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The Grange advance., 1874-09-02
CONSIDERATION OF TREES.
A Buddhist Ceremony,
From the Christian Union.1


On the morning of the 24th Of June,
1865, I was invited to witness the ST.
amese ceremony Of consecrating sacred
trees. I gladly accepted the invitation,
although it was one of the hottest days
OF the year. Passing the eastern front
Of the grand royal palace at Bangkok, l
followed motley throng Of gaily
dressed men, women and children
through the archcd and towering porce-
lain gateway leading to the temple,
where reposes, in gigantic state, the
wondrous sleeping idol of the last
Buddha. Imagine long building Of
immense size, with tapering roof, and
quaint Gothic doors and windows,
thrown wide open to the foods of yell
low sunlight that streamed through
them, and revealing reclining figure,
$50 feet long and forty feet high, en-.
tirely covered with plate of gold, the
head adorned with a pagoda-shaped
fret work of gold, colored red, resting
on the right arm, the eyes half closed in
solemn contemplation, the soles
of it's monstrous feet covered with bas-
reliefs inlaid with mother-of- pearl and
chased with exquisite effect in purest
gold, each separate design distinctly
representing one of the many transmit
grations of the Budha, whereby he at
tanned Nirvana; on the finger nails are
engraved his divine attributes, which
are ten in number. The temple itself,
in which the sleeping idol reposes, is
unquestionably one Of the most remark
able structures of it's class to be found
in Siam. The lofty ectagonal figures,
the quaint Gothic doors and windows,
the tapering and gilded roofs arc carved
in an infinite variety Of emblems, the
serpent. the lotus, the Bhodi Tree, and
the palm, predominating. The adorn-
ment of the exterior is only equaled in
its prfousio: by the pictorial and HERO
glyphic establishment within. The
ceiling is painted blue and curiously
overlaid with NEUROLOGICAL figures and
symbols, most conspicuous among these
are still the Bhodi Tree or the tree of
knowledge, and the serpent, coiling
round the mystic orb of the Hindoos.
In the middle of the ceiling are painted
the seven consultations known to the
ancients, revolving round a central sun
painted yellow, and in the form of q
lotus-called by the Siamesc Dokah-
thief, or sunflower, because it expands
it's leaves to the rising sun, and con.
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said one Of the men turning to O'Raf-
ferty, ''it's your bread and praties
that's to be taken away as well as ours"
What Michael O'Rafferty might have
said that night in the "Stat' Of Life
saloon was never uttered. For before
he had cleared his threat and his brain,
a neighbor of his came hurriedly into
the room, and noting the figure of the
newly -dedged orator. stepped to his
side ard whispered hurriedly in his ear.
Even the nearest man to the speaker
did not catch the mysterious secret,
and the entire body was left in the
dark when Michael and the newcomer
hurried off without making any expla-
nation.
Michael left the gathering Of the dis
affected workmen go home. Arriving
there he found the house astir and a
light burning in every room. Two or
three neighbor women had gathered in
the kitchen and were talking in low
tones over stew that simmered on the
fire. The children had apparently
been banished into the upper story,
and the air of the ''living' room was
pervaded by a subtle bat suggestive
odor that was mingling of camphor, cat
nip and red flannel.
Mrs. O'Rafferty had taken in a
lodger.
It might have been the cool October
air that swept from his heated brain the
last cobweb of the murky saloon atmos-
phere; it might have been the silent
but irresistible appeal made by the
mother and her helpless child to his
ragged heart, but whatever the inhu-
cree, Michael had changed his resolve
about the strike. As he looked at the
new claimant, whose rights were be.
yond argument, and whose title to love
and shelter and protection none could
gainsay, he realized in his own vague,
untutored way that there were better
means of meeting trouble than run
ming from it, and that in spite Of his
luck his conscience called him to stand
firm to his sense Of right, and to show
himself to be indeed man.
Perhaps it was not too late yet to do
something to keep the men from going
too far in their hopeless opposition to
what could not be prevented He was
too late when he reached the saloon
again, to stop the plans for the strike,
but he was not too late to give utter.
ance in his own words to the new inspi.
ration that had come to him as he bent
over the helpless lodger that stretched
out appealing hands to his love and
care.
The strike came and went. Hun
drcds of men laid down their tools only
to see them eagerly grasped by others
to whom the ninety per cent. repre-
sented a hundred, but somehow the
Company heard of Michael's effort to
preserve harmony and good feeling, and
vacancy occurred in the post of sta
ton agent at Fitchburg, which soon
after followed SO speedily by a vacancy
in Michael's place in Section No. 4, that
the lucky fellow was at loss to under
stand how it all happened. It is Won
derful how new duties and responsible.
tiles developed the good that was in
him, and how rapidly he rose under
the better fortunes Of his new position
to be the checry, gcnial~heartcd man
whose name was a synonym for all that
was faithful and upright in places of
trust.
But to this day Michael dates the
change in his Luck to the night when
Mrs. O'Ratfcrty took in a lodger.
Anr4~A~a- s.a~eA
The Grange advance., 1874-09-02
HARVEST.
Sweet, sweet, sweet,
IL the winds song,
...l.

Sweet, sweet, sweet,
IL the winds song,
Astir in ihe rippled wheat
All day long
It hath the brooks wild gayety,
The sorrowful CRY OF the sea.
Oh, hush and hear!
Sweet, sweet, and dear,
Above the locust's w!lirr.
And hum Of bee,
Rises that soft, pathetic harmony.
In the mesdow-gvass
The innocent, white daisies blow ;
The dandelion plume doth pass
Vaguely to and ::o-
The unquict spirit OF = flower
That hath too briei an hour.
Now doth little cloud, all white
Or golden bright,
Drift down the warm-blue sky;
And now on the horizon line,
Where dusky woodlands lie,
A sunny mist DOH shine,
Like to veil before holy shrine,
COnceallNg,
Half lfrevealing
Things divine.
Sweet, sweet, sweet,
Is the winds sony,
Astir in the rippied wheat
All day long.
That exquisite music:calls
The reaper everywhere -
Life and death must share,
The golden harvest tails.
So doth all end
Honored Philosophy,
Science and Art,
The bloom of the heart -
Maker, Consoler, Friend.
Make Thou the harvest Of our days
TO fall within thy ways.
Nelly NJ. Hutchinson in Scribner's for
gust.
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all al, cole collected ted carried in long lines
the temple, thd placed in an united and
closely twisted knot Ill the left palm Of
the sleeping figure of the Buddha.
This was followed by low, solemn
chant from the priests in concert, dur
ing which each one laid his outstretched
arms lightly on the my tic web =; .un-
spun cotton that united the living,
/ breathing, thinking man to the dumb,
mysterious life hidden away in the hard,
insensible heart of the tree, and thence.
to the hand of the great sleeping god III
the temple, with whose birth, life and
death the Bhode tree was SO intimately
associated. The entire crowd pros
trated themselves. and solemn silepcc
prevailed during the chant of prayer,
which cxtolled the praises of the Budd:
ha, enumerated the 25.600,OOO s'asong-
Aics Or metcmpsychoses through
which he struggled to attain divine ON
mscience: and Of which he is supposed to
remember every form he ever entered,
bcholding with the clear eyes Of god
the endless diversities Of transmigra-
tion through the vegetable, animal, hu-
man, and angelic worlds throughout the
spaceless, timeless, numbcrless universe
of visible and invisible life. At length
this weird metaphysical rhapsody end
ed with an invocation to the Omniscient
One. "that as he remembered not only
all the men and animals, but even all
the plants through which he passed on
his way to Nirvana, so all mankind be
made to feel and to acknowledge their
entire dependence on the vegetable and
animal world around them; that, as
man is but part of the whole, in which
life is constantly changing to and from
the vegetable and animal world, so
may each one be taught the transfor-
nations which their souls must un-
dergo in the spiritual world Of merit
and dernerit. And that, as all nature
is connected and bridged over with the
mystic web of life and death, so may
these, the priests, be found bound to-
the invisible spirit Of knowledge which
alone.reveals to the rejecting mind the
path Of virtue.''
At the conclusion of this singular
chant. the priests suddenly but rather
deliberately wheeled round and round
in the mystic circle which bound them,
and every time they turned toward the
pond they scattered cakes, rice and
fruit into the water, at which was heard
a sudden rush, and several crocodiles.
appeared with open jaws, into which
the offerings mystcriously disappeared.
Finally the mystic cords were dissolved
b&fe boys, who fired them with their
jGMed torches, and the priests de-
parted, leaving numbers of dcvout men
and women to pour out their hearts and
their simple gifts at the foot Of the
monster sleeping god,
The Grange advance., 1874-09-02

Madame Arabella Goddard, the
pianist, and Blondin, the rope walker,
lost all their possessions recently by
the wreck Of a steamer off the coast of
Queensland, Australia.
The Grange advance., 1874-09-02
Saratoga Fun and Facts.
From the New York SUM-

From the New York SUM-
Ex-Congressman Marvin, who is tho
I ssWarwick behind the throne: in the
new United States Hotel, called on a
carpenter yesterday, and said:
I "Mr. Thompson, we have nice bar
room, and we want handsome bar
made. Who can make the best one?"
swell. II d-d-don't 'zactly know
who could m-m-make handsome b-bar-
1laid,' stammered Mr.. Thompson.
''No, no. want nice, handsome
bar made-'
"W-w-wel!, dang it; if you want a
handsome barmaid, why don't you 20
over to T-T-Troy and get ones
mo, no, no, man! mean who.
made these l see all around town g.
"Great guns, Marvin! H-h-how the
d.d'devil do know who made all the
b'b.barmaids around town? d-d-don't
know, and damfi care who did 2''
shrieked Mr.. Thompson.
THE SARATOGA BELLE OF 1874.
There she goes, the old belle-and;
thus we sum her up:
Nine gallons of inflated panicr, l78,
yards of muslin in trailing underskirts,,
$48 worth of'wig, one twenty-inch far,
1886 worth Of dangling snlelling.bottles,
card cases, and straps; 1876 yards Of
gros grain silk, some cotton, pearl pow-
der; $72 worth Of teeth on gutta
percha, six button gloves, mammoth UNI
brella, copy of Edmond Yates's book
and all hanging on the arm Of some
thing intended to represent a mana
sort of amateur gentleman.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Moses Colt Tyler registered his name
yesterday in Saratoga hotel, when ,
Brooklyn man wrote under it:
Tllton Colt Beecher too.
A New Yorker wss introduced. to =.
Cleveland gentleman to-day, and not
hearing his name distinctly, remarked:
>''l bog pardon, sirs but didn't catch,
your na1ne.'
''Bnt my name is very hard one TO.
catch,' replied the gentleman; s:per-
hays it is the hardest name you ever
heas:d.''
'SHardest nameI ever heard. I'll bet
bottle of wine that my nsme is Hard
N.Y. ASPiICN tAC NCV 1OIH SI.
"Au right. said the Cleveland man.
Smy name is Stnne-Am2sa J.. Stone.
Stone is hard enough, isa't it, to take
this bottle of vine O.
'Pretty hard name," exclaimed the
New Yorker, '<but my name is Harder
Norman B, Harder--and T bet nv
name was Harder.''
| The joke cost Mr.. Stone just $27.s7.
The Rev. Mr.. 'Scatsergood is regis.
tered at DR.. Strong's~ He is a first.
class man to SOW the seeds Of truth.
Deacon Gaudam, of the First Pres
byterian Church in Lock Haven is So
journing in Vandam street. The Lock
Haven Republican says, "When the
minister wants the collection taken UP
he often remarks, Deacon, Gaudasa
you: please pass the plate.'' -
! Madame Arabella Goddard, the
! pianist, and Blondin, the rope walker,
lost all their possessions recently by
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17
a circuit E.mierprlse.
ANOTHER LINE OF AMERICAN s rEAMsHIPs TO De Els
TABLIsnEn OF TILE pAnIEIn.

ANOTHER LINE or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO BE Es-
TABLIsHED on TUE PACIFIC.
The New York Times of to day says an import
ant meeting took place yesterday at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, in that city, between c. p. Hunt
ugt0n, Vice President Of the Central Pacific
Rultoad Company, Messrs. Oliver Ames,
sdney Dillon, Bates and others. of the
Executive Committee Of the Union Pa
c.tc Railroad Company. The matter
nnder consideration was a contract for term OF
hye years between the Central and Union Paci-
Ne Railroads and the Occident and Oriental
steamship Company. of the State of California,
for through first class line OF steamships, to
rlu between san Francisco and Japan and Chi
~. communication was read from the
Steamship Company claiming that $500,
NU0 Of tho Sl0,000,010 of capital stock
had been already subscribed on the Pacific coast
Large subscriptions were made by San Francisco
merchants and By Chinese merchants in that
city, Alter due consideration of the matter in
blI its behring's, the contracts were unanimously
Atiei by the two roads, the Central and Union
taelGc rhe contracts are now complete, having
teen approved by all the contracting parties.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17
MONTGOMERY
HAIR REsToRER.

For centuries, mankind has been searching for
hair dye, and invigorator, which should be effective
aud not deleterious. Thousands of competitions
have come into notire. merely to fail and die. 1t
was left to Philadelphia TO discover a Hair Re-
storer, which has all their advantag g. with none OF
their drawbacks, and in Montgomery pair Restor-
er have the ultimate result OF all scientific nvcs-
tgation GA tn subject II is an inocuous vegeta
biz preparation. which is really food and not a
dye, a lus re creator and not au oily varnish II
creates new life in the hair and so fe DIS it that 1t
retains its elasticity, color, fneness of fibre, and
glossy surface to the latest ag- II is The best arti-
Gle ever invented for the human scalp. w. G. Mont
gomery, Proprietor, 40 NJ sixth St., Philadelphia.
cold by all Druggists. Hepqo1y
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17

paLurcAL. At tho regular meeting of the
mon Republican Club, last evening, the resig-
psaun 4 Lew g. Bird, ED az President of the
ofsan2 ton, was presented and accepted. Sub
81 uenily Washington Hastings, ESQ, was un-
elected to tho POSITION. and Com
mllteo leaving waited on him ut the rooms of
INC Bla d OF Trade, (where he was presiding
over tho deliberations of that body he consent
81 20 accept it, Mr.. Hastings will make a most
lable President Of the Club.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17

~ CONVICTED, A lAnDos PROBABLE.
BERLIN, Dec. l0.
1t ID rumored that if Count Won Armin ia con-
yotel he will be pardoned at Bismarcll'a request
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17
ci,c racislc Wan snqn.ry.

IRWIN 10 BE Examined AT MS HOTEL
wAsHINoroN, Dec. 49,
MI Irwin, the Pacific I'D Steamship Comps
ny's agent being still sick, he will be examined
by the sub committee Of the Ways and Meas
Committee Mt his hotel
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17

me PRESIDENT RETURNS THE VISIT OF TUE KrSo.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1e.
The President returned the visit Of King Kala-
kaua to-day accompanied by Gen. Sherman and
the members OF Cabinet and others Official
oourtcslea Will commence tomorrow.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17

SNOW STORM AND TRAvI1-
LONDON, Dec, l6.
SIX inches of snow fen, this morning. and
stil, con nuea. Travel is impeded
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17
HAVE YOU TRIED
JURUB EBA
are you

HNEAS RETAILED AT IMPORTERS
Il PRICES,
BY THE
GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.,
s3 Arch Street, cor Second and Coates Streets and
62l ). Second st Philadelphia, Pa.
This Is an organization Of capitalists 10
IMPORT AND DISTRIBUTE TEAS
for small profit, saving the consumer all profits
of middemen. We control large part of the best
teas brought to this country which aie sold only by
ourselves Persons buying Of other dealers do 30 to
their own disadvantage. Our houses In China and
Japan have the very best facilities of selecting,
which gives US great advantages. We have estab-
shed stores for distributing teas In all the prin-
cipal cities Of the United states. We give to our
customers
BEAUTIFUL OIL CHRONIC,
[taken from the richest gems, of American and
Foreign artsts) which, II bought at picture stores,
would cost much more than the price of tie Tea.
These chromos are present to our customers.
All goods sold warranted to give pei feet satlsfac
ton or the money refunded.
GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.
s91 Arch Street. cor. Second and Coates Streets and
621 8. Second street, Philadelphia, Pa.
QOynO-AW
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17
&zNx3yN!N'S'!!'t'!,.A1.E'!!!':y!

OF the latest and most beautiful dcsgns, and all
other Slate work on hand or made TO Order.
WILSON = MI LER.
octb-19w Philsd,ph Pa.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
rom our Late Editions of yesterday.l



Destruction or AN ENTIRE TOWN IN ARKANsAs.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 49,
All Of the town of Forest City, Arkansas,
south Of the railroad, was burned to-day.
LOSSES ny THE BOSTON FIRE.
BosToN, Dec. 49,
The losses by the Plympton and wareham SITS.
fire was Ave hundred and ninety thousand dol
lars by the Charleatown fire, one hundred and
forty-fge thousand dollars. Total insurance is
two hundred thousand dollars
$4,000 FIRE IN MAINE.
BANGOR, Dec. l6
A fire in this city, last night, caused a loss of
seventy thousand dollars.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17
financial Cards.
FIfHE ARTISANS SAVINGS BANK,
OOa MARKET STREET,


TILE ARTISANS SAVINGS BANK,
5O2 MARKET STREET,
Incorporated February %, 1851.
open to receive deposits daily from 9, A. M, until
1, z. NJ, and on Tuesday and Saturday evenings,
frora TO O'Clock.
A sEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND,
OF six per cent has been regularly paid on deposita
since the organization OF the Bank and 1t s the ex-
pectation of the Managers, that this rate OF diVt-
deudS will be continued.
Whea dividends are not withdrawn they are &C
counted as deposits Thus permanent deposits,
compound their interest twice In each year.
MANAGERS:
WILLIAM s. HILLS, GEORGE W. BUSH,
CLEMENT b. SMYTH, GEORGE ). CAPRLI.k1
CHAuIEs w. ROWLAND, NJ. L. LICHTEN5rKIN,
EDWARD DARLINGTON, NATHANIEL X. BENSON
HENRY +. DuAB, JOB IL. JACKSON,
3, III. STor5ENBLRa MM. II. SWIFT,
ANTHONY HIGGINS.
VIM. $. HILIEs, PrassdeH.
GEO v. BUSH, Vice President; :, ~, 49,,
aprl4-tf Il. It. TAYLOR, Tire an Z
L,IRST NATIONAL BANK
OF Wilmington.
DEPOSITORY OF THE PUBLIC MoN1EA
FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED sTATRsS
EDWARD BELTS, President.
GEO. D ARMSTRONG;, Cashier.
PAID Up CAPITAL. 100000
M Philadelphia and New York Exchange fur
nished to regular depositors without charge.
Discount days, Mondays and Thursdays, at sx Am.
DIRECTORS.
Clement b. Smyth, George W. Bush,
Israel Pussy, Eli Garrett,
Henry S. McComb, Joshua Il. Head,
Daniel James, William Tatnall,
Edward Belts. oct1-ly
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17

CHARLEY Roas SUPPOSED TO re sEcRErED IN TUE
METROPOLIS
NEW YoRK, Dec. 16
The police captains have been ordered to keep
+ sharp look out for any boy resembling Charlie
Ross, az it ia believed he is hidden in this city.
Some persons who are believed to have hid
the chill left here, few daya ago, and detec
tive was put on their track
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17

Suier AT CHESTER Monday last, Miss
eoia illey nineteen years of age very est,
mNoe Young lady who resided with her widowed
SoiHer on Ulrich street. the first door above
1lnid, Chester, commit ed suicide by taking
arsenic and died at ten o'clock, p. m, She was
Na 70 tie commission of the act, it seems, by
re lei,istency with which young man who
ata loorded in the family urged that spell had
ueen Pr, upon him by tho Young lady and her
mother The young man was crazy, and some
M9.iths ago was sent to tho almshouse, but be-
n's et out in an. apparently restored mind he
.nIlne', 10 Chester and renewed his accusations
@..i ieh yehemency that the young lady swal-
""td poison with the result as stated.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17

ArnlI 'rMENrs.-rhe following nominations
lAYe bsla made by Collector NOen for appoint
6'eAs-' ~ tie new Light House, i'll Delaware
htA a.ad Ship John Shoa Charles II. Sul-
Nta - 10 principal keeper; John Mcbride, 1st
assistant, and Thomas Hawkins, End asssistant
iha nominations have been confirmed by the
s ., of the Treasury, and the appointees
Mn enter upon their duties.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-17
MeM AdrerftsemfnIa

500 New articles Just patented. Samples sent
sep2l-4w 2e1 broadway, New York.
go PER CENT
COMMISSION PAID BOOK AGENTS
On new and most popular books by one of the
largest subscription trms In the country. 81 books
ior 80 cents 81 books for si'2o, dc. No humbug
send dor clrcnlas and see Address p. Q Box o2s
lal1oIo. Sonn. oecl4 4W
PHILADELPHIA BURIAL CASE co
are now In full operation and making all the various
styles OF
coFFINs AND cAsKETs
for the trade, furnished in all kinds of wood and
finely finished. We will I'LL all ord. rs with prompt
ness and at the lowe. I prices, from our ,IFFICg
aud and WARERooMs, Gil and 2ls N. BROAD ST.,
Fg-send for descriptive Price List. dec 4-iqw
HAVE YOU TRIED
URUBEBA
are you
WEAK, NERVOUS, OR DEBILIgATgDf
ARE You 30 LANGuID that any ex rtiOn requires
more OF an effort than you feel capahe OF making?
THIN TRY JURUBEBA the wonderful tonic and in
ygorator,which acts benencialy on the secretive
organs as to impart vgor to all the vital forces.
II Is no alcoholic appetizer which stimulates for
short time, only TO let the sufferer iall TO lower
depth of misery, but 1t Is vegetable tonic acting
directly on The liver and spleen.
IL regulates the bowels quiets the nerves, and
gives such healthy tone to the whole system as to
soon make the invalid feel like new person.
Its operation is not violent but is characterized by
great gentleness; the patient experiences sudden
change no marked results, but gradually his trou-
bleH
"Fold their tents like the Arabs
And silently steal away"
This Is no new and untrled discovery hut mas been
long usei with wonderful remedial results, and ls
pronounced by the highest medical authorities, 'th'
Ask your druggist for It.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-04-30

We hear o good story of a man
who went to the frontier to see a
friend. The family consisted of
the husband and has two grown
sons. The old lady was the only
one of the family who did not take
3 little of the "Oh, be joyful. Sitting
by the fire q few minutes, the old
man dipped him wink, and the
visitor followed him out. Stopping
by a tree, he pulled out a long-neck-
ed bottle, remarking, 81 have TO
keep it hid, for the boys may get to
drinking and the old woman would
raise the deuce" They took drink
and returned to the Preside. !.
Soon Tom, the eldest son, asked
the visitor out TO see a colt and
taking him behind the barn. pulled
out a flask, remarking, II have to
keep this hid, for the old man viii
get.drunk, and the deuce is to play. y
and they both took a drink and
returned.
Soon Bob stepped on the visitor
toes and walked of, the visitor fol.
lowing. AS they reached the pig
pen, Bob drew out a good sized
bottle, remarking, "You know the
old man and Tom will get drunk
and / have TO hide this" The yisi
tor concluded he could not drinl
conhdentially with the whole family
and started for home.