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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/' "
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"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
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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
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I Abbbevlfle, May 8,1893.
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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. +
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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
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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
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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.^ |
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What Others Say. %
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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,
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