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Sharp County record., 1881-01-06
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HEAVENLY BREAD.

"Give us, this day, our daily bread" unthink-
ing, said
The child at night; the meaning of the up
ward flight
Of that low prayer it could not tell;
1t knew the words by heart, SO well.
Yet, bending at its mighty shrine, could not
divine y ca
The Heavenly theme which seemed far-cti
wOnder-dream.
The years they swiftly came and fed; unheed-
ing said
The youth, again, the prayer that seemed not
all in vain,
"Giye us, this day, our daily bread"
And brightly shOne about his head
The gloried happiness OF eartn, us Joy anu
The bread it came, though prayer to him was
but name.
The child the youth, to manhood grew, and
rOugher blew
The storms of life, and deepening sorrow
stcrner strife,
Bore down upon his tOiling brain
"Give us our daily bread" again -.
He said; the answer came in death, thal
hushed the breath -,
Of one his love had worshipped more than all
above.
And swiftly, yet, the answer came as in
To try his soul, and from his eager grasp II
stole
The ieweled fortune he had wrought;
And. rs. again, he bndly sought
BY utterance of the daily prayer, the oaiiy
share Ii,
Of bread to win, there came vision of his
sin.
And now, whenc'er the prayer he said, there
One in his heart. 20 God, Thy hand hath sent
the dart;
But she whose steps oft have led,
| hear her yOice-She is not dead;
In ceaseless murmur Of the sea- she whispers
In every prayer her spirit guides my spirit
there.
"Give us, this day, our daily Bread" the worn
man said:
His weary soul now toied no more for earthly
toll.
Now he had found the holy bread
Above the wreck of earthly dead
Beyond the valley Of despair, beyond inc
prayer.
A Christiy light illumed the way-it was moi
night.
Age whitened on his crested brow; Heaven
ly VOW
Long years had led his soul in prayer fol-
Heavenly bread.
The Cross, in him, was lifted high,
A sign of faith that could not die;
Till in his life it wrought a calm, a nameles'
cham,
And still he said, "Give us, this day, our daily
bread"
Sharp County record., 1881-01-06
The Age of the Earth.

As soon as our earth ceased to be in
candescent, and became covered in
large part by water, it commenced its
depOSitions of submarine sediments.
The oldest known sedimentary rocks,
comprising the Laurentian and Huron
ian systems of Canada, have total
average thickness which cannot certain
ly be estimated at anything less than
SO,OO0feet. Sir William Logan, indeed
the greatest authority upon these pri-
meval formations, considered the meas
urable thickness of this Upper and
Lower Laurentian alone to amount re-
spectively to 10000 and 10000 feet
while he set down the Huronian system
as reaching some $4,000 more. But as
doubts have been raised whether the
HurOnian series are not really the meta
morphoSed representatives Of the Upper
Laurentian, we will omit them altOgeth-
er from our calculation. so as to avoid
any possible cause of otfenSe. The great
Cambrian system. the next in order
of time. has thickness which has been
fairly estimated at from $4,000 to 30,-
900 feet. We will adopt the smaller
figure. The Sllurian is pretty certainly
known to number 5000 feet. The Old
Red Sandstone, with its doubtful con-
temporary, the Devonian, cannot be
put down for less than 10000. The
CarboniferOus series amount to at least
$4,000 feet, the coal measures alone
sometimes attaining to fully that thick
ness. Thus the whole Primary group,
including the so-called azoic rocks, has
total vertical extent of not less than
SO, 900 feet. By the side of these enor-
nous thickneSSes, we can only allow
10000 feet for the whole of the Second
ary formation, from the Permian to the
Chalk inclusive, while we shall be gen.
erous if we assign 1000 feet to
the little group of the Tertiary
and Post-Tertiary deposits. This gives
us total thickness for the whole
geological series of $4,000 feet. Let us
allow 5000 more for the breaks be-
tween each of these main divisions, or
the unrepresented strata and we have1
the round number 100, 900 feet.
A tabular statement will make these
relations clear and will allow us to
translate our known thicknesses into
coniectural but relatively aScertained
dates
Sharp County record., 1881-01-06
Stenographic Blunders.

There is some good reading in the
current report of the New York Steno.
graphers' Association. From q paper
on "Blunders," by F. j. Morgan, of
Syracuse, we extract the following as
ludicrous instances of stenographic in
depreciation and transcriptions there
from:
Gross receipts-Grocery seats. The
mothers prayer-The matters prior.
He was little fellow-He was a little
full They captured two Parrot guns
They captured two pirate guns. The
woman was baking bread-The woman
was begging bread. l found the horse
in that pasture-I found the horse in
that posture. Counsel offered paper in
evidence-Counsel brought pauper in
evidence. The showers were not suffi-
cient to meet the wants of millmen-
wants of milkmen. In the intervening
time he said nothing in the entire
evening time he said nothing. l came
with my brothers, Horace and Henry
came with nv brothers horse and
Henry. A medical witness, speaking
of the illness Of lady patient, said;
"'She appeared to be somewhat un-
stmnE and nervous" The transcriber
made him say, "She appeared to be
somewhat knee sprung and nervous" "
A minister, preaching a sermon on the
death of a gentleman named Samuel,
quoted: "And buds and blossoms IN
the dust" He was delighted to read
in the next issue of the paper: "And
buds and blows Sam in the dust" An
attorney asked female witness how
she came to be employed by plaintiff
and she answered: " | saw a sign in the
window, Female clerks wanted here. ,"
The laundering reporter rendered it:
"Family color warranted here" An
orator referred to the different religious
sects or denominations "going for one
another" throughout the country and
said: Here we have one sect persecu-
ting another" and was so reported,
but the transcriber rendered it: Here
we have one sick person feeding an
other" and so it appeared in the morn
ing papers.
Several years ago an eminent lawyer
hired one of these professors to take
testimony IN an important case. The
transcribed minutes astonished him. A
"patent upon which much depended
in the suit was converted into "poten-
tate" ;,.solid frame" was turned into
ian isolated farm" the furnaces of
this country were set down as "Fe-
mans of this country" "clerks and
bartenders" were made into "clocks
and barometers," and the question,
"Were you in the habit of visiting the
house?" was written Were you in the
habit of fastening the hosep" p"-AIbany
| LaW Journal.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-06
CHRISTMAS DREAMS.

Night before Christmas, you bear on your
wing
Fancies so bright and hopes full of joy.
Like Ginning carols they merrily ring,
From cherry-red lips of each girl and boy,
81 wonder what Santa will bring?"
Beautiful eyes are now hidden from sight,
Meath fringed White lids that over them
Sunny cnrs fall with softning light
over the pillow where sweetly repose
Our little ones pure and bright.
For Myla and Matte are fast asleep
They watched for Santa long as they
could,
But SO sleepy, at last to bed they creep.
While Myla said "Tell him bring somsin
d0od'
Now angels, your watch o er them keep.
They sleep, and visions of dolly or drum,
Like vapOrS are floating airily by
visions of trumpet and great sugar plum,
Are seeming all night before them to fly,
Fairy fancicS that go and come.
They wake. List the words of gleetul sur
"when we sleeped then old Santa did tum p
And hinged, said Mya, "a dolly yat ties
"And, see" says Matte, my sled and a
drum
An my baby tan shut its yies."
"And nuts and tandy, and everysing,
He hinged me EN- ALL" said little pet.
'Dess fits my finer is little dold ying,
was faid old Santa Taus would fordet,
Cos so many he had to bng."
And sturdy Nat to his dear mother flew;
"Just see my book and a nice new hat,
And mittens, and boots and French harp, too,
SO much did wish he would bring me that 4;
But wonder how Santa knew"
Vision of childhood, so Joyous and sweet,
Happiest hours when lite is new
As the Christmas dawn you hopefully greet,
May ever your brightest of dreams come
true,
Your joy-your bliss to complete.
Beautiful eyes, may you wallen to joy,
And the Christ-child bless each humble
home
To each household pet, or motherless boy,
May Santa Claus never forget to come,
Bringing pleasures without alloy.
Emily HdlUthOIn
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Tom Hughes Opinion of SUNDAY.

Before entering upon his lecture On r
"Charles Kingsley in Cincinnati, On
a recent Sunday, Mr.. Thomas Hugbe ;t
said SIN Difference to the strongly il
expressed wish of the Young Men, +
Unity Club of this city, lam here to.dar i
to deliver this address on a Sunday y
afternoon. Before proceeding to nyl
immediate object, wish to make nv {
position here perfectly clear. In M j
own country l have never taken par /,
in any such work as this. Without tbs }
least wish to Judge, still less to censure /,
others, many of whose views | ac.
knowledge have much to commend Ii
them, have never been able at hone
to satisfy myself that | should not BE- e
doing more harm than good by ident l.
flying myself with those who provide t
general lectures for the people on Sun. r
day afternoons. | was trained as al
child to look upon Sunday as dayt
which should be devoted to rest ani'r
to worship. Every year that han
passed over my head since childhood h
has strengthened those early impres |
sions | look upon Sunday as a Quig.l
unspeakablG blessing to all Christian u
Nations. and above all to our race, upon 4
whom 50 large a share of the worlds
hard work has been laid in this marve.l /
Gus country, and who are addressigr'
themselves to it with an energy full dr.
hope and promise for the future, whit
controlled by high purpose and hi&n
principle, but constantly in danger DC
| running into feverish haste and rccklea i
and unrighteous greed Of possession e
an unmanly hankering after materil G
prosperity and wealth. Against this Z
false tendency--this subtle temptatim
of us British folks on both sides of The !,
Atlantic-Sunday, Gods appointed dg
of rest and worship, stands out as the
great bulwark and safeguard. No man
who has faith in God and a true love
for his country would do an act Or Ssy
a word which could endanger in the re
motest degree the reverence for or The
observance of that day. We have
to endeavor for ourselves and fG
those who COMP after US to restore the
trSe ideal, andl reassert resolutqy but
wisely and gently as we may, the true
relations between rest and worship
which alone can restore God appoint
ed day of rest TO its full power, and
make it mighty again for the healingd
the nations. To help on this good
work, then, as | understand it, an
here to-day. | trust-indeed, / take il
for granted-that the object of this 50
ciety is at bottom the same as my own
otherwise | am here under false pre-
lenses. We are not here proiessed!
indeed, for an act Of worship in the
common acceptance of the word. But
we are here to lift up our hearts for an
hour above Extraordinary surroundings
and at any rate to commune II we can
with one of the bravest and nobeS
spirits who have been working amongs
us for the good of man and the gloryd
God in this generation - Aethoa@
Recorder.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-06

and best things as has rarely been Seen
in the history of the world. He boa
drank at all the fountains of knowI
edge, traversed the wide field of bis
tory, mastered the thinking of the oen
erations on the deep questions of lie
and the outcome of all knowledge ana
experience he sums up in the pbrasol
"Do the duty that lies next Won
Philosophy and religion are in harmon
in this simple statement OF the secret Il
true living.
The next duty may seem mean, mo
be so small that we overlook it at ti
first glance, but is the one thing to n,
done if the path is ever to grow wide,
the sphere ever to enlarge, 1t is an al ,
fancy of the poets to represent II, :
days as coming to us with yelled face,
and bearing only the commonest off,
in their hands, but when thev 6avs
passed beyond our recall the dranoi
figures become radiant, and the on, ,
we rejected are treasures fit for Ki1c, ,
houses. If you long for a sphere h
which you can make your life tell fl,
good, cease talking about and LOOKING
for it; stay athome and make it. Cbrs
tidn Union. /
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A Good Guaranty Of Character.

The Primitive Baptists make it a rule
to expel a member from the church who
takes advantage Of any relief law or re-
fuses to pay debt. A few months
since one of this class "a pretty rough
looking case entered an Athens stoF
and wanted credit for few goods until
he could sell his cotton. Not knowing
his customer. the merchant refused
but about this time q well-knoWn elder
of the church entered, and tapping the
farmer on the shoulder, asked, "HoV
are you, Brother Blank" is thai
gentleman a member of your church
Uncle D.?n asked the tradesman
ooh, yes; and a good one, too, waS
the reply. "Well, then, my friend
continued the dealer, "go through :hS
house, from cellar to garret, and plcl
out what you want. will sell you tnS
whole establishment, clerks and all, Cd
credit, with only your religion as secu
rity." 1t turned out that the cusiomeL
was one of the solid men of Northeas
Georgia. --OglethOrpe (Gd.) Echo.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-06

1t does not take much grace TO + +
right when everything is favorable. ss-
is not evidence of a genial nature VIII, III,
plenty and happiness fill the lap as iT
hour when men are worried and Psis Ps
picked is the hour that tries lhS| ,I|
faith and goodness of heart, - d0'''
RnLR.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-06
Mr.. Ingersoll never makes a speecl

Mr.. Ingersoll never makes a speec..
against Christianity that he does nT
bring in q very pretty and touching a.
lusion to "dimpled babies" and D
that connection to pure and swe5'
womanhood, and loving fatherhCOOI
This touches sympathetic cord b bu
put it in contrast with the scene and tn'
words when the object of his attack Wa
brought by simple and natural lnSt
dent to the same subject. He took 'N
little ones in his arms and blessed thep
and said, "of such is the kingdom
Heaven" Nothing could be NOR
simple, tender and beautiful. And ".
the words sent an Illuminating ray
which lighted up the whole labyrinth
morals, on the one hand, and reyeasa
the beauty of the heavenly world on W ,J
other. As for woman, she is degrade
slave, neither self-respecting nor r.
spected, except under the conquerlnI
banners of Christ. All the moral eXceI
lencies and social charms the beauNI
purity, grace-of the family are ioqjI, lT,
nowhere but under the culture OF nn u.
teachings, and under the dews oil ~
Spirit. .-InteriOr.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-06

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ard has appeared as seriocomc singer in all parts
of the country. She made no defense in the suit.
Patrick Byme. WHO pleaded guilty to the the
charge of manslaughter in the third Gegrec, tOr
beating his Wife so that she died sentenced yes
terday to term of four years in the Penltenlary.
The homing pigeons of the Brooklyn Club sent to
Steubenville, Ohio, some time ago. were returned
by express last Friday OF the birds OF the Newark
Club loosed at AppomattOx, Va, the first two that
arrived belonged to A. p. Baldwin. The second
annual meeting of the Hudson County Antwerp
Club was held on Wednesday, November 2. Il. 1:
Newark. vice-president, and +. J. Serrell, Of
BayOnne secretary and treasurer.
JERSEY CITY.
The trial of Police Captan Frederick J. FarTier.
PotrOlman James Hopkins, Thomas Trotter and
Michael OMara for conspiracy to procure the deieat
of John S. Smith, the Democratic candidate Tor TO
lice CommissioneT IN me frSt pSriG io AT ae
tickets bearing his opponents name, was begun
vest rday in the Court of Sessions hut was post
1oped until tomorrow on the application OF the de-
fence on the ground that the evidence might DC
used TO iniura the candidacy of George H. tarrler,
Captain Farrer's brother who Is running Tor AS
sembly in the LIST District.
NEWARK.
TIP. O'Connor visited Newark last evening. He
was received ut the Market Street Depot OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad by the iiberna Riiies ana
escorted to the Grand Opcra House, where meet
ing was organized. Mr.. OConnor made long ad-
dress and was listened 10 by large audience.
LONG ISLAND.
EAST JAMMCA.-Alinnie Laramorc; OF East
Jgmaica Yesterday morning undertook to hasten
the kitchen lira by pouring kerosene oil on IT. Inc
oil cam which she held over the blaze, eNploaeu'
burning her badly, and setting the house on nie'
The ucirhbors went to her aSsistI cc and eXtin-
raishcd the flames before much damage was done.
Miss Laramore's recovery IL doubtful.
STATEN ISLAND.
FDGFWATER-At the time of the brewery ire ut
Clifton the EdCewatcr Fire Department was iound
TO he without sufficient hose Tor such an emergency.
The authorities have distributed 700 feet OF new
hose in the department.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
PELHAM MANoE-Thc Rev. y. y. Frecland, the
ncwIy-elcclcd pastor of the Memorial Church at
Pelham Manor. preached there on sunday morning
Next Sunday afternoon he will be Installed.
SCARsDALE.-Ihe committee appointed few ago
400 Inv residents Of ScaI,dale so visit the Queens
County Hunting Club and protest against further
trespassing was assured that if II was so desired,
the grounds should not again be invaded.
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THE COURTS.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

TWO IMPORTANT DECIsIoNs-cAsEs ADVANCED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IA decision of some
Importance banks insurance companies and al! cor
porations which employ agents rendered in the SUI
prcmc Court to-day:
The Central National Bank OF Baltimore ag the Connect
When 1gan. account dese mated a. kept by ne
Hen a. hanser Tor personl Obligation me isroto-
aoSn to 4aye 3es1 eoRlsa ad 49, i Es Sa
by the account Is not the indyidna op"fty o. hc dpotGr
him In trust zion. To Court trir holds q.p'irF
case of KaatcnDpl aIt; tlltt money held pv por
sai by him b. his aeon al 81, bankcr The person FOR
whom hc hod. u" none car i''" l, an, h,, IN
cannot be permitted to assert IL own claim balance
az IN agency ac cunt against Iui.y tlr le1ra.a.
owner when the uan ha- notice ,hr a'tnn or c9nsnrt
fore auuned "pui'n by Ju,tcc Mait,'w.. A..
oJioi,i. NJ. % M m y,it,r ~. -'ty 81 fr
iu-uIauc De- 'u,pIcod n al c1-c.. Irt d"s or ih'
f fbc default 'l, Caari I5, 10 in1, can
h1ttac cNcn,e "frr.i Tor 'nr nonr,y .n, q" ,.' pf
cannot De iakeu INTO cnl i"n i1ii re- .o .h,
release o. ihc cary 'ou .Di' or .ir' ' me .ns'
stance o the contract ~" 100" insurance and hii Q" ho'i me
In, he default o. ,hc insure, s. uans Ia.a..t- t % d,
qlty cannot DO The dccrc" Of ac Circuit court n There,
Throihef cases decided to-day were.
No. 5l-iame' Kelly agi lheCiy oi I'ishnrr Penn De-
30 46@charies T. paw. art Edgar sp,ldcn. Decree To-
vcrsrt with costs
SO. tJ-Hcnry T.. Fort at. roos-e anil Iiza E<b Per
scnai derrco against Fot reversed u.t c,.' uN .le r
uauIcd
Noe - and sd. o. Dne..ach and j. - stark 1-t Tho
Second Ntt0ul Bank " NlAtsH.rrs Penn. ia iru.eut
affirmed with casts AMI 800 .',,si.
b1-JUm #. Glove assignee, Az. lual T.. ana lttue
80 I5-Ihc SanlusAy Oao -c.. o. e. aL ng' Theodore
Comst.cs eft A. Degree alfm.' With c'ai 1' Interest by
dif4Hyl court
Ihr below named g1sa have been advanced tnd asi-led
flI as-Iu tu' second iU.t.y U. il.a..E ...ts
SO 2yT-Ii, D,rUuu savings lapE ut >,-Nurs ,i, ayf
Jt.,ph AICHuld Dn. or. 3d. $780, OR. fu.l County
tDna Bank e. aLar 10" United ..'f aHI No l'I.Ihr
United states I.,U4u IIr II.. N.. . I..-
Mlru Ireland % o.. Commissioners I.'. thH United states
4cL Iuo society Savings Has GJcA., alI ..aui
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PRODUCE EXCHANGE INTERESTS.

The Board of Managers Of The Produce Exchange
yesterJaV resolved to submit three plans for raising
money to construct the new building TO an informal
ballot by the members On Saturday next. the trst
AM to 3 600 the second is to Increase the initla-
lion fer to $4,000 after January /, 1881 he
third is the plan Of Paul BabcOck, Jr in relation to
the issue of building certificates Resolutions
were adopted commencing the action OF the New
York Central Railroad in refusing to como TO any
aQceement with rival lines Tor restoration OF rates
until New-York City should be paced on terms OF
equality WITH and allowed freigbts at as low rates
as any city on the ocean coast. Resolutions were
also adopted urging measures teuding To Improve
tee canals and make them free.
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SPORTS on ELECTION DAY.

The Manhattan Athletic Club will give the fol-
lowing series of competitions at It's grounds Fiity-
sixth-st and Eighth ave, this afternoon at 3
O'clock: 10 yards, go yards 600 yards, Il mile y
mile aud ! mile runs 2 miles bicycle race, z miles
walk 30 yards hurdle race and running broad
over 200 entries have been received tor these
games representing nearly all the athletic clubs Of
prominence, and including most OF the noted
finishes are anticipated, and. with fair weather,
the entry list alone viii insure a large audience.
In addition novelty IN the way o. athletic races
the New-YOrk Athletic CLUB, consisting of ten men,
will compete in a 100 yards race with the Manhat-
tan Athletic Club Board of Management of ten
men-man against man. Though some of these
men are or have been athletes they generally are
men who attend TO their respective clubs Affairs
and do not compete In the absence of any at
tempts 70 beat the record much sport is expected
from the novices, who are very evenly matched.
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MJJTIyY ON TIE HIGH SEAS.

Captain Digby, of the bark Plymouth, from Brs-
toll repOrted on his arrival Yesterday, that Sep
teInber 20. in latitude 40 50 north longitude
l3o so west he sighted the Norwegian bark Pro
land and bound TO Wilmington, NJ G. The mate of
tie latter vessel came board the Plymouth and
reported that when four days out from kinSale four
Irish soldiers of the British Army, were found
stowrd away in the forepeak The captain threat
eped 10 20 bacA TO Kinsale with the soldier, but
thev Joined with some of the sailors, who were
shinped nj Kinsaie and threatened to take charge of
tLe vessel IL her course should be changed back to
mort Not having any firearms on board, the captain
was forced to yield. He was furnished with two
revolvers and ammunition by Captain Digby.