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y v a -a -g ? <3 "K ^ ''"1 v The Abbeville Press and Banner. | BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1892. ESTABLISHED 1844 |J *'Vo >i?l I nto Mo." That wretched outcast hoy, No mother's care had he, On whom you pity had? "Yeilld unto Me." That sir! forlorn and sa l, A pail) lul sight to see. You clothed and housed and fed? ' Ye did unto Me." That tottering, poor old man, Krom sickness never free, Yon com forted and clad? "Ye did It unto Me." Yon helpless woman frail. With pining children, three, Your love inspired with hope? "Ye did it unto Me." That cup of water given. In loving sympathy. The orphan to refresh? "Ye did It unto Me." Thnt prl-oner in his cell, Who saw you face with glee Because yon pitied him? "Ye did it unto Me." That widow in distress. H?'nrt desolate was she Till you did succour bring? "Ye did it unto Me." That weary sin-sick soul. Groaning to be set tree, Vou |>??i !i i?-d lo the Cross? "Yedid it unto Me." Think not your loving act Shall unrecorded tie: On*' day the".Iudgeot all" will say ,-Ye did it unlo Me." t he Muvnt Exhibition. Very painful is the lesson impressed at every turn in this Exhibition! that the employment upon nature ofj the noble faculties of man has been fori ignoble ends. Here ruiu is the dotni'"" f nnio Titprp two ehief direc-l tionsof energy?the one for construct-! ion, the other for destruction. There i may be destruction for the sake of construction, but here, for the most part, construction is for the sake of destruct-i ion. Perhaps the grandest effort of! the human mind aud haud is a tirstl class fighting vessel. Very beautiful, are the models of ships of all kinds shown here. Those for passenger tiaf-; tic are splendid. But after all, for in-1 genius, adaptation for magnificent workmanship,for powful construction, j none equal those designed, not to ben-i etit mankind by interchange amongst! nations and distribution of usefui pro-! duce, but for smash aivl slaughter. Isi murder the zenith of human glory? Exceedingly interesting is the panorama at this Exhibition of the battle; of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, i ? 1 There one seems u? ?u?uu m mc ( of the mighty ships of this great sea tight. Vessels are being shattered and sunk, guns belching out devastating | shot, and men lighting, cursing, shouting, and dying. All i? intensely vivid. | As the lecturer describes the scene, we, seem to wander what demon ever gained the power to rouse up such a mass of confusion and agony. Can there be' men?men, children of God?who de-; light in war? Kvery person who talks! lightly of war should visit this pano-' iiinm, and try to understand t.nscene. The crowning wonder ot this Exhibition isthe Armstrong 1 Id-ton gun, the mightiest outcome of human skill yet devised. 11 takes a charge of powder of nearly one thousand pounds. When used to smash property the shell! weigiis 1.800 lbs.; when used to smash men the charge is 2,.'Ml large bullets,! each one capable of destroying a fellow creature or crushing one of the; limbs (Jodgave him. It is terrible to think ot Me amount 01 nuuum ngouj-i and tears possible from one discharge of that dread gun. "The terrible havoc which a shell will play wlun tired with a full charge from this gun is * most vividly illustrated on the wall closet to the model. There is giveu a | sketch of the course of tlie shell from the 110 ton gun of The Sar.spareil at a i trial at Shoeburyness in March last.' The shell tore its way at the rate of 1 2,079 feet per second through 20 in. of compound armorspecia ly manufactured; 8 in. of iron fastened in a heavy wroughtiron frame; 20 ft. of oak baulks;! 5 ft. of granite blocks; 11 ft. of cou-j creie; and 0 It. of brick; altogether, 44 ft. 4 in. of a wall unique in history, I surely, for combination of width and j variety and strength of material!" livery body should sre and seiiously ponder this memorable picture. Ilap-L i?ilv, the expense is enormous. The! lull charge cost 200, lbs that is but, linwuvur ? fYtwfmil of lhf? exnense. fori IIW -- g , I the gun is said to be only capable of being tired with full charge seventylive times. The gun cost not fur short of To,000 lbs.?The Freeman. The Cart and (lie Locomotive. ; Johuny Jones was driving a donkey eart aiong the highway. The railroad , ran nearly parallel with it. As the V boy was jogging slowly on, and thiuk^ ing what a dull time he was having, i . V he heard the whistle of an approaching train, lie turned togaxe upon it. IHe saw the engineer standing in thei fab with his hand on the tlnottle and i his eyes on the track. Behind him! wlpre half a doxen ears full of people, and the train was running al the rate of ;forty miles an hour. "O my," said Jhonny to himself, i41 wish I was in his place. How I would like to drive an engine instead of a donkey. Wouldn't 1 watch sharp, though, to see that the track wasclear, ami that there was just the right amount of steam in the boilei?" But while Johnny was looking at the locomotive and envying the engineer, the donkey saw a thistle by the roadside. He made a dash tor it down a steep bank. The cart was upset and badly wrecked, and the careless driver crawled out from under the ruins with torn clothes, many ugly bruises, and a broken arm. If Johnny can't do better tha.i that with a donkey, he will H'netijrl u'ith ?> l/trtft.MWiik'ii We all have too much of this spirit. Few of us realise how iesponsible is even the humblest position in the world where we are all on probation for a solemn and endless future. Let us remember our Saviour's commendation of the woman: "She hath done what she could." Let us all do what we can. If all the onc-talent men and wsir?i<.n would use to the utmost their small ability, and improve lo ihe utmost their few and narrow opportunities, the world would soon he converted. A friend with a keen sense of humor writes us as follows: "I recently attended a baptizing, conducted in the usual manner of colored Baptists. The learned celebrant introduced the services with an exhortation on the subject of baptism, in the course of which 'he said: 'Our hist ( Jreek sehol irs tell us that baptizomeans to dip, to splurge, to overwhirlm.' An accomplished gen tleman from the North, who accompanied me, ami to whom the scene whs new, was unable to find any fault with the definition." A Curious Paradox. Which is the heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? This was a favorite question with "school eominittcmcn" of the olden time, and the first raclt answer used almost always ! t?? lie "A pound of lead!" Then from : the older pupils would come the reply, "Kotli alike." If this question were asked to-day, our oldtime querist mijfht receive a decided surprise. For the pound of feathers could easily be proved to be the heavier. A simple experiment is all the evidence need : e<l. i With any accurate scales weigh out ia pound of lead, using ordinary shot I for convenience. Pour the shot into one of the pans of a baiauce. I for the feathers a light muslin bag will he needed, and care must be taken I hat feathers and bag together do not weigh more than a pound. When the bag of feathers is put imo the other pan of the balance I lie beam will, after a few oscillations, come to rest exactly level. far the verdict, "Both alike," seems to be proved. But place the ballauce upon the receiver of an air pump, with lead and feathers undisturbed. Cover the whole with the glass bell jar and exhaust the air. Slowly the feathers sink and the lead "kicksthe beam." The pound of feathers is heavier than the pound of lend! The truth is that what we called a "pouud", was not such in fact, for the atmosphere bouys up every thing within it in proportion to the bulk of the object, and the feathers being of greater bulk than the lead, are supported by the air to a considerably greater extent than the lead. Removed from this supporting medium their true weight is made evident. Charles lieade propounds a similar question. In oneof his novels a Jew-! ish trader is made to ask: "Which is the heavier, a pound of feathers or a| pound of gold?" After awhile he explains, to the satisfaction of his audience of miners, that the feathers are the heavier. Gold, he says, is weighed by troy troy weight, while feathers are weighed by avoinluyois; aud as the twelve ounces in a pound of troy contains but 5,700 grains, while the avoirdupois pound contains?,OHO grains, the pound I of feathers is, of course, 1.240 grains: heavier than the pound of trold! Children's Tlirout Troubles. A child who has always had its own I way is not likely to be willing to give it up when it is ailing and miserable, I writts Elizabeth Robinson Scovil in a I viilii-thle Mriicle entitled Ladies' Home! Journal. Bribes and entreaties are of little use then. The wayward will, unused to discipline, is only strengthened by the weakness and weariness of the hodv. A wise physician said to me not long since that he had! known cases where children's lives had | been sacrificed because they had not been taught to obey. No doubt any j doctor of wide experience oouid confirm this statement. Is not this a facti to make mothers ask themselves: "Am I preparing my child for sickness asl well as health? if not, what can i do) toward it now, before it is too late?" It is usually in diseases of the throat that the greatest difficulty is found in inducing the child to submit to treatment. In diptheria and scarlet fever it is sometimes impossible to make any application to the tonsils, either with spray or brush, with out so exciting and frightening the poor little patient that the consequent exhaustion tells sadly ag*ainst its chances of recovery. Accustom a child to open its mouth; and have iis throat examined. It can be dime playfully, giving a sugar-plum as a reward when 4,mothprcan see way down his throat." The little one will never suspect that he is acquiring u| habit which may save his life. Japanese Conrtesy. Sir Edwin Arnold, in lecturing in Chicago on Japan, said : I was led to Japan by grammar. Xo guide-book took me there. I had read all the guide-books, and most of them are not very good. None of them lured me to Japan, but I nicked up a grammar once, which was very splendidly done by Mr. Chamberlain, and there I read: "The Japanese language has no imperative mood. , The Japanese language has no form of oaths and no word of abuse." I rublied my eye?, but there was the positive tillirmatiou that one could not swear in Japanese; you could not abuse anybody in Japanese, and you could not tell a person to go, rudely or roughly, in Japanese ; and I fouud it really to be so. The worst thing you can say in Janpanese is "fellow !" Or, if you are very much put out, you can say "There? There!" It sounds like an exaggeration, but you csMinot find a had word in a Japanese dictionary. There are those who might find that a gieat privation. Now, it stands to reason that language so refined as this reacts upon the people, and it does. Although not Christians, they carry out, as we never do, the maxitn,''in honor prefer one another." They invariably speak of auother person in the most respectful way and of themselves in the most disparaging way. In Japan you must not say, "Where are you going this afternoon?" You must say, "Where do you augustly condescend to repair?" You must never say, "Come in." You must say, "Condescend an honorable entrance," You must honor your friend and dishonor yourself, and tins naoii is curried uunusi m ? ludicrous extent, and it reacts upon the habits and manners (if the people, so that in Japan you find a place of tranquillity, of restoration, and of sofi pleasure and peace, which, I declare to you, I have not exaggerated. I'lensiiiit Ways. A good way to he happy, is to try to he u-.eful and helpful. A good way to succeed, is to be always trying to do your very best. A good way to please (Jod, is to try 10 do things you know Christ would do. A good way to come out all right, is to be sure to start in right. A very good way to accomplish great things, is never to slight little ones. A good way to make sure of heaven, is to know every moment that you are oil the way there. A good way to get mere talent, is to use those you already possess A good way to resist temptation, is to lie always guarding it. A good way to be a growing Christian, is to be a working one. A good way to beeomea soul winner, is to beeome a sin hater. What Vext. The Scientific American of April 215, publishes some statements in regard to military ballooning, which it thinks may be exaggerated, but which if true will revolutionize the whole system of military tatics. German military balloons are said to have been frequently seen hovering over the Russians fortification* in Poland, anil are supposed to be taking observations of the works, which the Russians are perfectlly powerless to prevent, for the baloons are at such a great height that balls from the longest range guns that can be trained skyward can not reach them. They come in the night, hover over the fortifications, and send out immense electric search lights which reveal everything in sight below. They remain over the place as long as they I wish and then move oft* in any direction they please in utter disregard and defiaiice of any atmospheric currents that may exist. If the Germans have learned serial navigation so as to send the balooou to any height they choose, and in any direction they please, what follows ? All our ships of war, all our coasts defenses, all our great guns, are perfectly useless. >*one of our ships of war, none of our coast defenses are built to resist an attack from the sky. Dynamite bombs of any size may be dropped from these balloons with almost unering precision upon the deck nf shins at spa or in harbor, and into the strongest fortifications, while the attacking party is hovering in mid-air out of range of the missiles of the enemy. If. is high time that the nations of the earth were devoting their energies to means for avoiding war aud securing peace. Disband their immense armies, beat their swords into plowshares, their spears into pruning hooks and learn war no more. Quit wasting money on war ships and coast defenses.? C. A. and M. Peace. The l*oct Moore and His Mother; The Youth's G'omyani>n has recently* paid a tribute to the poet worthy of being read, not only wherever his songs are known, but wherever mothers aud children exist: "Even when his songs and poems had made him famous, and his society was sought by England's highest and best, he used to write to her [his mother] twice a week. He told her of every thing that interested him, from the purchase of a pocket handker chief to his introduction to the Prince of Wales and his visit to Niagara. He writes at the conclusion of one letter: 'Yoii, dear mother, can see neither frivolity nor egotism in these details, knowing that nothing is uninteresting to a mother thut concerns her son.' " Let those sons who do not write to their mothers at all, and those who write at such rare intervals and in such a hurried way as to exhibit no real interest, from this poet of humor and pathos learn a duty which all right feeling persons would regard as a privilege. A "Mercy" Boy. A short time ago, as I was crossing Market street, near Twenty-second, a boy not over ten years old, who had been walking just before me, ran into the street and picked up a broken glass pitcher. I supposed he intended tue pieces as missues, since uie uesire to throw seems intuitive in every boy. Consequently, I was much surprised when he tossed the.piecies iutoa vacant lot at the corner and walked quietly on. As he passed me, whistling, I said: "Why did you pick up that pitcher?" "I was afraid it might cut somo horse's foot," he replied. My next question was a natural one. "Are you a Band of Mercy boy?" He smiled as hesaid: "Oh, yes; that's why I did it." The bands of mercy were drawn very closely around the dear little fellow's heart, I am sure.?School and Home. A Few Animal Oddities.?All animals which chew the cud have cloven or split hoofs. Animals of the bovine (cow) order have no teeth in the front of the upper jaw. Some species are said to have no ? 4-1- ?n :??,r rriwi AI.I 1 leeui in mi in nit; uppeijaw . niuom is unable to move the eyeball, which is immovably fixed iu the socket by a strong, elastic, cartilaginous case. The frog, owing to its peculiar structure, cannot breathe with the mouth open; and, if it were forcibly kept open, the creature would die of suffocation. In the parrot's beak both mandibles are moveable?a peculiarity unknown in other specics of birds. Fish swallow their food whole because they are obliged to keep continually opening and closing the mouth fur respiration. Kabbits, snakes, birds and fishes never close their eyes because unprovided with eyelids. The rabbit and the common barnyard fowl are each provided with a thin membrane which is let down over the eye when uslecp or at rest. The horse has no eyebrows, and if much white is visible in the eye itself it is a sure siirn of a vicious nature. Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action; ami that while tenderness of feeling and susceptibility of generous emotions are accidents of life, permanent goodness is an achievement and a quality of the life. "Fine words," says one homely old provert, "butter no parsnips;" and if the questions be how to render those vegetables palatable, an ounce of butter would be worth more than all the orations of Cicero. The only conclusive evidence of a man'sincerity is that lie gives himself for a principle. Words, inonfv. nil thinirs else, are com par atively easy to give away, but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, .has taken possession of him. From that sincerity his words gain the force and pertinency of deeds, and his money is no longer the pale drudge 'twixt man and man, but, by a beautiful mairic, what erewhile bore the image and superscription of Caesar seems now to bear the image and superscription of Clod.-? J. ltusscl Lowell. The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a prlnciplo. Words, money, all things else are comparatively easy, to give away: but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken posession of him. e & St9?? The Largest Stock \ WATCHES ANI> #^8 Engraving?any style?at sho No charge for engraving good Watches, Clocks and Jewelry manner and warranted twelve < all the advantages that skill an HENNI The Jeweler, f Glenn ? MTNflP AT ivmimiAU ? 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