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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S.~C? WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1889. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 5.-||||
Fear Not.
Why should ! four to-morrow ?
The l<oril directs my way.
Why sliotilil I trouble borrow ?
( liv<- Itiu. for to-il:iy.
Whenever I am weary
In <io'.l I timl my rest.
Ami when my path seems dreary
1 know it's for the best..
Why should ! fear to-morrow?
1 have a gracious friend
Who knows my every sorrow
An<l will my cause defend.
I scf him ni'tir me smiling.
In trial and in joy.
My weary hours beiMiilimj
In his own blest employ.
I will not trouble borrow,
There Is:i better way.
For when it comes, to-morrow
Will bo another day.
Oh give me grace, dear Saviour,
Thy constant, love to sen!
To-day I seek thy l ivor,
To-morrow leave with thee.
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Female I'ropSieeics.
The April Lippincott says in its
"Book Talk." There never^ was a
female propnet." i nu man wiw ? iun
that had better confine his talk to
books, and not mention women. Listen
to the feminine prophecies?all
fulfilled :
"He'll be sorry if he marries that
woman."
"Those black stockings won't
wash."
"You'll ruin your new stove pipe.
It's going to rain."
"If you change your flannels you'll
catch cold."
"If dinner isn't ready he'll raise the
roof."
"You'd better get a man to do it.
You can't put up a stove."
"It's 110 use planting those seeds in
that place. They won't grow."
"If you eat that now before going
to bed you won't sleep any to-night."
"Don't do it. You won't get your
money back."
"If we haven't anything fit to eat
company will come."
"Just so sure as I leave the house
something happens."
"Now 1 will work steady all day
and have nothing to show for it."
"That child will be spoiled.
"I told you so?"?Toledo Blade.
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Iiarharous Tunes.
The history of church music illustrates
the proverb. "One extreme begets
another Years ago churches
grew so tired of the old slow tunes,
that they welcomed those barbarous
but quick moving tunes wherein each
part seemed to strain for mastery, and
there were many suspensions auu repetitions
of the voices The author of
*'01(len-Tmie Music" quotes from a
newspaper of thirty years ago a description
of'the ludicrous effects produced
l?y this sort of singing :
A verse of the hymn sung by the
choir read :
"lie carcth Cor the fatherless,
He feeds the hungry poor.
And in the pious he delights."
The tune repeated part of the third
line, so that it was sung in this style:
"And in the plAnd
in the pious lie delights."
Another hymn had a verse which
seemed to make the choir proclaim
that they were engaged in hunting :i
flee:
"And we'll catch the lleeAnd
we'll catch the flecAnd
we'll catch the lice-ting hour."
An old toper full of "John Barleycorn,"
was staggering home when hit
atten^on was attracted by the singing
:
"Oli, for a manOil,
for a manOh,
for a man-sion in the skies."
After the singing had ceased, tin
drunken fellow leaned himself against
a tree and gave the response:
"Oh, for a gal-(hic)
Oh, for a gal-(hlc)
Oh, for a gal-(hic)lon of good old rye."
Equal to the refrain?
"Send down sa'.
Send down salSend
sal-vation to our hearts."
It is said that a man of poor memory
once undertook to sing, "Jesus, my al
to heaven is gone," but to the eon
sternation of his hearers and then
amusement as well, he rolled out
"Jesus, and all, from heaven i.<
gone."
Misquoted I,ilies.
It is a peculiar faculty of human
memory to misquote proverbs and poe
try. and almost invariably to place tlx
credit where it docs not belong.
Nine men out of ten think that "tin
Lord tempers the wind to the short
lamb" is from theliible, whereas Law
rence Sterne is the author, "Pourinj
oil upon the troubled waters" is alst
ascribed to the sacred volume, wlierea.'
it is not there ; in fact, no one knows
its origin.
Again, we hear people say: "Tin
proof of the pudding is in chewing tlx
string." Thisisarrantnonsense, ant
the proverb says : :,The proof of tlx
pudding is in the eating thereof, aix
not in chewing the string."
Nothing is more common man i<
hear : "A man convinced against hi:
will, i* of the same opinions till." Thi:
is an impossible oondition of mind, lb
tio one can be convinced of an opinioi
and at the same time hold to an oppo
site one. What iiutlcr wrote was em
inently sensible : "He that complie
against his will, is of his own opinio]
still."
A famous passage of Scripture is of
ten misquoted thus "He that is with
out sin among you, let him cast th
first stone." Jt should be: "Let hill
first cast a stone."
Sometimes we are told : "Ucholi
i|ow great a lire a little matter kind
letli," whereas St. James said : "Jk
hold how great a matter a little lir
kihdletli," which is quite a dilleren
thing.
"We also hear that "a miss is :i
good as a mi>e." which is not as sens
ble or forcible as the true proverb :
miss of an inch is as good as a mile.
"Look before you ts&p" should be
"And look before you ere you leap.
i-vmo is irenerallv credited with J?a\
ing written, ' immodest words ad 111
of no defense, for want of deceney
want of sense." They were writte
by the Karl of Roscommon, who die
before l'ope was born.
i*;:rental lCes|titnsibilily.
The duly of training ehildren in tl
nurture andud?n??nition of the Lord
one whieh the JJihlo lays upon tl
shoulders of parents, And this duty
supreme bceause fraught with ten
pond and ctermi! eonse<|uenc
Whai 5h so important as to train ehi
dreii to be Jionesl, to be (Jod-fearlnj
10 be law-abiding and neighbor-lovinj,
Set before your mind a noble mod
and train your ehildren to it. Wlu
an artist wishes to cut in marble
beautiful figure, he first ge-tn an ide
model and works up to it. This pra
tiee may apply well to parents. Tntu
what you would have your child I
when .grown ami try to mould him
that ideal while he is grow in
Would you have hint he a man of de<
piety? Then teach him th.e eleme
* > t "
tary principle* of godliness. Would
you have him be a man of intelligence?
Then strive to give him a 5
mmkI education. Would you have ^
bint be a man of benevolence? Then .
I rain him to the habit of cheerful \
giving. You are the potter, he dlastic
elay ; mould him right. <
Think what faithful mothers have j
done in shaping the future greatness j
of their children. Some writer says .
I hut Mrs. Wesley was the mother of j
Methodism, because she planted in the j
young mind of her son, John Wesley, the
great principles which made him
the founder of Methodism. The shin- <
ing piety of Phillip Doddridge began
at bis mother's lap. The hand that >
rocks the cradle shapes the world. <
When a child opens his eyes in this ,
world he finds it moving a^ng under j
certain influences, which influences ?
fall upon his soft nature and shape it <
accordingly. What power has he to |
resist the mould into wmcn nis nauve
environments press his yielding mind
and heart; Can the clay say unto the
potter, what doest thou ? Has not the
potter of home and neighborhood influences
the power to make one vessel
into honor and another to dishonor?
God is the potter in making man a being
of an intellectual any moral nature,
but parents are the potters to
shape their characters, on which eternal
destiny hangs.
Some Fatherly Advice.
[The following appears at ^he close
of the proceedings of the "Lime Kiln
Club," and is good enough to be given
a place on this page.?Editor.]
"Ar' brudder Lightfoot in de hall
dis even in' ?" asked the President as <
he looked anxiously around. ]
"Yes, sah " answered the brother i
as he bobbed up with energy and dis- 1
patch. s
"Please step dis way, sah. Bruddef j
Lightfoot, I understands dat you has <
lately been callin' yo'self purfessor." I
"Yes, sah. I plays on de fiddle." j
"Oh; dat'sit? You has also wearin' i
SiuiiCjq hi"h collars." <
"Yes, sah.'*"
"Cot good clothes?"
"Yes, sah." i
"Takin' 'bout rentin' a box in de
pos' offis, I h'ar?"
"Yes, sah." <
"An' you is smokiu' reg'lar cigars?" ,
" I es, suu.
"Ar' dat a diman you has 011 ?"
"X-quite, sail."
"An' dat watch chain all gold?"
''X-not all, sah."
"Now, brudder Lightfoot, look-ayere.
You is behind in your rent,
head ober heels in debt, an' your
chil'en hain't got shoes to go to school.
I hear of you loafiu' 'bout saloons an"
.standiu' 011 de co'ners. I'm gwine to
gin you jist one week to drap dat purfesssor
bizuess an' hunt fur a job. If
you do it, well an' good. If you
doan'doit dis club kin dispense wid
your presence. A purfessor ar' all
right when he purfesses, but a purfessor
who saws a fiddle fur beer while
1 his wife rubs a wash-board for grub,
1 am about de moas' * onery critter on
airth. De metin' am now disjourned."
Intelligent Crows.
" * - n rrrant lllnok
\ OU Illtve Ulieil acru u
' crow. I will tell you some stories
about them. They are great thieves
and they are very smart. They say
that a crow can count three and can
' count no more. This is how they
found that out:
A man lost a great deal of corn from
his fields, the crows having stolen it.
lie went out there and waited all day
trying to get a chance to shoot them,
but they would not come. Then lie
took another man out with him, and
. they two stayed there a long time, and
I after a while one of them went away,
but the crows would not come down.
r Then he took three men with him,
and after a while the three went
J away; and the crows came back and
he shot as many as he wanted to.
That seemed to show that the crows
could count three but they could not
( count four.
Here is the story of a very tantaliz[
ing crow :
Engineer Jack Ellis, of Williams
. port, Pa., bus a very large ana wise
, crow. He is two feet long from the
. tip of his beak to the tip of his tail
r feathers, and is a scientific thief. A
j shepherd dog, chained to a kennel in
? the yard, is one of his worst victims.
* Whenever he sees the dog gnawing a
bone he sneaks up behind him and
; grabs him by the tail; the sudden at;
tack causes the dog to quickly wheel
j ubout to find out what's there, but the
J crow holds on, and goes around with
j the tail to where the coveted bone is,
snatches it up, and in an instant is out
^ of the reach of the angry animal.
s The Bewitched Hen.
r In the first quarter of this century a
j party of travelers was journeying
- down the Missouri on a flatboat. The
- river was covered, with floating ice,
s and provisions were scarce, but the
j men were young, possessed of much
more wit than money, and able to extract
plenty of fun out of the danger
- antl privation.
e One evening two of them, a schooli
teacher and a Frenchman, whose occufnnlci
discover, went!
il ashore to buy provisions at a farm
liouse. The teacher offered half a dol-|
>. lar to the farmer's wife for a motherly
e old hen that was scratching about the
t yard. She refused with a torrent of
abuse.
us His comrade, who was lounging
i- over the gate, whispered, "Offer auoth\
er bit."
" "Five bits!" said the teacher.
: The woman hesitated, when, to her
" amazement, the hen squeaked out:
"I'm not worth it! I'm four years
it old! I'm not worth it!"
is The teacher started back in dismay;
11 the farmer's wife, regaining her courd
age, chased the hen, and caught it up
in her arms.
"Take two bits! It's all I'm
worth!" it said flapping wildly in her
arms.
f1' She ran, pale with terror, to the
ls( Frenchman, and put it in his hands,
!? screaming out: "Take it away! It's
bewitched!"
ll" The young men threw the money
V" lmck to iler, and carried off the hen.
"" Many years afterward, among the
crowd in tlie east room of the White
j House which attended one of the ree'iceptions
of President Fillmore, wa*
5,1 the kindly old Signor Blitz, well
J|l known to all the children of the East
a' jern States as a ventriloquist. "Whet
?"Jhe was introduced to the President,
j (hv two men looked at each other u
moment, and then burst into a laugh,
to j "You never thought to see me here,'
K-said Mr. Fillmore. "Now, for the firsl
'I'jtinie, I understand the mystery of tin
"j"' old hen !"? Youth's Companion.
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A Word to the Roys.
If we are to have drunkards in the
future some of them are to come from
the boys to whom I am now writing,
and I ask you if you want to be one of
Lhem ? No, of course you don't!
Well, I have a plan that is just as
*ure to save you from such a fate us
the sun is to rise to-morrow. Jt never
failed, it will never fail: and it is
worth knowing. Never touch liquor
in any form. That is the plan, and il
is not only worth knowing, but it is
worth putting into practice.
I know you don't drink now, and it
*eems to you as if you never would.
But your temptation will come, and it
probably will come in this way: You
will find yourself some time with a
(lumber of companions, and they will
have a bottle of wine 011 the table.
They will drink and offer it to you.
Phey will regard it as a manly practice,
tand very likely they will look upju
you as a milksop if you don't iniulge
with them. Then what will you
jo? Will you say, "No, no ! none of
that stuff for me !" Or will you take
the glass, witn your common
protesting and your conscience making
the whole draugth bitter, and with
i feeling that you have damaged yourself,
and then go off with a hot head
ind a skulking soul that at once begins
to make apologies foir tself, and will
seep doing so during all its life? Boys,
Jo not become drunkards.
Dr. J. O. Holland
Destroying Typhoid Germs.
Typhoid fever is usually communicated
through the discharges of typhoid
fever patients. The germs of
the disease find their way to wells, water-coursejj,
and other sources of water
supply, and thus other persons become
infected. This means of spreading the
Jisease would be wlioily checked if
the discharges of every typhoid fever
patient were properly and thoroughly
disinfected. A saturated solution of
copperas, or sulphate of zinc, will
probably destroy the germs of typhoid,
but there are other more positive
means of disinfection. We will mention
two, as among the most valuable:
A solution of two drams of corrosive
sublimate to the gallon of water will
destroy all known germs. The objection
to this disiufectaut is that it is so
poisonous that children, or others, are
likely to be killed, by accidently swallowing
even a very small portion of the
solution.
Another and perfectly safe method
which, by recent experiments, has
beeu shown to be thoroughly effective,
is the application of boiling water to
the infectious discharges. Careful exneriments
show that the addition to
the infectious material of four times its
volume of boiling water will effectually
destroy the typhoid germs.
This fact is well worth knowing, as
boiling water can always be procured,
while other disinfectants are not in
every case immediately accessible.
[ Good Health.
A Full Surrender.
A beautiful and expressive statement
of true religious faith is found in
Dr. Wheedon's comments on the sixth
chapter of Romans. "The Christian
faith," says he, "in its very essence
and act, is an utter abandonment of
sin, and a most entire and perfect selfsurrender
to holiness: that is, a selfsurrender
to Christ, who is the complete
embodiment of perfect goodness."
The person, therefore, who
does not practice "an utter abandonment
of sin," does not possess the
"Christian faith" at all. Nor can he
claim it until he adds to "an utter
adandonment of sin," "a most entire
and perfect self-surrender to holiness."
This is no over statement of truth ; for
no penitent ever reached tne experience
of pardon until his abandonment
of sin was "utter," and his self-surrender
to holiness or Christ was "most entire
and perfect." "Here, Lord, I
give myself to thee," an expression
embodying this "utter renunciation"
and "self-surrender," has become stereotyped
in the church's instruction to
penitents; and a gracious state must
be retained upon the same conditions.
Now the mass of church members today
do not claim that they have utterly
abandoned sin of every form, and
they take some pains to disclaim a
"most entire and perfect self-surrender
to holiness." They have made the
doctrines, precepts and examples ol
the New Testament church "of none
effect through their tradition," or substituting
their own notions for the
teachings of their churches and ol
Christ.
As heavenly miiuledness, and not
good works, constitutes the saint't
passport to the heavenly world, so carnally
mindedness forms the weight
"oino onrl
that sinKs xne sinner iu me
sorrow? of endless despair. Hence nr
true Christian will foster any sinful
disposition by indulgence, but will ardently
seek the elimination and removal
of all depravity from his nature
and will zealously aspire to a tnste ol
spiritual affinities and heavenly relishes
suited to associations with angeh
and glorified saints. It is, therefore
one of the fearful omens of thes<
times, that such a body of professed be
lievers, in spite of the the teachings o
their churches and their Bibles, will
insist that they can voluntarily "mak(
crooked paths," leave undone whal
they know they ought to do, and d<
what they know they ought not to do
yet insisting that they are pardoned
regenerated and adopted into the Di
vine family. The Lord break the de
lusion. Amen.
Amateur Dramatics.?Amateu
dramatics, to please the world and pn
money in the purse of the church, si
lence the testimony of the pulpi
against the stage, and even promot
- - x 41.rpi,? }luin
ttie interest 01 mu uiuauc. ?.. >*
tre 1ms always been a school of immoi
ality, from the time when the Creek
sang and danced around their wine
god JlnoehiiN until now; mid tlies
performances are training schools fo
the play-house. A young mnn wh
had been employed in aP.rooklyn tlx
atre told me that, he received his fir.'
training and taste for the stage in Sun
s day-school concerts. We can onl;
' present a little rude dramatic ari
which whets the appetite for the reji
i thing, breaks down barriers, and swell
I the throng of saints and sinners at th
opera and the theatre. The church
i theatre trains for the world-theatn
, Indeed professionals are sometime
i employed and books arc printed by rt
. ligious societies to promote this bnstar
' business.
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? To clean copper rub it well with
i cloth dipped in coal oi}.
I'rool-KeiuUnsr.
If the readers of the newspapers understood
one-half the difficulty in procuring
accuracy, instead of wondering
and scolding at. mistakes, they would
foe surprised that there are not many
more. How few persons appreciate
the services of a proof-reader! He is
one of the most important agents in
the production of a correct literature,
and the one of whom 110 reader
thinks. His is one of the most thankloss
of all employments among men.
Let him foring out paper without a
fault for weeks and weeks in succession,
and no body thinks of him; but
let him allow an error to go uncorrected,
and immediately he is known only to
be censured. He has 110 thanks for his
laborious patience, but is blamed if
he be not faultless. He is certain of
one of two things?forgetfulness or
censure. In general, human life :s
much after this fashion. A man goes
on through years of blameless living,
aud no one notices or thanks him ; but
an error, a mistake, a slip, will attract
to bim the attention of censure, in one
but God knows what struggled, what
carefulness, what watchfulness, have
been necessary to secure the prosperity
which has marked his course for years ;
nor what circumstances of trial created
the weakness which caused him to let
go his hold for a moment. "God is
not unmindful," is the blessed assurance
of holy Scripture. Let us take
he "proof of last year, and correct for
the new edition of the next. Let us
be "pitiful" and forbearing toward
the fault of others.
"What's done, we partly may compute,
But know no what's resisted."
Winning n Sou!.
A workingman came to live in London,
having obtained work of permanent
kind. From his youth he had
been accustomed to attend a place of
worship. Not yet a Christian, he still
loved the house of prayer, and resolved
not to neglect it. Accordingly, on
the first Sunday morning he went off
in search of a place of worship, and
having seen one with open doors, he
went in, aHd, as no one was about, he
took a seat in one of the pews. Just
as the service began a pew-owner told
bim he could not sit where he was,
and did so in such a manner that he
left the building in disgust. After a
Sunday or two he ventured into another
sanctuary, and the same thing
happened. An interval of abstention
followed, and then for a third time he
went within the sacred precincts, and,
alas! a third time he was turned out
of his sitting. For twenty years he
ceased to attend any place of worship,
and then a curious thing came to pass.
It was 011 this wise. His child attended
the Sunday school of a popular
l,A<a nnd uOiof alic Sflifl mtlHp him
Iji cai;nci, aiiu u uuko.iv
resolve to try for a seat once more.
"In time we see the craggy drops
The craggy stones make soft;
The slowest snail in time we see
Doth creep and cfimb aloft."
And he, after twenty years, would
try again. This was what happened.
Reentered the beautiful chapel, and to
my knowledge the chapel stewards
here are alert, polite, resourceful men,
one of them remarkably so. Well, for
a moment he was abesent from his
post, and the poor man sat down in
the end seat?no pew doors on them
-and in the seat of a very cantan k
erous person! The steward, glancing
along the aisle, saw the poor inan
had poached on a very strictly preserved
seat, but he resolved not to disturb
him. No, he watched the owner
of that sitting, arrested his steps in
his gentle way, begged him not to
disturb the poor wayfarer, and managed
to pilot him into another seat.
, Jt was a great feat of Christian diplomacy,
and had its reward. That poor
wayfaring man is now a member of
the church, and I heard the happy
chapel steward tell the story.
IiOt iin Help One Another
This little sentence should be written
on every heart and stamped in
every memory. It should be the golden
rule practiced not only in every
. household but througout the whole
, world. By helping one another we
not only remove the thorns from the
pathway, and anxiety from the mind,
but we feel a sense of pleasure in our
own hearts knowing that we arc doing
a duty to our fellow creature. A helping
hand or an encouraging word is no
loss to us, yet it is a benefit to others.
, Who has not felt the power of this
i little sentence? Who has not needed
, the encouragement and aid of a kind
friend? How soothing, when perI
plexed with some task that is buraen,
some, to feel a gentle hand on the
shoulder, a kind voice whispering:
"Don't be discouraged; I see your
trouble; let me help you !" What
' strength is inspired ! What hope cre'
ated ! What sweet gratitude is felt!
And the great diiliculty is dissolved as
, dew beneath the sunshine. Yes, let us
1 help one another by endeavoring to
! strengthen the weak; and lift the
1 burden of care from the weary and oppressed
that life may glide smoothly
? .i /\f viplH I
Oil, HI1U LI1U lllUUt UI Ultiviiivw .
' sweet waters; and be whose willing
: hand is ever willing to help us, will
reward our humble endeavors, and
' every good deed will be as "bread
[ cast upon the waters."
p Solid Mouse.
I Every time I tell the truth I add to
, my strength of character,
? Every time I oppress a servant I am
, guilty of sinning against God.
Every time I spend a dollar foolish'
ly J am opening a pauj>er's grave.
[ Every time 1 pay rent I am taking
that much away from a home of my
own.
Every time I buy an article I am
encouraging the manufacture or the
r producer.
t Every time I refrain from speaking
- in defense of a friend T prove that I
t am not a friend.
e Every time I speak a kind word I
am adding a brick to my temple of
- manhood.
s Every time I pay a debt I am doing
>- right and helping to put money in
e circulation.
r Every time I refuse to do a favor
~ u'liun i ,w well as not. 1 itrove
- th.it 1 am growing meaner.
;i Kvrry time r speak cross and impeti
ouoiisly I am weakening my nerve
y power, and adding to the misery of
i, some one.
9 How many men are called supercilie
ous because they are timid, ill-manneri
ed because they are shv, ill-natured
\ because they love their fellows too
s well not to week to beuefit them at
- their own cost? How many again are
d pronounced generous because they art
selfish, wish because they have stolen
other men's ideas, and able bemuse
a they have placed themselves updei
othpr rneu's conduct ?
5
Jolin Bright'^ Appeal Against War.
The following is a passage from one
of the speeches of the late John Bright
in opposition to the English participation
in the Crimean war :
"I do not suppose that your troops
are to be heaten in actual conflict with
the foe, or that they will be driven into
the sea; but I am certain that many
homes in England in which there now
exists a fond hope that the distant one
may return?many such homes may
be rendered desolate when the next
mail shall arrive. The Angel of
Death has been abroad throughout the
laud ; you may almost hear the beating
of liis wings. There is no one, as
when*the flrst-born was slain of old,
to sprinkle with blood the lintel and
the two side-posts of our doors that he
may spare and pass on; he takes his
victims from the castle of the noble
the mansion of the wealthy, aud the
Ix iL. ?mi !f
uulklge ol u1c auu iwhij, uiiu iv
is on behalf of all these *la3ses that
I make this solemn appeal."
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Tench or* a Pattern for Their ScholarH.
While we may be slow to acknowledge
it, we are their patterns as well.
They imitate us at home?our ways,
our words?array their little brothers
and sisters or friends and their dolls
before them, and calling themselves by
our names tell what we have told to
them, and as nearly as possible, assume
our manner. Would it be quite
safe for them to follow us as we follow
Christ?
Just here I am reminded of a little
anecdote I met with many years ago.
A lady who had presented each of her
house-maids with a pair of her cast-oft'
slippers found on her mantel a slip of
paper with these lines inscribed upon
it:
"How careful should our mistress be
The narrow path to choose,
When all the mnlds within her house
Are walking In her shoes J"
The application is obvious. The'
Lord then is* sayiug, "Bring, lead
these children to me." Are you doing
this? Are you? Am I? This is a
solemn question ; let us ask it of ourselves,
here, now, and on our knees before
God.
. Herald of Peace.
DR NOTT.
One of the resolutions of the fortysix
Workingmen's Societies of Italy
at the Milan meeting wisely raises the
question, "Who furnish the chief proportion
of the young men, who, by
serving in the army, have to offer
themselves as food for cannon ? It is
wo?olwAva we. Therefore if we, the|
workingineu, have to pay, with our
money and our blood, for this iniquity
of war, it devolves upon us also to cry
out to the rulers of nations, 'We protest
against war. We abhor the divisions
which it creates between kindred
peoples, peoples who only wish to live
in peace with each other.' Our real
enemies, those which we are called
upon to tight against, are ignorance,
injustice, and misery."
If the working classes of all the nations
of Europe will seriously and
generally take up and act upon the
course thus suggested, they will be
able effectually to restrain the disastrous
military influences of courts and
camps.
NEW YORK HERALD.
Foreign Word* la Sermonfl.
(Cumberland ; Presbyterian.)
Some one has said, "The cheaper
the hotel, (he more French there is on
the bill of fare." The same remark
may be made about sermons?the
l>oorer they are, the more foreign words
they contain. The best evidence you
*i,of o rtrannhor is ,<i learned
UUII Utile 1/1IUU U
dunce is his use of Greek and Hebrew
in his sermons. It is still true that it
is better to speak five words with the
understanding than ten thousands
words in an unknown tongue. Greek
and Latin have their place, but that
place is not the pulpit. The minister
has no more use for them than a doctor
has for his materia medico, in the sick
room. Talk to the people in their
own language, and not in the language
of theology or philosophy or science.
Proper Time for Milking.?The
question is often asked, "How many
times should a cow be milked daily ?"
United States Dairyman replies : "As
a rule, and with ordinary cows, twice
milking suffices, and it is as often as it
can be profitably done in conjunction
with other farm work. Eut there are
extraordinary cows tbat ought to be
milked three times a day?once every
eight hours. This would not only be
profitable, but add greatly to the cow's
comfort. It would also stimulate nature
to an increased flow of milk to
meet the extra demand. There would
therefore be a greater quantity of milk.
The ouantitv would also be improved,
| or rather, the milk would not be so
of the futs after it is secreted. llepeatI
much impoverished by the absorption
ed experiments show that the longer
the interval between milkinga the
poorer the milk. If milked as fast as
secreted there is reason to believe it
would all be 'stripping.' "
* ?
In relation to New Jersey and
North Carolina, Barnabas C. Hobbs
says: ''Jlobert Barclay aud other
Friends associated with him in the
government of New Jersey maintained
these principles, and that colony
was kept in peace; and John Archdale,
of North Carolina, gave the
people a constitution that brought
peace to that State; and the blessing
of that constitution-in North Carolina
are there to-day, and in Tennessee,
and have kept the people in a peculiar
condition, so that in the late rebellion,
North Carolina and Tennessee were
tlx* lust to iro out of the Union, and
when the war closed up, with General
Johnson's army on one side, and
Sherman's on the other, it left North
Carolina Yearly Meeting right between
them ; showing that the Lord still had
his wing over that people that were
holding up the principles of peace.
It was a most remarkable thing in
connection with our late war."
Learn to be one man ; that is, learn
to live and act alike, for while we act
from contrary principles, sometimes
trive, and sometimes defraud; sometimes
love, and sometimes betray;
sometimes are devout, and sometime?
careless of God, this is to be two men,
which is a foolish aim, and always
ends in a loss of pains. No! says wist
Epictetus; learn to be one man ; thou
; mayest be a good man, or thou mayesl
t be a bad man, and that to the purpose
! but it is impossible that thou shouldsl
i be both. And here the i'hilosophei
! had the happiness to fall In exactly
' with the notion of the text:?Ye can
Not serve two musters.
A coal dealer in the suburbs was called
upon at his office by a poor, hardworking
woman, and requested to
send a basket of coal to her home.
"We do not deliver so small a quantity,"
was the merchant's reply. "It is
our invariable rule never to deliver less
than a quarter of a ton." "But I cannot
pay for so much," was the pitiful
confession, "and I have left my little
children at home in a flreless room.
What am I to do?" "Well," returned
the dealer, a kindlier light beaming
in his eye, "I cannot depart from my
rules as to the quantity." Then turning
to his clerk he continued: "John,
have a quarter of a ton of coal sent to
the woman's address as soon as possible."
"But I cannot pay for ho
much," she expostulated. "I already
understand that you can't, so I will
charge it to the children. Give yourself
no more uneasiness about the
debt. Good-morning."
The best legacy you can leave your
children is the memory of a happy
home, of pious living, of godly admonition.
Careful observers testify that to
at least tnree-iounns 01 uie lunernuns
of large f irtunes, their wealth proves
a cur.se and not a blessing. If they
that "make haste to be rich" are endangered
by reason of the snares and
pitfalls that lay in wait for them, how
much greater the danger of those who
immediately came into the possession
of great riches. Teach your sons and
daughters that idleness is a crime;
that it is better to lay up treasures
above; to invest in heavenly securities
; that gold and silver belong unto
the Lord, and they are but his steward
; but if riches increase they are
not to set their affections upon them;
that a good name is infinitely more
valuable than diamonds, and, that
more to be desired than riches, is a
pure life, a hope of immortality, and a
conscience void of oflence toward God
and man.
^ ^
Do It Now.?"I read once of a
boy," says some one in the Presbyterian
Banner, "who drooped so in health
that his mother thought she must
have the doctor to see him. The doctor
could find nothing the matter with
the boy. But there the fact was ; he
was pining away, losing his appetite,
creeping abort languidly, ana his
mother was distressed. The doctor
was nonplussed.
"'What does your son do? Has he
any work?'
" 'No ; he has only to bring a pail of
water every day from the spring. But
that he dreads all day long, and does
not bring it until just before dark.'
" 'Have him bring it the first thing
in the morning,' was the doctor's prescription.
"The mother tried it, and the boy
got well.
"Putting it off made the job prey on
? ' HaIcr if nnw'
iLie uuy a mum. u\ji??f, a> UVf>
lieved him."
A touching story is told of the late
Prince Napoleon. He had joined the
English army, and was one day at the
head of a squad riding horseback outside
of the camp. It was a dangerous
situation. One of the company said:
"We had better return. If we don't
hasten, we may fall into the hands of
the enemy."
"Oh," said the prince, "let us stay
here ten minutes,, and drink our coffee."
Before the ten minutes had passed, a
company of Zulus came upon them,
and in the skirmish the prince lost his
life. His mother, when she was informed
of the facta, iu her anguish,
said :
"That was his great mistake from
his babyhood. He never wanted to go
to bed at night in time, nor to arise in
the morning. He was ever pleading
for ten minutes more. When too
sleepy to speak, he would lift up his
too little hands and spread out his ten
fingers, indicating that he wanted ten
minutes more. On this account I
sometimes called him 'Monsieur Ten
Minutes.' "
The good old minister of Blairmally
in no stickler for etiquette,^and likes
his visits to tne memDers 01 ma uut-&
to be as informal and as homely as possible
: but he has a great regard for
truth, and is invariably down on those
whom he detects in any deviation
therefrom. Recently calling unexpectedly
on a widow who lived in a
cottage on the outskirts of the village,
he surprised her in the midst of washing:
a lot of clothes. She hurriedly
hid behind the clotbeshorse, and told
her little boy to say that she was out.
The visitor knocked at the door.
"Well, Jamie," he said, "and where's
your mother?" "My mother's no' in ;
she's doon the street on a message,"
replied the lad, with promptness.
"Indeed." replied the minister, with a
srlance at the bottom of the screen,
"well, tell her I called ; and say, that
the next time she goes down to the village
she might take her Jeet with
her."
If my opinion will be of any use, I
give it most cheerfully in favor of making
the Bible a text-book in the school,
the academy, the college, and the university.
To say nothing of its literature,
which, in my judgment, is unrivalled
; it contains not only the purest
system of morals, but the soundest
maxims of political economy, and the
most exact delineations of human na1
ture to be found on earth. There is
more in it to make a man greac i
well as good, than there is in any oth-1
er volume. Men cannot be well edu-1
cated without the Bible. It ought, J
therefore, to hold the chief place in
every institu tion of learning throughout
Christendom ; and I do not know of
a higher service that could be rendered
to tliis republic, than the bringing
about this desirable result.
A grand banquet was givon at Rome
a few days ago in honor of the great
Catholic University founded at our
National Capital by the munificent donation
of Miss Caldwell. One remark
made by Bishop Keaue on the occasion
was significant. He said "that
while the Pope was pastor of the universal
church, and loved the entire
? ...in. ? ft.*!,or'v; heurfc. lie loved
iiock wiiu ? uiu.v. ,
> America with special affection, be
cause in New World lie recognized the
; special work of God's providence,
1 where perfect liberty was granted to
i the church in her spiritual work,
* though it was refused to her in so many
countries of the Old World." If
i it had not been for the assistance
t which Providence gave to Protestant;
ism in the great struggle for possession
t of the New World, there would be 110
r more liberty here for Catholicism than
' there is iu the European nations
- which it has helped to keep iu bondage.
Appropriate Dishes,
The tailor?Roast goose.
Builder?Plum-pudding.
Druggist?"Pizin" thiDgs. 1 j
Base-ball man?Fowl.
Oarpeuter?Plane food. A
Stock-raiser?Bred.
Printer?"Pi."
Actor?Supe.
Singer?Oyster Patti.
Quaker?Peas.
Prisoner?Cell-ei y.
Acrobat?Turn-ups.
Smoker?Pipe plant.
eil-estHe rn*n?Coffee-grounds.
Dry goods clerk?Flannel cakes.
Public speaker?Toast.
Funny man?Chestnuts.
Franklin's Famous Toast.?Ben
Franklin was dining with a small
party of distinguished gentlemen, ^
when one of them said: "Here are /jjw
the nationalities represented; I am
French, and my friend there is English,
and Mr. Franklin is an American.
Let us each propose a toast.
It was agreed to, and the Englishman's
turn came first. He arose, and ;!pS|
in the tone of a Briton bold, said :
"Heregoes to Great Britain, the son
that gives light to all nations of the
earth."
The Frenchman was rather taken
back at this, but he proposed :
"Here's to France, the moon, whose
magnetic rays move the tides of .the
world." "
Our Ben then arose with his air bf
quaint modesty and said :
"Here's to George Washington, the
Joshua of America, who commanded ' ?
the sun and moon to stand still?and IaS
they stood still."
;
Whose Fault ??In a famous eeole* > siastical
trial in Virginia, a number of ,
years ago, it was said by some one that
the preaching of the party on trial
' had no more effect than pouring wa- 'V
ter on a duck's back."
Quick as a flash, the reply came, ';
"Is that the fault of the water, or the
duck?" ; ;V|a
There is food for thonght in that
home thrust; and so let us all go to
church, next Sunday, praying for the V<1|
preacher, and asking God to <ropen our
" 1_ t-- JIJ it. 1 -J. .? T .1:1
nearts," &s nc uiu tut? ucm t m ujtimi ^
that we may "attend unto the things
that are spoken." <.
In great straits, it is natural, seeking PU'Sg
every soul knows its own bitterness, to : /A
believe its trials peculiar. Were they
not beyond the relief of human assls- htfm
tauce, they would not answer the parpose
of impelling the tired mind to it* . vf8
Maker for help. But hear the great - 7,3
apostle: "There hath no temptation ,j
taken you, but such as is common to
man; but God is faithful, who will ''$?
not suffer you to be tempted about i'&M
that ye are able; but will with tne :'yM
temptation also make a way to esoape, i-fe
that ye may be able to bear it."
Let the world see, by your heavenly/
lives, that religion is something more
than opinions, or a task of ootward V'fes
duties.
The daughters of Henry W. Long- T;$|
fellow tell the story of a remarkable re- .
quest once sent to their father. Mr.
Longfellow, as is well known, was a
wn/ihoariflH cpnerous man. and.. ,'a
when he receiveS a letter from a ;.v3
young woman in a distant part of the
country, who said she wanted a piano, -}$
and felt sure that Mr. Longfellow i
would be glad to encourage youthful
talent and send her one, the fbmlly
were really afraid that he would re- 1 . M?|
spond ; but he decided not to do so, on
I the ground that a girl who was so lack- ' f
ingin delicacy and self-respect could
not appreciate music. ?Boston Gazette. i
The Christain Register says: "You
may break, you may shatter the 'vase' :'-&
if you will, but the various ways of
pronouncing it, according to locality,
will cling around it still."
If you "place"
Cafl it vase; ; 'tfwB
English laws
Make it vawa;
With some It has
I The sound of vas; . "
I For the oake of rest
We suggest
Change of baseCall
it vase.
Another Egg Test.?Here is &
very simple test which the French use .t .;
for telling whether eggs are fresh or
not. Dissolve two ounces of salt in a -1 5
pint of water. When a fresh-laid egg
i is placed in this solution it will descend
to the bottom. If the egg be U
I ifc will float in the 11
I ILI1CO UUJ kj V*%? aw ?. ?
quid, and if more than that age it will
I float on the surface, projecting above
the latter more and more as it happens . . *<
to be lighter with increased age.
The sweeping tempest and the beat- -'i
ing surge teach the mariner to prize
the haven where undisturbed repose
awaits his arrival. In like manner afflictions,
crosses, anxieties, teach us to
long for those happy mansions where
all tears will be wiped away, and nothing,
nothing subsist, but the "ftillness
oi joy and pleasurer for evermore."
He who desires to become a spiritual
man must not be ever taking note of
others, and, above all, of their sins,
lest he fall into wrath and bitterness,
and a judging spirittowards his neighbors.
O children this works such
great mischief in a man's soul as it is
miserable to think of; wherefore, as
you love God, shun this evil temper,
and turn your eyes full upon yourselves,
and see if you cannot discover
the same fault in yourselves, either in
times past or nowadays.
* *o "Aiinnp
I know no oeueruuguij v. ? Jvu?6
mail's future than true filial devotion.
Very rarely does one go morally
wrong whose passiouate love to his
mother is a ruling force in his life, and
whose continual desire is to gladden
her heart. Depend upon it next to the
love of God, tliis is the nobleet emotion.
I do not remember a single instance
of a young fellow going to the
bad who was tenderly devoted to his
parents.
From mere thoughtlessness the finer
graces often vanish from our homes.
It is not enough that we be truthful,
honest, industrious. If we would deliver
ourselves with best effect upon
those with whome we come into daily
contact, we must also be gentle, kind,
and courteous. In the family circle,
above all places on earth, the spirit of
pure, thoughtful, unselfish love must
display itself.
A friend says: "I wonder if it is
generally k nown what a wonderfully
soothing effect rubbing or stroking the <
sole of the foot has in that terrible nervous
uneasiness that many invalids.
suffer from? It also will oftentimes
prove of great relief in severe nervous,
headaches. Only try it, and you will
find the relief wonderful."
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