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Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23
An Appeal For Aid.

A big black cloud of debt hangs over
 the spacious Tabernacle in Brooklyn.
 where Rev. Dr. Talmage speaks every
 Sunday to thousands. If it be not speed fly dispelled. this great preacher and teacher must give up, his labors in a locality where he can do more good than in any place else on earth. The story of | the financial trouble at this church seems to be simple one. It casts not the slight est reflection upon the care. prudence
 or foresight of either Dr. Talmage or his congregation. Several years ago large church was built. The year following
 it was found necessary to enlarge it at
 almost the expense of new church. Just as they were getting it paid for it took fire and burned down. Then an-
 other large etlifice was constructed. But lightning bolt set fire to it. and this also was destroyed just as the debt upon it was being wiped out. Then the pres
 ent great structure was erected. which, including the enlargement on the first,
 practically comprises four churches that this congregation has built within a
 few years. During Dr. Talmage's pas
 torate in Brooklyn his people have raised the sum of $1, ,040. 900 for religious pur-
 poses. This. for a congregation of which
 the members are almost without excep- ton in poor or moderate circumstances financially, is a remarkable example
 of self sacrifice and hberality. Nor are they weary in this well doing. They say
 they are willing to work day and night to be rid of this financial embarrassment.
 Twenty-Five thousand dollars of the debt
 must be paid at once, or the noble insti-
 tuition will pass out of the possession of
 the congregation. The present pecuniary
 distress is greater than they or any other
 average church congregation where the
 poor far outnumber the rich can carry. Will they get the needed assistance? There should be no ques .on about it. It need not come as work of charity or
 of good will either. but rather from a
 sense of obligation. Dr. Talmage is the
 worlds preacher and the worlds bene-
 factor. At the call of every species of
 distress his heart and his hand his voice
 and his pen, have responded as soon as the cry reached his ears. When Charles ton was stricken by an earthquake, he was leader in tine work of relief. When the Johnstown flood catastrophe occurred, his response in deeds and words was most potent. When the cry of distress came from the starving peasants in Russia, he went 5000 miles to distribute bread. For every local charity and every case of in- dividual distress his right hand has liter ally been extended at all times. and his left knew nothing about it.
 If this unfortunate financial embar- rassment of his church had not occurred, Dr. Talmage would probably never have troubled himself to correct the prevailing opinion that he had been drawing from $10.O00 to $20. 900 per year for his services
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23
Seen In Tobacco Smoke.

''Is there anything more blissful in all this world than that condition in which . man looks dreamily upward into . cloud of smoke and views the world through pale, hazy filmy said Dram Melvale as he did likewise. "We speak of viewing the world through colored glass and making it look beautifully red and blue or green. but viewing it through smoke makes one not only see richly colored world, but also one in which evil Is not contemplated, and pain is forgot ten. To me the smoke is half magic, for it makes the tiresome hotel corridors along my route fade into nothing. In their place it leaves a kind of an en- chanted garden in which finger in per feet rest. Friends come back and bring with their coming old days of sunshine and country scenery through which we used to travel together.
 "Everything is warm, mellow, rich in it's perfection, and then feel as imag- inc man ought to feel were he perfectly successful and famous. I half believe in the old transmigration of souls theory when think of it. Just imagine some soul living and growing in tobacco plant and being released only in the smoke of it! Can't you imagine that the that fingers in the film over you and brings back beautiful visions? I confess such speculations all charm me into missing my train. ."--St. Louis Globe 00WoofAts ..,s..x S s. .sA
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23
An Inexcusable Folly.

One very important lesson is to bs learned from the destruction of the Calumet clubhouse, and that is the utter folly of intrueting valuable relics to the care of club organizations. Many of the rare old treasures which had been gath cred together in the Calumet club had no right to be there, and their loss is one which the public can with propriety de- nounce as an outrage, for there are cer- tain relics ill which, no matter whose money has purchased them. the public has proprietary right.
 Mighty cold comfort is 1t now to hear that the Calumet clubhouse was "a yer itable tiretrap,' and that it is ''surpri - ing that it did not burn up long ago" :" Can it be possible that. cognizant of this danger of fire which is now so lively confessed, the Calumet club solicited the loan of curios which can never be re placed2
 A much more magnificent clubhouse can be erected, but no money can restore the art and historical treasures wantonly sacrificed. We hope to sec an utter abandonment of the silly practice of do- mating and lending valuahles of this character to the qualification of the pass ing vanity of social clubs. - Chicago News-Record.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23
Though parents may in covenant be And have their heaven in view, They arc not happy till they see
 Their childr ren happy too

Oh, you departed Christian ancestry, fathers and mothers in glory, bend from the skies today and give new emphasis to what you told us on earth with many tears and anxieties! Keep place for us by your blissful side, for today, in the presence of earth and heaven and he'll, and by the help of the cross, and amid overwhelming and gracious memories, we resolve, each one for himself, ''As for me and my house. we will serve the Lord y
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23

Rev. Dr. Talmage. whose church in Brooklyn isinancially embarrassed, was the fourth brother to enter the ranks of Christian ministers. His first pastorate was at Belleville, N. J. Subsequently atSyracuse his preaching attracted great attention. His removal to Philadelphia increased vastly the number of his ad- mirers, ,.n.' ::is ministry of seven years in the Quaker City was a great success. He went to Brooklyn in 1869 and soon filled church which had been much too large for the worshipers. The new Tab ernacle will accommodate about 5000 persons, and 1t is filled at every service. Contributions to relieve the church from the liability of foreclosed mortgage m2y be sent to this office, whence they will be forwarded to Dr. Talmage.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23

as pastor, but in speaking of the diff culty the other day he remarked incl dentally that for the past three years he had received fcS0 for his work, the bal ance of his salary having been turned back to the church.
 The Brooklyn Tabernacle is unique. It is crowded at every service of the year. Everybody is just as welcome there as ,r.t body, and it is quite unnecessary to go to the highways and the byways to draw people in. Nor do the masses go to hear fine music or to see gorgeous altar or rich church decorations, for these are very simple at the Tabernacle.
 They go to hear Talmage preach. And l is sermons are so luminous. so fresh. so iLexhaustible. so full of interest and over. that they never tire of him. Dr. Talmage does not trouble his congrega- ton much about theological dogma. No body can tell whether the Tabernacle pull pit is Baptist, Methodist or Presbyterian. His religious views are as broad as the poles, as deep as human needs and as high as heaven. He is no half hearted or doubting preacher, but he handles the truth forcibly and fearlessly.
 !, A movement has been started to help Dr. Talmage and his congregation. Per haps many readers of this paper who have had the rare pleasure of reading his sermons will be glad toscontribute to the success of this movement The teSti- monial is to be q popular one, and dol lars, dimes and pennies will be received with equal gratitude. It is hoped that a large number of contributions may be rendered by our readers, to whom Dr. Talmage's utterances have proved help full as they have appeared in these col umns and elsewhere
 All subscriptions sent to the office of this paper will be acknowledged and for warded at once to Dr. Talmage in Brook lyn, together with the names of the do- nors.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23
TrGoelerS' fIuide.
Heading tiaiIroad >ystern,
 New England Dlvisicn. PHILADELPHIA, BEADING | NEW ENGLAND B. R. co. Poughkeepsic Bridge Route.

Commencing Sunday. February 26, 1898.
 GOING EAST. Leave Canaan 2.4l a. m. tDaily Express) for Boston, arrive Hartford 35, Boston 20 d. m.
 Leave Canaan $40 n. m, arrive Hartford ll.50 q. m.
 Leave Canaan 235 D. m., arrive Hartford 500 way points.
 Leave Camaan I'll p. m arrive winsted s.l5 P. m.,. from Poughkeepsie, MIllerton aud New York. Leave Canaan Sundays only) s.55 p. m. arrive Hartford 6.25 r. m.
 GOING WEST. Leave Canaan 8.23 a. m. for Mi.lerton New York aud Poughkeepsie. Leave Canaan l2.3S r. m for Campbell Hall, connecting at Silvernais for hhinecfr. Leave Canaan 5 A, arrive Millerton 20 p.m. Leave Hartford Q 10 p.m., lDaily Expr-ss) for Philadelphia, Baltim re and Washington Canaan l1.15 D. m.. arrive May brook 1.50 a.. m., Philadelphia. 2 10 n. m. Leave Hartford S.45 n. u,. Sundays onls Ca- nas.n 3.55 p. m., arrive ,'amIhell Hall 55 p. m.
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Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23

Both Rev. Dr. Talmage and his con- gregation have always been distinguished for public spirit and hberality in all philAnthTopic causes. The Tabernacle is not |. Brooklyn institution solely. how ever. It belongs to every locality where the English language is spoken pr read.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23

It has sometimes been so inaccurately put forth that now give you the true incident. My grandfather and grand mother, living at Somerville, N. J., went to Bashngridge to witnesssa revival un- der the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Finley. They came home so impressed with what they had seen that they resolved on the salvation of their children.
 The young people of the house were to go off for an evening party. and my grandmother said:
 "Now, when you are all ready for the party, come to my room. for have some thing very important to tell you" All ready for departure, they came to her room, and she said to them, "Now, I want you to remember, while you are away this evening, that I am all the time in this room praying for your salvation, and shall not cease praying until you get back" The young people went to the party, but amid the loudest hilarities of the night they could not forget that their mother was praying for them. The
 evening passed, and the night passed. The next day my grandparents heard
 an outcry in an adjoining room, and they
 went in and found their daughter i'm ploring the salvation of the gospel. The daughter told them that her brothers
 were at the barn and at the wagon house under powerful conviction of sin They
 went to the barn. They found my Uncle Jehiah. who aft"rward became minis
 ter of the goslel, crying to God for
 mercy. They went to the wagon house.
 They found their son David, who after
 ward became my father, imploring Gods
 pardon and mercy. Before a great while the whole family were saved, and David
 went and told the story to a young wom-
 an to whom he was af1anced, who as a
 result of the story became Christian,
 and from her own lips-my mothers have received the incident.
 CoNvERsloN or THE TALMA0n FAMILY.
 The story of that converted housshcld --<. x.x.s4
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23

prayers, but since her death we haven't had family prayers, and l didn't know but that God was dead too" A family that is launched in the morning with family prayers is well launched. Break fast over, the family scatter, some to school, some to household duties, some to business. During the day there will be thousand perils abroad of the street car, of the scaffolding, of the un- governed horse, of the misstep, of the aroused temper, of multitudinous temp tations to do wrong.
 Somewhere between o'clock in the morning and 10 o'clock at night there may be 8 moment when you will be in urgent need of God. Besides that, family prayers will be a secular advantage. A father went into the war to serve his country. His children stayed and cui- tivated the farm. His wife prayed. One of the sons said afterward, "Father is fighting, and we are digging, and moth CT is praying" "Ah," said some one, Praying and digging and fighting will bring us out of our national troubles"
 We may pray in the morning, "Give us this day our daily bread" and sit down in idleness and starve to death; but prayer and hard work will give . livelihood to any family. Family reli- gion pays for both worlds. Let us have an altar in each one of our households. You may not be able to formulate a prayer. Then there arc Philip Henry's prayers, and there are McDuffs prayers, and there arc Philip Doddridge's prayers, and there are the Episcopal church pray ers, and there are scores of books with applications just suited to the domestic circle.
 MOTHERS or THE GOOD AND THE EVIL.
 "Oh." says some man, 'T don't feel competent to lead my household in pray er." We'll, do not know that 1t Is your dnty to lsad. think perhaps 1t ia asaissAfnaaA hAGAr for tho Inothef Qf IT
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23
The Prioes of English ..chaperonas-.'

The Prices of English "Chaperonag1.'.
 A serious drawback to the cause of higher education for women in the Eng fish universities is reported from Oxford. The cost of ''chaperonage" has risen. The older women, who are considered indispensable escorts to the girl students who attend examinations and lectures, are demanding and receiving higher pay than ever before. In many cases the students cannot afford to meet this in- creased expense, and a daring reformer has suggested that chaperons be dis pensed with. While this has mortified the conservatives, it has pleased the inde- pendent young women, who are begin ming to realize that there is no lurking peril in the Streets of Oxford. Fran cisco Argonaut.
 Poetry In England.
 That poetry is steadily read and stud jed, save by very few, it seems to us impossible to believe. Even as regards Shakespeare, MT. Irving's intensely poet ical and moving presentation of King Lear-really in suggestiveness even more than in performance piece of acting which should rank high indeed-has served to illustrate on all hands, among the people whom we meet, curious ig- norance. The general impression of those who "never read it, you know" 1" that it is altogether too gloomy story for the stage, is oddly suggestive of the frame of mind which nowadays expects tragedy to be lively. That" we heard one exquisite say to another at the Ly- ceum, as he pointed out bust of Shakes peare, ''is the old gentleman who invent d this "--London Spectator.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23
She IsIn Dead Enrne.t.

Lady Florence Dixie has taken off the gloves, if l may so put it. The time has come, she declares in her latest mani festo, for woman to assert herself and to dethrone that too long worshiped and dreaded tyrant-manl And there is only ! one way, cries Lady Florence, in which this can be done. Women, as women, can never hope to effect the desired revo- lution. Women, if they wish to do anything, must disguise themselves as men," Patriotic mothers" are invited ito train up their girls with view to this new plan of campaign. If had a girl" added Lady Dixie, '.Iwould do it. " "Unfortunately," she adds, my two children are boYs.n-London Truth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01
The Sherman Silver Mill.

On July I, 1890, a Committee of Con-
ference consisting of Senators Sherman !;
Jones, of Nevada; Vest, of Missouri;
and Harris; and Representatives Con-
ger, Walker, of Massachusetts, and
Bland (Messls. Vest and Bland not
signing the report, reported an agree
ment as follows:
"Be ii enacted, ETC., That the Seere-
tary of the Treasury is hereby directed
to purchase from time to time silver
bullion to the aggregate amount of
1850, 900 ounces, or so much thereof as
may be offered, in each month, at the
market price thereof, not exceeding 81
for 37l.25 grains of pure silver, and to
issue in payment for such purchases OF
silver bullion Treasury notes of the
United States, to be prepared by the
Secretary of the Treasury in such form
and OF such denominations, not less
than 81 nor more than $1,000, as he
may prescribe, and Il sun sufficient to
carry into effect the provisions of this
act is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
"SEC. 2. That the Treasury notes
issued in accordance with the provisions
of this act shall be redeemable on de-
mand in coin at the Treasury of the
United States or at the office Of any
Assistant Treasurer of the United
States, and when so redeemed may be
reissued; but 10 greater or less amount
of such notes shall he outstanding at
any time than the cost of the silver bull
lion and the standard silver dollars
coined therefrom then held in the
Treasury purchased by such notes; and
such Treasury notes shall be a legal
tender in payment of all debts, pubic
and private, except where otherwiseex-
pIessly stipulated in the contract, and
shall be receivable for customs, taxes,
and all public dues, and when so re-
ceiyed may be reissued; and such notes,
when held by any national banking
association, may be counted as a part
of its lawful reserve. That upon de.
mand of the holder of any of the Treas
ury notes herein provided for the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall, under such
regulations as he may prescribe, redeem
such notes in gold or silver coin at his
discretion, it being the established pol
Icy of the United States to maintain
the two metals on a parity with each
other upon the present legal ratio, or
such ratio as may be provided by law.
''SEC. 8. That the Secretary of The
Treasury shall each month coin 2,0OO,-
900 ounces of the silver bullion pur-
chased under the provisions of this act
into standard silver dollars until the
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01

WHEREAS it has been the will of our
Almighty Father to remove from our
midst our beloved Brother Joseph d.
Robyrts. therefore he it
RESOLVED that Reuben Stephens
Council, Ne. SO, U. U. y. NJ. of which
he was a member take tins method of
exp. sing a profound feeling of SORROW
and regret.
RESOLVED hat in the death of
Brother Joseph d. Roberts the Council
looses a faithful member and that the
Council hereby expresses its profound
SORROW and sympathy to the bereaved
wife and family of the deceased Broth
er.
RESOLVED, that Il copy Of these res.
olutions be spread Oh the records of this
Council, published in the Penn's Grove
RECORD and that a copy be forwarded
to the family Of our deceased Brother;
ana as Il further mark of our esteem
and regard that our Charter be draped
in morning foraperiod Of three months.
T. J. GAyENTA, Committee
WESLEY HEWITT, on
FRANK ~STETsER. Resolutions
Pedricktown, August 2S, 1898.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01
sew pnsrmAsrERs

The heads Of Gloucester county Re-
publican postmasters fell thick and fast
on Friday of last week. The new ones
are MS follows; NJ. h. Robinson, Bridge
port; II. W. Jones, Franklinville; L.
+. Porch, Huiffville; L. C.. Schoch,
jefferson; W. $. Richman, Malaga; j.
J. Tfuncer, Mantua; +. l.. Stratton,
Mullica Hill; j. W. Pratt, Westville.
ca Saturday the 'lawn mower"
stuck Salem county and other towns
as follows: j. w. Dunlam, Alloway;
y. Il. McFeilen, Ashland; c. a. Wood.
and, Atco; 5, j. Slrowbridge, Auburn;
Timothy Bateman, Bivalve; J. G.. Lee
we!len, Deerlirld; L. Ericsson, Dias
Creek; Thomas Cooper, East Milestone;
Isaac Johnson, Elmer; Crawford 9th
ems, GihbSboro; +. NJ, Milford, Green.
w:clG Warren DAVIS, Hancock Bridge:
ID. III. Erickson, Lecsburgh; II. b.
Dawson, MonroeviIle; II. S. Dean,
Mountainview; William Schmid, North
Cramer Hill; W. y. Carpenter, penns-
vile; J. d. Schade, Pittsgrove, S. c.
sheppard, Quinlon; Joseph Munyan,
Redwood; L. l.. Rogers, Sharptown;
Samuel TomIinson, Shiloh; L. NJ.
Swaine, Townsend's Inlet; Christian
Havenihal, Wilton.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01
THE NEW LIBERTY BELL.

A bell has been cast this year in Troy,
n. y, to commemorate the Columbian
year and it has been exhibited in New
York, Philadelphia and many other
cities on its way to the Worlds Fair.
"Old Liberty's'' young rival is a mag
niiicent piece OF workmanship, weigh
ing about 10, 600 pounds, IS parts of
which are copper and p parts tin. A
large number of historical relics in sill.
yer and gold have been worked in in
such Il way that they do not interfere
with the tone of the bell, but many con-
trihutions in these metals had TO be re.
fused Oh that account, The copper was
furnished in the shape of pennies, over
25o,O00 having been put into the cast.
The bell, which cost $500, has $4,000
worth of coin metal in it and was pur-
chased by the American Society of the
Daughters OF the Revolution, of which
William q. Mcdowell, Chairman of the
Bell COMMITTEES, was organizer.
Encircling the top of the bell are the
following Inscriptions: "a new COM
mandment | give unto ye, that ye love
one another" and "Glory to God iii
the highest and on earth peace, good
will towards men," Around the base
is this inscription; proclaim liberty
throughout all the land and unto all
the inhabitants thereof
The new Liberty Bell will be rung
for the first time on Grand Army Day
at the Worlds Fair, where it will stand
i'll front of the Administration Build
ing. The home Of the bell when the
Fair is over will be in Washington. 1t
will he sent to Paris in 1900, and will
ring out on The battle field of Runny-
mede, England, on Magma Charta Day,
1t is not only intended to ring outfree-
dom in this countiy, but will peal forth
the notes Of liberty over all the world.
1t isn't the Old Liberty Bell, and
doesn't look anything like it, but it's
six and Il half times as big and brand
new.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01

Some of the free silver men themselves
begin to favor changing the ratio of sill
yer to gold as a way out of the present
difficulty. One gentleman proposes that
instead of coming the two metals on the
present basis of 1G ounces of silver
equaling 1 of gold, the amount of sill
yer be increased in a ratio making 20
ounces of silver equal / of gold, and
that our coinage be reconstructed on that
basis. In the market it takes more than
81 ounce of silver to pay for 1 ounce
of gold, but the advocates of the 90 to 1
plan think finances would adjust them
selves to that basis without great dis
turbance. With the 90 to / ratio they
would have free coinage of silver,