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The Southern herald., 1886-04-10

"Well, then got quite savage, for
in those days l could never abide being
laughed at; but before l could break
out, one of the other fellows struck in
suddenly:
"'LoOk here; we're just three to
three-Sam and we two against Tom
and you two. This gentleman here
| (pointing to the man in the gray cloak
has the casting vote. Beg pardon,
sir, which way do you say it wasp
"The gray-cloaked man turned his
head slowly round, just like that NOV.
ing wax figure in Madame Tussaud's,
and said, in sharp, chopping kind of
voice, as if he were giving orders to
cut somebody's head off: One
man shut the gate. 1t was Colonel
Mcdonnell
"'Oh, indeed, says l. You don't
happen to be friend of Colonel Nc
DOnnell, do youP or perhaps you're
Colonel Mcdonnell himself, and we're
to take your own word that you did it,
I SUPPOSED What do you know about
Waterloo, should like to know
1.-THE man never answered a word,
bat just turned down the collar of his
cloak, lifted his hat about an inch of
his head, and looked me full in the
face.
"Talk of being hit by a thunder bolt!
If half dozen thunder-bolts had gone
down my throat, one after the other, l
couldn'thave been more utterly foored.
This man whom I'd been contradict
ing, and bullying, and asking what he
knew about Waterloo, was the Duke
of Wellington himself!
"I've never been positive since that
day, and, what's more, I don't think
ever shall again. "-Davtd Ker, in Har.
per's Young People.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
A PRICELESS SECRET.
Happy and Safe Is He Who Possesses 1t
Free to All.

Happy and Safe Is He Who Possesses It.
Free to All.
"The secret of the Lord Is with them
that fear Him." yet none in the busy
crowds among whom they move in the
noisy street know what is passing in
their hearts. An American citizen in a
foreign city, seeing the meteor flag of
his native land floating at the mast
head of a ship, is inwardly moved by
the association it revives, to patriotic
feelings, to emotions of love, to fond
anticipations of his return to the JOYS
and repose of his fireside. But of his
secret thoughts the people about him
know nothing. To them the flag of his
country is but as one flag among many
others. They meddle not with the
secret joys it kindles within his swelling
breast. 1t is even so with the secret of
the Lord in good mans breast. He
walks the street like other men. Yet
while their thoughts are of things visi-
bic and earthly, his are of God and
things unseen, He sees God in every
thing about him. God is communing
with him, feasting him on holy thought,
quickening his spiritual aspirations,
comforting him with assurances of his
sOnship, and with visions of his incor-
ruptible Inheritance. Happy, there
fore, and safe also, is he who possesses
the secret of the Lords presence! But
inasmuch as this priceless secret is
offered as free gift to all men, is it
not more than folly for any man to
slight that gracious offer? Busy search
ing for grain of sand, such an one re-
jects the proffer of an imperishable
crown. -Zion'S Herald.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Repentance without amendment is
like continual pumping in ship with
out stopping the leaks.-Palmer
The church has not cast anchor
over an uncertain Bible or an uncer-
tain creed. If it has, then it has no
message to deliver and no authority to
lift up its voice in the name of God and
His Christ. t.-Dr. II. BonGr.
1t depends upon fathers and moth.
ers to bring children up in an atmos-
phere of reverence for Gods authority
and of obedience to law, and this from
the first. The mothers work begins
with the babe in her arms.-MrS. Mar
garet D. SangSter.
That benevolence which expresses
itself only under the stimulus of intense
excitement, and never responds to an
appeal which does not evoke tears, is
not the best kind. Men ought to give at
the command of reason and conscience,
and because they love to give. Upon
that basis it is possible to erect systems
of philanthropic effort without fear that
they will collapse. Spasms of benev-
olenee are unreliable. = Western Chris
ltidR Advocate.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
MY PRAYER.

Ipray for strength, o God!
To bear all loads that on my shoulders press
0fThy directing or Thy chastening rod,
Lest from their growing stress
Ny spirit sinks in utter helplessness.
pray for strength to run
In duty's narrowest paths, nor turn aside
In broader ways that glow in Pleasures sun,
Lest grow satisfied
Where Thou, from me, Thy smiling face must
hide.
Ipray for strength to wait,
Submissive, when can not see my way;
Or II my feet would haste some close barred
gate
Bids my hot zeal delay,
Or, to some by-path. turns their steps astray.
Ipray for strength to live
To all Life's noble ends, prompt, just aud
true,
Myself, my service, unto all to give,
And giving. yet renew
Ny store for bounty, all lifes journey
through.
Ipray, . God, for strength,
When, as Lies love and labors find surcease,
Cares, crosses, burdens, to lay down atlength
And so, with joys increase,
To dle-if not in trlumph hin Thy peace!
-Wm. G. Richards. In Wdtehrdn.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10

Whatever helps to foster this love of
money, there is nothing which is more
hindering to the development Of the
noblest characteristics, more treasher-
GUS to the souls best interests. 1t is
hardly possible for such an affection
to become regnant without making its
subject callous to the great law of
love to ones neighbor, and ready, if
not to act dishonesty, at least to grind
the face Of the poor and seek to make
bargains to the disadvantage Of others.
The ethics of such man come to be
that every one must look out for him
self, and, in his business transactions,
he follows the course of the buyer,
who saith: 1T is naught, it is naught,
but when he is gone he boasteth him
SELF" Such a man looks on his fell
low-men as simply subjects by which
his greed may be fed. His question to
himself is: "What can make out of
them?" If they are competitors in
trade how can their business be cir
cumscribed and drawn from them.
If they are employees, how many hours
of work it is possible to get from them
and for how small compensation.
Further, very often this love of money
shows itself in a needless servitude
and oppression of mans own house.
hold.
The consequences of this unholy love
are certainly manifest in the man him
self. His conscience becomes per-
verted. Right and wrong are con-
stantly less distinct lines in his mind.
He becomes impervious to the claims
of human brotherhood, deaf to the
cry of distress, and holsters himself up
with any pretext which will help him
to resist calls for helping the church
of God and extending the Gospelin the
world. And all this time, setting his
affection on things Of the earth, he be-
comes more unwilling to leave this
world and less assured of his interest in
the Heavenly inheritance.
Let the reader, if he is prospering in
the world, consider how much impor-
tance he attaches to the command
which forbids him to covet his neigh
bor's possessions. Let him ask him
self if he is rendering to his employees
"that which is just and equal" if he is
looking on the things of others with
a right spirit, and obeying the pre-
cept: "Bear ye one another's burdens. :"
Let him consider whether he is giving
of his wealth to serve the cause of
Christ at all after the pattern Of Him,
who Though He was rich for our
sake became poor" That aTOst who
prayed that Gaius might prosper, ac-
cording as his soul prospered had
learned the true gauge of safety. The
man who makes worldly acquisition
his great end in life is ever in peril.
Happy is that man who has learned to
"use this world as not abusing -
Baptist Weekly.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
"GooD AND FAITHFULLY"


How Small, Everyday Investments Bring
Large Returns.
He was a "good and faithful SER
vant;" he doubled the talents given
him; he was rewarded accordingly;
that is about all the story tells the or
dinary reader But there is little in
timation h0,O he managed to double
them. He event and traded with the
same" He turned them over, and
made them source of profit.
Just how he traded is not told in the
parable; but if it was in the line of the
best trading nowadays, it was by quick
sales and small profits. If he had gone
into the market-place with his ten tai
ents, and waited for chance to make
his hundred per cent all at once, he
would probably have waited till his
lord came back and asked for an ac-
counting; and he would have had no
more to show for his stewardship than
the unfaithful servant who hid his
lords money. At the end of the first
week he had made very little profit,
but he was glad to get that little; and
he was able to make little more the
next week; and more still the next.
until, when his lord came home, the
accumulated profit had doubled the
original capital. Half a per cent. profit
is very little, but half per cent.
week is thirty-five per cent. year; and
the lord Of that servant might have
come back in scarce more than two
years and found his capital doubled,
and all done in insignificant little
profits.
Is not this very much the way it
is in Christian service? Men often
think they will not do any thing for
Christ until they can do something
noticeable and handsome They want
their talents to bring in big profit on
each transaction. But those big op-
portunities happen very seldom. Every
week and every day there are little OPP
portunities; chances for a word, Il
smile, cup of cold water Each of
these is an investment for the Master,
not at alarge profit, but at satisfactory
one; and when the Lord cometh the
grand total of profit we can hand in to
Him as our account will be made up
Of these little half per cent. transac-
tons, which count up on the end more
than the large ones. 1t is on these
that we get compound interest. 1t is
these that show the good Christian
financier, who took his talents and
traded every day with the same, ac-
cepting every opportunity to make
little, and thus gained the Well
done" 1t is the man who does COM
mon duties every day to the best of his
powers, neglccting no smallest occa-
sions, that gives the world the example
of living Christian character, and Sc
cures larger harvest of blessing than
many an ambitious and noisy professor
OF rsligion.-M 7. independent.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
GAMBLERS CHARMS.
SacriIegiOus Superstition Obtaining
Among German Gamesters.

A SacrlIegiouS Superstition Obtaining
Among German Gamesters.
AS rule Germans are not gamblers,
but they play sometimes, and when
they play they like to win; SO there
are charms that secure their success.
Here is one of them in rough outline.
1t is by far the worst and most BIAS
phemous we have ever heard of in Cen
tral Germany-a distinct piece of witch
craft, as it seems to us. To the words
of the charm, distinctly noted down at
the time, we regret that we can not re-
fer. The receipt without them stands
thus: Catch toad on Easter Sunday
morning before sunrise, take piece Of
soft wood-pine, ETC., not beech or
oak-a little larger than the toad, and
then nail the wretched creature upon
it in the form of cross, hang it on an
isolated pole toward the sun, thus
gradually changing its position with
the progress Of the day; keep sprink-
ling it every now and then with water,
for if it dies before the sun sets your
labor has been in vain If, when the
sun goes down, he is still partially
alive it is enough; take him to the near.
est ant-hill and bury him in it. On
Whit Sunday dig him up. If no one
has disturbed the hill you will find the
bones quite clean and white; put them
in little bag, hang it round your neck,
and you will always win in games
of chance. This charln is, OF
course, violation of every law of hu-
manity and religion; giving ones
self to the devil even more formally
than if one signed a contract with him
in ones own blood. If we could re-
produce the words to be used at the
different hours it would be seen, inn
perfect.as our account even then would
be, what mysteries are caricatured,
and therefore violated. The man who
employs such means, simply says: 81
shut myself out of the fold of Christ;
all | want is to win at cards" The
charm was preserved by an old man
who had served in the wars of 1918 and
1915. Another man, comrade of his,
whom he had carried wounded off a
battlefield, had given him, when on the
point of death, his "lucky bag" and
told him how to make a new one. The
veteran did not know from what dis.
trict the man he had saved for a day
or two had come; his knowledge OF
the charm istself was evidently in.
adequate; he protested that he had
never tried it, but the bag and the
bones were there, little blue silk bag,
worn and frayed, with name worked
upon it that looked like Eliza-a girls
name who was young some ninety
years ago, VIC may suppose, and who
put ring, or perhaps few golden
pieces, her scanty earnings, into the
bag, and gave it to her lover before he
went away. 1t was full of a toad s
bones when he saw it--SGturddy Re.
UteD.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10

AT the Royal Academy exhibition
in London, which gave a fair idea Of
the architectural taste of the time, il
will be found that the plain early En-
glish style, so popular with architects
for many years in the designs fol
churches, is giving way to later styles,
especially the famboyant decorated.
A curious example of this new depart
ure is shown in the subjects chosen for
study by the art students in the Archi-
tectural Museum, Westminster. A few
years since scarcely any subjects were
selected for drawing or modelling but
the beautiful foliages of the thirteenth
century, whereas now perpendicular
details are preferred almost to the ex.
clusion of all others.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
LOVE OF MONEY.

An Aftectlon Which Is Certainly Not Dy-
ing Out-The Evil Consequences of an In
ordinate Desire for Wealth.
1t is evident still that ''the love of
money is the root of all kinds of evil. :"
Nevertheless, the affection for tits man.
ifest in many Christians, as well as in
worldly people. So many find SO much
truth in the proverb: "Money answer
eth all things" that they have great
affection for it and give themselves un-
ceasingly to its pursuit. Certainly the
love of money is not dying out. The
handspring of affection for it may not
be the same in all who are possessed by
it, but for some cause it rCigns in very
many hearts.
Few Christians care for money,
simply to hoard it, miser-fashion.
Some undoubtedly seek its possession
from the dread of poverty and are con-
stantly striving to have such an amount
of treasure that they may feel secure
from any possibility of need. Some
have kind of posthumus ambition of
dying rich and being talked of because
of the wealth they have left behind
them; but the great mass of money
lovers are anxious for money that they
may indulge their appetites or vanity.
In fact, the desire to outshine others,
to awaken their envy and secure their
homage is the main thought which they
have in acquisition.
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
NEWSPAPER LAW.

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Wishing to continue their subscription.
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responsible until they have settled their
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4. If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and
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ton, they are held responsible.
8. II subscribers pay in advance, they
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wish to continue taking it; otherwise
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until express notice with payment Of al
arrears is sent 10 the pnblisher
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10

"A musical sewing-machine is a
new device for making life pleasant.
A Berlin inventor has produced q ma
chine which turns out the ordinary
amount of work and at the same tins
plays lively'melodies in great variety
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
DUB BOYS AND GIRLS
THE LITTLE DOCTOR

Little Carl thought hO
A doctor would be;
So, out in the hail.
He made his first call
On bis pet, Molly.
With her wax dolly.
He wore q tall hat
His papa's cravat,
Tied In q large bow,
Three inches, or 90:
He had book. too,
Pill-boxes, few.
He felt very grand
With cane In his hand.
And glasses on nOs9.
Upon his tIptoes
Go make himself talD
He squeaked through the han.
Then he made low bow.
Saying: Madame. just how
Does your young child appeari
The sweet little dear"
And in his small fist
He took the dolls wrist:
Said: pulse is a goingl
That's badi There's no knowing
What next it win do;
Don'tlet 1t come thrOughl"
He studied his book
Shut it up. and then took
From the mother. her child;
He twisted and smiled;
Said: "a great man am I,
Ny dear, she won't die"
Then he said: 81 must see
Now her tongue-dearle, mel
Just put her to bed.
Her tongue is all rcd!
When peoples are right
Thelr tongue is all white.
Here's pill-now take 1t
In nice Jelly make 1t
ALI mashed out of sight.
Take them all, dear, tonight
Tastes good, you can say,
For that is the way
The doctors all do.
I've heard them-have your
Then Carl turned away.
But came back to say:
'aTen dollars to-day
Is what you must pay,
Shall charge moro next time
"A bright silver dime"
Then the boy he went out
With jump and a shout.
A bright dime, found wo
For this little M. ID.
ats worth it," said Molly,
For he weld my dolly"
Great doctor was he,
Our little Carl Leel
Sophia L. BGrrOOs. IN N. Y. Tribun
The Southern herald., 1886-04-10
international Sunday-SchooI Lessons

FIRST oUARTER-lS86.
Mar. 7-Reading the Law ..Neh. s. liz
Mar. H-Esther's Petition Esther 4:10l7; 8: I.3
Mar. N-Messlah's Messenger. Nal. 3; l-8; 4: 10
Mar. 28-Review. Service of Song, Mission
ary, Temperance or other Lesson selected
by the school.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-06-03
FOOD FOR STOCK.
why stook-Baisers should Pay More 4
tention - Their Pastures.

why stock -Raisers should Pay More At.
tsntion - Their Pastures
As rule, the tastes or preferences
of animals are the best guides as to
what kinds Of fool are best suteI 10
their development, and most profitable
to feed. We mean, Of course, the
tastes Of animals that have not been
starved and have had variety Of food,
II not a chance 10 select. An English
writer on this subject says: III YOU OBJ
serve 4 permanent pasture when it Is
moderately stocked you will not have
much difficulty in picking out the
worthless grasses. Sheep and cattle
do not eat at random; on the contrary,
they carefully select their food, reject
ing one blade Of grass which they dis
like. and selecting the next one which
they like; the consequence; Of this
selection IS, worthless grasses run to
seed, except on meadow lands This
illustrates our meGhing, when we say
the taste or instinct Of the animal is a
good guide 20 Us in orr selection Of
food for II to eat IL also contains
valuable hint as tO why the best
kIthnta houiiAilhf1 lNh NNl anu Alf
poorest take possession Of the soil. II
indicates that an early aud repeated
moving Of pastures would keep down
the Objectionable grasses rejected by
the stock. and that an annual sprink-
ling OF the right Kind Of seed over the
pastures would help keep np the pres
ence OF the more desirable grasses OF
course, II is not every pasture that can
be moved, but this does not initiate
against the fact that moving would be
an advantage. Many pastures can be
moved. and cutting down the rank,
rejected growths gives a chance for
the tender and sweet grasses 10 spring
up, as aftermath docs In the meadow
after moving. On al pastures II Il
possible 10 sow seed. We believe II
would pay 70 devote moro attention 10
pastures. keeping out weeds, discour-
aging the development Of the inferior
grasses, and puonIsiihg DE presence
and ffdwfll Of The better, tlOre palata.
bio and mora nuiriii0us ones NiaiQnoi
-. ~. -
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-06-03
limo IN renair vour |
HOME. EARM ANp oARoEN.

When there Is tmo and space, ex-
pertinent on a small scale with the new
varieties that promise we'll, but never
plant exclusively of untried varieties. -
~ y. Post
We will not encourage "Candle
Lectures" but II there Is any suitable
subject for one, IL is the farmer who
ncglects to provide his wife a first class
garden. Our Country.
To Make Candle Wicks: II candle
wicks are stepped in lime water and
saltpetcr and dried before using. the
flame will be clearer and the tdllow
will not run. Farm JAirndl.
Prof. Brown says that the expert
enco of thirty years convinccs him that
Of all animals on the farm the pig is
the most free from dental irrcgulari-
ties; and the evidence Of age, which a
skilled inspector may obtain from n
careful examination Of the teeth, may
be accepted rs free from any suspicion
Of error Chicago journal.
Since the organization Of the Ann
erican PomOlogcal Society. nearly
thirty-eight years ago, more than six
hundred named varieties OF fruits have,
by common consent, been discarded,
and their places in the catalogue filed
by better sorts. The Ncw England
Farmer thinks a gooi many more
ought to 60 the way of the six hun
dred.
A correspondent OF the Canadian
Horticulturist says he had tried several
wcll-known remedies for mildew OF
goCseberries, yainly, and only succeed.
cd in getting fine fruit after he had
dumped bushcl of ashes from the
coal stove round bush, when, finding
the result emincntly satisfactory, Civ.
ing a full crop of fine berries, he treated
other bushes the same way with equal
success.
Muster Gingerbread: One quart of
molasscs, one-quarter pound of butter
or lard, one-half pint of thick milk,
one ounce of salcratus dissolved in the
milk, one tablespoonful of ginger one
tablespoonful of cinnamon, one tea
spoonful of cloves, three and one-half
pounds Of flour. Roll one-half inch
thick, cut in squares, wash with milk
and molasses, bake on tins. - The
Household.
Many farmers neglect their gar
dcns, and say, in excuse. that they are
"more bother than they are worth.
This is not true of garden properly
cared for. A good one-and poor ones
are not worth the name of gardens -
will produce enough to keep an ordin.
AIRY family in vegetables the greater
part of the year. Nowhere else does
farmer realize as much for the labor
expended. Montreal Witness.