The New York herald., 1879-11-30

come vcrf ANXIOUS, tnat news nad come eno 40
| in jeopardy hc rubbed his hands in glce and re-
Piled. well. I'm glad she has got into port at last
| Money and magic are almost synonymous. 1t is
uttery impossible to SEQ as many faults in n rich
man as you can discover without any effort at all
! in poor one. 1t is true that
The rich man has a cellar
And ready butler by him;
For his pint Of boer
Where the saint can't choose but spy him.
The rich mans painted windows
Hide the concerts of the quality;
The poor can but share
cracked.fddle in the air.
Which ofends all sound morality.
1t may be that the answer OF the poor girl
may find response in other hearts. Some said
| to her. "well Mary. hear you have left your old
| place. Where do you 1.-Two nowT She replied with
afpleasant smile "PlehEc. mar.n. don't live no.
| where now--rm married."
| 1t was Pelham who said that /. is eminently
spectacle be arrested for debt because 1t shows
| that you once had credit.
man may DO poor scholar when he has every
thing in his head and nothing in his purse. and he
may be equally poor scholar when he has nothing
| in his hoad and everything in his purse.
One of the best OF epitaphs. of the shortest
also. is that which Jcrrod wrote for Charles Knight
the amablo historian. 1t was simply "Good
Knight"
You should tell all you Know the recital might
not require any great length OF time, but IL you
should attcmpt to tell all you don't know life
| time would not suffice.
They say 1t takes nino talors to comfortably mako
. man. but to make = uncomfortable only ono
| tailor with unpaid bill Is required.
| There some people who resemble stozks. They
said to have foot In the grave. but like tho
sedate bird above mentioned. they arc ablc to stand
on the other leg long that their heirs bscome I'M
patient.
1t is not moro information that makes great.
but that ability to information which 10 called
wisdom. When some told Hivarol that he had
mastered four languages. tho wit replied Then. sir
you will in future have four words for idea"
| HOSPITAL SUNDAY.
sectarianism has at last found one thing upon
which all can unite and co-operate-viz.. the hos
pitfalls Of the city. Heretofore they contributed
| spasmodcsly for their denominational insti-
| tutons that the Episcopaisns have had for
some years q hospital Sunday which they gave
| their offerings to st. Luke's Hospital. But in tho
beginning OF this year the suggestion was made to
bring this form of benevoence before the Church
! one special day which all denominations could
| agree. and . committee was appointed to agree
upon plan and to carry out the same. Fifteen hos
pitfalls appointed delegates in this committee. and
these propose that the last Sunday of the year
i
hospital cause and that collections shall be made
general for these charities throughout the CITY, both
among churches and from individuals It is believed
that by bringing the claims of the city hospitals
and by issuing appeals through an executive
| committee. 1t will concentrate the matter
stimulate the sns,Sns' sp.. AND the
institution shall be left bring it's own claims
the in its
also that 1.-THE donors shall be LETT free to designate
such institution or institutions as they may par
ticuiarly wish to beneht" It will thus be that
whatever machinery is necessary to carry out the
plan it will in no way restrain the liberty Of the
stitutions to be benefited or the wishes of their
donors.
| BASIS OF DIVISION OF GIFTS
BY means of u committee, which Is to embrace the
Mayor Of the city, the President of the Chamber Of
Commerce and tour other citizens to be appointed.
sS Ss 3 G
collections which have been announced and taken up
for specified object These are to be sont TO the
sttution for which the general collection made.
The undesignated contributions are to be d.
vided among the several institutions agreeing on
free patients have been treated in the beds OF each
institution for the year preceding. There may be.
however, some Limitation In this In the income
of any institution shall have been greater than its
expenditure for current expenses. also in the
excessive. This plan is by no means new, q simi-
lar collection being taken up among the London
be agreed upon by all donominatiops seeing the
| hospitals do not, as rule take account OF their
patients nationality or religious belief 1t is simply
question of bringing relief to the poor and ais
Of doing So When it Is borne in mind that the
committee includes together with represen tatives
Of all the hospitals in the city, such men ~ Dr. Dix
DR.. John Hall. Mayor Cooper. Samuel D. Bsbcock
| President Of the Chamber OF Commerce.; Cornelius
| Vanderbilt. Postmaster James, Robert Waller and
Henry E. Pellew, nothing is wanting in by
should be wanting in the churches and the public
| by which to make hospital Saturday and Sunday
| great day for the hospitals.
PETERS PENCE AND PILGRIMAGES.
correspondent Of the New York Observer writes
from Rome that . great ecclesiastical pilgrimage
from all parts Of tho world ia being organized for
| Epiphany Of 1880. The number OF pilgrims must
atone for their scarcity in that of the nrst part Of
this year. They are expected. of course. to bring
with them liberal gifts for the Pont; and priests
preachers, teschers curates must come to drink
from this inexhaustible fountain of zeal and faith
aud venerato the authority Of the Holy See The
teachers the Roman faith in all the world are to
hy on tho day to tho chair st. Peter to ven
crate the Roman Pontif. to his poverty with
the Peters pence, and, like magi, to confess
openly in all the world that the vicar Of Christ is
The same writer adds that 'Petcr's pence, which
in the first months OF the pontihcato of Leo XIII.
diminished much that there fear Of Its ccasng
| altogether. has increased. Tho sudden drying up
after the death of Plus TX. OF this golden strcatn
which cmpted its waters into tho Vatican, excited
tho dismay of the princes OF the Church and the
| Pope Leo XIII. began Immediately to make econo-
mics, to cut down salaries, dismiss useless officials
| and reduce his private expenses to the lowest
| possible ngure. While Plus IX. spent 81 600 every
| month, Leo XIII. spends only $500 inciudinr tho
table. An order was sent to the Roman Catholic
bishops in all the world to appeal to tho people for
aid and tho result has been worry satisfactory the
Pope. 1t is hoped that the annual reycnu nc will
| at least equal half that received by Plus IX An
idea OF the Immense sums that the vati-
can during the reign of Plus 1X may be obtain ed
| from the fact that $4,000 received in tho
| month Of January, 1878. This ray have been more
than usual but Leo MIL confcsses to having
received $4,000 more ia the first six months OF 1879
than in the period of 1878. It IL his intention
now to devote this money to works OF bencvolence
| and to tho support OF schools. He gave 100 OOOl
few months ago to tho clerical schools OF Rome at
| the same time making fierce attack the Protes-
| tant ones.