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Emerson.
purpose.'

MI hmerson's philosophy was not much
more than the confusion of an unreasonable
hlghly susceptible mind, and he never pretended
TO- have excogitated a definite system of anv
hlnG' ne claimed at all times the right to con
tTadlct himself, and he exercised it freely and
above board He gave you the pros one dav
and ne put forward the cons the next with as
much earnestness and force. The final residuuro
OF his teaching would probably be reducible TO
lew strong instincts and few simple rules of
good sense. If philosopher at all, he was
such only IN the large sense in which his
iayorl'e Montalgne was one. Some of his best
essays are tumble of pretty thinps-so MANY
OF the choicest pearls which have never been
strung. 1t is only by mental illusion on the
part Oh his admirers, similar to that which
enables one to discern an articulate voice in the
signing OF the wind, that one can find in his
ghttering and dlscursive epigrams connected
series OF thoughts But, dismssing view OF
nS genius "hlch Is put forward sonly by i'll
ADVISED friends we find in him an essavist of
t4e highest order-an essayist as brilliant as
haziltt' with powers of drawing by a word
subtle moral distinctions which La Rrnvara
could not surpass, and with unfailing afinities
TO all that Is best In nature. He has yerv varied
GnarIns, and plenty of surprises are in store for
ms readers he Will hover on the borders of
WIZ then write you one or two sentences about
loy rove OF friendship or other high themes which
will not suffer themselves to be forgotten in a
long life, or he will let fall dicf9m which
seems a newly discovered aphorism by Eacon
or pen half a page which will read as if an ex.
GetPt IRON from B1rroE or Jeremy Taylor broken
INTO gltterlng pieces 1t is not given 10 Ill
students Of literature to admire MI Emerson
frosty poetry, or to discern the difference between
Its wingless motion and obscure and awkward
prose. But no one can help admiring the acnfe-
ness n and brllliancy of his English Traits or
tn the subtle sympathy of his essay on Montaione
me world will not be agreed as to the exact
But on all hands it VII be admitted III ~.
country has lost man of genius of whom il
might well be proud, and his generation q
teacher whom 1t cannot replace. london Ts11es
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eve hate erpngdtions, and suspect that they
often send youthful readers away in search of
the exscinded matter) If not then there is
death in the pot"
Lord Shrewsbury is known wherever
the English language is spoken as the represen
tatlve philanthsopic nobleman of ENGLAND
lie IS equally at home at an assemblape of n
Washerwomen's Benevolent Association or at a
meeting for the evangelization of the South
African savages. His kindness of heart is often
publicly recognized q" am very glad indeed
10 meet you, my Lord, said Mr.. Spurgeon to
MN at large meeting, the other night land
l have one request to make of your Lordship.
II Is that your Lordship will be good enough to
keep, out of heaven as long as it may be per
'onally convenient for you to do So"
How the Celestials do THINGS is
shown by the doings of the Chinese of Nount
Vernon Church in Boston The Celestials gave
a festival which yielded a far greater sum than
was expected Out of the proceeds they pur
chased magnificent easy chair for Rev. Mr..
herrick, the pastor and made a similar sub
stantlal gift to their teacher After these ex
Penditures they still had seventy dollars left.
by unanimous vote they bestowed this to the
poor fund of the church, " that the poor might
have the Gospel preached to them" Hurry np
that bill for keeping the Chinese out of the conn
try Tor the next ten years Christian at Work.
"A MINISTER 'sVIEw OF AFFA1Rs.-Dr
Herrlck Johnson, of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church OF Chicago, thus summarizes the condi
ton OF things In that city Politics seized bv
unprincipled aspirants for place and power
oiilcal patronage dispensed with no regard
whatever to the public veal; ballots sometimes
served out like fixed ammunition and dropned
into the box at the word of command with a
KIND OF military pride in not caring what thew
contain, provided they come from the nroner
quarter Mayor who will go into liquor
dealers convention and publicly boast of his
having been brought up on whisky municip-
al chief whose sworn duty it is to enforce law.
seeking to regulate an iniquity which he is
under legal obligation to suppress gambling
houses haunting their shameless and lawless
lnfamy IN open day; dago dens and low varie.
ties VISITED and often crowded, by hundreds and
thousands OF young men and young women
Il, loO actually counted as entering one of these
vile establishments on one evening between
the hours of and II P. NJ; 1905 places for
the sale OF liquor 1. e. more saloons than lamn-
posts-htteen miles of solid grog slops LIQUORS
SOLO TO minors in fragrant violation of the law.
ana boys and girls found drunk in the street a
Sao3ath that, IN some portions of the city. is a
KIND OF high carnival, where men and women
trample on everything sacred with defiant and
insolent scott; over 10000 children between the
ages OF SIX and twenty one without anv relioi
Gus instruction whatever the majority of crime
In the city committed by minors, criminal classes
controlling the juries and packing them to their
purpose"
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much less Christian one. l do not believe
that the Scriptures necessitate the theory that
death is the limit of human probation he
lieVe that all before they come to the Judgment
OF Christ will have Christian probation"
vi course, this is in direct opposition to Cal
Vlnlsm, TO the orthodox creed Of Professionalism
generally. Though Mr. Merriman did not
avow his belief in the ultimate salvation Of ali
men, II Is obvious that he is a Universalist In
the state OF which they will go after death. ac
coruing TO him, men will be tried purged fitted
for heaven, made ready to appear before the
judgment seat of God.
When cross examined closely, he reiterated
ms views, making them clearer and more I'M
mistakable, follows:
g The line of probation is the final ;rdon,o,+
Between death and then there might be rSdemn.
tive progress. Evil did not ALWAYS exist and
may be terminated, and the phrase 'everlas
ting applied to punishment does not necessitate
the theory of illimitable evil or SUFFERING
dead" pay ei' i0i Tue
Mr.. Merriman could not honestly and loqi.
cally escape from this conclusion. If probation
continues after death, prayers for the dead are
Just as important, just as eficacious, as PRAYERS
Tor men while under the earthly probation
And yet this Congregational minister who
explained away the old orthodox ideas of the
astonement, who did not believe in everlasting
punishment who accepted probation after death
and who did not shrink from approval of
prayers for the dead, was pronounced sound in
uoGtrlne by the Somerville Council, and was in
He was formally accepted and approved as q
spiritual and doctrinal guide for the descendants
OF the Purltans, to whom his teachings would
nave been hateful beyond measure Assuredlv
New England Congregationalsm is passing
through very radical changes.-N Y. Sun.
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a congregational Minister Justifies
Prayers for the Dead

Inc increasing tolerance of lax views of the
ology IN the Congregational Church was lately
SHOWN anew at Somerville in Massachusetts
Inc Rev: MIR. Merriman, who is described as
one OF the ablest and most scholarly ninistors
In the Congregational ranks" and who for sew
erai years was President of Ripon College wa.
under examination before an ecclesiastical I'M.
ounal called to test his fitness for installation as
pastor Oh do
Mr.. Merriman expressed liberal viayys oor
corning the Lords Supper, or communion and
gave an explanation Of the atonement which
cannot be reconciled with orthodox doctrine as
understood in what are called evangelical
churches generally. But his greatest diver
gence from the established theology of Puritan.
Ism and OF orthodox Professionalism az q whole
occurred when he gave his convictions toucbing
the future state and future punishment
lie declared his belief i'm q rnodi6od so~t -
purgatory, something against which All pro
OeSIanJism has been arrayed and he refused 10
accept or preach the doctrine that nunisb1nont
lot SIN Is everlasting. Nor did this Conerega
tional minister, man, we are told "o7 &c
character and power, stop there He did not
S SnlTK from the logical conclusions deducible
rom rom ms views. Believing in probation after
death, he did not deny the necessity nor irorrc,n
the eifcacy Of prayers for the dead
These are the words in which he decIorod
himself touching Christian probation
&c AS Christ was born and died for all man az.
al men Will have Christian probation. All
are dear to Christ, and are to have the ofor of
the great salvation. But there are rnanv who
nave no probation whatever this side of the
grave. They have not even moral probation,
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FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

In 1866 there were forty Christians
among the Telugus-now they number over
10000. Between the LIST of January and tbo
2lst OF March 400 were baptized There are
now among them 80 ministers, $50 school reach.
ers, and 10 Blble-readers. The Theological
seminary established by Mr.. Clough has 175
students The mission is the marvel of the age.
-Reveillaud, the French Protestant
orator, has been holding evangelistic services in
Algeria: He preached with sufficient distinct
ness and force to rouse the bitter spirit of inf
IgseIlty' which IS as strong there as in France
Inc cross of Christ is still an offence " onJ
they that will hold it up must exnect The CO..
"a unreasonable and wicked men,
Presbyterian.
1t is encouraging to know that the
great Dulk OF the converts received by the
American Baptist Mission AMONG the Te1nr,,s
IN India stand firm. A letter from a missiona2rv
says Of these converts:
Three years have passed since tben-vears
OF persecution and trial to great MANY Of the
new converts and Of sitting the chaf from the
wheat. Some cbaf has been blown out but
only enough to show the genuineness of what
remains. Nowhere are there any indications
OF collapse, unless it is in the interest Of
trends at home During the last year 2,757
were baptized, and about / 300 so far this wear
number which will probably reach 1000 be-
i9re the end Of the year and perhaps more than
that. In fact, there is no one who can tell
what might not be done if the missionary force
were what it ought to be in this field. I have
0aPtlzed with my own hands converts who have
come from villages ninety TO- one hundred miles
distant, and who came all that distance on foot
through mud and rain, entirely at their own er
pense. merely for the sake Of being baptized
Out Of two hundred candidates for baptism fbere
are seldom more than ten from any one village
often only one or two; and they tell of great
not come so far
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An exchange notes that at the for
NAL admission, few days since of seven Law
readers to their office at Lambrath, the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury said "Once it used to be
thought that the clerical profession had the
monopoly of spiritual instruction, and that none
to his neighbors the way of life. We have ont.
lived that prejudice, along with many others.
We have learned to 60 back to this as in other
matters, to primitive times"
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M ANTED--A purchaser for AMMAN
w DALE, the most beautiful and produc-
tive FARM on James River above Lynchburg
containing $40 ACRES, 200 of which are James 3
River Bottom--immediately on the Richmond
& Allegheny Railroad, with the Sbenandoa5
Valley Railroad on the opposite side of lanes
Rlyer-three miles south of the Natural BRIDGE
and ten miles below Buchanan.
The IMPROVEMENTS consist of a hand
some brick dwelling with eight rooms, besides
all the usual out-houses including a nice brick
dairy supplied from bold and never-failing
spring. This valuable property is offered for
sa!e privately at $34 per acre, and if not sold
privately before the Sd day of June. will then
be offered for sale to the highest bidder on the
premises The payments will be made accom-.
modating. Address F. JOHNSTON
my l7-2t Gilmore's Mills, Botetourt Va
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OAPoN SPRINGS AND BATHS
ALKALINE LITHIA WATERS.
Hampshire County, West Virginia
OPEN JUNE 1. 1882

-, Easy Of access from all points of the compass
The largest Swimming Pool of Carbonated
sP PGrSI % sEGoT IN the The World Also IRON
quarters of an hours ride (carrage or borso,
back, splendid White Sulphur, Grand Noun
tam Scenery, a Summer Climate unsurpassed
charming summer home. For medical and
other testimony send for pamphlet. Fine band
good fishing and boating. From Richmond and
vicinity via Washington and Harper's Ferry or
VIA stanton and Valley Railroad. Say where
you saw this advertisement.
my17-lm w. III. SALE Pronrioto~
The Owosso times., 1882-01-20
FACTS ABOUT UMBRELLAS.

Antiquarians say that the umbrella was In
vented shortly after the food, and has been the
least improved upon of all appliances for human
comfort, the shape being now as IL was in those
youthful days of the world. An umbrella Is
much like pigeon as to the question OF posses
sion-the last one who gets II owns it, The fol.
lowing facts about umbrellas-especially the last
one-may serve every reader splendid purpose
sooner or later: To place your umbrella in rack
indicates that It is about TO change owners. An
umbrella carried over a woman, the man getting
nothing but drippngs of the rain indicates court
ship. When the man has the umbrella and the
woman the drippings, II indicates marriage. To
carry il at right angles under your arm signifies
that an eye Is to be lost by the man who follows
YOU Toput cotton um brella by the side ofanice
silk one signifies that exchange is no robbery
To lend an umbrella signifies that +" l am fool"
To carry an umbrella Just high enough TO tear
:" l am woman" To go without an umbrella
In rainstorm shows am sure of getting rheu-
matism, and will have to use ST. JACOBS OIL To
get we'll" To keep fine umbrella for your own
use and a bottle Of ST. JACOBS OIL always in the
house, in case Of rheumatism or accident, would
signify that you are real philosopher.
The Owosso times., 1882-01-20
REsCUEU FROM DEATH.

The following statement of William j
Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass is so remark
,ble that we beg to ask for it the attention o
,ur readers. He says: "In the fall of 1875
vas taken with VIOLENT BLEEDING OF TIL
LUNGS followed by a severe cough. l soor
began to lose my appetite and flesh. was
10 weak at one time could not leave my
bed. In the summer of 1877 was admitted
the City Hospital. While there the doc
ors said | had hole in my left lung as biz
vs. a half dollar. Iexpended over hundred
dollars in doctors and medicines. l was sc
ar gone at one time a report went arouno
hat was dead. l gave up hope, but 6
riend told me of DR.. VIM. HALLS BALsAI
FOR THE LUNGS. laughed at my friend
linking that my case was incurable, but
rot bottle to satisfy them, when to my sur
,rise and satisfaction, commenced to fee
,etter. My hope, once dead, began to revive
md to-day l feel in better spirits than | have
he past three years.
~ write this hoping you will publish it, &C
hat every one afflicted with diseased lung
will be induced to take DIR. VIM. HALLS
9ALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, and be convinced
hat CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. 1 have
aiken two bottles and can positively say thai
It has done more good than all the other
medicines I have taken since my sickness
My cough has almost entirely disappeared
and shall soon be able to go 70 work."
JAS. T.. DAVIS & CO., Wholesale Drug
gists. Detroit. Mich. Agents.
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alton in financial circles, and there are serious
apprehensi0ns Of further failures
Dispatches from Paris state that semi
official announcement has been made that
Gambetta will resign from the ministry pro-
vided his proposed legislation for the re-estab.
lishment OF the scrutip do liste system OF elect
ing deputies, embodied In his scheme Of con-
stitutional revision, Is rejected by the chamber
Of deputies.
Forster, chief secretary, has returned from
his visit to England and the queen. Much
speculation is INDUCED In as to what new fea-
lures of administration will be the result.
Two men who attacked house at Cara Lake
Ireland, In November, and stole fl0, have been
sentenced to ton years penal servitude.
The various liberal elements In the German
relchstag have agreed 10 present bill ON &C
cident insurance which will meet the govern
menps demand about half way. This il a
compromise which is generally hoped will
be accomplished rather than force a direct d.
vision on Bismark's more radical PROPOSE
ton.
Among deputies, to Gsmbetta's revision
scheme is growing in strength. Many who
were elected under pledges TO support 1t are
now begging of on the ground that Its obiec,
has already been secured by the republican
triumph at the late senatorial elections. It Il
now intimated that after carefully sizing W
the situation the premier may withdraw hi
urgency Of the scrutin de liste part of th,
program, as matter Of personal prudence.
London dates Of January IA yay: Pari
correspondent states that a commercial treat,
between France and England will be alnOs
certainly signed within three weeks; that onl,
the duties In regard to some of the cstegorie
Of wOolens and cottons remain 10 be decided
A Berlin dispatch says: Herr Dietz, tn
socialist arrested at Stuttgart, is member o
the reichstag. He was arrested for selling
prohibited publication. His friends are on
deavoring to prove that his arrest Is in viola
ton OF his privileges as a member Of parlia
! ment,
enormous mass of rock, 1000 feet high
has fallen from Rothrisa mountain, near tn
town Of Glarus, destroying orchards, roads an
! meadows. No lives were lost:
The Owosso times., 1882-01-20
jim Jam Lead.

"The kid" las the young man Was
called) had no coffin, and no grave but
deserted prospect hole, and there was
no funeral hymn or clergyman to say
the last sad words above the still white
face. Around the prospect hole were
grouped a few brown featured men
whose hearts bled for the distant
mourners whose unfortunate loved one
was soon to be laid to rest in that un-
known grave.
In the absence of other services Buck
Bramel stepped up on large copper
stained boulder and said:
"Pardners, we are here to plant all
that is mortal Of the Kid. He came to
us as pretty piece Of blossom rock as
ever laid my eyes on, but before he
struck the fOotwall, his lower level was
flooded, and now the claim is abandon
ed. The indications seemed good, but
whisky shut off the assessment work,
and no dividends will ever be declared.
'If he'd a struck some other outfit
he might have PANIED all right, but we
got him stuck on a Jim jam lead, and
now we'ere going to plant him in the
prospect shaft Of the Pauper's Dream.
"Pardpers, l don't know how you
feel about this business, but 1 have
pretty near made up my mind that
there has got to be reform in this
camp, or there won't be prospect holes
enough to 60 around.
81 tell you, it's a solemn thought.
How would Colorado feel on resurrec-
ton day to have delegation of drunk
and disOrderlies like us crawl out of the
ground and ask to be recognized by the
chairP
III tell you, pards. every one Of us
will pinch out before Fall If we don't
change our dip. Our lives will be moth
ing but slide or blowout, or chin
ney Of barren ore. If we calculate to
have any showing on the dump in the
sweet by and by, we've got to take a
tumble. '-Nye's Boomerang.
The Owosso times., 1882-01-20
Facts About Rheumatism.

Mrs. General Sherman says: ~ have fre
quently purchased burang's Rheumatic Rem.
edy for friends suffering with Rheumatism,
and in every instance it worked like magic"
General Logan, United States Senator, writes:
Some years ago was troubled more or les.
with rheumatism, and have been grea; SUI
ferer in the ,asI Year win Same disease. DO
gan to take Durang's Rheumatic Remedy, and
am satisfied that have been cured by its use
I recommend it to all sufferers"
Hon. John Cessna, late member OF Congress
from Pennsylvania, writes. I'm the space OF
twelve hours my rheumatism was gone, having
taken three doses Durang's Rheumatic Remedy
My brother, Of Bedford, Pennsylvania. was cur
ed by similar amount"
1t absolutely cures when everything else
fails. Sold by every Druggist Send for FIRE
pamphlet TO r. K. Helphenstine, Washing ton
ID. O.
The Owosso times., 1882-01-20
What the Director Said.

A Boston reporter, while in the Office of the
New York and Boston Despatch Express Com
pahy, had a conversation with Mr.. B. f. Lara
bee, one of the directors of the company, who
gave the following personal experience: "a
little more than year ago I was taken sick.
did not know what the trouble was, but / con-
tinued to grow worse, and my complaint BAT.
fled the skill OF my doctors. At last my symp-
toms developed into that terrible complaint
Brighps Disease, which has been pronounced
incurabe by all physicians. My SUITE Jugs al
that time were uDspeakable. l vas DlOateu
from head 10 fool; my heart panied me; NY
pulse was irregular, and was unable u
breathe, except In short, convulsive gasps
While suffering thus learned Of Warmers SAFE
Kidney and Liver Cure, and although had
been given up to die by the prominent pl, ysi
clans OF Boston, and they had told my friends
could not live week, resolved 10 try thit
remedy as last resort am rejoiced TO Say /,
has effected perfect cure in my case, and with
my friends who kavs been sfiiiesed with kidney
troubles, either Of long standing or in theiI
acute forms, and who, under my advice. have
used this most wonderful Iemedy'
The Owosso times., 1882-01-20
r'UkEIGN.

The police Of Cork are busy making arrests
and creating much excitement.
The senatorial elections In France on the Sth
resulted in a complete triumph for the Repub.
lie. OF 70 seats contested only IL were carried
by the Monarchists, the remaining 86 by Re-
bublicans, for the greater part pledged to sup.
port Gambetta In his scheme for the 80 called
reform constitution.
The funeral services over the remains of the
late Richard H. Dana took place In the Amer
lean church in Rome on the 9th. The score
taries OF the American and British embassies
were among the pail bearers. The church was
crowded with people, all Of whom were dress
cd In mourning. The remains were buried In
the Protestant cemetery, forta Pia.
The net gain Of the Republicans In the
French assembly is n, and they stand 2O7 TO
90 conservatives.
A Paris dispatch Jan. 10, says; THERE'S con:
siderable excitement in financial circles over
reports that the bank OF Lyons and Loire, Of
this city, lie in difficulties, that II Is unable to
meet its obligations, and that 1t has been
obliged to suspend payments. The extent Of
Its difficulties Is placed at various large sums,
and 1t Is feared that It will prove disastrous
failure. The report has caused strained stu
The Owosso times., 1882-01-20

The city Of Boston voted, by over ten
thousand majority, in favor of licensing
the sale of liquor.
Passamaquady, (Me,) Indians are
shooting large numbers of deer. They
report them very plenty in the vicinity
of parts of Eel River.
On Christmas day Mrs. Garfield and
her guests, the Rockwells, visited the
tomb where the dead President lies
and almost filed it with fresh flowers
An agricultural writer says that
skim milk being really DEMONSTRATING
and the most valuable part of the milk
will not always be wasted as it is at
present. 1t will be utilized as human
food and acquire an increased value,
and this, while it will enhance the in.
come of the producer, can not fail to
have a bearing on other daily products
Considerable advances have already
been made in this direction. The enor
nous waste of flesh forming foOG
through this channel is becoming APP
preciated, and will not long he tolerat
ed. Some way will be levised to turI
it TO better account.