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7 The Abbeville Press and Banner J BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3. 1891. VOLUME XXXYI. Nal||l I New Quarters. IWJiDS. I am Now Prepared is Offer at Reasonable Prices tie Largest ail Best Selected Stock of Watches, Clocks, jr je w JE ~Ij :K Silverware, Spectacles, and Gold Pens, And everything lu the JEWELKY Line ever offered to the people of Abbevl'le county. Silver and Nickel Watches from 82.j0 to SIS Gold Way&es from 515 to $73. | Clocks from SI to S15. CHAINS. CHART'S. LOCKETS, SLEEVE BUTTONS, COLLAR BUTTONS SCARF TINS, STlTI>St LACE PINS, HROOHES, EAR RINGS and DROPS, and CHILD'S DRESS BUTTON SETS in GOLD and Rolled Plate at the Lowest Prices. Gold Rings, [quality guaranteed] from 75 cts, to $10 Sterling Silver Thimbles, Spoons and Forks very low. The celebrated Wm. Rogers Knives, Forks, Spoon8, <?c. Triple plated on Nickel Silver. 14 K. Gold Spectacles and EyeGlasses from 94.50 to 98 per pair. Why Injure your eyes by wearing cheap glasses wlieu you can get Pebbles for S-J.-V) per pair. It will be to your advantage to call on me should you need anything In the jewelry line Repairing neatly done and all work guaranteed". Office in store of J. C. NICKLES. J. T. Duckett, JEWELER, j ! ? Greenwood, S. C. Oct. 15. 18<H). STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. "COURT OlfcCpMMON PLEAS. James T. Hester, Plaintiff', against W. N. Mercler, as survivor of the late firm of "\V. N. Mercier & Co., said firm having been composed of the said W. N. Mercier and one A. D. Smith, now deceased, Defendant, Summons. For Relief. (Complaint not Served.) i i To the Defendant, \\". N. Mcrcier, as survivor of the late firm of W. X. Mcrcier & Co.,said firm having.been composed of (he said W. K. Mercier and one A. I>. Smith, now deceased. YoU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED ANDs jequired to answer the complaint in till action, which was filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said Conn ty op. thel-ith April, 1S9J, and to serve a copy of your answer to t>?? '-a1'', complaint on the subscribers at their office at Abbe vllle Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for there lief demanded in the complaint. Dated 14th day of April, ISM. PARKER & McGOWAN, Plaintiffs Attorney. April 22. 1S01 fit. I). A. ALLEN, Prop. J. P. RICE, Snpt ALLEN MANUFACTURING CO. Clinton, S. C. -MANUFACTURERS OFDoors. Sash, Blinds, Moulding. Brackets, Front Doors, Stair Rails, Newel Posts, Balust?rs, Scroll Sawing and Wood Turning, Flue Dried Lite for Bnilta. Contracts Furnished at Short Notice. First Work h Specialty uimI nil Work <>tmriuit?><'<l. Correspondence solicited and letters of in ijimjr uuoncicui writk before buying elsewhere. IloNt Work. I.oweKt Prices. J. F. MILLER <k CO. arengpnts for us, nnrt orders given to ihetu will receive prompt attention. March 2, 1S91. 12ra. R. H. HENDERSON, Attorney at Law. Greenwood, S. C. OFFICE over Lee ?fc Bailey's store. Prompt attention given to collections. April 15,1891. 12m* SCHOOL NOTICE. All persons having business with the School Commissioner, will llnd him in his office, all public days and every Saturday in each month nearest the middle of the month, during the present year, for the purpose of registering claims, .vc. v j K. COWAN, School CommmlBBlor:er, Abbeville County. Feb. 4,1891 tf. The Abbeville Land, Loan and Improvement Company. IN ACCORDANCE with Commission of Secretary of State J. u. Marshall directed to the undersigned Board of Corporators of the ABBEVILLE LAND. LOAN AND IMPROVEMENT COM PA N YNotice is hereby given that the books of subscription of said company will be open at the office of J. ALLEN SMITH, Piesident, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Oth Inst., at the A hh^vlllp Vsitlmml list nit. J. ALLEN SMITH. \\\ C. McGOWAN, P. ROSENBERG, AUG. W. SMITH, K. A. TEMPLETON, R. M. HADDON, T. P. COTH It AN. Board of Corporators. Abbeville, 9. C\, Feb. 5 1S91. . ..... ' ' - 'IUIK MAIN WHEEL IN A WATCFI I makes I revolutions in a day of 24 hours, or MOO in :i year. Next, tlie centre wheel, 24 revolutions a day, or 8,700 In a year. The third wheel 192 In a day, or 59,030 In a year. I The fourth wheel 2,4-10 in a day, or SIS,600 in a year. The fifth, or scape wheel, 12,960 in a day, or 4.72S.2U0 in a year. The "ticks" or beats of the balance wheel :58S,SMW in a day, or 141.S82.000 in a year. I The above is mathemeticnlly correct, and should prove to you that a WATCH is a very 1 delicate and complicated machine,andshould j it be out of order the watch requires the attention of a First Class Watchmaker : Tim undersigned offers you nil the ndvan 1 tag?>s thai skill and experience can command i in the repairing of Watchs, Clocks and Jewelry, t EN(iRAVING J any style letter or monograme executed at short notice. All Work Warranted 12 Months. < A first class stock of GOLD. SILVER and ' NICKEL WATCHES. JEWELRY. SILVER I WARE, GOLD PENS Jrc. > T) AMAWM M T5-MA [ OdlUi "f and c Wm. Eogers i FORKS, KNIVES AND SPOONS. ' Goods guaranteed as represented or mony refunded. No charge" for engraving goods 9 bonglitof iiie. t Place of business In F. F. Dunbar & Co's T store. | R. B. Hennemann, ! i riTiTITI "XT TTT f\f\T\ CI H ttHJjXilM VV UU1/, O, V. I Jan. 80,1891, tr > DR. E, L. WILSON, I ZBBDE^OPJCJISGO. CJ O-Oflice up stairs over It. W. Cannon's store t Aug. 28,18SI). X THE 1 Farmers' Bank; -OF? t Abbeville, S. C? ; Doks General Banking Business. Buys and sells Exelinnsre and makes Collec- . lions. : I? E I? O S ITS SOLICIT E D. Win. II. Pnrker, J. T. Iloborl?on, f Prksiuknt. Vice-Pres. , Julius II. Oui'ro, Cashier. March 5, 1S90?12m s lewis liriliii!: i " ^ ^ I The well-known Stallion, can be found ?it mrtlem'c S+aMa'' VY CfcUWl M MUMU1W Greenwood, S. C. TERMS, CASH, Five Dollars n Sin-ilo Visit. Ton Dollars a Season. Fifteen Dollars Insurance. Money by Insurance Due as soon as Mare is ascertained to belli Foal. PKDJUKKK? Lewis Kedmond is a Deep Hay, Seven Years old, Fifteen and One-Half Hands High; Sired by Messenger, (Jrandsire Old Granger, CJreat-Orundslre Old Mambrino Chief, Oreat-Oreat-(?randslre Mambrino Paymaster. Dam a very line Kentucky Mare, sulci to do HumIIloman. i<or iurther lnior* nintion address W.J. McGEE, Riley, S. C. ! April S, 1H)I1, :im t DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, i OFFICE CP-STAIIIS ON McILWAIN ] Corner. I Abbeville, 8. C. March 2!, 1S?J1. tf ] BIACMURPHY & STORY,! ahchitkcts, No. 8 Gray's Piazza, AUGUSTA, GA. Auk prepared to make plans and ' superintend tlie building or churches, court houses, school houses, jails, hotels. theatres, 1 stores, dwellings. June 4, lS'JO, 12in RICHARD GANTT, is now prepared to do nil work In his department in the best | manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly I customers shaving, hair cutting nnd shuni pooingSI per month. Rasors honed and put In the best condition for 25 cents each. Walter L. Miller, Attorney nnd t'oiuiHellor at Law. AHHKVILUi. K. C. T)RACTICES IN HOTH .STATE AND 1. Federal Court*. Special attention given to collections nnd to investigating titles. Deo. 3, l&DO, tirn o. / '.1 . Yea, I-et Him Tr.ho All. (KKANrlS RIDLKY If A VRRCAT..) Take my life and let It bo Consecrated, Lord, to Thee. Take my hands, and let. them move At the impulse of Thy love. Take my feet and let them he swift and beautiful for Thee. Take my voice and let me sins;, Always,only, for my King. Take my lips and let them he Filled with messages for Thee. Take my silver and my gold. Not a mite would 1 withhold. Take my moments and my days*, Let them flow In ceaseless praise. Take my intellect and use Every power as Thou shalt choose. Take my will and make it Thine, It shall no longer be mine. Take my heart, It Is Thine own, It shall be Thy royal throne. Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet Its treasure store. Take myself and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee. Children And Parents. BY THE REV. NEWMAN HALL. Of the practical dut'es which shoul )e taught in the Sunday-school, nor s of greater importance than obed ?nce to parents. What was written j sinai by the linger of God is repeats ,vith emphasis in the New Teslimen 'Children, obey your parents in tli [.nrd : for this is rierht. Honor th ather and thy mother (which is tli irst commandment with promise hat it may be well with thee, an ;hou mayest live long on earth" (Epl ; : 1-3 ; Col. : 20). There are natural reasons for th :ommand. They to whom we 01 ixistence, early sustenance, and pr< ection ; under whose training we ai lecessarily placed in earliest year, an vhose tender affection we have ri :eived,naturally claim our loving'sul ection. Christiauity did not absolve v rom this obligation, but confirmed i rhose who by faith in Christ beconi children of God are not therefore I iousider themselves free from parent! mthority ; they are to obey their pi eots "iu the Lord," as a part of thei eligiou, as a duty to (jlod, and s 'well pleasing" to him. The special promise has been b omc erioneously regarded as meanin hat every dutiful child will he pros >erous and long-liviug. As this is n< he fact in all cases, it might seei ;hat the promise fails. Hut it Wii mtional, not personal. If (lie chi lren of Israel as a community honore mrents, this reverence in the faniil vould tend to order in the State, an hus result in national stability. Frai ious children are likely to heconi lisorderly citi/ens. "Order i leaven's first law." In the words ( Dr. Dale, "the family is the germ-ce >f the nation. If children are traine o honor their parents, men and w< lien will be trained to those habit )f order and obedience which are tli rue security of public peace." Hut tronger motive than public utility i he command of God. Filial obedient s "well pleasing to the Lord;" wliil lisobedience is hateful, and will L mnished in the next world, if not i hia More than more obe<lieuce Is implie >y the command "Honor tliy fathe ind mother." This involves reverent or their persons, more practiced i ormer days than in these ; speakin .0 and of parents with respect not ii erior to that with which any one els 8 treated, however distingushei Sometimes children abuse the sup< ior educationthey owe to their parent )y rude criticism of what they coi sider errors in speech or manner,? jase vulgarity in the priggish criti( ar worse than such errors of th mrent. Filial children will hone lieir opinions, anil ev<?n when n< iharing them, will listen respectfully veigh carefully, and not contradu udely. The parents' society wi >e cherished, their advice soughl beir confidence valued. In poverty iickness, age, parents will be supporl id, solaced, affectionately tende< Plio lovp iwwived in infancy will b epaid when second childhood ovei akes the parents. Even long aftc heir death, they may be honored l> emembrance of their example, lead ng, and prayers. The thought "whti vould father or mother wish?" h:i ften turned a doubtful scale for vii lie and God. If such should be the conduct < children, parents and teachers shoul emember their relative duties. The >we it to their country to train chi Iren for good citizens by insisting o rder in the family and the schoo rhey owe it to all who may be assoc ited with them in alter life. Childre rained in self-indulgence and sel ivill become plagues and pests to th t<? their relatives, t hcmselves. Parents who permi children to rule the home, and throng udolence or false kindness, hesitat .0 control them, are as guilty in nej ect of ruling uo^children in neglect i obeying. Jiut in tlie exercise of this authority 'at hers are to "j)rovoke not their chi Iren, that they be not discouraged. By faults of parents, many chilurei naturally afl'ectionate, truthful, an obedient, are checked in their lov< provoked, and made rebellious. Sue provocation may rise from stern net nstead or tenderness in the mode < exercising authority, commands bein jiven in terms and tones harsh an ilarming to a sensitive child ; I >3* ang( it accidental failures, and punislimei indue,wrathful, and often altogetln jnjust; by habitual fault Cinders, 11s a ignorant or unfeeling driver coiistan ly jagging the reins and irritating tli liorse's mouth with the bit; by stin nnolon 41 ii'/ir/l t\f r'ninnicliil-it i/i being more ellieauious than ten < scolding, to prompt a child to (hit> Dr. McLaren says : "The sunshine < the parent's smile should ripen tli children's love into the fruit of olied 1-1 > 11> 1111WM-i 11 ir 1 ll :l t tilt! frost i spring scatters the blossoms on il grass." Parents may also "discourage" an "provoke" children by reinindiu them <?f natural defects, for which the are not responsible; by calling tliei "stupid" when eflbrts to uuderstaii have failed ; by reminding them < past faults, winch, when forgivei should have been buried ; by interfe euce with their harmless pleasure! by taking no interest in theirjuveni pursuits; by making home a place < irksoiu restraint lather than of order freedom ; by expecting qualities ai demeanor from youth similar (o the own in their age. Children are tin chilled in affection, wearied in obed ence, discouraged in confidence, and caused to escape as soon as possible from the parental roof. Jliit more than this,?parents and teachers should bring up children in the nurture and admonition of tlu Lord." They are born into a redeemed world. They belong to (Jhrisl from infancy, and ho says, "Take j them, and train them for me." They | should be so treated a?? to see in Iheii parents some likeness to their Heavenly Father, before they can understand verbal teaching. They should be so treated that the truth may lie al once reeciveu, "iiiiic as ;i miner juuem his children," and "As one whom hi; mother comforleth." As a child can not remember when it began to love and obey it* parents, so should be it> love to Cod. This may be expected il the parents not only teach doctrine bul represent Christ. Children soon discover whether a parent's chief aim ii to please (iod or to win the world; whether the child's liurture in Christ, or worldly advancement, is most desired. They will he more likely tc imitate what parents are, than to dc what parents say. They learn more by what they see in them than what they hear from them. The writei well remembers, when a child, overhearing his mother in her mid-day re, tirement, praying so earnestly for his 'l ''salvation" that he longed to ge! . "salvation," whatever it was, so as to l[ give his mother what would be he* *1 greatest delight. By such training, home and school will become nurseries for church and heaven.?Hampstead Heath, London, England. )) Cily ami Country. d Tlio nifv nnr?nn_ if, i?i well known. * is often as much n "greenhorn" in the country as the country person is in the ls city. A girl who hud been accustom,r e(l to certain city squares and exclu> sive parks, whose high-barred gates "e were closed at a fixed hour every night, made her first visit to the country. .She was being taken about :>* through the lanes and fields by her ,s mother, h-lien the sun set. "Say, mamma,'.' said the lit tie girl, ie "haven't we got to go in? What o time do they close the country, any11 way?" l*j It was a city boy, too, who, when r taken with him by his country cousin ts I while he dug some potatoes, watched I the process of unearthing the tubers V fr\i- .1 mnmont witli wnnripr. and o j then remarked : H "Is that where you keep your potatoes? I should think it would be 11 more convenient to keep them in barlS rels, the wa> we do." The "country greenhorn" in the (J city has this ad van tage over the "city y greenhorn" in the country, that he " does not put on airs of superiority on c i all occasions. It was a city boy iii the le| country who, being taken to a peach's | tree full of ripe and delicious fruit, and "Iinvited to help himself, remarked, 11 somewhat lortily: d '-No, I thank you, I never eat them until they are canned !" ie ' ' a Making Promise* to Children. Wheuever we make a promise of any sort to a child we should be sure 0 j to take particular pains to keep our ,e, word if possible, not thinking "Oh, 11 they are so little they will never think J of it again," or " they won't mind it, .'and some other time will do as well." 4 There is nothing more sad to see thuu e the disappointed look that comes over " He dear little expectant faces over the ^ failure of some one to keep his word 1_ about some long-wished for toy, or to jc have to give up a proposed trip, or to '* have a long-promised vfcit indefinitely I5" postponed. . "The children can go some other " time," or " well, I forgot it, and that , is all there is of it." One hears these expressions so often, and while it seems ! of so little consequence to older people, ^jwhat it really is to the waiting little ! j ones only those can tell who are con',2 stantly with them. So much of ih^ir I lives is spent in living hopes, and t waiting, always waiting, for that elusive " some day " that never comes. Another thing one should be careful j" about is the habit of promising to pun' ish them at some future time, for if we fail to keep our promise the eflect is ruinous in the extreme, while'if we .. do keej? our word, it is worse than being punished twenty times over to see lf~ the little pleading faces, or hear the little coaxing voices, or, if they know r_ coaxing will do no good, notice our every motion for fear that the time for punishment has come. (j If 1 must correct them I would v rather do so at once and have it over with, for a promise of the above sort is much easier made than kept, and we j should remember that we, too, shall be suppliants before a Throne of mercy ? and far more worthy subjects for jusf. tice than mercy, and we should try to e deal with our children as we would 0 have a Heavenly Father deal with us. jt JUit we often lose our patience when, Ij alas, we need it most. e When the happy holidays come we r_ siiouid iry to recoueci every special jy tiling (hat has been looked for or spoken of for long months, and make j the little ones truly happy, lor it really |1 takes very little to make them happy, )i and we should also leach them to hunt I up some other litde ones whose ;>ovtj erty-stricken homes leave them with, out even a promise to look forward to. jj In this way they will learn one of the secrets of true happiness?the art of j'f making others happy.? Ladies' llome ,r Journal. !1" Suspicious I'cnjilr, People who suspect everybody are *r very unhappy, and we know of no n remedy for their discomfort except self-improvemenl. Let them root out u of themselvis whatever vicious propensity they suppose to have itscounterpart in tiic breasts of mankind, and ' their opinions of ?heir IVIIow-men will ' at once change for the 1??tier. '' People who liayc no I'.iiih in their '.u kintl are dangirous persons to deal l* with. Taking it for granted that " everybody with whom they come in 10 business contact i< bent on overreaching them, their object is to spike tie " enemy's artillery by being the lirst to " overreach. ('uudo'r is lost. upon them, y they consider ii reliued hypocrisy. " Kavoisthcy look upon as cunningly devised lures, intended to lead them 1,1 j into a trap, and while receiving them " j willingly, chuckle inwardly at the thought that they are out mrus, anu j15 cannot he caught hy any such devices. Nohody will lose anything hy avoidj" ingsuch people. ?Ledger. nl ~ ii- Alaska 5s now the roomiest of our 1)s territories. II contains eighteen square li- luilus for each inhabitant. . ...a The .Minister'* Cat. , It's a pretty big story, but it's true, mid the minister will tell you so. It i I is about Deborah, t he minister's eat. 1 1 She wns a tine large tabby, with three white stockings, two green eyes, and :i wise old head. t Once upon a time Deborah had six ; little blind kittens, and they and their 1 ' mother lay fast asleep in a renind bas ket behind the stove In the minister's - study. 1 Deborah was sleeping so hard that 1 I when Mr. Xeal, the milkman, came - into the room, she only pricked .up her left ear, and then went on snoring. 5 She did not know that Mr. Xeal had come to borrow her to kill ofl" the rats i f in his house. Indeed, she did not : > know that he had any house, or any i r rats either. He lived a-mile away, i t across the plain, and she caught her rats nearer home. < 1 J>ut Mr. Xeal knew all about De- 1 ; borah. He had not for years sold , milk at ttie parsonage without hear ing what a famous mouser she was; 1 > and he said now to the minister: j > ''Good evening, Mr. Fenn; I've s called this stormy night to ask you if < ; you'll be kind enough to lend us you ] cat?" i "Certainly," answered the minister, laying aside his pen, "only you'll have i 1 to take her family, too." I "Of course," said Mr. Neal, "and ] ? I'm glad she has the kittens; they will keep her happy." i AT.. V..?l 1. i- A + < a?U". i^cui iiau uiuugut u ^icat suuu^ j i bag, and, by the help of the minister, ! he put Deborah into it?basket, kit- ; tens, and all. She tried her best to i get out, but Mr. Neal tied up the bag .< and held it firmly while he walked to i his wagon. There he dropped the bag into a box that stood under the I seat, and fastened down the cover. 1 Then he drove away. i "Poor Deborah can't see where she i is going any more man ner oiinu ku- < tens can," thought the minister, with 1 a little smile, as he turned from the < window. "I hope she won't be home- i sick, for I'm sure she could never find i her way home. Why, why, the i ground is really getting white with I SHOW." 1 Presently he sat down again to his i sermon, and he wrote and lie wrote, i 1111 OClJfUUUJ CISC ill LUC liwuct >i c*o * asleep. All at once he was startled by a sound from the porch. It was the i I mewing of a cat. He threw open the s door, and in ran Deborah, carrying in j her mouth a kitten. s I "Dear me, Deborah, can this be you?" s he cried, in great surprise. 1 She dropped the kitten on the rug at < j his feet, and ran out before he could ] close the door, neputtne lime wei, t cold kitty oil a warm cushion, aud ( went to bed; but he was awakened ( from his first nap by another mewing t upon the porch. Deborah had come ( with her second kitten. An hour or two later she came with the third ; and by the next noon s he had taken them all home?all Ax of them. Soon Air. Neal followed, bringing ( the empty basket. i "I thought I must return it quick- i ly, or Deborah would come for it," c said he, laughingly. "You may tell t | her I hut I've bought a rat trap, and t I'll never disturb her again. A puss j that'll travel eleven miles in the snow s for the sake of getting her family back t to its old corner deserves to live in i peace." { Now isn't that a pretty big story? j j I shouldn't have dared to repeat it if t the minister hadn't told it to me him self.?Our Little Ones. I Education aiul War. Arc there not among us a few who are farsighted enough to see the mil lions wasted on military and naval t appliances, and other expenses neces- . sary to sustain the war system, might , be diverted into useful channels, and especially to the great work of educa lion? It is for the educated people of j our country, who have no reason for supporting the system and every rea- t son for suppressing it, to interest themselves in this matter, and make their voice* 5i?*ard in tones that cannot be drowned by the empty clatter of fielddays and reviews, ort'?e dismal howl- j ings of war-scare mongers.?Herald of Peace. Tl?? jircruniGiit of nessimism that a r general butchery of each other by man- r kind will sicken men of bloodshed, is J on par with the one that general and * unlimited sale of rum, and consequent * drunkenness anu crime, will promote J temperance. Many hitherto indiller- ' ent to the evils of war might become r sickened and disgusted at its horrors, s but a larger number would feed fat 1 the passions that war gratifies. The I blood of a million of Abels would "cry 1 from the ground" for vengeanccjJealonsy, revenge, malice, hatred, blood-thirstiness are always stimulated c by war. Its victims go to God unre- t pentant. t O j When you ask f:?r a thing, look for t it. We .so frequently ask for things j and don't expect to get them, and, of a course, we are like Mr. Spurgeon's g student. One of Spurgeon's students c said to him : "I am afraid I have mistaken my calling, and that llie ministry really isn't my proper work." * "Why," said Spurgeon, "what is the t reason you have come to that conclu- 1 sion V Well, I have been working in I such a place for such and such a time, ' and I don't seem to have accom- c plished much." Why, man alive? ^ Vou didn't expcct that every time you preached a sermon somebody would . lie converted,?did you ?" "No of course I didn't expect that." "Well ! you don't get it then." Expect re- j suits, and you will find them. ' .??. * The Explosion nt Rome. C A magazine of powder, located in one of the new forts by which Rome is to he surrounded, blew up in April, } and destroyed an immense amount of ' property, unroofed the chamber where Jl I he deputies were in session ; shattered * the glass of windows painted by ancient artists, toppled over and broke j statues, and greatly injured St. Paul's and St. Peter's churches, destroying c some things invaluable and irrecover- ' able, and killing and maiming many 9 persons. ? ? ? Cardinal Manning; "I believe ones of the chief hindrances of the Chris- > lian ministry is pulpit oratory. I f mono the studied, elaborate, and self- fl conscious declamation of divine and eternal truths. Simple nature, reality, l forgetfulness of self, conscious only of ] truth and souls, is the highest, most convincing, most persuasive, of all preaching. If a man knows his moth- ( tlier tongue, and his theology, let him 1 i avoid style and manner, and he eanuut fail.'' j The \nml)t>r of Stars. The total number of stars one can see will depend very largely upon the clearness of the atmosphere and the keenness of the eye. There are in the whole celestial sphere about 6000 stars visible to an ordinarily eye. Of these, however, we can never see more than a fraction at any one time, because :i half of the sphere is always below the horizon. If we con Id see a star as easily in the horizon as in the zenith, a half of the whole number, or 3000, would be visible on any clear night. But stars near the horizon are seen through so great a thickness of atmosphere as greatly to obscure their light, and only the brightest ones can be ?eeu. As a result of this obscuration, it is not likely that more than 2000 stars can ever be taken in at a siugle view by au ordinary eye. About 2000 other stars are so near the South Pole that they never rise in our latitudes. Hence out of 6000 suDnosed to be visi- I ble, only 4000 ever come within the < range of our vision, unless we make a 1 journey towards the equator. As telescopic power is increased, we i *till find stars of fainter and fainter I light. But the number cannot go on i increasing forever in the same ratio as ? ...ill. ai U-! ?1.a. - :l a i . \\ uu iiie ungmer mugmiuues, ueuuuse 6 if it did the whole aky would be a 1 blaze of starlight; If telescopes with powers far exceeding our p.esent ones I were made, they would no doubt show 1 new stars of the twentieth and twenty- f first, etc., magnitudes. But it is i highly probable that the number of t such successive oiders of stars would not increase in the same ratio as is ob- ( jerved in the eighth, ninth, and tenth t magnitudes, for example. \ 'lite enormous labor of estimating t tne number ot stars ot sucn classes t will long prevent the accumulation of I statistics on this question; but this 1 much is certain, that in special regions i 3f the sky, which have been searching- t ly examined by various telescopes of s juccesively increasing apertures, the t aumber of new stars found is by no ^ means in proportion to the increased j instrumental power. If this is found io be true elsewhere, the conclusion nay be that, after all, the stellar sys- i :em cau be ex-perimentally bhown to i je of finite extent, and to contain 1 >nly a finite number of stars. s In the whole sky an average eye t will see about 6000 stars, as I have just t said. With telescope this number is s greatly increased and the most power- i ul telescopes of modern times will i ihow more than 60,000,000 ^tars. Of t ;his number, not one out of one bun- i Ired has ever been catalogued at all. [n all, 314.926 stars, from the first to he ninth and a half magnitude are . contained in the northern sky or about ' 500,000 in both hemispheres. All of . hese can be seen with a three-inch ? )bject glass. Character for Integrity. t We have seen a notice of a Rotter- 8 lam thread merchant who had accu- * nulated a fortune by industry, punct- 1 lality, and integrity. It was remarked ? )f him that he never let a yard of bad J: hread go out of his hands, and would J lever take more than a reasonable 1 irotit. By these means he acquired r luch public confidence, that his cus-9 omers would as willingly send a blind J nan or a child to buy for them as to J jo themselves. Boys, even from a ? >urelv financial view, honesty brings 1 eward. Ben Frankliu said, "Hon;sty is the best policy," and so it has i proven all through time. Openness, I raukness, honesty pay in the end. ? Burdens of Indolence.?None so ittle enjoy life and are such burdens c o themselves as those who have noth- ^ ng to do. The active only have the \ rue relish of life. He who knows not t vhat it is to labor, knows not what it j s to enjoy. Recreation is only yalua- j )le when it unbends us. The idle j enow nothing of it. It is exertion j hat renders rest delightful and sleep ? weet and undisturbed. The happi- ^ less of life depends on the regular pros icutiou of some laudable purple or ailing which engages, helps and eu- e ivens all our powers. ^ v The - Monkey Wrench.?The [J noukey-wrene'ii is rot called so on t tccount of its fancied or actual resem- j ilance to a monkey, or because it Is q landy to "monkey" with, but simply l( >ecause it is invention of Mr. Charles ^ ^oncky, now (?) of Kings county, N. f( {. Although the world has pretty j( learly lost track of Mr. Moncky, it eems to b3 a settled fact that he sold lis patent for $2,000 and invested ttie v >roceeds in a homestead in the above * tamed county. l] S; The home is the sunniest side of c ivery great people. Without devo- ^ ion to home there can be no devotion c o country. The homo is the cradle of n ;ood citizenship and patriotism. It is ^ ' - nf Unnftinfljo nlllu to 1. I1C UMlLiluiii Ui uapptutoo, iiw wm.j jj ndividuals, but to nations as well, f] md it is the one spot on earth tbat hould be guarded from needless sbadI Worford Commencement. ? The ti tVofFord Commencement will begin his year, Sunday, June 14 with a ser- il noil by Bishop Galloway. John Tern- e >le Graves, of Georgia, will deliver the d iterary address and George E. Prince, if Anderson, will address the Alumni Association. ^ Dr. Renjamine Richardson, of Engand, was a drinker when thg London t ihysicians assigned 10 mm ine iusk ui nvestigating the action of alcohol on ^ iving tissues. He took a year for his xperiments and came out a total abtainer; his science had controlled his onscience and controlled his life. t The Farmers' Alliance propose to I >rop:igate its views and win adherents , ?y an educational campaign. An i iriny of3o,000 lecturers will be sent out , o plead for the cause. There are several million young men 11 this country ; 0,000,000of them nev- (j r attend a church. Only 350,000 are { iven nomially members of the church, j vhiln 700.000 of them are in nrison at r. ome time during each year. * $ Which is the better plan of conver- ? atiou, tlie masculine style of each 5 nail talking about himself, or the cminine way of both women talking ibout some other woman ? r A lady who recently died in Glasgow I las bequeathed ?70,(MX) to General {! iootli for the Salvation Army. : Kvery pain you feel is necessary ^ jJod doth not alllict willingly, nor for j rlis pleasure, but for your profit. is An ounce of "don't say it" is worth J'' i pound of "explain it afterwards." s Under an Eastern sky, I Amid a rabble's cry, A Man^went forth to die " j Thorn-crowned His blessed head, Blood-stained his every (read; 1 Cross-laden, on He sped, I For me. j 1'lercpd glow His hands and feet. Tlireehours o'er Him beat | Fierce rays of noon-tide heat, j Thus wert Thou madeall mine; I 'Lord, make me wholly Thine; 1 Grant grace and strength divine ;W 5 In thought and word and deed ' Thy will to do. O, lead i$Hfl My soul, e'en though it bleed, j f. p. p., In Boston Pilot. Cultivating' the Voice. .jiBi "Mamma, mayn't I have somethisraM ;o eat, I'm so hungry ?"whined "Willie hooper, as he came in from school t6:Ml tiis mother. I "Certainly, my dear," replied the ||1 nother ; "but you must ask in a dlf"erent tone from that. Now siniU&fl ind say, 'Mamma, please give jomething to eat,' in this tone," and 111 ihe spoke in cheerful accents to show^aj aim how. 1 It took two or three trials, but a ast Willie got all the whine out of ,1a lis voice and all the cloud out of bis^f! 'np.p. nnrl was trivpn a cpnornna alioA nf 711 jread and butter to "stay" bis hunger^ ill supper time. It was by no accident that all tbe-v ^oope children had pleasant voices, ; * ind clear, distinct enunciation of vhat they said ; for the cultivation heir voices had begun very early in .;: heir lives, so that their vocal organs^ lad had no opportunity to form wrong i labits or learn bad ways. They had . lot been allowed to talk bad graDyntt^ ;o clip their words, to indulge Ins ilang, to whine, and the example .ofit he clear, sweet, ringing cadences ia'c vhich their parents spoke was jotent. perhaps, than any other nice in forming their habits of speech. J| | A child may De indulged in wbinin^^^H intil his vocal organs are so set thi*|9 le cannot s-peak without whining, or 4 ic may be allowed to talk in a high^a hrill key until he loses command ora| j he lower registers, and can use only >1 he high key. He may be taught to j ipeak with distinct articulation, with 3 I latural resonant tones, with grammatr T.jgg cai propriety ana correctness, until '-m his sball become a part of him and an nalienable possession. . A suit brought by one Italian WO* nan against another to recover poe- Jsg ession of her child was tried in irk, N, J., last week, in which evk^H] lence to show that the sale of babieflgM s a common thing in the Italian >ny in that city was brought out The -3 narket price for a boy is $20, and fcr a J ;irl S10. In this case the price paid 3j vas $16. The woman who purchased he child said that having no children -/m if her own and wanting one she had . tought this babe from its mother. ['he testimony proved clearly that the;j| nother wished to get her child back, lot because she wanted it, but that a he might sell it again. The bargain IsS yhich was made before the child was lore is one or me nmrKs 01 lue ucgra- TriM lation to which many emigrants from-^j taly have descended. ] Dr. Stearns, of the Hartford Insane J Asylum, at the recent meeting of the ^| j American Association of Medical:$9 Superintendents of Insane Asvlums'^B n Washington, affirms that there1 teen extraordinary improvment in the -1 reatment of insane people in tHls ^ ountry within recent times, and that^aH he proportion of cures in insane aqy*|m ums will now compare favorably with :^J hat in general hospitals. We believe 'jm his to be not far from the truth. Such ^ nstitutions should not be called aay-tjH urns, but hospitals. The name asy- 5?| urn was given when it was falsely enerally supposed that the mentaUy^JS leranged are incurable. j A sad and singular fatality Is reportd from Brooklyn. The Rev. George V. Both well, a Presbyterian minister, ras giving a dose of medicine to orie^gj f his children, and held cork of the I ottle that contained the medicine ween his teeth. One of the children ' i id something to cause him to laugh. 'he cork slipped from between his ceth and was sucked down into his ronchial tubes. The physician 3 jund impossible to extricate It, t finally resulted in his death. . -Ss A New York man says he ha? dls- ,?7 overed a fly destroyer that discounts ^ 11 the fly papers and fly poisons that: ' 4 ave yet been put into use. Last pring he went into the coUntry and ,rj rought back with him a number of lover blossoms. He hung them in is rooms to ornament the walls. The > lover dried, and since then he says > ot a fly will stay in the room. He '4 as watched and studied, and says he : as discovered that flies cannot stand be scent of dried clover. * If huge armies was calculated to in? pirc a feeliug of political and social ~ ecurity, Russia ought to be the most | ranquil place in the world ; and yet, rith over a million of armed men at < :s command, the Government of that ountry trembles at the thought of v anger from the circulatioif of tracts. -Arbitrator. There are forty-four States in the..^ Inited States. There are five Territories in the X Inited States. There is one District in the United itates. The star ef Wyoming will be added ' r> the Hag, July 4, 1891. We trust that the rumor of media- ; ion by the United States, France and Jrazil to stop bloodshed in the sense- . ?ss civil war in Chili may prove true, t seems that two rival mercantile ? irms in New York City supply the lostile parties with the means of killQg each other.?Advocate of Peace. There is peace iu Europe, but how iflerent from the peace of God, from he peace of the kingdom of Christ.. ; 'lie peace of Europe arises from the net that modern armies and military ystems "are invested with so many lements of terror that the great owers must hesitate long before , reaking the armed truce." There will convene at Nashville, 'enn., on the 22d, 23d, and 24th of )ctober, proximo, a meeting of the repipooontdiivou nf turn hundred and flf y Humane Societies, organized under lie title of the "American Humane Association." Sax Francisco. May 8.?A severe hock of earthquake was felt here at :1*> this evening. Buildings were haken, but no damage is reported.