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Year: 1874

4 traveller describes the weather station
two feet thick. thirty feet by fifteen, and
nne in height. Three men are spending
the winter there taking observations They
are used to the hghtness of the air, and do
not experience serious inconvenience.
Water boils at SO low a temperature that it
takes about three times as long to cook
food as at the ordinary level. The air is so
clear that the eye can sweep distance of
200 miles in every direction.
Year: 1874

THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE.-My
friends, did you ever think of the dreadful
responsibility any one assumes who in
sists upon a long, formulated creed
You believe the sinner is to be saved by
his faith, or by his cordial acceptance of
Jesus Christ. If this is so, then every
doctrine you add which makes it more diff
ticult for him to come to Christ, the more
terrible the responsibility rests upon you
and your church. II, in order for a soul
truly TO form friendship with the Saviour,
only two or three doctrines are essential,
what an injustice to that soul if your church
stands for 80 articles or 1901 1t is in vain
10 say that he need not accept of them all,
for they lie between him and the cross, and
in some sense he must drag his intellect
and conscience over the mass. Every
clergyman has felt this, when persons have
informed him that they love his Christ,
but not the doctrine OF election, or his inn
mersion, or his definition of the trinity.
Thus the gate which Christ opened to love
we open only to doctrine. And, whereas
Christ said, "Lovest thou Me-" we say,
"Acceptest thou all these things2" If
Christ is to be light to tighten every man
that cometh into the world, he must be a
simple light, so that he can be universal.
The religion of the next generation must
be such that the scientific man, aud the rea-
sonable man, and the liberal man, and the
busy man, and the child, and the profound
philosopher, may meet in its simple, sweet
light. 1t is TO tighten every man that COM
eth into the world. 1t will not dare to be
complex theology, but a friendship for
Christ and a virtue. Theology will exist,
but only as moral seience-a study of
God, not plan of salvation-D DdVid Suing.
Year: 1874

joy Of being fair and honest, In doing good
and recognizing in those his love for the
Lord. 1t is not the trouble OF this world
that causes 20 much pain, but the low tone
in which we receive IL, the relaxed condi-
ton OF the nature that receives, and which.
consequently, cannot bear 1t while In
stead, we should make ourselves compe-
tent to throw aside these feelings to a great
extent. We should make our lives so low
Gus with appreciation OF all that is TO he
appreciated that troubles meet a shield
over our hearts and fly away like harm
less darts. must say, would give a few
dollars extra month for a servant-girl
who sings at her work, and so sometimes
captains like 10 pay man on shipboard a
little extra because he can fiddle, and the
crew are happier aud work better for lit
tie occasional fun at night, but how much
better If all can fiddle and have enjoyment,
and why should not all sing in the house
hold and be happy 1t is a shame that
Christianity gives so little reflected light.
1t is the most beautiful of all things. 1t Is
the identification of the soul, lifting it out
OF the vulgarism and anlmalism, and they
who are truly Christ's and represent him,
ought to stand In such contrast to men of
the ordinary world that everybody should
not only want 10 be like them but ready
and anxious TO glorify God In their behalf.
l would not have men come into this
church with carplng spirit, questioning
doubtingly before they como how far they
will have to conform to church usage,
whether they will have to stop going to the
opera or playing cars at home, or dancing.
1 want people 10 come here TO be joyful
and happy, and to find in the religion they
espouse the contentment and delight which
belongs to it. Arise then, and rejoice
Henry Ward Beecher.
Year: 1874

A painter who was decorating bridge
at one Of the islands above Niagara Falls
had an exceedingly narrow escape from
death few days since. He fell from his
scaffold into the rapid current and was car
rled to the brink Of the cataract, where, by
an unparalleled stroke of good fortune, ho
caught upon a rock, to which he clung
with the energy of despair until reliefcame
in the person of a courageous young fellow
named John Conroy, who, fastened to
rope, made his way to the rock, and saved
the poor painter. Tho latter was suspend
ed over that terrific abyss for several hours,
and was nearly exhausted.
Year: 1874

The BRIoHT SIDE or RELIGIoN.-I need
not tell you that great many religious
people are disagreeable. A great many
persons whom you believe to be true mind
ed and right-heared, you have the most
confident belief will die and go to heaven
their religion is cast in such mold that
they are not agreeable. Children don't like
them, and that lisa good test. Natural, simple
people don't like them, and that is pretty
good test. They seem stiff and "pokerish,"
and present religion in an intensely dis
agreeable aspect. The theory of Christian
joy is that you are 10 find it in your busl-
ness, in your daily duties generally. Joy
must be found in nature, enterprise, society,
aud in labor. Nineteen-twentieths of
mans life must be spent in work. How
shall he undertake to be offering prayers
during the day unless inteuectional ones ?
Therefore let him show his religion in the
Year: 1874

From the Turf. Field and Farm.I


A few nights ago the writer was pay
ing his respects to General j. G. Breck-
inridge, who is now in this city and
something of an invalid. One of the
ladies in the parlor, blue blood Pres
byterian, as she confessed herself,
dropped a remark about the noisy, tur-
bulent scenes engendered by horse
race. The general was reclining in an
easy chair, apparently paying little at
tention to the conversation, but ere the
lady had finished flush mantled his
pale face, a new luster came into his
weary eyes, and he interrupted the
speaker. saying, courteously but firmly,
Pardon me, but you do not understand.
As the president Of the Lexington Asso,
citation, the oldest racing organization
in the United States, / feel it my duty
to defend the turf. will tell you a
little anecdote which fairly illustrates
the point want to make. Last fall an
old farmer brought his tall, raw-boned
son to the races The youth was
inst sprouting a mustache, and he
thought it the proper thing to do to make
himself as conspicuous as possible. de
was going to have what he defined jolly
time, but before he had committed an
overt act the old man laid his hand on
his shoulder and said: Better be quiet
John; you're not at fair or a camp
meetin'; you're on the Lexington race
track, and il you cut up any OF your
shines they'll chuck you out quicker
than you can say Jack Robinson. Thus
admoaished, the young gentleman did
not attempt to play any of the pranks
which he had been in the habit Of play
ing at the various agricultural fairs and
camp meetings which he had attended.
The little story carries with it a moral;
you understand, do you mott" All
laughed heartily at the anecdote, and
none more so than the lady whose re-
mark had called it forth.
Year: 1874

A negro called Uncle Jip was fool
ing around ferry dock, when some one
offered to bet him fifty cents that he
couldn't let coeoanut be broken against
his head. Jist kiver that money re-
piled the old man, laying fifty cent
piece down, and as soon as it was done
he sat down on chair, uncovered his
head and told them to pound away. A
small cocoanut, with the husk peeled off,
was thumped against his head until it
flew in pieces, and Uncle Jip raked in
the currency with the remark; :" If any
one wants to kiver any more money
send him around.
Year: 1874

The big intelligent bear that went through
our streets some days ago leading noisy
Italian and sending another around to collect
nickels in shocking bad hat, has danced,
postured and shouldered arms, all the way to
Bangor. He will now probably return from
a pitiable tour in our State by way Of the
Penobscot and sea board towns.
Year: 1874

A corr espondent says South China is be-
coming favorite summer resort, with the
health and pleasure seeker, and parties are
daily visiting there to enjoy day or 50, at
sailing, fishing, bowling &c. and to partake of
excellent chowdcrs from perch that are be-
ing caught in the Lake. The rooms at the
South China House are now being filled up
with boafdefs from Boston who will spend
the season there.
Year: 1874

The domestic" Sewing Machine will do
ordinary sewing with a band of single
thread of No. co spool cotton. Try yours
with one, then with two or more, and you
will have the relative power required to oper-
ate them, and perhaps comprehend more
clearly what in meant by an "easy running"
sewing machine. iuly2+tf
Year: 1874

We are pleased to see that i number Of
colored voters At VickSburg voted with
the whites on Tuesday. This Is as 1t
should be in every locality and Of every
election in the South. We want no white
man'c party, or black mans either, In the
South. UnScrupulous carpet baggers have
successfully massed the colored voters
into asolid phalanx in many localities Of
the South for years past, and by using
them as their tools have plundered and
impoverished all classes Of people who
had any property at rate that 10 fright.
lul. South Carolina and Louisiana are
specimens Of what curses such one sided
voting entails upon the whole body Of the
people. We hope the day Is near at hand
when the negro vote in the South will be
divided and when white and blacks will
combine INTERCHANGEABLE and without dis.
tinction Of races at all State and local ell
ections.
Year: 1874

Why Ears Should Not be Boxed.


The passage OF the ear is closed by a
thin membrane, especially adapted to be
influenced by every impulse ol the air,
and with nothing but the air to support
internally.


II any one designed TO break or over.
stretch the membrane he could scarcely
devise more efficient means than 10 bring
lhe hand iorcibly down upon the passage
Of the ear, thus driving the air violently
before 1t, with no possibility OF It's escape
but by the membrane giving way. Many
children are made deaf by boxes on the
ear in tnis way. There are better ways
OF punishment, and better place.
Year: 1874

rennessees and North Carolinas all make better
showing than heretofore. and even poor South
Carollnas are commanding more than usual atten-
ton.


THE STOCK MARKET.


In the early part OF the week prices OF stocks
were strong and higher, the market being
led by such securities as Northwestern
common, st. Paul, Ohio and Mississippi Union
Pacific and Wabash. Later, however, a de-
cline ranging from TO 2x per cent
followed aud was felt by nearly everything on the
list without recovery. Lake Shore was prominent
on account OF the large daily transactions made
In the shares and other evidences OF sharp
speculation. A notable event OF the week was the
decision by the United States Supreme Court con-
frming the validity OF the transfer OF the Pacific
Railroad OF Missouri to the company by the State
OF Missouri, which had a marked effect in ad-
vancing the stock Sk per cent, and on the stock
OF Atlantic and Pacific preferred, now the lessee OF
the Pacific Prices at the close were barely steady.
The following shows
Year: 1874

THE st. Louis Times of the 25th inst.
says editorially: "The withdrawal of
Major Henry Heiss from his late edi-
torial association with this paper has
already been announced, and he left
yesterday evening for Nashville, Tenn,
where he will soon enter upon new
field of duty, as managing editor Of
the UNION AND AMERICAN. The
change had been contemplated for
some time past on the part of Major
Heiss, owing to business considerations
of personal nature that rendered his
departure almost matter Of necessity;
but we think it no trespass upon the
confidence that has so long subsisted
between himself and his associates
upon the Times TO say that the change
was not one that he sought nor under
other circumstances would have pre-
ferred, while 1t was certainly a change
which the publishers regret exceeding
ly that any outside interest should have
compelled him to make. He leaves an
unexeeptionable journalistiere record, and
has the cordial good wishes of the en-
tire Office for an uninterrupted career
of similar honorable success IN the
future
Year: 1874

WESTERN MERCHANT DRUGGED AND ROBBED


Louis Rousseau, young man who resides ~


trading station In Dakota Territory was found almost
naked on Fifth-ave yesterday morning about O'CLOCK
and on being taken the Nineteenth Precinct Station
house. said that he had been drueged In house on
venthst robbed Of 1850, and turned out In
this condition upon He could not describe
the house. did he believe he would know 1t on sight


He stated further that he had just come TO New York to
buy goods for his trading station. In the depot at
Chicago he had met man named Charles Warner, who
claimed to be an agent OF j. c. Johnson Co.. dry goods
merchants at Broadway and Twenty-secondst. This
man proved TO be an agreeable companion, and they
travelled together to this city arriving at O'Clock on
Sunday afternoon. At the Cortlandtst. Ferry this
young man suggested that they should both
20 to tho residence OF his sister on Twenty
seyenth-st., where Rousseau could live during
his STAY and where IL would be mutual convenience,
as he thought they might be able to make trade IN
dry goods among themselves. Rousseau went to the
house with Warner IN hack, had his trunk taken in
side was received very warmly and had supper, after
which he remembers nothing more until he found MIN
self at the statOnhOuse He asserted that he had been
druRged and an examination by Dr. Satterlee corrob-
oraed the statement. IL was believed by Capt Gunner
that the man was carried away in carriage from the
where he drugged, aud put out on tfthaVe'
The Captain thinks 1t quito hkely that the mousse was
ia Tweutysevepth-st at all. warner not DeinR likely
TO give the correct number OF the street. where
such a crime TO be perpetrated Further lnvesuga
Mr. Rousseau who had been informed Of his necessity
have taken care OF him.
Year: 1874

DESERVING BoYs.-We like BOYS who
try to help themselves. Every one ought
to be friendly to them. The bows of
energy and ambition, who make manly
effort to do something for themselves,
are the hope Of the country. Let their
anxious ears catch always words of en-
couragement aud cheer, for such words.
like favorable breezes to the sails of n
ship, help to bear them forward to the
destination they seek. II is not always
as it should be in this respect. Many
a heart has been broken-many
Young man of industry, and animated
by honorable motives, has been dis
couraged by the sour words, the harsh
and unjust remarks of Some unfeelipg
employer, or some relative who should
have acted the part of friend. The
minimizing do not consider the
weight with which such remarks some-
times fall upon a sensitive spirit, and
how they may bruise and break it.


If you cannot do anything to aid and
assist young men. you ought to abstain
from throwing any obstacles in their way.
But can you not do something to heip
them forward? You can say at least
"God speed" TO them, and you can say
it feelingly from your heart. You little
know how much benefit to boys and
young men encouraging counsel, given
itly and well.timed, may be; and in the
great day of account, sucn words ad-
dressed to those in need of them you
may fined reckoned among your good
deeds. Then help the boys who try to
help themselves. You can easily recall
simple words of kindness addressed to
Yourself in your childhood and youth,
and you would like now to kiss the lips
that spoke them, though they may long
since have been sealed with the silence
OF death, and covered by the clOds of the
valley.
Year: 1874

The address delivered by Charles E. Smith, of Albany, before the association of editors and publishers at Lockport, N. Y., was an exceedingly able and interesting pa per. We publish below an extract, pre- senting his ideal of journalism

 And so, sensible of the great power and mindful of the high responsibility and duty of the press, we should ever keep before us its noblest ideal. Its first function is to gather and present the news but supple menting this and beyond this there is for it a broad, rich and glorious work. It should be attractive with every grace and charm, so that it will be not merely necessarybut welcome visitor in every household. It should be radiant with bright and cheery views of humanity and society. It should gather not merely the current intelligence ot the hour, but the gems of thought and knowledge which, placed in its setting, will make it a rich treasure and choice library. It should preserve a pure moral tone, re membering that, having won it's way into fence there to taint the young and poison and make it more fruitful and beautiful to all who fall within its influence. It should put itself in sympathy with the best i'm pulses and the most progressive spirit of the community and should be the friend of every well-directed movement to advance art, refinement, culture and general educa- ton. In word, it should seek to be power for just principles and honest administration in the State, and minister of every pure purpose and sweet grace and wholesome ln- fiuence in the home and in society"

 If we could all of us reach and live ur to this noble standard of journalism, "the world would be the better for it."
Year: 1874

Lucy H. Hooper, writing to the Phila- delphia Press from Paris, says: A very audaciously planned theft came near being successfully carried out at the Chatelet Theatre the other day. This theatre is at present unoccupied, but the dramatic troupe of the Porte St. Martin are to commence series of representations there in a week or two, so preparations are being made for the speedy reopening of the House. The direc- tor arrived there one morning about half past ten o'clock, when, happening to look towards the roof, he saw there party of workmen busily employed, sight whereat he, was much astonished, as he had not heard of any repairs being necessary to that part of the building. He went up at once to see what they were about,-but the moment he made his appearance every one ot the pretended workmen took to their heels and disappeared by various openings into the interior of the building, from whence they readily made their escape. Farther investi- gation showed horse and wagon waiting in the street below, while in the wagon had already been placed about four hundred pounds of sheet-lead, which had been strip ped from the roof. Had not the director happened to raise his eyes as he approached the theatre the thieves would soon have torn off all the lead covering, and would have escaped with their booty, for as everyone in the neighborhood knew that Le Chatelet was being put in order preparatory to its being occupied by the troupe from the Porte St. Martin the sight of bevy of workmen on the roof would have created no surprise. But enly imagine the audacity of the scheme, which had to be carried out in broad daylight and in one of the most public places in Paris"
Year: 1874

Of all places in the world to select as a retreat trom the scorching heat of a June day, says the St. Louis RcpubM- can, an ice.chest IS perhaps the last, and yet George Straubel, formerly bar keeper at the Apollo Theatre, did it. He had been suffering to some slight extent from collie, and was also perspir- ing profusely. Do what he would, he could not keep cool. The more he tried to keep cool. the more he per spired, and at last the brilliant idea struck him that brief retirement in the ice-chest would set him up all right. It did the lager good, and why shouldn't it do George Straubel good, too. So he got into the ice chest, and very soon felt cool enough. The precipitation was checked, and when Straubel got out of the ice-chest the precipitation didn't return. On the contrary, he couldn't get warm, and he continued to get colder and colder until in very short time George Straubel was not only as cold as death, but was dead. He had cooled himself off with ven- geance, poor fellow, and all for want of knowing that the human system is not 8 water melon or keg of lager.
Year: 1874

Marshal Bazaine, contrary to what is generally thought, is undergoing real and severe detention. He is confined within the fort, and has but the terrace on which to take his walks. The rest of the island is forbidden ground to him. He has no garden at his disposal, as has been reported, with the exception of few trees and flowers on the ter race. Madame Bazaine is with him. She may leave the fort when she pleases, says the London Times, so may M. Bazaine's aid-de-camp, but they need special permission from the Minister of the Interior to re-enter the fort. Hence Madame Bazaine stays as long in the prison as possible. The view is extensive only from the terrace, whence the open sea may be discovered. There is not sufficient fresh water in the island, but small boat which serves to communicate with the coast brings over the quantity necessary. The ex-Marshal at first suffered great deal from this scarcity of water. He was obliged to reduce his baths in order to water the flowers on the ter race. Hence the aid-de-camp had to go to Paris to ask that more abundant supply of fresh water might be brought from the mainland, Q request which was at once granted, to the great joy of the prisoner. Bazaine leads very uni form life and seems resigned to his lot. He reads much, walks all the morning, is taciturn, and avoids as much as pos. sible showing himself.
Year: 1874

The New York Sun tells the story of an Orange county farmer who con- siders his mission in this world to be the provision of coffins and cemeteries for his own household pets and those of his neighbors. Not long ago he came into burial-case manufactory in New York and desired to examine the stock of iron coffins. He explained that he wished to purchase three, one for his niece, another for his dog, and 8 third for the cat. None of the three were dead, but he thought they might be some time, and cofins would then prove convenient. He showed no par

 tiality in the purchases, buying three elegant and costly cast-iron caskets of appropriate sizes. This eccentric farmer said he could think of no better way of spending the competency which he had earned by life of hard work than by providing burial ground for his own favorites and those of his neighbors. By the terms of his will, drawn up some years ago, he had left large por- tion of his farm to be devoted exclu- sively to this purpose. Here he had already buried several horses and erected grave-stones over them. It was open to all, and any one losing a favorite dog or cat was at liberty to bury it in his cemetery. Some people thought he was mad, and eighteen years ago, when he purchased the me- tallic coffin intended for himself, so many persons called to see it that the girl who kept house for him refused to remain. He had no greater friend on earth than his cat, unless, perhaps, it was his dog. When he bought the coffin for himself he had fixed the day on which he was to occupy it, but after ward forgot about these arrangements, and was found selling potatoes in New burg when by his own calculations he should have been on his deathbed.
Year: 1874

In the case of Joyce vs. The State, tried and found guilty of murder in the Madison Circuit Court of Illinois, and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary, new trial was awarded for the manner in which the verdict of the jury was obtained, orwhat is termed |" gambling" verdict. Each juror put down the number of years he was for imprisonment, and the sum was di- vided by twelve, and the result was eight and this fact was disclosed by the testimony of two of the jurors. The practice is common among juries in all sections, and many verdict that was so settled would make a new trial necessary were the facts of the finding known to the court.
Year: 1874

The son of an Emir had red hair, of which he was ashamed, and wished to dye it. But his father said, Nay, my son, rather behave in such 8 manner that all fathers should wish their sons had red hair."