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___ THE CARRIEnjENEDICTION Gus Turns Orator and Poet. " My name is Gus, I make no fuss, t am a quiet man. And hence you see, you must agree, ' To give me what you am. Without the noise of other boys, 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 Ions to say, ' That you your fluty 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 fist. Another thing that I might bring, To urge you to be quick,? A long address, just from the press, I might on you inflict. With all your names and Christmas funes, woven into rhymes,? * T 1 14. T. iiilt hfi?thp\Vfir(V i\OW 1 IIUX1 t svtoai, >;uv , And bring out quick, your dimes. * That Carrier boy, is full of joy, Who lives in such a town As Abbeville, where ev'ry till, ' In silver does abound Prosperity and energy,? They find here, their abode,' k As many mills, and big green bills, a now r?iironds here showed. nuu UVVT My duty done, to ev'ry one, In Spring and Winter day,? So now my life, tho' I've no wife, Is blithe as days of May. If you forget, and will not let, Your purse strings loose for 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, ThA "Rnnnpr will, be better still, I'm humbly yours, Augustus. _ Christmas. Dainty little Blockings Hanging in a row. Bine an<l kmv ?nii scarlet, In the firelight's glow. Curly-paled sleepers Safely tucked In bed : Dreams of wondrous loy-sbops . Dancing through each head. Fenny little stockings Hanging in a row. > Stuffed with sweet surprises, r Down from top lo toe. Skates and halls and truropets, Dishes, toy*and drums. Cooks and dolls anil candles, Xfiouur.il ^nirur.nliiniK. Little sleepers waking; Bless roe, what* noise J? Wish you merry Christmas, Happy girls and boys! The Nursery. Christmas Carol. Down the ages floats I he echo Of an anthem sweet and clear, Chanted by nn host angels, ^ In Ihecaitn Judean air. Oh! the giory and the rupture, Of that loud, triumphant strain ; Sweetest s-ouk e'er sent from Heaven. "Peaceoo carib, good will to rueu." f There's no minor in the'carol, Kailde*t notes belong to enrih, taught butjoy and peace and Kindness Ble.?s!nc hearts that droop beueatn. Crushing weights of Klooni and darkness. Tearless sadness, voiceless care, Merging sunshine into shadows, Bringing hope to glim despair. Oh! that henv'nly benediction! Chanted on the natal day,Of the Kine of earth and heaven, Rang there ne'er go grand a lay, ' Blessed peace! sent litre from btlcn! L>lke a snow-tlake pure and white, Calming life's great, stormy billows, Lighting up tiarth s blackest night. > Holy hytnn, forever rinsing "Through the corridors" of years, Rrim.in? of,ice to hiuu and lowiy. Drying sorrow's bitter tears. M.iy lhe white-robed augel choir Chant for aye lhat happy strain, M i.v the ?aints unite In sirring "Peace on earth, good will to men." <K? ? Santa Clans ou the Train. On a Christmas eve an oniieranHraln 8peil ou through the blackness of night, And dett the pitchy dark In twalu With the gleam of Its flerce head-light. In a crowded car. a noisome place, Sat a mother and her child: The- woman's lure bore want's wan trace, But the little one only smiled, And tuguod and pulled at her mother's dress, f And tier voice had a merry ring. As she limped, ".Now, mamma, come and euess < NVbutSanla t'laus'l! bring." But sadly the mother shook her head, As she thought of a happier past: "lie never can catch us here." shes-ald, "The train i? going too fast." "0, mamma, yes, he'll come, I say. So swllt.aie iiU Utile deer. Thf.v run? nil over ilte world to-day,? I'll hunt; i?iy stocking up' here." She pinned her stocking to the sent, And cloved her tired eyes. Anil soon sl.e saw each longed-for-sweet In dreiuiUu nd's paradise. On si seat behind the little maid ? A rough man sat apart. But a sort light o'er his features played, And stole into his heart. k As the cars drew up at a busy town The rough man h*tt thetrain. But sen re? har. from the steps Jumped down Ere he \va.-> hack again. And n groat bisr handle of Christmas joys Bulged "lit from his pocket wide; He lilltd the slocking with sweets, and toys ile iaid t>y tiie dreamer's side. At dawn the little one woke with a shout, "l'was sw^t to hear lier uh'e; "I know&l Hint Sania would 11 nil me out; he cuu^ht the train, you see." Though some from smiling may scarce re H The child was surely rlfcht, Thogood saint. Nicholas f:i:tu111 tlie train, A Aud came aboard tl.at night. M For llio saint Is fond of masquerade And may fool the old and wise, AJid so he came to the little maid It? an emigrant's disguise. And he dresses in many ways because He wishes no one to know him, W For he never says. *'I am Katun Claus," But his good deeds always show him. Jleurjj C. 11'a sit. \ W Texas Editor?A Mormon editor is in jail for supporting four wives. Wife?You say he was an editor? "That's the way it reads." %"Aml he supported four wives V" "Just so." I "Well, I dou't believe it."?Texas Sfiftings. . Peace and Good Will. "Teace, ponce on enrth!" the angels Bang, On Christmas night, mo long axo. And us their song was l??rne along. The shepherds heard below. "Gooil will Jo men !" the soug went on, Glad tiding* of jrrnw J?.y we bring; In Bethlehem, in i> manger rude, Lies Christ, the Suvlour King!" And leaving all th<?lr flocks behind, The shepherds hastened ere the dawu, To betid the knee to Mint, tneirliord, Who, as a babe, was born. So we may hear t he Christ mns none? "Peace :ind uood will!" still echoing; So w? may brlnit our Joyful hearts , To worship Christ, our King. And we may join that anael choir, Their message can <>nr voices sing? "Glad tidings of great Joy to all, Christ is our Saviour King!" Though lonely may the slneer be. Ana all uotralned lu art his voice, Th? heavenly song will wing its wa.v. And mnke some waiting heart rtjoice! Helen Percy, in Good Uowekcttpinff. Do Children Pay? T I.wfr ^htiil. nhilflron OUIIIClJIllcn a junw buitin vuiimivu don't pay," said one of my careworn arid discouraged neighbors one day "What do ynu think about it?" "What do you think about it?" "Well, I don't know," I replied >nd my conscience smote me even whi^. I spoke. But then I said, in mental self-reproach and self-excuse for saying it,."I know I didn't pay," aud I don't think I did. But when it comes to my own bairns?do they pay? Well, they are "a sight of trouble." Indeed they are, and they cost time and money, and pain and sorrow. Therp ?rt? t,hrt-e of them, and tbev an* little ones still, and my friends who have larger childrentell me thai I need not expect a time when my babies will be less trouble than they arc now. I can not expect a time to come when they will be a source of care and anxiety, and hope and fear?no, not even when they have gone forth tr homes of their own, and have theii own little one* around them. Do thev pay now? Here I am, wesrin>r old clothes and trying tc brush my hat to make it look like new, that my Johuny and Sammy may have new kilts and reefers, aim hats and sh< es, and look as well as other children. They do kick out shoes so dreadfully, and they haven't the first compunction of conscience about it either. Th**y tear,and smash and destroy, and are into everything, particularly the baby. Does a two-year-old buby pay for itSelf up to the time it iva?-lies that ina i:..~ 1 tltillk icrcsuug ^MU?u.MVW - nor. I thought so yesterday when m> own baby slipped into my study au<i scrubbed the carpet and i's l*e<t while dre&s with my bottle of ink. He was playing in the coal-bod ten miuutej after a clean dress was put on him, Hud later in the day he panted rtft> cents'worth of postage stainps on the parlor wall, and poured a dollars worth of the choicest white rose perfume out of the window "to see ii wain." Then be ting out the center of a nicely-baked loaf of cake, and \va> found in the middle of the dining room table, with the sugar-bowl be tween his iegs, and most of its con tents in his stomach. He has already cost more than SICK in doctor's bills, and I feel that J air right in attributing my few jjray hair* to the misery I endured while walk ing the floor with him at night during the first year of his life. What has he ever done to,pay m< for that? Ah! I hear his little feet pattering along out in the hall. I hear his litth ripple of laughter because he has es caped from his mother, and found nh wav un to my study at a forbidder hour. But the door is closed. Th< worthless little vagabond can't get in and I won't let him in. Xo, I won't I can't be disturbed when I'm writ ing. He can just cry, if be wants to I won't be bothered for?"rat, tat tat," go his dimpled knuckles on the door. I sit in perfect silence. "Rat tat, tat." I sit perfectly still. "Papa." No reply. "Peeze, papa." Grim silt-nee.'1 'Baby, turn in : peeze, papa." He shall not come in. "My papa." ' I write on. "Papa," says the little voicc. "J lub my papa ; peeze let baby in." I am not quite a brute, and I throw open the door. In he comes, witli outstretched little arms, with shining eyes, with laughimr face. I catch him up iu my arms, and his warm, soft lit' tie arms'go around my neck, the nol very clean little cheek is laid close tr mine, the baby-voice says sweetly, "J lub my papa." IN l.? O ;;ur? ue . Well, I guess lie does ! lie has eaus ed me many anxious days aud nights He has cost* me time and money and self-sacrifice. He may cause me pain and sorrow. lie has cost much. l)ui he'has paid for it all again and again in whispering these three little word? iu my ear, "i lub papa." Our children pay when their very first feeble little eries till our henrlt with mother-love and father-love thai ought never to fail among all earthlv passions. Do vour children pav?? Detroit Free Press. T'le Children's Christmas. ]><ur children, did you hear "'lint on iiic earth there did appear, I'pun JudeaV siurlit phUns A !?und "t iui::eis with sweet strains? And while hear them sweetly sing K;iy, do you hear the news they tiring (?! (.'hi'i.-t, who surely should lie horn ' On thut first, liitppy ChrisMuui-: morn? Vou ?nrely know ho lived and taught, And know i lie iniiaclcs 11v- wrought, A:itl Isnoiv Unit In* Was crucified. And thai, tor you this Saviour died; -Vinl will you {five hint hut his duo. And love him us he once loved you .' Say. will you ' house Hint, better part, Ancl give the Saviour all your heart? Yes, precious children, you have heard, Or read it, in God's holy word, That Jesus, who was cruciiled For you, and all the world hath died. And do you look and see him die. And see hlin rise and go on high ? And do you see III in sitting there. For you and me engaged in prayer? He Is your Advocate above. Your great, liisst) Priest, a (Jod of love, lie loved you once; he loves you still; <), love him, and say now you will; < >, love him, and then when yon dio You'll go to live with him on high, l And live with those gone on before Un heaven's bright, eternal shore. "Straight from the Koek." "Straight from the rock." So said a little buy, as he brovght a pitcher of pure cold water to hi* dear sick mother. "Thank you, my dear," responded the sytferinx one; ''1 hope you, too will drink Straight from the Rock., " By the lad's quiet, thoughtful look, it was evident that lie had interpreted bis mother's meaning. Does every reader of The Sword and the Trowel know what it is u> drink "straight from the rock"? Have the eyes now reading these lines been supplemented by an inward power of visinn called "the eye of faith," with which the soul has neeii "the smitten Rock" iu Jesus Christ, from whom there flow "rivere of living water"? We read of one, in olden days,, whose eye* God opened, "and she suw a well of water." Have your eyes been thuopfued ? Have you heard?reader o> th<>f.e linen?wiib other ears I nan inose of your hnad, the voice of the Son of God, as lie Hays, "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst"? If not, listen ?Jisteu? ? Listen mav ! "Ho, every one that a tliirsteth, come ye to the waters." "If c any man thirst, let him come unto me " and driuk." "Whosoever will let him b take of the water of life freely." Come t at once, "straight to the rock" Christ t Jesus, and drink from the spring of " L eternal life. Drink freely: as freel> b us the cuttle standing knee-deep in p 'mid-stream ou u hot, sultry day. & The little lad may not have known, v yet, in every deed, Christ's own desire a , "Give me to drink," was being grati- 8 fied ; and the gift of this small cup of t 1 oold, clear water shall in no wise lose v its reward. And when you come t "straightfrom the rock," bring with c 1 you, fellow-Christian, a pitcher for t ; the thirsty ^ a cooling draught for t some oue who aannot reach tbe fount- r 1 ain-head. Many of the Saviour's lit! tie ones, and sickly ones, aud aged i ' ones, cast longing eyes toward you t ; and Jesu* is saying, "Give ye them to < 1 drink : freely ye have received, frtely f give." " t The old book, God's Word, is a rock, e i from which the streams of refreshing t 1 *race are ever flowing. Yet how few, t alas ! are found habitually ^oiii^ F "straight to the Rock" to drink. 80 t 1 many rest content in having "the * ' truth" brought to them. This, we i1 know, is ofttimes blessed, and some- 1 ; times necessary; but how delightful, r ! how K'freshiug, how invigorating, l 1 when, by the cool, sweet, bubbling, ' spring, the *oul sits God to form the foundation-stone of his house, i. e., church; buttypically itrepresentsJJesus A ' the Messiah."?Meyer. He is the sure founfaniiou of tl.e Christian church! What is meant ny ibe head of the 1 corner? An*.?The corner-stone laid f ' at the foundation binding the walls to- r 1 gether. t 1 llow do you uuderstand vetse 18? ' Ans.?That whosoever shall fall upon 1 that stone, stumble at Jesus' lowly 1 ! position and refuse to believe, shiUI t 1 be broken?be greatly ir.jured : but nit l was possible still to repent and be suv- t ; 6d. Hut <>u whomsoever it shall fall: if they continue to reject Christ, he s 1 will yet be exalted to be their judge I 1 and king, and they will be utterly a destroyed. This was fully illustrated \ by the destruction of Jerusalem. Had a l^iva .wixunteH .Tpaim and liiHteuch. j ing, Jerusalem would not have been t ' destroyed by Titus. j 1 19 And tbochlef priest* and the scribes thft t * PHtne hour sought to lay bauds on him; and t . they tenred the people; for they perceived , Ibui be bud spoken tbls parableugatust them. What did the rulers seek to do? ? What hindered them ? Ans,?They feared I lie people who had come from ^ ; other parts of the couutry and were r i not prejudiced again>t Jesus. The rulers were afraid that if th^y under- c i took to put hiui to death, the people i would rescue him and probably cause t a riot. ' Why were they now specially angry ^ araiu>t Jesus ? An*?"They perceived that. he had spoken this parable against them." Nothing makes a wicked man so angry as to be told of } his meanness. ,n U??AAt Pnr > JVI1IUIJC33 III a OllHI van One warm spring morning a poor { woman entered a heavily-laden down- { town cable car, in one of our large t Western cities. Besides her large [ market basket, she had two small chil- , dren, hardly more than babies. A j. glance at her care-worn face and the \ shabby, although clean, attire of her-:, self and the children, told at njj - glance of many a struggle with povci-j, ty. I; She was evidently on her way lo , 1 market, and having no one to leave t > the babies with, at home, bad been t 1 forced to take them with her. Per- ( haps this had been the case before, for s & with a glance at the "rules and regu- t ! latious,"?all fares five cents ca.-h, and t t enly infants iu arms free.?sheput her . basket on the floor in front of her, and took both the children in her arms for the long, weary ride. . Shortly afterward there entered the J I car two daintilj'-dressed school-girls, I 1 as fresh as the .June morning itself. ; Their merry faces sent a thrill of pleas- i ' ore to the hearts of the other passen- * ? yers, so much of youth's buoyancy t and happiness did they seem to bring ) ' with them. 1 They found seats next to the poor s woman, and after a minute or two thei i one nearest said to her: "Let me hold i the little boy l'or you," at the same ! ' time transferring the warm little bun- t die of humanity from the overcrowd- \ ed mother's lap to her own. i The words were spoken so gently, and accompanied by a smile so winning, that the little fellow made no , objection, but was happy and contented all the ride, especially when a rosy- 1 cheeked apple Irom the pretty lunch-1y basket found its way td his tinv hands. I1 Ti.n \twnii'in'ufii-.-itcfn] "Thank vou !" i as .' ho left file ear, showed that not on-1! ly were the weitr.v arms rested, hut tliei1 heart ehe<-red, hy the little aet of', t hough I fuluess. r "What made you do that., J?uth?"j asked her companion. "See how hoi' has mussed your nice cleau dress. Iti1 would have been so much easier to have paid his fare, and let him have aj seat." < "Yes," said Ruth, "it would haveji been easier, but I don't tnuiK 11 wouiu i liave been so kind." j "Clod bless her!" exclaimed sin old ] gentleman with white hair and gold- j rimmed spectacles, as the corner was readied where the girls got ofl'to go to school; "Clod bless her, and may she i long live to make the world brighter 1 and better by her kind acts." ] A Christmas Hymn. The air wus mil o'er Betblebem'8 plain, A.8 If the great ni.jbt held Ita breath. When lif<r? Hnrnal came to reign Over a world of deatb. All nulure felt a thrill divine When bnntt that meteor on the night, Which, point-log to the wiiviour's shrine, Proclaimed the new-born llgbt. Light to the f bephprds! and the star <jiid<vi their ull^-nt midnight fold; Llgbt to tbe wise men from afar, iiearidg their gliu, of gold. Light to a renins of sin and grief; Light to a world In all Ita needu; Tbe light of life?a new belief - Rising o'er fallen creeds. Light od a tangled path of thorns, i tumuli Itruuiutfiu a martyr's throne; A light to guide till Christ returns Iu glory to hi* own. There otlll It xhlnen, while far abroad The CnrlMimius choir sings now and then, "Glory, glory unto our Got}! Pence and good-will to men!" rhfl?ti>ninip or Revenue? I knew a lady who, in one instance t least, chastised in a perfect fashion nd with perfect results, though the hild corrected was under twelve itonths old. The baby had all a bay's inexperienced love.for bright, hot< hings?1|^ fire, (he shining tea-pot, he lamp. ''Burning-burning I" anfl Baby mustn't!" were not enough, so ...i... ....... ..iia t/inf.h t.litt hi>f. tpa 'airy won um/ntu iv ?... iot with the lips of those adventure6nie rebel lious little finders; and it /as sufficient. What baby thought bout it, I cannot say, but never, as he grew older, was she known to atempt that I'utai play with Are or light k'hich has cost so many a precious litre life. More : she became one of the nost obedient of children, with the inelligent, willing obedience born of >erfeet confidence in the reason and ighfness of the maternal laws. With children wno are 01 an uge iu inder.-tand "rnoral suasion" expianaion, a clear and patient setting forth ?f the wrongness of the naughty deed hould surely first be tried, and failing bat; to allow the evil which la nersistd in to bear its natural fruit must be he most proper and eflicacious penaly; only when such methods are im>racticable s?hould arbitrary inflictions >e resorted to, and never without tinnistakabiy showing that an unmixed ksire t<? cure the erring tendency, and tot in the slightest degree, a spirit of etaliation fur the aunoyance caused >y it, is your only motive. n.?i viMA lie was uem uur. l LITTJ.k GIKL'S COMMENTS ON A BISHOP THAT MADE A NOISE. Bertha was very fond of play; in act, nhe was a little inclined to be a nmp, and the more noise she made lie better it suited iier. Bertha's mamma did not allow her o play with some of the boys in the lelghooihooti because they were rude oo; but there was one gentle little ' * * V%rv A?\/I D toy WHO livetj ueai, uuu. nc ii?lia hud tine limes together? Ouce Bertha and ber mamma were pending the day at a house where a iishop was visiting. The Bishop was i small, boyish-looking man, and he vas extremely foud of children, so he ind Bertha were friends directly. Vnd what a merry time those two lad ! Bertha seemed to have found a ilayfellow after her own heart, and he Bishop appeared to enjoy their rolics as much as she did. When the time came for Bertha and ler mamma to leave, the little girl valked up to the Bishop auJ said : v,,,, would <?ome and nlav vith me Home afternoon. Mamma'lets ne play with nice boys !" Then she added toiler mamma, in a joaxiug tone: "He's real nice, mamma, if be does nake a noise!" And Bertha wondered why every )oily laughed. ' ~T "Solomon in all his Glory."? We hiive recently read a most humor>iis description of a donation party (iven to a yood country clergyman, in jart payment of his small salary, the mncipal results being twenty-seven jusheis of beans and a large variety of tccond-hand clothing for his five chiliren. The patience of the clergyman's vife gave out. On the next bunday the drtssed all her five children in he (lorn, ted sccond-hand clothing, and incler her direction they marciieu up he'aisle just as the good pastor was eading that beautiful passage, " Yet Solomon in all his glory was not ar aycd like ome of these." We need not idd that the next donation party was >f un entirely diflerent character, hristmas is coming, and perhaps this ;tory may suggest to some of our repd>rs that ihercare better things to give he pastor than second-hand clothing uid twenty-seven bushels of beans. . +*> A Kkjoindkr.?The Editor of the tfoin* Department has received the ollowing : ' in Tin- Christian Advocate of May i. 1 Sili). u vouiiff lady is reported as laying : 'As lung as men admire slenler and tapering waists, women will rear lightly-laced corsets.' "Where is tlte man who admires iuoh wai?>ts ? Let him stand up. I lever met one. Certainly thoughtful lien, whose admiration is alone worth laving, pity, if they do dot despise, he wasp-waisted simpletons. I hope t'ou will doall you can to open their dind'eyca." PllKSCKJl'TlOX TO FIT Til B CASH.? There is a good story about a German loctor who told an American lady vhen she consulted him about her hild to give the child a bath. "Why, doctor," exclaimed the not her, "he 4i:is a bath e\;ery morn..... tt J "Humph !" said ihe doctor, "omit ho bath,then." Who "knows but the doctor v as ight V The Germans mider-ba:he ind tlic Americans over-bathe. The world is a lookinof-glass and ^ivi's back to every man the ex presson of his own face. Frown at it and it will in turn look sourly upon you ; laugh ut it ami with it ami it is :i jolly, kind eompauion ; and so let all young [jei'doos take choice.?Thackeray. It is easier to resist temptation than recover from a fall, lint many refuse Lo believe this, and so lull and are crippled for life. % What Others Say. .. Richmond Advocate. Public Virtue and Private Vice. The political history of America has furnished some conspicuous examples of the attempt to make the people believe in the compatibility of public honor aLd fidelity to a party with personal 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 to their use to effect a party aim - * t- - j n are or aneci 10 ue surpnaeu umv ? should be doubted whether their statesmanship and patriotism are reliable and valuable. Some of these have been from time to time promoted to headship, iu governmental affairs and become chief organizers and directors of important political movements. Temporary Success teemed to vSt^ye the endorsement of Fate; uvox vox Dei" was accepted as h maxim, and conscientious men who believed in goodness and purity, genuine, unchangeable and universal, were told to stand awide as not suited to' "practical politics." But they have shown a perverse disposition not to 8taud aside. And more and more they are getting in the way, very inconveniently, of aspiring candidate* and-managers of party "machines." They will believe, and, which is much more to the point, they are making tiie oeode at large believe, that an in dividual rascal is a political rascal; that clean hands and pure hearts will not be guaranteed in the political arena unless they exist in private life. These crttics teach the doctrine, verj, pestilent to demagogues aud men destitute 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, drunkards and adulterers and their allies. Ifathville Christian Advocate. The following statement was made to us a few days ago by a gentleman of tbe utmost probity. We give it for what it is worth. "I belong," said he, "loan Association of 1,300 ex-Confederate soldiers, who are scattered over 1 / twelve counties in Eastern Kentucky and five in West Virginia. Every oue of these old soldiers is self-supporting. The Association has a large fund ? 1 rt fft/l fVirnnrrh ananv voura uuuumuiaLtu vutvw^u UJMUJ J VMAW 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, ihere has not beea a single application for financial assistance. In all the State of Kentucky there are only three exConfederates who are inmates of almshouses." . . NathvlUe 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 bo true and faithful is when the difficulty and the dauger are the greatest. There may 1 - ??fr\r> fho anlilSoi* nrhA ro. 1 l)e 3UIUC C.VtUOC 1U1 vus OUKI1V1 nuv .V laxes his waiclifulness Id the camp, but none for him who is surprised on picket or plays the coward in the thick of the fight. To show sigos of weakness in the supreme emergencies, is to confess that our piety is not fitted to serve the ends it was intended to I meet. Nashville Chiitliau 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 " '? o nrnonlinr r\ 1 annn n ffl or BUCUUll/lOU lit u pinwiiu ? his influence. Especially is this true of affected tones of voice. "Whining anil whimpering are utterly unmanly. Against genuine emotion, and the expression of it, not one word can be said. What we are condemning is*the eflbrt to put on the appearance of feeling where the reality of it does not exist. fireat grace is as easily secured as any measure of grace when there is a willingness to pay the price. National Greetings.?'The people of all lands Imve a way of saluting each other when they meet, but they do not all say us 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, "Go with God, senor." The Russians, "How do you live on?" The Ejry^liuii!-, "How .do you perspire?" The Poles, "How ! I do you have yourself?" The Ger mans, "How do you tinfl yourseiir The Arabians, "TJiank (rod, how are you?" The Psrsians, "May thy sha-r ow never grow less." The French, "How do you carry yoursolf?" The Turks, "'He under the guard of tiod." The Chinese, "How is your stomach? Have you eaten your rice?" A Sahk Answer.?Miss Lucy (dying with curiosity) to fellow-hoarder : " Sir. Fowler. Jennie asked 11 le the oth er ilay whether you were engagil. n she asks me again what shall J tell lier?" INIr. Fowler: "Tell lier?tell her? you don't know." . . ..t / ????m??w?? wpmrnm Wear the Smile of Gladness. Ye who wltb youth and beauty beam. Come wear the ?m He of icladnes*. From eye and lip let sunlight gleam, Unmixed with vara and imdness. Tbe light and Joy or that bright ray, Some saddened eye may borrow. To dry the tear and drive away, Tbe gloomy cloud of sorrow. * And you upon the noon of life, With courage hitch, unbending, Be hopeful,zealous in tbe strife, Tbe right and trutb defending. Tour blest indeed, wbo daily sbare, Tbe smile* of iiione your* shielding, Will yon to discontent and care. Like weaker onef be yielding T , No, wbt'e fond word#, all free from guile, Are round yoor fireside breathing, Thftn lot f ha amlln fhn t. attitfrkM emtln ~ Yoar ilps audV^tewiMthlos. And 700, whose beads arc bowed with age, Be ebeerful, unreplalag, And while you're treading life1* last stage, i-el love jour boai ue fliilug. Ah richest Gulls son's setting glow, The bill tops fell ndornlng, So rainier smiles should grace yonr brow. Than when In youth's bright morning. ^ Let hatred, strife and. mallee cease, With envy and cnmpielotng, And.let the smile of love and peace, Ail o'er the earth be reigning. And though the tear most sometimes rise, To soften needful sorrow. With trusting hearts and hopeful eyes Look toward a brighter morrow. " Mrs. Orricy Hemrnenway. i f 9 Never fill a lamp while-it is lighted Never fill it near another llghtedlamp oragusjet. , Never fill a lamp and then set the tiller down near it and proceed to light the lamp; get the oil > can away first. if a lamp has a feeding-place on the side be sure, that this is tightly closed berore lighting the lamp. Better always fill ana trim lamps by daylight. Always select lamps with a broad, heavy base. N ever use a large lamp, or any lamp with a standard, as a "run-arouud" lamp. There are plentv of small n lamps with handles "standing on their owu bottoms," easily carried and admirably adapted for safe use for such purposes. Be very careful that lamps in brackets or bangers are above tne reach of people's heads. N ever permit children to handle or light lamps. ; In putting out a lamp, always turn the flame very low before blowing into ' the chimney; then blow a quick, short putt', aud then turn up the wick uimiit in ht? unm rha flamo la o?M ? guisned. Some lamps are provided with extinguishers, but they are usually very unsatisfactory. There is no danger in blowing out a lamp, If the 1 flame is tirsi turned very low. Let these and other precautions which common sense will suggest be ' carefully* observed in the care of lamps, and tt^Jifirosene lamp will cease to De the ?.of aruioyance and danger that it now ia iu many households, and will become iruly "a joy forever."?Mrs. Sarah Jessup. A growing family of children can completely satisfy hungry appetites on baked beans with a bit of pork, some bread and a glass of milk each, while i a dish of rice would only aggravate, iu place of satisfying their/ physical ' needs. If baked potatoes ana bread and butter are set before' tiiem, tbey should be accompanied by a little bacon or some beefsteak. If light breakfasts of bread are used one of the form9 of the bread should be of corn-mpal or of oatmeal, and plenty of milk used with it. Lackiug these there can be eggs served. Cracked 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, beans baked or boiled, pea-soup, cracked corn, corn-meal musn, 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; *m ? ? Somebody Says.?When anything is accidentally made too salty, it can be counteracted by adding a teagpoonful of sugar and a teaspoonful of vinegar. To curl feathers, put some coals of fire on a shovel; sprinkl^ brown sugar on the coals, and hold the feathers in the smoke. If you eanuot obtain a hearth-rug that exactly corresponds with the carpet, get oue entirely different; for a decided contrast looks better than a bad ra^tch. 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, sprinkled with cayenne, that is stuffed into their holes/ ? , It is Hakd to Believe.?That a man with a narrow bead can have a bif? beart. That people who can pay and wont pay, ought to pray very loud in1 meeting. . , That to be dissipated in youth is the surest way to be steady iu alter lifjp. That what is not sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander. 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 and 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 wa.-li macaroni. The cooking water dissolves everything uudeI sirable. ? ? Tea should never be made in a tilt pot. The tannic acid in tea unites with the tin and produces a poison. ?? ? The harder our work the more we need solitude and prayer, without, which work becomes mechanical and iusinccre. Ourfdea of a real nice girl is one who can be with poorer people and re sist talking of the nice things she has