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This amount shows an increase of $l4o COL over
that Of last year. The total expenses during the

that Of last year. The total expenses durih9 the
same time amount to $931,57a After all deduc-
tons made for interest," taxes, &C., balance IL
left of the profit and loss OF sl95,644. scrip
capital stock ofthe company which Is 500 The
bonded debt has been Increased $407, 600 There has
been . total deficit in the business OF the North
east Pennsylvania Railroad of $13, $751; The reports
OF the Treasurer, Mr.. Wister, and those OF the
engineering department., were read, these read
ings being followed by the election OF officers,
whose nafiies.are given below
Ff'esdent-FA A. Comfy.
Di,ectOrs-S. Jordan. Jr. @. Fell. W. c. Ludwig,
f. Shannon, e. G. knight, A. Hunt, w. q. Kent, 7.
Smith, A. Pardee, G. H. Stevenson.
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READING RAILROAD.
Receipts, Expenses and Profits OF the
Past Year-Resolutionx Adopted-Names
of Officers Elected.

PHILADELPHIA, JAM r. 1874.
At twelve O'Clock today which, owing to its
being the second Monday in the New Year, Is
known here as Corporation Day." meeting OF
the directors OF the Reading Railroad was held
and, after the usual dreary business had been
transacted, the report for the year was read, as
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NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

Divided neutrality-suspicious. OF
Expenses and Receipts.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IL, 1874.
The annual meeting OF the North pennsylvania
Railroad Company was held at noon to-day Mr..
F. A. Comfy, President OF the road, being in the
chair During the progress OF the meeting Mr..
Comfy read the annual report for the year ending
Octohor AZ 1874 Tho fnfiowinu are the recetptR.-
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DLAINFIELD, N. J-FOR SALE, LOO FEET ON
broad paved street the only properly N ycE
not cut up In lots contains about 81 acres Fer
address or call upon A. oNDERDOUK. Civil Epgnscr
flainncld.
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BELOW.
SAILED.

Bark Ukraine. 20 days from Liverpool Received a
pilot from boat Lsggeu, No4, san 10 IN lat ~ w. Ion
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Foreign Ports.

BuENos AYREs, Nov T-Arrived, bark AsphodeL Marcy.
Boston
CALCUTTA, Jan I'm port ships Merry Monarch (3rl
and British Princess tBrJ, for New York. Idg
CALLAO no dateIn port bark Walter Scanrsnell (Br).
Helmstrum from London.
from New Orleans for Bremen -
HoSc KoNe Jan 7-Arrved, steamship Great Republic.
Howard. San Francisco.
HoNoLULU, Dec D-in port ship Syren, Benson, for
New Bedford, ldg; and others efore.
HALIrAx Jan l2-Arrived steamship Crcassian Obj,
Wylie, Portland ito take the for England In place
ofthe Phoencian schr Manning Hewitt, Fortune Bay,
NJ for Gloucester, put in for a harbor -,
Baltimore.
In port 2eth schr Sophia Hanson, Miller for Whining
ton NC to sail Jan @ -
PoRr SPAIN Dec N-Tn port brigs Water Witch, Knight
from Norfolk arrived 2lst Turks Islands u oad LOT
Baltlmore TO sail about Jan 81 Helen, r9Ipisn Hoin
Savannah, arrived 18th dIsg at San Fernanuo2; -
In bort Dec "a brs Navarino. Blood from Boston. Ar
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MISCELLANEOUS

nEAFNESS PARALYSIS NEURALGIA, RHEU-
~ matism Diseases OF the Eye and Ear speedily cured
by electricity ut I5 West Thirty fourth street New York
Advice free DIR. c. RALPH.
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DENIS ;. GRIFFIN, Secretary.
THE COMMUNISTS COMMITTEE.
Representative OF the Committee of Commun-
lists who intend making display OF their power
to-day, called yesterday upon tue Board of Police
Commissioners to alter their decision in the mat
sioners refused TO entertain the matter and would
A Geographic despatch was received by the Board
IRON Governor Dix, stating that a Mr.. John J. FL
hot, of No. S49 Bowery. had telegraphed to him
asking for his interference in the police arrange
ments. but he declined to have anything to do with
1t, leaving It entirely TO the management OF the
police. The representative OF the Communists LETT
the central office in bad humor, because OF the
failure the mission. All the reserve platoons of
the police force Will be held IN readiness to-day to
start to any given point in the city at moments
notice. They Will be stationed during the day
at the Central ONCE and the Tenth,
Fourteenth and Sixth precincts The men will
be under the command OF Inspectors
Walling and McDermott and Captain Copeland.
Information Of the move OF the Communists will be
conveyed to the superintendent, at Police Head
quarters, by the mounted squad and the detectives
who will act as scouts during the day At the
meeting OF the Police Board. held after the Conn
munist Committee had departed, commupica-
ton was received from the Park Commissioners
asking the Board to put a stop TO the Intended
meeting IN Tompkns square previous to the par
ade. resolution was passed by the Board in
compliance with this desire, so that the Commune
lists VIII now have to confne themselves strictly
to paradlng the streets.
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ADvERTIsING TERMs.
Little Nen.

Bayard Taylor, in q letter
from Egypt gives an account
OF the discovery of a race OF
pigmles In Central Atrica.-7l
Speaking of two in the cafe eG
the Ohedive, he says: gaiob COS
The little fellows looked OF
me with bright, questioning,o
steady eyes while Iexanlined
and measured them, Tu6bul
was forty-six inches in heighta
his legs being twenty two In.
ches and his body, with his
head, twentp-four inc h es.
which Is somewhat better pro-
portioned than is usual in saw
age tribes. The head and arms
were quite symmetrical but
the spine curved in remarkas
bly, from The shoulders to the
hip joint, throwing out the alb .
domen, which was already
much distended, probably ftozd
their diet of beans and hau
anas. Ye: the head was ereod,
the shoulders on the line or
gravity and there was no ss0op
in the posture of body. as in
South Africa. Tpbbul measar d.
Led 26 inches around the breast
and % around the abdomeA--9
His hands and feet were
coarsely formed, but not lafge,
only the knee joints being dis
proporllonately thick an d
clumsy. The facial angle NJ, =
fully up to the average. There
was a good development as6f
brain, fine, intelligent eyrlR
and his nose was so flattene Il
that, In looking down the fcr'.d
head from above, one saw onl !
his lips projecting beyondi5.
The nostrils were astonishing r
ly wide and square. His con :
lplexion was that of q dark m,
latto.
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The French Situation.
A Paris letter writer says:


Evidently difficulties are fast
closing in about us, and every
day We have some fresh cause
tor rejecting upon the security
Of the moment. The spirit which
animated the Commune is very
far from being being crushed.
The same men are once more or
ganising for another attempt,
and just as they did before 1S48
and in 1871. Societies Of work
men are formed in each arron-
disement, under the direction of
district committees, which take
their orders from q central com.
mittee. The next step is to bind
the men by making them soil.
taire in all dangers and benefits,
and the element Of secrecy is al
ways attractive to the uneducat-
ed.
Members of the society who
have work are privately taxed,
and one half of the proceeds is
added to the sinking fund, re-
served for a war budget. The
rest goes to aid those who are
out Of work and in distress. r
just before the war matters
had reached the stage where we
end them to-day, and Creuzot
was selected as the best point
for beginning the strikes. The
difficulties then caused made
possible the 4th Of September
This time the strikes are to be
encouraged in the positive cer-
tainty that the Septennat must
come to end one day or another,
and the belief that that it will
not last long gives the chiefs of
the In'ernaionals the opportani
ty for saying that it will be sue
ceeded by another Commune.
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BIsMARK Is using every means

BIsMARK Is using every means
he can think of to prevent EN-
igration from Germany 10 the
United States. Allardt, eml-
grafton agent in Saxomy for
the Slate OF Michigan, is an
noyed by the police acting un
der orders from Berlin, and
many obstacles are put in bis
way. Silly runors are also
circulated among the peasant
ry; one being TO the effect that
the American crown had been
offered to Prince Frederick
Charles OF Prussia, who would
enforce military system here
similar 10 that Of Germany
The long and severe military
service is a great incentive TO
emigration. If they could be
persuaded that they would
have to endure it here many
of them would of course stay
at home. '''l's''' @s''
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PEof. LEEDS propose In the
Scientific American TO substl.
tute eremacausis for both bur
ial and cremation. Eremacau-
sis Is a consumption OF human
bodies produced bSsurround-
ing them with hydfated oxide
Of iron. The learned Professor
would have the dead buried in
the ground according to the
ordinary method, but packed
in this interesting chemical
which will destroy every vest
lge OF the remains in q few
years.
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VICE PRESIDENT WILSON will
bring out the second volume
of his "History of the Rise
and Fall of the Slave Power in
America" within two or three
weeks. The second volume
will be longer than the first,
and will carry the story along
from the admission Of Texas as
aslave State to the election OF
Abraham Lincoln. A large
portion OF the third volume
has been prepared, and this
will CLOSE the record.
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aHKsRr WARD BRRaHER,s cr

HENRY WARD BEEoHER's con.
gregation propose erecting a
new church edifice, which, to-
gether with the lot is estimat-
ed TO cost S4Oo,OoOO. The edi.
foe is to afford accommodation
for six thousands people.
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The Nelsonville Trials.

The trials in progress last
week of the twenty two men ar
rested on a charge of shooting
with intent to kill, terminated on
Friday. Justice Davy binding
over TO court, one party, Charles
Wamer, and discharging the 9TH
ers.
On Monday last Shepard and
Knox, the parties shot, and tw o
others were brought to trial be-
fore Squire Brehm charged also
with shooting with intent to kill,
the allehged shooting having oc-
cured at the time they were shot
and for what the others were ar
rested and tried. Shepard and
Knox we're bound over, the 9TH
er two discharged. Since these
trials have been in progress, a
party has gone to Athens, and
made charge against several OF
the citizens heretofore prominent
in Nelsonville as having been
implicated in the various robber.
les and crimes, which for sever
al years past have been commit.
ted in that Hooking Sen
tineI.
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DOM PIATT's opinion of th q
question Of the hour "We II II.
vor cremation. We have bee Il
turning the matter over in or r
gigantic journalistic mind, AZ ID
after consulting with Jene y,
Brown and Robinson's Your X
Man, have concluded to tArt w
the weight Of our body and in
fluence in favor Of the furnn &C -.
Rotling in the damp gronnsd Il
heathenisb business. As oul
esteemed friend Sir Wellesley
Bang; M. p, remarks IT. ~
rawther nawsty." But We fa
vor cremation on grounds o
more Importance to eS. W,
have received legal notice thai
The Capital can not be pub.
hshed under the shadow OF th,
Government. We intend. 10
make a stout resistance. Wa
have a double barreled shot.
gun for long range. The enemy
will have to approach in col.
umn through a dark, narrow
p usage that smells of coal oil.
Then, for short quarters, VIZ
have a stump tailed BULLDOG.
soured bylbeing crossed in love
and. by solitary confinement.a-s
He Is the most misanthropic
bulldog we ever knew Hia
stump of a tail is as stiff aa
Conkling, while his smileis Id
sardonic exhibit of teethg re-!
mindlng one of Mortonslistspi !
ing to a veto. But what to & d
with the dead bodiesi This Soiis
the question, and this Ifetci. hes
Us to cremation We ha ys a
lovely furnace under our Q team,
boiler. We will cinder,Ate.-,
The bodies of our enemies will,
not only be comfortat ,ly dis
posed OF, but at the SO me tune
will help to generate steam. 60.
that the conquered Congress-
man or other official viii do
more after death to diss e,oin.
ate useful intelligence tihan he
ever accomplished VII en- alive.
Our flue is excellent and VIII
carry off even the foul gsssss
of a rotten car pet-bageen
without offense. J3y Jovel, this
is such a beautiful de" chat
we are inclined to try it on. our
creditors. There is fat Z man
who comes up here every day
with bis little BILL He Is duite
exhausted when he reaches our
sanctum, and . little tap '.o;a
the nose with the 'hoss bistvis
would dispatch him ss neaiiv
as a fur.bearlng A.iaska 3g1l.eA
ae wouio see Us q ton &C. coaE
mna' q beautiful adea. We
'...,or cinderation." ,'i,.,,,a
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tu0 ptOuuOb VI N0eCtuUl0 uCCay3
and is an active poison, and in
Its pure stale will Cause DEATH
Except a kernal Of grain be
cast into the ground and decay
it can not reproduce itself. But
because the young plant is the
product of vegetable decay is
no proof that it is poison.
Again, what medicinal rem edy
is there in use, by the profess
sion that is not poisonous II
improperly ussdi Again, how
many kinds Of medicinal rem
edies are there that alcohol is
pot absolutely necessary . in
their prepareiionl Is not Mr..
johnson aware that even vine
gar that indispensable article
of diet is a product OF diluted
alcohol, and that it can not be
made without alcohols The
first stage of yeast fermenta
lion, the starch of grain is con
verted into sugar, the second
stage, (called vinous fern enta-
tion, this sugar Is converted
into alcohol, the third stage,
(calledaceiic fermentation )ihe
alcohol is converted into vim
egar (acelic acid) by the alco-
hol combining with the oxygen
of the air. Who does not use
vinegarG Who ever thought OF
calling it poiSons Yet the
truth is vinegar of such
strength as pure cider will pro-
duce, il used in the same way
and in The same quantity is
much more poisonous than
fourth proof brandy, or the
meanest common whisky.
Many men can drink a pint
and some a quart of whisky al
a single draught without much
Inconvenience. l have known
men who could drink a gallon
OF whisky each day for a whole
week or more without causing
death; hut | ldouht if there is a
man living who can drink half
that amount OF good cider vim
egar, aud live. 1t would en-
lirelv destroy The mucous mem
brane Of the stomach and bow
els. If not the outer coating, as
we'll. Alcohol as We find 1t in
cider, wine and malt liquors Is
only poisonous when used 10
excess.
oa,~
II used TO excess, the most
wholesome articles of food be.
come poisonous; even pure wa
ter if improperly used is poi
sonons. For instance, one. pint
Ot pure waller warmed TO blood
heat and drank will produce
nausea AID vomiting in an or
binary person, IN less than fif.
teen minutes. Again, many
persons have caused death by
drinking a draught OF cold wa
ter when their blood was hot
and they were exhausted by
fatigne, whereas il instead they
had taken the same amount oil
vine or beer or even whisky il
would not have hurt them. !
have no doubt but there are
more persons that injnre their
health and lose their lives ev-
cry year in the United States
by drinking ice-water' than
there are by drinking both wine
and beer. / apprehend that
Paul knew what he was talking
about when he advised Tim
othy to drink no longer water,
but take q little wine for his
stomach's sake. Mr. johnson
quotes this passage of scrip
ture: "And whosoeyer shall
give unto one OF these little
ones a cup Of cold water only
in the name of a disciple, be
shall in no wise lose his re-
ward" Il there is any argu.
ment in that passage, | will an
swer'lt by quoting: Luke, 10:
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TAE VINE QUESTION.
MR. Ebtroh, | read Win inter

April 9th, sermon on the wine
question, delivered by Rev. J.
B. Johnson, at the Presbyteri.
an Church. Macarthur, D March
80, 1874. i also heard a dis.
course on the same subject at
the same place, q lew weeks
since, delivered by Rev. Mr..
Biggs of Chillicothe. / was
much pleased with a part Of
both those dlscourses. Both oil
those gentlemen said many
very good things Bot | am
forced 10 the conclusion that
neither oil those men are quite
satisfied with the plain teach
ing OF the scripture on the
wine question. judging from
their arguments. II is plain to
my mind that.they would have
The, scripture read differently
on the wine question ii they
could. l39WV ~ l-,ft.
Il admit thate-the scripture
everywhere condemns drum
kepness In the strongest posi-.
BILE terms, With threatenings
Of the most terrible conse.
quences, yet at The same time
wine is promised as blessing
that maketh glad the heart Of
man TSee Psalm 1O4; 15.] |
like the text that Mr.. Johnson
selected ior his discourse: 1T
is good neither TO eat flesh nor
TO drink wine, nor anything
whereby thy brother stun
bieth, or is offended or IS made
weak" from, ii; 21] BY.
reading ne whole OF that chap.
ter we get better elucidaiion
OF the subjecl than we get from
Mr.. Johnson's sermon; for in
stance, Paul says, hFor one be.
lievelh that he may eat all
things; another who is weak
eateth herbs. Let not him
that eatelh despise him that
eaieth not, and lei not him that
ealelh not judge him that cal.
eIb; for God hath received him >
"Who art thou that judgest an.
other mans servanl9" TO his
own master he standeth or fall.
eth; yea, he shall be holden up,
for God is able to make him
stand" = "Lst us
not therefore judge one one an
other any more" = = IL
know and am fully persuaded
by the Lord jesus, that there
Is nothing unclean in ilsell;
but TO him that esteemeth any
hing 10 be unclean TO him il
is unclean." " = [kOm. A. ]
"Have we not power 10 ca,
and power to drink" II Cor;
9,4l .a....tr..r.r r
"Who planreth a vineyard
and eaielh not the lrult thereof.
Il Cor, 8; Z. ..r..
For why is my liberty ju1g
ed Of another mans conscirnc,s 7
For u | by grace be a parlaker,
Why am evil spoken of for
,hatlor which | give thanks"
RI Cor, 10; 20, 80
Whether therefore ye eat. or
drink, or whatsoever ye do, do
all tothe glory OF God. T1Co /,
10; 81
"LeL no man therefore judge
you IN meat, or ID drink. [Oul.,
2; 1871 As6 8 1lWJ7 735f
h"Unto the pure all things
are pure; but unto them that
are defiled and uDbelleying is
nothing pure. Titus, l; Is. ]
Jesus said: Where is nothing
from without a man, that en-
tereth into him.. can defile him;
but the things which come out
of him those ere they that de.
filethe man. For from within
out Of the heart Of men proceed
evil thoughts, adulteries, forni
cation, murders, thelts, covet-
business, and evil eye, blasphe-
NV nrifle foolishnpas. oil these
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NHu W hhoWtro'f Al JuA'oPO
siiion to the above cold water
ltsz', Mr. Johhsoa quotes from
Habakuk by way of contrast,
"Woe unto him that giveth his
neighbor drink. that put:eth
thy bottle to him and maketh
him drunken" Here NrsJohn
son closes the sentence with a
period, making a full op,whlle
in7the bible there is lpo pause
at all, not even d comma, thus
mutilaiing the swofdsof God.
and purposely pervetting its
meaning. That iext Vas twice
misquoted in Mr.. yOhnson's
sermon; ana Nj. Biees did the
same th'ng In MS aermon q
few weeks ago.
For l testify unto every man
that hearelh the words of the
prophecy of this book, il any
man shall add unto these
things, God shall add pnto him
The plaques that are written in
this book. Aud If Any man
shall take away from the words
of the book of prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of
the book of life, ard out of the
holy city, and from the things
which are written in this book"
[Rev.22; 1S, 10 ] Now let us
quote the whole of the text as
as tits in the bible.
"Woe unto him that giveth
his neighbor drink, that put
test thy bottle to him, and
makest him drunken also, that
thou mayest look on their
nakedressl' Now evidently
the meaning Of this text is,
that a curse shall fall upon
those who purposelv make an
other drunken Tor .theinteni,
that they may by that means
accomplish The act expressed
in the last clause OF the verse
To get the idea Of what is
meant by that text, with the
penalty, read the Is and 20
chapter Of Leviiicus, also Gen.
esis 10, 81 to 35 verses. Mr..
Biggs said that the first SIN
that Noah committed after he
came out of the ark was to get
drunk on wine, and that that
drunk was the cause of a curse
falling upon a whole nation Of
people. What sophistryl II
that drunk brought a curse
upon one nation, then that
same drunk brought a blessing
upon two other nations. But
The truth is that a curse fell
upon one son and his posterity
for shameIully looking upon
his fathers nakedness, and a
blessing upon the other two
sons and their posterity be-
cause they covered bis naked
ness.
But so far as Noah's sin was
concerned we are not informed
by the Bible that he sinned at
all Noah was a prophet of
God, and he spoke BY insplra
tion, when he pronounced the
curse upon the one son and a
blessing npon the other two
sons. | aprehend that Noah's
drunk was inadvertan. oracci-
dental, he was not in the habit
of being drunk, ltwas uninten.
tional, and was not imputed as
sin at the time, hence nothing
was said about it. Mr.. Biggs in
the first part Of his discourse ad
mitted that wine wss spoken
Of In the scriptures as a bless,
ing and that the Savior and
Apostles as we'll as the Patri-
arch and Prophets used 1t,
could be. proven beyond con-
troversy; but he claimed, that
wine was spoken Of also as a
curse, and that there was an
APPARENT discrepancy on the