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|l . TIE WEEKLY ffip DII0I TIMES, ' Sfooted to ^jriculfure, Jjorfieulturi;, gouicstit (Seonomg, |)olite Jiiferafure, politics, and the (Current Jtctus of the gag. vor,. XVII.?New Sekies. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY, 21, 1886. ' NUMBER 20. From the Dostou Record. HOW JOEL PARKS MANAGED HIS DAUGHTER. liY I. K. C. UolMJINS. One evening Mr. Joel l'arks, n wealthy uinnufacturcr in the thriving New Fngland village of llcdtield, and Dr. Mills, leading physician of the same place, sat chatting in the doctor's oflicc. A stranger noting the age and rather prosaic appearance of the two men, would hardly have guessed the topic of cm versa! ion. They were discussing works of iictiou. "I must have been going on fifty years old when I read my first novel," Mr. ljarks was siying. "You see a man that starts on life's journey as 1 did, barefooted, so to speak, has got to atteud to business and nothing else for n gocd many years, if he expects to get anywhere in particular at last, lie docs not get much time for light reading, Doctor, lint in the last few years I've read a good many, and 1 enjoy them, especially when they seem true to life, and I think I can gcucrnl'y tell when they are. 1 like Trollopo on that account. I never saw an archbishop or duke, but 1 know as well as I want to that ho just hits them oil' to a T. And I like that ITowclls, if ho docs hold men such as 1 be up to ridicule. And let mo tell you, Doctor, there is instruction in novels. Those writers have to study human nature. I've got many a liiut about managing men from reading those books." "Yes," said the doctor, "I've read them all my life, and I like them yet?love passages and all. Funny, isn't it?" he continued, "how two eld gray heads like you and me will follow the love s'ory of a silly boy and girl who won't listen to their natural guardians, aud sympathize with them every time. We never have any feeling for the sensible fathers and mothers of i our own ago who arc plotted against." I "Idou'tfcuow about that," was the roolv. "1 do sometime* sympathize with the old folks, < and think that if 1 had been it their places I would lmve been ntorc successful in having iny ] own way."' , "Well, .loci,"' said the other, with a laugh, "1 guess that is oue point on which you never ] get much instruction from story-tellers. Papa ( and mamma always have their ideas of their 1 daughter's future. The wrong young man 1 happens along, and she develops her ideas quite < opposite from theirs. And she always comes out ahead. If you want to carry your point < With your otl'spring, you will have to learn how outside ol' a story-book.'" , Jt M v, ?u ' ?there, only its instruction" how .? UU it. 1 I ] - don't suppose that 1 shall ever want to interfere j with my daughter about a husband or lover; j but if I should. 1 am sure that 1 could learn something front the novelists."' , If there were no coincidences, there would be n ? stories it was a coincidence that, later or ilint san.o evening, Mrs. Joel Parks, an ani;?-" ? lady whose mind was in her husband's kevptug, , said to him: "Joel, have you ever noticed that bee Tilton and Annie seem to be taking a notion for each other?'" Joel was engaged with his newspaper at the time, and lie did not take his eyes frotn tho list ..? ...1. I ~1. U - 1 1 ui iivn ij v?i \>iiiuii lit' linn been reading. Hut it cost him an ellort, for his wife's question was a shock indeed. Such an idea had never occurred to him; and ns he sat there, physically at case, ho found his thoughts sadly crowding each other. I.cc Tilton ! One of his own clerks! A likely fellow enough, pleasant and honest, lint he didn't like Leo Tilton. lie didn't know just why, and lie had never thought of it before, hut now ho was sure of so much. Leo was nothing but a Kedlield boy.anyway; and unambitious?staying in a little place like that, and living with his mother and -aster. And then his daughter Annie. What a future was possible for that girl ! Ueautiful as any heroine of ' fiction. No! his daughter should never ho given to Lee Tilton ! That was one decision, absolute and final. | A subordinate question was also discussed and ' settled in the mental council of war. It would perhaps be as well that Mrs. Parks should not for the present know her hnshand s feelings in ihe matter. So much having been arranged, lie slowly raised s eyes from the paper, looked at bis wife absci y, and said; ( >om?eh V ' '1 was askin f you bad noticed anything in particular b ecu Leo Tilton and Annie," replied Mrs. ks. placidly. mi, i iIIu?k hoi. i in wiiat nave you noticed 7" "Why 1 don't know. Not nittcli of anything perhaps. lint lie comes up here evenings, and tltcy read together sonic. And?well, one thing and another has led me to think that they might p2 getting interested in eacli other. Joel did not con tin tie the conversation, hut -o(oi betook himself to the room, half otfico and half library, whe? 2 lie was wont to retire when 'in had leisure for reading, or when lie had ionic perplexing business problem to think out. Hero he sat awhile in me Jib lion, lie had ace pled in full his wife's revelation without tiuuighl of investi 'aiing the grounds 011 which it was ha??d. Hi- camp had been surprised ! Ilow should j he meet the foe? Presently he stepped to the j shelves which lined the room, and hastily turned ; over the pages of several novels ' i?t as a law- j yer might in an eiiicigency consult books with I IYiiit ii IIU ^ 2i11 wi y i??III11i?ii Yes, here wort plenty eases. Hero was the girl of high social position, the ilauglitor of a duke, who become* enamored of the poor young commoner, The father interferes. The girl will in. i disobey her father, but neither will she give up her lover. Taken abroad and no ejrrespondci.ee allowed. \u use. Takes no interest in anything. Karely seen to smile. And her lather has to give it up at last. "Of course he does," soliloquized Joel ; bo should I. You don't want to break your daughter's heart, and when a girl with a mind of her own. like Annie, gets it fairly set upon anything, you can't change it for her by force." Here was another case. Young lady loved by man of her own rank, and everything that he ought to be. Her friends plead with her in his behalf, sound his praises and argue with her about her duty. She fears that she does not love him quite enough. They try to persuade her that she does, and then she is sure that she dcesn t. Then appears another young man, evidently an adventurer, and probably a Jew. Somehow she becomes interested, and her friends absolutely warn her against him. Then her iutcrc^t increases, and she finally marries him, with her father's reluctant consent. And so ou. "Yes,"' said Joel to himself ns lie closed the book, " the doctor is right. The girl in a story always has her own way, and the more you oppose her the more she has it. IJut dear me, they go to work exactly wrong. They don't make any allowance for (ho perversity of human nature. They fill the girl's ears with praises of the right one till she s tired and sick of him, and keep her thinking about the wrong one by forbidding her to think of him at all. The way to do it is to turn the thing end for end." And, in accordance with this reflection, Joel, before lie slept, had outlined a plan for managing his daughter. ? * ? v # Ho began operations at breakfast the next morning. "Annie," he said in his blandest tone, and with his most beaming smile, "your mother tells ntc that you and Lee Tilton arc likely to make a match of it.'" Annie's face was a picture?a whole panorama, in fact, in which astonishment, indignao?.i .1.. ...... ...... ...... .vii.j duiiiuc were successively portrayed. "Why, pa,'" exclaimed Mrs. Larks, "l never said anything of (lie kind !"' ' I have 110 idea what you are talking about, lather," eaid Annie, recovering her voice, but not hev self-possession. "Oh, you needn't bo bashful about it!" said tier father with an odious chuckle. "1 have ( jyes as well as your mother, and if I hadn't been pleased I should have spoken before thip. f like your choice, Annie, if Lee is your ( sltoicc.' la spite of herself the tears started t o Annie's , jyes. , "I think you aro too bad, papa. Mr. Tilton | i y .?ilnnoi?.Jnt)pu f f I hear, and 1 don't know what put such a tnought into your head. You make me ashamed, and I ntn sure I have no cause to be." Of course not, dear," replied lier father. "Lee is a ulee young man, whether you take him or not. And so saying he rose from the 'able and took his departure. "Shouldn't be surprised if I had nipped that thing in the hud already," thought he, as lie walked down the street. When lie came home to dinner his wife said: "Joel, I'm sorry you said what you did nt breakfast. The poor girl was dreadfully put out. She has been talking about it all day, and telling me everything that they ever said when they were together. 1 think she likes him, and he her, but she docsu't know it yet; and you are more likely to mar than to make, by talking to her." "Oh, nonsense!" said Joel, and then, mentally, "I didn't begin a minute too soon. I'll follow that up. At dinner he began: 'Speaking ot' Lee Tilton? don't, father, ' quickly interrupted Annie. "IJut wait, my dear, let iuc speak. 1 in not trying to influence you. of course Lee hasn't spoken yet, nud wouldn't unless be thought I was willing. l>ut if lie has the least hint?now just wait till I in through ? if I let him know in a round about way ttia I'm willing, he'll speak soon enough. Why shouldn t lie be willing to marry the prettiest and richest girl in the village? And let mc tell you, Lee Tilton is a nice young fellow. Nothing fiighty about him. Once married lie will settle down as sober and steady _ jitig as a man fifty years old. And I could make a business man of liitu, for be would do just as 1 told him." "Father, promise mc that you will never say a word to hi:n, or 1 will never willingly see him again. 1 never want to sec him again, any way, it serins to mc, said Annie, with face atlanie, and tla-diing eye*. " I don't know what makes you talk so: indeed I don't.*' That s the way to do it?'' was Joel's inward comment, many times repeated during the rest of I lie clay. l'.ut circuit sluices were not wholly in his favor. A few days after this some of the young people ha I a picnic in the beautiful grove which crowns the highest of llcdficld a seven hill-. Ami, ' just for fun. the journey was made in hay-racks. I.ee Tillon, who hail secured a rare holiday, drove one of the primitive coaches, in which was a merry party of young men and maidens, including Annio Parks. In descending the hill on the return home, a break in the harness ;rave I.ee an opportunity t > show his bravery and coolness, which lie promptly accepted. lie stood by bis post liko the typical engineer, and lie bad the satisfaction of saving his passengers from harm, atul of being crowned a hero. In describing tlie adventure to her mother, Annie did ample justice to I.ee's de-erts, and spoke of him as the prcserverof the whole party; but she bail little to say before her father, .loci thought this was hardly a good omen, but ! be courageously returned to the charge. For I two or three days ho would talk of nothing but I.co s heroic net : his wonderful presence of ?iin<t. his ?uhUnie courage, the deep and lusting grati111 I > <1 n?> liim ? and the<? charges were rung until even Mrs! Parks grew tired of the theme, and Annie was led to declare that she didn't believe there had been any danger at all : she wished the- old cart had been allowed to go to the bottom of the hill. # * * ?* &* Joel s plan would not have been complete had it not included bringing 011 accept \blc suitor into the field. A Koston business friend of hi?, a Mr. Morton, had a son William, who had just been admitted to the bar, and who, in Joel's opinion, would be a suitable match for fcis daughter. lie was handsome and bright, and at least be would do to beat Lee Tilton with. Knr At F- IWloo I?.I ? ... .... . ...no nun utcumi; in iic ii more nit crested in his plan than in the mere question of his daughter s future. So on a visit to the city he had called upon the Mortons and suggested that the young man should begin h s legal civoer at Redfield, promising to give him some business. The proposition was finally accepted, and William Morion became an object of interest in lledfield. In due course he made the acquaintance of Miss Annie, aud she liked his society, ns indeed every one did. llev father, who had concealed his agency in establishing Morton in ltedficld, spoke of him rather slightingly in tho family circle, and compared him with Lee, much to the lattcr's advantage. He was, delighted one day to meet Annie returning from a little horseback excursion with the lawyer, but lie put on a look of concern, aud at the first opportunity he gave her a word of caution. " Young Morton is. no doubt well enough in his way, my dear," he said, " though lie is too careful of his appearance and too fond of pleasure to suit me. Rut it is perhaps as well to be a little guarded in forming a familiar acquaintance with a stranger. Aud?I'm afraid, my dear, that Leo would not quite approve." Joel almost hugged himself ns lie noted the effect produced, but lie thought that he held a still better card to play. The next day lie fouud an opportunity to say lo Lee Tilton : " Lee, arc you acquainted with Lawyer Morton ? ' " No, sir,' was Lee's answer ; " that is, but slightly." There is something that troubles me," continued Parks. " 1 don't know much cf that young man, hilt to say the least, lie isn't my kind. Now, my Annie is young and inexperienced, and 1 see that she is rather taken by his dashing ways, telie has ridden with him some, and he calls often?well, I know that she would never care for him in a serious way, hut sJjU. ^ between you and me, Lee, I dot^ rno i0 sneak | aan b* too careful about ' ? * r r'tyffV'MI do me a favor". ""I?.-* . A 75 mj f l-ill, Mil to her. I am too old and she wouldn't understand me. lint you arc of her own age, and an old friend. You can do it. Oust give her a little fricudly hint, you know." ] I.ec was as wise as most young men, but certain kinds of wisdom come only with experience ; and although at first lie strenuously objected, lie was at last over-persuaded, and reluctantly promised to "say just one word. ' That evening he called upon Annie, meeting William Morton just coming from the house as lie entered the gate. As ho sat in the pleasant sitting-room with Annie Parks. I.ee hated his errand and his promise. There were other attractive subjects of conversation, perhaps other tliiugs that lie was more anxious to say to the beautiful girl. Hut at length lie began bis task. ' Arc you much acquainted with Mr. Morton ? " A little ; aro you ?"' " Well, no. To tell the truth 1 think that perhaps we ought to he a little careful about? about getting acquainted ton much?too easily, I mean, with those we don't?that we are not much acquainted with," stammered Lee: "don't you ?" Annie's eyes looked a sha le darker than he had ever seen them before. " 1 admire your prudence more than 1 can tell, ' she said: "after I have seem more of Mr. Morton, perhaps 1 shall be able to advise you whether you cau safely make his acquaintance or not !"' The young gentleman's visit was not prolonged, and when a day or two after Mr. I'arks i :? i... i... i .... .. ...?? i \ he answered : ' Yes : 1 made a fool of myself. And the oKl man was obliged to abruptly turn liis back upon hi< clerk. Lee very soon took occasion to offer an humble apology for his unfortunate speech, though of course lie refrained from explaining how lie had been led to make it, an I on the whole, .loci was a little disappointed at the inadequate result of this particular piece of strategy. To be sure, Annie and Morton seemed t> meet on pleasant terms, but so, for aught he could <ee. did Annie atul Lec Tilton. In these days Joel frequently consulted his novels professionally, and he one evening happened to rea l in " l'lio iloo/ier Schoolmaster' tiio passage in which the trustee's unprepossessing wife horrifies the young ma?ter by boasting of her wealth and shrewdness, and broadly hinting that Iter daughter was at iiis disposal. ll occurred t<> Joel that lie had so far l?een working upon only one of the principals in the ease. Here was a hint that must he n-ud. So he soon contrived an interview w ith l.eo Tiiton, and began to talk. Ilo bragged of his success in Lfe. of the sharp bargains lie had driven, of the money lie had made, and would still make. Noticing with delight the ill-concealed look of cmhatrasstncnt and disgust on Lee's face, he went on to speak of his daughter. " Wonderful girl, sharp as a razor. A* like me as two peas in a pod. .Some day she would marry, ho supposed, lie didn't want iter to marry a rich man. Il.ither site would marry a likely poor young man. one that would feel some gratitude tor the life lie was getting, lie would see that such a husband made a success of it. There would be no trouble about that. ' I tell you," said lie finally, with a leer, '* whoever pets that girl with uiy consent, gets me." It came to pass that Joel found it necessary to make a business trip of a month or so, and he felt that he could not go without striking one more blow, lie thought that he had undoubtedly made Drocres*. but h* fWr.o tii?? it,.. was still danger. Ouo evening Annie met him with a look of scorn in her face and a hard ring in her voice that told him what was coining. " Head that !" she said, and she placed in his hands a note dated nnd postmarked Boston. ' Miss Annie Parks:?1 feel it my duty, though a stranger to you, to warn you that Mr. Wm. Morton is a young man not to b? trusted. Ho is noted in Boston as a heartless male coquette. Sincerely yours, A Wkll Wishkb." ' Well," said Joel, " anonymous letters don't amount to anything, 1 shouldn't mind that." But, papa, Lee Tilton wrote that,"' said Annie, bursting into tears. It is written on the paper that you use in your otlice. Can't you see as you hold it up to the light a faint impress of your business heading'! This is the second page of a sheet, but the other sheet surely had the heading. Oh dear ! how mean a tiling it is " He never wrote that in the world.said Joel, " I'll ask him if lie did.'' "No, father, say nothing. It's of no use. But father," she went on, stamping her foot in her energy, " never speak to me of Lee Tilton again." Her father argued with her long enough, as lie thought, to lix her determination, and next day, with a light heart, he departed 011 his journey. "X* *X" *if vf # I Mr. I'arks returned homo on the expected day, soino weeks later, which was the fiftyfourth anniversary of his birth. It was evening when he wended his way home from the stntion, and lie noticed that his house was brilliantly lighted. "Ah ! a birthday surprise, perhaps, thought he. At the door lie was met by his wife in rich array who, nftcr the expected greetings, hurried liim into his roont, where she gave liiin this note Front Annie : " Dkar 1'apa :?We have a few friends, and 1 have a birthday present for you. You mustn't ease mother to tell. Will meet you in the parlor. An sir.." J noyf, pt, do dress quick and come *-'?P iil.JMv- , .u-tfc. withdrawing. kj lu? panel t?? wwv" iCCt party, including ^r- ^a'f? **>? 0**r- I gymm. in iroui. o? \ ..? >-w?l Annie with Lee l'ilton by her side. A single glance made explanation almost unnecessary, although Joel roare 1 out : ? What's the?what in the world does (his mean ?" " Hush,' whispered Mis. Parks : " it means just what you have been wishing, lie's going to begin now." Poring the first pari of the ceremony which followed, Mr. Parks seemed a tritic dazed, but toward the last he did some rapid thinking. When the binding words had been pronounced, Annie turned to her father with a dazzling smile. " A birthday present, papa?a son-in-law," she said : is it an acceptable one ?" Joel kissed bis daughter and shook hands with his "present. "Too much affected to speak," it was afterwards reported. Soon Annie found opportunity t> whisper to her father. "<>li, papa, you don't know how we haye planned for the last two weeks to giro you this surprise. I knew how sad you were when you went away because I felt so about Lee, and when everything cainc right, as it did, 1 wanted so much to make it up to you. Oh, that letter ?of course you were right. Lee didn't write Mr. Morton is to marry a Hostrm lady, nud one day lie confide I the fact tome. And it came out by accident that he and Lee had bcnn U .....I ll.nl Inn I- ....... ?f I. I n V/UUIt ^WU'I II1VU<I3, Illiu IllUb IJVU RUCW 1/1 1119 engagement at lite time thai loiter came. Ami then I knew that I had done Lee an injustice: and 1 can't tell just now how ii all came about ?but ain't wc happy, papa?" l>r. .Mills was present, and he offered his congratulation to the host. ' ltv the by. ' he said. * this would aliuost do for a scene in one of our novels, you know. Only there doesn't seem to he any chance for rolcniingand forgiveness on the part of stern parent. Tiio pleasant little affair is quite in accordance with your wishes. I believe. "Emphatically si," respondu 1 Joel, with dignity. IJot after the guests had gouc, Mr. Parks spent an hour in the privacy of his own room, in deep reflection. There was surely no one to blame in this matter, lie admitted, hut himself, an I Annie lul l a gaud husband, no doubt. On the whole, he need have no regrets on that score. Ihil lie mourned for the f?te of his scheme, lie critically reviewed his work, and lie thought he saw some points which were capable of improvement. \s he mused he mechanically took up his newspaper, and his eye almost titiconscioJSly fell upon llic advertisements. Yes, lie thought thai he could do hett r if lie were to have the opportunity njriiu. lie nlicost wished that lie could make a sec ind trial. Wife, ' said he to Mr , Parks, as that ind) entered tiic room, what should you think oi the idea of aiopting a leal thy?female? child?" Professor: "I) tny question tronlili you sir ?" .Stu 1 :ot: - - N i, sir, not at all Hut 1 am a little do tot how to 1'rauto tin answer so as to ^ivo you the precise iu forutatiou lor which you seem to ask." , I CHASED BT A CYCLONE. 1 I CniCAOO, May 12.?Passengers on the Chicago and Alton train, which arrived tonight, had n remarkable experience with a cyclone at Pontiac, 111. A storm cloud was seen gathering in the west and moving in a northeasterly direction. As the train sped on the storm kept coming nearer every minute, and the passengers began to realize that they were beiug chased by tho cyclone. Just as the traiu pulled into Odell, 111., the storm struck tho town and the air was full of debris. In a uiouieut scvcu stores and a hotel were inroofed and one largo briek building was nearly destroyed. Under tho wrock of tho structure two children woro buried. Telegraph wires in that vicinity are reported down. Specials from Stroator aad Kockford, 111., and Peru, Ind., tell of a terrible wind aud hail storm at thoso points. About 5 30 P. M.. heavy roariug clouds from the South and Kast met just over the cily oflloekford and daylight was suddonly converted into darkness A downpour of immense hailstones followed, greatly damaging the trees and breaking windows. In tho couutry surrounding Strcator raiu and hail raged for an hour and a half, and the destruction visited upon the grain, fruit and nil vegetation is very great. From Peru, Iud , telegrams arc received to the effect that houses were unroofed, trees uprooted and wheat dowu down. A largo amount of atock is reported killed by lightning. Tiie Stoiim at Joliet and Odell.? Chicago, May 12.?The Inter'Ocean s Joliet, III., special says : A most destructive cyclone is reported from Odelk a village forty miles south of Joliet on the Chicago and Alton ltoad. This afternoon about 4 o'clock the storm burst. Delegates to the Sabbath-school Convention returning 011 a train arriving here at G p. in., state that as the train ncarcd Odell they saw tho cyclone approach iug. First they saw the loof of an oleva- i tor rise and sail off in the air and tho build- 1 iog collapse. Tiiiin.tIia luiiul raised up and tumbled over like feathers, ?uJ *Sali?rod to pieces. Uoth fyrick^ and framo buildings; and all siies, ir*? shanties to two-story buildings, wont. Tbe train was stopped, but ns tho wind was blowing parallel with the track it was not upset, though briekH and sticks broke Jho windows. Considerable time was required to remove the debri6 from the traok before the train could proceed. After the cyclone tho people busied themselves looking under the ruined houses for (hose inissiug. The train resumed its journey without giving any delegates a chance to learn the causalities, but they report that several men. women and children are killed and injured. Local telegraph agents have been trying to raise Odell all the evening, but cannot succeed, and the extent of the loss of life and damage cannot be ascertained. Later.?One of the severest storms ever known here struck Joliet about 8..-J0 o'clock this evening. The deluge of rain, thunder and bail inundated the earth. The thunder was deafening and the electric display unparaleled. A circus show was having a performance here, and in the midst of the performance the strom struck the tent and turned the whole show upside down. A general stampede ensued auiid sheets of lightning, drenching rains and resistless gales of wind. Three persons were seriously injured by falling poles. A number were butt slightly. Cincinnati Cut oku from tub World. ? Now York, May 12.?Reports from 1'ittsburg ami other points indicate terrible ?i..v i i ..? /?:_ M?JI III* 111 till* VIUI?II iJ'fl IlllUll 111 Vy MICLII Illll . All tho wires are down in that region, and Cincinnati to-night is inaccessible from any point. St. Louis is also cut off from communication by loss of wires. Abjuie slang sternly and upon principle! If for no other reason, because it narI rows your vocabulary. It is the favorite refuge of tho slovenly and the indolent. If your thought docs not deserve a neat ! dress, keep it in some back-closet of your own brain. A drummer who has just returned from southern Florda says the beef in that section is so ioti 'h as to make it almost im possible to stick a fork into the gravy. * * ! It is saiJ that there aro more lies told in j the sentence; "I ant glad to sec you,' ' than any other six words in the lOnglish f 1 language. j When a countryman was usktd what was i the waist of a dress, he reckonod it was : tho part that dragged on the pavement. .? ? i The utan who wilt tell a lie to get a htin - drcd cents, will toll a hundred to get a cent, bofore he finishes his career. Out Sunday ColumnThere is just as nmcli saving power in the Church as there is of the presence of the Holy Spirit. What, then, ought to bo first iu its desire and prayer??Fitzgerald. When wo look at the quality of the men and women whom God has called and carried to our foreign mission fields, we aro forced to believe He means to do great things by them. I.et the Churches uphold them by a mighty faith in God.?.Yathville Advocate. In the tight against whiskey all the giin is clear gain; it is an aggressive tight. Persistence means certain victory.?Fx change. Everybody is making mistakes; everybody is finding out afterward that ho has made a mistake; but there can be no greater mistake than tho stopping to worry over a mistake already ruauc. ? Kxchanyc. A chiM born in an icc-ltouso may live, hut i( will never get over (ho birth chill. I want e inverts to cotnc iuto the work like a cannon hall, so they will cut everything before them.?Sun Jonts. If some money is wanted to buy a carpet or an organ, or pay a floating Church debt, it i< very much better, and saves much worry and care, to put your hand in your pocket an 1 pay it. That done, tho Church sociable is the genuine article.?Exchange, A clerk who takes a back seat in oilico or store, i\s many young people do in church, would be relieved from duty promptly. U is not a good trait iu church attendants to slouch int? a back scat. The old days never cotnc again, because they would be getting in tlie way of tho new, better days, whose turn i! is. ? (icorgc Mc Domthf. None have more pride than those who dream that they have nouc. You may labor against vainglory till you conceive you arc humble, and the fond conceit of humility will prove to be pride in full bloom.?Sjmrgcon. "The just shall live by faith." The great secret of religion, as the source of light and comfort, consists in its carrying us to (Sod lor that which, without, we should refer to man. It is ? t *l. .i !? 1 ? - * 1 iiiiis nun ii oriiigs 10 our an m nines ol tlfo<I the truth ami faithfulness of the Word and Spirit, instead of the vague and futile reasonings of vain philosophy.?Capers, lH'tt). Jesus comes to us because it is His nature. Flic atonement is the recognition of the relation; we are God's offspring; Jesus docs not disdain to call us brethren. There is u reason in this relationship that explains the incarnatioUj the atonement, and the abiding presence Texas has prohibition?think of that! Pending A late riot ?h? Mayor closed all saloyus. Tho Authority that can prohibit for oao day can prohibit forever. If saloons aggravate riot when once begun, the}' have their agency in fomenting and inaugurating riots. Why not close them now forever??.Vort/iieratirn A<iru<atr. On April lltli llhodo Island, by a three-fifths vote,adopted a constitutional prohibitory ajnendmcnt. - - - ? Tun. Youit Moritr.it.?I wonder huvv many girls tell their mollicrs everything. Not tlt03o 'young ladies' who, going to and from school, smile, bow, and exchange notes and enrtr. itc vim'Im with young men. who make I'un oi you and your pictures, speaking in a way that would make your cheeks burn with shame if you board it. All this, most incredulous and romantic young ladies, they will do, although they look at your fresh young faces admiringly, and send or give you chaiming verses or bouquets. No matter 'What other girls may do,'don't you do it. School-girl Mutation may end disastrously, as many a foolish and wretched y mug girl can tell you. Your yearning for some one to lovo is a great need of a woman's heart. JJut there is time for every thing. Do not let the bloom and freshness of your heart be brushed oil' in silly llirlation. And above all. tell your mother everything. 'Fun' in your' dictionary wouli ho indiscretion iu hers. It would do no harm to look and see. Never be. ashamed to tell her, who should be your best friend an 1 confident, all you think and feel. It is very strange that so many young giils will tell every person before 'mother' that which is most important sho should know. It is very sad that indifferent persons should know marc about her lair young daughter than herself. I lave no secret that you would not be willing to trust to your mother. Sho is your best friend and is ever devoted to your honor and interest. Toll her all. ? Fanny Fern. Cotton Skki> in 8r.vni.ks.?Will cotton seed put in the stable, say every ten days, twelve or fifteen bushels, and taken out again in ten days and mixed with aeid phosphate and kainit and allowed to stand two or three days before using, make a good manure for cotton i I have tried it for two years and am well pleased with results. Your own experience is the best answer to this question. It is presumed that (be seed, when taken out of the stalls, are ; mixed with duugaod urine, and vour corn post therefore contains all 'he usuil ingredients of such mixtures. The diflcrcnco is its being applied as soon us mixed instead of its being allowed to ferment and heat. This fermenting is regarded as improving the quality, but still it would bo a good manure without fermenting.? GuUivutor.