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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-06-11

A DOLPHUS GRETER, Dealer II
N Musical MerchandlZe OF al oesc[1 I2,S1 5G,1si
-. Pianos Or1aps Nelodeons, Nlonnsi
euftars, ,Accordeons, ,Clsronetts, kintes Llsss
Drums. Piano-spreads, Piano-stoolss Slsta- Snsss-
music. Music books, Violin StL1nsss \, -, 1.oS.-
sstTinos- &C &c. Store IN Webb's BLOCK over
Porter's Book Store. lSaA A0'S'
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Brother Newton.

When Newman Hall was in Philadel-
phia in 1870 he lectured the short time
he spent there constantly, sometimes on
Sundays preaching four or five times
Y our correspondent, with party, started
to hear him at an evening service. He
was announced at six at church far up
town, and for eight o clock at st. Thomas :
Though we none of us knew the church
by name, it's location and the hour were
SO convenient, we decided upon hearing
him there Arriving an hour before the
time, in the hope of thus securing seats
we found st. Thomas's to be q colored
peoples church, and the services already
fully under way-having their own ser
vices beforehand, we discovered upon
getting in.
We were received at the door by ushers
in dress coats and white ties and gloves,
and taken to seats in the galleries, the
rest of the church being already packed,
aisles and ALL with mixture of white
and black folks
A moment after we were seated, as a
prayer was ended, Brother Newton"
was announced-and it is to record some
of his pungent utterances this is being
written. Among other things, he said:
1--WE are going to beg tonight, while
we've got a lot of you of both colors here,
for some kinds of mixtures is good and
wholesome We're a-begging in the
int'rests of the church. What ntrests
do you sayP Why, the intrests of keep
ing of it good and warm and light;
goodier than that, comfortable for all of
ye to come into and worship the AL
| mighty Wewant to raise the money for
the fire and the lights What, do you
say we oughtn't because the Bible says
salvation's free2 SO it is, so it isl Who's
agoing to say it amt? Salvation's free,
thank the Lordl" (Then there was a
| responsive shout all over the church
Thank the Lord |" Eyes, yesl" "Amenr' }
SOS water free, thank the Lord-so' $
water free; but ye have to pay for the
pipes and the buckets what ye get it in,
don't ye? Yahl now don't yeP Never
ciroumstanced that, l supposeP'
Constantly through his remarks there
would be surge like wave, the effect
! of which was very singular, beginning
with the leaders around the pulpit, and
spreading as quick as thought over the
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15
Striving for Wealth, a Duty.
BY HENRY WARD BEECHER.

There is no impulse so strong as that
which leads to the accumulation of
wealth. 1t is not disgraceful to be poor
but it is honorable to be wealthy, espe
! cially if man has begun at the bottom
and gone up by honest industry, so that
no stone or brick can cry out against
him. The world is not a wreck, but it is
in an unfinished condition. 1t is like an
unfinished building. but the cellars and
basement are made. l look with con-
tempt upon the man who keeps aloof
from business, passing all his time in
reading and praying The texts ia the
Scriptures which abjure wealth must be
interpreted relatively. The human race
would go back one thousand years if we
lived by the letter of these texts. The
duty OF Christian men is to create wealth;
it is a divine ordinance, and should be
followed
A man cannot be a Christian without
being moral. He must be truthful, hon
est and faithful at the bottom. They are
the foundations of manhood Who does
not bottom his religion upon this is but
make-believe. You can no more have
manhood without it than fruit without
roots for trees. Commerce at large pre-
supposes these virtues for foundation.
Business could not be conducted and
there would be no faith in men other
wise. Truth underlies business, and men
only lie when it is very profitable; they
all think it will not occur again, and that
lie is bogus coin. When men are sue
cessful it is not by the lies they TELL but
it is in spite of them. A man may sue
ceed and lie just as a man can do a good
days work and have the rheumatism,
but it is not the rheumatism that does
the work.
Men in savage state expend all their
force in hunting and fishing As indus
try is introduced it gives occupations that
destroy the combative element Indus
try provides channels that arouse vitality
Houses are soon built, and civilizing in
huences develop social life. Work, or
whatever wakes men up to civilization,
awakens new forms of virtue Ciyiliza-
ton depends much upon wealth
Churches can not ciYilize where there is
no work. The wealth-producing classes
are the men who spread civilization
throughout the world. Commerce is the
foundation of freedom. As a man grows
up and becomes civilized he wants some
thing to feed the eye, the ear, the taste,
and various demands that are created.
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the wild game to seek more congenial
haunts. Within the last score of years
the change has been more rapid, and the
progress must be attributed to the rail
road built through the county After
the railroad was finished, wood-furnaces
were soon erected, and this made de-
mand for timber and ores The Iaborer
found employment, the farmer market,
money became more plenty and business
more active. As we come on down still
later, we find the county increasing in
opulence and the prospects growing
brighter and brighter Only few years
since Mr.. Lynn sunk a shaft revealing
clearly to the people that Jackson was
founded upon a seam of coal. At that
time the quantity and quality was un-
known, and the discovery regarded then
as no great treasure. only remarkable,
seems nOav, in the light of the present to
have been the dawn of gigantic wealth.
Later; Capt. Davis, glowing with enter
prise, builds the Orange Furnace and
demonstrates that the bituminous Goals
OF our county are remarkably adapted to
iron-making. After the quality of the
shaft coal was thoroughly tested and
proven to be very superior for furnace
use then Investigations were made as to
its extent. 1t was found in abundance
and other furnaces were soon put up
quality have already been discovered, also
plenty of superior iron ores. Everything
gives assurance of great future activity
The necessary railroad facilities are only
needed to bring in capitalists. Indeed,
the prospects of railroads have set rich
companies to work, and this summer
promises great activity among the furnace
men. Who is not glad to live in these
times Pin these times of reform and
progress-in these times when the peo-
pie are asking for laws that will be in
perfect uniformity with Gods laws And
certainly their demands are just and
right; because Revelation requires that
the powers that be, be ordained of God
And then the great lights of the law,
William Blackstone, Chancellor Kent
and others, with one consent declare
that, NO laws are valid if contrary to
Gods law, and all human laws derive
their binding force solely from their di-
vine original" In our moral social and
political condition. we find evidences of
progress and improvement. The present
surpasses all previous periods for mental
activity and for the celebrity with which
material improvements are being made
WINFIELD SCoTT.
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Past Present and Future.

TO the Editor of the Standard:
Most men toll for the present, few
for the future; but the rudent labor for
both the present and future The wise
carefully study the past from which they
learn that causes and effects are indisso-
lubly joined together; that it is mere
folly to rely on blind chance; and that
foresight and prudence must be exercised
in both public and domestic affairs, with
out trusting in what is called "luck. In
taking a retrospect of the causes of sue
cess or failure the lessons of experience,
often dear-bought are impressed more
viVidly upon the mind, and produce that
foreseeing wisdom which secures success
to its possessor. That success which is
attended with opulence, not only enables
the individual TO have all the means and
appliances necessary for his own com
fort, and that of others, but it furnishes
the means to encourage and promote art
science, literature, morality and christian
ity. The power or advantage afforded
by prosperity is not alone confined to in
dividuality A community city, town
ship, county or state, when wealthy and
prosperous, possesses this same glorious
power of promoting mankind, and bring
ing about the nicer shades Of civility.
Generally, the more wealth the more en-
Iightened are the people, and the better
the morals. The accumulation of wealth
and the augmentation of knowledge nat
urally begin and proceed very nearly to-
gether. The thought of wealth and its
Influences leads the mind to contemplate
the past present and future career of our
own county which promises immense
riches in the future associated with rapid
and pompous strides in civilization. The
visitor Of jackson half q century ago
witnessed quite a different scene then
from now. At that time it was a small
village with little attraction save the ro-
mantle and picturesque scenery which
surrounded it. The lofty trees approach
ed its borders, the foliage of which re-
freshed and delighted the observer. The
deer gamboled in the neighboring forests,
and the athletic hunter, content with his
linen breeches and moneyless pocket
book, feasted on lohnny-cake and veni-
son. The music was very different from
that of to-day The birds sang as sweet
ly and the power of sacred song was as
fully appreciated but there was no as
sistance given by art. Not sound of
the organ fell melodiously on the ear at
church on the Sabbath; but little if any
Ginning of bells through the week; no
murmuring and blowing of furnaces, the
sound of which cheers the laborer, and
the traffic fills his moneyless purse.
! There was no whiting and whistling OF
cars to inspire the merchant and farmer
with new life; and no locomotive power
to facilitate trade and afford ingress and
egress to the prodigious mineral resour-
ces of our county AS recent as thirty
years ago, business was languid and every
thing appeared quiet on the bridgeless
banks OF Salt Creek. But transformation
has been gradually taking place among
the wild scenes of nature. The AK of the
woodman has not remained quiescent
but by being diligently applied has caused
the huge forests to fade before it, and
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

A straw will make an impression on
the virgin snow; let il remain there but
a short time and a horses hoof can hard
ly penetrate it. SO it is with the youth
ful mind trifling word may make an
impression on it; but after a few years
the most powerful appeals cease to intlu-
ence Think of this, ye who have the
training of the infant mind, and leave
such impression thereon as will be safe
for it to carry amid the follies and tenn
ptations of the world
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

HIGHER-A noble motto for young
man-Never look down. Aim high
push high-leap high. If you can not
reach the stars, you can. have the salts
faction Of drawing near to them He
who stands on an elevated position, is
sure to catch the first rays of the glorious
sun. So he who is always stepping up,
and reaching up, will first catch the
favors Of Heaven as they descend. There
is no object on which we gaze that gives
US so much pleasure as the upward and
continued progress of enterprising young
men, When the chains of sloth are
broken, when the vision is clear and the
heart buoyant higher, and still higher
objects will be gained-nobler purposes
be achieved, and a sublime elevation al
tanned that will thrill with JOY future
generations as they march on in the
same glorious path.
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WHOLE NO. 1856.

church-"Amen," THANK the Lord"
ayes, yes, bress His name"
When he said something comical as
he constantly did-little unrepeatable
things-there would a low gurgle of
laughter go through the audience, when,
quick as a flash, he. would turn upon
| them sternly:
"Laughin', are We? Better weep, the
lot of Mclaughlin in the house of the
Lord, sins and all sins and all r
He gave an account of having the week
before attended convention in New
Haven.
''And 1 went regular, and the fuss they
made over me was great. 1t was Brudder
Newton here, and Brudder Newton eve
rywhere; and 1 began to believe was
great man, you may bet. But when that
convention was broke I met them mem
bers in the street, and they cut me dead.
So 1 concluded it was brudder in the
meeting and niger on the street.
Some one behind him pulled his coat,
and whispered something: then he an
nounced:
"The brudders tell me I must stop my
talk, cause they mean to tune up in the
'chor' All right. l can sing, though;
and if ye pay me twenty-five cents
yard for the good cause of a1ightin' and
a-warmin' this burdened church, I'll
measure ye as many yards as ye choose:
But now while ye listen to the 'ehor'
perform, ye will come for'ard to the altar
and deposit yer money. And as the pee
pie in the galleries can't get down be
cause Of the crowd on the stairs, the
bredren will pass the baskets round to
the reserved 'corpSes up there. And you
amen-sisters down yer, you've been a
shouting and a-groaning; let's-see if you
know as well about giving"
HTban the "Rlaclz Swan" who was in
the "chor,'' sang divinely and Mr.. Hall,
having arrived, spoke his little piece
-EDIToRs DRAWER in Harper Magazine
for NM
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

A wicked Frenchman says: IT'S a
mournful hour in life when a man comes
to the conclusion that fame, love, and
happiness are not worth q good cigar.
lis still more mournfnl hour when a
man comes to the conclusion that cigar
itself is worthless.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

Some people scorn to be taught; others
are ashamed of it, as they would be of
going to school when they are old; but
it is never too late to learn what it is
always necessary to know; and it is no
shame to learn so long as we are ignorant
that is to say, as long as we live,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

A sign in East Broadway, New York,
reads "New Footed and Second Hand
Boots Made and Repaired" Without
stopping to ask how second hand boots
can be intended for the feet, we would be
glad to know how any shoemaker can
make secondhand boots.
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rHURCH DIRECTORY.


CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist Episcopal Church, Portsmouth st.
Rev. J. E. Sewers, Pastor. Public preaching
every Sabbath at I0I% O'Clock A. NJ, and 772
p NJ. Prayer meeting every Thursday n1gnt.
Sabbath School and Bible Glass every SabDath
at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ.
Presbyterian Church, on Church street
REV. j. K. GIBSON, Pastor. Public preaching
every Sabbath at lO1z A NJ. and 773 T. M. SAD
bath School and Bible Classat 9 O'Clock A M
Christian Church, on Broadway Street-Eldef
r. j. BAcKUs, Pastor. Public PTeactnlinag ia the I,
lst and Sd Sabbaths in each month, at IO1z o.
clock, A. NJ, and z1a P. NJ. Sabbath school at
9 O'Clock, a. NJ. Prayer meeting every wed
nesday night, and every Sabbath at lO1z o'clk.,
when there is not public preaching.
Methodist Protestant Church, corner Church
and Pearl Sts.-SerVices al the usual hours
by Mrs Mary A. Bradford.
Baptist Church, on Broadway Street-Services
at the usual hours, in the Welsh language.
Free VIII Baptist Church, Petrea.-REV
THOMAS E. PEDEN, Pastor. Covenant meet
ing the 4th Saturday and Sabbath of every
month. Sabbath School every Sabbath at
8 O'Clock P M
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

SELF-REIIANcE.-Do rely too much
on your friends Learn to rely upon
yourself and your own abilities. We
never knew any one who relied on his
friends to accomplish much. Thousands
have spent the prime of life waiting for
their friends to help them; and, in con-
sequence, find themselves helpless and
poor in old age. Young men, do not ex-
pect anybody to take you up and carry
you bodily forward to wealth and station.
Your own exertions alone can bring you
success. Secure useful, practical educa-
ton early in life, and then trust to your
own energies and your own persistent
efforts.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

There are experts on all manner of
subjects in these days of litigation:
woman testified at Norwich, the other
day, in turkey case, and declared she
knew these turkeys "by their walk, their
countenance, and their manner of roost-
ing"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

The keeper of an insane asylum in
England was taking n patient to ride.
An accident occurred by which they
were both thrown out of the carriage,
and the keeper, striking on his head, was
made delirious. The crazy man put him
into the carriage, tied him in, drove back
to the asylum and delivered the keeper
into safe keeping. The insane man be
came sane and was discharged. The
keeper died.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

EMPLOYMENT FOR WoMEN-The Prus-
sian Government has set the example of
opening new fields of labor to women by
permitting their employment in the rail
way lines Of the State. In case the wo-
men employed belong to the families of
railway officials, the latter are to be held
responsible; but unmarried women or
widows may be employed on their own
esponsibility. The work which they are
to do is ticket selling, receipting for bag
gage, and operating the telegraph.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

SUCCESS IN SocIETY.-The secret of sue
cess in society is certain heartiness and
sympathy. A man who is not happy in
company cannot find any word in his
memory that will fit the occasion; all his
information is little impertinent. A
man who is happy there finds on every
turn of the conversation, equally lucky
occasions for the introduction of what he
has to say. The favorites of society, and
what it calls whole souls, are able men,
of more spirit than wit, who have not un-
comfortable egotism, but who exactly fill
the hour and the company, contented
and contenting. w. Emerson.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15

Coon HUMoR-Good humor is the clear,
blue sky of the SOUL ON which every star
of talent will shine more clearly, and the
sun of genius encounter no vapors in his
passage. 1t is the most exquisite beauty
of fine face; a redeeming grace in
homely one 1t is like green in land
scape, harmonizing in every color, mel
lowing the light, softening the hues of
the dark; or like lutte in full concert
of Instruments sound, not at first dis
covered by the ear, yet filling up the
breaks IN the concord with its deep mel
odY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-22
BOUTWELL, AND DAVIS.

Mr. Boutwel's statement of the case of
Phelps, Dodge & Co. calls for further expla-
nations from somebody. 1t was made to appear,
in the narrative published by the firm and con-
frmed by the letter of Judge Noah Davis, that
the importers had been innocently betrayed
into technical violation of the Revenue laws,
and that the Government took advantage of
their mistake to wiring from them S27l,OOO.
The inference was that the Secretary of the
Treasury was unable to Withstand the pres
sure of the informer and Customs officers en-
titled to share in whatever might be recOv-
cred, and consented to compromise" which
was no better than extortion. This would
be a very serious charge TO make, and
we cannot wonder that Mr.. Boutwell,
hastens to repel the imputatiOn. He declares
that "never, while Mr. Boutwell, was at the
"head of the Treasury Department, was any
compromise made with persons who claimed
I" to be innocent the Department being allowed
by law to compromise with offenders only after
guilt is admitted. For this reason, Mr.. Bout
well says he refused to entertain the proposal
made on behalf of Phelps Dodge & Co., until
they withdrew the assertion of their innocence.
He does not say that he compelled them to
confess guilt; but he placed them in the posi-
ton of tactly acknowledging a fraud.
But Judge Davis, who in his capacity of
United States District Attorney passed upon
tie case and reported it to the Secretary with
recommendation that the compromise be
accepted, writes to Messrs. Phelps, Dodge g.
Co.: eff l had come to the conclusion that
lyon had acted with an actual design to de-
I" fraud tho Government, l should have in
"sisted upon the forfeiture not only Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-22
FALSE PRETENSES UNCOVERED.

The proposition to amend the, rules Of the
Civil Service system so as to allow the ap-
pointing power to give preference to partisans
of his own party is OF course a mere bit Of
clap-trap. The President makes all the Execu
tive appointments now at his own will and
pleasure, with no more reference TO the beauti-
full and instructive system of Mr.. Curtis than
as though it had never been. 1t has been
convenient perhaps at times to use competi
tive examinations. and play at enforcing the
rules when no one objected to it. 1t has never
happened, however, in any case in which the
President has bad any special preference, or
when any political influence has been brought
to bear to secure or prevent an appointment.
Not one appointment can be named in all the
Presidents gift which has been made under
the Civil Service rules, contrary to the
wish of any prominent Administration
politician. The system has been used
simply as convenience; never to limit
or qualify the power of the President, but
only to relieve him whenever occasion arose
from the responsibility of making choice
between applicants who had no personal
claim. There was never so utter humbug
and sham put upon the people as this System
of Mr. Curtis's There never was such blatant
demagoguery and such barefaced cheating in
any political business as in this nor did reck-
less politicians ever so brazenly offer a stone
to the people asking bread, or so impudently
laugh in the face of their disappointment.
Political parties have heretofore played two
faced games and deceived the people upon
prominent questions, but never any did it so
deliberately and with such cool disregard of
even the appearance of honesty as has the
Administration party in this matter of reform
ing the Civil Service
n was a bald falsehood in the face of COM
mon sense to claim as has been claimed dur
ing four years past. that the unitness, incom-
Deleucy. failLlcssnes5 and rascalltY oil public