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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TP.UE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY. THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANT MAN. BY THOMPSON, SMITH & JAYNES. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 3, 1892. VOLUME XLIII.-NO. 9. "Beyond. [Walter J. Mathams. in the London F: man.] Beyond the shadows which surround Our troubled mortal life, There lies a land where never wakes The sound of toil or strife; Where sickness never pales the cheel Where starts no cry of pain, ? Where gladness settles on the ?oui, And never lifts again. Xo billows break along its shore, No tempests sweep the sky; The beauty of the Lord our God On ail things there doth lie; Eternal calm, unending peace. Reign in that blissful iand; (> happy they who reach its rest. And stand at Hod's right band! There all the pure in heart are found, Their very thoughts are praise; They sing the endless death of sin, Christ's triumph song they raise; Before the pierced feet which led Their spirits up to light, They yield the homage of their love. Axxayed in robes of white. Xo more they weep. no more they wat? Xo more the Tempter dread; The dark perplexities <>i old Are ever from them fled; .Saved by the all-redeeming blood, y_. They breathe the bairn of bliss. They know that Christ is theirs for ay< They know that they are His. Our Father-God. we long to reach, Their fellowship of rest To see the glory of our Lord, And be forever blest: Guide us through smooth and silent se.i And o'er the stormy foam. Until we strike the sunlit shore. And hear Thy welcome home. Platform of the St. Louis Convention No Third Tarty Yet. The following platform was re:i and adopted : "This, tlie first great labor confe: once of tin* United States and tl: world, representing all divisions < urban and rrrai orgamzed industr assembled in national congress, in vol ing upon its action the blessing an protection of Almighty (iou, pul forth for tlie producers of the nat?o tliis declaration of union and ind( pendence. ".Tile conditions which surroum us best justify our co-operation. W meet in the midst of a nation brough to the verge of mora!, political an material ruin. Corruption dominate thc ballot-box, Legislatures. Con .ss .-yid touches even the ermin? . bench; The people are demor Many of the States hay.? oeen compelled to isolate voters a .ling places in order to proven universal intimidation or bribery Newspapers are subsidized am muzzled, public opinion silenced business prostrated, our home covered with >n<?rtga?j?-. ? l?bo; .?hcd and tend concentrat ing in the hands of capitalists; Urbai .workmen are denied the right o? 'nization for self-protection rted, pauperized labor beat! heir wages; a hireling stand y unrecognized hy our laws .ished to shoot them down, re rapidly degenerating tc ?ditions. > of thc toil of millions .olen to build np colossal unprecedented in the his .- world, while their pos Jespise thc republic and . uct?nger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental injus tice breed the two great classes, pau pers and millionaires. National . power to create money is appropri ated to enrich bondholders; silver, which bas been accepted as coin siiicc the dawn of history, has been demonetized to add to the purchas ing power of gold by decreasing tlie value of all forms of property ns well ns human labor, and the supply of currency is.purposely abridged to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprise and enslave industry. A vast con spiracy against mankind has been Organized OD two continents and is taking possession of the world. If . not met abd overthrown at once it forebodes terrible convulsions, the destruction of civilization or the establishment of an absolute despot ism. "In this crisis of human affairs the intelligent working people and pro ducers of the United States have como together in the name of peace-, order and society to tiefend liberty, prosperity and justice. We declare our union and independence. We assert our purpose through our poli tical organization which presents our principles. Wc charge that the con trolling influences dominating the old p<> ;cal parties have allowed thc dreadful conditions to thout wnoES effort to A prevent then:. Neither .ney now intend to accomplish form. They have agreed together ) ignore in the coming campaign very issue but one. They propose ? drown the outcries of ?. plundered opie with the uproar of a sham . over the tariff, so that corpora lational banks, rings, tracts,! .ed stocks,' demonetization of 7 j and oppression of issues may ^st sight of. They propose to \ our homes and children upon ?f mammon ; to destroy the ; multitude in order to tion f?nds from greedy We assert that a cation, representing : ciples herein stated, j is necessary to redress the grievances of which we complain. "Assembled on the anniversary of the birth of the illustrious man who led the first great revolution on this continent against oppression, filled with sentiments which actuated that grand generation, we seek to restore the government of the republic to the hands of the 'plain people' with whom it originated. Onr doors are j open to all points of the compass. We ask all honest men to join with and help us, in order to restrain the extortions of aggregate capital, to drive the money changers out of the temple. To form a perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity, we j do ordain and establish the following! platform of principles: "1. We declare a union of the labor forces of the United States, this day accomplished, permanent and perpetual. May its spirit enter j into all hearts for the salvation or ! the republic and the uplifting of man- j kind. "2. Wealth belongs to him who created it. Every dollar taken from industry without an equivalent is robbery. If any will not work neither shall he eat. The interests of rural ; and urban labor are the same, their enemies are identical. "3. We demand a national cur rency safe, sound and flexible, issued j by the General Government, a full j legal tender for all debts, public and ; private, and without the use of bank- j ing corporations; a just and equita ble means of circulation, at a tax not ; to exceed two per cent as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farm- ; ers' Alliance or some better system ; ; also by payments in discharge of its j obligation for public improvements. ] "4. We demand the free and unlim ited coinage of silver. "5. We demand the amount ot circulating medium to be speedily increased to not less than ..s">0 per ; capita. "6. Wedemand a graduated income tax. j '.7. We believe that the money of the Treasury should be kept as much as possible in the hands of thc peo pie, and hence we demand that all national and State revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of. the Government economically and honestly administered. Uv;. We demand that postal -av tugs banks be established by the Gov- j eminent for the saf? -dej osit of the frimrhY?si of the people and to facfli-j tate ex( hange. "9. Your sub-committee upon land j plank bog to submit to your approval ! the following : j "The land, including all natural resources of wealth, is the heritage of all the people and should not be; monopolized for speculative purposes and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All land now held ; by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs and all i land now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the Government and; heh! for actual settlers only. -li?. Transportation being a means of expense and public necessity the Government should own and operate XiiC roads in the interest of the peo PlC- " , . , , ! "ll. i he telegraph and telephone, like the postal system, being a neces sity for the transportation of news, should be owned and operated by the Government in the interest of the people. "12. We demand that the Govern ment issue legal tender notes and pay the Union soldier the difference between the price of depreciated money in which he was paid in gold. "Resolved, That we hail this con ference a- the consummation of the perfect union of hearts and hands of all sections o' our common country; men who Wore the gray and men | who wore the blue meet here to j extinguish the last smoldering embers ! of civil war in the tears of joy of a j united and happy people, and we j agree to carry the stars and stripes forward forever to the highest point ? of national Greatness." J He Lost Her. He had asked her to marry him, and was waiting impatiently for her answer. "Will you expect me to keep house?" she finally asked. " No, indeed, my love ; the ser vants will attend to all that." " You won't ask me to make the bread or broil beefsteak?" " Certain!} not, my angel ; we will have a cook," "And will not be compelled to pound the washboard?" "How can you ask the question ? No, no, no." .Then I cannot marry you. I have been brought ap to do all those things, and I could not be happy in a Ijfe of idleness." When he realized what a treasure he had lost, he went sadly to his luxurious home, and vowed to re main a bachelor forever. The first nation in history to have ttl ree cities of over 1,000,000 inhabit ants each is the United States. Mineral Production of the United States for 1891. A recent number of the Engl-, ing and Mining Journal presents the official returns of the production during 1890 and 1891 of nearly all the important minerals and metals, and a comprehensive statement of ! the sources of production, the occur j renee of the minerals, the uses and values of their products, and in many j cases the stocks of metal on hand at the close of the year. These statistics have been com piled with the greatest possible care, neither labor nor expense being spared to secure accuracy in every particular. Thc st atistical reports given would form a book of about -150 pages. We make the following abstracts: There have been no discoveries of great bonanzas, no mining "booms," during the year 1*91, but the mining industry never was more prosperous and its prosperity never before''was founded, on so substantial a basis. Large investments have been made in mining, and for the most part with prudence. Under competent and j honest management these invest- ; ments are making highly satisfac- j tory returns. The dividends declared ; by mining companies during the1 year 1891 were much greater than j for many years past, and represent a better return on the money actually invested than ever before in the his- i tory of mining in this country. The immense increase during 1891 in production of most of the metals has boen a surprise. Copper in par ticular will, as usual, astonish the; trade. The consumption of metals increases steadily, as might be1 expected from the growing wealth and prosperity of the count? y. Almost 'the only article which has fallen off has been steel rails, and with it pig iron. In this instance the financial condition of the railroads was the cause; while where consumption isl made up of the purchases in small and various forms by the people at large, it steadily increases unless: checked by very high prices. Dur- ' ing the year 1891 prices were gene rally low and the people prosperous ;: they consequently purchased freely, j Nothing more forcibly demon- ; strates the absurdity of our barbar- ! ons system of weights and measures ! than the compilation of statistics. We have ton^ of "i,24U pounds, of 2,000 pr,und.s, and the metric ton of 2?204J pounds, or 1,000 kilos, to say o<Ching-orHce-otherspecial tons used in certain industries. We have Ounces troy and avoirdupois, and grains and grammes, with inn?mera-; bic other weights. It is, indeed, high time that ail civilized countries f'dopt the single metric standard of weights and measures, in which case the statistics compiled in one coun try will be available for comparison elsewhere without: necessitating the ! laborious recalculation from one sys tem into the other. MIXER AL PEOBCCCTOX OF THE UNITED ! STATES LS 1890 AND 1891. 1S90. 1891. Gold, ounces. 1,5SS.SS0 1,620,000 Silver, ounce. 54,500^000 58,000,000 Pig iron, tuns of ?OOOp?unds_ 10,307,02S 8,976,000 ! Steel rails, tons of 2,240 pounds_ 2,005,996 1,090,000 Copper, pounds. .-264.920,000 292,620, 00 Lead, tons of 2,000 pounds. 181,414 205,488 j Zinc, tons Of 2,000 pounds. 0?'>,.">42 76,500 Nickel, pounds- 200,332 144,S41 Quicksilver, flasks. 22,926 22,022 Aluminum, pounds !?4,SS1 163,820 Tin, pounds. 123,366 Antimony ore. tons of 2,240 pounds. 700 Anthracite coal, tons of 2,240p'ds. 38,000,483 42,S39,799 Bituminous coal, tons of 2,240p?ds. 93,000,000 98,000.000 Phosphate rock, tons ot 2,000p'ds. 037,000 659,731 : Salt, barrels of 280 j pounds. !'.7L'7.f.'.'7 10^229,691 Bromine, pounds.. 310,000 4i:5,000 ; Pyrites, tons of "2,000 pounds_ 109,431 122,438] Sulphur, tons of 2,000 pounds.. 1,2001 The Iron industry suffered a severe ; "set-back" during the past year, : when the make of pig iron declined from 10,307,028 tons of 2,000 pounds : in 1890 to 8,970,000 in 1891, these' figures being obtained from official ; returns made throughout the year, j This heavy falling off was caused j chiefly by the decline in the make of j steel " rails from 2,095,996 tons of | 2,240 pounds in 1890 to 1,090,000 ! tons in 1891-a decline due partly to the poverty of the railroads and partly to the comparatively high ! price established by the steel rail association. In phosphate rock, in pyrites, in salt, in aluminum, in copper, lead I and zinc there has been a very con- : siderable increase in output, while tin, antimony ore and sulphur entei the list with modest but promising ! beginnings. The man who lives under a habit ual sense of the divine presence keeps up a perpetual cheerfulness of j temper, and enjoys every moment j the satisfaction of thinking himself ! in company with his dearest and j best friends. The time never lies heavy upon him. It is impossible for him to be alone; but his heart bums with devotion, swells with .hope, and triumphs in the conscious ness of that presence which every where surrounds him. The bee can draw twenty times its own weight, can fly more than four miles an hour and will seek food at a distance of four miles. What the Slraightouts Haye to Say. To tJie Straightout ' Democrats of. South Carolina: The approach of the contest of j 1892 has summoned your committee i to its post of duty. A brief survey shows the faction that usurped power in 189U standing amid the ruins of the Democracy of j 1876 upon a prostrate State and nil- J ing over a suffering people. Instead of relaxing, the coil of j party rule has been tightened and ! freedom of election at the primaries of the dominant faction has been destroyed by requirements and oaths which will exclude men who have self-respect and love of liberty. The promises put forth by the fac tion dominant in 1890 have not been fulfilled. The evils and the wrongs which the Straightout Democrats foresaw in 1890, and against which we warned our fellow-Democrats, have come to pass. On the other hand, the false charges and . nes of treachery raised against us have fallen to the ground. The good and faithful voters who were controlled by technical party rules and forced to vot^ for the nomi nee of the usurping faction against their will, or to refrain from voting i against him, have had time to learn how valueless is party when not con- j trolled by principle and represented by worthy men. We appeal to those who faced the j fire and bore the brunt in 1890 to stand firm to their party and their high principles in 1892, and-we call : upon all good Democrats to join in ' the fight against wrong and oppres- j sion. We urge the Straightout ? Democrats and all who are ready to, act with them to cling to their colors and stand firm. Be not misled by the blandishments of power or the bribes of office to surrender your independence, but, standing true to principie, loyal to the grand Democ racy of 1870, and earnest in the strug gle for the welfare of our State, con tinue the fight against the faction which has robbed the people of their sovereign right of self-government rind brought nothing but disaster and evil repute upon the State. There is difference of opinion on the part of many good men. We say nothing against those who are sincere, but, much ns we may respect them personally, we urge upon our party to disregard any allurements to join the dominant faction in order to defeat it, and ;iot \S~ sobmzi tyrannical rule toy "inch no ailee;-, ance is due, nor Urdo evil tint good may come o? it. Your committee urges you to be patient and remain steadfast, await ing the time when your service can render good to our common country. ] And be assured that when the time for action comes, those to whom you have entrusted the standards of your party "?ill summon you to duty and perhaps to victory, but always for the right. We appeal to our fellow-Demo crats of all factions and all classes to hear the truth and do us justice. We seek tho good of the whole people. We recognise the great interest of our State to be agricultural, and : while we refuse *o be subservient to secret caucuses, or class legislation, we are earnest in our desire to pro mote that interest, upon which the welfare of our State is largely dependent. We seek no office, we ask no reward save the consciousness of having done our duty. We will battle in thc ranks for any good man or men put forward by the Democracy, provided we can vote as Democrats, governed by the ; principles of 1870, and be freed from : the tyranny of the existing rules and constitution of the faction now in [ power. By order of the committee: WM. H. LY LES, Chairman. A. E. GONZALES, Secretary. Only One on His Side. A capita] story is told of a well known Judge who is noted for hiij fondness for conveying to jurors ir! his charges to them his own opinion:r with regard to the merits of the case In one case he had done so wit! great plainness, but to hisamazemen the jury remained out for hour', without coming to an agreement The Judge inquired pi the bail if what was the matter, and learne<j from him that one juror was hoklim out against the other eleven. Ile sent for the jury at once, amt stating to the jurors that he ha<[ plainly intimated how the caseouglu to be decided, said he understood the one juror was standing out against ! the other eleven. He proceeded to j rebuke the juror sharply. The ! obstinate juror was a nervous little man, and as soon as the Judge was done he rose and said : "My Lord, may I say a word ?" "Yes, sir," said the indignant j Judge ; "what have you to say ?" j "Well, what I wanted to say is, I am the only fellow that's on your ?ide." On the Himalaya mountains fields of barley are cultivated and brought to perfection 11,500 feet above the sea. Railroad Risks. The hazardous character of rail road traffic in this countiy is one of the most striking facts set forth in the report of Henry C. Adams, the statistician of the Interstate Com merce Commission. He shows that during the year ending June 30, 1890, the last year covered by his statistics, the appalling number of 6,334 persons was killed, and 29,023 injured in railroad accidents of vari ous kinds. And what is still worse, he shows that this annufd.sacrifice of life and limb is on the increase. To be sure, be points out that the num ber of passengers killed in 1890 was only 286, which is a decrease com pared with the 310 killed in 1889, and 315 killed in 1S88. But the number of passengers injured during this period has increased from 2,138 iii 1888 to 2,146 in 1889 and 2,425 in 1S90.. The class that suffered most severely at the hands of the railroads was their employees. With but two exceptions, the casualties sustained by them have increased in a marked degree. In 1888 the figures were 2,070 killed and 20,148 injured ; in 18S9 they were 1,972 killed and 20,028 injured, and in 1890 they were 2,451 killed and 22,394 injured. Another striking fact brought out by Mr. Adams' statistics if that the greatest number, of casudti^s hap pened to trainmen, that is, conduc tors, engineers and -brakemen. Although they constitute but 20 per cent of the total number of em ployees, 58 per cent of the total number of casualties was sustained 9 by them. In other words, 1,459 of them were killed and 13,172 injured. But of the switchmen, flagmen and watchmen, only 234 were killed and 2,307 injured ; and of all other employees, 731 were killed and 6,681 injured. Mr. Adams presents this fact still more graphically by saying that a passenger riding con tinuously on a train might expect immunity from death for 158 years; an engineer or a brakeman or con ductor could, however, expect immu nity for only 35 years. Mr. Adams' statistics disclose to some extent the responsibility for these railroad accidents. There is no doubt that many of them were duo to the victims themselves. All those occurring at stations and high way crossings cannot, for example, be charged to the railroads, as many people are^ carelg?g . -and reckless "enough io mrap on nnd off trains in motion: and to run or drive in fron; of locomotives. During the year covered hy Mr. Adams' report 384 persons were killed and 814 injured at stations, 4?2 were killed and 675 injured at crossings. The latter class of accidents could probably have been pi evented in every case by a suitable guard by the railroads or adequate caution on the part of the victims. The culpability of the railroads in collisions and derailments is usually much more direct and indubitable. In collisions 69 were killed and 603 injured, and in derail ments the killed were 49 and the injured 712. The persons killed and injured, not passengers or employees, are divided by Mr. Adams into the trespassing, of whom 3,062 were killed and 3,042 injured, and the non-trespassing, of whom 509 were killed and 1,131 injured. Of the casualties to passengers, 44 were fatalities and 527 injuries in collis ions; 38 were fatalities and 669 injuries in derailments; and 42 were fatalities and 347 injuries at stations. The majority of the casualties to employees occurred in coupling and uncoil)?ling cars. Of this class, 369 were fatalities and 7,842 injuries. Dut a greater number of employees, or 561, were killed by falling from trains and locomotives; only 2,363 were, however, injuries of this kind. As to the protection of employees, Mr. Adams merely says that if train brakes or automatic couplers "are in reality safe guards aff^nst__ir?^- \ ? ' ~ : . ..... . ' .. .- -it ? "' - ? . ' r- . - .' ., - ; ir .,-',:.--'< . .:- . \ ' . - ;..ja ' ? ' ' '." -ri ii ' "The dress, ot course; but you ! needn't try to button it, you know." : "Oh, I needn't !" "No, slipping it on is enough." ! "Well, then what?" "Use common sense, of course, j Ali you have to do after the dress is j on is to dive down and crossways i and a little slanting, and up and nj ;r-d, jost as you see ladies do in a j s?reet car when the conductor comes j along, and your hand will go straight into the pocket." In the" great pastoring State of New Mexn.j there art upward of a million cattle feeding Vn the public lands. \ As Strong as Erer. GENERAL EARLE S OPINION OF TILL MAN-BELIEVES HE WILL BE SE-ELECTED. GREENVILLE, February 29, 189*2. To the Editor of the News and Courier : Your cir ular letter has been re ceived. You ask that I express my views as to the political situation, and as to the course that the con servative people of the State should pursue. Never before perhaps in the ^his tory of South Carolina has it been so important as now for the people to be conservative in all that they may say or do in political matters. For never before have the white peo ple been so divided in sentiment and separated into factions by internal dissensions. The continuation of this condition will necessarily tend to drive them further apart, and will prevent their co-operation for tbs good of the State. I have no axe to grind, nor have I any personal wrongs to avenge. I opposed the election of Governor Tillman in the last campaign with all the earnestness, of my nature because I believed that he should be defeated. The people; however, decided otherwise and he W38 trium phantly elected. Those who opposed his election were naturally sore over their disappointment, and large number of them are still dissatisfied. But under our system of Govern ment the majority must rule and the minority must submit. The more ? quietly and gracefully that they yield ; to the will of the majority the bet- ; ter it is for all concerned. Governor Tillman has been many ?times condemned for his unjust criti ! cism of others, and unjust criticism j of him by his opponents will not j j injr.re him, but will tend to his ; advantage. If it was wrong in him 1 J to slander others when he was a i candidate, it is simply wrong \ others to slander him while he is : Governor. j Let his former opponents deal justly with him and gi\-e him due credit for all that he may do or try to do for the good of the State That he has done many things that are to be commended none can deny ; that he has done some things that might be condemned z'\ will admit, ; but any man in his posit ir? "- 1 i bis surroundings would be liable to make some mistakes. Then I would suggest to thc anti . Tillmanites that it would bc well to deal fairly with him and avoid com mitting the same sin of which be has been so often accused. Don't follow his example by making unjust accu sations against him and by magnify ing little faults into grievous sins. This course will not bring the two factions together, but can result only in keeping them apart. My deliberate judgment is that Governor Tillman is at present as . strong with the farmers as he ever ; was, and I believe that he will be : re-elected over any one who will \ probably take the field against him. ? This bein? true, it would be follv for i j any of the anti-'f illmanites to oppose ; him. Such opposition wo dd inten sify the bitter feeling which now unfortunately exists among the white people, and could succeed only by invoking the aid of the negro vote. Victory at such a cost could be too dearly bought. Give me Tillman a thousand times before a Scott or a Moses ! When the convention meets, let I him be nominated if 9 majority of i the delegates are in his favor; and j if nominated, let him be nominated without opposition, so far as any Democrat is concerned. Our best, wisest and most conservative men should be elected to the General Assembly. This is far mor* import ant than the election or any man as Governor. With a good Legislature, a bad Governor can do little harm ; with a bad Legislature, a good Gov ernor can do little good. Respectfully, Jos. H. EARLE. A few years ago there was much laudation of Father Damien, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, who was so much affected by the condi tion of the lepers of the Sandwich Islands, whom he found in a settle ment, where they were separated from all human kind, and slowly awaited their death, that he cast his lot in with them, served them in their trouble, and died of the dis ease which wasted their lives. It was a slow martyrdom, for which Father Damien received warm com mendation from all classes of men. Protestantism has now furnished a martyr in the same field of compas sionate effort. The death of Rev. Mr. W. D. Dalrymple, a Presbyte rian missionary in Bengal, is an nounced. He died of leprosy con tracted while serving a forlorn colony sufferers from this disease. He was only six months among them when the signs of leprosy appeared on him, andJie elowly wasted away, continuing his service to his fellow sufferers while he Vas able. It was a noble sacrifice which he made for the sake of Christ, and for the souls of the st ricken cd men and women. A Continual Feast. The Bible tells us that a contented j mind is a continual feast. A pastor 11 tells this story of a member of his i flock who had learned to be contented [ r and even to rejoice in tribulation : ? t "A poor widow, who supported j \ herself with the most rigid economy j i by knitting, I saw in the intense cold : I of last winter. The house was one j t upon which time had made such sad t ravages that only one room could 1 now be inhabited, and in that she dared not have a fire when the wind t blew hard, because the chimney had become unsafe. t " 'How favored I am !' she said, ( 'for when it has been coldest the wind didn't blow much; or there ' was so much snow on the house I 1 could have a fire without danger; I cannot be thankful enough. And j t then,' she continued, 'Joseph has vbeen at home nights almost all win ter, and he could get my. wood and water when there was so much snow i I could not get out.' ? tt 'But do you not feel very lonely j while Joseph is away ?' j 1 " 'Oh, no ; I get along very well | < through the day'-ber Bible lay on the table by which she was sewing 'and when I can see the neighbor's lights in the evening they are com- j pany for me. I have thought a great 1 deal about sick people this winter, '<? and then I think how favored I am 1 that I can go to bed and sleep all j '< night in health.' "I saw her again to-day. Kheu-1 matism had disabled one foot, and she sat still sewing with a swollen, painful limb raised upon a cushion. 'How favored I am !' she exclaimed ; 1 'when my poor Lydia was alive I lost 1 the use of boin my feet for a time, 1 and she took care of me ; but now \ I can get about by moving my foot ? upon a chair, and I make out to do j j my work, and get Joseph's meals { ready nicely. What if it had been i my han :1s"' How favored I am!'*' I History has told the story of the : crown ; the epic poet has sung of the ( sword; the pastoral poet, with Iiis : verses full of the redolence of clover i ' tops, and the rustle of the silk of the ' corn, has sung the praises of the,' plow. I tell you the praise-; or th needle. From the fig-leaf tobe pre* ' pared in the Garden of E len U the last stitch tit">~ night on a boy'i , the nec'lle has wrought won ders of kindness, generosity and ben- ' efaction. lt adorned the girdle <>!' thc hit;}) priest ; it fashioned the cur tain in the ancient tabernacle; it cushioned thc chariots of King ?^olo- j mon ; it provided the rohesof Queen I Elizabeth, and in high places and in low places, by the fire of the pion : eer's backlog, and under the rlash of the chandelier, everywhere, it has : clothed nakedness ; it has preached the gospel ; it has overcome the hosts j of penury and want with the war- ' cry of "stitch, stitch, stitch." The : operatives have found, a livelihood ( by it, and through it the mansions of I the employer have been constructed, j Amid the mightiest triumphs in al! \ ages and lands I set down the con ' quests of the needle. 1 admit its crimes, j ! I admit its cruelties. It has had more j martyrs than the fire ; it has butchered ! more souls than the Inquisition ; it has punctured the eye ; it has pierced j the side ; it has struck weakness into the lungs ; it has sent madness into j the brain ; it has filled the "Potter's j Field ;" it has pitched whole armies of the suffering into crime and wretchedness and woe. But it has made garments for the destitute, and knit socks for thc bare Tooted, pre i pared bandages for the lacerated, j ! made up bales of clothing for West ... : ern missionaries and helped those : ! who go into the asylums of the suf- j I fering and destitute, bearing that gos- : i pel which is sight for the blind and j j hearincr for the deaf, and which j makes a lame man leap like a hart, j i and brings the dead to life, immor I tal health abounding in their pulses. To PURIFY THE BKEATII.-The freshest of fresh eggs, and lemon ? juice, sugar, almond oil and rose- j water, mixed with utmost care and j cleanliness, stirred and beaten tor! hours upon hours, smelling delicately, j as though a rose had been dipped : into it, should make a tempting cos- j j mc tic to create beauty or restore it : to itself. We all feel the charm of ; "balmy breath that doth almost per- ; suade justice to sheath her sword," ; and a few drops of this clear, red j liquid, poured into a glass of water, will so purify the breath and ali within the lips, that one need not mind how closely the hearer's atten- ; tion hangs upon them. The same i ] liquid is sovereign for dyspepsia, and j j reduces the interior to an amiable j state very quickly. Late tests prove that the strongest ? wood growing in the I'nited States j is the "nutmeg hickory" of Arkansas, j The weakest is the yellow or West j j Indian birch. - Of toe one hundred and eighty two daily newspapers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, not one of them at present issues a Sunday edition. A rr es M; ni neuuiu^. It happened long ago in a Western nining town. There wasn't a preacher n the place ."nd when an exceeding! y aw young n.'.n and woman desir.-d o get married the services ' ' )olice judge were called in. lever had any expericn' >ranch of his authoi. rue Western enterpr'-' ackle the job,.and * ) rought lief ore him "Stand up," he .hemselves, and th?. "Come forward ice," -he contine ?ffort, and the-' "Guilty or is they stood . lands. "Guilty, your ;he groom. "Is this your hrs "It is, your honoT "Well, there's not mpose a life sentence ind assess the groom . "How much, your he he groom, going down into its. "Ten dollars." The groom handed it over. "Case is dismissed," announced the judge, and the innocent young things narched out of the room as radiant is a June morning when the sunlight disses the roses until they blush igain. Rich Without Money. Many a man is rich without money. Thousands of men with nothing in :heir pockets, and thousands with )ut even a pocket, are rich. A man x>rn with a good, sound constitution, i good stomach, \ good heart and *ood limbs, a pr-tty go yd head piece, s rich. Good bon^s are better than jold, tough muscles than silver, and nerves that flash fire and < \rry energy ?very function are better than louses and land. It is better than a lanced estate to have the right kind )f father ami mother. Good breeds md bad breeds exist among men as really as among herds and hr>re?* Edu<-atiu ?vii tende 3nes, but ii i the right prop* -stnrt with. T1 : 'Swho lias a good disp<?.-rcivii, W' -'is natu rally kind, patient, cheerful, hopeful, and who has a flavor of wit and fun in his composition. The hardest thing to get on with in this life is a man's own sdi'. A cross, selfish fel low, a despondent and complaining fellow, a timid and care-burdened man, these are all born deformed on the inside; They do not limp, but their thoughts sometimes do. Keep a ( lean Honte, Boys. [The Olive Leaf.] A distinguished author says : "I resolved, when I was a child, never to use a word which I could not pro nounce before my mother." Ile kept his resolution, and became a pure minded, noble, honored gentleman. His rule and example are worthy "t imitation. Boys readily learn a class of low, vulgar expressions, which are never heard in respectable circles. The utmost care of parents will scarceiy prevent it. Of course, noone think of girls being M) much exposed to this peril. We cannot imagin? a decent girl using words she would not utter before her father or mother. Such vulgarity is thought by some boys to be "smart," the next thing to swearing, and "not so wicked;"' but it is a habit which leads to -profanity, and fills tiie mimi with evil thoughts. It vulgarizes and degrades the soul, and prepares thc way for many of thc gross and fearful sins which now cor rupt society. Yot'ng reader, ko^p your mouth free from all impurity, and your ."tongue from evil ;" but in order to do this, nsk Jesus to cleanse your heart and keep it clean ; for "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.'" Dr. Helen Druskovitch. the Hrst woman in America to follow a course of philanthropic studies, has lost her reason from overwork. At a recent examination in geog raphy in one of the public schools the teacher asked, "What valuable things are taken out of the earth ?" Much to her amazement, one young hopeful immediately replied, "Clams and mummies." Mr. Spurgeon on one occasion remarked to a friend that he made a practice of reading through Carlyle's "History of the French Revolution," once a year for the sake of its style. "It is a mass of rocks and bowlders," he said. "Its rugged strength cor rects the too great smoothness into which one is apt to glide." "Of course," said the critic, "I have taken the worse side in criti cising your poems. But c?ay have nevertheless their good side, too." "And that is-" "The side of the paper that's not written on."