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The Press and Banner BY HUGH WILSON. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1893. Twelve Pages. Bit* of IVlNdom. A young girl once heard a bit r wisdom from the lips of a very age woman?a woman who had rounae the full term of runty years, and witi eyes still bright and clear looked Jou upon the inrolling waters of eternity The girl was impressed by the empha sis with which the venerable dam said to her, "Bessie never insist 01 having the last word." The determi nation to have the final word leads t more Quarrels and more bitterness c feelings at home than almost any thing In domestic life. The fact is that one may control her tongue an< her eyes that she may allow her oppc nent the pleasure of this coveted con eluding thrust and yet placidly retail her own opinion, and in the homel; coloquial parlence'of the up country where one finds strong- willed peopl living together in great peace witl the most pronounced diversity c characteristics, "do as he is a mind t do." Another bit of wisdom may be 0011 HoniuiH intn a nllliw oon Avnil explanations. In some families noth is taken for granted. Every action every decision, every new departure every acceptance or rejection of ii invitation, must be endlessly talkei and fussed over, explained and re-ex plained. In that way lie all sorts c stumbling blocks. As a rule, beyom your parents or your husband, ther is nobody who has a right to demam or you explanations at each step c ' your onward path. Don't give them Establish a reputation for keep>n| your own counsel. It will serve yoi well in many a crisis, and be no en of comfort. ?i ft 1.1 n ii vvnen our Douses lase nre, tu first impulse is to go after a bucket c water, bays Dr. Cuyler. But if ten per takes fire, the first impulse is t !- throw on more fuel. Now the bes water bucket for aroused temper is r< solute silence, If, whenever an irritf ting act were done, or an injury struc us, we should firmly seal our lips fc even ten minutes, we would save ourse! vesmany a quarrel, many aheartburr many a mortificatfon, many a disgrac to our religious profession. Speec is often explosive and shattering. Si lence is cooling. It cools us off, an cools other people. Brass ornaments should be firs washed with a strong lye made c ^?-Tfock-alum, in the projX>rtion oY on ounce of alum to a pint of watei when dry, nib with leather aud fin tripoli. This will give to brass th brilliancy of gold. Candied Fruita.?~Preserve fhe fruit then dip It id sugar boiled to eand; thickness, afterwards dry it. Grape may be thus dipped uncooked am then dried. Or fruit may. be takei from the syrup when preserved, rolIe< in powdered sugar, and afterwards se on a sieve to dry A physician says that a boil shoul< not be allowed to progress, if it can b stopped at the outset, as the system i more likely to be poisoned than re lievedby the gathering matter. Th boil should be painted with iodiue and will not amount to anything i taken in the first stages. Molasses Cookies.-One cup butter two cup3 molasses, one teaspoon cloves one tablespoon ginger. Flour to mak* a batter. Mould into small cakes, an< -bake in a slow and steady oven. Pine Apple Jam.?Peel, grate, am weigh the apple. Put pound to poun< of pine apple and sugar. Boil it in j preserving kettle thirty or fort; r minutes. To Clean Gold.?Powder some whit ing, and make it into a moist past with some salvolatile. Cover over th gold ornaments and surface with soft brush; let it dry. and then brusl it off with a moderately hard brush. Tomato Butter.?^ine pounds toma toes after they are peeled, thre pounds sugar, one pint good vinegai all the cinnamon necessary to fiavoi Boil four or five hours. ^ Charcoal is reccomended as an at a sorber Qf gasep in the milk room wher .. foul gases are present. It should b freshly powdered and kept there con tinually. Turkey Patties.?Mince some of th I white part, and with grated lemon ' salt, a very little whitefpepper, crean and a very little bit of butter warmed fill the patties. Crullers.?One pound of sugar, one fourth pound of butter, six eggs, on tablespoon sweet milk, one small tes spoon soda, one nutmeg. Flour t roll. Silverware may be kept bright an clean by coating the articles (warmed : with a solution of collodion dilute with alcohol. To restore frost-bitten vegetables la them in cold water an hour before boi ing and put a piece of saltpetre in tb saucepan when set on the fire. When orange or lemons are use for juice, chop down the peel, pi them in small Dots and tie them dow ^ for use. Salt water, as a lotion for weak eyef is highly recommended by man physicians, and gives much reli< when eyes haye been strained by ove work. Soak i9 in glass in water until sof then dissolve it in proof spirits, an add a little resin; good for china an glass. "Mereblank submission to what w cannot help is a very bitter thing, bi r"^ with loving acceptance comes peace. Tr 1 mnof h XVLIU WiCUgC) nac icngii/ij | tuuov ^ experienced in order to be trul ^ _ known. God sometimes keeps a Caleb and Joshua waiting, but he always gei them into the Promised Land. Faith without love is omnipotent I without a heart. It is the power < jL^jr-love with the blindness of a bat. | Call the devil by his right name an I there are men in every crowd who wi I claim that you have insulted them. Grape juice has killed more tha grapeshot. Culture never made a saint. Life is not measured by the time w live. ?Do you love little children? The scatter more smiles among thsjn. If all loved "as brethren" thei would be no unsanctified strife of toi ? gues. Ly,, : Speak I in; I'nart vlsedly. * r Dr. A. Marian. The celebrated preachpr and theo Iogian, Dr. Hopkins, was afflicted - with a very ungovernable temper. H( had a brother-iu-law, a member of the leeal urofesaion, who was an infidel - This man was accustomed to say to his family, "Dr. Hopkins is, at heart, nr better than I am, and I will prove ii . to you some day." One evening Dr Hopkins called upon his brother-in-law to adjust some business matters ir whicn they were mutually concerned j The infidel, knowing well the weafc j point in the Doctor's character, set up > the most unjust claims for the pfirpos< t of exciting hi9 anger. The attempt ' was a success. Dr. Hopkins left the * house in a rage, closing the door be * hind him with much violence. "There !" exclaimed the infidel to hi; > family, "you see now the truth of whal q I have told you, that Dr. Hopkins i<? * at heart, no better than I am; and now r_ I have got my foot on his neck and 3 ~ will keep it there." Dr. Hopkins, j however, weut immediately uume n h his closet and spent the entire nighl there iu prayer to God. As the morn* ing dawned an ineffable peace pervaded his whole beiug. Hastening to his r brother-in-law's residence, he confess' ed with tears to him and his family l the siu which he had committed in their presence, not saying one word about the graceless provocation which had occasioned the sin. As the man of God retired from the house the i infidel said within himself, "There iso spirit in my brother-in-law which I dc not possess, and that spirit is uudeni/ ably divine." Thus convicted, he re' uounced hjs infidel principles, became j a Christian, and ultimately a preacher of the gospel which he had once der spised. Thirty years afterward Dr. - Hnnkina sfntpil that since that mem 1 ? orable night uo temptation or provoj oil ioo that be had received harl evei once stirred a motion of that evil tern( per within him. j? J Bishop Suaythlefl, In Central Africa d says: "A danger which has to be avoided in an uncivilized couutry by a mission ary is the danger of becoming a chief. ^ People will gradually gather rouud ' him, and it may be that in time of difficulty they would gladly welcome him ? in such a position ; but surely that will be fatal to bis spirtual power. Everj " missionary has clearly to discern be ? tween the two powers which God has ^ placed in the world, that which we call I the power t f the keys and the power ol the sword, and he lia9 always to take ' care that in all he docs he confine; . himself to the use of the power of the I keys?those means of advancing tht gospel l>y peisuasion and by the spir itural powers granted to him by oui Lord, neversnatching, under whatevei it temptation, to gain a temporary ad ?f vantage?never snatching at political e power or the power of force; for this r; ?ill be sure to recoil upon him here e after and spoil-all his work, if he goet e out of his sphere and snatches a power which God has not committed to him. We are careful to teach our people thai ' even heathen chiefs have their power ^ from God. and that they are to be ? obeyed as holding a power from God. It is notour place to usurp that powet ? but it is rather to peruuaae the chief* : to use that power by the light of the principles of righteousness and justice." j * e Russian Jews. 8 Not r.nly is Russia terribly persecuty ing the poor peaceful Stunaists, bu! e she is also harrying the Jews on a !t larue and merciless scale. Her preseni 1 policy is to drive out as many as possi ble and to mass the rest in the frontier provinces bordering on Austria or Ger' many. It is being relentlessly and ' vigorously pursued. Its natural effect . is to drive over the frontier all who can J . :j ?: ,,f i;r. unuru HI UVUIU lUC unocijr ui iuc >aiv provided for them in the frontier 1 towns and provinces. All those who 3 thu9 escape go to Hamburg, and thence a to England, America, or Baron y Hirsch's Argentine settlements. The Russian treatment of these unhajfpy people ia simply barbarism of tne worst type. Here i9 an instance ol " thpir pvnpripnpp *? e "While the Jews constitute only 3.65 * percent, of the population of European Russia, the army conscriptions for a series of twelve yeara?1875-1886-r show the average proportion of Jewish * soldiers to be 5.97 per cent. Yet there . is no lie of which Russian writers and .' apologists are more foud than that the Jews continually evade their military duties. The truth is that by a device * of counting dead men they are called e upon for much more than theis proper e share of this trick is made a reproach - to them." By the lowest estimate the year end e ingio October, 1892, will bave seen ( not less than 225,000 human beings Q' driven from their homes and the land I of their birth. C'r? mwell's terror in ' Ireland is no parallel to this. It will be the turn of the German next, and f" the Germans in Russia are a commune ity of hard-working, honest citizens, i- whose only crime is that they are ruled o by a foreign Government. d The Hour PatKer. I) '-Wasitas pleasant as you though! d it would be ? asked mother, as Mabel came in from a school exhibition, v "Oh. ye?, it was splendid said the 1- little girl; "I should like to see it all e over again." The mother listened attentively as , Mabel described all she had seen, ~ Then, looking tenderly at her, she said 11 \But I am very sorry, my dear, thai u you had so poor a seat." "Why mother what do you mean' it Who told you I didn't have a good y seat?" ;f "Oh, I heard about it. A greal r- many who were there kuew it." "Mother I don't understand. ] never spoke to a single person from > the time I went in till the time I came jj out?not one. To be sure I did not d have a good seat at all, but I didn't complain. I got along the best I could r0 and managed to see it all. Who could ... have told you such a thing ?" )> "Our tongues don't tell all the tales that are told, Mabel dear. Our facet >e talk some times, you know." y The child was speechless, and mothei went on ; "Uncle George was in jus! now, and told me that he was sorr> a you had r,o poor a seat, but he could t8 not get at you; when I asked bill] how lie knew it, he said : 'Oh, auji ,e one could read it in her face; she hac ' r on her sour pucker!'" "The face talks indeed it does Many a secret thought is revealed bj d this mischevious little telltale." 11 ? How to Preserve Kitsch. n Tn onr.h nallful of water add tw< pints of .fresh slacked lime and om pint of common salt; mix well. Fil your barrel half full with this fluid 6 put your eggs down in it any time afte June, and they will keep two years 1 n desired. e! God is hard to find for the man wh< i-1 seeks him with a bottle in his eoat-tai I pocket. America First Discovered by o Boy Almost four hundred and fifty years before Christopher Columbus was born . America was discovered by a NorI wegian boy named Biorn, son of Her? golf. He was known bv no other title, > for in those days sons did not share . the father's name. ? In the year 1002 Hergolf, an Ice, land colonist fitted out two small vel [ seis ior a traaing voyage io me ureeuland settlement, and placed one of these under the command of his son , Biorn, a youth of sixteen years, who, having been bred to the sea almost I since infancy, had mastered the del tails of his profession by the time that ; he arrived at an age when other boys usually commence their apprentice> ship. When near the southern coast of Greenlauil Biorn's ship encountered a . heavy northeasterly pale, which lasti ed several days, and drove his vessel far to the south and went. The storm ! broke in the night, aud when morning dawned he discovered a strange land close aboard. Sailing along the \ coast for some distance, he found a large bay, into which he steered aud . dropped anchor. Upon landing, the country was seen to be c.othed with , vegetation and the streams swarming . with fiue salmon. Trees of large , growth grew in great numbers just I back from the shore, and the climate was balmy and delightful. Of natives they saw nothing, and believed the , land uninhabited. Rejoiced over his important discov. ery, Biorn returned to Iceland, and , communicated the news to his friend . Lie.,son of Eric the Red, who had frvnmlaH flio onlnnv on thn rnnat of , that island. The two ambitious young . men immediately entered into an agreement to share the expense of equipping a suitable vessel, sailing to this newly discovered land, and . bringing back whatever cargo promis. ed to reimburse them for fitting out . the ship. Their first sight of the new land was not calculated to impress Lief with a promise of its fruitfulness, for i it was rocky, barren, and gloomy. This gave rise to openly expressed I dissatisfaction on his part, but Biorn - assured him that farther south they would meet with green fields and I woodlands. After the fashion of the early navigators in naming geographical discoveries according to the l'eaI tures first presented, this place they called Helleland, and to the low, sandy shore which they observed oeyona it, i and which was covered in spots with I clumps of smali trees, they gave the f name of Marklaud. Two days later ' they fell in with a new line of coast, ) and sailing along this for several hours, i JBiorn made out the bay in which he s had anchored on his previous voyage. Into this harbor they Drought the ship r and moored ber. This Vinland of the early voyagers is known as Newfoundland. After I making several thort cruises to the i southward and westward, and sailing through the Gulf "of Haiut Lawrence > until the river of that name was reach ed, the ship returned to her first an. chorage, where the explorers passed i the winter. In the account of this remarkable t voyage, made Ave centuries before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ' bade Godspeed to the Italiau navi?^h I r? Wa CJrvnri iol^ K o rKnf n f Palna gmvsi iu mc upauioii u?' "" " * "'""I it is recorded by Biorn and Lief that the length of the shortest day during the winter of the .year 1002-3 was eight hours. This proves conclusively that this Vinlaud of theirs was no farther north thau Newfoundland, otherwise the length of the day would have been shorter.?Harper's Young ' People. Give the Boys a Chance. I think we need to study our chllI dren, and however dissimilar they may oe to each other it is essential that equality of treatment be used. , Give'the boys a chance. Let them feel that they have a warm place in , your mother heart. Wish to know , about their pastimes and amusements , when out of your sight, and of their , little affairs with their companions. Without being ceusorous?, you might often nip in the bud infirmities of > temper ami disposition and give them timely counsel. Let them enjoy the ; lettuements of home that are so often , only reserved for the girls, in attend, ing to their wants be prompt, thus setting them an example. Occasionally allow a room entirely at their service for an evening to enI tertain their companions. A boy likes , to show his pictures, his music, eto., to his friends, and they In turn are , more respectful for being treated nicely f by the family. Why should the girls nnlu LoullrkvvoH tlipwp nriviletreH? Thus , we gain our son's confidence and love, enabling us to instil into tbeir . minds the same hatred that we have for all kinds of vicious practices. This ; bond of sympathy between our natures I being strongly established, there will , be no need of preaching against the I cigar habit and saloons and their at* I tendant evils. A son who loves his . mother when he marries will be most likely to make a good husband.?A I Mother iu Detroit Free Presn. 11 War is enormously prolific of vices and crimes. Cruelty, drunkenness ; aud licentiousness thrive iu camp and I field, and spread like a contagious disease through communities that are ini fected by the presence of armies. [ Long after armies are disbanded the bad product survives and perpetuates itself. Always the morality of civil life is lowered uy a war, anu at, u? : close and long after, criminal statistics ; show a marked increase. Millitary life promotes an appalling carelessness ? of humau life ana great disregard of rights iu properly. Often tlie forager becomes a thief. Unquestionably ibere ; has been vast improvement in military discipline in recent times and the property and lives of non-combatants are i much safer now than iu former times. ! But the best that can be said is that ; there has been a reduction of the evils t incident to war. Those evils cannot I be wholly abated while war continues I to be tlie means of settling interna* tional differences. i As long as men in uniform are licensi ed to kill and rob and burn, so long will there be a baleful overflow of de s'.ructlve force, and many men out of ; uniform will continue the habits of ? vice and crime once formed under the I assumed] exigencies of military canii paigus. > lu one word, then, let it be said I plainly, that war contradicts the fundamental principles of morality, often ! stunts or destroys the noblest virtues, ' promotes the worst vices, and retards the moral progress of the species. ?? ? ? It is the beautiful work of Christian> ity everywhere to adjust the burden ? of life to those who bear it. and them 1 to it. It has a perfectly miraculous , gift of healing. r f ? Faith sees worlds that are not open to any other eye. It has been well said: "The Holy Spirit cau put an eye of faith into the soul, ana thus 3 make the things of God manifest to I it, as He did to the Old Testament 'saints, who saw things afar off." Cncoiisclons Influence. It i9 a curious fact that the persons ?.'hr? evert the mnat iriflnpnr>p in the world are those who are the least conscious of doing so. The deepest impressions we make upon others are made when we have the least thought ot impressing any one. It is when we are off guard, in those moments when the soul lifts the curtain which shuts it off from the outside world and gives a brief glimpse of its nobleness or its baseness, or it may be when we faithfully perform our duties as individual Christians or as members of God's great Church, that the influence we exert, whether we will or not, is mostpowerfulfy felt. A striking example of this quiet influ ence comes up in the case of the late Charles Pathgate Beck, who left such a magnificent gift to the cause of Home Missions. Some years ago the Presbyterian church of West Farms, New York, where Mr. Beck made his home, was in great financial trouble, and without a pastor, The congregation made an appeal to the Church Extension Committee, but met with no encouragement. The moderator of the church who was himself the pastor of a struggling church, advised them to make every effort to keep the Church alive. Acting upon his suggestion twenty five members united in pledging themselves to give ten cents a week to the support of the church, and so they struggled on until help came. Mr. Beck was not a member of the church at that time, but he was so attracted by the devotion, zeal and faith of his people that not lonpr after he united with the church. To the influence of the small sacrifices made by those few churchmembers may be traced the gift of seven millions which Mr. Beck left to the various branches of Church work, and to different charities, of which our own JEIome Mission Board will receive about $1,250,000.?Presbyter fan Banner. X Assisted by my Presence. The French "Baying," when rightly considered and acted on, is a good one. It is applied by the French to helping iu either public or private gatherings by being personally present. The pastor or the lecturer who has to address a thin house knows the force of his sayincr. The ablest speakers are often those of sympathetic, nervous temperament, who are so disheartened by a small audience that they not infrequently make a spiritless affair out of what would have been a brilliant and effective address if the house had been full. There is something magnetic about great numbers. Great number.-) are made up of indivuduals. Therefore each person has both a privilege and a responsibility attaching to what he does with his personal presence. This responsibility is so great, in fact, that it is a talent committed to our stewardship, a stewardshio for which we are accountable. Consequently the habit of attending on preaching, and on sabbath school, aud on week evenings services is one well worth forming ; if for no other reason, than we may stay up the hands of those "who stand for us on holy ground." There are other conditions, however which are important. One of the most vital of these is to come "on timeanotGer is to give attention. The one who is present, but is either listless or who is whispering or restless. turning the head when the dopr opens to see who is coming in, or to ooa whnt, snniB on? is wearing. would assist more by absence than by presence. The good example of prompt, attentive presence in a power for good on hearers as well as the speaker. The striving to be present and attentive, and present in good time, i* powerful for good in character-building on all concerned, especially in the character of one practicing It. There is no one you assist by such presence more than yourself.?George May Powel in Bunday-school Journal. Tbe Science of Houie Unking. It is a comforting fact and one of the indications of a higer culture that housekeeping is gradually becoming elevated to the level of a science, lu pioneer times housekeeping was a cordial femiuiue virtue. It was woven out of industry, cleanliness aud cou iteut with the warp or neeesity. mere I were fewer diversions than during recent past decades, during whicn all sorts of modern abominations of an ultra-civlizatioiH have bombarded our doors and entered in spite of us. Home keeping has a result, detonated to the level of housekeeping. There was a loud wail for atmosphere iu our homes a few years ago, and the result was that grandfather's clock *as dragged down out of the garret, where it for years stood, usurped by a modem Fiench timepiece, and the spinning-wheel was dusted up and draped in a crushed-ra.?berry scarf aud stood in a most conspicuous corner. The capets were thrown out and pol ished floors, in alleged imitation of the sand-scoured floors of our ancestors, took their place. The marble maruel was suppressed by the old-time fire-place made of brick and tiles, the ruder the better sometimes, and the I fl? l?~, Onrn na mo tn Hellf nr HI C"?Jugn Vi ivug wgv vwuiv vw w. the brass andirons were polished up to do service. All these innovations appeared in the light of a fad. but few facts have for a foundation sucu a real purpose as this one had. It was merely an acknowledgement that the suits and trappings of our modern homes do not bring with them home atmosphere. The idea was that the dear old tilings from the garret could convey to the interior of the modem palace some of the contentment that belongs to their time. They faild, but they turninhed later on the keynote of an idea for domestic science. ? If every Christian who trims his lamp and keeps the oil of grace up to its full supply is 6uch a blessed benefactor to others, what a terrible thing it is for a Christian to let his light burn low or go out entirely! A traveler who once visited a light-house in the iiritsh channel said to the keeper: "But what if one of your lights should go out at night?" "Never," said the keeper, "never?impossible! 8ir, yon der are ships sailling to all parts of thej worm. II liO-uiglii iu_y uuiuci ttcui, out, in a few days I might hear from ; France or Spain, or from Scotland or' America, that on such a night thej lighthouse in the channel gave no I warning, and some vessel had been | wrecked. Ah, sir, I sometimes feel,! when I look at my lights, as if the i eyes of the whole world were fixed on | me. Go out! - burn dim .'?never, sir,1 naver!"?Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D. J The man who is afraid to look his j faults squarley in the face will never get rid of them. No man is perfectly consistent. He who Is nearest consistency steers the [ crookede3t course. If any man love God the same is! known of him." He Wnnts to Go Up. "I think I have done my share of 4 hard work; and if I am to be auy- . thing above a circuit preacher, it is time for me to go up." J These were the words of a young ' preacher who had given a dozen years i to the itinerancy* They set me to < thinking. I "If I am ever to be anything above 4 a circuit preacher, it is time for me to 4 go up." ^ "Is there anybody above a faithfnl . circuit preacnerv is icere awve ui below for the man who has placed himself in the bands of God ? If a man is God's no conference can keep him out of the place God chooses for him, and he is at the top, whether he is circuit or station, if he is where God in wants him. Jonah took a notion to "go up," but did he? "My share of hard work did a minister of Christ say that? Let us compare the Master and His servant. Christ said, "I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night cometh when no mab can work." Hie servant said, "I think I have done my share of hard work." Christ said, 'I must work while it la day. The servant said, "I have done ray share of hard work" before the sun had reached the zenith. Christ worked one day until amid the agonies of Calvery He cried out, 'It is finished!" "Let us coucider Him that endureth such contradictions of siuners against Himself," lest we be worried and faint in our minds. "We have not yet resisted unto blood striving against sin." Work in station or on circuit while it is day. Soon the night will curtain us about, and the stars of eternity will gleam in our sky. May the last rays of life's setting sun illuminate our loving, cheerful toil for human weal!?Methodist Protestant. Personal Faith. What a change would come over our whole lives were we?from this hour to the final close?men and women o^T faith in the highest sense! Vast possibilities of usefulness, hitherto unknown, would open before us. We u XI is fl.A wouiu iLieii live no luiigci uuuct uic ? control of mere conventional standards. Efforts for God and humanity would J,1 no more be paralyzed by depression '< and fitful impulse. Divine promises " would continually come to us with all the force of a fresh spiritual revelation. M Though immersed in the details of e ordinary life, we should feel every li moment that we were on our way to a f< higher destiny. Crosses and lojse* j1 would be to us the means of a more intimate fellowshp with God, and our c conviction of the reality of the Gospel 8 would he to us an ever-growing stimu- b lus in tiie path of duty. w But let us not make any mistake at ? this point! Such a faith would not always insure an eyen path for our feet. * The vlctorv of faith can onlv be where d there is something to overcome, some a struggle, some combat, some tempta- 11 tion, some burden to lift for the Mas- n ler. The assurance that we shall have b tribulatiou in this this world Is not fu'- 11 ly understood by many. Our faith ti does not annihilate our foes; it obly w makes us conquerors over them. Enemies will still rise up along life's pathway before us, plotting evil against us, c seeking in every possible way to de tl stroy our trust; and leaving no stone 3 untrued to hinder our progress. "The P devil goeth about like a roaring lion." ti He is not yet consigned to his dark abode. The battle still rages. Let uk not, therefore be tempted to think thai .. because there is struggle we are not , men and women of faith. "Thip is *' the victory that overcometh the world, D even our faith/' " n '1 tl "I Can Die." & The saddest of the many sad deaths g, at the fearful railroad wreck at Battle ^ Creek, Mich., was that of a lady who, r uninjured but pinioned beueath the ^ wreckage, was burned to death in the ^ presence of strong men unable to save ^ her. Even in tier dire agony she ^ showed how a Christian cau die, aud the preas dispatches showed it the land. When she realized her awful fate "she a gave an agonizing wail, and then her ^ woman's wtakuewj gave way lo a mar- t| tyr's strength. 'I can die; O, yes, ] t. can die if J must,1 she said soothingly to the strong men who were weeping in their impoteut strength. Again they struggled to rescue her. but thi names were encircling inc pan^, nuu the blaze claimed the victim that (he N crash had spared. 'lama Christian,' >1 she said, resignedly, aud a moment li later her voice was raised iu prayer, 't The flame9 now completely euveloped si her, and the firemen were driven away, o1 The closing minute was a pathetic o struggle against the inevitable, but ii 'twas the flesh that fought and not the ir spirit. The white face of the woman I gazed heavenward and her lips moved bi in prayer." ?Mid Continent. tl ?. - g' tt We often hear in sermons the account of the soldier iu Napoliau's Russian war, wiio gave his overcoat j( to save the life of his general, and lost fr his own. It There seems always to be a temp- [j tation to refer to military instances in at preaching. We therefore here note & the action of Miss Jane Williamson, j( who shared with her brother the ttf blessings and dangers of the pioneer ^ mission among the Sioux, who is over w ninety years of age, and has been for ^ fifteen years totally blind. In the 8t, depib of a Dakota winter nhe met ooe day a buffering Indian woman. Sbe jn took off her own skirt to wrap about vt her, and thus caught the cold which C(] caused her loss of sight. " (jc She certainly is a lieroine, but with- sjj out the "military" attached, yet her ra case will do for pulpit illustration. ea One or the prime differences between "prosperity and "adversitj" Is w that the first brings us an immediate s0 and unalloyed delight, which wane* 3n and grows insipid ivith familiarity; ra the second comes with a forbidding tj| aspect, but grows in lovliness and jc beauty as it lingers with us. And, t? best of all, adversity supplies us with m a new power and a means of helping ,.u AitukuMtltafa in Q ffl uui k/1 t/hici a j ?(?A<vv*vw. Said Lowel, in a letterof condolence te. to a friend who had lost a child, "Dis- ^ ease, poverty, death," sorrow, all come .|, to us with unbenigu countenances; atl but from one after anothar the masks falls oft", and we behold faces which RU retain the glory and the calm of baving looked in the faceof God." Aflliction of this sort are not messengers of cj^ adversity, but of a higher and better an kind of prosperity.?S. S. Times. re pa The best universities cannot teach fa< us the divine art of ej-mpathy. We to ivniuf in tin* dppn vallfivs oursel- in ves, and then we can he guided to wl other souls. We must feel the strain loi and carry the burden and endure the rei struggle ourselves and then we can he id touched, and can give help to others he iu life's sore stress and poignant ah need. wl ^iii i'*aMisfiri?~t [mSim WE ARE Tx 5 To go to when yoa need CASTINGS of any ENGINES, BOILERS, THBES1 ^ * YOU SHOULD LEAVE YOt mloi mi \ AT ABBEVI1 > Our Rhnpn are now complete and rendy f \ pea r uuiium aria onuro I Lathes ?nd Finlstilrifc Machinery, and are t work In oar line, bdcd as the manufacture < BRASS AND IR< inclndlnsr ORATE BARS, SASH WEIG1 CANE MILLS. SHINGLE MILD*, CAST CA iTING,! VENTILATORS. GRATINGS, BaCKS and DAMPERS, and all kinds of Repair and Ornai ' We also carry in stock a tall line of 1 > BELTING. PACKING, RUBBER HOSE. J I We use noihlug but Drat class inaterl ' men. and give every Job our personal alien r We give best market prices for SCRA I either pay cash or take It In payment of ne ' Don't psy freight or express on yoor wo ) work done In Abbeville for less money. Hniiihctlnn ininotMd In Ann rwDMi f We will be gfad to see visitors at oar ?h< $ lad 1m. I We east every Wednesday and Hatardaj The country people are especially lovttt W.r. BEAI ? W. p. UK A I Abbbevlfle, May 8,1893. t . Tired Feet. Walking heats the feet, standing auses them to swell, and both are resorae uud exhaustive when pro>nged. There are various kinds of >ot baths, and autiiorities differ as to ( ti?lr value. Hot water .enlarges the ?et by drawing the blood to them ; /hen used thev should be rubbed or I xercised before"attempting to put on,a { ght boot. Mustard and hot water in j Kit bath will sidetrack a fever if taken < i time, cure a uervious headache, and aduce Bleep. Bunions, cornn, and c allousness are nature's protection a- ? ainst bad shoe leather. Two hot fbot t aths a week and a little pedi-curing . rill remove the cause of much dis- J omfort. 1 A warm bath with an ounce of sea i Alt is almost as restful as a nap. Pad- ^ le in the water until it cools, ary with rough towels, put on fresh stockings, ave a change of shoe*; and the wo- 1 iau who was "ready to drop" will c ave a very good understanding in ten i ilnutes. The quickest relief /rom faIgue is to ilunge the foot in ice-cold rater aud Keep it immersed until then) 1 i a Fensation of warmth. Another i >uic forthesoleis a handful of al- t ohol. This is a sure way of drying . lie feet after being out in the storm., pirit bath* are used by professional! a edebtrians to keep the feet in condi- a nn. + *""" _ V An Elephant's ^elf-Dental. t Whilein Eugland Captain Marryat. t tie novelist, was intensely interested j a the devotion and pelf-denial of a uge elephant. JThe beast was de- ' mdina: himself from swa/ms of mos uitoes, using a large branch to keep t liem from the cracks and crannie* ofia is thijk hide. His persecutors wei^ | :ill annoying him greatly, as was vident from his motions, when his a ceperappeared with a little child- ii his he laid down before the animal, c lying: "Watch it!" and walked way. The elephant immediately rokeoffa small whirtk from the large nugh, and, instead of fanning him- <1 If, directed Ills attention to driviug a way every mosquito from the infant. a [e continued thU until the keeper relrned two houts after, thus settinsr, lough a brute, an example of devooti which few men would have v nitated. j, c An Old l.iulj,i Way. A happy and vigorous old lady in ^ few Hampshire give these rules for 0 ie secret of success of eighty years' c vlng on this planet, which brings so a iuch care aud worry fo many of her . sters: ""J never allow myself to fret verthings I cannot help. I take a (1 ap, aud sometimes two, every day of ti iy life. I never take my washing, jj oiling, or baking to bed with me, and try to oil all the various wheels of a jsy life with an implicit belief that lere are a brain and a heart to this rpAt universe. aud that I can trmt lem both." 0 ? si Why a Cat Falls Wilh Impunity.? e, : is quite wonderful to see a cat jump . um a height. It never seems to hurt self, or to get giddy with the fall. w ; always lands on its feet, and these it 6 so beautifully padded that they w ildom or never get broken. Why )es uot the animal get a headache ter its jump! Why does it not re- h live a concussion as a mail or dog ai ould if he performed a similar aero- 0I itic feat? The skull, when we shall e that it has a regular partition wall ojecting from its sides, a good way ward toward the center, so as to pre- 0| ?nt the brain from suffering from ncussion, explains it. This is in>ed a beautiful contrivance, and 'i iows an admirable internal structure ft ade in wonderful conformity with ;ternal form and nocturnal habit. to Rev. Brooke Hereford, formerly of bi uston, does not like to be interrupted ,, heu he is busy writing a perruon, aud , not long since, finding himself w mewhat behindhand with his pre pa- li> tiou for the comiug Suuday, he re- si ed to his study, giving explicit or- u irs that he was not again to be dis- 1 rbed by visitors, no matter who 06 ight call. Pretty noon along came at e autograph fiend that is, a|la<ly who is collecting autographs and favorite sets of Bos'on preachers for a charitab object. She was so impoitunate < _ at Mrs. Hereford at last went to the jdy door aud tapped. "Brooke?" n( fes." "There is a lady down stairs, fo id"?"But ray, dear"? "I kuow, a rooke, but she only wishes your augraph and favorite text, for dear arity,s sake." Hereford yielded, id dashed down his name and the ap fereuce, 1 Tiiu. v. 13, on a sheet of t0 iper. There was a f^rim smile ou his ce as he handed it to his wife. Site ok it down to the visitor, aud she, return, went away rejoicing. r?ui hen, iu reviewing her treasure^ she 8U oked up Mr. Hereford's text, she w, ad : ''And withal thny learn to be ^ le, waudering about from bouse to W) use ; and not only idle, but tattlers \\ jo and busybodies, speaking things W) tiich they ought not.'' ch ? . ?Jj ii n 11 .! IE PEOPLE ! kinds, or If repairs are needed on your J| TBS MTT.Iil STflVfS in * LJ91IU, MlJJJJUf UXVtUUf UUi, w JR ORDERS WITH THE - 1 [ IS WORKS, ILE, S, C. | l] 'or business. We have the bwt equip- ? 1 In tlie np-country. Indudlnjc Turning: \ horoughly competent to do any kind of # it all klnua of ^ ON CASTINGS, < HT8. FIRE DOGS, BOILER FRONTS, , \ 1 IRON FENCING. ROOF and PIAZZA ' 8TORE FRONTS, 8TOVE GRATES, I J m i. -?w i m mental uasungs. > JRA88 and IRON FITTINGS* PIPING, < [ BABBIT METAL, Ac. <1 v at and employ none bal. first class work* . . lion. V P CAST IRON and OL!D BRASS. Will <? w work. - ^ ' rfc- from a distance when yoa can get the '' t. Try as and be oonvtnoed. , \ k >pa, and are especially pleased to gee the < ( 7 afternoon at half-past t hree o'clock. . i >d to call whenever they are in town. v g?' | Proprietor* Taaaloo Ironworks.^ | V - ' ' ' . -T ? V " v What Others Say. % v * * 7 Methodist Protestant. * ? As a rule, books sold by sultscrlptions ire trashy and useless. They are always sold at exorbitant. prices. The jroflta of the agents?usually forty >er cent.?are added to the full retail jrice of the book. It Isueually bound u a cheap, but showy form, and well salcu ated to create the impression of freat intrinsic value. To this is added he glib speech of the agent, and the K>or victim buys a worthless book at a ilgh price. The agents aro often sem* narians, who are trying to work their vay through college, or women who ire trying by that means to supplenent their living?both worthy and [serving. The ministers are generaly the first to be approached. They ire not only expected t * buy the book, >ut they are also expected to encourage ts sale among their members. If . * hey buy, they load their shelves witii iterature they are not likely to use, .ml with money they cauuot well ifford to spare, and they commend it o othere, who may be cheated through , heir influence. If they do not buy, hey are regarded as mean, tfusympaheticaml uncharitable. We think ^ his whole book agency business! a N mmoug?a business mat is not just to v f he public, aud generally not proflt,b!e to the agent. We have deteimind for ourselves that we will never buy ,nother book sold by subscription. If b caftot enter the market in a lair ompetition, let it die, a-it ought. A writer in the New York Observer, liscusning (he question of "Criuiiuals nd Heredity," says: '! am able, fcer an exnerience of more than forty ears with nearly 20,000 jtivenile^deliouents, to endorse Wiu. M. F. Hound's lews touching the power of heredity a criminal:) as a predisposing cause to rime. Among this large number of oung offenders I can state with entire onfidence that uot one per cenwere hiltlren born of criminal parents; ud with equal confidence I am able ) say that the commou cause of their elinquency was found in bad | arena raiuing, in bad companionship and in ' , ick of wholesome restraint from evil ssociations and influences." I Nashville Christian Advocate Regularity of habits is not only one f the prime conditions of success in ocular life, but Is also one of the great ifeguardsof character. The man who eeps in the beaten way cannot go far Tjng. Fixed hours for work, for eat )g and sleeping, for reading and 'riling, and for praying, should be . jltivated as far as possible. A good abit is one of the best friends that ' ! ly mau ever had ; and a bad one is ne of the worst. Raleigh Advocate. Perfectly Legitimate.?For members r a Conference to speak with each hpr nhnut the fitness and oualiflca. ons of brethren to represent the Conrenoe iu the General Conference is jrfectly legitimate; but for anyone ' set out to secure the election of a rot her, and seek to influence othem i his behalf, is wholly inconsistent ith the geuius of our economy and ible to great abuse. Every man lould be supposed competent to make p his own mind in such matters and , j ist his vote without voluntary a^sistlce. II Paul thought when ho oame back om the third heaven that he would ?ver have any more trouble; but he und the Devil at his elbow stickingthorn in the flesh, which uever came it. I have been preachiug forty >ars. If I had them to live over ;ain, I would prefer to live at thebotm, as men call It. To Prevent GIhms Breaklue. Place lamp chimney?, lumoiere ana ch articles in a pot filled with cold iter, to which some common table It ha9 beeen added. Boil the water ?ll, and allow It to cool slowly. hen the articles are taken out and ashed, they will resist any 'sudden 4 ange of temperature, i