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I v_/ % Purpose. The use* of sorrow 1 comprehend Better and better at each year’s end. Deeper and deeper I seem to see Why and wherefore it has to be. Only after the dark wet days Do we fully rejoice in the sun’s bright rays. Sweeter the crust tastes after the fast Than the sated gourmand’s finest repast. The faintest cheer sounds never amiss To the actor who once has heard a hiss. And one who has dwelt with his grief alone Hears all the music in friend^ip’s tone. So better and better I comprehend How sorrow ever would be our friend. — [Ella W. Wilcox, in Harper’s Weekly. How the Witch Was Saved. “Look after the little one carefully today, Elspeth; there is too much of heat in her hand, and her head is too heavy to please mo well,” said Dr. Endicott, anxiously, as he wearily picked up his soft, broad hat. “Master, you cannot mean ” “Hush I Not a tford to the child, but keep her close by the house and in the warm sunshine. Above all, she must suffer no alarm or suspicion of my fears.” And the doctor strode away with hurried footsteps but a fearful heart. For many days the fever had raged in Salem town. The stricken inhabi tants thought little in giving it a litter name, for day by day heads drooped, eyes grew wild in delirium, hearts cold in death, and lovod forms were laid in the shady church-yard, where row after row of uusodded mounds mutely told the terrors of the plague. Thin and worn under the strain of sleepless nights and toilsome days; faithfully going the round of duly, unwearied, thoughtless of self, with tender hand and sympathetic word lightening the sufferings of rich and poor, Dr. Endicott, with something very like a chill of despair, thought of the Hushed face and drooping head of his little Margaret, his one darling, his Daisy. And his memory traveled back to the sweet May morning, some seven years ago, when upon his door step he had found a tiny baby girl, with a faded little white lield-daisy clutched tight in her chubby hand, luto his heart and his empty homo he had taken the little stranger, and the home was empty no longer, for baby smiles and baby kisses, lisping words and the patter of little feet awoke sweet echoes in theJong oaken corri dors, driving away the shadow of loneliness. And now the fever! He Scarcely less troubled was old Elspeth, who had given the child all she had known of a mother’s care. But Elspeth had a foolish tongue, and lived in Salem town in days when superstitions were many and horrible; when fires burned for witches, and no one was safe from the attacks of the terrible Town Council; and when she bade the child stay near the house, forgetful of the doctor’s command, she said: ••Stray not from the garden, dearie, or the witch-woman will find thee and give thee the fever, and make the blocd in thy veins burn hot as the fires on Witch’s Hill.” The morning wore away. Little Daisy tried to play with her kitten, but some way her head seemed very dizzy and strange. She commenced to make a ball of her namesake flowers, but their little white faces ap peared to nod and sway as she tried to pluck them. Her bauds refused to do her bidding; she was very, very hot, and oh, so thirsty! The tired head fell forward on ibe grass, and the eyelids closed in feverish sleep. Suddenly in her dreams she cried out: “Oh, Elspeth, Elspeth, I am afraid!” and a sob gathered in her throat. But Elspeth was nodding over her knitting and did not hear. At the cry the gate was opened, and a strange-looking woman, who with bent head had for a long hour paced the walk outside the high garden wall, eutored quickly, and bending with outstretched arms beside the sleeping child, murmured, with streaming tears: “My baby, my baby!” At the sound Daisy’s eyes opened heavily and gazed straight into those above her. For a moment only. Then, with terror the child tore her hand from the detaining grasp of the woman, and scream after scream awoke the echoes of the quiet gar den. “The witch! the witch! I am burning; she has given me the fever.” From every side people came run- ing: Elspeth, the nighbors, the passers-by, but for a momeut all fearid to approach the pair under the apple tree. Little Daisy crouched on the grass, the fever look they all knew so well in her face; and the woman—she stood back against the tree, her knees trembling, her eyes wild with terror, her dark hair, with threads of silver interwoven, blown loose and disheveled. Truly a strange figure. Elspeth, grown brave for the child's sake, gathered Daisy in her arms, and the town constable, bolder than his fellows, with rough hands seized the terrified woman and dragged her away at the head of a yel ling mob. “Burn the witch!” “She is the one who has bronght the fever to our town; burn her and the fever with her!” Horrible cries these to one who was friendless and had seen more than one tire burn on Witch’s Hill. Hurrying home when once the alarm peached him, the doctor listened with grave eyes to the nurse’s tale, as with bits of ice and cooling drinks he soothed the feverish throat of his darl ing, who lay tossing in delirium and crying out about the witch. Aud the shadows darkened on the doctor’s face as the night wore on, for well he knew the uncontrollable force of the people when such tales had passed through the town; and he feared the council all the more because his mind was clear and strong, and he scorned to believe in witch tales aud goblin stories. But he could do nothing rashly, for it was not safe to declare such thoughts as his in those days of darkness and superstition, aud he might safely wait until day. When morning came the child was sleeping, and leaving Elspeth to watch, he started forth on his difficult errand. First to the chief of the council. To him he told the story simply, that he nrght hear it unadorned by the voice of rumor. Also he related how the fever seemed to be upon the child in the early morning, when he had seen her sitting in her little bed with heavy eyes and tumbled curls. He received permission, as guardian of the child, to bo present at the trial, and won a promise of delay. Then to the prison. Here all was desolation. Chained to a ring of iron, the poor woman lay exhausted on the damp and clammy stones, almost crazed by this, the last of many griefs. The doctor sat beside her, soothed her with that touch of sympathy so many had known in their time of bjtter trial, and wou from her lips a wonderful story; but one that made the anxious shade grow still deeper on his thoughtful face. With little Daisy all went well. The fever broke, and in the sweet sleep of rest that followed the only words the child-lips uttered were, “She said ‘My baby.’ ” And the doctor laid his plans. When the day of the trial came, held close in Dr. Endicott’s arms, the child told the great men of the council how her head had ached and she could not play for dizziness all that terrible morning, and how Elspeth had told her the witch woman would give her the fever. The doctor told that in searching far for the cause of the fever he had found a leak in the drain of the great dye factory on the hill, so that the poison of the coloring stuffs had mingled with the pretty stream running through the centre of their town, aud that from drinking the water the people had died. Aud then the woman, with tears and trembling, told her tale. How she bad been un happy and poor and deserted. How, knowing the doctor to be good and true, she had one day left her baby at bis door aud wandered away to find work and make a home for her child. Of the years of trouble, of sickness and toil, and lastly how she had come back to die near her little one, only to be branded with the terrible name of witch by the lips of her own child. And the eyes of the grave gentle men were moist and tender when sh e had closed her tale, and little Daisy, with arms close about the poor wanderer’s neck, had covered the dear face with kisses. Then Dr. Endicott knew he had gained a victory. With joyful heart he led them both to his home that night, and from that day little Daisy really knew what a mother’s care could be, for her joys were ever shared in dear companionship, aud her little troubles whispered into ears unfailing in sympathy—mother’s ears. And she never forgot how in finding her, that mother had been nearly lost. — [Frank Leslie’s. Feeding Habit* of the Elephant. An elephant’s digestive functions arc very rapid, and die animal, there fore, requires daily a large amount of fodder—GOO pounds at least. In its wild state the elephant feeds heartily, but wastefully. It is careful in se lecting the few forest trees which it likes for their bark or foliage. But it will tear down branches and leave half of them untouched. It will strip off' the bark from other trees and throw away a large portion. As it is a nocturnal animal, it selects its trees by the senses of touch and smell. Its sense of smell is so deli cate that a wild elephant can wind an enemy at a distance of 1000 yards, and the nerves of its trunk are so sen sitive that the smallest substance can be discovered and picked up by its tiny proboscis. An elephant’s palate is very delicate and the animal is whimsical in select- | ing or rejecting morsels of food. Sir Samuel W. Baker, in his “Wild Beasts and their Ways,” tells an anecdote illustrative of the whims of a tame elephant belonging to the police of Dhubri. This elephant was fed with rice and plantains. The stems of the plantains were split and cut into transverse sec tions two feet in length. Three-quar ters of a pound of rice was placed within each tube of plaintain stem. Oue day,while the elephant was being fed, a lady offered the auimai a small sweet biscuit It was taken in the trunk and almost immediately thrown on the ground. The mahout, or driver, thinkiug that the elephant had behaved rudely, picked up the biscuit and inserted it iu a parcel of rice within a plantain stem. This was placed in the elephant's mouth and at the very first crunch it showed its disgust by spitting out the whole mess. The small biscuit bad disgusted the animal, and for several minutes it tried by its inserted- trunk to rake out every atom from its tongue aud throat. — [Scientific American. Extinct Cats and lloga. “There used to he cats in North America 100,000 years ago,” said a paleontologist to a writer for the Washington Star. “Great carnivor ous creatures of the feline tribe roamed over this country then iu enormous numbers. They are all ex tinct, and have left only their bones behind to tell the story of how they lived and what they fed upon. “During the period when these wonderful cats were so plentiful iu North America there were numerous dogs and dog-like beasts also, all of which have since become extinct. The biggest species was as large as a good- sized bear. In that part of the coun try which is now called Colorado and Dakota there were several kinds of dog-like animals about the size of foxes, which were nocturnal iu their habits, having very large eyes with which to see iu the night-time. They had great ears also aud short, sharp noses. All these things can be told from their skulls. There was a huge species of true dog iu Nebraska, but comparatively little is known about it, because only very incomplete remains have been discovered up to the present time. Another true dog was the ‘selurodon,’ which had some of the characteristics of the cat. It was abundaut in Nebraska, had powerful crushing teeth, aud is supposed to have been the ancestor of the hyenas of to day. Probably it was a scavenger in its habits, devouring the bodies of the antelopes and small camels which then browsed numerously on the plains and in the valleys of this country.” An Odd Railroad. A curious little railroad train goes crawling up and down the mountains from Tree Pinos to Burt’s Lime Kilu in the Gavilan Range, San Benito county, every day. It is probably the strangest railroad that ever was seen, yet, thus far, not a word has ever been printed regarding it. The train moves on a curious single track, and is diawu by an engine set low on it. Both the engine wheels and those which support the cars have a strange pivot-like piece of steel that sets iu the slot track, for it must be borne in mind that the track has a slot in it, not unlike that seen in a cable track. In addition to this each wheel has a flange on each side of it, so that it cannot get off the track, no matter how abrupt the curves. The road as completed is uow nine miles long, but when pushed through as intended it will be fourteen miles iu length. Three men run it. These consist of an engineer, a fireman and a brake- man. In one place there is an 800-foot grade, mounted at the rate of six feet to the hundred, yet the engine putts right along with three or four loaded cars, not in the least bothered in any way. There is one grade a quarter of a mile long, in which an average of four feet is gained to the hundred. One curious thing about it is that the wheels are in a sense rollers. They rock from one s ; de to the other. The flanges hold them on, assisted by the pivot, past] which each half of the wheel comes down. — [San Francisco Examiner. Silk Is Adulterated. “How can a woman be sure of buy ing a good piece of silk?” hsked a New York man. The manufacturer said: “She can’t; the experts are not always able to tell, and even the manufacturers are often honestly puzzled as to why a piece of silk doesn’t wear well. By twisting a piece of silk around her finger and then smoothing it out, a buyer can tell something about it. If it smooths out without creases it is more likely to wear well than not. By touching a match to a small bit of it, she can tell if there is cotton in it. If it is all silk, it will burn with difficulty; if there is cotton iu it, it will light teadi- iy- The best way, however, for a wo man to do is to pick out a shop that has a reputation for honesty in silks aud everything else, and then take the salesman’s word for it. He is much more likely to know a good silk than she, aud can make tier believe a very dishonest piece Is remarkably good if he chooses. No woman can be half way up in the tricks of the trade. There are more ways of cheating at silks than at cards. An expert has to carry a whole apothecary’s shop in Ins pockets to make his test, and a power ful magnet besides, because one of the most common tricks of manu facture is to load up the silk iu the dye with iron filings or lead dust to increase the weight. Soapstone, gum arable and rosin are also common adulterations in the process of manu facture.— [New York Witness. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR JUNE 12. Lesson Text: ‘-The Den of Lions,” Daniel vi., ie-28_Ool(len Text: Daniel Ti„ 23—Commentary^ IB. “Then the king coaamande.i, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. ’ After the kingdom passed into the hands of the Modes, Darius made Daniel the first of three presidents over 130 provinces. But the princes and other presidents hated him and sought to accomplish his death, as recorded in the previous part of this chap ter. Daniel is fearless of man, and faith fully waits upon his God. The result is that Daniel Is cast into the lion’s den, and to all appearance has perished. The kind words from the king are a hope that it may be so, rather than an assurance that it will be so. “17. “And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet.” So the un godly prosper in the world, and the devil is permitted to put the saints of God in prison and ofttimes to kill them (Ps. Ixxiii., 12; Rev. ii., 10; John xvi., 2). But the child of God is to be prepared for these things, and not to think them strange nor be offended when they come (Math. x., 28;;i Pet iv.,12,1#: John xvi., 1). 18. “Then the king went to his palaco and passed the night feasting.” Although the king loved Daniel and labored hard to deliver him (verses 14, 15), yet even the king, with all his power, was powerless against the law, from which let us learn that love cannot always deliver, nor can the law save any one. Even the law of God, which is holy and just and good, cannot give life nor justify the sinner (Gal. iii., 21; ii.. 16; Rom. iii., 20). 19. “Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste unto the den of lions.” This early morning victory and deliverance of Daniel is very suggestive of a morning of deliverance for Daniel’s people, which is now drawing nigh. See Ps. xxx.. 5: xlvi, 5, margin-xlix, 14; exxx.. 0; II Sam. xxiii, 3, 4. It is also seen in the early morning deliverance of Mark vi., 46-48. There is a class ot people, however, for whom there will be no morning (Isa. viii.. 20, R. V). 20. "O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?” It was a great and lamentable cry from the greatest earthly monarch of the time, a cry of hope, but not of assurance. Had he known the God of Daniel and of David he would not have asked if God was able to deliver. Read the experience of David and Paul in I Sam. xvii., 34-36; II Tim. iv., 17, 18, and iet your own heart say, “I am persuaded that lie is able” II Tim. i., 12). 21. “Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever.” With what eagerness must the king have listened for a reply from the den, faintly hoping for ye* hardly dar ing to expect a reply. But there is a reply prompt and clear and the king’s heart is exceedingly glad (verse 23). Whatever may have been the significance of the words, ’‘Live forever," the believer in Jesus knows that he has eternal life (John v., 24: vi., 47.) 22. “My God hath sent His angels, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that thev have not hurt me.” Blessed be God and blessed be His holy angels that excel in strength, doing His commands, harkening to His word (Ps. ciil., 21,22). Consider the power of one angel as seen in the case of Hezekiah ana of Peter (Isa. xxx., 36; Acts xii., 6-10), and remember that these same angels are your ministering spirits ever with you, serving unseen and unthanked (Heb. i., 14). 23. “So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.” Daniel, in a figure, suffered the extreme penalty of the law, and came forth from the place of death, beyond death and judgment, without any manner of hurt upon him. Every true believer in Jesus is now dead with Christ, risen with Christ and has passed from deata unto life, (Col. iii., 1-3; John v., 24). There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ, nothing can separate us from His love, and in the morning of resurrection it shall be found that not a hair of our head has per ished, (Rom. viii., U Luke it., 18). 24. “And the kirig commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and theycast them into the den of lions, them, their children and their wives.” The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment (Job. xx., 5). This is a sample of those for whom there is no morning, or who in the morning of victory of those who trust in the Lord shall be punished with everlasting de struction from His presence(II I’hess. i., 1-10). dee how many were affected by their sin. No man liveth unto himself. \Ve are always affecting others either for good or evil. 25. “Then King Darius wrote unto all people, nations and languages that dwell in all the earth. Peace be multiplied unto you.” That which caused Darius to make this proclamation to all nations was the power of the God of Israel manifested on behalf of Daniel, the Jew. The time will come when the power of this same God shall be so mani fest on behalf of all Israel that all nations shall thus know God and honor Him as the God of the whole earth (Ezek. xxxvii., 36- 28; xxxviii., 23). 26. “I make a decree that in every do minion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel.” Thus Darius does the noblest thing any man every did or could do, he exalts God, he glorifies God be fore all nations, and speaks of His eternal kingdom. He makes us think of the time when “all kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him” (Ps. Ixxii., Jl; Ixxxvi.. 9, 10). “The lofty looks of man shall be*humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that aay” (Isa. ii. t 11, 17). 27. “He delivereth and rescueth. and He worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.” Darius had seen the deliverance of one man from a lion’s den: but Daniel could tell of the deliver ance of millions from the bondage of Egypt, of their food coming from heaven every day for forty years, of sea and river divided for them to pass through on dry land, of walled cities failing down as men shouted, and many such wonderful works of a wonderful God. We can tell of dead bodies actually raised from their graves as Lazirus and oth ers, and of a time when all in their graves shall come forth, and of some who will never die. Let us magnify the name of Him who only doeth all these things. 28. “So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.” And all because he was a man of prayer, and God was witn him. He feared not the face of man, nor did he fear death; but be feared only to sin against God He honored God, and God honored him, even in this world (1 Sam. ii., 30). — Lesson Helper. WHAT DRINK DOES. The following are some of the reasons why T. V. Powderly advocates the temper ance cause: “Why do I so bitterly arraign the poor drunkard? “For the reason that he is a drunkard,and because he has made himself poor through his love of drink. Did L or any other man, rob him of the money he has squandered in drink? Did I make him poor? The vilest names tnat tongue can frame would he ap ply to me if I did. Must I stand idly by and remain silent while he rocs himself? Did he rob only himself it would not make so much difference. He robs parents, wife and chil dren. He robs his aged father and mother through love of drink. He gives for rum what should go for their support. “When they murmur he turns tnem from his door, and points with contaminated fin ger towards the poor house. He n?xc turns toward his wife and robs her of what should be devoted to the keeping of her home in comfort and plenty. He robs her of her wedding ring and pawns it for drink. He turns his daughter from his door in a fit of drunken auger, and drives her to commit deplorable crimes, and then accepts from her hand the proceeds of her shame. To satisfy his love for drink he takes the pries of his child’s virtue and innocence from her sin-stained, lust-bejewelled fingers,and with it totters to the bar to pay it to the man who ‘does not deny the justice of my po sition.’ I do not arraign the man who drinks because he is poor.but because, though being a slave to drink, he has made himself and tamily poor. 1 do not hate the man who drinks, for 1 have carried drunken men to their homes on my back rather than al low them to remain exposed to inclement weather. I do not bkte the drunkard—he is what drink has efftpel; and while I do not hate the effect, I Abhor and loathe the cause.” RELIGIOUS READING. 19 THE BIBLK INSPIRED OF GOD? Says one, “I think that the Bible may be a true history, but that is no proof of its in spiration. It does not require divine inspira tion to write a true history.” So you think it an easy matter to tell the truth do you? I wish you could make other people think so. Suppose you go and read a tile of the newspapers published just before the last election, and see if you do not think it re quires divine inspiration to tel! the truth, or even to find it out after it is told. Truth is mighty hard to get at. as you can see by per using the daily papers on the eve of an elec tion. There are certain things in the Bible which to my mind, bear the impress of Divinity. A skeptic will tell you what a race of old sinners we read about in the Bible! Noah got drunk; David was guilty of adultery and murder; Solomon was an’ idolater, and wrought folly: Peter denied his Lord, and Judas sold him for 30 pieces of silver; all these people that the Bible talks about so much to us, are a pretty set of men! Very well; what kind of men do you ex pect to read about in ti e Bible? Noah got drunk. Is that strange? Did no oue else ever get drunk? Peter cursed and swore. Are there not other men who curse and swear? Judas, an apostle, sold his Lord, who said he had chosen twelve, and one of them was a devil. Do you not sometimes find a Judas in the church even nowadays? One in twelve was a thief and a traitor then, and we need not be surprised if we find about the same average now. But you seem to think that when you read about a man in the Bible he is sure to be free from all kinds of errors, frailties, faults wnd sins. You have formed this idea of men from reading in Sunday-school books about good children, who usually die young; or perusing excellent biographies, which as you read them cause you to exclaim, “I wish I could be as good as that person was, but I never shall.” No, I presume you never will, and if you knew the whole story about the person you might not feel so deeply on the subject. Do you suppose that if the Bible had been written by some learned doctor, revised by a committee of eminent divines, and pub lished by some great religious society, we should ever have heard of Noah's drunken ness, of Abraham’s deception, of Lot’s dis grace , of Jacob’s cheating, of Paul and Bar nabas's quarreling, or of Peter’s lying, curs ing, or dissembling? Not at all. The good men, when thev came to such an incident, would have said, “There is no use in saying anything about that. It is all past and gone; it will not help anything, and will only hnrt the cause.” If a com mittee of such eminent divines had prepared the Bible you would have had a biography of men whose characters were patterns of piety, and propriety, in stead of poor sinners, as they were. Some times a man writes his own diary and hap pens to leave it for some one to print after he is dead; but he leaves out all the mean tricks he ever did, and puts in all the good acts he can think of; and you read the pages, filled with astonishment, and think, “What a wonderfully good man he was!” But when the Almighty writes a man’s life he tells the truth about him; and there are not many persons who would want their lives printed if the Almighty wrote them. You find a man who will tell the truth about kings, warriors, princes and rulers to day, and you may be quite sure that be has within him the power of the Holy Ghost. And a book which tells the faults of those who wrote it, and which tells you that “there is none righteous, no, not one,” hears in it the marks of a true book; for wc all know that men have faults, and failings, and sins; and among all the men whose lives are recorded in that hook, each man has some defect, some blot, except one, and that is ‘‘the man Christ Jesus.”—[H. L. Hastings. WHAT IS IT TO BE A CHRISTIAN? There is a world of difference between a Christian and a Christ-like man. We count Christians by hundreds of millions, but the Christ-like people are reckoned only by mil lions. He who accepts Christ as “God mani fested in the fleshHis teachings as divine revelations to mankind; His ordinances of religion as the holiest obligations; His con ditions of repeiitnnce, faith, conversion as essential to eternal life; His claims on the love of the soul, the purity of the life and on charity for man and devotion for God, is a Chrisliau by profession of faith, as distinguished from all unbelievers whether in heathendom or Christendom. This is the honorable difference between the believer in the Lord and the Jew, the infidel and the pagan. Such are historical and doctrinal Christians, and the world is full of them. Let us believe that many such arc beautiful in morality and lovable in philanthropy. This immense power seen in gevernments, in systems of education, and in social reforms. All hail! to a power so potent and sublime! All this is the fruit age of a true professional conviction. “But there remains something deeper, broader, grander, to be possessed. The measure of this better estate ranges from a desire to ‘flee from the wrath to come,’ to •ail the mind that was in Christ,’ dominating the whole man. and an individual incarna tion of Jesus, so that ‘Christ liveth in me.’ To cherish this desire by all possible means of grace, until all that is evil in us is elimi nated, all that is good in us is brought to maturity, and all that is lacking in us is sup plied, is’the duty and privilege of each. With in these extremes are all true Christians. The -bruised reed’ and the ‘smoking flax’are not to be despised. The ‘leaven in the meai and the ‘mustard seed’ in the earth are symbols of heavenly grace in the human heart. This is the babyhood of the Chris, tian, lovable and beautiful as infancy. Be yond is the manhood, wherein the Christ- spirit holds every appetite and passion within the limits of law—purifies each mo tive. exalts each purpose, ennobles each as piration, intones the conscience to the se verest morality, enshrines the love of God and man in the ‘heart of hearts,’ and li ts up the human will and the divine will in theii quality into a perfect oneness in our Lord. "Many have attained thereunto. They are walking in white; their conversation h in heaven. To them prayer is the habit of the soul. Faith is the normal condition of the spirit. Love is enthroned. Ob. that this exnerience may be my realized answer tc your question. ‘What is it to be a Christ ian?”’—[Dr. Newman. god’s way. If a man has a statue decayed by rust and age. and mutilated in many of its parts, he breaks it up and easts it into a furnace, and after the melting he receive- it again in more beautiful form. As thus the dissolving in the furnace was not a destruction, but a re newing of the statue, so the death of out bodies is not a destruction, but a renovation When, therefore, you see as in a furnace our flesh flowing away to corruption, dwell not on that sight, but wait for the re casting; and advance in your thoughts to a stil 1 higher point—for the statuary casting into the furnace a brazen image, but makes a brazen one again. God does not thus; but casting in a mortal body formed of clay, he return- you an immortal statue of gold.—[St. Chrysostom. Some men cheat themselves out of a hap piness bv an erroneous notion that all the good in the world belongs to the pan, and that the present is a degenerate age. Others rob themselves of much comfort by distrust ing the future. An abiding faith in God. who is the same yesterday, today, and for mer, promotes beaith of body and peace of mind, and secures everlasting salvation.— [New York Advocate. While the Society for the Suppression of Vice is maintaining an uncomprising war fare, as it has done for years, against tbo-e hydra headed monsters, gambling and drunkenness, is it too much to ask Christian men and women, philanthropists, parents, and good citizens to sustain them by fur nishing them with the sinews of war to fight with? LOVING DARKNESS. It would be well if you could secure the abolition of the screens that now protect the saloon from public investigation. We believe it would be worth while for our unions to endeavor to secure laws requiring that the shutters and screens be removed from windows and doors. This would serve to bring the saloons into greater disrepute, and would help to empty them sooner; for young men would be ashamed to be seen drinking by the passers-by, and all except the hard ened topers woula be more likely to forsake these disreputable haunts. Such a law it is thought by some of our correspondents, could be passed more easily than was the scientific instruction law.—Union Signal. . IF 1 - 'W.AJR/FTIEIKIIKi BAKER <&. CONFECTIONER. AND DEALER Of OUT MODS, SHOES, I0TI0IS HI OHOCEBIES, AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. TOBACCO AID CIGARS Ii Gnat Tuleh. Tojs, Flnioris, etc., !i Stock. Laurens Street and Park Avenue, Aiken, S. 6. The Waverly House, G. T. ALFORD, Proprietor. In the Bend of Hxngr Street* CHARLESTON, S. C. Large and Comfortable Rooms. BATES, $2.50 FEB DAT. ozzorjrs COMPLEXION POWDER: SAFE;C0RAT1YE;BEAUTIFYING. |,2.3. THREE White, 11 Fle*h, ft Brunette- J 3 All Druggists n | *riklTO Fancy Stores. I ■ *1* I O mmmm WRIGHT’S HOTEL S. t. WEIGHT ft SOHS, Props. CO Ei U • m » m s„ PPP /// CURES BV Wscf\ofUla y / PPP \ f CURES BLOOD POISON P F P C U R ^ S R HEU MAT I S M PPP CURES MALARIA. , PP P l CUR El S \ DYSFEPS IA. i M*?// LIPPr^aN BR 0 jA i e R- PP 11 T 0 Ft 5 J tDRUCGi-Ts/ srov'^M A For Sale by W. J. PLATT, Aiken, S. C. Df-iYbU WANT A DOG f ft If so. send for DOG HL’YKRS’ tZA GLIDE, containing colored plates, in'- T-iufJx fhh eutfravings of different breeds, prices they are worth, »nd where to buy them. Directions for Traiuini; Doks and Breeding Ferrets. Mailed for 15 Cents. Also Cuts of Dog Furnishing Goods of all kinds YOU INTERESTED IN P0UL.TRY.3I 1 Then send for I’rncticnl POUL- | TRY HOOK. 1 OO pages t t>e»n- lifnl colored plate ; engravings of nearly all kinds of fowls ; descrip tions of the breeds; how to caponize; I plans f>r poultry houses; Information uo it incubators, and where to bu^r | Eggs t'rnm best stock at SI per sitting. Sent for 15 Cel ents- .IjpbYQU KEEP CAGE BIRDS ? If «o yon need the BOOK OF CAGE BIRDS. 120 pages. 150 Ulus- i trntions. Beautiful colored plate. Treatment and breeding of all kinds Cage hi ids, for pleasure and profit. Diseases and their cure. How to oulld and stock an Aviary. AH about Parrota. Prices of all kinds birds, cages, etc. Mailed for 15 Cents. The Three Books, 40 Cts. ASSOCIATED FANCIERS, South Eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Table supplied with tBe best Booms targe aai '-ell furnished. Om of the most comfortable betel* in th« South. raiiujm nratni, E^OMOTV^ TV. O., Are known by their /Yutte, ae the*, are testifying for themeelv*o ait through the Southern and border States and giving flattering reports* Every fruit that is known to sue* ceed in the South is being added from all parts of the globe. Over 300 acres in actual nursery etfrcbfi Some of the specialtiee are the Kel* seys, Japan, Baton and Satsuma Plums. The Lucy Duke Pear and all the new fruits, as well as the old* Evergreens, Shade Trees, Roses and everything usually kept in a first* class nursery. Four large Green* houses. Chrysanthemums, CamaA tions and many Greenhouse Plante* •Rose growing a specialty. Plants from Greenhouse ready to be put out in April and May. Descriptive Catalogue No. 1, Fruit Trees, Vines, do., and Greenhouse Catalogue No, 2 will be sent free to applicants. Special rates to large planters. Con. respondenee solicited. Address Pomona HOI Nurseries, POMONA. N. C. NEW ARRANGEMENT. AUGUSTA HOTEL RATES. $1.50, $2.00 aitd $2.50 Per Oaf The Ben Table Board Can be Had at $4.01 Per Week, in Clubs of S or 10. MONEY SAVED IS MONEY MADE. Save 25 to 50 cents on every dollar you spend. Write for onr mammoth Catalogue, a SOO-page book, containing illustration and giving lowest man ufacturers’ prices, with manufacturers’discounts of every kind of goods and supplies manufactured and imported into the United states. Groceries, Household Goods, Furniture, Clothing, Ladies - and Gents’ Clothing and Furnishing Goods, Dress Goods, White Goods, Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Gloves, Notions, Glassware, Stationery, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Buggies, Whips, Agricultural Implements, etc. ONLY FIRST CLASS GOODS. Catalogue sent on receipt of 25 cents for expressage. We are the only concern which sells at manufacturers’ prices, allowing the buyer the same discount that the manufacturer gives to the wholesale buyer. We guarantee all goods as represented; if not found eo, money refunded. Goods sent by express or freight, with privilege of examination before pay ing A. KARPEN A CO., 122 Quiucy Mreet, Chicago, III. WE WILL PAY A salary of $25 to $50 per week to GOOD sgt..ua to represent us in every county,and sell our general line of Merchandise at manufacturers’ prices. Only THOSE WHO WANT STEADY EMPLOYMENT NEED apply. Catalogue and particulars sent on receipt of 25 cents for expressage. a A. KARPEN A CO“ ;2S Quincy Street, Chicago, 01. HT" Rooms at Very Low Sommer Ratss Omnibus and Porter At every train. B. S. DOOLITTLE, Proprietor. We Pr**twY«$ Prattle*. la other Word*, we will tfoch you PRKE, and atert you in busfae**, «t which you o*a rapid leather i a the doQiurs. VVe [ can end wi*K it you pl«e«e,tceca you Quickly how to eern from to SIO edey *4 the atert, end more you ga •n. Botfrseie^ ell eg*s. In any part of America, you can com mence at home, firing ell your time, or spare moment* only, to the work. Whet we offer i* new and it hee been proved Over end over again, that great pay ia sure for every worker. Eaay to le.-irn. No apecie! abiliw tr required. Reaeonebie in dustry only neo- eseery for sure* larfe sue cash* We etert yo^ farnUhinf ev erything. Thie i* ' the greet one of stride* forward ta ueefol, inventive progress, that enrich#* alt worker*. It ie probably the greatest opportunity laboring people bare eve* known. Now is the time. Delay meant loe*. Foil particular* tree. Better write at ooee. Addreee, CAROROK ATINSOXdk Co., Box AHS.Forft*—U. Maine. For sale bv W. J. PLATT, Aiken, S. C. DM AN DICTIONARY II IVln 11 024. G ElilVimi 024. F»A.OEft§ FOR ONE DOLLAR. A flnt-cLass Dlc-Uonarr s“Uen out st sa pries to enoourmc. u>« *tu J of tho Oont Lonrumce. It.Sl»e» KngUsh words with ewrmsu equivalents, and Oerznoa words with Kr ^ SeflnlUoaA. A very cheap book. S«e4 $1.1. O^KPJU ■. MO U H 4 UoqttAvd »»„ I