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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-03-11

ELKToS, March G.-The Woman's Foreign
Missionary anniversary was held at 23O
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The Rev. W.
II. Thompson presided. After prayer by
the Rev. L, Il. Barrett of Port Deposit, the
Rev. L. l.. Terry delivered an address on
the subject of missions. He was followed
by Mrs. Julin Lore McGrew, NJ. ID. formerly
a missionary in India, who talked in il
pleasing manner. She appealed to the
ladies of the congregation and related the
trials and troubles of the women OF India.
She described the funeral of young man
in Moradihi and tho manner in which his
widow was treated greatly affected her
hearers. Out OF 2,000,00O women in India,
10000 We're widows who were treated
worse than dogs. While in India she found
only one woman who dared speak her hus-
bands name. One jealous husband cut off
his wife's nose and drove her from his
door, The speakers appeal was not In vain,
as liberal collection was taken.
DIR. ID. r. Ndder, corresponding member
OF the board of education, delivered an nd
dress and was followed by Mrs. Il. b.
Stevens Of Wilmington.
At night the church was crowded to its
utmost capacity. The occasion was the
educational anniversary, and tho Rev,
Adam Stengle presided. After singing by
the choir and prayer, the chairman said
that the persons having In charge the
'NAt"Ht1AAo. - Ahio RAoSAhAAIlo lOI aunt
versaries had not only honored him with
the craftsmanship of the committee but had
further honored him by putting him down
for speech. He talked for short while
in an anecdotal vein.
The Rev, W. W. W. Wilson was then In
troduced. He read paper originally pre-
pared for reading before the Salisbury
Preachers Association, entitled "Our Edu-
cational Beneflciaries and How Best to Aid
Them" There are two ways in which a
young man wishing to get aid to fit himself
for the ministry could receive aid. One
is through the board OF education
In New York and the other through the
Wilmington Conference Educational society.
The conditions under which they could
secure aid and how to apply for it were
dwelt upon. Ten young men had been
aided from the territory of the Wilmington
Conference by the Board OF Education, oi
whom two are now members OF the confer
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05

IL cisterns VI domestic Gltrat.on would DO
effected wirh d ticu y en- the Wholesale
scale on &C cunt of the character OF
The suspended particles. X the Hyatt
so far as the dem ands Of quantity are con-
cerned the writer il confident that the FL
tered water. II clear, will Do a "a itfaetorY
purify This has reference to the Hyatt
method IF 4 tratiOn only as cOnnected with
the Wolf river wsie-. What is influence
might DO on a water in Whsch the organic
matter IS chiefly ia state OF solution and
not IN suSpeHsiOn amnng the inorganic par
ticlss, % m the " off river supply ne he
Louisville and Nashville railway crossing,
is upknown and does mot come within the
scope % the present inguiiy.
Besides removing the suspended matters
and y ding cieaf mater for dome'tic and
manufacturing purposes the filtration may
be confidently expected 10 free the water
from all sn piciOn OF malarisl cOniamina-
tiOu; Tor. as has been stated abovs thor
ough filtration, although incempetent 70
effect tn removal of the tropical poison from
a water il followed by q speedy decrease in
the prevalence of ma,arial affections among
those who use the filtered instead of the sur
face supply.
The propagation of typhoid fever BY wa
ter supply depends, as already indicated, on
the inflow of an injected sewage. Small
streams are obviously better than large
streams as a source OF supply, because the
area drained BY them may b. N ore efectual-
IV guarded dgdlutb dd1kCIOuS CuubAM 'Dh-
tions. An efficient supervision is the only
known prevent We of the inxasisn Of ty-
phoid BY TIE water supply. With such care
exercised over the raoieles and course Of tho
Wolf river, and the subsequent fltratiou Of
the water, as proposed, p purs nd healthful
supply may be obtained for the city Of Mem
phis.
In conc uding. the writer sus.es frem
paper on "W hoIesome Water iOr cities and
Towns" re d in May last at Pbiladelphia
before the sanitary converter called by the
state Board Of Health Of Psnnsylvania:
"Under the cOnd tiOns OF our modern civ
ilizatiOn It seems impossible TO bring the
spring water in its pristine purity to our
homes; but it is only q guest ., Of money
and an INTELLIGENT and watchful superin-
tendence to have water which will be its
equal in Who'll somenese. Animal matter.
with its typhoid poss bilities, must be ex-
clpded by the selection IF a suitable source,
the area Of which must be atterward pro-
tected to the 'ull. But the NEST careful sur
Vigilance will fail to exclude che malarial
possibilities assc ciated with tho vegetable
matter Of an otherwise heAlthful surface.
To remove these naiure's process of hltra-
ton must be initiated. Thus only will .
water be obtained free from the danger Of
typhoid ever ON the one hand, and a mala-
rial disease on the others pure, clean and
wholesome supply, which, by preserving the
from unne 'essAry sickness, will
in short time amply repay the expenditure
involved in tie introduction"
CHARLES SMART, Surgeon, U. s. A.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05
YHE MATER SUPPLY.
A HAPPY SOLUTION PROBABLE
At AN EARLY DAY.
Admirable Reports Presented By
Gen. CoIton Greene and Chair
man 5 W Hampton.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE EXPERTS
APPOINTED TO INVEsTIGATE
The Quality Of Water Available
Proposition Of the Citizens
Water Company.

In order to present to the readers Of
the APPKAL ali the data collected on
the subject OF water supply, we re.
print this morning In compact form
the report OF the Committee OF Ter i'm
GLIDING the reports o. Gen. Greene
and Chairman Hampton, together
with the data collected by the experts
employed by the committee. We also
add the proposition Of the Citizens
Water Company TO the Legislative
Conn n, so that the present atus Of
the water question may be studied by
our citssfs at their leisnre, ard by
the aid Of light throwo upon it by the
able report Of the committee. These
reports speak for Themselves. They
embady tue rfsnlt OF eighteen months
Of skillful research AID intelligent ap
plicati0D, and form monument of
which it's authors have GAYS, TO feel
prond.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05
Chairman Htampton,s Report.


Chairman HRmpton's Report.
Hon. D.. P. HaddOn, President Legislative
Counol;
aEErLEMEE-The COMMITTEES appointed BY
you urdor the resolution OF July %, 1885, TO
consider all matters appertaining 70 OBJ
tanning . bOunliful supply OF pure, clean,
ShCiSscuos water ate iCr The re q the entire
ohAae Of tho present. water .Qomplny's " ant
by tho Dat .iet, or tho establishment OF new
water works e0tirelyl TO consider the source
Whence this wafer 10 10 be obtained and the
probable eSst Of SANE, the bulletins Of reses-
IN pure Nd healthy coalition. and The
erection 81 stand plpse In word, TO take
Into eonalderation every thing relative 10 the
water sqepuen and tho msnnertn which the
proper legislaAlon 70 BE- obtaiuSa 70 carry out
and cOnautamate their views, have the honor
Of labmitlinP foportof their deliberations
and epnpipsloutt togtthor with gupdrt IA.
\ POW orpmtning the subject In detail Attic
llnb6p ion Qf our Discussion We were CEN
fronted with the question Of o,ca rship. The
committee felt II 70 be a matter Of the hrat
Importance TO- determine whether Il wouli
be 81 greater adyantase 60 the city 10 Oyn its
wS seS SsS s S:Ss e ys!
polnted. Gof that puFpOse, or % confer upon
bupplyine MemphisNilh water. forcible
argumentg were eddgeed on botA eidss,,bat
cone Ion, aud embodied their dOclsion Ia
Lotolutlen, y which wgs Adopted April 10,
1885, ~ llowsi 1T 10 tho sense Of this Gem.
milIeo thetftpJyisy a. the increabina poph-
tenn 81 permanent water works should be
under akon and carried out a. soon ~ to
necessary LEGISLATION oHn b. secured by the
Taxing Diltricti and that, considering the
PARAMOUNT npcestity for the preservation OF
the public health, the security and future
enhancement 81 the structures, the works
shou d be oonttructed, owned aud operated
byJthe city,
Inasmuch as tho Fire Department, the
seWer system and the Sanitary Department
Of our rity are ex 'lusively under control u
the City @ vernment, aud a. these depart
ments re intimately related 10 ho water
works systen, and pr. ds.endept npon II Tor
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05

The annual osst Of maintsn-
ance will be......,...........,s Is, 100
The annual interest ats per
cent, on tho cost Of liant
WAL be",,'.,,,,.,,,,,,-,.... ...t H,euO B,O
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05

The revenue tflt year) In
exoose Of maintenance and
Interest will be.......,....... $4,000
-Ef, IT, COLToN GREENR.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05
l@m

The annual revenue from s..a
yAter rents (drst year, will
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22

and the pretty young women, whose pictur~
esQue attire adds to natural charms, sing
another appropriate song, the PEASANTS
wife fills a basket with fruit and cake and
jug with apple cider, thus practically re-
spending to the melodious petition of her
visitors, who leave the house chanting once
more the joyful message, "On earth peace"
From house to house they wander, filing
@ heavy cart with the contributions of the
cheerful and charitable, ever repeating
their songs and their stories and their
legends, until every one able to do SO has
given his or her mite. And when the work
of collecting is finished, the distribution
begins. The novels of the poor and sick
are visited, and at each door a basket is
left, together with word Of cheer and the
never-ceasing Goodwill toward men,"
The sleepy old night Waterman of the
village toots the hour of eleven on his mel
ancholy horn as the cheerful band of young
people reach the last cottage whose owners
are to be made happy through the generos-
ity of their neighbors. Their glad chant is,
however, not answered by words of well
come. Instead of the care-worn face of the
overworked widow whose load they desire
to tighten, they see the benevolent face of
the village pastor. Quietly they file into
dingy room, dimly lighted by single
in gloom and sorrow, stands at the head of
miserable bed watching every motion on
the face of little sufferer whose frail body
is buried under the weight of heavy feather
bedding. Slowly the child opens her CLASSY
eyes and raises her weak body. A thought
of the present seems to fit across the
fevered brain
Mamma" she whispers, "has the
'Christ-chld' come?n
''Yes, my darling sobs the heart-brok-
en- mother, land it has brought you such u
gay little frock''
"Oh, mamma"-lispingly- give it to
neighbours Barbele, they're poorer than
WEI
Kneeling at the bedside, the worthy pas
tor wipes away tear, the almost par
alyzed mother supprcsses a heart-rending
sob, the subdued roysterers weep tears of
sympathy. Silence, broken. only by the
slow tick of the old cuckoo clock on the
wall and the heavy breathing of the dying
child, is at last interrupted by the patient
sufferer
Mamma" she whispers, hoarsely, even
in death preaching charity ''pm going.
Give me a kiss. Pm going. Let me see
the dress. Yes, yes; give it to Barbele
Give it TO Barbele. Yes, mamma"-start
ing up-'see the Christ-child It beckons
me to come, to come Yes, yes, I'm COM
ing-rm coning-Glory to God in the -"
One last gasp and the pure soul of the
widowed mothers only treasure has joined
the 'Christ-chldn in His home on high.
The good pastor offers a fervent supplica-
ton for the bereaved woman, and as the
youthful witnesses of this touching scene
silently leave the house of death, the
Waterman toots the midnight hour, the
church-bell rings the advent Of Christ's
natal day, and over hill and dale, from
every neighboring village, sung by young
voices, come the words of hope: "Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth peace,
goodwill toward men,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22

stay out thar. WY, look at the gal, q
kissin' the fool Teller. Martha, whut do all
this meana WY, dog my cats, whit yer
wanter kiss me fur? Wall, waller haw,
haw-I never did see the like"
s'Old man." said Sim, sit won't be many
hours now till Chrismus, an I tell yur whut
lowed wus best. Jest ez soon eZ Their
first rooster crows airter Their clock strikes
twelve I'm goin' out, git jestice NV the
piece an git married"
g Yer amt er goin' ter do no SIGH NV err
thingl" the old man exclaimed. mo, sir,
yer amt er goin' ter bulge, fur I'm goin
airter the jestice NV the piece myself. Oh,
ole man Horner, when he takes notion, is
er good one.''
When the clock struck twelve Sim said !:
Now lessun fur the roosterl Ding him,
will he never crow; thar he is Git yer
nag, ole man."
Old Horner soon returned, and the
couple were married. At the breakfast
table, while the neighbours guns were
firing salutes to the Saviour's birthday,
old Horner said C I still don't un'erstan'
why yer all giggled SO yistidy evenin'"
IVY, pap" laughed the girl, cit wuz
cause we had dun slipped up on yer 500"
"How'd yer slip up on mel'
"W,y, SIM he 'fessed 'ligon luther day,
has fined the church an the confunce has
dun made er preacher outen him, an he
had gone to tell yer the good news when he
found yer cotch by er log"
"Wall, WALL" said the old man, g Sim er
preacher, wall, er haw haw the joke is on
him.
eWhy so?'' Sim asked.
"Cause yer has ter pay double price fur
tho gal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22

"Helloa, old man!'
Looking up with start of joy, the old
man beheld Sim Buck leisurely approach
ing.
'Fur the Lawd's sake, Simmie, run here!"
"Ain't in no purtickler hurry" the young
man replied, tearing off chew Of tobacco.
"Great heavens, don't yer see how Pm
fxedl
"Ah, hahin Sim replied, as he came up
log.
"Confound yer fool soulp' shouted the
old man, saint yer got no sensee"
ssTm all right; amt nothin' the matter
with me- Come ter think er bout it, thar
do peer ter be er fool in the neighborhood,
an it sorter peers like he's dun damned
his foot inter the crack Nv er log"
ssNever mind, I'll fix yer fur this''
ssPeers like you've already, fix ed yuse'f."
ssSim, for Gods sake split open this log
an let me git outen here.n
"Don't like ter split wood, but eff yer've
got any plowin' yer want done don't mind
doin' it fur yer"
"You air a brute" the old man raved.
"Yas, that's what they said down in the
holler, but the branch KEEP on er runnin'."
"Simmie."
ssThat's me-"
sPlease turn me er loose.''
ct amt got er holt Nv yer"
"You air the blamedest fool ever seen. -
"That's me, an ter-morrer will be Chris
mus, too. Lowed that I'd come over an
take dinner with yer, but I hearn that yer
didn't want nobody but preachers ter come
round yer"
s'Turn me loose, Sim, an yer may come"
ssTeu yur whut I'll do. Turn yer er
loose eff yer'n gin me er Chrismus pres
ent.;
srll do it; I'll gin yer or calf.''
"Come er gin.n
"Two hogs"
ssNo, gin me Man,
81 won't do it ~ the old man Indignantly
shouted.
"An right, then; goodbye"
ssHop ON, Sim.''
"Wall.n
''This thing is er bout ter pinch my foot
off,
"Ah, hah, but must CO."
"Say, Sim.n
"Walln
"Tn gin yer the gal. CANT STAN this
no longer"
s'Shan we take it down in writin'!'
"Oh, mussy, no; my words ez good ez
my bond.''
'sAll right"
He soon split open the log and liberated
the old man.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22

"' Sure, an I'd better be afther bringin'
some er them big jists in thir sthable an
putin lem be top I'VE Their ruff
g After we'd run round so two or three
times uncle says: 'BANG!' Then we all
rushed for chair; for, you see, the one
that's left sticking upon his feet has to be
Huntsman next time.
"Well, when we were running and having
the greatest kind of time, the door began
to open slowly, slowly, and black nose
came pol1ing in, and pretty soon Tige's
head after it; Tige's grandpa's big curly
Newfoundland. He looked all around, but
we couldn't see any thing but his head for
a minnie or two. Then he made out there
was some fun going on and he gave one
jump into the room and began running
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22

brooklet which was trying hard to wind its
way through comparatively heavy masses
Of glistening ice. Peace, prosperity and
content, the three great blessings courted
and enjoyed by the peasant of the
Suahian lowlands, had indeed united in
producing apicture pleasing to the eye and
delightful to the mind. Wherever one
might look, he became convinced that
among the simple people inhabiting these
humble homes, frugal honesty is held in
higher esteem than dishonesty attained
wealth and crafty policy.
Christmas Eve with these pious country
folk does not mean nero exchange Of
presents and compliments, but devoted
thankfulness for blessings received during
the year. The poor and the rich are for the
nonce made one, their object being to as
sst the few of their fellow townspeople liv-
ing in squalor and want. During the evening
hours of the day preceding the Saviour's
birth quiet JOY holds supreme sway in a
goodly portion Of the thrifty villages of the
poetic Neckar valley, and goodwill to all
is expressed upon the well-fed faces of old
and young.
The large front room of every cottage,
whose scrupulously clean floor is covered
with shining sand, is decorated with en-
blems suitable to the high holiday. The
broad sill by the quaint, old-fashioned,
small paned window supports gay Christ
mas tree loaded down with good things to
eat and embellished by dozens of wax
candles, whose bright light dazzles the eye.
The square and heavy hour-trough in the
corner is covered with gifts for the little
ones The substantial oaken table, which
has done duty in the family for perchance
century, is almost breaking down under
ohe weight of toothsome morsels. Busily
the parents fit hither and thither, and at
last the children who have spent many
anxious moments in the bed-chamber under
the roof are allowed to enter. Grand
mother smiles, dear old grandfather gives
vigorous pull at his pipe to conceal the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22

siHE TOOK THE LITTLE ONE UPON HIS KNEE"
81 Ma is dead, and so is pa,' she prattled.
spa died first. He made nice pictures, but
people wouldn't buy lem, and we had no
fire, and nothing to eat; and after he died,
ma got sick, and was thin and weak, and
she used to take me to bed with her to keep
me warm; and she would cry, an6 tell me
all about the nice great house She used to
livein. One night she got cold and wouldn't
talk to me, and then some people came and
took me away from her, to the big stone
house where live now with lots of other
children. They're kind to US there, and
this gentleman comes often to see us; but
but" and the little voice quavered with
the swelling thought, and the tears wet the
long lashes-ssI'd rather have my ma back
again.
But slime softens all asperities
levels all bars. Her cruel after-story had
Just been repeated to him by these inno-
cent lips, and long-dormant conscience was
shifting him heavily. He took the little one
upon his knee, he smoothed back her hair,
and looked through mist into her eyes.
Twill you kiss me, Bessie!'' he asked, in
voice that his other visitor remembered to
have heard long ago.
She did so WithouG hesitation.
Mr. West thought that re might venture
to speak now,
"The directors of tho asylum had re-
solved,n he said, to take legal steps to
compel you to maintain your grandchild,
MIR. Sproule. was unwilling to think
that all human affection had died in the
breast of the man whom I once knew as
kind husband anG father, a generous friend,
and obtained their consent to first use this
little artifice. / should judge 1T has sue
ceeded.n
We should judge SO too; and subsequent
events confirmed good Mr.. Vests opinion.
For, short as was the time before that Christ
mas, it was so we'll employed that upon its
eve large and delighted party of the
friends of other days was gathered in that
mansion to view the regeneration and re-
demption from moth and rust of the house.
But they saw something better than that
the regeneration of human heart, saved
from the fiends of unnatural anger that had
long possessed it, ard brought back to
light, to hope and peace in that holy Christ
mas time, by that gentle yet powerful in
fiuence that prevails now as it did thou-
sands of years ago, when it was written:
sand a little child shall lead them.n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22

Oh, yer neenter flounce around thater way"
Pap" said Mrs. Horner, looking up
from her work of baking corn bread on the
hearth, "don't nag at the child"
Martha, ever when ! want yer advice
I'll AK fur hit. Nan, air yer comens"
'Yas, I'm er comm. KANT yer gin er
body time?"
sob, yas, ken gin err body time, but don't
feel like lyivin' er body eternity"
The girl slowly approached him, and
he continued: "When wuz out ter the
sto' the yuther day I hearn the you wuz
q goin' ter marry Sim Buck next Chris
mus" The girls eyelids dropped. "The
1ellers out Their that peered TO know all
erbout it said yer loved one nuther fit ter
kill. Whut yer got ter say erbout it'll"
ssNuthin'n
"Wali, then, I'll say suthin. Eff I kitch
Buck round here I'll hurt him, an MORN
that eff yer run off an marry him pll foller
yer up. Wall, never mine, yer shaint mar
~ him, that's all. I've been er tellin' yer
fur er long tins that / wanted yer ter mar
~ er preachur. Thar never wuz er preach
ur in aur family, an it's now time thar wuz
one. I've sot my mini on this, an yer
meenter think amt goin' ter have it thater
way. Wy jis look at Preachur Martin's
wife. She gifts er new caliker coat ever
when she wants &c. Err new one, min yer.
Er new caliker coat all spotted ez putty
a. yer please. I've dun said ernuff. Ef
Buck comes on this here place ergin ii
won't be good fur him.
Old Horner was hillside farmer IL the
northern part of Arkansas. He lived in
the conventional double-iog house on
whose stack chimney the whipporwills
sang their melancholy songs when the sum-
mer's twilight settled down. The old man
was set in his ways-had becvuse convinced
that he was right and that every one else
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22

emotion which has caused his weak eyes to
shed tear of joy, father and mother
proudly survey the treasures of their hearts
and home as they approach the hallowed
tree-not hastily, not impatiently, but de-
murely and decorously-chanting in low,
sweet whisper the message of joy: "Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
goodwill toward men," Grandfather
whispers a solemn 'sAmen," and then rises
to read prayer from the old and we'll
worn family prayer-book, while the others,
with folded hands, surround the tree and
listen with wrapt attention to the words OF
thankfulness and supplication uttered by
the noble old man. Then the children ree
ceive gifts brought by "Christkindchen,"
tokens of love whose pitiful intrinsic value
would cause wording to smile, but which
are dearer to those remembered thar the
most gaudy and expensive baubles can be
to those s'hlghly-civilized'' unfortunates
who know not the value of love.
While this touching distribution is taking
place in the cottage, a sweet chant is heard
on the street, and in few moments a dozen
voices, lowly singing 'Glory to God in the
Highest seek and gain admission. The
spokesman of the twelve young men and
women repeats the story of the "Chrlst-
kind's'' (Christ-child's) birth, and asks in
simple verse for gift for the poor and sick
and needy for whose sake the Son of God
was born in lowly manger, suffered and
was crucifed; and while the sturdy youths,
clothed in leather ee-breeches and short
jackets with huge brass or silver buttons,