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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-11-16
The Scngth Of sermons.

The Boston Congregationalist gives
a page to the discussion OF the length
Of sermons. Various correspondents
express various opinions. The short
est time proposed is seven minutes
the longest allowable one hour, TO
which the Pittsburgh Recorder peril
nently adds: "Now, IL those Yankee
gaugers will tell us how deep a sermon
should be, and how broad, we could
form a better idea Of how long il might
be in passing given point. The length
Of sermon depends something upon
the length of the ears that listen to il,
and the thickness OF the brain and
tongue that produce il.
The Baptist Union continues the
subject as follows: "a dull sermon
cannot be too short; an inspiring one
is seldom too long. Diversity coutrib-
utes TO the interest and value OF a dis
course. Unity is demanded by the
schools, yet few minds can follow q
consecutive argument 80 minutes,
while hearers gcncully delight TO have
seversl topics briefly and clearly dis.
cussed in succession, and are not wea-
ried but rested by an hour OF more OF
such enjoyment. On this account ex-
pository preaching is 10 be preferred,
in which progress and variety are le.
climate. The oration is 1the better
style for q man to display himself, ex.
position better to bring God and man
face 10 face. Two orations on Chris
tianity . week is a great draft upon q
preachers powers; 90 be mouth-piecs
Tor God, opening up His word, seven
times week is refreshing TO speake,
and hearer. II preachers improve tho
quality OF their sermons, the people
will not object to generous quantity.
More of Christ and less OF man, viii
add 10 the power II pulpits and piety
Of pcws.
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The first step toward getting rid Of
profanity is to cultivate equanimity OF
temper. 1t is always foolish TO get
angry at what cannot be helped, aud
it is especially silly to fall into pas
sion over inanimate objects, such as
windows that will not go up. .stovepipes
that will not 60 together, stick that will
not split, etc. The best plan is to take
things cody, ahd then il they can be
helped, you will the sooner find il out,
and il they cannot be helped. all the
swearing in the world will not mend
matters. Take q common sense view
Of this subject Swearing is not only
undoubtedly wrong. but also obviously
foolish; every oath you utter, every vul-
gar word that passes through your lips,
degrades you and accomplishes no
good whatever. Why not quit the vile
habit Mt once? Do you say that you
cannot quit that you have tried, but
the oaths come out before you think |?
Let your own conduct prove the falsity
Of your reasoning. You do not swear
before your wife or your mother or
your sister or sweetheart. no matter
how great the provocation. Why? be-
cause you would be ashamed to let
them hear such words pass your lips.
But you are always in the company Of
your God. No vulgar word escapes you
that he docs not hear it. Are you not
ashamed to be profane in His presence?
When next you are tempted to swear
remember whose ear will catch the
words and desist; or il the oath comes
before you remember, ask his pardon
whose law you have transgressed. aud
you will soon find that il is possible
for you TO live without swearing.
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Tweea,. Fal.hr.I w,sc.

They were married when the man
was chairmaker, and they might have
had happy career had the former re-
mained honest. They lived in plain
manner, mingled with mechanics So
ciety, and were the parents OF two boys
and two girls, good looking and healthy
children. The era OF meretricious
splendor has come and gone like a
dream. The girls are married
Each had diamond wedding, and
each has sunk into obscurity and pov.
erty. The two sons once held fine ap-
pointments in the service OF the ring.
but they are now only lounging around
the city hall. The mother is in a wid-
ow's desolation. The i'll gotten wealth
is almost all gone A million and a
half has passed into the hands OF her
lawyers, and her husband is still a
prisoner. A seedy and corpulent old
man inhabiting pair OF rooms in Lud-
low street Jail is all that Is left OF one
who has been alderman, congressman,
chairmaker aud lawyer, commissioner
of parks, public buildings aud docks,
State senator, and for seven years the
autocrat OF this city. The only redeem.
ing feature is the faithful wife. who is
reducing herself to poverty in hope OF
obtaining her husbands release.
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From the New York Tribune.

The proper Office OF theory is to ex-
plain the relation OF facts. When the
theorist disregards facts or creates
them by an exercise of tho Imagination,
he tnrns science into romance. This is
the fault We have to find with the inha-
tionists. They exaggerate the existing
distress. They fill the minds OF thought
less persons with false notions OF what
society owes to them aud what they
owe to society. The ascribe to the cur
rency a thousand evils in which money
has no part. II We examine carefully
the real situation, we shall find that
most of the evils and all the remedies
on which they descant are imaginary.
We are told, for example, that the
people are starving and that one-third
Of the laboring population is out OF
employment and dependent on charity
for bread. This is not the fact. Prob
ably OF the entire population of the
country there are not eight per cent.
fewer persons earning living than
there were four years ago. Tea, coffee
and sugar are articles OF semi-necessity
in universal use among the people. II
there were any such quantity OF misery
AZ the paper money men imagine, would
not tho consumption Of tea, coffee, and
sugar have fallen off amazingly? Let
us now see what is the actual record.
The following table gives the annual
importation OF these articles for tho
last six wears:
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-11-16

TnE "FfRe FIESD'--to use the lam
guage Of sensational reporters--has
struck Virginia City, Nevada, the great
center Of silver mining enterprise, and
almost burnt up that town Of pine
built palaces. Last Tuesday Mt day
break the flames began in private
dwelling, and swept like a whirlwind
over the entire mercantile and mining
property, throwing 10000 people out
OF homes and subsistence. There was
intense suffering. as pitless cold
breeze followed the oonflagration.
Millions Of money WEIR sunk in an hour
by spectators in Sau Francisco, for ID
was thought that several Nevada mines
would have to close their business. Tho
loss OF property is estimated at 50, 900.
900, about half insured. The burnt
district includes the finest portion OF
Virginia City, tract three-fourths oi
a mile long by half mile wide.-ths
postoffice, telegraph and newspaper
offices, hotels, churches. stores, public
edifices, etc, aud every decent building
in town is said to be gone. The water
supply wss email and theengincs nearly
useless. ffftt .at. rcg
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Winthrop National Bank, Augusta.
Me-, has negotiated with the burglars
who robbed the bank four months ago,
and recovered $50, 900 in securities on
payment Of $4,000 in cash. The de-
tectives first employed failed TO get a
clew, and Taggart, Philadelphia pri-
vate detective, who looked into the
matter, told the officers Of the bank
that he had an offer TO negotiate. The
bank sent Col Wing with authority 10
act, and an agreement of the receivers
to pay a sum not exceeding 20 per cent
for the recovery. Col. Wing went to
Philadelphia, met Taggart, and they
saw third party, who reported the
currency and Government bonds as al
ready disposed Of. The remaining Sc
curifics he would sell for 20 per cent.
Wing returned to Winthrop got the
money required, and met the agent in
New York. The agent handed the Sc
curities to Taggart, and Taggart exam.
ined them, after which Wing handed
over si0, 900, and the fence departed.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-11-16

SANo CoRPoRE The influences OF
the stomach on the brain should be
carefully Needed. Let the stomach be
in slight degree disturbed. an the on
tire nervous system becomes sufferer.
Bring the stomach to n healthy tone,
and the nervous machinery promptly
resumes its perfect running order.
Happily, there is no necessity for any
long disarangement of the functions of
the stomach, since in Ayers Pills we
have so perfect combination, admir-
ably adapted for relief. They have
stood the test OF years, and they have
exhibited stomachic properties most
wonderful Their wise use, by keep
ing the system in perfect order, pro.
notes longevity, aud what is far better
ensures the full enjoyment OF the time
spent here. We use them aud know
their value. i Florence (Kans.) Pio-
neer.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-11-16

Kentucky is the great State OF the
Union for tobacco production. and the
Louisville Courier-Journal furnishes
some elaborate statistics of the yield Of
the crop there and in otLer sections.
The total crop OF Kentucky in 1879 was
167, ,339, 900 pounds, aud it is expected
that the crop of this year will not fall
far behind that figure. In the cstima-
ted crops Of the various section Massa-
chusetts falls off over n million pounds
from the yield last year, Maryland IN
creases slightly, Virginia considerably
aud Missouri: also considerably. while
the greatest gain is made in Kentucky,
where almost rs much tobasco is raised
as in all the other tobacco-producing
States. The September and October
make the condition Of the general crop
about two per cent. above the average,
which would make the total yield of all
the States about 2S5, 900. 900 pounds,
enough to keep a large part of the
world chewing and smoking pretty Wig
orously IL it is all to be consumed.
Probably the tobacco business has been
injured in Massachusetts by over pro-
duction, or rather unwise competition,
and it can be much improved IL grow.
ers will confine themselves to the fine,
grades, in which the Connecticut VAL
ley excels. 49,
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-11-16

Hrs DmS'r HAVE FArrH. L
was q yonng man." said the Judge,
mopping the beer off his trousers with
handkerchief which he had borrowed
from Billy Wood. 81 knew q black
smith in our village who was one Of the
hardest tickets in the place. A revi sal
preacher came along. and Tom was con-
yerted. 1t made great change in him,
and no was held up by the church pee
Pile as signal example of the saving
power OF grace. Alter Tom had been
travelling on the road to Heaven for
about three weeks his turn came TO be
examined on the fitness for church
membership. Tom was an awful heath
en-, and although he could sing and
pray with the loudest, he couldn't read
aud knew no more about the Bible than
a wild African. The session n think
that's what they called iD met, one Sat
urday night, and Tom went in. with his
face washed and his cap on his head,
looking little embarrassed, but as hap
py as new converts always are. After
the praying and other preliminaries
the parson got to work on Tom. He
told him the story Of Jonah aud the
whale, and asked him IL he believed
that. Believe that man was in a
whales belly an come out aliver cried
Tom. DO the Bible say that, parson?'
Certainly, certainly. brother. yes,
yes, OF course believe it, says Tom.
DO You believe that the Hebrew child
rem, Shadrach, Mesheck aud Abeduego
were cast into furnace heated seven
times hotter than usual. and that they
walked in the flames praising the Lord,
and not even their garments were sing
ed?' Toms eyes bulged out Of his
head as he looked at the parson, and
gasped: DO the Bible say that, par
Son?' Yes. OF course. my brother.
That them fellers you spoke Of walked
around in fire seven times hotter'n l
kin heat my forge?' Yes, my brother;
do you believe it?' Tom rose MP and
got out into the aisle. Then hc sput-
tered: NO, don't. And I don't be-
lieve that fish story neither, now. :
Virginia, New. Chronicle.
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A dispatch from washington Of the
9th says: tlan ~ eln
One hundred guns were fred this
evening by tho Republicans in honor
Of the political victory Of Tuesday last.
A procession was formed and marched
TO the Executive Mansion, where the
people serenaded the President, who
acknowledged the compliment as fol-
lows: trfs -hof ro
"GESrLEMgS-I am very glad 10 meet
you on this occasion, and to congratu-
late you on so good cause for rejoic-
ing to the entire country asover the ell
ections Of last Tuesday. While the
Republican majorities were not great,
they we're sufficient to accomplish tho
purpose. The rag baby has been en-
tirely suppressed, and the people now
know what kind of money they are to
have in the future, and think we have
an assurance that the Republicans will
control this Government. for, ut least,
four years longer"
Three cheers were then given for the
President, three cheers for hard money,
aud three cheers for the Presidents
school policy.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-11-16

The experiment OF running a fast
mail train through from New York to
Pittsburg in eleven hours, and without
stopping. did not result successfully
owing TO an accident which happened
about twenty miles west OF Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Douglas, Chief Engineer OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad, who was
experimenting the trip, leaned out of
a window so far that his head struck n
post standing beside the track. A stop
was made, when the train proceeded
on its way. making the run through TO
Pittsburg ia eleven hours aud thirty
minutes. The locomotive showed no
signs Of giving out, and the officials
are confident that regular trips can he
. made a. proposed.
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Monday morning, while the O. II. v.
train, which leaves hero at midnight,
was about half mile east OF Ham
mond station. running at the rate OF
twenty miles an hour, a young woman
passenger rose mp. went ~ the door
ad leaped from the platform. The cars
we're stopped and ran back, when the
woman was found uninjured, having
landed in ditch. She got on at Cal @
donia station, and stated that she had
never been on a train Of cars before,
and some one told her the train had
stopped for passengers 10 get OF. She
accordingly made the flying leap.
Strange to say, she was notinjurcd ser
iously. II Jackson Citizen.
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1t thus appears that in the fiscal year
just ended we imported more pounds
Of tea, more POUNDS OF coffee, and more
pounds OF sugar than We did in any
previous year. Calling the population
Of the Union A, 900, 900 on the first Of
January, 1875. the consumption for
each million inhabitants is, in round
numbers, 13, 900 cwt. Of tea, ,65, 900 cwt.
Of coffee, and 3I4, 900 cwt. Of brown
sugar. As contrast to these statistics
we have compiled from the reports Of
the Secretary OF the Treasury. similar
table of the importations OF tea, coffee.
and sugar. for the six years ended with
1870:
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Brigham Young is sick in bed. he
is unhappy. The thought OF paying
over $1,000, TO his recent Ann Eliza
makes him i'll. SO there he lies moan
ing and complaining that in all earth's
troubles women is the prime cause.
The observant New York World is
authority for tho statement that gold
garter bncklcs, upon which there is q
delicate spray Of flowers, in stones OF
suitable colors, or the owners mono.
gram, Is the latest in that line. Again
must a thoughtful man be compelled te
ssk; "whst are ve coming tor"
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Buy your TICKETS via the cmcAso Soxrs
NKsIERS RAILWAY OF
For San Francisco.


Sacramento, ogdes. Salt Lake Cheyenne. Den
ssoas % % ciiy. Dubuque % winons, % 81 Ps.l. Duluth,
Oshkosh. fon du Lac. Madison and Milwaukee.
Paul, Mime polls, Duluth Fort Garry, winona.
Council tBinns, Omaha, Lincoln. Denver. Salt
Lake city, Sacramento, San Francisco, or hun
dred other northern, or northwestern. points.
this great line Is the one you should take. The
track Ia OF the best steel rail, and all the appoint
sns are made s ns up q eessns new fsim.a Pssss
Drawing-room and Sleeping Coaches. luxurious,
well lighted and well ventilated Day Coaches.
cars are ali equipped with the celebrated Miller
safety Platform, and Patent Buffers and Coup
nngs westinghouse Safety AIR Brakes, and every
safety OF passenger trains. All trains are run by
telegraph. In aword this GREAT LINE has the
best and sinoothest track, and the most elegant
and comfortable equipment of any road In the
West, and has no competitor In the country.
ON the arrivalof the trains iron The East or
South, the trains OF the Chicago Northwest
ern Railway leave CHICAGO as follow;
For Council Bluffs, Omaha, and
California.
Two through trains daily with Pullman Palace
Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars through TO
For SO. paul and Minneapolis, two
through trains daily, with Pullman Palace Cars,
attached on both trains.
For Green Hay aud Lakc superior
Two trains daily, with Pullman Palace cars At
tached, and running through 20 Marquette.
For milwaukee,, four through trains dai-
y. Pullman cars on night trains.
For WinOna and points In Minnesota, one
through train daily.
For Dubuq ne, via Frceport, two through
trains daily, with Pullman Cars on night train.
For Dubuque and In Crosse, via Clin-
ton. Two through trains daily, with Pullman
cars on night train.
For sioux City and Nankson, Two
trains daily. Pullman cars 70 Missouri Valley
Junction.
For Lake Gencya -Four trsins daiIs.
For Rockford, sterling, konSsha,
from two TO ten trains daily.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS.
These celebrated cars are run on all night trains
on all the lines of this road. They run between
Chicago and Omaha. Chicago and Cedar
Rapids. Chicago and Dubuque, via Clinton.
Chicago and Freeport. Chicago and Marquette.
Chicago and Green Bay. Chicago and Milwau-
kee. Chicago AZ st. Paul.
This Il the Only Line running these cars be-
tween Chicago ST. Paul or Chicago and Nh
waukee. la y ~ $50 ~ Haal
Al Omaha our sleepres connect with the over
land sleerers on the Union Pacific Railroad for
all points west Of the Missonr River.
All Ticket Agents sell tickets by this route.
w. ii. STENNETT,
General Passenger Agent.
MARvrs HrGrTT, General superintendent.
maritodec5i
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some Eaess and Fis~rss In nssarSa

Tho New York Herbal, OF the 25th
inst, in the course Of AN article on the
emigration from New York to other
states OF the Union, has this to say Of
"the Michigan fever"
just about the time the cholera aud
Mormonism broke out with virulence,
General Cass, and other great land
holders in the then territory OF Michi-
gan, flooded the land with stories OF
the wealth of that country; the rich
and easily cultivated prairies, the
genial aud solubrious climate, the free
dom OF habits, and all the bats that
would allure adventures. The result
was wild epidemic, perfect craze to
"go west and buy a farm" The gold
emigration of California was somewhat
like 1t. but did not carry off half as
many victims. Nothing was heard OF,
from 1912 until tho great panic OF
1896, but Michigan" michigan. In
Northern New York, the excitement
was wonderful, aud the emigration
enormous. Even the lyric muse caught
the fever, and here are some verses OF
a homely ballad that was sung at husk-
ing bees and log rollings long before
political singing was thought OF:
you have your state of Yarmouth
But what of all Of thatl
BE sure the girls are pretty,
The cattle very fat
But who among her mountains
In clouds and snow would stay,
When he could have prairie
In Michi-gan-i-ai.
Then there's your Massachusetts,
Once good enough, be sure
But now she's always laying ON
Taxation or manure
She costs you pecks of trouble,
Yet devil peck can pay;
While all Is scripture measure
In Micb-i-gan-i-a.
An there's your land OF blue laws,
Where deacons cut your hair,
For fear your locks and tencts
Should not exactly square
Where beer that works on sunday,
Apcnalty must pay. fa1
While all Is free an easy
In Mich-i-gan-i-a
What the effect OF the Michigan fever
was upon New York is shown in the
census returns. From 81 ,639 white
residents in Michigan in 1880. the num-
Der rose to 2i2,2 in lS40--a gain Of
nearly 600 per cent; from 1910 to 1880
the gain was 1S5, ,3S7-nearly ninety
per cent. BY the census Of 1860, we
find that Michigan had sent to other
States only 80, l95. and had received
from other States 303, $50 inhabitants.
OF those from other States, l91, ,125
were from New York alone, l3, ,779 from
Vermont, 2i,327 from other eastern
States, and so on. Ten years later,
1870, there were in Michigan 23l ,062
whites, 43s colored and nine Indians
born in New York.
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"Do you suppose there is a man in
Brooklyn who would be willing 10 have
q photograph Of his heart taken7" call
ed out Mr.. Moody in bis meeting day
before yesterday. Aud all that those
old deacons aud Sunday school teach
ers and clsss-leaders did was 10 state
at each other wildly aud try TO look in
nocent-like.
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Az Danville, ILL.,, on tho Ist, in the
trial of fire engines just terminated In
that city between the Siisby Company.
OF Seneca Falls. N. ", and the Clapp
4 Jones Company. of Hudson, N. H.,
the Siisby engine won. ard the city
council adopted that engine and pur-
chased the one used in the trisi. The
tests were very severe. AlHm -ui
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At Ottawa, Ill, q man named Thom-
a. Karrigzn, while drunk, fell from
the trcstlework At the south end OF the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail-
road bridge, ever the Illinois river re-
Gently, and was instantly killed, has
neck being broken. He leaves a wife
and seven children. The coroners
Jury are investigating further TO ascsr-
tain who sold him the liquor. with q
view. to prosecution.