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" BY IIUGII^VILSON ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY^ MA'Y 14, 1890. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 51. A Lessen I-,: (; ram mar. < 'r.i1 111', li' :i11 owl was ;?r.?\v!irisr ro itnl I mk: inr |t?r in w lion i>11 I i*r?'!iii<I !lc ?i?ii-.| :i ciil. :; 11 1 -t iii W;;V S i - \V I'lnw to it. ' i'u win!, lu v.hoo!" (inoth lie. "may I ne'er stir, II here. <iivss(<| jn j;ii of fur, I do lint sci? a lour-li-rsrcd owl, oil. wliiit a wry funny fowl! Ii makes nm laugh, so tlml)?Ha! ha ! JI a! ha!?it arc.?ha Iia! ha! ha! It are. II are. it really arc The drollest thing I've seen by far!" "Yon'r.* much mistaken, scornful sir," The eat saiil, as sho ceased to purr: "For though like one I often prowl About at night. I mil no owl. Ami it 1 were, why. still would you 111- <|iie*.'r? r creature of the two; For > on look, there's no doubt of that, Kxtremely like a two lesiged cat. As lor your grammar, 'jmn my word (Kxcuso this giaglri. he he he-lie, II lie. i! be, i I really be 'i'hc very worst I ever heard." St. Xwhohts. A Lesson for Louie. I'ncle .Jack came in one cold morning looking for all the world like a bear, Louie thought, iti his Wig,shaggy overcoat, lie ?*aught Louie up ami gave her a real Lear hug, too. "Hello, Mojisey ! where's 1'opsey?" he asked. ' Popsey whs Louie's baby-sister, two; years old, ami her name wasn't Popsey any mora than Louie's was Mopsev. Jiut I'neleJack was all the time calling folks funny names, Louie thought. "Her's gone to sleep," she said. Then I'ncle Jack put his hand in his pocket and made a great rustling with paper for a minute, before he pulled L out two sticks of red-ami-white candy and gave them to Louie. f "Too had Popsey'? asleep," said lie. Hut I'm afraid Louie was rather glad of it. She took her little rocking-chair and sat down l?y the window to eat her candy. "Aren't you going to save one stick for Grade?" asked mamma. Popsey's real name was (Jracie. "I guess L won't," Louie said, speaking low. "I don't b'lie ve candy's good for little mites o' bits o' girls. 'Sides I want it myself." in<t <i? ?ilw> swallowed the la>t bit there was a little call from the bedroom : ''Alumina !" ']kilo," said Uncle Jack, "Popscy's awake!" And in a minnle out she came in mamma's arms, rosy and smiling and dimpled. Then tlieie was another great rustling in Uncle Jack's poeket, and pretty soon ? "Here's for Popsey!" said lTnele| Jack. She took the two sticks of candy in her dimpled hands and looked at them! a second?dear little P??p-;ey ! and then > she held out the one that was a little longer than the other to Louie. "l)is for 'on," she cooed; "and dis for me." Poor Louie! The tears rushed into her eyes. She hung her head and Hushed. Somehow she didn't want to look at Uncle Jack or mamma. Can you guess why ? ' l)is for 'on," repeated Popsey, cheerfully, pushing the cai.dy into her! liaiM. ' Takeit, Louie," said mamma. And Louie look it. Utit a little while afterward mamma overheard her * telling Popsey: "1 won't he never such a pig any more, Popsey J hiker. And I'm always going to'vide with you, all the time, after this, long's 1 live." And mamma said "Amen.'' r'fi'.-; < illOU. { Crossing the I'muii clidi*. If T v.'ere a li"V ami knew! what f kiiow u..w, 1 would not bej quite so positive in my ?>] !as li n-ed to be. J'.oys ^eneraily think that; they are very eeriain aliout many things. A 11:>y of fifteen is a great deal more >iue of what he thinks lie' knows than is a man of llfty. Vou ask the hoy a question ami lie will answer you ri^ht ?n; ti|? ami down. A>k a man of experienee and r i j ?e wisdom! the question, and he v.iil say, "Well,! there i< mceil t<> ho said about it. I nin iudiucU, en UK* wnoie, to iiuiik so mill so, hut other intelligent men i think otherwise." When J was < i ?ht years ul<l [ travel-' ed from Central Massachusetts to Western New Yoik, eroding the rive" at J Ail-any, ami hy canal from j Schenectady to Syracuse. On the ea-j nal hoat a kindly gcntleinar. was talk-i injj to me one day, and I mentioned; fhe fact that I had crossed the ('i/nnrcfA Icul IMverat Albany. How i gi>t it in my head that it was the Connecticut! Jiivcr i do not know, tor 1 knew my! tocography very well then : hut in some I tinaccouutahlc way I had it lixed in my mind that the iiv?rat Albany was the Connecticut, and I called it so. "Why," said the gentleman, "that is the 11iid~ou iiiver." "0 no, sir !" I said, politely, hut lirmly, "y<-u are mistaken. '1 hat is tw the Conuiciieut itiver." The gentleman ssoii <1 ??;? ! >:?i i no more. I was not much in tii.* i--i!, I think, <?!' eontradic;ing my ( ! ..'* r*; i-;;* in (ids mailer I was perfectly miiv Il::t 1 was right, and so I thought :t myi duty fo collect the gentleman's geography. J felt rather sorry for him that he should he ><? ignorant. One day, after I ruM'hn! home, I was looking tvcr my mile on tin* map, ami 1<?! there was A litany slamling on the Jlud-oii JJivi r, :t hundred miles from 1 In* (iciit. Then I did not feel ii:t 11* s<> sorry f?.r the gentleman's igno raneeas I did lor my own. I never told any body thai story until I wrote it down (he oilier day ; litit I have thought of it a tln-ij-ami times, and always wilh a nhisli lor my boldness. Nor was ii theonly time 1 was p rfeclJy sure oi' things that really were not so. it is hard for a Itoy to learn that lie may lie mistaken ; hut unle-s he i> a fool, he learns it after a while. The ntoner he limls it out, the better for him. W'ttsliimjiiiit (Jlnthb ii} in 11 St. Aic/ioIt (?." How Lono to iSl.hki'.?Up to the fifteenth ytar most young people rc(jiiiie ten hours, and till the twentieth year nine hours. After that aye every one Hudson! how much he or she re<Iiiiics, though, as a genera! rule, six or fight hours are meessary. Kight hours' shep will prevent more nervous <lcran<f'meiiis in women than any medicine can cure. I luring growth there in it -t he ample sleep, ii' the hrain is to develop to its fullot extent, and the more nervous, excitable or precocious a ehii<l is, t he longer sleep should it get, if it^ intellectual progress is not ^ to e uno to a premature standstill, or j its life cut .-hort at an early age. ' ? '&* A New York paper says that the .j-iriee of a canary tird varies acfordinii (' to circiimsiaucis. He is worth $4 if you want to huy him, and (! *> cents if \on want to sell him. j f A Cannibal's Calculation. The following amusing sketch lias been translated by a lVnrith gentleman from tlie "Almanach de la Paix, 1S!?0" : Perhaps you do not know that King Rarahotutu came to visit the Fxhibi-1 tion at Paris, i saw him the other day as lie was going through the exhibit of the Minister of War. To do him honor, the Government had given him a Colonel of Engineers as a guide. Moth were very well dressed; King Rarahotutu perhaps a little familiar, and the Colonel a little sti/1* in his "role" of elephant driver. I chanced to hear a bit of conversation between ihem which is worth reproducing.? Rarahotutu (examining the new nickel cartridges): What charming cartridges ! They would make a splendid necklace! What do they cost?? The Colonel (dryly) : We do not sell them.? R. : I know; but I mean how much do they cost to make??(J.: Ah I understand. I am sure I do not quite know ; 12s. to los. per hundred, I imagine.?R. : And how many does it require for each man ?--C. (vexed) : With only one you would have more than enough.?R. : I believe it; but how many cartridges have to be fired in a battle for each man killed ?? C. : Well, they usually reckon that to kill a man it is necessary to fire a quanity of bullets equal to his weight, say about 150 lbs. Now, these bullets weighing about an ounce each, you can reckon for yourself (Aside) 1 am forgetting that this idiot will not know how to do a division sum. (Politely) I will tell you in a moment. (Takes out his memorandum book and pencil.) Jt will takn 2,800.?R.: Then that represents ?22.?C.: (astonished ? . 11..1,1 l.Atlf in UIKl Z HUiU, nc: xvuv/ vt b ii*/?t i\/ niultiyly.?R.: And they would require to fire about as many in time of peace for practice, I should think. That makes more than ?40 for cartridges for each man killed. ? C. : It is quite possible, ?II. : And to fire tlie cartridges rifles are necessary. (Noticing the Lebel rifles.) What rifles ! Ileal gems! How much do they cost??C. (aside): This negro with his finance is tiring. (Aloud; 1 believe 40s. to 4">s. apiece.?R. : And how many rifles are necessary to kill one man ?? C. (aside) : He is fearfully particular. (Aloud) : It is reckoned in the Inst campaigns each soldier fired on ihe average fifty shots. Conse <jin-iitiy, since we Have recKonea ?,?uu riile >lio:s fur every mau killed, you can estimate that' it is necessary to take into consideration 50 or GO rifles. ? K.: Then you must estimate ?100 to CI JO for provijing rifles.?C. (aside): This savage calculates like Archimedes.? J{.: And these soldier must be clothed and their officers also. That, too, must cost a great deal (feeling the cloth of the officer's tunic), for you are very handsome ; 3*011 are very much finer than we are. (The Colonel is visibly flattered.) And how much may it cost t j clothe a soldier ??C. (in a had hn'tior): Don't know.?It. : It can't cost less than ?4 per man, all included. That makes ?200 or ?240 for kiMiny ,-ach man.?C. (impatiently) : If you like we will go to something else.?It. (following ohedieutly): I forget that you must feed your men, and that not only in times of war but in times of peace for 15 or 20 years; for yo j will he about so long without killing one another. At ?20 per man per annum that would make something lil-.. i-*> 000 <ip .lOil fur dvurv niiin vnn lirwv , - - j j kill! What a fortune! fcfay, then, don't you think it would cost infinitely less to maintain u man than to kill him ??C. : Stay, let mo .-ee this cannon ; it is a lianuc cannon. It will carry 11 miles.?It. : Oh ! oh ! that h line! And what a s!ie!l ! One could live in it! (With emotion) It resembles the houses with pointed root's in my country. Aud what a great deal it would cost every time this cannon was lired ! That would make C. (severely) : .Sir, we have had enough of this subject ! In war each of us sells his lire as dearly as possible, but he scarcely troubles himself to know at what price he will be killed?K. : No doubt! no doubt! We also, when we make war, do our best to kill, but we make use of this (flourishing an enormous club, which served him for a cane). With a well applied .-tn.ke this has exactly the fame etfect, and is not so dear. Don't you think you might do better to make use of it? And then, when we have killed our man, we eat him afterward*. In this way it is all profit. Couldn't you do bitter alsoV?''I he clock struck the hour for closing, and with a deep bow King Karahoiutu hastened to reach the gate, while the Colonel clutched bis sabre convulsively, and I was heartbroken to miss the end of the dialogue. Now, do you not find that litis \vn? a good little King, although somewhat of a cannibal? Faith, I should like to live under his government. C/i. Ci'idfi, Prof. Political Jfcouomy at Jlontji'licr. KiiW'.s for health, Kat plain food. Be regular in your habits. iW-gin \our morning meal with fruit. li is safer to filler ami boil drinking water. lii.-e in the morning soon after you are awake. Don't go to work immediately after eating. lie moderate in the use of liquors at all seasons. Keep the feet comfortable and well protected. If possible go to bed at the same hour every night. Kxerei.se in the open air whenever the weather permits. Brush your teeth at least twice a day, night and morning. in malarious districts do your walk 111li ill uir iimuuii: wi turuu^. Don't worry, it interferes with the healthful action of the stomach. A sponge hath of cold or tepid water should be followed by friction with towt! or hand. Wear woolen clothes the year round. See that your sleeping rooms and living rooms* are well ventilated, and that sewer gas does not enter them. Von must have interesting occupation in vigorous old age. Continue to keep the brain active. Kest means vu+t.?J/cralrt of JJcall/i. hi Cieothe's drama, Iphiuenia defends her chastity, ascribing her firmness to the gods. >'o god hath sai>l this; thine own heart hath spoken, answt red Thosts, the king. They only speak to us through our heart, she replies. Have I no' the rieht to hear them too? he rejoins. Thy storm of p.NKsion drowns the gentle whisper, adds the maiden, and closes all debate. & * " r-">> - . sri . . . ' , _ India and its People. India is in the south of Asia, and the people are under the control of the Jiritish Government. There are iu India about two hundred and sixty millions of people. The people of India have dark skins, but European features. The women and young girls wear over the hgad and shoulders a snowwhite covering. The men and boys wear white robes and caps, or turbans. The people of India are fond of music, and all sing. Most of the people of India are idolators and worship many idols. The Hindus are early risers, and the first thing they do is to repeat the name of Kama several times. The religious teacher of Hindus is called a guru, and they are very careful not to offend him. The children of India are generally! respectful to their elders, obedient to their parents, and well behaved in' public. The Hindu cats with his fingers. The right hand is used for this purpose, the left being stretched out as far sis it will go, being unclean. Snmptimps wealtiiv Hindus, in order to lay up for themselves a large store j of merit, plant grove, or build a rest-j bouse for travelers, or dig a well on a. public road. A. traveler in India usually carries; with him a small brass vessel and a, long strong cord with whicV he can! draw from a public well to quench his! thirst. The monkey is regarded by the Hindus assacred, yet it is esteemed a mis-1 fortune to hear the name of this ani-; mal mentioned in the morning, as that portends hunger. If a man of inferior cast were to touch the Hindu while eating he would immediately rise and not take j another mouthful, even throwing out vhat he might have in his mouth. | The first missionary of (he Metho-j dist pjpiscopal Church to India was, Rev. William Butler, who went to In- j dia in 185G and commenced the mis-; sion at Bareilly. Joel T. Janvier was the first native preacher connected with the Mission. Since that time the work] has greatly enlarged, so that now in, India there are three Methodist Epis-j copal Conferences under the supcrvis-j ion of Bishop Thoburn? the North In-; dian, South India, and Bengal Conferences?reporting 71 miHsionaries, 58j wives of missionaries, 42 missionaries oi lue woman's roreign iyj issiuuury j Society, nssistetl by 277 native preachers and over 800 oilier native helpers, | 0,417 members, 5,700 probationers, 42,342 Sunday-school scholars. Little Missionary. There is no more fruitful source of error, and yet nothing is more common, than the making of broad and generalizations from very limited observations or knowledge of facts. Many a medicine gets the credit of effecting a cure with which, iu fact, it had little or nothing to do. A mother concludes that because her daughter talked at an earlier age than her son, therefore all girls talk earlier than boys ; or, that because her son has less Jove of order than her daughter has, therefore unsystematic heedlessness is specifically a trait of males. Such a parent's conception of the human race is, so far, drawn from but two individuals. And so it is with most of our conclusions and generalizations. "We attempt to make the pyramid stand upon its apex instead of ils base. We know too little to warrant lis in declaring so much. In tlie same way, the moral failures of an individual Christian are often taken as a failure inherent in Christianity. What is seen in one Christian is broadly geuer* alized of all Christians. As it is true that every child bears in him the distinctive features of childhood, so it is true that every genuine Christian bears in him the distinctive features of Chris* tianity, But as most Christians would justly recoil from being charged with the weakness of some particular Christian, so ought a parent to refrain from unjust generalizations upon children from observations upon a child. And so ought every one, in passing judgments, conscientiously to discriminate those truths which ure general from those which are particular, Parasites of Speech. The duty each of us owes to his mother-tongue should constrain him to seek diligently after the host ways of clothing ideas. Jf there is a better fashion of speech than our own, we should not be content until it is ours. Sloven language is more disgraceful tliail sioveimess 01 uppurei. i ue great and grievous error in home and school education is that children are allowed to speak as they like. The housemother who wages continual war with Hies, barricades her winuows against mosquitoes, and would go into hysterics nt the suggestion of the red Bedouin of the sleeping-room, allows her children to double negatives, contract provincialisms, and enwrap their daily ta}k in slang as with a garment. Hlie was a wise woman who insisted that her children should give neat and dettitite expression to what they had in their minds to say. If they began a sentence it must he finished. "What you think, you can say," was her rule. "'The sooner you leai n to do it well, the better." It goes without saying that as men and women they were admirable talkers, never taking refuge in "What-youniay-call-'ents" and "I-don't-knowwliats," in "It-secnis-to-mes" and "You knows." The pains given to the cultivation of the parasictal gibberish we call ' slang," if rightly bestowed, would make charming talkers of our boys and girls. '1 here is as little wit as euphony in willful mispronunciation of words, nor does the substitution of cabalistic phrases for intelligible Knglisli add piuiiancy to sentence or para graph. if "the truth were known, few slang venders are on sufficiently intiuiate terms with their mother-tongue to take liberties with her. JIomc-Mukcr. There ought to be a limit to the continuous use of even the most choice illustrations in public speech. Our stock of them is not so large that we ran aUbnl to wear them out completely. This generation has had its full share of what is valuable in a dozen such stories as Sir Walter Scott's calling for "The Book" on his death bed, and Daniel Webster thought of his personal responsibility to (!od. Laid aside for awhile, our children may use them with freshness and force. Public. speakers and writers owe something to i)oslevily.?Congregutionatist. ' - ' v' - -V THE RIGHT WAY, Or the Gospel Applied to Intercourse Between Individuals and Naions. IJY KKV. JOSKI'H A. COLMKI!. (Continued.) IV. FORBEARANCE. Christ, in denouncing the old maxim, "An eye for an eye, ami a tooth for a tooth," exhorts, ''liesixl not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him theother also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." Matt. 5:39-41. This duty is also urged in several other passages. "Love as brethren, be. pitiful, be courteous : not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing." I Peter 3 : 8, !). ' See that none render evil for evil unto any man ; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to ail men." 1 Thess. 5 : lo. "Recompense to no man evil for evil." "He not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Horn. 12: 17, 21. "Say not thou, I will recompense evil ; but wait on the Lord, and lie shall save thee." Prov. 20 : 22. "Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love." Eph. 4:1,2. The ordinary usage of society opposes but a slight barrier to the exercise of revenge. Although the rule, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," may not literally be practiced in civilized communities, it is in spirit, if not in letter, a fair expression of the public sentiment. Against this wrong principle Jesus opposes the precept, "Resist not evil.11 Where love to an enemy exists in the heart, obedience to this requirement will follow as its fruit. The forgiveness of an offender implies a meek endurance of the offence. As God, when forgiving, stays his avengiug arm, and withholds that punishment with which he might justly crush us, so those who would imitate him must endure injuries with forbearance and long-sufit-ring. Those resentful thoughts and deeds which are generally regarded as the natural right of all. are not to be viewed with any favor by those who obey the gospel. The very word revenge should be blotted from their vocabulary, as, when the gospel triumphs, the thing itself shall be blotted from the world. He, then, who would practice the right way, will prove his love and forgiveness by resisting not injury. As it is the part of love to sutler, rather than cause pain to its object, he will patiently endure . long at the hands of another, and even rejoice in his enemy's exemption from it. Upon those occasions when some degree of resistance is necessary, he will offer it with reluctance, and instead of rejoicing at the opportunity for so doing, will deeply regret its necessity. As a general thing, lie will meekly yield to the hand that smites and the tongue that reviles him, and will respond to the insult, or disprove the slander, more by his life than his words. Not only will he avoid the retaliatory blow, but even the witty sarcasm or inconsiderable jest, which would provoke a Jaugh at the expense of his adversary. The only resistance he will ofler, will be to the evils of his own heart; and he will unite against them all those ener gies with which others are accustomed to resist an outward foe. Desirous of following "the things that make for peace," he will ohey that voice of God, "Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, "Vengeance iB mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." Rom. 12: Iff. ".Hlessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of Uod." Matthew 0:0. fl. A Parable. At our young people's meeting, several weeks ago, one of our friends spoke of the temptations and discouragements to which busy men are specially .subject. It seemed almost imposjsible to keep pure in the whirl of business. "It brings to my mind," said he, "an incident which a friend told me a short time ago. While traveling among the coal-mines of Pennsylvania, he noticed how very dingy the towns appeared. The coal-dust seemed lo blacken buildings, trees, shrubs? every thing. Hut us he ami a foreman were walking near the mines, he noticed a beautiful white llower. Its petals were as pure as if it were blooming in a daisy Held. " 'What caie the owner of this plant must take of it,' said Mr. A., 'to keep it so free from dust and dirt.' " 'See here,' said the foreman, and, takinir up a handful of coal-dust, threw it over the flower. It immediately ran off, ami left the flower as stainless as before. ' 'It has an enamel,' the foreman explained, 'which prevents any dust from clinging to it. I think it must have been created for just such a place.' "I have often thought of this white flower," continued our friend. "If we are covered by the enamel which Jesus will give to all who ask him, even his own blood, we need not fear that the press of business or cuitact with a sinful world will stain our hearts or lives." 4 CL> * The Sumiay-School Times calls attention to the fact that the unfairest way to condemn an individual, is to condemn him because lie belongs to a class whose individuals are often blameworthy, but whoso blameworthiness has no essential connection with the class idea. When a mother reprimands a child by saying, "Look at your hands! I always did hear that boy's hands were never clean or "Don't make such a racket. Jioys never can do anything quietly." She simply blames him tor what she declares to be an e.-sential characteristic of his sex and aj:e, and so eficetually denies to him tin* Iu?pe of bis doing better. The chil<| naturally reasons "1 am a boy, iind if boys arc always so, 1 tnu-1 be so t?u>." And many a boy who has been struggling and striving to do better, has been discouraged and permanently injured by bring condemned, not for what faults be has, but for what faults boys have. ? -2? ? lie not slow in common and usual . acts of devotion and quick at singular. iiies; but, having first done what, thou art bound to do, proceed to the extruordinmies of religion us you see cause. Lend a Hand. There is a sublime order in human life as well as in the universe which surrounds and sustains it; an order which comprehends all needs, co-ordinates all action, and provides for all growth. The chemical relation of matter are but imperfect types of the delicacy, the multiplicity, and the inclusiyeness of moral relations. All things which men touch through any sense, by any thought, in any act, distill some moral quality, and re-act either lor good or ill. YVe are played upon by influences too many for cur comprehension, too delicate for our observation, too far-reaching for our foresight. When we seem to be sacrificing things most precims to us we are often receiving them back in some finer and imperishable form ; when we ^eem to be working solely for others we are often serving ourselves in the highest and noblest way. Doing for others, bearing the burdens of others, identifying ourselves with the struggles and labors of others, help mightily in the working out of our own lives. It is wise to drop aii i' rl i HI r>i > I f izic \t*o ?i ! *-? trying to answer ; it re-iuvigorates the soul and gives the mind a new grip on the perplexing problems. Mathematicians carrying on extended calculations sometimes finds themselves forced to clear their minds of figures and betake themselves to some other occupation or amusement; when the mind has recovered iis tone the tangles of the problem are swiftly straightened out. Every life needs a large and noble diversion from its perplexities and cares ; needs a catholic sympathy with others to preserve it from selfishness; a steady and hearty co-operation with others to give its own work breadth and solidity. No sane man lives for himself; sooner or later a life wholly self-centered loses its soundness and becomes distorted and diseased. The two elements of self-development and care for the interests of others must be kept in equipose if harmony, symmetry, and largeness of character are to be secured and maintained. The true remedy for morbid self-consciousness, the real refuge from personal grief and lo?s, are to be found, Dot ' <*.1... ~I.I in iiiu muuusiery, its iuc um uatniis thought, but in closer contact with the suffering world, in more devoted consecration to the welfare of those about us. There is 110 such eflicieut help for ourselves as lending a hand to aid our fellows. When Faust had come to the end of his long seeking, he found the happiness which had always eluded "him in the giving of himself to the service of men. It was not in sell-gratification that the tragic problem of his life worked itself out, but by large works for the public welfare. Knowledge, power, and passion failed to sat* isly ; it was only when an unselfish purpose triumphed over all lower ambitions that peace and victory come. Not to be ministered unto, but to minister, was the aim of the divinest life ever lived among men. The Christian Union. How to C-ire Exaggeration. Some habits are so unconsciously practiced that a movement to mend them is the only way to detect them. The beam iu one's own eye is less notifpfl th.'in tho mote in another ner son's eye. A family while at the breakfast table I one morning, pledged to observe lliej strictest, veracity for that day. A member of the family tells the "consequence." As a first fruit of the resolve, we asked the one who suggested it: ."What made you so late at breakfast this morning?" iShe hesitated, began with, "Because I couldn't"?then, true to her compact, said, "The truth is I was lazy aqd didn't hurry, or 1 might have been down long ago." Presently one of them remarked that she had been very cold, adding, "I never was so cold in all my life." An inquiring look cau-ed the last speaker to modify tier statement with, "Oh, I don't think I was so cold after all." A third remark to the efTcct that Miss So-and-So was "the homeliest girl in the city," was recalled as soon asj made, the*speaker being compelled to own that Miss So-and-S > was only "rather plain," instead of being excessively homely". 80 it wont 011 throughout the day, inuciitlrr Ulllcll II IrtV l"i II1 Pll t wllicll WHS I 1 V<1 HOI 14?? 1IIIU.II 1KV* *.?.v .. .. goori-nnturerily accepted by the subjects, and giving, rise to constant correction in the interests of truth. One tiling became more and more surprising, however, to each one of us, that was the amount of cutting down which our most careful statements demanded under this new law. ? ? jUkx icax Courtesy.?In- Mexico a group of lads from 7 to 12 will meet and each will decorously lift his hat and salutations of extreme courtesy will lie exchanged, and then comes the boyish chatter, the run and the laughter, the same as anywhere. Boys here I treat their elders with respect. An old man or woman is not the butt of the youth of Mexico; rather for the old people are reserved the shadiest seats under the trees in the park. A Mexican boy or girl on entering a room walks around among the company, shaking hands with all, and on leaving the room does the same. Urbanity is taught in the public schools, as arithmetic is at home. There is no one jostled on the street; the best seat in a horse car is promptly given up to ladies, who never fail to gracefully acknowledge the favor. I have never seen a Mexican gentleman fail to give his seat to a woman, whether she is richly or poorly dressed. Mexico Letter. Mr. Uobcrt J. Jiurdette, the noted humorist and lecturer, says : "If the stern old Puritan Sabbath, with its j subduing, saddening effects, wrought out such joyous natures as Beeclier's land gave to the world such a beautiful blending of tenderness and strength, | laughter aiul tears, heart-deep pathos and sunny humor as Oliver Wendell : Holmes, let us have another century of 1'uritan .Sabbath. I'p to date the ' Sunday" of ihe beer garden luis failed to bring forth a llolmes or a Beecher. Il has evolved a Johann Most and an August Spies ; but somehow that sort of a product dosen't seem to ' be quite up to the old Puritan mark." i Temperance puts coal on the fire, meal in the barrel, dour in the tub, , money in the purse, credit in the coun, try, contentment in the house, clothes on the children, vigor in the body, in(telliyenee in the brain, and spirit in the whole constitution.?Franklin. MAY'S BUSY SEASON DECIDES THE BATTLE FOE OR AGAINST GENERAL GREEN. 1'lowlng Corn Often ami Shallow a Good Knl^.-Cotton Cultivation? Late CropS"..1lny the Month for Setting; out Sweet Potatoes?General llemnrkH on Other Jlatten Relating to the Farm. PLOWING CORN. With this month tlie cultivation of the main crops of tlie larui commences in enrnest. On many farms corn lias already received ils first working and should now be in a thrifty, growing condition. The old rule ot plowing over the crop every three weeks should not be ob.-erved, further than to be certain that the interval is never so long. Three weeks, as a rule, is too long an interval. If only three complete plowings are to be given, it were better to defer the tlrst plowing until the plants have five or six leaves (if the ground has not been belore neglected, or has not been run together by heavy rains), and then give the remaining two plowings at intervals of two weeks. But we have found it a still better plan to give only a partial plowing at each going over, say two furrows witli a sweep, or other wide, surface cultivator, and go over the crop every week or ton days in this way. We have before remarked that when two furrows with an ordinary sweep or smaller plow, arc run side by side, tho second furrow does but little over half work. For general purposes of cultivating corn aud cotton we have found the Planet, Jr., Cultivator a most satisfactory implement, leaving little m be dfiMtred. The wineed sweep, or heel scrape Is good, but an expTinding, five or Fix I toothed cultivator Is much better. We Insist | that a four or live foot, or eveu six foot row, i whether in corn or other crop, should rarely have more than one round, or two furrows at any one time, Better go over the crop with two furrows to the row every ten days than to give lour furrows every three weeks. The deep-plowing, root-pruning idea In the cultivation of corn, or nny other crop, which has been advocuted in certalu quarters, cannot stand the test of intelligent experiment On very "heavy, rough soils, where shallow, surface culture is impracticable and unsatisfactory, more or les6 deep plowing and incidental root cutting may be the lesser of evils. It is DKtter to cut and inaugle the roots some what, than to let the weeds and grass take the crop. As a general rule a surface cultivator, or other shallow running implement may be safely used whenever It will take the soil and thoroughly disintegrate It to the depth of one inch. This idea that the essential object of cultivation of a growing crop is to break tlie soil so that the roots can penetrate It Is fallacious. Such breaking is oue of the prlncU pal objects of the preparatory plowing before planting, or at the latest, the first plowing. Subsequent cultivation serves to break the surface crust or prevent Us formation, thereby permitting a free percolation or air into the root layer of soil, and preventing too rapid evaporation of moisture from below. The destruction of grass and weeds Is u secondary and incidental efl'ectof surface culture, iu*ec?sary, of course, but of subordinate importance to the thorough accretion of the soli. Of course every farmer will plant peas hi his corn tlelds If for no other purpose than to Improve the land. The value of the peas harvested, either in the form of hay, or ripe seed, or pastured by hogs, is nearly always greater than the entire expenses of planting < and cultivating the peas, ludeed the value! of the planting seed and the labor ot drop-1 tiinifimil coverinsr. comprize about all the i expense up to the time of harvesting. According to our own experience, the best way to plant peas in corn, In Slay, is to open a furrow with a shovel in Hie center of the ?orn middle, drop eight or ton peas every step, and j covor with a cultivator, set to straddle the furrow with the two forward teeth, permitting the other teeth to stir the adjacent surface. With tills plan In view It Is preferable, even when corn Is planted in hills, to bnve the latter wider one way than the other, so a> to have the corn hills and tho pea hills to pretty equally occupy >the land. At the final plowing of the corn peas may be sown broad cast for the purpose, flrst, of providing pasturage or hay ; and secondly, to improve tfce land. But next month will be time enough to discuss the policy of pasturing, or making hay of the pea-vines rather than permitting them to rot on the surface, or turning them under COTTON. As soon as the cotton Is well up, and some- j times before it is up, it is good practice to broadcast harrow the fields, using a harrow with teeth standing backwa;d. This breaks the crust and destroys the weeds more expeditiously than any other plan. The harrow I should be run either along the rows, or diag-j on ally across, as the condition or the laud! and ci op seems to indicate as better. Of all, the cotton choppers?so called?that we have seen, those that are operated by pulling them across the rows give best results. In Hmj absence of any implement of this kind a common sweep, or heelscrape, may be effectively used on eompartlveiy smooth, level land. We presume, however, that most farmers Willi adhere to the old mothod of siding the young | plnnts, and then chopping out with the ordi-1 niiiy hand hoo. When this method is prac-j ticed we advocate rapid work, rather than j thorough. Ou smooth, old laud, a boo-hand | ought to go over from oue and a half to twoj acres per day. By this plau the entire crop j may be goue over in a week or ten days, then i go over Immediately and thin to a final stand, j and clean thoroughly of all grass Inaccessible to the plow. Cotton will stand more neglect than corn,! but frequent cultivation Is important to its rapid and healthful growth and development. Surfacc cult ure should be the rule, uslug the implement that will cover the greater surfaceat a going, and satisfactorily pulverize the surface. After the first plowing, at least, but one furrow should be run at u time (at one plowing) In rows under four feet wide. That is to say, use as wide an implement as practlcabieaud do not put two furrows In a middle If they overlap more than three or four Inches. The three or four inches, or more, thus j i overlapping is practically labor lost. During this month the battle against grass and weeds Is practically won or lost, especially lu the cotton held. It Is IndispensableI that the early grass, that which comes up! with the plants, be effectually destroyed be-; fore It has reached a stage of vigorous growth. This early crop of grass generally gives more trouble than succeeding germinations, because the cotton Is small and it Is Impracticable to cultivate it as effectively. The young cotton, on thin, light soils especially, Is apt to be Infested by lice, and the stand is sometimes almost destroyed. Science, which has lurnishf-d many valuable insecticides has so) far offered no practical remedy for the cotton plant louse. Ciood, or well lertlllzed land, Is! the best guarantee 01 exemption, uiu puium on such land being pushed forward with more vigor. Good cultivation?keeping thej surface In good, mellow condition- is the only | practical remedy, and It often fails when the weather is unfavorably cool. L.VTK CHOI'S, On low lying lands?*00 cold and wet loi plant in March and April?corn may now be planted, and will be more IIItely to escape the I tlreud bijdw.orms than If planted earlier. Several years since a practical fanner gav? the j following as his treatment of corn on lands; subject to the dcpredat'.ons of the bud worm, or bill bug, as we have heard It called: As] soon as corn Is weli up scrape away the soil! from around the stem of each plant. Our in- j form ant stated that lie used for the purpose of removing the surface soil an ordinary steel or i iron garden rake. Successive plantings of forage crops, such) as dtilled corn, millets, etc., should be madoj every two or three weeks until mid-summer. I We never saw on any farm too much green I food, if of good quality. Every crop that is 1 lit for green food, cun be converted into hay, j or ensilage. SWKET l'OTA'I'OKS. May is the month to plant out the main | ciop of draws from the bed. April plantings! 1 rarely do as well, and are never so easily cul-j llvatcd as tiiose put out In May or June. One of the most essential points to be regarded in securing a good setting of vigorous plants, is 1 ! < I.noo u-nll rnnfml ntwl MtmMVhilLl hardened Klips, and to plant them only on i fresh plowed beds. The practleo of having j the beds already made in anticipation of a rain, and then planting the slips In the sod-| den soil, is not to be commended. We would greatly prefer not to wait for a rain, but toI make the beds afresh by bedding, or rebedding, set the plants in the fresh, moist sol 1. j t han to plant just after a heavy rain, or without re-plowing the land. The beds should be not less than 3)3 loet from crown to crown, rather Hat, than sharp and high, and the plants set not closer than 18 incites in any case, We prefer two feet, as fewer vines and less time tor planting are required, and belter potatoes will result where the greater distance is given. OTltKK CHOI'S. In all the region north of the tropical sugarcane beltA an acre or two in sorghum for syrup, should be planted on every farm. While not as palatable as the syrup made from the true cane, yet, if made with proper care on one of the many evaporators now available, It comes in "mighty handy" In mid-summer to help out the rations of bacon. It is proimble that soruhuin syrup costs less than half as much to produce it as cane syrup, since very rich lutid, not very high manuring is necessary to produce a fair yield. As a 10r?ge crop the Minnesota Amber is con? sidered by many good farmers ns equal to any. For this purpose it may be planted in. " >& succession until July 1% and will afford two or more cuttings of excellent food for horses and *3 cattle. In conclusion we congratulate the farmers of the South on their steadily improving con- 1 dltioti and the brightening prospects before ; '? them, The thoroughly organized farmers of the country are a mighty power in the land. Let organization and co-operation continue and be perfected, to the uplifting of our calling, the general advancement of our Industrial classes?the real wealth creators of the if, country?and the reformation of legislative abuses that have resulted In well nigh enslav- ing nine-tenths of the population of thlB Natlon to the remaining tenth. Farmers, as individual?, and as a class, ouekt to take an active interest in the industrial and economic questions of the day, and make the will ol the f&H toiling masses the law of the land. Let unjust discriminations in favor of one class, let legislation to make a few rich men still richer while the great majority are staggering under . the weight of Insidious and disguised taxatlon. be abolished. By thns interesting tbem- . selves in these great questions, and using In- fluence. arguments and votes In moulding and shaping public opinion and the legislation of the country, the farmers do not necessarlly become politicians Individually, nor '>Si does thplr organization become a great polIticlal party. Politician is a word that has ,?_? ># come to mean simply and office seeker for AS office sake: Hewaro of the leadership of such. >?? HODGES HOLDS HER OWN. "E. XT. P." Calls n Sqnnd of Xewiy Paragraphs From Tills Thriving Town?Reml niitl Digest. ? Hodges, s. C., May 12,1890. Sa.v, old printer, sling your "quads," We'll write a paragraph or two? Although our items are not In squadB, We've culled you just a few. Our youne people who plcniced on May day ;* ..$? at Sulphur Springs report a good time. Miss Anna Major, of Greenwood, was the .v-ggS guest of Miss Lou Simmons on last Saturday ojg night. The young men of the place, who are "iM ever thoughtful of the enjoyment of any fuest among their set, complimented MIsa ' lajor with a delightful sociable at the 81mmons Hotel. Miss Mamie Hodges and Mr. Wgl Willie Simmons furnished the music?MIrs '-hzm Hodges, piano, Mr. Simmons, violin. The evening was highly enjoyed by all. Mrs. J. W. Simmons and children returned from a week's visit to Chappell's last Friday ->?$1 afternoon. ^ Mr. J. W. Kelley, who was formerly the sec- -iisS tion master at this place, died on April 30. . Mr. Kelley suffered three months of contlnn- , ous pain from consumption. T)nriog his III- ; k: ^i ness the good people of this place catcred to v ' bis wants wlih marked thnughtfulness and generosity. His heart broken family accom- . panled his remains to Blythewood, S. C., \ where ihey were laid to rest. We see In some paper where a Mr. Sour ha* ftal married a Miss Sweet, the suggestion Is made * "38 that they should open a lemonade stand. We. -,'^Mb will further suggest, the lemonade business Is -:? >?& a gigantic enterprise at the Due West commencement. All the lianas working on the Hodges sec- "-s2?w Hon under "Muster" Jrnns "struck" oil lust Friday. In consequence Mr. Jeans was his - -jB only workman on Saturday. The striking ->5a "nigs" went to Greenwood to the Sullivan camp, where tbey say they earn from 51.00 to "viS 51.85 per day. Mr. Jeans will doubtless have new men in a day or so. Mr. Wm. 11 ughes, living near this place, had -'';v3 the sad misfortune to lose a child about six years old on Saturday night. The disease was complicated. We heard a sympathetic larmer say reccntly that he sympathized with the editor of the . -$3 /Ycm and Runner in his cfi'ort at mule colt a raising. He says ho raised three and they . "Jj were in the barn loit, on top the crib, killing pigs, picking lambs and calves, "and really," said he, "they were worse than a herculean Peck'8 Bad Boy on a wild west Fourth of July v?|j Mr. J. W.Simmons lias accepted a position as travelling salesman for a Richmond, Va., --^j house and will tackle the road about first of .. j|i June. Mr. Simmons, although a young man, : has an extensive experience In the commercial business. . Mr. Jordan, the pastor of the Baptist church .'r? is In Texas In attendance upon the Baptist Convention, and on Sabbath there was no service in that church. Mr. John Hagcrty, an honest son of the Em.erald Isle, Is one of the most candid and "square" loot pads that opeus a pack In this '"3 county. He has travelled pretty generally over the county this spring and reports cot ton favorable. We had the pleasure of placing our hand In that of our highly esteemed friend, Mr. James Maglll, one day recently. Mr. Maglll wore a baud of crape around his hat, more tbnn that, his honest, sympathetic face, with its furrows <*9 of age, wore a rast of mourning. The death : of his wife, the one above all others who was nearest his heart, and who be loved to serve, Is showing on lilrn. And as w* clasped his hand to say good-bye, we had Inexpressible feelings of sympathy for this loyal old friend >^9 of the typographical fraternity. And we know that no printer who over worked in Doe West will fall to remember him,uor will they fall to regret his sad bereavement. Many a consoling word has he spoken to the troubled -gg and many times has he gone to the rescue of v*2s a (I is tressed brother. We recognized the author of your recent 5a Mobile, A la., letter. We wonder if he remem- ^ bers us. Mr. D. II. Maglll, a young lawyer whose brlillaut talents are well kuown, has ldenu- lied himself with the farmers movement, since its organization and appreciating bis loyalty and good Judgment he has been solicited by the farmers and friends of farmers hereabouts to present himself as a candidate for legislative honors. Here's one for"l>ave." Mr. J. T. Simmons and family, of Greenwood, spent Sabbath with Mr. C. C. Simmons. * Mis8SallleMed!ock,one of our most worthy young ladles, visited her Laurens homo last week. If there Is a time more favorable for a kind word or a pleasant look tlian when the world .. l.r.Ml.r.!- I.v II.n lull nnrt thorinicn hill pull, our conception fails to do the "clean thing." For, indeed, n corpse is inanimate and does not feel the grateful emotions tbat shoot like electric currents through the inanl- . | mate form of one imprisoned in the 'calaboose'' of adversity, and hence there is no heart more susceptible to tears and roses?or biscuits and dimes?than an Itinerant specimen of the genus "bum." We were sitting one evening recently on the railroad near where we now immerse the incident which happened, in the fount of a lead pencil. We were in Imagination, doing the world for a soft Job, and had about concluded that the freezes of Time had petrified the whole business aud had begun the contemplation of the setting sun, coveting the gold that fringed the evening clouds and thought the Occident re- * ;-X fleeted the glory of the wealthy side of life, - ' while nothing,nothing, was visible to present die darker side. The suu was half gone and not an emblem of poverty yet?"here, hello!" Well, the sun sank beneath the horizon as bright as a gold dollar, But the apparition , . that ejaculated the aforesaid "hello was a rising son, upon whom the alphabet of toughness, with nil Its emphasis shone in embossed eyes and ragged edged trousers. He was tough toughy. lie made his respects, drew up a cross tie and sat down. And told us a tale of woe that is still ringing in our ears like a thousand funeral dirges. He had travelled in vestibules and sundry other ways. He was looking and had been looking "for lo these many years," for a soft place and as an evidence of his complete failure totindsuch, he presented the seat of his pants,w lilch were a total wreck from frequent contact with the petrification which time has brought about.' "Ah, me," said this shipwrecked voyagor, "I've give It up?the petrification must be broke and we young men must do it. Wo were left our downy beds and mohair chairs, but we've let time's moth destroy them. Aud * be assured," said tie,"the pic nic is over. I've looked during the last live years through the 'double barrel,'from reserved scat*, balcony and gallery upon the groat drama of life. I've heard the strong voice of the tragedian and the soft silver voice of the prima donna. But iiio name uiu untiuu 11 ij*, wu mc <vu uc uuu down. Hut here. I must go. IIow far to the next town?" Wo kindly Informed him and he bade us good bye, saying as he bowed himself out the railroad cut, "I'll apprehend a friendly way freight and ride Into South Carolina's capital." Now, this "bum" has found the world cold and hard?he spoke from experience,and we tell what he said with a feeling of melancholy, for be was a man to be pitied, lie certainly deserved a sinile and a rose, or a biscuit and a dime. So tbe lesson be left us is, we are tochisel through the walls our own passage?it matters not how hard they are. We notice in Saturday's Atlanta ConntittUion the proceedings "f a meeting of the directors of the Piedmont Kxposltlon. The gambling | privilege will be sold this year. Last year the | Kxposltlon ground was free from any kind of j lake <>r tame, and wo were told by many old sports that there was only one faro bank in town and that it was lost in the mammoth i Kimball. The International Typographical Convention meets in Atlanta on June 9. George W. ' Chillis, tbe great Philadelphia philanthropist, who is one of the boys, will be there. Excursion rates will be oil'ered and many an old 1 clicker of the "stick" will space out and take | a rest w ilh the printer's legitimate. K. II. P. | For hats, bonnets, ribbons, flower?; and laces go to Win. K. Hell's as you can tind one of the largest and ehcapcH stocks in upper ; | Carolina. , >;> '? " ' :>; i? - si - * , s .