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IB I . : Sit Sr^ The Abbeville Press and Banner. I . - liM BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1893. ESTABLISHED 18441 I The Press and Banner ( The 1 ABBEVILLE. S. C. u,c of J JS8TPublished every Wednesday at $2 Editor: a year in advance. By re< the Prei rL __ _ at the ' publish Wednesday, May 3,1893. TesuHnE? groes w Contributed Local-. flfiSan Tbls Is the mouth ol roses, and pic riles are Court o Dear al bund. omittln Rev. Geo. Anderson, of Barn well, preached costs, a floe sermon last Sabbath in the Baptist church from the text, "NVe will see Jesus." He has a call from ibis church. Mrs Carrie Latimer and Mrs. Parker, of Au- The cm gusta. visited their relatives In this city last week. Also witnessed the marriage of their W. W niece. Miss Maggie Latimer. These ladies uc- I live rompanlt'd by Mrs. J. H. Latimer, lelt last mornln Saturday for Ixiwudtsvlile w here tbey will Price al opend some time visiting relatives and to a pl< friend". o'clock Our merchants are generous and kind In me and closing their stores at ti o'clock lu the after- and go noons and giving their clerks the needed reo- When 1 realign. Oh! how happy the boys are, and store. J what a time tbey will now have with the leave m BM girl*. Koblnsc BW The election of officers In the W'nmans Mis- need u< SK slonatary Society of the M. E. Church will hack. J Era take place at their regular meeting next Fri- enough HS day ufternoon. A full meeting is earnestly come ov Bf requested. fight be 5 Miss Wllileand Miss Margarette Bays are out oft R spending the week at Mrs. J. H. Latimer's. town, bi B5 Mrs. Cunningham of Lowndesvllle Is visit- said I w p| lug Mrs. W. A. Ternpleton. went ot af Owing to tbe slack lime with our farmers Every n 9 Just now, there was agood crowd in town last in tbed Friday and Saturday. In few c D Children's Day for ;the Methodist Sunday store an 9 school will be on the 21st Inst, and a pio nic asked t I Friday before being the 19th. gone. 8 I Mr. A. M. HID has planted the largest water about 11 j melon patch in tbe country. and my } The Iron Foundry is now in full working Bob Ag ' order, aud being something new, Is visited by when B numbers of ladies and gentlemen. Wbltter Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Watson were in (he city said to last Monday. princlpl There are ten murder eaten In the Abbeville Buddie {all. waiting trial at the June term of court, come oi: Wm. Green and Alfred Collier, charged with have it tbe murder of Istacc Ware last December, on They w< the Mars plantation, were captured last week more. ] In Chattanooga Tenn., and were brought, to when Je the Abbeville Jail by Sheriff Nance last Mon- him. Ji day. hold of MIPS Willie waraiawsnu jiihj .-ouinenanu tsuaaie. ol Mu Carmel, were shopping Id town last holtof 1 / Friday. was Are Miss Ida Hatumond has Just returned from Jumped a pleasant visit to friends in Elberton,. Jack th< Strawberries are selling on our streets at 20c steps an per qunrt. me. I a Kev. W. P. Pearson, for nearly twelve years ter he i the beloved pastor of Upper Lone Cane made at church, died at his home In Due West lata my pan Monday afternoon about four o'clock. As he shot aga was faithful on earth, so muv his crown in back to heaven be radiant wlih Jewels won. Hosts of of his t rrlends will moan with his bereaved family mouth, over bis death. und held Mr. T. T. Quarles, who has been been buy- I got h? lng cotton In Darlington, Is home for the sum- the doct mer. and Dr. Timely and much needed showers fell M011- thiuk Bi day night and yesterday. he was i The Kings Dunghters will give an enter- Dave. I talnnunl at the tesldence of Mr. L.W.White did not next Friday evening. Strawberries and Ices tire. I i will be served. The public are cordially In- prlvatel; vlted. hour be Mrs. Fannie Jones of Mt. Carmel, Is In Ab- said, salt bevlile with her daughter, Mrs. Cason, w ho is Jack ha quue kick. jutt nu< Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Knox, of Mt. Carmel, still. H with Miss Hoks Jones and Miss Annie Mc- run. 1c Nell!, were shopping In the city yesterday. bat thin M. Will be < , r here In Agee's I TEACHER'S EXAMINATION, Sworn D. 1893. Awards by the Board of Examiners R. 8, J for Abbeville County. wilSm, WHITK TEACHERS. J. N. Wl * before li FIHST GRADF. Came U| John R. Moore, New Market. Wardlav J. E. Arnold. Cornnaca. Black ch T. O. Well*. McCormlck. down b< MIpc Nellie L. Cochran, Abbeville. did not i MIhk Lizzie YarbrouKb, Widemans. would J( Miss M J. Hanvey, Hunters. Wardlav MIfb Halite K. Smith, Donalds. will sett MIrk I.udle Waldrop, Donalds. not got! Mtb8 Parrle L. Walk ins, Hunters. you can over on roT^ORED TEACHEKH. mpnocd and tool FIRST GRADE. jHck B|, M. A. M. Latimer, Greenwood. Wardlav G. U. Stewall, Abbeville. them ale C. L. Richie, Abbeville. I never T. V. Owens, Cokesbury. pistol. G. W. Davis, Cokeubnry. pistol flr Amy J. Fisher, Abbeville. 1 turned lol tired . 8ECOND GRADE. t|on of M. McCllnton, Verdery. ' Mary Letinun, Level Land. L L Mattle Barr, Abbeville. Mr. Sane A. E Jackson, J lodges. 44Db K. A. Jones, Rliey. f?ei? Wm. Watkliis, Cokeebury. the bote .1. U. Turner, Verdery. ?r8.V Samuel Richie, Abbeville. ,lb? Win. Browne, Abbeville. ?ac? A. H. Nash. Walts. Jack on i 1J. L. Price, I vii. lu l)ave i H. F. Carroll, Greenwood. make ac M. A. Morton, Verdery. at j J. A. Black well, Cokes bury. I do not J. Moraine, Verdery. % * J. H. Morion, Gieenwood. when I P. R. Jone s, llc ster. J. T. Baki r. Troy. D*ve w< \i i X- .! mnnv 11 *u. 1J. nuiiiinu, 1 IVJ. ~T " wS. L. WUm n. Abbeville. tban onc E It. Mttddm, Abbevlile. ,J5,wora B. J. Morion. Anlrevilie. ls*!W L. S:iiidera, Antrevllle. O. K. Johnson, Antrevllle. Jessie third orauk. mr. l>a up the si Thou. E. Johnson. Watts. and Johi J. H. Anderson, Houcu Path. big talk it. h. Newton, Greenwood. tbe drug W. M. Bowie. Abbeville. tbere to (i. 1'. Dixon, Greenwood. to pay fo S A. Hunter. Abbeville. am not i Lewis Daveaux. Wl illusion. leave it s. K. MoiHKite. Venlety. come up M C. Wellington, Verdery. walk oui H.J, ltoillnson, Wllllngton. going nc W. D. Boyd, Abbeville. law gral T. Bt>yd, Lowndesvllle. Agee sal M. A. Put toil, Abbeville. Bob Age U. F. Kkd, Donalds. said no, s. i?. GrlRln, Abbeville. Wardlav G. Y. Pettlgrew, Abbeville. wbat lie J K. liean, Coronaca. iuu In tl M. E D*nn, Ninety-Six, beard fo J M.TIIinon, LnwDdesvIlle, law wen H. s. Cbappeli, Ninety-Six. seen Mi M. J. Cliuppell, Ninety-Six. tidies. J. A Matilson, Jr., Honea Path. Wurd^ Tbo's E. Johnson, Walts. beard Ji E. Cowan. ty. I un ?v. V/. iviujju, viio tiiru O. Y. Bonner, hira wb Board Examiners. Jack sa; ? m am cert Thk Messrs. Allen have built a dwelling neur the shop, which will be occupied by Mr. Sutherland and family. four or t Hilab.Jones from iGreenwood war here on the pisU Monday, and It was Interesting to bear him Jack ne on the condition of the country. Mb. Tiios. F. Riley, ol Greenwood, came Sworn to town last Friday to heai Dr. GTier's lecture that night. Caw. Wadk H. Robkrson, of Jones, was / ^aH in town on Monday. He Is hale, hearty and when I In fine spirits. dressed Mrs. Barkhdale and Mrs. Jnckson are Ing of it each building a dwelling house In which to 1 got ou live. my hou If you are in need of brick, don't neglect to be i ??*1. ik^oi<t.i?il.lnl>inliimng law. I V^;UOU lb ucnc UU ? V*? V<a>*?5 W h U80 81 Mrs. Lythgok 1b building two bouses for \ngwn# rent. but m> Mr. Jones F. Mii.lek has bad an addition The cro put to his house, and In now painting It. Mr. Heard a W. C. Moore Is doing the work, and It will be hearJai a nice Job. dudes. Mr. Thos. P. Quarles, Jr, has returned a from Charlotte, where be has been buying u cotton during the last season. Mrs. T. T. Cunningham, of Lowndesvllle. very dli was In town Monday, buying goods at oar stores. Rkv. J. G. Henderson, will preach at Up Swori nar i^ni? Cane church uext Sunday. _ M. L. The entertainment of "The Cheerful Circle" I wen of Kings Daughters will take place Friday Price,a evening May 5th in the yard of Mr. L. W. Ileynoli White, hours from seven (7) to (!>) nine o'clock, periectl Hon. F. B. Gary leaves for Columbia today ?nnJ{?'i to nttend a meeting of the Board of Trustees ?1! of the South Carolina University. could s The New York Recorder has a splendid hurl. J picture. In colors, of Miss Mary Hemphill of coat w 1: the Medium and an Interesting sketch of her him he In it* issue of last Sunday. 0f cloth 5c, 5c, 5c. 5c, 5c, 6c, 5c, 5c, 5c, 5c, 5c, and ehi W. Joel Smith & Sons 5c, hemstlched hand- Ves, I s kerchief, beats anything of the kind ever pistol I setn In Abbeville. Dave W KRONER'S INQUEST. 'estimony Taken, tmd tlie Vert of (tie Jnry, hn to the Killiiifr David A. Wnrdlnw. Troy, May 2,1S9.J. Press and Banner: quest of some of the many readers of ss and Banner I send you the evidence coroner's Inquest. I hope you will it. Nick. iff Nance Is back from Chattanooga, iv hence he went for the Mt. C'armel neho slew the church deacon last Fall. Tillman sent check lor S1.89J to pay (1 costH imposed by lue unuea siaies n rtie Sheriffs in The railroad cases, g only to pay Sheriff Nance's line and Troy, S. C., May 1. 1893. The Slate of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Be of State vs. Dead Body of D. A. Wardlaw. Wardlaw, sworn, siys: at McCorralck, S. C. On last Friday e, the 21*1 day of April, 1893. Jack las Whltten or Davis was to drive oh :nic on Suvanuuh River. About four in the evening he drove off and left I when I got here I went In post office t my mall and went on to supper, came irom supper Jack came in the ; asked him what in the devil did he ledown there for. He Jack said Jim >n told him to come ahead. I said you )t expect me to pay anything for the rack said il you have not principle to pay they could pay. I said If you er that again you and I will huve a re In this store. Jack then dared me own, said I do not want to fight in at will have it out of town. I then 111 have It oat right here. Jack then it of the store cursing and going on. nlnute or two he would come peeping loor to Bee if I whs in there, I reckon, nlnutes BaddleDave came over to the id I told him about it. He Buddie ne where was Jack. I said he was aid he would go up there and see htm . He Jack wan up street and Buddie self went to see bim. John Smith, ee aDd Jesse Wilson was with him ubble and myself got up there at J. N. i's store. Buddie asked Jack what be me. Jack told bim If I did not have e enough to pay they would pay. says Jack you must take this back or it here in street and you and I will out. Jack Baid right here will do. ire then In Iront of J. N. Whltten's Price or Jack was setting down and ick said here will do Buddie collared ick shot Buddie. Bob Agee taken Buddie. I tried to pull Agee ofl'of I had bolt of Agee and Agee had 3uddle. Then tbe sbot was tired. It d by Jack Price. Buddie fell. Jack out and I caught Juck by tbe arm. >n Jerked loose and run about fifteen d turned round, shot three times at m positive the first shot he made af-un was at me. The second shot be me tbe ball went through the leg of its. Pants on exhibition. He then in at me and run. I then went on where Buddie was lying. He was fiat >ack. I took a clgarettee out of bis It bad not frllonl. I lifted bim up I him until some one came and when ilp we brought blin to tbe hotel, and ors were summoned. Dr. KobluBon vtn**lenn nl?An/1ail Kim T Hn nrvf I addle had time to choke Jack before jbot. Mo one bud hold of Jack but did not see Jack draw the pistol. I know he bad a pistol uutll I heard it lever heard Dave make any threats, y or public. Dave told nbout hull* fore he went to where Jack was and i I ought to pay my part, <fcc. I think d on coal; am not certain. When ? shooting at me he was standing e Bbol three llmeB at me and then cannot say positive that Agee slopped k lie did. I am seventeen years old. eighteen In August next I am clerk drug store. I do not know what intentions were wheu he grabbed W. W. Wardlaw. before me this 30th day of April A. F. A. Cook, Trial Justice A. C., Acting Coroner. Igee. sworn, says : at McCormlck, 8. C. Myself, Jesse Johu Smith were silting Id front of litten's store Friday night of week aat. Mr. Dave and Willie Wardlaw 3 to where we was and Mr. Dave r said to Mr. Price, what kind of at was that you was giving to Will ere. Mr. Price said I told Will If he want to pay anything for the back I ist trust It to his principle. Mr. Dave v said, well you couae out here and I ;le It with you. Price said no, lam iganywhere.il you want to settle it settle It here. Mr. Wardlaw Jumped him and collared him and comto choke him. I tried to part them < holt of them. I bad one baDdon d one on Mr. Wardlaw. Then Dub / took holt of me and told me, let in-, and about that time a pistol fired, saw any pletol. i thought it was a I never had holt of them when the ed. As soon as Dub took holt of me tbem aloose, and as soon as the plsI run and come up this way In direcMr. SaDders house, and Mr. Sanders Ingout the gate and hollowed halt, then I turned and come back behind lersand went down where Dave was. silling there holding his head and }y taken him up and carried him to I. I never Bald anything to Mr. San. Jack Price said to me when he puss corner, I have got the rascal sure. Ice did not send back. I only Baw the corner. I did not see any weapon i hands and did not hear him or Jack ly threatR. Jack did not have on a the time Mr. Wardlaw collared blm. , know whether he choked Jack or raR on the rlgbt hand Ride of them tried to pull them loose. I think it c Price who shot the pistol. I saw lrdiaw fall. I do not know bow mes tbe pistol was shot, but more >e. Bob Agee. before me the 30th day of April A. D. F. A. Cook, Trial JuRtlce, Acting Coroner. Wilson, sworn, says: ,ve and Dub Wardlaw came walking [reel where me, Jack Price, Bub Bgee, a were, and aBked Jack Price what was that be whb giving Dub down at store, and Jack says I went over ask him, Dub. for the quarter he was ir riding In the break. Dub says, I ;olug to pay it, and Sack said I will to Xour honor. Dave said, well, I here to settle It with you, and said, I on the street. Jack Bald, no, I am where. About th at time Dave Ward .bed Jack around the throat; and Bob d, don't tight, boys; and Dub grabbed e iind flung him out In the street, and let them light. Jack Price shot Dave v with a pistol, I reckon, as that was had. As soon as the pistol flred, I le house. Mr. Whltten's bouse. 1 ur pistol shots. Dave and Dub Ward; not armed. as I know of. I have *. Price with pistol at night some [ do uot know that either of the v boys ever went armed. I never ick say any thlug about their dlfflcula certain Dave took hold of him by at or collar. I w as on the bench by { en be collared blra. I never heard | t ahythlug about their difficulty. I aln Dave taken hold ol him by the rcollar. I was on the bench by him i collared him. I nevered heard any made by Dave Wardlaw. I was about Ive yards, I think I could have seen )! bad It been pulled out and held up. ver shot till Dub Jerked Agree awuy. Jessie WilBoa. , P. A. Cook, T. J. A. C., Acting Ooronor. hitten, sworn, says : In bed at the time of the shooting, heard the shooting I Jumped up and as toon as I could. I heard a screamlurderin front of my shop and when t there I met Jessie Wilson coming In se. I asked him what was the matter, iniil .lark l'rice had shot Dave Ward iy i tie time I got to the lront of iny j sveral had rushed to where the shoot* . I lound Mr. Dave Wardlaw there, eyes being bad I did not nee him. wd carried him to the hotel. I never ny threats made by Prjce. I did not ck say he expected lo kill any oi them I heard hlin. Jack 1'rlce. fay somebout the fuss or riding. Wilson was on a box as well as I remember. Ison, lives with me or works tor me. ick l'rloe, and myself are related It Is slant. his J. N. X Whiten. mark. ). F. A. Cook. b. Sturkky, sworn, says : it over In Georgia, and found Jack na got 111m myseir una air. jamen a. Jh. Jack Price did not resist, and was y willing to come buck and uo to Jail, d he shot Dave Wardlaw ; went to blui off and his pistol went oil and m. He, Jack, had no scars that I ee, aud he did not complain of belnx tack said b? had on his every day len he shot Dave, but when I fouud hnd on his Sunday suit, a black suit ies ; said he went by Mr. S. B. Smith's, ingud his clothes, or coat at least, aid he had on his coal, and had his iu his outside pocket when he shot rardlaw. M. L. B. sturkey. Drs. B. A. Mattisox and J. P. Robinson*, be lng sworn, says : We are practicing physicians, and live al McCorralck, S. C. We were called In to see I). A. Wardlaw on Friday night, 21st day 01 April, 1803. We examined the wound and found where the ball passed through the skin about two inches above ihe left ear. We also found an opening about 1% inches in the reai of the enteiunce ot the opening where the ball went In. Upon the first examination we thought the ball had passed out. and was only a tcaip wound, but after examining more closely, we found the skull was punctured to the tuner table of the skull, on the opposite side. The ball then rebounded. After the ball rebounded we then did not know where it landed, but in some part of the brain. The wound was surfflelent to produce dealh. I there was about one-third, perhaps tnore, ol the ball passed out through the post line opening of the exit. This part of the ball was said to have been found on the sidewalk near where the killing was done covered with blood nnd snmn htitr ntlrkiru' to It. Othpr part of the bull posted or punctured the skull as already stated. He lived until April 29, 1893, but was unconscious aud speechless, most of the time, and died from the wound. He was shot with a ball. Do not know the calllbre. B. A. Mattison, M. D. J. P. PoblDBon, M. D. State of South Carolina?County of Abbeville An Inquisition indented takeu at McCormick In Bordeaux township In Abbeville county, the 80t.h day of April A. D. 1893, before F. A. Cook, trial justice acting coroner, for the said county, upon the view of the body of David A, Wardlaw, Jr., of tli<* county and State aforeBald then and there being dead by their oaths, A. A. Stuart, foreman, T. E. Deason, J. W. Peak, L. N. Chamberlain, Jas. Cot bran, Jr., W. O. Sturkey, J. P. Jennings. W* C. tjudwlck, J. A. Creighton, J. W. McCaslan. G. W. Andrews, T. J. Donahue Being a lawful Jury of Inquest, who being lawfully charged and sworn lo inquire for the Stale of South Carolina, where and by what means the said David Wardlaw came to his death. Upon their oaths do say, that the said David Wardlaw fame to his death In the town of McCormlck,jH. C.. from a pistol shot wound, said pistol be.ng In the bands of one Jack Price, alias Whltten or Davis, and so the iury aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Jack rice in the manner and form aforesaid Davwl A Wnritlaw. then and Ihora felon Inns] v did kill against the peace and dignity of the State aforesaid. In witness whereof, I, F. A. Cook. Trial Justice and as acting Coronor, and the Jury aloresald to the inquisition have interchangeably put our hands and seals the day above mentioned. F. A. Cook, Acting Coronor. A. A. Htuart. Foreman. T. E. Deason, J. W. Peak, L. N. Chamberlain, Juraes Cothran, Jr.. "NV. 0. Sturkey, J. P. Jennings, W. J. Luckwlck, J. A. Crelgbton, J. W. McCaslan, G. W. Anderson, T. J. Donahue. For 5c you can gat a beautiful l\$ Inrb hemstitched handkerchief ever shown. W. Joel Smith & Sons offers the ladles the best and finest 5c hemstitched handkerchief ever shown. NOTICE TO D An f IT U1 A. uuauo i ALL ROAD OVERSEERS are required to put three (3) days work on their respective roads at a lime not later than MAY 15, 1S93. E. H. ARMSTRONG, "Ch. Bd. Go. Com. May 8, 1893,2t The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. probate court. In the matter of the Estate oi l'. L. Uuiliebeau, Deceased. Petition lor Settlemeut and Discharge. Gs. CADE and J A LeROY, as Execu* tors for said Estate having applied for settlement and discharge. It is Ordered, That Saturday, the third day of June next be fixed for granting the relief prayed for. J. FULLER LYON. May 2, 1893, tf Judge Probate Court. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. prorate court. In the matter of the Estate of Thomas Thomson, Deceased. Petition for Settlement and Discharge. SG THOMSON and T. P. QUAKLEH. as , Administrators for said Estate having n ia n 11 o H lr\r cat ? Inmon t o n H ^ lunhnvrrn It is Okdkkrd, That Tuesday, the Oth day of June next be fixed for granting the relief prayed for. J. FULLER LYON, May 2,1893, tf Judge l'robate Court. System.?A matter which might be useful to worneu, and important as to the perfect management of a household, is some study of the fitting of the average business office. Here's a desk with pigeonholes for billheads, receipts, blanks or all sorts, contracts, pads, blotters, and every necessity of a well regulated establishment. In another place are spaces for books. Each book is numbered and letteied; each has its proper place, and is always found there. Observe that the books always stand on end, and are not placed one above another; also that the book exactly fits the space in which it is kept. Potato Salad.?Mix together two cups mashed potato strained through a colander or vegetable strainer, three fourths of acupof whitecabbage chopfine, two tablespoon In Is minced cucumber pickle, .V^lks of two hard boiled eggs pounded tine. Serve with any good salad dressing. Lemons.--The juice of one lemon snguuy unuteu wuii waier ueiore each meal will reduce fut. It is ati excellent remedy for rheumatism. Take the juice of two lemons in half a glass of water three times daily before meals. Avoid sugar or sweet 1 kkI of any kiud. Do not be persuaded tbat there is n profit in washing your sheep befor shearing. If well done the added value of the wool will pay excellently for the time and labor required. Jelly Toast.?Cut 9tale bread into neat rouuds or squares; fry each slice in boiling deep fat; spread it thickly with some fruit jelly, and serve very hot. A farmer who has tried it, says that, hogs watered exclusivejy with well water will be free from cholera, while those that use surface water frequently get the disease. If anything is spilled 01 boils over onto the stove and makes a bad smoke or odor, sprinkle a little salt on it at once. Let us never forget that every station in life is necessary; that each deserves our respect; that not the station itself, but the worthy fulfilment of its duties, does honor to a man. The most tired people are those who never do any work. They are positively tired of doing nothing, and are too lazy to cure themselves. The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: To live honestly, to hurt no man willtally, and to render every man his due. Prayer. From The Baptist Courier. \ Standing at a pier in a great city I became interested in watching I 1 work of rescuing the valuables frou ! vessel that had sunk a few feet fr< the pier. I saw some tubes passi ; from the pier down into the water < ! of sight, and some men were pumpi I away steadily at a small pump. Pr ; ently a man, encased in a diver's st ! came, up from a depth of forty f ! bearing valuables in his hands. Ith r saw that the tubes aforesaid were Cf , nected with the casing about his hes and supplied him with fresh air a (hus kept him alive in the midst . the water that surrounded and woi otherwise have been death of him. said to myself, such is the relation prayer to the spiritual life of the sai: Ke is down here in this life surrour ed by the world and the tie3h. < every side he is threatened with spii ual destruction, but through the tu of prayer there comes down to h hourly supplies of grace. He th breathes the breath of heaven, and is preserved to do his work of rescui the lost. There are many things cc stantly reminding us that Prayer Is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air, Bis watchword at the gates of death, He enters heaven with prayer. As our.train moved along last sui mer between Denver and Colora Springs, I noticed there were soi fields of alfalfa which were green ai vigorous in that arid region, while few were parched and nearly dead, asked the conductor why there w such a difference between the fieh "Oh," said he, ''those green patcli are irrigated ; could not raise anythi in this dry country without irrlgatlo and the irrigation ditch has been c off" from the dried-up patches." I fi to thinking, and said to myself, here an explanation of the difference in t vigor and usefulness and fruitfuln< of Christians. This one in connect with the source of supply?the livii streams of grace flowing from t throne of God?by the irrigation dit of prayer. He Is like a tree planted I the living waters, that bringeth for his fruit iu his season, his leaf al shall not wither, and whatsoever doeth shall prosper. The other h cut the irrigation ditch bv neglectii prayer, and his life withers and ] brings dishonor upon the Lord he pi fessed to love. Take heed, dear bret ren ; cut not the ditch of prayer. F member, Restralnlng'prnyer we cease to flitlit, Prayer makes the Christian's armor brlgl And Satan trembles when he sees The feeblebt saint upon his knees. A friend of mine had a vicious d that seemed fearless. If you enter the premises he would certainly assi you if he were not chained. Y< miirht trv bv sticks and stones ai torch and water to defend yourse He was undaunted. There wa9 on one way to .?care this dog and mal him take to his heels. That way w to tall down on hands and knees ai crawl away from him. Thi3 terrifii him and he ran for dear life. T1 prayer of faith is the only way toraal Satan take to his heels. Sir Fanvell Buxton said to his s( when he was leaving home : "Whs ever negligence may creep upon yo studies or into your pursuits of p'leo ure or of business, let there be 01 point, at least, on which you are i ways watchful, always alive ; I mea in the performance of your religio duties. Let nothing induce you, ev< for a day, to neglect the perusal Scripture. You know the value prayer ; it is precious beyona an pric Never, never neglect it." The brightest, the most blessed, tl most loviiig, the most obedient ami tl most fruitful Christians are those wi have most to do with God in prayer. A. W. L?amar. Galveston, Texas, Nov. 8. For many years previous to her mt riage Mrs. Barnes was a teacher in young woman's college. Sheobservi that when her pupils were in tl transition period, passing from gi hood to womanhood, they were yerv little account as scholais. Tb was in the South, where maturi comes earlier than in the latitude New York. In the freshman year si could stimulate her pupils with go< effect, and require a high degree of e cellence in their recitations wilho injuring them. But as they pass into the sophomore year the whole i pect of affairs changed. Some of the kept on without flagging, but the m jority would have been very trying she had know the underlying reaso of their failures and made allowanc for them. Headache, nose-bleed, nervous d presKiou, fidgetuess, capriciousne.' sentimentality, fits of crying or laug iii? fhoap wpi-p onnHijiiitlv found various degrees and manifestatio during the sophomore year. The "di nilied juniors" was thefavoite epith applied in that institution to the mei bers of the third year class, and tin deserved it. Mrs. Barne9 resolved then that she ever had daughters to educate si would take them out of school durii the sophomore year and occupy the in something besides books. So yea after, when her daughter Mary beg) to lengt lien her dress skirts, she w taken from school and kept at honi She was given entire charge of h room and the parlors, so she learned sweep and dust, to wipe windows, at keep everything in order. Mi Barnes could not very well send h down into the kitchen to learn to co< there with the servants, but she se her to a cooking school, where she w taught the preparation and cooking food, and these lessons she gave pm tical illustrations of in dishes, whi< appeared on the tabic from time time. She kept up her lessons music and her practice, finding in th accomplishment a delightful outlet 1 her various moods. Mary had a natural aptitude f sewing, and taking advantage of th her mother permitted her to join class the rnembers of which were i structed in all the mysteries of dres making. They took measures, had chart, and all the facilities for cuttii and fitting with accuracy, and we taught to put together anu finish pt fectly one dress. in the management and care of tl younger cnnuren mary ilkjk mm lessons during the year at horn When it was over she was in fi health, and ready to take up her stu ies with earnestness and apply hers< to them with diligence and assidnit The year which, if spent in stud would have been largely lost, or ha permanently impaired her health, w one of the most profitable years of h life. The Wordit of n Prayer. Cash 127!" called a girl at the 1 r i counter; and ''Cash 127" prese the himself before her in the shape u a pale little fellow, seeming even sm and slighter by contrast with the ng dressed, well-fed children all ar< iut him. ng "You, is it Alec?" said the eg- "Well, I've got a trip for you. Y< lit, to take this bundle (it's a 'specia eet livery') around to the ladjes' parlo en the South Sreet Church. It's im )n- or sometning for some society." td, Alec wrapped his thin, old n,j around him, and started down of street on his "special delivery." ild remembered when they lived i I little white house in the country, of father worked in the great mill, ! nt. before the day when the men cai 1(j- father home dead from the r i)n Then the little white house was ;t. to others, and he and his mother ibe Nellie had come to live iu two ro jm down a little street iu this big < us Mother worked all day long at ent go buttonholes, and Nellie "tended bu ng for a woman just below them iu t >n- street. In the ladies' parlor of thechurc groop of ladies and young girls i gathered. The meeting had not c menced, and they were sitting wai and talking together in asociable n m- ner. The president of the socl do Mrs. Dale, sat by a table covered \ ne books and papers, talking in a ad voice to a girl standing beside a whose sweet face looked troubled I hesitating. as "I have never prayed before any Is. Mrs. Dale," she was saying in a les voice; "how can I before all these?1 ng "You talk to Jesus, Helen, sui iu, every day, and it is to him only ut are to speak now, not to these ell pie." is "I know, but?" he "Well, dear, I will not urge it, ?ss surely a 'King's Daughter' ought ed to hesitate iu coming to the King." ug "lam not afraid, Mrs. Dale;! he try to feel proud that I have the ri ch Yes, I will do what you ask me." by It was a meeting of the Fori th Missionary Society of the chu I so Mrs. Dale was just reading aloud s< he verses out of the Bible, when tl as came a timid rap at tbe door, and ng lady nearest it opened it to ad he Alec and bis bundle. Mr?. Dale *o- tioned him to a chair to wait until h- was at liberty to attend to him, te- the meeting went on. Alec gi around him wonderiDgly. The w roorp, the crimson carpets, the stai ht, glass windows, and the general ail peacefulness sent a thrill of coir through the tired little heart. V og did all these ladies come togethei ed this little room? Hark! ttie g iil haired lady with the sweet voice ou asking some one to pray. It was i id pretty young lady in the seals If. jacket. Alec hoped that she w< Iy pray a long time; it was so nice tc ke able to sit still awhile instead of i as niug all the afternoon iu the t id store. ed "Dear Lord," the young girl bej be "Jesus diedjou the cross to save us ke and yet there are people In heat lands who know nothing of tl )n They are dying every day and do it- know the way to get to thy beaul ur heaven. Help us to send tliem is- true way. Every one can helj ne here the young voice faltered and il- most broke, but after a moment 'a pi n, it went 011 clear and sweet: "so m us us willing to help, for Jesus' sj ;n Ameu. of Then Mrs. Dale called Alec to I of received his bundle, and dismis :e. him. Out of the warm bright r< he went again into the crowded str ne but through bis head rang over lie over again the prayer, "They do jo know the way to thy beautiful h< en," and "Every one can he Could he? But how? At night w he knelt down to pray, after he said "Our Father, ' he added, " ir- oh! teach those people how to get a heaven!" ed The days went on, and one be Alec's white face was missing from rl- store. "At the hospital," was the t of wer to the few questions about his lis seuse, and then another call boy t ty his place. of Young Dr. Marshall was one of he new resident physicians at the ( 3d dren's hospital. He had just fc x- graduated with honors from them ut cal college, but while waiting to st ed permanently he had accepted a p is- i ion for a year's practice in thee m dren's ward. There was somethin a* Alt-c's little white face, as he lay if the iiospital bed, that instincts us drew the young doctor to him. :es that on his way through the ward often paused for a few extra w< le- with the sweet face that brightene is, at his coming. h- One day Dr. Marshall came to iu ward with a great handful of us flowers, and he went from one bee g- another, leaving a bright blossom et hind him. Alec seemed asleep w n- he stood by his bed, so the doctor t ey over him, and softly laid by his h a great white lily with strange p if stamens. Tne blue eyes opened tl lie and a thin little hand stretched :ig for it. m "That, Alec," said Dr. Marsh irs came from over the sea. The 1 in that gave it to me brought home as seeds. Isn't it beautiful?" le. A wistful look stole over Alec's f er aud the doctor caught the words to murmured to himself: "So beauti id and they don't know anything al rs. heaven ?" er The doctor, watching wonderinj jk saw a shadow steal over the w! nt face. as "What is it, dear?" he asked, dr of drawing a chair beside the bed; "i ic- a new pain?" 3h "Oh! no," said Alec, with a li to sou; "uut 1 do so want to nolu?" in Little by little the stor^ came ot is of Helen Morris's prayer, and hov "or had rung in his ears ever since t day, and how he had hoped "to he or in some way. is, "She said every one could help, a [ did try, but there didn't seem to n- any way, and now maybe I'm g( is- to heaven myselt, and l naven t a one yet?" ug Very tenderly the strong man t re above the child. "Little Alec," ir* si>id softly, "If Jesus wants you himself, he \vi!! send some one to lie your place." jy Such a gleam of brightness as ci le. over the tired little face! ne "Will he, oh! will he, doctor? (V d- you go?" df "Could he go?" As Helen's prt y. had rung in Alec's ears so this q ly, rang in the young doctor's he ve Why not? Tnere were mauy aire as in the home land ready to heal er cure, and here he 'stood, a Christ armed and ready for grand work distant land. Was he willing to la inen talents, his ambition his all at tli ,nteij Master's feet? Could he go? of a '^wo days afterward the May sur aller through tne hospital wii wej| dowson Alec's dying face. With hi )und hftncl clasped tightly in that ( the young doctor's he lay quietly, ; ?jrj sweet, peaceful look on the white fac >u're 118 'le turned to meet the eyes of th j jg. little group around his bed. Softly In ir 0f spoke, ana the doctor bent to listen a jsliu l',e eyes opened wide. "f nm fnn Hr#>d tn en." he fullered coat "*)Ut tell them that I would havecomt the ?"1y I couldn't, so I have sent youjje and you?will tell them about? hea\ n a en?" and "I S?i little Alec, in j'our plac( long a?d tell them about heaven." Tied An(* that I wa9 too tired to go?an nIU^ Jesus wanted me?" je( Yes, Jesus "wanted" him so muc! aU(j that in the pause following his word omg he drew him gently to himself, to b forever in that heayen he longed so t jjess teH the heathen about." Helen Morris is a woman nov* heir 8t.rong *Bd useful in her Master's ser vice. Dr. Marshall's name standi ,jj a foremost in the ranks of noble work vere era for Jesus in a distant land. In i ,om. quiet country graveyard stands a littli ting white stone, and under Alec's nam' aan. and age are cut deeply the followiuj etyf words:? vith 14 axd i saw a new heaven . . . low "and all the nations that ARI her. saved shall walk in .the ligh and of it." " ?S. S. Missionary Society. low " ' m " Apostrophe to the Sabbath. vou ? Sabbath ! Needed for a world o innocence; without thee, what wouh ' be a world of sin? There would b no use ior cousiuerauon, uu cutxn n but passion, no remission of toil, no bain not of care ! He who had withheld the would have forsaken the earth ! With wjli out thee He had never given us th kt Bible, the Gospel, the Spirit! We sa k ' lute thee, as tbou comest to us in th< Bl n name of the Lord, radiant in the sun shine of that dawn which broke ove ome creation's achieved work, marchinj liere downward in the track of time, a pil ll]e lar of refeshing clouds and of guidinj lmlt flame, intervening with all thy Jigh mo_ new beams of discovery and promise ^ until thou standest forth more fai an(j than when reflected in the dews ant J7e(j imbibed by the flowers of Eden, more urm awful than when the trumpet rung o "3 thee in Sinai ! r The Christian Sabbath! Like ifc Lord, it but risesagain in Christianity ^ and henceforth records the rising day r ij. And never, since the tomb of Jesui 'rav was ^urst op*11 by Him who revivet and ro?e, has this day awakened but ai that ^ie ''K^t seven dfty9 and w'th heal ikin 'n *t8 wings! Never has it uu >uld '"^ed without some witness and wel , hp come, some song and salutatjon! I ru~~ ha9 been tbe coronation-aay or mar >U8V tyr3' the ,ast dayof It ha; * been from the first until now the sub ,an lime custom of the churches of God 3all' Still the outgoings of its morning an( jjen' Its evening rejoice ! Iiee It is a day of h?aven upon earth uo? Life's sweetest calm, poverty's birth >jfuj right, labor's only rest ! Nothing ha< the 8UC^ a k?ar ?f antiquity on it. No thing contains in it such history aj_ Nothing draws along with it such glo luse rv Nurse of virtue, seal of truth ake The household's richest patrimony the 'nation's noblest sefegimrd ! Th< pledge of peace, the fountian of intel ljei. ligence, the strength of law! The or acle of instruction, the ark of mercy J0IU The patent of our manhood's spiritua ,eet greatness ! The harbinger our soul's an(j sanctified; perfection ! The gloiy o relieioa, the watch-tower of immortal eav_ ity ! The ladder set upon earth, will lp ? its top reaching to heaven, and the an hgn gels of God ascending aud descendinj jia(j upon it.?Christian Stateman. and to *" Reekie** FraukueHH. There is a class of people who pride tfie themselves on their honesty and frank' ln?* ness because, as they tell us, they 'saj a?" just what they think,' throwing oul ??k tlieir opinions right and left, just as , they happen to feel, no matter where . ,.e they may strike or whom they maj wound. This boasted frankness however, is not honesty, but is.ratbei miserable impertinence aud reckless ittle cruelty. We have no right to saj what we think unless we think kind , " ly and lovingly, no right to unloac S 111 our jealousies, envies, bad humors, anc ?.n miserable spites upon the heads of ouj neighbors. If we must be bad-tempered, w< should at least keep our ugliness lockY ed up in our own breasts, and nol 1180 let it out to wound the feelings and , mar the happiness of others. If we lfie must speak out our dislikes and prejrare U(]jce8 an(j wretched feelings, let us gc '.to into our own room lock the door and . e" close the windows, so that no ear but "eiJ ours shall hear the hateful words. Ii )e , any man seemeth to be religious, oi even morally decent, and bridleth nol liuk I his tnncue. that man's religion is vain ien> and his? character is base.?Christian out Herald. tall, inly ReuNoiiliig Power of AiiIm. One morning a gentleman of man; ^ scientific attainments sat quietly and . ' alone at his breakfast. Presently be f ,, noticed that some large black ant* out were niaking free with the contents ot ' the sugar bowl. He drove them away, i but they soon returned, seemingly tingj}' willing to leave their sweetened feast. Again they were dispersed, only to aw, return in increased numbers. There g was a lamp hook directly above the center of the table, and to try their :iii j ingenuity the gentleman suspended the sugar bowl to a hook with i lit cord, allowing it to swing clear of the IJ table about an inch. First, the saga,mt jeiotis little creatures tried to reach it ,in?> | by standing on each other's backs. 1 1 a ronp.ited efforts, all of which and were ^u''ures> they wt*"t away, and it be was supposed that they iiad given n|i >inir despair. Within a surprisingly told i short time, however, they were seen : descending the cord hy dozens and x dropping themselves into the sugar he howl. They had scaled the wall, trafn versed the ceiling and discovered tin another road to the treasure.?St. ' Louis Republic. ime " To work and live only for one's sell >uld j will by no means promote happiness !()n the contrary, it is a source of iniyer; tense misery. The secret of many i\ ues- joyless life which has gone out into art. j bitterness, suiehie or insauity, may be udy j found in the selfishness which domiand j uated it from its beginning to its close, ian, | To live in love is to live in everlasting in a j you til. y Qneer People. ? The Chinese do everything backward. Their compass points to the '* south, instead of to the north. The i- men wear skirts and the women trow9 sere; while the men wear their hair long, the women coil theirs in a knot. a The dress makers are men ; the women ? carry burdens. Tne spoken langoage e is not written, aud the written w not e spoken. Books are read backward, H and any notes are inserted at the tojp. White is usea ror morning, ana tne 'i bridesmaids wear black ? instead of being maidens, these functionaries are - old women. The Chinese surname ' comes first, and they shake their own hands instead of the hands of the one i whom thoy greet. Vessels are launched sideways, and horses are mounted ? from the of!' side. They commence their dinner with desert, and end b up with soup and fish. In shaving, 8 the barber operates on the head, cutting e the bail* upward, then downward, ana 0 then polishes it off with a small knife which is passed over the eyebrows and r> into the nose to remove any superflu ous hairs; and the performance is con* eluded by removing the wax from the - ear with a bit of cotton-wool on a wire. 1 ?New York Times. e e y A Miner Baffled. A miser, having lost a hundred . pounds, promised ten pounds reward g to any one who should oring it to him. r An honest poor man, who found it, brought it to the old gentlemen, demanding the ten pounds. But the miser, to baffle him, alleged that there was & hundred and ten pounds in the bag when lost. The poor man was . au vised 10 sue ior me money; tma I when the case came on to be tried, it * appearing that the seal on the bag bad ? not been broken or the bag ripped, the judge said (o the defendant's counsel: ] "That bag you lost had one hundred and ten pounds In it, you say?' "Yes, ^ my lord," he replied. "Then," said . the judge, "according to the evidence r given in court, this bag of money can3 not be your property, for inside there " are but a hundred pounds. Therefore, the plaintiff must Keep it till the true I owner appears and proves his claim." ? 1 ' A Strange Case. , r A pious young lady in this town rej cently bad a spell of sickness: Her i tongue and throat were parlayzed, and f for eight days and nights she was unable to speak or to swallow anything, 3 even so much as a drop of water. t During this time she suffered excruoia. tiugly, and expected to die. But the 3 eighth night about.midnlghtthe paral1 ysis left her. The watchsrs said : 3 "She awoke eud sat up in bed and . began to talk and took a drink of . water." Yesterday at class meeti ng she gave a t ditrereut version 01 it. sue aaia: "They thought I was asleep, but I 9 was not. I was praying the Lord to . open my mouth. I promised Him I ! would use my tongue for Him; I 1 would do auytbingHe wanted me to do, and prayed Him to let me'speak ; and swallow. I believed He would . do it; so I rose up aud spoke aud took' L a drink of water." A She said futher i ! "I have seen within the portals of . heaven. I saw the Savior on His ? throne. I saw the angels and my mother in heaven." j Surely, the week of suffering was . well compensated by such an expert . ence. i :| | A Remedy Tor Cold Feet. f All that is necessary, says an exchange, is to stand erect, and very , gradually lift oneself upon the tips of the toes, so as to put all the tcndous of , the foot at full strain. This is not to ' hop or jump up or down, but simply to rise?the slower the better?upon tiptoe, and to remain standing on the point or ttie toes as Jong as pusuiuie, and then gradually come Jto the natu> ral position. Repeat this several . times, and by the amount of work r the tips of the toes are made to do in t sustaining the body's weight a suffl- , j cient and lively circulation is J i Self Help In Case of Fire. j As a house is never attacked by fir|9 , at the top and bottom at once, if ther^J is a safe-and ready exit at both top :y , : [ and bottom very little danger .to lip is to be feared. It is important thajaa ? all exits should be so known as to be '*; easily found, by day or night, by ejb? , ery inmate of the house. If ' clothes you have on catch fire, a blajn469| . ket, rug, or some such woolen art'ole should be quickly and tightly wrap, ped around you. Air is thus exclucB^jg _ ; and the fire goes out. ' Children would rather eat bread and : honey than bread and butter. Oafr ; pound of honey will go as far as pounds of butter, and is far mo?^31*"^ 1 healthful and pleasant tasting. It 1 always remains good, while butter 1 soon becomes rancid, and someUnHfl^^j produces cramp and diarrhea. Honey eaten on wheal bread is very benetii?:..t i.o.iiMi rt iu n rtmimon exures sion that honey is a luxury, having ' nothing to do with the life-giving ' principle. This is an error?honey is ' food in one of its most concentrated 1 forms. True, it does not add so much to the growth of the muscle as does > beefsteak, hut it d.:es impart other properties no le.ss necessary to health and physical and intellectual action. Cure For Whooping Cough.?A famous home doctor and nurse, a worn* an r.feoui>e," says that chestnut tea is an ab>olute specific for whooping f cough: "I gather and dry chestnut leaves every year," she savs. "and I have . long stopped counting the number of cases I have cured by their use. The dried leaves to be had at the druggists will do quite as well. A tea should be i made and given freely to the children. I The coujih will disappear entirely. It ! does not merelytlessVn the: attack, it . cures it,!' asserts ill is most trustworthy authority. "I ti the case of nursing infants," s>he adds, "the mother naust drink freely of the tea." A number of small pastures are better that a single large one. They go , fart iter and srive more feed when the j cattle can be changed from one to another, thus giving each a period of J rest. >! Delicious WaHles.?One quart sour !, milk or buttermilk, one teaspoon of ; soda, three tablespoonsfuls of melted > j butter, two eggs, Hour for batter. Beat : the yelks and milk together, add the | beaten whites last.