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| BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1889. VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 43. .-jf
I Extracts from Jonathan and Ills Coutlnent.
BY MAX O'RELL.
The population of America is sixty
millions?mostly colonels.
If the earth is small, America is
large, and the Americans are immense
!
From east to west, America stretches
over a breadth of more than 3,000
miles. Here it is well to put some
readers on their guard, in case an
American should one day put to them
one of his favorite question : "Where
is the center of America?" I myself
imagined that, starting from New 1
York and pushing westward, one <
would reach the extremity of America i
on arriving at San Francisco. Not so,
and here Jonathan has you. He <
knows you are going to answer wrong- !
ly, and if you want to please him, you >
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IJLliU9t iCb juuiavrn uc vau^ut. au uuxo aiv
tie trap, because it will give him such I
satisfaction to put you right. At San 1
Francisco, it appears you are not quite 1
half way, and the center of America is I
really in the Pacific ocean. Jonathan j
more than doubled the width of his 1
contiuent in 1867, when for the sum of i
$7,000,000 he purchased Alaska of the J
Russians. (
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The Englishman, on his side, has no i
antipathy whatever to the Americans, i
For that matter the Englishman has t
no antipathy for any one. He de- t
spises, but he "does not hate, a fact t
which is irritating to the last degree to c
the objects of his attention. When a i
man feels that he has some worth, he 1
likes to be loved or hated; to be treat- s
ed with indifference is galling. John i
Bull looks on the American as a par- i
venu, and smiles with incredulity t
when you say that American society is I
not only brilliant and witty, but quite c
as polished as the best European socie- {
ty. i
It is this haughty disdain which ex- c
asperates Americans. t
Jonathan has forgotten that the En- I
glish were once his oppressors ; he for- t
gives them for the war of 1812; with- s
out forgetting it, he forgives them for a
having, during the civil war, sided g
with the slaveowners; but he cannot r
forgive au Englishman for coming to a
his dinner table in a tweed suit. 1
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I was chatting one day with an t
American about the famous Col. Rob- 1:
ert Ingersoll. c
"He is your greatest orator, I am v
told," I said. t
"Yes," he replied, "Ingersoll can t
fill theiMetropolitan opera house any I
day, and have Ave thousand dollars in t
the house." d
Certainly that is a curious way to p
speak of a great orator, a great writer a
and a great thinker. ?
The American may be eccentric, or
what you will, but he is never monotonous.
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The Slaughter of Birds. ^
Unless prompt measures are taken ^
to put a stop to the useless slaughter of n
the little birds, simply for the purpose *
of ornamenting the bonnets and hats
of the ladies, the luxury will be a dear ?
one. Nearly $1,000,000,000 is lost ^
every year from the depredations of '
insects, and without the aid and assistance
of the birds we will be powerless
to protect ourselves. Nor can the D
matter be postponed. The birds are 8
being reduced in numbers, and the insects
are increasing. Every season's '
delay renders the extermination of the 0
insects more difficult, as the birds will ?
require several years to regaiu their
numbers, while the insects will be
more strongly entrenched. It seems 0
but a very insignificant matter to kill 1
a bird, and the enormity of the destruction
is not comprehended, because 8
they are slaughtered here and there,
but over 40,000 are annually kill- c
ed in the neighborhood of Cape Cod. J
The statement is made that dealers in
New York handle 100,000 bird skins a
year, and it is time the cruel business *
be stopped. If "gentle woman" herself
will allow her finer feelings to 1
prompt her, the murderous practice ?
will cease. It is cruel, injurious, and
entirely at variance with refined taste.
Leaving the little birds to take their ?
chaiices with owls, hawks, and other
enemies, is subjecting them to risks
enough, but when the trap, snare and
shot-gun is used against them, they t
will be fortunate if they avoid exter- a
initiation. t
A (jierman critic thus distinguishes t
between ridicule, wit, irony and hu- t
inor: "Ridicule is the wit of a stupid a
or vulgar person; wit the ridicule of a e
superior intellect or a man of the r
world ; irony the wit of a thinker, and l
humor the irony of a poet. Ridicule t
is like a blow with the fist, wit like the I
prick of a needle, irony like the sting r
of a thorn, and humor the plaster I
which heals all these wounds."
A Successful Man.?If I were j
asked to define the meaning of a sue- g
cessful man, I should say a man who t
has made a happy home for his wife j
and children. No matter what he has s
not done in the way of achieving \
wealth or honors, if he has done that c
he is a grand success. If he has not \
done that, and it is his own fault, c
though he be the highest in the land, t
he is a most pitiable failure. t
Will Sunday be Destroyed ?
The Times-Star, of this city, had an
article recently under the title, "The
Xo-Sunday Era." The title is ominous,
and the facts which suggested it
are not encouraging. A large drygoods
store "over tbe Rhine" was open
all day the Sunday before. Certain
jewelry stores were open at the same
time. There were hints that other
business houses would follow this pernicious
example, because business rivalry
would compel them to do it, and
thus the Times-Star saw in the opening
of this over-the-Rhine store "the
beginning of the end, unless a successful
effort is made to check the growing
disposition to ignore the laws in regard
to an observance of Sunday." If these
were the only facts bearing upon the
jase, they would hardly justify the
sweeping inferences of the TimesStar]
but these are so minute, and
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Dnere are so iew ox tueiu, iuau iucj ux;ract
almost no attention at all in the <
yast array of forces which are waging i
ft-ar against the Lord's day. The bat:le
in which the Times-Star now so
jallautly draws the sword has been
aging for a long time. The begin- 1
ling of the end was not over the
Rhine three weeks ago. If the end I
:omes?which God forbid?the begin- j
ling of it was centuries ago. We wish ,
ve could think that the enemies of j
Sunday are making no progress in
heir assaults on the holy day, and
hat there is no cause for alarm except |
he few facts which Cincinnati has re- |
sently furnished ; but no such comfort |
s possible, for the enemies of the <
lord's day swarm on all sides, and are j
is furious and persistent as they are ,
lumerous. The appeal of the Times- j
5e 1-1/-<f fho r;hriatinn npnnlp of ,
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he country so much as to the laboring |
>eople, whose Sunday rights are iD ,
langer from the greed of their em- j
>loyers. Little by little the demand ,
or seven days of labor in the week in" ,
reases. The railroad idea is likely to ,
>ecome domiuant, and men who will ,
lot work on Sunday must give place ?
0 others whose consciences are less s
ensitive. It is not simply Suuday as (
1 religious institution that is in dan- j
;er, but Sunday as one of the sacred y
ights of the laborer. He has right to (
, day of rest, and it is a sin against (
lim to compel him to drag his weary t
eet through seven days of weekly t
oil. This point does not command [
arge attention now, but the time will j
ome when some men who are now
raging war against Sunday will curse
he fatal dav when thev did it, and i
hus forged chains for their own limbs, s
jabering people have an interest in t
he Lord's day which millions of them "
lo not now appreciate; but as time \
asses they will see the case as it is, c
nd the day will have new defenders. I
Sunday is not doomed to destruction, c
, \
Happy Children.
?
"I know now," said a lady not long e
go, "that my mother loved me ten- c
,erly ; but during all my childhood I ^
oubted it. If I were really dear to *
ler, I queried, why did she never tell 8
aeso? Why did she never caress me *
nd assure me of her love? She *
hought her actions spoke loudly 8
nough without words, and so they c
id, but I could not comprehend the J
inguage they spoke. I could not un- ;
erstand them as I can now, and how
longed to hear her call me loving 8
lames and to have her lap me in the *
weet embrace of a mother's love."
Many a little heart aches as did this
ady's for the spontaneous utterances
f maternal affection. These can
aake it happier than gifts of beads, or
[oils, or fine clothes, or costly toys.
Is house-plants cannot flourish with>ut
sunshine, so children cannot
hriveand be happy without love.
Children who grow up in this contaut
atmosphere of love are rarely
aischievous, never vicious. The
nightiest of all agencies to lead the
roung in paths of virtue is in the
tands of parents, and to command
his agency they need but give ei>ression
to the natural overflow of g
heir hearts. Children to be happy ,
leed encouragement and praise. Let
is give to these darlings of our hearts
he sunniest, warmest spot in the
lousebold, and we shall see them grow
ip in symmetry to be fair women and
>rave men.
Put it in Writing.?Verbal conracts
occasion more trouble, dispute
ind litigation than any other business
ransactions. The wise merchant,
aught by experience, will endeavor to
lave a writing executed by the party
o be charged in every case of importance
arising in his business. This is
specially necessary of guarantees. A
nan enters your office whom you
mow to be perfectly responsible. He
ells you to sell Brown a thousand dolars'
worth of goods. Brown is all
ight; he will answer for that, etc.
tfake him sign a memorandum.
A aiinlamak fvm'na vaii o lorirn nr/lar
X\. uuau;ui Cl gt?to J vu c* viuvi
or future and installment deliveries. (
lake him sign it in writing. You en- 1
;age a salesman for a year, or for a <
uonth, or for a trial trip. Have it all 1
>ut down in writing and signed. You <
ave taking your chances before a jury, ?
vho nine times out of ten prove un- '
:ertain and too sympathetic with that 1
jarty whom they consider is the "un- 1
ler dog." It is only a little trouble at 1
he time, but it usually saves a heap of 1
rouble in the future. 6
i-ii-';.-..-v.
A Preacher Eating His Horse.
There was no church in Van Buren.
A Methodist itinerant was sent there.
One house was open to him?the tavern?and
to that he went and put up.
He interviewed mine host. "What is
the chance for a Methodist preacher
here ?" The reply was that it was the
same as for any other man, if he had
money. "But if I have no money?''
The chances were bad enough.
"What do you charge for board ?" said
the circuit-rider. The rates were given.
"Look at my horse," said he;
"what do you think he is worth?"
The animal, doubtless, was good middling,
for our preachers are not novices
about horses, and no men have better
use for them. That preliminary settled,
the preacher proceeded in a very
straightforward style with the host.
"Sir, turn my horse into your stable,
and when you think I have eat up the
value of him, let me know, and I will
either change my quarters or provide
other means of paying my bill." He
went to work?laid siege to the place
in the name of the Lord?and before
the horse was eat up the town capitulated.
The people presented him his
horse, all charges paid, and his own
bill besidefitted out "the parson" in
a, new suit of clothes, and from that
day Christianity has had a firm footing
in Van JBuren.
The Bell of Justice.?In one of
the old cities of Italy, the king caused
i bell to be hung in a tower in one of
the public squares, and called it the
"bell of justice," and commanded that
my one who had been wronged should
50 and ring the bell, and so call the
magistrate of the city, and ask and receive
justice. When, in the course of
time, the lower end of the bell rope
rotted away; a wild vine was tied to
it to lengthen it; and one day an old
1"* f Kof linrl Kaon oV\o ri_
hill ami viug uvioc ujmb ijuu uccu avunJoned
by its owner and turned out to
lie, wandered into the tower, and, in
Tying to eat the vine, rang the bell,
rhe magistrate of the city, coming to
*ee who had rung the bell, found this
)ld and starving horse; and he caused
:he owner of the horse, in whose service
he had toiled and been worn out,
;o be summoned before him, and de;reed
that, as this poor horse had rung
he bell of justice, he should have jusice,
and that during the remainder of
lis life his owner should provide for
lim proper food and drink and stable.
A Training School for Sextons.?Our
sextons ought to have a
leminary. They occupy a very imporant
place in the church. In New
Kork their names are on tne taDiets,
whether the pastor's is or not. They
:an freeze out an audience, roast it out,
)low it out with draughts, or poison it
>ut. Some close up the windows and
seep the Sunday atmosphere as careully
as if it was sanctified and pure
lir satanic. Besides, they like to
iconomize on dust brushes and musiles.
We have been in churches
vhich smelled like a cemetery, and
>eople wondered why they had headtches,
?r grew so drowsy, while the
>reacher wondered that he was able to
jet through such a mephitic and poioned
atmosphere. Magnify the office
>f the doorkeeper. David wanted the
>osition, though he was king. Teach
lim how to do his part so that God's
louse shall be the purest, the cheeriest
ind the most healthful place in the
vorld.
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Bad Temper.?According to the
3oston Journal of Health: "The ef- i
ect upon the bodily health, of the
niud harassed by bitterness and anjer,
is to propagate derangements and
nfirmities. The appetite lessens, digestion
is impaired, and then follow
>ther functional disorders. The ner- ,
rous system suffers from continual
nental irritability and hysteria headiche
and other painful affections often
>we their origin to this prejudicial in- ;
luence. As has been said, 'An irritate
and fractious temper, whether due
o an active temperament or other 1
sauses, becomes, necessarily, the in- (
itrument of its own punishment.
\nd it furthermore poisons the happiiess
of all within the circle of its inluence.
To so many occasions of an- !
loyance, to so many petty vexations
ire we all, even the most fortunate of |
is, exposed, that the happiness of the
laturally irritable man must be coninually
encountering obstacles, and
lis health consequently be ever liable
o injury.' "
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Without unremitting labor, success '
n life, whatever our occupation, isim- 1
lossible. A fortune is not made with- 1
mttoil, and money unearned comes 1
o few. The habitual loiterer never
>rings anything to pass. The young
nen whom you see lounging about
vaiting for the weather to change beore
they go to work break down be'ore
they begin?get stuck before they i
itart. Ability and willingness to la- ]
)or are the two great conditions of sue- 1
:ess. It is useless to work an electri- !
sal machine in a vacuum, but the air I
nuy be full of electricity, and still you i
:au draw 110 spark until you turn the I
nachine. The beautiful statue may
jxist in the artist's brain, and it may i
ilso be said in a certain sense to exist <
n the marble block that stands before
jim, but he must bring both his
jrains and his hands to bear upon the
narble, and work hard and long, to (
produce auy satisfactory practical result.
(
Ruskiu's Idea of a Wife.
Ruskin, in speaking of the wife,
says: "A judicious wife is always nipping
off from her husband's moral nature
little twigs that are growing in
the wrong direction. She keeps him
in shape by pruning. If you say anything
gilly, she will affectionately style
you so. If you declare that you will
do some absurd thing, she will find
some way of preventing you from doing
it. And by far the chief part of
all common sense there is in the world
belongs unquestionably to women.
The wisest things a man commonly
does are those which his wife counsels
him to do. A wife is a grand wielder
of the moral pruning knife. If Johnson's
wife had lived there would have
been no hoarding up of orange peel,
no touching all the posts in walking
aiuug tut; street, jju cauug auu ui iuning
withjdisgusting veracity. If Oliver
Goldsmith had been married he |
never would have worn that memorable
and ridiculous coat. Whenever
you find a man whom you know little
about oddly dressed, talking absurdly,
or exhibiting eccentricity of manner,
you may be sure that he is not a married
man ; for the corners are rounded
off, the little shoots pared away in
married men. Wives have much
more sense than their husbands. The
wife's advice is like the ballast that
keeps the ship steady."
Keligious Profession.?We often
say that we would be unwilling to exchange
our hope in Christ for any*Kin(?
(lio r>on nntisililv nff'pr. ft
wiv nv.mM j -- - is
not always that we measure the full
meaning of this affirmation. It might
be found that, were we called to a severe
test of our allegiance, our avowal
is not much better than Peter's, who
so speedily denied his Lord. We may
mean well at the time, but, like him,
we fail to understand our own weakness,
and how important is that faith
which is not in word only. When, after
having made such a bold profession,
one goes forth into life to forget
his Master and his Christian obligations
for service, manifestly there is
room to doubt his perfect sincerity.
Better far that he had never spoken
thus at all, than that he should misrepresent
religion before others. It is
in this way that genuine righteousness
is often brought into disrepute.
Through such inconsistencies many
are led to reject Christianity altogether.
A New Cheap Light in"London.
t /in/ian ;o ovomIodH Aver a now and
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cheap light. A tank is placed in the
roof of a dwelling and filled with oil.
Conrjction is made with the gas pipes,
and the burner is capable of being
turned on or off. The light is white,
soft and agreeable, and as brilliant as
that supplied by electricity. The cost
is about one-third that of gas. An exhibition
was recently given in the
presence of the representatives of the
press. The secret of the new process
is a machine, which is wound up like
clockwork and which separates the
hydroqen from the oxygen of the atmosphere,
and causes the latter to mix
with oil and give forth the excellent
light, which is the admiration of all
beholders.
Women find a sea of trouble in their
housekeeping. Some one says they often
put as much worry and anxiety into
a loaf of bread, a pie, a cake, into
the weekly washing and ironing as
3hould suffice for much weightier matters.
Suppose these things go wrong
to-day, the to-morrows are coining in
which to try again, and the thing is
not worth clouding your own spirit
and those around you, injuring yourself
ard them physically?for the
mind at 'sets the body?and for such a
trifle. When a thing is beyond repair,
waste no useless regrets over it
and do no idle fretting. Strive for
that serenity of spirit that will enable
you to make the best of all things.
That means contentment in its best
sense.
It is a strange thing, considering the
demands of God, and the manner of
life that most people follow, what
crowds of them go to heaven when
they die. Nearly everybody goes to
heaven?so somebody tells us when
people die. There may be some misKoL-q
nhonf fliiu {i J\n\u mnnv \ rP]i#?
priest, we are told, who announced the
rteath of that reprobate, Louis XV,
put it as follows : "Louis the beloved
sleeps in the Lord." Carlyle's comment
oil this was this: "If such a
mass of laziness and lust sleeps in the
Lord, who, think you, sleeps elsewhere."
The Church would make a long advance
if she could at once settle in her
mind the conviction that she is not
patronisingly assisting the forlorn
band of missionary pensioners, that
she is not aiding Secretaries or Boards,
that she is not compassionating nations
as such inferior races of men,
but that she is doing the work to
which she is called by her Itedeemer,
and to which, in every syllable of her 1
creed, and every utterance of her
vows, she is pledged.
One ounce of arresting somebody for
carrying concealed weapons before he
kills somebody else is worth a pound
of murder-trial.
A New Use For Lemons.?1"If]you
ever use lemons," remarked our housewife
to a lady friend, and have a portion
of one left over, be sure you do
not threw it away. I am never with,
out thern in the house, as I always use
them for flavoring ; but of what use are
the pieces?"
"Just this. The next time you think
you are done with a lemon just dip it
in salt and rub your copper kettle or
stewpun with it. You will be surprised
to find what a brilliant surface you
will obtain if you rub the article instantly
with a dry, soft cloth. You
can polish all brass work by the name
means ; every stain disappears as if by
magic. A mouldy lemon put into a
di.rty sfcucepan half full of water boiled
for half an hour cleanses the utensil
amazingly and removes any odor, such
as fish or onions. Try it and see if J
am not right."
The Way tiie Money Goes.?
Towels are used for holders. Napkins
are used as dish-wipers. Soap is left
to soak in water. Clothes are whipped
to pieces in the wind. Hams and
cheese mould and get full of "skipl>ers."
Tea, coffee and spices stand
open and lose their strength. Coal is
wasted. Vegtables are thrown away
that would warm over nicely. Scrubbing
brushes are left to warp in water.
Bits of meat are thrown away that
would make a good soup or hash. A
pint, more or less, of dough is left
sticking to the bread pan. The cork is
.'left out of the molasses jug and flies
take possession. The extravagant use
of butter, sugar and eggs in cookery.
Pails are allowed to sun dry and fall
apart. Bread is wasted. Tea and
coffee made too strong. Careless
breakage of dishes.
Fever and Ague.?There are some
situations where fever and ague pre- (
vails every season, and this is the case
in the vicinity of creeks and swamps.
An acquaintance of ours, who has re- 1
sided for several years on one of these
creeks, never has had a single case of
fever and ague in his family, while all
his neighbors have been more or less
affected with it every season. He attributes
his immunity from this troub- (
lesome disease to the use of a good fire i
in his house every chilly and damp 1
night in summer and fall. When the
Indians travel at night or early in the <
morning in swampy regions, they cover
their nose and mouth with some
part of their garments to warm the air
which they inhale, and this they say
prevents chills and fevers. *
Peach Custard.?Soak one-half 1
cupful of gelatine with a cup of sugar j
and a dozen halves of peaches for one ,
hour, then pour on a cup of boiling I
water and pass all through a strainer. 1
Be sure to stir it all over the fire un- \
til the gelatine is dissolved. Set it |
aside to cool, and when ready to con- 1
geal have ready a cup of rich cream; j
whip the ^ream uniil light, add a
pinch of soda, and stir it into the gelatine
quickly, one spoonful at a time.
Turn into a mold wet with cold '
water, and set in a cool place to har- ,
den. j
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Wheat Bran for Cows.?Wheat
bran is excellent to make cows give a (
mass of milk, but for the butter maker <
it does not furnish the requisite material.
The cream from bran-fed milk '
rises slowly and is hard to churn. ,
When the butter is made it will be pale 1
rather than the golden yellow from the 1
rri?am of cows fed on corn meal. Bran '
should be fed to young, growing stock (
rather than to cows. It is rich in ]
phosphate, and makes an excellent 1
manure. J
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Almost the hardness of the diamond 1
is said to be given by German work- j
n:en to steel engraving tools are made (
white hot, plunged repeatedly into
scaling wax until cold, and then just
touch with oil of turpentine.
Hemp rope contracts if it is wet. A
dry rope twenty-live feet Jong is shortened
to twenty-four feet on being wet. 1
And it should not by forgotten that a j
wet rope has only about one-third of ,
the strength of a dry one, while if i
saturated with grease or soap it is '
weaker still. ]
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Some forms of dyspepsia are caused ]
by a deficiency of water in the system,
tl-~ i-.l-s ~ r x 1!4H >
as i/UU uniiKiiig m urn un,iu tvuici m |
much more injurious than the drink- ,
iug of too much. <
If you scatter souie grain among ^
straw or leaves and keep the hens at (
work scotching, they will lay better <
and keep in better health. ^
I
Roup should lie served at least once >
or twice a week.
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Heaven is never deaf but when
man's heart is dumb.
A good conscience expects to be
treated with perfect confidence.
Any feeling that takes a man away
from Jiis home is a traitor to the house '
hold.
Those who never change love their
own ways better than the ways of
truth. i
Comparatively speaking, in man 1
goodness is everything and greatness a
nothing.
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There is but little bad luck iu the
world, but there is a great deal of bad f
management. [d
Reverence.
The quality of reverence is an attribute
of noble minds. It is the result
of a perception of the great and worthy
in another. If that other be a
man, it enables us to render him the
due meed of respect and honor. If
the other be God, it brings us in lowly
yet honorable adoration to His feet.
The abili ty to perceive certain qualities
in another is a sure mark of possessing
those qualities yourself. This holds
true as well of bad as of tood qualities.
None is so apt to detect deceit as the
deceitful person, none so ready ro acknowledge
honor and truth as the
honorable and truthful man. It is for
this reason that truly great minds are
.such a mystery to the great mass o!
mankind. Incapable of his lofty
thoughts and noble aspirations, the ordinary
man sees in the truly great one
an enigma which he can soive in no
way but by attributing his success to
luck or favoritism, and his course o!
conduct to well stimulated goodness
put on for selfish purposes. To the
pure all things are pure; hence, an
honest man is most easily made the
victim or rraua anu snam. j nis ciew
will also assist us in solving what ha*
puzzled so many?namely, the fact
that many great men have fallen so
completely under the influence of the
base and designing.
lleverence is an elevating quality.
Its possessor is unconsciously uplifted
and ennobled by the perception and
recognition of the greatness it admires
and almost involuntarily imitates.
Hence, to cultivate reverence is one
sure means of becoming noble and
lofty in mind and purpose. The feeling
of reverence is honorable to its
possessor. The measure of your respect
for another is often the true
measure of your own worthiness of it.
Your readiness to believe in another's
honor and purity proves the whiteness
of your own soul. It is for this reason
that the pure in heart, and they only,
can see God.
Our people are not reverent. Go into
our churches and mark the free and
easy way in which our people act. In
some cases tbecoricreiration can scarce
ly become properly subdued for devotion
until half the service is over. In
some churches whispered conversation,
noisy entrances during prayer,
men failing to remove their hats, and
even professing Christians never
kneeling in prayer. One cannot but
wonder how such people are ever to be
spiritually reached and profited. Professor
Stuckenburg, in the HomH.eth
Review, has this to say of our want 01
reverence:
Parents should carefully inculcate
reverence in their children. Allow no
flippancy 011 sacred subjects. Preachsrs
should set their people theexamplc
of a sober and godly deportment in
the house of God. And people who
are habitually irreverent in the house
of God need only read Ecclesiastes v.,
I, to see what their position is in the
light of God. "Holy and reverend is
His name." L. V. Y.
The Value of Lying in Bed.?
For those who cannot get a sufficient
holiday the best substitute is an occasional
dav in bed. Manv whose
nerves are constantly strained in their
:laily vocation have discovered this for
themselves. A Spanish merchant in
Barcelona told his medical man that
be always went to bed for two or three
lays whenever he could be spared
from his business, and he laughed at
those who spend their holidays on toiljome
mountains. One of the hardest
worked women in England, who has
Tor many years conducted a large
wholesale business, retains excellent
nerves at an advanced age, owing, it is
believed, to her habit of taking oue
day a week in bed.
How prone we are to count our individual
interests the chief interests involved
in any issue of the hour.
'When does the next train start?"
hurriedly asks the incoming passenger
:>f the train-starter at a central railway
station, where trains are running
in every direction at almost all hours
Df day and night. "Start for where?"
joolly asks the train-starter, in quiet
suggestion of the fact that trains go
elsewhere from that station than to
this passenger's destination. "Have I
time to get a dish of ice-cream before
tlris train starts?" is another passenger's
question at the restaurant of that
station. " Which train do you mean ?"
responds the waiter, knowing tnat a
different train is to start every five
minutes for the next few hours. "A
ticket, please!" is another passenger's
rail at the ticket-office, window in the
same station. There is a touch of sarcasm
in the ticket clerk's responding
question: "Ticket for where?1' And
50 it is that railroad officials get the
idea that the average man or woman
centres the public welfare in his or her
welfare. Nor is it railroad officials only
who have reason to get such an impression
in their minds.
For Parents.?Among moderns,
English women, as a rule, possess in
youth and keep till age the finest complexions.
Their climate is kind to
them. Its perpetual moisture seems to
keep them in perpetual bloom, as it
does their wonderful roses. But besides
their climate, their customs favor
Hipm. Enerlisli cirls are kent in the
nursery or the school-room, free from
the excitement of late hours, rich food,
ulult society, fashionable dress or habits.
till their constitutions are established
and their physique developed.
The simple food, daily bath, hours
spent out-of-doors, on foot orou horseback,
and uneventful life, giving them
sound stomachs, hearty livers, and
tranquil nerves, and the beautiful coin-nig
is a matter of course.
It cannot belaid too strongly rbaH
:iei* health is the only safe renovator r.i
,he complexion. Cleanliness is the
)iie universal cosmetic. And if the
rumen of this generation have lost
heir freshness through carelessness or
gnorancc, or spite of climate, they
ill), ut least, rear tneir uaugmers ior
reserve that inheritance of beauty to
.vliich most Americans are born.
The orchard of the church will not
ie more fruitful till the plants in the
tur.sery are more eared for.
If cause be good, the most violent at- i
acks of its enemies will not injure it :
o mueh as an injudicious defence of it
>y its friends.
Is'ono will have such a dreadful part
ng with the Lord at the last day as
hose who went half way with bim
,nd then left him.
Never expect a sense of justice in a ,
nan whom you know to be dishones
11 any thing.
Pity is a thing often avowed, seldom i
fit; hatred is a thing often felt, sellom
avowed.
What Others Sny.
"Our Preacher is ju9t the man we
need. He will take in our town ; there
is so much dash and style about film.".,
The preacher referred to was not St. - /:
Paul, neicher was he John Wesley, but
a man who is no?v preaching in the
State of California, and who, we ti^ist, * $
docs not lack Qualities that are worth
more than "aash and style." How
many preachers are there who waste ';
half their energies in trying to make ;" >j
an impression? The man who cares
greatly whether the world regards him
as wise or eloquent or up with the ~-jJ
times is in danger of selling his Lord .-j
at even a lower price than did Judas.
"How can ye believe who receive honor
one of another, and seek not that
honor that cometh from God only ?? a ;
thirst for the praise of men is not consistent
with the faith of Christ. "Men
will praise thee -hen thou doe9t well .. '
for thyself." The selfish egotist is oft- , V
en the object of the world's praise, '
while he who', Jike his Master, goes
about doing good is, like his Master, 1
despised, in the last day he will
probably appear the most honored who
lias labored most for Christ and .
Christ's Church.
Pulpit Notices.?It is quite time %
that some uuderstanding was come to.among
pastors in regard to this subject."
It is last becoming a very onerous arid ^
embarrassing service, if not an evil
and a positive nuisance. The pnlpit
in a multitude of our churches has 6e- . ;*'$?
comeau "advertising medium" for all
sorts of things. Pastors are burdened
by their number and perplexed often
by their character. Many of them are
rnrust into the officiating minister's
hands arter he has entered the desk.
He has no chance to consult with any
one nor to consider the propriety of /.'
reading them. Some of these notices ' $
have no business there, and yet he ^
fears he will be blamed if he refuses to
announce them. It is no uncommon -y
tuiuy lur a preacner 10 rise wnu a uozen
and even twenty "notices" in his
baud to give out. We have known ;
ten minutes spent on them, and the
congregation wearied aud often disgusted
by the tedious routine, and in &
measure unfitted for the saered sp iritu i:
al services of the sanctuary to follow. >
We fear that the venerable custom
of committing Psahns to memory is
(ailing into disuse among the Psalm- /.;$
singing churches. In the "good old .7
cimes" it was required of all the chil- 'J(Sj
dren of four years oia and upward to
commit verses and whole Psaims and
recite them to parents aid Sabbath- /. Ai
school teachers. It was agood custom. .
The amount of precious Scripture
truth laid up in store was a lifetime wl
treasure. Sabbath afternoon was generally
devoted to memorizing Psalms *
aud the Shorter Catechism. Such a - '"J
practice left a deep impression charae- /
ter. Are modern methods an improve- \{
meut on the old? Will they make bet- ?
ter men and women ? We trow not.
The condition of Europe is summed :J|
up in the phrase, "An'armed camp."
This is the high-water mark of the
civilization of the nineteenth century. \|
Italians, Frenchmen, Germans, Aus
trians?amiable, well-meaning, neigb- j
borly beings, who live, believe, love,
toil, kneel before the same altar, and ;
yet all of them busy in the same fear- - j
ful preparation for throat-cutting. An
armed camp means war at1 any time to-morrow,
next year, surely someday,
for war alone will dissolve the campe. ;95a
The parent who sends his son or
daughter out into the world with a
genuine love and appreciation of fine and
noble literature has little cause to '
fear that vicious companionships will J
have power to draw them downward.
They will gravitate to liorarles and
lecture-rooms, to churches and Sunday-schools,
where they will be most
likely to meet those of like tastes with
themselves.
"Any man that can learn to preach
can learn to visit from house to house;
and if he neglects to do so, will find
his preaching is comparatively fruitless.
Pastoral work in connection
with preaching is the road to ministerial
success. Let those concerned keep ::/ i j
this in mind and act accordingly."
Probably there is not the remotest
corner or little inlet of the minute
Klnswl iroucolc nf the hndv flint rlnps not.
UIWUU V 10 W4 VUV VVMJ ? v.WWM ' ., .
feel some wavelet from hearty laugh- vgj
ter, shaking the central man. The sM
blood moves more lively?probably its
chemical, electric, or vital condition is ' ,:
distinctly modified; it conveys a different
impression to all the organe of
the body as it visits them on that particular
mystic journey when the man g
is laughing, from what it does at other ;
times. And so, we doubt not, a good ?
laugh may lengthen a man's life, cou- $
veying a distinct stimulus to the vital
forces. And the time may come when jphysicians,
attending more closely _ j
than at present, unfortunately, they
are apt to do, to the innumerable subtle
influences which the soul exerts
upon its tenement of clay, shall pre- ??
scribe to a torpid patient "so many I
peals of laughter, to be undergone at J
uunh nnH iilioh n time." iust as thev l1!
now do that far more objectionable l.|
prescription, a pill, or an electric or
galvanic shock; and shall study the A
best and most effective method of pro- A
ducing the required effect in each patient.
Two Ways ok Putting it.?
Shakers who wish to carry a' point
generally select their comparisons to
suit their arguments:- In the' legislature
?>f Ohio some years ago there was
dis'm'.fi- wh-'fhor p. twain pro- v
. .. : ... ... . ,.fc a
v?rii mi'iit tiowii, !>: ::: n v( j ui< >i <!i?ot*
up tla* river.
"Who ever heard," said a down the
river advocate, "of beginning anything
at the top? Whoever heard of
building a chimney from the top
ilowuward ? Whoever saw a house
begun at tne lopv
Up jumped a Dutch member from
iii up the river county.
,lMeester Brezident, do jentlemaus
zay ?lat dees beezness ees all vom
hoomboorg, pccatise vee vant9 to pe- ^
ijeen our railroad mit de top of de
slitate, und lie make some scaly combarison
about de liouze und de schimuey.
I veil also ask de jentleman von
question. Een hees bart ov de shtate
ven dey pegins to build von veil, do
dey pegins mit the bottom ov de veil,
or do pey pegins mit de top ov de veil ? j
Vill ae jentlemans bleese answer me j
dat leetle von question ?" I
Do not wait till you be holy ere yot
cast your confidence on the Saviour,
but cast confidence on him now, and
you shall be made holy.