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Kk Abbeville Press and BannH ^j^HUGIl WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1889. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 29. Jj BSHf Theory and Practice. nM??c Newton had two cuts, HEB^^Hpot herand her kitten, connection with tin* three HE^^^^Hbrc's been a story written, MgUHhanded down to ns as true,? HB&Hive It in u rhyme to you. SI^BMg|R'C cats, unlike most or their kind, HHBE^Bemuiuled much attention; one would go (lie oilier would NB^VWhich we need scarcely mention ;) HB^Vliat tmuliled good Sir Isaac sore HBh^HR'us ho much scratching at Ids door. HB^Kvhen he'd sit down to meditate one theme or another, /ellnc pets were sure to comc MSm^^d put him to the bother 9R3HB^Vttiiii: up to let them In, lose Ills subject clean. MMH thought at last HB^HBSHKould adjust the matter, please the eat, the kitten too i a 11 y DOHH[t' two holes, one largo one small, which liis favorites might crawl." ^^^^^lulnow the great philosopher, Intent on observation. Was to behold his wondrous plan i'ut into operation, I Through the Sartre hole the old eat came, The kitten following through the same. L (Iwtd JluMfkccttiny. iA Higher Mark. IJY SIDXKY DAYRI-:. I ' What are you doing Felix ?" | '"I'm cutting my name up liero, grandfather." I "Pretty hard work, isn't it ?" ^"Oh, not so very." Felix puffed a lie as he spoke and turned a very Brf face towards his grandfather. He was carving his name on the park of a large elm. He had been pnxious to place it high up, and in orHer to do so he was clasping his legs fcround the lowest branch of the tree |nd hanging down to do bis cutting. ?| is likely that if he had been set ;o it as a task lie would have thought it a hard one and himself a very ill-used B boy. "I'm, most done," he added,as lie rounded a period and then, holding by gHhis hands and letting go with his feet, jumped to the ground. "You see, ^ grandfather, I wanted to cut it away ^w.ip there and I couldn't reach any oth l^ftr way without a ladder, and it was |Ho far to bring it." J^^"I see." said grandfather. "It's my name and the date to-day. Dk cut it because it's my birthday and ^^because you gave me this new pocket knife." B "Are you always going to make a A high mark as you go along?" H "Well," said Felix, not quite unB>deiSt8iH?UJg the question; "I don't A expect to cuT"iny ^Kln the city they won't let us boys do "No, I suppose not: but wherever I you go, my boy, you are sure to leave a mark of some kind. All thoughe your school life you will leave it. It will be on tbe books that a boy of your name was there and left his record high or low. But you will write a far clearer record on the iicurt..- t>;'n!l those who may be about you. Your companions will all feel your inthioncc cither for good or evil. And this iiiilnence will last far longer than the name and date in the bark of a tree. You can not pass through life without making marks which must last through eternity." "Will this last very long?" asked Felix, looking up at his letters and llgures. "Uome nere." ^ Felix followed as he walked around L the other side of the tree, lie looked I closely at some marks on the bark to f* which his grandfather pointed "Why," he said, "that's your name grandfather, and 18">G. That's inore than 50 years ago. "Yes," said grandfather, I cut those when I was not much .older than you | are." "Fifty years !" Felix looked in awe I at these letters which had been cut such a long time ago, as it seemed I to him." "Ana will mv name stay [ here for oO years ?" V "I suppose so unless tiie tree is cut L down. Every time you come back to I the old place you wit! come hero and see your name on the live. If you ? live for 50 years yon will still find it " here. Your hair will be gray then"? I grandfather caressingly laid his hand (on the curly brown head?"and I slin.Il be lying over there on the hillside," he pointed to some white stones in the "instance. "But I shan't want to come here then, grandfather," said Felix, with | tears very near his eyes. f "O yes you will. You will have othtliings to interest you then, as it is right you should have. And I am trusting, Felix, that you will have been making such high marks all along that it will be a pleasure for you to come Here ana see me letters you cut so long ago and to be able to tbink within yourself: "If grandfather could see me today he would see that I have remembered what he said to me so long, long ago. Grandfather walked slowly across the meadow towards the house. Felix looked after him for a few moments, and then turned again to his lettering on the elm. "I know exactly what he means," he said to himself, "he means that I must do my very best all the time. Now, while I'm a boy, too, for I've often heara mm say xiuu u iaKes a * good boy, to make a good man. Yes, yes, I must do it, for my name is up there and it will stay nd no matter where I go anil if I don't keep fair and honest and true all the time, I shall be ashamed ever to come back here and see O Exercise, air, good temper and temperance are the principal source ol growth, health and longevity. i ' " , One Thing- at a Time. "Karly in morning," relates a gentleman who has now spent maliy decades in the service of C?<id and Ins fellow-man, "I learned from a very simple incident a wholesome lesson, and one which has since been of incalculable benefit to me. "When I was between 12 and 14 years old, my father broke up a field (?ii his farm, and planted it with potatoes, and when the plants were two or three inches high, he sent me to hoc it. The ground of that piece was very hard to till; it was matted with grass roots and sprinkled with stones. I hoed the first row, and stopped to look at the general task before me. Urass as high as the potatoes was everywhere, and looking at the whole from any point it seemed to be a solid mass. I had the work to do all alone, and as I stood staring at the broad reach of weedy soil, I felt a good mind not to try to do anything further then with it. "Just that minute I happened to look down at the hill nearest my feet. The grass didn't seem just quite as thick there, and I said to myself, 'I can hoe this one well enough.' "When it was done, then another thought came to me : I shan't have to hoe but one hill at a time, at any rate. "And so I went to the next, and next. But here I stopped again and looked over the field. That gave me another thought too. I could hoe every hill as I came to it; it was only looking away ofT to all the hills that made the whole seem impossible. " 'I won't look at it!' " I said ; and f nulled my hat over my eyes so f could see nothing but the spot where my hoe had to dig. "In coarse of time, I had gone over the whole field, looking only at the hill in hand, and my work was done. "I learned a lesson tugging away at those grass roots which I never forgot. It was to look right down at the one thing to he done now, and not hinder and discourage myself by looking off at the things I haven't come to. . I've been working ever since that summer at the hill nearest my feet, and I've always found it the easiest way to get a hard task accomplished, as it is the true way to prepare a field for the harvest."?Anon. i ?' "?ifHrJ-ftfglltlyr A story is told of a dignitary of the church who somewhat astonished an audience of young clergymen by taking 1 the above words as the text of an address, in which he impressed upon his ! hearers the importance of tact in deal- 1 ing with their lay brethren. Speaking generally, it may be said that in every walk of life delicate treatment and gentle handling are often the secret of success in dealing both with persons , and things. The great gift of tact, so , difficult to define, so easy to appreciate ( and admire, is nothing more than the j art which unables its possessors to "rub lightly" in all the relations of life. The instinct which helps us to understand characters widely diflerent, which gives us a quick perception of the susceptibilities and peculiarities of others, is essential to all who aspire to deal successfully with their fellow men. Even in the most common-place duties of every clay life the art of rubbing lightly will often enable us to overcome difficulties and obstacles which have resisted all rougher method?. The servant who possesses a "light , hand" is indeed "a treasure" in the , eyes of her mistress, and will succeed in many little domestic duties, where clumsy fingers would utterly fail. Though of most importance, and soon in its hiirhest form in the world at large, there is ample scope for the eser- < eise of tact in the narrower circle of home life and social gatherings. And j here it may be observed that this natural instinct and insight into charac. ter, connected as it is with the finer feelings of our nature, is seen more commonly and in a higher degree among women than among men.? Who does not admire the ready tact which enables a popular hostess to make a mixed party "go ofij" or, iu other words, to harmonize the somewhat discordant elements of a miscellaneous assemblage. "What can equal woman's tact?" says Oliver Wendell Holmes; "her delicacy, her subtlety of apprehension, her quickness to feel the changes Of temperature, as the warm and cool cur rents of talk blow by turns?" Jf we consider the importance of tact in the wider relations of life, wo shall find that those who can rub lightly achieve a large measure of success in dealing with others. Perhaps the value of tact will be most readily and most commonly recognized in the region of diplomacy. The diplomat who successfully negotiates the issues of peace or war, is of almost equal importance to the great party leader, the popular bishop, the eminent physician, the successful 1 lead master. The principle of rubbing lightly in is generally carried 011 in the intercourse of man witn man. ji is not saying too much to say that "tact is the success" of life.?Selected. ? A graceful behavior towards others is a constant source of pleasure; it pleases others because it indicates re spect for their personalty, and it gives tenfold more pleasure to ourselves. With a noble aim steadily pursued all struggle is ennobling, and even disappointments and sufferings conduct to a higher and better life. What They Excel In. Alabama ranks fourth in cotton. Arizona ranks second in silver. California ranks first in barley, grape culture, sheep, gold and quicksilver. Colorado ranks first in silver. Connecticut ranks first in clocks. Delaware is way up in peaches. Dakota is the finest wheat growing State. Florida ranks third in sugar and mo. hisses. Georgia ranks second in rice and sweet potatoes. Indiana ranks second in wheat. Illinois ranks first in corn, wheat, oats, meat packing, lumber trallic, malt and distilled liquors and miles of railway. Iowa ranks first in hogs. Idaho ranks sixth in gold and silver Kansas ranks fifth in cattle, corn and rye. Kentucky ranks first in tobacco, and has a world-wide reputation for thoroughbred horses and cattle. Likewise beautiful women. Louisiana ranks first in sugar and molasses. Maine ranks first in ship building, slate and granite quarries, lumbering and fishing. Maryland ranks fourth in coal. Massachusetts ranks first in cotton, woolen and worsted goods and in coil and niarckercl fisheries. Michigan ranks first in copper, lumber and salt. Minnesota ranks fourth in wheat and barley. Mississippi ranks second in cotton. Missouri ranks first in mules. Montana ranks fifth in silver and gold. New Mexico's grazing facilities can't be beat. Nebraska has abundant crops of rye, buckwheat, barley, flax and hemp. .Nevada raiiKs second in gom. New Hampshire ranks third in the manufacture of cotton goods. New Jersey ranks first in fertilizing marl, zinc and silk goods. New York ranks first in value of manufactures, soap, printing and publishing, hops, hay, potatoes, buckwheat and milch cows. North Carolina ranks first in ttTmT tu rpen tine; ? "~tffrioranks first in agricultural implements and wool. Oregon takes the palm in cattle raisiug. Pennsylvania ranks first io rye, iron and steel, petroleum and coal. Rhode Island, in proportion to its' 3ize, outranks all other States in value of manufactures. South Carolina ranks first in phos pliates. There are certain small things all' girls ought to know about?little forms uf etiquette, the observance of which is expected among all well-bred people. Some understand by instinct, or inhert itauce, or by observation, but others uppear to need a hint. A lady once told me that she was much chagrined at having been guilty of not making a "party cull," in a city where tfhe had spent the winter and had been invited to several houses. She was refined and cultivated, but had never been much in society in large towns, and actually did not know what was expected of her until it was too late. She said that just before returnin <r to her home, she heard a lady in ?0 ? v tlie house where she was boarding, ask another, "Have you made your party calls?" The matter was a puzzle to her. At the first opportunity she asked a friend to whom she was not afraid to betray her ignorance the meaning of the expression, and found that by the etiquette of society it was the polite and proper thing for her to make a call at each of the houses where she had been invited. Imagine her chagrin on be ing told what a "party call" was She did not wish to be considered crude or rude, but as crude or rude those hos tosses must regard her. Iu some cases, like hers, it is ignorance and in others it is negligence; but the lady who has invited you will be likely to set persons down as underbred or ill-bred who fail iu this small courtesy. A good many instauces have come to my knowledge since then, of young girls who have been honored by invitations to a choice garden or in-door party, and never afterwards took the trouble to call. I have known even a more discreditable thing?it is incredible, but true, that young people have left such a party without taking leave of their host and hostess! Margaret Lake, in Wide Awake. Character shows itself iu the little acts of everyday life, oven before strangers. He who talks to another in a loud tone of voice in a public place in a public conveyance, thereby disclosing his lack of line sensibilities, he may say that he has nothing to conceal from the public, and that therefore he is ready to speak out before all. But every man ought to have much to con ceal from the public in his personal life and in his relations to others. Unless, indeed, a man shrinks from the full disclosure of his thoughts and feelings before the world, there is little of sacred nous in his thoughts and feelings even in his own estimation. ? A Michigan chiropodist is making n triumphal progress through that Stati as "William the C'orn-ourer." mm chat. i NEARLY every one is begin- i ning to think of their CHRISTMAS PURCHASES. ; Some are thinking of their WEARING APPAREL, while others are turning their attention to selecting IHhristmaS PresentS \J k) JL KJ tokens of affection for the little girl or boy, or for the aged par- , ent, brother or sister. Not a few i are sorely perplexed as to what 1 will best please their SWEET- ! HEARTS and WIVES. To those ' who are waiting to i i "DRESS UP" 1 in a real nice suit of CLOTHES [ or an OVERCOAT for CHRIST- i MAS, we beg to call their atten- I tion to our elegant line of tueesiixpis AND Boy's Clothing which we have in all STYLES, and PRICES. We want to reduce our STOCK OF.-eL-GTfllMras much as possible between now and CHRISTMAS and will sell , them at extremely LOW Prices, j Then we will carry you to our 1 HAT DEPARTMENT ! </, I and sell you a real Stylish HAT i at small cost. Something real ' becoming, you knnow. A little 1 nearer to the front of our store ( | will place you among a most ele- 1 gant line of I i DRESS SHIRTS. 1 FLANNEL OVERSHIRTS, GENT'S UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, ' tf.LUV.U5, SUSPENDERS, ! HANDKERCHIEFS, J CLA R S and CUFFS. 1 After being supplied with these < thing, we will take pleasure in 1 showing you our beautiful line of j durable, perfect fitting ] I EMERSON SHOES. ; We have forgotten about our love- ' ly line of CRAVATS, but will ( "get there all the same." And < now for our suggestions for CHRISTMAS Presents. For the < Boys nothing can be nicer than a k a complete outfit, consisting of a . suit of Clothes, an Overcoat, a ( Crush Hat, a pair of nice Shoes | onrJ o Prauaf Also a Parlor ' CI I IV4 U Wi ?A( Mki . ..vv Rifle, a Shot Gun, or a Pocket 1 Knife. I For smaller boys, we have , Rubber Balls, Toy Pistols, Dumb Watches and Chains, Wheel- 1 barrows, Wagons and Drums. For general Christmas presents we have an elegant line of Glass Lemonade Sets, Guest Cups and Saucers, Vases, Triple Plated Silverware, beautiful Silk Handkerchiefs, Cuff Buttons, Scarf Pins, Ladies Lace Pins, Infant's Lace Pins, Watch Chains, Children's Tea Sets, Doll Carriages, Doll Cribs, Doll Chairs and other elagant things too numerous to mention. DON'T FORGET OUR SMYRNA HUGS! They make splendid Christmas nresent. Evervbodv appreciates I J J II them. Our Stock of ; Groceries will also be complete with the ! choicest goods for the CHRIST' MAS HOLIDAYS. Don't forget us. You can't afford it. ; P. ROSENBERG & CO. Abbeville, S. C., n Dec. i88q4 Household Affairs. HOW TO CONQUER DUST. That dust is unavoidable is a truism as thoroughly settled in the belief of most housekeepers as that it is disagreeable ; is to be scientifically known from the very different sensations one experiences in a room before and after it has been swept and cleansed, in the lightness and buoyancy and pleasant scent of the air there. Every room in modern houses has more or lesss coal dust, more or less wood dust, dust from the surfaces of wall-paper and ceilings, dust from the wear and tear of carpets and rugs, a certain amount of line, almost imperceptible earth dust, and a vast amount of half-decomposed vegetable dust from the roadways, from flower-boxes, from gardens, from clothing, from everywhere. At all times unwholesome, when lampness gets hold of this dust it ferments, decays and becomes positively poisonous ; and this must needs happen on any rainy day, on foggy mornings, on dewy nights and at that season Df the year when the dampness seems to penetrate the house and it is not yet time to light the fires that might dry It. The rooms of a d welling-house, then, A 1 - 1 i. 1 XI 1-1-. 11 cannot/ ue Kept 100 morougiiiy wen swept and dusted ofF, in order that the least possible deposit of dust may be left in them, The usual sweeping of a room with closed doors and windows, so that the rest of the house shall not lie disturbed, is not so effective as it is lesired to be. The broom cannot reach much of the dust; a powerful draught jf air must help it out by looseing aud carrying away a great deal of it that is beyond the broom, such as that about the walls, the shelves, the mirrors, that lust which is the finest and the lightest, which rises while the heavier mineral dust sinks, aud so proclaims itself the dust of organic decay, and nfinitely more injurious to the lungs md other vital organs than any other lust. ^Majoy wives think that the Ws the lust is stIfr5d4B--awephlig' 'tUe better ,he work is done, and tea-leaves aud ivet grass and moistened meal are brown about the floor in order to jatber the dust and prevent it from :ising. But people giving the matter philosophical attention have come to ;he conclusion that precsely the oppoiite course is the fit and proper one; hat a good stirring up and then a good blowing out is what the dust needs, ind tiiat witn Diowing unoDStrucieuiy :hrough the room a9 thoroughly as a wind can be made to blow, so that it id Joubtful if at some time a huge patent jellows shall not be invented, to be applied every time the broom goes to work, ind scatter all the slumbering dust to the four winds of outside. But till this is done, or something like it, it becomes the interest of the inclwellers of a house to see that, after the sweeping is over, the dusting shall be sufficiently thorough to remove so much of the dust as is left, and merely l-? ^ lnf 5f oofflo Qfrnin LU JjCIJU 1L 11J lUg auu AVI/ IV owvbiv/ The feather duster may have its use before sweeping in wiping down the walls and dislodging the all but invisible particles behind pictures and bookcases and iu inaccessible corners, and netting that dustso free that the draught may sweep it out of the room farther than the broom can. But when the broom is laid aside, then clean cloth riusters should come into requisition, ind they, frequently and remotely shaken, are the only things that by iny possibility remove dust so as to to fiio removal satisfactory until the iime when more du9t have accumulated. ? "Go to bed, sir!" said an enraged Scotch father to his son, who had giv;n him just cause for offense. "Were ,t not that these gentlemen are presjnt, I would give you a sound whip* ping; but you shall have it before jreakfast to-morrow, certain." The little rebel went to his crib in a room *"* IV - -??as? a lipavv jii tue auuug iuuiu ?t.vxa ~ ~j heart, and the enjoyments of the party continued until a late hour. Just when the party was about to break up, the bedroom door was quietly pulled back, and the young offender put out his head, requesting that the sentence might be carried out. "Father, would ye just gie me my licks the night, for I canna sleep without them." Pearls of Thought.?Don't repeat mistakes. Never try to outshine, but to please. Never press a favor when it seems undesired. 1 Have order, system, regularity, uuu also promptness. A man of honor respects his word as he does his bond. Do not meddle with business you know nothing about. The host is a king supreme ; a disloyal guest an abomination. Help others when you can. but never give what you cannot aflbrd because it is fashionable. All a woman wishes is to bo loved," says a gushing poet. Then all this stufT a!>out her wanting new bonnets and sealskin sacks must be a vile slander. "Are there any drawers in the weather bureau, papa?" "Yes, my son. Drawers of salaries, drawers ol 'charts, and drawers of the long bow." I Xcglected Wives. A STIRRING PAPER ON AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT. What a record of selfishness and in" difference some of our greatest men have left in their domestic life. Though ingorant no doubt of the far reaching consequences of every word or action, yet the penalty is as swift and sure as if the law were knowingly violated. Dr. Franklin, the far famed utilifa rian kite flyer, went to Europe, leaving his wife behind him, and never saw her face for eleven years. But she shared his poverty, practiced his poor Richard maxims, pinched and economized, patched aud darned, bred children and nursed them through chicken pox, whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and fits, while Benjamin enjoyed the splendors of a court velvet couches good dinners and choice socie* ty. When he returned the poor drudge was no match for the great philosopher. That her heart rebelled in her solitude and neglect is manifest in the headstrong acts of her children. Franlin quarrelled with his sons and disinherited one of them. Thus were the mother's wrongs avenged. Henry Clay, too, thought he could safely leave his wife at Ashland to bear : 1A mnlrn Knffnp fnr fbA TiPY ULIIIUICU aim cruvvv* jv? ? ington market, while he made laws for the nation and made love to lovely wo men in Washington. There his heart stood always open, as a boarding house door, but shut against her, who was playing Solomon's wise woman on a farm in Kentucky, cutting out lindseys and jeans for the negroes. His dream of ambition over, sick and sad , he returned to Ashland, to find that the domestic (frudge, called by the ho ly name of wife, had reared him a race of degenerate children. He was filled with disappointment, but his sorrow only measured the depths of the mother's humiliation. The angels of evidence and retaliation were dui equal. Was it the unhappy mother that made one son crazy with hopeless love, another a sour, discontented man, "overcome through life with a sense of iufimfityr-ap_d jockeys and gamblers of the rest? Truly wisdom is justtfied^pf her children. We do not gather grapes-4>f thorns or figs of thistles. We cannot " quench our thirst at sweet and pleasant streams whose fountains we have poi soned. Henry Clay, the great pacificator, the staunch protectionist, is dead ; his compromise measures are scattered to the winds, but his misdeeds lived long after him. His son, Theodore, lingered in an insane aslyum upward fifftr tronra r lone. wearv life of \Jl liltIJ J a, hopeless despondency. One son was an influential member of congress, governor of Connecticut and judge of the supreme court. Another was one of the largest land own. ers in the West and commissioner of patents in Washington. One daughter married the chief justice of the supreme court of Conneticut, etc., all alike taking first rank in society. Late in life; reviewing her course and its results, she used to say she had made one .grave error. She had thought it her constant duty to stay with her family on the farm, as thus she could best help her husband. He went to Washington always without her, to France without her, and though their affection was not lost, ' their knowledge of each other became i unsatisfactory. She used to say to her 1 daughters, "Keep with your hus- ] bands, go for a few weeks every winter < to Washington ; never mind the long, ( tedious, hard stage ride; keep with him at any sacrifice. Read, think, 1 study the questions of the hour, the i literature of the day, keep pace with I them in knowledge and attainment. 1 Thus only can you be companions suit- ' ed to each other. My husband grew I away from me, not in affection wholly, but in attainment. We started togetiier as equals. I had seen as much Of life, books and good society as he had. We were alike capable of spiritual and intellectual companionship, but I, forgetful of my first duty, self-development, gave up all the advantages and oportunities for improvement, and lived wholly with children and servantsI took no note of the world without_ no interest in the laws and constitution of my country, no interest in na. "?--- aiihiontn that tionai quesnuna, m absorbed his mind. With extensive reading, thought, good society, foreign travel, his views grew broader day by day, too broad to meet me in the narrow grooves where all my thoughts and interests were centered. Absorbed in family selfishness, I knew nothing of the people, books and subjects that engrossed his later life. We bore the same name, my solitude was respectable, but my heart yearned for companionship." Oliver Ellsworth, chief justice of the supreme court of the United States, and successor of Benjamin Franklin at the court of France, married the granddaughter of the governor of Con?Woleott. She was necuuui, well educated, saw the best society of the time, inherited rich talent, aud had strong natural sense. After marriage she gave up books, society; travel, and devoted herself to raising a large family aud mauaglng an extensive farm. To both departments she brought such hij^h qualities that her labors were entirely successful. All I her children possessed health, sense, s and sound moral principle, while she -Jso prudently managed their financial f affairs that wealth also was their inher > tauce. Abiding. I need not care If days be dark or fair, If the sweet summer brings delight, Or bitter winter chills the air. No thought of mine Can penetrate the deep design That forms afar, through buds and bloom, The purple cluster of the vine. I do not know The subtle secret of the snow That bides away the secrets of the violets Till April teaches them to blow. j-jiiuugu lor me Their lender loveliness to see, Assured that Utile things and large Fulfill God's purpose equally. How this Is planned, Or that, I may not understand; I am content to know, In faith, That all my times are In Tby hand. Whatsoever share Of loss or loneliness or care Falls to my lot, It cannot be More tban Thy will for me to bear. And none the less, . S Whatever sweet things come to bless And gladden me, Thou art Its source And sender of my happiness. Add this to me, With other gifts so free, That I may never turn my face In any evil hour from Thee. Nor on the sand Of shifting faith and feeling stand, But wake and sleep with equal trust, Knowing my times are In Thy band. Boston Journal ? If you want to be happy as a child, please one. He who does not know danger, and does not pray, may soon perish. To serve God is better not only than liberty, but even than a kingdom. . 5 All is needful that He sends; nothing ean be needful that He withholds. It is dangerous for a Christian to dress himself by the looking-glass of this world. I preached philosophy, and men applauded ; I preached Christ, and men repented. The most delicate, the most sensible, of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. It is not what a man professes, but. how he acts and walks, that determines his christian character. TT J J J nave a lenuer regaru ior suuueu uuu unpremeditated impressions. In the pure heart they are often God's whisper to the soul. Naked knowledge will be as unserviceable to the soul in the dying day as a painted fire would be to the frozen body in a cold day. A true faith can no more be seperated from good works than the light of ^he candle can from its heat, or thd beatijVHn its light. WeaulHs -fiot the way to Heaven, but the contraryTfekall your care be to live well, and you mayi}&?^afe^(5Tl-^. will never die poor. Our wishes are presentiments of the capabilities which lie within us, and harbingers of that which we shall be in a condition to perform. Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite. When faith survives doubta, tion and difficulties, ite very- (existence is an argument for the reality of that 3 which is believed, a proof of the practicability of a religious life, and a commendation of its unspeakable worth. Sympathy is one of the great secrets of our lives. It can overcome evil quicker than the harshest treatment It strengthens good, bringing forth -h more help to bear the hardest trials that come to us all from time to time. We can conceive no character in a * created being worthy of affection which is not produced by a moral strugglei % and on the other hand, the greater the moral difficulties that have been over- fi :ome, the more worthy of affection ioes the character'seem. The New Testament is occupied . irom first to last?especially the Sermon on the Mount?in showing that v,r? onto oro Iififliinff ATPAnt flfl thfiV ftfe p^JLl V Mlv UVVM?Mg fruits of a state, expect as they indicate what the man is; that words are noth ing except as they express a mind or purpose. Faithfulness and constancy mean something else besides doing what is, easiest and pleasantest to ourselves. They mean renouncing whatever is opposed to the reliance others have in us, whatever would cause misery to those whom the course of our lives has made dependent on us. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant and the future predominant over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." The man who lives mainly within the limits of hi9 physical sences, certainly lives on a small scale, and at a low level, as compared with his possibilities. John Wesley's advice to Methodists is worthy of deep consideration by all classes of Christians. He entreated them to "take heed to their doctrines, their experience, their practice, and their discipline. If they take heed to doctrine only, they will become Antinomians; if they take heed only to exnerience. they will become enthusiasts; if they look only to their practice, they will become Pharisees; and if they do not take heed to their discipliue, they will be like a man who bestows much cost and pains on his garden, but leaves it without a fence, to be devoured by the wild boar of the forest." ".Do you think I am a simpleton, sir?" said a fiery Scotoh laird to hia new footman, "Ye see, sir," replied the canny A'cot, "I'm n'lang here, and dinua keu yet." '