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SECRET PRAYER,

. In secret prayer does thy heart never urge
thee to cut it short, frequently making a
motion to bave done. Charge it in the name
Of God to stay, and not do so great q work
by halves: Say to it, foolish heart, If thou
beg awhile and goest away without thine
aims, is not thy begging lost labor? Thou
camest hither in hope to have a sight of the
glory which thou must inherit, and wilt thou
stop when thou art almost at the top of the
hill? Thou camest hither in the hope to
speak with God; wilt thou so before thou
hast seen him!
Thou camcst to bathe thy soul in the
streams Of consolation, and to that end didst
unclothe thyself Of thy earthly thoughts,
and wilt thou only touch the bank and re-
turn? Thou camest to spy out the land Of
premise; 60 not back without one cluster Of
grapes to show thy brethren for their en-
courasement. Let them see that thou hast
tasted Of the wine by the gladness of thy
heart; and that thou hast been anointed with
the oil, by the cheerfulness of thy coun-
tenancc; and hast fed of the milk or | honey,
by the mildness of thy disposition, and the
sweetness of thy conversation. .-[TraiIl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-20
IIdia's Magnetic Plant.

There has been discovered in the
forests of India q strange plant, which
possesses to a very high degree astonish-
ing magnetic power. The hand which
breaks q leaf from it Immediately re-
ccives shock equal to that produced by
the conductor of an induction coil. At
q distance of nineteen feet magnetic
needle is affected by it, and it will be
quite deranged if brought near. The
energy of this singular influence varies
with the hour of the day. 1t is all
powerful about Q o'clock in the after
noon but is Ineffective during the night.
At times of storm its intensity augments
to striking proportions Commercial
Adrertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-20
EFFECT OF PRAYER.


What the key is to the watch, that prayer
is to religion; it winds it up, and sets it
agoing. 1t Is before other duties in regard
OF opportunity for its performance. A
Christian cannot always hear, or always
pay eoHas i No psee no Out me- may
can deprive him of this privilege. If he be
on tie top of house with Peter, he may
pray; he be in the bottom Of the ocean
with Jonah, he may pray; IL he be walking
in the fields with Isaac, he hay pray when
no eye seeth him; il he he waiting at the
table like Nehemiah, he may pray when no
ear heareth him.
II he be in the mountain with our
Saviour, be may pray; if be be in the prison
with Paul. he may pray; wherever he is
prayer will help him to find God out. Every
saint is Gods tempe; ''and he that carrieth
his temple about him." saith Austin. ''may
60 to prayer when he pleaseth." h."-[George
Swinuock.
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crowd around this Bethesda! Step In it'll
Oh, step in it! The angel Of the covenant to-
day stirs the water. Why do you not step
in 'iti Some of you are too weak to take a
step in that direction. Then we take you up
in the arms of our closing prayer and plunge
you clean under the wave, hoping that the
cure may be as sudden and as radical as with
Captain Naaman, who, blotched and carbun-
cled, stepped into the Jordan, and after the
seventh dive came up, his skin roseate COM
plexioned as the flesh of little child.
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RELIGIOUS READING
THEN SHALL I KNoH

THEN SHALL I KNOW
! wait for thy revealings,
D blessed land Of light!
For here are strange concealings,
And cloud, and gloom, and night.
For I shall know hereafter
The things know not now;
Where grief is turned to laughter, !,
And glory crowns the brow.
What now seems darkest mystery
The day-dawn shall unfold,
Twill read as golden history
BY love and mercy told.
So thus, my heart contenting
My sighs are lost in song,
And I, no more lamenting,
Press cheeriiy along.
-[R. NJ. OfTord.
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Best Deer Park on the Continent.

It is said that on Cross's Island, nff Ma
chias, it is a daily sight to see five to
fifteen deer feeding on the border of the
forest; these are conceded not to be
"wild deer" as no one is allowed to
shoot or fire at them any month in the
year. Any one who does so is an out
law. 1t is judged by men who live most
of the time at the life-saving station that
there are $50 deer, maybe 200, on Cross's
Island, which is one of the best deer
parks on the continent.-Nev Orleans
Picay,sme,
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GEORGIA has plenty Of room for i'm
migrants. There are in Pierce County
400, ,0S7 acres of land, of which only
-, 11s ore improved. Ware contains
III, ,9O3 acres, of which 10,0S7 are i'm
proved; Wayne, $4,000, 9,997 i'm
proved; Appling. 357,O75, and 1882
improved. Other counties mako SINH
lar showing.
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SHADOWS have no claws; they carry
no swords and fire no guns, but they
trighten many people to death.
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%
Eething's gained by worrying, -; -
; By hurrying, *
And scurryi1g. i
With fretting and with furrying :
The temper's often lost;
And in pursuit Of some small prize
We rush head and are not wise r
And find the unwonted exercise -:
| A fearful price has cost. n$Y
IT'S better far to join the throng ::
That do their duty right along;
Reluctant they to raise fuss,
Or make themselves ridiculous.
Calm and serene in heart and nerve,
Their strength is always in reserve,
: And nobly stands each test;
And every day and all about
By scenes within and scenes without,
We can discern, with ne'er doubt,
! That quiet ways are best
The Evangelist.
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OFF, mo, says the conductor, "this is an
express train and it does not stop until it gets
to the Grand Central depot of Slnashupton."
All, "look not thou upon the wine when it is
red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when
it moveth itself Alright. At tho last it biteth
like "a serpent and stingeth like an adder"
My friends, whether you tarry at home
which will be quite as safe and perhaps quite
as comfortable-or go into the country. arm,
yourselves against temptation. The grace
Of God is the only safe shelter, whether in
town or country. There are watering places
accessible to all of US. You cannot open
book of the Bible without finding out some
sin and uncleanlness; wells Of salvation;
streams from Lebanon; flood struck out Of
the rock by Moses; fountains in the wilder
moss discovered by Hagar; water t. drink
and water to bathe in; the river OF God,
"hich is full Of water; water of which if
man drink he shall never thirst; wells Of
water in the Valley Of Baca living fountains
of water; pure river Of water as clear es
crystal from under the throne Of Col.
These are watering places accessible to all
of US. We do not hnvo O laborious packing
up before We start-only the throwing away
OF our transgressions. No expensive hotel
bills to pay; it is without money and with
out price" No long and dirty travel before
we get there; it is only one step away. In
California in five minutes I walked around
and sav ton fountains all l,,hl,lin1 III ar.d
they were oil dltfcrenr. And i'll five minutes
can 60 through this Bible parterre and find
you fifty bright sparkling fountains bub-
bling up into eternal life.
A chemist will 60 to one of these summer
watering places and take the water and ana
lyze it, and tell you that it contains so much
Of iron, and so much of soda, and SO much of
!ime and SO much of magnesia. l come to
this Gospel we'll, this living fountain, and
analyze the water, and find that its in
gradients ore peace, pardon, forgiveness,
hope, comfort life, heaven. "Ho, every one
that thirsteth, come ye" to this watering
placsl
Crowd around this Bethesda to-day! Oh,
you SICK. you lame, you troubled. You dying
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-07-16
Cleveland and Mills.

But two men have been seriously
spoken of for the nomination-Gr
Cleveland and David Il. Hill. Roth are
Eastern Lien. If either should receive
the honor is there any valid reason why
the second place should not SO to the
South?
There is no lack of good men in the
Democratic party, but it happens at this
juncture that there is no man-outside
from the two named-who appears to any
considerable portion of the party TO be
conspicuously fit for place on the tick
et The few who have been suggested
for second place are spoken of rather
because there is no one else in the field
than because they have any especial fit
ness and a national reputation to back
il up.
The Republicans, though deficient in
general craftsmanship, are better sup
piled with conspicuous Presidential and
Vice Presidential timber. One cause of
the compar alive paucity of the Demo-
cratic material is that it has been
thought necessary TO preserve the tradi-
ton that no man from the South can be
taken.
By the way, how would Mr.. Mills. of
Texas, do for second placo?-Boston
Globe
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-07-16
Telegrapetc Brevitles.

A CYCLONE passed over Catlin, ILL.,,
doing great damage TO growing crops.
A LARGE grain elevator at Sheldahl,
Iowa, belonging to Ben A. Lockwood OF
Des Moines, was struck by lightning
and burned.
THE National House committee on
commerce has ordered a favorable re-
port on the bill giving theatrical troupes
reduced rates in parties of seven or
more.
Al the election OF officers OF the Ore
gon Transcontinental company at
Portland Oregon, Henry Willard was
elected president.
G. q. PsoTTA, the American amateur
sculler, lost the first heat for the dia-
mond sculIs at tho Henry Regatta, Lon
don, to G. L. IL. Kennedy.
c. III. HEWITT. an attorney OF Port
land. Ore, was shot and killed By
Charles Belgrade. a saloonkeeper. The
latter then cut his own throat.
NINE members OF the Salvation Army
were arrested for parading the streets
OF Eau Claire, Wis. In violation of an
ordinance prohibiting such displays.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-07-16
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

an Interesting Summary of the More I'm :
portant Dolngs of Our NeighboTs-Wed-
dings and Deaths Casualties,
and General News Notes.
In the following table are shown the
approximate acreage and yield of wheat
in 1889 and an estimate of the yield in
1890. The totals for 1889 anu the acre.
age of the present crop are obtained from
tie farm statistics returned by super
visors, while the estimated yield for 1890
is furnished by crop correspondents. For
number of townships from which the
farm statistics have not yet been re-
ceiyed, the crops of each year have been
estimated, the crops of previous years
being used as a basis. The total product
in 1859, as herein shown, was 22, 945, 1873
bushels and the probable yield this year
1851, $40 bushels. The average per
acre in 1889 ranged from 1919 in Neway-
go TO 2l.74 in Saginaw County. The es-
inmates for 1890 range from s. Is in Eaton
TO 1882 in Cass County. The averages
for the State were To-. III in 1889 and Ills
in 1890.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-07-16
CRACKER TRUSTS AT WAR.
Tho Western Combination Will Fight
Eastern anufacturers.

New York dispatch: The American
Biscuit Manufacturing company has
secured from the White estate the big
fiye-story building on the northeast cor
ner OF West and Bethune streets. IT is
known as Whites malt house and
stands on lot 196 by 100 feet. The
American company will at once begin to
put in ovens, and it is expected that in
side of three months the factory will be
opened, employing from 400 to 500
hands. This is the opening OF the fight
between the two big cracker companies.
The New York Biscuit company.
which the American, or Western, COM
bination of manufacturers propose to
fight here in the East, was Incorporated
in Illinois with capital of $1,000, 0OOA
A number Of the big Eastern cracker
companies were united under this head
and prominent among them are e. J.
Larrabee & Co., and Nandeveer e.
Holmes. The company at once secured
a tract OF ground at Tenth avenue and
Sixteenth street. There big factory
will be built.
l.. -. Dozsr OF the Dozier Cracker
company of st. Louis and ID. +. Brem-
ner OF the Bremner Baking company
Of Chicago have been stopping for sew
eral days at the Gilsey house. They
are leading men in the American COM
paDY, and both declare that their COM
pany will fight the Eastern concern on
rs own grounds.
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Condensed News Notes.

IMPORTANT changes are soon to be
made among the government employees
in Lower California.
New wheat has appeared in market
at Marshall, ILL.,, the opening price be-.
ing IS cents per bushel.
The Louisville Southern railroad
stockholders voted to lease its property
TO the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia road. This gives the latter line
entrance into Louisville.
WILL KENT of Knoxville, Tenn. shot
his mistress, Lizzie Hatcher, and then
himself. Both were dead when found,
shot through the breast. Kent leaves
n widow and three little children penni-
less.
TIE British war-ship Warsprite.
which has been dispatched to Behring
sea ready for any emergency, carries
ten guns and the three sloops accompa-
nying her have between them twenty
six guns.
PATRICK SU LIIvAN became violently
insane I'm the Tombs police court i'm New
York and it required four officers to re-
move him. In the struggle the railing
which surrounds the place set apart for
the use Of mepbers of tho press was
shattered and the benches were smash.
ed.
SIX Hungarlans who were arrested
for refusing TO answer questions bv the
census-enumeratofs had a hearing In
Philadelphia, and when matters were
fully explained to them they readily
gave the desired information and
promised to advise othsrs 20 do the
same.
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elections were not always fair and free.
Whore wrong-doing occurred in the
North IL was where one party sought to
get ahead of the other by vulgar Lieans.
As to the South. il was largely question
OF race. 4 he negro problem was one of
the gravest before tho American people.
IL was one in which all were concerned
and were responsible, whether living in
the North or the South. The wrong Of
slavery was to be expiated by the North,
which condoned it, as we'll AS by tho
South, which upheld it. The negro was
not forced on us like the Chinese. il was
idle TO say that he was better off than If
he had not been brought to civilization.
Better an eternity of savage liberty
than a civilization which came to them
with the auctioneers hammer ia one
hand and the slave-driver's whip in
the other. Such fidelity as the negro
has shown to government and master
deser, ed better reward from the coun-
try, North and South, than ii had yet re-
ceiyed. The negro wanted no brutality
on one side nor sentimentality on the
other. The Government which made the
black man citizen was n cowardly Gov
eminent If 1T did not protect him in his
righs. A failure to do right brought its
own punishment
4 40 piIi uhu ueou Calleu NNoluJlOnhIy
the revolution was to be found in the
speeches he read-speeches which
showed that the constitutional repre-
sentation did not exist. rhe first step
toward a solution of the race problem was
to take it out of national politics. The
National Government must extend to
every citizen the equal rights which the
Constitution guaranteed, In conclusion,
Mr.. Lodge said:
Let us do our whole duty to every
American citizen, rich or poor, black or
white, weak or strong, and we can safely
abide by the result. Lot us secure to
every man the liberty and freedom which
is the corners one of American liberty.
Il would make men free,
As much from mobs kings
From
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MILWAUKEE'S WELCOME
THE CREAM CITY CREETS THE
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

Addresses by Mayor Peck and Gov. Hoard
Listened To by 1000 Visiting Knights
Exercises Attendant ON the Concizve In
Wisconsin's Metropolis.
Milwaukee (Wis.) dispatch: The great
Pythian army and their friends has
been welcomed TO Milwaukee and Wis
consin in right royal style. The mem
bers OF the Supreme lodge marched from
the Plankinton house in body to the
Exposition building, being escorted by
the local committee and Gen. Carnahan
and staff OF the uniform rank. Upon
reaching the building Supreme Master
alarms Robert Newell escorted the
supreme representatives TO the seats
prepared for them on the stage.
Some 1000 knights had gathered in the
mammoth auditorium to listen To the
addresses OF welcome and the responses.
Mayor Peck, who welcomed the knights
on behalf of the Cream city, was the
hrst to speak, and he was frequently in
corrupted by applause. He made a
characteristic address. and he brought
down the house when he closed by as
surfing the knights that all they had to
do was. in the language of the poet, to
touch the button and whatever they
might want would come up at once.
Gov. Hoard followed In a brief but
appropriate welcoming atdress, in
which he referred TO the
splendid work being done by
the Order Of the Knights OF Pythias.
On behalf of the Knights of Wisconsin
Grand Chancellor +. B. Hoskins of Fond
du Lac spoke feelingly and eloquently.
In reply to all these hearty welcomes
10 the most hospitable State and city in
the union Past Supreme Chancellor
John i. Linton OF Johnstown, Pa,
responded most appropriately in an ex-
temporaneous but well-timed actress.
At the conclusion of these ceremonies,
which did not occupy an hours time,
the supreme lodge was escorted to the
West Side Turner hall, where Supreme
Vice Chancellor Shaw opened the first
session. All Of the officers and rep
resentatives except Supreme Chancellor
Ward were present The reports of the
various supreme officers were offered
and accepted when the supreme body
adjourned over night.
The grand parade, participated in by
thousands upon thousands of brave
knights, moved promptly at o'clock in
the afternoon, Gen. Carnahan command
ing. The streets all along the line OF
march were filled with people who
watched the magnificent army Of red
plumes and helmets as they marched by.
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FEDERAL ELECTION BILL.
Resume of Henry Cabot Lodges Remarks
in the House of Representatives.
fWashinuton dispatch


The debate on the national election bill
was opened by Mr.. Lodge. of Massa-
chusetts. He said that under the bill no
local machinery was TO he disturbed. To
secure publicity at every stage Of the
election was the leading principle of the
bill. AS to the power of Congress to en-
act such a law, the Constitution and the
decisions of the Supreme Court were alb
solutely conclusive.
The acts which it was proposed to ex-
tend had been called into existence by
the gigantic frauds IN the city Of New
York prior TO 1870 and 1871. That GER
tainly was not sectional origin in the
sense that the charge was now made. The
other side had criticised the frauds COM
mitted in Northern cities. He would put
the secret official ballot in use in every
election district, because be believed
that was the only way TO stop the use of
money In elections. IL must not be sup
posed that legislation against bribery
must be national in its character. The
bill. however, went as far as possible
toward meeting that evil. He asked the
gentlemen who were 80 warm in their de-
nunciation of corruption and bribery to
unite with him III attacking those and
other evils besetting elections. As to the
Southern States, it was apparent tn &
many people DelleNeu mat great IRA IDS
were there committed. If the be-
lief that such a thing as fair election
in the South was unknown, then it was
high time the United States should put
stop to the evil. if il had TO exercise
every power the Constitution put into
it's hands.
He compared Mississippi with New
Jersey, where the populations in 1880
were equal in number. The total vote
in Mississippi was ll7,0O0; in New Jer-
sey 245,000. In lsSs the total vote in
Mississippi had dwindled to $4,000,
while in New. Jersey it had swollen to
3O3, 900. No intelligent and fair minded
man would deny that there had been
frauds in the North, and the proof was
the efforts made there by both parties to
throw open the elections to publicity. 1t
was not necessary to argue that Southern
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Southern Opposition To the Ele ction Bill.
The Lodge-Rowell election bill has
reused the familiar Southern politicians
slogan. From Virginia to Texas the
Southern partisan papers are furiously
denouncing the So calle1 force bill, in
dignation being the most intense in the
sections where the cheating is the worst
and ballot-boxe are outraged with the
largest share of impunity -namely, in the
cotton States. Southern chambers of
commerce are joining with Southern
newspapers in demanding that there shall
be no interference with their sacred right
of doing Republicans out of members of
Congress. There is much bomb st and
fustlan about "the blow at liberty" struck
by this bill-the liberty to disfranchise
Republican voters, 10 stuff ballot boxes,
and 10 steal Republican seats in Con-
gress. This is one of the State rights"
with which they propose there shall be no
Interference.
One point is conceded by all these
shriekers-namely: that this bill will de-
stroy the Republican party. The Rich
mond Times SAYS: Whatever may lie the
Outcome, Republcanism has rung its
death knell. Public indignation has
been aroused already at the dare. devil
draeooning OF such measure through
the body known as the popular branch of
a government of people once free.
This sentiment is re-echoed by all the
Southern Democratic papers. They are
certain that it will wipe out the last
vestige of Repubhcanism. But is not
that just what they want2 Why should
they not advocate bill which will have
this effect? They have been wishing and
praying for the overthrow of the Repub-
lican party ever since the war ended, and
this is the measure which they are GER
tain will accomplish it. Then why
should they oppose it? Why all this
simulated indignation at the bill? If the
bill passes Congress they will have the
political future of this country in their
own hands. The Republican party, they
say, will be wiped out. The blacks will
be squelched; State sovereignty will be
restored triumphant. After that no one
can vote in the South except white DEM
ocrats. Is not this their golden oppor-
tunity then? Why continue their sense
less opposition against the only measure
which can accomplish the object nearest
and dearest to their hearts?-ChicGgo
T,.ib1oo
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How Veterans Fare i'm England.

Men, you have done glorious deedl
England will be proud of you and CRATE
full TO you. If you live 10 get home, be
sure you will be provided for Not one
of you fine fellows will have to seek ref
uge in the workhouse!"
These were the appreciatise words with
which Lord Cardigan addressed the rem
nant of the Light Brigade the morning
after the famous charge at Balaklava.
1t is rather a bitter commentary on the
ingratitude and forgetfulness OF English
men that at least a score of the survivors
of this charge are now living in extreme
poverty in England, and that some of
them. in spite of their commanders
pledge, are actually inmates of the work.,
house, What is worse. it is only with I'M
different results that attempts have been
made to relieve the necessities of these
men by means of popular subscriptions.
England has the kind OF pension sys-
tenn for her veterans that the fret traders
of this country would Ike to see estab-
lished in America. What peculiar instinc-
tive sympathyis there between the free
traders on both sides OF the ocean that
leads them 10 deny the right of Gov
eminent to recognize the valor and self
sacrifice of the men who serve it?-BOston
,JOurDuL