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^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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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