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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1844 S^J - ? ~ ' I " ======j ":M JT. CJ. USIMIilleir, REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE AGENT Equitable Llle of New York. Also a ful line of first class Fire and Accident com pa nles represented. It will be to your huer?'M to consult me before buying or selling proper ty. I have now for sale several residences residence lots. Decided bargains. Also for s-ile several desirable farms near tow n. Office la J. F. Miller's store. |\Ian. IS. '!I3 HENRY&CHEATHAM ABBEVILLE, S. C. Have opened a FANCY GROCERY STORE, \vher<? they will keepall manner of goods In their line. , Buyers are cordjallj Invited to exumlne their stock, as the quality ;md price of ih Ir goods will furnish the strongest inducements to customers. Call at the old sUind of G. H. Moore. Jan. 4,1803,12m Dnmlr ftf T.nmTtHoQirillo Iiauik VI JUV n 1AUVH f AAAV, LOWNDES VILLE, S. C. Capital Stock raid in 920,000 00 Sarpla8 ... 3,500 00 Does a general banking busiue8F. Affords best security and facilities for depositors. Issues time certificates of deposits bearing Interest as follows: Six months 4 per cent., twelve months 5 per cent. J. B. FRANKS, Presdent J. M. VISANSKA, JEWELER, Greenwood, - S. C. A COMPLETE LINE OF Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Spectacles, &c. Everything warranted to give entire snlisfoctlon. Repairing done In a skilful manner and warranted. Prices lower than ever. go TO VISANSEA, the Jeweler. Jane 1,1892, tf Terra Cotta Wells AT Reduced PRICES. I AM USING A 12 Inch and 19 inch AUGER of superior make. Doesn't let dry dirt, or quicksand run out like soineold time Inferior Augers, thus insuring a good head of water In quicksand in much less time. My plan of putting In pipe Is the only one that keeps quicksand from Ailing up the well, but If one-third, or even one of my well* should even be a failure my guarantee would amount to something, for I would go and remedy same, or return the money. The 12 inch Auer* bas given splendid satis notion, especially for Block, tenant bouses and small families at much less cost. If you want a good bead of water and a certain well, address J. H. SOUTH, Greenwood, S. C., Nov. 9.1S92. ARTESIAN - AND Terra Cotta Wells. At great expense i am now prepared to sink wells through clay, quick sand und rock to any desired depths. Curbing tbe clay down to rock with heavy Artesian Wrought Iron Pipe, by no other means lsll possible to get down to the water bearing strata except with a Drill Machine. I would be glad tor parties railing to get water on account of rock or quick sand to communicate with me. 1 expect to contloue sinking the Terra Cotta Wells where desired, and claim that In ten year's experience I have sunk more and given more general satisfaction than any man in the State. I am no squatter, lien? WJ-UttJ piUUUUIJ 1U ICAai UCA1 ncrn, consequently my guarantee Is of some eflect. Address. C. M. CALHOUN, March 2,1892. - Greenwood, 8. C. Food for Cattle should make Immediate arrangements to BUY HULLS & MEAL. The experience of the p-*st has fplly demonstrated that cotton seed meal and hulls are the cheapest and best food In the world. Tl$e price of these articles will be increased as the season advances. Every convenience for weighing. W. P. FERGUSON, Manager. F. L. MORROW, Bookkeeper. Bept.7 1892. tf THJH] Farmers' Bank -OFABBEVILLE, S. C., Does General Banking Business. Buys and sells Exchange and makes Collections. DEPOSITS SOLICITED. Paid np Capital $50,700 Subscribed Capital 75.000 A Savings Department has been established. Amounts received of $1.00 aud upwards. Interest at 4 per cent, payable quarterly,?January, April, July. October. Small savings Increase rapidly. Wm. H. Parker, J. T. Robertwon, President. Vick-Pbcs. Julian XV. DuPre, Cashier. March 5, 1892-12m iininiiui! Having made a careful study of the subject Dr. T. J. Kinard, and he respectfully offers his services to th< public. Dr. T. J. Kinard will be in Abbevllli At Hill's Livery Stable on the THJKD SATURDAY MONTHLY All communications addressed to Ninety-Six 8. C., will receive prompt attention. Nov. 16,1892. tf Biz lot of table damask In white and red a A. W. Smith's to be sold at a bargain, als doillea and napkins. DENTAL NOTICE. ; Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE IJP-STAIRS ON McILWAI 1 Corner, Abbeville, S. C. Spectacles and Eyeglasses. THE cheapest ever brought to Abbeville. large lot. Call on Dec. i4,1H92. tf J. W. RYKARD I>ICHARD GANTT, Is now prepared to 1 |\ all work In his department In the b( manner aud at reasonable charges. Month customers shaving, hair cutting and shai poc.ing 81 per month. Rasors honed and p in the best condition Tor 25 cents each. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE cen/I?EWN. ?And other specialties f( Gentlemen, Ladles, Boys ar Misses are the Best in the World, See descriptive advert Is ment which will appear 1 Take no Substitute but Insist on having W. I DOUGLAS' SHOES, wit name and price stamped 0 bottom. Sold by Aug. W. Smith, Abbeville, E. M. Lipscomb & Co, Ninety-Six IMOnDTA MT kinTIPC imruniMm iiuiiul WE. the undersigned,hereby notify all pa ties not to perform any work for tt county, where a charge Is to be made, onlei ordered to do so by one of the County Con inlsslouers. R. H. ARMSTRONG, W. A. LANIER, J. M. MAJOR, Jan. 25.1S93, 2m Lumber 1 ? am prepared to fill orders ft 1 hII kinds of Lumber. Saw mill located on land of J. 0. KLUGH. J. F. BRADLEY, Manager. March 2,1892, tf Medium copy. G. W LOMAX Having moved to no. 8 cothran' Block, is prepared to furnish at the low est market' price any goods in his line, such i Lard, Molasses, Salt, Su?ar, Coffee, Vinegar, Flour, Meal, Oats, Bacon, Grits, Cigars, Corn, Rice, Tobacco AND KEROSENE OIL Also CANNED GOODS, CANDY, and e^ er.vthing usually kept In a grocery store. Feb. 8,1893, tf nvmvT nniTrt nmnnn Dili 11 ma I WILL OPEN at. the above sl^n on tt FIRST of JANUARY, a#pmplete slock < DRUGS & MEDICINE! and expect to keep the best remedies for ei erv all and pain human flesh Is heir to, b Rides a lull stock of remedies for Horses, Cows, and Other Dc mestic Animals, and everything usually kept in a first clai Drug Store. DR. J. W. MARSHAL] will make the City Drug Store his headqua tere for the practice of Medicine and Pharmi cy, and will be glad to see all that are in nee of his services, and to give his best attentlc to their wants. G. A. DOUGLASS , ueu? ioo~f bi Coal! Coal! Wood! Wood a, m. muc son: Have opened a coal and wood yar and are ready to receive your orders r Winter. Call and get cheapest rates. Tern ?Cash on delivery. July 27,1892, tl Apportionment School Fun for 1893. THE apportionment of the Public Scho Fund for the Townships of Abbevll County Is herewith annexed, and the Sclic Trustees are strictly cautioned not to ov< nmonnfo ilttolornulfiil tf\T tholr i UHIW *111 UlCnuiwuiim ?.v0.6um?v? ?. vmw.. . Bpeclive School Districts. Amount Sphool District No. 1 SI WIO * " " ' 2 1,050 " ? * a i,:ioo ' ' " " 4 850 ' " " 5 1.100 ' ' " " 6 9")0 ' " " " 7 1,150 ? " " " 8 1,000 ? " ' ?J 1,025 ? " ? 10 700 " ' " " 11...'... 825 ?' ' 12 .... 860 ' IS 1,000 " ' ' ' 14 1,000 " ?' " ' 15 1,250 " ' " " 10 1.365 " " 1H 1,800 , " " " " 19 825 The la*t Township, No. Is, rei>rcsents t , town of Greenwood. E. COWAN, School Commissioner A. C j Jan.ia, is?a. 8 ????????????? Tbe be.*t and freshest peanuts on the m k ket are to be found at U. W. Lomax's. ' C. E. Bruce pells the best sewlne machlr and makes the best boots aud shoes iu tov 1,000 bushels red rust prool seed oats Just ' celved by W.Joel Smith <fc Sons. Call them and get your supply. It will pay you sow good oats and no other kind. " Bridles, harness, and all kinds of plow g< ^ at C. I'. Hammond & Co.'s. o A new line of nice chewing tobacco at II rlson & Game's. A Story Told by WntferMou. "That was a queer story Henry Watterson told in his lecture about a ! N defalcation case at Louisville," said a gentleman who heard the eloquent i ~ journalist at Entertainment hall, to a i St. Louis Bepublic writer. "He said i that several years ago a gentleman I A holding a commanding commercial 1 and social position in the Ken- i ? tucky metropolis had used the funds of I do the corporations of which he was the 2 SjS' trusted financial head, and when the 1 ra. day of accounting cume he found he 1 ut was short in his accounts. The time 1 was too brief to make the deficit good, 1 _ and his own funds were In such shape t that he whs inextricably entangled. I * He was an honest man, but in a mo- < ineut of over confidence had permitted t ' himself to deviate from the narrow 1 * path j ust enough to use the firm's cash * as a temporary loan, promising to re- t turn it at once and promptly. As is 1 . always the case he failed to keep his e. promise, and the delay was danger- 1 in ous?when the time came he could not. s Instead of awaiting the inevitable dis- c t__ ?11?1 _ ; covery ue uaueu u lucc^iug ui mc i lm directors, made a straightforward con- s ,h fession, resigned his position, threw n himself upon the mercy of the court, t so to speak, and pledged himself to p pay every dollar if he were not ex- n posed and prosecuted. An animated c discussiou followed, and a large ma- t - jority were in favor of giving the de- r linquent a chance. His hitherto high t I standing and undoubted business ability were in his favor, not to mention x that he might have skipped if he had fc r- desired. Two of the directors held i ? out. They thought it would be com- c i. pounding a felony, and it was an awful s thing to let such a man loose upon an c unsuspectiug community. But they were out-voted and the defaulter n was given another chance. He is t now a prosperous and wealthy C business man of Louisville. Two t years after his misfortuueone of i the two men who had objected b to his release, was a fugitive in '.Texas charged with embezzling, and at the ii I end of another year the other fled to s I Canada to escape arrest on the same ii charge. In the whirligig of time this o prosperous merchant, whose early b ,r misfortune these two men had eu- li deavored to turn into aisgrace aua ca- d lamity,* said Col. Watterson, was the s foreman of the grand jury that indicted the two fugitives. Beware the h first false step, continued Col. Watter- c son, but don't always condemn the i - victim without giving him the bene- rJ p tit of the doubt/' c L fl What one Neen. s On the retina of Newton's eye, and '* on the retina of the eye of his dog, f 18 Diamond, the same panorama of the fi heanens was inscribed; but how dif- fc ferent the impresions made on the two \ minds back of the two retinas! f Asa Grey, the botanist, and a plain, ii unlettered tiller of the soil, would call c the same tree an oak; but how much f more Grey saw in an oak thau the farmer! One may listen to a babble of languages in Canstantinople, but, unless '> he understands them, nothing but jar- r gon makes an impression on him, j while the linguist will distinguish | Arabic, Turkish, Greek, French, ana p Russian. v , The habitual thief thinks all men r like himself; and the liar trusts no ? T. man's word; while the honest man t finds it hard to believe that all men do a no mean to be honest. B Some time ago an artist was employ- i ed to reproduce the face of a poet not \\ less distinguished for ability in mauy t fields besides that of poetry than for 8 his devction to the highest moral and g spiritual ideals. A phutogravure of v the poet like that from which the artist c worked hung in the room of one of p '? his ardent admirers, and was a con- B stantstimulus to pure ant noble liv- t ^ ing. When the aK>t had finished his r k work, one of many copies of it was t * sent, to this admirer for framing. The g reproduction at first seemed perfect, t g_ The two portraits were placed side by i side for for study; every detail of one ? was reproduced in the other. But s >. something was wanting. The new i picture was unsatisfactory. It lacked r inspiration. tJ One day the owner of the two pic- ^ sb tures showed them to a calling friend, r and he supplied unwittingly the solu- s Ltion. JNot knowing the artist who had v made the picture, incidents in his life 8 were given, showing most conclusively j r. his inability to appreciate the iucor- a a- luptible purity of the poet whose face j he had attempted to portray. Hisown j 'n character was written in negatives on { the picture he had failed in making. a "Blessed are the pure in heart; for c they shall see God." Only they can see Him. f It is hetter to strengthen one's faith a in, ana love xor, me Master, uy wurhing for him, than by arguing lor him. Argument has its place and its mis- P Jsion for Christ, but its uses are limited, 1 and he who is troubled with doubt 9 has a poor prospect if he has no other v refuge than argument. Much that he hears in derogation of his professed 1 faith is, a9 argument, weak and formSless. But because it is so, recourse to 1 argument to destroy the flabby antagonist is likely to be futile. "Weak A ^ arguments," says Whately, "are often s thrust before my path; but, although r they are most unsubstantial, it is not 11 ? easy to destroy them. There is not a ? ? more difficult feat known than to cut e through a cushion with a sword." A 8 young man who prefers the theater to 0l the prayer-meeting, the society noyel ? lie to Bible study, the club house to the oi family fireside, but who is yet solici- [ ^ tous lest he may lose his hold on Christ, has one thini? better than ar-i gument to stay bis unstable faitb and bis weakly love,?and that tiling is ^ work. His love then will prow through serving. Instead of seeking j ' strength in argument, he will gain strength through the better ktiowl- j edge that comes by a better knowing , of Him whom he has believed.?S. S. . Times. J At the time of the Rn*at earthquake in Charleston, Mrs. William (3. Whit- ] ney was a most generous contributor ] he to the relief fund, and just before < Christmas of that yeur she sent her 1 personal check for S*500 to ('apt. F. W. I ? Dawson, to be used in making the holi- i ar- days happy for those who suffered by ( the earthquake. On the occasion of I ,ps her death last week, very appropriately i '"e did Mayor Ficken remember her on generosity and sent the following mes sage 10 iion. vv. u. wnuney ; in ;nr behalf of the people of Charleston, I beg to extend their profound sym- , nr. pathy. Through your bereavement Charleston loses a noble benefactress." How People Sleep. Though it is true, as the author of i school composition once asserted, tha "Sleeping is a universal practice amonj all nations," it is also true that there is a great diversity in the methods o sleeping among people of different na tions and different ways of life. Th< things which one person needs t( make him sleep are precisely th< :hings which would keep anothei uvake all night. Even the sedativ< medicines which put one person im mediately into a heavy slumber, excite mother into a condition of nervoui 'estlessness. The European or American, in ordei ;o sleep well, requires, ordinarily, s lowny pillow under the head ; bul ;he Japanese, stretching himself upon i rush mat ou the floor, puts a hard, iquare block of wood under his head, ind does not sleep well if he does no; iave it. The Chinese makes great account ol lis bed, which is very low indeed? icarcely rising from the floor?but i? >ften carved exquisitely of wood ; but t never occurs to him to make It any otter than rush mats win render id. While the people of Northern counries cannot sleep unless they have ilenty of room to stretch out their egs, the inhabitantsof the tropics often url themselves up like monkeys at he lower angle of a suspending hamnock, and sleep soundly in that posiiion. ' The robust American covers himself ritha pair of blankets, and throws lis window wide open to the air, even n the winter time, and he does not omplain if he fiuds a little drift of now across the top of his bed in the Qorning. The Russian, on the contrary, likes 10 sleeping place so well as the top of he bi{* soapstone stove in his domicile, brawling out of this blistering bed in be morning, he likes to take a plunge n a cold stream, eveu if he nas to reak through the ice *o get into it. The Laplander crawls, head and all, 11 to a bag made of reindeer skin, and leeps warm and comfortable within t. The East Indian, at the other end f the world, also has a sleeping bag, ut it is more porous than the Lapnuder's. Its purpose is to keep out oosqunoes more man 10 Keep iue leeper warm. While the American still clings to lis feather pillow, he is steadily disarding his old fashioued feather bed n favor of the hair or straw mattress, .'he feather-bed is relegated to the ountry, and many people who slept ipon it all through their childhood, iud themselves uncomfortable upon it n their maturity. The Germans not only sleep upon a eather bed, but underneath one. The eather covering used in Germany, lowever, is not so thick as the one I'hich is used as a mattress, and the oreigner who undertakes to sleep beb often finds his feet suffering from old while his shoulders are suffering rom heat.?Youth's companion. Nature and Orace. The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse in his ecent Christmas sermon in the West jondon pulpit, related this incident : When J was a student our grand old irofessor of theology was a man for phom we had a great veneration?simile, childlike, holy?none had ever ;nown him to be anything else, and hat gracious and unfailing sweetness nd beauty were to us his natural dispoition. Tosuchaman it was no trouble o be always blameless. But one day t chanced that a student came in late o the class, and pushed his way to his eat. The professor stopped to ask ;ently why he was late. The answer was given somewhat flippantly, an exuse that aggravated the offense. In tantly the professor, who had been itting, rose up to his full height, until he big, massive man seemed to till the oom, stretching out a trembling and errible forefinger at the offender. The ;reat shaggy eyebrows were lifted, and he lightnings shot from his eyes, jike thunder rolled the words from lis lips: 'Leave the room, sir.' We tarted in amazement, a I most in fright. The culprit crouched away from his dace and left, while that majestic figire stood there all ablaze with wrath. The door was shut. Then again the >rofessor sat in his chair. But the tnrm was done. With a trembliug 'oice he read the discourse, seeming ilmost unable to go on. After the ecture we left only to gather in groups ind discuss this wonderful thing. Presently came a'message that the ofender was wanted ; and be hastened o the irate professor, expecting an an:ry reprimand. But there sat the old nan in tears. " 'My brother,' he sobbed, 'will you orgive me?' " 'No, sir ; indeed, it is I who should ipologize,' said the student, overvhelmed. " 'No, no, I am older. Will you forrive me? I am very, very soity. Say hat you forgive me ' "The student managed to get out a vord or two. " 'And you must tell all the students hat I have apologized, will you ?' "And again there was a pause for ne promise. "Now,' said the noble old man, 'I vill go and ask God to forgive me. "Nothing in all that life, nothing in ill his words, ever did uh so much good us that. We knew then under that jentleness and t:eauty what fires burnid ; and every man of us had new faith ind a new hope and a new love. "Go home, and tell thy friends what treat things the Lord has done for hee. The Lord go with you every>ne, and keep you true and loving and >rave. Amen." The moral influences of the minister vill immensely add to his pulpit pow*r, or counteract. We must live well, f we would preach well. The "moral jressure" of ministers, of which we ead in modern writings, must come "rom the moral qualities of the preachjr. We cannot leave the niininsterial character in the pulpit or the vestry my more than we can our complexion God can and often does employ tli less gifted servant who is full of the Holy ({host. How successful some oi >ur less known, but consecrated, brethren have been. And in them we see the words of the Lord fulfilled: "Them that honor me I will honor." For he constantly reminds us "that it is not liy might, nor by power, but by ni^ Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." When we jwere candidates for this ministry it was asked of each. "Ha! he gifts and grace and fruit?" It migh be well If we sometimes before God nsked the question again, each one o himself, and faced the answer. ? Wesleyan Methodist Magazine. Wilbur Flsk'N Kales for Dividing h l Time. I 1. To retire at nine and rise at five. I 2. To appropriate one hour to in r morning devotions. 3. To allow one hour for breakfas ~ family devotion, and such incident J circumstances as may demand my a 4 tention. " 4. Will write two hours each day. > 5. Will spead two hours in son ' regular scientific or literary study. [ 6. Will spend one hour iu misce ' lenaneous reading. 7 One hour for devotions at noon. 8. One hour for dinner. 9. One hour each day in preparin , my discourses for the Sabbath. 10. The remainder of the day wi genemlly be devoted to visiting/ ' 11. Whenever constrained to brea ! in upon my regular course,. I will ei ' deavor to prevent loss of time by r ? turning to it as soon as may be, an then attend to those branches whic ? - i. Jl.i.i ?. Ml , my judgment dictates it win ue iuu: improper to neglect; at all times r< membering not to curtail my dev< tions, or my preperations for the Sal bath. 12. When, In the course of my en ; ployments, a passage of Scripture o< curs to my mind, or a striking thougli occurs to me, I will take the first oj portunity to commit it to writing. 13. In my devotions it shall be m particular duty to pray fora deepenin of the work of grace in my heart, an for a revival of the work of God in th town where I labor. 14. I must not dine out on the Sat bath. ? * Renl Klndnens. A blind and crippeled old man sat a the edge of the icy stone pavemen crindincr out his few tunes on a wheez hand-organ, and holding in one han a tin cup for pennies. The cold wlm blew through his rags, and he was in deed a pitiful object. Yet few of th passers-by seemed to pity him. The, were all in a hurry, and it was too col to stop and huut for pennies in pocket and purses. A sudden gust of wind blew the ol man's cap off. It fell by the side c the pavement, a few feet distant. H felt around for it with his bare, re hands, and then with his cane; hut h could not find it, and finally bega playing again, bare-headed, with hi scanty grey locks tossed about in th wind. People came and went, happy, well dressed men and women, in silks an velvets and neal-skins, in warm ovei coats and gloves and mufflers. Bu none of them paid any attention to th old man. By and by a woman came out of a alley, and old woman in rags and tai ters, with a great bundle of boards an sticks on her bent back. Some of th " J uourus were ru iuu>; tiiitt i/ucy uiagi^c on the ground behind her ; and it ha evidently taken her a long time tie al the boards and bits of lumber togethe and get them on her back. Sbe came along, bending low utide her bur'' u, until she was within a fei feet of tnc old organ-grinder. She sa> his cap lying by the pavement; sh saw him sitting bare-headed. She stopped and untied the rope tha bound the bundle to her back, and in moment the boards were lying on th ground. Then she picked up the ca{ put it on the old mau's head, and tie it down with a ragged string of handkerchief takeu from her ow neck. "Cold, haint it?" she said. He nodded. "Alut gittin' much to-day?" ITo atinnk hia hpnd n?r?in. She fumbled in her ragged skirts fc a moment, and finally brought forth copper. She dropped it into his littl cup, hoisted the great bundle on he back, and went on her way. I True Christmas Charity. There is a tendency at each Chrisi ma?-tide for writers to urge too strong ly, I think, the beauty of Christmas giving, by donation or distributio among the lowly and the very pooi writers Edward W. Bok in the Chrisi mas number of The Ladies' Home Joti nal. No charity can be more beaut ful, more typical of the Christ spin thau for those who can afford to do s to send a glimmer of light into the live 1 of thousands in our great cities wh can only eke out a bare existence. An it speaks volumes for the genrosity e our wealthy classes, and the heroi work done by our charitable organiza tions, that in no other nation on th globe are those who live in povert and want so wall remembered 01 Christmas as are the poor classes o America. But there is a class which i not reached by the donations of th wealthy, or by the work of charitabl organizations. There are in this cour try thou>auds of homes into which r< verses fortune come each year, wher death or business failure causes th keenest heart anguish and the severe? self-denial. These homes contai sensitive natures which shrink fror the outstretched hand of charity. Poo anil proud is the name the world ha * ? L..I lor tnera. i'eriiiijjsj uui i*:i iuc icu jw jny friend, it is not easy to receiv charity when all your life ycu hav dispensed it, A reversal of fortune i the hardest thing in this world t hear. The poor know not its tortures It Is the keenest kind of poverty Into such homes would I direct, a Christmas-tide, some loving kiudnes.' In this country where one is up tc day and down to-morrow, there is lie one of us but who, in his or her ac quaintance, knows of an instance of re vprsed fortunes. Let something fron you go into such a home. The bor poor will be remembered by others the newly made poor may be forgol ion. Enriching One's Llle. If all our younger women realized a? we gladly recognize that many r them do, how nnicn urigmeruuunuut i their lives might be made by a ger , erous literary diet, they would earl , cultivate a taste for reading, since thi [ is an appetite that grows by reeding . but is difllcult to acquire in lattc , years. It is not best at first to undei ! take heavy, exhaustivetreatment upo , subjects of which one knows little an ; cares less, since this method wearit 'r and discourages at the outset. Itathe let one start with the resolve to ad 3 daily to her stock of information some 3 thing fresh and valuable upon the sul k jects in which she is already intereste< to master thoroughly each new fac f and to allow the interest which it . creased knowledge is sure to awake to carry her into broader lields. In Can Not Take Awny. However beautiful the rose upon the breast of the bride, no art ha.s taught us how to make its fragrance and loveiy lineps perpetual. However perfect a day in June, it is followed by its sure Deih cember. Bright as the skies above the al head of the laughing boy, there comes t- a time when the voice of the brook no longer sings to him the old-time invitation to the forest. However fair the place, time will stain its beauty with tears and crumble its strength with de1 cay. However mighty the empire, the day will come when upon its broken heaps the fox will play unscared, and the adder, sunning itself undisturbed g be the sole occupant of the royal court. 1 To-day the curious traveller thrusts his t 11 sharp spade into the mounds of Assy- a rian kings, drags the funeral trophies i k of Rameses to the unaccustomed light, i- and thrusts his tinfiers into the sepul- a e- chral urns of the Ceasars. f d But there is one thing of which even g h time cannot rob the soul, one thing c 't which in the history of the race never I 3- grows old; it is the consciousness of f >- God's redeeming love revealed in Jesus c > Christ. That which was the hoy's v song is still the old man's staff. The t l- lad who joined his infant voice with 1; J- others in the praises of Jesus id the it Sunday-school, as an old man goes a y down into the valiey of the shadow of g death with the same joy upon his now I y trembling lips. The world may take i g away fortune, youth, fame, but it is a d powerless to rob the believing heart of t e that peace which comes from itsrecon- t ciliation with God in Christ Jesus.?N. ?- Y. Evangelist. i t v At the close of Rev. Brown's sermon t on Love, Pat Roony went forward H it and said: . a t "I wish to join your Church," ^ y Deacon Smith? ''Amen! I told s d the brethren if we would leave this j matter all with the Lord, everything t i- would come around all right," j e Rev. B.? "Yes, Brother Rooney, t y we have prayed for you a long time, c d and are glad to know that you have des cided to go with us to Heaven, and t stop your business that has sent so a d many people to eternal perdition." i >f Pat ? "So far as that is concerned I f e want you to understand I intend keep- ( d ing right on with my business just t a 4.1? ? 9V c tue same. I u Rev. B.? "Do you wish to insult us s by offering to join our Church, then e continue your soul-destroying business ?" 1- Pat ? "I do not wish to insult you, d but as we had worked and voted tor getherfor years in the same Political it Party, I thought we might do likewise e in Church matters also." Rev. B.? "We are not talking poli^ u tics now, neither can you join our L- Church unless you shut up your sad loon." e Pat? "Is not that Strange? You d vote for men that make what you call d good laws. I live a law-abibing citiII zen, and then you say my business r shuts me out of your Church and out of Heaven." t Rev. B. (short)? "Don't wish any * argument." v * Pat? "J expect not! When you e help make the laws, get nine-tbenths the benfits out of the business, I do all it the dirty work and get only one-tenth: a you sings Psalms, go to Heaven, and ( e say I must keep out of your Church and ( go to H?1 " ? The Campaigner. a . D To Be Reuiembened In tbe Home. , It is better to be silent than to say < unwise or unkind things. Do not boast of birth, wealth, influ- < ential friends or bodily prowess. 1 Look at those who address you ; but < Q in speaking to others do not stare at t ,! them. t (r Remember that a servant is a man or a woman, and will appreciate treatment as such. A compliment, to be appreciated by any sensible person, must be prompted by sincerity. P. Never urge another to do anything J. against bis desire, unless there is dann ger before him. r, Never enter an apartment occupied I- by another person, except the common r- rooms of a dwelling, without knocki ing. t Ladies should pass through a door , 0 first, but a gentleman is to precede in ' ;s going up stairs. ^ ? Do not constantly refer to expe- , a. riences or honorable positions which j H may have been enjoyed. j Always give preference to elders, vis- * e itora.^those of superior position and v those who are weak or ili. 1 f _ t 1 [S "A sporting man said, after hearing < e Iogersoll's recent oration in New York < * . ! 1 1- | | e "it's a spicy imng tu iuuku ui iui au y. hour, but not a very cheering doctrine < to have around when there is a funeral e in the house.' Irreverence and trie fling make up the sum total of the , !t efl'usinns of tbis blatant and notorious | 11 infidel. Men enjoy the spiciness of t Q his hits, and willingly pay him for an ( r hour's entertainment: but deep down > ,s in their hearts the most sportive among < u them feel that his "doctrine" is a poor j e thing for sorrowing and dying human- : e ity. Mankind needs a religion of , s cheer, comfort, and strength. Chris- t 0 tianitity is for the serious man and the j serious hour. Life is serious; death is , serious and eternity is serious. A serio- j us Gospel is the sole hope and support t for these serious phases and conditions , ,1 of human lives and experience." ? it ?4|?? i- Only he who himself ha9 a deeper 1 nature can reach the deeper nature of 1 u others. Some men have no internal c i; life of their own. They live on the J t- surface, perhaps in a region of interest in their fellow-men, and even of sym- a pathy with their troubles. 13ut they 1 have little to give others in the way of | light ami help, because their own life * 1, is so shallow and unfruitful. Others f >f!are rich in inward experience and 1 :r knowledge, but lack the power to meet ? i- others and to communicate to them. 1 y They have everything but the ability J is to give, or?worse still?the desire to J rt give. A rightly balanced nature is 1 'r strong on both sides. Its barns are r- not empty, and the doors are not ti shut. d ? c >g T/m tK la lioitop thou dnnhK bpOflUSP. ^ IP j ami 10 uv-iwi ? ? , . j doubt must inevitably paralyze all ef- t forts at any preparation for the needs 11 j" of the dying hour, or the possibilities;1 j" of the future. It is the great purpose i1 t' and effect of a firm belief in revelation {1 j' to urge us, by the strongest and most!* u stirring motives, to get ready for the J solemn needs of death, and the tre- ' meudous possibilities of eternity. ' A New Leaf. He came to mv desk with a quivering lip? The lesson was done? "Dear teacher, I wont a new leaf," he said; "I have spoiled this one." In place of the leaf so stained and blotted I gave him a new one all unspotted, ' And into his sad eyea smiled? ' Do better now, my child." I went to the throne with a quivering aonU?- I The old year woa done - ,'.i "Dear Father, hast Thou a new leaf for me? I have spoiled this one." H? took the old leaf, stained and blotted. And He gave me a new one all unspotted, And Into my sad heart smiled? "Do better now, my child." Ashamed of Them. V A group of persons was one day ast summer strolling through the hroneroom of the palace at Versailles, luch as is too often duplicated among \mericans in Europe and at home. A father and mother, loud voiced ind richly dressed, somewhat pom>ous in manner, stood near a picture, [lancing as they spoke, as if in dread if criticism, to a young girl who held terself a little apart from them. Her eatures showed that she must be their laughter, but in other respects she yaa as.different from them as if she lad been born in another rank in ,-J Her dress and manner were quiet nd well bred, her voice low and clear. >he spoke to the guide in Parisiar French, and was as gentle and lacking n self assertion as they were coarse md pretentious. In a wprd, they bad iought for her the education and raining which they never had had. They followed her with fond admir- - j ng look mingled almost with awe,"vhile she discussed the portraits in the pliaries with a friend. The good milding contractor and his wife had iraj eldom heard of these famous Bourbons tnd De Medicis of past ages with vbomshewasBo familiar. She an-- ... ^ wered their questions with cold civiltv. but when it was Dossible. she itr lored them altogether. It seemed as f she would gladly have forgotten hat they were in the gallery, of, inleed, in her life at all. Presently she stopped before a picure of the Madonna which has been scribed to several painters. The girl lad keen, well trained artistic sengi)ilities, aud she looked with kindling syes at the outline and color of the >eautiful figure which for three centu- * , ^ ies has delighted the world. " "And to think," she said to her riend,.turning away|with a sigh, "that sven the name of the painter is forgot- "''.Jjj en. He must have given years of lis life to this picture, and yet nobody '' w emembers him or is grateful!" "That sort of thing happens often in *$3 be world," said her friend, looking i ;boughtfully at the old couple who * : vere wandering >. about neglected. rhey had poured oat their money, heir cares, their prayers and love to nake this womam what she. was, and * \ ihe was the first to ignore them, to iisown the debt! \ % Ungrateful and unloving, she lacked ;he essential qualities that are the iharm of true womanhood, and with ill her culture was less worthy of respect than the parents she dispised.? Youth's Companion. A Charitable Enterprise. Mrs. X., lives in a crowded suburb jf the great metropolis. When the late jold spell began it came to her ears :hat a great many poor people were DU.ving coal at twelve and thirteen ;ents a pail, thus paying at the rate of nine rinllars a ton. when the rate bv :he ton is only six. There wasn't time to organize a so :ieiy for their relief, so she organized lerself into a society and proceeded at >nce to work. 8he hired a shed for ;hree dollars a mouth, hired a man to ?ke charge it, and laid in a supply of joal, on which the dealers allowed her i small reduction. Then she sent out ivord that coal could be bought at eight uents a pailful, instead of thirteen.- Of jourae, all the poor were glad to buy >f her, and for three weeks the "sojiety" has been in working order she nas nearly covered her expenses, and ?aved many nickles for her poor patrons to buy bread with. ? ... ' ~*j ' When Dost Thou Think?" Southey was explaining once to a Quaker woman how he filled up bis ;ime, studying Portuguese grammar ivhile shaving, reading Spanish for an lour before breakfast, studying till Jiuner, and so having every hour and minute occupied with studying, readng, writing, eating, exercising and iloonintr y , "And when dost thou think?" inquired the placid friend, after listening to his long account. Sure enough, when do some people ihink. They talk, they rattle, they jlatter, they gossip and gamble, they read, they learn, they teach, but when lo they think ? Old-fashioned but Good.?The tvay to raise money for Church uses is :he great trouble in many a Church, rhe right way lies close to hand?oldashioned it is true, but the very thing, rhe United Presbyterian suggests it: 'We know of but one way ; put your aand well down into your pocket, U9t as though you were going after noney lor some seinsn purpose; gei he coutents of your pocket well in mud, as a business man says of his vork, and then?lift. This is the very )est way to raise money. If you want o know how to get other people to aise money, the answer is, set them t good example." Dull Hearing.?The criticism on he dullness of sermons has the force if a measure of truth. The Apostolic 3uide comes nearer it tnough: 'There is good reason to believe tnat ibout the most prolific cause of dull reaching is dull hearing. When peo>le learn to go from the closet to the muse of God, when they read the Bide instead of the Sunday newspaper >efore going to Church, when they ittend public worship with minds and learts intent on spiritual things, and villi souls hungry for spiritual food, here will be fewer 'dull sermons' and ess complaint about them." ReNponnlbillty and Renonrcefl. A man can do all that he ought to lo, although he cannot do all that he vould like to do. It may, indeed, be hof n man pnnlri h.ivfi Hone more than le is now able to do, if he had been nore earnest and faithful in the days hat are gone. But, with things, as hey are, what ever it is a man's duty ;o do he cau have power to do. God lever gives responsibility without beng ready to bestow strength and grace :or its discharge.?S. S. Times.