The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, May 11, 1870, Image 4
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WEDHE8D4Y, MAY !.1M 1870
THE LUTHEB1N VISITOR. COLOMBIA, S. <
work; and t Mat trust Ml hire, and
not be aft*M. He cm prrwxfTw me.
Ton moat pray to God ter me that
he will keep mo Ron the kmi*
Will yon pray ter meF
“Yea," saU the Mute one, “1
Urn deer iMM alter this need always
to finish Mi prayer, both night awl
morning, with tWa brief, appropriate
petition i “And pteaae, God Al-
POOLS A HUNT,
M»inu,
-Vy Young Fricndt: la the catn
ip of tilings essential to Jon, ami
ntjoor than of life, we may reckon
to impress ujion your ^teWnl* t£c
value uf Inifk to yon aa an element
of character- AaU, indeed, it i»
difficult to draw a distinction be-
tww-u Uutl» and huiuaty, Tlia one
redtty ifteftdm the other. It te the
height of nbmrdtty to talk of a
yeunjf man being honeat, in the
beat sense ef that tern, and yet
untruthful; or, of being a young
man of truth, bat not ttrirtlg ftoatot
Ih the common employment of
these terms, however, we do dtotin
guish and make heawty to mean, “a
disposition to dent fairly in all owr
business tranmotion*,* and hrutkfnl
sew to Signify “a dispaaition to ad
here to facts in our convereutioa."
Bat it is easy to see how, in reality,
iltAw nAn —- -A t, n n,,*, f* i
l HvY TOIi ilt/v w BwjIHImWH* ‘ ia VWIPJ
man who will ywaetiee rttotomeuty
will not fail ta seek to cover it over
oy ttnltnf fin untrmn.
In fact, falsehood in the cloak in
probably be adopted, is that of lean
big eat both Islands, ter a term ef
years, to responsible parties; allow
big them ta MB a certain number
annually; obliging them to take
parental care ef the Aleutian tuhabl
PORTABLE AND STATIONERY
took a boot three hoars to bring
them ta the wtt toman*, so that to
was six o’clock whea they arrived
there; and all the Inhabit wits of the
vUtogPeaam nutto amet theta; part
ly to earimate from the number of
•rail what their individual gains
were to be, and partly a too to relieve
the drfvrm, and allow them to get
breakfast before the kflttag com-
menerd. ■* •** • •»
The spot chosen ter the kilting
was • little valley, near tee store
the bears.*
It happened, that oa a misakmnrr
exemraiou *»«*«
this gi-nticman was of tbq party,
they met a large, savage bear. “
One of their number fared at the
bear, aad wounded, hat did uot kill
him ; on which the animal turned on
the wiirainaary with fmtt Airy, aad
had just eaaght him, when aaother
shot laid him dead.
Cnlting to mhmI the prayers of hia
little friend, the missionary bad one
oT.tbu paws cot off tlm annual, which
be sent home ; and wc~ha\e been
told that it bus now a silverydate
at fuelled to It, with an inscfipiioe
recording the circumstance*, and la
preserved in the family as a trophy
and token of the power of prayer.
Sfiftsi!
all skipped, via Han Frwneiseo, or
tlw Hawaiian Islands; the peine
varying, scoortting to ironist, from
fifteen to twenty-eight shillings each.
In order to reduce them to the state
to white they see mmaBy area, they
have to nadvrgn a long process of
cleaning. ratting, aad dyeing, wktoh
is to American farriers—if their
claim that it was formerly done
bare be a tree see a “tost art;"
ter certain to to that nowhere ontaM*
uf England to it understood; and
even there it to held aa s monopoly
by n half dosra buainea* honor*.
The skill required to reaiore the
long hair that rovers the ter, to only
obtained after years of prartier, the
open lion being an extremely drli-
rate one. The akin* are placed on
frames and lb* inner surface pared
off, until the roots of the hair are
completely severed ; while the roots
of the far remain untouched, oa
nn-<-uut of their ut-aracM to the oat
aide anrfacr. The hair to then very
•wait) removed, sad the light yellow
fur made ready for dyeing, either
to a more golden yellow, a dark
purple, or black; uni i* afterword*
brought to the general far market.
“Slow, grandma, yon hold Johnny-
t)oo’l tot tha eaodto ten-."
80 speaking, from hi* lipn
*• throw* shadow US,
Ttot menu, the mowmt afar,
A rabbit oa the w*D.
».to h t*H*tt4Ar> *
Pb eWdnm (boot with laughter,
wotted, sad t«e drtverw, havisg re
faeahed themarlrsa by breakfasting
aa »>me of the yoang ones that they
bad killed at the beach and brought
to on their harks, now prepared for
set ton. (tome two hundred seal*
were divided from the Wtoia body;
and having cooi|4er«ly snrrnnnded
them, the am contracted the rtrete,
driving tha amis as they did so iota
the centre.
*AT*ST I LA ST if, *P#3€S!
A Rohsiitate far Hfiir aad Fretherv
The Elastic Sponge Mattress
And Johnny citify* atxl crows,
Tbcra ne'er w*s gilded pointier,
Tfnnjt tip tn lordly MB;
Gave half the ampin pleasure,
Ol this rabbit as U» will.
Miscellaneous.
A yontli, in the employ of some one,
who has an opportunity to taka the
advantage of his employer by selling
something for above its ordinary
price, and puts the exceoo at profits
into his own preset, would, to coup*-.
Iu orilct tdmnre rtdly dfea-rilic the
manner in which these animals are
killed, I will give sn seeonut of 44
of tbe many “drives" m which I
participated daring a six mouths*
rcaitiencc on the Island of 8». George.
At two A. M. I was awakened by
the “Xirnekie* (the native fa reman;
coming into my mom; be rnmc to
tell me that two men had jaal ar
riv»«d from the “Htarrk- Art lei," a
Ih-imjIi three miles from the village,
with rei>ort* that great numbers nf
yoaug smil had route nshore, were
wry well spread ovor tlie billwde.
nml that the wind was blowing in
from the son, to Quit there would to
no danger of their (Renting oar ep-
prcoch. On getting up, and finding
that Ilia weather w as damp vwnugh
for our ;>nrpo<w, I gave ardor* to
wake tl»e people of the village, and
prejare for a drive. In tcu minutes,
the driving |wrt), roraaMting of
twenty men, were asarmhlcd near
Nay, more, they ore capital ofi'«i bouse, armed with long, heavy
Arriver*U*M* It tm 1 Lmltoja
i,s»v (nrriiir* nn-wrssrt. R **
Lwflwl sAtH a Ar ginanrOtUSsa
U»v Ka^rvitte U* r ra. Ar Onton, AOJ f »
li. T. PK.tkK, Crarrto Bmp'i.
Feb IS 54—ff
‘•Fupn, if T do alt yt>» tell me to
do, will God love me and let me go
to heavenr
It was ttona that my Uttlc boy of
seven sumtnen* questioned me—ab
rtiptty, without warfiing, without
premeditation on my part.
What answer conki I give I
I looked upon his yoang face and
saw tha earnest, thoughtful waiting
for a reply which should satisfy
lection and
KsUraad
Bren in d
iugty pivot i*
that live “ikI j
way of rteatl
naptvparrrl ii
de, notwith*;
“lioc o|h* tin-
here a Httic
upon them t
limrig ptwpn;
-difi- to com-
the man wIm hrU it, tom it, by a
tare of his toad, mare I ha a thirty
feet. la a tew minutes, alt tbnas
mulct there years af age were killed,
and those over that age dciica off,
to find their way to the water at
lost they might. AH the wen,
worn era. and children the* rail*;
and rock, taking a ami, socked with
sorb rapidity, tint anuu tbe skins
bad ail been taken from those that
bad been kitted. In this way another
and another portion was takes frem
tbe great araiia body, until to tbe
evening it wan alt eabaaatrd. anti
the ground ter aver two acre* was
cratered with hare white bodies,
which, in the dins, stormy twilight,
reminded one of a field af battle
after a day's combat.
The *kina were brought to tbe
storehouse, eonntrd, am) each toad
of • family accredited with the
amount that he ami hia lionsrhoM
had taken. The ncit marltttrg the
skios were wlted, sad haring re
mained in pickle five days, were
tArn out, willed fa brandies uf two
each, aud were then ready for ship-
not scruple to be dishonest; while
dishonesty, from its very not me,
includes the crime of nntrathQtlnefia.
Ho, if fob would have S'Shm nfiSer for
honesty, yaa mast ha tratbhd; aad
for truthfulness, yon must be honest.
There two eh-mmrer id ebarseter Mu
at the wry threshold nf sneers* in
life. Without them do one can be
respected or enafldrU iu. A, char-
acter with these dements is far
better than large capital wit hoot
them.
alike the cravin
the promptings
“Yrs, my son,* I answered skiwijr;
for I was tempted to make » mental
reservation with the worth—if I tell
you to da wliat to right.
The hright Took which the boy
Sashed upon me showed that he was
ratified, hut the question had moved
tnc greatly. 1 thought liow great
was the responsibility devolved npon
us who ore parents. These little
ones not only ask ns for gentleness
and unwearied ear© And lose, hat
—.■ ■ . . . V. ... 1 c. vital i. -i ..I. I .
“I do not know that there U any
thing ia the way of sport that re
quires such consummate raantgc and
aooliK-aa as this mode of hasting.
The banter has to tnud entirely to
hi* activity w Hb the pa-ldlc to ear-ape
the charges of the animal, aad a
touch from tbe monster opart* the
fail caooc us easily aa a skiff would
hr mpaired by a tonrb from a steam
cr on tbe Thames. It require*, la
(act, that the harpoonrr should keep
bta hula nee exm tly as he atamte in
the hew uf kb lung slim canoe, and
that during tbe utmost excitement.
The ramnit tbe weujaMi la lodged
in tbe hipiaqiotamaa, he ha* to ait
down, scire his paddle, and rrarape,
«>r he i* instantly attacked; nor to
the next stage of proceedings baa
fraught with danger. It now he
curnes ncLtssarx to srl hold uf the
pole wbicb floats an tha water; the
irun heud of the bar;won, which has
oosm- oat of its socket, remains at
taehml to this pole by a long and
very strong rope. The hunter Uaab-
Hpru this UR he know* that the hip
poputnmns to ander water, just ‘up
and down' Iw-nenth his canoe. To
teci for the moment whew tbe line
anddenly stncketm—a mm- sign be is
rising to the surface—nod pre-pare to
•letivsr another harpoon the instant
Ms rraorwMMia jaws appear with a
terrific roar above water within a
tew fret of yon, is about an great o
trial of aCrve aa can very well be
imagined. Constantly are thn Co
nor* crashed to atoram. The only
esrape the* is to dive instantly, aad
gain tha shore by swimming under
water, for the infuriated animal
swims about looking on the surface
tor his enemies, ami oar bite to quite
enough to cut a man to two. When
I add that the prior race af blood in
the water to tbe sign Cor every eaora
odilr within bail to lick bin lips aad
make op stream to the spat, I am
mtre It recummeads itself as apart to
the moat entkuatostie canoeist in the
wnrhL* ’ 'V' .-r
Bather dangerous wrath, that, we
■Irankl think. It orant require men
gun square in omen
PIANO POfiHS
themselves. Many a young uutn vteho, wldch
with nothing bnt these to iriy oa, needed iu em
has hern enabled to rise in fbc H *** * 80
world, tiH bio name ia recorded with • ru “**x »
mUttonaireo. Let it bat bt kaowq xrtrat haqks
in a comnpmity that a youug mau Wiiml.
can be trusted; that with him truth * tml<1 _*£ 5^
and honesty are rcriftos. and he will milr s dmtwtw
not be long without sabotaulMj , ' yr,, ** r
(Hemls, who win take him by- the tfed with tb
hand aud help him to rise to dtetioc *W eovaaed
tioo. Yoang rams, bs truthful, be so ik-nae as ti
Aonesfa ar yoo will be no better than few m '
n foul blot on tbe fair face of Cn a " e Parted i
they say :* '“Hhow ns what is right;
teach ns how we may find the troth.”
YYe wad them to school and cutrast
they may be instructed in tha rudi
ments of knowledge. We take them
to church with us because ttis seem
iy aa ta do, and Imronre se wish,
theui to be early trained in.the
knowledge of Grad and in reverence
for Ida service. Yet (hey come to
nVfrom tMrBboks, cmt» to threven
from thra house of God, aud, Beetling
by oor side, exclaim, “Do you tell
nh wbat to do." We can not pot
them away. Wc can not say, “Go
to your Bible; let that he your
guide," for they arc only patting
together with faltering speech the
few and simple words otjixdt^ni
lessons in reading. We can Dot
say, “Go to the .open bookofA atum,’
and on Us fair pages read the win-
dom and goodness of God.* That is
the food of the strong, not of ehil-
dreo. We are tbelr interpreters.
We are to provide nourishment that
may appease the hanger of their
moral nature. Tlicir education mast
begin ftt home by the Arc-side—nt
The ground bring too rocky, it
was impossible to bur) the seals’
bsdic*, ami to throw them into the
or* would rerase all the living seals
to forever abandon the Island; an
they w«rw a Bowed to remain, the
aatlveo only taking off eooragh af fat
to sappty them witk oil, for food and
light. At tka aud of tha aroaao,
there wet* many aUren of patrified
cares raws, which “reeking o|> to
heaven,* brought dire vengeance
npon their destroyers, as the list of
mortality too ctorarij showed. Tet
if the seats cause tee death of the
Aleuts, they are absolutely neces
sary ter their snboUtener, as the
intend* produce no vegetable* what
cur; and tb© inhabitants nr* obliged
to depend entirety on what to brought
there for trading purposes. Foe
meat they nse the seal, fresh ia
SOmitMi, waited to winter; varied
perhaps, now and then, hy a pill
at loon; bnt tbe menus of supplying
tecumelves with the latter Ore da
vary inconstant, that were the for
urr frightened away by any mi*
management—wkieh liM hequautly
been the case at other toealitiea—the
Ah-irta would be also obliged to
desert tho bdanda, leaving them aa
a* Uny *aiu, they asa b*
Safely and Certainly Bei
- 1. Every young man should make
the most of himself, inteBcetnany,
morally, and physically.
2. He should depend upon his own
efforts to accomplish these res aits.
J 3. He should be willing to take
advice from those competent to give
it, and to follow such advice, unices
his own judgment or conviction,
property founded, should otherwise
direct. J. ,
4. If be to unfortunate cnoogb to
kavo a rich and indulgent father, he
must do the best he can under the
cireusMtancea, which will he to con
duct himself very much as though
be had not these obstacles to over-
co»c. .
& Ho should never be dtoeouraged
by small beginnings, bat should re
member that all great res alts have
been wrought from apparently slight
* WTmt watchful, faithfnl care will
hraat-osr hands 1. -
What wisdom will be needed that
au teachings may mingle strength
awl tenderness, and that the princi
ples which . are to. determine , the
Sharaeter and seoura the happiness
of mature life may have a strong
and dnrable foundation. i w.|f
ovks rim DintacsT stvlxs.
ff • bar* tMUatool* d UMtoaorah tom lira.
l(«B«ra rawiglim *r dra r*a*trr.
Literal teta-Tsra >» Chsitasx Octfyrae*,
Sdraate, U.
'■ ALSO,
Ctkt<rqiid {IqfiGg,
••te
LIGHT te 00. 8
BEAUTIFUL PIANOS
W^cA wv wflaefifrora toi to twenty pw coot,
to* <ten «tej «*• be rteaiail eta* hrav
■ ' II aARDKOfi a c*.
6. He shoald never, umlcr any
eimrnmtaiiert, he ulk*. If he cannot
find tbe employment he prefera, let
him come as bear hia desires as
possible—he will thus reach the
object of his ambition.
7. All young men bare “inaliena
ble rights,” among which nooo Is
greater or more sacred than the
privilege to be “name body.*—Puss.
Singular Arithmetical fbet.—A re
number of figures you assy wish to
multiply by fi, will give the same
result if divided by g, a much
quicker operation ; but you nut
remember to annex a cypher to the
answer whea there is no remainder,
and when there ia a remainder, what
ever it may ha, annex a 5 to the
answer. Multiply 404 hy S, aad tbe
odF Sample may give strength tp
precept and indelibly impress a rev
erence ter whatever is true and
good. - v ■f-.-.-j
; Haw constantly we need the aid
ef the Holy Spirit that our hearts
may faint not, and our intelligence
THE
LUTHERAN MOI 8T8RS,
X. set, Tto. Stow, rite***tei, !»**•
S now nremnd to 111 *B orVra V»y
fifty yean ago, whea tho Russian
first brought men to reside there.
Tbe avatar ef seals ktted on these
two islands Iras averaged, for the
ten y cars preceding 1M8, a little leas
thau one hundred thousand anna
ally ; and with pro par management,
falter not in the performance of a
formed. Tbe line uf men thro began
to advaaea up the hillside; the poor
seals toapiag or rolling slang, but
•till making their way with, consid
erable rapidity, 'were urged farther
and farther from their refuge, the
water. TYhcn they hud been drives
about a quarter of a mile, this hgge
drove, which mnat hare eootstoed
over six thousand, was divided into
duty whose consequences arc iu-
finite. ne **-**-«*• ta* *** *
‘-'IllHk of it, ye who are parents,
and when your child stops from his
play, and, with * face glowing with
a now fight from wijUin, rests bis
sotebtesd npon your firmer clasp
and-wuinnurs, “Tell me what to do;
by 3, and you have 331, and no there
to DO remainder yon add a cypher.
Sow take Sflfi—multiply hy fi, tho
answer to 1785; on dividing this by
a there to 17* nod a remainder; you
therefore ptaeaaSat the and of the
line, and the result to again 1706.
f. D. UBTUK A Uli,
OPTICIANS AND
MUSUS&£
Bahire«>, 212 Stiaat.
Last year, mfthoagh there was an
act of Confrere forbidding any one
even land oa Qte islands, except
J^rfremiMuon from Goveurmeut,
“Bassaas the hears wiB kill you
and eat you. Ton must not go.”
“Oh*t*»il most goF said the
good man. “Cod e»q* rae to-Ahe
•RfitaM J-.r fr> nir W* prahr?
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