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Good and bad Mothers.

On this subject Amelia E. Barr
writes In the April North American
Review "The difference between
good and bad mothers Is 80 vast and SO
far-reaching that 1t Is no exaggeration
to say that the good mothers Of this
generations are building the homes Of
the next generation, and that the bad
mothers are building the prisons. For
out of families nations are made; and
II the father be head or the hands Of
family, the mother Is the heart. No
Office in the world Is 80 honorable as
hers, no priesthood so holy. no in
fluence 80 sweet and strong and last
ing.
HHow to manage young children,
how to strengthen them physically /;
how best to awaken, their. intellects,
engage their affections and win their
confidence how to make home the
sweetest spot on earth, place Of love,
order and repose, temple of purity
where innocence Is respected, and
where no one is permitted to talk Of
indecent subjects or to read indecent
books; these are the duties Of good
mother; and her position, If 80 filled,
is one Of dignity and grave Importance.
For it Is on the hearthstone she gives
fine healthy initial touch to her sons
and daughters that Is not effaced
through fife, and that makes them
blessed In their generation" =,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-17
The Camel.

The camel might almost be called
the Arabs railroad. Certainly the
camel goes through tracts of country
where it would be next to impossible
to keep a railroad running.
A traveller in the East tells of seeing
three camels fed. These long-suffer-
ing and patient animals were standing
at the close of hard days work, wait.
ing for their evening meal.
Presently man came near with a
pan of kneaded dough under his arm.
The camels of their own accord knelt
IN line. Their keeper, beginning
with the nearest, gave each in his
turn large cake of this dough, re-
peating the same thing twice.
When a caravan is on the march II
is customary to make halt during
the extremely hot part Of the day. A.,
such times the camels are made to
kneel in circle, and their food Il
placed in tine centre. Here they can
eat and enjoy the shade to their hearts
content.
The camel, Notwithstanding bis
patient look, is very stubborn. When
he has concluded to lie down, nothing
Can make him get up against bis will.
With the Eastern and Oriental people,
whose time does not possess any great
value, this sort of thing Is taken as q
matter of course. They have time to
wait the convenience of his highness
the camel.
Although these "ships of the desert"
are tireless travellers, yet they are very
delicate. They do not work except
in the winter months; fol when their
hair begins to fall out they lose their
strength.
They cannot travel over rocky
region. BY nature they are fitted for
sandy plains and deserts. Rough,
sharp rocks cut and lacerate the feet;
and then comes the job of "shoeing"
camel.
TO do this the camel is thrown, and
a tough piece of leather Is stitched
over the foot. In this way the march
proceeds until the soft pads of the
foot have hardened.
Besides carrying passengers they are
used to transport freight. The sensa-
ton of riding on camel is q very pc
culiar one, you are lifted up aud borne
forward at the same time.
At the end of ten minutes you will
be ready to dismount, so disagreeable
and tiresome Is that motion to q be.
ginner. When the knack of camel
riding Is once acquired, the motion Is
soothing and restful rather than dis
tressing.-Selected.
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Because.

"Tom," said small boy opening the
door, "come and pull that old log GU,
of the ditch"
"I'm not coming" said Tom, with 8
despairing resolution: "I've pulled
and pulled, and it hasn't budged an
inch / can't do 1t, and that's all there
is to it."
"But Tom," said the small boy
"father is going to help"
What change came over Tom H
sprang out Of the room as he had beeu
shot from gun; bis coat was off in u
twinkling, aud he was ready to pull
till his back ached of course. because
now he was sure of success; what
father undertook could not fail.
This homely little story is trying to
show you what Is meant by the COM
mand, "Work out your own salvation.
. for (or because) it is God that work
eth in you" 1t would not be worth
your while to strive against sin if you
had it at all to do; it would be a per.
fectly hopeless battle, aud you might
as we'll give it up.
But God is working in you and for
you his almightiness Is engaged, is
pledged for your salvation: Oh ! then
there Is strong reason for being up
and doing-spring to the task-throw
off your coat, and "work out your own
with fear and trembling, for
because 1T Is God that worketh in
you."-S. S. Visitor.
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There is no such thing as a cows
cud in the sense in which this term
is often used as part of the animal
that may be lost. The cud Ia that OF
the food which Is brought up from the
first stomach and chewed over again,
after which it is again swallowed and
goes directly into the third stomach,
where 1t Is macerated In the maniplies
and then:psssed to the fourth stomach
and finally digested. When cow is
suffering from indigestion she may be
unable, lby reason of the disorder OF
the stomach, to bring up the food OF
cud, and this makes her sick, and If
it is continued, she stops eating, The
best thing to do in such cases is to
give pint of raw linseed oil, and re-
peat it If necessary, when the trouble
is generally removed. Phe cud IL
formed by the compression Of a por,
ton of the food in small channe!
between the first and the second
stomachs and connected with the
gullet. 1t Is about five inches ir
length and two In width.
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MarRhall New,

Rev. J. A. Weston in his lecture on
Marshall Ney; at Charlotte, gave his
reasons for believing that Peter s
Ney, of North Carolina, was the great
French soldier. Among other thing
ne said:
"Peter S. Ney is known to have
had every wound on his person that
the great marshall had, except one on
the neck. His acquaintance cannot
remember as to that. He had severe
saber wound on the left side of his
head, which he said he received at
Waterloo Marshall Ney was the b.st
fencer in France; Peter s. Ney the
best in America. The latter told Bur.
gess Gather, Of Davie county, that
he and. Murat used to fence with each
rther in Napoleon's presence. Mar.
shall Ney could, speak English. An
expert told Mr.. Western that two
specimens of the handwriting OF botll
the marshal and Peter 8. Ney were
undoubtedly the same. Both Neys
were marked with the smallpox
Peter Stuart Ney tainted in the school
room at Darlington. 8. c., when the
news of Napoleon's death reached
him. He told Colonel Benjamin
Rodgers afterwards: with the death
If Napoleon my last hope is gone.'
He was recognised several times by
foreigners as Marshall Ney. On one o,
these occasions at Statewide German
named Barr created quite sensation
by saying There's Marshal Ney." On
bis dea,hbed Peter s. Ney solenmly
affirmed, In the presence of DR.. Mat
thew Lock and others. that he wa.
the French marshal. He died in 1875
and was buried at Third Creek"
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The theory Of Jobs comforters, that
it always and at once Is we'll with the
righteous, often takes subtle shapes In
our thinking. One is the expectation
that every good action shall be attend
ed with q glow of warm feeling, as q
sort of reward for our goodness. In
reality, we frequently have no such
experience. Right action is attended
often with such unpleasant secondary
circumstances as to take all charm out
of it. It gives offense In our social
circle, or 1t grieves some one we love,
who but half understands us or, in
some way, it carries with 1t q shadow
to darken the sunlight. And 1t Is bet
ter thus. For because right Is right,
to follow right were wisdom In the
scorn of consequence" just as truly in
view of inward consequences as Of out
er. Were the inward consequences al
ways such as delighted us then doing
right might become as mercenary as II
we expected focks and herds, or
brownstone fronts and paying ponds,i In
consideration of our rightness. So we
learn to serve Godfor Gods sake, and
right for rights sake, aud not for
meat and drink, material or immate-
rial.-S. S. Times.
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Be Definite.
Tongues of Fire.

Carvosso had seen all his children
converted but one. Borne down with
anxiety for her, he sought counsel OF
his classleader, Sunday night, return.
ing from class. "Why don't you claim
a promise on the Lord,?" asked the
leader. II donrt understand you"
"Well, the Book is full of promises
some bearing right OIL your case.
Seizs one of these and throw all your
weight on it until God feels your coll
fidence in heaven" "I'll do It," said
the dear old man. They parted. sIn
a moment the promise swept down
like cable before him /: "Thou shalt
not leave one hoof behind thee" He
reconized In it all its breadth and
meaning. He seized it and swung
clean lOose from eafth and earthly
doubts. God signalled him it would
be all right For ten days he saw no
change. On the tenth day he was
p. p.oughing near his house when q run
ner came from his wife, "Do come at
once: it seems daughter will die"
But he understood 1t. "What's the
matter, daughter" as he reached her
room. 20 father, pray for me. do
believe Pm lost" In a little while
she was converted. Now, daughter.
tell me all about it," IL don't know
anything about it, save that Sunday
night ten dsys ago, just before you
came from class meeting, something
got hold of my heart that I could not
shake off, or read off, or sleep off. I
have been miserable ever since." II
know all about 1t. That night claim
ed with all my heart the promise
made to Israel-that is what has NOV
ed you" When Carvosso quit doubt
ing, God began working.
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The lost soul is not always the one
that has done the most wrong, but the
one tfat has neglected to repent and
seek Christ.
1t was not because the man with the
one talent tried to steal it, but because
he neglected to use it that he lost it.
The foolish virgins were not kept
out because they quarreled OH the way,
but because they had no oil in their
lamps.
The man at the wedding was not
cast out because he had insulted some
body, but because he had neglected to
put on the wedding garment.
The sentence of Punishment in the
Judgment will not be, because thou
hast stolen bread," II was hungry
and We fed me not. ."-Ram's Horn.
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The painter Jean-Francois Millet
was perhaps the greatest artistic genius
that France has produced during THE
century. One secret of his power lay
in the study determination to do in the
best way what he was best fitted to
do.
He did not understand society life,
and could not paint a duchess or her
pet dog. He was peasant by birth
and training and heart, and he asked
no other privilege than to introduce
the hard-working, underpaid, abused
peasant to the world. TO paint wood
en- shoes, rude faces, limbs distorted by
labor, the clod of earth so that the
world should see and reverence the
soul that these things represented was
q great task. He saw God in the sower
and the reaper, in the CLEANER and the
shepherd, and in the peasant boWlng
at the sound Of the distant "A Angelus:" "
At last France has shown the world
that below the satin exterior she has
true heart, for Miilet, being dead, Is
now appreciated.
But there was second secret of his
great success. A pretty story illus
trates this:
After years of depressing toll and
economy, the painter had finally saved
S4OO, and he went on vacation back
to the home of his parents. All were
dead. A new generation had sprung
up. This was twenty years before bis
death, when purchasers were scarce
and Fame was running to and fro out
side his door.
There is his old home he made
sketches of the dear scenes of his boy
hood. But he was stranger in =
familiar land. One evening, as he
was returning from his work, thu
"Angelus" was ringing, and he found
himself at the door of the little church
He entered. At the altar an old priest
was praying. When he ceased, Mille
touched him on the arm gently ant
said: "Francois."
The Abbe was bis first teacher.
"Ah!is it you, dear child, little
Francois?" exclaimed the priest, ano
they embraced each other weeping.
"You used to love Virgil, Francois,
said the Abbe.
II love him STILL"
"And the Bible, Francois, have yor
forgotten it? And the Psalms, do yor
ever read themw
"They are my breviary," said thu
great painter. ~ get from them al
that do"
"These are rare words to hear n owa
lays, but you will be rewarded
Where I sowed good grain has grown
and you will reap the harvest, my
son." So said the Able to his pupi
solemnly.
At nightfall they separated.
Millet drew large part of his inspi
ration from the Bible. On the wall.
of his rude studio he had painted Rutf
and Boaz In the field. He is one Of th'
many artists whom Biblitical study
has helped to make immortal.
We search here and there for book
to arouse US to intellectual effort, ant
to noble living, but too often we over
look the Bible. But the genius O
many of our great artists, statesmen
and poets has been wiser than we.-
Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-17
The Art OF Forgetting.

Memory's studies are all the rage
nowadays. But every Christian ought
also to drill himself in the art Of for
getting.
Forget evil imaginations.
Forget the slander you have heard.
Forget the meanness Of small souls.
Forget the fault of your friends.
Forget the misunderstanding of yes
terday.
Forget the disagreeable people whose
talk poured vinegar into your spirit.
Forget all malice, all fault-finding,
all injuries, all hardness, all unlovely
and dirtressful things.
Start out every day with clean
sheet.
Be lovely, be loving. See how much
sunshine you can produce.-Christian
Helper.
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The Love OF A Mother.

A gentleman when visiting In city
hospital In London, sat beside the col
Of little girl; wishing to win her con
fidence, he said, MY child, do you
love your mother?"
With very serious look, she repli.
ed; "Yes, do, indeed"
''But why do you answer 80 gravely
what Is 1t you are thinking about, my
dear?"
Then the little girl replied with
great earnestness:
Because I eau never love my moth
er in any way as she loves me.H
The dear child loved her mother be-
cause her mother first loved her, and
that fond mothers love was a circle
in which the child's love dwelt. Dear
young readers, we can never love
Jesus as he loves US. His perfect and
everlasting love. He died to save us,
he lives to bless Us. Can you say of
him what the little maid said of her
mother? Yes! I love him, indeed; but
I can never love him in any way as
he loves me. :,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-17

The United States Supreme Court
has decided that the Geary law By
which cinnamon are excluded from
this country is constitutional! Five Of
the Bench were in favor Of the exclu.
sion act, and three-Chief Justice Full
Ter and Justices Field and Brewer
dissented. Justice Harlan was absent.
Now look out for Chinese retaliation.
Why the Chinese should be singled
out from the foul and immoral hordes
from other countries we cannot under
stand. The exclusion act remains un-
Just and Infamous, Notwithstanding
the decision of five men to the contra
ry.
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IF the spirit of the kind service We
have received at somebody's hands tc
day is not exercised for somebody else
tomorrow, it has failed to do US last
ing good. In "Lend hand Echoes "
we find this:
"In little social group the Other
day lady mentioned with enthusi
asm the name of another who has
been for many years resident of q
neighboring State, and gave details Of
a kind act of hospitality which had
enshrined her in memory as a minis.
tering spirit.
"And l hope,' said one of the group,
that you have passed that kind act on
by some impromptu, refreshing deed,
or at least sympathetic and helpful
word to every tired, thirsty soul you
had ever had chance to meet on life's
thoroughfare since that day."
"'Why, nov exclaimed the beauti.
full woman, Il can't say I ever thought
Of it In that way. 1t would be good
idea"
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The Missing FIVE Cents.

Holding out his hand for the change,
Johns employer said: "Well, my boy,
did you get what I sent you tor2"
"Yes, sir" said John;:.'and here is the
change; but l don't understand 1t. The
lemons cost twenty-eight cents, and
there ought to be twenty two cents IN
change, and there is only seventeen,
according to my count"
John had applied for situation,
and Mr.. Brown had cent him out to
buy some lemons before giving him
an answer.
perhaps made a mistake in CIV
ing you the money"
HNo, sir. I counted it over In the
hall, to be sure it was all right"
"Then perhaps the clerk made
mistake in giving you the change"
But John shook his head. "No, sir
I counted that, too. Father said We
must always count our change before
leaving the store.
"Then how In the world do yor
account for the missing five cents
How do you expect me to believe sucf
a story as that?"
Johns cheeks grew red, but his voic'
was firm. ~ don't account for 1t, air
I can't. All know is that it is co."
"Well, 1t is worth q good deal II
this world TO be sure Of that. How
10 you account for the ive cent piect
that is hiding inside your Goa
sleeve?n
John looked down quickly ane
caught the cleaning bit with cry Q
pleasure. Here you are! Now It's al
right. I couldn't imagine what hat
become of the five-cent piece. l wa!
certain had it when I started fron
the store to return"
"There are two or three things tina
[ know now," Mr.. Brown said, will
satisfied air. II know you hav'
been taught to count your money II
coming and going, and to tell tn
exact truth whether it sounds well o
not-two important things in 81
errand boy. I think I'll try you
young man, without looking further"
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The Orangeburg District Conference
1888, Rev. J. Walter Dickson presid-
ing and Rev. w. w. Williams acting
Secretary, was held at Branchvile. s.
c., April 27.30. The attendance was
very fair. Reports showed the
churches to be In improving conditions
7. N. Eubanks, H. j. Judy, Geo. w.
Brunson and A. F. II. Dukes were
elected delegates to the Annual Cone
ference. J. P. Harley, F. M. Green,
w. F. Stokes and A. c.. Dibble were
chosen as reserves.
Next District Conference to be held
at Barnweh. ...... .>.
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ssThe Last Days.''

There shall come in the last days
scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
and saying, Where is the promise of
his [Christ's] coming? for since the
fathers fell asleep, all things con-
tinue as they were from the beginning
of the creation" And 80 they Will
continue until Christ shall come.
When he shall come is unknown to
men or angels. But when he do come
the world will be found as 1t was In
the days of Noah: "For as In the
days that were before the food they
were eating and drinking, marrying
and giving In marriage, until the day
that Noah entered into the ark, and
knew not until the flood came, aud
took them all away so shall also the
coming Of the Son Of man be-"
Christ's coming will be sudden, even
las the lightning that lightepeth out
of the one part under heaven, shinetb
unto the other part under heaven; so
shall also the Son Of man be in his
day" There will be no question as to
his having come, for ''every eye shall
see him, and they also which pierced
him.; "When they shall say, Peace
and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them"
Christ's coming will be unexpected.
1.-THE day of the Lord 80 cometh as
thief In the night" True, all things
will continue as they were from the he.
ginning of the creation-''seed time
and harvest, and cold and heat, and
summer and winter, and day and
tnight"-and the thoughtless will be
eating and drinking, marrying and
and giving In marriage, buying and
selling, planting and building, and
will not know until the descent Of the
Lord from heaven shall be announced
"with shout, with the voice Of the
archangel, and with the trump o.
lGod." Then "all kindred Of the earth
shall wall because Of him."
| The coming of the Lord will end the
probation of the world. There will bt
no warning of the willingness, tht
ability VI the readiness of Christ t.
save sinners to the uttermost and Il
the last hour Of the worlds probation
"He will not quench the smoking fax
nor break the bruised reed" until pro
baton "time shall be no longer :
when Christ, the Savior-Judge shal
proclaim {: He that Is unjust, let bin
be unjust still : and he which Is filthy
let him be filthy still and he that i
. righteous, let him be righteous still
and he that is holy, let him be hol!
still. And behold, I come quickly
and my reward Is with me, to Civ
every man according as his worl
!. shall be. I sm Alpha and One
ga, the beginning and the end, tn
first and the last. Blessed are the!
that do bis commandments, that the.
may ha, right to the tree Of life, ant
may enter In through the gates int
: the city," Yea, blessed be they VIII
then can say: Even 80, come, Lor'
= Jesus" ""'~
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The writing Of war stories. the
preaching of special sermons before
military companies in full uniform In
churches Oh the Sabbath day, the mil
itary schools and drillings, the pre-
servation of war relics with other mil.
itary demonstrations all tend to revive,
feed and fire up the martial spirit. par.
ticularly with the young people. Far
better would it be to cease all such
teachings and exhibitions and turn the
minds of the people to the things that
make for peace.
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Blossoms in Age.

Yon is an apple tree,
Joints all shrunk like an old mans knee,
Gaping trunk half eaten away,
Crumbling visibly day by day:
Branches dead, or dying fast,
Topmost limb like splintered mast.
Yet behold in the prime of May
How 1t blooms In the sweet old way!
Heart Of It brave and warm,
spite or many wintry storm,
Throbbing still With the deep desire,
Burning still With eager fire,
striving still with the zeal and truth
or the eladsome morning days u youth'
Still to do and to be forsooth,
Something worthy Of Him whose care,
Summer or winter failed 1t ne'er.
This Is motive for you and me,
When We grow old like the apple tree.
Christian Union.
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Pensioners OF the Government.

We still have on the rolls 20 widows
and 2 daughters of the Revolution, the
last two survivors of the war having
died in 1869, aged respectively los and
lO9. There are l65 survivors and 6,657
widows of the war of 1872, and Is, 2l5
survivors and 1882 widows of the
Mexican war. This leaves 887, 1852 sur
vivors and 15s, 1893 dependent relatives
of the war of the rebellion, with 426,.
39S claimants for pensions for this and
earlier wars on the list for considera
ton at the date of the report of Oct. II,
1892, besides 36l ,663 claimants for in
crease of penslon.-North American
Review.
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Just one way the Peoples money
goes: The recent Naval Parade cost
the treasury of the United States $780,
OOO. How much 1t cost the other nine
nations we do not know. In that this
enormous expense was for ''parade''
attended largely with firing of cannon
and other vainglorious military feat
ures of course no question should be
asked-no criticism attempted. Enow.