlucky not to weigh the baby before it is dressed. When first dressed the clothes should not be put on over the head, but drawn 011 over the feet, for luck. When first taken from the room in which it was born, it must be carried up stairs before going down, so that it will rise in the world. In any case, it must be carried up stairs or up the street, not down stairs or down the street, the first time it is taken out. It is also considered in England and Scotland unlucky to cut the babie's nails or hair before it is twelve months old. * Horn on iMonday, fair in faco ; Horn on Tuesday, full of God's grace; Jtorn on Wednesday, the best to he had; Bora on Thursday, merry and glad; Born on Friday, worthily given; Horn on Saturday, work hard for a living; Born on Sunday, shall never know want. all over the Christian world. One deviation from the original makes Friday's child "free in living." Thursday has one very lucky hour, just before sunrise. The child that is horn on the Sabbath day Is bonny and good, and blithe and gay; While He who is born on the New Year's morn will have his own way, as sure as you're born; And He that is born on Easter morn Shall never know care or want or harm. This is known, with few changes, Extreme Arctic Cold. A person who has never been in the polar regions can probably have no idea of what cold really is; but reading the terrible experiences of arctic travelers in that icy region, some notion can be formed of the extreme cold that prevails there. When we have the temperature down to zero out of doors, we think it bitterly cold, and if our nouses were not as warm as iu least GO degrees above zero, we should begin to talk of freezing to death. Think, then, of living where the theremometer goes down to 3-5 deg. below zero in the house in spite of the stove. Of course, in such a case the fur garments are piled on a man till he looks like a great bundle of skins. Dr. Moss, of the English polar expedition of 1875 and 1S7G, among other odd things, tells of the effect on a wax candle which he burned there. The temperature was 35 degrees below zero, and the doctor must have been considearbly discouraged when, upon looking -a t- Jl~ tl,n Ill X1IS CtlllUlC) in," uisuutticu tuui uiv. flame had all it could do to keep warm. It was so cold that the ilame could not melt all the wax of the candle, but was forced to eat its way down the candle, leaving a sort of skeleton of the candle staudiug. There was heat enough, however, to melt oddly shaped holes in the thin walls of wax, aud the result was a beautiful lace like cylinder of white, with a tongue of yellow ilame burning inside, and sending out into the darkness many streaks of light. This is not only a curious effect of extreme cold, but shows how difficult it must be to find any thing like warmth in a place wnere lire itself almost gets cold. Parents Take Note. Dr. Samuel Sexton has contributed an article to the Medical liccorcl on the subject of boxing the ears. He has upon his records fifty one cases in which the ear has been injured by blows of the open hand or fist. 0/ these, thirty-one were males, and twenty females. Of the males, thirteen had been boxed upon the right ear, thirteen upon the left, and three upon both ears. One was kicked by a companion upon the left err while bathing, and the right ear of another was iujured by having the head violently squeezed between the hands of auother person. Of the females, fourteen were struck upon the left ear, and six upon the right. Five of the women were assaulted by their husbands. Of the entire number, eight were boxed in play, four by school teachers, two by parents, and one, a fervent lover, by his sweetheart. Several cases occurred among pugilists, and others were due to assaults and brawls. The nature of the injuries varied to a considerable degree. One had inflammation of the ear, with suspicion of intracranial trouble. He had had a running of the ear for twelve years, following a blow upon that organ. This patient subsequently died of brain disease. In another case the ear became inflamed, and hearing was very much impaired. In still another, the patient was slapped by his father upon the left ear. Immediate pain and deafness followed, with a bloody discharge from the ear. It was three mouths before this case recovered. The dangers to which Dr. Sexton calls attention are so grave, that parents, teachers and others should never punish those committed to their charge by boxing the ear. A man may be dirty while about dirty work, but no longer. The dirty work done, he must return to cleanliness. Try washing the whole body and dressing in clean, dry clothes, and see how much you will be rested and invigorated. Proprietors and Foremen. A correspondent of Wood and Iron asks what lie shall do under the following circumstances: He says th.it he is foreman of a certain shop, but that he is foreman only in name. The proprietor, who, he says, has no mechahical knowledge, continually interferes with the men, giving them orders contrary to his directions. He asks our advice as to whether he had "better quit or kick him out of the shop." We have been, says the editor, 111 precisely that situation ourselves, and we think on the whole lie had better seek "pastures new." Where a proprietor of that kind interferes in the management of the shop at all, he will continue to do it, and the less he knows about mechanics, the more he will interfere. A little incident in the life of the late President Rutter, of the Lake Shore Railroad, may not be out of place as illustrating the relative positions of proprietors and foremen. When Mr. Rutter first became general baggage agent for the Vanderbilt system, he came upon a very knotty problem, and not knowing what decision to give, he went to Vanderbilt for advice on the subject. When he had stated the case, Mr. Vanderbilt turned to him and asked : "What salary do we pay you?" "Eight thousand dollars a year." "What do we pay it to you for?" "For acting as general baggage agent." "Well, do you want me to earn your salary for you?" Mr. Rutter immediately came to a decision, and never again troubled Mr. Vanderbilt with his conundrums. llow to Introduce People. "I do dislike to introduce people to each other," said Eva to me one day last week. "Why, pray?" I asked. "It seems to me a very simple thing." "Well, when I have it to do, I stammer and blush, and feel so awkward ; I never know who should be mentioned first, and I wish myself out of the room." "I think I can make it plain to you," I said. "You invite Mabel Tompkins to speud an afternoon with you. She has never been at your home before, and your mother has never met her. When you enter the sitting-room, all;? ou have to do is to say, 'Mother, this is my friend Mabel; Mabel, my mother.' If you wish to be more elaborate, you may say to your Aunt Lucy, permit me to present Miss Mabel Tompkins ; Miss Tompkins Mrs. Templeton.' But while you introduce Mabel to your father, or the minister, or an elderly gentleman, naming the most distinguished gentleman first, you present your brother, his chumj and your Cousin Fred to the young j lady, naming her first. Fix it in yourt mind that among persons of equal station the younger are introduced to the older, and that in age, position or influence are presented to superiors, j Be very cordial, when in your own | house you are introduced to a guest, j and oiler your hand. If away froml home, a bow is commonly sufficient recognition of an introduction. In performing an introduction, speak both names with perfect distinctness. It is a mistakeTo labor when you are not in a fit condition to do so. To think that the more a person eats the healthier and stronger lie wui get. To go to bed at midnight and rise at day-break, and imagine that every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained. To imagine that if a little work or exercise is good, violent or prolonged exercise is better. To conclude that the smallest room in the house is large enough to sleep in. To eat as if you only had a minute to linish a meal in ? or to eat without an appetite; or to continue after it has been satisfied, merely to satisfy the tasteTo believe that children can do as much work as grown people, and that the more hours they study the more they learn. To imagine that whatever remedy causes one to feel immediately better (as alcoholic stimulants) is good for the system, without regard to the after effects. To take off proper clothing out of season simply because they have become heated. To sleep exposed to a direct draft in any season. To tlmiK tliai any nostrum or i^aiem medicine is a specific for all the diseases flesh is heir to. Gray's immortal "Elegy" occupied him for seven years. JJryant wrote 'Thanatopsis" in the shade of a grand old forest?a fitting spot for such a theme. Cow per wrote one of the drollest and quaintest English ballads, "John Gilpin's Hide," when he was under one of those terrible fits of depression so common to him. Gencrul Lyle wrote his beautiful composition, "Anthony and Cleopatra," which begins, "I atn dying, Egypt, dying," on the night before his death, lie had a premonition that he was going to die the next day. The noted poem, "The falls of Niagara," was written by its author, J. G. C. Brainard, the editor of a small pa per in Connecticut, in fifteen minutes. He wrote it under pressure in response to a call for "more copy." "After the Ball," the little poem which has made the name of Xora Perry known in the world of letters, was jotted down on the back of an old letter, with no idea of the popularity it was to achieve in the pages of a noted magazine. "Old Grimes," that familiar "little felicity in verse," which caught the popular fancy as far back as 1823, was a sudden inspiration of the late Judge Albert G. Greene, of Providence, Rhode Island, who found the first verse in a collection of old English ballads, and, enjoying its humor, built up the remainder of the poem in the same conceit. When the Pamphlets Howled. ?A certain old lady down In Maine has the genuine genius of Mrs. Partington, and may have been the original of that famous character for all the Boston Transcript Listener knows. Xot Jong ago she was telling of the wild times in the woods down there before the country was settled. "Why," said she, "the folks used to be waked up in the night by the howlof the pamphlets in the woods." It is to be inferred that ghe meant "panthers," though no doubt there have been such things as howling pamphlets. An Unerring Marksman.? "Whisky never misses fire," said a man to us the other day. No; it never does. It is sure to bring down its victim sooner or later, whether he be high or low in the social or intellectual scale. And fluttering all about him will be the wounded hearts of mother, father, wife, children, sisters, brothers, and friends, while beyond aud behind all this is too often a trail of ruined virtue and contaminating influences. At least six hearts on an average carry a life-long, overshadowing, dreary sorrow, for every victim alcohol brings down. The undertow of all family " "J 1! Ta 1 r? h/i>a1 tr tsilnilf c'AVmU' UI1U SUUJctl II (C J."?, j out iii CW11VM and dreary heartache over victims of alcohol. No; whisky never misses fire, never. ?? A servant of Mr. M. received the impression from some preacher that immersion was all that was needful to salvation. His master labored to convince him of his error, but the heresy remained untouched?immersion was regeneration. At last he said to his servant: "If I take an ink bottle and cork it tight, and put a string around the neck and drag it through the river, how long will it take to clean out the inside?" The servant's face nn nn/1 lin cni/1 T UllglltVUVM "!') * see it. You will never get it clean in the world." Fire-places.?The inside of brick fire-places may be improved in appearance by using the following application : Mix dry Spanish brown in sweet milk about the same consistency as paint, and apply with a wide brush. This dries quickly and will not blister with heat. If the fire-place is U9ed it will need renewing every week or two. A Stopper for Rats.?A correspondent says: Soak one or more newspapers, knead them into a pulp, ' dip them in a suitable solution of oxalic acid. While wet, force the pulp in to any crevice or hole made by mice or rats. Result?a disgusted retreat, with sore snouts and feet, on the pur of the would-be intruders. Do you know that the droppings of alien in a year will more than buy her feed? Therefore, you can see what you lose by allowing your poultry to roost out in trees, or on the fence, not : to speak of the injury of the fowls. Do not allow this waste to go on. It will pay you to lake a little extra care in this matter. With a Small c.?We notice that some of our exchanges spell "Christian" with a small e, and then, sometimes they mangle "Christmas" by putting it Xmas. These same newspapers, we presume, would spell Mohammed with the proper number of < lettors, and begin Mohammedanism j with a capital M. ( And it was formerly the "rule" to 1 begin all pronouns standing for the i " "* v -1? ?-i-'- ? 1 fni? name 01 jjcny wim u i-iijiuai j?.hv..| Now we rarely see this done. Why? . O ; Whatever you may be sure of, be sure at least of this, that you are dreadfully like other people. Human nature has a much greater genius for j sameness than for originalitv. : j There is a strong likeness between a t chronie invalid, and a cracked china I dish, which is handled so carefully that it outlasts many a sound whole I one, which by a single iuadvertance is I dashed to atoms. I There is no curing a confirmed egotist. Call him a donkey, and he thinks you have made a serious mis- i take. Cut his acquaintance, and he > pities you for the treasure you have lost. * i Warmth to milch cows is as essential as good feeding, and tepid water will greatly aid digestion and invigorate the cows in severe weather. One Way to Ilcform. ( According lo promise, we briclly stale what appears lo us as the way of reforming political parties. That the reformation of a political party by and in itself is a hopeless undertaking admits, we think, of little or 110 doubt. The question is, how can a reformation be effected ? Let those who really desire reform? the better?the best?come out from among the corrupted and the corrupting. But just here the otHce-holders, the leaders, and the fat ones in the party, may cry "stick to the party," and resort to various devices to frustrate the reform movement. Possibly "sore heads," "deserters" or other hard names will aid in testing the firmness o f the reformers in their purpose, and also tend to deter others from following. Let those who thus separate themselves from one party invite those who are like-minded of another party to unite and stand with them in the or gunJAiiuwn ui ci JICW j'iiiij aiiu UII u clean "platform." It will not make any great difference as to the name of the new organization. The soundness of the platform-principles and a strict adherence to the same are the main points to be observed. In the formation of such a party let there be no more controversy with those seceded from, than is absolutely necessary to justification or vindication. As such a party will surely grow in numbers and in strength it must, as already stated, be strict in adherence to first principles and also be careful as to whom they admit from any old party?particularly careful as to the moral character as well as to the political faith of any and every man set forth as a candidate for office. When the new party becomes popular and has the prospect of getting control of matters, the tricky demagogues of old parties may fiop over, if permitted, to the new party and light "right side up"?just the position they have always occupied, i. e., if they be allowed to tell it, and the people allowed t? believe what they please. After all, it will be only by "eternal vigilance" in the interests of morality as well as platform principles that such new party will be kept from repeating the self inflicted late of the parties that have gone before, and in turn furnish occasion for another new party, which, alas, seenies to be the way alternate with parties and governments. We have spoken of one way of reorm ; if there isa more excellent way, what is it? From the proceeding of a Meeting of the American Peace Society, held in Pilgrim Hall, Boston, Jan. 28, as reported in the Boston Evening Transacrijjt, the following items are extracted : licsolvcd, That in pursuance of our mission viz., to do what is in our power to prevent an appeal to arms for the settlement of international ditlicullies, we would hereby express our satisfaction at the subsidence of excitement and the absence of new causes of irritation between Great Britain and the United States on the subject of the lisheries; also, the increasingly friendly relations between the people of the United States and Canada, as manifested in propositions emanating from citizens of each country, for the commercial and even the political union ol the two countries. licsolvcd, That the recent accounts of savage warfare carried on by the 4-2 jjuuves ui tnu isiuuu ui puiuuu, sum iu have been participated in by the citizens of th'isaud other civilized nations, have caused us pain and anxiety; but we see no reason why the diliereuces which have arisen under the treaty with Germany and between the citizens of this republic and those of the German empire should not be settled by negotiation or, if necessary, by arbitration. The guarantee of neutrality entered into by treaty between Germany and Great Britain gives us con tide nee that peace will be restored and a stable government maintained, u-nder which the rights of American citizens and those of other nutions will be respected. * If our country does no more than her duty and claims no more than her treaty rights in Samoa, Germany must concede the latter, especially as ?<he joined England in guaranteeing the neutrality of the islands. Unless the -1* * latter is again - periiuicjun muiuu bhi.inust insist on non-iuterlerence in native wars l>y any foreign powers. The resolution on taxation for mijilary purposes, especially for immense coast fortifications, a great navy and the loO,()(JOsoldiers necessary toman the new forts and ships was sharply ilebated, criticised and controverted, rhc propositions made hy the l.'nited States army and naval officers before the Ilea con Club on the I'Cth hist, were quoted, especially the $l<>,<)00,0in) ; for the immediate defence of .Boston, igaiust an imagined enemy, and the i >3,000,000,000 proposed to fortify the whole country, The speakers pointed >ut that our country must imitate Europe in its taxes and its conscription For military purposes, and the policy i nlviscd by Washington, and hitherto |H!rsued, be reversed, and Amerioa become, like Europe, a great camp, ind that, too, with 110 enemy among he nations of the world. We would have a little more light if lie meeting or the reporter had given ulie difl'ercnee between "savage, warfare and the same thing done by 'Christians." - + . There is great need of such punishment in Columbia and doubtless the same i-i needed more or less in all the 'intelligent" and "Christian" Cities iu the land. Ki>. ('. N. In Buffalo, N. Y., February there' was an immense tire which destroyed! several business blocks iu the heart of: the city. In three hours $2,0()0,0lM)j worth of property was destroyed. ??'ot in (ierinanj' !>ict on Roiilimit Island. The following telegram shows that Malietoa, the King of Samoa, was not .sent to Germany as our correspondent states in his letter, but hid away? in another place. San Francisco, January 20.?The American schooner H. L. Tieman arrived here from Marshall Island, the place of banishment of Malietoa, the deposed King of Samoa. Malietoa arrived at Jaliot, on lion ham Island about November 2-3 cn the German war ship Olga.' He was accorded the liberty of tiie Island, but was guarded by German soldiers and prevented from holding intercourse with the white people of Jaliot. E. M. Morgan, United Slates consul at Jaliot, endeavored to get into a conversation with the deposed King, but was prevented from doing so. Malietoa has aged considerably since being placed in captivity. and wanders aimlesslv about Jaliot us if he hud given up ali hope ol escape. The discrepancy between the statement of our correspondent and the telegram was probably occasioned(? such is the duplicity of tyranny?) by giving out that TMalietoa would be carried to Germany when it was the purpose of his captors to locate him elsewhere. Our correspondent doubtless had authority for saying that the King had been deported to Germany. -- Dux.?This word owes its origin to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of Lincoln in the time of Henry VII. He is said to have been so extremely shrewd in the management of his rough business, and so dexterous in the collection of dues that his name became proverbial ; and whenever a man refused to pay his debts, it grew into a prevalent custom to say, "*Vhy don't you Dux him?" Any red fruit stains may be taken out by holding the stained places over a bowl and pouring boiling water through them before they are washed ; or burn a sulphur match under the stain, letting the fumes pass through. Stewed C'orx.?Scald just enough to harden, slice off'the ear, add sweet milk, butter and salt. Let simmer ten minutes. Tour in half a teacup of cream, in which beat an egg and a tablcspoonful of sugar. If you are obliged to leave a basket of clothes that have beeu' dampened for ironing, longer than usual, put them in a dry place away from artificial heat and they will not mildew or sour for days. Muffins.?One quart of flour, two teaspoons baking powder rubbed in the flour, one pint of sweet milk, three l?l/ UlUll-?|;WU3 lliCltUU UULIUI J bake quick. ?-? <B> ? ? The mouths and breasts of horse3 are especially exposed when driven in frosty weather. Protect them and the anmals cannot suffer much. Mr. Walter Buckmen, has been appointed to succeed the late Col. Gillespie as superintendent of the Southern Kxpress Company. The warehouse of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company with 2,34G bales of cotton was destroyed by fire February 1. loss 100,000. Dr. L. F. Shatter, who was in the pcniteniary for complicity in the insurance swindles by means of bogus burials died January 29, and was buried in the convict burying ground in this city. The best characters have a mixture of infirmities?, and the worst have some redeeming virtues. A note or check dated ahead is not i invalid, but it involves the risk of continge n cos. + v Tjiey Don't Try.?A little girl |i four years old was playing busily with j1 her numerous family of dolls. At length, she said: "Auntie, my chil-j dreu are coming to see you. Tliey arej full of mischief, and will spill water on your lloor, and do lots of things. 11 try to make them do better, but ij don't seem to succeed. They say their j prayers, too, hut I guess they leave?" , Here she hesitated, and so her auntie helped her along by saying, "Do they leave out that part of the prayer ask- , ing Jesus to make them good girls?" j "Xo," she said, "they say that; they j, ask Jesus to make them good girls ; , but 1 guess they leave it all for Him to! ] do, and don't try themselves." After j, thinking a moment, aunlie said, , irwt __ 111. " I Iicy are iiku suim; nine yui;, uic|< they not?" The child looked upjj quickly, and replied, "J)o you nicani me, auntie? J do try, don't I ?" j Death*. Mr. .f. N. Garner. Clerk of the Court for Par-! limglon County .since 1 died January 27,; isstf, as'ed >'?. j( Mrs. W. F. Neal.of New r.runswick, Maine, | died-In Columbia, January 311. Col.T. IV (iillespie, Superintendent of flier 1-V'Stern Pivision of the Souiliern Kxpress | Company, died at his home in Columbia,!, January."!, lsss, ntfed nearly r.l years. HeM was deservedly held in ni^li esteem by tlioi. community. i Uns? McNei l, Chester and Cheraw railroad. I was kill.-.1 Fob. I, by contact with an over- , head bridge. Albert W. Hammond of the police force, IColumbia, died l ob. I. Mi-s S'?i>hia I'odio, near Batesbnitf, died! January M'-', auod 1U. From her youth she! was a memlier of the Method K~Chureh. Mi-s Floreuee 1'oyd, daughter of 1 lev. 1). 1?-[ l!<:yd, Joncavillc Circuit, S. C. Conference died January, ?1SS5). Mr. B. Franklin Banks, of Lexington County, died February 1, in Charleston, where' he had gone for surgical treatment, * GRAINS. """"_" ' A charitable man is the true lover of God. ^The sting of a reproach is the truth * | Ho that lives with cripples leai^is to vpj A hedge between keeps friendship ||| green. Truth and oil always come to the surface. If the wind blows it enters at every creyice. Overmuch familiarity spoils good courtesy. Talking comes by nature; silence, of understanding. .. Never trust much to a new friend or t an old enemy. VVfyj The wolf changes his coat, but not 0 his disposition. Enjoy your little while the fool is , seeking for more. Old times are sweetest, and., old friends are surest. ' 1 Wit is folly, unless a wise man hath '[M I the keeping of it. It is not the hen which cackles most ' '* " that lays most eggs. : He sius as much who holds the sack as he who puts into it. Seta frog on a golden stool, and off v it hops agtyn into the pool. He who is everybody's friend is ei- ' ther very poor or very rich. With patience and time the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. "V. .. , I?1 A man's folly is his worst foe, and his discretion his best friend. It is better to be able to .say "no" thau to be able to read Latin* ? No man is wise enough y nor good " ; enough, to be trusted with unlimited : 5 power. He tliat has a little knowledge is far more likely to get more than he that u bas none. They who would be young when ? they are old must be old when they ' jjj are young. . A friend cannot be known in prosperity, and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. There would be less envy if we ; 'I would consider not what others possess 'M but what they enjoy. It is best to deceive no one?for he . who begins by deceiving others ends deceiving himself. For one man who sincerely pities C& our inisfortuues, there are a thousand ^ who sincerely hate our success. Som6 read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. Happiness is like the manna in the j: desert ; he that gathered much had . nothing over, and he that gathered lit" ^ tie had no lack. Some there are who profess to de- 'Cf spiseall flattery; but even these are nevertheless to be flattered by being told that they do despise it. The glory of Peace will live In everlasting Uoom. The glory of war expires ; .'-J Forever, In the tomb. That which we acquire with the most difficulty, we retain the longest: as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those f-' who have inherited one. ' O, children beloved, will yon not understand 'Tis the doubt in the heart that unnerves the hand? To the arm of a child, that would trust me all, With never a doubt of what would befall, .. I could trive the strength and the courage and skill Of the mightiest angel that does my will." 'I lie sense of right can more readily indurate the tender than melt the rocky soul, and that is the most finished character which begins in beauty tind ends in power; that leans on the love of kindred while it may, and when it may not can| stand erect in the love of God; that shelters itself amid the domesticities of life while duty wills, and when it forbids caii go forth under the expanse of immortality, and face any storm that beats, and traverse any wilderness that lies beneath that canopy. ? . "I'll never do that again," as the monkey said when he fell from the top of the mango tree and broke his back in the fall. There are many people who take ? red it to themselves for abstination from evil when they are not able to commit the evil they renounce. The sick man says, "I tear myself away from the worldthe poor man, "I ilenv myself the luxuries of life;" the -)ld man, "I abstain from the follies of youththe blind man, "I take no pleasure in riotous living;" the deaf man, "I make a point of never listening to the whispers of scandal." It may be too late, quite too late, to riirht mischief once done, to avert consequences, to stop tlie working of the evil that we have set in motion. Hut it is not too late, it is never too lute to come back to God. If you can't be what you might have been, you 2an still be something that Christ will love and value?an humble, penitent <oul. 11'you cannot serve God as you might have done?nay, if you have done harm that you can never undo? yet you can still give Him what he values more than all service?a will surrendered to His will. If it is too late for every thing else, it is never too late to join the service of Christ,