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^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * ^rT"r^*"w"T"*T" "*"? .^t-,-.,-- .p. ? i?i?i .mi, tkvt ^ Hi?i ?11 m*r The Abbeville -Prefe^^tEaSineiga BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1889. : VOLUME ?^?^???????p*p????^????fi^? ?? ???nMmn -4 Self-Control. An expert and experienced official in an insaue asylum said to us a little time since, that these institutions are filled with people who have given op their feelings, and that no one is quite safe from an insane asylum who allows himself to give up his feelings. The importance of this fact is altogether too little appreciated, especially by teachers. We are always talking about the negative virtues of difcipline, but we rarely speak of the positive virtues. We discipline th? schools to keep the children from mischief, to maintain good order, to have things quiet, to enable the children to study. We say, and say rightly, that there ' cannot be a good school without good discipline. We do not, howeyer, emphasize as we should, the fact that the discipline of the school, when rightly - - - ? i J done, is as vital to tne future gwu ui the child as the lesson he learns. Dis- f cipline of the right kind is as good mental training as arithmetic. It is j not of the right kind unless it requires ( ntellectual effort, mental conquests. , The experienced expert, referred to ^ above, was led to make the remark to e us by seeing a girl give way to the "sulks." "That makes insane wo- c men," she remarked, and told the sto- ( ry of a woman in an asylum, who ( used to sulk until she became deeper- a ate, and the expert said, "You must t stop it; you must control yourself." j To which the insane woman replied, y "The time to say that was when I was a a girl. I never controlled myself c when I was well, and now I cannot.'> c [,Journal of J2d.uca.tion. j t Wesleyan Methodism, in its progressive branch, the Methodist Times, London, makes a call and a strong appeal for money to found a second Sisters' House, and for Sisters to fill it. I It says: "Wealthy parents must learn * to give up their daughters to the ser- 1 vice of Christ as cheerfully as they x would give them to a wealthy and amiable husband. They must get out r of their heads the ridiculous idea that ^ - ? ?i? i _ 11 women nave no otner spntns iu me except the nursery or the kitchen. ^ The intense selfishness of unsanctified, P or only partially sanotified, men has <3 too long been permitted to assume, is * a sort of axiom, that every woman 11 must sooner or later be married, and 11 that every other consideration, human B and Divine, must be sacrificed to that * supreme necessity. There is no coun- 6 try in the world where this heathen 6 delusion is more absurd than it is here, b for on this island we have nearly one million more women than men. Consequently, unless the advocates of this E dogma are prepared to advocate polyg- a amy, at least one million English wo- t men can never be married. Now, ^ surely cut of that million it is not un- e reasonable to expect that a few thou- a Band may be called of God to give fa themselves wholly to Christian work ? y Not that they should bind themselves a by uQsoriptural vows. Let them re- ]( tain their perfect freedom. If God 8 should at any time call them to the p holy estate of matrimony, or to some g other sphere than that of a Christian T Sisterhood, let them be free to obey the c new call. Our greatest lack is a readiness to v use what we have. Whenever you J hear a man say that he wishes he had t ?i 'At- ft i. "more iaivu," jou uiajr pjctvj ouic l that he does not use his present mew- E ure of faith ; just as you may be pretty sure that the man who wishes he had a more money in erder to do good with e it, is not in the habit of doing as much a good as he might with the money now d entrusted to him. The only way of > getting more in any line of right de- " sire, is by putting into fullest play all a that we now have in that line. A prayer that was offered by the Rev. J. Hudson Taylor, at the college students' conference, at Northfield, was 8 in recognition and illustration of this 1 truth. "Lord, give us all that we have * the grace to pass on," he said. And ' then he added this other petition : * "Give us grace to pass on that which 1 we receive, so that we can receive 1 more." If all of ub would in all sin- a cerity offer that praytr with reference J to both funds and faith, the Lord * would be quite as ready to answer it as * we would be to have him do so. [<S1 S. Timet. ,, a i Average Burden of the Cloth- j ing Worn by Women.?A lady of an 1 inquiring turn of mind has visited a j fashionable modiste's establishment ( and has weighed a number of dresses ( exposed for sale, with a view to ascertaining the average burden of clothing iu which women are accustomed to appear at ease. Taking into yiew the disparity of strength between men and 1 wnm#n and the fact that male attire ' hangs almost wholly f;om the shoul- < ders, the portion of our frame most f capable of sustaining a serious weight, 1 the discoveries of the investigator are ] suggestive. Jet-trimmed dresses 1 weighed from thirty-four to forty-nine ' pounds, plain walking-dresses from ' twelve to nineteen pounds, and the ( lightest dresses weighed as much as ' ~ ten pounds. This is apparently exclu- 1 sive of other articles of attire. It may ' be surmised that ladies robed in this heavy manner require little exertion 1 to be overcome by fatigue. * [London Exchange. "It has sometimes been asked why could not the American husband and wife do what so many couples do In France?that is, work together in the same business side by side ? There is a danger in that system. Where a man has the spirit of true manhood and self-respect it is perfectly safe for a woman to continue her wage-earning power after marriage, at least until she is called to the higher duties of motherhood. When once that comes into her life all her powers?mental, moral, 1 spiritual?should be consecrated to this holy office. As I said, if a man 1b a real man it is safe for a womau to con- 1 tinue earning wages after she is married, but I think that there are hun- 1 dreds of men to-day, yes, thousands, 1 who have been ruined because they ' were not compelled to support their ' wives." 1 ] I It is worth every man's while to < itudy the important art of living hap- 1 oily. Even the poorest man may by i ;his means extract an increased i unount of joy and blessing from life. I rhe world need not be a "vale of 1 ears," unless we ourselves will it to be i 10. We have the command, to a great ( (xtent, over our own lot At all events i >ur mind is our own possession; we I an cherish happy thoughts there; we \ an regulate and control our tempers e ind dispositions to a considerable ex- i ent. We can educate ourselves end ? >ring out the better part of our nature c vhich in most men is allowed to sleep i i aeep Bleep?we emu nwi gwu uwm, t iherish pure thoughts, and lead llvea 1 ?f/peace, temperance, and virtue, so as < o secure the respect of good men, and ] ransmit the blessing of a faithful ex- j jnple to our successors. i [Samuel Smiles, t We call the patriarchial and pro- ' >hetic dispensations the twilight, star- 1 Ight dispensations and our own the loon day sun in Its superior brighttess. But It would be difficult for us o duplicate the list of heroea of faith fl ecorded in the 11th chapter of He- y Tews and their nameless peers. B 'Who through faith Bubdued king- j loms, wrought righteousness, obtained j iromlaes, stopped the mouths of lions, [uenohed the violence of fire, escaped he edge of the sword, out of weakieas were made strong, waxed valiant a fight, and turned to flight the arales of the aliens. Women received beir dead raised to life again and othrs were tortured, not accepting delivrance; that they might obtain a bet- t er resurrection." Mr. W. A. Campbell remarks: '*A nan who was very sorely tried, was ( sked how he managed to bear all his f rials. 'I do not bear them at all,' was ' ds reply, 'I put them all on my beav- * uly Father, the great Burden Bearer, v nd he carries them all for me.' 'But,' o lis questioner continued, 'where did Jou find God that yeu could give him jj 11 your troubles to carry ?' 'Where I j eft all his creatures/ he solemnly an- t wered. Have we left all human suports, and put our trust in God our * iaviour? What God does, he does t rell, and what he undertakes to do he o an do without our assistance." 1 5 ? * 8 Life is long or short, according to ^ phat we put into it and make out of it \ ames Brainerd Taylor lived to be but s wenty-eight years of age, but with 1 be intensity of his religious zeal he ^ uade his life larger than that of many * ,n octogenarian. Kingman Nott died t ,t the very opening of his hallowed 1 ninistry, but the strength of his faith ? >nd RDlritualitv lengthened out his t lays, and be being dead yet speakctb. Ve may believe it of the trustful soul: 'With long life will I satisfy him and how him my salvation." The minister who preaches the best < ermon, the lawyer who knows the nost law, and how to apply it, thedocor who has the most skill in his profession, the mechanic who understands lis business, works hard, and saves noney, the store-keeper who gives full neasure, and does uot put all the large ipples on top, and so on down to Bridget in the kitchen, who can keep lie most tidy house?these are "our g >est people." 1 When everybody stems to love you, t is not hard to persuade yourself that ? rou love everybody. But let two or < Jnree brethren or other* open fire on 1 jrou at once for doing What you honest- ' y thought to be the right thing, and j ;hen?perhaps a needed revelation 1 jomes. j -a *> ] Evangelical Me#eenger. < Bittjeb Words.?a single bitter \ nrord may disquiet an entire family for j i whole day. One surly glance casts a i (loom over the household, while a j mule, like a gleam of sunshine, may t ight up the darkest and weariest i T ilrn tllAWnA/lta/) flAWAM , JUUrS. lilAV UUVA^/VVVCU UVVTOIO n hich spring up along our path, full { >f freshness, fragrance and beauty, so ( kind words and gentle acta and sweet i dispositions make glad the sacred spot < called home. No matter how humble the abode, If it be sweetened with : kindness and smiles, the heart will turn lovingly toward it from all the tu- i mults of the world, and home, if it be ever so homely, will be the dearest spot beneath the circuit of the sun. What Others Ssj. New York Christian Advocate. Thoughtful Christians have been rejoicing in the hope that war is rapidly going out of favor among civilized nations, and that statesmen will hereafter find some better way to settle the difficulties which may arise between the Great Powers of the earth. Doubtless the love of peace is growing, and the sentiment in flavor of arbitration is advancing. The masses of men m America and the nations of Europe look with a feeling akin to horror on the military and naval preparations dow being made on ail sides, and earnestly desire to be spared the sight of active hostilities. But there are still left among us men who believe in the ? * ?a * ? guspei ui guupuwuer. av m unvuug recently beld in Birmingham, England, Lord Wolseley delivered an iddress, in which he not only predicted that war on an extensive scale fvould soon fill Europe with its horx?re, but declared that war is the neans whereby nations are made, and bat the vast dominion of Britain has >een built by the sword, and even vent so far as to affirm that a system >f conscription and military discipline , a the best possible physical and intelectual training for young men. That ! vas a sanguinary speech, far better ; tuited to the Dark Ages than the closng years of this enlightened century. Such men continue to fan the flames >f the martial spirit, and such senti- ( nents breed wars. But for a few lead- , in who now hold sway in these great < nodern nations there would be little langer, as there is little need of war. ] But as matters stand, peaceable and i >eace-loving citizens know not what I norning they may awake and find ' bat so-called statesmen have involved \ ? ? 1-1 ?_ ai.i .tit, . nem in uiuuujr wuujuv wtui uciga>ors against whom they hay* no griev- < moe. Richmond ChrlaUan Adrooate. How true; and the pity of It! as 1 itated by the Naahviiie Christian Advocate: "A parent who would burn on 1 lght a yellow-backed novel found in ( lis house will buy on Sunday a crime- < sden newspaper, and place it in the 1 tands of his son without fear or scru. { tie. And so it cornea to pass that the i lewspapers sow in one season the 1 eeds of much of the crime which they ' eport in the next." 1 Advice is like castor oil, easy enough j o give, but hard enough to take, ] i i Ventilation. ( A gentleman while attending ( Church one evening, found that his i set were icy oold, so that he had to 1 aise them off the floor. Calling the I .ttention of the sexton to the tact, the kuer said wuu wuiciiwpivjiii.;, x oo, i re have bad a good many comjriaints \ if cold feet from others; but I don't 1 inderstand the reason why we can't 1 ;eep the ohurch warm?we surely 1 tave fire enough." So saying he ' minted to a register in the aisle behind I he gentleman in the adjoining pew. Looking around, the latter could see < hat there was a hot fire in the fur- ^ iace beneath, and yet no heat came < ip. When a handkerchief was laid ] ver the register, it scarcely stirred, rhe visitor asked the sexton : "Have ou any means of ventilation ?" "No, . ir." "Are there no windows open?" ( 'None whatever." How, then, can j 'ou expect the air to ooma in here if it , an't get ont?" There was no re- , ponse?the man was nonplussed, j 'Did you ever try to blow into a bot- , le?" continued the inquirer. "No, i Jr." "Do you think if you did that, , 'ou oould force any more air in the 4 ?ottle than there was in it before?" 4 Je couldn't say. Never had thought , if it. "Well." continued the gentle- , an, "you would bood find, ft you I tied, that it wu impossible; and nel- , her can you force air into this church , hrough a register if you don't open a , window or some other orifice." 'But," the sexton demurred, "opening j he window would let in cold air ronldn'tit?" "You just try it," was, he response. "Raise some of the win- ' lows of the leeward side of the church, . ind see what wUl happen." It was ( lone, and instantly the handkerchief t ying on the register rose half way to j he ceiling with the force of the as- j sending current. The eexton stood | ind stared with astonishment. , If the air were visible like water, so hat its impurities could be detected >y the eye, there are many people *ho would "stare in astonishment" at ' he filth and foulness they are inhal- j dg at every breath. It is hard to wor- 1 ibip God acceptably while gasping for i >reath or dying for pure air. < Save by Keeping Accounts.?If til men, whether engaged in business I >r acting as employee* and receiving I salaries or daily wages, would keep a . regular account with themselves, in vhioh should appear in detail all the | noney they receive and all they ex- i send, they would live more wisely, 1 ind, as a rule, far more successfully, t Here, for example, is a man who is in < reoeipt of?a salary. This salary he receives in twelve monthly payments, i Let us suppose him to keep an account i with himself. When he receives a ! monthly payment, he charges himself is debtor to that amount, and during the month he credits himself with all , tie pays out, item by item. At the end >f the month he settles this account with himself, and sees on paper just where his money came from and just , where it has gone. If he has spent , loan than ha hai nmItmI h? C&ITiea the surplus forward to the next month, ana keeps an account of the month in the same way, and thus continues for the whole year. At the end of the year he can look back over the whols period, and pee in black and white just bow be has lived in the matter of per* so rial and family expenses. If his whole salary has been spent, he can see how it waa spent; ana if a part.of it has been saved, he can equally see how he managed to save. \ Patience. When we look back at close of day, Whether it close In sua or rain, We yet can say. It Is a way We shall not nave to walk again. For honld we live a hundred years? A Hfe of praise, a life of blame, A life of Joy, a lire or tears? We would not see two day the same. Out of the vast, eternal store New duties and new Joys arise; Strange clouds of grief shall gloom ub o'er, Fresh bursts of hope shall dear the skleB. Each day-* gift! And life is made Only of days, with gifts between To-day a burden ? Quick 'tis weighed. Ana you shall have it day unseen. Sweet Patience I Otheir angel bands On urgent errands sweep the skies; Today but let me hold thy hands, Ana gaze Into thy steadfast eyes! A Cluster of Nerers. Never utter a word or slang, Never shut the door irllh a oang. Never say once that "you don't care," Never exaggerate, never swear, Never lose your temper, much, Never a glass of liquor touch, Never wickedly play the spy, Never, O never, tell a lie 1 Never your parents disobey; Never at nignt neglect to pray. Remember theee maxlmi Through all the day, And you will be bappy At work or play. Convenient Season* "Adeline, have you been to see Mary Dale?" asked Lucy Dearborn of her school-mate, Adeline May; "You said you would go to see her, and take her some flowers. She loves them so much?more than ever qow that she is shut up with a broken leg?and they haven't so much as a rose-bush in that little bit of a place." "No, I haven't been," said Adeline, calmly; "I've meant to go, but it wasn't just convenient." "But you have such heaps of flowars, and none of us have so little to do it home aa you have," continued Luujjr, who was a persistent little thing. ' Why couldn't you do it?" "Well, I don't know. Monday, I bad an interesting book I wanted to read; and Tuesday I didn't exactly feel like it; and Wednesday I didn't aeem to have anv time, some wav. and jane came for me to walk in the after* noon, and bo it's really not been (convenient to do it; but I mean to do it tome time." "I'm going down to see Marv now," ?aid Lucy. ''If you'll get me the flowBra, I'll take them." "O, I can't now, I want to go in and work on my cushion. It's all done but putting in the beads." "it won't take more than five minutes," pleaded Lucy. "O, I can't now. It really isn't convenient," said Adeline; "but I will some time," and she went into the house. "Convenient!" said Lucy to herself, u she walked away. "It's never convenient for Adeline to do any thing for any body but herself." The wordu vara mvpre. but theV were true enough. As Adeline was as a school-girl, so she was as a grown woman. She was born to wealth, and had all that moniy could buy?plenty of servants to do tier work, horses and carriages; but )he never found it "convenient" to use any of her good gifts in the service of 3od and her fellow-creatures. "It wouldn't be convenient," was always her excuse; and the Idea (hat ihe could incur any inconvenience for the sake of others never seemed to enter her mind. There was always some lace or trimming wanted for ner dress, some picture or ornament for her fine house, which was reason enough for refusing ber money, and she always had something to ao for herself which made it 'inconvenient" to attend personally to the wants of others. To everv opportunity for good she ?ntinued to repeat, "Go thy way, and svhen I have a convenient season I will sail for thee." The convenient season never came. ItlVAAO on JbAVl^U IV xncj ?f xjojl i ?It appears that the western aud southwestern hank of the Bio Grande is the one which suffers most from the ibraaion of the current Why does the river show this tendency to work to the westward ? Something like this ippears in the case of the Mississippi. Formerly the river had its principal debouchment into the sea through bay3U Manchac and the lakes. In the wurse of time that route was abandoned for the one now known as the main river, which is very considerably to the westward of the old outlet. In the meantime the river has shown ik disposition to transfer its channel still further to the westward through the Atchafalay*. Can it be made to appear from these facte that there is a tendency in great rivers flowing in general directions along meridians of the earth's longitude to swerve to the tvTAA^maO I# Ka Ita1 fV?of Kn/>ohan rr cov wot u * vau iit uo uviu nuov uuvauoc the rotation of the earth on Rs axis to the eastward the weight of the water In such longitudinal rivers is thrown ay the centrifugal force against the the western bank so as to abrade them pith incresed energy and effect ? The Way the Money Goes.? rowels are used for holders. Napkins ?rc 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 "skip* pen." Tea, coffee and spices stand open and lose their strength. Coal i* wasted. Veg tables are tnrown away that would warm over nicely. Scrubbing brushes are left to warp in water. Bits of meat *re thrown away that would make a good soun or hash. A pint, more or less, or dough 1b left iticking to the bread pan. The cork is left out of the molasses jug and flies take possession. The extravagant use 91 Duller, uugur miu egg? iu tuuiicij. Palls are Allowed to sun dry and fall apart.* Bread is wasted. Tea and soffee made too strong. Careless breakage of dishes. Fever and Ague.?There are some situations where fever and ague prevails every season, and this is the case in the vicinity of creeks and swamps. An acquaintance of ours, who has resided for several years on one of these creeks, never has had a single case of fever and ague in his family, while all bis neighbors have been more or less affected with it every seasoD. He attributes his immunity from this troublesome disease to the use of a good fire in his house every chilly and damp night in summer and fall. When the Indians travel at night or early in the morning in swampy regions, they cover their nose ana mouth with some part of their garments to warm the air whieh they inhale, and this they say prevents ?hills and fevers. '57,* "*'/ - <vv"v".*' V- '* - +~ } " ? 'y ^ i -I 1 . r' :. r . . /7 ? .. I.< Which Was Most at Fanlt? On a railroad train the writer noticed the entrance of a mother and little son who were unexpectedly greeted by a friend of the mother. The friend was only going from one way station to the next, while the others were on a long journey. There happened to be but one vacant double seat in the car; and into this the boy slipped, taking the seat next the window. His mother, eager to improve the ten minutes with her friend, asked her son to give up bis seat and take another for that little time, so that Bhe could sit with her friend. "No I won't, because I want to sit by the window, and all the other seats have people already at the windows." "But darling only for ten minutes, and then you can sit by the window all day." "No, I won't go; I want to sit by the window now." "But. dear, not to crlve mamma the pleasure ?' "No." "Not for just ten little minutes, when mamma wants so much to talk with her friend, and you can sit at the window the whole day long?" "No!" was the impatient emphatic reply. , And in spite of humble entreaty from the mother, and good-natured urging from the friend, that homenatured bit of selfishness kept hie {>lace, the mother never dreaming of nsisting on the right and courteous thing, but murmuring gently that "Bobby did bo enjoy looking out of the window." When seven-year-old Bobby becomes Robert the husband, his sad little wife will wonder, "Why Is it that men have so little tenderness for their wives?" Outwitted.?The celebrated French physician, Bicord, was one day walking along the Boulevard in Paris, when he met an old gentleman who was very rich, but who was noted at the same time for hiB extreme stinginess. The old man, who was somewhat of a hypochondriac, imagined that he could get some medical advice from Bicord without paying for it. "Doctor, I am feeling very noorly." "Where do you sufi'er most?" "In | my stomach, doctor." "Ah, that's bad! Please shut your eyes. That's right. Now put out Tour tongue, so I can examine It olosefy." The Invalid did as he was told. After he had wait' ed patiently for some minutes, he opened nis eyes and found himself surrounded by a crowd who supposed that he was crazy. Dr. Bicord in the mean time bad disappeared. His Generosity.--8ome time since the wife of a prominent citizen of New York city was trying to instill in the mind of her five-year-old son what it meant to be generous, tbos : "Now, Willie dear, suppose mamma should give you a cake ana tell you to give part of It to Harry, and when you divided it one piece was larger than the other; if you gave it to him that would be generous, but if you kept it for yourself that would be selfish. Do you understand ?" The little fellow thought he did. The next afternoon, wishing to test the effect of her teaching, she gave Willie a large, juicy orange, saying: "Now Willie, take tnls orange and divide it generously with Harnr." When to her surprise the child (who was passionately fond of oranges) gave it back to her saying, with a roguisb twinkle in bis bonny blue eye: "Here, mamma! won't you please give it to Harry and tell him to divide it generously with me." There is an old story of a beggar to whom one day there appeared dv the wayside a beautiful being, witn her bands outstretched, .'laden with treasures. As he gazed at her in stupid surprise, she glided past him ; but she returned with her treaeures still held out to him ; and once more, with beseeching eyes, as if she would compel him to take what she oirered, she pissed slowly by and disappeared. She hari no annnpr trnna than, as if Walking from a dream, he hurried eagerly in the direction she had taken. He met a traveller, and said, "Have you seen a beautiful stranger, with her bande full of the things that I want, going along this road?" "Yes," replied the traveller; "her name is Opportunity. But once offered, and once refused, she never returns." Peach Custard.?Soak one-half cupful of gelatine with a cup of sugar and a dozen halves of peaches for one hour, then pour on a cup of boiling water and pass all through a strainer. Be sure to stir it all over the fire until the gelatine is dissolved. Set it aside to cool, and when ready to congeal have ready a cup of rich cream; whip the cream 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 harden. A New Use For Lemons.?"If you ever use lemons," remarked our housewife to a lady friend, and have a porj tlon of one left over, be sure you do ! not throw it away. I am never wlth?Vw,-rv-% tn tha hnitiQ ay T ft.lwfl.va I1M WUIl liW'AJLi IU U?w UVM*V| MM ? mmm ** v tbem f 3r flavoring; but of what use are the pioces?" "Just this. The next time you think Iyou ar* done with a lemon just dip it I in salt and rub your copper kettle or jetewpan with it. You will be surprised to And 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 came means; every stain disappears as if by magic. A mouldy lemon put into a dirty saucepan 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 I 4 .t.k4 !? am nut ugu.1. ^ i It has been estimated by Professor Kirchhqflf, of Halle, that the language most spoken on the globe, for the last thousand years at least, is Chinese, for it is without doubt the only one which Is talked by over 400 millions of the human race. The next language most in use, but at a very great distance behind Chinese, is Hindqstani, spoken by over 100 millionfi. Then follow Enfllsh (spoken by about 100 millions), luMian (over 70 millions), German (over 67 millions), and Spanish (over 47 millions). m ? m Whooper? Is it true that Blank'? paper is going to suspend ? Scooper?It Iooks that way. They are beginning to oiFer premium*. I'".". 'yiGRADf!J, 3''n Economy 1b itself a i jreat income. Life without discipline is life without dignity. Comfort comes to us when we are comforting the comfortless. To be a Christian, and a suffering Christian, is a double honor. Live honestly, hurt nobody, and render to everyone his just due. The more a man deuies himself, the more be shall obtain from God. Always leave home with loving woris, for they may be the last The highest exercise of charity is charity toward the uncharitable. When we try to comfort one another let it be God's comfort that we give. Communion m suffering helps to work compassion toward them that do snffer. A boly act strengthens the inward holiness. It is a seed of life growing into more life. No good act, however small, is too small for the greatest man in the world to gladly perform. Divine knowledge i* not the light of fho mnnn for lift to gleen bv. but the light of the bud to walk ?y. A friendly recognition of the fact that a man is bearing a burden, may itself help to lessen the load. Don't be too severe upon yourself, arid your own failings; keep on, don't faint, be energetic to the last. Sleep gives some intermission to the cares and pains and griefs that afflict us. [t is the parenthesis of our sorrows. A holy life has a voice. It speak* when the tongue is silent and is either a constant attraction or a continual reproof. He who seldom thinks of heaven is not likely to get there: as the way to hit a mark is to keep the eye fixed upon It. To seek a redress of grievances by recourse to the law is aptly compared to sheep running for shelter to a bramMa hnoVi The work you have to do in the oountlng-house, in the shop, or, wherever you may be, is that by which you are to serve God. The only way to go through tbie world and escape censure is to take some back road. You cannot travel the main road and do it Most men call fretting a minor fault ?a foible and not a vice. But there is no vice, except it be drunkenness which can so utterly destroy the peace and happiness of a home. Take your directions form your Master, and pay no heed to other voices if they would command. Strive to please him, and do not care what other people think. You are Christ's servant ; "let no man trouble you." We may learn much by watching the stream of a human life; but we ought to remember that beyond our knowledge lies more than is known; and we ought to forbear from judging as we knew all, where we know only in part. Christian, let the fact that the bird* of the air have food, and the grass and flowers beneath your feet are clothed with loveliness, be an argument and token to you of the love of God, who will supply you with food and cover you with raiment We never know through what divine mysteries of compensation the great Father of the universe may be carrying out His sublime plan; but the words, "God is love," ought to contain to every doubting soul the solution of all things. When men do anything for God, the very least thing, they never know where it will end nor what amount cf work it will do for Him. Love's secret, therefore, Is to be always doing thing for God, and not to mind became they are such very little ones. "Cast thy dread upon the running waters ; for after a long time thou shalt And it again." Dent's for Good Girls. Don't allow yourself to be under obligation to any man. Don't discuss your family affairs in general conversation. Don't give your pbotograpns to men, and don't ask them for theirs. Don't make yourself conspicuous at any time by loud laughing or talking. Don't fail to try to always be frank and just and generous, and above all womanly. Don't wear an evening dress to a quiet afternoon reception; don't go without a bat or bonnet. Don't feel it necessary to bow to a man you have met at a ball or party afterward unless you want to continue the acquaintance. Don't write, except when it can't be avoided, to men. Make all your notes, acknowledging courtesies, etc., short and to the point. Don't offer to shake hands when a man is introduced to you, and don't think it necessary when he says goodby, unless he firotextendfi|his. Don't allow a man to treat you with anything but tbe greatest respect. Resent as an impertinence any approach to familiarity of speech or ac\ tion. Don't looast that you do not read the newspapers, as many girls do now?Hono Tlnn'f fhlnlr np(W<#nrv to read all the dully or weekly journals contain, but keep yourself posted on art, literary, social, and political topics of the day. A teacher put the following question to a youn ? Sioux: "How cfo you parse, 'Mary milks thicow?' " The lasiD word was disposed of as foi lows: "Cow is a noun, feminine gender, singular number, third person, and stands for Mary." "Standi* for Mary! How do you make that out?" "Becaue," said the intelligent pupil, "if the cow didn't stand for Mary, how could Mary milk her?" A teacher asked a class to write an essay on "The Result of Laziness." and one of the bright but lazy boys in the clas9 handed in as his composition a hlank slheet of naner. Whenever you buy or sell, let or hire, mafaieaclear bargain, and never trust to "we shan't disagree about trifles." The wiaste of the many poor costs the community in the aggregate far ' more than the waste of the few rich. ' Hemp rope contracts if it is wet. A ( dry rope twenty-five feet long ia shortened to tweuty-four feet on being wet. And it should not by forgotten that a wet rope has only about one-third of 1 the strength of a dry one, while if saturated with grease or soap it is weaker a till. wimt. otiMritf: !; V;!'/ U! Apropos of our article on "Rumand'.vU> Irreverence," a correspondent sends v?-. us a statement that a geutieman ente*v ing a wholesale liquor store saw whafcir..-: -i seemed to be handsomely bound vol' umes, on the back of which appeared in gold letters "Holy Bible." On inquiry he found that these book-shaped bottles, bound in cloth or leather, are sold full of liquor, and the demand for . them is great among "the bovs." This statement is made on the author* ?j ity of The People, published in Scrantun, Pa. The editor says that another liquor firm in that plaoe has a list of commandments parodying those in ,' the Bible. "Thou shait honor me and the harkeener. an that thmi oh?if lim long in the land and oontlnue to eat and drink at my house." Is it to be wondered at that the dealers in this soul-and-body poison should perjure themselves whenever brought before the Courts, or that they should find scores among their customers ready to deny any truth or affirm any falsehood necessary to secure the acquittal or ^ mitigate the punishment of rumsellera? Some have tried without success and ' .4 they say there is no use to try again. But if the reader thinks so let me say that you do not reason in that way about anything else. Suppose, when at school, you had given up everything you failed to learn at the first, or even the second effort, would you ever have learned anything? What would you think of a planter, or mechanic, or merchant, wno would give up in despair and live in idleness, because of one or two failures ? Try again. So men do in matten of infinitely less importance, and if you try in the right way failure is impossible. If I go to perdition I will first exhaust every means in trying to escape, and I will sink into hell from an effort to find the way to heaven. i'W&sx The Advance gives an account of a lady who went to hear one of the modern "apostles of humanity" preach, and this is her spirited account of the sermon: He preached just as I expected him to. We went asking for bread, and'he gave us?not a stone?no, it was not r,hefty" enough?but, sawdust. It . was about the "same philosophy un- ^ derlying pll reUgiona." pnd nr\^ we BiiiiMAU ?nui:r w> una. au tuji"if? "harmouy"?Utat <b, um * ?. Buddhism and Christianity. "An idol is not a god. it is merely a word to ^ express their idea of God," etc. I could hardly sit in my seat. I just ached to get up in the pulpit when ha g had done, and any the First and Sec* vj ond Commandments. / Dr. Lyman Abbott says that early in hfa; ministry he resolved, and still holds to the resolution, that he "would not profess religion for a man after death who had never professed for .., ? himself when living." No man ever made a more rational resolve. The or* ? thodox preachers who are ready to find . a title for every great, rich, or popular , man to a mansion in the skies, even, though he never gave any scriptural . ,. evidence of being born again, tak* - M back in the particular what thqv ..., 3 preach in the general, excite contempt ,, J among unbelievers, encourage neglect of region, and strengthen the handjj>w of loose thinkers in and out of thq,, Church. <i v, Lord Lawrence says: "Christiant ty, wherever It has gone, and nownew a more so than in India, has promoted .v J the dignity of woman, the sanctity of, /:;? marriage, and the brotherhood of mam ' ? Where it has not actually converted, it has checked and controlled, where it has not renewed, it has refined; and .. where it has not sanctified, it has soft-3 ened and subdued." "'|p| A writer in the Advance points'oat " Jj five sorts of persons who ought not' tP'* join the church: 1. The man 'Who' ; thinks he is good enough to join;' N The man who thinks he knows enough" to do it 8. The man who think*1 mils doing the ohurch a favor by joining li. 4. Theman who thinks that Join*" t?iu. n,m him a, rru* lug tliC VUU1U1 VTUi OAfO UIUII v* - aw man who intends to cease effort when ' J he JoIdb the church. Advice to a Young man.j-Never' . '4 whip your brain. All high presftUM" is dangerous. Sturdy to think as quietly aDd as easily as you breathe." Never force yourself to learn what yOo ' have no talent tor. Knowle<%e wttb?? out love will remain a lifeless maton*1 facture, not a living growth. Be edtftent to be ignorant of manv things! that you may know one thltig well, and that the thing which Ood special**' ly endowed you to know. It racmireat fire to fuse the materials of thinking^1 no less than to melt the iron in1: the- |! foundry. '> - ">- "> " . But remember this, however strong veu may be, physically, to strike blow, and however sharp, inteliecuai*" ly, to recognize a fact and discern a ? difference, your success In tne game or life depends on the seriottsr culture , 3 which you give to the third formative force in human character yoiur moral' nature; and of the rightful auprpmaoy; - ^ of this element a comprehensive: ?pression is found in the right Blmple word, love. On this all prophet*, poets and philosophers are agreed. > ? ;l Pit?ce Hnmholdt witnessed - 'i thn wr. fi'ttbi !?> Cotc^ ;j.i" ii *f: ;V:? iiuo-enoi! if i-fj.fr&r-". ^ ...;,-j daring eruptions, and tui\ il, W1,--,. also in other volcanoes of tha^nde*. The fish are sometime* ejected Ji?, va*t. quantities. All belong to one sp^lpa, which exists in some of the lake?.or. the sides of the mountains, . , 4 Young lady?Will you please give me a small bottle of eyether ?. Omaha drug-clerk?Of what, l^is? ? "Qf eyether, please." "Oy ether? . Eyether? 1 do not think we have it In the "0, yes, I am sure you hay$. .Itia sometimes called eetner by ignorant, people- . 1 . i . m f- in i. #|>.f : f -.tj ...jj Physician to patient"Your easels a very serious one, sir, and I think a consultation had better be held;"1 Patient, too sick to care tor anything c?' "Very well, doctor, have as many ac*' oompllcee as you tike." ' ... Chamfort once said: "Society is f composed of two gceat classes, tfcoae who have more appetite that dinner and those who have mora dinner than appetite." ... . M . v... :| ? | ^ ... tr"~