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?M?M? ?1 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. IgyPublished every Wednesday at S2 a year in advance. Mr. ROSWELL T. LOGAN, of Charleston, 1b not authorized to take advertisements lor this newspaper. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1894. Redeeming Feature. One redeeming feature In the conduct of the News and Courier may be found in the fact that It always devotes at least one day in the year to the boosting of the State, and to the advertising of the business interests of the city of Charleston. About the flrBt of September in each year, it, for a day at least, lays aside its persistent efforts to bring the people of South Carolina luto ridicule and lor tnat length of time ceases its labors to bring tbe officers of tbe State Into public contempt. For that much of surcease from grumbling and faultfinding tbe wbole Stale ought to be profoundly gratelul. Since that paper started its warfare against tbe "Tbree-for-a-Quarter Statesmen" it bas shown little sympathy with the mass of tbe people living outside of tbe city of Charleston. During that period tbe vials of wrath have been opened on tbe popular candidates for office, and even the best efforts of the legally constituted officers of the State have failed to escape the censure and condemnation of that paper. For the advancement of the Interests of that city, little or nothing has been done, except to array the people of Charleston against tbe country people, and in turn to alienate country friends and customers of that paper and of that city. In tbe trade Issue tbe News and Courier proves conclusively that tbe city still has some commercial Importance despite tbe almost dally efforU of that paper to alienate the people from the city. The report goes to show that neither Tillman nor tbe News and Courier can destroy that old city which bas survived tbe male, dictions of Tillman and tbe warfare of their own newspaper. Alter the death of Mr. Selgllng, and when Mr. Simons was elected President ol the News and Courier Company, the report was gladly received that that paper would henceforth cease its blind warfare on tbe people whose friendship was worth more than their 111-wlll, and whose patronage 1b of advantage both to tbe city and to Its newspaper. Tbe report being that the paper would henceforth be conducted on a fair and liberal plain, without compromising any principle, was grateful intelligence to a public which was tired and wearied with so muob fault-finding, and to whom :he never-oeaslng accusations, and expressed dislike for tbe public officers, was alike Irritating and disagreeable. If the News and Courier Company under its new president^ has been waiting for a suitable opportunity to align itself with tbe people ol South Carolina, or to show Its friendship for them, it can now do so ? beginning with tbe reoent trade issue, which Is a marvel of reportorlal and typographical excellence, abounding in valuable statistical and historical information which tbe public could nowhere else find. Tbe country people do not expect, and do not ask tbe News and Courier to espouse their cause. * But tbe respectable ooun try people do desl re and have a rlgbt to expect tbat that paper will treat them with at least tbe consideration tbat is given to lawless liquor selling people of Charleston. Let tbe News and Courier be faft to every one and publish a newspaper for all tbe people of South Carolina. L?t tbe News and Courier stand to its honest oonyictions forever, but let it not forget that tbe oountry people are sensible and honest, and will likely stick to tbelr convictions, until tbelr sense is appealed to, and until their reason is convinced to another way of thinking. Let tbe News and Courier not forget that the country people are both sensltlveand susceptible. Tbey receive malignant darts with resentment, and tbey honor and love tbe opposing newspaper which treats them with fairness and civility. Then If the News and Courier would show itself friendly, even those who disagree with it in prlnoiple, wuuiu rvaptrck na priuuipiea kuu uuuor ma paper. While we do not doubt that the lawless element of Charleston fully and thoroognly endorse all that the News and Courier may say In oontempt for the dispensary law and In ridicule of the officers of the State, as chosen by the people, yet we believe It is a fact that It ! not the beat Journalism to adopt a course whlcb Is offensive to convictions of right?as seen by the country at large, and to which the beat and most conservative element of the Antl-Tiliman faction oannot give hearty approval. Blackguarding or ridiculing the Reform leaders appeals to nobody'a reason, and haa no other effect than to deatroy the respect for the newspaper which adopts bo unwise and ao suicidal a course. If thoae people who differed from the News and Courier were treatea with more respect, that paper would have more friends, and its power for usefulness would be Increased a thousand-fold. The people everywhere In South Carolina want to subscribe for the News and Courier, and will do ao If the new company or the old editor?whose ability is doubted by none?will only adopt a Just, a reasonable, a sensible, a respectful, and a proper course of treatment toward country people and political opponents. No Intelligent man, with an bonest heart, In South Carolina objects to an editor differing from him, if the difference of opinion li respectfully expressed. But the editor who is disrespectful, losses public patronage, and beoomes a Are brand, rather than an arbiter of peace and a counseller ol wisdom. Notwithstanding the fact that the News and Courier has needlessly and uselessly offered editorial Insult, and added malignant vituperation in Its headlines, there are many thousand people in South Carolina to-day who wish 'to subscribe for the weekly, and hundreds who wish to sub. crlbe for the dally?and would do so?If the News and Courier could rise to the dignity ot publishing a newspaper, which 1b fair to all, and which would malign none. Vituperation and abuse are quite different things from the defense of principle and the proclaiming of good doctrine, to which none?friend or foewould object. "Belonged to tbe Best Famine*." The Atlanta Evening Journal says : "Ed. Hooks Is one of the best known young men in Atlanta; is a member of a very prominent family, and moved in the best ciroles socially." The young man named 1b charged with tak. ing?o,uw(-i money oeionging n? iub u.. v. o> N. Railway, and was put in prison. Theobjeet In copying the paragraph Is to direct attoDtion to a common statement wblc h is generally made whenever orlme has been committed. Frc^i the frequent statements as to the exoelieot toclal position of young men who go wrong, It.would seem that the "best famlilles" furnish a large per cent of untrustwor" thy young men. We seldom Bee any account of any plain* every day youug man going wrong. It Is most frequently the "respectable" and "prom lnent" people who cannot be trusted to ban. die other people's money. Beneath all this there may be a lesson, If you can make It out. Don't send away to get your printing done. . It can be well done,and cheaply done, In Abbeville. l*o|?e anil .Moon. There are now two independent candidates for Governor of South Carolina?Pope and Moon of Newberry. It uiay be that one or the other will receive the vote of Abbeville, but we don't believe it. Dr. Pope received four votes in the recent primary iu this county, and it is hardly to be expected that he can beat the regular nominee. Mr. Moon's strength is an unknown quantity, as our people never beard of him until lately. Nearly all of our men voted in the primary, and are pledged to support the nominees. As yet we see no evidence that the indepen dent movement which Senator Butler's frlend6 started, has any strength in Abbeville county. Our people don't kDOW who Issued the call for the organization of t he Independent movement, and we presume care nothing about It one way or the other. Educational. When contemplating the sending of your son or your daughter to college, be sure to examine the advertising columns of the Press and Banner, where the advertisements of the best institutions of the country are sure to be found, namely: Columbia Female College; Erskine College; Due West Female College; South Carolina College ; Wofford College; Davidson College; Presbyterian College at Clinton ; Greenville Female College; Abbeville Graded School; Wintbrop State Normal College. tf. THE BUSINESS 00TL00K. * Tbe Bent Prospect for Bufilnem Ever Known In tbe History or the C'oun* try. Abbeville Is not alone in her bright prospects for a large trade this winter. Tbe news of enlarged and quickened trade comes from every quarter of tbe State, but we are speaking particularly of Abbeville. Tbe prospects were never better. Large areas have been planted, and the expense in- J curred was perhaps less than was ever assumed Id the production of any crop. The large area In corn has been wonderfully productive, and It seems almost certain that we will harvest this Fall the largest crop which we have gathered since the war. The cotton Is as good as the land will make, and a bale to the acre is not remarkable. The abundant rains have given us the best grass and the best grazing that was ever known In Abbeville. With good pastures we have lat cattle and fat horses aud mules. Immense quantities of grass and bay will be gathered and stored away for winter use. Of course everybody knows that tlie grass and hay ought to be gathered as soon as the seed 1b ripe, and before the lrost falls. So much for the country. The town is on the greatest boom ever known to our people. Preparations for increased business and increased capital are to be seen on every hand, and the coming of first-class merchants, with Immense stocks, is the best evidence of a hopeful outlook for Abbeville. No town in South Carolina has a more solid or a more hopeful outlook. GREENWOOD SPLINTERS. Gathered Together aud Pot In a Pile by PylA. Greenwood, S. C., Sept. 4,1891. Mr. Edward C. Rice of Charleston is on a visit to his parents at Ninety-Six. We are glad to learn that he stands so high with his firm, J. E. B. Sloan, cotton commission merchant and agent for the Edlsto Fertilizer Company. \l?a Vllioholh V I p lr 1 PC of f.hA MnnntT.eb anon neighborhood near Ninety-Six, died August 31, after an illness of several weeks. Sbe leaves one son and two daughters 10 mourn their loss. Sbe was In her eightieth year and had been lor forty years or more a consistent member of the Mount Lebanon church. Mr. Thos. R. Davis of Columbia bas opened up a line of boots and shoes In tbe new brick store next to tbe post office. Mr. H. L. Watson of Puoenlx Is clerking for Messrs, Lee & Co .druggist. Tbe Abbeville Baptist Association meets at Mount Morlab, Tuesday, September 18tb. Rev. E. A. Wilkes of Parksvllle, Is assisting tbe pastor Rev. Mr. Watson, in tbe protracted meeting at tbe Greenwood Methodist cburcb. Mrs.Prof. Blake of Greenwood Is 111 wttb fever. Tbe Harrel8onville Literary Association will meet next Friday nigbt at tbe residence of Mr. M. A. Fellers. Visitors are cordially Invited to attend. . N. O. Pyles. BIRTH DAY PARTY. ABHembling of Pretty Young: Ladles, Who were Very Happy. Miss Ollie Mcllwalne gave a birth day party at bome last Saturday, to wblcbqultea number of ber young friends were invited, and who came and spent an afternoon in Innocent and unalloyed pleasure. Tbe pretty hostess was tbe reolplentof many nice presents while sbe received many manifestations of friendship and tbe hearty good wishes of all her friends, who have been ever loyal and true to her. When occasion permits parents should always contribute to the happiness of their children, and when innocent pleasure Is pronnooH i hov ahnnlH wnmnrflcfi and riftt. rftHLfiiin It. There Is but a sbort interval between thoughtless and happy childhood aud the cares and anexieties of womanhood and manhood. For this reason, let the children be happy while they may. The duties and responsibilities of life will soon come to lake tne place of the exuberance of youth and the Joy of innocent childhood. Let the little boys and girls tvave their birth day parties and enjoy delightful romps and interesting plays. NEAKING COMPLETION. Rosenberg's Block or New .Stores on the Dendy Corner. The laying of the brick on the new stores for Messrs. P. Rosenberg & Co. on the Dendy corner has been about finished, and preparations are now being made for the roof, which it is expected, will be put on this week. The stores will be an ornament to the town, and the new business houses which will be opened there will be in attractive feature of tbe business Interests of the town. The Messrs. Posenberg & Co. are doing much to improve the town and their valuable property in different parts of the public square will stand as monuments to thelrpubllcsplrit and enterprising push when they and this generation shall havcpassed away. Hon. B. C. Pressley, ex-Judge of the Court of General Sessions, First District, died at bis borne in Summerville, S. C., September 5,1894, aged 8U years. Mr. Pressley frequently tended tbe Methodist church during the years of our pastorate of the church in Summerville, aud often closed worehip with an earnest prayer. He was a devout Christian?a member of the Baptist Church. All remembrances of him are pleasing. Australia is a country without orphans or an orphanage. Every waif is taken to the receiving house, where it is kept until a country home is found for it. The most dangerous counterfeit of United Btates money discovered for years is announced from the Treasury Depaatmenr. It is a $10 bill. The Society of Friends of North Carolina, convened in annual session at High Point, recently ; over 5,000 Quakers were present. The great Ocean Grove (Methodist) Auditorium, just dedicated in New Jersey is the largest evangelical audience room in the world. There is no sin that drags men down against which the Bible is not filled with vjarnings. Don't send away to get your printing done. It can be well pone, and cheaply done In Abbeville. Patronize borne Industry. I'ralronize home merchants. Spend your money at home. f WEST END. ?.? I Happening* nnd Incidents of a Week Arunutl the t'lty. I Rev. Mr. Murray, President of Clinton Col! lege, Clinton, S. C., preached morning and eveniog In the Presbyterian church last Sunday. while here Mr. Murray waB the guest of Mr. W. A. Templeton. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Smith entertained a number of young people last Monday evening at a tea, given in honor of Miss Izie Bration. The election for Intendents and Wardens of our little city came off last Monday, and as there was only one ticket in the field the vole was small. The following gentlemen were elected for the ensuing term : Inteudent?R. M. Hill. Wardens?J. C. Klugh, J. E. Corrle, James Taggart, James Chalmers. A well selected ticket, and satisfactory to all. The Graded School building is being cleaned and renovated throughout, and will be in "apple pie" order tor the opening of the Fall session which begins next Monday, the 17th inst. Parents, remember the date and send your children on the very first day of school, as u is much easier for a child to keep up with its class than to catch up. Mrs. E. K. Allen is having her residence al- J tcred and Improved. Another story will be! added and many other changes made. Rev. Dr. Bays Is at home once more after a a month's vacation. He Is himself again and will preach to his flock in the Court House until the additions to the church are completed. There will be prayer-meeting in the Court Houi>e to-night. Mr. A. Coheu, oar new merchant, spent Sunday in Atlanta. He returned Monday accompanied by bis wife. For the present Mr. and Mrs. Cohen will board at the New Horel. If you want to And out Just bow mean you are, run for office. If on the other hand, you desire to know If there is the least good In you?well, you will have to die to find that out. Mr. G. A. Vasanska has purchased from Mr. Aug. W. Smith the residence In which be now lives. Mr. Smith will move soon to bis place where Mr. J S. Stark now lives. Don't talk in cburcb, during services any way. You have six whole days for conversation, and a large part of Sunday, and it disturbs those who go to church to listen to the sermon and prayers and the singing, and, then it very often annoys the preacher. So don't! Miss Ellen Parker will entertain her friends to-night in her lovely home. Miss Parker always entertains in a charming manner. The young people are anticipating a most delightful evening. Mrs. K. M. Haddon and her daughter, Miss Belle, have returned from the North, where they have been for several weeks. Miss Elese Haskell, of Atlanta, and Miss Sophie Haskell are the guests of Miss Lucia Parker. Mess. L. W. White, M. T. Coleman. J. G. Edwards, A. B. Ed wards and R. M. Haddon are back from the Northern markets, and the new goods have begun to roll in. Miss Elese Wbitner, of Anderson, has been on visit to her triend, Miss Lucia McGowan. for the past few days, Mr. Tbos. Parker, who has been attending the Harvard University during the past winI ter, returned last week to spend two weeks | with bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker. Miss Lizzie Parker and Miss Frost, of Charleston, are the guests o( their cousin, Miss Lucia Parker. . Mr. J. Allen Smith, jr., left last Monday for [ the Washington and Lee University, vo. A very delightful euchre party was given by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker on Tuesday night. Several of our young folks are Indebted to Mr. aud Mrs. F. E. Harrison for a most delightful evening last Friday. "Whist" was the order of the evening, with delicious re I*CftUUiCU wi. Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken spent last Monday In the city. Miss Lula Hughes Is at home again after a two weeks stay in Sumter wltb her sister, Mrs. Henry M. Huntley. We give below the names of the teachers in the Graded School for the ensuing term, with the grades they will teach: Principal?Prof. B. P. Bailey. 1st Grade Miss Parks. 2nd and 3rd Grades Miss Templeton. 4ih Grades Miss Sullivan. 5th Grade Miss Edwards. tftb and 7ih Grades Miss Hubbard. 8tb and 9tb Grades Miss Wicker. 10th and 11 tb Grades Prof. B. F. Bailey. ALL SORTS. Troy's Ten C'np? and Tlinely Table Talk. Troy, S. C.. Sept. 6.1894. Protracted services in the Methodist and Baptist churches closed yesterday. Rev. H. C. Burton was assisted by Dr. Forester, of Greenwood, and Rev. J. G. Price by Rev. J. F. Anderson, of Fountain Inn, Greenville county, S. C. Rev. H. C. Burton's dwelling house was accidentally burned last Friday night at McCormick. He will move here Id a few days and occupy Mr. G. M. Slberts house. Dr. J._B. Mosley is in town. Miss Daisy Jay, or ureenwooa, is visuing her sister, Mrs, O. G. Prentiss. Mr. Jim Bradley, ot Abbeville, is tl?e guest of Mr. Renwlck Bradley. Mr. J. F. Wldeman 1b at High Point, Fla., In tbe Interests of bis phosphate works. Mrs. Sam Eaken and little Edgar, of Abbeville, spent last week tn town. Mr. Charlie Kennedy leaves this week for Richmond, Va., to enter the medical college there. Mrx. W. P. Kennedy and Miss Almaand Mr. Doc Kennedy and wife, spent several days at Eden Hall last week with Mr. J. C. Keundy's family. Where Is the school for next year? or we should say tbe teachers? Mrs. James Wilson, of Ninety-Six, Is vlsltlnK Mrs. J. C. Tittle. An Infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Davis was burled here in the cemetery yesterday. Mr. Sumter Chatham and Mr. Hughes, of Ninety-Six, and Mr. Walter Harling, of EdgeHeld, were In town last week. Dr. W. B. Mlllwee, of Greenwood, spent last Friday in town. The. A. R. P. church is to be repainted before tbe meeting of Synod. There was quite an enjoyable sociable at Mr. J. W. Mullinux one night last week. Rev. T. W. Sloan will lecture In Georgia on the 19th Inst., on the ' Old World." There has been seven bales of cotton sold up to date. Miss Mamie Dowtln spent last week In our town. Dr. C. H. Wldeman, of Calhoun Falls, is spending tbe summer with his father, Mr. J. H. Wideman. The surveyors are In town. Nick. EAST END. HI a Till k on People huU Thlntctt iu nml About the Old Fort{ Ninety Six, S. C., Sept. 10, lSJM, I hardly know bow to beglu this morning. News is scarce. To-tnorrow will be election day and the fate of our candidates will soon be determined. Nothing that I could say for any of tbem would do any good, but 1 am satisfied that whoever is elected will fulfill the duties of their offices well. Q,uite a select crowd of our friends recently visited Harris Lithla Springs. They were Miss Louise Tompkins, Miss Bettle Martin, Miss Bessie Rook aud Mrs. Eason, of Charleston. Escorts?The Hon. J. T. Duncan, of Newberry, the Hon. J. G. Adams, of Edgefield, and the Hon. T. S. Blake, of Abbeville. Chaperoned by Mrs. D.H.Tompkins, of Edgefield. Mrs. J.C. Bates of Florida who has been _.i ? ? ...1,1. H?., U 1/ spenuiu*: nuiucumc Y?n,u uoi mowi una, A>, i . McCaslan lei t for her home last Friday. Mr. K. 11. Call'oua wan taken violently sick with congestion lust Friday night. Miss Ilosa Plowderi, one of Greenwood's prettiest girls. Is visiting her cousin Miss Annie Blake. Miss Lucia Calhoun, one of the belief? of Johnston's, Is staying a few days with Miss Lilly Calhoun. The farmers en mass determined to pay only 80 cents per hundred pounds for picking cotton. Who will be the first man to fake the contract. Lank Oakfield, a respectable colored man of this community, died last Saturday. For the benefit of those concerned, I will state that the public schools will not begin until the first Monday lu November, and no inoDey can be paid out for teaching until after that time. If trustees pay out money for leaching in September and October they violate the law. Our farmers are bucy now with the pea vine I crop. Ata meeting of the old war veterans last Saturday evening It was decided to call our camp, the J. Foster Marshall camp. We tiave DOW nuy memoersauu an ycicmnn mo eumeBtly requested to put their names on roll. Mr. William Calhoun ot Greenwood was down last week. The party al MIrb Lll Calhoun's was a decided succesB. Everybody who attended enjoyed It. The Hon. R. E. Hill was down last week looking after delinquents. Several bales ol new cotton have been received. Miss Marlon Klnard has taken the school in Cow Grove. Miss Klnard is emmlnently qualified, and the patrons have done well to secure her services. Mr. and Mrs. Will Reld, of Dyson, burled their infant daughter at our cemetery on last Thursday. She was a beautiful child and our dear friends have our warmest sympathy. Dr. T. W. Childe8 of Greenville attende. the l meeting of the veterans last Saturday. Capt. J. N. King is at home for a few days. He has been absent for sometime building bridges. East Eud. Patronize home Industry. Patronize home merchauUi. Spend your money at home. THE SECOND PRIMARY. Election of Probate Jndice, Supervisor, and Ncbool Coraml**loner. ! m [[School Prob'te |'County I CornJudge. IS'p'rv'r; mis; 11 j sloner. CLUBS. ! j jl ? ! o ! S ! *2 _ ^ I ? e I <2 ? = J ' E o S ? is ^ h ! s B ? < a ; ? a, I H ? W 5 j! H ? Id ,* si ? ij ? a Abbeville No. 1 SO, 136 16) 1 | Abbeville No. 2 110 , 64 80, 92 ...... Lebanon 63 8 10i 62 i 66| 6 , i Donalds 83 69 , 42: 110 110 ; 40 t Nlnety-Sls 16i 96; , Hodges 1 79 34 ! Greenwood ! 114 221: 1291 181 i Verdery ~~j 10 28 | ; , Tr^'.6^...491 60! "20! "*65 "?|"'? McCormicK j 67, Mi, 30| 98| 98: 38 , miewest ?? -?u| vi ^ I Mt. Carmel I ?5! 87 31. 62 84, 9 Lowndesville | 96 74' 54 114 j 120j 4S ' Means Cnapel 33 j Hampton 44 22 ' 53 18 45i 28 Mountain View 49 8. 11 44 | 55 stony Point 2 43 Cedar springs 3?; 0; 6 36 33i 10 Long Cane 70; 13 18 04;! 7?j 2 , Total Ill09!1065,': 513j 908| 714; 224 1 We give the above figures, being all that we knew of tbe election last night. 1 The boxes to hear from, It Is conceded, will give a majority for HU1 for Probate Judge. The second primary for Probate Judge, County Supervisor, and School Commissioner came off yesterday. Tbe vote as far as received at this office Indicate, that tbe interest was general throughout the county, and It is thought when all the ! boxes are heard from that there will be very little, if any, falling off from the vote at the first election. Tbe interest at Abbeville, as at other places j centered on the Probate Judge's election, and < considerable feeling was gotten up at this place during the progress of the voting, and frequently votes were changed from one side to the other. The friends of the candidates j worked energetically and vigorously for their , favorite. Judge Lyon was tbe only Antl who ran in tbe election this year, and he sought re-elec- i lion to the office which he has held continuously since 1870. While he was an Antl in principle, yet he was always conservative, and never meddled with politics In any way? not even committing himself on the new county question. His conservative course, his courtesy to every body in his official and private intercourse, together with his un- i questioned ability rendered blm very popular with the people. Mr. R. E. Hill, the succssful candidate for < Probate Judge, is one oi tbe best qualified | men in the county. He is the son of tbe late William Hill, who held the office for some sixteen or seventeen years before and during the war. During Republican rule he was j displaced by tbe Republicans. In 1876, when the Democratic party organized, William Hill and J. F. Lvon werecandi- 1 dates for election to tbe office of Probate Judge, Lyon being the successful candidate, and who has held tbe office ever since. By a strange turn of fortune's wheel. Mr. R. E. Hill, son of William Hill who was defeated in 1876 by Judge Lyon for the office of Probate Judge, now in 1894 defeats Judge , L.yon ror tne name omce. Captain JotiH Lyon, It is thought, will be < elected County Supervisor, and thai Mr. W. T. Mil ford will be elected Scbool Commission- < er. One incident which excited feeling and In- i terest was the appearance on oar streets of < backs with banners, full of voters from tbe ; railroad shops. This acted like a red flag, and the Incident occasioned renewed efforts < to counteract the solid voter, thus brought to < tbe polls. Good order prevailed throughout tbe day. ' The interest was so sharp that some of our I oldest citizens and original Democrats had tbeir right to vote challenged, and their ballots were received under protest. Because of an unfortunate occurrence, the original club roll of club No. 1 was lost. The j secretaries In making out the list from memory forgot to enroll some of the members, 1 and tbe fact that tbe roll was lost was not I known to the members. Among the uames which was omitted were Judise S. McGowan, W. C. McGowan, P. 8. Rutledge. J. S. FIsb- i er. The votes of Judge McGowan and W. C. McGowan, for this reasou were received under protest. These gentlemen were original Democrats, who have always been connected with the club. Atone time Mr. McGowan was president of the club, an acted as tecretary at tbe recent reorganization. Effective. An old woman in Dr Todd's famous New England church kept a small grocery store, and it was currently reported she was dishonest in her dealings with the few townspeople who bought of her. On Sunday Dr Todd preauueu a puwt imi sci muu num iuc text, "False weights are an abomination unto the Lord." The old woman was much roused by this sermon. She was trying to tell an old acquaintance about it. "A very powerful discourse, Maggie. Ah, but he came down upon the sinners ! It would ha' done your heart good to hear him." "What was the sermon about? What wa9 the text ?" "Ah, I cannot remember the text. But it was about weights and measures and groceries and balances." "But what was the subject ? What was tne theme of the discourse?" "Oh, the theme. I don't know. But this I do know, Maggie. I went right home and burned my half bushel !," No Discrimination in the Bullet, The firing upou the mobs in the West at the time of the strike shows how innocent lives are sacrificed by this barbarous method of bringing about order. When on the 8th ult. the Second .Regiment fired and twelve persons were killed, but two of them were of the strikers; the others were lookers on, one was guarding property, one a boy, the others apparently passing by. A ? n iwvHtur fit*inor turn u'nmpn Wfiro Xll UUV/lUVt lllltlg V TV V T? ? %..w shot, oue who was on the roof of house. Again at Danville, III., two innocent women were killed and two men fatally wounded. In 1877 when there was a similar riot and over twenty-five persons were killed, there were no worklngmen among the slain.?The Peacemaker. \ > m m A few days before the adjournment, Sentor Peft'er and a representative from Kansas introduced a joint resolution into the Senate and House, authorizing the Secretary of War to I lend two cannon to a Kansas County ' for five years. Some time ago there j was a plan proposed for securing at I least partial irregation of the arid regions of Kansas, but for some reason it ' was not realized. In default of this it is the plan now of the members to j make the effort to get as many guns as I possible located over the state for the I rv.irnnua r\f in/ln/tincr ro i n fo 11 TllAU in j j;uip/oo w* ju?.uv.ufe m, ..wj ... . i sist that the concussion theory for iui ducing rainfall is the best, that it is! ! more simple and less expensive than | the plan of constructing irrigation, I ditiches, that it is more easily done ! and results are secured more quickly, j At a meeting of the American For-J ! estry Association the fact was made, ; public that the demand for paper is do-' ; ing more than auy other one thing to; destroy the American forests. Wood i j pulp has come to be the great enemy ; of our woodlands, the manufacturers utilizing 50 per cent, of all the sprucei logs cut in the United States, ana the j demand for this article of commerce consumes 500 acres per day. China's standing army numbers300,-J 0W men to Japan's 73,000. Japan has; theadvantage, however, of having the better navy, and both American and English officers are in her army. I Over 1,000,000 French women were' made widows and 3,000,000 French | children were made fatherless by Napoleon's campaigns. Perfect Tlironjfli Su florin;;. Frauk Carr was a young clergyman. He was well educated, sincere, and anxious to do his duty. He called regularly upon the members of his! congregation; he studied hard, and! gave much thought and time to the composition of his sermons. At the end of two years, however, he felt that neither bis sermons nor his visits had brought him closer to his people. His own life had been prosperous and happy, and when death or trouble came to a house, and he tried to give consolation, he felt awkward and out of place. His flock admired his sermons, and boasted of them as fine literary efforts, but he did not know that any word which he had spoken had really touched or elevated a human soul. He was young; his life was fulland complete ; he had a wife aud child whom he loved, a happy home and hosts of friends. Suddenly, as lightning out of a clear 9ky, a blow fell upon him. His child, a boy two years old sickened and died in a few hours. The young minister was stunned. His grief seemed to him so great that none had ever before been like it in the world. Underneatn mis gnei was| a sullen amazement, a feeling almost of rage against God. As time passed he grew stronger, and was able once more to preach to his flock. But it seemed as if he spoke with a new voice and a new language. He had been down in the depth*, and there stood face to face with God. In the darkness of his great grief he had groped for the hand of his Heavenly Father, and had found it. His words moved the people with a great power. No man heard him speak that day who did not feel that he bad helped nis soul. A year later Mr. C'arr left the village, and did ^ot return to it until he was a gray-haired old man. When he came back and stood again over the grave of his flrst-born son, for whom he had never ceased to mourn, he knew what had softened his nature and brought him close to bis fellows. "I know now why this grief came to me," he said, as he turned away. However young we may be, into every life comes some time the question : "Why has God sent me this pain?" s Earlier or later we read the answer in our own lives or the lives of those whom we have influenced, for ill or for good. Finding Rent. (Prof. Drunimood.) If anyone is restless, there is a cause for it. There is no use of reading books arof longing for rest in order to get it. We shall not read loug in the New Testament till we find how to get rest. Christ says : "Learn of nie . . and ye shall find rest." If we learn of him we shall find rest at once ; if we ac2ept him as our teacher and take lessons of him how to live, we will obtain rest. It is the same thing that he meant when he said : "Take my yoke upon you"?not a burden, remember. What it a collar to a horse? Is the yoke of the horse the burden? No, the collar is what helns him to bear the burden easily. Christ saw men borne down with burdens. He said: "Try life as I live." "My yoke is easy, and thereford my burden is light." Instead of Christianity adding to the burden, it is tbe secret of the amelioration of life It enables one to take the buoden of life without finding their weight. He actually goes ou to specify' what we are mainly to learn of him. "For I am meek aud lowly in in heart." Do you see the connection between being meek and having rest 1 Most are not meek and lowly in heart. Many worry, thiuking they are not in tbeir right nlopo that t.hpv'vA h^en looked down on, and at night they are bitter and lose their rest from wounded pride and from imagining people are slighting them. These things would be impossible to us if we learnt of Christ, and were meek and lowly in heart. There is no other way than by doing what Christ says. It is impossible otherwise to have that great Christian experience of rest that is so much coveted. The Atmosphere of Home.?House hold hygiene is by no means limited to sanitary dwellings and suitable diet and dres9. It extends to what may be called the atmosphere of the home and includes tne influence of thoughts and emotions upon the body. It is a physiological fact that a spirit of gloom or constant fault-finding in the family, beside depressing the. spirits, actually reacts upon the vital forces. Morbid tendencies are strengthened and incipient diseases are helped to develop in the homes which lack the healthful stimulusof cheer and kindness. Vio leni emuiiuuK uenuigc iiigc.iuuu, child who is allowed to indulge in fits of anger, receives harm in the physical as well as the moral nature. It is the exception to Hud a misanthorpe, a cynic or a chronic grumbler in the possession of good healh. For hygenic reasons alone, were there no higher motive to influence parents, it pays to flood the home witii the sunshine of love and the joy of religion.?Detroit Free Press. Boy Character.? It is the greatest delusion in the world for a boy to get the idea that his life is of no consequence, and the character of it will not be noticed. A manly, truthful boy will shine like a star in any community, A boy may possess as much of noble character as a man. He may so speak and so live the truth that there shall be no discount on his word. And there are such noble boys; and wider aud deeper than thev are apt to think is their influence. They are the king boys among their fellows, having au immense influence for good, and loved and respected because of the simple fact of living tne trutn. Dear boys, do be truthful. Keep your word as absolutely sacred. Keep your appointments at the house of God. lie known for your fidelity to the interests of the Church and Sabbath-school. Be true to every friendship. Help others to be and do good. ? * Two ol Katie's uncles were married lately. One of them married a very dark young lady, and the other a red haired one. They live in the same house, and Katie went visiting them one day. When she came home she rushed to grandma's room. "O gran'ma, I've got a red aunt and a black one," she said. Then, seeing a queer little smile on grandma's face, she added, quickl}, "I don't mean the bug kind gran'ma !" ? When some inon get religion the very next bone they give to their dogs will have more meat on it. The man who boasts that he works with his head instead of his hands, is respectfully reminded that the woodpecker does the same, aud is the biggest kind of a bore at that. f i * o i E3! I n* % bss y IalQ sSEd j a ih*u M m ffi m ft " |? H ^ W u gsO^j Y; fete _ e< H <g ~ n? u HOlj11 f sp d D W A ? 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