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BY our1s RLANQuE, ESQ.

/ wonder what the letters mean?
I wonder If they show
That some are stationed high in life,
And some are standing low?
If yea, / wonder tghich they mark?
! cannot tell-can your
Whether tits honor or disgrace
To be an Esq.
'Tis true that in another land
They do a meaning own,
And note the faintest ray that's shot
From the scintillant throne;
But. sending for boOt-black here,
cannot teil-can youS-
Why should, ,would, could, ought 10 write
Sam JonsOn, Esq"
And writing to a man of parts,
Whose claims TO honor flow
From mighty deeds or stirring words,
What do the letters show?
That they will luster cast on him
| cannot think-can yOu?-
We nothing add, sir, though we write
Addendum: " Esq"
s But we must some distinction maker
Indeedi 'Tis very right;
But quite as easy for the blind
To tell the dark from light.
What court shall sit upon the claims?
WOULD not udTt--N Outu y Ou
Say who shall be a simple MAN,
And who an Esq.
II thou would'st challenge mems respect,
So labor that thy name
Nav glisten with an inbOrn light
Upon the scroll of fame;
Our verv schOolboys, sir, would laugh
And so, think, would YOU
Ger " Commentaries, written by
J. Caesar, ESQ"
really wonder men of rank,
And men of genius, too,
Don't drop forever, and at once,
The senseless Esq.
See, gentlemen, We naneless folk
Are aping after yOu;
marvel that yOu still will use
Plebeian Esq.
| m no reformer; wOuld not choose
To make myself a mark
Tor Customs arrows, while her curs
In stupid chorus bark;
Follow the fashion, ii you please-
IL may be meat for you
But let mo shoot for rarer game
Than common Esq.
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Irreligion in China.

NJ, Hue states the population of the
Chinese Empire to be BOG, 0,000, 600; and
estimates the number of Christians 70
be 100000 The Christian religion is
persecuted In China, not on account
Of its creed, but because the govern
ment slpposes that those nations who
take 80 much trouble To Introduce
Christianity into China do so with
view to the ultimate overthrow Of it,
political character. The Chinese, In
deed, are materlallsts, and care little
or nothing for creeds or systems. Be
yond few superstitiOus obseryances
relics, perhaps, of forgotten reli-
gious belief-and the mere forms Of
official worship, there seems to be lit-
tie of religion in China. H4'he En-
peror Tao-koD-Gng, some time before
his ASCENSION Ia the throne, addressed
10 the peoplea proclamation, in which
he passed in review all the religions
Known in the empire--Christiapity m
cluded-and came ct last to the con-
cIilsiOn that Shey We're all false, and
that one Would do well to despisa
them altogether" In TaYtaFy and
Thihet, ON the contrary, the mass Of
the peopie seem sincerely attached to
the Worship of Buddah; and many of
the llamas are deyout and self-sacri
fieing. The younger sons all become
I.amas. Whatever of moral religion
exists in China is due e the works of
Confueius; bgt this, according to NJ,
Hue, i laueh more theoretical than
practical. His teachings, intended
for the learned, appear to have de-
stroyed the ancient religion, without
giving anything to supply its place
with the masses; or, indeed, leaVlng
any religious faith (ia any CLASSY upon
which bis lie8ectiod theory can be
grated.
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Greeian bend. Eff my daughters ever
go to wearin' 'em-"
"No, no." said she, "they are
panniers."
Well'' said I, "panniers or fran
chise, or whatever 700 call 'em, am
opposed to 'em. They are unnatural
and humpty. They degrade the
human form into likeness OF a camel,
and bring lovely women down on all
fours like eat"
"Then," said she, "cOme with me,
and we viii emancipate women from
the slavery of dress"
"No," said |, with severity, 81
hev no wish TO take the close away
from any woman. Wimmen without
close would be a sad spectacle, partic-
ularly in winter, when the bowling
blasts prevail. Who are you, any
way?'' | asked of my visitor.
Il am a Pilgrim" she said. :"
belong to the AgitatOF, a nOOspaper
devoted to the caws of female suffrage
in Chicago"
"Well," said | calmy, "the VIM
min in Chicago need something of
this sort. Where them that air
married never no on goin' to bed at
night but what on wakin' up in the
mOrnin' they may be divorced, and
them amt married spend their time
in bettin' how many times they can
be married and divorced within a
month. The wimmin of Chicago
need agitatin' powerfully. Keep a
stirrin' on 'em up, if you please. The
more you agitate, the better for 'em."
With these words arose, and tell
ing her to set still until my return,
stole softly down stairs. / have not
been back since. What viii be the
effect of leavin' Il femail agitatOr
sittin' in my seat the whole of this
time no not, but if she waits until
go back her patience will be of east
iron.
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PuhIias SentuIus' Description of
Christ

By request of MANY Readers" we
reproduce the description of Christ at
tributed to Publius Sentulus. He
wrote: "There lives at this time in
Judea q man of singular virtue, whose
name is Jesus Christ, whom the bar
barians esteem as a prophet, but his
followers love and adore him as the
offspring of the immortal God. He
calls back the dead from their graves
and heals all sorts of diseases with a
word or a touch. He is a tall man,
and well shaped; of an amiable and
reverend aspect; his hair of a color
that can hardly be matched, falling
into graceful eurls, waving about and
very agreeabIy erouehing upon his
shoulders, parted ON the crown of the
head, running as a stream to the front,
after the manner of the Nazarites.
His forehead high, large and impos-
ing; his cheeks without spot or wrin-
kle, beautiful with lovely red. His
nose and mouth formed with exqui-
site symmetry; his beard thick and Of
a color suitable to the hair, and part
ing in the middle like fork; his eyes
bright blue, clear and serene; look,
innocent, dignified, manly and ma
ture. In proportion of body, most
perfect and captivating; his hands and
arms most delectable to behold. He
rebukes with majesty, eounsels with
mildness; his whole address, whether
in word or deed, being eloquent and
grave. No man has seen him laugh,
yet his manners are exceedingly
pleasant; but he has wept frequently
in the presence of men. He is tenn
perate, modest and wise. A man, for
his extraordinary beauty and divine
perfeetions, surprising the children OF
men in every sense"
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How to do il.

Let ten eongenial men, remarks the
Cincinnati Times, with their eongenial
families, purchase one hundred acres,
more or less, midway between any
two stations on either of cur railways,
at a convenient distance, then sub
divide it into five or ten acre lots, to
be apportioned according to their COM
parafive values. Then build neat cot
tages upon these lots, and move home.
What would be the result? In
the first place the settlement
would have a station for its ac-
commodation. In the second place,
the land would be worth three times
what was paid for it, with the pros
pect ofits rising to five fold its cost by
the increase of population around it.
The certainty of making $1,000 out
of $1,000 in the land, with the pros
pect of 5000, is worth the atten--
ton of persons with limited
means. TO accomplish this re-
suit, let ten or more persons as
sociate together under an ar
rangement to set apart a certain por-
ton of their wages or salaries Ior the
purpose. Probably two=thirois OF them
would In ten years be worth SlO,U0
each, against nothing without such
encouragement. Is it not worth try
ing? Nothing can be lost by It, since
sufficient checks can be devised to
prevent loss by unfaithful agents.
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The Russian CLERGY.

We copy aS follows from the Russian
correspondent Of the New York
U0rld. "There had always been a
tendency among the Russian clergy
10 become caste, but this tendency
was made into a law by Peter the
Great. bv this decree tie wives and
children OF priests, deaeOns aud other
church servitOrs belonged TO tile cler-
ical condition, from which it was very
difficult 60 leave. In consequence, all
the sons of a priest becgme priests or
monks; the sons OF a reader, readers,
etc. The daughters married only dea-
cons, Hence a place in the church be-
came an inheritance, and deacon
could not find a place unless he mar
ried the daughter of some priest where
there was a vacancy, for this was con-
sidered the daughters doWry. In
Of the death of priest with poor
family, IL was thought that the place
must Of right he given to some one
who would marry one Ofthe daughters.
The natural consequence We crop
of unhappy marriages, and a great
degradation of the clergy, till now in
the villages they are despised by the
land owners, and not respected by
peasants. They are generally poor,
with large families, and have to work
like the rest Of the peasants for their
living. 4 new law has just been pub
lished, by which the children of the
clergy VIII no longer belong to the
clerical condition. The children OF
priests and deacOns are given the same
privileges as the children Of personar
mobiles, and those Of the church servi-
tors as the children of honorary citil
zens. Ifthey do not choose 10 cnte1
the church, they may enter the civil
or military service Of the Government,
or may engage In trade or pommeroe
OF private empl0yments, But, with
due regard for vested interests, they
are allowed to profit by ali the funds
and institutions which are for the use
Of the-sons Of the clergy. This atonot
| clears the church Of multitude oi
useless men who only studied theology
because they had to, and will dOutless
raise the standard of the clergy, tl
which end Improvement IN the semi
narIes and charges In the parish or.
/ CARNATIONS are also contributing
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that he noticed its import; and then,
laying it down, he said: at is true,
brethren, I ride in my carriage; but
if the author of this notice will appear
at the door at the conclusion Of the
service, saddled and bridled, / will do
my best TO ride him home"
The following verses express a
standing complaint with the women:
Obi by the dear memory of the days that
were
So beautiful in all that made life glad
Dost mind-in all which you and went
share:
Give me thy hand-thus; now, why are
you sad?
Has Algy been less kind, or Charlie cruel,
AT Carry's dance, because OF that new
fame?
Sure Charlie cannot care for Kitty Newall,
And Algy-why, you knows just the
same.
&" No, not" What then' Come tell your
own fond Flo"
" Put down your head, then" '' No, no
ones in sight -
&c Yes, yesl Well, then, if you must real
ly know
The 'Velveteen's come home, snd-'ris
too tightr'
The stern lessons of morality,
and even the sublime truths of re-
ligion, may be rigidly impressed upon
the minds of the young, and may, in
after life, reeur from time to time as
mere matter of remembrance; but
many must have experienced how
different is the impression when they
recur in close association with
fathers affection and mothers ten
derness; with the lively recollection
of home where the kindest sympa-
thies of the human heart shed around
the domestic circleal that is lovely in
habitually pointed the way TO Il life
which is TO come.
The following ode to the organ
grinders is going the rounds:
" Eternal Rome! who sat on seven hills,
Big with vast conquest and amhition's
lust,
Sent fotth legions thick a. Egypt's ills.
To grind opposing nations to the dust.
" And Rome still stands, immortal and
sublime.
Morris there city where ye may not
Her legion nos, as in the ancient time;
They still go forth, their mission still TO
grind!"
Men would give gold sometimes
to buy back a passionate word; but
we know of nothing that so destroys
unity, as the exchange Of evil Ian
guage, especially in the moment OF
strife. How much more to be CEN
sured is the deliberate printing of OPP
probrious epithets and ribald abuse in
the public press, where there is ample
to modify and soften even the asperi-
ties of political strife. 1t is bad
heart which supplies ink for newspa-
per personalities,
How prophetic, as well as historical
and satirical, was Shakespeare upon
waterfalls) when he made BassaniO
say:
$50 are these crisped, snaky, golden
locks,
Which make such wanton gambols with
the wind,
Upon supposed fairness, often known
To be tho dowry of a second head,
The skull that bred them in the sepul-
chre."
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A French Officer Killed by Lightning.

The Academy Of Sciences of Paris
has received the following particulars
Of an accident caused by lightning at
the camp of Chalons: Capt. LacrOix,
the officer who was killed on the Occa-
sion alluded to, inhabited q tent striped
blue and white. The rain was falling
in torrents at the moment the electric
fluid struck; although the Captains
death was only discovered the morn
ing after, there could be no mistake as
to the time or cause of death, the viO-
lence of the shock having been more
or less felt by the whole battalion.
The victim was alone in his tent; when
his orderly entered in the morning he
found his master lying on the ground,
face upward, cOnVulsNely holding a
metal candlestick in his right hand
and pressed against his breast. The
ground bore marks of the Captains
having pirOuetted or spun round be-
fore falling, while attempting to move
toward the entrance. He wore his
uniform trousers, plain paletOt, and
his treble-laced kept. From the pole
of the tent there hung fOwling piece
in case and a saber; the pole was
rather distant from the bed, and none
of these metal arms seemed to have
been touched by the fluid. The tent
was closed, and the opening buekled
both outside and inside. The two iron
bolts by which the pole was fixed To
the ridge-piece that supported the can
vas roof had a piece of leather under
them. One Of these pieces was lacer-
ated, and from this point long line,
about half an inch in breadth, might
be traced along the blue stripes, the
color of which was completely de-
stroyed. This line descended in a
slight zigzag, to point where it met
one OF the seams, which it followed
for the space OF about a foot and half,
and then suddenly started Off to one
of the buckles, where it made hole.
Two other perforatiOns were found,
one answering to the leather thong
fitting into the buckle, and the other
to the fellow of the former inside the
tent. The outer buckle was found out
side at distance of twenty PAGES.
Three burns on the Captains forehead,
seem TO answer to these three holes.
His kept was burnt of, the gold lace
undone; his watch had stopped at
fifty-three minutes past seven, and a
beginning of fusion was marked on it.
The purse had not been touched; the
paletot, shirt and upper part of the
trousers were burnt along 2 line
marked on the body, and ON which a
wound was found, having the shape
and size Of the buckle found twenty
PAGES of.
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AUGUST DAYS.

Oh, working WOrldl while rest is sweet,
And ease a welcome conner,
Only your bllthest songs are meet
For the queen month of summer.
And while her plenfeous harvest bless
And crown the year together,
/ sing the month Of idleness,
The pleasant August weather.
For her the others toll and spin,
Her boundeu treasure-heapers,
Till all the wealth IS gathered in
And ready for the reapers;-
TIL like the lilies fair to yiew
She sits in covert shady.
With nothing in The world to 10
Bat play the royal lady.
And scatter with a lavish hand
The largess they have brought her;
For fair aud fruitIul IS the land
OF tie suns iaSorite laughter!
These are the days that reign in right
or r0yal pride and beauty,
That owe the world no tribute light
OF soher working duty.
These are The nights that lie awake
To pleasant sounds To listen.
And with Their open Beauty make
The star-eyed heavens glisten.
We faint upon The dusty ways,
We pause amid the rolling,
Then hail the August holidays,
The yearly disenthrailingi
From crowded streets the dwellers wind.
(The gentle clouds have pity
on that wan sufferer left behind,
The poor sun-stricken cityD
Far from the striving and the din
They walk beside the ocean,
And drop their restless lives within
That mighty rest ia motion,
The world has come up to your doors.
oh, holy mountain placesl
Her feet are ON your silent HoOrs;
And where the tangled traces
or rocky woodland paths betray
Some tinY grotto hidden,
The native fairies shrink away
From guests that come unbidden.
Fair are the cOuntry's quiet hooks,
And sweet the clover meadows;
Our lives are like the shrunkcn brooks
That creep into the shadows.
Wen let the mill-wheels stand awhile,
And well go down with dances,
Down by ourselves 10 sit and smile
At our own idle fancies.
Sing 20 ourselves and never mind
The care of rhythm keeping;
For who should tell it but the wind?
And soft he, too, sleeping.
Oh, sweetest grace Of carelessnessi
Oh, riot rare of learningl
How short, how sweet the dreams that
bless
The rest of honest earning!
However soon the visions melt
Beyond these valley portals,
Once in Arcadia we have dwelt,
And pipcd to the immOrtals!
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ST. LOUIS


Excitement ABOUT me oVlat ENHPSe'
ST. LOUIS, August THE weather
to-daywas perfectly clear and delight
ful. Thousands OF spectators assent
bled on the streets d view the solar
eclipse. The first external contact be-
gan at ih. 25m. 29s., and the begin
ming of the total eclipse jh. .. Us,
and the duration of the same was 2In.
56s., and after the eclipse Oh. 2lm. 5ss.
The point Of the sun first Obscured
was about I8' North Of West. Dur
the total immersion the sun was in
tensely interesting. The sky was Of Il
dark surrounding object of a copper
color. Several stars were plainly
visible. and among them Venus, Mer-
curry and Jupiter. When entirely hi
a Beautifui hint crown Of light, SUR
bounded the moon, and faint streaks
like Jets Of fame We're seen protrudlng
from the edge. During the t0lallty
the temperature was very cool.
fkOTE-FrOln some unexplained
cause the reports were delayed in Lou
isyille, and nothing further was ne
ceived up to this hour, 80 a.m.-
Rep.
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Remarkable Masonic Incident.

From the Colorado Chieftain.
The first Masonic funeral that ever
occurred in California took place in the
year 1919, and was performed over the
body Of brother found in the bay of
san Francisco. An account of the
ceremonies states that on the body of
the deceased was found silver mark
of a Mason, upon which were en-
graved the initials Of his name. A
little further investigation revealed
to the behOlder the most singular eX-
hibition of Masonic emblems that was
ever drawn by the ingenuity of man
upon the human skin. There is moth
ing in the history Of traditions of Free
Masonry equal 10 if. Beautifully dot
ted on his left arm, in red and blue
ink, which time could not efiace, ap-
peared all the emblems of the entered
apprenticeship. There We're the Holy
Bible, the square and compass, the
twenty-fOur inch gauge and common
gavel. There was also the Masonic
pavement, representing the ground
fioor of King SOlOmon's temple, the
indented tessel which surrounds it,
and the blazing star in the center. On
his right arm, and artistically eXecu-
ted in the same indelible liquid, were
the emblems pertaining to the Fellow
Gran degree, viz: the square the level
and the plumb. There were also the
five orders of architecture-the tus-
can, dOrlc, ionic, corinthian, compo-
site.
In removing the garments from his
body, the trowel presented itself, with
all the other tools Of operative Ma
sonry. Over his heart was the pot of
incense. On the other parts Of the
body were the bee hive, the 4" Book of
Constitutions" guarded by the Ty-
ler's sword; the sword pointing TO a
naked heart; the All-seeing eye; an
chOr and ark; the hour glass; the
scythe; the foFty-seVenth problem of
Euclid; the sun, moon, stars and
comets; the three steps mathematical
OF yOuth, manhood and age. Admi-
rahly executed was the weeping Vir-
gin, reclining upon a broken column,
upon which lay the Book of Consti-
tutiOns.' In her left hand she held
the pot Of incense, the Masonic en-
blem of Immortality Of the soul. I'M
mediately beneath her stood winged
Time, with his scythe by his side,
which cuts the brittle thread of life,
and the hour glass at his feet, which
II ever reminding Us that our lives
are whitening away. The withered
and attenuated fingers OF the Destroyed
Were placed amid the long and grace
fully lowing ringlets Of the disconso-
late mpurner, Thus We're the striking
emblepls of mortality beautifully
blended into one pictorial representa-
ton. II was spectacle such as Ma
sons never saw before, aud, In all prob
ability, such as the fraternity will
never witness again. The brothers
name was never known.
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perine. s. 50 to c 10. Corn s6@9Se
for ear. Oats 4jG50c. Pork SS3 90.
Bulk shoulders l4lc; sides 1870 l9c.
Hams 24c. Lard is held at l94e.
Groceries unchanged. Wheat, red,
81 28GI 30. Rye 99cSSl, Butter 25
@Soc. Eggs lac.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, August 7.-Superfine
-four Sj lO@j .. Wheat, No. ,
spring, 81 u. Corn IS to Soc. Oats
~ to 52c. Groceries unchanged. Pork
S3iG34 81. Bulk elearksides lSc. Ba-
con shoulders l54c; sides l9t9 l94c.
Hams pc. Lard l9c.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, August Flour, spring
extra, s. 1905 -. Wheat 81 81.
Corn 93G934e. Oats, new, j2l6 53c.
rye 9jk@ 97c. Barley 81 80 to | 30.
81 14G1 Is. Pork S33 IS
asa Lard lS4(al9 Hams l73G l73c.
Bulk sides l0l@ lie.
LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, August T. Heavy
bagging 23gG24c. Flour 81 50G5 90.
Corn soc. Oats 45c. Tobacco quiet;
sales Il hhds at Sc 10 to Sl5 80. Pork
S34. Bacon shoulders ice; sides 1910
l9lc. Hams 2lkG23}c. Lard l9Se.
FOREIGN.
LONDON, August 7.-COnsOls 92s 10
93J; 5-20 bonds quiet at S33; and at
Frankfort SGT to S6s.
LIVERPOOL, August COTTON a
shade firmer; sales 1900 bales; up
lands l2sd; Orleans I3G l3sd.
California white wheat los l0d; Red
Western o I'd. Western flour 24s.
European corn 2Ss Cd. Oats 81 Gd.