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Potato-Bugs,
From The Joliet 1lL) Signal.

From the Joliet llL) Signal.
On the 10th Of July last, Mr.. Michael
Collins, while engaged in digging pota-
toes on tho farm Of 7. TAFT, Esq captured
a number Of potato-bugs, and put them
in an empty bottle, closing the mouth to
prevent their escape. Heplated the bot
tie by apost on the ground, making the
remark that he would aicertain show long
the critters would live anyhow" The
summer passed away and the winter lol-
lowed, bringing no thought Of the incar'
cerated bugs. Last week in passing, Mr..
Collins observed the bottle and picked Il
up. 1t contained the intact though mo-
tionless forms Of the potato.top destroy.
era, In tho caprice Of the moment he
took the bottle to the house and held Il
over the fire. Immense was his aston
ishment on perceiving the bugs take to
themselves legs and walk. Ina few mo.
mentsthe Interior Of the bottle was q
writhing mass Of Colorados. Eight
months without food, exposed 10 the ex-
tremes Of summer and winter, and an
living. This statement 10 fully youched
for, and shows what q foe farmers and
potatoes have TO contend against.
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New York Market.

NEW York, May 4.-Cotton-Dull;
middling uplands 179c. Flour-Little
better demand and higher; superfne west.
ern and State s. 90a6 10; common e
good SO 25a6 90; good to choice so G5a
6 95: white wheat extra SO 95s7 40; ex-
ira Ohio SO 40a7 75. Wheat-More doing
and higher; No. . Chicago spring 81 54s
! SO; red western 81 Goal 0s. Rye-Quiet
Barley-Unchanged. Corn-Opened firm
and closed dull and dropping; new west
ern mixed S4aS7c; old western mixed and
yellow S7a69c; white western sGa87c
oAts-Firmer; mixed 64is67c; white west.
err 66aOsc; mixed western In store 64tc
common white western in store Csc. Cot
lee-Quiet. Sugar-Firm; fair to good
refining 79asc. Whisky-Quiet at S7ic
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EAST LIBERTY, May 4.-CATTLE-
Arrivals including Saturday and Sunday,
IS cars; medium s. 76to SO 90; com.
mon IS 90 to SO 90. O.,
HoGs-Arrivals Saturday and Sunday,
1901 cars, best Philadelphia SO 20 10
$G40; Workers IS 25 to IS 90.
sHEEp-Arriyals,, including Saturday
and Sunday OF cars, best clipped SO rs
to SO rs; medium IS 80 to SO 90.
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CHICAGO, May 4.-FlOur-Quiet and
unchanged; all sales private. Wheat
Fair demand and firm; No. / Chicago
spring 81 80; No. 2 do 81 cit spot On
May; 81 est June; No. 8 do 81 81; reject
ed Il 10. Corn Steady; No. Q mixed
oslo cash or May; 66sc June; rejected
este. Oats-Steady; No. 2. 4G4c spot;
4Stc June. Rye-Steady; No. 2, 02c'
Barley Dull and nominal. Pork =
steady-$16 IS spot or May; $40 10 June.
Lard-Fair demand and advanced; IS 90
cash; $40 So June. Bulk Meats-FsIr
demand and firm; shoulders SIS rs; short
rib middles IS 65 loose spot; SIS so June.
Whisky-Steady.
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Our bodies arc like tlme-p!eees. When they
run down we must wind them up; otherwise
taoy will stop forever. What key will best
Perform this work OF rouovationi Experience
h4s shown that It can DO accomplished morp
rapidly and certainly BY q course Of Hostettef's
stomach Blltels than BY any other Article undOr
the snn. That searching yet harmless ageni
seems 70 reach every spring, and lever, and
Wheel, 90 10 speak, Of tho living maehlno The
teLaxea nerves are orAeed, the torpid liver 10
dlsordered bowels are regulated, tho lest apne.
Ute is rottnred. tho clouded mind 10 briphtehed
in short the whol! inert system Is stimulated
into healthy action: New lie 10 put into every
falling a6tG, and physical regeneration ensues.
y !in IS tho testimony Of Thousands, In every
OF lie cttleasy may be fouud. Jaw
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Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI, May 4.-Cotton-Ouiet a,
TIC. Flour = Dull and unchanged
Wheat-In far demand and firm a
81 46a1 Al. Corn-Firm at 6Sa70c. Oats
STEADY at 50a5Sc. Rye-steady a
81 0S. Barley dull; spring 81 40. Oils
unchanged. Egg-Quiet and weak
|-Butter-Dull and dropping. Cheese
Firm. Pork-Quiet and held at SIT 44s
II AL; no sales. Lsrd-strong; steam
10ta1Otc; kettle, sales at 1915. Bull
heats-Quiet and firm; shoulders 6taGRc;
clear rib 9sassc; clesr DC. Bacon-Oaiei
and firm; shoulders 6t47c; clear rib 9ts
9sc; clear 0ta9ic. Whisky-Flrm a
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. Baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, May 4.-Flour-Quiet and
steady. Whest-FIrm; Ohio and Indi.
ana 81 GOAL 60; western spring 81 50a
l 49,. Corn-Nrmer; old western mixed
S6is87c; new SAC. 0ats-Dull and
weaker; western 5ga62c. Rye-Dull at
81 03a1 05 Provisions-Dull; mess pork
$l7 IS. Bulk Meats-Quiet and firm
shoulders 6tc; clear rib sides 70. Bacon
Dull; shoulders 7sa7ic; clear rib sides
99G10c. Lard-Flrm at 10ia10tc. Butter
Western easier and active at 89a36c
Coffee Dull and unchanged. Whisky
DUH OF Use. -. -. ..
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New York DRY Good, mnrkn,.

NEW YoRK, May 4,-Busfuess uuiet
with importers and domestic commission
houses but middllng active in jobblng.
Business Is in progress and the clothing
trade Is commencing operations in heavy
cassimeres. The market for cotton goods
Is quiet, but agents prices are steady aud
unchanged. Prints and shifting stripes
more active, Percales and lawns are do
Ing well,
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Toledo Market,

TOLEDO, Msy 4.-Flour-Falr demand
and firm. Wheat-Fair demand and firm;
extra white Michigan 81 6sa1 GsE; amber
Michigan 81 40i; June 81 50, No. red
81 6Gi; No. 2 do 81 4s. Corn-Fair de-
mand and firm; high mixed zoo NAV,
June 7sc; July 73sc; low mixed 78ic; NV
79c; Michigan 7Stc; no grade 7eic. OATS
Steady No. l, Csc; Nos 65ic; Michi-
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CLEVELAND, May 4. -Flour--Qulet
No. / red 81 90; No. 3 81 Az Corn
Firm and strong; high mixed 79c low
mixed 7sc; ear on track 74A75c. Oats
Quiet and unchanged. Petroleum--Firm
and moro active; standard white, car lots
l2sal8c; Ohio State test to 100 degrees
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PhiladeIphia Market.

PHILADELPHIA, May Flour = In
improved demand; super 81 75s5 80;
Wisconsin and Minnesota extra family
Stay 25i State, Indiana and Ohio
~ 6Oa9 20. Wheat-Quiet. Rye-Steady
at 81 90. Corn-In lair demand; yellow
Soc; western mixed S5ss5ic; white s4a
500. Oats-Steady. Petroleum-Crude
.1ltc; refined 16is15tc, Whisky-Flrm
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Tho frequency and extent Of female diseases Il
positive proof that the common Ire4tm mt has
failed 70 curc them. Every household has itS
delicate sufferer. Wherever woman Is found
these aim ;nts exist without HllcViation, From
the cay the blushing gill rlpen5 Into Womanl God,
dltcRso becomes her constant attendant With
many ladies these ills arc 10 great that liCs has
few charms, death Ia regarded as ble,si and
the grave as the oily refuge from persiSling and
inevitable agony.
These diseases arc Of peculiar nature and
require an entirely different treatment from
common ailments. Outing a practical expert.
enc OF fifteen years we have tuly proven that
no treatment will ever DO euccessful In these
cases that does not cODbIna both lot a and con.
su uttuuAl measures. Poisoning the Pystem
with drugs for m:BplRcements Of the WON'T and
Other arrangements VI this organ and It's appen.
dAges, so far from removing tho evil, has been
the causo OF much serious mischief Bat adopt.
Ing our only rational treatment, We can promise
prompt relief and permanent euro In every case
IN which reasonable hope can be entertained,
We not only benefit but restore hundreds 10
perfect health who hAvO sought relief in vain
from other sources. We now offer you heath
and happiness. Let nothing stand In tho Way
OF your cure The longer you delay, the Yorte
you will grow until You become iucurabla.
Fees for consultation, ex4mInAto ps, advice
and treatment within the reach Of all
NOTE -Dr. LIDgdon's office and residence are
at No. 1909 EoG street (Oid bth), opposite The
CAtIedraI aplB-eod
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Travellers Register.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Views
nj HhnRNk ThktaN,nns1r

NtVs IenFy Ward BeeCheT's Views
OF Church Christianity.
Editors lntelllgencer:
As Dir. Beecher stands in point of ge-
NOUS at least at tho head of Orthodox
Theology in this country, I would thank
you to insert the following synopsis OF q
sermon hepreached in Plymouth Church
the 10th Of Apsil.last, as reported for and
published in the New York World
And oblige yours truly,
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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Money apd stook Ma,l,.,

Now Aofk money and stock Market.
=. NEW York, May 4-MoNEy-Easy
sTERLIEo ExcnANdE-Quiet Of $4s7t
Tor 90 days, and $49Ol for sight
GolD-Ranged from 112Ra112l, and
closed at 112E- Treasury disbursements
$4,000. Customs receipts 1881, 900.
Carrying rates 8a4 per cent. Clearipgs
100000.
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CLOSED weak in sym,
STATE BOND5-Qulet with a slight i'm

A- SVNDS-SuIVb Will HISut lm'
provement.
Missouri. Virginia, old......Sl
tennessee, old...... e3RIN. LarolinA, Old. .20k
vvef saIsis new"..9H IN. Carolina, rew.l2H
Il. R. BoNDs-Active, with an advanc.
Ing tendency.
sTooKs-0pened weak and before the
first call the whole market declined 3s2t
Cleveland, Columbus s. Indiana Central
led the decline on the reports that the
statement Of Cspron and Merriam would
not be very favorable. During the last
hour the market was heavy and prices
made further decline under free sales,
The decline for the day ranged at 1a34
and the closing quotations were general
~ the lowest made. The unsettled state
OF tho market was caused by Wis
consin legislation, treasury gold sales for
May, the House financial bills, the talk
about retirement Of legal-tenders and the
rumored lease Of the Atlantic & Great
Western by the Erie. The activity was
the greatest in Western Union, Pacific
Mail, Union Pacific, Wabash, St. Paul,
Northwestern, Rock Island, Lake Shore,
and Cleveland, Columbus & Indiana Cen.
trail. Total transactions Of the day 2O4,.
900 shares; 10000 were made after 2 p.
N. The sales included 5000 Of Western
Union, $4,000 Union Pacific, 10000 Pa.
cifc Mail, $4,000 Lake Shore, $4,000 St.
Paul, 1900 Northwestern common, 49,.
OOO Rock Island, 10. 900 Cleveland, Colum.
bus & Indiana Central, 5000 New York
Central and 5000 Wabash. The sales oil
Western Union, Union Pacific, Pacific
Mail, Lake Shore and Rock Island were
greater between 2 and 8 o'clock than all
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RATES OF ADVERTISING
Arrivals and Departures OF Mails,
ONO 9quafe-N ineh tpAee.

River. AKt....,.., EOOIolUVo'd. Pittsb'g.. 500
Ind 10 Cob way. 6:80INeW York, Phila.. BOO
HSmpdeld, g't.... 9:'0IWelsh'g, steuS'e.. SOC
81 Ola tstllo.. :. 1901 Wig . Wells.Ag't BOO
Bridgeport. 1000 A n ClCV. % Pitts 500
No Iistowu way. .l0:O0l Wig 10 Bait AR't. SEC
GAINESVILLE, Colim .1O:b' Washington, Pa, 6 %
Cinctn st Louis. 1885 Bella ra o, ..,,,.,, 6;S0
InbilnAD., ChicAK %, Il, 6S BarneSyllle, 6:80
M Pleasant. Hoo Cin. zanas Coll. 6:3I
West LbFrty..... .l:SJIS LOuis Ind. &c, $40
BAH: @Shg OLi:90 tam bridge BuG.... $40
Cin.to Graf r. p ,ii:30I GfRf Ia l5in n PO. l91
New York, Phila. II: col Wig to Dol. .Ap'E. p90
Pipsto Wing Ag't II ;30l ChleSp0. 81 L6nis. ma
Pitts. Wellsburg. li30I Cincinnati, &C. 80
SIevSlAna ..... l1:eO Add ti0nAl. ...... 1000
Steubenvtlle. .1l;80i River AR'k 1000
FAnAAndIe way. .ll:SOl BellAirG, 0....,...i00O
CadiE Hack. ;...... s:90IAs'twh'g to Wells. lis
HaL q I'm y 70. sos Cleveland NJ York 1:l5
S!eYe;to Wells.way 6;t5l Pittsburgh, PhilA.. i:l6
SS.evemna; ;.."".. 649 nm. Col. st Louis. l:l6
stsu6enville ...,., 645IWest Liberty. i:S0
New York. ..,.,,., 6:{SlMt. pleSSsnt. 49,. I'm
l. H., AR't ......, :4OlNorrist0Wn way'' Pm
Col. 70 Wing, Ag't. 140 Hempflold Att. 2S0
ylhemnAus 81 L.. 7A0l Wh'g& Balt.R.p.O. bb5
b ou4 indianapolis %, EtFAf d Cin.RP.O. 6eS
2 uAire. .;:...".. 1:40 BeliAlre, GAINESVILLE SIS
DALI 70 wing way. llSOlCin., st. Louis, &c. SIS
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II Per chance

You hAyo got into trouble procure A. once a
package OF the SamGritAn's Gin. use a. difecfed
and you will DO oil right in three or tour dayS,
The trouble, when taken In time Is easily over.
come, but whom neglected, or when ths qiack il
Mgited ana nc elyrs bis course Of Italian Co.
arise which prolong the disease for weeks, Der.
hAps months. "Ss-'1' ~
Another fallacy Is, in persons trying to save a
lew cente, dabble In cheap drugs, which 20 ala.
order and siCken the stomach that Almost death
l9ell would DO relief: samaEitan's GIFT will
than II tho trouble had not existed al ali
Male packages, 90; Female, 81, SEM by mail
70 any address. DESMOND SEQ, PFoprietg h,
9l5 Race street. Philadelphia,
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THE FGvoEITE HONE REMEDY.

IL eminently Family Medicine; and by being
kept ready for immediate resort will save many
an hour Of suffering and many dollar in time
and doctors bills.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-08
BORROWED THUNDER.

Governor Kellogg's amiability IS en-.
tirely unstinted. unlimited, and his politi.
cal opponents are pretty we'll aware Of
this most excellent trait in his character.
We have case in point. The Democrats
claim--and the claim is conceded that
they have saved that last years bird S
nest. the city Hall, and all its patronage,
valued at twenty-eight cents on the dol
lar. This is voted great triumph over
Governor Kellogg. and grand jubilation
is a. orce resolved upon. 4 to-chlight
procession was arranged. with music and
banners, to march through the streets
amid the roar Of artillery, the waving Of
handkerchiefs and the enthusiastic huzzas
Of excited people. Everything was all
successfully arranged and the whole pro-
gramme thought to be complete. when it
was discovered, almost at the last mo-
men., that there was no cannon with
which to fire the salutes. But lucky
thought seized genius in the crowd.
Though the 'people" have no cannon.
that hard hearted tyrant. Governo. Kel.
logg, has plenty. Why not ask him for a
loan Of section: Straightway the idea
was caught up and a committee appoint
ed-she Democracy are famous FOX com.
mittees wait upon his Excellency with
request for an order for the guns. Let
US follow these worthy gentlemen into
the presence, and hear what took place
there. We are compelled 10 draw upon
the imagination as We were not present.
But some such scene as this must have
occurred between the Governor and the
chairman Of the committee:
Chairman. rather hesitatingly,-Go
ernor. we have called upon you, in behalf
OF the people. 20 ask a special favor.
Governor (cOrdiallvl-I am glad 70 sec
you gentlemen. What can ! DO to serve
you'
Chairman with moro confidence )--We
have been sent by 1.-The people" to ask Won II,
lend US . section Of the State artillery to fire
q salute. You know We are to have GRAND
torchight celebration tonight, to comment.
crate our recent great victory over that des-
pot K-1 beg your pardon-oyer the
thieving Radicals
Governor tgood naturally coming to the
rescue)-Oh, ssy no more. You want ia
borrow two guss 70 celebrate you. .mvplci-
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valuable, he will be cordially forgiven,
and remembered in the prayers Of o CRATE
full subscriber"
Really this last puff Of smoke pous'ng
through the keyhole Of the departing
Democrats adds 20 other circumstances OF
the same character to explain Why the
Democracy did not ask the people TO
renew che policy Of q single Demo-
cratic administrator. vigorous inquiry"
Ring in The Office" Two years rascality
to be investigatedin ten days! Parties who
have paid 10 reduce their assessments. to
acknowledge the fact and refund the gain
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TRIUMPH OF REPUBLICAN pR1Nc1PL,

TRIUMPH OF REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES.
In the establishment Of assured prin'
ciple the bonds Of party discipline are
relaxed. In such condition local inter.
esss attain an importance superior to tina:
Of party obligation. and individual popu'
larity or incompetence become elements
decisive Of popular choice. The Demo-
cratic withdrawal Of all opposition on
principle. has allowed this temporary and
casual disorganization Of the Re kblican
ranks. l: is when our great river is bank
full that :he protecting levee is sustained
by the pressure. 1t is when the stream
subsidies tha. the caves occur. 1t is dur'
ing the same period the protection is Ee'
paired and restored.
We have said tia: all Democratic oppo'
sision on principle has been withdrawn.
The suffrage amendments to the federal
constitution have been adopted by all the
States. The Northern Democratic party
has everywhere admitted the supreme au-
thozity OF the federal government. They
boast to have aided in suppressing the
rebellion of the States, and have thereby
renounced forever the doctrine Of indi-
vidual State sovereignty. which they af-
fected to believe.
The Southern Democrats have been dis
coptented because they could not regain
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SMOKE.

! There must have been some under.
ground reason why the Democratic Mayor
and Administered should have been con-
signed to the political insigniicance from
which they had been unhappily evoked.
Why an opposition so economical that they
could not stand debt Of fifteen millions
! should have submitted without winking to
debt Of twenty-three millions. or tax Of
! twenty-five mills rather than tax of four
teen mills. was always a mystery. Why
puritanical strictn ess which pursued a
Republican tax gatherer for an alleged
oyercharge of few dollars should have
never scrutinized the financial transactions
of their ow., friends under their cwn
noses was equally curious.
The gross city expenditure Of 100000
involved immense patronage in the pur-
chase of supplies, and it would also have
afforded to capable fnanciers excellent
opportunities of covering the discount on
their own time bills.
From time to time there has been some
small jets Of smo ke escaping from these
official pigeon holes. Official reports have
exonerated the officials implicated from
any such incendiary intentions as would
have impaired the renewal Of their pop"
ular powers. J: would not do. The
people apparently distrusted the stock too
much to take further risk. Again. how
ever. comes little squirt OF smoke. This
time from the Office Of Administrator
Sturcker. 4 large taxpayer is quoted as
having intinated that he could have had
his assessed values reduced if he had
adopted the example Of Zaccheus. There
upon there is 70 be an investigation in
these last days. In these days. amid the
packing of trunks and valedictory drinks
and speeches. there is to be an ''investl-
CATION" The Picoylne reporter and our
own concur in stating. upon brokers' au-
tho,ity, that ':there were four clerks IN
the Administrator Of Assessments Office
who were in a ring and could do it. There
was ring who attended to these things.
The late hour q: which this ''little
game" as the Picays.11e calls it, has been
discovered, is unfortunate. Poor Mr..
Sturcken IS shocked at this allegation OF
dishonesty among his official do1estics.
He respectfully
Desires all parties who have paid brokers
or others for reduction Of assessments dur
ing the past two years to report the facts at
hi. office. City Hail. in the hope that the
guilty parties may be exposed.
Such innocence e1onerates the admins
traitor from all completely. or. indeed
from all capacity 20 have ''unearthed
such .ascality.'
All parties who have paid for reduced
assessments are to call at ..his Office
Why, he will not be there himself long
enough TO read one 1.-THE Of the reports Of
the past two years. if the knaves who
have paid for reduction should be such
tools as 10 acknowledge il. Why not
advertise the lost diamond, Mr.. Stu1cken,
and say, IF the thief, stung BY the pangs
of conscience, and moved by contrition,
tot 9 bsipeus o5ease, viii brig back tbs
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SUNDAY" VS.. THE sABRATH."

! There is much in name, notwiths.and
ing 'tJuliet," and though rose by any
other name would smell as sweet" yet il
! is certain that the seventh day is differ
entity regarded and differently kept by
those who call it 1.-THE Sabbath" from wha,
it is by those who call it simply Sunday.
The former believe in its Divine institu.
ton and almost Judicial observance.
while the latter. though keeping it to a
certain extent as day Of rest and spiritual
refreshment, do SO upon grounds IL.
together different: and consequently adopt
thereon much greater latitude Of con.
duct. In so doing they have high author
ity. Many divines Of the Church Of Eng.
land, among then, the celebrated DR..
Hessey. whose orthodoxy is beyond dis.
pute, maintain that the keeping Of Sun.
day as day Of rest ard worship is not of
scriptural appointment or obligation.
but only Of apostolic precedent and
scriptural indication; that it is not the Jew
ish Sabbath transferred. but an ecclesias.
teal institution. The day on which our
Saviour rose from the dead was naturally
selected by the first Christians as joyful
weekly festival. On it they met to COM
mune with each other; to strengthen each
other in the faith; to listen to the teach
ings Of inspired apostles; to partake Of
the Lords supper. 1t was emphatically.
as it was called, 1.-The Lords Day" it was
not The Jewish Sabbath. Although meet.
ing thus OH tho first evening of the
week for purposes Of devotion. instruc-
ton and communion. there is no proof
that they abstained from their custom.
airy work during the day. The slaves
could not do so; and had the new Sunday
been what the Sabbatarians proclaim it,
we should have heard Of prosecutions man.
fully endured by bondsmen who refused to
work on the Lords day. The Jewish con-
yerts. as we know. retained their seventh
day. and it would need direct proof before
it could be credited that they rested on
two successive days. The Catholic Church.
through the instrumentaity Of the En-.
peror Constantine, and by virtue Of its
claim to infallibility in all matters Of dec.
trine o. discipline. thought proper to
make legal Sabbath Of the Lords Day.
forbidding manual labor thereon. and com.
manding attendance at the sacrifice Of
the mass" Recreation was, however. per.
mitted, and the day gradually became a
mingled institution Of rest, religious ex-
ercises and recreation. In this way Sun.
day is still regarded and kept in most
Catholic countries.
The Puritans Of England, who studied
the Old Testament almost exclusively,
considered themselves. like the 1sraelites
Of old, the chosen people of God. and re-
gaYded the rest Of the world, including
the established church, as little better
than heathens. completely overlooked the
joyful nature Of the Lords day and per-
verted it into Judaical Sabbath, Danish.
ing everything like gaiety and introducing
in its stead = funereai mournfulness. The
Mayfowes which brought to this country
the energy, the resolution and the tone OF
civil liberty Characteristic of these people,
brought also the heavy load Of their
gloomy sabbath. No recreation. 81.