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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

Prison REFORM. The meeting of the Ma
tional Prison Reform Association which takes
place at Steinway Hall tomorrow evening
promises to result in number of important
suggestions that must lead to the removal of
many Of the abuses that now disgrace our
prison management Three general subjects
will be discussed under several sub-hcads,
which are given in detail in to-day's
HEEALD- Criminal Law reform, the Peniten-
tiary system and the Preventive system.
With such programme we cannot doubt
that a vast amount Of useful information
will be gathered and given which will tend
to the amelioration, to some extent, of the
horrors Of prison life. while removing many
of the existing causes of crime.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

WE ARE AFRAID dark lantern Know
Nothing crowd of Tammany Indians will not
have commanding influence upon a con-
vention of honest, self-rospecting democrats
who think that Tammany is synonym for
corruption.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

The WoRKINGMENs DELEGATION FROM
FRANCE to the Centennial threatens to fail
for want of the necessary funds to pay ex-
penses. Surely France will spare few thou
sand francs to send her workmen's delegates
to the great centre of display of industry at
Philadelphia and maintain her reputation
for generosity and progressive ideas which
have always marked her history It is
trifing with a great element of national
strength for the purse holders in France
to withhold their contributions from the
delegates fund after the assurances that have
been given of an adequate supply of money
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

A HrSr TO Boss KEILY.-If tho Boss wants
to beat Tilden let him keep Tammany in the
background
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

BLA1SE's FUNERAL promises to be as lively
Is Donnybrook Fair.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

The NOMINATION OF BRrsrow would be
possible If we were to have convention of
detectives at Cincinnati.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05
TRIPLE S III e E 7.

NEW YORK, MONDAY. JUNE ), 1875.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

THE NOMINATION OF BRrsTow would in
sure Jonathan Wild canvass.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

IF BR1srow were President the detective
service would be the most important under
the government.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05

vation made Of political offenders. 1t is
crcdtable to the two governments-our own
and that of Great Britain-that, in the ab-
sence of any stipulation in the treaties Of
1874 and 1S42, no serious dispute has ever
occurred on this subject But the act Of
Parliament Of 1870 which was intended to
guard the right of asylum, does SO in
clumsy way, needlcssly obstructive of JUS
tice. The truth is, it was framed not by
lawyers, but by eminent philanthropists.
and their sole aim was to protect political
refugees from other European countries.
Hence the provisions Of it which give an
accused three different tribunals TO
whom he may appeal. and any one
of which may set him at liberty; and
hence, also, the rigid provision that the sur
rendered person shall DO tried only for the
offence for which he was surrendered, and
being declared innocent must then have full
opportunity to make his escape from the
country of his detention. How this obstructs
justice may be easily seen. Suppose man
surrendered for an attempt to kill. On his
way to England his victim dies, and he be-
comes n murderer. The character OF the
offence is changed ; ought he to be released
So il would seem if the British demand is
founded in reason. Or take again the case
Of Lawrence. His surrender was demanded
on several extraditablc charges-more than
dozen, we have heard. BY the ingenuity of
his counsel and the anxious care of those
who in England arc supposed to be
concerned with him in his operations he
was surrendered on only single one Of the
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30
Gods Christening.

See now what benefcence there is in this
ministry of trouble and sorrow.
1t is to make MS dissatisfied with earth
and earthly good. This world is not our
home. We are strangers and pilgrims here.
Ii is not an easy thing to wean US from
onr attachment to the life that now is. II
all went smoothly with us in our earthly lot
if our way were through gardens Of bloom
and delight, If the hopes that fasten upon
earthly good were all crowned with frui-
tion, We should be in danger of loving this
world too well. God in faithfulness and
loving kindness meets this peril with the an
tdote of suffering and disappointment.
By the same discipline he lifts us out Of
the ignominious life OF ease, ssasuousHess and
selfshness. Only a selfish and self-indulgent
spirit would grow from the uninterrupted
qualification of our natural desires. Aspira-
ton would rise no higher than this sensu-
ous abundance. We should not know how
to pity and help those in tribulation. \
happy heart is not so quick to feel for the
suffering and to bring relief. as one which
has itself been often wounded.
Another effect of chastening is to lead us
to determination, 10 lead us to pause and
ask ourselves how We stand or whittier are
we drifting, to lead us to new and humilat-
/ ing self-discoyeries, TO fresh penitence and
| a heartier self-consecration.
| 1t brings into tender sympathy and closet
/ fellowship with our elder Brother" lie
was " man OF sorrows and acquainted with
/ grief" In mirth and JOY we are not so near
/ Him as in mourning and tears His face
was calm, but think it did not laugh. lie
was u cross-bearing man and when we walk
under burdens. we best keep step with Him
1t leads ms most unfortunately to the
] throne of grace. When our earthly hopes
and helps fail we must have light and com
/ fort from above. In our gladness We may
sing, but in our Gethsemane we cry, " Father
/ if it be- possible, let this cup pass from me.
1t ripens and perfects in MS the noblesi
traits aud attributes of the Christian charac
ter. There is no room for the exercise o
patience, unless the strain of suffering ha
come upon us. We should not know tn,
meaning of fortitude, except under the pres
sure of calamity. Meekness and submission
have no sphere in our life, until the storm
gathers and breaks upon US.
Nor would heaven be so bright TO faitl
and hope, il earth were always flooded viii
sunshine. Out of the strifes and changes o
the present, we look away with keener long
ing to I" the home Of peace -" the land o
rest"
So let us learn to understand to welcome
and TO rejoice in the Christening processes o
Gods love.-Rer. 4. l.. Stone, IN Tie Pacific
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30
~ Hate Preachers"

/ overheard this remark in crowd
some weeks ago. looked at the speaker.
lie was well dressed, and had, to super
fetal observer, the appearance of a gentle
man. Yet when you observed him closely
you saw a something about him that made
you feel that you would hesitate to trust
him. | asked friend in an undertone,
"Who is this man who hates preachers 2"
"One Of the most notorious gamblers In the
city" No wonder that he dislikes those
who labor TO make men wiser and better.
lie lives and fattens on the ignorance and
vices of others. His business is to lie aud
cheat. The hatred of such man is the best
evidence that preachers are not, as some as
sert, either hypocrites or drones, that their
moral power is felt in all the haunts Of sin.
Bad men often profess TO have great respect
for the church and ministry. But in their
heart of hearts they hate us, and that hatred
is the highest compliment they can pay u.s.
Christian World.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30
Sympathy.

One of the sweetest graces which result
from Christian living is sympathy. 1t is
always present as prime element in true
discipleship; for how can we be followers of
Him who entered sympathetically into the
sufferngs and woes of all mankind, and not
have Ia our souls the emotion which charac-
terized the Master? The Christ-lke men
aud women in the church sympathize with
man as man. They feel the brotherly bond
which binds them to all that have the hui
man form and hence may have the heavenly
likeness The Christians heart is always
open like the gates of the old cities of ref
uge, and whoever is flying from trouble and
cruelty, yea, and from guilt too, can run
into them and find welcome.
Now, friends the way TO be sensible Of
another mans trouble is TO feel it ourselves
We must take his grief into our hearts, OF
our eyes will never overflow. We must not
only take the beggar into our house, We
must take him into our heart. We must
entertain him with our affection, in order 10
feed the hunger of his soul. We must be
come beggars ourselves in order TO sympa
thize with the beggar that stands at ouI
door. We must lose our property, we must
lose our character, we must lose the love OF
wife and child, the friendship of our friends
yea, and our own self-respect, before we eau
sympathize with the poor sot in the gutter
or the notorious drunkard of the village
When we fall among thieves ourselves, aud
lie wounded aud deserted by the wayside
and have seen the priest aud the Levite pas,
by on the other side, and the iron of crue
desertion on the part of those who should
help us enters our soul when we have ago
nized in Gethsemane, and cried out in agony
to God If it be possible let this cup pass
from me" then are we prepared to watch ,
with people in their agony, and not to sleep
then are we ready TO help them bear theil
cross as they climb their Calvary then are
we ready TO pour oil and wine into theil
wounds; then, and not until then, are w
rpened for sympathy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30
Rich without Money.

Many man is rich without money.
Thousands Of men with nothing in the poe
ket are rich. A man born with a good,
sound constitution, a good stomach, good
heart and good limbs and pretty good
head-piece, is rich. Good bones are better
than gold; tough muscles than silver aud
nerves that flash fire and carry energy 10
every function are better than houses aud
land. II is better than a landed estate to
have had the right kind of father and
mother. Good breeds aud bad breeds exist
among men as really as among herds and
horses. Education may do much 10 check
evil tendencies, or TO develop good ones but
it is a great thing to inherit the right pro
portion of faculties 10 start with. The man
is rich who has a good disposition--wh is
naturally kind, patient, cheerful, hopeful,
and who has flavor of wit and fun in his
composition. The hardest thing 10 get
along with in this life is mans own self.
A cross, selfish fellow, desponding and
complaining fellow-a timid, care-burdened
man-these are all born deformed on the in
side. Their feet may not limp, bat their
thoughts do.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30

Reader, If you really want to be saved
give you an invitation this DAY. II you
want to have peace with God now. and glory
in heaven hereafter / invite YOU to come 10
Christ at once, and both shall be your own
invite You boldly, because of the words
Christ Himself has spoken, " Come unto me
all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
will give You rest" " Him that cometh
unto me, will in no wise cast out Matt.
XII; 2s; John vi 81 Reader, are you tired
of your sins Are you laboring and heavy
laden ! invite You this day to come to
Christ, and you shall be saved. know not
who you are, or what YOU have been in time
past, but | say boldly, come to Christ by
faith aud you shall have a pardon. High or
low, rich or poor, young man or maiden, old
man or child, You cannot be worse than
Manasseh and Paul before conversion; than
David and Peter after conversion come to
Christ and you shall be freely forgiven.
Take the advice ! give You this day, and act
upon it at once. Stand still no longer, wait.
ing for some imaginary frames and feelings
which will never come. Hesitate no longer
under the idea that you must, first of all, OBJ
tain the Spirit, and then come TO Christ
Arise and come to Christ Just as you are
lie waits for you, and is as willing TO save
as lie is mighty. lie is the appointed Ply
iscian for sin-sick souls. Deal with Him Is
you would with your doctor about the cure
Of disease of your body. Make a direct
application to Him, and tell Him all youI
wants. Tell Him you want to be saved, and
ask Him to save you. Rest not till you have
actually tasted for yourself that the Lord j.
gracious. Cast yourself wholly and unre
servedly on Christ, and your soul shall be
saved Reader, once more | invite you
Come to Christ. The Lord grant the invita-
tion may not be given in vain. Come tc
Christ Come ,-Rer. j. C. RyaL
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30

HAYts AND CIyIL SERVICE REFoKM-fion his
message to the Ohio Legislature in 1870: \ Tdi-
cal reform in the civil service Of the general gov
erument has been proposed The plan Is to make
qualifications, and not political services ana IN
auence. the chief test in determining appoint
ments and to give subordinAtes in the civil ser
vice the same permanency Of place which Is en-
loved by officers of tho army and navy The In
troduetion of this reform will bs attended with
some difficulties. But in revising our state con-
stituton II this object is kept constantly in view
there is little reason to doubt that II can be sue
cessfully accomplished" From speech on the
stumn in 1872. "The system is bad one II
DESTROYS the independence OF the separate depart
ments of the government, and II degrades the
civil service. 1t ought TO be abolished me
| President has again aud again explicitly re'vin'
| mended reform. A majority OF Congress na'
| been unable to agree upon any Important insAs
ure Doubtless the bills which have been lhtiu'
| duced contain Objectionable features ~. ~
| work should be begun. Let the best obtalnApls
| Xii he passed and experience will show wha'
| amendments are required would support eiihel
| senator Trumbulis bill or Mr.. JencLes blil, y
| nothing better were proposed. The shinitapl,
/ sneeehes on this subject by the representative ~
,ke tirst district the Hon. Aaron f. Perry contain
| ,he hest exposition have seen OF sound doctrine
| On his question, and trust the day Is nOt uls
| ,ant when the principles which he advocates wa
| he embodied In practical measures OF leslsh,ion
| wa onght 10 have q reform OF the system OF ap
nointments To the civil service, thorough ra"iea
aud complete
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30
The Cost Of Idleness.

When all the people of the whole country
are engaged in productive industry, either
directly or indirectly, it must result in gen
eral prosperity, whether wages or profits are
high or low. If wages are low capitalists
are encouraged, and enterprise aud business
are pushed forward. II there is dispro-
portion between capital and labor, and the
latter does not get enough, the evil soon reg
uates itself by more engaging as managers,
and making labor more in demand If cap
italists and managers make nothing they
cease 10 hire wages drop and many become
idle. This is exactly the trouble now too
many persons are out of employment. There
are. in the United States, at least twelve
million working or producing people The
causes above mentioned have thrown about
one-third out of employment, or reduced O
larger number to an amount equivalent tc
one-third or thrown out four million pro
ducers Each of these would earn, on an
average, three hundred dollars year some
more aud some less, their food and clothing
constituting part. Multiply the four mil
lion persons by the three hundred dollars
and we have product of no less thar
twelve million dollars the same as actually
sunk annually, because those who could earn
this sum are idle. A much less sum con
sumed Mt the Chicago fire was felt through
every state in the Union. II is no wonder
| then, that we have hard times when so larg'
AN amount Of what is the same as money il
constantly abstracted from the great pile o
national prosperity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30
Deliverance In Trouble.

The following beautiful story is taken
from DR.. Tayor's ijah the Prophet
about two years after the close of the
thirty years war in Germany, George Neu-
marck lived in a poor street in Hamburg,
obtaining a precarious living by playing on
a violincello after while he fell sick, aud
was unable TO go his usual rounds As this
was his only means Of support, he was soon
reduced 10 great straits and was compelled
10 part with his instrument 10 a jew, who,
with characteristic sharpness lent him on it
sum much below its value for two weeks,
after which, Il it were not redeemed, IL was
to be forfeited. As he gave itup, he looked
lovingly at II aud tearfully asked the jew If
he might play one more tune upon it. You
don't know, he said, how hard II is to part
with IT, For ten years II has been my com
panion II had nothing else, had 1t; and
it spoke TO me and sang back to me. OF all
the sad hearts that have left your door there
has been none so sad as mine His voice
grew thick, then, pausing a moment he
seized the instrument and commenced a tune
so exquisitely soft, that even the jew lis
tened in spite Of himself. A few more strains,
aud he sang to his own melody two stanzas
Of his own hymn
Life is weary, Saviour, take me
Suddenly the key changed, few bars and
the melody poured itself forth anew and his
face lighted up with a smile as he sang
''' Yet who knows the cross is precious
Then laying down the instrument, he
said, As God will, am still and rushed
from the shop. Going out into the dark
ness, he stumbled against a stranger, who
seemed 10 have been listening at the door,
and who said to him, Could you tell me
where | could obtain a copy Of that song
| would willingly give form for it, My
good friend said Neumarck, ! viii give it
10 YOU without a ncrin." The stranger was
a valet 20 the Swedish ambassador, and TO
| him the poet told the story Of his trials
lie in his turn told his master, who being in
want Of a private secretary engaged Men
marck at once, and so his troubles ended
But with his first money he redeemed his in
strument, and obtaining it he called on his
landlady and his friends and neighbors, to
hear him play on it again. Soon his room
was filed and he sang to his accompaniment
his own sweet hymn, Of which this is one
stanza:
Leave God to order AN thy waNs,
And hope in Him whate er betide,
Thou'lt find Him In the evil days
Thine all-sufcient strength and guide
Who trusts in Gods unchanging love.
Builds ON q rock that naught can move
But what need more II it were law
ful for me to bring out narratives which |
have received in confidence from some whom
| | have visited in their distress, ! could un-
fold illustrations equally striking Of the
| great truth that God careth for even His
peoples temporal wants. SO let our parting
| for this evening be, Trust in the Lord and
do good so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verify thou shalt be fed"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30

The home was first planted IN Eden, 10y
Gods own hand, and has been transplanted
into every civilized community. In these
family relations the father stands as the or
dained head of the household, to provide for
their wants. promote their happiness, and
share their blessings. The mother Is his
"hepmeet," his honored queen, and the
sharer of his authority aud responsibility in
the important work of education indeed,
she is the central light and anmating spirit
Of every true home; and hence from her
emanates the educating and moulding power
in every family. The importance OF this
home, 10 the welfare of our race, cannot be
overestimated. II is the heart whose arteries
extend 10 the utmost limits of human So
ciety, aud from which flows the lifc-blood of
the nation. II this blood is pure, ii imparts
health and yigor to the whole body polite I;
but il impure, it engenders corruption, dis
ease aud death.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-30
The Christian Life a Warfare.

What is the Christian lifcY 1t is work,
it is warfare. II is campaign ia an
cnemy's country. II is yoyage through
winds and waves. 1T consists in the conquest
Of sin in a sinful nature in the attainment
Of holiness by an unholy heart. The Chris
tian life is life from the dead. II is like life
IN an infected city; it is sustained in the
midst Of deleterious and deadly influences.
The sinner, as yet in his sins-unconverted,
careless-is not engaged in the battle, and is
not aware of the strength Of the enemy. II
you have tried 10 love God you have found
how difficult It is TO raise these hearts above
the objects of the earth. If YOU have been
striving TO keep up heavenly temper, you
have felt that your affections flow down
wards like the stream, instead Of mounting
upward like the eyaporatious drawn up by
the sun. You have experienced the activity
and malignity Of the powers Of evil in the
struggles Of regeneration, as God led you
against your evil nature, your cherished in
clinations and confirmed habits 10 give up
the world and devote yourselves to God.
You are made every day TO discover their in
Auence and their strength, as you would
conquer sin, as you would reach holiness Of
heart. As you would make progress you
are made to feel them as hindrances re-
straining you. As YOU would mount up
ward, they act as weights dragging you down.
1t is a contest between the lower principles
Of mans nature and the higher, quickened
aud sanctifed by the Spirit OF God. 1t is a
struggle between selfshness and beneyo-
lence, between lust and conscience between
appetite and reason, between pleasure and
duty, between love OF ease and zeal for good,
between cowardice and courage, between the
fear OF man and the fear of God, between de
ceit and candor, between malignity and love,
between immediate qualification aud final
bessedness, between earth and heaven. The
fight is briefly described by Paul The
flesh usteth against the Spirit and the Spirit
against the flesh; and these are contrary the
one to the other" (Galations V ~. This
is a description Of universal Christian expert
ence.-Dr. NcCohs Buccalaurea'e Sermon.
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You Lost Your Chance.

There are appeals to a higher life made
to every man every day. And man may
reply by bidding them go away and come
when he is ready. They will go, and they
will come again. God never sleeps aud is
never silent, and if you do not hear His APP
peal now, you will hear it then, But each
rejection costs something II is the old story
of the king and the siby. She brought him
the higher law-nine books of it, all that
she knew or could gather, she brought him.
And he asked her what he must pay for it..
And when she named the price, the king, in
all his luxury, could not dream OF paying
that, and sent her away. But all the same,
she came again in time. She had burned
three books now and yet she asked as high
a price for the six as she had asked for the
nine. And the king was indignant at this
demand, and sent her away again, So that
when she came the third time, demanding
still the same price, she had but three books
left--for she had destroyed the rest. And
now the king, fearing, indeed, that he should
lose all hold on this highest law, gave for the
three the price which might have secured
them all 1t is just so with every one of us
here. No matter how early in life-no mat
ter how long range of experience is before
us, we can take the higher life--the godly
life for the whole of it--or we can thrust 1t
away for a more convenient season.