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r* ' ' ' r " . y ; |TflWjyKIt i ^ ^ WMwgtrwm ?UM?'-iui.-n>rmm n . .... i-ii=Ma?? ??p????i^??" ""* ma?moat? .?-*jrv**>emnmim?n?mt>?iM?m.M,i*niwi?iTr-irw?iTi?i Tll'xfcc?atmmm?? a? ???? The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1890. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 52;:|^ I'rsijt'r. 'I'll-- sii:i|.!e-ii<-a: led pr.i.V. In jov n.l urii I. .1 iva>,? N<?t eareiul in?\v to cIkuim* Wh it sounding words to use. Tim* liitle children pray, A:itl who reccive as they* Tin ir?:iiilillii;<', li>|>inu -peceh, A father".- heart llllist reach. S.i lei u?. in our need. Willi our ifFi'ul Father plead, An.I Willi no si rvili-l< sir, No slavish dread, draw near. riic ?ijrh without a word. Tin- In let. "Have iiii-rcy, I .ol d !" Knocks straight way ai his door, lh injjs hlcsMDi; evermore. Though wlii'ii the hearl oVrfloWs, Ami scarce a limit knows. Ami pleading still we >tay, lie will not luiii away; Yet when I lit *! ? s ly. When uricI' must have its way. When scarce one word will conic 1 localise my heart seems iliimlj, liutstiM my hamls I reach As one lieiefi of speech. And dare to raise my eye For mercy from on high,? My prayer* an ! my si^hs Alike l?e|ore him ri?e. Ami liy his love mv round. That knows no nior: il bound. (?\>"?-'IVni]>ero<l Paircnl-S. How wo iusis: tipoll good-temper in, our children, frowning upon stubbornness :tinl anger, and that cross-;1 grain of perversity which has come ' down from the primal patents, ami is]' * a sort of hall-mark in nearly every]' huby that ever lived. Jiut uniformly W good-temperid lathers and mothers 1 are not so common as they should be,}! and when we find them?managing a 1 nursery, presiding at a table, directing:' a household, setting young feet in thei' way they should go?we feel like say- : ing as of old was saiil in another eon- I nection, ''their price is above rubies."{ It is not in the power of an ill-temper-j1 ed child to do the mischief, create the ' suHeriuir, cast the gloom, that an ili- ! tempered father can, bringing with ' him over Ills own threshold the sharp- ' ni'ss and the chill of all east wind, ' napping the soil of lliu sensitive girl, hauling tile opposition ol'the obstinate boy, frightening the tot tier who hides beneath the mother's skirts, instead of making a grand rush for hi-! lather's arms; giving the cook audi houaemuid catt-e i\?f gratitude that they are paid by the month and may Jeavi when it is done, and are neither of them the man's wife, obliged to put up with 1ms whims and caprices, his fuult-litiding and satire, till ll e end of their mortal lives, the misery an ill tempered father esiii make is exceeded, only by the dire wretchedness and nt ter hopelessness which follows in the wake of a fretlul, morose, discourag-, . ing, and ill-to-|?!ca>e mother, who.j ? more than till human btinjus else, isaj * black frost in the home garden, a malarious inlhtence in the home atnios-l phcre. Fortunate the family where j the parents are always good-tempered, j. Deeply to be commiserated the family! where they are usually the reverse. Consider a moment how heiplcss are!s the young people when ii come* to the' L misbehavior of part His. Vou mayi i ?:and the baby in Ihe earner, and ban-: j ^ ish little Jack to the rooms upstairs, if; ( either is determined to pollt, storm, or; , cry, or l?e "contrary." Von may rc-|, inonstrate witli Ella, who is twelve, jj desire John ilenry, who is nine, to ?: change his loweiing countenance to a',' bright from a Mi!l<*n repression, i t J low often do we In- < \ >f met her say, i, "Look pleasant, my < :.;;<!! Y> ? can ; | not have cr<luoks in ;;;e ?;* :si.u'J; room or the pailor, or \\hc;ewr i'.;; may be." i?:ii ihe t-iiil?f may not t i:- j j reprove the older person, nor sendj. liim or her from its aggrieved piv?- j cnce, nor do any tiling except bear in j Mlenee wiiat the parent may choose toi j " impose. Nine times out of ten of course the evil word is contagious, ; uml the c-mlagioii sj-ivails. Sunny J hearted and sunny laced parents j make sunny hearted and Mniling lit-!, tie folk. A habit of good humor injj father ami mother becomes a habit of;, amiability and real sweetness in the!; circle, from the girl and boy in their j ( icejis to the youngster in ihcciib. i| It may be urged, and with truth, , that jutreuis are often tried ami doubled i.y anxieties of which children know nothing. The prohU m of wa\> ! 1 i,,. ,1;.. .... ,,4, i,, 1 22IIU i;ir.lll-, ItlV tlli7a|)^winuu\ nv III m. licipatcd i on it! a hits, i lie sliip Ihut j never came in. the battles and defeats, ami sorrows double edged that are the j portion of la:er life, are ouite uii- . known to our darling*, except as the * reflection from our perturbed and 1111- . tramjuil spirits falls upon theirs. It'j is well that life's morning should be ( cheery, and lhat they who are bear- i ing the heat and burden of the day r should be strong for whatever may . come. J hit, with need is promised ] gjv grace. It is doubtful whether any manor woman got through a hardly H day more sueecssfully t>y sc.)diu^ at j its ills, and making oimrs i:ii<eral>le . because its sky ovei ii s i:cad or lit is was lbr the time, ?f 1: .11 or bias-. Sueh skits ot'icti meit over bt*a\e h? aris: and true, and aiway.-, whatever tin !, sky above our head, above that | n<*ain stretches heaven, ami our Fa- i iher iii heaven i-; always ready to j hear us when we pray, and to sei.d, if | need be, his angels to our relief. There are people who are plodding < and toiling irom morning till night, day by day, year by year, that they may "leave a fortune," or at least a competence, to their children. To tiiiscmi mey :?(.u jieiw i ? neni, 1'iiei up stock to hank by laborious thrift, | deny themselves every tiling except absolute necessaries, and grow narrow i and shrivelled, beeau.-e out of synipa-j thy with the world beyond their own front doors, and all for the life that now is, for the fashion tliat par-set h away. Meager is tlie harvesting from such seed sowing. It is light to be diligent and to look well to the ways of one's household in pecuniary affairs. Jiut it i* belter to cultivate graces and emenilies than to grow rich in money and pauperized in soul. And no future store of gold and silver can ever repay to one's children the loss that is theirs, if father and mother be ill tempcicd, chuilish, or hateful in the sinht of (in I and man. C/t / vV/Virut /n tc! I it/en cer. "It will fio : ' is me common jniiasc of those who neglect iit111- things. ' "It will do!" has blighted itiiiiiy ;> character. i.iisi many a fortune, ] -unk many a ship, burned down many a house, and irretrievably ruined ^. thousands of hopeful project* of huHf nian {food, f! always means sti'ppin}* j B fdi?>rt of tiie riylit tiling. Ithamakij-hift. It i* a failure and defeat. Not what "will do." hut what is i!,e h< st i jmss h'e thing So do, is the | oinl to be ; aimed at. Let a man once adopt the maxim of "It will d<>," and lie is given over to tiie enemy ; In- is on the idde of incompetency and defeat, and [i we give liim up as a hopeless subject. MSk | . I | : . "My Brother.'' '"Two well dressed men wore walking (lown Droadway, New York, at 11 i1111iu~111. Directly in front of them was a man shabbily drosed, and with a look of hunger and desperation on his face. As (he three passed before a brilliant-j l.v lighted restaurant, one of the Itwo ircnticmcn behind ?ai.l to the other, j "Did von eatch u glimpse of that man's fare ?" "No. What a!)'?ut it ?" "It was a terrible face. I believe that man will try to kill himself before! morning." "Well, I don't see how we can prc-j vent it tint what, makes yon think so?" " | "T don't know. Hi- looks like it. < And I think f s-an prevent it, too. I Suppose we follow hfm." "All right. J'< 11v 1 think it Is only a! fancy of yours, and our following him j will do little "NevertlnI am so confident j I lint lit* is g? 'rin try sonx-thing desperate, that t t : going to take the 1 iI?ertv of followii 'rim." The two gentk.ricn accordingly fol- j lowed the man for several blocks. Fi-! nally he turned and made his way rap-j idly towards the river. Down on one t)f the most obscure piers he paused, i-lose by one of the piles which pierced I he pier, and looked down into the water. Then he straightened up, and in an>ther moment would have Hung himself into the river ; but one of the men ivho had been standing in the shadow >f a warehouse, called out in a quiet, >ut linn voice, "My brother, if you ire in trouble will you let me help foil V" At the words, "My brother," the nan trembled, stepped back, covered lis face with his hands, and staggering iirainst the pile burst into sobs so aw"ill that the man who had taken it up- i hi hims.-lf to riseue this soul from , ieath, could not say another word for i several minutes. ' Finally he learned, in broken ejacuations, the man's story. It was not ' lew. Only a wife and children in a a-retched tenement, no work, rent due, : hildren crying for food, sick wife, no ; 'riends. That was all. A very com- : 11011 story. Suicide seemed the only I ,vay out of it. "I was going to drowii i nyseif." lie said. "I don't know but I ha! Mill be the best thiug after till." I j? :t the <?nt who luid called him 'brother" found him work and a home or this dcspaiiing soul. And by the nagic of (lint word, which levels all alse distinction, he made this man to ive again.? Youth-1s Companion. liovs Siroru> Lkakx Tkadks.? I'oo much of the fault is in the folly of mrents who, in (he idiotic expectation hat lucky chance will open a way to asy acquisition of wealth in mercanile or professional life, permit their toys to glow 11 ]> in idleness, instead of lending them into mechanics' workhops to learn trades. This stupid fuly has become almost universal. A ilaeksniitn or carpenter may have dificulty in tindingan intelligent boy to vork in his shop, but let a merchant ?r professional man advertise for an ofioe boy, a messenger, or a packer, at >2 or $3 a week, and he will have aptlicunts by the score, in spite of the rertainty that only something like a niracle can ever advance the successiil one to a grade of service iu which le will earn as much as a fair mechane. Infinitely better than this would >e the ancient custom of some Europein countries, where it was required hat every boy should h am some trade, "hatever the wealth or position of his aniilv might be. No social, moral, or industrial reform < mule ni>i'<".-s:irv fur llie Ollblic web are than the restoration of l>oys to heir proper place in tlie mechanic iris, ami the consequent dM?andmcnt if the armies of adolescent blackguards vhose detachments are being trained 11 the worst associations of eily life to -ecome utterly worthless and intolcra>le nuisances.?Chicayo Time*. <? (ioil never repairs. Christ never iateh? s. The gospel is not here to nend people. Jtegeneration is not a scheme of moral tinkering and ethical ohbling. What (!od does, he does iew?new heavens new earth', new >ody, new heart; "Behold, I make ill things new." Tn the gospel thus ,ve move into a new world and under i new scheme. The creative days are nick again. We step out of a regime t >f jail and hospitals and reform shops. IVe get live effects direct from God. I'hat is the gospel. The gospel is a \ jerinaiienl miracle. God at first liaud | -that is miracle. The gospel thus does ( tot classify with other schemes of am- , ?!i??ration. They are good, but this , s not simply better, but different, dis- j invt, and licit er uecanse distinct; 11 , .vorks in a new way, and works an- , Kit her work. Compare the wrought ( thai lis livcted on * fie demoniac, and j he divine word workintr a new creaion in the demoniac. It i? all there. It is like the difference between the nijioiont I'eisian lathing the turhu- i t-iil sea '.villi chains, and the gracious ] Lord saying to the troubled sea, '] 'Peace, tie si ill ! ( /he '/Set'. C. If. 'J'arkhurst. ( 'HAC K SCFFICIKXT. ? I told Illy peo- ( lie the other morning when preach- ? ng troin the text, "My grace is suili- 1 jient for thee," that for the first time 11 11 my life 1 experienced what Abralatn felt when he fell upon his lace I atiglud. I was riding home, very .vcary with a long week's work, when i heie came to my mind this text, 1 'My grace is suHieit'iit for thee;" but 1 :uiHi with the emphasis laid upon two voids. "M/i grace is sutficient for ) /<fc." My soul said: "Doubtless it 1 s. Surely the grace of theinfinix'God 1 s more than sulHcient for such a mere nsect as I am." And I laughed and 1 audited and laughed again to think li low nil* lilt* sti|?jjij rAvvfucvi iin iiij leeds. It seemed to me us though 1 ' tvore a little tish in the sou, ami iu mv .hirst I said : "Alas, I shall drink up 1 .lie ocean." Then the Father of the 6 waters lifted up hi.s head sublime, and J -mili? gly replied : "Little fish, the oundlcss main issunicieut for lliee." 1 The thought made unbelief appear supremely ridiculous, as indeed it is. C. If. tS'purgeon. diehard Baxter said a faithful;, preacher would make the people quarrel either with him or with their! -ius, It is to he feared that some of,, us do neither. Christ's ministry wasl( ? silting mini-try. On the day of;,' his greatest popularity he preadied his sev? rest di-course, uttering tintlis ' stern that "from that time many of his disciples went hack, and walked no ] more with him." '< A Word to Mothers. "1 sue you do i. urge Philip to go with you to church," 1 said to a friend whom I was visiting. This was the second Sunday of my stay, and I noticed that 011 the first, as well as this, Philip, a lad of fourteen, made no preparation to go with hia mother and me to church, nor was any suggestion made that he should do so. ' () no !" replied my friend "I do | not want to influence him at all about I such things. I want to leave him perfectly free, to choose for himself.'* j Many parents stems to have this I strange conviction, that by any manner of restraint in regard to those things which pertain to the life of the spirit, I hey will be doing the child an injustice, in every other particular j he is iuilueni'ed, directed, restrained,! educated. It is only in regard to the highest par' of his being, the spirilu-j al, that In* is allowed to refuse all edu-j cation. Have you ever thought that; possibly the child might not choosa to j siudy, to master tin; multiplication-table, to become famiiiar with long and ditlieult conjugations and deelen >ions, were it not for the immense in-j tluence brought to bear upon him?! In his present immature slate he ean-j not annreeiate the imnortancc of con-! staut ami often irksome application,! but you do not 011 that account allow! him to refuse these advantages. Youi choose for him those schools which! you believe to be the best; every day j lie is set down to certain tasks, audi thus without any volition of his own,| is fitted for a future of which lie has atj present 110 appreci?\t:on. You would co demu the cruelty which could per-1 mit the child to arrive at maturity, at the point when lie becomes an independent individual, henceforth making his own choices, and abiding the consequences, without that education which is necessary to render such; choices, intelligent. Is not that aj greater cruelty which fails to equip the piritual part of man for the tremendous decisions which await him? Are the facts which touch the spirit so easy to apprehend that they need not, like other and lower facts, to be taught? The existence of One above nil men, personal responsibility, an intelligent plan in what were else meaningless confusion?does not the growing spiritual nature, at first fecIde, like the body, require that these facts be presented to it many times? . . ? ?raJ> Analysis of Love. Prof. Drummond, aiuhor of "Nat lirai jaw m xue spiritual \>unu, i lelightcd the large audiences at Mr.| Moody's Bible Meetings in North-1 !ield, .Massachusetts, by his addre>s md sermons. We give our readers a sample of bis preaching on I. Corin:biaus xiii : u We find by analysis that love is a compound thing like light. As a man :akes a prism and lets tbe light show hrough it, and tbe light is broken itid seperated into elements of it; ' And by it we get common names rep esonting ordinary virtues which can >e practiced by all. The nine names jolors of the spectrum of love, are: j Patience, kindness, generosity, liumilty, courtesy, unselfishness, good temht, guilelessneps, and sincerity, 1 Fhese constitute tbe supreme gift? , ;bc stature of tbe perfect man. They elate to man to-day, not to-morrow , >r in eternity. Patience, 'love sutler- : ;tb long,' represents love as passive. Waiting to begin. Kindness represents love as active. Christ's time ( tvas largely taken up in making peo- ( pie happy. T; ere is but one greater tiling than happiness, and that is holi- , 11 ess, which is not in our keeping; so ! be greatest thing we can do is kind- , ness. After these things have been , lone we must go back into the shade. ! Generosity is a part of love. Love is lot pulled up, which shows that we j nust have humility. Love does uot ( KMiuve lisen uuseeuiiy. l'umeuess ias been described as iove in little hings. Love 'seeketh not lier own,' md, therefore, is unselfish. A man rides himself on standing up for his 'ights, but he should give tip his own f necessary. There is no happiness 11 having or in getting, but in giving md in serving otiiers. lie that would je great, let him serve ; and he that vould be happy, let him give. Love s not easily provoked, and good temper is a requisite. It is commonly spokeu of as if a bad temper is an ininnity or a misfortune, but it is not a hiug to smile at. It is the blackest >in and is a symbol of a want of love it the bottom. It shows hat he must jo to the root and smother his whole lature. How can a man with this ack of love enler the kingdom. Juilelcssness is love which thinkcth 10 evil. Courtesy is love in society, jood temper is love restraining, guileessness is love believing, and sinceriy, love learning. Guilelessness is the irtue lbr suspicious people. Love loes not rejoice in this or that issue, Hit in the truth." X NTt.'\v VEnsrov 01.' av Oi.n Km tv.--"What did you like best in my ootn?" I once asked a visitor from ['exas, who spent two hours in my ( ;j rade. "Why, that 'pin business,' " headd d readily. "That was wonderful. I luln't know 70 children could be so ] iti 11. The silence was most oppress ve ! And 1 really heard the pin," lie idded, in a quick, bright way. 1 was greatly surprised, for "the , iin business" was an experiment. I whs anxious to have the undivided ( ittention of the class, and, somehow, | he children seemed unusually restless. | \11 teachers know how that is ! Finally, I said, "Now, children, we ' vill have a silence lesson. Let me see , f you can be 'so still that you can hear i pin drop.' " Suiting the action to the word, I call d up the smallest child, and gave her i pin, telling the rest to listen, and if hey heard the pin as it touched the lour, to raise their hands. The silence was breathless, almnst, ( is i\lmine liem up uie pin, aim wiien >he dropped it we distinctly heard the iouuri. Of course the little hands ( (lew up," and we were ready for our next lesson. Try it, and "hoar it." ( M. Ji. M., in Popular J-khicator. The Hev. Sam Jones rather took I lie breath away from Kcntuckians while preaching in one of the fashionable churches on "The Proper Meth[>f liaising Children." Sam replied : "Yes, you raise horses worth SloO.(MK); :i piece, and bring up children worth u head." If people were as anxious to live: right as they are to die right, this i would be a better world. THE RIGHT WAY, Or tlie Gospel Applied to Intercourse Between Individuals and Naions. o nv UKV. JOSKl'lI A. COLI.IKU. (Continued.) V. KKNOKRlfcO CSOOI) FOR EVIL. l' Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate , you, and pray for them which dcsjiitejftiiiy use you and persecute you; that lye may i.?> the children of your Father | vvhi<*h is in heaven : Inr he maketli his sun to rise 011 the evil and on the good, | land sen del 11 ruin on the just and on 11lie unjust.'' .Mult. 0:44, 4-">. "Not I [ rendering evil lor evil, or raiiiHg .lor j railing; but eontrariwise blessing," "1 l'et. "i.liss them whieh perseeute you; blesd, and eai>o not." ''Therefore, if ihine enemy hunger, feed him ; if lie tnirsf, give him drink ; for in so <ioiiiir thou Shalt heap coals ol lire on liis head." "He not overcome! of evil, l>ut overcomev:J with good.''I Rom.. 12 : 14, 2D. ?J. The meaning of these precepts is plain h;hI untleniuhle. All must per-j eeive that they foibid even u cold, dis- 1 tant demeanor towards an enemy, or a I disiegard of his interest.*. .Some think l( that they have carried their kindness |< quite fur enough when they have allowed the trespasser to go unharmed. ! JJut we are here taught that we may ; not even treat with '"silent contempt" ! him whom duty forbids us to punish I iu uny other way ; and that while en- 1 deavoriug to forgive and forbear, we 1 are not absolved from the further obli- I gation to associate with and benefit ? him. ! To those who acknowledge the wis- " dotn and obligation of this class of pre- ! e<?pts, little need be said as to the man- ' ner of their fulfilment. Circumstances i will generally determine the mode in I which they may be the be.it obeyed, < and suggest the particular kinl of good which it is our duty to render. Where the right disposition exists, opportunities for exercising it will not he want- , ing. Paul has specified two extreme cases?yet with no design of excluding , those of lesser importance?in the exhortation, "If thine enemy hunger, i l.. i r Iw. i I,iret <> i vi. 11iin itri 11 k IUUU 11 I J 11 t li 11V iniiw. r:. . V ...... The meaning of tlii-# is, that rather ' than rejoice in his sufferings of any , kind whatever, we should relieve j them. Jo the divine example?which j we should ever look upon as our stand- , ard?God, who is inlinite, blesses those of his enemies who have a heart to ac- ! ccpt his gifts, with infinite good. He does not diseriminate between the very [ gross and the eompaiatively slight of- ' fender, but bestows upon all who will 1 receive it in his appointed way the same forgiveness, the same salvation, ' und the same heaven. Ho we, in do- ; ing good to those who hate us, are not to be governed by their deserts, hut by ; our opportunities for benefiting them, and their willingness to be benefited by us. He who obeys these precepts will mark every occasion of injury by the \ bestowment of some peculiar favor, so that it may be said of him, as it was of J Archdeacon Crannier, "The best way ; to make him your friend is to do him un ill turn." Jf he can discover no necessity to be supplied, he will at ( le:ist bestow the kind word, and exhib- * it in look and demeanor, and iir those numberless acts of courtesy which it | J is always in our power to render, a sin- cere desire for his welfare. J']very rep- ' ftitiou of the olio nee will be the signal for repeated kindnesses; and even . should this strife be long continued, he will be as eager to follow every evil s will) good to the end, as was ever an j iwigry disputant to secure the "last word" of a controversy. , He will especially delight in praying for his enemy. And here, after all, is c the noblest triumph of good over evil; for what blessing can surpass that of earnest prayer in behalf of a fellowurea t lire? iiv means of it we not only 1 jxercise and put in practice our own 1 love to him, but, if our prayers are * what they should he, we enlist God in the work of benefiting him, and obtain '' for him such favors as no mortal could L'onfer. Perhaps, in answer to our ef- j1 lectiiul prayer, a soul is saved, new joy ' roused in heaven over a repenting sinner, and he who cursed unblessed with a 'a crown of life"," and "an eternal 1 weight of glory." Such is said to have 1 been the result of a poor negro's prayar, once ofiered in behalf of a cruel and ungodly master. He was a slave, and 1 liad been severely whipped for reading . the Bible. Boon afterwards, his mas- 1 ter going near the place of punishment his attention was arrested by the voice s of one engaged in prayer. As he lis- s tened, out of mere curiosity, lie heard (' tlve poor slave imploring Uod to for- H give the injustice of his master, to ' touch his heart with a sense of his sin, 1 iind to make him a good Christian. Struck with remorse, he made an im- ' mediate change in his life, which had ' been careless ami dissipated, burnt his s profane books and cards, provided for 0 the liberation of all his slaves, and appeared now to study only how to ren- J' tier his wealth and talents useful to * :>thers. Who could desire to bestow or = to receive a richer blessing than is hinted at in the words, "Pray for them that despitefully y< u and persecute 1 you?" ii ^ ^ o o There is no greater preventive of o nervous exhaustion than regular, unhurried, muscular exorei.-c. If we t .-onId moderate our open-air exercise, a L large portion of nervous di.-euses would t be abolished. For tlio.-e who cannot L^et a sullicicut holiday the best snbsti- \ tutu is an occasional day in bed. Many ft*hose nfrves are constantly strained t 11.. 8,. .I..:i.. i/.i, II.iivi ili<niii-r>ifiiil Ill HH.Il Ullll^ ?WUtllWII ? (?? v.xivm this for themselves. A Spanish merchant in Barcelona told his medical man that he always went to bed lbr i two or three days whenever he could ^ be spared from his business, and he < laughed at (hose who spent their lioli- i clays on toilsome mountains. One of the hardest-worked women in England, who lias for many years conducted a large wholesale business, retains , excellent nerves at an advanced age, < owing, it is believed, to her habit of taking one day a week in bed. If we j cannot avoid frequent agitation, wo'-i oin;ht, if possible, to g've the nervous s system time to recover itself between i the shocks. Mven an hour's seclusion after a good lunch will depiiye a luir- j ried, anxious day of much of its inju- | ry. The nerves can often be overcome j by stratagem when they refuse to be t controlled by strength of will. s "Do you believe that I)r. Holmes was right when he said 'poverty is a ' cure for dyspepsia?'" "It may bejjt I'd rather have the dyspepsia." 1 Husbands and their Habits. Some husbands never leave home in the morning without kissing their wives and bidding them "good-by, dear," in the tones of unwearied love ; ami whether it be policy or fact, it has all the effect of fact, that those homes are generally pleasant ones, provided always that the wives are appreciative, and welcome the discipline in a kindly spirit. We know an old gentleman who lived with his wife over fifty years, and never left home without the ki-s and the "good-by dear." Some husbands shake hands with their wives and hurry oil'as fast as possible, as though the effort were a something that thev were anxious to forget, holding their heads down and darting round tile las I corner. Sona* husband** will leave home without saying anything at all, but thinking a good deal, as eVmced by their turning round at the Ia>L point of observation and waving an adieu at the pleasant face or faces ui ui" v!,vJ?*v Some husbands never say a word, rising froi.i liie breakfast table with the lofty indifference of a lord, and going out with a luarilcsH disregard of those left behind. It is a fortunate thing for their wives that tlicy can find sympathy elsewhere. Some husbands never leave home without some unkind word or look, apparently thinking that such i course will keep things straight in their absence. Then, on returning, <om?; husbands come homo pleasant Hid happy, unsoured by the world ; joine sulky and surly with its disapiiointnifiu. i-'omo bimhiitwlx lirhinr Iiome a newspaper or a book and bury themselves for the evening in its contents. Some husbands are called away jvery evening by business or social eu$a?cmenis; soruc doze in speechless stupidity on a sola until bed time. Some husbands are curious to learn of their wi.res what has transpired through I ho day; others are attracted L>y nothing short of a child's tumbling lown stairs or the house taking fire. - - - Thinking1 it Over. Hot-headed persons sometimes prove the mildest >f citizens, when they can >e persuaded to st:>p and think. It lias been said that a douche of cold water will disperse any mob, and reHecioii is certainly the salutary cold bath if the passionate individual. When Prince Bismarck and Count Iteehberg were Prussian and Austrian inibassadors respectively at the Frankbrd diet, Bismarck soon discovered that the count, though an honorable nan, was hot tempered and passionate. Jount Iteehberg, in his turn, cordially lisliked Prussia and its representative, >ut did all in his power to keep on amcable terms with him. Sti'l there were many occasions, both lolilical and social, when the friction let ween them became very apparent. )ne day things came to such a point hat the count, losing his temper utter y, exclaimed : "One of my friends shall wait 011 ,*oii in the morning !" "Why all this unnecessary delay?" eplicd 11 err von Bismarck, coolly. ' In all probability you have a pair of li.slols handy. Let 11s settle the mater immediately. While you get the hings ready, I will write a report ilxmt the whole transaction, which, in ase I am killed, I request you to for- ; van! to Berlin." Each set about his task. When I3isnaivk had linished his paper, he gave he sheet to Count Jtechberg, and re[nested him to examine it. ' The count's passion had, in the neantime, given way to sober retlec- 1 ion. After perusing the report, he aid, "What you have written is quite j orrect, but is it really worth while to 1 iglit a duel for such a reason ?" i "That is exactly what J wish to be i old," said Bismarck, and the matter i iided.? Youth1 h Companion. 1 Medicinal Pkoperties ok Vege- < i'auijRS.?The following information nay be useful to some at this season of lie year, if not new to many : I Spinach lias a direct effect upon the \ tidueys. j The common dandelion, used as ; rreens, is excellent for the same trou- i >le. i Asparagus purges the blood. Celery i ids admirably upon the nervous sys- I em, and is a cure for rheumatism and < icuralgia. I Tomatoes act upon the liver. i Beets and turnips are excellent ap- i letizcrs. Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling n the effects upon the system. Onions, garlic, leeks, olives, and I halots, all of which are similar, pos- I ess medicinal virtues of a marked ] haracter, stimulating the circulatory f ystem and the consequent increase of I he saliva and the gastric juice promo- i ing digestion. ! lied onions are an excellent diure- i ic, and the white ones are recommen- ' led to I?e eaten raw as a remedy for in- i omnia. They are a tonic and nutriillS. I A soup made from onions is regard- ] d by the French as an excellent res- I orativc in debility of the digestive or- ; ;ans. I - - ? +<?+ IT/nv 'iv \ T,nni- AT ,v CI I -P:i ! V I ind received a doll's trunk at Christ- < uas; and as Prue seemed to wish for ] me, the grandmamma, who acted as 'fairy god-mother" to the children, : 'livelier one for her birthday. 1 It happened to he a little smaller I han Patty's, and Patty liked nothing letter than to call Prue's attention to lie fact. Prue bore it very well, but finally, vhen Patty said with a pitying air, I 'Prue I'm so used to my big trunk .. hat when I look at yours it looks so mall to me!" Prue turned in fierce .ml virtuous indignation : "Well, 1 don't care, Patty, you're > lot a bit nice! It isn't the small/less on ought to look at when anybody i fives you anything?it's the kind- 1 t cms.'" ] ]. J\, in Dcccmbcr Wide Awake, i Tut: P?i:.st Pu'JTtiK.?A great artist i nice painted a picture of a woman ! linuing with both hands to the cross I iini< 1 foumirg billows, hut, somehow, I t (liii not please him, and he painted i mother. It. was the same woman, the i ami' cross, the same racing sea, hut s his lime shi' held oil with one hand i iiul will) the other she upheld a sink- 1 ng, drowning one. This was the true I tiriure of the gospel, and every genu- i no Christian is clinging not only to < he crofs himself, hut, like the Saviour, i eeking to save those who are sinking muds' the waves of sin and sorrow. -o- <?- I Flic man who has shown his oapabili- I y of taking care of himself j)ever ] ueks for others lo take care of. 11 Cutting: and Arranging Food. It pays to be nice about it. Never use any but the bread knife to slice bread, and if possible cut no more than is actually needed. It is a good plan to follow the modern fashion of "slice as wanted," though this may savor of stinginess to our country mothers. A lot of bread dry is not economical. It does not add to the attractiveness of the table, especially if a lot of crumbs are allowed to remain, hence we say just enough. See to it also that your knife is sharp, or your slices will be ragged and irregular. Evenly out slices," not too thick or too thin, are more tempting. In cutting a pie that is to grace a table before serving, it is well to bring geometrical fitness to bear. The eye and a little trained carefulness will generally do it. A chicken pie so cut that some pieces are a third larger j ,tlian others is not illustrative of this*! carefulness. In the cutting of pies, as, all other things, it is a good plan to do' It well. A pie that is carefulty, neatly trimmeu arouud the edges in making looks nicer upon the taltie l?r plate and! slips upon the kuife better. Perhaps all housekeepers are not as careful to have a cake knife as one for; bread, but I consider it quite essential.! i - - 1 r _ * _ _ _ t* I r i uniy yesieruay 1 aie a piece 01 cawe i | am sure was cut with a knife used in \ peeling onions just before, and it did; not add to the flavor of the cake. And again, cut cake into regular! blocks; calculate a little before begin-i ning; you will have nicer looking; dish for your table. We have not quite become accustom- j ed to '-cut as you go" in cake, but i am not sure but the day is fast approaching. Sauces for tea in a glass dish with glass preserve plates besides adds to the tea-table. It may be less conventional, but surely has a cheerful look, especially if the berry spoon rests near. The butter plate also receives less attention iu many nomes than it should. Glass is, . I think preferable, and should have a good cover. Two covered butter dishes are within the means of almost every family. They should never bo used for anything but ' butter, and alternate often. A tidy butterdish will sometimes redeem a poorly set table, and really there seems little reason why we should ever have a poorly set table, yet such is the positive fact, notwithstanding many co&tly luxuries are upon it. Good Housekeeping. Hard Work. People who want to drink seem to have no trouble in fiuding excuses for doing so. If the weather is cold they say whisky warms them up; on hot days they pretend that beer or some- 1 thing else in that line is necessary to cool them olf. They take the wretched stuff for a night-cap to make them sleep, or to keep them awake, whichever excuse suits the better. One day a young man who was trying to do more work than his body could stand said: "I drink to make me work." An old man hearing the remark answered him iu this way : "Thatis right! You drink, and it will make you work ! Hearken to me : a moment, and I'll tell you something , that may do you good. I was once a very prosperous farmer. I had a good, loving wife, and two as fine lads as i ever the sun shone on. We had a 1 comfortable home, and used to live j happily together. But we used to 1 drink ale to make us work. Those two lads I have laid in drunkards' < graves. My wife died broken-hearted, 1 ind she now lies by her two sons. 1 < am seventy-two years of age. Had it < not been for drink I might have beeu < an independent man ; but I used to drink to make me work?and it makes ] me work now ! At seventy-two years , Df age I am obliged to work for my ( daily bread. Drink! drink ! and it ( will make you work." } There is nothing that can be said in favor of drink, and yet drunkards are . made every day; how? By the first ! ihiu Krtva unH tltmi if ivcau UJ IC, WJKTJ UUU VMVM you are old enough to see what awful misery drink is oausiug in the world, and what marvelous good might he ( loue with the money that is worse ( than wasted, you are old enough to deiide never to touch a drop of the terri- 1 ble stuff, and never to put any of your ' money iuto a business that ruins men's ' souls. 1 When Before the Camera.? 1 Look as you always do. The attempt to put on an extraordinary expression i for the occasion, has spoiled many a i picture. The instantaneous plate is a i ^raud thing in the hands of the opera- t tor of judgment; he can snap the < dmtter when he sees the natural ex- J riression, and before his sitter has assumed an expression for the occasion. ] I'll is is desirable, and, to the person of ,r ^ood sense, is satisfactory. ? Remember, the photographer is not t !o make your look9; he is to copy your j looks. He will endeavor to execute it ( to the best advantage; but it must be j is you are, and not as you would like | to be. Complaints by women of their pictures being "too old" are numerous. I1 mly remember one where the com-ji plaint was "too young." . T ran not conclude these few words of i f id vice to women when sitting for their ? portraits, better than by saying brief- a y: t Dress simply and becomingly ; Act in your natural manner; 1 Be yourself. Then, if the operator be a good one, * r-ou will get a satisfactory picture. a -1. JJogarclus, in Ladies' Home Jour- a i lal. ? , - r d Christ is goodness itself: a good, f suitable unto all our wants. If you 1 be poor, he )6 rich ; if you be fool- ~ ish, he is wise ; if you be out of the * way, "I am the way," saith he ; if you want a director in the wuy, "i v inn the truth if you be in the "dark, f "1 am the light," a suitable good, a ind an universal good. As all the r sweetnesses that are in the flowers of I the Held and and of the garden are t brought in by the bees Into the hive, i ind are lliere emuuuieu hi mie mve : j -o all tlie attributes of God ami the t nveetness of them are liived in Christ, t in whom all the fullness of the God- i liead dwells bodily. And he is an ob- \ tailiable good, called the Rose of Sha- : l [ on?the rose, not of the garden, but j e ;>f the field, that every one may come t nt t j i John Bright is said to have told Jus- j tin McCarthy that he had a passionate | J love for doing nothing. It is a sort of 1 Bright's disease that has come to more t than one lazy man.?N. O. Picayune, g Adyice for Wires. Be gentle and firm with cliildreD. Beware of the first disagreement. Beware of meddlers and tale bearers. * agS Learn to speak in a gentle tone of ' ?2 Avoid moods and pets and fits df sulkiness. # Never charge a bad motive if a good one is conceivable. Learn to govern yourselves and to be ' gentle and patient. Learn to say kind and pleasant things whenever opportunity otters. " Never speak or act in ang?r until you have prayed over your words or acts. Never retort a sharp or angry word. It is the second word that makes the Study the character of each and .f'Safl sympathize with all their trouble, however small. Remember that you are married to a man, not to a god ; be prepared for imperfections. l)nn't lin filuuvs ti>Httiiiir Iiim for -uK5 money, and keep the household ex- ^ ,JS penses well within your allowance. -J* ' Once in a while let your husband-';*! ||l have the last word ; it will gratify him and l)e no particular loss to you. J9 I)" not expect too mu< h from others, but forbear and forgive, as you desire ; ;Sg forbearance au<i 'yrgivene88 yourself. Ji "vS Even if your hulsbalid should have p no heart, he is sure to have a stomach, jsjgBJgl so be careful to lubricate the marft?&? yoke with well-cooked dinners. Guard your tempers, especially in seasons of ill health, irritation and ? -|n trouble, add soften them by prayers J aud a sense of your own shortcomings /9M and errors. 45S And tirst be as kind and courteous to Jjjiw your husband as you were when be : :?|f was your lover. Then you used to look J up to him ; do not now look down upon him. * ??. Let him know more than yDu do once in a while; it keeps up his self- . respect, and you are none the worse for admitting that you are not actually in- ; fallible. Respect your husband's relations, es- . necially Jiis mother?she is none the less his mother because she is your r-;;&H mother-in-law; she loyed him before you did. Be a companion to your l.u?band, if lie be a wise man ; and if he is not, try to make him become your companion. ~ v?| Raise liis standard; do not let him lower yours. There's life alone In duty done, And rest alone In striving. Do not wait for extraordinary opportunities for good actions, but make use "-M of common situations. Whatever else may be wrong, it / ons must be right to be pure?to be just /i|| and tender, merciful and honest. For still her holy living meant No duty left undone; The heavenly and the human blent Their kindred loves in one. ? When I had neither faith nor hope . ~^?j8 Christ revealed Himself in me, and gave me His Spirit and Grace, which I i found sufficient in the deeps and in weakness. . When you have said something you - *-^^8 know you ought not to have said, take r'J| it back promptly. A clear conscience i9 of more value thau a feat of verbal legerdemain. Any work, no matter how humble, that a man honors by efficient labor md steady application, will be found important enough to secure respect for liimself and credit for his name. It is almost impossible to stop an |1 jvil course when once it it is under -;'j| ivay. We should, therefore, be exjeedingly careful to watch the trend of '* jvery habit to which we commit ourselves. Tlie surest method of arriving at.a tnowledge of God's eternal purposes '.'.is ibout us is to be found in the right use .i; >f the present moment. Each hour - jomes with some little fagot of God's ivill fastened upon its back. . Ti1 ??^v4-V%r\ notiMnSfir nf unmo 111 of? jlmuiii me assuiuitj \Ji ouujv iu MV empting to explain the mysterie* of jfod's word, one might suppose that ~'-sj )ur Saviour had said, "If ye love me, - ?-3 ^e will fathom ali uiy secrets," instead V-l >f, "If ye love me, ye will keep my , commandments. I envied the situation of hermits, as etired from the world, and sheltered touj many temptations, but I also saw hat, unless I could leave behind me ny pride, vanity, and every carnal >ropensity, an outward solitude could ifl'ord me little shelter. "I have made a great mistake In -vaiting for opportunities to do good to lien. J find that if I would really do mybody good I must make the opporuuity myself." So said a man in one >f our noon prayer-meetings recently. [t is a remark worth pondering. The astronomer has a base line of . [SU.OOO.UOU miles upon which to triangulate the stars; but h? finds it too .hort to give him an angle on most of hem. And yet with a base line of six nches, the diameter of our brains, thedogians undertake to measure God, ind determine with exactitude the orjit of his will and his providences. Thy ignorance in unrevealed mysteies, is the mother of a savyig faith ; mil thy understanding in revealed ruths, * is the mother of a sacred inowlcdge ; understand not therefore hat thou mayst believe, but believe hat thou inayst understand; undertanding is the wages of a lively faith, ,nd faitli is the reward of an humble gnorauce. I have seen persons who gather from he parterre their choicest flowers, just s they begin to open into full bloom nd fragrance, lest some passer-by hould tear them from the bush ana lestroy them. Dees not God someinies gather into heaven young and nnocent children for the same reason -lest some rude hand may despoil hem of their beauty ? The evil habit of going too long without food is one from which many leoplesufter iu the present hurrying ,ge.~ Men sit iu their offices, women usb about at their shopping, and both tecame so absorbed iu their interests hat the period of hunger is allowed to )ass, aud the period of fatigue and de? >ressiou to set in. The worst of it is hat, once the second stage is reached, he desire for food is gone; and, after nany hours' abstinence, the man or voman is too exhausted to digest a ueal when '.hey get it. To avoid this xtreme, it is only nescssary to take he most light and rapid repast during he hungry stage. A glass of milk or nerely a biscuit, while hungry, will uvvent the after loss of appetite. Vnd yet many prefer to ruin their lealtli rather than take the trouble to urn into a dairy shop aud drink a :lass of milk.?London Hospital*