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STEAMER JAPAN, PACIFIC OCEAN,
LATITUDE SO so, LONGITUDE 100 10,
September 18th, 1873.
This letter, giving an account of the vOy-
age from San Francisco to Japan, is address
ed to the girls of our Sabbath Schools, but
will be read with lively interest by others, as
well as girls;
My Dear Young Friends: | think you
would like to hear something of the voyage
we are taking to our distant field of labor
So will go back to the beginning-the lst
of September when, little after twelve
o clock, we embarked from San Francisco,
glided out through the Golden Gate, and be
fore the shodows of night had fairly closed
around us were out of sight of land, and
crooked in the cradle of the deep. A very
gentle rocking however, for the sea was al
most as smooth as glass, and has continued
so ever since, except one or two days, when
it has been rather rough, and every blue
wave has thrown up its separate crest Of
foam, to break sparkle in the light, until
the surface of the ocean beneath seems an
other sky, filled with millions of twinkling
stars.
THE STEAMER.
The Japan is very large and beautiful
steamer, a floating house, six stories in
height, three hundred and seventy feet long,
carrying over four thousand tons, yet NOV
ing as gracefully and lightly on the waters
as if it were the veriest fairy boat. If you
could 90 with me through its cabins and sa.
looms you would fad them IS elegantly and
comfortably furnished as possible. The Of
fcers are kind and attentive, and the person
who could not make pleasant home in the
japan for a few weeks must be very hard to
please-a regular grumbler am afraid.
EMPLOYMENT ON BOARD THE STEAMER.
"What do you do to fill up the time ~
l fancy some of the girls ask me. Well,
there are a variety of things. Some of the
ladies take out their fancy work, crochet OIL
embroidery, as they sit on deck and drink in
the delicious, bracing sea air. Others read,
for we all brought books with US, and the
ship has good library besides, so we have
plenty of occupation in that line. Then We
have music, grave or gay, to suit the taste
There are twelve missionaries of different
Churches on board, and almost every after
noon some of them gather around the piano,
and with its accompaniment we sing the
sweet old Sabbath School and church tune:
you all know so we'll.
The other evening Rock of Ages " Was
one of those sung, and it aroused in my
memory such fresh, sofs echoes from the
voices of the young "folks at home" and
especially of the last evening my dear Mis-
sion Circle sung it for me, that the tears
would gather to my eyes. Gather, but not
fall, since none who can truly say, Rock
of Ages, cleft for me, are separated in
spirit, and it is such happy thought that
in going from you whom We love we bear to
those poor heather souls, who know it not,
the precious truth that Christ must save,
and Christ alone.
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TINE IS never more misspent than while
we disclaim against the want of it. All our
actions are then tinctured with peevishneSs.
The yoke of life is certainly the least op.
pressive when We carry it with good humor (;
and in the shades of rural retirement, when
we have once acquired resolution to pass
our hours with economy, sorrowful lamenta-
tions on the subject of time misspent and
business neglected never torture the mind
Zimmerman.
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CAPT. HALLS PRAYER BooK.-When
Capt. Hall set off for the Arctic Expedi
ton friend gave him his prayer book with
his name in it and the number of his pew in
the church in Cincinnati in which he wor-
shipped
When the Tigress set off in search of Capt.
Halls party the friend requested one of the
officers to try and secure for him the prayer
book he had given to Capt. Hall. When
Capt. Greer, with this officer, landed at the
spot where the party had wintered, he found
many of the effects of Capt. Hall scattered
on the ground, but the first thing they picked
up was this prayer book, injured somewhat
by exposure, but in fair condition, with the
giver's name and the number of his pew in
it, as we have stated. Capt. Greer brought
it with him, showed it to Mrs. Capt. Hall at
St. Nicholas Hotelin New York, and will place
it in the hands of its original owner, who
will prize it all the more for its remarkable
history.
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The Ground of Trust.

Our faith is built upon Gods faithfulness;
and we trust him most who have proved him
oftenest. Said teacher =" A poor little
boy came to me one day, and asked me to
give him piece of bread. He was hungry
and had nothing to eat. [ gave him some
food, and he went away very much pleased.
Some days after he came again, and asked
the same thing. What made him come
again! Because you gave him before, was
the reply of the little ones to whom the
teacher had been speaking. Yes, said the
teacher; and so it was with David, who
said, that because God had listened to him
once, he would go to Him again. And SC
it should be with u.s."
His love in time past
Forbds me to think
He'll leave me at last
In trouble to sink.
Each sweet Ebenezer have in review,
Confirms His good pleasure to see me safe through
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EXERCISE ON BOARD.


One unfailng resource is walk on deck.
Six turns around make mile, and the ex-
ercise is just as beneficial as though we
walked the same distance on solid ground.
Our prospects is not very varied, water to
the extreme limits of the horizon, and then
the arching sky, but sometimes flock Of
sea gulls follows in the wake of the vessel,
and when night falls the ocean occasionally
CLOVIS with a tremulOus, fiery CLEAN, the
phOsphorescent light of insects on its surface.
The deck is lively enough just at that
hour, for the ffty-one cabin passengers are
promenadiDg up and down, or scattered in
groups laughing and talking, whilst occa-
sionally a strain of music, from Social
Hail." breaks on the air.
MEALS.
Perhaps l should tell you that We have
Eve meals day, and, by those who attend
them all, need not say that some time is
consumed as well as food.
First, is tea and toast for all who wish it /;
at eight o'clock comes the more substantial
meal of breakfast; noon brings the hour for
"tifin, Or lunch, at six clock the gong
sounds its melodiOu5 summons to dinner, and
at eight any one who desires can take sup
per. As l cannot relinquish the old fashion
observance of three meals day, l am not
possessed of any information as to the first
and last of these, but | think you would ell
Joy the others very much.
CHINESE WATERS, DRESS, ETC.
At the table we have Chinese walters alto
gether, and very good walters they make +;
though, as some of them do not understand
English well, they commit queer mistakes
once in a while. For instance, one of our
party inquired for the stewardess, and the
waiter going off with perplexed expression,
returned bearing can of gooseberry jelly,
which he handed triumphantly, as much as to
say, there is just what you want" And
several times l have asked for different arti-
cles, only to get the very opposite of what I
wished
We have over two hundred Chinese steer.
age passengers, and have taken several
peeps at them.
1 have grown accustomed to the Cele8tials,
SO far as sight goes, and their yellow visages,
funny almOnd-shaped eyes, and the ready
smile they nearly all have when you accost
them, already begin to attract me. 1 have
taken them for my people, and they interest
me accordingly. Both men and women wear
a loose flowing dress. l have not become
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and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He
brought me to the banqueting house and his
banner over me was love" JOHN.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.-On
" and after December 18th, 1873, the passenger
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Aunsehula afords.
From the Missionary.
To the Sabbath School Children.
A LETTER FROM MISS Stafford.

STEAMER JAPAN, PACIFIC OCEAN, !
LATITUDE SO so, LONGITUDE 100 10,
September 18th, 1873.
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-08-13
The Difference.

The Pioneer, published at Lynch
burg, Moore county, Tennessee, says
wheat is worth only 80 cents per
bushel in that market. Here, at
Athens, it is worth $1.35 per bushel.
Lynehburg has no direct railroad
communication, hence this difference
of 80 cents per bushel in the price
of wheat. We remember that, way
back yonder before the railroad was
built through this country, so cents
per bushel was the outside figure for
wheat. AS for corn, in that primi-
tive day there was no market for it
at all, except to convert it into pork
and drive it South on foot; or distil
it into whisky and scatter damnation
round the land. We all fall out
with and abuse the railroads some
times; but they bring US nearer to
market and enhance the price of our
produce. To that extent at least
they are an advantage, even to the
farmer who never travels beyond the
limits of his own immediate neigh
borhood.-1the1asP Post.
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Work.

Young men sometimes think that
it is not respectable to be at work.
They imagine that there is some
character Of disgrace or degradation
belonging to toll. No greater mis-
take could be made Instead of be-
ing disgraceful to engage in. work. ii
is especially honorable. 1t is the
useless not the useful man who does
nothing. Who eats the bread he
does not earn who relies upon oth-
ers to support his life? 1t is he who
is not respectable, because he is do
ing nothing to command respect.
It is surprising to see how many
young men there are at the present
day who are growing up to habits
of idleness. Having nothing else
to do, their nights and often their
days are spent places Of i'll repdte.
Craving excitement, they seek the
gambling-table They find a stimu-
liant in Intoxicating drink. They
look on labor with aversion, if not
with absolute repugnance. and follow
courses which end only in shame
How many men now in middle Of
life look back with regret upon the
many lost moments spent by them
in idleness, and lament that their
lives are now beyond retrievaI.-
Prepare, young man, while yet you
have a chance, against such sor-
rowful period Do not allow your
selvs to grow up without anything
to do. Believe that any labor that
will furnish occupation for your
mind and hands is better than a
life which accomplishes nothing, and
which will by and by be full of
misery.
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A Novel Mode of Speculation.

McComb, of Wilmington, Dele
ware, who, with Tom Scott and New
comb, of Louisville, owns nearly all
the railroads in the Southwest. loca-
ted his repair and other railway
shops, some years ago, at a pretty
town called Water Valley, Missis-
sippi. The then village grew apace.
Property became valuable, and Wa
ter Valley promised to become a
leading manufacturing town. Nc
Comb seeing this. and that he could
build a city anywhere, has bought a
site and transferred thither his shops
and dinner station, and Water Val
ley, like Holly Springs. their former
site, is bathed in tears. People say
that after McComb has drawn to-
gether 5000 or 10000 people at this
new place, McComb city, he will mi
CRATE and again make profit of half
million, more or less, by buying a
plantation at So per acre, convert
ing it into a city, and selling it at
S. 900 per acre.
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The News Us. Politics.

The following from the Nashville
Banner, will, we think, strike the gen
eyaI reader in this section as being
true. Most people other than pro-
fessionaI politicians, want less poll.
tics and more news. The Banner
says:
There is still a large number of
good people WHO have not been edu-
Gated up to the modern idea of what
a newspaper is, and what it is good
for. In ancient times, when we had
only tri-weekly issues, and printed
about a handful Of telegraph, the
main inducement to subscribe to a
newspaper was to get posted upon
the political issues, or else merely to
support the party organ. A good
many people have not yet learned
that the modern newspaper is really
a medium-a vehicle Of aeagS that
neacs is valuable, and costs money;
that our telegraph alone costs US a
hundred dollars a week, and that
other requisites to supplying the peo,
pie with news cost 2 goodlmany
more hundred dollars and that the
newspaper is intrinsically valuable
for its news-more than for its poll
tical opinions. How a man, in this
century, could do without a daily
newspaper, to keep himself posted
up with the current news of the
world he inhabits. we cannot under
stand. And there are thousands
upon thousands of families in our
section-in our State-upou whom
the light of daily newspaper rarely
dawns. Politics may be important
but neeoS is Indispensable ls
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"Whom God has joined together
let no man put asunder.' This is
generally in newspaper accounts of
marriages, but the divorce court too
often does that thing; and the fact
that a magistrate or other authoriz-
ed person does the 'joining' would
go far to convince those Materials
tically inclined that the Divinity is
not consulted, and indeed it seems
somewhat sacrilegious to assert that
the great Author Of Good performed
an act which results so often in
disgrace.
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Read what we'll known Druggists say
about Aliens Lung BaIsam.

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn, Sept. 13, 1872.
GentIemen.-Please ship us six dozen Aliens
Lung Balsam. We have not bottle in the store.
It has more reputation than any cough medicine
we have ever sold. Have been in the drug busi-
Very Truly, Yours,
HURT 4 TANNER.
Drs. Wilson & Ward, physicians and druggists
write from Centreville Tenn. ''We purchased
Aliens Lung BalsaIn, and it sells rapidly. We are
praCtciug physicians, well druggists, and take
pleasure in recommending great remedy, such
we know this to be-"
DR.. Floyd Of Ohio, surgeon in the army during
the war, from exposure, contracted consumption.
He says: 81 have no hesitancy in stating that
by the use Of your Lung Balsam that 1 now
alive and enjoying health"
DR.. Fletcher of Missouri, says: 'I recommend
your Balsam in preference to any other medicine
for coughs, and it gives satisfaction"
- Physicians do not recommend medicine
which have no merit. What they say about
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM can be taken as a fact
its real merits.
ALIENS LUNG BALSAL is the remedy to cure
all lung and throat difficulties. 1t should be Thor
oughly tested before using any other Balsam. 1t
viii cure when all others fail.
1t is harmless to the most delicate child.
1t contains no opium IN any form.
Call for Aliens Lung Balsam.
J. n. HARRIS Il CO., Props Cincinnati, o.
CE-For sale by all medicine dealers. apSO