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gYE. 13. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S.O., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1883. THE HARD-iVi?liirtv? m??-*. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 20 - - -'".???'' Ml . He wis rt hard-working man, and for a Kood many years he had Wen ,k:.rr twice as hard as any man ought to work. He said ho had a splendid constitution, and that he could stand it He forgot that as years passes-0n thc waste of the system i: much ^..r than in youth, while thc repair of it is less. became weak, debilitated, nervous, and despondent. 1 Ie regarded ?efatUrc with dread, and saul he Iud worked himself into an untimely ftavc. , , . V ..' nut he was not taken to the cemetery at all. Instead of that a trood -v?jbrought him some Brown s Iron Bitters, ?' K ""He l-v; tn to pick up strength. That was what he wanted. Brown's Lpj, Hitters enriched Jus tailing Mood and put new life into him It t?>n<""i j.r. digestive organs so that hts food began to nourish him and do him Most heartily Hoes he recommend Brown's Iron Bitters ?.> JAMES M. P^YNE IB COMING TO THE FRONT WITH A TREMENDOUS STOCK OF 0, BRIDLES, COLLARS, SADDLES, WHIPS, &C. made of iriHEfE Gooda have been made up AT HOME. I have a!.<o Machine Goods n I thc best material ami workmanship, which I will also offer at LOW EH PRICES ?j-csn bo boughtany where in the State. I don't keep Shoddy machine work. I muir Edi Goods sold; m my Shop ut unprecedented low" prlrcN. I um deter ??j not to be undersold by any one. jUte thc hugest stock of Horse Gouda that ever was in Anderson. ALL I WANT M?liie.Pubjj? I?.f?W^^.1^'"!.?"! they v iii be convinced that I jjCBEAPER and BhrTh.lt Goods than any one, because I understand uiy business staying material and made un floods. I sell hand-made Harness from $10 to $30 Ma leif roto 87.M) to 185.00.- Collar.?, Bridles, Huddles and Whips as low as can bc boucl haymarket at retail. I also make WAOON HARNESS a specialty. I have ali ??? md styles of ono end two-burse Wagon Harness. 3 Fjlfill P?y ???y one to give mea trial before buying elsewhere, and satisfaction iruar jjwd?!! al' (?ooils sohl in my Shot). ? J A MESS M. PAYNE, Over Wilhite A Wilhitc'H Drug Store. ftSM?? 7 3m J. P. SULLIVAN * CO., NO. 12 GRANITE ROW. BOOT? and SHOES, Bought for (Josh from some ot the most reliable Manufacturers in the country, we are enabled to sell them at thc very lowest rates. We sell Southern Manufactured Jeans, Knitting Cotton and Clark's 0. N. T. Spool Cotton, The liest in the market. ?L We want everybody to come in and listen to our prices. Grood Coffee a Specialty. J. I?. SULLIVAN & CO. Mpt 13, 1883 ? LADIES' STORE ! FTER an extended trip by tlie Louisville Exposition, Cincinnati, Niagara, New York and Baltimore USS LIZZIE WILLIAMS IS AT HER OLD PLACE WITH A HANDSOME LOT OF RESS GOODS, HATS, NECKWEAR, GLOVES, -AND SHOES OF EVERY KIND AND QUALITY. She selected her SPLENDID STOCK in person, and is ready with her accoin ed assistants to wait on the public. She bas determined NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD. Give us a call and be cou ced. Sept 21, 1881 _10_ FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Now in Store and to arrive a A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GROCERIES, IJATS AND CAPS, CLOTHING, HOOTS AND SHOES. IIAREWARE, SADDLES AND BRIDLES, CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, BAGGING AND TIES, a full supply always on hand, ACID A-ND BONE ASH, First-class Fertilizers for small grain. I ALL of which I will sell LOW for Cash or Barter. Give mc a call before buying, at klOGraniteRow. w __ BABK. . &pt 13, 1833 9 _ sas ANDREW & PREVOST, ARE RECEIVING DAILY A LARGE STOCK DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, &G. &C. _ MT WE have a Largo Stock, and have marked them down at BOTTOM ?QURES. Try a Barrel of our "SELECTION" FLOUR, whieb we claim has .??Nil in the City HF AU Goods guaranteed, and delivered FREE of charge Win City limits. .^27,1883 " ll THE TIME IS OUT ! ?0 PARTIES indebted to us for GUANO or SUPPLIES, we would sav that ...?ne must bo settled at an early day. So bring along your Cotton and pay *??tyou owe us. We would also call the attention of parties indebted to the old *fB of REED, MOORHEAD A CO. to the fact that these Notes and Account! gi be settled in full or in part on or before the 1st Janunry next. Take due no ,"??od govern yourselves accordingly. tv*E HAVE ON HAND A COMPLETE LINE OF STAPLE MERCHANDISE, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS. CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, &c., P'eh we will sell at the lowest living prices. When you visit the city, a call wtll "appreciated, and your wants politely attended to. Respectfully, REED & MOORHEAD. JjjWJj, 1883 Nc^ 7 Oranjto Rog,. Andereon^a C. _ vfOTHE PUBLIC. A LL Parties wishing Scroll Work done, 0? *no M Brkckats, Mantels or any jg? Fancy Work should sec tho uader ?JJ ?in HfcT? n*0 flva years experience, ,^^1 guarantee*w**k. Prices cb<?ap sa fc^y can do It, Shop at Blue Ridgo ??ll T aa-} J- M. DICKSON. T?.",1883 . ;if) 3m. Carpets and Rugs AFRESH lot of Carpet samples, and a beautiful line of Rugs and Mata. Call and see them. My stock is complete in all ita department*, prices aa bJ"/&ftny other houserfor the same quality orOoods. I ask an inspection by my friends and coa lomcra. A B T0WER8. , No. 4 Granite Row. > BvptZt, 1883 lt . . ?"> The Wish Ring. A young funner who was very unlucky j salon his plow a moment lo rest, and just then an old woniau crept pa*t and cried: "Why do you go ou drudging day and night without reward ? Walk two dtya till you come to a great fir-tree that blands all alone in the forest and overtops all other trees. If you can hew it down, you will make your fortuno." Not waiting to have the advice repeat- ! ed, the farmer shouldered Iiis ax ami ?tarted on his journey. And Mire enough, alter tramping two days, he came to the fir-tree, which he instantly prepared lo cut down. Just ns the tree swayed, and before it fell with a crash, there dropped out of its branches a nest containing 'wo eggs. Thc eggs rolled to the ground and broke, ami there darted out of ono a j young eagle and out of the other rolled a gold ring. The eagle grew larger, as '' n hy enchantment, and when it reached the hi7.e of a man, it spread its wings as if to try their strength, then, soaring up ward, it cried : "You have rescued mo ; take as a reward the ring that lay in the other egg ; it ii a wishriug. Turn it on your linger twice,and whatever vour wish i?, it shall be fulfilled. But remember there is but a single wish in the ring. No sooner is that granted than it loses its power anrl is only an ordinary ring. Therefore, consider well what you desire, so that you may never have reason to repent your choice." So speaking, the eagle Eoared high in the air, circled over the farmer** head a few times, then dart ed, Uko an arrow, toward the cast. Tiie farmer took tho ring, placed it on his finger,and turned ou his way home ward. Toward evening, he reached a town where a jeweler sat in his shop behind a couuter on which lay manv costly rings fer sale. The farmer showed his own, and asked thc merchant its val ue. "It isn't worth a straw," tho jeweler answered. Upou that tho farmer laughed very heartily, aDd told the man that it was a wishriog, and of greater value than all tho rings in the shop together. The jeweler was a wicked, designing man, andfo he invited the farmer to re main aa big guest over night. "For," he explained, "only to shelter a man who owns a wilhring must bring luck." ?So he treated his guest to wine and fair words; and that night, as the farmer lay ?ound asleep, the wicked man stole tho magic ring from his finger and slipped m, in its place, a common one which he bad made lo resemble the wishriug. The next morning the jeweler waa all impatience to have the fanner begone. He awakened him at cock-crow, and ?aid : "You had better go, for you have dill a long journey before you." AB soon as the farmer had departed, he jeweler closed his shop, put up the limiters, so that no one could peep in, jolted the door behind him, and, slami ng in the middle of the room, be turned he ring and cried : "I wish instantly to josses* a million gold pieces I" No sooner said than the great, shining ;old pieces came pouring down upon 'im in a golden torrent over his head, shoulders, and artus. Pitifully he cried br mercy, and tried to reach aud unbar he doors ; but before he succeeded, ho itumbled and fell bleeding to the ground. \s for the golden rain, it never stopped ill the weight of the metal crushed the loor, and the jeweler and his money sank brough to thc cellar. The geld still loured down till thc million was enr? llete, and the jeweler lay dead in the .ellar beneath his treasure. The noise, however, alarmed the leighbors, who came rushing over to ec what the matter was ; when they saw he man dead under Iiis gold, they ex? daimed : "Doubly unfortunate is he vhoni blessings kill." Afterward, the icirs cunio aud divided the property. In the meantime, the farmer reached lome tn high spirits and showed the ring o his wife. 'Henceforth we shall never more beiu vant, dear wife," he said. "Our fortune s made. Only we must be very careful 0 consider well just what wo ought to vUh." The former's wife, of course, proffered id vi ce. "Suppose," said she, "that we viah for that bit of land that lies between mr two fields?" "That isn't worth while," her husband ep'.ied. "(f we work hard for a year, ve'll earn money enough to buy it." So the two worked very bard, and at .KUvest time they had nover raised such 1 crop before. They had earned mouey ind moro to buy the coveted strip of land md still have a bit to spare. "See," mid the man, "we have the land and the wish aa well." The farmer's wife then suggested thal they had better wish for a cow and a horse. But the man replied : "Wife, why waste our wish on Buch trifles? Thc horse- and cow we'll get anyway." Sure euough, in a year's time thc money for the horse and cow had beer earned. Joyfully thc man rubbed bil hands. "The wish is saved again this year, and yet we have what we desir" How lucky we are 1" But now his wife seriously adjured hin to wish tor something at last. "Now tba you have a wish to be granted," she said "you ?lave and toil, and are content will everything. You might be King, Em peror, baron, even a gentleman farmer with cheats overflowing with gold; bu you don't know what you want." "We are young and life is long," bi answered. "There is only ouo^ w:?h it the ring, and that is easily said. Wb< knows but some time we may sorely nee< this wish ? Are we in want of any thing Have we not prospered, to all people' astonishment since we possessed thi ring? Be reasonable and patient fo awhile. In the meantime, consider wha we really ought to wish for." And that was the end of the matter. It really seemed as if the ring ha brought a blessing into the house. Grs naries and barns were full to overflowing and in the course of a few years the poe farmer became a rich and portly persor who worked with bis men afield durin the day, as if be, two, had to earn bi daily bread ; but after supper he liked t sit in hi* porch, contented and comfort? ble, and return the kindly greeting < the folks who passed and wished him respectful gooa evening. So the years went by. Sometime when they were alone, the farmer's wil would remind her husband of the mag ring, and suggest many plans. But as t always answered that they had plenty i time, and that the best thoughts cone last, abe more and more rarely mentioi ed the ring, and at last the good womi ceased speaking of it altogether. To be sure, the farmer looked at tl ring, and twirled it about as many twenty times a day ; but he was ve careful never to wish. After thirty or forty years had pass? away, and the farmer and his wife bi grown old and white-haired, and th? wish was stilled unasked, then waa Gi very good to them, and on the name nig they died peacefully and happily. Weeping children and grandchildn surrounded the two coffins; and as o wished to remove the ring from the at hand aa a remembrance, the oldest a said ; "Let our father Uko bu ring In tho grave. There was always a mystery about it; perhaps it wa? homo* dear remembrance. Our motlier, too, so often looked nt the ring-she may have given it to him wheii they were young." Po the old farmer was buried with ti e ring, which had been supposed to be a wishring, and was not ; yet il brought as much good fortune in!o the house as heart could desiri-. An Army of Locusts. A late number of the Nineteenth Cen tury lias the following account of a locust invasion of Syri, as related by Dr. Wil liam Thompson. He tells how, in the early Spring, a flying squadron-the pioneers of the vast armv-passed over thc land, leaving it thickly sown with their eggs, lying in little masses, cement ed together, scattered all over fields, plain and desert ground. This done, these harbingers of woe vanished ; but within a couple of months the very dust seemed to awaken to life and to creep. Soon these infinit?simal moving atoms devel oped into minute grasshoppers, who be gan their destructive existence, all mov ing forward in ono general direction-a creeping, jumping mass of living par ticles. Dr. Thompson describes his first glimpse of this phenomenon. He was riding near Fuliyeh, when it struck him that the sido of a Lill had a peculiar appear ance. Riding up to it, lo his amazement, the whole surface became agitated, and began lo roll downwards. His horse waa so frightened thpt he had to dismount. Then ho perceived that this animated dust was composed of myriads of minuto locusts, so young that they could not oven jump; but in their infantile alarm they rolled over and over, producing an effect like the movement of Huid mortar. On another occasion ho rode through a district where the work of extirpation was going on. It was near tho Plain of Acre, and ajswarm of locusts had over run the whole region. The governor of Kabul bad summoned every man, woman and child in tho neighborhood to lend their aid in thc common cause. The foe bad not yet grown their wings, and, being unable to fly, were compelled to run in whatever direction they were driven. So the people formed a vast circle, beal ing the bushes and shouting, in order to frighten the insect host and drive them toward an isolated hill covered with dry grass. Soon the hill became black with the countless myriads which thronged it. Then the grass was set on fire in different places, ana the flames* fanned by a strong breeze, soon spread over tho whole hill, filling the air with an overpowering smell of roast locust. The same operation was performed at many different points in the neighborhood with very excellent re sults. Some years later Dr. Thompson made a still more intimate acquaintance with these gentle destroyers. He was living at Abeih, on Mount Lebanon, when an alarm was raised that incalculable swarms of young locusts were marching up the valley towards the village. The inhabitants turned out to endeavor, if possible, to turn ?side their line of march. This they soon found to be altogether futile. The whole face of the mountain was black with the closely serried ranks, which advanced steadily like a well-dis ciplined army. They were at thc wing less stage, and of the size of average grasshoppers. Nothing checked their steady onward progress. Trenches were dug, lires were kindled, thousands were slain. Still fresh hords pressed on in bewildering multitudes. Bight up the mountain they advanced, scaling rocks and walls, hedges and ditches, ibo corpses of the slain only serving as bridges to facilitate tho progress of the new-comers. Even when thc foremost ranks reached the palace of the emir, they did not turn asido lo avoid its walls, but climbed straight, up ami went over thc otherside. Thus they scaled every house in the town, always going straight ahead, regardless of al) obstacles. If it be true, as the saying goes, that "straightforward makes tho best runner" in life, wo might, per chance fine worse examples than the lo custs. Hoping at least to bc able lo protect his own little garden, Dr. Thompson hired a number of laborers to keep up fires, and to remain on walch, beutiug the locust" off tho walls with branches of trees. For some hours the struggle was kept up; but as the irresistable army continued to advance in ever-increasing multitude, they gave up thc effort in de spair, and surrendered to tue conqueror?. Four days did this gigantic "march past" continue, till at length a diminu tion in their numbers was apparent, aud at lost there remained only a few strag glers. But alas ! for thc change in tho aspect of the land, which before their approach had oeen as a pleasant garden, but was now scorched as though the breath of a furnace bad passed over it. Large vineyards which had benn loaded with young grapes, orchards of olive, fig and mulberry trees, all promising an abundant harvest, were left clean bare not a cluster of fruit, not a green leaf remaining, only melancholy naked branches. Vegetable gardens that had been green as a meadow were left bare as a dusty road, whole fields of tall corn were stripped of every leaf, and only naked stalks remained to mock Ibo un happy husbandman. Not a blade of grass had escaped to reward the most careful search ; the pastures had disap peared, and the herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were left absolutely without food. The rustling noise made by those busy multitudes when marching and foraging, is compared to the sound of a heavy rainfall in a forest, when myriad rain drops are pattering ou the green leaves, or, to use the image of the prophet Joel, it is like the noise of a Hame of fire that destroyeth the stubble. A Simple Cure for Dyspepsia. A gentleman in Maryland has cured himself of a chronic and ugly form of dyspepsia in a very simple way. He was given up to die, but he finally abandoned alike tho doctors and the drugs, and re sorted to a method of treatment which roost persons would laugh at as au old woman's remedy. It was simply the swallowing of a teacupful of hot water before breakfast every morning. He took the water from the cook's teakettle, and so hot that he could only tako it by the spoonful. For about three weeks this morning dose was repeated, the dys pepsia all the while decreasing. At the end of the time be could eat, bo says, any breakfast or dinner that any well person could eat, had gained in weight, and hos ever nineo been hearty and well. His weight is thirty or forty pounds greater than during tho dyspepsia suffer ing, and for several years be has bad no trouble with Iiis stomach-unless it waa temporary inconvenience due to a late supper or dining out, and in such a case a single trial of his ante breakfast reme dy waa sure to set all things right. He obtained this idea from a German doc tor, and in turn recommended it to oth ers, and in every case, according to the gentleman's account, a cure was effected. Despising One's Motlier, Wilco she is 01*1. Associate Ittfortnttlj't at'ytcrian. Indebted ness, in general, is :i condi tion that is regarded very dillon tilly by | different men. There arc persons, tij ou whose shoulders any load of debt bits lightly. Tiny can meet their creditors at every turn, with thc utmost compla cency. On the oilier band, theie ure ? those tu whom thc least indebtedness brings discomfort. As borrowers , they are and they feel that they aro, servants to thc lenders. The sight of a ' creditor awakens painful feelings; and : the thought <>f their debt haunts them, I day an?! night, like a spectre, j There is one class of creditors and ono kind of debt, in regard lo ?hieb this difference among men largely disappears. With respect to one class of creditors and the obligations thal hold upon us, almost all ol us arc moro or less lliditl'cr cut. These are the creditors which are j ibo most common to us all-our fathers and mothers. The debt* we owe them aro tho first, in the order of time. Long before wo owed any neighbor or friend, we came under obligations to them. Our indebtedness to them is, also, the first in thc order of importance, for every one loan or act of kindness, which we have received from others, there stand a thou sand against us on their account. The debts wo owe others arc for value receiv ed in thc shape of uiouey, and can bo discharged by an equivalent in dollars and cents. What wc owe our patents is for value received ii? forms that silver and gold can not compare with, and that no sum of pu test coin can repay. Who can estimate the principal of his indebtedness to his parents, at thc time he attained his majority ? Who can reckon thc debt as it now stand, with the interest that has been accumulating these long years? How eau wc be so restive under the least pecuniary obligation and so much at ease under Ibis bandest moral debt that we owe tu men ? Is it that tho creditors have become uuworthy? Is il that our father or mother, now old and weak iu body and mind, are unthankful and hard to please ? They have discrim inated-du wo say ? in favor of the other children as against us. What if all this and much moro and worse bo true ? It does not lesson our obligation, much less make it a thing to bo despised. Howev er unworthy our old father may be of tho attentions of other people, he can never become undeserving of ours. When wc were children, ungrateful and peevish as wc were, did not our mother car? us? And shall we not bear with ber. now thal she has become, a child ? If tho old homestead or other little effects have been given to the other chil dren, have wo not had u full share of tho love aud cure thal enrich thal hearthstone und that are helter than all houses ami goods ? Perhaps, the debt we owe our parents is but meanly regarded by us, because they themselves seem to disregard il. But, if this were thc fact, would it not be all thc reason why we should be endeav oring to pay it? Who arc tho creditors whom wc are most anxious to pay ? The kind and considerate ones, who wait most patiently and say least tu us on tho sub ject. Hy all the long j cars, then, through which our parents have boon waiting upon us, and by all tho Unmurmuring silence they have maintained, we .?hon?ii feel tho moro bound lo serve them. Hut is il true, as it often seems lo us, thal our fathers und. mothers are quite forgetful of their claims upon us? If they expect not material aid ut our hands, are they us indifferent us wc think to our love and attention? That aged, decrepid lather loves to hare letters from the old friends of bis youth. Hut far moro is he delight ed with a brief note from his boy, inn distant State. The gray haired mother is in comfortable circumstances. Social attentions at tho hands of neighbors, she hus in abundance. lint why don't the children come ? Where ure those little visits from the son or daughter, that best relievo tho loneliness of widowhood"! Ah ! our parents are not unmindful of j what we owe them. Benjamin Franklin Haid : Creditors have belter memories than debtors. And the bitterness of pa rents over their children's neglect of them, only their own heurts kuow. As lightly as we may regard this sub ject, it bas an nspeel that is very solemn. IQ any neglect or despising of our obliga tions to our parents, we despise the com mandment of (Jod. Tor our weakness aud need of childhood, Clod made ample provisions in thc instincts and principles He implanted iii the breasts of our pa rents. But, for their weaknesses and needs of age, He has made full provision. Not entrusting ibis case lo nature's feel ings and principles, which ought lo have sufficient for it, He has embodied its re quirements in one of tho statutes of thal law which was written with his own fingers. When, iu awful lightnings and thunderings and fire, Jehovah carno down on Sinai, Ho said, Honor thy fath er and mother. Of their obedience to this command, many have had to give sorrowful account here. As they have Blood by the fresh grave of a loving father or mother, their hearts have sore smitten them, at the remembrance uf what they might have been and were not. Hut it is al tho last great day that our full account, in this matter, BUall be rendered, and not to our selves but to Him who is greater than our own heart and knowcth all tilings. If, either us a foolish or a careless sou, we have been a grief to our father or an unutterable heaviness to our mother, shall we not receive of the wrong we have done ? "There is a generation that cursetb their father and thal iloth not i their mother." Tho Iowa Uraud or Ghost Story* Charter Oak Township, Crawford County, is in a "state of intense excite ment" over a ghost, l tie wife of a well to do farmer died a phort time ago, leav ing an iufant child. Thc child was very fretful. Tho housekeeper ono night ex claimed : "If there is a God I wish he'd let this child's mother como back and soothe it." A few moments later the door swung upon its hinges without ap parent cause, and a specter, recognized as the dead mother in her burial clothes, glided into the room, kuelt over tho child with her hands clasped, as if in prayer, and then at> silently left Ibo room, apparently passing through tho closed door. The specter has appeared at short intervals since. Thc father has since married again, a.u. the spirit form is visi ble to the bride, while the husband can not be porsuaded to uncover his head and look upon the dead motlier of his child.-loira State Register. - It often happens that a p.an rues in society AS lion for a long time before it is discovered that he is ao ass. COLORLESS AND COLD.-A young girl deeply regretted that she was so colorions and cold. Her face was too white, and her hands and feet fell as though tho blond did not circulate. After one bottlo I of Hop Bitters had been taken she was I the rosiest and healthiest girl in the town, with a vivacity and cheerfulness of mind ? gratifying to ber friends. Thc Publishment of Parental Sins, I'.Y T. C. CU Y I.lill, 1>. I>. Kxpcricnce is like tho stern light of a ship ; it illumines only tho path that is already passed over. This familiar ad age is true as to our own experience; hut if we studv carefully tho von! nf Clod, we can follow, as ii were, in the wake ?'f many other voyages, ami get tho benefit of "tho light they cast upon thc waves. Hy a striking occurrence we have two domestic histories unfolded side by side, i'ne is tho story ol wisc parental training, as illustrated in thc case of Klkannh and Hannah, the father ami mother of Sam uel. The other is the tragic story of HU, the father of those two "scape graces," llophui ami I'll incas. This latter story is a beacon of warning against parental indulgence of sins com mitted by those who are entrusted to US as the trustees of their spiritual welfaio. The character of HU is singularly compounded ; it is a combination of ex cellent traits and of most pitiable weak nesses. Thc iron and tho clay are strongly intermingled. If wo look on the best side of thc man, we discover the following excellences, lie loved Hod's service, and gave himself to tho duties of the high priest hood with diligence. A rare magnanimity was shown by bim in references to the youthful Samuel. Kl i also had the courage to listen to truth, even the most painful truth. Kl i also exhibited a wonderfully beau tiful submissiveness io t'uu will of (rod ender a mot humiliating trial. "It is thc Kurd ; let bim do what seemeth him gond." Wc do not exaggerate when wo ailinn that, if looked at only on tho bright side of bis character, KU would be one of the must admirable men in the old Testament picture gallery. Hut the attractions ol tho bright side only deepen Ibo darkness of Ibo dark side. There was a lamentable lack of will power. When warned of his weak? nesses and of thu calamities that would follow them, he did not grasp bold of duty with a resolute baud and carry it through with promptness and thor oughness. There aro too many such people now-n days -men and women of good impulses, but of weak performance. They lack spiritual force and fibre , w hen the strain comes they snap. Thc one vital point in which high priest KU broke down most disgracefully was in the management of his own household The first description wc have of llophui ami Phineas bas a terrible tcrseuess: "Now thu sons ?if KU were sons of llclial." Having photographed ibu characters of llophui and Phineas in this one vi ved line, thu Hacred narra tive goes on to specify their peculiar transgressions. T'"e verdict against thc suffering old mat. was that be did nothing effectual in thc way of hindrance of bis son's iniqui ties ; there was no wholesome and pow erful restraint. It is not by main loree thal the wayward son is to bo k?pt back fl om sin -not by hurling terrific threats in his face or by bombarding him with irritating censure and taunts. Restraint is the application of truth in love. It reasons as well as rebukes. It appeals to conscience, and sets God before the tempted youth, lt employs authority, but authority Unmixed with passion and resentment. When it says, "My son, thou shalt not," it means what it nays; and if punishment ii needful to enforce that ?von! "not," then it punishes. But with its righteous displeasure it mingles its hearty and spontaneous approval of every right step a son can take. My dear fellow-parents, to "restrain" our children is not merely to pull them back from evil ; it is tn draw them tc .vard the right. Kli's misgovernment of bis children bad two cardinal faults. One error was tba*, be rebuked Lis sous loo late. This was the fatal blunder of tho father who should begin to dissuado bis sou from the wine-buttle when thu young mau had already become an inebriate. The other error of the weuk-backed KU was that, having postponed his cor rection of bis dissolute soriH until they became burdened iu vice, bis words of rebuke were as weak as water. As quaint old .Matthew Henry remarks:' 'There was no eilge to his reproofs, lie was not only too late; bc was too lenient.' KU's wretched failure was Ibo failure of millions of fathers since bia day ; when bi? children were young ho would not restrain them, and when they grew older ho could not. Whatever "lires ibo father kindles, the children gather the wood." If the father sets a decanter on his table the boys soon practico ul the glass; u largo percentage of all our drunkenness ls hereditary. If thc father goes on a Sab bath drive the children must have a scat. If lie says on thc Sabbath, "I go a fishing," ?.hc boys reply, "Wo go with thee." If be lounges away tho Lord's day over bis Sunday Herald or Tribune, tbcu Harry and George are apt to study police reports and walking matches far more keenly than their lesson for the Sabbath-school ; even if they go to Sub 1 uah school the home school pulls down ward more strongly than tho Sabbath school pulls upward. Pulpit invitations and pulpit warning, however faithful, are drowucd not amid the din of au ir religious home. A happy Christian home is the surest antidote for evil amusements. Put if a father heard tho clock strike eleven in the theatre or in his club-house, be need not be surprised if his sons hear it strike twelve in the drinking-saloon or thc gambling-room or the haunts of the profligate Put KU, you may say, was a servant of God. Bo ho was, in his way, but there arc two very different types* of paternal religion. One parent prays at his family I altar for tho conversion of bis children, ; and then does bis utmost to secure what j he prays for. Ho surrounds his home with Bible restraints against sinful temp* I tattoos. He aims to make both his re I ligion and his home attractive. I Yet I fear that certain fathers are ? guilty of Kli's folly ano fatal blunder. ' They busy themselves with certain words ! and acts of religious observance ; they I try to nerve God in certain directions; ] they even pray, formally, for their chil ; dren's conversion. But their daily ex i ample, their conduct and the whole trend ; of their influence are not an effective ro . straint against sin ; they do not draw ' their children toward Jesus Christ and : hi? commandments as the law of life. It is a terrible truth to declare, but I hon estly believe that some professed Chris tians are nn absoluto hindrance to the conversion of their children. - The Methodist Missionary Com ! mittee has voted $83,000 to support col ored conferences in the South. Texas I gets thc biggest, share $40,000, South Carolina coming next for $6,000. - "Well, how do you like the weath er?" inquired old man Barnstable of Mrs. McBakcr, who always looks on the dark side of things. "Don't like it at all," snapped that amiable virago. "Ah, don't, eh?" mildly replied old Barnstable, "er-er-how do you think you would like it if it suited you?" fjiftinys. Tho Centenary of Methodism. We have obtained sonic facts in refer ence to the Centennial Conference of the Methodist? of tho United States, to be held in 1884, which will be read with in terest : The !irst Methodist conference in America was held in Baltimore, near Christmas, 1781, and the Centennial Con ference will be bold in that city, lt is expected the ninety-two conferences of tho Methodist Episcopal Church) and the thirty eight conferences of the Meth odist Episcopal v '!?tiTeli, South, and thc various other church organizations of Methodism, would radi he represented by one clerical and one lay delegate, milking in all probably live bund ed del egates. Tho General Conference of tho Meth odist Episcopal Church South, in 1882, provided for tho celebration of this Cen tennial of American Methodism. A ('entrai Committee wns nppointed with Kev. K. H. Hendrix, J). D., President of Central College, Missouri, ns Chairman, and Rev. Win. l\ Harrison, D. D., of Nashville, ns Secretary. There will bo each a Centenary Committee appointed in annual Conference, composed of two ministers and ouo layman for each Pre siding Mlder's district. These commit tees will meet nt their respectivo confer ences und provide for tho proper cele- | bratiou of the occasion throughout the conference. The Central Committee have recommended that a centennial fuud ba raissd throughout tho Southern M. E. Church, to be devoted mainly to assisting tho educational institution-) of thc church. Fraternal delegates hnve been nppointed by thu Bishops of tho General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church which meets iu 1834, at which time i hey will unite with tho Northern Methodist Church in celebra ting the centenary of Methodism. lu this connection wo have deemed it proper to give a Bhort synopsis of the origin and growth of Methodism in America. The Wesley brothers carno to Georgia in 1736, aud, as is well-known, preached iii Christ Church, on Johnson square. This waa nfter organizing in England, in company with George Whit field, a bund of associates for their mu tual and moral improvement. Tho rigid exactness of their lives alrncted general attention among their fellows in England. They were tho objects of ridicule nud contempt, and received various designa tions, but tho .*,rui "Methodists" was ap plied to them by n student of Christ Church College, Oxford, on account of their methodical life and work. Howev er, niter thc departure of tho Wesleysfor Georgia, tho organization was dissolved, but thc new religious lifo enkindled manifested itself iu thc forming of a "Godly Club," who were moro zealous in their ministrations. On Wesley's return to London he pursued his great object, thal of bringing tho church lo u nure and holy life. Ho wnssoou debarred the pulpits. Whitfield took to open nir preaching, which wns nt first not ap proved by tho Wcaleys, but who after wards followed bia example. Their efforts were continued until Methodism lind extended into Scotland, Ireland and Wales through John and Charles Wes ley's teachings, while Whitfield Clime to America ami aroused thc religious con sciousness of thc people from .Maine to Georgia. Whitfield made other visita here, and afterwards visited Herminia, where he preached the gospel of the Methodists and gained many adherents. Tho nucleus of the brat Methodist church in America was composed of immigrants from Ireland, who had been members of Wesley's societies. During tho revolu tionary war thc ministers of English descent,except Anbury, relumed to tho mother country, tho English church in America was nearly extinguished, and thc dependence upon that church nearly 1 I failod them. This caused a majority of tho Methodists to pr?vido for their ad minis'ration independent of the English clerc -, which threatened a disruption of the peace and harmony of the church. Under these circumstances Wesley ap plied in 178U to the Bishop of London to ordain at least one presbyter to adminis ter tho sacraments, but he refused. In 1781, Wesley, assisted by Rev. Thomas Creighton and Richard WaiBCORt, pres byters, ordained by lU>v. Thomas Coke, LL. D., as superintendent of the Metho dist churches in America, with Anbury os assistai: \ On Co WM arrival a general conference of ministers was held in Bal timore, December 5 4, 1784, and approved the appointments. This conference also adopted the Episcopal form of govern ment, made tho Episcopal oLico clfectivc, and held the superintendents amendable to tbo body of minister ami preachers. Thus thc church tirat assumed organic form, and from that limo the progress of Methodism has beeu onward, until uow it is ono of tho largest religious denomi nations in the couutry, and yields a pow erful influcuco for good.-Chronicle and GtnutUutionaltil. Mr. Rockton'* Astounding Thoughtful ness on His Death Bed. A M?BS Wcmpton, a beautiful young lady, and a wealthy young farmer named Rockton were married in Arkansas. The young lady would not have been termed a "happy bride." She had never liked Rockton, and only married him to please a widowed mother. "I will obey you, said the girl, "but I do not even like Mr. Rockton. There is nothing in sympathy between us. He is wealthy ; but, while poverty always brings misery, yet wealth does not al ways bring happiness. You know that J am devoted lo Tom Rosemond and that lie is devoted to ran; but if you, as my mother, command me, I will obey, even though the effort cost me my life as well os my happiness." The ceremony was performed. Bose mond, who would have been the girl's choice, loft tho neighborhood. Rockton and his wife began keeping house. Six months afteward Rosemond returned and sent Mrs. Rockton a note, begging au interview. She showed the note ana her answer of refusal to her husband. He kissed ber as a reward of fidelity. Rockton was taken sick with swamp fever, and when about to die be said : "You hare been a faithful wife. Niue women out of ten would have run away long ago. I have always known that you loved Rosemond. I have sent for him. I want you to marry him before I die, so that I can see the ceremony." "That would not be legal," answered the wife, "for I cannot marry another man so long as you are living." "Well, but I want him hero, so I can see that the ceremony is performed im mediately after I am dead." Rosemond and a preacher were sent j for. They arrived. Rockton gasped I and motioned. The marriage party ap Eroached the bed. Rockton placed the ands of the lovers together, gasped and died. ' Thc preacher raised his bands and the lovers were married. ; - In a speech at Governor's Island ; on Friday, Tecumseh Sherman said that : there was prospect of plenty of fighting ! for this country and intimated that the conflict would bo between labor and cap I ital. A STIRRING CUASI: AT SKA, Tim lteiuarkable Kacapa ?i a i'onredorato Pr?valo lu 18(15. Wo were now willi i n less than two miles of the (lying stranger when wo opened lire on lier from our eleven-inch pivot, exploding a shell right under lier bow and nearly deluging the blockader's decks with water, but doing no further harm. While we wero reloading tho pivot she put ber helm hard n-starboard and ran across our bow, heading directly for the shore-distant about a mile and a half-apparently intendiiiE to run her self ashore. Captain Clary shouted : "Put your helm liard-n starboard, sir." "Hard a slarboard, sir," answered the officer ut thc wheel, the samo moment putting the wheel sharply about, and the ship turned on ber heel as if sbo knew what was expected of her and started directly for the shore with tho stranger, now right abeam, starboard sido about a milo off, bringing our whole battery of live guns to bear on ber. The Captain called out to forward rifle : "Fire as soon as you are ready and without fur ther orders, only don't waste the ammu nition. Pivot there, sir ; fire carefully and aim nt thc wheel house and at no other place. Sink her if possible ; go ahead and show us what you can do. Quarter deck battery, take good aim and firo as rapidly as you can ; aim at tho wheel-bouse: don' let her getaway from us." A sholl fro1 i tho riflo exploded over her ; a shell om the eleven-inch burst close behind her, and tho three and eight-inch shell guns wero sending their compliments thick and fas', but strango to say uot a single shot had struck her. She seemed to bear a charmed lifo. We were about half a mile distal t from each other and about a mile (rom tho shore, when she suddenly chnngod ber course to south-southwest and Blurted to run down along tho coast, heading directly for us. At tho Baino instant tho leads man iu the chnins cried out : "Hy tho deep three fathoms !" "Hard-a-starboard, quartermaster I" cried Captain Clary, nud as tho ship's head Bwung to port ho remarked : "By God, we'd been nsboro in another sec ond !" The Seminole waa drawing sixteen feet, and deep at that. lt wus now nip and tuck. Tho stran ger was going to run for it and had tho bar between us. Our only chance was to sink ber before she got in. The most tremendous excitement prevailed on board each vessel. Cant .?in Clarey raved and swore atid stain ped in an intense but subdued tone, but all to no effect. Shot after shot went over and exploded be yond on the shore. We were now rapid ly approaching Galveston harbor, and it seemed as if she was going to get away in spite ?if us. Her captain for the last hour had been walking the bridge be tween thc wheel bouses, with both hands in tho pockets of his pea jacket, smoking a cigar very unconcernedly ; but that tbero was a feeling that their lives and property hung only on a singlo thread wns manifest in tho way thoso wheels Hew around, leaving a track of boiling, foamy sea far astern, and thc thick, huge volumes of black smoko that poured out of the funnels told a story that did not need a trumpet to announce. The chan nel now begati to widen, and if she could only hold ber owu for twenty minutes sbo would escape. What must have been thc thoughts of that captain as he walk ed to and fro on that bridge, with the air full of flying misai ilea, now hid in their smoke, the next minute drenched with their spray ; again, in a second or two later one Hying a few feet above his head? Ho never flinched an inch or changed his manner, but kept quietly on as if though it was nu every day affair. Thc Bight was one of tho most pictur esqe that I ever saw-the fleet, about two miles below, looking to see us sink tho flying stranger ; the bay, gradually wide ning, with the white sand bills in the distance; the city of Galveston to the south, and its piers filled with sympa thetic spectators ; the fort in the bay. with the Confederate flag flying and its ramparts crowded with roon watching and praying for the success of the flying stranger ; the three steamers flying through tho water like hounds, oftimes hidden by the smoke of their guts as they were loaded and fired. But fato decided iu favor of the flying steamer. In Hpite of every effort that could bo made to prevent her she reached the bay of Galveston, which ia nearly three miles wide, and as the channel is very danger ous to vessels drawing more thau ten feet of water, and as wo were getting into three fathoms again, with intense cha grin wo gave up the chase, sending as a parting compliment an eleven-inch shell with our regrets.-Philadelphia l?mes. Railroad Accidents. A party of four persons were travel ing on tho Hudson River road one sum mer. In a seat was a young lady and a young gentleman who had been very attentive to her. Io the seat behind them sat their friends, one of whom waa a sportive young lady, fond of practical jokes and rather defiant of public opin ion. AB tho train dashed through a short and very dark tunnel, she leaned over and imprinted a resonant kiss on the young lady in front of her. A scream followed and laughter came from the darkness all over the car. As the train ran into daylight the insulted young lady turned on her innocent escort, and with snapping eyes and flaming cheeks said : "How dare you insult me in this man ner?" "I assure you," he ?aid, stammering in confusion at tho strangeness of his posi tion, "that I have done nothing." "Nothing!" sbo repeated, and burst into tears. The passengers now ceased laughing and looked at the unfortunate young fellow indignantly. After further pro tests, which were not heeded, lie went to the smoking car. The sportive young lady wrote a note the next day aud ex piait ed matters. Tho young couple were reconciled, married, and the other younc; lady was not Invited to their wed ding. An annoying ruactical joke was played on a bashful young man who was accom panying a young lady on a journey. While go.'ng through a tunnel a friend knocked off the bashful young man's hat. forced his fingers through his hair, kissed tho back of his own hand and then slap ped his own face violently. Every one in the car looked in that direction whon the light came, and the friend was appa rently the most surprised of all. The mussed-up appearance and confusion of the astonished victim convinced the spec* taters that he had tried to steal a kiss and had been slapped. The young lady understood the situation and blushed painfully. The friends got off at the same station, a rough-and-tumble fol lowed, and the practical joker was whip ped.-Springfield Acne*. . - An Irish soldier who prided him self upon his bravery, said he had fought in the battle of Bull Ruo. When asked if bo had retreated and made good hi? escape, aa others on the famous occasion, he replied : "Thoso that didn't run ara there yet."