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The Abbeville Press and Banner. I BY HUGH WILSON ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1889. VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 41. ^ ' Bad Prayers. I do not liko to hear him nray On bended knee about an hour, For grace to spend aright the day. Who knows his neighoor has 110 flour. I'd rather see him go to mill, And buy the luckless brother breaci, And see his children eat their fill And laugh beneath thair humble shed. 1 I do cot like to hear him pray, "Let blessings 011 the widow be," Who never seeks her home to say, 1 "If want o'ertukes you, come to me." I hate the prayer, so loud and long. That's offered for the orphan's weal By him who sees him crushed by wr ing, y And only with his lips dolli feel. / I do not like to hear her pray, With jeweled ear and silken dress, / Whose washerwoman tf 'tis all day, And then is asked to work lor less. Such pious shavers I despise; With folded hands and face demure. They lift 10 heaven their "angel eyes," And steal the earnings of the poor. I do not like such soulless prayers? If wrong, I hope to be lorgiven : No angel wing tbem upward bears; They're lost a million miles from heaven, j The Relative Value of Different Kinds or mcai as roou. Fowl. There is no bird that may not be eaten in case of necessity. In other words, the flesh of 110 bird is in itself poisonous. The-same is true of the eggs of all birds. It is true that cases of poisoning from eating quails during spring have occurred; but the poisoning was due to the buds of the mountain laurel, upon which the birds fed. The flesh of carnivorous birds is strong in odor and in taste, aud would not form a tempting dish, save to one threatened with starvation. The light meats of birds are more easily digested, less rich it nitrogen aud in flavor than dark meats. Chicken broth is more nutritious than that made from either mutton or beef, and is often of great vaiue 10 me sick. Jish. Undoubtedly the flesh of some fish is poisonous. A fish is said to justify suspicion when it has attained a size unusual for one of its species. This popular idea may have a grain of truth in it. Fish should be discarded if the water in which it is being boiled blackens silver. The coloration is due to hydrogen sulphide (the gas of bad eggs), and indicates putrefactive changes. Decomposing fish has a pale look, and its belly is bluish. It is -withered, sticky to the touch, and foul in odor. The seller sometimes tries to hide the evidence of decomposition by taking the eye-balls out and coloring the gills with blood. Fish caught from putrid water should not be eaten. Sometimes, near large manufacturing establishments where a great deal of refuse is thrown into the water, the fish are killed, and may be brought to market. The flesh of such fish is yellowish, soft, spongy, and of foul odor. Fish may be divided into those furnishing white and those furnishing red meats. Those of the former class, as the whitefish, are delicate and easy of digestion, while those of the second class are ricner iu nitrogen, and more stimulating. Fish should not be left in the water after they are dead, but should be packed in ice. Fish should not be the chief flesh diet of a people, because it is not sufficiently stimulating. Indeed, it is doubtful if any class of people would voluntarily confine themselves to such food. But the occasional use of fish forms a change which ia both agreeable and beneficial. There is no truth in the popular idea that a fish diet is especialjy suited to the development of the brain and nervous system. Along with fish are often classed certain crustaceans, as the crab and lobster, and certain mollusks, as the oyster and mussel. The oyster and mildsei art; {jciauuuus, uui aic cmijj masticated aud digested. The lobster, crayfish, and crab are more muscular, and arc somewhat more difficult ol mastication and digestion. The nutritive value of the oyster is not very great, but its delicacy of flavor and ease of digestion make it of great value to all, and especially to the sick. The raw oyster is probably more easily digested than the cooked. The crab and lobster are of considerable nutritive value, though, on ac-< count of price, they are used principally as delicacies. Canaries Subject to Diphtheria. Happening into a bird-store one day recently a representative of this paper had a chat witu the proprietor on the subject ol' birds, generally. Of canaries, he said: ''There never was a greater demand for these beautiful songsters than there has been for the past three months. The demand is greater every winter, but this winter beats them all." "What's the cause of this?" he was asked. "Dyptlieria," he replied. -ID iiicxu tin C]yiuviuiv uiu\/ii^ nivm ? "Ko, not exactly. You see, birds in a house will take almost any infectious disease which may happen to alHict the members of the household, and they die of!" very quickly once they are taken sick. They will take scarlet-fever, measles, almost any thing, like a human being. They cannot be cured, for by the time their sickuess is discovered they are two far gone for aid. Hundreds of canaries as well as other household birds have died because of the prevalence of diphtheria during the winter. I dare say there will be many pathetic stories told siiortly of the simultaneous death of children and their favorite birds, and much talk of broken bird-hearts. When it is understood that the child and the bird have had the same disease, the pathos will vanish. Peolpe who have had valuable songsters and know their nature always remove them from a sick-room to a distant part of the house, but as a general thing the owners of songsters understand very little about them other than that they can sing." The Oldest Max.?The oldest man in the world is said to be James James, a colored citizen of the United Ststew, who resides at Santo Iiosa, Mexico. He is 135 years old. He was born near Dorchester, S. C., in 175l\ He was one of the laborers at Fort Moultrie during the unsuccessful attack by the JJritish fleet in 1770, He was then twenty-four years old. His Master, James James, manned one of the guns during the fight. His last owner was Henry James, who moved into Mexico in 1S5S in order that his slaves might beeome free before his death. At present the rheumatism keeps James from walking, but he can drag himself a short distance, and otherwise is in fairly good health. _ The fellows who did not get elected j have a very poor opinion of the people's judgment. Lj/' - Lessons la Etiqnettc. The following lesson in street etiquette may contain a usful liiut for more than one young man who may never have looked at the matter iu the light in which it was forcibly brought to the attention of a thoughtless brother: A youug man whom we will call John stood in the doorway of one 01 the crowded streets of a large city. Another young man, with a youug woman leaning on his arm, passed along the street. "iiallo, Mary!" called John, from the doorway, loudly and familiarly, to the young woman. The youug man with her stopped, excused himself, and lett the yjuug woman at a milliner's shop near by. Then he went back to the one called JoUn, who still stood in the doorway, and asked him what he meant by his impertinence. " >v uai uu juu incuii uj lui^vin nence?" angrily asked John. "Youinsuiteu the lady 1 was with," was the reply. "1 didn't do anything but say, "Hallo, Mary?" And,anyway, don't you know she's iny sister "Yes, 1 know that, but you had no right to attract attention to her on a crowded street by hallooing at her. Do you suppose the other fellows and the crowu knew tbat you were her brother! What would they think oj a girl thus accosted?" 'Never thought o' that," said the brother, slowly. "Well I'll look out next time." Interruptions. Liability to unforeseen interruption, says the Sunday School Times, is a onnnifiiiiT linliilitir ti-> nvorv nrifi 1UUOU anuvtTii?j? fcv vfv.j who diligently pursues his vocation in life. Interruptions are stops of our train not provided for by the time-table; they dissipate the accumulated momentum of our progress, which would be almost sufficient to carry us on by itself. They not only throw us behind time for a few minutes, but by our loss of those few minutes we may be prevented from making connections at the junctions, aud thus be cut oft' entirely from the reaching of our destination, while the danger of collisions in our engagements, and the consequent wreck in our projects, is, there- , by, increased. And yet the unavoidable interruptions in our life's work are providential, and, therefore, work together with all other things for our highest good in God's service. The callers Who throw us off the track, or the severe sickness which brings us to a stop, may have been sent to put us in ? *? fwnnlr tirAfD II UKlier piilUC IlialJ lLie nativ II v. nviv on, or to reveal to us that we were goins wrong when we thought we were going right. The interposition of internal or exterual difficulties, of a refractory intellect, or of inclement weather, between ourselves and our object, may be the very best thing for us. We may need to be stimulated, or we may need to be hindered. In fact, life's continuity needs to be broken up and interrupted for us. We are to be not ode-sided, but many-sided. We ought not to desire to devote ourselves so exclusively to the pursuit of any one object as that thereby we shut all others out. Hence it is that interruptions, even though they be unpleasant and annoying at the time, are often blessings in disguise. Christianity as the Chnrch Now Exhibits it ill Relation to War. These words of Laurens P. Hickok, an excellent minister of the gospel, a profound ecnoiar, iormeriy a rroiessor aud a President of Union College, are worthy of the serious consideration of every Christian, and especially those Christians who believe that Christianity, as now generally taught and practiced, would, if prevalent in all nations, bring to the world universal peace. J. h. "Alas! if Christianity, as the Church now exhibits it, were to become universal, it would leave the nations of the earth still in the allowed use of all their terrible preparations for the slaughter of each other. And would such a result l>c that day of glory which the prophets have described? Surely something must be done to spread Christianity throughout the earth of a better form than her professors have practiced for sixteen centuries, or the lion aud the lamb will never lie down together." 1) rA*?i?nT?c ad rrxi P Pi>rec Tlip firof X I r>Ti J\0 Vf 1 i i li X ivuuo. Aijv 4..WV newspapers published iu this country were the following: First newspaper?Colonial Press, Boston, 1G90. First political paper?Journal, New York, 1733. First daily paper?Advertiser, Philadelphia, 1774. First religious paper?Recorder, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1814. First agricultural paper?American Farmer, Baltimore, 1S18. First commercial paper?Prices Current, New Orleans, 1822. First peuuy paper?Morning Post, New York, 1S33. First independent paper?Herald, New York, 1835. First illustrated paper?News, Boston, 1853. First religious daily? Witness, New York, 1870. First illustrated religious paper? Weekly, New York, 1871. First paper west of the Mississippi? Republican, St. Louis, 1808. First illustrated daily iu the world? Graphic, New York, 1873. First Woman's Rights paper?Lily, Seneca, Falls, New York, 1847. Cleaning the Corners.?A friend of mine once told me that when he was a boy his father sent him to clean the windows. He got a cloth, and began rubbing away at the panes. Byand-by his father came to see how the work was getting on. He found the little fellow rubbing at the middle of a pane, where it was already clean, and never touching the corners, which were full of dirt, and said : "Never mind the middles of the panes?they are always clean; clean the corners!" The boy never forgot what his father said, and afterwards saw how well it applied to liis life and tne Jives 01 otners, as well as to the window-panes. There is no greater mistake than to suppose than Christians can impress the world by agreeing with it. No : it is not couformity that we want: it is not being able to beat the world in its own way ; but it is to stand apart and above it, and to produce the impression of a holy and separate life?this only can give us a true Christian power. Household Hints. Kitchen floors painted with boiled linseed oil are easily cleaned. When broiling steak throw a little salt on the coals and the blaze lrom dripping fat will not annoyBiack cotton gloves or Blockings will not crack if scalded in salt and water before wearing them. A little vinegar mixed with stove polish will prevent the dust from flying, and will make the stove brighter. i? lour of sulphur has proved to be au efficient preventive against the ravages of carpel bugs or buttalo moths. Carbolic acid may be used with satisfactory results during Summer months to destroy ants, and as a disinfectant. A clotn saturated in kerosene and dipped into whiting, for cleaning tinware* is much beuer ihan anything else used. To remove irou rust, apply lemon juice, place in the sun, covered with glass, till of a lemon color, theu let it stand in boiliug water till cold. When the nose threathens to bleed excessively, it can sometimes be arrested by putting the feet into hot water, or by applying a mustard plaster between tne shoulders. When watering potted plants in winter do not pour tne water iu the crown of the plants, but simply moisten the earth in the pots. Too much moisture will (lo more injury than benelit. To raise the pile of plush or velvet dampen on the wrong side with cleau, cold water, then hold tight across the face of a hot iron and rub up the crushed spot with a stiff, clean brush. To apply a mustard plasler so as not to blister the skin, mix the mustard with the white of au egg instead of water. The plaster will draw thoroughly without blistering the most delicate skin. liingworms often come on the healthy skin without "any apparent cause or provocation," are very stubborn, and will yield to but few remedies ! but borax will effectually cure them. Wash with a strong solution three times a day, and dust over the fine, dry powder. We.have removed the very worst ink stains from carpets of very delicate colors by rubbing them with skimmilk, and when they are almost effaced, washing them with a cloth wrung out in boiling water without soap. Then cover the place with a dry cloth, and let it remain so for a day. , Some Wise Thoughts of the Greeks. No one is free who is not master of himself. If you wish to be good, firsu believe you are bad. What is not right to do, do not even imagine yourself as doing, You will err least in your judgments if you err not in your life. Choose the best life, habit will make it sweet. When friends are present, do to them good deeds ; when they are ab sent, speak of them good words. Time freeth fools, but reason frees the wise from grief. Wise he who fretteth not for what he lacks, but who rejoiceth in the things he has. If anyone tells you that a person is speaking ill of you, make no defense with reference to what was said ; but reply, "You see, he did not know my other bad qualities, or he would not have mentioned only these." May I add another thought, suggested by the one above ? Become not angry with thy friend when he chideth thee wrongfully, but remember that he hath often praised thee beyond thy desert. We may combine the two thus: Balance the falsehoods of an enemy by the truths he might have said ; and the undue censure of a friend by the undue praise he often giveth thee. How He Lost HTs Situation.? The editor of the Waynesburg (Pa.) Republican asked his nephew. "How came you, James, to loseyour place?" "Well, I'll tell you," was the reply. "I had an easy berth ; got my seventyfive dollars a month; had an assistant.' didn't have to get down till eight in the morning; left at five; had a chance to take life easy, hut gradually began to take it too easy?did n't get down until nine in the morning instead of eight; waited to smoke two cigars instead of one; grew careless of my money, used four dollars where I had been using two. "First, I knew my salary was cut down a little, and then a little more; but I I couldn't take the hint, but fretted about my poor situation, and one morning I waked up after a night's spree, and lo! T didn't have any situation at all. But I'll tell you what I did have, uncle, I had my experience." That youth is working at forty-five dollars a month now, instead of seventy-flve, but be already has six hundred dollars in the bank. Would that more of our youths might be profited by his experience. Snowballs.?Pare and core six apples ; fill the space with a little marmalade of any kind, or sugar and spice with a bit of chopped lemon or orange peel. Place each apple in a separate cloth, and scatter over each two tablespoonfuls of rice. Tie rather loosely, and boil for one hour. For the sauce, cream a piece of butter the size of an egg with a cup of fine sugar; add the grated rind and juice of one orange, or its equivalent in any kind of fruit juice from canned fruit. Pour over slowly a pint of boiling water. Timeliness is as important as fitness. The right thing may become wrong unless it is in the right time. Look well to the time of doing anything; there is a time for all things. If your wife looks wearied and worn out, be sure it is not the right time to tell her that the dinner is not hot, or that the * n k ureau is sour, ^oioion uw, uuc? nn up. Use the ten thousand stratagems you were wont to handle so skillfully in the old days to bring out the smiles around her lips. A Puksonal Application.?Husband?My dear, that is a long motto you are working. Wife?Yes, John. He reads on it: "While the lamp holds out to l>urn, The vilest sinner may return." "It is to be hung in the vestibule of the church, my dear?" "No, John ; I'll hang it on the chandelier in the hall." Gluck, the composer, having one day mislaid bis tenij>er, shouted to his servant, "This is really unbearable! Are you mad, or am I?" "O," said the man, humbly, "surely your excellency would not keep a servant who is mad!" (t ' * i ' - ' ' ' * . Fairs Perverted. It is a great pity that horse-racing should be so largely practiced at the various agricultural fairs. That men should meet together after harvest to < compare their success as measured by the variety and exteut of the crops they have oeen able to secure irom the ! bounty of nature, is not only harm- i less, but directly beneficial. An intel- i ligent comparison of methods of pro- < cedure is always wise, and tends di- ] reclly to improvement, while competi- i tion is at the bottom ol" any successful ; and growing business, but the sub- 1 tlety of Saian is exhibited at agricul- j tural shows, as well as everywhere i else among his children, by inducing s them to add that which is always de- 1 grading to that which is in itscll i harmless. Not satisfied with the quiet i service he receives from all who are s Wtt (,nfrin(r tf\ c UUt H UG I^UllSHiUia, UJ gvui/iug buwt ,u make "trials of speed," a priucipal at- t traction at their gatherings, he sue- i ceeds in foisting upon the community t an evil, recognizeu as such by the law, \ and by universal experience. As a t consequence, the autumn fairs instead i of being gatherings of neighbors to e compare results, have in large measure c degenerated into speculations to make i money, which draw together huge 1 crowds, among which are gamblers, j betting men and other dissolute char- t acters, drawn thither by the racing, i making them almost entirely unfit lor 1 the presence of respectable people, and i schools of vice most injurious to the J young. The evil is a great aud grow- ( ing one which should receive prompt i attention at the hands of the proper ] authorities. I 1 A Story for Wires. ( A wife once retired for the night, ' worn-out and petulant because of her 1 many cares and her husband's absence ? when she thought he might have been j at her side. After a time he came ' homp. sat, down at his desk, and work- f ed loug aud hard at lais accounts, 6 while she lay looking out at him, and feeling angry shat lie' seemed wholly ? unmindful of her. When he had laid ! away slate and books she saw him uu- 1 lock a drawer, and take from it a pic- ! ture, which he lingered loviugly over, ! tenderly kissed, and then replaced. 1 Her woman's curiosity was roused, 1 and she determined to know more of the matter. So, while he was getting ready for bed, slie feigned sleep. He soon slept soundly, aud then she crept 1 from her place, like a thief in the night, took the keys, unlocked the 1 desk and drawer, and found that her husband had been kissing a picture of ' herself, which was taken when they 1 were first married. Then she was chagrined aud mortified because she had 1 not been a more loving wife, and weut { back to bed with new resolutions formed. In the moruing she put on a ! wrapper that was clean and very be- 1 coming, a collar and bow, aud carefully brushed ber hair. When her bus- s baud came in to breakfast, he looked 1 at her, caught her in his arms, aud kissed her. Then he asked the chil- ? dreu if the little mother didn't look J pretty. She was wise enough not to forget the lesson. ' A Cheat Exposed. A man working in a large factory | was hit in the left eye by a hammer j which slipped from the hand of a fellow workman. The man said his eye , was blinded by the blow. The doctors j could not see that the eye had been in- \ jured at all, but he brought suit agamst the owner of the factory for compensa- > tion for the loss of half his eye-sight. , When the day of the trial came an j eminent oculist examined the man's left eye, and said he believed it to be ( as good as the right one. The man , l still declared that he could not see any ( thing with the left eye; but by a simple device the oculist convinced the ? Court and the jury that the man was a ( perjurer, aud presenting a false claim. , The oculist knew that the colors green j and red combined make black ; so he prepared a black card on which a few , words were written 111 green iiik. t Then the man was ordered to put on a I pair of speetaeles with two different j glasses, a red one for the right eye, and a piece of ordinary glass for the left. ( When he had put them on, the black card was handed to him and he was ( told to read the writing on it. This he j did without hesitation, and the cheat t was at once exposed. The red glass g over his sound right eye made the J green writing look black like the rest j of the card, so he could not have read s it with that eye alone; and the left t eye, which he said was sightless, was t the one with which the reading had A been done. c City gent: "Can you tell me of any nice farm-house round here where I t can get board ?" v Farmer: "Nicefarm-house?" t City gent; "Yes." 1 Farmer: "Wal', Is'poseyou waut a 1 nice, cheerful place, whar you can be y accommodated with tolerably good 1 sized rooms ?" i City gent: "Just so." 1 Farmer: "And whar they keep a i kerridge?" f City gent: "Exactly!" t Farmer: "And whar you kin get f plenty of fresh eggs, and milk, and J chickens, and vegetables, and such like?" City gent-; "Precisely!" . Farmer: "And whar they charge pretty moderate?" ( City gent: "The very thing I , want." Farmer: "\Val\ there aren't no sich y place reound here." ( ( They Don't Try.?A little girl , four years old was playing busily with t her numerous family of dolls. At lmirUi slm said: "Auntie, mv chil ilreu are coming to see you. They are j full of mischief, and will spill water ? on your floor, and do lots of things. I J try to make them do better, but I j don't seem to succeed. They say their t prayers, too, but I guess they leave?" j Here she hesitated, and so iier auntie j helped her along by saying, "Do they t leave out that part of the prayer asking Jesus to make them good girls?" "No," she said, "they say that; lliey ( ask Jcsns to make them good girls"; . but ] guess they leave it all for Him to ( do, and don't try themselves." After j thinking a moment, auntie said, , "They u:e like some little girls, are , they not?" The child looked up j quickly, and replied, "Do you mean j me, auntie? I do try, don't I ?" ? The difference between a journalist < and an editor is, the journalist is a man j who writes things for the newspapers; i the editor is the man who leaves out i what the journalist writes. i Importance of Sleep. Prof. Haven, of the Michigan 'University, who publishes occasional papers on the subject of health, in a recent article has the following on sleepIt is fraught with good common sense: The law of life most frequently violated by students is the demand for timely and sufficient sleep. The mind uses up the machinery of the body when awake, in proportion to the rapidity and energy of its working, and ;he reservoir is rilled up again in sleep. Henry Kirk White shortened his life, lot with a dagger or opium, but with in alarm clock. He did not retire to "est when he should, and obeyed the mmmons of his villainous clock when le should have slept. He died in 1806, igcd twenty-one. Probably he might lave been alive to-day. '"But I can lit up all night," says the youthful itudent, "even after a hearty supper, ina leei no oaa enecis. i ruuy again n twenty-four hours." Of course you lo. He would be a feeble younger .vho could not endure dissipation for a irne. This is the advantage of youth ind a good constitution. If you must ;xpose yourself in this way for a sulll:iently worthy motive, do it like a nan, and bear it. Over-punctilious nen, who live according to the timeaiece and balances, are not the highest ype of men. But the everlasting fact emains that nature will enforce her aws. If you deprive yourself of ;imely and sufficient sleep, prepare to Day the penalty when the day of reckming comes. Come it will. The sto ies about Wesley, Lord Brougham, Srapoleon and others, who only slept bur or six hours in the twenty-four, lave done much harm. They are gen;rally not really true, for these short sleepers almost invariably take many laps in the day time. If not, they are ;xceedingly regular in their other habta nnd losft no fimp in Wiikefnlnpss in led. It is wise to take regular sleep mough to keep the nervous system steady and strong. Almost as injurious as late hours at light is the practice of rising too early n the morning. The best alarm clock s sunlight. The eyes should not be vearied by artificial light in the mornng. If they must bear this exposure, et it be just previous to the repose of light. ? <n? Various Thoughts. Pity toward the bad is always a duy Gospel truths can never become comnonplace to the Christian. We cannot truly reform the wicked )y a harsh, cruel spirit and conduct to liem. It is a good indication when we are lisgusted and impatient with sin in mrselves. No person of good sense, in good lealth, is precise in regard to the qualty of daily food. JNIany persons are learned in art, in science, in literature, who are very iglorant in self-knowledge. Christian communion should be sought and prized, not mainly for enoymeut, but for improvement. We snould be extremely covetous ind in great baste to be "rich in good works." That is being rich indeed. Without true self-knowledge, all )ther kinds of knowledge will be of 3ut little use to us, and that little use jut a little while. "Glory to God in the highest, on sarth peace, good will toward men," s the glory of "the glorious gospel of ;he blesseu God." Many persons, and even some who profess to be Christians, appear to be uore deeply interested in Shakespeare ;han in Solomon. A Christian may spend too much ;ime in retirement with God but the jreat danger is in directly the opposite )f this practice. luuny persons oi eminent laieuts ind piety often sadly injure a good ;ause by the injudicious inanuer in .vhich they present some of its most important principles. If we are truly meek and reasonable ,ve shall as cheerfully and fully accord superiority of mental as of physical strength to another when such strength s evident to us. Though we can learn enough from ,he works of creation and the Holy Scriptures, concerning the nature and :haracter of God, to excite our prooundest reverence, admiration, wonler, arid love, yet as to the full understanding and comprehension of His lature and power, our knowledge is ess than the light of a spark to the ipleudor of the light of the sun, and ,his question to man, in time and in iteruity, will always be pertinent and veighty: "Who by searching can find >ut God?" Lies and Liars.?Of all the cow irdly, unmanly acts in the whole ange of sin, a lie is the most conemptible. To a healthy mind a deiberate lie is impossible; it is absonfoKr iiir-nrrmntihle with ail holiest MVWV * J lelf-respect. No matter whether the ie be discovered or not, the utterer is lonscious that he is a liar when lie ooksat himself in the mirror. The nan who lies, and has ceased either to eel shame or sorrow for falsehood, is lie most degraded being imaginable? ar beneath the maniac and the idiot. rie can only be execrated or pitied. Nothing can be more certain than hat the character can be sustuined md strengthened only by its own energetic action. The will, which is the jentral force of character, must be rained to habits of decision : othervise it will be able neither to resist ?vil nor to follow good. Decision jives the power of standing* firmly, vlien to yield, however slightly, night betonly the only the first step in i downhill course to ruin. A number of youths in Shelbina, \lo., have organized themselves into ..:^1 anniatv rPh<i nliW'f is fr> s<?o vii cm* owvivvj . w^jwx.? ? hat the poor widows of that town mve their wood sawed an?l placed in lie shed without cost. The boys go rom house to house after having finshed their own work and perform the mssion for which they are organized. The Christian, if called in the piovilence of God, should cheerfully expose his life to danger of death by lire >r water or wind or the malice of men, n order to save human life from leath ; but the ri?ht to intentionally lestroy human life will have to be found'away from the example and teachings of his Master, Jesus Christ Habits of inattention, of mental indolence, of surface or of random thinking, of inexact statement though they may involve no conscious wickedness, are'the source of a wide-spread and insidious corruption of character. FROM OUR SAMOAN CORRESPONDENT. Hospital* for Snmoan Soldlem?An Angel or Mcrcy?A Touching Incldciit?Samoan Courtesy and Kindncu. Sydney, New South Wades, 'Australia, Dec. 21,1888. Dear Neighbor: Perhaps no truer evidence of the bravery, the fortitude, the loving faithfulness of Samoan character can be had than is any day to be observed in the military hospital camp in Apia. My first visit was paid the night after a battle, and new subjects were being constantly added to the already large number of wounded in the tents. Yet from all those suffering warriors, some of whom were in th? very agonies of death, not'a murmur, not a groan was heard. Surgical operations were being performed on every side, wounds were being cleansed and : dressed, still no sound escapde the lips of those who suffered. The hosuital tents were constructed with the spars and sails of the English and American men-of-war, and were erected in the grouuds of tiie British Consulate. Straw mats of native make, covered with ''tappa cloth,"? "tappa cloth" is a strong and durable fabric made by the natives from the fibre of cocoa-n uts trees,?were the beds the wounded lay upon. The fitful light of numerous oil lanterns suspended from the ridge-rope of the tents ! shone upon two rows of maimed men and women in each pavilion. Nurses?native women, relatives of the wounded?attended them night and day. Here and thei a, I saw tears' glistening in the eyes of some aged ( women, leaning over the prostrate ' form of a husband, brother or son. : Priests and missionaries, of antago- 1 nistic creeds, co-operating harmonious- ' ly in their ministrations upon the dy- j iug; French Sisters of Mercy nursing < and comforting some dusky warrior 1 as his spirit fled into the world where i is no horrible war and strife. But who J is that woman clad in a dark gown, a 1 moment here, bending over the form of a man trembling in the last agony, ) and whispering some soothing word in ' his fain tinir ear then kneeling be- 1 side a brave young woman who "went ; into battle with her brothers, and who I is now giviug up her life for the cause she espoused but a few hours ago,? I who she is? Indeed, it seems that she i is wanted at every hand: the hope- < ful cases smile gladly when she comes, < the nurses g've way reverently at her i approrch, and dying men's eyes are i suffused with a softer light when she i touches the fevered brow with her soft v/hite hand. Who is it, that everyone welcomes so eagerly at every > turn? Mrs. de Coetlogan, the wife of : the British Consul, an English gentlewomen. No wonder that her footsteps i are hailed with blessings, her kindly < acts received with loving adoration, for she it is who has been foremost in i caring for the wounded in the Samoan war. From the first she has given her time and strength to the care of those who have fallen in battle, and sq the whole people have grown to love her aoove an owners. It was remarkable the number of wounds received iu the shoulders by : Malietoa's men whilestormingthe fort | at Laulii nearly three-forths of all the subjects brought into the camp from thatengagement suffered such wounds, the firing having been above them, sending the bullets straight down through shoulders and breast. An horrible accident, which taxes belief sorely, came to my knowledge a day or two after the battle of Laulii. A young-woraan4-scarcely more than a girl in years?belonging to Malietoa's army was seriously wounded in the engagement, and wa.4 brought to her home iu Apia for surgical treatment. Shortly afior her arrival the head of her brother, a Tamasese soldier, was brought into town, and through the intercession of a family frieud, was taken to the wounded girl. This was considered by the natives an exceptional kindness, and so it was, according to the usages of Samoan warfare. At first I did not credit the story, but to satisfy, myself about it, I went, some hours later to the hut in which the girl j lay wounded, and more i iouiiu ner reclining upon a mat, caressing the bloody head of her slain brother. No heed did she pay to her surroundings, but lay there silently fondling and kissing the dead face of her loved one. I have met no people in the world so kind and c mrteous as the Somoans. This seems a sweeping statement, but my varied experiences there enable me to make it in all sincerity. I have been thrown into close contact with all clases of them and in all sorts of circumstan- 1 ces. Day and night, in time of battle, I have taxed their hospitality and J friendship to a great degree in the performance of duty at different places on 1 the Island, and everywhere kindness ' and assistance were gladly rendered without thought of reward. Time and space would Jail me to relate a half of nil T Ronld sav of their friendly acts. , One incident will faintly illustrate their treatment of me whenever I was ' in need of help : On the2Sth of November it became necessary for me to go from the JVipsic at Saluafaata to communicate with parties in Apia?twelve miles distant; taking a small boat I set out about nightfall, but before half the distance had been covered a considerable squall overtook me and checked 1 the headway of the boat, drenching me pretty thoroughly the while. The six ; stout sailors iu the crew had a rough1 time the remainder of the pull, and just | before reaching Apia we encountered ' another and more severe squall which j set us back again; the rain came down j so heavily that, although I knew I i was iu the harbor, I was unable to see! the beacon lights on and could not heari the breakers from the rtefs until fairly j upon them. This obliged me to "Jay! to" until the storm was spent, and, when I reached Apia it was nearly j eleven o'clock?the journey having,! consumed almost five hours instead ofp only two. Business transacted, I look- j: ed about for a lodirintr place for a few | hours. Finding everything shut up, I j at last roused anative/amil.v.'and asked for shelter. jSto more hearty welcome j have I received anywhere: I was taken ! in and given food, and told to rest. It j; was insisted that I should remove my wet garments and adopt the "lavalava," a wide waistcloth worn by hoth sexes in Samoa; this I was nothing i loth to do, and when I lay down to sleep I was told to give my eel f no concern for the hour of awakening (I had to leave Apia an hour before daybreak the next morning) as I should be called in ample time. What was my astonishment, upon being aroused a few hours later, to find my clothes dried and ready for comfortable use again, and a hearty breakfast awaiting me before my unseasonable departure. . :!jk Two of the natives bad built a flreoutside the house when I retired, and had remained up the rest of the night providing for my comfort on the return trip to Saluafanta. These people had . .' jgl nothing to make or lose by their treat- ' ment of me, and made no ado over their labor?yet what truer evidence .;/< of innate kindness and hospitality could one desire or receive ? Many other instances could I relate, but refrain, lest some should think my "M simple acknowledgment of Samoan kindness to be only sentimental enthusiasm' and exaggeration. However, such thoughts effect me not, and as long as I live I shall remember $ the Samoans with loving gratefulness. v' xf S.7T "Rnnwwp A Desirable Quality. One of the most desirable things in the Christian life is an agreeable temper. That royal touch-stone, which .vi men call disposition, needs to be ever in order to get the best benefits of religion. We are too apt to get off our pase, and borrow trouble at a large rate of interest, or fret and worry :$M about difficulties real or imaginary. No doubt the beauty of the Christian . ''"'i rlife is sadly marred by the disposition to fret. There was one lesson tnat the Apostle Paul had mastered that it would be well for us to learn. He says: "I have learned in whateverstate I am therewith to be content." This is, to a great degree, the secret of his mighty > faith, and it is a secret we shall do well to learn. As no child is too young to be trained in the Christian life, so no adult is ever too old to be regarded ?h mnr? > -'..OS#? than a child in Christ. If it is good .7& for a vivacious child ;to learn to exercise self-restraint by keeping quiet through a church service, it is good for grown persons to exercise their self control if tempted to complain of that '"$j child's evidencing its weariness. It may be that the child is making more ''tfM heroic and laudable efforts to attain a becoming stillness in the presence of a wearisome service, than the querulous ; adult is making in the presence of the .. wearied child. Of course, there is a titnessandan unfitness of times and places. But it is unfair to conclude that because a particular person is - -'%?? made fidgety by the child's presence that the child should be kept from ' tg church, just as it would be unfair to V->|1 conclude that if that grown person un- . dulV attracted the philH'o attunHnn that he should therefore absent himself from the service. Both persons are but children, after all; and,, with certain limits, each has rights that the other is bound to respect. Eaoh ? rv-l one is, indeed, God's training agency for the other. Let the little child \wn learn to exercise becoming self-restraint in the presence of a service specially devised for the adult; but let the child of larger growth also learn to \ exercise patience and sel?-restraint in the presence of a wearied and justly restless child. Every one wh > would make progress in the moral life must cultivate ana re- cjj fine his moral perceptions, just as he who would make progress in the intellectual life must cultivate and refine his mental perceptions. If, as Her- , } chel said, precision is the soul of science, precision is in a like sense the soul of morals. It is quite common to ridicule moral "hair-splitting;" and ' r| yet there is in every moral question the situation at which it is necessary , to split the hair. The line in ethics, 11 '| as in mathematics, has length, but not thickness. Bacon saw that the advancement of physical science dependOfl 1iipct?1v lin/in /-ill r TiAnioi' tn X.XA. '?-* * b ?7 VMk TT VI W 1VUUG1 minute phenomena perceptible to the ': iA; senses dv instruments of measurement. The moral eye, the moral ear, the moral touch, are our God-given instruments. It is our business to sharpen their edges, to polish their hearings, :'-?j to adjust their relations. It is our bus- . . inesa to weigh consequences with them, to measure results by them, to ascertain the bearings of the soul-life through them. A point in mathematics has no dimensions, but merely position. Every transaction in life has a moral point in it. The inevitable obli- , V: nation upon every one connected with that transaction is to give that point its true position. And through or around every transaction, every thought indeed, one must, once for all, draw the indelible and eternal line. Paper Bottles.?It Is announced f Yiat nonnr Kntfltia am f a Ka mnnnAiA. uiiMv> pupvi uwvuivo aiv tu uc uiauuiaiT* tured on a very extensive scale. Their , *3 weight is less than glass or stone ware, find they are less liable 4o breakage. Paper being also an excellent non-con[luctor, fluids stored in air-tight bottles will withstand a more intense decree of heat or cold than when put in ordinary bottles. The big whisky, oil, and other monopolies call themselves "trusts." They would ruin the language as well as (he business and morals of the country. aS Christ is the best of paymasters. He borrowed Peter's boat to preach from, and at the close of sermon gave him such a diaught of fishes as he had not nau ueiore. ^ tij Coffee Cream.?'This is a delicate and agreeable dish for an evening entertainment. Dissolve one ounce and a quarter of isinglass in half a pint of water. Boil for two hours a teacupful of whole coffee in about half a pint of water (ground coiree is not so good for the purpose); add a teacupful to the melted isinglass. Put them into a saucepan with half a pint of milk, and let the whole boil up, sweeten with loaf sugar, and let it stand ten minutes to cuol, then add a pint of good cream ; stir it well up and pour it into a mold mid put it intoa cool place to fix; turn it out ou a glass dish before serving up. A Neglected Disinfectant.? When the household of our grandmothers was threatened with infection the common practice was to sprinkle brimstone on a hot shovel or on hot coals on a shovel and carry the burning result through the house. But now this simple method of disinfecting has gone out of fashion without any good and sufficient reason. The principle reason is neither good nor sufficient, viz., that nobody can patent it and sell it in twenty-five and fifty cent bottles < y?'y %