Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TI-W EEKLT EDITION. WL"8BORO S. C.. AUGUST 11,1894. ESTALE L No womAN is too silly not to have genius for spite. __ POLITICs may make strange bed ellows, but the boss sleeps alone. THE genius who could make under wear of blotting paper has a fortune in store for him. IT Is always discovered, when a man Is killed while engaged in some hazardous business, that it was bis Intention to havt retired next year. MAsKED robbers attacked a female otographer in an Indiana town and nearly killed her; when they aske i for her money she repiled in the neg stive. IT is possible that in time tbe horse-owners of the East may learn that the people of the great West own and are able to train a few pretty good nags of their own. LExINGTON is up at last to find a ngress representative worthy the y of Kentucky, and Lexingtori od nanie for a place in which n a winning fight. E is a gem of literary composi om a recent historical novel: as-lamps. not havi.g been in. at that time. renderee the the city still darker!? -es of two Kansas wome, d by their corsets, as the ied from a revolver were he steels. Who wi!l say is unhealthy? um took a head e other day, and f he doesn't stay to business he m his throne. DALY has of Wales a t" scenes in ould now have thing stronger for orney, accusea tered demur that without 1 enter a reni event made nota in behalf of the En that in the regions o: ar locusts he puts in al. s n killing them fur amuse ment. He doesn't seem to want therm to eat. It is a great card for the spat row. BOSTONT, Philadelphia, and New Orleans have caught the police in vestigation fever; but .the results, while they have shown more or less petty corruption, still leave New York pre-enminent in police rascality. In other cities police blarkmaii is an individual affair; In New York it is an organized business. To AVOID trespassing on the prop erty of a neighbor a San F rancisco realty owner Is shaving an Inch from the face of a rear wall. Metes and bounds are getting to be rigorously observed. Pretty soon it will Le trespass far a man who has built up to the alley line to put a coat of whitews.sh on his chickenhouse. GRADUALLY the evidence in the Carnegie armor plate frauds investi gation is putting the responsibility nearer to headquarters. At first it was "revengeful employes" who palmed off the defective plates upon the government. Then a foreman admitted tnat he k-new of the ras cality. Next a superintendent was pinned down, and now the general superintendent of the whole plant is shown to have been cognizant of the frauds from beginning to end. One step further will bring Frick tnto the mess. THE no longer airy, fairy Lillian Russell has tired of her latest hus band, the italicized or Italianized American tenor, John Ch atte rton Giovannii Perugini-and Inc ,ntinent ly cast him off with as little cere mony as she would an old glove. Lillian should really be more careful; the statistics show that husbands of any kind are getting very scarce. while husbands with tenor voicesnrd complaisant dispositions hav-e of late become as scarce as hen's teeth Chatterton-Perugini may not have been much of a husband. but he must have been better than none at all, and if the plump prima donna had been wise she would have held on to him until something better of tered at any rate. Sor'E men would get credit for be -ing very wise if they could got talk. THE four-legged jack-ass knows when he has enougfl. Mrs. Hannah Cbard, of Glossboro, N J., who is said to be 105 years old, h~as 180 grandchildren. m =1us lrmals anm - - - -- WHAT I LIVE FOR. I live for those who love me. W bose hearts are kind and true; For the heame:i tht nides aWove me, Anl awaits nv spiit tio. For all buiat. Lie; tiwt biid me, Yt r th., ta-k nv God a-igrel in3. For the bright ho-o- -%e :o ind ma, And the gsod that i can do. I live to learn their story Wto sufered for mv sake; To emulate their glory, And fP i-v In their wake; Bard.,. triots, martyrs, sag -s, The he-ro-c of .ll a e . Whose veeis crowd hsterv's png?s. I And 1iime great Nuluue maJ. I live to hold conmunion With all that is d:vine; To feel there is a union .Twixt rLature's heart and mine; To profit by affliction. Reap truth fro-n tiells_ of. fetion, Grow wiser rom convietiou, And fulfil God's grand dsign. I live to bail that season By gifted one; foretold, When men shn11 live by reason, And not alone by g -Id. When man t o man unit e 1, And every wrong thing righted. The whole world shall be ligated As Eden wai of old. 1 live for those who love me. For those who know me true, For the Hetsvon that smiles above me. And awaits my spit Ito: For the cause that lacks assittsnc. For the wrong that no..s resistauce, For true ftutre in the distance, And the good that 1 can do. .Great Thnughts. THE SECRET. My brother gave his work a final polish, and then viewed the valuabl :articles approvingly before placing them in their softly-padded case 1 "Think they look well, little wo man?" heasked. - "I think they do indeed," I an swered in unquali'ied admiration. for Ted was a capi.ali workman, and had mended the pretty trinkets very skillfull'. ".I am sure 'Mr. Bailey w.1l be pleased. The owner hersell would be puzzled to detect where she damaged them." Ted smiled: then, as he did not in tend to take them back to the shot until the return of his employer, whi-h would not be till the morrow, he dep sited both the .ewelled brace lets in bis customary "non-burglar proof safe," as be jokingly called a s:lati, strong. squa e box which he had i ttect with lock and key, padded inside and out, and covered with chintz to match our so a. He made me use this as a footstool, saying that evil-disposed persons would be the less likely to examine it; and many a jest be had about his placing gems under my feet, and about my be ng a small person with a higb mind, for I set my foot upon gold, I and like nonsense. Dear old Ted! He was so clever at his trade, ana sc trustworthy, that he always had morework thanar coul~deqtthrugh e was verf-find of me--his pooi little crippled sister-would nevei allow me to sit too long at the needle, and shared with me in every possible way the little duties necessi tated ,y our humble menage: so he and 1 .ogged along very peaceably. We lodged in two rooms in a quiet street on the outsk:rts of Bridgepool. Ur iandlady was a kindly old bud who had known our parents long be fore either Ted or I found ourselve on this world's stage. Having put away thc bracelets safely, my brother next paked ur three 'or four watches he had been tusy setting to rights, and prenared to go zo the shop in laridgepool which usually employed him. I watched himW putting onl his ovecoat, for the lay was very cold, but he seemed slow inl his mno:emlents, and 1 thought Ihe was reluctant to leave me alone, fr, tho'ugh I was generally active enough. considermng my indrmity, one of my bad spells was now on me, when as he knew, I found muov:ng aboul a pin andl a ditliulty ror some days It happened, too, that Mirs. Brown our landlady had gone out for the dlay -a very rare occulrrenice. -au I do anything else for you be fore 1 go-" he asked. '-No, Ted dear, th ank you." "31ake sure. look round and see ii everything is put handy for you,' s id my brother, placing my crutch a litte nearer." "Ere ything." I replied cheerfully. "nd l ve such a lot of work to get th.ough, I shall tind the aiternoon short." '-I don't half like y ur being lefl alone so long: for 1 may not be lbaci ~efore 5," said Ted. eyeing mue du biouly. "Cousin 3.1illy would c->nue ro~md if 1 asked her." '-Yes, anmd bring her baby, wrh would hinder my work sadly. I don'l like bab es when I'm busy. Go away, Ted, you dear old fellow! Don'1 bother about me- i shall be all right.' "'Well, good-by, little woman," he said, stooping to kiss me: "'I'll bi oe as soon as t can. A nd, Bessie,' he added pausing in the do rway, '-be sure you don't tou.:b the window to day. The sash line snapped thih i orning; I must send a ca penter tC see to it. Y ou will remember?" .1 promised that I would, and m3 brother departed. I heard him ge down stairs and shut the street door. At tirst the usual quiet of the house was rather depiessing: but I soon be came too much engrossed in sewina to pay attention to that, and stitched away bus ly at someI things I was completing for a lady who was lRinc enough t~o praise myj needlework. pre ferring it. as many others did, t( machine-stitchea articles. P'resentlj I thought I heard a slight noise downstairs, :ike the opening of window: but. as all remained quie1 afterwards. I put it down to my imt agination, and w nt on tr'an .uillU with my work. After some time was startled to bear a step. stealthy, but distinctly audible, rn the land Ing outside, while under the door ap peared the shadow of some one mov 'Perhaps Mrs. Brown has re turned," was the thought in my mine y sat gazing at tbe door; buu the ii Sturned cod with fea". for the be handle was turned softly, and a to stFange man looked in -- a young man ha with a palli, greasy, leering face, dr ornamente'l by a thievish-lookiag th twisting of hair on each side, while dii a limp ca) of semi-military cut was tn stuck rakishly on the side of his wl head. I notieed these dEtails me- W1 (banically as I sat yearifned with sur- gr; prise and fright, and I also noticed ne that his long dirty neck was without th t e or cclla!, a shabby frock-coat being pic buttoned up to his ch n, and that trE his dirtier hands sported more than th qu one ring. ht This individual, after darting a swift glance round the room, slipped in and locked the doo-, saying: "Slck: Popsy-wopsy, don't be th frightened! I'm not going to hurt dr you-not a bit of it' But, you see m - Stop that!" he growled; for, as he approached me, I recovered my self a little, and gave a good loud ro s rea n. ha Quicc as thought he had his hand se sei over my mouth, holding my chin and I nose in such a manner that 1 was ti, nea:ly suffocated, then he gave me a ba shake. saying: B . "If you do that again I'll pay you a out, you little foo! There-she is gr going to be nice and ouiet now, ain't Sir she? A picter of good behavior, I calls her!" co Talking thus, he gagged me dex- I terously witn sotue of my work- dc which, however, was pleasanter than WI his hand-ugrh, that grimy hand!- pe and then, producing some cord from his pocket, in a -.ainute or two I was se -poor little feeble thing-bound ay hand and foot in tuy chair. I lie grinnec at me as he remarked: p "Now, you know, ducky, I wouldn't ct have served you so if you had the tt sense to keep quiet. I never could ca t ear to be rough to the ladies-never! But t me is short, and you might have been hard to persuade: so perhaps it's ki the best way after all." I bi I While .speaking thus, the flippant in rascal kept his e es around our neat gr little rooms. I read disdain in his glance; and at that moment a sus- n<c i icion darted into my mind that he 01 had come with the ob ect of stealing w some of Ted's work-perhaps the m jewelled bracelets whi-h then were w tinder my feet. With this thought an there came 1o me a firm iesolve to wi save my brother such a loss, if I pos- or sibly coul .; ay, even if I had to en- m dure tortures, I would not speaic. I be set my teeth hard, and watched the man. His wandering glances soon St re %erted to me. in "Look here, dear; it I loosen this yo Cloth a bit and you take breath, will m you speak to me nicely? Unly don't be Rid' tr~-VW ~ - qit,& N nervous to hear you screamand, canot, & do you no good." How well I knew in that, in a back room in a quiet Lh street! "The e-ain't it much more comferrable"-loosening the cloth. "Tell me now, popsy-your brother's J got some vallybles here, ain't he?" tr 1 shook my head. (a I "Oh, but he has: so you needn't bu log your noddle like that! Better he teil me where he's put them. It wi will save lots of time, and De more m1 I pleasant for you." in But I only shook my head the tr more. | in '-Did you ever see sich stubborn- li ness?" mattered the fellow, tying up th my mn uth again. "I am afeerdi , E I shall ha e to make you speak dl- 'lie rectiy. But I never like to be un- ,th kind t~o the ladies-unless they drive ui. me to it-oh. neve'r." Le saying this, he began an exadnina tion of the apartment, proceeding in an what, as I suppose, would be de- ou01 scr ibed by a "profes tonal" as the sai 'best style;" anyway, his movements nle w, re characterized by extraordiary ga celerity. Within a few minutes he wi had gone to the bottom of every drawer and box in the roo in, and ne also turned out the sofa-bedstead n: where Ted slept at night. A pretty tuI itter he made o. it all! But he had fr< not yet discovered the secret of my ali footstool. Can any one imagine what I endluild as I sat there, help.less as ev a poor little Chinese "..oss." the cold TC perspiration of fe-ar on my forehead, be while 1 asked myrelf "What whal the St< fellow do next " sa Hie turned round wh'le pr ceeding ab with his search, andl, tookiog at me,Y said: "Hallo, Poppet, how pale you are! Ain't going to faint, are yoz? Oh, don't laint, for I shall want you ito. aik to mue a bit: lli open the win- vt: dow and give you a mo thful of mi fresh ai. TIhis room is precious t cloe." oui lHe went to the window--the win- th low which dear Ted had cautioned se me not to touch that morurn-;n astened th- catch. arid would have ca let down the uppler part: but he was w saved the trouble, for. the cord being to brken down quick as a shot camie, the window, and. as luck wouldj have have it caught his eight fingers tight between the upper and middle fri frames.m The~ pain and the shock must have er been dreadful, the window-frame be- w' inrz a widle arnd very heavy one. He 'p ut tered a how , then kicked franti aly; b:;t all was ini vain. There he stood, with both hands held aloft 'g caughit in as nice a trap as could at have been devied for an evil-doer. Then he glainced. at me and the sa sight o me. " pictur of good be- h~ havior" that I was miust have filled sa his soul with remorse since through, 'his own act I was rendered power.. in less to assist him. He whined. how- Y ever: d: 'Can't you help me?" ur As it was impossible (or me pill- of ingly to look on while a fellow-crea- cl ture suffered such anguish as I knew se he must be enau ing. I used every Ieffort to get (ree. but vainly. He had tied me too firmly for that. Hie to took to kicking again, and began to 76 'Iwear hrrbly. May 1 never again ar such language as I was torced' listen to that afternoon: His ' nds'soon swelled: and I saw some >s of blood trckle slowly down - panes, the rings he wore on his -ty fingers having been forced rough the tiesh. The piercing air, tich rushed in freely through the de aperture must have greatly az ivated his suffering. I know I was arly frozen. And all this time - American clock on the mantle ice kept ticking off the monients nquilly. as though to assure me at time c;uld not be hurried into a Icker pace by any consideration of man distrese. Imagine what two hours in such a ,uation meant for both of us! Two urs: I think the poor wretch at e window fainted; but the horrible agg og of his body on his poor timed hands rou-ed him directly. 'embling with cold and commisera >n, I sat watching him, the tears Ling down my cheeks. Oh, why d I refused Ted's kind proposal to I ad cousin Milly to me? Why had peen so captious about her dear lit baby? Better i room tu I of bies, all doing their w. rst, tnan it here I swooned and fell, chair d all, on the rue before the cold ate, the tire hav.ng died out long ice. Just on the hour of three I became use ous of a dull thud below, which knew to lie a knocK at the street or. I lay listening, but rather muder:ng vaguely what would hap n next than taking any interest in e things of this life, from which I emed in a mann r to have rioated av. After an interval, I heard steps idding up the stairs, and a loud erry voice, which 1 recognized as at of our old friend, Mr. Joy, the rpenter, called out: "Hilloa! Anybodylat home?" Coming to cur room door, he iocked, then turned the handle, it, of :ourse, found it locked. Be. g unable to sDeak, I yet tried tc )an, and made some inarticulate ises; but I could hardly hope the I man heard them, as he was some at deaf. As for my companion in isfortune. one would suppose he >uld gladly have hailed a prison as I escape f omn such a plight as he i is in; and so, no doubt, he would, I ly ne had no choice at that mo ant, having gone oil again in a avy swoon. I heard the carpenter go down- I tirs, and hopes of relief died away I my breast. Oh, Joy, ;oy, why did i u come to mock me thus? Twe )re hours probably before Ted w 11 home: Shall I be alive by then? bound and -achrin 1riT:. we._nm4J r-pattr-rray and sobbed I serably. Bit hark! A shout from e back garden. "Wnat the dickens Is all this?" ain 'I heard the volce of Joy. It apDearea that the carpenter, on ing our room door, and tinding it utened, concluded we were all out, t went round to the back of the use "to have a look at that there aer" wh ch my brother had sent i to mend-or course not expecti to tind it converted into a man ip. ie had noticed, waiile knock at the street door, that the par-1 -window was unfastened, aund, inking it unsafe, especially as Mrs.i own was out, he had used his priv ge as our o.d friend and hers to get rouh and fasten it before comiinst stairs. No doubt the thie had en-. ed the house in that way.I It was not long be ore help came, d the door was broken open. whenI r misery was ended. I dare say,, ice prisons were thst built, there ver was a culprit who walked into ol more meekly than (lid the one 10 had intended to rob my brother.i They say the poor fellow's hands will ver be right again; amnputation y be necessary, as erys-pelas is set g in. Well, all I can say is, I ely forgIve him ior the suffering, ~ntal and bodily, he caused mie. I was in bed for a fortnight. but; antually got all right again. IPe:r d says I am a b; iek, hut that mayI his partiality. Anyhow, my foot. oi proved to be a very effective] -e. To this hour no one knows out it but yJu, Ted, and tuyself! ugee Blade No Di ff-erence. "If," said an old schoolmaster to a ;itor, '"certa.hl puoils used half as ich ingenuity and application in) (lng out facts as they do ini finding t ways to be wrong and excuses foi em, they would become excellent 10ars. Toere's Trink-ins now. gaz out of the window. lie never es to learn anyth.ng, Lut he is al is ready with a more or less ingen i blunder. Let's try himi. -Tinkins!" exclait~ued the teacher "Yes, sir -" "Gather in your eyes and your wits m the outer empyrean for a mne. int, and tell us what is the differ ce between the meaning of the rd 'g anite' and that of the word >meraate?' ''o difference, sir." "Then why d' we somuetlimes say anite' and sometimes 'pomegran "When we are in a hurry, sir, we y coloquially 'granite,' but if we ve plernty cf time we take rvains to v -omegraniate ' -Let me comn liment you on the eiuity of your answer, Tinkins. ow you may go and look up the tinitiorn of those two words in the ,abridged, and write down each ioition for me ttu times. The ass in rhetoric will return to their The Egyptians consider it unhealthy wash a ehid until it is at least one ar old. UR SUNDAY SEMUOS in A FEW SUBJEOTS FOR ALL TO be PONDER OVER. (o of W, rrast Ye In the Lord Forever-Now Is the 6& Appointed Time-"Take My Yoke Upon ti You" - Intellgence from Some and Abroad. The Best Way. HRIST saw that p( men took life pain- A fully. To some it se was a weariness; ci to others, a fail- vf ure: to all a strug- pl gle and pain. How b( to carry this bur- S( den of life had w been the whole " world's problem. ' It is still the whole hI world's problem. b4 AndhereisChrls' st solution: Carry it st is I do. Take life as I take it. Look se it it from my point of view. Take ci ny yoke and learn of me, and you se will find it easy. I tt Did you ever stop to ask what a roke is really for? is it to be a bur- w en to the animal which wears it? in [t is just the opposite. It is to make I its burden light. Attached to the >xen in any other way than by a oke. the plow would be intolerable. Worked by the means of a yoke, it is e light. A yoke is not an instrument c >f torture; It is an instrument of 1s mercy. It is not a mai cious con. P rivance for making work hard; It ist i gentle device to make labor light. Lt is not meant to give pain, but to: ei iave pain. It And yet men speak of the yoke of a[ Christ as if it were a slavery, and 21 ook upon those who wear It as ob- al ects of compassion. "Take my yoke ipon you, and learn of me; for I am S( eet and lowly In heart; ana ye shall m Ind rest unto your souls. For my H roke is easy, and my burden is light." or -Drummond. In The Joy of Christ. "That they might have my joy tul i lled in themselves." (John 17: 13.) Every Christian should remember di .hat Christ was more conce. ned abcut c )ur having joy than being rich. The 3ible clearly shows that it was not' dc ;od's intention tha. any worker In is vineyard should labor with merely I uman strength. it is the joy of . ho Lord that makes all things easy, 3 Lna it was this that Christ was anx- a, ous that we should have. He wants T very worker to know what He did b 2 = world He did gladly and oy- " ully. T h m m L aL w " w ' - w uade reluctantly, but with gladness. le wants us to work in love, and re iave love's reward for doing It, just re Ls the mother in caring for her sick cy :hild has a constant and unfailing Ci ov in the hope that she is alleviat- kr ng its sufferings. The highest pos. It ible joy In this world is the joy of tt 'hrist. Tne joy of knowing that H:s H, ill is more to us than our own. The E oy of His constant presence in all our H indertakinis. The *oy of fellowship ith Him in suffering. The joy of nowng that though others may nisunderstanid us, and malign our as notives, and condemn our actions, a ret He can always look into our he iearts and know that we are loyal to 'st jim. The joy of knowing what He mn ias done for us, and the joy of hay- m og soniething to do for Him. And a esides all this, there is the jo: of an- wi ,icipatlon that when our work has sc >een finally done, we will hear Him in ay: "Well done, thou good awl fo athful servant; enter thou into the se oy of thy Lord." Let us be more nxious about having the joy of hrist than we are about obtaining -- .he ravor of the world. n A Noble End. What a friend we have in Jesus is 22 zown by His power to comfort on the leah bed as in the time of trouble. .pai er gives a striking instance in es ,he death of a brave soldier: t "Put me down," sad a woundedI russian at Sedan to his comrades, who were carrying him; "put mue st own. Do not take the trouble to~ :arry me any farther; I am dying." 11,i They put him down and returned ti .o the field. A few minutes after an w >mtcer~ said to him, "Can I do any- di ,hing for you?"m "Nothing, thank you." t "Shall 1 get you a little water?" hi taid the kind-hearted otmcer. a! "No, thank you; 1 am dying." or "is there nothing I can do for you?,~ hall I write to your f. iends'?" I have no friends that you can y'rite to. But there is one thing for th wh~ch I would be miu.h obliged. In th ny knapsack you will tind a Testa- a net; wall you open it at John 14, re id near the end of the chapter you be will find a verse that begins with of eace.' Will you read it?" pe The omcer did so, and read the ti words: "Peace I leave with you. ce My peace 1 give unto you. Let not w rour eart be troubled, neither let it ir c afraid." at "Thank you, sir," said the dying in nan. "I have that peace. I am hs roing to that Savior. God is with ji ne. I want no more." at :The Danger of Delay. ft Five men were clinging to the in ast of a vessel, which in a terr ble ti torm was drifting swiftly, helpless- si: *y, against a stone pier. On shore lil willing helpers had thrown a rope, ai which reached them, and the words e rang out. "Hold fast the rope, and Leave the mast at the word 'Now.'" Suddenly they heard it, and with rusting hearts let go the ma'st, and were drawn safely ashore. All but ti one. With staring eyes they saw ni ne still on the wreck that had hes:- t~ iated to leave. Many times they rew the rope again, outif mIssed m, and soon the vessel was dashed p'eces, against the pier and the an was lost. klow many souls have en lost in [the same way! They uld not bring themselves to let go the world and trust to Christ ben they heard the warning cry, Now is the accepted time; now is y day of salvation." Must Be Heaven. A lady who vis'ted Japan told to a tthering of ladies, recently, an ex ,rience that came to her knowledge. little child had come to a mission hool. The contrast between the teerlessness of her home and tile ry atmosphere or that Christian ace, made it seem something more autiful than she ha i ever known. )on after she entered, she com enced to ask for grandmamma. Your grandmamma is not here," -he must be here. She has gone to ,aven, and this is heaven: she must here." Scarcely Lould she be per Laded by the teachers that the one e sought was not there. But the hool was overcrowded, and the s lla could not be kept. As she was nt back to her home she was told aT there was no room for her there. What! no room? Granamamma al. ays said there was plenty or room heaven, and this is heaven: there ust be room for me." Notes and Comments. SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS, who found- u I the Young Men's Christian Asso ation, is a retail storekeeper. He president of fully thirty religious iilanthropI societies, and a.director as many more. IN Fiji, which in 1835 was a heath land, there is a circuit which has ministers, 310 lo al preachers, id upward of 7,000 members, with ',000 adherents. Of the ministers I but one are natives. GERMANY'S oldest pastor, Dr. -ringer, died March 30, at Em endingen, Baden, aged 94 years. e was in active service for seventy ie years, having been pastor at Em endingen for sixty-tbree years. THE third session of the Catholic immer School will be held at attsburzs from July 11 to August Bishop Spaulding of Peoria, will 0 liver the opening sermon. The LI hool was formed in 1892, and the st session was held in New Loq- 0 in, Conn. I A RECENT letter from Japan says at at the close of last year of the b, 7 churches in Japan 78 are wholly a id 299 are partially self-supporting. e additions during the year num- i red 3,636. The present member- i ip is 37.534. -The--1a" rt' -. B tOOKLYN clergymen have not a, ched that stage when they either commend or condone Sunday bi- a cle riding, but there exists in the I. ty of Chu ches an organization 1 town as the Clerical Cycling Club. is over a iear old, has 11 members, te Pre.dent is Rev. John J. eischman, the Captain .ev. W. P. St rans, and the Fecret..cy-Treasurer -v. Dr. J. M. Farrar. W.Ard Photographs. Did it ever occur to you that the eraae person is quite unable to give L creditable word picture of any one has seen? Because we under- Y and the looks of a person when we b eet him, it never occurs to the o id that other people do not g asp thorough idea of his appearancet ith a few passing phrases tfde ript:on. Not long ago, on enter- t g my ottice, 1 was met by th-e in rmation that a man had called to e me. I "What did he look like?" I asked. "Oh, he was a good-looking fellow not very tall, rather heavy, but >t too much so." "Was he old or youngC" d "I should say about 20, p~erhaps ~ t "What color of hair?" t "I don't remember now. How ei. I don't think he had a iuu.; che." "H-ow dressed?"t "Oh, just. an ordinary business it."0 Have you ever heardl such a des -rip )n? If n t, watch yoursdif next we ycu tell of some one's call. You uld be surprised to tind that sour scription would lit aim st any it ember of the human race. Thl~e oubie is, we do rnot cultivate the r hit of intelligent observation. ana I e thus unable to describe anything any body adeluately. Are M1inister/' Sons the Worst? It has become a popular sayi ng at sons of clergymen are wkorse an other men's son's, and that as rule, they turn out badly. WithI gard to the first statement, it may sa d that so much more isexpcted mnisters' son-s, and unjustly ex cted, too. Like other young men, ey arc of the earth earthy. Con rning the second statement. rigure-s ill seak plainer than woras. For stance, Zion's Herald says there e 05 sons of Methodist mninisters .Toronto, Canada. These sons tve turned out as follows: "One dge, one hishop. two county crown torneys. one publicsch ol inspe~-tor, le 31. P., three Q-ueen's couns~ea, ur graduats in dentistr -, twelve med cine, fort. in a to and h;:, iree bank-ers. tive insurance agents, x dce gymen, three organists, one rarian, one Government emplo e id sixty sturients at the various1 locational instit~itions." Would Be Appropriate.K Wie-What would you donat s to re insane ward in the charity hos tal if you were in my placey llus Ld-A crazy quilt. -Truth. RAM'S HORN BLAST& rarning Notes Calling the Wicked to R pentance. A R N EST en. deavor is sure of reward. GoD's word for a thing is enough. SELF-LOVE sends out no mis " sionaries. SiN at first sight always Icoks harmless. TdE next door ighlor of selfishness is sin. - A TEMPTATION yielded to is a step ward the pit. WE are on trial ourselves whenever e conde:Ln another. THE true hero is the one who has i1 courage to do right. Ti-: devil runs when he can't find )ything to hide behind. A STI:ONG test of our love to God our treatment of an enemy. GoD alone can tell where our per nal influence i3 going to stop. E-v>EY man can soon get rich if he ill only ask God to tell him how. TiiE devil is always trying to prove iat a little sin has no poison in it. TiE man who rejects Christ loves ie devil, whether he inuws it or TaE man who minds his own busi ss will alwa:s have business to ind. No MAN can be either saved or lost ithout himself giving the casting )te. Tar: nn who is willing to learn ie thing at a time will soon know uc. Tni- man who is not conscious of s own faults has no charity for an .her. TnE man who asks God for his Lily bread will not try to get the hole loaf. THE man who walks with God ver turns aside for a fiery furnace - a lion's den. THE troubles that trouble us the ost are the ones that should trouble i the least. __s__. IT is not necessary to have a gun in ie band to show that there is mur ,r in the heart. THERE are men who hope to get to saven simply because they have ver been in jail. IT may be that the woman who .ve the two mites never had very uch to say In the church. id. Cod made the sun so that it could aer leave us inbtlie~dark. EVERY Christian life ought to be ich that if all men were living it, te result would be a -heaven on . th. THE one who sets a scandal a~oat ould go in for lynching the man ho woula turn a wolf loose in the reet. 1r. Gladstone's Energy. The ph sical and mental energy splayed by Mr. b1aastone, while mducting the Home Rule 13111 rough the House~of Commons, was arvellous, ccnsidlering that he i1887 ~ars old, and has for several years en under the orders of his physi an. tays a London paper: In conducting the Home Rule Bill irough committee he displayed al OSt a spirit of monopoly in regardA >the speech-making. There was arcely a clause, a line, or a word hose entire defence he would in ust to his lieutenants. Nlght after night he sat through men hours, answering every amend. ient in st inmgs or little dazzling pechets, soon brea sing through the octor's rule of Dstilg from the de ate at 9 o'clock, and ai t'e end of de session more persistent in at 3ndance than any or his colleagues. Never-we (an say without fear of >ntradiction-bas he reached to a igner level of sustained eloquence an during this session. Whether we take his great speeches the tirst, second, and third read 'gs of the Homne Rule Bill, his hun red a::d one little constitutional dis urses in <ommittee, his innumera. e displays of wat and a gument in - personal combats with Mr. Chain erlain, or last but not least, his ay important speeches on. open uestions like the opium tratlic and b' eight-hour day, he has shown the *1ne uzirivalledl and un hallenged re em.nrence. Sherky Hill. Nar Milton, Ohio, there is a yliiht eation known as .lherkv ii:. hich appears t . have been the worK moun d uuilders. Years ago i t w.as uch given to a cjuivering motion. ecently it has begun to "shi'er" rain, and its action is more violent ian ever. The Indians believed ere was a great tortoise under thc ill. and that the shaking wascaused y its eforts to release itself. K~now a Thing or Two. Mrs. Fanglc-fre advertiscd fo.' : ervaut for a whole week with no 1z it. Mrs. Cumuso-Well. I adver sed for a good-lookingr help In-ly. .nd had thirty-:our to se~eet from ie tirst day.-Ilarper's B3azar. Lacked courag. Dominie -Ah. how much better it. ould ite it we could only have ti ouragte ot our convictions. Des-ct ro)ssroads-Wor.ldn't it, though? 'I ould a' made clean a thousand ou