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^ ^ T T-v." <" <! ' WKWW - ? .mmiBMII. II??MWCT?W??'*V 5 ????" " J.*? LU. nil .' l.kJ-.n~?-. ~ - ? *?vgg*?-gji* t T^f'i - 4 hh-^ViliF pirpcQ onH 'J &_ iii 'w i Ibwj'y^ j.i.lw -1- 1 woo Ctiivi jO^ji il Iwi # BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1844 )j|| yf I ' L; An Elegant F. 2UE. 'I'rusl liic Children. Tru?t the children! Xpvit ilnuht llicw! Hlliul a wall til' !<>v? iiti.uit tin 111. Ai'icT v.wiin; ..ri-ils ?f iimv. TiuhKIh'Iii t'urtlir ll'iw of.- uf be.vttv. Trust thu children! I?. "? susp-cl llinii ! l et Viiur i-iu IMi'Mt ilirccl thclri. At tlic hearth, in tin- wijiiwi ill, Meet thrill nil tin- |i!ane chi.'lhuml. Trust, th" litili* iiRrs ! Rwm :uh"r >iav is n?t liki* chill Ui-crinln-r. |.i-t tn>' Mollis ui r:iiti* all 1 tnmllicm ( lu ck tlii-ir liu| { v flutes of giuuticss. Trust the piiili-ri'ti! Let them trc:isuri? Mother's tiiiili is Imiitiill. ss Father's Invf in then. cmiil iiiir: Then no s crets they'll he hilling. Trust tin* children. just ? Hr did, , Who fur "such' imcv >w ei-tly j>I.-u.Ji-il. 'i'l-ris ami ifuiilir. hut u.-vor <luu <1 tbuin ; liniid :i wall nf lev ** about thi-iii. ?Ni'W York licitgvr. , Mic \aval Parade. v * The Cohnvihi.iu Xaval Parade over. Il Iuis tn'Oii the object of ill Iversal attention I'roui the lir.-t asst'i hlingol* the ships at Hampden Jtoa until tin* close of I lie street parade In*ew York on Fiida.v the i'8th u! i?*rom ils own standpoint it has heen great suress. It was no easy thing gather together from different parts the earth ilnriy-five ships <>f war ii.ii imiioiis. xiii e of which have 1 fvery frieimiy iVehnys towards one a other, and hike ?li"m through a eruis a parade aim a levb-vv such as Iih' just taken p'ace Inmi Hampden lioa< to the mouth of the Hudson. ft is scarcely possible that uuv otl* nation except the United S ates coul l ave done this. It is a great cred and honor to us that we were in mm. iclationsof frient'linssB to the powe represented as to he able to do the a { areutly impossible; much more cre< liable than that we were able to |>i tnirteen well built ships of war in favorable comparison with the war w m-1*. of other nations. It is equally impossible that such uvhibirion should have tiike place in any earlier age of the worl< JIalf a eeutury ago even, if these ve M'ls hud come into c:>ntaet, they wool have proceeded to blow each othei ?ides in, instead of tiring salvos an making pretty exhibitions of men an flaps. It is not therefore wholly itnpropc to speak of this great gathering < ships as an "armada of peace," as son ?.f the papers have done. it is tL growing spirit of friendliness and peai of our time tliat made it possible, an not the improvement in armor plal and destructive puns. The results < meeting and exhibition of these shij in a peaceful way will also help, i some degree, to deepen the feelings < friendship between the nations. >> fleet of warships could be put to an l>etter use, and since they exist it woul be an excellent scheme to keep thei together and setrl them round tL world to exhibit in turn, in all tli chief harbors of the different count nents. This would co.-t two milliot un.ili ? />.. r l.llt it 11'/. I I 111 I i/l au CAiia cavc ((vui| ?hiv .v % the next best tiling to siuking thei outright and deciding never to buil any more. There was much that was odmirab in the parade. 'l'he <>uk-r, the disci) line, the co'iiMesie.-, the beauty of tl moveiueuiK < f the nig ships, theskil \ lul manipulation of the Mays, tae lit; < uniforms llushishinij in the sunlijrli tlie flying rolors, tne sj lendid coit.im "" of marching n.t-n, ibe btirring must Kven tlie most .-i nee re peace man hi hard work not to admire all this. I itself it is uiimiiai'le, magnilicien like a displtty of meteors or comet-* < rainbows, it wa- ti.c love of displa and splendor that bought the grei crowds on the slaves to witness tl scene. The papers aire saving that was the great in1 ere>-t felt in our ne iiiivy mat tiuiv^i wuv im c;niiiioiaoiu < the (spectators. J>ut pr<>baldy not oi ill ten of them eaied :i farthing whet t?r we 1 avc any navy or not, The ta: payers who were patl.eied there; pi lheir money's worth in show and pli ter, ami ui I probabiy i_* i i;m uJe ju>t j much a? cwr about taxes when tin #et home. While ad the pomp and splendor thisseelie were ^??iii;? oil wr had r tieetioiis. Why is i: tha: only tl war side of huniani'y, the art of ki inp and /lestruelion. pets up ku( t-picnditf <!t moiisfrations as this? Tal olf all ibis display and phlter and I the ghastly skeleton oi war be seen it> reality, and not another army eou ever be in .steicl oil .he lield of battl 'J'11est- thi11\-livi* jinatiiip for tide tioi.s e-*?st al least ii tv millions of d( lai's for their oiipw.ai eoiis:ruetion. rJ la.iId all of the war vessels of all elas es now alloat eou Id not have co!-t le than twenty times this sum, or oi thousand millionsof dollars. The a outlay lor keeping up all these w iu 111 ll?*Kl (illC (dl'til of t 11 i ~t KM atid probably much more, or from tv Immtred and liny to tivn humln million.- a year. What Could not! ^ done with tlie.-e vast mmiis of mom jf, tumi d in the I'haniirl.s of pea< J making? La^t year Ihe Swissyover ain-nL voted thive t houMiml trances aid the l'eace Congress, and lliis ye 1 he Norwegian has voted the sum hjvcu t!iousand to aid the inter-ji; liiiii-iiturv ('wi'ercnce to he In-id tl summer in Christiana. Those, so I as we know, arc the fust sums ev voted Jirecily to ?u}?jtort the i>ea moyenient. Again, most of these thirty-fiveshi me umler ten years old and some Until already siitliiMeutly anti-cjuat lo be Useless in a time of actual w; r-n-.i 'IV11 vial- more will Ullt tin all i n the reiind list, :iii<1 new on < <11?^? much more will t:ike tin j?I:sce.<. '1 i?c- next hundred war v< m*Is built v. ill I'Ohl over tlm-e liiuidr iniliious of dollars. The remark made ul?ove about tl demonstration lieiu# iu some ineasi in tjie iu teles t of peace was made si!I binctrity. Kut whili! watelu oirh a feeling of admiration 'In-.spit ijjtj water spectacle in New York In i ; ' . I l i In addition to my LA : Line of CAI which I ELflXjESHXr, GR] I I i i.i uor, one mum imu uci{i uuunm^ w* , somethiug else. The reporters of the' 3 papers as iheir sketches show, could the not help comparing these ships one sli, .with another and guessiug which Wa ! would wnip in actual light. ii)t, I The trutn is they weie made for, " fighting. Every feature in their con- y0l jsiructiou was planned with that ir. lU? view and the pleasure iu many a heart " at sight of the splendor of the great j (0fj! i parade must have heeu greatly spoiled gr(J i ut thought of the scenes of carnage j ^ [and ruin through which these saqie; < jships and men may have to pass. I rCp Why do such vessels exist? Theyl,jeu j were not made for show. Take oft' the U,J( I covering of glitter and pomp and you | 1 t!'"l ?.? .. ?.i .. fnil ill Hlfl limn I ho IlilMtin. 1 , u',u 51(11 U,B J"" 411 t"v ,%%vv ",v" I ieii !al hatred and distrust which built ev- wjt |erv war ship on the sea. These ha-1 tjea jtreds uiiil suspicions are wicked and < j inhuman, and therefore such ships in- nm :s I stead of standing for civilization and tjie ,j'.; prepress sue but the outward symbols, Spj( u. | decked out in modern tinery, of that' maI ,js| winch is lowest and cruelest in hujii I tii.-ifi nature. Hatred, revenge, dis- so > lt j trust! These are the words that ought! i? '' to be written high up on the prows of| | them all. JCOIt 0l | Jn the case of ourowu navy, there isiyou ,,l; notthe shadow of an excuse, outside!yOU M)|of wholly iufounded fear, for adding 8ta. ?.] another vessel to it. Every nation re- aw? e specks us. No uation is thinking of au(j [.g | attacking us. The money spent oo , to s | three million dollar battle-ships is ab- jj. * 'solutely wasted. Not even the mag-!m'U) ir I nilicence of such a spectacle as t hat; nijr U ljust witnessed can justify us in what i, | we are doing, in this respect, instead ' U|JC .j, of bringing up other nations to our: js own plane, we are going headlong!v.* Iduwii to theirs. For the sake of tliei j. superficial and and ephemeral respect 1( of nations essentially warlike, we are! ??' [0 sacrificing a deeper and truer one in-' me? g?! spired by our civil and religious "free- t tioin, a respect much more powerful ? a for guarding our shores than all tbte j|.e<j armor-plated battle-ships that we can y j build. In some as yet unforeseen woy j | we are sure to reap the fruits of this ^ n M inexcusable folly. * jkIn Am. Adv. Peace. |cjog id ? ? |ueg d j racl "Pans it On." |8ul) The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse tells us that when he was a lad of fourteen I0!? vears he was returning to his home in !? 1 Cornwall from school in Germauy, i VTU: , passing through Loudon on his way.if1? a onon/lhiif o litHo nuinoir iioro hp iHSt '? took train to Bristol, and then went jca on board a ship going to Cornwall?the!ofte railways not running so far in those |you . days. The passage money, which he j thought included hi.s meals, exhausted |tUa; the whole of his cash, and his surprise i was great when the steward, toward}"18' the close of the passage, hiought himjauy a hi II for his food. He told them that,L he had spent, all his money. "Then,";C?n< said the steward, "you should not J P'*p " have ordered the things you did," j calt and asked him for his name aud ad-! rt,)()I * dress. g??) j Directly the lad had stated who he'u . was. the steward looked at him intent- P"11 je ly, and exclaimed, "I never thought would live to see you." !!?a11 Then he told how that, many years 'au> j. before, when u fatherless hoy, and his j e mother was in great distrtss, Mr.!,)al' ( Pearse's father befriended them, and j (. _f ^ lie had resolved, if ever opportunity ' 00 ' afforded, he would repay the kindness , ' thus shown. fc?o now he paid the!as'T lad's bill, gave him five shillings, and . . saw him safely lauded. na> ' When Mr. Pearse told his father the incident, his reply was: "My lad, Ii8Un. passed the kindness to him long agojam,' H. in doing what I did, and now he has! passed it on to you. Mind as you grow | w up you pass it on to others." Torn t), And Mr. Pearse did not forget; see-|Hle lt. ing a lad one day at the railroad sta- is1'"' jj.Jtion in trouble because he had not K | enough money by fourpence to pay for J?1?*1 [M ! his railway fare, Mr. Pearse gave him t. ju shilling, and when the lad brought "1'0 ?s him back the change, he told him to 9 08 .ylkeep if, and that he was going 4o ride n,fi> ! with him. And then in the carriage J',e 0j- lie told the boy the story f?f how the 'l,)t v- U'eward had treated him '>11 the boat. *L'UJ ? ' "And now," he said, "I want you, if ''is' lj. ever you have the opportunity, to pass "er ,], it on to others." Mr. Pearse got out ro(.)1 lj, at the junction, and as the train left 'h'J the station the lad waved his hand- ,n0' in kerchief, and said, "I will puss it;^lul ? ? I her Ill e How much brighter arid happier the! world would he if everybody would j?'}e >1- only "passon" the little deeds of kind-1 "in p(( ness shown to them. Are yoi? doing |on* w. this my young friend, or do you only pass on unkind actions instead of kind | l''a ones? ? l? Jt hav u* - fact 111 j stol '"! There are now at least ten free kin- js" k'?jdergurien schools among llie poor chilt*d | dren of New York. Children are ad^el milted only between the ages of two uy and five years. And what do you sup- ^ e- pose are the first things which these: poor, neglected little waifs are taught? {j.e to | I'hey are aie taught to sit upon a chair !llj instead uf the Ho n", to eat with a knife vj(, "f and fork instead of with their hands, rip } f* I arid they are told, gently, many times y ds a day. to hold up the head and keep .?ji( ?r tin* hp- < ! >i;ed. iSlinple directions | jj t'l"! tliese, but lln-y make a child appear u j -( ce | prettier and mole dignified. ? N. V. * c Ledger. ff| - - dot "fi I'i 1 ! i \ i ir-1 Children in India have to learn the {; hi intiiti)>1 ai-ulion tahle up to forty times { n-s forty, :tii<I this is further complicated ,j01 ?ir hy the introduction of fractional . ?. i purls. I I , fi i> ,is Work, says one who is accustomed cor (re toil, is the' true philosoper's stone, lnj] i?lw?? **/*ii li.nujln i <ip ?i iwil) ?i Ill V\ UUlliri wu Iiaiiuiv u j'iv i\ u >? ?? ,,,, whff 1 barrow or a set. of books, (lis;-! ?? giiifi-, (lilc|?i?g, or editing a news- | if. pajier. WU1 RGE aiul WELL S' TRIAGES, , am offering- to I 3EKTWO< .Maria's Trouble Curetl. laria came along (lie shore throiij ! clear, c??ol air of l lie Maine seacos inner morning. Her sun-bonr s pulled over her face ; she was cr Well, Maria," said her smut, as t in<; woman entered, - now pre .y J how is Hen 7" lien has goiU* oft' mad," said Mal i sing oft' her sun-bonnet. "1 ws more and more cross every da egin t" think I must leave him." Tut, tut, child ! Don't talk so lied her aunt. ''Leave him, i d ! He is your husbaud, rememb I a smart, good principled man 1 too, and lie was a quiet, plea.sai ipered young man when he liv< h us. What ails him now, n r?" He said he didn't know when 1 cried me thai he married a sloven young woman sobbed, then add< .efully, "and I didn't know that rried a scold. He is just hatefi [ I will leave him if he keeps t 1 Maria," said-her aunt gravely, ' it you to listen tome. You h?i lplained that I seldom come to si , to make any stop. I yill now tt why I have not come. When .~a u:i.. tru >Yitu y\tu niir \uui uuvic wi iy, I saw how you kept yourhou* 1 wondered how Hen, brought n uch very different ways, could bei But at that time, lie was still tc 2I1 in love with your pretty face' id other thing.-.. 1 was sure, thoug L this coul.l not always !a.?t. V01 le and I have often worried abot , for we saw trouble was In yen ire. It has begun to come, but will bravely and faithfully doyoi y. you can escape the worst of it. I'm sure 1 don't know what yn in, auntie. I've tried to be a goo< i wife, I am sure." Yes, my dear; you shall be crei with that, but you must become tl, neat house keeper, too, if yn lkl have the respect of your hu d. Now, let me tell you how yc. p house. You leave open yot et doors while you sweep; vo lect to hang clean towels on "tl 1') you set your milk anvwher ject to dust and all sorts of smell: do not keep Ben in pleuty officii hes, well mended ; his bullous ai jff'; he can seldom find comb < <h nor no pmntv cli.'iir to s:! dowi never l<ad a real, relishing hivai and his supper was when he eonl :h it. The dishes felt rough, an n smelled of sour dish cloth. f< use little water ; you don't'serai r dishes, nor even your milk-pai ; is set first in the ham yard an t into your sink ; you hang yoi i-cloths and wipers all unrise* where to dry, or not to dry, as the stiff and sour. You .cook tea an &e till they are unfit to give even I i, and you kill your bread an es with soda. Iu your sleepin n you have ribbons, and laces, an ^es, and shirt-collars, and stocking combs, and handkerchiefs, fa( it and powder, soap and letter dies, wash-rags, wet towels an pins, -well mixed with feather! ? and other things on the tabli stand, ami in the drawers, whi i, mantles, and silk and musli >ses are flung on the unmade bed uld not stand this two week1 *ia. How can a man, brought u Sen was, stand it for years?" ot one word of answer made Mi whose bright cheeks and bright* i were ilaiuing. She caught tw -bonnet, clapped il oves her eyei away she fled. Provoked enougn J" said aunti ng smilingly alter the hurryin n ; "but I hope the truth will d child good. "She's agood-hearte , after all." 'aria made all haste home. H< : move was to set on the stove a pi of water. Starting the fire, si ve out the flies, brushed out an ed the closets ; then after gathe the dirty dishes in piles, she swe] floor. By this time the water wt . When she had faithfully washt deiI, and hung out in the yard h< l-wipers, she ran upstairs, mac bed and set everything in tL :n in order, putting her husband igs all byf themselves, l-'.enjami i his dinners away from home, > ria had plenty of time to carry c reform. /hen he come home that evenin hail an excellent supper roadv f< ? ? ? - 1 ? ...-vl j, aim as ne iookcu ruuuu un- ?t?-i ered room in much surprise, sli ,ed on a lounge, said in It.v turn t slightly trembled, "I m?*.-in t<? ! *ttei'Maria Musjrrnve, lien, tbiin e ever yet been." J i is hamlson ! brightened like a sun bursi all 'in, as he seated himself beside h?: I. Y. Evangelist. II In Dpjjrct's. cene: A London hotel, .tint icrican stranger, who is asked I proprietor to sign the visitor k. He reads several names pi nsly entered, and asks tin memiii imne appendages, such as M. I!.' S." etc., then wriles as follow >m Swan, M. li. 1>. 1>. I'.. It." Proprietor (angrily): **I <??i;'I ma! ml of my book, sir !" Granger; "Why, thatV mv title Proprietor: "Your \'I? h it stand for?" Stranger: "Well, I'm the lv >wing Jlugler in the I>ji i'rji rid." (Collapse of the proprietor, ndon Answers. -Never feed raw corn-meal to yo eks. It should always he cook t. The best way is to bake it in n bread and then moisten wi Ik before feeding. ?e lovely, lie hiving. See how mil itSTiiiif you rail produce. 2JTIC KLKCTEL) STOC K o1 PHJETONS, SPOT CASH BUYE DID, S. C Jtravfc Sadie. gli. Somebody was wanted to go ir isj; to the post-pox with a lettei ltJt| marania!" said Sadie, "can't I olAnn^" on/1 ulio /]u(hi6i1 iir\ on/1 | and shook her bands like a wil |ie girl in her haste to be answered ouj "(), uo!" said mamma; papa be very much troubled if he kue j., little gillie was on the crowded je all alone. .Besides you won y ; afraid. There are horses, and ' jand a great many cross-looking ?? on the street." "T wouldn't be afraid," 'said er | .-hakiug her head, and looking |le; termined as she could, "not if or five dogs came running rip me: nor horses, nor, not any tli , tall." ^ j "I don't think we will try y< ,e[morning," mamma said Ian, >> j "'I'll tell you what you can do Id i Jemima Lawrenceville and g< " j i take care of the kitchen, while ,1 runs to the post-box for me. Tin )n' j be helping mamma." j Jemima Lawieuceville was a ifidollie with real hair, and ni( farms. The reason she was l Jemima Lawreuceville was bi ,11 j uncle Jerry and aunt Mima jrave j Sadie for Christmas, and they li ltS Lawrenceville. Sadie was deteri e J to name it. for them both, s ,p i father thought of Jemima, whicl 4,,l two letters of Unci's Jerry's mum )f/lseveral of aunt Mima's. toj "I don't believe Sadie will li h I stay in the kitchtn all aloue," jr I brother lien, glancing up from h lt <;rapby. Sadie looked sternly at "'Course 1 shall," she slid wjtli 1,-j nity. "What you s'pose I'm afri lr I wouldn't, be afraid ou the greal >) I street, not a bit." Then she we ,u i the kitchen. j | In less than five minutes they ' her scream. j. "0,0,0, dear! What shall' a Mamma, come (joiok !" ,Mamm u so did Grandma, so did lien, & 3. Lauta, from the third story. |u found Sadie, on a chair, Jemima ir renceville under her arm, her f "u jened eyes, twice their usual size, ,e on f something in the corner e Iroom. What do you think it .'.'which had frightened Miis brav .'iwho would not have beeu afri v J "seven or five dogs corning rip I her?" Rend your head and I , | whisper to you. It was u mouse. <1 Pansy. ^.j Ideal conditions are often betU ,ujeniplil5ed in the instinctive im] I and spontaneous actions of little .j'drt'ii ihau in the Well-tutored an< ,rictplined adult. A mother wh< j sent her six-year-old boy on au e v was greeted ou his relui u with a j of tears because he had dropped :o money, on the way, and lost it. (j mother, recognizing the easy po ? itv of such an accident, did not ,1 j the child,"but kindly took the ( r8 tunity to point a moral on the !e sity of carefulness, and then bade s' cheerily go to bis play. Noiwithi j ing tlie mother had acceptei s childish apology of tears, and ex e' hiin, he went from her unconsole |y unsatisfied. The instinctive sei ? honor, primitive and unreasoned s< no real reparation ill mere verb s,' grets and wailings. He went i p his play, but to an Adjoining room whence the sounds of bitte j. ing continued. ;r In time the hurt voice was jr and the mother eon eluded ths s child had fallen asleep. And no ' door opened, him! the littiu.mun e ed into his mothers presence r;n r )iia r?ft. bird, in ils c.iiire. in one lo and in the other a gay-bordered ,(j pocket-handkerchief,--his two cherished treasures. With both I ;r extended, lie oili-ivd to her his pn >t property, convulsively sohhin.: it. ' Here, mama, take Vim; it's all d got." Children have little coucf r. of property equivalents or repre at tive values. A trained business jS would hi|ve been applauded f< id sense of honor had he simply r _ir od an exact equivalent for that ' |e tie had lost. With the child, the ltiiof honor was so full and complel s J he paused not to calculate equi values, hut gave the best that li jojas th? only adequate restitu m IS. S. Times. "s r How many housekeepers use 11- for anything except to make e, 111read rise? f have found s s| other uses lor jl, which ureas fo )< ! For sriiuriug siaiued dishes I jscouring brass or copper kettle le a remedy lor burns. As a teinei er: heartburn. Use instead of soap r! J washing (110 hair, it is an ex< r?|p?nsi!iv makiiii' the hair soft. Med corn is hclju<1 in tusleby sf I in soda water. Whiter beans s be cooked for ji while in s1>da er | then till! water is poured off, iy i washed ami fre?li water put on. s' I will eook leiiiler nineh ijuioker. v- eorn :uid liean* dried in husks ea ijr lie treated this way. In making ('. preserves li<til theni altoiii ion in s ; in soda water before polling lh I he syrup. They will lie much i <e and sweeter. " I I rum me (lie S| 1 [ The I'liiiHian S ainbird ren I '"Many <>i' me >'!: <ions of w . net as restlaintf <?> lia; Holy 1 We seem l<> have receded a long i from (In* >in1111i *it v ol' primitive ship. Tl.e prevailiim system of uiici choir monopoly <if the tim< in- c\-iMi-isc< el worship is manifest i'tl Hi lli?' Spirit's mind. This is tli t<> and-dried method of preaching, tli Mother?Never put ott' till tr row what can lie done to day, V eli' "VVill!?? \\*fl 1, mamma, lei's ( i the rest of the rake to night. )N, PL P FURNITURE, MATTINGS BUGGIES, W1 IRS at ROCK BOTTOM Wext ZD - ? - I The Welcome Hand. i haste Some twenty years ago a young man r> "O, came, a complete stranger, to this ci'y. j go all Qq Sabbath moruing be went out to down j find a Church in which to worship, i H litMol II. - I 1 1 4? T? ? ...?v|ae vcui iu uue anu luuneu 111. aii | seemed uninviting. Iso one welcomed ] would him. He went on and came to an:W bis other. As he looked in he saw, first I street of all, a hand grasped his warmly and Id be cordially. He waslairly drawn inand < '1%^, shown to a good pew. He was invited people, to come again. He decided to make i I it his Church home. He was a mem- i Sadie, ber of that Church for many years, as (It.-- fOUU(i hig wife there, aud tor many i seven years has been iu one of the Churches :ht Ht 0f our community a useful and faith- e ing at ful office bearer. He never forgets his c kindly greeting ou the .first day he at- i -u this tended worship in this city, and never \ ghing. ceases to bear witness to'the cordiality t ; take auti kindness of the Church and the i > and nian who were bacK of the hand that l ? Ann gra>ped his that morning in welcome, c at will ]}U(, on auotner day, about the same 1: time, another young mau came to that i great eume Church. The hand was not in li :e kid the vestiblule that morning. Perhaps n jamed its owner was sick. Probably it had p EfC/llUHt iiiof utni'fo/1 un ahq nf fho oiulao will* o n . , . jJUCKOIWl^U * J/ wuv V. Via** UIOIVO ^ 111 f-? j stranger. At any rate, it was not at b ved in t|ie ,j<)or f0 gceft iliis young man. He g mined started up au aisle timidly and took L ( herj^jg j,, uncertainty and loneliness, d ti Inid Soon a gentleman and his family came d e, :ind tl> tiie p,^W) and the young man understood that lie was invited to vacate his n *e I" .scat. This he did hurriedly, and has- a said ttjued out of the Church. If any'one h isgeo- Was ready and anxious to otter him a tl "J * seat in another pew, he did not know c h r"? 'k He only smarted under the sense ud or. tjjat lie jlu() g0tten into a pew where he tl t wide WU8 uot vvelcomed. He felt that he p ut to would never go back again to that u Church. In some way or other a deep o heard wol,nd wa8 made on him from which w 0 it proved very hard for him to recover, ii 1 "? A man with a great heart and warm \ a ,"l11 hand may do a great deal for any it Cliurp.h. He mav attract manv Deo- tl j|,ey pie and make them glad to be memfJ4,w" bers of the congregation. He, may n r,f? i supplement the lubors of his pastor so f th as ,0 mo8t mtehtily help build up the , ot tne .(Jhureb. At the same time a man V ' with a small heart may do much to re- 5 e.e,pl; pel strangers and to neutralize the efV? forts of pastor and people. The best * :nt way and the only sure way for the up- a y."1 building of any Church is to be the pos- J 1 ue sesor of a great heart and a warm hand. Then every one within reach ? will realize he is wanted ; that a wel- " come awaits him in that particular !r ex- church . mat he will be made glad if pulses g0es< From suoh welcomes and 6 , Cy**" such Churches go out men and women 3 .ai*j to carry the great heart and the warm u 5, a9 hand to other places of service. We 'h^ f can raa^e great mistakes in the way of 11 . being t0? r'8'^ an<* to? reserved. We ? rpu6 cau scarcely by any possibility make 11 .Jr? mistakes through excess of kindness . , r and loving concern for others.?Herald 11 scold and Presbyter. . >ppor- J b neces- ? v stand- Overtaken In a Fan It. ^ I the The Christians scheme of grace is ^ cused oonducted upon principles of render id and sympathy and mercy for others. If" ise of we (]u,j a fallen brother along the wajr- ? I, saw side of life, filled *with a spirit of S al re- meekness and thoughtfulness of our 9 "0t to uncertain footsteps, we should po9ses9 11 ' bed- the spiritual instiuct of pity forthe un- v r cry- fortunate. We must remember that n the land through which we are all 91 passing has its secret pitfalls and dan- I it t lie | .,,.|ous defiles; that'frowning moun- ? ^ie ...ins 'are to be .scaled, arid wastes to u walk- |)t. mossed, battles are to be fought and won, and old prejudices to be over- a hand, come. Take two Christians. One E liitle may ke strong at certain points of n most character, but particularly weak at e hands others; while his associates may have vious | these characteristic's precisely reversed. (>uti! If one is blessed with wealth, he may a J.'ve j be in danger of pride; if one is poor, a iption | |ie mfty he tempted to murmur against * '' senta- providence. If one has ten. talents, 81 man lie may become vain on that account, h ir his jf another has but the one talent,' he h eturn- ni!ly he tempted to bury it. If one is n which ra,j,t lie may be tempted to passionate A sense judjrtnent; while another who is over- f o. that ;.:,utiou8 may fall into the snare of " valent s],,thfulness. The perils against whioh i- had , vve |..tve to guard in life are numerous tion? ;lM(| varied, and all largely peculiar to (* :i:a(*li individual. M Hut let us remember that when our 8 brother man is overtaken in a fault, y s.jd:i we are to restore such a one according n Lnt-i: Ik the law of all true life, whioh is I ?n-tiral the Golden Rule. This divine law en- v Hows : joins upon us to bear with the infirm- f? for | ities and disabilities of others so long '1 s. As as there is any reasonable hop'; of 11 ly for: helping them to do this, not profes- c when , sionally, but in genuine sympathy; v 11 11 ii> flilu \tr iwit /\ntv* l?\* rmnfiV. I lj .CIIVUV I Wllio 1U??J 'VMfWT Can-j ing evil from another, but tenderly ^ mking! providing that which is good ; prornp- 'J diouldited to do all this, not from u natural- c water, ly benevolent nature, but from the onbeaus lightened motives of godly activity. They _ 1 pried ~ * * l? -'lISO Nil III if; lit. * i nutesi Houses in places otherwise unexcep- i . jn Unliable are often so closely overhung 1 leaner w'1'1 tn'es us ,() l)e'" 11 sl!llL' humid- i iiv, owing to the prevention of a free t admission of the sun's rays. Trees (. : s: rowing against the walls of houses, \ initl shrubs in confined places near narks : dwellings, are injurious also as favoring c orsbip j hum id i ly. At the proper distance, on Ghost, j the other baud, trees are favorable to t ways l:e?.ii!i. *)n this principle it may be i ' wo -- j ivoou how the inhabitants of ] pr!p.." on ; i.i.<use suffer from various ills as j b A'.vi r.i-consequence of living in a confln* l y urt C'.i humid atmosphere, while their i n.-uivst neighbors, whose houses are i u; lie: wise situated, enjoy good health ; i imivi even how one side of u large buil- | klitig fully exposed to the sun aftd a \ > mor- free circulation of air may be healty, /illie. (while the other side, overlooking < jat up ' shaded courts or- garden, is unhealthy. ! 'Hall's Journal of Health. EASE s &c., I have added iGONS AN: PRICES. ioor -to < A Roy who Had a 4?oort Memory. I'm not going to study this lesst any more. I kuow I never can remer uer it," anu jttaipn curew ms oook c Ihe tuble with a disgusted look. "What is the trouble, Ralp?" ask( bis Uucle Joe. "It's these dates. Father sa^ they're a good thing for my mem or* I don't see any need of having a men :>ry." ''Did you ever hear of Samuel Slat< ind the use he made of his memory? nquired Uncle Joe, quietly. "No,, who was he?" said Ralph, h mention fairly aroused. "He was an Englishman," answe :d his uucle, "and he came to th ouutry in 1789. This you will r< nenaber, even if your memory is nc erygood, was soon after the close c he Revolution. About this tim nany improvements and new invei ions for spinning cotton thread fc iloth were being introduced in Enj and. Nearly all the cloth used i America had been brought from Eag aud. When the people here began t ake it, their machinery was so in: >erfect and old-fashioned, that th loth was coarse and ugly, and everj iody preferred to buy tine iraporte' oods. On this accouut the men wh lad goue into the business lost a grea eal of money and were very mucl iscouraged." "Why didn't they buy some of th lew machines they had in England?1 sked RalpK, who was accustomed t earing schemes discussed for gettinj lie very latest Improvements in ma hinery. "That was what they tried to do hey put advertisements in newspa ers tor men who understood sucl lachines to come and make them tiering large wages. But Englan< ished to keep the motioply of mak lgthe best cotton yarn and cloth 'ou know, Ralph, some people thinl ; is a fine thing to do something lik aat now." Ralp nodded. He had heard of mc opolies. "In order to keep the knowledge o be business confined to the country Inland passed very strict laws for idding any one to give informatioi bout any branch of manufacturing t foreigner. A manufacturer or in entor who should send out of th A _ 1.1 J XI ouniry a muuei or urawing tuu ^ould enable one to build or make ai mproved machine was tbreateuei rith fines and imprisonment." "I would have tried it, anyhow,1 xclaimed Ralph indignantly. "A great many did," replied hi ncle, smiling. "Inventors and arti ans tried to embark for our shores, bu hey weie searched, their models take] way, and/ they themselves throw: nto prison." "And what did Samuel Slater do?1 nquired Ralph. "When he was fourteen he wa ound as an apprentice to aMr. Strut! pbo was the owner of a cotton mill 'his man, Samuel's master, had beei sr several years a partner of Richar Lrkwright, the inventor of the firs aachfnery for spinning cottor 'herefore he had all the latest an aost unproved methods in his mil lamuel was not slow to improve th pportunily thus offered to becom imiliar with all the details of th ;ork and even the designs of th aachines. All these he carefull ludied, and laid up in his memory n a few years he was made genera VC15CC1 1)1 lliaiviu^ (uaLinuuij , uu< Iso of the manufacturing departmenl 'hese positions gave him still furthe dvautage in the line of study details tut lie was not contented with beinj lerely an overseer ; he had dreams o migrating to America. "At this time, just as his appren ceship was at an end, he came upoi 11 American paper which containei n advertisement for some one wh' auld build satisfactory machinery fo pinning cotton; to such a one i beral bounty was offered. Here wa is chance. He knew he could taki either model or drawing, but no ol cer could confiscate his memory ant xperience, and with these he deterni led to make the attempt to reproduce ne machines with which he was s< imiliar. Moses Brown, of Provi enoe, who had been experimentinj rith little successs, was only to< lad to engage" the services of th oungmanwlio promised if he 'di< ot make as good yarn as they did ii ^iigiunu iu uiKi* iiuiiiiu^ iwi mo ices, but throw all he had attemptei ver the bridge.' He bad a bard tasl: 'lie work must be kept perfectly secre nti 1 finished; be had one man t airy out his directions and outline vhich he chalked from memory o; loards and planks; later a black<niii.' /as called in to make the iron \v?.ik iut all others were carefully ex luded." "He must have been afraid h ouldn't remember right," o'-isenvi tnlph, who had listened a(t?>iiiivcl> "L'robably he was some!iurs, :i* vhen the machine was fin slu: l :n lie first trial was made wi*?\-?n ima; tie the anxiety with which ih?? foil lien who were in the secret watclie he opera!iou. The result <s told i he words of Mr. JJrown, who was ln?l.-hr " 'S;iliill?.l. I hull llMSt (1(111 --- veil." "And did he keep on making nii :hines, Uncle Joe?" "JLe made cotton yarn for awhile o his one, but he soon went into a inor extensive business. His brother Joli oined him, and they siaried and mai ?ged lor many years < lie of the largrs actories in the world. He did a gres leal more for the h.usineso, so that li s called the father of America Manufacturers.' Don't you think i^id Samuel Slater to have a goo memory?*' "Yes, indeed," answered Ralpl Irawlngalong breath. "I don't bi leve I could ever do that." "I'robably 3*011 will not need to d I 1 1 -m D HARNESS | Uity Bank.; r?| exactly the same thing," answered )n his uncle, "but a good memory is an a_ excellent thing for a boy or man to m have, and we never know when it will be of benefit." Some Ciirls. ' &ome gins are rapiuiy Deepening verY" itnble scolds. I have a young friend, near neighbor, that I seldom visit without being reminded of Shakespeare's play. My dear girls, T don't think it nec. essary or desirable to become a scold or shrew or impress one's friends as . . ^ such, do you ? ? The young friend referred to is twen^ ty-one years of age. The habit of fault-finding, nagging, f and general bickering is growing so lixed I fear it will cling. She is energetic and bright, tidy in ? ^ J" dress, attractive in appearance?alas, ' i * I that she is what she is ! J have been present when she would ? say : "Father, wipe your feet on the mat * before yon step an inch into the sitting room. Three times today have I swept ' sand from the carpet, all because you " ; were too lazy to wipe your feet. . Hear 7 what 1 say, don't you ?" ? And I have seen the patient father . ? sigh and cast reproving glances at his eldest daughter. I suppose he disliked to rebuke her in the presence of company, but to my ,, mind she richly deserved it. When the mother, has advised in matters where experience brings wis* dom, I have heard the daughter reply with a frown between her eyes and ? toss of the head, "I shall do as I please ? and you will fLqu it out, too," in harsh, . L- 1 4.5 _ i. ' 'whT*tl empuauu tone. tv.fjto 1 The younger brothers and sisters feel / 1 the untoward home influeuce and ex1 press themselves accordingly. Childish criticisms are tempered with charty as often childish wont. They s say : "O, sister's cross. She's always 6 cross, but she mends our clothes nice. Mamma says we musn't mind. -Sish ter's good." Father and mother are mortified, ,f chagrined, heart-hurt many times. >t Do not draw from the description . that she is wholly vain and giddy. a Such is not the case. o O that she would struggle more va. liantly with her besetmeut, if such it . e be. until she conquers. ,t Vigilance, unceasing watchfulness, Q and prayer will wrestle mightily with j besitting sins. 0 that such as I have described ? would put on their beautiful garments! what an overturn in many homes there s would be. And it is the little foxes, little sins t that need most careful watching. A a fretful word so easily slips from the a tongue. Repeated again, it becomes second nature. Fault-findings inr ' ' " crease, naggings become fixed habits, habits, and, and oh, my girls, you are a doomed?scolds, shrews! Avoid, turn ;f away, overcome!?Mary Louse Palm[. er, in Christian at Work. ' o , , it Tbe Servant Was Horrified. / ' y,' f i- Doctor S. had last winter a newly ard rived Hiberian for a servant; he had ' also recently purchased a pair of por? poise leather boots. -His wife, attracte ed by the novelty of the new footwear, e asked the doctor in the presence of tbe e servant what they were made of, to y which he responded, "porpoise hide." Shortly after the lady from the Em1 erald Isle interviewed Sirs. S. and an^ nounced her intention of "laving whin me week is up." Mrs. S., somewhat * * i" surprised, asked the disturbed domea' tic the reason for her announced dels parture, to which Bridget responded f with a horrified air : "Yer husband is a doc!her, mum, an' I've heard them dochters do be 1 cuttin' up people, an' didn't I hear urn' 1 wid me own ears, say that the boots of -1 ?j ? e ' " nun were uiuue ui puujjci s uiur. ho ' me own ould father that died in the . ^ * poorhouse, an'I wouldn't be servin' a s heathen that uses the skin of the poor I1 'v-rJB p to cover his dirthy feet wid"?Boston * Commercial Bullentin. e The man who lives right, and is 5 right, has more power in his silence . than another has by his words, ('hat, acter is like hells which ring out sweet 5 music, and which, when touched accie dentally eveu, resound with sweet j music. n Lord Nelson once said: "I owe all - my success in life to having heen alii ways a quarter of an hour before my time." "Every moment lost," said / t Napoleon, gives an opportunity for r, misfortune." 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