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THE CITY.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

~ IERSON ALI AND GEN NlsAAs
H. MC(}A,Ry. Of Cleveland, Ia at tho Sherman.
JAaEs Ouxsr, Of Montreal. Is ut tho fremont
T. FrnT1t and wilc, Of Panama, are at tho Tre-
mout.
u.s.. WATERMAN, Of Syracuse, Is At tho TFe-
n,OnL.
T, CouEn, Of Lyons. Franco, is at tho Grand
Pacific.
sAuuEt F. ftusr.of Cincinnati, IL al tho Grand
Pacific.
sc. 0AuL7, Of Cincinnati, is stopping at the
frcmont.
Jo1,x CooripaE, of Boston, Is stopping at the
Sherman.
VS.. yEcx, of Fort conehe, Tex, Is al tho
shormnn.
T.. D. l,oaSE and wIro, Of Dcs Moincs, arc At
Tho pnlm1r.
GEORGE r. LEE, of Fond du Lac, Is stopping Mt
The Sherman.
E,O. HEt.nsstxasl,, Of Hull, England, Is at
tie Sherman.
DIT. D1cKscy mud family, OF Vancouver, arc
Mt tho Palmer.
+. u. NorlsnE1I, Of Kansas City, is registered
at tho Sherman.
m. WATSON and ". 9. Conde'l nre stopping
At tho Trcmont.
W. II. E1ruEp, Of Minneapolis, Is registered
1t the Sherman.
MARK n. lutsyI, of the nosstn House, Toronto,
is at the pntmer.
JUDGE ", @. GRESHAM, OF Indianapolis, Is Mt
tho Grand Pncsic.
Ex-nov. lo,1s 81. PALMER, Of Springfield, ia nt
tho Grand Pacfnc.
JunaE ]. TRACY, Of Burlington, ts stopping at
tho Grand raclc.
", &. GonpEN, Of Alabama, arrived Mt the
Palmer yestcrhny.
sESAron HEN HARRISON, Of indianapolis, Is
Mt tho Grand Pacific.
TIE Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, OF lndlanap-
oils, is at tho Painer.
T.. n. STuSs0H, of Muake8on, Mich, is stop
ping at tho fremont
F. iiAnpcAsTLg, Of Now York City, is regis.
tered at tho Sherman.
JUDGE ]. L. HAYES. Of Kalamazoo, Is regis
tcred at tho fremont.
". Il. GAnnSEn, Of Liverpool, England, Is
Aopptns at tho Grand Pacific.
.IoHv McGNEuon and James Caird. Of Scot
land, arc stopping at tho Palmer.
JUDGE W. H. sEEvE,s and wife, of Oskaloosa.
arc stopplng ut tho Grand Pacific.
CHARLES h. GREGORY and II. g. Lawson. Of
New York City, aro registered at tho fremont.
GEORGE Il. Ioursa, Commissioner or Apri-
culture, Washington, D. G., Is at tho Grand
Pacific.
~. DUNCAN, General Freight Aaent Of the
Ohio s. Mississippi Railroad, Is Mt tho Grand
Pacific.
Mn. Apo1rH MOSES, tho well-known attorney,
has Just roturned from threo months' Trip in
wAnsEn GInns, President Of tho Vermont
1,ife-lnsusanco Company burlington, Is ut tho
fremont.
nESny Fnsxklts st.EAR,,AS. ,. Ga2mrgc, mgc, Thosne.
rcglsterel Mt tho Grand Pacific.
TnRrN of tho Commissioners heluE out OF
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BIKI,II
DEATHS.


HEWEl1r-Sep,. n, nj No. FOrttett.st. The w,fe
OF William Herbert AnwBtl. Of a ddurhtoF.
, 1881-09-29

disease IA disappearing. howevcr, md It Ia hc-
ltcvrl thnt the wnrst hHs been pn*scti.
Tic Sulth Slto t.ounMry has very ttsrk!ly es-
ChpGa my HDrltttfs trottlslo from tho tfsensc.
, 1881-11-13

Special Dispafeh to Tic chicago Tribune.
PoRT HURON, Mich, Nov. 1:-l:30 p. m.-
Passed up-Propcllcrs Cumberland, Mayilowcr
and barscs; schooners Champions. u. Pomcroy.
Down-propcers Saginaw Valley. John W.
Glidaen with s. Minch, c. P. Minch, i. Conitz;
tug Champion and pnrxcs.
Wind-Suuthwest, heavy; weather cloudy.
Special Dispatch to The Ca,caqn Tribune
PoRr HCnoS, Mich, Nov. l2--0:30 .. H.
Passed up-propellers Clyde, Noauoake, Col
orado. D. ". Rust and consoTts, Iron Age and
ccnsorts; schooucrs j. Eigier and Mont Blanc.
In port weather. r-bound-Propel!er ". II. Grat-
wick and barEes.
Down-Propcllcr Philadelphia; schooner II.
]. Webb.
Wind wcst-northwcst, heavy. Weather dark
md cloudy. Storm Signals UP.
BUFFALO.
Special Dispatch to Tie Chicago Tribune.
BUFFALO. n. y, Nov l2.-Arrivcd-From
Arctic, cooper. From 7.edn-iropcer H1ssell
Sngc, wheNt: propeller Morley, wheat. From
observation-disclosures il. J. Carney, lumber.
Cirarcd-for Observation-Disclosures James Fisk,
cement, etc. propeller Buffalo. rails. etc. For
Duln1h-Propclier brunswick. coal; propeller
China, salt, ntc- Fur Toedo-Schooner E. L.
Williams, coal.
cHEaoYGAS.
Special Dtspateh ~ The Chieaco Trfbune-
CHEnoY0AS. Mich. Noy. 1e.--Clcarcd-s -schoon-
OFFS Anderaon, Risint, Star, Two F:,unies. Colng-
wood. Peusuuker, Ada Medura, Ilu Keith, Lock-
our, Canada, Louisa. Bessie Iiarvicl1, Il, ".
Scovc, an1 Three Bells; propeIlers Van Raalte
and SchalI: steamer Pearl.
ArrveuSchooner Wells Burt
Passed ur--Schuoncys Ncwsboy. Lady Buff
ferin, Zach Chandler and Fred 4. Morse.
Wind southwest, fresh. with snow.
gscASABA:
Special Dtp1tth 10 The Chicago Tribune
.EscasAnA, MICH. Nov. l2.-!Arrived-
Il. Chisholm. Minnesota, !. H. Owen, and Fred
Kelly; tchooncrs- Iron Suite, EGYette Brown,
u. K. Warner. and II. B. Hayes.
= DepaEted--SteHner Raleigh; Schoorcrs StAm-
pede. G. H. Johnson, Sam Cook, lt1sca, and Lu-
cerne.
MARQUETTE.
=. Susc{a1 E;'o1.ca 10 'iIt Cs.caoo TribunA
MARQUETTE, Mich, Nov. 12.-passcd up-Pro-
petlers City of New York and S. T. Hodges.
Arriycd-Propciers s. Chamberlain, Egyptian,
astddicscS.. and Jarvis Lord; schconcrs John
Martin. Pelican. md Montana.
i. CLEVELAND.
Speetd! DtsoGteh TO T7tf CAtcdqo Trihftnt-
CLEVELAND. O., Nov. H.-Cieared for Chicago
Propeller Vanderbilt, merchandise; propeller
Ackley and schooner Faunic Neil, light
MEDFORD.
Special Disoateh to 1ae Chtccco Tribune.
MEpFoKD, Ont Nov. E.-Arrre.i-Stcame
Northern Queen. from Colltngwood for Chicago,
passengers and freight.
MILWAUKEE.
Special trspates to 1as xaica:o Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov l2--Arrivcd from be-
lo':-Schooner Niagara. coal-ladeu-
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There was no demand yesterday By shippers
for vessels to carry grain TO lower lake ports.
Tho season Is practically Guided. The only char
ter tor grain yesterday WAS the bis propeller
City OF Rome, which was engaged to curry $1,000
bushels Of corn to BuIao at2 cents Il bus1el.
Lumber-carrIers were in very active demand
yesterday, though but few vessels Ncre sucuretl,
rs the owners Of vessels engaged in tho trade
decline TO send their craft out except at ma-
teriul advance the rates prevailing for the
past month. The risk is TOO great, and owners
prefer to lay their vessels ut rather than char
Ter ut the prevailing rates. Several charters
were made yesterday at IN advance ringing
from l::z TO Ii cents above the posted figures.
There IS no change ~ note in the market for
5ron,ore carriers; Good vessels are scarce. ana
available ones Offering are quickly taken BY
shippers.
in coal frei:-hts and rates noni11aily unchanged.
No charters were made there yesterday.
TESTING TUE BKlDGE nID.SASCE.
The first step tuA ard :es1 rg the legality al the
bridge ordinance wns taken !y the vessel inter
held at tho oiIice IF the uaou Towing Line, No.
..t0 South Water street yesterday forenoon. and
M ,n M 9rs9nzat;on 2sest:a: GHp f. "a; a ssolris.
Cd President: Ir:. II. Owen. d: the ln:cr-Occan
Transportation COMPANY. Secretary: I.ld Capt
J. l.: lIiyxie, President u the Ecasli-Dwners'
Tug Line, Treasurer, An Executive Cut...ssit1cc
consisting Of T. i. Goodrich, A. G. Van Schaick,
aud j. l. iiSGie; was appointed. With iastruc-
United States Courts to test the validity OF tho
hrldge ordinance After REMARKS ty Capt.
Goodrich, 4. G. Van Sel.aick, 4. Il. Carpenter.
and other largo owurIs If ssel-property, tho
meeting adjourned till nIxt Saturday to r.ccr
at the sa1ne place. at which tiue the Executive
Committee will make report Of their action.
DUCK AND UTHEs, NOTES.
The Schooner l. n. Forrest lost her cathead up
the South Branch yesterday.
The bis stea.u-bnrges Occanica and Packer
arrived yesterday from Buffalo with curgoes Of
coal.
The owners Of the schoocera Dnyid Stuart
and Donelson have ordered them to be stripped
and laid up for the water.
There will be 4 large number Of vessels re-
paired at Kingston during the coming winter.
\ number OF bar.res that have been in the tim
bcz trade will lay up there aud be throughly
ovcrhautcd-
The big tug Brockway arrived yesterday from
l.uding1on with one OF those huge lumber
'aFks in tow. Capt. Cour1land, tho com
mnnder OF the Brockway, says that the big Hat
boat or - ark acted splendidly iu Fridays
gale and die not loose u foot Of her lumber. He
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EA1tiA EAiLAHhcs
stur Chicago Man!iuwoc, sund7ics.
Prop t,iIy Of Ko::l., .l;u.:ln, 7':1'] ou corn.
vrop Mysssn-cr. i.c.l:oA Hariur. sundE!e,.
IrpJ. j.. i1urd. i'ur.u:e $nndries.
''.ro e"pSt Mh'tS s;, as :a.lses s,ndr,e.
Prou 4. Sorcs. Mu>kc.un. light
Prop SCOTIA; Bay e1if. 'sl:r. ,,,,.
iT i5% jSs:, !, !:.a M;S;:;:! 'Isys;' !'ht ill.,.
PROP Eseanaia. E>canaba- !i:nt
Prop George tnrlha'ii. LuttinSs'n' light
i.fop !; t. Si"rrls"n: s1: :'?seph. light
S :s T.. inscrss x,ss t'1 a9i. 's s"na;s:
rrr na 81 suGaIica fs5 aud sundFe'
rrup Annie Laura. I.skeSon l,4t;, w.
Scllr koncrt Iinwiett. Gr..ld Haven. light
*sr *s'r s1ny. fnla Rs ce cesSys: essG"y.a 'e1 h.
Sclr Maren.s., ASAt.1nuln. light
Sssf Sshf psi h';Ss; a'enssi1aesj jis5o afst
Schr i.oi,is Cooper. ,li,i:ila Island. light
sF $sF IT, z fafs ss; sss4iss light
hr Schr !; ~ fts ,;sSna; trSna nncen; sl }ht
sc!t7 !. j: C..ve. Whtt' ..axe light
ssf sf :a Il Ii :: f; eorn m Du oats.
schr Lille Pratt Lutis:=tHn, light
ScGr Era1in,:, Mu>se:.,',. li*nr.,
Sssr Nate t'1st s5ine'ts RI" i;s1s light.
Schr L: j. Mcy ea. i'orl Huron, lY,GH hu corn
- ARRIVALS
Stmr Muskegon. Green Nav, suEdr1cs
Prop Cune4tneu. Erie suI0ries.
Rrsp A5lert sops: Mlels*pn .nn9he lumber ;,,r,nu
Prop Skvl::k. Bentun Iiarbor. suuI1lcs.
Prop Uc,nnicl. !:1:tfH!n. coal.
Prop G. H!clsnx. sIuskec,u. lumber.
Prop Arabia, l,ut.u s,ndrics.
Irup T.. A. 1'ncks,r,l. iiui!Mlo cnal-
Prof, Tayersv. Eu,:ah. sunarics-
Prnt, Il. ". DnncharL EufIt0. sundTleA
Sehr Ivcr Lawson. Lndin.ton, lumber.
Ec.lr Suu-h Haven, MusSe.un wood
kehr .n}i:.1. I.,Ieiit,lton lIut'cr.
fchr CunneIn,. Lus'uEtni,. iunlbeF. :.
Schr 7. Sinlnls. HfniSlee. lui;!ber.
Sc:1r " :l;ia11 Jnne+. Cedar River, lumber.
Sehr lsadtC:,!, i'eniwntcr. lumber.
ssctr Yruman Mnxs 3innts:ee. lumber.
Eehr A. +. Morse. 3!uakE:nn. lumber.
SchT Hcuen irntt. Muske-On. lumber.
Schr Eclipse. l.AdsnEton. lumber.
ssctr t.apelln. MuskG!on. lumber.
Schr otter, 1uG:usion, lumber.
, 1881-11-13
FLOWER OVER ASTOR,

In a Strong Republican DistrIct-De-
feat of the PurSe-Proud 13enciIunn Of
: Conkling.
Netu IorE Herald, Nor. 10.
CONGRES5-ELEvESTH DISTRICT.
Roswell P. Flower. Democrat. ,aG6
Republican candidaro... -W.043
Flowers M ajority rity................2 2ll22t
About as many Republicans as Democrats
called on Mr.. Flower, and the Republicans
were about as earnest in their congratula-
tions as were the Democrats. 4 large pro-
portion Of the visitors were bankers and
brokers aud downtown business men, by
whom Alr. Flower is well known. Que Of
the gentlemen, 4 Republican banker, told
why he voted for Mr. Flower, I; Democrat:
Not long since,'' lie said, II dined with
the Republican candidate who ran against
Mr.. Flower. There we're three other gentle
men in the party, ali of us Republicans. In
the course of conversation the host spoke
with the utmost confidence Of his election.
, 1881-11-13

An old minister in Scotland had the habit
in teachlny his people of expounding the
Scriptures book , by book and chapter
by chapter, and, OF course, the good
1nan sometimes came to passages hard
10 be understood. His way OF getting
over difficulty was very convenient, to
say the least of 1t. He would say: mo
doubt my Christian brethren, there Is great
difficulty here, as the commentators are
agreed npon that; so let us look the difficulty
boldly iu the face aud-pass ont''
, 1881-11-13

L01IENIS Truth, :
4 tale of almost uneouelied self sacrifice
comes home from tho TrausrYa Or. Landou,
OF tho Artny medical department. Was wounded
at Majuba Mountain on the day when Sir George
Colley WAS killed The bullet struck his spine
aud paraIyzed his lower limbs Knowing be
must die he called to the orderlies near him and
CAUSED himself to be prQppea up against
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bowlder. There. in the presence Of denth. he
| with his own hand forced tho 1uorphia solution
| into the wounded arm OF Corporal Farmer, and
| thus, frIghtfully wounded and suffering most
| ncutely. he lied. The story Is vouchcd Tor By
, 1881-11-13
WALT WHfTMAN'S POEMS.

FACES.
saunterinE the pavement, or riding the country
by-ruad, IL. such faces!
Faces OF friendship, precision. caution, suavity.
idelltty; ..... ..
The spiritual-prescicnt face; the always vel
come common benevolent face:
The face Of the singing Ut music; the grand
faces OF natural lawyers and Judges, broad
ut the bAck-tOp;
Tho faces OF hunters and fishers, bu9ed Mt the
brows; the shaved. blanch'd faces Of Or
tho{fox citizens;
The pure, ex,rnvagant, yearning, questioning
The ugly fucc OF some beautiful soul; the hand
some detested or ucspised fuce;
The sacred fuce5 Of Infants; the illuminated
fnce of the mother Of many children:
The fnce OF au amour; the face Of vencratton;
The face as of dream; the face OF an tmmooilo
rock;
The face Withdrawn Of its good and bad-a cas-
\ Wild hawk. his wings clipped By the clipper.
4 stallion that yielded at last to the thongs and
knife OF the gclder.
sauntering the pavement thus, or crossing the
ccasc1ess ferry. faces, AID faces, and
I see thom and complain not, and am content
Do you suppose could be content with all If
thought them their own finale:
This now is too lamentabc face for man--.
Some abject louise asking leave to be- cringing
for it
Some milk -noscd maggot blessing what let's it
wrig TO its hole.
This face is dogs snout shifting for garbage;
Snakes nest In that MOUTH hear tho slotIant
threat
This face is d haze more chill than the Arctic
sea;
Its sleepy aud wabb1ing icebergs crunch as they
This IS a face of bitter herbs-this an emcttc-
they need no label:
and more OF the drug-shelf, laudaQuu, caout-
chQuc, or hogs lArd.
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Tears! tears! tears!
In tho night. in solitude, tears;
On the white shore, dripping, dripping, suck
in by the sand,
Tears: not star shining, all dark and desolate,
Moist lcars from the eyes of mufled head.
0 who is that ghost. that form In the dark. with
tears:
What 6hapelcss lump ia that, bent, crouch'd
there I'll the sand,
Streaming tears, sobbug tears throes, choked
with wild cries?
O storm, embodied rising, carcertng with swift
steps nlong tue beach!
o wild and dismal night-stOrm, with Wind-O
belching and dcsperatet
o shade so ectlate and dccorous by day, With
calm countcaaance and regulated pace,
But away at night lis You hy, none loOktng-O
then the unloosen'd ocean
OF tears! tears! ttarsi
, 1881-11-13
VESSEL CHARTERS.

Eptciol Dispatch 20 I,hs Chicago 1Tihunt-
CLEAEIASp, O., Nov la.-Chartcr5-Propelle
Thomas Parsons, ore, EscAuaba To Ashtabula,
private terms; schoouers George ". Davis and
K1nsEsher coal to Chicago at 81 -: schooner
{. r. Minch, coai to milwaukee, ut sl.s3' schoon-
or Van Vaikenburg. coal to Escanaba at si.-,;
schooner Canton, ore, Escaaaba TO Cleveland at
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stock consists Of the coices Old n 1Iade Sour
Rye Ports Slcrre
Gins, Co4n.c California Handes magnifcent
1Ioselc Burgundy Wines.
ysolda at 90
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-30
Hear..POWer.

Heart-power is of all others the most
beneficent. Physical energy subdues
matter, but the soul triumphS by the
force OF its affections over the mighticst
of obstacles. The heart OF Christ is the
seat and center of His supremacy over
so many millions of our race. He is not
ranked as a genius, nor as an orator.
He disdained the boosted charms of
philosophy. Yet His speech distilled
as the dew, and His words have an in
exhaustible power, which neither dull
ness. nor ignorance, nor depravity, nor
unbelief can resist. If we seek to find
the reason of their power, we shall find
it in that love which vitalizes all the
truth they express. Here. then, lies
the secret of Christian usefulness.
Ministers of the Gospel, Sabbath-school
teachers, parents, all who desire to i'm
part the Gospel, must let it run through
the fervid affections of the heart. Cold,
intellectual instruction may have its
way in the schools, and in those discus
siOns which relate to general public
affairs; but in the Kingdom of Heaven
the heart is master. They who put
most of heart into their work have most
success, and reap the largest satisfac-
ton. This is a truth too often forgot
ten in these days, when so much stress
is laid on methods. Christian at Work.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-30
The Presidents Faith in Prayer.

On the Sabbath preceding Mr.. Gar
fields nomination he, with few
friends. dined at the palatial home of
Chicagos merchant prince, Marshall
Field. The conversation naturally
turned upon the suspense that the
country was left in by the adjournment
of the Convention the night before at
80 clock. 1t was said that pressure
was brought to bear upon Judge Hoar,
Chairman of the Convention, to ignore
the approach of the Sabbath, allow the
work of balloting to be begun, with the
hope that the work of the Convention
might be completed that night. Judge
Hoar replied: Never. This is Sab
bookkeeping Nation, and cannot pre-
side over this Convention one minute
after twelve o clock" All honor 10 the
man who thus honored his Nation and
his Nations God. But this suspense
was trying. None would dispute that,
and the guests at Mr.. Fields table
talked it over in its various phases
One spoke of the deadlock in business
created by it; another of the guietus at
Washington, where all were waiting for
further developments of the Conven-
ton. One said one thing and one
another. All except Garfield said
something, and when all were done he
remarked, quietly, but with earnest
ness, to one sitting beside him: Yes,
this is day of suspense, but it is also a
day of prayer, and have more faith in
the prayers that will go up from Chris
tan hearts to-day than have in all the
political tactics which will prevail at
this Convention.,''-CO Cincinnati Ga
zeLfe
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-30
Scarlet Snow.

PrOspcctors returning from the Holy
Cross country, and especially from the
head of Cross Creek, report that the
ground is covered with red snow. In
the almost inaccessible deiiles of Mount
Shasta in California is the only other
known place in the United States
where this is seen. In Polar regions it
is a familiar sight, and no extensive
traveller there returns without a descrip-
ton of it. The broad fields of everlaSt-
ing snow that flank the northern coast
of Greenland are TAXED with the strange
blood red, and further toward the poles
miles of it stretch as far as the naked
eve can reach. The phenomena is due
to the presence of a minute red ana
malculH in the snow. A microscope
detects its presence, but how it got
there is difficult question, and one
that has never been quite satisfactorily
answered. The red snow in this region
is first seen at the head of Cross Creek,
where it may be observed in patches of
intense carmine, varying in area from
as large as mans hat to twenty feet
in diameter. Taken in the hand and
closely examined, nothing can be de-
tected that gives it color, and it melts
into clear red water, having no stain.
L uIlIlcE Ou Ill SOIlc VI tIlc SlCcp SulCu-
es, with, which the country abounds,
the bottoms are entirely covered with
the strange substance. In some places
the color is vivid in the extreme, while
in others it fades to faint pink. pro-
ducing an effect not read ly described in
words. Old prospectors, who pene-
trated the regions two years ago, say
that there was no snow of this deScrip-
ton there, and its fall can scarcely have
antedated this year. Still higher, and
at the very foot of the mountain. the
red snow disappears, and nothing save
the pure white coverlet greets the eye.
How the same tiny insects that sent the
Boreal can find their way to the mac
cessible Holy Cross is a thing beyond
human ken, and will be a problem for
the scientists of the future to ponder
understandable Chronicle.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-30

The Sunshiny Sunday-SchOOl.
THIRD QUARTER

1t is pleasure to 60 to this Sunday
school. The children do not YEARLY
drag themselves to it as dull meeting
from which they would rather stay
away, nor do they make unpleasant
faces at the thought of going, as they
do when they are spoken to about 60
ing to the dentists. While the duties
of the school are going on the children
are not devoting their chief energies to
taking observations of the clock to see
if it is time to go home.
The apartment in which this school is
held is as pleasant and comfortable as
modern art can make it. The windows
are large enough to admit, plenty of
light, and the panes of glass are kept
clean enough to let the ght come
through. The walls are neatly white
washed or colored, and are adorned
with such pictures and maps as are
both beautiful to look at and useful in
helping the young people to understand
their lessons. The children are not
handy contrivances of uncomfortable
lumber, but are seated on benches
adapted to the sizes and shapes of the
beings who are to sit on them. Little
folks. whose legs are eleven inches
long from the knee to the heel, are not
told TO make themselves comfortable on
seats which are sixteen inches from the
floor. The heating and ventilating APP
paratus is is good order. The children
are not sickened with foul air nor suflo-
Gated with smoke from chimneys which
do not draw.
The conduct of the exercises is of the
most pleasing character. No rod of
grim tyranny is held over the children
to scare religion into them, but they
are guided and held with the strong
cords of affect:onate interest. They
engage in the prayer much better than
the children OF the Sunday-school in
the next street, where the teachers do
their praying with only one eye shut,
watching with the other eye to see if
some undevout boy does not need a rap
on the head. They sing more cheer
fully than if they were driven to their
singing. and told, There. now. sing,
will you?" They read the Bible, or
listen to its reading, with all the more
interest when the Superintendent gives
an occasional pleasant explanation or
makes use OF the maps or pictures on
the walls to illustrate some truth which
is before them. They even like the
catechism because it is given to them
in u way which makes it interesting
,SU.OrI and Tr0,rpI
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-30
The Poor Sheep.

Some time ago, very earnest and
successful Baptist minister in Virginia
was telling us some OF his early expert
ences-among others. this, which is
quite too good, we think. to be lost
He was accustomed to labor not lit
tie in protracted meetings, and his
method always was to begin by Jetabor-
ing the members of the church. In
this, perhaps, he was not peculiar. as
such is the habit of professional evan
gelists.
Our brother had just concluded very
searching and scorching discourse, adj
dressed with great vehemence to pro-
fessorS of religion, when, coming down
from the pulpit, he was accosted by a
venerable, but mild hammered disciple,
who told him that he had n text from
which if, some time, he would be good
enough to preach, the aforesaid disciple
would be very thankful. The pastor,
while diffident of his ability to preach
with freedom from a text selected for
him by somebody else, declared his will
ingncss to do the best he could, and Gu
riously inquired what the text might
be. The old brother could not quite
remember just the chapter and verse,
but said that it related to words spoken
by our Lord to Peter. after his resur-
rection, when he asked the apostle if he
loved him; and upon Peters replying:
"Lord, Thou knowest all things-Thou
knowest that love Thee" he said I'M
to Peter, BEAT My sheep" mo! no!'
said the pastor; "vou are mistaken, my
brother. He said. Feed my sheep.'n
"Ah, did hep said the old man. with
a scorching look into the pastors face;
81 thought, maybe, you read it, Beat
my Sheep"
The pastor thought he saw light-a
light that twinkled in the old man.
eyes, and a new light on the Word of
God.
He threw away his cudgel, and filed
up his crib. -Buptist 7eacher.