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The Press and Banner. _.' BY HUGH WILSON. ' ? 4 /\ 4A/\n Wednesday, April i?, lovo* THE INDIANS. Their Exhibition* at Abbeville, and Their Eccentricities. A company of Winnebago Indians from Nebraska were in town lor several days last week. They came on Friday evening and made exhibitions in Knox's Hall on Friday night, Saturday alteruoon, and Saturday aubk By their dress and general appearance they attracted no little attention by curious people of every degree, and their performances were very well attended. Before their performance the company, under the leadership of a bass drum, marched around ibe square, the two women carrying their Infants on their backs in the traditional form, and mothers and infants were wrapped in red shawls. They seem In the matters of dress to pay v little attention to the changing styles and fashions. Their performances consisted oi the different kind of dances peculiar to tbat people. They did not attempt any of the fashionable round dances, and they appeared belore their aadiences In other than the society regulation evening dress. Their exercise with bows and arrows on the Btreet attracted considerable attention. Watchful Walls. Watts, S. C., April 17,1893. Cotton planting la all the go now, some have finished planting, while a great many did not begin nntll this morning. Very near'ly all are planting sorgum and big crops of corn. If the river does not overflow too often We will have plenty of bread and molasses. We are soon to have a big brick machine in operation run by D. W. Thomas. U. S. Wilson and S. A. Alien, they are going into tbc business in earnest aua expect to make millions ?of brick. We are blessed with having one of the best schools In the county. Our teacher Miss Kittle Thomas certainly understands bow to learn children. Noting the difference be. tween our school now, and the way It was managed by male teachers, we a:e almost ready toJoin Gen. Hemphill in his views of "Woman's Rights." In fact I would be If my girl would not expect me to stay on that side. D. W. Thomas says he would like very mnoh to beg or borrow a receipt which will make a girl talk. C. B. Thomas caught a seven pound blue cat Saturday night, Drs. J. "W. Thomas and J. D. Wilson have formed a copartnership andaredolug a very good practice. H1IKB JUUKglB DfUUKS UUB oeeu q U I It) Ml hi Mrs. R. C. Wllsou is expected in our town aboat the 20th on a visit to her sister. Mr. K. ' C. Wilson has a job Id Clinton, and will move bin family to tbat place soon. ' Mr. J. H. Cheatham means business. He has recently traded for tbo nicest horse about, and will soon get a line buggy and see if be can't Improve his cause a little. X Y. ^larrlaffe at Dne West. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Ida Devlin and Mr. James McClintocfc. The ceremony is.to take place to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. Many friends extend good wish' es to the pretty bride and ber fortunate busband. She is one of tbe most popular young ladles In Due West, and she will brighten a new home In Laurens county. Mr. J. Allen Smith, received Information yesterday tbat bis cord wood at the Poor House was on Are. He hurried out there to ftbd tbe Are extinguished by neighbors. He has about 91,000 worth of wood cut and piled up. Mrs. Mlnter Is quite sick In North Carolina. Mr. Mlnter was summoned by telegraph several days ago. A Bed-Haired Chinaman. Chinatown boasts of a great rarity in a full-blooded Chinese, who is probably the only red-haired cne on the face of the earth. And what is more, the Chinese has a light com. plexion and blue eyes, and he is crosseyed. Mish Go, as is the freak's name, was ' born in China, of Chinese parents, about thirty years ago and came to San Francisco about a year ago. He is shunned and disliked by the great ma, joritv of his countrymeu." "Sheep-eye" is one of the nicknames applied to him, because, from a Chinese standpoint, bis eyes resemble those of a sheep more than those of a human being. Mish Go lives in one of the dens of Spofford alley and is never ? seen iu close association with other citizens of Chinatown, excentinir whe-n he goes to certain stores to dispose of cheap trinkets, by which means he acquies a living. The reason of the Chinese being held in such disfavor was explained by Wong Woh, a fortune teller, who daily occupies a portion of the sidev walk on Washington street above Dupent. . "Very many years ago," lie said, "there was another red headed Chinaman in China. He lived there so long ago that no one now living had ever seen him. Chew Fut was his name and he was tall and fair of complexion. From some cause not pleasing in the eyes of one of the numerous gods, Chew Fut was known of all over North China, where he lived and grew to manhood. "One day it was disclosed to a few of the faithful that this particular Chin' ese with the red hair must die. But it wna not exnlainetl hv the rieitv whv. .It is not known to this day why the order was disobeyed, for no steps were taken to end the life of Chew * ut, and so a fearful vengeance was wreaked on the people. A terrible earthquake occurred and the waters of the sea overflowed the land, engulfing thousands ' of inhabitants, who were carried out to sea by the receeding waters and drowned. "The red-haired Chinese was lost at tt\e same time and, it is belived, was transported direct to the infernal regions, where he must always suffer fearful torture."?San Francisco Examiner. It is a remarkable fact that people who hate the Bible are not anxious to go where the bible is not known. "Be lovable; so live as to win converts to vour Master." Every Chris tian is, or ought to be, a representative of Jesus Christ before the world. He has been well styled "the world's Bible"?and is about the only Bible * that thousands ever look at. The desire to say some great tiiiog has prevented the utterance of many a wholesome word, and anxiety to accomplish some wonderful work has crushed in the bud many an humble deed of exceeding grace and sweetness. No good deed, no genuine sacrifice, is ever wasted. If there be good in it, God will use it for nis own holy purposes; and whatever of iguorance, or weakness, or mistake was mingled with it it will drop away, as the with rtivk/J cztriolci *1 rnn IIIVRV W'hpn Ihp fill] I flower has blown. There is scarcely anything we need to have repeated more frequently than tills,1 Be still and know that I am God." There is so much worry and bustle ; so much feverish excitement; so many domestic duties: such a strain and stress of business that we find no time for self-repose. ''Be still" for awhile, troubled soul, and listen to the voice of Him who says, "I will give you rest." "Learn of me, and ye shall And rest to your soul." And I when that rest comes there will be an interior stillness which will refresh , every part of your nature. Try it) once and you will want to try ii again. -Christian Witness. The Home Rule Dill Described. Judging from all the reports received jon this side of the ocean, it is a marvel |of political skill and seems to have I consolidated Gladstone's rather motley crowd of supportes into a united majority. At least this is tiue of all but the hatidfull of Parnellites. Their organ in Dublin criticises the bill severely, and their position when the test comes may still lie a matter of doubt. In brief the bill proposes to constitute in Ireland an Irish Parliament to consist of a legislative Assembly and a legsilative Council. The Assembly is to consist of 103 members elected by popular vote. The Council is to cousistof 4S members elected by those who own sj land which is assessed at a rent-value je of at least $100 a year. These two ti houses tire to have jurisdiction in all [j matters pertaining to Irish affairs as distinct from affairs pertaining to the j. Imperial Government. Jf the As- t| sembly passes a bill which the Council defeats, the Assembly can again, ^ after lapse of two years, or after a dis- j, solution of Parliament pass it and if the Council again defeats it, the two ^ bodies must meet together and by \} joint vote decide the measure. A ^ Viceroy is to be appointed by the 2s Queen's Government to rule over Ire- q, land in about the same nominal way in which the Governor-General rules ? over Canada, or the Queen herself st rules over Great Britain. That is, he ^ is to appoiut a cabinet which is to be ^ responsible to Parliament and which goes out of business when Parliament al votes a lack of confidence. All money measures must originate in the Assembly, so that the Viceroy aud his a, cabinet are dependent, upon the will of y( the Assembly for the means wherewith to carry on auy government. For the iSt) tlrst six years the Imperial Government is to appoiut the judges in Ire- ni land, but the Irish Assembly is to fix ' their pay. After six years the Vice- V( roy's Cabinet will appoint the judges, There are various constitutional re- 0, strictions designed to secure religious freedom, to insure public education aud to guard personal rights. In addition, Ireland is to send 80 y( representatives to the Imperial Par- ^ liament at Westminster. '1 he powers of those 80 members is the critical point in the bill. They are, in RC principel to vote on imperial matters only, but not no matters a!. pertaining only to great Britain. But these Irish members must participate }? in any vote of confidence, and by this means they may hold a balance of power, which may prove decisive even 8a on British affairs. For instance, if a jj majority of British members were desirous to prevent a certain measure from passing, they could move a vqte of lack of confidence, and the 80 Irish w members might, by voting with the D minority, turn out the miuistry. As u they have that power uow, however, jc and as the opponents of Home Iiule ?| insist on retaining Irish representa- tl lives in the Imperial Parliament, and gc as any British minority that resorted, Hi on a measure pertaining to Great Bri- ?f tain only, to the aid of the Irish mem- re hers in this way would be very apt to fu incur immediate uupopularity, the dan- gi gerat this point is theoretical rather to than real. The Grand Old Man has a fl< majority of about 40 back of him. May he succeed in crowning his mar velous career with the success of this at bill and may he then follow it up with pi the success of the local veto bill, which or according to the Liberal rally at Man- h< Chester, stands next on the program, w ?The Voice. tii , , cc "lifvine in the Air/' to "Living in the air," is sometimes sl< the surest and only way of keeping on out of the mud. In a certain sense we ? all live iu the air, but some at much st( higher altitudes that others. The wj daily routine in evsry life becomes mo- x notonous, aunoyances creep in, vexa- sh tions arise, trials thicken, dangers threaten. Happy he who has a secret chamber in the air, into yhich he may ev rise, and for a time escape into peace oh and rest ! To thousands the Chau- yo tauqua Course has afforded this asy- 1 lum, and they have forgotten their no griefs and cares and sordid troubles tal while studying art, literature, history, and science. The habit once formed of retreating , daily to this abode iu the air for refreshment aivd recreation caunot eas- ,J :t.. rri.o. or...I IIJ UC laiu aoiuc. 1 uv 0*'U1 huu^vio for nutriment, and will not be denied. J* But bow often must this nutriment be taken in secret, because of lack of . 1 sympathy in one's associates. We ^ annot afford to wear our hearts on our leeves for daws to peek at. And so . we have to keep our happy secret to ^ ourselves, when we would gladly share it with others. Perhaps biography appeals to as ! large a class of readers as any depart- m< meut in literature. Jsot to be envied nlj is the person who ean read the life of iiij a great man or woman and not be inspired. eunobled by it. The first taste we i ad of this was in reading the life ? of Mrs. Hemans, by her sister, years and years ago. The ledium of dishwashing for a family of twelve was as though it were not. The incessant ne calls of younger children (for an itin- de erant couldn't then afford to hire a rif nurse) were met with serene patince ; we breathed enchanted air, and : resolved that some noble life should ever be at hand for perusal, to "charm i" pained steps over the burnt soil" of ' daily (lull routine and lift the soul ^* into unclouded sunshine. And we have "lived in the air" ever since, ' though bearing as much care and toil all as falls to the common lot. And so we wl can heartily recommend to everyone ou to have a retreat of like sort where the or soul may find rest. , Tbe Stormy Petrel** Knilurnnce. ?d During a recent trip across the Atlantic the passengers on one steamer *0( had a vivid illustration of the endur- __( ance of the stormy petrel. Shortly j? after the ship left the Irish coasts two a or three of these birds were sighted at the stern of the ship. One had been caught at some previous tiiue, and its ] captor tied a bit of red flannel or rib- Gc bon round its neck and let it go. The bit of red made the bird very con- , spicious, and it could be easily indentitied. That bird, with other* that ] could not be so easily distinguished, a i followed the ship clear across the ocean. Rarely, during the day time : of Innut tl-tiu it nllt of ui.riit if f..* Wl au hour or two it was lost to view [ while feeding on the refuse east over- nis board, it soon reappeared, and the last 'j seen of it was within a few miles of |,j? Sandy Hook, when it disappeared, perhaps to follow some outward-bound ( steamer back to Ireland. When the ch; fact is considered that the ship, day rj and night, went an average speed of foe nearly twenty miles au hour, the feat performed by the daring traveler can fJ be better appreciated. When or how det it rested is inexplicable.?.St. Louis j (?lobe-Democrat. uo No matter how God warns the sin- eit tier, he always does it in love. ace Every day of one's life is full of a most impressive experience. blu Do you ever displease Jesus by u^e ttanding idle in His vineyard? ' 0f Watching- the Tongue. Keep 11 watch on your words, my children, For words arc woudcrful things; They arc swept like the bees' fresh honey? Like bees, they haro terrible stinirs; They can bless like the warm, glad sunshine. And brighten ths lonely life; They can cut in the strife of anser? Yes, cut like a two-edged knife. L'-t them pass through yetir litis unchallenged If tbelr errand be true and kltid-? If they come to support the weary, To comfort and help the blind; If a bitter, revengeful spirit Prompt the vimli, let them be unsaid; They may flush threugh the brain like lightning, Or fail on the heart llktflead. Ilou slio Kufw. Nat and Kitty were looking for lells: they hud earned many a bright n-cent piece hy wading out beyond le reefs for unbroken shells, which le folks at the big hotel were glad to uy. These ten-cent pieces were rowing into a pile at the bottom of le pewter tea-pot, and they meant :>??d, warm winter clothes after the otel was shut up and the city folks ad gone home. But to day they had found someling besides shells: a grey and white ird with a long curved beak lay on le sand, dead, with a hole iu its bead, .at looked at the feathered body curiiisly, Kitty pitifully. "Kit," said" the boy, suddenly, when you die you're going to look ist like that. How does anybody now there's any more of us than of a ird?auy soul, I mean?" "La! Nat, what a curions boy you re!" exclaimed Kitty, with a little dver; "how should I know?" But Nat picked up the dead bird, id carried bird and question to the oung lady at the hotel who had been aching a little Sunday school on the Hill*? "How did she know there was any io:-e to him than to a bird?" "Nat," said Miss Effle, "suppose ha'l been shot, and were lying on te sands, and this bird had passed /er you; would it have stopped to pity 311?" "I guess not," said the boy. "Would it have wondered who t-hot iu, and whether you had gone to Daven?" "No, not likely." ' Well, then, little boy, you find imething in you that can love and ite and be sorry and wonder and ik questions, that the bird did not nve. That's the part of you that God us another home for when his body oine dies." Nat and Kitty buried the bird in the tnd but the lady's words lived on in ttle Nat's Mind.?Sunbeam. Verbenas arirrhinums aud zinnias ill decay if given too much water. 0 not lose patience and begin to stir p the soil if the seeds do not come up ist when you pxpect them; they are rten a little slow about starting when le weather is cold. It is better to >w only a part of each packet the rst time, then if they do not grow 'lera reasonable period put in the ist, first studying the directions careilly. Do not allow the plants to *ow too large before removing them 1 their permanent quarters in the Dwer beds. Never try to wear a shoe too nail, or that does not fit when first! it on. Never let your shoe get hard dry. Do not let it run down at the ?el or the side. Never wear into the elt or insole. A shoe repaired In me will retain its shape and afford inifort, atid will be found true econ^ ny. Never put wet shoes by the fire dry, but dry them gradually and :>wly. Never dry a wet shoe withit first applying some oil and grease castor oil or tallow is the best. The pam generated in a wet boot or shoe ill scald it and cause it to crack, ever try on or handle a pateut leather oe when cold. iaid a mother to a little girl who ideutly objected to seeing another ild petted, "Why, Sadie, I believe u're jealous!'' "No, inuinma," she replied, "I'm t jealous, but I don't feel comforDle." In a Sunday-school cluss the teacher ked who was the first man. "Adam," plied the small boy. "And who was e first woman?" she nsked a little *1. The child hesitated for a minute. .1 then her face brightened, ladani!" she sung out, and the icher nadn't tne lieart lo correct , r. If you lose your soul it will not be cause there are hypocrites in the , urch, but because there is sin in ur own heart. Do not forget a kind word to each ' ember of the family on parting at ght, or a pleasant greeting on tneetg in the morning. Do you desire to be almost tlways liable and in good humor? Then be peace always with God and with ui>elf. Duly and place are inseparably concted. It is not enough to earnestly sire to do right; we must be in the jlit place to do it. Patience and perseverance coupled th faith in God,will accomplish anying that ought to be done. Faithful rvice to God will surely have its reird. Let His children work on in th and hope. The matter of trusting Christ to do [ things for us is not something jich conies to any of us spontaneisly. It comes by persistent effort i our part. Tne readers of the Advocate, as well the Church generally, will be griev* to learn of the comnlete prostration our venerable senior editor, D.r. Mclally. He has been confined to his did for several weeks and suffers eatly at times. The Doctor is now his eighty-fourth year.?St. Louis i vocate. Receive each trial as sent from >d. Comparisons are only odius when i u don't compare well. Many a woman who cannot drive mil or a horse can drive a man. Keep a close eye on the man who il'e is afraid to ask him for money. ] riieonly thing we can lose that will ike us poor is faith in God. * Phe true servant of God always gets } i pay in advance. jSod will not go where his humblest ' ild is not welcome. I'he Christian home is as great a : ?s the devil has on earth. ( I he only true riches are those that ith cannot take from us. veep praise alive and there will be t lack of joy iu the heart. )ue of two things is true. We ( her give according to our means, or sordiug to our meanness. 'he Jied Sea is for the most part i ie. It gets its name from the tact t & portions of it are covered by min- t ! animalcuhe, which dye the surface g the water red where they float. s \ A Winced Peonj. One day, two years ago, a little German boy saw a pretty sight. He was 011 the way, with his father and his friend, to visit a famous cavern not far from the banks of the river Elbe. It was a beautiful day. There had been a thunder storm and a shower, and now the sky was blue, the sun shone, the air was fresh, and everythigsparkled. While the two men walked along in the green meadows, the little boy ran up the hills. He felt like a little colt and he "kicked up his heels" and he rolled over and over aud he laughed and he sang. In fact, the little German boy behaved for all the world like a jolly little American boy. All at once he came back in haste. ?t ?ia l.~ ?,5?K rvit I "VjUIIJ*?, Sill li UCt UUII1U mtu ?*?* quick! There is a daisy at the top ci the hill, and six or eight ^butterfliet are sitting ou the crown of the flower Come quick! It looks like a winged peony." The men went to the top of the hill aud at the top they saw a greatf golden colored peony-like flower. It was u daisy, as the boy had said, aud on il sat ten butterflies, while another was flying and fluttering about the gorge ions croup. While they stood ther( this butterfly alighted among tlx others. The thunder storm had probablj lamed their wings and made them toe stupid to fly away, and they bac sought the daisy as a support. Oue of the men, who was a natural 1st, cut the stalk and carried the daisj iu his hand all the way to the cave The butterflies fluttered sometimes but still clung to the flower: and then they sat until the naturalist had mad< a picture in his sketch book of tne liv ing "butterfly peony." The little boy was an insect collector and his eyes had been trained to noAn oil Ot/loQ U'hon ll? UUC CVCIJIUIU^ UU ? ! OI uvu nov? was out for a walk. I know dozen! and dozens of Utile boys who would not have noticed this pretty sight.Sophie Scissors, in Little Men anc Women. Do It Now. This is for you, boys and girls, I is a bad habit?the habit of putting oft' If you have something that you an to do, do it now, then it will be done That is one advantage. If you put i off very likely you will forget it anc not do it at all. Or else?what, fo: you, is almost as bad?you will no forget, but keep thinking of it an< dreadiug it, ana so, as it were, b< doing ij all the time. "The valian never taste death but once"; never bu once do the alert and active have thei work to do. ~ I once read of a boy that drooped s< {in health that his mother thought sh< ! must have the doctor to see him. Th? [doctor could find nothing the maltc ; with the boy. But there the fact was he was pining away, losing his appe lite, creeping about languidly, and hii mother was distnssea. The docto: non-plused. "What does your sou do? Has h< any work?" "No; he has only to bring a pail o water everyday from the spring. Bu that he dreads all day long, and doei not bring it until dark." "Have him bring ii the first thing ii the morning," was the doctor's pres cription. The mother tried it and the boy go well. Putting it off makes the prey on the boy's mind. "Doing ii now" relieved him. Boys and girls, do it now. Potatoes* n<t a Main Crop: The occasional profitableness 01 wellgrown potato crops often leadt farmers to plan how they may devott most of their land to this crop. Nc oue ever succeeds in doing this. The potato is so successfully grown on n clover ley with .very little manure, thai the farmer who depends entirely on purchased fertilizers cannot hope to compete. The potato crop helps little towards making manure. The refuse or smalj potatoes may be fed during fall or winter, but are of little value to make manure. Depending mainly on clover as a fertilizer, two thirds of the time this clover must occupy the land if it grow enough to be worth much as green manure.? Boston Cultivator. Healthfulness of Fruit.?Fruit need not be considered a luxury while apples are in the market; aud they possess nourishing ami medicinal properties of no mean order. This is not a new statement, but it is one that will bear repeating. It has beeu said, with a good deal of force, that a truth ha* to be proclaimed seven huudred times in the English parliament before the least attention is paid to it. It is known among editors, as it is among advertisers, that a similar rule prevails with respect to what is published in the newspapers. A raw, mellow apple is ordinarily digested in an hour and a half, while a boiled cabbage requires five hours ; and again on authority, "apples if eaten with breakfast, omitting meals for the time, have an admirable effect on the system, removing iudigestion, correcting the acidities of the stomach and cooling every part of the body." To Make Potatoes Mealy.?Mealy potatoes are more nutritious than waxy ones, because they contain morejstarch. A microscope shows a potatoe to be almost entirely composed of cells, which are sometimes tilled and sometimes contain clusters of beautiful little oval grains. Kow, these little grains remain unchanged when cold, but when heated iu warm water to the degree that melt* wax, they dispolve in It, the whole becoming jelly. If there is not a great quantity of starch in the cells it will not burst, but if the number of grains or their size be very great, the potato is broken on all sides by the explosion of the jelly in the cells, and mealiness is produced. To ensure mealy potatoes peel them and put them in boiling water: as soon as they are done drain them, cover them closely and set them near the fire for five minutes. New York World. Helpful Stijf?e*tlon. If you tire impatient, sit down quietly and have a talk with Job. If you are just a little strong-headed, ;o to see Moses. If you are getting weak-kneed, take i look at Elijah. If there is no song in your heart, lisen to David. If you are getting sordid, spend iwhile with Isuiah. If you feel chilly, get the beloved liseiple to put his arms around you. If your faith is below par, read Paul. If you are getting lazy, wateb James. If unit or.i l/iuiiur Mlcrlif nf til A flit lirp Jl JUU -- - I tlimb up to Revelation and get a rliuipseof the promised land.? Golden Jenser. It is better to begin life on Indian ileal puddingand suit codfish and rise o roast heef and mince pie than to tegin on roast beef and mince pie and ;et down to Indian meal pudding and alt codfish. MrN.Tnrner'n Thanksjf I vlnjr 'Dinner* It's clear there is to be no ThanksRiving for us this year!" grumbled Joe Turner, as lie stood in the woodshed back of the hou^e, and gave an unoffending saw-horse a spiteful kick. * "It's just our luck! I can't see why some people have everything and others just nothing at all!" And there was an answering grumble in Dick's | sullen voice,"while he threw the sticks of wood he was piling on his own arm with a force that hurt no one but him1 self. The two bovs had been up to the big house on the hill where 'Squire Mar| vin lived, to take home the fine laundry work their mother, did each week for pretty Mrs. Marvin, and it ( was what they had seen there in con: trast with what they knew co be the stale of affairs at home which gave 5 rise to their present enviou3 misery, j At 'Squire Marvin's, a great dinner, luxurious enough to make everybody , feel uncomfortable after it was over, was as much a nart of Thanksgiving as November wan a part of the year; L and while waiting to have their basket emptied they had seen the prepar5 ations for it, and smelt them too, with a boy's been appreciation of superior ; cooking, and they knew that at home ; all that was being got ready for that Important dinner was a chicken that would have to be stewed, because it ! was too old to roast, and a solitary pie 1 made of dried fruit. They had gone in at a side gale, and around to the kitchen door, and had 7 seen no one but the cook and the house girl. They did not know that upstairs ' in the beautiful chamber the angel ol I death was hovering over the silent bed 5 where lay the unconscious mistress ol this lovely house: laid there in a single moment from the flush of health b.v ' an accident that might have occured to any one of us; did not know that ! her two boys, almost their own ages, ,3 had been called from their boyish ap1 preciatlon of to-morrow's feast tr. | stand with a terrible, terrible sense ol 1 loneliness and look into the face wbicli answered them not. The cook was still busy with her viands, thougli with little interest in her work, and t the housemaid bad taken the full basket and handed it back empty as 1 silently again. So the boys went on grumbliug be I cause turkeys are more expensive than J old chickens, and dried fruit cost less r than mincemeat, nor stopped to guest t how much of self-denial even these j unaccustomed luxuries had cost theii faithful mother. j: Joe was fast asleep that night, anc t Dick was well along on the road U dreamland when their mother enter ed their bed-room. She stooped down .j and kissed them, but very softly, foi B fear of disturbing their slumber. "Dear boys!" she said scarcely con ' scious that she spoke aloud. "IIom mother wishes she could give yot everything your hearts desire! Bui " after all"?this alter a raoment'i silence?" 'A man's life consisteth nol in the abundance of the thiugs he pos a sesseth." Then she knelt by theii ' bedside and prayed as only a mothei f can prav for her children. t And Dick heard it all. The next morning he and Joe talked together for a while out in the wood shed again, but instead of suller grumbling there were low, short tender sentences, and afterwards it waf , noticed that their eyes looked dewy. It was just as they were sitting dowc t to dinner that news came of Mr.-, Marvin's departure to the other world "Poor, poorbojs!" said Mrs. Turner gently. "And I said only yesterday that they had everything, and we nothf ing, to be thankful for," said Joe, the ' tears overleaping their bounds. "Mother, 1 never thanked God for ? anything in ray .life as I do at this moment that we have you yet." He i finished with both arms around her i neck. "Dinners are all very well," remarkt ed Dick, struggling for poseasion from i the other ?ide, "but they don't make 1 Thanksgiving." Dear young friends, which hive you been doing, really thanking God for the best of blessings which he hns given you, or looking longingly at unattainable things which he sees is best for you not to have, and falsely imagining that a man's life consisteth in the abundauce of the thiugs which he posesseth.?The Sunlight Blaine on Prohibition.?1 can and do, from my own personal observa"? ? 1? -a? .i.-.i ii.. won, uunesiuuiugi^ uuiiixj iuai mc consumption of intoxicating liouors in Maine is not to-day oue-fourth as great as it wus twenty years ago : that in the country portions of tne State the sale and use have almost entirely ceased; that the law of itself, under a vigorous enforcement of its provisions', has created a temperance sentimeut which is marvelous, to which opposition is powerless. In my opinifJn, our remarkable Tewperauce Reform of today is the legitimate child of the law. ?National Temperance Advocate. It is not enough to have great qualities; we should also have the management of them. The cross word should never be formed by the lips, and the wry face should never be formed by the heart. We do highest honor to all great souls, "not by following them, but by following what they have followed." HADDONS Unrivalled MILLINElf, AND Dress Goods AR? MOVING FAST. Call early and secure some of their rich novelties before they go. NEW GOODS Arriving Almost Daily. R. M. HADDON & CO. # SStojp, Rea \ Low Prices & IWM." E. J Has been doing the largest bn J ever done, LOW PRICES and fi the work. We sell nothing bul i ^ prices. Our Millinery trade has i 4 we have been in business. Our ^ large city trade, having been in P ^ Washington, D. C.^ She andersta | J in all of its branches. We have ^ train. Thfi vary latest thi I Paris, Hew York ; ! 5 DRESS GOODS in all the m ' J Trimmings to match every shad* ? SUMMEB SILKS at 25c. pei J a bargain you only find once in a 1 J BLACK SILKS in the very , J see our $1 Silk. You can't fie \ J York for $1.25. i ? Do you want a SILK WAIST ' ^ a beautiful line of Silks to make 1 i"^ Our White Goods department , # We have everything you need froi . ? Ginghams, Seersuckers, Crepon ; W ings. We have a fall line at ver >] # Silk Finish Foulards. Frenoh r w gees in beautiful colors and figur< , 4 Dress don't fail to see these goods ? ^ Percales and Linen Chambraj I 0 figures. You cant find anything p J Shirt Waists. - J Full line of Table Linens, ( | J Towels. The largest Towel in th \ J Over 75 dozen SILK MITTS t C' finish Gloves guaranteed not to ri] If Want th ^ and I expect to have it, if good go W complish anything. I am here 'f competition oh the same olass of { 1 ^ Thanking the Ladies for pasl i 4 you all this season, I remain Y j W. E3. 9 P. S.?Will be ylnd to *end Snmple I =========== An officer in the Navy of the Unit-1 ed States is now undergiong a season | ,, of affliction on account of his unruly . tongue. When an important issue be- p.*' tween this country and Great Britain " ' was pending, he, being in position to know the merits ot the ease, declared | that England was in the right, f ! and said some things which- em- / barrassed the administration. For . this offense he has been disciplined by the authorities. The tongue has , brought many into trouble. Too a,fi much talk otten disturbs the peace of the church. A minister has been ca',< known to injure his brethren, embar- ' rass them in their work, ana involve ^ them iu difficulties with their cougre- ' gatious by too free a use of his tongue, y ome have embarrassed themselves by ' ' 1 - - ? ? ? ? ?!* /\t\S nmrio HOD UUKIIlg KIU III UCUi mau; vr(r.u.v,Uo. .. ought not to be expressed ; many 1. feelings should be smothered In the re!y bosom where tney were born. "Seta' , watch, 0 Lord, before my mouth ;'8ma keep the door of my lips," is a good I prayer to offer every morning.?New I York Christian Advocate. _ 11 .bacc "It is born in me" is a current apol-, a?ai ogy for all form of weakness and 8llc'] wickedness. One is too slender, or too' ."'e ' short; he is too nervoue. or too phlegniatic ; he has special difficulty iu con-, trolling his appetites, because theyjat " are.in some way constitutional with,'10111 him. He may be expected to lead a i vva|'r correct life when nis constitution, or a!ld nis birthright of evil, is not in the way : but for these he pleads himself;88,1 excusable. But his tendency to sin,'8"011 was born in him as in everyone. 'oul And it was in order these special con-jcann stitiitional weaknesses of his, that the |?f'01 Christ was born into the world. It! ?te" was for the conntitutional moral j |l'e? disease that the divine human remedy j18 a.fi was designed and offered, without i areJ' price.?S. S. Times. I heal1 I .<> ! Po Most exhorters implore you to keep j jjl(je out. But ibere are ruts which ?*eifrajj should never leave. Here are some of ;after them : Systematic study of th* Bible; j fajje( daily prayer; thinking pure thoughts ; ?. speaking kind words; helpiug thejjjjg^ helpleas; cordiality to the poor and' yu etrangers at church; standing by thefbluni pastor; regular attendance at church:i uj, always at the pray meeting: classjwjt|, meetings, too: giving all you can fo back' church benevoleuce: reading church j UDlji paper: keeping patient and cheery ;' br0k< living religion at home, steering! ??pj straight for heaven, taking everybody 1 knew along who will go.?Sydney Advocate. y0? ^ ^ Bu and t Comfort for <ioo?l WlveH. "g| mother foldsitlamc I i'lclllj IX WIOWUIU^VM ? her tired hands at night, and feel.s as Th< if she had, after all, done nothing, al-1ciirlei though she bus not spent an idle mo-1 brace ment since she rose. Is it nothing I UI'd j that your little helpless children have Tin had some one to come to with all their s'st t' childish giiefs and joys? Is it nothing peise< that your husband feels ''safe," when us to i he is away at business, because your versai careful hand directs everything at er thu home? Is it nothing, when his business is over, that he lias the blessed' rel'uge of home, which you have that day done your best to brighten and re- . ,)V fine? Oh, weary and fa thful mother, 1,1 you little know your power when you Pov;tM say: "I have done nothing." There ,s Kov is a book iu which a fairer record than j^ed this written over against your name.? love. Ledger. Jcapab ~ dLrSisT^# Big Trade. | bell! Lsiness this Spring he has J rst class goods have done 5 * 1 ^ -11 -j. t 69 J ine Desij ana sen at iow ^ rorpassed any season since ^ Milliner has trimmed for 4) hiladelphia, Baltimore and f ads the Millinery business ^ Millinery arriving on ev- J ng from ^ md Baltimore. 5 ew shades and FabriqueB. ^ yard, worth 45o. This is J ife timer J best brands. Yon should \ id a better quality in New J 1 ? We have them, Also \ them. ^ was never more complete. T a a5c Lawn to a fine Mull, # Oloth and Columbian Suit- ^ f low prices. W Mulls and Shontong Pon- t 38. If you want a Wash ^ r in beautiful stripes and J ; better than a Percales for j Jurtain Goods, Doylies and J e county for 25c. J J and GLOVES. Linen ? ods and low nrices will ac- Wl to sell goods and meet any ^ roods. 0 ; favors, and hoping to see r ours Very Respeotfully, 4 BELL.. # s to any addreMi. W. E. B. '' V - *. The Religion* Paper. J recently read the following: A good religious paper "makes istians more intelligent. As knowledge is power it makes n more useful. It leads to a better understanding be Scriptures. It increases interest in the spread he gospel. 11 places weapons in the hands of o defend the truth. It affords a channel of communion between brethren. It throws light upon obscure jtions of practical interest. It cultivates a taste for reading ng parents and children. It awakens interest for the salvaof souls. It gives the more important carnews of general interest. . AH this is furnished at a very v 11 cost compared with its value. For the Boys. would have no dealings with to0 in any form if I were a boy q. My friend Pipes tells me he is a martyr to ciger boxes that his sa burden. The habit oi smokhas become Mich a tyrant over that he carries a tobocco bowsprit is damp, discolored'lips at every of the day, and he begs me to 1 all the boys of my acquaintance, to say to them emphatically, it learn to smoke!" He tells me, r that his head is sometimes in a dizzy whirl, and his brain so from long habits of smoking be ot break off, that he is compelled rego much that is pleasant in exce, and lives a tobacco-tortured rom year to j*ear. Poor Pipes! he ad warning to young fellows who jst learniug touse the dirty unihy weed.?S. S. Evangelist. wkr of Lovi:.?Once there was a piece of irou which looked very rprt 11 v verv strons. One another had'tried to brealk it but i. II master it," said the axe; and lows fell heavily on tne iron, t every blow made his edge more t, until it ceased to strike. eave it to me," said the saw ; and his relentless teeth, he worked kvard and forward on its surface they were all worn down ; and ?n he fell aside. a. ha!" said the hammer, "I you wouldn't succeed. I'll show he way." t a fierce blow, off flew his head, lie iron remained s before. iall I try?'' asked the small, soft ?y all despised the flame; but he I ceutlv around the iron, em (1 it, and never left, until it melted r his irresistible influence. ?re are hearts hard enough to rele force of wrath, the malice of ution and the fury of pride, so make their acts recoil ou their adies ; but there is a power stronglu any of these ; hard, indeed is art that can resist love. e is the great governing power ! spiritual realm. It is the only that can govern spirita. Matter erued by force, but spirit if govat all must be governed by It is only a free agent who in le of moral government.