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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-01
DON'T SHOOT.

Gentlemen are requested not 10
shoot the performer; he is doing his
BEST" was Legend of frequent occur
renee in the vicinity of the pianos that
graced the dance halls of Montana
twenty years ago. So at least the ten
derfoot is assured, although there are no
statistics to prove how many lives were
saved by the appeal. 1t is to be
sincerely hoped that the good people OF
Helena will tomorrow morning exercise
a forbearance transcending that Of their
predecessors and lend a kindly ear to
the piteous appeal of the enumeration
that he is doing only his duty. The
provocation to acts Of hasty violence
may possibly be greater than ever tried
the temper OF ld-timers, but the hu-
manizing effects of advancement ought
to have some weight in the mental
struggle. Besides mitigating circum-
stances are not wanting. To some pro-
portion of the inhabitants will fall the
rare good luck of visit from real, live
count, and that is not an everyday oc-
currence. Fears have been expressed
that this honor may be bestowed only on
the lucky inhabitants of the west side
of town, but we feel assured that this
will not be the case. Many humble
housewife, who has spent the early
morning hours in careful house cleaning
and has made the chlldren's faces shine
again with soap and hard towel, will
feel herself amply rewarded by visit
from member of the aristocracy. For
many day his visit will be matter of
solemn conversation and discussion.
With what an air he rang the door-bell,
how it was just here he put down his
hat, this was the very identical chair he
sat in, how he praised the faces OF the
children-these and many other remin-
iscences of the august visit will be
handed down to children's children.
But all the enumerators, those al
least who are not scions of noble houses
cannot hope to have their lines fall ir
such pleasant places. An accident in
surance policy for instance would be ne
bad investment for the unfortunate wht
ventures to PROFOUND and insist on cat
egorical answers to question twenty-five
in certain quarters of the town. Som
people, again, are so ridiculously sensi
tive as to object to confessing that the,
are defective in mind, sight, hearing o
speech and are foolish enough to shrinl
from telling an utter stranger that the
are crippled, MANNED or deformed. O
course judicious sequence Of pryin'
questions might induce any one VIII
was really defective in mind to giTe ab
solute proofs of his mental weakness
but the process might be attended will
considerable danger to the enumerato
who tried it, and We would scarcely rec
ommend its adoption except in the cas-
of the old and the feeble.
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When Philip Henry, the father O
the celebrated commentator, sought
the only daughter and heiress of Mr.
Mathews in marriage an objection was
made by her father, who admitted
that he was a gentleman, a scholar
and an excellent preacher; but he
was stranger, and "they did not ever
know where he came from" "True,
said the daughter, who had wei
weighed the excellent qualities and
graces of the stranger, "but I know
where'he is going, and l should like tc
60 with him" and they walked life's
pilgrimage together. How honored
would that reluctant father have been
could he have foreseen that his daughter
would become the mother of Matthew
Henry! And how different would be
the worlds estimate Of men if they
were judged less by their destiny
There is one pride of family highly
commendable there is another pride
of family inetiably contemplate.
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PRAYER A PowER.-Spurgeon tells
of woman who wanted the use of a
school-house for Sunday-school.
The man to whom she had to apply
was skeptic; and before going to
him, she asked God that she might
have the house. She then asked the
man and he said; No! The school
house was built for secular learning,
and we want none of your Bible non.
sense" "Well," said the woman, II
didn't ask you first; I asked a higher
one than you, and believe shall get
what I want, because mean to pray
for it until do; for, do you know that
when I pray with all my heart there is
something that always gives way.
Sometimes it is a mans health, some
times his life, but always something !;
and am certain when I get the full
strain of prayer on, something will
snap" And something did snap. The
man couldn't get the matter of this
woman's praying out of his mind,
and he sent word to her that she
might have the house.
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Is it not somewhat singular that so
little reference is made to the Scrip
lures by thelaw makers and Judges and
other officers in this "Christian" coun-
try? It is true that it is used in courts
and on some other occasions to "swear''
on or by and Kissed" albeit it is
written in the same book "Swear not
at ALL" Very few if any who are in
authority discard the Bible. But do
they read it and assay to practice its
teachings? Do they apply its teach
ings to business or do they think the
Bible unsuited to official affairs and
the common business of life?
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His Heart In 1t.

A manufacturer in Philadelphia
lately told to friend the story OF one
of his superintendent.
"Twelve years ago boy applied to
me for work. He was employed at
low wages. Two days later the awards
of premiums were made to manufac-
turers at the Centennial Exhibition.
"Passing down Chestnut street early
in the morning, saw Bob poring
over the bulletin board in front of a
newspaper office. Suddenly he jerked
off his cap with shout.
"'What is the matter" some one
asked.
"'We have taken a medal for sheet
ingsn he exclaimed.
II said nothing, but kept my eye on
Bob. The boy who could identify him
self in two days with my interest
would be of use to me hereafter.
"His work was to deliver packages.
I found that he took real pride in it.
His wagon must be cleaner, his horse
better fed, his orders filled more
promptly than those Of the men be-
longing to any other firm. He was
as Jealous for the house as though he
had been partner in it. have advanc-
ed him step by step. His fortune is
made, and the firm have added to their
capital so much energy and force"
hNever buy draught horse" says
the Farmers Guide, (which needs a
whip to make him pull"
We find in a Southern paper re-
mark which points the same truth in
other circumstances. A Northern
man with small capital settled ten
years ago in a town in Georgia. He
established a thriving business, start
a library, a lyceum, street cars, and a
hospital, and became one of the most
popular men in the town.
When he died last summer, the lead
ing journal said: "The secret of the
powerful influence which this stran-
ger acquired among us was that he
never said, I, and mime but we and
ours, A,,d he meant it,"
Youths Companion.
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A Timely Lesson.

1t was very cold morning, and 9
little emaciated child entered OuI back
door begging piteously for food.
"Please, ma'am, me an the childers
most starved. Only bit O. bread !'
"Have you no father or mother,
child ?" asked I.
"Yes'm," and a look of shame and
despair mantled his hollow cheeks.
"Do they not work, and earn mon
ey?" ,..., ,,,, >,,,4 o,,,,.
spend it afore they get home. at the
Horn o. Plenty, on the corner"
Immediately my heart became ada
mant.
Humph Horn o. Plenty! Because
of furnishing and naked children, il
can boast of its plenty No, I'll not
encourage these wicked parents by
feeding their children !! Miaerable
drunken creatures that they are
Suddenly l thought Of very stale loaf
of bread in the cupboard too dry even
for toast. I gave that to the child,
very glad thus to get rid of it. His ca.
ger clutch of the dry bread reminded
me of the grasp of the drowning when
they would fain save themselves.
Little Grace, our seven-year-old dar.
ling, had been silent SPECTATOR. AT
ter the boy departed, however, she
came to me with deep inquiry depicted
upon her spiritual coutntenance, saying
Mamma, if Jesus Chlist had come
aid said he was most starved to death
would you have given him that awful
dry loaf of bread?"
"Why, child" said 7, "why do you
ask such q question ?'
"Why, mamma, when we give to
the poor, oughtn't it be just as though
we gave to Jesus himself? [ thought
be said so when here upon earth"
"Well, Grace,n said I kissing her
sweet troubled face, II think you are
right, and I'll remember your lesson.
Yes, daughter, we whom the Lord
hath blessed in our granary and our
store, would soon relieve suffering hu-
manity, if we gave our aims as if we
were really giving to the blessed Re-
deemer.' How prone we ale to forget
this!"
1.-THE very best we have in the house
fsn't too good for him, is it mani
ma?n
"No, no, my precious child" replied
T, clasping her to my heart, and tink-
ing: "Out of the mouths of babes
and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength"
A hard, cruel winter is upon us, and
there are countless suffering ones.
Let us, then, one and all, remember
Grace's lesson, give our aims as if to
Him who said: "Inasmuch as ye
have done it ounto one of the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it uu-
to me. e."-Fdn1aSe Il F1dnchcr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

Imagine, # you can, a frozen fog
driven with the velocity of hurri
cane. The air so full of minute froZer
pa, ticles which strike your face like
pin heads fired from musket that you
cannot sec twenty feet ahead, and al
this in an atmosphere from 20 to 81
degs. below zero, and you can then
form as clear an idea of blizzard as
you'll ever care to get. It's binding
bewildering effect is first felt. The in
tense cold brings at first the pain O
freezing, then numbness, then stupor
then sense of blissful sleep and close
upon it's heels-death.
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Rock HILL, S. G. Feb. 7, 1890.

| HOCK HILL, =. ". r Gu. Z, tooU.
Dear Bro. Broa0ne:
I send you for the NEIaHBoR, "a
worthy Example," which came under
my observation. Wish l had some.
thing better to send. 1t is raining to-
day and as you were kind enough to
ask me at Conf. to write, thought I
would take advantage of this opportu-
nifty.
The Rock Hill Bible Society held q
meeting on Wednesday night in the
Methodist Church. The pastor, r. D.
Child presided, Rev. Mr.. Anderson Of
fered prayer, Rev. Mr.. Bradley Of
Episcopal Church read scripture lesson,
Rev. Mr.. White Of Presbyterian
Church made talk, Mr.. Elder, col
porter, spoke of his work from which
we learned that about 8 per. ct. Of the
while families of York County are des-
titute of the Bible, and about 33 per.
ct. of the colored. Rev. J. w. McRoy
read the constitution, Capt. Davis read
report of Secretary and Treasurer,
Rev. Mr.. Adams of the Baptist
Church pronounced benediction. The
same officers were elected except that
all the resident ministers of Rock Hill
were elected Vice Presidents. Prof.
A. r. Banks and B. n. Craig were
elected delegates to State Convention.
About a dozen new members joined
the Society.
Yours &c.
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BY HUGH WILSON,. ABBEVILLE, S
Text and Application.

II love you for yourself alone" as
the blackbird said when he swallowed
the gooseberry.
This is the commonplace expires
sion of false friends, when, while they
make utmost use of us, even to abuse
profess most unbounded admiration OF
and regard for us.
"That's neither here nor there" as
the crow said when an egg fell out oi
her nest.
How many of us have to lament the
spoiled life, the wasted opportunity fol
good, the lost time, the possibility
which was in our life and out of it,
the wreck of this image that God
made!
"I'll never do that again." as the
monkey said when he fell from the top
of the mangotree and broke his back
in the fall.
There are many people who take
credit to themselves for abstention
from evil when they are not able to
commit the evil they renounce. The
sick man says, II tear myslf away
from the world )" the poor man says,
"I deny myself the luXuries of lifa ;
CQe OlQ man, Il dDSGulu lTOlu lue lOl-
lies of youth; the blind man, ~ take
no pleasure in riotous living the deaf
man, ~ make point of never listen.
ing to whisperers of scandal"
ooh, you swindler, you've a stone
inside you ~ as the wasp said when he
ate iHto,;he plum.
Few people are more .yirtuously in
dignauL than the cheat when he finds
himself outwitted.
'"This is thing that ought not to be
permitted" as the fox said when he
found the hen-roost empty.
The assumption of virtue is common
to mankind, but none assume it SO
loudly as those who have the least right
to it. BY such people any short-com-
ing on the part of others is made q
subject of complaint.
"You've got bee in your bonnet" !"
as the hive said when the old lady
came to look at the honey.
While it is all inherent weakness of
human nature to love and find fault
without reason in none is that weak
ness so fully developed as in those who
are most guilty of little sins"
The Quiver.
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Baby Charlie.

Baby Charlie, darling three-year-
old, broke the cover of his mothers
machine. He felt naughty about it.
and said: Mamma, I gad I boxed
(broke) it," Of course, his mother
was surprised and sorry. He felt all
wrong. His little cheeks grew red.
In few moments he put his hand on
his throat, and said: Mamma, it
tokes (chokes) here" "I:m glad OF
it" said mamma, very soberly and
walked into the other room.
This strange reply from his tender
mother was great surprise to him.
He waited moment, and then said to
his sieter: "Bella, I tant wait ; it hurt
in my tung-up (stomach), and 1 want
my upper" She helped him to his
high chair, put OH his bib, crumbled
the dainty bread into the milk, and
passed him a spoon. He could not eat.
He leaned his hot cheek on his chubby
hand and said, "Bella, it tokes me !"
II know what chokes Charlie" said
lit is not the bread and milk, but the
naughty words he said to mamma"
Charlie thought a moment. 1t was
dreadful to have any thing come be-
U"CSu lllNl lib
Soon he said "Put me down, Bella" "
She lifted him down, and he ran into
the room.
Mamma ~ he said.
"What, dear?"
~ sorry"
"Sorry that you broke the ma
ehine"'
"N-no," said honest Charlie between
his great sobs; II sorry to have pain
in my tung-up."
When his papa came in from work
Charlie said: Papa, l booked man.
mas matine, and l CAD of it," He
kept up through the tea-hour, but he
was not happy.
After tea mamma sat by the stove.
His little night-dress was on her lap,
and hugs and kisses were ready for
the naughty little boy. He sat stiffiy
in his chair for q few moments, but
love overcame him.
He said to his brother: "Dod
(George), tate me down."
The moment his little feet touched
the floor he ran to mama, buried his
face in her lap, and in most pathetic,
tone said (: MAMA, I sorry I boke
your matine; I get Guy to mend it
m-morrow." w."-Erchange.
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He who has by death lost dear
friend, and is yet privileged TO think
of that friend as at rest in heaven,
among the angels, among "the spirits
of Just men made perfect" with the
Saviour. perfectly pure and perfectly
happy, free from all the ills of earth,
glorified by God, co-resident and CO.
heir with Christ in the abodes of eter-
nal day, will not sorrow over his kin
dred dead as those do and must who
have no hope. Hope will be mingled
with his sorrows and greatly alleviate
their pungency. Gods word Is full OF
comfort to such q mourner.
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ANCIENT WoNDERs.-Nineveh was
fourteen miles long, eight miles wide,
and forty-siX miles round, with wall
one hundred feet high, and thick
enough for three chariots abreast. Ba-
bylon was fifty miles within the walls,
which were seventy-five feet thick,
and one hundred feet high, with one
hundred brazen gates. The Temple of
Dina, at Ephesus, was four hundred
and twenty feet to the support of the
roof. 1t was one hundred years in
building. The largest of the pyramids
is four hundred and eighty-one feet in
height, and eight hundred and fifty.
three feet on the sides. The base cov-
ers eleven acres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

A sermon is entitled to be called
s'big" or able according to the amount
of Christ there is in it. There may be
in a discourse learned show of as
tronomy, geology, chronology, biolo-
gy, psychology and all the other "olo'
gies,n but if there is nothing more
than an incidental reference to Christ,
it may be learned, able or powerful in
the judgment of worldly wisdom, but
little more than thinking cymbal'
in the hearing of God, or in the ears OF
them who may wish to know what
they must do to be saved.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

DR.. Hiden tells the following story
A member of my church, who lives
only few rods from our house of wor-
ship, had not been to church for a
year. Whenever visited her she had
some apparently valid excuse for her
absence. About the end of the year,
after hearing as many excuses as l had
grace to listen to, said one day, when
on pastoral V sit, LET me ask you
one question If you had known that
you would find ten-dollar bill every
time you went, don't you think you
would have managed somehow to get
to church some time during the past
twelve months?" She answered can
didly, eyes, 1 think 1 should" !
then suggested that ''it was q sorry
sort of religion that was not worth ten
dollars" After this she discovered
that she could come to church, and
did come accordingly.
1t would astonish many honest
folks, if they would really and critical
ly look into the matter, to find how
large a proportion Of all their excuses
would resolve themselves into lack OF
will,
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In the Laurensville Herald Of Feb
ruary 7, there is communication and
also an editorial on democratic un-
rest' in South Carolina which so dag
noses the case and prescribes for the
same that consultation" may be
necessary TO save the patients life.
That there is something the matter
with the Democratic party in this
State is manifest. What that is and
what will cure it may come more fully
to light in the approaching canvas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-19

If a preacher has been soundly con-
verted and truly called of God to
preach and, when preaching "Christ
and him crucified," has the JUNCTION of
the Spirit it matters comparatively lit
tie about his grammar, his rhetoric or
his gestures. The result: the faith OF
his hearers will stand, not in the wis.
dom of men, but in the power of God
the power of God unto salvation of
them that believe.
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\ MAN OF Your WoRD.-Learn

A MAN OF YOUR WoRD.-Learn to
be a man of your word. One Of the
most disheartening of all thing is to be
associated in an undertaking with a
person whose promise is not to be de-
pended upon-and there are plenty of
them in this wide world, people whose
promise is as slender tie as SPIDERS
web. Let your given word be hemp
en- cord, chain of wrought steel, that
will bear the heaviest sort of weight.
It will 60 far to making man out of
you. And real man is the noblest
. work of God--not lump of moist
putty, moulded and shaped by the last
influence met with that was calculated
to make an impression but a man, q
forceful, energized, self.reliant, and re-
liable character, a positive quantity
that can be calculated upon.
Standard.
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In the Colorado desert, near Idaho,
there is large bed of rock salt, and
the Southern Pacific railroad, in lay.
ing the track to the salt bed, has been
obliged to grade the road for ], 200 feet
with blocks of these crystals. This is
the only instance where the road-bed
is laid and ballasted on salt. The sea,
which once rolled over this place, dri-
ed up and left a vast bed of salt nearly
fifty miles long. The supply is mex.
haustible and the quality excellent.
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Not Broken, but Cracked.

Twas q set OF resolutions,
AS fine as fine could be,
And signed in painstaking fashion,
By Nettie and Joe and Bee;
And last in the list was written,
In letters broad and dark
(To look as grand as the others),
Miss Baby Grace her mark"
"WeIl try all ways to help mother,
We won't be selfish to each other;
Well say kind words to every one;
We won't tie Pussy's feet for fun;
We won't be be cross and snarly, too;
And all the good We can well do"
"It's Just as easy to keep them,"
The children gayly cried;
But mamma, with a smile, made answer
"Wait, darlings, till you're tried"
And truly, the glad, bright New Year
Wasn't his birthday old.
When three little sorrowful faces
A sorrowful story told.
'And how are your resolutions?"
We asked OF the Baby Grace,
Who stood with O smile of wonder
On her dear little dimpled face;
Quick came the merry answer
She never an instant lacked
81 don't fink much OF ems broken,
But dess ems about all cracked"
Selected.
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Take quiet corner in the evening
time, and carefully think of the day
which has just passed away and
whose history you have helped to
make. Review the deeds and words
and thoughts which it has recorded
against your name. Measure each OF
these by the standard of opportunity
Contemplate the relation. of days to
eternity, and ponder upon the certain,
ity with which present existence here
is advancing toward immortality in
heaven. Do not forget to include a
proportion of prayer. Try this as q
receipt for good tomorrow.
PiLLSbua.q .daY0cHLe.
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Just where the world fails most sig
nally, there religion is fullest and
strongest. They who slake their
thirst at earth's sources are forever
restless and craving, but those who
come to Christ for rest have the spring
of eternal peace to draw from. Not a
surface stream, whose waters may be
cut off by an enemy or vanish in a
drought, but the deep wells of saliva
ton, with whose supply no one can in-
terfere.
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UARY 49, 1890. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 3
Burdens.

We all must bear them. Vain regret,
Loves longing for some dear lost face
Which even sleep cannot forget,
Nor yet the coming years replace;
The disappointment all must know,
When hopes mirage proves but q dream,
The finding Marah' g waters dow
Where tempting wayside fountains gieam.
We all must bear them. Some may smile,
And hide their burden In song;
And others may be silent, while
They learn TO suffer and grow strong.
We find no balm In Gilead's vale,
No recompense for pain and loss,
And oft our weary efforts fail
To lift the pressure OF the Cross.
We all must bear them. Why despair?
The wine-press is not trod alone,
The promise is, that He will care,
AS doth father, for his own.
Our burdens may become our wings. y.
For underneath his arms will be-;
And through our signing sweetly rings,
Sufficient is my grace for thee"
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A sensible polite person does not as
sumo to be better or wiser or richer
than his neighbor. He does not boast
of his rank, or his birth, or his coun-
try, or look down upon others because
they have not been born to like privi-
leges with himself. He does not brag
of his achievements or of his calling,
or "talk shop" whenever he opens his
mouth. On the contrary, in all that
he says or does he will be modest, un-
pretending, MISUNDERSTANDING
his true character in performing, rath-
er than in boasting in doing, rather
than in talking.