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? ????1? '? '?" ^ _ _ ?? 1 ?^ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.~ WEDNESDAY, MABCH 20, 1889. VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 45. fj On TuescLa MIL As usual, we many novelties, which shown. Our styles, and at prices t the leading makes. All of all the latest Fabriq' designs. A complet and are prepared to she ciennes Silk Lace Flour G-ros G-rain Silks, at $1 and Cashmeres. The* of Figured Lawns, Musi TVT/VI-n "Dinc?"hqc CULLU. lUViUOaiil JL imouuu. How to Make a Happy Home. A home of discord may be visited by acquaintances, but its doors are never likely to be knocked at by < friends. Sensible people will give it a wide berth, and prefer friendship and < intimacy with those who live at peace. I Nobody finds a wise young man court- I ingagirlin a family who get on ill i among themselves. He wants a bird i out of a good nest, and has no wish to ' be drawn in by marriage to take one 1 side or other of a life-long fireside feud. I It is hard on a girl, you say. Some- J times. But about the young man's i eagacity there can be no question i whntevpr. Tt* nil homes were liantiv I what a pleasant world it would be; and there is no reason why happiness t should not reign everywhere, if peo- ( pie would only make wisdom, and not . stupidity, the guide of their lives. I When people are miserable it is in i ninety-nine cases out of the hundred t nobody's fault but their own. An Emperor of China was once travelling ( through his realm, and he came upon s a family in which the graud-father( < with his wives?he had several of t them?his children, sons-in-law, t daughters-in-law, and servants, all t lived under the same roof in perfect i peace and harmony. The Emperor t was so struck with this, that ho asked the old man by what means he con- c trived to avoid quarrels and disputes, 1 aud to have his large family live to- a gether so pleasantly. Taking out a lia U'rnto in runlv Ihpsp WOFlls? 1 |/VUVIt *1V *r 4 VVV ??? "Patience and common sense." That i was the whole secret. An easy one to a remember, but hard, especially with i some natures, to put in practice. 1 What strikes one as an odd thing is that many are able to exercisc patience and common sense abroad, but find it next to an impossible task at home. With them everything is done for the benefit of society at large, and at the ' expense of their own circle. In other * people's houses they have a face like a a benediction, whilst in their own it is s disfigured with frowns. Of nil follies, 1 this is one of the greatest. As if it C were not their interest, let alone their t duty, to do exactly the reverse. If f any one has a mind to be cross, snap- 1 pish and disagreeable, let her choose a 1 field for giving vent to ner 111-nunior ; as far removed from home as possible. Our best side should be turned nut to strangers but to those with whom wo dwell, aud whilst it is right to wish for the good opinion of everybody, we should be auxious most of all about 1 the favora 'e impression we make on 1 our own folks at home. Of the whole 1 tribe of girls give us lier whose broth- 1 ers aud sisters call her, and with good ? reason, an angel. We have duties to 1 perform abroad, but we can never do j these things lightly if we start by neg- J lecting what we owe to our owu re la- 1 tives, and acting as if we believed that i} good works, kindness, geutleness, and good humor ought to begin at any place rather than at home. This is in- i1 verting the natural order of things iand is a proceeding to be looked for j1 only from foolish people. If there is to be household harmony, an impor-i tant point is to cultivate a sweet tern.: ?-?pur. do without that, j Some tempers are iike violin strings ; out of tune; with them, who can ex-j pect either melody or harmony from ! the family orchestra? This is special- J ly a young woman's subject; indeed, if our girls are not amiable, nobody) else can be expected to be. It is to! their kiud and gentle words that we must look for an antidote to fretting and ill-humor. At home the key-note! of the day's music is often struck by j IliU Iirsi wuru wc IIVUI m uic ujuium^ i and happy is that house where it is al ways uttereil by the smiling lips of good tempered girls. A Significant Story. A wealthy hanker in one of our large cities, who is noted for his largo subscriptions to charities, and for his kindly habits of private benevolence, was called on by his pastor, one evening, and asked to go with him, to the help of a man who had attempted suicide. They found the man in a wretched house, in an alley, not far from the -banker's dwelling. The front room i f -'7. ' ..'.Or'"' .1*.7 . .. ,y, 26tli M. tliere ^ jIjINERY, i were among the first have been marked dcv line of FLOWERS, o suit all purchasers. 30, Misses Corsets and ues for Ladies wear. ;e line of TRIMMING)w a full line of India L icings in black snd whit , can't be beat. We si se goods are acknowledg iins and Challies. C; A ?? nvi Jlnnn TrnwA+TT , Ail VCLLlCb^ ' was a cobbler's shop ; behind it, 011 a miserable bed, in the kitchen, lay the poor shoemaker, with a gaping gash in his throat, while his wife and children were gathered about him. "We have been without food for : days," said the woman, "when he returned." "It is not my husband's 1 fault. He is a hard-working, sober 1 man. But he could neither get work, 1 or pay for that which he had done. ! ro-day he went for the last time to col- 1 lect a debt due him by a rich family, 1 but the gentleman was not at home. My husband was weak from fasting, 1 lud seeing us starving drove him mad. < 30 it ended that way," turning to the I 'aiuting, motionless figure 011 the bed. 1 The banker, having fed and warmed < :he family, hurried home, opened his 1 lesk, and took'out a file of little bills. i \11 his large debts were promptly met, i jui ne was apt 10 ue careiess auout uie | j iccounts of milk, bread, etc., because i ;hey were so petty. He found there a bill of Michael i joodlow's for repairing children's fhoes, $10. Michael Goodlow was the < suicide. It was the banker's unpaid s iebt which had brought these people I o the verge of the grave, and driven I his man to desperation, while, at the ) :ery time, the banker had given away 1 liousands in charity. ] The cobbler recovered, and will nev- < :r want a friend while tho banker ' ives, nor will a small unpaid bill ever ( igaiu be found on the banker's table. I Xo man has a right to be generous s mtil his debts are paid ; and the most I 'Iticient use of money is not alone in ] ilms-giving, but to pay liberally and i >roniptly the people whom we em- ! >lov. i Emotional Impulsion. In an article published by Frances! Power Cobbe recently in the Fortliyhily Review, that writer maintains hat emotions come to persons "by a ort of contagion far oftener than they pring up of themselves in the human ireast. Any attempt to communicate >ur emotions by command, however, ends rather to produce the opposite eelings. In order to educate the emoions of others, we must employ this latitral agency, contagion. In order o iuspire a person with a given feeing, we must exhibit the feeling in uir&elvcs. Parents, duly impressed vith the importance of the subject, .vould carefully suppress, or at least jonceal, such of their own emotions as hey would reyret to sec caught up by heir children. A teacher who has lie respect and esteem of his pupils vill affect their emotions for evil or jood according as he betrays enthusiism or aversion for selfish and sail- ' quinary conquerors, according as he < ustities or condemns assassins and an- J uchists, according as he represents science as seeking triumphs or truths, 1 ind according as he treats efforts tor '< the elevation of mankind with levity < >r respect. The companions of the \*oung have a great influence on the i of thoir emotions. As regards girls, their doubly emotional 1 natures make it a matter of moral life and death that their companions should be pure and honorable-minded. Too little precaution is taken, especially in American public schools, against the herding of innocent children with others who have been familiar with vice." Ckijklty to Animals in Winter. ?lilows and bodily injuries are not the only cruelties perpetrated upon , animals. There is a negative or pasr?rin?ltv which rnnsisf in not rln iHg what concluces to their comfort 1 and well being. Warmth is necessary to the comfort and health of animals, ami in the rigorous extremes of winter, the dry cold of the North, and the chilling dampness of the South (still more intolerable than dry cold), protection and shelter are peremptory. When an animal is suffering by reason of cold its owner is suffering in ' his pocket, usually the most, sensitive place, but too often ignored. Food is wasted and substance is lost; every , tremor and shiver of the chilled muscles costs money to the owner. Hence it is a true economy to keep the stock 1 warm, especially the young ones. On a sun-dial which stands upon the ' pier at Brighton is inscribed this hope- ' ful liue "It is always morning some- ( where in tlie world." ~ - -* - - i-/ '"1... ARCH, 18* vvill Toe laad A General Exhibi DRESS in the market, and ha\ ra to the lowest living FEATHERS, and T! A handsome dis] Children's waists. In SATINES we h S to match all colors i] linons, Linon de Laccas, ;e. Swiss and Mull! lall continue to keep in ,red to be the very best ii alicoes and G-inghams, i of Kid and other Gloves That Look. by s. h. p. At Shiloh Camp Meeting there were several of us in the group, among the number my pastor, when I began to criticise the manner aud the words that one of our ministers had used in the pulpit during the service before. 1 lu my mistaken zeal I had measured ] my brother by the divine standard of the Christ that I knew, and because I : was disappointed in the comparison I Liad dared to censure one who bad 2ome in my Master's name; and, with ' i,hat earnestness, tinged with auger, I svas willing to point out my brother's 1 lefects to my hearers who probably 1 ladn't seen them before! My pastor j nildly expostulated at first; but see- 1 ng that I was determined upon ex- ' pressing my disapprobation, he gave ( me a look that I will never forget! ' Rebuke, sorrow, love, pity, disappoint- 1 tneut and grief were all blended there! ' As our earthly teachers use illustrat- J id primers to teach their scholars to ' u 1 1 ? i:i.. ? /-ii. I speii uiiu icuu JUUIC ivauiij; su vuini, the divine Teacher, has always illustrated my Scripture les9ous with liurian, living pictures; and thus, through this sweet, teuder way of his, [ better understand how much his incarnation means to the world! rhrotigh this one, who had come "in Christ's stead" tome, I felt that every look in the Bible was turned upon my soul. I had often read about them, heard them preached of from the pulpit, but never before did their meaning so flood me with delight! With Ibis mental kaleidoscope I saw how magnetic the cord of love is that vi jraies oeiween uie worm ami uiegreat , throbbing heart of its Redeemer. as be ( ;enderly says : "Look unto me, aud be ( ye saved, all the end9 of the earth | ind how "our fears looked unto him s md were lightened." I see now how ( here could be life given to the 9tnit- ( en Israelites in the wilderness for a , ook at the brazeu serpent, and how j Peter's heart was broken under the ( sorrowful, loving look of his sulferiug | Master as ''be went out aud wept bit- ( erly." Oh, the looks of the Bible ! ( low powerfully they will always | jeam on me, all because I had been , jlessed with "a faithful priest!" God , )lesshiui! He is a loyal "watchman j >u the tower;" and, while I make no | lefense of myself, I feel in my soul hat I can say: "Jf there were more ike him, there would be fewer like lie.?JS'civ Orleans Christian Advocciic. * 1 A Returned G'auuou Ball. June 17, 1775, a British man-of-war, yiug in the Mystic River, threw a ' jannon-ball at the little American . irrny intrenched on Bunker Hill. ] Fhe ship threw more than one bull, I but this particular one was picked up i ifter the fight and saved. In 1S8S, at < the 25Uth anniversary of the Boston Ancient Artillery Company, this ver- | itable ball was returned to a party of British artillerymen who had come < over to help celebrate the occasion. The presentation was made at the dinner by Colonel Walker. "I bold in my hand," said Colonel Walker, "a cannon-ball thrown by a British manof-war at the patriot army on Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Through the kindness of Mr. Hassani, who gives it to this company to present to you, I give it to you to carry home as a memento (haudinir the eannon-hAll to i Major Durrant, amid hearty cheers and applause.) It was thrown at us i in war. We give it to you in peace as i a token of the amity which lives to- i day between our great nations, and which we all pray may live forever." 1 "There is time for wonderful changes in a hundred years," says the New ' Haven Palladium, in commenting on < the above. "It would have given the I grizzled old fighters of the British < war-ship a queer feeling if they could i have known, when they 'touched her i oil',' and sent that ball screeching at i the Yankee breastworks on that June < day, 1775, that a hundred years later the ball would be handed back over a 1 friendly dinner-table as a token of : amity and concord between the two greatest and most en lightened power* i of the earth."?Army and Navy llcg J titer, New York. : 3Q, and. Dili . through, cm ,dd< tion of all the Late* GOODS ring an almost unbroke prices. In [PS is simply superb, olay of RIBBONS w Our DRESS GOO] ave an unusually large i Dress Goods. We , Checked and Striped 1 Flouncings. Amon^ our BLACK GOODS ] a Texture, Color and Fi n alMhe newest mtterr 5. All Orders for I Provoking War. The Berlin Post says: The increase of France's military force brings us nearer to war. This increase is being made at a rate with which the peace powers are scarcely able to keep pace. The same remark may be applied to Russia, the increase of whose military strength canuot be explained as a defensive measure. Such is the universal and inevitable result of au increase of armaments. tTnnU nnf innrnncr\ Krlnnra Ilia nol Inn jLiav/U nvi ui iuvi^aov u^iiugo buo uuvivu "nearer to war." To reduce armaments simultaneously, mutually, evenly and systematically brings them nearer to protracted peace. A man tires his nerves with alcohol when he proposes a crime. Burglars buy new implements when about to steal. In. irease an army or a navy and the United States is disposed to fight. , 3uch a course excites new foreign fears ind jealousies and provokes attack. Any country that prepares to fight is , more willing to fight on that account. , She grows arrogant, belligerent and provocative. In the name of Peace wo protest igainst great armies, forts and ironclads. England is about to add eight af the latter to her enormous navy. Ixdefiniteness.?There is a great lack of definiteness in the religious life of Christian people. Ouce the *race of assurance was sought so earnestly that none were satisfied unless they possessed it, but now so many are content with mere Church-memberjhip and the perfunctory performance if religious duties. As a consequence, :here is little enthusiasm, and antagonism of sin has gradually lessened | jntil its tolerance is manifest, and it is , Jifflcult in some places to hold our j )wn, much Jess to advance boldly into j he regions beyond. "VVorldliness will ? 10011 so interfere with our experience i hat the fact of personal salvation will , lease to be a certainty, and there will i emain only a memory of former days. | [ndulgence in sinful tempers and i ;astes soon brings on such condemna- i .ion that all the joy of salvation goes j >ut of (he life, and we assume the burlens again which Christ offered to jear for us. And the absence of definite testimony leads many of the i younger memuers iu uuuui suuu ?u ca i perience of assurance, and to be con ;ent without growth iti grace. ?.*&?. Sonic Folk's Religion. < The poet Campbell, it was said, had i not been inside a church in many years; but he never passed one with- 1 )ut pulling off his hat. "That gallant cavalier, Col. Turner, was hanged for a flagitious burglary. 1 A.t the gallows he told the crowd that tils mind received great consolation from one reflection?he had always taken oil* his hat when he went into a ahureh." "We remember the true story of the gentleman who was thrown from his 1 liorse in the hunting lield, and was carried into a house, and found to be fatally injured. A sporting friend, finding that he must die, ottered to hasten ott' and bring a clergyman, evidently supposing that something might be lacking which the ordained person could supply. The dying man declined the aid of the rector or vicar, for, said he, llIattended my own parish church last Sunday." "The story lias often been told of the sporting lord who made no pretence to religion, nor even to morality ; but, on Llie contrary, rather gloried in his free thinking and his free living. His time came to enter eternity, and he was laid low by a sickness which was the forerunner of death. One of his ( wild companions, calling upon him, j was greatly surprised to see the parson I jouiing out of the bedroom, and men- 1 lioned the fact to the sick man. The j explanation was soon given in sport- ] insr language Yes," said the depart- ' ing libertine, "I am trying to hedge." j He feared that his speculation in free , opinions and ungodliness might turn < out to be n loss, and so he was snecu- 1 lating a little in the other direction, to save himself in some degree." These instances of the estimate Of religion are not so singular and rare. 1 Many persons havejust as foolish and I imperfect ideas of religion as these. ] ping tlie Be: t tlie ?tore Oil st Novelties in ^KT23 T in and unlimited Stool BONNETS and H. RUCHIJN ill be made. We DS Department will b* > Stock, both French a 3 have not overlooked Muslin, &c., &c. I our Colored Dress Sill DFPARTMENT a full lish. Once a black, ls. White and Color )ress Making t>romr>tlv ' A A W "Too Muclicc bj and by.'' "What is your complaint against this young man, John?" said the magistrate to the Chinese laundryman, who had summoned a young gentlewhose laundry bill was in arrears. "He too muchee by and by," was the answer of the aggrieved Celestial, who evidently knew what ailed the 3'oung man, even if he could not express his views in the most classical English. There are other youngsters who are troubled with the same complaint, "too muchee by and by." The boy who has to be called four times in the morning, and then is late to breakfast; the boy who says "In a minute" wnen his mother calls him to do chores or run errands; the young gentleman who forgets his promise to bring wood, or draw water; the young lady who always "meant to" do things and have them in order, but who never, never carried out her intentions; the legions of folks who always have to be waited for?all these have "too muchee by and by." People are likely to sing themselves into perdition with "the sweet by and by." What they need is the sweet now, which is the accepted time and the day of salvation. [Micaigan Advocate. Telegrams telling of the slaughter, Kir Ttritiah onrJ T<!orv??tian trnons. of iJj mj* iwou v,MM ?OJ I'" r~i ? four hundred Arabs in one brief half hour, are not a very gratifying prelude to the Christmas bells, which are supposed to souud forth the message of "peace on earth, good-will to men." As far as we have been able to grasp the situation in the Soudan, it seems elear that whatever differences have urisen between the Dervishes and the friendly tribes might easily have been 3ettled by peaceful negotiations, if these had been entered on at the proper time, and iu the proper spirit. If this be so, a very heavy burden of guilt rests on the British military authorities in Egypt, as well as on the Government at home. Well might Sir Wilfrid Lawson exclaim in the House of Commons: "If this is Christianity and civilization, then civilization is. a sham, and Christianity is a mockery, a delusion, and a snare." We cannot help feeling that this io-.iMl1i.nif vi/ifi-irv" }? in rpnlitv. one more dark stain on our national escutcheon. Moreover, it brings into sharp relief the necessity that is laid upon Great Britain as a professedly Christian country to carry the Gospel message into these regions so long devastated by the slave trader, and the cruel hand of war.?The Christian. Ages to Coine. "That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Jesus Christ."?Eph. ii, 7 (R. V.) "The ages to come"?what a wonderful prospect! How shall we, the short-lived and short-sighted children of time, bear to look into the heights and depths of that eternity called by i3t. Paul the "ages to cpme?" Ail that we can know is by div^fre revelation, and the glimpse here afforded us as to the glorious future of God's peo pie is as eievaung mi lue spirit as n< is comforting to the heart. In that great future God will have a work to do ; He will show His people that which they could not apprehend or understand now. All that can here be known of the "exceeding riches of His grace" is poor compared to what has yet to be revealed "in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." The centuries of time are not long enough to show all this; it requires the "ages to come" for its full display. The work accomplished by Christ in His life and in His death was in one sense ended when on the cross He cried, "It is finished !" but its glorious results shall know no end ; the "ages to come" will only unfold more of their "exceeding riches." How strange that we allow ourselves to be engrossed with the cares of this life, even to its most petty trifles, while well a prospect as this is set before us! Flow sad that we should break our liearts over the losses and the crosses of x day , and forget "the exceeding riches jf His grace," to be shown in the 'ages to come!" [ The Sunday at Home. Not what the world says we may do, but what we know we ought to do, is the standard of duty for us in our daily conduct. maincier of* ) of 'RIMMIKTC i from which to select, ATS all the Shapes aj rG-S and RUFFLING ) carry a full line of Co: 3 found stocked with ai ,nd American, in all the our WHITE GOODS Elaborate desims in C rs can be found many of I line of Priestleys, Sil ways a Black A b< ed Scrims, Nottingham executed, and satisfact: A Lost Incident. The following incident, illustrating the character of Dr. McFerrin, was told us by Dr. Morton, who is responsible for its truth: The old Doctor was out West, and at a missionary meeting. It devolved upon him to make the collection. After getting the people considerably aroused to the importance of the great missionary cause, he commenced the collection. "Now," said the Doctor, "we want a liberal collection, and we want to hear from you in quick succession. Who will give twenty dollars? Brother will act as secretary, and I want the names to come as fast as he can write them. Who will give twenty aonars uromer jones arose aud said : "Put me down twenty dollars." "Thank you, brother," said the Doctor. "Now let us have another. Be quick." Brother Smith arose, and said : "Put me down for twenty dollars." "That is good," said the Doctor. "Come on with your twenties. We must raise two hundred dollars at the least." Then a brother arose, and said : "Adam Odoni twenty dollars." The Doctor, evidently nonplussed, said : "Let us hear that again. Adam Odom twenty dollars. I don't understand you," said the great warrior. "What did you say," holding his hand to his ear. The gentleman arose again, and in a firm, loud, strong voice said : "Adam Odom twenty dollars." "And who asked you how much Adam owed? How much do you know? that is the question. You come here to make fun in the house of God by telling us how much Adam owed! It is a shame? This is God's house ! This is a solemn occasion, and you wish to make light of it and bring everything into ridicule by telling us Adam owed twenty dollars." A good brother said : "Doctor, that is brother A H/inm oiul ha 11?Scilina n.uuui vuuiii, uuu aim ?r ioug*'v twenty dollars. He has no intention of telling how much Adam owed, but he wishes to give twenty dollars." The venerable Doctor saw his mistake and took liis seat. For the first and last time in his life he was effectually cowed. And no person ever dared ask him : "How much Adam owed?" Ciiarles H. Spurgcon on War. C. H. Spurgeon once remarked in a sermon at his Tauernacle: "Now here comes another Christianity which has lately displayed itself to many heathen nations. It comes with a Bible in its knapsack and the rifle in its hand. Is not this a fine combination for conversion? Jesus comes before the Zulu riding upon a Gatling gun. Of course these poor heathen then know nothing about our political combinations, but they suppose that Christians are invading their land?will they, therefore lov^ Christ? Missionaries, here is a difficulty for j-ou to explain; how will you deal with it? You come from a Christian nation?a nation which salutes the savages in Christ's name with shot and shell! Will they receive Christianity coming in such guise? If they do not, small blame can we pour upon them; they will be only acting according to the light of reason and common sense. If there shall ever come a Christianity which suflereth longaud island ; which doeth no evil, but seeketh good to its neighbor, which leachetli love to God and love to man, which seeketh not its own but lays itself out for others, then I do not say that an ungodly people will be enamoured of it if left to itself; but I do believe that the Spirit of God will go forth with it, aud will convince men of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment, and then shall the scattered family of Adam accept the one true faith, and enter into a league of amity with each other, and there shal| be glory to God in the highest, 011 earth peace, goou win lowaru men.'' He Watchful, Boys.?Every man has need lo be watchful. The cable is not stronger than the weakest link, nor the character than the hidden meanness. The secret sin does not grow in a day, though it may germinate in a moment. A Scotch preacher beautifully illustrated this by referring to the tiny seed dropped by the passing bird into a crevice of a rock, and which, sprouting, grew, and in process of years, by its mighty roots, moved the massive rock until it toppled over into Hi a w.i, ?? ? ? ...... ll,Q niv jw Jiui.ii ui; n tu t vi IIIV trifling thought of sin. We must search by the power of God's Spirit. Let us be sincere in the searching, and firm in the evictions of the hidden evil. _____ Raleigh Christian Advocate. When one makes it a point of conscience to pay all of his debts, he preadies an eloquent sermon to the > dishonest; on the contrary the minis-, ter or member of the chmvh who does not pay his debts is a reproach to the cause of Christianity. John 'Wesley. I find time to visit the sick and the poor; and I must do it if I believe in the Bible, if I believe the marks whereby the Shepherd of Israel will know and judge His sheep in the last great day. ' * * ,v. the Week J CJo3rS. -m we have secured ad Patterns will be f8 in all the latest rsets, embracing all i ample assortment > newest colors and DEPARTMENT, Jhintilly andValenthe latest shades in 1t "VX7" o y*-r\ IT on w ? xx * v Jixcmxctucio sautiful assortment Laces, double faced ion gnaranted. Consecration. Take my life, and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to thee. - J,'* Take ray moments, and my days; Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands, aDd let them move At the impulse of thy love. Take my feet, and let them be Swift and "beautiful" for thee. Take my voice, and let mo sing Always, only, for my King. Take my lips, and let them be Filled with messages from thee. Take my silver, and my gold; Not a mite would I withhold. 6? Take my intellect, and use Every power as thou shalt choose. .3 Take will, and make it thine; xb ouaii ue uo longer mine. Take ray heart, It la thine own; It shall be thy royal throne. Take mv love; my Lord, I pour At thy reet Its treasure-store. Take myself, and I will be Ever, only, all for thee. Rev. John Hem men way has in The if Messenger of Peace an article on Marriage, addressed to Young Men. The ending of the very sensible communication is here given : I now seem to hear some one saying, Ij as he or she reads this article, "I guess uncle John Hemmenway will not be ' able to find anything to say about war ; this time, as he is writing on marriage, and what a precious blessing a good wife is to a man." O yes, he , will! War is mightily, awfully destructive of connubial happiness. Alas! how many millions of husbands ' have left their wives to meet millions of other husbands, who have left their ' , nritraa frv alon/vlifoi* ?** nitvoj w uiuugijvti liiwuaxxuouu i/aiblO" ^ fields. Oh, how many millions of women have been made widows by the > swords and guns of the husbands of , \f other women. How dreadful! dreadful ! How inexpressibly painful to merely think of, to the thoughtful, benevolent mind. And we must not forget that vast numbers of unmarried men, and also of married men, have lost their virtue forever by being soldiers ; and war causes many divorces of wives. And how many thousands I on thousands of men, by being forced ~ to be soldiers in the armies of the world, especially in Christian (?) Europe, are Kept from virtuous marriage by the war system in time of peace, as well as in time of war. And how many men have been torn from their loved wives by the cruel power of con* scription ! Every young man and every young '?j woman, on their bridal day, as hus- , .:=? band and wife, should unite themselves firmly and lovingly together for peace, as the great philanthropic work of their lives. Let them labor as "the God of love and peace" opens the way before th*m, for "peace on earth" now, ; v not for peace in a far-distant "millen- ' * ilium"?peace by the holy, mighty jiower of unselfish love; and when such love fails, if ever, to "conquer a peace," let Arbitration be a final resort, allowing in no case an appeal to the sword. ? mm m The World's Peace Congress.? This has been called to meet at Paris : in connection with the World's Exposition of 1889. The American Peace Society has been invited to send delegates and will do so, and also to lurnish its publications and other evidences of its benevolent work for the prevention ami abolition of war. The protests of the Germon Emperor, the French Ministry and the En lisli Cabinet that each desires pea e are strangely and absurdly inconsistent with their continued and daily increasing preparations for war. Not till these Governments with Italy and Austria consent to mutual disarmament will there be any assured and re- .i; liable peace. To effect such a disarmment should be one of the chief objects -: sought by a World's Peace Congress. [American Advocate of Peace. A Study op "Star Routes."?All j the routes wherejn the mails are not carried by either railroads or steamboats are known as star routes because they are marked in the official records with a star. A study of star routes ; could be made with profit. There is a star route in Idaho wherein a dog is \ made to serve as a mail carrier. A portion of the route over the mountains is impassable in winter, and the contractor's St. Bernard dog has been trained to make the trip at such times. The distance is a little more than ten miles, and 1t has to be traversed once every second day, and doggy is always on time. Down in Texas there is a sim mine iiineiy-iive nines long across the plains, on which there is daily service, although but two small settlements are served. The route extends from Poisedio to Alameto and Fort Davi9. If you scatter some grain among straw or leaves and keep the hens at work scratching, they will lay better aud keep in better health. Soup should be served at kast once or twice a week, . Jj