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The Press and Banner | - - j ABBEVILLE, 8.C. " pyPubllRhed every Wednesday at S2 a year la advance. Sixteen I?a?>:es. Wednesday, Oct 31,1894. Interesting Paper. Tbis Issue of the Press and Banner, besides the New York side, contains some most Interesting papers. For Instance: The "HeadIghtB' Interview with Judge Cothran" will be read by all our subscribers, and the hard knocks which the Headlight gives the convention ougbt to bave weight with all true Reformers. Senator Hill's utterances are timely and present his opinion of tbe political pot in New York. The estimate ol the "Cotton Crop" furnishes figures that may be worth reading. The "Confession of Searcey" throws light on the Quantlco express robbery. Tbe story of Harrison Smith's trouble In Augusta, and his suicide varies tbe monotonous ezperelence of tbe average family man. He couldn't stand tbe unlucky number?thirteen ?and killed himself. Tbe account of a "Terrible Ralroad Collision" adds new proof of the necessity for competency, efficiency and constant care in i 1 * ? <"" ohntPB thn rtnncers to I rUUUlUK uttiuo, nuu to wblcb we are subjected. The article on tbe Tariff furnishes a deal of Information. Let farmers Jread tb6 letter of John T. Roddy, wblcb be address to them. Read "Yes or No" by the Piedmont Headlight, one of tbe leading Reform papers In Sooth Carolina. The "Big Liquor Haul" makes one sorry for the misguided owner who may have been relying on newBapers to save him harmless in bis unlawful act. The article on the "Copes Murder" leaves us still In doubt as to who did tbe shooting. Whatever Gen Hugh Farley says or writes laalwas pointed and Interesting. He talks on tbe situation. And many other minor matters will attract attention. But as we said before, tbe advertising matter is of greatest Interest to our people. Whatever saves them money is for their individual and personal benefit. Our merchants are ottering great bargains. SCHOOL MEETING. The Contingent Fee* to be Abolinlied After this Year. The annual meeting of the citizens was held In the Court House last night. W. C. Mo Gowan, Esq., was called and Hugh Wilson was asked to act as Secretary. Mr. Templeton on request of the chair stated the object of the meeting, and as chairman of the Board of Trustees, made report of the work of the Board for the last scholastic year. The finances were in satisfactory condition; the school Is getting on nicely, and the patrons of the school were well pleased with the teachers. The report was reoelved as Information. Mr. Wilson moved that the contingent fee of 11.50 be abolished. Mr. Cox seconded the motion. Mr. Gary objected to the passage of the resolution, as the amount of the contingent fees ? "* flownlno nnt. rkt tho were necestuirj' w iuC plans of the Board, and could not well be abolished now. Mr. Klugh was In entire sympathy with the spirit of the resolution, but felt the necessity of continuing the same for this year at least. This very queetlon bad given the board great anxiety as to a proper solution. He hoped the time would come when the contingent fee would not be required. Mr. Hammond thought it was necessary to keep the school comfortable Mr. McGowan moved as an amendment that the fees be discontinued after this year. The amendment was carried without a dissenting voice. The old Board of Trustees were re-elected, and a vote of thanks was offered for their past faithful and satisfactory service. The meeting adjourned. Acquitted. MoLendon, who was charged with murder In killing Norment in the Darlington riot, was acquitted last Saturday night. The Cheapest Price Yet Made. McDIll <k Tolly offer a Suit oi Furniture oonslstlng ol seven (7) pieces, for $9.99. Now Is tbe time ! BIRTH. Born, at Hunters, October 23, 1894, to Mrs. C. ?. Wilson, a daughter. "Eureka" Extension Brass Bods, In length i from 24 to 42 Inches, for sale by McDill & Tolly. 9,000 feet Moulding, all styles and prices. Ploture Frames made any size desired. McDill & Tolky. Wardrobe Dressers, tbe latest, neatest and most useful article in furniture.^ ml'uill oc 1ulli,0u1c We wish to call attention to the handsome stock oJ Furniture kepi by McDlll & Tolly. Their store ib crowded with both goods and customers, the latter securing good bargains. If you attend the cirous to-day, be sure to give them a 'ill. ""modhi & Tolly pay all Freight, and In the last week made several shipments to diflerent parts of the State. Something new and nice fancy candles for Christmas and parlor decoration, all sizes and color at Harrison & Games Drug Store. The ladies of the Baptist church will give an lntertainment, Friday evening, Nov. 12, turkey, oysters and salads, &c? will be served. Thepnblic, at large are Invited. Choosing Duties. No one can choose his duties. He may accept or reject those presented ; there is no third course. He may shut his eyes and try to persuade himself that some things more pleasant, and not these painful, difficult things are what is required of him. But it will be of no use. They will remain duties just the same. If they come to him in the order of God's will, his only hope of peace and true prosperity lies in manfully performing them. He will not, by fleeing, escape the pain or the trouble from which he shrinks. That is inevitable to every one who lives. But he may very easily escape the consolation, the high support, the glorious thrill of joy which comes only to him who stands manfully in the place allotted to him, and holds till -death the poBt to which he was assigned.? Zion's Herald. It will be found that some of the bestknown people in Heaven filled very obscure places while on earth. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike. Those engaged in "building for eternity" lay the foundation in time. Make life a ministry of love and it will always be worth living. Most people are better than their neighbors give them credit for. Distribution and not possession is the key to true happiness and comfort. Pride is self-centred ; humility looks away from self. That is why an atheist is always proud ; there is no one to look to but himself. He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires and fears, is more than a king, I THE CONVENTION. Nhould It Be Called?Nome Fact** for Ymt to Tbliik About. The State. We propose to give some statistics?which we hope our country contemporaries will reproduce this week for the more general lnfor illation of voters?to prove uow uhhcicss 10 tbe claim of the Ring that by adopting a new constitution establishing an educational qualification for voters, the negro vote can be eliminated In South Carolina. We have no doubt that the prosnect of such an achievement is alluring to a great many white people, and that tbe hope of it causes thousands of illiterate white men, whose suffrage is equally menaced by an educational test, to o^rlook their own danger In the desire to "put the negro out of politics." It wiii be well for thom to understand that they are asked to sacrifice their own rights in order to accomplish something which cannot be accomplished. We would prove our case in fewer words and figures if the respective illiteracy of the white and colored people of tbe State In 1890 could be proved by the census of that year, but so laraswe can ascertain, these statistics have not yet been published, aud we shall have to reach the same result by lest; direct, but equally conclusive figures. In 1680, according to tbe centus figures of that year, the number of negro males in this State, trom the ages of K to 16?constituting the "scholistlc population"?was 90,897. In 18S2 the number of negro males attending the public schools of tbe State was 40,082. This number increased year by year, until last year, 1893, there were, according to the report of the Superlhtendent of Education, 58.275 attending the public schools. It is evident, then, that for eleven years past from -10.000 to 58.000 prospective negro ? * rt .. KI 1 / voters Have oeea buucausu m tuc ^uuiiv schools alone, and every ooe knows Ibat instliutions supported by Northern money, have educated thousands more each year during that period. That those who have been thus receiving Instructions have at least learned to read and write will not be questioned. Heading aud writing were the first thing taught tbein ; the very groundwork of their education. How many of them, grown to voting age, can read and write to-day? Say that tl took as much as Ave years of this period from 1882 to 1893, to teach one set, and five years to teach another, and you have, averaging the attendance at 50,000a year, about 100,000 already or soon to be of voting age, who have been thus qualified to vote under educational tests. That this estimate Is not extreme Is shown by the census of 1S80, which gave the figures to show that 84,679 colored persons or ten years of age and over could write. If they could write, they could read. In 1880, of a total colored population of 61*4,882, only 810,071 were illiterate?about half. with better schools and teachers, more schools and a far larger attendance in the fourteen years since then, who will say that this proportion of illiteracy has not been reduced ? But cut i,he estimate in half, and there are still 50,000 of the 132,000 negro men shown by the census of 1890 who can read and write. The number of negroes now registered and qualified to vole does not average 1,000 to the county, or 40,000 at the utmost. Instead, therefore, of "elimlnatiug the negro vote," an eduucatlonal qualification, honestly enfored, would at the least increase it by 10,000. What then? Every one kuows that the Drlme Justification for the exclusion of the negro lrom political influence has been bis Ignorance and consequent unfitness to use the ?'Hut. int iiftoOO. or anv other uaUUb TT 1OVIJ *??. ?? w number of tbem, pass the educational testa which thousands or wblte men cannot pass, and it establishes their educational equality ?Indeed it gives tbem distinction, in one sense, above illiterate wblte men.~On whai ground can the negro voter then be made an outcast? He has stood the ordeal, be has established bis worthiness to vote. Those who appeal to blm for support cannot be charged with appealing to ignorance and degradation, Tor the State will have set the seal of its approval upon blm as a voter. Inouropiniou the Inevitable result of this will be to put those negroes who are qualified to vote in political demand and to remove the strongest objections which now exist to their participation in elections. There are 132,000 negroes of voting age in South Carolina, according to the census oi 1890. An eduoational qualflciation would, at the very mo6t, disfranchise 62,000 of them, leaving 50.000 Qualified to vote. There are 102,000 whites of voting age. An educational qualification won Id disfranchise 20,000 ol inem, leaving 82,000. So we would have 82,000 whites and 80,000 negroes competent to vote. Seveenteen thousand white men, uniting with the negroes, could carry the State. Where then is the "security irom negro influence" promised by tbe Ring as the chiel fruit of a constitutional convention's labors ? We know tbat Illiterate wtiiie voters are told that tney will be protected In their suffrage by some scheme wblcb will descrlmin Hie oeiweeu ueiu uuu iuc uvgiwo ?..w Illiterate. That can only be doDe by fraud ; by giving registration and electlou officers power to refuse applicants at tbelr own pleasure. But such a device would be dangerous in tbe extreme. Once put the sufl'erage of the voter at tbe mercy of Irresponsible officials and nobody's rights would be safe. A party might attain power whlcb would enforce the educational teststrltly and disbar white men as well as black. Tbe disfranchised white men would have no resource. These are things to think over very carefully. Let them be considered. OlrlM who Would be Boyg. The few girls who wish they were boys are about fourteen years old. From babyhood they have enjoyed the freedom of boys in their play, and still love their freedom. They have climbed high trees, clambered over great'stone walls, vaulted fences, playor* iTorimia binrlu nf hall, skilled, roll I CU * U1 ?WUU M?UV,W W. w?...y ed over with the dog on the grass, I played games in the summer evenings, and tumbled into bed as tired acid thoughtless as a boy. But they have reached the mature age of fourteen years, and now begins what they call their slavery. Theii mothers insist on lengthening theii dresses a little, and have new ideat about arranging tbeir hair, both o! wbich are hindrances to freedom of movement. They discover that there is a precious thing that goes by the name of complexion, of which the> had scarcely heard before, and the> find it a perfect despot. Elder sisters object to the vaulting of fences and the climbing of tall trees, as no longei proper, and maiden aunts are shocked at the running of races on the side walk. Gradually the truth forces itself upoc the minds of these girls that they cannot have the liberty that boys con tinue to enjoy all their lives. Thp^ still believe that they ought to enjoj it, and will enjoy it in the future, but at present they are obliged to conform to the usages of their country, and they do not like it. What would they have thought il they had lived half a century ago when almost every innocent exercis< of girls was looked upon with disap proval, and girls were iu realitj "slaves" to an erroneous idea of deco rum ! Many of them, as a contempo rary remarked the other day, wert "carefully bred as if for residence in i consumptives' home." A girl who in summer swims, plays tennis, rides, rows, sails, and in wintei does a fair share of household labor and takes her daily outdoor walk foi exercise, need not suffer for want o freedom. Nevertheless, there wil always be girls who wish they wen boys, and they will generally be aboul fourteen years old. The difference between reading th< j Bible devotionally and leading i icrtically is the difference betweei . corn and husks. "He that humbleth himself shall b< | exalted" is not the same as saying tha ! a man must get low down if he expect: ; to get high up in the world. One reason why so few sinners ar< : saved is because so many churche I ?! ? tho imritatinn In with thI glYC tUO IM f AVMK1V4J. ?,V Wkftlv ft I ill-concealed hope that only respect able ones will accept. The reason some men of strengtl j never accomplish anything in life ii I because they spread themselves ove ! too large an area. Distribute a hun dred pounds of steam over an acre 1 and it will not have force enough t< j stir a feather. The dark thiugs of life bring ui more light than the bright things A ton of common coal cheers mori hearts than the rarest diamond. t ----- WEST END. Happening** mid Incidents of n Week Around the lly. The Southern Hallway Company has at last repaired the break in the embankment Dear the depot, and the work was done none too soon. In this, as In all other matters, a "stitch In time saves nlue,"and this work saved a wreck and the probable loss of lite. Mrs. S. M. Rlgsbee, who has been absent several months, returned last week. Mr. G. A. Vesanska is having extensive renal made on his residence recently pur chased of Mr. Aug. W. Smith. Last week s Press and Banner was filled with good reading and an unusual amount of advertisements Our merchants know the value of printers'ink, and as thorough hustling business men, act accordingly, and reap the benefits thereof. Last Saturday was a busy day?a large crowd In town and.a number of bales of cotton on tbe market. Business Is picking up, and is much belter than lafit week. Mrs. Dr. Jacobson, aunt of Mrs. A. Cohen, and daughter, Miss Clara, spent Saturday night with her niece. These ladles were from New York city, aud are at present visiting relatives in Athens, Ga, Mrs. Charles Stern, of Athens, Ga., is visiting her daughter. Mrs. A. Cohen. Miss Nellie Roberts, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Joe Dickerson, on Main street, lor the past two months, left this week for her home in Portsmouth, Va. Mess. James Bradley,"Dock" Taggart, J. E. McDanleland Miss Mary Hemphill. Miss LUlie Vincent and Miss Rebecca Seal spent last Sunday in Troy. Judge \V. C. Benet spent Sunday with his family. Mrs. \V. A. Lee went to Greenville last Thursday to see Mrs. T. C. Gower, returned Sunday. Mr. Lawrence Parker, Mr. John Sadler and Mr. Will Giles, of Anderson, drove through the country to Abbeville lata Saturday nlgut and spent Sunday with friends, returning Sunday night. Mr and Mrs. R. C. Bernau went to Troy ' 4 ?1" ? * tKo Uonnrt f\f fhn I lift L VY CUUCOUO/ IV ?,VCL1\A 1.UU ..UU vUU A. R. P. church. Miss Halite Calhoun, of Montery, U visltiug Ml as Ellen Parker. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. B. Glover, of Portemouth, Vu., spent a few hours Id town last Sunday with their friends Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McGowao. Conductor J. B. L. Cobb Is the unfortunate sufferer from an accident In which a knee was badly bruised, and Is compelled to take a "lay oft" for an Indefinite time. Cotton ranged In price yesterday from 4% to 0!^ cents. Market quiet. Receipts for the past week have been larger than for the same period during this season. Mrs. B. F. Bailey and sons, Masters Wallace and Sam, are In Columbia visiting relatives. Jiifit for h Good Time. Lucile Gregg was a pretty girl, merry, and fond of a good time. Whenever there was auy fun or mischief afoot, Lucile was a leader. She liked to do things a little daring, just a bit "shocking," and enjoyed seeing some of her friends open their eyes, and hear them exclaim, "O, Lucile, how cau vou !" "I'm not a Miss Prim," ehe would reply. "I'm uot too strait-laced to have a good time." Lucile bad many admirers witb rthom sbe bad what what she termed "summery flirtations." "There's ni harm in it," sbe said. "It's just for s good time." Last summer Lucile weut to a fashionable resort in the White Mountains. While there sbe made the acquaintance of George Martin, a young man of good family iu New York. He showed Lucile attention, aud sometimes she thought, with a little fluttering of her heart, that this might be more than a ''summery flirtation."Oue day George was joined by his mother and two sisters, and Lucile looked forward with miugled pleasure aud anxiety to meeting them; but a whole day passed and George did nol offer to introduce her to bis relatives Lucile was somewhat annoyed at thh omission, but did not suppose it wa* intentional until, just, at dusk, she wat sitting alone iu a sheltered corner oi .1? i...I??? ?. .iiKon ulm Imo rrl uninoj in lutr uaiuuujr, nucn Dili, uvuiu >u.vv. ... one of the rooms. In answer to some question, she heard George Martin say, "Oh, that'f Lucile Gregg." '"Why, then she must be Belk Merill'a cousin," responded a lady't voice. "You must introduce us. Yoi know Miss Gregg, of course?" "Yes, I know her," George answer ed, but I don't believe you'll care t< make her acquaintance. Lucile ought to have left withoul hearing more ; but the temptation t< learn more was too great, so, wit! burning cheeks she lingered ant listened. "Why, she belongs to one of thes< , old Boston families," the lady ex claimed, and why shouldn't we cart to make her acquaintance?" "Well, bhe does well enough to talk 1 with, and treat to ice-cream and con fectionary, but she?well, she isn't ih< girl a man would like for a wife. 01 k would like his sisters to choose for i ' companion. She's a little too loud?" Lucile waited to hear no more. Ho . with angry shame and humiliation she tied to her room. And she ha( r thought that George Martin esteemet her. She knew his real opiniou o , her now. ; Wave after wave of wounde< ' pride and mortification went over hp , as she recalled certain acts of her own twice she had smoked cigarettes it I George Martin's pre*euce, and he ha< . professed to admire her "splendid in I dependence," and all the while hi was thinking her loud ! Lucile did uot spare herself in thi [ humiliating retrospect. "Ineverwil do so again!" she cried, at length "No one shall ever have a chance t< r call me loud after this !" Whether she keeps this resolution o - - - t n ? III ?k:?lr QOl, JjUClie Will 1JCVC1 in111 iv u " certain even is of that summer with I out a thrill of shame. Without a thought of wrong, sav< r in merry pursuit of a good time many a young girl has been led t< ' some foolish act which has left a staii ; on her reputation, and caused he | hours of humiliation afterward. : God's Guidance. 1 There is nothing more plainly re vealed than that our Heavenly Fathei i orders "the steps of agotd man." I r this fact were communicated to us it < the original way?that is, by mirac ? ulous voices, as in olden time?the in J formation could not come with mon ' directness and power than we nov p have it from day to day. Surely even t one who lives wholly to please Goc has a right to claim His protection His direction and His help, noteven 1 hour only, but every moment ot Hi life. He may not?indeed, can no j be?always thinking of this great fa vor. Life has its imperative and ab sorbing duties. His energies are oftei 2 taxed to their utmost in the struggle t It is more than a mere sentiment t< a live. It is a serious reality, in whicl the hand, the head and the heart an e all enlisted. The only way, therefore g for the Christian is to "commit" him a self habitually, sincerely, unhesitatin . gly and with godly trust into tin hands of Him who has warranted u in believing that all things have work J ed, do now work, and will work in th< 3 coming days, for our good.?Thi r Christian. I 1 A little boy was coming home witl his mother from church; when h heard her saying that the sermon wa not worth much. The little boy iin ' mediately turned around and said "Oh, mother, what could you exper for a halfpenny'."1 Dime Novel* for Family Reading:. A club of boys once gathered a number of dime novels of the most sensational type and were reading them on the sly. One mother who had discovered a volume of this sort of literature in her sou's pocket, committed the. book to the flames and threatened to whip him if auy more were found. Another boy, according to this story from The Ladies' Home Companion was treated in quite a different manner: When Harry heard his mother's voice, lie spruug up and inteuded to hide the book, as he had been thoroughly cautioned to do by others. "IVhv. Harrv. svhat is it?" "Ob, only a book a boy lent me." "Is it a good one?" "Yes, its awfully interesting." "Well I'm glad of that, for if there's anything I enjoy it is a good book. Put it by till after supper, and this evening we'll rfead it together." Harry complied, but feeling all the time as if there was some wrong about it somewhere. After supper Mrs. Nelson got her sewing and said, "Now Harry, you read and I'll sew." So Harry began. He read a little while, but somehow the book didn't eem the same to him'; things came up in the story that he did not just like to be reading to his mother. "Do you like it ?" he asked." "Well, I can tell you as you go on ; if you are interested In it I will be." fcjo Harry read on. It wasn't quite as interesting as it had been for some reason. Finally bis interest flagged ; he told his mother all about it and where they were reading them. "And you can get them all ?" Mrs. Nelson asked. "What a treat there is in store for us ! We'll finish this one and then you can get another, and they'll last us most of the winter." UoxriT uiinnaH Mo urna tirpri of it alreadiy. He had expected bis mother to act a little as Rob's mother had. Mrs. Nelson went on sewing, and Harry read until about 9 o'clock. Finally Harry laid down the book and with some anxiety said, "What do you think of it, mother?" Oh, it's very thrilling ; don't you think so ?" "Well, yes; but do you s'pose these boys really .did these things ?" "Why,you must think just how you would do under such circumstance! ?" "I should be scared to death," admitted Harry. . "Mercy ! Would you ? Why, I waf just congratulating myself that if e bold, horrid man was to step' in on us 1 now, and say, 'Madam, your rnonej or your life!' you would bravel> i spring to my rescue and say, 'Hold I there villan ! Unhand that woman, > or vonr life's blood shall nay for th< i outrage!' and that you Would imme diateiy draw out that immense knifc - you got some time ago and made n< sharp, and stab him. ' Harry's eyes were luminous by this > time. He couldn't understand hi: ' mother at all. i "But goon, Harry. I must hear th< i rest of that before I go to sleep.' i And Harry read a little longer. "Ten o'clock came, and Mrs. Nel son began making preparations foi i bed. For their evening lesson sh< read the first Psalm. In guarded lan i guage she drew Harry's attention t< i the climax of the verses?first, walk I ing with the ungodly, then standing stopping a little longer to listen am ) finally being so taken up with tlx i attractiveness of evil as to sit dowi ? an J stay with it. She did not atterap f to moralize, but just sowed the see? i and let it alone, then, pressing him t< her heart, she kissed him fondly, say s ing, "God keep you, my boy, in tin i time of temptation. Goodnight." When Harry awoke the uext morn; ing, he lay thinking quite busily. Ai ) he started off to school, his mothei i called. "Be sure to eet another book Harry, and tell the hoys to come hen - tonight and read them, if they wan ) to." The boys were thunderstruck at tht t invitation. Hob Ellin, who was tlx ) leader of the crowd, was disposed t< i scold : "Such a cad as you are, Harn I Nelson, to blab everything to you mother." 1 "Well, what of it? She enjoys them - I guess if I can read them, mothe 2 can." Bob was a little confuted at Mrs 1 Nelson's literary tastes, but next even - ing Harry coaxed'Ko b around for th 2 evening. The reading began, and r although the boys took turn abou i reading, it flagged* The color woul< creep into Rob's face when he rea< t the lalk that some of the character , indulged in, it didn't seem just tb 1 thing before Mrs. Nelson. Whei 1 Harry and bis mother were alone, hi f said, "1 don't believe I'll nnibii ma book, mother ; i "Why not Harry ?" r "Well, it all seems to me as if i ; couldn't have happened." i Mrs. Nelson wisely kept silent 1 There is a time when silence is m - much more effective. The world can e not be reformed in a day, but a grea deal can be done toward it if ever; s mother wonld reform her own boy. 1 5 He came from the country sevei years ago, and is now a well-to d< jl merchant. Last week he wrote to th ' old folks, telling them he had marrie< a lady with a very fine voice?i 'mezzo-soprano of very extraordi e nary compass." He received an ans ? wer from the maternal side of thi 0 bouse, imforminghim that bislameut 1 ed aunt was afflicted with something ' of that sort during her life, but ha< always found relief in placing a raus tard-plaster on the sole of each foo and drinking a pint of daDdelioi tea. ? ^' ""Mia mnpa lrnl p 1 OU UlUJ lie mile Lliai IMC UJUIV ju. f consider and pray for the cause o j peace, the more you will see of its beau tv and its grandeur. It abounds ii good will to all contending clashes am e nations over the whole earth. A triumphant gospel, such as is nov j preached and practiced in Christeu dom, would not put an end to war, bu ^ such a gospel as Christ and his apostle g preached and pructiced would speedih t abolish war.?Baron Stone. Read the Bible when you are fresl , and wide awake; when the brain i , clear, and you are not pressed for time ^ Read it as the only book on eartl j that has dropped down from heaven a g your dictionary for life and your guidi , to immortality, and it will become i ' now hnnk to vou altogether. e The young man, Ellhu, said, year 3 ago, "\Vhen he giveth quietness, win then can make trouble? and when h< e hideth his face, who then can behoh e him. Whether it be done against t nation or against a roan only."?Job 34:29. j It seems strange to us that the disci g pies should be terrified by a storn 9 when Jesus was with them in tin . boat. And yet the very next time w< get in a storm we are going to lose ou I heads, as usual, in spile of our belie that Jesus is with us. Farm anil Garden Note*, In picking pears always aim to leave the stem on the pear. Jf fowls have plenty of good, sharp [ grit their food will not sour -and they will get on very well wiihout charcoal. | Grit is prevention, charcoal is cure. Fill your hotbed* with litter In the fall so that the ground will not freeze. Replace this with manure in the spring and the planting can proceeii without delay. Do not forget the dust hath. This is to poultry what ihe bath is to per- ( sons. With dust the fowls clean their bodies, drive away vermin and exer Cise luemseives. Cattle will eat almost any amount of grain if given a cliauce, but there is a limit to the amount they can digest ] and this murks the limit of profit in < grain feeding. I If not already done, it is now time 1 to cut out all the old stalks among the 1 raspberries and blackberries. Leave ' but three of four of the strongest of < the new canes and treat the rest like ! weeds. The producer should carefully study i just what the market demands and i try to excel in conforming to that de- , mand and put the product on the market with the most attractive appear- < ance. It is authoritively stated that the , white pine of the Northwest is so nearly exhausted ihat there is practi- j cally no further supply for timber. We have certainly reached the point where | timber culture holds out a fair promise of profit. , The benefit resulting from the prun- ' n n/1 iiirina onH Hlii IJIlJg Ui bicco auu v i uvo| uiim vmv ; pinching back of melons and tomatoes, has led to experiments with potatoes. It is said that pruning I them to two stalks in each hill has produced larger tubers and a greater I yield. ( To prevent hjad lettuces from goi ing to need prematurely a German . paper advises to cut halt through the , stalk, just at the surface of the ground, withasharp knife. The remaining . half of the stalk allows the passage of . sufficient sap to keep the plant alive but enough for much future growth. The tin cans filled with sweetened water, and placed at different points 1 in the orchard of the Oklahoma Ex1 periment Station, proved very effl) cient bug traps. Several hundred May r beetles, crickets and grasshoppers were caught. This plan of utilizing 1 these hitherto useless articles is fully I justified by results. . 3. A mien.; Spirtual power cannot be secured hy i mere mechanical means. He who would i impress spiritual truths through writing or speaking, or by action and exi ample, must himself be first impressed ' by spiritual power. A preacher, a teacher, an editor, or a Christian work er, who would press home to the heart r important spiritual truths, must have i hia own heart moved and tired by those - ..ruths. Otherwise his best words or i ctions are uninspired and lifeless gencies. ? ^ ? a A physician has written an article | to show that dyspepsia is due to a dist order of the head, and not to the I stomach. He says: "The number of j so-called dyspeptics that arecuied by . the disappearance of business, domes? tic or social annoyance, are nearly unlimited. An overdue note in possess* ~ 1 /v?? IkAAf lu otro/4 1011 01 H UtftllC'IH/BC *?I uct nv v?vu B creditor, Js more productive of dysr pepsia than a meal of second-hand car( pet tacks. In fact, it may be the e safest thine to assume that in tbe dyst pepsia we bad better look in tbe garret, closet or cellar of the dyspeptic's > house, or among his business or social e relations, rather than to his stomach, a for the difficulty. r The Pi'encher'N CalchlMm. Have I preached ethics and theology, f or Christ, tbe only "name under heaven given among men whereby we , must be saved ?" 1 Have I studied the Word of God as e faithfully as I ought ? Have I visited from house to house ? "instructing, reproving, exhorting." j or have I been given tosocial pleasures and idle conversation? g Have J spent as much time as I e ought in private devotion ? j Have I been kind and charitable in u my estimation of my fellow preach-. ! firs? Have I preached to save souls or to make a reputation ? t Have I in my daily life and in my business transactions set an example before my people which they can safeq ly follow ? Have I spoken evil of no one ? t Have I told "every oue under ray v care what I thought wrong in his conduct and temper, and that lovingly and plainly ?" Have I kept my vows to my God and faith to my fellow-man ? i r> * "* e If people were as kind lo live men as 1 they sometimes are to dead men, there i would be more happy homes and fewer - costly funerals. Beefsteak and pota toe9 before death do more good than 0 silver-mounted caskets aud floral tri butes afterwards. y 1 It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. 1 There is nothing more cowardly 1 than being afraid of the truth. How easy it is to blame some people n for doiug things we scarcely notice in f others. ' It is impossible for some people to 1 look pious without their Sunday ^ clothes. "O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if v thou hast no name to be called by, let . me call thee devil."?Shakespeare. 1 If your religion does not give you 8 any comfort in life, ihere is no reason P why you should expect it to give you any comfort in death. j Every one in the world can teach 9 ua something ; the greatest men have rentirallv buHii the most eager learu j ers, and have despised no source s which might supply the want. e To become like Christ is the only 'x thing iu the world worth caring lor ; the thing before which every ambition of man is folly, and all lower 8 achievements vain. o e When a man complains that he has j little of the Spirit, it means that the a Spirit has little of him. '? Someone says that liquor strengthens the voice. This is a mistake; it only makes the breath strong. j It is a pity some people eauoot give e a cup of cold water to a disciple wilhe out spilling it on him. r It would seem as though there were f some things that the devil might learn from a hypocrite. I A Cotton Purchase only such fertilizers least 3 to 4 ft actual potash. For Corn, Fertilizers she Poor results are due entire We will gladly send you our pamphlets on They are sent free. It will cost you noth dollars. GERMAN i The BoilneM Mbu'k Leanon. He was an upright business man. [ii his heart he believed the religion of Dhristtobe true. But lie was very ousy, aud when Sunday came he was thoroughly tired. He had become interested, too, in his Sunday paper, so be gradually dropped off going to church. His wife went regularly, and sometimes the children. One morning, just after his wife had set out, he was comfortably seated reading the money article, when he beard his boys talking in the next room. Said eightyear-old Willie : "When you grow up, shall you go to church as mother does, or stay at home like father?" "I shall do neither," paid the one, lecidedly. "When I'm a man I shall have my horses, and be on the road Sundays, and enjoy myself." The newspaper suddenly lost its attraction. Between the father and it there came a picture or his boys associating with loose men, and drifting into a godless, reckless life, and of himself looking on it in his old age as fruit of his self-indulgence. Five minutes after he was rapidly walking toward the church. When the service was over, his wife, coming dowu the aisle, saw him waiting at the door. There was questioning, glad surprise in her eyes, but he only remarked thai he had taken a walk, and thought he .voi'.lu join her on her way home. Next dunday.however, the whole family were in their pew, and all the rest of the day there was a kind of a peace about the home that reminded him of his boyhood happy days in his father's home. And who will say that he was the less fitted for another week of business life by his share in the services of God'? house, instead of "staying at home all Sunday to rest ?"?Sunday School Times. ___ - (Baptist Courier.) The Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina i.as decided iu favor ol the Dispensary Act. It is now declared constitutional. As such it will be enforced. It is the duty of the ;?wom officers of the law to see that all laws are properly executed, and it is the duty of the people to submit to the powers that be, to obey the laws, to stand for law and order, and in the name of peace aud good will try to prevent violations of the law. It may be, in the opinion of some people, an obnoxious law ; it may be in the opinion of some unwise legislation, and bad law ; it may come in conflict with the tastes and prejudices of some people; but let all scuh remember that it ie now law, it is declared by the highest court in the Stale to be constitutional, and as good, law-abiding citizens, we must see that the law is obeyed aud enforced. We hope that it will be enforced with wisdom, prudence, and equity. We hope that the illicit sale ot liquor will cea^e without the intervention of the officers of the law. But if nonnla urill not nhov Hia lnwq if they will persist in carrying on an illegal traffic, knowing as they do the consequences, then we shall expect the appoiuted officers to do their duty. Let every citizen do right and uphold the law. Let every officer in the discharge of his duty exercise due caution, patience, moderation. Let Christian people act soberly, discreetly, and always and under all circumstances) be found on the side of law and good order. (Western Christian Advocate.) Making difficulties out of Scripture is a very useless thing for a practica Christian to do?and there is no othei kind of Christian. He wants tw< things?salvation and rule of conduct There are no mysteries or perplexities about either iu the Bible. And mer who are intent on beiug saved froa their sins, and knowing how to behave themselves, never have any trouble (JAMntiiwA TKnir fin/1 f HttlV IJ V CI" l/l IC UlipiUIC* i ucj liuu plain ways of faith and duty, and fol lowing these high ways of the Lore keeps them busy and happy. Tlx man full of doubts about the meaning of this or that iu the Book is a mat evading by intellectual fencing the die tates of conscience and the teaching 01 a plain Gospel. Many a one has con fctsed it after surrender to duty. Auc so it is waste of time to follow a doubt er into his fence corners to argue bin; out of doubt; better far to appeal t< bis eonscienceabout the plain duties o faith and obedience. Until that fc awakened, and hurls him and sting* his self-complacency out of him, lit will find pretexts in things too deer I for him for neglecting things whict are as clear as the sun at noonday. (Central Baptist.) There are a good many church-members who seem to take special delighl in going just as far as possible toward evil without actually forfeiting theii eternal welfare. They 'Surely have forgotten that there are a good many amusements and pleasures which de stroy growth and usefulness, but which at the same time may not utterly wreck faith and hope. One who is serving God simply to be saved, may be pardoned for committing all the sins h< can up to the point of condemnation j but one who serves God from love, ami who is anxious to he fitted for the very I best service, will scrupulously abstain from everything which Impairs usefulness. Possibly oue may dance, play cards and attend theatersand yet reach heaven, though the outlook is not very hopeful; but noonejcan do these thing* and succeed iu preaching the Gospel or teaching in tne Sunday school, or give life to prayer-meeting or lead inquirers. The Christian's duty is to he a useful Christian. (A. R. Presbyterian.) fie who seeks only to please him self is engaged in a hopeless tasK. .rie will never succeed. The more he tries to plepse himself the farther he is from being pleased. See a child that is humored in everything and you generally see one that is out of humor with almost everything. He ban everything his own way and yet has nothing his own way. The more he is petted and humored the less is he satisfied and contented. Now this is human nature in a grown man as well as in a child. And the more this disposition is fostered the more exacting and tyrannical it becomes. A man may be, many a one is, a slave to himself and it is a hard master that he serves. No one is trulv free until he ha-! obstained freedom from self. ' ' / * I ' J ' . / Fertilizer. for cotton which contain at * uld contain 6# Potash. ly to deficiency of Potash. the Use of Potash. ling to read them, and they will save you CALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. BeiiNittloiia! JournftUftm. The following paragraph is clipped from the English telegraphic dispatches : 4t A circular signed by one hundred and five members of the Hou*e of Commons has been sent to the editors of the prominent daily newspapers throughout the United Kingdom, asking them to ceate to demoralize the people by reporting sensational cases of immorality or brutality, aud in other ways appealing to the sensual nature of man." We cannot but rejoice at Jsueh a movement on the part of those who are supposed to have the welfare of the nation at heart. The marvel is, that i action lias not l>een taken sooner ; that men of thought have not realized, long ere this, the terrible danger to the future character of the people which lies in the crime column's of our daily newspapers. We would fain believe thin to be an evil with which we Canadians have no need to wrestle. We hear it said, again and again, that the moral tone of our country is high, very high. Recently, at the missionary meeting of the Montreal Conference, we heard an eminent missionary enlarging on this fact. Let us not, however, blind ourselves with self-praise. We cannot l*e too thankful for the solid foundation which our grand pioneer forefathers have laid for us; but, O, with what care should we build thereou ! Whether we all realize it or not, there is a subtle evil creeping in among us, a deadly evil which, if left to work its way, will in time sap our best life-blood. Does not the growth of sensational literature in Canada, as i elsewhere, justify Lord Tennyson's almost despairing cry ? "Rip yoor brother'? vices open. Snip your own foul passions bare; Down with Reticence, down with Reverence, Forward, naked, let ttiera stare. "Feed the budding rose of boyhood Wltir the drainage of your sewer; ?enu ine urain inw me iouumiu, Lest ibe stream Bbould Issue pure. "Do your best to charm the worslt. To lower tbe rising race of men ; Have we risen from out the beast? Then back Into the beast again!" i Pick up almost any of our dailies > and you will find at least from one to two columns, and these often of the front page, devoted to harrowing ac counts of murders and assaults, and still worse, to vivid descriptions of the grossets immoral outrages, dwelt on in ' disgusting detail. These are the pages I that we thoughtlessly and smilingly > allow our sw'eet, dainty girls and In; nocent, light-hearted boys to neruse at i their pleasure! This is the food with which we allow our public press to , satisfy the natural craving which all i healthy young appetites have for tbe heroic and imaginative! Mothers and fathers, does not your blood freeze within your veins at the thought of i what this may mean to your children and grandchildren ? To lessen the great evil of sensational journalism, banish from your home the paper that prints it.?Cor. of "Christian Guardian," Toronto. Contest Between Shot aim! Plate*. From the Soientific American, we ' learn that a teat was recently made at > the Indian Head proving grounds near ! Washington City, between a thirteen * inch shot weighing 1,100 pounds, and a nickle steel plate 14A inches thick, and haviug a backing of four feet of solid oak. The object was to test the ? penetrating power of the plate. The I point of the projectile was as sharp as r a lead pencil aui was seut out of tbe > gun with the force of 327 pounds of . powder exploded behind it. Thisgave i ihe projectile a striking energy of 12,i 000 tons. Tbe shot went clear through i tbe plate and tbe backing and entered ; the ground about 200 fee? i>eyond the ? target. How far it penetrated the ? earth the report does not say. When - the shot was exhumed it was found to I be practically uninjured. Tbe fine i point was not even crumbled. The : nickel steel plates have been found to i have the greatest regaling power of unnthifiir vut Ir'lAfl Kilt. tllifl test. HUJlu.uj, " f seems to prove that they are worthless to protect ships against modern guns I uud projectiles, unless made heavy enough to sink (he vessel. Ever siuoe i the introduction ot steel plating for ? war ships tbere has heen a rivalry bef tween the makers of heavy guns and i the makers of armor plating. The i gun makers trying to throw projectiles > which uo armor could resist and the * > plate makers trying to produce armor i which no shot can j>enetrate. Of course there is a limit to the weight of plating which a ship cau carry without rendering her uuseaworthy and sending her to the bottom of her own weight. These experiments are very ! expensive, and the expense falls upon I the overtaxed peoole whose govern" ments are carrying them on. And 1 this means not only our own country, but most of the great powers of Eu rope. i Nearly all the nations of the old i world, a* well as our own, areaunual[ ly spending large sums of money in - building and arming these great float ' itig arsenals called war ships, and after ; they are completed aud armed, they I are only immense death traps, more dangerous to their own crews than those of the enemy. For we under' stand that guns are now made that can throw immense dynamite bombs many miles with great percision, and one of these bombs dropped on the deck of 1 one of these great war ships, would send ship and crew to the bottom ! without giving those on board any J chance for their lives, so that between ' dynamite above aud torpedoes below, ! these great ships seem to be doomed. ! It is high time that Christians and statesmen were studying other means than war for the settlement of international difficulties. War is not only barbarous and inhumau, but very ex pensive, umi is continually growing 1 more so. A Christian lady of deep experience 1 lately said, that on account of her com| milting a small sin, Clod hid his face from her for six weeks. We all understand this from our own experience. : Do not we also understand it as a na| tion ? can we expect anything elne hut I that he will hide his face, while so | many wrong things are done natioual; ly and encouraged by his children. i"But none saith, where is fJod, my 1 Maker."?Job 35: 10.? Mesenger uf I Peacv.