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Year: 1874

A mcetinp 81 some 81 the members Of
the Nev. e. II. Spurge0n's congregation
was held ii the recently erected Pastors.
College, to raise money towards the debt
of 81, 600 still remaining on the building.
sIn the course Of the evening Mr. Spur
geon said he saw the necessity Of erecting
sucllsa q building, but did not say much.
about 1t; but lie resorted to what he con.
sidered the proper plea for getting mon
ey-namely, asking God for it. He did.
not ask the congregation; and he did not
think lie mentioned it to anyone except
the few who gave the money, till he got
go ,OOO One woman wished to give 4
sum as suitable memorial to her hus-.
band, and she gave 80, 600 for the college.
In all he had received g12, 500, and he
wanted about e2,OOO more They had,
lie said, unlimited funds. Money was al
ways to be had by asking God for It. The
other day . person told him tllathe sup
posed he must be very rich. He told
him in reply that he was richer than 8
Jew; that he had got more money than
the kothsch lids. for when he required
any money he had nothing to do but to
ask God for it; that If 1t were good for
him that he should have it, he had it;
| and II ffswere not good, he was the better
for not having it.. Il was very singular
how God did move people to give. How
could he have carried ON this and other
work without? Three weeks ago at the
Orphanage there were the bills to pay,
and they had no money. He said they
could not ask God for it until they gave
themselves, and he put down G25 and
several others did the same. He then
prayed to God and said, 'These arc Thy
children and this Thy work; send US
this day considerable sum of money il
that be thy will" He went home and
wrote letter and sent it to be lithograph
ed, but within "a hours the e8OO that they
wanted came. and he had to send to STOP
the printing Of that letter, and it never
was printed. God had sent it all. There


was not a man among the trustees bu


who would bear witness that no one knew


about that till the money came. They


did not tell anybody. One gentleman


sent him postal card requesting him t


see him at the post Office. He went ant


the gentleman said he thought he ough


to give somcthingt to the cause of God
and he handed him eS00. And yet ther


were set OF wretches who told them tlla


God never answered prayer, but thes


were persons who never prayed them


selves. .-Christian at Work
Year: 1874

RETURN IT.-The person who
took a $3.50 umbrella from p. Allen
e Co.'s store and left n IS cent one
in place, will oblige the owner by
again making change, or by pay
ing the difference.
Year: 1874

Laura Berry fell fainting in the school
room at Carson, Nevada, recently. She
had within three weeks committed to
memory three hundred pages of history
and two hundred of natural philosophy.
The night before she and classmate
had not gone to bed at all, but studied
through the night and until nine O clock
that morning. That was all the reason
She tainted.
Year: 1874

The expense of trial in the case OF ex-
Policeman John Doyle, who was indicted for fatally
shooting Mary Lawer his sweetheart. while In state
or brutal iutoxicatlon has been avoided by plea OF
guilty on the part of Doyle submitted In the Court 0f
over aud Termner yesterday 70 murder IN the second
degree Charles Spencer appeared as Doyle's COUNSEL
and made the plea in his behalf with short appeal to
Judge Brady-afer tho acceptance or the plea Dy the
Atorneyfor eniency in the inhction OF pun
shment The tragedy seemed at the time one OF the
most xpcabe outrages ever perpetrated FOR Doyle
walked up to the place where the girl was employed
during the day. called her away from her work. and shot
her dead aterward sitting by tho body convused with
remoroe aud grief short time before the murder no
WAS honcraby mentioned by the Police Board for bis
herosm In saving three chldren from burning build
ing at imminent risk Judge Brady il sentencing him
yesterday, said:


1 am satisfied from inquiries that you were under
the influence OF drink wheu you committed TINS act,
and had no deliberate intention OF taking life. IL ID an
other instance of the result OF an indscrnlRaS use OF
the pistol too common in this city. There are some
marked pecularities in the which satisfy me that
there was deliberate design on your part. wouiu
be happy to take consideration all the features OF
your case although general thing, DO not give
moments consideration TO the plea OF drunkenness IN
awarding sentence, but the Court has no discretion
Your sentence that be confined IN tue state Prson
at lard labor for the term Of your natural Life.
Year: 1874

In Haywood county, landowners
are resolved not to rent their places to
negroes who aremaking warupon their
interest and working with earpetbag-
gers. Our landlords should call meet
ings at once and resolve to do likewise.
Let the negro know that if he expects
the whites to keep him up, he must be
their friend and not their enemy
Jackson Dispatch.
Year: 1874

FRlENpsrIp.-Never forsake friend.
When enemies gather around, when the world
,s dark and cheerless. when sickness falls on
the heart. then is the time to try true friend.
shin. The heart that has been touched will
redouble its efforts when the friend is sad or
in trouble Adversely tries true friendship.
They who turn from scene of distress prove
their that interest st ,os.y only
moves them. II you have TREND no loves
YOU, who has earnestly studied your happiness,
be sure you sustain him in trouble. Let him


feel that his former kindness was appreciated
his love was not thrown away. Real fidelity
NAV be rare but still exists in most hearts


who has not seen and felt it's power9 They
only deny it's worth who have neither loved
friend nor labored to make him happy. The
good and kind, the affectionate and virtuous.


see and feel these heavenly principles, They
would sacrifice everything to promote the hap
piness Of Others And in return they receive
the reward Of their love by sympathizing hearts
and countless favors. when they are brought
low themselves by distress and sorrow. Aud
in the end how much good springs from true
friendship Young Folks' R"ral ~
Year: 1874

AGERMAN forest keeper. 6e years Of age,
not wishing to carry to the grave with him an
important secret, has published in the Leipsig
Journal recipe he has used for so years, and
which he says has saved several men and
great number Of animals from horrible death
from hydrophobia The bite must be bathed
as soon ne possible with warm vinegar and
water, and when this is dried few drops OF
muriatic acid poured upon the wound will de-
stroy the poison Of the saliva and relieve the
patient from all present or future danger.
Year: 1874

Madam, says Dio Lewis, allow me to
prescribe for you. | have had long
experience in the management OF deli
cate women, and believe can give you
some important advice. For the pres
ent / prescribe only for your feet.


!. Procure a quantity of woolen
stockings-not such as you buy at the
stores under the name of lambs wool,
that you can almost read a newspaper
through, but the kind that your Aunt
Jerusha in the country knits for you,
thick as a board, that will keep your
feet dry in spite of wind and weather.


2. If you want to be really thorough,
change them every morning, hanging
the fresh ones by the fire during the
aight.


3. Procure thick calf skin boots,
double uppers and triple soles, and wear
them from October lst till May lst.
Make frequent applications of some
good oil blacking.


4. Avoid rubbers altogether, except
a pair of large rubber boots, which may
be worn for little time through snow
drifts or a food of water.


g. Hold the bottoms of your feet in
cold water half an inch deep, just before
going to bed, two or three minutes, and
then rub them hard with a rough towel
and your naked hands.


g. Now, madam, go out freely in ell
weathers, and, believe me, not only will
your feet enjoy a circulation, but as a
consequences of the good circulation in
the lower extremities your head will be
relieved OF all its fullness and your
heart Of its palpitations. Your complex
ion will be greatly improved and your
health made better in every respect.
Year: 1874

From the Marsh6eld MOI Democrat


We regret to have to announce the I'M
timely death Of young lady in the
northern part of the county-Miss
Reeves, daughter of Mr.. Solomon
Reeves. The facts, as near as we can
gather them, are as follows: On Satur-
day two young men-a Mr. James CALI
son, were visiting friends in the neigh
borhood of Mr.. Reeves Callison had
been raised in that vicinity, and with his
friends went over to see the Reeves
family. While in the yard with
two of Mr.. Reeves sung, he com
menced examining his pistol. Il be-
ing a breech loader attracted the
attention of the young men, and they
passed it from one to another. examin-
ing it, and whilst so doing one Of them
slipped cartridge into it. Callison had
the pistol in his hand when Miss Reeves
came ap from the spring with bucket
of water She shook hands with CALI
son, and he jestingly asked her if she
wanted to be shot, at the same time pre-
senting the pistol. 1t went of, the ball
entering her side. In twenty minutes
she was corpse, and another victim
was added to the long list of those that
have lost their lives from the culpably
careless negligence of handling fire.
arms.


We want to know if there is never
going to be a stop to this pernicious and
reprehensible practice of carrying dead
ly weapons? There are lot of young
men who never feel at ease unless they
have pistol strapped around them. 60
where you will-in church, court, or
ociety-gathering-the inevitable pistol
is there. Nor are our young men the
only ones who indulge in this disgrace.
full and dangerous habit. Mary of
those who are called our most respecta-
BILE citizens have their small four or six
shooters in their pocket AS result,
when men get in anger their first resort
is the pistol. Many good man coming
from other States to Southwest Missouri
has been deferred from settling among
US by the spectacle presented in this re-
spect by some of our people.
Year: 1874

A Minnesota mechanic has solved
difficult problem in railroading by the
invention of snow shovel which clears
a roadway wide enough to allow the cars
TO pass, takes all the snow clear down
to the rails, carries it up, deposits on
whichever side preferred, at a speed of
from two to ten miles an hour, accord
ing to the depth Of snow
Year: 1874

ALABAMA lGbors under q dreadful bur.
den Of ignorance; the illiteracY in some
sections is appalling. With population
ol a little more than q million, Alabama
has more than three hundred and eighty
thousand persons who can neither read
nor write; and Of these nearly one hand-
red thousand are whites. There are also
large classes who can both read and write,
but whose education goes no furtber'
Among the one hundred and seveuty.fiye
thousand voters in the State, there IA 4
newspaper circulation Of forty thousand
only.
Year: 1874

We are informed that the glass manu-
factures Of Pittsburgh, since their gen.
eral resumption, have been and are doing
a prosperous business. The division Of
the trade into speclaltles has worked well,
and those engaged in the manufacture Of
fruit jars, those who employ their works
solely in making lamp chimneys,' and
those who give their entire attention TO
tumblers and such wares, are meeting
with q good demand. The indications
are highly favorable for this special
branch OF Pittsburgh industry, and we
hope soon to be able to announce q gen.
eral revival OF all our manuisctures-
PittSburgh Bstning Telegraph.
Year: 1874

The demand for accommodation at the
banks Of New Orleans is steadily increas.
log, but is not yet sufficiently large to
cause inconvenience, and the applications
ol good customers are promptly met, as
there Is an ample supply Of money.
Year: 1874

A temperance movement has just begun here, which promises great good to those who are the projectors in the good cause. More than twenty of those who have been In the habit of imbibing-some of them to great excess-have commenced the movement which promises to reclaim them from this terrible habit, and others are following in quick succession God speed the work, and bless the enterprise.
Year: 1874

ber.

 Subscribers who are in arrears must make up a-rearges before taking advantage of the forego- ing propositions; and subscribers who are in advance may deduct the amount their subscrip- Sioas are in advance.

 Money should be cent by post office order, check Or registered letter, if possible. If remit t2neeS are made by mail we cannot be responsible far loss before the letter reaches us but will take all ri ks of remittance to the clubbing peri odSe1L- Receipt EiI be returned in the next paper.
Year: 1874

DAY or TWO sluce VIC Aeniu Pny yN-
clan of this city express himself quite
feelingly to the effect that the introduc-
tion Of the new water from the Sierra
Nevada mountains was spoiling this town
for almost everything in his line. For
merlv when we had the old water, he
uaid il was good brisk place for doc
TORS There is doubtless good deal in
his but we must also take into consid-
ration the fact that one can hardly
throw an old boot out of the window
without its hitting a doctor. There are
now at least fifty doctors of all kinds.
colors and classes in this city. With SC
great number of physicians, and every.
body drinking little mountain water
occasionally, particularly of mornings, it
is no wonder that the practice spreads
out somewhat thin.-[Vir. Enterprise,
25th.
Year: 1874

Boston Post: A Louisville gentleman who
had his nose bitten off in row, wrapped it
up in paper, and sent it home to his family.
The rest of his body he threw away, there be-
ing but little left.
Year: 1874

Two young men out riding
were passing a farmhouse
where a farmer was trying to
harness an obstinate mule.
"Won't he draw?' said one OF
the young men. ''Ofcourse,"
said the farmer, 'he'H draw
the attention of every fool
that passes this way" The
young men drove on.


A young lady in Milwaukee
tainted away when her lover
called and found her bare
footed, but a Chicago girl
would have kicked his hat off
as she cried "good morning"


A Prince of Italy, whose do
main was of small extent, or
dered a person out of it in
twenty-four hours "The
Prince has been very liberal,
for l can quit it in half an
hour" said the banished man.


Music is the only one of
the five arts in which not only
man, but all other animals,
have a common property
mice and elephants, spiders
and birds.


Hope is the best part of
our riches. What sufficeth
it that we have the wealth Of
the Indies in our pockets If we
have not the hope of heaven
in our souls!


The little mind that loves
itself will write and think
with the vulgar but the great
mind will be bravely eccen-
trio. and scorn the beaten road,
from universal benevolence.


1t is not poverty SO much as
pretense, that harnesses a ruin
ed man-the struggle between
p,ide and an empty purse
the keeping up Of a hollow
show that must soon come to
an end. Have the courage to
appear poor, and you can dis
arm poverty Of its sharpe t
sting.


As twice eleven are twenty
TWO. how can twice ten be
twenty, too?
Year: 1874

In regard to an extract from the Council
proceedings published in the REPUBLICAN
0. yesterday morning IN relation 70 the
police magistrates Of the city Withholding
the amounts collected by them. we are in
formed by Judge Staes that the city has
not settled with him for his services for
nine months; that the city is indebted to
him for his salary to the amount of more
than $4,000, Of which the sum held by him,
$6l4 so, is very small proportion. For
this amount he holds himself responsible to
the city, and is willing at any time to settle.
The same statement applies measurably to
the other officers named.
Year: 1874

Among the pleasant events of last eve
ming was the gathering at Ames Methodist
Episcopal Church. Entertainment was
offered in the way OF readings and vocal
and instrumental music. The musical part
of the programme was under the direction
of Professor Beardslee, who is gifted in the
art. Miss DeVine also rendered several
songs in pleasing manner. To the songs
and readings, which gratifed the ear, was
the stomach's sake, which were Of the best
sort, served by the ladies of the society.
The entertainment will be repeated tonight,
and no more agreeable place for speeding
couple of hours need be looked for.
Year: 1874

WoMAN's INFLENCE.-Like the olive
tree-said to fertilize the surrounding
soil-there are some few ministering an
gels in female guise among us all, and
about our paths, who sweetly serve to
cheer and adorn life. Our amusements
are insipid unless they contribute to
them; our efforts of noblest ambition
feeble unless they applaud, its reward
valueless unless they share them. There
are, too, some rude spirits in the world
whose bolder nature female influence ad-
mirably serves to refine and temper; and
perhaps it is au extreme eulogism of the
poet, that without that influence many a
man had been brute indeed /" The
concurrence of both sexes is as necessary
to the perfection of our being as to the
existence of it. Man may make fine
melody, but women are also required to
make up harmony.
Year: 1874

A man N Greenfield, whom we will


call William, got up the other morning


and proceeded to put on shirt which


his vile had just made for him after


new pattern. AS she stood at the mirror


curling her hair, she heard a suppressed


sound, half way between groan and
an oath, and turning round said, laugh
ing, Why, my dear?" "Shut up I"
he CALCULATED "you are born fool.
Never let woman attempt to fit shirt,
she cant do it il is one of the imposs-
bilities." "But, William, "depreciating-
ly. Don't you talk-let me talk. Do
you think I'm going down town in this
rig? A pretty disposition you've got;
just because 1 happened to find little
fault last week with your ironing you
must go and make me shirt without
a bosom Such malicious conduct.
madame, is objectionable. Shut up,
say, / won't hear word. When a
starched shirt-front is the only finery
that man indulges in, is he not excus-
able for being particular in regard to
that, / should like to Know2 And this
thing sets like the dogs. Look how bag
gy it is here in front, and it feels behind
as if there was a board bound across
me-" walking up and looking in the
glass, hitching up first one shoulder and
then the other, alter the indescribable
manner of men trying a new garment.
His wife dared not speak, but, bringing
a good-sized mirror from the next room,
she held it up behind him for moment;
and perceiving by his chop-fallen ex-
preston that he saw the point, and the
front, she ran down to settle the coffee
and see that Bridget had set the table
AS William walked
down to his Office that morning, he said
to the first friend that he met, Il tell
you, Tom, that little wife of mine is a
born genius. Look at this shirt now;
she cut and made it all herself; no con-
founded button-holes to bother fellow
Just send your wife up for the pattern"
And it was by the way of Toms wife
that Lizzie first knew that William was
pleased with his shirts
Year: 1874

The particulars connected with the
strange death of a saloon keeper named
Simpson, of East Douglass, who WIS
taken suddenly i'll during the visit of a
praying band at his saloon and died a
few hours after, were given in letter
from Mrs. Luther Hills, leader of the
band, and read at the peoples prayer
meeting in Worcester yesterday morn
ing. The Worcester Gazette contains
the following extract from the letter.


"We went into Mr.. Simpsons saloon
i shook hands with him and introduc-
ed the ladies, and spoke of our coming
in love and kindness to talk with him
about his business. After some CONVEX
sation he was asked if he would not re-
frain from selling liquor he said, Il can
not promise to then being asked if he
thought it was right, he replied, Just as
right as to sell groceries then said,
let Us see what the word of the Lord
says opening to 1st Cor. 6 10, read !:
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunk
ards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall
inherit the kingdom of God He re-
piled, Il knew it before, but that does
not include me- The reply was we did
not expect to bring anything new, only
to call to remembrance. You said it
was right to sell, but this shuts all who
use it out of the kingdom of heaven, and
you don't want to be shut out, Mr.. S.
Then turning to Heb. 2:15: Woe to
him that giveth his neighbor drink, that
puttest the bottle to him and makest him
drunken also. Then to Deut. 80 10: /
shall have peace, though | walk in the
Imagination of mine heart, to add drunk
enness to thirst; the Lord will not spare
him, but then the anger of the Lord and
his jealousy shall smite against that man
and all the curses that are written in
this book shall lie upon him, and the
Lord shall blot out his name from under
heaven.


On looking up his eyes wer4 riveted
on mine, and he was very much agitsted,
trembling exceedingly. No further
words were given us to say we were all
spell-bound for what seemed long time.
AT length one of the ladies said to his
partner, think something is the mat
ter with him. No movement was made
until urged the second time. He was
then removed from the counter by which
he was supporting himself, when his
tongue seemed to be loosed and he cried
out twice, % God have mercy on my
SOUL


He was then taken to a room back !;
we were about to retire when another
cry for mercy arrested our attention,
those who were with him begging us to
stay and talk with him, both saying it
was the Holy Spirit said it was the
word of the Lord, sharper than any
two-edged sword Comforting words
quieted his agitation. His mind was
clear, but he could not talk. He was
soon taken home, and died about eleven
hours after"
Year: 1874

A really modest and meritorious per-
son will never make pretensions of any
kind. His manner and expressions will
always have tendency to underrate his
ability, not because he will pretend to be
less capable than he really is, but be-
cause SO many men have become preten-
tious in their manners and expressions,
he fears he may be considered as such.
We are, in consequence, too apt to con-
slider the extent of the capacity Of those
whom we meet little below the stand
ard indicated by their acts and expires.
sions. Therefore true merit is seldom
appreciated, and its cultivation ia never
greatly encouraged. On the contrary,
pretence is almost always successful. He
who is pretentious affects the interest of
society in the same manner as the swim
Gler. He induces men to doubt the ca
pacity of others, and often to refuse aid
and employment, because they measure
the merits of all by those of the preten
tious fop and conceited ignoramus.
Many an honest and skillful man, and
many valuable improvement, has been
refused support and adoption because the
pretentious swindler has previously
misled the people, and imposed upon
them outrageously. Pretentions of every
kind are the true indications of weak
mind or would be swindler.