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v*'t'^ ' - ^ | nip|i^iij_i [i ^ 11 i,i lj^p BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27. 1892. ESTABLISHED 1844. National Assured Boilt Loan and CodsoI Association. SAVANNAH, GA. Authorized Capital $25,000,000. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. President, P. W. Meldrim. Vice President, \V. R. Thicpen. Sec'y and Monager, C. P. Miller. General Attorney, G. H. Miller. Treasurer, A. K. Fnwcett. Director of Agencies, V. Breverd. Tiio Xomat nf all Bnildine and Loan Associations. Combined with one of the Largest Lift Insurance Companies in the United States. Plain-Simplicity Itself. Investigate for YourselfTo Investors?Shareholders in Class Bliave liberal withdrawal option. Paid up stock earrles 6 per cent, cosh dividend, with participation in profits. Shareholders in Assured classes obtain for their families the full maturity value of their lock in case of death. To Borrowers?Interest at 6 pei per rent. Definite contract for 3,4,5.6.7,8,9or 10 years. Fire insurance protection. In Assured class Cancellation of Mortgage In case of Death. Prospectus explaining fully these liberal features mailed tree to any address. Endorsed by business men and K. G. Dun ' A Co., of Savannah, Gu. Wasted?A few good agents. M. M. MATTISON, G. A. Donalds, S. C. Sept. 23, 1891 The Abbeville Land, Loan and Improvement Company. IN ACCORDANCE with Commission of Secretary of State J. Q. Marshall directed to the undersigned Board of Corporators o the ABBEVILLE LAND, LOAN AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANYNotice is hereby given that the books of subscription of said company will be oppn at the otfloe of J. ALLEN SMITH, Piesident, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th inst., at the Abbeville National Bank. J. ALLEN SMITH, W. C. McGOWAN, P. ROSENBERG, AUG. W. SMITH, E. A. TEMPLETON, R. M. HADDON, T. P. COTHRAN. J Board of Corporators. I Abbeville, 8. C., Feb. 5 1S91. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE UPSTAIRS ON McILWAIN Corner. Abbeville. S. C. March 23, 189L tf Jf S2?? 111! 5" P t=3 Ifli gg|^i-T3 HI 3* ? O B? ? ? oa 22" H mh!. -.Oh isl?8 < S ? *&g ? P3 7A ffO rt* ' r : ffi If g tooofe CO ^ U ' I g CD ?jJ> u = gwS5* 8W ! !>Sg & C/Q 0 5 B" t> 1?3 a O ^ W 02 dl SSt>M c* O I I PC . : .xxi ^ ^ I ? o 9- Mj Lumber and Shingles IX) SUPPLY EVERY DEMAND. THEY will be sold low. Enqulie of me for price*. S. G. THOMSON. Dec. 9,1801, tf THE Fanners' Bank -OFL ABBEVILLE, S. C? i Does General Banking Business. Btjjswid sells Exchange and makes Collections. DEPOSITS SOLICITED. Paid np Capital -$50,760 Subscribed Capital 75.000 Win. II. Parker, J. T. Bobertson, President. Vice-Prks. Julian H. DuPre, Cashier. Marcb 6, 1890?12m "DENTAL PARLORS; DB. T. J. CRYMES, ?s Dentist.:? GRADUATE, PENIS. DENTAL SURGERY, IS permanently located at Greenwood, and otters bis professional services to Greenwood and surrounding country. 4&*Work done after the most improved and Modern method*. *S"Offlce over Bank of Greenwood."?# June 3, 1891. E. F. MILLIARD, nn a t t . _L 1 JU U XV , OVER THE POST-OFFICE, IS PREpared to do all work iu his line. CUTTING, MAKING, REPAIRING,and CLEANING of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, a specialty. SAMPLE8 of SUITS always on hand. Charges Reasonable. June 16,1S91. 12uos. Terra Cotta Wells. riiHE undersigned Is not disposed to brag on J. his new mode of water supply, but it is proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that his wells are the best and more durable than any other kind. He boasts of uot having lost a single one in seven years, while twothirds of his work is for parties having lost their dag wells. Address, C. M. CALHOUN, Greenwood, 8. C. They are frog proof and superior to one dug, and are bound to supersede all others. Joel S. Bally, Greenwood, S. C. Greenwood Cotton and Oil Mills. Cal. Kinard, Ninety-Six, S. C. Rev. Pressly, Due West, S. C. Jones Miller, / bbeville, S. C. I have tnnk nine-tenths ot the wells In my town in teven years. Aug. "i, K\V. CANNON, General Merchant. Abbe .vllle. S.C.. and J.T.LATIMER, Generui Merchant. Lou ndesvllle, S. C., t?re exclusive dealers In these celebrated glasses. Kkixam tb Moore. (Only Manufacturing Opticians In the South) Jan. (!, 1M)2, Om Atlanta, Ga. IF YOU ARE GOING WEST AND WANT LOW RATES To Arkansas Texas, Missouri, Colorado. Oregon and California, or any point WEST or NORTHWEST IT WILL PAY YOU To write to me. FRED. D. BUSH, D. P. A., I-. & N. K. K 2 Wall St., Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 28,1S91. Cm. Q * j - 4 % ? ?? r ^ co Cfr"0" J&. WO ?MANUFACTURED BY? Ibe Wiicox k Oibbs Gnano Co, CHARLESTON, S. CM jc-CrY '^ ts/f" C'TeJkJ&zty ^ C&Upf}Ajfa D. A. ALLEN, Prop. J. F. RICE, Supt ALLEN MANUFACTURING CO. Clinton, S. C. xnr~vxvxH Builders and Mechanics To Send For Prices and Estimate on SASH, DOOES AND MINDS, Scroll Sawing. Turning ana f ancy worn of Every Description. Best Workmanship, Lowest Prices. An Experienced Mechanic Superintend all Work. Wire Screen Doors and Wire Screen Windows. Fined Dried Mr a Specialty. J. F.. MILLER <fe CO. are agents for us, and orders given to theui will receive prompt attention. March 2. 1891. 12m. Kl L. WILSONT DKIVVKIV. <WOfflce up stairs over C. P. Hammond & Co.'k store. Aug. 2S. 1889. TiICHARD OANTT. In now nrenared to d ft all work In his department in the bes manner and ?t reasonable charges. Monthl customers shaving:, hair cutting and Bham poolne 81 per month. Rasors honed and pu In the bent condition for 25 cents each. WOOD ! WOOD! WOOf! AM. HILL & SONS HAVE 500 CORDS of Oak and Pine Wood, which they offer for sale. Orders left at store will be promptly filled. A. M. HILL & SONS. Dec. 9,1891, tf I. J. CHIPLEY & BRG. r"^.' REPAIRERS OF Guns, Pistols, Locks, &c A Iko kppn nn hnnrt >1 full linn of GrTJnXTS. WORK GUARANTEED. GREEWOOD, S. C. ALL SORTS OF BUILDING MATERIAL, ORDERS FOR ALL KINDS id i mm LUMBER, SHINGLES, -LATHS, And other BUILDING MATERIAL solicited I HAVE WAGONS A ri r\ rton rluliuop on v annHn nrHprPil f mm m P and will contract to BUILD HOUSES. S. G. Thomson. Abbeville, April 15, 1891, 12m. E. H. HENDERSON, Attorney at Law. Greenwood, S. C. OFFICE over Lee & Bailey's store. Promp attention given to collections. April 15.1891. 12m? " BOARD OF ASSESSORS. TO CANVASS THE RETURNS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY. 1 Who They are and What is Expected of Them, The returns of the various Townships will be forwarded to the Township Boards on the ' 1st day of March. The Township Boards will hold their meetings between the 1st and 5th day of March, On Monday the 14th day of i March, the County Board consisting of the ; chairmen of the various Township Boards will meet nt Abbeville Court House. It is clearly the duty of the Township Boards of Equalization to cauvass carefully each and every Return of Personal property made at their respective Townships, In order that individual Returns of Personal Property may be equalized as near as possible, and In every Instance where a material change in the Return of any individual is made, notice to the tax-payer, must be given In order that he may have the opportunity to appeal before the County Board which meets the 14th day of March, 1892. Postal cards will be furnished by this office for the purpose of so notifying where material changes arc made. The following free holders are hereby appointed Boards of the various Townships. Ninety-Six?J. D. Watson, J. N. Lipscomb, B. P. Pinson. Greenwood?C. A. C. Waller, J. W. Green H. F. Full?r. Cokesbury?Dr. Willie T. Jones, W. R. Dunn,T. J. Ellis. Donaldsvllle?J. W. Mattlson, E. B. Rasor, J. R. Latimer. Due West?M. B. Clinfcscales, J. E. Todd, J. R. C.Dunn. Long Cane?N. P. Mcllwain, A. F. Calvert, R. H. Cochrane. Smlthvllle?W. A. Lomax, J. L. White, Jas. Ftrono White Hall-D. W.Jay, T. J. Hearst, S. P. Brooks. Indian Hill?J. A. Cbilds, R. J. Robinson, J. E. Wldeman. Cedar Springs?A. K. Watson, R. 0. Hunter, John L>*od. Abbeville?J. Allen Smith, John G. Edwards, T. P. Mllford. Diamond Hill?S. B. Knox, J. E. Wakefield, G. W. Mlllord. Lowudesvllle?I. H. McCalla, Massalon Bell, Dr. B. A. Henry. Magnolia?Sam Miller, B. A. Boyd, J. S. Norwood. Calhoun's Mills?John Morrah, S. S. McBrlde, J. C. Kennedy. Bordeaux?Dr. O. A. Taylor, D. J. Wardlaw, W. T. Jennings. The various Boards Will meet and organize by electing a chairman and notify this office. W. W. Bradley, . Auditor A. C. Jan. 20,1892. Something to Eat . A. M. HILL & SONS. Hams, Canvassed and Uncanvassed. Sausage (Heckler*) every week. Sugar cured Breakfast Strips. Mackerel, white fish. Irish Potatoes, Rutabaga, Turnips. Onions, white, red and yellow. Dried Peaches, Apples and Prunes. Apples, Oranges, Lemons and Cocoanuts. Tea Cakes, Preserves, Jelllesand Mince Meat Pickles In variety, Cheese and Macaroni. Maple and Fancy N. 0. Syrup, Roasted Coffee (every week). Read the above ana see if canaget something to eatat Jan. 13,1892. A. M. HILL & CO. Waiter L. miner, Attorney ?nd Coousellor at Law, ABBEVILLE, 8. C. PRACTICES In both Stale and Federal Courts. Special attention given to collections and to investigating titles. Dec. 22,1891. SCHOOL NOTICE. All persons having business with the School Commissioner, will And him lu his office, all public days anil every Saturday in each month nearest the middle of the month, during the present year for the purpose of registering claims, <*c. E. COWAN, School Corammlssioner, Abbeville County. Feb. 4.1891 tf. Never out of Stock WE kEEP ALWAYS ON HAND A number of horses and mulefi for sale. We have now several excellent work animals which we will sell cheap. A. B. Hamlin, Agent. May 19,1891. tf ? ORAYDON <* GRAYDON, E. 8. F. GILES, Abbeville, S. C. Greenwood, a. C. GRAYDON & GRAYDON & GILES Tl^E have formed a partnership for the pr?e *y tlce of law In all its branches, underthe Arm name of GRAYDON & GRAYDON & GILES. All business entrusted to any of the Arm will receive prompt attention. ELLIS G. GRAYDON. WM. N. GRAYDON, E. 8. F. GILES. March 12,1890.tr Notice to Debtors. ALL persons indebted to the firm of AUG. \V. SMITH & CO.. for MULES, will take uolice thai their Notes are now due, and that prompt payment must be made on thetn. AUG, W, SMITH. Nov. 4, 1091 tf. R. M. BROOKS' ; OSCILLATING CHURN i IS AHEAD OF ALL. Will bring butter quicker than any other. ' A child three yenrs old can churn as well as an adult.. Price S5. Satisfaction guaranteed. Try ono. Call , on or apply to K. M. BROOKS, Abbeville C. H., S.C. Jan. 20,1892. tf LOWNDESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LOWNDESVILLE, S. C. fliHK Spring term begins February 1, 1602 1 Thorough drill In the Primary and Aca demlc branches. Boys prepared for college Terms reasonable. Apply to H. B. HUMBERT, Principal. Jan. 20,1S92. 3t? * Mozart. All the world honors him now, but i it treated him crue'ly while living. Writing to his wife of his poverty he said, "Only try to make it more generally known that I will take pupils. Ah I wrote those pages many tears fell on them, but now, up, up; there may be many opportunities* still." He only asked 75 cents an hour and could only tousth tlir<ip nr fnnr a Hjiv. Tn 1787 he was so sorrowful that he wrote to his convlaescing father: "As death closely analyzed is the goal of life, I nave made myself so well acquainted in the last two years with this true, best friend of man, it not only fails to frighten, but comforts and quiets, me." But as he approached death, "he cried out against the cutting off of his young career." He then had an order that would give him a, chance to get on. But he writes: "My head is as if unjoinled, my force is crippled, I see ever the form of that person (who had given him the order), I see him ever intreating me, urging me, but I feel only too much that my hour has struck, my time is almost out?before I can use my life I am at the end?and yet it would be so beautiful to live on." He left but $25 in money. All his property was worth hardly $200. His debts amounted to $1,500. His widow and children were poor. His funeral was that of almost a pauper. He was but thirty six years of age. ?N. Y. Ch. Ad. Can you tell me what kind of weather we may expect next month!" wrote a farmer to the editor of a country paper. The editor replied : ''It is my belief that the weather next mouth will be very like your subscription u;n i UA11. The farmer wondered for an hour what the editor was driving at, when he thought of the word "unsettled." He sent a postal note. In scar let fever, the akin should be daily rubbed with carbolic acid (one ( drachm) and vaseline (Ave ounces]. This will not only relieve the itching, i but disinfect the skin, and thus pre- { vent the air from being contaminated with scales and exhalations. The kindly treated horse is the gentle horse; the gentle horse is the safe horse; the safe horse is the highest priced horse, other things being equal, and so is the kind treatment coined into dollars. Paint spots may be removed from ; wood by covering tbem with a thick coating of lime and soda. Wash off i after twenty-four hours. Lives are enlarged in difierent ways. I daresay some would never get their eyes opened if it were not for a violent shock from the consequence of their own actions. Daniel Deronda. All long-known objects, even a mere window fastening or a particular door latch, have souuds which are a sort of recognized voice to us?a yoice that will thrill and awaken when it has been used to touch deep-lying fibres. The Mill on the Flos9. I Wish I Was nil Ingno. A six year old boy wrote his first composition on water. "Water isgood to drink, io bathe in, and to skate on, When I was a little baby, the nurce used to bathe me every morning in water. I have been told that the Injuns don't wash themselves once In ten T ...id, r or. TnlnnlH jcttloi JL tv 10ix jl n ao an iiijuui It is a monstrous anomaly that all of the trades which minister to our necessities ami tastes, this injurious liquor traffic alone should on the Sunday have an exception made in its favor.?Mr. J. Stevenson, M. P. The Albany Journal says : "What a list of horribie crimes burdened the telegraph wires last night, and whisky appears to have been at the bottom of most of them. The time for temperance legislation is now." gMany of the so called new kinds of ice cream are simply the original kind under ridiculous names. Delisious Remedy For a Cough.? Boil one ounce of flaxseed in a pint of water, strain and add a little honey, one ounce of rock candy, and the juice of three lemons; mix and boil well. Drink as hot as possible. Fair Notice. WE hereby notify all parties who are indebted to us either by note or account that we are closing up our business, und all claims must be settled at one. We do not want to press any one, but we must- close our old books. So call at once on Mr. J. T. Miller at tbe office of Durst a Co.'b Co-operative Store, settle your bills and save us and your selves any any further tiouble. Yours truly, J. K. DURST ? CO. January 13,1892, tf Teacher Wanted. A FEMALE TEACHEIt Is wanted at Verdery. One who Is capable of teaching music, pert'erred. Apply to J. L. WHITE, Ch'rm'n B I Cm r,3 i s. . Jan. 0,1S92. 3t NEW Fancy Grocery. G. H. MOORE [TfAS opened a New Fancy and Green Gro A.l eery store in uoiurairs moc-n. He deuls in everything found In r Fancy Family Grocery Store, where you can purchase the nicest CANNED GOODS, consisting of Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Meats, JF 3C m H , together with FRESH PRUNES, APPLES, &e.t and other delicacies. The substantiate are BACON, BREAKFAST STRIPS, MEAL, IRISH POTATOES, and CABBAGE. FLOUR, MOLASSES, HAMS, V Cigars of the iiest lirands. y 11 Fresh Fish and Oysters, Pork Sausage and | the choicest Heel' a specially. Dec. 1891. tf Fresh and pure "old fashioned" liuck wheat ! Flour al \V. Joel Smllh <? Soup. j Don't forget C. P. Hammond & Co.. when you need shoes. The ladies can Invariably get justwhat they need at Haddou's. Get one of Mlnter's champion 32.50 rockers -t beats them all. Her Grail t ml e. 1 A well-known man who lives not far from Newcastle, Me., told me of an experience he nail .a "few winters since with a liorse of which he was very fond, says a writer in the Lewiston Journal. He was driving across Jefferson Pond one afternoon, when the mare went through the ice. In an instant the sleigh also went under. The gentleman managed to c;et out of the water himself after a valiant struggle, when, finding himself upon a firm footing, he turned his attention to the horse. After a long time the assistance of two men was secured, and, even then, nearly an hour elansed before the poor horse was rescued, thoroughly chilled and exhausted. Not far off her owner had a friend wno uvea ID me oiu-iasmoueu utiuse iu whech I listened to the story, a house with a cellar kitchen. He led the mare straight into this kitchen, where she laid down, gladly enough, before a big, blazing open fire. Warm blankets were thrown over the poor creature, and hot drinks were given her. Then, her owner, pretty well chilled and tired out himself, passed into a bedroom on the same floor and soon fell asleep. About midnight he was awakened; he felt a warm breath upon his face, und lo! the mare had come into the room to find her master and thank him, for she fell to licking his face gently! Her owner was manly enough to own up that he cried over her. Finally he rose, led her back to the kitchen, threw a big log upon the coals, and down lay the intelligent mare, . while her master silently registering a vow that the grateful creature should never pass out of his hands, returned to his own bed.?Boston Daily Traveller, Oct. 25, '89. Some years ago, while walking near Bostou, we found a cow tied by a rope to a tree. She had contrived to wind herself up with the rope and was lying helpless. When, after much difficulty, we succeeded in disentangling her and got her upon her feet again, she turned her neck to where we were standing and licked our coat sleeves as we have often seen mother cows lick their young, I r tbia was not gratitude, what was it? Editor. '-Ilonmlluff" Ueer. "Hounding" deer lias none of the manly interest to recommend it. The hounds are set on a deer*s track by the guides, while the "sportsman" leisurely awatis the result on the nhore of some lake' with his canoe at his feet, ready to taKe mm out as soon as tue deer is driven to the water. This peeking of water is iu variably resorted to be the bounded deer, and for this reason: A houud. having better "staying" qualities, can always outrun a deer in the end. This the latter, desperate and exhausted, with the yelping dog fastgainingon its heels, finally comprehends, and it knows that there is only one remaining way to save itself?to throw the dog off the scent. As this can only be done by the deer's swimming through some large body of water, it makes for the nearest lake. Into this, its last refuge, it plunges with what remaining strength it can muster. Terrified and out of breath, it can barely keep its head above water as it wearily strives to reach the opposite shore. A child cou!d, in reality, "finish" it when in this condition. But instead of that a number of sportsmen who nave been indolently awal ting the advent of the deer, perhaps smoking their cigars and reading their newspapers in the meanwhile, are taken out in canoes by their guides, armed with clubs and shot-guns, to their panting victim. They then surround the scarcely struggling creature and kill it by either blowing its brains out with a charge of buckshot or knocking it on the head with their clubs. Whichever way it is done, tney nave achieved the honor of killing a deer, and by the accomplishment of this daring exploit are furnished with something to talk and boast of for the rest of their lives.?Nen York Times. We must taste the gall if we want to taste the glory. If justified by faith, we must suffer tribulation. When God saves a soul He tries it. Some believers are much surprised when they are called to suffer. They thought they would do some great thing for God ; but all He permits them to do is to suffer for His sake. Go round to every one iu glory; each has a different. story to tell, yet every one a tale of suffering. But mark, all were brought out of them. It was a dark cloud, but it passed away. The water was deep, but they reached the other side. Not one there blames God for the way He led them thither. "Salvation !" is their only cry.. Child of God, murmur not at your lot." You must have a palm as well as a white robe. Learn to glory in tribulation.?M'Cheyne. Blue vitrol pulverized and dissolved in boiling water and put into whitewash, gives a beautiful blue tint aud will give a nice appearance to walls badly smoked; orsquese indigo plentifully through a bag into the water you use, before it is stirred into the whole mixture. Apply as many coatB as may seem necessary. In washing mirrors and the glass over pictures, wipe the frame9and glass with a dry cloth, removing all the dust. Now dip a soft, clean cloth iu hot water, and after wringing it, pour upon it a tablespoonful of alcohol. Wipe the glass with this cloth and rub with a dry piece until the surface shows a polish and is free from lint. A good dressing ror snoes is wane 01 egK or some good oil-?olive or sweet oil i:^l n Kif i\F flnnnal Tf Iroona appucu WIUl a UK v/? itaiiuiii, AW ?? V|/w the color of the leather, and shoes thus treated do not harden after being thoroughly wet. Oil is the proper dressing for patent leather?linseed oil, some shoemakers say. It is first rubbed on and then polished with a dry flannel. l'atent leather treated is this way does not crack or become dull after wetting. Truth will not only take care of itsrlf, but it will take care of the man who preaches it. The best helps to grow in grace are the ill usage, the affronts and the losses which befall us.? Wesley. The surest method of arriving at a knowledge of God's eternal purposes about us is to be found in the right use of the present moment. Each hour comes with some lilfle fasjot of God's wiil fastened upon its back. To day, more than ever, the principal strength of the wicked is the weakness of the good; and the power of the reign of Satan amongst us, the feebleness of Christianity in Christians. A Jack Knife In Congresa. The New Yook Star tells bow Representative Enloe, who bad for a long time been trying to get a bill through the House of Representatives at Washington, to pay back to Mr. P. E. Parker, of Memphis, $5, 336 which he had paid as bondsman for a defaulter, whose bondsman had subsequently been released by act of Congress from liability in the case, finally succeeded in his undertaking. Many times Mr. Enloe had attempted to have the bill considered, but he had uever been able to catch the Speaker's eye. Meanwhile the bill had been passed to by the Benate. Mr. Enloe, however succeeded in securing recognition from the Speaker pro-tempore, Mr. M'Millan, and asked immediate consideration of the bill. Objection came from Mr. Hopkins, of Virginia, who demanded the regular order. Mr. Enloe at this remarked that he was much interested in the passage of the bill, and had almost worn the soles off his boots in walkiug from his desk to a point in the floor from which he might catch the Speaker's eye. "I had a good and sufficient reason," said he, impressively, "for my particular desire to have this bill passed. When I was a boy the man whom this bill will benefit gave me my first pocket knife." This brought down the House. Every man then instantly thought of the pleasure derived from his first pocket knife, and, amid the cries of "The hill rmnrht tr\ nnaa " miiH t.h? orprmrn.1 laughter, Mr. Hopkins withdrew his objection and the bill was pnssed. But for Mr. Euloe's remembranee of that knife it is doubtful ifMr. Parker would have ever got his money. Curses and chickens ate not the only things that come home to roo9t. A kiud act done to a boy is not always forgotton, and may come back again in blessings and benefits long after it has been forgotton by the doer. A bit of cotton satuated with amonia is reccomended for an aching tooth. Wicks should be dipped in vinegar and dried at the fire,before being put into the lamps. A teaspoonful of turpentine, boiled with white clotbes, will* greatly help the whitening process. A paste of earth and water applied immediately to the sting of a bee or wasp will aleviate pain. To remove sewing machine oil, wet the spots with turpentine and wash out with cold water and toilet soap. Sprained ankle has been cured In an hour by showering it with hot water poured from the height of a few feet. The most effectual remedy for slimy and greasy drain pipes is copperas, disolved and left to work gradually through the pipe. By using hot, and moderately strong orvrlo fn nloanoo fKom t'ViLi Kriatlou owutt naici iv; vioauog bucui) vuv uiiomvo of hair brushes will remain white and stiff for a long time. For chapped lips, dissolve beeswax in a small quanity of sweet oil, and heat carefully. Apply the salve two or three times a day avoid, wetting the lips. Plush goods, and all articles dyed with anilene colors, when faded from exposure to light, may be much impro* ved by spuogiug them carefully -with chloroform. A room crowded to discomfort with furniture and ornaments, no matter how costly, is never restful and homelike, and is always suggestive of the shop or museum. For a cough, boil one ounce of flaxseed in a ninf, nf wntpr strain And add a littleJioney, oneounce of rock candy, and ihe juice of three lemons Mix and boil well. Drink as hot as possible. A piano dealer flays that turpentine and sweet oil, half and half, is a proper preperation to use in brightening and cleansing a piano. Apply with a soft rag and polish with chamois skin. Flat irons that have been red-hot, do not retain the heat so well after* ward and will always be rough. Do not put them on the stove too long before they are needed, if there is a very hot fire. Many articles made of brass, may be kept bright and free from tarnish if you will cover them with a thin coat of varnish made of bleached shellac and aloohol?which mav be procured at any drug store. ? Plants kept in rooms should be set in the sink or bath-tub at least once a week, and well sprnkled with water slightly warmed, They breathe and feed through their foliage, and dust retards or hinders these functions. A disinfectant may be made cheaply by dissolving a bushel of salt in a barrel of water, and, with this, slack a barrel of lime. Tnis forms a sort of chloride of lime which may be used freely in cellars, outhouses and drains. Always mix your your stove blacking with turpentine; you will find that but little rubbing Is required to make it look black and glossy. The turpentine helps remove the rust, if any, and the blacking stays on much longer. . A dark and gloomy room may be brightened by placing ebonized shelves oyer the doors and windows, grouping scarlet, yellow or gilded fans upon the wall9, and placing pretty brick-a brack and vases in positions where they will be brought into releif by the cheerful background. We rejoice thus that Thou art the harbor of our souls, and that all things <lo bring us near to Thee; that paJn itself is thy messenger and that joy, too. is of Thee a ministering angel. And as the light and the darkness alike do serve us in this world, so sorrow and gladness alike, twin-born of Thee, but nurses for us, are serving us iu daily need and our inward life. ? 4^ An Irish woman called at the grocer's the other day and asked for a quart of vinegar. It was measured, and she put it into a gallon jug. She asked for another quart to put in the same vessel. "And why not ask for half a gallon, and have done with it?" said the grocer. "Oh! bless your little bit of a soul," answered she, "it's for two persons," Sometimes the vapors that ascend in (he morning come down in copious showers in the evening, so may it be with prayers of God's children. Prayer. Prey when the waves of sorrow Over the spirit roll: Pray when the Lord's bright sunlight Is shining upon thy soul; Pray when thy soul life's threatened By some besetting sin; Pray for the Lord's deliverance From foes without within! Pray when thy friends look coldly, Or foes hurl a venomed dart; Pnty when some thoughtless speaker Has caused the tears to (tart; - '.nj Pray when you walk the desert. . **8 Or faint beside the way : Whan th? rAuf gapma roncn and thorn?. /' Pray without ceasing, pray! For prayer scales the steepest mountain, : *$? And lightens the darkest vale; It sinootnes the roughest pathway, Tts a weapon that cannot Call. No honest, earnest seeker For help wat e'er turned a war; Whatever thy need or harden, Pray?without ceasing, pray 1 - '^3 ZWrit Herald. . . , ;' ?$ What Others Say. New England Magazine. . v?J Lowell's Match.?As a young man Lowell visited the White Mountains, and he used to relate thisaneo- #f| dote as one of his experiences there : '||] "I was walking through the Fran- ' "M conia batch, and stopped to chat with a hermit who fed with gradual logs the unwearied teeth of a sawmill. I ::%jm asked him the best point of view for 7|jjM the Old Man of the Mountains. 'Dun no?never see it.' Too young and too happy either to feel or affect thejuvenalian indifference, I was sincerely astouished, and I expressed it. The log-compelling man attempted no : ^ justification, but after a little while he asked; 'Come from Bawsn?' 'Yea' with peculiar pride. 'Goodie to see In the vycinity of Bawsn.' 'O, yee/ I said. 'I should Uk,' ' a^l, I should |j lik' to stan' on Bunker Hill. -You've been there offen, likely?' 'No o,' un- / willingly seeing 'the little end of the horn' in olear vision at the. terminus ^ of this 8ocratic perspective. 'Awl, my young frien', you've lamed now that wutaman kin see any day for nothin,' children half price, he nevers does see. Nowthin' pay, nawthin' The Duty of Bleasant.?If any one ' can find a more beautiful sentence in A; the literature of the day than this, will he be plased to send it to the Southern Churchman? "You *have'/Ji not fulfilled every duty until you%ave v: fulfilled the duty of being plesant." What thinks the worried wife and mother of this little gem? Wfiat - r? thinks the (in many respeete excellent) husband of this lovely pearl? Ye f j brothers and sisters, in your plays and . .;J| daily contact one with another,, do ' || you ever forget it? The rector of your J| parish, as he never forgets it, no questions are asked of him, only that he read this pearl, this gem to his con- y gregation. Impurity sees only impurity, and '.;|w doubts the very existence of God. /JS Selfishness does not believe that there is such a thing as unselfishness in ihe world. Dishonesty questions every man's motive, and says there is no dis- J interested benevolence. Hate refuses "'M all offer j of sympathy and aid. These malign feelinga and affections carry with them their own ead*sting and' curse. Sin thus degrades man in his : own eyes and in the eyes of the slaves >|! of sin aud impoverishes him. It robs * ja true fellowship based on mutual confl- dence. It robs him of selfrespect. It ' robs him of peace.?Bishop E. B. '?l| Hendrix. The soul in its highest sense is a vast capacity for God. It is like a curiuos chamber added on to being?a cham* . ber with elastic and contractile walls, . 'J which ean be expanded, with God as its guest, inimitably: but which with- | out God, shrinks and shrivels, until \ :|j every vestige of the divine is gone, and God's image is left without God's spirit. Nature basher revenge upon neglect as well as upon extravagances. Misuse, with her, is as mortal a sin as 1 ' ^ abuse. '^| St. Louis Advocate. Little and Loud.?In almost every church there are men and women who J:;| are arrogant in their assumptions and nnsirivft in their ronnlnsions. Thev are usually of a low grade of Intelligence, and the less they know the more positive are their assertions. It takes most people twenty or thirty *>fbh years to learn how little they know. Parents, and those who have the charge of youth, should impress on their minds an abhorrence pf war. The causes, the sinfulness, and the misery of war should be explained to them, and they should be trained up x with the love of man and the love of peace.?William Cogswell. For those who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, war is never right. The great law of Chist is the law of love; and since no kind of war can ever consist with this love, it is indisputable that where love prevails as it ought, war must entirely cease.? Tnoonh Tnhn Onrnpv ^ V- To *.he eud of the world the most delightful people will be those who mind their own business. It is the heart which God regards Let us remember then that we have to do with Him on whom the most plausible professions con not impose. If you want to save others, settle "self." If you don't, it will display itself desastrously at most unexpected 1 times, places, ways. *1