The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 13, 1893, Image 1
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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passed in 1879 had repealed all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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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m*
Ex-Trivato Secretary llalford, ami
Other attaches of the llohring Sea
Commission, are charged, it is *aid,
withdrawing double salaries froiu
the government.