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Parasites Of Speech,

The duty each of us owes to his
molher-tongue should cunstrain him
to seek diligently after the best ways
of clothing ideas. If there is better
fashion of speech than our own, we
should not he content until it is ours.
Sloven language is more disgraceful
than slovenness of apparel. The great
and grievous error in home and school
education is that children are allowed
to speak as they like. The house
mother who wages continual war with
flies, barricades her windows against
mosquitoes, and would go into hyster-
les at the suggestion of the red Bedou-
in of the sleeping-room, allows her
children to double negatives, contract
provincialisms, and enwrap their dali
iy talk in slang as with garment.
She was a wise woman who insisted
that her children should give neat and
definite expression to what they had
in their minds to say. If they began
a sentence it must be finished.
"What you think, you can say" was
her rule. "rhe sooner sou learn TO do
it well, the better"
1t goes without saying that as men
and women they were admirable talk
ers, never taking refuge in "What-you-
may-call-emsn and "I-don'tknow-
what's" in "It-scems-to-mcs" and
"You knows"
The pains given to the cultivation OF
the parasictal gibbcrish we call
slang" if rightly bestowed, would
make charming takers of our boys
and girls. There is as little wit as ell.
phony in willful mispronunciation OF
words, nor does the substitution OF
cabalistic phrases for Ineligible Eng
Iish add piquancy to sentence or para,
graph. If the truth were known, few
slang venders are OH sufficiently init
mate terms with their mother-tongut
to take liberties with her.
HODlC-.Nuktr.
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4 Lesson for Louie.

Uncle Jack came in one cold morn
ing looking for all the world like {;
bear, Louie thought, in his big, shaggy
overcout. lie caught Louie up anc
gave her a real bear hug, too.
"Hello, Nopsey! where's Popsey"
he asked
po,,Scy was Louie's baby-sister, two
wears old, and her name wasn't Popsey
any more than Louie's was Mopsey
But Uncle Jack was all the time call
ing folks funny names, Louie thought
HHcr'S gone to sleep" she said.
Then Uncle Jack put his hand in his
pockct and made 4 great ruStling Will
paper for i minute, before he pulled
out two sticks of red-and-whltc candy
and gave them to Louie.
TOO had Popsey's asleep said he
But Pm afraid Louie WAS rather glad
of it. She took her little rocking. .chaii
and sat down by the window to eat hel
candy.
"Aren't you going to save one stick
for Oracle ," asked mamma. Popsey''
real name was Oracle.
II guess | WON'T" Louie said, speak
ing low. Il don't b'lieve candy's goot
for little mites o. bits o girls. Sides
want it myself"
Just as she swallowed the last bill
there was a little call from the bed
room: mamma ~
"Hcllo,n said Uncle Jack, "Popsey'.
awaken And in minute out sht
came in mammals arms, rosy ant
smiling and dimp!cd.
Then there was another great rust
ling in Uncle Jacks pocket, and pret
ty SoOn--
"Here's for Popscy" said Uncle
Jack.
She took the two sticks of candy III
her dimpled hands and looked 1T them
a second-lear little r"pIey and thei
she held out the one that was iitllt
longer than the other to Louie.
"Dis for 'ou," she cooeG; "and di-
for me-"
Poor Louie. The tears rushed into
her eyes. She hung her head and
blllsled. Somehow she didn't want to
look at Uncle Jack or mamma. Can
you guess why?
dis for 'ou," repeated Popsry
cheerfully, pushing the cardy into hei
half1.
"Takeit, Louie" said mamma.
And Louie took it. But u little
while aftcrwar'l mamma overheard hel
telling Pop<cy:
Il Won't bc never such q pig any
more, Popscy Baker. And Pm always
going to wide with you, all the time,
after this, longs live"
And mamma &ai:! ".Amcn.'
}gr'L't f...y,.YHiOn.
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Y II, 1890. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 81.

syrup, since very rich land not very high ma.
nuriDg Is necessary 10 produce a fair yield.
AS forage crop the Minnesota Amber Is con.
sidered by many good farmers as equal to
any. For this purpose 1t may be planted in.
succession until July ], and will afford two or
more cuttings Of excellent food for horses and
cattle.
In conclusion we congratulate the farmers
of the South on their steadily i'm proving con-
dition and the Frightening prospects before
them, The thoroughly organized farmers OF
the country are n mighty power in the land.
Let organization and cooperation continue
and be perfected, to the uplifting of our call
Ing, the general Advancement Of our indus
trial classes-the real wealth creators of the
country-and the reformation Of legislative
abuses that have resulted In we'll nigh ensav-
ing nine-tenths of the population OF this Ma
ton to the remaining tenth. Farmers, as in
dividuals, and as a class, ought to take an ac-
tive interest in the industrial and economic
questions OF the day, and make the will of the
toiling masses the law of the land. Let un-
Just determinations In favor Of one class, let
legislation to make a few rich men still richer
while the great majority ore staggering under
the weight OF insidious ard disguised taxa
tion. be abolished. BY thus interesting them
selves In these great questions, and using in
huence. arguments and votes In moulding
and shaping public opinion and the legisla-
tion Of the country, the farmers do not neces-
sarily become politicians individually, nor
does their organization become q great pol
iticial party. Politician Is word that has
come to mean simply and office seeker for
office sake. Beware of the leadership OF such.
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Itnics for iicaltii,

Eat plain food.
BE regular in your habits.
Begin your morning meal with fruit
Ii is safer to filter and boil drinking
water.
Rise in the morning soon after yol
are awake.
Don't go to work Immediately aftel
eating.
BE moderate in the use of liquors a
all seasons.
Keep the feet comfortable and wei
protected.
If possible go to bed ut the same
hour every night.
Exercise in the open air wheneveI
the weather permits.
Brush your teeth ut least twice &
day, night and morning.
In maIarious districts do your walk
ing in the middle of the day.
Don't worry, it interferes with th'
healthful action of the stomach.
n sponge bath of cold or tepid waite
should be followed by friction will
towel or hand.
Wear woolen clothes the year round
Sec that your sleeping rooms ant
living rooms are well ventilated, ant
that sewer gas does not enter them.
You must have interesting occupa
ton in vigorous old age. Continue Il
keep the brain active. Rest mean
rust.-JiCrdld Of Vc0lM.
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Crossing t::a Cunltciicu'.

If Were Il boy again, and knew
What I know How, | would not bv
quite so r0sitlve in my opinions rs
used 70 Ge. Boys generally think that
they are Very certain about many
things. \ boy of fifteen Is Il great
deal more sure Of what he thinks he
knows than is Il man Of fifty. You
ask the hoy Il question and he will an
swcr YOU right oil, up aud down. Ask
4 man Of experience and ripe wisdom
the question, and hc viii say, ""ell,
there j. mucil TO be said about il.
ann inclined, on the whole, to think SO
and so, but other intelligent men
think otherWi$c.'
When | MAS eight years old travc;.
cd from Central Massachusetts to West
ern New York, crossing the rive" III
Albany. and Gnin% by canal from
Schenectady to Syracuse. On the ca
nal boat Il kindly gentleman WAS talk
ing to me ono day, aud | mentioned
the fact that had crossed the f0nncct-
Ictn River at Albany. How ] got it in
my head that ii was the Connecticut
Silver do not know, Gor ] knew my
geography very well then but in some
unaccuGntable way had it fixed in
my mind that the river at Albany wa
tlc Connecticut, and called it 50.
"Why," said the gentleman, "that is
the Hudson Rivcr.'
90 no, sir ~ I said, politely, but
firmly, ''yGu are mistaken. That l.
the CONNECTICUT it!N"r.
The ~cnttcmau Stnii Il aMl sail nt
more. WAS not lIuch in the i:r!'.;,
think, "i coIitrHGic;ng my c!:'rrt; h"t
IN this matter was perfectly sur" Tia.
WAS right, ard so | thought It li.}
duty 10 correct the @Cntlrman'H Gco@
raphy. felt rather sorry for him lia
llc should he 80 ignorant. One day
after | r,ucIiid hCnC, | was looking
ovcr my rGltr Ul. the map, and 10
there was Albany standing on tn,
Hudson River, Il hundred miles fron
Ihr CONNECTICUT. Then did not fec
haif 80 sorry i.r The gcntlenan'S ignc
rance as did for my own. | ncvcI
told any body hat story until | wrote
it down the ether day; but | lave
thought Of il q t!lnu:Hid times, and al
ways with Il blush fer my hoidncss
Nor was il !hc Only time | was perfect
" sure OF things that really were no
50. il is hard for Il boy to learn thai
he may he mistaken; but unlr-s ne i:
u fool, hc lraruS il after Il while. Tho
sooner he Gnds it out, the better foI
him.
ITushinyion Gtot1tlcn, in "I. Nicho
u.s."
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MEXICAN CoURTEsY.-In Mexico q
group of lads from to II will meet
and each will decorously lift his hat
and salutations of extreme courtesy
will he exchanged, and then comes the
boyish chatter, the run and the laugh
ter, the same rs anywhere. Boys here
treat their elders with respect. An old
man or woman is not the butt OF the
youth OF Mexico rather for the old
Deople are reserved the Shadiest seats
under the trees in the park: A MeNi-
can boy or girl on entering room
walks around among the company,
shaking hands with all, and on leav-
ing the room does the same. Urbanl-
ty is taught in the public schools, as
arithmetic is at home. There is no
one iostlcd on the street; the best seat
in Il horse car is promptly given up to
ladies, who never fail TO gracefully ac-
knowledge the favor. [ have never
seen Mexican gentleman fail to give
his seat to \ woman, whether she Is
richly or poorly dressed.
Merico Letter.
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How to Cure EXaggeratiOn.

Some habits are so unconsciously
praciced that Il movement to mend
them is the only way to detect them.
The beam in ones own eye is less no.
ticed than the mote in another per-
sons eye.
a family while at the breakfast table
one morning, pledged TO observe The
stric,esL veracity for that day. A
member of the family tells the "conse-
quence." "
AS first fruit of the resolve, we ask
ed the one who suggested it:
."What made you so late at breakfast
this morning."
She hesitated, began with, because
II cOuldn't"-then, true to her compact,
said, "The truth is / was lazy and
didn't hurry, or l might have been
down long ago."
Presently one Of them remarked that
she had been very cold, adding, Il
never was so cold in all my life"
An inquiring look caused the last
speaker to modify her statement with,
"Oh, l don't think I was so cold after
all.n
A third remark to the effect that
Miss So-and-So was "the homeliest girl
in the city," was recalled as soon as
made, the speaker being compelled ia
own that Miss So-and-S' was only
rather plain" instead of being en-
cessively homely.
So it went OH throughout the day,
causing much nierriment, which was
good-naturedly accepted by the sub
jects, and giving. rise to constant cor
rcction in the interests of truth.
One thing became more and more
surprising, however, to each one OF us.
that was the amount of cutting down
which our most careful statements de-
manded under this new law.
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There is no more fruitful source of
error, and yet nothing is more COM
mon, than the making of broad and
generalizations from very limited OBJ
servations or knowledge of facts.
Many medicine gets the credit of eff
fecting a cure with which, in fact, it
had little or nothing to do. A mother
concludes that because her daughter
talked at an earlier age than her son,
therefore all girls talk earlier than
boys or, that because her son has less
love of order than her daughter has,
therefore unsystematic heedlessness is
specifically trait of males. Such q
parents conception of the human race
is, so far, drawn from but two individ'
uals. And so it is with most Of our
conclusions and generalizations. We
attempt to make the pyramid stand
upon its apex instead of its base. We
know too little to warrant us in de-
claring so much. In the same way,
the moral failures of an individu
Christian are often taken as q failure
inherent in Christianity. What is
seen i'm one Christian is broadly gener-
allied Of all Christians. Asit is true
that every child bears in him the dis
tinctive features of childhood, SO it is
true that every genuine Christian bears
in him the distinctive features Of Chris
tianity, But ~ most Christians would
Justly recoil from being charged with
the weakness of some particular Chris
tian, so ought parent to refrain from
unjust generalizations upon children
from observations upon child. And
so ought every one, in passing judg-
meuts, conscientiously to discriminate
those truths which are general from
those which are particular,
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Mr.. Robert J. Burdette, the noted
humorist and lecturer, says: "lf the
stern old Puritan Sabbath, with its
subduing, saddening effects, wrought
out such Joyous natures as Beecher's
and gave TO the world such Il beautiful
blending of tenderness and strength,
laughter ami tears, heart-deep pathGS;
and sunny humor as Oliver Wendell
Holmes, let It's have another century
of Puritan Sabbath. Up to date the
"Sunday" Of The beer garden has fail
cd to bring forth Il Holmes or Il Beech
cr 1t has evolved Il Johann Most
and all August Spies !; but somehow
that sort of Il product dOsen't seem to
be quite up to the old Puritan mark
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India and its People.

India is in the south of Asia, and
the people are under the control of
the British Government.
| There are in India about two hun
dred and sixty millions of people.
The people of India have dark skins,
but European features.
The women and young girls wear
over the head and shoulders a snow
white covering.
The men and boys wear white robes
and caps, or turbans.
The people of India are fond of mu-
sic, and all sing.
Most of the people of India are idol
ators and worship many idols.
The Hindus are early risers, and the
first thing they do is to repeat the
name Of Rama several times.
The religious teacher Of Hindus is
called a guru, and they are very care
ful not to offend him.
The children of India are generally
respectful to their elders, obedient to
their parents, and well behaved in
public.
The Hindu cats with his fingers.
The right hand is used for this pur-
pose, the left being stretched out as far
rs it will go, being unclean.
Sometimes wealthy Hindus, in order
to lay up for themselves large store
of merit, plant grove, or build rest
house for travellers, or dig well on a
public road.
A traveller in India usually carries
with him q small brass vessel and a
long strong cord with whicE he can
draw from 4 public we'll to quench his
thirst.
The monkey is regarded by the Hin
dus as sacred, yet it is esteemed mis-
fortune to hear the name of this ami
NAL mentioned in the morning. as
that portends hunger.
If man of inferior cast were to
touch the Hindu while eating he
would Immediately rise and not take
another mouthful, even throwing out
xhat he might have in his mouth.
The first missionary Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church to India was
Rev. William Butler, who went to In
Clia in 1856 and commenced the mis-
sion at Rareilly. Joel II. .Janvier was
the first native preacher connected with
the Mission. Since that time the work
has greatly enlarged, so that now i'll
India there are three Methodist Epis-
copal Conferences under the supervis-
ion of Bishop Thoburn-the North In
dian, South India, and Bengal Con
ferences-reporting II missionaries, IS
wives Of missionaries, 42 missionaries
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society, assisted by 277 native preach
ers and over 800 other native helpers,
G,4l7 members, 5,7G0 probationers,
A., ,342 Sunday-school scholars.
Little Missionary.
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There ought to Gc limit to the con-
linuous use of even the most choice H.
lustrations in public speech. Our
stock of them is not SO large that we
can afford to wear them out complete
ly. This generation has had its full
share of what is valuable in dozen
such stories as Sir Walter Scott's call.
ing for "The Book" on his death bed,
and Daniel Webster thought of his
personal responsibility TO God. Laid
aside for awhile, our children may use
them with freshness and force. Pub
lie speakers and writer's owe something
to pos!erity.-C -COngregutionatist.
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| Lessen il. Grammar.

rl;rnir H. aii owl WIS nrOw!iHg rO.ind
.ruli;u.! for mice. when on tn" @rrund
He >i,ir.i Il cti. :;uA -t".;i.itw"y il:w
quite r!ns,. to il. "Tu whit. IN whoo!
uuOth lac. "mny ! again ne cr stir,
II here. dressed in coat ui fur,
! t!O not see Il ipUr-l,"gcd owl,
on. what Il Very funny fowl!
II makes me laugh, 80 droil-lla! ha
IIa! hal arc,--ha. ha! ha! ha!
II are. il are. IL really are
The drollCSt thing I've seen by lar!
"Nou'rr much mistaken, Sr0rnful sir,
The cat said. as she ceased to purr:
For Though like one often prowl
About ~ night. am no owl.
And II were, why. still would you
Il" luc.:cr creature of tn" two;
For N0u look. there's no doubt of that,
Extremely like Il two legged cat.
As FOR your grammar. pon my word
(E.Xcu$c This gigglrl. hc.hc hr-hr,
1t be. i! he. ii really be
The very worst ever heard
81. Nicholas
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III Geothc's drama, Iphlgcnia de
tcnds her chastity, ascribing her firm
ness to the gods. No god hath sal,
this; thine own heart hath spoken
answered Thoas, the king. They on!!
speak to us through our heart, she re
plies. Have | not the right to hea
them too: he rcjoins. Thy storm o
passion browns tie gentle whisper
adds the maiden, and closes all debate
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Temperance puts coal on the fire,
meal IN the barrel, flour in the tub,
money in the purse, credit in the coun-
try, contentment in the house, clothes
on the children, vigor in the body, in
telligencc in the brain, and spirit in the
whole constitutiOn.-Ff
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A Parable.

=, -- I:
At our young peoples meellhg, sey-
erai weeks ago. one OF our illehus
spoke or tne lehiPtatlohs ana ulscout'
agemcnts TO wnich ousy men are specl'
ally subject. IL seemed almost Impos'
slhle 10 Keep pure Ill tile Whit oi Ousl'
ness.
~ Diihgs TO my tnin iIlmu; toSi sd'n ~ ne,
,t'art n t'''' tin'a "mo WV IVhiio troyoIin"
snuiS lily ,hn rs "eT, o, nf panns,.I,.He'
Wv .;"I i''''. ,on,, IT,: .,,o
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How LoNG 10 SLEEP.-Up to the
fifteenth year most young people re-
uuirc ten hours, anal till the twentieth
wear nine hours. After that age every
one finds out how mach lie or she re.
Uuiics, though, as 4 genera! rule, six ol
eight hours arc necessary. Eight
h0nrs' sleep will prevent more nervous
dCrAug'Mlrmts in women than amy
medicine can cure. During growth
there must be ample sleep, il tie Lrail
is 10 develop to its fullest extent, anc
thc more merH"ns, cNcitab!e or precn
rious child j., the longer sleep shnui'
il get, if it. intellectual progress is not
to come to ~ premature standStill, ol
its life cut short n an carly age.
\ New York paper says that tho
.nricc of canary bird varies according
20 circumstances He is worth 81 j.
YOU want to buy him, and 60 cents i
tou want to sell him.
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BE not slow in common and usual
acts Of devotion and quick at singular
tiles; but, having first done what thou
art bound to do, proceed to the extraor-
diuarics of religion rs you see cause.
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OTHER CROPS.

In all the region north Of the tropical sugar
cane belt, an acre or two In sorghum for
While not as palatabe rs the syrup made
from the true cane, yet. If made with proper
care on one of the many evaporatOrs now
available, It comes in mighty handy" In
nj id summer to help out The raiions of bacon.
1t Is probable that sorghum syrup costs less
than half as much to produce 1t as cane
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For hats, bonncts, ribbons, flowers and
laccS 20 to VIM. l.. Bells as you can lind one
of the largest and cheapest stocks In upper
Carolina.
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The Sunuay-School Times calls at
tenti0n to the fact that the uniaircst
way to condemn All individual, IS to
condemn him because he belongs 10 Il
class whose individuals are often
blameworthy, but whose blameworthi-
ness has no essential connection with
the class idea. When mother repri-
mands child by saying. Look at
your hands! | always did hear that
boys hands were never clean )" or
"Don't make such q racket. Boys
rcvcr can do anything quietly." She
simply blamrs him for what she de-
cIarcS to bc an essential characteristic
of his son and age, and 50 c1irclually
denies to hlm the hope of his doing
better. The child naturally reasons u
am Il boy, and if boys are always so,
mu,t be so to0." And many Il hoy
who has been struggling and striving
to do better, has been discouraged and
permanently injured by being con
dcmncd, not for what faults he has, but
for what faults boys have.
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SWEET POTATOES.

May Is the month TO plant ont the main
cI up nf draws from the bed. April paintings
rarely do rs well, and are never so easily Gull
tivalrd as those put out in May or June: One
of the most essential points to be regarded In
securing good setting OF vigorous plants, Is
to have good, vel! rooted, and somewhat
hardened slips. and to plant them only on
fresh plow beds. The practice of having
the beds already made in anticipation OF a
rain, and then planting the slips in the sod.
den soil, is not to bc commended. We would
greatly prefer not to wait for n rain, but to
make the beds afreSh by bedding, or rcbed-
ding, set the plants in the fresh, moist soil.
Than TO plant Just after heavy rain, or with.
out rc-plowing the land. The beds should be
not less than 3ll9 feet from crown to crown,
rather fiat, than sharp and high, and the
plants set not closer than Is inches in any
case, We prefer two feet. as fewer vines and
less time tor planting are required, and better
potatoes will result where the greater dis.
lance Is given.
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LATE CROPS,

On low lying lands-too cold and wet TO
plant in March and April-cOrn may now be
planted, and will be more likely 10 escape the
dread budworms than If planted earlier. Sew.
cral years since practical farmer gave the
following as his treatment OF corn on lands
uhject to the dcprpdat.ons of the budworin,
or biH bug as we have heard IL ealiGu: AS as
from around the stem OF each plant. Our III.
formant stated that he used for the purpose of
removing the surface soil an ordinary steel or
iron garden rake.
rs drilled corn. millets. etc., should be made
every two or three weeks until midsummer.
We never saw on any farm loo much green
food, If Of good quality. Every crop that Is
or CnSilage.
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s'E. H. P Culls n Squad or Newsy
Paragraphs From This Thriving
TOwn.--Read and Digest.
HODGES. s. c.. Nav 12

HODGES, s. c., May Y, 1850.
Say, old printer, sling your "quads,"
Although our items are not in squads,
We've culled you just O few.