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The Press and Banner Twelve Pages. By HUGH WILSON. n. ??? Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1891. The Baltimore Herald says: "In i iflkn nno In ovupv S 442 wn_q a orimiual. In 1870 the ratio was oue to 1,647, while in 1880 the proportion was one to 839, etc." The banking house of R. E. Fraser, Georgetown, 8. C., suspended pay-' ment January 31. I Bishop Fitzgerald and Bishop Gran, bery are both reported as recovering from recent affliction. Bishop Fitzgerald will make his Episcopal home in California. Rev. H. M. DuBose is to be the edi tor of the Pacific Methodist. A very fatal disease, called the black death, is prevailing in Siberia. f ^ I % A "blua-gum" negro bit the finger. ~ nnrypn in o iwpnt, ficht in ' Ui aUUkUUl JLIVgXV AAA M A v ?% - - ?0 Orangeburg County. The bitten man died from the bite. Two doctors have said (so reported) that the bite of a "blue-gum" negro is generally fatal. Among the curiosities of the last census, tne most conspicuous was the unexpected fact that the colored people of the South are not increasing in the ratio of the whites, and that, therefore, all fear of the Southern States becoming solidly black, is removed. The returns are not complete, save in one State, Alabama, but that may be taken a9 indicative of what is the state of things in the others. A contemporary says : "In Alabama the matter is definitely settled so far as regards that State by tho publication of the actual census figures of - ?1?Kt. A 11 fhouo ctfltitt luimuiiaiiks uj wivi. A<> hivwv w-~? tics point in the same direction. The negroes are not increasing so rapidly as the whites. In ratio as well as in aggregate of growth the white people are far in the lead. Year by year tne negroes are rapidly decreasing with respect to the entire population. The colored man forms a smaller proportion of the aggregate inhabitants now than he did ten or twenty years ago, and he will be in a still lower ratio ten or twenty years hence than he is now." Too Much Shade,?Houses in places otherwise unexceptionable are often 10 closely overhung with trees as to be in a 9tate of humidity, by preventing a free circulation of air, and by obstructing free admission of the sun's rays. Trees growing against the walls of houses, and shrubs in confined places near dwellings, are injurious J also, as favoring humidity ; at a proper distance, on the other hand, trees ' are favorable to health. On this principle, says Dr. James Clark, it may be understood how the inhabitants of one house suffer from rheumatism, headache, dyspepsia, nervous affections, and other consequences of living in a confined, humid atmosphere, while their nearest neighbors, whose houses am otherwise situated, eniov ttood health ; and even how one side "of a large building, fully exposed to the sun and to a free circulation of air, may be healthy, while the other side, overlooking damp, shaded courts or Gardens, is unhealthy. Humid, conned situations, subject to great alternation of temperature between day and night, are the most dangerous of all the physical qualities of the air, and humidity in general is the most injurious to human life. Dryness, with a free circulation of air, and a full exposure to the sun, are the material things to ' be attended to in choosing a residence.?Medical Clas sics. The Art of Conversation.?The art of conversation is to some woman a gift. Like the poet, they are born with their glorious powers. But many women wno converse intelligently and pleasantty have become masters of the art by patient care and study. Even Dersons of ordinary ability will find upon making the effort that where it is not a gift no other deficiency can be so well supplemented by art. For the untutored there are three old rules which may not prove amiss. Talk to men on the subject which belongs to their peculiar callings; talk about those things which interest yourself, assuming also that they interestyour listener, and make it a point to inform yourself upon a variety of topics; never be guilty of introducing in a mixed company a subject upon which all may not be able to converse. There is a wonderful faculty iu drawing people out, in making the stranger and the timid feel at ease, in puttiug questions so skillfully and adroitly as to compel them to answer as though they were concurring a favor on you, not you seeking to entertain them ; but here the rule of good breeding is the best to follow. What is the Tongue For?? "Since (iod made the tongue?and he never makes anything in vain?we . may be sure he made it for some good purpose. What is it then?" asked a teacher one day of her class. "He made it that we may pray with it," answered one boy. "To talk to people with," said a second. "To recite our lessou with," replied another. "Yes; and I will tell you what he did not make it for. lie did not make! : e. ...ill. ,.r h. it l"l U3 IV/ DW1U ? 1111, CV/ lie >? lviij \/i c\? I swear with. He did not mean that we should say unkind or foolish, indut-ent or impatient words with it. Now, boys, think every time you use your tongues, if you are using them in i tie way God means you to. Do good with your tongues and not evil, it is one of the most useful members in Ihei whole body, although it is so small. J'lease Hod with it every day." A Quiet Worker. j Miss Beck was one of the most shrinking and quiet of women. Her < friendt- called her "Mousie" because of these characteristics. But for all her unpretentious ways she was an earnest ] ana diligent worker, and accomplished a great deal in whatever she net t 1 * AOUrv V?r?/-I Q nroTr nrhon tlerst 11 lO UU. QUO uavt a ?uj nuvu [she sat down alone with a friend of 1 getting right into that friend's heart and life, of winning confidence and ] confidences that surprised even her- . self. i A mission school was opened by the church of which Miss Beck was a 1 member, and she became a teacher in ; this school. The half-dozen little girls < committed to her care she visited in their homes, and soon got acquainted I with their mothers. These she found ; to be very bard-working women, whose home cares and whose destitu- i tion of suitable clothing kept them from going to religious services in the ; """H for t.hat. niimnnft in this ] tua^cx uovu *v? VMMV x mission field. i A bright idea dawned on Miss Beck. If these mothers could not go away i from home to hear the Gospel, she could carry it to them and be a mes- < senger from Christ to them. They liked her, they knew she was really interested in tbe little girls she taught; that was easy to see, and soon she had i access to the hearts of all their mothers. She would go to their homes at hours when they were most likely to ( be at leisure (never immediately before or at or after meal-time), and enter at once into the condition of the family, as she perceiwd it, with genuine sympathy and sincere interest. Wa9 fcfee baby sick ? Poor little > thing! She was sorry, and talked gently to it. Had Johnnie bruised his , ?ni. Viarl on ntfjiok of RfOUD ? llli^UX, VI UUU MU ? - fc_ She pitied him, and told him a story about a bear or a monkey, or a Bible i story. So she won the hearts of those she visited, and when she talked to them of the love of Christ, the promises of the word of God, they gladly listened to all she said. Little by little the circle of her ministrations widened, and she began to reap the fruit of her labors in the conversion of the mothers she visited, and the beneficent change wrought thereby in their families. The good work is still going on, and this quiet messenger is preparing a great harvest for the reapers that shall come after her. Johnny's Own Way. Johnny wanted very much to "help" his mother bake pies one morning. So she gave him a piece of dough, the cover of a starch box for a I r-voof??*t hr><nvi nnri ft pinthps ne?? for a |;aovi j **"** ** ? jt ~r-> rolling pin. When he had rolled so hard that his face was very red, he put his little pie on the stove hearth to bake; and then he saw the pretty, soft steam puffing out of the kettle. He tried to catch it in his hand, but it flew away. Then he put his fingers near the nose of the kettle. His mother saw him and cried : "Oh, Johnny, take care, or you'll burn your fingers, my dear!" "Steam can't burn," cried wise Johnny ; "only fire burns." "You must not try it. Believe me, it will burn you. Do stop, Johnny!" "Oh, dear," cried Jonnny, "why . can't I have my own way sometimes ! I do like my own way ! When I'm a big man, I mean to stand and poke | my forefinger in the tea-kettle all day, sometime, and have my own way, i and?" Poor Johnny did not wait till he was a big man to do this; a scream of pain told that he had had his own way already. The dear little white fingers were sadly burned, and for hours Johnny screamed and jumped about so that bis mother could hardly hold him on her ( lay. i ?nh f nh ! oh ! what shall I do! Oh, dear mamma, I'll never have my own way again as long as I live! i When I'm a great man, I'll never put ray fingers in the tea-kettle. Oh, dear, dear, dear!" Take care, little folks, how you take your own way; there are worse foes in the world than Johnny's steam. [Your parents are wiser than you, and | they love you too well to deny you 'any harmless pleasure.?Words of Life. The School of Sorrow. With what a heartache we sometimes hear that a great grief has overwhelmed some dear friend, a wave of anguish having swept from his or her side that which on earth was most precious. We go and sit silently in the house of mourning, our whole nature ohonlvori in a wordless comnas sion, best expressed by a hand-clasp, a glance, and the muteness of pity ; and when we turn away it is with the feeling that the cloud which has fallen there will never be withdrawn, that henceforth our friend must walk softly in the loneliness of soul. A year elapses, or two, or three. We 1 meet again, and we observe that the school of sorrow has wrought Its beneficent work. Our fHeud greets us ' cheerfully, enters with zest into life's duties and pleasures, ar.d perhaps forms new associations which apparently supplant even the memory ofi the old. The former things have passed away, but not so their eflc-ct. A beauty surpassing the earlier loveli- : ness has come to the tranquil brow, the serene eyes, the tender lips. He or she who passed under the rod of discipline has entered upon a phase of existence finer, purer, sweeter, than anything before experienced, aud in self-poise, in care for others, in gentleness of manner and swift responsive- ' ness, and the development of many a ; grace, the graduate -from sorrow'sj school has gained inexpressibly. Thel treasure laid up in heaven enriches ! the soul that yet tarries on earth.) The gift of sympathy endows the 1 heart that has known solicitude, grief, I suspense and the pain of hope defer-j! red. Peace following strife as a bless-1 oil token from the Lord himself is ii' seal of nobility, a sign of acceptance, |! a joy that belongs to the secret of the Lord.?Mrs. M. E. Sangster. There is food for thought in the fol-i1 lowing from a colored brother : "It am i powerful easy to discriminate between , a wise man and a fanatic. De wist*/1 man he belong to your party, de fanatic to de opposisliin." '< ' 'v . ' ' J 2 A Curious Coincidence. "What day does Christmas com 5n ?" asked Bertie. "Wednesday," replied his cousii Will, without raising his head frou bin book. "How do you know?" asked Bertie auspiciously. "Been looking it up? "No," answered Will, with a smiU :,I know from my birthday." "That's more mysterious than ever, rejoined Bertie. "Your birthday is i: May, and what that has to do witi Uhristmas I don't see." "Don't you?" queried Will, with laugh this time. "Then I'll puzzl you some more. Have you any ol calendars ?" "Yes," answered Bertie. "I have book giving calendars for a hundre years, beginning at 1800." "Wo.l then" paid Will, "cover U all the calendar, except the month c May ; let me see that, and I will te! you on what day of the week Chrisl mas came, or will come, if it is a ft ture year." "You mean to count the weeks fror the twenty-fifth of May." "No; I will tell you instantly wit! out any calculation." "You can't do it." "Try me and see." Bertie couldn't get the book quic enough. The first year he tried wa 1708. He carefully covered with hi hands all the pages except the mont of May; but Will called out "Bur day!" "So it is," said Bertie, wonderinglj "I'll try you again. Here's the yea 1823." "Christmas came on Thursday, said Will, after a single glance. Bertie tried him again and agaii and Will never failed, until Bertie ws fairly amazed. "Tell me how you do it," he.pleat ed, finally. "All right," said Will, go<?d-natu: edly; "and I'll tell you what m birthday has to do with it. You see I was born on the first of May, and so happens that Christinas aiwaysfal! on the same day of the week of tb first of May." "Not every year?" "Yes, sir; every year. If the fin of May is Sunday, Monday, or Tuei day?no matter what day?Christnu will fall on the same day." "Sure?" "Yes, sure." "How do you account for it?" "T :J o 1 fVirvnn "X never cumu ca^imu I suppose there is no mystery aboi it." Then Bertie went over his caletodf aud tested it until lie was tired, < course, always with the same resull but he couldn't explain it. Perhaps some of our readers ca solve the mystery of this curious coil cidence.?Exchange. Some "Don'ts" for Parents. It was a wise man who said, "Pa ents, respect your children." W hear a great deal about the duty chi dren owe to their parents, but it do< not occur to some people that the dut is reciprocal. It is for the benefit < children as well as parents that thet few "don'ts" are collected : Don't tell the faults or cute saying of your child in his presence. Don't say "Oh, do hush up!" < "Don't bother me with so many que: tions!" when a child questions yoi If he asks for the sake of knowing answer him, tbougn ne asiii seveui times seven" questions a day, an teach him to remember what you te him: When you promise a child som thing, don't forget to fulfill the pron ise to the letter. If you are not sen pulous to do just as you agree, yo may expect the little one to set yo down as false and learn to be thus hiu self. Don't trample mercilessly under fo< the wishes of a child, but respect thei as far as possible. Don't manifest a spirit of partiality Children are sure to detect this. Don't encourage in a small chil that for which you will punish Jbii when older. Don't do and say things for the sat of causing him to show anger, an then scold because he does so.?Th Quiver. Intelligence in Cows.?The otl er morning, a very sultry one, tw cows came to our gate, evidently o the lookout for something, and aft* being at first somewhat puzzled b their pleading looks. I bethought my self that they might be in want of w\ ter. No sooner had this idea occurre to me than I had some water brougl in a large vessel, which they too with the greatest eagerness. The pa then sauntered contentedly away to field near at hand, fn about half a hour or so we were surprised and n< a little amused, by seeing our tw friends marching up to the gate, ai companied by three other cows. Th water tap was again called into requ F>ition, and the new comers were i like manner helped liberally. Thei with gratified and repeated "boo-oos ?a unanimous vote of thanks?our vii itors slowly marched oft' to their pa turage. It was quite clear to us thi the two first callers, pleased with the; friendly reception, had strolled dow to their sister gossips and dairy con panions and had informed themiiow, I can not say, can you ??of the: liberal entertainment, and then ha taken tjie pardonable liberty of invi ing them up to our cottage.?Pall Ma Gazette. A Mouse jn the Pantry.?A ce tain oltl umn useu 10 say to ma gram daughter when she was naughty i Liny way, "Mary, Mary, take cart there's a mouse in the pantry !" Sli would often cease crying at this, an stand wondering to herself what li meant, and then run to the pantry t see if there really was a mouse in tb trap; but she never found one. On day she said : "Grandfather, I don know what you menu. I haven't an pantry, and there are no niiceiu inotl er's, because I have looked so often. He smiled and said : "Come, and I' Lell you what I mean. Your hear Mary, is the pantry; the little sins at Llie mice that get in and nibble awa nil the good, and make you sometime cross and peevish anil fretful. T keep them out you must set a trapIran of watchfulness." After that sh caught unci killed so many, of thet mice that she quite cleaned her pautr yf them. Guilty or 5ot Gailtj. e She stood at the bar of Juitlae, A creature wan and wild, Id form too small for a woman, Q In features too old for a child, q For a look so worn and pathetlo Was stamped on her pale young face, It seemed long years or suffering >, Must have left that silent trace. "Your name?" said the Judge, as he eyed 5. her With kindly look yet keen. "Is Mary McOulre, if you please, sir." "And your age?" "lam turned tlfteen." 3 "Well, Mary," and then from a paper h He slowly and gravely read, "You are charged here?I'm sorry to say It? With stealing three loaves of bread. ? "You look Dot like an offender, ~ And I hope that you ciin show a The charge to be false. Now, tell me, Are you guilty of this or no?" A passionate burst of weeping ~ Was at first ber sole reply, d But she ilrled her eyes iu a moment, And looked In the Judge's eye. p "I will tell you Just how It was, sir, m? foth?r umi mnt.hnr am dead. >1 An<f my little brother and ulsters 11 Were hungry and asked me for bread, t- At first I earned It for them i. By working hard all day; , But somehow limes were bad, sir, And the work all fell away. "I could gel no more employment; The weather was bitter cold, l- The young oneB cried and shivered (Little Johnny's but four years old ? So what was I to do, Elr? I am guilty, bat do not condemn; I took?0 was It Btealltig ?? |t The bread to give to them." is Every man In the court-room? a Gray beard and thoughtless youth? L Knew, as he looked upon her, D That the prisoner spake the truth; l- Out from their pockets came 'kerchiefs, Out from their eyes sprang tears, And out from old fuded wallet* ' Treasures hoarded for years. The Judge's face was a study, The strangest you ever saw " As he cleared blr, throat and murmured Something about? tbe law. For one so learned In such matters, ') So wise In dealing with men. 18 He seemed, on a simple question, Surely puzzled Just theu. 1- But no one blamed him or wondered, When at luat these words they beard: "The sentence of this young prisoner r" Is, for the present, deferred." y And no one blamed him or wondered, When he went to her and smiled, '.1 And tenderly led from the court-room Hlmsell tbe "guilty child." IS , . te He Was Aborted. A Michigan man that had just start 3t ed a saw mill iu the Pine Flat neigh8 borhood a3ked old Bench-Leg Bob if is it were really true that the colored man's political privileges were abused. "Yes, it is true, sab. I ain't voted fur de man I wanted to in mo'n six h years." it "You don't say so !" "Yes I does say so: ef I hadn't you if wouldn't yered what I did say." rf "Aud you have been voting for t; Democrats all this time, have you ?" n "Yes, sah ; dat's zackly what I been i- doin." 'That's a shame." "Yes*, sah; but it kan't be he'ped." "Thereis no use talking; the government ought to take this matter in charge. Who did you vote for at last election ?" J" "John Simmons." "A Democrat, I suppose?" "Er pizenousoue,|'ah; dai'swhuthe ip "And they made you vote for him." "Dat's what da done, sah.' "Threatened you I suppose?' ' "No, da didn't do dat." , "Then how did they make you vote ; for him?' 5. "Why da come flashin' er five dollar bill at me. I begged 'em ter go on erway an' let me er lone, but da J_ SJ. r JUnli WOUIULi I UU it* X U1UU t nauit* yvwv dat ticket an' da knowed it, but dat didn't make no diffunce, an' when I ' seed da wa'nt gwine ter letmeerlone I tuck de money, sah ; but dat ain't no i way ter treat er free man an' er citizen o' dis country A rkansawTravel3" er. )t ' " D Rouud Shonldercd Candidates for nn Early Grave. ^ The back bone (spinal column) is j composed of twenty-four alternate layers of hard bone. Between these layers is a soft gristle resembling rubber. The weight of the body rests on these 'f elastic cushions, when we walk, work, " or stand. The consequence is that a person is fully half an inch shorter in stature in the evening, than he was in the morning. If persons fall in the habit of lean0 ing to one side, sitting bowed forward n as children frequently do in school, ir the pressure on the elastic cushions y will tend to make these cushions thinner, on the side toward which there is a leaning. The pressure and absorpl(J tion will also become less on that side, ^ and the cushions will become wedge, shaped.. Sometimes the whole cushir ion will be absorbed. This is spinal a disease. The cure must be commenced be~ fore the bones meet, or the case is 0 hopeless. To effect this there must be b" i o atraiormpninc ud. bending the other '.e way. To make this effective a person! *" must take plentiful outdoor exercise, n and while sitting or'standing, constantly straighten up. While sitting, reading, writing and sewing, it >s al3* most impossible to attain the erect po3" sition, though teachers, parents and ,lt employers should constantly urge the ir young to sit as erect as possible. But n the out-door exercise, with erect posture is the best panacea. Walking T with the head downward, or sitting 'f thus also effect the health, by com,rl pressing the lungs. It diminishes the capacity of receiving an adequate " quantity of pure air, the blood becomes | more impure, uutil the entire mass becomes diseased. J"" The following rules should be observed by every one, and parents and\ ^ teachers should impress them con-j stantly on the young. '? 1. Walk with the toes thrown out" ward. ie o woil.- flip Hi in raised above! 0 a horizontal line, as if looking at the! ie top of a carriage. I 3. Walk frequently with the hands! 1 on the back. y 4. Sit with the lower part of the. spine pressed against the chair hack, j .. It is a sad thing to see, as one passes | J along the street, so many beautiful I young ladies walk stooped shouldered,1 0 with crooked spines, thus digging for( y themselves premature graves, all of; ? wijicii is easuy uvoiuuuie. n t | ^ A small piece of linen moisteuen j '? with turpentine, and put in with the y woolens a day or two three times a year, destroys all moths. p;v^'vftv ||sg / What Others Say. J ChritHan Companion. NEEDLE88NESS OF FESTIVALS ETC.? [From a letter by the Board of Stew- 4 ards published in the last number of The Brandywine Star, we make the t following extracts, hoping that some 1 of our churches may be helped into ( the better way of raising the money ( for the support of God's cause. j Editor.] It has been our custom to take up , your time on Sunday at the religious services to ask you for money, and as a ( last resort to hold a festival. If we take up collections on Sunday j for this cause, it is unpleasant. It ( keeps people away from church, and ( it spoils the effect of good sermons. Besides, it must be very unpleasant to Wv ftnf At" IUC jJaoivi. j When we hold a festival it usually . takes two weeks to get ready and one ' week to hold it. Night after night w? j work and worry. All this breaks into j our happiness, and class-meetings, and prayer-meetings. Then, something is < usually said or doue, accidentally and \ unintentionally, which hurts some- , one's feeliugs. And if we held one you would be asked to give something toward someone's table, or make a cake, or buy some tickets. All this would cost you something before the festival began. Then if you went you would buy something, so that no doubt the festival would cost you more than ( we ask you to give us. Then, at least ?{b +nlron ir? at, festivals UXIO UQU Vi TTUUU AO does us no good. It goes to buy candles, cream, &c. Won't it be a good thing to get along without a festival? "We will be better off every way. Those who make no account of trifles make a great mistake. Things which are so small as to be beneath tbe notice of certain men of high attainments and position may nevertheless be great enough to wreck those who treat them with contempt. An exchange tells of a lawyer who was a diligeut student, a superior scholar, eminently qualified for the duties of his profession, but because o? his contempt for the generally accepted rules of etiquette utterly failed to secure the respect of the people among whom he u a Oa tt\ q WodtArn f>itv 11Y U lie icmvvvu iv m ii vwv?. ^ in order to escape the reasonable demands of good society, but bis infirmity defeated him in his new relations. I Life with him was a failure. His many admirable and excellent qualities could not save him. He was wrecked by a trifle. It is not wise to devote much time and thought to trifles, but to ignore them altogether is still greater folly. * New York Advocate. An old writer says: "God's biddings are God's enabliDgs," and a new writer on Christian ethics adds: "So we may be quite sure the path of obedience is the one of possibility, that all-sufficient grace runs parallel with every eommandment of the Lord." Most true. And it applies without qualification to every command to grow in grace, to endure trial, to witness for unrisi. un imugs uut specially revealed the difficulty is to i ascertain whether God bids or not. ; Often our own evil hearts and imperfect judgments engender ideas which we think come from God. In such a case man's bidding is not God's enabling. Hols ton Met hod lit. Gambling stands in the same relation to stealing that dueling stands to , murder. ]n both cases, the vietim is a willing victim, and takes his chance of being the victor. Gambling is essen- , tially a mean and vulgar habit, and ought to excite contempt and indigna- i tion. So long as good men justify any form of gambling or betting, the evil cannot e effectually cured. CJiristian Standard. Too many are like that candidate for the ministry who gave as evidence of a divine call thereto: "Desire, opportunity, and failure to succeed in any other business." That is what ails us nowadays. Way of Fallh. Don't leaye the world with your vote 011 record for a party that upholds the saloou, such a ballot will rise up to condemn you in eternity. The moment you begin to explain away the miraculous and supernatural, you surrender the liibie. Take the supernatural out of the Bible and you make it a collection of fables in preference to which I choose *Esop's Fables. They are what they pretend to be?fables. There are tilings which are not specifically condemned in Scripture which it is best to avoid. There may be no particular precept to forbid a proposed action, but that action may be a wrong to our own souls. Any thing which hinders in the least communion with (!od and brings doubt as to His approval is detrimental to our own spiritual welfare. 71 is wonderful how trouble and sorrow, if accepted in the right spirit, gives vitality to our prayeru. When , amnnl lilv Hlld easi LIU Iiys ill O lllllii.u, _ ly, we are often disposed to be listless and perfunctory: but when we are 1 confronted with perplexing questions, or hard-pressed by temptations, or overborne by unexpected calamities, wc cry to God from the bottom of our hearts. SB Selections from tie (Mian Kefiiir ;?: : Reward. >> *? True it is that a human being is 'fearfully and wonderfully made." \mong the wonderful powers or faculties in the creature is that of having espect to reward as promised upon condition of obedience to command. 'Verily there is a reward for the ighteoua." The reward of pardon is promised :o repentant sinners: "Let the wickv ;d forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will hare mercy upon him; and to our Qodf. for he wiH abundantly par-, ion." Many are the variously worded promises of heaven to all who may ba ible with Paul to say at the close of probation life: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there; [a laid up for me a crown of righteous* ness, which the Lord, the righteous; judge, shall give me at day: and not to me only, but unto all them also <S that love his appearing." It is well, yea needful, that the followers of Christ should, specially in 1 trials, to look to the reward promised to them that endure. In this they -. will follow their great ezampler, "who for the joy that was set before him the reward "endured the cross,x despising the shame, and is set down^ rtf f ivVi f Vtskfrtsl r\ f f V* a 4kiV\*iA A# / Ml/ IjUU XAgUU 1IOUU U1 bUC IJIiVUU V*? . God." In times of trial and affliction Jlet the diciples not fail to consider what . Jesus endured, "lest they be wearied < and faiut in their minds." "Christ ' also suffered for us, leaving an exam-, pie that we should follow his steps." ? < No man or woman live9 who does^? not need encouragement in the battle v? of life. Nothing inspires courage ip. ; trials like hope of reward and a con- . ... . . . stau t iook Kt me victorious example of Him who was tempted in all potato* ' as we are and who is able to snccor them who follow him in endeavors to : endure, even as he, the captain of their , salvation, endured. Let the tempted, the "cast down," . call to mind the inspired and inspiring'.v.' words: "There hath no temptation tar : ken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, whd will; not suffer you to be tempted above " that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." & Whatever the temptation or affiletion may be let the suffering "look not at the things which are seen but at the., things which are not seen/ for t&e .: things which are seen are temporal: : , but the things which are not seen the % reward are eternal." While the sufr '4 fering thus "look not," and thus "look" their affliction "works for :.f them a far more exceeeing and eternal ' weight of giory."?an enlargement of reward. ; * 5.V Let those who "endure hardness as good soldiers of Christ" and who realalize that when they are weak then v* are they strong, "resolve in the name and in the spirit of Christ that they yi will be faithful eyen "unto death" and they shall receive the reward \ promised by Christ himself. "To him that over cometh will I grant to alt " with me in my throne, -even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." Work, en-; dure, wait?having respect unto the reward. : * - ' U -V No little has been said or printed about a law having been enacted which prohibits the sale of pistols except undjr the authority of a license . bo to sell. There is a law against carrying concealed deadly' weapons. The little respect which is had for the latter may indicate the regard that will be had for the former. Where mnrnl sentiment does not control "many inventions" are sought out for evading the law. And when violators of the law are brought to trial many are the technical inventions of able eloquent lawyers to shield transgressors from the penalty of the law. As long as civil and ecclesiastical govern' raents approve of war or are silent on the wickedness of the spirit and practice of militarism so long will either or both "powers that be" combined fail to prevent meu from making, sell- . ing, buying, carrying and using pistols. And in proportion as these 1 Ul* \V?? tliiugs are done rauraer is pruuauie, ami in proportion as violations of the law are connived at or the penalty eyaded whether by flight, by technicalities, by eloquence, by bribery, by mistrial, by new trial or by executive clemency, so long will violence by the pistol and other deadly weapons continue their murderous work. The .Sisseton Indians of North Dakota are on the verge of starvation, caused not by improvidence on their part, but by an absolute failure of their crops for two years. The "gov- *1 eminent" is due hundreds of thousands of dollars to these poor people for lands sold by them to the United States. Congress seems too busy about * 41,^ pensions ana use squaiiuciiugs ui mo people's money to j>ay its debts to tho Indians. Who will plead for these people ? Help is demanded now.