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The Abbeville Press and Banner, fj BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. 0.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1844 fl -- ?- ?, =?????J Helping tne Weak. I' there be some weaker one. Give me strength to help him on; If a Minder soul there be. Let tne guide him nrarer thee, Make inv rnortnl dreams cune trae With the work I fain w. uld do; Clothe with life the weak intent, I et me be the thin? I meant; Let me find In Thy employ Peace ihat dearer is than joy; F Out of self to love be led. And to beaven acclimated. Until all things sweet and good Seem my nature's habitude. ?J. G. Wblttier. Mifttakeft of .Modern Girl*. New York Pr^ss: For pity fake don'tMjold your mother in public; it Jooks so! She may have offended your cultivated soul utmost beyond endurance and must therefore be severely reprimanded, but wait till you get home. Then lake her to your private apartment and tell her kindly (though of course she must under>taud that there is no nonsense about it) of just what misdemeanor she has been guilty. ir uiuu mi lmtnwn restaurant where 1 had dropped in for lunch yesterday. Opposite me J-at a young woman of seventeen, apparently, aud her mother. The young, woman was dressed in tlieextreme of fashion, an<l that her Jittle turued-up nose sniffed the air at all appeared purely a matter of condescension on iis part. Her manners l?ore the stamp of Mine. Highfalutin's "finishing school for young ladies." The little plainly, rustily dressed mother carried a black hag, such as women in Boston are addicted to. They had been shopping. I should say they were people who had lived in some little town, that the father , had probably earned his living by hard work, aud that the mother had doueat least her share of the skimping in oriiiq hit l?Hu t.h.'it. ulnhnr ? tlCI IV/ ?, I ? ^ UIV J VUlig ?MV? T ?~ V.M?V. ate veneering which is deemed essential to the girls of the day. Tbat the you ug thing had learned besides reading, writting and arithmeticthe art of making herself thoroughly disagreeable and other people uncomfortable was evident at a glance. Her mother, who would have been quite at home in a country parlor, was quite out of place here. The consciousness ?.f it need not have been forced upon her however, if her stripling daughter had been possessed of more heart and less style. The young lady's fuss over the ordering of the lunch was trying to the beholder, and she took great care that all other lunchers present should be I "UuhnMuro " The nurd was mo*tlv written iu French, and the raothe*r was so intimidated by the agility of her elegant daughter's tongue that she plunged about a little wildly and indicated that she would have some of tliat"when the sedate attendant indicated that he would listen to her wishes. This annoyed the younp lady so that she snatched the card from her mother's hand and ordered the entire lunch herself. It turned out to be a very schoolgirl affair and the mother only took of it i an occasional nibble. The young person talked very rapidly while ma*ticatiug her food. She lrequently asked hei mother questions, ?... truilul IftP ?n IJeftthe restauraut soon. The Augers of my strung right hand were tingling to encounter in some private apartment this/young heat h* n and to apply some "finishing touches" where they would do tl.e most good. Do such young women expect to make a good impression upon thinking people by snubbing their mother l>eraust; their tongues haven't been trained to cut up Freneh tin Joe*? Don't they know that by cheerfully explaining city or other ways their - *? ? < ?.??.?n/1 t how u'ill IDOlIlCrS UULl t u uuci^iauu luvj ? gain tlie respect of any people whose regard is worth accepting? The only thing I have against the mothers who let their ungrateful daughters muke them so miserable is that they don't give them a good licking. The lady graduate of a finishing aohoolor a cooking school is she who makes other ptople comfortable. Woman's Physical, Superiority. ?True, sue cannot sharpen a penci', and outride of commercial circles, she can't tie a package to muke it look like anything save a crooked cro?s section of chaos; hut see what she can do with a pin ! I believe there are some women who could almost pin a glass knob to a door. She cannot walk so many miles around a billiard table with nothing to oaf, iiihI nothing (to speak of) to drink, but s-he can walk the floor all night with a fretful baby, without going sound asleep the first half-hour. She can ride the hundred miles without goiu^ into the smokingcar to rest (ami j:et away from the children.) tShe can go to town and do a wearisome day's shopping, and have a good time wiih tinee or lour friends, without drinking a keg of beer. Khe avun 11 lir visit without ! fail cilju y (Ml V . p 1 smoking half a dozen cigars. She can endure the torturing distraction of a house full of ehidreu all day, while her husband cuffs them howling to bed before he lias bten home an hour. Everyday she endures a dress that would make an athlete swoon. She is afraid of a mouse, and runs from a cow, but a hook agent can't scare her. She is the salt of the church, the pepper of the choir, the life of the sewing society, and ahout all there is of a young ladies' school or a nunnery. A boy with a sister is fortunate, a young man with a sweet-heart is happv, a fellow with a cousin is to be envied, and ' * " ? man with a wife is thrice blessed more than they all.?[Bob Burdette. I Finished Work. b It is unfortunately the habit of many I people and it is a habit that was formJ etl in youth, to finish only that part of their work that i* in siyht. That part that is not seeu is left with rough edges, or Jo g stitches, or if poosible, work is only done ihat isseen. Years, | mm there lived a eclptor ?0.., whose work teache* us a lesson. A sculptor was employed to erect a statute in one of the Grecian temple?, and on being asked why he carved the back part, which was to be set into the wall, with as much pains as the front, he replied, "The gods see it."?Presbyterian. But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them ail: yet let him remember the days of darktfess; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. m Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shaft find it after many days. Hon fo Read wilh I'rofil. Heading is companionship, education, culture. It upbuildsand furnish- |, es and beautifies the soul. It develops a confidence, enriches conversation, Si and cultivates grace. The'knowledge u of good books "is the food ofyouth, the t< delight of age, the ornament of pros- v perity, tbe comfort of adversity." It S! is an open door to the best society, a stepping stone to the highest fame, a I cmwu of honor that outshines tne sun. These thing-* being true, it is one of n life's necessities that the young should n read good books and not weary therein. j] I The following suggestions will help h to profit in reading: ]. Plan your reading. Select the w books to be read far in .advance. Pre- Ci fer books thai are old enough and good h enough to be classical, attractive if possible, pure always. Books with beards [<M are beiter than beardless books. iy 2. Vary your reading. Follow ro- f( mance with history, history with biography, travel, art, science, philosophy, u religion. 0| Variety gives breath and keeps up jj interest. 3. Limit your reading. Know a few h, bo<?ks well lather then many books in- b differently. Intensive is better than ex- y< ensive reading. Big fish swim in deep water. th 4. Fix your reading, To this end SI read carefully, weigh thoughts, talk ei them over to yourself and with others, trv to remember them. "Thinking h makes what we read ours." w 5. Time your readings. Have a p] bookhour each day if possible. Espe- fai chilly, however, utilize fragments of ct time for a few pages of reading. in Little and often masters the largest b< volumes. 6. Enrich your reading. This do by tt looking up all allusion to history, poe- tl try, art, mythology, persons, places, w pm. 7. Preserve your reading. Own, if tt possible, every book you read ; mark w choice passages in them; make si comparisons of them ; often commune with them. n' ^ oi tr An old woman, who had spent her life almost entirely in the Tombs, one 8a day received a bunch of flowers from a hi gentleman who visited the prison, be .She was sitting with her head in her fr hands and her elbows on her knees; tj, she took no notice of the flowers when u> the gentleman laid them in her lap. He went away, but presently he heard lojd thumping on the prison door. je The jailer went back to see what was wanted. "She wants a cup of water," the jailerexplninert when he returned. "She says that she can strike one of the flowers arid make It grow into a Clant. She says the flower fjrew in er garden when she was a child, somewhere near Boston. Please wait, oj sir, while 1 give her the cup of water." H mi - -?-? 2- ~ tit l uhi oiu woman is uuw a kuuuwbiui ? florist. She has never been in the Tombs since she struck the plant. ?John Law in A Year of My Life. jy< h< It is a grand grace to he able to al- th ways make yourself agreeable and ar companionable. To be the right per- th son in the right place, and to say just sli the right place, is an indication of f;reat tact. A word unwisely said, au d< insinution thoughtlessly made, a cut, I fli a thrust, a bit of peevishness ori?elfish I sarcasm, alas? how often we would [M give almost anything to unsay or undo a To be agreeable and companionable we must be kind, thoughtful, interested in our acquaintances' welfare and pi success, sincere, cordial, and, above all, w cheerful. A church full of such pe<>- br pie would grow and flourish with the Jc poorest of preachers, and the poorest of ce choirs. When people see you take a to real interest in them you have already j( half won them to your side. Will you *1 help your pastor cultivate this spirit? hi in w How to Put It.?An exchange has the following, which is the whole ** truth. L)id you ever think of it? ** Suppose every business man in the ^ town took as* much interest in the upbuilding of the town as the uews- , japer man. He works for the railroads, manufactories, schools, church- " ?nnit cifrAota hutf-pr roads and a *-?-? ? hundred and one other things for the 01 general good ; he urges, pleads, scolds, . and badgers uniil he gets what he sets 'n out for. Imagine his feelings, then, when some iame, spring halted kind of a fellow reproaches him because he dosen't boom things enough, and nine times out of ten that same fellow has " never paid one cent toward supporting se the paper, and the paper he reads with marked regularity is either borrowed 10 from his next door neighbor or picked P{ up from the counter in the store at Ba which he trades. . at The Place that Hoagbt the Man, JJ An incorrigible political office seeker died a few days ago, and his friends asked a well known joumalst for an epitaph for his tombstone. The journalist selected the following, which was not, however, adopted: |,? or tg : Here Lies John Jones j In the Only Place for which He j R Never Applied. : ^ P< ?Portland Transcript. C(1 ar ***" to How It Get? In. gl Mrs. Bleeeker.?Aretheordinary nur- m sery stories told to Boston children ? hi Mrs. Emerson.?Only "Jack aud the te Bean Stalk," and lhat solely out of to consideration for the bean.?Puck. st A "Lufly Death." e1 (Overheard on the street.) First l| Clnld.?She ate too much turkey and l; died. ? Second Child.?Oh, what a lufly ' > death! ei a: It is often an evidence of guilt when tl non.,lo iioonnm nnirrv ?t, renroof. The fl pvv/j/?v WWM.V * ? I 1- w. innocent, can bear reproof much better SJ thau the guilty; auger will only make b things worse. e< ft "Ob, that boy is a joy to me," said a p bishop of his grown up son as he went <1 from the room?a son who had a full g orbed manhood, a body unwasted by ir vices, a mind enriched by study, a E heart gracious in courtesy, a t-oul ft manly in spirituality. Alas, that so ti many fathers have no such "joy" in o th^ir sons, but only secret sorrow and ii shHine. Better lo kill your father by l< a sudden pistol shot than by slow Ii heart beak. ( V?23kS5l?'' ' ' \ . \ Vf>" Nliiiffy I>uvy. Davy was a pretty little boy. He iad light, curly hair, dark blue eyes nd rosy cheeks. But he was very tiugy. He did not like to share anyliing with his little brothers and sis?rs. One day he weut into the kitchen rhere his mother was at work, ami iw 011 the table a saucer of jelly. "Can I have that jelly ?" asked )avy. "Mrs. White sent me it," said Davy's lother. "She has company for diner and made this jelly very nice, lut I don't care for it; so you may ave it if yon won't be stingy with it." Davy took the saucer of jelly and ent out into the yard ; but lie did not ill hi* little sisters and brothers to elp him eat it. "If I divide with them there won't e a spoonful apiece," he thought, '"ft better for one to have enough than >r each to have just the least bit." So he ran to the barn and climbed pto the loft, where he was sure no tie would ever think of looking for im. Just as he began to eat the jelly, he card his sister Fannie calling him in he did not answer her. He kept fry still. "They always went some of every ling I have If I have just a gingerlap they think I ought to give them ich a piece." When the jelly was all eaten, and he ad scraped the saucer cleaD, Davy eut down into the barnyard and layed with the littls while calf, and unted for egga in the shed where the )ws were. He was ashamed to go ito the house, for he knew he had ;en very stingy about the jelly. "O, Davy !" said Fanny, runnie into le barn yard, where have you been >is long time? VVe looked every here for you." "What did you want" asked Davy, linking that of course his sister ouid say that she wanted him to iare the jelly with her. "Mother gave us a party," said Fany. "We had all the doll's dishes set it on a little table under the big tree / the porch; and we had straw?rries, cake and raNins. Just as we t down to it Mrs. White saw us from ir window ; and she sent over a big >wl of ice cream and some jelly left om her dinner. We had a splendid roe. You ought to have been with i." Poor Davy ! how mean be felt. And ; was well punished for eating bis lly all alone. > A Wine Boy. Mr. Hill was busy in his carpenter lop one morning. The door stood >en, and he heard u voice ouisiue. e turned and saw a bright-faced boy iih a brown suit and a red cap. "Good morning, my little man," id Mr. Hill. "What can I do for >u? Do you want a house or a bridge lilt?" "No," said the boy. "We've got a iuse, and there's a bridge now over ie creek. My name's Johnny Jay, id I want those, if you don't want iem yourself." He pointed to the lavings which lay under the bench. "You do, hey? And what will you ) with them, Johnny ? Build a bone? 'V" T'nr? rrninrr tn cell them fn nil! ?lw. i uj vw v-v.. v..v? iss Clark. Slie'il give me a cent for basketful." Well, J guess you may have them." So Johnny brought his basket and eked up the shavings. When he as nearly done he saw something ight upon the floor. It was a dime. >hnny had never bad more than a nt at a time in his life. He looked see if Air. Hill seen it; but had not. >hnny picked up the dime and ipped it into his pocket. He filled s basket, and went out without nay g anything to Mr. Hill. Hut as lie as fioiDg away bethought: "Thia dime isu't mine. It is Mr. ill's. If I keep it I shall be a thief, ut I want it very much. I s'po*e r. Hill lias plenty more dimes. He >esn't know it was on the floor." Anil very deep into the little boy's ;art came the thought, "What would odsay?" He rau back to Mr. Hill id said : "This is yours ; I lotiud it 1 the floor." Mr. Hill took the money and put it to his pocket. "You are an honest >y, lie saia. lou may couie every ty for shavings." Do you think ftfr. Hill ought to have ven the dime to Johnny? He lought of it; but theu he said to himIf: "I'm not going to pay the little felw for being honest. He will find ly enough in doing right for its own ke." And if you had seen Johnny ruling away with plenty of little skips id shouts you would have said that r Hili wad right. Hope vernnH Despondency. A hopeful disposition is an inexuistible fortune. The ability to look i the bright side is worth more than lent or genius or wealth. He who srslsts in piercing the darkest clouds find their silver lining, will always ive the sunshine in his soul. Porne ;nple firfd God everywhere, and are mtent; othern find hira nowhere, and e sad and desponding. It is a cross i meet some people. They have a aveyard air about them, There is elancholy in their tones and appre?nsion it) their faces. They always 11 you just thethings you do not want) i hear. They take all thp couraere out of du and leave you disheartened. They >e reasons for discouragement in what /erybody else deems prosperous. To lem the only good times are those iat are past, so while other* are on ie radiant hill-top, joyously, hopeful\ lovingly serving God and their gen ation, theV are down in the valley mong the tombs. It takes manya dtiy nd many a prayer to rid one's self of lechillling effect of contact with iese prophetsef evil. It is sometimes lid that such persons are to be pitied, ut we sav they are rather to be blamd. We have no right to allow an unirtunate temperament or ill-health or ersonal mishaps and unhappy conitions, to cast a shadow wherever we o. Our business in the world is to do ood. to give joy, to inspire hope. Ivery word, every look, every act, uirhttobea finger pointing upward r> sunshine and to God. Our presence uirht to be like the spring-time, calliout the flowers and the music, unscking the streams and painting the iues of promise iu earth and sky.? 'hristian Inquirer. THE KOD AM) THE CHILD. \ot Whlpplnj; Children in Doing a Orcitt Deal of Hnrm In the World. "Spare the rod and spoil the child, is the best idea, I tell you," saidk Judge Thomas to a New York Sun man. Don't talk to me about persuading and reasoning with children. The only thing is implicit obedience, and the sooner you exact it, the better for you und the child too. Puuish without temner. thouerh. Never show vour. anger to your child. That's the trouble with most parents. They get into a passion themselves when they whip, and the child is quick to notice it, and soon begins to resent it, and cherish it as a wrong. Do your whipping more in sorrow than anger. Unless you can do it in this way you had belter not try il at all. The worst whippings I ever got in my life were by my mother, who did it with teara in her eyes at my suffering, and a prayer after it, which took. 11 the resentment out of my heart and made me feel that she was the greater suffer. Oh ! this latterday idea of not whipping children is the supremest rot, and is doing great harm. If whipping can be avoided, all right: but if nothing else will do, lay ii on with slipper or switch. The thing is to make them mind. Begin the business early in life too, for the longer it is put off the banter the task will become. What does a child know about the reason of things? Why attempt to reason with a little thing which is simply a bundle of notions, appetites ana impulses, which must, for its own good, be restrained and directed ? Obedieuce is the prime education. I tell you more thaa threefourths of all the ugly lawlessness and crime which now afflicts this couotry comes from the lack of control iu the family circle. The disobedient, selfwilled, indulged child is sure to give uunappiness ana irouoie lonis parents, and, after leaving them, to violate the laws of his country. No respect for , authority in a family circle means no respect for the governing powers of the Stale. This is all just as true as preaching." The Story of n Kind Little Girl. The family of a pettv official at BerIt? ~ il.. /. ? n?.AAnklA 1 mi was recently neuieu w uu aLitrcauic surprise owing to the ,cbaritable disposition of the smallest member of their little household -a three-year old girl. During the month of May she met, sitting on a bench in the public square near her home, an old, poorly but neatly clad man, who at tracted her attention by his sad looks and lonesome air. Thinking he must be hungrj', she stepped up to him aud, with the question, "Want ;a piece of1 pie?" she resolutely handed him half of her simple lunch. .The man appear- 1 ed somewhat perplexed, but smilingly 1 received the piece with thanks and ate it. From that day both might frequently be seen together engaged in lively conversation, the little girl never : forgetting to offer her old friend part, of her lunch, which she was in the ' babit of eating in tne open air aner playing about on the lawn, nor even admitting of any refusal ou liis pari to take at least a little bit. At the beginning of the month Hermine one morning returned home the distressing news that the "poor" man had not appeared. Neither had he bee seeu for several days after, when Hermine's father received an unexpected summons to appear at court. Here he was told that the "poor old man," ] who really was a wealthy citizen of ; Berlin, had left his whole fortune t<> ' little Hermine. His will contained . the following paragraph: "I had despaired of the whole world, for those who were nearest and dearest to me had deceived me. Thus I renounced all, for what I desired I was ( unable to obtain. I became a miser, < became my liberality was only re- i wardel with ingratitude. Nearing i the end of my course I was mightily { toucht d by a child's heart, which reconciled me with humauity. It was < only for a short time; but if I had mil- I lions to bestow, those few moments < would not he paid for too dearly. May my wealth serve my little friend i for bet ter ends than it did me, who ! never Knew how to appreciate or to 1 expend it."?Guardian. s A tKnn? /% iiuiu /? uuu i unuiin* Nearly all the disagra^eble habits which people take up corneal first | from mere accident or want of j thought says a thoughtful writer, i They might easily be dropped, but they are persisted in until they become | a second nature. There are disagreeable habils of body, like scowling, ] winking, twisting the mouth, biting , the nails, continually picking at something, twirlirur a key or fumbling at a | chain, drumming with the fingers, screwiug or twisting a chair, or whatever you lay your hands on. Don't , do any of these things. There are much worse things than these, to be sure; but we are only speaking of these little things that are only annoying , when nersisted in. Then there are , habile of speech with ''you see," or ; ' you know," "now-a," "see here," ] "let me tell you," indistinct utterance, sharp, nasal tones: avoid them all. Stop and think what you are going to say, and then let every word drop from your lips just us perfect jib a new silver coin. Before you know it, you will find that your habits have hardened into a coat of mall that you can- . not get rid of without a terrible effort. "Sins: h Sons: of Sixpence." You all know ihis rhyme, but have you ever heard what it really means? The four and twenty blackbirds represent the 24 hours. The bottom of the pie is the world, while the top crust is the sky that overarches it. The 'opening of the pie i? the day dawn,] when the birds begin to sing, and sure-i ly such a sight is tit for a kintr. The kinn, who is represented as sitting in the parlor counting out his, money, 1?she sun, while the gold as' he counts them are the golden sun-! shine. The queen, who sits in the dark kitchen, is the moon, and the honey with which she regales herself is the1 moolight. I The industrous maid, who is in the I garden, at work before her king?the I sun?is risen, is day dawn, and the |clothes she hangs out are the elud*. I The birds who so tragically end the I song by "nipping ol!" her nose," is the sunset. So we have the whole day, if not in a nutshell, in a pie.?N. Y. World. A Consistent Christian. Orricy R. B. Hemmenway was the daughter of George Brown, Esq., of Pitisfield, Maine, where she was born .VIarch 1, 1818. She was very amiable by nature, a superior natural scholar and much beloved by her schoolmates, and was an excellent school teacher. <ha honnmo n f!hriotinn in her earlV youth. 1840 she married John Hemmen way, of Fairtie d, Maine. She was a gifted poet. Two of her poems are in "The Poets of Maine." One of them, "A Dream- that was not all a Dream," is called by the compiler of the large volume, "Very beautiful, one of the finest in the book." She was a firm friend of the glorious cause of Peace and wrote ably in favor of it in prone and poetry, sne also was active with her pen ?nd in conversation for the good cause of Temperance. She was a very industrious woman with her hands in useful labor. She never made visits or calls on the (Sabbath, and never was in a theatre, a circus, or a ball room, and never wished to be. She was remarkably plain and cheap in her dress, and never wore any jewelry, except a gold ring, of the cost of two dollars and fifty cents, placed on her finger by the young man who became her husband. She Was an affectionate and faithful wife from her bridal day till the last day of her rarihly existence, and believed that true, conjugal love will firmly endure ; > ilia nniiopiu Khp remitrkfil Ul I Ut UCCJ'WW j/vtvmjf with a smiling countenance: "It is said, 'wheu poverty comes in at the door love will fly out at the window,' but I think poverty should unite husband and wife more affectionately together." She lived during her married life in uine different neighborhoods, and always had all "good neighbors" all around her, being herself always a good neighbor. She was a good and kind mother, aud never did or said anything to vex or humiliate or grieve her children. And while keeping her place before them with the sweet, calm dignity ber.nminir a epnaihle and affectionate mother, she always treated then) as her fellow ratioual and immortal beings; and she delighted to give them proper honor, as well as the most faithful care and the teuderest love She never fretted nor scolded, and never lost her patience with her children. She was truly a praying mother. Her oldest daughter says : "My first distinct recollection of my mother is her taking me into her room and praying with me. This was before I understood the nature and object of prayer, or had any true sense of the being and character of God. She used then to tell me to pray for myself." Her oldest son fays: ''Our mother taught us that the chief end and aim of our lives should be to do good, and prepare for the life to come." Mrs. Hemtuenway tenderly loved till true Chrisiians- Calvinist Baptist, Arminiau Baptists, Congregationalist Friends. Methodist, etc.?and shf had from time to time the pleasure oi worshipping with them, and entertaing LUein at her quiet home. She was jiven to hoxpitality, and never denied food or lodging to strangers, and wan through her life very benevolent with tx;r little property. She died in Brighton, Maine, December 7, 1878, in peace abounding in love. She observed one night, a few months before her death, when in her usual slender health, "How good it is o lie down at night and think you are )ne day nearer to h< aven !" And yet tier friends were then many and very iear to her, and she highly enjoyed temporal tilings, and the world of na:ure was beautiful in her eyes. She svas a very happy, cheerful Christian. oc<r PfTinVS V?n\r HER WRITINGS. "In all we do let us strive to please 3od. May we throw self aside, then we shall not waste our goods iu unnecessary and vain show. May we raprove every opportuniry of doing jood to our fellow creatures." "What great reason we have to bles.? 3od for treasure which all are invited to secure above the power of time and iea:h." "Pray for me, that I may have a more earnest desire to ever live to serve God, and do good as the law of love commands." "Take care of yourseif, and be happy I nirl all fhe rrnnrl vnn ran." "Let us do right ami be happy." TRIBUTES To II IZlt MEMORY. Many tributes to her memory might ae given from many persons both men and women, The following are from Lweive women: 1. "Her uniform kindness and friendship in the far away days of my youth has always been a bright spot, and in discouragement and almost despair it has sometimes helped me to remember that Mrs. Hemmenway believed in me, and in the possibilities before me. Of cour.-e, I judge the belief largely by the helpful words of encouragement, and the interest manifested in mauy ways." 2. "T can find no words to express my admiration of her character. I can say that her example bus awakened a stronger desire within me to be a Christian than all sermons I ever heard." 3. "I thought she was the nearest perfect person I ever knew. I remember Sabbath school in her house. Sbe would tell us some new story from the Bible every Sabbath. I shall never forget her prayers, they were so good." 4. "I never remember at any time of parting with her without ner saying to me, 'Be good,' and trying to get me to be a Christian." 5. l,How plain I can s^e her sweet face as I sit thinking of the times she used to r:ome and see me. She would kiss me and say, 'Put your trust in Uoa, ana you win nna peace iu joui i HOUl." 6. "She had a kind word and pleas ant sruile for everyone." 7. "She was a 'peacemaker,' and always giving good advice (and presents)io little children." 8. "The last time I saw Mrs. Hemmenway she put her hand on my shoulder and said, 'Be a Christian, and meet me in heaven." 0. "I never went to her house but what it seemed like the gate of heaven to me. She was a blessing to all around her." 10. ".As the years pass, and I look back and think of her, I realize more her goodness, and what a loss we met with when we lost her company and good counsel. O, how I wish I could Bee her uow." 11. " The lust time I saw her, not long bef >re her transfer to the blessed world above, her words were a lesson of sweet t-ubmission to the will of her Heavenly Father, and I have always felt thankful for that precious interview." 12. "0, how well I remember that meeting, twelve days before her death, ihe last she attended 011 earth ! She could not better have chosen her words if she had known it wa3 to be her last exhortatiou, and she desired it to be remembered through all ages. In her ?is>Irn:3ua tni\ hntv nnfipnt anil rhppr ful. She taugbt us in her death how a Christiau dies, as she had shown us by her life how a QhrisUan should live." ( The Spirit In the Acta or the Apontles The book of the Acts of the Apostles would better be called the Acts of the < Holy Spirit. It opens with the assurance from the lips of the risen Lord that the power of the Holy Spirit | should come upon the waiting, believ- < ing disciples. And then as soon as he ascended from their sight into heaven we behold the little company 1 of men and women, all who had the ! courage to identify themHelves with ' ? ?-? -?i -i -?? i Cue Crueiueu auu ueapiseu uauiicuc, enter tbe upper room to wait for the promise of the Father which had beeo , given to the Church. Their manner and time of waiting we know, also the uumber assembled together. For ten j days the one huudred aud twenty dis- ( eipies continued with oue accord in ( prayer and supnlication, their minds intent upon the gospel of the Spirit about to be inaugurated and promui- I gated. . c The time having fully come and the t conditions being fulfilled tbe answer miik aitiiilunnuoa and nnnrop on/1) I'ttiUC Willi DUUUBUUCDO uuu frv< mux* every one present was filled with the c Holy Ghost. That marked the open- g ing of a new era in the kingdom. A s new regime was entered upon. A uew force comes into operation in the development and spread of the gospel c of Jesus Christ. Now the disciples be- n gin to understand the meaning of c those strange, enigmatical words of the Master spoke to them the night before his crucifixion; "It is expedient v for you thot 1 go away: for If I go not away the Comforter will not come e unto you; but if I go away I will send Him unio you." 11 was a sirauge utterance indeed that the best thing that could happen to them would be n his death. Butsoitwas. His bodfly P presence with them must necessarily be limited by earthly environments, 8] whereas in the person and power of a his Spirit, the Comforter, be would be c with them always even unto the end of the world. With the descent of the Spirit and * the incoming of this new power into H the hearts of men, note the effects: * Peter, the timid, the wavering one, becomes the bold, masterful rock man . whose words smite the heartsof sin- ? tiers as the hammer of the Lord, and [* three thousand in one day acknowledge Jesus as their King.. Not only P did the marvellous power atteno cue preaching of Peter and the otber apos- ,j ties, but they were all filled with the ? Holy Ghost and spake wiih other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. ? Therefore they went everywhere preaching the Word. They did not wait for commissions or parchments or ai beiug sent forth by conference* or tl synods, but being inwardly anointed e< and impelled by the Spirit they went a forth under Hisdivine leadership. To read the first chapter of the history of the Christian church, the Acts ai of the Apostles, with this thought in y mind, the Mission of the Holy Spirit tc in founding the Church, would be o fraught witn suggestive and inspiring '1 -1** CV\i*At<vn ftonrotaru r.f LUUUgKll* luo x vivi^u ... _ American Board said, at oue of his annual meetings, that he was accus- 1 tomed to give outgoing missionaries, 8 as a complete manual of instructions, ^ a copy of the Acts of the Apostles. A Woman of Wit, Grace, and Gentlenew*. The biography of Mrs. James K. fi Polk, wife of the eleventh President il of the United States, just published, recalls probably the most propular woman that ever presided in the White r< House. She was handsome, vivacious, 81 a musician, graceful, mirthful, and very religious. Sundays she observed s] with old-time strictness, and induced jj her husband to atteud church. She put an end to Suoday calling; for on the Lord's Day, when her husband's w " ' ? - -1:i.:_! tl rooms were invauea oy puuuuiaus. ? she would appear shawled and bonnet- d ed, reminded him thar it was church time, and with sweetest courtesy invite the visitors to accompany them, k Judge Story, the greatest expounder of is law in cbis country, wrote an old fashioned poem about her: 0 "For I have listened to thy voice, tl And watched thy playful mind. Troth In Its noblest sense thy choice, Yet gentle, graceful, kind.1' b Mrs. Polk's influence over her bus* ^ band was so strong that subsequent to leaving the Presidential chair he be- * came a communicant of the church. o She lived to extreme age, and retained her wit to the last. A fewyears aero a visitor abruptly said to " i--.-. niH ora vnti. Mrs. Polk?" 8 uei i u"" j? "Sir," said she, "I am an old lady, and 8 my faculties may be much decayed, but not so much that I have forgot- v ten that no gentleman ever asks a lady ^ her age." ^ Prize Fights.?1The claim that prize . fights engender a healthy interest, in " athletic sports is preposterous, for 1 those gentlemen who profess to take the liveliest interest in athletic mat- s ters and are themselves handiest with Sl the gloves, never indulge in "knock- a outs," never disfigure their countenances with unsightly gashes and bruises. They leave such brutaliiies to the b ring. Put those gentlemen are culpa- b hie, and highly so, when though dis <1 daiuing them^lves to thump and bet o ter each other they aid and abet other human beingcast in the same mold, and created after the same image and r ? - -.u . c o likeness", in pounding eaun umer s IttUr | into an unrecognizable mass of raw b and quivering tissues. a And right here we staud face to face 0 with pugilism in its aspect of an outrage on humanity. Whatever there is divine in man is reflected in ' his countenance and radiates from its expression. v Now the favorite point of attack with the prize tighter is the face. He rains blow after blow on nose and eyes j and hammers away at the mouth till 1 j the teeth are dislodged from tneir set- t ting, and the lips become plifted and 1 ! swollen to twice their natural size. t Thus is mnn outraged in the divinest i part of his physical being and the Al- ; mighty Maker insulted in this sav i age multilation of the counterfeit pre* sentment of Hesown ineffable etuenc < ?Catholic Review. < Farm and Garden Notes. Do not let cattle or colts run In t he : orchard. Avoid extremes of temperature with the house plants. . r Some claim that the Vergennes .is nno nffUa ??? ? ? ? v/uu VI VUC UCOb ACCpili^ In mulching the strawberry beds . use litter that is free from weed seeds. Feeding too much grain ia not conducive to health or egg production. Unless bulky food is supplied the hens will pick up much, that is, to say the least, not beneficial. Too often there is an overfeeding of grain to poultry and an underfeeding Df more bulky materials. Life is long enough for on r heartaches and differences, but not long enough for our love for the honey t>ee. One decided advantage with ducks >ver chickens is that they thrive best whpn lwff in laroro nnmlun ? " ' j*t When turkeys or ducks are to be attened rapidly it is important to son fide them in tolerable close luarters. r A mule would rather hear himself >ray than to listen to any music from >thers. A good many beekeepers are >ullt like him. No farmer should attempt to econo- . , " nize time and labor by omitting the garden from his plans for next sear \ on's crops. . The little green gleaned from the abbasre stumps or turnip tops will tot pay for the tramping done by attle in the garden. ' . ^ ^ v'A Although with good care the ducks rill begin laying early in the winter, t is not best "to have them hatch until arly in the spring. A cow cannot make good milk from / ne kind of feed. There is not the material in it that constitutes the roper qualities for milk. J. S. Woodward advises pasturing beep in orchards, ten sheep on every uc. fie atxya tuey are me oesi inseciUiea be ever had. Nothing great is achieved in beeeeping without the severest discipne of mind and heart, and nothing is >j 'ell done that is done easily. The first plant that forms upon a raw berry runner is the strongest and est. Some careful growers refuse to se any but this when setting new lants. Fruit of every kind will be valuable lis winter. Save all that you can 'ith the greatest care, and prices after 3e holidays will make your heart lad. When the comb of a fowel is large nd full of blood it is a good indication nat it is in good health. When the }mb is of a purplish red it is an indiitiou of disease. * \ Geese do not attain their full growth ad breeding qualities under three ears. Hence, it is nearly always best > sell the young geese and keep the Id ones for breeders. * , , . P. J. Berckmans says of the Japan ardy lemon that it is hardy as far forth as New Jersy, and if planted in ood soil an impenetrable hedge can e uaa tnree years from planting. - - - : .. GRAINS. = : . .4 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh Ich and he addeth no sorrow with Speaking ill of other people is one Dund about way of bragging of ouriives. He that is surety for a stranger shall mart for it: and he that" hateth sureIship is sure. Though hand join in hand, the ricked shall not be unpunished: but le 6eed of the righteous shall be elivered. Whoso loveth instruction loveth nowledge: but he that hateth reproof > brutish. A good name is better than precious intment: and the day of death than iie day of one's birth. Sorrow is better than laughter: for . v y the sadness of the countenance the eart is made better. It is better to hear the rebuke of the rise, than for a man to hear the song f fools. v-:. Better is the end of a thing than the eginning thereof: and the patient in pirit is better than the proud in pirit. Contest not a point merely because ou are in the right and another in the /rong. Out of such contests spring issentions and enmity. To help you love unlovely people U!..U I ?? 1mm/l AO IJllJK IIU>V VJUU SU IUVCU I UCLLi ?W5 W ive His only begotten ?on to die for hem while tbey were yet sinners. Every man however humble his taiion or feeble his powers, exercises r>me influence on those who are bout him, for good or for evil. A most delicious bath may be taken y filling the bath tub with water as lot as can be comfortably borne and ben thoroughly dissolving In it from ne-half to one pound of t-oda. It is right and best to pay a greater egard to the truth than to popular pinion, though it often happens that ?y so doing we incur the displeasure nd ridicule of the people, and perhaps f our only friends. T '.1 +Vi*> JUCt UO UCOl tliC UUIJUIUDiUli VI tuc phole matter: Fear God, and keep i1s commandments: for this is the vboledutyof man. Bangs?I saw in this mornings >aper an item to the eftVct that you lad been granted a petition. Fraudeigh?So I bave. "That's strange t didn't know that you were in the truiy at all. "Ob yes, I was assistant suiter at Fort Marshall." "But yrou didn't incur injury in that service, did you?" "Of course I [did. You see, I was opening oysters one iay for the colonel, and I was woundad by a shell."