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LOCAL AND SPECIAL, ! Short Stories of the Week ?Points Picked l |? at the Conrt House ami j1 on the Street*?Pencil Picture* Without Flourishes. THK CITY PRIMARY. Yesterday a prlmarv election was had for four Aldermen. The total vote was 19ri. The j candidates iu tue au auu -uu n?ui uw uu opposition. ! The vote resulted ns follow#: For Alderman Irom Ward 1?L. H. Russell, I 120: A. IV Morse, 74. Ward i-J. L. McMillan, 119; J. M. Gain-1 brell, 7i. Ward 3? W. s. Cotbran .171. Ward 4-.I. F. Miller, 182. Messrs. F. L. Morrow, G. H Moore and H. i T. Wardlaw managed !lie primary. Considerable Interest was manifested. The city election will be held next Tuesday. 1)01X0 BUSINESS AT THE OI.D STAND. The many irlends of Sheriff F. W. R. Nance will be pleased to know that he is able to be at the office again. He has bad a serious attack of grippe? lastiug four weeks." THE CHAINGANG. The convict camp was moved yesterday from three miles west of town to a point four miles out on the Hodges road, where some badly-needed rock work is to i?e done. There are fourteen negroes in the cnmn-gang. llOARI) OK EXAMINERS. The State Board of Education has appointed Prof. J. K. Knight of the Abbeville Graded school, and Prof. S. P. McKlroy, of Erskine College, members of the Abbeville Couuty Board of Education. ' BAD ROADS. Horrible is not an exaggerated term when nsed In connection witb our public roads. Perhaps the people will be Just enougbjto remember tb^t tbe couuty authorities are not responsible for the weather. Supervisor Lyon Is getting all his resources fruM<th??r and will nuslj road-working steadily. THAT RAILROAD. Definite information as to the SeaboardPiedmont railroad scheme cannot be obtained. The citizens of Laurens are making a spirited effort io have the extension run by that place. Laurens is one of the places the hostlers have bold on. If Abbeville wfents thai road she must not be bashful or stingy. ' . BLl'E PROSPECTS. The agricultural situation is depressing. Very little plowing has been done. Only two or4tbree days of this year have been favorable to farm work and farmers are several weeks behind. .Probably there has never been such a bad start made toward a crop. ('APT. LYON'S CABINET. tThe Board of County Commissioners met on Monday. Only routine business was transacted. The TowDBhlp . Commissioners present were: Messrs. Kluard, Waller, Riley, ShannoD. Donnalc, Hauna, White, Gibert, McMillan, Kennedy, Kobertsou, Wilson, Britt, COUNTY ALLIANCE. The Abbeville County Farmers' Alliance will meet on Friday, 23d instant. The 16th was the date first dxed for this meeting, but It was found that- this was the day for the examination of teachers, which occasion would monopolize the day, the court house and the secretary. Those concerned will note the change. Friday, April 23, is the date. REVIVAL SERVICES. . Services have been held nightly iu the Presbvterlan church siuce last Thursday. I. weather has beeu against the attendance, bat both interest aud attendance nave increased steadily. Rev. F. L. Leaper, Evangelist of Charleston Presbytery, Alls the pulpit. He preaches with extraordinary power. He is both eloquent and forceful. The services will likely be continued through the remainder of the week. A>*D STILL THEY COME. The Honea Path p?ople are at work for that new county. They want portions oi Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville and Laurens counties A scheme Is on foot to form a new county from portions of Anderson aud Greenville counties with Wiillamston as the couuty seat. If new counties must be formed, there Is every reason for the Abbeville people to favor .Villlamntnn nrolect. Its success Would effectually shut off ail schemes to:further mu-1 Ulate old Abbeville ou the upper borders, without takiug any of our territory. Seiah! I WET WEATHER WAILS. It didn't do a tblog but rain Sunday. The Savannah River is on a rampage. No bridges have yet been reported to the Supervisor as having goue off with the recent freshets. The County Board didn't do anything about the roads Monday. The out-of town members were uot certain as to the .ocailon of the roads they were supposed to have traversed. They said the roads were "out o' sight." K?o/>h coloHor? atfanriont hrnnuht II nflrt Of the substance formerly composing the public ruadB to town with him. People came by all sorts of roundabout ways to tbe court house Monday. NO DISTILLERY. The distillery project which has been agitated for several weeks, Is practically dead. Publlo sentiment Is decidedly against tbe establishment of a Government distillery. At least two landowners reconsidered and broke up trades for ground on which to put up the Institution. All tbe members of tbe County Board ol Control are averse to granting the necessary permltand will not grant ltunlessconfronted with a petition to that effect from two-thirds of tbe freeholders In the township in which tbe establishment Ik contemplated. Petitions pro and con were out In Long I Cane Township a Jew days ago, but the whole matter now seems to have dropped from public notice. There won't be a still-house in Long Cane Township soon. TO ELECT A REPRESENTATIVE. Hon. F. B. Gary, in responi% to a direct inquiry, stated Monday to a Press and Banner reporter, that as Speaker of the House of Representatives, be would not take action in the matter ol an election for a successor to Hon. T. A. Graham until the Democratic County Executive Committee takes action. As County Chairman Mr. Gary will call toe Executive Committee together on Saleday In May. Arrangements lor a primary election will then be made. Wben tbe date Tor tbe primary has been fixed Speaker Gary will order tbe regular election. Mr. Graham, having been appointed Auditor of Greenwood County, resigned an Representative from Abbeville Couuty, several days ago. SHORT STATEMENTS. The county bloodhounds are of the suckegg variety?the small boys' friend, tbe darkeys' pride, the new legislator's boon?the indispensable, Invincible "yaller dog." Abbeville is developing considerable wardheeling talent. Several new telephones are being put in. Probate Judge Hill has some Important cases on band. Hustleout your candidate for the Legislature. The plum is ripe. At l(LHL.the KDrlne II The fee dealers are beginning to smile?and order Ice. The city docker was blank and desolate I Monday morning. 8aleday war^almost sale-le6s?except at the dispensary. Don't docge the opera house Issue. It is coining ana must be met sooner or later. The Clt> Treasurer's report Is out. WHAT WE ARE WORTH. The following figures show the present valuation ol all the taxable property In Abbeville County. This is the Auditor's absi act. as approved by the County Board of Equalization: Horses, 2218 S 101,750 (futile, 7291:. 68,735 Mules and asses, 3593 Iftl 310 8beep and Goats,'2152 2,405 Hogs, 4420 ; 10,785 [Gold and Silver Watches?nd Plate.027. 12,135 [Pianofortes, Melodeons and Cabinet Organs, 838 18,525 Carriages, Carts, Drays, Trucks, Wagons, etc., 4038 70,110 Dogs, 2i28 10,03(1 Average value of property pertaining to merchandise 253,990 Average value of property pertaluinic to manufacturing 1,000 Machinery, Tools. Engines, etc., and manufactured goods on hand 86,075 Moneys, Incl tiding bank bit 1b and circulating notes 310,564 Value of all credits over legal indebtedness 110,840 Value stocks of corporations out of 8tate, except National Banks 16,500 Bonds not exempt from taxation 5,150 Value of all other property, including household furniture, etc 217,8.'-.' Returns of insurance companies, fire and lite....- 23.415 Railroad property 1,893.5*70 Total value of real and personal property not In towns, cities and villages 8,Uw,875 Total value of real and personal property in towns, cities and villages.. 990,135 Total real property 84W6010 Total personal properly 287-J7S0 Total taxable properly ,38,920,790 4' Discipline The Colt. Very many stock owners unknowingly expose their colts to injury by allowing them to run beside the mare when the latter is driven on the road. That this is a bad practice can be easily teem. As a rule the ordiuar.v drive is entirely too much for the soft, muscles, producing often a life long injury by overtaxing the young animal. At the same time the colt roams over the road at will, going from one side to the other into the ditch and out of the ditch, thus establishing a habit, and later, when put in harness to get his first lesson in driving it will try to do thesame thing to the disgust of the driver. The running of the colt at large tU.w ?/%?/) if ft t> .lion Kftf U frv lipUIJ IIJC iwuvt jo a iiiiioauuc vutii iw those driving its mother and other travelers. If the colt must go with its dam it ought to be haltered and hitched by the side of its mother; it thus learns restraint and is early taught to keep the middle of the road ; but eveu then a colt should not be taken on a long drive, as it may injure him permanently. Cure for Enrnclic. As soon as auy soreness is felt iu the ear, let from three to six drops of aruica be poured in, aud the orifice tilled with cotton to exclude the air. and in a little time the uneasiness will be forgotten. If the arnica be not resorted to until there is actual pain the cure may not be as speedy, but it is just as certain, although it may be necessary to repeat the application . It is a sure preventive for gatheriug iu the ear, which is the usual cause of earache. For the Hand*. Those whose haudsarered and rough may try the following . Put a few drops of lemon juice into the white or an egg. If lemons are not at haud, a little alum-water may be used instead. Rub some of this mixture on the hand* at night, letting it try ou. Some claim this to be the best iotion known for making the hands white, soft, and smooth. Egg Omelet. Beat five eggs separately then together ; add half a teacupful of cream and a little chopped partly. Have moderately hot griddle, well greased ; wheu a little brown turn aud then fold over and serve on a hot dish.* Sprinkle with pepper and salt. Never salt eggs until after they are cooked. For A Cut. A soft rag, saturated with a raw egg, folded several times to retain moisture, bound to the wound, will give immediate relief aud stop the bleeding. Moisten the rag if ii becomes too dry for comfort, with egg occasionally for a few hours. Simple but effectual except where an artery Is cut. Xfeartbnrn. For the disagreeable sensation known as heartburn, which so often accompanies indigestion, a saltspoonful of common salt dissolved in half a wlne-gla.es of water; and drank, in as effective a remedy as saleratus water. A modern engineering work states that a horse can draw, on the worst eartheu road three times aa much a9 he can carry on his back ; on a good mac auuiiiizeu iuuu, niue. nines as inucii ; on a plank road well laid and in good order, 25 times as much ; on a smooth stone pavement 33 time9 as much, and on a steel railroad, 54 times as much as he can carry. Laughter is a most healthful exercise. It is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I.amacquainted, and the custom prevalent among our forefathers of exciting it at table by jesters aud buffoons was fouudtd on true medical principles. Department figures in Washington gives nine hundred million dollar* as the amount of the actual liquor traffic, and that sum is easily doubled by the cost of trials and similar expenses growing out of it. ????The Nweetness of Girlhood. Girlhood and young womanhood are such pure aDd sweet and beautiful things when they are what God intended them to be that fills one with unspeakable regret to see a young girl's life falling short of its appointed beauty. And every young girl's life falls short of this beauty if it lacks in modesty, in dignity in purity of thought and speech in gentleness and kindness. The bold mri of pronounced aress ana speecn, thegirl who sets at naught the opin ions of others, the girl who is noisy and who seeks to be "dashing," the girl whose pareuts sorrowfully admit that she is "beyond them"?this girl is treading on dangerous ground and her life is falling far short of the appointed beauty and sweetness of girlnood. We look at our neighbor's errors with a microscope, and at our own through the wrong end of a telescope. We have two sets of weights and measures?one for hotr.e use, aud the other for foreign. Every vice has two names, and we call it by the flattering and minmiziug one when we commit it, and by the ugly one when our neighbor does it. Everybody cau see the hump on his friends' shoulders, but it takes some eflbrt to see our own. Open every book of piety; run through all treatises on the spiritual life : you will find that there is no salvation but in God aud in a virtuous life. Hence the Lord anil Redeemer of our souls said to his disci pies, " What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?" He that meditates often on those words, and who is more seriously concerned for the welfare of his soul than for the increase of his fortune, or for the entertainment of his body, is a merchant truly wise, for he prefers spiritual riches, which perish not to the passing good of earth. He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays. He that cau live in sin, and abide in the ordinary duties of prayer, never prays as lie ought. A truly gracious praying frame is utterly inconsistent with the love of any sin. Human hearts are the vehicles employed of heaven to enrich the world. More is contributed by the cheering words, the sunny countenance and the thrilling hand grasp than this world dreams of. Despise no voice, for God can give it melody. ' A Day at Grandma**. "Now be good children and be very careful about the cars," said mamma. George and Jessie promised they would, their motler kissed them good bye, and they ran and skipped down the street to the corner to wait for an electric car. They were going to spend the day at grandma's where they always had a perfectly splendid time. Prettv soon the car came, and a pleasant-facet! man, who had been waiting also, helped Jessie up the steps and found her a seat, although he and George had to stand because there were so many people on the car. George was close beside Jessie, and they looked at each other and smiled, + n'oro cr\ hunnr iucty nviu o\' After awhile the conductor came along to take up the fares. The pleasant-faced man looked in all his pockets for a live-cent piece, but he could not find one, ami so he gave the conductor a quarter. Just then some one spoke to the pleasant-faced man, and he put the change the conductor handed him into his pocket without looking at it. . Then the conductor passed on. ''I wonder why he didn't take our fare?" whispered Jessie to George. "Perhaps he will take it next time," whispered George. ' ' -i i - ti. ~ 'J. 11 1 "remaps ne wou i. iatse il an, auu then we can spend it for candy." said Jessie. "That's so," said George. "Let's lookout of the window and pretend we've paid it." When the conductor came around agaiu there were not so many people in the car. George and Jessie looked out of the window and he passed along without looking at them. They looked at each other guiltily, for they knew it was dishonest not to pay their fare. They knew thev ought to hold out the five-cent pieces to the conductor, but they thought of the candv and kent them in their Dockets, with their hauds closed tightly around them. The conductor passed them once more on his way to the rear of the car, but they did not oiler him the money. After awhile the cur stopped at the place where George and Jessie were to get out, and they started to walk the half mile to grandma's. They no longer felt happy, for they knew they had done wrong. They walked slowly, and did not look in each other'." faces. The sun was shining brightly, but somehow tne day did not seem pleasant. Grandma was very glad to see them, and said they might go to the next house and ask the boy and girl who ived there to come aud play with them aud stay to dinner. The little girl and boy whose names were Carl and Alice, came, aud they all went to see the chickens, and played with the new bosy in the barn and sailed chips on the brook, and picked violets in the field. But they didn't seem to have a very good time aud before noon they quarreled, and Alice and Carl said they "wouldn't play," and went home. Even grandma's nice dinner did not taste good to George and Jessie, aud thaw riirl lint put vprv triiiP.h. After dinner they went and eat on the doorstep and thought. "I want to go home," said Jessie at last. "So do J," said George; and they went into the house and toldgraudraa. She was very much suprised, but she was afraid they were not feeling well, so she let them go, and walked pare 01 lue way wim uieim When George and Jessie reached the car track they sat down on a stone tc wait. "[ hope the same conductor will be on the car this afternoon," said George soberly. "80 do I," said Jessie. "I can'! stand it to be a thief any longer; cac you ?" "No," said George. "It ^.eems a? though I never shall be happy again tili I've paid that money." In a little while the car came alonj and they wereglad when they saw thai the name conductor was on it. When be came to take up the fare! |George gave him four five-cent pieces "Ttiey are lor me aua my sister,be explained. Tbe conductor banded back tei: cents. "You have paid me too much," h( said. "We did not pay you this morning,' said George and Jessie together. The conductor looked puzzled. "I don't remember anything Aboul it," he said. "I guess you'd bettei keep the ten cent." "No, no J" they answered eagerly "We don't want it." So the conductor kept it and Georg( and Jeesie each took a long breath The day seemed pleasant again, ami they looked out of the car windows and talked about the things they saw, lho?r ot/mnoH fho nor of t liah if UCU IUV/J V.IV VM4 MW V?vw corner the conductor smiled. "I remember all about it now," he said. "I thought that the man whc got on when you did meant to pay foi you. VVhpn I see him again I'll pa} him that ten ceuts." I don't think we shall feel perfectly happy till we've told mamma allahoul it," said Jessie, and they turned iuu their yard. "No," said George. "Let's tell hei nUl.f ,.{Y )) I I^il u wu. 80 they did, and their mother salt she was very glad they had repented of their dishonesty and paid tin money. After that George and Jessie fell happy once more. Parental Honor. The words, ''Honor thy father ant thy mother," mean four thiugs--al ways do what they hid you, always tel them the truth, always treat them lovingly, ami take care of them when they are sick or grown old. I never ye knew a boy that trampled on the wish es of his parents who turned out well. God never blesses a wilfully disobedi ent sou. When Washington was 1"> years old he determined to leave home and be n midshipman in the colonial navy. Afi er he had sent off his trunk, he Weill to tell bis mother good-by. She wepl so bitterly, lie said to his negro servant, 'Jiring back my trunk ;Iaiu notgoinj, to make my mother suffer so by leaving her." He remained at home to please his mother, his career in life turned 01 this one simple act of trying to niakt his mother happy, and.be hever had occasion to shed bitter tears for imj act of unkindness to his parents. Lei us not forget that God has said, "Honor thy father and mother." "A classical education,' remarket! the cynical professor, "is a good thing in somecases." "But don'tyou approve of in general?" "No. It strikes me as highly objectionable when it goes no further than to enable a young woman to put good Latin into bad English." The Hebrew hand-breadth was ;?.(1 inches, and equaled four digits, a?im hmmlhwi min " ? niMW?inni?rm n A Woril To The Boy*. There sits npar me, each day at the hotel table, a pleasant young gentle- ji man. He is small and fair?looks jt scarcely more than a boy, but I learned t.1 incidentally that he is over twenty-four ti yearsoid. Sometimes ne is very paie and hi* breath short. One morning, t( when I chanced to be nearly the last jj one at a late breakfast, he came in C) looking so worn and white I was a alarmed. f( "1 coughed so much during the ti night I am about worn out," he said. ri "My throat bled, too," and finding me tl asympathetic listener he continued: n "It is two years since it began ; that is ri why I am here. I used to bleed seven or eight times a day. I've been better b lately, but this cold has given me a bad '1 1 . '? T .. ? 1? ?rv, ^ 9ei-0aCK. VJU, J. tlUJ uwi aiai uicu , mj g lungs are all right, and trouble is in the v bronchial tubes, but the pain is hard t< to bear, and it isn't just pleasant to be p away from home, and have to give up p all my plans." 5 "Do you smoke?" I asked. s, He gave me a pecular little smile, d "I stopped that the day my throat first p bled, and haven't touched tobacco e since. My trouble was caused by cig- tl arettes, T haven't the least doubt of <hsi> MV friends all told me to ston n from the very first, but I thought I n knew it all," and he glanced across the ii table at a bright boy, who blushed a <? little, and at once became absorbed in b i disposing of his delicately browned y waffle. fi "Your experience ought to be a k warning to other boys," I said. g " Yes," he said, "if they would ever a learn anything from anybody." , a "I am sorry for that poor fellow,''' p said a friend later. "It is a good thing ji he doesn't know the suffering that is fc i probably before him. Consumption of c ; the throat is terrible. In the last stages i even a swallow of water will cause t .... AU "?!ll V? A f on I'u ^ f f MR" 11 JJUlll 11 Will Uliu^ Uic icni.-.. I I tuned away heartsick. Oh, the n I cost of cigarettes! i: - : The Aecd ninUler. <1 lie kind to the aped minister who F ! feels that he is useless. Itemember his e | past services and pay him respect and F reverence. Call upon him and let him ^ see that he stands linked with the pres- c sent iu sympathy and effort. At the . house of God recognizeand honor him. If he is to preach, do your best to have a good congregation to hear him. If 1 husays anything helpful, let him know 1 that you have been benefited by his J : preaching. If he leads in prayer, get 1 ' the spiritual benefit of his pleading c ' voice. Consider his long experience ^ his ripening powers, and his nearness ^ to eternity, and neither say nor do any- 1 1 thing to hurt or wound his feeliugs, or r to indicate that his presence and aer- J1 vice are not wanted. The old minister * is, or ought to be, a benediction. we ~ ' knew of one such honored servant. * He had passed his fourscore years. ; : Though without a regular charge for t several decades, he loved to preach, ' and never lost an occasion to tell the [ story of the cross; but when at home j : on Sabbatb, he always occupied his J 1 pew near the pulpit, a devout, respect- J ful hearer and worshipper. People 1 Invoil hi QfiQ liitu oml lullr with )iinn 1 after service. Tbe young looked up to c ' him with respect. He encountered a I cordial greeting on every Hide. Many 1 consulted him in trouble. The pastor 1 leaned upon him for direction and sym- ^ ' pathy. The congregation were de- c lighted to have him preach to them as r opportunity ottered. Two weeks be- * fore lie died he preached to them his e 1 last sermon, which the Lord blessed to 1 the conversion of a soul. His depar- Jture was that of a hero, and he was 1 | mourned by hundreds. Men of the a ! world felt that they had sustained a . loss, and good men knew and felt the ' force of his piety and ministry. God's 1 1 veteran, whether almost worn out or able to do more or lens service for Him, ' ought to be more and more loved and r ' cared for. It is a terrible experience i for him to feel that he has survived his t > usefulness, and that people no longer * appreciate him, or have ceased to be r interested inhim. He has not long to stay on earth, and Christians ought to t ; do whatever they can to make his de- g clining years sweet, happy and serene, a 1 - . .. ~.!TT I ... r (Jul. Yerger : "l oeneve i am getting c i the dropsy." Judge Peterby : "Why > what put that idea in your head ?" "I l ' not weighed to-day and I weighed 300 t pounds." "Great St. George! where c didyou get weighed ?" "Arournl at a a - coal yard." "Calm yourself. Your I r weight is exactly 150 pouuds." * P t Silence Is one of the negative virtues. No man doth safely rule but he that 1 nath learned gladly to obey. i Silence is the best weapon to use j r against a vulgar and spiteful tongue. \ ; The home that holds a cheerful tern- ( ) per is blessed with perpetual sunshine, j. r ^ r Our troubles look ia*ger because we j bave not lately looked at our blessr ings. s 1 Kindness is a precious oil that makes ^ ' the crushing whee's of care seem r lighter. J The man who never faces eternity i ' does not know how to face anything 1 ' properly. 1 The grace of the Spirit comes only ; from heaven anil lights of the whole i bodily presence.. ( In onr age there can be no peace j that is not honorable ; there can be no s war that is not dishonorable. 1 , A wise nu.n will desire no morp than I he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully and leave coutentedly. j One of the mistakes in the conduct i of human life is to suppose that other t men's opinions are to make us happy, c Though we must pet off our knees ' and go to the day's duties, our hearts , may remain in an attitude of worship s i all the day long. War is one of the greatest plagues 1 that can alllict humanity ; it destroys;! religion, it destroys families. Any 1 1 scourge is preferable to it. t > j r r There are people who would do great . acts; but because they wait for preat ! i opportunities, life passes, and the act , i of love are not done at all. , I I have had many thinys inmyhnuds't , and I have lost them all ; hut whatever k . I have been able to place in dud's 1,1; still possess.?Martin Luther. It is the law of heaven that you shall not be able to judge what is wi.-e or ;r easy unless you are fiivt. resolved to2(j I judge what is just, and do it. I r J To wait on the Lord is nut to wait d fur the Lord to do what we would have c: I him do, merely ; but to wait on him as a servant by doing what he would ''have us do. j Teach self denial, and make its prac- j ^ j tic pleasurable, and you create for Ihe.tt | world a destiny more sublime than '11, ever issued from the brain of the wild- . 0' est dreamer. (u' unniar MnamaaMiiMiaaM Good nml Bnil Litrrntnrp. Three potent influences are at work to itiuenee and shape conduct, the liv- tl ig voice, the force <?f example, and b lnught embalmed in primed litem- b ire. We thank God for the art of print- t l ig and writiug. mis nas pr<-servcu > us the noble thought of past ages. It g as made this ours. It delieh tn us to p inverse with the sages, philosophers si nd saints of other days. We bless God u >r the Holy Scriptures. The inven- a on of printing has made them ours. G 'his has made it possible to scatter ri :iem abroad. It has cheapened im- a li.. nf ii leasii rainy tucu |in^r. v. icliest blessings. w Like almost every other gift, it has n een perverted to the basest purposes. & 'he press is like music. It yields its c weetness and power as readily to the ii ile and sensual and wicked as it does e j the pure, the virtuous and the saintThat which will corrupt can be il rinted and illustrated. The whole o eauty of the art can be made to sub- w jrve the vilest purposes, and the pro- ri uction from the pen of the archfiend, h rint?d and illustrated in thp highest, ? xpressious of art, is just as possible as o hat of the Savior Himself. P No one can measure the harm that G nay he done b.v bad literature. This h lay be in the form of error, undermin- h 3g belief, or in the form of immodesty ? r indecency, undermining morals. A w nil publication is like a bad man or t V?., Iinnr rtamrhtpr (1 ^OIUUII. inn guai<i ^um rom the influence of evil women. You d :eep your son from the association of amblers, thieves and drunkards. The ' ssociation of a bad book, h had paper, ^ had picture may he worse. These s iollute the imagination. Your child's tl pagination is a picture gallery. A 11 ad picture hung in that gallery may ? orrupt and destroy that child. G The couutry is at this time subjected n oan invasion from another direction, t is proposed now. to introduce imoodesty, not to say indecency, in the lameofart. This is a direct attack ipon morals. This and other displays <? >f pictures, printed or living or a '' legradation of woman, with a vile purloee in view. They are shockin>* to v very sense of modesty*. Some of our n niblishers and news dealers would b nake our age less modest than the 81 lays of heathen Rome. ? On one occasion there was, among 11 he vestal viruins, a suicidal mania. a ?be authorities attempted, for some u ime in vain, t? stop it. At last they e hreatened public exposure of ihe peron of the suicide. It was then that a heir sense of womanly modesty 81 ame to their rescue. Now, these Jj ;eritlemen, for their own purpose of 1 ;ain, propose to break down, as far as J bey can contribute to that end, the a nodesty of people. Destroy a man's a ir woman's sense of modesty, destroy u hat of the children, and what next? f' 'mmodest art representations, immod st books and papers are accomplismng ? bis very end,aud we calmly submit & o it. ' What steps shall we take as to bad P mblicatious. Exclude Ihem from your 8 looie as you would poisonous snakes. * jet uo immoral book or paper or pic- * ure enter there. Exclude them from ? lie salable publications. See that pro- ? ier laws are passed and enforced. Any ? ity can do this. Purify the atmos here in which your children move. t( - - ... -i._n o JemaDd tnat iinmoaesi pictures suan iot be exhibited in public. Then put P ;ood literature into the hands of your hildren. Satisfy their appetite for ? eading by giving them what is whole- * oaie. Take other good literature. It 11 xists in abundance. ^ The purification of our literature is ine of the roost important questions of ^ he day. Let us be alive and on the 0 lorf au in iiH imnnrtance. The Word That Guve Strength nn<l Con rn ire. Many years ago a poor German im- c nigrant woman sat with tier children n the waiting-room of au Eastern sta- g ion. A lady passing to a train, struck v ?y her look of misery, stopped a mo- u neut to speak with her. The story was soon told. Her husrnnd had been buried at sea. She was j joing to Iowa, and it was hard to enter fl i strange world alone with her babies, rhe stranger had but one instant. She T J _ l!?1 UU M.n nnnr )re*seu a nilie IIJlHICjr liuu tur pmn ^ ireature's hand and said: "Alone? c tVhy Jesus is with vou ? He will never eave you alone?" TVn years afterward t he wonia" said : ''That word irave me t ourage for all my life. When I was c i child, I knew Christ and loveii Him. e ' had forgotten Him. That chance vord brought me back to Him. It a cept me strong aud happy through all t roubles." t ???? a ^ < AppenlH'lo the I'ntiiiveri. r If ye will serve God as a son, now, a re shall reign as a king in "the sweet >ye-and-bye." Friend, why do you hold oft'from v }od's service so long? You may have j >ut a short time left. Do you grudge . lim even that ??after all He has done , or you ! ^ Why, dear unsaved one, do you ? truggle so hard and persistently igainst serving God ? Is it "an evil ^ o/ji-vu tho T.nrfl Of) Tt isi wrnnc IllMg U/ DV J HIV u ^.v .W. .. . w..n in reasonable, selfish? Think h mo- J nenr. In what respect is it so? Write t down in great glaring letters, and j ook at it! Then bald it up, in the ( ight of heaven, and tell Him so! Have t foudonflit? No! you caunot do that! -I mean, the honest, honorable singer cannot?not the villian, the mean, lirty drudge of his old master the dev1, who can stoop to anything. You enow there is nothiDg evil iu God's . service. : "What doth the Lord require of thee f nit to do justly and to love mercy and . o walk humbly with thy God?" He isks nothing of thee but to do justly s md to love mercy and to walk humbly 11 villi thy God?" He asks nothing of a ,hee that would wrong or degrade thee *= >r thy fellow man?nothing that would [ mpoverish you or yours to enrich Him. * hie has nothing to gain or lose by your ! lervice on rebellion. All that God has * iven forbidden it summed up in a sintie sentence would be simply this: ? 'Do thjself no harm." All ihat He V las ever re((uired, is expressed in this, 'Do thyself and thy fellows good." O! ? hen, dear unsaved one, repent ? "Turn 1 rom your evil ways and live." ,lBeieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and a hou shah be saved." Firmly, prayer- 'r' (iIly looking unto Jesus for help say, 'Let othersdons they may, I will serve c be Lord." And then go at it at once; s' ;n-p his commandments. God will j? lelpyou. H] Thou hast too much to say about thy * ifchts, and thiilkest too little about thv ulies. Thou has but one inalienable ^ ight, and that is the sublime one of oing thy duty at all times, under all ircumstances, in all places. So great is my veneration for the Iii- r< le, that the earlier my children begin r< ) read it, the more confident will tie w ly hopes that they will prove useful ti tizeus to their country, and respect- cl jle members of society. vi Ill Ibo Desert With God. Tn these (Jays of hurry ami bustle we . ixl ourselves lace to face with a lerri- 1 n le danger; and it is this?no time to w e alone willi God. The world, in re nese lust days, is running fast; we se ve in what is called "the age of pro- ai re^s," and "you know we must keep & a<re with the times," so the world lys. Jiut this spirit of the world has H' ot confined it>elf to the world. It is, ~ las! to be found among the saints of 11 rod. And what is the result'? The ?c ?sult is?no time to be alone with God, nd this is immediately followed by no 1)( iclinaliou to be alone with God. And b< rhat next? Purely the question does ot need an answer. Can there be any dl Dudition more deplorable than the niKiition of a child of God who has no A iclinatiou to be alone with his Fath- w r? nl This "desert life," a9 many may call Ul t, is of an importance that cannot be v' vervalued; and as if with a trumpet lTj - e would sound it in the ears of breth- 1 en. Let us turn to the pages of God's ?' onk; for we can turn nowhere else if 8t fn are seeking light on this or any Ci ther subject. On scanning its precious e( ages we find that the men of God ? u Soil's mighty men?were those who P iad been in "the school of God," as it ^ as well been called; and His school fas simolv this : "In the desert alone " /itli Himself." It was there tbey got w heir teaching. Far removed from the in ami bustle of the haunts of men? istant alike from human eye and ear J* -there they met alone with God; there b hey were equipped for the battle. jj5 nid when the time came that they tood forth in public service for God, v| heir faces were not ashamed?nay, ?' tiey had faces as lions : they were bold F1 lid fearless, yea and victorious for J? lod : for the battle had been won al eady in the desert alone with Him. - ?' r( Tlie Fear of Thornier. q "Electric storms are far less danger- ^ us than the majority of people imag- 'r ae," writes Edward W. Bok in The ?c ;adies Home Journal. ''That a te- 'e ere lightning storm is terrifying ad- dl lits of no question, and will sometimes [' ring uneasiness to the heart of the " Wrongest man. Jiut the real danger is 01 light. The chance of lightning strike- ai ng a house, for example, is not one in million. Particularly is this true iu ities, strung as most oi inem are wim lectric wires. The greater danger rom electric storms is iu the country, ri nd even there the danger may be les- al ened if the simplest and tnost coiuJ n nou-senseof precautious are exercised, tj 'he surest electric conductor is a r< raught, and if, when a thunderstorm d pproaches, it is seen that all windows h nd doors liable to occasion a draught G re kept closed, the danger is at once p educed to a minimum. If a woman ol l "caught" out in a thunder-storm the p afest shelter is a house; the most dan- tl erous a tree, particularly an oak tree, it t is a pecular, but nevertheless a o< iroveu fact, that the oak is the most h usceptible of all trees to a current of 0 lectricity. Over fifty per cent, of bi i- 1 :? rees SiruCK uy Iiguiumgaiuruiuuniig 11 ue summer, the Government statisti- a: ian telle) us, were oaks, while the a eecb tree was the least harmed. There- it are, the worst possible place of sbeler iu an electric, storm is under an ak tree, while by all odds, the safest i lace is in a bouse and out of a draught. . . The actual danger (from an si lectric storm) is, in truth, not from be lightning nor the thunder, but tf mm ihp nervous condition iuto which ' fomen allow themselves to fall. And his is a danger which they can avoid. c< k. little calm thought and a few grains f common-sense will do it." tl ? S( u Before Children. One of the strangest things parents w ver do is to punish their children for tl rhat they have not the strength of w haracter to overcome themselves. HV. tUA*-. 1* n i?a Ir n/uirn t a nnnuh tl x* mucin nave uccu nuun u iv everely their little ones for ptofanity ft yhen at the same time they almost mceasingly indulge in it, saying : "I tl lave become accustomed to usiug such it xpressions, and cannot help it, but I mend that my children shall form no n uch bad habits as I have." si Oh, "Consistency thou art a jewel!" d }o they not realize.that tlie whole list >f the little ones, doings is an imitation cl if the elders ? ' tl If the elder, with his reasouiug fac- ii lilies matured, and with the full force if will power of their own cannot b ivercome a fault, how can a child be y Apctcu uiy * Mothers often seat their little ones y it the table containing food injurious o both parent aud chilJ, compelling be child toabstaiu while they partake, ifterwards remarking in the presence j( )f the child: "I ate too much of that ich food, but I could not leave it ilone, it was so good." t' What kind cf an influence does such d m example exert over a child ? Does iot the child feel that it has been (j vrouged. and that as soon as it can lave its own way it will indulge in the ood, or language or other forbidden hing.s that seems to be considered so w 'my wrong for the child, but all right tl or older people? Many times will the child say somehiug before a caller for which it is re- 0 >roved, aud in extenuating its conduct v vill say: ''Why, mamma, I lieard ou say so." It is important to be very artful of words and actions before n h/;se little imitators, and do not punish e( hem for what we cannot overcome in lurselves. ? li Obedience lo Hi^litlul Anlbitrlly. ^ A bit of candy or a cake, surreptiiously given to a child, from whom hese unnecessary articles are usually n [ept, not only disturbs the stomach? ^ hat would be the least part of it?but e uggests a course of conduct which is inlimited in its possibilities of evil, for pi , luxury, harmless and even advauta- cm ;eous in itself, triveu in disregard of g| ightful authority, becomes an evil, leverence for law, obedience to right- . ul authority, are most necessary In !f hese days of independence, and any- j} hing which disturbs such reverence nd obedicnce, however harmless in Iself should Ik; scrupulously avoided, "i lo far as an ou'aider is concerned par- to utal rules for the child are absolutely nllexible, and obedience to his fathei's li ml mother's directions should be made pi s easy as possible lo him. A similar rinciple should be recognized in re- of ard to teachers. Parents are too bt areless in speaking disrespectfully of bt I'hool rules before their cilildreti. A of listake in method of discipline is not ci kely to be so mischievous in its re- in jits as a spirit of rebellion against auliority nourished in the child's heart, liscussion of teachers and their measres should be held in private ; if they *'1 re thoroughly wrong the child should j1' e removed from the school ; if on the hole good, the errors should be exjsed. n< " as High social standing is not generally aL ?garded as a sufficient substitute for iliglon, but we have noticed that hen a church reaches a certain alti- CI ide in society, it is apt to con- pt ude that it has no further need for re- ki ivals. etl ??? I Leaving: Questions Wlfti God. In one of his letters touching a very jpnriant event in his life, George Fox rule: "Wherefore I let the thing st, and went on in the work and rviceoftlie Lord. There is a deep id vital truth of practical living sug;sted by this fragment of a sentence a truth which, received and acted pon, goes far to make the miud calm, ic heart peaceful and the hands eftec vc. There are a great many contentious, but anxious people who ' ud themselves continually tempted to )9tpoue work until all questions can ; settled ; who aitemp, in a word, to iticipate the education of life by rosping at the beginning those reilts which come only at the end. here are many perplexing problems hich cannot be thought out; they' iust be worked out. The man or woian who wants to settle them in adince will fail alik of the settlement le question and the doing of the task. - .1 ?- it- 4! ii! ? iL , is mrougn me aouve puiiiug iuriu 'one's power that light continually reams in on the questions which con?rn what one ou^ht to do. In any lucation, the understanding of the Itiinate uses of things must be postned; thoc<e - use9 are revealed only hen the educational process nears its ose This is pre-eminently true of ie supreme educational process which e call life. There are thousands of V uestlons weighing upon every sincere nd conscientious mind which cannot ' settled by any amouut 67 thinking, Lit which in a way fettle themselves i one slowly, but faithfully does the uty which lies next. This comes ery near being the whole philosophy flife, which is in no sens* asettlelentof ultimate questions, but which always primarily the doing of the , ling that presses to be done. He who nl\ln 1a rl tf hfnllir on/1 liooptiltr auio iu v?w iaibu iuiij auu tiv.ui ii?j iat which lies in bis hand is on the >ad to the settlement of all the final < ue>tions. He is working his way irough the experience which is to be ora the spiritual hide, one of the )urces of personal illumination. To aru to leave things with God, and to o one's work as if God coul<J be usted, is to gain the repose and fulleartedness which permit one to pour . Jt his whole strength without uxiety, worry or distraction. No Pare Gold In Use. 1 "Gold, when refined from all imputies," said a well-known jeweler, "and Hoys of iuferior metals, Is denomiated pure. This means gold of twen,'-four carats, and this is the standard icognized by the mint vmaster and ealers in geld. As a matter of fact, owever, there is no gold so pure, old of twenty-two carats is about as ure as it can be got. It has two parts r silver or one part of silver and one art of copper. The copper darkens le color of gold, while silver lightens in color. Twenty-three carat gold is seasonally seen, which means a all carat eacn or silver ana 01 copper. rdiuarily eighteen carat gold is the est gold that can be had. Certainly is the best for jewelry, for pure gold 3 it is called, is 100 soft, and will wear way tmich faster than the owners of desire." , For Young Married People.? Try to be satisfied to eommeuce on a < nail scaie. Try to avoid the too common misike of makiug an unwise effort to begin where the parents ended." Try not to look at richer homes and jvet their costly furniture. v Try going a step further and visit le homes of the suffering poor when ?cret dissatisfection is liable to spring PTry buying all that is necessary to -ork with skilfully, while adorning ie house at first with simply what ill render it comfortable. Try being perfectly indendent from f ie first, and shun debt in all its >rms. Try to cultivate the moral courage liat will resist the arrogance of fash)U. Try to co-operate cheerfully in armgicg the family expenses, and bare equully in any necessary selfenials and economies. Try to be cheerful in the family cirle, no matter how annoying may be ae business cares and the housekeepig trial}!. Try to remember that it tpatters ut little what "people think" provided ou are true to yourselves, to right and uty, and keep your expenses withiu our means. Satan does not object to our holiness ' we are proud of it. No man has any better religion than > mt which he actually exhibits in his aily life. Faith is the breath of heroism, and oubt i* the paralysis of all high eneavor. The love that never speaks a kind 'ord is about as real as the liberality aat never bestows a gift. Great results cannot be achieved at, nee ; and we must be satisfied to ad Mice ill n.*e as we wsntv, aicp uj oicp. Jf we would always remember that it i God who sets us our task, we could either be slothful nor worldly-mindi. Prayer is a key to open the gate of eaveu and let grace out, and prayer is lock to fasten our heart and keep race in. How full of blemishes our character lust be if it cannot be niaiie to appear reseutable without casting mud upon k-ery good name arouud us ! ' Head knowledge is our own, and cart olish only the outside; heart knowlIge is the Spirit work aud makes all lorious within. If the master himself was made per>ct through sutlering, need his disciles wonder that they also are called l>on to undergo a similar ordeal? Mighty of heart, mighty of mind? magnanimous"?to be this, is indeed > he great in life : to become this iueasingly, is indeed, to '"advance in fe"?in lite itself?not in the trapugs of it. Blessed is the man who has the gift ' makiug friends, for it is one of God's ;st gifts. It involves many thiugs Jt above all, the power of going out one's self, and seeing and appreatiug whatever is noble and loving i another man. ltejoice iu the joy of life. Be touched ith tenderness aud sympathy for all lis life that can feel aud can sutler, id do not dare to add a paug to the jrden of the world's sorrow. Set before you high models. Try to i-e with the mo.st generous and to obrve their deeds, lie contented, yet pire ; that should be the faith of all, id the two are quite compatible. Brother, are you making friends for lirist by your life and character ? IX> ?ople think better of Christianity by lowing you? If not need to remly some detect in your conduct.