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HAD AN EYE ON HIM.

"That young Brown has become Christ
ian, has hepT So said one business man to
another. "Yes, heard so." ."Well, I'll
have my eye on him to see If be holds out
! want trusty young man In my store
They are hard to find. II this is real thing
with him. he will be just the man want.
Pve, kept my eye on him ever since heard
it. I'm watching him closely"
So young Brown went in and out OF the
store, and up and down the street. He
mixed with his old associates, and all the
time Mr.. Todd had an eye on him. He
watched how the young man bore the sneer
of being Zone Of the saints" if he stood
up manfully for his new Master, and was
not afraid to show his colors. Although
Mr.. Todd took rides, went to church, or
did what he pleased on Sunday, he was very
glad to see that Brown rested on the Sab
bath day and hal,owed it. Though the
Wednesday evening bell never drew the
merchant to prayer.meeting. he watched to
see if Brown passed by. Sometimes he said,
"Where are you going Brown ~ and always
received the prompt answer, ITO prayer
meeting" Browns father and teacher were
both questioned as to how the lad was get
ting on.
For a year or more Todd's eyes were on
Brown. Then he said to himself: Hell
do. He is real Christian. I can trust him.
can afford to pay him: He shall have
good place in my store"
Thus, young Christians, others watch to
see if you are true, if you'll do for places of
trust. The world has its cold, calculating
eye on you, to see if your religion Is real, or
II you are just ready to turn back. The
work is pleasant and the pay good. These
places may be for YOU when, through bis
strength, you have proved yourself true.
Fix an eye on him, and he will keep you In
the way.-IExchange. .'.
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Cyclone Stories.

The conscientious reporter OF the
Associated Press at St. Louis did
quite we'll when ne told Of an ele.
yator being blown across the MissiS-
sippi River at that point and landed
on the site Of lumber yard, which
was in turn transferred to the spot
where the elevator had been. A very
cseditable cyclone story, indeed, but
not equal to one which has floated up
from Georgia and runs thus: IAN
old colored woman in that State owns
a large washpot which she claims was
turned inside out by cyclone. She
says the pot is as good as ever, only
the legs and handles are OF the in
side now. and pester her when she
,tirs the clothes" - Minneapolis
Tribune
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Railway Speed in England.

An eminent English civil engineer
has recently observed that we often
hear of speed of ninety or 100 miles
being reached by English railway loco
motives, but for twenty-five years he
has ridden upon many engines and
travelled on the. fastest trains in Great
Britain for the special purpose of as
certaining their speed. Upon few
occasions, and under favorable circum--
stances, he has recorded the very high
speed of 1913 miles an hour, but he
states he has never been able to time
an engine or train at as much as eighty
miles an hour. Iron Age. +
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STRENGTH IN FAITH.

The strong men Of earth are not the
doubters or the disbeievers. Men who are
forever telling what they do not possess:
Who cares what man does not believe !?
The question is, What does be believe !?
What has be that Is Of any value? What he
has not is of no use to any .0ne. Men who
do great works believe something. The
inventors. the discoverers, the men who
cross oceans, explore lands, solve problems
and discover great principles, are men who
can see what other people never have; they
can see building before stone is laid or q
timber hewn. They can see complete
machine before single part of 1t has been
formed. Men who see the invisible, who
discern the signs Of the times, who observe
the hand of God in nature, who see the
working of bis providence where Others see
only blind chance, are charged with eternal
power and filled with thoughts of God and
passing through this world they flll its SOL
itary places with songs and cause its deserts
to rejoice and blossom like the rose. Have
faith in God. without faith it is impos-
sibie to him. but If we have faith like a
grain of mustard seed we can move noun
tains.-TThe Christian.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


We have in the United States $4,000 more
saloons than public schools.
The United States produced 10,0 ,0O0, 900 gal
Ions more wine last year than old Germany.
Russias daily drink bill Is said to amount
to 81. 900, 900, and Russia Is confronted with
famine.
The employees OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road have been prohibited from smoking or
chewing while on duty.
In one Of the great Paris Hospitals 1t was
found that of eighty-three patients who SUI
fered from epilepsy, sixty were children OF
drunken parents.
The well-known scientist Doctor B. W.
Richardson. sums up the case against drink
in the words "If by any miracle England
we're made sober, the average value Of life OF
the people would be increased one-third.'
Many people are going insane from the
use OF cocaine. The popularity OF the CO.
caine habit when once 1t Is firmly seated, Ii
that it creates an unSovernabie appetite ior
all kinds of stimulants. under the combined
effects of which the victim sinks to rum
Several Of the large railroad systems OF
the country have inaugurated temperance
reform. insisting that all train employees
shall be abstainers from drink, and num-
her of men have been discharged recently on
their refusal to be total abstainers. The au-
thorities argue that even if a man IS SOBER
during his hours Of duty, if he overdrinks
one day, he cannot as safely perform his
duty the next, in = position where human
life depends upon clear head and steady
hand.
The New York Medical Times gives the
following temperance or intemperance sta,
tistics ''In Great Britain and Ireland l45,ooo
persons are every year committed to pr'son
as drunkards ll2, 900 OF these are men. Ine
rest women. Three thousand and four
women were murdered in the United King
dom from January l. 1899, to January l,
1891, by drunken husbands. There are So,..
600 criminals in German prisons, l4,OOO OF
whom were arrested for crimes committed
while iptoXlcNted."
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year-old Grown Prince of Portugal.
who used to bear the title of Prince Of
Beira, but who, since the accession of
his father to the throne, has blossomed
forth into fu11-fedged Duke of Bra
ganza, that being the title borne, by,
the heirs apparent to the throne. The
Order of the Golden Fleece worn by
the six-year-old Duke was presented to
him few weeks ago by his cousin, the
small King of Spain. There is much
in common between the two boys Tor
while, on the one hand, the throne of
Spain is considered 30 shaky that It is
doubted whether it will last until the
termination of the young monarch's
minority, that of Portugal is even in Q.
more dangerous condition. Not only
is it threatened by Republican move
ment, which is far stronger in Portu-
gal than in Spain, and by Leeitimist
Pretender, sort of Portuguese DON
Carlos, in the person of Don Miguel
of Bragsnza, but it is even threatened
by perils from within the royA family
itself. Indeed, 80 strained is the situ-
alton, and so. strongly divided is the
royal family among itself, that were
King Carlos either to die suddenly OF
to abdicate, it is very doubtful whether
the little Duke of Braganzs would be
permitted to succeed to his fathers
throne without very serious trouble.
Inasmuch as King Carlos is in@very
bad health, 80 much so that his death
or abdication on the ground of illness
are subjects of open and constant dis
cussion at Lisbon, it is possible that
the little Duke may at any time be-
come the subject of an insurrection
and even Of civil wcr. There is
large party in Portugal which is strong
~ opposed to the young Queen Marie
Amelie, and who are determined at all
costs to prevent her from obtaining the
supremacy in Portuguese affairs. which
she would, on the death Or sbdicatioe
Of her husband, enjoy as Regent dur
ing the long minority of her eldestson.
They. are believed to have secured the
support of the Queen Dowager, who is
on the worst of terms with her daugh-
ter-in-law, Queen Marie Amelie, both
ladies being of the most imperious
character and ambitious for supreme
power. Should the party hostile to-
Queen Marie Amelie secure the victory,
they would put forward as successor to
the throne, not the little Duke of Bra
ganzs, but the present Kng'syounger
brother, the Duke of Oporto, who is
the favorite son of the Dowager Queen
Pis, and by far the most popular mem
Der of the royal family Of Portugal.
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TEMPERANCE.
WHISKY.

WHISKY.
What brings man from station high
Down to the gutter-there to lie
With fellow tramps and meanly die2
Whisky.
Hhat takes ais self-respect away
AND makes him poorer day by day
And causes health to soon decay!
Whisky.
What wrecks his happy home 80 sweet
And turns his family on the street
TO beg and starve in woe complete?
Whisky
What makes his loving wife to moan
And weep hear-broken and alone
To pray for one who strikes her prone?
Whisky.
What makes his children hang In shame
Tl>sir pretty heads and hate the name
OF father who, when drunk, will maim2
Whisky
What makes him lose all friendship dear
While strangers shun his presence drear
And children from him fly In fear2
Whisky,
Wnat makes bis body reek with slime
And sleeps his once pure soul In crime
Which to the devil goes In time? +
Whisky.
What makes him carry on his nose
The horrid sign drunkard shows
And wear old, dirty, ragged elothes2
Whisky.
What makes him as with palsy shake
And with delirium tremens quake
In torment worse than hades' lake?
Whisky.
What makes him in the poor-house dwell
Or fill q PRISONS lonesome cell
Or on the gallows hear his knell?
Whisky.
What should each youth who sees to shun
These self-cursed human wrecks undone
Refuse to TOUGHEST he be one?
Whisky.
And what should everybody seek
To rid the world of so the weak
May not be crushed by tempter's sleek2
T. Whisky =,
H. G. Dodge, In Chicago Sun.
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GOOD ADVICE.

We Overheard q conductor on a train the
other day, counselling casual acquaintance,
young girl, after the following fashion,
avowing at the same time that be was not
religious, but only "a sort of decent rail.
road man." Never 60 to dnnce-there
is always harm. 1t. 1t has proved many
time the first step toward ruin for both men
and women. Not while live would allow
a daughter of mine to 60. I know too much
about the harm there Is in 1t to allow daugh-
ter of mine to dance"
Not long before that we heard man who
for years had been consistent Christian, but
who had been before conversion very dissi.
pated, say 10 prayer-meeting, ~ wish
could make others see as plainly as do the
evil OF card playing. have tested tit led
me down almost to hell. 1t brought me into
bad company. 1t started me to gambling, 1t
threw strange fascination over vice, 1t al
most ruined my life forever. I hate cards
row and wish could make others hate
themw
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-06-07
LARGEST Price for a Short Story.

The largest sum ever paid for short
story was received by Charles Dickenn
from Robert Bonner. He paid Mr..
Dickens $4,000 for story of less
than thirty thousand words, and not
even the remarkable success of the
"Pickwick Papers" or the splendid
earnings of Dickens gained by his
series of readings in America so greatly
astonished that author as did this pay
mept, which he confessed to his friend
Foster was preposterous sum to pay
for so little work. New York Adyer-
tiser
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THE POWER OF CHRIST.

When was student at Princeton, Pro.
fesSor Henry had so constructed huge bar
of iron, bent into the form of q horseshoe,
that it used to hang suspended from another
iron bar above it. Not only did it hang
there, but It upheld four thousands pounds
weight attached to it That horseshoe
magnet was not welded or glueh to the metal
above it but through the iron wire, coiled
around it, there ran o subtle current of cleo
tricity from a galvanic battery. Stop the
flow of that current one instant, and the
huge ho, sesboe dropped. So does all the
lifting power of Christian come from the
currents Of spiritual influence which flow
into his heart from the living Jesus. The
strength of the Almighty One enters into
the believer. If his connection with Christ
is cnt off. in an instant he becomes as weak
Us any other man.-[T. L. Cuyler.
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AND now it is said the new tannery
trust is not to have things all its own
way-that the Chicago packers are
going into the business Of tanning
their hides, instead Of disposing of
them in their raw state. This will
deprive the combination Of the mon
opoly Of the sole leather production,
and the public will be the gamer by
the competition.
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SIGNIFICANT coMPAR1soNs.

The Rockford Monitor says that to get an
Intelligent idea Of the vestness OF the drink
bill Of the United States for 1921 200, 900,
600, we make few comparisons: ''The net
earnings Of all the railroads Of the United
States amount to less than one-third OF our
drink bill. The loss of property by fire In
1891 was only one-ninth of the liquor bill.
The entire expenses ., Of the United States
Government are only about one-half what We
pay for intoxicsnts. The aggregate capital
Of all our National banks is about 800 ,000,-
600 or but little more than one-half the
amount squandered on drink each year."
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KEEPING THE VINEYARD.

Friends. the Lord of the VINEYARD will
after awhile appear at the gate. The
day of vintage will come. When the grapes
in olden times were gathered there was
sporting through all the land and the sound
Of musical Instruments. What kind Of clus
ters shall We he able to show at last in our
vineyard? Will they he stunted and sour
or ripe and large? If1aithul in the planting,
and the trimming and the watching the
vintage will be g:orious. Let the messen-
gers of God put the full clusters into the
wine press and then. with all the banlueters
of heaven, the instruments chorded to the
right pitch, we will drink new wine in our
Fathers kingdom. God forbid that ours
should be the amentation, "They made me
the keeper of vineyards. but my own vine
yard have not kept."-[Chrstan Herald.
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A DISTINGUISHED French scientist
has declared that the electric shock
as administered to criminals by the
New York law does not kill, but only
induces Inconsistencies, and that
the victim is afterward finished of
by the dissecting knife The state
ment, if true, is chiefly of interest
for scientific purposes, as it has no
particular bearing on the murderer's
ultimate fate. Perhaps we have in
electricity the coming an@sthetic.
Certainly the Inconsistencies which
it induces as applied in New York is
very profound and permanent.
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The Crown Prince Of Portugal.

There are only two knights OF the
ancient and illustrious Order of tha
Golden Fleece who are under ten years
of age, says the New York Tribune.
One of them is theseven-year-old King
of Spain, while tho other is the six
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-06-07

At the beginning of the century the
Bible was accessible to but one-ifth of
the population of the world. Now it
may be read by nine-tenths o. the peo-
pie of the globe, SO rapidly has its
translation been carried on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-06-07

One-cent pieces arc being intro
duced in Oakland, CAL, for the first
time. The smallest legal tender form
erly used was tve-cent pieces.
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The army OF st. Louis, in Egypt
was panic c-stricken when Greek fire was
thrown among the men from the Sara-
cen catacults. ;:
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THE military prisoner is forced to
be guarded in all he says and does
Troy Press.
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Too Heavy for Comfort.

McDermott-''S Sure it's heavy man
yez are. How much, do yez weigh?"
Fatman-"I suppose you'd like to
see me weighed ?"
McDermott-"Yis, I'd like to see
yez wade ashore. THE Kings Jester.
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putate He did not poultice He did not scar
ify. He touched him, and he was well. The
mother-in-law Of the Apostle Peter was In
raging fever-brain fever, typhoid fever, or
clan. He offered no febrifuge He prescribed
no drops He did not put her on plain diet.
He touched her, and she was perfectly we'll.
Two blind men come stumbling into room
where Christ is. They are entirely sightless.
Christ did not lift the eyelid to see whether it
was cataract or ophthalmia. He did not put
the men into dark room for three or four
weeks. He touched them. and they saw every
thing. A man came to Christ. The drum Of
his ear had ceased to vibrate. and he had a
suffering tongue. Christ touched the ear,
and he heard: touched his tongue, and he
articulated. There is funeral coming out
Of that gate-a widow following her only boy
to the grave. Christ cannot stand it. and He
puts His hand on the hearse, and the obse-
quies turn into resurrection day.
o my brother, am so glad when we touch
Christ with our sorrows He touches us. When
out of your grief and vexation you put your
hand on Christ it awakens all human remi-
niscence. Are we tempted? He was tempted.
Are we sick? He was sick. Are we perse-
cuted? He was prosecuted. Are we bereft?
He was bereft.
st. Yoo of Kermartin one morning went
OUT anu Sd" DeSSai "Sieep VI MS uo"iS'Sp'
The beggar had been all night in the cold.
The next night st. Yoo compelled this begSar
TO come up in the house and sleep in the
saints bed, while st. Yoo passed the night on
the doorstep in the cold. Somebody asked
MIN why that eccentr1city. He replied 'It
isn't an eccentricity. I want to know how
the Door suffer. want to know their agonies
that may sympathize with them, and there
fore slept on this cold step last night. This
Is the way Christ knows 30 much about our
sorrows. He slept on the cold doorstep of an
inhospitable world that would not let Him in.
He Is sympathetic now with all the suffering
and all the tired and all the perplexed. Oh,
why do you not go and touch Him?
You utter your voice in mountain pass.
and there come back 10 echoes, 20 echoes, 80
Of prayer, every ascription Of praise, every
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We not LII III our QWeluuSS SdEmonLS Va LILO
departed, touch of which thrills US through
and through, the life Of those who are gone
thrilling TIM oush the life Of those who stay?
But mark you the principle evolve from
this subject. No addition ofheslteh to others
unless there be subtraction OF strength
from ourselves. He felt that strength had
gone out ofHim.
Notice also in thi subject Christs sensi-
tive to human touch. We talk about God on
q vast scale 80 much We hardly appreciate
His accessihility-God in magnitude rather
than God in rainutie, God in the infinite
rather than God in the infnitesimAl-
here in my text We have God arrested by
suffering touch. When In the sham trial OF
Christ they struck Him on the cheek We can
realize how that cheek tingled with pain
When under the scourging the rod struck
the shoulders and back Of Christ, we can re-
alize how He must have writhed under the
decorations. But here thero Is sick and
neryeless finger that just touches the long
threads o. the blue fringe OF His coat, and be
looks around and says, "Who touched Me-!
We talk about sensitive people, but Christ
was the impersonation Of all sensitlveness.
The slightest stroke of the smallest finger OF
human disability makes all the nerves OF His
head and heart and hand and feet vibrate. It
is not stolid Christ. not phlegmatic Christ,
not preoccuppied Christ, not q hard Christ,
not an iron cased Christ, but an eXquisitely
sensitive Christ that my text unveils. All the
things that touch Us touch Him, II by the
hand Of prayer we make the connecting line
Between Him and ourselves complete. Mark
you, this invalid OF thetext might have walked
through that crowd all day and cried about
her suffering, and no relief would have come
II she had not touched Him. When in your
prayer you lay your hand on Christ you touch
all the sympathies Of an ardent and glowing
and responsive nature.
your hand of prayer to Christ there are two
currents-s current Of sorrow rolling up from
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-04-21
THE PESITENTIARY.
An INTERESTING REPORT on THIS NsTI-
TUITION.

A gentleman writing the Wilmington
Messenger from Raleigh says: Your
correspondent paid visit To the peni-
Tertiary Saturday and found it very
quiet place indeed. There used to be
hundreds of convicts within the great
enclosure: now there are only 1O1. Of
these fifty are in for life. Some time
ago some life prisoners were worked
outside the prison, but this is net now
allowed. There are fifty female con-
victs, of whom nineteen are kept in the
prison, and others being Oh the farm.
The convicts in the penitentiary make
all the clothing worn By all the prison
ers, 100 in number. They make all
the wagons and wheelbarrows used OF
the farms. There is very fine garden
just outside the great southern wall OF
thevprison, where an ample supply of
vegetables is raised. This garden joins
the cemetery in which for twenty-five
years copyicts have been buried, and
several hundred little wooden head
victs have in former years made a great
many brick, but this year no work in
this iiRe is being done. There is large
supply of brick in the kilns. The shoes
for all the convicts are made in the
prison, though the factory which used
to make shoes for sale is 10 longer OPP
Grated. There are washing machines
and all the washing for ths students of
the Agricultural and Mechanical COL
| lege is done. The cloth used for sum-
mer wear by the convicts is made by
| the Pee Dee Mfg. Co. that for winter
| wear being furnished by hiilheiser &,
Co., of Richmond, Va, Many improve
ments have been made at the grounds
| Of the prison, Rubbish has been clear
| ed away, the rough sheds removed and
the place made tidy. Stone cutting,
| which once employed SO many men, Is
no longer done. After time the wood
| ca stockade ia front of the building will
| be removed and the grounds opened
| The big buildings are even yet not quite
| complete. Cell tiers are not built in the
west wing, which may all be used for
workshops. 1t is only a question OF
time when manufacturing will be done
insid e the prison. It will not require
great expenditure te prepare for it.
One OF the odd things in the foreclosure
is a log building, now used as stables
| in which the convicts lived while they
were constructing their more substan
tial and imposing residence, of brick,
| stone and iron.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-04-21

The principal hotel at Winston hav-
ing been destroyed by fire, the sessions
of the Grand Lodge I. o. .. F. which
were appointed to be held there, will be
held in Raleigh, by proclamation of
John D. Bellamy, Jr., Grand Master,
beginning on May Sth at s oclock p. m.
The various railroads, upon application,
will give reduced rates to representa-
tives. Mr.. L. L. Brinkley will repre-
sent Edenton Lodge No. IS. .--...