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ed forth his hands to help him. Perhaps
he may realize an interest on the investment
when he can no longer hold the reins over
Dexter, in a land where even Tie Netp York
LETTER is unknown. Peter Dryer is more
recent convert. but strong and earnest
worker in the vineyard of the Lord. Both
these humble missionaries need help as
never man needed it. Unlike Moody and
Sankey. no long retinues of priests and pro-
fessors aid them in their holy work, that
lies not among the pure, the innocent, the
beautiful, the sacred, but among the moral
lepers and pariahs of society from whose
contact humanity and innocence shrink APP
palled. Go there night after night and you
can witness tbs miracle of thieves and har-
lots on their knees imploring forgiveness for
their sins. And if these lines shall meet
the eye on any Christian man or woman
who desire to help these humble workers in
tho vineyard of the Lord, let them cast
their bread upon the waters, receiving in
return the blessed assurance that it will
return after many days.
Last week Edward Kimbell of DR.. Robin
sons church on the Fifth Avenue succeed
ing in raising one hundred and ten thousand
dollars to pay off the church debt. There
is trouble in the Catholic church a certain
Father Mcnamara, regular ordained
priest, but without any settled charge
has been doing good work in the temper
ance cause among the Irish laborers on the
West side. On Sunday. last, he made
public declaration against the Italian influ-
ence in the Irish Catholic church, and sig
nfled his intention to run as an lndepen-
dent. He has many followers, and there is
no telling where the struggle will end.
Dime concerts are now the rage, and
divide with roller skating the attention of
our amusement seekers. The Cooper In
sttute is crowded every Sunday night, and
you get for ten cents about a dollar and a
half's worth of amusement aud instruction.
The stock market has been active during
the past week, though on Tuesday the
Bears got lively shaking-up on Lake
Shore, and ever since have been sucking
their paws while looking for another turn.
Cremation has now become an institution.
The Board OF Health which was going to
prosecute Julius Kircher, the man who
cremated his baby have come to tue concln-
sion that they have no objection to cremation
if properly done and legally done, so if you
want to be cremated come on. Babies and
adults done with neatuess and DISPATCH
prices to suit thetimes.
Glory! Glory! Glory. We now rejoice in
prehistoric man. None of your mumified
Indians or swindling Cardiff giants but
real genuine stone man from Colorado,
seven feet and half long, and weighing
six hundred pounds | can readily mag
inc what a terror he must have been to
boarding house keepers in his day, how
after breakfast they presented him with
his receipted bill and requested him to con-
fer his patronage on the hotel around the
corner The head is the head of a Saxon,
the body is the body of a Celt he has the
legs of gorilla, aud the tail of a monkey
Since the announcement of his arrival the
New York Aquarium has been crowded TO
get peep at our antediluvian ancestor.
Mark Twain, at the grave of Adam, never
experienced a more acute sensation than
did while contemp lating the mute features
of this valued though distant relation.
This is the identical fellow that Darwin
saw in bis revealed visions of the past.
That Herbert Spencer and Huxley and
Tyndall indorse. Just such chaps as he
may now be scooting around in the Moons
Of Mars or turning in the rings of Saturn.
One thing is certain, he is a remarkable
curiosity. Some Of our best scientist have
iudorsed him, and while having no special
desire to 90 back to the primitive condition
of my ancestors, have no hesitation in ac-
knowedging the relationship, always bar
rim the tail. am truly yours,
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