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; 130 v" ill w .s~ j gss ^fld ^ririGr#^ ^ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUAllY 15, 1890. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 34; ill . p **^g i 'Another Year. 1 Ann'Iter year Is ilnwuinir! ( 1 'ear Kather, Iff ii l>e In wnrkiis^ or in waiting Another year vvi111 Tliee* Another year ol leaning i"|><>ii tliy loving i?r? :?sf! Of ever-deepening f rn-li'iiliir if i|uicf, happy rest. A not her year of mercies, of lUiihfulne.s and graee; A nofhor year of !il:i<lu? ss In thesliiniiii?of'i'liy lace. Anoiher year of progress Awither year ol praise, Anoilier year of i?r<?viiitr Thy pi'isenet; "all the days." A?o:.her y? ar of service, of witness furTliy love; Another yar of I r.iliiiti<; l'i>r holier work ahn\v. Another year is dawning ! iHfnr K.tlIter, lei il l><-. i >;i earth or e|s.- in lt< avon. Another year lor Thee! Juitnr/ s Hiilti'/i If'ivnyit. Mrs. Itrown's Christinas Present. j 'Father, I'm so hungry! The bread's all gone, ami"-'rim liiui'ii lii i ic voice uuaveml ami j broke, ami tin* child choked down a sob. It was so cold, and she was so very miserable. With an oath, a man lyiiig on the floor roused himself from a half-drunken stupor, and staggered toward her. Oh ! what was lie going to do? Would he strike her? Tip shivered and held her breath, but no blow came. Instead, he took her ana and shook her roughly. B^^V^Cctiite! I'm tired o' you, always '"-J?'iL.iMiu' i>.u! nlwavs beggin' for something to eat ) el" it's eoltl. I'll get rid of ye oneeTlll ('omt;!'" Tip drew the old shawl over her tangled curls, and followed him wonder! ugly out into the frosty wintei night. The snow crept into the crackin her shoes, and the keen wind eui through and through the little form: but Tip did not mind the cold. What would he do with her? It was Chiistmas Kve and the flood of light from the great store window.showed her throngs of people am! wonderful Christmas gifts, but Tij hardly looked at them. They were g<;lng toward the river. i)c could not mean to throw her in ! "It is so dark ami swift and icy," thought tip, wiu;i a sob. iiut the two cro&sed the river, and went on under t!ie great arched entrance of the depot. In and out a'oong the crowds of people, bewildered by the clamor, the dim lijilit, ami moving trains, Tip followed her father, till he stopped before an empty, lighted coach. ">'ow, then," he muttered, close t<her ear, "get in thai car, and craw; under them seats, and keep close Don't ye let 'em catch you till ye'n too far from me to ever come back. D'ye hear? Tip nodded. S:> she was to take a journey ! "Dut father,'' sin faltered, "when they lind me, and ask where I'm going, what shall 1 say?" The man laughed. "Oh ! tell 'em to New York." "And?will any one come for me, father?" lie laughed again; he was growing good-humored over this strange joke. *" ?^~"Yes, Tip?a Mrs. Drown. You can't miss her; she's a pretty little lady, is Mrs. Drown ; short, with black | ' lil'P l??V l-|.<.-;in|s i eyesuim ium. Mm, ..v. ? and tell Iter ye're a Christum* present from tuc. Now g<-i The child claniU ivd i:?> >t"i?s, I opened the duoru er.i.-U, .-.lei : :Js.j i11j noiselessly in, crouch*d under u by the stove. The iloor was hard ami di; -:y, imi j Tip was used to that, and, bes:dcs. j here was more warmth than she imdj felt for weeks. Curled no snugly in Iter corner, she gazed around with wide-open eyes, j while she thought of .New Vork audi Mrs. JJrown, and wondered that tin ! liad never heard of her before. Inside the empty car it was very warm and quiet ; outside, the noise j grew fainter and fainter; the erims'.ti, seats and glittering ligiits faded away, j Tip's blue eyes closed, and Mrs. I Brown's Christmas present fell fas! j asleep. i "l):iuville! Danville !" shouted the j brakeman, opening ihe door. The train stopped, and a gentleman ; entered,?a big, breezy, plca^ant-linvd mail, with little wreaths of Irost nan#-, ing from the gray eyebrows :m?I wliis-j kers, and tiny drifts of snow ail over! him. Jt was a cold ni.nht, and he sank int" a seat by the stove with a si^li of safsfaetion. His foot tonehed soincthin*! j soft. (Jiving it an impatient push, he peered down he.-ide the seal, ami: caught a glimpse of a I shawl j and a little, thin .hand. "Jilessine!" eried the man, with u start ; "what's all lid ? Se?> !:f'e, inv ! child," lifting sl'vjiy, i";*i*vl:-esu ! "J'ij?; to her feet, "who are von?" "And win re did you eorjjv !. 7 When did yon t ?<n? 1). n't . know T can 51m you oil', girl?" t-!.i.;; ed in the conductor. Perhaps t'ie brown hair and fri-isiened eyes reminded the big man of a' little curly-head at homo. .Any way he took the child 0:1 I.is knee, saying kindly : "Now, my dear, tell us about it. Who put you on V" "Father," sobbed Tin. "A.wi 1 ii.fi. ii;il von sav von were going?" "To New York, to Mrs. l>rown." "H'm ! Well, weli, conductor, you can't put the child oil'th's lime of night. Lot her ride, ami i ll see that she is no trouhlu t<> you," sain TipV protector. So once more she eurlvd down to sleep, this time on the red cushion, and the train thumieicd on. They were entering the great oily, and Christina? sunshine was pouring through the windows when Tipav/ok.-, Her friend of the night had left the train; tho other passengers wire getting together their haguage, and Tip smoothed her curN, ami wrapped around her the old shawl, with a i i i: it throh of exeiiemeni. If M:s. 1'rawn should miss finding her, what Ihen ? Ail unnoticed in the crowd, she ?dippedoutand stood quietly in li.e shallow of a truck. Mothers were there lo meet eliildren, friends to nice' !'i ieinis ; the frosty air was full of ('uri.-fmas greetings, hut no one came to: Tip. "I'm small, she won't mc me," | thought the child. mu.-t look tor her." In the cr.>\vd, glancing sharply at each new passenger, stood a little, plainly dressed lady, with pretty d irk eyes and hair. "That's her!" thought 'i*ij?, gladly.: and the next moment the lady fell a small hand slipped confidingly into Jier own, while a voice asked : "Are you Mrs. lirown V" ?t"-t ZMT'-VirK t. ' vtkswc*** I ! "\\ hy, yes, child, I am .Mis. | Jlrown," was iiic \v<ii!?!t-ri:!^ answer. "Oh, liien I'm all risrhl! I'm Tip. i I'alhcr.-aid I was t<> j;iw you his iv l.uards and say I was a ('liristinas pics |ciil from him." ''i'.iii ! don'l imdcrsiaii'l, ? I was m<?i i xji?t-tiilie any Tip. Whriv did you i comic* IV.,111 V" j i'lio I'1 tic >y?'-' filled wi(!> tears !il I'm* | .iisappoititmciil. "TIicmi you are u<>! ! in\* Mrs. llrown. Kalhc-r said I'd : i l i l.,.m..|,l " i ' "'Uiv, ???! ? ?? . .. found y*hi, :iwl - and ? and?i lii : .!! Ialone!" | Mrs. ! i'<iw11 led !he swhhin r child inj to a ?|t:it>i corner, and drew out all 11 I-ijmijff'u!, pitiful story. j When il wa< iini.-hcd, ail'! Tip was looking trustfully at her new iViomi through her tears, she sa'd thoughti'ltl| 'y: "I doii'l know, little one?*perhaj s 1 am your .\i rs. I'.rown?at leas! I'm* Lo11lay." So lite I woenicred a si reel-car, ai:<! jingled merrily out to a lit lie jjray house in the suburb--. A chorus of happy voice's Riveted them a:? they eu; tVlcd. "Why, Aunt Helen, where is Mabel? Did you miss her? .Didn't she Icoiuo? lint who is this ? where did you (iitd her, auntie'.'" And while' Tin was eating i?c r Chri.-iinas dinner, Aunt Helen told them her .-tory, and the welcome tiie-y gave the ii'tle wait" was a very loving one. Of all Tip's life, that was the most wonderful t'hristmas. First came the wonder of having all she couhl eat : I lien of 1 ?c*i i ir clot lied in linle, warn: half-worn tiarnients"; of playing with -hapnv-faeed cliiidren ; of daneinjr arotnuT a Christmas tree*, and handling wonderlnl toys ; of boin;? alway.uear her friend; and, il last?1 lie {jroaiesl 01 ail ? 01 uciug uikm-u nun u little white bed. Late that night, Tip dreamed of two figures bending over her, talking softly together. '"It does my heart good to see a child i'i tiie little bed onee more, John," one voice was saying. "And she lias n<> home, no mother, ami a drunken father! Surely, no harm eati eome of our keeping her with us." Then, as Tip .smiled drowsily, and reached uj> her arms, her new iV;en<! bent down and kissed her, .saying tenderly : "We'll keep her, John, my little Christmas present."? Ciuun Si-jnal. > * An Army liepulsed by Prayer. The following account of the remarkable deliverance <>f a peaceable town is given in the interesting "Memorials of John Venning, Ksq.," by T. 8. lknder.-on. Mr. Venning .-pen! a large portion <;! his life in St. iVtersburg, and was in hi;?h estimation with the pioiisaml benevolent of that city lor hU .untii in...1.! i !:!! ! II I 11 I'll! i V. II:IV I IV - iii? mentioned that a < J frill;: u Missionary from Ua-dc, .Mr. .Salid, had arrived at St. Petersburg on !:is way to Persia, and that lie had ofien engaged liiin to preach to the Ciernian prisoners, .\ir. Yenninir adds: "After some months' slay in Si. IVlersbui'!;, Mr. S.?it I proceeded to iiidestiijuiion at Shushi, a Persian town eeiied to Kusda, and there lie was rieiily blessed in gathering a little elmreli of converts. One inornitii;, i think in the town was struck witli dismay on perceiving the hills covered witii a body of Persian cavalry, ten thousand in mind.. under the command of Abba*; M. !. who had tints invaded :he e-a';;i.i iiout provocation, in a :i:;?.i Peru*.', when the llus-ian-- \\.:e i;j; io meet uch a force. A i:';ald v.-a* >ent by the Petsian Prince, u.- 'n/x lot n :'*es like those oi" 11;i'ii. Miiiiir.i ! IK* m-ri'iifrf open i.n'ir ;;?! s, ;;:ni n?!;!hu', ' (v if your Iviitjlt can ii-lji y??u, wiioni we d.-iy !' ' i isc fe.v tr>'|>s in i!: v' I?H 11 V.\T;' toa:iH : :i!i V. .1< (.?!;fu.-ioii u!n! <5i-.u;ay. i*;;ilei eaileii hi- lii!le t hi'ir-ti*i> I>a11< 1 lout lluT, an:' s.ti'i. 'Lvl lisji?> into mil* hotl.-e "I I'l'i'y0!*, :t??* 1 ll>! re i::y ihe i'elsian'.i lila-nhemies Itv i ir./:o!?iahV. ( ?<!.' 'ih: iniw lit;'Mt.'n'ttiary, :>: :> !;tiii the Wt/i'iis :;m! :? v-i s of the IJ:X1111:: lu iuM !>( :' "* ihc'r 'Kinr .J-.sus,' ami (MiiliiMit'ii i.s j i\ ri" !'< iii:o who is :i very prevent help in trouble. Towani:theelosvof the afternoon. lilt* iVrsiaiis thought they heaiil the approaeh ?#1 a i* !.-<::?ji amy (whieh was not the e.vel, an<! 1 hcv <h t-.;I:i; < <5 : not :i Persian was lo ;>e ntn, Air. Sa!!< 1 wrote i.'ic a lonj;'a<,i"?ni!t of t his, with n:an> oi iuT ?letai!s of t !.< jiooilmvs of (io<i in I heir sore ?!i- l res*."'--- //' ruhi of !'< <if. I?svi' l*iv..vvr,;. A fit.'" it jii 11 v:, :t( which a female had heeii anion-; 111 <?.-<_? who spoke aloud in prayer, n p( r on sIi;^11!in<r!y o!?-crved, "As ?" >r tiud woman, she could |>lay ;i!l :d:;hi." "Yes," repMed a devout friend, "and i do not I ; : s ihal ^ has often done su," This \v:i a Jiivt-!'.,!" "> j:iy. ?>i" how few co.dd il li-iVi' r.i -ell ! Ye! tin v v.l.u are Jii:< a! n-' are iho.-.e who i.y.sy '.o p;;i in it : assembly. i nil ' .!.! i; ;i !!e ;i.-er however iva-iv lle-ir n 1 ?t-ranee. )i is as |.? r Ii i- ; ;..o;-l:it to he estriie.-t, too j-rofi: '<ioiia! ! > he deep. kiiei of i-r jyin : !: a n'i-t wide!: does im?: wet you, a i;re whieh dor < is* I warm you. Voij riiiiV. |> iV';i:i "Our Father" to "Aisseii" tinder *n? !. a performance. Yet i: i-; v< ry ";oud and pro] r. Thesv is nothin tiie mat t; r Willi cxc-iti 11::?> il is ?:ct!;i' woman's c!iii<i, wliitli licit ;>' * of tl>C tWO lilOilu lS iM'.l'll !(> OWH ill S-'I'ijiton's <*oui(. <<li, i'??r more* iivinjr clii! iivn !?wc mtan true, cryimr, >!ni-?rlin.ur prayer.-. '!'!;< . ! can ? !:!y conic fro] 11 !lio-c who iii v.tc.si!o am! wi'i'ji mill ;)n v:'.II. A ;i o<.'c.:i-ii5:il l?i'?';iS\-.lo\vn is vci'v ivfr? --iji!J?c- 1" olv-erw a hear! ? ?? foil to ?-:;j.iv.ss ijM-If v. i:ii l!ii* i liiosi aicilsili;? lo (i;e><>:l. S /iiu- of our it wou!<i or cftilo It real: limvii ! 'J'l:cy sin* too far ,t-;? in rodlini* !>o a'>!t' io rise into iiu* i.:.'lira!, mnch I .-s into tin- sj?iril'.:a!. \V11i: .* .-iii ii ina. iiii.f.s |>r 1 i!.a iiit'.h-iiaiu* <'i" our j?r:i\rr iiit- s cammi mtlcii im|>n?v:\ <>! , for laisfi*! / '. ,S;uf. Tins persons win; iiiuiiviiK' I! . i? tin* ' OH'!:!Ions of :-:iv:i;h' !i!r art* nnfjivor::Mi? lo (Icii-iiv of popnialinn, may In* siirj.!isv.l lo ifsuii i!:al (lie lai'st ? linialcs vive Africa a }>o|?nlnlion of IS a?nl Xoiln America only N.N lo (lie j-'i'.i ir?* mi!e. \V 11i!?? our co:i(ineul i,; known lo have only aliotil >.<?'?j?.? -:??; people. tic |.o|iii:ilioii of Africa, aceonlhiir l'rof?w?r i.evjis-onr. aj?jiioximales l!>7,1100,(Mil). V3VOWrXStt, *".6; ' 'SJZW*r,THUS? VXT WTCTT.' *r Ik<"kiv:il sm n J'risin;. }'A 1 MKI K.' KCKNKK AMO.NU TJIH 1'I! 1 " son Kits?tin-: J a 11< i'ii!:A<*!!!:i:. I i A from Cincinnati pays: ! Ip at tin* ijivat jjray stone jail on Sycamore sired, an old-fashioned Methodist, revival is in ureal |>r<>?rre.-s. I!anj <!.'.!!. I he prison preacher, 's holding ! meeting there, aided I?y .Jailer Wilj iiains. The meetings present curious jaml pathetic scenes. Services are held "alternately in tiie men's and women's I depart ments. ! lie preacher, a rohiist, j powcri'ii'-voicd man. preaches short, jliiit plain ami pointed sermons. Yesterday he talked t?> the women <>n "V; ha! is your occupation ?" lie told them of ( hrisi's infinite iove. I.on.t; lie I ore the short sermon closed every iatidilor was s? rioa<. and not a few weeping. Then Kandall sang "I Jock Iof A;:cs" :iti?I " The N iliely and Nine," and suits ]>utic(uaU'tl every line. Over I in tiu* men's department, ai'ter :tn earnest H-rntou, Charles Jilythc, just Iotiivietcd for the murder of (icncral j Jones, rested his face in his hands, j while (he fears twinkled through?the first sign of tceliiig lie has shown since tii<? crime, months ago. At a distant j cell door (his Sucssnian, Iln? ex-AHsistUnt City Comptroller, convicted ol'em! ! /./dement, shook with sohs while the i tears ran in streams from his eyes. liVtty thieves, notorious burglars, oldtime drunks hoys in lor various petty crimes, joined in old familiar songs, many weening passionately. '1 here is a great demand for 1 Hides, and any hour of the day Sunday school son;vniay he heard. A curious coincidence is lite fart that at the workhouse a reviva! is in progress among the 7?>:i prisoners there. In these days of uncertain sounds and douhiful doctrine, it is refreshing to read the.Juh charge of Dr. Maurice Day, llishop of Cashcl. After some pieliniinary remarks oil ..the present circumstances, Jiishop Day wiile*-;^ We rrotcstan; Christians of all clashes ought at this time to l.e drawn verv < !oselv tov.aids one another, no. in any political eomhiualion, hut in Christian .sympathy and low, as llui.se who have so mueh in eomniou as regards tho most important of all matters. Uishop Day then proeeeds to define "ihu true Church" and o! what it eon>:sis; would that his Kpiscopal brethren, hoih in England and Ireland, wotdd note and re-echo his weighty words, lie says the true C'urch consists? Of all those, and of thof-e only, who aiv quickened hy Hie power of (iod the liojy Spirit to spiritual life, and who manifest th.it life 1 ?y a living faith I in tiie Lord .Jesus as their Haviour, smd hy a life according to that faith. I The-e, wherever they may he found, and tin se only, are the true Church of I (?<?1, the living body of the I.ord Jesus | Ch rist. Fur!her on the remarks, "If there he a right spirit in all true Christians, their union wiii he seen even Ui the j nihM of external divcr.-ityai:d, af| ter a ijUoLaiion from Hooker, lie cIo.-x< lids poriiou of his weighty charge: J If we keep this view of the truo spirilital Chureli of Cod ejearly in oiir| | minds, il will not only comfort ns in I the face of ;dl outward divisions, but j ii will also loud us to look upon as i brethren, in 11 it* highest and trur-l [sense, all tlio.-e, by whatever name Ihev may lie culled, who, an fat* as we (Mil judge, have Hie faith and love of 1 the Lord Jesus Christ reigning in their hear is.? ('/triitiuDi. i ; iVep down in the hearts of children ! and of men there arc nobler and liner ' standards of livini* than tlx ir out ward I ! live are wont to exhibit. Many perilous wait for their fallows ( > recognize) j their higher and. bettor aspirations.) I lit* wIhk1 higher motive.s am? deeper Immiugs are unknown may have liisi be.-.t ae.s misiMerpreh d ; but he whose; lii'-t spirit, is appreciated is more likely j to have his acts interpreted by that | i spirit. A school-teacher, 0:1 seeing a young scholar misbeiiave, s.iiil to him, I "I'm sorry you did this, because I had | 'formed a very good opinio;) of you." '! !:? liny went home ami cun es-c:i 10 !;is niollr.-r, that, if he had known] ' what jj (pinion his t-aehcr hail; h'l of hill), he Would not haw done' wroniy. jlad tills teacher said, "I'vim hail my eye on you for some lime, and ' ' im)\v 1 've caUuiit you," the hoy would, isimply have been coiiHi'ined in hissus-, [ pieioii that no one expcels a boy t<> ?!o| : anything hut tin* wiomj tiling. Ill | (iii'.,!il !o lit- a simple matt* r (o t-how aj ehiId or man that our lirsl impulse j jiowanl him is that of trust, ratherl than dis!rii: I. .\:id when one has' !irojit'wi'oiiir, lie will ha better hcieedj by our shov. in.if that we appreciate I l?e J ! fact that he has jji>ne wrong in spite ofj I the good we heli.*ved him capable of, j jraihcr than iu accordance wilh ouri j suspicions of him.??V. ?S*. '/'hjics. ! Earnestness is contagious. i'arnesl-! j Mess leaps over diftieiiltics. Earnest-; ! ia>s wi'iks the up inciiilo as though it | was level ground, nor heeds diiiicii!' ties, with the prize in view. We have.' to contend, sts we have seen, AViihj 'widespread indifference ; and earnest-! - i i - > 111'.- Will i lit* n;oi-i-iim-w >1! ..i the imlilil'K'iil, ;.r.t! rotis" lo siv.h I,1 thoiiL'lil, action. Would 11 i:(t our : ehnrchcs were nil terribly in carnc.-t;! ::!! hi! .aSiiy alive! Siieniiy as Hie' ! leaven ieavens Ihe whole lump, so :in earnest HiurclI li-aven* the loeality it: which it works. 1 ~:i: jit ss need not i he noisy ; tiie liott'.st eo::l lire l?uri:s, wiliioiil <-i:ie|;Iiii^ ; lie cumcst runner j does no! w:t.-le his strength in s-hoiuin^lo t he spectators as he run-'. We plea*! ! for the earnestness which is the norin.'i condition of healthy spiritual lite! - i !:; earliestin <s wilieli lloWs from.' e?iiifiiitii! ?>>>it:lii 1!Iii?>ti with !<i! ?1J:c:1 i-iu'lies' liess which e.tn e:;il;:!y look on j tiie .veil" of e.'Mii intloiis inditi'i i't net*, and i;:itli< r front it sire::itlii to ; lead wiili lit; ii Mid plead for ('?<dthe' e:t ;:e-Uh : s v. iiieh, like iiie ii\'iT in its eo)usc. i> !'ci| !iy .*:|c! : }i i::t:-. JinwillL' lite ''i I'M:'' of < lo-i and tlic I /. r. ./. / ,1 / . *<s*i; !i in-y ki'hv.i : r.s:? . A 1:1:111 w *!I II :s!ii^i?' I'is iuM'k 1 5r r a ! :.i'i ' ! I'll tiiu I;11 of" hi.- iie.nl, *i cr:|:<'.'I :t to ja:t hi-. : ! ;;; jiii on In- I ;|> !a,V( !" of 1I c r.'nji.'tini'loi: ' ! !;i!i" a man's u'i;>i!n!ii s wi;h his A Im;?* who 1:is??\vs that a 1'iilly lives nimim! (Ik? coiiH'l*. 011 his <1 .iiy way to r-i-'io-il, i--sijil lo lakr sini>:.-r vic.\s of .s! iwts ami M-hoo! cih'ni1 ion.-? i'.un 1 lr lias Hit* lusl ctiiicalion who I knows liow to liuil out. I - On R(Tonui<i? a Boy. "Ami JohnV?lu?w is John?" l*nc!c John had ju--* returned from iOurope, and was asking ahout the family espeeially. of course, aliout the nephew* who was his namesake. "Oii Joint is doin^ splemlidly," replied John's mama. ]>nt in another moment ;t slight shade erossed her fare, an site added, ?piilely.' There is only one I liimj; I hat troiihles lis ahout John?lie is so eareless ahout how lie looks. I kepi thinking that he would ouhrrow il; hut he is seventeen now, ami he seen is to liotiee less than ever ih;;t his eoat needs hrushinjr, or even I hat his hands need w.ishintf. I have to eall his at tenlion (o it. jii:st as 1 did when lie was a litlle hit of a hoy. "Oil, well, I hut is nolexaelly a fault, Lizzie." "Oh. 110, not a fault, of course," sai<l little .Mrs. Tyrrel, eagerly. "Jim it stems a great pity." Ami she sighed. "Vesit is a great pily. But what liavi! you done about it V" "Everything." And again little Mrs. Tyircl sighed. "At lirst J tried to lie patient, and just call his attention to il. 1 thought that after a while he would Le ashamed to bespoken to so ofttn about it: but lie never is, he dosen'i mind il. in the least. Whenever! say to hint, .John, your coat, or your hands, nerd looking after,' he laughs good-naturedly and says, 'So they do,' and runs oil'cheerfully to attend to i!, and then the next day he conies into the parlor just as untidy as ever. JI isn't that he doesn't mind bein;r shabby;it is simply that lie doesn't discover that he is .shabby. As soon as you tell him of it he is anxious as anybody to appear better." "Jlumpii!" said Uncle John. 1!,So that didn't work. Wnat did you try next?" "Why, then I tried punishing him : but it didn't make any ditlerence." "And then?" lien I Hied rewarding him. Everv".weck that he did not have to be spoken to about it ins miner gave mum a dollar." ?. "That's good; at least riiid's bet (it tliail punishing. J>111 it SeciUS* tlirv!didn't work, either?" "No; moi for any length of lime. Am! then we tried a bi?ger reward. .Sam Williams his most imnnate friend iistd a beautiful seal ring given him on his birthday. John wanted one very much, and we told him if we didn't have to speak to him abonl his clothes or his hands for a month, v.e would rive him a handsome seal ring. JJut lie has not won it yet. The queer part of ii is ili.it he wants to leform himself, and really tries, hut ii s. ems us if it were impossible." "jiuMiph!" said linrlu John, A little later he went down town, an I when he returned he said that he had a few liltle {rifts for the family as a token that he had not foigo!it'ii them during I.is absunse. ' I did net buy them in Kurojie," he explained, 4iIt?r 1 iii'1 not want to take !he lime then to select them. ami I want lo earry them about :ill over Knrope. 1 have noticed thai it i : generally the thing whieh pleases a person, instead of the place il came IV"m; so i concluded lo wait lit! I came liciM.', iiml what the duty would have befcii lo theamouut Is hould hflve spent over there, and get something preity for yon h.erc. Yon ought to like tliH watch, IS el lie, a great deal better for its being made in .your own country. There's a handsome sei of eutjilass earning up for you this evening, Lizzie, and a rosewood dc.-k for Herbert will he l;ere tomorrow. Here's a banglo for you Kitty, ami a silver cup lor the haby ; and this little thing, John, 1 pieked up fur yuii at Tillauy's today." mother," exclaimed the delighted John, 'it's a.seal ring ! I>n,t it a heiiu'y ' It's rather a nice one, I think," !--dd his uiielc, carelessly. ''How does il tit V" "Kits porlVctly !'' and the hero of !he hour stretched out liis hand Iriumyhantly. ' < :i siieocss, j<u't it," was all 11 is 11 !:clo said; Hut.John's hand w:b suddenly withdrawn. anil a :*!i*jhl llasli rossed his face. Nohody had sa!<i anyihiii;.', lull lor tin- lirst time in his life, ho hail notiecd himself, as |he siretched his hand old on the table before his ?!n?-Ii?, ilia*. i( v,*as not (|iii!o (he hand oi' a .uvnticmau, in f-pite oi I he rinjr. When his fat her came home, the present* were, ol' course, the excitement of thi* monienl. ,:,Sco n:y rim*. father," cried John; and a.-.-ain lie laid his h;md (ial on the table to exihil if. I le looked about the room al the others with an especially triumphant air, which s-eemed to his her and uncle to mean more than rimr. II seemed to say, "Look at. my hand ! just look at my whole hand !" and they did look, and both noticed that John had taken i;reat pains with it. The hand itself was i:vunaeulately white; the nails were cut properly, and it locked as if (hoyoung man had ."pent his entire afternoon polish nsr tiiemand the ring lilted perfectly. It's wry hmd.sonic, imleetl," remarked Ids father,"and I'm ul.itl tu see my . on?" bill ho newr finished his son'eiico, for Uncle John Irod on his [:>e, and lie understood 111:11, no notice was to he taken of John's iniprowiicnl in :t i v111iitv; hut l i'ji'.-:. Accoiilin:r Jo I .John's theory, John was to reform himself, anil not ijo navyod ahoui it ?11;i i11I In- nioces.-:. "I 111i11k I'll rni i;:? and put on sonic clean cud's before dinner, said John. suddenly ; "i i.mst of]' theriiiv as much as I c.ui!" and lie ran lightly upstairs (o his room, while Uncle Joltti smiled comically at his mother. !t will not he necessary loonier into ;;!i I he details oi' John's complete reformation. i: look lime, hut il hc.u'im Willi s l- aii ciil-s, worked up through collar ami hauilkerchii I", and down to (he h'aekinjr oi' hoots, till {.ho careful l?i u-h:mr of his coa! ami hair marked (lie iliai iIIU'!!I llUti :i youiij; Iii;!!i :ii!c? iirsily <11!I??>c*?: hy his rolaii - ! !: I'tunily dntlc. ' V; .," i !!(!( jf'hll v.'.llllll SKV. lii.ll11ij iili-i'.'iiiIv < > his ? i- li-i*. "that's Ii!? way ii? i!: ii: rcwsi"! I iui iIrst . in.! m.-iKc !iii13 a- Ii.viuci) imi I 1 i ?*<. iiji to Si." ?J/'ll'if i'\-t \ OlIji'l ['i'<. T!-.i-;v imi! 1 .t- iii s"r!i tl.ii';;- :.s :i j>i:irivls'-tiif, r? v< iI Christian. Il is :i C()ii>!':i({iirtii)ii el' it'illis. There <;!ii Ik; no Mich thini; us a promt ('hrMian. 1 i11111iIiIy 1 ios at I he Inundation of tin* ('hri.'tian <*havacl<"\ Then- ran tn> n<> ytii-h thing a-an ow'usivc, rvissnrimiM ('hristian. There may he./o/^/'.iii<lrr?l, lull the KpirH is not Iiiore. i or Husband's Onlj". The wife's face was flushed, she bit her lip, by an evident effort she kept hack the tears which were just ready I io overflow lhe dark eyes. The bus-1 iband. oblivious to the discomfort hej was imposing on Ids family, and the guest of I be household, kept on making exasperating criticisms on the table, I be children and the servants, ignoring the fact that his mood was as: j ra^pin?r and bitter as a chilly north-l we-it slorin, and that he was writing; himself down a boor in the estimation I of the person woo was, unhappily, forced to listen silently (o his amazing remarks. One by one the children slipped out of the room and escaped to school, the maid cleared oil'the table, the man's volubility came to an end, and he went off to the oltice, no doubt ' -- 1 -- ?...... 4'.... l.Jr. ; I1 tAi.in/u? vnrtr rtne. Ill III* SMMf) llll lll^iii uuij/v. , sibly to bo sorry enough by-and-by to apologize for it. The wile and her friend were left alone, and tlio former, stepping; about the room and putting it in order with deft touches here and there, said quietly, "Jonathan loves me with his wholu heart, though he /#r/.s a (it of irritability now and then." It was no donbt the truth. Not a disloyal thought was in the good man's mind, lie would have died for his wife, had that sacrifice been necessary in any peril of hers, to save her. IJecause she was confident of his love shej endured his tantrums, and never gave hack a reproachful word, or even an ani^ry look, bearing caprice and injustice with the equanimity of an angel, or a martyr. Whether or not her course wa? an altogether wise one, who shall say? Peacft is so precious that one is fain to think no cost is too great m lie paid for it; yet there is such a tiling as carrying meekness to the verge of imbecility, and a righteous resentment is sometimes nobler than a weak policy of everlasting conciliation, even hi home life. Hut he loved her; she knew that lie loved her: lie was so proudly aware of his love that he made it the'shield for l.: p , |iJ0 tnlrl him I II ! NHH.II IlKi vuiig^ivnw that lie did wrong and behaved in a I manner unbecoming si gentleman, j much, for j ito!:"-' <*verydav wearaimToar. Ttr~p)+P^ struggle of lift1, is just this kind of love worth??Christian Inicllirjenccr. "On, Stanley, On." Brilliantly shines this name in the resplendent list of great explorers. To America, to newspaper enterprise, and U the Sew York Herald in particular, liflongs the credit, while to the whole world accrues the beuelit, and to the I human race the glory. Christianity is the indirect cause of it all. What sent Stanley to Africa? The uncertainty of the fate of Dr. Da- j vid Livingstone. What sent hini there from Scotland? The love of Christ constrained him ; his motive in exploration was not primarily his own it lory or that of the British Empire, lc.it Christian civilization. In searching for the intrepid missionary Sianley displayed heroism, sagacity, and irenhis, which attracted the notice, elicited the admiration, and won the cmilidence of the world. 11 is subsequent hardships, labors, and discoveries have made him more I i':imotis than any of his predecessors. They have opened the richest portions (?r t]ie continent to commerce, revealed tiic extent mid led to what it is hoped will prove effectual measures lor the suppression of the s.ave-trade, and Hi rown open avenues for the entrance of Christianity. After .Stanley went William Taylor, I not less courteous, if possible morel cnthuHastic, without the patronage ofi lean lily kings, but endeavoring to possess the land in the name of the King of kings?Stanley young and virile, Taylor having reached the age when nature longs for repose. The sovereign ties which have patronized Stanley seek commercial gain and territorial expansion ; Taylor goes with the apostolic proclamation : "I seek not I yours, but you." A special glory of Stanley's career is | jihat after discovering Livingstone he j lias rescued Km in I'asha, but its most; far-reaching result will he its relation: to the overthrow of the slave-trade, and that he has "made a breach I brunch which can shine the only Light that ever lightened the world." A' 7/1 York Christian Adcocutc. ? c^>? a T.!in?n (if Sinrar. I ? ( One hitler cold morning last winter,: as I was s!.-nit!iu??- with my little Char-! Icy ai tlii- front parlor window, I saw a horse coming <lown the.street, draw-! inga light wagon and driven by ai young man. They eamc on until they j wvre just in front of the house, when j the horse slopped, backed the wagon up to (he curbstone, siul refused to go any further. 'i'heyoung man began whipping the horse. At last when he found the horse' would not go he sent to the stable fori the hostler, who eanie hurrying di>wn. j Together they whipped the horse, but, to no purpose. At la-t I hec,l,ue worried, and said to my little ho.v " "Charley, go down to the cook and | it'll her mama wants her to give you ia large lump of sugar, and take it outj to the man, and ask him to give it toi the ho:se." | Charley was pleased, and going j uiekly to the cook, got the sugar, and can it'll it out. ".Mi ler, Mister," T heard him say, i "here is a lump of sugar to make^hat | horse go." The driver gave the horse the lumpl of sugar. Then the men waited until the horse: hail finished it, then tjie driver got in- ' j to (In* uncoil, (Milled the reins, suiu; up!" unci the horse immediately j went on without furtherdillieulty. j ('hurley cume in delighted. "Ifl! I were t>i:it ni:in," suid he, "I wouldI, 'curry :i hini|? of sugar in my pocket, j when 1 hud to drive thut horse. And| ih?\v "jilcu e v-h'e me u lump of sugar I . too." And lie j;ot if. < Oar Dumb Animal*, j The pop-weed is a Dakota curiosity, j Its >t:i!k is like tied of a cabbage, with [ a iiii ::e, lound top, the size und color of a Ilul'l'iinl siiii-.isii. Tlie "north-west- ; . . r in t In* :? 11 Mow the pop-halts oft' the stalks, :a11 I loll I hem tor miles over! the prairies (ill they leueli uneven [ country, when they pile up like snow-j, I ;;n!;s and serve hudiilo herds usushel- ' ter from the winter blizzards. A pop-: hall which meets nny hard object ex-! |il..de.s with a tremendous rep rt undj sends about thousands of line, needlelike seeds in every direction. i / Eat More Fruit. Notwithstanding the large increase of fruitgrowing, says a writer iu the independent, the mass of our people do not have as much fruit as tbey could enjoy, nor as much as would conduce health. I once exhibited at a .State fair a large number of flue new grapes. What most impressed me was the greed of all sorts of people to get a bunch as soon as the hour came for breaking up the exhibit. Boys and girls especially begged for a few. Nothing is more easily grown than a grape vine. It will almost take care ol itself if you will give it a reasonable chance; and then, having been trimmed on very simple principles for three years, you can let it run over a tree, a shed, a barn or a trellis. Keep it free from weeds, and well shod with ashes and manure, and you will have grapes to eat. Of course*a neat trellis through your garden is better, and the best culture brings the best returns lint the hungry people! They live on meat at leu cents a pound when a pound of grapes at six cents would go quite as far and be much more enjoyable. We can live almost altogether on fruits, and live well and be strong. J know this, for I have tried an experiment. I have three boys, one ten, one night, and one four years old. Not one of iliem have ever tasted meat, butter, or pastry, and only the simplest of cake. They have all the fruit they can crii/, uuu wnai v^cuiuics ujcjr picfor, with milk, eggs and fruit pudding. They are solid, large-built, enduring active, healthy. They do not know the meaning of the headache or indigestion. Their minds are exceedingly active, energetic, quick to learn and retentive. Their temners are never violent and never vicious. I do not undertake to attribute a'l that is possible in them to their diet. I do attribute the absence of many ills to the fact that their stomachs have never been impaired by pastry and grease. Nine children out of ten are dyspeptics at six years of age. They arc never quite free from stomach, head aud bowel difficulties. This prepares the way for diseases of debility, such as piles, catarrh, etc. What to Teach Boys. A philosopher has said that true education to boys is to teach "them what they ought to know when they become men." 1. To be true and to be genuiue. Xo education is worth anything that does not include this. A man had better not know how to read?he had better never learn a letter in the alphabet, and be true, genuine in intention and in action?rather than be learned in all sciences and in all languages, to be at the same time false in heart and counterfeit iu life. Above all things teach the boys that truth is more than riches, more than earthly power or possessions. 2. To be pure in thought, language and life?pure in mind and iu boay. 3. To be unselfish. To care for the feelings and comfort of others. To be generous, noble and manly. This will include a sennine reverence for the aged and for things sacred. 4. To be self-reliant and self-helpful even from childhood. To be industrious always and self-supporting at the earliest proper age. Teach thern that all honest work is honorable, and that an idle life of dependence on others is disgraceful. When a boy has learned these 4 things?when he has made these ideas a pari of his being?however poor, or however rich, he has learned the most important things he ought to knowwhen he becomes a man. ? ?? Most persons can spend but a small proportion of their time in distinctively religious work, and there are Christians who are troubled because of being more engaged with secular matters than they would wish. But are not secular matters of consequence to God ? Is not the world's material progress important in his view? When the 1'ighiful authority and scope of religion :ire more clearly recognized, we uimii r>piv>niva that it should be served by our every occupation and enterprise. 2nd province of right activity may be surrendered to and conducted in ihe interests of another than the Lord. Every talent bestowed is expected to gain increase for the Master. All the paths and pursuits of life must lead home to God. The civilization of the dav in its varied details is a part of) the Divine plan for the development of j man, in order to his full etlieieney in Christ's kingdom. Our common work as '.veil as our worship is an ordained item in tl>at plan. Some teachers think it shows a narrow spirit to teach children to be loyal to the denomination to which they belong. That feeling usually springs from the?teacher having his love furl his Church mixed with jealousy and: pride. But as Dr. Phillips Brooks j well say* : "A child knows nothing of all that. His denomination is like his nation or his home. It is because he was born there. It is dear to lnm with the unquestioning sense that lie be1 ">'! si fn him. The child lx> it CIIIM .v ? nuiy freely glory in his own Church,! and yet I?o no sectarian; may accept his croud from the lips of others, and yet bo no dogmatist. The true parent,! the ture teacher, will try not merely to make the child love God, but to make him love his own Church ns the place! whore he knows God and where lie finds God always." I'nAisic After Death.?A man who was 011 his weary journey to Wisconsin came upon a crowd once, and observed sadness on all faces. "Why (his gloom?" queried the old man, as he laid down his bundle. "Osage! we mourn the loss of a good man," was the reply. "Was he honored?" "He was." "Who of you praised and encouraged him in life?" asked (he old man as he looked around liim. A hush fell upon the crowd, and no one replied. ' Praise that comes after death," whispered the sage, "does not cut down the undertaker's bills. Retter! apply your time sawing wood for his' widow." ? : To take ink out of linen, dip the ink spot in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tallow and the ink will come; out of it. A heart unloving among kindred has no love towards (Sod's sainls and angels. . A Happy New Year. What shall I wish thee! What can be found Bringing thee sunshine All the year round? Where Is the treasure, Lasting and clear. That shall ensure thee A Happy New Year? Peace In the Saviour, Rest at His feet, Smile of His countenance, Radiant and sweet, Joy In His presence, Christ ever near? . -Vfj This will Insure thee A Happy New Year. F. R. Haver gal. y If knowlekge is power, patience is powferful. Better be small and shine, than be ; great and cast a shadow. v$5 The feeling of distrust is always the V/ last which a great mind acquires. Small faults are little thieves that open the door for big ones to enter. When a man's temper gets the best of him it reveals the worst of him. The bread of life is love; the salt of life is work ; the water of life is faith. * Girls we love for what they are, ' young men for what they promise to i? *"V? oe. The higher life begins for us when we renounce our own will to bow before a divine law. The innocence which knows no 'risk ; and is taught no caution, is more vul- .1 ncrable than guilt, and oftener assailed. He who bears failure with patience is as much of a philosopher as he who succeeds; for to put np with tbe world needs as much wisdom as to control it. Reason and experience both forbid":, us to suppose that personal morality . can be maintained without religion, or national morality to the exclusion of the religious principle. From the nature of things,HE am morally certain that a mind free from passion and prejudice is more fitto pass a true judgment than one biassed by v . . affection and interests. If you have talent for either the use- ,?i ful or beautiful, use it with judgment, not to the neglect of any regular duly, - . JinLa.sjm absorbent to keep you from | drifting inTo 'ce>*^ The best remedy for our discontent, is to count up our mercies. By the va time we have reckoned up a part of these, we shall lie on our knees praising the Lord for his mercy and love. It is almost impossible to stop an evil course when ouce it is under way. We should, therefore be exceedingly urotfih thu trpiifl of everv ?"?'?? ? ? ? habit to which we commit ourselves. He who is unflinchingly true to truth and principle need not be surprised if he is accused of being stubborn, willful and even tyrannical when he knows he is but affectionately faithful. Look for good in every life instead of evil, and you will be surprised to light on mnch of it where least expected. An expression of happiness over the discovery will leap to its cultivation. Every one must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day. H which sheds its brightness on all around; and most of us can, as we^ M choose, make this tforld either a pal ace or a prison. 'H A religion that never suffices to gov- I ern a man will never suffice to save Wi him ; that which does not sufficently M distinguish him from a wicked world ? will never distinguish him from a per- JRI L-hing world. The surest way to produce moral n blindness is to neglect moral convic* tion. Ouc who pursues this course M will soon admire his own errors, credit H his own lies, and take pleasure in his i ' own wickedness. 1 We must be in our own inner, secret H lives what we want our permanent influence to be. This we can become by f-eekirig more and more the permeation i of our whole being by the loving in-. i dwelling Spirit of Christ. The man who has learned how to j put himself to work and keep ^ | readied u condition of mastery tbat~^ ./ : promises him success in almost any situation. He has then a possession j infinitely better than the gift of genl! ous j By desiring what is perfectly good ! even when we do not know what it is, land cannot do what we would we are I part of the divine power against evil, widening the skirls of light and waking the struggle with darkness narrower* Sow, though the rod; repel thee, Ill UN CUIU UJKI KKI I IV I'. ..v, .Some cleft there may be riven. Where the little seed may hide. Fear not, lor some will flourish. And though the tares abound, Like the willows by the waters Will the scattered seed be found. Work while the daylight lasteth, Ere the shades or night come on, Ere the Lord of the vineyard comelh, And the laborer's work Is done; Watch not the clouds above thee, Let the wild winds round thee sweep; God may the seed-time give thee, But another hand may reap. They who "hunger and thirst after righteousness,"?whose consciences will not let them rest, who seek after a better standard of right and wrong, truth and falsehood, purity and impurity, justice aud injustice, than they find in the world around them; to whom justice is a positive joy, and injustice a deep and rankling grief; who long with I he longing of the Psaimist, in a dry and thirsty laud, to be better them.-elves, and to make others better also; who prize God's law more than jjold, yea. than much fine gold; whose heart "and whose flesh cry out after the livinsr God,?these "shall be satisfied." Alas! it may not be here; but in tnat new aud better world wherein dwelletli righteousness. Egg Plant.?Egg plant, when nicely prepared, is delicious. Cut in half; scoop out all the inside, taking care to preserve the outside sheil ,* chop the inside, taking care to preserve the outside shell; chop the inside verp fine, mix with bread-crumbs, add half a teacup of milk, season with salt and pepper, but no butter return it to the shells, and, after cutting a little from the ends to make them level, place in your meat-pan, adding a little water and bake as you would a roast, forty minutes, then take out of the shells into a warmed dish. Make a drawn butter sauce and pour over it; that is, a teaspoon fill of hot water, butter the size of a small egg and flour to make it like a thin gravy. ? mm ? A well-known composer?Laudanum.