The New York herald., 1878-07-07

the children knew that It Was ike heat lightning
which flashes bus DOESN'T strike. for the smallest
spoke up and answered, swell, mother, l advise you
to hold IN your speak. then"
Ludicrous mistakes will occur, and II 90 VIC cannot
help laughing at them. Human nature rs prone TO
err and is at times very funny IN It's errors Ayoung
man. who was evidently profound student OF certain
peculiarites put an umbrella in the stand, but took
the prccauion to fasten BY string about SIX iees
long, aud then awaited further Developments The
morning had turned out rainy. The first man who
came along, seeing the and the umbrella at the
same M oment, automatically seized the umbrella AT
the end Of The feet he was brought to standst
by the string, and then and only then he remembered
that that umbrella was MT his. second, third,
fourth tried the experiment, but with the same
result Such Is the pccuiIarty of human nature, that
not a man passed OF the building for an hour VINO
did not for one brie moment at least look on tna'
umbrella a long lost brother. who was found just IN
the nick OF time AT length the string itself gave way
and the young went homo In tho rain, made wiser
and saddcr by The success OF his experiment
How discouraging tho laws Of nature arel We
sometimes fee as though they conscious and
on tho Lookout for irolic. Just buy new silk hat
and 60 out for promenade on coudlcss day and see
how nature will sport with you. She will enticc you
miles away from any dwelling and then steaithiiy
drag M q great black cloud from the horizon. You
have no umbrella, aud therein lies the joke. WIN
long strides you make the homestrech, thinking OF
the nine dollars which you thought you safely In
vested, but which proves to be a VAIN specu 'tion
over the trees you see rain drops fall, but hope
ILLS your heart and you quicken your pace. Al last
despair sezes YOU for the rain travels fastor than
you can. Pltter, patter, II falls on your new tile
until il looks as though you had purchased II al some
pawpshop, and then, when II Is completely spoiled
the sun comes out to look and laugh at your plight
Nature may be mother and all that but there are
times when instead o the staid and severe maron IL
seems though she was out on misunderstanding
lark and nothing serves bcttcr get her into tbs
mood than new hat
A very much needed book has lately appeared on
show to Find the Stars" The study Of astronomy
is said be eleva;ing but on q certain occasion VIC
found IL depressing 10 the last degree 1t happened
in Lroad daylight, when to ordinary eyes the stars
| are rot visible; but, nevertheless. VIC saw them
plainly nuumeraUle sparkcs of light and many col
| orcd hko the wouderui flashes from diamond. The
popularity OF tho experience was that the stars CID
not seem be set regular order, but appeared
TO hurry and scurry from one part Of the cees'ai
he mis- pherc to another as though the laws oil grav
| tat,on were not yet established, or as they meht
have done IN far OF days. when chaos ruled su-
| preme Under other circumstances, and u we had
would have been the experience OF lifetime, but all
that eau distinctly remember Is that while ponder
ing on the grave question o Eastern politics We upcon-
scousy trod on stray bit OF totally depravcd orange
| pee and immc cdiately after heard bump, US though
some one had faon, and this beautiful scene broEs
| on our startled vision We ncedcd no handbook 10
tell US how TO ud the stars; tor they cAnc OF their
| own accord.
In the English Church the rector Is in an envable
position He over all tho parish work 10 the
curute buy his sermons from broken down literary
gentleman who advertises IL have one complete set
| OF sermons Tor year hand which am Wiling 10
sell at reduced price, thus disposins oi any INTEL
cc,ual labor that might his brain and reserve
10 himself tho Simple exclusive rgh, OF drawing
his salary punctually. He can never bo reduced 10
such extremity that he cannot do that part OF his
WORK with alacrity. What should we IN America say
of clergyman who should purchase barrel or SO of
old sermons tbcn csssy them Tor future use ur.
der these several hoads-First, lew cheap and orii'
nary exposIions Tor country villages or exchanges
with out brethren second three or four high
prced orat,ops Ior sato occasons with reference 20
the condition OF tho nation, and T. psroraton ths'
would mako the audience throw Their hats IN air
,b,ru hall dozen with black borders, with tender ref
erences 10 Of death and passages Of great
pathos: and last, u tew scors Of able productions
scholarship Of tho speaker. We proier the phono
graph.
tender conscience sometimes compcls US 10 ad
NIT uuwholesome truth. When tho little boy wai
asked s.wuo m .de youy" he replied promptly from
| his ca,echism, "God" 1t WAS his automatic nerve
which prompted this answer; for tho minute lie
tuought of the matter he said, "Grandma caught me
yesterday just counting the tsrts IN the pantry, and
she sad was q child OF the devil" and then ADDED
.and guess grandma knows me better than sne CATO
chism.n Darwin opens the door at this uncture and
suggests that really originated at point between
these extremes while hsolosy asserts that some
! OF us are facing ono way aud sono ihe o'her.
In q perfectly unconccrned way and with inco al
,nnoceo, ms ADAMS before he became acquainted with
the apple tree a negro walking along with loose
sack suus over hrs shoulders The 0niccr who looked
into the sack discovered pair Of chickens, and The
crcumsantiai evidence 10 the case was strong Biac'
Sam turned almost pale rs he said: 81 declsrl VIVA
| YOU t'pose dose chickens cum iromf De man dat pu
,em In d., bag was friend OBJ mine" The nppllca
linn 4, plain. Mr. rockingham has had very re
| marKable experience as preacher. HIS creed seem
! 10 be made up OF little bus OF chaos sruus togethe
like beads. Everything comes 10 man wrong cnd 20
acc,rdIng to hrs philosophy, aud tho only hng LOT
man 10 do Is thrust his head like the OSTRICH into
| n s,udbauk. 80 that he needn't see what IS going o
| ABOUT him. HIS four corner stones oil belief arc
tnat God has madc great many biundsrs, that III
B,D;e ISN'T worth reading, that Christ was more
| less an impos,cr aud that Immortality Is mytn U
tbcsc foundations he buiids house IN which there
nothing TO crink and whose ROOT leaks at evor
/ single. He seems like tho man VINO sawed OIL III
| nmD on which ho was sittisg, undor pretcnce {
pruning the tree.
MINISTLRIAL MOVEMENTS.
| PRksByTERiAN.
Rev y. {. Chcesemau, late vi Webster, has aecep'e
call to the Pres0y tsrIan Caurch al Fowlcrsvlilc