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_. I " ? ???r-- ' - | The Abbeville Press and Banner.:! _ __ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1844||j Giving. 1 The sun gives ever, so the earth; What it canjglve, so much 'its worth. The ocean {fives In many ways; Gives* paths, gives rivers, tlshes, bays; so, too, the air it gives us reath. When it stops giving comes in d.-uth. (Jive, give; be always giving; Who gives oot is not living; The uiore we give the more we live. ^ God's love, though in our wealth nnheaped, Duly by giving It is reaped: ^ The bod) withers, and the mind, * Jf pent it: by a stilish rind. Give thought, give strength,give deeds, A Word lo tlie Working ClasitcN on! the Military Trainliisr of (licir Boy*. My Friends,? I wish 10 call your attention to the fact that a determined efloit is now being made in England to impose military training upon all boys between the ages of 14 and 18. This training is already given in connection with! many of the Public Schools, Work-! house Schools., and Sunday Schools, j and a movement is on fool lor formingI the lads of ihe Boacd Schools into Cadet Battalion.-. The telegraph mes-j >engers in our large towns are also' drilled in military exercise, and e.>m-| 1 - J o nunoi- uiatiim tlinf-l ]>ei ItfU to si^u a | V1,wv they have u<> claim to permanent employment unle.-s they are willing to : enlist in the army when they cease to 1 be mes-sengers. This movement is >up- 1 ported by many well-meaning people in the supposed interest of the lads ' themselves, on tbe plea that it is at- > tractive to them, that it gives them 1 physical training, that it is a good uisdisciplinc for them, ami that it accustoms them to habits of order and obedience. 1 It is also supported by the millitary < authorities in the interests of tbe army < and navy. They rightly judge that if the bo.vs are inspired with the military tastes, there will no longer be tlie difficulty which now exists of getting re- ' spectable lads to emist; and by and bye, the objection to the conscription, ' which is so strong at present, can he 1 ,, l hn i<*>r?nl llRV- 1 IIIUIO Caoilj ??v , vwr.. ingbeeu familiarized with the idea of I general military training For this I has been the c.*se ou the Continent of i Europe, where military ttaiuing is i given in tlie boy's school, aud now the < law of universal military service is i everywhere enforced. . But you who are patent?, have you s nothing to say to all this? Have you j ' ffiven the subject your sserious consul- .< era'ion ? Do you wish your boys to be soldiers? Js the life of a common sol- j dier a wholesome or profitable one? ? I u the fir.-t place, he receives miserable ' pay, aud a very small share of the so > tailed glory aud honor of warfare, * But these are the least of the draw- i k backs to the life of a soldier. He hires ? himself out for long years of servitude, I from whicb he cannot free, himself, i V Itowever much he may diflfke t ]i is position, except by a heavy pay- 8 ment quite beyond a soldier's means, t He gives his liberty, his reason, hit conscience, into the hands of anotner. t ' He is deprived of ail, manhood's re- t spou9ibiliiies. He i's fed, clothed, < housed, exercised, like one of lower animals. For him, no home but the i tainted air of the barracks, with all iis I degrading temptations, and in most I casts no wife nor child. His life's ( work is to learn the art of taking the life of his fellow men; his chief duty is to forget uis duty to God and to man, and to become a tuoi in the hand* cf others,* and a tool too often u ed in t the interest of greed, oppression, and t - ?-. i. m I. _ injustice.. r rum ineoumici o i ui,nti Book" we learn that he is deliberately taught pride, ambition, hatred, deceit, dishonesty, aud brutality towards other people, in order to be prepared for the great crime of war, "which necessity suspends all the rules of moral obligation." The chances are that ai last he dies on the battle-fields or in , the military hospital, an unknown t unit, far from home ami loved ones, and it may be iu unutterable agony. ' 6 1 know "that much is being done for the moral aud spiritual welfare of sol- , k diem in our own times, but the above facts remaiu to be absolutely true. I J am sure that none of you wish your t? ko uMioro tinf vim think that ( UUJO u/ rwiuivio, WMV j '*. v...... ??? , a little placing at soldiers will do no. harm, m> j'ou let your children be enroiled in Cadet Corps and Boys' Brigades. You let them learn to love the J attractive side of soldiering?the uui- 1 forms, the music, the liauners, the toy I weapons, the exercises, the marches. > the sham fights. whil>t you hide from ' them the hidden evils?the wicked nesp, the butchery, the agony of real I war. (Yet even in play you would not ' like to see your children learning to hang men, or to poison them. Is 1 there much difference in their learning ' to hang them? Are you n<u deceiving and misleading your children? are i you wise in allowing and encouraging ihem to taste the pleasures of military lite, whilst you strongly object 10 iheii onliutinir in the armv? Major For- 1 dyce, wpeaking of ibe Warwickshire Cadet Corps, says:?''Most of these young men have, during tbeir service, obtained a soldierly instinct, and tbe majority join one or other branch of 1 ber Majesty's ainiy." This is just what may be expected, and wbat parents must be prepared for if they let their sous start on this military road. Even if your lads do not join the army, they will liave learnt to believe in violence, and to rely on brute force, instead of on iustice and righteousness; and it will be hopeless to look to them, tbe men of the next, genera* * " 1 1 * I* > M A f LlOUj lO UHllJi aui'ui luc uiuoi uccuvu \m all reformations, the substitution of Arbitration for YVaraea means of set tling international disputes. I must not dwell ou the advantages of Arbitration, nor on the folly of the mil^ itary madness of our day, nor on the enormous amount of wealth withdrawn from the people for these purposes, nor on the anti-Christian nature of all war. There are many excellent pamphlets which deal with these sides of the subject. I am appealing toyou now as parents who love their children, and who desire their best and highest welfare, and beseech you, for their sake*, to -set your faces against this attempt to train then) for soldiers. Both girls and boys need good dis cipline, physical training, and plenty /.f ii/itii-uovprftisp. C-Jvmnasties. Swed isb drill, and out-door game?, are all healthy and harmless ; and boys could * "A soldier's obedience is his prophets; his religion, law, and morals, are in the orderly book."?Sir Napier. "A military man must not dra?v distinctions: he must be a ma chine."?Duke of Wellington. "But drenm not helm and harness The sl?:n <>f valour true. Peace hath higher test*of manhood Than Battle ever know." (Whittier.) e. Robixson. be enrolled into Fire Brigades, and llocket Brigades, and have their uniform, aud their music, and their banners, and all tkinirs bright and pleasant, aud this without weapons and without any thought of killing or injuring a fellow human being, such as the present system necessarily involves. "Sol*" in InitpilKlnleN History. Tbf? river, between New York and Brooklyn, is not a river, but a sea strait connecting Long Island Sound and tlie ocean. Manhatten is not ihe Indian name of New York Maud, but is direcll.\ traceable to a Spanish original?monas, "drunkenness;" monadus, tnanadus, manatoes, "the place of drunkenness." Manhatien is but the Indian form of the word. The Declaration of Independence was not sinned on July 4th by the Representatives whose names have become historic. It was was given to the world on Mouday, the 8th of July, 1770, with but two signatures: John Hancock, President of the Congress, and (Jhailes Thomson, Secretary. The signatures of forty-fiive delegates were affixed to. a copy of the original paper ou Tuesday, the 2d of August, 1776. There was not a bearded face amouir all tht> aiinipru of the Declaration. "All the signer*," says the record, "had smooth faces." The word J'God" does not appear in the Con.-tiiution of the United State.*, nor is there any reference to creed or Church beliefs. Three delegates to the convention would not sign the Constitution. The-e weje Elbridge Gerry, of Mussachusetts; Ueorge Ma>ou aua Edward J. Randolph, of Virginia. Gerry feared aj uivil war, Mason a monarchy, and Randolph objectdd to the powers conferred on the President." Benedict Arnold was not the first or only traitor duriug the Revolution. His predecessor iu that''Judas" office wits Dr. Benjamin Church, of Reynbam, Mass., iu 1775. He had been an idive member of the Provincial Con ^ress, and was trusted as an ardent patriot, fie was released from prison in 177G because of failing health, embarked for the West Indies, and he - ? ?? ' * ? '? ><nt Ia/-1 nraMi> AIJU VtSSMfl III WUlVil tic taucu ncir aevt-r afterward heard of. The following States have not a State motto : Indiana, Mississippi, New Hamnshire, New Jersey, North L'arolii a. Ohio, and Texas. The dollar sign ($) is not a monogram of "U. 8.," but dates frocu the lays when the transfer was made Tom Spanish to American dollars, and iccouuts were kept equally in dollarmd reals. Thus: One dollar eight eals. (Americau and Spanish parallel iccounts). Later the eight was placed ?etween the cancellation marks (8). hen the perpendicular line crossed he the8, and linally the 8 shaded into iu S, and combined with the canceliaion line evolved the present sign ($). Friday is not au "unlucky" day for he United States; t-t least forty great vents in the United States history fell >u Friday. The American Indian is not a ' vanshingrace." There is very nearly a> arge an Jndian population in the Jnited States to day as at the time of Jol u m b us. ?Selected. The.Year's Twelve Months. You haye doubtless learned the old hyme. which used to bepubhshed in he arithmetics: "Thirty days has September April, June and November; All the rest have thirty oue, Except Febuary alone, Which has but twenty eighl in fine Wheu leapyear gives it twenty nine. But Richard B. Sheridan gives us i new* rhyme on the old subject of the iharacteristics of the month*: 'January, snowy; February, flowj-; March, blowy; April, showery; May, flowery; June bowery; Tuly, moppy; August, croppy; Sep tember, poppy; )ctober, breezy; November, wheezy; December, freezy." January was named for Janus, a Roman deity, to whom on new Year's Day many offerings were made. Romans irayed to Janus every mornng and he was called by them Matuinus later, "Father of the morning." February's name is derived 'frocn ;he Roman festival held duringsecond nonth and called Februalia. March was thn first month of the Roman year and was named for Mars, heir god of war. April is so named because in that month the buds betrin to open. The Auglo-Saxons called it Eastermonth. May is named from a Latin word Maius; so called because it is the month of growth. Juue is named for Juno, an ancient Roman coddess. July derives its name from the famous Rouiau conqueror, Julius L'aesar. August received its name from the Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar, because most of the fortunate incidents i?f his life occured in August. September is so called because it wus the seventh month in the Roman calendar. October was so named because it was the eight month in the "year of Romulus." Nobember was the ninth month of the Romans and is named from novem, nine. December, the last and twelfth month of our year, was the tenth month of the Romans. The Saxons called it "Mid-winter month" and "Yule month." It seems to me that fathers of sense do not quite recognize the duly of making such provision for daughters that they shall, asiar as possible, be free to marry or not; and shall not be impelled to do so from the mere need of a home and support. Of course this provision must vary with the means of the father. It may take the form of un adequate income, secured by a proper investment, or it may be a training in some occupation that will yield an income, or it may be in part the other. T e main point, so far as the daughters are iu th?t msi rri?ir? shall be a v/?'iivvi uvw? 4"t%v ? mutter of choice, that a fairly comforiable and independent life shall be made possible without it, and that uo woman shall feel forced, or tempted, ot to put*too fine a point upon it. to b 'come u wife to secure such a life.? From the "Point of View," in the Christmas number of ticribners, Magazine. | "Keep the CSatc Shut! " Respectfully Dedicated to the Congress of the United States. ( An English farmer was one day at * work in his field, when he saw a party ] of huntsmen riding over the farm. < Anxious that they should not pass . through one fie.d where the crop was i in a condition to be badly injured b? < the tramp of horses, he dispatched one < of bis worKmeu to this field, telling him to shut the gate, and ou no ac- < count to allow it to be opened. The t boy went hs he was bidden, but was i scarcely at his posts befere the hunts- 1 men came up, peremptorily ordering the gate to be opened. i This the boy declined to do, stating ( the orders he had received, and his i determination not to disobey them. Tin eat* and bribes were offered alike i in vain. One alter another came for- i ward as spokesman, but all with the same result. The boy remained im- s movable in his determination not to \ open the the gate. s After a while, one of noble presence advauced, and said, in commanding p tones: "My boy, do you not ktiOw me? <i I am 11 e Duke of Wellington, one r not accustomed to be disobeyed; and I i commaud you to open that gate, that s I ami my friend" may pa9 through." 1 The boy lifted his "cap, ahd stood uncovered before the man whom all England delighted to honor, theu answered, firmly: "I am sure the Duke of Wellington would not wish fc me to disobey orders. I must keep p this gate shut, nor suffer anyone to a pass but with my master's express a permission." fi Greatly pleased, the sturdy old o warrior lifted his' own hat, and said: p "I houor the man or boy who can be p neither bribed nor frightened into L doing wrong." Ami, handing the o boy a flittering soverign, the old duke t put spurs to his his horse aud galloped o away. n The Uuited states Congress stands o behind the now closed gates of the M World's Fair. Before those gates a u menacing aud clamorous crowd has n gathered; among which we discover S humanitarians, editors, statesmen, s >ome so-called liberal clergymen, with ii at least one bishop. They are strenu- ously seeking by bribes and threats 10 I induce the keeper to open the gates What shall the answer be? Let it be the bold, brave, fearless, prompt and decided answer of the boy who confronted the Duke of Wellington. Let congress say to these gentle- a men who take on such aspect of pliilan- it thropic concern lor the thousands of T excluded Sabbath breakers: U Gentlemen, we have directions from rr the great body of right thinking and arelitfious people in these United States af to keepthesegates shut, and we are ai sure that you orderloving and lawre- it spectin^ citizens could not do other- tr wise titan wish us to obey them. b< We respectfully, firmly, and finally ai decline your opportunity. T Then? gates are shut and must stay ai shut ou t lie Lord!sj Day.?The Episco- n pal Recorder. b lie Kept Ills Word. . a A man who is constitutionally incapable of telling the truth is a difficult subject to munuge. He required such drastic treatment as Colonel ^ Cockerill, ttie managing editor of the New York World, once administered i( to a man who never told the truth ^)( when a lie would answer. Cockerill ^ was then editor of a struggling weekly w in a Western town, and one morning ^ a fellow walked into the office, saying. "If you'll sent! me your paper, I'll jt bring you a load of wood next week." The editor suggested that he would preier lusec me wuuu man. "Ob, that'll be alright, said the subscriber. "Just .you send me your pa- ^ per, and?" f0 "See here. How am I to know that ,E you are going to keep your word ?" g "Ea^y enough. If that load of wood jE ain't here by next Saturday you'll know that I'm dead. If I'm living (j| I'll bring it myself, or I'll send it, one jE or to'tber." a, "All right, I send the paper, and a, take the wood." p] The paper was sent. A week passed, and no wood came. Another week al went by, and still no wood. jr The editor wrote a glowing obituary e, of his delinquent subscriber. He paid ,| a touching eulogy to his mauliness and inteorritv. ,j. He said that his word was his bond and that in all his dealings he was reliability and honesty personified. There was not ajlegree of praise and exaltation that the editor did not use p upon the subject. V The uext morning Editor Cockerill, ti looking through the office window taw G the "corpse" approaching, with fire in F his eye and a c>py of the paper in his S hand. The editor suddenly became ti busy. The door opened. In walked ai Mr. Delinquent. ii "Say, there!" he exclaimed. tl The editor turned and started in amazement. "What!" said he." You alive? I thought you were dead. Let U)f congratulate you." 0 "Of course I'm alive. What do you 01 mean by this infernal article in your b paper?" es "Oh, that ?" said the editor blandly, tl "That ? Why, you told me that if the t< load of wood you promised was not fi here in a week, you'd be dead, and I p took you for a man of your word." cm The fire laded out of the delinquent's o eye, and going closer to the desk he said. "iSee here, young fellow, its no use trying to get ahead of you. I will bring that wood next Monday, if it rains brimstone and pitchforks." And for once in his life he kept his 'I word.?Ex. C IV To clean nickle on stoves, wet soda t! with ammonia, apply with an old p toothbrush, rub off with a woolen a cloth. New tins should be set over the fire with boiling water in them for several fi hours before food is put into them. c Do not weary of the repetition of | c tlie caution to drop a tiny hit of soda J into milk that is to be boiled. It ar- a rests the acidification which is hastened bv heat. Kid gloves which are to he laid . away for weeks or months before they are worn, should be wrapped up close j J ly in silk or paper, to prevent spotting aii'l stiffening. I^ Forasty. Take internally brewer'si yeast, a tablespoonful at a dose. It is J something singularly successful, be- I iug a good purifier of the blood. jl A Paiis journal or hygiene warns t housekeepers airainst the use of a feath- | er duster, which simply chases the i particles from the furniture into the I ! air, where they are inhaled. A dampened cloth or chamois skin, is better '! "Xothins' New Under tli? Hun." It was about twenty years ago that chicken-hatching by st^am was introduced as a "Yankee novelty" in England. The great attraction atfairsand "hows was the hatching apparatus. In a copy of the Athenian Mercury, now before me,' dated London, Tuesday, April 11, 1093. are the following juestions and answer: 'I would desire to know whether ^ggs may r.ot be hatch'd and brought :o chickens with a continued material ivarmth, without a hen or any natural ieat? "Answer: Yes, undoubtedly they >re so. Millions at a batch in Grand Jairo, and may as well be In Europe, f we had the knack on't, the Duke ot' luscany having built ovens and proluced live chickens in the same manler." The use of blubber, towed at ship items, to "pour upon the troubled vat ere," is very ancient. Erasmus ipeaks of it in his Naufraninne. The latest fashion i n bedstead, su>erseding wooden ones by those made if metal, is another return to real oyal style, for we we learn from Deut. ii, 2, that King Og preferred "a bedtead of iron."?O. L., in September 'Wide-Awake." flilted State*, France and Enfclnnd. An American journal has been abulating the comparative fiscal exlenditures of Great Britain, France, nd the United States. The figures re instructive. Deducting the charges i>r the interest and the sinking fund f the National Debt, the annual exenditure of the Transatlantic Reublic amounts to $91,400,000 ; that of Jreat Britain, similarly redured, is uly $65,000,000, or $26,400,000 less ha'n that of the States. Yet, with this utlay, the English Government iaiuiaiiis au ai iu ) oia inucts uuiijuus as that of the Uniteii Slates, 'd he most powerful navy in the world, rith seven times as many sailors and lerines as serve under the Stars Itripes. The French expenditure?in |)ite of the immense army and exceed)gly nowerful navy of the country -is $14,000,000 less than that of the Fnited States.?Herald of Peace. ( UinK aw a Privilege. Dr. A. T. Pierson. There is a whole world of promise nd of power to be taken possession of i the matter of consecrated means, he Church of God is doing nothing wJay in comparison to what she light do and ought to do. I am <hamed, however, to speak of giving j a duty, because it grows on me more ad more that we ought to lose sight of as a duty, and only think of it as a anscendent privilege. There is >methincr in love which takes otf the *peritieswof duty. "I delight to do hy will, O my God." That i9 the Lmosphere of service?not the law atlosphere, ''I ought to do this thing," ut the love atmosphere, "My meat is ) do the will of Him that sent me, nd to finish His work." Yen, If Only. If the moral atid spiritual progress of 1 ie world had ?<nly kept pace with its laterial advancement during the last 1 H) years, the millennium would now t upon us. Unfortunately, however, ie inventions and discoveries of the :ntury, while making human life inuitely more comfortable and pleasant, 1 ;em to have failt^i completely in taking men better.?St. Louis Advo- 1 ite I i I An exchange,'published not a hun- < red miles from Syracuse, gives the | Mowing item: "A very amusing < ici tent occurred at the Methodist 1 ptscopal Church last Sunday morn- 1 ig during the service. While the 1 istor was in the midst of his brilliant ] iscourse a baby in its mother's arms i l a rrar pew began crying The noise | inoyed the parson, and he paused j id asked if one of the brothers would i lease remove that dog. The lady, i hose baby caused the disturbance, ] ose and left the church filled with < idignation and wrath, and the revend nentlemau, who really thought le noise was made by a uog tied in ie church sheds, was so embarrassed iat he finished his sermon with much , itHculty." j The death-mil of the past year com- ' rises a number of notable names; ' /alt. Whitman, Tennyson aud Whit- < er, poets; Revan and Curtis, essayists; < ilmore, the musician; Cyrus W. ield and Juy Could, the capitalists: 1 purjreon, the divine; Noah, Porter, 1 ie scholar, and Cardinals Luvigerie ' tid Manning are a few of the prom* lent men who passed away during ! lelast twelve months. 1 1 It is very significant that New >rleaus, which for a long time was the i uly city in our land without a Sabath law is now the scene of the greatit activity in this reform, and that ie movement is led by the clerks and )iler* for their own emancipation, om "Sunday slavery." The cheif of ' olice has been enlisted, and on a re- i ent Sabbath obtained evidence against ne hundred violaters of the law. Sweden was the first country in 'hich cooking and housekeeping hools were established, and here liese schools show a great variety. >ue of ils cooking schools supports a estaurantof about one hundred per- : ans. In Belgium hygiene and the lieory of household processes form a art of the couise of study in elemeutry schools. "It is said that fur what it costs to re one shot from one of onr largest annons, a missionary and bis family an be sunuorted over two vears in jipan. Comment is needless."?Candian Church Magazine. To Oliver Wendell Holmes is attrimted the remark that the millenium vould be near at hand "when lawyers ake what they would frive and doctors five what they would take.' It is stated that mail matter drop- , >ed in the post office at Paris is <leivered at Berlin in an hour anda-half, md sometime-* within thirty-five minltes. The distance between the cities s 7o0 miles, and the mail is sent by means of pneumatic tubes. The way to spoil a wife is to frown it her. I % % Degrading The Boys-rne uiiiR-nnJ Then What? Boys'brigades are now common in England, and are coming into vogue iu this country. Some religious people try to give i hem a religious turn. But ihis association is unnatural. What has the rifle to do with the principles or motives of Christianity? What banner of a "brigade," except one of the weaponless Salvation Army, could have inscriped upon it, "Love your enemies?" If, however, boys' brigades, carrying arms, are anomalous there is something startling, even shocking, in the thought of a girls' brigade." Yet such is described it) our duily papers as having taken part in the parade of the Grand Army in Washington last week. A company of daugntersof veterans, carrying riiles, which they handled with skill a* well as grace, marched in the parade. Would even the veterans wish their daughters to take part on real battle fields? What the logical outcome of this would be may be seen in an account of a portion of the army of ihe King of Dahomey, taken from the African News: "Two Englishmen, Messrs. Skertchley and Burton, made a very careful study of the Amazons. Burton said they showed the most desperate courage and reeklesH daring, and are very formidable enemies. 8kerichley said that Amazons delight in nothing more than iu polishing their gun barrels, which gleam like silver in the sun. The French gained a vivid idea of their , ferocity in battle during the late war, when, under the deadly fire of the , French fortilicatious, they made charge after charge up to the works. When ( at last put to flight and pursued, dying women on the ground caught some of the French troops by the legs and tried to throw them down and atab them with their swords. All Dahomeyau soldiers, men and women, have a ration of intoxicating liquor before J they go into battle. The French say ; that in the war of 1K89?90 the perfect recklessness of lhe> Amazons was < doubtless increased by liberal porta- 1 tions of gin. The women had just 1 enough liquor to make them devilish without interfering wilh their powers of locomotion. "The picture here is taken from a < sketch by a French officer of a scene he j witnessed at one of the battles near j Kotonu, three years ago, when two Amazons, armed with bows and ar- ( rows, were advancing on a dead run, , one of them flourishing aloft the , bloody heads of two Hengalese soldiers, j which she had just severed from their , bodies."?Friends' Review. ,. ? ,,. r The Mtrnlffht-olit Religion. < N. Y. Observer. What the world wants is a straighl j up-and-down religion. Much of the so-called piety ot the day bends thin } and thai way to suit the times. It is* f horizontal, with a low state of senti 1 ment and moials. We have all been t building a wall of character, and it is imperfect and needs reconstruction ? How shall it be brought into the per- j pendicular? Only by divine measure- f ments. The whole tendency of the t times is to make us act by the stand- t ard of what others do. If they play cards, we play cards ; if they dance, we dauce ; if they read certain styles of books, we read them. The ques- j tion for ine should not be what you 1 think is right, but what God thinks is right. This perpetual reference to the , behavior of others, as though it de-. cided anything but human fallibility, t is a mistake as wide as the world. 1 There is a mighty attempt being made to reconstruct; and fix up the Ten Command ments. To many they seem ] too rigid. The tower of Pisa leans over about thirteen feet from the perpendicular. ami people ?o thousands t or miles to see its graceful inclination ; by extra braces and various archi- 3 tectural contrivances it is kept leaning from century to century. Why not t have the ten granite blocks of Sinai t jet a little aslant? Why not have the c pillar of truth aleaning? Why is not t in ellipse as good a square? Why is t not an oblique as good as a straight Lipand-down? My friends we must a lave a standard; shall it be God's c >r man's ? . c Stick To a Legitimate Business. ( Well directed energy and enterprise c ire the life of American progress, and t rnfety lies in .stick!tig to a legitimate business. No mail? manufacturer, ;rader, or banker?has miy moral right ;o be so energetic and enterprising as , ;o take from his legitimate bu-iness the * capital which it requires to meet an 1 emergency. , ' Apologies are sometimes made for c. firms who have failed, by recurring ! 10 the important experiments they 1 have aided, and the unnumbered field> I of enterprise where they have freely ' scattered their money. We are told 1 that individual losses sustained by y those failure* will be as nothing com- y pared with the benelits conferred on the community by their liberality in J contributing to every public work. : There is little force in such reasoning. J A man's relations to a creditor are ' vastly different from his relations to 1 what is called the public. The de- ( mauds of the one are definite, the * claima of the other are just what the ambition of the man may make them. ' The histories of honorable, successful . 1. ?V~ !... 1 uusiuess men mire i<? ca?u mc iui|?muiice of sticking to iv legitimate busi- j ness ; and it is most instructive to see that in the greater poriion of the 1 failures, the real cause of disaster was 1 the branching out beyond a legitimate business, iti the taking hold' of this find that tempting offer, and, for the J sake of some great gain, venturing ^ were they did not know the ground, t and could not foresee the pitfall. ] .Hen of \orvc. -s Clot Rej, the founder of modern ^ medicine in Egypt, has it that "it re- j quires as much surgery to kill one t Egyptian as seven Europeans. In ua- (. tive hospitals, the man whose thigh ^ has been amputated at 2 o'clock is sit- j. ting up and lively at at 6." Shook is almost entirely unknown, nud dread ^ of impending operation quite an ex- j ception. In explanation may l:enoted 8 the resignation inculcated by'tueir t religion ; the very small proportion of meat, in. and total abstinence of al- j coliol, from their diet, and, in general their regular, abstemious, out-ofdoor-lifc.?Science. ?? ? 1 Nature appears to use forest leaves f very successfully as a combined mulch j and fertilizer. Suppose we take a les- , son from her ami transfer some of the , abundance of the wood lots to our ] strawberry and other small fruit ground. , Care of the Teeth. The following directions for the care of the feeth have been issued by the Medical Committee of the National Dental Hospital, London: 1. The teeth should be cleaned at least once a day, the best time being night, the 'aat thing. i For this purpose uxe a soft brush, on which take a little soap, and then i some prepared chalk, brushing up and : down aud across; There is rarely any objection to the friction causing the ] sum to bleed slightly. I 2* Avoid all rough usage of the teeth, such as cracking nuts, biting thread, etc ,as by so doing even good, sound teeth may be injured. 3. When decay is -first observed advice should at once be sought. It is the stopping in a small hole that is of the greatest service, though not infrequently a large filling preserves the tooth for years. 4. It is of the -greatest importance that children trom four years and up ] ward should have their teeth frequent- ( ly examined by the dental surgeon, to , see that the first set, particularly the., back teeth, are not decaying too early, , and to have the opportunity of ihe se- ] cond set. 5. Children should be taught to | rinse the mouth night and morning, < and to begin the use of the toothbrush < early (likewise the toothpick). 9. With regard to the food of chil- j dren to those who are old enough l. -.1- I I ^ ? vwl nr. ; I It wumtr lucai uitrau, ouu uiim should be given. , This ia much more wholesome and substantial food than white bread. < If tin foregoing instructions were carried out, comparatively few teeth j would have to be extracted. , ? ?. ? i New Year Superstitions,?The following superstitious in connection with New Yeararentiil firmly believed , in various part* of England, Ireland, 3cotland and Wales : , On New Year's morning go to a well ( sr fountain and leave an apple and a nosegay, and the water will keep fresh ind be more wholesome all the year. ( It is bad luck to lend moneyon Ndw j dear's day. t Don't pay money out on New Year's ( lay- 8 Put money away on New Year's day, f Vod all the year you will bpve money to pay. ( Before locking the door for the night ' ?n Vow Year's eve nlucea cold coin I iear it, and let it remain there until < he church bells ring the next morn- I ng, and you will have plenty ol t noney all that year. r If you wash clothes on New Year's 5 lay, one of the family will be washed >ut of existence before the year L* >ut. Itjs unlucky to have a woman to be ' pour first visitor on New Year's day. If a dark complexioned man cro^e* a ;our threshold first on New Year^ 1 lay, you will be prosperous ; if a blond, i mlucky, and it a redheaded man, dire I lisaster will surely follow. t Ho strong is the belief in this last idageiusome places that dark com ^ )lexii>ned men are paid a small \ gratuity to call early ana walk through I he firet floor of the house, entering by 1 he back door and leaving by the front, r ? i The Naughty ''Think.?"How sweet 1 t is to see child re u with tenuer con ciences. 1 A little girl one day said to her n other: "Pupa call* me good, auntie calln n ne good, and everybody calls me good; | >ut I am uot good." , w "I am very sorry," said the mother. "And so am I," said the child, "But , [ havs got a very naughty think.' " , "A naughty what?" i "My 'think' is naughty inside of if me." J And on her mother inquiring what t he meant, she said: a "Why, when I could not ride yeserday, I did not cry, nor anything; mt when you were gone, I wished the * arriage would turn over, and the ^ torses would run away, and every l hing bad. Nobody knew it; but God knew it, nd cannot call me good. Tell me, not her, how can I be good inside ot f oe?" Then the mother took her little girl ipon her knee and told her huw Jesus ' ,'ouId drive away all her naughty hought9. t Fashion la Crnel an the Grave. ^ More reprehensible even than the t cilling of birds to adorn ladies' bonnet* s the practice of docking horned tails, t vhich is now demanded by the edict t )f a Hilly, wicked fashion. Not only s the tail docked below where the )one terminates, but.the bone itself is ^ imputated for the distance of a foot, b The operation is much more painful to 3 he horse than cutting off his ears vould be, and nearly as disfiguring as ^ veil. The tall bone is a continuation Q >f the spinal column, with all its ntricate vertebrae and nerve contiec- * ions. Cutting a man's hand off at ti he wrist would be somewhat on a par 10 far as pain and shock go with dockn<r horses; and when it is done the (fleet is painful and hideous to see. u a ? hnruo ohniv in Kpw York II At Hie ICttll U IIUIOV w..wf. ... .. he horse lhat could show the shortest, a nost mutilated stump was regarded a* t he handsomest by tlie depraved fash- a on votaries. A flue, flowing tail an ? iddition to a horse's beauty and con)brt, of which nobody with an unde- <] naved taste or a merciful heart will ^ leprive him. 0 1 " r Conventions, Conferences, Etc.? a Many piople take the tfoing to Con- v mention as a religious work, and the enthusiasm there engendered ae a re- 0 igion. A serious mistake this. The t. Watchman touches it: "We are in c ome danger of substituting speech ^ naking and listening tospeeches, the a 'uthusiasm of large audiences and the i, nspiration of song, for personal self lenying work for the spiritual good of (thers. You are not necessurily any 13 >etter for going to a convention and * tearing eloquent orators discourse * ibout christian worn, ine proua- )ility is that, if you do not use the ? lluiiiation and quickeuintr for doing J1 lome of this work yourself, you are * he worse for it, since the arousing of motions to which we do not respond, ^ nvarihly hardens the heart." K t t If we wait until we have more than ^ a-e want before beginning to give, we f ihall die without giving. But if we 1 ?ive out of our scanty portion to c hose whose need is gieater than ours, s Eve shall live as givers, and shall enjoy living. The man who only gives from his surpjus never knows the real joy [ sf giving. 1 Nice for the Patient. Chinese doctors are very particular ^ about the distinction being very strictly kept up between physicians and surgeons, and would not tresspass on one another's ground for the world; but this delicacy of feeling has a rather disastrous effect on the patient's pocket sometimes. A Chinese gentleman was struck by an arrow, which remained fast in his body. A surgeon was sent for, and modestly requesting his fee should he paid in advance, he broke off the protruding bit of the ar row, leaving the point imoeauea in the wretched man's body. He refUsed to extract it, ''because," he,said, "medical etiquette forbids it. The case is clearly one for a physician since tbe arrow is inside tbe body P'-?Chicago Herald. 77 Oar Limited Wisdom. All the family were reading in the library one evening. Mr. May bad the evening paper, which he put down atice to 1o6k up a reference in the encyclopedia. Mrs. May had a French art book, and consulted her French lexicon frequently. George asked hia mother the meaning of several words in the story-book over which he was poring. Eva, aged five, sat with George's Companion upon her lap. "Reading, too Pussy ?" asked her father. * . "Yes, sir." "Why, Eva May, you can't read P' said her brother. "Yes, I can, lean read 'dog' and 'cat' and 'boy' and lots of words when r a .1 ?1 t ? a *i a_ r i ii uu iaem. 1 reau uie woras 1 ao know, and that's all that any of you ire doing," returned the observant little woman.?Examiner. Many have need to pray, "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation!" Increasing worlJly cares absorption in temporal affairs, indulgence of temptation to stay away from the means of ;rane on the plea of weariness or lack )f time, and a thousand other things, iave conspired to gradually and almost nsensibiy lead them into indifference ind coldness. They realize that they 10 longer posess the joys of salvation, md find themselves fettered in efforts i or a better state. Reader, is this your iase? Tben at once and earnestly ake up the psalmist's petition Let io pressing business cares, no political excitement, no worldly amusement, keep you from communion with Ood, ind tne joy tbrt comes only from intinate fellowship with your loving lavior. ? Shoma "Riuhnn Vlnnpnt, <u*va< 'Sham makes children familiar with ham, and familiarity with sham of " my bind weakens the sense of truth. ll rhere is power in this particular in he architecture of a town. Public mils, church interiors, city parka.. mildings that are of costly or carved tone in front, and that on the hidden lide and in tne rear are of brick or incut stone?these all give unsyllabled assons concerning truth and falselood which are weightier than sernons about morality, or the tasks from >ooks or ethics in the high school. I never see a church with an imposing acade, and with 'cheap' side and rear vails, that I do not as a Christian lave a sense of mortification." "H. G. H.," a correspondent of the rexas Advocate, writes. "In Gainesville, Ga., lives old Mrs. Priscilla \ >coggios, probably the oldest Metholist in the world. She was born on he Catawba river, in Lancaster couny, 8. C., March 9th, 1777. Her fnther, iVm. Allen, moved to Georgia in 1820, .nd died fifty three years ago at the geofll2. Mrs Scogjfins united with he Methodist Episcopal church at the ge of fourteen, and has been a conisteut member for over one hundred ears. She has enjoyed good health ,11 her life, until about the 1st of darch, 1892, when her mind and body ioth gave away." The way to spoil a hog is to over eed him with corn. The way to spoil a cow is to pound ler with the milking stool. i v. The way to spoil the children is to ake no interest in their doings. The way to spoil yourself is to nurse rour conceit tnd think only of numler one. The way to spoil a driving horse is o cut hitn with the whip when does lot expect it. The first wheat raised in the New iVorld was sown on the Island of Isaiella in January, 1494, and on March U the ears were gathered. ~ Cold storage will afford the means or a large and profitable extension of ur fruit industry. When we can irolong the season t)f fresh fruits by arketing them all through the winer the consumption will be very ;reatly increased. The Worden grape has been much c ised in the northern markets, claimug to be a rival of the Concord. In * ppearance an expert is required to ell tham apart. It is hardly as good ? the Concord in fiavor and is not so ;nod a shipper. The Carmen grape originated with \ V. Munson, Texas, in 1883, and irst fruited in 1885. It Is a seeding f one of the best wild post oak grades, ipens its fruit directly after Concord nd has endured winters where the t'intar killed badly in the bud. An English writer gives an account f his use of potash in excess, and delares that he not only got very large rops of apples aud pears every year, iut that the fruit was more free from 11 kinds of blemish and that it kept onger after it was gathered. Fine apples kept In cold storage ring prices that make orcharding an xceedingly remune.ative business. Jut the grower, and not the storelouae man should have the extra xottt. Co-operative cold storage louses are needed in every fruit disrict. White Caka.?Whites of three aggs, >ne half cupful each of butter and uilk one cupfnl of sugar, one and one lalf cupfuls of flour, one and one half easpoonfuls of yeast powder. Flavor vitli vanilla. A verv nice frosttne 'or this cake may be made by beating >owdered sugar enough into the yelks >f three eggs to make the mixture .tiff enough te spread. It is not the false teeth which should >e objectionable, but th? false tongue jehind them.