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Love YOnr Enemies

A Hunter named Buckshanks came
to one of Allen jays meetings down
Soutn. He was hardened, and was
known to have killed fifteen or
8 venteen people. The soles of his
feet were so hard from constant hunt
ng in the wilds without boots that
they had become like l.'ather, and his
soul was in much the same condition.
But at last he was convicted of sin,
and was in earnest for salvation.
Something, however, was evidently in
the way Of his finding peace. So the
Friends asked him plainly;
SIS there not something holding yon
back that keeps you from salvation?"
IT guess there is one thing that
keeps me back" he replied put your
ear down to me and will tell what it
is. There is one other man that am
under a VOW to kill the first chance |
get, after that Ill be a Christian"
The Friend, in astonishment, said !:
"And do you think you can be
Christian in that spirit? Unless you
love your enemy you can never be
Christian"
"Is that so? replied the hunter. At
ter a while he said: "I'll forgive the
man, then; won't kill him"
And so the wild hunter became a
Christian. Some time afterwards he
came to the missionary and said:
~ am going to see the man that L
was under an engagement to kill"
The missionary tried to persuade
him not to go into such danger, as it
would probably be at the peril of his
life.
Buckshanks answered: 1.-THE Lord
lays it upon me TO go and tell the man
/ am Il Christian.'
He went across the country, and
when he reached the place the man
saw him, seized his gun, and pointing
it at him through the window, told
him he would shoot him dead if he
dared come nearer.
Buck shanks, unarmed, moved for
ward, and no shot was fired.
81 am come TO tell you that 1 have
given my heart TO God, and AIM now Il
Christian and want you to give your
heart to Cod,
In short time they were both on
their knees in prayer; and his enemy
was converted.
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Plea fOr Ike Pathfinder

We have lust looked in ,he tlictiona-
" to see what definition is sivem to
Fuultfutl2r bat the word is moi there
not in Webster. But the meaning is 50
wcIl nudnrstood bv nronie generally
thai there is no Use of q book TO tell
neonIe wb,t they oIreodv know
What can be said in Justification of
faul1 finding?
I \ fauIt may he found without
hunting for it, even as Il person going
along the road may lind u knife for
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time before he goes fault hunting
among his neighbors or church breth'
rem. In fact he ought to he sure there
is no beam in his own eye before he
goes peeping about for notes i'll the
eyes of other folks.
So much in Justification of the fault
finder. What can be said III vindica-
ton of the fault hider? May b. some
thing next week.
All our lady readers will welcome
the chance offered them to secure a
handsome silk or satin dress direct
from a great Connecticut factory which
offers to send a perfect Silk or Satin
Dress to any of our subscribers for eX-
animation and final purchase.
Read carefully their large advertise
mcnt, and send your name, address
and stamp asking for samples of silk
or satin, to o. S. CHAFFEE & Son,
MANSFIELD CENTRE, Conn. Do us
the favor to name our paper Wneh
writing.
The Agricultural Experiment Sta
;ion at Spartanburg was with cotton
seed, peas, &C., was burned Oct. II.
The loss is estimated at $500 or S.
OUO
The case of John r. Lyon for the
of D. L. Mabry, was called
in the court ut Abbeville, October ID.
The prisoners illness made it necessa-
~ to continue the case. Since then
Lyon has died.
On an inclined cable railway in Gin
cinnati there was Il fatal accident Oc-
tober the +, resulting in eight deaths.
The machinery refused to work
when the car was near the top, and it
rushed backward down the incline,
and car ard passengers became a
ruin.
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IN Evangelical Speech.

The following is an extract from {
speech made ut the Triennial Conven'
ton of the Protestant Episcopal
Church now in session III New York
by the Rt. Rev. James Stert0c John
son, missionary Bishop OF Western
Texas:
"Our great need is what the Metho'
dists call revival of true and undeiil-
ed religion. Onr church needs John
the Baptist. l am not ashamed 70 sa%
i'll would to God this church had
life enough to produce even another
John Wesley. We have something
better to do, my brethren, than tinker
ing canons and patching The prayer
book. Our old men should cream
dreams-not OF corners, trusts, villas
on the Hudson, palaces, falsely called
cottages, by tile sea, and steam yatchS
on the Sound. Our ministers should
not be crying for soft places i'll Eastern
communities, but for 4 chance 20 90 to
the frontier in the Masters work.
The world wants to know that Chris
tianity is not al impossible code OF
morals, but that it is the great truth OF
the fatherhood of God and mans iilial
relation to Him to be taught to follow
Christ, to initiate Him, to give Him
the loyalty of their hearts.
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New York, October 1l.-An elec-
trio linoman met 4 horrible death at
the corner of Centre and Chambers
streets at o'clock this after elnoon, from
contact with an electric light wire.
He was employed by the Western IN
ion Company, and presented q terrible
sight as he died OH the network of
wires in mid-air while the deadly fluid
actually made his body sizzle and the
blood pour out to the sidewalk and
over the clothes Of the horrified spec
tators. The accident, occurring in the
middle of the day, in one of the busi-
est parts Of the city, was witnessed by
4 large concourse Of people. The
mans body lay limp and motionless
over the mass of wires, att ched to the
cross arms of the pole. Firemen
brought out ladder and went up with
4 pair of shears to cut the wires. The
man Was found to he dead.
The necessary cost occasional fatali-
ties and constant dangers of electric
lights in cities will more than balance
advantages. So we think.
Ed. c. n.
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The brotherhood or the Nations
The meeting OF the American Peace

The meeting or the American Peacc
Society. Boston, Get 6, Vice President
Hon. Robert Treat Paine, presiding
was of mncl interest, The following
is an extract from the address of the
Vicc-Presitlent, us reported i'll the
Boston Evening Transcript:
"Peace be TO all the world We
meet here tonight in the interest OF
peace. Now that slavery has passed
away from our land, what other great
cause remains to arouse the interest OF
the whole world and all natious, which
surpasseS in importance the cause or
peace? We are not wasting time IN
Gathering here to counsel and resolve
nraveiy 10 keep this cause forward.
The day has come when the loWers
that work for peace are growing strong
and only need to take open counsel to-
gether to grow stronger. In the great
Worlds Fair now being held in Paris,
with it's 167 congresses, which OF them
all, on tile whole, surpass in interests
the Universal Peace Congress, attend
ed by delegates from all parts OF Eu-
rope and America. 1 have not yet re-
covered from my thrill Of surprise
when Rev. Il. B. Howard described to
me how the delegates you met at Paris
showed that they looked to this coun-
try as the one which should take the
lead in the example and championship
Of peace. Why should not This colln-
try make Il brief treaty with every
other conntry binding both to submit
any controversy to arbitration, betor"
going TO war?
"Two great causes command the at
tcntion OF ali the world. The improve
mpnt Of the condition of the masses OF
the people in comfort, culture ana
character, and the establishment or
peace between the nations of the earth
by recognized agreements to arbitrate
before war"
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The Object of Peace Societies.

Peace societies are organized and
maintained to try to prevent WAS ID
the future by showing that there ii. L
wiser and better means than war for
the adjustment Of difficulties that may
arise between nations and conmunf-
ties.
War does not determine which party
has right and justice Oh its side, but
simply which side has the most men
to he butchered, the most destructive
implements of death, and knows best
how to mass and handle its forces, has
the most money ana the greatest pow
ers of endurance. War can destroy,
in short time, what has taken years
of honest toll and patient industry to
create and build up. War reverses
nearly all the laws Of morality and
right, In time OF peace, he who de-
.ceives his ncighbor, takes advantage OF
his ignorance and defrauds and robs
him of his properly, without giving
him an equivalent for it, or lures him
on to death, is regarded as q criminal
of the darkest grade. In war, he who
is most successful as q stratcgist, who
can best succeed in deceiving his cne-
NV, and lure hundreds and thousands
of men to swift and sudden destruc-
ton, is the greatest hero, and worthy
of all honor.
God will not reverse the, laws of
morality to suit the convenience OF
military men, any more than for ordl-
nary mortals. Military men and COM
mon civilians will stand before the
Judgment seat of Christ, the Prince of
Peace, on precisely the same level.
Hosea Bigelow says:
"If you take sword and draw 1t,
And 90 stick fellow through
Government will not answer for 1T.
God will send the bill to you"
Jesus said, "Blessed are the peace
makers, for they shall be called the
children of God" If we state the
converse of this, which is doubtless
true, it would be, "Cursed are the war-
makers, for they shall be called the
children of the devil" If there were
no devil, if there were 10 sin, there
certainly would be no war, for war is
sill intensified i'm almost all its varied
and wortS forms.
When na,!OHs Gre engaged in war,
and their blood is hot and The mind
excited, it like casting pearls before
swine to talk 10 them about peace.
When men are cool and deliberate is
the time to appeal TO them in regard
to the unreasUnableueSS, the folly, and
wickedness Of war. In time of peace
prepare for peace. The Way to pre-
rarc for peace is to educate the public
mind to believe that war is criminal,
cruel, and can and should be avoided.
Longfellow has truthfully said:
"Were half the power that fills the world
with terror,
Were half the wealth bestowed on camps
and courts
Given to redeem the human mind from error.
There were no need OF arScnals and forts.
They who put out fire even after
thousands of dollars worth Of property
have been destroyed do well--they
who prevent the fire from kindling do
better. Peace societies are working
on the preventive principle, and trying
to prevent the fearful flames of war
from kindling. They certainly ought
to have the sympathy and cooperation
of all who love God, and man, and
country.-Mcsscngcr Of Peace.
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Demand for Hanging.

The Birmingham papers argue that it
is about time 10 have a hanging in that
city.-Ahdntd Constitution.
birmingham is not alone in its af-
Fiction. This is rapidly becoming q
universal long-felt wan.-Ddiiy Sun.
If hanging is the remedy for exist
ing evils and a preventive of threaten
ing evils, it would have been quite in
place at the inauguration Of the war.
Had it been inflicted theu there would
have been fewer occasions for it now.
ED. G.. y.
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The Conference OF American States.

The President Of the United States
has appointed the following named
gentlemen to be the ten Commissioners
of the United States, at the Conference
of American States, to be held in
Washington, ID. G., November, 1859
John B Henderson, Missouri; Cor
nelius \. Bliss, New York; Clement
Studebaker, Indiana; Il. Jefferson
Coolidge, Boston; Charles II. Flint,
New York; Henry G. Davis, West
Virginia Nj. Estee, California; II. +.
Hanson, Georgia William II. Tres
colt, South Carolina, and Andrew Car
negie, Pennsylvania.
The response OH the part Of the Cen
tral and South American StaIcs has
been general andfavorable. 1t is pro-
posed to give the delegates tour Of
through the principal in
dustrial and commercial regions of the
United States.
There are thirty-tive authorized rep
rcscnlatiVes from South and Centra!
America with their secretaries and
families, and Of these all have arrived
or reported. except one from Chill and
viz llolll l-GUNNiol, wiz SllC SHPCCiSu
before the party starts on its tour.
OF course the promotion of COM
mcrce is u leading motive, but we CAD
but hope that q general policy Of Aabi-
tration will be commended as contem-
plated in one Of the propositions con-
tained in the call. On this the friends
of peace should insist.-AduocGtc Of
Peace.
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Two eminent Frenchmen, who by
their recent achievements have conf
manded the attention and respect Of
the whole civilized world, have incur
red the wrath OF skeptics by holding
and publishing Christian sentiments.
NJ. E!FFEL, the engineer whose fa-
nous tower will preserve his name for
centuries, while addressing a company
of students in Switzerland few days
ago, declared himself a Christian, and
recommended his hearers to attend to
their religious duties and never forget
GoD. This was the signal for q change
of tone on the part Of certain Partisan
journals, which began at once to vilify
both NJ. EIFFEL and his work. NJ.
PAsTEUR has had q similar experience.
For publicly recommending men to Of
fer praise to GoD the municipal author
tiles of certain provincial town have
manifested their spite against him by
changing the name of one of their
streets from Rue Pasteur to Rue de Ia
Care. These are the means whereby
infidels propose to frightcn great men
away from Christianity. The reason
why they say that eminent scholars
and scientists are not Christians is
they dropped them from the list of
scientists and scholars SO soon as they
found out that they were Christians.
'Gcrmany annually spends 430, ,000.-
600 marks for its army, but not much
less for alcoholic drinks, which cost
.i,H;, ,OnU. 600 marks. The statistics show
that the intcmpCrate class furnishes so
per cent. of all the insane, 81 per cent
of all the Door, and 20 per cent Of all
the criminals" These facts neutraliZe
the claim so often set ur that in Ger
many, where beer is used almost uni
versally, little drunkenness exists.
The effects of liquor are much the
same the world over and in all ages.
The State Experiment Station at
Spartanburg with barn, cotton gin,
forage, corn, and other property was
destroyed by fire October II.
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COLUMBIA, Oct. j., 1889.
tI'. Editor

.M'. EdHOr:
Some months ago prize was offered
in the First Presbyterian Sunday
School of this city for perfect recita-
ton by any pupil of that school of the
Shorter Catechism. There are, l am
told, one hundred and seven questions
in this little book. The prize was di-
vided between two girls of thirteen
and ten years of age. This by way of
preface.
Is not the Shorter Catechism an cpl
tome of Observation-Disclosures be-
lief? And who among them was it
that said, drill q child in the Shorter
Catechism and it will always be q
Presbyterian Now for the question
which is the object of this writings: Is
there or has there ever been a Cate
chism which is to the Methodist
Church what the Shorter Catechism is
to the Presbyterian Church: If not.
why not: II not, should not there be
one? In my Infancy l was taught
Caper's Catechism, but in some schools
/ know Our Little People has taken ils
place. From this then surely we must
infer that that CatechiSm at least is
not regarded by lis as is the Shorter
Catcchism by the Presbyterians.
Without impugning the superior wis
dom of them that be" may it not he
asked ii the lessons for Our Little Peo-
pie furnished by that Leaflet are con-
sidered productive of as much good as
would result from the study Of sum.
mary of Methodist belief along with
the commandments, the creed, and the
Lords prayer? How many OF how
few of our Sunday School children
know the ten commandments and the
creed? 1t might lie "interesting" fol
the teachers to find out. If it be said
that the children have the command
ments as lesson once year we would
reply that repetition at so long inter
walls is of little or no value to Il small
child. The commandments cannot be
taught to all "infant class" in one les
son-fre4uent repetitions at very short
intervals are necessary. Is child un-
der eight years Of age too young to
learn the commandments: Consider
child Of only average ability in iudg-
Ing.
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Perfect Through Suffering.

When the great violin makers OF the
Middle Ages wished to form perfect
instruments they caused the tree to be
felled at a particular period OF its
growth. The wood was then planed
aud cut into small pieces. These were
exposed to the heat of the sun and to
the winters storms, were bent, rubbed
polished, and finally fastened together
with Incompatible skill.
If the wood could have found q
tongue, doubtless it would have begged
TO grew in the forest, to rustic its
branches and bear its fruit as its COM
panions were left to do, becoming at
last a part of the sodden earth. But
it was this harsh treatment that made
ont Of its common boards the Stradlvva-
ri violin, whose music still charms the
world. ~,
SO. Ivy cnun:lfcs touches Of pain and
less, God fits rs 20 bear our part in the
great harmony with which true ana
earnest souls shall ultimately fill the
world.
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PIoUs DIRECTION.-Follow the fol
lowing advice and you will grow in
grace and be saved from many sins
and world Of trouble:
Say nothing you would not like God
to hear. Ecclcs. V. >
do nothing you would not like God
to see. Titus ill., Z.
Write nothing you would not like
God to read Hell. iv. l3.
Go to no place where you would not
like God to find you. Job NNNiv. 81.
Rcad no book of which you would
not like God to say, Show it to me.
John V. go.
Never srcnd your time in such q
way that you would not like God to
ask, What art you doing: Thcss. V.
Is.
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Quite Il stir has been raised in the
army by the appointment of Court or
Inquiry to ascertain the causes OF ue-
scrtion. As desertiOns number two to
three thousand every year, about ten
per cent. of the whole force, all inVes-
tigation is certainly in order.
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Now it remains to be seen whether
practical craftsmanship will so formu-
late the resolutions of the Universal
Peace Congress and embody them in
actual treaties and international law
that wars shall henceforth be next to
all impossibility between the nations
represented in this Worlds Congress.
If even the English-speaking people
were unanimous and positive and out
spoken in their declarations on this
subject, it would go far toward bring,
ing in the hcped-for era of universal
peace.-7he Farm, Field and &ock-
man,
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The Catholic Priest, J. J. Boyle "A

Inc CaCnOlc IIleSl, d. D. i'o!
tried and convicted of rape ~ th!ssity
last week and sentence-t.t0 be hanged
Nov. o9th, 1889. An appeal was taken
which will defer lGSeXecution, at least,
until next Sprivg. There is great di-
vision of sentiyient in the community
as to whc'Ds|1he is guilty Of rape-all
think, tLou"h, that he is guilty OF a
shameSui seduction, and ought TO be
punished for that. His trial created
much rXcitcmcnt.- t.--Er.
The Tabernacle, Brooklyn, II. De
Witt IA Image, pastor, WAS burned Oc-
tohCr Is, for tic second tine III It's his
tory. TIE >rigin OF the fire is uncer-
tain, but it is possible that lightning
WAS carried into tie church on the
wires of tie new electric plant. The
place where the fire was first seen
would answer to this theOry-and a
storm prevailing during the night
makes it q probable one.
John Bright said that four-fifths OF
the revenue of Great Britain is swal-
lowed up in War and its preparations.
He further stated, that since the COM
of this century England
has spent no less than four thousand
four hundred and fourteen millions
sterling on War and preparations for
War ($G2, ,070, 600, ,OOO).
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After week spent by the Court in
trying w. 3. Meetze for the murder of
James I. Clark the jury failed to agree
and Il mistrial was ordered. 1t is re-
ported that eight of the jury were for a
verdict Of manslaughter, three for ac-
Iuittal and one for murder.
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There is danger Of famine in Cen
tral Dakota. Crops are failure, and
there is no food on hand for man or
!, east.
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TIE FIGHT Is TO DEATH

TIE grand work Of lie temperance
reform ton Is still 1t for. -uoJ far, " =
trust-but stall ueiore. his is not the
time for I! ose " no Il. bnr in This CT e
To lay their weapons down. The le--
ion of the euer Y are Still III the field
-as active, ii, vigilant, a. mercitess rs
ever. Equal activity AID VigIianace
should be theirs no are fighting the
the battle for the home, for God, anu
for the peice and happiness OF the land.
Theirs it is to continue the work of ed
ucating public sentiment on the drink
question; theirs it is to continue the
work of besieging the legislative halls
OF the States and the Nation for more
effective and repressive temperance
laws; theirs it is to take advantage
wherever possible of existing laws to
bar out and crush out the rum traffic;
theirs it is to work and pray, and pray
and, work, to be la6oring in season and
out of season, for the complete and
final overthrow of the liquor power in
all the Nation.
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Io HENRY IHLERS AND HERMAN
HEINRICHS
Or Their Unknown Heirs

Ine Undersigned administrator of the
estate of Charles Heinrlchs. deceasaa hos =,
MS hands a certain sum of money due the
above named heirs, which will be maid Thorn
or their legal representatives on presentation
OF duly authenticated vouchers, and if NOT
paid within twelve months from this H.
the same will be paid into the State treasury
in accordance with the statute in such eases
made and provided. J. L. AXE. Admir-.
Ironton, No., March 9Th, 1889. 6
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High license for moral wrong is
low-lived sense for a moral man.
WHAT Is A BOY WORTH.

Mrs. Mary 4. LdthfOp.
/ do not know what you may think
of the woman's crusade, but let me
say, as a woman who stands inside it,
that the womanhood of this Nation
never laid such a tribute at the feet of
its manhood. fyou want to find out
what a boy is worth. go aud ask his
mother. By the time she goes into
the jaws of death to give him birth,
and then puts into him her days of
love and nights of care. and he stands
before her strong and clean and tall at
twentv-one, she can tell you what he
is worth from the crown of his head to
the soles of his feet; and when the leg
allied dramshops takes hold of him
and tears him down, fibre by hbre,
and puts oaths on the lips she used 10
kiss. and crashes out his mothers
HOPES it is no wonder she makes an
cutlery.
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BON 4 II "a
And See How Much You Savel