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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1889. : VOLUME
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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
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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 ^
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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.
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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
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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
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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, ]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. >
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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
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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
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