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PASSING UNDER THE ROD.

Lines suggested on hearing lecture by Rev. DR.
Seadle, on = Manners and Customs IN the East.
''Passing under the rod, f"
Not that of a6lietiOn sore;
And neither the rod Of an angry God,
All knotted with terrors O 'er.
Passing under the rod
The rod Of a Shepherd kind
He numbereth every sheep and lamb;
He seeketh the lost to 6ud.
Passing under the rod,
Into the safe fold to rest;
The wanderers are carried with tender care,
Wrappd close on the Shepherds breast.
Passing under the roc"
Through the doorway one by one;
Narrow the entrance, yet safely al
Rest there when the day is done.
Passing under the rod,
Their own Shepherd voice they hear;
BE knoweth His sheep by name, and they
Ss-ll never on eyI fear
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profound and affectionate sympathy, rejoic'
ing also with them in the sweet assurance
which God gives them. that the husband,
father, friend is with his and their God and
Saviour.
In behalf of the Committee,
G. II. READ.
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viii be personally addressed and instructed.
1t is almost certain that this "will pay in
every direction. This is the way business
men reach their customers. W. B. f,
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ORIGIN OF EvIL.-Many puzzle them
selves about this. I see that there is evil,
and that there is way of deliverance from
it; and with that begin and end.
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the praise of God.


His death,-which occurred October 2,
1870, in the 18th year of his age, at the
residence of his son, James Gordon, in the
city of Richmond, was preceded by no acute
form of disease, but seemed rather to have
been superinduced by extreme exhaustion
resulting from efforts which he continued to
make for the churches in New Kent and
Charles City counties, whose interests were
the burden and the JOY of his heart. 1t
was fitting end of such life. He met
the call to depart, in the midst of Christian
labors, and laid himself down peacefully to
die, with the harness upon him.
There is a holy pleasure mingled with sad
ness, in the contemplation of such a true life
and peaceful death. Mr.. Gordon's useful
ness was triumph of grace over great OBJ
stacles. During the earlier and middle Pc
riod of his life, his frame, naturally feeble,
was greatly exhausted by disease; and vi
sion was painfully impaired, and his hearing
progressively diminished, but his Christian
faith never failed him. There is lesson in
such life to the frail and infrm Of body,
as well as to the strong. Love to CHRIST
makes labor for Him easy and delightful
The weakest in body may be strong in soul,
strong in love, and leave blessings behind
them for generations to come.
To the family of this faithful and honored
servant of God, this PreSbytery tender their
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ScRIBNER's MONTHLY takes high ground
on the power of the ,ress in favor of tenn
perance. "The American people need to
have it proved to them that under no cir
cumstances are the vsriouS forms of intoxi-
eating drink good for them. Every juvenile
periodical, every newspaper, every magazine,
every review, owes it 70 the country to teach
this fact persistently.f
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An OLD FARMERS description of point
less preacher was: GA good man likely, but
he rakes with the teeth up.
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"And thoughtless follies laid him low,
And stained his name,

the other resisted with all his might. AS |
eonversed with Hug Miller, or after parting
with him, with his Z. rds of power still ring
ing in my ears, often have 1 felt, and said
too,-but not in his hearing, What an
amount Of mischief ould that mighty man
have done had he, say onh his being tempted
by his brother masony at Niddry, given way
where he stood firm, had he, like Burns,
Joined the foes Of Evangelical religion, in
stead of becoming itssdefepder; or had he,
when at one time tempted to Scepticism,
abandoned the religion of the Bible, with
"its grand central doctrine Of the true hu-
manity and true divinity of the adorable
Ito use Miller's language and gone after
some plausible form of nature,worship or
man-worship.' I feel as if his country and
his Church had not, when he was yet alive,
been sufficiently grateful to God for raising
such man to guide Alright so large por-
ton of the thinking laind of Scotland at a
most critical era in its history"
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LET US never do any thing for religion
that is contrary to it.
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. To PREACH CHRIST is the only effectual
way of preaching morality in all its branches
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-20
How to Prevent Spring Sickness.

THERE are great many people who
are subject to "bilious attack" every
spring, and who expect it as a matter of
course The Herald of Health says there
is no more need for people being thus sick
in the spring than at any other time of
the year, if they only know how to live
This periodical sickness can be prevented
simply by regulating the diet. Not that
all persons who have been subject to such
attacks year after year, for long time,
can always overcome the difficulty at once.
We are all such creatures of habit that
when anything becomes established in
this way there is strong tendency to its
return at the regular time, even after the
producing cause has ceased to operate !;
consequently, in bad cases, it sometimes
takes several years to overcome it entirely
Under proper regimen the attacks will
grow less severe every year until they en-
tirely disappear.
During cold weather people eat larger
quantities than usual of carbonaceous food,
such as fat meats, sugar, butter, bread,
cake and other preparations of white or
superfine flour, nuts, fats, syrups, ETC.. OF
course much larger quantity of carbon
aceous food is required by the system in
cold weather than in warm, but as
a general thing people eat too much
of it. clog up their systems with
the excess, and overburden the
excretory organs, particularly the
liver, in vain efforts to get rid of it.
Those who take great deal of out door
exercise are usually enabled to work it off,
and seldom suffer much in consequence,
except in hot weather; while those who
lead sedentary, indoor, life suffer most
When warm weather comes on in the
| spring, people require much less carbona-
ceous food, but instead of changing their
| mind as the weather changes, they con
| tinue toseat the same kinds of food they
have been eating during the coolest
weather of winter, and the consequence is
that the already oVerburdened liver is un-
| able to bear up under this extra load, and
utterly refuses to perform its functions
until it has had a chance to rest and throw
off its accumulated burdens. Now to pre-.
vent this state of things two things are
necessary. First, people must eat less
proportion of carbonaeeous food at all
times Second, as the weather grows
warmer in the spring they must eat much
less quantity of it than they do in cold
weather, and substitute instead more veg
etables and acid fruits Every family
should have a large supply of canned
fruits and green vegetables to use at this
time of year For a single article there is
nothing SO good as tart apples, and they
should be used in unlimited quantities.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-20
Good Advice to Dyspeptics.

IF a man wishes to get rid of dyspepsia
he must give his stomach and brains less
to do. 1t will be of no service to him to
follow any particular regimen-to live on
chaf bread, or any such stuff-to weigh
his food, ETC., SO long as the brain is in
constant state of excitement. Let that
have proper rest, and the stomach will
perform its functions. But if he pass
fourteen or fifteen hours day in his office
his stomach will inevitably become par
alyzed, and if he puts nothing into it but a
cracker day, it will not digest it. In
many cases it is the brain that is the pri-
mary cause. Give that delicate organ some
rest. Leave your business behind you
when you go to your home. Do not sit
down to your dinner with your brows
knit, and your mind absorbed in casting up
interest accounts. Never abridge the
usual hours of sleep. Take more or less
texercise in the open air every day. Allow
| yourself some innocent recreation. Eat
moderately, slowly, and of what you please,
provided it be not the shovel and tongs
If any particular dish disagrees with you,
however, never touch it, or look at it, DO
not imagine that you. must live on rye
| bread nor oatmeal porridge.; reasonable
quantity of nutritious food is essential to
the mind as well as the body. Above all,
Danish all thoughts Of the subject. If you
have any treatises oon dyspepsia, domestic
medicine, ETC., put them directly into the
| fire. If you are constantly talking and
| thinking about dyspepsia, you will surely
have it, Endeayor to forget that You have
| a stomach. Keep a clear conscience: live
Ftempefately regularly, cleanly; be indus
trious, toe, but be temperate. boston
I Jolrnaz Of Chemistry. 81 81 = i4A5i ,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-20
The BOhOn-Upas Tree.

DURING the cruise of the United States
ship Plymouth in the East Indies she Wis
tied the coast of Borneo, and there spent
some time in regulating our commercial
interests. While lying off the mouth of
Bruni River, upon which is situated the
capital city of Borneo proper, party was
made UP to visit upas tree, which, it ap
pears is occasionally found in other islands
than Java
With boats crew, well-armed, we left
the ship at daybreak, in order to accom-
plish the distance (21 miles) before the
sun came out in full strength. Reaching
the mouth of the river, after pull of an
hour and half we landed to eat our
breakfast, and, after resting the crew,
put off again, arriving at our place of des-
tination about 10 a. m. We we're all look
ing out eagerly for the wonderful stories
that so fascinated our boyhood; but here
were no barren wastes, or arid, skeleton
covered plains.
Following our native guide boat, we
sheered in alongside of grassy bank, the
summit of which was laid out in small
plots like children's gardens at home,
each plot surrounded by a border of shells,
with carefully kept walks between them.
Nothing but grass and flowers were grow
ing there, but these were luxuriant; for
this was graveyard, and we were even
then standing under the shadow of the
terrible poison tree, near which these peo-
pie bury their dead, which may partially
account for the wonderful stories told by
early travellers. The tree itself measured
eleven feet in circumference five feet above
the ground, and, instead of scattering
death and destruction, was girded round
with creeping vines and many -colored par
asites that wound their way to the top
most branches, which were higher than
any of the surrounding trees, and equaled,
if not surpassed, those of our loftiest for
est trees at home.
An incision was made, after the manner
of tapping maple trees, and the sap, which
is reported to be a deadly poison, com
menced flowing drop by drop. 1t was of
a yellowish white color, thick and glutin-
Gus, resembling, in its general appearance,
good rich cream There was no unpleas-
ant odor preceptible from it, nor did any
of us experience any disagreeable sensa-
ton, though standing nea- by when the
sap was being discharged. This was so
slow an operation that il required nearly
an hour to fill two-ounce vial Mean
time it was desirable to procure some of
the leaves and branches, but these were
beyond or reach, as the lowest branch was
al least one hundred feet from the ground,
and, although the men could easily have
climbed up by the vines, the surgeon in
charge of the party refused to let them
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-20

The following is telegraphic summary
of the Ku- Klux bill as it finally passed the
House on the 9th.
1. Conspiracies, or the combination of two or
more persons to deprive any class of persons of
the equal protection of the laws, are defined as
felones, punishable in United States Courts by
fine and Imprisonment, while the injured parties
have recourse thereto for damages.
2. In case of obstruction to the laws of State
or of the United States, as to deprive any per-
son of any privilege, immunity, etc., and that the
State authorities unable or fail to afford pro-
tecton or to apply to the President for protection
the President may the national forces; thereby
meaning, it is believed the militia as well the
army, to arrest any offenders, and hand them over
to the United States Courts. The act of 1863 is re-
vived, which requires the military to hand list of
imprisoned persons to the United States Courts,
and then, if the term adjourns and no Indictment
is found, all such are to be discharged.
3. After proclamation, the President may sus-
pend the writ of hd6eds corpus till the 1st of June
1872, whenever and wherever he hnds numerous
unlawful combinations.
4. The iron-clad or test oath for jurors In the
may exact an oath of juror that he has never be-
longed to the Ku-klux.
Albany and Loekport, N. Y, and Rah-
way, N. j., have recently elected Demo
cratic Mayors.
A recent Hartford, Conn, dispatch says
"An evident error has been discovered in
the return of the votes from the Fourth
Ward of New Haven, by which 100 more
votes were returned for Governor English
than should have been. This will prob
ably be investigated by the Legislature,
and if the return is the result of mistake
or fraudulent count, Jewell will be Gov
ernor."
]. w. Smith, Republican, has been
elected Mayor of Springfield, Ill.
The Illinois Legislature has passed a joint
resolution to hold an adjourned session in
Chicago next fall.
The Mississippi Legislature has passed a
law making it misdemeanor to assign
passengers on railroads to particular cars
and Furnishing the offense with heavy
fine or imprisonment.
Several ladies have recently petitioned
at Washington for the right of suffrage
The petition reads as follows: "We, the
undersigned, citizens of Washington, be.
lieving it to be our solemn duty, part Of
the allegiance we owe to our Maker, to ouI
country, ami to our homes, to exercise the
elective franchise, hereby earnestly petition
that our names be registered as qualified in
our several districts" Among the names
of the petitioners are Grace Greenwood
Mrs. E. d. +. N. Southworth, Mary A
Dennison, and several lady physicians.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-20
FOREIGN.

Cable dispatches of the 9th make men
ton of desperate fighting around Paris the
day before. Fort Valerien and the ad-
vanced batteries of the Army of Versailles
steadily bombarded Porte Maillot, their
shots falling in the Champs Elysees. An
engagement took place at Villejuif, and
there was skirmishes at Bagneux and
Bellancourt. The government forces
were gaining ground slowly. A f1otilla of
gunboats had been sent from Havre up
the Seine to assist in operations against
Paris.
Contradictory statements were received
on the 10th concerning events in Paris.
London dispatches reported the insurgents
fighting among themselves, and that a
number of leaders had been shot. Theirs
believed they would destroy themselves if
left alone, but it was feared they would
sack the city. The Commune was get
ting very desperate, and committed great
excuses. Archbishop Durboy was strip
ped naked, bound to pillar, and scourged
and Knocked for hours by band of 200
Reds The Cathedral of Notre Dame had
been sacked and plundered of nearly all
its valuables: .A
A dispatch from Paris at 10 80 on the
evening of the 18th says: GA loud and
uninterrupted cannonade has been kept
up since last evening, between Chatillon
and the southern forts. Infantry are also
engaged, and the noise of mitrailleuses
and musketry has been incessant since
o'clock this morning. Cannonading around
Neuilly, Porte Maillot, and Porte des
Ternss has been resumed, and is violent as
that on the south. Fighting is now go.
ing on in the Bois de Boulogne, and al
Asnieres. The Communes are forwarding
reinforcements to the troops engaged
The wounded are coming in in large mum.
bers. The losses are heavy" 49, -sA
The Berlin official journal of the 18th
says Germany will only interfere in the
domestic affairs of France when it shall
become necessary for the collection OF
money due herself
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch of the
10th says: "The President of Hayti, since
the departure of the San Domingo Com
missioners, has received addresses, numer
ously signed, from every town and village
in the republic, protesting the attachment
of the Haytiens to their nationality, ant
their determination to maintain independ
ence against intrusion, from whatever
quarter, and in whatever manner it may
show itself. The addresses breathe th'
same sentiments against annexation"
70 A Versailles dispatch of the 18th says
i"Thiers, in circular bearing date of thu
evening of the 18th, describes the situation
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Selected Miscellany.
HzHE LOVED AND LOST.

IT tine following poem. from the Church of Eng
sdna Magazine, will come like "song in the
nlgnt" to many stricken hearth
The loved and losti, why do we call them lost ?
scsnse use we miss them from our outward road.
Looked on us all, and loving them the most,
Stra1ghsway relieved them from life's weary
Tney are not lost; they are within the door
That shuts out loss and every hurtful thing
With angels bright, and loved enes gone before,
In theif Redeemer's presence eyermore,
And God Himself their Lord, their Judge and
And this we call q loes! selfish sorrow
OF selfish hearts o we of little faith
Let Let us look round, some argument to borrow,
why we In patience should await the morrow
1nat surely must succeed this night Of death.
Ays, look upon this dreary desert path.
1ne tnorns and th1stles whereso'er we turn:
"nat triais and what tears, what wrongs and
What struggles and what strife the journey hath
= aney have escaped from these; and foi we
Ask the poor sailor, when the wreck is done, :.
VINO. with his treasure, strove the shore to
While with the raging wave he battled on,
was as It tn not 10y, where every Joy seemed gone,
poor wayfarer, leading by the hand
To wash from off her feet the clinging sand,
And tell the tired boy of that bright land
Where, this long journey passed, they longed to
dwell.
When loi the Lord, who many mansions had,
Drew near and looked upon the suffering twain
Then plying spake, Give me the little lad;
IN strength renewed and glorious beauty clad,
= III bring him with me when we come again.
Did she make answer selfishly and wrong
Nay, but the woes feel he too must share"
Or, rather, bursting into grateful song,
bne went her way rejoicing, and make strong
To struggle on, since he was freed from care
We viii do likewise. Death has made no breach
In love and sympathy, in hope and trust;
no outward Sigh or sound our ears can reach;
But there's an inward spiritual speech,
. 4nt greets us still, though mortal tongues be
1t bids us do the work that they lay down
Take up the song where they broke off the
strain; AZ e
&c JoQrneying till we reach the heavenly town,
- ana our lost, loved ones will be found again.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-20
VOLUME XXVI.

with the jolting; and M. Despard steadied
the milk-can as much as he could, whis-
pering that they were nearly safe. They
were close upon the Prussian line.
! The glare of a bivouac fire shone on the
| spiked helmets of the Prussian Landwehr; /;
| an Uhlan sat, lance in hand, upon his poor
horse, shriveled up beneath the wind and
rain. Cultural sounds of jolly laughter
came from the group of officers and men
putting huge clouds of smoke from their
long pipes as the donkey drew near, and at
the two peasant women and the mllk-can
the laughter grew louder and longer. An
officer said something, and one of the SOL
diers stepped forward and gave the milk
can ringing blow with the butt end of
his rife. This was too much for Marie /;
she gave scream of terror!
The group was astonished. One of the
great bearded soldiers advanced and took
off the cover, and then, calling an officer,
he pointed out the poor little girl fainting
at the bottom of the can M. Despard
was in agony, yet restrained himself He
was ready to fight thousand soldiers for
his child But, to his surprise, the great
bearded giant took up the little Marie as
tenderly as a mother might. "What a
milk can" shouted the soldiers. The
officers smiled; Ursule showed her white
teeth; so merry were they all, that Marie
could not realize what had happened. She
sprang to her father.
ooh, father, take me away"
"Ha! ha!' laughed the deep bass voices.
"Herr Papa in petticoats
However, when NJ. Despard had told
his story, after communicating with the
through the lines by the Prussians, and
rooohod homo offer faW dave
The wind and waves roared. No mother
sat at home, and they entered the village !;
all was still. No light in the easement.
The clock struck ten. They went to the
good clergyman's home, who with up
turned eyes and hands welcomed them
Marie should stay by the fire, if Mr.. Des-
pard would go up to the little church on
the hill. There, if anywhere, his wife
would be. So he went up the mountain
roads,
Through the mist shone the little
church Within he saw kneeling worship
ers. Yes, there in the corner, with tear
stained face, was his own loved wife. How
grandly came the storm-psalm from the
sea 2" Lord, have mercy on usr' rang
from the choir.
He had heard that sudden Joy may kill.
He stood behind buttress and plucked a
nelghbOr 8 sleeve-a cross old man-"Leave
me alonei" he snarled. He touched an
other; she knew him with little stare,
and went in and prepared the wife and
mother. ,sHe could see the sudden CLEAN,
the hurried upward glance. In moment
they were in each others arms
In another half-hour all three were
kneeling in the good pastors study, in de-
vout thankfulness; and that day was kept
by the whole family as a Thanksgiving
day in the little church over the sea, on
the Breton coast. ,a.i
The milk-can is their drawing rooms
pride