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The Abbeville Press and Banner.! BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1844 jfl Durst Foreign and Doi NEW SPRING GOODS IMMENSE STOCK OF CLi MIGHTY CHEAP. If y - " nlfonfirm in g"LVe cpcuicvi HrllbV/UVtVU V W PRICES AS LOW AS TH RICHARD GANTT. in now prepared t< all work In his department in the manner and al reasonable charges. Monl customers nhavlng, hair cutting and sb poolng 81 per month. Rasors hottPd and in the beRt condition Tor 25 cent# each. Bank of Lowndesvill LOWNDESVILLE, S. C. Capital Stock Paid in $20,000 Knrnlnft m m m 3,500 Does a general banking bu nesp. Affords best security and fm ties for deposi lore. Issues time certificates of deposits bPar Interest as follows: Six months 4 per ce twelve mouths 5 per cent. J. B. FRANKS, Presdent J. M. YISANSKi JEWELER, Greenwood, - - S. A COMPLETE LINE OF Diamonds, Watches, Jewelr Snectacles, &c. Everything warrnnted to*glve entire sn faction. Repairing done In a sKlllul man aud warranted. Prices lower than ever. GO TO VISANSKA, the Jewele June 1,18.92, tr Terra Cotta Wells AT Reduced PRICES I AM USING A 12 Inch and IS inch AUGi ol superior make. Doesn't let dry dirt quicksand run out like some old time Infer Augers, thus Insuring a good head 01 wa In aulcksand In much less time. My plan of putting in pipe Is the onlyf that keeps quicksand from tilling up the w but if one-third, or even one of my w? should even be a failure my guarantee woi amount to something, for 1 would go u remedy same, or return the money. The 12 inch Anger bHS given splendid ?a action, especially for stock, tenant hou aud small families at much less cost. If you want a good head of water and a c tain well, address J. H. SOUTH, Greenwood, S. C., Nov. 9.1692. HFNRY&HHFATHAf ItillH W WIIBO ABBEVILLE, S. C. Have opened a FANCY GROCERY ST0R1 where they will keep all manner of goo<h their line. Buyers are cordlallj Invited to exam their stock, as the quality and price of ih goods will furnish the strongest Induceme to customers. Call at the o'd stand of (i. H. Moore. Jan. -1,1893,12in dTa,1lllen CONTRACTOR AND BUILDE And Dealer In all kinds of BUILDING MATERIA! And Manufacturer of DOORS and SASI WILL REMOVE IIIS PLANT fiom CI Ion to Abbevilleon nrat<ont the l'xI January, 189:1, and will uonimcl to build i kind of lioiiNv that may be wmii t"d or will Tiiwb any material ttiat may be n?*eded others. [Dec. 28,18U2, JAS. F. WILSOI IIKM XI BSTD. " u,r IN ofliee at Ilonca Path, S. C., every day cppt Fridav. when I will be In nfflri Wllllnrnston, S. C. [Jan. 11.1S93,3 t i Indian Games Exclusive] AGITATOR STRAIN. None Better. I JOGS from prize winning birds 83 per j ting of 18. Orders booked now (or !u shipment. Two extra tine Cockerels for i Address R. M. SHIRLEY, Feb. 8,1893,4t Honea Path, S. ; & Go's [OLESALiE Are now nestic DRY GOODS FOR EVERYBODY AND AT I DTHINCx, SHOES AND DRESS ou want A NICE SPRING SIT ? OUR GROCERY AND HARD E LOWEST. Large wareho Respe > do I SlngCH or ProgrCNM. ifiy It a wise teacher who knows how am- H?d wheu to eucourage his pupils pat He must be truthful. He roust di nothing to provoke a spirit of vanity But though his pupil be ever so dull? 0 indeed, because the pupil Is dull?Ik ' must by some means or other keej him from becoming quite disheartened. On the other hand, there are timet in every young student's life wheu he oo needs to be lemnorarily discouraged, and it is part of the teacher's business 00 to discover these times aud produce this discouragement. Dr. James Freemau Clark once wenl si- to see Margaret Fuller when she was *lli? 1*. UaA?S/lnnAA CK A ICtlUIIIIl^ III riUVIUCUKC- UUC r-u\j >T i:,g him two packages of letters which, ot.. she said, would give hiin to understand the kind of work she was doing for he? scholars. "This package," she said, "contains the letters which they usually write to me when they have been with me ? two or three months. "0 Miss Fuller,' they say, 'wedid not know till we came Sl.3 to you how ignorant we were. We seem to know nothing at all, and not p to be able to learn anything. We 0. might as well give up. We shall never be aide to study to any purpose.' "This package of letters," said Miss Fuller, "I have labeled under convicy? tion. "This other package," she continued, "holds the letters they write to ,ls* me some time afterward. In these utr they say: "We owe you ever so much for showing us how we cau become sometning better. We are still very stupid, but we now feel as if we were in the right way, and were making some progress. Pray help us to do more and better. You have given us courage, and taught us how to go forward.' This package," said she, "label obtained a hope." The student who has never been KR| "under conviction" of his own igrior ance has good reason to doubt whether ter he lias yet begun to know auything that is truly worth knowing.?Youth's p"? Companion. lis , j Id L(j Whnt NinterN Way Do. Many a sister trembles for some beset l?ved brother, lest he be led astray by bad companions. Some of them may er- be helped by heariug how one sister did in such a case. Mary Black had a favorite brother ? who she feared was more than usually i j susceptible to influence from stimulants tfl and consequently more exposed to " temptation. To gain all possible influence over him she learned his favorite music, wore his favorite colors, made the desserts he liked best, and took upon herself the care of his wardrobe. Then she persuaded him to E abandon the use of cofl'e aud tea and y drink only milk or chocolate, or on a hot day lemonade, which she would 1 ln prepare for him herself just as he liked lne it. This change she brought about ifir from the standpoint of hygiene, makDts ing no allusion to iutoxicauts. By t/vovomino intn thn icauill^ UI 111 IWAaiUlUC 1I1W vuv VAAVVV upon himself of what he ate or drauk - she hoped to lead him to the conclup sion that ardent spirits must be detriT mental to health, and so make him a | - voluntary advocate of temperance. ' I Meanwhile she herself abstained from ! tea or coffee to set him the example. RIf he received any social invitation j where she feared he might be exposed to temptation, she would adroitly arrange some other pleasure to draw him away?a picnic in summer, a musical evening in winter. When Lthe time came for him to take an opeu ?|standforor against the temperance ?j question he naturally talked it over I with Mary, whom he fouud so Arm though quiet an advocate of prohibition ne followed her lead. I Now all sisters may not be able to do I just as Mary did, and I fear few would ' I be quite willing to undergo the necessary self-denial from devotion to a - brother's (interest. But among those iiiv' who will read this article will per f"r* haps be found a few who will gladly tj?y ailopt my suggestions and add to the number of rescued young men.? American Messenger. Tbe Difference In Two WunU. Did it ever occur to you to think of the difference in signification of the two words "seems" and "appears?" We say "it seems to be true" or "it appears to be true." Are these expressions identical? Or if there be a difference, what is it? There is a difference, and it consists chiefly in the strength of the expression. If we road a story and say, 'That story seems to be true," we mean that is has the resemblance of truth and we infer that it is true. If we say, ex- "That story appears to be true," we J ut mean that the statements made in it m or the incident related go to show its truth. In other words "appears" refers to the actual presentation of something i to our view ; "seems" reters to an inference of our mind as to the probability of a tiling's being true.?I'hila delphia Times. I An unlooked-for event in our lives J is welcomed or is recoiled frotu, according as we see it) it, or fail to perceive jan indication of God's love for us. If we r think of it only as related to our perm* s. nal happine-s or tastes, we may utteriSfc lv fail to see it in its true linlit, and g* may grieve over it even while it ought sL to be accepted as a cause for our rejoicHr ing. liut if we recognize it as an ordering of a loving Father with referenct __ to us, we shall accept it joyfully even 17. though it may bring personal discom J fort and annoyance to us. The tesl 8etJ question in every uew experience ol ture | our lives is not, How does this seen to me? but How does this look to (?od C- as he sends it to me? Co-Op AND RE3 prepared to furnish their pat !, DRESS GOODS, RICES THAT WILL PLEAS! GOODS, and respectfully as) [T DO&'T MISS SEEING 01 WARE DEPARTMENTS -"W use for the storage of Cotto otfuLlly, A Llllle Philosopher. "Spell toes," said the mother, wh was teaching her little daughter, seve ' years old, to spell. "T-o-z-e," answered the child. | "No, dear, that's not right. T-o e* spells toe*. * "But it sounds like t-o-z-e." "I know it, but you cannot go b the sound." | Then, in order io enforce this pre ! position, the mother called on he 1 daughter to spell froze. J "F-r-o-e-s," said the child. ! "No, you're wrong ajjain. This tim we do use the z and spell the won ' f-r-o-z-e." ' "Huh !" grunted the child. "Now, spell rose." said the mothei "The child hesitated. Finally sh said, "I don't know whether to sa; r-o-z-e or r-o-e*s, and really I don' know that either way would be right.1 ' "Snol I r_n.a_o "ooi'd tho nuifliPl ; "though there is another word pro Dounced just like it that's spellei r-o-s-e-s. That word is the name of th 1 spawn of fishes." The poor little child looked ver; ' miserable. | "Just one more word," said th' mother; "tell me how you spell blows "Well," said the child, who ha< had quite enough nonsense, as sh viewed it, from her mother, and hat suddenly made up her mind to pa; back in kind. "I spell it three ways I spell itb-l-o-s-e for breakfast, b-l-o-s-efor dinner and b-l-oz-e for supper." "I spell it b-l-o-w-s all the time,' said the mother. The child said nothing for a minut or two. Then looking up, she solemn ly remarked : "I think, mamma, that the Eng lish language was made for person very, very well educated."?New Yorl Times. What Ik a Wife. The pretty school teacher, for a littli divertisement, had asked her class fo the best original definition of "wife,' and the boy in the corner had prompt ly responded, "A rib. She looked at him reproachfully am nodded to the boy with the dreamy eves, who seemed anxious tosav some tiling. "Man's guiding star and guardiar angel," he said, iu response to the nod "A helpmeet," put in a little flaxen haired girl. "One who soothes man in adversity,' suggested a demure little girl. "And spends his money when he ii flush," added the incorrigible boy ii the corner. "There was a lull, and the pretty darkeyed girl said slowly. "A wife is theenvy of the spinsters.' "One who makes a man hustle " wa | the next suggestion. "And keeps him from making a foo of himself," put in another girl. "Some one for a man to find faul 1 with when things go wrong," said i sorrowful little maiden. "Stop right there," said the prett: school teacher. "That is the best def inition." Later the sorrowful little maldei came up to her. and asked : "Aren't you going to marry tha handsome man who calls for you nearl; every day ?" "Yes, dear," she replied, "but witl us nothing will ever go wrong. H I i- : c n bays su uiuiseu. The I.nrifeMt Tiling*. London is the largest city in th world, containing a population o 4,7fi4, 312 persons. The largest river in the world is thi Amazon, being 4,000 miles long, 15 miles wide at its mouth, and navigabl for large ships 2, 200 miles from it mouth. The largest island in the world i Australia' It Is 1,500 miles fron East to West and 1,950 miles fron ftorth to South. Its area is 2,984,28 square miles. Thu loi>/.ool TTrvirviro in thA wnrlll i that of Great Britian, being 8,557, 65 square miles, and more that a sixtl part of the globe. The largest suspension bridge is th Brooklyn. The length of the mail span is 1,595 feet 6 iuches. The iutir leng;h of the bridge is 9,989 feet. The largest inland sea is the Caspian | between Europe and Asia, being 70 miles long and 279 miles wide. The largest cavern in the world i the mammoth cave, Kentucky. The largest tree in the world as ye discovered is in Tulware County California. It is 275 feet high, am 106feet in circumference at its base. The largest desert is Sahara, ii Northern Africa. Its length is 3,00 miles and breadth 900 miles; havinj an area of 2, 000, 000 square miles. The largest volcano in the word if Etna. Its base is !)U miles in eireum ( ference ; its cone 11,000 feet high. It . first erupt ion occurred 474 B. C. The largest body of fresh water oi the globe is Lake Superior, 400 mile !??? ...wl 1<!/k ufiiln flu , IWIIJ^ Uliu HIV nil tun n UIC. >ia h. depth is L'OO fathoms. Its surface i (J.T> feet above thn level of the sea. The largest church in the world i i St. Peter's in Rome. Its length is (>1 feet. Its dome is l!)o feet in diameter , ami its height to the cross on the sum ; rnit 44-S I'eet. 1 The prospect of relief from cholor I does not seem at all flattering in Kt . rope. It seems to persist in spite < . the cold weather. The latest out brea ? is in the Lunatic Asylum ?t Hall< . Germany, where a large number of th patients have been seized by the dii i ease and many have died. L)r. Koci who is the greatest living authority o i cholera, has ?>??en trying to discovc the causes of the out beak ill theasj lum. >erativ TAIL. GEP rons and the public with any hoticws, cloth: E THE BUYER. Give us a k you to inspect our goods ] IR LINE OF CLOTHING. 1 rHOLESALE AND RETAIL? n, Grain, Etc. YOUR PAT] <-hecrl'nlncNN. a o Says Mr. Thackeray about that bij n boy, Clive Newcomb, "I don't knov I tK-i. ^ KMiY1ir.nf km Uiai v^live wan cspt-uianj' uiiuiuuuu be was pleasant." Occasionally w< s meet people to whom it seems to com< natural to be pleasant. Such person* are as welcome, wherever they go, a; y the flowers in May ; and the mos charming thing about them is, the} )- help to make other people pleasant. :r The other morning, in the midst o three days' rain, the fire smoked, th< dining-room was chilly, and when w< e assembled for breakfast, papa looket d grim and mamma tired, for the babj had been restless all night. Polly was plainly inclined to fretfulness anc ' Bridget was undeniably cross, whet e Jack came in with the breakfast rolls y from the baker's. He had taken of] t his rubber coat and boots in the entry ' and he came in rosy and smiling. "Here's the paper, sir," said he tr - his father, with such a cheerful tone J that his father's, brow relaxed, and he e said, "Ah, Jack, thank you," quite pleasantly. V His mother looked up at him smilingly and he just touched her cheek e gently as he passed. i. "Ton of the morning to you, Polly J wojr," he said to his Tittle "sister and R delivered the rolls to Bridget, with a 1 ''Here you are, Bridget. Aren't you V sorry you didn't go yourself this ' beautiful day?" s He gave the fire a poke aud opened the damper. The smoke ceased, and ' preseutly the colds began to glow, and five minutes after Jack came in we e had gathered around the table and " were eating our oatmeal as cheerily as possible. This spems very simple in * telling. Jack never knew he had done 3 anything at all; but he had, in fact, c changed the whole moral atmosphere of the room, and started a gloomy day pleasantly for five people. "He is always so," said his mother, when I spoke to her about it after5 ward, "just so sunny and kind, and r ready all the time. I suppose there ? are more brilliant boys in the world -| than mine, but none with a kinder heart or a sweeter temper. Iam sare 1 of that." j And I thought: "Why, isn't it a . disposition worth cultivating? Isn't it one's duty to be pleasant, just as i well as to be honest, or truthful, or industrious, or generous?" And yet, - while there are a good many honest, truthful, industrious and generous ? souls in the world, and people who are unselfish, too, after a fashion, a person 3 who is habitually pleasant is rather a i rnrity. But the beauty of it, as I said before, t is that pleasantness is eatching, and such people will find themselves in ? the midst of a world full of bright and 3 happy people, where every one is as goodnatured and contented as they 1 are. 1>I?I You Ever Think. My Dear. [t That a kind word put out at interest Y brings back an enormous percentage _ of love an appreciation? That though a loving thought may , not seem to be appreciated, it has yel made you better and braver because of t it? ,r That the little acts of kindness and thoughtfulne>-sday by day are really a greater than one immense act of goode ness shown once a year? That to be always polite to the peo pie at home is not only more lady-like, but more refined than having ''company manners"?. " rfl1?1 A~ 1 fnllr nlonauntlc " 1 LlUl LO 1CUI II It/ turn. pix.wwi*..i/ij f about nothing in particular is a great art, and prevents you saying things e you may regret? 0 That to judge anybody by his pere sonal appearance stamps you as not s only ignorant but vulgar? That to talk, and talk, and talk s about yourself and your belonging* is 1 very tiresome to the people who listen' n That to be witty (?) at the expense ol 7 somebody else is positive cruelty many times? s That personalities are not always in8 teresting, and very often offensive? 1? That tlie ability to keep a friend is very much greater than that required e to pain one? n That if women would allow then el friends to enjoy themselves in 'heii own way there would be fewer stumb, ling-blocks in life? 0 That if the girls all over the world were to form societies of one, each s being her own president and house committe and entertainment committ tee and secetary and treasurer, and , make kind wo ds the currency, conJ Hi derate actions the social functions, and love the great aim, the whole 1 world wou'd be sweeter and purer for U it? Just form one society where you I are, and see what a great success it would be.?The Ladies Ho:iie Jouri nal. CIipui> I.ciimuiikIp. j Willie and Johnny set up a leruo? nade stand the other day, and a I gentleman was the lirst patron. s Willie's sign read: "Four cents a ?Ia*s." s Jonny's modest announcement was: ''Two cents a glass." 1 " ! ? II,? f.,nf Ht'I!l^r II 1112111 Willi <iu eye iu ujc iuoi ' that "a penny saved is a penny earned," the customer bought a tflass o! Johnny's lemonade, paid the two cents due, and casually inquired : u "Why is yours cheaper than youi i.: brother's?" ,f "Cos mine is the lemonade that the k puppy full into "?Wide Awake. * If you love others, they will lovt you. If you speak kindly to them, I they will speak kindly to yuj. Lovt 1 is repaid with love, hatred with hatred .(would you hear sweet and pleasant '"j echoes, speak sweetly and pleasantly yourself. e Stor< JBRAL ]Vd and everything they need i m, SHOES, HA' , look. We will endeavor 3EF0RE BUYING ELSEWI rHE LARGEST and BEST and you will at all times EtONAGE SOLICITED. J". K.. Testmony of John Woodman. ? That worthy man, John Woolni r says: "The superfluities of our o t houses are against us." Aud, bei 5 careful that doctrine and life should - coincident, he further gives portions 3 his experience :?"Through the rev< * tion of Jesus Christ I had seen 1 t happiness of humility, and there ^ ' an earnest desire to enter deeply ii it." Again, "My mind, through 1 f power of Truth, was in a good deg J weaned from the desire of outwi J greatness, and I was learning to 1 content with real conveniences, tl ' were not costly." Again he writ* 4 "0 that our eyes may be single to I ' Lord ! may we reverently wait up 1 Him for strength to lay aside all i ' necessary expense of every kind, a f learn contentment in a plain, sim| i life. How happy is it to be contt with a little, to live in humility, a ? feel that in us, which breathes out tl ! language, Abba! Father." The wi ' er trusts to being excusetLfor one m< ' selection from the records of this c cedent man, viz : '*1 may thankfu acknowledge, that I often feel pi love beget longings in my heart, the exalation of the peaceable kii dom of Christ, and an engagement labor according to the gift bestowed 1 me, for promoting an humble, plai tempprate way of living: a life wh< no unnecessary cares and expeps may encumber our minds or less our ability to do good ; where no < Hires after riches or greatness, m lj lead into.hard dealing; where noci !|nectionB with worldly-minded rut ij may abate our love to God, or weak 1 a true zeal for. righteousnesp; a li wherein we may diligently labor i 1 resignedness to do or suffer whatev our Heavenly Father may allot for i 1 in reconciling the world to himself.' You know as well as I do?bette great deal, for it is yourself that is question?that at each time when yc heart and conscience have bei brought in contact with the offer of s vation through faith iu Jesus Chri if you had liked you could have ope led the door and welcomed his ( I trance. And you know that nobo and nothing kept it fast except or i yourself. "Ye will not conoe toM( said Christ, "that ye might have lift Men, indeed, do pile up such mou tains of rubbish against the door tt i it cannot be opened, but it was th that put it there; and they are respc sible if the hiuges are so rusty tl they will not move, or the doorway so clogged that there is no room fo] to keep open. Jesus Chr.st knocl but Jesus Christ cunnot break the dc open. It lies in your hands to deci whether you will take or whether y i will reject that which he brings ' Alexauder Maclaren.. | ^ Horn Tip* from "Rain'** Horn/9 People who hope are generally pi pie wiiu ucip. 1 The Devil uever wants to go wh< he is known. ' A good way to learn to talk is to fi ; learn to listen. The most beautiful thing on earth in heaven is love. | Backsliding seldom happens in til of trial or adversity. No soul can ever be happy until finds out that it has no sin. An optimist is a man who belies 1 that all eggs will hatch. Many a boy is frightened out of I r ing religious by the way religl makes his friends look. ' If the streets of heaven are pav 1 with gold, what do you suppose t mansions are made of? Xo man will want to have unythi ' to do with Christ as long as he is s: isli^d with himself. Wherever the Word of God \ preached in purity people will be foui . who would like to stone the preache Natlonnl ChnrncterlNtlCN. A traveler in Switzerland, who g( in for mountaineering, writes: I We arrived at the village of Loecl Ies-Bains and were eagerly welcom ' 1. ? --*11 - T * tirnn f 1" ,joy ine villagers. n ?us mtic ?i?. . one of my guides described to me t behavior of different nationaliti when they get to the top of a peak. I A German,*aid he, as soon as he i rives at the top, wants to know thee | net height of the mountain lie is c and every peak around him. ' Frenchman goes iuto raptures o\ 1 the wildness of the scenery aud t beauties of nature, and sometimes j companies liis remarks by an attem ; to embrace his guide. The Eugli.man, when lie has "done" his pea ; plunges his ice-axe into thesuow, loo ' around and says: "I say, open t sacks, and lei's have some grub." An eastern periodical gives some i teresting figures in regard to the coi partitive number of evictions in Ii , land and in New York. In 1890 t English speaking world was shock by the statement that over 5,000 evi< ions had taken place in Ireland; ti journal mentioned shows that in t same year in New York there wt evictions, many of them und . peculiarly distressing circumstanci f This fact shows, beyond doubt, tli ; there exists in this country, and part ularly in tlie large'ernes, a mass 01 pi erty as abject as that of Ireland or ai other land 011 the globe. Ireland > not the less to Le pitied, but concentr, ed measures should be taken to asci tain the causes of poverty in our lar cities with a view to the anieliorati s of some of its saddest phases. > Head you Bibles. Fill your whc , souls with the thought of Chris t niake him not only a Redeemer, but 1 Brother; not only a Savior, but Friend. e, Gree CERCUAN in the way of IB, GENTS FITCH to make it both pleasant and ] IERE. We believe in CLO SELECTED we have EVER find us with a LARGE an DURST, 1 The Arrow of Prayer. an, Beware of excuses when you WT1 nPAmnfoH fn nrnu? thov nr^ iirrnwi , ? | f iv??i|y?v? vv mvj m*iv< ing ten shot from Satan's camp to w be you harm. The state of the he ) of and not the pasture of the body ;la- what God regards. In the Bible the have examples of people who p vas standing, sitting, and kneeling. ' nto lesson we learn from these example: the that we can pray to God at all til ree and in any position. We natun ird prefer to kneel, because It seems a be fitting, and we have the example aat our Lord, who knelt; but there e 29 ' be times and places where we can be kneel. There are no times and ">n places where we cannot pray, uu in- we surrender to Satan. A young nd low used to pray for every membe pie his family and all his 8unday schol ;nt by mane while riding to town in nd omnibus; and a railway carriage < his tram car may he turned for the i "it- ment into a cathedral as you lift >re your heart to God. When I look tho t-alorrranli wirpa nprnfts fhft hi Uy streets or in the country lanes, I soi ire times think how many messages) for knowu to us are speeding along the: itr- so thousand of messaged may be wi to ed to God as we go to school, set ab on some work, or enjoy some pleasure i n, known to any but to Him who he ire and to him who prays. 'es Shoot up the arrow of prayer, en learning your lessons, or in whate ie- you do, a short prayer, reverently ay tered ("Lord, help me !") will prov >n- blessing to you then and thereafi in, "In everything by prayer and sup] en cation with thanksgiving let your fe, quests be made known unto G( for (Phil. iv. 9). That is what I want rer impress upon you. Take God i LIS) your confidence in everything. Y< ' "life will be happier, your play will brighter, your work will be easi your pathway through life smooth r a and your difficulties lighter if 3 ln practice the habit of lifting up y ur heart in prayer to God?not merely stated times,as in your private mc aJ" ing and eveing praver, which, st? course, you will never forget, but n* quently throughout the day. *n" Remember, you cannot pray ? ?y continue to sin. A small speck 'y dust will choke up the machinery c watch ; one secret sin indulged ^ choke the spirit of prayer?thereft n" "watch ana pray" (Mark xiii, lat (jry_ "Cleanse Thou me from set ey faults" (Psalm xix, 12), as you s-h )D" up the arrow of prayer. An arc! requires not only a bow and arr< ^ but also a quiver full of arrows, wh ^ | lie can use as he may require. Let 1 rio> throne or grace i>e your target, y< ,(Jr heart the bow, and make every di de culty and trouble of an arrow for yi ou quiver; then let your bow take the row and send it swiftly into the i sence of God in humble, believ prayer.?Quiver. eo_ Wanted ! The other day I saw in a "newspa Jre a notice which I think should be r with care and then tucked away in rst memory. Here it is : "Wanted.?In one hundred thoust or households in America, a willing, si shiny daughter who will not fret wl ne asked to wipe the dishes or sigh w\ requested to take care of the ba it a daughter whose chief delight it is smooth away her mother's wrick! 'es and who is quite as willing to ligh her father's cares as his pocket; a j a?- who thinks her own brother quite on fiue a fellow as some other gi brother. Constant love, high estet ed nmi a most honored nlace in the ho he guaranteed. Employment assured all qualified applicants. Addn Qg Mother, Home Office." at- ? t j Four Tired Little Folkw. n(j "Auntie, please tell me somethi r nice to do. I'm tired of Sunday. J too late to go out, and it's too early the lamp, and the wrong time everything." jeg "Well, let me see," paid aunl "Can you tell me anyone in the Bi >e. whose name begins with A?" "Yes ; Adam." ,at "I'll tell you a B," said aunt he "Benjamin. JsowaC." ies Cain. "Right," said Aunt Sarah. ar_ "Let me tell D." said Joe, heari ,x_ our talk ; "Daniel." ,j, I And so we went through all I \ | letters of the alphabet, and before ,gr! thought of it we were called for si he Per' the-house was lighted, and iC.: bad'a fiue time. Try it.?Mayfiowe ,?t J1" It is not by regretting what isir k ' parable that true work i9 to be doi . but by making the best of what are. It is not by complaining that have not the right tools, but by usi well the tools we have. ... Li I like war. is a series of mistakes, and " is not the best Christian nor the b he Kenc>ra' who makes tlie fewest fa I steps. He is the best who wins i most splendid victories by t he retrit he 11' ?^ mistakes. Forget mistakes; , ganize usetory out of mistakes.?F. 1 Robertson. ler "There is but one way of fortifyi against all gloomy presages and t jc_ rors of mind, and that is by securi )V_ to ourselves the friendship and p |1V lection of that lieing who disposes jy events and governs futurity." uter-| Nkuvk Toxic.?The eminent pi He Isician, Dr. Hilsinger, in discussing t I r?mmlips for nerve exhaustion, sa^ "A true religious condition, whicl sure faith gives, is of inestimable v >le tie to patients." Religion helps ner 't iias well as souls. A safe remedy, try 9 Many people are taking medici a when a good close of religion would more to quiet them than all physic. inwood DISE. ISHING GOODS, &c. ; )rofltable for you. We have an SE PROFITS and will sell you OFFERED THE TRADE. We d complete assortment, and at * Manager. The Chooiilnff. % -' f , As children sometimes clasp In one small band ieel a prize, the other empty, and ?o stand S of- With both behind them, saving "Choose!" ork (And 'tis but a chance srneflsto gain or lose,? ap? If Koln, ft joy that disappears; ?rM If loss, regret and foolish tears;) , is We Bo grim Greed, mocking as with bid success ' In one hand, In the other nanght, says, "Guos*! ray And we like children, quickly grasp rhe At that which seems a treasure to enclasp, -'-\S B js To find the palm' how often, bare, m 0g Or crushed the poor prize bidden there. V".i ally Preparing for Sunday. ay "It is so hard to get ready forchurch not Sunday morning at our honse!" exr.o claimed "one of the best mothers in iess Israel"?or so at least; Mm riivr. fel- rated in the neighborhood; ; r of "Tell me some of your hindrances," lars said her visitor, who was one of a genan eration older than the little woman $3 >ra who was sincerely legrettlng her own no- irregular attendance at church. up "In the first place, breakfast is very at late." usy "Mistake number one!" said Mrs. ne- Sutherland. "Breakfast at eight -:i un- would allow a Catholic maid her early \ m ; mass; which, by the way is a reflecift tion on your church going, is it not?" . out "Yes. it is," allowed Mrs. Dixon, an- with flushing face. "If a Roman ar? Catholic maid cannot have her ten o'clock mass, she will cheerfully go at In seven or even at six oclock, ana we ver cannot get ready to go at the eleventh a|3 ut- hour! I never thought of this so di- 'A e a rectly before." ter. "Well, my dear, No rah has shown . nli- vou how-cneerfnllv nni? ma*r a\nn re- the Sunday morning sleep. A' little I )d" extra rest is quite sensible, but if H to church goiDg were as interesting or as t Jfl nto important to us as business or sight H our seeing or shopping, you could manage be it; don't you think so?" , er, "Ob, dear Mrs. Sutherland ! Yon M| er, make me feel positively ashamed. But ,'ou breakfast is not ail that hinders. One our or two of the family, or more, must at have their batb." irn- "Not must have on Sunday, unless of it is a daily custom!" fre- "Why, yes, to change underwear P' Mrs. Dixou explained. v J ind "But why no* before retiring Satur of day night? or before dressing Sunday if a morning, by some good natured ar-' JM vill rangement between Mi. Dixori andr^ >re, your sons?" B 33). "I suppose they might," said Mrs. HH .ret Dixon, sighing: "but they don't. M oot "Certainly'cleanliness'is only, next ber to godliness'?or, as I should render it, )w, one form of godliness?and church ich going is another form ; but as the bath fl| the can be taken any night or any other ^9 our morning, I should advise my dear ones LHi- to do without it, if there were not our time for it on Sunday before ten ar- o'clock." B| ire- "Ob, dear, you make it seem absurd; ing you must reason with papa and the boys. While they were little fellows JH we always went to morning service." ''They all have Saturday afternoon free from business, I think?" queried H| per the earnest old lady. pad "Certainly hut- oAmam the ?they must have some recreation." ' I see! But must the recreation al- HE ind ways be such as prevents Saturday an- from being the 'Preperation Day ?' If ten the recreation is of so fatiguing a nature ien as to make it necessary to spend Sun- mM by; day Sunday morning, up to a late to hour, in rest, is not much recreation les, itself a form of Sabbath-breaking?" |M ten "Give the boys that idea ! But there S| rirl are other things that turn up almost M9 as willfully, one might say a spot to be H rl's cleaned from somebody's suit; a but- H ?m, ton comes off a glove Henry says these me things are akin to the beast in the 91 rv Hifnh fhof woo IX, uivvu J wu?v n c*o laacu UUt, ;ss, "Now, if you won't mind plain . H speaking, Janette, I think you forget H to use Saturday as a preparation day H for the first of the week." |H , Not a word spoke Mrs. Dixt>n, but M y?p she bent over her needle work indus- afl Li * triously. ? for "You may remember Saturday afternoons, when you were a girl, my dear, afl ,. when you used to call for my girls?" H hie "No!" interrupted Mrs. Dixon; "to B be honest, they used to call for me, and hurry me, sometimes help me, to p . g? f?r a ri^e ora visit! Thej were al,e ' ways ou time." "les, Saturday was our seventh day. No piece of work was ever begun Saturday ; by uoon all household work in* was done, only the meals remained to be despatched. All my life my girls and i bad a half holiday on Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning found JP" us refreshed. Clothes were looked ^ over, shoes and gloves put in order SaturJay morning." "I see," said Mrs. Dixou. "I will re. turn over a new leaf." lie "Amen!" said Aunty Sutherland, Wg "and let all the Dlxous say, Amen !"? we American Messenger ng ife, Happy are they that speak always he the truth ; for they shall be called the est bravest of tlie brave. A liar is in lse every case a coward. To say that all ^ he men are liars was, no doubt, somewhat jv- hasty in David ; but be was not far or- out of the way if those be counted NV liars who at some time or other, in some small particulars, deviate knowingly from the exact statement of fact, ng Lying means also distrust of God as er- well as fear of men. He who is full of ng courage and full of faith will have ro- nothing to do with a lie, or with whatof ever looks like one. He despises it, and hates it.?Sel. jy- Two things are matter of dally as;he touishmeut to me?the readiness of rs : Christ to come from heaven to pnrth ti a for me, and my backwardness to rise al- troin earth to heaven with him. it If great scandals travel in cycles, as ine some believe, it will soon be America's do turn as nearly every European country now has a bif? one on hand. ^ 1