? What Others Say.
(Christian Inquiry.)
Think of the consolations store 1 in
the Bible! The Bible?God's voice,
(ioil'9love, God's pvomise! And in
language a child can understand.
Have we even heuun to realize the su|iern?turaluts",
the divine presence, in
the book? "O how I love thy law.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law."
(> child of God, believe your Bible. |
and make your Almighty tainei si
every promise a living and a helpful
word. Use your Bible, and let it bens
the very outpour.ng of God's heart upon
you. The Bible? There is nothing
in it to depress ; there is everything in
it to inspire hope and lift the meanest
to the throne of God. What a mine
of consolation the twenty-third Psalm
is, and the fourteenth of St. John, and
the story of the Prodigal Son ! And
there is only one book in all the world
that contains them, and that book is
1 he Bible.
(Sunday school Time*.)
Salvation is not for souls a'one : i"
is for the whole man, as he is and as he
is to be. Salvation is not merely foi
the next world: it is for the present a?
well as for the future, for time as well
as for eturuity. He who is not saved
here and now. has no assurance thai
he is to be saved hereafter. If a man
would have hope for the life to come,
lie should be able to say of his present
life, "That life which I now live in
theflpah I live in faith, the faith which
Is in the Son of God, who loved me,
and pave himself up lor me." We
may think quite too much of our souls,
or of the souls of our fellows. What
we and they need i9 present salvation,
while the soul is dwelling in the body
as the temple of the Holy Spirit.
v
(CtirlHllan Inquiry.)
Tf we want God's help we must nol
trust to our own devices. Some of the
most grievous troubles have corm
through men rashly seeking to help
themselves. Abraham tried falsehood
when he thought he might he exposed
to danger, and as a consequence was
covered with shame. When instead
of trusting God we place reliauoe on
our own wisdom, and even, perhaps,
are ready to depart from the strict rule
of right to extricate ourselves we are
likely to be leit to eat the fruit of out
doings. Thus, alone, sometimes we
learn how foolish and ignorant we are
without God's guidance.
(Richmond Advocate.)
That the religious associations outside
of the Church are weakening tin
denominational walls of partition ?
now generally admitted. The nex?
question is, Are they also weakening
toe outside walls?the walls which
separate the Church from the world?
The truths which are most apparen
are the truths which we are most ap
to ignore. Nothing is plainer than
that the best way to settle a doubt about
a man is to go to the man himself, ami
yet when we have doutits about Chrisl
He is the last one we thiuk of goin^
to.
Southern Christian Herald.
You expect your preacher to be faithful
to all your spiritual interests?art
you faithful to him in temporal things?
What have you done this year toward
his support? It is a longtime and a
hard thing for him to have to "wait
until the fall," with an empty pocket
and empty lamer, anu an empi
Btom ! and perhaps be forgotton
then, aDd w rouge out of his pay by
many, if they can find the faintest excuse
for doing so.
(.Methodist Protestunt.)
Are we not more careless than our
fathers were of what our children read,
where our boys spend their leinurt
hours, and what socitiy our daughters
seek ? Or, rather, have we not forgotten
that our children must have books,
entertainment and society ; and that
If home is not the place where they
can find these things, the place where
they do find tbem will be a home for
them ?
(RellRlons Teles-cope.)
Self ought to be left out of our service
for Jesus Christ. Indced.it must
be. We caunot serve Christ ami havt!
self uppermost in plan ami effort. II
Christ is served, then self must take a
back seat. The Christian life is an unselfish
life. Tbe more we learn of
Christ, ami the m> re we become like
bim, the more will we leave eonsiilerations
of self out of our aspirations and
work.
Kpwortli News.
Cultivate a charitable spirit to all
people at all times. We are careful to
exhibit this spirit, often in company,
but in the home ciicle ami among oui
Close irienus 11 i* BuppiMineu uv cieiusu
snappishne-n. A reformation in this respect
is much needed in place* where
we are too proud to admit there is any
need for it. Examine thyself.
In Britiau numerous coppers are
dep >aite on Sabbath in the collection
plates. The large and unwieldy coins
occupy much space but are not yaluable
according to iheir weight. It Is
not the poor alone who depofit coppers.
A notice has bten posted on the
doors of a fashionable West End Episcopal
church informing intending
worshipers that "those who can not
afford a three-penny piece are welcome
to worship here free of charge."
The notice it is said was pooled for the
benefit of the rich who apparently ar?
ignorant of the fact that giving to the
treasury of the Lord is a means of
grace.
A minister who could not secure the
cn&rKe 01 a uuuruii uiiw jiupmieu ur.
Parker to explain the reason of his difficulty,
says an English exchange.
He was sclK)larly, studious, well Informed,
willing to work; but nn
church would look at him. He ottered
to stand up in the corner of Dr. Parker's
study and preach his besc sermon.
At the end of the performance,
Dr. Parker delivered his verdict. It
was brief, incisive, aud summary.
"Now I can tell you," he said, "why
you can not get a church. For tht
last half hour you have not been trying
to gtt something into my miud,
but something of yours; that is tht
reason."
It was his first vistit to the city. As
be stood on the curbstone shaking his
sides with laughter, be was accosted
by a polieceuiau, who said, "What's
the lun, stranger?" "Fun ! can,t yoi
tee it? Just look how that thing
(p dnting to a wareriug carl) leaks
why, the man won't have a urop leti
when he gets home."
\orlliorn Auricul t u l'p.
It is wonderful what growth is made
by plants under the long continued
| light of the Artie summer, notwithstanding
the sun attains no great elevation
above the horizon. The light,
such as u is, is altnost constant for
weeks together, and this constancy
makes up. in great part, for the shortness
of the season. It is to be kept in
mind, also, that the growth of vegetation
is not wholly dependent upon the
heat rays of the sun.
This becomes evident from the fact
that wheat, for example, will grow
in soil that, even in mid-summer, is
|not. thawed more than a foot below the
surface.
In Siberia, agriculture ceases at
sixty degrees of north latitude, But in
Norway oat* ripen under sixty-nine
degrees, rye a half degree, and l.arley a
whole degree further north. In Finmark
the heat, is intense, and dayI
light is coutiuuous for ten weeks.
The rapitl growth of vegetation in
Finmark is almost incredible. During
the short summer crops are sown,
|ripened and harvested. It has been
found by experiment that in latitude
sixty-five degrees north, barley will
grow two ami onehalf inches, and peas
three inches in the twenty-four hours
for several consecutive days. Rariey
is harvested in ten weeks after being
sown.
At Hammerfest, in latitude seventy
degrees ami forty minutes north, the
grass grows underneath the snow, au<l
Iia.v is made in a month after the snow
has It*ft the fields. Here the .Scotch fir
ini? an altitude of eighty feet. But a
little further east in this same latitude,
in winter, mercury and even brandy
frequently freeze in the open air.
A norwegian scientist has been engaged
for thirty year* in making experiments
to determine the effects of
the midnight sun, during the Scandinavian
summers, on the wheat and
other grain crops. The conclusion be
reached is that wheat, corn and other
seeds imported from a warmer clime,
when cultivated under this unintermittent
sunlight, become hardier as
well as larger, and are better able to
resist excessive cold. 'J he colors of
these grains are also gradually changed
to a richer and darker hue.
These are not the only variations
rhat plants undergo by exposure 10 a
night ami day suu. Wild and cultivated
fruits, ri|>eued in uorthern lands,
U??/\ n rvtii/tli litruliai* ummo nnA
Uttvca UiUV.li 11 ? tuti aiwimv auw ua?ui
thau the same fruit grown under more
southern skie?. This is particularly
>b*ervable in the small fruits that are
<o grateful in, the early part of the
warm season.
The experiments of this Norwegian
scientist derive double interest from
the recent inquiries of Doctor Siemens,
illustrating tne power of the electric
ight when applied to .plants and
vegetables to quicken and invigorate
heir growth. The two invigorations,
'hough entirely independent, have led
to the same scientific result.
Military Church Oric.-iiilznlloiiH.
In the August Arena we find a p'jw^rful
argument by its editor, Mr. B. 0.
Flower, against the military organizu ions
and drills in schools, and now
actually being largely introduced into
so-culled Christian churches. For instance,
in twenty-seven Detroit churches
such military oiganizations have
been lb in led.
The largest is the Baptist cadets,
with sixty-six men aud three officers.
Then come the Maybury cadets, an
Episcopal organization, with sixty
(lien, (he First Congregational cadets,
with fifty-three, the first and last being
armed witli rifles. The Episcopalians
have six companies, the Catholics
eightjthe Presbyterians seven, Baptists
three, Congregationalists two, and
Lutherans one. Thirteen of the companies
are armed with rifles and one
with swords. These, it must be
remembered, are all church military
companies, and have no connection
with the State militia.
This article proves, by abundant
'. itatlous, that as a physical exercise
these drills are vnstly interior to other
forms, making boys round-shouldered
And tiollow-chested, ami as a moral influence
are as pemicioys ami unchristian
as anything can well be.
If Christ had been a superhuman warrior,
whose mission was to deluge this
arth with blood,?in other words, if
the arch fiend had come to teach us
Cnristianity, then these organizations
would have been strictly iu line with
his teachings.
We think our churches and schools
will some day come to see that our
"American numane Education oociety,"[first
of its kind in the world] with
its over twenty thousand Bands of
Mercy, and its mottoes of "Olory to
(jod," "Peace on Earth," "Kindness,
Justice and Mercy to every harmless
living creature," is more in accordance
with the teachings of Christ and the
progress of Christians civilization.?
Our Dumb Animals.
JewiNh Klniightcrins:.
In the Bostou Herald of September
j&rd appeared the results of an interview
we recently had with Itabbi Solomon
Schindler in regard to the Jewish
method of slaughtering.
The Rabbi coutends that for sanitary
reasons the blood should be thoroughly
drained from every animal ;
and speaking of the infinite importance
of the post mortem examination
of the lungs and all other internal
organs of each animal slaughtered,
which is practised by the Jews, states
that of twenty animal's slaughtered iu
Ano flnu liv flio VtiWU Uf till* Rrinrtifnn
\/uv MMJ mv u V ff u uv biiv 4JI I^UVVU
abattoir, len were found diseased, and
were rejected, and ho of course sold to
be eaten by Christians.
Id view of the fact which we have,
during the past twenty-five years,
given in our addresses aud lectures
very widely over our country, that it
has been found by statistics in various
parts of Europe that Jews live on the
average something like Jive years
longer than Christians, in view of this
fact does it not seem very important
that Christians should have the same
protection as Jews against the dangerous
meats of diseased animals ? A
"Society for the Protection of Public
Health/' such as we have often advocated
in these columns, might soon accomplish
this result.?Ceo. T. Angell.
A Pastor's Wklcome.?The sue1
cess of a pastor depends much upon
bis reception when entering a new
field. If his appointment is a protest,
aud he has to couquor a place in the
good-will aud confidence of the Church
- much of the year will be wasted aud
experiences encountered that lea^esad
memories. The nastor mav reioice in
' his triumph, but some asperities will
perpetually recur and affect uufavora,
bly his relations with the brethren.
As Methodists, we should be loyal to
constituted authority, and not grudgingly,
but gladly, receive the pastors
, appointed. A warm welcome, with
j assurances of ready and unvarying
I support,-at once gives him a vantage,
ground that almost guarantees immedi
iate success. It is pleasant at the close
of a pastorate to have farewell demon
strations of affection ; but it is more
[ profitable toxeceive them at the beginning.?iV.
Q. Advocate., Dec. 10,
L885.
The Itinerancy.
The itinerant system was not made
to please the flesh, to minister to sloth,
self-indulgence or ease. It was never
intended tli.it by it the Church should
be used lor the convenience or selriisbne*s
of preachers. It was formed to
discipline men in an heroic faith to
meet the demands of an heroir cause ;
intended to lead the miniitry to the
highest and fulle.it consecration to
God.
11 tests men, and it makes men.
Doubtless there are in it mean and servile
natures, who are in it for what it
brings to them and submit to it as they
would to any taskmaster. Doubtless
there are in it men who are narrowed
down to its routine, who come and go
and do and accept its behests without
inspiration or conflict. Doubtless there
are men who make it the minister of
their ambition or covetousness; but
these are exceptional cases?they prevent
and debauch the system. Woe
be to them ; but to the man who accepts
it heartily and fully, and moves
on with or without friction in obedience
to its claims ami allotments,
with an absolute committal of his case
to God, that man will be blessed in his
work ; go forth certainly with weeping,
and as surely return bringing his
sheaves with him. The man who has
by God's grace, so chastened and subjuued
his spirit as to accept fully the
demands ofan itinerant minister's life
and work, that man is in the best state
to meet the claims of the uijnistry and
secure its best fruit in any system ; and
the remains of self-pride or worldliness
which disqualify a man for the Methodist
itinerancy will unfit him for the
largest measure of usefulness in any
other plan of labor.
The system of itinerancy was not
based on the fact that there will be
neither error nor wrong in the authority
which appoints; there maybe
both, but these do not aftectjtheresults;
they may be sore tests of our faith, but
do not despoil the system of its virtue
or fruit. Its efficacy depends on the
spirit in which we accept its claims, the
fidelity with which we labor in its
fields, and the strength of our personal
faith in God.?Dr. McAnally, in St.
Louis Advocate, Dec. 10,1885.
Don't.
[For the Church Member.]
Don't stand off and look at the new
preacher as if he were a hideous monster.;
but walk up aud extend to him a
heartfelt welcome.
Don't tell him you are disappointed
at his being sent to the charge, and thai
you "do not see why Bro. (the old
pastor) was not returned."Such a
speech does no good," but rather
harm?it has a depressing effect on the
preacher.
Don't commence finding fault with
the preacher at the outset, and tell him
his predecessor acted differently.
Don't make a low assessment for the
preacher, and then fail to raise it; but
assess liberally, and pay out in full.
Don't wait until the close of the year
to pay the preacher; be, like every one
else, needs money during the year, aud
his dues should not be withheld.
Don't harp upon the shortcomings of
your pastor. If he has faults or shortcomings,
speak to him of them privately
; and speak, too, as a Christian.
Don't allow vour pastor to preach to
empty pews, neither let the whole burden
of the prayer meetiDg rest upon
him. It is as much your duty to be
preaent as it is that-of the preachcr.
[For the Preacher.]
Don't tell the people you are grieved
at your appointment?tbat you would
have preferred to have been sent to
some other charge.
Don't criticise your predecessor too;
closely?the way he conducted the affairs
of the charge. He has friends, and
they will be hurt.
Dou't go to dinner every time with
the rich of your charge, but go also
with the poor.?Christian Neighbor,
Dec. 16, 1875.
Our Forefathers.?Our own forefathers
not many hundred years
ago, were besotted heathen, and practised
the most horrible rites of superstition,
and heathens they would we be
to-day, if foreign missionaries had not
gone forth from the South of Europe,
first into Germany and then into England,
to preach the gospel to our pagan
ancestors. We have relics of our barI
k..w/.na /vMi<wirt ir* t Ko mnof familiar
UttI WU3 UllglU IU I.UV/ iliwov luiuiiiMk
words of our language, notably iu the
days of the week. Sunday was the
day In which anciently $he sun was
adored; Monday that on which the
moou was worshiped ; Tuesday was
consecrated to Tuiseo, the Saxon name
for the Roman god Mars ; Wednesday
was Woden's day, another Saxon deity
Thursday was the day on which the
Saxon Venus, Friga, was honored, and
Saturday was Saturn's day, another
heathen deity.
Inwlpid Prayer*.
George Herbert has these quaint lines
in his ' Charms and Knots."
Who goes io oeu ana aom not pray.
Maketh two nights to every day.
But what is the source of that "insurmountable
disgust" to prayer which
permits a Christian to close his eyes at
night without communing with God?
What makes devotion an insipid
draught to him who once loved to
pray ? To such a man Matsillon says .
"Mount to the Hource of your disgust
toward God and everything connected
with Him, and see if they shall not be
found in the iuiquitous attachments of
your heart. See if you are not a slave
to yourself, to vain cares of dress, to
frivolous friendships, to dangerous animosities,
to secret envies, to dtsiresof
popularity,to everything around you?"
What is your reply, O reader, to these
questionings of the' great orator?
Surely your conscience tell* you that
he is right. Your soul is sick with
worldly fever, and therefore spiritual
things disgust you. That fever is
deadly, and will end in your complete
separation from God unless you expel
that accursed love of the world from
your soul, and return to Him.
itr-iimon ami Keiiifiun.
During the holding of his Annual
Conferences this Fall Bishop Heudrix
held "Six o'clock Prayer Meetings"
each morning. A good move,?one to
be heartily commended,? an example
worthy of following. Were such the
universal custom in our Conferences,
less absorption informal business details
and more pervading spirituality
would doubtless be tbe happy result.
Had some such plan been always in
vogue probably the following paragraph,
which appeared in the Neighbor,
Dee. 5, 1889, would never have
been penned :
An Annual Conference is a favorable
occasion for re-union aud social enjoyment,
but rather poor to get more religion
or even to leave with as much as
one carries with him when he goes.
Frogs are estimated to devour every
season 57 times their own weight in
insects.
There are uow in Japan 37 Christian
churches and 43 missionaries.
Uooil Rondliifr for Old anil Xcw En
,' clnndcrft.
How Mktiiooist preachkqs ark
I MoitBKU In Ireland may be seen
'from tlie following verbatim extmet
j from the London Times : *
The Rev. Mr. Hollows, of Arklow,
; shifted the 9cenes of his street preachi
iupfcirnpaign rf Athlone on Sunday
! la>-t, accompanied by ihe Rev. Mr Harj
per, Methodist minister, formerly statI
tioned in Athlone; Mr Parsons, aMetli1
odist of Athlone ; Mr. Vaughau, clerk
j of the Union, and several other gentle;
men. Mr. Martin, District inspector of
1 (tonetahulary, attended with a force of
jone hundred men to protect them from
I the violence of the large mob which
j filled the market square in which they
j took uo their first position. This was
not sufficient to restrain the crowd, in
: wnich were some shop assistants and
j other young men of the better class,
from pelting the preachers with mud,
eggs, and mUsi'es of all kinds, and
keeping up a babel of discordant sounds
which effectually drowned the voices
of the preachers. Occasional rushes
wpre ulsn made to crush the nolice and
the preachers against the shutters of
the shops, and these hostilities at
leogth assumed so menacing a form
that, on the ad vice of the inspector, the
missionaries were induced to retire to
their lodgings. They were, however,
not allowed to retreat quietly, but were
followed by a howlingmob, who threw
missiles at them, and let loose a box of
bees among them. Only a few persons,
and they belonged to the disorderly
crowd, were stung. Father O'Keefe
and Father Byrne appeared at this period,
and asked the people to disperse.
The reverend gentlemen then attempted
to speak from the windows, but were
assailed with clod* of turf, while a loud
noise was kept up, and they liually
abandoned the attempt. Tn the evening
they held services in the Methodist
and Baptist meetinghouses, and were
escorted to them by a large crowd, but
the disgraceful scenes of the day were
not repeated.
Our friends of Great Britian and Ireland,
we trust, will seriously consider
such events as this while they are
thinking of the lyDchings that take
place in the United States. Outbreak*
are liable in any government.?N. Y.
Advocate.
Character is disclosed by its sbawaowsnoless
than by its lights. It
sounds somewhat startling to hear
Goethe say that "the errors of a man
are what make him really lovable."
Yet there is a sense in which the errors
of another may so call out our sympathies,
or so rouse our admiration for
his efforts to overcome his faults, that
we see his lovableness disclosed in the
exhibit of those error?. And so, too,
of the faulty character of families,
societies, or churches. "I would not
go to that church," said au excellent
Christian, "because there seem to be
so many disagreements and bickerings
in it, and so much personal criticsm."
"And yet that church holds together,
and flourishes, and is doing the Lord's
work nobly," might have been the
answer, wnen rue lip iuui umus
shows itself stronger and noble than the
forces that tend to sunder, one cannot
but admire the character that decides
to have the nobler and better forces
triumphant. It is at such times,
whether in associations or in individuals,
that we cau feel the truth that
one's errors may make him lovable.
Tt is uot that we cau rightly eulogize
error or embrace sin, but that the truly
lovable or admirable side of a character
may be disclosed through its weakness
as well as through its strength, through
its cause for lamentation as well a*
| through its causes for exultation.?S.
S. Times.
?. ? ?
The following isjan extract from a
speech by Prince Momolu Massaqu of
Vei, Africa, on "The Rum TralTic in
the Dark Continent," delivered in
Boston some time ago.
"I can prove to you that about one
half of the liquor sold in the portion of
Africa which I represent is made in
New England. And I cau assure you,
also, that iu my tribe, in the last two
years, more than eight thousand men
and women have been slain, as a re
suit of this liquor traffic. Just two
years ago two men, one from Begula
and another from Vei, bought a bottle
of American liquor. They got drunk.
The Vei man killed the Bogula mati.
That was the cause of a war, and in
that war hundreds and hundreds of
men wer,e slain, besides other hundred*
taken into captivity. My own mother
was dethroned, and tied into the forest
and was there ten days without anything
to eat. and when found she was
at the mouth of death, and died a few
days afterward. That is a result of the
traffic carried on by the very people I
am speaking to this morning."? Fv.
Thk Chapel Car.?The Chapel Car
work makes a eood showing iu the annual
report: Two Chapel Cars have
been continuously at work. jNo l
in Minnesota and west of tbe Mississippi
River, and No. 2 in California and
the Pacific Coast. These cars in their
work have traveled in all 17,834 miles.
From them there were granted 681 Bibles
and 74,945 pages of tracts. There
were 1,313 sermona and addresses; 2o
prayer meetings held ; families visited
18 bap'isms; 7 churches constituted ; II
Sunday schools organized ; 4o Sunday
schools addressed, and 4 Sunday
school institutes held. There were
many professions of conversion, and
good was accomplished in planting religious
influences and winning souls.
?Chapel Car No. 3, known us "Glad
Tidings," was dedicated at the last anniversary
meeting. Mr. William
Hills, of New York, paid for the ear ;
the Este.v Organ Company provided a
cabinet organ, and the Mount Morris
church, New York, furnished the car
complete.
It is said that Italy, Austro-Hungary
and Germany btve bunded together
for the protection of birds. So great
is the mania among lad it s to decora'u
their hais with the feathers of dead
4\f f lio liifila lifMrrVlt AI'
IU1IUS} tuai luaiij w* liiv. wii<ici| vn \r<
plumage aud sweet of song, were likely
, to become extinct. It is very commendable
in these government to inter!
pose their authority for the protection
i of the innocent birds from the ravages
I of fashion. Now if these governments,
and all others, would combine to protect
their subjects from the ravages of
war, it would be a step in the right direction,
worthy of all commendation.
Mes. of Peace.
Both Wrong.?Two grammarians
were wrangling the other day ; one
contended that it was only proper to
say, "My wages is high,'' while the
other insisted that the correct thing
was, "My wages are high."
Finally they stopped a day-laborer,
aud submitted the question to him.
"Which do you say, 'Your wages is
| high,' or 'Your wages are high ?' "
"Oh, off wid your nonesense!" he
said, resuming his pick ; "yer nayther
of you rightme wages be low, bad
luck to it."
To stop a horse chewing his tie rope,
Hteep it in cayenne paper and water.
HOUSE AND FARM !
Treatment For Fainting.
Although fainting is not conimon in ;
children, young girls may be subject
to such attacks. When one faints, it is
owing to a temporary weak action of
the heart, so that sufficient blood is
not pumped up the brain to maintain J
consciousness. The face becomes very
pale, and the extremities are cold.j
Usually all t hat is necessary is to place j
the person tlal on her back, which will j
ease the action of the heart, while j
gravtitation a:d.s in restoring the proper
amount of blood to the brain.
Never allow a fainting person to main-j
tain an upright or sitting position,as
death has thus resulted from heart fail- i,
-5-1-15 vI .lM, ?~1,1 1
ure. rtprinKiin^ u ncw mupa ? emu
water upon the face and cautiously j
holding spirits of hartshorn under the '.
nose will aid, by reflex action, in restoring
the functions of heart and brain.
Cold water should never be poured
upon a fainting person, and every- '
thing beyond the lirst shock is depress '
ing and should hence he avoided.
Lyonnaise Potatoes.?Put two table-! i
spoonfuls of clarified butter in a skil- <
let or frying-pan, and when melted, 11
add to it two tablespoonfuls of minced |
onion. -Cook till the onion turns yel-j
low, then add two cups of diced or !
hashed cold potatoes, with which a
tablespoonful of minced parsley has !
been mixed, and which has been sea-1
soned with salt and peper. Cover, and |
cook slowly until nicely browned on:'
the underside, then fold like an ome- <
let, serve on a heated dish. If the cold i <
potatoes are very dry, two or three |
spoonfuls of sweet milk may be mix- H
ed with it before the parsley and seas-1
; D f\nr\
OUIIlg HIC ikUUCU. ncuuiu.
Household Hints.
Oyster Salad?Allow six plump oysters
to each person. Parboil them s
slightly in their own liquor, then ,
drain immediately and let stand till
cold. Cut each oyster into bits, mix ,
with an equal bulk of crisp eggs. Stir j
a portion of the dressing through the (
oysters thoroughly, then arrange on a (
bed of lettuce leaves and spread the j
remainder over the top. Garnish with
slices of hard boiled eggs and pitted .
olives. <
Pineapples and Edam cheese should j1
be cut so that the top will tit on again j
in good condition. A large piece of!
ahy other kind of cheese is preserved j j
by wrapping it well in a large square L
of cheesecloth, dipped and theni(
wrung out of cider vinegar. When ! (
sending cheese to the table with the ! j
salad or any otner course, see that it! |
is laid on a fresh napkin. j (
li 1 D/?i1 t li/i nninnu i i
iViimuojitru v/iin'iio.?i>wu mc
until about half done, then pour olf',<
the water. Cut into small piecies and j'
All a large pudding dish with alternate j i
layers of onions and cracker crumbs.
Season with butter, pepper aud suit.
Pour over the whole a little milk.
Bake half an hour.
Potato Putts.?Prepare as for mashed ' j
potatoes. Mak'e into balls as large as ]
an egg, place on a buttered tin sheet,:
brush over villi a beaten eggs and ''
brown in no oven. When brown slide;
carefully on a platter and decorate j
with parsley.
Silver or steel thimbles are the only j
kinds to be used. Other compositions
of which cheap thimbles are made very j
frequently of lead or pewter, and their I,
use is likely to result in serious in flam-1 j
mation and swelling if there is even a j,
slight scratch ou the finder. j j
Old newspapers are good t> wrap 11
woolen things in for the summer, as1'
the moths don't like printer's ink. A I
sprinkling of champhor gum is also
good.
Canned tomatoes are more delicious j
baked than stewed. About ten minutes
before removing from the oven j,
spread buttered bread crumbs over L
the ton. i;
* M
Use a little ammonia in the water in j
which you wash window lights and!
mirrors. Then polish quickly with 11
chamois skin or tissue paper. i ]
Use very strong lie wheu cleaning 1
up the floors and let it dry in theU
cracks to keep moths from under the!
carpet.
A cloth dipped iu weak ammonia1*
water is good to lightly wipe of!'the
carpets. It brightens them wonder- j,
fully. 1
Hair dye is so detrimental to long:
life that a Paris insurance company,(
refuses to insure the lives of women Lj
who use it. < |
Canned sardines carefully browned :
on a d??uble-wire gridiron, and served j
with lemon are appetizing. I j
Plenty of turpentine, to which a few i!
drops of carbolic acid is added, will 1
keep insects from ttie pantry. ' *
Acid phosphate will remove ink stains
frnm Hip hands. M
Any application of spirits will crack J
leather.
Use powdered borax for roaches.
i.
temliM. i 1
Kx-Senntor Robert C. Winthrop died in j 1
Boston, Mass.. Nov. Hi, IS!)i. j
Mr. (}. Whitfield Connor died in Cokesbury,
S. C'., November U. 18!U, aged 02. j |
Dr. James McCosh. ex-president of Prince- j (
Ion College, died in Princeton, N. J., Nov. ill. t ,
I 1S!M. 1
I 1
Mr. Joel Warren, eight miles west of Lees- .
' vlile, s. ('., was found dead In his wagon Nov. !
'! , ISD-i. lie was moving some articles from I
j hts home to another settlement und died ou !
the way. !(
I Mrs. Einellne Squler, widow of the late A.,
IC. Hauler, Columbia, died Nov. n, IS94, aged [
! 7!l. Mrs. Squler was a notable "mother in Is- i
j rael." She was an energetic and cheerful | |
worker ror unrisi. nnci niN kuikikhh. m? ???.-? n
devoted member of the Presbyterian cliurch.; '
The NiipRrniiiiiiuic.
We know a preacher who (has been ;!
instrumental in winning thousands to r
the Cross. Many are still living wliojj
were converted under his ministry,,,
and are useful as members or as preach- |
ers. His voice in the day of his prime
| was a trumpet ever heard in the van
josbattle. Heis'an old man now, and is '
a superannuate. His last days are a ,
I prolonged struggle with poverty. The t
Church owes that man a debt. It will I
intake up the memory of his worth j <
when at Conference his memorial ser- '
vices are observed.? Texan Advocate,1 *
./an. 2!>, 18!)").
A Soi.kmn" Mattkh.?Church mem-ii
bershlp is a solemn matter. It is:'
union with an organization that em- I
braces earth and heaven. It involvesi t
separation from the world, a new na- j
'lure and anew life. Let it not he' >
cheapened by ignorance, thoughtless- t
I ness, or blamable substitution of the
high motives of the minister of (loci j
by the inferior ones that seem to actu- i f
ate some men who stand in sacred L
places.?Jliahop Fitzgerald. ; j
' Where treasures are suppo.-ed to be 1
distributed, there is sure to be a crowd. ]
Hut men do not always know what is 11
the greatest good. ! <
To the Bishop and Elder*.
"In particular, I beseech you, if you
ever loved me, and if you love God
and your brethren, to have no respect
of persons in stationing the preachers."?John
Wesley.
' There were some debates among the
preachers in this Conference relative'
to the conduct of some who had mani-!
fested a desire to abide in the cities and i
live like gentlemen."?Asbury's Jounnal.
PiiAYKR.?There is no means of |
^race so elttcacious, and yet none is so j
much neglected, as prayer. To attempt
to substitute anything else for it is
folly. To neglect it is to trifle with j
lhe most sacred matter that a humau :
being can touch, and to treat the infin-!
itely wise, holy and loviug God with j
forgetfulness, ingratitude and disobed-j
ience.? Ji'mhop Fitzgerald.
According to Berlin papers, the tallest
man in the world at the present
time is now to be seen in ihe Passage
I'unopticum in that city. He is the
Arabian Hansen Ali, who has grown
to the enormous height of 9 feet 2
inches, although he is only 10 years
;>ld. Jt is believed that he will continue
to grow for several years.
"I'encc Sunday.''
lGth December, 1894. In accordince
with a resolution of the Second
Universal Peace Congress, 1890, ail the
peoples of the different nations of the
world are affectionately invited to
unite?at public, family and private
jevouous?(iu ounuay, join i^eceniuei', ]
1894, in earnest prayer for the fulfil-1
rnent of the Christinas 9ong,
"Oil earth peace, goodwill toward!
men."
Our program for public meetings is
ready.?Pacific Banner.
Kight living is good living. Health
find morals are interpendent. If you
would look well, do well.
A sound body is a help to a sound
mind. One who has broken down his
health, is not likely to do good work
sven in his thinkiDg. If oue takes
3are of his health, he can use his mind
to better advantage.
If a young man does well, he will be
pretty sure to induce others to do well.
There is contagion in virtue as well as
in vice.
?
In the good time coming we think
t may be enacted that the man who
lies leaving millions and nothing to
jbarily, shall be buried in some "Potters
Field," and that if any tombstone
s permitted to show that he has very
ived, on it shall be inscribed, "He
lied worth millions, but left nothing
n charity to better the condition
iither of his own race or the lower
aces that depend on our protection j
ind care."
This definition of "anthem" isaccred-|
ted to a British workman. Under:aking
to explaiu the meaning of the
word to an inquiring friend, he began:
'Well, if I said, 'Bring me a pickax,"
hat would not be an anthem ; but, if
1 said,
"Bring?bring?bring?me the pickpick?pickax?bring
me the?bring me
;he?pick?pickax," that would be an
inthem."?Com.
You never get to the end of Christ's
words. There is something in them
tlways behind. They pass into proverbs,
they pass into laws, they pass
nto doctrines, they pass into consola:ions
; but they never pass away, and
lfterall the use that is made of them
:hey are still not exhausted.
"Mamma, when Willie has a toothiche
you take him to the dentist to
novo it filled, don't vou?" asked Tom
ny. "Yes, dear," said mamma.
'Well, I've pot a stummick ache.
Don't you think we'd better go to the
;andy store?"
"What papers off ruy writing desk
ire you burning there?" cried an auhor
to his servant girl. "Oh," only;
;be paper that's all writteu over, sir; |
[ hain't touched the clean."
Col. James A. Hoyt, proprietor and
iditorof the Greenville (S. C.) "Moun:aineer"
has been?so it is reported?
lwarded the contract for publishing
:he "Southren Christian Advocate."
"The longest way round is the shortest
way home" in many a case. An
indirect way may be the directest
path.
If your eye is on the eternal, your
intellect will grow, and your opinions.
xnd actions will have a beauty which I
no learning or combined advantages of;
jther men can rival:
Jesus did not spend his life in trying
not to do wrong. He was too full of i
u Innoino tn (in !
nit; emucaif ?uu ? .
right?to do his Father's will.?Phillips
Brooks.
Obedience is the road to all things, i
[t is tlie only way to grow to be able to ;
trust him. Love, faith, and obedience!
ire sides of the same prism.?George |
MacDouuld.
We shall uever be able to weigh or
(Measure our inlluence in this world;
>nly the balance of the sanctuary can J
reveal its true value ; only the days
>f eternity can disclose its graud j
results.
Let no thought of discouragement 1
inter into our souls; let no doubt j
ibout final results intrude itself upon i
>ur minds: let the work be wrought!
n God ; let faith take hold upou his
promises, and let tlie results be left;
with him.
To lift a fallen man to his feet and
ead him to a better life without re- j
iroaching him for his weakness, or j
ibusing him for his sins, is Christlike.!
That is ilie way to restore one who has
)een overtaken in a fault in the spirit i
>f meekness, and to do as you would
>e done by.
If I do what 1 may in earnest I need !
lot mourn if I work no great work on I
lie earth. To help ihe growth of a
,bought that struggles toward the!
ight; to brush with gentle baud the j
:arth slain from the white of onej
inowdrop?such be my ambition!?I
Jeorge MacDonald.
Cling fast to the Hand that is leadng
you, though it be in darkness,
t be in deep waters. You know
Arhom you have believed. Yield not
or a single moment to misgivings
ibout future storms. Infinite love,,
oiue<1 to infinite skill, shall pilot the
,vay through every straight and tempion.
We can never know a sorrow into;
vhich ilieSon of man cannot enter;!
tnd we can never understand the;
lepth and preeiousness of his synipa;hy
till we come to need it. ... I
lave had a very deep wound, the trial
las been very severe : but how should
t have known Christ as a brother born
or adversity without it?? hady I'owTMcnut.
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V
GRAINS.
Gladness is a better gift than gold.
He is most powerful who has himself
in his power.
Extravagance begets temptation,aud
temptation crime.
The worst deceived man is the one
who deceives himself.
Whenever you go to your brother in
love God goes with you.
Our characters are our own; our
reputations are other people's.
No Christian ever attains eminent
grace who does not learn to be useful.
Cheerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality. It has been called the oright
weather of the heart.
Let not every pain send thee to the
doctor, every quarrel for the lawyer,
nor every thirst to the dram-shop.
There are a good many people who
want to do good, but they are going to
wait until tomorrow to begin.
Some people are so constituted that
they can never see the bright side of
anything but a dollar.
Unless we are willing to believe
that Jesus is a Savior, we cannot find
help in him an every-day helper.
Better be right than conquer in an
argument. Better bear the assumptions
of ignorant meu than waste your
dearly bought experience on fools.
Eternity is a depth which no geometry
can measure, no arithmetic calculate,
no imagination conceive, and no
rhetoric describe.
Men who have a reputation of knowing
their business have not wasted all
their time in meddling with the business
of other people.
If we are ever in doubt what to do,
it is a good rule to ask ourselves what
we shall wish on the morrow that we
had done.
If your religion does not give you
any comfort in life, there is no reason
why you should expect any comfort in
death.
The man who is rich in words is
many times poor in deeds. He who is
going to do tomorrow never sees a tomorrow.
A modern philosopher says : "Experience
would be a splendid commodity
if it could only be sold for what it
cost."
Every man must be governed by his
own conscience, but has no right to
make his conscience a tyrant to control
others.
Would Christ's words of truth today
be any more palatable to multitllHpq
than frhov nraro nlnotoan oon.
turies ago ?
Four hundred Armenians are reported
to have been slaughtered in Turkey,
Nov. 16.
Andrews Church, W. N. C. Conference,
was dedicated Oct. 21, by Rev.
H. F. Chreitzberg, D. D.
RICHARD GANTT, ft now prepared to do
all work la his department In the best
manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and. shampooing
81 per month. Rasors honed and put
tn the best condition for 25 cents each.
School Notice.
T WILL BE IN MY OFFICE AT Abbeville
for tbe transaction of business every saleday
and every Saturday except the first Saturdays
In each montn. W. T. MILLFORD.
May 1, 1S94. School Commissioner.
House and Lot for Sale.
I OFFER FOR SALE MY HOUSE and LOT
i on Moseley Ferry road In the town of Abbeville.
Terms easy. Apply to W. S. Coth
ran, JAllen Smith, or to me at Greenville, S.
C. T. P. COTHRAN.
March 15,185)3, tr
E. F. GILLIARD,
TAILOR, /.
HAS moved, and occupies the room recently
occupied by J. L. Clark, the gonsmitb.andls
now prepared to do all kinds of
repairing and cleaning of gentlemen's clothes
on short notice.
Samples pf salts always on hand. Charges
reasonable
Take Notice.
WE HEREBY FORBID ALL TRESPASSlogon
the tol'.owlDg premises for the
purpose of bunting and tlshlng, either during
day or night time. The law will be enforced.
W. P.CALHOUN,
Attorney for S. M. Calhoun estate.
H. H. and J. S. NORWOOD,
for Norwood estate.
NV. WILSON.
ARTHUR PARKER.
A. K. WATSON.
ROBERT KEOWN.
W. P. CALHOUN,
Attorney for Caball estate.
Oct. .11,1X94. tit.
UNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES AND AMVJ
unltlon. Shells loaded with Scultzs A
C. E. powder, also American Wood and other
owiler. We have on hand 75 SECONDHAND
GUNS; will be sold for REPAIRS.
Our stock of BREECH-LOADERS and
RIFLES are the largest ever brought to Greenwood.
Leggings and hunting coats on band.
RAZORS, CLIPPERS and CUTLERY first
class. Best paper shellsftOc per 100. Shot $1.2;>
er sack. '< keg powder 81.10. Primers 30c
box. Best B. E. Wads 17c box. Repairs on
GUNS, PISTOLS and BICYCLE work GUARANTE
ED,
32 and 38* American D. <fe A. revolvers 81.00.
32 ani :1S Harlngton <fc Richardson 82.75.
32 and 3S Forth & Wardsworth 82.75.
S. it W. at '> per c.
? ? ^ - -* O
J. 1. CMpiey <x uro.
Greenwood, S. C.
Sept. l!t, 1S1?4. tf
Port Royal and Western Carolina R. R
Augusta ami Asheville Short Line.
J. B. CLEVELAND, Receiver.
QUICKEST route t<? Athens, Knlcigh, Norfolk
Kielunonil. Va? and Eastern cities. Schedule
in effect Tnly 1st, 1&1)4. Eastern tune.
Lv Augusta 2 35 pin U 50 am
Ar Greenwood r> 23 pin 12 l.r> pni
Ar Alnlerson S .'{5 pill
Ar Laurens..... <> 24 |>m
Ar (ircenville 7 50 pin
Ar Spartanuur^ 8 Oo pui
Ar Saluda U -IS pni
Ar Ilciidersonville 10 22 pui
Ar Asheville 11 20 pui
Lv Asheville 8 40 am
LvSpartanhnrjf 11 45 am
Lv Greenville 11 10 am
Lv Laurens 1 528 pm
Lv Anderson 11 00 am
Lv Greenwood 2 28 pm 6 00 am
Ar Augusta 5 15 pm 10 15 ain
Ar Savannah (! 00 am t> 00 am
Lv Greenwood 5 28 pm 12 43 pm
Ar Alliens :> 00 pm
Ar Uulcigh I 2fi am
Ar Noifolk !' 10 am
Ar Old Point 11 00 am
Ar Petersburg 0 IK) am
Ar litclunond 0 40 am
Ar Washington 10 45 aui
(>.5o a. in. train connects at Greenwood for WnlhalU
and all points on Seaboard Air Line and Columbia
and i ircenville Hallways.
Kit any information relative to tickets, rates, eched
lies. ftiuiress
\V. J. CKAIG, (ion. Pass. Agent,
U. L. TODD, Travelling Passenger Agent,
Augnst?,Ua*
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