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NASHVILLE, TENN.
RAILROAD TINE TABLE.

4
: GOING eOUTH-Nsshvllle ana Deostur trains
lssve station on South Cherry street 81 ~ w Il
and I 80 p. Il. No train Sunday morning.
Accommodation - 80 p. ~, (goes 70 Oofu1nplAf-
Trains arrive 81 80 A. = and 500 r. n. Accom-
mediation at e:0g A n.
Louisville and Nnshvfiie HafireAds
INAvE-
raehviIIe :. $50 A. n, 400 P. n and 10:20 p. n.
Louisville. "a 80 N, $3.50 A N. and b:15 ?. NJ
ARRIVE.
Nashville. " 3:a5 A. NJ, ss06 A. N. and 40 p. NJ.
Louisville &c A. n, 40 p. NJ. and io:l5 p. n.
Coach on freight train leaves Nashville st 80 p.
n and arrives &C Gallstin at 0 ID r n. every day
except Sunday.
EdgefieId and Kentucky n. Re
Lesve Nashville. 80 80 A N. and 80 p. n
Arrive at Nashville 80 A. n. and S so P. n
Nashville and Northwestern Rail-
road
Passenger train leaves Nashville i 30 P. NJ
Accommodation leaves Nashyille :. s. 80 P. n.
Passenger train arrives at Nashville. A. N.
Accommodation arrives at Nashville. GOO A. NJ
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southern Bond. I'm New York.
SECOND BOARD.

The sales of Southern bonds at the New
York Stock Exchange on the 2lst inst,
were as follows:
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D. B. HICKS is selling the cheapest and
best ice chest and refrigerator in the city.
Every family should have one that wants
cold milk, butter, etc.
He also sells the best lake ice chez to
keep them cold. Bank Alley, between
College and Cherry streets maj if
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New Advertisements.

OLD papers, for wrapping, in quantities tc
suit, can be had at this Office, If
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Lace points and skeleton corsets; good
for your health, constitution and pocket
Buy them of US and we will throw in a
locket. G. RICE & Co.
jun7 eod2Od
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If

We viii sell our entire stock of Summer
Dry Goods at cost.
CHAs. RICHHEIMER & Co.,
jun22 If 40 College street.
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Over FORTY years test has proven that
D. A. Fahnestock's Vermifuge cannot be
e1celled as a remedy for worms.
As a remedy for constipation and indi-
gestion, G. F. Cations Dyspepsia Remedy
cannot be excelled. jun1 deod&w1m
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Wanted-Wheat.

We want 80, 600 bushels choice White
Wheat, and $4,000 bushels choice Amber
Wheat, for which we will pay the highest
market price. NJ. A. PAREIsH & Co., 11S
South College st. junl9 eod1w
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Safe.

The Mississippi Diarrhea Cordial is a
safe remedy, purely vegetable and contains
no opiates or poisons. 1t is soothing, and
cures quietly without forcing the patient to
go to bed.
For sale everywhere. 1t
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Nashville 6 Cairo Packet Co.


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LssA sTEAmERs 80
Tyrone, John LumSdsn and Talisman
nEE OF THESE FINE STEAMERS WILL
" leave Nashville every MONDAY, wEDNEs-
DAY and FRIDAY, at ocloch P. n, taking nrss
and second-clsss passengers at
REDUCED RATES
to St Louis, Chicago, nd al points On the As-
souri, river; also to Memphis, NspoIsor, Yicks-
burg, Red river and New Orleans, and signing
through Bills Of LAding 10 al the s5ove poinhA
Freights taken to al available points on he Ar
kasisas and White rivers. En-
Eirst-CiassTtcketstc the following poinss,
including state-rooms, without meals:
10 ~ LcnlA s--..-.----..-...........u
SaAros .-.s--..--.s--.s-.-- -.--.-----....
ate1lhis. ....--. .-------..-.--------.s. 10
Seeond-ClSass Tickets 20 ne following
points:
10 81 Loala. .....-...... ...- .s.-.-..---..s
OAro. ....--- --..--...--...-............ 4
MeHpnH. -....---s-. .-..--.-- --.----.-s
Rev OfiecfG. ...----.-.. 10
The TYRONE HARN&E, Master, leaves on Mon
days.
The JOHN LOMsDEN, DGv1s, Master, leaves On
Wednesdays.
The TIiIsNAS, srsoss. Master, leaves On
Fridays
T0FfFoishi or passage sggly S on SS.Taos =
Hos Al ami a Front sfreeG
HAlSRRISON SON,
CHARLES ARTHUR,
nosI4-a Passenger Agent. .
.
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Best White French Organdy in stripes
and checks, at 37t cents.
, iun23 3t THOMPSON Bios. i KELLY.
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COMMON SCHOOL LAWS.

To School Commissioners, Clerks,
Trustees, ETC.:
We hare complied all the laws
new In force, defining che duties of
school Commissioners, County Court
Clerks, Trustees and Courts in reKa-
tiOn 20 Common schools Ira TeE,nes-
see. l.
This compilation VIII be a cOnve-
utent and complete reference for all
those entrusted i'm any way with the
administration of the school laws
of the state.
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JUsT received 1000 yards figured and
striped silk grenadines, at fifty cents, worth
S1.25 to import, at G. RICE Il Co.'s,
No. 62 College street.
june14, 1G, IS, 10, 20, &c.
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Two frst-class second-han top buggies,
a secondhand two-horse wagon, a hne
span of large work horses, and two sets of
harness, cheap for cash. Apply to Walker
& Walker, corner of Union and Cherry
streets. iun22 If
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PRICE:

p IL i g L
twenty-five Cents per Single Copy
Fifteen Dollars per Hundred.
Orders are solicited from counties
for the supply of CommissiS aers,
Clerks, etc., which will be promptly
filled, by Express or other mode of
conveyance directed Address,
UNION AND AMERICAN,
Nashville, Tenn.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-10-27

Every German soldier now has an
album containing pictures Of the French
officers and soldiers, with their uniforms
carefully delineated and colored, In
order that he may know with whom he
is dealing, by what troop he is attacked
whom he takes prisoner, and whom he
has killed. The best maps Of France
that can be procured, and plans OF the
Notifications Of Paris have been largely
distributed in the German army, and nc
pains spared to get minute information
on all subjects that may be useful.
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Work for Burglars.

A stranger in Threadneedle street,
standing in the narrow thoroughfare
shortly before ten o'clock in the morning
would have his curiosity aroused by the
number of we'll dressed men whom he
would see entering a silversmith's shop,
aud in few minutes reappearing with
small Japan boxes under their arms.
If by further chance it SO happened he
was at the same spot between five and
six o'clock in the evening, he would
probably observe the same young men
return to deposit the same Japan boxes
on the counter of the same shop.
The explanation is simple. The boxes,
which contain the unbanked securities
and cash of merchants and brokers, are
locked up for the night in the silver
smiths strong room, built in an excava.
ton of sand rock far below the surface
of the street, and upon which falls when
closed up for the night, considerable
flow Of water The merchants and bro
kers nav a rent for the use of thi,
secure depository; and acting no doub
upon this idea, Mr.. Streeter, an extcn
sive jeweler, intends to give the wealth,
possessors of costly jewels the opportu
nifty OF using his "Chatwood safe,
which is hydropneumatic envelope ant
patent water-level gauge.
This safe stands OH the floor OF hi
shop, and is open to daylight. 1t rest
upon a foundation of many details, an'
of sufficient solidity to sustain NOR
than ten times sixty tons, the weight
the safe itself, which is encased in con
crete. embedded in which is q water
chamber, connected with an apparatu
and aiE-tubes to give timely warning 9
sinister assaults. Besides this security
the safe is burglar proof, cngineer-proo
! gnnpowder, proof, chemical.proof, mine
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Report of Proceedings Of the Board
Of Supervisors at October Meet
ing, 1870.
AUDITORS OFFICE, CEDAR Co., Iowa /
Arlahnr L lS-M

October Il, 1870.
The Board met at one o'clock =. NJ,
and was called to order by the Chair
man. The following members answer.
ed to their names: Geo w Smith, ]. +
Blatler, w IL VanNess, NJ f Rigby. A
Nesbitt, Il f Campbell. Jas Wharton.
Jr., Geo WooIley, JOS. Downing, w II
Sharp, Thos, Knott, Thos. Townsend, J
Jennings, = Ferguson, & Finch, q
Moflatt.
The Chairman presented the follow
ing list of committees:
!. Roads, Bridges and Ferries
Smith, Knott and Campbell.
2. Expenses and Taxation Sharp,
Finch and Rgby.
3. CIaims:- VanNcss, Sharp and
Wharton.
4. Public Buildings and Property -
Downing, Mofiatt and Woolley.
5. School Funds and School Lands
Townsend, Blatler and Jennings.
G. Prnting:-Nesbitt, Woolley and
Finch.
I. Treasury and Treasurer's Accounts:
Downing, Townsend and NanTess.
s. Equalzation:-Fincl,, Smith and
MoiIatt.
8. Townships and Township Org aniza-
tion:-Knott, Jennings and Blatler.
10. Finance:-Nesbitt, Woolley and
Downing.
II. Miscellaneous: us:-Townsend, Cam
bell and Wharton.
Mr.. Knott moved that committee be
appointed to view a bridge constructed
by him across Rock Creek. Carried.
The Chair appointed the committee
OH Roads and Bridges as said commit
tee.
On motion of Smith, the Board adj
journed to meet Oct. Is, at 8 o'clock
a. NJ.
AUDITORS OFFICE, Oct 49, 1870.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
A quorum present.
Minutes of yesterday read and approv-
ed.
The committee to canvass the vote
polled by Cedar county on the llth inst.
made the following report, which was
adopted: abstract of can vass publish
ed last week.
Supervisor Woolley offered the fol.
lowing report, which, on motion o
Sharp, was adopted, and time extended
To the Hon Board Of Supervisors Of Cedar co.
Iowa:
Whereas there was appropriated b,
this board at its June session, 1870, tn,
sum Of S29.s3, and placed in my hand
to be expended on the county line roa,
between Muscatine ana Cedar counties
and As the past season has been unfavor
able on account of dry weather, tn
work has not yet been done, and
would respectfully ask that the time 70
completing the work and making nna
report, be extended to the first Monda,
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TRUST.

Iknow not IL dark or bright
Shall be my lot;
Ifthat wherein my hopes delight
Be blest or not.
1t may be mine to drag for years
Tolls heavy chain;
Or, day and night, my meat be tears
On bed Of pain.
Dear faces may surround my heart
With smiles and glee;
Or may dwell alone. and mirth
Be strange to me.
My bark Is waited from the strand
BY breath divine,
And on the helm there rests hand
Other than mine.
One, who has known in storm to sail,
have on board;
Above the raging Of the gale
Ihave my Lord.
He holds me when the billows smite:
shall not fall.
1fsharp. tits short; iflong. it's light;
He tempers all.
Safe to the land safe to the land!
The end is this!
And then with Him 60 hand In hand.
Far into bliss.
The Dean Of Canterbury.
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A case of pickles. family jar.
When Is iron the most ironical:
When It Is a railing.

A case OF pickles. n family jar.
When Is iron the most ironical:-
When It is railing.
How can and Irish ship reach for
eign port without Cork's-crew.
Theatres are often like workhouscs-
very "poor houses indeed.
"If you bite, I'll bite you,' as th'
pepperpod said to the boy.
Why is the letter II like a cure fol
deafness? because 1t makes tho cal
hear.
1t has been asked when rain falls
does it ever get up?" or course, In dew
time.
People who wish to lead peaceful life
should never go to balls; for hops pro-
duce a great deal of bitterness.
Well, wife, you can't say ever con-
tracted bad habits. "No, sir; you gen.
orally expand them.'
Ifyou would be pungent, be brie:
for it is with words AS with sunbeams,
the more they are condensed, the deep
er they burn.
"MethuseIah,' is the largest ofa new
grove of big trees recently explored in
Tonloume county, California. 1t Is
eighty.four feet in circumference ut the
roots
4 little girl asked her brother what
was capital punishment, and he said he
thought it was being locked up in the
cupboard with the jam and other nice
things.
1t is significant that we find passages
of Scripture written centuries ago, and
primarily applicable to events long past
which describe scenes now pass
ing, and describe them so accurately,
that 1t seems as though the words were
chosen to represent these scenes. II is
twenty five hundred years since the
prophet Isaiah uttered the following
prediction. xiv: l9-22. "They that
see thee shall narrowly look upon thee,
and consider thee, saying, Is this the
man that made the earth to tremble.
that did shake Kingdoms: That made
the world as q wilderness, and destroy
ed the cities thereof Matopened not the
house Of his prisoners? All the kings
Of the nations, cren all Of them lie in
glory, every one in his own house.
But thou art cast out Of thy grave like
an abominabls branch, and as the raj
ment of those tnat are slain, thrust
through with n sword, that go down to
the stones Of the pit; as a carcass trod-
den under feet. lnou shalt not De
joined with them in burial, because thou
hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy
people: the seed of evil doers shall never
be renowned. Prepare slaughter for
his children for the iniquity of their
fathers; that they do not rise norposess
the land, nor fill the face of the world
with cities. For | will rise up against
them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut
off from Babylon the name, and rem
nant, and son, and nephew, saith the
Lord" Fiftytive years ago, these
words were in mems mouths at the
overthrow Of the first Napoleon. The
closing verse reads like the telegram
that announced the overthrow of the
last Napoleon. "The name, and rem
nant, and son, and nephew"
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GEO. s. FOCHT, M. d.,

TOUNSEI.ING and Practicing Physician and
" Surgeon, Upton, iowa.
~ Residence on the second block east OF
the Pennsylvania House. III
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Gen. Sheridan has written letter to
friends in Washington, in which lie says
there is the same per centage Of descr-
ton and shrking from military duty In
the German and French armies ~ there
he late civil war. He speaks Of the fall
of Paris as merely n question Of time.
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THE VIRGINIA FREsHET.-Thc losses
to the railroads of Virginia by the recent
freshet were very heavy. 1t Is estima-
ted In Richmond that the Orange and
Alexandria Road was damaged half "A
million, and the South Side Road the
same sum. The James River and Kama
VIVA C-".l I" as un.,,agcu - YunIs.. VI.
million.
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Assorted sizes, kept constantly on hand a..
furnished on short notice, with Hearse, when
required. 5lyl
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DIR. H. H. MAYNARD,

DINs IL IS0LA
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Upton.
i Iowa. Office and Residence opposit" We
Buckeye House. NIB
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BUCKEYE
SIuvi1l0 & Hair cutting

SAL&J&JN. 49,
ID CONWAY wishes to inform the citizens
ID. of Upton and vicinity that he has opened
4 shop in the City Drug store building, where
he will be found always on hand, and will try
to please all who will give him n call. Ladies
hair cut or shampooed at shop or residence
Long hair purchased and made up to order In
oswitches, curis or waterfalls. nD
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proof and expert or dcxterity proof. I,
cannot be fused, melted, wedged, o,
bored, nor can the lock on the door
which weighs six tons, be picked o
tampered with by the most skilled
manipulation, without bringing dowr
upon himself detector.
The key consists Of four parts, each in
the possession of different persons, so
danger il averted in that direction; while
supposing the whole key to be lost, the
wards of the lock admit ofno fewer than
two thousand variations, and n new key
could be made that would render the old
one perfectly useless. Granting how
ever, the possibility ofa successful break
ing into the safe. 1t would require sixty
hours to accomplish the feat; and. As
before stated, the first blow, nay, the
merest scratch Of the operator would at
once be shown by the index ofa patent
water r-guage level. The inventor Is
relieved of q good deal Of anxiety in the
protection the safe affords for his own
valuable stock, and already many
wealthy clients have secured space in II
for the safe keeping of their jewels aud
title deeds - London Cor. Boston Cone
niOnrculM.
\ San Francisco school teacher re-
ceived the following note from the "os-
tensible' parent OF one Of his pupils:
II hope as to my John, you will tlog
him as otin as you kin. Heas bad boy |
is John. Although I've been in the
habit of teaching him myself, 1t seems .
to me he never will learn anything; his |
spellin is outrageously deiishent. Wal
lop him well, ser, and you will receive
my thanks.
up. S.-What accounts for Jonn bein
sich a bad boy is that he is my sun by
my wife's furst husband.'
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a. ID. YOUNG.

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. CLARENCE.
u Iowa, viii pay particular attention to all
kinds OF building that may be entrusted to
his care especially churches and school houses,
and will guarantee all work to be done in the
best manter. Also makes out plans and spec l.
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E. II. REIGART, M. D.

nf1ce with DIR. ]. +. Kennedy. Residence
~ third door south of Methodist church. Tip
ton Iowa. nAyl.
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rs situated SIX miles east of Upton, near
i Methodist Church, and one mile from
Presbyteria Church; containing 100 acres, all
under good cultivation. One hundred and
forty rods of Usage hedge, two years old, in
good condition. and fifty rods Of young willow
hedge.
On the farm are fifty varieties of young apple
trees, some afteen hundred In number; Cherry,
currants, gOoseberries, raspberries, grapes,
strawberries. &C., in great numbers and in
fine condition.
some 5000 forest trees in grove. three years
old, and various other shade and ornamental
trees and shru ubbery. Also. some 1900 ever
mon varieties. Price moderate and terms
easy. For particulars, apply TO r. HI. POUND,
Upton: or to the 81 Lbscriber on the premises
1871 c. A. POUND.
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FROM WASHINGTON.



Despatch 10 the Aesocidted PTess
WASHINGTON, Aug. B1.-The Navy Department
has received despatch from Rear-Admiral GliBson,
commanding the European neet dated Flushing,
TO visit the Elbe and the Weser. There have been
new cases OF smallpox on board the Franklin
for ten days, and as soon as the remainder OF her
crew can be received on board, the rear-admiral
will proceed with the Franklin TO Copenhagen.
The Richmond has been ordered TO visit Malaga,
Barcelona, Cadlz, and Lisbon. The Plymouth is
still at Lisbon awaiting the arrival there OF the
United States Consul to be conveyed to hgiers.
HonorabIy DISCHARGED.
At their own request the following officers are
honoraby discharged the United States servlce;-
First Lieutenant J. G. Schenowith, 5th Cavalry ;
Captain Travers and A. Field, as soon as relieved
from duty as Indian agents; and MIR. 2. Wiley, mill
Lieutenants Phineas Stevens and George S. Spad-
ing, unassigned, and Greenleaf Cilly 18th Infantry
Second Lieutenant Henry ID. Waller, Sr has re-
signed.
Danger ~ Revenue Cutter.
Captain Davis, commanding the revenue cutter
Wilderness, reports to the Secretary OF the Treas
urY, from Galveston, having got anoat from the
beach near High Islands, on the Texas coast, the
United States tender Geranium, which was ashore
with two feet of water under her bows and four feet
under her stern. Much dif1culty was experienced
in getting her a1oat, which was, however, accom-
pshed, and the vessel towed by the Wilderness
to Galveston. The wilderness ran considerable
risk and was once or twice In dangerous position,
but escaped without any material damage.
n. v. Census Returns.
Complete returns received at the Census ONCE
show the Fourth ward, New York City, to be 23 b3T,
Fourteenth, 29,694, Fifteenth, 25,SS9.
New Banks.
Only two national gold banks and four national
currency banks have been organized under the late
law. The Peoples National Bank OF Norfolk, Va
was to-day authorized to commence operations, with
q circulation OF one hundred thousand dollars.
EInternnl Revenue Receipts
for the month are nearly eighteen Millions and since
June 80 nearly forty millions
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OBITUARY.
Gusfave strive.


The death of Gustave Struye, the German
revolutionist, is announced. He was born in
Livonia on the 11th of October, 1905. He studied
law, and entered the diplomatic service of the
Duke of Oldenburg, and for several
years acted as secretary of the embassy
during the sessions of the Frankfort Diet. About
1910 he settled at Mannheim for the practice of
his profession. He passed much of his time in
scientific studies, and was particularly interested
in phrenology. In 1913 he vigorously attacked
the Baden Government in the Mannheim
Journal of which he was editor and
was number of times subjected
to fine and imprisonment. His paper was sup
pressed in 1886 and he then established the Ger
man Spectator. In 1848 be was concerned in an
unsuccessful revolutionary rising and was COM
PEELED to fly to France. In conjunction with
Carl Blind he made another attempt during the
same year, which was also lIn-
successful, and he was arrested and sentenced
to five years imprisonment. The insurrection
of May "a, 1S49 set him free, but he was again
arrested by NJ. Bentano, the leader of the new
revolution, on account of his socialistic teach
ipgs. Upon the defeat of the insurrection by
the troops of the Confederation, Struve fled to
Switzerland, from which he was shortly ex-
PEELED. He then resided successfully in France,
England and the United States. lie was the
author of number of works on political and
scientific subjects.
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actor and dramatist. This is where the critic
has the advantage over the performer upon the
stage and the writer forit. he can be as moral,
as Indignantly virtuous, or as holly sarcastic as
he chooses to be, and claim to have nothing but
the good of his fellow-men at heart But to all
his high-toned irony the dramatist and actor
reply, "But it don't pay" and that answer is
usually assumed to be conclusive.
The Churches.
The churches are just beginning to come up
to the scratch. They are slowly opening again.
You may say what you like about the fervor of
true piety, but how much true piety is there in
a city to have any fervor? Why should all the
churches close as regularly as summer comes
round? Is spiritual. l.mindedness no longer ne
cessary when the mercury is high1 l think that
ministers, as q class are a more conscientious
and pure.m minded set of men than the men who
constitute any other profession are; but l also
think that their fervency experiences a con-
siderable "ooze" when the hot weather COM
mences. The church has as regularly recog
nized season for opening and shutting as the
theatre has, and when the dog-days are hot and
heavy upon us it is almost impossible to find
church to go to. Under such circumstances it
is blessing that that so many people are con-
tent in summer to take their church plain, aud
find nature and the open air quite sufficient
gospel for them. ALI BABA.