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Bringing Oat the Grain. I didn't forget exactly, but the i K< truth is, I'm tired of always having ! raK;to say things just so. I don't see whyif and all the rest of the boys should ' ^K-~not baye noses shaped just alike, or, J ^ kejreB tbe same 9hade, or precisely the,' H same tone of voice,! as that I should j(aiw?ya be expected to say and do 1 ^Krthings just as some other people do, 1 hflftuiafl it's 'nnlite.' Sunuose it wasn't jA BE.; polite to have red hair, must I dye,( BK'. The tone in which Rob asked this < MQf; was au aggrieved one. Indeed, hej i BV thought himself a much abused boy, ' R^?,tbi&t the rules of good breeding should ' j^Ktbeso often mentioned in bis hearing. ' K He rather prided himself on having 1 ^B his own way of sayiug and doing i ^B| things, and always thought that the ' that came easiest to him was ^BKadcoething that ought not to be inter- 1 B fered with ?like the shape of his nose 1 ^B or the color of his hair. Perhaps there : ^B havebeeu other bo^s like him who 1 Bp have the habit of saying, "Oh! that is B|~ just my way and I can't help it," as JB: an excuse for actions that were rude. If you ha vet i me now, Rob," said ! f arshall, "suppose we go out, iui aud pick out some timber for I promised-to build y.w." as more than glad to do this, ause he was interested in the 1 because it would give him >rtunity to escape the hated >f manners. gbt," he said, "I'll be along, ping to the mill for some I suppose." tight of using this," his uncle I, handing down from the the unceiled shop some rough split timber. that way!" Rob said in an you see, this it just the way aatural way. You couldn't em to be in the shape thetimII other sleds are, could you?" >ked puzzled for a minute; he potten something el&e in his u his sled. Ely going to suave le them square! the looks, the much smoother Marshall ; "to always the best ;rence about the hich one gets now, but chose educes the fricyou know, anfi ners sometimes ilmost as much n, and that is rof making all ??*?tter in what woods. Won0 anything else u some things ountof friction jet through life, EflHK there's another thing about ^Kcfe; as tliis is very fine wood, if ||r?iuootb it up it gives a chance to [blah it so as to bring out the grain." jS^To brin$j out the grain?" repeated (You see I have a friend in a town ffid works in a furniture factory, and oo-<k> not know what a difference i< Mkes in a piece of wood just to bring ''But it is very hard work. I should mlk that ifit bad been intended to Wn the grain brought out, as you ly, it would have been out in the firnt ?Ce. Don't j ou think that the bark ?ks prettier than the grain?" t&Pd, and I don't think any one else mid say that. The bark might do fence posts, but for tables and id fine office desks they have to rub tft-rub) oil and oil, varnish and varah, to make a fine, glossy surface, Eyou can .naruiy scraiuu n > wood in its natural state, k and roots, on, is only ts and otber rough uses, must be the same with i, too. There was a young vent up to the city from position. He was bright id quick and ambitious, back within a week, and he was so rough in his le drove customers away e. I suppose he was only i post, and not for the le hadn't bad the grain he hadn't had any sort up," said Rob, a little ; he had been fighting sliest. ! i the rubbing you spoke ; the chance to have the tout, but I'm told he 1 stand the rubbing. Tthe wood had feelings it beincr oiled and rubbed HBlthe way you telfabout it, wouldn't I 9 would rather have the ragged ^HHooking bark in which nature clothed W it and be itself wouldn't it?" Rob winced a good deal, but he had ^S^drawo himself into the subject, and toe did not tee how to avoid it now. H So'he bravely said, "If I were a piece HH&f oak, I guess I wouldn't mind about ^^Ktberabbing if it would make all the ^^^Htfferenoe between a feuce-post and an JL'd tell 'em to rub away, atfil bear it the best; I eouhj." B^flHRiood for you, Rob!" said Uncle HwMarehall approvingly, patting the boy ^^Aon tbe shoulder; "that means a barH^Bfealn; this isn't to be a fence post sled, . B Shut a mahogany polish. Ana you sec ; HJHthatthe material you have gets the of a finish, and nothing about rubbing on either side. bargain," said Rob. And k? walked back to the house, ^^^HkTaalo~-tv-himself, "If I'd a-known ^^ bere was so much in making a sled H Bgood, I'd?but then, if that's the way ^^Htpi>riQg out the grain, why, I don't HRirantto be a fence-post."?Our Morn m RsCoflfee Cake.?One cup sugar, hair butter, two eggs, half cup molasses, cup cold cofFe (very strong,) one ^^Bteaspoon soda in the cofTe, one tea- j ^Bfttpoon cloves, mace and cinnamon. Black Pudding.?One egg, one cup < BBVw&rm water, one cup currents, one ' BSA half cup black molasses, one teaspoon 1 H^H-eoda, two cups flour. Steam two ' ^H|Br8; serve warm with sauce. i H Dftichoke Pickle.?Scrape well; , ^^H^Ra few hours in cold salted water. vinegar, adding coriander seed, , ^^^^Kce, mustard seed, black pepper, all- j and a few clove?. Pour this H^H^r the artichokes boiling hot. Cover s Molasses Cookies.?One pint butter- 1 Idlk, one pint New Orleans moiasses, > Be cup lard or butter, two tablespoons t <jaf one tablespoon ginger, same of ? ovea, flour to make a stiff' dough; P^?e fourth inch thick, aud bake in > When a man begins to do wrong he s nnot auewer for nimself how far he 1 -v hft carried on. He does not see ^ 9 Beforehand, he cannot know where he IJ H MQ] find himself after the sin is com- ? bitted. One fafse step leads to anoth- 1 MHBbr; one evil concession requires r The Title Reverend. | By Josittb \V. Leeds. t In a single passage only in the Rible lo we find the word "Reverend" menioned. It is in the ninth verse of " ?salm iii?"He sent redemption untoi'1 lis people; He hath commanded his ? jovenaut forever; holy and reverend J' s his name." Of all eccle.-iastienl dig- ' litaries the Pope alone, the self-elected 11 ,'icar of Christ, lays claim to the title 1 )f "Holiness;" but under what war- * ant do modem ministers, making no ;laim to the possession of infallibility, c irrogate to themselves the title of f Reverend?" "Does it accord with 1 :he meekness and lowliness of heart * which Christ enjoins on his followers, 1 that any or tnese snouiu voiunianiyr issurae tl.is lofty name which is a pre- 1 rojrative of Omnipotence ? ( The title was unknown during the ' primative Christian centuries, and, indeed, appears to have been generally adopted only within the last two hundred years. It was taken up by the Episcopacy as well as by tlit Romanists, but was denied to the Dissenters, ( with whom, however, it came into ' general use. Nevertheless, the ' Friends, the Mennouities and prob- 1 ably a few other denominations, (nu- 1 merically small) of German dervia- ' tion, are pronounced in the disuse of 1 it. Concering the origin of the term ! tlie following item from "Notes and 1 Queries" (First Series, Vol. VI, No. 150) may be of interest: "During the seventeenth century the ( word 'reverend' was usually coupled with 'learned,' as in the following eases : Vaughan, in his 'Life of Dr. 1 Jackson,'thus commences it: 'Being earnestly desired to deliver some character of the reverend and learned Dr. Jaeksou,' etc. Bishop Patrick, too, in his 'Annotations on Solomon's Song,' viii: 7, quotes 'the reverend and learned Dr. Hammond.' And beneath the portrait of John Kettlewell prefixed to his work on the Apostles' Creed we read that it is "The true elllgy to their names in their works. It is clearly a title of modern usage, neither sanctioned nor required by any law oncanon, and from the growing inconveniences that attend its use it may the more easily be discontinued if judged necessary/' "Mention is ouly made of the fact, in a recent number of the same periodical (Fifth Series, Vol. VJ that upon the Judicial Court of the Privy council Ol ureal nnuuu im\ mg uccided in 1875 that "reverend" is not a peculiar title of office or dignity, but one of courtesy, several of the clerical sulwcribers to one of the English papers desired that the same might he sent them without the prefix "Rev." to their names. There are evidences warranting the belief that an increasing number ol Christian ministers would be glad to rid themselves and the Church at large of this self-assertive designation. While lack of faith and of a willing ness to be little in the world's estimation may have, perhaps, almost unconsciously operated with many to prevent a giving up in this matter, yet others (of whom may be instanced a Presbyterian of large attainments and much humility of mind, not long deceased, the late Albert Barnes) clearly discerning the pointing of the Holy Spirit herein, have been constrained to drop the title, while sincerely desiring to be no more addressed thereby. When riding in a train some months ?icm ft man whom I knew bv face but not by name seated himself "besides me, and handed me his card by way of introduction. He had no*, much more than done so, when he extended his baud for it, and, at the game time taking a pencil from his pocket, effectually marked out the "Rev." which preceded his name. He then handed il 1 back with some deprecatory remark about title being of no cousequeuce to him. I bad the impression that he might have felt more at ease had the affix been left off before it went into the hands of the priuter. The late Nathan Brown, of New ' England, a Baptist, and for many < years a missionary in Assam and JaBan, and translator of portions of tbr 1 iible iuto the vernacular of those < lauds, had conferrred upon him (1885) ' the degree of "Doctor of Divinity" by J Williams College, responded from the 1 far East ; "I have long felt, in com- 1 mon no doubt with many others, that ' the customary use of D. D. as a mark 1 of distinction among ministers of the ( gospel, or as an appendage to the com- ^ tuon address of an individual, is liable ; to serious objections. Regarded simply > as a college honor like the title of A. < B. or A. M. its application would beattended with fewer inconveniences." ' He hence trusts that his friends will J both write or speak of him in a plain 1 tnanuer. ? A Methodist editor said, in referring ? to the printed Minutes of a Yearly < Meeting of the Society of Friends which he had recently received and of > the absence of honorary titles : "The ^ plain, straightforword way of doing c business as showu by the Minutes is f worthy of imitation by other religious issemblies. God bless the Quakers in I their simplicity and zeal in the main- 1 Lenance of 'the faith which was once f ielivered unto the saints.' " Never- 8 *- -1 *1 G t-ueiess, mere stcma vi j?ic jcaia i%* have been a hankering after the Rev. Litle, or its reception without dissent. jy ministering Friends in some locali Lies. It is to be hoped that they will faithfully adhere to this so-called "minor testimony." The Guide to Holiness, another Methodist journal, lately referred to 'the impropriety of the term 'Reverend' applied to ministers," and idded, ''We should welcome its disuse, itid thedoctrate also. Itthence showed a desire to exemplify its convictions, ay printing a page of "News from the Field," with names of the numerous ministering brethren mentioned 'shorn if the inappropriate title." That eminent Baptist preacher, ipurgeon, has a testimony to bear upon this matter, and as his words secure a hearing from all Christians, :hey are appended below : CHARLES II. SI'UROKOX'S VIEWS. We are willing to reverence the aged <1 ;>astor, and we did not hesitate to give t :hat title to our beloved friend, George L Rodgers, just iu the same way we use ; :he term "the venerable Bede." or r 'the judicious Hooker," but we are c lot prepared to reverence every strip- I ing who ascends the pulpit; and, t Tiorever. if we thoughtitdue toothers I o call them reverend we should still u A-aut some reason for their calling hemselves so. It seems rather odd to is that a man should print on his vis- c ting card the fact that he is a rever- * u >ua pcrhUU. ?? UJ uuco UWK tiv Ubm- lionally vary the term and call him- ' >elf estimable, amiable, talented, or " >eloved? Would this seem odd? Is e here any valid objection to such a use r )f adjectives after the fashion is once * let by the use of the word reverend ? n If a man were to assume the title of a everend for the first time in hisiory it vould look ridiculous, if not pre- c lumpluous or profane. It may be said fl bat the title revereud is only one of 1 :ourtesy. but then so was the title of d iabbi among the Jews, yet the dis- fi iples were not to be called Rabbi. It u sat any rate a suspicious circumstances h hat among mankind no class of per- j ons should so commonly describe s . ? " ' hcmselves by a pretentious title as he professed ministers of the lowly esus. I Peler and Paul were right reverend ion, but they would have been the ^ List to have called themselves so. No c ensible person does reverence us one t [>t more because we assume the title, j t certainly is in some cases a flagrant j misnomer, aud its main use seems to be pestilent one of keeping up the dis i net ion of clergy and laity. | We wonder when men first sought ( >ut this invention and from whose iriginal mind (lid tne original urn em- | nate? We suspect that he lived in j he Roman Row of Vanity Fair, al- ( hough the Rev. John Bunyau does ( lot mention him. One tiling is pretty certain, he did not flourish iu the daysi, >f the Rev. Paul, the Rev. Apollos, or the Rev. Cephas. ? ^ -4^ Opportunity mid C'hnrnotrr. By CJeokgk D. IIkkron, D.D. It is not opportunity and the lack of jpportunity, not ability and the lack Df ability, tbatmakethe difference in he power of human lives for good. It s faith, character and the lack of charlcter. It is consecration and concentration, and the failure to consecrate and concentrate. It is courage and selfdeuial over against cowardice and selfishness. There is a potential hero of faith, a possible prophet of larger truth, in 3very soul. The door of supreme opportunity swings open to every man and woman, church and nation. In some great moment God stands before each and says: "Now is thy time! Show what is in thee ! Show the world thy ah KlimlnacQ I" And what I V I51UII \ 'l H1J Ulll'UU ooo ?... v. makes one great and the other small is that one grasps what the other passes by. One enters the door of opportunity which the other fails to enter because of the cowardice of unbelief. One looks at himself and fails; while the other looks God and His universe in the face and dares to trust, trust in spite of the stupidity of the church, the mockery and unbelief of the world, the misunderstanding of friends. Harlan Page, pressed with business cares, battling with ill health, led a hundred young men into the ministry by cousecrating his personal influence to Christ; yet every business man in New York had the same Christ and the same opportunity. John Wesley became the apostle of a new dispensation of diviue grace to the world; yet every student in Oxford had the same opportunity to gather about him a half dozen fellow students for prayer and Scripture study and divine guidance. The noble daughter of William E. Dodge has consecrated herself and wealth and time to solving the problem of the poor in New York city; yet many rich men's daughters have the same opportunity. George Muller, beginimr in poverty, has built up those or phan homes in Bristol, England, which are a miracle of prayer the unbe'ief of the world cannot gainsay: yet there were other students in the German univesity where he studied upon whom the same spirit of prayer was pressing. Time would fail me to tell of the many who through faith have seen the purposes of God in their day which the pride and unbelief of the world would not see, and have made them their opportunity. It therefore behooves us each to be about our Father's business, watchful for our opportunities; for the nght Cometh, in which no man can work. In an hour when we think not the Son of Man may come to us, in the supreme moment of our life, and find us sleeping on the threshnold of a matchless opportunity. It is God's part to estimate the value of our service; it is our part to serve and question not.? The Advance. Annt Dolly Elmer. Aunt Dolly Elmer was a little old woman who, nearly a hundred years igo, lived all alone by herself in a jountry town iu Vermont. The little girls in the neighborhood used to go and sit with her, and she taught them a great many useful lessons. Indeed, Aunt Dolly found a lesson iu everything. Was she reelug yarn, she would say, perhaps: :his skeiu of yarn is like our duily ives; some of the time it runs swiftly ind evenly without a break, theu 1 i. ? M jotnes a snari, or a kuui, ur a umgic, mil it often arises from our baste, or mpatience, or a freak of temper; and f we are not careful, it makes us much irouble, and leads us into difficulty." One day, when Anna Simmons lappened to be sitting with Aunt Dolly the dear larly was called away to go in haste to see a sick neighbor. She hung the skein of yarn she was ibout to wind, over the back of her :hair, and went out. "There!" thought Anna, "T will vind that yarn myself. I know how veil enough , and I have a right to lo it for she is to knit it into stockings 1 or me." 1 So she managed to put the skein of ' >right red yarn upon the long arms of he swift, and began to wind. She 1 bjind an end, but it would not be per- 1 niaded to wind oft* evenly, and soon J ihe had broken it iu severul places. When Auut Dolly returned, the I vhole skein was in a sad tangle. 1 ' O, my child," she said, "you began 1 vrong. You put the skein upon the ! wift wrong side up, and then you ' vereiu such haste to begin winding 1 hat you did not take time to find the ' ightend. Your work is like a day >egun without prayer. The time saved 1 uns us in a difficulty of some kind, ve lose our temper, and make an ( inkind speech, perhaps, that hurts for | i long time, as the knots in the yarn vill go inio your stockings, and may la use discomfort as long as the stock- * ngs are worn." , Aunt Dolly and all the little gills 1 vho used to visit her have long since ( massed away, but some of their chil- , Iren, to whom her wise lessons are epeated, think of them still. ? ? s Macaroni and Cheese.?Wash a J ir>.'sa>. ui;..iru r>f mnpnrniii. and break ' hem into pieces of uniform lengths; ?oil it in plenty of water until tender. Grange alternate layers of the boiled nacnroni and cheese?some grate the heese, others only slice it very thin, .-ay slices of butter over ir; salt to aste; cover with sweet milk or cream, iake in a moderate oven fifteen min* ites. Serve hot. Lemon Cookies.?Four eg^n, two :ups white sugar, one cup butter, one easpoou soda, one teaspoon baking owder. The grated rind and juice of wo lemons, flour to make a stiff lough. Beat the sugar, butter and ggs to a cream; theu add the grated ind and juice of the lemons. Sift oda and baking powder with the [our. Bake iu a quick oven. These re very nice. "Make Christ your most constant ompanion." Be more under His iuluence thau under any other influence. en nunutesspeni in niswineij c?cij |ay, aye, two minutes, if it be face to 8 ice and heart to heart, will make the1 fhole day different. Every character,1 as an inward spring; let Chiist be it. ;I Jvery action has a key-note; let Christ,1 eeit. ic - f' ' '.-""V;-" y,.y _ : Sunday and Liberty. Dr. Joha Hall concludes an article n theChristian Weekly as follows: We can see no liberty or equity in be principle that one class of the lommunity is to enjoy, while to enable hem to do so another class on railways, 11 hotels, public houses, parks, or tands of music must work. We de>lore the corruption of any man's conicience by tempting him with bread "or his family on condition of his forfeiting the Lord's Day. "And finally, we deprecate the unbounded and altogether mistaken ideas ;hat in advocacy of 'Sunday recreations' have been put forward regarding the nature of worship, as if the enjoymeut of a green field or a glass palace were worship. Mere joyous feeling is not worship. Mere solemn feeling it* n >t worship. To be awed and hushed by the sight of a sacred pile is not worship. To worship is to have the mind In an active state. These only require to be passive. In worship there needs a definite religious act which feeling accompanies, but the want of which feeling cannot supply. To worship is to express before God penitence auu hope and praise througn Jesus Christ and in the manner He enjoins. "To want this though our delight rises high and our feelings be intense, is to serve Hini, not as intelligent, dependent, and blood-bought creatures, but in somewhat of the sense in wbicli the beasts of the field honor Him, They are mere recipients; we are actively and joyously to show forth the praise of Him who calleth us out of th? darkness into His marvelous light; and to feel that one day in His courts is better than a thousand elsewhere Let the working classes seek by right means a Saturday half-holiday, and rightly to enjoy it, that they may bt the better fitted for coming into th< courts of Gods's house on His own daj and employees and employed willhavt a day together." French Military Law. A French soldier, who picked up t cigarette end in the Bicetre military prison, where he was undergoing pun ishment, was ordered by the sergeant to throw it away. The man becamt abusive, and struck the sergeant witl his fist. A Court-martial silting ir Paris has condemned him to be shot 1 1 ** " " llliiufrof Inn n I 116 lIlUIClt?lJi? is *in api iuuoii ubiuu \? the difference between citizen law anc military law. A blow with the fis' entails a fine under the one, but undei the other death. Such are the atneni ties that might be expected in an in stitution whose mission is to slay. Name Frcucher "In II." The following from the Gazette leadi the reader to suppose, naturally o course, that some preacher has beer "fleeced" and it comes from Stillwatei where the preachers vote the wronj ticket at election. Please explair Brother. "There is a couple traveling through the territory against whom minister; in particular should be warned. Thej apply to a preacher to perform a mar riage ceremony and then give him i $20 counterfeit bill aud ask him t< take his fee of $5 out of It. Thej make $15 every time a ceremony is per formed."?Oklahoma Advocate. That fishes may be afflicted witl cancer has been shown by Prof. Scot of New Zealand. Those having thi.' disease were all specimens of the A merican brook trouteoufined in one o the ponds belonging to the Dunedii Acclimatization Society. Males ant females were alike affected, and th< diseased fish never recovered. Prof Scott has examined several specimen! showing the disease in various stage; of advancement, and gives in his pa per a short accouut of the naked eye and microscopic appearances of the growth. The occurrence of cancer iri the lower animals has been frequently observed of late years, and it is by nc means so rare among tbem as it was a! one time thought to be. At the Kentucky Conference (M. E Church, South) this occurred, as re lated by one of the youug preachers: "After the committee had passed us in our examination, one of the committee called the class into a room, and after giving us advice which we will never forget, led in prayer, asking thai we might go forth with the baptism of the Holy Ghost. For two hours wc prayed and rejoiced together, giving in our experiences. No cla.-s meeting was ever more spiritual. God was never nearer us than 10 those precious hours. Ifother committee-men should take such delight in the spiritual development of the undergraduates as did this brother, what a wonderful ministry we soou would have.? Kentucky Methodist. Mothers ? keep evil literature out of your boy's hands. Don't prohibit and scold but warn kindly, and insure obedience bv cultivating a taste in him for something better. Don't discuss sensational newspaper headings and the last murder cases in his presence. Capt. Jack Crawford says: "Many of the young men in the penitentiaries of the Western .States ind Territories assert unqualifiedly that they were brought to their present shame and disgruce through reading iime novels. They longed to be heroes or highwaymen or noted robbers, md their first attempt at crime invariably led to their imprisonment for a long term. Open a can of peas, drain, and lay them in cold salt water for half an liour. Boil them soft in three pints c??l? umfof wifh n ulino r\f miimi irnl a stalk of celery. A sprig of mint improve* the flavor. When soft, rub them with the water in which they were cooked through a collander; put jver the fire and bring to boil. Add :wo heaping tablespoons of butter rolled in three heaping tablespoons of lour; one-half cupful of hot milk; a small tablespoonful of sugar; salt and aepper to taste. Simmer and stir for ive minutes, and turn into a tureen in vhlch is some fried bread dice.-Ameri' :an Farmer. ? A correspondent requests the pubication of the following paragraph rom the Scientific American as a natter of interest: "In a case af dipberia raw onions should be placed in icloth and beaten into a pulp, and he cloth (containing the onions, uice and all) bound about the throat Mid well up over the patient's ears. Itenewals to be made as often as the nnsH becomes dry. The effect is ilmost magical, the deadly pain yield-j ng in a short time." Always spread a large clean cloth in ,?our clothes basket before putting iti he clothes. Pass a clean, damp cloth dong the clothes line to free it from lust. A galvanized wire clothes line s the best, as it need not be taken town, besides freeing one's mind of j he fear of breakage or slipping of j W tKo rlirofiil o 1 f nnilit 11 f Q nfl ilJULS V>11U IUV/ UI1VIUI W, | uch contingencies. A clothes pin iprou, which is made by facing a arge piece of cloth on the outside for >ocket, a Is much more convenient' han a basket, as it allows the free usej if the hands. ' w-v. > . r' ' ' "*. .* State S. S. convention. The State Sunday School Convention of South Carolina will be held at y?' Abbeville, S. C., April 4 to 6, 1893. l>r< The usual subjects and discussions will obtain. Besides the presence of dis- j L,r< tinguished Sunday Scbool workers! within the State, Professor Hatnill, of; Illinois, and Mr. J. W. Wallace, of i I*1' Augusta, Ua., will, according to the *e< ' ? "iiuil! In iln in iriulf-lth pru^iaiuujC) uw?u ?v ing the proceedings of the Convention U9 interesting and profitable. a0 Mr. Charles H. Carlisle, (Spartan- 3"( burg, S. C.,) chairman of the execu- c?' tive committee, announces that special rates have been granted over the railroad lines in the State. Entertainment will be provided for 'a all who will notify Mr. A. B. Morse, tr chairman committee 011 entertainment, P' at Abbeville, S. C., on or before March eiJ 30c h. It is hoped that the Sunday School J.11 interests will be greatly advanced by the meeting at Abbeville. The International Lessons for Sun- l* day Schools might well be superseded w by a series of catechisms?say 1, 3, 4 ,c ?extending from the infant class on fl up to adult graduation. If our memo- jl ry is not at fault two or thiee General " Conferences of theM. E. Church South " ! withiu the last twenty years made P moves to liave such series published [ but if any thing wus ever done alter- * wards it has escaped our notice. In u . the catechisms there should be Script- a tire references iu support of the an! swers given to the questions and the * I shol ira required to commit them to I( J memory. Only in this way cau our ? , young people have an iuteliigeub and P systematic comprehension of the teach- a I iugs of the Bible. , _ 8' 5 The United States Senate, March 20, ? r confirmed the following appointments i made by Prfsitient Cleveland : J Isaac P. Gray, minister to Mexico. 8j James B. Eustis, miuister to France. ^ Theodore Kunyon, minister to Germanv. a > John E. Rlsley, minister to Den- w r mark. a Wade Hampton, commissioner of _ t railroads. ^ ! On account of his wife's continued 1 ill health Bishop Haygood has come 1 back from California to Georgia, and will live at Oxford, Ga. He a;;d.;his I" afflicted wife surely have the sympaI thy of friends within and without the t church. ^ The Greene Street Methodist I1 * Church, corner Greene and Assembly c streets, in this city, will be dedicated ? Sabbath, March 26. Bishop Duncan will preach the sermon at 11 A. M., 3land will preach again at 8 P. M. y fl \roiintncr Tnliriann n voiincr whifp o W.MWW.., ? J X"?O V i man, unmarried, was run over by a j r South Bound train March 16. While <j J in liquor be had placed himself across i one of the iron rails and was cut about the middle. 1 F. A. Jacobs, a native of Germany * but a citizen ofColumbiasince )852died ' suddenly at his home in this city " March 19,1893. > One Robert Bell in Tennessee came T out of a trance during the preparations . for his funeral. La'.er he really died. Jacob Hand Vanderbilt, brother of the late Cornelius Vanderolit died at i home on Staten Island March 19, 1893. t An unusually heavy frost was found s on the ground in this city ou the - morning of March 19. f On March 17, snow fell at William| ston, Spartanburg, Anderson, and Pac1 olet. Tremont Temple, Boston, was burn| ed March 19, 1893. Loss over $300,(XX). 3 From the ruins of Pompeii, it ap. pears glass windows existed before 79. \ 5 A move is ou foot to have a carnival s in this city, beginning on May 16. i l , l > A Penitent Females' Refuge having L been established in Boston, the Transcript wants to know why a Refuge for Penitent Males has noi also been established. "It would be most uufort- (j [ unate," it says, "if all the long years * the penitent males have been wanting ' publicly to avow their penitence, but cannot because the good people nave failed to furnish a Penitent Male's RefI uge. By all means let us have one 81 . with a sign so big and plaiu that he . ' that runneth may rea-l, and gather 11 1 the males within."?Woman's Col. utnn. k ? d 1 Last October a telephone was estab1 lished between New York and Chic- p L' ago, the line covering over nine bun' dred miles, over which conversation cau be plainly heard. It is the longest in the world. There i? one between j| ' Paris and Marseilles, about four hundred and fifty miles. The third long- e est extends lrom Vienna to Gratz. and from Gratz to Trieste, one hundred and tl sixty miles. n '? P Dress Reeokm.?Some young ladies o of Indianapolis have donnet> tbe Columbia dress suits, initiating the dress tt reform that has been pushed by their fc elders, desiring the short skirts. The suits are of blue cloth, the skirts full ing just below the knee. A Short Skirt League has been formed in England under the auspices of Lady Hor- I berton. It is proposed to have the 8< skirts fiv#? innliPK frnm the cround. bi ? tr First Step toward Evaugelization.? p, Madam Loysou, wife of Pere Hya- ^ ciutbe, now on a visit to United States, p] puts as the first step toward the evun- ia gelizationof France the prohibition of intoxicating drinks, and savs that "in ol France the wine cup is the uod of the fr masses." It is stated that thare are in France 440,000 establishments open for j0 the sale of intoxicating liquors. In fr Paris alone there are 27,000. Let tbe Xnfiou Bejolce. . y( Washington, March 16.?The Secretary of the Interior to-day accepted the fr resignation of Green P. Raum us Com- u. mi8sioner of Pensions, ar.d has desig- bj nated Deputy Commissioner Audrew Davidson to take charge of that office jn until the appointment oy the President y of Rauu's successor. ^ ?<* or Scarcely any of the Chinesf are registeriug in accordance with the in- "r famous anti-Chinese law. There isn't money enough available to punish "J them for their quiet protest against tbe , legislative crime. alj Tbe present roll of the United States Senate shows forty-four Democrats, thirty-eight Republicans, one Populist, da one Independent, one Farmers' Alii- on atice and three vacancies. The vacan- T1 ciesareone each in Montana, Wash- foi ingtou and Wyoming. nn John B. Roden a storekeeper at Bir- Pr mingham. Ala., after listening to a oAKniAtt nn nt>ilo /\f no t*/l tilaviitn nui uiwii uu mw t??io vi vuiu uiaj , made a large bonfire of the cards in his: f?' store, valued fully at $200. thi ' lie; Says tlie Protestant Methodist : spj "Prof. Townsend, of Boston is authori- r?f ty for saying that the U. S. Navy is nn, already so far Romanized that confes- . sional boxes are now built in some of J our men-of-war." y? The Universal .Schoolmaster. 1 Hie Carolina Spartan say*: ''When Hf u come to Hawaii you will plra?e than mounce it Ha-wi-e with the accent they the second syllable. The'a' has a and t >ad sound." to ap Thanks, awfully; we have been help! underlng around' the Ha-wi-ean Is- show ids for a long while, and were oppo- cles : i to annexation until we could get e right pronunciation. Now tell raan about".Liliuokalaui," if you were timic quainted with the dusky queen, and she >u can go to the head of the spelling amoi ass. you ] The above is from The Greenville show [ountaineer. The pronunciation of what ie queen's name is <-Lil-i-u-o-ka- You w-e," and it must be pronounced unco ippingly on the tongue A little Th 'actice will show Bro. Hoyt that it id yet i isy. of a This shows that the newspaper is a atioi uiversal schoolmaster and a very ef- othe miwo A minil lt?Mr>hi?r will rfiflfih utror rty pupils yearly. A good paper, like habi lie Mountaineer, will reach several then lou^aud readers. This affords a or si onderful opportunity for the editor to sv > teach spelling, pronunciation, punc- fortl lation aud the use of the right words the i 1 the right place. IfBro. Hoyt will and >ok over bis exchanges and study of tl leir style, he may be somewhat sur- der1 rised to see how few of them come up it wi > the high standard required of them, sam ye believe very few editors clearly bad nderetaud their power, responsibility gree ud influence. agai The editor should use clear, forcible dred nd correct Euglish, even in wriitng a hanj >cal about turnips, or the best method shot f raising ducks. When there is some rota ublic interest direcied to a remote A ud uuknown place, the history, geo- mov ;raphy aud condition of the place vari bould be given. Many people who mus ead papers have no dictionaries, en- fron lyclopedius or gazetteers. They de- the end nn their snide weekly paper for nius II information at,out the world out- hucc ide their neighborhood. Many of Thif liera depend on their country paper and jr religious news. They do not take part church paper. So the editor of a the weekly paper is a sort of priest as well sear 3 schoolmaster. He should never for- lack et that he is a teacher.?Carolina mue partan. latic The Olrl to be Avoided. ' She is the girl who lakes you off in is ei nts corner, and tells you things that tow ou wouldn't repeat to your mother. wan She is the girl who is anxious to pov\ lave you join a party, which is to be 'a dead secret," and which, because eople are very free and ea*y, makes ? ou uncomfortable and wish you were N' ,t home. 80 v She is the girl who tries to induce C0U1 -ou, "just for fun," to smoke a cigar- I"or tte, or to lak? a glass of wine, and . ? ou don'-t know, and possibly she J681* loesn't, that many of the sinnere of o-day committed their first sins "just to;' or fun." rA She is the girl who persuades you hat to stay at home, ana care for and c'8,.( ove your own, to help mother and to 1 lave your pleasures at home, and vhere the home people can see them, uue s stupid and tiresome; and that pending the afternoon walaing tip 1 ,e ?3 1 ? '.twsvnfr iaaitsnre ut fha 6d0 >UU UUWII 111C aucci, ivumug vuv windows and people, la "just delight- ' ? stra f Q W/ She is the girl who persuades you v; hat slang is witty, that a loud dress a iS hat attracts attention is "stylish," . M nd that yourown simple gowns are ?er. lowdy and undesirable. 8lie doesn't n.^' luow, nor do you, how many women w iave gone to destruction because of w heir love for fine clothes. She is the girl ?vho persuades you * hat to be on very familiar terms with hree or four young men is evidence o! rour charms and fascination, instead J f being, as it is, au outward, visible " r'' ign of your perfect folly. 11 She is the girl who persuades you g fc,? hat it is a smart thing to be referred o as a "gay girl." She is very, very ^ . nuch mistaken. 11 And, of all others, she Is the girl ""r0" Fho, no matter how hard the may " aJ ry to make you believe in her, is to *"a e avoided. * "Jf, (Ladies' Home Journal. "'* " " will Tnble Maimers for Children. "j Drink from the cup?never from the moti aucer. mor Teaspoous are left in the saucer, not ey.) - nu u me cup. Little childreu only bave the nap- ant in arranged aa a bib. that Making a noise, either in eating or casn rinking is vulgar. flavi Always cheerfully defer to older eople and to guests. Eat slowly, aud do not till the mouth rith large quantities. tal ( Eat the food served, or quietly leave 8jgD ; upou the plate without remark. our Never imitate a rude or uncouth act, 8p0r ven if committed by an older person. ?? Avoid drumming with the fingers or that ae feet; it is the height of Impolite- fessj ess. who If in doubt at any time as to what is fun. roper, follow the example of others gUpj f more experience. out | Patiently await the coming of your (0 h, jrn; do not follow with the eye9 the and >od served to others. utili Sabbath Breaking. Once in riding along a country road ' saw a nice farm-bouse. Everything ^ ^ ?emed so neat aud well kept about ^ oth house and yard. There was the atter rassy lawn and flower garden, the uiatj oultry yard, the lot, the clover field, ^ len came a fine orchard of peach, lum, pear aud apple trees. Seven rge, luscious apples hung from a tree Th rowing near the feuce. It was the and ily tree in the orchard bearing peop uit. toba( A little boy standing on the outside, spon; oked up longingly at the delicious Wc-si uit. oue i The kind-hearted farmer came out work id pulled off six of the apples; giving ly an lem to him, he said, "Now I waut the >u to save that last one for me." here He went back to the house, but saw revei nm I ho window the little bov iumn nuuii 3 on the fence and take several large magi tea from the apple left on the tree, facto ow don't you think that was steal- men g, and a mean form of it at that? and < ou hoys who play and have a good vails me all the week, and then take two haps three bites out of Sunday, God's readc iy> by going hunting, fishing, etc., the r Jdoing worse than that, because and ad's day is much more precious than Each e farmer's apple, and he has caution- for tl I us many times iu his holy word maki out keeping it. then m be us Do not try to rrst on the airy founition of mere speculation, but rest ~0' i Christ the solid '"Rock of Ages." |ak.es . .... trvin lere is oniy one way ??" unsi ; jndation,'and that is by obedience s)von d failh. A mere theory wilhout a actical experience will not put yon t,ie,r re. T..< ? It was the Saviour who said: "Praj'i angr> your enemies; do pood to those small fit despitefully use you." No man's,all th firt is right until he cherishes a life ii rit of fnnrivinpr love, and would j her suffer himself thau cause Wash other pain. jthe , Let your right hand know what from ur left is doing and pull together. | "Chu \-V- y .,?' ^ *.-i. - . '* v.-iSi*;.-**;'; . Vhnt to Do Wltb the Hnnd*. ive you sometimes more hands you know what to do with ? Do ? at limes reveal your nervousness repidatlou when you wish most pear at ease ? I f so, pei U9e these ul words of the Bazar, which will you how to train the unruly mus[y dear fellow," said a society woof great candor to an awkward, 1 vouue Harvard graduate whom was to present, ""you have any mt of taleut, you have position, tia*e money, but you will never at your best, until you know , to do with your hands and feet, must lose them, forget them, be nscious of them." is is easier said than done; and t is possible by the persistent use few exercises-which bring relaxi and feeedom from stiffness, and rs which encourage flexibility and lgth of muscle. Cultivate the t of letting the arm fall and* place lselvesaa they will when standing tting without occupation* Learn ving them, one at a time, back and i, like a pendulum hanging from ihoulder, the elbow-joint straight easy, but not taut. Lift the length le arm as a weight from tbe shoulvery quietly and slowly as high aa ill go, aud bring it down in the e manner. The muscles across the ufo wflbonoH fr? a urnnHprfill dfV . Try this movement slugly, and n wiib both arms, fifty or a hun1 times a day. With the arms ging at full length, elevate the ilders slowly, and turn them in a ry motion towards the back. daily ' practice of such simple ements call one's attention to the ed actions and use of joint and cle; the idea of usihg the arm i the shoulder is understood, and habit of bringing different sets of . % cles into play in alternation and ession becomes second nature. i is the numbering of one's foices, training them to do each its own . It is a kind of personal massage, virtue of which lies in the minute ch for weakness, fiabbiness, and of development in the smallest cle, and the daily gentle manipuhi which strengthens it by action. woman wants that close knit sinew knotty, woody fibre that many i seek to obtain from athletics. It itirely opposed to the offices of life 'hich nature calls her; she does t tirmnes with flexibility, staying 'er and endurance. Good-Humored Courtesy. 0 other qualification serves a man veil, perhaps, in his daily interse with other men as a good-hued courtesy, which can turn aside sharp edge of ill-nature by a witty A prominent American states1 is noted for this trait, and owes ; much of his popularity. Westen man, uot a member of gress, who felt injured by some de>n which he made while Speaker he house of Representatives, sought i, in a rage, to "free hia mind." i or two lookers-on followed, hopto see the Speaker lose his temper y met hiin on Pennsylvania Av- ^ e. Mr. B broke out the irate nger, "I don't know you I But I'll 5 the liberty of telling you you are ol I" r. B 's eyes twinkled. "I wonnow," he said, quietly, "if you been an intimate friend of mine, it you would h$ve taken the libof 9aying." >me rude fellow, provoked at SydSmith, barred his path one day, ng, "I never give way to a blocki r [ always do," suid the clergyman, ikly pa-sing around him. homas Moore, the gr indson of the it High Chancellor, tells, in his int old English, of the "pleaysant L" with which he turned the anger lis foes into admiration. On one ksion, having reminded a debtor of obligation, the man grew abusive bade him "remember that he was ly soon to die, when money would it for naught." He addea, "Mem morieris." (Remember that you die.) \.y, truly you have chosen a good to!" said Sir Thomas. "Memento ' i aeris" (Remember jMore's monle habit of saying gay and pleasthings can be cultivated as well as of perpetual complaint and sara, and it certainly add a uew, fine or to life. Graphic Response. t a banquet connected with a Denconvention, to one speaker was ased "The Dignity and Utility of Profession." This was his reise: Ladies and gentleman, suppose tomorrow in every business, proonal, political, or social sphere, all have false teeth, from one to a 3et, should appear without them! pose that all tilling should drop tonight, and every nerve exposed , i)t and cold, sweet and sour! Then not till then could we measure the ty or conceive the dignity of our sssion." eat was the applause and laugh-. Then said he: "Your smiles and i mouths reward me and illustrate Jieme," and sat down. le foregoing is commended to the ition of prosy after-dinner and brm speakers. Key West. e island is about seven miles lon? two miles wide. Of the 20,000 1pon it most of them live bv the .-co bu-iness, fishing, trading, and ging. The "sponger" at Key t is not a bummer or deadbeat, as night be led to think ; he is a hard :er. not afraid of salt water, slightuphibiouH, and a good judge of weather. The sponge business is extensive, and a source of large :iue to the Key Westers. The erous big cigar factories reveal the litude of that industry. A single ry employs several hundred workaud workwomen. A. pleasant loubilessa profitable custom prein one of these factories, and perin others. Every morning a tr takes his staud in the ceuterof * uom where the people are at work reads the daily paper to them. laborer contributes a small sum lis service, the aggregate amount ng a handsome compensation for aader. Here is a hint that may eful elsewhere. J can overlook ten thousand mison the part of any man who is g His best 10 uo rignt, mic ne nas 1 (hat he will never forget the >f !ho?e who are dishonest with fellow-men. } kindly act and thought, the r look and speech checked, the errand done, the'stitcli put in; ese are the small things iof daily i which we may serve our Lord. ; Secular Union of the State of lington, are petitioning against exemption of church property taxation on the old cry of rch and State."