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ear In advance.
Wednesday, July 15, 1903.
m A Conservatory of MiinIc.
k Prof. I). N. Baldwin, of Marietta, Ga? has
been engaged by the members of "Baldwin's
Military Band," recently orgauiz'-d In this
city, as instructor and director. In connection
with his Band be will open a Conservatory
of Music, and will take a limited number
of private scholar on violin, mandolin,
cornet, <?o. Prof. Baldwin comes highly
recommended from some of the largest cities
In Georgia, where he ban for thirty years past
conducted bauds and orchestras under his
own name.
Those who wish to avail themselves of thlR
opportunity will do well to consult Prof.
Baldwin at the Glen Ethel Hotel for terms, Ac.
V Snbbntli School Instil 11 (on.
p Arrangements have been made for two Sabbath
School Institutes within the bounds of
Houtb Carolina Presbytery: one to be held at
Richland church, August 17th and lSth;and
the other at Honea Path. August 19ih and20lh.
Efforts are being made for helpful, practical
discussion of live suMects. The officers,
teachers and friends oi the Sabbath Schools
of the Presbytery are urged to attend.
For further information, write
K. H. Wftrdlaw,
Chill. Com. ou S ibbath Schools,
Pleduiout,.S. C.
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Good Everywhere I'nhI.
v Bradford's "Clifton" Is guaranteed by the
maker to be the best flour Id the market. It
la carefully milled from nouod wheat, making
bread that Is pure, wholesome and nutritious
?Just what the American people need for
their dally food. Besides "Cltlton" Is an allro'ind
dour, belDgas well adapted to making
v cake and pastry as It it* bread and biscuits.
L. T. 4 T.M. Miller.
Summer School.
summer school for white teachers will
held lu the Graded School building at A jbevllle.
beginning at 10 o'clock, Monday, July
27th, 1903. Those who intend to teach In this
. County next year are expected to attend.
K. C. DuPre.
County Sup't. of Education.
Nnniuier School.
The summer school for negro teachers will
be held at Greenwood, S. C.. beginning Monday,
July 27th 1908. You are expected to attend
f.ud remain during the session of the
school. F. C. DuPre,
County Sup't of Education.
Evauirelintlc .Meeting.
Beginning Sunday night, July 19th, at the
Baptist church, the new paBior, Kev. H. C.
Bucuhoiz, will conduct a special series of revival
meetings. These meetings will con
tluue every uigbt except, saiuruuy uuu win
continue for two weeks. The public Is cordially
Invited.
Tonr <iue*lH Will Praltte It.
Why not try r ?HCk of Braostord's "Clifton ?"
You will never kuow bow good It Is until you
use It. Yonr neighbor flu us It the best flour
In the market, and your home people as well
x an your guests will praise jour bread, cake
and pastry if .made of' Clifton" flour. L. T.
, 4T.M. Miller.
Notice.
We beg to notify our friends, and tfce public
' generally that we have secured the services 01
Mr. 8. T. Jackens, a practical plumber and
tluner, and are again prepared to sure yau In
these lines. Aubevllle Hardware Co.
LoM? Reward.
On her way home from Methodist cburch
last Sunday morning, a lady lost a beautiful
heart-shaped sc?rf pin, set with opal ceutre
and chip diamonds. The finder will be rewarded
If leu at Press and Bauner office.
Cleau Up.
All lots and premises will be Inspected
V * nAur mi A fllll UKP
* UULU LiUiO w Uinc
of lime la recommended.
James Chalmers,
City Clerk.
Fur Nal^ or Kent.
A newly finished five room cottage, centraly
located with good well of water aad vegetable
garden. , K. E. Hill.
Who Iw He?
Who Is it (bat mnkes the Fewer gallons;
wean-longer paint?
Potafoe Slip*.
Yam potato slipe or sale by C. R. Rlcbey.
p Mrs. C. B. Wosma: skk. Miss Pauline Wokraansky
and Mlt-s Ue la Wilson bave returned
home after spent in* several days In Elberton
with their brol ler Mr. Ernest Wilson.
Sydvkster Prick ?old S'SS worth of?dpies
mat week, and $1.98 worvh thin wrek. Hf
never comes to town without bringing some
thing to sell.
Miss Lee Clark Is In Greenwood soendlnp
t a white with her friend Miss Maggie Holllng*worth.
Mr. Walter Tlmmerman of Granltevllle
spent several days Id tbe city the gue*t of hit
uncle, Mr. J. M. Brooks.
Thk Pope of Home is still living but It If
thought that be bus buta short time to live
He Is 98 years old.
Miss Janie and Miss Katie Campbell spent
Saturday and Sunday In the city <vllb
relatives.
Miss Lennie Fisher is in Columbia,
spending a while with her friend, Miss Belle
'*r, Iilndfors.
Mr. Fred Simmons left last Saturday for
Eiberton to spend tbe-summer with bis aunt
Mrs. A. K. Bowie.
JCLICS C. Smith of Greenville Is dead.
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We are constantly replenishing
onr stock of Samples
and are still selling Shirts,
Jt- Underwear, Hosiery, Belts,
Umbrellas, Neckwear, Susvenders.
Towels. Handker
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chiefs, Gloves, Skirts, Waists
and very many other articles
at exactly wholesale prices.
> A. M. Smith & Co.
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J. W. MoKee'N Local*.
Try McKee's Purity Coffee l jo 2 for 25c.
Try oar English cured shoulders.
Try h gallon of New Orleans Syrup at McKee'6,C0o
per gallon.
Fresh cheese at 20c per pound.
Be sure and see as before you buyyrur
k fruit Jars.
^ if you need Jelley glasses call at MtKae's.
MONEY to LOAN
rim nnnntrv ppop"rpty.
VX1 W V/Xl A JkV J. X AWVX MM* *
WRITE ME.
Edw. C. Dugas, Augusta, 6a
June 17, 1903. 4t?
Just because one man may climb up
w the ladder of success higher than another
is no reason why he should attempt
to look dowu upon others. According
to the good book poor folks
are God's chosen people.
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices
or duties, but of little things in
which smiles and kindness and small
obligations, given habitually, are what
win and preserve the heart and secure
comfort.
A secular paper says, "Church entertainments
are a device to make the
goats pay the pastorage of the sheep."
Now isn't that a nice way for the
world to be talking! Whose fault is
It it?
t' A ?- * 1 . ? fir\/.l?nn io 1 5 1? zi n rvv\l ao
rt wuru llllj' 10 unv ttj'j'ico
of gold in pictures of silver," says the
proverb. Here are a few words by
Sidney Smith ihat'will fit auy human
being in any age, state or condition.
"Take short views, hope for the best
and put your trust in God."
* It is good news that comes from Germany
to the efleet that an eminent
throat specialist has discovered the
perfume of certain flowers to be harmful
to the human voice. Now the girls
will either have to stop singing or we
may quit sending them flowers.
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| MR, CALHOUN IN REPLY,
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ll?N of I lie Same Opiuioii Still.
Columbia, S. C., July 11. In the mailer of
the lust meeting <>t the cabinet of the southern
Confederal:}. li has been my aim to try
j to settle it detiuately. it should hp settled
j beyond doubt?not to satisfy the local pride
| of either Abbeville or Washington?but In the
: Interest ol history.
So fur, ihe lacts seem to establish very con*
I clusively that the lust real and lenal cabinet
i meeting was held at Abbeville, S. O., thut the
CCII KJI IUC J " "n "VV?
! aud destroyed there, alter the cabinet meetI
Inc. In opposition to t tie wishes ol Mr. Davis,
j Iiau formally dissolved the Confederacy.
| No dental o; the jact is made that Mr. Davis
! was iu Washington with a few members of
i his cabinet, that he'lssued^certaln orders there
I as it appears, without signing himself as the
i president, aud that he did other things that
I did not require a cabinet meeting. AH that
I he did there was to issue orders to dispose of
I that portlou ot the Confederate luuds that
were in charge of Mr. Clark, and to appoint
that gentleman treasurer for the purpose of
dlsoursing them, that being a uecesslty. So
far as I can see, no facts are given of a cabinet
meetiug at Washington, the peopiw of tiiat
place simply relying on what Mrs. Davis said
she "believed," and on the contradictory
statements of Mr. H. M. Clark. At Abbeville!
the tacts and the subjects discussed at the
meeting are given, as well as thu conduct oil
Mr. Davis.
In the face of all that Mrs. Green and Mr. |
Kmmet CallHn, of Washington, Ga., still try
to prove that that city is the pluc? where the
last cabinet meeting took p!ace, and they take
tne severely to task tor not agreeing with
them.
I replied to Mrs. Green privately and not
ihrnuuii .Mm OirnnW-le. thinklne that there
would be no other Richmond In the field ;
but since Mr. Callsn ha? made.bis appearance,
nnd tias taken up the-cudefcls and tr led
to give 'tie some bard knocks. I will publlxb
my reply to Mrs. Green with a few corrections
aud wlli ulve Mr. C-illan ?orne ruore nuts to
crack. The loUuwlug It Mrs. Green's letter :
'Dear Madam: 1 read this morning your
reply In the Augusta Chronicle to wh-.it I had
to say snout the last meeting ol the Con led
crate c bluet.
"I call your attention to my second letter
on the teller on the same subject In the
Chronicle of yesterday, covering the ground
more fully. I will nave the data;toshow that
the Confederacy expired before It reached
Washington.
'I do not consider your letter by any means
conclusive, nor is the one from Mr. Clark that
I publish.
"You seem to have lost the track on one or
two hnprtant points and then you do not
agree with Mr. Clarke in some important
dales, etc., thus still more confusing the matter,
i will not now go into all of them, but
will call your attention to two or three.
'Mr. Clark states that the last cabinet
meeting was held May 4 auc that they left on
ihat night. You dale the appointment of
Mr. Clark on the otb. That appointment was
made alter .was dissolved at Abbeville and
while there was a man filling that office who
had not resigued or been removed and who
was still dibchargtng his duties. Mr. Davis
bad no authority to make the appointment,
as he was no longer president of Ibe Confederacy
from a legal standpoint. There was no
cabiuet officer with the president at Washington,
but Mr. Reagan, Mr. Mallory and Mr.
Breckinridge, so far as my knowledge goes,
and uone were appointed to till the places of
the absent members of ibe cabinet, Mr.
Clark, you must remember, was simply acting
as a disbursing officer aud was not a
member of the cabinet.
"What you state about the great seal of the
Confederacy, so lar as its use is concerned, in
correct; but what you any about the probable
place ot deposit of It will certainly be news to
the general public. Great search has been
made lor it. It was laHt seen in Abbeville
and the well on the Burt place has been
searched for It. Ibere Is no question about
the tact of It having been at Abbeville and it
Is more than probable that it was thrown
into the Savannah river as was advised by
Mr. i'erriu, of Abbeville, it is not among
the war records ?t Washington. Thfre are
[copies of it, one of which Is in Columbia In
Ibe office of the secretary of the slate. The
original would be of great value, historically
as well as from a money standpoint.
"There are other discrepancies lu your letter
that I will now point out. Your letter
has totally lailod lo convince me of the correctness
of your position that the last cabinet
meeting was held at Washington.
> "I read what you had to say with greal
pleasure.
"My only aim is to establish the point
definitely. It ought lo have been done years
ago.
-I have written to Mr. Reagan. He will
-late, if I am correctly luformed, that there
was no meeting of the cabinet, officially, at
Washington. Please read what Mr. Parker
says about the matter.
Trusting that we will finally reach the
real facts in this matter, 1 am, with kind regards,
very truly yours.
"wm. p. calhoun."
Hwu. Wiu. H. Parker.
In a recent letter to me, Hon, Wm. H. Parker,
of Abbeville, among other things, writes
as iollow> :
"I don't think that Mtk. Green showed at
all that thfie was a?y cabinet meeting at
Washington, Ga., but only certain appointments
by Jefferson Davis, not signing himself
as piesident, for the sole purpose of en
abllog payment i<> me troop* ol certain fuod?
and H is exactly what was understood at the
time Ah to the Confederate seal, It Is
very ceriuiu tbat it 1b not iu the possession,
of the Uuited States government,or It would
have been forthcoming long since. Arierall,
i think there i? no doubt about the last real
caMnet meeting being at Abbeville."
Everybody knows tbat the great seal was
not used at cabinet-meetings, and, therefore,
it could ,noi have had auyihing to do with a
c ibloet meeting at either Abbeville or Washington.
I t wan mentioned to show what became
of It, and as prool tbat the last meeting
was at Abbeville. It was In Abbeville at
that time and on the advice of Mr. Thomas C
Perrtn and after the cabinet meeting, and
after the Confederacy had been dissolved at
that meeting In opposition to the wishes ol
Mr. Davie, the great seal was destroyed, as
there was no longer any Southern Confederacy
and to keep it from tolling into the bunds
ol the enemy. Had the Confederacy not been
dissolved, Mr. Perrln never would have advised
and the president and his cabinet never
would have consented to Its destruction. It
u now somewhere In the Savannah river.
That is why the seal Is referred to, and It is
very' very strong proof of the fact tbat the
Confederacy expired at Abbeville; and tbat
when Mr. Davis left there he was simply a
private citizen and no loDger president, and
he recognized that fact and did not sign himself
as president.
I make the following statement without
the least fear that it can be disproved. Not
one iact siatea Dy Mrs. ureen ana Mr. uaiian
cliow that h cabinet meeting was held at
Washington. The only thing la couuecilon
wltb thai matter tbat tbey can rely on Is
what Mrs. Davis said "she believed" and the
contradictory statements of Mr. Clark.
Tbey show that Mr. Davis was in Washlngton
on the date named : they show further
that Messrs. Keagan, Mallory und Breckinridge
were ibere; thai Mr. Davis Issued certain
orders without signing hlmsell as president;
that Mallory resigned there; thai
Clark paid out. certain moneys, and that
there were about 100 soldiers wilb Mr. Davis,
but not tbe slightest attempt is made to show
that a cabinet meeting was beld, or tbat
there was even a consultation In the Heard
bouse, except as already explained ; as to
Mrs. Davis and Mr. Clark, I am not disputing
those things.
It whs natural tbat Mallory, Reagan and
Breckinridge should have accompanied Mr.
Davis to Washington, as tbat was on the road
to their homes. As It whs nol convenient lor
them to go farther wltb Mr. Davis, they left
blm t aere as they would have done at Abbeville
tinder like circumstances aud as Beuja
mln did.
Bect use Mallory resigned at Washington Is
no evidence that a crblnei meeting whs helri
there. Mallory never ho stated. If he had
done so, Mr. C llan would havs quoted tilm.
II we believe the statements and arguments
of my good friends and neighbors, Mrs.
Green and Mr. C'allan, we will have to eouelude
tbat the war was still going on,
even after Mr. Davis left Wusblngton, Gu.,
and until be was captured. Under those circumstances,
a cabinet meeting <:ou:d btive
been held on the road somewhere by appoint
ing oew cabi net otlli-ers Our Irlends argue
themselves entirely out ot court. They have
exceedingly little, If any, standing at all, ac
eotding to their own lacts as they give
them. .
Tb? fact I bat Brekenriuge signed or coun
terslgued certain orders Is no evidence that a
cubmet meeting was held or that the war
was still going on, or that it end<d in Washington,
liis nota myth that the majority of the
soldiers accompanying Mr. JUavis leu blm at
Abbeville. The men -ramped arouud tbe
bome ol my lather and I saw them abandon
their guns, ammunition and the like and
strike out for home. I gathered up many
guns, cartridges, pots, pans and the like, as
did many other boys and men alter they
left.
It was well known at the time that there
was a wide difference of opinion between Mr.
L)avis and bis cabinet as to the continuance
OI lue war, auuuvine uo meu iu luitc
bin cabinet to come to his way of thinking,
uut lie tailed totally after a very hot debate.
It was during tbat cabinet meeting aud while
the matter named whs under discussion, that
the officer In command of the troops at Abbeville,
informed Mr. Davis tbat the troops
would tight no looter. Then followed the
tcenc dei-cribed by Mr. 1'arker' in my former
article. My information is to the further
etTecl that the matter ol the dissolution of the
Confederacy was hotly opposed by Mr. Davlo.
On a vote being taken, the cabinet voted
unanimously lor dissolution and the Cotiltderacy
was then and there dissolved. Therefore,
no ac 18 of Mr. DavlR alter he left AbbeIvi.le
could revive tlie Confederacy; nor
! co ild a legrvl cabinet meeting have been
held. Tbo*e are some of the iacts for my
iriendH to disprove before they can substantiate
their claim.
Whnt the I'Ihii Wax.
What Mr. jtavls Intended to do after be
got across the Mississippi river seenm to
have been simply a persoual scheme uu lilts
pitrt.
The tesllmoriy of Mr. C!ark must be ruled
nut entirely, except as to that part relating
i to the disbursement of the money and as to
j his appolntmeut as treasurer. Mr. Davis
i tirobahly Issued more otders nfter he left
I Washington and It Is just, as reasonable to
{calm that a meeting of his cabinet, whs held
i after leaving there. If the Confederacy did
' not. expire at Abbeville by the action of the
' 1 ? -- * i. jm ..i u7o.hr l/.n i..,.
CHUIUKli H.uiu uuic*|iiic -< " i.hi.usu,u, ?uu
on t!>espot where where Mr. Davis whs captured.
That In the historical spot, II we take
the view of the matter as presented by my
friends. They must make their own selec,
Hon between that spot and AbbevilleI
They quote Mrs. Davis, who only pays that
I she always believed that the last meeting
j was held at Washington. She gave no reason
for so believing. Clark says at . ono time It
vhx at Abbeville and at another lime It was
| at Washington, ami upon those two persons
Washington bases her claims. We are asked
, on that claim alone to believe what my
friends say Mr. Reagan has never said that a
leabinet. meeting was held at Washington.
He ought to know. He simply states who
were there.
Mr. Callan says he admits the meeting at
Abbeville, and I presume that lie mast admit
what took place there as well, but ho claims
that I do not show that It was the last meet
Ing. I must humblv assure my good friend
and neighbor that I have been totally unable
to discover any latter one than that at Abbe
viile. I further most humbly assure him
that he hss failed to prove a meetiDg at Wash
ington. What more does he want ?
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This train will be composed of comfortable
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your Pullman reservations now. THE
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THE CONSUMPTION OF COMBUSTIBLES
will beinimenceon Independence Day
also the consumption of our
BitEAD, CAKES, PIES, ETC.
Uncle Sam's patriotic citizens
'throughout the couutry will burn lots
of powder. Throughout this section
they will eat lots of the good things
that are produced in our bakeshop.
Don't waste time and energy doing
any home baking for the Fourth. We
can provide things that will please
both yourself and your guests.
J. W. Breihahn,
Proprietor.
A. B. WARDLAW,
Dentist.
Office over Kendall's Storr.
April 15, 1903. U
CANNED GOODS FOR THE CAMP
or home. Ours will be found suitable
for either places. Have the line ilavor
that makes them acceptable ever where
iTonctotilna rvifMitu ptr>
UUUIUO licnii *c(jviuuivo? vw, |
are plentiful.
Only the finest goods are used by
the canneries from whom we pur-'
chase and we consider them worthy
to be in this stock of
GROCER IKS.
Goods can be packed and made
ready for shipment anywhere.
L T. ? T. N. Miller.
L . _ _
The largest, bent selected stock ol paintB
ever dlHplayed In Abbeville at
. Speeds' Drug Store.
I If you are looking lor the "very bent" In
, fresh candy then go to
Speeds' Drug Store.
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WHAT PRAYER CAN DO.
'??? MOVES IX A MYSTEKIOIS
WAY" TO SAVE FROM FORECLOSURE
OF THE MORTGAGE.
A Warning: Affninnt Lending Money
fn IHa Pnar
"No," pai:l the lawyer, "I shan't
press your claim against that man.
You can get softjeone else to take the
case, or you can withdraw it, just as
you please."
"Think there isn't any money in '
it?"
"There would probably be a little
money in it; but it would come from
the sale of the little house the man
occupies and calls his 'home.' But
I don't want to meddle with the mat- ;
ter anyhow."
"Got frightened out of it, eh ?"
"Not at all."
"I suppose the old fellow begged 1
hard to be let off?"
"Well, yes, he did."
"And you caved in likely ?"
"\es."
"What in creation did you do?"
"I believe I shed a few tears."
"The old fellow begged you hard, ,
you say ?''
"No, I x didn't say so; he didn't ,
ppeak a word to me."
"Well, may I ask whom did he ad- j
dress in your hearing?"
"God Almighty." 1
"He took to praying, did he?
"Not for my benefit in the least. ,
You see, I found the little house easily
enough, and knocked on the outer j
door, which stood ajar, but*nobody 1
heard me; so I stepped into the little
hall, and saw through the crack of the '
door a cosy sitting room, and there on
the bed, with her silver head high on
the pillows, was an old lady, who
1 _ _i i 11 iu. :.,~4 .
lOOKCU IOI tin tuw wunu fust uno iuy ;
mother did the last time I saw her on 1
earth. Well, I was on the point of
knocking again, when she said, :
'Come, father, now begin ; I am all
ready.' Down on his knees by her
Bide went the old white-haired man,
still older than his wife, I 3hould
judge; and J couldn't have knocked
then for the life of me. Well, he began.
First he reminded God that
thoy were still hissubmissivechildren, ,
mother and be, and no matter what
He paw fit to bring upon them, they
should not rebel against his will. Of
course, it was going to be hard for
them to go out homeless in their old
age, especially with poor mother so
sick and helpless; and oh, how dif- 1
ferent it might have been if only one '
of the boys had been spared ! Then
his voice kind o'broke, and a thin, J
white hand stole from under the cov- ]
erlid, and moved softly over his snowy |
nair. men ne went ou 10 repeat taat
nothing could ever be so sharp again
as the parting with those three sons?
unless mother aud he should be separated
! But at last he fell to comforting
himself with the fact that the
good Lord knew that it was through
no fault of his own that mother and
he were threatened with the loss of
their dear little home, which meant
beggary and the almshouse?a place
they prayed to be delivered from, if
it could be consistent with God's
will. And then he quoted a multitude
of promises concerning the safety
of those who put their trust in the
Lord. In fact, it was the most thrilling
plea to which I ever listened.
At last he prayed for God's bles-ing
on those about to demand justice."
Then the lawyer continued more
slowly than ever, "And?I?believe I
had rather go to the poorhouse myself
to-night than to stain my hands
and heart with the blood of such a
persecution as that."
"Little afraid to defeat the old
man's jirayer, eh ?"
J5ieP8 your soui, man, you couldn't
defeat that prayer. I tell you he left
it all subject to the will of God ; but 1
he claimed that we were told to make
known our desires to hira. But. of
all the pleadings I ever heard, that J
moved me most. You see, I was J
taught that kind of thing myself in
my childhood, and why I was sent to
hear that prayer I am sure I don't '
know?but I hand the case over."
"I wish," said the client uneasily,
"I wish you hadn't told me about the ,
old man's prayer."
"Why so?"
"Well, because I want the money i
the place would bring. I was taught :
the Bible straight enough when I was
a youngster, and I hate to run counter ,
to what you tell me about it. I wish
you had not beard a word about it; ,
and another time I would not listen
to petitions not intended for my
ears."
, The lawyer smiled. J
"My dear fellow," he said, "you are
wrong again. It was intended for my
ears and vours. too: and God Almieh- *
ty intended it. My old mother used .
to 9ing about 'God moves iu amys- |
terious way,' I remember.
"Well, my mother used to sing it,
too," said the client, and he twisted
the claim papers in his fingers. "You ;
can call in the morning if you like,
and tell 'mother and him' the claim
has been met."
"In a mysterious way," added the
lawyer/
As a spring lock closes itself, but
cannot be unlocked without a key, so
we of ourselves may run into sin, but
cannot return without the key of God's
grace.
Man.v men get so rich that they can
well aftord to retire from business, but
no one ever gets so rich in grace that
lie can afford to retire from Christian
work.
If there is no teacher's meeting in
your Sunday School do not blame the
teachers. They are not the leaden*.
Lay it on the superintendent and pastor,
and lay it on hard.
Poor old Adam ! He has had a hard
time of it. God drove him out of the
garden of Eden, and now the higher
critics are trying to chase him out of
existence ! They say he was a myth.
When the Sunday school teacher
plays cards the devil may pla> possum,
but he is peeping out"of the corner
of his eye. on the sly, and laughing
out of the corners of his mouth,
all the same.
Some of these days criminals may
be released by our higher courts on the
ground that the man who drew the indictments
failed to dot an "i" or cross
111 "t." To 8U(*)i rptf npmpnta wp
sacrifice justice. Jesus found people
sacrificing the weightier matters of the
law for the technical and formal.
The best thing to give your euemy
is forgiveness ; to an opponent, tolerance;
to a friend, your heart; to your
child, a good example ; to a father deference
; to your mother, conduct that
will make her proud of you; to yourself,
respect; to all men, charity.
A burning desire to fill a high place,
to do something unusual to attract
public attention, to do that which
must be accomplished with tremendous
strain and stress of faculties?a
straining after eH'ect?this morbid ambition
is one of the curses of the age.
WHEN WOMEN PROPOSE.
How Orent Would be Wedded RIImh,
If Woman were Allowed the Initiative
lu ('ourtnlilp.
A young girl, who frankly admitted
that she was in love with a man who
did not care for her, asked me not longj
ago, says Dorothy. Dix in the New Orleans
Picayune, if there was any way
by which a woman could win the affections
of a man. For the dignify of
mv sex I longed to answer "No." but
I have seen so many men married in
spite of themselves that I could only
assure her that the woman who went
odt on a still huut after any man was
pretty sure to bag him for a husband.
The old theory that a man is the
pursuer and womau the pursued in
love-makiug is a beautiful and romantic
legend, but it has few facts to support
it. Custom and convention deprive
women of taking any active p?irt in
courtship, but while this cripples her
energies and deprives her of fair play,
it does not bar her from the matrimonialgame.
It only forces her to arrive
by a pircuitous route, instead of the
plain open path. Every man flatters
himself that he discovered the timid
and shrinking little violet he elects to
wear on his heart, but every womau
knows that nine times out of ten the
little flower bad her eye ou him from
the start, and deliberately put herself
in bis road, so that he couldn't get
past her without breaking his neck.
The silent tactics with which ai woman
conducts a courtship are not die
nifled. They are even a little under-'
handed, but they are tremendously
effective, but when a man finds that a
woman is in love with him, and has
marked him for her own, his only
safety lies in flight. If he remains
within the radius of her sphere, his
name is Benedict. Little by little he
yields to the flattery of being bo
adored. Her judgment and taste in
preferring him to other men appeals to
him, and from having been perfectly
indifferent to him in the beginning,
be commences thinking she is a flue
woman, a discriminating woman, a
superior woman, the ideal womau he
has been seeking, and its all over then,
but the wedding presents.
And he never knows, bless hi? dear
unsuspicious heart, how she turned
the trick. For the things men don't
know about women, my sisters, let us
all return thanks. It is our salvation.
The old idea that a girl never looked
at a man until he proposed to her, and
never thought of him as a possible
sweetheart or husband until he asked
her to name the day, is too idiotic and
sentimental a pose for this practical
day. Long, long before any man proposes
a girl knows whether he is going
to do it or not, for women are incrediblv
subtle in these matters. More than
that, she knows when she is goiDg to
let him propose, and she has her an
3wet cut and dried.
Now, personally, I believe that the
convention that prevents women from
telling a man she loves him and asking
him to marry her, works as much
unhappiness as any other one thing in
the world. I don't think |hat there
can be any doubt that women are more
discerning in matters of the heart
than men are, acid that if women could
?hoose their husbands, instead of having
to take what they can get, that
there would be fewer misfit unions.
Marriage means more to woman than
it does to a man. He has his business
and a thousand interests outside his
home, and if his wife prove uncongenial,
if he finds that he is unrespon3ive
where he looked for sympathy,
Darrow where be expected her to be
broad and liberal in her views, even if
3he bores him, or is surly and ill-tempered,
while it is without doubt a bitter
disappointment to him, it is not
the blighting tragedy it is to the woman
who marr es one kind of a man
uixl find? him to be another when she
gets him home.
It is, therefore, more important that
a woman should be pleased in her
husband thau a husband should be
satisfied *ith bis wife, and if either
one is to have the advantage of picking
the other out, it should be she.
Nor, in the end, would this be any the
less to the man's advantage, for the
wife makes the home atmosphere, and
a happy aud cheer ul and contented
wife will make a pleasant home. The
woman who has gotten the husband
3he wanted, the man who cafne up to
ber ideal and fired her fancy, and who
is forever Dattine herself on the back
for Laving captured a matrimonial
prize, is going to mpve heaven and
earth to please him, and if I were a
man I would take the woman who
wanted me in preference to the woman
I wanted every time. It is so
much easier to be pleased than to try
to please.
That men have small taste, and less
judgment in picking out wives the
divorce courts abundantly t-how, and
the the chances are that women would
display more acumen. When a widower
with six children wants to marry
again, he generall picks out a fighty
young creature with a pink and white
complexion. Very likely she marries
him, for his offer may be the best
thing in sight, but she would never on
uurth ninlr liim r\tif if Litia ho/1 Mm um.
cauu pivtt mm wut n out uuu tut
po&ing to do. Her taste would ruu to
Johuny Twostep, and she would leave
her elderly suitor to the middle-a?ed
woman, who would mother his children
and make his home happy and
comfortable, and bring peace to him,
instead of misery and discord. When
Tom Poorman gets married he selects
the silliest and vainest and fightiest
jrirl of his acquaintance, but little Miss
Frivolity, who marries him and keeps
his nose on the grindstone the balance
of his life, would have known better
than to have proposed to an impecunious
clerk herself. She would have
asked somebody who was able to pay
her dry goods bills. Many and
many a rich woman would be glad
to share her fortune with the poor
man she loves, and who never asks
her, if she only dared tell him so;
many an old bachelor would be rescued
from privations of his lodginghouse
and landed in a happy home if
only the woman who is dying to do it
could cull his attention to the fact of
how comfortable she could make him.
There isn't a bit of use in saying
that any woman with tact can do all
of this without popping the question.
There are men so dense they have to
be slugged with a fact before they ever
see it, and if they ever get to the brink
of a proposal they have to be shoved
over, or else they back away.
If women had the right to propose
it would be a powerful incentive to domesticity.
Now, when they have to
take any old thing that comes along,
they naturally feel that any kind of
housekeeping and cooking is good
enough, but no honorable woman
would ever think of such a thing as
asking a man for his hand and heart
unless she could make him a good
home. Then, too, after she had won
the promise of her shrinking Adolphus,
she would have to face the ordeal
of the interview with his father,
when Adolphus' stern papa would demand
"Ymnxr woman, can von
make my son us comfortable at* his
mother has always dor.e?"
Why men should so strenuously oppose
woman's right to pop the ques
I
tiou is bard to understand. Que
would think they would would welcome,
rather than shun it. To have
beauty on her knees before you, can
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say nothing of the solid satisfaction
there would be in having some fair one
weeping because you wereagood thing
she couldn't get. And as a matter of
fact, being made love to is not an unpleasant
experience. Quite the contrary.
And a man would always have the
right to decline. He could say "no,"
or refer the matter up to a papa, and
when he saw a girl beginning to get
sentimental he could head her off by
telling her how much like a sister he
regarded her. And he would at least
know where he stood and who was
making goo-goo eyes at him and so he
would be safer. It would be much
less dangerous to face a business-like
proposition than to ward off the insidious
attacks of those who are trying to
hypnotize you without your finding it
out.
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ntilcr Jrur imiiiiu /muiuima.
Palmetto Post.
A man was drivintr a beautiful
horse. At the roadside was a watering
trough. The animal swerved from
Ihe road. Its delicate muzzle was
quivering and a short whiunv said as
plain as a horae can speak, "Master, I
am very thirsty ; please can I have a
drink?"
The answer was a jerk on the reins,
a blow with the whip, and the rig disappeared
in a cloud of dust. *
That was cruelty?unthinking cruelly?and
it brings up the whole question
of hot weather treatment of animals.
Is your horse given water frequently?
Do you give your dog and
cat water as often as they desire it, or
do you simply "guess tbey find all the
water they need ?" The owner of any
kind of animal, large or small, who
does not think of these things is not
fit to own a dumb brute. Not to provide
for the wants of domestic animals
? ? -j ami?au?I f u/tf aa llOOfl f/wf ii l>a
anu pciO 19 UI UCHJ iuai tauoto iuitujc<
It is not safe to trust to aD animal's
finding food or drink. In a wild state
they were able to do this. Domesticated
they have learned to rely on man,
and in many instances tbey have met
with base betrayal. Water is as essential
as food. In the hot days of
July and Augu-t it really comes before
food. _
Kindness to animals in more than
kindness ; it is justice. The man who
beats a horse can be reached by law,
although too seldom does he meet
with Ilis just deserts. The man who
does not beat his horse, and who forgets
to water him for long periods can
seldom be reached by law, and yet his
cruelty is far greater than the temporary
pain that follows the feel of the
lash.
Think about these things. Remember
how it feel9 when your throat is
dry and parched, and look after the
needs of your four-footed friends.
A Woman'H Heart.
"There are three things man is destined
never to solve?perpetual mo'Inn
llifl onii&rc nf a nirflln. itnH t.hf?
heart of a woman. Yet he may go a
little way into the labyrinth with the
thread of love, which bis Ariadne will
gladly give him at the door.
"The "dim chambers are fragrant
with precious things, for through the
winding passages Memory has strewn
rue and lavender, love and longing,
sweet spikenard and instinctive belief.
Some day, when the heart aches, she
will brew content from these.
. "There are barriers which he may
not pass. secret treasurers that he may
not see, dreams that he may not guess.
There are dark corners where there has
been torture, of which he will never
know. There are shadows and ghostly
shapes which Penelope has hidden
with the fairest fabrics of her loom.
There are doors tightly locked, which
he has no key to open ; rooms which
have contained costly vessels, empty
and deep with dust.
"There is no other step than bis, for
he walks there alone ; sometimes to the
music of dead days and sometimes to
the laughter of a little child. The petals
of crushed roses rnstle at his feet
?his roses?in the inmost places cf her
heart. And beyond, of spotless marble,
with the infinite caltp of mountains
and perpetual snow, is something
which he seldom comprehends?her
love of her own whiteness.
"It is a wonderoua thing. For it is so
small be could hold it in the hollow of
his hand, yet it is great enough to
shelter him forever. All the world
may not break it if his love is steadfast
and unchanging, and loving him,
it becomes deep enough to love and
j.ity the whole world.
"It is a tender thing. So often is it
wounded that it cannot see another
suffer, and its own pain is easier far to
bear. It makes a shield of its very
tenderness, gladly receiving stabs that
were meant for him, forgiving always
if motr
auu iwigcuiu^ "uru it iajwj,
' Yet, after all, it is a simple thing.
For in times of deepest doubt and
trouble, it requires for its solace only
tfie tender look, the whispered word
which brings new courage, and the
old-time grace of the lover's way."
These words are worthy to be read at
the marriage altar and upon each anniversary
of one's marriage.
The Common Ne?*<l.
"The greater part of the courage that
is needed in the world is not of a
heroic kind. Courage may be displayed
in every-day life as well as on historic
fields of actiou. One common
need is for courage to be honest, courage
to resist temptation, to be wbat we
are not, courage to live honestly within
our means, and not dishonestly
upou the meaus of others."
"What sublime spectacle is that of a
man going straight to his goal, cutting
- ?1." -I. .1 rvrJ ?,!.?
111H way IIUUUKIJ UUIII/UIUCO, ctuu outmounting
obstacles wliich dishearten
others, as though they were steppingstones
!"
Coming to love God is like climbing
a high mountain. It takes you out of
the low valley of formal life. It sets
you upou the open summit of spiritual
sympathy.
There are lots of people who are
"glad to see the worfc goon," provided
they do not have to push.
"What humanity wants most ia not
money, but sympathy, nomprehension,
enlightment, uplifting."
Some sinners play cards whenever
they have nothing else to do and some
Christians give a good deal more to it
than that.
Not the least reward of devotion to
Christ is that it relieves one utterly of
that most irksome burden of the selfish
and worldly-miuded ?weariness of
r,rvl f
sen.
It does not take a "Free Thinker"
long to degenerate into a tree talker
anil a free actor, along same lines, and
then lie and the devil are chums.
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4 . VAngels
without wings are the best.
Thev are not so liv.
A man may eat, drink and be merry
?provided he doesn't have to eat his
words.
When some men know their duty
they try to dodge it by asking advice.
An automaton manufacturer recently
made a toy tramp?but it wouldn't
work.
When charity begins at home with
some men they lock the door and
keep it there.
. . ... . . .
A whole lot of people love to sing
"Rock or Ages cleft for nie"if they can
enjoy a softly cushioned pew4;whil?
doing so.
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