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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1892. ESTABLISHED 1844. National Assnrefl Boili, Loan ail CodsgI Association. SAVANNAH, GA. Authorized Capital $23,000,000. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. President, P. W. Meldrlra. Vice President, W. R. Thlgpen. Sec'y and Manager, C. P. Miller. General Attorney, G. H. Miller. Treasurer, A. K. Kawcett. Director of Agencies, V. Breveril. The Acme of all Building and Loan Associations. Combined with one of the Largest Life Insurance Companies in the United States. Plain-Simplicity Itself. Investigate * ? XT? xor iuiuBtui: To Investors?Shareholders In Class B have liberal withdrawal option. Paid up stock carries 6 per cent, cash dividend, with participation In profits. Shareholders In Assured classes obtain for their families the lull maturity value ol their tock In case of death. To Borrowers?Interest at 6 pel por cent. Definite contract for 3,4, i. 6. 7,8,9 or 10 years. Fire Insurance protection. In Assured clai-s Cancellation of Mortgage In case of Death. Prospectus explaining fully these liberal features mulled free to any address. Endorsed by businessmen and R. G. Dun A Co., of Savannah, (Ja. Wanted?a few good agents. M. M. MATTISON, G. A. Donalds, S. C. The Abbeville Land, Loan and Improvement Company. IN ACCORDANCE with Commission of Secretary of State J. Q,. Marshal) directed to the undersigned Board of Corporators o the ABBEVILLE LAND, LOAN AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANY? Notice Ir hereby given that the books of subscription of snld company will be open at the office of. J. ALLEN SMITH, President, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 0th 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. Board of Corporators. Abbeville. B.C.. Feb. 5 1891. nrVTAT WATTnP 1/JU11 JLXXJJ Vi.JkV4J| Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE CP-STAIRS ON, McILWAIN Corner. Abbeville, 8. C, March 23, 1891. tf ftS* 2 <3 hi ? S Ji gg ? ^-o 111! ? t?3 im 2? Rb ^ r^->? 2 ^ m W I B??? O Kj wgt? ^=?w- &Sgi? P Mac^2 5?0UM g *? 5 C-~ A ^ CL bnaat wi?S85H L w -? %s> i s? a I a o u -- ?sr a . ? [ 3?s a 00 H s cq 0" 1 r+ C^) | MfijW O ! = 35 & P^W ! * o :? I P 8> Lumber and Shingles 1^0 SUPPLY EVERY DEMAND. THEY will be sold low. Enquire of me for prices. 8. G. THOMSON. Dec. 9,1891, tf THE Farmers' Bank -OFABBEVILLE, S. C? Does General Banking Business. Bnys and sells Exchange and makes Collections. I DEPOSITS SOLICITED. \ Paid up Capital $50,760 y\ KnbMcrlbcd Capital 75.000 ) A Savings Department hns heen established. Amounts received of 31.00 and upwards. Interest at 4 per cent, payable quarterly,?January, April. July, October. Small savings Increase rapidly. Wm. H. Parker, J. T. Robertson, President. Vice-Pres. Julius H. DuPre, Cashier. March 5, 1890-12m DR. T. J. CEYMES, Dentist.:? . GRADUATE, PENN. DENTAL SURGERY, IS permanently located at Greenwood, and oilers his professional services to Greenwood and surrounding country. 49"Work done after the most improved and Modern methods. J?-Offlce over Bank of Green wood .'Ca June 3. 1891. E. F, GILLIAUD, /.TAILOR, OVER THE POST-OFFICE, IS PREpared to do all work In his line CUTTING, MAKING. REPAIRING,and CLEANING of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, a specialty. SAMPLES of SUITS always on hand. Charges Reasonable. June 16,1501. 12mos. Terra Cotta Wells. r|iHE undersigned Is not disposed to brag on JL bis new mode of water supply, but It Is krnnAii hovnnH flip Qhfldnn* nt o rinnhf fhtif fiis wells are the best and more durable than any other kind. He boasts of not having lost a slneleone In seven years, while twothirds of hlB work is lor parties having lost their dug wells. Address, C. M. CALHOUN, Greenwood, S. C. They are frog proof and superior to one dug, and are bound to supersede all others. Joel 8. Bally, Greenwood, S. C. Greenwood Cotton and Oil Mills. Cal. Klnard, Ninety-Six, S. C. Rev. Pressly, Due West, S. C. Jones Miller, i bbeville, S. C. I have sunk nine-tenths ol the wells in my town in seven years. ONLY 30 DATS TIME. AllAccouhts made with us from Janury 1st. 189U, will be presented at the end of each month for payment. Our terms are strictly EO days. Respectfully, A. M. Hill & Sons. o&frT*ilLo- : : ' _ * . - .jggjjKv PERFECTED CRYSTAL LENSES ffgMf \ TRADE MARK. testf ^ | ^ fluHtv Flrst oii aItvj. UW. CANNON, General Merchant, Abbe, vllle. KC\nnd J. T. LATIMKR, General Merchant, Jjowndesvllle, S. C., are exclusive dealers In these celebrated glasses. Kkllam <fc Moore, .'Onlf vtnniifiLPtnrlni? ODtlclans In Hie South) Jan. 6,1892, Cm Atlantn.Ga. IF YOU ARE GOING WEST AND WANT I.OW RATES To Arkansas Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Oregon nn<l OiiJlornla. or any point WEST or NORTHWEST IT WILL PAY YOU To write to rae. __ FRED. D. BIJSH, D. P. A., I... & N. K. R 2 Wall St., Atlanta, Ua. Oct. 28,1801. Cm. . GIB&0^VUXv, lp 2 v' a % 0 ? r\ co GrU ABTO ?MANUFACTURED BY? Ibe Wilcox & Gibbs Goano Co, CHARLESTON, S. C., Q^CsfStf- j|g_ Cj&Jn&jr-k, C^A- ^ D. A. ALLEN, Prop. J. F. RICE, Supt ALLEN MANUFACTURING CO. Clinton, S. C. Builders and Mechanics To Send For Prices and Estimate on SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, Scroll Sawing. Turning and Fancy Work of Every Description. Best Workmanship, Lowest Prices. An Experienced Mechanic Superintend all Work. Wire Screen Doors and Wire Screen Windows. , Flnefl Dried Lnta a Specialty. J. F. MILLER & CO. are agents lor us, and orders given to them will receive prompt attention. March 2, 1891. 12m. DR. E, L. WILSON, jmEjxiDTLmrwo. VS^CfRce up stairs over C. P. Hammond & Co.'h store. Auk. 23, 1889. K. H. HENDERSON, Attorney at Law. Greenwood, S. C. OFFICE over Lee & Bailey's store. Prompt attention uiven to collections. April 15,1891. 12m* I. J. CHIPLEY & BBO, REPAIRERS OF Guns, Pistols, Locks, &c Also keep on hand a full line of GrTTHXTS. WORK GUARANTEED. G REE WOOD, S. C. ALL SORTS OF BUILDING MATERIAL, ORDERS FOR ALL KINDS LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, And other BUILDING MATERIAL solicited. I HAVE WAGONS And can deliver any goods ordered from me, and will contract to BUILD HOUSES. S. &. Thomson. Abbeville, April 15, 1891, 12m. BURIAL ROBES. J. W. Sign, Undertaker,' HAS JUFtreceiveri n full tine or Burial Robes j lor ladieB and gentlemen, ranging In i price from S3 up. They are handsome,convenient and exceedingly low priced, being less than half the ordinary price of a dress or a suit o?' clothes. Sept. 9,1891,6m BOARD' OF ASSESSORS. I TO CANVASS THE RETURNS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Who They are and What is Expected of Them. The returns of the various Townships will be forwarded to the 1 ownshlp Boards on the 1st day of March. The Township Hoards 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 at Abbeville Court House. It is clearly the duty of the Township Boards of Equalization to canvass carefully each and every Ueturu of Personal Property made at their respective Townships, in order that Individual Returns of Personal Property : may be equalized as uear a* possible, and in every instance where a material change In Uiitnrn ?vf o.... In/llitl/lun I tu mo/lu nntfAf to the tax-payer, must be given in order that he may have the opDori unity to appeal he- ( l'ore the County Board which meets the 14in day of March, 1892. Postal pnrds will be furnished by this office for the purpose of so no- < tlfylng where material changes are made. ] The following free holders are hereby appointed Boards of the various Townships. Ninety-Six?J. D. NVatson, J. N. Lipscomb, I B. P. Plnwon. j Greenwood?C. A. C. Waller, J. W. Green i H. F. Fuller. Cokesbury?Dr. Willie T. Jones, W. R. J Dunn, T. J. EIIIp. s Donaldsville?J. W. Mattison, E. B. llasor, i J. R. Latimer. Due West?M. B. Cllnkscales, J. E. Todd, J. I R.C.Dunn. l Long Cane?N. P. Mcllwain, A. P. Calvert, i R. II. Cochrane. Smlthvllle?W. A. Lomax, J. L. White, Jas. 1 Evans. I White Hall-D. W.Jay, T. J. Hearst, S. P. , Brooks. Indian Hill?J. A. Chllds, R. J. Robinson, ^ J. tej. vv lueuian. s Cedar Springs?A. K. Watson, R. 0. Hunter, John Lyon. . Abbeville?J. Allen Smith, John Q. Edwards, T. P.'Mllford. Diamond Hill?S. B. Knox, J. E. Wakefield, G. W. Mil lord. Lowndesvllle?I. H. McCalla, Massalon B??ll, 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. 0. 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. Something to Eat at A. M. HILL & SONS. Hams, Canvassed and Uncnnvnssed. Sausage (Hecklers) 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 Coconnuts. Tea Cakes, Preserves, Jellies and MlnceMeat Pickles in variety, Cheese and Macaroni. Maple and Fancy N. O. Syrup, Roasted Coffee (every week). Read the above and 6ee if canuget something toeatat Jan?13,1892. A. M. HILL & CO. 1 Walter L. Miller, ? Attorney nti(l Counsellor at Lnw, ABBEVILLE, S. C. ; PRACTICES In both Slate and Federal * Courts. Special attention given to col- 8 lections and to investigating titles. i Dec. 22.1891. ' f SCHOOL NOTICE. All persons having business with the School Commissioner, will tind him In 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. <tc. E. COWAN, School Comromlssloner, Abbeville County. Never out of Stock WE KEEP ALWAYS ON HAND A number of horses and mules for sale. We have now several excellent work animals which we will sell cheap. A. B. Hamlin, Agent. ORAYDON A GRAYDON, E. S. F. GILES, Abbeville, 8. C. Greenwood, S. C. &BAYD0N & GRAYDON & GILES \\fE have formed a partnership for the prac * * tlce of law in all its branches, underthe firm name of GRAYDON & GRAYDON & GILES. All business entrusted to any of the Arm will receive prompt attention. ellis g. graydon, wm. n. graydon, e. s. f. giles. ? mr nn/intrcFi xii irii Dnviuiva i OSCILLATING CHURN I IS AHEAD OF ALL. Will bring butter quicker than any other. [ A child three years old can churn as well as 1 anBdult. Price So. I Satisfaction guaranteed. Try onp. Call on or apply to II. M. BROOKS. Abbeville C. H., S. C. LOWNMILLE HIGH SCHOOL. LOWNDESVILLE, S. C. t fpHE Spring term begins February 1, 1S92. I Thorouch drill In the Primary and Aca- . demlc branches. Boys Drepared for college. ' Terms reasonable. Apply to I H. B. HUMBERT, a Principal. ? Jan. 20,1892. 3t? NEW 1 Fancy Grocery.; 6. H. MOORE: HAS opened a New Fancy and Green Grocery Store In Cothrau's Block. I He deals in everything found In a Fancy f Family Grocery Store^ where you can pur- . ciiuM* liiu iiitusi VAnnuu uuui;o, vuuomilug of Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Meats, ' \ together with FRESH PRUNES, APPLES, <fccM and other delicacies. The NiihslunttalH t are I BACON, BREAKFAST STRIPS, s MEAL,- IRISH POTATOES, t and CABBAGE. FLOUR, MOLASSES, HAMS, ' V Cigars of the I Jest B rands. V \ Fresh Fish nnd Oysters, Pork Sausage and the choicest Heef u specialty. 1 Dec. 1891. tf | ?ICHARl) GANTT, Is now prepared to d ! IW all work In his department In the ties j \ manner and at reasonable charges. Monthl j] customers shaving, hair cutting and sham ! pooiugSl per month. Rasors honed aud pu : , In the best condition for 25 cents each. The State of South Carolina, j1 COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. l'kohate court. Iii the matter of the estate of Betsy Blue, tie ceased. j' Petition for Settlement and Discharge. MH. Coleman as executor for said estate j . having applied for settlement and discharge. 1 It isOkdekkd, That Saturday the 27th day of February next be fixed for granting the re- 1 He! prayed for. J. FULLER LYON. Judge Probate Court. I Jan.'.>7,1892. ] Think Twice Before you Strike any Creiitiire that Cannot Npenk. I remember reading in my boyhood about a merchant traveling" on horseback. accompanied by bis dog. He dismounted for some purpose, and accidentally dropped his package of money. The dog barked to stop him, and as he rode farther, bounded in front of the hors<? and barked louder and louder. The merchant thought he had gone mad, drew a pistol from his hoi ster and shot him. The wounded dog crawled back ot the package, and when the merchant discovered his loss and rode back, he found his dying dog lying there, faithfully guarding the treasure. The following little story told by a friend of mine, is not so painful, but adds forco to the'thought, think before you strike any creature that cannot u noolr* "When I was a boy, and lived up in the mountains of New Hampshire, I \ worked for a farmer, and was giveu a ( a span of horses to plough with, one . of which was a four-year-old colt. The ] colt, after walking a few steps, would lie down in the furrow. The farmer < was provoked and told me *to sit on the colts head, to keep him from ris ing while he whipped him, 'to break him of that notion,' as he said. But ( iustthen a neighbor came by. He , laid, 'There'ssomethins wrong here; ( let him get up, and let us examine.' ; le putted the colt, looked at his harness. and tnen said, 'Look at this colar; it is so long and narrow, and carries the harness so high, that when he jegins to pull it slips back and chokes 1 aim so he can't breathe.' And so it i vas; and but for that neighbor, we ] should have whipped as kind a crea- < ,ure as we bad on the farm because he 1 aid down when he couldn't breathe." < "" ' 1? aL - - i-? .1 T I ./I /vl* I it was oniy me uuier uay x imai u ui j i valuable St. Bernard dog being shot, < jecause having a wound on his head, 1 :oncealed by the hair, he bit a person I ,vho handled him roughly. Boys, young and old, please remem- < jer that these creatures are dumb. ' Theo may be huugry, or thirsty, or ;old, or faint, or sick, or bruised, or vounded, and cannot tell you. Think before you strike any creature ,hat crnnot speak.?From "Twelve Lessons on Kindness to Animals," by jreo. T. AxroBbL. "Every ambitious young man may ' jenefit by the success of such a man, I )ut mistakes are likely to be made in ;be application. One mistake is' to ! ook upon his success as being achiev>d by an uneducated man. Captain j Eads was an educated man, though he lid not get his education from colleg- f ?s; he worked it out himself, but it was J 10 less complete and to the purpose. 1 Whether better earlier educational ad- J vantages would have been a benefit to lim, or otherwise, is a question tnai ' :annot be answered. The most that j ve do know is that he succeded oeyond 1 nore than a few others without these * id vantages. ,J "Another thing too often assumed 1 s that such a man succeeds through 1 tome other means?undefined and * ndefinite?than hard persistent ef- 1 ort; good, honest, bard work, with a ? ixed purpose in view. It was exactly his kind "of work in the way of self ^ iducation and iu carrying out his ? )lans that made Captain Eads a great ~ :ngineer. What ne possessed, that nany others do not, was a fixed pur>ose to succeed, backed by untiring ndustry." ? The trouble with too many young t nen is that they have no particular i imhition. Having obtained an ordi- 1 iary?or it may be an extraordinary i iducation, they start in life fitted for lothing iu particular, filled with a de- a ire to make money rather than an a imbition to make something of them ? elves. It is in this way that the t rades are left largely to foreigners, I vhile the vast army of clerks is recruied. To be sure there is nothing dis- ? Honorable in beiug a clerk, but it is > infortunate for any youug mau who c lasin him the possibility of some hing better to be satisfied with the i Antnin nf nloripnl u'nrk "Good, honest, hard work" is comnendable in any position, but it is he ''fixed purpose in view" that nakes every stroke tell. With it he nay be an equally good clerk while xe occupies that position, but he will >e something more. It is the fixed jurpose to succeed, backed by an untiring industry, that makes successful nen. IlcqneNtH by a Horse. "Don't ask mo to "back" with binders on. I am afraid to. Don't lend me to some blockhead hat has less sense than I have. Don't think because I am a horse hat iron, weeds and briars won't hurt ny hay. Don't be so careless of my harness is to find a great sore on me before you ittenii to it. Don't run me down a steep hill, for t anyining snouiu give away jl iingni* i >reak your neck. Don't whip me when I get frightenid along the road or I will expect it , lext time and maybe make trou>le. I Don't put on my blind bridle so hat it irritates my eyes,or to so leave j ny forelock that it will be in my ( >yes. Don't hitch me to an iron post or ailing when the mercury is below 'reezing. I need the skin ou my ongue. 1 Don't keep my stable very dark, for vlien I get out into the light my eyes ire injured, especially if snow is on | he ground. Dou't leave me hitched in my stall j dl night with a big cob right where I nust lie down. I am tired and can't i select a smooth place. . Don't forget to lile my teeth when -hey get jajjged and I cannot chew ny food. When I gel leun it is a sign . ny teeth want filing. Don't make me drink ice cold water lorput a frosty bit in my mouth. Warm the bit by holding it a half iiinute against my body. Don't compel me to eat more salt . :han I want by mixing it with oats, 1 [ knfow better than unv other animal ] liow much I need. . Don't say whoa unless you nicuu it. : reach me lo stop at, the word. It may het k me if the lines break and save a 1 unawuy and smash up. Don't trot me up hill, for I have to * jarry you, the buggy and myself, too. J 1'ry it yourself sometime. J{un up till with a big load. Don't forget, the old hook that is a J "riend of all the oppressed, that says: 'A merciful man is merciful to his ( jeast."?Maine Home Jour- 1 lal. To-morrow is the day on which idle * nen work and fools reform. i "I Know a Tiling op Two." ' My dear boy,'' said a father to his only son, "you are in bad company.' The lads with whom you associate indulge in bad habits. They drink, smoke, swear, play cards, and visit theaters. They are not safe company for you. I beg you to quit their i society." "You needn't be afraid of me, fath- < er," replied the boy, laughingly ; "I : guess I know a thing or two. I know how far to go and when to stop." < The lad left his father's house twirling his canein his'fingers, and laughing at the "old man's notions." A few* years later, and that lad, f??i/ vtl< r> It n f flirt l\it r u MI iiiai) nuuu j dlwuu till iuc uai of a court, before a jury which had just brought iu a verdict of guilty ( against him for some crime in which he had been concerned. Before he j was sentenced he addressed the court, | and said, among other tilings : ,:My ! downward course began in disobedi- < ence to my parents. I thought I knew as much as much as my father did, < and I spurned his advice ; but soon as i I turned my back on my home, temp- < tation came upon me like a drove of byenas, ana hurried me into i ruin." i Mark that confession, ye boys who i are beginning to be wiser than your parents! Mark it, and learn that disobedience is I he first step on the road i to ruin. Don't take it! j The Unexpected Answer. Something stayed his feet. There 1 was a fire in the grate within?for the . uiglit was chill?and it lit the little parlor, and brought out in startling jflects the pictures on the wall. But these were as nothing to the picture an the hearth. There, by the soft jlowof the fire light, knelt his little jhildatits mother's feet, its small jands clasped in prayer, its fair head Dowed, and its bosy lips uttering each word with childish distictness. The | father listened, spellbound to the jpot: j "Now Hay me down to sleep, ( I pray the Lord my soul to keep; ' , If I should die before I wake, , I pray the Lord my soul to take." Sweet innocent! The man himself 1 who stood there with bearded lips 1 ;ightiyshut together had said that prayer once at his mother's knee, j VVhere was that mother now? The 1 sunset gates had long ago unbarred to ( let her pass through. But the child 1 bad pot yet finished; lie heard her 'Go?I ble^s mama, papa and my pwn I self." Then there was a pause, and!1 ihe lifted her troubled blue eyes, to I raother's face. "God bles9 papa," lisped the little oue; "and?please fend iim borne sober." He could not bear ;be mother as she said this, but the jhild followed, in a clear iuspiring x>ne: "God?bless papa?and please lend him?home---sober. Amen." Mother and child sprang to their feet n alarm when the door opened sudienly, and they saw who had return:d so soon; but that night, when little Vlamie was being tucked in bed after iucb a romp with papa, she said, in he sleepiest and most contented of voices; "Mama, God answers most is quick as the telephome, dosent be?" -Selected. Intierltenee by Degree*. It is doubtful whether there has evsr been a more singular testament ban oue which the family of a rich j nhabitatit of Warsaw, in Poland,| lave had to submit to, on pain of losnj? their share in the estate. Early in 1884 there died in Warsaw i merchant who was known to possess i comfortable fortune. He left.a seal- J ;d will which bore a superscription for- s lidding the opening of the. document >efore the 10th of March, 1885. t On that date the family assembled it the notary's in whose charge the c vill had been left. The package was t >peued and found to contain another r snvelope which was not to be opened ? intil the 14th of April, 1886. f On this second date the family as- ? embled again, only to find themselves t Hit off another year, and this was i epeated from year to year until, in t 181)0, the last envelope was opened, aud i the will itself found. i But a new torment awaited the heirs, i 'or the document was found to pro- < uiVIa thut. thft entire fortune of the tes-l I ator, which whs in funds, and amouned to more than fifty thousand dolars, should be deposited in the State Bank and left to accumulate, the interest to be added to the capital until lie year 1910, when it should be deviled among the surviving heirs. 11 is quite probable that tho testator, nstead of being merely a joker, was a philosopher. Knowing the solid value : (> every person of the experience of iaruing a living, hedoubtless proposed that his children should have this priceless expersence, feeling sure that ?ft?*r twenty-five years of honest self support they would be fitted for the possession of a large fortune. How To Make Life1 Happy.? Fake time ; it. is no use to fumepr fret, )r do as the angry housekeeper who :ias got hold of the wrong key, and pushes, shakes, and rattles it about the ock until both are broken and the loor remains unopened. The chief secret of comfort lies in { not suffering trifles to vex us, and in mltivating our undergrowth of small pleasures. T y to regard present vexations as youwill a month hence. Since we cannot get what we like, et us like what we can get. It is not riches, it is not poverty, it 1 s human nature that is trouble. v The world is like a looking-glass. 9 Laugh at it, and it laughs back ; rown at it, and it frowns back. J Angry thoughts canker the mind ? md dispose it to the worse temper in N he world,?that of fixed malice and 8 evenge. It is when in this temper r hat most men become crimi- 11 nils. f > ! The cause of hens eating their eggs fl s generally the want of animal food, J .vliich is indespensible to their health. 1 Where but few fowels are kept, or * hey have a* wide range, the scraps J "roni the tahle and the insects they J vill gather for themselves, will sup- * )l.v their needs in this respect. A good a nibstitute for the natural supply may 1 >e found in any cheap form of animal lesh (not fat), as beef liver, which j ihould be chopped very tine and mix- ' d with the ordinary food two or three * imesa week. See also, that the low- 1 ?ls have plenty of vegetable food, and i constant supply of clean water. "Education is good thing when it t loes not directly uufit a man for work- > ng for a living." r The Devoted Methodiat In Society. The devoted Methodist bus insisted frora the beginning that society shall remember the Sabbath. day to keep it holy. The discipline of our church forbids the going to theaters, the playing of cards, and dancing. Consequently the thoroughly devoted Methodist is expected not to do any of these things. Some of them refrain frora doing them because, like Wesley, they cannot do them with a clear conscience;" while others, believing them to be iunoceut diversions, yet refrain from them bccause the Church has placed the seal of its disapprobation upon them. It is an interesting fact that Thackeray, who was something of a man of the world; says in one of his essays that "a man who loves dancing may be set down to be an ass and that the fashion is greatly going out with the increasing good seus-e of the age." And that JEnier30u, in speaking of Archimedes and Newton, says that "if these had been good fellows, fond of dancing, port, and clubs, we should have no Theory of the Sphere, no Principia." Men who take life seriously and who feel that they have a work to do have, as a rule, little time and less inclination for such things. They feel father the necessity for isolation. The devoted Methodist in society never forgets to turn down his wineglasses, being assu-ed that for him upni /! rt rl n in n 1 n?o tTQ vSrvKf Qtrln tm oiuc uvm u ao ai ytajo n^ui oiuc vjjk/? And a noble and gracious lady of our faith, when she became ''the first lady the land," carried her principles into the White House, defied the precedents of nearly a hundred years, and 3et an example that did her honDr. There was one thing that seemed especially to have grieved .Wesley's heart; the Methodist in society, notwithstanding fifty years of exhortatlou on the subject, always persisted in being as fashionably dressed as his brother in the Anglican or Presbyterian churches. Pour Goldsmith, strutting down FleetStreet with bis plum colored velvet coat and gold-embroidared pocket, although not a Methoiist was a sight to stir the righteous wrath and contempt of Wesley. He insisted that his followers ought to be is plainly dressed as the Quakers or Moravians; ribbons, gold ornaments, md all finery he condemned. He rebuked a preacher for wearing rufiies :>n his shirt. In one of his last sermons he says: "Let me see, before I Jie, a M^bodist congregation full as plainly dressed as a Quaker congregation. Only be more consistent with yourselves, juei your uress ue uuettp is well as plain : otherwise you do jut trifle with Goa and me and your )wn souls. I pray let there be no costly silks among you, how grace soever hey may be. Let there be no Quaker linen, proverbially so called for its exquisite fineness ; 110 Brussels lace ; no elephantine hats or bonnets, those icandals of female modesty. Be all of i piece, dressed from head to foot as ' Dersons professing godliness, profess ! ng to do every thing, small and great, ffith the single view of pleasing God." [ take it that Wesley is nearer right 1 ban is the fashionable Methodist in 1 jociety. At any rate I am decidedly 1 >f the opinion that so long as Albion j College and the Wesleyan guild of the Jniversity af Michigan are in need of he necessaries of life, it would be well 1 or the fashionable Methodist in ( Michigan society to scrupulously econ- 1 >mize in matters of dress ! < Let no Hnn ask Tor Leisure. The most fallacious ideas prevail re- , ipecting leisure. People are always ( laying to themselves : ( "I would do this, and I would do , hat, if I had time." There is no condition in which the , ihance of doing auy good is less in , han the condition of leisure. The | nan fully employed may be able to , jratify his good disposition by im- ] jroving hlmfelf or his neighbor, or ( ierving the public in some useful way; ( )ut the man who has all his time to < iispose of as he pleases has but a poor ( thanee, indeed, of doing so. To do | ncreases the capacity of doing; and ( t is far less difficult for a man who is , n a habitual course of exertion to ex- j ;rt himself a little more for an extra i purpose than for the man who does j ittleor nothing to put himself into i notion for the same end. There is a < eiuctance in all things to be set go- , ng; but when that is got over, then j iverything goes easily enough. , So it is with the idle man ; in losing j lie habit, he loses the power of doing. But a man who is busy about some egular employment for a proper eugth of time every day can very easly do something else during the renaming hours ; indeed, the recreation >f the weary man is apt to be busier ,han the perpetual leisure of the idle. \s he walks through the world, hi* lands hang unmutfled and ready by lis side, and he can sometimes do nore by a siugie touch than an idle nan is likely to do in a twelvenonth.. Let no man pray for leisure in order o do anything. Let him rather pray hat he may ever be useful. If he eally wishes to do any* good thing, le will always find time for it by jroperly arranging his other employuents. [New York Ledger, j .?>? I i Murderous Millinery. ( A lady told me the other day a painul little incident relating to wearing >irdsou your bonnets and hats. I rill try and give her own words. She f aid.? ^ "One day our pastor said (during service) that when he was in Florence a ady came to him and said: 'Do come vith me aud hear those birds sing, oh j uch mournful notes." There was a oom full of birds iu very small cages, x md these birds were all blind; they ^ lad had their eyes put out. In tlie j light the owners take them outside he city and hang the cages in trees. * The trees are then all smeared with ar. These birds keep up their pitiful , inging, and other birds are attracted o the cages, and they get stuck on the V1 ar, and then they are caught and f heir eyes are put out. And these birds ire killed and sent to America for la- ? lies to wear on their bonnets! And I looked around the congregaion to see what ladies had birds on heir bonnest, and I was glad there J vas none on mine; and I dont think * can ever wear a bird again."?Wide Vwake. i Feelings are like thermometers, hey eo up and down according as the veather or surrounding circumstances t nay indicate. \ Horace Greely on tlie Misery of Being1 -Jrf In Debt. To be hungry, ragged, and penniless is not pleasaut; but this is notning to the horror of bankruptcy. All the wtalth of the Rothschilds would be a poor recompense for five years' struggle, with the consciousness thfet you had taken the money or property of trusting friends?promising to return or pay for it when required, and had betrayed their confidence throughJSBH insolvency. I dwell on this point, for I would deter othera from entering that place of torment. Half the young men In the country, with many old enough to know better, would "go into business" ?that is, into debt?to-morrow if they % could. Most poor men are so ignorant as to enyy the merchant or manufac-^ turer whose life is an incessant struggle with pecuniary difficulties, who is -.>$8 driven to constant "shinning," and who, from month to month, barely h evades tnac insolvency wnica sooner r-jgfli or later overtakes most men In bus!- neas ; so that it has been computed :;M that but one in twenty of them achieves a pecuniary success. For my own part?and I speak from . ;;jj sad experience?I -would rather be a J slave in a rice swamp, than to paw through life under ihe harrow, of debt - > Let no young man miejudge himself unfortunate, or truly poor, so long as i he lias the full use of his limbs and faculties, and is substantially free from Hunger, cold, rags, hard work, con- ; tempt, suspicion, unjust reproach, are disagreeable; but debt is infinitely . -^3 worse than them all. And, if it had pleased Uod to spare either or all of my sons to be the Bupport and solace of my declining years,, toe leswon which I should have most earnestly i sought to impress upon them is: \'Jfx ' Never run in debt! Avoid pecunl-. ary obligations as you would pesti- \| lence or famine, ff you have but fifty y: cents, and can get no more for a week, . ^ buy a peck of corn, parch it and live M on it, rather than owe a man a dol- _ fOf course, I know that some men must do business that involves risks, j and must give notes and other obliga- j tions ; and I do not condsider him : j really in debt who can lay his hands directly on the means of paying at some little sacrifice all he owes; I - ;>; speak of real debt?that which in volves risk or sacrifice on the one eide, :;.:: obligation and dependence on the oth- [ -.1 er?and I say, from all Buoh let every ffj South humbly pray God to preserve im evermore .'?New York LedTbe Barbarlcm of Wealth. A good deal is said about humanely . A educating the "hoodlum" district, ana largely filled with "hoodlums" One of the first of the sixty-one f-"d large Boston public schools we address- * ed a few yearsago was in a "hoodlum" \ ? district, and largely filled with "hood- f lums." We never had a more respectful or . ^ attentive audience daring an entire ; hour tban lu that school, and lots of -q those "hoodlums" came to our office i in the days that followed to join the ' - ; "Band of Merey." They were sons of very poor parents, and if they fail to become anarchists y ane of these days it may be because oP"1"^^ the humane teachings they have re >oi TTQf^ I*'! But there is another class of "hoodlums, "vastly more dangerous to the welfare of this nation. : "wffia The two hundied students of Yale . ^ who showered cannon torpedoes upon>2fj8il ihe unoffending horses, elephants, and jther animals of Barnum'sShow while passing the college grounds, as descrijed in July "Our Dumb Animals," until they were made frantic with terror?the Harvard students who have A&sj ^eeu maintaining a dog pit, and who, ifter turning one of our largest and jest hotels into paudemonium, were Jriven out by the Boston police?the V 't? millionares of New York's "four hundred" who shoot live pigeons for sport, ind drive their docked horses with light check-reins through the streets 1 >f that city,?the mihionare of (hat : .0:38 same New York select soctety who Dought four fine horses of a White \ Mountain landlord for$1800, and drove 'i 'fa ;he poor creatures on* a wager from the 'Glen House" to the top of Mount rv$J Washington, in one hour, and who, ? ?vneu HIS juuguujx luuiiiy ainvcu ail Vji the top, with horses almost dead, ex- ' .:-a pectea to be received with cheers, but K' M :o the credit of humanily was roundly hissed,?these people all belong to a jlass of "hoodlums" who are In as ?reat need of humane education as the . -$? most neglected boy, or girt, iu the most | 3 leglectea home in America. Honor to the Massachusetts stable yija seeper who, in a case which recently ' ;ame to our notice, when offered by >ne of these New York gentleman a lorge price for two beautiful horses Jj(S louble what he paid for them?oh ' ^ earning that the first thing to be done . '> ivilh thera was to mutilate them for '-'fi ife, by cutting off their tails, refused :o sell. It is not the poor alone, but the rich, . ;'?rj .but need humane education. When we shall have waked the press A ind the pulpit and the teachers of all )ur colleges and schools to I his impor-'"^*^ ant fact, then life and property m j his country?including the savings of J ;he poor and the investments or the | widows and orphans?will be safer, | ?1 ?nni*nn fKon nnor iri'J lue lijlllClllJiUUJ ucaici iuku "V,. Geo. T. Angell. 1 In this country only is the turkey ound in a wild state. It is very fiting, therefore, that in the Thanksjiving dinner it should be the principal dish writes Maria Parloa in her ] lepartment in The Ladies' Home fournal. The turkey must be wisely ihosen. well cooked and properly served. It should be short ana plump, he meat white, with some fat, the egs black and smooth; aud if there be v j. purs they should be short. The end >f the breast bone should be flexible, nore like gristle than bone. A tur- ccey that is long in proportion to its J ize, and has dark or bluish flesh, may </. > >e tender, but certanly will not be inely flavored and juicy. A dry-plck;d turkey will be found to have a < ntich better flavor than a scalded one. Vll poultry that is dry-picked cost a ew cents a pouud more than the sealled, but is well worth the extra >riCe' . The excesses of youth are draughts iponold age, payable with interest, ibout thirty years after date. ^ t ^ No power on earth or in heayen has he right to authorize anybody to-do ' vrong.' ... " r *** %