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Flabby Religion,

Much OF the religion Of tho day Il
Ilabby, very habby indeed, II is al
illcled with sort Of Saint Nilus
dauce now bending this way, aud
now that aud II Is uncertain whleli
way IL will wlggle next II accom-
modalcs itself 20 the whims Oi the
world, It Is almost disposed to ex,
change our Bible Tor science that,
instead Of tracing our origin 10 Adam,
makes Us only better order Of tad.
poles aud instead VI reading, "Abra.
ham begat Isaac, aud IT, Is begat
Jacob, and jacob begat Joseph
would read "Thc ilsh begat tho
reptile, and the reptile bcgpt u marSu,
pal animal, aud the marNuplal animal
begat the inadrumana, aud the inadru
mana bcgat the gorilla, aud the gorilla
begat the ape, aud the ape begat Oar
wiu," Much Of our modern religion
begins with u culogy Of human nature,
instead ofan exposition ol It's utter
1t makes Us sick TO hear
all this talk about the dignity of man.
hood, II is heap of putrciaction,
unless Saint John he'd whm nc de-
icribed 1t rs "wretched, aud misera.
bic, audpoor, and blind, and naked
[Talmagc,
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Riding to hounds recently in Eng
land, pretty Mrs. - came to grief
in brook, from which she emerged
dripping from hat TO boots. "What
am | TO do ?' she said pitcously TO
Capt r.. who, seeing the fall, had
ridden to her assistance. The gallant
captain was lady killer and an Irish
man. 81 think | must squeeze you"
he said, in his happiest manner.
"Thanks," SAID the little woman, ris-
ing to the occasion "but | see my
husband coming, and Think he would
do better than you"
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chow much, should you say, this
estate is worth ?" said one friend to
another, as they were riding past a
beautiful park. Il don't know how
much it is WORTH" was the answer,
shut think know what it cost the
owner" "How much p "His soul,"
was the startling reply. The person
then described the owners death, in
which he attributed his misery at last
to his love of money, which had often
led him into fraud and sin.
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Errors of Youth.

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, 1878-05-11

TAcoMA.-The Tacoma Herald
says: "Our shipping facilities
are fully equal to those of
Seattle, and our harbor is super
ior, beng entirely sheltered from
the heavy winds which nearly
always come from the west and
occasionally stir up the boats at
the Seattle wharves. What a
harbor should have ours does
not lack; and having the further
advantage OF Seattle in being so
situated as to see the railroad
first if it comes from the east
across the mountains, we can
but think our chances Of secur-
ing the terminus are far better
than those Of the modest dwell
ers on Elliott Bay. who " must
have all the shipping, the ship
building and the manufactur-
ing"
Our neighbor of the Herald
has evidently never read the
private report Of Mr.. Garfield,
the special agent appointed by
the railroad directors, to eX-
anime and report upon suitable
site for railroad terminus, in
which he pronounces Tacoma as
utterly impractlcable as the site
fer a commercial city. 1t is an
indisputable fact that when the
terminus was located at Tacoma,
it was only because the company
had not the means of extending
the road to Seattle, md not one
of the directors then believed it
would be the final terminus.
But we do not blame the Herald
for fighting for the machine it
runs with"
, 1878-05-11
The Blair Movement.

The movement engineered by
Montgomery Blair, Postmaster
General under President Lincoln,
to the support Of which Dana,
Assistant Secretary of War
under Stanton, has given the full
tribute Of his mighty genius,
to remove Hayes and install
Tllden in the Presidency, has
proved the greatest fizzle that
has ever befallen so pretentious
an undertaking. The Herald has
had nearly every Senator and
Member of the House interview
ed on the subject, and publishes
their several expressions, which
are almost unanimously against
the project, both on the ground
of policy and on principle. 1t
is held by all the leading men
of hoth political parties, that in
the creation Of the commission
and the concurrence in the de-
cision Of that tribunal by every
department of the Government,
the power of Congress over the
question was exhausted and the
installation Of Mr.. Hayes was
fnality which vested in him the
Office beyond any power in the
Government to revoke. Senator
Dennis, through whom the me-
, 1878-05-11

mortal of the Maryland Leglsla-
ture was presented to the Senate,
accompanied the presentation by
his own protest against it, in
which he was sustained by his
colleague of the same State.
We learn from the Herald report
that both Oregon Senators pro-
nounce against it emphatically.
Notwithstanding the almost
unanimous condemnation of this
movement, Mr.. Dana, Of the
Sun, continues the agitation, and
denounces all Democrats who
oppose it as actuated by dis
honorable motives and traitors
to the Democratic party. 1t
will be difficult for the people to
comprehend by what title
Messrs. Blair and Dana have as
sumed to dictate the policy of
the Democratic party, and We
certainly know Of nothing which
would be more fatal to the sue
cess of the party than TO accept
those distinguished gentlemen
as guides. Mr.. Hayes is Presi-
dent by title as we'll confirmed
as any by which his predeccs-
sors held the office, and nothing
but death will displace him until
the expiration of his term. The
frauds imputed to State returns,
it belongs exclusively to the
States to dispose OF. None of
them have ever been traced to
Mr.. Hayes; and it is not only un-
just, but the most fatal policy, to
visit upon the Administration
Odium for acts over which it had
no control. The persecution OF
the President gives no advant-
age and adds no strength to the
Democratic party.
, 1878-05-11
chronic GROWERS and disappoint-
ed applicants to the contrary
Notwithstanding.

DOWNFALL OF AN ELOQUENT
PREAcHER.-In a recent issue of
the &lUer State, published at
Winnemucca, Nevada, we find
the following: "The Rev. John
4. Gray passed down the road
last evening, accompanied by
his wife. He was appointed
pastor Of the church at Austin
by the Methodist Episcopal con-
ference, and was considered one
Of the ablest and most eloquent
members of that body. Two
weeks ago he unceremoniously
abandoned his flock and bis
family, and went to Battle
Mountain, where he has been on
a prolonged spree. He wrote to
his wife from Battle Mountain,
informing her that he Was going
to Washington territory. AS
she was left entirely destitute
OF means, her friends raised a
purse Of $3.50, to enable her to
60 to Kansas, where her rela-
tives reside. She left Austin a
few days ago, with the inten-
ton, it is said, Of going east
At Battle Mountain she met hel
husband, who prevailed on her
to change her destination, and
accompany him west. With the
mony raised for her at Austin
she paid her husbands fare, and
both went west on the express
train. Gray is represented as
being an able and forcible speak
er, but his love for Intoxicating
drink is beyond his control, and
the eloquent preacher of a few
months ago is besotted drunk
ard"
The subject of the foregoing
item will be remembered as &
short time resident Of this city
three years ago. He subse-
quently had charge of a Baptist
society in California.
, 1878-05-11
A Pennsyivanian's Kai:ucina-
tion

Henry II. Erb, Of Lancaster,
Pa, recently closed up his store
and his house and withdrew with
his family from all intercourse
with the world. The neighbors
became suspicious that some
thing was wrong, as Erb's child
rem could be heard crying bitter
ly, and Erb himself was not
known to buy any. food. Two
officers effected an entrance into
the premises by crawling
through back window. The
house was found TO be in a most
wretched condition. All the fur
niture had been sold, there was
no fire, and the three girls and
two boys were crying with hun
ger and shivering in rags, while
the mother crouched in a corner.
Erb explained that a spirit had
appeared to HIM and directed
him and his family to fast for
five days, at the end Of which
period II most wonderful event
would occur in his house, at
which the whole world would
be present. He ordered his
children not to accept the food
offered them, and the mother
who seemed to be entirely under
the influence of her husband,
also refused to eat anything.
The children were clothed and
made to take nourishment, and
the woman was at length arous-
ed from her apathy by some
very vigorous talk.
We don't know why death
and poetry should be associated
ideas in the Congressional mind.
But they are. No sooner does
a member Of that body die than
his bereaved assoclates-atl least
these of them who are to make
speeches about him.turn to the
MUSES. for consolation in their
bereavement, and Gull chaplets
of verse to deck the tomb. On
last Thursday, for instance, the
House of Representatives knock
ed off work to listen 20 a recital
Of the public and private virtues
of the late Mr.. J. Edwards
Leonard, of Louisiana. Nine
members spoke, and the report
Of their speeches takes up a
little over seven and a half pages
in the Congressional Record. In
these seven and a half pages we
find by actual count twenty
quotations from the poets.
Every speaker dropped into
poetry at least once; Mr.. Ward
three times: Mr.. Ca1kins FIVE
times,-N. y. Sun.
, 1878-05-11
Cruel Defamation.

The New York Herald, the
ablest newspaper in this or any
other country, in speaking OF
the scandal about Bishop Nc
Coskry, of Michigan, which was
first given to the public through
the Chicago Times, the most in
famous vehicle of slander in the
United States, says; The story
about the aged Bishop of Michi-
gan was offered to the Herald
before it appeared in the Chicago
Times, but we declined it on the
ground that the immortality
charged had not come under the
cognizance of auy court Of justice
or ecclesiastical body, and that
the press has no right to make
infamous by publishing calum-
MES which can be traced to no
responsible source. We must
not be understood to mean that
worthy men in the ministerial
profession ought not to be eX-
posed, but only that the charac-
ter of no man in any profession
ought to be destroyed unless
upon strong evidence from re
sponsible sources. The license
Of the press in its assaults on
the characters of public and
private men has become truly
alarming. 1t ought to be check
cd by a sense of justice and in
the interest of public morals.
The press has no right to permit
itself to be made the vehicle of
irresponsible calumniators." " The
same view of the case is taken
by the New York Sun, the
Philadelphia Times and the lead
ing press of the country gener-
ally, while the scandalous report
has only been accredited and en-
dorsed by such as Wilbur f.
Story, of the Chicago Times,
who omits no opportunity to
bIacken the fair fame of others
in high social position, in order
to lessen by diffusion the odium
of his own social delinquencies.
Samuel Allen McCoskry, now
a years of age, was educated at
West Point, and had risen to the
rank Of Captain in the United
States Army before he took
orders in the church. He was
elected a Bishop, if we remem-
ber correctly, in 1885. The
writer Of this was delegate in
the first convention over which
he presided as Bishop, over 40
years ago, and knew him well.
, 1878-05-11

A lady spent the best part OF
week in registry office in
London, enduring variety OF
snubbing from women, who
turned up their noses at her
ample wages and her moderate
work. At last she was taken
pity upon by person who con-
sented to preside over her kitch-
en-. "You live or q terrace,
ma'am?" said Mrs. Cookie, modi-
fed. Il have refused six hex
cellcnt situations because street
and place sound SO vulgar for
ones address. But terrace will
look pretty on the top of my
letters.
TRUE GKIr.-A family direct
from Eau Clair, Wis, arrived in
Dayton this week, and not being
able to rent a house Of any kind,
they purchased some rough lum-
Der last Wednesday morning,
went to work and by 5 o'clock
IN the afternoon a house was
built and the family had moved
in and were cooking supper.
Such people have true grit, and
are Just what the northwest so
much needs.
, 1878-05-11
A Poor CHANCE.-We find tt

A Poor CHANCE.-We find this
paragraph in the Independent,
published at Helena, Montana:
"Prof. L. F. Campbell, who
formerly applied the rod to the
shoulders Of the rising genera
ton of Helena, has been nomi
mated for congress by the green
hackers of Oregon. His chances
of an election and being struck
by lightning are about equal"