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'(ft * 0' / The Press and Bannei abheville, S.C. SH*-Publish??u every Wednesday at $2 a year in advance. ? Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1890. j Twelve Pa^es. Mis-* M. H. Polk, Perryville, Ken tncky, Ion f?ir Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. to tak?* a thiee years course in medicine oHor.- jjoing to China as a iir.s-ionary, unuer the care of the Woman'* Hoard of missions, Method-! ist Epi-copal Church South. New VotiK, Oct. 20.?The United States Express Company has been issued p- rciup'ory orders to all of iis agents n??t to receive money, tickets orj lists ol drawing from the Louisiana; x /??? in Qnr wnv as-! AjUUCIV V I/.1.1 , v.. .W. ....J ..?J ( sist iu the transaction of the lottery business, ami .>a.\? ilia: any statements that the company is actiii10 the coutrary are false. With the view <.f checking the habit of smoking among the members of the Salvation Army, General Booth lias issued an order to the eftect that no smoker can become or remain a sergeant, bandsman, sergeant major, secretary or treasurer, or indeed hold any office iu a corps. "Smoking." contend' the General, "is injurious to health, uncleanly, a waste of money, a disagreeable infliction upon others, and an unnatural habit of self-indulgence for which there is no justification." A distinguished American representative of Protestantism in Europe, the lamented JRr-v. Robert Baird, one remarked in our hearing: King eand princes are toe easiest people to get ' along with socially, they are so court- J eous and polite; but the hardest people in the world to meet in social circles are the mushroom aristocracy." They do not know what is due to others, what is due to themselves, and this lack of knowledge all feel who are thrown with them. Faultfinders at hotels and boarding-bouses are almost always those who are served less well at home, and their fault-finding is the stamp of their "freshness" and vulgarity.?Exchange. A remarkable feature of the pension list is the fact of its containing the n am eg of so large a number of widows This portion of the pension roll dates, it is ?aid from the time wheu Mrs Grant was allowed a pension of $5,000 on account of her husband's servicer,, This case has been made a precedent instead of an exception, aud scores of the widow* of distinguished officers pressed their claims for recognition. The list now comprises amonir others the names of Mrs P. H. Sheridan, Mrs J. A. Logan, Mrs. F. P. Blair, Mrs. G. H. Thomas, Mrs. W. S. Hancock, Mrs. G. B. McOlellan, Mrs. George Cook, and Mrs. J. C. Fremont, who receive each$2,000 a year. It also incl uie-t Mrs. G. B. Warren. Mrs. James ShieMs, Mr*. S. Heintcleman, Mrs. R;>bers Anderson, Mrs. G. J. Stannard, Mrs. E. O. C. Ord, Mrs. J. B. Rickette, Mrs. J, F. Hart ran ft, MrsL. H. Rosseau, Mrs. G. II. Paul, Mrs. Rodger Joins, Mrs. DavidMcDougal,and Mrs. J. W. A. Nicholson, who get $1200 a year each. The husbands of several of these ladies were in civil life for years before death, and some of whom K-ft large fortunes. On the other hand, it is stated that more than one ca^e the widow of a penniless soldier who died in the service, has been left without resources of any kind. The roll, therefore forms a sort of civil list, similar to that of Englaud, and the question is, is this a desirable addition to our national expenses ? Macon, Ga., Oct. 7.?In the Houston County {Superior Court at Perry t'?-day Thomas G. Woolfolk was the second time sentenced to be hanged October 29 for the murder of teu members of his father's family. The ease is one of the most noted on the criminal list of the State. He was tried in this city in November, 1887, and afterwards, having been given a new trial by the Supreme Court, with a charge of veoue, was retried in November, 1889, at Perry, in Houston County, lie was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on both trials. On the last appeal the decision of the lower court was sustained and the sentence pronounced to-day is final. When asked what he had to say about it, Woolfolk said: ''Nothing at all, only I am innocent. I didn't do it; still, I would much rather be in my grave than surrmiiwloi) <iu T ;im I n;n rpfidv to re ceive my sentence." ? The estimated loss by the fire in Mobile, Ala., Oct. 20, is $650,000. Several warehouses and steamboats were burned besides 5,630 bales of cotton. The dissatisfaction with the census reports is increasing in extent and in intensity. Four inches of snow fell near Saratoga October 24. TIip population of South Carolina, according to the census just taken, is 1,114,101, an increase of 157,284 or 15.2 per cent, during the last decade. Kcatits. Mrs. Joltn C. I>owltng, of Banrvcll, died in Ausnsta, <ia., Oct. ]i>, ikjk), auti W!IS [juried uoxt day at Darn well villain. Miss Annie Horn, daughter of Oliver I'orn, K'UeJi -ld County, dlf?l O(it?ibor i!?, 1-W, ugi-il 23. Mrs. (widow) Mary Urookbanks, Columbia, died, Oct. 21. 1&90. Mrs. Parker, wife of Mr. \V. R. Parker. Columbia, died, Oct. SI. lV.H). Tljrt deceased was an estimable Christian woman. Mrs. Lucy Uackstrom, widow of J. G. Kaclcstrom, Chester County, S. C., died July UU, 1S9'J, ujjed 7'J. i Mrs. I>!ey (Gilbert) 'John, f'lie?;ciT:t)ld, County, s. c., died Aug.]?;, 1NW, aged so. Mrs. Marearot L. Mayer, wife of Andrew Maver, Lancaster, .S. c.? died September 2a, 1SSW. a'^eu Ui. Mis. Moore, wife of Mr. W. W. Moore, Ti:nmonsvilie. died, Oct. IS, 1 Rev. Jo!m O. Wenzenberser, (Presbyterian) died at Fort Motte. s. t\. Oct. -M, isoa. The deceased came from Hrookiyu, N. V. Hoping for a recovery of health. The Salvation Array. Mr. Stead in St. Lout* dirittan Advocate "Mr. George culled upon me the other day, anil I was glad to find him looking so well after Ids tour around i the world. In talking of the Salvation Army, he said he had never visited a town in Australia without finding the Salvationists established in the midst '? ?.! 1 rt'Ann ulup ui me [jciijjiv, aim in\c oci.jv.m, from Lord WoUeley downwards, he is full of admiration for the oganiziug genius of the founder of the Army. "The social question," he remarked emphatically, "will never get. itself solved until it rakes up on religious principles." Mr. Booth, by the way, is a great admirer of Henry George, and ha? lmg bNen a regular subscriber to hi* standard newspaper.' How iittle we know of the best phases of the Salvation A rmy movement. That General Booth, its leader, is an educated and well informed man; that it has interprises in nearly every civilized country; that intelligent Church of-England'men have endorsed its proceedure; that it has a II* page illustrated weekly journal in London with a circulation of nearly 800,000;] that it has nearly 30 other newspapersi that it. now proposes to po everywhere; and stay; these things we do not con-; sider. It is more to be judged by the men and women of meek mind and I forlorn facesseen straggling about our) streets, or resorti ng to absurd measures: than Methodism is to be judged by its extravagancies of method. I Haven't Any Xow. It seems perfectly reasonable that God should have given us a glirrfpse of the future; for we are constantly losing some of our friends by death, and the first thought that comes to us is, ''Where have they gone?" When loved ones are taken from us, #iow that thought comes up before us! How we wonder if we will ever see them a<rain, and where and when it will be! r,,. -V !- ........ ,u;0 Klooeofl | I nen 11 is wutt we iuiu u> una uicwu | Book: for there is no other book in all the world that can give us the slightest comfort, no other book that can tell us where the loved one^ have gone. Not long ago I met an old friend, and as I took him by the hand and asked after his family, the tears came trickling down his cheeks as be said, "I haven't'any now," "What!" I said, "is your wife dead?" "Yes, sir." "And all your children, too?" "Yes, all gone," he said, "and I am left here desolate and alone." Would any one take from that man the hope that he will meet his dear ones again? Would any one persuade him that there is not a future where the lost will be found? No, we need not forget our dear loved ones; but we may cling forever to the enduring hope that there will be a time when we can meet unfettered, and be ble?t in thai land of everlasting suns, where /the soul drinks from the living streams of love that roll by God's high throne.? Moody. <?? Rlpenm In Character. One nmrk is beauty. Ripe fruit has its own perfect beauty. As the fruit ripens, the sun tints it with surpassing loveliness, and the colors deepen till the beauty of the fruit is equal to the beauty of the blossom, and in some respects superior. There is in ripe Chrstian* the beauty of realised sanctitication, which the word of God kuows by the name of "beauty of holiness." Another mark of ripe fruit is tenderness. The young, green fruit is hard and stone like. The mature Christian is noted for tenderness of spirit. Another mark of ripeness is sweetness. The unripe fruit is sour. As we grow in grace we are sure to grow in charity, sympathy,%and love. We shall, as we ripen in grace, have great* er sweetness toward our fellow-Christians. Bitter spirited may know a great deal, but they are immature. Those who are quick to censure may be very acute in judgment, but they are a* yet immature in heart.' I know we who are young beginners in grace think ourselves qualified to reform the whole Christian Church. We drag her before us and condemn her straight way: but when our virtues become more tolerant of evil, but we shall be more toleraut of Infirmity, more hopeful for the people of God. and certainly less arrogant in our critisms. All oilier aim a very sure miuiv ui ripeness is a loose hold of earth. Kipe fruits easily parts from the bough.? Spurgeon. * ? ? Art of Sweeping. In sweeping, take long light strokes, and do not use too heavy a broom. "Alice," said Lois, "do you honestly think sweeping is harder exercise than playing tennis?" I hesitated. "I really don't know. One never thinks of hard or tasy in tenuis, the game is so interesting; and then it's out door exercise, and there's no danger of inhaling dust." "Well, for my part," said Majnrie, "I Jike tiuing work that tells. There is so much satisfaction in seeing the figures in the carpet come out brightly under my broom! Alice, what did ! you do to make your reception-room so splendiferous? Girls, look here ! You'd think this carpet had just come out of the warehouse." ''Mother often tel.'s Aunt Hetty," said I, "to dip the end of the broom in a pail of water in which she has poured a little ammonia?a teaspoontul to la gallon. The ammonia takes off the I dust and refreshes the colors wonder 11uIiv. we couldn't Keep liouse witnout it" I finished rather proudly. "Did you bring some from home ?" asked Majorie, looking hurt. "Why, of course not! 1 asked your | mother, and she gave me the bottle, land told me to take what I wanted." "A little coarse salt or some damp j lea leaves strewed over a carpet before sweeping adds ease to the cleansing process," said Mrs. Downing, appealling on the scene and praising us for our thoroughness. "The reason is 'that both the salt and the tea leaves 1 being moist keep down tlie light floating dust, which gives more trouble 1 than the heavier dirt. But now you j will all be better for a short rest; so Rome into my little snuggery, and ! have a gossip and a lunch, and then you may attack the enemy again."? I Ladies Home Journal. ? No man can begin to mould himself on a faith or an idea without rising to a higher order of experience. \ The Death-Rnte and Intoxicating: Lle quors. Considerable discussion has taken | place in regard to a document published by the British Medical Association, | relating to the alcoholic habits aud death-rate of different occupations and I classes. The liquor press has taken up j portions of it and made an effort to jshow that the death of drinkers was ! not greater than abstainers. They :j- * -- - whinh I U1.UIU lO UUtlVC LUC i llliunuig, f> .ovu will be found among the deductions of the Committee of the Association : ' On the whole, then, in addition to the information which we obtain from the-e returns as to the alcoholic habits of the inhabitants of this country, and as to tho relative alcoholic habits of different occupations and classes, we may not unfairly claim to have placed upon a basis of fact the following conclusions: 1. That habitual indulgence in alcoholic liquors beyond the most moderate amount, has a distinct tendency to shorten human life, the averI age shortening being roughly proportioned to the degree of indulgence. 12. That of men who have passed the age of twenty-live, the strictly tem| perate, on the average, live at least ten i years longer than tnose who become [decidedly intemperate. We have not, j iti these returns, the means of coming to any conclusions as to the relative | duration of life of total abstainers and | habitually temperate drinkers of alcoholic liquors." The returns of the United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution?a well-known life insurance company of London?prove conclusively the remarkably greater length of life among abstainers than among drinkers who are not. drunkards. The statistics are spread over twenty-two years, and afford the best proof attainable of the marked longevity of abstainers as compared with moderate drinkers. Drunkards being excluded altogether, the average for the whole period in the Temperance Section were: Expected deaths, 3937; actual deaths, 2798. In the General Section ; Expected deaths, 6144; actual deaths, 59&L By which it is observed that in theGeneral Section, including moderate driukets, iu the twenty-two years, there were only 160 less ' actual" than "expected" deaths; in the Temperance Section, exclusively of total abstainers, mere were ticja less ' actual" than "expected" deaths in a little more than half the number of policies. These figures represent facts of great significance for the individual citizen as to his personal well-being, and for the legislator charged with the duty of making laws for the promotion of the public welfare. Repose of Manner. Charles Corson is a merry, rollicking young man, who often tries his good mother by his great carelessness of behavior. She had often said to him that she wished he would sit more quietly, talk in a less noisy fashion, and try in every way to cultivate repose of manner. One evening there was to be a roomful of formal company ut the Corsons, and Mi's. Corson gave her sou line upon line, and precept upon precept. "There is nothing more elegaut in u young man," she concluded, "than perfect repose of maimer." The company came. Charles grew interested ill the conversion, and quite forgot his good resolution. He rushed about the rooms, talked very fast, and at last, in fetching a dish of ice cream for one of the guests, stumbled against his mothers chair and spilled half of the ice cream down the folds of her gown. Then came, with a flash of sweet tempered emphasis, words which contrasted drolly with the abashed face ol the young man. "Charles, dear," said Mrs. Corson, scarcely turning from the friend with whom she chanced to be talking, "Charles, dear, I wish you would cultivate repose of manner!" The delicate contras*, between the phase of reproof and the vexatious action that evoked it made every one smile; and Charles smiled, too, as, begging his mother's pardon, he knelt down, napkin in hand, to wipe the ruined folds of silk. "I Got Angry." t "I thought I was a Christian once,' said a little girl mournfully; "but I got angry one day, and so 1 suppose J am not one." "Don'tyou feel sorry, Mina?" asked her teacher. "Yes, ma'atn, ever so sorry I cried and cried about it." ' Did you ask Jesus to forgive you ?" "I was afraid to, it was so naughty." i " "My dear, Jesus saw you when you were angry, una tie wauiea you tc come and - let him foruive you. I-Ic will forgive you uow if you will ask him." "1 will then," and the little one fell down on her knees, and with teur.rolling down her cheeks, prayed, "Dear Jesus, 1 am so soiry I got angry ; please to forgive me and keep me from ever again being angry." I am sure Jesus heard that prayer, and I do believe Mina is a little Christian, even if she did commit this sin, Thin is a sign that she was, because she felt so sorry. Dear little Christians, when you arc overcome by temptation and commil sin, don't run away from Jesus, but run right to him anil confess and asl> forgiveness.?The Little Ones. ?o- -or*woods That Sink in Water. There are 413 species of trees found within the limits of the United States and territories, sixteen of which, when perfectly seasoned will sink in water The heaviest of these is the black iron wood found only in southern Florida, which is more than 80 per aent, heavier than water. Of the other fifteen the best known is the lignum vita', and the mangrove. Texas and New Mexico, lands full of queer creeping, crawling, walking and inanimate things, are the homes of a species ol j oak which is about one and one-fourth j times heavier than water, and which, 1 when green, will sink almost as quick ! as a bar iron. It grows only in mounj tain regions, and has been found westward ax far the Colorado desert, where it grows at an elevation of 10,000 feet. All the species heavier tnan water be long to tropical Florida, or in the west jand southwest.?Commercial Adver MSd . A Beautiful Incident. A Short time before his death the renowned engine-builder, C'orless, ' found it necessary to enlarge his great ' machine ahops, and set a squad of s men at work to prepare the material 1 j for building. * | One morning, after some progress 1 | tiatl been maae in me preparation, jjc ; visited the quarry from which (he ' stoue for the foundation whs being ' I taken. While the masons were ar- t j ranging to blast a hujre rock, a work-' f jmau, pointing to a l>ird hovering over < a ledge high up in the rock, said: 1 ''That bird will have to change its 1 I nesting iu short order if it wants to i save its neck." "Are there eggs in the nest?" in- 1 quired Mr. Corle^s, with evident interest. ' 1 "Yds. four little speckled fellows, over which the mother bird has been < fu.-stng ever since we began work," replied the man. "The young birds 1 will soon be peeping through the deli- I eate shells." "Then let the work stop until the 1 birdlings are ready to fly," was the great-hearted man's command. "You are surely not in earnest," ex- ' claimed the foreman who was direct- ' ing the preparation for blasting. < "I surely am," was the quick reply; ' "I have no right to break up the home s of even the smallest of God's creatures, : and these parent urnis nave riguw j that I am bound to repect." j "You are aware, sir that the work- i ingrnen are all on hand, and that every J tlnng must stop if we carry out your > orders," urged the man anxiously. 1 "I understand all this, ray friend: ; yet I cannot conscientiously do other- ' wise than adhere to|my first command. What light have I to i uild up my for-' ' tunes upon the ruins of even a bird's home?" < "The men will be dissatisfied, sir; they feel that they have rights, too," retort- ' ed the man, a dark frown stealing J over his honest face. "I recognize their rights, also, and their pay shall go on just as usual durinir these waiting da.vs. Send t hem to their homes and let them spend the 1 time in improving their own homes and gardens-patches." The sullen looks that had been gathering on the faces of the men vanished suddenly at his words, and instead of bitter iniprecutions and muttered curses, the air was filled with cheers and benedictions that almost overwhelmed the modest proprieior, who never thought of being applauded for simply obeying the dictates Of his conscie nce. At the close of the week four little birds were seen bobing up and down in the nest away up in the clifF, but fully two weeks more passed before the young fledgeli.igs were able to leave their mossy-home in the crevice of the rock. Instead of becoming irritable at the long delay, the great eneine-bnilder seemed to enjoy the days of waiting, and frequently visited tbe spot to see how the feathered songsters were growing. His devotion to the rights of the little creatures won the admiration of? tlie men, and when, after three weeks of rest, tbe gigantic business was again set in operation they all felt constrained to do their utmost to help repair the loss that their noble-hearted employer had so willingly suffered.?Bell V. Chisholm. < I m i m ? j Womnn'n Ministry. Certainly I have studied this sub ject. And having done so, have my convictions. I suppose, however, that one's views are oftener, than we ure aware, suggested at least by circumstances and influences apart from our studies; and the investigations we pur sue come in more to confirm. > than to form opinions. MissWillard's visit to Columbia in March, 1881, and ber eloquent spteeehes in behalf of temperance, had much to do likely with my persuasion that woman has 1 a call to tbe public advocacy of moral and religious questions. Signal was ( the ability of those addiesses, the ef. fects unto ediflcation. God seemed i verily to have called her and to be blessing her. The simple logic of the situation to , me is ibis; if women have gifts, they are needed and should be exercised. They were given for that purpose, and the economy of grace demands it. Jvo 1 I U II. lw. ,'aruncuu iiiiuici. si,tu mc is a woman," should estop her, above . all, the blessing of God upon her labor 1 is an endorsment we canuot gain say. Now that some women are thus gifted find have been thus blessed, I believe canuot be successfully denied. At the 1 same time I regard this as consonant , I with the whole tenor of Scripture, and !jaud woman's'ministry a fulfillment of | Joel's prophecy as quoted by Peter on '|the day of Pentecost. St.. Paul was I giving local and exceptional directions : if he was touching woman's ministry Mat all. But we think it much more likely that his injunctions only touch' led the dissent ions in the Church; while I his regulating, and not prohibiting . j woman's prophesying, [or preaching, | '; practically the same] proves* that tbe 1 injunction does not hold against wo-j [ man's ministry in general. That woman will ever be called to I the pastorate I regard as doubtful. 11 1 believe her dispensation in this particu-, lar to be exceptional. I do not think j ' that equally with man she will be call- j ! ed to this work. But when truly caH-| ed, as shown by every test applied to i Miliar*, and honored and blessed of God, i hit seems nothing remains but to give; 'iher the right hand of fellowship. ' That the future, the pregnant future,' the awful, glorious future, will lead usj I farther along this line, who can say? It is for us but to walk in the light | I that is given us.?Rev. .J. L. Stokes in , < | Way of Faith. II ? ? A Vnw VnrL- mnil ?HVK llO I'.ilS dis-' (.covered a fly destroyer that discounts' *! all the Hy papers and ily poisons that i i jhave yet been put into use. Last! spring he went into the country and ri brought back Twith him when lie returned a number of clover blossoms. ! He hung them in his rooms to ornafj ment the walls. The clover dried and 1 since then he says not a lly will stay j in the room, lie has watched and! ; studied, and says he has discovered jthat Hies cannot stand the sccut of j dried clover. ! ] _ ! One could as well try to learn how I to operate a locomotive by watching it !;goby, as to expect to learn practical 'lifefrom the study of books. " V; v v; v" A More Excellent Way. It all came about through Johnny's Iroppiuir the wyriip-pitcher at breakFasi. The tablecloth was spick and span clean, and his mother had risen ivith a miserable neuralgic headache, ind Johnny wasn't as careful as she would have b*en, of course, when In lis hurry he tipped the pitcher, which n it* fall overturned a very full tumjler. And so, in another half-minute, here was an island of syrup set in a ;mall pond of ice-water ! All the cir Mirastances which I have enumerated vere too much for ordinary maternal jatience. "Johnny, you are a naughty, careess boy! You may have no syrup on four cakes this morning !" Johnny's eyes opened in astonishnent. "Why, mamma, I didn't mean to Jo it!" "But you are always doing things tvith such a rush. You make other ieople a great deal of trouble and Iajor, aud then you say, 'I didn't mean ;o!' " A cloud of very gloomy character !ind suddenly falen over the group at :he pleasant breakfast-table. Just nere, in the coufusion consequent up>n the accident, Kate, the twelve-year :>ld sister, who sat opposite Johnny, struck her napkin-ring sharply igainst the salt-box standing by her [>late, thereby overturning the dainty little china device. This incident being of so trivial a nature, nobody made comment, until the rebellious ind tearful Johnny exclaimed : "Kate lias been careless, too, mamma, and 1,1 Kit yuu imv u t .uiuiiicu iipi u uu. uium t jbe go without syrup, too?" (,lt isn't anythlug to tip over a saltbox," remoustrated the Jit tie girl. "What a silly thing to mention, Johnny !" added the mother. But somehow, almost before the remark had left her lips, her conscieuce had disputed its truth. "Johnny," she said suddenly, "will you excuse me f jr speaking as I did ? It was because the clean tablecloth was soiled, and the spilling make such coufusirn and so much work, that I was discouraged. But it was an accident, and not my little boy's fault You did not mean to do damage, any more than Kate when she hit the saltbox. You can see thkt yours was a much more tryiug accident, and it was hard to be pleasant over it; but I see that I was tn the wrong, because I was really blaininjr you because there was syrup in the pitcher, and not for being careless in tipping it, as T said, Kale's salt-cellar dion't have any syrup in it, you see, only salt, which did no damage." The picture before her was chaotic, b(ut Mrs. Way succeeded in smiling brightly into Johnny's eyes, and added, "I am sick this morning. I didn't sleep well last night. You know how I dislike a soiled tablecloth ?so, on the whole, won't you try to excuse me?" Such a queer expression Johnny's face wore, but smiles carried the'dav very speedily. "Now, Children, " interposed their father, "since mamma lias been so polite, aud has apologized so beautifuljy; I don't you think a small boy and girl, not very far away, ought "to he very careful as to their manners at table, and run no risks of tipping pitchers and tumblers and saltcellars, and making ugly spots on clean tablecloths?" "Yes sir," said Johnny, with great emphasis. /'I'll try," added Kate. Tiiat morning, as tne cmiuren were on their way to school, Kate said in a thongbtful way, with a tender accent in her voice: "I think mamma i9 just the sweetest mother in all the world. She is always sorry when she docs wrong, just as much as she wants us to be." To which somewhat confused grammar of his sister, Johnny responded with earnest loyalty. ''Yes, aud she owns ud right out loud, too, I tell you!" Children's J'Luft-Orer.?." Tt is surprising how much food children waste at table or between meals. Children don't always know the capacity of their own stomachs. They ask for "second helpings" at meals, or "a piece" between meals, aud when, the cove'.eil morsel is before them the desiie tails after'.a few small mouthfuls. Perhaps it is a piece of toast, an egg or au apple. Without a thought tho^e remain? are thrown into the scrap-pail and fresh bread is cut for next time, perhaps only to be wasted in the same way as before. If economy be an object with the . :r.. l..- .. m;?. Iiousewiic, ict iicx s^uu a iv?? iiimj utes' thought on the children's ''leftovers." Suppose it to be a piece of bread and bniter, or toast, or an apple. Carefully out away the bitten purls and lay aside on a clean plate. 5sext time the child asks for a piece, give him what has been saved. When he sees the pieces has been well cared for he will not refuse it, especially if it is hunger which prompt" the request. Sometimes an egg is not eaten because it had not been boiled enough. Empty it into a common cup into which a small piece of butter has been dropped; pepper and salt to taste. Next meal tim e set the oup on the stove and stir the contents for five or ten minutes, or until it is scrambled egg. If not liked eaten in the cup, spread between slices of thin bread and butter, press together with the flat side of a knife, cut across and across, aud you have four neat litte sandwiches, which few children will refuse. Cold meat may also be made into attractive sandwiches. Cupfulsor halfcupfulsof milk, put away in a cool place, will be welcomed again with joy by the thirsty lit Lie one. Always give each child its own "left-overs," and let it be understood that one child will never be expected to eat what another has left. This way of managing is, after all, only an old friend with anew face, fini* <*rniwlmothers did the very same with our mothers, but the difference was their "left-overs" hung like a drawn sword over their heads, and they were forced to eat, by way of punishment, the discarded article of diet. Under this system it became a hundred times nauseous than it was at first. These little economies, practiced by the careful housewife, will very materially aid in increasing the sum in the purse, which is so often needed for purchasing things more enduring than food and drink.?M. I). Punshon. ' y kA : ' /\. .. .?j ' '/. ' Chickens. by rose terky cooke. , .'-jj"I didn't!" crvh Chip. "You did I" say* Peep. * ' ' How do you know??You were fast u?le?'p."$ "I Vll under uianuuy'ti winy. Stretching iny lent* like nny thing,. "? y.. When mII of a sudden I turned i<round, For close behind ine I heard a sound? * A little tip and h little tap." "Flddte-de dee! You'd hud a nop, And when you were only half-awake Heard an Icicle nomcwhere breek." ' >: What an Icicle?" "I don t know; tall- I..., ~..A ' Something that Un't as itood a* meal, Thut drops down ou you ana makes yoa squeal" "Well, swallow Rooster's tale*, I beg. And think yoa didn't, come out of an egg! I tell you I heard the old shell break. And the tint small noise yoa ever coald make; And mammy croodled and puffed her breast itfi; Aud pushed uh farther out of the nest Just to make room enough lor you ; And there'* your shell, I *ay It's true 1" ..... 'Vi-f Chip looked over his shoulder then, And there it lay by the old gray ben? Half an egg-shell, chipped and brown, And he wa* a ball of yeliow down, Clean and chipper, and smart and spry, ' . j./ With the pertest bill and the blankest eye. ,' ,'i "H'm!" said he, with a little perk, ' That Is a wonderful piece of work! P'-ep, you silly, don't you see i ' That shell isn't nearly ?s bio: as me? NVhutever you say, miss, I declare * . '2 I never, never, could net In there I" "You did !" says Peep. "I didn't!" says Chip; With that he gave her a horrid nip. / And Peep begiiu to dance and peck, . And Chlpstuck out his wingsund neck. : They pranced and struck and capered about. Their toes turned in and their wings spread out, As angry as two small chicks could be, Till Mother Dorking turned to She cackled and clucked and called In. Tain? . At it they went with iniglit and main, Till at last the old hen used her beak, V. And Peep and Chip, with many a squeak, Btagsered off on either Bide With a very funny skip and stride. , "What dreadful nonsense!' said Mother /.r Hen, . . , .fyfcg When she heard thestory told aealn; >) "You're a< bad us the two-legs that don't have WlllKfl, ' 1, Nor feathers nor com?v? the wretched things! That's the way they fight and talk ' > For what isn't worth a mullein-stalk. ; '?>?; What does It matter, I'd like to know, Where you came from or where yQU go? Keep yoar temper and earn your food; I can't scratch worms for n fighting-brood. v . I wont have quarrels?I will have peace; t'.] I hatched out chickens, so don't be geeeer1 Chip scratched his ears with bis yellow claw. The meekest chicken that ever you saw; And Peep in her leathers cnrlert one leg. And said to herself: "But he wan an egg!" A1 jXictiolat. U ? P# "Somebody Must Be In." The late Archdeacon Hare was once, : ft when tutor of Trinity College, giving a lecture, when aery of "Fire" was y?. raised. Away rushed his pupils, and forming themselves into a line betweeti the buildiug?which was near sjt(, at hand?ami the river, passed buck- 1 eta from one to the other. The tutor, A. % quickly following, found them thus engaged ; at the end of the liDe one ?" youth was standing up to his waist in the river; yet he was evidently feeble ; and in poor health. r , "What!" cried Mr. Hare, "you in the water, Sterling? you so liable to ^ ^ take cold?" "Somebody must be in . -j it," the youth answered; 4 'why not I $:'$ as well as another?" The spirit of this answer is that of . /. i'.; all gieat and generous doings. Cowardice, and coldness too, says, "Oh! somebody will do it," and the speaker . v" siis still; he is not the one to do what r V needs doing. P.ut nobility of character,'looking at necessary things, sc.ys, "Somebody must do it: why not I?" | And the deed is done.?Sel. Worm Bememberlnf. No one is likely to reacn-what we call success in any department of life unlers he has before him a noble aim. a high idea^ One may shnjBe along, " of course, and escape mendicancy, even if no ambition stirs him. but the limit of his career will be marked by the line that separates between failure and me- . fj dioerity. Many have ideals they never ; reach; some are disappointed and' . soured; but this admitted, it is still true tnat ne wno scanas in me .rronc has but worked out a destiny which in some form or other look shape in his earlier years. There is a bud before there is a flower. . ' V t ^ t Miss Francis E. Willard tells the following: "This thing happened in one of the Arkansas towns?ihe jail was closed, > and there were no cases in court for some months, and the marshal of the town paid, "You might as well abolish mv offlca. Fur one month I have had no cases of drunken and disorderly conduct, and not a single arrest save one for thieving." You may imagine the chance when a mean-spirited business mnu in the community said, "You cannot keep up your town. No arrests, no lines. You cau't even keep your sidewalks in repair." Some fanners standing by Jaguhed their contempt for the speech, and one of them said to the lest: "What a pity it is, boys, that' a lot of us can't be jecked up by the marshal, carried off to court, and sawed up into the right length for side- 4 walks." i The fact that good men, and even ministers, follow some particular course of action does not prove that it is a rfght course. Minister" are not infallible anymore than editors, or any other class of men. We all make lots of mistakes. As the llev. Mr. Spurgeon says, the only mau who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything "which, truth to tell, is the greatest blunder of all." 'I'lio oti/i/irQoniiinf of ?!! the ministers combined could not make a wrong thing right aAy more than the condemnation of all the editors combined i could make a right thing wrong. NevJ er pin your faith or your conscience to j anybody's coat-tails, but study the j Word of God for yourself, seeking the ! sruidance of the Holy Spirit that jou j may understand it aright. Oirrs Ant Bruises.?1Tincture of [ benzoin, or Bourne dc vir, has no 1 equal for cu!s, scratches, or external j iutlamation of any kind. Pour it over j the cut or bruise, wrap up the injured | part, and the trouble will soon be cured. It is apt to cause a cut or abrasion to smart, but a puff'or two from I one's breath will do, away with that; litis only the alcohol in solution which I causes the smarting, and that is over as soon j^s the alcohol has evaporated. ! A friend lately tried the tincture on a [badly sprained ankle, and declared the | cure was perfectly wonderful.--The l Household. ?<(?? A recent protracted meeting atthae j Methodist Church at Chesterfield village resulted in four accessions and about twenty conversions.