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The Abbeville Press and Banner J BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. 1891. VOLUME XXXV. NO. 52? I New Quarters. IW GOODS. I lam Now Prmred to Offer at! Reasonable Prices the Largest and Best Selected Stock of Watches, Clocks, rn*~ JE JK X, LBC i Silverware, Spectacles, r and Gold Pens, L And everything in the JKWELIiY Lino r T ever offered to the people of Abbevi'le county ^ Sliver and Nickel Watches from S2."i0 to Sis >' (1 (Jold Watches from SI"> to ST-j. J' 1Clocks from SI to ?15. Si V CHAINS. CHARMS. LOCKETS. (1 SLEEVE BUTTONS. COLLAR BUTTONS ? SCAHK FINS, STUDS. LACE 1'INS. . BROCHKS. EAR RINGS and PROPS, and J CHILD'S DRESS BUTTON SETS in GOLD and Rolled Plate at the Lowest Prices. ti Gold Kings, [quality guaranteed] ' from 75 cts. to $10 Sterling Silver Thimbles, Spoons and Forks very low. sJ The celebrated Wm. Rogers Knives. Forks, < Spoons, ?tc. Triple plated ou Nickel Silver. i 14 K. Gold Spectacles nnd EyeGlasses Irom $1.50 to #8 per pair. y Why injure your eyes by wearing cheap glasses when you can get Pebbles for S2."i0 per | pair. J It will be to your advantaco to call on me should you need anything In the jewelry line Repairing neatly done and all work guaran teed. Office in store or j. u. >h_ivl,ivs. J. T. Duckett, JEWELER F Greenwood, S. C. Oct. 15. 1890. 11 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ] COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COU11T OF COMMON I'LKAS. James T. Hester, Plaintlir, H against W. N. Mercler, an survivor of the late firm of H W. N. Mercler St Co., suid flrru having HRff heen composed of the said W. N. Mercier ? and one A. 1>. Sinltti, now deceased, De ^ J fendant, Summons. For Relief. (Complaint not Served.) To thf .Defendant, \V. N. Meivior, as survivor of the Ute 11 rin of \V. N. Morcier & Co., said firm having iheen composed of the said \V\ X. Mercier and one A. I>. Smith, now deceased. ^ You ARK HKREBY SUMMONED ANDR lequlred to answer the complaint In thl ^ action, which was filed in the otlice of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the saldCoun ty on the llth April, 1891, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office at Abbe vilie Court House, Soutli Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated llth dav of April. 1801. PAItKKlt & Mc'JOW AN, 1'laliitlfTs Attorney. April 22, 1801 Ct. I). A. ALLEN, Prop. J. F. HICK, Supt ALLEN MANUFACTURING CO. Clinton, S. C. ?M AN U FACTU UK I IS OFDoors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding. Brackets, Front Doors, Stair Rails, Newel Posts, Balusters, Scroll Sawing and Wood Turning, * Flu Dryett Lulier for Balers. Contracts Furnished at Sln?rt Notice. First CIiinn Work a Specially itn<l all Work ( uaruiit Correspondence solicited and letter* of Inquiry promptly answered. WRITK HKFOKK HIYINO KLKKWIIKltK. * b Rest Work. I.ouesf I'riccs, (. J. F. MILLKIt ?fc CO. nre agents fur us, and orders (riven to tliein will receive prompt at- K tentlon. II March 2, 1H91. 12m. E. H. HENDERSON, : Attorney at Law. Greenwood, S. C. OFFICK over Lee & Bailey's store. Prompt attention elven to collections. April 15, 1X91. 12m* cnunnT YnTTrr guuvvju ? vxxvjui | All pkksons having iu'siness with tlic School Commissioner, will flnd him In his office, all public clays and ~ every .Saturday in each month nearest the 1 middle of the month, during the present year, I I for the purpose of registering claims, ae. ' K. COWAN, School Commmlssioner, Abbeville County. \ Feb. 4,1831 tf. r The Abbeville Land, Loan and J, 0 a m r?nntt }, Aiii^ruveiiiGiiu uuuijyu,jjj. :: IX ACCORDANCE with Commission of Secretary of State J. Q. Marshall directed to the undersigned hoard of Corporators of the ABHKVILLi: LAN I'. I.OAN AND i.M- i PROVKMKNT COMPANY ? Notice Is hereby given that the bonks of i subscription of said company will be opeu lit c the ollioe of J. ALLEN SMITH, Piesident, on 11 'rmritsriAV. EEHRPARY Oth Inst., at the I Abbeville National Banic. J. ALLEN SMITH. W. ('. McGOWAN, P. KOKKNBERG, AUG. W. SMITH, E. A. TEMPLETON, K. M. HADDON. T. P. (JOTJ1 RAN. Board ot Corporators, t Abbeville, S. C* Feb. 5 1893. > ItoV .. : v I1HK MAIN WHEEL IN A WATCH 1 makes 1 revolutions in a day of I'l hours, r 1,480 in a year. Next, tlie ccntre wheel, 21 evolutions si day, or 8,7(10 in a year. The lilrd wheel 102 In a (lay, or 5!),0.'l0 in a year, 'he fourth wheel 2,110 in a day, or *>45.000 in a ear. The fifth, or scape wheel, 12,%0 In a ay, or 1,72*30 in a year. The "licks" or cats of the balance wheel nS3,lHX> in a day, or 11.SS2.000 in a year. The above is rnathemetienfly correct, and honld prove to you that a WATCH is a very elieateand complicated machine,andshould I be out of order the watch requires the atsutlon of a first Glass Watchmaker The undersigned odors you nil the advnn siges that skill and experience can command 11 the repairing of tfatchs, Clocks and Jewelry. KNOKAVTNG ny style letter or monogramo executed nt liort notice. Lll Work Warranted 12 Months. A tlrst class stock of GOLD. SILVKIt and riCKKI, WATCHES, JEWELUY, HILVWlj I'AltE, GOLD l'EXS &C. Rogers and BroJ -?ndLWm. Rogers 'ORES, KNIVES AND SPOONS. | Goods Guaranteed as represented or mony 'funded. No charge for engraving goods riacuc?r business in i?. t . jiunuar x tun lo c. [I. B. Hennemann, GREENWOOD, S. C. Jan. 30,1S9J, tf DR. E, L. WILSON, S^Ofllce upstairs over It. W. Cannon's store Ug. 2S, 18S9. THE Farmers' Bank -OFAbbeville, S. C., Does General Hanking Business. luys and sells Exchange an<l makes Collections. DEPOSITS SOMCITE I). Vm. II. I'nrkcr, .1. T. ItoliertNon, President. Vick-Pkes. Julius II. I> 11 I*ro, cash i eh. March i>, 1K90? 12m iwiv iliiiliiiiiiiil ui/niu iivuiiiuiiu The well-known stall ion, can bo found at Waller's Stable Greenwood, S. C. TERMS, CASH, r I > i; i n ii i.u it ,-II.^I.t > ii*n. ini jmmiui? ?i eiison. Fifteen Ikilhirs Insurance. Money v Insurance I?ik* lis soon as Mare is ascer?in< d to tic in Foal. l'KDIUltKH? I.cwls Kcdniond is a l?oep Hay, e\uti Yfurs old, ririi'Bii and one-Half Hands ligli; Sired by .Messenger, (irandslre Old Iraugcr, Great-(irandsire Old Maiubrino liter,Oreat-GreaMJrandsirc .Maiubrino I'aylaster. Dam a very line Kentucky Marc, iid lo be ilamiltotilnn. For further lnlorlalion address W.J.McGEE, Riley, S. C. A pril S, lslll. :!m DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, "kFFICE fl'-STAIKS ON McILWAIN J Corner. Abbeville, S. C, March '.Si, lb'.U. tf W4f MURPHY Sr. STORY. ' ^"AITCIT fl'KCTS," lo. 8 Gray's Piazza, AUGUSTA, GA. \HE I'KEPAIlEl) TO MAKE PLANS and superintend the building of illJKCHKS. CUlIHT HOUSES, ICIIOOI. HOUSES, JAILS, lOTKIiS, THEATRES, TORES. DWELLINGS. June -J, 1S1M1, l'Jm [> ICIIAUI) GANTT, is i>oiV prepared to do It all work in his department in tlie best! nanner and at reasonable charges. Monthly ! ustoiners shaving, hair cutting and sliamtooin 81 per month. Kasors honed and put n the bc?i condition for *5 cents each. Walter L. Miller, Attorney and Coinmelloi- at Law, ABBKVILLK. S. (J. |)FlACTICi;s IN ItOTH STATE AND ! Federal Courts. Special attention given ocollections und to investigating titles; j pec. 3. 1SW. 6mo. Afterward. O souls thai bear a dally cross. Half-fainting, miestioning, bearing si ill. Some time your lessou shall be learned, A nil yc shall unclcrstaml God's will. O, e j cs thai weep through hours of night, And veil your wistful pain by ila.v, Jovyetshall come with morning light, ' Ye shall not weep in vain alway. O. willing feet, that hourly run On ceaseless errands, here and there, So tired, yet ye shall find n goal, | And cease your weary aching there. O, patient hands that toll so hard To meet the needs of every day, Some time the work will all be done, | And ye in rest soft-loidcd lay. O. Hearts, where good and ill contend, I Sinning, repenting, vexed with Iife And all Its cares, fresh courane take, I For victory shall follow strife. O, souls that bear a dai ly cross ! { O, hearts thatshivc! O, eyes that weep ! | The time will surely come when God Shall give to " His beloved sleep!" And every bruise shall find it balm, Good deeds a full and sure reward, l'aln, toil, and grief be overpast, And peace shall follow?afterward ! How the I.iquor Traflic IiilPiTercil Willi Mrs. Italston. 15V EVA II. l'JLLSl'.UKY. "JJut the liquor traflic has never interfered with me personally," answered Mrs. Judge Ilalston, raising her tine eves to the sneaker, and smiling with "just a little unconscious arro- ' gance. "I can understand how those < whose husbands or sons are being y drawn away by such influences, can j wish to give their time and energies to the temperance work ; but as for me, | why, it woul-l be pure affectation to \ pretend an interest which I do not really feel. To one in my position, ( the dangers seem so exaggerated that i I can hardly believe them real, or on- t finfotunil linuj fli<j\r r??it> nip or ? mine in any way." t "The ways are so many," insisted j j little Mrs. I)r. Seabright; "one cannot | j read the annals of crime contained in j our daily newspapers without seeing n how often the innocent are made to sutler through this fearful curse. It!, seems to me the evils and dangers of the whiskey traffic can hardly be ex- , oggerated," and she looked up into the t elder lady's face a little nervously, but still with a determination in her eyes, , and in the firm lines of her pretty j mouth. t "I am quite willing to face your im- ( aginary danger," laughed Mrs. Kill-! j uf^n ulnpidIv folding together her two i; white hands, decked with their spark- , ling rings, and viewing them conipla- s cently as they lay in delicate leisure j against their background of crimson cashmere. ( Just then the heavy curtains behind f her parted, and eight-year-old Jessie , stole softly iu and laid a chubby hand on her mother's shoulder. Instantly ] the half supercilious smile faded from , the lady's face, the proud, dark eyes [ grew suddenly soft, and she drew her s only daughter close to her side. Sure- j ly no lovelier vision of childhood ever j blessed a mother's eyes. The fair, oval t face, shaded by long, light curls ; the perfectly moulded childish figure, that j was daintily robed in its rich but sim- , pie costume; the gentle patrician air i r\F tl>r? fiiiir wnmnn nil pninliincil to . make her what her mother well kuew { her to be, a rare possession that many , a won.an might envy. \ "W.mt is it my daughter?" asked ( the fond mother, after the lictle girl , had been duly presented to young ( Mrs. Seabriglit, and Mrs. Heth Twom- , bly, the Baptist minister's wife. . "May I go now, mamma? It is al- ( most three o'clock." ( ''Oh, certainly, dear; I had forgot- t ten your engagement. Have Sara fix , your hair, and come directly home af- J ter your lesson," and she bent forward , with sweet motherliue.ss to press a kiss j upon the round, rosy face upturned to ( her own. " lottih crt\au ti\ fnlrp lipr (lullpillL'-loS uwo,v bwvw lv lw"v "v" o sou," she explained, as the child left the room. "I suppose you ultra orthodox ladies are shocked,"hut you see we i can't all think alike about these t things. The class is composed of little f girls,"and they meet in the afternoon, t 1 think the exercise is good for her, s and 1 am not alraid that any harm a can come to my daughter," with a c proud emphasis upon the last two f words. c Mrs. Ralston may not have intend- 1 ed to allow that little haughty tone to j I creep into her speech, for she was aji lady of birth and breeding, but gencr-j ations of blue blood and a long line of 1 ancestry, whose escutcheon showed no I blot, had produced in .Mrs. Judge Ital- 1 ston a woman in whom family pride i was a passion, and to intimate to her tnatone or ner Kinuieu coiuo iiv anyiu possibility I >e subject to the same*temp- > tations, or led away by the same inllu- c ences that assail common humanity, was to insult her unnardonabiy. Neither of her visitors matte any direct reply to her remark, but the heighten- c ed color on liitle Mrs. Seabright's face t showed that she felt keenly the tone ii of implied superiority in Lie manner i of the speaker. Mrs. Seth Twombly, whose long ex- i perience in the temperance work had < inured her to many sorts of rebull's, i only answered, rising quietly and * drawing lip around her her old-fashioned black cashmere shawl, "We are I sorry both for your own sake and ours, t that you do not see lit to join us in our \ work. However, you will see this matter in a different light by and by." n w'hen I see it as you do," answer- l ed Mrs. italston rising, and smiling a \ little incredulously, "I will give my hand to the W. C. T. U. Until then 1 must be excused from any active interest in the work." ,1.,. ,.r n.? i.,_ i l\ever U'OIIl II1C nunun ?u mc i.nu in i dies, who left i\Irs. Judge Ralston 1 standing in the doorway of her heauti- t i'ul parlor, will (he vivid picture fade. Such a picture of proud, self-reliant, t ambitious womanhood ! Shu stood with one white hand holding back the 1 heavy portiere, the delicate lace of her sleeve fulling back from the line wrist, t clasped by its costly bracelet. Rich dress became her, for she was a queen- { ly woman, and she knew well and gloried in the knowledge, that her fine > presence commanded universal admi- f ration. She had no need of other strength than Jier own, or u> pray weakly as other women might for divine guidance. What could (?od give I to her more than she already had, and it had been honorably won. JIe would ' not lake it away. It was well enougii lor mew omer ? women, who by virtue of their husbands' professions, were brought into contact with the low, and vicious, and si the depraved, to take up this so-called christian work. Nay, it was a proper t and becoming thing in them ; but for < her, who by nature was so well fitted to enjoy life and adorn society?why * iliould she give up these thiug9 for a Quixotic notion of elevating a class of >eople, of whose existence she was , iiardly awaie? < Probably tiieir dirt, and vice, and de- \ jradation, was as dear to them as her < iridc of i)irtli and refinement was to ] id*, and they were far from relishing j he efforts of the philanthropic labor- j rs who sought to lift them out of their 5 latural element. "At least," falling ?aek into her first nttitude of mind, | 'they have never interfered with me, ( aid why should 1 meddle with their , ives?" 1 With (his thought in her mind she ( dosed the door 011 her visitors, who . 1 1.. .1....... tl.n efoMt: kVC'Ill SIUWIJ uww ll liiu iiiuiuiv | md passed out into the street. Silently they walked down the wide, ( sunny avenue, which as they ueared j lie busy part of tlie town, grew noisy j md populous. At a corner far down a , irowd had gathered, and as the two j adies drew near they saw a man , merge from its midst bearing a child , u his arms, and enter an adjacent , J rug store. The crowd followed and closed up ( .he entrance ; but just as the two wo- j lien reached the place Dr. Seabright , lbowcd his way out of the drug store ( ind came to them. "You have heard about it?*' he ask;d his wife in a low tone. , "Xo," she answered. "Was the , hiId hurt?" . j "Hurt! She was killed outright, j rhe loveliest little child I ever saw. , m ? H tt'us nwful!" and ihe kind. ! >'oung doctor's usually rudely face was j )ale with pity. "\YJ iosc child was it, and how did it ] mppen ?" asked the women breath- . essly. "Why, it was Judge Ralston's only j laughter, and she was run over by a jeer wagon driven by a drunken team- ( iter. (Jod only knows how it happen- ( ?d ! A sober man would have seen he child; but probably the man was , lalf insane from drink, and driving > ecklessly." . After a horrified silence Mrs. Twom- \ >Iy said pityingly, under her breath, 'Poor, proud mother! (Jod help her low." (Amen !" echoed the doctor and his , vife, and the trio passed on down the ( street reflecting their serious thoughts, j Two or three months later, at a neeting or me \v. u. j. u., ueiu m j he parlor of I lie little Congregational hurch, 11 tali and stately woman, j lressed in deepest mourning, rose to j ler feet, and steadying herself, by plac- , ng one white hand?stripped of its 'ings?on the hack of a chair, she ( spoke slowly, and in a tone which had ost its old self-coufident power: "I said months ago before?before? . jverything changed so, that I did not ' see how the linuor trafllc could injure , lie." j She paused, and in the eloquent, si- , ence that followed, eve 13' woman * iresent thought of the beautiful, ; wight little head as it lay iu the | mowy casket, with a wreath or white ( lowers concealing the ghastly wound, j mule by the heavy wheel of the loadHi beer wagon. "I said also," she continued, "that f I eyer had reason to change my ,'iews I would give my hand to the j W. C. T. U. You know how it haplened?if things do happen?I, who ( vas so proud, am brought low. J, ,vho believed myself so hedged about ' >y fortune, am left desolate and brok- v ;n-liearted. In the name of one little nartyr, whose life has been offered up >11 this bloody altar, I want to be one .vitli you; to work, and pray and )lan, for the overthrow of this cursed rallic that is costing us our husbands, * >ur sons, and our?daughters, and } Irawing her heavy veil over her f.;ce j igain, she sat down, while the sweet 1 aced president of the meeting, with a ,'oice tender with emotions said, "Sis- r ers, let us pray."? Wesleyan Advo- | :ate. A '*Jlnii<l of Mercy" Girl. A coal cart was delivering an order ( n Clinton nace me oincr nay, auuij he horse made two or three great ef- \ brts to back the heavily loaded eart to he spot desired, and then became ob-j \ tinate. The driver began to beat theL mimal, and this quickly collected a ! c srowd. He was a big fellow, with a { ierce look in his eyes, and the onlook- \ ;rs were chary abont interfering, i mowing what would follow. "I pity he horse, but don't want to get into a t ow," remarked one. ? "I'm not in the least afraid to tackle j lim," put in a young man with a j ong neck, "but about the time I get < lim down along would cornea police- ? nan and arrest us both." t The driver was beating the horse, ( md nothing was being done about it, i vhen a little girl about eight years ( >hl approached and said : "Please, mister." 1 "Well, what yer want?" 1 "If you'll only stop, I'll get all the j children around here and we'll carry i verv bit of the coal to the manhole j tnd let you rest while* we're doing I j t." ' It The man stood up and looked around ( n a defiant way, but, meeting with t tnly pleasant looks, he began i.> give 11, and after a moment he smiled and > aid : t "Alebbe he didn't deserve it, hut ] 'm out of sorts to-day. There goes lie whip, and perhaps a lift on the > vheels will help him." t The crowd swarmed around theeart, , t hundred hands helped to push, and he old horse had the cart lo tin* apot , villi one effort.?New Vork Suu. I e SI i j>s Ol' tilt' Tonsil*1. J The lint of words, phrases, and ex- ( tressions to be avoided by I lie young , adies of NVeilesley College includes , he following : ? "J guess so" fur I suppose so or I ^ hink so. "Fix things" fur arrange tilings or )i*opare things." Tlu; use of "ride" and "drive" inercliangeahly. ( "Keal good," or "real nice," for very | ;ood or really niff. ( "I have studied some" for studied | oniewhat, or " 1 have not studied any" ( or not studied at all. j ' Not as 1 know" for not that I , ciiow. i "Try an experiment" for mnkuan ex- N leriment. ,, * * mi' ..1.1 "Hill! HI! HIT I"!' Willi ill li.lllll'1, ilim j, 'luul better" for would belter. ,j "llight away" lor immediately or ( IOW. ' Well posted" for well informed. c "Try and do" for try to do, and "try mil go" for try to go. J, "It!ooks good enough" for it looks j veil enough, or "does it look good f nough" for does it look well enough. (j "Somebody else's" for somebody , Ise. j Sinning ninl TrnnereMiiifr. In order to show in a clear and simple manner the distinction between <in and transgression of the law, or, is some have said, sin "properly sojalled, and sin improperly so-called." [ ask the reader's attention to a pic:ure, which while drawn from fancy, s only a transcript of what is constantly occuring. A father comes to his home and finds lis two sons, Thomas and Benjamin, loing a thing with which he is exjeeditigly displeased. He calls them ;o him and asks if they did not know [hey were doing wrong. They both leclare their ignorance, lie then very plainly explains to them that what they were "doing is hurtful to them, to Lhe other members of the family, and is also contrary to the law of God. He takes the Bible and reads to them and shows them that God has forbidden it. He tells them it pains him very much and that if he ever knows them to be guilty of doing it again he will punish them severely. Some considerable time passe3, when :>n iiis entering tne nouse one uay, ne is met by one of them (Benjamin), running to him with tears in his eyes jnd asking him not to be angry with liim, but to listen to him. "Oil, papa," lie said, "I have been loing that very thing you tohl lis, a ?ood many days ago not to do. I did not think. But right in the midst of it T remembered what you said, papa, and I quit. I am so sorry. Oh, papa, please do not be angry with me, please forgive me !" Is my reader a parent ? If so, what, let me ask, would you do under such circumstances? Would you not assure the trembling transgressor of your fympathy, love and forgiveness? ' Proceeding into the house the father finds Thomas engaged in doing the forbidden thing. He says. "Thomas io you not remember I told you that rt'us wrong aim never 10 no n ugum : That I would he exceedingly displeased and would have to punish y-ou?" "Yes sir." "Why, then, (lid you do it?" "Because I wanted to," he replies, while with dogged, downcast look, lie continues doing what his father had forbidd&n. What can the true, faithful and lovng father do hut punish him? Now both these children broke the aw. J?ut was there not a wide difference between the nature of the two icts ? The former brings no gilt and no jondem nation. The latter merits and receives both. 80 in regard to committing sin igaiust God. While the soul is filled ,vith love of God, from ignorance, inibility, and a multitude of causes, he child of God may and does transgress the law of God, but he does lot want to, and the indwelling Holy Spirit gives his power not :o do what he at the time knows is ontrary to the law of God. And so >e lives day by day in peace with God. "Free from the law. O, blessed condition.' He may be deceived, and may yield :o temptation as did Eve and Adam, uid be persuaded to do what he knows to be wrong. Then he commits sin md is guilty aud condemned. Nothing but repentance and faith will restore him.?Christian Companion. "Can't bo it Christian an?l Fi|fht." An Indian boy, one of the converts n a mission school in the West, surprised his teacher one day by rushing nto the room where she sat and throwng his Bible into her lap. "Take Bible!" he said, in a voice of jreat excitement. "Can't be a Chrisian any more ; want to tight!" and le began to make fierce gestures with lis arms and head. The teacher spoke calmly to him, md tried to impress upon his mind lie necessity of sticking to his religon, no matter how much he might jc tempted to give it up. "1 can't" he exclaimed ; "want to lght! Must light; can't have Bible, an't be Christian any more. Big Inlian steal Winona's corn. Must light jig Indian. Can't love God and hate lis brother," laying liis hand upon lis heart. It took a great deal of reasoning md explaining to make him underitand that it was the "tight" that was n him, and not tlie "Christian," that le must give up ; but at last he was ;ouvinced tliat his teticner was rigm, tnd taking liis IJible, he went back to lie big Indian and read the passage he teacher had pointed out: Let all >itterness, and wrath, and anger, and slamor, and evil speaking, be put iway from you, with all malice; and >e ye kind one to another, tender learted, forgiving one another, even is (?od, for Christ's sake hath forgiven rou." What a lesson might many professng Christians learn from this poor, intutored savage! They seem to love heir Uibles, and prize them above verything else. One of their teachers tells of a boy ,vho, one night, went into the Jiopial to help care for the sick. As the natron was about to leave, she said: "You will bo very lonely, Aona; I vill bring you some books ami papers bat will keep you from getting sleepy luring the night." "(Jot iiible along," said the boy, I rawing the book from his breast >oeket. "(iuess I'll read liible. It's food ; like Iiible best." The matron felt rebuked, for she lad not looked into her own Iiible hat day, and leaving him with his necious gift, she went to her own oom to read over some of the passages that had given the poor Indian so nuch pleasure.?Belle V. Chishohn, II our Young People. A Witty Answer IIroug ht Sue ess.?A young newspaper man who a>t spring found himself in Whitman Jaunty, Washington, otM miles from ii.s base of supplies and "broke" hired , nit to a farmer. He was set to plowng with a pair of horses, but both . nan and beasts being new to the busi- , less, the furrows looked as if they . vere the result of an earthquake rath- i r than of design, so crooked and zig:;?tf were they. At the close of the lay the farmer rather testily criticised he job. The newspaper man felt thai '< lis doom was sealed, but mustered 1 :ourage to reply : "I know the rows < ire rather crooked, but the sun was > xceedingly hot to-day, and it warped I hem." The answer turned away the < armor's wrath, and, instead of being > lischarged, the newcomer was given a 1 nuch easier and plcasanter job, and is low the fanner's son-in-law. < The Side we do not See. BY MARJORIE S. HENRY. "It is a beautiful house." "But what a mistake to build ir such a place when the neighborhooc is full of sites far lovelier; and ye these people have chosen the flat oper country, instead of the pretty rolling elevations so near them." "People devoid of taste, probobly.' As such mp companion and I aiS' missed them from our mind, and witfc one last look of disapproval towardi the substantial, well-built mansion on down the shady lane. /\ii iijiiu was xuuiiius ago ; tu-uay, 11 company with another friend, mor< familiar with this locality. I passec the same place again, and expressec a new amazement at such a spot being chosen for such a magnificent home My friends laughed merrily. "I wonder," she answered, "bov many have asked just that question only because there is a side you do no see." And turning the horse's heat she brought us to the other side of th< bnilding I had so hastily condemned and there, before my astonished eye lay one of the most glorious views ! had ever seen. The house itself wai so built as entirely to conceal the higl plateau on which it was situated, am below and beyond, as far as eye coul< reach, stretched a beautiful valley dotted with fields and woodlands am nestling villages. ' How can we ever," I exclame< while gazing on the fair scene befor me, "judge of the side we do not see?' And f drove home in the summe twilight with a new lesson to be learn ed out of the book of our every-da^ experiences. UTK ? ..I.} in i ixu siuc >vu uu nut otx m utuui a lives, how quick we are to criticis and then condemn. Only yesterday ! head a young man spoken of as "meat and close," because he had refused t< join party planning and expjnsiv camping tour. I wonder how manj of them will ever know the side the; do not see, that this young man the^ blame so carelessly is sending at hi own expense the family of a poor mai in his ottice down to the sea to gaii health ani strength in its invigoratinj air. In tryiug to get a glimpse of tha other side iu people's lives, our owi grow more tender, more Christlike 1 shall neyer forget how this impress ed me once, this tender looking int< the side we do not see, and judging accordingly. A party of gay girls whi thoughtlessly were finding amuse ment form passers-by while waiting in a railroad station, suddenly foun< great delight in a tall, awkward homely woman, whose uncouth ant almost grotesque figure would havi brought ber under criticism almost anywhere. But I noticed one of thi young girls sat quietly amidst all thei merriment, until some one in the ga; party turned to her. "Why don't you laugh, Mary ? Isn' she the ugliest thing you've eve seen ?" The sweet face grew tender as sir answered softly : ' But, girls, she would be pretty i she could; it must have hurt he often." Almost instontly the laugher ceased and the true women's hearts showe< themselves. One passed the third wo man a fresh peach from her basket one offered her fan?and I learned rm little lesson from it all. Oh, if we could but get a glimpse o the sides we do not see, how tende we would often be, where now we an critical ana servere itememoer, u every one there is a side we do not se< now, and oflen lind out when it is fco< lute for loving deeds and thoughtfu words to chaer or comfort. In all ou actions, in all our judgments, let ui remember that other side.?Westmin ter Teacher. "I Got Aiiffry." "I thought I was a Christian once,' said a little girl mournfully"but ] get angry one day, and so I suppose ] am not one." "Don't you feel sorry, Mina?" askei her teacher. "Yes, ma'am, ever so sorry. I crie( and cried about it." "Did you ask Jesus to forgive you ?' "I was afraid to, it was so naughty.' "My dear, Jesuf saw you when yoi were angry, and He wanted you t< come and let Him forgive you. H< will forgive you now if you will as! Him." "I will, then," and the little one fell down-on her knees, and with tears roll ing down her cheeks, prayed, "Deal Jesus, I am so sorry I got angry please to forgive me, and keep me fron ever again ueing angry.I am sure Jesus heard that prayer and I do believe Mina is a little Chris thin, even if olie did commit this sin This is a sign that she was, becaust she felt so sorry. Dear little Christians, when you ar< overcome by temptation and commi1 sin, don't run away from Jesus, bui run right to him and confess, and asl forgiveness.?The Little Ones. ? * ^ Humorous. The following story is so good of its kind that we feel inclined to run Hie risk of censure from any whose senst <>f propriety is greater than their senst of humor and quote it: "Sam was a good old colored minis terof the Methodist church. OneSunday night he began the service by announcing a hymn from a book wliicb lie held in his hand. " 'Turn,' said he, 'to page 70?page 7<i and sing, wid de voice and de understan'en', hymn on page 70, As I was gol d ; down our al loy. i niei u tuuuiu i uuiuvu . 'No, bredern, I must liave made a mistake: try hymn on page G7?turn to page G7. I'll read de t"ust two lines of de hymn on page (J7, 'Shoo, fly, don't bodder me: I b'long to Coir.pauy D." 'Sow, dat don't sound 'zactly right. I nebber heered such a hymn sung in ilis church. 1 b'leeve de Baptizz cullard hrudder, who's a locust preacher, and who met me dis evening in tie ilark, stole my Meft'odist hymn-book ind put his Baptizz hymn-book in no place of it.' "?Morning Star. The smell of paint may be taken iway by closing up (lie room and setting in the center of it a pan of lighted charcoal on which have been thrown iomejuniper berries. Leave this in the room for a day and a night when the smell of the paint will be gone. Some pers ons prefer a pail of water 111 which a handful of hay is soaking. riiis is also effectual iu removing the )dor of tobaccu smoky from a room. ft ianMaa i - The If aster of the Home. He cannot walk, he cannot speak, Nothing he knows of books or men; ' ^ He Is the weaklst of the weak, . -A l And has not strength to hold a pen. :.;is 1 He has no pocket and no parse, t Nor ever yet has owned a penny, But has more riches than hfs nurse, 1 Because he wants not any. 5 He rules his parents by a cry, And holds them captive by a smile; - <4 ' A despot strong through infancy, A A king from lack of guile. i He lies upon bis back and crows, a Or looks with grave eyes on his mother. What can he mean ? but, I suppose, They understand each other. iu-uuurb twiu uuu, euriy uuu lute? 1 There is no limit to bis sway; For, wrapt in baby-robes of state, He governs night and day. Kisses he takes as rightful due, And Turk-like ha? his slaves to drew jJS him; His subjects bend before him, too; I'm one of them. God bless him. ? ^ Selected.- &&&]& "Cs Boys." A temperance lecturer was preach- Wl ing on his favorite theme. "Nowy^ffiB boys, when I ask you a question you 'i-J ' must not be af raid to speak up and ;'5:| answer me. When you look around and see all these fine houses, farms, il and cattle, do you ever think who cj owns them all now? Your fathera own them; do they not?" 'Yes, sir,' shouted a hundred %$j| voices. "Where will your fathers be in t wen ty years ?" "Dead," shouted the boys. "That's right. And who will own V-li their property theu ?" "Us boys," shouted the urchin*. "Right. Now, tell me did you ever, 3 in ffoincr alone thfi street. noMrte the ' J drunkards lounging around the publio- . ? house door, waiting foe some one to VI 1 treat them?" 1 '-Yes, sir; lots of them." 3 "Well, where will they be in twen- ffiM e ty years from now ?" 1 "Dead," exclaimed the boys. y "And who will be the drunkards Sa-*! f then?" ' 8 "Us boys," 1 Everybody was thunder-struck. It 3 sounded awfully ! It was awful; but ? it was true.?Exchange. What are the fathers and mothers, 1 of the land, doing to save theirs boya v-J ~ iruui utjuuiuiiig tuc uruuKnrusui i/vreu- . -j !* ty years hence? "We are educating * them,' theyaay, "and we are sending i ? them to the Sunday School to be taught = the catechism.' That is good as far as , 0 it goes, but the boys need to be tAUght *c. " by example?taught at home never to ? touch or la9te alcohol; to shun the J 3 club room and the bar-room and to i . hate the drink traffic. 1 It is awful to think, that, in twenty ^ e years from to-day, thousands of boys " who are now growing up, will be bloat- > e ed drunkards, a disgrace to their fami- ^ r lies and a nuisance in the community. $ P Yes, it will be so, and the fathers and mothers know it. How strange 1 that so little effort is being made to r save the dear ljoys. ' $5?| Tlie t hrifty Housekeeper. f She takes note of the kitchen fire, $ r and closes up the dampers when she is not using it, and makes one fire do all the work it will at once. She saves i her nice "drippings," and makes ; - them terve in cooking instead of butf ter. She saves all the odds and ends -?M of bread and meat left over from meals, and works them up into appetizing f and nutritious dishes, instead of ? r throwing them away. Her clothing e she keeps clean by the use of aprons; ) she has suits of clothes suitable for e dirty work. She "turns" her sheets 3 when they grow thin in the middle. ^ 1 Her worn table-cloths are cut up into 1^i r napkins for every-day use. She keepsyHH a rues SDread over places in the carpet . that are subjected to the hardest wear. v~J She carefully dries her tinware so that it will not rust out. She keeps her old brooms for rough use, and so, prolongs the term of service of her' ' best broom. She uses up her worn gar- . [ ments in making quilts and comforts, f or in rugs and rag-carpets, and so in a tbousand ways she saves what, if waa* 1 ted, would be pure loss,and do nobody any good. 1, 3^. millionaire was riding not long $ ajo on a horse-car. A cart laden ' with bricks passing along dropped one ' in the street. The millionaire got off i flip r>ar ran and nicked UD the brick. ) and carried it in his hands to some r - 3 8 houses he was building up town. c "Every brick," said he to a friend who was with him, "costs me a cent, I and a half apiece." His millions he ' - had accumulated by saving littles, r and more than one charitable iostitu; tion has been endowed by his savi ings. Of the thrifty housekeeper the say- t ^4 , ing is never true: "A woman can - throw out with a spoon faster than a . man can throw in with a shovel."-New ? York Advocate. How to Decline a Treat. [ The following conversation was f* 1 lieard between two collegians, who L were discussing a class dinner: "Of course," said one (with a consequential touch of self-complacency and patronage which only length of days can cure,) "if a fellow hasn't wit j i enough to slop, he'd better be careful c 3 ' at first. Some heads are built weak, ? vou know." f "Careful in what?" interrupted I, and both laughed. "Why, drinking, of course," said ' the first speaker. "A fellow has to v /.'? take his seasoning sooner or later. 1 Some can stand it. Some can not, at least for a while." He was, as I have intimated, a freshman. His friend, a bearded senior, the only son of a rich man, slapped him good-humoredly on the shoulder. "When I was your age, old fellow, my father said to me, 4If I had my life to life live over, I woilld never take , 111 glass OI Wine ur siuune a jl auswered, It would be foolish not to prolit by what such a sensible man says. "I have never tasted wine or touched tobacco), and I am glad of it?gladder every day I live. 1 might have been ^ 'built' with a strong head?and then, again I might not." "What do you say when you are offered a treat?" "I say, 'No, thank you, I never take it*.' Generally that settles the matter ">ieuy. "And if they poke fun at you?" "I let them 'poke' and then stand ready to put them to bed when their heads give out." There are?for the comfort of mothers be it said ?many a "fellow" strong enough to maintain this stand, sensible enough to see that the risks are not ? worth taking. It is the fool who meddles with firearms, the coward who carries a loaded revolver.?Home Maker.