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Year: 1878

LECTURE BY THE HON. J. d. MOTT.


The Hon. j. B. Mott delivered a lecture be-
fore the Young Mems Christian Association, last evening
upon the relations between Science and Religion, taking
for subject the history OF the creation as related in
the Book Of Genesis "The object of this chapter the
lecturer said is not to teach material but moral truth,
and by using the material, to illustrate moral truths
Two questions are by the passage And God said
let there light whether 1t divine utteranco,
and what created bv those words. 1t is held that
the words created the and the solar SYSTEM aud
II that is established it shows that the uterauce
divine. When the history written, the land
was filed with worshppers OF the sun. and the writer
sought teach them that this object Of their alteration
law The next creative words were Let there be
armament The terms armament and atmosphere are
was any atmosphere, and If so, could not have
been any such thing as crepuscuar lght, SIR John
powers OF the atmosphere there could no twilight aud
WOasOn says that II 10 not for an atmosphere the
sun would BOt have any magnitude, but appear
only as a speek OF light Consequently no other
language than there was light could have been used
All tDat was described in the first days creation light
appears the fourth day rs lights On the FIRST day
there atmosphere, ana therefore there could DC
only hg On the fourth day there was an atmosphere,
which produced crepuseular light 'Frmament OF
agent called atmosphere. Amer the ornament had be-
transparent that 10 could not be distinguished
from the vacancy beyond tne word Is never again used
by itse but in conjunction with the word heaven Inc
word mentioned IN the 10Th ana 2Sth verses, should
he translated heavens Therefore, when read OF the
armament OF heaven applied TO lights 10 divide and
rule day and night we TO understand by It an at
mOspneric law which produced crepuscuar lgnt: Inc
EXPLANATION Of the brief sentence there was light, Ia
furnished science, because science has discovered the
and properties of air. and also the laws Oh hgHt
and their material relation to each other


The lecturer discarded the theory that the light men
toned I'm the second verse nebular light lie con-
tnued God divided the light from the darkness and
made day and night AT this time the earth must nave
been rotating It's axis otherwise the atmosphere could
NOT obtain its position the second day III day ana
night were established they must nave been estaDshed
al this parcu ar time, aud the words divide the light
from the da kno So created the first twentyfour hours
that the earth rotated on It's AXIS when God divided


light from darkness OF the laws that caused this
the attraction OF gPtvitatlOB; but this alone
not suhi lent for the purpose, and God there
fore impaired propulsion ana Lapiace says that II
The original language OF the K the evening and
the morning day, ami this means day for itself,
wItbOut any reference what before what fol-


lowed The word day was used on account of the poy,
erty OF language aud Intended Indicate period
of time and cannot be cOnfounded with eOsInea day,
for by s duration 10 must have been day Of adeter
Year: 1878




DR.. B. Waterhouse Hawkins delivered yes
terday the second morning lecture Of his course ON
Natural History In connection with Art at Association
Hall. The subject yesterday the conventional use
OF mineral, vegetable and animal forms In ornament.
etc Art expresses IDEAS said the lecturer by repre-
senting natural objects and forms Sh life has little
expression, and is therefore, the highest form and
aim OF art and has been superseded by photography
Forms OF life possessing ideas and with the power OF
expressing them, the light of the world. Tho
Egyptians developed from the l0Os the pillars or their
early temples AS nations grew older they receded from
their first designs, and now feeble that can
initiate merely their first examples The avenue Of
entrance 10 the temple lined with representations OF
lions They symbOiZed the expression OF Thought IN
the priests who the first artists OF protection %
the road to the temple, and OF revereDtal awe. The
education OF the artist ought to be as careful and eaeo
rate as that the The latter has charge to DO
sure Of life and death but the artist may Kill, by the
representation of dull and vulgar things all gsthetc
tastes and sense of harmony Art represents well adj
justed thoughts, and the student should depict not
plagiarism but his cultured thought Think right
and you win draw right making the eye the window OF
the soul The presence OF art In tile mouse ana ehurch
will life beautiful; aud especially IN the female
mind It's presence VIII make every home temple
Daradise."
Year: 1878

A deliberate ana formidable attack is being
made National honor anu our business security
All the forces Of Ignorance, prejudice against the rch
dissatisfaction with our social organization, dCmt-
gOguery and financial quaCkry are being OrganZe and
consolidated TO debauCh our currency, suy our National
honor aud bring and misfortune 20 legitimate and
honest Industry and enterprise. The danger Is lmmi-
nent Honest and intelligent people must stand together
against It, the evil will prevail For the coming two
or three years the struggle VIII be kept up j. II then
time 10 draw public attention OF irOm the main issue 10


cOnsid raOn of lateral matter OF admin strauOn
Is It q time to attack and wCakei the influence ot
who acting with us on the great question I
While we wrangle and break each others heads, the
common enemy wakes strong. While We dispute as 20
who shah the naming Of ude-waiteIs aud post
masters, the Communists elk TO capture the Govern
In
Year: 1878

opposite order 10 the words day and night for be pur
pose among Others OF showing that this day was noe
day cOinedent with day and night It's morning began
when the earth made les appearance. But there had
been making Of the earth long prior to this oay when,
the earth being shrouded in darkness, The time was
called evening, and which, with the morning made tho
first day."
Year: 1878

The Grand Jury Of Wcstcnester county yesterday
found bills Of Indictment against Frank Brady and
Quinn Tor manslaughter ia the second degree for
causing the death Of j John McGuirk at New Rochelle
on sunday morning last Yesterday it was reported
mat Quinn suffering from lever, and u thought
that his condition had taken uuIavorabs turn.
Year: 1878

~ We are informed by postmasters the. fol- lowing named subscribers have left the places where they have been regularly receiving THE NEws, and aa they did not notify us of their change of post-ofice and are in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their nanhe1 we pub fish their only address known to us and if any of our readers know of the whereabouts of any o' Is it exactly HoNFsr treatment. to receive news paper till several dollars due, and then leave he postmaster to inform us the paper is not re-

 wherei The following have done this: Does
Year: 1878

even implied ones, could be relied on they
would feel that, in any emergency and up to
every extremity, while the British arm
could strike q blow 1t would be struck.
But when ones allies have no more fidelity
that an escort of Bedouin Arabs, one lie apt
to calculate carefully.


However, the chances now seem to be
that Russia will not be able to satisfy the
British Government and still retain sdvan-
tages enough to insure her Austrian re-
venge. She Ia greatly exhausted by the
recent struggle, the typhus is decimating
her armies, the Roumanians are dissatisfied,
and the Greek Patriarch is about to pro-
nounce her heretical. 1t would be almost
as we'll for her to meet England and Aus
tria combined from her present position on
the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus as to
abandon that vantage ground and make war
upon Austria alone.


Whatever safety England may find in the
situation will not ariee from any sympathy
with her on the part of other nations.
Their interests may force them into an
alliance, but never into confidence and
cordiality. Such a condition is possible
only when we deaf with one whose sword
is as good as his bond"
Year: 1878

A youth of sixteen was last week killed by
the explosion of shell which he had picked
up on the celebrated battlefield of Sharpsburg,
called by the Federals Antietam, in Maryland.
Accidents with shells were of frequent OCCUR
renee for some years after the war in all locali-
ties where there had been a battle, and nearly
always occurred in attempts to extract the
powder from the shells. This accident is most
remarkable from the fact that it was occasion
cd by a she'll which had remained in the ground
nearly sixteen years.
Year: 1878

Lend your copy of this issue of the STAR,
containing the initial chapters of the beautiful
irish story, Castle DAILY, to those of your
neiRhbors who have made it practice to
borrow the paper of you. Next week you can
mildly suggest to them that they might, with
perfect propriety, buy q copy, now and then,
or subscribe for the paper regularly. This
would be far moro enterprising than their
present course, more convenient to you, and
more encouraging to the little news-boysr
carriers and dealers who make their living by
ceiling papers.
Year: 1878

Holy Thursday morning will commence at
half-pas nine O'Clock. The Solemn Conse-
grafton Of the Holy Oils will take place at this
Mass. BY direction OF His Grace, the Most
Reverend Archbishop, the ceremonies at all
paroohial Churches will take place at an early
hour that morning 80 as to enable all the
priests to be present at the Cathedral.
Year: 1878

As il was then, so It is now. He was In
the world, and the world which he made
knew Him not. He came into his own
creation and his own creatures received
Him not. If We want to see whether
human nature has improved much we have
but to observe the events of Holy Week.
We speak not of the exceptions but OF the
rule. Business will feel no check, gaiety
will be as frivolous as ever, self indulgence
and luxury will be none the less
riotous. Though q certain thin veil OF
assumed restraint may be worns out OF
regard for appearances, the great world at
ts heart will be the same as during auy
other week. There will be no sign OF
recognition, no sympathy, no gratitude.
Human nature 10 in o state of as absolute
rebellion o.day as when Eve ate the for
bidden fruit, save where grace has made its
hard won coHquests.


One would suppose that mere human ma
ture, favored by the light of history, would
adopt Holy Week as its grandest and most
exacting anniversary. If the birth day OF
reigning monarch, of q national hero, OF an
intellectual prodigy, is 80 faithfully honor
ed, why should not the natural sense Of fit
ness prompt at least as genuine a tribute to
one to whom Christendom owes its very
civilization


Let us forget the blood strewn road OF
calvary let US pass by the agony of love
fer each human being which broke that
great heart, even before the physical
agony would have severed the cords of life;
let us remember only the heaven born
philosopher who taught the new doctrine
"Love one another" See the fruits of that
teaching. The slave is free, the poor
are rescued from impending slavery, wo-
man is delivered from her bond of weak
ness and made the peer of man, the orphan
and the aged are not left to perish, the
sick, the intirm, the helpless of every class
find protection and comfort and safety.
They owe it all to that great new doctrine,
Glove one another"


All these classes comprise ninety-nine
hundredths of the world. Do they all re-
coguise their deliverer : Do they all set
apart an anniversary season for honoring
the memory of the great philosopher II
they are willing to do this, how solemn
would be the ceremonies of Holy Week.
How scrupulously would levity and excess
of every kind be laid aside even by those
who give no thought to the next life
But the world will not do this; not be-
cause it forgets it's benefactor, but because
1t hates him. He has indeed stricken OH
its chains, but he has told it to ain no more;


the blessing is forgotten in the rebellion


against the Injunction. No, no! Human


nature will never be grateful to Jesus
Christ. There ls an irrepressible war be-


tween it's perversity and His justice.


Still, there is Grace. 1t ia living power


and it will this week fll the churches with


truo sympathisers, with humble imitators


with faithful -disciples.- May they be


strong enough in their numbers and fervor


to call down upon the whole community 9


divine blessing, and avert the chastisement


which is 30 truly merited by our community
, in its disregard of Sundays duties.
Year: 1878

itself is the usual form of three-square
drill-so that no special apparatus is
required. Clamp or chuck this drill in
its hold so that ait will wobble," that is
the whole secret. Instead of making
round hole, as it will if tightly grasped,
when losely held it produces square
one; and, according to the inventor, it is
immaterial whether the drill wobbles in
the work or the work under the drill.
Year: 1878

A MOST eccentric will is that left by
the late Allen I. Wilson, of Marin
county, Cal. He leaves some $l7 900 to
his son, but declares it forfeited if he
ever gives any money to a Catholic in
stitution,- person or cause. If he uses
any hind of alcoholic liquor after he
reaches the age of ten years, he shall for
felt his rights, or pass month on a diet
of bread and water for each time he
commits the offense. If he smokes, also,
he shall forfeit his estate, or work stead
lily for year as a common farm laborer
and save one half of his wages
Year: 1878

q
L The Seventh Congress of the Sunday
Schools OF the M. q. Church is now in
session in Philadelphia, and on Tuesday
the subject for discussion was "Sunday
Schools and Church Interests" Among
the disputants were two former Whining
ton pastors, whose remarks were thus
reported: s....., -I-,.,...--..-


Rev. Jacob Todd said the one special
function of the Sunday School is to in
struct the immature in knowledge. A
member of the Sunday School has two
parts to perform. The first is to learn,
when they are immature. The second is
to teach the immature. l presume one
of the main differences between the SER
vices in the audience room up stairs and
the Sabbath school below is, that in the
former they preach, in the latter they
teach. making thereby the preaching the
primary, and the teaching the secondary
aim, the school merely serving as an
auxiliary for the church. In the two
there is a diversity of instruction, but
there is no clashing of interests. Rela-
tive to the question raised at the session
on Monday afternoon, as to the children
while attending the morning services in
the church sitting with their parents in
the family pew, or with the body of the
school in the gallery, DIR. Todd said he
did not consider the question one of great
import, merely one of principle. As he
considered parental authority and filial
obedience stronger and more forcible
than any rule or regulation which might
be adopted by the preacher, the superin-
tendent or teacher, so he that any at
tempt at enforcement of such a rule
would be an affront to and in violation
of the command to the child to honor,
love and obey the parent.


Rev. Anthony Atwood followed on
the same subject. Mr.. Atwood greatly
favored the singing of the school at the
public service; 1t is great means
congregation and as for the little chill
dren, said Mr.. Atwood, they are not
urged to attend the church by the par
ents. On the contrary the parents would
have to urge pretty hard to keep the little
| ones at home.
Year: 1878

business connection. We meet some of
them in steamer, hotel or farm house.
They never saw us befOre-never, it is
likely, will see us again. But straight
way we forget all about health and ma
ture, shut our eyes to all the kindly
friendships which we might form with
these people, and begin to pose and
caper and vaunt our miserable selves
before them. What if they should go
away and never know that ''I' am the
leader of fashion in Pottstown, OF the
cousin of millionaire, or the author of
story in Harper, or that l am-I9 1t
is safe to say that half our summer holi-
day is spent in quarrelling for our rights
with boarding house keepers, and in
forcing upon boarders the awful facts of
our social position, our opinions on
Beaconsfeld, art embroidery, or pot
terry, our weight in pounds, the dishes
which disagree with us, the medicines
we take. Not that these things are
either rich or rare. They are ours
~ Y Tribune.
Year: 1878

We don't like to be irreverent, but
would like to ask /: What did our fore
fathers know What, for instance, did
George Washington knOwq He never
saw fast mail train +; he never held
his ear to a telephone he never sat for
picture in a photograph gallery he
never saw a steamboat he never
sighted Krupp gun he never receiv-
ed a telegraph dispatch he never lis
tened to the ''fz" of an electric pen :;
he never saw a pretty girl running a
sewing machine; he never saw a self
prOpelling engine go down the street to
fire he never took laughing gas; he
never had a set of store teeth he new
Ell attended an International Exposi-
ton he never owned bonanza mine {;
he never knew "Old PrObs :" he-but
why go on?


No; when he took an excursion it
was on fiat boat when he went off
on train it was a mule train when
he wanted to talk to a man in Milwau-
kee he had TO go there when he had
his picture taken it was done in profile
with piece of black paper and pair
of shears when he got the returns
from back counties they had to be
brought in by man with an OK cart
when he took aim at an enemy he had
to trust to crooked barreled old flint
lock when he wrote it was with a
goose quill; when he had anything to
mend his grandmother did it with a
darning needle, when he went to a fire
he stood in line and passed buckets
when he looked at a clam he never
dreamed that it was any relation of his
when he went to a concert he heard a
cracked fiddle and an insane clarionet
when he had tooth pulled he sat
down and never left off yelling when
he got out of teeth he gummed vic
tuals; when he wanted an Internation-
al show he sent for Lafayette, and Or
dered his friend up from Old Virginia
with the specimen carefully labelled in
bottles; when he once got hold of a
nugget of gold from an Indian chief, be
felt rich when he wanted to know any
thing about the weather he consulted
the ground hog or goose bone-but why
go on? What did such man know
Who was he anyway
Year: 1878

From present appearance there is but
one republican who can be elected in
1880, and that is Benjamin H. Bristow.
Others may develop during the next
two years. but no Senate republican
like Edmunds conld be elected this
year.-Litchtield (Ct.,) Enquirer.


Gen. Daniel Pratt does not make out
perfect case, but it is as good as the
average of those cases where distin-
guished people have helped themselves
to other peoples money. He did not
mean to steal-Of course not. He took
the money which he happened to find,
and imagined himself the treasurer of a
trust company. Then he began to
make investments to improve his ward
robe, which is of no little Importance
where man lives by his wits. His in
tention was to make money more rapid
ly on account of his improved personal
appearance, and then replace what he
had taken. He should be used tender
| ly, for he is an old man, and has never
been in prison before. Besides, he is
ready to make restitution, so far as he
is able.-Boston Herald.


DAvENPORT's OPINION OF A BROTHER
DEMoCRAT.


Mr.. Atkins is certainly entitled to the
credit of being the most cheeky and
persistent liar in Vermont. No matter
what the evidence may be against him,
or how silly and improbable his stories
may appear, he will always stick to a
lie like the itch to boys body. He
still denies that he ever promised the
BrattlebOro post Office to Guild or Nash,
but he refuses to accept our challenge
to sue for libel and test the truth of our
statement in court. He knows that he
would be nailed in lie, as well as in
his political rascality; so he sticks to
his bare-faced deniaIs, trusting, we
suppose, to the senselessness of such
readers as the Argus is likely to have,
to believe him.-BrattlebOro Retormer.


WILL BARLOW SELL OUT Now2


The greenback movement in north
western Vermont, has sprung into con-
siderable prominence within a short
time. Since the defeat of Bradley Bar
lows too eager ambition for the repub-
can congressional nomination in the
third district, the st. Albans Messenger
is observed to have catered to the
greenback sentiment. The gathering
of the greenback state convention at
Burlington yesterday, was watched with
good deal of local solicitude. 1t
panned out 200 more than fairly intelli-
gent voters, and adjourned to gather
strength, to st. Albans, August %,
when the nominations will be made.
There is undoubtedly much disaffection
among BarlOw's supporters in Franklin
county, and if he will accept the green
back nomination for Congress, the ma
tlonal party will materialize rapidly and
Gen. CIRCUITS election could be made
doubtful. But Mr.. Barlow has publicly
pledged his support to Gen. Grout, and
the Burlington Free Press does not be-
lleve that lie will '.go back on his word .
The republicans of the section are be-
llttling the national movement, while
the democrats are ready to assist in
anything which will give them better
show for electing somebody.-Spring-
field Republican.


We leave home for week or for the
summer to gain health, to come closer
to nature, to look at the great world of
men and women from some other points
OF view than our own little clique OF
Year: 1878

LEARNING TO SAvE.-The first thing
to be learned by a boy or young man, or
any one else having the least ambition
to become useful member of society,
is the habit of saving. No matter if a
boy or girl has wealthy parents, each
should learn to save, if for no other rea-
son than that riches are known to ''take
to themselves wings and fly away" Few
are so well-to-do as to be secure against
poverty and want. In this country it is
often true that children of the wealthy
classes are often miserably poor; while
the men of large means among us, as a
rule commenced life without any other
advantages than habits of industry cou-
pied with disposition to save.


1t is especially important that the
children of people in moderate circum-
stances and of the poor should learn to
take care of the money they get. A boy
who is earning fifty cents, seventy
cents or dollar a day, should manage
to save a portion of it if possible. If he
can lay by only twenty-fv cents a
week, let him save that. 1t doesn't
amount to much it is true it is only
thirteen dollars year, but it is worth
S"'ihS1 iu 10 oOlOcI SdNeu GHdD wasted /.
better saved than fooled away for tobac
co and beer, or any other worthless or
useless article or object. But the best
thing about it is, that the boy who saves
thirteen dollars year on very mea-
ger salary acquires a habit of taking
care OF his money which will be of the
utmost value to him.


The reason why working-men as a
class do not get ahead any faster-are
not more independents that they
have never learned to save their earn
lngs. 1t does not matter a great deal
whether man receives a salary of a
dollar day. or five dollars if he gets
rid of it all during the week, so that
there is nothing left on Saturday night.
he will not get rich very rapidly. He
will never have much ahead. But the
Individual who receives one dollar dav
and is able to save twenty cents, or the
one getting five dollars who is careful
to lay by dollar, is laying by some
thing for rainy day.


Young people who expect to labor
with their hands for what they have of
this world 5 goods, who have no ambi-
ton or wish to become professional men.