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CUUWCHr HOURS-

There Is a movement in New York, Bos-
ton, Brooklyn and Philadelphia to postpone
the hour for church service from half past
ten TO hali-past eleven. The old custom of
holding meeting at an early hour is so
thoroughly rooted that it seems difficult to
disturb it. But the northern people are fond
of change, Innovations upon all traditions,
and we predict the proposition will succeed
One reason advanced by the ministers urging
the change is, that many of the young peo-
pie ere engaged in stores and shops to a very
late hour on Saturday night, and they are
justly entitled to an extra hour or two of
sleep on Sunday morning. The spirit may
be willing to hop out of bed at seven on Sun
day morning, but after week of toll, and
seventeen or eIghteen-hour day on Saturday,
the flesh is exceedingly 10th to leave the rest
iul bed on this morning, when conscience,
and not 4 business employer, is the spur.
Then, again, people like 10 take their Sum
day breakfast in an aristocratic, leisurely
way. If they lie late, they will be obliged to
swallow the meal in ijtfy, in order to get to
church at haif-past ten. An hour later for
the commencement Of church service will
accommodate this class-and the other who
must make an elaborate toilet, and bring
them all to the sanctuary in a comfortable
frame of mind, with which the droppings of
the gospel would be Of more avail. OF thirty
two churches in New York, six Of them COM
mence at three quarters past ten, and TWEEN
ty-six Of them begin service at eleven o'clock.
1t Is reported that the eleven o'clock churches
are dIlej, while the half-past ten have small
congregations. Of those joining in the later
hour movement, the report mentions Episco-
pal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Unita-
rian and German Reformed. 1t seems like a
good reform, and it should find favor as
elsewhere
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There are some projects which always de-
serve success. There are efforts for public
good which never wholly fail, and from.
which good invariably comes. There are
seeds sown from which plenteous harvests
will be gathered when the sewers hand is
cold in death. There are certain real, prac-
teal services to society, which make little
noise, aud yet carry with them blessings that
tell forever upon cur civilization. Every
thing that tends to strengthen, quicken, en-
tighten and elevate the rising generation,
lance is the education of the young. The
Memphis school board seems to appreciate
this fact, and have taken no step backward.
The city school buildings have been thor.
oughy fumigated and repaired, and will be
opened tomorrow. The teachers have nearly
all returned, ready aud ANXIOUS to enter upon
the discharge of their duties after SIX months
recreation. The teacher should be loved as
Is the family physician, for while one minis
ters to the body the other deals with the
mind, teaches the young how to become use
full citizens, and that the truest success
and permanent happiness can only
be attained by blameless paths and
by the faithful performance of those
duties. which contribute to the good
Of all. The work Of the teacher tells on flu
ture society, in the social circle, in religion,
IN laws and government, down to the end of
time. 1t Is said when Jupiter offered the
prize OF Immortality to him who was most
useful to mankind, the court of Olympus was
crowded with competitors. The warrior
Doasted OF his patriotism, but Jupiter thun.
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in the southwest, DESERVING the army, kill
ing his man, becoming a Utah brIgand,
and ended by having fifteen wears sentence
pronounced upon him In the Mormon Garden
of Eden. But they couldn { hold him there,
and he squeezed out, and was once more
upon the war-path. A couple of years ago
he was with the gang of cut-tbroats that ter
rorized the Black Hills for a while tbs Ca
reer of crime was again marked with muir
der when he killed the son OF MIR. Slaughter,
a well-known citizea OF Cheyenne, After tals
he left the road, and was not captured until
last spring, when Sheriff Bullock tralled him
to his old haunts IN Highland county, Ohio.
Freddy" had married a respectable young
woman there, and was quite a reeo1struc Ted
road-aaent OF course, the community sympa-
thized with him, and, quite naturally, looked
upon Bullock as the only road-agent that
had ever invaded this quiet community. TIE
reduisition for Freddy" from the governor
of Dakota was all right, but the case, after
beng first decided by a local court, was
taken to the supreme court, which occasioned
a delay of over forty days. 'Reddy was
jailed, and was getting fat when he was
supplied with arms and fxin9s by those. VINO
aided him on the outside. He broke jail one
night, and In escaping, shot one OF his
keepers. The road-agent was himself again.
But the old desire to get back to the scene
of some of his exploits brought him back TO
Highland county. and he was once more
taken. Sheriff Bullock left last evening for
OHIO. and will in ten days be on his way to
the Black Hills with 'Reddy,' the scourge
of the road.
Sheriff Bullock is the same Official who
captured the notorious Laughing Sam, one
of the worst characters that infested the hills
country; also Dan Blackburn, and whole
column of rascals who, a gear ago, were the
pirates OF the plains, aRd whose taking OF
would be a lucky stroke for any country they
| might happen in On.
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HOW CHINESE PIRATES OPERAS E
4 Detailed Report OF the Recent Ont
rage at Hong RORg-rhe Ingenious
Tactics Of the DcsPeratsOea.

WASHINGTON, December 3.-The depart
meDt of state has received particulars from
the American yiCa-C0nsul of the daring attack
by band of Chinese pirates on a gold deal
er's shop In Hong Kong, on the night Of the
twenty-Eftb Of September. From the intcr-
nation o6tained-for all escaped save one,
who was kllled-lt would seem that the most
perfect arrangements were made, not Cniy
for the success OF the scheme of plumber, but
also for the most desperate resistance to any
force which the authorities could bring 10
bear against the pirates. The band, which
consisted OF about one hundred we'll
armed men, took possession of, and ex-
tngulshed, the gas IN the street 10 which
the gold dealers house vas situated,
as well as of the adjacent streets and lanes,
posted their sentinels and commenced opera
tons. The iron safe IN which the treasure
was stored offered more resistance to their
well-planned preparations for IT'S destruction
than they had counted on. To drown The
noise Of the operators within, the gang with
out raised an alarm, AID when the inmates
of the block in which the go!d-dsaler's house
was situated appeared. they were warned not
to come down until ladders we're procured
Two or three WatchE.en, VINO were attracted
by the confusion, On coming . the scene
were speasej bT the pirates. \ general
alarm vas sounded, bCt the police force being
deceived rs to the cause. came 10 with their
batons only, and were 1t once rsPnlssd- Ia
the meantime, the safe resisted all the efforts
o. the gang to open lS-suthcI-utiy 70 permit
the extraction og the treasure; and finding
the entire force OF the city reused, the band
reiterated calmly ard well-d.rected before
the advancing polics force. They went On
board 4 steam tu- which they had previously
seized and scared TO insure their retreat,
aud escaped, save one, who, while IN the act
of speaTing a police officer, was shot dead.
During the attack three Europeans, two Sikh
constables, a Chinese Waterman, and . shop
coolie were wounded. With the exception
of the dead pirate, nothing could be ascer-
tanned concerning the loss Of tie robbers.
No clue could be found whence they came or
whittier they wants.
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A CHARITABLE RoRLD.

Alter all, there Is much goodness in the
world, cruel and cold-hearted as it often ap-
pears 10 us. There is something grand in the
dimensions Of the charitable movements
which develop themselves in every part of
the country which seem to make the whole
world AKIN. This was illustrated by the un-
stnted contributions for the relief of our yell
iow-fever sufferers. The vast amount so
quickly raised for the relief Of the sufferers
by the failure Of the City Of Glasgow bank,
Is another noble illustration. The contribu-
TONS have already reached the magnificent
sum of two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds sterunG, or ore million two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars Of money.
Christianity has leavened human nature to
some extent, and its humanIzing influences
alone account for such splendid displays
Of the vitality Of the sentiment of the
brotherhood OF men. This charity ema-
mates from sinner and saint alike, and
1t Is not surprising that a Memphis lady
writes to a friend in the north: ~ have seen
men in moment rise from the depths of
degradation and wickedness to Christlike
subimity in devotion and sacrifice, and the
most polluted Of my own sex suddenly
changed into angels OF love and mercy. Thus
God teaches us to scorn none of His crea-
tures.w
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A valued friend has furnished US with
a long tribute to the memory Of this
distinguished citizen Of Brownsville, who
died of yellow-fever. This well-written
and deserved tribute 10 the deceased would
make two columns in the APPEAB-more
space than we can possibly spare, which We
profoundly regret, as Hon. Lewis Bond was
as much admired in Memphis as he was in
Brownsville. He fell martyr to his con-
yictions OF duty. Blessed with abundant
means, he could have placed the mountains
between himself and the epidemic' bet ne
fell at his pest, noby ministering to the sick
and dying. Indeed, Mr.. Bond was wholly
out of danger when the disease made its
appearance in Brownsville. He was candi-
date for congress. in distant counties can
Vassing for the nomination, with every
assurance of success. But he heard his
friends, neighbors and relations crying out
in their great agony, and he rushed to death
as to festival. His stalwart form and
splendid physique, fair mark for the peSt-
lence that walketh in darkness and the
destruction that wasteth at monday,
glittered Ike q star, and was loag con-
spicuous among the foriorn few.
But he was stricken down, and
gave his lile. so full of promise. to serve
his friends. He died loyal and faithful,
earnest and labo-ious, in the very prime of
life, in the vigor Of his manhood, fall of glo-
rIous premise for the future. In private Life
the cardinal virtues were the lamp to his
footsteps. As the colors of the evening
clouds are so gorgeous and beautiful
that neither the poet nor the painter can
describe or paint their brilliancy and beauty,
so was the character of Lewis Bond, so rich
in fine qualities and in their rare combina-
tons, that words utterly fail to portray them.
He was so endowed by nature, so adorned by
art, so affiuent In noble traits, so free from
those little aims which disgrace and disfgure
the age in which we live, that he seemed to
belong to another sphere. He was raised in
Brownsville, and there he was surrounded by
the best influences of that community,
Astounding, as it does, in everything that can
refine the heart, brighten the intellect, ele-
vate the character and develop manhood. He
awaited himself Of these advantages. As the
shell forever murmurs Of the sea, so did his
soul forever echo back its teachings and MUIR
muir the names Of those for whom he died.
He was noble representative of all that ia
pure and bright in mankind. The might
and mujesty of his mind and heart were re-
vealed and trans6gured in the manner of his
death. The splendor of his genius was only
equaled by his moral traits. He had an ex-
allied ideal of life, and sympathized with all
that is good and pure and grand in human
thought, or noble and heroic IN human con-
duct. We would like TO give our correspond
emit room to trace this man from the cradle |
10 college, through the Confederate war, to |
the legislature, as speaker of the house, and |
to the threshold of his nomination for con-
gressi hut we can spare only the space for
this BRET tribute to one who, short as was his
life, lived not in vain.
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dered; the rich man boasted of his mun6-
cence, and Jupiter showed him widows
mite; the pontif held up the keys of heaven,
and Jupiter pushed the doors wide open; the
painter boasted of his power to give life to
inanimate canvas, and Jupiter breathed
aloud in derision; the orator boasted of his
power to sway nations with his voice, and
Jupiter marshalled the obedient hocts of
hearers with word; the poet spoke of his
power to move even the gods by his praise,
Jupiter blushed; the musician claimed to
practice the only human science that had
been transported to heaven, Jupiter hest
tated; when, seeing venerable man looking
with intense interest upon the group of com
petitors, but presenting no claim. "What
art thouP" said the benignant monarch.
"only a spectator" said the gray-headed
sage. ''All these were once my pupils.
Grown him! Crown HIM" said Jupiter;
Grown the faithful teacher with Immortality,
and make room for him at my right hand. !"
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Il EMPWIS APPEAL
SUNDAY, DECEMBER s, 1878.
EADs's JETTIEs.

The New Orleans Times, of Thursday,
presented It's readers with excellent engrav-
ings Of Eads's jettiss, at the mouth of the
South Pass Of the Mississippi river, and With
them gives cheering statements as TO the con-
tinued success attending one Of the most i'm
portant and daring engineering experiments
Of modern times. The New Orleans paper
states:
Before the ietty works were commenced there eI-
listed an immense bar OF sand silt With depth OF
only eight feet OF water between the channel ia South
% dag wide and ample channel Of tWentythree and
beLw en- the latties. through this same Uar
channel OF twenty ght 60 thir5 five feet In depth
he main jetves nearly complete, except at IN 2
sea ends, where the least depth OF channel twenty
three ana halfteel nos exists. Great preparations
are now being made Tor tie prosecution Of this work.
and the most cheering results aTe anticipated In the
speedy enlargement and improvement Of this impor-
iant outlet % the sea.
The canal project Of Captain Cowdon is I'M
deystood to be in the way of successful com
mencement. With that canal and the jetties,
the Mississippi river must become the high
way Of immense trade, whose vastness will
bring prosperity to every commercial city on
its banks
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For the Sunday Appeal
Home Again,

The influence that home exerts over the af-
fections attests itself, perhaps, most strongly
after an absence of some duration. What
enjoyment do we not anticipate in meeting
our friends again? What happiness lies in
wait for us in that dearest spot OF earthv'
How does the couDtenance of some lndiffer-
emit person from that enchanted neighbor-
hood seem most welcome-to wear a sort OF
comeliness We unrecognlzed before. The abb
sence may have been enjoyable enough In
itself; we may have seen the cloud-caps Of
the mountains flushed in the sunset, the rain
bows tangled IN the intervals, the breakers
ghostly In the moopbeams, but all the while
the fact that home IS waiting for us there in
the background, with its comforts, its coy
6reside, its cheerful table-talks, lends q
sweetness to ones vacation which it would
otherwise lack. If 1t Is sometimes agreeable
to leave ones roof tree for time, to drop the
cares and worries, to forget the ineflciency
of servants, taking no thought of the NOR
row, or counsel with the grocer, yet it is a
thousand times more satisfying to return 10
It, to resume duties, to see how the wires
have stretched up and lowered, to hear all
the household gossip-above all, to feel that
we have been missed. Even the frets and
jars of housekeeping have acquired famil-
lar aud precious quality. We enter into the
controversy with Bridget" with renewed
yigor. We did not realize before, pe.n2ps,
how pleasant home was. These are some Of
the advantages we discover on returning 10
our own threshold, aud 1t seems to Us as If
the great pleasure OF travelling consisted in
coming home again. MRS, +. U,
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REDDY, THE ROAD-AGENT.
The Former Terror OF the Black Kills
Finally En- Route TO the GaIIOws.

Chicago Inter Ocean: Among the guests
at the Palmer hon e yesterday was Mr.. Seth
Bullock, sheriff OF Lawrence county, Dakota,
headquarters at DeadWood, the ivest town
between the Missouri river and breakfast.
The object of his visit east IS quite important
and interesting. He Is after one of the gem
tlemen road-agents, the Colts revolver fell
lows that made the Sidney, Nebraska. route
to the Black Hills terror to peaceful trav-
eers a year ago. The road was bowling
Bob M'Kimnia, worked" the stages along
tie line. But he came to the eUd OF his
tether, and probably will come to the end of
the tether of Lawrence county's sheriff be-
fore the winters SHOWS disappear.
Freddy" has turned up IN Ohio once more,
and in day or two will be in the custody of
Sheriff Bullock, who has come through from
DeRdwood to wait on the pleasure of the
slayer OF Johnnie Slaughter, young man
whom NJ 'KimmIeruthlessiy mu der-d. Th,s
occurred about a year ago. freddy" lett
the country after the homicide, as the
weather there was made altogether too sulrry
for the health of that individual. He
skipped. The sheriff didn't give Up the
search, however. Rewards to the amount OF
about two thousand FIVE hundred dollars
were offered for "Reddy's Apprehension, bat
he seemed to be living on CREASED lightning,
for he skipped out and wandered all the way
from the Black HILLS until he got down inc
his old haunts in Ohio. He vent ok O.,
tle same place where, whc4 h. was xteel
ears of age, he sud isniy Glsappe ued from,
ead turned up as q private Ia tre army.
Their ''oody road Tor awhile Gown
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london Fir9man.
JOE FORD, THE FIREMAN.

What's the crowd sir9 Why haven't yer 'eard
why, thought low hev'ry one know'd 1t all
Tell yer about it? In cour.e VIII,
II yer've got minnit to stay.
"'Twere two O'Clock in the dead o. the night
When fire broke bout In the Gray's Inn Road,
An the ,ouse was seen al in glow;
But the 'Obnn escape, coined raltlln hup,
an long with the 'scape were Joe.
''Joe yer sees. were right good sort,
Fire 'arnt no terTorS for he,
So he takes IN the state OF affairs at a glance,
AM SAYS he. jest ieaTe IL TO me-
An he hup an he rescuses five pore souls,
As slicK as SLICK could be!
"But rs task weren't done, for atop % the 'ouse
Yves CONAN, 'alf dead with fright;
They say twere hawfnl sight,
But Joe only bit is lips a bit,
An went 10 for the fearful light
"Then hup through the 'ot red smoke vent he
An hup through the biting famei
Seizes old the woman an sends her down,
, An, cheer from the pavement ave- came;
But the fire 'ad c4tched old the nettin now,
An 'tWere clearlg L despurd game.
"They ED their bresths, did the crowd beneath,
As they saw poor jos get caught;
H9 Ct Ea9glsd sir In the 611ata mass
But there he roasted-that good. brave man,
Who for human life 'ad fought.
"'Twasn't long, thank heaven, and then he failed,
With 'Orrld, 'orrId thUd;
Failed down by the side OF the folks e 'ad saved,
An lied all stunned IN the mud.
Twas fearful fail, an tney pickt i'm hup
With is 'eimet drenched in Oiood.s
he never spok't, p'raps 't@era just as we'll,
For. sir as II seems to me,
is dim nact spoke out louder far
Than any lansygldge could be;
Nor words coudsnt cay is last brave deed,
For he died for an0tner, dlo he.
" Yes, Jest when the sun o. that fOggT morn,
With is light we're beginni,.' to leaven
The murky darkness that geo so thick
When the clocks was a Changing seven,
An the silent city were WaKin' hup-
Joe Ford went straight 10 heaven.
~ never cared much foryeF 'erOes, sir;
For your sineralS an 'slch as they,
Who get their penshuns an perhiSlteS
For taKin' o. lives away;
They ANT the sort o. 'eroeS for I
But 'spose they must have their day.
"An' bean't no scholard when 1 we're kid,
wasn't picked up by no board,
But I've got my notions in sple o. that,
And troo courage I've alluS ad0Ted;
An II heveT a zero walked this earth,
That zero was pore Joe Ford.
"Pore, did say? then, with your kind leave
I'll Withdrawer that word, sir, of hand;
He Wos rich In all that makes man,
An he's rich in the love o. the land;
An think-an says Il with reverence, sir
Very near TO Gods throne he'll stand"
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Chinese Dentfstry.

Chambers Journal: at is well known
that the Chinese attribute toothache to the
gnawing of worms, and that their dentists
profess to take these worms from decayed
teeth. But how they performed this trick,
and so artfully concealed it in the hurry of
daily business, was a secret only recently
solved by European inquirer. After some
difficulty and delicate negotiation, an intelli-
gent-looking native practitioner was induced
to hand over the implements of his trade, to-
gether with a number of the worms, and 20
give Instructions IN the method of pro-
cedure. When patient with toothache APP
plies for relief, II the tooth is soiidly fixed In
the socket, the gum is separated from it with
a sharp instrument and made TO bleed. Du-
ring this operation the cheek is held on one
side by a bamboo spatula, both ends of
which are alike, and on the end held in
the hand some minute worms are con-
cealed under thin paper pasted to the
spatula. When all is ready this is
adroitiy turned and inserted in the
mouth. and the paper becoming mOistened
is very easily torn with the sharp in
strument sused for cutting TIE gums; the
worms mix with the saliva, aud the dentist,
of course, picks them cut with PAIR of for
ceps. The patient having ocular demonstra-
ton that the cause of the disease has been
removed, has good reason to expect relief,
which, in many cases, would naturally fol-
low the bleeding of the gum. When the
pain returns, the same operation is performed
over again, and fresh supply of worms fully
accounts for the recurring trouble. These
worms are manufactured in quantities to suit
the trade, and they are very cleyerly done;
still, to carry out the delusion fully, the den
lists are obliged to keep On hand a few live
worms to show their patients, explaining
that most of those taken from the tooth are
killed either by powder which is often ap-
piled, or by the process of removing them
with the forceps. Tue practice Just described,
it may be added, is resorted to when the tooth
is firmly set in the jaw"
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A Girl Waiting n Year to be Avenged


York (pa.) Daily: Probably no one SUD-
poses that every young woman who is kissed
gets up a fight about it, and shows off her
indignation and makes a disturbance in the
neighborhood. As a general thing it isn't
2irl-like; but there are girls also who cannot
get up particle of Indignation on this sub
ject If they try. 1t does seem, however, as
jhough an unusual number of young women
are making loud complaints about nothing
Just al this time OF year. aud the courts are
called upon n all directions to determine the
value OF kisses taken from strangely and IN
naturally disposed young women at divers
umes. The remarkable case of the girl Ia
Lycomlng county, in this State, who nursed
ner Indignation for a whole year after a bold,
daring man had kissed her at the wash tub,
has already been noted. This is without
doubt one of the strangest cases that has
ever come to public notice, because it isn't
often that girl can get mad about the mat
ter Of kiss In the small space of twelve
months; but the girl did, and after the
wretched man had confessed his guilt the
jury declared him innocent and assessed the
costs to the headstronR young woman. So
far as that county is concerned, the decision
In the case renders free trade In kisses abso-
lutte, and there are some who will hope that
1t may have a beneficial influence over the
whole State. ".