Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-17

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ers. or drawn by curiosity INTO the free
meeting men evidently out of work filthy,
despnnding and forlorn; the back streets
and alleys sitting down beside ladies i'll furs
and yelvets. and spruce young men with
flowers in their butt"n-hnles.
1t was a pitlful sight, and one l"nged
that these poor souls. who had no earthly
hope or comfort. might find some help and
promise to lift them above their troIbl"s.
Il would have been in sympathy with the
master of such meetings. if one OF those
wise. devOut pastors could have stepped
forward. and with gentle feeling. told these
furlnrn creatures that this unhappy lot
was not all Of existence for them. and whis-
pered of inward help. that could help chem
drag through whatever was left for them
to endure. without leaving them to feel be-
rrft of God aud man. But instead. a stout
auick-m0ying man, with neck Set into his
shoulders, came to the front. gave out
hymn, and procredrd tn pummel the truth
into the intemperate portion of hsaudlrnce
talking against time. like an insurance
agent trying to win customer. He was
glib. peremp ory. he did not suffer second
To be lost he told numI er of stories,
SLAPPED his reformed drunkards on the
back with Il want you for President nf
the Tenn, erance LEAGUE I'm going TO start
to-day" or Il want YOU for Secretary.
He made hjs usual puint. that man was
failure" and with some very heavy sing
ing. was off to his converts, without paus-
ing to take breath. The Singing, when
Mr.. Sank,y dnes not take part. is very
heavy. but it could hardly he otherwise,
with four or five thousand unframed voices
for choir. The leaGer beats time before
the audience. and exOrts them To sing up,
and show that congregational singing IL
the grandest in the world. but he d0esn' I
find .reat encouragement after his mind.
Mr.. Sankey confines his eXertiOus to- sing
InT a hymn 1T each meeiDg, when he terls
like it. and doesn't object to- show his sui
tcientlv gOod-lOOkiDg face with the I'll
tempered mouth behind the harmonium.
Mr.. Mondy and his wife are the guests ni
| VIM. f. Dodge. Jr., nf the firm Phelps IL
| Co.. and his Suns have lately been placed
at one of the best schnOls IN Fifth avenue.
| their expenses being betrayed by wealthy
| friends. The evangeIists do not receive
anything for their labOrs, beyond their ex-
| pcnses, but their friends take care that
| they shall have as good a living as New
York can give. The money made by the
sale of hymn-bOoks goes to the Young
| Mems Christian Association. II is said
that the debt of this body has been rxtin-
yuished. aud the funl from the Sankey
hymn book will be available for charitable
work. The space given this theme is not
puL of proportion ~ the Interest II exclteS
here The fashionable tax is what is dnne
1T the Hippodr ~ e, th new paper squab
| hles. and the t;tsnIJnahle e f'rts fnr the
| Centennial fund. The Women of New
| York have man tied to yet BY the ears on
this. as they alw tvs DO when "tficered by
the per,-nosed ambitious creatures whose
names are forever in the newspapers, and
who are far, very far from representing
the best society.
SPRING FASHIONS.
The warm weather allows the greairs
| latitude in the ma ter of fashion. IL II
not uncommon to See thick jackets dis
! cardpd and the black silk suit worn viii
| "A lace tichu. or the bead fringe cape at ias
! ial again. suits in two shades of gray Ol
| brown debege, will be the first change fni
| good, and wit b these are over-dresses @
| soft striped, basket woven or wool matte
cloths, in large stripes of indetinite shading
IT suhdurd coors. Checks are found II
I'll fabrics wool. silk. cotton. black anC
white. brown and white. blue and white
lut small and modest though clear. The
hIts for the half season, Just hef"re we lakt
% absolutely sprin, array. are white felts
! With cpIored velvet f,ce trimming, worn
! with a Grape or lace veil of The same shade
folded about tn. head, clos ", as Il slight
protectInn against neuralgia while Marct
winds threaten. They will soon he laid
| ,yi.l Ia, f,,r th,, o,ft chin hats nf Sl2Hf
nf tinted white. pearl-white. pink-whie
cream. white. to be trimmed with lact
scarts of the exact tint # the straw hat
Girls will be- glaG to hear that long p"lon
lIses and turbans the old favOrites i'll dies:
| tnd head wear, are settled styles TOR ths
! year To csme.
POLITICAL.
The Union League Club, which repre-
-rnts the unofficial end of the Republican
| ,arty 0f tins city, has felt impellcd to eI
| rress itself IL has resolved that no maj
should be Illuminated who is not entirely
,bove suspicion of dabblng in speculatlnI
and who IS not entirely free from c"mplI
cations that would lead him in that direc
tion. This is somewhat aEbiguous bui
there can 5c no doubt as To lis meaning
IL is Il dig at Grant and at R"scne ConKiin
and a protest against the interference o.
custom house and Post-ntfice empl oyees III
politics. IL is demand for throwing
,ver b ,ard of the professional politicians
| aud call for new men To come 20 the from
men not envnlved in entangling alliances
! or mixed IN any way with what Is known
Is ..mauagement." Brlknap has played
| the dickens with The regulars. The peopit
| IRE not in the humnr u he fooled with Jus
now. and the action of the Union League
Club is significant. The members do no
propose TO clean 1t. They will have none
but clean msn. The third term idea, which
had, at one time, some strength here. 10 a.
dead as melt. Right or wrong. there II
Il terrible feeling nf dietrust OF the Ole
stagers, and q desire for new men. The
country will do what il did IN 1854. wher
Sherman, Colfax Burlinoame, ana ths nov
old leaders of the Republican party came
Ia the surface. That Congress was mace
up lmnst entirely If new men, and 81
| will the next be- He will be a very clean
man who survives the npending storm.
Belkuap. Scheuck, aud the other convicted
| AS well as suspected ones. have done the
young aspirants of the country an immens'
! service.
| BUSlNHss
continues as usual New York il sitting
down with folded hands, and il eating 1t
self up. There is no business whatever
III fact the doing of business IA rapidly be
| coming one of the lost arts. The spring
time is coming, and it is hoped that theiE
will be revival, ou; we have been 81 hop
my for three long. dreary years. Rents
are falling every day, and landlords con
slider themselves lucky to have their build
Iugs occupied at any rent at all. 1t sverN
bad. There were ll2 failures this week.
| THE HEALTH
of the city is bad. The unreasonable wealth
er-it is as warm a, an ordinary June
has brought influenza. rheumatism, and
teyers Of all kinds. aud all these ailments
are of a feariully malignant type. Th'
death rate is terrible among the poor, and
the rich aud well-cared for suffer aImos
as severely. PIkrRo.
SPRING DEBILITY. langunr. last.ude
and that low state OF the system peculiar I,
the springtime of the year, are immediately
| nv the II, ruvian Syrup which slIpr,lips the