The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 12, 1896, Image 3
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FllESn FROM THE WOO 1)S. a filing 1 about tho liorso ARP A\D THE H'VHlES.
i-secptin Hie naked, unwashed truth. I xnu
Btscuiii v.
In tlio Iln’.ar
Thirty Venrn A
A rousin big 1 j:. ’iik
war. join on :;t n j.ln
BtOricc of tho Pcoplo by tho Sago
of r.cchy Crook.
The Ways r.f (!.;• Str.- Ml r '.re Hard Old
Weighed
la Arhansas
\ "it.
<al rnllifient inn
they on 11 (irab
Ail. down in
I hr l int woods,
one day last
work, and Han
dy Siribblin he
lit out and
wont to see the
shftw. A n d
tiun when
II n n d y re
turned buck
home to tlie
srtih nient that
jilght he* was somethin of a show all
by his lone fool self. 11 is hi nil was
done up in a crush towel, and he van
wearin one arm in a sling, whilst the
blood nnd scars and general signs of
a nasty fight stuck out all over his
weary countenance. Even to Handy's
wife didn't I now for certain who he
was till site saw some large and famil-
lous patches on the gable end of his
breeches.
Hut at any rates, the lie was passed
with a lug It, and that brought, on the
fight. They oonie out about even in
tho mens, nnd i.I; nl ••‘h of ■ eem agreed
to spit on the slate ai d spile out. and
remember the past no mor fori ver.
V
“YVolgtii'd tn ihe Wilyiiee.”
I couldn't a’ tor eeita'n that old
man .Teen: W. f t ' ;ers h: ever keen
wi'iglu'il in the bainne.', but lie is a
natural-born “politieianer,'’ as my
Aunt Xaney so v.out to say, and he
can be found wanl’m every tw o years as
reglar as the time rolls around, lie is
now out as a candidate tax collector,
and want in of the job so bad till be can
taste it.
That. I rim . to mind when To,a billy
Travis went oil’ on a prenohiii cam
paign w ith old Ikueon lloneyeut. Tom
Hilly was rigid fresh in the can si* and
young in the harcei s, so to soy, and
tin* old parsim. put tin* your.g brother
thromrii for all he was worth. Now it
would sei in like Tom Hilly he had fixed
up a powerful i: *ep and si ii rin rci inunt,
and pri aelu d fiom the text: “Thou
art vreigiwd in th l ulauec and found
wantimr."
They lit out and look a circuit way
down through tho wire grass country,
from sei il; an nt to settlement and
from church t<> church, and everywhere
they went Tom Killy preached the
sum • sermout from )’:<• same text.
Ho Talros Delight in Playing with
Ilia Grandchildren. ,,
Snys That Ahont One-Half the People
In tho Civilized World Are En
gaged in liulKfnt; the
Other Half.
TIh
* t.*i> rt;itt
[; Too FNmrp.
By 1
• nd
by (UK
‘ <ui V
■ blt.-y
got back <0
So (ha:
v hat 1
mikes me tell you
w here
tin
*y star
tud
from.
and nothin
what 1 do ::
out a
man that ain’t got
v culd
do
but t!
u'y
must
gave onL au-
nc» better
; e than to put his hand
i tlu r
“ap
pintm- *
nt ii
1 par,!
n.” It was
in 10 tho
ant 1
ut uncertain rame
all right
with ’1
I’ul.i
Billy,
Lut lie told
♦>f Ar.ieri
’ii ’»1
poiitu
v, and then try t:>
Fa rso
n I!
oi.syeut 111
at 1.0
would liave
Irrowre nroi:
nd on
both Kid.s of the
1 - i do
the
In.
branch.
“Nc
ver
in ctc.’:
broth
says the
In jioli
1 irs
Band;
v St-ribhlin is w hat
old p:
ir- : o;
n. “1
am
old a
ml weary of
ron itu 1
! i!i
gone!'
ally always draw (
the st
: on:
:s and
tria
hi of
this w i, ked
trhrn \ nu 1 :i
y a tie
Let in the lottery—
1 world
, v. hilst yoi
j a ro
- \ oun
and rt rong
>1 hlnnkit
«• 1.
> *
lank.
Tha t would he ] , or-
mul a
pm
ver in
1 In*
Vat 11
like unto
feebly ail
right if
hi* would hut only ■
Saul :
: :’::i:
igs: 1 li
O i'!
lilh Hi
ies. ! must
hr down
li!«;
hand
and stay out of the
rc*r{ ;
nd ■
1 on mi
I.'t
n aeh
gnme. 1
lit
in try;
n t > stand in with
ti ' A,,
i J u
tpa
ison,”
-
Tom !
'.illy, “1 ain’t
V«th f i-i
; of n. lb"
!:t. he is move than*
got 1
out
that
one'
sei m
nit, and 1
proljr.M ■
to l
r.ek bin:self up agin a bre-
jireaei
l.'d
it hoi e
win
■ii we
spirted out.
inend in 1
! mr
rnrff v
v lien he ain’t lookln
How
can
I prer
udi.
and \
.lint must 1
for it. And
thnt\s
how come llandv
do?”
Ptril'ldin
dropped bin jug mid spilt his
“Wi
*igh
him a
iV’m,
Tom
Billy, weigh
mol ax -
dov
vn in t.lic Flat- woods that
liim ::
gin,
says
tho
parson.
day.
Am!
1 To
m B-i!b
y hr
lit in ;
rail weighed
“It wa
n
one of mv business and
him a
gai.
1.
mHOlHnO 23HHH - i
come Irain doca not seem to concern
her. “If Carl getn down filek liitMex-
iqd l am going to liiri),”6lie says, with
niueh iissurartco as if every railroad
bcldhgcttytq' her.' “I’ll telegraph Mr.
HAbtir/or a paLSS,” she says. “11c j>or-
suadCn Carl tA go there and he must
take me to him if he gets very sick.
>k[r.s. Haoul will mttJtc him do it, Hi now,
for sho is a mother ami has,a boy out
there. Carl’s lifis is worth more than
I was ruminating about the cost railrpads'in the co\mt4-.V.” And
raising a child. My wife ami my daugh* she, puts on an autocratic and deter-
ter have been busy for a week fixingid?! 1 a^ ^ l ’ an
do is to pray tbp,Lovd Uuit Carl may not.
get sick. . )
He is the baby boy, you know, and
mothers always cling a little closer to
the last one. ; Ko did Jacob to benja
min, tihd it is according to nature, I
reckon. He writes to her eVer’y week
and his letters Are Always bright and
cheerful r.fid loving. fehe files them
away in her stand drawer and ties them
up with tape, ivnd every now and'then
takes them out. and read* them again
and takes comfort. Oh, if the boys
would all write such, Ipttcrs to their
good old mothers. TVhn-t a world of
comfort there is In them. •Carl's last
. letter tolls us about his gelling a day
off, and he and two Georgia friends
went out a hundred miles to shoot
ducks and killed in a dny.'ikallards,
teal, canvasbacks and spoonbills, and
he says: “If yon w ant to get rid of old
Grover, p'mkI him out bore to shoot
ducks and he will never go back any
more, for it takes no boat, and no blinds
and no decoys.’*—Bill Arp, In Atlanta
Constitution.
—They Ar« the Greater Eviirt;
tn the liuU.
the membership
will 1
every Monday.’
meats?” said 1
nothin to me which side win the day,”
rftjR liuudy to me in talkin over the
bloody pr.' t. “There was plenty of
third party people and n wh< le pase.lo
cf demoernts on the grounds, you ur.-
derptaud, I!ufe, and 1 didn’t give a lid-
dirr'.i diirn as to wh : eh was which or
who was who. They was all my friends j
ffrul fellow citizens, as it were, and the '
wainert thing- w ith me was to keep in
<*ir niiiidle of the road and piny for
avail all around. I’.ui in the main time
tha eampaign v.hisl:y was flowin right |
tolerably free and pleiitiful, which ai '
r.Minl 1 was fool enough to take a nib-
blf at the bottle every time It was !
handed amend. Cialor: tand me, now,
Pufe, I didn’t git dninl;. K.ut off nnd on
indurin of theday 1 hadelunmp around >
so scamllous much sperit.s till along
in the shank, of the c\enin 1 (rot things
powerful had muddled and mixed up. !
The i,ext thing I l.no-.vid l had hollered
for th'* democratic party, whilst a |
V. hat Ttiry
Hit was way
right recently
had wc»i out
find a l etter
to grow ipwitli thee, uatr;
eotuvo, 1 new*!* f uii'd it.
\>e liad e.ic. id tin* .'iiisissippi bot
toms, and wae. lidin ti'.rougii theeoun-
try a r< . the : (,j Arkansan. We
laid l id ir.
Kab.e.i I:: Arkansafl.
laei; t here in t he sixt ies,
after the war, and I
v i:t to see if I could
place than Koeky Creek
,*, which, of
t nan a it.
n e
swim .u mV t rot near-
at lay in eys on more
arii s. Way along late
in the cm nin we come up to a settle-
neat, Wil:
Ike women
third party man was pawin the air t > j j n j t ( ,, r]: . .p. () g ..
a third party multitude, and the mul
titude run over me like a storm on
wheels. And t!. r, like a blasted id
iot which I was, 1 showed my hand ns
n third party man in a crowd of all-
wool, tire catin democrat”, and two or
three of cm went through me more
quicker (Jinn a done c f salts. Finally
«t last, when I come back to my senses
I mounted my mule and rid on back
home. The polities of this country are
plum rotten anyhow,bafe- a great pile
cf corruption, as it. were—and blame
my eats if it aint the last time you will
ever hear toll of Handy ‘itrihblin mes
sin up his lily-white hands with any
rich.”
By' the time you have lived ns long
and covered as much ground and trav
eled ns many gaits ns I have. Handy,
you will find out that tho ways of the
ntraddler are hard. The top rail is
most too sharp for me.
+ * —.
The Elciv-o Was Thar.
The Iftct time Andy Lucas went to
tow n he had u hard light with a horse
trader from somewhere over In Ken
tucky, and both of cm give the cala
boose a mighty close shave.
The way in which it came to pass
was all. on account of a horse nwap be
tween Andy nnd the gentleman from
Kentucky. The trade war made along
In the Christmas, wherein Andv
sw
face and t hi
good young mule. The gentleman from
Kentucky wanted to know if the horse
would work kind and gentle anywheres,
nnd Andy went on to give him themain-
ert pints in the ease.
“As to saddlin qualities,” rays Andy
nil children
pocjircd i.u.t of every <!e.>r and window
and eraei: and crevice in the cabin,
v h.lrt the < Id loan f l tin a rlake-ntid-
riioTi d fi -i' eouit in front. 1 .’.* wore one
gr. which had pull d his kmches
up till l!n\ 1 iked like they w us cut for
high water. l!i. face had tla* general
a: p< an*. ■ a; < f o;.'.* tlmt naiught out
a heap of birt witliout iiuttin any salt.
nd !:is oi op of wb.is-
heal lam thinned out to soine-
*s from I.? to ?) long gray feel-
kers
w her
('rs on ins f : ;i.
"A right jileasant. country you liv;
in, mister,’’ rays I, w lien 1 #rst rid uj).
“Ijee!:on it is. if a i rn don’t give a
dui n what h ku;, ! c come back at
me.
“Wlinl tili do you raise In thiscoitn
try?” * ay ; i i o tl!' > n.rxt round.
“Well, - ;. ng< r, 1 buv e 1 con livln
here nigh on to th) yau: ," ;■ vs be, with
a sad and fur-awny look in his eyes,
''end so fur r. ■ I er.n. see we don’t raise
mit'i ri m ; ;,t elar hut ehilien. chills
and Iiell."
I told him we could brat that at
I'bcky ( i. ck end not k::!f try. And
tiien we rid on and left him alone in
his trmi! Ies.
Ii i.t tiO'I’M IIguuo.
A J if; lit nin r(/ ! j:i cl(!!r r (‘ouir Iliroiifi'li
the seUlement la t week and got rigid
in after the good people ovop nt Bark
fmg to let him real ilu* new ehiireh
winch they put up hist summer. Every
body u as \,!11 i i:, and everybody chipped
in a little to help raise* necessary funds
e\ery bon v i xeejitiu Ivlder Newton.
But the cldi r said no, he wouldn’t give
a eontii imiial n d cent for any s.ieii
fooliskntev;.
hinuelf on
Ami
t lia l
v. b.en the elder plants
little word “no,” he
is somewhat like the 1 lack lion
rapped a big black horse, with ft dirdi k"*y read about be is “right t.liar.
ee and three white feet, fora whackin " * !< 11 ' 0 I d<*hed in ha.tMummer
;e y ou
r to
bu hl the new church I went down into
my llar.ks and came forth with $1.>
for the good work.” says the elder in
givin out his side of the ease. “We built
for the Lord „i.d com* nt rated it to His
service. It is God's house, brethren,
“I will quarantine that horse to go all :1 ' 1 * * H,U " {,l! hs to turn in and
the gaits and stand hitched. I have b'‘' r it '.own with lightninall the rods
never saw him hooked up in single liar- * n ''y 111 !' 011 ‘“m t : top Him, and so fur
ness, and couldn’t say for certain what ^ ,:i ooneerned He can blaze away
he would do in that case. -But you can
hook him to a wagon, at. the wheels or
In the lead, and fling on a heavy load,
and when you come to a steep hill or a
rale Inird pull the liorso. is right tlinr,
sir, the horse is right thnr.”
Ro the trade was closed and clinched,
nnd Andy got on his mule and rid on
back home. The next day the gentle
man from Kentucky struck up with old'
man Lins Stringer, from over in the
hill country, and wanted to trade him
if He wants to.’
You maybe mought think that the
elder is a mighty peeurioius man. But
up to the present writ in the Crazy
Riloam never has lx*eii threatened with
'[ his rugged presence.
Kri t s Sanders.
Muiuxt* |,i Suffolk.
A delicate taste, or refined manners
at fho table are not among the charac
teristics of the Suffolk peasant. One fo
whom some castor oil had been sent
the black horse for general farm work, ns a gift w hen he was 111 sent tho next
They hooked him in with a mule to it day with a request for “some more of
wagon, which was loaded with two Mine. Groome’s nice gravy.” At a tithe
boles of cotton, nnd the first hill they dinner an old farmer, having some
come to bless grncinur the horse wo,; hrcndsuucn handed to him, took n.s
“right thar,” like Andy Lueii'i jakl. much as could he convoyed to his mouth
But that wasn't all. By gatlius lie on the tip of a knife blade, nnd having
stayed “right thar.” The gentleman tasted it said: “Don’t eh use none.”
from Kentucky whipped And slashied Another, by way of expressing aj>-
mid eu nl till the air was blue fior provnl of a particular pudding, re-
jiillcs around, I ut old Blnokio he wjas marked that he “could rise in the night
“right tlinr,” am^ thar to stay till soiiie- time uud eat it,” and a third, supposing
thin froze over. 1 he would get hut ono plate, shoveled
Andy Lucas mulntaiun till yet Mint j his fishbones under the table.—London
he never told the gentleman from Kiln- I News.
up short clothes for the little girl, and
l w omlered what w ;is the matter. “\Yc
arc just making up some spring dresses
for Caroline,” they said. “How many
will ittake?”said I. “Well,we will have
to have If to start on” said my wife,
•'one for each day, and seven of them
ave to go in the wash j'ou know
How many other gar-
“Wcll, there are seven
w bite skirts and four tiannels and some
little shorts, you know, but everything
is f :> cheap now that her clothing
ib) : n’t cost much. These nice litthj
dresses with lace trimmings and all
tnly cost CO cents apiece for all the
material and we do the work at home.”
Caroline is our grandchild and lives In
the house with us and gives us lots of
comfort. She loves me and I love her
dearly and had rather nurse her and
frolic with her than go to town and ex-
el.an,go wit and wisdom with the litera
ti and the loafers. An old man and a
little child fit mighiy Well together.
It is nature’s compromise. I am old
and wrinkled and gray, but this little
child will put out her hands to come
to me whenever I come in the room.
That flatters me, of course, though
her grandmother says it is just because
1 walk about with her and that I spoil
her and make it harder for anybody
else to nurse hi r. She is cutting more
teeth now, and is just getting over the
w hooping cough and needs more nurs
ing, and when she puh out her arms to
me I’m going to take her and walk
about with her if the world comes to
an end. I've got a little soothing song
that I’ve been singing to our children
for <0 years and I can get them to sleep
wlien nobody else can. The measles
arc all over town now and she. has got
to have them. Her little cousins have
been kissing bor, and now they have
broken out, but that’s all right. I
don’t believe in hiding a child from the
measles.
It is a right big thing to raise ft
iliild, and especially leu of them. It
is the biggest thing in this life. Th*ro
are things that the newspapers ami
society and congress moke more fuss
about, but they won’t compare with
it in importance nor in purity and lore
r.ml sclf-. arriliee. The innocence, help-
Ic.-sness and affection of a child, my
from one to five years old, is the most
blessed ami attractive thing in the
w orld. About D.OOO.OOO babies are born
every year in the United Stiitcs, *Jid
it takes about G,' (.'0,000 people to raise
t! i m up to walking and talking time.
Then another crop comes on, and an
il her and another. The fact is that
about h. If the people in the civilized
world are engaged in raising the other
half. And it is a labor of love. I
speak from experience w hen I say that
the pleasure I have derived from nurs
ing, earing for, maintaining, pleasing
and eduinjing our children has exceed
ed all t hat. I have realized from all other
.sources. A.nd now that'I am old and
tiled, I had rather frolic w ith a grand
child 1! an do anything else. Of course
t hen* are some outsiders whoenre noth
ing about t h ue things. There are some
! selfish mothers who are all orbed In
| soeietv and its fashions and foljlre; who
j turn their children off to be nursed,
and there, are some old bachelors who
don’t want to be bothered with them,
1 and seme business men who 1h>nk that
making money ir, a b'gger thing, and ;
•Tnrdly have time to get acquainted '
with their children, and'there an* n.
big lot of thieves, burglars, robbers, I
drunkards and couvietiS who care noth- j
| ing for children, but, nevertheless, the |
masses of the people get married and j
become engaged in raising children, I
and t his is the natural thing to do, nnd
brings more happiness thah can* be |
found in anv other state or condition. :
My wife and my daughter with her |
first child are happier right now in i
working for that little child than they
w ould be in any other occujxition. and
so am L I wouldn’t write a line for
a newspaper if I wasn’t obliged to. 1
would work in the garden and among j
the flowers, for that is the next best '
thing and keeji« me in good health.
But it didn’t take n« many garments
for our first children ns it did for the
last.' They were not changed every day
in the old 1 iu.es—every other day wnn
enough. Mv wife general 1)’ had ’two
on hand and it kept her busy with
needle and thread, for wo rover had ft
sowing machine until our first child
was eight years old. She did it «ri with
her fingers- plaits, tucks, trimming*,
caps, lionnets, stockings and nil. There
never was a mother who did more work
or nicer work for her children. It
was just wonderful, considering that
she wasn’t raised to work and had her
waiting maids all around her and was
only 1G when I married her. But she
had the maternal distinct, and for 45
years has been happy in working for
them. Sonin folks call it slaving, but
if it brings happiness what if it is slav
ery. I don’t see that she has pined
away or lost flesh, or become sad and
dropsy. There is not a gray hair on
her el as ie he:«d and hardly a wrinkle
ini her brow and she ban cost me has
in doctor’s bills than any child we have
got. It is wonderful what a mother
can endure and how far she will go to
nurse, her children. A few years ago
she hurried off to Florida to take care,
of a sick toy, and hIu* staid by him for
three months in a little room and she
saved his life. There, is no doubt about
that. And right now she is on the look
out for a tel gram from Now/York or
Ohio or Mexico or Florida, where tho
hoys are si atten d, and if it ciVucm she
will want to take tli/first train?* What
it will cost or whlre tho mou>y will
GAVE HERSELF.
• LHDQ3J HI IT
WORLDLY CHURCH MEMBERS. which remains silent on these subjects.
/;l v/|oMtthnrilirvlli pat*.thu members for thesot
... „, _ . Ltilings he will get the preachers, and
3am Jonoa Spooks His Mmd < f()r 1hHf
corning Popular AinUjCiii0Ui,3. want of courage or sense or whatever
}ftW J mnY ,f i*.'ttf ■ft’That allowed them to
Card IMiijrlng, Dancing, Wine Sapp:\riM1^ permit the member* to/«Jo tjhesc tilings
TUrntcr-Gotng Koumlly l>ciiouii«-oii ^ unrebukcd. Tlie preaclierls 1 he wateh-
ISgEJHSUtfJ tiliy imvrh.tajul God lias
truly as He has warned
of the church of their
The days are evil. Deviltry mrotdfeM&fWt if.*Vy persist iv. /these things,
pant. Crimes and misdemeanors mul- Tkkfve tackled
tiply. The good are getting better.ftn<l;odlgIV''fl l ?tV 1 ha,r«r spoken my
‘ 1’ne bad are gett ing w orse. Therr>nevieJ?;tnini»td; ;tg ini-Hions of poog^ on these
was so heavy a demand, and the urjyfihJl(I/j^of4i 0 Uf»f; U imvcir; had,;u,jtruly pious
was never scarcer in every coimr .nity, man oippv/qmun to di-vigi ^^vitli me in
than a pure, genuine Christian,imtubll deuiinyjatipns yf thc?f things that
I suppose in this, as in everything el,Auil-t a^^rjji.aud p:u aJy^q^lie ehureh.
tho supply and demand regulatepthfiT ^ tliy ptjity* jcrpjj^l to agno*
market. There never was a rotten-pp-5;uo,*,, Wjbvu. 1 hp.vej ^undered my
1 tato that did not start to rot in a.liMftl^ jqeeprjlitijg; Word of
speck. There is not a Gixlh'ss mg:ii^H‘i*,y;&J>dy^aur-;jt'society and'^s ways as l
of the church to-day in the world who see them in club life aud^Uie dancing'
• did not start downward epd.tlfe-pipq eup,;an«)So on, I have
I some little inconsistencies. Every been ilenpu^iu d by pyetijj, .pulpit and
drunkard took his first little' urink",j ;i .pRljl<H'j,^li of. whicli I ^qci^led as ineon
Most thieves stole very little the t\yk^!T bkat 1 was ui^flit; and a
theft they committed. Little thiuyfa lij'^Meliei/ who lives eg’d >labors and
j open the way for big tilings. preaches among a people a year or
Worldliness is a Scriptural term, and, two years or live years'and does not
i as we understand it, includes those speak out agiuhsT those eviTfl that tend
j praet.iees of which many memlxutt.pf ^ItB^uejxuipTy ajni'rtqp^ijath is a pol-
j the church are guilty, sucl. a.seariljday-- : -k£i)uiu 1 liDa^itiy belieye,_aa<l I would'
; ing, dancing, wine suppers, attendgype . J 1 ,* 1 ' 1 ' l ’-u illiterate, pious old
! upon theaters, r.nd soon. AgainYil ftn ^ he. Gospel to
these things Protestant, as weli ev«tiaf Sumdqy t!a,n;t/ 1 >j , .:ave tlie ri*-
j Catholic, Christianity has deliycajeil ,ifIllsO,vn^oi'in^s of a ep^vpjxl.perved out
! self by the authorities of the churqh in., t<> ine l.'I.ii* Ijouqhets of aVtifieial flowers,
no unmistakable terms. Fashion and , I WnoVv 1 i hat diskonesty and corriqition
fad carry th*: day. Consecrajtfoii afiiV be^ist fcvcr*ywhere. I Icnnvv if hat llicsc
jiiety must give the road. Whatever ■ things of w hich I v.j iie ayivyonsideri'd
I>o-
A fttery of Self-Xftcrtnrln^ Eoto—A
fec-ttr* Eflnciitlon.
The old doctor, stwtiding r.ith hia
guest among tho cixrtvd of Tillagcrn.
watched the block pin* cofTm on it was
lowered Into the grave. A IftiTTo, portly
man, handsomely dremed, was the only
mourner. He gave a rold, decent atten
tion to the ftimple ocreirionlrr., walking
briskly Imck to the hotel for his dinner
w hen they tvere over.
“There is the «nd »f a story which
might, I fear, l?e. duplloatcd in many
r village or city,” Mud the doctor, ns
he walked back home. “Pnrnh Gibbs,
whom we happened to see buried there,
was left an orphan nt 15 years of r.go
with a brother of three. That big fel
low yonder, hurryiiif for something t.)
eat, was tlie child.
“Sarah had great anhitionr for he-
baby, na e.he eallr4 him. 5*he worked
as a servant *0 ferd and elotha him
and rand him t« school in hia mrlier
years. When he w*s older aha wmu
Into the mill* la N*w London, did axtiw
work, lived rpifti tew and dry kread,
would not bny a goovn in rears, to
save every cent Hint ehe might help
him through ft eollrf/** eonrre in Ilar-
vard.
“He wan always well-fed and very
well clothed. Ba wan a noted athlete,
and gave strict attention every nms-
< le. IHe. dhree.tlon, hiw hewrt. Ids lungs,
every onrnn of hi* Ixsly. wan r.atehed
end nonriehrd tinder the eye ef the
profcrsional gymtvent of tlv* college.
“He wfts a !uqx*rb animal when he
quitted college. His bruin hnd been
trained, too. She taught him (hath!.*
own development was the chict object
of life. He raw keen and quick-witted,
and went into buaineas and lies, I hear,
been very atieeetwfn! in it.
“And yet, when l remember that he
bns left his old sister here alone in com
parative nnd lonely poverty nil of these
years, I rn«si>cet that in her education
of him his soul wns forgotten. It 1ms
starved nnd died in him for went of the
culture that hi* mind nnd body have
hnd.”
The doctor walked on in silence for
awhile. “But she,” he raid, rousing
himself, “bad a poor, frail body, made
week by the. pinehiirgs and deprivn-
tionr, she Imd i* her love ro gladly ne
cep ted for his rake. Tier brain, too.
wns not a Mrimg one. She could bnrely
rend and write. But when I think of
her long arlf-saorifice, of her affect ion.
her patience* of the ravage hurts she
bore of disappointment and neglect, B
seems to me God hnd her soul in train
ing as the. athlete hnd his body. It
got ' strength nnd endurijnce through
the fasting nnd the hurts.” Glancing
upward, the good man coqfinnod, in
a low voice: ' , H Is, 1 think, triumphant
now.”
“Surely,” said his friend, “the educa
tion which leaves a mnn a selfish, hcen-
wittid animal la a mistake?’’
“It is a mistake which many self-sac
rificing mothon? iynd ulsters make,’* said
the doctor.—Youth's Companion.
A riendi Rom .Mice.
At Bonlcnnx recently a hyslorlcal
I’roneliRian visited fhc totnh w here his
beloved was laid. Carrying n lighted
ewndle and kneeling by her cofiin, he
exelaimnl, passionately: “Would 1
could die! Would I could die!” Just
then the find closed the door and cx-
tinguiKhcil tho light. The licreavcil
lover, who hnd Just prayed for death,
rushed for the door; he could not open
it; he tore at It, knocked, kicked,
struggled, calling loudly for help. No
answer, only t he utter silence and dark
ness of tho tomb. Bis wish to die w as
forgotten. lie sank down and wept;
his tears w ere not for his beloved, but
for himself, lie felt the pangs of hun
ger; he thought of his candle and cut
it into four parts. He ate the first
quarter the first day, the racond on tho
second day, tho third on the third day,
and tho Inst quarter the fourth day.
No more nnd he must die of ntnrvat ion.
He made ono more desperate effort to
bund open the door, when It suddenly
opened and the keeper of the cemetery
stood before him; the sunlight blinded
him, and ho fell from exhaustion. He
hod been there just four hours!—Lon
don Telegraph.
—Tlmt we would do, wo should do
when wo would; for as this world
changes, nnd hath abatements as many
as there are tongues, are hands, are
accidents; and then this should is like
a spendthrift sigh, that hurts by cas
ing.—Shakespeare.
Col. and Mrs. So-and-So and M^j. and
Mrs. So-anil-rio do can be imitated with
impunity so far as the pulpit is cpn-
eerned these days. One reason L have
FjUIe (pings; butt he njp^aHie smallest
cpepphip,. .erawyng in ocis, can ruin a
'$1 .(HO sviilskin cloak iii''mW-lison. The
•kick of ail old cow Imrimd cult Chicago.
heard for denouncing mobs overitbls* i'>^ A1 V .gnntienis ape motkTQtytcn. Tiu*
!* country is because a mob is tin; ivo^t (.; V/i’V > v- ! :u h^U^Ht npyMb’qTW 1 it s ff’ddeil
Infernally cowardly thingm the vyoi/UL, , ;.:i'tp i .le tendency
They never tackle anything but a'de- : or tWfig is ns I’onB.-‘i ’rtz the little
; fenseless negro or some poor white ‘‘nilil 1 hat gat hers t'.'snake up in its
devil w ho has not a friend in the world, » ^WfVFl'eiVinse t.ae snakg/fs pretty; or
and who will certainly be convicted ;Uid : fool'.yi 10 goes ipto a ra|;^m bcoanse
executed if law has a chanc*. They , . il , ‘•s.Lc'niVCfully Jigkicd aril magnifi-
never attack a colonel or a major ora ct-nHy v.j'hnb reml. I never’“i-ow sicker
judge or anybody else wlio 1ms money ^ Bind nlrtiv na'uscntixl t!i:tn lo'Hiave a-little
nnd friends. For tihis reason 1 hnve'rtt-' ■ I'qipaait jjH'mb.'r of ?yuK-**>e»nu'( , !i tell
ti'eixl my anathemas against many pul-. | tue., tin ir .church don’t, qj^yy’t to such
pits in this land. Most of ourpruaifiievs 'yAi'lilliiKe ;; as. I have written of. If
will Jump on the back oilej-s. thugs and , 1 '’elouffiVl to a iHtlb' IliiViJr called a
burns of a city, but they never taek'fe'’ ilbhdtffor'.Kd hWdli things I
the. colonels and majors ami decifd^s i irl0Uild’'fi}ithttlrv-in tbe dn: j' HtlJe i hanty
among the Sanhedrin. They ileRoitnce |i^V'^o t‘ J p;i t my i a;,|l)u{. would
sin. but never have anything to say>. '’I'i-b; 0 , 111 .1. :u ' * ,, '*"b:d: and . the little,
about sins and sinnei's. A largbprojpoj; J JgffddiiY*;' t.lfft wink'; at rui'Ii .kingsami
tion of every churoli is eon.poyed ofp’tilitvcis i-o t'.nl'jiC.rties who
members who claim reserve^ fight's ill' ^ dontl? cc Wiiiigvm t .i<t iUn>l s liired boy,
Christianity with which God p'ftnMilnnr'j"^" lackey l*< y» ambtl stench in
>t.!R‘rt4 finTS. I isaftv 'in 'oi^'Iof our re-
p oat
must Interfere, claiming thlit, relighm • of I' 1 'n 1- .••rvi
never was designed to make ih^ir pleas- : ^' ls Gnie \.e w'C 1'? ' ...Gff v.o ■!. ;.;on,i
uix*K less; and certainly it may be said
of
curtaili
are
who belong Ui society frequently w in , -
not tolerate "ny narrow viewy or hig-' hinmivi •'ufigiearfured .rFOms these
oted Ideas such as are found in (lie Teh ! t l>'ii>y.' d u.itji p/unlyzr:i:.nv.vLnreli and
(’omnm.ndr:;ents and tin* preiiy[l;s<i>f tIii* , '( , Y :: d'.H;‘ly iiAm/jit* iiiVv,. A i\|f‘ (, thod:st.
New Testament. They a.e w ifc-e a! o: e. ; ! y ' - ., 1 ; "’• v • t j‘ten tho
tv lint is written and free to (Ip as they- , 111 v '°o.. sing; anil i. they
them that their pleasures’afe hot'1 .1 W'iiMiicalsyi*sli!r«a ; ;.*.|iie charge
Hailed wherever the world JkhsplieaK- t our
B to give, Tki '-e people in ihe ebtirek p ^jej/^ih 8 * nil a lL !r./ , 1 ercg/rinatlona
10 belong to society frenuetitly w ill , ‘ s r :, t L ha: I'.crh *li: .110 to de-
plenso. Christianity to tliem is a.iuqre
cloak or profession, and thyyki
| ar<#i4Ui,Mi.Ukf 111, God nor 'mail need
gxyiigtgqiv-vb :fj i.*i:i .. iu* : aiffili r fry in
more of experimental religiobixaU:kl• e n:<* 1 iy^niiments.
they know about the north piilm They .noF'V' ‘. v - 1 - : *- y't|re worth.
are seen at (iliureh on Sunda'v viornin.'/s . . , , o.v:.. I. .Jones,
. . * ■ ”i>ro d:;i To ..•ivr: .
on dress parade; but in tho social meet
ings of the church, among the boor and
rick, at the women's 1 n!;;'ioimrVirletftb 1 ^
bigs, nt the Women's(hristiau Temper-'
aneo union meetings they ar6 pevyj-qr
seldom seen, and the only tlijii'j that,
keeps siieh persons in the eh’iireh From
being hypocrites is the fact that they
make no pretensions to piety. A man
must pretend to be good bcfim* he.can
lie a hypocrite at all.
This worltlliness w hich manjfcrts it
self In card-playing, dancing, |tlieiitel--’
going and wine-bihhing. and sd on, has
already paralyzed our city ehurcluis.
The churches are as powerlecs to i
pede the progi-ess of evil or to "oVcr-.'l'^^^^’ f siskcel Dr. Bell d ibit it was,
RfpljYiCji QN A
iA
Gy IS mC AM.
iilvvotlpa, for (avrylas Sound
1 , \t lEajout A. .rij-'if 1
\YUeii walking t]iroirp;h Hie labora-
Wof’y'irf'tttg ‘‘Volta Bii: 1 ait” \v’ith Dr. A.
'Gmlinaii Bell, tho inventar dU tin* telc-
picked up ou 0i:v of Ike ahelvou
a piece of jiine hoaul al.pujt half an
ipeh thick and eight jack vs square.
Hut nr tilt* center of it extended a.speak-
•Itlg’ftlLei' 1 which appaiJetiHy rested
‘UffiMIJsb-iW thiil disk of ibright metal
•sunk into Uie.opposite;iiUg.. 'Jjhis metal
wps like ii,sUver nurror,.av*.d was about
‘' “large arhtind as the. bottom of a
iHid I be: told ilioithat it waa r.ip.erf?cteil
Lifst ijuipen^wbotieoriginal cm Iruetion
come the devil in the world as they aVe
destitute of piety. 1 never saXi-1 ad
(lancing, eard-playing, thentor-goinga i•' fr ° I: ‘
thechurelithat F ' ‘ 1 “. l “
, i’ j cMliviof u situ beam. It'eilUhlrd him. in
wlue-bibbing member of the
was worth killing, and 1 have traveled , , , , ,
over this country enough to know w hrft’ ! u ‘ llWr 10 scud along a
1 am talking about. They may be*'^'*^ v,il»j»>ut ta.v :y.i|,ijf «» eloc-
geutleinen and ludics-elcvJr fellows- tnc to , u ! c tlu; i^Himent and
but When it comes to an onsln.mht on l ,nt the ' tu ^ i ‘ to “ ?s >'*V6nHY,Holding the*
but when it comes to an onslaught on
the devil. Hie world and the llesli they
liitiTbr so that it caught the sun and
are not in it. and il thi y were in it tl.ej'^^ WVHQitJshailbw-iIndt.bT hght on
would be traitors to the side with 'WbluT/y brathmg
w hch they had lived and to the things I 5,10,1 :use
w hich they had loved. I believe these
nils which are the beginning of all
other evils that hurt society could be
bombarded out of the church if the
pastors would cooperate with each
ether and shell the woods. These are
tlie ante-rooms to drunkenness, gam
bling, obscenity and lew-dues'*, ami
j these pretty much cover the ground. If
j wine-bibbing around the fashionable
j tables of our country does not tend to
( drunkenness then a pig don’t grow into
I a hog. If card-playing don't lean to
gambling, then the thing that a Inn
hatches out of an egg won’t grow into
^ chicken. If the contact of the sexes
in the ballroom where women wear
their deeollette dresses does not tend
to the loss of virtue somewhere and
somehow then 1 am no horse doctor.
If the tilings the people look on at the
average theater don't tend to obscen
ity and vulgarity, then cause has noth
ing to do with effect. 1 would not he
understood as saying that every man
or woman who attends a wine supper
will be a drunkard, or every person
who donees will lose their character,
or every person who plays cards will
gamble. I am simply talking of tend
encies; and if we had not enough
drunkards and gamblers nml lewd
character* in this world to make us
fear the. tendencies towards these,
things then I throw up the sponge ami
have not another word to any.
Some people say thrust your children
out into these tilings and they won’t
want to do them w hen they an* grow n.
In other words, give the pigs corn and
when they get to ho hogs they won’t
want any corn nt nil. I havens much
respect for the member of the church
v ho does things ns 1 have for the pulpit
uiii diniingfi, aim ixsipune various
* Hrq/'rb’hy The ft'atirm of - hik breath
Tgadistrdlie mirror dkiphringtti.
nTT)W*it tdmws you,” said be,)* how the
ailjoy., <>f. tlm diaphragm is» carried
nloii'r Vhe pay. Now, if yog .w ill put a
littlwboVt'fe ’with rrtihe zoOt ih it whore
that sft.TftloW'isloti the Axill'/dnd speak
Into (Aw tnbfiliyvudxviU' that the
sonijd will, travel hloiVf ray of
light, aipl by having ;i ivVciver eon-
iieetoif wMtH Yhe bottle; i ()ne' t woiild be
able to heirt 4 xtlui't'toii e.ve'Fft'i ing. Wo
have spvkcti If)' this iHovus.'tvrnml from
points V{)|)y ( a ( nb' upiirt, ati^^hpre seems
in I.h* up reiilpn to (|ouht that Bjicech
may hv .1 beatH V>¥ light for
great dwtiinoos. In Aur vftfperimtjnt
in this wm>-tirnt u$cd seleniimi. a very
rare sub:*Jf!^e,y fw;d very ,tv.*jjsitivo to
light. We haveHuuid, hpv\;ever, that we
can product* wi'V'gkwd t‘('*‘ii'lt.s with
common soot, htid (be 'dlsedii4rie« may
yet ho mado’whipUitviU, eutkd such an
iLvention eo.pjnie^^Hy |pi;«^ticable.”
—World-Progress. . t , ,.
1 >■ 1 » j .V
sliorJq^et>fc*l .Mflffqn
Whilst drinking; my glass.‘of ale at a
public Inniif lienr (silitfoii. street, my
attention was draw'ir M an bid man—
a Scotchman, e\idrutly-^-wbo gruflly
asked the bnnnaiil to dnnv.^im a jiint
of ale, and put u goinl head pq it. She
served him and moved awny. hut wan
recalled almost irhmkdititeW by tho
sight of him hlowlnp tlu* froth in all
directions. She smilingly took the pot
from him to till it, at tin* same time iv-
marking: ”Xo,i told me Ip put a good
head on it, sir.” Peering rttttftjnkiiidly
at her from umler hiss'hiigtryiqvchrpwg,
he grr.velv *aid: “AwellI didna
ken twould hue sic unvu shm i neck!”
—London Answers. ’ ’ '