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> j-!-??? - vmssssssssssasm-. The Abbeville Press and Banner, i __ ?.?.? I BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1844 | YC i An Elegant P. M. AL] Beautiful Things. the Beautiful faces arc those that wear, pPI It matters little ir dark ?r fnlr. *f)j Whole-souled honesty printed thefe. Beautiful are those whose words l.>eap from ilie heart like svinrs of birds, A Wt whose utterance prudence "lids. thi tii) Beautiful hands Hie those that do, Work that is earnest brave and true. (H1, Moment by moment the wliole day through. ,)ja llu Boautiful fee1 are thosa that po ""j On kindly ministries to nnd iro? .. Down lowliest ways, If God will so. aQJ Beautiful lives are those that bless, net Silent rivers of happiness, Whose hidden fountains but few may guess. an< wl? Beautiful twiilsht, st set of sun ; for Beautifal coal with race well w?n; T Beautiful rest, with work well done; sac Beautiful graves, where crosses creep. {[JJ.! Where lirown leaves fall, where d lft? lie deep j Over woru-ont hands*?O, beautiful sleep! nev . null ' * per bor THE AMENITIES i Anil MictqVPQ nf Journalism In Ullll 1U1UIUI1UU UX VUUIUUUUUI, a8 _ can lug. Aunnnl Addre** Before the Mate esjj Pre** Association In Columbia rt|R July 19, IS83. by Hugh Wllxou, lar> Editor or Ibe Abbeville Pre** and 8U|' ouo Banner. . prfl| Io accepting the Invitation to say something to you tonight, I did so wltb many the III ltgi VlDgB. ?al' Havlug long sine? learned to doubt my rar own ability, it is with diffidence that I appear n? before this Association, in whose ranks I see a?'| so many ut whose feet I might sit and learn V>I Wsons of wisdom, and at whose hands I 11 might well receive instruction. mu' Believing, as I do, that ours Is second to no ** ] profession on earth, I claim for It the highest J l rank in the politic >1, the educational and die , religious world. Properly directed Its luttu- to'f ence Is unbounded, and its power for good is , 11 Incomparably greater than that ol the teach- *OU! er. the orator, and the preacher. "e' The influence of the teacher is circumscrlb- 1,1 ed by the limits of the walls within which 9ue be meets bis classes ; the power of theorator u,ri'j does not extend beyond the sound of his 11 \olce, while only the small portion of any ,no' community which embraces his particular lellglouri creed realizes auything of the elo A nnence aud earnestness with which the in" preacher present!* the living truths ol a sav- ? ^ 1112 grace. low Buttbe press Is far reaching and touches humanity in all the walks of life. i>er It regards not the limited bounds of religious creed. It over-steps the narrow limits of sectarian dogmas to rocognlze tbe A universal brotherhood of man, and to teach foai th? common Fatherhood of us all. glnf Whether high or low, rich or poor, Jew or pen Gentile, It goes to all alike, and appeals with strti the same earnestness to the reason, tbe soul, W kud tbe heart of each. edu It has its mission on sea and land, and on I tl sunny plains and frozen peakB it performs teai lis duty. loni Its llgbt girdles tbe earth, and its benign epli Influence extends to every part. II; It teaches to all classes and conditions of tlm men those great truths which contribute to the uian's moral and spiritual welfare, and does oft more to disseminate the priuclpies as taught our In tbe Bible than.all the other agencies com- Si blned. pap It creates within man a thirst for learning, eno and developes in him those latent forces Is which elevate him In all the walks of lite, edit and tit him for a final resting place with atte God himself. slt1< The press Is the friend of political freedom E and religious liberty. (he Oratory is a lost art, the work of the teach the er sinks out of sight, tbe light of the pulpit wot pales its Ineffectual tires in the presence of the leni press, wbicli, like the sun, continues to rise as he \ it increases in light and warmth and life-glv- W Ing power. edli spei the amesit1es asd mistakes of jour- Stal W froi FeellDg then the Importance of our own me* prolession, you will allow me to speak ol bltt "the Amenities nod the Mistakes of Journal- rlly it-to." que I do this In no fault-finding or carp- ha% Ing spirit, but with the earnest desire linn J Jecl may say something which may suggest thought* Id your own minds, tbut may help us all on to perfection. Except In our own, uearly all the profes- It Mods have codes of elhies by whlcli they are fQ|| governed. The doctors, the lawyers, the teachers, all have either wrilten or uc written .* . rule* for their guidance ,, If the lawyer and the doctor are consider- , ate of their brethren, why should editors lor- 1101 i:et the ordinary amenities of life? |no Competing mercliHiits IKe In peace and ?{r> harmony, and otten In the heartiest friend- "'J* ship, then why should the newspapers set up > a standard which Is lower ttian theirs ? As a matter of fact one paper should not presume to exercise a censorship over the ??u conduct of a neighboring editor, nor should Pu' lie make effort to Injure his business or to 80rl tiring him into public disfavor. The con- ,Da duct of hlsown paper will itive mil scope for all the ability of the average editor. a'J1 While It Is perfectly legitimate in some Instances to take Issue wltti a particular state- . * mentor to combat principles w hich have been ,l"f enunciated, yet there never is a time when *u|: the editor Isjustltled in assailing the churac- }"" U?r or motives of any one, ami he who does , 11 mo, or allows the use of his columns forothero ,.1 to do so, Id my opinion, tails short of main taimng the highest standards. ",H Jvuiuiy reiauous f rn inurn pii-aMini. iu nil, and will surely be more profitable than any policy of aggression itgninst the Interests t and tbe good name of the competitor. Any '8 1 ett'ort to hold anybody up to public ridicule , )k not only ofienslve louood manner*. but it in injurious to bitn who re>orts to such a | e curse. I am more or lcm familiar with the history 5 " of 1 he newspapers in south Cm oil na lor the Juxt thirty y<ars, and I inn at this moment H"; unable to recall u slnicie iiiktance where any j", newspaper has ever gained auythlng by any ',J effort to bring its contemporary into public contempt, or where any sain has been made ; by any ttfort to injure the business of anoth- "Jr ?r, and I have yet to learn of any instance f" where the assailed paper has been hurt by nuch a course. Pj' The great public heart will generally do " ? the right. Even If swayed temporarily from Ju?lice, reasoc will finally resume her sw?y f 8 and those who may have been unjustly ' placed under the ban will be the gainer in {*1 theeud. ITHKS A NEWSPAPKE 18 INVINCIBLE. at mi Th* unprejudiced public stand to tlielr H8 newspapers with a fidelity which Is unknown pu D to other professions or to other lines of trade. 10 The moment a paper is attacked, public tlv sympathy Is excited for it, aud the paper an which has public sympathy !h lnvincime. y If tlie assailed newspaper maintains It8 ou elf-respect and mcroases its efforts to serve tei (he public faithfully and honestly, J can con- lai cpive of no power, or combination of powers, re? ahatctin kill It. he ' A pap<r may die of Inactivity and a lack of pa adaptability in answering the public demaud, of but no paper can be killed, or even injured, 1 by edltoiial assaults from Its competitor. tli Violent opposition and determined effort ro to destroy a newspaper, coming irom whatever tb source, must, from the verv nature of things, w< Jail of Its pupose, and If it were right and in proper for me to do so, I could give the result ] <>f some personal experience In belnu to *s#ail?d myself. Within the history of da tny own career, it was resolved that Se the uewspnper which I print should die. ?e But it still lives, and now has more good de PUUMJIMKrn, n UDbiri nuvci 1191115 {Jauuilu|;r, | ut a ad a larger amount of Job work, than at any of other period In its history. vc No matter what ability a man may have. Ai nnd no matter how great his personal mag- hi neUvnt, It 1b beyond his power to lnflupnce ar any considerable portion of the public against Hi bis competitor. n< While it Is true, that in such assaults many pi Individuals may he found who will eudorse nc 0 >UR . In addition to my I Line of OA which r .irnvT n."RI > net, yet the great public heart may 11k that such assaults are prompted by rsonnl interest, aud that the hope of pertal gain furniRhes the true motive. COMPETITION IS NEEDED. is a rule, all men need competition in !lr business, and that honorable competlti which may be furnished by a local coniporary is best; and between these eoniportries there should exist the most corI relations, and If such a condition exists y will, iiihtead of injuring each other, be itually beneficial in a thousand ways. r Jealousy must exist In the mind of II country editor, It should be of the vspapers which are made up from distant offices of the dally newspapers. 1 which are sent out at a nominal cost, and leb must poorly satisfy the public demand a local newspaper. he country paper cannot compete with h papers in the amount of reading matter, , It should seek to publish the valuable il news which can be had nowhere else, here is In every county a demand for local i-s, and that demand, If answered, will be tic lent to pay the man who prints the pa, at least some compensation for his la and capital. NO MONOPOLY OF VIRTUES. think It would be well for every editor to It down aw a fact, that each and every one his brethren le prompted by as blgb and wortby motives as be la himself. If he not bring himself to this way of think, then he may restasRured that a. disinter(d public will disagree with him. the editor is not stone blind, he will I by experience that the exercise of an en:ed selfishness will brine much better res than that nurrow selfishness whioh enrages hatred, malice, and a disposition to ss a competitor to the wall. rom the beginning of the world down to present time men have differed on polltimoral and religious questions, and, as as I have been able to learn, the men of one form of belief have ever been j to succesfully claim a monopoly of all the ;ues. :ie virtues and excellencies are Indeed oh more equally divided than political realists and religious zealots will admit, le extremist on one side is never entirely it. nor Is the extremist on the other side illy wrong. ruth, Jusilce, and right are always to be 3d In moderation? at the halt-way station ween the extremes. rom this fact we may learn, not only to stlon ourselves, but to be tolerant with who may differ from as in opinion. 3e best man should always seek to be -e polite, than the man whose claims to Hitty he may l>e unwilling to admit, nd In case* of estrangement It Is always irder for the man who ha* more sense, and tier heart, to make the first step looking ard better relations. ;SONAL, IRRELEVANT MATTER AND ILL TEMPER. common and almost universal fault to be id In editorial controversies Is the lugj In of Irrelevant matter, and in using tonalities, instead of applying ourselves 3tly to the merits of the.questlon at Issue, e have In this Association many men of cation, ability, and long experience, but link there are instances In which the things of education, and the lessons of a i experience are laid aside for the use of ihets and unjnst insinuations. l-temper seems ever ready, and somees ill-manners may be called upon to take place of work where a Just appreciation he situation would demand the exercise or best efforts. appose, for Instance, a great newser should choose to say anything In refere to any member of the country press. there any good reason why the great :or should presume to ridicule and mpt to place the little editor in a doan of public contempt? ven If the great editor should regard Hfflo O'lltAP ue onflrolu loplrlntr in greatness which he himself assumes, lid Knot beJuHt HHwell to treat blsiesRpreHour brother with at least the respect thai vould give to the city drayman ? rhy should any editor treat any other or with a consideration which is less restful than he would give to the town con>le ? >'hy should any brother editor be deterred u attending the profitable and delightful Jtlngs of this Association oecanse of any emess which may have been unnecessaengendered by the discussion of public stloiis. and Into which personalities may re been unwisely and unnecessarily Ined f editorial mistakes. i the editorial conduct we would cite the owing mistakes^iu recapitulation: It is a mistake to suppose that the exhioti or ill nature Is proper at any time. It Is unjust to make charges or Inslnuais against the character of any one, but re especially against that of a brother edland It Is equally pernicious to speak of ) in any way with the evident desire or jul purpose of lowering him in the public sem. It Is a mistake to make war on a local temporary. Such a course will fall of Its pose, and will Injure the editor who reLs to such methods, without injuring the llgned paper. It ls a mistake to undertake to correct cal contemporary's religious or political erauceR. It ls a mistake to regard a local com pet as the chief obstacle In the way of our cess, ii we are irana. anu kiuui> hi uur srcour.se with each other, the local coniporaries will aid and sustain each other? h in business and in public estimation. It Is a mistake to parade our business tiers belore the public whose Interests are 'ays adverse to ours. It is wrong to quarrel about the public rertislng. Underbidding for such work tot to be commended. The price la fixed law, and no one has a legal right to retain keep back any portion of it. In so far as s printer works for the Court or its officers, is entitled to the fees, as much as the Clerk, ! sheriff, the Master, or other servants of ; public. In cases where the officers are posed to act improperly. It Is well to defeat m at the next election. Any officer who Indiscreet enough to attempt such a short hted policy, has vulnerable point*, which 1 be successfully assailed. If the papers ;nd together their re-election can be deleatevery time. Their re-election being more portant to them than the cheating of the inter, it Is foolish for the offier to create an;on!sms. and it is a mistake lor priners to arrel about their tees. . It Is a mistake to create antagonisms in any source. If any citizen assails us in y paper, it is belter not to answer at all, t if we reply we should do so In a respectful inuer, never deviating from the questlou Issue. As a matter of fact others are as ich entitled to their own opinions we are to ours. and. as a lurther and indis table fact, we are certainly not called upon assull character or to malign moes, which the public will think are as good d as patriotic as our own. i. It is a mistake to allow any man to use r columns either for the exhibition of nper or for the publication of insulting iguage. It is legitimate to combat errors In a .pectful manner, yet character should be Id sacreii, ami no editor should allow hlH per to be used to besmirch the good name any one. 0. It is a mistake for us to devote much neto national issues, and it is equally erneous to undertake to direct the politics of eStute. Let others do these tilings, while * attend to the county news and give more ne to our own business 11. In campaign years it is a ereet mistake champion the cause of any county candtite. It two citizens aro running for the nate, let them tight it out between themives. We can vote as we choose, but it is a 'gradation of journalism for a newspaper to varl Itself iutoan "organ," for the purpose espousing the cause ol any man. The ad>cacy ofa principle Is quite a different thing. q editor, for instance, may advocate prohltton. If any candidate gets on our plank id he chooses to take advantage of our inaenceiothat way, that is all right, but ) editor should repudiate his own prinoies to adopt any other man's platform. Let > editor forget that the candidate against A.TTE iARGE and WELL S] ERIAGES, ! I am offering to I TnxmvTTTTr^i ! whom he works will rarely forgive, and tl gratitude 18 a short lived virtue. 12. We should never forget that tbe peo] as a rule, are entirely tolerantof the expi sion of almost any honest opinion wh does not offend good morals. It Is the mi ner of the expression, and not the prlnclf that generally elves offence. 13. It Is a mistake to publish anything, anybody's request. If there Is a doubt as Its propriety. 14. The printing of profane words Is an fence to good manners. The habit of puttl in dashes is not essentially different; it only a less courageous way of doing the sai offensive thing, and may indicate that tim lty which is less to be admired than t courage to print the objectionable words. 15. we make a mistake in neglecting t headings of the pieces which we publish. 15. We make a mistake in clipping ' >uch from other papers. Ordinarily, til spent in setting such pieces is about as go as thrown away. 17. It is a mistake not to make more effi to get original matter, a little of which more interesting to our readers, than wov ud a Kicat ^uauiu j vi w^icu , ?wv which our people care very little. MISTAKES IN THE MECHANICAL DEPA1 MENT. Having pointed out some of the errc which we make in editing our newspapers, will now refer to some of the mistakes whl I think we make In the mechanical depa meat: 1. Nine-tenths of us make a mistake buying less body type than we could use advantage. 2. We make a mistake in using long prim and brevier, instead of nonpareil. If we u large type the best and most valuable plec are frequently excluded from the paper reason of the lack of room, and If we have limited amount of type, we are often prevei ed from publishing important articles I cause of the lack of type. The body type nearly every office should be twice as mu< as it is, and it should be half t E resent size. Every office ought ave an extra supply of caps, quads. Jeade figures, periods, etc. 3. Many of us waste paper and space by I use of leads. 4. It is a mistake to hire printers by t week. It is more satisfactory to the prlntt and better for the editors if they are paid I the piece. 5. It is a mistake to suppose that we mo send off for Drlnters. There are always umber of boys and girls Id our own tov who board at home, and deserve consider tlon.and who can do our work more sat faetorlly, and do It at much less cost, thi strangers who have to board at the hote Type-setting Is nice work for girls, and whi the opportunity Is ollered, the embarrai ment will come to us In the necessity of i tuslng work to many who will apply. My e perience with young ladles as composlto has been satisfactory. With them, as wl boys, some do better worn than others, good mother's boy or girl will Drove more si tsfaotory than a son or daughter from a d fsrent sort of a mother. My contemporar the Medium, employs only young ladles bis offloe. As a matter of accommodation 1 allows one young lady to set type In his offl for me. I send the type for her to the Me lum offloe, and the type for another youi lady Is sent to her own home. G. It Is a mistake to suppose that the su scrlbers to a newspaper do not know the a ference between a well filled paper and 01 that Is printed on leaded long primer. 7. It Is a mistake to suppose that at great success Is easily attained, and If an e( tor Is ambitious to establish a good buslne be must do a great deal of work, and give b ubscribers value received. 8. It Ib a mistake to publish a newspap at one dollar a year. Few country edltc can afford to publish a good pa^eratthatprli A good paper is much more satisfactory the public at two dollars than would be i Inferior paper at one dollar. Ordlnan the good paper will have more paying su scrlbers at two dollars than an inferior pap will have at one dollar. 0. It Is a mistake not to have some ur i'ocm rate of charges for advertising. Accm Ing my way of thinking a yearly advertli raent of five inches or more, should I charged at the rate of not less than 85 an In or 8100 per column. It Is well to set a vertlsements according to the wishes of t advertiser, ana strive as far as we can to ? commodate him in the matter of positio but no contract should be made with ai advertiser for space next to reading matt We should publish no medical advertlsemer and we ought to give no certificates of the ficacy of patent medicines of which we knc notnlng. 10. It U a mistake to allow foreign advi Using agents to fix rates for us. An agen should be charged regular rates, and be c: make his com mission out of the advertis and not off the man who does the work. 11. I think it is a mistake to publish a nit column paper. My experience has sh tied me that It Is better to make it six or sc en columns to the pageand increase the nu ber of paxes to eight. 12. I think it Is a mistake for a printer persistently set bis face against all the s vanoed methods lu bis own profession, think that in very many instances the bret ren should use a pateut sheet. A large nui ber of them should buy the sheets dout their present size and continue to set fo pages as now. Others should reduce to sev columns anu pnnieignt pages?ana prinut only four at home. In some Instances It well to use plate matter. When the ablll and eneigy are equal tbe man who uses t Eatent Bbeet will Inevitably take the leud Is all-at-home competitor. 13. There Is a general misapprehension mistake as to the eyes of the subscribers the country papers. While we think a maj< Ity of publishers use big type In tbe bel that tbelr subscriber* fail to recognize t difference In the value of a paper which Is i in small type and one which is set in lar type, yet I believe that a few conscientious believe that their subscribers have bad ey< and can't read small type. This mlstak notion about the bad eyes of their readers based on the mlBtake of printing a paper two or more sizes of type. In reading, t focus of the eye adjusts itself to one size, a then when a much smaller size in the sai paper is read, there is actual objection to t small type. Tbe man who prints his pa[ in all sorts and sizes of type does more to I Jure the eyes of readers than can be comp ed. Naturally, nonpareil, If well printed much easier to read than large type. Hecai of the bad eftecton Ihe sight in changing t focus of the eye, the whole paper should printed In the same type. Those who i very large type and very small type in t same paper, will hear complaints agali small type, but If it is all in small type, a well printed, no such complaints will heard. 14. It Is a mistake to give away our pap In order to claim a large circulation, and think that nearly every paper that boa r\t o lorura nlr/tn lot Inn H/\ou l>> ut orV i/r cost, and from which cost there Is little or return. For years I committed this inlsta myself, and during which time 1 put Rgalnst the stream to very little purpc Finally, 1 determined to cut oil nonpuyl subscribers. My circulation was redu? forty per cent. The money which I tl saved in paper I spent In type setting, and I result has been most gratifying. THE DETERMINATION TO DO KICHT T OSLY SAFETY. Let no brother Imagine for a moment tl I am deceiving myself with the belief tin j myxulf do not make mistakes. The fact in I have made at least as many mista ! as any other editor on this floor. I have bt I In more storms than the majority of y ' but. as you know, I have survived them i I My only salety has been in the deterinii i Hon to do the right, while seekluu to be I j and Just to all men. These principles, toge ; er with the determination 10 give subscrlb ' the worth ol their money Is ttie secret of I existence loony. Aimouen i nave expres 1 my opinion upon every public Issue that I ultracteil my attention, and although I hi i never subordinated principle to pilti fa i with the crowd yet I believe that I have I many friends in Abbeville coun y as f i other editor lias ever had in his own bi i wick. WHAT TIIK 11 BETH BEN MUST NOT 1)0. I Before quitting thesubjectof error# I wo add another error which may becominltl intio: ELECTED STOCK of F PHJETONS, I >POT CASH BUYERS DD, S. O., iiat Until he can be convinced of Its correclnea It would ben fatal error In any brother to ai pie, cept any suggestion which I have made. Th es- fact Is, reduced to the last analysis, ever, Ich man must be a law unto himself. GENERAL REMARKS. Every editor should aspire to be righ While every editor should follow the dictate: to of his own conscience, he should yield prope respect for the Judgment or others. of No editor should allow any man's dictun in.S to control his conduct, but that editor will b 18 wrecked who Is so self-sufficient as t Pf disregard the opinions of his frlendi |a* and he who cares not to have his own oplr ,ie Ions fortified by the approval of good niei . will sooner or later come to grief. ,tie A. newspaper Is supported by the educated the moral and the religious classes, and ever; 80 successful editor must cater to these elemenii 1 believe tbe newspapers of South Care oa Una will compare favorably with thos . of any other Slate, and I have sooken of ou mistakes for the simple reason that It is casi er to point out the errors of the past than 1 , Is to blaze out new and better paths for th IUI future. And I know that what I have said wll >T. have no greater influence upon the mem bers of this Association than their owi writings generally have upon the great mas )r8 of tbelr own readers. If there Is an editor anywhere In this broat 1 ' land who fears to express bis own couvlc ch Hons in the presence of any living man, hi rt/_ they what they may, he has missed his call ing. li any newspaper man feels his Inferiority In and looks reliantly to any human being n to his guide and file leader, he cannot be an ed itor in the true sense of the word. >er Those wbo have cast iron rules and neve ise change their opinions, live In a past age, anc :es success can never come to them. by Those who pride themselves on their con a sistency, too often proclaim their owi it- Inability to progress with the age, and tnos< je- who are most consistent-furnish the bes in proof of their own lack of adaptability to sur ch surroundings, which confront them, be While there are certaiu principles tbat an to as unchangeable as the everlasting hills, ye' rs, it must not be forgotten tbat in our progresi on the road to knowledge and success, then be are a thousand Instances where consistency 1b a fool. >.e The demands npon us are sncb tbat w< irB often give expressions of opinion on thespui kv of the moment, and sometimes witbout a lull y knowledge ol ail the facts. 18t In such cases it frequently occurs thai a when we have had a better acquaintance rn with the circumstances and when we bav< hoH mnrfl ilm? fnr rplinctlon. that we nhanfi'i |g. our minds. in And changing onr mlndR, we should change 18 our utterances to conform to the convlctlom en' of a more mature thought. 3(l_ In our editorial expressions we should be re. ourselves, and proc'alni our own principles x. liut no man flitter himself with the Idea r8 thut he can deceive the puollc or hide from lh them his true character and his real mo A tlves. it. The editor works In the broadest of all th< If. flelds. y His utterances are not an evanescent breath fn' which Is lost with the heart's first pulsation tie but they are placed lu cold type before the ce eye where they may be as lasting as time (j. Itself, and where friends and foes alike may 3g place construction to suit their respective desires and sentiments. h- While the people are true to their newspa if. pers, and stick to them with an uneqalled ae fidelity, and in a thousand Instances give evidence of a loyally which Is unsurpassed they demand of the editor the exercise ol 11. broad and liberal views, and they expect him !8g to keep out of the narrow ruts Into which othlis ers would be excused for falling. The editor, from the very nature of his snr,er rounding^, and because of the Important du< ir8 ties which be assumes, should know thai ;e. be Is a man, and he should realize the prerlo ence or God In his own heart. And his conin stant ambition should be to reach that exly ailed position which will enable him to wield ib- an influence for the good ol man and for the ler glory ol God. I nave finished. j|. Conscious of my Inability to come np U r(j. the full measure of what might be expectec )e. of one who has undertaken to speak before be thlsl Association, I crave your Indulgence ch while expressing tbe desire for cordial anc (j. friendly relations with each and every edltoi l,e In South Carolina. 10 n, iy er. Edison's Practical H'hjn. its ef- All incident once happened in Edi )W son's laboratory illustrating capitallj Br. the inteuse practicability of the "Wiz cy ard's nature and also showing the iin 110 practical ways of professors. During er' the course of some incandescent lamj ie- experiments Edison wished to know U* the amount of space enclosed in \hf glass bulb, and so, turning to two o his wise and learned assistant electric jf* ians, requested them to ascertain the j cubical contents of one of his electri< h- illuminators. iy ?LU LIJfBC pnMCoan?uai uuuuo uicit ur occured but one way to solve the pro en blera?mathematics. Any one wh< has ever probed very deeply into this science of quantities and magnitude! he will know by reason of the irregulai ol form of an incandescent lamp that t< or ascertain Its cubical volume is no easj to task. In fact it called for the greates >r" mathematical skill. But the profess hee ors went to work with true grit, am set after using several sheets of paper anc ye consuming considerable time, inform 3^ ed Edison of the result. To their sur t-n j prise the inventor/ said these figure were not within gunshot of the trui i," jsolulion, and to the Question as t< ad | how he knew, the "Wizard" woul< U? i only shrug his shoulders and tell then )er to find out for themselves. in- The electrical experts again wen l,jjj over their figures, checked them an< tried all the forms of mathematics he calculation, from arithmetic to appliei be mechanics, but without avail, for th ;he final result was agaiu declared wronj by Edison. After several more use less attempts, and wheu a good portioi e of the day had been wasted, the pro ers fessors would work no more upon th Ma P1'0^^111 uul'' knew Edison' eiU method of computation. no The "Wizard" then simply took th cap off an incandescent, filled it will ,se. water and then poured the liquid int ng an instrument used to determine th iuH vo'ume fluids, whence the cubicti the contents was known.?New Yori Herald. UK ... 'int. Mltflj.lu.ii n'lllinnl lViirilu iU " i, I A writer of plays was reading a nei kee* work before a company of the Frenc oU) Society of Comedy, and presently wa nil! disturbed by the sijjlit of one of th members, M. (jot, fast as'eep. The1 author stopped and reproved th ers sleeper. He was reading his play t "ed *he c?mn,'ttee in order to obtain thei lias j opinion. How could a man who wn ivo| asleep give an opinion ? v?? M. Got rubbed ins eyes and re marl my ed : "Sleep is an opinion." iiii- There was no appeal from this sei tentious verdict, but it is to be hope that ministers who happen to read th uwi story will not lay it too much to hear ed. ?Selected. N, PL] URNITURE, MATTINGS, <! 5UGGIES, WA< at ROCK BOTTOM PI KText 3Dc s A Days Portion for its Day. e A doctor was once a9ked by a patient ^ y who had met with a serious accident: ^ler "Doctor, how long shall I have to lie t'le here?" The answer, "Only a day at a yv.or< t time," taught the patient a precious s. lesson. tiom r The day's portion for its dav was ii given to Israel in the morning very e,de e early. The portion was for use and uieu J' nourishment during the whole day. ii This suggests how greatly the power to i spend a day aright, to abide all the day iii Jesus, depends 011 the morning y hour. If the first fruits be holy, the lovei lump is holy. During the day there en w g come hours of intense occupation in ^0U1< r the rush of business or the throug of - men, when only the Father's keeping g can maintain the connection with tre a Jesus unbroken. The morning manna nurs 1 fed all the day. It is only when the P^P j believer in the morning secures his ^lons s quiet time in secret to distinctly and effectually renew loving fellowship 8?"tl with his Saviour, that the abiding can vinc< e be kept up all the day. But what 5?? * cause for thanksgiving that it may be H? . done ! In the morning, with its freshs' ness and quiet, the believer can look . A, - out upon the day. . He can consider its mjSi r duties and its temptations, and pass i them through beforehand, as it were, her ' with his Saviour, tnrowing all upon P"?? Him, who has undertaken to he every thing (o him. C'hrl9t is his marina, his a nourishment, his strength, his life; he * can take the day's portion for the day. dent Rev. A. Murray. g|j? ? heari Care of Bread After Baking:. "T Remove the bread from the pans as \ye j soon as baked, and place the loaves jiejpj where the air can circulate freely tjjaj around them, thus allowing the gas jav.' which has formed, but is no longer needed, to escape. An old wire win- reajj, dow screen, too small for modern win- may' riows, with cleats on the ends to keep them twoor three inches from the table wjjj will answer as well as a cooler. Many use a sieve, but that is too small, and quar leaves the mark of the larger cross ^er8C wires on the loaf. Never leave the jjay ( loaves on the table to sweat and absorb forj-y the oder of the wood, and do not cover them if you want the crust crisp. able To give the bread that soft, tender, jate^ wafer-like consistency, wrap it in sev- Tlier eral thicknesses of bread cloth. When an(j cold remove the cloth, as that absorbs wjje{ the moisture and gives the bread an gnow I unpleusant taste aua oaor. riace me t, loaves in a 9tone jar or tin box well me . f covered and carefully cleansed from i i stale bread. Scald and wips dry every . two or three days. A yard and a half wu square of coarse table linen will ana- i_ . wer for a bread cloth. Keep a good ? supply of these, in order that they may j00^ ; always be sweet and clean, and never ejj . use them for other purposes.?Ex- . 1 change. heav ? * ? oppo ? Once in the heart of Africa a native j^8g , was dragged before Mr. Stanly by his 30Uj 3 men, for stealing a gun, and upon ex- ^ecai ' amination of the gun it was found to ^er c r belong to the exposition. The poor savj, man, frightened rft the mention of bgr c Stanly's name, and in his presence al- be jn most beyond speech could nardly find vre t 1 A<vat Tirnn/lnrfnl thinor VUlUe IU any tins huuuvum. . "I am a son of God; I would not r steal," He repeated It again 'and * again, but could say nothing else. Th Mr. Stanly comprehended that be weei J must be a convert of some missionaries of tb > at work in that region, gave him the men r gun allowing him to go. At the next prass station they found the gun waiting notei f for them with the explanation that two* - the native had found it and was tak- view J ingitto the missionary for instruct- "i. J ions when he was captured. What a Davi light has come to this darkened soul ted t 3 and touched it wiih the divine Father- entej - hood that enabled him to say, "I am a Rigt > son of God." one 1 1 , , ? sens* r Character will Show. euf?l ) Character will show itself in the ^jn( 7 outer man. If the character be deteri- fort t orating, it will gradually give signs of our , - this in the expression and features. 1 It' the character be making progress ^ly , I Christward, it will steadily suffuse the 30^ja - face, and glow in the very form and ju fa - bearing. A man may deceive himself feej b as to the direction of his moral move- fort8 s meut, but God has so ordered Nature, cent> that a man cannot permanently de1 eeive his fellows on that point. The ^en j light or the shade of his inner charac- ajj j cer will, sooner or later, be manifest in sjon t a man's exterior.?S. S. Times. my j i ' Tl! Mrs. A. to her friend Mrs. B.: "0 cent pi dear ! just listen to my last experi- obje< ?feiice. At the last ball my Alice made iutei = the acquaintance of a youn^ man, are r " who appeared to take a great fancy to ing 1 her. As X considered him a very de- Atto ' sirable suitor, I invited him often to Ella ? dinner, and as he moreover appeared in tl to be considerable of a gourmand, I cessl hired a very accomplished cook. Now sion, (e do you suppose he married my daugh- worr ter? Not a bit of it?he married my ingt< 2 cook!" ing] I . . twei ^ Young Woman : I want you to draw derfi plans lor a nice, cozy home. My husband's mother will live with us, and P1"0'" I?" Architect: "Madam, it is impos- "aY< sible." Young Woman : "Why, don't 10 *e you do such work ?" Architect. "No, 1 ?" niiiunt hflu vpt. hijpn able tjt y I M1UUUIIJ J UU u.1 tutkvvv UMU J WW iA, jj [ to draw plans for u house that is large a jie lenough for two women."?Judge. said We do not often hear of a better 1 e turned compliment thun the follow- *? * ?:ingfroni the Paris Uaulois: Wife? But ir See, my dear, L am actually beginning Jitth is to get wrinkles. Husband?Nonsense, bapi my love! Those are not wrinkles, but ^atei ; smiles which have become petrified, PaP! so to speak. 1- . "] d For righteousness and truth and is tl is goodness and love and human helpful- at ir t. J ness?these are the things, my friendw, tryi; out of which heaven is made. glov DASE fee., I have added 30NS AND tICES. >or to O: The Mother Crowded Ont. fter a mother is fifty years old e is no longer any room for her in world, and she ought to die." The is were bitter but they were not j illy spoken. Bather, the intona3 of the patient voice were plainand the care-lined face of the j rly woman who uttered the senti- 1 t wore no look of protest. Instead, . e was in it an expression of resig3n, of acquiescence in something jh must be accepted and endured. j linking of the many aged mothers d to idolatry by the men and worn- i ho are their "bairns" still, albeit j of them have silver hair and 3 shoulder*, thinking of the middle \ who bear as unquestioned a seep- ' s when their babies were in the < ery, though these are now "young le," with the hopes and aspira- < i and work of the young, I woni whether my friend were not a j iry sufferer. Observation has con- i ed me to the contrary? and it is ] jonviction that somebody should j ft a note of warning in the ears of i ghtless, not heartless, daughters. le wind is in the east, this morn- ? ' said a girl at the breakfast table, { a significant glance around at j jrothers and sisters, and a little < er of the mouth in the direction le matron, whose hand trembled ( tie as she poured out the coffee. 'our mother is very tired and evl- y ly not well," ventuied an acquain- J ?, later, when "Mother's irrita- ] f" was freely discussed in her ing by these young people. i hat may be," said* one of them, ly, "but she needn't be so cross. ire all willing to do our share in ng her, but she does not know 1 the world has moved since her 8 i r ither did the young daughter ^ se that, however far the world have moved since the mother's c ," it never has moved, and never from the shadow of the fifth c nandment. I have a standing I rel, too, with the statement that a J >u's "day" is pre-eminentiy her J of youth. There is a "day" tor * , for sixty, for eighty, and each 1 " is as important and as honor- * if well spent, as the other?the f as glory-full as the earlier, e is one beauty of the rosebuds another beauty of the ripened it, and another, again, of the <3 flakes. s I, of course I know what girls v I when they talk of old people j have had their day. And I am t ys greatly perplexed and troubled ^ II see that the effect of education, I wider sense than the mother f p, has been to make the younger a down upon, or patronize the t woman. The plain mother has t i sacrifices, some of them very e y, to obtain for her children the c rtunities and advantages of the ( school. She had toiled early and <3 spent lonely hours, felt in her t at times a humiliating depression t use she could cot keep pace with ibildren, and it is, pardon me for ig it, simply low- and mean for e laughters ever to snub her, or to i a patient with her, or to manoeuo keep her in the background. \ Women as Attorneys. . e graduation of three women a few J rnnirn from onfi of th? law schools lis city evoked considerable comt from the press. A Mail and Exi reporter interviewed several g j public men, and this is what or three of them said as to their ^ s of women as attorneys : [y opinion," said Judge Noah ,s, "that women should be permito become lawyers has been long rtaiued and often expressed. t itly considered, the profession is , tvhich is fitted especially to the ? of justice, the love of right, and mtred of wrong, which are distinling characteristics of woman's c J. I hail with pleasure every ef- s of woman to bring herself into f loble profession." c r. Sulzer, Speaker of the Assem- \ ind member of the State Bar As- i ition, said : 4<I have always been \ vor of women as lawyers, and I c that success will crown their ef- s . The young ladies who have re- \ 11 r nnon/l f Via nvn m i nof Inn of f lia \ Ij paoocu iuc cAuujuianuu ttv tuc \ /ersity Law School have acquitted i lselves creditably, and I shall do i can to aid them in their profes- r , I bid them a royal welcome, and 1 services are at their command." t ie Woman's Law League was rely organized in New York city, its jt being to bring together women ested in the study of law. There low two hundred women practic- ( aw in the United States. The new rney General of Montana, Mrs. t Knowles, is showing her sisters ?e East that women can be as sue- j ill in law as in any other profes, Miss Phebe C'ouzius, the lirst lan admitted to the bar in Washin University, has been practiclaw with her father for the past ity-one years, and has been wonjlly successful. lawyers receive women into their jssion as courteously as journalists ( ? iuio meirs, womeu nave Homing i ar. t ? ? I inv Appropriate,?"Ofcourse It's althy, well formed baby, Lucy," 1 the young fatherto his wife, as he i J over the cradle, critically inspect- ? his first born, "and will be a credit * he family when it grows older. < it's awfully uglyjust nov/." "Dear < g thing !"*cooed a neighbor who * pened to drop in a few moments r. "It's the very image of its i."?Exchange. Dear me," cried mamma. "What le baby crying for ?" "He's mad le, mamma," said Mollie. "I was ng to make him smile with the i e stretcher." ?i I .if m . . m , \ \ XT A TDTVTT?aO ity Bank. Conrajfeous Bmlneig Hen Wanted. ["Moral Courage" was printed Id large letters as the beading of the following items, and placed in a conspicuous place on the aoor of a systematic merchant in New York, for constant reference, ahd furnished by him for publication.] * Have the courage to discharge a debt while you have the money in your pocket. Have the courage to speak .to a * friend in a shabby coat, even though you are in company with a rich one, md richly att\red. \ '.y Have the courage to ^peak your mind when it is necessary that yon should do so, and hold your tongue when it is nrudent that vou should Jo 80. Have the courage to tell a man why pou refuse to credit him. Have the courage to cut the most igreeable acquaintance you have tvhen you are convinced that he lacks principle?a friend should bear with i friend's infirmities, but not with bis rices. Have the courage to show your rejpect for honesty, in whatever guise it ippears, and your contempt for dislonesty and duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited. Have the courage to wear old * slothes until you can pay for new ones. Have the courage to acknowledge pour ignorance, rather than seek for knowledge under false pretencesProgress. HIzIdc of Watermelons and Cantaloupe*. ' Is it good practice to have waternelon and canteloupe patches alongside of each other? Will either corupt the other??R. B. O., Charlotte, sr. c. (Answered by W. F. Massey, Hortilulturist of Experiment Station.) it was formerly supposed that all lucusbitaceous plants would mix if >lauted close to each other, but lnvesigations of late years show that there s really very little crossing, even of hose near akin. The muskmelon and he watermelon will not cross at all,. r md you may plant them together reely. Steamed Pie. The following makes a very nice lessert: Use any kind of sour fruit, uch as plums, cherries, etc. Cook, whether fresh or dried. Make very uicy. Sweeten, season with cianation, add k piece of butter size of a walnut. Sprinkle the top with flour. )o not have your pan more than half ull. Cover with the following: One nd one-half cupfuls buttermilk, two birds cup sour cream, one heaping easpoon soda, pinch of salt, and flour inough to roll. Cut a gash in the lough and place over the fruit. }over with a pan and steam until lone. It takes from twently to thirty ninutes to cook. Cook slowly on the op of the stove. m ^ Crown of life for martyrs, for tempted and tried. (Revelation ii : 10; James : 12.) Crown of righteousness, to those vho love His appearing. (II. Timothy v : 8.) Crown incorruptible, for those who un the neavenly race. (I. Corinthians x: 25.) ' a l t;rown 01 rejoicing, ettveu uum uy >ur labor. (I. Tbessalonians ii : 10.) Crown of thorns, fellowship in nis lufferings. (Pbilippians iii : 34.) Crown for warriors, disentangled enluring hardness. (II. Timothy ii : A.) Crown of glory, only for those who vin them. (Revalation iv : 4.) Crowning day?at resurrection of be just. (Luke xiv : 14.)?William ?. Carr, in Young Men's Era. Two cups horseradish grated fine me teaspoonful of turmeric, two table ipoonfulsof tumeric, two tablespoon ulsof celery seeds, four tablespoon fuls if sugar, and two tablespoonfuls of vhite mustard seed ; vinegar to cover t. Some persons use the horseradish vithout the addition of anything ex:ept loaf sugar and vinegar enough to icidulate it pleasantly. Packed in rery small wide-mouthed bottles and veil corked, it keeps well. November s the proper month to make it. Then lew beds may be set from the small oots that will not answer grating, rhe tops cut closely, leaving a few yes, will also auswer for plantiug. Chicken on Toast.?When you have lome cold chicken, but not enough for i meal, free from skin and bones, shop fine. Put iii the spider or basin i cup of cream, and mix together one ablespoon of butter and half a tablespoon of flour until smooth ; when ;be cream comes to a boil, stir in the nixture and add a little salt and the shopped chicken. Have ready six or iight slices of crisped toast arranged m a platter, pour the cream and jbicken over it, and serve immediitely. It is stated that discoveries have been made in Cleveland, Ohio, that the elec:ricity discharged from the electric street railroad cars there is ruining the pipes of the water works department. Lead pipes have been taken up from iviiere mey were piacea tnree years jgo, six feet below tbe surface, that ire wholly ruined. The lead has the ippearance of having been eaten or turned by a powerful acid and may be ;ru9hed to dust between the thumb ind finger. How* tii k Divine In flatus Works.?"Can you tell when your husband is inspired?" asked Mrs. Bunker of the poet's wife. "Oh, my, yes," returned the little woman. "He's as cross as a bear with n sore head when his mind is cluttered up wilh poetry."?Harper's liazar.