Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-18
SATURDAY NIGHT BRIEFS
OF RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND LITERARY
INTEREST.

volume concerning her husband.
The number of Jews in all England is
said to be not more than 12O, 600. OF these,
81, 600 are in London. IL
"Write fOregOes on your states, said
the teacher to the juvenile class in SPELL
ing. and little girl wrote, "Go, 60, 60,
GO"
Mrs Araminta Gushington Speaks of
the ..solemn season OF loaned" She
never could bring herself to say Lent. 1t
is SO painfully vulgar, you know.
A young couple were baptized together
ut Trousdale, Tenn, and Immediately
afterwards were married, in their dripping |
garments, by tho same clergyman.
There was no attempt to deceive the |
guests as to the ages Of the bride and
bridegroom of wedding at Elgin, Iii.
The cards OF invitation said "Smitk |
Jamison, "a, to Sarah Seward, 49,"
A Hebrew and topical index to the |
fourteen volumes Of "Lange's Common
taly ON the Old Testament" has been
prepared by Professor Pick, of the Alle- |
gheny theological seminary.
Nicodemus is negro colony Of 367
families in Graham county, Kansas. There
are two churches, two schools and several
stores but the remarkable fact about
Nicodemus is the entire absence of money.
All the trading is done with the produce
of the farms.
A memorial chapel is to be erected in
Colwyn Bay, to commemorate the dis
tinguishcd Wesleyan preacher, VIM. Nor
ley Punshon. The pulpit, of Italian
marble, is to be contributed by Wesleyan
ministers.
Pope Leo XIII will create seven new
cardinals, it is said, at tho approaching
consistOry. Among them will be the
Arch bishops of Dublin, Seville, and AL
giers. and the Patriarch of Vienna.
"What is truth? ?" was the question
which the whole world, not Plate alone,
was asking on the day when Christ was
crucified. Plate seems to have been d.
vincly guided to answer his own question,
when he cried, "Behold tho man "'-R.
S. Hoacldnd.
The National Unitarian conference, to
be held in Liverpool, in April, will con-
slider the following subjects: CD the
development of the religious life within
the churches (2) the practical means by
which they can enlarge and extend relig-
ious influence !: and CD the position of the
ministry.
By putting an "r'' in the wrong place
a Richmond printer made the editor say
Oh u SCCuc sL blo CIOSo I'll ~ Uutiol, pio-
consolate fiends stood riveted to the
sport" The intelligent cOmpositor left out
the letter "d' in a paragraph about a
beautiful actress, and Informed the public
that crows lockeG to see lrer wherever she
went.
The Court. austercly: "Prisoner, how
did YOU have tho audacity to break into
this mans house at midnight and rob
bim?" Prisoner (pitcously): But, your
honor, last time | was before you, you
wanted to know hov | could have the au
dacity to rob a man Oh tho highway at
high noon. When do you want me to get
in my work ~
A young farmer near Springfield, Mass ;,
says he was working in Il field when a
man and woman came along in car
riace. The man asked him if lie would
marry tho woman for $500; he consented
and they went to the nearest justice, who
performed the ceremony. He shows the
$500 as proof, aud the justice bears him
ont in the strange story. The mysterious
bride and her companion rode away inn
medately after the marriage, and no more
is known Oe them.
The Rev. Arthur Annicesccd, OF Utica.
is disciple cf Wilde, and is pronounced
by his lady parishioners a very zephyr of
poetic piety. His preaching is very deli
cate. Last sunday ho read y portion of
sacred writ detailing a rehearsal Of Jonah S
submarine adventures. eve come now
to JONAH" said Arthur, "who passed
three days and three nights in the whale 3
--:,hem-society."
The Salvation Army recently held u
demonstration " of reclaimed tlrunkards
in City hall, Glasgow. The chairman
said the army had 30, 600 mcn and women
in the United Kingdom who neither
tasted, touched nor handled the cursed
drink. Several captains, male and female,
delivered addresses, relating their personal
experiences, three volleys," or cheers
being occasionally fired.
Ii we would mako tho pulpit in This
land strong and true, the preacher must be
FREQ man, as Paul was free, and Luther
was free, and as the citizen is free, and
the men who follow medicine and law.
The preachers who consent to be Of the
pattern churches prefer are not men, but
things not flesh and blood with a soul to
make all things sure, but wax to bc
moulded and adorned to the liking OF
those who hear them. The man who is
not what God made him from the surface
to tho centre has no business IN tho pulpit
Robert Collycr.
n gorgeous Drlual CnItnDer uttS JUST DeeI
completed for a rich Brooklyn girl. The
walls are covered with white satin, tufted
with gold buttons, and mirrors are inter-
jccte,i hero and there. The ceiling is
painted in the most artistic manner and
the curtains are of white silk embroidered
in gold and rich coloriDgs in floral de-
signs. The curtains are mounted on gil;
poles, and when drawn back disclose lace
drop curtains that cost 5000 window.
The portieres are of white silk plush, with
dado embroidery matching the curtains,
The furniture is treated with tho same
material as the curtains, and what little OF
the framework is seen is found to be rich
ly gilded.
Certainly our lady readers will be in
terested to know something of the two
damsels who have heads of hair of unpar
alleled length and beauty. The first is
Miss Ida Terry, Of Chicopee Falls, Massa-
chusetts, whose hair is said to trail for
half yard along the floor. But tie
Rochester Express claims that Miss Hat.
tie A. Miller, of No. ia North street, in
that city, surpasses Miss Terry. Miss
Miller is five feet, four inches in height,
ard in all respects prepOsscssing. She
kindly consented to take down her hair in
the presence of tho newspaper man. 1t
seemed to fairly encompass her as she
stood erect, and allowed it to flow grace
fully over her shoulders and along tho
floor. 1t has grown surprisingly even in
length, aud from the scalp to The end of
the hair measures exactly six feet and six
inchoQ TINS alIOwiuu Of a trail cn,,rtoon