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LBY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAI1CII 5, 1890. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 41. 3
THE LQWNDESVII
IN NEW KLEOANTI<Y F1TTKU tTP sTOK
, stock is butter than ever prepared to Mippl;
Pure Drugs ai
All leatl'i?ir Patent Medicines, Medical a;
Fancy goods.
Paints, Oils Varnishi
School Bocks cf the kinds-1
Stationery of all kinds.
Prescriptions car fid ly foni ponnded at nil
intention and ability to supply all demands in
ImTw
With a LARG-E and "
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
PATENT MEDICINES,
OILS, WINDOW <
prrrTv nnMT
GOODS, PEK
Tlio demand of this market can bo supplied.
Headquarters for tine CKJAK-S and TOtJAC(.'<
ed to. Prescriptions carefully compounded ai ;
Vou are respectfully invited to call.
P. 2B.
National Banli
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Abbevil
Capital, Surplus,
J.
ALLEN SMITH, President.
BENJ. S. It A It.N1
GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Charleston, S. C
L. W. WHITE, Abbeville, S.
JNO. G. EDWARDS, Abbeville, S. C.
J. ALLEN SMITH
DOES a General Bankingbusiness, provides
Depositors. Is ready at any and all times I
as our County affords.
^ For Sals By J. T. Sii
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^ Ufl XJ.S JL IsjJI
Is just openini
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Don't fail "to call anc
thing in the Notion lin
prices.
" H. W. LAV!
HAVE a Large
SCHOOL BOOKS
Schools. And SE3
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On the 31st Day of
March, 1890.
PURSUANT TO AN ORDKR MA UK HV '
Chief Justice Simpson, dated February
2i, 1SOO, and now on llie in ray oflice, notice is
hereby given that an Extra Term of the Court
of Common l'lcas for Abbeville County will
be heid at Abl.eviile Court House, South Car-j
oli&a, on tlic
FIFTH MONDAY, !
the thirty-first. (.'JIM) day of March, |s!ni, for,
the trial of Jury rases and eases not requiring
Juries.
Parties, witnesses and others interested will
govern themselves accordingly.
TH03. L. MOORE,
Clerk of Court, j
Feb. 2Z, im
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OF Til K
HON, JEFFERSON DAVIS.
JiV
Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
To be Sold by Subscription Only.
, fjTHK pros|H*fIn>-iU ?l onilit fc.rr .i ..
' J vtusing will be iciniy iiunieilialely.
LAgents Wishing Desirable Territory
W on this great wurk will please wklroKs as soon
| am possible, the pulilhlicn;.
I BELFOPiD COMPANY,
8 IS-25J 18ll? Street, Xi'W Vork.
I ft-b. 19, I8QO, II j
. mmsKr
IE DRUG STORE,
KUOOM AND WITH LAKGK AMU'J lOXSii
y all customers with
ad Chemicals.
&c., &c\ Splendid line of Toilet an
ss, Putty, Glass, &c.
adopted by School Board, and
times, ('all and see me and be assured of my
the Druvr line.
. J. B. FSANZS.
ccoud door from corner MniJi and llcllStreet
iOG STOKE.
well Selected Stock 01
PAINTS,
jfLASS, PREPARED
IS. BRUSHES, FANCY
JTUHES, STATIONERY, &C.
>. Orders bv Mail or baml promptly attendill
hours.
SOPESIESX}.
No. S Wall St-, Abbeville, 8. C.
: of Abbeville,
Llo? CI^b
- 875,000
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L. \V. WHITE, Vice-I'reside
IV ELL, Casliicr.
jtoirw s
J. X. YOUNG, !)ue West, S. C.,
it. 31, II AO DON, Abbeville, S. C.,
, W. C. McUOWAN, Abbeville, S. C.,
, Abbeville, S. C.
the greatest security and convenience for its
Loinake loans based upon sueb safe collaterals
Sent, 11. l.SSS. iyr
iiiis, Grceiwmfl, S. C.
rmlotnn
11 jJlU UUJLi
^ a large lot of
.day Goods.
I see them. Every.e
at greatly reduced
'SON l CO.,
Stock of all Kinds o
used in the Public
1.L them as Cheap as
mywhere.
Terra Gotta Wells.
rpHK undersigned is not disposed to brag on
J. his new mode of wator supply, bnt it. is
proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that
his wells are the best and more dun.bie than
any other kind. lie boasts of not having
lost a simrle one In seven years, whi -e twothirds
of his work is for parties l aving lost
their dug wells.
Address,
<\ M. C.\l.ilolJN,
(.ireenwoii!, S. C.
They are frog | ro:-f and sujo] ior t<? one dug,
and are bound Jnsupe;sedenil others.
JS. liaily, Creeawoid, S. C.
Greenwood Co!t>!ii and Oil Mills.
Col. Kiliard, Ninety-Six, S.
U-v. I'sessly, line \\ est, S. C.
Jones Miller,. bbevillf.K. ('.
I have sunk nin>-U-!!tiis ot the wells in my
own in seven yeais.
Augt. 12,1SS!),
The Abbeville Land, Loan and
Improvement Company,
IX AC*"oKiiANCK wish Commission of
Sen etary of .State J. Marshall directed
to tlii'undersigned I'oard of Corporators of
the A11 i?! :\* 11.1.C l,ANH, LOAN AM) 1Ml'\U
?VKM i:\T '< ?M i'A.N YNoiiee
is hereby given that the books of
subscription of said company will be open at
Iheollien of .1. A I.LKX SMITH, President, on
Tl Mi l!s I >.\ Y, KEl?KI'A ItV Uth Inst., at the
Abbeville National name.
.f. AI.IJKN SMITH,
W. c. .'.!< (IOWAN,
i\ ItosKNHKlto,
A I'll. \v. SMITH.
K. A. TKMl'LKTON,
Is. M, HAI?!>n.N.
T. 1'. corn KAN.
IJ ?ir?l of ' "orporntors.
Al.Iicvilii'.S, C., I'Yli. .*?, I MM.
Dr. F. II. Harrison
OITT.llS ui.-; i; i:S;-!?!NA!, SKRvi-'
to (ho )iiiil:c. over I lie
U'lfkti!. Siori', Mclhvj.Sii <."ornor. Jan. ' '*), 'W.
NOTICE.
'|*II K ,'-'.cl:ool Commissioner ran always In:
I lociii) In his at. tin* Couii liou-eon
SAI/KI'AV :i nil I lie l.Mh.of every isiontli, excel.:
wlii n t!te 1-V.b in'curs on Suiitli-y, In
which ea his oilice will In- open on t lie* 1 It Si.
l"el>. (i, is*y, tr
Get the Best.
/ i.\ U l.uAlmr KKNTI'CKV MI'I.KS soon
\./ l<i arrive, and w ill In; Mild low down l<*r
car. I. or <ni :i|i|>rov< >1 j ;??? r.
U AI l.lNUi'oUl) A* Iil'riSKl.L.
Jan. 1, lt??, if
sam }
The Music He Liked.
"I always thought I was fond of
music," said Farmer Greene, "hut
since I visited Matilda in Boston, Jv'e
had my doubts altout it. 1 had'nt
heen there a day before Matilda she
says to me,'Now, father, we're going
to have a musical, and I do hope you'll
enjoy it!'
"Of course I shall,' says T. 'You
know how fond I am of those famous
old Scotch songs you used to sing, and
how I'm always ready to jine in when
anybody strikes up "Coronation."
"Well, this will be the very best music
you ever listened to," says Matilda,
and my mouth watered to hear
it.
"The night of the concert you ought
to ha' seen the folks pour in, all silks
and satins and llowers. Matilda
wore, well, I don't rightly know what,
but I think'twas silk and lace. Pretty
soon we all got quieted down, and
then a German, with long hair and a
great bushy beard, sat down to the
piauo and began to play. My, how hi*
did bang theiu keys! There was
thunder down in the bass, and tinklin'
cymbals up in the treble.
"The lady that sat side of me whispered
when there was a minute's stop.
[ 'Do you distinguish the different motives
"My, no! says I. 'I don't see what
anybody's motive could he for workin'
so hard to make a noise.'
"Then she smiled behind her fan,
but I don't know what caused it,
whether 'twas the music or me.
"When the piece stopped, everybody
hummed and whispered to each
other how lovely 'twas, and a good
many told the German how much
obliged they were. I did'nt say a
word.
"Then a tall woman, all fixed up
with silks und furbelows, sang a picee
that almost made my hair stand on
end, it went so high, and had so
many many tips and downs in it.
She was master smart; anybody could
see that, but somehow I didn't fancy
that kind of singin'. It made me uneasy.
When she was climbin' up to
her high notes, I wondered if she'd I
everget there; and when she dropped
down again, I wanted to say,
Now you've got through it safe once:
don't try it again !
"Weli, pretty soon Matilda came
round to me and whispered, 'Father,
how d'you like it?'
"I don't care much for it," says.I.
'Its a little too much liko frosted cake
when you want plain bread.'
. .. i 1 : T
".-Ill1 ImII^IR'H, illlU J 11 il JMIIIUlt? A
hoard her saying to one of the performers,
'My father's .1 little old fashioned,
you sue, and would you
mind ?'
"What do you suppose happened I
then ? Why, that woman that saug
the trills and warbles stood up, and,
without any piano playiu' at all, sang
'Ye Bands and Braes'"and John Anderson.'
How she knew what T liked
T never could tell, but she sang the
son^s I've liked ever since I was a
small boy, and when she got through
the tears were streanin' down my
cheeks.
"Bless you, my dear ! says I, and J
went up to her and shook both her
hands. And it seemed to me she liked
the songs herself, for when she
looked at me I saw that her syes were
wet, too.
"I had a beautiful time, but I suppose
it's no use thin kin' I appreciate
real music?2'outh's Companion.
A spoiled child is a child spoiled for
life. A man may struggle against
himself, and train strength of character,
I lie may in some degree overcome
(many of the difficulties and temptaj
tion.s which are the legacy of his i>a|
rents and others who have spoiled
i him. To spoil really means to flay, to|
jstrip; hence to take away naturally
|belong to one?to pillage or rob. A
spoiled child is therefore a child despoiled
or plundered ; a child robbed of
his moral possessions and nis rights.
IA child thus despoiled cannot in after
j years get back what he has lost. The
! loss to childhood cannot be made good
(by refunding manhood. Whatever
j the superstructure may be, the flaw in
the foundation will always be a flaw
land a weakne.-s in the building. Ev-j
iery day that we go on spoiling a child,
| we go on robbing him of God's gifts to
jhim. A parent often speaks of aj
j child's being "a little spoiled" as
! though that were an evidence of pa1
T>?f !? ?rta,. 1if?
j ii*i11tii aiiuriiiiu. jhii in (wivi 11 iv|
when tlie consequences show theni'selves
in embarrassments, difficulties,
I temptations, struggles, regrets, and
sorrows, a good parent sees that a bet|
ter exhibition of allcction would have
I been to study that course which should
1 have spared the child these very eon|sequences.
And any parent ought to
j look fur enough ahead to spare his
child from such mora! robbery.
The Dawn of Peace.
Jt is a most encouraging fact, " says
a contemporary journal, "that between
one hundred and two hundred instances
of successful arbitration of international
difficulties have taken
place The proposal for a course of in|
ternational arbitration on the part of
I the American nations is most hopeful.
: When such u measure shall have beI
come operative on the Western Hemisphere,
its example will be powerfulilyfelton
the Eastern. The sancitity
| of private property <>n land and sen,
j the protection of life and properly
granted to non-combalauts, the nicas|
lire of humanity toward tlie wounded
isoldiers of either contending army,
the succe^i of llie lied Cross Society,
[which ministers with impartial mercy
to the suffering on the one siilu and on
| the other, on the field of battle and in
: the hospital, the incracsiHg sentiment
I of brotherhood which prevails among
worklngincn in diilercnt nations, all
? I. .Ll',1 II , (1|' ( 1 It ( f|| ( IKlWrf ill
.every friend of humanity, ami arc, we
believe, each and all of them, steps
toward tlu- universal n-i^ii of peace."
i Christian Htf/tawm/i.
Nothing mi adds to the Iiensures of
! the mind and incicasts it> powers as
it* own thinking fjearu to think for
youiself. it is all verv well to hear I
and read 111;1 v. i-tlmn of others, bid one!
j should not let this take the place of
1 one's own thc11iili!. Many persons arc
like eMcrns?they are good to hold the
thoughts of others, but when !ho time
conies lhat they aiu folced to rely on
them.-clv<s, they have no power to do
Thy outbid'' supply is cut ofij and
the cistern run* dry, Jiut if one, like
a river, is constantly fed by one's own
springs, then, as the learning <?l others
comes to him, it unites with Ins own
iwnti iv, and the .stream widens and
1 deepens.
Curly I e as a Teacher.
A wriierin The Scotchman has unearthed
an amusing anecdote of Thomas
Carlylc as a country "dominie," for
the accuracy of which lie vouches. It
was told in 1858 by a Cupar Fife lawyer
and provost, who had been one of j
Carlyle's pupils at Kirkcaldy, to the'
writer and Hugh Miller. The interest ;
of this gentleman's reminiscences ofl
his old schoolmaster was heightened j
| by his utter unconsciousness that his .
oid dominie was the Thomas Carlylc
who was then beginning to be known ij
to fame. The old gentlemen described i1
the older race of Scottish school mas-j'
ters as always during school hours j
wearing their hats?at least keeping ,
their heads covered ; and many of the
boys, viewing peculiar angle at which
the hat stood upon the head, and how
near it came to the eye-brows, could! J
conjceture if the savage mood were to 1
be that day predominant.
"lint my teacher," said the provost, 1
"a strict and gloomy disciplinarian ]
with the name of Cnrlyle, never wore '
his hat in school; and, indeed, his (
brow was so overhung with dark !
threatening, and his large glowing 1
eyes constantly shot forth wrath,
while his protruding chin was laden
with scorn, that no extra expression to 1
alarm was needed from his luni-hat!
He did not thrash us either very often
or very severely, but we had a fear 1
that, if provoked, he would go great (
lengths in punishment. I have seen '
his mere scowl hush at once the whole '
school. The biggest and boldest spee-j
ially dreaded his grins and his mock-;
ing* words. How savagciy his teeth
were wont to grind out the terms
"dunce" or "blockhead !' "
Hugh Miller here interposed by ask- '
ing, "Did your teacher ever burst into
a strange laugh in school?"
"That is a very odd question," repli- !
ed the provost. "Why do you ask?
Hut now that \ remember, he had at 1
times a very extraordinary laugh that
made us all stare. It had a train of I
queer chuckling which exploded in a :
un/.nnkcinli nf loud Jltld (lf>cn CTllflaWK !
that shook lii.s whole body, and dis-1
played all his teelh like the keys of a|
])iano. lie then clajiped his hands onj1
the book he held against his knees yet |
none of us eyer knew at what lie was);
laughing. He had a grim smile in reproving
pupils, and a habit of tapping
their heads with his knuckles as he 1
told thtni their heads would never be
worth the price of hats, or the charge
of a barber, though mammas and 1
aunts had that morning combed, kiss- 1
ed, ami blessed them in pious wonder, 1
as if they were teeming with the sublimest
inventions and designs !"'
The provost saw that Hugh Miller I
and some other guests were listening
eagerly, and he proceeded : j1
"One morning, a few minutes before]*
the school hour, when most of the pu- '
pils luiil arrived, and?as rain was fall-j'
ing?they had gone into the school, a!*
donkey, which had broken loose from I
its tether on a grassy sj>oL near, and 5
was entering the play-ground. IJiilj
llnnd mid I was so far on our way, and i
I>iiI, who was a stout ami frolicsome I
lad, tlio ringleader in many ."ports and |
trick?, rushed to mount the animal, |
and began to guide and force it into | J
the school. With desperate spurring, H
the donkey was induced to carry its '
rider over the threshold; and what aj!
reception both of them got from the j ]
juvenile crowd ! Bags of books was at:'
once fastened to the tail and around |!
the neck of the ass ; and so busy were 11
Bill and a half dozen companions in 1
urging the brute to a canter round the I
school, and to ascend the short stair of,1
the master,s desk, that they did not!1
know how time was speeding, and before
they could remove the stranger
Mr. Carlylc appeared.
I "We expected a tremendous explo-.
sion of wrath ; but he burst into a roar j
of laughter; such a roar, however, as, |
instead of tempting us to join in it, 1
produced a sudden and complete hush ; 1
and that roar was renewed again and 1
again when the as<, withdrawing its|
fore feet from the first step of the desk.
t.irnin<r round, took a naee or two!
slowJy towards the master us if to salute
liim. 'That,1 exclaimed Carlyle
'is the wisest and best scholar in Kirk- 1
caldy has yet sent me; he is fit to be
your muster.' He tapped the donkey's|!
head as he was wont to do ours, and
said: 'There's something here, far1
more than in the skulls of any of his||
brethren before me, though these
skulls are patted in fond admiration by
papas and mammas, and though that
far grander headpiece meets with mer- I
oilesB blows.' He then gave some hard
taps on liill Hood's head, and would
not allow him to dismount, but, for a !
penalty, ordered him to ride up and
down the school for an hour, whilst
those boys who had been mcst active
in helping Bill to go through the farce
had to march in pairs before and be
liiiwl *lin ilSS. He ! !
did not require the other scholars to at-'1
tend to their several school lessons, but j
silently permitted them to stand as:
spectators of the grotesque procession.!1
Then he himself, seated within his'
pulpit-like desk, surveyed Bill and hisj
company with a strange mixture of
mirth, scorn and fury. I have not for!
some years thought of this scene,"j
continued the provost, "but it has now'1
come hack to me freshly, and 1 re-j
member that my old master had aj
very strange laugh. I don't know
what has become of him, nor indeed'1
have 1 heard of him since I left Kirk-j
cakly School."
There is nothing more painfully indicative
of the interior wrongness of j
our life than the inability everywhere
manifest to rest ami be quiet. ISo lifer
was ever healthy and strong in which 1
there was not a central re.-t, and seme-1
tiling to support and feed that rest.!'
lint ill our day the question, "What 1
shall I do next?" is asked before we '
have well finished thai which went be-j<
fore; and so much of our activity is;
blind and purposeless. Jt is merely ;
wasting ami consuming time. There
is no virtue in it, and no intelligence i'
in it: consequently no profit. Ijifej1
.l/> iK,i lim.nid i.iii-i lii'il or x! ri'iiirl hell-['
ed or enriched or madu happier there-!1
by. It is simply squandered. Well
uoiigrniulate our poo >le on being the '
tlu* must "alive" people in (lie world, '
I wliit-li means, in plain Knviish, tin;!
mibl n [i t*. J>11 l meie rcfcllo-snivs '
|j:> no inherent virtue or goodness in'1
il. It simply denotes tlu- po.s.-ct,sioii of j I
vitality, wiiirli vitality may lie u 11 <>-{1
gether um dneaied and un!r.iim-d. li j:
every useful 1 ife there must by internal I
rest ; there must lie something believed j
in so (irmly and eontinuousiy that it <
In Ids to itself the miiul and the heart. I,
li
Some men work hauler io avoi:l pay-)'
i n ?r an h??i ' -1 debt I bail they would j1
l ave to work lo earn the money t>> pav
It with. * * 'I
South America.
What is the size of South America ?
It is 4,550 miles long, 3,^00 miles wide,
ami lias tin area of about 6,500,000
square miles.
What are the political divisions?
One empire, Brazil; nine republics,
Argentina, Chili, Columbia, Ecuador,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela;
three colonial districts, British, French,
Dutch, Guiana.
When was South America discovered
by Europeans? Columbus, in 1-108,
-ailed along the northern coast; Cabrul,
in 1500, discovered the Amazon,
and Pinzon, in 1508, entered the La
Plata itiver.
Who were the first European settlers?
The Portuguese, near the mouth of the
Amazon, about the yeag 1515.
Who were then the natives? Indian
races, ditiering widely from each other,
those in Peru being higdly civilzed.
What became of the Peruvian Empire?
It was overthrown by the Spaniards
in le.^s than thirty-five years after
the discovery of the country.
To what European countries did
South America belong for nearly three
i 4-* n ? - 1 1* i 1
LiuiKirea yearsx opuiu una -rwiiuyni.
Ho\v were the people^overned? By
riccroysand governors sent from Euro]*;.
What is the only portion of South
\ meriea now under European control ?
Quiana.
When did the other South American
Slates become independent? Parly in
:hc present century.
To whom does Guiana belong? To
the British, Dutch, and French.
What is the population of South
America? About thirty-live millions.
JIow are the people of bouth Ameri3a
divided? Into whites, Indians,
Negroes, and mixed races.
Who are the whites? Chiefly Spaniards
and Portugese.
What are the Indians? Some are
balf-civilized and many are savages.
What is the condition of the Negroes?
The most of them are in Brazil,
and have lately been liberated from
slavery.
What is the religion of the people?
There are some heathen, but nearly
all the people are Roman Catholics.
What is the religious state of the
Roman Catholics? They are chiefly
idolaters, worshipping the Virgin
Mary, saints, relies, and images and
pictures.
What is being done by Protestants
for South America? The leading
shurchcs of the United States and
Great Britain have sent missionaries
Lo the people.
What progress has been made by
Protestants in youth America? Some
progress has been made in Argentina,
Ura/.il, and Chili, but the opposition of
^he Roman Catholic priests in other
countries has greatly interfered with
?f the missionaries. "South America
lias long been dominated politically
ind spiritually by the Roman Catholic
priesthood, and it is not strange that it
diould be a hurd field to cultivate."
Gospel la All Laiuh.
? ? - * vG* *
Couldn't Stand If.
An infidel young lawyer, going west
lo settle for life, made it his boast that
be ' would locate in some place where
there were no churches, no Sundayschools,
or Bibles." So he found a
place of this sort. Before the year was
nut, he wrote for a preacher to comc
mil hrini? nlentv of Bibles,.to begin
preaching, and start Sunday-schools,
for lie paid : "T am convinced that a
neighborhood without Bibles, Sundayschools
and preaching is too much
like hell for any living man to stay
in." The invisible and silent influences
of churches to suppress disturbing
immoralities are not appreciated,
until one goes to those places where
there ara none. The moon, high up
in the heavens, exerts a silent influence
on the sea?lifting the tides to roll
out and refresh the low lands. So the
silent influence of Bibles, churches
and Sunday-schools lifts men to a
higher plain of moral living.
Christianity gives value to material
things. A tract of land located in a
region of churches, where the people
are civil, kind and peaceable, is worth
twice as much as one located among
still houses and open grog shops where
bad men live. Business men nowowning
property on the outskirts of a
city, nnu mai u pays iiimuuiuuy iu
build a church there. Because they
know a church will convert the people
?reform the neighborhood?build up
^ood society?andjhen men will buy
lots to build upon. "Godliness is profitable
unto all things." Who would
settle bis family among wild Indians,
though the climate be ever so healthy
though the land be ever so rich anil
the scenery ever so beautiful. Men advertise
a piece of land for sale, and to
induce others to buy, call attention to
the fact that said property is located in
[i region where good neighbors live?
where churches and schools are convenient,
Yes, Christianity enhances
the worth of material things.
* ?
A False F.alh no Protection.
A false faith i* no protection. The
man who built his bouse upon the
sand believed that he was safe ; but
his faith was of no service when the
Hoods came, and the winds beat upon
his dwelling. The foolish virgins
thought that they were sufficiently!
prepared fur the coming of the bride?
? ?! /& mid flicir
Li I (U 111 j Ullt UllTJ ? v??. j?w.,
false ciinllilciice did not admit tlicm
when the door was shut. That engineer
who supposed lhat he knew the
meaning of the signals, as lie neared
Chicago recently, did not save his
train from wreck, nor his passengers
from horrible deaths, because he trustad
in a wrong interpretation of their
import. Hod will honor genuine faith,
even though it he no greater than a
jjrain of mustard-seed, but he cannot
respond to any faith which puts a
symbol in hi# place. If the woman
with an issue of blood hud not believed
in something more than the hem
:>f his garment, the Saviour would ntvjr
have granted healing in answer to
[lie appeal of her touch, if she had a
purely false faith, she would have
i-eeii left to learn thai there was novir1
' * ? ? 7 i
IUU 111 tilt' 11C* 111 <>i IIIS ?ill Mll'in. JI
was been;iso she believed licit Christ
had in hi in so much healing power
iliiit even his garment must he impivgualcd
with sullieicnt for her needs,
[lint .she obtained the hies-injv that she
^oiijdit.? /'i/i/rim Teacher.
m ?
We cannot improve ourselves, we
sannot assist others, we cannot do our
Jtity in the world, except by exertion,
except by unpopularity, except wi'.li
are and rlillieully. We must each of
us hear mir cioss with llim. When
we hear it, each day makes it easier to
[tear. j
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lousiness Morality.
"Sound ethics, but not business," we
heard remarked by a man of trade,
when the impropriety of some course
of procedure was forced upon his attention.
Evidently it was his opinion
that an antagonism exists between the
two?that a strict observance of the
moral law, to say nothing of the golden
rule, is incompatible with sound
business principles. Though he might
shrink from putting it in just so many
words, he was of the belief that the
world of trade and finance was not one
in which the law as delivered by Mose*
is expected to bear rule.
Vv'e fear that this notion obtains very
largely among the men who think it
the great end of their lives to add
thousands to thousands until they
alnill hupnnio inillirma 'I'hpsp DTP (lis
found that though the fortuues are enlarged
the soul is dwarfed. The millionaire
who has become so by methods
which he cannot defend and hardly
pares to examine, is really the lower
type of man because of his success.
Sunny South.
i
Progress of Arbitration.
Vague notices have reached this
country of the treaty negotiated between
several South American Pouters,
to establish an international law
of procedure in civil cases. This treaty
was signed at Montevideo January
lltli, audits text has now been published.
The countries taking part in
I the conference for the discussion and
(settling of its terms were Paraguay,
I Uruguay, the Argentine Republic,
! Chili, Brazil, Bolivia, uud Peru. The
j great aim was to secure uniformity of
law touching the innumerable and
vexing cases of commercial litigation
arising between citizens of different
countries. Whiie it has not been possible
to secure this entirely, yet much
! litis been gained by tbe final agreement
! in which the delegates from all the
' Powers united. The contracting States
! bind themselves to recognize the legal
(processes of each other, and to recog|
nize and enforce, each within its own
! limits, decisions made in the courts of
! any of the others affecting its own citizens.
The establishment of boards of
Iarbitration, in certain cases, is also pro!
vided for, and their decisions, when arj
rived at nnder conditions named, are
; to be held as binding by all the Stat9S.
| All this marks a great advance in the
' simplification of the business relations
iof the merchants of these various
countiies. It indicates, also, decided
! progress in the appreciation and adoption
of civilized methods of settling
international controversies ou the part
I of governments which we have been
'toomuch accustomed to regard as bari
barous.?Nation.
.<3r.
jr. Clievreul, the celebrated French'
: chemist, recently died at the age of:
' 103. He worked in .his laboratory, i
land read papers containing the resultsj
i of his scientific research in the Acade-.
1 my of science, until he was over 100. j
j At that age it was said of him that!
| "although he wears spectacles, he can
'see without them; he is not deaf, he
j talks with great ease and distinctness
I he walks rapidly and surely." On his!
j hundredth birthday he was asked how
1... .w.rt/vnnlo,-) f/??. fivh-o/mlilliirv ftp- !
nt' ati;?niiHcii iv/i vAbiuvAv....v.v
tiviiy of body and mind. He said:
"I do not try to account for it. A few
i years ago, in a preface to one of my
books, I lhanked my father and moth1
er for the physical and moral force that
J they transmitted tome. They were
I both over ninety when they died. I
| have never touched a drop of wine,
but have always drunk water. I do
nol smoke nor do I eat fish. I take a
light breakfast in bed between seven
and eight, and my next meal, dinner
occurs at six or seven in the evening.
I have never been attacked with a fever
for wealth. I care nothing for
riches. Perhaps l might say, with
your Agassiz, who used to live just
across the street there, and whom I
knew, that I have no time to make
money. I adore science, and I enjoy
work. Perhaps some or all of these
circumstances?and especially the pure
life and character of my parents?will
account for my longevity and for my
good health on the threshold of my !
cen t u ry,'.Exchange.
In one of Mrs. Carlyle's lately pub- i
dished letters, written eight years before
her death, is the following reminiIseence
: "I remember, as if it were yesterday,
tnivel'ng all night in a postchai-e
\vitii my mother and an old East '
Lothian fanner, who was going to
nice!, my lather at Craigenputtoch, '
and advise about drains. My mother 1
and 1 were to be dropped at my grandfat
he -'s. I was mad with joy to go on I
iny first journey, but (> so sit*U in a 1
close carriage always! One minute 1
wascha!taring like a magpie, the next
vomiting out of the window. 111 (lie '
course of the night I lay down at the '
bottom <>r the chaise, my head on my '
mother's knees, and whimpered and <
j moaned. The old farmer got tired of 1
[me?naturally?and said, with a certain
sharpness, words that cut into my
small heart with a sudden, mysterious
horror, 'Little girl, don't you know
there is no pleasure to be had in this
world without pain?' No; I didn't
know it, but it was dreadful to hear,
for, somehow, T thought he who was
old must bo speaking truth, and T believed
him, although shrinking from
him as a sort of cruel ogre! That wa<?
my initiation into tho dark side of
life."
posed to resent as intrusive and impertinent
any hint that this worldly wisdom
is not the best wisdom. They respect
the preacher of morality in a certain
supercilious way ?s very honest
and as teaching doctrine-" to which the
humble and slightly enterpiising ma\
well give heed. But they do not rcigitrd
such lessous as at all applicable to
I themselves. They hold it as altogether
: appropriate lor the Sunday-school
teacher to urge it upon his class to
j think something of the well-being ol
i others while struggling for their own ;
but in business matter# they prefer the
maxim, "(jet what you can and what
you get, hold," to all the teachings of
I [lie CUVlOr, J. 11 l I1C*I I" HC11UIUK *?i I1UUUciering
tliey allow 110 place for the gentle
amenities which can make Jife
agreeable.
It is hardly needful to say that they
who eliminate morals from business,
] act in opposition to all the teachings of
j Bible truth. The principles which it
seeks to inculcate are really sound
j business maxims. We do not mean to
say that they who pursue selfish
I schemes in selfish ways are not often
j successful in the carrying out of their
; designs. But it is not a success which
can be the aim of a generous ambition.
! When it. hns been attained, it will be
How Heaven is Rcached.
Answer.?The poem was written by J. G. ' JM
Holland. It reads tbos:
Heaven Is not reached by a single bound:
But we build the ladder by, which we ris?.
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies,
And we mount to Its summit, round by -ISa
round.
I count these things to be grandly true,
That a noble deed is a step toward God;
Lifting the soul from the common sod
To a purer air and a broader view. .
We rise by th" things that are under our feet, '
By what we have mastered in greed and gain,
By the prido deposed nnd the passion slain, .
And the vanquished 111 we hourly meet.
We hope, we resolve, we aspire, we trust,
When the morning calls to life and light:
But our hearts erow weary, and ere the night 'rjjS
Our 11 vc8 are trailing In the sordid dus'.
Wings for the angels, but feK for the men:
We must borrow the w|nz? to find the way;
We may hope and resolve, and aspire and
But our feet must rise, or we fall again.
Only In dreams Is the ladder thrown
From the weary earth to the sapphire wall;
But the dreams depart, and the visions fall,
And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of stoue.
What we ought not to do, we should
not ever think of doing.
Few persons live to-day, but are pre- '4
paring to do so to-morrow.
'Tis a mercy to have that taken from
us which takes us from God.
How much better is the love that is &
ready to die than the zeal that is ready
to kill.
The more thou frequentest thy cloe- ig
et, the more thou wilt like it; the less ,y?ss
thou comest tliereuuto, the more thou
wilt loathe it.
Will nations never devise a more ra- %
tional umpire of differences than force? ?|3
War is an instrument entirely inefficient
toward redressing wrong.
Some one has somewhere said, "A -r||
man seldom or uever regrets that step :.~J
which he has taken, after first praying >
well over the question, and then acting ::'m
according to the best of his judgment.'' '-ryg|
The sun meets not the springing Vjag
bud that stretches toward him with .
half that certainty as God, the source
of all good, communicates Himself to
the soul that longs to partake of Him.
The consciousness of being loved jfi
3oftens the keenest pang, even at the :i3i
moment of parting; vea, even the
eternal farewell is robbed of half its ;:$Jj
bitterness when uttered in accents that
breathe love to the last sigh.
Sympathy is one of the great secrets - %
of our lives. It can overcome evil
quicker thun the harshest treatment. ??
It strengthens good, bringing forth ; ;J
more help to bear the hardest trials %
that come to us all from lime to time.
The revival is not an episode in
which the church turn9 for a week .Ha
from its worldly methods and worldly
life to have a little pastime with God;
The revival is the outflow of the vital .tM
union of the church iu its daily life
with Christ.
Will there have to be some great and " i
terrible discovery of the uselessness of
military defences before Christian na- - ?
tious can believe that love is stronger
than hate ; that it is safer to trust in
God and goodness than in violence
and force? ' After
listening to thousands of pray- '
ers for pardon, I can hardly recall a case
where I did not feel that I might
have fallen as iny fellow-msn has done,
if 1 Had been subjected to me same demoralizing
influences and pressed by * A
the same temptations.
The natural propensities of the heart
call for constant watchfulness. Satan 3
takes advantage of Iran's weaknessarouses
his temper and provokes to 4
bad words. These In turn lead us to
sinful deeds, or provoke some one else
to wrath and vengeance. David said:
"I will take heed to my ways that I . :
sin not with my tongue; I will keep"' . .4
my mouth with a bridle while the f
wicked is before me."
Let us serve God in the sunshine
while He makes the sunshine. We
shall then serve Him all tho better in
the dark when He sends the darkness.
The darkness is sure to come. Only let
our light be God's light, and our
darkness God's darkness, and we shall
be safe at home when the great nightfall
comes.
Therefore, come what may, hold fast ' ? ;
to love. Though men should rend
your heart, let them not embitter or
harden it. We win by tenderness; we
conquer by forgiveness. Oh, strive to ~"1
enter into something of that large, ce1
nrKi/tli 10 1W?Hilr An/llir. .
icsuai Uiaill/J nuiiyU *o i?vvn| vuuw*
ing, unretaiiating, and which even the
overbearing world cannot withstand
forever.
v- -V i
In speaking of that peaoe which
passeth understanding, we allude not
to those illuminations and raptures,
which, if God has In some instances
bestowed them, He has nowhere pledged
Himself to bestow; but of that rational
yet elevated hope which flows
from an assured persuasion of the pa-<
ternal love of our heavenly Father; of
that "secret love of the Lord," which
He Himself has assured us "is with
them that fear Him:" of that life and
power of religion which are the privilege
of those "who abide under the
shadow of the Almightyof those
who "know in whom they have believed
;" of those who "walk not after
the flesh, but after the spirit;" of
those "who endure, as seeing Him
who is invisible."
Wit vc T<! r rtmTFVfE.?The drv hu?
nior of Abraham Lincoln was never
surpassed. Dr. Bellows, President of
the Sanitary Commission, went to
Washington to get Mr. Lincoln to
mtikea certain appointment. He pre-euted
the case to the President, who
listened intently, but said nothing.
After twenty minutes of eloquence
Mr. Lincoln replied :
"I made that appointment several
clays ago."
" Why didn't you tell me, Mr. Lincoln,
and save yourself the trouble of
hearing all this?"
"U, Bellows, I do like to hear you
talk," said Honest Old Abe, with a
twinkle.
The worst man I ever knew had no
vice. lie attended church and broke
110 commandment and indulged ill no
excesses. Yet he nagged his wife and
children to the grave, and destroyed
every llowerof pleasure which sprang
lip by his hearthstone, and mined the
tender young lives about him with the
unceasing tempers of a household tyrant
and petty demon.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
In life some men are born nt the bottom
of the ladder to work their way
up. Others are bom at the top to
work their way down. The man on
the way 11'; experiences Ids greatest
danger when he reaches the middle
and meets the other on the way down.
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