The New York herald., 1876-11-12

grumbIins about their III fortune would spend the
other half honest cndeavor to succeed tho
number OF heavy taxpayers would be largely in
creased.
The western people that they have the largest
match factory In the world. There seems TO be
grave blunder somewhere. II the announcement had
been the West celebrated for ability
destroy matches could agree. Tho startling facts
are that matches made in heaven and unmads in
Indiana
Some Of the devices OF money. making men
peculiar During tho heat OF tho Maine law regime
parcel that passed the confines OF tho State
closely examined TO sec II smuggled GIN could be found
shrewd dealer in the tnebrlang beverage enclosed
few gallons In cofn. and fe. assured OF the
OF his strategy. The ncfarious act discovered,
however. by the cunning officials and the remark was
made that while collins wcfe dt recsptaces Tor bodies
IT was very unusual tor them to contain spirits"
II man wants liquor he will get il, peaccaby II he
can, forcioly II ne must. A poor fellow the South
who badly bitten by taranua was kept In state
OF ntoxeasn Tor week, because brandy is supposed
to be u sovereign remedy for the poison little while
alter Just found prowling round in
hope OF getting bitten by the same animal and tho
liquor dealers in that section have offered high pre-
mium for tarantula be kcpt for the exclusive uso
OF customers.
We hear frequently OF tho craft thai saii the seas,
but after few years. experiences In cold and IN
charitable world nnd that there is about as much
craft tho land the water. IL is well enough
to 20 in q schooner, but not wsll 10 have .
'schooncr" in you.
City chors are q kind OF target at which any ono
feels Al liberty to et ny an arrow. They like the
cid lady OF Florida" who,
When she good, very. very coed.
And when shs bad she was horrider.
Tho great trouble with fashionable chors their In
divisions OF words The following announcement
once made from the organ lott . surprised congrs-
gation:-
We'l catch tho Gee,
Wen catch the dieting hour
And equally remarkable statement made In he
lines which were sung crescendo TO close with
With reverence the saints appear.
And bow-owow before the Lord t
Here IL another unhappy medium Truly Spiritual
ism 10 unfortunate Of late. Mrs. Huntoon darkened
the room In which her guests, ~ S5 apiece, were
seated aud after tow minutes upparition out
OF her cabinet with sheet its head. .'ls this
my dear mother 7" asked who took what she sup
posed to be her departed maternars hand In hers.
"we'll see," answered suspicious philosopher, and
instantly turned on the gas The mother was gone,
but there stood Mrs. Huntoon her stead II Spirit
ualsm Is 10 thrive must go back to oil lamps Too
much. light interieres with the conditions" You
can't have successful seance unless you get together
. very clever medium and dozens people who
anxious to be duped. Then tho conditions are just
right aud you have all the revelations you want.
IL by means certainty that you would be bot
than other people, whom you pity with pity that
is very like contempt, II you in their place and
surrounded by their circumstances and temptations.
Rev John Newton once said as no saw man gong
to the gallows, Thers goes John Newtonbut for tho
grace OF God'
1t docs not always follow that you arc better than
your neghbor because you don't do exactly he does
Some said very quantity and very truly that
it crsdtable Tor people to be half decent
than for others to be saints.
There Is an innate love Of slander in every human
heart That Is hard sentence 10 write, but II you
win look into your bosom you will nnd that 1t is .
true When q rica man makes public benefac-
ton we at once say that he does II advertise
ment It excitss envy q with clean
garment on and wo feel more At home with him, and
more content with ourselves II find splash Of
mud on It.
How easy It is while you sit by your warm nre-
place, to pity the poor But tho question which reg
ion asks is, ssDo you pity them IS WORTH" This is
kind of sympathy which illustrate itself by dollars
and cents
The New York Tablet Il spicy any religious
journal that q nds way TO table The pepper
grocery, which Is the synonym Of adulteraon
bot is evidently ground from berries OF its i'm
portation. We sometimes just bit startled It's
statements. aud We confess TO desire to look in
the editor after reading tho following refreshing
tence:-"Fair honest boxing. according to the rules
OF the prize ring calculated to have q civzng
effect the roughcr elements OF society" Well that
may be Some people may be civilized by that
and others may be rendered civil by honest
left-hander which enables them TO study astronomy
at midday. but general rule prefer milder
kind OF education. II very we'll for Cardiff giant
talk about the rights Of with muscle. but what
the res. Of US. who larger good sized
Interrogation point to dos Those can't box don't
want to be boxed, and must, therefore, got civilized
by some mder process.
The hard times are affecting the ministry. In Ger.
tam country parishes, when II Is possible engage
the OF the Angel Gabriel ut $500 por annum
the deacons have determined to save expense by
reading printed sermons TO their congregations To
bull by the horns get tossed over tho
fence. Many church Afford TO pay largo salary
to good man wncn II would become bankrupt by
paying small salary 10 any ono. Brains are In the
market, and be had for thclr weight In gold All
the rest rs "eathcr and prunca" The bottom fact is
that you cannot afford TO the man who will como
for next TO nothing Some ministers arc dear ut any
price, and you don't want them. Give all he is
worth, pay his salary regularly and stand by him in
his work, and chen your deacons keep out Of the
pulpit
Mr. Kerr has just died In Indiana He was some
thing Of politician, but not enough OF save
large fortune out OF a small salary. Being thus de-
ncient in one OF the prime qualities Of successful
career IL was deamed fitting to give him . good
obituary notice. The author Of this notice, whose
knowledge Of religious matters somewhat limited
ne unhl I'm he'd rba oY fhe
deceased that when he got among his peers 10 the
other world he would, by large majority, be elected
speaker In .,hs house not made with hands eternal
in the heavens"
WHAT is TRUTH?
To raE EpiTon HERALp:--
In an editorial noia rnur lssua OF Qcohar L. IN.