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riltOn on Jesus as a Married Man.
Oshkosh. Wis. Feb. H. 1867.


My Dear Orthodox Wife: l have been
specializing considerably lately on the
character and career Of Jesus, and won
der whether you will be shocked when
mention one of my meditations. 1t is
this: How would he have appeared in
the character of married man! Ger
tainly, even to your reverential and ador-
ing view of him as 'God manifested in
the fesh," there ought to be nothing
profane in the supposition. If he con-
sented to be born of woman, why might
he not have consented TO be married to a
woman! And, if he was the son of an
earthly parent, why might he not have
been the father of mortal childe He
loved some of his disciples better than
others, as, for instance, John. He I'M
doub.edly loved some few women devoted
ly, perhaps passionately. Now, why
might he not have loved one, chief and
chosen among those women. on whom he
might have poured the whole fullness of
his heart, and on whose finger he might
have set marriage ring, making her, in.
deed, like the church, the bride of
Christi" confess that if new historic
investigation should reveal the truth that
Jesus was married man, instead Of an
minated lover Of all the world, would
see an additional glory in the most won
derful Of all historic characters.
Nor do know Of any evidence to show
that he was never married. II either
Mary or Martha, or any other sanity
woman, had been his wife. the fact would
probably have been mentioned, and yet
what would we have known Of his friend
Peters wife except for the fact that her
mother was once sick Of fever! Men $
wives are not necessarily known to his
tory. OF course, the probability is that
Jesus was never married; yet this is by
no means q certainty. And as there re.
mains possibility that he was, it IS a
pleasing reflection for me that, while he
was living in Capernaum. in the House of
Peter Zone Of his disciples). he might
there have enjoyed also the swe, ter COM
panionship OF a wife Of his own. know
that even Renan says, Jesus never mar
ried." Even admitting the fact. however.
this does not deny the prupTicfy of his
marrying. il he had chosen to marry.
But, if Jesus had taken wife and faith.
cred family, and | believe that this fact
would have 50 completely humanizcd him
in the eyes Of all the world that he never
would have been regarded as God, or the
Only Begottsn Son Of God. And yet. iG
as che son Of Mary, he had become the
h-shsnd Of Galiiean giIl. and these
twain had dwett IN cottsge by the lake
Of Gcnessarct, and unto them had been
born children like those Of whom he said,
Suffer thrm to come unto me-" let me
inquire whether or not you would love
the character of jesus any less than. you
love it now! Answer. Your heterodos
husband. THEoOoRK Tnrox.
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glass, and will cost $25O.OOO. With it's
plants, ornamentations, flowers, fountains
and aqu.risms, it will be favorite place
for the lovers of flow ers, and one of at
traction to all.
A small army Of workmen arc engaged
on these buildings, and there is no doubt
but that they will be finished in ample
time for the exhibition. The work is
now making rapid progress. The com.
mission, by the aid Of Philadelphia, Penn.
sylvania, and by contributions from all
the States, has under its control six mil.
lions of dollars. This, well expended,
will ensure very respectable exhibition,
and one of which no American need be
ashamed.
The exhibition will be formally opened
April 10, and remain open for six months.
Branches Of the main railroads running
into Philadelphia have been laid to the
grounds. Vessels freighted with articles
from Europe car ascend the SchuylkiIl to
the docks Of the grounds. The most ex.
tensive arrangements will be made for
cheap conveyance Of passengers and arti.
cles, upon all the roads of the country.
Some twenty-five foreign governments
have already accepted invitations to par
ticipate in the exhibition. Even the
English government has appointed an
agent to represent her.
That the exhibition will prove emf
nentiy successful there can no longer lie
any doubt.
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The Testimony Of the Plyn
Church Superimtemaomt,

Mr.. Bell, who testified yesterday Il
Beecher-Tilto trial, is superintended
Plymouth Bethel, and former superb
dent Of Plymouth Sunday school. "
cross-examined by Shearman the II
labored to show that he had always
vored the policy Of silence, and Mr..
was'certain in his testimony that Sl
man was sedously in favor Of the chi
taking action, in lieu of Theodore Tilt
having failed to deny the charges 4
in the papers. Bell said that no idel
taking action against Beecher, and nd
lief in his guilt existed, but it
felt, notably by himself
Sherman, that a. charge
gross made by paper Of great Giro
ton, left stain OH the church which
church should wipe off. Shear
Bell to concur with him in the staten
that he (Shearman) never thought
scandal should be replied to-, but l
Mr.. Tilton should himself be dealt "
Bell replied, ''Mr. Sherman, I will
argue with you. Twill only state I
my memory under oath, is that you
first expected Tilton to deny the ST.
and that he having failed to do SO,
thought the church should take &C;
on the scandal" sHow many thou
so, Mr.. Bells'' asked
Sherman. Hundreds on hundred
answered Mr.. Bell. WHAT" said
Sherman, ION account of the paper
"Yes," said Mr.. Bell. ION account Of
paper. esteem that any SANDER is
portant, and should be. denied and refut'
The trouble was, in substance" said
Bell, that the SANDER would. be 30
to hundreds of thousands who ne
knew the facts and parties, or stud
either. 1t was therefore important
hunt down and expose a SANDER, or
least deny it"
Mr.. Bells testimony was received Y.
great attention by both sides, and BY
the audience. The chief justice him,
listened most intently. Ia addition
its novelty the testimony went to exhi
1.-THE mind Of Plymouth upon the act
which should be taken upon the scand
1t is the first time the matter has b.
touched in the trial. Shearman, app
entity, asked his questions with the
pectation of getting answers of the SO
color. His surprise and thst of the
dience in not getting them Of such CO
was palpable, and sensation was excl
all around the conrt room. The pull
and official action of Plymouth ChuI
has been SO united and uniform towi
the scandal, that Mr.. Bells evidence
the grave discomfort of Hundreds
hundreds with the policy Of silen
made people prick up their ears.
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OF the eight pounds which a man eats
and drinks in day it is thought that
not less than five pounds leave his body
through the skin. And Of these five
pounds considerable percentage escapes
during the night while he is in bed. The
larger part of this is water, but in addi-
ton there is much effete and poisonous
matter. This, being in great part gaseous
in form, permeates every Lart of the bed.
Thus all parts of the bed-mattress
blankets, as well as sheets-soon become
foul. and need publication. The mattress
needs this renovation quite as much as
the sheets. To allow the sheets to be
used without washing or changing three
or six months would be regarded as bad
housekeeping, but insist, if thin sheet
can absorb enough Of these poisonous ex.
cretions Of the body to make it unfit for
use in few days, thick mattress, which
can absorb and retain thousand times as
much Of the poisonous excretions, needs
to be purified rs often certainly as once
in three months. A sheet can be washed.
mattress cannot be renovated in
his way. Indeed, there is
no other way Of cleaning a mattress but
by steaming it or picking it to pieces, and
thus IN fragments exposing it to the di-
rect rays Of the sun. As these processes
are scarcely practicable with any Of the
ordinary mattresses. am decidedly Of
the opinion that the good old.fashloned
straw bed, which can every three months
be exchanged for fresh straw and the tick
washed, is the sweetest and healthiest Of
beds. II, in the winter season, the po-
rousness Of the straw bed makes il a little
uncomforta BILE, spread over it comforter
or two wooden blankets, which should b,
washed as often as every two weeks.
With this arrangement, if you wash all
the bed covering as often as once in one
or two weeks. you will have delightful.
healthy bed. Now. if you leave the bed
to air with open windows during the day.
aud not make it up for the night before
evening, you will have added greatly to
the sweetness Of your rest and in conse-
quence to the tone of your health. I
heartily wish this good change could be
everywhere introduced. Only those who
have thus attended to this important
matter can judge of its influence on the
general health and spirits.
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ments are now made for the important

ments are now made for the important
event.
The buildings are being erected in Fair
mount Park. one of the most delightful
and picturesque places in America. itself
almost worth penny to see. There are
to be Eve buildings, covering in all space
Of nearly fifty acres. These are, the
Main Exhibition Building, or "Crystal
Palace:'' the Art Gallery and Memorial
Hall; the Machinery Hall; Agricultural
Hall; and the Horticultural Hall or Con-
servatory. There may be other, smaller
buildings, yet erected for special pur-
poses, but the above are the main struc.
lures at present designed ana under way.
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After.Dinner Maps.

Many persons are in the ha bit Of Sleep
ing for half an hour or more Immediately
after dinner. Ten minutes sleep before
dinner is worth more than an hour after.
1t retreshes and prepares the system for
vigorous system for vigorous digestion.
If sleep is taken after dinner it should be
in the sitting posture, as the horizontal
position is untavorable to healthful diges-
ton. Let those who need rest and sleep
during the day take it before dinner in
stead Of after, and they will soon find
that they will feel better and that their
digestion will be improved thereby.
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put together, and q mans first sneczc
would shake him so completely 10 pieces
as to be followed by his immediate break
up and dissolution. In process Of time
however, the bodies of men growing more
substantial-the molecu or particles per-
haps, Is Professor Tyndall would argue.
more firmly compacted-sneezing was not
invariably accompanied by instant death,
and bystanders, seeing man sneeze with
impunity, would express 1t once their as
tonishment and tn ir congratulations by
some such formula as Tira,-God bless
you and 50 forth. If our modern atomic
philosophers can bring themselves to be-
lieve in this theory-aad they can hard
y Be looked upon Is men Of very skeP-
teal habit Of mind-they will no doubt
thank me for this addition to the fabric Of
> cosmogoay which they are Industrious
j building up for orr bene6t-Nesp
Quarterly Magazine.
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A woman writes in the Boston Globe !:
"One day. on the trip up. when reading
q magazine. my attention was attracted
by the glitter of gold bracelet. which,
look where ! would, flashed before nv
eyes. and further scrutiny revealed the
fact that the young lady who wore it was
particularly anxious that should be at
tracted by it, and. to further her design.
began cutting the leaves of her magazine
With silver fruit-knife. For tho pur.
pose of showing her that was not par
ticularly daxzied, in fact, that there was
another such in the world. took gold
pencil from my pocket and marked pas
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-02-25

The Main Exhibition building is de-
signed to receive all the products of all
nations, the manufactures, curiosities and
exhibit their distinctive features and re-
sources. This building will be constructed
almost entirely of iron and glass except
the floors. and is intended to be substan-
TALLY fire-proof. 1t is 1880 feet in length.
464 feet in width, and 70 feet to the ridge
Of the roof. The towers of the centre. or
nave, are 100 feet high. Though the build.
ing will be ofimposing appearan ce, and very
beautiful in its proportions and effect,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-02-25

nothing has been expended by the COM
mission for mere ornament. The design
was to have it built as cheaply as posi-
BILE, consistent with strength, convenience
and neatncss. The building, with its
galleries, ETC., covers q acres, and when
filled with the costly and beautiful fab
RIGS of various nations, decorated with
their flags and works of art, and filled
with the throngs of visitors who will
crowd it, it will be scene that Ameri-
cans may well be proud Of, and richly re.
pay those who may be so fortunate as to
see it.
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It ia realm Of darkness and thick
dust, and shroud-like cobwebs and dead
things they wrap in their gray folds.
For garnet is like . sea shore, where
wrecks Are thrown mp and slowly go to
pieces. There is the crsale which the old
man you just remember was rocked in
there is the ruin of the bcdstead he died
on; that ugly slanting contriyancs
used to be put under his pill.
lew in the days when his
breath came hard there Is his ole chair,
both arms gone, symbol Of the desola,e
time when he had nothing earthly lelt "a
lean on; there d the large wooden reel,
which the blear-eyed old deacon sent the
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-02-25
TO Keep Apples Through the Winter.

The following excellent suggestions are
by Alexander Hyde, in the New York
Times To aid the barrel and the skin of
the apple in keeping out the air, many
wrap their apples in paper manila paper
is the best and is very cheap. but old
newspapers will answer leach apple by
itself. This not only aids in keeping out
the air, but prevents the apple from
bruising in transportation. Oranges are
always imported with a paper wrapped
around them. Paper is not only lmperv-
ious to air, but is non-conductor of heat
and serves to keep the fruit of uniform
temperature--a point of some impor-
lance,
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THE CENTENNIAL.
A Description or the Buildings.

The close of the first century of our
national life, occurring on July 4, 1875, is
to be fifty celebrated at Philadelphia, the
seat Of the Continental Congress, where
the Declaration of Independence was
enunciated, by an international EXPOSE
ton, or ''World's Fair exhibiting the
skill. arts. industry and produts of all
the principal nations of the earth. A
commission appointed pursuant to an act
of Congress in 1871, has been busily en-
gagged since that time preparing for the
exhibition, and all necessary arrange
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-02-25
Farm and Household.
Mark Your Tools.

You can easily mark your name upon
steel by process called etching. Coat
over the tools with thin layer of wax or
hard tallow, by first warming the steel
and .ru bling on the wax, warm until it
flows, and let it cool. When hard mark
your name through the wax with graver
and apply some aquafortis nitric acid y
after few moments wash Oft the acid
thoroughly with water, warm the metal
enough to melt the wax, and wipe it of
with a soft rag. The letters will be found
etched into the steel.
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A Good Place to study Faces..T
Pestoffice as q Detective Agent.

"You have no idea how many Of the
fellows who prey on other people COZ
about u.s. said on old postoftice Gle
yesterday. people think we don't
them when they inquire for letters,
ting as we do inside Of glass box, q.
nothing of US visible but the face; but
they can't see in we can see out, and !,
take note Of what we see. We know t
faces by sight as we'll as the owners
them do, and take q certain sort OF inte-
est in them. l have caught myself fe
ing sorry for young miss who came dai
for letters and never found any until
had great mind to write her one myse
so that she shouldn't be disappointed
often. That was when | was at {.
ladies window, long time ago. She d
appeared after while; don't know VII
became Of her; city swallowed her up.
reckon.
"There was another woman..-lady,
almost said-.-who lived in Newark, and
knew it and knew her, too, who came re
ularly once week and inquired fer L
tiers in another name. They were +
her, too. knew we'll enough she had
such eager interest, as her voice betraye-
in another person S letters. Once WIN
she received one asked her if she y,
Mrs. Statira, and she said YES and TIL
l knew she lied.
"Once detective came in and ask
me if certain man, whom he describe
called for letters. knew him IS . rogu
without knowing anything Of him, Il.
said, Yes; he is here nearly every d.
He comes at such an hour, and If "
stay here ] will give you the wink. &
he stayed where he could not be seen, b
If you viii believe it, that the scamp ne
er came near the place for a week; : gres
pile Of letters accumulated for him. +
nally the detective began to feel the e
low had lit out as he expressed it, ~
said he would Just stretch his legs . II
tie and come back OF course st ths
very moment the rascal appeared. and
was in a sweat, you bet. First thing whe
saw him sent messenger for the detes
tive; next thing Istayed away from tb
window as long as | dared. When
did 60 to it l conldn't hes
very well, and had hard work to cate
his name. When that had to Be stoSpo
/ couldn't seem to find any letter, tdoge
there were hundred or 50 right undl
my hand. / shuff1ed them all over. bot
Of us on pins and needles, he to get ava.
and to keep him so he shouldn't.
''How do you spell IL - said.
He spelled it.
"Where do You expect . letter from !
"New Orleans
/ threw one, two, three down.
"Ain't there no more - he said.
wait minute, I'll see." I stretc1o
the minute ell could, ill finally, int /
he was going away cursing me ~ :
stupidity, ] threw down the whole
them and began to push them sut, sshin
he turned to gather them up; bnt ~
himself gathered up by the detectiyeyue
came back Just in time. He was a.
those sawdust swindIess.
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sage in my book, for my bracelet was
equal to hers. Observing that fact, she
drew off her left glove and carefully
arranged her veil, that l might not
fail to see the heavily chased ring
which encircled her finger. 1 could
ego her one BETTER here; so
taking off my glove, l drew down the
blind, flashing rare topaz and solitaire
diamond before her appreciative eyes.
She saw, and quickly pulling off her 9TH
er glove, displayed splendid cluster dia-
mond and a gigantic amethyst. Twas
slightly nonplussed, but, as she wore no
rings, felt that after all was even
with her. At that instant she drew an
elegant little watch from her belt. which
she studied attentively two whole min
utes, holding it up in full view, then turned
to me as if to say, well, go on | had
done my best and could not answer the
challenge. but thought mournfully of my
poor little locket in drawer at home,
with one side all jammed in. When, at
last, the aggravating creature took a jew
ell case from her satchel and held up
lovely coral set, turning this way and that
to exhibit all its beauties, furtively glanc-
ing at me to be sure that Il observed,
l was utterly vanquished. COM
pletely routed, and so greatly absorbed in
my book that | did not see thing
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TaE Perham Mess fears that . Mr..
Bull, wha left that place for his home
Wednesday q last week the day of the
severe storm-perished, - he has not
bcen heard from since.
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Tn vie u Rev. Mr.. Chamber4 -.
cspal ninist@ # St Cloud, did h thnl
eity - 1Gen1ny quite suddanly.
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minister's lady, who thanked him graci-
ously, and twirled it smilingly, and in
fitting season bowed it out decently to
| the limbo of troublesome conveniences.
And there are old leather portmanteaus,
like stranded porpoises, their mouths
gaping in gaunt hunger for food with
which they used to be gorged into bulg-
ing repletion; and old brass andir ons,
waiting until time shall revenge them on
their paltry substitutes, and they shall
have their own again, and bring
with them the fore-stick and
backlog of ancient days, and the
empty churn, with its idle dasher
which the Nancys and Phebes, who have
left their comfortable places to the
Bridgets and Norahs, used to handle to
good purpose; and the brown, shaky cid
spinning wheel, which was running, it NAV
be, in the days when they were hanging
the Salem witches.-[O. W. Holmes.
Beecher as a ssWax Figger'' at Mad.
anne Tussaud,s.
London Letter to the Chicago Tribune.
Henry Ward Beecher's ef6gy at the
wax works is introduced to the public as
the gifted and eloquent American d.
vine, brother to the author of Uncle
Toms Cabin and the principal charac-
ter in recent great scandal This fig
ure looks like Daniel Lambert in the
middle stages of development of adipose;
its head is grand enough to have
been modelled after an ideal of
Homer's head; while the face, if
Homeric, must have been wrought out
from an inspiration of Homer at time
when Homer nodded with the stupor of
too abundant feast upon the honey of Hy-
mettus. 1t is stupid, silly, almost i'm
beetle face, bearing slight resemblance,
not in imbecility, but in feature, to Mr..
Beecher as he was some years ago, but
only as slight one as the figures of Hen
ry Wits six wives (which stand not far
away gathered about their uxorcidal lord
bly, bear to their originals.
MIR. Beecher's fame does not seem
to have echoed like thunder, or
flashed like lightning over the sea,
for, standing before this travesty of his
face and figure, we ovcrhear comments
and questions that imply density Of
ignorance concerning both the brother of
the author of "Uncle Tom Cabin and
1.-THE recent great scandal "Ay, mon
Who's Beecher!" asked No. l who hasn't
paid sixpense extra for a catalogue.
''Beecher! Beecher - answers the other
meditatively, "why, isn't he the prime
minister of America LAY. that he
is - quoth No. l !; and the two moved on
to the next figure, unconscious Of how
closely they had laid hold upon the truth,
although swerving so widely from the
fact.
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Amounting With Cocoa Butter Cor Scar.
let Fever.

Upon the recommendation of Schnee-
man, the amounting of the body with fat
has been extensively practiced in Ger
many during the past ten years, with the
view Of lowering the temperature and
Fastening the desquamation. DR.. Bayles
suggests, in this CO. nection, the employ.
ment Of cocoa butter. as producing more
cooling and refreshing effect upon the pa.
tient, and emitting more agreeable odor
in the sick chamber. This agent, on ac.
count of its solid consistence. is more
readily applied than either fas or oil, and
is more easily absorbed by the skin.
Furthermore, it is thought to afford the
system certain amount Of nOurishment'
In severe fevers, the entire surface of
the body should be rubbed with this sub.
stance every hour, or at least once every
four hours. Its application is also re-
commended in typhoid fever, in cases
where the patients manifest dread of
water, or where the application of water
is impossible +; likewise in other infamma.
tory diseases, especially the severer forms
Of inflammatory rheumatism and tuber.
culosis. Herald of Health.
Some years ago an acquaintance Of ours
had several children very sick with scar.
let fever. After their recovery he COM
municatcd his recipe, which was publish
ed a the time in this paper; he had kept
his little patients well Amounted with the
rnd of smoked hams. He believed his
treatment to have saved his children and
we remember to have received at the
time number of letters from persons
who had practiced tie methed after our
publication, the ham remedy
as important to the community Scien.
tifc american.