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HARD TIMES.

Times ara hard," This ontnoux phx&ss
P1ercea my very brain mazs,
A. OF M-omen, foze my gaze,
Night, noon, and morning, It portzaJk
It oft 7ss:1iis me fa tbs street,
Whom there friend chance to mAots
For, nowadays, he's au1e TO greet
Ne thus, in toues with wo replete: N,
"How do, my frfend7 hops Joufs s@1'
OF my alairs I'm forced to tell,
That they 60 otherwise than we'll
They but tn wretchedness excel"
l souetmca doubt this too sad tfuth;-
But, when 't:s presehed by age md youth,
Though half the preachers ara uncouih,
Ths whote, you'll own, preach not uotxnkA
MORAL
While bidding tho Old Year farewell,
I And greeting the New Year ~ well.
Oh ! lat us not Geds poor forget;
Ws may, though rich, hs nsedy ret
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MR. DEECHER'S EXPERIENCES.


What the Great Pu,ptt.orator,s
Xear,s Lessons r1uye Taught ntu,
From.t5< Nm Y-ork svn r., ~
Hi. Beecher in his lectnre-roon taik last nlebt
said A. recards tho Lat vear in nv ovn his-
torg can NV that II has bean varv nrosnerons
one viti, ma. God hss ro1fea ofr many ureat
burdcra from mn anG, hayo Ind mora rest IN
rny sou1 Il l,aa ,ieesed God td c;ve ne for Him
and for tle world larrer sensa e,f CONSERVATION,
not Al l,y technics in yows and covonants. fnr t
am not given tn such consecratinn- hut MI the
stream Of mr. nati1ra poes n Fin and tn 1n.Fe
the world etronrer and hetter' In many
rea.,aot. nm we,ned from tho world
in those -nart;ru1ars va ali hara In pnpr1
arsinst fHare Mr. Reechcr stnnned 9or =
ninute. and his voice tremi,ed "a he continued !
hare learned natience Bnt Tho thi,r M,
most f,ra.efnl far is hat in those thines which
lcaj5 t. Mtternese md amer hava hs3 M anc,,
feeling God ;s nv witness that 7 an ewaet- ns.
whom am mt sveet at hart and It in a fIaSs~
inr to me that hare rone ,t,rouei, trials That
might ba filled NTH 1,rorocstions and have eou,a
ont wholesnme ]oyine Cbristian man. IA au1.
Aud I can say that this last rear mas been yery
PROSPEROUS one to me- perfect h.rgast year.
and sba}} il time to come. look back unon Il M
the sto,cLouse Of Gods mercy to ne, No one
has been placed aa have to watch the growth Of
this church and ita interior deyeloruenf. have
ueyer spoIen much about it for no n1iyacy
hns been SLOWED to us. and it has mt
seemed good taste or good manners to
buast If thera ia any chnT,h where
there IRA many noh1e men and nohlo women.
where There is sueh a unity of .f6etine' uhere
there aro 80 many who arc layiur their lives
down for the GOOD Of the race-Why fail to
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Apremoufston OF Death.

An exchange gives painful fnstance u portar
having premonltion Of death-one NJ. f@sas ~
cua. One day he came hcue and told hts IT, ss.
that he was convinced he should die within .s.d
ty-eisht hours He SAW tho undertaken, @'ss.I
for his funeral. bought = handsome eatlnHa Il
coffin. and wrota out a list OF pail j
selected tombstone bearing reptesao15.n.snd 5..snd!
flower with broken stem, and tha isstt1
mot lost, but gone befo1e; and II ne ssul Co. l.
under tho green trees, for tomb, It Ssanr,dH % 1
time giving directions that violen sogr r n
planted above him in ths early spring. IL
vary melancholy. This occurred ~ ~ s.1alt
Fortescus il still a1ive aud wall, and tcs
Iant landlord o{ lAxxs hotsl
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street have left dere wood-piles out doors, and
doesn't desire to change"

TO Mr- Edmund Yates ne are indebted for the
following: Much clumsy wit has been Ieveled at
doctors in ali tinnes but it rFas doctor who fur
nlshed the best anscdote OF his profession. He
had just cut OF patients leg. 4 friend Of tie
victim inquired soxiousiv whether the doctor
Thought 10 would soou get well. >" He ?" replied
the doctor; " be never had chance" "Why,
then, put him to needless pains" "0h, you
cannot tell patient the truth all at once you
must first Of Ill amuse him little"
"rich family in the North End tries to put
on lots OF style on small SUMS, and yesterday =
neighbor called in upon the lady Of The house,
and through the open door saw the youngest
She asked why he was living IN bed
at that time Of the day. tsOh, ha hkea to sleep
in tho morning" ''That amt 10, mother"
yelled the little wretch; ''yo1 know you're
washing my breeehes. Can't learn you 10 tall
tho truth, old gal!"-Tefre Hduts Express.
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GRAY HAIRS.

Gray hairs, gray hairs, upon = motheA t9vx.
loved you in your darker hue
love you better now.
lou w1eld more power than b. to whom
Ohxsquio1a subjects bow.
Gray hafzs, gray h.tra 1pon : mothAr's brow,
The proud, stern Roman could <efux&
To break his fatal VOW
His sweet wife weeps, the Fathers plsad:
Al what can save Rome uow7
GRAY hdrs, gray hatrs, upon ! nothsx+s hrov,
II threads OF silver. from ths 1ooa
q: time, on eldern rowt
What ia ths holiest thing On ea1th9
answer, It II thou
Gray hahn, gray hairs, upon = 1aothnA brow.
VIC.
'Qas{o1AUsA.
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davi1 and with rahorin1 under nm insane delu
| s;nn-
| paegnc for tre 7nornent tbesa Victims of insan
I delusions Who lived in The dark ages Of th,
| vnrld's biatnr1 lat m nota a modem inetanc,
| Of folly and madness. which comes mos
| c|ea%lv within tbe Jud9a'a ruja Of lav
| Ahout fItv yea-e AGO man namef
| Morse concoiyeib the ridioulons idea that hf
| conld transmit thonphts by means Of electricity
| through a wire over anv given space or distance
| JYo aji knew that he waa crazy bnt somehow q.
| smother ha did il and ancceef]ed in eettinp h;f
nn.ch;na IN ancceasfn1 oner.t;on. Altar n littIn
| tha king of nil foola cams along and claimaj
/ HAT ha con,d iav wire cable m the hottom al
! the Atlantic Ocean, and transnoit messaees from
| America to Europe' Eyerybody knew That this
| conld not bo dana. it was 40 :.contrary to Fac
~. 30 em1 auot fnilr % The +ha cor.
1actuess of it cou1d mt be nroved hy anvhoIv =.
M Argument could disnossess the mind of this
| man OF his de1nsion, and Cyrus ". Field was
SIMPLY LuSAT1o.
not oa' end OUT crazy, In ms m'nn g. was ,as' 10
1romonna - hi,a ~ w, cn,nros All ;rca n.ha IL
doing q legal act.
I havo mentioned these csaes OF folly and de-
laslon merely IN illustration OF the absqr1ty q of
, no plopos'a,on aa 4p"n ~ suake ssents snGu.
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MODERN SP!RlTUAL(SM.
Mr. George H. shufeldt, IT,, Argues that
Such Is Not the Fact.
Mr. Thomas Richmond on the Katie
King and Other Exposures.

LITTER FROM Mr. GEORGE Il. sHUFELDT;; Ja.
To tue Editor Of The chteaoo 7s7omas:
CuIcAao, Jan. 1.-The Hon. Isaac T. Red
field, distinguished lawyer volumnious law
writer. and lately Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Of Vermont, is the author Of book on the
Law OF Wills, which he has supplemented by a
recent publication, entitled '.Redheld's Amcsi-
can Cases on the Law Of Wills" This book con-
tains chapter on 'sInsans Delusions," and an
essay on the 'tE6ects OF Modern Spiritualism
upon Testamentsry Capacity"
OF courae 80 conservative man as Judge Rod
field eeis down all tho phenomena OF Spiritual
ism as the results OF fraud or trickery, and tho
leaders in them as insane enthusiasts OF dupes !;
reaching the conclusion that person processing
to believe in Spiritual communications, and act
ing upon them. in the common matters Of life,
il the subject OF An insane delusion, and, there
fore,
1scArAc1TArED TO MAKE VALID WILL.
The text for this discourse WAS furnished the
Judge in Al opinion delivered by the Supreme
Court OF tho State Of Maine, in the case Of Rob
in ason IS. adams, in which it was held by that
Court that 9 will made and executed by woman
who believed she had communications from her
deceased husband waa valid, aud TINT the tes-
tatri1 was not the subject OF an lue4ne delusion.
The facts in this case were briefly as follows:
Mary ". Greene, widow, died, leaving will,
BY the PROVISIONS Of which her property was
placed in trust fer the use Of her daughter and
her children. The daughter, who had married
man named Robinson, was to receive $500 per
aunum during the life OF her husband, and the
residue Of the income to be invested by Trustees.
II the daughter should survive the husband,
then. after his dscease, abe WAS to have the
whole income; and after her death. the prop
erty to so to her children.
These provisions virtually deprived Robinson
and his wife of tho use Of the property during
their lives. and they
OPPOSED THE PRoBAr1So OF THE WILL
In the trial which ensued, it Was shown that
Mrs. GreaEe, the testat1ix, was q believer in
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4 Green Bay k,rl shook tn old horae-ristol at
hex father until he came down With $50 for a
new fur cloak.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-17

O. You don't know but there may have been dozen 10
there, A. Yes; don't know
O. Do noti A. do know in this way that there mott
dozen people in the Office.
q. Howl A. Only a. might know that there was aot
dozen people In the office
@ How do you that there not dozen people 10
the back Office you not there, A. might have bees
In the Office Immediately preceding the interview.
O. am not asking you whether they might have been De
You know whether not there dozen people A.
every interview the back ROOM Sir
it wa quite frequent that would be in the back
q. You have stated that already. During these quts
frequent private consultations the back ROOM you termed
them yop know that not dozen people IN there
beside Titon and Mrs woodhnl' A. don't think there
occurred time when there a dozen people In there
q Do you know A. say that dout think there ever
CURED time when there a dozen people In there.
O. am not asking you what you think am asking yoa
whether you that there not dozen people In that
back room' A. To my knowledge there never was dozoa
people in that back room at one time.
O. Were you IN theref A. Qnite frequently
O. you there when these private consultations were
going Ony A. No. Sir.
@ Then you don't know who were In there do your n.
Unless they came in through the windows
O. They ight not have been In there when yon went in
suppose and you them A. had been in preceding
the interview think they would not be 10 there without my
knowing It.
@ No but you in that Darkroom preceding every inter-
view a. No, Sir
O. Then those occasions when you not In the back
room and had no means OF knowing who there
you tell that there not dozen people when Wood
hull and Ton in there togcther' OF course.
know nothing about it. cannot tell yoa anything aooutlt
@. We'll, that is q candid acknowledgment. Now, why DO
you call them private constitutions therefore In the back
ROOM you don't know how many people were there' A.
Simply because the door closed TO admit Of them.
@ And that is the only reason' A. That the only rca-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-17
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Court met at p m, pursuant to adjournment
sumed
500 You In correspondence with Mr. shearmant A.
Yes Sir drew for another $50 to come down this trip
70 Howf A Yes, Sir drew for $50 again. here
@. That makes st5Oi A. Yes. Sir.
received but 500 A. You misunderstood me; said
ceived 800 for that trip, that first trip on the first trip
ceiyed 500.
O. That squared the account then, up to that time did i'll
A. That all that had asked for.
O. Did You render q bill, A. No, Sir.
O And you received $50 when you down the second
timer A drew for $50
O Any arrangement that you should draw, A. No. Sir;
was asked II /
O. Never mind You did draw for s5O' A. did draw for
go
O. And when did You down the last timer A. left
Detroit week ago last Wednesday.
O Been here ever since, A. No, Sir reached here last
Sunday morning II you will allow me TO expain-l was de-
tanned by an anliction, the loss Of my sister
O. No. don't about explanation. Were you not
mistaken In saying The Sun didn't get involved In libel
su in consequence Of anything that you wroc' No. s
O did Won not wie what known as the MeCuc hbclf
A. No, Sir.
O, Had YOU no connection with ~ A. Yes sir.
o Dd YOU furnish the materal' A. olIcd tho entire
matter directed H. wrote the introduction aud wrote the prn
cipal parts
q You wrote tho principal part Of tho bcl' Yea, Sir
no, Sir.
q What termed tho nbei A. No. sI; tho libel. SIR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-17

O. And when you ceased that business what did yop go al
was for short time connected with the Custom HOUSE IN
New York and then went into the employ Of me sun
O. How, A. For short time connected Win tne Jus
tom House In New York.
O. In what capacltyt A. As an inspector
O. AZ an inspector OF what' A. or customs
O. How long were you engaged there' A. Not many
months
O. About how longt A. canuo say; -four or hye moh'
possibly | don't think long that; perhaps FOUR
O. Were you removedr A. I was removed
O After You were removed from the Cus,olnousc' wheIe
did you go' A. Then went into the employ OF Ihe sun
O. How, A. Then went into the employ OF Iae sun
@ And you remained there until yoa went to n - DC
trOit
O. To Detroit as yol have spoken OF A. Yes Sir.
O. Now to whom did you first communicate what you nave
testified to herel a. | cannot say.
O. Howl A. have communicated It to various people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-17
PICTURES OF MRS. Woodruff IN COURT.

@ viii you identify these photographs if you
please say who they are portraits of Handing witness three
photographs A. That is Mrs. Woodhu and that also
q Whose is this : A. That is Miss CaHin
@ Miss Tennie C. Claim : A. Yes, Sir.
[The three photographs marked for Identification Exhibit
d 49, 1iG and III respectiyeyl
Mr. Beach-Mr Sherman, let US see those
Mr. Sherman Yes, Sir, handing photographs TO Mr.
Beach,.
Mr. Evarts-They marked for Identification. Mr. Beach
Nj Beach-Wc, they can be seen, suppose.
Nj Eyaris-Ohi yes, you can see them
MI Beach-And the Jury want TO see them have OBJ
lection 10 their looking al them They good looking
pictures.
Mr. Eyar-wc have not offered them In evidence yet they
arc only marked for Identification
Mr. Beach, understand II. Sir
Mr. FuertonWe shall object 70 them on the ground that
ey are parol cydeace Introduce the originals. lAughloI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-17

,ac, ia preliminary 10 something else Isuppose
The witnoss-on the day Of the Stenway Hall meeting
O. or soon after the Of conversation did zee
Mr.. Tntoni A. did
O. What did Mr.. Tlton do Where did you see Mr. TIL
toni A. AT Mrs Woodhurs Office.
@ had left house after the conversation with
Mrs. woodruff A. No. Sir.
@ What did Mr. Tilton and Mrs Woodruff do' A. Mr. Til
ton the Office and got out Of carriage think
the Office door and and Mrs woodruff prepared her
self with him. they both drove away In carnage
O. About what hour day ths' A. 1t was not ia
from one O'Clock; should say, little after one in the al
ternocn. A.,
Did you on the next day after the stenway Hall meeting
have another interview with Mrs. Woodruff A. diu'
@ whenf A. At the same place.
@. At her Office In Broadst' A. AT her once.
O Did you then have Q conversation with Mrs "ooonuh
A. Ida
O. Now ask simply hi. question whether that converse
ton related to Mr. Beecheri
Mr.. Beach-That IL objected to.
Ia Nu.on A, mi. occurrence Mr. Tilton PRESENT.
N, sh..rm.nI propose show by means OF another SUBJ
ssouept onyersson Mr. Tton was connected Win H.
don't wau 70 ask another single question as TO that converse
tioa.
Mr. Bcach-rt don't make any difference they cannot give
the substance OF the conversation without giving what was
ssd
Mr. Eyars-Are not permitted to show the occurrence OF
single fact which is In itself immatera unless Is AFTER
wards by other evidence, and which OF course
harmless stands IL docs not lmpute injurious oon'
ouenccs but the that there conversation and tha
Mr. Becccr was subject Of it. becomes competent just
It was seeing horse the street, anything OF tha kna
which quite mmaera until connect the horse WIN sonf0
relation OF the accused.
Judge NesonDo you think in this instance you couu ~
directly to the interview with Mr.. 1ilton'
Mr. Evsrts-This witness don't speak as 70 INC iheis"
with Mr. 1ilton. perhaps
Judge Nelson-I don't think you give unless he does
Mr. Rvsrs-Your Honor the difficulty in the production
OF that take from witnesses what they know
about connected OF facts at the time that we have them
undo. examination and Of is proper that no RUE OF
evidence shall be ansgessed by showing that conversation
under rule which is sometimes applied to connect the deenu
ant or the party to be implicated but to be shown hereafter
But we don't do that we don't ask to know by this witness
that he had an interview fact that the conversation be-
tween him and Mrs Woodruff about Beecher-thst sub
ject
Judge Nelson-I don't think you show it.
Mr. Hyans-Of course it quite material If 1t is left there
Judge Neson-t might be the subject Of speculation which
think Ooght not 10 be opened
Mr. shearmal-I understand your Honor to rule it out
Judge NelsOn-Yes, Sir.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-17

Mr. Morhs-Are they by sarony. Mr.. shearman'
M Shearnan-No, Sir.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-17
CROSS EXAMINATION OF MR.. COOK.

BY Mr.. Fulcrton-Do you know now long
Mr. Sherman has had these photographs MI. oooX' is
teri A. do not; nevor them before SIR.
O You don't know where ho got them A. 40 no''
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-02
Forests OF Honduras.

THE official report lately made to Lord
Derby on the timber of Honduras declares
that the forests cover an area of about
5000 square miles. These include tract
fifty miles in width along the Atlantic
coast, and about 500 square miles on the
Pacific coast The greater part of this
forest land is owned by the English Gov
eminent, though large tracts belong to
private individuals. The forests abound
in trees of the highest value for timber
The dye-woOd fustic (Uorus tinetoria) is
described as nearly imperishable, superior
TO oak, and a substitute for teak in ship
building. On the Atlantic coast the soil
is so fertile and the climate so moist that
cleared patches in the woodland are
clothed anew with timber in a very brief
time 1t is estimated that 10000, 000t to 80
000. 900 superficial feet of timber might be
cut annually without injury TO the forests,
which in many parts are so thick set as to
be impenetrable. From 1000 900 TO s.
OOO,0 900 feet are cut each year, all of which
is exported except reserve of about 1,000,-
600 feet. During the last ten years the
sum total of wood exported amounts to
about 1000, 600 feet. Of this 1000, 900
feet was mahogany, 5000. 900 cedar, 900,
600 fustic; 100000 Brazil wood; 500, 900
rosewood and 500, 600 other woods. The
United States has taken one-fifteenth o
this export and Great Britain the rest.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-02

Mrs. BURTON says in " The Inner Life Of
Syria" Now they are preparing supper,
and you see the huge, flat, brass trays
perched upon round, small, mother of
pearl stools, and covered and balanced
with various dishes. A slave will now
bring round a brass,jug and platter with
rose-water and bit of rose-cOlored scented
soap, and slung over her shoulder a silk
and embroidered towel. We wash our
fingers, but not like Englishwomen dip
ping them in the basin We only use the
water from the ever and the moment it
has left our fingers it becomes ceremonial
ly impure. All sit around these trays.
We shall eat with our fingers, dipping in
to the dishes with bread, and for liquids
they will hand US mother-of-pe or wood
en- spoons. There are plates full of rice,
with bits of meat and fat; kid roasted
whole, stuffed with pistachio-nuts, kib5sh,
or meat, chopped and mixed with Ju1gh'ol,
bruised and boiled wheat; uaudjadarot,
lentils thdds), and rice, or burgh'0l, mixed
with a brown sauce, and very tasty; klts-
sab or badiqjan, cucumber or vegetable
marrow scraped out and stuffed in sausage
form, with chopped meat, herbs, rice, pep
per and salt The forced meat is called
Dntshi;' k,;50b, dish known to English
men as cuJo5s, is roast meat, fat and lean,
sliced, and impalcd with onions on a stick
like our cats meat, and grilled at the fire
with salt and pepper. There are bowls OF
lebsn, every sort of fruit and vegetables IN
season, and piles of sweetmeats The bread
acts the part of plate; of these large,
round, fiat scenes, some are thick and 9th.
ers as thin as a wafer
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-02
Mecca.

A RICH Arabian merchant of Bussorah
Ali-el- Raschid, who was received the other
day in Paris by the Sultan of Zanzibar.
and who has returned to his own country,
passing through Vienna, was in the mid
die of January the guest of the Grand
Cherif Of Mecca, Abdallah- I'm. Aun. He
relates what follows concerning that great
dignitary Of Islam. That high parsonage
speaks French; he lives one-haf in the
European manner, and keeps an excellent
table. 1t is served with the finest pOrCc-
lain, but is stranger to knives, forks, and
spoons, those implements being super
seeded by the fingers However, in the
house are to be found arm chairs covered
with velvet, richly-carvcd tables, and other
pieces of furniture customary in Europe
all bought in COnstantinople Living is
very dear at Mecca, at the period Of the
pilgrimages, as more than JOG, 600 men are
10 be found in the place. A pound of
beef costs I'd. and the same quantity OF
bread I'D. The streets are lighted at
night with petroleum brought from
America. The lamps are made in that
city; the cost is betrayed by the house
holders. The streets are paved, and for
the most part by nature, for the soil on
which Mecca is built is slick. Consc
quently, very few wells are in existence,
and the water required is brought by aquc-
ducts. The houses arcvcry high as many
as seven stories. The place possesses a
postofiice from which letters are sent once
a day to the port of Djeddah. On their
arrival they are delivered at their addresses
by the postman, who receives for his
trouble, for each, twopence halfpenny.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-09-02
Alarming Results of Bad Drainage.

THE statements below are from Col. G
E. Waring, Jr.'s, article in Septcmbc
atlantic:
There are several diseases which are
now known to indicate more or less def
nitelY unfavorable sanitary arrangements,
and as the knowledge of hygiene extends
other diseases are being added to the list
Nervous toothache, neuralgia scarlet
fever, cholera, dysentery, diphtheria, ccrc-
brO-spinal meningitis and consumption
are among those which are either gener-
ated by foul air or foul water, or which
are made worse because of unhealthy sur.
roundings.
DR.. Derby says: THAT an obscure in
ternal cause-which, in our ignorance OF
its nature, is called a proneness of DISPOSE
ton to receive the poison-is necessary for
its development does not affect the truth
Of the fact that without filth the disease j.
not born. The improvement of pub
lie health as expressed by that unerring
guide, the death -rate, corresponds with all
the means by which air and water arc
kept free from pollution"
Typhoid fever is the most conspicuous
type of the class of Zymotic diseases, all
of which are clearly pythogcnic and none
of which can originate under condition,
fit for proper human habitatiOn.