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Oratory in The Pulpit.

Why do not our preachers study
oratory? As preachers, not pastors,
their business is to work certain eli.
feet. and all helps to its production it
should be q part Of their education to
learn. ! presume shall not be mis-.
understood to mean the effect Of dis.
playing self, and winning admiration
for personal gifts. What the true
preacher seeks to do is to inform the
intellect with Christian truth !; to stir
the heart, and thereby influence the
will Of bis hearers. Half the ser.
mons annually preached are, so far as
human insight goes, waste OF labor
and breath. Two things partly &C.
count for this: one Is that q majority
of the men set to preach are out Of
their real vocation good pastors thew
may be. but lit preachers they are not;
another 10 that those with more anti
tude for preaching do not yet under
stand the means to be Employed to at.
tain their object. 81
Sometimes the preacher has some
conception Of the needs Of human ma
ture, and knows that the truest truths
fail to move when put before men in a
dull. dry way; perhaps he does his best
to acquire . good style and succeeds in
making an ably-written discourse. But
when he comes into his pulpit to give
It to his people, where Ii the impression
Il should produce? What becomes of
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Choice Selections,

-In6delity is the joint offspring Of
an irrelig ious temper and unholy spec
ulation, employed not in examining tho
evidences Of Christianity, but in de-
tecting the vices and imperlections Of
protesting Christians. - Robert Hall. y =
God makes US brave to meet each loss Ia
Without sigh; $40 ttt,.if,.f -.
TO do our work and bear our cross,
Nor question why. ''ia' Fl; 81 s,i
He knows the secret OF our way.' 'ird Ie'!'p
And what IL best: t.a,
Thelong. dark eorroxa pulse with praise,
And lead 70 rest. .a.1 f.,
Bishop Coke, in 3 recently.pub.
]ished paper, speaks Of persons who,
with jeweled fingers, will give tencents .
to foreign mission, and then sing: =
Love s0amasing, % divine ,.',.s sl4..tss.
Demands my heart, my life, my oil"
The Gturchn,an fears that the Bish,-.' "
op has put the sum contributed too
high. tste Iat'''' .'i IA l,sl'i'e.
1t is q peculiarly Of Christianity To-
lay stress on little things. Il cares 3
more for quality than quantity One
man ''may bestow all his gyods to. feed :.
the poor" and yet the Gospel shall
pronounce him devoid Of love to Ills
neighbor, and of less account than the
poor widow who puts Her two mites in
to the treasury 81 God. Il Il not allow
much have you done?'' but I'm what
spirit have you acteda'' not. aHow
longF' but ''How wellF..--J. r. Clarke.
1T Is we'll to listen to practical ser.
mons sometimes, something that covers
our everyday needs. Cresds and doc
trines are very well in their places, but
the Gospel has practical meanings as
well, and should be expounded In. . q
practical manner. 1t thus comes near.
or to US in our daily work, and We ere
benefited more than when we listen to
t'owery and practical themes. II pas
tors would bear this in mind, and occa-
sionally give their people sermon Of
this kind, it would prove beneficial to
them. -Metnodtst keeoroer. @
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A Valuable Invention.

Mr.. Fleass Ia. recently given At Ports.
mouth, before officers Of tic Admiralty,
an exhibition Of his new diving dress and
apparatus for enabling persons to live
and work in noxious gases. A diving
dress and helmet are only used by Nj.
Fleuss for the sake Of warmth, and per-
sonal comfort when below tho water,
neither being In any way necessary to
enable him 70 breathe. He carries be.
low with him the raw material oflife, In
tho shape Of . supply Of concentrated
oxygen contained in small reservoir
Or tank which be slings over his shoulder
like . knspsack. At every respiration
he draws from his stock BY means Of q
tube and mouthpiece; the exhausted
gas, after being strained through Q
sponge saturated with caustic soda, re-
turns to replenish the tank, the impure
ingredients alone being permitted to e.
cape. In this Wy the diver can remain
under water three or four hours, and
can penetrate into situations which are
impossible to the ordinary diver,
who b Compolled 20 DRAG 4
Heightened pipe It every stop,
and Is always liable to the dan.
ger Of getting ontapgled with
the means which supply him With sir.
Ar. Fleuss descended into the steam
basin. which he t1sversed from end "a
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Twilight.

There are hours which only the
Christian can truly enjoy-the evening
and morning twilights; and I. have
sometimes thought it was test of the
Christians standing with God, how
those hours passed. - ''''
/ heard q man say once, "Light the
candles; cannot bear the twilight!'
Oh, poor and weary soul! what reminis-
cences had robbed that priceless hour
Of rest, that you dared not breathe its
sweetness-what memories Of the past,
to which Christ had not spoken peace
and for which as yet no balm in Gilead
had been foundP To the Christian. the
feeling is, I'D" -''f'@.>'''ai' tF'
~ love to steal awhile away;" "a a." ID
but not so to the wording. Weari-
ness. care, anxiety-these are ,, the
crowding guests that throng the hour
when the sun goes softly down and the
twilight calls for prayer. '''
And the morning hours-the break Of
day! To the soul Gained In God, 1t ID
the sweetest and hottest of moments;
thanksgiving for the past, gratitude for
the nights repose; reflection over the
coming days affairs, and calm and
quiet arrangement of alt its require
ments under the protecting eye Of God!
A Christian certainly has this world
and the world to come. God has
promised it-though they come with
tribulations. All. how easily is that
word understood! how one drop Of the
Divine grace makes oil things sweet;
how to the troubled soul the hills put
on new gladness, the skies new light,
when Christ smiles in upon US and tho
Holy Spirit enlig CITIZENS our souls.
And the morning twilight to the
worldly! What thoughts flash back
uron their memories that the night
slumbers for . moment have hushed !;
for the soul does not grow old without
many sorrows, many regrets, even to
the best Of 10 all. Therefore, whose
ever is wise, let him make his peace
with Christ, that He may give him tho
Morning STAR" and tho twilight glad.
ess.-GoIIen R9ls. sf. .,,4.1'4 no
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The New Commandment.

lister Of q retired parish in the Vale of
Anworth, on the shores of Galloway,
Scotland, was the celebrated Samuel
kutherford-the great religious oracle
OF the Covenanters and their adherents.
1t was, as all readers of his letters will
remember. the spot which he most
loved on earth-the very swallows and
sparrows which found their nest in the
church of Anworth were, when far
away, the objects of his aftectionate en-
w. Its hills and valleys were witness.
es OF his ardent devotion when living
they still retain his memory with I'M
shaken fidelity. 1t is one OF the tradi-
tions cherished on the spot that on .
certain Saturday evening, at one of
those family gatherings, whence, in the
language of the great Scottish poet,
..Old Scotia's glory springs" when
rutherford was catechizing his chill
dren and servants, q stranger knocked
at the door of the manse, like the young
English traveller in the romance which
has given fresh life to those hills in
our own day, and begged shelter for
the night. The minister kindly re-
ceived him, but asked him to take his
place among the family and assist at
their religious exercises. 1t so CHANGED
that the question in the catechism
which came to the strangers turn
was that which asks how many com.
mandments are there, and he answered
eleven. "Elevenr' exclaimed Ruther-
1Ord; III am surprised that g person Of
your age and appearance should not
know better. What can YOU mean?'
The stranger answered: "A new CON-
mandment l give unto you, that ye love
one another d I have loved you, that
ye also love one another. By this shall
oil men know that ye are nv disciples,
If ye love one another" Rutherford
was much impressed by the answer, and
retired to rest.
The next morning he rose, according
to his wont, to mediate upon the ser.
vices of the day. The old mause of
Anworth stood-its place is still pointed
out in the corner of green field
u:u9: '''0 n'll-e,u,' anu tnence q long,
wlnang' wo0ded walk, still called
Rutherford's Walk, leads to the parish
cnulcn. I9rougn tins glen he was
passing aaa' as ne threaded his way
through the thicket. he heard among
me trees the voice OF tho stranger at
ms !. morning. devotlons The elevation
=. .ne se an ana OF the expires.
n S,ous ~ 'ns Stranger sPrayerc convinced
hu1aerlord mat ne could be no COM
mon mo man; he accosted him. and then
"a" taa ~ .sss CONFESSED oa TO him that he
w no ONE. snsa tne great divine and
scnvlal' A1cn3'shop Usher. the primate
OF tine church OF Ireland -0ne Of the
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international sunday.sches, Lessons.
THIRD QUARTER.

Aug. 1.-THE Mamma. Exodus 10: + 8
Aue. So-Ine commandments Exodus %: Ill
sept !-The Commandment Exodus 1O:ls.2l
Sept. 1l-ldolatry Punished ExoduS 3:St3
Sept. l6-Review Of the Lossons
Sept 4-Temperanc0 I Con. o:a4A
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04

Syracuse Sunday Times.
It is believed that Roscoe secured Platts
resignation by giving him stick of candy
and promising to take him to the circus
Phi1a7elphia Chr0n5cte.
Ioui willie paraphrasing of modern slang
$40 You smoke in the park ?" Eyes, [
smoke in the park, if it's after dark, and Z m
on a lark. Have you seen the shark ?''
An excited old maid in a importance lodge
few evenings since read an original poem
entitled, 1.-The lips that touch liquor shall
never touch mine,'' and the young men
present gave her three cheers.-Neao York
Star.
Artful: She-''I had such horrid dream
last night, dearest Whatever do you think
it WASP" Hs-tDon't know, my love, I'm
sure" She-''Why, dreamt that you were
not going to take me to the boat race this
year. Just fancy. Judy.
A man went through the bankruptcy court.
He had owned fine horse and gig, and they
both disappeared for time, but by and by
the horse and gig were doing service for the
this meant, the mans reply was: s'I went
through the bankruptcy court, but the horse
and gig went round"
"Dovey," he said, ct think / was telling
you after came home last night about the
necessity of some retrenchment in our ex-
penditures, was I not ?' ''Well, really, I've
forgotten John" she answered nonehalant-
ly; turn on the phonograph and see." He
turned it on and all it said was "Whazzer
)-mazzer? Whazzer maz-
zer ?'- Chicago Tribune
The complaint that a man who has been
President of the United States cannot find
any proper employment afterwards is rather
disgusting IAN ex-President," says the
Cincinnati Enquirer, Cannot turn his hand
to anything. He is surrounded by an at
mosphere of dignity. Who would want to
see an ex President driving milk wagon ?
A great many people in Chicago would like
to see an ex President driving milk wagon
in case he would get around on time and not
water the milk. The people of this city are
rich, but they are not proud. Chicago Iat-
bn2e
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04
COMMUNICATIONS.
Complaint by Sufferer From Youthful


Complaint by Sufferer From Youthful
Pirates.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER:
Will you kindly allow one who has been
many times a sufferer from the lawlessness
of children who frequent Wooster street to
inquire if We are to have no protection !?
AS lover OF flowers and cheerful giver of
the same to those who courteously ask for
them, we do most earnestly protest against
having our fruit trees broken and plants and
shrubs robbed of their beauty Sunday after
Sunday. One of my neighbors has just had
a very fine peony despoiled of many brilliant
blossoms even after giving with very gen.
erous hand. Is the policeman who prone
nades Wooster street in full regalia for orna-
ment or use? Many of our city officials
seem more ornamental than serviceable,
mere figure heads. generally out of sight if
not out of mind when most needed.
Again, cannot our public school principals
infuse little more respect for law and order
into the minds of their young charges SO that
it may not evaporate SO soon after the session
closes At five O'Clock Wednesday morning,
when training and admiring my thrifty
shrubs, found the top of one hydrangea
plant gone, thrown upon the turf. No bud
or blossom to tempt the hand or eye had yet
appeared. Was this from pure malice in re-
venge for complaints made One year ago
paid 81 or 81. so to the agent for this much
priced shrub. Its snowy blossoms were to
be consecrated to decorate the mound of my
little boy who sleeps in yonder cemetery.
Will one bloom be left for me? Many ladies
for both health and pleasure do their own
gardening and how very, very few of us
refuse our choicest blooms to those less fav-
ored than ourselves! Is there no law to
reach our case? How long, how long must
this continue? The ladies of Wooster street
await an answer SARAH E. RoEssLER.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04
CORRESPONDENCE.

Hot Springs, Arkansas-Facilfties for
Living There-The Springs and Those
who Frequent Them-A Wealthy
Drunkard's Case-Adventurers-H
Hot Springs Looks.
HoT SPRINGS, Arkansas, May %.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
This most peculiar place is easily reached
from st. Louis or Memphis. The Hot
Springs railroad from Malvern is of mar
row gauge, is twenty-five miles in length,
passing through an interesting wooded and
small farming region. The ride is agreeable.
at the depot Hacks and 'busses are in
waiting to convey you to either of the one
hundred and one hotels or boarding houses,
as you may wish, at twenty-five or fifty cents
each The hotels charge from two dollars to
three dollars day. Boarding houses and
rooms to hire at any price. Accommoda-
tions for six thousand guests are advertised.
The poor hire room land eat themselves. .
Our home at the Arlington is decidedly the
best and best located, just at the south end
of the spring region. The Avenue, new
hotel and the largest, quarter of mile up
the road, is unexceptionable to it the spring
water is forced. The Grand Central, the
French's, the Waverly, the Claybrook are all
said to be comfortable The springs are six
ty in number. The spring district proper is
less than mile in extent, and all upon the
east side excepting one on the west All
comes from the east mountain, the highest
point of which is five hundred feet. From
it it is said, in clear weather the Indian Ter
ritory is visible. The central avenue is wind
ing, is bounded on the sides by the east and
west mountains and is about one mile in ex-
tent. The bases of the mountains originally
could not have been much over hundred
feet apart. separated by little stream of
twenty feet in width, which Is fast being
covered over by the bath house bridges.
The range of mountains continues northerly
with now and then an opening which syentu-
ally win be roadways to other places. Gen.
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one, sustains the motion to quash the infor-
nations, the following being the principal
points, That the prohibitory amendment
simply allows the Legislature to regulate,
not prohibit, the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors for the purposes mentioned;
that, while the compounds sold were intoxi-
eating as charged, the fact that the law
specifies that the permit or license to sell
must be obtained from the Probate court,
when, by the Constitution of the State, no
such power as the issuance of permit or
license can be delegated to the Probate court
by Legislative enactment renders the act
unconstitutional and therefore nGgatory.
Professor Siemens, the discoverer of the
dynam g. electric engine, announces that pow
er can be transmitted by electricity with
loss of not over 10 per cent. in transitu.
This is his conclusion from repeated expert
ments on a large scale. chiefly with the
tramway which he is now operating out of
Berlin. At present power is transmitted to
a distance by water or air (the hydraulic or
the pneumatic proeess), in which operation
the loss is far above 10 per cent. on account
of the friction or leakage of pipes The use
of steam in a similar way is precluded by the
inevitable large loss of heat in the passage.
Electricity is, therefore, unique in its proper
ty of transmitting power over considerable
distances with SO small loss as 10 per cent
AS the Journal Of Commerce points out:
IF the electric current could be made opera
tive with so per cent. of the initial force at q
distance of ten, twenty or thirty miles, it is
not too much to say that this would work
revolution in land locomotion. All the e1e-
waited and underground and other short lines
from single station would be operated by
electricity as a matter of course. Longer
lines would require stationary engines at in
tervals. Water power available at points of
such lines could be converted into electricity
for the running of trains. If it is possible, as
may yet be shown, to transmit power by
wire, with loss not exceeding 25 or 80 per
cent, for fifty or one hundred miles, the
change to be wrought in the worlds work
transcends the widest imagination -
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04
THE

Has reached the highest state perfection attana
BILE It is unrivaled. The best mechanics fail to see
an imperfection. There is not day that
does not call into our show rooms and express re
gret that they had bought other machine Those
having the HOrSEHOi D say they would buy it be-
fore they would take other machines q gift. Not
out of the $50 purchasers of the HOUSEHOLD
will say it has ua1. Manufacturers have taken
1t in preference to all others.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04
Convicted.

He left her in the cream saloon,
While in the east up rose the moon.
When he returned to pay the fee,
1t knocked the life out of a Y.
He sighed a sigh of sad regret,
And moaned, "What has my Juli ct !?
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04

An order of the English governor of Cy-
prus required every adult male, not physical
ly exempt, to collect specified quantity of
locusts' eggs, those who failed to be dealt
with according to law. The purpose was to
prevent locust plague. Those who failed
to fill their quota defend themselves on the
ground that they could not find enough eggs
without committing trespass on their neigh
bors' premises. They incurred one penalty
to escape another The case has been re-
ferred to the House of Commons.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04

Do you know what it is to be seasick? If
not, learn from the following dictum of
celebrated physician: ''This cerebral phe-
nomenon is due to the disordered intracranial
circulation, which, produced at first by the
motion of the ship, is maintained and inten-
sifen by a secondary disturbance of the
normal inhibitory function of the vagus,
causing a rapid, weaker, and irregular action
of the heart"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.
No apparent progress at Albany yesterday.

The London Econonaist estimates the value
of an emigrant in capital or capital produc-
ing force at $1,000. Looked at in this light
the United States is being enriched at pres
ent to the amount of $4,000, 900 to $5,
600 daily. The estimated aggregate of arriv-
ais for the year is at least 700, 900, by which
the country will gain some 800, $1,000.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04

English prejudice is not always profitable
to it's possessors. Mr.. Keene's Don Fulano
found many English hackers for the Derby,
who believed that one or other of the Ameri
can horses would win, but preferred Mr..
Keene's horse because he was handled by an
English trainer, while Mr.. Lorillard's Iroquois
was coached by Americans, Messrs. Puryear
and Pincus. English prejudice is receiving
some rude shocks.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-04

The demand for Chinese labor is active
given orders for hiring 5000 Cinnamon, the
Northern Pacific will take several thousands,
and 800 are wanted for railroad grading in
Mexico. Three agencies in China are said to
be busy hiring men under contract For the
Hawaiian Islands, where the Chinese are al
ready very numerous, 5000 more are pack
ing up their destination being the extensive
and still growing sugar fields. Five thousand
are expected in Australia, where disturbances
among the white laborers.
A plan for the construction of grand sys-
tenn of underground railroads in Paris has
recently been perfected. If the scheme is
carried out a subvention of 800, 900, 900
would be furnished by the State, the depart
ment of the Seine, and the city of Paris
The central terminus would be in the garden
of the Palais Royal. at a depth of about
twenty four feet, and from that point three
main lines would branch off, SO as to reach
and intersect the chief railroad stations and
other great points of the city, and subsid-
iary line would run on the south bank of the
river.
An interesting case brought to test the
constitutionaIty of the strictly prohibitory
liquor law of Kansas has been decided. It
was against Mr.. Holmes, druggist The
informations fled against MIR. Holmes speci-
fed that he sold four compounds-bay rum,
tincture of gentian compound, McLean's cor
dial, and essence of lemon-said to be intox-
icating, and further that MIR. Holmes had not
taken out a permit to sell the same from the
Probate Judge. The case came up before
Judge Crozier, and argument was made by
counsel for the defense upon the motion to
quash the informations. The judges opin-
ion, which 10 very lengthy and elaborate
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-12

The Rev. Geo. II. Thayer, of Bour-
bon, Ind, says: "Both myself and wife
owe our lives to Shiloh's Consumption
Cure"
Are. you made miserable by indiges-
ton, Dizziness, loss of appetite, yellow
skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is positive
cure.
Why will you cough when Shiloh's
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Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy positive
cure for catarrh, diptheria and csnker
mouth. = "
"Hackmetack," lasting and fra
grant perfume. Price % and so cents.
Shiloh's Cure will Immediately re-
lieve Group, whooping cough and bron-
chitis.
For dyspepsia and liver complaint,
you have printed guarantee on every
bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. 1t never
fails to cure.
A Nasal Injector free with each bottle
of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 80
cents.
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TheLocomotiye ut Bodie

The Free Press says that on Tuesday
the whistle of locomotive was heard
in Bodie for the first time. 1t came
from one of the engines on the narrow
guage railroad. Track-laying will be
completed in a few days. AS soon
as all the lumber for the road is
cut lumber for the town will be pro-
vided. The road will have all it can
attend to for number of months to
come
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4 NoonShiner Kills Supposed He.
trayer.

A Moonshiner Kills Supposed Re
trayer.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-Internal
Revenue Agent Chapman, at Atlanta,
Georgia, telegraphs to Commissioner
Raum: Con Friday last seized pack
ages Of illicit whisky from w. F..
Fuller, in Habersham county. In my
presence he avowed his purpose to put
bullet through Taylor Love, whom he
supposed had informed against him. I
have just learned that he has since
MORALLY wounded Love, firing two loads
of buckshot, one of which passed
through his wifc's bonnet on her head"
Commissioner Raum notified Chapman
to consult with the District Attorney
and use every possible means to secure
the arrest and punishment of Fuller.