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J mssssarnrnss *it&S&BS& "'Trrnhi mm ? ? W BY ITUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1890. VOLUME XXXIV. NoT48 fjM A Suiiir of t<10 Wind. i:v M.vi:V K. MASoN. ! rush. I cry, .\ii?l then I as!: a shelter Within some ?|tiiit vale; I hush, I sijjh. A ml then I iieller-skeltcr Drive all hcloiv my ualc. Ami fur Ami iiist A'-fiss tlie plains I travel I'nio the mountains high, That bar. Ami blast, k And nil my strcnsith unravel I'ntll I liiint. ami die. Then some Sjg Kiml will m 1 fjH o'er which I have no power. KB| ltids tii" rise uml u<>: gfiSa Ami dumb r And si Hi. a And sweci us any flower, W My gentle breezes How. r siny: For those Who are both sad ami merry, For 1 have many moods; 1 bring t:?. co.-e, I toss tho leaves unwary, 1 revel in the woods. A ml when You hear My voice so low entreating, 'Mm i .line Im.ir iiiirlif 11 ? ?">! 1 <r 1i Is luiir Tho happy Springtime greeting Thai 1 would brills to you. Lost Arts. ^ Wendell Phillips, in his lecture cm: I tlio "Jjost Arts," in speaking of ma!-' W leuble glass, tolls of a ltoman who, in ^ " the ago of Tiberius, liad U'en banish-! [ ed, and returned to Rome, bringing a' wonderful cup. This cup he dashed j upon the marble pavement, and it was! crushed but not broken by the fall. I Although somewhat dented, with aj hammer he easily bent it into shape?, again. It was brilliant, transparent, but not brittle. He further states that' the Romans obtained their chomistryj from the Arabians, and that they! brought it into Spain eight uentuiiis' ago. In the books of that age there is jl kind of irlass snokcli of that, if suj) ported by one end, by its own weight in a day's time would dwindle down to a fine line, so that it could be curv-; ed around one's wrist like a bracelet. The art of luminous (tainting was! [ knowfc to the Japanese liiue hundred! years ago, and an extract from one of:, their old writers has been translated as follows: 'OneSuNgoh, many years ago, had a picture of an ox. Every1 day the ox left the picture frame to graze and returned to sleep within it at night. This picture came into the | possession of the Kmpcror Tai Tsuug,', ; of tlie Sun dyna>ty (A. ]). 970-1)9$),; who showed it to" Ins courtiers, anil asked them for an explanation, which; none of them, however, could give. j At last a certain Buddhist priest said that the Japanese found some nacreous j substance within the flesh of a certain kind of oyster they picked up when the rocks were bared at low tide, audi that they ground this into color mate-i rial and then painted pictures with it., which were invisible by day and lumi-' nous by night." The secret simply!, r was that during the day the tigure of:] the ox was not visible, ami it was, .therefore said that it left the frame to j go grazing. Proclus, whose fame in mathematics j equalled that of Archimedes, is said to] have made burning glasses In tlie J: | rign of Auast&sius DicoriH, of such:, wonderful efficacy tls-i; at a .utv-. it dis-j! tauce he burnt and ?kw ro;?e<! i!;11 My- 1 ( siati and Thraeinn licet of siiij.s iliat . had blockaded j>y/.ar:tinni. 'I lie Damascus blades, as marvels of perfect j steel, have Ions heen famous, and even , those u?i*d in the crusades are as perfect to-day as ihey were eight centuries;, ago. One on exhibition in London; could he j>ul into a scabbard almost as( crooked as a corkscrew, and bent every 1 way without breaking. The point of', this sword could l?e made lo touch the' liilt. I The poets have celebrated the perfec-! lion of the Oriental steel, and many fa-!, mous writers have sung its praises [ Kcott, in his "Talisman," describes ajj meeting between Richard Occur do Li-j, 011 and Saladin. Saladin asks Richard I to show liia: the wonderful strength ; for which he is noted, and the >'or-!| man monarch responds bv severing a , bar of iron which lies on the floor of!] the tent. Saiadin sa.ys, "I cannot do that " tnit lii> Inknc 1111 eiditr Htwn nit-: low from a couch, and drawing his|] keen blade across it, it falls in two ' pieces. At this I eat Richard says:!, "This is tiie black art?it is magic; you J cannot tut that which lias no resis-, . tance." Salndin, to show him that'< smcIi is not the ease, takes his scarf j" from his shoulders, which is so light t that it almost lloats i:i the air, and, , tossing it uj>, severs i: I-eft; re it c.n de-;, scend. That Scott's story is not an ex-i; k aggeration is proved by a traveller who' C once saw a man i:i Calcutta throw a! handful of tloss silk 5i.t-? the air and a!( Hindoo sever it into pieces v>i-h his! ^ .sabre. ? I'ltUinfj ])i<pnt<-h. j, .Smoking JiAS.?Science gives thej JVllovrjng significant fact concerning i rt-rfjjlts of s nokiug by boys : "f? an experimental observation of! thirty-eight boys of all classes of society, and of average health, who had Ijeen using tobacco for a period tanging from two months to two years, twenty seven showed severe injury to : the constitution and insuilieieut growth; thirty-two showed the existence of irregularity of the heart's action, disordered stomachs, coughs and r .. oin.r <*..< >!/./.1...I I l.i L.,,1 i.,_ i il <w. ?,vw,,w. , lermittency of the pulse, and one had consumption. Alter they 11::<! aham! doned tlitr? use of (?within m.\ j months' time one-half were five from j all their lorn tor symptoms, ami the ?? -! maimier ha<l recovered hy the end ??f the year." The prevalent juvenile smoking i< one of the greate>t evils of our li ne. Jt is of such magnitude, and is so much on the increase, that it should awaken solicitude and vigilant opposition on the part of ail good men and women. * -Everybody is troubled with persons whom they do not and cannot like. What shali we do about them? A suggestive new book says: "It is a temptation strongest in the strongest -characters. In one sense all men are to he loved equally, hut there must he preferences?our Lord's love for .John, Martha. Mary ami Lazarus are in' stances of lhi.We are certain I v not : i ... I (I... r....r.? I. fJVIJlliJf'l l<> I1M1- im; I.IIIII3 '/| . ,11,,.-, but ait* t'ornidden to judj>v other, and *4o consider our own. 'W hen in com|?:iny with ;i jn'ivon you dislike, or when something brings Jiim Luck to your mind, make an effort weietly to >hink of the esteem wliirli (Jo?! lias for Jiim, and the account which he makes or bim.' " Miss Olof Krarer. The latest sensation in the lecture j Held is an address by Miss Olof Ivraivr of (Jreenland! Miss Krarer is an Ksquiuiax who 'fame to this country a few years ago by way of Iceland. Her native usnows"-!an?l she had never seen, bein^ one thousand miles farther notrh. Thejourney to Iceland was made by -di-dge on the frozen sea, in company with a number of her people, for the relief of a party of shipwrecked sailors. There is a legend among her people that they tame originally from Norway. She speaks with pride of 'pure descent." ami certainly she has in her appearance little in common with the Ksf|iiimax Indians of the west coast, with which we are more familiar. This diminutive lady is forty inches * ' - 4 ?" -1 1 ' {Anj o ml <i i"\. ill llciiz 111, ami iirr uw.i.-. pearance, dressed "en train," strongly remind one of the wife of the famous liille General. She has a fair skin, Mue gray eyes, and brown hair inclined to golden. Much has not heretofore been expected of Greenland in the way of contributions to the worid's stock of information, or its entertainment, but here is a minute madame from the north- ' ernest point of that unpreposessing country, who in a pleasing manner 1 and with much dignity, and 110 lack 1 of proper understanding of the propri- ' etie.v and possibilities of tbe platform, * lays before her audience of cultured Anglo-Saxon?, in a very simple way, it is true, luit with great vividness, the ' conditions of humau life in this her ' native country : my country as, naive- 1 ly and with true devotion, not love 1 lliow could it be?), she calls it. ' These conditions need no other elo- J (juence than the bare recital to break j the heart, and as one listens, the re- ( niemberanee, "All ye are bretheren," would give the soul a dreadful despair, 1 were it not fortius other remember- 1 aiiee, "This world is a redeemed ' world," and so some day, even Green- ' land must' blossom as ihe rose," and * "rejoice with joy and singing." Exis- ' tence in Greenland, Miss Krarer de- ' (. lares, is not life, or if it is, it is frozen ' life. The condition of human beings in ' that congealed continent is a perpetu- ! ally benumbed one, both of body and 1 mind. The ever present sensation is 1 ih;;! of extreme chill. I: so cold, she says, that even 1 'lisVt" is frozen. When asked if mot In rs love their babies, she replied, 1 "1 do not think they do?they are too 1 eold? they cannot care much for auy- 1 thing." Children do not play in ' Ureenland, and mirth or merry-mak- ' ing of any kind is never seen. Calling attention to her arms, which j are quite bowed, she said, this bent ' form is universal, and is owing to the 1 constant folding over the breast, 1 which mothers compel their children 1 to practice, in order that a little more ' heat may be retained. The temperature in the snow huts s in which they live is always freezing, sis one can easily see must be the case. J Otherwise, the skins placed on the J walls when wet, and frozen fast, would ' nillwiulnn [UIUCWIII HIV.. Green landers do not drink. There!! is nothing to drink. No food is cooked, not even for in- ' fants, who from the age of one month j :ire fed nbon "blubber." In a land ' where water is never fluid, and an occasional lire of whalebone and fat is til that the resources ot the country j provide, and the nature of their dwell- j ings permit, there is no natural food j supply for the infants, and even if this | were not theca.se, nothing short of a j diet of pure fat can generate sufficient j heat to maintain life. s Possibly others, like the writer, not i ignorant of the fact that the climate of ] Greenland is intensely cold, have sup- ( posed that somehow the natives had ] become accustomed to it, ami prouamy 1 rather enjoyed it. But no one can ev- ( pr !liink this again, who has seen the ] look and heard the tone with which j Ihis little creature hays, "Oh, it is cold, so cold, in my country. No one < is ever anything but cold there." I Iu a private conversation with this i most interesting fugitive from the land t :>f perpetual winter, she said with eyes l heavy with unshed tears, "Human be- t ings ought not to live where my poor people live. There no progress is possible to them. Since I have seen the world, I have thought ard thought so ' much about what can be done for j them. They do as well as they can, as ' Wflhis any one could do. Some day, some some day, Clod will help them." * Miss Krarcr, at the close of her lec- 1 ture proper, assumes her native "costume" as she calls it, of polar bear ikin?it is the dress she wore in her ) homeland invites questions, all of 'J which she answers most cleverly, of- ; ?i .?;n. i icu wiling, uiwu^a tiiut [juickness and intelligence. 1 One of these drew out the fact that she had never until she went to Ice- * land, washed her face or her hands, or J had a hath other than an < >i 1 "rub.".' if one reflects a moment. nothing else is practicable or possible. 1 The hair is never combed in (ireen- ] land. How run it be? there are no 1 combs. When asked if she was of the aver- 1 aire height, she replied, "Few women ' are taller. A man four inches higher would be a tall man." T<> the rather delicate inquiry, "Are you a fair si?ecinH'U of the intellectual i itbility of your race?" she quietly re- ' plied that >he did not think herself I superior to tnoM of her people. A eus- 1 torn in the training of children, bred 1 of the hard conditions which allow no < embellishments of existence, and least ' "'I nr.nr.. niiivnri' I iIm ml: wit? I *?l .III nil W?,w&v ? incuts, a custom which instantly com- ' mends itself to the intelligence, is this, < a crying babe in Greenland is never 1 noticed ! When the wail of the icy mite of humanity ceases, a charming 1 morsel of the Iovlitst blubber is pres- 1 enteil? a premium thus being offered, I contrary to what prevails in many nur- 1 series?to good, instead of ill, nuture. ' Very early basons in self-control are ' thus impressively taught, the habit of ' not fancying itself the centre of the < domestic, not to fay social, circle being lastingly acquired. A question which must arise in the mind of every thinking pcison who listens to this interesting waif, must be, what is the duty of Christendom to this people of unequalled privations? What can he done to furnish them a small part at least of the opportunities to "be"?of which no other race has so few? "This," says the little fugitive from a frozen shore, "is what I want so much to speak to Americans about, and for this I am trying, in the intervals of my engagements, to prepare a lecture. It is of no use to dump my people in masses in any plaee, and then leave them to take care of themselves. They do not know how to do this outside of Greenland, and they will die like sheep. Oh, I want so much to tell the people here in your land, how to heln my people, and per/taps somebody will fry." Pathetic words ! What has been said of this unique lecture and lecturer, we trust will whet the appetite to hear her tell with her own lips, the story of her escape from the living death in which her people are retained. To hear her, is to have the plummet dropped to the bottom of the lowest deep of human sympathy. PlIEBH. From the ?V. V. Evangelist. Faithfulness in Hiunhlc Places. That is a very tender story concerning faithfulness in humble places, which Jean Ingelow has related for us. It was in one of the Orkney Islands, far bevond the north of Scotland. On the coast of tills island there stood out a rock, called the Lonely Rock, very dangerous to navigators. One night, long ago, there sat in a fisherman's hut ashore a young girl, toiling at her spinning wheel, looking out upon the dark and driving slouds, and listening anxiously to the wind and sea. At last the morning came ; and one joat that should have been riding on Li e waves', was missing. It was her father's boat, and li&lf a mile from lie cottage her father's body was "ound, washed up upon the shore, tie had been wrecked against this Lonely Rock. That was more than fifty years ago. The girl watched her father's body, iccording to the custom of her people, ill it was laid in the grave ; then shej av down 011 her bed and slept. When j ;he night came she arose and set a jandle in her casement, as a beacon to \ .he fishermen, and a guide. All nightI long she sat by the candle, trimmed it: when it flickered down and spun. So many hanks of yarn as she lradj spun before for her daily bread she <pun still, and one hank over for her; 41.. /,on,Un Ami frnm thnt time! IJJgilllJ VC* I I VI IV*. ... to the time of the telling of this story for fifty years, through youth, maturity, into old age) she has turned night into day. And in the snow-stonys of ivinter, in the serene calms of summer, through driving mists, deceptive moonlight, and solemn darkness, that northern harbor has never once been ivithout the light of that small candle. However far the fisherman might be standing out to sea, he had only to < .>ear down straight for that lighted vindow, an 'I he was sure of safe enhance into the harbor. And so, tor ' ill these fifty years, that tiny light, j laming thus out of deflfcion and self- j sacrifice, has helped and cheered and saved. Surely, this was fiuding chance for service in an humble place; surely ! his was lowliness glorified by faithful- ; less ; surely the smile of the Lord Je- i sus must have followed along the i seams of that poor candle, glimmer- i ng from that humble window, as < ;liey went wandering iortu 10 uiess ind guide the fishermen tossing in ;heir little boats upon the sea. < Protect tjie Cuii^dken.?If I ! pierce the young leaf of the r-hoot of i plant with the finest ne'dle, the . irick forms a knot which grows with J he leaf becomes harder an J harder, ' ind pr vents it from obtaining its perfectly complete form. Something similar takes place after wounds which touch the tender germ of the tiuman soul and injure the heart-leaves >f its being. Therfore. you must keep lioly the being of the child ; protect it 'rom every rude impression, from ev- ; ?ry touch of the vulgar. A gesture, a , ook, a sound, is often sufficient to in- . lictsuch wounds. The child's soul is : nore tender ihan the finest or tender- ; ?st plant. It would have been far diferent with humanity, if every individual in it had been protected in ' hat tenderest age as benttea tne uimail soul which holds within itself j lie divine spark.?.71 Froebel. Convincing Logic.?"The wind : learly blew nie awav," said one lady I o another, upon whom she had come < ocall. Ij "Well, it couldn't see you, youji enow," was the reply, "the wind is ] )lind." i "Blind! How can you prove that?" i "Easily," said the other. "The vind is a breeze; a breeze is a zephyr; I :ephyr is a yarn ; a yarn is a talc; a i ail is an attachment; an attachment j s love, and love is blind ; therefore the < vind is blind!" "I shall never again doubt it," laughKl the visitor; "any more than I .vould doubt there is a mouse in my oaf of bread when I find it stale.1' "Can't you road Bunny'8 Birthday f isked auntie of the little nephew to : ,vhom she had presented an i uteres tng set of books. i "Not yet," was the reply. "You snow it is the squeal to Tip's Tea-par'y, and I haven't finished that." 4gt> - Hi'shanps First.?She was a young married woman who occupied a verv unique position, inasmuch as after five years ot married life her husband was more in love with her than he was when he fir.-t married her. She kept juiet during the long discussion as to marriage, hut at last, calmly stirring lier tea, she said in a low, sweet voice: 'I have never said much on that wonJerful question, Ms marriage a fail' * A 1 1 i lire." mil i inusi nave ihuc p?.>. In this country maniage will always be a failure until women are educated to be wives rather than mothers. Do not imagine for one instant that I undervalue a mother's love, but T do think that the first and strongest love >f a woman's heart should .go to her husband and Hint her children should come next.''?.It;/' l'oi'k Sun. An Exkkcisk in Pkonknc'iation. -Me who is anxious to tie his tongue in knots will do well to attempt the following exerei-e in pronunciation : A day or two ago, during a lull in business, two little bootblacks, one white ami Ihe other black, were standicg at the corner doing nothing, when the white booihlack agreed to black the black bootblack's boo Is. The black bootblack was, of course, willing to have his boots blacked by his fellowbootblack, and the bootblack who had agreed to black the black boot-black's boots went to work. Youth's Comjmnion. 1 THE RIGHT WAY, Or. the Gospel Applied to tl:e Inter courtto of IiKlividunlH ami o IIY KEV. JOSEl'II A. COM.IF.R. Duties Relating to Human Intercourse. {Continued.) i. i<ovk youk nkioiibok. The one great principle of the gos-! pel, and one which is aitheHamu time, \ "the fulfilling of the law," is love. I This duij is variously expressed in tbej teachings of Chr.st and his apostles. I Now it is called a love to our neighbor, : now a love to the brethren, and now all love to enemies, it is represented un-; der such names us "charity," "long-j suffering," "meekness," "patience,"; "forbearance," "forgiveness," audi "peace with all meu." These different terms go to prove its universal charac-: ter, and present some of its phases; which might otherwise be overlooked! by us. They each form a part of that! "royal law" which embraces every I; duty of man to man, " Thou shalt love I thy neighbor as thyself." Matt. 22 : 39. j The best commentary upon this pre-! cept, is that atlorded by its Author.! r - - ? LiC..\ /vf fl.A I , 1U IllS OeUUlllUl puiuuiu UI lug guuu I < Samaritan," our Lord for ever answers i the questiou, "Who is my neighbor?" j Luke 10:30-37. He that teaches us I that an alien, and even an enemy, is:' our neighbor; that such an one, in i distress, has a claim upon our compas- i sionate, self-denying love; in short, < that every human being, whoever and , whatever he may be, has an undoubted right to our all'ection and our sym-i( pathy. Li This demand may appear to some a!j severe one. What, it may be asked, I must our affections go out as well to;] the stranger as to the intimate companion ; to the inhabitant of distant ' clime as well as to the beloved ones ! about us? Some may be disposed to : scout such a requirement as absurd , and impracticable. Let us, however, look for a momeut at its justness. Whit is it, we ask, that renders any human being an object of regard? it is the supposed existence of amiable qualities in the object, or else (he fact ' that thei'e arc certain natural tics between u&. Look, for instance, at the family. All must admit that the relations subsisting between its members ; afford a reason for the exercise of mu- i tual all'ection between them. Applying this principle to mankind in gen- * eral, will it not equally hold good? What is our race but one vast race fam- I ily, descended from a common parent, ' occupying a common home similar in I general character, tastes, aud pursuits, ] Hun-iiHont nnnn nnp diiolli- ( ?UU UW|/vuv?vu? UWVM ... er for the most ordinary comforts of 1 life? "Have we not all one Father? hnthnotone God created us?" Mai. 1:10. It is both our fault and our \ misfortune that we have sadly lost , sight of this relationship, and too frequently look for son e conventional or J social bond to regulate the outgoings of kindly feeling. As if God had im- . planted within us these fine affections , for blessing only a select circle of chosen friends ; or as if our hearts were incapable of embracing any more than f a certain limited number of their fel- i low-hearts ! Many live and act as if i they had been gifted with but few and ( feeble affections, and were fearful of 1 extending them too widely, lest they t should all be lost. Yet so far from f this being the case, it will be found f true of our heart's wealth, as well as of ( :>ur gold and silver, that "there is that c jcattereth, and yet increaseth; and f there is that withholding more than is t meet, out it lenaem to poverty. Prov. 11 : 24. We know not our own hearts, nor the powers of expansion 1 with which God ba3 endowed them. 1 [f men would but cultivate them, as they do their minds aud bodies^ they * would prove capable of embracing in J their large charities and sympathies, t ill mankind. ? This required love is nowhere limit- j ?d as to its objects. The gospel makes | no distinctions, and not only does not!: include, but expressly includes the en- j ;my, the persecutor, and the vile. We 1 ire to love not merely the friend, the benefactor, or the amiable, but the fcl- > low-mortal, the member of the human \ family. And the reasons of this loveU ire to be found not merely in favors I j received, w qualities admired, but in j ^ the divinely ordained relations of man j to man, and in plain, simple duty, as!) prescribed in the gospel. To biin whoj t takes this high, scriptural view of hisj; UUiJgilMUUS, CVCIJ man id hi v?v .j gree an object of love. Upon seeing It one who wears the human form in 11 need of kindness, he unhesitatingly t bestows it, stopping not to ask his ( name, his country or his creed. He is j a man, and therefore a ncighaor, and | his warm heart needs know no more to impel him to do his utmost to relieve und cheer him. i This "royal law" stops not with pre- < scribing the objects of our love: it < clearly defines iis measure. It would { be interesting to learn the precise guide 1 which different minds would r.ssign to < regulate its strength. One would say, i we must be governed by our own in- i clinations; another, by the deserts of < the objects; another, by his necegsi- I ties. iNever, in all the highest coucep- I tions of human benevolence, would i any have attained to the precept af- I forded by our Lord, "Thou shalt love > thy neighbor as thy*c!f." Ho thus I makes our self-love to be our guide in m loving others. If ever at a Io*s to j i know how much of sympathy or re- < gard we ought to cherish towards a < fellow-man, our doubts may be remov- i ed by glancing within ourselves, and;! i Iia c* fnn rir i li nf thnf npSnpi- ! I csiiuuiiiiif; luu ou^u^vK \?? .. pie of self-love which we all to a great- j' er or less degree po.?-sers. There is no:' danger that, with this for our stand-,I ard, we shall exercise loo large a chari- f ty for oihers. It may, however, hej' urged that a strict obedience to thi?|i precept is extremely difficult, if not < impossible. This sail truth should on- i ly drive us to I-Iim who has for in "ful-j I lilli-d all righteousness." Yet the just-1 ness and obligation of a divine com-,, mand does not depend upon our power j literally to fulfill it. Are we absolved|. from the duty of loving CJoil because j] we cannot love him with "all" our I, "heart," and "soul," and "strength," * and "mind ?" A* Christ has shown the objects and the measure of ll|iy love, so Paul has deli lied its nature. The word "charity," in the following passage, is strictly synonymous with love. "Charity suft'ereth long, and is kind; charity enviethnot; charity vaunteth not itself, is not pulled up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, tliinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoicetli in the truth ; bearetb all things, believeth all things, liopeth all things, endureth all ihings." 1 Cor. 13 : 4-7. A raid the many reports of fires from different parts of our country, we have tht* news of 1,400 houses being destroyed by lire in Tokio, Japan! Murrell, the convicted murderer of Paul Yonce, who broke jail at Edgefield some weeks airo, has been captured, and is now in Richland jail. A sweeping reform in the management of State Fairs is needed. The Ohio State Fair has inagurated the movement by sweeping out all drink ing establishments and side shows. The whole lemperauce ticket at Atlanta, 111., was elected last month by small majorities, exceptone Alderman, which will close the saloons there. The temperance people are rejoicing over the result. Statistics have been published in confirmation of the growth of Jewish emigration from Russia. In 188G, 18,000 Russians landed in New York ; in 1887, more than 25,000; and in 18SS, about 3.3,000. Scarcely 10 per cent, of the latter are Christians, the bulk of the immigrants being Jews, chiefly trom roiaiKi ana ljiinuania. Tnere are 333 colleges under religious control in this country, with 38,355 students in the college department. The number of secular and State institutions is only 55, with 10,824 students. The Methodists lead in the number of colleges, G1; Baptists and Roman Uatholics, 47 each ; Presbyterian?, 40 ; Congregational ists, 26,?JJr. J. D. Jenkins. Whatever history may ultimately say about the Salvation Army it is nevertheless a highly significant fact that in the year 1890 2,000,000 people, mainly of Protestant antecedents, have found the established churches inadequate to satisfy their religious instincund have formed by far the most earnest, the most active and the most rapidly spreading religious movement which has characterized the nineteenth century. An English paper alleges that "On a recent trip to Europfc the chief justice Df the supreme court of Texas was introduced to an English member of parliament. The introduction was made, not by name, but by the judicill title of the American visitor. -'Oh, yes,' said the Englishman, 'I have lieard of you. Your name is Judge Lynch.' " The government of China has at last fWrliirl/lon tlio ftrnmninnr nf firirl lifthidti rhe penalty is to be sixty blows of the bamboo. This is a step in the right direction, but till parents there are Christianized, they will still make away tvith girl babies secretly. A Frenchman of Sante Fe, New Mexico, lias discovered or learned that volcanic sand, lime and water, with a fourth ingredient, which is kept se;ret, compose the most excellent and lurable building material. Experinents are being made and, if successful, it will be of great advantage to /hat country. The recent so-called Berlin Treaty is generally approved. One element of t is worthy of a special notice?that ivhich forbids the sale of alcoholic lijuors to the natives of the Samoan Isands. Great evils had resulted from he sale of liquor?, principally by English and German merchants, though l ??nnH manv American merchants o %J ? some under condemnation for introiucing liquor without regard to the effects upon the natives where they get m opportunity. Stanley says that during his recent \frican expedition he came across a iew and interesting race of blacks, the Vahoumas, ,who were absolutely Euopean in type, and very intelligent. Tliey appeared to be descendants of he ancient Ethiopians, who settled in loine way not known to him in Equaorial Africa. These people never incrmingled with the aboriginal races, >ut kept their blood intact, cousideing the ordinary negroes beneath ,hem. It is always best to avoid danger if possible, therefore there is one rule Ivhich ought to be taught in every ichool in the United States, and that s, never lilt a wire oft' the ground. \s long as it is on the ground it ia jarmles-s, no matter what pressure nay be 011 it. The moment it leaves lie ground it may be dangerous. If it s in the way of trafllc you can safely ->ull it across the street with your foot, lieu put your toot on it atiu 1101a ir on lie ground and it cannot hurt you, but 10 not lift it. Never touch a wire tied >n a pole. It may not be dangerous, nit it is like the unloaded guu, it may till you.?New York Tcler/ram. Names of individuals sometimes go nto history in a "way of which tbeir >wners little dreamed. They often besome curiously woven Into the language of the people, as in the case of :he famous "Boycott." In political jircles and newspapers the word "Gpr ymamjer" i?s of frequent occurrence, I ind it may be now found in our bestl Jictionaries. It is employed to express ! he idea of dividing a State iuto (lis-i ;ricts for Congressional representation 11 an unnatural and unfair way, so as :o give one political party an undue id vantage. This word owes its origin :o Klbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, kvho it is said contrived to have thatj State so divided as to give oue of the listricts the shape of a lizard. A map j )f the new district hung on tiie wan; in the ollice of an editor, when an artist entered whose eye at once detected the resemblance. "Why," said he, I 'this district looks like a salamander." i 'Say rather a Gerrymander," replied! he editor. Ever since, political; themes of this sort go by the name ofi gerrymandering." A district in Mis-1 ussippj, ortO milea lonM amt 10 wide, is! ailed the shoe-string district : one iuj Pennsylvania bears the name of dumb-! jell district. Xo Lovk Lost.?In ordinary talk me often hears the saying, "There's, no love lost between them," and to im-j ply a life of domestic bickering. The' connection we have found relieves it, uid makes of it a tender, touching tie. The days of the early Chijroh were the djU's <>f jts infancy, and was only thetrlaiof men's bodies; but this is the day of trial of men's souls. A sword is not to be dreaded so much as a subtle poison in the air, such as malaria or sewer-gas. The early Church had the sword, we have the sewer-gas. Dr. llenson. What itheis Say. Dr. Id. E. IIoss in Arkansas Methodist. Is it a Third Party??The Ten" nessce Conference has just closed. It met at Murfreesboro, thirty miles from Nashville. I should have been glad to have been there, but my duties would not let me go. Judging from all I can icad aud hear, the session was a notable one. The Nashville Advocate of this week gives a pretty full account of what was said and doiie. It does not, however, mention the fact that the report of the committee on temperance, which was adopted by a large majority, was the most radical one yet brought before an ecclesiastical body in our church. It calls for National Prohibition, and constructively endorses the third party movement. As it came 4 from the committee, it also included a recommendation to the pastors and ] stewards to use "unfermented wine." i After some debate, this feature ofthei* report was withdrawn. Whether it|j would have been defeated, if it had j < come to a vote, is uncertain. Of the j clerical delegates elected to the Gener- j al Conference, a very large majority, < including the chairman, Dr. D. C.H Kelley, are pronounced advocates of j the third party. ; Commenting on the above, the edi- ; tor ot tne Arkansas McthoaM says, < editorially : The letter from Rev. Dr. Hoss will be read with more than usual interest, and will beget desire to see the report on temperance adopted by the Tennessee Conference. As Dr. Hops had not read it himself and was not present at; the election of delegutes to the Geueral Conference, we want to entertain the! wish that the inference easily drawn! from his remarks is not wholly correct, j The ensuing General Conference willj not commit the M. E. Church, South, j to any policy or movement, even ot* a' politico-moral character, inconsistent!, with its paut unimpeachable attitude! towards questions of public concern] and political nature, which are to be I acted upou by the citizen in his rela- ( tion to the Stale rather than in his re-: Iation to the church. In other words, | our General Conference will not, by | resolution or otherwise, seek to enforce) or even designate the political party; relation to be assumed by any member! in respect for and obedience to the' great moral and religious principles it! may promulgate. Personal journalism subserves very I well the purposes of those editors who' are more ambitious to make fame for < themselves than anxious to give their readers the very best matter obtainable. An editor who runs his paper on (lie jjerauiiai ?ijic ittuiiut jmuiisu editorial the productions of another without becoming guilty of literary theft. With the impersonal stj'le the journal, and not the man or writer, gets the credit, and consequently the? editor is at liberty to give his readers the very best he can lay his hands on. Of course the man who is conceited t enough to think his own stuff the best will have no trouble on that line, as he knows his readers get the best and he deserves more praise than he gets. Jt J must be a little embarrassing, however, to tlie conscientious editor to know that in his effort to do the best for his j readers he gets credit for articles which ? he does not write.?Ex. Advocate of Peace. j We can hardly credit the newspaper report tnat z'aie college is to nave a 1 United States military instructor who ? is to teach "tactics" and drill the students as soldiers. < Still more incredible ^is the report J that the Yale Faculty are highly elated at this new departure. Prof. Sar- 8 gent has proved that for purposes of 8 health, the exercise of a gymnasium is ] far preferable to the set military drill. 1 As to evangelical piety united with t sound learning, for which we had supposed Yale stood, we cannot see how the new drill will help that. Give us instead instruction in Arbitration as a 1 part of international law. t Sunday School Times. A man of God is worth more than a : man of means, if the choice must be made between the two. A godly poor * man is ten times the treasure to a : church, as a means of support, that a a godless rich man would prove to be. s And the truth is just as true in the case of a womau as of a man. Yet 8 how much more is ordinarily thought of gaining or losing one rich person, >. than one poor one, in the average congregation. i 6 Methodist Rccoracr. Bishop Marvin said he could grade t llie preachers of a conference by looking over the mailing lists of the Con- t ference Organ. The congregations that have reading members will not v have any but successful preachers, and the successful preachers will not be satisfied with their congregations until i I hey have among them a good proportion of patrdiis for the church paper, r It is not a rule that will apply to every case without exceptions, but there is e enough in it to give it significance. ? Pucijlc Methodist. The man that is afraid to reprove ?. [ man or woman privately for known r sins is unfit to be a pastor; the man l who cannot receive in meekness such \ a reproof when it is given in the spirit s of Christ is not fit to be a member of the Church. e The mun who shuts himself up from the world, and Jives in solitude in communion with his thoughts, is very likely to grow gloomy and pessi- f, mistic. He is disposed to agree with y Schopenhauer in believing that every- 1 thing in this world is as bad as it can be, and that this is the worst possible a world. Most pessimists are recluses who have but little fellowship with n the world. They are, in the main, ^ students whose physical constitution A is wrecked by disease, who see only enough of men to make them believe c vvcry man a selfish egoist. Those who are abroad in the world, and who are ti In the thick of the battle of life, are almost invariably cheerful and conlident in the ultimate triumph of good over evil. s Cumberland ^Presbyterian. I' Ice two inches tJUck will support a man. Four inches thick, a man on c horseback. Five inches thick, an eighty-pounder cannon. Eight inches thick, a battery of artillery, with car- 1 riages and horses. Ten inches thick, an arm}'. 1 "I resolved in those times that 1 t newr in any conversation \yo.uld say any thing depressing, ami l>y the help of God 1 have kept the resolution." J .. ,v-. w r,. ; ? When we Will Have Hotter Times. Anderson Intclligcncer. Judge Wallace Is receiving the liearly amen * 's*8j X) his derision in the ca?e against Turner. jharged with murder in Spartanburg county, n refusing ball. He is one Judge who is not | ifrald to speak his con vlctlons and to enforce he law, even if it does keep a white man In ail. Now. since Judge Wallace has set such in example, we hope Turner will be given a ralr trial, and that by a jury composed of Just inch men as Judge Wallace, who will say jullty, If the evidence warrants It. The way to put down crime Is to enforce the lawagalnst &X :rlme. Let the man who Isu murderer pay Lhe penalty for murder by hanging. Let us have no more verdicts of not guilty through sympathy or chicken-heartcdness. People must be taught to respect the rights of their . vjffl fellowmen, and then we will hare better Limes. Let every violator of the law know he '?33 must suffer for it, and then we will have less violation. Oil .Hills In 8onth Carolina. South Atlantic. \bbevlllc, Abbeville Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company 20 \nderson, Anderson Oil and Fertilizer Co 20 Helton, Rice Bros. Mill 10 Ham welt, (Contemplate erection) 20 . Jolumbia, Columbia Oil and Fertilizer Co 10 'S^s Columbia. Olive Oil Company 100 Columbia, Southern Cotton Oil Company.. 100 Chester. Catawba Oil Mill 20 Dillons, Dillon Oil Mill 10 Darlington, Darlington Milling Company^ 10 'yfgij Florence. Florence Oil and Fertilizer Co.... 20 \jHjj Ureenville, Greenville Oil and Ice Co 60 lireenwood, Greenwood Oil and Fer. CO-... 20 j$H [.aureus, I.aurensOII and Fertilizer Co 20 Ninety Six, Nlneiy-Six Manufacturing Co 20 [took Iliil, Rock 11111 Oil Company 20 ? ?t9? Seneca, Farmers Alliance Oil Company-... 20 v^| Spaitanburg. (Contemplate erection) 20 Winnsboro, Winnsboro Oil and Fer. Co_... 20 ' ^3 The Clemson C'ollrrc. Boiled down from the Greenville J\Tews. The Trustees of the Clemson Agricultural ' r$6%i I'ollege met last Thursday at Pendleton. The 1 meeting Is said to have been an enthusiastic 'ffl joe. Plans for the new buildings were sah mitteri, hut definite action was postponed.' J'uty I'he Executive Committee was instructed to idvertiso for bids for making one million ''"-JS brick. In the meantime the committee will iscertaln nt what co-it they can have the brick made on the ground. The work on the experimental station will begin at the earliest prflp> ' ;jgj tlcabledate. The Stale will be called upon to rjMg lurnlsh any needed convicts. The board went -^8 In a body to Port Hill and personally inspect?d the site of the new Institution. The board ' ??? will meet again on the 20th of May. The l'oor Man's Friend. When a man gets on the house tops to pro- '! ?lalm his friendship and sympathy for the workinsrman It Is always necessary to make iome allowances for his sincerity. The beft 'jgk irlend of that large class of our people wbo ';SM make their living by honest labor Is not alwa}-s the man who says the most about H. , Ostentatious professions areof less value than 1 fwB }uiet practice. The friend/of the laboring . man is he who exerts himself to give employ- -JOS ment to Inborers and who thinks, studies and 'jfis plans to this end. He devotes his energies to living employment to laborers, and when tt -?;g ih done pays fair wages, and does not defraud ills employes by taking advantage of their ne- * v*ai jesslt les. A niau of this kind does more good for ihe laboring man of any community than v?3fl i hundred of others who do all of their work with their mouths. Collecting: Debts by n I'lstol Shot. Henry Bulow, a colored man, who hml been . iris under contract with Mr. R. F. Hutchi- ' ion at White Hall, bad a difficulty with one Df Mr. Hutchison's sons Monday night. The negro had broken the contract and proposed to cotlect a share of the wsges, when he wan told to comply with the contract and be would >e paid. His demand for money being refus;d he shot at Mr.- HutcUison's son, bitting ilm on the hand, cutting off some ot the fin- -Xr.il'iSI ;ers. A constable, armed wltb a warrant . ;*?? rom Trial Justice Blake, is now looking for -leftsi the offending negro. FIRST CLASS GOODS. % Few or the Special Bnrtrnlni Now Offered by White Brother*. A novelty In colored Br llllantlnes at 33>^ :entR per yard, really worth 50 cents. These ;oods are uncommonly beautiful, Justasband some as summer silks. Seventy rive pieces challies and muslins at i cts. per yard. Extra wide zepnyr gingnams at ihjs cenia per yard, worth 20 cents. Plaid white lawns at 10 and 12}? cents, worth ;5and 20 cents. White Annuals in all the latest styles, and it prices from 35 cents to 32.50 per yard. -.ja The best and biggest all linen damask tow;ls ever offered in this market at 25 cents. : Table napkins and dollies from 50 toS2.50per lozcn. Examine our 4-1 bleached homespun at 7, i and1) cents. The cheapest thing yet?our 25 ceuts silk carfs in nearly one nundred different styles. everybody says how can they be made at he price ? Examine them. Only flty cents br an uulaundrfed shirt. "Every shirt is " iranded, White Brothers half dollar shirt." For Congrem. We are authorized to announce W. P. CAL30UN. ESQ., as a candidate for Congress rom Third Congressional District, subject to he action of the Democratic party. -,v BIRTHS. At Abbeville, April 11,1890, to Mrs. Charles . -,S I. White, r. son. We would call I ho attention or the ladles to . splendid line flower pots, now is the ssa* : .% ou for reselling piams. amnu <x ouun, W. Joel Smith & Sons have the best razor teel ever ollered to the public, try one. The "Electric" razor will give you the easiest ortofashave. They can bo had only of tmlth & Sons. It Is generally conceded that It. M. Haddon I Co. carry the best assortment of millinery oods 111 upper Carolina. JSjSjfll Tho best Is tho cheapest. Large size plain lack "Puritan" silk parasols, gold and silver Ipped handles, at K. M. Iladdon <fc Go's. All tho boys aro Invited to look at our straw lats. P. Rosenberg it Co. A full line of flannel shirts for summer rear can be found at P. Rosenberg & Co's. For boys and men, a full line of hot wcatliir clothing. P. Rosenberg & Co. Great bargains in dress ginghams at W. E* Jell's. I have the largest stock of white goods ever hownIn Abbevillo. W.E.Bell. t White flouncing, black silk flouncing, white inibroidery at W. E. Bell's. W. E. Bell will sell you a cheap spring outIt. Give him a call. New spring hats at W. E. Bell's. Dr. Westmorelands Calisaya tonic Is a com ilnat ion of strong tonics and alterative* for < tie liver, anil bus no equal among the nurnous tonics in the market, especially for deicale females. Nursing mother, to keep up heir appetite, aid digestiou &c. Id it satisactlon is guaranteed For sale at Speed Drug (tore. Full line of white goods in all the late novIties. W. E. Bell. Now is die time to do your painting, a ;ood supply always 011 hands. Speed Drug store. If you want a good chew or a flue smoke go o Speed's Drug Store. Tan Sllnpers ami Low-quarter Nhoett ur ladies, Misses and children. We can glye on a nice slipper for a little money. K. M. . laddou & Co, " Blank books, writing pads, pens. Ink, and a eneral line of stationery alwuys to be found t Speed's Drug Storo, Gentlemeu should wear Emerson shoes and lO OlUev, 1 (icy uru inu must uumuio auu i?st flitting. For sale by P. Rosenberg Si Co You can buy a good coat for 60c. from us ill sizes. P. Rosenberg & Co. If you want a beautiful lap robe at small ost we can supply you. P. Rosenberg A Co. Don't fail to read P. Rosenberg A Co's adver* isement. It is oi iuterest to all. Goods are ordered every week or two, and , . ou can rest assured that you can alway# ind fresh, pure drugs at Speed's Drugstore. Ribbons. Over TOO pieces in all the new hades i\t \\. 1?. Hell's. 4 li&vo the largest stock ot summer goods I ave ever handled. \V. 10. Bell. Fans In all the new styles at \V. E. BeUX Win. E. Holl can sare you nionoy au miliary and dress goods. For fine millinery go to \Vm. E, Bell's. Try the Clement .v litII shoe. Sold by W. i. Hell. Tan slippers at \V. E. Dell's. Vine parasols at \V. E. Boll's. - 'ii For straw hats of all kluds call on P. Rosenierg & Co. An elegant line of hot weather clothing Just nrl veil, consisting of flannel, alpaca, drap deto and seersucker coals and vests, p. Ruteiilerg&Co, 'Sy*? ^ ^ *