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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

1t was a singular spectacle, that of Thurs
day last in the fashionable Liberal Unita-
rian Protestant Church OF the Messiah. II
Is not many years since that costly and
handsome church was added to the archi-
tectural ornaments of Murray Hill, and yet it
has been unfortunate, IN several ways, ever
since it was built. A few years ago the
clergyman who had charge Of it turned
against Unitarianism, and went over TO the
Episcopal faith. The next clergyman who
occupied its pulpit also turned against Uni
taranism, and went over to the orthodox
Congregationalsts. The next clergyman
who got hold of it, and who but lately left
il, preached notions that were unsavory TO
his hearers, and has gone across the CON
tinent to Colorado, 1t is now trying TO get
a clergyman who will stick TO 1t and give
satisfaction.
Moreover, tho church IL overwhelmed with
debt, and almost bankrupt. There have
been many struggles to lift the debt but
they have all failed, and it would not be
surprising to see the red flag Of the auc-
tioneer hoisted over it any Of these days.
There are rich men in the church, not few
Of them, but for some reason or other they
don't feel disposed 10 raise it out OF the
slough of despond
Then, in tho next place, we should Judge
that the church is in need OF religion. 1t
is in swirl OF doubt 1t is very Liberal.
Many OF its adherents are inquirers, and
any one who could answer their inquiries
would be greater benefactor to them per-
sonolly than II he paid the church debt
The adhcrents Of the Church Of the Mos
siah had a two days conference last week-
Wednesday and Thursday-the purpose OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

Mr.. WooD told the members Of the House
yesterday that unless the bill authorizing the
issuing Of duplicate bonds 10 the Manhattan
Savings Institution was passed speedily the
concern would be compelled to go into bank
ruptcy. Mr.. KELLEY added that the alternative
was to negotiate with the thieves for the return
Of the plumber. The House thereupon passed
the bill. Then the Geneva award debate was
resumed. Mr.. FRYE saying that the majority
report was in the interest OF insurance COM
panies. MIR. WILLIS made himself cons picuous
10y defending lobbyist. and Mr.. sTENGER closed
the days discussion with an argument In favor
Of the majority report
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

MIDDLETowN. Dec, lion Wednesday even
ing at half past o'clock report like distant thunder
followed by shock that made houses to tremblc and
windows rattle startled the residents OF walker Valley
Ulster county Next morning pit thirty feet long III
teen eet wide and twelve feet deep discovered
htld on SilAs klne,s farm, near tile village. Earth and
stones some Of the latter weighing hundreds ot hounds
wer, scattered about the ned Tor distance of 200 cct
around. Evidences OF petroleum recently discov.
cred IN the vicinity Experts in oil matters say that the
eruption ON knes farm caused By the explosion Of
gas M deposit of petroleum beneath The matter ID so
be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

IN Ihe Jhhuhry number OF HdipN''s M0nNIV
the two remarkable serials, Macleod Of Dare" and
The Return Of the Native concluded OF thirteen
contributed articles In prose and verse eleven are illus
trated, some of them protusely W II Redng describes
the lite OF Liverpool Mary H. Treat gives chapter in
the history ofants s. a. Benjamin begins the story Of
MS rambles In the south Of France Jennie Young tells
about coissonne enamel Geo +, waring Jr describes
meeting OF the Royal Agricultural Society, Porte
crayon has paper on Home and the Rev L. Hale
poem on THE Great Harvest Year" better New
Years number Of lIarpers was never issued.
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strychnlne. ostensibly TO kill ra;s. Further
along he was seen bending over hls wife by the
roadside. Two men who helped TO lift her into
tho carriage say that she was rigid and help
less Subsequently her body was found wi gro
it had been hidden. and there was strychnineiT
hor stofnach.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

A Washington correspondent reports that
Gen. GEORGE $. SHERIDAN recently told him. in
reply to q direct question. that Mr.. r. b. HAYES
likes 10 hear tough stories provided they are
toned down a little in the telling. The pastor
OF the Foundry Chapel, Washington. d c.,
should prepare a sermon for an early Sunday
on the text Let your conversation be seasoned
with salt"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

Almost every public edince and public job
is begun on a scale extravagantly greater than
the community needs. A notable instance is
the new Capitol in Albany. A building costing
a half million OF dollars would have been am
pie for the accommodation of tho Legislature
and State officers Yet the one that the politi-
clans are constructing has already cost nine
millions. and cannot be completed under pres
ent plans for less than four millions more. In
deed. a well-known member Of the Assembly
averrcd last winter that thirteen millions had
been expended. and that five millions more were
required. All this. too. In face Of the stipulation
contained in the first appropriation for the
building. that the entire cost should not exceed
four millions.
The people cannot endure this sort Of extrav-
agance; yet they have TO pay. while politicians
and contractors grow rich
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

There are LAWYERS who say that nobody
should ever be hanged on crcumstantial evil
denco, and. assuredly. there are numerous
narrowing instances on record OF innocent
persons being condemned TO ignominious
doath. Tho case OF WILLIAM MEImcK Of
Indianapolis ia one 70 study from the
standpoint OF tho fallibility Of such evil
dcnco. 1t would be difficult. indeed. 10 mako
up. from the evidence as given in another
column. theory compatible with innocence.
MERmCK married n girl unwillingly and was
cruel to her from the first yet sho loved him
devotedIy. and neighbors testify that SHE some
times put her arms around his neck and weep
ingly begged him TO DO kind to her. He told
her that she ought TO die and said to others that
she would not live long. because he intended to
kill her. AT length she fell i'll. Ho invited her
to take ride. and she. supposlng that no was
relentinE gladly assented. He hired horse
and carriage at livery stable and put shovel
under tho scat before starting. They stopped
in front Of tavern. a few miles from the city.
and he went in and drank some brandy. Ho
also called for blackberry cordial. put some
white powder into it from paper on which was
printed skull and cross-bones (the druggists
warning of poison). and carried II out to his
vile few days previously he hod bought
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

A year agolt was reported thatan attempt
had been made upon the life Of President BAR
RIOS OF Guatemala by a Roman Catholic pricst
named FELIX PAGES, and that the President
was saved by nm officer who shot the priest
dead. A very different story il told by Father
ANTONIO IAUNzA who recently arrived in Calf
fornia from Central America. Father LAUNzA
relates that he and Father PAGES were guests at
a State dinner given by President BARRIos.
After dinner the President and the two
priests discussed tho dogma OF tho inn
maculnto conception. BARRIos was an nnex-
iblo unboliever. and became so irritated Mt the
determined position Of the priests in the af-
frmative that he knocked PAGES down. PAGES
tried to escape. but the President commanded
him to return and make an apology on his
knees The priest yielded to the humiliation;
but this did not satisfy BARRIos. who began to
beat PAGES with cane. The reverend father
Rrappled with hls assailant. and at that mo-
ment servant rushed In and shot tho priest.
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Newspapers at Dinner.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SW: Will you
be kind enough inform me whether it is considered poo
lite tor persons to down dinner whore there are
other men and women of the highest rcspcca5ity and
umoll AMI read newspapers during dinner uncf Al
bfeakmsI believe 1t Is allowable but how about din
herf INQpukR
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

FTOT NJ IFININ T'07E
=, Tho Chaplain Of the House. although n
Methodist ana governed by no formula of the church
makes the same PRAYER eAch day Evidently he is ait
INK for II to be answered before offering new one.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

Is the Rev. 10. Cook n genuine reverend
or an impostor1 This is the surprising ques-
ton that is sprung upon US by the Examiner
and Chronicle Of this city.
1t was given out some years ago that the Rev
10. COOK had decided not 10 take pastoral
charge Of any particular church. feeling him
self called to the higher duty Of instructing the
pastors. About the value Of this instruction
opinions have widely differed from tho FIRST
but, until now. we have not seen his right to
the clerical prefix disputed Both to admirers
and TO gainsayers he has been the Rev. Jo
Cook.
Yet here is the most widely circulated Baptist
newspaper Of the country asserting that there
is no such person" On tho first page Of
the Examiner and Chronicle. In the most con
spicuous place, occurring in a catalogue Of the
journals attractions. We find these astounding
words
"scrnon.ty Rev c II srrsarov and others. or a
lecture by some layman fseh a. NJ JosEFH toOE.'
II tho doubt thus cast upon his title Is the
fruit OF ignorance or malice. tho Rev. 10. Cook
should compel the Examiner and Chronicle TO
take it all back. II he feels the need Of legal
advice. he cannot do better than consult GEORGE.
the Count JoANNEs, who has had much expert
ence in this class Of cases. On the other hand.
II the Baptist newspaper is right he should
doG his borrowed plumes. and stand forth as
plain Mister 10. Cook, amateur theologlan.
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An Open secr,t-me unparalleled merit and popt
lATity VI Dr. BuI.s Cough syTup-Adr
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Why is 1t that when an unusually atrocIous

Why Is 1t that when an unusually atroclous
murder occurs well-meaning men and women
take a sudden interest in the murderer. and set
themselves to work to invent excuses or palia-
tons for his crime2 Not TO speak of JESSE
PoMERoY or LYDIA SHERMAN or Mrs. ALExAN-
DER, there Is the case OF the Llangibby MUIR
derder GARCIA. which has excited so much dis
cussion in England. GARCIA. n young Spaniard
and half sailor. cut the throats Of WILLIAM
WATKINS his wife. and three children at Lang
libby Monmouthshire. on the 10th OF July last.
That plumber was the motive was shown by tho
fact that the murderer. after rifing the house.
set 1t alre to conceal his crime. GARCIA was
arrested with the clothing and other effects OF
his victim on him. and after patient and ex-
haustive trial was condemned to death. There
was nothing In the mans manner or in tho
mode Of the murder which suggested lunacy;
but because the offence was 80 atrocious silly
people insisted that the assassin must have
been out OF his head, and prayed that his sem
tence might be committed. But Baron BRAN
WELL who presided at tho trial, reported adj
vcrsely. and Home Secretary Cross declined to
interfere. GARCIA was accordingly hanged
three weeks ago.
On the day following. one JAMES MCGOWAN
was hanged at Manchester for the murder OF
his wife. This crime. which was committed
under the influence OF drink. was apparently
far less atrocious than that for which GARCIA
was condemned. yet the sufferer got not the
slightest sympathy from any one. Nobody sug-
gested that he might have been out Of his head.
that he had always been kind. loving hus-
band previously. and that when he struck tho
fatal blow he was innamed with liquor and
jealousy, and MCGOWAN went TO the gallows
amid universal approval. Had he. in addition
to killing Mrs. MCGOWAN. butchered tho young
McGowANs aud set fire to his house. or. like
Mrs. ALEXANDER. chloroformed people to death
and then sold thor bodies to the dissecting
room. he would have found plenty of people to
insist that his brain was added.
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leeson that would induce hin ~ spare the
nation his lncessant opportunities for glft
from It's Treasury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15

An esteemed correspondent who has
crossed the Atlantic in all sorts Of weather
writes 10 make sundry suggestions which we
commend 10 the consideration OF the steam
ship companies. In the first place. he would
have tho false alarm drill which has proved
50 useful in the case Of our fire companies and
is now being introduced with good results into
our public schools, made feature Of the daily
life on all ean-going passenger steamers. He
would have this made compulsory. though
exactly how he would compel the passengers
and especially tho lady passengers-to APP
pear Tor drill. II they should prefer to
keep their statorooms he does not clearly OK
plain. Tho drill, he thinks. should include the
prompt Wt o.''rly gathering on deck at the
first alarm. th. adjusting of liio prescrvers. the
getting into the life boats. &c. and he would
have every woman or child on board assigned
at the beginning Of the voyage to the care ~
particular man. Moreover. he would have
every ocean steamship provided with carrier
pigeons 10 carry the news Of any accident or
calamity TO the first vessel encountered or the
nearest land and 10 bring back il there ia time
enough, tho news Of approaching succor. He
frankly admits that he borrows this idea from
NoAHs ark, but he thinks it mono tho less prac-
tcal and worthy Of consideration because Of its
antiquity.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-21
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Moroseness is always the evening oi
turbulence.
Sow good thoughts and you will reap
good actions.
4 GOOD man is kinder to his enemy
than bad men are to their friends.
Sinful pollution is much easier COM
municated and spread than holiness.
Charity is frequently best displayed
in helping others to help themselves.
When a man is happy, every effort
to express his happiness mars Its COM
plcteness.
Men do not have their choice whether
they will except life or not, but they can
choose row they live.
There is a beautiful precept which
be who has received an injury, or who
tb;pks he has. would for his own sake
do we'll to follow Excuse halt, and
forgive the rest.
Frugality is good, if liberality be
;oiued with it. The first is leaving Oh
ssuperauous expenses the last is bestow-
iur them to the benefit of others that
need. The first without the last begcts
coyctousuess. the last without the first
begtas pr0uisdity.
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of his herd pays profit and which
entails loss. Every farmer should
in some simple way test the milk,
cream and butter frou each of his
COWS, besides weighing the food
consumed by each animal for one
week, and profit by the result.
The information will be worth all it
costs, and it will often be found
that one or two good cows are
producing the profits and contribut-
ing to the support of other inferior
animals.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-21
ONLY WAITING.

Only waiting ever watching.
With glad eyes and eager face,
For bright childhood's tints to deepen
Into youths maturer grace.
Only waiting ever dreaming
OF that sweetest destiny,
Which, to girlhood's happy fancy,
Must not, could not fail to be.
Only waiting school days over.
And the earnest word instead
snow the child is grown woman,
And has all her lessons said"
Only waiting that which promised
To yield much both good and fair,
Hss deceiv'd, Hnd hopes have sadly
Turned to castles in the air.
Only waiting. simply trusting
In that strong though unseen Friend
Who will guide the lonely pilgrim
Safely to lifo's journeys end.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-21
Land DeGcient i'm Lime.

Where lard is deficient in lime,
then lime should be applied to it; it
is better TO apply it frequently, say
once in every four or five years,
and in moderate doses, say forty
to fifty bushels to the acre; it should
be applied to the surface and mot
ploughed under Immediately, as it
has q natural tendency to sink
rapidly in the soil, and as it acts
more efficiently when mixed with
the soil near the surface, where the
air can reach it. Stiff clay soils
require larger doses than light or
sandy soils; and it will do little or nc
good upon low, wet, undralned
lands.-Farm Journal.
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Milk Cows.

Cows give the most and richest
milk, with less quantity of food,
when from three to five years old.
After the age of seven to eight the
eduction in quantity and quality
of product, taken in connection
with the increased amount Of food
necessary, is such that large
proportion of the old COWS do not
WELD enough to pay their keeping.
It is a question Of vital importance
to Ovrry dairyusny to knew whseh
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-21
FLASHES.

A Seamstress's exclamatlon-A-
hem p
The Dream of Fair Woman-A
brave man.
A good lawyer is not necessity, for
necessity knows no law.
The man who gets into prison will be
more guarded in future.
Why is a newly-born baby like o
heavy gale of wind because it begins
with squall.
Railways are aristocrats. They teach
every man to know his own station, and
to stop there.
"'Tis false p' as the girl said when
her fond lover told her that she had
beautiful hair.
What is that which flies high, flies
low, has no feet. cannot walk, and yet
wears shoes s-Dust.
A clergyman on visit to the seaside
SAYS he likes calm Sundays, because ne
is opposed to Sabbath breakers.
It was said of a certain judge that be
vas 80 reserved in his manuers that one
would never suspect that he had any.
Something for housewives.-A book
that is full of plates ia recommended
As being Of tho right kind for the table.
What is the difference between a
crockery dealer and cabinet maker!-
One sells tea-sets, aud the other set
tees.
His lodcius.-"Wake up here and
pay for your lodging" said church,
warden as he uudged sleepy stranger
with . contribution-box.
.Economize.-It is an economical res
Hectiou that when garments are too
short the difficulty may be remedicd by
wearing them no longer.
A German acto. refused to learn
English on the ground that he could
make ncthing Of language where peo-
ple wrote "ass," and pronounced 1t
"doukey."
A physician boosted at dinner that
he cured his own hams. when one OF his
guests remarked, aDoctor, I'd sooner be
your ham than your patient"
Up.-"Is your master up?' asked an
early visitor Of a nobleman's valet. eyes,
sir" rejoined the valet, with great in
nocsnce ; ssthe butler and l carried
him up about 3 o'clock"
A sharp. taking lady was reproved by
her husband, who requested her to Keep
her tongue in her mouth. "Mv dear. ."
she replied, ''it's against the law to
carry concealed weapons.
The height Of his ambition.--A man
being asked. as he lay summing himself
on the grass, what was the height of
his ambition, replied, "To marry a
rich widow with bad cough"
A traveller was lately boastiug of the
,uxnrv Of arriving at night, after a hard
days journey, to partake Of the enjo y
ment of a well.cut ham and the left leg
Of a goose. "Pray, sir, what is the pecu-
liar luxury of left leg F'-"Sir. to
conceive its luxury, you must find that
i. is the only leg that is left"
An old bachelor, who wanted to In
gratinte himself with rich widow pre-.
sented her with lap-dog, saying, 81
have trained him so perfectly that he
will eat off your hand" "Eat off my
hand p exclaimed the widow. 81 don't
want my hand eaten of; and you needn't
think you can get it in that way !!
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-21
Cigars and Tobacco.

Always on hand, select stock Of Cigars,
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Pipes, Ci-
garettes, Cigarette Papers, &C., for sale by
febl2-tf KIRKLEf x SMITH.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-21
ON THE SHORE.

At last, the weary journey o'cr,
l hear the breakers plash and roar
From that unknown, unfsthomed sea
Upon whose waves I soon must be.
Hast thou, o sea, no other strand
Save that on which doubling stand y!
Hast thou, o sea, no other shore
Save that on which thy billoHs roar !!
In vain in vain No answer make
The surges that arise and break.
A mist Of doubt falls Ger the sea
come, resistless waves, to thee.
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Feed your land before it gets
poor. Give it all the manure you
can make and haul, and it will
enrich you. S,arve it by taking
off crops continually and returning
nothing, and it will bankrupt You.
Feed the land literally and it will
feed and clothe you.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
B. T. LINCOLN.

MORTGAGE "a LE;.-whcreas Alonzo Ed.
Of @ 9 and pa a Snf of H~d ard a % 2 9 hS S%r
Edwin r. Fay OF the county of Cayuga and state of New
day OF A. D. 1872 which recorded in the Record
ers office Of La Sale county Illinois, in Book l5 at Page
Il; Fay the following described real estate situated in the
half Of the northeast Quarter Of lot four in block seven.
teen in the Original Town of Ottawa in the city of ottawa
deed made and executed by said Aonzo Edwards, payable
drcd dollars with interest at the rate OF ten per cent per an
three vcrs atter RI" dale tnere6 az the Once of F. Shcr.
wood, in Ottawa, Illinois;
deed among other things that in case Of default in the pay
ment c said note interest at the rate aforesaid or any
or interest should become due then the sad Edwin T. Fay
ge s des by a E Aos6 % Ed%aTs and Emens his %ie
10 sell and dispose of said premises, or any part thereof and
20 Edwards and Emelinc his wife and their heirs and
signs therein, at pubic auction at the south door Of the
of Iros for the highest and best price the same would
osy given Of the time of such sale by advertisement in
one Of the newspapers at that time published IN the sad
purchaser purchasers such sale good and sufficient deed
deeds Of conveyance of the premises sold and apply the
due principal aud interest due said note at said day Of
sale with all attorney fees costs OF adnershg ,aAS a
any to said Aonzo Edwards and Emetnc his wife,
said note and the Interest thereon from the eighth day
October 1896 which default continues TO and exists at
Of seven hundred dollars interest thereon at the rate o
ten per cent er anu from and after said eighth day OF
October A. D.. 1876:
And said note and mortgage deed have been here
oiurr assigned James G. Reed, the undersigned by said
Edwin H. Fay and the said james c. Reed i now the legal
owner thereof lawfully entitled 10 the money Gue and
to become due thercon
Now therefore public notice Is hereby given. that the IN
dcrsigned, assignee of said mortgage and note wi on
Thursday the day of February d. ISIS al
the hour of o'clock in the afternoon of said day sell AT
public auction the south door Of the County Court House
In the city of ottawa IN said county of La Sale and state OF
Illinois, for the highest and best price the same will bring
i'm cash all the above described premises, and al the right
title benefit and equity redemption Of the said AlonIo
Edwards and Emcnr Edwards. his wife, ana their hlrr
and assigns therein. and apply the proceeds as in said mort
gage deed directed; and aon the making OF such sale
deed deeds will hC executed ana delivered 10 the purcs
r purchasers I'm and hy said mortgage deed directed
authorized and empowered. JAMES G.. kEED,
Assignee Of said Note and Mortgage.
Il. f. LINCOLN. Attorney. lalSb-td