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Selections from tie Christian Keithlm Iniquity Abounding. Crimea North, South, East, West, -1 v _ i lii.. 1 . n/lifinna VftnCU Oy lUClUlty UULU tuuunivno? j such is the report of the daily press. Here it is a strike, there it is a race war, yonder it is an isolated case of 1 crime. Theories are offered for "this, that, and the other," but does not the truth lie in the fact (?) that the devil 1 is in many human hearts irrespective ( of '"race, color, or previous condition," ? and that as occasion offers he does his I work ? A black man murders a white man, a white mau murders a black; it ' is not that there is any "irrepressible | conflict" between the two races but * that circumstances have developed in- ' dividual antagonism. Capital op- | presses labor, labor fights capitalthere is wrong doing somewhere, some individual man or several men collectively (and individually) have done 1 evil. What is the great aggregate of 1 evil but the collective of many indi viHiml fivil doines? "Go to now, ye. . . men, weep i and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you"?suppose we supply . wicked for the omitted rich. Go to now ye wicked men ! Let every man i consider his own ways whether they 1 be good or whether they be evil. Christianity deals with the Individual i human heart?men are not "saved," "made good" in masses. It is here a little, there a little. ? ? j Two brothers named Johnson who ' had not seen each other since the war , met, a fortnight since, as convicts in 11 Af tVfcArvi ViqH I me peun/cutnw^'. m been in the penitentiaiy some months, the other was a more recent arrival. They were both serving out sentences for aggravated assaults. Great Britain accepts the invitation extended by President Harrison to take part in the World's Columbiau Exposition at Chicago iu 1893. Spain too will send an exhibit. A doctor Gentry, of Chicago, claims to have captured a microbe of La Grippe. They are generally of a round form, and distinctly marked by seven lines surrounding them. An insurrection in the Comoro Islands, Mozambique Channel has cost three hundred lives, that number being massacred. The island is under French protection, but it Is nominally ruled by the Arabs. The residence of one Ankuey, Sycamore, Ohio, was blown up by dynamite March 29. There is no suspicion as to the instigator of the crime. Col. G. R. Talcott has resigned his i position with the Richmond and Danville Railroad, haying served eleven \ years. The Massachusetts Senate March 25 1 struck from the statute the prohibition i against keeping a public bar. C. W. Henry, a member of the Charleston Cotton Exchange, shot and killed himself March 25. ( Who Will Lead OflTT Will not some of our leading men, ' merchants, lawyers and statesmen 1 le d off in the movements for a Uni- 1 versal Peace Congress and an Inter- 1 parliamentary Conference in the Unit- 1 ed states in low ( ir sucn men as < Andrew Carnegie and David Dudley Field of New York, Philip C. Garrett ( Nof Philadelphia and other men of like influence will lead, they will have an ; immense following. Are not these ' considerations of sufficient weight to ; command the money and effort necessary for a successful meeting? (1) It harmonizes with the object of the Columbian Exposition ; viz. : I the celebration of the progress of in- i dustry and science and all the arts of i peace. j (2) It is pre-eminently internation- i al and universal in its scope. j (3) Its idea is essentially concilia- i tory and promotive of kind feelings between nations. (4) It accords with the genius of < America and thd whole tendency of 1 political and moral progress. ! (5) The positions and institutions ' of the United States are peculiarly < fitted to encourage free discussion and ' pronounced leadership in internation- ] al reform, especially in the work of < s ubstituting legal and moral remedies 1 i n public differences for military f orce.?Advocate of Peace. It is estimated that over $4,000,000 ' loss has already been occasioned in the Ohio Valley, while several towns in j California and Arizona are almost to- j tally destroyed, thousands of acres of,' fertile land have been washed away i and many lives lost. One more issue and the Central j Methodist will close its twenty-fourth year. Then comes our silver wedding, to which we have looked forward with very deep concern. Olive Thorne Miller has recently posted from her home in Brooklyn over 2(),UiH) printed slips, asking the < women of New York not to wear birds on their plumage. ! ( "Sarcastical."?Anxious wife "Doctor, how is my husband?" Doctor: "He will come all right. . What he needs now is quiet. I have here a couple of opiates." j "When shall I give them to him ?" "Give theiutohim? They are for 3 you madame. Your husband needs j xest."?1Texas Sittings. An Indian on War. Bishop Whipple, in describing his 1 life among the Indians, tells the following story. The Bishop had been reproving Wabasha, the head chief in the Dakota mission, for holding a 1 Btalp-dance over a murdered Chippe "? ""/l HiMotoiiinpr him with HiolnA 8 ?T C*, auu imivuwu**-*& <r?vu veugeance on the great Day of account. This was the Indian's re- 1 3ponse: The old chief smiled, drew his pipe ? from his mouth, blew a eloud of smoke 1 upward, and said : "White mango to war with his own brother in the same i country; kill more men than Waba- 1 shacan count in all his life. Great Spirit smiles ; says, 'Good white man ; 1 he has my Book ; I love him very i much ; I have a good place for him by I md by.' The Indian is a wild man ; he has no Great Spirit Book; he kills 1 ane man ; has a scalp-dance; Great 1 Spirit is mad and says, 'Bad Indian ; 1 ' will put him in a bad place by and by.' Wabasha don't believe it."?Advocate of Peace. ? T Washington, March 25.?The following letter addressed to the President, by William HoAea Ballou, the novelist, who has been residing in New Orleans for several months, was received at the Executive Mansion this morning: "Your attention is directed to the menace to this country of a large element of foreign-born people appealing to a foreign sovereign for revenge, by armB or diplomacy, on account of an act of the community of New Orleans. "I submit that the presence of an immense body of foreigners within the United States, not in sympathy with us, our customs and laws, who, mhotmrar the nmunrtitinn nail nnon A foreign country for aid, cannot be depended upon in times of national danger and war, and are a constant menace to our peace and safely. Washing is the place, and you are the represeniative of the sovereign people, to whom appeal should be made by all claiming allegiance to this country. "In view of these facts, I suggest he need of stringent immigration inpection and restriction, or otherwise foreign countries hostile to our prosperity will plant large numbers of men and women on this soil who will breed others of their kind, and who ! will rise against us whenever called 1 upon by the government from which ' they came, while professing quasi alle- \ giance to the United States. "While we may regard with pride ' all toreign American patriots, the time has come to distrust all who look to a ' muintriT fnr nrntortinn while . lUlVlg u VVUUbA J ?v? claiming loyalty to this country."?By United Press to The State. The longest canal In the world is the Imperial Caual of China, which starts from Pekin, connects the Hoang-ho, Yang-tse-Kiang, and a number of other rivers, passes by the gates of forty-one cities, and, with its branches, affords nearly 2,000 miles of water communication in the heart of the empire. The Mafia is a powerful secret organization of Sicily and Southern Italy. There it is composed of brigands, bandits and outlaws. They are banded together for the purpose of pillage and plunder. Tney have made the great mistake of bringing their organization to this country. They had become a terror to New Orleans. In a trial last June in which Bome of their party were accused of muruer, the principal witness was assassinated during the trial.?Carolina Spartan. "It has been a favorite mode, it is 3aid, of evading the law for an adult person to take the minor into a barroom and pay for both drinks. The Idea was that the sale being to the adult the bar-keeper was not indictable. The Supreme court has recently held in State vs. Beat (opinion by Clark, J.) that the bar-keeper is indictable ; for no one could authorize him to furnish liquor to a minor directly or 1 iEdirectly, and that the person who ? joes the treating is likewise indictable, ] for he is accessory to the violation of * the law and in misdemeanors accesso- 1 ries are principals. This decision will ( 50 far to break up the practice." N. F. Burnham the inventor of the < turbine water-wheel bearing his name, iied at York, Pa., on the 22d ult. ? His inventions ana improvemeiiuj, covering a period from 1859 to 1888, svill be a lasting memorial of bis mechanical skill. H. E. Van JDeman, Pomologist to :he United States Agricultural Department, declares that there are in the southern part of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas million of teres which can be made to produce as ?ood dates as those grown in Arabia ind Persia. The most densely populated State in ihe Union is Massachusetts, which has in average of 28H persons to every square mile. Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut stands next in orJer, while the Southern and Western states are very sparsely settled by comparison, aud even Pennsylvania has >nly 114 inhabitants to the square mile. The Central hotel, two stores and a (" Barbershop in Florence were destroy ed 1 ly fire, March 59. 1 The name of the post ofliee at Goodrion's Factory has been changed to ! that of Alma. J After Easter. > It V MARY I.OWK HICK I NSUN. The Kastcr praises may fuller 1 And die with I ho Kastcr day. , The blossoms that brightened the altar In sweetness may fade awny; < Jiut after the silence and fadlu;? Lingers a blessing unpriced. Above all changing and shading, i i The love of the living Christ. DnitliK, Kev. j! S. West, a Baptist minister, died at Jliutoii, S. C? March (.'apt. J. It. Tarrant, aged &? years, Uica in 1 Sreenwood, about March 30. Mr. W.J. Miller, ex-deputy United States . Mnrslial, who was Involved In the Willie > fioaphart rase (Lexington,) died in the Kichland County almshouse March St. Dr. Howard Crosby died nt his homo in ( New York City March 2k As scholar and author ho was well known, and he was one of the founders of the Young Men's Christian Association. 1 Good Rules.?To aim at cheerfulness without levity. Never show levity when people are >ngaged in worship. Frequently to review your conduct md note your feelings. To say as little as possible of yourlelf ana those who are near you. Not to affect to be witty, or jeat so as ;o hurt the feelings of another. Never to court the favor of the rich >y flattering their vauities or their iches. Never to think worse of another on iccount of his differing from you in political and religious subjects. Never ridicule sacred things, or vhat others may esteem as such, howsver absurd they may appear to ?ou. To speak with calmness and deliberation on all occasions, especially of jircumstances which teud to irriate. It is a sad fact that many preachers ire great failures. It will do any jreacher good to read some of the :ausesofthe failures, which we clip 'rom the Florida Advocate: "One Treacher fails because he is stingy ; an>ther, because he is lazy ; a third, be;ause he Rives away to his temper ; a burth, because he is too sour, and ihows very little tenderness of spirit; i fifth, because of his levity in compaly ; a sixth, because his conversation snot chaste; a seventh, because his leart seems to be on money; an >ighth, because he talks too disparagngly and censoriously about other jreachers ; a ninth, because he is too lensitive about what people think of lis sermons and himself; and a tenth, because he fails to produce any deep inrr In hia hpftppra " ?" ? John Bright to Every Christian. If our professing Christian ministers ind the professing Christians whosuround them, would condemn our ware, ind protest against them, we might nake some progress, and a higher norality, acting along with a better ;ocprehension of material interests, nignt, and I suppose would, rapidly id vance the cause of peace. It is said that Mr. Moody has materially modified his method of evangelistic work. The Nashville Advocate jomments wisely on the published statement that he is convinced that great union meetings are not the most advantageous, and has given Lbem up to the less showy and pretentious method of holding meeting? with an individual Church. His union meetings had a broad surface, but shallow. Great religious excitation and buzz with scarcely a moiety ol conviction. Much enthusiasm, combined with Church, religious, and svorldly forces, with but little quitken ing or faitn, none or ine spiru 01 supplication and prayer, and none of the mighty throes of deep .spiritual emotion, and, of necessity, but little of heart repentance." Childish laughter is the echo of ieavenly music. The noblest art is that of making )thers happy. , Amusement to children is like rain :o flowers. Childish wonder is the first step in auman wisdom. If you would be as happy as a child, please onte. Innocent amusement transforms ;ears into rainbows. Evil thoughts are conquered by wholesome recreation. To best please a child is the highest riamph of philosophy. It is greater to be the children's xiend than the world's king. U? mo boa lriinurUHffO milfct. iiu vnav uittnvo i? mv .? ?-"w- ?ractive to the young is the king ol lages. To stimulate wholesome curiosity in ;he mind of the young is to plant golden seed. An experienced teacher says that jupils who have access to newspapers it home, when compared with those vho have not, are better spellers, bet;-er grammarians, better punctuators, ind read more understanding^, and jbtain a practical knowledge of geography in almost half the time it requires the others. The newspaper is iecidedly an important factor in raodsrn life. This will not be disputed by iny one wno has taken the trouble to nyestigate the matter for himself. "Ah, Jemmy," said a sympathiz ng friend to a man who was just too ate for the train. "You did not run ast enough." "Yes, I did," said Teromy; "but I did not start soon inough." A wooden mat is a great convenence in the kitchen for setting hot jetties on. It is thus made: Take six itrips of lath eleven inches long, one rich wide, lay them one inch apart, ind nail at right angels across them lix similar strips an inch apart. The :irculation of air under the kettles ilaced on the mat will prevent charing, and if the kettles are smutty the nat will take smut and save thekitchtn table. Shetirst actual application of gas ;o lightning purposes took place in England, in 1792, when William Mnrloch constructed an apparatus for iglitning his house and office at lied uth, Cornwall. Black hellebore, which may be had it any drug store, if spread on the loors where water-bugs abound, will ie eaten greedily by them. The bugs vill be killed. For hoarseness l>oat a fresh egg and thicken it with fine white sii?jar. Eat >f it frequently till the hoarseness disjppears. Add lemon. Sprained ankle has been cured in an lour l?y showering it with hot water joured from the height of a few eet. A sponge bath of cold or tepid water ihoulu be followed by friction with owel or hand. When food is cooked for iinima Is here is less waste. Pour the dhh water and soap-suds >u the roots of young trees. Exercise in open air whenever the weather permits. Driving a Herd of Seals. This driving of the fur seal inland is J not uniuteresting. A number of Aleuts having gotten between the animals ou the shore?most of them probably asleep?and the water's edge, the "! l??of nniubaninnonH flnHlnorthoir rp< J treat to the surf cut off, scramble far- T ther up on the land. The Aleats, 1 probably a dozen iu number, form a ? sort of funnel-shaped skirmish-line J tbat approach tbe animals, that keep retiring before them. To prevent their being overheated by exertion, tl which might affect tbe skin if not immediately stripped from the slain animal, they are seldom driven much faster than half a mUe an hour, and G often allowed to rest. As far as possible the selection is made from male animals about three or four years old, when the fur is in its prime; bnt as the maximum of strength and bellig- ' erency is not reached for a few years after this, it is easy to see why the best animals for fur have not the best places on the rookeries, but are found skulking off by themselves. So numerous are they, and so easy to drive to the killing-grounds, that the Aleuts h;.ve no trouble in securiug tbe whole 100,000 in a week or ten days over a month's time. There is an object in hurrying the work, as the skins are better earlier in the season; but if there be much warm weather during this time, the driving is slower and all other work is correspondingly retaia- j ed. The seals huviug cooled off for two or three hours, they are killed in herds of about one hundred to one hundred and fifty strong, by strikiug Go where he will, the Christian is never without his influence. He can not do an indifferent action. There are eyes upon him. He is being scan- ; ned and read often when he is not thinking about it?one noting his i weakness of temper, another his ten. derness of conscience, a third his largehearted charitableness, a fourth the marks of spiritual mind. Therefore, the Christian should exhibit much of the mind of Christ, and be a remembrancer to many of His blessed examples. ^ Many wise men write books because they hope thereby to give their doc4 * -- iiMAitlafiAn On/1 nrQTTD n 1 (.rilies U, wiuti UllV/Uiauvii aim them from perishing Avben tbe authors of them are gone. But Jesus appeart ed to have no apprehension that His doctrines would he limited to a narrow circle of disciples or a brief period i of time. He wrote no book, nor did . He command His people to write. He spake the truth and left it to its fate. No writer of books has ever diseemi- $ ? noted his thoughts so widely nor preserved them so perfectly. They bid I fair to cover the whole earth and continue until the end of tbe world. The , explanation is found in His own view of His sayings: "The words that I . speak unto you, they are spirit and ' they are life." Plans to save souls are the best money raising plans. - 1 You will find it very hard to lead a J Christian life if you do not pray. Fruitless is sorrow for having done , if if. inmip not in a resolution to do so no more. Lowliness of heart is real dignity ; 1 and humility is the brightest jewel in a Christian's crown. If the world tried one-half as hard to be good as it does to seem good, sinners would be as rare as saints are now. Earnestness commands the respect i of mankind. A wavering, vacillating, dead-and-alive Christian does not get the respect of the world. One of the most essential preparations for eternity is delight in praising God?a nigher acquirement, than even delight aud devotedness in prayer. What is meant by our neighbor we [ i cannot aount; it is every oue wim i whom we are brought into contact, he or she, whosoever it be, whom we have any means of helping. It is no great matter to live loviugly . with good-natured, humble and weak persons, but he who can do so with the froward, willful, ignorant, peevish aud perverse hath true charity. Each day may be a sacred day, And every spot a holy place, Where Christ doth manifest His grace; Each day wheretu men trust, obey, And love, Is an Atonement day! Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into a relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. A carping spirit rarely goes with a | working ttpirit. It is easier to finu fault with what some one else does, I tknn 5f ici tr\ /In onmnthinnf nno'a uplf lliau J l JO IV/ V4V/ CUUIVVUtU^ w 1 . V, w wvaa j hence a man who enjoys doing the easier thing, is disinclined to do the harder one. The flower, the tree, the earth, the sky Huve eloquence divine; They are God's endless ministry To teach this heart or mine Some newer lesson of His grace, Some hope v. hich lifts above The shadows which our sorrows trace To His immortal love! Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact,?from calling on us to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure that there is no pearl in it.?Tlieophrastus Such. The approximate amount of the ap- J propriations made by the Fifty-first Codgress as figured by the Clerk of the [ Senate Committee is $980,700,000. , Mr. Say era, Democratic member of the House Committee on Appropriations, estimates the total appropriations at $1,000,270,471, against &S17,003,750 for the urevious Congress. Present indications lead to ttie conclusion that there is likely to be a greater immigration to this country during the present than there was in the year just past. During the last: week of the past year, there was lam'; ed at New "York alone, no less than 2,9.54 immigrants. "And the cry is, """J , Horse-Radisli roots grated and moistened with vinegar, put in a bag ! and applied to the seat of pain will cure neuralgia. 2C ' f ' * | y % . " L891. " 18PL 1 WM. E. BELTJB Sfew Spring and Summer FgHties N MILLINERY, DRESS GOODS AND WHITE GOoiRlSPUYi WILL offer to the Ladles of Abbeville County the LARGEST STOCK of Millinery Drew . Goods, White Goods and Notions that I have ever exhibited la my store. jp M -gg In Gloria and Purlatan Silks. Direct from WRIGHT <b CO. The largest Factory in tie Country. Shoes for Ladies and Children in all Gradges. I will say in a few words, that I can save any customer that expects to buy SPRING ? . IOOD8 money on anything that they will need. . >. 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