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Year: 1875

In the United States Senate yester-
day hill was introduced by Mr.. Lo-
gan to establish rules for the govern.
ment of the army. The Pension Ap-
preparation bill was reported and plac-
ed ION the calender. The Pinchback
resolution was discussed among those
opposing its adoption being Mr.. Ferry
of Connecticut The discussion was
tinued in night session.


In the House it was agreed by vote
of GOT Sc, to go into Committee of the
Whole on the Revenue bill. After a
long debate the committee rose, and
the House took a recess until evening
The evening session was devoted to
business from the Judiciary Commit
tee, excluding political measures.
Year: 1875

The President has approved the re-
solution for the appointment of COM
mission to the Penitentiary Congress
at Rome, and the bill to facilitate the
disposal of cases in the Supreme Court.


The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs agreed yesterday to report a
bill TO prevent the importation OF
Asiatic women for improper purposes.
Severe.penalties are proposed for viola.
ton of the act.
Year: 1875

It is of the highest importance, then, that in- dividuals should bs able to judge for themselves by their own feelings, and to what extent they are attacked by this insidous enemy to ill health comfort, and even life itself if left to run its course unchecked, by the early and prompt ap- plicati0n Of curative remedies.
Year: 1875

, In the new Paris opera-house there
are sixteen miles Of gas tubing and 8, 200
nibs. The main pipes are placed in du-
plicate, so that in case OF accident moth
ing can he interrupted. The foot-lights
in the new opera house can'neither burn
the jupes Of the ballet girl nor suffocate


the Sy tne s emitted nsas he
dozens, and SO arranged that in the
glass that the flame burns downward,
and o. current of air carries the heat to-
ward the bottom Of the tube. Were the
robe Of ballerine even to upset one Of
the glasses, a beautiful c0ntrivance
would then, cause the extinction OF the
fame. These 120 nibs can be raised or
lowered by machinery, either above or
below the level Of the stage; and the
head gasman, whose position is beside
the prompter, can command the distri-
button OF the gas in any part of the
house, or on any part of THE stage, like
the captain of ship, 80 perfectly grad
uated Is the machinery,
Year: 1875

God has said, "Let every thing be done
in order" 1t is his providence that deter
mines the bounds of our habitation, and
furnishes the several stations that we occu-
py; and into these We are to look for our
duties and opportunities. Men are often
led out of their own sphere of action in or
der to be usefuli but it is ignorance, if not
pride and discomfort that tempts them astray.


As the stream of river is most beneficial
when it steals along its own channel, though
it make not 80 much noise, and excites not
80 much notice as when it breaks over its
banks, and roars as a food; so good men
are most acceptable and useful in their ap-
pointed course. Wisdom will estimate every
man by what he is, not out of his place and
calling, but in them. There We naturally
look after him; there we unavoidably COM
pare him with his obligations; there we see
him habitually; and there he gains char.
acter, or goes without one.


Some have zeal not according to knowl.
edge. 1t blazes at a distance; but burns
dim at home. In day like the present
there will be many occasional calls of pub
lie duty; but it will be sad exclamation tc
make at dying hour, "My own vineyard
have 1 not kept" In the spiritual still more
than in the temporal neglect, "He that pro
videth not for his own, especially those o.
bis own house, hath denied the faith, and ii
worse than an in6del.'
Year: 1875

TROUBLED TEACHER Most of the grand
truths of God have to be learned by trouble;
they must be burned into Us with the hot
iron of affiction, otherwise we shall not truly
receive them. No man is competent to Judge
in matters of the kingdom, until first he has
been tried; since there are many things to
be learned in the depths which we can never
know in the heights. We discover many Sc
crets in the caverns of the ocean, which,
though We had scared to heaven, we never
could have known. He shall best meet the
wants of Gods people as a preacher who
has had those wants himself; he shall best
comfort Gods Israel who has needed com
fort; and he shall best preach salvation who
has felt his own need of it.
Year: 1875

did monuments erected TO their memory, W
there was only one beaten path, and thatslec
up to the grave Of the Dairyman's Daughter
The tract has been circulated among almost
every kindred and tongue under heaven.
Such is something of the power Of his holy
life: eternity alone can fully reveal it. Why
did the lady mentioned above, think she had
received 80 much good from the abode OF
poverty we had passed? TWAS just because
those whose home was in it were "almost as
good as they could be-


3 Our duty to the poor. The ordinance
Of God is that "the poor shall never cease
oat of the land" The season of winter now
upon us must greatly multiply this class.
How clearly is it the duty of all to open
their hearts and their hands to the great
charity of remembering the poor; especially
should Christials see to it that none of their
fellow Christians are left to pinching want.
Go and visit them, relieve their wants, pray
with them, instruct and comfort them.


One of the happy fruits will be in the re-
freshing Of your own soul. You may also
be able to say concerning some of their hab-
itations, that you have received more good
from them than any others you ever entered.
I" He that hath pity on the poor lsndsth unto
the Lord; and that which he hath given wiV
he pay him again" The Lord of heaven
takes the debt upon himself, becomes the
surety for the poor, and gives US the bond
of his word in promise of payment. Is there
any other investment half so secure?


AN OLD PASTOR.
Year: 1875

What happy thought this is? You, my
dear little friends, may feel that all is equally
as bright on earth. So at present, it may
seem; for your young hearts have perhaps
never known sorrow; but do you think your
life will always be so joyous? No, no, as your
years increase, so will pleasures give place
to the cares and troubles which flesh is heir
to. We may often wonder why it is, that a
loving Father will SO make sadness possess
our hearts. 1t is because he knows so well,
that if our lives here are spent in happiness,
we shall wish no other home; and he would
have us seek place in that mansion, which
has so long been prepared for the truly good.
Having felt the darkness of earth, we can
better appreciate the joys and brightness of
heaven.


"Mortal joys how soon they fade;


How swift they pass away!"


Then let our present enjoyments be such
as may more brightly beam for us, in that
Land, where all "that ia beautiful melts not
away" Pleasures here, however gay, can
not last. Too sadly are We forced to &C.
knowledge, that the happy days of summer
must ere long be changed to dreary winter.


May God help you all to prepare your
hearts while on earth, that you may look
hopefully forward to a time when you shall
indeed know, that "all is bright in heaven !"
Here is often heard the toling bell, calling
US to witness the closing of the cold damp
earth over the features of some dearly loved
one; but in heaven, no such funeral knell
bids US repair to these melancholy graves.
IT'S one scene of parting here; but there
will be happy meeting of fondly loved ones
in heaven. If you would have home in
that bright world, you must "walk in the
light, as God is in the light" You must
love God and keep his commandments, you
must govern all bad passions, feelings and
desires. But of yourselves you are not able
to do these things; so must read your Bible,
and learn what Jesus says. "Ask and it
shall be given" Then again. speaking by
his servants, he says. 81 lOve them that lOve
me, and them that seek me early shall find
me-" You must pray God to give you a
clean heart, loving and forgiving spirit
must ask him to make your heart his dwell.
ling place, that he may keep it from all
wickedness. These prayers, being granted
you, my dear little friends, will be fitted for
the companionship of angels, and the like
ness of God, where all is bright IN heaven.
Year: 1875

PREACHING is an ordinance, of which the
value can never be overrsted in the Church
of Christ But it should never be forgotten,
that there must not only be good preaching,
but good hearing.
Year: 1875

nearly indestructible as possible, in order
that itmight not consume, waste or rust
away by exposure to the elements; which
was unvarying in value, in order that it
might serve us true measure OF all 9TH
er values. And how does 1t come
to be Of unvarying value? Why,
in this way: Because the average
amount OF labor required to extract
an ounce OF it from the reCesses Of
the earth does not change. Men dig for
days for a very small amount Of it-a
mere nothing in quantity, II this were
not the case, II it cost as little labor to
make gold dollar Us 1t does to make a
paper dollar, gold would lose its value as
a standard Of value for all other values
throughout the world,


AS showing that gold and paper are
vastly different in their relations, we will
take the case Of the Spanish American
States that are constantly in a state OF rev.
olution, always overthrowing and chang.
Ing their governments, Their gold dol.
lars are good the world over, while
their paper is worthless at home,
And when our own country was plunged
in civil war few years ago, the
value of its gold coins never changed
an ioto, but Its paper fell to forty cents
on the dollar at one time. Sterling
exchange could always be bought for
about 81 90 in American gold, but II
Auctuated violently every day for paper,
How, then, can any man, either owesney
at sleubenvillo, or Trevellick at BellairC,
say that gold and paper are practically OF
the same value MS standard of exchungeH
Year: 1875

against Tammany. 1t is not intended the
general committee shall be provisional
one, but that it shall be permanent. On
Monday next another meeting will be held,


at which about five representatives from
each ward will be present, and it is then
expected that important work will be done.
Year: 1875

SAVE your pennies. The Providence Press says it never heard In funeral ora- ton or sermon, and seldom in private conversation, the opinion expressed that man with $l0,000 income had gone to hell
Year: 1875

house whence help might soon come, so she
awakened her brother, and told him the good
news, and together they watched and waited
for deliverencc, hugging each other for Joy
and warmth. for they were very cold.
Farmer Buxton, who lived in lonely house
on the edge Of his own private prairie, was a
famous sleeper in general, but on this partic-
ular morning he awoke before the dawn, and
though he turned and turned again, he could
sleep no more. So at last he awoke his wife
and said: s'It's no use I'll just get up and
dress, and have look at the comet


The next she heard was frightened sum-
mons to the door. 1t seems that no sooner
did he step from his house than his eyes fell
Oh q strange shape hanging in large pear
tree about twenty yards distant. He could
see it in no likeness to anything earthly, and
he half fancied it might be the comet. who
having put out his lights had come down
there to perch In his fright and perplexity
he did what every wise man would do in like
extremity. Reinforced by her he drew near
the tree, cautiously accommodating Surely,
never pear tree bore such fruit ! Suddenly
there descended from the thing a plaintiye,
trembling little voice, "Please take us down.
We are very cold"


Then a second little yoice-''and hungry,
too. Please take us down.


''Why, who are you And where are
you:"


The first little voice said: Eve are Mrs.
Harwood's little boy and girl, and we are lost
in balloon"


The second little voice said: ''lts us, and
we ruined away in Il balloon. Please take
us down."


Dimly comprehending the situation, the
farmer, getting hold Of a dangling rope, sue
ceeded in pulling down the balloon. He first
lifted out little Johnny, who ran rapidly few
yards towards the house, then turned round
and stood for few moments, curously sur
veying the balloon. The faithful little sister
was SO chilled and exhausted that she had to
be carried into the house, where, trembling
and sobbing, she told her wonderful story.
Before sunrise q mounted messenger was sent
to the Harwood home, with the glad tidings
OF great joy. lie reached it in the afternoon,
and few hours later the children themselves
arrived in state with banners, and conveyed
in covered hay wagon and four. Joy bells
were rung in the neighboring town, and in
the farmers brown house the happiest family
on the continent thanked God that night.
Year: 1875

The Long Branch correspondent Of the
Baltimore 11nerac0n writes | have men,
tened in former letter that we have here a
girl from ST. Louisa graceful, dimpling,
rOguish beauty-whose favorite color in dress
is that one which the poets never cease to
laud to the skies-cerulean blue This sum-
mer she iEcines more to the blue Of the navy,
as that is the shade most in vogue, and when
she appears in a handsome blue silk just from
Brundage Bakers, and tilted hat with a
navy-blue vail twined around it and then
around her marble throat, she is as pretty a
specimen Of stylish American girl as one
need care to see. The ladies are enthusiastic
about her, and SO are many gentlemen.


The other day family from st. Louis ar
rived at our hotel, and what extraordinary
words of greeting do you suppose they used
to the pretty girl in blue?


''Good day. said they to her. GLOW does
Long Branch agree with you? Do you snore
AS much as usual?"


The poor girl blushcd to her hair, and said:
''Oh how mean you arc You know don't
snOre"


She Confided the secret of her annoyance to
us Oh the back piazza at midnight, over the
uninebriating influence of glass of iced
lemonade:


II took my dog on the train when was
coming away from ST. Louis, and as didn't
want to put him in the baggage car, hid
him at the foot of my sleeping BERTH He fell
asleep instantly, and then the little villain
began snoring as if he had just been receiving
Caudlc lecture. Ipushed him and scolded
him and coaxed him and threatened him. It
was of no use. he just snored the night
through. I shouldn't have minded, but there
was a party Of St. Louis boys in the next
berth. and they heard the snoring, and not
knowing the dog was there, they spread the
report that snorcd awfully.'
Year: 1875

The following strange account of traei-
cal occurrence at Toulouse is published by
the Paris Steele of December l.: "Two men,
strangers to the place, applied three days
oack for permission to ascend to the TOP of
the tower of the old Cordeliers Church,
formerly used as storehouse for fodder,
and which was partly burned in 1871. Leave
was granted; but shortly afterward the two
men were seen to lean over the parapet.
locked in each others arms, and then to fall
to the ground One, who appeared to be
the principal, and wore decoration in his
button-hole, was taken up dead; the other
was only stunned, and on being carried to
the hospital made this extraordinary state.
ment: The deceased, he said, was an enri.
neer, and had formed with him a plan To
rob the Bank of Toulouse by means of a
suDterranean passage leading to the cellars
OF that establishment, and which had been
IN course Of construction for several months
previously. The work was terminated and
the plan was to be carried out an hour later.
His accomplice then induced him to 90 to
the top Of the tower, on some pretext. and
then suddenly seized him by the waist and
endeavored to throw him from the ton. in
order, no doubt, to obtain the whole of The
booty. A struggle took place between
them, In the course of which thev both fell
over as described. The cellars Of the bank
were visited, and the passage was found
almost terminated; another hours werk
and 1t would have opened into the floor Of
the strong ROOM"
Year: 1875

A meeting of gentlemen representing
the West-bound transportation interest OF
New York and Boston, was held Thurs
day forenoon at the Windsor Hotel, in
the former place. All Of the trunk lines
running from New York except the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail-
roads were represented, as were the Grand
Trunk Line of Canada, and the Boston
roads. The object Of the meeting was to
effect. if possible, an arrangement among
the roads by which the rates on freight
between Boston and New York, and the
West might be equalized. Owing, it is
said, to the absence of representative Of
the New York Central, nothing of any
importance was done. A meeting of the
officers of the New York trunk lines will
be held to-day, with the same object, but
it is thought that they will not bs able to
accomplish anything.
Year: 1875

BISHOP HAVEN has besn heard from
lie offers as plea of defense that he did
not nominate Grant for the Third Term
bu: he admits virtually the same thing
that is: HE asked the ministers to pray
for the denomination of President Grant,
and it is supposed that they then and there
resolved separately to offer prayers in their
own pulpits for the nomination Of the mod
cyn Caesar third time. 1t was the Third
Term endorsed by the political Bishop,
who hoped by the winning influences Of
prayer to win so many votes for Grant.
What it has done for the Bishop may be
Judged by the bitter denunciation given
lis conduct by the ministry all over the
country.
Year: 1875

The subject of taxation upon Church
property, which was started by the Presi-
dents MESA; ., among the clergy of the
country, has own warm in Jersey City and
is on the increase there. Rev. DR.. Imbrie,
of the First Presbyterian church, holds that
the adoption of the constitutional amend
ments does not create any new taxation, but
merely provides for a uniform system of
taxation on property now taxable. The
Methodist clergy have adopted resolution
not to pay taxes on church property, but to
carry the question into the courts. The
members Of the Methodist Church were
unanimous in support of the amendments,
and now they find that one amendment is
most detrimental to the interests of their
Church.
Year: 1875

BLAcKwooD's Magazihs says that since
1860. when the United States entered the
money market as a borrower at a pro-
digious rate, the Indebtedness Of the whole
world has increased at the average rate Of
two hundred million pounds year. II
then on goes to say "if the average is kept
up, in rs years more the total debt Of the
world will reach ten thousand millions,
the interest Of which, taken at The average
rate Of 5 per cent, will amount to the
present aggregate public revenues of all
the states Of Europe and America" Is it
not time that people should halt in tho ex-
penditure of public money?
Year: 1875

Ihe plottlngs OF Grant, to nominate him


self for third term threatens to convulse


the country. Having failed in all attempt,


to place the country by means of the force


bill in such position, as would enable him


to practically re-nominate himself-he


flung into the political arena the firebrand


of sectarianism, as his last resort. The


pernicious effect Of Presidential plotting is


quite apparent, at the ipresent time. No
fair minded man can fail to see how it is


waving with the best interests of the


people. From various quarters danger
to the existence Of our government
frowns angrily. The waste


and luxury Of the millions are fast sapping


the substantial wealth and power Of the


country. The food tide of corruption


threatens to overthrow everything that is


valuable in the State and in the Republic.
These dangers may be averted by the NOR
al culture and sound political teaching of
our people, but from the deliberate policy
of an ambitious President to maintain
himself in Office for successive terms it is
difficult indeed to find remedy, save by
the proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion OF the United States limiting the term
Of Presidential Office to six years, amend
ing the President in the language Of our
own Constitution relative to Governor
"Forever Ineligible"


The manifest wisdom Of Mr.. Randalls
amendment must strike even the uAthink>
ing as it in effect says to the sucsessful as
pirant for the Presidency, we the: people
have elevated you to the Chief Magistracy
of the highest Republic Of the earth. We
have made you the peer Of earth's might
lest potentate and we expect Of you faith
full performance Of all the duties of that
high Office, and trust that you will retire
from it not only honored by its dignity but
to the people by the worthy per-
formance OF all the trusts reposed in you.


It will be argued against this view of the
case that time of great public danger
may come when it would be unwiee to
,nange good and able President; but we
EEL certain that the Republic is fruitful
enough of men to assure to US if the day of
langer comes that the man to meet it will |
70 ready and awaiting the peoples suffrage |
o place him in position to successfully |
combat the threatened peril.


It is quite evident that there is dispo-
ition upon the part of Mr.. Grant to re-
nominate himself for the Presidency, and
hus abrogate "ths unwritten law," which
las the sanctity Of an hundred years.
Hence it is that instead Of making the
proposed constitutional amendment appli-
able only to the President to be elected in
$50, we would make it applicable to
he next President and have in the centen-
lial year proclamation made to the assem-.
led peoples of the world who will come
ere, that 30 fresh and strong was the SEN
iment Of liberty in this land that when
be well-grounded suspicious Of Presiden-
al plotting for term longer than that of
Washington was fslt by the people, these {
representatives. met in every one Of the {
Year: 1875

Some one who has seen goodly share
OF the world tells some things he has
seen;


l have seen young man sell farm,
turn merchant, and die in an insane asy.
umn.


Ihaye seen farmer travel about SO
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking after.


/ have seen man spend more money
in folly than would support his family in
comfort and independence.


l have seen young girl marry young
man OF diSsOlute habits and repent It as
long as she lived.


l have seen q man depart from truth
where candor and veracity would have
serVed him to a much better purpose.


] have seen the extravaganza and folly
Of children bringing their parents to pov-
trty and want, and themselves to dis.
grace.


| have seen q prudent and industrious
wife retrieve the fortunes Of a family
when her husband pulled at the other end
OF the rope,


| have seen young man who despised
the counsels Of the wise and advice OF the
good, and his career ended in poverty
and wretchedness.
Year: 1875

asks in his bills that farmer or planter
may sell leaf tobacco to consumers, This
proposition has been twice agreed to by
the House, and will probably be agreed
to again, but It is such dangerous inno-
walton in the law that the Senate will de-
feat it, as it has done twice before,


There was an avalanche OF bills yester-
day in favor Of repeating the Act Of 1875
that doubled the rate on third class postal
matter, and it would not be surprising II
such q bill would pass before Christmas.
Year: 1875

PHILADELPHIA, December IL The
congregational meeting was as large "a
usual. Mr.. Moody spoke on the subject
Of intemperance. lie called on those
who are addicted to strong drink to have
faith in God, and He will help them. A
man who has the spirit Of God stimulat-
ing his heart will not care for any other.
He concluded with a prayer that God
may touch the consciences Of rum.sellerS.