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BY I1UGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1889. VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 48. 1
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Extracts from tbe Ciiristiau Neiglte.
A Question ol'Education.
The extract below is from Ceo. T.
Angell's address to the annual meeting
of the national Association of Superintendents
of Public Schools, at Washington,
D. C., Feb. 14, 1SS4. Copied
from Our Dumb Animals :
"Nearly all the criminals of the future,
the thieves, burglars, incendiaries,
and murderers, are now in our
public schools, and with them the
greater criminals who commit national
crimes. They are in our public
schools now, and we are educating
them. We eau mold them now if we
will. To illustrate the power of education
: We know that you may make
the same boy Protestant, Itoman Catholic,
or Mohammedan. Jt is simply a
question of education. You may put
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into nis mne uuuus, us uoi
whips, guns and swords, or you may
teacn him, tis the Quakers do, that
war and cruelty are crimes. You may
teach him to shoot the little bird ii?
springtime, with its uest full of young,
or you may teach him to feed the bird
and spare its nest. You may go into
the schools now with book, picture,
song and story, and make neglected
boys merciful, or you may let them
drift until, as men, they become sufliciently
lawless and cruel to throw
your railway trains off the track, place
dynamite under your dwelling houses
or public bnildings, assassinate your
President, burn half your city, or involve
the nation in civil war..
"Isitnot largely, if not wholly, a
question of education ?"
This extract contains a most important
truth, onewhich should Ih' taught,
if need be, over and over to every
child, and adult as well, and never
forgotten.
The truth as stated l>y Mr. Angcll.j
is embraced in a chain of truths ol j
kindred and equal importance. The
Jinks of this chain are, 1. Faith
comes through teaching. 2. According
to accepted teaching so is faith. 3.
According to faith so is conscience.
4. According to conscience so is conduct.
5. According to conduct so is
character. 6. According to charactei
so is destiny.
Rejection of teaching is unbelief
concerning that which was taught.
"Whether the teaching be true or false,
faith follows acceptance, and he who
accepts the teaching is sincere in his
belief, as much so in believing the
false as in believing the true. Sincerity
is essential to and inseparale from
faith of any kind or degree. It one is
M not sincere he does not believe?has
9 no faith.
How important then is it that persons
should take heed as to what. they
hear and also as to how they hear.
~Still more important is it that teachers
should take heed as to what and
how they teaeh ! Teachings accepted
are the infinitesimal wires that make
the first link of the series which ends
with destiny.
After teaching and faith comes conscience,
which answers to faith as the
printed page answers to the types by
which it has been pressed.
1 Nextjis conduct, which is a manifest
translation of faith and conscience into
practical life?showing faith and
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WUOtlBIIVS
Next, the actions in probation lifeconduct?are
the accretions that make
character; and character is that which
a man, after probation, carries with
him into the state of award?destiny.
Faith and conscience never disagree
as the light or wrong of anything.
AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENCE.
Sydney Harbor ? T. S. Mori- Il.vifo
Park?Quern Victoria's Statue?
The Museum nn<l Art (iallcr.vliOrd.'Cjirrinfjton?Post
Offices?ISiu<
SfountaiiiH.
Sydney, New South "Walks, Australia,
Jan. 1 SS'J.
Dear Neighbor:
Usually the first question a body in
Sydney asks a stranger is, "What do
vou think of our harbor?" Very
I truthfully could I answer all such
inquiries by saying that it was the
grandest and most beautiful harbor I
had ever seen. Indeed it is worthy all
the pride that Australians feel in it,
for not only is it magnificent in it* surroundings
of green hills and bandsome
residences and public buildings,
but its ample coast-line would afford
splendid "berths" for all the shipping
of Australia, should it ever be necessary
to concentrate it in Sydney.
The "Circular Quay," where the
large ocean steamers lie, is a popular
and pleasant driving place, and its
pretty park is adorned by a bronze
statue of T. S. Mort, one of Sydney's
early settlers, and the most nolile philanthropist
of New South Wales. It is
worthy of mention that when Mr.
Mort settled in Sydney he was rather
"looked down upon"* because he was
an auctioneer. The disfavor of colonial
royalty had little or no effect upon
him, however, and before a great
while he had the satisfaction of elevating
"trade" to acknowledged respectability
in Sydney, and the pleasure of
occupying the most exalted position as
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cess was phenomenal, his achievements
honourable, and his name is still
borne upon many of the greatest business
blocks in Sydney, where his
memory is held in high esteem by people
of every class.
Sydney is a great and beautiful city,
settled just a hundred years a<?o, aiic'
passing through the vicissitudes of ;i
penal colony of Great Britain, it has
long since emerged from its misfortuues,
and is now a thriving city of
nearly four hundred thousand inhabitants.
Possessed of many delightful
parks, and beautiful terraces, adorned
by numerous handsome statues and
monuments, endowed with fine museums
and art galleries, it is indeed <m
charming place to visit, and to live in,
too. I doubt not.
Everything is thoroughly English,
of course, and I have soon become accustomed
to the scarlet coats of the
soldiers and government employees to
be seen on every hand. They appeal
much more dignified than the same
class of people in America.
Certain localities about town resem
ble those of .London,?in name at
least: Hyde Park, ltegent Street, Holborn,
J.Ioomsbury, and so on. At the
western entrance to Hyde Park tire re
stand line statues of Queen Victoria
and of the late Prince Consort; the
former was erected during the "Jubilee
year1' of the Queen's reign, and is
of most noble appearanee, reflecting
great credit upon the sculptor for his
magnilicent creation. Another prominent
feature of this park is the white
marble statue of Captain Cook, the renowned
explorer and settler of the
Southern Paeilic.
Close by Hyde Park is the Australian
Museum,?well worth a long and
careful visit; in it one limls the relics
of aboriginal life in the Colonies, and,
indeed, all the wonders of the South
Seas. The mineral department contains
the largest gold nuggets I have
ever seen, some of which are worth
over a half million of dollars. Specimens
of kangaroos and rabbits are
plentiful, for, be it remembered, they
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tralian animals, the former for its
value, and the latter for its destructivenessof
vegetable life. Indeed, the
! Australian rabbit is a pest from which
Americans should be very thankful
they have escaped.
.Strolling through the beautiful and
I Vagrant botanical gardens one comes
upon the New South Wales Art Gallery.
The present building is not yet
completed, but it is progressing rapidly,
and, when finished, will be the finest
gallery in the Colonies. Many of
the pictures portray Australian life
and are by native artists. The galleries
of the world, however, have
been laid under contribution by the
liberal handed patrons in Sydney, and
though comparatively new, this temple
of art is fikely to take a high rank
at no very distant day. Already it
luvs brought to the front very prominently
some of its local artists, and
has created abroad an abiding interest
in Australian works.
Government House, as Lord C'arrington's
residence io known, is a
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nauusome suiiciure 01 fuugniiJitnu
blocks of brown stone. The "ivy
o-rcen" that clings about the sturdy
walls lends an ancient aspect not
wholly in keeping with modern .Sydney;
still, as it is comparatively isolated
in its ample grounds, one doesnot
necessarily observe the contrast.
Just now Lord* ('arrington is in "hot
water" because he refuses to commute
the death sentence of a murderess. It
is gratifying to note, however, that he
{irmly declines yielding to the sentimental
appeals in the woman's behalf,
and will not interfere in the case, because,
says be, "she was strong enough
to kill, and she is not too weak to
hang."
The Post O/liec occupies an entire
block, and in it is contained the de
partment of mails, the telegraph and
cable ollices and the postal savings
bank, all of which are owned by the
government. The finest, largest and
mo>t conveniently appointed oflice in
America would sulicr greatly in comparison
with the Sydney establishment.
Plenty ol' space, ample facilities
for letter "writing, wailing rooms,?
indeed, ever\ thing one needs for correspondence
is right at hand.
The lilue Mountains aflbrd the finest
scenery in New South Wales, and
thetrincan be made very pleasantly
iii t\v<> clays via the "Zig-zag" Railroad.
The grade is so steep iu several
places that in order for trains to make
the ascent, the track has been laid in :i
zig-zag fashion, from which fact the
railroad takes its name.
Many of the suburban residences are
built-upon terraccs, and with a whole
hill-side covered with handsome
houses and gardens it is a pleasant
sight indeed. In the principal residence
sections of Hie city, private
houses are designated by names instead
of numbers. The custom certainly
admits of more individuality
attaching to a gentleman's house, but
it is not nearly so convenient as numbering.
Sydney is supplied with various
styles of cabs and tramway*. Han-1
sums and gurneys are most in use for!
small parties; st.-am tram-cars with
seats below and above are patronized
very liberally, as are also the many
omnibus lines. Strange to aav, there
are no horse-carr, but the lack of proper
trallic accommodation is soon to be
remedied by electric street railwavs.
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ill enurcnes, scnoois ann couches
:iiul hospitals, Sydney is abreast of the
world. St. Andrew's Cathedral is a
fine old brown stone cdifiee, solemnly
grand in appearance; the light steals
softly in through richly stained windows,
and one can almost fancy in the
twilight that lu* sees weird shadows
Milting behind the massive pillars and
disappearing in the starry expanse
above. The boy choir in St. Andrew's
is an especial feature in its favor, and
attracts all lovers of music, even at
the evening rehearsals.
All in all, I have found Sydney a
most charming city, and but for lack
of space could say much more about
the pleasant places visited and people
I have met, but I must not trespass
further. S. T. Bkownk.
A Curious Combat.
A travel lor in South Africa tells of a
singular combat be witnessed. He
was musing one morning, with his
eyes on the ground, when lie noticed a
caterpillar crawling along at a rapid
pace. Pursuing him was a host of
small ants. IJcing quicker in their
movements, the aunts would catch up
with the caterpillar, and one would
mount his back and bite him. Pausing,
the caterpillar would turn his
head, and bite and kill his tormentor.
After slaughtering a dozen or more of
his persecutors, the caterpillar showed
. signs of fatigue. The ants made a
combined attack. Petakiug himself
. to a stalk of grass, the caterpillar
climbed mi tail first. followed by the
. ante. As one approached, he seized it
in ins jaws and threw it off t lie stalk.
Tiie ants, seeing that the caterpillar
had too strong a position for them to
overcome, resorted to strategy.
They began sawing through the
. grass stalk. In a few moments the
* stalk fell, and hundreds of ants poime.
ed upon the caterpillar. lie was killed
at once, and the victors marched
oil" in triumph, leaving the foe's body
on the field.
Tin-: Frigatj: iJiun.?Sailors believe
religiously that the frigate bird
can start at daybreak with the trade
winds from the coast of Africa and
| roost the same night upon the American
shore. "Whether or not this is a
[ fact has not yet been conclusively determined,
but it is certain that the bird
is tlie swiftest of winged creatures,
and is able tolly, under favoring conditions,
200 miles an hour.
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CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA.
Christmas at tlic AiitlpndoN?A Mi<lSmiiiiior
Festival?"Piuld.v"* Murkoi"?
St. Andrew's Cathedral --
"ISoxinc Day."
Sydney, New Soutii Wales, Australia,
Dec. 31, 18SS.
Dear Ncif/hbor :
\ Ten nights ago the good ship "Lubeck,"
of the Norddeut^chcr .Lloyd
line, brought me safely into Sydney
harbor, after a pleasant run of 2,3G3
miles from theSamoan Islands.
We had scarcely reached the quarantine
station in the outer harbor
when the "newspaper boats," as they
are called, came alongside with reporters
for the press, bringing tiles of the
latest papers, and seeking the war
news from Samoa. After glancing
oyer our passenger list one enterprising
scribe, desirous of outstripping his
rivals, requested an interview with
me; at the time I was just retiring for
the nierht. but when the message came
I thought that the gentleman in waiting
might be the bearer of some important
despatches which I expected
to receive upon my arrival, so I slipped
into something a little less than
full dress, and went out to see him.
What was my surprise and disappointment
to find in the person hanging on
to the "Jacob's ladder" at the ship's
side, a knight of the quill. "An interviewer
interviewed !"?a droll thought
eaough, but when I remembered the
anxiety I used to experience in a like
position, I concluded to gratify my
visitor?partially, at least. After giving
him such information as I felt at
liberty to disclose, the reporter thanked
me profusely, assuring me, the
while, that 1 had secured myself a
prodigious "head-line" introduction
to the city. He was considerably taken
aback when I told him that on no
account should he use my name in
connection with the news he had obtained
; that I cared for no publicity
in the papers beyond the ordinary passenger-list
it printed, and that I
thought the letters I bore would be
sufficient introduction to the good peonip
nf Kvdnpv whom T exnected to
meet. Thus was his anticipated sensational
report shorn of some of its
possibilities of embellishment. The
next day T was gratified by reading in
the Mornintf Herald a simple and correct
narration of the Samoan war
news, devoid of the customary, useless
and misleading intcrspersion of personal
opinion by the party interviewed.
But, of "Christmas in Australia,"?
for, having transacted the business
that brought me to Syddey,?I gave
myself over to the kind attentions of
old friends and new acquaintances,
and entered into the spirit of the festival
season. Fancy Christmas in midsummer!
Yet so I found it here; but,
owing to an exceptionally cool wave,
the temperature was in re like October
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IS ill ine oiiiit's, ucutc a cujiy (,-u wvi
novelty to the utmost.
Day before Christmas llio streets and!
| the fancy stores were crowded with J
anxious and eager shoppers; the Victoria
and the It ova I Arcades, almost
impenetrable, [what useful and
beautiful blocks are these arcades,
where one can find everything he
wants in the numerous bazaars on
every side.] I5ig people and little people,
pretty girls and girls not pretty,
lords and ladies, paupers and pickpock-j
lets,?all were in the throng, here andi
[ there, a red-coated soldier, "quite English,
you know." Ladies and children i
in white, men in light-weight clothing
and straw hats everywhere. Such
was the scene in Sydney this year;?
in what great contrast with my last
Christmas,?blockaded by ice in the
Hudson River.
Christmas eve drew 011, mid 110 perceptible
diminution in the crowds.
Along with a friend or two, I visited j
"Paddy's Market,"?a large, barn-like
old structure in one of the poorer districts
of the city. It is a wonderful
place, this market, where all sorts of
slut!', mostly second-hand, are disposed
of at auctions held on certain
nights. It was pandemonium. Qui
ali sides little auctions were in progress,
a horse or a hair-pin on the
bl.ieks; here, a "merry-go-round" j
loaded with frolicking men and children
; there, a magic medicine vendor,
proclaiming 111s nostrums, auu performing
tricks of humbug for (lie
pleasure of bin gaping audience. Everywhere
commotion; everywhere
noisy trailers trying to entertain their
customers while they swindled them,
r 11 the hurry of the evening some secured
bargains, and others,?well others
went away poorer, if not wiser
men.
With all the noise and jollity, the
Christmas horns and fire-crackers, so
usual ill American cities at this season,
were conspicuous by their absence.
Wcndingour way along the crowded
thoroughfare we were attracted by the
pitiful cry of a forlorn little newspaper
girl, begging the passers-by to take her
papers. I shall never forget the gladness
that glowed in her wan little face
when one of our party "bought her
out" and paid double the price of her
stock of J'k-hoCH. She seized his hand
and kissed it, and said, "God bless
you, Mister; I'll pray to Santa Claus
for you to-night; 'Merry Christmas' to
you^ too." Only a moment,?but the
incident set nie a-thinking of Christmas
and its real import and oblign
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Christmas is always a sort* reminder of
sadness and poverty than a rather
than a season of merry rejoicing.
Musing thus, there fell upon my ear
thesouuds of Christmas chimes ringing
out from the many belfries over
the city. And thus was my Christmas
in*Australia ushered in.
It seemed to me, next morning, that
all the waiters, porters and chamber
maids in Sydney were crowded in the
"Crown, and Anchor Hotel" where I
was stopping. Step as softly as one
might, and glide along as swiftly, they
were sure to hear you, and pop out of
every door and unexpected corner with
an obsequious "Merry Christmas,"
ending in a plea for the "help," as
they call themselves.
Holly si ltd mistletoe do not grow in
Austiaiia to any extent, and the little
/*
that one may Jiml is 01 an mierior
quality, and is unworthy a place in
Christmas decorations. However, a
\ery pretty substitute Is (blind in the
"Christinas bush," which is of rather
a "scrubby" growth, hut which is covered
with innumerable little crimson
(lowers, having a back-ground of yellowish-green
leaves. With a profusion
of "Christmas bush" and cut
flowers were the halts, reading-rooms,
and parlors and dining saloons of the
Crown and Anchor adorned on Christmas
morning.
St. Andrew's Cathedral (Episcopal)
was the great attraction, and long before
eleven o'clock its seating capacity
of eighteen hundred was taxed to the
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utmost. Although St. Andrew's is extremely
"high church," it was devoid
of all decoration save a handful of
white lilies at the foot of the pulpit
cross. A choir of eighty boys rendered
most charmiugly some of the sacred
melodies that belong especially to
the Christmas season. A sermon by
the Bishop, and the ceremony of confirmation,
prolonged the service to almost
three hours, yet a more patient
and apparently interested audience I
have never seen in any church.
After luncheon we drove a few miles
out of town to see the wonderful
"weeping rocks." For nearly a mile
there runs an underground stream
which finds its outlet between several
huge rocks just overlooking a precipice
of three hundred and ninety feet.
The manner in which the water
courses through the rocks gives them
the appearance of actually weeping,?
that is, very profusely.
Later on we drew up at "Leura," the
suburban residence of an old friend,
and there we enioved a delicious cup
of afternoon tea" and many interesting,
even thrilling, reminiscences of
early Australian days.
I accepted an invitation to an informal
evening party at "Ercildoune."
(They don't have numbers on the private
houses in the villa regions in
Elizabeth Bay and other fashionable
suburbs of Australian cities, but each
residence is known by the name its
proprietor pleases to bestow upon it.)
There the hours sped in pleasant,' and
refreshing talks about old times and
familiar men and places, and in the
company of many new acquaintances
of Australian birth. I do not know
when I have been so deeply impressed
by cordial hospitality and thorough
good fellowship as by that I met with
in "Ercildoune" and other Australian
homes, especially at Christmas time,
when, it seems to me, one's hearth is
sacred, and "a stranger within the
gates," is not greatly to be desired.
But my preconceived ideas were rather
upset,?probably because I was the
stranger, (as it were) and was so heartily
welcomed by all with whom I
came in contact.
December 2G is known in Australia,
as well as in England, as "Boxing
Bay." Owing to the ancient custom
of solemnly observing Christmas as a
religious occasion entirely, the following
day was set apart for the secular
observance of the holiday; and it obtained
its name because on that day
the longed-for "Christmas boxes" are
sent and received, and are opened by
the expectant recipients, it is, too,
the day that good, liberal (or, shall I
say just?) hearts control the hands,
and kind deeds are done, sad souls
gladdened, and the poor rejoiced a little.
I have accepted this "amendment"
to the American custom as a
very great improvement, for, whilst I
disapprove many holidays, I think
that the good works of "Boxing Day"
warrant its observance.
A pleasant party was invited ior a
trip around .Sydney harbor after luncheon
on Boxing Day, and in the handsome
yacht of the gentleman from
''Ercildoune" we viewed the magnificent
harbor, which is the pride of the
Colonies, and is said to be the finest
all the world over,?bar none. The
water was covered with craft of all
sorts,?great ocean steamers, luxurious
yachts, the penny ferry boats, yawls,
dinghevs, <fcc., galore. The scenery
| along the Paramatta River was most
enjoyed, because of its majestic grandbu'r
and ivilijness, resembling in many
respects our famous French Broad in
' America. At twilight we ran into the
little bay belonging to "Ercildoune,"
and disembarked to the plaintive melody
of "Home, Sweet Home,"?alas!
so far away from.
S. T. Browne.
She Knew the Furniture.
There is a good May moving story
which has just gained publicity, retmrdiner
some prominent furniture
| dealers in Chicago. The firm alluded
j to had a very elegant parlor set of solid
| mahogany and the linest upholstering,
jit also had duplicates in veneering
wood and cheap plush in the store
I room. The mostly outfit, which was
worth about $200, was displayed in the
window and marked : "This elegant
parlor suite only $27." One day a
| mild, meek-look ins woman came in,
I examined the furniture and Invested.
She took a receipt for her money, left
her address, and was bowed out by the
smiling salesman, who assured her
that "the things would be sent right
over." In due time the wagon arrived
at the young woman's house and backed
up in front of the door.
"Hold on," said the purchaser.
J-/U11 t u muuu j vvf
Then she climbed on the van and
made a very peculiar examination of
the load. At last she said to the driver
iind his assistant: "I'll go back
with you io the store. These are not
the goods that I purchased." And
back she did go, despite entreaties,
protests, assurances, etc., that everything
was ali right. When she walked
in she was not the mild-mannered
creature of two hours before.
"You've tried to swindle me," she
cried. "I bought one set of furniture
and you sent me another. Now, I
want what I paid for. Plow do I
know? Because in every jtrticle of
that set you sold me I stuck m pin in
while you were not looking. Now, I
am going to picK out my proper^ ?uu
see that you take it over. If you don't
there'll lie trouble."
There was no trouble, and the little
woman is again looking for some sharp
merchant with a similar "bargain" on
hand.?(.'Aicuyo Herald.
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A Cup of Cold Water.?One
da}', seven years ago, when a preacher
went into the pulpit to preaoh, he
found that the sexton had forgotten to
put a glass of water on the pulpit table.
His throat was dry, and he felt
that lie could hardly preach without a
drink of water. He was iu a strange
church, and did not know how to get
the water without interrupting the services.
Just then one of the little girls in
tho congregation noticed me eiupij
gins*. Without disturbing any one,
slie rose and brought a full glaes of
water to the preacher. It relieved his
throat, and helped him to preach a
better sermon.
That preacher has never forgotten
that cup of water, nor the little girl
who brought it. And sometimes he
says that if he can remember one cup
of water so many years, it will be very
easy for Christ to remember the little
things that his little ones do for him.
It requires a sterner virtue than
good nature to hold fast the truth thaj
it is nobler to be shabby and honest
than to do things handsomely in debt.
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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song oj old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven's all-gracious king."
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled;
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world:
Above Its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hoverlug wing,
And ever o'er Its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
But with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-straln have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song which they bring:
Ob, hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing!
And ye, beneath life's crushing load
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toll along the climbing way,
With painful steps and slow,?
Look now; for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
Oh, rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!
For, lo! the days are hastening on
By prophet bards foretold,
When wir.h thp over-nlrnllni? vears
Comes round the age of gold;
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world glre back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1850.
Extracts from Jonathan and his Continent.
BY MAX O'RELL.
If you ask a passer-by in the street
the nearest way to the station, he waflis
as though he understood you not. The
word "station" is English, but here
you must talk American, and say depot,
pronounced deepo. The invariable
answer you get to the questions
you ask in the street is, "I don't
know." They are all like Joe, "they
don't know nothing."
When a railway servant has succeeded
in insulting you, he is quite proud,
and plumes himself on his smartness;
he looks at his mates and seems to say:
"Did you hear how I spoke up to
him?" He would be afraid of lowering
himself by being politp. In his
eyes politeness is a form of servility,
and he imagines that, by being rude to
well bred people, he puts himself on a
footing with them.
You go to a railway ticket office to
look for a certain place. Perhaps there
are several lines of railway running to
your destination. The clerk says,
without looking at you, and at the rate
of a thousand words a minute :
"What line? B. and O., or S. F.
and W. R. H., orS. T. L. and C.?"
"I want a ticket for Chicago."
"I ask whether you wish to go by
the"
Here he once more repeats various
parts of the alphabet, casting a look of
pity at you all the while. Do not believe
he will translate his A B C D's
into English. It is your place to unders
land them.
Do not lose your temper, however;
that never pays in America. The natives
would only enjoy It, Take the
matter laughingly. This is the advice
the Americans gave me, and I recommend
it to you, if ever you are similarly
placed.
f was having a siesta one day in one
of the comfortable arm chairs of a
drawiug room car, when the conductor
came along and, giving me a formidable
thump, cried out in the most
savage tone:
*'Your ticket!"
I made haste to oblige him and to
offer apologies.
"I trust I have not kept you waiting,"
said I.
He went away quite crestfallen.
Here are two advertisements which
I extract from ap Indianapolis paper:
"tiitiiutlou as dish washer required
by a lady. Apply Sentinel office."
"A lady (white) undertakes washing
at home." (Address follows.)
Democracy can no further go.
"I take care never to part on bad
terms with my servants when they
leave me." This was said to me one
day by a clever Boston lady, who, to
my thinking, laoks sufficient admiration
for the democratic institutions of
America.
I guessed that she intended a covert
satire on the greatest republic in the
world.
"Why?" I demanded.
''Because, when one of those girls
leaves me, it is quite within the range
of possibility that she will marry some
western ranchman, and one day, when
her husband becomes a senator, she
may be useful to me at Washington."
The great mass of the American people
live on tough meat uncooked and
Joed water unflltered.
I take it for granted that sheep and
cattle are born at as tender au age in
America as elsewhere, but the society
for the protection of animals probably
prevents iholr being killed for food
while they are young enough to enjoy
life, and so the patriarchs alone are reserved
for the table.
That which renders the problem of
dining almost past solving is that the
meat has to be attacked with plated
knives which tear but do not cut it, I
suppose that, as half tbe lower class
Americans still eat with their knives,
it was necessary to abandon the idea
of having steel knives tor fear qf their
accidentally gashing their faces. If
sharp steel knives were in general use
in America the streets would be full
of people with faces scarred and seamed
like those of the Heidelberg students,
Mr. Spurgeon has it thus: "I came
across a very nice little anecdote the
other day. A child was asked if she
would like to stay with her Aunt Marv
or her Aunt Jane; both aunts were
very kind. She said she would like to
stay with Aunt Jane best, because,
though both aunts made some tarts
and cakes. Aunt Jane always set them
011 a low shelf, and she could easily get
at them. Some teachers have very
good addresses and talks to children,
but they are rather stylish?upon a
high shelf. Others are so simple that
they can get the cakes ! and children
like that. Have you never heard of
the minister who used such big words
in his sermon, that one said to him :
'I thought your Master sent you to
feed sheep, but you preach as though
he had sent you to feed giraffes.'
Very few children are girafflc. Put
your cakes low.
A nailless haraeshoe has been Invented
in England. The shoe is so
adapted to the foot that a driver can
put one on in three minutes. It
pinches the edge of the hoof at certain
points, and is held on in this way, no
nails being driven into the hoof. The
invention saves time in shoeing and
avoids its perils. It is just as serv'ceable
as the old-fashioned way.
*
"Is it Catching:
Why should intelligent persons, as
If they were parrots, adopt and utter
certain phrases and exclamations? I
sat by Mrs. Blank (her husband is a
clergyman) in the street-car a few days
ago, and after we had exchanged greetings
I said, "My Cousin Angeline sails
from Liverpool to-day." "Is that so!"
said Mrs. Blank. "Yes," I said, rally-1
ing as well as I could, for this reply
takes all the spirit from me, "and she
is always very ill on the ocean." "Is
that so!" said Mrs. Blank again. A
pause followed. How can one con- ,
tinue to pay out the coin of conversa
tion if not even the interest comes 1
back ? J
I was glad to get out of the car and '
meet pretty Amy Dexter. I had a 1
hit of news for her. Amy is in the 1
High School, and I told her at once '
that Miss Cummins, who taught her 1
botany last year, is to be married soon, i
"Is that so!" returned Amy. I love 1
Amy, but I do not like "Is that so!" 1
and I hastened on to get out of it
way; but as I went along Frank Sulli- (
van overtook me, and will you believe j
that when I asked Frank if Mr. Stockton
had really promised to answer the '
queetion "The Lady or the Tiger?" he 1
exclaimed, "Is that so!" '
JLater in tne day I tola Mr. jumory
that his playing of the organ last Sunday
had been much complimented,
and he smiled and murmured, "Is that
so!"
Tissue or printing paper is the best
thing for polishing glass or tinware.
The best of tea makes but an indifferent
concoction unless the water is
fresh.
Egg-shells crushed and shaken in a
glass Dottle half filled with water will
clean it quickly.
Paint made with turpentine is a better
protector for iron work than when
mixed with linseed oil.
Kerosene is unexcelled in starch to
give polish; also to polish glass. It
will trtolro vAni* winHnwa uhino 151/A
silver. !
To clean ornaments of alabaster dissolve
borax in boiling water and apply ;
with a cloth or soft brush; rinse carefully
and dry in the sun.
The remedy against sore throat of
wearing a few threads of Berlin wool !
around the throat is said to act by
keeping up a belt of skin action, and
so acting as a counter-irritant.
Here is a use for old paper which 1
may be new to some ladies. Fold old,
soft newspapers in several thicknesses, place
in a pan of water until thoroughly
wet, then wring out, tear in small
bits, pick up fine, and throw over your 1
carpet instead of wet tea leaves, and
see if you do not like it better,
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American Gold Cannot Pnrchasc Cuba
nor any Other Colony.
Madrid, March 20.?In the Senate
to-day, replying to a member of the
Upposition, me minister or me interior
declared that Spain would never ,
consent to sell Cuba to the United
States or any other country, nor would
Spain, he continued, accept any price
for the smallest portion of her colonial
empire. Therefore the rumors circulated
by the American press were without
foundation. He declared that there
was not wealth enough in the whole
universe to buy even the smallest portion
o,f Spanish territory, and that in
case of need Spaniards would knowhow
to defend their country's soil.
?
The Highest Mountain.?According
to Gaskell's New Family Atlas,
Mount Hercule?, in New Guinea,
now claims tlje ho.nor o.f being the
highest peak in the world. lis height
is given as 32,768 feet. The same authority
gives Mount Everest 29,002
feet, so that Mount Hercules leads the
world by 3,76G feet.
Win Vuist.?Onft mm fresh boos.
three large potatoes, one cup flour, one
soaked yeast cake, one table-spoonful
sugar. Boil the hops in a quart of water
and drain off; scald the flour with
the water from the hops; when cool '
stir in the dissolved yeast cake and set
to rise in a warm place, thicken with
corn-meal, roll out, and dry in the
shade.
The continued existence of churches
depends on the continued process of
conversion to God. Whenever conversion
becomes a "tradition" in a j
church, farewell to every other form of
good. There may be wealth, growing
numbers, name and repute in the
world, influence and a thousand other
things that men value and that Jesus ,
Christ cares very little about; but?
Ichabod?the glory is departed.
There are within the range of every
one's life processes of life which must (
be solitary?passages of duty which
throw one absolutely upon his individ- j
ual moral forces, and admit of no aid
whatever from another. Alone we
must stand sometimes ; and if our better
nature is not to shrink into weakness,
we must take with us the
thought which was the strength of
/n ! -1 - * T n r\Af OIATIC 11 UO
jurist; i ct i am uw atvuvj WW?MMV I
the Father is with me."
In the moment that I shall waver
strengthen me; restrain me when the
malignant thought arises; and while
the yet unuttered words are ready to
issue from my lips, set thou thy bridle ;
there, and govern my rebellious faculty.
Look for good in every life instead :
of. evil, and you will be surprised to
light on much of it where least expected.
An expression of happiness
over the discovery will leap to its cultivation,
As the word of God, well studied,
will help us to understand his providences,
so the providence of God, well
observed, will help us to understand
his word, for God is every day fulfilling
the Scripture. 1
It is a curious fact that wasps' nests
sometimes takes fire, as is supposed by
the chemical action of the wasp upon
the material of which the nest is
made. Undoubtedly many nros of uu- known
origin in haystacks and farm
buildings may thus be accounted for.
The Province of Quebec having <
granted $400,000 to the Jesuits on an
old clame, vigorous protests are being
mads against it us a dangerous preced- i
ent.
Tlie way to cure prejudice is this? '
that every man should let alone those 1
things that lie complains of ill others !
and examine his own.
The best place for a sick bird is the
bottom of a flour barrel, straw being
! used for bedding.
Better to be despised for two anxious .
apprehensions, than ruined by too
confident a security. i
The Stolen Costard.
Ia haste I bore the tidings;
"My darling, I'm afraid
Your pussy-cat has stolen
The custard that yon mada."
I feared a burst of weeping.
But saw. with glad surprise,
A look of joyous rapture
Light up the childish eyes:
"O, auntie! I'm so flattered
To have dear pussy feel
That I can make a custard
That's sood enough to steal."
The Little Beauty.
"I know lam homely," said little . ,/ \.
Rosie Oppenheim, as she peeped from
the top of the chair into her looking
jlass and scanned every feature. It
was only too true, for the face she saw
was far from fairy-like. There was no
pretty dimple in the cheek, no bright,
winsome eyes, no tiny, clear-cut nose,
no smooth, white forehead and drooping
eyelashes. It was a dark countenance,
small eyes, thick lips, large
nose and huge ears.
Goodness! What a fright!" she /
exclaimed, as she got off the chair and
Lumed her face from the mirror.
'Well, I am glad that I know it, anyway
; and so, if the girls eall me
names, they won't sting me at all, because
it is true." And she lauched
jucli a merry little laugh that the sunbeam
through the window caught its
jchoes, and passed them to the clouds
jeyond.
liosie took up her sewing by the
window, but after a time grew tired of
the work, and, picking up Alice in
Wonderland, was deep in its mysteries.
With what interest did she follow
the adventures of that pleasant little
maid! How excited she grew as
page after page was quickly scanned!
How?
"Rosie"?it was Mrs. Oppenheim
svho spoke. "Rosie, dear, I would like . '
you to run to the corner and match
this silk."
Quick as a flash she threw down the
book, and returned in a few minutes
with the article desired. Then she resumed
her book.
"Sister Rosie-Posy"?the voice came
from a little chubby boy of five.
"Won't you please tell me a little story
?"
"Why, of course I will, my precious,"
said the young girl, seizing the
little fellow; and he eagerly listened
while she told him such a fair story
that his eyes grew larger and larger.
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lie soon fall fast asleep.
"I don't think I shall read any more
now," said Rosie to herself. "It ia
time to go to the piano. I have to run
over those scales," and she darted ujp
the stairs and had just opened the piano,
when her father appeared at the
doorway.
"You would oblige me, my darling,"
he said, "if you would close that piano.
My head aches dreadfully."
"All right, papa. I will get up early
to-morrow and finish the exercises."
And she closed the piano softly, then
quietly left the room as her mother entered.
"What ft beautiful disposition that
child has!" said Mr, Oppenheim. "It
is your training, uiy love."
J51U i (to wisn tuat9iie was a iiuie
prettier, Joseph."
"Not for the world, not for the
world, Hanuah. Believe me, she is a
little beauty as she is; and if God
spares her, her features will grow more
regular. .
Rosie did not hear her father'9 remarks,
although she felt that she was
loved even more tenderly from that
hour. But the sunbeam that caught
her merry laughter and bore it to the
slouds heard the words of praise, ancl
shone in extra lovely colors that evening.?Jewish
Messenger.
?
Mr. Labouchere relates this 9tory of
Bishop Wilberforce, which has not be- ' yr'h
fore, he thinks, been printed. The
Bishop was riding in one of the oldfashioned
broad-gauge railway carriages,
and was seated at one end of it, <
when he heard a truculent voice at the
other end exclaim *, "I would dearly
like to meet the Bishop of Oxford. I
will be bound I would puzzle him."
"Very well," replied the Bishop to
me speaKer, wno naa not perceivea
him, "now is your time, for I am that
person."
The man was rather taken aback,
but quickly recovering said "Well,
my lord, can you tell a plain man a
plain way to get to heaven ?"
"Certainly," replied tho Bishop;
"nothing is more easy> You have only
to turn at once to the right, and go
straightforward,"?New York lYibune.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
has given formal notice to its owners
uf the abandonment by the government
of the land at Summerville, S.
C., recently occupied as an expert
mental farm. The permanent im- *
provements made by the government
revert to the owners of the property.
In giving this notico the Commissioner
writes: "On behalf of the government
1 desire to express its appreciation
of the public spirit of the late Mr.
Middleton in so generously co-operating
in the important experiments
which have been made at Summerville?experiments
which have been
nono the less valuable because they
nroved futile."
I
French Rolls. --One quart of flour
sifted with a tea-spoonful of salt and a
tea-spoonful of sugar, two cups of
milk, one-half cake of compresscd
yeast, two eggs, one table-spoonful butter.
Hub the butter into the flour, add
the eggs, beaten light, and the milk,
Add the yeast cake dissolved in throo
table-spoonfuls of warm walei\
Knead well five minutes. Let it rise
over-night, and in the morning mold
into rolls. Dip the side of each one in
ii saucer of molted buttor to keep it
from sticking to its next neighbor*
Let thorn rii.e ; cut each across the top
with, a knife aud bake.
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* "So you wouldn't like to be a minis.*
ter, ]>obby, when you grow up?" remarked
Mr. "-Vhiteohoker at the table*
ltuieeu, ' respouueu uouuv,
;mphatieally.
"Ami why not?" insisted Mr,
Whitechoker, amused at the lad's eat^
nestness.
"Because ma says she always feels
iorry for country ministers, an* that's
[lie reason she lias you here to dinner
30 often.''? Drake1 $ jj&ctyazine.
Soui*.?Use a quart of water off of
mutton which has been boiled, for a
basis. Cut fine an onion and a carrot;
mid a quarter of a pound of vermicelli
and boil all together an hour, season as
preferred; add water enough for two
quarts of soup.