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BY E. B. MUEKA ) J. G. CLINKSCALES, Editob. Don't forget that the Institute will be held at Williamston, beginning July 11th, arjd running two weeks. Make ~yoor arrangements in time to attend. Board can be bad at fifty cents a day. ::>..- We regret to learn that the Gener?s tee school has been compelled to olose for a timo on account of measles. Mr. Pressley is building up a large school there and deserves the patronage he re? ceives. On account of sickness in our family and another pressing engagement, we were unable to attend the Teachers' ? Meeting at Pelzer on the second Friday in this month. We are expecting a re? port of the meeting from some one pres - ? ? ._ ? ?? ? ? It is indeed gratifying to have the teachers come up so bravely to our help this week.- If they only know how much we appreciate these communications, they would write oftensr. What one writes may not sound well to him, but may be .of great benefit to others. Teacher, in ""History Made Pleasant," suggests .a plan which may be of very . great benefit to others. History is diffi? cult to teach. The plan suggested is ce^inly worth the trying. "S. G. S." acknowledges benefit from the mention made of beautifying the school grounds. We are glsd to know that the plan is /"" being tried id some schools and hope others will adopt it. UW. P. H." speaks trulyy{ the OcuvHna Ttxtcher. We have often wished that this paper was on the desk of every teacher in the county. Mjbs Goodyear a Primary Department is certainly worth more than ?be cost of the paper. As to the improvement of the free school system; we would be. glad to have .the. matter discussed freely^n the Teach era' Column by the teachers and by persons of any other profession for that matter. The system must, and will eventually,, be improved. Talk about abolishing the. system is bosh unless it can be substituted by a better one. "W. P. H.M' is right when he says ;the present plan is an injnstice to teach? ers and patrons. It is indeed a bleed? ing process and ought to bo corrected. It is a question that demands the atten * tioD of siateamen. The future of South ' ? Carolina depends very largely upon the education of the risiug generation. What can the State promise herself j when.matters pertaiaing to. the develop? ment of the young are allowed to go as tV.ffiey'iro?' ' Midway, S. 0., March 28,1887. . Me; Editor :. Some time ago I saw in the Teachers'Column where the pupils cf several schools visited by you had taken an interest in beautifying their school yards. I stated the same to my pupils, and it took the desired effect. I was pleasantly surprised the next morn ing on entering the school-yard to see nearly.all my pupils engaged at work,j some, burning off, some piling stones, while others with hoes and mattocks were plan ting .flowers. We often do a % great good by telling the good others have done. ^. Onr school is injured considerably by measles, but have a: tolerably good school yet. I am proud to say that the patrons of Midway school take a lively interest in education. 8. G. -6. Pendleton, S. 0., y '\ March 16, 1887. Mb. Editob : My department is get? ting on very well with their studies. Some of the children are learning rapid? ly. I have ruled their slates since you were here, and they all seem to like it very much. Their writing is much' bet? ter and is more even. The most of them that know the figures have learned and are learning the multi? plication table. My pupils are delighted ?with the way of adding and subs tract ing that you showed us when you were here, every time I teach it to them, though I do not have time to exercise them in it every day. It is a very good idea in any school if they will adopt it. .<? The whole school seems to be working very smoothly and agreeably. . I have enjoyed, teaching very much, but our public term will soon come to a close for this time. Four or five cf our peach scions are blooming. The yard is . not fixed as nicely as we would like to have it, but it is in better order than when you saw it. ' We are expecting to attend the Insti tute next summer unless we are Provi? dentially hindered. Most respectfully, Annie Newton. Five Fobks, March 23, 1887. Me. Editob: If the other teachers will join me in the reply, I will answer your question as to whether we are going to make you do ail the writing for the Teachers' Column. I say to them now, if you will try to help our Commissioner oat, I will too. There, I have-made the promise and hardly know what to write ?v UiUUl Taext. ?3 the first place, Mr. Editor, I wish to saySa few words in regard to the Carolina Teacher, suggested by the with? drawal lot its able editor, Prof. B. B. Johnsoni The Teacher has now become a requisite to the teachers of S. C, and its e?cce8s\ is due, in a great measure, to the unfl3gg\ng interest of Prof. Johnson. I know ?#t every friend of education will join mife in regretting the necessity which forces I him to sever hi a connection wjlh it. WeVrust, however, that as he yHwys, the Teachfir is (in established fact, and will not !os\p by his withdrawal. As he furthermore waya^t has continued to grow, until now itt is one of the best of journals. Beeiden the many excellent a txlea from the wen of Profs. Klemm, Morrison and other live educators, its Primary Department! under the manage? ment of Miss Goodyear, is of invaluable interest to teachers, filfled as it is with so many practical hinws and methods. Every number contains ono ot more exercises, which, though no more than suggestive, yet if utilized, will aid us greatly in our work. I wWl mention one Y & CO. ? ii from which I am deriving happy results. It is headed, "Notes from Talks on Read? ing." Its'object is to teach from the board reading and language. The chil? dren are delighted with the exercise. The last number of Teacher contains a piece headed, "BuBy Work." It is an exercise in the use of sticks, which is a decided improvement on the old use of the rod. We must procure our colored sticks, and with numbers, give the chil? dren some idea of form and color. It is an improvement on the tooth picks. And now, to jump hastily to another branch of the subject, none the less in? teresting, the Commissioners of the diff? erent counties have been making various suggestion for the improvement of the school system, many of which are real good. If, now, all friends of education will put their heads together and agree upon some one plan to improve tbe sys? tem, we believe the time is ripening for putting it into .'operation. Interest in schools is increasing every day both among parents and teachers. All agree that something must be done to improve (not pull down) the system. What is that something to be I Speak out friends, lit us hear from all sides. Shall it be Local taxation for Anderson, or shall we borrow money to run the school on a cash basis. The present plan is an in? justice to tbe county ?s well as to the teachers. Thanks to whom thanks are due for the happy arrangements for the Institute this summer. A more suitable place for holding the Normal, we think, could hardly have been selected, and the ar? rangement for the union of the two counties is. excellent, as it will throw more teachers together and thus be more beneficial in presenting a greater variety of ideas and methods. All the teachers with whom we have conversed are de? lighted with the plan. Who will speak next ? W. P. H. hi8t0ey hade pleasant. We have adopted a new method of studying history, and are becoming most pleased.with it every week. Our pupils like it, arid we think they are receiving very many lasting benefits by its adop? tion. We are now studying the settle? ment of the original thirteen States. With one lesson a day we spend consid? erable time on each State. Beginning with Ya., we passed over it the first time with short lessons, by each writing an original. question, the answer of which could be found in the lessson assigned. These questions were then collected in a hit and distributed among the class. After giving time for writing the answers, each rises when called upon, reads the question received, with its answer, and to prove that the answer is correct, reads from his history the paragraph contain? ing it. His reading is criticised by tbe class. The second going over was de? voted entirely to reference work. We read all we could find of Virginia in Har? per's Geography and Chamber's Ency? clopaedia, which we placed on our mantle a month ago. We also read the biogra? phy of every person mentioned in our history in the settlement of Va., and others in connection with its history. The third time, we asked the questions of tbe book and many others and answered them orally. The next time we met, the pupils gave me their histories and all their helps except dictionaries, and spent an hour in writing letters from the "Mother Country." We have travelled through Massachusetts on the same slow coach that we have learned to like, in spite of the flyiog wheels of the nine? teenth century. We called awhile at Lynn and noticed tbe manufactories of Bsy-State shoes. The Athens of Amer? ica demanded our respectful attention; and we had good letters from her "Con? servatory . of Music." Some of our aspiring youths imagined themselves re? searching in her vast libraries. We are enjoying Connecticut this week. Teaches. A Missouri Court Scene. Mr. Charles P. Johnson returned Monday from Mount Yernon, Lawrence County, Mo., where he secured a verdict for a client that he regards as one of the greatest of his triumphs. In February 1886, this client, Michael Horner, was tried and convicted of murdering Davis Boswell and sentenced to imprisonment for ninety-nine years. On Saturday, at the end of a second trial, which had occupied two weeks, he was found guilty of manslaughter iu the fourth degree and fined $600. Said Governor Johnson this morning: "I nevever saw such a scene iu a court room in my life as fol? lowed the rendition of the verdict Satur? day. When it was read Horner was too much agitated to move for a moment, then he jumped at least three feet high, swung his hands in the air, and as be came down to tbe door yelled with all hia might. Then he gave another leap and another yell, and another. Men iu 4be crowded room answered his yell with whoops as loud. Homer's young wife fairly threw her baby into the first pair of arms that offered, sprang upon the jurors, hugged every one of them and kissed three or four. Then she and her husband sprang upon tbe judge and shook hand^ like pump handles. The sheriff lost all control of the crowd, and had to let them whoop. Both sides, friends and enemies, congratulated Hor? ner, all feeling that he must be right, as he had won finally. He had been in jail since July, 1885, in spite of the efforts of his friends to secure his release on bail. He immediately paid tbe fine and went home with his wife.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Four years ago Mrs. W. W. White planted several almond seed in her gar? den. One grew, and from it has sprang a tree about seven feet in height. It has never had any protection from the weather, is stout and vigorous, and two weeks ago was in full bloom.?Rock Bill Herald. ? A Pittsburg magistrate who married 3,000 couples has just died. It would be interesting to know exactly how many of those 3,000 couples wish the old man had died before he mado them one. ? It is estimated that insects damage the crops of this country $100,000,000 annually. BLACKWOOD'S BREAK. Possibility of Estranged Relations with South Carolina. F. A. Blackwood is just now attracting a good deal of attention in the executive department of two States. Blackwood is a South Carolina farmer who seems to be practicing for the title role of the great' New York success, "Jim, the Penman." In other words, Blackwood has a penchant for affixing the signatures of other men to commer? cial paper. Not long since he served a term in the penitentiary at Colombia, S. 0., for forging, and he is now languishing in the city prison of Augusta, awaiting trial upon the same charge. Blackwood's home is in Aiken county, S. 0., about sixteen miles from Wiliiston station. A short time ago he went down to Augusta and it is said, succeeded in getting some forged checks cashed at the banks. The bank officials set out to find him and employed for the pnrpose Officer Edward Stone of the Augusta police force. Stone and Mr. J. P. McNally, the bank official who paid the money on the forged check, went up to Aiken county and found Blackwood who, after being identified by McNally, was at once placed under arrest. When Stone arrested Blackwood, he asked bis pris? oner to tell where the money which he had obtained could be found. Black wood started to lead the officer around the house, but the latter became suspi? cious that Mrs. B. might be trying to cc~ceal the money, and taking his pris? oner within the house, began a search. He found in a trunk seventy-five dollars, a portion of which Mr. McNally thought he recognized as the money which had been paid to Blackwood in Augusta. Stone asked his prisoner if he would be willing to go to Georgia without a requisition. Blsckwood said he would go without any such formality and according to the sworn statements of Stone and McNally, went along voluntarily. Since his incarceration, his friends in South Carolina seem to have developed a desire to aid Blackwood, if possible. On Saturday, evening Governor Gordon received a telegram from Governor Bichardson, of South Carolina, stating that he, Governor Bichardson, under? stood that Back wood had been kidnapped from South Carolina, and asking for a stay of proceedings until the matter could be fully investigated. Governor Gordon answered that he could not interfere with the court proceedings, but that he would do all in his power to see that full justice was done the arrested man. He then sent the following tele? gram to Judge William F. Eve, of the city court of Augusta: ? Atlanta, Ga., March 19, 1887.? Judge Eve: How is Blackwood held? How arrested? Governor Bichardson says he was kidnapped, and requests intervention to stay proceedings. J. B. Gordon. To this Judge Eve answered: Augusta, Ga., March 20, 1887.? Governor John B. Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.: Blackwood held under warrant for forgery. Proceedings here regular. There will be four cases against him. Warrant was taken out in Aiken county before arrest, charging him with being a fugitive from justice; was arrested in Aiken county by Edward Stone,, of Augusta police, and brought here, j Officer claims that Blackwood consented < to come without requisition. Stone is under indictment in Warren . superior court for assult with intent to murder, and desires to make a showing before you take final action. Proceedings will be stayed until further information from you. William F. Eve. Yesterday morning Hon. John S. Da? vidson, city attorney of AugUBta, came up to Atlanta to attend the sitting of the supreme court. He brought with him affidavits of Stone, the arresting officer, Mr. McNally, who accompanied him to South Carolina, Chief.of Police Twiggs and Lieutenants Hood and Desmaid of the Augusta police force. The affidavits of Stone and McNally went into details concerning the arrest of Blackwood, and the others testified concerning the regu? larity of all the-proceedings in this State. From these it is learned that Blackwood is held upon a regulaely sworn warrant, charging him, in three or four different counts, with having committed forgery in Augusta. The fact was also set forth that Stone, the arresting officer, is at present under indictment in the courts of Warren county upon a chage of assault with intent to commit murder. All these papers were handed over to the Governor who, in turn, sent them to Governor Bichardson with a letter in which he expressed the hope that Gover? nor Richardson would not feel, after an investigation, that Stone had made such a flagrant violation of the laws of South Carolina as would oblige him to ask for Stone's extradition. Governor Gordon added, in this connection, that as Stone is under indictment in this State he can? not, under the laws of Georgia aDd under decisions of the courts in States where there is no law bearing upon the subject, be removed by extradition until the case against him in this State is settled. If it is true, as Stone states, that Black wood came to Georgia voluntarily, the officer need have no fear of the charge against him. Stone's affidavit is very explicit upon this subject. He states that he and McNally and Blackwood were driven from Blackwood's house to the station sixteen miles, by a South Carolina man ; that they met many peo? ple on the way and in Williston Black wood had a talk with the mayor of the village, but to none of these people did Biackwood raise any complaint of being kidnapped, but on the contrary said that he was going voluntarily. blackwood's crimes. In addition to the McNally case, an Augusta special gives the following statement of Blackwood's crimes: Some time ago a forged check for two hundred dollars was passed upon W. H. Brigham, a grocery merchant of this city. The check was signed Daniel Jackson, the name of a prominent merchant of Wind? sor, S. 0. Tho other case is where a draft for ninety dollars with the forged signature of Pope & Fleming, was passed NDEESON, S. C, TB upon Mr. Eenkl, a jewler.' Tbe man bought a quantity of cheap jewelry with the amount, but after he left Mr. Eenkl discovered the draft was not good, when he went in pursuit of the man, catching him and regaining his goods. The forger willingly gave up both the draft and goods and escaped. Renkl says Blackwood is the man, but Mr. Brig ham failed to identify him. The special concludes by stating: "The police authorities here are some? what stirred up over the action of Gover? nor Richardson in regard to ihe alleged kidnapping of the forger Blackwood by Police Officer Stone. Chief Twiggs is doing all in his power to quiet the mat? ter. He saw Governor Richardson in Columbia yesterday and thoroughly explained the matter, stating that no disrespect was intended towards the State of South Carolina. Governor Richardson replied that he knew nothing against the State was intended, but it was his duty to investigate the matter. Governor Richardson's talk was entirely satisfac? tory to Chief Twiggs." Stone was at one time a detective for the Georgia railroad, and while ferreting out a case in Barnet he was attacked by a negro armed with a knife, who cut him severely acrosB the face. Stone immedi? ately drew his knife, not having a pistol, and came very near killing the negro. He left the negro where he had fallen and returned to Augusta. Although he was perfectly justifiable in his act, he was indicted by the grand jury in that county for assault with intent to murder. the feeling at columbia The reply to Governor Gordon's letter will be awaited with interest. Judging by newspaper specials sent out from Columbia, tbe South Carolina officials are very much exercised over what they consider the illegal acts of the Georgia officer, Stone. The following is a sample of the specials referred to: Chicago, 111., March 21.?A special from Columbia, S. C, says: A dispute over the kidnapping of a criminal is now in progress between Georgia and South Carolina, and there is great indignation in the Palmetto State about the arbitrary conduct of the Georgians. A week ago F. A. Blackwood committed forgery in Georgia, and fled to his home iu Aikeu county, this State. Two officers from the Augusta, Ga., police force crossed the Savannah river and went to Blackwood's house and without a requisition and in violation of the law kidnapping him and conveyed him into Georgia. Governor Richardson has determined to uphold the right of his State. He has telegraphed to Governor Gordon to have all proceed? ings against Blackwood stayed until an investigation could be bad which will put him in possession of all tbe facts of Blackwood's arrest, and will allow time for the substantiation of charges of kid? napping. Blackwood has confessed his guilt, but Richardson will demand his restoration to his home, and will insti? tute proceedings against the Georgia officers for kidnapping?a violation of the puace and dignity of this State. Should. Georgia refuse to release her prisoner, Richardson will appeal to the supreme court of tbe United States. There is certainly no occasion for any straining of the friendly relations exist? ing between the officials of the two States over this matter. It is a very common thing for persons charged with crime to consent to their being removed from one State to another, without waiting for extradition papers, And if, as the Columbia special states, Blackwood acknowledges his guilt, the presumption is in favor of Stone's state? ment beiug true. If Blackwood did come to Georgia of his own motion, Governor Richardson will doubtless refuse to trouble himself farther about the cause. If he did not come volunta? rily, Mr. Stone will be in a rather uncomfortable position. Iu thi.i event, Stone will be turned over to the South Carolina authorities as soon as it can be done legally. The indictment hanging over bis head complicates matters some? what, for as Governor Gordon says, the laws of this State must be complied with and he must have a hearing under this indictment before he can be extradited for trial in another State. The law will take its course, in any event, and there will be no occasion whatever for any estrangement of the official relations of the two States. Sunny Husbands. Very much has been said about the obligation of the wives, in regard to wear? ing perpetual smiles, but it seems as if our literary talents have never once thought it worth while for the "man o' the house", to occasionally don a smile when at home in his own family circle. It certainly is just as essential to do? mestic happiness for a man to be sunny, and good tempered, jis it is for the wo* man. We often doubt whether the male head of a family ever really appreciates the opportunity he has for diffusing sunshine at home, or comprehends bow much of gloom he can bring into the family circle by entering its sacred precincts with a dark frown on his countenance. The wife and mother is within four walls from morning till night, with but few exceptions; and-must bear the worriment of fretful children, inefficient uervants, weak nerves, and many other perplexi? ties ; and she must do this, day after day, while the husband goes out from these petty details of home care, has tbe bene? fit of the pure, fresh air, meets with friends, has a social good time, which all together act as a charm upon the physi? cal man, and if he does as he should, he will come home cheerful and buoyant, and thereby lighten the household life for his wife, and drive dull care and gloom from her care-worn brow. Some men can be all smiles away from home, but at home they are ob cross as bears; and yet we hear it said, on every side, "Wives, meet your husbands with a smile."? Aunt Jane, in Homestead. ? An Italian, Signor Garreti, claims to have discovered that fishes are attract? ed by music, and has made a successful demonstration of the fact at Lake Geneva, by calling groat numbers of fishes about his boat. [USSDAY MOENIN? ANOTHER SHOT AT THE DECANTERS. BY THEODOBE L. CUYLEB, D. P. It is a curious coincidence that the one man in Scripture whose name is associat? ed with a surfeit of water should be the first man who is associated with a surfeit of wine! There, in the very vestibule of human history, stands, or rather lies, the poor old patriarch Noah, so pitiably drunk that shamed filial affection tries to cover him up till he gets sober. The hero of righteousness, who had faced a scoffing world, sinks like a helpless baby under the power of Alcohol, who is no respecter of persons; and, unless we are very mach mistaken, that sleeping, snor? ing, senseless old hero has been depicted before the world as a perpetual object lesson to teach the virtue of total absti? nence. 1. The first thing for every teacher to bring before his or her class in regard to this sorrowful fall of Noah, is that he fell because he ran squarely against a law written by the Creator on every human body. God has inscribed several laws on our bodily constitutions against the use of intoxicating beverages; they are as true and immovable as the law of gravi? tation. One of these laws is that alcohol is not food ; it positively interferes with wholesome alimentation. Yet millions of foolish folk have swallowed it to help digestion, until it has burned out their stomachs. Alcoholic drinks waste the cital forces. No sensible athlete, when training for a display of mucles, ever touches them. I was told by the most famous American pedestrian that noth? ing would be so fatal to his success, when engaged in a great feat of walking, as the slightest dose of whisky, or even of wine. Science and experience point to the fact that every healthy human frame instinc? tively recognizes alcohol as its enemy, and tries to expell it. Science and experience testify that alcohol, instead of nourishing the body, impoverishes it; instead of warming it, it increases its liability to freeze (as Arctic explorers testify); instead of prolonging life, it breeds a legion of diseases; and, with a seductive smile on its face, it wields the stiletto of an assasssin. 2. When Noah began to drink his wine, he did not stop until he was drunk, be? cause there is a tendency in alcoholic beverages to produce excess. This is a principle or law which every teacher should carefully explain to scholars. Every intoxicant has in it this quality, that it never satisfies, but awakens a constant desire for more. One glasB creates a thirst for another glass. This is not the case with any wholesome food or beverage. Bread and beef do not breed excess; one glass of milk does not kindle a morbid thirst for two glasses next time. A healthful beverage satis? fies healthful appetite; a hurtful bever? age, like wine, ale, or brandy, stimulates appetite until it becomes an uncontrolla? ble frenzy, Here lies the reason why it is so difficult to use intoxicants in mod? eration, and also difficult to reform an inebriate. Not more than one drunkard in twenty is likely to be reformed. Out of all the hard drinkers who have ever been received into my church, there has not been a single one who has not bad some backward slips: some, alas, have reeled over into hopeless ruin ! Teach? ers, tell your boys that the time to stop is before they begin. 3. Noah had a very clear head when be was sober, but wine made him a fool. Here comes in another law of the Creator against alcoholic drinks: namely, their tendency is to strike directly to the brain. Some drugs have affinity for the spine, some for the heart; but a glass of whiskey or strong wine aims for the brain as surely as a bound makes after a deer. When it reaches the brain, it overthrows the reason, and often turns a man into a maniac. Sometimes, as in Noah's case, it stupefies the brain, and then it turned an eminent man of God into so pitiable an idiot that bis own children covered him up to hide him. Alcohol, in striking the brain, strikes right where mind and body meet,?-strikes where it hits the immortal part, and poisons character,? strikes so effectually that it often sends body and soul into hell 1 Hear lies the most tremendous argument for entire abstinence; and because intoxicating drinks are the means of sending millions to eternal perdition, is the very reason why pulpits, churches and Sunday schools should constantly keep thin vital question of temperance in the foreground. Partly on account of climate, and part on account of nervous, impulsive tempera? ment, the American people are in more danger from alcoholic drinks than any other people on the globe. 4. The laws which the Creator has in? scribed upon our bodies are not contra? dicted by the laws which are written in his Book. There are several point-blank prohibitions of the use of intoxicants. Wine is declared to be a "mocker," and "strong drink a brawler; whosoever iE deceived thereby 1b not wise." That solemn caution in the twenty third chap? ter of Proverbs is all the more impressive as rendered in the new Revision : "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly; at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stiDgeth like an adder." One of John B. Gough'c most vividly pathetic appeals for total abstinence is all condensed into that sin? gle verse: the fascinating witchery of the drink, and the swift sequel of damnation at the last. That is the Bible's way oi dealing with evil things,?it points to the afterwards. Another scriptural recogni? tion of the peril of intoxicants is found in Leviticus 10: 8, 9, where the prieate were forbidden to touch wine or strong drink when they ministered in God'e temple. Surely a Jewish priest in the sanctuary had no more serious work on his hands than a Christian has every day in serving his Lord and Master. A Christian is a "temple of the Holy Spirit': in whom Christ dwelleth. Surely his imagination should not be a brothel, or his body a tippling-house, The (vine' cup is notoriously an inflamer of othei impure and sensual appetites. The whole spirit of the New Testament in culcateB self denial, conquest of appetites keeping down all incitements to fleshly indulgence, and the avoidance of everv form oi evil. It is a Puritanical book, in 3, MAECH 31, 1887. the best sense of that much maligned word. So careful was Paul, when writing to his abstinent friend Timothy, that when be advises him not "to drink water only" any longer, he suggests to him to "use a little wine," but that only as a medicine. 5. Upon the great Pauline principle of abstinence from intoxicants for the sake of others, I have already written in these columns. The more I study that golden precept of Paul, "It is good not to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth," the more clearly I discover in it the beautiful law of deny iog a selfish indulgence for the sake of keeping my brother on his feet. I am responsible for the influence of my ex? ample. If my use of wine or ale, or any alcoholic drink, causes my neighbor.; I to "stumble," then am I responsible, to a certain degree, for his fall. The drink? ing usages are the prime source of dan? ger, as everybody acknowledges; if I drink, then I countenance and sustain these usages. If I refuse to buy, use or offer intoxicants, I throw my vote against I both dram-drinking and dram-selling, j Now, if it is not my Christian duty tojdo my utmost to save my temptible fellow men from the most prevalent and terrible curse in the community, then where under the broad heavens can there be a Christian duty ? 6. Finally, the unanswerable argument for total abstinence may be put into tbis cast steel formula: Alcoholic beverages j endanger me if I tamper with them; they endanger my fellow-man if I offer them to him, or set him the example of using them. If Noah, the "preacher of righteousness," was not safe when he tampered with them., who is. safe? The grace of God never will save a man who i3 fooling in the rapids of Niagara. "Keep back thy servant from presumptuous sina 1" If any of our readers say, "My conscience does not forbid me to drink a glass of liquor," to such we reply, Then you must take the consequences of having such a conscience. Your conscience can? not change the essential nature of an intoxicant, cannot prevent its possible influence on you, or avert the barm of your bad example to other. Before the flood, Noah preached faith? fully to bis neighbors; after it, be preached a powerful object-sermon to the whole world in favor of total abstinence from the drink. Every teacher ought to lead his class up to 'look at the pitiable spectacle. An ounce of prevention is worth ten tons of cure, especially when the cure is so difficult and doubtful. To suppress the dramshop?law; to save the individual?love. And all the most ef? fective efforts to save the young from the dxink curse may be condensed into this single line, Stop before you begin 1? Sandy School Times. The inter-State Railroad Commission. The President has appointed the fol? lowing Inter-State Commerce Commis? sioners : Thos. M. Cooley, of Michigan, for the term of six years; Wm. R. Mor? rison, of Illinois, five yeairs; Augustus Schoonmaker, of New York, four years; Aldace F. Walker, of Vermont, three years; Walter L. Eragg, of Alabama, two years. The fact that Mr. Cooley s name heads the list does not nece ssarily indicate that he will be chairman, as the Commission must elect their own chairman. Thomas M. Cooley was born at Attica, New York, in 1824; studied law in that State and removed to Michigan in 1843, where he has since resided, In 1857 he was elected compiler of the State laws and in 1858 reporter of the Supreme Court. In 1859 he was chosen by the Republicans as commissioner to organize the law department of the University of Michigan, and he has ever since been connected with it. In 1864 he was elect? ed Justice of the Supreme Court and was re-elected in 1869 and 1877. He was nominated for re-election in 1885 and was defeated. Mr. Cooley is the author of numerous standard legal works. He was recently appointed by United States Judge Gresbam Receiver of the Wabash Railroad Company. Aldace F. Walker is a Vermont lawyer, about 44 years old, a Republican in poli? tics, who studied law with Senator Ed? munds, served as Colonel in the Union army, and has since then practiced lawal Rutland. In the Vermcnt Senate he hat taken a leading part in forming legisla? tion to solve the railway problem. August Schoonmaker, of Kingston, N Y., was born in Ulster County, N. Y. March 2,1828, and is a lawyer in active practice. He has always been a Demo erat in politics. He bas been Count] Judge of his County, and the candidate of his party for Supreme Court Judge He was State Senator during Governoi Ulder's term as Governor, and was oni of the leaders in the Legislature oi whom Mr. Tilden relied to carry out hii reform measures. He was always a clos< personal and political friend of Mr. Til den. Mr. Schoonmaker was Attorney General of New York State in 1878 ah< 1879. In 1876 he was presented by thi anti-Tammany delegation from Ne? York in the Democratic State Conventioi as their candidate for Governor. Walter S. Bragg was born in Alabami in 1838, but resided in Arkansas fron 1843 until 1871. He was educated a Harvard University and Cambridge lai school and practiced law in Arkansas fo some years. At the close of the war h settled in Alabama, and was for som years the law partner of Senator Morgan He has been a leading Democrat in tba State for some years, In 1881 he wa made President of :.he Alabama Stat Railroad Commission and served in tha position four years. ? It was long after midnight, and th minutes were clicking by like hours. " love a graceful elm-tree," she remarked "How I wish I were an elm-tree 1" h responded, quickly. "I wish you wen too." "Why do you?" he inquired, wit! a world of devotion in his voice. "Be cause," she replied, "trees leave once year, at least." ? Adversity is sometimes hard upon man; but for one mau who can stan prosperity there are a hundred that wi stand adversity. ? How to make money fast?Nail dollar to the counter. A Doctor's Triumph, (From the Philadelphia Record.) 'Probably no discovery in the practice of medicine during many years has awakened mere interest on the part of physicians than the system of treatment of phthisis which is now being given a trial at the Philadelphia Hospital by Physician-ir-Chief T. N. McLaughlin, assisted by ?>rs. E. T. Bruen and E. A. Taylor. This treatment, which is simply rectal injections of carbonic acid gas, is not original with Dr. McLaughlin, although he is the first to give it a trial in this country, but is the nsu.lt of experiments made years ago by Claude Bernard, an eminent French physician. Dr. Bernard experimented with lower animals and found that gases which were poisonous when inhaled produced no injurious results when introduced into the intestines. Beyond this pcint bis investigations were not carried ; but a few years ago Professor Bergeron of Lyons commenced a series of experiments to ascertain the effects of various gases thus introduced into the human system. In the course of bis investigations he found that certain gases applied through the rectum produced marked results in persons suffering from phthisis or con? sumption. Before announcing this dis? covery he made it the subject of careful study for two years, experimenting upon numerous patients, and not only found that carbonic acid gas, when properly introduced into the intestines, bad a beneficial effect upon the patient, but also had the satisfaction of effecting a permanent cure in several cases of con? sumption. Last August Professor Ber? geron embodied the results of bis inves? tigations in a paper, which was read before the Academy of Sciences in Paris. His discovery was received with incre? dulity by many and with ridicule by more, but the physicians in the Paris hospitals began experiments in the line indicated by Professor Bergeron with results similar to those obtained by him. A few months ago Dr. McLaughlin read of the marvelous accomplishments of the French physicians, and determined to make a test of the system in the treatment of some of the patients under bis charge. Accordingly he prepared the necessary apparatus, and asked a number of patients la the advanced stages of phthisis if they were willing to undergo the treatment, being assured that it would not be in the least harmful, and might prove very beneficial. At first only a few of the more aggravated sufferers availed themselves of the treat? ment, but as the wonderful result became manifer*; many others requested to be placed under the same treatment. On the 10th day of February and the few day8 following all other medical treat? ment of the subjects was entirely stopped and no remedy but carbonic acid gas was administered. The method of administering the gas is very simple, and when properly followed produces no pain in the patient and but little inconvenience. The apparatus used by Dra. McLaughlin, Bruen and Taylor is exceedingly simple, consisting of a rubber gas bag of a capacity of four or five gallons and a Wbulf bottle, such as is used by chemists for washing or saturating gases, and the necessary con? nections of rubber tubing. The flask is filled with hot water bearing in solution sodium chloride and sodium sulphide in the proportion of five grains of each to twenty-four ounces of water. The rubber bag is filled with g&seous carbonic acid and connected by tubing witb the bottle in such a way that pressure upon the bag will force its contents through the liquid and thence through a rubber fitted with a syringe tube. By pressure upon the bag the gas is forced into the intes? tines. The pressure is carefully regu? lated so as not to produce any pain in the patient, and the whole operation lasts i but ten to twenty minutes. The treatment of the chosen patients i has been continued regularly since Feb? ruary 10, from one to five pints of the 1 gas being administered to each subject > twice daily, and with results thus far but little short of miraculous. One of the , most interesting cases is that of a man ' about 48 years of age, who has been sick ' for about nineteen months. On Februa i ry 10, when he was put under the gas t treatment, he was so weak .as to be i unable to turn in bed, and bo emaciated ? that his bones nearly protruded through his skin. He was unable to retain nour ? ishment of any sort, was continually , covered with a cold, clammy perspira ) tion, and had an almost incessant cough, - which caused intense pain in his chest f He was so far gone that the physicians 3 said he would not live forty-eight hours . When seen yesterday, after six weeks r treatment, he sat up in bed and said thai i he had been up and about the ward, and > that be had not bad a sweat for twe 9 weeks. His appetite wos good, be said s and his food caused him no trouble. H< ? rested well at night, his cough hoc ? almost entirely disappeared, and with ii 1 the pains in his chest. e Another interesting case is that of i v man who has been suffering fron a phthisis for two years and had beei under treatment in the hospital for threi a months, during which time he bad no a left his bed. His general symptoms wen t similar to those of the patient abovi v mentioned. Gas was first administeret r to him on February 13. One montl e later he walked down three flights o e stairs to be weighed, and climbed back ti i? his ward afterward. After another wee! t he again made the trip, and his weigh s showed a gain of three pounds durinj e the week. Yesterday he was walkin] >t about in the hospital, and said that h felt very much better and stronger. A case of a somewhat different natur e was found in the women's ward. Th ? patient was admitted to the hoBpits ? some time ago, suffering acutely fror 6 catarrhal pneumonia. She bad a big 5' fever, was subject to severe paroxysms c coughing, accompanied by profuse expe< toration, composed almost solely of pui & She was also continually bathed in cold, clammy sweat. Under thecarboni ? acid gas treatment, which was con d menced on February 14, these sympton U have entirely disappeared. Expocton tion has ceased and the large cavity i a the right lung is now perfectly dry an gradually contracting, and to all appeo VOLUM a nee s the patient is on the road to com* plete recovery. There are some twenty odd cases in the hospital under the same treatment, and all have shown equally remarkable improvement. Dr. McLaughlin's theory of the action of the carbonic acid, which contains about one part in ten of sulphurated hydrogen, as well as a trace of gaseous hydrochloric acid, is that the gas slowly introduced into the intestines is gradu? ally absorbed and passes into the system, being finally exhaled. This reaching the affected parts, it arrests the decom? position by effecting a rapid oxidization of the affected surfaces. The absorption of the gas and its subsequent contact with the diseased surfaces is shown by the burning or smarting Benaation which is felt iu those parts soon after treatment with the gas. After each applicat'on the pulse fal Is ten to fifteen beats, respiration increases four to six, and the tempera? ture fails several degrees. In one case temperature was lowered six degrees from 105 degrees. The treatment also has a slight effect on the kidneys. The further and ultimate results of the exper? iments are awaited with intense interest. Dr. McLaughlin is sanguine of the suc? cess of the method, at d predicts that it will lead to a complete change in the treatment of pulmonary troubles. A Jammed Han, You have seen people who seemed to ache all over to make some one unhappy ? Just; such an old curmudgeon was on the train the other day when it stopped at St. Thomas, and bridal couple entered our car. We all knew it was a bridal couple, because there were friends down to see 'em off, and the bride and groom stood there and received the congratula? tions for four or five minutes. The bride looked a bit older than the groom, and the minute the old curmudgeon noticed this he slid over and planked himself in the seat ahead of them, and after a min ute or two turned and said: a "Beg pardon, but can you tell me who's funeral that was back there ?" "Why, there was no funeral 1" ex? claimed the bride in answer. "01 I thought there was," he said in a dry, sarcastic way, and he pretended to read his paper for three or four minutes before turning again with: "Are you taking your son to the sea? shore, ma'am?" "No, sir. This is my husband 1" ."0, it is? I'd never have suspected it I" Then he went on for a quarter of an hour, telling about a farm he owned in Canada, and then suddenly inquired: "Young man, I'd like to have you and your aunt go and see the farm and make me an offer for it." The bridal couple turned white and red and let go of hands for a moment, while the old curmudgeon changed the subject and began to talk about Niagara Falls.. "Ever there " he asked. Both shook their beads. "I'd advised you to stop off if you have time. It's a grand sight. I sup? pose, though, you want to arrive at Buf? falo at the same time with the body. What did he die of, ma'am ?" "I don't understand you 1" she stam? mered in a painful way. "0, beg, pardon, I somehow got it into my bead that you had been to a funeral, or were going to one, or some such thing I" He then related the particulars of a smashup on the road in which he had an arm broken and his wife was killed, and added: "The case is in court yet, but I've lost my marriage certificate and can't prove she was my wife and don't expect to get any damages. I think I understood you to say, ma'am, that you had been mar? ried fourteen years ?" "0, no I no 1 sir 1" "Beg pardon, but perhaps it is only nine or ten. What I was going to say was that you ought to sacredly preserve the certificate. I suppose you have it with you ?" Bride and groom looked at each other in consternation. The document hadn't been thought of in their hurry and hap? piness. "Was reading of a case the other day," placidly continued the old wretch, "where a hotel keeper had a couple sent to prison for two years because they could not , show a marriage certificate." The bride turned so red that it seemed as if she would Buffocate, and the groom so white that his ears looked like new I' blotting pads. That was the last straw, Five or six of us had been holding an i indignation meeting a few seats back, . and our delegate, who had whipped hit I seventh man in the prize-ring, now weni , forward and whispered in the curmud? geon's left ear: I "Say, mister man, you let that couple I alone or I'll break your neck 1 Thii t thing has been carried far enough 1'" "Certainly, certainly," said old mean l ness, as he got up. "Excuse me, ma'am j and you, bub, and if you should hav< j any trouble with the corpse iu Buffalo j don't fail-" t The delegate choked him off there an< 9 took him to the last seat in the car an< 3 jammed him down and warned him t 3 stay jammed, and such looks of relief a 3 stole over the faces of that bridal coupl f I never expect to see again- on earth, 0 M. Quad, in Detroit Free Press. k -" j ? The following is vouched for by g minister's wife, and therefore must be s g if it isn't so: A clergyman visiting e woman in a severe illness, asked: "D you derive much comfort from the in struction of the Bible ?" "Oh, yes, in 6 deed," was the reply. "What particula 6 passage do you rely upon at present ? 1 asked the minister. "Grin and bear it, Q replied the sufferer. The clergyman de * parted to look up a concordance. ? An English wag maker has invente ' an electric hat which he claims is a pet . feet cure for headache and neuralgia. ft c ? Nothing will make us so chs ritabl I. and tender of the faults of others a l3 thoroughly knowing our own. i- ? He who really fights sin alwaj n strikes his own faults first, d ? The highest exercise of charity i r- charity to tho uncharitable. E XXII.- -NO. 38. An Experience. Yes, indeed, I used to be awfully afraid of death; didn't want to hear anything about it?didn't want to area think of it. You see, I'd never been brought very close to it. My grand father and grand mother all died before I was born, and my father and mother ' both passed away when I was out a baby girl, and since tben, there are four ! brothers and six sisters of whom I am the youngest, and I'm thirty-eight?-and any jnumber of nephews and nieces and ' seven grand-children in onr family cir-. cle, it has remained unbroken. As for uncles and aunts and cousins, I believe we have some such relations in various parts of the country, but, as we have never made their acquaintance, we have . never been called upon to mourn the loss of any of them. So I could only imagine the final parting with a beloved 1 one, and to me it seemed the saddest Of , all sad things in this world of trials and sorrows. But after that death bed. But writ, I'll tell you all about it. I bad a friend, a very dear friend, a beautiful woman, with lovely blue eyes, and bright; golden - hair. She just begun a promising career as a singer after long years of hard study, when ehe was stricken down by that fatal disease, consumption. I went to see her, and although in her own home, surrounded by her own kin, % who served her with willing hands and . loving hearts, she begged me to atay a few days with her. "We have always been such good comrades," she said, "and * understood each other so well that it will ; be a' real comfort to have you near me. I am sure it will not be long before I am v well again. This is a very heavy cold,* : but it will wear away as other colds I have had." So I stayed, but, alas! She got no better, but grew weaker and weaker, every day. Still she clung to the hcu^ of regaining her health and streogth;^^^ j "I will .not die," she said. "This, world is too dear to me. I tremble at the thought of leaving it. I will not die." Well, after I bad been with htr nearly . three weeks, one stormy night the wind was blowing and the rain was fulling in torrents, I said to her, "How glad we ought to be that we are sheltered from . that terrible storm." "How glad I would be," she faintly replied?her voice had grown so weak it was scarcely above a whisper?"if I were able to be out iu it:" Then she begged ; me to lie down on the lounge opposite her bed. "You are tired," she said; "sleep awhile and I will try to sleep, too," I lay down, closed my eyes, and had just fallen asleep, when a glad, exultant voice awakened me. It was my friend who called. Yes, she who bot a fewev moments before could speak only in faintest tone. She had half risen in her bedL/^e . eyes shining with celestial ligj^ ?-> raised to heaven, and, believe n^, 0 ?f but I swear to you it is true/ f ^" wonderful brightness encircle^ . den head. iifj"* "Oh, what a coward I she cried in clear, ringing the coming of death poor world with such beyond. Beautiful a1 mother, I am ready." Th eyes upon me, she went o is death, and it is far, fa: life." And, as the gold, back upon the pillows, away and the blue ey> no more on earthly scenes^ I will only add that been told of the passing "darling mother," it havi during her own illness, an that night I have never bee death. Slander. Yes, you pass it along, whether you. believe it or not, that one-aided whisper against the character of a virtuous fe? male. You say you don't believe it, but you will use your influence to bear upon the false report, and pass it on the or rent. Strange creatures are mmkindll How many reputations are lost by tr mise 1 How many hearts have bled \ \. a whisper 1 How many benevolent deeds are chilled by a shrug of the shoulder] How many individuals have been stunn? ed by a gentle, mysterious hint 1 How many chaste bosoms have been wrung^ with grief by a single nod I HowJmttigS graves have been dug by a false report! You will pass the slander along I You / will keep it above the water by a wag of-; the tongue, when you might si nk it for*; ever. Destroy the passion for telling-^ tale, we pray. Lisp not a word that majjj? injure the character of another. Be termined to listen to no story that is re? peated to the injury of another, and: far as you are concerned the slander wj die. But tell it once, and it may go the wings of the wind, increasing wi each breath, till it has circulated throuj the State, and has brought to the gra one who might have been a blessing he world.?Presbyterian, Conscience an Avenger. j What an avenger is conscience? I always ready to vindicate the ma| broken law. "Conscience makes of us all." Sin is rebuked by it, an stern voice passes sentence on the sit You cannot flee from console may as well call upon the moon! cover him up and hide bim aarbatt; to avoid his offence being discov Your sin shall surely find yon out. a gnawing worm, which secretly preyi your vitals. Though it may tor* be hidden or covered up, and we seem to prosper, while engrossed in excitements of the world, the tfme'iwf come when the debt must be paid, inijj with interest, too. Sin not, is thu di' command. Some time that oul friend, conscience, will rise up and do ill office, and the avenging band be liflea up ? "She puts on a great many ttirs,i she not?" said Mildred, while ducussl an acquaintance. "Airs 1" replied, "that doesn't begin to expires* itc just piles cyclones on the tops of fait canes."