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The Abbeville Press and Banner. ? BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1895. ESTABLISHED 1844 ||j Wanted. T ai?y or gentleman canvasseii i j in each township. At least $2 j>er day guaranteed. Address (>FI .1 NO. F. SIMMONS, o Jan. 2?, 1S95, 2m Uoivesvllle, S. C. House and Lot for Sale. 1 OFFER MY HOi:sF. AND T.oT in Hi* h town of Abbeville lor sale. 'Hie lot contains two acres, the house eightroo'ns.und to i.a in iw.i-ru,.i lv-n.'iir Kverv i III - provemeut and easy terms. Apply to W. C. McCoWAN'. n Doc. 12,KS'.n, tf AbOeviii?!, s.I'ni Strayed or Stolen. A LARGE BLACK HoRSK MULK, Willi white nose, abO'it eitjht y^ars ole', dlsnppenred ironi the neighborhood of ^mllhviSle, i on February 2l?t. belonging to Mat. Heaist. i Any inlorma'lon win he properlv rewarded. \V. JOKL SMITH & SONS. |~ Feb.27. ISO.), tf rn[Tl ? - - ? | WI J. 8. COTHRAN L. W. 1'KRRIN j -T. P. COTHRAN.? ^ " COTHRAN, PERRIN & COTHRAN kj ' oil Attorneys at Law. j"^ Abbeville. S. C. R1 I man FRESH BEEF & FISH.p T. L. DOUGLASS ! *( * FTAV1NG bought the beef market of Mr.! , IJ. Van siramen will henceforth fur n Mi nil I I ' kinds of FRKslI MKATS ?t ihn LOWKSTi ri K l'RJCES. FISH mid OYSTERS will I..- a | ;V' , 8peeialty. Give liiin your orders. tf I .y.J", Office or County Commissioners Abbeville County. trlcl Notice Contractors. of \*7ILL be let to the lowest responsible hid?? der. On Thursday I lie 21st of March hi 10o'clock a. in. The Ouiidiug of aprouches id the McKitrtck Mill bridue. ()u same day ut 12 o'clock in. the repairing' i of bridge at Cade'* Mill. i I i On same day at:! o'clock p. in. the repairing , oi bridge near Wllllnglon known as tlie Mor-1 | )ah bridge. Contractor must he prepured lo give liotid. | will reserve tlie right to reject any mid all i b ds .INO. LVON, t.. Feb. 26 h. 19ft). 3t. A. C. | WE ABE II HUE FOH 18 S TO MEET THE WANT* < Our customers will piense take not<* oi thl?i We will keep as usual, a good stock or DRY (iOi WARE. STAPLE NOTIONS FARMING I.M I'LKM piven to GROCERIES. When In n-?*d oi FLolJH HAY. BRAN, LARD, MOLASSES, SUGAR, COFFi tit v. Be sure and cail on us. One oar best New Orleans Molasses. W? We have received spring Su pies for (Jenis Clot.I Suits and t peclal garments. Styles and Fab- Re r'cx are very pretty, and prices reasonable. mie, CjIi and see our Samples end give us an order slur ?Style and tit guaranteed ; satisfaction given vV or no charge made. W. Joel Smith <S Sons. W. Joel Smith & Sons Is the place to get first W quality granulated and light brown sugars. ch<>? Jan. 31, 1895, tf W. JOE] WH. H. PARKER, rrt*>idciit. JULIUS II. D11PRI The Farmers' Bank DEPOSITS SC Surpluai Does general banking business. buyi lions. \ savings l>ppnrtmeni hns heen esiHl ward". Inter <Htat4 per cam. payable quarterly.-J Increase tapl Uy. C<T?\TI\ Tlfr ~%T /"\? t T> IUli 1UI It UIVLFIiJ SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, LUMBI INGS. LIME, PLASTER BUILDERS HARDWA THING IN THE 1 BUILDING m AND I WILL SEE THAT YOU GJ LOWEST I T> T7* T>TH JO. JO.. Jl>HJ 101 V Mmmm&m & GEO. WHITE, Prop. SPRIJNTG RESIDES OUR KKGUl.AIt I.INK Of SVAI'I.. J' will have In htock a full line ol LADIES' DR"! Of all Kinds with Trimi WILL ALSO ADl) A SUMMER SUIT GOOD! Of all Alxo a line of Ladies' Fiue Shoes, we of Shoes, Hardware und Tinware. V Our Line of Fancy ana SC^p] 49-We ask a chance to show our goods. TIIE SOUTH AND X( NEW YORK AND Oil FRED CLAY, General Countj THE LLOYDS sytem. established in 16ss, (<?v?i mad<? now more thorough and perfect through COMPANY HAK NEVER FAILED. MANY PRO iiecaut-e, as business people, they are bound to accept with equal. If not greater reliability than isofleied I Lloyds otter a uniform cut.of fifteen percent, on u rates having been made, they {ftve cven^srpater ifHi In Abbeville, we name a lew : iMr L. \V. Wlilie, Me Mr. Kdward Roach, Agent for D. O'Neil A Smis, J Mr. Wade Cothran und many others. The most p < ernR. well known in the South, are in the Lloyjs,* Crawford k. Simpson, Postal. Cable <fc 'IVIeiuapb Co. mil Electric >' t Co. of Hoslon, Spreck'es Sugar lit itdelphln. P. Lorrliard <S Co, Cot. ate Jfc Co., of Jers< <>).. Henry Hwlnborn A Co., Daniel Mtler it Co. of ii i largest concerns are In It. Agencies for Al)bc Hone office 'or the County in Daly & C>?."n store Ii <5eneral Agent, and \V. K. Cross, Special Agent In cl at Abbevil'e C. H., office at J. <j. Edweid's store, McCormick,Troy, Bradlev, Veriiery and Coronaca, Aeent for Lowndesvil'e, Ml. Carmel and Cooks. M I>onaldsvllle. Capt. James Rogers, Agent at Niuel} DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, PICK I'I'-STAIKK ON McILW jruer, Abbeville. S. C. DENTAL NOTICE. >. 1\ Killings wo HI No. I Seal Clock, Abbeville, S. ('. HI). PODO-PHYL-m ! v: ? unKclitntrj fni' Ptllnmi a Liver Panacea that doe* nauseate?at Harrison & <J I )ruir store. ien the School Cornmissic will be in his Office. 'ILL BE IX THE SCHOOL CoramiR r.- ofllce on Saturdays except, the 1st ly in each tiiiiuill, und also on Sale til her public days during the presen year, lor the purpose of transnclint.' uesKnf Mieollice. W. l'. MILFOKl n 'J*?, l.vit">. School Commissioner A :CHAHI? (iANTT, is now prepared J all work in his department in the inerandai reasonable charges. Mob omers shaving, hair cutting and si ngjfl per month. Rasors honed ant uesi coiiuiMou ior zn cents fcncu. portionment of the School F )r Abbeville County for '94iKannexed iipnorllonment of the 8c l-'uml lor Hie several School lMstrlc >evll<e comity is hused nu tlie uveraa lance oi pupils in said School llisti different hnurds ol school trustees loncd not to overdraw on the amo in a led for lhelr respective School S'o. Anils. No. Amis Disl. Apportioned. of 1 >ist. Apporl.lo I ?l::i'? II -J SI Ion 0 :i HUM i J 070' -'J "> 1 H'> i.'? <i WIS 1 7 1<kK Cr> s J288 7 It !i'i7 II HI SCSI; I 7.S III 12 *10 ft -1 I'.'ll till 11 !l70 r. s mr.' t.s )>; hmj :i 7 -J-Ki l?'i IS 7 !l 141.7 oil ?? 40S s :i 'ji?i nn W.T. MILFORI 11. I'Mh. 1S!lV School (?om mission . TI1E YEAK >F T1IE PEOPLE. net., and a Is > the pnhl io generally. )I>. t'LOTHINH. SHOES, HATS, HA NETS, At Our special attention wil I, < OttN. OA IS. J1K\L BACON, SA '.E oi FANCY GROCERIES in any <1 i are ottering great bargains In Blank liins;. Underwear and all Woolen Goo nieiiiiier, that we alone sell the "E " and ihat. it is the only perfect fit I in ttie world. i' a re headquarters tor shoes. Don't his when >uil need h pair. e will sell you the "liixie Boy" l iper instri *?vpr before. L SMITH & SONS. A. W. SMITH, Vice Presld 2, Casliior. : of Abbevill >LICITEX>. SG5,7? 5,OC ! and sells Exchange and makes C< allnhj'd AmountR received of jfl ancJ auuary, April, Juiv, October. Small f March l, DflW. 12m cr, shingleTmouTdPARIS, CEMENT, lRE OR ANYWAY OF [ATERIAL, ST GOOD GOODS AT THE JK. % JLjl j i y iii^iiw ii" ACHAM, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA, cm. W. D. BARKSDALE, Ma: , lSQo. K AND IXiMKSTIC DIIV (JOODS, I GOODS mings to Match, LINK OF 3 AND NOTIONS offer at very much reduced prices. A ifi (rt*nPPT*ipe pfltyinlftf a WVAAVM WUlJk/lV? W. D. BARKSDALE. >RTII AMERICA! [ICAGO LLOYDS. r Agent for Abbeville. r two centuries >igi>) by K<1 ward Llo.v rfgnlxr t>uslnesK piojreKslon. A IjIjO' 'MINKNT I'.l'SINKSS MKN AUK IN I I tie Raving (t-iil ur<- of lite Lloyds, coil by aoy oilier Insurance in existence, lie old line [iriiw, uiul in ca>e of execs f 111 si it I Ins. Anion:; our policy liol . ,/ ?v kx, i ?>., r4, lempie K. M. Mill, Mayor, Mr. G. A. Llout roniinent. Northern coroprations uxid >tic)i <>s A mmii ii, Nichols ,fc Co., si id ii <?l New York. Jordan. March & Co, 'tilling Co., J |{. I,||ip||,coll iV Co. of I > illy, Artn-ironr. Caior <V ('o., Liuriu la III in ore. IN MOUTH CAROLINA iville County. 11 l,'L'?^Iv ^ownberjj Block. Fred ( ; ' ^'juries, special reprcKentii . Mr. It R. \\ ilKon, Agent for Ureenw ofliee in (.reen wonl. Mr. A L. Lali r. loel Aiken, A (ten I. [or Due We.M -Six. II. D. REESE iJMD ui WATCHMAKER " j ABBEYILLK, S. <J., IS Now IN Ul'SINKSS ON HIS OWN At count, unit will Im kIihI to serve ihe pubil | in every <leps<rl.i>ionl. of his business. | lu eoniiectlon with Ills repair work. Ii , j keeps a line stock of J KWhXHY, WATCH ! > , mit SU'VKIIWAUE. eie nine, I i ? ?. . ? , _|A Complete and hul j iner STOCK OF TJIE CELEBRATED s: Metropolitan ijranil of Miiei Paint dHVS ? w ? JOHN LUCAS & CO n (j0 j always on hand at the ? City Drug Store. ~ I PRICES IN ONE GALLON CANS by tb Und A single can 31.25. A liberal discount t painters using large quantities. J Oct. 25.1893, tf liool j .J."a? I The State of South Carolina j ABBEVILLE COUNTY. are | nnuil Probate Court?Citation for J .otters or Admin Dis- istration. By It. K. Hi r.i? Esq., Jur>ok ok Phokatk. ncd WHEREAS, W. 11. Bullock, 0. C. C. P., ha I ' W made suit to me, to grant him Letter of Administration of the Estate and etlecls o 7 Jacob Burton, lato ot Abbeville county.de l ceased. :> These are therefore, to cite and admonlsl ji all and singular the kindred aud creditors o ,, the said Jacob Burton, deceased, that the; I; be and appear before me, in the Court of l'ro h bate, to be held at Abbeville C. H., onTuef il day, ttie !ltb day of April, 1S9>, after publico tlon hereof, sit. 11 o clock in the forenoon, ti , ! show causeIfany they have, why the said Ad ^,r { ministration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of tne Court i this'iGth day of February, In the year o - ?. |[L.S.]our I/ord one thousand eiyht hundre< anil ninety-live, and in the ll'Jtliyea of American Independence. Published on the 27th day of February, 18ft" in the Press aud Banner and on theCour '< House door for the time required by law. It. K HILL, | Feb. 27,189."), (it J udge of Probate. SP r" | SCHOOL TRUSTEES FOR ABito-i BEVILLE COUNTY. I be I LT. ; uan-1 School District No. 1?Capt. James Rogers jJr.,J.N. Lipscomb, B. P. Pinson, Ninety ;ets, | Six. ds. Sciiool District No. 2?Jolin B.Sample, J. L liah- Hughey, Greenwood; J. D. Fouclie, Coro Hug ! uaca. 1 School District No. 0? Dr. S. T. Lea, Cokes , for- j bury ; J. A. MoCord, Hodges; G. B. Riley IIIIf y. )iow ! school District No. 1?C. V. Martin, J. C i Martin. Donalds; K. J. Berts, Honeu Path. School District No. 5?.1. A. Devlin, W. It , Ellis, T. J. Boweii, Due West. ! School District No. (>? D. P. Hannah "* j Hodges; H. W. Bowie, Abbeville; M. G .>?? ! Smith, Donalds ' School District No. 7?R. D. Purdy. Verdery | P. D. Klujih, J. T. Davis, Greenwood. School District No.x?E. W. Watson, Brad ley; Tlios. J. Hearst, Verdery; Dr. P. H I Adams, Phoenix. ei School District No. 9?J. F Wldeman, J. S I llarrls. J. W. Young, Troy. 1 School District No. 10?A. T. Brown, Hun ter; A. K. Watson, G. H. Wardlaw, Abbe , vill?. , School District No. 11? J. G. Edwards. .las ! Evans, S. H. Cochran. Abbeville. ! School District No. 12?A. M. Erwin, L. P 7\J Harkness, R. A. Haddon, Antreville. j School District No. l.'l?S. F. Epps,. S. S \/~\ I BoIpu. 1). T. Simpson. LowtideHvliiK. f\J j Schooi District No 14?Geo. W.Speer, Mon! terry; J. \V. Boyd, Alt. Carmel; L>. W. >tec. Thomas, Waits, S. C. Inn. I School District No. 15?P. H. McCaslan, sav-1 Wideman; Win. McNeill, Mt. Carmel; J. 0 Hemminger, Link. | School District No. 10?Jas. Cothran, Jr. ? | McCormick; W. H. JJritt, Sandovtr; J. L. . Gibert. School District No. 17?E. S. Hale, E. W, Lipscomb, J. P. Phillips, Ninety-Six. School District No. 1K~C. A. C. Waller, T, l<\ Hiley, J. L. ICerr, Greenwood. School District No. lit?\V. A. l'empletoo, K. B.Gary, J K. Miller.Abbeville. School District No. _l)--Kev. A. L. Patterson, W. L. Miller. John W. Morrah, Mt. Carmel. i School Distric No. 21?John T. Cheatham, It. W. Koox, Nicholas Schrani. I The ditlerent Hoards ol Trustees are rej quested to hold a meeting at an early date lor the purpose ol organizing, by electing a ; chairman and cierk (where they are not already organized), and to meet with the Board i : of Examiners lu tho School Commissioner'* i i office on Monday, the 3rd day of December | next (Saleday) at 12 o'clocK m. togetTruslee's Records and arrange nlans lor conduct. iuj; the public schools during tho present year. W. T. MILFOUD, i School Commissioner and Chair man Hoard of Examiners. Nov. 11), lS'Jl.o i ______ MUTUAL ; nm mm\ Dg $360,000. WHITE TO OR CALL on the undersigned or to -the Director of your Township J for any Information you may desire about " L I our plan of Insurance. | We insure your property against destrucl Hon by fire, mrnim or lighihm, | and do so cheaper than any Insurance Com' pany In existence. J Remember we are prepared to prove to you . ! thai ours Is the safest and cheapest plan of L 1('11 Insurance known. . j J. R. BLAKE, Jr., Agent, Abbeville, S. C. r J. FULLER LYON, Pres. Abbeville, S. C. boardImrectors. I (i. M. Anderson Ninety-Six Township. | .1. M. Major CIreeuwood " ; r. W. Sullivan (.'okesbury " it. Ik I XV. B. Acker Donnald.s ' V'l)s| M. U. CilnksuaieK Duo Wot " IT. ( T. L. liaddou Long Cane " pled ; J. W. Scull- Smlllivillo " J'he K. W. Watson White Hall " slve; Dr. J. D. Neel Indian iiill " dors I Capt. .John Lyon Cedar Spring " toil, I 1{. Kichie Ablievilli; " law.-,; Dr. ,1. Anderson.Diamond Hill " eon* H.A.Tennent Lovvndesville " mm,! A. O. Grant Magnolia " Kdl-! J. 1\ lCorton Calhoun ' 'nil- T..I. brut Bordeaux " 'II i tl,e : A libevli |p. S. C.. Keli. IS, 18!l.*>. Mr. .1. It. Blake, Jr., Treas. F. M. F. A. A. C. Dear Sir?Please accept our I hanks lor check of S'/m io cover recent loss of our dwellings by |HV lire. For cheapness and sa'ety we cheerfully Hive commend the Farmers Mutual Fire Asuoclaood (ioti of Abbeville County i<> all who desire Insutiince on their pioperty. "" KUWAHD KOCME. ^ K. W. ASlll-KY. A I.etler to Roys. Some of your companions?we hope that they etaunot say such things of you?use pmfaneaud vulgar language. Not bin is more easy to Team or more ' diflieult to forget. There have been boys who could not tell whether they swore or not. One such was in the . navy, and when asked if he swore ' said he hoped not, but there was so much of it going on around him that sometimes he could not lie sure. One had result of using such languaee is that it is liable to come out > under excitement, no matter where o you may be or how old you are. A e minister who in his boyhood had used i. such language was ouce greatly exci ted, and uttered a profane expression which changed the whole opinion of I the community regarding him. They 1 used to say that lie was a had man at heart, or such words would not have passed his lips. A citizen has recently been elected 0 mayor of one of the largest cities in 0 the United States. Little was generally known about him before h<f was elected, except that he was an excellent man, a good citizen, and an atten. dant at church. Some persons thought that he was a member of the church, but that was an error. Being in a responsible position, and having to converse with many persons, the newspaper reporters have sought interviews with him, and in talking on exciting subjects he used some bad ? language. Some of the papers of the party opposed to him have printed the language, and those that are of his - party have said that he used laaguage more emphatic than eloquent, and then ? left a blank like this where the words would be. h This is unfortunate. Do not use profane language ; it will cause people to have a bad opinion of you ; it will s stand in the way of your success; and ? should you form the habit and break '? if AV/ilfntttatif OAmnf 1 mfiL< f ho ^ il, unuci UAViiUJXiciii avmuuiiuv.-} i/uv words may slip out of your lips, and | disgrace you even in a high and pub'! lie position. P.esides, there is nothing to he gain' ed by it.?X. Y. Advorate. I Ah Oriental Story. i An Eastern king was once in need r'of a faithful servant and friend. He gave notice that he wanted a man to l do a day's work, and two men came and asked to be employed. He engaged them both for certain fixed wages, and set them both to work to till a basket with water from a neigh. boring well, saying he would come in the evening and see their work. He then left them to themselves and went away. After putting in one or two basketfnla ntip of l.hp men swirl I "What is the good of doing this useI less work ? As soon as we put the ! water in one side it runs out on the I other." ' The other man answered : "But we have our day's wage?, Ihaveu't we? The use of the work is !tbe master's business, not our*." j "I atn not going to do such fool'sj j work," replied the other, and throwing! 'down his bucket he went away. The other man continued his work j till,about sunset he exhausted the well.; Lookingdown into it, he saw some-j tning shining at the bottom. He let i down his bucket once more, and drew ; nn u neoninna fiiomnnii rinnr . "j/ " l"vv,UUJ 1 '"o* "Now I see the use of pouring water into a basket," he exclaimed to himself. ""If the water had brough up the ring before the well was dry, it would have been found in the basket. The labor was not useless, after all." But he had yet to learn why the king had ordered this apparently useless task. It was to teat their capacity for perfect obedience, without whicli uo servant is reliable. At this moment the king came up to him and, as he bade the man keep the ring he said : "Thou bus been faithful in a little thin^ ; now I see I can trust thee in ' great things. Heuceforward thou shall. stand at my right hand." Is not this ? good lesson to teach n* j tobe faithful in the small duties of i each day, as well as the large oues ; to i do everything no matter how small, I as unto our heavenly Master? Little! acts of duty or kindness go a great | ways when done for Jesus' fake. "AIiiiiif .My FhIIutm HiinIucmm." This is what Christ loved better than anything else in the world: his Father's business, the will of his lather in heaven, the work which God had given him to do. When he hail grown to be a man he said that this was his meat and drink ; and you see that he loved it now that he was only ; a child. Can other children follow his; example? Is there any way in which you can be about your Father's business? Has God given you work to; do, and can you be useful in the world? Jesus was about his Father'* business in the temple : do you. think1 that he left it oft' when he got down to Nazareth again ? To be sure not ;j I he was always about it one way or tlie j other. Said a little girl with an anxious j ... i..... i.: iruuiiiciiaiitv.' iy> uci uiuinci Dtwiuri , , 11 wish?but I am afraid that you will I thine: it silly." -j I "What is it that you wish, my dear?; i If I know, I can tell whether it is wise j or not." "Well, mother I wish I was au | I angel in heaven." "What is it that maks you say so,! j child ?" "It was what my teacher said yes-, terduy about the verse T learned,? 'Thy will be done on earlh as it is in ' ! heaven, and I thought it must be so, j pleasant to be always doing God's| ! will, serving him, ami never leaving | off forever." The mother told her child that there ! were many ways in which God might I ' lie served every day in'earth, and that ! little girls might do hi-, will as well' as angels. She said that children | could do it by being obedient to their i parents, attentive to iheir lessons, dili-: geut in work, and gentle U,K' good numored in play, recollecting that! I (Sod sees them always, and will give! them his Holy Hpirit lo help them do all they can to please him. itemem* iberthis, my dear boys and girls. You j may be about your leather's business I without going into the temple or waiting till you get to heaven. j Doers are seldom doubters Keeping n Promise. Nan was a little girl about ten year- j old. She was neither very good nor: very had. But she was very good | ahoutone thing. Ifshemadea prom-: ise, she always kept it. She could! j always be trusted to do as she said ! she would. She was staying one sura- j j mer with her grandmother. Her mother was in Europe, and her grand-' ! mother was very anxious all the time! ! for fear that Nan should be ill while .her mother was away. Jack, hen ! cousin, was staying there too. I One day he came into the room, where Nan was, with a little box in) bis hand. Of course Nan wanted to I know what it was. Jack told her it was snuff, and he explaiued its re-J markable effect to her. Nuu had! never seen any, and was very anxious! to try it. "No," said Jack; "I won't give! you any, because you would be sure1 to tell, and then grandma would takej it away from me." Nan willingly promised she would j not tell, and begged so hard for some j that Jack was at last induced to give i her a large pinch. She snuffed it up I lion nnco mifhnnt on innlant'a riolnv and then she wished she hadn't. The tears rolled down her cheeks, and she j sneezed so many times that Jack began 1 ! to feel a little frightened. ( Just then their grandmother came 1 I into the room. Jack put the box in ' his pocket and ran away. "Dear me!" said the old lady, 1 "what a dreadful cold you have taken, 1 Nan ; you must go right to bed and I 1 will make you some boneset tea." Poor Nan! She hated to go to bed, 1 but she hated boneset tea still more. There was no help for it; she went to i bpd in short oHer. Her grandmother ! hurried away to make the lea. Jack met her carrying it upstairs, steaming hot in a bowl. "YVhat is] that?" he asked. "Some tea for Nan : she has taken a dreadful cold," said she. "Don't stop'1 ! me, Jack." But lie did stop her, and held on to I I her so tight that she could not move; ! "Grandma," he said, with a very red j ;face; "Nan has not a cold. I gave1 I her some snuff, that made her sneeze." "Why didn't she tell me?" ex- . claimed his grandmother, as she neij1 1 the bowl on the table and held up herr : hands in surprise. 1 "Because Nan promised she wouldnot, and I k new she would go to bed j and drink all that stuff rather than]' break her word. That, is why I had ; to tell myself," said .Jack. Nan was allowed to get up at once, and Jack had his box of suuff taken away from him. "The Leffeud of the Two gackn." y An ancient legend describes an old ' man traveling from place to place with ' a sack hanging behind his back and . another in front of him. In the one 1 behind him he tossed all the kind 1 deeds of his friends, which were soon 1 ' quite hidden from view and forgotten, s In the one hanging around his neck, ' under his chin, he threw all the sins 1 I which his acquaintances committed ; * ! and these he was in the habit of turn- k ling over and looking at as he walked J along day by day, which necesarily j hindered his course. One day to his surprise be met a man f I coming slowly along, also wearing two 1 ! g&Qlty, f "What have you here?" asked the s old man. e "Why, my good deeds," replied num- ? ber two. "I keep them all before me, ' and take them out and air them fre- f quently." "What is in the other big sack?" 1 asked the first traveler; "it seems 4 weighty." j1 "Merely my little mistakes. I al- a ways keep them in the sack hanging !c over mv back." if Presently the two travelers were joined by a third, who, strange to say, also carried two sacks, one under his chin aud one on his back. "Let us see the contents of your sacks," exclaimed the first two trav-! elers. "With all my heart," quoth the stranger, "for 1 have a goodly assort- i ment, aud I like to show them. This! j-ack," said he,* pointing to the one hanging in front of him. "is full of the good deeds of others." - "Your sack looks heavy; it must be j very full." observed the old man. * "There you are mistaken," replied the stranger; "they are big, butuot heavy. The weight is only such as u sails are to a ship. Far from being a 1 burden, it helps me onward." ia Well, your sack behind can be of j9 uuitt use iu" jrim, aaiu uuiiiuer twu, "for it appers to be empty. And I .?ee * it lias a great hole iu the bottom of it." * "I did that on purpose," said the * stranger, "for all theevii I hear ot'peo- (l pie I put iu there, and it falls through a and is lost. So, you see, I have no 8 weight to drag me down backwards." r ?Selected. F Wliero Convicts Come From. ^ A short time since, a young man, t condemned to die for the awful crime , of murder, lay iu a priaon-cell, await- v ing the day of execution. A kind r lady, who had heard of his condition, J! visited him several times, aud sought to lead him to penitence and faith in Jesus as his only hope. On one occasion the lady was accompanied by her! little son, who spoke kindly to the poor prisoner, and offered him some I v fruit. The man seemed much affected i t by the grace and gentleness of theju child, and drawing him towards him, j i said, as the tears ran freely down hisil cheeks : I 'My dear child, let me tell yon g what brought me here. It was diso- d beying my parents, then breaking l God's holy day, and, lastly, drinking ja and gambling, that grew out ot thelo other two. Never forget this, if you t would not be where I now am, and tell all your play-fellows to take warn-!a ing by" my sad fate. Always obey Is your parents, never arniK a drop orjt anything that can intoxicate, keep!a holy the sabbath-day, ami turu, as I v from the evil one himself, from anyjd who would persuade you to enter a v gambling house or engage in a game of ctiance. These are the things that till the prisons of earth and crowd the v gates of hell with victims." si Jesus loves to teach, loves to show sympathy, loves to love. He is tiie r' same to-day In all this, as he was when here in the flesh so long ago. 11 The Converted Infidel. A youth of sixteen, says an e> change, entered college and graduate^ with the highest honors of his clans His moat intimate friend was E who was very bright and witty, ani remarkably winning in person am manners, but a confirmed infidel The ambitious youth came fully unde the influence of his gay aud brillian companion, aud when he left colleg he, too, gouId ridicule the liible am crm-k his jokes at the expense of weal minded people who believed in th Word of (iod. * or a time lie was quite undiclde< what literary field to select for tin display of his talent?. During thi period of hesitation concluded^ travel on horseback through some o the New Euglaud states anil Nev York. One evening he stopped at a country inn, and the landlord apologized fo the necessity of putting him into t room adjoining an apartment ocuu pied by a youug man who was ex tremely ill and iu a dying condition The youthful infidel smiled at th< apology, for what was death to him' However, in the utillness of the uighi he heard through the thin partitloi the groans of the sick man?groans o: suffering, groans, it seemed to him, ol mspair. ne was asnameu 10 nnu ma thes-e hollow and hopeless groans no only disturbed him, but appallec him, and he covered his head witl the bed clothes in profound morlifi cation when he reflected that th< intellectual and sarcastic E? would laugh him to scorn If his weak ness were ever discovered. At last all was still, and he fell int< an easy sleep. When he awoke, de scending to the office, with assumec indifference he inquired after his fel low-lodger. "Dead," was the blunt reply of th< landlord. The infidel was startled, but agair asked in careless tones: "Do you know who he was?" "Oh, yes; he was a graduate o P college, and a fine fellow. Hii name was E ; and it'is a pitty h< died so young, for he would hav< made his mark." And so the groans that forced th< young stranger to think of E as 1 refuce from his> unmanlv fears wen the groans of E himself, tb< wicked and mockiDg deist, in bis dy iDtr hour! Thia young skeptic afterwards be 3ame the devoted and distinguishec Or. Adoniram Judson, the great mis iionary of Burmah. At Midnight I will Arise to Give ThnukH. Surely that is the right time. Oui vatcb-nigbt services provide a beautiful type. It is when trouble is at its leighf. that praise is most comely. ft is onin aivp rhnnliu whAii rhprt 9 sunshine about our^path, or iu the iwijight when there is a glory even in he sunset; but when real sorrow has let inland continues, and a few rays ol leavenly light appear, then is the ,ime to rise up and bless God. This is i glory only possible upon earth. Such an opportunity of praising the Lord no angel shares with us, for there s no night in heaven. Perhaps in all lis universe there is no sight more joy>us to the heart of the Great Father han to see one of his children, surou-ded with dark trial, yet by a itrong faith enabled to rise above it in gratitude and faith, and displaying a itrong, clear confidence in Divine ove. It is well to look upon tribulaion in this light, and even to rejoice n it as providing rare occasions for hauksgiying. W'beu we have enterid the unchanging light, never more o know darkness, we may perhaps lometimes have a wish that when the >pportuuity, now past forever, was liven to show forth the praises of the 3od of love, it had been more heartily imbraced. It was midnight that shepherd men leard the soug of augels announcing he birth of Christ, but there was no iarkness with them. And it is sonieirnes at the hour of greatest sorrow hnt wp hp.'ir kipst, nplpsti.il harmonies. tnd learn most fully the mystery of Smmanuel. The night of doubt i9 darker tbau hat of affliction, of disease or ofcir:umstance. The most trying midlightis that in which the blackness if skepticism is around about us. rhose hours when all light 011 spirlual things seems to have waned away ire the saddest of earth. They denand sympathy of the good, but it is i sad fashion of our age to allow that ympathy to grow into encourageuent. Doubt is the night of the soul. Jerein is God most glorified when leaten with the harsh stripes of misgiving and plunged into the inner lungeon of blackest sceptical thought, ,ud feeling the earthquake shock of ome terrible attack on faith, the soul ises 10 its true dignity, and sings >raises at midnight. Not lying in noamng ana sau cnmpiuun uui risiug >bove all to the glory of our existence vhich is to praise the Lord at all imes, so that other prisoners of doubt nay hear and seek salvation. Then ve rise to the sweetest melody of >raise and offer the most precious sacifice of thanksgiving.?The Freeman. A Wild IlibernlciNin. "Well," said the returned traveller, 'I had an experience in Ireland which vill lead 1110 far toward believing anyhing that I may ever hear or read .bout some Irishman's utter ilJogicalty. It happened out in the hotel of a ittle town in Galway called Wesport. ! was one of a party of four that had ;one across from Dublin to look for a ieserted silver mine that was said to l.sll.. U/.N (I?a iu ill nil? ut'a*i iiiii^ uai;i\ ui mc uiw u, ,ud we agreed, a.s it was a long drive ver there, that we should start early he next morning. "Seven was set for the breakfast hour nd half past six for the rising hour, o we called in the solitary waiter of he Hotel and told him to rouse us all tO SO, sharp. I slept in a bed that /as as cold as an ice chest, aud was reaming of New York and steam heat /lien a knock at the door awoke me. "Who's there ?" f cried. "Shure, it's me, sor,' answered the r'aiter. "It's twenty minitspastfoive, or. Will I wake ye now, or will J *ait till half past sex?" "At first I was angry, but when 1 ealiaed the full topsy turvinessof the illow's deduction I just roared. And ts a fact, ton." THE COBLEE'S VISION, d A quaint legend is current in Russia. I. It rplaies to a man known in bis town ' , as "Martin the Cobbler." [J Martin was unlearned, but a very i] pious man. who thought and prayed I. much as he sat at bi3 bench day by r day mendiug bis neighbors' shoes. < t From the time that the story of Jesus e entered his heart no other subject ocj cupicd his thoughts. He dwelt upon 11 it continually and forgot the hardsnip e of his lot in anticipating the joy of see- v ing His Lord in heaven. That beJ came his idea of heaven?a place where e he would see his Lord face to face. As a he thought of it the dark basoment in j wuiuii ne wuincu aeerneu less oisumi. f j Yet it was a dismal place. The only t light tbateutered it came from a slip of glass in the wall close to the ceil; ing which was but a few inches above r the level of the pavement outside. i Every passer-by interrupted the light - though Martin from his bench could 1 ' - not see more of them thau the feet. . His spiritual life was a very Inward i one. He seldom spoke of religion to ?! the neighbor^ who came to bring him L work. They would not have under) j stood him and probably would have f ridiculed him. Martin therefore was f self-contained, Uving in bis own t thoughts and doing nothing to dissem11 inate the light he bad. His reli] j gion consequently was not aa active, . , 11 but a meditative one. -j One night his thoughts were dwell31 ing as usual on that glorious hope up -1 to the time of his throwing himself on ' I bis poor bed for a night's rest. He fell asleep and dreamed that an angel > stood beside bis bed and told him that - his desire to see his Lord was to be 1 gratified. Jesus Himself would visit -1 nis humble abode on the morrow. The * I vision was so impressive that Martin ; | had no doubt ol its reality. He awoke early full of the thought that Jesus i! wab to see him that day. He prepared i his breakfast and saf. down fr> hio mpul As he did so he noticed a pair of feet , : fj passing the window which must, he i was sure, belong to some one who was j i very tired. They were scarcely lifted, i! but were dragged along wearily. Mar{lin felt good to every one that morni ing, and be rose from bis breakfast lM i I determined to make one heart glad 3 beside his own, at any rate. The feet ; be had seen belonged to a poor, horae less woman who had wandered around ' . all night and was tired and hungry. - Martin took her down into his basel ment, shared his breakfast with her and let her rest awhile. He set to ' work, wondering when the Lord would come. The time must be getting near. As he sat down to his midday meal be saw through his window two sbambling feet as weary of step as r the woman's had been and when he went up he found an old man who , j had tasted no food that day. Martin led him down and fed him in the >; Master's name. Dinner over, he re( sumed his.work and labored till sunset. ji The Lord had not come. He waited i i ii u til it wasjquite dark and then went to [! bed sad and disappointed. In his sleep he ?aw again the face of ; the man and woman whom he had fed tbat day. They stood one on each > side of bis bed, their forms clad in the \ poor ragged garments jU9t as he bad I: seen tnem in tne nay time. As ne : looked lrom one to the other wonder! iugly, their faces seemed to light up, their garments grew luminous and . , they appeared even brighter than the ! angel lie had seeu the night before. ,! 'Martin," they said, "didst thou i know me? I was hungry aud thou ! didst feed me. Inasmuch as thou didst it unto the least of these, thou didst it unto me."?Selected. Poor Dolly. I wonder if there ever was a doll ' i .,% so badly cared for as I. Let me tell , you about just one day, and then tell , ! me what >ou think. | The very first thing this morning ! Flossy lost me out of the window. i She was teaching me to dance on the [window sill; but she danced me ojyer the edge, so down I fell into the midI .11. ..C .. TT JiJ i Uie Ul tt 1USCUU3U. XJUW LIIC IL1U1 liO UIU ! tear my pretty pink dress! And there 11 should have staid till this minute, if } Bridget had not carried me in. After that, Flossy lost me in all sorts of queer places: once in the cookey jar, once in Hover's kennel, once behind the flour barrel, and twice down the cellar stairs. And each time Fossy's mamma or Bridget found me, 'A and brought me back to her. But now I am afraid that they will ' not llnd me at all She has dropped ; me behind the sofa, and here J nave 1 been lying for three hours. To be : sure, I have plenty of company : | Flossy's ball is here, and some of her checkers, and her big hat that she has ! been hunting for ever since last Monday. I suppose that we sbail have to lie here all together till next sweeping clay. *? ])id you ever see such a little girl as Flossy! aud did you ever hear of such a poor, forlorn dolly as I? When you give sick people raw oysI ters, cut off the tough part and give j them only the 'Jeye." It is digestible , and palatable. Never season highly for a sick person. v Damp saltwfcll rubbed into the hair i at night and left till morning and j then combed out will remove dandruff, ; and if repeated once or twice a month I will keep the scalp in good condition. If rice or oatmeal or anything of that kind seems determined to cook to the bottom of the vessel, put a thin piece of tin or sheet iron between the kettle and the stove. j The Horse's Foot.?Rev. W. H. H. : Murray once laid down a rule in rej gard to trimming a horse's foot that I every horseman in the world should cut out and paste in his hat. "Never," he says, "allow the knife to touch the sole of a horse's foot, nor the least bit of it to be pared away, because nature needs tbe full bulk of it, and has amply provided for its removal at the proper time. Secondly, never allow a knife to l?e put to the frog, because tiotuPi) ti/iful' nr/tuiilou fnn mnoK r\C St Ilillllli; IIV ? V? j>tv*iuvo IVV/ I11UW11 */? ?" ; to answer the purpose for which the : Creator designed it, and the larger it ! is the more swiftly, easily, and safely , will the horse go." i A little may prove very much, when [ it is all we have, and is put at the service of Christ. /f' ' ' * ..s/f' V