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Sunday in the Churches.
UNITARIAN EIsl.

Subiect-ChsRg- OF Religious Belief
The contrast between the religious belief
Of 4 few decades ago and the present time
must be startling TO both radical and con
ser,ailve. II is amazing tina, there are
any Who can look upon the great changes
which have taken place IN the last century
and yet cling 10 the ancient traditions and
myths as II in them existed the realities Of
religion.
There are some who endea,or to give the
Impression that there is little or no rea, de-
parture by intelligent and leading thinkers
from the creeds Of Chrts,enlom while. in
fact, disbelief pene,rates the roots Of the
doctrines Sc, forth in the ereeds. The at
tempt to conceal this fact is perncious. The
evil results are being deeply felt The lo.,
Of confidence in the integrity Of the church
on the part Of thousands Is tn. direct con-
sequence Of this PLAYING fast and loose with
the most sacred concerns Of human life Ii
there is any one thing which the church can
no, afford 10 do it is to profess TO hold and
advocate doctrines which are ouigrosn and
disbelieved by the educated and intelligent
thinkers Of the world
The grand aim Of the rational movement
in religious thought is 10 make the church
the powerful advocate OF righteousness and
human rights the advocate Of reason in
religion as against an irrational theology.
Thus i, would restore confidence In III.
church as the great uplifting and progrps-
sive POKER in human life.
METHODIST Cht hCa.
Text. Acts 1925.
Ia the audience chamber Of a palace in
Cpsarea were assembled a royal trio with
a suite Of military officers and the chief men
Of the palace, to interview an eccentric
prisoner.
Paul is no plebeian criminal but cour-
teous gentleman standing in the royal
presence not alone to defend himself, but
TO preach Christ. He defends him self
against the charge OF heresy. He describes
his former prosecutions Of Christians, his
conversion and the divine commission
Festus adopted the conclusion that he
had before him a mad enthusiast. This
leads us 10 consider the attitude of these
two representative characters. One is wrong.
Which, The position Of Festus is that Of
the unhelieving world.
Festus is fair representative Of the world.
opposition to and unbelief in the Gospel Of
Christ. He is that type of the worlds OPP
position to experimental Christianity that
refuses to put trust in anything that does
not appeal to the senses.
Paul touches the springs Of the Gospel
and brings out the souls needs-,he de-
struction of sin through faith in Jesus
Christ.
Paul says man shall live by faith. Fes-
tus says madness. Who is right? Paul
says sin debases, blinds, ruins, but faith in
the Son Of God makes free, gives clear
vision, brings from ruin and exaIts
Festus shouts madness. Paul SAYS From
darkness to light, from the power of Satan"
unto God. Which is right The poor sin
ner bruised and cut by his own folly brought
out into the clear blaze of day, clothed with
new purposes. white in the garments of re-
demption. Is not Paul right? Yes be is
right.
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C..tine.
Mrs. II. G. Kicker Of Wa!tham. Mas.
arrived Wednesday 10 ,.,!, her son. W. \.
Rickcr.
Miss Helen Webster hns kindly offered
10 play the Unitarian organ SUNDAYS un,i
the return Of Miss Mary Whiting from her
trip to California Miss Whiting !, e.
pected home some time tbs month
Rev. Mr.. Cr,ssey Of Bangor preached here
al the Unitarian church on Sundss, the
lin inst. subject, Unanimity Of Unigsrians
His discourse vas very finely rendered. and
one Of the most able sermons We have had
the pleasure Of listening TO for some time
Mr. BOYD Bartlett principal OF our Hugh
School. has gone to his home at Ellsworth.
during part Of his summer vacation II
hi. enjoyment Of the vacation is common
surate with his capabilities Of teaching. he
viii have an excellent time MAY the school
agent be able 10 keep him during he next
year is The wish Of the parents as well as or
the scholars.
Plcnics, blackboard riding, ro~ing. sail
ing and bowling are now the e.jer Of the
day and evening, especially at present when
the moon is 50 bright and The weather so
pleasant.
A party OF eighteen from brooklyn, y.
i.,auived on steamer NAV Field Wednesday
evening an! will stop with nea. Hatch FIR
tie season.
Cutter rugged yacht Orlando Of the Bos-
ton yacht club was in the harb7r Thursday
night. Yacht Galet,a from Salem came in
Thursday.
Yacht Starlight. with 'hre Young gentle
men from Roekland, ha, teen visiting this
place for three or four days
About fifteen persons rom here ayaied
themselves Of the excursion to Bangor Sat
urday, on steamer Queen City.
Steamer Queen CITY has been greatly i'm
proved, having a new pilot house bull, on
top Of the old one, well as an enlarged
cabin for the accommodation ofpatrons.
The weather here since Saturday has
been very unpleasant for summer folks;
commencing about . O'Clock Thursday
morning, with very Heavy shower, follow
ing Thursday, Friday and Saturda, with
showers and thick fog
At mail closing steamer Richmond from
Portland had not arrived owing probably to
the extremely thick fog.
July Il puItIrs
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For the Ellsworth American.
A SPICY Letter.

BAR HARBoR, July Is. 1876.
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| The services in the Congregational church
next Sunday morning and evening, will be
| the last Of the season before the August yaca-
| ton of the pastor. In the evening there will
| be. at half past seven O'Clock, local time, =
vesper service with an extra musical pro-
| gramme.
| Boyd Bartlett, principal Of the Castine
| High School, is at home during his vacation.
He told US the other day that be was going to
having '.to get up some muscle" We were
particularly struck with the good sense of the
remark. and commend bis example to all those
| who may be In need or in search Of muscle -
Mrs. Phelps, Miss Lucy L. Phelps and
Mrs j. II. Cheney left home Monday morn
ing to be present at the Chautauqua graduation
exercises at Framingham, Mass. Mrs. Phelps
and Mrs. Cheney have taken the full Chautau.
qua course, and will graduate at the present
meeting. Miss Phelps graduated some time
! ago.
The 10Th Maine Regimental Association
will hold its annual reunion at skowhegsn on
Wednesday. August 18th, (the second Wed
nesday in August, 1885, not August 18th, n
enormously stated In recent circular. Ar
rangements have been made with all Maine
Railroads for one fare for the round trip
The history will be printed and ready fol
delivery at the reunion.
School in district No. 1, Steuben, closed
June %. Length Of term ten weeks. Thoss
not absent, Ella Lewis, Susie WhItten, Nettis
Baker, Alice Written, Cretia Mayo, Jessi.
Mayo, Rose Buzzell, Ellis Baker, Campbell
Baker, Irving Smith. Those absent on 40
count Of sickness, Sadie Small, Lille Small
Addie Cushman. ]. s. Leighton, teacher.
We have received from Oliver Ditson 4
Co., Boston, College Songs, revised edition,
book Of 50 pages, which is evidently gem ID
its way. We have also received some 6n1
! specimens Of sheet music, entitled "Lorena,
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May Dc ihcfr o 60
We intend that the courtesies Of the es-
oeient esquire and his lady. shall be reeipro-
Gated by another reunion Of the Fernsl4
famil, a, one Of our homes, and a, no dis.
,ant day.
Southwest liaIbor. july IA. 1856
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tie the trained men. owing to the excite.
ment and fatigue incident to the contest
could mt fire with tho accuracy M,
speed attained in a practice drill at a
mark. Will" tho mech;ncs. having rcithe,
nerves nor muscles, would spout death
with u%nvaryipg accuracy and speed. II
is no longer possible to work. a cannon
on an unprotected deck, except when
out Of range of the numbering guns Of
the cucmy. Ii is not roSsiblc:t to take an
cucmy'S ship by boarding. Snail boats
can mover hop 10 carry an cuemy's ship
by pouring a ost Of men on her deck,
nor can torpedo boats approach within
torpedo range except by st alth. Naval
warfare is being narrowed down pretty
we'll to contests between ships at long
range with guns of immense power. A
knowledge of mathematics, chemistry,
and mechanics is now as necessary for @
modern naval seaman as courage aud
seamanship were to naval seamen of sev.
enty-hve years ago.-New York Sun.
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Getting Used to Earthquakes.

The Rev. DR.. Toomer Porter of
Charleston, s G who is at the Hoffman
House New York with reference to
the continuance of severe earthquake
shocks inCharleston, sid that tie people
had got wholly accustomed to them. and
took them quite as a matter of course.
Even the severest-and some of them
of late have been very stverc-Go not
interrupt business more than five min.
utcs. People stop wherever they are
and wait for the buildings to quit shak
ing. When things have got down to a
common level once more, every thing is
resumed where it was left of. The
relief fund sent to Charleston from the
North and elsewhere is being carefully
expended, DIR Porter says; while he is
committee to ask authority to cXpcnd
part Of the New York contribution upon
the work of restoring the school build
iDgs. The schools white and colored,
arc all open now, but n good deal of
of money is needed to put the buildings
in good condition. Several Will have to
be rebuilt. Schools are held in churches
public halls, and wherever shelter can
be obtained
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The President made the following
appointments, last Tuesday.
VIM. d Burnett Of Cincinnati to be
Attorney of the United States for the
Southern Distsict Of Ohio; Timothy
w Jackson of New York to be Indian
Agent for the State Of New York
Amos y Brown of New York to be
Consul Of tho United State at Clifton,
Ont, William II Bowman Of Rochester
n y, t. he Commissioner to examine Il
section of the Oregon and California
Railroad, in the place Of Gideon J
Tucker, decli@ed; Francis A Hoffman
to be Appraiser of ~ITerehandIcs In thc
District ol Chicago; Charles w IRISH of
Iowa city, Iowa, to be Surveyor Con ,ral
of Navada; a. w. Eite,hutz of Cali
fornia to be Receiver Of Public Moneys
at independence. Cal. John + Laird Of
California to be Register of the Land
Office at InGe pendence, Cal, Timothy a
Byrnes of Atlantic City n j., to be
Agent for in; Indians of the Uintah and
Quarry Consolidated Agency IN Utah,
Samual a Walton Of Kentuckev to be
Consul Of the United States at Asuncton.
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Healthy and Unhealthy Occupations.

Inc first place among healthy ocoupe.
tons is held by ministers Of religion,
the death rate OF this class being 555.
Next we have gardeners and nursery
men, who stand at 10J; farmers and gra-
ziers, 63l; agricultural laborers, 7O1;
schoolmasters, T18; tho other trades
which follow closely on these being gro.
GERS, coal merchants, paper manufacture
ers, lace and hosiery manufactured
wheelwrights, ship builders ard ship.
wrights and coal miners. The figures
Of mortality Of all these trades is under
T5. On the other side, that Of unhealthy
occupations, the first place is held by
the trade, which are concerned in the
manufacture and distribution of intoxi.
cat ng drink, which, as is we'll known,
entail many temptations to use it to e3.
cess. The list Of unhealthy occupations
is headed by tic class OF inn and hotel
scr ants, whose figure mounts up to
2,205, being nearly double that Of the
medical profession. The highest place
next to them arc held by tho
general laborcrs and costeF mon.
gers, hawkers and street sellers, tho
former class with 3.0?o, and the latter
with $50. 1t is probable that 10Th arc
largely made UP OF br ken men, the
wrecks of other callinGs. Innkcepers,
publicans, spi it, wine and beer dealers
follow with a figure Of 1921 and brew.
crs with 1861. In support of the belief
that thcs high rates o. mortality arc
chiefly due to alcoholic excess, DR.. Oglo
has compa;cl with then the mortality
assigned to diseases Of the liver, tho
organ through which SUCH excess chiefly
declares itself, and has Obtained results
which arc entirely in la mcny withthoso
Of the trade returns Next to the trades
concerned with alcohol, the highest
rates arc furnished by occupation, which
involve tho breathing Of dust-other
than coal dust and G peciaIly Of sharp
AMI gritty character, or largely com.
posed Of mineral matter; next, those in
which there is expo urc 10 lead poison.
ing, rs with plumbers, painters and file.
makers. The earthcnware manufactur.
ers. who are much exposed to mineral
dust, have a figure Of 1,7i2; flemakcrR,
who work upon n lcadcn cushion, rench
1867, and plumbers and painters, who
Are also exposed to lead, reach 1909
Cn0nlberS'S Journal,
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accidents to Walkers.

1t seems strange on the first bl,
be matter, that 30 very few accidents
,ctalI slccp.walkers. The proportion of
instances in which any injury is sus-
taincd by the subjects Of this remarka-
bic state OF semi, sleep is very small.
~, explanation of the immunity is
doubtless to be fould in the fact-that it
is a state OF scmi.slcepin which the 'eep.
walker makes his excursion. lie is Sleep
ing only SO far rs part OF his cerebrum
is concerned. The rest Of his brain Is
awake, and therefore it is really not a
strange feat to walk carefully and os-
cape injury, doing all the necessary acts
OF avoidance while carrying out some
dream purpose, ust AS q walking pur-
pose is fulfilled. This hypothesis obvi.
ously requires Il very full explanation Of
such an accident as that by which q
slsop walker recently came to her death
namely, falling out OF IN open window
1t is not likely 10 hive been part of the
dream to get out Of a window. There
must have been some error in the carry
ing out of tn process; such, for exam
pie, as t%urniak to the right instead Of
the left on lc wing n room, md thus
viking through q low window instead
Of through n doorway. n rule tho
senses arc sufficiently on IN alert to en-
able The sleep walker to take all precau.
tons for safety, and when he comes faco
to face with n dia Gully vo wing moro
thar automatic or suEcons Gus self con.
troll, he wakes. We should like 10 know
more of the case which has ust ended
fatally from some Competent medical OBJ.
server who has stabbed the development
OF this interesting disorder in this par.
tcuiar instance. Surely q practitioner
was consulted. No case of slcep-walk.
ing should ever be left without medical
scrutiny and counsel. In slecp.walking
there is the making Of madness, and in
it's inception this d%isordcrly slecplcssness
ought to be stayed.-London Lancet.
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q Nov ! Plan of Burial.

General NJ. G.. Neigs, L. S. a., dis
| cuss,s the burial of tho dead as follows
in Buidjng: Il sec tHat the question OF
1lsro Ing of tho dc ID in towers of mason
~ or b., cemcntatiou is being discussed.
It is not new. Asiatic conquccors have
built the living, after capture Of their
cities, into towers of masonry, using their
bodies as blocks and generally the adobe
mortars Of the desert plains for cement
ing them together. One Of the.L uuilt a
pyramid or town containing thousands
Of heads. The city Of New York l tiers
in its Potter's Field obout 1000 bodies
annually. Lnrope rents a grave site for
a term Of years. short TERM and then
d;sinters the bones and packs them i'll q
catacoma or vault. Would not Now
York save money and treat its dead with
g cater respect if it embedded each body
in a mass Of Hudson River cement and
sand t3eton Colgnct) 2 find that one
half q cubic yard OF Beton Coignet will
completely enclose tho body of a man OF
six feet stature, weighing 200 pounds.
The average human being would require
even less then thirteen cubic feet. At rul-
ing prices such a s,rcc phagus would cost
ONLY two or three dollars. Tho na9e
aud date, q perpetual record and memo
rial of the dead, could be inscribed with
'tcr punches or stamps on the head or
foot Of the block or sarcophagus. Ranged
alongside Of each other in contact, and
in two rows-that is, two bl 1cks deep
these would build Oh any suitable plan a
70 .r~teen-foct wall, massive and strong
enough to be carried to the height of
100 feet.
Thus would DO erected, at the rate Of
nearly 1000 cubic yards per year, a great
temple Of silence, a grand and everlast-
ing monument to those who pass away.
The designs for such a monument seem
wor ny Of the study of our best archi.
tects. l might be a pyramid, n cone, a
tower, or a long gallery like those Of the
Italian city of Bologna, the most bcauti-
II ! cemetery in tho world.
sd y years ago the London Arehnect
published the proposal Of an architect to
erect by slo degrees and in successive
courses a solid pyramid in which, in
cells. the dead Of London would be en-.
closed. But this made no provision for
memorial inscriptions or visible records.
g fourteen foot wall does this.
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British Farm Laborers.

According to a return ISSUED by tn,
Agricultural Department Of the English
Privy Council. there arc 766, 712 male
laborers, farm servants and cottngers ir
England, 40, 1856 in Wales, and ) sol il
Scotland. OF thosc;io',@ $40 in Eli inland
1886 in Wales and 543 in OF and have
allotmcnts or field gardens, detached
from cottages, of more than one Quartc
and under ore acre. The holders o
similar allotments extending TO from on
to four acres number 4,237 in England
s23 in Wales, and ESQ in Scotland. Thu
garden allotments exceeding ono.eightl
of an acre number $50, $40 in England
27, 1872 in Wales. and $1,000 in Scotland
These figures do not include tho allot
ments granted by tho railway companio
to their servants.
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Fashion Notes.

Applique galloons trim many hand
some cl tn and wool dresses.
Two sets II strings a-e cen again or
bonncts, one wido tho other narrow.
New York dry goods men report Ia, "a
sales of hair lined cess stuffs this sea.
son.
Plain velvet hats and bonrets are con.
sidcrcd correct weir with ,.ressy tailor
suits.
There Is a return of favor t., dressed
kid gloves, bat undressed kids aro also
worn.
All sorts Of novel bows arc used to
form tn high bonnet trimmings of this
season.
Some Of the new capots brims are cleft,
and have one side strapped back with
ribbons.
Ornaments Of jet in colors to blend
into the shad?s of the dress ere the
chosen trimming.
In plain black many ladies continue 10
favor satin duchcsse, bcclu'c of it's en-
during qualities.
Shawl dresses are sent out by Fren =
t~ailors, but they are not pretty, nor wi |
they be popular.
Sometimes the front is hidden by a fall
Of jet fringe, again by ribbons or n belt
fastened with an oh silver bucl.le; the
larger and older it is the better.
Wide stripes, medium, narrow and
hair.line stripes, appear in all classes and
grades of dress goods. Checks are also
worn, as are large block designs.
New tailor suits are many Of them
made wi,f habit basnucs, short on Ia
sides and finished with Is vest, simple
cuffs and extremely high collar.
In plain six fabrics faille Francaise
takes the lead and serves in plain colors
as a combination with velvet and plush
textiles in fancy effects. 1t is also used
rs \ background for frise figures and
stripes and blocks of plush or velvet.
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The human family living to-day on
'arth con 'ists Of about 400, 600, 900 in
lividuals; not less, probably more.
These arc distributed over the earth's sur
lace, SO t at now there is no consider
lblo part where nan is not found. In
Asia, where he was first planted, there
are now approximately about 500, 600,
donsely crowded; on an average 100 to
the square mile. In Europe there are
so, 900, 600, averaging 100 to the square
mile, not so crowded. but very where
dense at all points over populated In
Africa there are 210, 600, 900. In Ameri.
ca, North and South, there are 10, O00,-
600, relatively thinly scattered and re-
cent. In tho islands, large and small,
probably 10, 100000. The cxtremes of
the white and black are rs five to threo;
the remaining 700, 900, 900 intermediate
brown and tswny. o fthe race 500, 000,-
900 are well clothed, that is wear gar.
ments of some kind to cover their naked.
ness; 700, 900, 600 are semi clothed, GOV.
ering inferior parts of the body; $50,
0Co, 600 are practically naked. OF the
race, 50O,0 900, 900 live in houses partly
furnished with the appointments of civ.
ilization; 700, 900, COO in huts or cavcs
with no furnishing; 26O,O 900 have
nothing that can BIO called n home, arc
barbarous and savage. Tho range is
from the topmost round--tho Anglo
Saxon civilization, which Is tn highest
known-down to naked sagagcry. The
portion OF tho race lying below the limo
Of human condition is at tho very least
three.hfths Of the whole, or 0OO, 0Oo. 900.
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LADIES' COLUMN.
Puzzled by Their Pockets.

Tho manner of putting in Tho pockets
Of women's dresses nowadays is very
pulling. It always did battle q man to
find them, but now it battles tho woman
herself. 1t is nc unusual thing for a lady
to come back to our head ladies and ask
them to show them the pockets and how
to get at them. You see the pockets are
fixed In the plaits, and do not show at
all. You frequently see a lady on enter
ing a store clap her hand down whore
her pocket should be. Tho observer does
not notice anything. but you may de.
pond on 1t that she has found her pocket
if she goes ahead, and if she turns back
she has not. Recently I noticed one lady
coming back three or four times, and,
thinking som blunder must have been
made, | made inquiries. 1t was only to
find her pocket, and each time she got
caught in a store, unable to find the on
trance to the pocket when she wanted to
get something out. =. Globe. Democrat.
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BY a curious coincidence, two persona
with bullet wounds in the head were re.
ccived at the London hospital on tho
same day recently. More remarkable Is
the fact that, though in each case the
bullet was driven into the brain too
deeply for extraction, both patieats have
been discharged convalescent. These
marvellous recoveries from what, a few
years ago, would havo meant certain
death, illustrate the effects of superior
surgical skill and the modern antiseptic
method of treating wounds.