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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-03
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

In 1870 the United States covered the
same tract of the earth's surface as
now, amounting to 4,000. 900 square
miles. Hardly more than a fifth of
this represented the United States of
1889. About third of the vast do
main was settled, the western frontier
running irregularly parallel with the
Mississippi, but nearer to that stream
than to the Rocky Mountains.
The center of population was forty
eight miles east by north of Cincinnati.
having moved westward forty-two
miles since 1860. Except certain we'll
peopled sections ON the Pacific Slope.
and little civilized strips in Utah. Col
orado and New Mexico, the Great West
had but tenuous popultion. Over i'm
mense regions it was still an Indian
fastness, rejoicing in reputation.
which few could verify, for rare seem
cry, fertile valleys. rich mines and
wondrous climate.
The American people numbered 49,
sos, 371 souls. In the settled parts of
our country the population had a dem
sity of 80. persons to the square mile,
southern New England sbeing the most
closely peopled. Much of western
Pennsylvania was in the condition Of
the newest States. railroads building
as never before. population increasing
at remarkable rate, and industries
developing On every hand.
Petroleum, which before the civil
war had been skinned off the streams
of the oil region and sold for medicine,
in 1870 developed a yield of over g.
600, 900 gallons in Pennsylvania alone.
more than ten times as much as de-
cade previous.
The West was rapidly recruiting
itself from the East. the city from the
country. Between 1890 and 1860 our
urban population had increased from
one in thirty to one in six; in 1870
more than one in five dwelt in cities. -
Scribner. HIl
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-03
EXTRAORDINARY SMUGGLING.

The genius of the smuggler is very
remarkable thing. One of the most
amusing stories of smugglers is that
told by an Englishman, who imported
into his own country number of fine
fat geese at the Christmas season.
many years ago. One of them having
excited the suspicious of the inspectors
by it's wondeful weight, was killed and
opened. upon which it was discovered,
says the chronicle. that there was con-
cealed within it number Of small
dutiable articles. The rest of the flock
having been similarly inspected. it was
found that their owner had compelled
the unhappy birds to swallow a large
quantity of stuff upon which there was
a heavy duty. and which would have
all come in free had not the first goose
excited the suspicion Of those in
charge. N2
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-03

First She--How ridiculous men are
Here he has written me letter com
pairing my eyes to stars, my teeth to
pearls. and swearing that the sun
retires abashed from the brightness of
my presence.
Second Shell don't call that fool
ish. ! think it pretty smart of him
giving you the kind of love talk that
was in vogue when you were a girl
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-03

"Why don't you marry?" well,
you see, I am very particular how my
intended wife should be-. Explain
yourself. " my wife must be rich,
handsome and stupid" why all
that?" VERY simple. She must be
rich and handsome. otherwise would
not have her. and she must be stupid,
otherwise she would not have me. -
Texas Siftings.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-03

Biddy-Miss Arress is not at home
sor. Will ye lave yer name? M. P.
Kewn-Do you think she would take
1t ?-Chicago Dispatch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-03

Canada has one million miles Of I'M
explored territory.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-03

isolated in his responsibility over the
defeat of all his reform bills, that he
resigned from the House in order to
change his moral atmosphere.
The winter sessions of several State
Legislatures were characterized by
deadlocks over the choice of United
States Senators. The contest is still
ON in Delaware, and is attracting
national attention. Stubborn and pro-
traoted battles were fought out in
Minnesota, Wyoming and Washing
ton. The State Solons took a lively
interest in affairs at Washington. as
instanced by the gratulatory resoulu-
tions ON the close of the disastrous
Fifty third Congress that prevailed in
New York, Michigan and Minnesota.
The Napoleonic fad has escaped in
vestigation by State House denizens,
but some of them apparently have read
"Trilby." Representative Davidson
is the father of bill to prohibit the
abuse of byppotism and mesmerism in
Missouri, and the Legislature Of
Pennsylvania will be asked to restrict
the study of these occult sciences.
The controversy over the ''new
woman" has obtruded itself into legis-
lative halls. and the shadow of the
"eternal feminine" has lowered over
every State house between both
oceans.
In this division of legislation come
the anti-theatre hat bills which were
presented for passage in six States.
The measure against tall hats intro
duced by Mr.. Cutler. of Rochester.
died In the New York Assembly, and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
"Thank Him."

After one of the hard-fought battles
of the war, a confederate chaplain
was called hastily to zee dying sol
dier; taking his hand, he sand, Well,
my brother, what can | do for your
He supposed, of course, the young
fellow would want him to cry to God
for help in his extremity it was not
so.
"Chaplain," he said, 81 want you
to cut lock of hair for my mother
and then, chaplain, / want you to
kneel down and return thanks 10 God
for me-"
"For what ?" asked the chaplain.
"For giving me such mother; oh,
she is good mother ! Her teachings
are my comfort now. And then,
chaplain, thank God that by his grace
I am christian. What "ould l do
now if | were not a Christian. And
thank him for giving me dying grace !;
he has made this Lard bed feel soft as
downy pillows are And, o chaplain,
thank him for the promised home in
glory-I'll soon be there"
And so," said the chaplain, II
kneeled by his bed with not petition
to utter: only praises and thanksglV-
ing for good mother, Il Christian
hope, dying grace, and an eternal
home in glory.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
RELIGION AND THE HOME.

We are not angels we are only men
and women, and we share the imper-
fection of manhood. We are not per-
feet apples we are speckled apples.
all of us. do not care how deep and
sweet and tender and accordant love
may render the home life, it cannot
but happen that in the close contact,
in the every day openness and dlscloS,
ure of the home, our bad points Will
come out. No family is made up VI
perfectly straight sticks, but crooked
ones. And when they are piled to-
gether in the closeness of home lie
the crookedness will appear. The
man and woman married the most
utterly, married along the whole line
of their natures, must yet find some
point where there is not complete
contact. There is dissimilarity of tenn
per, there has been dissimilarity OF ed
ucation. Before musicians can pour
forth a perfect harmony, they must
bring their instruments into tune.
Before two hearts can perfectly strike
together, they must be keyed to the
same note, and that cannot be alto
gether done before marriage. The
exact real Sell uOeS uOl appear III Sooie
ship. 1t is the best self, the self dress
ed in the best wardrobe of manners
and sentiment and sacrifice that APP
pears then. After marriage the self
puts on its common habits for what it
is. Then each real self must adjust it.
self to each real self; then must each
bear and forbear. Then must any in
compatibility be met and mastered by
mutual charity which suffereth long
and is kind, which never faileth.
Now it is just here in this closeness
and disclosure Of the home that relI-
gion is most needed. One must enter
into the Christian method of finding
life by losing it; the soul must possess
itself with the sweetness OF a Christian
love must put its foot upon the neck
of any miserable pride of self-assertion
and keepit there. A Christian con-
fession of wrong must be as quick and
spontaneous as the breath. Christ in
calmness, in tenderness, in self-sacri-
flee must dwell in the heart of each.
Then shall that home he Christian.-
Wayland Hoyt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13

Exalt virtue in golden speech.
Everywhere and under all circum-
stances let us not suffer the tongue to
be made the ally of Satan. Despise
his work in this and in all things.
Show by sealed lips or open rebuke
a deep adherence of scandal. If all
were to do this, what change would
come over the face of society!
"Whatsoever things are true, what
soever things are honest, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report if fthere be any viz,
tue, and if there be any praise, think
on these things" Let Christian art
emboIy in forms of beauty these in
spirrd ideals. Reject the works of art
of AN opposite character from private
ami national galleries. Let the blight
:: poetry of Byron and Shelley be
di.rtrtlrd. Let the exalted poetry OF
LongIrllow, Whittier, Bryant, and
other worthless elevate and refine our
homes. Above all, let Us seek to puri-
fy the springs of American society by
Lll G spell of Jesus Christ. Here Is
t,r' Only safety of the individual and
uG the nation. 1890
BEHOLD, how great matter little
fire kindleth And the tongue is
fire, a world Of iniquity and it il
.et on fire of hell. 1t is an unruly evil
yull of deadly poison"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Columbia Female College.

The mid-year examinations are now
in progress at the Columbia Female
College and the young ladies ore work
iEg as if nothing had happened. Ev-
cry thing is moving along smoothly.
Plans and specifications have been
prepared for the repairs and DIR. Rice
is now receiving bids for the work,
acting for the executive committee.
The building will he greatly improved
and everything will be in fine condi-
ton.
New students are already coming in
for next session.
The financial agent is receiving con-
tributions from the friends of the col
lege toward the repairs.-Columbia
State, February /.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
SOul.Hunger.

When once human soul learns for
itself, by living experience, the salts
flying nature of divine things, there il
awakened a great hunger and thirst
within which the world cannot satisfy.
Nor could the world satisfy it before
The soul may starve along OH husks,
and not realize that it is starving
But the heart was made for God, and
iC is restless until it rests in Him
and if it has been in the wilderness,
among the swine, away from the Fa-
theirs home and love, it is not and can-
not he happy. Only as it comes back
and receives Hi, welcome and pardon
and smile, does it know the meaning
of happiness and rest.
The author of the eighty-fourth
psalm was no stranger to God. He
had known and loved Him, and
found delight in Him aud in his SER
vice. But he had been deprived, for a
time, of the privileges of being in
Gods house, and his heart had cried
out in longing for that joy which had
so often been his portion. In great
desire for the spiritual privileges, 50
often desired in other days, his heart
ICtlcuI Ill hoHiooiShhCSo aiit o"u'-huh
ger.
What his particular circumstances
were al this time we can only conjec-
ture. 1t is not absolutely important
that we know exactly. But in what
ever way prevented from being in his
accustomed place for worship, whether
by sickness or exile, he remembered
how he had been there in other days,
and voices his desires for the return of
that which he had lost. The psalm
is wonderful one. Each verse near
ly is gem. 1t may Ue read,Over and
over again. Its language expresses
the feelings Of Gods people in all ages
and in all lands. They love the things
of God.
Hunger is healthful and natural.
The body demands physical food with
a longing which is closely allied to
pain, the qualification of which is n
most marked pleasure. 1t is providen-
italy ordered that it shall lie painful to
abstain from the food, which is neces-
sary to sustain life, and that it shall be
pleasurable to partake of it in a prop
er manner.
SO it is with converted soul as to
religious duties aud obligations.
There must be prayer, and the reading
of Gods word, and the attendance
upon Gods house. These have been
ordained, and no one call neglect them,
or any one of them, without resultant
disaster. But such is the force of spir-
itual hunger, and such is the power of
spiritual habit, that the performance
of these duties comes to be u pleasure
to every soul that is in healthful
spiritual condition. Being hindered
from them is a deprivation, and
causes pain. Let US seek to be in that
state of health, and with the habit
formed, which will demand that. in
order to our happiness, we do that
which is right and wise and good: II
we are in this healthful condition, hap
py is it for us. Let us guard we'll our
spiritual health, that it may not be
lost through our neglect or inatten-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Sixteenth Amendment.

Representative Linton, who has
been prominently connected with the
contest against sectarian Indian
schools, has presented joint resolu-
tiob for sixteenth amendment to the
Constitution in the following terms !:
Neither Congress nor any State shall
pass any law respecting an establish
ment of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof, or use the proper
ty or credit of the United States or
any money raised by taxation, or au-
thoriZe either to be used for the pur-
pose of founding, maintaining or aid
ing by appropriation payment for
services, expenses or otherwise, any
church, religious denomination or re-
ligious society, or any institution,
society or undertaking which is wholly
or in part under sectarian or ecclesias-
tical control.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
CA. r. Pres by terian.)

TO be Christian ut home is to have
the whole daily life softened and sweet
ened by the spirit of the gospel, the
countenence made more cheerful, the
step lighter, the voice more tender,
sharp and bitter words suppressed un-
til they no longer come to the lips, all
indicating Il purified and softened
heart. The spirit of the gospel applied
to the daily life is aspirit of gentleness
and patience. And because of the
vexations aud little trials of even the
best homes the graces eed to he in
constant exercise. If they only had
their perfect work how different our
homes would be! For peace and rest
of soul they would be forefastes of that
rest that remaneth. And the re-
straints of religion would be lost sight
Of in the happiness that is brought.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE,

Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire, the ia
nous French scholar and politician,
who recently entered on his ninetieth
year full of physical and intellectual
vigor, has been telling the inevitable
interviewer how it is his days have
been so long in the land. It is, we are
told, the effect of strict adherence to
the old precept, early to bed and
early to rise," with steady work dur
ing waking hours.
Every grand old man seems to have
a secret of his own. Mr.. Gladstone,
we believe, attributes his longevity
to his habit of taking Dolly walk Iii
all weathers and to his giving thirty
two bites to every morsel of food. Oil
yer Wendell Holmes pinned his faith
on equability Of temperature. The
late Major Knox Holmes swore by
the tricycle., which, in the end, was
the cause of his death. DR.. P. II.
Van der Weyde, an America octog..
enarian, not long ago offered himself
las an example of the benign iutiu-
ence of the study and practice OF mu-
sic.n
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81 Tried 10 Beat. Anyway"

One of the beautiful days we had
Turing the past October, as turned a
'orner in our quiet village, [ came
ipon a group of boys. They were ar
ranging a foOt-race between two five
year old boys. One, who bore the
name of Willie, was slight little fell
low, all muscle and no meat, while
the other was solid little round-faced
child, and bore the name of Ray.
Not that he was anything like ray
of sunlight, still that was the name
his mother gave him. and so we will
call him. Ray and Willie were pitted
for race to the next street corner,
and at the signal from the starter
Willie sprung as though he was hung
on wires. while Ray moved off like a
log rolling up hill. Of Course Willie
was at the corner by the time Ray
had got his fat body one-half the dis
tance, but still lie kept on and never
stopped until he had touched the cor
ner he had started for, and then after
could be heard, he called out II
tried to beat, anyway''-and he walked
manfully away. [ bad watched the
race, and after hearing Rays cheering
words, said to myself: "Here is a
lesson for me-" II tried to beat, any
way" Many times we never try.
And five do try and fail, we too often
sit down and cry, faint-hearied and
discouraged. Such pluck as Ray pos
sesseJ, governed by principle of
right, is the kind that all boys, as we'll
a. all men, should possess, to make
life success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Late SupDerS.

The old tradition that to eat any
thing lust before going to bed was
sure to produce indigestion and ren-
der sleep impossible is now happily
exploded. 1t is not good. as matter
of fact, to go to bed with the stomach
50 loaded that the undigested food
should render one restless, but some
thing of a light, palatable nature in
the stomach is one of the best aids to
uuietude and rest in bed. The process
Uf digestion goes OH in sleep with as
much regularity as when one is TAX
ing violent exercise to aid it, and so
something in the stomach is very de-
sirable condition for the nights rest.
Some physicians have declared, in-
deed, that a good deal of the prevalent
insomnia is the result Of unconscious
craving of the stomach for food in per-
sons who have been unduly frighten-
ed by the opinion that they must not
eat before going to bed, or who have,
like many nervous women, been Keep
ing themselves in a state of semi-star-
walton.
Nothing is more agreeable on retir-
ing for the night than to take a bowl
of hot broth, like like oatmeal cruel
or clam soup. 1t is positive aid to
nervous people, and induces peaceful
slumbers. This is especially the case
on cold winter nights, when the stom-
ach Graves warmth as much as any
other part of the body. Even a glass
of hot milk is grateful to the palate on
such occasions, but light, well-cook-
ed Cruel is better, and, in our climate
during the cold months of winter,
should be the retiring food of every
woman who feels, as so many do,
the need Of food at night.-Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13

Thy will be done. This is the pray
or of every Christian. 1t is a lesson
of lifetime 1t cannot he learned too
soon. So we must keep repeating it
from day to day and from year to
year. Every repetition ought to deep
en- the impression made upon the
heart, that Gods will, not ours, is the
thing to be done. Many time we
say, "Thy will be done on earth as it
ia heaven" when we don't really
mean it or understand fully what it
means. How cheerfully those parents
said in their morning prayer. "Thy
will be DONE" At evening time,
when q loved one has been taken
away, how hard to feel submission to
the very thing they prayed for in the
morning! "ThY will be done" is cas-
ily said when everything is bright and
cheerful in all our relations in the
world but when the beautiful flower
is taken to bloom in a better land, far
from the disturbing winds and storms
of this life, it is hard to say, "The
Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken
away, blessed be the name of the
Lord" But to say it in faith shows
the Christian spirit that is childlike.
There is trust in Gods wisdom and
goodness and love expressed in this
that is most honoring to him, and full
of solace to bleeding heart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
Religion In Politics.

In a recent issue Of the American
Journal of Politics, Henry Randall
Waite discussed "Religion carried
into Politics." Among other things
he said: "The representatives of rel-
gion are beginning to understand that
a chief cause of their inability to reach
the masses is because they have
sought to do the reaching too much 10y
talk and too little by hand. That Il
drowning man will reject the Beati-
tudes in favor of Il rope, that Il starry
ing man will prefer bread to confess
sion of faith, and that one homeless or
overborne by calamities will welcome
the hand-clasp of u sympathetic ana
helpful tellOw-man more readily than
Scripture texts. ought never to have
needed demonstration. AS the found
or of Christianity ministered to bodily
us well as spiritual needs, Interested
himself in the betterment of temporal
us we'll as provision for eternal condi-
tons, and sought to introduce into hui
man society divine ideas, it would
seem that these things should he SO
undeniably among the chief concerns
of his nineteenth century disciples as
to SECURE for them due attention with
out question:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
(ChriStian Standard.)

If your preacher is not up to the
measure of the stature of your ideal !:
if he is not so elegant as Robertson, or
so entertaing as Beecher, or so elo.
quent as b: onks; if he lacks sonIew hat
on the social side, and is a little slow
in making friends, the poorest of all
remedies is criticism or cen>ure. For
all ordinary ministerial fallings, an
ounce of corporation is worth a pound
of criticism; gill of sympathy more
than a gallon Of censure. Any sin
cere man of ordinary talents can be
made into efficient, successful pastor
by Il congregation, and any man, how
ever good and gifted, can be made a
failure by the congregation. \ con-
gregation may he known by the sort
of pastors it makes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
The Origin Of II.

The practice of kissing upon the
the lips originated with the Romans.
II is said that when drinking of alco--
holic liquors became very general
amongst them, they became alarmed,
and passed stringent repressire laws.
Drunkenness in wife was punishable
by death, and it became customary OF
men who suspected their wives of in
diligence in the forbidden drinking
custom to salute them with kiss
upon the lips; this kiss was not
prompted by affection, as are kisses
on the lips in these more sentimental
times, but by suspicion. If liquor was
smelt by the husband, he enacted the
full penalty from the offender, an |
severe chastisement, and sometimes
death, was meted out.
If all the men whose loathsome
breath has to be endured by wives, in
these days, had TO be severely chastis-
ed for their drinking, whipping post
would be needed for every neighbor-
hood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
(Christian Herald.)

Let us take time for the good bye
kiss. We shall go to the days work
with a sweeter spirit for it. Let US
take time to speak kind words to those
We love. BY and by, when they no
no longer hear us, our foolishness will
seem more wise than our best wisdom.
Let US take time to be pleasant. The
small courtesies which we often omit
because they are small will some day
look larger to us than the wealth we
have coveted or the fame for which we
have struggled. Let us take time to
geS acquainted with our families. The
wealth you are accumulating may be
. doubtful blessing to the sou who is Il
stranger to you. Your beautifully
kept house, busy mother. can never
he home 10 the daughter whom you
have no time to caresS.