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Southern Ee.zrOc~.
VIII. c., writing from Sart!is. N!ss.. says somd
Of the negroes In that vicinity nre very snper-
stjtious people, They have sign for every
thing. / will mention a few: They thought tha
clrnct sent TO strike tho very wicked and
kill them: others thnt were only moderately
wicked it would only give them ii seveEe logging
with the tall Not mnny weeks since tho report
Was circulated :,nHng thein thar II certain Kind
Of locust was coming To sting ar b!I:' the sssneF
nig.ers - and kill them all out. They urc .rea1
believers in -tricks':: they think certain gifted
ones Of their race Gun - trick - any persta-
thereby ptacinx the ~ t11ckcsl party complete
~ in the trickstcrs power: FOR irssunct II
the - ttickster WANTS to put another person 10
his her power, all that Is necessary Is tn pInce
certain kind Of switch from any Convenient
tree across the path OF the person 10 be victt,n-
izel, or wrnp various cfiorcn turcHtf3 around q
pin or needle aud give 1t to the proposed victim
to look ut and the york is cotnplete, rha
use them In any way desired. When the ttms
CUNTS the pot,r delllstet creatures in,agina
they have such things in their stomaens rs
lizards. fr1gs, snakes. eels. etc.. they sed foe
rht. tticSster aud for certain siiia OF Iuonc; h}
;<ues through kind OF ceremony, passes h.L
nall1s pytr the eyes OF the victim, rub4 fhefu
with '>healin' 'inttnent toT hts own innnuf1scl.
ureI, 1euves few uuses Of some OF hIs medicine
be taken at certain times, such nS seven min.
ute5 past ! In the It1nraluK ami ut three nnslttF
before next evening. anu SO on. until curesi-
tees Ia vogue a.u0DK them. bat b&te made 1hl
fear. too long. Il HEn happy to sag that 1ilunJ
OF the colored people ure free from belief IL
such folIes~ and by their influence 1t Is hupek
in time the others will be reformed In this tes
spect-
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He Argues That the Betrayal Of Christ
by ludas Was Not Fore
ordained.
Apollonius Of Tyana-An Ancient
Philosopher of Great
Renown.
General Notes at Home and Abroad
-Personal-Sunday Salad.
GOING HOME.

They are Coinc-on:y going
.ltsus called them long axot
All the wintry time they're passing,
Snttly rs the falling snow;
When the yiuietS In the spring time
Catch the azure Of the sky.
They are carried our TO s!uuiber
Sweetly where the violets lie.
They :tre g0Enr-only going
When with summer earth is dressed,
In their cotd hands hotdin" roses
Folded 1O each s1lert breast
When the autumn hangs red lnuncrS
Du1 above the harvest shcuyes,
They are @0in:.-erer 1nillE-
Thick and fust like FILLING leaves.
All along the mighty ages,
All ;i,lnwn the solemn time.
They have taken vi, their hnneward
March tn that Serencr cliMc,
Nher: the watching, waiting angels
Lead them from the shadows dim
To the brightness Of His presence
Who has called them unto Him.
, 1881-11-06

down hill, not because there is law behind it
law does nnt cause the phenomenon. but the
our mtnds-hut that idea is IN this side Of the
fnct. IT follows that Newton must have been
grossly mistaken wIlan hc said that the failln:
Of water and other bo1cs toward the centre Ut
the earth wns CAUSED by the lnw Ut ernvitntiop.
Mr.. lngersoll supposcs that he is f1upn1ng an
anSurd!ty TO me when he says: It Mr.. Black prob
ably thinks the difference In tho weight OF rocks
and clouds is produced t,Y law." Undoubtedly /
do. learned in my infancy land have "kept
the creduity Of the cradle i that this difference
is caused by; that same Inv Of eravitnrion oper-
attng nccortlinx 10 rules which are perfectly un-
derstood by all toicrubly welI-!nformed men. I
will 20 further und confess thut think it Il most
benci,ccnt Inv which prevents the rocks from
flying about through the air and thy clouds from
becoming imnovhhly hxcu in tho cnrth. Our
for mnSing such arrangement hut this only
proves to Mr.. lngersol tina. | am Il believer in
the inonstrous and miraculous. the impossible
and inlnural.''
MIR. 1SGERSOI.L Is MICH ACCUSED OF PI.A-
Gl.aHISM.
Whether that be true or not of his declanatory
sp0uttng this nation that the .uateria! world Is
not governed by law is without doubt original.
1t never entered amy human head before. and
think that IN lll future time II will fitli ITO lOt
nient in the mind Of any reasonable being
Another way he has OF reach,ng the a1hestic
conclusion do not sny that / know what he
wants to DC ht- But us we'll as can under
stand him, he asserts that the universe could
not have mad dcss1 because we cannot trace:
buck the designer 10 his own origin; the world
was not innde because we cannot tell who made
the maker The mechanism Of watch Is so
curious that ~ it must says he, hnvc had IL
maker but he adds The matchmaker himself is
more wonderfully made than the watch, and
hence he tnfc,s that he also must have Ind
!; maker, since tho necessity OF Creator in
creases with the wonder Of the creature. lie Is
unQuesuonubly, though perhaps unconscio,,siy.
right in this. 1t ulnkes Il demonstration rs
cOlnplcte ns mathematics that ulun was created
by ~ some prcGxlstelit aud Self-ccnscOus tei1lI
Of power niid wisdom to lis uncomfortable.
Hut iustc:td of accepting this plai,,, palpablc,
turns his tlcl lipun the conclusion. and begins
10 Iununer over his own inability to under
stand how II designer could he without III aUtc
see tho plan or design in cnrtnuuakcs and pcsti-
lences: uni how the Justice Of Gtu1 is nut visible
to hin III the history VI tho world. This silly
1rnsh he thinks sufficient tor repel the Irresistible
proofs of Creator which he himself has nd
'luct.i and which by all fnr aud unpcrvertcd
minds arc received us conclusive. J. S. BLACK.
, 1881-11-06
CALENDAR FOR THE WEET

ElIsEOFAI-
Nov. G-Twcnry-trst Sunday after Trinity.
Nov. 1f-Fasr.
CATHOLIC.
Nov. G-Twenty-second Sunday after Pente-
cost.
Nov. Zoe the Octave OF All Saints
Nov S-Octaye OF AL Saints; The Four CoEo-
natl. MN.
Nov 9-Dcdtcaton Of st. John Laternn; st.
Theodore, NJ
Nov. 1Q-St- Andrew -tyellino, C.; SIS. Tryphou
and Comp. 1fM.
Nov list Martin. .. G.: ST. sfennas, II.
Nov. Est. Martin. +. II.
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ing to back out, which the Captai, nbServ-
ing. remarked. II thought that yat1 believes.
i'll predestlnatlon. Sn Ito, but Ipreter be-
ins Il little nearer the stern when it take:
pltce.'
u Sunday-sc!,oo1 teacher read to his class
1at de Etnlops ',,;, sane1 @ wHt on M WY
and then asked. Why did he rejoiee:'' y
boy answered. ''Kecat.se Philip was done
;,-teachin' him. 1t is TOO "ften that there is
great rejoicing when the lesson is f5nisilrtt
attending lecture lately. the speaker was
When he finished there was loud applause.
Why was asked, This loud applatlse:r'
Because he stopped there; lie might bave
gone on longer" s.
~ MIKES CONFESSION.
Ltrtrpool ,f,.it. =,
Now Mike was an 'ost!er OF very good parts,
Yer sly as church mouse was he:
and he came TO confess to the new pnris, priest,
Like pious and true devotee-
When his sins we're reeled oil till no more could
be found.
Said ths priest:. "Are you sure you've told
Have the mouths Of the horses never been
So they couldn't cat oats in the stall?
with respect to yer riv'reuce,' ,' said Nike. with
'"sure for that re may lavc me alone:
1'ye scrapet1 till there's nvcr sin left oehoind-
j, Me conscience is clanc to the boMe!"
So absotved, happy Mike went away for mora
Till the tlny came around to tell all:
And the sery first thing he confessed. he had
The mouth Of each horse in the stall!
'1Iow Is this e. said the priest; ..wheu here. bur
You never had done this, yo, ewore-'.
Faith thanks 10 yer rlv'rence,' said Mike,
niyer hnd heard of beforc.''
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No change in the appointment Of fany ncnl-
her OF an annual conference. can be made
without the consent of the Bishop having
Jurisdiction over that body. The bishops
named above ttrpreside over the conference
sessions have exclusive jurisdiction over tina
various bodies during the entire year. Tia
reports received at the meeting showed u
general condition Of prosperity in the Church
throughout this and other countries. .-..
Bishop Harris. who RECENTLY returned from
an official trip tn the Pacific Coast, is to eavd
next Thursday to Inspect the work of thu
Church III South America. III: Will make
the first visit Ut !. Methodist Eplscopa'
Bishop to the western coast Of Soutlt
America. beginning with u session Of the
mission in Santiago. Chill. After visiting
the eastern coast. Bishop Harris will sail fnr
the western coast Of Africa, to supervise tl!d
tour among the missions ut continental
Europe, returning ho.uc III about cue year.
, 1881-11-06
METHODIST BISHOPS.


dUJVUEE{UExI OF EEIG 4%fIHHNI W1GEIXI1&S
Of the Board.
.Neu York Times, Mr.. J.
The Board Of Bishops Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, who have been holding
their annual meeting in the Methodist Book
Concern building ut Broadway and Eleventh
street, finished their work and adjourned
yesterday. ALI the Bishops were present ex-
cept Bishop Simpson, who is in Europe,
where he went to attend tile great Methodist
Ecumenicni Conference; Bishop Bowman,
WHO is OIL All official tour among the churches
i'll Japan and China; and Bishop Scott, tlla
senior Bishop of the Church. who WAS tDo
board was to prepare the plan Of episcopal
Jurisdiction and visitation Of the annual cum
fercnccs Of the Church, to be held next
spring. The plan. rs finally prepared, is as
, 1881-11-06

W.! m!hoat such complete separation there
~ Az 4,a oc 70 security for either civil liberty
u:,i1 ''Tn.s Xxx o. consclence isa matters of
tsuson f. z nor assumed when II legal union is
:, ,'''ne+ , Ect"een CEu1ch ann Stats. 1t is when
taxes IL tsngic Its coarse interests and lis v,,i
Enf passions with tho religious sentiments Of
insh ims peon!e Ihnt IS what poutes and falsit1es
,!a tnaI o. onr own conntry, has been written il,
vain IL luis be not the lesson 1t teaches.
THESE. CONVICTIONS NOT ONLY DisAEM stE
ol tne power 10 repel 3lr. lneersoll's assaults y
sh poticMi argument but force to :.dmit for
~. ~ puEposes es thS case that he is right OIL at
The noints<Df that kind whicl, hc chooses to luz
~. can no that, a1yansehi vre,tin. withuu Ut
lie thought hf WAS striking u powerful blow
AZ the Almighty when he showed TINT the Jewish
n:astitutio'i contained provision which con
mic1eu with the platform of the Abol&ipnists
Incy had determined aud resolved thai unuer
~ ~ circumstances, ut Nil times, and everywhere
.oe ,e to'eflon r; m l slavery "r serv1uas 1or life
now to oc described they rot money power, and
Ereae personal consequence for themselves and
unite with him in bowling down Christianity or
anything else that diminished the pratits Of their
business. Directly before him he aHd the sue
ccss1ul example OF Dclretr;us, tho siivers,pith,
VINO raised tremendous nUrOur ugansr tho
Go*pel OF Christ ny snpiy believing out: Great
thnt by ibis craft wc have our wealth."
. ! coulu only protest that these appeals to the
interest and passions Of a political party we're
unfair Diana Ut the Ephesiat,s and Yankee
:,n Ano'itionis:n may both nase bcen great. aud
they were great II, the sense of .ccin:: popular,
but tAn1 does not prove thai tho Gospel oi God
Is Il pcrnicioEs tlnposture. The Jewish Consti-
tuition. which tolera a1cti the enslavement OF saw
ages in .udea. and the resolves Of the Abolition
caucus. which condemned 1t i'll America, might
both be right, since she Two systems were not to
be Judged " orc another: each should be con-
slt!ertd with proper reference tt circumstances
widely different Hut the suggestion thut the
intaliiele God might be believed tts have pro-
cecded on just grounds without inpugn,ng the
righteousness Of the Aooliuonists met with no
favor.
THE pHACTICED DEstAGOC; CANNOT FOEEGo
the tricks Of his tratle, anl sb be makes tho
panegyric OF his political faction an excuse for
castin contempt III the t;,cte of his Maker und
for Insulting the faith and reason OF ult who be-
ieye in Christ. Tue unrest Thought rhAt the
Judge Of all the earth did righ, ts hti.l with
rancor. which tie pours cut over pllgG after page
and then rcrcats 1t als.n and again:
Cnpat Ks hIs heart with words
AMT fails 10 eursn4 like very tlrab-
4 sEulion-
have said thus mitch about the slavery
point. not as III, answer MIR. tnEersoil, hut bt.
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A Plea for Our Rights.
AN OPEN LETTER FKox ELIZABETH MANLY TO MISS
'STRoNGMIND.'

Dearest strong:-I say sstrong," for find
1t much more convenient to leave Off the mind
I've something to tell-It is awfully shocking,
1 know when they hear it the ''Ciubn viii come
fiocking
Fierce to the rescue with tongue and with pen,
And give them raking-theSe fifi,,tdent men!
It is this, that while reading Political notes.
Divorces, and murders, the latest in coats
Ana other such topics OF interest, you know,
My eyes CHANGED to fail upon something below;
And, seeing at once that u trial was the theme,
started to read,-fOr how should dream
That it was so shocking, SO terribly vile;
Ihat IL cenSured Us women for tending trial.
l But IL really was 50! It's an outrageous Shame
That these men have such rights and ICE can't
have the same;
They've their drinks and tobacco, they can
curse, smoke and chew,
Yet they get very mad Ii we've n scandal OF two.
With their dogs and their horses, they've dog
~, ~ lights and races,
And, speaking of horses, just lGok at our saddle,
HOW we must ride sidewise, while men may ride
StIaddle).
It's always just SO! we must crab it through
life
We must sidle from view, at the sign of strife,
lWhlch you know Is a thing we delight in
When there is no very serious fightinD
Now all OF these privileges men are enjoying,
While we are kept, back declare it's annoying
BY TALK or refinement and lots OF things more,
Until declare it's becoming BORE
But, gracious! excuse me. IN rambling so,-
Pm SO terribly Mustered, really don't Know,
When my tongue gets once started, just where it
will go!
What wanted, was just to say
That saw in paper the other day
zone day last week, or perhaps it was 1aterO
An outrageous slander-'tWaS signed by one Pate,',
Who am sure Is terrible BEAR
Old fOgyfSh, Grabbed, unfair
WHAT business OF his ii we want to be bold?
III tell MIN, for one, that his notions are old,
Ana the girls OF to-day are In no-wayS beholling
TO those cranky old mOralstS, and don mind their
ScOlding.
Now goodbye, dearest, must come to close,
Sos to get in my letter before the mail goes.
Remember the Club, give love to Miss st inley,
And do not forget
Yours,
ELIZABETH MANLEY.
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The FUTURE OF ,ISocuLATIoN. = Customer:
my nephew is just starting for Sierra Leone,
and thought could not make him a more
useful present than adose of your best yellow
fever. Would you tell me the price. pleased"
Chemist: ..Well, ma'am. the germs are SO diff
cult to cultivate in Europe that l would advise
your waiting for the next West Indian mail
when am expecting nice, fresh consignment
from ST. Thomas Meanwhile we would recon-
mend our half-gninea travellers assortment of
the Six commonest zymotics, and could add
most OF the tropical diseases from stock at five
shillings each. We have some nice Asiafic
cholera just ripe, but they are more expensiye."
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A Daredevil of the Georgia Noun.
tainNs

From the Griffin News.
There are few men in Georgia. probably, who
have given the officers more trouble than Jack
Pugh, and we doubt if any one has ever been
more successful in eluding them. Catch him
and surround him as they would, he always
managed to slide out from under their thumbs.
Long. lank, lean and wiry, and possessed of
unusual activity for one of his build, he has
kept up his daredevil career with the fearless
ness of a border ruffian. Pugh will fight a
circular saw. it Is said. and has never been
afraid to meet the best armed officers, always
being ready and on the alert. His wife, too is q
tough customer when on her muscle. Some
time ago one Rawls said something to her
about Jack at the house, when she took up a
board and with true Amazonian courage cleaned
him completely up. making him bite the dust
in q jiffy. Pugh says he hasn't slept inside of a
house In three years II all his exploits in
evading the law and swindling the government
were dished up in dime-nOvel style it would
make the hair Of the average boy stand wildly
ON end. Being an Illicit distiller of the ardent
is not his only reputation. He Is said to be a
cieyerc0unterfeiter.
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AUTHORITATIVE CONTEsA
Mark Twain Informs an Enquiring
Friend in South Australia that he is
Not Dead.

Mark Twain Informs an Enquirin.
Friend i'm South Australia that he is
Not Dead.
gentleman in South Australia, who was un-
~ the impression that Mark Twain had once
visited that far away region. and when there had
actually lodged under the same roof with his
father, happened to hear recently that the famous
humorist was dead. He was so much affected
by the news that he at once wrote to Mr.. Glenn
ems to ascertain if it was true. The reply he re-
ceiyed is printed in the Adelaide Obse,pe,. of Oc-
tOber H. and is as follows.
During the present year have received letters
from three gentlemen in Australia who had in
past times known people who had known me
Sin Australia" but l have never been in any
part of Australia in my life. By these letters it
appears that the persons who knew me there
knew me intimately-nOt for a day, but for
weeks, and even months. And apparently
was not confined to one place, but was catered
all around over the country. Also, apparently,
/ was very respectable; at least L suppose so,
from the character of the company / seem to
have kept-gOvernment officials, ladies Of good
position, editors of newspapers. &c.
1t il very plain, then. that some one has been
in Australia who did me the honor to persOnate
me and call himself by my name Now. II this
man paid his debts and conducted himself in an
orderly and respectable way suppose have
no very great cause of complaint against him;
and yet am not able to believe that a man can
falsely assume another mans name and at the
same time be in other respects decent and
worthy person. l suspect that speciOus as this
stranger seems to have been, he was at bottom
a rascal and a pretty shabby sort of rascal at
that.
That is all wished to say about the matter.
There are signs that have an audience among
the people of Australia. l want their good
opinion; therefore thought l would speak up.
and say that If that adventuref was guilty Of any
misconduct there hope the resulting Obloquy
will be reserved for him, and not leveled at me.
since am not e blame
TO-day's NAH .ags letter to a member of
MY family from an old English friend of ours.
dated Government House. Sydney, May 90"
In which the writer Is shocked to hear of my
Sudden DEATH" Now, that suggests that that
aforementioned imposter has even gone the
length of diving for me. This generosity dis
arms me. He has done thing for me which
wouldn't even have done for myself If he will
only stay dead now will call the account
square, and drop the grudge bear him.
MARK TWAIN"
Hartford United States Of America. july "a.
1881.
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and flavor OF the author. and give all his best
passages in full. The result is n work which
occupies middle ground between Charles and
Mary Lambs +" Tales Of Shakespeare" and tho
full text OF that great authors works and one
that can hardly fa;l 10 meet a want many pa
rents have long felt. The volume h very hand
sofnely printed but the illustrations are not
worthy the letter press.
Ii would be hard to find a more complete and
delightful meange of wisdom. entertainment,
poetry. adventure. ETC. than Is contained In tho
portly and attractvely gotten up volume enti-
tied THE Childrea's Book" published nv
Houghton, Miffin & Co.. and for sale bv r. n.
Mohun. IL Is in fact dozen or SO of favorite
books rolled into one. containing also a number
of choice ballads and poems not to be found i'm
any single volume.
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TEXAS WOMAN is gradually becoming petri-
fled. Her feet and hands are already as hard as
stone. and when her cheeks undergo the same
metamorphosis she will be fully competent To
enter newspaper Office. draw n chair up along
side of the editor and reel off the following
legend: II have here an illustrated history of
the Patagonans for four full-page engravings i'm
each number to be completed i'm seyeuty-nine
parts at fifty cents part making three superb
volumes worth their weight i'm gold which no
library should be without and If you will put
your name here at the head OF my list I'll furnish
you the first three numbers gratis and YOU give
me little notice in your paper and willyouput-
downyOUrname!'-- NOrT-iStosra Herald
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Somewhat too warm: Guiteau SAYS he will
lecture within year. Sorry; but we ehant be
down that way to hear. Not tive arc good
LosceR C&izen
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How sc become a Cemsenariaa.

Il
DR.. Charles 5. Minot of Boston, lectured Mt
Cooper Institute last evening on THE Phe-
nomena OF Old Age" He said that the body of
man was nj the beginning hut a single cell SO
small that il had TO be looked at with a micro
scope This cell had the power of dividing It
self INTO two cells, and these again divided
themselves making four and SO on 10 the full
growth of the man. when the power OF the cells
To multiply ceased. The power of the original
cells To feed and multiply was enormous. but
taat power gradually diminished from the first
mus 1t was seen that death began with the
very beginning Of existence. After the cells had
lost their power TO multiply they began to feed
on one another. Their number gradually dimin-
lshed and that was why old people are thin
The time that this cell power was maintained
varied I'm different persons, and could be PRO-
ionged or shortened according to the habits
OF the individual He believed that this power
could be kept up in all healthy persons for 100
years provided none Of the laws of nature
were violated. How to enable the vital power
TO be kept up could be told i'm one word. That
word was sobriety.
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1T n curious fact that ball fired through
Iass may make hole enough smaller than the
soh size OF ball before firing to prevent an un-
ned ball Of the same ca,ibre from passing
through. f"s
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I IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE
~ WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1881.
SATURDAY. ID

To obtain any of these Letters the applicant must
this list.
not called for within month they wiz DO sent
to the Dead Letter Oilce
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II man really wants to know OF how little
importance he Is. bet him 60 with his wife to the
dansnaa2d ~ ss'lin0koa Hasokeye