The Blackpool Herald. — 1875-12-10 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

DOG WHICH ATTENDED CIIITECIL—A gens--Ti dog, the north of Seotlaudhad a- fine.Newrouvidleu'i'eacb, called :" Rover," which attended the parish 5100 l Ev,eey plan was tried O. keepliiirt at-home, but wiebier success, until at last, as the minister offered tie "eelr tions, the animal was allowed to follow his owl 'O4 hatiOns. Instead, however, of going to his ormle'rlligi ,he invariably took his station on one Of the stepsl;o to the pulpit, conducting. himself during the. ,teg service ireth.e 'moat becoming manner-L.-sitting f,:tial _serious look upon his face", tied apparently dr' in with great relish the words of the minister. re! stood up at prayers, and at the close of the walked slowly out with the rest. The church wased; dentally binned' doWn,and while it'airn- is beiuer re'ar' the congregatiOn Seltoegiouste "11°14 attended the first Sunday, but seemed ill at ease. 41 hapt he was afraid the Meeting house had no e,cclesiastical foursdatiOn, or per-haps he missed hi; warm seat. Be that as it- may, the next Sunos-'eri, walked slowly round the oft-ending- building, sild, looking about him marched majestically out, and the Free Church, Where ha` continued to attend r.`l): larlyi-sitting as formerly-on the ,realpit 'stairs, 10,9 . returned to his own church on its completion.--"Ic Hour.l .A ' limo° Rtsvricrs3r.—Though all of the same,- rea) Is holy to the devout Hindoo, yet so peculiarly Ojai lying is one particular spot, near the confluence °4O Ganges with the Junanae-tb.at- all who bathe tb must of necessity—their souls being purified frore e 9 sinful taint—go straight to-the gates of Paradlse• d insuA this blissful end' ot life, every year nualber devotees commit suicide by drowning themselves i9OO river. ...So systematically tire thing,ine- about. 3ei4 the •Brabenins keep boats hie the purpose of a5"O their clients to perform • this dast holy ,o`r-see• i'ntendin'g suicide rows into the streaan. into ". y after: fastening. ,to his .1.e.1s jars fall of stou,eo three's himeelf. Those who cannot afford to the happy despatch to the land of bliss in 5°,40 'expensive manner simply:walk into the st.resa' ci‘jes; jars fastened in front and behind their b.' a 4 having reached' the middle. of the stream, Old ro`,o ceed ,to leisurely fill the •jars with water.aro Sunk in the same mannee, the devout' re''be'lal towing the. body into midestream, after having a it; purified by a cpta,ntity of straw being ignited ro3etee, This method of sinking the bodies is only. to by thee-6160 lioor to bear the etepense of a 11'01 pile ; the richer clasSes invariably burn the boa,"el 0) throw the ashes into, the river.—From The Mankind, hy`Dr. Bober', Brown. -• ore°. Tun Bereeitta or SoreosioN's Tester,e.—Forseeeettl' a king and splel.iclid a capital, great and beautiful ings wore needed. First in ietpertance and graude"'oo° tbe temple. This great buntline., with which t,l'°o b of Solomon is indelibly associated, may be sa•ld the great work of his reign. His father had cheri-oes, the idea of building a great house to aelieta.l aitO since he. had conquered.-Jebus. The new et',9P seemed to him the very place for it ; and, with view, he had the'ark borne to Mount Zion. Wline,o4 we believe the chroniner, when he ascribes to,ati/ the planning of the temple to it most minute or not, it is quite certain tint some steps tosor. 00f, building. had already been taken during the re'g that monarch. e. Its site—the threshing,rls 'Araunals, on Mount Moriab, not otherwise, partieeclelll tion suitable, but remarkable for its sanctity in ceett with the great plague—had been marked outlzYP.'a lo . . . . The preliminary work was execateiola) Lebanon and other places, the entire force shiri being reckoned at 70,0f.10 porters, 80,000 Nroo‘lolo stone cutters; over these were - 3300 overseers liad of the workmen were "_strangers"—Canaauites---`,; lives were made "bitter With all hard bondage. I 01 the work began to multiply, the forced aid o'o Israelites themselves was; however, called. ine-sere, cempelling of so many men (I Kings, v., ; ii., 11, 18) to leave their homes, edict engage work, could hardly have been effected witliout- 5 '5O Jeal of , murmuring and dissatisfaotion. The tier' work was done in the quarries. The stones vver% hewn, and fitted to one another, so that wb°' building was ,begun there was "neither hariniu?,r'oo axe, nor any tool of •iron heard in the houss. icell very silence in which the building was proceedeci was reverently vocal.—From The Quiver. . jo . • I