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= There are said to be over 500, 900
colored Baptists in the United States.

= The .mden Journal is indignant
about the insanity dodge and "talks right
out in meeting" thus: "Up:il some of
our petit juries are punished for perjury,
we need not look for much justice in our
Courts. Many of them never regard law
or anything else but their personal feel.
ings in their decisions. Thomas New
eIs, the negro who so cruelty murdered
his son in Coileton County recently has
escaped the gallows upon the ground of
insan'iy. Judge Lynch is sadly needed
in this State, and it would not be at all
amiss if some of the petit juries who
have so periured themselves should be
lynched. What is to be the condition
of things in this country in a few years
il such outrageous acts of perjury in tho
jury box, as have recently occurred, are
to go unpunished As an act of Justice
To the rest of civilization, and mankind
generally, it would be we'll if such juries
were iynched, and their executioners
commended for the act ns being the safe.
guards ofjustice and equity"
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= at Geno: ,,.crc has just died dog
which during The Crimean war was pres
ent in one of the battles and made three
Russian soldiers prisoners. He attained
a wonderful longevity, but of late years
was mere wreck, though cared for in q
government hospital
You haven't got such thing as q
pair of old trowsers, have your" "No,
my man." said the merchant, 81 don't
keep my wardrobe in my counting.
house." ''Wherc do you live ?" reioined
Pat, "and I'll call in the morning for
the old pair you've got on"
= 1t is remarkable fact that the ma.
pers filed by Charles Guiteau, for pen
sion for services during the late war.
were passed upon by medical referee DR..
Thomas B. Hood, of the Pension bureau,
two months ago, and bear the endorse
ment, "The applicant is insane"
- Frederick Douglass recently visited
the estate Of Edmund Lloyd in Maryland,
whence he departed "a a slave fifty six
years ago He was received with the
greatest courtesy and kindness by the
great. grandsons of his former owner,
and on entering the old hall where he
had often played as slave boy, he was
invited 10 partaae Of the hnspitaities of
the house. Douglass was visibly affected
at the great Kindness and consideration
shown him, and drank the health of the
family. Il became noised about among
he colored people that Douglass had
arrived, and on his return 10 the boat he
was met by number of the descendants
of the old slaves with whom lie had been
acquainted when a boy. In conversation
with them, ke revived many of the early
incidents Of his life. Mr. Edmund Llnvd
and his two brothers accompanied Doug
lass back TO the cutter, and after an ex-
preston of his gratitude to them, and a
God bless him." for their father, he
departed.
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When Jones boy was kicked out

= When Jones' boy was kicked out of
saloon by his father he remark ed that
there appeared to be All active temper
ance movement on foot.
A Georgia editor says: Gold is
found in thirty-six counties in this State,
silver in three, copper in thirteen, iron
in forty-ihree, diamonds in twcaty.six,
whiskey III all the rest of them, and the
last gets away with all the rest"
\ lovers pun: maggie, dear, if
should attempt to spell Cupid why could
not set beyond the first syllable 90
Maggie gave it up, whereupon William
said: Because VIXEN / come to Gu, of
course | cannot go further" Maggie
said she thought that was the incest
conundrum she had ever heard.
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GrlscOmb Eats.
CHICAGO. .Julv /.

CHICAGO, July IL.
John Griscomh concluded his fort,
five days fast at noon to-day. His
pulse this morning was &c, respiration
Is, temperature 98. At noon, Just be-.
fore he broke his fast, he weighed l4O}
pounds. About 200 people assembled il,
Olympic theatre to see the faster take his
first mouthful of food. Behind the
scenes table was spread, containing
raisine, peaches, oranges, cake, bread.
crackers, cheese, whortleberries, biscuits.
beefsteak, strawberries, milk, toast aud
ice water.
The hero of the day quietly walked
around experimenting arrangements,
talking with the reporters and even help.
ing the mattresses to handle articles of
food, showing meanwhile no signs of
unusual hunger and excitement When
the curtain went up the audience ap-
plauoed heartily and Grisc0mb made a
little speech setting forth his we'll known
views about fasting, saying he believed
that much physical sickness and diseases
was due to overcrowding the system with
food. lie hal ATTEMPTED and had shown
that abstentiuh from food could be safely
undertaken. He had only recovered by
reason of fasting from the illness which
the doctors had pronounced fatal. He
did not advise promiscuous fasting, but
desired that scientific attention be given
to the subject with view to hereafter
obtaining any advantage there might be
in it as remedial agent. He was hun.
cry. but not raveuous. The fasting was
both mental and physical test. WILL
power had much to do with it's success.
He had ordered elaborate menu not
because he expected to eat much, but to
satisfy his imagination as we'll as appe-
tite.
He then, amid renewed applause, sat
down and with the words, "Here is look
ing at you." lifted glass of milk to his
lips and slowly drank tho goblet full.
Turning to another glass he took few
swallows more, end then turned his at
ention to milk toast, eating very delih.
srately and stopping to chat with his com
panions on the stage. He continued to
eat slowly and with apparent noncha-
lance, until the audience, having salts
fed their curiosity, began TO disperse
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Guiteau and Miss Sweet.

About three years ago Guiteau got
into trouble on account Of projected
attack on Miss Ada Sweet, United States
Pension Agent He called on her and
asked for employment in the pension
office, which she refused to give him.
whereupon he threatened TO kill her
Before he could put his threat into exc.
cution, If, indeed he ever really intended
to do so, he was elected from the Office in
no very gentle manner. Miss Sweets
account of the affair is as follows:
About three years ago he made appli.
cation in person for q position in tho
office. He afterward called Mt the Office
one day, and saic he wanted to see me
privately. Previous to his second visit
he sent long letter to me, which / had
not read at the time, or should not have
permitted him to see me. In the letter
he claimed to be lawyer, and said he
was competent to fill any position under
the Government. 1t was a crazy sort of
letter. When lie came in had nv back
to him, and when ] saw him he looked
tired and weary, and 30 hopeless that I
pitied him. l explained to hin that T
had plenty of help. All the time I was
talking to him / noticed he looked very
peculiar, and was endeRvoring to smile.
When refused to employ him, he said !:
Perhaps you DO not know who am.
lie then went oil to say he was some
great prophet, religious revivalist, or i'm
portant parsonage. did not pay much
attention 10 what he said, as | saw he
was insane. He then told me he was de.
termined to have position in my Office,
and said: "If you don't give to me yoli
will be sorry left him and passed
into my private office, and the last words
l heard him say was that he had n re-.
volver. did not see the revolver, ano
do not know that he attempted to use it.
He was then taken out Of the Office, and
| never saw him again nor received any
more letters from him" p Chicago Times.
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: Fair maiden, judge not young man
by the tint of his eyes or his blooming
cheeks, but rather by the bloom of his
nose.
A Philadelphia guardian charged
5000 for administering an estate of $469.
The ward was girl, and he wan,od her
to pay him the difference out of her own
earnings. The court cut down his bill
to $85.
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g2"-ieman was recounting. in a
serious manner, his many misfortunes
ana losses within the year, naming the
nea.h nenI, OF his excellent wife among the
,r;;oer. nHnoer. And Just think" he said,
wlping away q falling tear, "only ak
S SeeSs before she died she had her teeth
n1sd aas IN applc:pie order Mt a cost of s32
""e how that has gone with the rest"
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COTTON IcKERs-From the following
patents for cotton pickers recently issued
by the United States Patent Office, we
may infer that efforts to perfect such a
machine are being persisted in:
242, for Picking and
Separating Cotton. Jas. F. Cunning.
ham, Sr., South Fork Township, Fulton
County, Ark.
242.3ol.-Cotton Picker. Williamson
Goodwin Moro, Ark.
242, ,560.-Co,ton Picker. Daniel Rug.
giles. fredericksburg, assignor To Edward
s. Ruggles, Friendland Va.
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- Twenty years ago." says colored
philosopher, "nigger5 was wuf A thou
sand dollars apiece. Now dey would be
dead at two dollars dozen. It's 'aton-
ishing how de race am deprecated"
= Newly married husband "This ia
friend of mine, my dcar-a friend of
twenty years standing" His bride !:
Good gracious. Then pray give him a
seat, for am sure he must be tired"
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them, extending their work IN India, !
China and almost all unenlightened me- |
tious. Their work, however, is tested |
more thoroughly in the annual meet |
ing reports. Though nothing but alb
solute necessities were obtained for the |!
good of the work the aggregate amount |
sent in from various fields for the purpose
of what was needful was found to be
$4,000 "The work consists" re-
marked the speaker, sin sending
out unmarried women, those who
need give their attention only to
this work who will further it by gath
ering girls into schools, by going to their
homes, by attending the mclees, where
the women are sometimes permitted to be
present by visiting the sick rooms and
building hospitals" The lady then spoke
of the efficiency of the medical work by
the Christians among the heathen, stat
ing that in a city in China where cholera
ragged and where, without proper attend
ance, from 80 to 100 died daily, Of the
many that were taken within the hospitals
and cared for not one died. In one dis
trict in the same country statistics Tor
1880 show that there were treated in the
dispensary II 1.47O and at their homes 211
patients the fees received for this SER
vice being "a rupees, or about s37, thus
showing most of the work is gratuitous.
In speaking of the need of religion, the
speaker said that from the fact that
81, 600 persons die every day in the Chi
nese empire, one cannot but see the ne
cessity of sending the gospel among these
people. From a report Of some of the
missions, read by the lady, it was seen
that the indications of growing success are
promising, the attendance to the different
societies has been good, though in the way
| of accessions of membership to the
branches the result is not SO encourlg-
ing.
At the close of her address, which was
interesting and touching, and rendered
pleasing by her choice style OF expression.
Mrs. Stevens sent around papers with the
request that the ladies of the NJ. +. church
should connect themselves with 4 branch
of the society, the dues being 81 year.
While the papers were being sent around
Mr.. Robinson, pastor Of the church made
a few remarks justfying this action in
which he said, 1.-THE proposition Of secur-
ing names1 which has been made seems to
me to be the minimum of the consumma
ton of the most encouraging anticiplticns,
since no collection is asked or money in
in any way publicly solicited
During her address, Mrs. Stevens ex-
hibited Il China leash" 4 copper coin
worth about one tenth of Il cent, t" which
Il touching story was connected. She also
showed pair of Chinese women shoes,
described the manner of compressi:tg the
growth of the foot and the terrible effects
resulting from the custom.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The Cause Presented mt the Duke Str,
(;hOrcll.

The Cause Presented mt the Duke Street
Church.
The subject Of foreign missions is of
rather mOnOtOnOuS nature from the fire.
quency Of its presentation as merely an Oh
ject for which money can be usefully en-
ployed. But it assumed a somewhat
newer phase as presented, by the dis
tinguisled Christian lady, Mrs. E. T..
Stevens. corresponding secretary of the
Philadelp phia branch of the Womcn's
Foreign mission society of the NJ. f.
church, in the Duke stree NJ. E. church
last evening, who addressed an audience
whose number was not at all cOmmensur-
ate with the worth of her lecture.
After the singing of 4 hymn and the
reading of portion of the 33d chapter
of Isaiah and prayer, Mrs. Stevens was in
troduced hy the pastor Of the church, who
remarked that " the organization to be re-
presented is the noblest and best effected
Of any connected with the church,
In her Introductory remarks the lady
said that her former visit to this place may
have passed from the minds of many, but
she was assured it had not passed from
hers She had thought she would have
very little to say to the people to night.
but in the privacy of communion with
God she Thought OF heather girls de-
pendent upon those who brought them
into being; Of heathen women, slaves to
man, doomed to be tool, fettered by
bonds which chain them in darkness who
offer sacrifices and prayers to gods that
see not and to gods that hear not =; every
hope and aspiration stifled in its birth,
and taught from infancy that they be-
long to an inferior race. And SO they put
upon their daughters the chains that have
been so CALLING to themselves. And, too,
l thought of their strange burial of the
soul gone without a hope Of redemption !;
Of the truth that they are His children,
that He died for them and SO with the
thought of speaking for the dying, how
wished to he an angel, or possess a thous-
and tongues, or stand upon an eminence
and acquire voice to sound DER all the
world.
1--WE are apt 10 forget, living among the
advantages Of so much goodness that We
are redeemed. There are heathen nations
we look down upon, and yet, when our an
cestOrs were living in privatiOns and
clothed in furs, the Chinese were decked
in silks and gaudiness.'
The speaker thought that if any one in
this lwork has willing feet and nimble
tongue it should be woman. For the most
sacred trusts given by God to any human
being have been committed to womankind,
And. 50, in the different evangelical
churches they begin to form mission soci-
cites. 81 think Of our society, formed by
nine women in 1869. how we labored, en-.
during the worst doubts and fears and of
how there are now hundreds of branches,
each having its auxiliary branches,
until thousands are spread across the con
tinent." In commenting upon the growth
of these societies the lady said that in 1869
two venturesome women went to Japan
and labored in the dissemination of the
gospel now sixty others have followed
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TWO SAHINGS.

Two sayings of the Holy Scriptures beat
Like pulses I'm the church's bow and breast
And by them we find rest in our unrest,
And heart deep in salt tears, do yet entreat
Gods fellowship, rs If on heavenly seat.
The first is " jesus wcpt," whereon Is prest
Full many a sobbins face that drops its best
And sweetest waters on the record sweet:
And one is, where the Christ, denied and
scorned,
Looked upon Peter" Oh to render plain
By help OF having loved little and mourned,
That look of sovTan love and sovran pain
Which He who could not sin. yet suffered
turned
On him who could reject but not sustain.
-EisaJeth Bar ret. BrOtUaiHg.
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DURLIC sALE.-ON MONDAY, APRIL
/ ls, 1881, will he sold at public, Mt the Key
stone Hotel, North Queen street. Lancaster
Pa, the following Personal Property, consist
ing of the entire stock and Household and
Kitchen Furniture of the Keystone Hotel, to
wit: Forty Beds and Bcdste;ldS, forty Wash
stands, lot of Bureaus. Tables, Chairs, Cup
boards. Sinks. six rarlor and Cook Stoves and
Pipe; large lot of Carpets. Mirrors, Tin.
Queens and Eurthen Ware; contents of Bar
Room. consisting OF Ear Fixtures Stove and
Pipe. Dcmijohns, NC. and other articles need
less TO mention.
Sale to commence Mt u o'clock III. on said
day, when terms will he made known by
JACOB S. EBY,
HENRY X. GRAYAILL.
JOHN REBHAN, Auctioneer.
A. C.. ILYUS, Clerk. al2l4l6l
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JOHN REBNAN, Auctioneer.
a. G. ILYUs, Clerk. al2,l4,l6d

ORPHANS COURT SALE.-PURSUANT
sold on TU UESDAY, APRIL u, 1881. ut the Key
stone Hotel. north Queen street, the following
real estate, late the property OF William Buck
irs, sr., deceased:
A one-stOry weather-boarlel DWELLING
HOUSE, No. 22s North Prince street, and lot OF
ground fronting b teet ~ inches on North
to Water street. Adjoining properties OF
Henry FRANKIE. deceased, and Gen. II. \. Ham
bright. Good Well of W ater, Fruit Trees and
other improvements.
Sale to commence ut 7E o'clock p. H., when
attendance will be given and terms made
known by CHARLES BUCklCS,
Administrator of VIM. Buckius, ST., decd.
HENRY SHUBERT, Auct. mar3O&a2,G, 13& l9i
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$500 REWARD.

BY virtue of the authority given me by the
hereby offer u reward OF Five Hundred Dol
lars for the arrest and conviction OF any party
or parties who have set ire 10 any of the buiI,i-
year, and the same reward vii! be pail for the
arrest and conviction OF uny person who may
set fire to any building in the future. >.
JNO. r. MACGONlGLE,
aprl5tfd Mayor.
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THE GROSS.

Tree, which Heaven has willed to dover
With that true fruit whence VIC live.
As that other death did give:
OF new Eden's lOveliest flower:
Bow of light. that in worst hour
Ofthe worst flOOd, signal true
Ger the world Ofmcrcy threw
Fair plant. ..yteling sweetest wine;
OF our David harp divine;
OF our Moses tables new;
Sinner am l. therefore
Claim upon thy mercies make,
Since alone for sinners sake
God on thee endured to die.
Trench from the Spanish cf Cd,deroa.
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NOTICE To CITY ROND HOLDERS
~ The holders OF Loans of the City of Lam
caster OF April = !s72 payable by the city after
payable in 1850: Of May Z: 1875, payable after
one year and within thirty years; of April II,
1873, payable after one year and within thirty
the said city, issued at the the times specified,
Will DC redeemed at the Mayors Oftce with
interest up to SATURDAY, the twenty-third
day OF APRIL. 1851. Interest ON the above
bonds after that date Will cease.
JNO. T. MAcGONIGLE,
apr2 eOd taa2 Mayor.
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laIlaster fntelliQencer.
SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 10. 1881.


THE NEW BIkTH.
Tho Spectator.
Sod spake in q voice Of thunder,
OF old from Sinai's hill:
And the mystic words OF wonder
Thrill the believer still.
He sees in the vault above him.
With the eye OF faith alone,
Gemmed round by the souls that love him,
The great Creators throne.
He sees-in the day Of danger
The column OF cloud that led
From the land OF tho alien stranger
His Israel whom He ted;
And knows, though his footsteps wander
Astray in twilight land,
That his home Is building yonder,
By the one unerring hand.
Me sees-in the night of peril
The pillar of fire that shone
From the halls of pearl and beryI,
To light Gods children on;
And feels that straight from heaven,
When the eye of sense grows dim,
Shall a grander sight be given
To all who trust in Him.
On the page of the mighty Ocean
He reads the Mightier still,
Who curbs its restless motion
BY the law of His royal will;
And while in its course diurnai
1t murmurs, or sings, or raves,
He lists to the voice Eternal,
In the language Of the waves.
lie marks in the plants around him
The thrObs OF q life their own,
While the. wOrdless worlds that bound him
Whisper their untertOne.
From the hawk and the hound yet clearer
He hears the secret fall,
Which near to him and nearer
Brings the great God ofall.
In the leaves that blow ana perish
In the space of a single hour.
As the loves that most we cherish
Die like the irailest fOwer--
In the living things whose living
Withcrs or e'cr they bloom,
lie reads of the great Thanksgiving
Which brcathes from the open tomb.
The bright spring leaves returning,
To the stem whence autumn's fell
And the heart OF summer burning.
To change at the winters spell
The year that again repasses,
The grain that again rcvives,
Are signs on the ,lirlscncI glasses
That bar and bound our lives.
Iknow how the glass must darken
To my vision more and more,
When the weak ear strains to hearkcn,
When the faint eye glazes Der;
But the glass shall melt and shiver.
Once kissed By the fighting breath,
Aud tho light beyond the River
Shines full in the face OF Death.
Strong set in Il strong affection,
We look to the golden prime,
When Il niyhtier Resurrection
Shall burst on the doubts OF time;
And the thoughts OF all the sages,
Like the waves of the frctful main,
Al the base of the Rock Of Ages
Shall foam and fume in vain.
Herman IMe,irate.
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IRREGULARITIES.

Whereas, the alarming prevalence of inccn.
diary fires in our midst, and the boldmess OF
citizens. especially the holders and owners of
property. to be vfgilant and to assist by their
individual efforts to bring these outlaws to
gOings and cUnlings of suspected persons in
their immediate respective neishborho"is,
and give early and authentic information to
cumstances in the habits or conduct OF such
suspected individuals likely to fastei upon
them the perpetration OF 80 hefnous crime
patrol in their respective wards, must neces-
sariIy afford very Inadequate protection
against the cunning of the incendiary. unless
their efforts are supplemented by those OF our
citizens. / therefore call upon all interested
in preserving order. in the preservation OF
tranquility, to contribute to these ends by un
usual vigilance over the immediate vicinity OF
their respective abOdes.
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AN OPEN AVOWAL.

Certainly no sane man in or out of the pro-
tession would dispute the apparent TACT that
r. 4. BAkNUM'S GREATEST SHOW ON
AITH and THE GREAT LONDON CIRCUS,
before the present consolidation. were each in
divilualiy unequaled in every appointment
necessary to make up perfect exhibition.
The unprecedented popularity and the unus-
uul success OF both more than attestJ this
truth. Then, with the admission which every
honest man is compelled to make, il it not
just us significantly apparent that the harmO-
niOus union OF bOth establishments multiplies
their strength and nttractivenesS twOfOld, and
that they pre- now many times larger than any
other twain OF the Biggest Shows on Earth :?
We have little hope that this experimental
season will prove Il very great financial sue
cess to us, because OF the tremendous cxpen ses
attending such Il colossal combination but.
shOuld any loss occur. We are able to stand ii,
and shall experience lively satisfaction in the
gratifying knowledge that we have presented
TO Il liberal and critical public-Our friends
fully three times the grandest and greatest
tented exhibition ever before organized, and
which can never, probably, again have its
parallel.
The Public's Faithful Friends,
P.T. EARNUM, j. A. BAILEY L
J.. l.. HUTCHINSON.