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Household Recipes.

A thorough washing Of the mica
windows of stoves in vinegar will re-
move the smoke.
For grass stain on children's
clothes. while it is fresh, wash it out
in alcohol.
Damp salt will remove the diScolora-
ton of cups and saucers caused by tea
and caleleSs washing.
A strong solution of alum, t" which
has been added Il little glycerine and
vinegar, is cure for mosquito bites.
Keep nickle, silver ornaments and
mounts bright by rubbing with WOODEN
cloth saturated in spirits of ammo
MIA.
TO make fly paper, mix together, by
stirring, equal parts Of castor oil and
melted rosin, and while yet slightly
warm spread evenly Oh sized paper,
such as foo!$cap, DC.
The stains of ink on books and ell
cravings may he removed by apply
ing a solution of oNaiic acid, citrlc nc
id or tartaric acid upon the paper
without fear Of damage. These acids
take out writing ink, but do not inter
fere with the printing.
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Her Name.

am lOsted. Conld you find me, please?'
Poor little frightened baby!
The wind had tossed her golden fleece,
The stones had scrat chcd her dimpled knees
I stopped and lifted her with ease,
And softly whispered, Maybe"
''Tell me your name. my little maid,
can't find ynn without it,
"My name is SLiny-eSeS," she said;
'IeS, but your last" ." she shook her had;
"Cp TO my house 'cy never said
A single ding about It,.
"But dear" said, "what Is your name?'
why, didn't you hear me tell YOU"
Dust Shiny-eyes." \ bright thought came:
'.Yes. when you're good; but when they
blame
You, little ope-it's inst the same
When mamma has To scoid YOU!
"NIy mamma never scol,S," see moans,
a little blush ensuing,
" 'Cept when I've been a-frowing stones,
And then she says" (the culprt owns,)
"Hehitabie Sapphira Jones.
What has pOu been a-lnins?
Anna +. Burnhdm.
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Relieved.

"Are you up stairs. Nellie?" shouted hus-
band, who on returning home from business
found that contrary to custom his vito was
not waiting to receive him.
"Missis went out this morning, sir," said a
servant coming up from the regions below,
"and she hasn't returned since"
Gracious heavensp he exclaimed to him
self, "she can't have run away and left me.
have given her no cause"
"She went down town to match ribbon,
sir" added the servant.
"Ahl" he murmured to himself, immensely
relieved. "Gone shopping. It's all right.
She'll return after all the stores are closed, !"
and with serene brow he sat down to look
over the afternoon paper.-Boston Courier.
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Some Girls Ways.

1t was Saturday morning in big
farm house kitchen. Nell was bend
ing over the sink picking a chicken,
with decided scowl on her face Hat
lie was kneading bread with an eX-
preston Of grim determination suita-
bic for soldier scaling his enemies
breastworks; and Susan was shelling
peas, her pretty face spoiled by the
settled discomfort about the mouth.
The girls were not talking-they. new
er talked while they worked-but
they often spoke sharply and unkind-
lv. Work was to them separate
state of existence in which the Chris
tan graces played no part.
"Did L leave my whip in here ~
asked hesitating voice.
NO" snapped Nell, it's wonder
you didn't, for you are always leaving
something around for us to tread on.'
at has fallen down under your
chair. Su-an,n he said, coming in to
pick it up.
"Ntd. You are always botnering
somehody,n freticd Susan, while she
arose with ungraciousncss in her move
ment.
"Father called me to come quick
and catch the chicken, and ! stood it
in the corner" replied Ned roughly,
and gladly made his escape.
That same morn ing, ill Il neighbour
ing farmhouse, kitchen, Lucy was
kneading the bread as deftly as Hattie,
but at the salne time planning with
HELEN aun Grace how to earn money
fer their mission boxes; Grace had ::
funny story 10 tell while she washed
the dishes; and Helen told them OF 4
meadow-Iurk she saw while picking
the strawberries that she Was now
hullin@ for the rawberry short-cake
and desert.
sam came in with ali armful of
wood. threw il noisily into the wo0.!-
box, twirleG GrHcp's cur!s, made he
lieve dive his hands into Lucy's pan
of flour, snatched the largest straw
berry from Helen's dish, and prauced
out whistling a Sunday school hymn.
The girls smoothed out the little
smile that Sans antics always
brought to their faces, and began to
sing his hymn, being echoed by Fan
ny, who was sweeping the front
stairs.
Which family do you belong to,
girls?
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SUNDAY SERVICES.
At the AbbeyiIle Baptist Church.


At the Baptist church, the pastor. Rev.J. A.
Brown preached from Hebrew ILL Faith Is
the substance OF things hoped for the evidence
OF things not seen."
That is nowhere given; nor Is 1t needed.
Faith is an exercise common 10 the mind and
heart, but christian faith lays hold upon high
Ell and spiritual things. We have here a
thought ofthe Epistle, viz. "The holding
fast 10 the end" The first part OF this de-
ption Is, 1.-The confidence Of things hoped
for (better than substance.) This confidence
Is due to- .f.
l. The new light In which The believer sees
God, who is now, through Christ, his loving
Father, and not simply The God ofjustice and
sin. ,
2. The new conception he now has of his
promises. Formerly they were 10 him indeh-
mite and hardly real, nor were they made to
him. But now he sees them In all their
beauty and reality, and he shares In them.
g. The partial experience already had Of the
things hoped for. His faith has secured, even
here, q peace that passeth all understand ding,
y love that passeth knowledge, and Joy un-
speakable and full Of glory. 1fthese be an ear:
nest of W hat Is In store for him, what must
the full tide ofglory be- The, second part OF
Is trst FatP is The Conviction Of things not
seen." And this gives further ground or
reason for our confidence OF things hoped for.
Christians have this conviction because /. 1t
is an innate conception OF mans being. 1t
Is a part Of our mental and spiritual constitu-
tion. See Roman 2: II. II.
Q. The external world demands the exls-
tence "things not seen." All nature de-
clsres an all.wise aud all-powerful personal
Being. Rom. leo.
3. But believers have this conviction
especially, because God reveals the unseen.
Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word OF God" God made this revelation
TO his servants in olden times, and gained
their convictions. He makes this revelation
fuller and clearer to US, and we should have
q stronger convction Of the unseen and eter-
nal, and live more consecrated lives
Such living faith rs Is described here, If we
possess 1t, will not allow US to turn back TO
"weak and beggary elements of the world
True Christians can say, 1--WE are not Of them
who draw back unto perdition, but of them
that believe TO the saying OF the SOUL"
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Twelve Pages.

The Tent meeting still continues
Notwithstanding the many things that
have tested the zeal of those who are
prominent in the good work. The an
nouncement to day, Oct. so, is that the
meeting will continue through the
present.
Rev. A. NJ. Chreitzberg, Mr.. w. R.
Capers and Mr.. f. V. Capers of the
Prosperity Reporter met in the NEIGH
BoR office last Monday morning. They
were all in q good .humor and, in a lit
tie while, went their ways.
The Pacific Methodist and the Los
Anqeles Christian Aduocatc have been
consolidated and the twain-one paper
takes the name San Francisco Chris
tian Advocate. The name indicates
the place of publication. Pacific
Christian Adrocate would probably
have been chosen, but Pacific" it is
supposed, had been already appropri-
ated by the NJ. E. Church. Ell {?
There is something in the name of q
paper and there is also something in a
paper itself. May the course OF the
new paper be pacific and prosperous.
The So, ,SO7 ,S0G which was con tribut
uted for the JohGstown sufferers, for
their immediate relief from want and
distress. was recklessly spent to large
degree. Soma went for buildings,
lands for q cemetery, permanent hos
pital, new steam fire engines, survey
of rivers, etc. Too much was not CIV
en- but it was misused-so says the
Baltimore Sun.
The recent session of the Presbyte-
rian Synod of South Carolina, York
willie, was somewhat excited over the
complaint that the Charleston Presby-
terry had refused to receive DR.. Wood
row into its membership. The action
of the Presbytery was sustained by
about 80 to 80. DR.. Woodrow's MEN,
hership, we think, is in the Augusta
(Ga.) Presbytery.
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fl Wele 4 Boy.

III were boy with my mans wis
Gom, should eat W hUleSOme food and
no other; and should chew it well,
! and never bolt it down." l should
eat al regular hours, even if | should
! have 10 have four regular meals day.
! I should never touch tobacco, chew
inggum and patient medicines, never
once 20 to bed without cleansing my
teeth; meyer let a year go by without
dentists inspection and treatment !;
never sit up late at night unless
great emergency demanded it; never
linger one moment in bed when the
time came for getting up; never fail
to rub every part Of my body with q
wet towel and then with a dry one
never drink more than three or four
tablespoonfuls of ice-water at one
time, and so forth and so on. But all
of this takes will-power-and that is
all it does take.
If Iwere boy, I should keep my
own secrets, except as | revealed them
to my father or mother, for the sake
of securing their advice; 1 should
never speak a word to anyone who
might Oe worried by it and speak on
ly kind words of others, even of enc
mics, in their absence. l should put
no unclean thoughts, pictures, sights
or stories in my memory aud imagina-
ton, and no foul words on my tongue !;
give no smiles, but give the rather
black frowns and prompt and fierce
reproof, to any comrade who dared, in
my presence to utter filthy speech.
I should want to say, as the pure min
ded and noble Dr. George II. Whit
ney, president Of the Hackettstown
IN. J.) College, can say 81 have new
er pronounced Il word Which l ought
not speak in the presence OF the pur-
est women in the world" l should
treat little folks kindly, and not tease
them show respect TO servants; be
tender toward the untor!unate-all
this I should strive to do tor the sake
of being a comfort to people. a JOY to
my parents, a help to the next centu-
ry, and in the seventh decade of it
should hope to be wise and cheerful
old man, who learned when he was 2
boy to govern himself.
If | were a boy, | should play and
romp, sing and shout, climb trees, eX-
plore caves, swim rivers, and be able
to DO all the manly things that belong
to the manly sport love and study
nature; travel as widely and observe
as wisely as I could study hard with
willy when the time came for study;
read the best literature-works Of the
imagination, history, science and art,
according to my taste and need; get a
good knowledge of English try to
speak accurately and to pronounce dis
tinctly 60 to college, and go through
college, even, if expecled to be clerk,
farmer, or u mechanic; spend my
Sabbaths reverntly; try to be. aspracti-
cal, everyday Christian help on ev-
cry good cause; never make sport of
sacred things; be "about my Fathers
business" like the Boy OF Nazareth
"use the world and not abuse it,"
treat old men as fathers, the younger
men as brethren, the elder women as
mothers, the younger as sisters, IN all
purity :" and thus I would try to be o
Christian gentleman, Wholesome, SEN
sible, cheerful, independent, courte-
ous.-Bishop Vincent.
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Shirt A1e

WHY Nor ?----An exchange says:
"Some stranger entered churh yes
terday in a staggering drunken condi-
ton, whereupon he was properly at
tended to by our policemen. 1t won, t
do to go in a church drunk"
If church members vote to license
men to sell liquor they vote to make
men drunk. Why should the man
who votes to make man drunk be al
lowed to come into the church, while
the man he vo!rd to make drunlA is
dragged out? 1t isn't fair.
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Finding Economy Difficult.

"Your bill is not quite as large as 1t was
last month, Mr.. Smith," said the gas-collec-
tor; 'trying to economic little on gasp
"Yes," replied Smith; 81 put in electric
tights month ago, and turned the meter OF.
Do you s'pose it would make any difference
in tile amount Of the bill if I should throw
the meter into some deep river?"-Exchange.
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A Difficult Performance.

Young author Ito friendeI say, Fred, did
you read my last article in the Every Other
Monthly :,
Friend (enthusiasticallyEYes, indeed, old
,oy; I read 1t through twice!
Young Author-Oh, then you must have
.ound it very interesting?
Friend-Well-er-no, not so much that
put Fred Smith bet me $40 that couldn't
read it through twice, and bet him $40 that
[ could.-Life.
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POLITICAL BIAS AND PERSONAL

POLITICAL BIAS AND PERSONAL
JUDGMENTs.-Nothing is more strik-
in the way in which men judge news
paper criticism, than the difference it
makes, whose OK is gored. Whether
condemnation is too severe, or wheth-
er the limits between public and pri-
vate character have been over stepped
in any particular comment on a man
in public life, is apt to be decided by
most men under the influence of party
predilection. A low view of ones op-
ponents, personally as well as politi-
cally seems an almost inevitable result
of active participation in, or strong in
terest in, party politics. 1t grows up
imperceptibly, and often becomes in
capable of eradication, and is strong
stimulus, and sometimes a powerful
protection, for newspaper attacks on
reputation.
But perhaps the most powerful
agent in instigatiug such attacks, and
securing for them a certain indulgence
or impunity, is the increasing impor-
tance of elections in those States
which have adopted universal suf-
fage.-From "The Rights of citi-
zen to His Reputation" by E. L. God
kin, Editor of The Evening Post, in
July Scribner.
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THO NEGLTIHEA,

Two negatives I've heard, sweet maid,
Makes an Affirmative,
Pray, is It true or Is It not7
An answer quickly give,
For you are teacher Of school
And certainly should know
All that relates to grammar, and
She answered: "It Is 3d."
He pressed the tiny hand and gazed
Upon the lovely miss.
And said, I pray you, let me take
From those sweet lips q kiss;
Those lips on which the rose you kissed
Has left no crimson glow.
She blushed, she sighed, she hung her head
And answered him, No, no.
Boston Courier.
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Dressmaker's Definitions.

Princess's train-Her retinue.
Furbclow-That on the skirt OF the dudes
ulster.
Low, coarse aSes-The dark ages.
Gorcd-The matadore Frequently.
Caught up with cord-The hanged criminal.
Cut by us-Unpleasant acquaintanees.
AV corsage-A five dollar one.
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Man. Fickle Man.

Myrtle.-Florence, is that Fred Dumley's
handwriting?
Florence.-Yes, dear, I'm engaged to him,
you know.
Myrtle.-Yes, know 1t. Twas engaged to
him last summer.
Florence.-The dear boy. wonder who
will marry him, eventually?-Cartoon.
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A Small Concession.

Elderly lady Ito boy in hardware re)E
Hev ye got any O. them hand-bellows fer
ouildin' fres2
Boy-Yes'm; there's somethin' nice-25
.ents each.
Elderly lady-Is that the cheapest ye can
sell 'em?
Boy-Yes'm; but I'll tell you what I'll do;
.s YOU don't look to be q very strenthy old
eddy, I'll fll it with wind fer you.-Life.
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A certain doctor of divinity, after
preaching at his old home, was thus
complimcntcd by all old colored man :
Larry, you,s good preacher--you's a
good preacher. I tell you. you's SCUM
dim brass and tinlllin' cylnbal."
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What Others Say.
NeU 1mE Christian advocate.

A dispatch from Washington says ::
1.-The House Committee on indian AT
fairs yesterday consid cred the Indian
Appropriation bill. Among other
items adopted was one to appropriate
S15O,00O to provide for the education of
$50 boys and girls at st. Johns Uni
versity at College Grove, Mimi, and
st. Benedict's Academy at St. Joseph,
Mimi. From 100 to l50 boys and girls
have peen educated at these schools
yearly, but the Indian Commissioner
has been steadily decreasing the price
allowed for them, until it now reaches
$lOS a year" These are both Roman
Catholic institutions. This large SUM
of money, which, by the way, would
be large enough to educate q thousand
of our Germans if it were in the hands
of the Northern German Conference,
which covers that same territory, will
help merely to build up those two Ro-
man Catholic schools. Sl0S is large
sum for any suchiappropriation. The
Roman Catholics are marvelously
shrewd in concealing the relation of
made to them to the to-
tai expenditures of their institutions.
When the light Is turned on the Ro-
man Catholic Protectory in this city,
methods that would make Jay Gould
feel himself inferior will, we have no
doubt, be brought to light. D..
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Harmony I'm the Party.

Mrs. G.-I understand that you have had
trouble with your servant girl.
Mrs. H.-Not at all.
Mrs. G.-Oh then was misinformed.
Mrs. HIT was nothing. 1 was going to
have reception, but she had arranged for
one herself that night.
Mrs. G.-And she gave hers up2
Mrs. H.-No;I i gave up mine, so we are still
;he best of ffriends.-Boston Courier.
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Medical Changes.

Citizen Ito elderly physican)-You dom:
bleed patients as often us you did fifteen or
twenty years ago?
Physician docking over package of unpaid
bills)-No, we don't bleed 'cln ut all; they
bleed US Life.
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4 Sign.

II her color comes and goes,
First the lily then the rose,
At the moment you propose
What thcnI
Yell. you may be sure she ism painted.
Boston Courier.
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The truth which of all others most
deeply concerns man is the fact that
God loves him.
1t is faiths work to claim and chal-
lenge loving Kindness out of all the
toughest strokes of God.
There is no way of making perma-
nent success in this world without
giving an honest equivalent for it.
Have the courage to be ignorant of a
great number OF things, in order to
avoid being ignorant Of everything.
1t is wonderful what strength and
boldness of purpose and energy of will
comes from the feeling that We are in
the path of duty.
That peace is an evil peace that doth
shut truth out of doors. If peace and
truth cannot go together, truth is to be
preferred, and rather to be chosen for
a companion than peace.
Be always frank and true; spurn ev-
cry kind of affectation and disguise.
Have the courage to confess your igno-
rance and awkwarkness; and contide
your faults and follies to but few.
All I leasure must be bought at the
price of pau. The difference between
false pleasure and true is just this {:
For the true, the price is paid before
you enjoy it; for the false, after you
enjoy it.
Go with mean people and you think
life is mean. Then read Plutarch,
and the world is proud place, peo-
pied with men of positive quality,
with heroes and denigods around us,
who will not let US sleep.
Prayer. in certain circumstances, is
as natural to man as the throbbing of
the pulse, as the respiration of the
lungs. If God implanted that instinct
in the human heart it was because in
his own heart there is something re-
sponsive.
One of the most brilliant and accom-
plished woman that we have ever
known once said, II am anxious to
learn all l can in this world, because I
believe that the point which I reach
here will be my starting-point in the
hereafter"
On the tomb Of DR.. John Condor, in
Bunhill Fields, London, is this in
scription
81 have sinned, ] have repented ;
T have trusted, ] have loved;
| rest, l shall rise;
And through the grace of Christ, how
ever unworthy, I shall reign"
Do you not know that Il person who
is silent when Il wrong thing is said or
done becomes participator in the
sin? If you do not Iehuke SIM
mean. of course, on all fit occasions
and in 4 proper splrit-your silence
will give consent to the sin, and you
will be ali alder and abettor in it.
Religion is a necessary and indispen-
sable element in any great human
character, There is no living without
il. Religion is the tie that connects
man with his Creator and him to his
throne. If that tie be all sundercd
and broken, he floats away, a worth
less atom in the universe, its proper
attractions all gone, its destiny thwart-
ed. and its whole future nothing but
darkness, desolation and death.
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A Difficult Commission.

Iady-You know sir, wish my portrait to
be total surprise for my husband.
Artist-Ics, madame, l understand.
Lady-And you will try not To have too
strong a likeness, as would not wish him 70
recognize it at the first glance.-Life.
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Mrs. Barbara Richardson, wife OF S.
p. Richardson, Anderson County,
died, Oct. "a, 1890, aged GG. Rev. w.
r. Richardson of the South Carolina
Conference is Il son of this faithful
Christian woman.
The damage sustained by the Ashe-
vile Female College Oct. 81, was fully
covered by insurance.
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Rio de Janeiro has reduced the eX-
port duty on coffee from II, per cent.
to 4 per cent, TO take effect January
lst, 1891. This will cheaper Ameri-
cas- most popular drink.
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Whenever we vary from the highest
rule of right, just so far we do an lnJu-
ry to the world.
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Complete Mamma
what's twinSw asked The smalet child.
II KNOW" replied the older one, be-
fore the mother could answer. "Twins
is two babies just the same age; three
babies are triplcts; four are quadrll-
peds, and five arc centipcdcs. IN. y.
Sun.
An English lady, walking down
broadway with her little girl, saw Il
lameold beggar, bearing OH his hat the
legend, II fought ut Waterloo"
"Give him some money, for he helped
to save your country" said the lady.
AS the child dropped some silver into
his hand, the eX-sOldier bowed and
exclaimed, "Merci, mademoiselle."
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SHE

"As far amid the mighty hills
The distant rumbling dies,
From this dark earth look above
To yunder starry skies.
While all Is wrapped in gloom below
All shines In brightness there,
And He who dwelis on high, know,
Will grant my earnest prayer.
o Thou, to whom the darkness deep
Shines ever US the light.
Whose Watchiul Eye doth never sleep,
Project my Love to. night"
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