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THE CARRIER'S BENEDICTION Gus Turns Orator and Poet. My name is Gus, I make no fuss, i am a quiet man, And hence you see, you must agree, To give me what you can. *"r*J 1 A ' KA\TC ? lino UI lilt* 11U1W VI UUIV! I do my duty well, And so it's true of each of you, That you'll do yours as well. No need to stay, .so long to say, That you your duty know,? But what I'd do if I were you,? I's, quickly let me go. And each, himself, the little pelf, Would scarcely ever miss, That he might place, in the embrace, Of this my humble list. Another thing that I might bring, To urge you to be quick,? A long: address, just from the press, c I might on you inflict. e With all your names and Christmas ' games, Well woven into rhymes,? Now I don't swear,?but bestbeware, 1 And bring out quick, your amies. * , That Carrier boy, is full of joy, i Who lives in such a town * ( As Abbeville, where ev'ry till, In silver does abound ;? I Prosperity and energy,? They find here, their abode, } As many mills, and big green bills, * And new railroads here showed. ? My duty done, to ev'ry one, , L>. In Spring and Winter day,? j K . So now my life, tho' i ve no wiie, Is blithe as days of May. If you forget, and will not let, Your purse strings loose tor me, The blithesome ways of many days Knocked out of me will be. # To each of you, the friends so true, Of'Wilson's Press and Banner, I bring good cheer, to close the year, In this poetic manner Now if it be that you can see, Your way quite clear to trust us, The Banner will, be better still, I'm humbly yours, Augustus. Christum*. ' . Dainty little Blockings Hanging in a row. , . s Bine ami tray and scarlet, . In the tireligbi's glow. Curly-pated sleepers Safely tucked in bed: ' Dream* of woudrous toy-shops S Dancing through each head. ( Funny little stockings | Hanging in h row. { Stuffed with sweet surprises, Down from top to toe. 1 Skates and bulls and trumpets, I>I*het?, toys and drums, ! >. Books and dolls and candies, ' i Nuts and sugar-plum#. * j Little sleepers waking; i Bless me, what a noise'? Wish you merry Christmas, Happy girls uud boys! The .Vartery. t ?? 1 t Christmas Carol. t Down the ages floats tlie echo " Of an anthem sweet and clt*ar, 1 Chanted by an host of angels, I In ihe calm Judean air. <i Oh! tne erlor.v and the rapture, : Aft Of thaCioud. triumphant strain : Sweetest song e'er scut from Heaven. "Peaceou earth, good will to men." There's no minor In the carol. W Maddest notes belo/ig to cart h, I NHtiflil tonijoy mid peace and gladness ' Ble?slti|L' heart* thut. droop beneatn. Crushing wH ghts of gloom and "darkness. Tearless sadness, voltseless care, Merging sunshine Into shadows, Bringing hope to grim despair. Oh! that heav'nly benediction! Chanted on the natal day. Of the Kins of <>arth and heaven, Rang there ne'er so grand a lay, Blessed peace! sent here from Kden! V"~ Lillte a snowtlaku pure aud white. Calming life's great, storniy billows, Lighting up earth s blackest night. Holy hymn, forever ringing "Through the corridors" of years, Bringing pe.ue to lilgn and lowiy, Drying narrow's bitter tears. M ty the white robed angel choir Chant for nvc that happy strain, M-ty the saints unite In sip*ing . "Feuce on earth, good will to men." Santa Claus on the Train. On a Christmas eve an emigrant train Sped on through the blackness of ulght. And ciett the pitchy dark in twain With the gleam of its tierce head-light. j [ In a crowded car. a noisomo place, * Sat n mother and her child: The woman's luce bore want's wau trace, C But ttie little one only smiled, < And tngced and pulled at her mother's f dress, i And her voice had a merry ring. As she limped, ".sow, mamma,'come and 1 jruess \ What Santa Clans'll bring." t Rut sadly the mother shoot? her head, I as she thought of a happier past; "He never can catch us here." she said, "The train Is going too fast." 0 *'0, mamma, yes, he'll come, I say, . So swilt are his little doer, * They runs all over i lie world to-day,? ? ^ I'll hang my stocking up here." ;l H She pinned her stocking to the seat, I |f*^ And closed her .tired eyes, j And soon she saw each longed-for sweet ; Iu dreamland's paradise. 1 On a seat behind the lltMe maid f A rougu mini i-iii i., But a Knit ligh: o'er his features played, V Aud stole i 13to his heart. (i As i lie cars drew np :?t a busy town J Theroush man loft the train. Bui scarce hue from i ho slops jumped down . Ere ho was back again. ' And a great his bundle ot Christmas joys Bulged nut from his pocket wide; He tilled the stocking with sweets, aud toys He laid l>y the dreamer's side. At dawn the Utile one woke with a shout, "l'wus Kwei-t :n hear hersslre; "I knowed liiat Santa would lind tue out ; iie caught ttie train, you see." Though some from smiling may scarce refrain, The child wits surely rlj;ht. The {rood saint Nicholas csuislit the train, Aud came aboard that night. For the saint is fond of masquerade And may f?>ol the old and wise, Ar.d so lie came to the little maid In an emigrant's disguise. And be dresses in many ways because He wishes no one to know him. For he never says, "I am Santu Clans," But his g'lixl deeds always show him. Jienry t_\ i> nan. Texas Editor?A Mormon editor is in jail for supporting four wives. Wife?You say be was an editor? "That's the way it reads." "Andhe supported four wives?" "Just so." * "Well, I don't believe it."?Texas Sittings. '! I Peace and Good Will. I "Peace, ponce on enrt i!" the angels sang, On Christmas nlgln, ttit long aijo. And us their .?ong win t? .rnealong, The shepherds hcaid below. "Good will to mm !" the song went on, "(Had tidings of er*in ?$i?y we bring; In Bethicheui, in n mar.ger rude, Lies Christ, the Saviour King!" And leaving all th.^r fl?iks hehlnd. The shepherds hastened ere the dawu, To b?nd tue ki.ee 10,11 im. tijeir Lord, Who, as a bttbe, wafs born.; ' I So we may hear the j 'brtsiniflR soncr? "Peace and euod wjill " still echoing; So wo amy bring our Jorful hearts To worship Christ.! >u!Klng. And we may join thja* choir, Their message can/" ' voters Ming? > "Glad tidings ot gre ?t jr? to all, Christ is our tfavi< (urging!" Thouch lonely may theslnjrer be. And all untrained! iti&rt his voice. The heavenly sonj; tyil wine its way, And make some v?'Hlinfr hi-art rejoice ! Helen Percy* i? Cri/oii Uowiekcupinff. Do Children Psj ? "Sometimes I just think children Ion't pa.v," said me of my careworn md discourager Neighbors otie day What do you tU'nfc about it?" "What do yoU'hiJnk about it?" "Well, I don'tknlow," I replied and ny conscience siotle me even while I ipoke. But th^Jl said, in mental ielf-reproa(;h?atid?elf-excuse for savng it, "I know llidn't pay," and I ion't think I did.l But when it fwnes to my own jairns?do they p,v? Well, they are 'p. sight of trouble." fndoed they are,: md they cost time ind money, and pan and sorrow. There are three of them, and they ire little ones st.1l, and my friends vho have larger children tell me that [ need not expect t time whet; my banes will be less tmible than they are low. I can not e':pect a time to come vheu they will bea source of care and mxiely, und hop^and fear?no. not 'vcn when thev lave irone forth to m:ms of their Vvli, and have their >wu little one* afolid them. Do "they, pay! ?w? Hero I am, veurinjr old cIAwm and trying to trush my hat ufnake it look like lew, that my JMuny and Sammy nay have new.km? and reefers, ami aats and sh( es/Kd look as Vvell as >ther children^* (bey do kirk out shoes so dreadl^Kand they haven't -he first com^K(ion of conscience ibout it either.^K,uy tear and smash ind destroy, into everything, particularly IheHr.y. Does a iwo-ytM^id baby pay for itleif up to the'tiBit ivaehes that ineresting age? I'mietimes I think lot. 1 thought Bo'eaterday when my iwti baby slippeMluo my study and scrubbed the carjlraml its best while lress with mv b?l?e of ink. x He was (laying in the I il*bod ten minutes ifter a clean drps was put on him, ind later in "t^atay he pasted fifty Wilts'worth o: Jatage stamps on the jarlor wall, til0 poured a dollar's vorth of the chJ^t white rose perunie out of tm window "u> see it vain." Mf Then *he dugout the center of a licely-baked l>af of cuke, and was ' j i.i.~ miiliflu fhft Oil!] a 111 Hie HlW'flC W. oom table, w.th the sugar-bowl beween bin legs, anil most of its conents in his sumach. , He has already cost more than $100 n doctor's bills {l,,d f *eeI that I am ight in attribititig my few fjray hairs othe misery f eudured while walling the floor with him at night during he first year <J his life. What has lu tver done to pay me or that? Ah! 1 hear life little feet pattering ilong out in tl^hall. I hear bis little ipple of laughter because he has es;apcd from bis mother, mid found his vay up to my.study, at a forbidden lour. But tl.edoor is closed. The vorthless little agaboud eau't get in, ind I won't let um in. No, I won't. [ can't be distirbed when I'm writng. He can Jiift cry, if he wants to ; [ won't be jothered for?"rat, tat, at." go his di upled knuckles on the loor. I sit in perfect silence. "Hat, at, tat." I sit perfectly still1. "Papa." No reply. . "Peezi*. paj"&." Grim silent'!. ''Baby, tun. in : peeze, papa." He shall no. come in. "My papa." I write o-..; "Papa,' the little voice. "I } L . 1?4. S? M uo my papa , ici uouj iu. I am not quite a brute, ami I throw >pen the door. In he comes, with >utstretched little arms, with shining :ycs, with laoghiair face. I eatch him ip in my arh s. and liis warm, soft litle anus go around my neck, the not 'ery clean Mt:le cheek is laid close to nine, the bah.v-voice says sweetly, "I i ub my papa.1' i \htt-s he pa.\ * Well, I guei=s lie does ! He has cans- < d me many biixious days and nights, j le has cost'wtf time and money am! [ I'lf-sxcrilice. j He may cause me pain i iml Mi.-r?w. ;He has cost much. Bui I ie has paid for it all again and again ! 11 whisperinrthese three little words n my ear, "flub papa." Our childivn pay when their very | list feeble little cries fill our hearts vith mother-love and father-love that nut lit never to fail among all earthly m^sioiis. Do your chiHren pay ?? pet roil Free *ress. T':e ClShlren's Christmas. ]>i ar liit'e ei'idren, did you hcnr Tliattm the fai th there did appear, Up??n .iudfiiMiiirlit plains A band t.i hwoIk with sweet strains? And whil? .vj'U hear them sweetly sing S.y, (io you pear tin* ?c*vs they nriii}; ()i Christ, sil'? surely should t>o horn On liuitiio.; happy Christinas morn? Von surely Ifinw he li ve<l and taught, And (?now t|e miracles lie wrought, And know lift lie w?s cruehled. And that foih'ou this Saviour died; - - 1 ? > "? i>i- .i../. i ami win .vuij^.i>'T linn >>ub in.-, mww. And love lint as lie onee loved yon .' Say. will yo; ehoose tlmt better part, Aiid give tlijSuviour all your heart? Yes. preeioulchlldren, you have heard, or lead It, ir)(?od's holy word. That Je.?un, 1ho was crucitieU For you, umtill the world hath died. Aud do you ook and see him die, Aud.seehiinrtsoand goon high? And <lo you re him sitting there. For you anUfne engaged in prayer? I Te is your Al vocate above, 4 Your great, ligh Priest, a (Jod of love. He loved yoj once; he loves you still; (i, love lum.lihd say now you will; O, love him,Mid then when you die You'll go to Ivo with him on high, And live wfc those gone on before On heaven'; tright, eternal shore. a "Straight from the B?ek." "Straight from the rock." So said a liitle boy, as he brovght a pitcher of pure cold waier to hi* dear sick mother. "Thank you, my dear," responded the suffering one; "1 hope you, too will drink 'straight from the Kock., " By the lad's quiet, thoughtful look, it was evident that he had interpreted his mother's meaning. Does every reader of The Sword and the Trowel know what, it is to drink "straight from the rock"? Have the eyes uow reading these lines been supplemented by an inward power of vision called "the eye of faith," with which the soul has seen "tne smitten Rock" in Jesus Christ, from whom there flow "rivers of living waier"? We read of one, in olden days, whose eye* God opened, "and she saw a well of water." Have y6ur eyes been thu> opened? Have you heard?rea>ler 01 those lines?with other ears than those or your head, the voice of the Son of God, as he *ays, "Whosoever driuketh of the water that I shall give him shull never thirst"? If not, listen ?listen? > Listen aow! "Ho, every one that i t.liirstet.h. mnin ve to the waters." "If ' any man thirst, let him come unto me i and drink." "Whosoever will let him I take of the water of life freely." Come I at once, "straight to the rock" Christ I Jesus, and drink from the spring of ' eternal iife. Drink freely: as freely ' as the cattle standing kuee-deep in I mid-stream on a hot, sultry day. J The little lad may not have known, 1 yet, in every deed, ChriBt's own desire 1 "Give me to drink," was being grati- * lied ; and the gift of this small cup of ' cold, clear water shall in no wise lose its reward. And when you come 1 "straight from the rock," bring with i you, l'ellow-Christian, a pitcher for ' the thirsty ; a cooling draught for some one who cannot reach the fount- 1 ain-head. Many Of the Saviour's little ones, and sickly ones, and aged ones, oast longing eyes tpward you and Jesu- is saying, "Hive ye them to 1 drink : freely ye have received, freely 1 give." The old book, God's Word,-is a rock, ( from which the streams of refreshing 1 <5race are ever flowing. Yet how few, alas ! are found habitually going J "straight to the Rock" to drink. So 1 many rest content in naviug "tue ' truth" brought to them. This, we ' know, is ofttiuies blessed, ami some- 5 times necosary; but how delightful, i how refreshing, bow invigorating, I when, l?y the cool, sweet, bubbling, spring, the *oul sits God to form the foundation-stone of his house, i. e.. church; butiypically itrepresentsJJesus the Messiah."?Meyer. He is the sure foundation of the Christiau church. What is meant t>y th? head of the corner? Am.?The cornet-stone laid 1 at the foundation binding the walls to- ] get her. I How do you understand verse 18? Ans.?? >iut whosoever shall fall upon i that sio iv, stumble at Jesus' lowly i position and refuse to believe, shall i be broken ?be greatly injured ; but it 1 was possible still to repent and be sav- | ed. lint on whomsoever it shall fall: if the^' continue to reject Christ, he < will yet be exalted to be their judge and king, and they will be utterly ) destroyed. This was fully illustrated by tlu- destruction of Jerusalem. Had i the Jews accepted Jesus and his teaching, Jerusalem would not have been j destroyed by Titus. 19 And the chief priest* nntl the scribes the 1 RnniA hour nought to lay bstidB oil him; and tiiey feared the peo^e; for they perceived thui ho had spoken this parable ugallist them. What did the rulers,seek to do? What hindered them? Ana,?They feured ihs people who had come from other parts of the country aud were not prejudiced again>t Jesus. The rulers were afraid that if they under- ( took to put him to death, the people would rescue hlhi and probably cause a riot. Why were I hey now specially angry ] acrainst Jesus ? Ans?"They perceived that he had spoken this parable against them." Nothing makes a wicked man so angry as to be told of his meanness. _ I Kindness in a Street Car. 1 One warm spring morning a poor woman entered a heavily-laden downtown cable car, in one of our large Western cities. Besides her large , market bnsket, she had two small children, hardly more than babies. A , glance at her care-worn face and the)' whnlihv nltlininrli attire of Ik-!'-: self and the children, told at a glance of many a struggle with povei-. ty. She was evidently on her way to market, and having no one to leave ] the babies with at' home, had been , forced to take them with her. Perhaps this had been the ease before, for , with a glance at the "rule* and regu- ( latious,"?all fares five cents cash, and , only infants in anus free.?she put herj, basket on the floor in front of her. and i' took both the children in her arms fori the loinr, weary ride. Shortly afterward thero entered tliej car two daintily-dressed school-girls, hs fresh as the June morning itself. Their merry faces sent a thrill of pleas- J ure to the hearts of the other passen- : ?ers, so much of youth's buoyancy < and happiness did they seem to bringt with thorn. They found seats next to the poor < wompn, and after a minute or two then one nearest said to her: "Let me hold j i the little boy for you," at the same! time transferring the warm little bun-11 die of humanity from the overcrowd- ; e<t motners lap to i\pr own. 11 The words were spoken so gently, i and accompanied by a smile so winning, that the little fellow made no', object ion, but was happy and content* | ed all the ride, especially when a rosy- ' checked apple Iroui the pretty lunchbasket found its way to histin.v hands. 1 The woman's?ratefid "Thank you!" as she left the car, showed that not oil- 1 ly were the weary arms rested, but the 1 heart ehecred. by the little act of! ihonuhtfulness. "What made you do (hat, liutli?" , asked her companion. "See how he!; has mussed your nice clean dress. 11i! would have been so much easier to have paid his fare, and let him have a seat." i "Yes,'-'said llu'h, "it would have been easier, but 1 don't think it would! have been so kind." "God bless her!" exclaimed an old gentleman with white hair and goldrimmcd spectacles, as the corner was reached where the girls got oft'to go to school; "God bless her, and may she long live to make the world brighter' and better by her kind acts." A Christmas Hymn. The nlr was ntlll o'er Bettilebem's plain, Ax if the treat night held It* breutb, WhPn life Ptornul oiime to r?lgn Over a world of death. All nurure lelt a thrill divine i When burst that meteor on the night, Which, pointing to the Saviour's shrine, Proclaimed the new-born light, Light to the shepherds! and the star C>! (Ieil iheir Kli^nt midnight fold; Light to the wise men from afar, rearing their gilt* of gold. Light u> a reAlm of sin and grief; U^Iit to ? world in all Its needs; The light or iifo?a new belief Rising o'er (alien creeds. Light on a tangled path of thorns, i tiougu lentiluk ton martyr's throne; A light to guide till Christ returns In glory to his own. There n|.lll It shines, while far abroad The Curlstmos choir sings now and then, "Glory, glory uqtoour God ! Pence and good-will to men!" Chastening or uerenge r I knew a lady who, in one instance it least, chastisedin a perfect fashion 4mi with perfect results, though the jhild corrected was under twelve months old. The baby had all a baby's inexperienced love for bright, hot things?tlt.e lire, the shining tea-pot, ttelamp. "Burning? burning !" and 'Baby mustu't!" were not enough, so aaby whs allowed to touch the hot teapot with the tips of those adventuresome rebellious little fingers; and it **as sufficient. What baby thought ibout it, I cannot say, but never, as she grew older, was sbe known to attempt thut fatal play with fire or light which has cost so many a precious little life. More.: she became one of the ino-t obedient of children, with the intelligent, willing obedience born of perfect confidence in the reason and rightness of the maternal laws. With children who are of an age to understand "moral suasion" explanation, a clear and patient setting forth t?f the wrongnesM of tbe naughty deed should surely first be tried, and tailing (hat, to allow,the evil which is persisted in to bear its natural fruit must be the nicst proper and efficacious penally; only when such methods are impracticable should arbitrary inflictions be lesoried to, and never without unmistakably shewing that an unmixed ilosire to cure the erring tendency, and not in the siightent degree, a spfrit of retaliation for the annoyance caused L>y it, is your only motive. He was ReftI Nice. a. litti.k gikl's comments on a bishop that made a noise. Beriha was very fond of play; in fact, ahe vas a little inclined to be a romp, and the more noise she made the better it auited her. Bertha's mamma did not allow her to play with some of the boys in the neighborhood because they were rude too; but ihere was one gentle little boy who lived near, and he and Bertha had line times together. Once Beriha and her mamma were mending the day at a house where a Bishop was visiting. The Bishop was a small, boyi->h-looking man, and he was extremely fomi of children, so he ami Bertha were friends directly. And what a merry time those two had ! Bertha seemed to have found a playfellow after her own heart, and the Bishop appeared t?# eujoy their frolics as much as she did. When the lime came for Bertha and her mamma to leave, the little girl walked up to the Bishop aud said: "I wish you would come atfd play with me some afternoon. Mamma lets me play with nice boys !" Then she added to her mamma, in a coaxing lone: "He's real nice, mamma, if he does make a noise!" And Berlha wondered why every body laughed. ? "Solomon* in all his Glory."? We have recently read a most humormiB dpsm-intion of a donation party ^iven to a good coy ti try clergyman, in part payment of Ins small salary, the principal results belug twenty-seven bushels of beans and a large varietv of second-hand clothing for his five children. The patience of the clerg3'man's wife tfuve oni. On the next suuday she drissed all her five children in the donated ttccond-hand clothing, and under her direction they marched up the aisle just as the good pastor was reading that beautiful passage, " Yet Solomon in all his glorj/ was not arrayed like one of these." We need not add that the next donation party was of an entirely different character. L hristmas is coming, and perhaps this story may suggest to some of our readers that there are better things to give the pastor than second-hand clothing ;?nd twenty-seven bushels of beans. A Hfjoinder.?The Editor of the Home Depaitment has received the following: In T/ic Christian Advocate of May S, IS!Jt), a young lady is reported as saying : 'As long as men admire sleniW mid tiineriusr waists, women will wear iiirlitly-liiced corsets.' "Where is the man who admires >u<*h waists ? Let him stand up. I never met one. Certainly thoughtful men, whose admiration is alone worth having, pity, if they <1<> dot despise, the wasp-Waisted simpletons. I hope you will doall you can to open their blind eyes." Prescription to fit the Cask.? There is a good story about a German iloctor who told an American lady when she consulted him about her child to give the child a bath. "Why, doctor," exclaimed the mother, ''he luis a bath every mornimr." "Humph !" said the doctor, "omit Lhe bath,then." Who knows but the doctor vas * " rigtll 1 111! VJCKIinur' kiiiiv* nud the Americans over-bathe. The world is a looking-jjlass and gives hack to every man the expression of his own face. Frown at it and it will in turn look sourly upon you ; laugh at it and with it and it is a jolly, kind companion ; and so lot all young ? ?I'lvmknrnv. pcrauua tuivu t uwivv. * ^ . It is easier to resist temptation than recover from a fall. l>ut many reline to believe this, ami so fall anil are crippled for life. What Others Say. j Richmond Advocate. Public Viktue and Private Vice. The political history of America has furnished Home conspicuous examples of the attempt tomakte the people believe iu the compatibility of public honor aLd fidelity to a party with persoual corruption and the employment of dishonorable election methods. Men who are familiar with all sorts of "ways that are dark and tricks that are vain" and not in the least scrupulous as toitheir use to effect a party aim are or affect to be surprised that it should Lie doubted whether their statesmanship and patriotism are reliable and valuable. Some of these' have been from time to time promoted to headship in governmental affairs and become chief organizers and directors of important political movements. Temporary success teemed to give the endorsement of Fate;"iK>;e populi. vcx Dei" was accepted as a maxim, and conscientious men who believed in goodness and purity, genuine. unchangeable and universal. were told to stand aside as not suited to "practical politics." But they have shown a perverse disposition not to stand aside. Aud more and more they are getting in the way, very inconveniently, of aspiring candidates and managers of party "machines." They will believe, and, which is much more to the point, they are making the people at large believe, that an individual rascal is a political rascal; that clean bauds and pure hearts will n'ot be guaranteed in the political arena urileas they exist in private lifo% These crttips teach the doctrine, verj tioot.ilenf in demaurocrues and men des titute of moral principle, that "the end" does, not "justify the means that the liberties and welfare of the public cannot safely be entrusted to rogues, liais, druukards and adulterers and their allies. KaalMlle Christian Advocate. ' The following statemeut v^as made to us a few days ago by a gentleman of the utmost probity. We give it for what it is worth. "I beloug," said he, "loan Association of 1,300 ex-Coufederate soldiers, who are scattered over twelve counties in Eastern Kentucky and tiVe in West. Virginia. Every one of these old soldiers is self-aupporting. The Association has a large fund accumulated through many years from admittance fees and yearly dues, and has advertised extensively through all that territory that it is anxious to give help to any comrade that needs it. Up to date, however, there has not been a single application for financial assistance. In all tbe State of Kentucky there are only three exConfederates who are inmates of almshouses." ycutivlUe Christian Advocate. Many Christians seem to think that an unusual pressure of adverse influences excuses them from the necessity of living up to the highest level of conduct. Where did this notion originate ? It is certainly not found in the Bible. The very time above all others when we ought to be true and faithful is when the difficulty and the danger are the greatest. There may l-- -?? ? iv/inoo fnv fho anlHior u'hn rp- I DC 3UIUC t-AVMOV vuv luxes his watchfulness in the camp, but none for him who is surprised on picket or plays the coward in the thick of the tight. To show sign6 of weakness in the supreme emergencies, is to confess that our piety is not fitted to serve the ends it was intended to meet. Naxhiille Christian Advocate. Why will not men speak as naturally when they stand in the pulpit as they do when they are carrying on an ordinary conversation ? Every trace of affectation in a preacher discounts I ?iia influence. Esnecially is this true of alFected tones of voice. Whining and whimpering are utterly unmanly. Against genuine emotion, and the expression of it, not one word can be said. What we are condemning is the effort to put on the appearance of feeling where the reality of it does not exist. Great grace is as easily,secured as I any measure oi grace wneu mere is a willingness lo pay the price. NatioxaIj Greetings.?The people of all lands have a way of saluting each other when they meet, hut thev do not all say as we do, ''How do you do?" The Swedes say, "How can you?" The Dutch, "How do you fare?" The Italians, "How do you stand?" The Spaniards*, "(Jo with God, senor." The Russians, "How.do you live on?" The Egyptians, "How do von perspire?" The Poles, "How do you have yourself?" The Germans, "How do you find yourself?" The Arabians, "Thank God, how are you ?" The i'srsians, "May thy sha-~ ow never grow less." The French, | "How do you carry yourself?" The I Turks, "Be under the guard of God." The Chinese, "How is your summon v Iluve you eaten your rice?" A Sakk Axswkk.?Miss Lucy (dying with curiosity) to fellow-bounler : ".Mr. Fowler, Jennie asked nie the other day whether yon were engagd. If she asks me again what shall 1 tell her?" ! Mr. Fowler: "Tell her?tell her? you don't know." 1 Wear tbe Smile of Gladness. Te who with youth and beauty beam. Come wear the smile of gladness From eye and Up let aonllght gleam, (JuuiiabU wltti caieaud Mtdoew. Tbe light and Joy of that bright ray, Some saddened eye R>4y borrow. To dry the tear and drive away, < Tbe gloomy cloaj of sorrow. And yon upon tbe noon of life, WI fr ft /M\n isi i?A l\l?k iinKfln/llnrr HlVUVVUinfV I'liUi UI>UCUUIU|( ' / Be hopeful, tcealou* In tbe strife, Tbe right and truth defending. Your bleat indeed, who daily share, * The smile* of those your shielding, Will you to discontent and care. Like weaker ones be yielding? No, while ff>nd words, all free from guile. Are round your fireside breathing. Then let tbe smile that answers smile, Yonr lips aud eyes be wreathing. And yon, whose beads are bowed with .age, Be cbeertal, nnrepinlng, And while you're treading life'a last stage, love >oui boui be tiulog. As richest fails sun's setting glow, The hiil tops all adorning. So ndmer smiles should grace your brow. Than when in youth's bright morning. Let hatred, strife and malice cease, With envy and complaining, Aud let the smile of love and peace, *> Ail o'er ibu earth be reigning. \ k /. And though tbe tear most sometimes rise, To soften needful sorrow. With trusting hem'ts and hopeful eyes Look toward a brighter morrow. T" Afrt. Orricy Hemmtnway. Never fill a lamp while it is lighted Never fill it near another lighted lamp oragaajet. Never fill a lamp and then set the tiller down near it and proceed to tight the lanlp ; get the oil can away first. ; t If a lamp has a feeding-place on the side bd sure that this is tightly closed before lighting the lamp, v Belter always fill ana trim lamps by daylight. Always select lamps with a broad, heavy base. Never use a large lamp, or any lamp with a standard, as a "run-around'' lamp. There are plenty of small lamps with handles "standing on their own bottoms," easily carried and admirably adapted for safe use for such purposes. Be very careful that lamps in brackets or hangers ure above the reuch of people's heads. Never permit children to handle or light lamps. lu putting out a lamp, always turn the flame very low before blowing into the chimney; then blow a quick, short pulf, aua then turn up the wick again 10 be sure the flame is exti nguished. Some lamps are provided wnii exunguiBners, dui tney are usually very unsatisfactory. There is no danger in b owing out a lamp, if the flame is ttrst turned very low. Let these and other precautions which common .sense will suggest be carefully observed in the care of lamps, and tiie kerosene lamp will cease to oe the source of annoyance and danger that ir now is in many households, and will become truly "a joy forever."?Mrs. Sarah Jessup. A growing family of children can completely satisfy hungry appetites on baked beaus with a bit of pork, some bread and a glass of milk each, while a dish of rice would only aggrevate, in place of satisfyiug their physical ueeus. If baked potatoes ana bread and butter are set before them, they ' should be accompanied by a little ba cod or some beeisteafc. If light breakfasts of bread are used one of the forms of the bread 'should be of coru meal or of oatmeal, and plenty of m.lk used with it. Lacking these there can be eggs served. Craoked wheat is nutritious also. Vegetarians may decry meat, but in our opinion most persons need meat or some vegetable which is equally strength-giving, at least once a day. Egg-plant fried, tomatoes fried, beams baked or boiled, pea-soup, cracked corn, corn-meal mush, whole wheat or oatmeal, or cheese or omelettes can on a pinch be made to do duty in place of meats, but not for long. Somebody Says.?When anything is accidentally made too salty, it can be counteracted by adding a teaspoonful'of sugar aud a teaspoonful of vine gur. To curl feathers, put some coals of fire on a shovel; sprinkle brown sugar on the coals, and hold the feathers in the smoke. If you cannot obtain a hearth-rug that exactly corresponds with the carpet, get one entirely different; for a decided contrast looks better than a bad match. Neatness is better than richness, and plainness better than display. Powdered potash thrown into ratholes will drive the rodents away. Mice will never gnaw through a piece of cotton with cayenne, that is stuffed into their It is Hakd to Believe.?That^ft* man with a narrow head can have a bin heart. That people who can pay and wont pay, ought to prdy very loud in meeting. Thnt. tn lip dipsinnted in vouth is the surest way to be steady in after life. That what is not sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gamier. That the life can be right while the heart is wrong. That a man who lives an irreligious life all the week could be much of a Christian on Sunday.?Ram's Horn. A mixture of dry earth nnd land plaster is good to use as an absorbent in the stable for the purpose of retaining the ammonia, which is lighter than air and irives that strong pungent smell in stables. - Never wash macaroni. The cooking water dissolves everything undesirable. Tea should never he made in a tin pot. The tannic acid in tea unites with the tin and produces a poison. Tlie harder our worn mu mm- ??. need solitude and prayer, without which work becomes mechanical and insincere. Our idea of a real nice girl is one who can be with poorer people and resist talking of the nice things she lias