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Continued Trum last page. mnchlne politics and bosslsni, destructive ol Individual righisnnd local self government, and evasive of the clearly expressed demands of the people for a direct primary for nomina? tions of .State olllcers. Nevertheless, while it is In existence it is the law and should be obeyed, and we call upon the people to resent the flagrant violation of the party constitu? tion by the present executive committee, chosen to represent, and act for the entire par? ty, In the Interest of the oresent administra? tion by Hie crpation of unfair rules which de? ny Democrats the right to express their senti? ments by their votes. "We disclaim any hostility or ill-feeling to any element or faction of our party. We rec? ognize and respect the right of others to hon? est difference ol opinion and claim the same right for ourselves." TIIK PLATFORM SPITS ALL. On motion Ihe platform as rend, with a ver? bal amendment ot certain phraseology, was unanimously adopted by the convention,and the vote was given with enthusiasm. NOMINATING A STATR TICK KT. Chairman Henderson, of the committee on nominations, expressed the readiness ol nls committee to report, but thought possible the matter of an executive committee should first be taken up. After some talk, which showed that the convention was impatient to hear the norc'nations, Mr. Henderson made the re? port, staving that the committee had the con? sent of every candidate to run, or an assur? ance to that effect from those entitled to speak for them. In concluding ills report, he said : "We will Buggest a tlckot which will bring victory to the people of South Carollnu lu the .coming contest." THE NEW TICKET. The following Is the ticket reported: Governor?Hon. John C. Sheppard, of Edge field. Lieutenant-Governor?Col. Jas. L Orr, of Greenville. Secretary of State?Lawrence W. Yonmans, of Barn well. Attorney General?W. Terry Murphy, of Colleton. State Treasurer?Col. E. R. Mclver, of Dar? lington. Comptroller General-Col. J. B. Humbert of Laurena, Supterlntendent of Education?Rev. D. M. Hlott of Anderson. Adjutant and Inspector General?Wood? ward W; Dlxon, formerly of Falrfleld, now of York. RECEIVED WITH ENTHUSIASM. The rending of the ticket was punctuated with rounds of cheers. The nomination for Governor brought out the flrsi round, and It was a rouser. When for second place the name of the favorite, Col. Orr, was read out, the cheering was retioubled, and each name seemed to suit the convention and to be hailed at once as a wise and -strong selection. BOUND BY INSTRUCTIONS. Mr. Caldwell of Newberry explained that his delegation came under unequivocal In? structions to oppose nominations by -this convention. Yet he wished to say, while unable to support tbe making of nomina? tions, they did not mean to find fault withl any name on this ticket, but he felt and his colleagues felt that they could not have se-] lected better uaraeo 'u the State of South Carolina. York's delegation was placed In the same | position us to tbe nominations. The report of the committee on nominations was then adopted, practically unanimously.: but a few faint noes being beard. On motion a committee or three was ap-j pointed to wait upon the uomlnees and escort such of them as were present to the rostrum. Me3srs.Tuppet, Henderson and Uuyck wire] appointed and performed the duty assigned them. The following nominees then spoke in the order given, ex Governor Sheppard. Col. Orr, Col Humbert, Rev. D. W. Hlott, each being introduced with fitting words by Chairman Dibble. ? HON. J. C. SlIEPPARD'S SPEECH. Hon. J. C. Sheppard then addressed the con? vention In acceptance of tbe nomination tot Governor as follows : Mr. President and gentlemen of the con-l ventlon : I can lay my hand upon my heart | and truthfully say that there Is one lime in the history of political conventions the oflice has sought the man. [ Applause. I I bad not the slightest suspicion that tbe highest honor in the gift of this distinguished convention would fall upon me. Every leeling of grat? itude at the big honor that you would do me that rises in my heart is suppiessed by the sense of responsibility that 1 am about to assume to be the choice of such a body of men to succeed Wade Hampton, [Applause.] Thompson, Hagood and Richardsou and such men, In the service of South Curollna Is an honor ot which any man of any age might Justly be proud. In accepting the banner that you have en? trusted to my keeping, I give you my solemn Sledge that when the ldes~ of November shall avegone, and that banner shall be furled for awhile, there shall not bo louud a stain upon It. [Applause.] You muy go home to your people and take my assurance with ycu that in the canvass that now soon will be in? flicted upon them 1 will make no charge that I will not prove. I will make no promise that I will not keep. ; Applause.! It shall be my especial pleasure If your action shall receive the ratification of the people to take from the dust the credit of South Carolina. whj<? J, ?_ ~ tBiportant lOlhe b?mhlt>? ln?il iu the State as it is lo Hie wealthiest. Every man, rloh and poor, exlmlted and humble, is personally in? terested In Ihe mulntenace of Ihe credit of South Carolina In the markets of the world (Applause.) It Is incumbent upon us to restore the credit of South Caro Ina. It shall be my further special pleasure to contribute by nil the means that may beat my command to restore Ihe elbow touch which made the Democracy of South Carolina Invlr,clble at homo in '70 and respeoied abroad. That elbow touch has been rudely broken, unjustifiably boken, to the dishonor of its author. Gentlemen of tho convention, In being as? sociated upon this ticket with gentlemen whom you have placed behind me, and upon the inspired words of wisdom nnd conserva? tism and patriotism which has been read from this d.sk, I do not believe, I cannot be? lieve until the result Is known, that it wll not! receive the approbration or the people or South Carolina, f Applause.] Thanking you for UUs great honor, and giving you my pledije that 1 will pcrfotm the duties that you have devolved upon mo to' the best of my ability, I bid you a grateful' good night. [Applause.] COLONEL ORR'S SPEECH. Calrman Dibble then Introduced to the con? vention, as the giant of the Piedmont section, James L. Orr, ot Greenville, S. C, the nom? inee for tbe office of Lieutenant Governor for the Stale. Col. Orr \jns again greeted with tremendous enthusiasm, and spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the convention, ! I thank you from the hotlom of mv heart ; lor the honor which you have conferred upon me, and lappveolate it, gentlemen, as much as If It were the Presidency or the United States, [applause] because I feel that It is not a ticket which has been made up of -politcians or for political purposes. I feel that I have behind me the true, tried, earnest and the patriotic citizens ot South Carolina from the mountains to the seaboard who are strug? gling uow to bring South Carolina back to the prestige which she bus lost by the present administration. [Applause.] My friends, this election is not to be carried | by mere hurrah. Our people have been mis? guided and they have been deceived. There arc many of them all over Hie Slate who| voted for Till man honestly and conscientious? ly ; my friends, we can go to those same peo? ple and we can say to them; You look him on ralth, now we ask you to to try him by his failure. [Applause.] We can suoeed lu this but not by vitupera? tion, H Is for you and me and every man in youth Carolina who desires good government logo to work honestly to reach the minds! aud the hearts of the people of South Car-; ollnn. We can do this If we will work In every town and township in South Carolina. I have faith In the intelligence aud patriotism | of the people of this State lo feel that they will Join us Hi ridding South Carolina forever of this man who has attempted to usurp tlie j powers of the executive, legislative and Ju-' dlolnry departments of our Government. .{Applause.) ARRANGING FOR A STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT? TEE. Mr. Henderson advocated leaving the np polntment of tbe committee to the candidates, and otfcicd the followlsg resolution : Resolved. That our candidates be charged at their leisure with naming an executive committee who shall be charged with full power lonct. but who shall be functus ollicio as soon as the September nominating conven? tion meets. Col. (irr thought the convention should select the executive committee. He thought It could best be done that way. Gen Hagood of Barnwell who seconded the resolution,said when Hampton and his men I were nominated In TO to make th? fight, It was left lo them to select the executive com? mittee. It was revolutionary hut there was an emergency. He wished to caution the Convention. The danger of the movement was of drifting Into indepenentism. When it did the movement would go to pieces. This executive committee, itshoud be under? stood, would be functus officio when the State nominating convention met. Mr..!. E. Boggsof Bickens made a strong speech against, the resolution. He moved, as a subs! itiite, that each delegation, as it. was called, hand in a name for member of the executive committee. This was adopted, amended to 1 lie effect that Ihe executive committee consist of one member from each county, to he chosen that night, and suid committee to be functus officio after the September convention. The following names were banded up by the various county delegation to comprise . THE EX ECCTIV E COM MI TT ee: Abbeville, W. C. McGownn. A Iken. D. S. Henderson. Karnwell, Johnson Hagood. Colleton, It. s. Lee. - Clnredon, J. P. Brock. Charleston. K. S. Tupner. Chester, John M. Agurs. Chestertlsld, W. P, Stevenson. Darlington, E. P. Coker. Edgefleld, W. S. Allen. FalrHeld.G. W. Ragsdale. Florence. /. T. Kershaw. Laiirens, Aaron Cannon. Lexington, S. P. Wlngard. Lancaster, R. E. Wyllc. Greenville, W. L. Manldln. Georgetown, S. M. Ward. Hampton, John Lawton. Kershaw. W. F. Shannon. Marion, Robert Macfarlan. Newberry, W. H. Hunt, Jr. Oconee, Wm. A. Lowery. Orangeburg. S. Dibble. Dickens, J. E. Boggs. Rlcbland, J. G. Marshall. Spartanburg, Jno. W. WotTord. Sumter, Richard D. Lee. Union, L. J. Browning. Wlllianisburg, Dr. D. C. Scott. York, T. F. McDow. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES. On motion of Mr. Graydon It was voted to authorize the executive committee Just ap? pointed to appoint a committee in each county to tuke charge of the movement In | said county. DIDN'T WALK INTO THEIR PARLOR. The first outlook of debate occurred near the cl06C of the session, when Dr. J. W. Wide map, a delegate from Abbeville, who had been instructed to ask for a primary, arose aud offered a resolution asking that the Con? vention demand a primary of the May Con? vention. Mr. Cannon, of Laiirens, Introduced as a substitute that the demand be made of the | SeptembcrConventlon and not the May. Ex Governor Mauldin favored the demand. Mr. Williams, or Greenville, said he come to Columbia a red-hot primary demander, but saw the rlskofasklug for It. If It was con? ceded that the May Convention had>a right to grant a primary and change its constitution In that respect, it could on the same grounds change the coustltution and nominate a tick? et in May. Mr. Mauldin moved to amend by Inserting the May convention for the September con? vention. He acknowleged that to grant It. the May convention would have to violate: the constitution, which expressly provides lhat all constitutional changes must be made by the September convention. He made an earnest speech for a primary. Mr. A. B. W illiams said there was this diffi? culty about asking a primary at the May con? vention : If Tillman's party saw that the| convention recognized the right of the May convention to alter the constitution so as to granta piimary, what was to hinder it from altering the constitution more thau that by nominating a full State ticket ? Voices: "They would not dare to do that" He added that he had been fighting for 15 years for a piimary but now was not the time to ask for It. Tlllman will use a demand tor a primary, If you make II, against you In the lower Counties of the Suite; In laci'hehas nlrendy given an interview on that, subject and will make capital out of it in the black Counties of the State. Mr: E. B. Murray made the convincing ar? gument of the fight on this subject. The May convention bad ho constitutional right to or? der a primary, and if It did at the request of this faction what would hinder the conven? tion from nominating a State ticket, and then Governor Tillman's opponents would have to support him or place themselves In the atti? tude of bolters, and he was not willing for anything like that to occur. Mr. W. C McGowa'i.or Abbeville, said he came here favoring a demand, but saw It would lead to a trap and he wanted to make the light strictly in the party lines, nnd that he wanted to defeat Tlllman, as he felt sure .would be done. Mr. Graydon agreed with Mr. McGowan. Mr. Mauldin withdrew his objectlous to the Cannon resolutions, seeing the force of the re? marks. Governor Hampton nsked If the resolutions I were not out of order, not huvlngbeeo refer I red to the committee. The Cbalr overruled the objection. RESOLUTIONS WHICH WERE TARLED. . Mr. Williams, thinking there w? of some 111 feeling, Int?--' , .? a danger |comprom'p- ? . -Sliced the following jvesclved, That this Conference urges any and all opponents of Us nominees to meet them Ina. square, fair, direct primary to be provided for by the September Convention. Resolved, That in case this proposition Isde cliued or rerused we will make our contest be? fore the Convention, so cod fid en t In the jus? tice or our cause and in the sympathy of the people that we are willing to meet our oppo nents before any tribunal which they may se I lect. NO DEMAND KOR A PRIMARY. Both the resolution and substitute were ta' [bled, and no demand for primary will be made, and Senator Irby will have no opportu? nity of giving the answer it is understood he has prepared In advance. WHEN THEY GO OUT OK OFFICE, j By special resolution the executive commit [ tee goes out of ufilce at the assembling of the September Convention. Tills is done to keep the fight strictly within party lines. DISSOLVING VIEWS. Special thanks were ollered Chairman Dib? ble and the other officers for the efficient ser? vices rendered. Thanks were returned to Sec? retary Tlndnl for use of the hall. At 1.30 the Convention adjourned, every one feeling happy over the result of the session and satisfied with the Convention's work. Good Manners. Don't forget to say- "Good morn j ing!" and say it cheerfully, and with a j smile: it will do you good, and do your friends good. There is a kind inspi? ration in every ' CJood morning" hear j tily spoken, that help to make hope fresher aud work lighter. It seems really to make the morning good, "and 1 to he a prophecy of a good day to come after it. And if this he true of the ??Goodmorning," it is so also of kind, heartsome greeting; they cheer the discouraged, rest the tired ones, some? how make the wheels of life ruu more smoothly. P>e liberal with them, then, and let no morning pass, how? ever dark and gloomy it may he, that you do not help at least to brighten by your smiles and cheerful words.?Pres. Observer. Love's Magnetism. j Love begets love. Ic is a process of [induction. Put a piece of iron in the presence of an electrified body, and [ that piece of iron for a time becomes ; electrified. It is changed into a tem ; porary magnet by the mere presence of a ermaueut magnet; and as long as you leave the two side by side they 'are both magnets alike. Remain side I by side with Him who loved us and I gave Himself for us, and you too, will i become a permanent magnet, a per? manently attractive force; and like : Him. you will be drawn unto all men. That is the inevitable effect of love. I Any man Who fulfills that cause must have that effect produced in him.? Henry Drummonci. Children's Occupations. Little girls should by all means be encouraged to make clothes for their doll ; it will teach them more easily and quickly than anything else how to make their 'own garments. It is a wise plan, us soon asa child is old, enough to pew at all neatly, to buy her, a good-sized doll, which she is not to take possession of till she has made! for it a complete set of clothes. Not only should she learn to sew them, hut to cut them out; and even quite tiny girls can learn to do this if they are taught slowly and patiently to make every thing in paper first, and after? ward in calico. It will not be consi? dered at all a hardship?quite the re? verse?and will save a world of trou? ble when they are older, and begin to make their own clothes.* The children's time may be employ? ed really -usefully in cutting out the foundation for photograph frames, in card or mill-board. A square or ob? long will require careful measuring. These are afterwad enverd with velve? teen, or any scrap of material there is to be had : a backing of thick paper is gummed on, and a card-board prop stitched on at the back easel fashion. The delight of a child at making some? thing really ornamental and of use in the house is unbounded. These are only a very few of the oc? cupations which can be found for the little ones, but they may suggest oth? ers : the point I want elder sisters to notice is, that it is not good for child? ren to be id e. Let them play by oil means, but they will be all the hap? pier, and far less.often in disgrace, if they have something definite to em uoly them for part of their play-time. It 5s not a good thing to force on their studies ; their little brains cannot stand much learning without being overdone : but some occupation which will give them a taste for using their fingers not only make them happier now, but adds much to their chances of becoming useful men and women. ? Dora Hope, in, Cottage Hearth. Our Habits with our Hand?. What to do with the bauds, especi? ally on important socinl occasions, is with many persons, even of cultured habits, often a disturbing problem. No one likes to appear awkward, and frequently the very dread of doing so precipitates the result that was feared. Quite sei (possession, especially amid unwonted scenes, is the solution of all perplexing matters of this sort; but, unfortunately, the command to be self-possessed is much easier to give tban to obey. What to do with the bauds, therefore, Is best solved by doing nothing with them. If no thought is giveu them, they will na? turally take care of themselves In a manner that will attract no atten? tion and give no mollification to the possessor. One thing, however, should be early instilled into the prac? tice of children, as it is then most ea? sily made a rule of conduct: Keep the bauds at rest to do. The practice of incessantly toying with whatever may be within reach is one of the most annoying imagiuable in that class of habits which do not directly affront other people, and it is not by any means confined . to those who might be classed as illbred. An incident will illustrate the prac? tical phase of this habit. The writer once noticed a clergyman whose fin? gers were never at rest. No sooner was his prayer b^gun tban they began. While ths mau of God prayed long and earnestly, his busy fingers ex por? ed every portion ol the external sur? face of the reading desk. They found each nail that had beeu us*"' ; upholstering, rt??"*'* in , wjth ? ...en. upon lls head ? ? gentle emphasis as though dis 'inctlyto indicate if to the congrega? tion, who certainly followed the preacher's fingers much more gener? ally than his prayer;every junction of the plush was traced back and forth as though to find possible en trace for the persistent lingers' ends t and when finally a small rent in the covering was revealed, it seemed from the fond persisten:e with which the aperture was fondled, coaxed together, drawn apart and exposed, that the ob? ject of all the research was at last real? ized. Of all this ridiculous fumbling the perpetrater was of course oblivious and that was the worse phase of the matter : the habit had become fixed, and is doubtless a life-loug possession ?such as it is.?Good House-keeping. Politeness and Truth-.?-You im? agine it is not polite to be plain spoken. My dear, there are times when to be merely polite is to be a toady and a sneak. There are times when polite? ness is a pillow of hen feathers, where-! with to smother honor and strangle truth. If all you care for is to be pop? ular, to go through life like a molasses drop in a child's mouth, why, then, choose your way and live up to it, but don't expect to rank higher than; molasses, and cheap molasses at that. For my part I would rather be out? spoken in the cause of right, even if plain speech did offend, tban to be a coward and a woolly mouth. Some-j body once lived upon earth, the ex? ample of whose thirty odd years of mortal environment we are taught to pattern our lives close upon. How about his politeness when he talked with the hypocrites and rebuked the Pharisees? How about his policy when he drove the money changers before a stinging whip and champion? ed the cause of the sinful woman? Oh, 1 teil you, the soul that is always look? ing out for trie chance to score one for the winning cause, and throw up its hat with the crowd that makes the most noise, is poor stock to invest in. In the time of need such a friend would turn out worse than it real estate investment in a Calumet swamp.? Chicago Herald. e It is a good thing for a yonng man to be knocked about in the world, though his soft hearted parents may not think so. All youth, or, if not all, (.?crtainly nineteen-twentieths of the sum total, etiler life with a su pi us? age of self couceit. The sooner they are relieved of it the hotter. If, in measuring themselves witli wiser and older men than themselves, they dis? cover (hat it is unwanted and get rid of it gracefully of their own accord, well and good; if not, it is desirable for their own sukes that it be knock? ed out of them. When Thou Fastest. Faslingis prescribed in the Generali Cule of our Church., but it is not ou-i served in the general practice of our! people. IL is mi unused Jiieans of grace in Methodism. It has been said that Chris! did not command it; yet he as- j sinned that His disiples would fast. He gave ns His example of forty days of fasting; and the Christian Church; at large commemorates His fast by the observenceof Lent. Are we gainers! or looser? by ignoring the practice of} fasting? Without discussing the ques? tion at length, a few suggestions may be useful. Fasting may become a means of grace "to keep the body under." Mus? cular Christianity too often dominates where it ought to serve the spirit. Phy? sical appetites and passions open the way for an asendent animalism. The cries of the body drown the supplica? tions of the spirit. Now who will say that a denial of these appetites and lusts of the tlesh does not minister to the vigor of the soul? There are special dangers in these days of dainty dishes. Self-denial may be practiced by abstinence from pleasant food as a mortilicatiou of the flesh. Bishop Janes abstained from coffee in his last years on that ground only. Are there not thousands of disciples of Jusus who would be gainers spiritually by a voluntary abstinence from customary indulgence? Fasting may become, on the other hand, a means of injury to the soul. If the practice be not directed by a true spiritual purpose, it becomes a mockery at once to Cod and the spirit I t lends to pride and false assurance. The reaction toward excessiv* indul? gence is sure to follow. Against such formal fasting Christ cautioned his dis? ciples. Between the excessive rigor of the monk, who not only denies the appe? tites of the body but lashes himself with knotted throngs, and the almost contempious disregard of abstinence as a means of grace by many who serve the Master, a middle way should be followed. In that way we may find how best to eubject the body to the spirit's highest good, anTl how to main? tain, at the same lime, a healthy soul in a sound body. A Woman's Use of Titles. "Tn speaking to her husband a wo? man never makes a mistake if she calls him 'Mr.' or 'my husband.' It issonie limesdifficult to decide, when the hus? band has a title, just what the wife should do with it. This is the sever? est rule, lu speaking of her husband she should not say 'General A.' or Dr. Ii., but'Mr. A,' Mr. B.' No matter] what he is, Judge, Govenor, Captain to her he is, and should be plain 'Mr. A.' Mrs. Grant never, even when her husband was president, spoke of him other than Mr. Graut, though it is the custom of the presideut's wife to speak of him as the president. The one exception to this rule of ig? noring her husband's official or pro? fessional titles is when the wile pre? sents hiin to any our else. Then she says 'My husband, .Senator Smith,' or simply 'Dr. Jones.' The reason for this is evident. It gives the proper clue to the stranger who would wish, of course, lo address the new aequain tenee with the proper title. "Last of all, let any wife take heed how she wears her husband's title and allows herself to be spoken of as 'Mrs Governor Jones,' or 'Mrs. Secetary Smith;' No matter what title her husband has, she has no more right to wear it than she has lo wear '"' shoes," Genius a Itcalily. There is a school of popular philoso? phy more than sufficiently popular at the present day, of which the keynote is, that intellectually men are pretty nearly equal, and that success is sim? ply a matter of industry, effort and persevearance. Teachers of this school quote with great approval that astounding paradox of a great writer that "genius is simply the faculty of taking infinite pains": and young men with the most moderate endowments are encouraged to hope that by hard work by day, and the unlimited con? sumption oi" midnight oil, they may rise to rank with the master minds of the race. In so far as such teaching encourages the putting forth of the in? dividual's best powers, it may not be wholly pernciious, but that it is essen? tially ftuse cannot be doubted. No taking of pains will tranform thedunce into the genius. Each is naturally sui generis and will remain despite any or every effort. Far truer is the teaching of Goethe, who says, "The older one grows, the more one prizes natural gifts, because by no possibility can they be procured and stuck t>r. J. C. Hideu, in The Religious Herald, tells a good story of Dr. W. F. Broad its. A brother, somewhat tinctured with rationalism, was asking his opinion as lo the historical literal uess of the Biblical account of the Garden of Eden. "Well, Dr. Broadus" said the brother, "you do not hold the view of a real garden, do you?" "Yes, I do," was the reply. "And do you believe in a real tree and in real fruit?" /Certainly I do. Don't you ?" "Why, no ; I believe the story is an allegory." "I cannot think so," said Dr. Broadus, for if I give up the tree and then ad? mit that the fruit and garden were al legorical, it will not be long before somebody will come along a.id call up? on me to admit that the man was alle? gorical, and I can't afford to give up my man." -?4??-> Forsaking ttio HnMer. i Church members often think that , they are only turning away from their j pastor or fellow Church members, when i in fact they are forsaking Christ Him? self. It is little short of treosou to I Christ to take Offensens easily as many do. The rebellious spirit which takes them out of the Church ami fills the 'neighborhood with complaints, takes iheni just as far away from (heir meek ami lowly Saviour.?Tue Advance. "Do you keep corn-meal?" inquired the man with the basket on his arm. "No, sir," said the grocet, "we sell it. How much do you want?" "Did I say I wuiiled any?" mildly asked the mail with the basket. And he went out and hunted up another grocery where the salesman was not quite so smart. What He Said. "I said. "Lot me walk in the fields." lie Niid, "No. wulk in the town.'" I Haid, 'There are no dowers tlutre." He said, "Nu flowers, but a crown," I said, "liut the skies are black : There is nothing but noise and din." And He wept as He sent me bank. "TlnTe b more,*1 He said. "There it sin." I Mill."But the air is th'ck, And fogs are veiling the sun." He answered, "Yet souls are sick. And souls in the dark, undone." I said, "I shall mbs the light, And friends will miss me. they say.'' lie answered,"Choose to-night, If I urn to miss you, or they." I pleaded fur lime to he glvon. He said, ''Is it hard to decide ? It will not seem hard In heaven To have followed the steps of vour Guide," ?"Reglous Beyond." The Ministry of Sorrow. There is nothing from which we shrink instinctively more than from sorrow, We are too apt to regard it as a manifestation of God's anger towards us, and not to remember that ?'whom He loveth he chastenelh." It may be in the tenderest love that he sends the sorrow, which for the time indeed seemeth to be grievous. ? There is no gain, either spiritual or material, without cost. The sculptor could not free the beautiful statue without repeated blows upon the rough marble block; the diamond would he nothing but a rough pebble if it were not polished into brilliant beauty; and there is much in the human heart that can only be developed by suffer? ing. This thought ought to help us to suffer patiently, since painful though the process may be, it tends to our higherdevelopment and growthin grace For the sake of becoming better and purer, as we shall become if we bear sorrow aright, we can endure the cloud which shuts the sunshine out of our lives for the time. There is a high? er thought than ?bis to comfort us, how? ever. If we sum r, and learn through our sufferiug bow tender and compas? sionate our Heaveuly Father is when bis children are in trouble, then we can carry the comfort wherewith we have been comforaed to others In af? fliction, and become ministering an? gels to those who sorrow. "Whoso sufferethrauch hathmuch toeive." Is it not worth while to suffer, since through that suffering we may be en? abled to-giye royally to those who need our help? If we have learned fur our? selves the eweet lessons of comfort, we can whisper them to others who have uot perhaps learned to know the Saviour's love. If they know that you speak from the depths of your own heart-experience, they will listen far more readily than if they Ihink that you are bringing them comfort from other sources. Surely the ministry of sorrow is a blessed one, although we may shrink from it at first. If we think of it as God's appointment for us, we can accept it submissively and strive nos to lose its blessings, but let it workout its gracious ministry with? out murmuring at its presanee. Where the Shoe Pinches. The Churchman has been exhorting the Episcopal clergy to plain and hon? est dealing with their people about their short-comings. A rector shows where the rub is. He writes : "You must know perfectly well that, with a few and those mostly city exceptions, the clergy are absolutely dependent for their power to preach at all upon their popularity. The shrewd Negro pas*-" thought it unwise to pre""' dusky flock on .- "S" Ji,,?" ?i,:.. . *xie sin of stealing scrams, lest it might 'cause a cool? ness.' It is all very well to tell us that we have nothing to do with conse? quences?that we have only to do our duty?to speak the word of God with power, etc. But we are not all heroes, nor wise men; no, nor even the ma? jority of us, that we should take a course which, in three cases out of four, would soon cost us our places, and that not merelya given rectorship, but the possibility of getting any oth? er." This is a deplorable condition of affairs. When a preacher has to seek popularity to stay' in ^charge he had better be without a charge. If he is pastor because he seeks popularity, his people better have no pastor. Wonder if any Methodist preacher ever lost place and caste because he dealt faith? fully with his people ? Wonder if Methodist preachers gain their popu? larity by their honest and piain deal? ing? Wonder if our Churches are clamorous for themeu of honest deal? ing? But if Methodist or Episcopal preachers cannot do this plain, per? sonal dealiug with their people, what are they fit for? Keeping our promises.?Mauy peo? ple promise anything you ask of them, but make a small matter of keeping their promises. They enter into en? gagements with you to do this or that, to meet you or call on you at a certaiu time or to do some favor for you, and utterly fail to fulfill their engagements. Surely we ought to keep. sedulous watch over ourselves in this regard. We ought tobe faithful to the promis? es we make, cost what it may. It in a noble think when we find one whose promises we are as sure of as of the rising of the sun; whose simplest word is as good as his oath ; who dees I just what he says he will do at the mo? ment he says he will do it. That is the kind of faithfulness God wants. J. R. Miller. People always that think better of a minister after they are converted than they do before conversion. Now we are to them an intolerable nuisance, because we tell them to do things that go against the gran. But some of us have a great many letters from those who tell us that once they were angry at what we preached but afierwards gladly received the gospel at our hands. They once called us fanatics, or terrorists, or enemies ; they now call us friends. Our undying coadju? tors are those who once beard the gos? pel and "went away in a rage." Bertha's Wisdom.?Bertha: Grand? ma, is oor teef good? Grandma: !No, darling, I've got none now, unfortunately. Bertha: Then I'll giveoo my nute to mind till I come back.?Pacific Me? thodist. Save the fine coal ashes which col? lect under the oven. They are excel? lent for scouring tin and all) kitchen utensils.