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RELIGIOUS READING.
THE SENSE OF SIN.

What strange, subtle, inextinguishable
thing 1t is-man's sense Of sin! How keen,
how just, its distinctions how prompt and
sure its judgements; how sharp and bitter its
punshments! It is quick in the child before
the little mind and heart have been trained
to the first and simplest Of ethics; and the
gray-haired man, who has tested every ex-
perience life has to offer, perhaps in defiance
Of principle or virtue, cannot throw OIL that
clInging, accusing consciousness Of sin In
thought or deed.
How INSIGNIFICANT is the universatility and
persistence of this thing we call conscience!
1t means that there is, somewhere in the uni
verse, a clear note, like the tone of the key
bell in chime, to which all must correspond
a note of Right, far-sounding, sweet perpet-
ual. At the heart Of it all, this medley and
discord and jangle of life, sounds the key
note OF truth And this truth Is not mere
chance harmony OF visible things, but deep
spiritual principle. underlying all, breathing
out into all, unifying and pervading all. 1t
is the mind and will and thought of God.
Everything that is in accord with that per-
sonal will is right Everything that works
against it IS wrong. The simeon
sciousness is the consciousness OF en-
nifty with God. Its present and future
and eternal punishment is that it antago-
nizes the universal order, and lives in its own
little reckless and unordered chaos.
The whole world and the whole race are
permeated with this knowledge Of right and
wrong. It is born in man like sixth and
inner sense. He may fight against it {; he may
weave all sorts of sophistries between it
and the eye of mental discernment; he may
outrage and defy and deny it, but it shall
hold him relentlessly to the never-ending end.
We cannot annihilate conscience any more
than we can annihilate personality. AS long
ill 49, al II
sistent tone Of Right-either In condemning
discord with its own will, or as the sweet
eternal note to which its personal life is
KEYED.
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The Cornell station says that the in.

The Cornell station says that the in.
sect can probably be kept in check by
Paris green, if used at the rate of one
pound to two hundred gallons of water.
The first application, which may be
effectively combined with the Bor.
deaux mixture for the apple-scab fun.
gus, should be made as soon as the lit
tie cases are seen on the opening buds.
A second. and perhaps third, appli.
cation may be necessary at intervals
of from four to seven days on badly
infested trees. These sprayings will
also check the bud-moth. 1t has been
also found in Canada that kerosene
emulsion spray applied at the same
time as directed for Paris green is a
still more effective check upon the
case-bearer, and will probably be so
on the bud-moth. In pear orchards
this insect and the Psylla can be
checked by spray of the same emul.
sion when the leaves are opening. 1t
should be remembered that fruit tree
ought never to be ,sprayed when in
blossom, and that success in any case
will depend almost entirely upon the
thoroughness with which the work Is
done,
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If there is any lesson of more Importance
than another to young man and woman Of
this tasteful and wasteful age, it is the lesson
of the true relation OF place and fitness.
Everywhere and in all things consider first
personal worth. Whether in religion, In
business, in education, in professional life. or
in social life, seek first the solid.genuine, no
BILE qualities which entitle one to respect and
honor. Never mind the emolument or the
place Do not think about them certainly
do not give them preference in your though
These things will surely follow If you de-
serve them. And if you aspire to and snatch
at them without desert, they will just as
surely escape and defy you. Aim first to be
fit for the honors and responsibilities OF life.
Then, il you are truly worthy, you will
not need to sigh and struggle and
madly grasp for these things. They will
come to you as easily and naturally as beauty
and fragrance come to the flower in its un-
folding. The truly great men and women
of the world are they who havetoiled humbly
and patiently, waited without repining,
hoped without ceasns. striving always not
to grasp, but to gain the prizes and honors
of life And their reward has come when 1t
came, with all the richness and stability of
the good which falls to the lot of true desert.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

To bear is to conquer our faith. p.
Life is half spent before We know
what it is.
Self love is not so great sin as SELF
forgetting.
He who hath most of heart knows
most of sorrow.
Night brings out stars as sorrow
shows US truths.
Rigid justice toward men is the
greatest injustice.
One-half the world knows not how
the other half lives.
Everyone complains of his memory
and none of his judgment.
Who hath not known ll.fortune
never knew himself or his own ma
ture.
He who is most slow in making
promise is most faithful in its per-
formance.
Long is the night to him who is
awake; long is mile to him who Is
tired; long is a life to the foolish.
There is very little influence where
there is not great sympathy. Hence
we are seldom Influenced much by
those who are our seniors in age.
Let wise man blow off the impuri-
ties of his self, as smith blows of
the impurities of silver, one by one,
little by little and from time to
time. g..
Never hold anyone by the button or
the hand in order to be heard out;
for if people are unwilling to hear
you, you had better hold your tongue
than them.
Look not mournfully into the past;
it comes not back again. Wisely i'm
prove the present; it is thine. Go
forth to meet the shsdowy future with
out fear and with a manly heart.
He that wants good sense is un-
happy in having learning, for he has
thereby only more ways Of exposing
himself; and he that has sense knows
that learning is not knowledge, but
rather the art of using it.
As the lily will grow full of sweet
perfume and delight upon a heap OF
rubbish, thus the disciple of the truly
enlightened shines forth by his wis
dom among those who are like rub
blsh among the people that walk in
darkness. -..'
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A SIN Or DUTY.

Everything is either a sin or duty. It is
we'll 10 have the truth put sharply sometimes.
It is necessary that our callousness be
pricked. and our easy-going laziness over
turned. Shocks are wholesome. Nothing
is morally Indifferent. We are doing or
avoiding some minute point of Gods viii all
the time. The guilt Of our disobedienee is
lessened or removed If We are more or less
necessarily unaware what that will is. But
the fact remains that the will divine was not
done. Few people have their power OF spir-
itual discernment sufficiently cultivated to
note the little deviatlons. Few are In close
enough touch with God to apprehend in
small matters what He would have them do.
Nevertheless it is possible to attain very great
proficiency in this matter. To continually
increase ones proficiency is duty OF large
marnitlie
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EARLY FLOWING FOR WINTER WHEAT.

EARL4 fION1SG EOh N1N1ch NhCA4s
Most winter wheat now is sown after
some spring grain, as the price OF
wheat has for years been too low to
warrant keeping the land in use two
years for one crop. But the earlier
The land car be plowed after the
spring grain is of the better will be
its condition for fall seeding. The
barley crop ripens in July, and some.
times so early that it can be got off
and the ground plowed before the
month closes. That leaves six to seven
weeks for surface cultivation and COM
pacting the seed bed before wheat
sowing time. After the plowing every
light shower sinks into the mellow
soil and is retained by it. So long as
the land is unplowed the rains do lit.
tie good, as the water remains near
the surface aad is soon evaporated.
The longer after harvest the plowing
is delayed the harder Will the plowing
be. The weeds which always spring
up among grain suck the moisture
from the soil after harvest, and make
it very hard to plow.-Boston Guilt.
yator.
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WORKING FOR GOOD.

When we have a willing mind, everything
good and beautiful and true, conspires to
help Us. All nature then becomes pervaded
with diviner beauty, and wesee God every
where present in the advancing or recedipS
year. He smiles upon US in the sunrise or
sunset. He seems to hold US In His embrac-
ing arms in the long summer days. Our life
then grows more full Of God. AL its
events lave providential meaning. None
arrive by blind chance or stern neces-
sity. Our friends come to us from God;
when they leave us, they so to Him. Thus,
having nothing, we possess all things. In
one sense, nothing is ours; in another, all
things are ours. OF ourselves and by our
selves we are nothing. but in God we have
all things For all things are tending inev-.
itably toward that great eonsummation OF
being which we desire. All things are work
ing together for good whi.e we love God
James Freeman Clarke.
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Sir Roberts Hat.

The following story is told to ac-
count for the late Sir Robert Peel's
habit of wearing his hat ut rakish
angle: Sir Robert, while on board a
steamboat III Table Bay many years
ago, jumped overheard to save a
drowning man, aud was struck on the
mead by one of the paddle-wheels.
The blow left wound on one side of
his head, and thereafter Sir Robert
could never bear the weight of any
thing upon the scar, which he car
RED to the end of his life. San Fran
DISCO Chronicle.
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THINGS NEEDFCL.

For every need of the spiritual life this Is
the one thing needful the Holy Spirit. All
the fuluess is in Jesus: the fulness OF grace
aud truth. t o: which we receive grace for
grace. II we but yield ourselves entirely to
the disposal OF the spirit, and let him have
his way with us. he will manifest the life OF
Christ within US. He will do this with divine
power maintaining the life of Christ in US In
uninterrupted continuity. Surely If there
is one prayer that should draw US to the
Fathers throne and keep US there it is this
lor the Holy Spirit, whom We as children have
received,to stream into us and out from US 10
greater fulness.-Andrew Murray.
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Queer Obstruction to Ira flc.

An army Of potato bugs. having finished
their seasons work among the Long Island
farmers. have recently swarmel on the tracks
os the Long Island Railroad in such num-
bers as to impede traffic. On a recent dayil
took one train twenty minutes to so three
miles. Brooms are now being attached tc
the COW catchers of the locomotives in such
a manner as to sweep the rails, and the ex
ncriment Is said to work well.
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To lie a. work, to do things for the world
to turn the currents Of things about US ut our
will. to make our existence a positive e!e.
ncnt, even though it be no bigger than
lIve-tha; Is a new JOY Of which the idle man
knows no more thau the mole knows of sun
shine. or tie serpent OF the eagles triumph
ant flight into the upper air. The man who
knows, inieel, what it il to act 10 work,
""i"- "ut This alone is to live. Phillips
Hrdnl.s
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a Plague of Catcrnillars.

Caterliilars arc plaguing cities. towns and
villages all over the eastern part Of the
country. stripping the foliage from the shade
trees along the streets and making havoc in
the parks. New York City and Brooklyn
have had fair share of the unpleasant
pests, and the newspapers Of many towns all
the way from Maine TO South Carolina com
plain loudly Of their number anil destructive
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AGRICULTURAL.
topics OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
CRIMSON CLOVER.

Sow crimson clover, ten pounds of
seed per acre, at the last cultivating
If corn, tobacco and other hoed crops.
It will make fine catch, and can be
tut early next summer or plowed un-
Ter as green crop. Crimson clover
is a great gatherer of nitrogen from
:he air, and therefore q great aid to
cheap manure. 1t won't cost much to
give this plant a trial.-Amerlcan
kgriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-18
Killed by 4 Yellow Jacket.

. A yellow jacket stunc John H0rnrr upon
the lip while he was working in Il field on
his farm, Bellefonte, Penn. That WAS .
o'clock In the morning, AMI Immediately the
lin began to swell. Horn"r suffering awful
ran. He grew worse rapidly unit! O'CLOCK
p. n, when he expired.
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I.nther l. - Mother il.

Joseph Lavden, of Maiden, kanawEa
County, W. Va., is scrpntv-!Our years OF age.
His wife is Afty-fve. Recently Mrs Layden
gnve birth to male child.
The newcomer is the twentr-eiShth c..iid
born to Mr.. and Mrs Layden.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-11

souri,, Kansas and Texas railway. IL IN
attendance on the civil district court IN
the case OF Butler Davis vs. the Missouri
Kansas and Texas Railway company.
Mack Elliot, a defaulting states Wit,
ness In the case against Henry ;. FOX anu
Mrs A. II. Foster. reported to the court
Yesterday. He showed that he failed to
reach Houston Monday on account or
having missed a train Mt Dallas.
Hon T.. ID. Gavin yesterday issued or
ders releasing the following persons from
iail. as no indictments were found by the
grand Jury: Charles williams. Henry
Levy and Reuben Barnes, charged with
aggravated assault: Tom Moran. charged
with theft from the person, and Johh
Gibson. theft
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HOLIDAY CARNIVAL WEEK.
4 Rousing Meeting Of Business Men
Yesterday.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES READ,
Number of Attractions for visitors
Enumerated and Great EnthusIasm
Prevailed During the Session.

The members OF the Houston holiday
carnival committees mot a. tho head
quarters Of the Houston Business League
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. There
was a rousing attendance and the old
time enthusiasm manifested itself
Louis ]. Tufny presided and II. 6. La
stone served as secretary pro ,em in the
absence OF Secretary Benlsh.
Reports from the different committees
were. read and satisfactory progress &c
ported
The decoration committee announced
that many magnificent displays would be
shown and the decorating Of the city viii
be decidedly tasty and attractive.
Tho committee on music reported that
bands had been engaged ana win discourse
music day and night during the holiday
carnival
Among the leading features viii be an
electric car display. a grand military par
sde, an imposing market display on
weines Jay, Tecembcr IS, for prizes. "a
trades display with many attractive floats.
a concert and citizens ball at the Audi.
tot4um.
To judge from the enthusiasm manifest
Cd by the promoters OF the holiday carni-
val the citizens Of Houston and the visit
ors can anticipate IN entire week Of fun
and frolic.
The committees will hold another meet
iaS Thursday evening at 1850 o'clock. at
the headquarters OF the Business League.
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BOB on \ BIKE.

Rober. Fitzsimmons and c. o. LorenE
took a spln on bicycles to Harrisburg and
return yesterday afternoon. The run WAS
twelve miles and they made the trip IN
thirty-aye minutes. Mr Lorenz said 10 q
Pos reporter last evening"
"Boh FttTsimmons has not practlced for
two months Vic is "a splendid rider and
Informed me that he can 70 a Tnile 30
TWO minutes iic also says the Harris
burg road IS ona OF tho finest in the ( iun-
try and hereafter he viii go over II daily
for exercise II the bcvs are clamorng
for race my advice Is tackle the heavy
weight champion"
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LOCAL ATTACHMENTS.


qhe pretty and vivacious Cot.nne with
her art aud her brilliant jewels aui hcr
itch costumes. her mandolin ami her
graceful dances delighted two large sadt-
ences again yesterday az Shn opera house,
afternoon and G, culnL. in TIE operate eN-
trayGganza. "Hcndfick hudson, Jr.' she
has improved Wonderfully lu tue past four
years and IS seen TO great advantage ~
fhis new role. Mrs klwtDn haas succeed
ed In getting n very strong company 10
cufiier this season AMI has been faYofnp's
r.-.e ived by thc press and public wherever
the attraction has been presented.
rhcy 20 10 Galveston toduy 10 Ill two
nights euga cement
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DECLINED WITH THANKS.

". Raphael Refuses TO Serve ms Vice
President.
The sHhjo'ned communication is self-eN-
planatory,
Tc the Secretary Of the Good Government
.elrnr Houston.
Houston Texas December 1l.--Sir: |
i.arn from the proceedings q your meet
.rg. Az published this day Ia The Houston
DaNy Post. that ! was nominated and
clertsi second vice president Of vour
ic,,rfie
As was not Nrsse1, at vour meeting ard
no ono had authority TO use my name, -ou
Will please withdraw my ralne rs vice
president and member of your orsnn'Ea
tiCn. Respectfully. NJ, Raphael.
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lIOtNrL. DEAD.

Scgnln Texas, December l0--Ed Hocuel
died al a:i5 o'clock this morning. The
bail was lmhe!ded Ia his vertebrate, and no
suIg cal skill could have saved him. Though
10 expense was spared. The body was
sent to san Antonio by express this after
noon and the funeral will take place to-
morrow from 92i South Alamo street, at
IL u. M. Pan bearers: John ireland, j. T.
pibrell, j. NJ. Abbott Albert stoves, John
Albert Stoves, John Moore, Otto Mems
bach, i. o. Wclnert.
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MARIE wAINMnlGHr.

Tonight. tomorrow night and tomorrow
matinee that talented and popular actress
Marie IS Wainwright VIII he seen az Sweeney
& Ccomhs' opera house. ToniSh. she ap-
pears IN one Of har leading roles IN Tom
Taylor's ever popular coucdy. AN Re-
erual Match" Tomorrow Ut the unilue.
tie hul VIII he the "uauEl tCrs az Eve
ara tomorrow night "fur Love Chase- '
Miss WaiflH rights reputation u.s. uu =
ress H. "a eu1r4.fy vi large audiences al
n..L Lnrlnru-nn.
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Language and feeling, and deals with sew
eral Problems that are attracting much at
tcutlon at the present time. Its success
has been tho greatest attained of the year
by any society drama written IN Amer
lea. The New York Tribune Of October
q last said "Dauehters Of Eve was re-
ceiveI with vehement enthusiasm. The
situations and climaxcs arc strong. and
tifui scenery was painted expressly for
this productions the costuming II remark
ably rich.
Miss Wainwright viii appear at Sweeney
& Coomhs' opera house tonight in AN
Unequal Match" and tomorrow night IN
"l'he Love Chase"
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HMARIE WAlNMNlNimr."

Great interest attaches TO the appearance
at the opera house Thursday Afternoon o.
that delightful actress aud most attractive
womnu Marie WainWriEh'. as she Will
ihen be seen Ia her ncv' society drama,
DaughtCrs of Eve, written for her by
\; L. Laucaster and Julian Maenus,
whose admirable drama, "Conscicnoe,"
was one Of the marked successes OF no
Union square thoater IN the days OF its
greatest glory. Miss wainwright is seen
IN the dual role Of twin sisters, WHO
most dirsmilar character. The pluy Is
essentially modern and up TO date" In
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CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT.

The following cases were disposed Of
yesterday in the criminal district court.
Hon. i. D. Gavin presiding:
y c: Cox. carving pistol. passed.
Ike Thomas, theft. not guilty
=. c. Lows, forgery. not guilty.
X Il. Andrews, discrcerly house: not
guilty.
continued.
Douglass. jackson, misdemeanor theft,
continued BY agreement.
west Evans, exhibiting a game: 80 fine
and ten days IN Jail
henry Sparks, exhibiting a game; 20
hne ana ten DAYS In jail
-. IL Robinson. exhibiting a game; so
Nne and ten days In IN
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NEW yoR KDRY GOODS.

New York. December 10.--It has been n
very dun trade in all departments of the
commission house and now business was
confined to the smaller assortments, in
ai sWcr to urgent requirements. y rnoder-
ate volume OF sales MAS re1chcd when
considered collectively, though a very
much larger amount was effec e1 through
former dealings on account OF spring or
drrs. Printing cloths very dull al 3 for
hcXed squares.
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own DIsTRIcr COURT

In tho civil district court yesterday
morning. Hon. Sam II. Brashear presiding,
the argument In the suit of Mrs. Kate
J.oeffer against the Houston and Texas
central Railway company was concluded
and the jury rcspited by the court untii
p o'clock this morning, when the charge,
will b. delivered.
Butler DAVIS W.. the Missouri. Kansas
anu Icxas Railway company went to
the attention Of Tho court
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COMMISSIONERS COURT.

The commissioners court met yesterday
and adjourned for the term after the dis
position OF the following business:
me assessment of Mrs. NJ. Bernshansen
on zoo acres of land be fixed AT 500 for the
year lS,b, clerical error making IL tlI0Q.
me following bills were approved: ".
company. s5.9S: Blodgett & Carbar,r9
vi go: James Sullivan. precinct No. 2, 81 -.
Repsdorph Bros, for precinct No. T. t25 81.
for precinct No. Q. S2iz1; for precinct No.
2. $3.50 Il. A. Bolmcs $3.50: ID. Dowtl.l
81; Deaiy & Baker, sle25. John Farmer,
90 cents; Dumble, Armistead & Cronan,
So.SS; Stadtler q Lucas, $1,000, II. H.
Rice, 81.
1t was ordered thar tho iron fence
around the court house square be- removed
and the same be conveyed TO the prnntpes
OF the new county jail site.
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WOOL.


Prices paid by receivers:
DRY flint, selected.
Dry salt. .........,......... D o.
sytNt shltls Az
" oo-Quotatiors strictly nominal.
Twelve months. medium. 8
Twelve months, fine -. -. ......
sig months lg2c less.
IallcW--
Primo ..... Observation-Disclosures. SIG 3k
Beoywax-
Good run. :. :. .... =. =. E. .... q O.
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OUR CfItLD.

A sft from Heavcn--our JOY and stay
She grew in beauty day by day.
Aud oft We sought with all things fair
Her gentle presence to compare:
And loved her more, rs time revealed
'rh" worth her modesty concealed;
So thoughtful, true ard undecided
From maid to matron, still our child.
So like the passing OF dream
Was her sweet life. she'n ever seem
chaugcd-a child upon my knee.
Wuh loving arms embracing me;
4 morning star. whose lingering ray
Made beautiful the dawn of day,
Then melted into light away
-'lenry $ Washburn In the Boston Even
irg Transcript
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wANTEp Ar YoAKUM.

Special Officer GIN Ellison yesterday
received a telegram from c. II. Jordon.
constable at Yoal,um, instruetns nun 20
hold Bruno Webster, who was arrested
by that officer a few days ago on susple-
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Latmore Chapman. an aged coloreu mar
was found dead yesterday morning AZ nus
homo. corner of Dallas avenue ana 1--we
oak street death being from natural
causes. The body was taken In charse ny
Ross & Wright