Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-08-26

onco," said Else Leo to her friend, Miss
Tomasip. "Why, 1 am so timid when in
company with others that I hardly dare
raiso my eyes or open my lips"
"That may be," replied tho older lady,
"and yet you are always exerting influence
wherever you go. You cannot help your
self. An hour ago bought q littlo bunch
of violets from German flower girl, and T
set them on yonder shelf, beside my dear
mothor's picture. 1t is very tiny bunch
and person entering tho room would very
likely not SEQ thom, for they do not ohal~
lcDge attention. But every nook and
cornor of tho apartment feels their pres.
encc, for their fragrance is pcrvading tho
atmosphere. So it is with you, my dear.
You love your Saviour, and you try to servo
him. You think you cannot speak for him,
but if you 1.-Two for him, and with him, in
gentleness, patience, and solf denial, that is
bottor than talking. It docs moro good.
Tho other ovoning Jerry Halcomb, who is
thoughtlcss and giddy, mado a jest of
verso of Scripture in your hearing. You
wished to protest against this act, and tried
to do 80, but tho words would not como.
Yet your painod look, your quick blush,
your instructive indignant gesture, spoke
for you, and the young man turned and said,
81 beg your pardon, Miss Elsie" Was
not this proof that ho saw and felt your
condcmnaton?'
Silent influence is stronger than wo
sometimes think for good ond for evil. Let
| us not underestimate it, Christian at IRorH.
a correspondent of the Boston Herald
w t. al
ideptial fight Hancock is gaining rather
than losing grouud. It was generally
supposed that, after tho first enthusiasm
was over, tho Hancock excitement would
simmer down. 1t is not SO, however.
There is if anything more work being done
now than over. This is especially tho case
in this vicinity, although father down in the
State therc is also consi dcrabIo going on
The Republicans seem to havo gained great
courage from tho nomination made by the
State Convention, and arc beginning to
bcslir thcmsclve; but, while they have idled,
tho Hancock clubs have been capturing
many young or undecided votes, and Demo
Gratis have gained long start. 1t is very
doubtful if the Rcpblicans onn ovcrtakc
| thcm boforo November If Connecticut
does not 60 for Hancock, by a good fair
majority, it will surprise a great many in
both parties
Bro liLMs IN NEW ENaLAND.-In
| Dccricld, Mass, tho Williams elm measures
| in circumference ut one foot from the ground
26 feet; at four feet, 10 feet; at seven feet,
204 feet.
Another elm measures, at the samo clc-
yations, 27, lS3 and 10 feet.
Another measures 22!. 49, and 134.
| This last named tree has spread of 100
feet The Williams elm measures in It's
spread at least $50 feet.
At Wcathersfeld CT, there is an elm
which Neasurcs, at three feet and throe
inches fr4m the ground, 2[ fcctto inches.
The girth Of this trco where tho roots
enter the ground is So feet inches It's
main limbs arc great trees in themselves.
Thus, the circumference of the South
branch is Is feet s inches; of the cast
branch, l feet inches; northwest 10 feet
8; Of the west, s feet T. From North to
South the diameter Of the spread is $50
feet; from East to West, 152 feet, and tho
circumference OF the spread is 420 feet.
TEMPER AT IIoME.--I have pcepcd
into quiet "parlors" whcro the carpet is
clean and not old, and tho furniture pol
isbcd and bright; into ''rooms" whore tho
chairs arc deal and the floor carpetless; into
"kitchens" where the family 1.-Two, and tho
meals are cooked and eaten, and the bows
and girls orc as blithe as the sparrows in
the hatch owe, hcad and SEQ that it is not
SO much wealth, nor learning, nor clothing,
no all A.;
aud temper that make life joyous or miscra.
bic, that render homes wrotchcd. And |
see, too, that in town or country, good sense
and Gods grace mako life of what 10
teachers, or mplishmcnts, or means or
society, con make it, the opening staye of
an everlasting psalm, tho .air beginning
of on endless existence, tho goodly, modest,
we'll proportioncd yestbule to tompe of
Gods building, that shall never dcoay, wax
old, or vanish away y.-1ohn Hall, d. D.
! With the institution Of tho Order Of
Knights Tomplar in 1l1S, the King of
Jerusalem allotted thom an edGco to bo
used as on asylum The building ia still
standing, and in De Vogno'o work
| ("Churchcs Of Holy Landry it is described
dc Vogue believes its origin was in a. d.
$40 by tho Emperor Justpian aud styled
tho Church of the Virgin. When tho
Alohammcdans conquered Jerusalem, A. D.
G37, they converted it into church under
the title OF Nlosk el Aksar. A. d. 1O0G
the Crusaders donated it to tho royal honor
and support. Thus it happened that King
baldwin Ii had the right, and exercised
IT, to present to tho Society Of 'tho Poor
Fellow Soldiers of Jesus" and their name,
Icmplar Knights, militia Tcmnli.l saws q