Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FOE BOYS AND GIRLS. SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. Th« Kerrot of In Ever? Kind of Business—-A Pointer for Future Men mud Women—Duncers of Ignorance— Silences All groffers. Upon Christ urns Eve. HE thickly-woven bousths they wreathe Through every hallow’d fane A soft, reviving odor breathe Of summer's gen tle reign; And rich the ray of mild green light Which, like an emerald's glow. Cornea struggling through the lat ticed height the crowds below. O, let the streams of solemn thought Which In those temples rise. From deeper sources spring than aught Dependent on the skies: Then, though the summer's pride de parts, And winter's withering chill p.ests on the cheerless woods, our hearts Ehall he unchanging still. Portrnlt-Maktng for Hoys and (ilrls. A, W. writea to the editor of the children’s department to csk if there Is any money to be made in the por trait business, as conducted by large firms that advertise so extensively. His daughter is anxious to make a liv ing for herself and has thought of ap plying to one of these firms for work. They advertise to furnish Instructions and materials for a certain price, and after the person has learned the art will furnish all the work the pupil can do at homo. He wants to know If £uch firms are reliable and agreeable to deal with. Answer: As to the spe cial firms spoken of, the editor is unable to give any definite informa tion, but on general principles the persons or firms who advertise to fur nish work of this kind to bo done at home are not paying very remunerative prices. When there are thousands of artists in all our cities, good artists, too, who can scarcely make both ends meet, It seems unlikely that artistic work, portraits, crayons, and the like, can be sent and returned from all parts of the country and handled at a profit, and still pay the artists living prices for making them. It is a nice and pleasant occupation fop leisure Is desirable, a‘you have the facilities, why not let your daughter raise poultry, flowers, mushrooms or fruit. There Is always a demand for fine products of all sorts. Prepare some necessity for market, some inexpensive and palatable article of fruit if possible and seek a market for It. The true secret of success Is to offer articles that everybody wants. If they are good there will be no trou ble In disposing of t'ucm, and at a good figure. In times of business de- press'oh people can get along without crayons or portraits, but they must have good things to eat and drink and wear, and they are always willing to pay for them. jin Ian fo-« L ” (of in lot ry to lit >1 Danger* of Ignorance. In most of the comments m print upon the maladies that flesh is heir to we will And this ment: "Keep the patient from sure and send at once for the d This seems to apply to all stai things and to be intended to fl| the conditions of life. The writ these paragraphs are no doubt well meaning persons, but they fi grasp the real facts In the cas< ought to be a part of every s< course- to familiarize the older p with the symptoms of most of the vailing diseases. If the child that certain indications pointed diphtheritic conditions it would capable of giving the alarm befoi was too late. As a matter of fact, world is full of good people who financially unable to bear the stej expense of calling In the doctor e time there is any little disturbane the health of the family. It is use to say that it is their duty to do One may as well admit facts and r ize that they will not do this; th fore, an intelligent idea of the one Ing of illness would be of great adv^ tage to the community. It is by means uncommon for children adults, too, for the matter of that- be feverish, dull and out of conditi] a greater portion of their time. Th errors in diet would account for t and a slight Increase in the unfavi able symptoms would scarcely artr: attention. With persons of this sort disease may have reached an aim fatal stage before there is anythi marked in the condition of the sunffe er. The importance of knowing th certain symptoms mean danger cannc be overestimated, and if children wer tapght this in their early years the would form habits of observation tha would make them oscceedingly usefu as detectives of incipient disease. TEMPERANCE TOPICS. NOTES OF INTEREST TO THE ANTI-LIQUOR LEAGUERS. Soi e Tones Drought Into ExUtsnos ns n Kesnlt of n License Elsotlon—Drink •nd Poverty — A Relentless XV i Thoughts of Tesaperancs Men. Love's Question. E come not with a costly store, O Lord, like them of old. The masters of tha starry lore. From Ophlr's shore of gold: No weepings of ^he Incense tree Are with the gifts we bring. No odorous myrrh of Araby Blends with our Because chill autumn frights the birds. Shall we distrust that spring will come? Because sweet words are only words. Shall lev* for evermore be dumb? Because our bliss Is fleeting bliss. Shall we who love forbear to kiss? Because those eyes of gentle mirth Must some time cease my heart to thrill. Because the sweetest voice on earth Sooner or later must be still, Because Its Idol Is unsure, Shall my strong love the less endure? Ah no! let lovers breathe their sighs. And roses bloom, and music sound, { And passion burn on Ups aad eyes. And pleasure’s merry world go round; Let goklen sunshine flood the sky. And let mo love, or let me diet "I* there any hope for the elevation of the working classes of your country to the same standard as those In the United States?" I asked. “Not as long as there la a public house at every cross-roads in Great Britain." he replied. A Relentless War. Betweeen the church and the liquor traffic it Is open, relentless war, with every knife to the hilt. There are cranks among temperance reformers, as elsewhere In society, women of nar row vision and, what Is worse, men of mixed motives. Their plans may be short-sighted. Have their critics any better? There, In your midst, over against your churches, casting Its shadow across your homes, stands the dark insufferable mountain of sorrow. These women—some of them God’s rarest work In these last days—are praying and working that that moun tain may be dug once and forever out of the world. With their purpose ev ery Christian must sympathize. At their side of the mountain or at his own, with their implements of toil or with others, every man who loves his fellows and serves his God must dig with /night and main until the rough places be made smooth and the crook ed ways straight before the feet of the innocent and the weak.—The Westmin ster. THE RAIN. Rear the tapping of the rain, Tripping on the window pane ' • Like gay, nimble-footed fairies Dancing in a field of grain! How the new drops dart and pan Till thev press against the glasn Lightly os the fragile finger* Of a dainty, dimpled lassl Oh! these pixies of the mist. Jeweled, all, from heel to wrist, How they glitter as they gathey To some nnturo-nutured tryst 1 How they romp across the dim Bpaces of the day, or swim In a vapor surf with Zephyr; Flaying hide-and-seek with him! Oh! the rain of field and town, ) Darting, drifting, dawdling dowag ' Careless of its brief existence -' And creation’s smile or frownl Wasn’t it but yesterday That we heard the shower say, I •‘Cheer up! time Is but a moment; Uako tho most of work or playl" PITH AND POINT. RcolTar* Are Silent Here, In Hanover, Germany, there Is a tomb which believers look upon with pious awe and Joy, and before which those who scoff at holy things are si lent. This Is the story: A young German countess, who lived about 100 years ago. was a noted un- Itemsrknble KnsrlUh Tree*. The Great Elm of Hampstead, near Windsor, was perhaps the most fam ous tree in England, though there ap pears to be a doubt both as to its ac tual position and also as to its ultimate fate. This tree,'when represented in an engraving by Hollar in 1053, was entirely hollow; within its stem a staircase of 42 steps had been contriv ed, by means of which visitors ascend ed to a turret erected on the top, which was capacious enough to seat six per sons and to contain twenty If crowded together. The stem of the tree was 23 feet in diameter on the ground, and ttnyisc^tU^e turret wa*.JLl ground uear that village, for it 1» said that six counties could be seen from the top, while the Thames, with its shipping, was also visible. Essex Broad Oak, supposed to have been Ideatlcal with the "Fairlop Oak," Is poetically declared to have been but a twig in comparison with its relative at Hampstead, but the Essex Oak was 36 feet in circumference; and be neath its shade, which spread over an area of 300 feet, it was the custom to hold a fair on the first Friday in July. The Swllcar Lawn Oak In Needwood Forest, Staffordshire, is stated by Strutt “to be known by historical doc uments to be at this time (1822) six hundred years old,” and it is still, wo believe, far from being in the last stage of decay.—Cassell’s Magazine. A Lively Klrctlon. There was recently a contest in Law rence, Muss., between the advocates of high license and of prohibition; and the latter got out an ingenious elec tion document made up of temper ance verses. Some of them we repro duce: iiowe’er we strive the evil to amend, Saloons, if licensed, rule us in the end. If armies sat before our gate. We all would rush to arms; A foe within doth devaste. And there are no alarms. If you vote "Yes," You cannot guess How many hearts you’re breaking Of wives who weep When they should sleep. By sorrow kept awaking. i -i ~ i — for plague and yellow fever. believer, and especially opposed to the doctrine of resurrection. She died ■when about 80 years of age, and before her death gave orders that her grave should be covered with a solid slab of granite; that around it should be placed square blocks of store, and that the corners should bo fastened to each other and to the granite slab with heavy iron clamps. Upon the covering •he directed this inscription to be en graved: "This burial place, purchased to all eternity, must never be opened.” It was done aa she desired. All that human power could do to prevent any change in that grave was done. But by and by & little seed upon the gipve beneath sprouted, and the tiny shoot found its way between tbe side stone and the upper slab, and grew there, Slowly but steadily forcing Its way until the Iron clamps were tom asun der, and tho massive granite lid was raised up, and rests today against the trunk of a large and flourishing tree. CSteh M. Some people are very fond of telling a story that has a catch in it, and so taking their listeners in. Here is a sample of what I mean: Once, when in Paris. Napoleon paid a visit to a hospital for old soldiers. Among the inmates was an old man who had lost an arm. The Emperor asked him: "Where did you lose your arm?” "At Austerlltx, sir.” Then, no doubt, you curse the Em peror and your country for your fate?’ “On the contrary," said the veteran, “for the Emperor and my country would sacrifice my other arm.” "I can hardly believe it,” said the Emperor. The soldier immediately drew a sa bre from its sheath and lopped off the other arm. “A most sublime act of self-sacri fice,” said the old lady who had been listening to the yarn, totally forgetting the impossibility of a one-armed man cutting off his remaining arm. Just read the above and see what you can do in the same line. An OM Bank DHL Llllith, a constant reader, has In her possession a flve-dollar note on the Clinton Bank, Allegany county, Md. bearing date Oct. 31, 1859. She asks if it has any special value. Answer: Sometimes collectors will pay a small premium to get such notes, or a bank might take it at a small price, pro vided It was Interested in the origins bank’s business. As a rule, these old bills have little value. Lawton 1* Optlm’gtlr. At the last meeting of the United Kingdom Alliance, held In Manchester, Sir Wilfrid Lawson was more than usually optimistic and emphatic. Were there faint hearts that feared for the ultimate success of the great temper ance movement he had no more doubl of their ultimate success than he had of the rising of to-morrow’s sun. The day would come when some Prime M.n- ister would go down to the hofise and say: "We have resolved no longer to support a great vested Interest at the expense of the community. We have resolved to put a stop to the system which carries with it accumulative evils, and war, pestilence and famine. We are resolved no longer to support this great organization of injustice, cruelty, corruption and wickedness. To’ensure this happy end. however, it was necessary, he reminded his audi ence, that they "keep to the straight road.” Short cuts were always tht longest way home. Let them not go Into by-ways, however pleasant, how ever alluring. Froptr Fronnnrlntlon of • Word. A school girl listened to a lecture tho other evening, and tho speaker pro nounced some words In a way entirely ne wto her. She asks what Is tho proper pronunciation of the words “squalor," “construe” and “accesso ries.” Answer: “Squal-lor,” “con- strew,” “ac-ces-sorlcs.’* e small-pox and the cholera. Much better off ’twould leave her. e man’s a fool who suffers from an ill hat he can put an end to when he will; And those who growl to see corruption grow. C|an stop it Instantly by voting “No.” T|he liquor dealer’s money drawer jls wonderfully capacious; It| drags into its hungry Jaw Tbe workingman’s insurance dues, fljs tools, his bread, his clothes and shoes. The bouse that he had meant to build. The trade in which his hand is skilled. His health, ambition, heed for law, H}s love for wife and child, his awe For God, the good and gracious— AU vanish in that awful maw. So cruelly voracious. The license fees can ne’er repay For wealth and manhood thrown away. Business will languish. Morals fare ill. Government smell bad, Lawrence stand still. Long as we yearly. Just for the fees. Let lordly rummies Do as they please. Dishonor with a big, big D la tied up with the license fee. While liquor dealers work their tricks, There can be no security For honesty in politics Or governmental purity. - Drink and Povsrty. We take the following extract from the letter of a well-known American newspaper correspondent as affording one view of the cause of poverty in Great Britain. Trade unions, technical schools and benevolent societies have done much to elevate the condition ef the laboring population, but it Is still much lower than in the United States,and in many places descends to degradation. I asked John Burns what was the great est cause of poverty in England. “Drink,” was the laconic reply. “What Is the greatest obstacle to the advancement of the working classes?” •‘Drink,** he said again. “What is the reason that the work ing classes of Great Britain are less Intelligent, less tidy and less ambi tious than those of the United States?” “Drink,” he again ejaculated. “What Is the greatest incentive to crime and vice among the working people?” “Drink.** Quizzor—“Has Jones a happy hom life?” Gayer—“Yes; he’s away aos of the time.”—Judge. Somo girls who wear an air of in nocencs seem all the time to bo tvyinj to make it rustic, like a silk petticoat —Puck. “Awkwardness is a great misfor tune,” sighed tho nursemaid, as shi accidentally dropped^ 0 baby dowi tho well.—Life. Wo won’t bo satisfied with tho cai of progress until it has comfortabU seats for the passengers who nowhavi to hang onto the straps.—Puck. P.eporter—“Yon didn’t get all the way to the Klondike?” Pilgrim—“No; I was lucky enough to starve almost to death before going over tho Pass.” —Puck. The Wife—“What a sweet smilo there is on tho baby’s face, John!” The Husband—“Yes, he’s probably dreaming that bo’s keeping meawake.” —Standard. Jinks—“That remark of yonrn shut Hobson up very promptly, didn’t it?” Filkins (complacently)—“Yes; I rather think it took the wind out of his tires.”—Puck. Doctor (to first aid to tho injured class)—“What is the first thing to do when a bicyclist has aa accident?” Miss Sprockets (wisely)—“Offer a safety pin.”—Puck. Sunset Sims (drowsily)—“Dey say de Princo uv Wales never wears a suit av clothes more dan once.” Wc»ry Willy—“Well, needer doj^g^ullf »longer once.’ cle went to the Nothing is more deplorable than the shallow optimism that pictures this world as sailing over summer seas tc blessed Isles, If only men would be lieve it to be so. Our true progress does not come In that way. It is rathfi a steadfast and courageous beating ui against tempestuous winds and rugged seas, now to this side and now to that of the straight line we fain would fol low; sometimes losing on this tack, sometimes only holding our own upon the other, but gaining on the whole; not able to see it always, except as day after day observation of our re lation to the steadfast things above shows it to us.—Edward M. Chapman We must put the glory of love, cl best effort, of sacrifice, of prayer, ol upward looking and heavenward reaching, into and f’ull routine of oui life’s every day and then the most burdensome and uneventful life will hi made splendid with the glory of God —J. R. Miller. D. D. It is impossible to walk across sc much as a road of the natural earth with mind unagitated and rightly poised, without receiving strength from some stone, flower, leaf, or sound, not without a sense as of a dew falling on you out of the sky.—Samuel John son. The world Is at the feet of him whom It cannot tempt. Why? Because spir it Is lord of matter, and the world be longs to God. “Be of good cheer,” saith a heavenly voice. “I have over come the world.”—Amlel. When the hour of death comes—that comes to high and low alike—then it’i Klondike, struck a claim, and sold it for two million dollars.” Second Boy (with a sneer)—“That’s nothin’; my uncle owns a saloon there!”—Puck. “Tho reports from the sick girl are encouraging?” “Very. Tho doctors are quite confident that what they at first feared might be a freckle is only a cancer, after all.”—Detroit Jour nal. Borax—“I am a man who is’ not afraid to tell my wife just what I think.” Metax—“Oh, to be sure. But since you married you have been afraid to think.’’—Cincinnati En quirer. Dorothy—“I wonder how Mrs. Walker manages to get on with her husband? Ho is such a slippery fel low.” Mildred—“My dear, she just walks over him rough-shod.”—Detroit Free Press. Perry Patettic—“You arc a singer, I don’t think. Your voico sounds like the wind bio win’ across an empty jug.” Wayworn Watson—“Why shouldn’t it? I ain’t had a drink fer two days,” —Cincinnati Enquirer. . Joaner (counting out money)— “Here’s the fifty dollars I promised Vou for restoring the pooketbook I lost.” Doaner (taking money.)—“Oh, lay there’s only forty-eight dollars here!”—Koxbury Gazette. Johnny—“What is ‘the riddle of the sphinx?’ ” Papa (with a meaning glance at mamma)—“The riddle of the sphinx is this: How cau she, being at least part woman, sit there year after year and century after century with out ever saying a word? Ah, my boy, 1 guess it’ll never be answered either.” na what we hae dune for ourselves, but we hae diine for others that w« ^.Cleveland Leader think on maist pleasantly.-Sir Wal- UovelaQd ^«®der. ter Scott Every calling is sacred, and every line of business for the Christian u one In which the Master may Hrpnottam Cares Hlecouglis. Ida Steele, the pretty sixteen-year- old daughter of a farmer living near be! Gloversville, N. Y., has for many served, and testimony for the truth years been afflicted at times with vio- may be borne.—G. F. Pentecost. D. D. i lent hiccoughs. The disease, hour* Do not despise your situation. In It J over, has always succumbed to ordi- you must act, suffer and conquer. From j nary treatment until an attack which every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and the infinite.— Amlel. There is no happiness In having and commenced on November 1, and grew in violence for four days, when a council of physicians decided that the patient could not recover. One of the getting, but only in giving; half th? ‘ the physicians suggested, in a half in the Drum- world is on the wrong scent pursuit of happiness.—Henry mond. It Is not by great deeds, like those ol martyrs, good is to be done, but by tbe daily and quiet virtues of life.— Rev. Albert Barnes. The situation that has not Its duty its ideal, was never yet occupied by man.—Thomas Carlyle. joking way, that hypnotism be tried. The mother grasped at the idea, and Dr. P. J. Bush, a dentist, who had- practiced hypnotism among friend# in a quiet way, was asked to try hil : powers. Bush reluctantly consented to try the experiment, and, using thq usual methods, placed the girl under] hypnotic influence, suggesting! thai she would awaken at a certain hour with her hiccoughs gone. At 3.30 pf m., the time named, sho awoke with* !n , th! : a of tfco disease, and although ig world, but we cant all have fronl i i - three weeks have elapsed there had big rC1 -i*nn.- tc „„„„ . ' f )2eu uo ret lr ru 0 f ti»e trouble. Talk Is cheap—especially whon you account of % h , promiuenco 9 , Dr. make use of your neighbor*, telephdna Bushandthe physicians in charge, at» j effort was made to keep the 'matter quiet,—New York World. - -»