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Year: 1877

PRIVATE PRAyER--The root that pro


duces the beautiful and hourishing tree,
with all its spreading branches, verdant


leaves and refreshing fruit-that which
gains for it sap, life, vigor and fruitful,
ness-is all unseen, and the further aud
the deeper the roots spread beneath, the
more the tree expands above, Christians,
il you long to bring forth all the fruits
OF the spirit strike your roots deep and
wide IN private prayer That faith and
support, that strength aud grace which you
seek of God in secret, that they may be eX-
ercised in the hour Of need, God will in that
hour give you before men.-Famly Treasury.
Year: 1877

sating with the sOftest and gen

 Hest Of life. In another case the sponge grows tipped with nagnif.

 iceht crimson, and in another it branches out like coral, for which u might easily be mistaken. Here You get a birds eye of the WOn- derous secrets of the deep, and you may know what the bladder no>ed seal takes for his break fast, how the lobster lunches and what the sticklerack has for supper. TfOG can see the Hermit Crab nlUvlng about with his unWieldy house upon his back ; no less d habltatiOn then the vacant shell of some respectable fish who per lshed perhaps before the Christian

 Era The .tartish is spread out or the glass before you, and you can Watch his delicate attenea with which he abs0rbs the ani- Inalculae on which he lives.

 Driving about with crest erect is the miniature sea horse, his head covered with feathery wings and his crest tipped with silver which looks like d dainty crown.

 In little cage to the right as you enter is the terrible vampire bat of Ceyion. He hangs by his feet head downwards, and looks like the genliest and mildest Of squirrels, save and except that his wings are like the finest silk, and he wraps them around him like magnificent mantle Close by are a pair of the cunningest seals that ever swan ill the water, they are great pets anu seen to understand every word you sdy. i'he poor white whale is defunct, died of liver complaint and indi- ges,ion. They gave him sume of i1oll0way's pills, but believe they tinaliy come tn the conclusion that they are not suited to the constitution of whales - he has gone to the suffers and now they have sent out another party and l expect to hear that d new one has been hooked every day. A lot of immense alligators Occu- py the whales old tank, and the canning rascals look aS ii they were playing possum waiting for some scientific eXperimentatiot to drop in d French poodle or skye terrier just to see il the alligator fed on that kind of sau.age.

 Ye lovers of salmon, this IS the place for you. You can follow the salmon mp from the new laid egg 10 the perfectly developed fish. romcods and sinners, shovelnOsed sharks and porgies disport them- selves with as much independence as if they were regaling them selves off of Cape Cod, or Were reveIing in the delights of the Banks of Newfoundland. Brook trout, pickerel, els and h-ll bend- CTS add interesting variety to the scene. Not the least interesting subject is the big sea lion, and If you should happen in there about feeding time, you could well un- ierstand that it is no small thing 10 keep boarding house for that young gentleman. especially in the season of Lent. l can not at tempt to give you even a limited idea of the manifold attractions of this excellent entertainment. but can only say if you come to New York, don't fail to See the Aqua rum.

 For the last ten days l have been hoping that some newspaper correspondent, or ambitious young lady from the country would tum- ble off our new foot bridge across |, J f,,~piSh mo
Year: 1877

PRAYER SERMON BY THE REV. r. N. BELLOWS.


The sermon ut All Souls Church yesterday morning
was preached by tho Rev. H. N. Bellows, son Of the
Rev. DR.. Bellows. Mr. Bellows took his text from
Luke xL, 1-'Lord, teach US to pray"


There an dca said Mr. Bellows. that such subject
should bo avoided because OF Its unattracuveness 1t
seerns to me that silence the subject OF prayer
IRON knowledge that the thoughts OF men and
women In regard TO II not what they wore twenty
or thirty ycarsago. The majority of men and women
do day pray in the formal sense Of tho word
as their grandfathcrs prayed before them They do
formulated prayers 1t is important to recog-
70 this fact and 10 see what II means.


Let us glance briefly at the history OF prayer. The
disciples SAID Jesus, "Teach US TO pray Not that
PRAYER cid not exist before that time because II is In.
hcrent tho OF man hut they saw the vivid
relation between Jesus and The unseen world, which
they could not understand. Jesus answered by re-
Of the most efficient instruments In the spread of
the religion Of Christ by correctly responding to
the sy ympathies Of the heart


Among the philosophical objections 70 prayer
Is that Of impersonality. Men and women
py, "why, God is not a person in any sense
shat understand, therefore We cannot pray TO
whom cannot picture in our minds" They
also say. .I God is all wise and all good and loves
much will He give that which We wish Tor with
out our import uning Him." True you cannot bottle
mp the personality oil God. you cannot treat 1t as
but God has this per.
Sonaiity although may not DO able 10 conceive IT,
10 the second objection reply that God grants not
all that desire nor ut tho time we ask 1t, but who
say that He does not answer our prayers? lf
you bury tue iuea Of Code love then
you might feel there was no use IN asking Who does
not feel that prayer In broader sense Is in
The house OF God, IN your own minds, IN the fields,
wherever you may be Our fccling t0en in regard to
this question Is SIMPLY that prayer Is communion
with the Infinite, tbas which Is highest and unseen,
but the real that we may come to II In countless
ways, that no limit may be set, no law laid down for
our rcazation OF IT, but that whether through the
forms tho printed books, the book OF nature or OF
human fellowship, come to sense OF 1t, and It's
tnnermos reality depends upon ourselves most largely
upon GOD, somewhat, working IN and through as
Year: 1877

A mild looking young man jumped on the deck Of
the steamship Rather on Saturday night, and when
hailed by the watch drew forth plug Of tobacco,
which he rendered as peace Offering His purpose on
board, he stated, was simply friendly visit The
molincd seaman bade his visitor to mako himself at
home This the young man proceeded To do by syiy
entering captain ana stealing $40 worth OF
clothing He was captured as he was about TO leave
the dock. Al the Tombs P0lcc Court yesterday tho
prisoner. who gave the of James Reed, held
in hal
Year: 1877

n Electro-Gavanic Battery, combined with the
n celebrated MediCated Porous Plaster forming
the grandest curative agent in the world Of medi-
cine and utterly surprising all other Pasters here
tofore in use. They accomplish more in one week
than the old Plasters in whole year. They do not
Dalliale. they CLRE.
Year: 1877

RECRUITING for the army is actively
commencing, as reports to the War
Department indicate, and will continue
until the enlistments are sufficient to
bring the army up to its authorized
numerical standard. The recruiting is
for all arms of the service. The regu-
lations for enlisting into the army now
are very strict, great care and atten-
tion being required to enlist only men
whose character is known to be good.
Since this great care has been exercised
the number of desertions has been very
much reduced. Only about twenty
two per cent. of the men who applied


to be enlisted last year were accepted.
Year: 1877

THE scriptures ought, undoubtedly,
to be denied at all cost and hazard. 1t
is not necessary to proceed to extremi-
ties, as did the Texans, who said with
an oath so big and black that it almost
brought on an eclipse of the sun, that
"if there was an infidel in town he
should be hung to the nearest lamp
post,' and declared that though they
were no better than other folks they
were bound to have the unadulterated
Christian religion in their town and
wouldn't stand any "infidel nonsense
nohow and noway"
Year: 1877

THE War Department has been over
whelmed by large number of applica-
tions from civilians for appointment to
commissions in the regular army.
These number already more than eight
hundred. By direction of the Presi-
dent, four applicants haye been exam
ined and passed successfully, but failed
of confirmation by the Senate thus far.
They will remain to be assigned to va
cancies when confirmed, after which,
according to the views of the Secretary
Of War, no more civilian appointments
will be made until the West Point grad
uating class Of 1877 shall have been
taken up in the vacancies which may
occur in the army.
Year: 1877

THE total national debt, less cash in
the Treasury, is S2,o46,021, ,O65, or a
little over s44 for every man, woman
and child in the Republic. The debt is
equal to nearly one-eighth of the total
valuation of the country. The debt of
New York bears about the same pro-
portion to the valuation of that city,
while that of Philadelphia is more than
one-seventh of its valuation.
Year: 1877

SEVERAL thousand workingmen were
in the procession in Washington last
night. They serenaded the President,
and he appeared and acknowledged the
compliment. The demonstration is in
the interest of the eight hour law.
Year: 1877

their souls" This they did by
making four perpendicular incis-
ions, two parallel with each ether
and near each nipple. The skin
between the incisions on each
breast was separated from the flesh
beneath it, and a wooden cylinder,
long enough to reach from one side
of the chest to the other, was then
inserted. To this piece of wood,
and Immediately over the sternum
Tor breast bone) was tied lariat
suspended from the top of the post,
and while the blood oozed from
their wounds they blew whistles
and danced, swinging to and fro
until the pieces of wood were ac-
tually torn from their bodies. The
ring dancers gazed steadily upon
the sun from the commencement
Of the ceremony until it sunk be-
hind the grass-coyered hills of the
West, and thus the name "sun
dance"
Year: 1877

into the center Of the outside pave
ment. | could not realize for a mo-
ment that had really beheld that
awful spectacle--a human being
self-hurled into eternity-bnt such
was indeed the meaning of what l
had seen. In a moment the pros
trate figure was surrounded by
dense crowd. The emotion Of the
spectators was extreme, and one
old lady who had chanced to be
walking along the Rue de la Paix
near me burst out CRYING in her
agitation. At my solicitation my
companion went forward, very re-
luctantly, it must be confessed, to
learn the particularsof the horrible
event. The victim was a young and
neatly dressed woman. She lay
prone on the pavement as she had
fallen, but no trace of blood or mu-
tilation was visible, as one of the
bystanders had drawn her water
proof cloak around her shattered
head, that having been the point
that first strucka the pavement.
Her shoes, neat pair Of black last
ing boots, had been forced from her
feet by the fall, showing clean white
stockings of a quality never worn
in France by the working classes.
One Of her garterS, also jerked off
by the fall, lay near her--a dainty
blue silk affair, with a giIded clasp.
She had, as l afterward learned,
gone most deliberately to work to
execute her purpose. She had con-
cealed a camp-stool under her
waterproof before making the as
cent. Arrived at the top, she had
profted by a moment when the
guide was busted in pointing out
certain objects of interest in the view
to another party, had then gone
around to the opposite side, had
placed hercamp stool there, mount
ed upon it, and so contriyed to
Chamber over the high railing.


passed by the spot an hour
later The body had long since
been removed and the crowd was
gone; but a few bystanderS still
fingered under the darkening sky,
looking alternately up at the sum
NIT of the gigantic shaft that tow
cred above them and down at two
crimson stains upon the pavement,
upon which gravel had been hastily
strewn, but which still revealed a
dusky and ominous red through the
pebbles and sand that tried to hide
them.
Year: 1877




American papers have often COM
mented upon the fact that in some
parts of England women have been
sold at public auction during the
last century. Yesterday the novel
sight of a woman being sold under
the hammer was witnessed by hun
dreds of people in front Of. Currie's
auction store. When it became
known that such a sale was to be
made large crowd gathered to see
the woman, and many were wonder
ing if the authorities would allow
such disgraceful scene to go on.
At 10:30 the woman was brought
out. Her name was unknown, but
she was recognized by some of the
bystanders as a person who worked
in a millinery establishment on G
street before the fire, and her char
acter had never been questioned
She seemed perfectly composed IN
the presence Of so large a crowd,
and never moved muscle of her
face as the auctioneer called ont for
the first bid. She stood in an ele-
waited position, dressed in plain mus.
lin, without any special attempt at
display. She was a handsome bru-
pette, with regular features, dark
hair and eyes, and a complexion as
pure as wax. She was finally
knocked down for IS, and, to the
surprise of everybody, the bidder
was o married man. He says the
woman is somewhat dilapidated,
but he thinks he can melt down the
wax and make her into tapers for
Christmas trees. She originally
cost $500 in New York, the work
manship being of the best, and was
for o long time displayed in a
Broadway milliner's window before
she was shipped to the Comstock.
Year: 1877

Vanity Fair.


A great question arose among the
learned as to how Lord Beacons-
field could appear in the house of
lords arrayed in his robes-as he
did in the morning at the opening
of parliament-beiore he had been
sworn in. 1t had, indeed, been
boldly announced by those who only
knew of the question, but not of
its answer, that he could not and
would not so appear. All this,
however, rested on a misapprehen-
sion Of the law, which is, that no
peer may sit or vote till he has taken
the oaths; but that does not pre-
clude him from appearing in the
house, as Lord Beaconsfeld did, in
official attendance on the queen,
nor from wearing his robes there.
Another nice point was noticed
when the premier took his seat in
the afternoon. 1t was observed
that, instead of taking place on the
earls bench, as an earl newly Gre
ated is bound to do on being intro
duced, he calmly installed himself
on the dukes bench. There was a
murmur of horror in the house at
this spectacle ; but, in fact, Lord
Beaconstield was quite right, mas
much as he was entitled to take his
place on that bench by virtue of his
Office Of lord priyy seal. This,
however, was not all. His intro
ducers, Lords Derby and Bradford,
sat down on each side of him on
the bench, whereas they clearly
ought to have remained standing.
All which shows the necessity Of
taking good advice on ceremonial
occasions.
Year: 1877

ST. Louis, April lS.-The coroner's in
quest proceeded with the investigation of
the Southern Hotel fire this morning, but
no evidence having any bearing on the
origin of the fire or its management was
brought out.


Jno. K. Reese, professor of mathemat
les in Washington University, gave a
graphic description of the escape of him
self and wife and two chambermaids who
were rescued frem the window of his room
on the sixth floor, on the Fourth street
front by Phelm Toole, the daring fireman.
He knew nothing about the origin of the
fire. He knew OF no alarm being given in
the upper stories and only learned Of the
fire by noise in the hall. When!he opened
the door Of his room, the smoke was SC
| dense that he was forced to go back into
the room, where they remained until taken
down on the Skinner escape by Toole.
Year: 1877

Catarrh in its extent and destructive force stands
next to Consumption, and is closely allied to it /;
to the other is only question of time. IL is there
fore singular thing that those afflicted with it
should not make it the object OF their lives TO rd
themselves of it. single bottle OF any remedy
cannot in the chronic stage effect a cure, even
bring the system under its influence fully. In
many such cases the bones and cartilage of the
nose are eaten away the organs of hearing of see
ing and of tasting, affected to be rendered
useless, lhe uvulva so nlongated and in1amed as to
produce constant and distressing cough. The re-
turn TO health must necessarily be slow, under the
most favorable circumstances, when seriously af
fcted but the evidence of its great value daily
comes to hand, we become more and more satisfied
that there does not exist of Catarrh that can
not be cured by q iudicious and persistent use of
SAEFoRD's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH The re-
lief in every obtained from the first dose is
indication OF what it will do when the system is
brought constitutionally under its influence.
SANFoRDs S RADICAL CURE sold by all whole
sale and retail druggists throughout the United
States. Price 81
Year: 1877

Gives splendid gloss and finish to all starched
goods making them WINTER AND CLEARER til
wax or anything else, and prevents the iron from
sticking Trial bottle free


Put up IN 4-oz bottles price 15c Sold by Gro
GERS aDd Druggists.
Year: 1877

the government to its agents. and not a
contract with the laborers, the secretary
of the treasury will issue an order announ-
cling this decision, and directing the officers
not to pay hereafter ten hours wages for
eight hours work. The order given by
President Grant that eight hours shall
constitute day s work for all the employees
of the government will be revoked, and no
additional pay will be allowed to those
who work longer than eight hourF.
Year: 1877

1t is felt now that ''the confession"
must be published in it's entirety and not
be picked and parcelled out to crafty a
personal or political spite aud to affect
present legislation.
Year: 1877

SUSPICIOUS Last Sunday evening
a gentleman of this city walked into
the country short distance with .
friend, who was going to his home
near the city. When near the home
of the latter the two saw man who
was following cross the road and
step behind q tree. The two friends
parted, the one to go into his house
the other to return to this city. As
the one coming to town neared the
tree he saw the stranger step behind
he crossed to the opposite side Of
the road, and took his pistol from
his pocket, holding it in his hand.
Passing the tree he saw, in tho
darkness, a man couching behind it,
and near him another man holding
in his hand what appeared to be .
club or large cane. Hurrying on he
left the place and was soon in this
city. Did the sight of the revolver
cover two assassins, and prevent
another murder for money while the
mutilated body of Haagenson was
vet lying in the ravine near by un-
discovered? Was what appeared in
the darkness to be q club or o cane
the bar of iron, a corner of which
dealt Haagenson his death blow?
These are interesting questions.


NUGGETS. Dan McGilvra, who
has been for some time engaged in
mining in the gold fields of Cassiar,
at last succeeded in making a strike,
and returned to this city recently.
with several thousand dollars in mug
gets We are not informed of the
precise locality where they were
obtained, nor have we yet seen
the nuggets; but they are said
to be of extraordinary richness. We
would like to get couple Of EN-
for our cabinet, you know.


The District Court for Snohomish
county meets on. Thursday next,
November 1st.
Year: 1877

A FORTUNATE MANY esterday
afternoon one of the workmen in the
joiner shop of the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Co., laid down his tools, and
walking into the Office, stepped up to
one of the desks, and asked for the
balance due him. The clerk inquired
of him what was the matter, and he
replied, that he was getting old and
that he thought he would quit work,
having enough money saved to live
on. The balance due was paid him,
and he was congratulated by those in
the Office on his good fortune. He has
been working for the above company
for number of years, aud is we'll
known in this city.
Year: 1877

A NOVEL SIGHT.-Ye Yesterday in a
train on the P. w. & B, one Chester
gentleman exhibited to another thirty
two $40 gold pieces that he was taking to
Philadelphia to exchange for currency.
They were the savings of a house ser
want in San Francisco. now on visit to
Chester. 1t was rather novel sight in
these times of paper dollars to see that
much gold, and gratifying one,
knowing that the coin was the
property of poor girl, whose desire for
fine feathers and furbelows was less than
most of her sisters occupying the same
humble position in life.-NRws.
Year: 1877

THE New CABLE The citizens of
the Maryland peninsula urge Ocean
City as the proper terminus for the
proposed ocean cable. They claim
that it will be a better place than
Lewes, as the cable will not be in dan
ger of being dragged and broken by
vessels, and there is railroad which
runs nearly to the beach. AS 1t seems
to be Maryland enterprise they also
urge it should have Maryland ter
minus.
Year: 1877

READ THIS.
Main and Augusta Streets, formerly occupied
by Armentrout, large and carefully selected


Stock of
CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCOS,


At Old Prices.
Notwithstanding the increase of the prices OF
all Tobaocos in consequence of the addition
al Revenue Tax, yet at this old stand you can
buy at the same low figures as heretofore
Nineteen different kinds and styles open at


Retail
Year: 1877

That equable state Of the mind which is un-
ruined by trfning Incidents, and looks on the
sunny side OF things in general. is the result OF
healthful state OF the brain and stomach.
The dyspeptic and nervous invalid may-al-
though this is rare indeed-feign cneerfulAess,
and may bear the harrassing symptoms which
persecute him with an assumption OF heroic
Indifference, but in reality he is the victim OF
dependency. To experience genuine cheer
fulness Of mind, the stomach must reco yer Its
lost tone, the thinking organ It's normal quiet
ude. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters are the best
remedy for mental depression, since they
overcome the nervous debility and indigestion
which originate and foster II. Persons suffer-
ing from lnnrmaties peculiarly incident to the
decline OF life, ladies in delicate health, and
convalescents, derive solace and vigor from its
use. Drive away the blues and revive the
di coping energies with this grand stimulatlve
tonic.
Year: 1877

For ten days past railroad accidents have


been in the ascendant, and the cycle of such


calami.ies was not exhausted till near the
close of the week. Then the change took
place bv the introduction Of fires and we
NAV expect one fire to follow another in
quick succession till that cycle runs its
course. 1t commenced on Friday night by
destroying a smsll town i'll New Jersey.
and was rapidly followed by serious con-
hagraton in one of the public buildings at
Washington on Monday, which destroyed
an imm2nse amount of valuable properly
in the shape of documents and records that
will be hard to replace. No one would
have expected fire to break out in the In
'eror Department, generally regarded as
the most beautiful and indestruclible Of all
the public building; but it seems that
nothing is impossible nowadays. What the
loss will I've il is hard TO calculate, as the
character of the property destroyed is OF
such nature as to defy anv one 70 make
an es,imaleof its value. l. is hard to guess
where the next conAacration may break
out, but certain it is that the fire cycle will
ran lis course. Il
Year: 1877

The beautiful story which has been in
course of publication in the HERALp, is
resumed to-day. We have it all complete
and will continue its publication from
day to day until finished. Read it /;
back numbers containing the earlier part
Of the story can be had in the office.