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The Educational Committee reported. The
Rev. c. w. Pretryman was appointed to
preach the missionary sermon next year,
and w. W. W. Wilson to preach the tenn
perancc sermon. The !.evS. Mr.. Van Burk-
tlow, j. r. Williams G. w. prettyinan and
G.. :. G:,sSncr were elected trustees OF the
Conference Academy; the HrvS. Willis,
Rig, -Aldred, MatlacE, Qui@g, Martint'alc
and Todd We're elected delegates to the
National Temperance Convention, 10 be held
in Saratoga on June u. The present Off
GERS of the Conference Education Society
were elected. Visitors Were appointed as
follows To Wesleyan Female College: Hill,
Avery, Prof. Reynolds, Prof Groves; to
Conference Academy, Hubbard, f. =. Al
dred, DIR. T. y. Needles, john +. Dawson.
To Dickinson College W. i. Davis, Chase,
II. {. Conrad, j. I. Matthews. To Drew
seminary, G. w. Miller, j. y. g. Wilson.
70 Centenary Biblical Institute, James +.
Bryan, Is. +. Price, Thomas Mal.alieu, ii.
e. Dodson.
The report of the Board of Church Exten-
sion was read, showing an increase i'll the
receipts over last year Of one-tllird.
For twelve years the receipts We're, H.
So 81; the disbursements within the bounds
of this conference, $500. This collection
was taken from among all of the charges
except four.
The donat ions during the year were S21J
to Wilmington, and $50 to Greenwood. The
-,
credit OF the conference is 81 ,G9l.i9,
The amount collected This year is 1924. -
The committee to whom WAS referred the
charges against the Rev. Isaac y. Foreman.
after IL careful and exhaustive consideration
of the case, decided that the charges We're
not Sustained. This Judgment acquits him
and conrnues him in his present conference
relations.
The Committee on Resolutions on Catho-
licism: for Maryland. MILKY, nruwnr. vii
son, j. Adams: for Delaware, Guigg, Hunt
CT, G. Hill. Caldwell, Murray.
The vote WAS then taken for the place Of
holding coliterente next year. Middletown
received Is votes, ami Cambridge, ii; 50
Middletown was selected
\ vote of thanks was taken IL the people
of Lewes, trustees of the church, railroad
| corporations, etc.
\ committee WAS appointed 10 arrange
for the conference exercises of next year,
/ consisting of Matlack, Martindalc and Mur-
ray.
! The appointments were made, as follows:
WILMlNGTOS DISTRICT
l.. c. Matlack, p. f.; Wilmington City,
ASbury, Charles Hi: Brandywine, John
SHILLING: Epw"rth, Edward Davis: Grace,
q. w. Miller; Malelry, r. y. ii D'Bren:
Scott, p. II. EawlinS: ST. ranl'>, NJ. A..
richards; Mon. Adam Strngle. Bethel
and Glasgow, l.. W. Laytirld; Chnrle>t"wr,
J. W. Ha:nmer>ley: Cherry Hill, y l.
White; Chesapeake City, l.. j. Cochran,
Chester, w. Is Gregg: Tiaviaon' IN he sup
pii,'d; Chri tiant. u. +. Wat,delli Delaware
Citr. ". +. Talhnr: Elkruli. W. l.. Avery
FIX Nrrk. &, $, C"nowav; Nj. L"ha"'n
V ushn Smith, Mt Salem, I. L. T"inkin-
soil; Newark and Wesley, John France;
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.FF-I.. i. Smith, of Farihluit Mimi,
~ayS:-I ana still wearing an ''nuly l.un"
Pad" and it has helped me; | intend 10
have another of extra strength soon.-Sec
Adv.
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/ Excess over last year ...........S 1919
Appnltiolllurnt for the year, -, 800.
| Atll o'clock the church was crowded, ON
the occasion of tliemenurial services. Rev
! Mr. HAYNES read Il memoir II the memory
of VIM. Crir and addresses were made 10y
Ervs. Brindle, Cooper, Gregg, Ayers, Mar
tiudalc. Barton, Houston aud Bishop. Rev
Mr. HAYNES also read Inc service in memory
of VIM. J. Balm. AMI addresses were made
hy Rrvs W. r. Davis ard Williams. Rev.
r. l.. TnmpkiuSuu read III" memoir a.;
Thomas +. Pummer. and touching address
t,s We're delivered by Res. &. w. Miller and
j. NJ. Williams, j. NJ. Bryan read the
memoir Of Mrs Belle VI. Chase, wife of T.
w Chase. aud addresses were made hy
Revs. Houston and England.
In the evening the temperance meeting
was held. The church WAS crowded. every
| available space being occupied. and through
ont the whole of the exercises the audience
remained quiet and strictly attentive. Rev.
j. Ii. Caldwell occupied the chair, and the
first speaker of the evening was Rev. &. w.
Miller, of Grace Church, Wilmington. This
address was Il most earnest and eloquent
one. He WAS followed ny Rev. y. w. Light
bourne in Il good and fcrvent address.
SUNDAY.
In the morning all the churches were well
filed. AT tll.: Methodist Church III the
morning. Bishop Bowman delivered; = mas
terlv sermon, taking his text from the sec
1, ,T, Ia, I-,,,,,,
slams: ''T"r he is our peace who had mad"
both one and hath broken down the middle
wall of partition between us.
At the same church, in he afternoon, Rev.
MI Richardson preached, taking fer his
text the second verse Of the second chapter
FIRST Corinthians.
At night, Rev. Mr.. Miller, preached there,
taking his text from the fourteenth VERSE Of
the second chapter of Titus.
At the Presbyterian Church in the morn
ing, Rev. \. W. Lightbourne delivered 4
polished sermon on the text: - Wherefore
by their fruits ye shall know them.
In the evening, Rev. j. Nj. Williams
preached from the twrnty-sixih chapter and
twenty-eighth verse of Acts.
After the morning service, the following
ieaco,iS were ordained: Uin :. Walton,
! Princess Anne, Somerset county, Md; &. y.
Grice. lIopewell, Somerset county, Md; Jul
liuS Dodd, Harrington, Del: j. NJ. Lin,lalr,
Denton, Md: and Francis 3. Qnigley,
Church Creek, Dorchester county, Md.
The following We're ordained elders Of the
,ttrruonn service. w w W VI iisnu Snow
Hill, Md: Walter L. Avery, Horklaud, Del;
+. c. Atkins, GaleStswn, Dorchester county,
Md. Lewis L. Andrew, Camden, bel: and
j. ID. G. Hanna, Port Deposit, Cecil county,
Md.
MONDAY.
Reports We're presented from the commit
tees on Tracts and Temperance, Freedmen :
and Ehuction, Fin nee and Woinan'> For
riuu Missionary Snretv. The following Is
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PhiIa,, VIII. ard Bali, Railroad.

Trans ia.vc NDrtR rat Station. as follows:
For IlaltiinuTc. For Philadelphia.
LIST Train . 70 A. NJ lst Train....... s.l7 ~ NJ
md ......... 5. Is T.. n md - ......... hi2
3ri - ......... II A. ;:rd - 90l r. NJ
The $50 p NJ. train t" Philadelphia runs daily.
including Sunday.
GEO. W. COSDEN.
S.anlSSII Agent.
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The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich

Will send their celebrated Electro Noltac
Belts 20 the afflicted uron 80 DAYS trial.
Speedy cures guaranteed. They mean what
they say. Write To them wiihnut delay.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-03-26

Malt BitterS are y Brain, Nerve
and Blood food, peculiarly adapted TO- and
warmly recommended hv, our 'iruggiS SIS and
physicians far General Debility, Mental and
Physical Exhaustion, HvSterin, Nervous
ness, SleepleEeSS. Emariation. and Dropsy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-03-26

-" 4 full stock of Carriages and Bu"-
giles, Harness. Collars, Brides, Hame; NJ
Traces, Ne, fer sale cheap. i. Wlrwo"TH.
~ Brooms and Brushes arc oheNn at
RECESS,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-03-26

@" HANDSOME Prints and GiaEhams.
Lots of 'em, at ,ow prices, at REEsE's.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-03-26
Gratis, a 6-Page Catalogue,

IIONTAINING much valuable infor-
Y ! nation: also a list of Peaches with rotation
in ripenin". and list of Southern or long kcIT.-
ing Apples. a mutt much needed here. ,o'.
fruit grower should this list of aI;u- and buy
no more Of the New ork or y s.tern varieties to
plant here FOR Winter r,.'ie-, Tor grown here they
are not Winter 'Taa
Raspberry. with II tui. line OF Nursery stock, at
Greatly reduced prices. Also.
RECEIPT FOR 4 WASH FOR TRIES.
which will drive ont horcrS il III IL. peach, ounce.
apple and ash, and not onc-halI the time cost in
applying il as to reIn.ro with . knife, and ii APP
ahd n... ,.iie peach tree die with the yeUws where
thousands die annually now.
Send postal card Tor catalogue Call and see
stock. All orders sent by mail rec i've careful
attention. RANDOLPH p. TIERS,
Nov s-am Wilmington, delaware,
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o-zss-. ,beetiucs aud Shirtings, Towels,
,rn,.,,,.,',. AMI Tickings, Table Linens
and N,nkins. Vows the time to buy
Them rn H and REESE has them. Cheap all
aIoar The Ilnc. you may BE- sure.
.,z,,-,,,, ,.o,urrof Main and Bridge streets
is Ir,ln',arrer, for the Iron Age C"!,ivat"r,
The Oliver cnlI~l ri'w and the s'!dr1"NTr
'''''' L. w ITWnErH.
sTWa are Offering few pieces Of
Ladies' seasonal,le Dress Eoo's' az u
cents per yard that are wen VOL: JEW. :" '''
the money
.wA fine stock Of EnHsieS and lump
~ Ctriiagr, at prices ',,''' IVY
ton. L.
ay-Cpme to the front and bring your
pocket book. if YOU want c"e"P Soo.'.
" = aie "'' REESE.
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rs,"rh. midnight marau'Ier should not
-. I,..J from our dwelling amy more
qnirkly tnIlr should II ''"s or '%ih Of Ian. any
Cnn.h syrup quietly Yet rostiv"iy places
al I',Js uuarr its control. Price - eeutN.
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NOM DAY.

Eeports We're presented from the commit
tees on Tracts and Temperance, freedmen'>
and Ehuction, Fin ,nce and Wonan'> For
eign Missionary Society. The following is
the report of the Finance Committee:
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SALISBURY DISTRICT.
New Railroad to Philadelphia.

SALE OF THE DELAWARE " ESTE.:N ROAD
IT'S PURCHASE Bl THE BALTIMORE AND
Quo RtIi.tDAD-SURVl:v OF TIE MEN
LINE BEGUN.
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Total for distribution this year. 81, 54i.So
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-07-21
Eggs VS.. Meat.

Would it not be wise to substitute more
eggs for meat in our daily diet? About one
third the weight of an egg is solid nutri-
ment. This more than can be said of meat
There are no bones no tough pieces, that
have to be laid aside. 4 good egg is made
up of ten parts shell, sixty parts white and
thirty parts yelk. The white of an egg con-
tains sixty-six per cent. water, the yelk fifty
two per cent. Practically an egg is animal
food, and yet there is none of the disagree
able work of the butcher necessary to obtain
it. The vegetarians of England use eggs
freely, and many of these men are eighty
and ninety years old, and have been remark
ably free from illness. Eggs are best when
cooked four minutes. This takes away the
animal taste that is offensive to some but
does not harden the white or yelk so as to
make them hard to digest. An egg if cooked
very hard is difficult of digestion except by
those of stout stomaches; such eggs should
be eaten with bread and masticated very
finely. An egg spread on toast is food fit for
q king, if kings deserve any better food than
anybody else, which is doubtful. Fried eggs
are less wholesome than boiled ones. An
egg dropped into hot water is not only q
clean and handsome, but delicious morsel.
Most people spoil the taste of their eggs by
adding pepper and salt. A little sweet but
ter is the best dressing. Eggs contain much
phosphorus, which is supposed to be useful
to those who use their brains much.-Pouitry
ReUieio.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-07-21
FORGIVE AND FORGET.

When dark mist, of passion calm reason have
shroudcd
lnd words Of ill-tecling give rise to regret,
On pray that the heart be serene and unclouded,
and IuiIcd by the prcccpt Forgive aud Forget -
though deadly the whisper that blights reputation,
and hard be the struggle to cancel the debt;
An think on the insults that bought us salvation
hedeemer-lIkc, try To Forgive and Forget
though bitter the feeling when friendship cher
ishcd
I Iias proved an illusion with dangers besct-
lh"uEh lco dearest treasures have suddenly
pcrishcd
with charity, loving, Forgive and Forget
li9w i9w pleasant the feeling how pure the devotion,
% "hsl aecp-Scated hatred by friendship is met.
iyl 1nu oil VIII arise IA responsive emotion,
"heh enemies see nS Forgive and Forget
n Mvlusc not forgiveness, when rancor is sleeping,
men tears of contrition the eyelds shall wct
rI r9r 'od Is offended! bright angels are weeping,
""eh mortal~ refuse to Forgive and Forget.
rG TGGr youth sunny days if adversely lowers,
nt:'rt VIII he peaceful though troubles may fret,
,r flu NE he series of rosy winged hours,
" ruitd 10y the maxim Forgive and Forget.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-07-21
arm Work.

ne County granger is credited with
loiio"hg discourse on farm labor ::
''O'Ac farmers want a man to work all. day
na,l "nu all ngh,, but that amt me. l have
2n,i asked man to get out of bed before
oros. never. | allus give man three
det Sr"'elS s ol an hour at noon, unless the hogs
cor,; ouI Or cattle break in or shower is
2Iann Ins up. After a man has worked right
leas+s hlr lVr hne hours his system wants at
onit t' n1IL an hour to brace up in. They don't
am am mofk on some farms till o'clock, but !
tell NJ such slaye-driyer. At half-past Z l
tOan an'y man to knock off. All that he has
GhIoo sller that is to feed the stock, cut a
mill %ooo, NOV some grass for the horses,
starr iour COWS, fill up the water-trough,
a ev SMudge in the smoke house and pull
hired weeds IN the garden. / never had a
and tbai man who didn't grow fat at my work,
hal. ao allus left me feeling that they hadn't
u' earned their wages.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-07-21
ELLSWORTH'S DEATH.
Grief of President LIncOln-- His Letter
to EIlsWOrth's Parents.

In an account of the death of Col. Ephraim
Z. Ellsworth, in Alexandria, Va, on May "A
1861, by the hand of the tavern-keeper Jack
son, furnished the Philadelphia Times by
Capt. Frank +. Brownell, his avenger occurs
the following:
1T was only short time, however, when
Il message came that the President wished
to see me at the engine house. I went.
There was no one but the President Captain
Fox, of the Navy, and the undertaken. Mr..
Lincoln was walking up and down the floor
very much agitated. He was wringing his
hands, and there was, I thought, the trace of
tears upon his cheek. He did not appear to
notice my entrance at first. Lifting the cloth
from the face of the dead man, he exclaimed
with depth OF pathos l shall never forget ::
MY boy, my boy! Was it necessary this
sacrifice should be made" After awhile he
made me relate the whole occurrence in de-
tail. l had scarcely finished before Mrs.
Lincoln came, and | was again asked to re-
peat the story Of the tragedy to her. The
following letter from Mr.. Lincoln to the par
ents of Ellsworth has, believe never been
i'll print:
In the untimely loss of your noble son
our atfiiction here is scarcely less than your
own. So much OF promised usefulness to
ones country and of bright hopes to ones
self and friends have rarely been so suddenly
darkened as i'll his fall. In size and years
and youthful appearance Il boy, his power
to command men was surprisingly great.
This power, combined with fine intellect
and indomitablc energy and {. taste alto
gether military, constituted in him, as seem
ed to me, the best natural talent in this de-
partment | ever knew. And yet he was sin
gularly modest and differential in social in
tercourse. My acquaintance with him began
less than two years ago, yet through the lat
ter half of the intervening period it was as
intimate as the disparity of our ages and my
engrossing engagements would permit. To
me he appeared to have no indulgences OF
pastimes, and l never heard him utter q
protane or incorporate word. What was
more conclusive of his good heart, he never
forgot his parents. The honors he labored
for so laudably, and i'll the sad end so gal
lantly gave his life, he meant for them no
less than for himself. In the hope that it
may be no intrusion on the sacredness of
your sorrow, have ventured to address this
tribute to the memory of my young friend
and your brave and early-tallen child. May
God give you the consolation which is be-
yond all earthly power. Sincerely your
friend in common affiictiOn,
A. LINCOLN.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-07-21
4 Rare Medal Duplicated.

A telegraph dispatch in yesteday's Ners
stated that on removing an old chimney an
old colored man found firmly imbedded III
mortar medal awarded to the Duke OF
Cumberland On one side of the medal, con-
tinues the description, is battle scene, with
the inscription, rebellion is justly y reward.
ed.n and below that, 'Culloden, 16 Ap, TAG"
On the other side is figure in bas-relieI OF
the Duke, with name and date OF birth rms
relic is now in the hands of A. NJ. Howard,
Powhatan Court House 1t is regarded by
those who have seen it as the original medal
awarded by the British government to the
old hero. :,
To-day Mr.. Isaac Pincus, of this city, called
at the Neps office and exhibited an exact
duplicate of the medal referred to. 1t has
been in his possession year, and until he
had seen the article in yesterdays issue OF
tbis journal he believed himself to be the
possessor of the only medal of this kind in
existence. The piece owned by MIR. Plnens
is somewhat larger than trade dollar and is
in am excellent state of preservation, the
words and figures being clear and distinct
Philadelphia Evening Neacs.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-07-21

Grandma sat at the window one fine after
noon, knitting. In group, Oh the ground
below, sat three little boys dressed in blue
sailor suits, red stockings and polo caps.
What nice looking little boys" thought
grandma.
Presently up jumped one little boy and
said, Come ON, fellows, let's play something" !"
"All right" said another boy, One -old-cat."
Then they all ran into the house.
Dear me- said grandma, Il thought they
were good boys but they seem to be going
to tease pussy
In few minutes they came back. One Of
them carried large club. while another had
something which grandma, who could not
see very well, took to be q stone.
"Oh, what cruel boys thought the old
lady. Its bad enough to tie things to
cats tail; but to beat her with club and to
throw stones at her is worse still
"I'll be pitcher" shouted one of the boys.
There" said grandma, "he says he'll pitch
her Who would believe that boys in red
stockings and blue suits could be SO cruel ~
iii be inner cried another boy
"Inner!' said grandma, What does that
mean? Some new expression, / have no
doubt, which | never before heard; but an
old lady of eighty years can't be expected to
keep with the times. It's something dread
fill, of course
But what was the old lady's surprise when
the boys threw aside their blue jackets and
two of them began to throw the "stone" back
and forth, one to the other, while the third
boy stood between striking at it as it flew
through the air, and sometimes hitting it and
sometimes not. There they stayed all the
afternoon, doing the same thing.
l.
spectacles and looking more closely, Il de-
clare! they're only playing ball, after ALL
Well, Pm glad they're not SO cruel as
thought them. They are such pretty little
boys, and have such pretty red stokings too!"
But" she said, after long pause, there
is still one thing that troubles me: Where is
the 'Old cat ?'n
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-07-21
Butterflies Of Fashion.
Albany Times


Perhaps there is no one subject concerning
which more drivel and nonsense has been
written than the sO-called "frivolities' of wo-
men who are leaders i'll fashionable society.
Persons of limited experience, who know no
more about fashionable life than Hottentot
does Of Greek. rush into the newspapers and
exhaust the vocabulary of invective against
the useless Eves' led by women of social
prominence. Picking out two or three in
stances of foolish women who arc as insight
icant in that sphere of life, in which per-
haps accident has placed them, as their
would-be critics are in journalism, they draw
the conclusion that because a woman is
wealthy, has cultivated tastes, refinement of
feeling, and is !; leader in her own circle, she
is therefore a worthless member of society
a burden to herself and to those of her house
hold. The novel, the poodlc-dog, the nights
spent at balls and parties and the days de-
voted to bed, the habitual selt-indulgence,
and the careless Indifference to the rights
and feelings of others, have all been decanted
upon, ad nauseam, as inseperable from the
contemplation of Il woman of fashion.
Writers of this kind of trash have no infu-
ence over intelligent and thinking people,
but are apt to mislead the ignorant, and en-
bitter the poor and unfortunate against those
whom fortune or accident of birth has placed
in a higher sphere OF life.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-07-21
Helena, Montana, Thursday, July II, 1881.
What is MythOIosy.
John Fiske. in July Atlantic

i"" flske, III July Atlantic
on the one hand, philology has shown
.iial myth Is an attempt to explain some
l''urai phenomenon by endowing with hu-
man feelings and capacities the senseless
iac'ols .! tnc phenomenon, as when the an
Gent Hindoo explained a thunder storm as
ln1 sillting OIL NrItra by the unerring shafts
VI ihoIa' Oh the other hand, brief survey
Oh oarbarc superstitions has shown how mn
cultured man, by the best use he conld mako
OF MS rude common sense, has invariably
come to regard all objects as endowed with
souls, and all nature as peopled with super-
human entities shaped after the general nat
tern OF humanity Thus is suggested nat
ural mode of genesis for tho STsonifcations
OF which mythology is made up. As the
Moslem camel-driver regards the deadly
slmoon as malignant demon. so we need
not wonder that the Greeks in prehistoric
times should have personified the wind as
Hermes, or the sun as an unerring archer. or
an inVlncible hero. When we know that
some people believe that pots and kettles
nave souls that live hereafter, there is not
much difficulty in understanding how other
people may have deified the blue sky as the
sire OF gods and men. We see, moreover.
tlat these personlfylng stories are not para
ples or allegorles, but sober explanations of
natural phenomena. Where we have re-
course to some elaborate scientific theorum.
the ancient was content with telling myth.
It IS only after ages OF philosophizing that
1t begins to seem plausible to regard the
clouds as masses of watery vapor suspended
III the atmosphere, or the moon as a great
planetary body covered with extinct vOlca-
noes. In primeval times it was much sim
pier to call the cloud Il rock, or a huge bird,
or Centaur, and to burn incense to the
moon as the chaste goddess Artemis, of the
silver bow Thus the study of mythology
when pursued on the wide scale indicated
IN the present paper, throws light of no un-
certain character OH the thoughts and men
tai habits Of primitive men, as well as Oh
countless superstitious beliefs and customs
which have survived i'll relatively high
stages of culture. And perhaps there is no
better evidence of the profoundly philosophic
character of contemporary scholarship than
the pains which it is taking to investigate
methodically the legends and sayings which
formerly were either thought unworthy of
serious study, or were treated as subjects for
idle and arbitrary speculation.