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> The Press and Banner r ABBEVILLE. S. C. ii ^S^Published every Wednesday at $2 a year in advance. Mr. ROSWELL T. LOGAN, of Charleston, lrnot authorized to take advertisements for e this newspaper. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1894. - _ U "" Twelve Pn^es. n Ilnnnnn/] Pnnoln k nuuureu tow V ' WE'LL DOTflKM HONOR.: * f V Distinguished Citizens of the i United States Will Stop 1 r in Abbeville Next f iv'_ Saturday Night, Committee of Reception. ' |p; Music, 1 Speeches, p ri Good Clieer. , ji On next Saturday night. Governor Flower, U Of New York, with a distinguished party,con- tl slstlng of Chauncey Depew, General Slocum, General Porter, General Strain. Secretary oi State Danford and others, and the famous u Burgess Corps, ot Albany. N. Y., 150 strong, will arrive in our town, also a squad oi the & Old Gaard of New York City. The party are c en route for Mardl Gras at New Orleans, and the only stop in South Carolina will be made at Abbeville. n Oar citizens have made arrangements u to entertain tbe corps and their guests C; with an inlormal lunch at Ylsanska's Hall, o Tbe party will remain In Abbeville but a abort while, but our citizens will gladly welcome the citizens and soldiers of the Empire State, and all hope that a pleasant impression u will be made of our progressive town. U The following citizens have been appointed q as a committed of reception, to dothehouore of the town. It Is to be regretted that the 11 committee cannot be made larger, but as the norto (b larva and the hall small, no more can be accommodated. Captalu Perrin and p his lieutenants will act as an escort to tbe ^ military, who will be marched to the Hull Immediately upon the arriual ol the tralu. n ii \ Judge McGowan will deliver the address ol welcome, and It is hoped that all thedlstlngalsbed visitors can be Induced to favor us G With short talks. We regret that our visitors Q could not have been with us lu daylight so , that tbey could have seen our enterprise and " tbe progressive spirit of our people; audit b might have been of Interest lo our friends D north of Mason and Dixon's line to have seen ^ Secession Hill, the birth-place of tbe confed7* eracy. and also the Burt Mansion wliere the p: ^ last cabinet meeting was held. ? COMMITTEE. " Judge S. Mc*Gowan, Mayor R. M. Hill, Ii. W. White, Judge W. C. Benet, Hon. F. B. Gary, Judge J. 8. Cothran, lc J. Allen Smith. Col. J. T. Robertson. .. Hon. R. R, Hemphill, Huuh Wlleon, 3 Col. H. T. Wardlaw, J.H.Latimer, g J. C.Klugb, W.R.Bullock, Zt Judge J. Puller Lyon, Hon. K. E. Hill, J V George White, Col. A. W. Smith, G. A. Vlsansks. W, W. Bradley, < ? B. 8. Barnwell, C.D.Brown, I( 8. G. Dlckerson, F. A. Speilnian, tl W. Joel Smith, Hon. W. H. Parker, tr F. W. R. Nance, W. A. Temple ton, f, J. L. McMillan, Dr. W. A. Lee, 11 "W. C. McGowan, Capt J, L. Perrin, Lt. C. A. Milford. Lt. Frank DuPre, Li. T. L. Douglass. In Tbe 7th Regiment Band, one of the most T celebrated in the Country, accompanies the . party, and will favor the town with some of J ;v ; their delightful music. tt The committee of ladles are requested to meet at tbe ball ou Thursday at 12 o'clock. Committee ol Arrangements. v ? it Teach tbe Child a Song. t( Encourage your little ones to sing. 0 Music lessens care and heartache. Often and often the words of a song, tj the sweet melody, linger in the lieari ti after the voice is silent, ami keep alive a the courage which had almost died: tl anxiety and heait pain cause heart ft disease, and after that quickly comes jj death. Song sweetens toil, and it is >> imperative that parents and teachers should aim to increase this means of happiness for the children, if for no other means than to strengthen their minds and hearts for the labors to be borne in mature years.?Messenger. w . Household Hints. e Little red ants cannot travel over wool or rag carpet. Cover the shelf in a a closet or pantry with flaunel, set e whatever you wish to keep from the ants on it, and they will at once dis- u appear. They may be caught also in u sponges into which sugar has been sprinkled; then the sponge should be dropped into hot water. 1 Salt and water will sometimes revive a person when unconscious from f< a hurt. Salt in tepid water is a good a r emetic. For poisoning with alcohol V an emetic of warm water and salt should be frequently given. Waffles.?One pint flour, half pint corn meal mush, one pint fresh sweet . milk, three eggs beaten very light. Mix well, and bake in well-lieated. a thoroughly greased waffle-irons. A teaspoonful of salt in a glas3 of S water is a cure in many stomach n troubles, relieving colic and helping digestion. ti ?A little sulphur worn in the shoes t( is said to be a sure preventive to the dread, and often fatal, disease, grip. a ? ? ? fi A great wrong to the horse is the tl new habit of clipping the inside of the ears. The hair in the ear is a necessity, .3 * f. iL. u _? XI ana aeaioess is ouen me rt suu ui ai lowing wind, snow, rain, dust, hay- * seed, etc., etc., to get down where nn * man can get it out. Do you wonder ls that ulceration of the delicate structure follows, and that deafness is the r, common result.?H. \V. Say re. w . tl Nothing runs itself, unless it is going down hill, says the Sunday School Times. However smoothly any sort ii of business may seem to run, if it is b making progress and gaining in upward reach, there is sure to be a brain a back of it, directing its movements and urging it forward. A will must start the upward movement, ana a will must keep that movement going, ej The only force that is operative with- ?> out a will, in this world as it is the i) force of gravitation ; and that draws ft downward. "The greatest problem that I have t< to deal with," said the keeper of the It imbecile asylum, "is to find occupation for the people under ray charge." "Why not set them to iovestigating fl college yells?" asked the visitor. tl GRAINS. Hang up the bi'oom when it is not a use. No matter what comes, stick to your uty. Extending kindness and courtesy elittles no man. Contentment is more satisfying than xhiliratiou. Nothing shows the marks of time aore plainly than a clock. The average broken heart is easier aended thau glass or china. He who is without enemies deserves io friends, and rarely has any. ** ?- ---Kut a mnrhirl i>iauy ui uui inuuv ? ........ 7&y of looking at our privileges. Humble love, and not proud science, ;eeps the door of Heaven. I)o not put the ivory handles of ;uives in hot water. Do not leave clothes on the line to fhip to pieces in the wind. God has plans for every child of his. 'he best preparation for one's lifework 5 to be in God's guidance. Hyprocrites deceive the world ; they lonot deceive God; do they deceive hemselves ? Beware of desparing about yourself; ou are commanded to put your trust n God and not yourself. God is nearer lo us than we realize, le is more loving than ?ve have suplosed. He is readier to speak to us han we are to listen. Whatever good thing God has for is in the present, he h?s better things nr us in the future. His best things. re yet to come. If God gives U9 a blessing, it is not or ourselves alone. He wants us to ie a blessing a9 well as to haye one. There is no prosperity to be compared with that which God gives. A iomise of God is the surest of investaents. There is no treasure which we can ay up for our children like our faith a God's promise forjourselves and for hem. The man who does nothing because e cannot do anything perfectly is just trifle more foolish than the other oan who umlerlakts everything. There i9 no injunctiou we can lay pon our children so important as our ull on them to trust their God and ur God, and to be faithful to him. There is hardly any sign of greatess more admirable in itself, or more niformly convincing as a sign, as a lodest unconsciousness of greatess. Our best work for our children is in utting ourselves and them in God's eeplng. God loves our dear ones lore than we do. Any land is a good heritage where !od is with i's dwellers. Without iods favor, the most favored lat d ib a essert possession. Where we belong, y God's direction, is our "land of romise." Other persons are blessed through ur having a blessing. Other persons iil of a possible blessing when we fail f being in God's service. As you value your destiny, do not !t the hard experiences of life rob ou of the geneious aspirations that lowed in your heart in your more outhful days. The truest charity is that which-af? * - f a Imlti! H'US Ilieil 11U UfJJJOl IU1II tv v\* uv.j; iemselve.j, rather than that which ives mouey outright to satisfy all ieir need;i. It is never too late to make a new egilining in loving and tiusting God. f you aie not more than seventy-five ears old, to-day is a good day for iking a new start in a life of faith. | It is a great thing to know God's oice. We can be so familiar with by keeping the ears of our soul open ) it, that we shall never mistake any ther voice for it. Uneousciously the fretting Chrisian forms a network of doubt, disconL'ht and murmuring, which closes round him, and he can not see clearly lie light of some sweet promise, or ;el the pure breath of the Spirit's lfitience. Farm and Garden Sole*. Teach your team to pull together. Make all things ready for the spring fork. Feed liberally and give plenty of xercise. Most colts are fond of sweet apples, nd an occasional feed of them is an xcellent diet. If turnips are fed before milking liey will affect the flavor of the jilk. Many poultry men say that a hen :>f wo years has done her best service. The greatest profit in feeding sheep ,>r mutton is made while the animals re young. Before setting, air your miik thorughly, so as to allow animal and ther matters to escape. It is said thut when the cows have een fed ou bran the milk rises slowly ud is hard to churn. Firewood is more easily cut when reen and makes quicker and better ires when well seasoned. If the stock are to be kept thrifty hey need more variety of food in wilier than at any other season. When calves are from three to six aonths old and weigh from eightyive to 1U0 pounds they are best for lie market. The care of butter does not e nd fith its being packed in tubs or jars, 'he packages should be kept stored in cola atmosphere kept pure by ventiition. Sheep are hardy and able to stand augh weather and to partly starve ,-ithout dying, but they do not yield beir best results from such neglect. Let your horses come to heavy pullig gradually, and not until their oues are well matured. Why not raise more geese? They re easily reared, coat but little for )od, and are in good demand. The objection to throwing out the gg shells to the hens is the liability) f their getting into the habit of eat-1 3g eggs. Leghorn pullets will begin laying; 'hen they are five months old, butj ullets of the larger breed often wait jn months, or even a year, before tying. * 1 Al little salt in the water in which! owers are -placed will help to keep Xot Wanted. The impression, "I aui not we! come," is often taken away by strac gers who have worshipped with th congregation. "Who is responsible?" is oiieu as* ed. No pastor that is interested in hi i work will fail to greet any vistor. J | is true the stranger feels somewhat rt I luctant to press himself upon the ai tention of others. In a large measur the responsibility lies with the mem bers of the church. To wearau air c indifference to the stranger in th church, is a downright discourte3j 1 Invite people to the church, and ut gleet \o welcome them! It is lik standing against an iceburg for ! stranger, after having been pleased an onihimpH hv ihp service. to move dow, j the aisle to the door, with a host o m< mbers stepping buck and looking a if asking : "Who are you?" It is no wonder that some churche get the unenviable name of "selfish. ; For how far out of keeping with th j true spirit of Christ, to impress om ! with the thought, that he is not wortl \ attention. "Come again," lo a poor man or wc ! man ; a warm shake by the hand wit! i a favorably impressed hearer ; a larg I "sunshine smile" and greeting to th | sin stricken, have brought mauy bac j to the fold of Chi 1st. Let every stranger come in as sucl | if he will; but by no means let hir I leave as such. As he takes with bit * * * * ' 4 * L* AIsvt K m no I j tllfe ueilgut <JI LUC Bcruiuil, ICI mill v-ai j ry with him the conviction ihat thos I people at are a good, happy I social clas9 ; and as sure as be apprt ! ciates proper treatment he will com j again. Don't say it is the pastor's busiues ! to atteud to the strauger: do not wai : to see some one else perform the act o i greeting"; let everyone show a persona ! interest, and you will learn to apprec j ate, even more than you have done, an : like courtesy shown you when in | strange church. Do not say, "I can not be social t ; one whom 1 do not know." You wil ! not cheapen yourself in the estimatioi of the strauger by being friendly. It is ofteu seen, that certain peopl attempt to show ar. air of superiority and thus pass others us if they wer 1 wax figures moved forward on a plal form. But that is far from commeued j able ; the fact is as shallow as the aris tocracy they attempt to imitate, j Away with useless formality, an reserved manners and let there be suel feeling of sociability, that the churcl i will be filled to hear the Wotd. It i j not so much the "good seimons,' astb j unfriendly manner of the people the prevent tne return of strangers.?Bes ] con Light. [ "Believe Al?o lu Mo." There is no journey of life but ha i its clouded dayn ; and there are som i days in which our eyes are so bliude i with tears that we find it hard ??> se ! our way or even read God's promises j Those days that have a bright sunris ; followed by sudden thunder.claps au< i bursts of uulookedfor Sorrows are thi ;ones that test certain of our grace ! the most severely. Yet the law c ; spiritual eyesight very closely reseru blee the law of physical optic* ! When we come suddenly out of th ; daylight into a room even model I ately darkened, we can discern nott ! ing ; but the pupil of our eye gradual ; ly enlarges until unseen objects becom visible, Even so the pupil of the ey of faith has the blessed faculty ofec larging in dark hours of bereavemeui so that we discover that our loviu Father's hand is holding the cup c trial, and by and by the gloom be ; comes luminous with glory. The foui teenth chapter of John never fall with such music upon oureaisas whei we catch its sweet strains amid th pauses of some terrific sstorm. "Le not your hearts be troub ed : ye b? lieve in God, beleve also in me. * * I will not leave you com for 11 ess. The Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D. I). What ItrlnffN fence. A doctor wh? was visiting a Chris tiau patient had himself long beei anxious to feel tlmt he was at peac wiili God. The Spirit had couvincei him of hissiuand need, and he lonjjec to possess that peace which (h world cannot give. On this occasion addressing himself to the sick one, h said : "I want you to toll me just what i is?this getting happiness, faith ii Jenus and all that sort of thing, whicl brings peace." His patient replied: "Doctor, I have felt that f could d< nothing, and I have put my case ii your hauds; I am trusting to you 'lhat is exactly what every poor sin ner must do in the Lord Jesus." This reply greatly awakened th doctor's surprise, and a new ligh broke in upon bis soul. "Is that all ?" he exclaimed ; sirnpl. trusting in the Lord Jesus! I see II as I never did before. He bus don the work. Yes, Jesus said on tbe cros 'It is finished,' and 'Whoaoeve believeth in bim sball not perish, bu have everlastiuc life.'" From that sick-bpd the doctor wen a happy man, rejoicing that his eiu were washed away in the blood of th Lamb.?Christian Worker. Defeat and Victory. At the bloody battle of Marengo th French line fell back in a complet route, and the officers rushed up t their commander, crying : "The bal j tie is lost." "Yes," exclaimed th ! general, "one battle is lost, but ther j is time to wiri another." Inspired b I his faith and courage, the officers liui ! ried back, turned the head of the r< ! treating column, and when in a fei ; hours the last gun wasfired theFrenc ! camped on the field of battle. Mai jengo had been won. So if we ar 'thinking of battles lost duriug th : past year, in school or buiness, 01 i worst still, in character?lost tempei i lost patience, lost spirituality or pray ; erfulness?let us remember thatther j is yet time to win another bntth j Raise the standard once more, tak j fresh courage, put on the whole arinoi and God will surely give us the vit ! tory. ''So teach us to number our day ; that we may apply our hearts uut i wisdom."?The Rev. W. H. Pope. Pruine for well-doing in more rar* but less important thau blame fo doing ill. The average parent is like I lier to check a child when he doe wrong thau to commend him when h does right. So, all the way along ii life, he who does as he ought to do i not sure to hear from it, while he wh makes a slip of any kind is prett; sure to be reminded of the fact. Ai editor, as he sends out, week by week the paper on which he lias laboret earnestly, knows that ten readers wll write to him about the errors whicl they note, where one will write i kindly line in recognition of his car at other points. The knowledge tha one's faults aud mistakes are sure t< attract attention, keeps a man on thi alert to do his best; but the occasiona word of appreciation and praise fron generous-minded observers, helps am cheers him in his ceaseless struggle.? S. 8. Times. Sensibility of Children. A mother told me yesterday the fol~ lowing pathetic incident: "When Harry was four years old, my little Mary came. Harry was devoted to her from the first. He loved to sit by her crib, to watch me when I bathed her, t to enjoy her crowing and all her cunnine ways. ''One morning when I had arranged g for her bath and had gathered the |s clean clothing about me, X found the water in the bowl was scarcely warm e enough, and as Hurry had learned to , turn the faucet, I said, handing him a large mugr 'Could you go to the bath' room, Harry, and bring me a mug of a hot water?' He took the mug, dej lighted, as usual, to do an errand for Q ; his mamma, and ran to the bath room. f "It happened that the water was 9 | very hot, and the dear little fellow, j with both hands around the mug, to _ i hold it steady, nearly scalded the ten n der skin on bis hauds, in bringing it to e me. Hut be made no exclamation of e pain until I took the mug from him, ^ bo determined was be to bring rue the water. K "I kissed him as I drew him toward Q me, and putting my arm about him, e said. 'Why darling, mamma's so e sorry!' L. "Ke turned bis face up toward me and, with a beautiful smile shining i. through his teal's asked; n " 'Is that fur me?' " 'What? what do you mean?' I " said. e " 'Why, uid you mean darling for , me?' he said, in a mott pathetic voice, and then aibleil: 'You know 1'veoue ly been "dear" since baby came.' ''My heart came into my mouth," " U 'ho "ntinii mnllipr. "rtflfl I wbs q oaiu uiv jvuiig y I broken down completely. I had not f realized until then (hat we had been j using the most endearing terms to the baby, and deprived our little boy of ~ what we had never thought he had a either cherished or missed. It was a lesson I never foigot." O, young mothers, do remember II that your little ones have very sensljj tive hearts, which are easily wounded! Remember, too, that although reproof and correction are nece-wuy. quiet r ones are oftentimes most effective, aud ^ reproofs in public ehould be avoided. l. And do not speak lightly or flippantly ? to the little folks wheu ihe new baby comes, but still have endearing, tender words for all.?Standard.. jj j "lie Lradelh Mf." a I One of the most blessed promises in g the Bible is this one in ie-alah xm, lb : "And I will bring ihe blind by a way k. that they knew nut: I will lead thetn iu paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto theui, and is uot forsake them " Surely this is e something we can pei>ona!ly approd priate without question as to whether e or not it applies' to us. For we aie i. verily blind. We canuot see what is e going to happen tomorrow: we know J nothing that is before us ; our eyes are e of no use whatever in foretelling either s good or ill; and being blind, it is im>f possible for us to know which is the - be?t path iu life for us to take. In our i. perplexity God says : e I will take you safely through these - ways that are dark and unknown to i- you ; in these paths that are so doubtI ful, that lie along really dangerous e places. .1 will lead you., , I e will even make . .fyie darkness ?'- L A *- / ? ??1 T ...III i-; ngui oeiore juu ; ttnu i >vm snui^uicu r,; out the things which t-eeni to you & i hopelessly crooked, If. you wilf ouly >f; sutler Me to do this for you, I surely ! ; vvi.l. Put your hand in Muie, and I r- will not forsake you. . We say with l? | anxious forebodiug: "0, if I only n ; knew what is best to do !" God says : e; You do not know, but I know, and i !i! will lead you by a way tbat you know J- ! not. The trouble is that, being blind. *; we act as though we could see, ana - run into dangers and calamities with j a terrible shock. When we remember | and fully realize (hut we are blind, and are therefore glad to have a guide, | the dangers and calamities come in [, | our way, to be sure, but we meet them e i very differently. The hand of our d I Guide is so full of strength ana rest 1 I and comfort that we come out of the e ! painful experience stronger than when t; we entered it; even the darkness has ej become light before us through the shining of His countenance. t| So may we take the infinite comfort ...; <if tlio nrnmisp Iy? nnr lipnrts. Blind [i though we are, aud rough the road over which we walk, our Guide knows the path perfectly, and is not only r> able to take us over it in safety, but n also to give us great aud good cheer on i, the way. from Messenger of Pence. t Philadelphia, First Mo. 4th, 1S94 Dear Friend Daniel Hill: y Upon examining the list, annually t, stated at the end of eaeh year by the e ChicagoTribuue, relative to*he nums ber of homicides, legal executions, r lynching* and suicides throughout the t country, I observe that there has been s most lamentable increase in the t number of those who have ended is their lives by tin ir own deliberate act. e In the year 1889 the number of cases of suicides was 2,224; in 1890 it was 2,040: in 1801, 3,331; in 1892, was 3,860 ;while last year the total was e 4.438. being an increase of 100 per cent. e In ouly four years. o Upward of four limes as uiauy men t- committed suicide as did women, and e as regards occupation in life, more e physicians than any others. y The murders numLeied G,615, a r- slight decrease from last year, yet nearly double tlie number that there were v in 1889, when i??e total was 3,507. Of |j legal executions theie were li!G, being r- 19 more than last, year, and three more e than the y?>ar before. Lynchings e numbered just 200, a decrease, howev t er, in the Northern States. There is rf food for a good deal of reflection and - endeavor in these figures.?Josiah W. e Leeds. n % One of the surest ways of getting a ,* man to show out his best side, either in spirit or in work, is to expect it. The employee who has an impression ? that h's employer thinks him good for nothing, the child who feels himself treated as though he had no right motives except those that are pounded r into him, is not likely to show himself at his best in aspiration or energy. 6 Many un unruly t-cholar cju be easily e tamed by showing faith in him, and 11 every one can be made better by 8 drawing more surely than by driv ? ing. A citizen of Anderson who was afj flicted with grippe a short time ago, j and several of his family were afflicted 3 similarly effected prompt cures in each a case by simply using a^afoetida pills a e little larger than a buckshot three t, times a day.?Anderson Journal. 0 A simple plan of disinfecting ronms ' consists in putting a saucerful of salt | in the middle of a room aud pouring 1 on it a dram or two of sulphuric acid. The fumis that arise do the work of disiofecllon. Pens. The children of the present genera' tion take pens for granted. They art so various and so cheap that their value is lightly appreciated. But some of us remember wheu a card of Jo seph Gillott's pens was something t< be prised very highly. These card* contained only a dozen pens, aud solo for a good price. What au improve ment they were on the quill pen, un less one bad a very snarp pensnin and great skill in fashioning a peu from a goose quill. When writing hour in school came, and the writing books were distributed, the teachei was kept busy making and mending pens, and often he stayed after schoo to get the pens ready for I he next day Now we buy pens by the box, ant think nothing of it. The earlier pen was metallic; then when bark and ikins were used foi records instead of stones and plastic clays, the camel's hair pencil was em ployed. The use of parchmeut ant papyrus suggested the reed pen, whict was prepared by a certain process Then pens made of quills came int( use about A. D. 553. The quills o the swan, goose, aud crow were pre ferredabove all others. Iu Russia ant Holland these were plunged iu heatec sand, dipped in boiling alum water 01 diluted nitric acid, aud brought a goo< price. In the latter part of the seventeeutl century iron pens were Ui>ed, but thej were very poor, and the quilt was pre ferred to ihem. Not until early it 1800 experiments were made witl glass, horn, steel, silver, aud tortois< aliell lo fluU somethlug moie uuraui* than the quill. In 182U (be manufac ture of ettel pens began in earnest it Birmingham, England, and has gou< increasing ever since. The first grosi of pens brought at wholesale $36 In I860 as good an article was sold a1 twelve cents a gross, so greatly hat the manufacture prospered. In 182 the use of gold in making pens wa first tried, and now the annual pro duct of gold |>ens amouuts to betweei two and three million dollar*. Fountain pens are of more recen make, and there were very few, i any, previous to 1870, aud such as wen made were far from satisfactory. Now they are adverti*ed in variety, ant almost anyone who has much writing to do can afford a fountain |?n. With nil thl4 tliprp are M>uie loveri of the oldeu time?who prefer a quil above every oilier variety. Vitality in lutelleetunl Work. So far from intellectual woik dimin ishiug vitality, tbe chiefs of all tb< intelleaiual professions are, and it recent times have been, men who bavi passed the ordinary term of yean with undiminished powers. In poli lies the principal leaders whom ibii generation has known have been Ear Ku?8ell, Lord Palmeistou, Lord Jiea constield, and Mr. Gladstone, an< every one of them was at seventy ii full vigor, while the last at eighty three, isstill a mighty power inBritisl politics. Prince J^ismarck retains a seventy-eight a force with which liii Government has to reckon ; while tb< will of Leo XIII., an exceptiouly intellectual Pope, at cighty-turee is fel in every corner of the world. "Th< most intellectual and successful sol dier of our time, tbe man who hac really thought out victories, Marsha von Moltke, Jwas an unbroken mat at ninety and more years. No men dare compare themselves in literary power with Tennyson or Carlyle, Vic tor Hugo, or Von iianke, aud thej all reached the age which the authoi of Ecclesiastes declared to be market only by labor aud sorrow ; as also die Pro! Owen, whose life was one louf labor in scientific inquiry ; and e< also has Sir William Grove, one of (h< most strenuous thinkers whom ever this age of thiokers has produced We might lengthen |ihe llat indeti i.taiv. hut hi wlnif- use. when we at! know that the most intellectual anion* lawyers, historians, novelist*, pbyt>i cians, politicans, and naturalists 'sur vive their contemporaries, usually with undiminished powers? In al statistical accounts, the clergy, whost occupation is wholly intellectual, rant first among the lotig-lived. True?True?True. On Bedloe's Island in New Yorl harbor, stands the great statue o Liberty Enlightening the World?lh< gilt of France to America?its righ hand, stretched toward heaven, bean a cluster of brilliant electric burners formiug the most powerful light tha shines on laud or sea. This light which is inclosed and defended bj heavy plate glass, is proving wonder fully fatal to birds. Last summer or one morning alone, 1372 birds, actua count, were found lyimr dead arouuc the foot of the statue. The great light attracts, allures, dazzles, and maddeni the birds; they fly toward it with amazing and uucalculating swiftness and break their necks against the de fending glass. This suggests tin thought that there are othei creatures besides birds who ran not bear the light of liberty, and wh< dash themselves to piects iu it. lr sober truth, there are creatures amonj us, who having flown out of the dark ne sof old world despotism into the light of our liberty, become utterly dazzled, confused and crazed by it It seems to cancel all power of thoughl and self-control. If the light was nol sternly defended, they would put ii out. As it is, they break their necki against the transparent but adaman tine justice which defends, and whicf can alone protect the light of liberty. Be Careful ol (he Eye*. Avoid reading when lyin^ down Sit with the back to tiie light, or w the light will come over the lefi shoulder when reading, sewing, 01 wriung. When writing, should th< light come from the light side, tlx shadow of the hand and pen or pen cil falls on the paper, constantly shad ing the line of work and fatiguing ih( eye. Veils, e peeially spotted ones are injurious to the eyes; ami, if veils must be worn, they should be of 1 lie softest clearest net. The eye* should be rested five or ten minutes after eacl hour's reading. The study of musk and German is hard on the eyes, and the eyes should be rested more frequently and longer at a time wllen engaged in these studies. Avoid facing the lamplight when studying. A bad stomach sometimes .makes bad eye.*. Attend to the digestion. Poox ventilation frequently weakens the eyes. When the eyes ft el tired, bathe them with sole water, hot ot cold, whichever on trial proves more n/vi?.<"/M'fok1u Tim tr n ootipr* tUUllUI lUOiVl JL IIV IK'b ? ???? rjv.. V . ally proves more beneficial. -*-- * "Ate a quart of raw oysters at out time! Oj p.*haw you couldn't do it Patrick!" "Well, it's meself that did do it no later than the day afore yesterday," "Patrick, Patrick you're a great linr." "I've not exaggerated at all, sor. I ate a whole quait, tor, but at the same time I'll acknowledge that the oysters wur tchmaii waua."?Texas Si flings. FashloDKble* Chnreta Mn?le. | A congregation may be heard lustily ij proclaiming their defiance of the de ! calogue in "I love to steal, I love t> ; steal," while all they meant to do was 'to "steal awhile away" to some iinagi > nary realm of Hj.irituul blessedness. ;j "Stir up this stu?stir up this stu," llwasonlv the "fearuinu'* form of "ritfr this stupid hearf to pray.'-* And do' with "And take thy pll?and take thy } pilgrim home." "Aly poor pol?my i poor pol?my poor polluted heari." ; "And more eggs?more eggs?ftnd ; more exalt our joys." "I love (be r bet?I love thee better than befote." j "And catch the flee?and catch the 1 fleeting hour," and many more entfir. tainiug instances of jterverted sense 1 in song. Ta<) trebles sang, "And learn to kiss;" two trebles and alto, , '"And learn to kis<'' two treble*, alto r and tenor. "And learn to kiss:" ba?S ; solos, "The Rod." Willi reverence let the 9aints appear ' And bow before the Lord, 1 became "And bow?wow?wow, and bow?ow- ow," and so on until treble, alto tenor and bass (bass enough In all conscience J) bad bow wowed themselves hoarse and preceptibly apoplectic.? Cornhill Magazine. And yet they call ibis murdering of the English language music. They cut words in two, making the most absurd combinations and constructions. They take the two, word*** hallelujah, amen?and lengthen theifi out for live minutes iu an anthem. The heavy, ponderous pipe-organ, swells away and the very timbers of the building rock, the organist presses the deepest bass that sounds like muffled thunder, and ?ome little fellow with eye glasses on, and with a suici' dal collar and variegated shirt-bosom, begins to squeal. The old sisters and brethren dowu stairs do not try to keep up. They are running a priva'e affair up stairs to attract folks to church, and the fogies would spoil it. Attraction and not praise is the object In view. Thirty minutes' song and a twenty minutes sermon is the taking kind and some preachers are so weak-Kneed as to cater to that sentlm'onr Th# mirpRt th? hmt. the most 3 enthusing inu*ic is that where ail 1 join iu with a hearty feeling of praise, and by which souls are moved to * think, repent, believe.?N. <J. Meiho5 dint. tilve the Wife n.Best. What the good man may do for hi* thin wife N, first, to give her three months' rest. Not to take her forcibly " away from her cares, to Jive at a crowded resort aud worry over the 1 home left behind, but to see tha e thing-) are set right aud to her mind 0 before she goes. Many a woman nev' er knows what it is to have anything 0 her own way from girlhood to funeral, ' aud this constant denial of prefer' ences drives the nails in any wotnau'n 1 *-? T C uhn *?? onto na rt iniilot* qoiiL guuiu* II PIIW " MU V*J |/H1IIVWIH? OMU?1 tary arrangement about Ibe house, or ' anew garden, or some unpleasant in1 mate provided for, let her have it if 1 she iB worth keeping alive. Then 8 with household affairs to her ndnd, * let her go where the can wear a plain ' dress all day, and lie down on a lawn 1 cot, which is safer and easier than a - hammock, which has a trick of com* * iug down and breaking women's J back'*. It would be the greatest ' earthly luxury for a great many worn 1 women to be able to go to bed at sun* 1 down and sleep enough to make up ' for years of watching and strain. r m'm " r Look I no; for a Prayer, 1 ''The numerous annals of Episcoi nudu iMHrlit In lin writtpn int." raIiI m : -j-j . ? I Methodist worn in. "fhey wouldn't > hurt the Church and would diven ; millions. Some Episcopalians, you 1 know, imagine they can find a prayer for every event in life, laid down in " their precious ritual. When I was in ' Florida last winter the baby-girl of an 5 Episcopal neighbor of mine was ' dreadfully Bcalded. [ was sent for and * found the household in gryat excite' ineut, everybody running about hunt1 it:g for cotton, oil and other needed ' medicament for the injured child. A? 1 1 I did not see the poor mother in the crowd, working over the infant, I searched for her and Anally found her, , She was in the parlor, leaning over a If rge prayer-book. As I approached ' ?be looked up with an agonized coun' tenance and excl imed excitedly : '0! What bhall I do? I cannot And the prayer for the scalded baby! I cau't Hud the prayer for the scalded baby!"' The Wichcd Bosom-Pin. As everyoue knows, in the early i days of Methodism a considerable de1 giee of strictness was maintained in ( I regard to the wearing of jewelry or t costly attire. An eminent divine of 1 i Ibat church gives au amusing incii deut. A preacher had just gone to i i bis new charge, and was in the midst ( - of his sermon, when a woman ro>e ? and went out, ulatnmiug the door with r unnectsvary violence. Of course lie \ - supposed he had said something , > which gave offence; but on making i inquiries, he learned that tin woman j left because "(he minister wore a 1 - bosom-pin." The fun of it was that < ; he had driven to the service over bad , > roads, and one drop of mud had set. tied on his immaculate shirt bosom, I deceiving the tender conscience of tbe 1 t good sister. I t ? 1 ? ? ? -? -'H-.1I. s.l. !!,/> I uur aavanceu civilization wim wc wouderful increase In the facilties for < the acquisition of knowledge, is , nevertheless beset with peril*, and among them is one which has directly grown out of the cheapness of printing, "i Never J before iu the history of the > world could thinking men deplore the } fact that too much reading was being done, and yet at the pre.-eut time there 1 is good reason to believe that for. not a I few persons, reading is merely a dlssi- , pation. Heading matter is so abundant and so cheap that any one may at, little or no cost, read almost con- < stantly. The minds of uotafew who I are known among their acquaintances < "as great readers'' are like tho?e species of jelly fish which constantly draw water into their organs and re tain only the dregs and impurieties, i while mill others merely act as mental , conduits through which u stream of literary matter is constantly passing intivimr tim niiip iiMclmnifod* Ileadine ^ , ?..w J .j? rj w is undoubtedly a benefit, if done in a t I proper way ; that is to say, if what fs . read be poudered and mentally digest, ed, but promiscous and incessant reading is like promi*cous und incessant 1 eating, far more likely to debilitate , than to build up. He Took All the Shoes. I know a funny story about a dog I ( ! have seen. His master trained him to bring his shoes to bim every day. c One day the gentleman went with c his dog to a notel where almost every t . one put his shoes outside his door to be j blacked. Iu iho morning no oue had a shoe. The dog bad carried every pair into i his master's room and pili-d them up hefcide his bed. . ' - I'W. -V'M* : . ' -y V- '.&? " ~ . r\ tf n a wmm _ v ,t: v : . ' . Wert enoogh to read tbl? type II ln<-be? from Four eje wlib ease, if not jfoa.areia need of . ;r:J Spectacles r And of course yoa will go to * (nan that I:mint all al?out flillDg them to the eye. We have taken a (Special course to optica and can (it you. Our prices range from 25c to $2 . ' " ' ^ For glasses la steel frame* and mak* ro ' charge for flttl Dir. Oar fj glasses i* a? good xh auy and superior to many higher priced good*. A trial of the*e glasses will prove it. Civ E. C. BERNATT, GRADUATE OPTICIAN. . v Y'-T .'I-. PRESENTMENT OF ... - j , - t *5? GRAND JURY. : ? % . . <g? r T'0 January Term, 1894. _ r To Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, Judge: We respectfully submit for your consideration the following:? Tbat we have passed upon ail bills ,J. of indictment handed.to us by the So licitor. We have visited the several county offices and we find them in neat condition and believe that each officer Is endeavor!ug to discharge bis duty, except as hereinafter mentioned. We have visited the County Jail and And it .well and neatly kept. We would recommend that the County Commissioners proceed at once to to build a brick flue and do away with irou piping as we believe it is dangerous on accountof Are. We recommend that the county commissioners proceed immediately to ascertain what it will cost theCouuty to put Are proof vaults in the clerk's office, as it now stands the records of fhia (Viuntv are unnrotected. and are liable to be destroyed at anytime by fire. VVe highly recommend and endorse the action of Clerk of Court Bullock, in.refudng to allow the use of the Court room for entertainments of any klud, and recommend that he continue to pursue this course. . We have, by committee vfolted the Poor House. We find many things to commend, in the management, yet we feel called upon to direct the attention of the Court to matters (hat we think demand immediate atleution. By close examination we And many of the inmates who should be furnished with more underwear, and that mercurial ointment should be used according to . specifications, and their bedding generaliy should be kept more cleanly. We further recommend that one well be dug at the new cottage now being erected for the Steward, aud also that notices be posted by the County Commissioners that all persons desiring to go there must get writteu permits v from them, aud that parties who vi.-it there without permission, be considered tresspassers and be prosecuted as such. We respectfully recommend that the Coroners or Trial Justice's acting Coroner in conducting inquisitions do not employ but one Physician to make the necessary autopsy, and when the cayse of death is apparent we further recommend that the Coroner do m?t employ any physician, and uuder no circumstances to swear the physiuian making the examination, as the administration of this oath cost $5.00 ' md is absolutely unnecessary. As for Instance we know of a raun that was shot s<|uarely in the brain, yet notwithstanding this fact the Coroner employed a physician to teft the Jury Evhat produces death. We regret to say that in oui examination of the transcripts of the various rrial Justice's, while a few of theiu ' ;e satisfactory. Manv are not as they tvere not duly recorded, and in lue ,'uture we do recommend and insist jpon all Trial Justice's to remit nonthly to the Treasurer, and that jacb Trial Justice shall make bis re;urns as providod 'or In Bee. 318 as in Statue laws of 1893, and that we further recommend that all of the Trial Fustlces appear before the Uraud Jury ivitb ibeir books ut the June (erm of jourt. We recommend the attentiou of the bounty Commissioners be directeJ t> ;he desperate condition of the roads jenerally throughout the couuty, and ,o see that overseers attend more itriolly to their duties especial'y to laving the loose rocks thrown out of he rod and that all drains and litohes are kept open aod clear of rash. We would further remind the ^omrai&iouerAjkfcat the streams are -.11.. uuttsUn,! an/1 Ilia itvarflniv n"" VfVOIW'W aused by rafts and\ trash. h doing uuch damage to some of our beat bos om lauds tbey should see that the law u this respect is complied with. Respectfully submitted, C. I. CUM MINGS,