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y vojl. vii. PURCHASERS. HI*: PARTICULAR. Wlicn InvosiliiK' in Bonds tor Public ImprovementsWashington, April 3*?That pur ] chasers of bonds sold to aid in the construction of public improvements cannot bo too particular, before pur chasing, to investigate the conditions qf authority by which they wore issued, was emphasized by the de cision of4?h? Supreme Court of the United ^Tatds today, the- opinion being read by Justice Shirus. Frank I). Bar mi m of Tennessee sued the town of Okolona, Miss., to recovor the value of certain bonds of that municipality sold for the benefit of the Grenada, Houston and Eastern ltailiroad Comdany. They were dated September 1st, 1871, and were to mature in from eloven to seveteen years after date. There was a default of payment, and suit was insti tilted. The defense was sot up that by the terms of the act, authorizing the municipality to issue bonds, the term of tftfeir existence was limited to ten years: the bonds in question, running for from eleven to seventeen years, were therefore void. The United States Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, where the proeedings were had, adopted the declaration of the Mississippi Su preme Court, and gave judgment for the defendant* Justice Shirus said that the construction of the law was sound; that it had been also adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States, and that the judgment of the court below must bo aflirmed. Chicot county, Ark., was not successful in a bonded suit, insti tutor! hv - - - J Sherwood & Dvtton, of New York. They brought suit ill the United States Court for the Kastern Distriet of Arkansas on'certain railroad bonds issued by Chicot county, on which default of payment has been made* The county pleaded want of jurisdiction, on the ground that the law passed in 1879 had repealed all laws authorizing co'nHea in the State to sue and be sued; the local courts having no jurisdiction, therefore the United States had none. Tho District Court overruled this plea and gave judgment for plaintiffs. Justice Jackson, in the opinion of the court, said that the jurisdiction of the United States Courts could not thus be limited or restricted, and aflirnied the judgement of , the District Court. The petition for a rehearing of the celebrated Chicago Lake Front cases was overruled by the Supreme Court of the United States, but a second petition will be filed if opportunity offers. This much was stated in open court today by oxAttornoy General Bristow in answer to rather sharp questioning by Justice Field. Tests of Success. Mr. John A. Lee, editor of raterstate Grocer and author of "The Successful Mao," in a recent address to young men, gives some tests of success. We copy from The Inland the following extract: "Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings; ho shall not stand before mean men." It matters not whether the man is a prince or a peasant, a proprietor, a cashier, tf^lesman, an oflice boy a laborer, a'mechanic or a porter, if he ? is diligent, he shall not bo judged by ordinary standards. There is your standard for the method, of sue cess. But the grand standard for the measurement of success in life, and the greatest of all, is taken from the same inspired source, and it reads; 1^, ''Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, if there bo any praise, think on these things." The standard of success is by these inspired utterances emphatically and clearly fitjMincd, and none need mistake the degree of Ruccess attained by the "Successful Man" if they will apply these measurements. Ami after all does not the world really and truly use these standards? The man who has acquired wealth in life and whose conscience begins to hurt him after ho has done so, likes to have his fame and his alleged success spoken and written about; otherwise his achievements would not only be unsatisfactory to himsolf, but barren of 4 that publicity of distinction which he has longed for. He, therefore, begins to mako restitution by giving large vums to charitable works and eulogh cal items to the newspapers. But the world values his success justly, and though his efforts may do great and relieve his conscience, they will not change the opinion of the public. Ana yet the acquisition of wealth is commendable, and when honestly acquired and properly used, it is most powerful for good. It will feed the starving, clothe the naked, warm the freezing, cool the burning hps of the fever stricken, relieve the oppressed, break the chains of slavery and crush the power of vice. It will take unprotected and ? homeless children from the street and j place them where they will bo train- u led to ho useful men and women and ] ! a blessing to the world, instead of \ at)ominations to society and a bur 1 den upon the allprevuding mercy of 1 (iod. A man can follow the dictates I | of a pure conscience and yet acquire s ! wealth, for, "Secst thou a man dili- I gem in business, he shall stand be- j s fore kings." In acquiring wealth;! honestly by methods which have 1 wronged and oppressed no one, it is s usually the case that the diligent > man has gained esteem and respect \ I of his neighbors and fellows, and I this is difficult to do except through s upright methods. 1 Hero is another test of success? s the esteem and respect of those who c know you and who meet you every I day. It is said in the Riblo that "A prophet is not without honor save in t i his own country and in his own f house." I will have to go into poli- f ; tics to find an antidote to that state-' i meat,and assert that "It is a poor] ' politician who cannot carry his own precinct." I shall quote another modern saying which is weighted ! with truth and wisdom: "Tell me who aro your associates, and I will ( I tell you who and what you are." Disraeli said, "The secret of suecess is constancy to purpose." Most 1 of the "self-made" men have nchiev 1 ed success by constancy tc purpose. ' They have determined upon the ac- , complishtnent of a certain purpose ' and have bent all their energies and 1 efforts to that purpose, frequently 1 achieving it to their detriment and I the sacrifice of other acquirements which, being absent, render success vain. 1 A "self-made" man is sometimes 1 improperly and unfortunately con- 1 structod. He has by intense conccn- 1 (ration of thought and effort toward 1 sonic purpose, it may have been the ( accumulation of money, the ac 1 quirement of an art, the mastery of a profession, achieved an apparent success; but lie finds, too late, his purpose being gained, that his health his education, and his happiness arc sacrificed. The animated dollar mark who spends his life in the acquisition of money and the heaping up of unneeded wealth frequently becomes a slave to his passion, and dies clutching at phantom pennies and bemoaning his inability to carry his hoarded wealth with him beyond the grave. It is said that Alexander wept because there were no other worlds to conquer, which is a parallel ambition to th;it of the miser, the effort being applied in a moro destructive 1 l i j i l l Him cruei way; anu it is uiso saiu mat i this same Alexander died the death 1 of a baehaiialian, having conquered i all the world except his own passions 1 and vicious predispositions. f Forage Crops, Sorghum etc* ' ii HV R. L. FORM AN. i If you will give nie a small space e in your valuable paper, I will teg c what I know about forage crops, i I have just read an article copied in i your paper from 11 tone and 7'\trm, t by E. Hudson, on raising sorghum. J I have been raising these forage f cro[>s for twenty years, and I cannot a see how a farmer can succeed with-. 1 out them. I prepare my land as I 1 would for cotton; plant about the t same time 1 do cotton. L plant half |, acre about the time I plant corn in t. Early Amber cane, on good land, n The seed of this cane will he ripe by t the llrst of .July. Then I commence ?< feeding it to my horses, cows and t hogs. I cut up in a good,] straw cut- e ter for hogs stalk and all, and it s will make a pig curl his tail quicker lj than anything you can feed him. a I fed last summer three horses, eight milch cows and five hogs on 1 half an acre from .July to October. These hogs were fat enough to kill r\ by the 10th of October. At this date I threw them the first ear of ] corn. I killed them the last of No- 8 vomber. They averaged 200 pounds \, net?they were young hogs. h As yon cut this cane off it puts up j again, and makes a second crop, and ] if the seasons are cood it will miikn .. O " " "" ^ I; a third. \ 1 plant an acre in millo maize for a winter hay. I plant half an acre in ? the same to soil. 1 commence cuttint* it by the time it is a foot high; a take it by rows, and when you get 0 over, go back where you first started v and it will be waist high by this j, time. You can cut it live or six times. Feed to horses, cows and hogs. Then t I plant an acre in Orange and cane t for winter hay The Orange and n Amber cane, chop through with a r hoc; leave two or three stalks the a width of hoe. The millo maize a ought to have about twonty inches ( as it hns tillers like barley. I have v seen as many as twenty stalks from }, one seed. After chopping with the g hoe you will have to run your swops through about twice; then it will 8 take care of itself. r Mr. Hudson is r'ght about feeding I it green. When the seed ripen, cut t the heads off for seed, or to feed t your stock or chickens on. After V you cut the heads off then it will a commence suckering. On good n land it will put out from every a joint. Let this cane stand until %<Ho True to \ ONWAY. S% C., list before frost. Cut it down with i good grass blade; lay it straight in dies. 'Pake your wagon, put on rour frame with'standards for hauling wood, and haul right up green, [f you have a high fence near your; )arn rick it on this fence. Mr. llud- , on says on poles three feet high, dy cane will average 12 feet high, io you see his poles would be too ow for cane. Let it stand until the 'odder cures. Then lay it perfectly 1 itaight in your barn, and the stalks vill keep green all the winter and vihout one particle of mould. I tad one of our best farmers out to 1 iee my forage a few days since, and 1 io said that it was the best he over | \ law. I cut it up, and the stock will : ...? :i i ?211 1 I <> uihj last iiiuii ui it, a ii 1.1 w 111 ktjt* ji "lit on it. 1 I can make more on one acre of nillo maize or-Orange cane than you 1 tan make on twenty acres of fodder rom corn.? SoutJti-rn (V/f/wfo./. II (tshuujto)) (id. Help Your Sell*. MY Til OS ir IIA1 It I >. What greater wealth could a parol t bestow upon a son than to bring tiin up to light his own battles of ife, hoc his own row and expect no iclp of others? The boy that is aised tip to ask no favors of any one, i Jilt put his o?vn shoulder to the ivheel, will suceed a thousand times jetter than one who is brought up i o look to others for help or to do- i lend on the resources, influence and mtronagoof others. i I have been a close observer of diese things for thirty-odd years, ind 1 find the boy, or the largest najority of them, that has been aised by rich, indulgent parents, tvho was never sulTcred to come to he front of life's battles, has never lone any good that has made any nark in the world. The mind must je emnloved. and such vouths most 1 J "' ?' " " " mially seek the saloon, billiard ta jlos and other places to pass away heir idle moments. Most all the wealthiest business men of my town vere raised by moil who lived on the 'arm and learned to hoe their own ow, and not only to hoe it, but hoe t good. They are still hoeing their nvn row, and hoeing it good. In my young days, having hoard t said that fortune always knocked >nco at every man's door, and thought t had knocked at most all my ussociites' and longed for it to knock at nine, and when pressed down by he hand of aflliction 1 long for its velcomo knocks, hut could never lear them until I resolved to look o fortune tio more for help, but to lelp myself. I am not rich nor high ip in the scale of life, but when I ook down where I started from I nnl v-v * !/-<!. cvi |M cuy iii^ii. Men who have made fortunes are lot those who have had a few thousands given them to start with, out joys who have started with a well sarneil dollar or two. Men who ac|uire fame have never been thrust , nto popularity by puftJ begged or laid for. They have outstretched i heir own hands and touched tlie lublic lieart. Whether you work or fame, for love, for money or for < nything else, work with your own lands and heart and brains. Never et it be said as the man's wife said i o him when she was angry with iim, 44Who picked you up out of 1 he ashes?" No money so precious o bread so sweet, as that made by he sweat of the face. Strive to paddle your own canoe.Seek lie help of no one, for no one will ' verhelp yon as yon can help your- < elf. You cannot expect others to ' ie so heartily interested in your 1 ffiai rs??Southern Cultivator. Ill' I??, ?'J EVt'lMMl t'I I I it l I w 11 ] Between the Faction*. ( 'he State. i Washington, April 4?Special.? 1 )r. J. B. (). Latuirum, a highly re- 1 pected citizen of Spartanburg, "who ' s an applicant for a bureau position * ias given me a signed statement in etail of an interview he had with rby here on March 14th. Ho inroduced himself with a letter from Vilie .Jones of Columbia. The Sen- > tor refused to endorse his applica- i ion, saying he did not propose to uake an ass of himself by endorsing 1 man who had opposed and would ] ppose Tillman. [Mind you this ! fas at tho time Irby was claiming e wanted an "equitable division "J 1 Irby having said he had heard ' hat Dr. Landrum was a bitter par- 5 isan, the latter replied that iie was Conservative and in favor of a econciliation between the factions, 1 ud thought Capt, Shell would ho < , good compromise candidate for 1 iovernor. Irby responded that 1 vould not do him any good with : im (Irby), for Shell himself had ;ono back on the "Reform" party. Here are tho succeeding expresions of tho Senator in Dr. Land* urn's own words: "Ho said I might ?e anxious to bring the factionn ogether in onr State politics, but i hat he was not; that ho expected to ;eep tho lines distinct and soprate in order to carry the 'Reform* 1 measures in the State which had ,I ready begun." This is of value im showing Setin our Word, Your Work, juul THURSDAY tor Irby's secret motive in his recent inanoeuvers on the p itronn^o <|tiestiin. m:ii:itm:i> to i>ik. iussi:ll. The President Itisnoseil ul the < ><>ulu i los Special to the State. Wasiiinutsn, Aprils. -Uopresen-! bative Rati mor receive I today t lie j following reply to his letter to the President, in regard to giving to the ' Reform'' delegation an opportunity j to the defend themselves against the accusations which have been made concerning the blacklisting at the I 'ostoflice I )cpart tnent. K?a nvk Mansion, Washington. ( V'J., March 2S, 1803.?My 1 )car\, Tt?o 1'resident has directed me to say, in reply to your letter of the 23rd inst., t hat if you will see the Postmaster (leneral and the Fourth Assistant, or communicate with them, the best information can b? obtained in answer to the <|Uestions which you ask. Very truly ycurs, Hknuy (1. Tiiuuiikh, Private Secretary. To Hon. A. (J. Latimer, House of Representatives. Messrs. Latimer and Strait, iinmo diately upon receipt of the above reply, called upon Postmstcr (leneral Hissell at the Postofliee Department. Uongressman Latimer, who acted as spokesman, said: "Mr. Postmaster (leneral, wo have been waiting for an oppoitunity to defend ourselves against tiio accusations that have been made about the placing of our names upon the blacklist. Our delegation is here in full, with the exception of Mr. McLaurin, and as no arrangement lias been made for pre senting our case, we have decided to return home to night and wait until the matter is ready by you." The Postmaster (leneral replied that on Wednesday evening at -I o'clock ho would give thorn an opportunity to present their case. To this Mr. Latimer said: "We want you to notify our accusers of the conference, in order that we may meet them face to face." The Postmaster General, however, stated that ho would rather tluf they should notify thetn. "No sir/ replied the Ocalaite statesman. "I desire you to invite Messrs. Hampton, Puller and I hawlev to be present with those who have accused us.'' "I will do so," replied Mr. Jiissel. With this assurance, the interview came to an end, and the "Reformers" departed. A Costly Commission. The St bonis Republic. Washington, I). 0., April 3, 1898. The Secretaries of tho State and Treasury departments aao not yet ready to make a statement concerning the "allowances" made by Secretary of State .lohn W. Foster to "Agent" John W* Foster and the other gentlemen connected with the Behring Sen Commission. It is known, however, that all the facts in connection with the lavish expenditure authorized by Mr. Foster before he departed for Franco have been collected by Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle. There is some talk of an attempt to bring about an investigation by the Senate of Mr. Foster's princely distribution of cash. It is not likely, however, that the Senate will he called upon to probe this matter. The two Secretaries are Bqual to the occasion, and there seems to ho an idea that very soon they will take vigorous action. When this scandal was first brought to public notice the prediction was made that Mr. Foster had taken good 3are of his owr. interests. That this was true may bo gathered from the fact that he has already drawn from the fund set apart for the use jf the commission more than $1'3,1)00. The counsel for the United States ?K. .1. Phelps, .lames C.'Carter and \\r i>i-.-i..i iil.mi > )y . niuu^t'tt wuiu unuii ivi* lowed $M),00() in >t lump sum, and !iii unlimited amount for "expenses incident to their 'duties " The arbitrators, Justice Harlan uml Senator Morgan, will havo co pay their own expenses out of, the ?10,000 Mr. Foster banded them previous to their departure. It is understood that one of the counsel has J raw n a sum exceeding by about ?1,000 the amount thus far pocketed by Mr. Foster. Mr. J. Stanley Brown, who is drawing $25 a day, and other subordinates whose pay is greatly in excess of their wortli to the commission do not come in for very sovcro cen sure from pooplo who believe thut they are.taking only what has been allowed them. There is very general disposition to censure General Foster, who made tlio distribution of tho moneys at his command in soextravagent a fashion, and Major 11alford, whose position in the army ought naturally to place him above such ? thing, even if his care for tho reputation of the Harrison administration did not. Members of tho Ilouso of liepro sentatives who are. in the city arc Your Country." VIMIII, 13, 1 so: ' outspoken in their protests against I the extravagances which tho investi gatious of Secretaries Creshain ami Carlisle have disclosed. These twoi Secretaries are besieged with imptir-, ies, hut they have no more informa; Hon to pfive except that the exorbit ; ant penpiisities which had been allowed had eaten up already, al thongd) the commission had been absent only one month, rather more, than half of tho $200,000 which had heen appropriated for tho purpose. ^ i'4ilileal<> lor the l*arm. Soiitliern ('ultivator. ? We frequently hour thai young men are being educated for tho tinn-i istry, educated f?>r law; educated for! the |>ractiee of medicine and for business. We seldom over hear tho expression educated for tho farm. Why not? There is just up much science i and knowledno required for success' in the latter as in any of the former relations, yet the generally received opinion seems to be that the educated man cannot afford to waste Ids efforts at menial service upon tho farm, and only the illiterate and ignorant are expected to he found in | the fields. Kducution, general edit cation, will better lit a man for any avocation in life. Special education,; on indiviaual lines, will always help i to better ends. It is a painful fact that the sons of farmers in these latter days are not in financial condition to better themselves by education. This may account for the apparent negligence in this way. I am a great believer in special or j technical education, and I earnestly desire to see the day fully come in ( (icorgia and at tho .South when our sons shall l?o educated for the farm just as they are educated for the j iiiinistrv and for the professions. The prospect8 arc improving on 1 these lines. We now have in each of the States, by the aid of the gen- i oral government, agricultural colle-, ges, but tlmy arc not receiving the patronage such asjthoy deserve nor i llli1 ilil'Tcxts of tho f neiii (>! < 11? 111; i ml Uefore these hotter results are reached wo must educate the people to the necessity for the change and popularize the farm as the profitable location for it man of brains and education. I'ublic sentiment in this matter is to be revolutionized. Tho necessities I am discussing j are alarming. For years we have suffered for iho lack of educated men on the farms. Now, many of our intelligent citizens are moving from the farms; we have little or no return of new men educated for the farm, and in the near future the conditions will he deplorable. Our fields must of necessity ho left to the ......._..i ..r ?i. . : . t i UIHIUUI <J1 L11U II 4U I I IIIn formed. The conditions as suggested are of great moment, and wo need to at- j tract more attention to educated for tin* farm. N. Science in Agriculture. The intiinite importance of scienoo to practical agriculturo cannot be too frequently emphasized. Wo all know, says Berthelot, in /'o/w/ar! tScicnm J/onfltlj/, the importance of hygiene in society for securing the health of men and thou of animals, and even of plants. Its function, long misconceived, is conspicuous now in all eyes; and it is otic of the triumphs of science that it has been able .o prolong the duration of human life, to secure the immunity of our domestic animals against epidemics, and to extend its protection against the diseases which arc destroying our field products and are threatening the annihilation of agricultural crops. But the preservation of the products is not all. We need also to learn how to multiply productive he ings; and in this tiold, too, science has, by the application of methods of selection, realized most marvelous progress in agriculture. Not only has intensive cultivation taught us how t<> draw a larger return than formerly from a particular soil and a given surface, but by the selection of seeds. we have <lnulile<l am! trail i le:l the formation of sugar in boet | i >ots; by like selections, the production of the potato has been augmen! ted; and we are seeking, with certainty of success, yet tnore considerable increase in the production of wheat. No less progress is reached in the production of fruits and vegetables, and of cattle to the daily amelioration of the general condition of the human race. This advance has been promoted, partly by close acquaintance with the general laws of living nature, as revealed by disinterested science laws which are the essential foundation of every application* and equally and in a way no less worthy of admiration, by the efforts of inventors, those men of practical ingenuity who labor at the same time for the increase of their own fortunes i and for Mm good and profit of man! kind. 1\> retain an abundant head ol I hair of a natural color to a good age, the hygiene of the scalp must be ob i solved. Apply Hall's llair Hencwer 5; <iiilns I" i*?? i it K?>gulnr Habits.j An Knglish scientific phlosophorj lately made a half playful, half serious defence of the routine life of the man <lof regular habits." He insisted that in this busy age,] when so man v duties press up( n an active man, and there are so many things which unavoidably call for the exercise of attention, judgment and decision every day, it is the part of wisdom?a real conservation of energy and nervous force- to settle as many us possible of (.lie routine matters by a fixed habit of life. There seems to be sense in the suggestion. Why sh >ulil a man with anything important to do in the world tax the gtay matter of his brain newly every day to decide what ho will eat or drink or wear, what his pleasures shall be and what his recreation, when la* shall go to bod and when get up? Having, arrived at years of discretion ami dis crimination, why can ho not so order his life ns to have these and kindred things come and go in a somewhat settled order? To eat at regular hours the tilings he "(ituls good of," according to Bacon's rule, abstaining from those that disagree with him; to rise, bathe dress, exercise, work, rest, recreate and sleep after a regular order, is not to make a treadmill of life. It is to lay out a smooth road for journeying with the least possible friction and waste. "To choose time is to save time/' A considerable proportion of the worry and waste of life comes from a needless jumbling of work and clashing of duties. Whatever wo may think of the method, the large majority of men who accomplish {jre.it things ami live to a good old act! are men of regular hapits. It may bo oncourging to such to knoiv that there is n seientilic basis for their sticking to the ruts. The story is told that the lute R. lb Hayes had for a neighbor in Ohio ti testy old follow who ran a small truck farm, says the Dotriot /'/?< /'/ ess. He was honest and upright, and Mr. Hayes held him in high os teem, notwithstanding his lack of the social amenities and respect for ! persons. On one of his visits to Ohio during his Presidency he passed the old man's farm and found iiiin planting potatoes in a patch near the road. The President, being i somewhat of a farmer himself, noticed somoj peculiarity in his neigh bor's stylo of planting, and after a1 fow minutes' chat ho called attention ; to it, and the old man argued the; point awhile. "After all," concluded the President, "I don't think you are doing it as it should bo done for the best result." 'Pt.., ,J .I r - .. .1 i i- * - i in* win MiriinT ii'Bii!'i ins arm on ! the fcnco and looked steadily at i.Mr. 1 11 ay os. "They ain't neither one of us," lie said, "above bavin' fault found with us; but ef you jest go on President in' the United States your way, an' I go on pluntin' pcrtaters my way, I guess wc won't be no wuss olT in the end." Mr. Hayes accepted the suggestion pleasantly and passed on Timic I'Miirut ion. Tho boy who is permitted to earn his own spending money and taught to keep Ins little accounts and compare icceipts and expenditures, says an exchange, will earlier learn tho value of money and apply his wits to live within his income. Such a boy will not accumulate debts for his overworked father to pay; neither is lie so likely to fall into fast company or fast living, lie is educated for business, and will bo able to hold his own in tho battle of life. The girl who has her allowance and is taught to make accounts, will appreciate the value of a dollar and use discretion in its expenditure. Wo heurso much in this day about practical education, but the true practical education is that which practically fits boys and girls for the active duties of life, and any education which falls short of this is neither practical nor complete. Pit a child to earn a living and you do hotter by him than to give him wealth. Fit him to appreciate and care for property and he is safe to be entrusted with a legacy. "!>? Bible Slio Is True." A necrro tirnnrhor II vinrr nnm? Itul. j _ ? r?" " i 6 ?*? eigh, Hitw for tho tirsl time in his 1 ifn the skeleton of a whale in tho State museum. After learning what it was walked gravely up and down and critically examined its huge proportions. The enormous mouth seemed to press him greatly and he fervently examined; "Well well, well ! I've bin a preachin' do ' gospel for nigh on forty years, an' I | sometimes preaches about do whale i swnllerin' of Jonah, but I declare to gracious I never believod it af jre now. I>e Bible sho' is true.'' The confidence that people have Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a bloob nu'dicine is the legitimate and natural f i growto of many years. It has been , handed down from parent to child, I and is tho favorite family medicine ' in thousands of lioushohK NO. 3a. < '01111>11 ii ioiisli j |> <>l' ( "In-ist. "Make Christ your most constant companion." Lie morn under his iniluencc than under any other influence. Ten minutes spent in his society every day, ay, two minutes it* it be face to face and heart to heart, will make the whole day uifforent. Kvery character has nu inward apring; lot Christ bo it. .Kvery action has a . i..? ...... v-..? l ? r\ uj MIUIU) H'l V III 19V OCO II ll'DlCi* day you got a certain letter. Vou sat down and wrote a reply which almost scorched the paper. Vou picked the crudest adjectives you knew and sent it forth, without a pang, to do its ruthless work. You did that because your life was set in the wrong key. Vou began the day with the mirror placed at the wrong tingle. To-morrow, at day break, turn it towards him, and even to your enemy the fashion of your countenance will be changed. Whatever you then do, one thing yon will find you could not do?you could not write that letter. Your first impulse may be the same, your judgment may be unchanged, but if you try it the ink will dry on your pen, and you will rise from your desk nu unavenged, but r greater ami more Christian man.- /)rnmnio>n/. Tough 011 Presbyterians. A pioneer minister in a frontier district, on a bright Sabbath day came upon a woman busily engaged tl... ...nt.L'o ...nuM,.,, " ? VII iliv ?? W l\ ij it:g her tho following conversation took place: "My good woman, do you knowthat this is tho day for rest and that it is sinful (o work during its holy hours.'' "Huh, got tor work all the time tor live." "Whore is your husband?" "Of? huutin." "What! ITunting on the Sabbath day?'' "Yes, got to hunt when ho can keep meet in tho house." "But don't you know it is wrontr? Have you no religious instruction? Are there no churches here?" "The Baptis' has got a mociin' house at tho head of t'-at crick, "but wo un's don't g", its tu fur."' "Are thero any I'resbytorians in tho neighborhood? "Well, I (loan know. Tho old man's killed most every kind o' varmint, but I never heerin' hi ill say nothin' 'bont Presbyterians. I dun no whether he ever kilt any er not. He keeps his skins in that shed yonder. You kin go over an' sco whetli or there's I lie hide of ary onu a hatigin' up ef yer want to! ' I'at's ilolii; on 11 is \ oijrlihors. An Irishman took a contract to dig a well. When ho had dug about twenty-five feet down, ho came one morning and found it had fallen in filled nearly to the top. Pat looked cautiously around and saw that no one was near, took otT his hat and coat, and hung them on a windlass, crawled into some hushes and awaited events. In a short time the neighbors discovered that the well had fallen in, and seeing Pat's hat and coat on the windless, thoy supposed that ho was at the bottom of the excavation. Only a few hours of brisk digging cleared the loose earth from the well. Just as the excavators had reached the bottom, and were wondering where the body was, Pat carno out of the hushes and good naturedly thanked the diggers for relieving him of a sorry job. Some of the tired diggers were disgusted, but the joke was too good to allow of anything more than a laugh, which followed soon. "A liig Number." This is the slighting remark that is often applied to woman who try to scorn young, though they no longer look so- Sometimes appearances are deceitful. Female weakness functional troubles, displacements and irregularities will add fifteen years to a woman's looks. These troubles are removed by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Try this remedy, all you whoso beauty and freshness is fading from such causes, and no longer figure in society - as a "back number." 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