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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1892. ESTABLISHED 1844 |J
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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
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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
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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.
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that I haii to take f.-alomel every two or three v
gave up in despair of ever belns cured of this trc
ommended to me by a friend of Norfolk, Va.. whc
me of several others who hurt tried It and arc no\
ordered of vour agents at Norfolk, Va., a case o
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liver trouble that I have ever used, notwlthsta
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Hair and Tooth Brushes,
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CLOTHING be- |gj
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market at prices nev- |
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It makes no differ.
3nce how small or I
how large your needs
may be in the Cloth- ?
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just what you want. . ' I
DELAY.
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Datch some of the
Dargains that are beng
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L are not afflicted. We keep many things
lave frequently pressing need for. Even a
CIGARETTsi and CHEWING GUM for inlet
and Laundry Soap,
Kerosine Oil, Etc,
i't expect to capture the DRUG TRADE of
tlon will do it, we will expect a share.
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>izes and Lengths,
s'ow is the time to have your
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, F. STEPHENS,
Greenwood, S. C.