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-V ? m_ _______________________ Lesson in Geography. "A lesson iu geography Wilh alt the states to bound!" My boys grew sober In a trice. And shook their heads and frowned; And this was lu the nursery. Where only smiles are found. Then suddenly up jnniped Hoy BlueYoungest of all is he? And stood erect beside my chair; 'Mamma," he said, "bound me!" And nil the other lads looked up With faces full of glee. I gravely touched his curly head; "North, by a little pate That's mixed' in 'mental 'rithmelic And can't get fractions straight; That never "knows what time it is. Nor where are books or slate. r . "South, by two feet?two restless feet That never tire of play. But never fail to gladly run (Even on a holiday) On other errands willingly, In most obliging way. I"- 1 "East, by a pocket stuffed and crammed With, oh, so many things! With toys and toes, and bits of wood. And pennies, knives, and strings; And by a little fist that lacks The glow that water brings. "West, by the same, and well explored The pocket by the tlst; The capital, two rosy lips. All ready to be kissed. And darling, now, I've bounded you; The class may be dismissed." St. Xicholax. fr'uctM ami .Suppositions. Greenville Newt. B. R. Tillman "hud something to do" with the writing of the caII lor the convention of the Farmers' Movement, according to his own stHtement. B. R. Tillman wrote the platform for thai convention and carried It to Columbia in his pocket. B. R. Tillman's special friends and backers were most eager aud earnest in urging imint'dlute nominations. When it appeared that nominations was defeated one 01 B. R. Tillm.in'.s friends hastened to work on the floor, appealing to delegates to give hiin a vote to carry for nomlnn. tions. By a narrow majority, including nine votes from Charleston <ast by delegates elected two nights before the convetion in an improvised meeting, two votes from Beaufort, elected nobody seems to know how, when or where, and four votes from Pickens cast against the expressed wish of the county, nominations were ordered; and B. R. Till man was Immediately nominated lor govcr11 or. Suppose a call lor a democratic State convention to meet at Columbia in May was issued. Suppose at the meeting of that convention Johnson Hagood should appearand announce that he "hud something to do" with the writing of the call. Suppose Johnson Hagood should go there with the platform alreudy written it his pocket. Suppose that Johnson Ilugood's most conspicuous and active friends should i>e most conspicuous and active in foicinx through u resolution to nominate a State ticket immediately. Suppose that by a majority of one. two,four or six votes after strong personal appeals from Johnson Hagood's friends and with the votes of doubtful delegations nominations were decided on. Suppose then that Johnson llngood was nominated for Governor with a hurrah. Would uot B. R. Tillman be one of the first men In the State to cry that there had been a late fixed, a Job put up, a sharp trick played on thepeople? Would not he and his iriends talk eloquently of the wiles of politicians and the power of wire pulling and declare that the whole basinets should be repudiated as a sham and ?n outrage? TOBACCO SPIT ON MARBLE FLOORS. The Member* of Captain Shell'* Convention Had no l'?*e lor the Two If and red RplttaonM. Newberry Herald and Heirs. The editor of the Herald and yew* was In Columbia last week ami while ttiere took n walk through the State House, ami amongst other places, walked Into the hull ol the Houxe of Representative.", where the last State Convention was held, and lie confesses that tie WAg greatly surprised at the condition 111 which the members of this March Convention left the beuutiful marble floor. Every man of thuin must have been a ch wer of the "fllthy weed," for the floor was literally covered, to be plain, with tobucco spit. And we were told that over two hundred spittoons were placed in the hall for the use of this convention. Tobacco will slain the marble, and It wilt be very difficult to get it ott". We wish the members of that convention could have seen the condition of that beautiful marble floor wheu ihey left it. We say this iu no fault-flndlue or hypercritical spirit, but because it is plain truth, nnd one that we much regret is so irue. Straw lints! Straw hats! All the leading styles. All shapes. P. Rosenberg & Co. Nooiincan fall to be suited in a si raw 2u< 111 they will call on us. P. Rosenberg & Co. Straw balkol every description for men and boys. P. Rosenberg ?fc Co. The nicest straw hats for .Vic. ever seen in Abbeville. I'. Rosenberg <S Co. For straw hats of all kinds call on P. Rosenberg <fc Co. An elegant line of hot weather clothing jnst arrived, consisting of flannel, alpaca, diap lie ete and seersucker coats and vests. P. Rosen. berg & Co. To those who have been waiting for our boys shirt waists to arrive, we announce that we now have a full supply. Call early. P. Rosenberg & Co. Ribbons. Over TOO oioocs in all the new shades at W. E. Hell's. I have the largest stock oi summer goods I have ever handled. W. E. Bell. Fans in all the new styles at \V. E. Hell's. Wm. E. Bell can save you money ou mlllnery and dress goods. For fine millinery go to Wm. E. Bell's. Trr thfi Clement & Hull shoe. Sold by W. E.Bell. Tan slippers at \V. K. Bell's. Fine parasols at \V. E. Bell's. Call cock, lawns and challies at W. E. Bell's. Great bargains in dress ginghams at \V. E. Bell's. I have the largest stock of white goods ever shown In Abbeville. W. E. Bell. While flouncing,black silk llount-ing, while embroidery at W. E. Ball's. \V. E.Bell will sell yon a cheap spring outfit. Give him a call. Sew spring hats at W. E. Bell's. Dr. W estmorelands Calisuya tonic is a combination of strong tonics and nllenitives for the liver,und has unequal among ihe numrous tonics in the market, especially for delicale females. Nursing mother, to keep up their appetite, aid digestion <kc. In it satisfaction is guaranteed For sale at Speed Drug Store. Kull line of white goods in all the lute novellieM. W. E. Bell. Now Is the time to do your painting, a KO'xl supply always on hands. Speed Drug Htore. If you want a good chew or a tine smoke go , to Speed's Drug store. Tan KlipueNiind Low-qunrter SIiocm for ladles, Misses and children. We can give yon a nice slipper for u little money. It. 31. Haddon <& Co. A handsome assortment of SwInm Embroidered FIouiicIiiicm and Edging** including the new und beuutiful designs in k tucked and hemstitched work, at Haddon's. Peerlen* Faint Black If one for ladies. Misses and children. These goods are absolutely fast dye, at R. M. Haddon & Co. Puritan Silk Parasol* at It. M. Huddon & Co. Ask to see the Gloria t'lotli Parasol* at R. M. Haddon <k Co. Try that Rebel Girl clgnr at Speed's Drug Store. Paints and oils at Speed's Drug Store. A bountiful line of Spring lap robes in all qualities. P. Rosenberg <& Co. iiiunk^books, writing pad", pens. Ink, and a at Speed's Drug Store. ' ' The Lord'* Prayer vit. Thx or Llrenve. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Tfclokof pruyiag Haalowed uk Thy Name," tbeo votioji to legalize the liquor traffic by Jtiai or llMM which causes God's name to be eMiUu*?}tjr W??pb*uied. *9*r Kingdom Come," tfauB waling that Satan's Kingdom (the saloon) If they will only puy the price , irtileb politicians have fixed upon them. ''Thy Will he Done," j and then voting it shall uot be done. "Give l*s this bay ou# Daily Bj:k.vi?," and then voting to tax or llcenss that which . takes tfae breaa from thousands of starving ! mothe 8 and helpless children. "Lead u* Not ixto Testation," ajad Mum vatAeg that the allurements and > temptations of the saloon may go under some form of tax or license. "Demvku us rttom Evil," and then voting that tha Jitute and Nation Bball become a purtuer in drawing y.oung men Into evil. If the saloon will ?gree jo pay a high Uxor H?entK'.?Subscriber. r . . ; ' ?7" . - ' ^ . : V<V:T" . ^ -V-v^'^ . ' . o "BAMBOOZLED OR DEBAUCHED." The Xchs and Courier Take l(l>>(')iMM to (Iw Blackboard lor Object l.ossons. Xcw.i and Courier. The following very serious indictment against .tin* intelligence and honesty of the members of the South Carolina Legislature and of the Kail road Commissioners ot the .State is contained in Capt. .Shell's Manifesto, with the writing of which Capt. Tillman had something to do: "The railroad laws of 18?made the commission si power to defend the people against imposition. The same Legislature which enacted it, having been bamboozled or debauched, at the very next session left it only a- a sinecure with fat salaries and no power. We have just seen the disgraceful farce repeated. * * . The liratlroad Commissioners now in otliee; have been tamed, so to speak, by the rail-, roads." It will be interesting to give the names of the members of the Legislature who voted i for the passage of the hill "to provide a gene-. "ral law for the management and regulation "of railroads in this State," etc. Upon question of passing the bill to a third reading In the House on l>eceniher 1!>, lSs'i, the House Journal shows that the vote stood; Yeas, 72 nays,85. The following members voted in favor of the bill, the names of the planters and farmers being given in italics: Ansel, Hurler, Hcekett, Bellinger, Herri/. HethumHoggs, Hooker, Cttmlin Chuiolm, Clink index. Cooper, Corry, Croft, Thomas .1. Davis, R. Davis, DuPrr, Farley. For, Fredincl;. Uantt, (Jib-ioii, (ioitzubz, Unison, Ingleshy, Keursc, Keels. Kennnly, ivimoaii, Jiutnru, Kiutler, H. J. Lee, Richard I>. Loc, Lcxesne, Mctckey, Mason, Mnsxey, Mauliiiii, Mayes, Mears, Milts, Aiockbee. Montgomery, Morris, Moultrie, Murry, McAlhuney, Mc(!e<, Moll ugh, McKetcey, McMrcldti, Padtjel, J'. A. Parker, Pearce, L. J. Perry, Pinkncy, Huoenel, Kiddle, Kobiusoii, Amhtw Singleton, Jumrx Singleton, Jeremiah Smith, J IV. Smith, \V\ \V. Smith, Smnmsrx, Talhrrt, 'J'intiiicrmun, L'liner, Vuiitlivcr, Wilson, Wltlierspoon, W'vHdwarit. Those who voieu in the negative were as lb I lows. James Simons, Allison, Hobo, Way kin, Hind- I ley. Draw ley, lSrilton, lirunxnn, Ctybum, Crews, Cuip, Douglas. Kicken, Gary, Hardy, Haskell, Hazard, Mi?b:r, Moiony, Morrison, MeCrady, Mclver, MeKissielt, \V. H. Parker, Peebles, Jennings \V. Perry. Shundx, .Simonton, Silencer, Tarrant, Toy lor, Turner, M'etah, Wideman, Williams. At the session of tiic Legislature in 1888 a bill was introduced to amend the Act as it was passed at the previous session. Upon the question of agreeing to a mollon to strike out the enacting words of the bill to amend the Railroad law passed in lSf>'2, the following voted in the negative, the names of those who previously voted In favor of the ltallroad law being given In italics: * ?J! A lllcnn KiMhtlllO. .1 UIIIUO >31 II1WIJI?, (m ...w...., ............. , Hobo, Bradley. Brookcr, Branson, (_'hisolm, Crews, Cro/t, Culp, JJavis, Douglas, Fieken, GunU, Gary, Haskell,//u<xoi, Johnstone, I.unci rum, MuulUin, Mcarx. Mil/.t, MInter, Mackbee, Molony, Morral', Monis, Morrison, Motiltrie, Murry, MeCrady, McG'ec, Alclver, MeKlssick. McMeekin, W. 11. 1'iuker, Pcaxce, Jennings \V. Perry, I.. J. 1'ervy, Pinckney, Itucenel, Robinson, Scud day, shauds,Simmontou, Andrew Singleton, Junta Singleton, Spencer, Summers, 'J'ttlberl, Tarrant, Taylor, Vandiver, Welsh and Wideman. An analysis of the vote shows Hint of the thirty-live members of the House who voted against the passage of the Ha 11 road law in ISMi, fifteen were farmers. Of the fifty-seven members who voted in 1833 against ilie motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill to amend the Railroad law passed at the previous session thirty-two were farmers, ol the twenty-six members who had previously voted in favor of the Itailroad law and who changed their votes in K*}. eighteen were farmers. We are unwilling to believe lliai uiese cigiiicen niuiiiuvrK m mc u-kisiuturo, many of whom represent I he most honorable and intelligent constituencies In tiie State, were "bamboozled or debauched." In his Manifesto, with the writing of which Capt.Tillman had something to U\ Cupt. Shell says: 'The railroad laws of 18?made "the commission a power to dclcud Use peo' pieagainst Imposition. The same Legislature which enacted It, hnviny been bumbo?? "ledor itebuuchcd, at the very next session "left it only us u sinecure, with fat salaries "and no power." We have taken the names of the members of Hie House who changed their votes In the session of 1883 in order to show against whom dipt. Shell's indictment, with tiie drawing of which dipt. Tillman had something to Jo, especially rests. The names of the '-tiamboo/.led or debauehed'' legislators, if Capt. Shell has spoken the truth are as follows: Beckett. Urooker, Chlsolni, Croft, D.ivis, Gantt, liutson, Mauldin, Mears, Mills, .Mackbee, Morris, Moultrie, Murray, MeGce, Mc.Miekln, Pea ice, L. J. Perry, Pinekney, ltavenel, Kobinson, Andrew Singtcton. James Singleton. Summers, Tatbert and Vaudiver. Does any one In Lexington County believe that Dr. Brookercould have been debauched, or Is there an honest mau in the State who is willing to accept the statement made by d.pt Shell, with the assistance of Capt. Tillman, that G. \V. Croft and Thomas J. Davis, ot Aiken, and C. J. C. lint son, of Hampton, were "bambouzled or debauched?"' What win nnniito of Anderson sav to the monstrous charge made against Edwards li. Murray? Does any farmer in Greenville County .believe thai W. L. Mauldin was "bamboozled or debauched ?" Will the people of Orangeburg County submit to the charge that I)r. J. w. Sum mer* was "bamboozled or debauched ?" lines Capt. Shell believe that \V. J. Taibort, of Kdgt.leld County, the president "of Capt. Shell's. own Convention, was"bamboozled or debauched" while he was a member of the Legislature in WW? Do the constituents of any one of the twenty-six names which have been placed oil Capt. .Shell's "bamboozled or debauched" list believe that there |.? a word of truth In the infamous libel which Capt. shell, with Capt. Tillman's assistance, has preferred against the representatives of onr people ? The charge is explicit and personal. Jt applies directly and speciflally to every member of the Legislature who having voted for the Railroad law in voted in tavor of amending the law in 188.'!. Can they afford to permit Capt. Shell's charge of stupidity or dishonesty and corruption to go unchallenged ? Will W. J. Talbert, the president of Capt. Shell's Convention, be content to rest under such an imputation upon his intelligence aud his honesty? Were these men, whose names we have taken from the official records, "bamboozled or debauchcd ?'' LABORING UNDER A MISAPPREHENSION. Wlmt it Far oil E?litor Has to Kay of Our Little Flurry. Columbia Record. It is amusing often and fl is Instructive often to know how others sec us. Messrs. Tillman, shell and their fellows will do well to read the following that appeared under the: head of "Democratic Disruption in South Carolina," in the Boston Transcript, and ponder over it. It is well for them to know that not only are fears of disruption entertained at home, hut that the Republican world is watching their movements with pleasure lit eyes. Dut it is aNo amusing to note the error Into which the Transcript has fallen. Protection one of the cardinal principals of the farmers of South Carolina ! They are too enii^liteiied for that. Protection is a cardinal principle, but protect us from the ravages of protection to which the Transcript refers. The following Is what the Transcript has to say on the subjeet: The farmers' movement in South Carolina threatens the disruption of the Democratic party in that Slate, it Is the outcome of tho efforts which tiie souin uarouna u^ricuiuiraiists, under the name of Grangerism, tlie Fanners' Ylllance, cte., have made to secure better terms and lower rales from commission merchants, bauks, transportation lines* etc. Heretofore the farmers have acted with, in the Democratic party, and at the last Democratic .State convention sprung a ticket on the delegates which came very near being nominated. Their candidates, Earl, got a majority of the votes of delegates from the white counties where the Democratic ascendancy is legitimate; but the black counties, where the elections aje manipulated, and Charleston, stood by J. 1*. fticliardson, the incumbent, and nominated him. The Farmers' party are first in the field this year, and hoid Ihelr State convention to-day. Their programme Is to nominate a ticket of their own, and leave the Democrats to Indorse it or oppose it. The Democrats are likely to antagonize the new movement, and In the opinion of many well-informed South Carolinians the farmers will probably become a third party organization Willi "p?o teetion" for its cardinal doet' Inc. Ti p agricultural sentiment of the Stale is strongly in favor of protection, though In expression has heretofore been suppressed in deference to the demands of the Bourbon olittrachy at Columbia. This oligarchy is trying to hold the Democrats of the State strictly to old Irectiade lines, but, as the funnels' movement shows, their task grows harder and their followers become more and more restive," ? He tlmt is habituated to deceptions and artificialities in trifles will try in vain to be true in matters of imporI - 1 ..II. I.. 4I.S.W l.nl.SH muce ] lor ii uiii j^? a muii?? ui *iin.*ji rather than of will. You cannot in I niiy jiis'tji ease l?y any sudden and sin J gle effort will to'be true, if the habit [>f your life litis beej? insincere. ? -o -o- -o- ? Perpetual prayerful ness and perpetu. j !?1 joyfulness in (Jod are naturally nllieJ together. Their connection is intimate mid direct; and neither will exist in the soul without the oilier. Both suppose God to be present fo the eye of thought as the object of supreme attention, and so present that both intturally exi?t, .Gentlemen *hc;j Id wenr Emerson shoes and toother. They arc I lie niV>Kt durable and! Ue?t flitting. Kyr sule by 1?. Itypenberg 4 (<j ?N - .. I " j Do our Farmers want Ironclads, or Dridges, Iloads, and Ditches ? j Editors Press:?Kx-Emlmssador , Phelps lias come hack to the 1'nited i States very.sick. A severe attack of | Anglomania lias seized him. Invasion panic is shaking him. The panic-mongering English admirals have had him by the hair. America's only safety, he thinks, is in spending all our debauching national surplus in ironclads and big guns. 1 wonder whether this is the view of our muchenduring farmers? I wonder if our >o-cents-a-sack barley grower has any cash he wants to lay out on such needless and expensive toys ? t wonder if our 20-cents-a-box peach orchardist, or our $2-a-chcst strawberry man lias many spare dimes to invest in such useful and reproductive articles? Has America been eating any forbidden fruit that she must awaken to a consciousness of nakedness and be afraid? Admitting tuat our coasts arc denuded of forts and our harbors guiltess of ironclads?what then? Do we expect any foreign potentate to have designs agaiust us? Our word - otnnlv rp<sriHflt? UUliUt-l II1IJ^ i.7tuiiua >? uo | I'd l?y the man of ''blood and iron." The word of this 70,000,000 nation will he very apt t> carry respect wherever it makes itself heard ; and it can make itself just as audible, intelligible, and mandatory as any utterance from any cannon's mouth. And don't let our farmers forget it ! Sous America's voice is respected, it mi^lit licas well to spend our money in such useful tvays as shall increase our productive power, and consequently our wealth and iufluencnce. More especially so as the new military science laughs at forts, and sum up its needs in three t's?'"trains, troops, and telegraphs." Add yet one t?J treasure?the sinews of war, which . superabound at Washington and comprises all the rest. Then have we any need for a scare? I think any California Granger could furnish a better scheme for the disposal of our surplus than the ex-embassador! Hut our fanners are shorn by needless taxation and don't even bleat. So the blatant classes, politicians, and military, work their wasteful will. Can't we millions who live on bad roads, or up unbridged streams, or wheie the parched s^il cries to a brazen heaven, can't we make our plea hoard for our crooked places to be made straight aud our deserts kind and hospitable? The same iron that makes ironclads would make bridges; the same labor and skill can build u< aqueducts and flumes nud roads; the same brains that design our implements of destruction can devote their energies lo diminishing the illiteracy of our 0,000,000 of illiterates. Our fathers died in myriads to obtain and bold a share in Government, to have a voice in politics. Have California farmers lost their i voice ? Edward Berwick. Carmel Valley, July 7, 18H9. A Quaint Statement Worthy Rk.mkmHKitIxo.?A number of homely people were talking of ''Temptation." The part which Satan takes iu the believer's temptations came into discussion. Many good things were uttered. A (piaiut old pilgrim was apnealed lo. The old man rose and i >ai(l : I ' Well, my frieiuls, you ask me what j I think lie the best way to deal with Satan. I'll tell 'ee. Now, if you take j an old pilgrim's advice, you'll never parley with 'em. lie ain't wise, for! it' he had a bjn, he'd a stopped in i heaven ; but he's very artful, and he's i had a pretty long spoil these 'ere six thousand years in studyiti' the weak points o' human mtui'. And so sure as you begin to parley with 'en he'll outwit you, and throw you. I'll tell 'ee what I ha' done with he these many years; I never speak to 'en at ail, but ju?t as soon as he conies to me I alius introduce him to his betters " Well done, old man ! Thou mightest have been taught of the archangel himself; for is it not written, '"Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not. bring against him a railing accusation, but said, 'The Lord rebuke the<>?' "?From W.J". Ofsman's .Monthly Notes. How Hk HliFOK.MKJ) THE ClIOlK.? Like other ministers, he had his choir i problem; but unlikesome ministers, he solved it. The choir giggieu ami mey whispered. Their eyes roamed about the room, and their minds went woolgatl e ing. They were tardy and "cut" services entirely when the fancy seized them. "This will never do," he said to himself. ?So he got a new choir leader in the lirst place. Then he button-hole: each member of it and spoke somewhat in this fashion: "We are going to have a change. After this it's going to Le an honor to sing in the choir, and no one is to be in it that doesn't come up to the standard. You are to be prompt and punctual, and reverent in your demeanor; and if you cannot behave like a Christian, you cannot belong to our choir?no, not even if yous'ing like Jennie Lind." It worked. He attends every rehearsal, and prefaces it with a short prayer. Now, that it means something to be in the choir, the young people are anxious to join it. All this occurred without bloodshed.?Conyrcgutionalist, It was Pr. Chalmers, we believe, who wrote at some length of the "ex* pulsive power of u new affection." His doctrine received a modern illustration in the streets of New York the other day, according to the Timat, though it was of a sort hardly dignified enough, perhaps, fur pulpit use. A big truck was loaded with empty and coverless packing-boxes, and "011beliind," out of the driver's sight, was a messenger boy. The fellow was not only enjoying a free ride, but was at the same time amusing himself by preventing another messenger, representing a rival company, from sharing the same privilege. The boy on foot was tormenting his more favored rival by various contemptuous rppiarks, and finally the latter grew so angry that lie jumped t<> the ground with some half-understood threat to "smash the other's eyes." Just then the truck ran against an obstruction, and ofi'tumblcd one of the ? ti r._ 1? .,,1 iu? casus, ii iuii suit; hum ii, <Mnt ! in jin instant both boys were lost to] sight, Tim driver heard a loud scream, and j turned so suddenly that he Itiinsislfi went backward into another of tliej eases. A policeman hastened to lib! rescue, and pulled him out. Then the two men turned their at-J (ention to the box on the ground, from beneath which all the time proceeded ! piercing cries. As rjuiekly as possible it was lifted, and behold, there were the two boys, i who, half a minute before, were hot for a light, now wjth their ai ms about each other's necks, looking like a pair of long-separated brothers. - ? Apologizing?a very desperate habit TT-one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out. Nine times out of ten, the first tiling a Mian's companion knows of his short coming is from his apology. , - % * All Ascension Lily. 1CV LICK C. IIA It I! v. ^ Through the winters cold it rested Jn its i>ed of soil, dark earth. Wiiiiiiiir patient for the sunshine , Which would call it into birth. Then, like love to life, the spring time Itroiiiilit jxlad messages of hiooin. And tin? flower sprang forth gladly From lis deep and silent toinh. (ircw in slender, graceful beauty, Stem of green and buds close sheathed; Wailing that mysterious summons Which on Easter morn is breathed: Christ has risenevery blossom Opens 10 Hie sun's embrace. Freighting all the air wilh perfume, Killing all the world with grace. For the tall As?enslon Lily From its chalices of snow, Whispers of the Resurrection And the season's ebb and How. So it is that round their altars Priests entwine itssacred llowers, And the little children love them, While the maidens in their bowers Sigh and murmur, softly smiling, Farewell winter's snow and rainSoon I lie. summer shall be with ns? Lo, the Lilies bloom again !" For the Faster joy-bells' clangor Wakes the Lilies into blootr ? Jlrimjlng with them sun and spring time, Itisen from the winter's tomb! Tho Twentieth Cent'iry WIIKX WILL IT IIKUIX ??A DIFFICULT QUKS'J'IOX TO DKCIDK. Will January 1, A. D. 1900, be 'thej beginning of the tweiitietn century, or will January 1, liKIl? This question has rcccnily been broached in Boston ; and the prospect is that the battle will rage until the. contestants desist through sheer weariness. Harvard is already divided into two parties, and is getting quite warm in the discussion. The students, have for a week or more, been arguing the pros and eons, with many appeals to weighty authorities and much clashing of theories. The question has now been formally submitted to one of the most learned historians in America : ''Will 1900 or liJOl, be the first year of the: twentieth century? His decision is still pending. Bets as to what I.is verdict will be are freely offered and ta-j ken. The same controversy accompanied the debut of the present century. It! was taken up in speeches, in newspaper article*, in pamphlets, and even iiij books. Hut no definite conclusion j was reached. Each side triumphantly clung to its own opinion and viewed the obstinacy of the other side with wondering scorn. A canny Scotchman, one Andrew Mack ay, published I in the year 1SUU a little book entitled "'PK" ...Km t ,,f |l,o i up. I III* V'Wjimii ii\/cniviib \/? ?nv ...v , tcenth Century Detenuinod Upon Unerring Principles" in which lie undertook lo settle Ihe whole question with ponderous conclusiveness. But he only succeeded in getting himself involved in n glorious muddle of astronomy, science, lo^ic, chronology and sarcasm. He asserts that the nineteenth century begins with the beginning of the year 1S0U ; and he will not admit that the other side has a leg to stand on. Astronomers, he tells us, reckon the year of Christ's birth as the year <); and it follows, as a matter of course, that the eighteenth century ended with the beginning of the year 18(H). Chronologers reckon the year of Christ's birth as included in the era B. C., which amounts to the same thing as zero, so far as the present era is concerned. There is a still further complication and confusion of ideas due to the fact that there is a difference of more than three years between the old and new chronology. Mr. Mackay argues warmly: "Those who maintain that the nineteenth century does not begin till January, 1801, con? ?...! 1 f f\ TtlPilll t.llfi wholfi 3IUUI IUC JUll A ?w V... of the first j*ear from 0 to 1. Those, o:j lho contrary, who consider it as commencing January 1, 1800, coucieve 1800 to mean not the 1800th year, but that atom of lime, if I may be allowed the expression, that marks the completing of the 1.SOOth year from Christ as 1 o'clock doe* the completion of the first hour. This may possibly be illustrated by an anecdote of an indictment set aside because it stilted that the crime whs eoinmited between the hours of 4 and 5, which was impossible. It'should have been between 4 andooclock. The hours on a clock, the milestones on the road, a carpenter's rule, the mauner of reckoning the degrees of latitude and longitude, all confirm this bypothes's, as marking not the whole space of their respective measures, but the end of them. When a man says he is 30 he does not mean t at he is in his 30th year, but that thirty years have elapsed since his birth. This is proved, also, from milestones. Would it not be ridiculous to say, when I arrive at the milestone marked KM) that I must proceed to another stone and walk 101 % ? r 1.-4^ i/m on allies ueiore i complete i\>?/ nuu-s ? *It would be impossible here to set forth the learned arguments that lmve been employed in support of the doctrine that the ceutury began with the first day of 1S00. Mr. Mackay states some of the more obvious ones* On the other .*idc, it is scornfully retorted that no sane man ever thought of himself as living in the year zero; that the first year of a child's life is his year 0110, and that if he lived long enough he would round out his first! century at the end of his 100th year, and start in on his second century with the beginning of his year lui. It is urged moreover, -that if the centuiy closes with the iJOtli year, each decade of the century must close with its ninth ypar:&o that each decade would begin with 0 and eud with 9, ti style of reckoning better suited to "Alippin flip Lonkine-Glass" than to the daily affairs of sensible people. The argument of Mr. Mackay as to the carpenter's rule and th<# milestones, to be of pny weight would have to show that it is customary for carpenters to call the first inch on a rule the zero inch, and for travelers to speak of the first mile of a journey as the zero mile. The question is to be recommened to those who like to enter upon a vexed controversy, with a chance on both sides for spicy rejoinders and a certain glow of personal earnestness. 'Jjoston Globe. The Snudaij-xchool calls attention to the fact that the unfairest way to condemn an individual, is to condemn him because he belongs toacla<s whose individuals are often blameworthy, but whose blameworthiness has no'essential connecti ?n with the triads idea. When a mother reprimands a child by aaving, f'Look at your handy! 1 always did hear that boys hands were iiovpp nlenn " or''Don't make such u racket, lloys never can do anything juietly." She simply blames him for what she <locl:tre3 to be an essential characteristic of his sex and age and so effectually denies to him the hope of his doing hctter. The child naturally reasons "I am a boy, and if boys are always so, I must be so too." And many a boy wh.? has been struggling and striving to do better, lias been discouraged and perm?:^ntly Injured by being condemned, not for wnat faults lie Ins, but for what faults boys have., Many a coffin is covered with roses by hands that never before gnvo its occupant anything but thorns. DaiBHiDaiHMB^MaMCBEiHacMaHCBaMiHDaaKB Practical Jotcs. A practical joke is a sort of trick played by one person upon another, in the hope of making him uncomfortable and ridiculous. To put one's friend in an ahsuled situation, to interfere with his rights, to do something which will hurt him in body or mind, not very deeply perhaps, yet really, is the object of the' practical j >ker. I have never in my life been able to see the least good, the least innocent fun, it) practical jokes, but I have seen a great deal of evil and mischief resulting from them. Some years ago, just at dusk a maid servant in a certain beautiful home took into her head that it would be rare fun to dress herself in a sheet and frighten another one of the servants. So she slipped into the grounds and hid herself behind a tree, and waited for her opportunity. Dancing merrily along and singing with a voice like a bird, came a sweet little daughter of the house, who had been sent on an errand to the lodge at the end of the green avenue. The merry child sensitive to her finger tips, caught a glimpse of the straight, stark figure skulking behind the oaks, was so frightened that a few months afterward she died?of nervous shock, the physicians said, which then began its fa al work. In our New England colleges a youth who had been studying hard that lie might enter the Kresliman Class wax startled from his sleep at midnight by a party of fellows in masks, who proceeded to make sport for themselves by that stupid process called "hazing" their companion. [They had their silly fun, but it is to he hoped that uoneof the number engaged in it can ever think of that night without a pang, for it made the youth insane.?Jfarper'x Young People. Gentlemen, Excuse Me. A public dinner had been given General Harrison on one occasion. At the j dose of the dinner one of the gentle1 men drank his health. The General j pledged his toast by drinking water. [Another gentleman offered a (oast, and said: "General, will you favor : me by drinking a glass of wine?" The ! General, in a very ungentlemanly way, j begged to ho excused. He was- again ! urged to join in a glass of wine. This I was too much. He rose from his seat, and said in the most dignified manI ner: ' (jleutleraon, I have twice refused to partake or' t!ie wine-cup. I hope that will be sufficient. Though you press the matter ever so much, not a drop shall pass my lips. I made a resolve I when I .started in life that T would avoid strong drink. That vow J haye I never broken. I am one of a class of ! seventeen young men graduated at colI lege together. The other sixteen members of my class now fill drunkards' graves, and all from the pernicious habit of wine-drinking. I owe all my health, happiness and prosperity to that resolution. Would you urge me to break it now?"? Youth's World. Washing Soda.?After all the powders are tried, genuine housekeepers are quite likely to go back to old fashioned washing soda for cleaning floors, sinks, trou ami otner menu woik. mere is nothing that removes impurities so rapidly as boiling hot soda and water, applied with a long-handled scrubbing brush, and rinseu off at once with clear water and dried with a clean cloth. A laryc lump of soda melted oyer the drain in the sink keeps the pipe dear from all grease. While soda is a scrubber'^ main dependence, it should never be dsed by the laundress, as it-seriously injures cloth. Dainty Bisciuts.?Beat very lightly one egg, pour it over a pint of flour, add a glass of milk and chop iu one tablespoonfuI of lard and butter mixed. Work thoroughly together, break up pieces the size of marbles which must be rolled as thin as your nail. Sprinkle with dry flour as you roll them out to make them crisp; stick with a fork and bake quickly. Seven Ways ok Giving.?1. The careless way: To give something to every cause that is presented, without inquiring into its merits. > 'plio iinnnlaivM WflA* ; To pive from impulse?us much and us often as love and pity and sensibility prompt. 3. The lazy way : To make a special offer to earu money for benevolent objects by fairs, festivals, etc. 4. The self-denying way: To save the cost of luxuries and apply them to purposes of religion and charity. This may lead to asceticism and selfcomplacence. 5. The systematic way: To lay aside as an ottering to God a definite portion of our gains?oue-tentb, onefifth, one-third or one-half. This is adapted to all, whether rich or poor; and gifts would be largely increased if it were generally practiced. (5. The equal way : To give to God and the needy just as much as we spend on ourselves, balancing our personal expenditures by our gifts. 7. The heroic way : To limit our own expenditures to a certain sum and give away the rest of our income. Tins was John Wesley's way. tj?, J2UIHVIVHU Too Late.?Yet what was the compliaut against the man with one talent ? Slotlifulness, Why were the foolish virgins shut out? For want of taking trouble. What was wrong with Dives? {Simply neglect of the beggar at his gate. What was the fault of those who were invited to the marriage supper? "They all with one accord begau to make excuses." What is one of the most glaring faults of a young man entering upon a career in the wcrld? iSh>thfulue*s, unwillingness to take trouble. A man with such a fault loses place after place. He docs not get on, and everybody ea.va it served him right. Truly "the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light." The moral is obvious. It is summed up in the inevitable, relentless "too lute."?CAurc/i 'liecord. "We ought not to fear to speak our love at home. We should get all the tenderness possible into the daily household life. We should make the J morning good byes, as we part at the breakfast table, kindly enough for final farewells. Many go out in the morning who never come home at iii i'h t: thro fore we should part, even for a few hours, wilh kindly word,) willi lingering pressure of (lie hand, | lest we'may never look again in each i other's eyes. Tenderness in the home' is not a childish weakness, is not a thing to he ashamed of ; it is one of. love's sacred duties. Affectionate ex-j pression is one of the secrets of a happy home-life. Rowland Hill says,"Lively, zealous,! wise, simple-hearted, liberal-minded, preachers are all we want. These can* not he manufactured l?y academies."| He warned young preachers not to travel about the country with a sack of dried tongues for sale. He that ceases to be useful to others, becomes a burden to himself. i Care of tlie Baby. .Never put it hard. Never loss or jump it about. Keep it from sucking iis thumbs. Never on any account tickle n child. * Never mak'.* startling noises by way of amusing it. I l)o not unnccprs-irily put your finger in its mouth. in triMieral, keep it us sweet, clean und placid u-j possible. Never trot it violently, bringing the heel down with force. Neverswingit quickly either in a cradle or a rocking chair. Never give it an empty feeding bottle to suck or a rag or any such thing. Do not in feeding try to make it eat by first putting the spoon in your own mouth. In bathing u child, never let the water run into its ears by puttingits head ton low in the tub. Do not blow the food to cool it; the breath is often impure, and will make the food injurious to the child. Never roll the towel up in bard knots or twist it round a pin to poke at the baby's ears or nostrils, with the idea of cleaning them. It is on crushed grain that man is fed ; it is by bruised plants that he is restored to health. It was by broken pitchers that Gideon triumphed ; on broken pieces ot the ship that Paul and his companions were saved. It was by the bruised bodies of the saints that the truth was made triumphant. When the true story of all things shall be known, then will it appear how precious in God's sight, how powerful in His hands, were many broken things?broken earthly hopes, broken bodily heal.lh, brokeu earthly fortunes ; above all and supremely, the broken body of His Son, and the broken bread of the sacrament which eommenorates it. Fbench "Glory."-I never felt more miserable, or more indignant, or more disgusted, in my life, than when I went to Versailles ibis year, to see the great palace of the kings of France, dedicated, as they said, "to the glories of France." I found that there were twenty miles of pictures. I did not walk all the twenty miles, but I walked a good many of them, and I was wading through blood all the time. Blood ! blood ! blood ! everywhere. I was horrified when I saw the youths and maidens of France walking through these crowded buildings, every picture suggesting to them the accursed idea that the true glory of France was to be found in killing peon altiiiclo nlrtlnra pit:., nut a i'jvmuv |K?ace did I see.?JI. 'Price Hughes. ? ... There may be times when prudence dedicates silence, and, again, circumstances where prudence of a high order may justify us in speaking to our own vindication. But the part of prudence is ever to be remembered that the Preacher says, "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin." True, h multitude of words is not necessarily, or of itself, a sin. Loquacity is more a matter of temperament and constitution than of morals or religion. Hut, then, mankind being what it fs, a talkative tougue becomes to many a temptation and a snare. A foolish person often speaks without reflecting ; a wise man more often reflecls without speaking.? The Quvier. An A no el of Mercy.?A little firl was graciously permitted, one right Sunday, to go with her mamma to hear her papa preach. It was a lime of great rejoiciug and responsibility, and the little face was all alight with happy anticipation. Now it chanced that on this-special occasion papa's sermon was ou the "warning" order, and his earnest voice rang out solemn'y in the Sunday quiet. After a moment of oreatniess surprise jinu horror, the little listener's soul was wrought upon with a great pity for the poor mortals upon whom so much wrath whs descending. She rose excitedly to her feet, and, her wide, reproachful eyes just peeping over the back of the seat, called out, in sweet chiding tones: "What for is you scolding all the people so, papa." Harper'8 Young People. "T am an agnostic." remarked a young man, iu a proud and dignified tone of voice. "And an agnostic is what?" inquired an elderly gentleman. "An agnostic," replied the smart youth, in a manner full of pity for the old man's icrnorance, "an agnosttc is a fellow, don't .vou know, who isn't sure of anything." "I see," was the reply; "but how does it happen that you are so sure you are an agnostic?" L's papa being a member of Congress the child naturally inhaled politics with the air she breathed, and grew firm iu the faith that nothing good could be found outside the lie-. C-.1.1 Mica niimlr n fripnd nf IJUUillUil IVIIU, M ler sinter, and a political lieretic in her eyes, was visiting in the family. Late one evening tlie child, searching for her sister, wandered into the guest's room where she found Miss Blank in the midst of her devotion*. L. stared at her in open-eyed astonishment, and as the young lady arose from her knees exclaimed: "Why, Miss Blank! do < .you say your prayers? I thought you were a Democrat I" JYiew 2 or A: Tribune. Take a quiet corner in the evening time, and carefully think of the day which has just passed away and whose history you have helped to make. Review the deeds and woids and thoughts which it has recorded against your name. Measure each of these hy the standard of opportunity. Contemplate the relation of days to eternity, and ponder upon the certainty with which present existence '?ere is advancing toward immortality in heaven. Do not forget to include a proper proportion of prayer. Try this as a recipe for a goud to-morrow. PUtHburyh Advocate. ? Imagine, if you can, a frozen fogj driven with the velocity of a hnrrUl cane. The air so full of minute frozen j naiiioles which strike your face like]' pin heads fired from a musket that >-?>n |' cannot see twenty feot ahead, and all | this in an atmosphere from 20 to 50 j! degs. below zero, and you can then j I form as clear an idea of a blizzard a*}! you'll over care to pet. It* blinding, I bewildering eflfect is llrst felt. The intense oold brings at first the pain of,i freezing, then numbness, then stupor,;] then a sense of blissful sleep and close upon its heels?death. I, An odd practice prevails in regard to;( mourning '.or deceased relatives in Co-j: rea. Any one who has suffered such aj] loss goes about for a year wearing a j1 kind of pointed basket on his head,!1 which completely hides his face, and . I 110 one is permitted to address or speak ji to him. It M-as by adopting the 1 mourner's bonnet as a disguise that;' the earl^' Jesuit missionaries succeeded I in entering the country and making!) their way about unquestioned by any-)1 body. 11 What Others Say. HI. Louu Christian Advocate. Cruelty to Animals.?NVe have Dfteu spoken of this subject, but more is needed. The men, women, boys or girls who are cruel to domestic animals would'be cruel to their fellows if they durst. They are of a coar-e nature?tyrants at heart, and in their present condition incapable of high refinement. They are rtihd by their own animality and not by their higher nature. An English paper lately contained the following, to which we heartily subscribe: A respected English nobleman said the other day, "Whenever T see the hordes suffering from too tight a check reign I know the owner is unobservant, cruel or ixjnorant. He is unobservant or he would kuow that his horses are suffering; he is ignorant or he would know tliat they lose much of their power in pulling aud cannot recover themselves if they stumble, and he is cruel, -if, observing and knowing, he does not remedy this. While standing, checked animals sutler with nervousness and restlessness, which finds vent in involuntary movements that call punishment from the driver. Many a tired horse, not thus fettered, droops his head while waiting, and so nhtnima rpst, lipfnrp hp <ip.iin starts on r toilsome journey." Rome is still Rome, us the following statement will show: An English young lady, under age, went to Italy under parental arrangemjnts to study Italian and music: she was drawn, by her relations to a nun, to enter a convent : not going back to England, as expected, an English solicitor went to Rome, and appealed to her by her mother's mental anguish to return home; his interview with her, througli a grated window, was matched by a concealed onlooker, using secret signs; the solicitor found that his footsteps through the city were being dogged ; standing in the Coliseum during tiie moonlight, and turning suddenly, he saw a man with hand up- . raised to strike him, and who, being discovered, retreated into the darkness. After fruitless negotiations the mother went to Rome; accompanied by nuns tiie daughter saw her; acting under advice, she still refused to leave the convent; for a time priests and monks baffled the English and Italian lawyers ; even an appeal to the Pope in person was in vain, and not until the case came before a proper tribunal was its illegality proclaimed, and the girl restored to her parents. It may be added, she is entitled to the uncoirolled use of ?30,000 on coming aire. This is the record of the nineteenth century. It is the story of Rome of to-day. Southern Churchman. A Remedy that does not Cure. ?ui laie years jonuumu nuts ueen exercised ill building school-houses and giving education to his children at other people's expense. Of all the blessings, savs Jonathan, nothing like free education. The statistic? of crime in New York City were made public the other day ; 85,049 arrests auring the past year, and only 4,337 set down as "without education." New York criminals are educated fellows. There is an education that may improve morals, and that is moral education ; but even this is not a certain cure. Nothing can improve morals but the gospel of Christ, and that not as law, but as grace, because it gives men pardou for the past and help to do belter in the future. he cultured ladies and gentlemen are those seeking divorces and getting mixed up in crim. con. suits. Jonathan needs the gospel as well as school-houses. The secular press lias but little room for real religious matter. The New York Advocate says : "Pne New York llerald}oi this city, which found room rt/\ln*vtn m. An tKo /I lUi O.W1UUIH uuu u Itai I VII iiiv \ivg show, and a column of special tele-' graphic intelligence on a "slugging mill" between two men in Baltimore, iu the same number allow one-sixth of a column for the Methodist mass meeting at the Metropolitan Opera House." But let a preacher become heterodox and go oir from the churches and be gets thoroughly advertised with his eccentric doctrines. SouthiveUern Methodist. The St. Louis Conference is taking higher ground as regards the qualifications required in the young men who enter the ministry. This is an important step. The demand is upon us for a better educated ministry. While consecration is of the first importance, still, as the Bishop forcibly remarked, there must be something to consecrate. Consecrated ignorance is not an offering acceptable to the Lord where the paths of knowledge are open on every side and the Church is calling for higher education in her ministers. Orangeburg Times. r\ m.r.i-. INfrr J,i_ \/II I'.CtV 1 Ilia ? J no ^iauu jury of Greenville say the country is flooded with cheap pistols, most of which are in the bands?or pockets rather?of boys or other irresponsible l>ersons. They recomend legislation to check tills evil, uiul suggest that a tax be imposed 041 each pistol sold. Why not prohibit the sale of pistols altogether ? They are only made to take human life, anil people die fast ^ enough without the aid of pistols. ^ The nearer the freezing point the cellar can be maintained without actually endangering the stored fruit, the better for apples. Heat and light <io more, damage than cold. Alternate freezing and thawing will soon destroy fruit or vegetables. Cjikkse Scallops.?Soak one cup of dry bread crumbs in fresh milk ; heat into it throe egg.?, and add one nf mid ft half. pound of grated cheese; strew upon the top sifted bread crumbs, and babe in the oven a delicate brown. 4 Heed not distressing thoughts when they me ever s?o strongly in thee; nay, ihough they have entered thee, fear them not, but be still awhile, not believing in the power which thou feelfst they have over thee, and it will fall on a sudden. iiv shaking (he magnetic needle, you may move It from its place ; but it returns t.i it the moment it is left to Itself. In like manner, believers may fall into sin ; but no sooner do they *>* tlinn fvarum f waive 11/ K-IIVUUUII, nmu I.IVJ ?nd endeavor to mend their ways, ami resume a life of godliness. Are our consciences against us? Let us fly from those tilings of which our consciences arc afraid to the mercy of Bod. Is the past against us? Let us Hy from it now to the yet iunoceut present which He still allows us; to the happy and holy future which He may yet enable us to attain ; to the glorious eternity whereof the golden rates are as yet unbarred, and are A Hung as widely open to the penitents - ^ ,\s to the saints. He: "They say it takes three generations to make a gentleman." She: "Indeed ! What a pleasant prospect for your grandson,"