The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-27

PENICK, in Richmond Dispatch.
1t is when we have been unmistaka
bly, wronged that we have an oppor
tunity to show a Christian spirit. 81
long as others treat US with fairness
with kindness, and with courtesy, i
is not easy for us to show spirit o
forbearance, of charity, or of com
mendable gentleness. Even goddess
heather would not be likely to resen
an afront which he had not received
A Christians best opportunity o
showing that he is a Christian is wher
he is under some gross provocation tx
bear himself in an un-Christian man
ner. -.
In heaven alone, the thirst of an i'm
mortal soul after happiness can be sat
isfied. There the streams of Eder
will flow. They who drink of then,
shall forget their earthly poverty, an6
remember the miseries of the world
no more. Some drops from the celes
tial cup are sufficient, for a time, tc
make us forget our sorrows, even while
we are in the midst of them. What
then may we not expect from full
draughts Of those pleasures which are
at thy right hand, o Lord! for ever.
more? .... -
Itmay be a small matter for person
to be few minutes late at a Sunday
morning church service: but when 8
person, or family, is in the habit oi
being late in that way, it is fair to &C.
cept the fact as an indication of char.
acter. Thus young man was recent:
ly characterized in the expressive sug.
gestien: "He comes of family that
is always late at church." That would
be poor subject for family pride-a
reputation of that sort! -...
: 1t is great thing for any man to fill
his place in the world. It matters less
where mans place is, than that q
mans place be filled, wherever it is.
The lowest place well filled is more
creditable to the man who occupies it,
than would be the highest place poorly
filled. And, indeed, no place in the
world can be so good for any man as
the place which God assigns to him as
his place &.
Not day passes over the earth but
men and women of no note do great
deeds, speak great words and suffer
noble sorrows. Of these obscure he.
roes, philosophers and martyrs, the
greater part will never be known till
that hour when many that were great
shall be small, and the small great. :,
1t is said of the brilliant young law
yer who killed himself recently in
T, that the fatal act was caused by
"mental depression" The mental de-
preston was caused by q debauch
begun ip bar-room. His mother is
called fanatic because she wants the
bar-rooms closed.
A roasted or boiled lemon, filled
while hot with sugar, and eaten still
hot, just before retiring, will often
break up cold.
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside" .
Kerosene oil will make tin tea ket-
ties as bright as new. Saturate a wool
ed rag and rub with it. 1t will also
removed stains from and clean var
nished furniture.
You have no right to feed dog so
long as you have not the money to pro-
vide your family with good papers and
books.-Anaericara Agraculta4rist.
Tiles, even those of the simplest
kind, arranged tastefully around the
fireplace, lend an air of quaintness to
the room.
The flavor of the fuel used for smok-
ing meat is somewhat impaired to
the meat, hence the fuel should be Sc
lected carefully.
Drive your horses little to one side
when you stop with a load on the
sled. This makes it easier to start the
load.
A fire burns better in q hot than in
a cold furnace ; it is equally true that
an animal we'll wintered is half sum-
mered.
If open, outdoor feed-troughs are
turned over at night they will not be
filled with snow and ice in the morn
ing.
If you place the ak near the stove
for fifteen muinutes it will cut better
and not be so apt to break along the
edge.
For convenience in cleaning lamp.
chimneys, nothing is better than q
small sponge attached to the end of
stick.
If you do not wish cloddy and life
less ground in the spring keep the cat
tel off the fields when the soil is soft.
Simply inhaling fresh air largely,
an incipient cold in the bud.
Harness hung in the stable is damag-
ed as much by the gases and damp
ness there as it is worn by use.
Don't milk at six o'clock to-day, sew
en- tomorrow, and half-past seven the
day after.
Glaze the bottom crust of fruit.pies
with white of egg, and they will not
be soggy.
After pairing fruit drop it in cold wa,
ter to prevent it changing color.
A little sulphate of potassa added to
preserves prevents fermentation.
Put soda in sour fruit for pies. and
they will require less sugar.
Boil coffee in salt-sack; it is nicsl
than egg to settle it.
Keep preserves in u dry place, sea-
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