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Farm AND fLEIN, .-Euy.lgu Is.
in the nature Of the clse. transient
You Gud yourself ~ II high state Of
feeling You eni ~ it yJl waa; Be
keep !, mp you Try 10 DO 20 You
fail. While tue fgel.u, is III AJ,i
you supp, Use you have much fa'tI
when 1t j. at cbb. yol suppose you
have little. Neither tic hood uYl
the ebb proves anything You
should peither be eGbilaraut because
OF feeling, uor depressed iyr lack Of
II Feeling D more plCTcs tie
existence Of religious AIe illu tie
sparkle of tie sGn on tie snow
proves growth IL the grass bsaea,A
1t The corn need- liJh, aol dark
ness as much us sunagat Life l.
the test II faith - Christian Imam.
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, 1879-02-18


The Baptist ministers met yesterday morning
Ut the headquarters. No. II Randolph street,
Tho Rev. r. W. Gpodspccd In the chair. Cut,-
ference was opened With prayer by the Nev. Mr..
a.otc, OF Joliet, Thu l.ey. l.. q. Clark, Of tliu
South Church., md the Rev. Mr.. atoto sketcllcl
the ser,nons which they had preached TIM day
preceding The Nov. Dr. Morgan, after fntrD-
duc!ng tho Rev. Dr. Stott, President of Frauk-
lIu College, ludtann. ha1e tl!u Conference
formal farewell hcfore hts 1eparture for
Europe, wIlcre he goea 70 Lclrssc) 10 PROSECUTE
his btu1ica OF church history. lie Intends 10
bu awav It'll next September.
The ftny. John Pcitllo then read paper upon
"Chsistan CIt[zenship,n wtlcrc!l, h 3; traced the
teachings OF patriotism Us contained III tllt
l3ibls, and pronounced as heresy the doctrine
tlas religion usla politics wore nut IN eolsoEat,cn
wish eaeh other. America Mas rra'llrd i, tlis
!an Of relig'on-was boru ot free religious belief.
With few bright exceptions the great statcs-
to tic improvement OF Tie worlds condition
wcro Christian statesmen. Religion ,naho
patriots aud brave men. Tho nls, who prayed
upon the Held Of Lattla were the men who Houtd
WIN the day or fall with iilrir fnces to the for.
T!a nen wAo "feared neltlies God. NOR Mas,
nor thu devil" we.c the men who threw dowu
the arms taken In defense OF tEieir country, and
flew like chaif before tho wtnA. Tbs snnAker
did not strongly urge that thu Bible 10 kept Ia
the public schools, but hs did obect that lts uso
bs discontinued because = potcntate aeroas The
sea so dcatEed.
'rt,s paper met with the wartnest eom,nen,!a.
tou ind the. usual general discussion, alter
which the meeting aljDurn11.
, 1879-02-18
RELIGIOUS.


rKEHHY,rIsItIANa
~ecn!J "'cet'ns !" tnciF rooms, AlcCorsn'cK
bloeR, corner OIL Randolph nsHt Dearborn streets,
yestoruay morning. In The nbscnee uf thu prcs-
itlent, Tie Roy. Nr. Ynnnp. Dr.. II, ~, po,tcr.
p W." pte''o'a' i"c Hes' oasio ciafR ollefeo
PRAYER
The special order Of exercises, according to
proviou. appo!ntment, consisted In The reading
or.aior, ,as. ". n'n"s.o'' "m1 =,
cuhs'oE tne1con. lhe paper "aS entitled Ia IL
lust nnd Wise TO Fix Amy Conditions 10 Chinese
lmntgrasiun to This Country; anl II 30, What
In ,~.nt,a,. ~ s.',',n'. ~ N.-,u;,
=" ttcat'hH Tue s'lplcett Dr' Nogea occup1cd
nut TWO po1ittons-tsc standpo'nts OF religion
and politics, the former bolng given tho prefer
cncc, nn III fact furnishing ali tllc atropr arKll-
nenta in his cssay-to sI,oW tlmt tlc iiouse a1,,l
the Senate If tic United States Government
had mndo mistake tn passing The iii RESTRICT
Ing Chinese Immigration to our aburus. ITo
ol the Constitution, whirt prpvhiei Tint nii
men. OF oil roech ind ct!ncs nnd condition,
should be treated equally. lie n,ag1lNrd the
WRONGS done the Chinese Ms nalion BY
thte country, spoke OF tile snub
which was given tho Mongolans
by our Government In setting aside the terms Of
tic 1}nrl,nga1ne Treaty without 80 .nuc as no.
tifylnR Tho Chinese Government; ENLARGED upUn
the laWs passed BY the California Legislature,
which forbade the Chinese III that State curtain
privileges md persecutcd them nlnllciusiy md
lnn,eryltully, contrary to the articles or our
Constitution; md touched upon tie labor aucB-
t[on, which, aitl,ouuh regarded as mn important
fcature in il.e discussion of tic Chinese aucs-
tiop, was dropped by tho cssayfst as being of too
IallacIous rature to be entitled 10 lila earnest
consideration. lie alluded to the several
objections which had been raised to thu
Chinese as a pcoplo III tho debate
before the Investigating Committee, and ct,-
tlcayoted To ottaut tho aggumcnt by mcaus o{
statements based upon staitstlcs. Lie said TINT
1t had been alleged that the Coolies were
pagans aud aliens; that they ca1no to this co,lt-
Try with no Intention Of rcmatnng or bccoinlng
, 1879-02-18

Tic task now was to tlndan order OF the Nun.
bors which would tnake sclise tn IN nll ert ro-
unlns To do thls, little groups of words weru
the parallel culutlns. Theirs we're Il few phsaxes
which arctncd to adjust themselves naturally;
IN the first dispatch, for example. %o haye tho
look Tor a, no.ulnat!vc to adjourn wo discover
that there Is no word IN the column that will do
except "Lonlon." Ihts order Of numbers, 20,
-, ~. 2s gtves ia the second column "us out
rvsdrntly "inscnd (25) to 10 count" 10y. Ihu
sequences thus begun nre easily continued;
when tho path Is lost in QUE column II ~ found
In nnotller; and so tho aiLcu'ty about disposIag
!ng ascertancd, sequences OF 10, 70, and Is were
NEXT constructed Id tile same manner. keys OF
Us unu 10 were also Inade, but they proved to l,e
was therefore supposed to DO complete with the
key Of 81. But 10 tue process Ut tranalatI,iE
wont on, uncxnectet! difficulties presented them.
selycs. The ksYs fitted 50 perfectly In mauy in
correctness, but there were auNln dlsnatches
wh!cY they did not 1T at all. 1t Waa
soon discovered tl,at for every one
Of tho five blocks Of numbers there were two
feaerntes used at pleasure and attll later It Qp-
peared that the second set Of keys was u
mathematical corrclhtlya Of the tlrst set. That
any dispatch could be trauslated bY eItllur Qua
OF two kevs.
Tic messages having been transposet'. the
next step was the translation Ut the substitu-
tton cipliers, ur !" blind Words" In most caScs
this was easily done by tliu context. Words like
London {Rcturniug hoard), Rochester {yotrs),
{RupubIisans}. ColennazeN (t,nney), wsre 90
plain that there could not b. doubt ~ to thrir
meaning. Others tAnna, Charles, Ja,lr, Thuln-
a., William. etc.} ptoycA to haro 10 meaning at
alf; they were "nals,n thrown IN to Ill out tic
dispatch to the number Vi words required for
the key, and, when the Transportation was etIect-
cd, they nlWays tell togelher ut the cbd. Nulaer-
zero by tlIe word river. Tile prcgtBe equivalents
VI several Of these eip,ees waso clearly fixed ty
the telegFaIGs in which the figures VI yotca af,l
M8jorittes wire roooFted; for example, south
, 1879-02-18

i. METIIODlSTH.
Tic Methodist clcrGyinen hcld their regular
weekly meeting yesterday morning Ia tlelr
rooms, PresduE-Eldcr Willing In the chair.
The devotional cxcrcisca we're conducted by the
Rcv. ", W. ratten.
The Rev. DR.. 9urney read paper 6u thu sub
icct of Temperance. lie believed that alcohol
was the sworn ally Of vice n,ll sin under ull cir
cumssan:cs lie was IN favor Of prohsbltory
laws which would eiEcetually regulate n,,u even
abollsb the evil lie also believed TINT the only
soul. Ho did not believe III any reform which
was not pretaced md accompaniedb BY spiritual
ei.ange. lle advocated The princnlcs Ut tlle
Gospel temperance work, md was conflllcut
that religious reform was the only lasting one.
'rlIu Rcy. MIR. 6trowhrdga nlalu few re-
marks to the RaTno effect, being strongly In
favor Of tho Immediate passage Of d prohlbltory
The Rev. John Williamson spoke Of the chcr,-
ieal effects Of alcohol OIL the system, 1Ic showed
how its uar could BIZ traced from its results on
ttlr holy, mud tle striking etTecta in the cellular
Tho Rev. NJ. N. Parkhurat believed that It
Was right to make prDllfb(tory laws, hut tic In
ilucncc Of religion should not ba dropped when
the law is passed.
address on tl1e same subject. He ureued that
IL Tho State hal right to rcgu'ats
the sale Of gunpnwder, koroscnc, md other
dangerous com1noditles. It certninly could rcgu-
late nr entirely abolish the salc OF q liquid so
haneful in its effects upon tic pcople. AT thu
passaCe OF guy such inv until there could be D
certainty that It would he enforced. Ile be-
lieycl Tint the public must be educated tn L.
proper degree Gcforc any such law could hU en-
forced, us no law could over llaye uuy effect
while obnoxious to oven large minority Of the
, 1879-02-18

Carolina eorrespondcnt, after telcgraph'ng the
minority for tho Hayes Electors on Tie face Of
the RETURNS, a,l.Ia, " Hh!no OF Tildcn'a, wi1llln
Mosclio Thames Ktver Ut thcfr iowcst." Now,
was unly go votes behind .e Invest lsnrslblcan
Etcctnr. Tim. settles TIM meaning of Rhine,
Moselle, Thames, and river. Tho Interpretation
thus rcacled Is confirmed by numerous 0tfrr
inatnnccs. All tho oiiler numbers arc equally
well 4scertainrd; anil, III fact there "a hardly
:" blind word u In the wholo neutrality-suspicious.
Is CERTAINLY none Of any importnnce-of wl,tci,
tic meaning Is not capable Of demonstration.
, 1879-02-18

MI. E. J. Lowe. the astronomer, hnswrlltru 4
letter to tho 1.o,tlorn I1Mu touching tic Eli
gilsb sparrow, concerning whoss utility there Is
pretty treAuart discussion III tlsts country. liz
sayAs "Vhisty-alrs years agu, a conntrynau
lett hote tor Australfa, taking with hinl all our
produces was yearly destroyed, until the En-.
gIIal sparroW Was introduced, after which tilero
vas plenty Of fruit. Watcrton calculated thnt
s,uRle pair Of spurroWs destroyed Ut many
grubs tD unp day aK would hayv eaten up half all
acre Of young corn IN Q Week.n
, 1879-02-18

4 New. .ucslincr bought Two dozen c]ams last
week. took then. hume. aud spread meal On
them, thinking it was salt. Tie next evening,
When llu vent lowu after his claims, l,o found
t!at thlrty.twu rats, tn search Of meal, had been
caught bY tails uRu toes by twauty-threa rlanls {!
'rhs unoceuplel claus must have Gosacd lAs job,
Que Clnu had ihreV rats.
, 1879-02-18

une OF Mr.. Cllampngne's children incloscl It In
1 warm covering of wnol. Nothing Of tnterest
occurred nntA few days aGu. when Mrs. Cham
pagnc, who ilsd forgotten Ill about tile tHactt.
as tlIu door WAS opened beautiful a,l.l perfectly
formed butterfly flew tut around the room. to
The surprise Of tic lady, md 10 the great joY Of
the chiltfron, who have bscotno much enamorcd
Of their fairy net,
, 1879-02-18

CoLuMnus, O., Feb. 17.-Tte plttsburE, Cin-
ctnnatt l. 81. Louis Railroad Inns been cxpcrl-
mcntlnE snec Feb. viii. tue Gray telephone,
duplex invention Of ElIs1'a Gray, Of Chicago,
on ons OF their circu,ts between this city asls,
Pittsburg. The SUCCESS Of tic system has OK.
ctedpd their antlcIpations, and they ate now
duly Transmitting messages over the through
side Of tl,e circuit IN addition TO the way bust
ness without Interference with the latter, thus
enabling The roai to double the capacity Of the
circuit.
, 1879-02-18

Q7t
Ono day, When tauseur WAS sitting in Bu.
cbauah ltcAA's studio IN tho Via Marquis, lhcru
entered tall, lauk American, whose hume wus
i'll tllD Wrat, ind VITO had been In Home hut
day or two. * Your nsmo's Read, / beltsye,'t
81 said. "Yes,n answered. this paiatrr-poet,
lneekly. "Wsll, ReAd," sald tl,e stranger, tux,
lug seat, ~ want 70 do something for Au,er-
lean art, you know. Now, here's 40. Get me
ur eomesh'ne annwy for sh~ '''~s""-'om
, 1879-02-18

L17LiEG fCUH.! V7Fdl1,
During last Ial+ while Mr. Chalnpaeae, Of
Neaon street, was bslugln@ III vegetables cut Ut
Ills garden Ao discovered what appeared to be u
green caterpillar clsE.iug to CUCUMBER. lie
secret and placed It III the family clock. Some
we.ks sst~"v.ri II. ins-"t wss dts"nyerel sn-
, 1879-02-18
GRAIN INSPECTION,
Report Of the Illinois Railroad and
Warehouse Commission,
VAST Increase In Receipts at Chicago Of
All Kinds Of Grain.

r,..,,, n,.,r,,. =, N. ,,.,
SrRJroptr,,1,, Feb. 17.-I,,r f,tIn,rIno I. th,t
80, ~ ~. . =, ~. n'n.k o""k ~ t"a'
Naet Vi the report ol Luz i1alIroau MD Ware
houso Commission relating to The warehouse
anu rralti inspection:
WAREHOUSES; or CLAsszs n aupr
r,h,,, ,-o,.t,u,,. a., nj .,.., W
tnrsos !, sshtc nt"tr ~, o., eacsato!a Or atotc.
naiI ris.. n,i,,Sna nna "'siaea ~ nin etaHEeh
inu"s. - I,u IN si,tc ~ gton W. ~ une ware
,n;roi +nne;inr ~ ~ ,ShIri. r.si ~ oWne.s ~
manner that tho identity Of Inherent nts ~ narc"j.
cannot he accurately proscrved. md which arc
l'ab'tonts+ Clase u ncludcs all rnblIc warehouses;
IN which gfasn |: stored and mixed. az in ware.
onn n. ~ e'ess ~ AZ AZ ~ We ase sssed n cities
c!idcs nll pnbc warehouses notinclnded 1T classes
A and H.
During tho past year tho Commission took tho
frat rtcpa In Tho direction Of recurring tc owners
mn n ~
, 1879-02-18

Mrs. Jones, 1low Ia yont health this morning!
Think YOU, inadan, much inpFotel. hnught y
bottle of Dr. l,ull's Cough Syrup aat night. and
nftcr Tic FIRST lusu my cough was checked. Hlept
we'll, and hive nut cenehcd once this morning.
, 1879-02-18

Total. 100. It'll, $50 0,57l.385 107, 10e. III,
A comparative statement Of the grain inspected
during tho ycara la77 and 1878 SHOWS the follow
Ing result:
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08
The Wages of Reform.

The sentimental aspect of individual re-
form is SO frequently presented, and often
SO injudiciously that, generous but hard
headed men have often been known to
button their spare cash up most vigor-
ously and wish tho apostles of reform in q
place where 1t is currently supposed reform
is impossible. At a meeting held at the
McAuley Mission n few nights ago, how
ever, one of the speakers presented the re-
suits of reform in o manner which every
one can accept and enjoy. A hundred per-
sons, members of the dangerous classes, no
said, had within year been influenced ut
the mission to give up their old habits and
lead respectable lives, and this meant that
there we're hundred less of thieves, ruff
fans and murderers to be feared by respect
able citizens, watched by the police. tried
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08
An. Unnecessary investigation.

The committee appointed to investigate
the conduct Of Commissioner Davenport
with regard to the seizure OF naturalization
papers Of 1868 and the arrest and imprison-
ment of citizens who attempted to vote on
such papers did not meet here yesterday,
as was intended, in consequence of the
serious illness of one of the members. But
we are informed that the delay will be brief
and that the inquiry will soon commence.
1t is difficult to see what good end can now
be subserved by the prosecution Of the in
vestigation. The courts have pronounced
Mr.. Davenports action illegal and have
declared the arrests he made to have
been without justification or excuse. 1t
is evident, therefore, that Mr.. Davenport
has either wilfuliy exceeded his authority
for political purposes or he has interfered
with the rights Of legal voters and with the
liberty of citizens through ignorance of his
plain duties. In either case he is shown TO
be unfit for the Office he holds, and the civil
service professions of the administration
will become yet more ridiculous than they
now are IL he be not promptly removed.
Unless the President has sufficient self
respect and honesty to make q change in
the Office Of Commissioner in New York on
the facts as they now stand no report Of o
Congressional committee is likely to induce
him to do that act of justice to the people.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08

The proceedings in the Cobb murder trial
at Norwich, yesterday, were naturally far
less sensational than ut the last session, for
the repetition of story such as was told
by Bishop is not to be expected in court
every day. Yet the testimony yesterday
was not void of interest. 1t was principally
devoted to the exhibition of leading phase
of life in small townsville extent to which
nearly everybody gives the most assiduous
attention to other peoples business. An
exceedingly large number of the people Of
Norwich seem to have been occupied prin-
cipally with. the qualification of their curl
osity in regard to Bishops movements.
They counted how many times day he
went into Mrs. Cobb's house, and some Of
them timed his stay there. He stayed, it
appears, from half an hour to an hour each
time, and commonly went Ave times day.
Some women dropped Mrs. Cobbs acquaint-
ance OH their observation of these facts.
Yet IL is wonderful how little scandal
seemed to come out Of Nil these observa-
tions. Many persons testified to apparent
minute details but these details become of
great consequence when we remember that
every one Of them sustains in some degree
the horrible allegations Of Bishops testi-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08

all danger was supposed to be over the
flames had been extinguished, the peril to
adjoining property was at an end. and
nothing remained to be done except what
in Fire Department phraseology is known
as washing down." or, in other words.
examining the building and putting out
every smouldering ember. 1t is always the
unexpected that occurs, and it is to be re-
GREETED that in this instance it should have
been followed with such fatal results. The
falling in of the roof and the tumbling
down Of the walls were the very last things
the hardy fremen looked for, although, when
we come to think of it. nothing could have
been more natural. Firemen are, however,
generally reckless but, after all, the public
are the very last who should bring the
charge against them. The sad event, how
ever, carries with it an obvious lesson to
the members of the department. To risk
life unnecessarily is as censurable as not to
attempt to save it at any hazard, and it is
to be hoped the accident of yesterday will
not be lost upon the members of q force
which deserves SO well of the whole CON-
munity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08

acuteness as a reasoner by which he made
his way into the foremost rank of American
statesmen. He had been elected on q
pledge to his constituents that he would
advocate the choice of Presidential electors
by the people. Shrewdly attaching him
self to Mr.. Van Buren,, who did not favor
the change. Mr.. Wright exerted his in
genuity in finding way to keep his
pledge in appearance while violat-
ing it in fact. He defeated q pend
ing bill by moving an amendment
which. while giving the choice of Presi-
Dental electors to the people, required an
absolute majority to make choice. AS
three different candidates had at that time
considerable strength in this State no ticket
could have got more than mere plurality
of votes. and the majority principle would
have prevented the success of any. BY this
ingenious duplicity Mr.. Wright defeated
the wishes of his immediate constituents
and of the people of the State, and this
statesman, who afterward figured as the
american Cato, frustrated the will of the
people and forfeited his pledge by as sharp
a political trick as was ever practised.
The early history of the State abounds
with instances of this kind Of I'M
scrupulous strategy, and justifies the
opinion that if our former Legislatures
were fur ADLER than their recent Successors
they were not in proportion to their temp
tations, whit more honest-political not
personal honesty being the thing in ques-
ton. But we know of no evidence that
legislation wns bought at Albany, or
secured by bribing lobby, in those early
times. The recent five fold increase in the
compensation of the members Of the Legisa-
ture has not yet had any perceptible effect
in elevating its character, and the gaudy,
pretentious new Capitol is not likely to
raise the standard either OF Legislative
capacity or Legislative character.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08
OBITUARY.
JOSEPH NASH. ENGLISH PAINTER.


The latest mail advices from London bring news of
the death. at Christmas time, at the advanced
age of seventy-ons years. of Joseph Nash. the
well known and talented water color painter.
The deceased gentleman chiefly known for
his picturesque delincations of architectural
subjects, though he occasionally painted his
torical illustrating the lines Of Shakespeare
and Scott. He was the favorite pupil or the cele-
brated architect Pugin, and had his fellow stu
dents the late Charles Mathews the actor. and Ben
jamn Ferrey. the distinguished architect and author
Of life OF his master. Many the pranks Ma
thcws and "Joe" Nash played ON tho old French
man. Pugin. Nash went abroed with his mas
ter and assisted him on ell his works on
Gothic architecture in France and England
He made his first appearance at tho exhi-
bition of the old Society OF Water Color Artists
about 1885, being represented by drawings of
French cathedrals and antiquities. He fol-
lowed these, by accurate transcripts of fine
lecture Tho Architecture OF tho Middle Ages WAS
published in 1885, with photographic illustrations by
Mr. Nash Between 1870 and lS49 there appeared that
magnificent publication. issued in four series aud
well known the world over to amateurs, mansions
of England in the odsn Time. the illustrations be-
important wator colors 1.-The Queens Visit to Lin.
coins Inn Hail.. exhibited in 1896 Interior Views
Hail at speke' and west View of Roucn Cathedral
| now in the South Kcnsington Museum; Queen
Catherine Campeius and LADIES'" !Charles v. Visit
ing Francis I. During His Confinement" exhibited
| ut the Water Color Society in 1865: 1.-The Chapel
of Edward the Confcssor In Westminster Abbey" in
| 1866 and Louis Phppes Bedroom at Caremont
in 1867 Mr.. Nash represented at the French In
ternatonal Exhibition Of 1855 by four of his largo
| water colors and received am honorable mention
Being figure well architectural and landscape
painter the value and interest of the architectural
subjects which made his fame. much enhanced
by the happy introduction of figures in costumes
appropriate to the times. He OF the Oldest
members of the old Water Color Society. Among his
many pupils the Queen. the late Prince Consort
| and many members OF the royal family and Of the
aristocracy He leaves son, also Joseph Nash, we'll
known illustrator on the London Graphic OF
late years the deceased artist suffered from
affection which incapacitatcd him for work. He
was personally of the most charming companions
and really good man, and his loss will be felt py
large circle OF friends. Among his pupils was
Waiter Paris English artist. at present residing in
| this city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08

The perils incident to the life Of fire.
man were illustrated In o melancholy way
yesterday by the death of one man and the
injury of eight of his gallant comrades,
who we're buried under the ruins of the es-
tablishment that was burned down in Vescy
street. No one seems to be responsible for
the accident, by which, for the want
OF better word, IL must be called. When
the deceased fireman and his associates fol-
lowed their chief into the burned building