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The Press and Banner *"T / Twelve Pa By HUGH WILSOil. j Wednesday, Oct. 30. 1889. j Perfect ?r Imperfect. 1 BV SEXKX SMITH. Jane Jenkins is a sensible girl. She is engaged to Tim Toiupkins. Tim is a good fellow, but not as smart as he might be. Some of Jane's friends do not like the match. They think that Tim is not good en?ui:h for her. One of these well-mea*?ii'g busybodies went to her the other d:sy to tell her of a great blunder t!>.ii Tim had made She thought that Jane would be either mortified or indignant. But to her surprise, after listening patiently to the story, she said with a smile: "I am glad, Susie, that you told me of this, and I am glad that it happened, too." "So you are going to break off'the match, are you, and not marry a man so thick-headed?" "No, indeed; I shall marry him just ^^ the same; but I shall be surer of being j^^Lbappy with him than if I had not beard this." "How so?" "Don't you see that when a woman really loves a man she is tempted to think that he is perfect? Tim is so fond of me, so kind to me, so thoughtful for me, that I cau not realize that he has any faults. But I know that I have a good many, and shall require a husband to be very charitable, if we are going to live iii harmony. But DOW COU1U JL USK U1 my uujuuuu to be constantly overlooking my blunders, if he never made any J The idea of being associated so intimately with a perfect being quite appalls me. Even if he never chided me for my faults, or seemed to notice them, the consciousness of them, in contrast with his faultlessness, would make me miserable. No, no. The basis of domestic harmony is not mutual admiration, but mutual charity. We take each other as we are, bear with each other's | infirmities, and try to do each other all j the good wecau. I want to be disen-j chauted before marriage. I wajit to know that my husbaud, though the; best of men, is yet a man, and that Ii will have the opportunity of showing how I love him, by being patient with his faults and helping him to correc them." j Susie went away considerably crestfallen, and she tried to get even by telling all over that Jane was going to marry Tim just because he was a noto""" "Ptif thm>orli .Tftiip 1 1UU5 KJ l U iiUUl CI JL?MW ~ ? - J may have been sharp enough to an-1 swer Susie as she did, in order to rebuke her impertinence, yet there was 1 a good deal of truth iu what she said. [' A great many marriages turn out bad-;1 ly because the parlies enter into them j with extravagaut ideas of each other. During courtship they are on their best I behaviour. Their faults are carefully! concealed, and love throws a glamour J over both the wooer and the wooed, j "When the honeymoon is over the | month of disenchantment comes. | And that is a trying time. If they can then accept Jane's idea, that domestic happiness depends more upon mutua charity than upon mutual admiration,! they will do well. But if each, though I conscious of imperfections, is irritated! because the other is not perfect, they will livn in mkprv nr sopk rplief in I the divorce mill. And this demand for mutual charity is universal. It is the great principle upon which God would reconstruct society. "Bear ye one another's burdens. and so fulfill the law of Christ." "If any man be overtaken in a fault, : ye that are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted." r*he ace which we are to exercise is the grace that we ourselves will need. And the more charitable to others we are, the more watchful we will be over ourselves. The way to approximate perfection in this imperfect world is Ita-^^hrow the mantle of love as far as possible over the faults of others. It is both easier and better to reform a man by patient kindness, than by denunciation and abuse. ??????? ... . ? How Lokd Macaulay Head.? When a boy I began to read very earn- I estly, but at the foot of every page I j read I stopped and obliged myself to ' give an account of what I had read on | that page. At first I had to read it! three or four times before 1 got myt mind firmly fixed. lint I compelled' myself to comply with the plan, until now, after I have read a book through once, I can almost recite it from begin-! ning to the end It is a very simple habit to form early in life, and is valuable as a means of making our reading serve the best purpose. Oil ot pennyroyal, spirits of camphor or cologne renders the atmosphere of a room disagreeable to mosquitoes. .!r A Christ-Like Deed. The following touching incident, which drew tears from my eyes, was related to me a short time since, by a dear friend who had it from an eyewituess of the same. It occurred in thegreat city of New York, on one of the coldest days in February last: A little boy about ten years old was standing before a shoe store in Broadway, barefooted, peering through the window and shivering with cold. A lady riding up the street in a beautiful carriage drawn by horses finely caparisoned, observed the little fellow in his forlorn condition, and immediately ordered the driver to draw up and stop in front of the store. t!l!r oK.rl.f lilt! iUUJ , 1IU11J UlCWCU IU oaiV} Uiijjuv ed from her carriage went quietly to the boy and said : "My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window ?" "1 was just asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the reply. The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the proprietor if he would allow one of his clerks to go and buy her half a dozen pair of stockings for the boy. lie readily assented. She then asked him for a basin of water and a towel, and he replied: "Certainly," and quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store, and removing her gloves, knelt down, washed those little feet and dried them with the towel. By this time the young man had returned with the stockings. Placing a I pair upon his feet, she purchased and gave liim a pair 01 snoes, ana tying up the remaining pairs of stockings, gave them to him, and patting him on the head, said: "I hope my little fellow, that you feel more comfortable." As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her hand and looking up in her face with tears in his eyes, answered her question with these words: "Areyou God's wife?" Parish Register. Proncliiiig from the Heart. It is only when a minister preaches! ouiof his own heart that he reaches) the hearts of others. A purely intel-j lectual sermon stops with the intellect; j a doctrinal sermon is nothing more than a spiritual opiate. But let a man J utter what he has felt and known, let j him touch the harp-string that has vi-j brated in his own soul, and there comes that hush and spell over an audience. that chained attention, that lifting of faces which seems like aj white tablet for God's finger to write cm. Who has uot felt the irresistible power of a hidden experience interpreted by another soul ? This is ihe secret of all oratory, of all sympathetic power of man over man. The greatest preachers are not those who may lay claim to the highest scholarship, who are profound philosophical thinkers or doctrinal giants, hut whose large hearts have throbbed with the deepest spiritual experience. "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." These are the men who can hold 011 vast audiences and sway them as the wind sways a forest. Their language may be plain, their style unpolished, their manner awkward, but they know the stops and keps of the human heart as the organist knows his instrument, and all the solemn and sweet music of life answers to their touch.?Zion's Herald. Rent K?li(;ioiis Liberty. A proclamation has been issued by the king of Siam, in which he placcs his kingdom anions the most enlightened in respect to religious liberty. It says: "Whoever is of the opinion that any particular religion is correct) let him hold to it as he pleases; the right or wrong will be to the person who holds to it. In the treaties and in the kingdom of Siam there is no prohibition against personswho shall hold to any particular religion. If any one is of the opinion that the religion of the Lord Jesus is good, let him hold to it freely." We commend this information to the prayerful attention of the Roman agents for comparison with the decree of Lord Baltimore, which they lug in on all occasions. The king of Siam does not provide for the death of those whc can not accept as true all that the Roman church teaches. Of course, the Romanists will affirm that this king is a pagan, while unprejudiced thinkers will prefer the pagan to the Roman article. A Biktiiday Letter.?Writing to a young giri on ner tnnnaay, me Jiue Dr. Robertson said: "liy being always humble you will be always young. Humility is a 'little child.' This is Christ's picture of it. But pride old?as old as that old Serpent the Devil. If you indulge in pride you'll make the pretty face of your soul old and wrinkled in no time. And Faith, too, is a 'little child,' and makes you, and keeps you always young; anil Hope is young, and Love is young, and Joy is young, and Generosity is young. The graces are all young; but Sin is an ugly old hag. And so I hope that you will be dressed afresh to-day in the beauties of holiness, and baptized afresh into the dew of youth." What Others Say. "The spirit of retaliation aud revenge lias no right to dwell in our heart when we are daily praying 'create in rue a cleau heart, O Lord, and renew a right spirit within me.' D? you believe a Christian can blamelessly commit murder? Quickly j-ou answer 'No.' Should a Christian do that thing, you would spare no pains to bring him to justice, and you would no longer believe in his Christianity! Is it a less sin for a Christian to stand face to face in a battle field and slay his brother? Is it less a sin because done publicly? because protected by law? is not a life taken, whether done in the dead of night-watches for revenge, or done in the open day amid the sounding cannon, the rattling shot, and bugle call? Ah! but you claim it is for some great cause of justice that the battles rage, and right will conquer! I claim, that in this case, the stronger army is victor. As two men fight, the stronger gains. 'Why?' Because of superior strength. Let us be more earnest in looking into this matter from a simple Christian point of view, taking for our guide the Book of books; referring always to the in" struction given in the blessed Bible.' J'Pacific 'Banner. ^. o m ' The Herald of jPeace (London)' says: "It is righteousness and prayer which are the chief means of securing the mightiest defence of nations, namely, the gracious and overshadow ing guardianship of Divine favor. For it is still with those who fear and love the Lord, as it was with the Prophet and those around him, in ancient days, at Samaria. Unseen, and unsuspected by his timorous attendant, a might supernatural host of heavenly protectors were keeping effectual watch and ward over God's servants. And it was shown, by special miraculous interposition, on that occasion, that 'They that be with us are more than they that be with them.' And so it is now. When a nation's ways please the Lord, He will make even the enemies of that nation to be at peace with it, or at best not to be victorious over it. The favor of Heaven is a protection of States, incomparably mightier than bayonets and ironclads. If the clergy and journalists of the Church ol England evince some special faith in this truth, and cherish some enthusiastic interest in regaru 10 it, they maj* then expect their countrymen and the world to believe that their trust in God, and their homage to His power, is a heartfelt reality." Dr. Arnold wrote, "Could there by any possibility have been anothor war in the world, if we had accepted the mercies given us? . . The Sermon on the mount cannot be read by any good man without the strongest feeling of shame and hmniliatian, for the contrast between the picture of Chris, tian principles there drawn and the reality he sees around him." C'u'Lstinn Intclligenccr. Rousing Men Needed.?Rousing meu a.re needed in the pulpit lo arouse the occupants of the pews. The day is fast passing when the polished essay and the ponderous dissertation is the ideal sermon, but earnest communications of Divine truth, dressed in the language of the store, the office, the street are demanded. The need to day is not a man who cau make sermous, but one who can mold manhood. Churches are demanding such a supply of workers. Tnlk. The power to converse well is a very great charm. You think anybody can talk. How mistaken you are ! Anybody can chatter, anybody can change idle gossip. Anybody can recapitulate the troubles of the kitchen, the cost ojthe last new dress, and the probable doings of the neighbors. But to talk wisely, instinctively, freshly aud de" lightfully is an immense accomplishment. It implies extrtion, observa tion, study of books aud people, and receptivity of impression. Plato banished the musicians from his feasts that the charms of conversation might have no interference : but in our later fashions many prefer music rather than the gossip of the hour, which often degenerates into trivialities weari* urcmn nml pnminon lllflPO. Wait and See.?"I never let bairns or fools see my pictures until they are doue," said a Scotch artist to nie once, quoting a familiar proverb of his couutrymcn. We are all but bairns in CJod's sight, and we sadly play the l'ool in regard to Iiis providential dealings, i As no artist is willing to have judg- ; mont pronounced upon painting or j istatue until the work is completed, so our heavenly Teacher bids us possess : our souls in patience. "What I do! thou knewest not now, buL thou shall ; , know hereafter." We must wait and j .see. This world is but the preparatory j school, ill which character is on the j !easel or under the chisel; exhibition i day will come in another world, j God's hand lays on dark colors very [often. His chisel cuts deep. No trial of our faith is joyous,- but grievous nevertheless, afterward, it may work out the eternal weight of glory?Ex. Be True. Listen, my boy, I've a word for you, And this is the word, "Be true! be trne!"' At work or at piny, In darkness or light, Be true, be true, and stand for the right. List, little girl, I've a word for you, 'TIs the very same. "Be true! be true!" For truth is the suu, ?ind falsehood the night; Be true, little maid, and stand for the right. Bottles aud Morals. IREXE. "Halloo, Cal, what have you got there?" "Bottles," said Cal, holding up two. "I am going to get up a lot and sell them to get fire-crackers for the Fourth ot July." "I have four just like those, and you know mamma would never allow me to buy fire-crackets or sell bottles either. It's horrid?being a girl?isn't it," said the first speaker, a pretty girl of ten as she look a good swing on the gate. ?/T ii. ... tii ri?i i; i ? snouui say n was:" v.ui rvpueu 1 with great scorn, answering the last part of the remark. "But I'll tell you what I'll do, Daisy, give me your bottles and I will divide lire-crackers." j "That's fair and 1 will," said Daisy getting off the gute and letting Cal through, Daisy lent him her little bas-i ket to carry the bottles in, after giving him those she had promised, watched him down the street and skipped gaily upstairs thinking of the fun they would have, for she was only ten years old and dearly loved to play. Mamma thinks her little girl rather too much inclined for boyish sports and does not approve of her buying fire-crackers. I am sure if she knew how much the child wished them or that she would try like this to get them, that she would have given herj the penny. Three days after this Daisy came upon Cal, Dan and Annie shooting firecrackers and having a noisy good time generally. "Did you sell the bottles, Cal?" she asked pleasantly, expecting that he will divide. "Didn't I tell vou that I was not ero ing to get them us soon as I sold the! bottles?" Cal answered crossly as he! lired another one. Daisy said no more but stood watching them awhile, wishing she too had a brother as Annie had, so mamma would let her play like that. "Come back after supper, Daisy, and we will have lots of fun !" called Annie as she was leaving "Papa does not like to have me play after sun down. He thinks it will make me ill. Good bye, Annie." "Good bye, Daisy," said Annie, but Cal did not look at her. The next day was the Fourth of July and'Cal passed with several other boys going out of the incoporation to shoot their cannons, they said. On the next morning Cal came by again on an errand for hi.4 mother and Daisy asked him again if he had sold the bottles. "Yes, and got the flre-crackeis and - ? _ a a. 1. _ ? ..11 AtKA.t 1) l>/> it nf Vnrl S1I0L lllUUl Illl itwuj, iiu ana>?civv*i laughingly, but looked sheepish as lie} added, "why did you not ask me fori them if you wanted any ?" Daisy was surprised at this, but' thought it too small a matter to getj vexed at Cal for, so she said no more! about it. Carroll stayed away for several days, and did not appear so happy as usual, nor so anxious to plav with Daisy aud the cat so well as before. But his conscience soon ceased to trouble him, if indeed it had ever doDe so, for lie soon came as before and never mentioned! the bottles. Daisy asked her mamma about it,! and mamma looked sad and said that it was very serious indeed. Children should be (juite as faithful in small things as in larger ones, and a little boy who would wilfully decieve in anything was very likely to grow up a dishonest, unworthy man. "But peahaps dear he was only thoughtless or severely tempted. I have always liked Cal, and would not have you misjudge him or sever your friendship with him too lightly. Every one says Cal is a very bright boy." "There are several bottles in the laundry from which bluing was taken. You may have them if you wish," said mamma. "And here comes Cal!" Daisy and Cal ran off to find the bottles, and had a fine time washing them in some white foamy water they found there. "You can't sell them, Daisy. There is no one who will buy this kind but the'Bottling works,' Cal said looking through one of iiiom at the window. But Daisy was wiping her hands on her white apron, and called out : ''Let's go and play uominocs, Cal ?" "Oh, I don't like to. What aie you j going lo do with those bottles?" Cal asks pettishly. "J will give them to you if you will1 play doinin<Jes," said Daisy. "All right," he answered heartily;' ''I'll take theni home right now, and! some time I'll play with you." As lie spoke he gathered up the bottles and ran away. For three weeks Daisy was after him to keep his promise, as tbey lived very near each other, and he had every opportunity to do so. But he did not. He wanted to read, to play, to do any thing else. Half in fun, wholly obstinate, he would not keep his promise. Yet Cal is a well-raised boy, likes to read, goes to Sunday-school, is well spoken of by every one. His mamma is quite anxious that he should be polite and well-behaved. Is it possible that he does not know that morals as well as manners make a character? That a little boy who does not keep his promises and who decives his little friend will grow up to be unloved aud despised. This is a true story of a little boy and girl, whose names I have changed, like witches in the fairy tales. Can any of the little ones who read it tell me why Cal did so ? ?^ ? <rr> Salvatiox.?Salvation?what music there is in that word; music that never tires, but is always new, that always rouses yet always rests us. It holds in itself all that our hearts would saj\ It is sweet vigor to us in the morning, and in the evening it is contented peace. It is a song that is always singing itself de^p down in the delighted soul. Angelic ears are ravished by it up in heaven, and our eternal Father himself listens to it with adorable complacency. It is sweet even to him out of whose mind is the music of a thousand worlds. To be saved ! What is it to be saved in the fullest and utmost meaning? Who can tell? Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard. It is a rest, and in such a home. It is to lie down forever in the bosom of God, in an endless rapture of insatiate contentment,?J7'. W. Fabcr. Wise Words.?A century nnd a half ago an English lady, >vriting to her sister, said, "A wrong and overindulgent conduct of parent to children is the greatest cruelty to them; for if ttey never meet with contradiction till they are of age to engage in the great concerns of life, how will they be able to sustain the disappointments and mortifications they may encounter in this world? But a perverse, injudicious manner of contradicting and thwarting them, and very severe corrections for trifles, does them, I believe, almost as much harm as an universal indulgence." These two sentences contain a world of wis" dom. But, alas! how general is the tendency to err in one extreme or the other. When Franklin was ambassador to France, being at a meeting of a literary society, and not well understanding French when declaimed, he determin oil to applaud when lie saw a lady friend express approval. When they had ceaded. a little child, who understood French, said to Franklin, "Why, you always applauded when they were praising you !" P'ratiklin laughed heartily, and explained his dilemma. A critical young woman says: Doi say something in the newspapers about the silly way women have of kissing each other every time they meet. If a dozen women were to come together on the street, the last arrival would have to kiss around. If I had my way, kissing would be confined to family use and for medicinal purposes, and not indulged in as a beverage." A remarkable illustration of the enduring character of human hair may now be seen in the British Museum, where has been placed a wig, lately found in a temple at Thebes, which is supposed to have been worn by an Egyptian pnest^at a period not less than 3400 years ago. 4^ ? About 9 o'clock, Tuesday night (Oct 8.) Mr. A. \V. Taylor's dwelling in Summerville, 8. (J. was seen to be on I fir-1 with the prospect of being consumed. The tire engine with efficient force subdued the llaines. Damage to the house about $300. The furniture was badly damaged in being carried ont.?Summcrvillc News We sympathize with our dear friends in their alarm, trouble and loss, and rejoiee too that the threatning calamity was no worse. It does not necessarily follow that because a man is shrewd in business and is a genius in intellect that he is an honest and upright citizen. Some of the shrewdest business, and men of the greatest genius that the country has ever kuown, are now serving terms in the penitentiaries of the land for their villainy and outrageous acta of rascality. Mr. Hugh Wilson sa3*s his new steam engine works all right and runs 1 *-> - ??-- I /> o vim | cue j'rcws taw uurtiivt uuu ** >u.? I running oil' one side of fourteen or lifj teen papers in a minute. [ For want of tools and materials to work with, many boys grow up wit limit the least knowledge of their use, and consequently without the development of any mechanical ability that they may naturally have been possessed of. Every farmer's boy should have a knowledge of practical machines, so far, at least, as they apply to agriculture. And he should have an opportunity of acquiring the skill needed in {heir application to the various departments of farm work. The work-shop is a great practical educator and should be a permanent institution 011 every farm. In creation Ciod shows his hand, but in redemption (Jod gives us his heart. A School mar m Witness. Sometimes a lawyer meets his matrix in the witness box. Not long since there was a breach-of-promise ease ii? an Ohio town. The usual bully-raging la wye i was there, but an unusnaj witness in the person of a country schoolmarm met him. "Ah, miss,'? said the lawyer whan she had taker; the oath, "will you state your name?'" "Elizabeth Martin," she responded quietly. "Your occupation ?" "Teaching school." ' How old are you?" he next inquired, with a side-long smile at the crowd. "Old enough to know that it is none of your business," she answered gently as a ring dove coos. "Objection sustained," remarked the coui t. The lawyer's face fell, but Inbraced up and went on, but without a smile. "Do you know the nature of ac oath?" he asked, spitefully. "Oh, yes; I beard you damn the court yesterday for ruling against yoa? and I knew you were not saying yonr prayers." The court looked at the lawyer, the lawyer looked at the ceiling, and the witness looked at ease. "Confine your answers to the caser if you please," said the lawyer, "Now, will ^ou tell the court ifyo? know the plaintiff?" "Yea, sir, I know her." "What do you know of her?" "More good thau I do of a lawyer sir." "That's not what I want to know.' "I presume not," continued the wiL ne.*s softly. "I want to know," shouted the exasperated questioner, bringing his fisti ,, down on the table, "if you know anything about the case before the court?" i "More than you do, possibly." "Well, tell it to the court, and hav* done witn it." "Thanks. I know, your honor, that v Joseph Hill, the defendant, asked Mary Jackson, the plaintiff, if she would L- T r ill miT (1WC. Ut? IJlJi \V11C? ll ?uo uuuw in nij enee." "Indeed! Isn't that rather an onusual way of popping (he question?" "I don't know, sir. I have had so experience. I happened to be present because I came, into the room unexpectedly, and found the plaintiff sitting in the defendant's lap, and he, show that she had a right to save the furniture in that way, asked her again to be his wife, as he had already done a week earlier." "By the way, Miss Martin, hove much does the plaintiff weigh ?" "One hundred and forty pounds, sir." "How do you know so exactly ?" "By the weigh, of course," sbe smiled, and the lawyer went off another track. "Did you think the defendant wsstelling you the truth?" "Oh. yes; you know he is not a law yer." "The witness will confine herself to the facts," interrupted the court. ' Very'well, your honor; I shall pay 110 attention to the statements of the attorney." "That will do," said the provoked lawyer; "the witness may stanu. down." "May it please the court," she remarked, "the witness would like Us sit down." {-The sheriff will provide witness with a chair," said the court. "Shf seems to have sat down on everythingelse in tiiis court room, and the coun sees no reason why a chair should Iv exempt." The witness smiled placidly, an<3 took a chair to await another call to the box. People who are always in high spir its soon wear out, says a paysiuiuu. may be, but people wlio are always, low-spirited wear other people out.. A funny story is told concerning o:tv attempt to locate a diocesan seat in tiit town of Devil's Lake, Dakota. A deputation of vestrymen from tic* place were in attendance at the General Conference of the Protestant Episcopal church, and were urging befoje the House of Bishops the erection of a diocese in their vicinity. Suddenly oneof the most venerable of the bislvops asked, "What is the name of t!?' place from which you come?" "Dotil's Lake," was the reply. A funsrj look passed over the faces of th'.- bishops, and the one who had first spoker/ jcried out: "Devil's I.nke! Wbj, I brethren, sueh a name as !'<at kill* your project at once. <Tnst to think (the Right Reverend Bishop of Devli's 1 Lake!" The Devil's Lake deputalbye .retired without ceremony, and wlit-ii - t the new diocesr was created the bishop's resilience was fixed at Fargo. "We can not all do as we would Hr. to do in this world. Our l'eliue j . may give us hydrophobia as well as jour canine. 2s ow although il is impracticable to muzzle cats, we do ivtyon that account hesitate to nwsszfe? dogs. So, also, though we can not ai , together suppress private drinking, -ex.can prohibit the common sale of dilufc