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One by one bright gifts from Heaven, Joys are sent thee from above ; Take them readily when given, T?? 1 -- *lrtf tUni TTIHVO xtuuuv, iuu, iv ivi ....... One by one these gifts shall melt thee? Do n?t fear an armed buna : One will fade as others greet thee, Shadows passing through the land. Do not laugh at life's long sorrow, See how small each moment's pain; God will help thee for to-morrow ; Every day begin again. Every ?lay that fleets so slowly, Hns its task to do or bear: Luminous the crown, and holy. If they set*each gem with care. Do not linger with regretting. Or for pa=?ing hours despond ; Nor the daily toil forgetting, Look too eagerly beyond. Hours are golden links. God's token, Reaching heaven?but one by one, Take them, lest the chain be broken, Ere thy pilgrimage be done. Hampton at Anderson. The readers of the Journal will rejuire of us 1:0 tip dopy (or laying before them the speech made by Gov, Hamp* ion at Anderson on the 27th ultimo. It 'ounds the keynote of the n"Xt campaign. and every patriotic citizen will read it and inculcate the lesson it teach is: Myf riondji of Anderson?Tf my voice ;ou!d reach this vast crowd, and give I itteranee to 'lie emotion that fill my ' )rea?t, I could not thank you adequate* ' y for this hearty welcome and great ' lenionstratinn. I canic not to inaugu-11 ate the political campaign; I came not r o dictate to you who should be your J Mndidutes for office in flic coming cam ' aaign. I come to meet the people of 1 Anderson and to express to them my 1 hanks for the unanimous support rcn- 1 lered rue in the campaign inaugurated 1 it this p'aec, to remind them of the dodges made two years ago. The flag 1 hey then placed in my hands on that ' right September dav was carri? d sue ' ;essfully ami peacefully throughout the f state, and was placed victoriously upon he capital at Columbia. Tt was the | uost startling campaign in the history 1 if this country. It was because you. ' he people of Anderson, came out then ' n your determination to succeed that 1 rictory crowned our efforts. When 1 ? i t._ i >aw stalwart men wno siooj uj m-j uu :lie battle field enlisting in that eanse; when I heard men. women and children ! ihouting the battle cry of freedom, I said that we would be successful. I then determined to be true to the people who ' inaugurated this grand movement. You know the result, and all that followed; ?jd that though wr> passed through the whole State, and through every county af the State, there was no bloodshed, no riot, no disturbance: no, not even a fi<t fight. The people dedicated themselves to the service as thev would to the stvicc of tlieir God. When on the 7th of November tho news was flashed across the wires that we had been successful 1 in our efforts to redeem South Carolina, when we knew that a peaceful victory 1 was perched upon our banner, we looked about us and found armed troops taking possession of tho capitol building; the 1 legislative halls were filled with I'nitcd States troops; the legal House of Heprcsentativrs were kept out of their place of meeting at the point of the bayonet, and tlie office of Governor was occupied by a man who had not been elected. It looked then as if the country would be deluged in blood, and a revolution inaugurated, for the people were determined not to be cheated out of their rights. I know that we had won tho victory, and said that we shou'd secure tho fruits of it, or have a military government. If but a single shot had been fired in Columbia civil war would have begun, and would have spread not only over this State, but over all the country. Blood would have flowed like water. I knew that if a revolution was begun that republican government would go down to a.bloody grave, and cur hopes as l room on forever destroyed. At this critical time I appealed to a people who bad been faithful to me so lung to trust tuc a little longer. And they did trust me. and whatever may befall me hereafter, I am amply compensated for all that I have had to endure. I am notable to tell all that transpired during that time. Hie lower House of the Legislature was not allowed to take possession of their hall, and therefore could pass no laws. We determined to call for a contribution of ten per cent, of the tax paid the year previous. I now tell you for the first tim* ilint I have ever told it in public, that wo expected about 81*?0,000, but ; we received 8142,(K)0. The people paid more tlian their (junta. and I had In slop the collection. We had more money than wc wanted, as it was used only for State purposes, and the State officers did not propose to steal it. I was !? ft alone at the adjournment of the Legislature, wilhovt an officer in his position, whilo t/haiiiherlain and his sub-j ordinat e were in possession of the gov* ! eminent upheld and supported by the United Stites army. I was left like a mariner sailing in the dark on an un-1 known ecu, with nothing to guido mo 1 I but hope and an humble tru-t in Almighty God. One falsr?stop would have ruined all, and, people of Anderson, iff have made mi-takes. btnr this in mind, that 1 was working for the pood of South (Carolina. I callol to my aid the other State officer.", an 1 if I innde mistakes they made them too. We have always bcou united in our opinion. There was never a shadow of difference between u?, and all shared the mistakes if any were made. We all make them. If any man does not believe it. let him try it. | ' It is human to err, and divine to forgive." And I know the people, realalizing the circumstances at that time, will forget tiic mistakes for the prood of South Carolina. There is one point to which I desiro to refer, because of muttering in this State and throughout the United States concerning bargains and compromises, i Men of Anderson, I tell you there was not the shadow of a bargain or compro- j nnsc with Mr. Hayes or any one who ; represented him looking to the seating i of the Governor of South Carolina. I went to Washington because I was in- j vited there, and through respect to the j President. I asked no recognition at ! his hands, except that he remove the i troops from the State House, and that if my government could not stand let it ' fall. I will do Mr Hayes the justice J i to say that lie had too much respect for i his own position and for the people of South Carolina to make any bargain. There was no compromise with the Uni- 1 ted States authorities, and there was I none with our predecessors. I have 1 never spoken to Chamberlain but once ] in my life, and never intend to speak to < liitu again. ] If the Investigating Conimitti-e can < find sufli<i.-nf evidence against Chamberlain. he shall he sent lor. All those leaders of that party shall answer b'-fore the courts fir their crimes, though they bo pardoned the next moment. While j I Think the leaders should he tried and punished for their crimes, I believe that!1 those who were corrupted by them j1 should be overlooked and forgiven. I think (lie wisest statesmanship is amnesty. I want the cases in the United . States Courts against our people dismis- ( ?ed?the Ku Klux, Hamburg and El- t teuton cases. If we give general am- ( nesty for our own people, I want the ( ibsent ones of our State to come back, j ind the carpet-baggers to stay where ] they arc. i While on that subject 1 do not think i , t improper to touch upon National t juestiocs. I do uot think it exactly ; | nanly to denounce Mr. Hayes as a | Vau 1. He did uot propose the t ( K ccto'-al Conim'ssion. and is not res- ! _ poufublc for its result. The Democratic | i<artv is responsible for the Electoral . ? * - T .ti i.L. i .i-i K UlllllFMOn. 1 iuiu I)IUi ucioic me i 1 immense crowcs we met on my return ; . trip from the West that I voted against ' j liiin. and I was the first one in South ' Carolina who raised a voice against the ( Klcctoru) Commission. Tito Cumniis- 1 j uon gave Mr. Hayes the office, and the ] Democrats were a party to it, and in , accepting it he did as any American ; citizen would hare done, an J it is well , for us that he did accept the office, f-r | if he had declined it, Mr. Wheeler . 1 | would have becu the m-xt ni in. and if lie ? had refused Mr. Ferry would have becu | put in, either one of whom would have < been worse than the first. So far he t has obscivod the Constitution, and so { long as he continues to do so lie shall , have my hearty support, fi.r he is the first President since the war who has < ( observed it. j , While 1 was in H'urhington last win- j ] tor I was present at an entertainment at , which many distinguished men were also } present, both Democrats and Republi- . cans Secretary Kvarts was making , considerable sport at the expense of the | Democrats about the way they whipped j ns out of the Presidency. I told Mr. ( Kvarts that the Kleetorial Onuunissinn , reminded mo of an anecdote that oc- , curred on a steamboat on the Mississip- ( pi ltivcr some years ago. On board the , steamboat was a barrel of whiskey, the , brand of which was the seven spot of; clubs. A gentleman observed that it j, was a very dangerous brand. "Why ?" , ( asked the own< r "liveause," says be, "somebody might c nne along with the ' , eight sjiot and take it." That is just tho way the Electoral Commission turned out. The Demo- I erats went into the Commission with the ' | seven sp't, but the Republicans held the eight, and won the prize. i Wo have nothing to do at the present with National politics. If we hoj our I own row wc will do well. Wo can af- | | ford to difior on local affairs?such as, the feme law?hut we cannot afford to ( be divide I on State math rs. Some say ' ( that I passed the fence law, hut I had nothing to do with it. Your county was the first to adopt the system of primary elections, be governed by its result, and allow no independents to run. Independents may sometimes be good men, but now they are our worst enemies. lie united in this grand movement, and send your best tneu to tho I<cgi-lature. I uige you to be united ' ? *il i' I l' ...L jl I'o this, anil you win noil .^ouui v-iuuliua iiiiuiutably redeemed. I urge you (o do it as the one thin-; most important. I'lio contest this year will ho lor the Legislature. That will he the great battle-field. If the Convention when it moots stands srjunre on the platform of two years ago, and nominates a conservative ti'iket, I say that llu Republicans will not put a candidate in the field, and we wili h ive the grandest triumph evi r achicvid on this continent. doing justice to all men. our colored people will stand hv us. I say to you it is far better to fail in trying to do right than to succeed iu doing wrong. jjjl ; ^ j|^ CAMDEN, S. C., APRIL One of the pledges of that platform was I that al! men were equal before the law. I can Fay that- I have favorcJ no race, parly or people in the administration of the laws of the State. I defy any man to put his finger on a single pledge of that platform and say that I have not carried it out. I intend to walk on in the path that the Democratic party has blazed out for me. I cannot deviatie from it. I cannot turn to the right or j to tho left without being laiso ro mem. j I had expected and desired when my term of office had ended, to turn over to my successor South Carolina happy and free. I had no idea of being called again into public life, and can Kay to you that I want no place or office. I would not give to-day the place I occupy in the hearts of the people of South Carolina fur the office of Prcsid. nt of the United States. I have pass ed thcchargc9 that have been brought acainst me by as an idle wind, trusting all to the charity of my people. T was willing to leave everything to the people of the State?to the men by whomT stood for four long years?to the old men, fathers'cf those brave so'diers, to the noble boys who havo grown up Bince?and above all to the over-faithful women, whose instincts nrc better thnn man's reason. I can say in the presence of this vast crowd nnd of God that I have done my duly to South Carolina. Had I done my duty to ray God as well, it would have been better for me. T have nothing to ask but justice. I know that the poisonous seed that some have endeavored to sow will find no place in the hearts of the people. T commit mv record into the hands of the people of South Carolina, hoping that Cod may bless them. Hampton at Abbeville, An esteemed friend has kindly furnished us with the following interesting iccount of Governor Hampton's recent risit to Abbeville: Abbeville, S. C.. March 29. Thinking that perhaps your readers ind yourselves might enjoy some acjoun', of Hampton's visit to the up-counry, I venture to give you a few lines on .hat subject. Not having been at Anler^on, I cannot say what transpired : here, but the Xnrs and Courier's enr- ' e?pondent has already told it, and I 1 .vilI begin, like charity, at home; but ml ike it ought to do, I will end there ;oo. A special invitation was sent from his place to the Governor, asking him :o visit us whilo be was In this section >f the State, and he cheerfully complied. \ special train brought him here yes- ! ;erday, and lie was met by a consideriblc concourse of citizens at the depot, tccompanied by the Hand, which, I nny idd in parentheses, is the very best antttenr Urass Hand I liavo ever heard, l'hus received, he went through the :own followed by the plaudits of the ( people, to the residence of Geo. Samuel McGowan. whose guest the Governor ivas during his stay among U3. Gen. ' McGowan was recently elected the Democratic County Chairman, vice Col. [lothran resigned, on account of the pressure of official business, lie being Solicitor of the Kighth Circuit. Under :hc General's leadership we confidently ; txpoct victory to perch upon our stand- i irds as it did two years ago, uudcr the , ?bl^, zealous and patriotic Ieud el G'otli an. Last nijrht the citizens tendorod the Governor a serenade by the Hand, after vhich they called him out. General MeUowan introduced his distinguished , guest, who came forward and in a brief >ncech returned his thnuks for the com* pliuieot, recalling the pleasure he felt in visiting Abbeviilo again, and advising die people that tlicy continue to go on iu 'he way they have already trod, securing the fruits of Democratic victory and toiling for the unity, peace and prosperity of the State. In the course jf his remarks ho referred to the fine music rondercd hy the Hand and told a very good story of which his host was the hero. It appears that the General, during the war, had returned to his command after having boon home on n wounded furlough, his brigade band gave liim a serenade. Appearing in big robe rfe unit, (the particulars are omitted j for obvious reasons.) be thanked them nust heirtily for their kind reccp lion of him. and said : "Now, just to make the thing complete, give us -Annie Laurie.' nleasc." Whcrcunon the - ? i , I loader replied : Hlood heavens, General, we have played that tutio two or three times already." This was designed to illustrate that he. the Governor, was not rjuite as had as Sou. McGowan or that other man who knew only two tunes, one was ''Old Hundred," and the other wasn't. 9 Jud;rc Maekey, who had accompanied the Governor, was called for; but bcinjj the potest of Gol. Cothran, whose dwelling is <|uite out of town, he was not present, much to the regret of many. (Jen. McGowan made a capital speech, ami called upon I.is fellow citiz m* to adhere to the wise, conservative and just course which they had heretofore pur* sued, and so to secure the victory they had, by great, self s icrificing and withal, peaceful exertion, gained. Hon. Armistead Hurt was also called upon, but ho escaped making a speech by a cleverness for which lie is quite celebrated. A call for Democrats to "rally" having been issued by (ron. Mcttowun sonic days ago, this morning at an early hour there began to pour into town a vast and eager crowd, among whom were many colored pc qile of both sexes and all ages, and the rusn continued until by eleven o'clock i lie public square was throu?od with thorn. Just hero lot me 9, 1878. expluin tlint the square lnrc is not of the same kind as those in which Gamden abounds. Here the Court House and a few ether buildings occupy one side of the square, stores being opposite, a street runs through the middle and is intersected by a croas street at the north nnd south ends of the square, leaving nn open plaza about 150 yard9 long by HO wide. Here, in this open place, the audience assembled to the number of three thousand, more or less, ?i i i i i... \i..n_ ami were auurewMj vy uuii. .'uvjuhuh, introducing the Governor who followed him. Judges Mackey and Thomson and Col. Cothran. All the speakers referred to the great changes that hnve taken place in our commonwealth sinco 1876 ?the disappearance of race hatred, equal justice to all, lower taxation and good government; and called upon the people to look to it in the coming campaign that all these things were retained and not lost by disunity and demagogucry and the consequent return of bad government with all its attending evils. The Governor was tho rccipent of msny tokens of respect an'l regard, ond gratified the people by holding an informal reception and shaking the hands of white and colored, men aud women He leaves us to-morrow for Columbia. It is the evident resolve of Abbeville to do her best to elect Hampton again to the high office he has so well filled. To this end she has begun to organize her cohorts and to work and her example is commended to old KERSIIAW. We have Iitc an ugly negro majority, hut we overcame it by conciliation, organization. rod. yellow and green shirt andfl ig at ton. You can do it also, but every man must give himself to the work and sacrifice hituself for the common good. I am tempted to add more, but time fails. I intended to morlizc somewhat, but the popular mind is averse to such a procedure, and 1 reserve myself for a more convenient season, though it will also he for a smaller audience than I would have in the many readers of your valuable paper. Yours kc, Ex-Citizen of Kershaw. Difference Between a Cold Boy and a Warm Boy. Sunday afternoon a policeman walking along Columbia street east caught sight af a boy trying to pry up a kitchen window. As the lad betrayed no alarm when accosted, the officer mildly demanded if he lived there, and why lie was prying up the sash. 'I live here, but I'm locked out,' replied the boy. 'This is about the hundredth time this g?mc lias been played ail me, and this is she last hair that breaks the camel's back !' 'Where's your mother !' 'Gone over to my aunt's, I s'posc. I've just {rot homo from Sunday school.' 'And why should she lock the doer ?' 'That's the bloody mystery ! angrily exclaimed the lad. There's a big frosted cake in the house, of course but would I touch it ?' Why. I just hate the sight of raisin cako with frosting on it.' 'You simply desire to get in to warm your feet,' suggested the officer. That's all, and 1'ui going in if it takes the roof off!' The officer wulked on, and in a few minutes passed up the alley behind the house to help catch a loose horse. Seated on the fence was the hov who was working at the window. He was now work' ing on frosted cake. 'Ah-ha ! didn't you tell me you didn't like oakc!' cried the officer. 'That was when I was cold,' replied the hoy as he hunted for the raisins. There's a heap of difference between a cold boy and warm hoy f 'And you dou't feel as desperate as you did ?' 'Not quite ; though I can't tell what minute I may want some pickled peaches. .....1 :? i.tiL-.x. mo innil In think that nil hid this cake in a basket in the parlor stove V?Detroit Free Press. The Blessing of Freedom. freedom is the natural school of enorgy and enterprise. freedom is the appropriate sphere of talent and virtue. The soul was not mad-: to walk in fetters. To act powerfully, it uiust act freely; and if must act, too, under all the fair incentives of an honest and honorable ambition. This applies cspecially to the mass of the people. There may be minds, and there are, which find a suilieiet incentive to exertion, in the love of acknowledgement, in the single aim at perfection. Hut this is not, and cannot be. the condition of the mass of minds. They need other impulses. Open then, I say, freely and widely to every individual, the way to wealth, to honor, to social respect and to public ofliec, and you put life into any people. Impart that principle to a nation of Turks, or even of Hindoos, and it will be as a resurrection from the dead. The sluggish spirit will bo aroused ; the languid nerve will bo strung to new energy ; there will be a stir of action and a spring to industry all over the country, because there will be a motive. Alas ! how many poor toilers in the world are obliged to labor without reward, without hope, almost without motive ! Like the machinery amidst which they labor, and of which they arc * - * 1- tlinV firi* I scarcely more man ? moved by the impulso of blind necessity. The stogie hope of bettering their condition, which now, ulas ! never visits them, would regenerate theni to a new life. "Husiness before pleasure," as the man said who kissed his wife before going to see his sweetheart. Sun Francisco boasts of about 2,000 lawyers. ! NUMBER 39 An Elephant on the Track. I As a railroad train was passing: through the forest, about thirty-five, miles from Rangoon, India, a short time ago, driven by Mr. Stono, Jocomo- j tivc superintendent, assisted by Mr. Stewart, locomotive fireman, a large elephant was seen to break through the j fence and get on the line. Steam was,' shut off, and Mr. Stono tried to open : the waste ccck, which bciug in front of the engine, would, by ejectiug hot I wafer ahead, induce "tusks" to leave I the track. It could not be readily < opened, and the engine was soon upon ' the unfortunate beast. The brute had \ i turned and fled on seeing tho engine, I but was sprcdily caught. The buffer J beams of the engine being very low, the ' beast's hind lpgs were taken from under I him, and he was forced to sit down as ( it were, with liis hindquarters against 1 the smoke house door, which was, of < course, red hot. The poor beast man- i need to keep his fore feet going, though < hustled along faster than ever ho had gone in his lifs before, aud in a few , minutes the train came to a standstill and he got away. He moved off the Ime at a double-quick, uprooted a clump of bamboo, then wreaked dire vengeance ' on a tree, and wasj last seen rushing | through the jungle, tearing and smashing everything in his path. He was sadly ] cut and burned in the hindquarters, i and will probably never be of any use ^ again. The mahout luckily escaped with his life, while those on the engine t may safely congratulate them?elv-s on their escape.?Ranjoon (In Vu) Times. ( r The Real Hero. 1 In 1793 the Prussian officers of the ( garrison of C'dhcrg established an eco-;J Domical mess, oi which certain poor emi- 1 grants were ^latl to partake. 'I hey r>b- ( served 0110 day an old major of hussars. 11 who was covered with the scars of wounds ' received in the Seven Years' War, and half hidden by enormous gray niusta* I chios. The conversation turned on ( duels. A young, stout-built comet beg .in I to prato in an authoritative tone on the subject. "And you, major, how many duels have you f ?u?rht!" 1 "None, thank Heaven." answered the s old hussar, in a subdued voice; "I have t fourteen wounds, and Heaven be praised, i there is not one on my back ; so that I j may be permitted to say that I feci my- \ self happy in Dever having fought a f duel." 1 "But you shall fight one with me," j exclaimed the cornet, reaching across to t give him a blow. t The niajar, agitated, grasped the table t to assist himself in rising, when a uuani-' a ruous cry was raised : j t "Don't stir, major." a All the officers present joined in soiz- a ing the cornet, when they threw him out t of the window, and sat down again at the ? table as if nothing had occurred. How to Talk. To talk well is a talent not possessed 1 by all. Yet it is easily acquired. Fam- I iliarize yourself with the exact meanings ; c aud the nice uses of words by the study ;c of synonyms. You can be careful in r your daily conersation to avoid false, or r vicious, or low forms of expression, un- 1 dcr which head I group everything r which beloncs to the dictionary of slang, i' and yuu (an be equally careful to speak c well. A little care in the choice of ' words at home, uod in your ordinary 1 talk, would be repaid. If we were half so 1 earnest in the formation of our habits jv of conversation as we arc in trying to I </r?in ntlmr aeeoniDlishments. there would '1 I"'" r i , be a great additional charm given to ' the intercourse of society- Bear in uiiud that simplicity is elegance, and pedantry is generally only transparent . self-conceit. The word which most 1 directly conveys your meaning is the c best vehicle of your thought. Secondly J you can read every day some good, . strong, torse author, whose style will 1 insensibly form and color yours. Need-!f ing to jrivo scope and vigor to your iui-! j agination, read, after the Bible, Shakes-1 peare and Milton. Never be without :5 some volume which will help and feed 1 you. and stimulate your own thoughts to 11 new flights. Present Happiness. The creat secret of gaining happiuess in life is to enjoy the present. To be doing one thing and thinking of another, ; is a very unsatisfactory mode of spend- | ing life. Some people arc always wish- t ing themselves somewhere but where; \ they are, or thinking of something else 11 than what they arc doing, or of some-11 body else than to whom they are speak- | in<r. This is the way to enjoy nothing. ? to do nothing well, and to please nobody. | It is better to be interested in inferior j persons and things than to bo indiffer- ,, cnt with the best. A principal cause I| of this indifference is the adoption of | otl?cr people's tastes instead or our own?the pursuit after that for which we are not fitted, and to which, conse(jneutlv, we are not in reality inclined, i This fully pervades, nioro or less, all i classes, and arises from errors of build- | ing our enjoyment on the false foundation of the world's opinion, instead of being, with due regard to others, each our own world. Unselfish people are always polite, because good manners are only the ab-! sencc of selfishness. They are doing unto others as wo would wish to be done i unto. A thoughtfulness for the comfort of those about us, a pleasant smile, j a kind word?these are the ingredients j of which good, manners arc chiefly com- | posed. | ADVERTISING RATES. Time. 1 in. j col. j col. 1 col. 1 week, $1 00 $5 00 $9 00 $16 00 2 " 175 7 50 12 25 20 00 3 ? 2 50 0 00 15 25 24 00 4 ? 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Sometimes it comes to as in the mists of care, ar sorrow, or irksome businras, and then we turn away and listen, arid hear it ringing through the room like a silver bell, with power to scare away the evil spirits of the mind. How much we owe that sweet laugh ? It turns the prose :o poetry. It flings showers of sunshine )ver the darkness of the wood in which trc are traveling ; it touches with light ;ven our sleep, which is no moro the mage of death, but is consumed with Ireams that are shadows of immortality. A. New Way to Collect Whiskey Taxes. In Mississippi a plan has been proposed for collecting money to run the State government which is claimed to >c much superior to the MofFett whiskey egistcr now in opperation iu Virginia. Books of coupons would be sold by the Mississippi State auditor to all liquor leaicrs. When the drink is sold tho sonsumer receives a coupon, which enitles him to receive from the State in payment of his taxes one cent. If two Irinks are to be paid for he receives an range eolord coupon good for two cents, [f five drinks a blue paper good for five jents. Nof on'v would the S'ate enjoy in iiiMmo fViitn tlm lar nn drinks tin! he consumer, have a reasonable chance >f paying off his taxes with orango ind blue coupons. Then might the saoons be crowded with men making out heir taxes. Who would ever have expected that the popularity of whiskey :ould bo employed to overcome the unjopulaiity cf taxes? Attractive Homes. There is use in beauty. It makes tome attractive, its interior more 'repectnble, our lives happier' onr disposiions sweeter, and our social and domestic ntercourse more refined. By all means )la?t some little thing of grace to tem>er the rugged surroundings of the rent yard. Its silent, though eloquent anguage, will speak to the visitor or tasser-by a word of eulogy for you. The carl flower or shrub will be some attracion, n curved path winding between rccs to the house a mound of stones nd shell with the ivy trailing over them, lie floweriog shrubs or the turf or fern, J 11 such things are attractive and form f pleasing object for the eye of even he most indifferent beholders.?Met' erjer. luroc iUllUUlJB Ul lUUbUOig. There are sai.l to be three millions of nothers in the United States : Now sup>ose each one of these mothers should lonccntrate and train up odc of her sons, mly one, "in the way he should go"-a 10LI0 Christian patriot, unselfish, hunanc and scroupulously just. What a Doral influence there would be, with the nuscle to back it. What Presidents, Cabinet*, Judges and other public offi:ers we would have ? There would be no nore Returning Board presidents, no nnre Justiee Bradlcys. And for "wonans rights," what noble dutiful son could deny to woman anything that lertains to her sphere in life? The Mother's power is iu the training of her >oys On a War Footing. A young man was arrested in a New rcrscy town a few days ago on the charge if carrying concealed weapons. On marching his person a bowie kuife waa bund in each boot leg, a seven shooter n his hip pocket, a slang shot in his intide coat pocket, a cavalry sword slid lown his back, a "billy" in each coat ail pocket, and a dagger up each coat ileevc. That was all. He was dis- ? lharged wlicn he explained that he was >n his way to Princeton College to encr the freshhmen class, and had merely aken some precaution to protect himself roin the attacks of the sophomores. A Sentimental Wife Murderer. Gustarc Labutat killed his wife in ^ \Tow Orleans because of jealousy. In lis account of the murder he said : "I hen told her. your fate is sealed, but I vill give you time to pray, and, God iless her, she did pray." His first stab lid not kill her, and lie continued : "I picked her up, kissed her, and said, God bless you, I love you ; pray again, because I am going to fiuish you.' She placed her arms around my ucck and mid,/Gustavo, I love you." Then he relentlessly completed the murder* Give Thanks Unto the Lord. Go i's goodness is shown us every day. Ho makes the rain and sunshine and Lho grain to grow, giving "seed to tho sower and bread to the cater." He blesses us with health and life; and for all these tilings wc should be sincerely thankful to him. The Psalmist tells us that "it is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord," and we never should forget to thank Him every day for His many mercies and blessings. A lawyer not over young nor handsome, examining n young lady witness in court, determined to perplex her, and said: "Miss, upon my word, you are very pretty." The young lady very promptly replied : "I would return the compliment, sir, if I were not ou oath." r