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Year: 1874

II IL were supposed that MIR. MOulton's state
ment would break the spirit or Plymouth
church people and that It's publication
would result in diminution in the attend
ance on yesterdays service tho suppos.
tion was q very idle one, for 1t received as COM
plete o contradiction as the best friends Of Mr.
Beecher could desire, and 80 pronounced that
even his enemies must have been constrained to
admit that 1t was useless to waste their energetic
anger on Plymouth Rock. The attendance was
larger than, probably on any vacation Sunday
ever known. All allusion, either in prayer or ser.
mon, to answering faith IN the integrity Of the
pastor went like an electric shock through
the assembly, and each turned TO the other with
a radiance IN the eye that spoke unmistakably its
meaning. Nothing but the remembrance that 1t was
the Lords Day and tney were there to worship
God, and not to praise Mr.. Beecher, would have
been powerful enough to restrain them from ap-
p.auding and cheering the speaker. Though there
was only half the choir present the tunes to the
psamody which were all in q jubilant metre
were sung with the old fire and vim OF Plymouth
church congregation. Before and after the service
a reporter OF the HERALD had a conversation with
several OF the brethren who are among the lew
who from q variety OF circumstances nave been
compelled to remain In the city and postpone
their vacation to a more convenient season.





of want of faith in Moulton's statement.
Brother Smytn, who has acted as usher in one OF
the asles on the foor OF the church for many
years, said that the great trouble was that Mr..
Beecher had made confdant and friend OF men
who were notoriously untrustw0rthy, instead Of
confding in the solid men Of his congregation and
church. All the developments OF the investigation
showed that Mr.. Beecher had been the victim OF
misplaced confidence. lie thought 1t would be
well to attach permanently this committee OF in
vestigaton to the organization Of the church, and
let it be constituted and known as an advisory
committee, SO that II any future trouble arose
there would be a body oil men on hand ready 20
advise Mr.. Beecher IN any social and personal
emergency, and VINO, by their investigation into
the particulars OF this recent scandal, mad acquired
large experience OF persons who were likely to be
a trouble to Plymouth church and It's pastor.


Sexton Weld, whose life, Tor the most part, mas
been spent In the church, SAYS that rom all that
he can hear the congregations Will DC even larger
| in Plymouth church In the future than they have


been in the past. he thinks that the next letting
| OF pews viii show larger amount than
| any pre- vious year. The enthusiasm manifested


at the prayer meeting on Friday night indicated


most anquestionably, he Thought, tnat Plymouth


church people had Enthusiastically made up their
Year: 1874

minds In favor OF Beecher, an d that they meant ~
stand by the church to the last.


ONE or THE COMMITTEE


In reply TO an inquiry, member or cue Investl-
eating Com mittee said that the committee would
meet on an early day this week. This was abso
lutely necessary, as the report TO the Examining
Committee had not been finally determined upon,
and some OF the members had not had time to
read 1t over. He thought II was very doubt
before the committee Tor cross-examina-
ton on his last statement There was
nothing that was regarded by the committee as
new IN that statement, and as they had asked Mr.
MOulton, with great earnestness when before
them, to state all that he knew IN ref
erence to this trouble, and MIR. M0ut0h
had then refused positively TO comply with
that request, they did not think that It was in-
cumbent upon them to invite nlm to come before
them again. The only important part OF his pub
lisned statement was that in which he states that
Mr.. Beecher confessed his adultery TO him.
Against this was the explicit denial OF Mr.. Beecher,
That the committee had In their possession from
disinterested witnesses testimony tnat showed
that Mr. Mouton on minor points. had made as
sertlons In his statement that quite out Of
harmony with the facts. had convinced them tnat
he was quite as unreliable o witness as Tilton,
whose evidence IN this matter had been dlsre-
garded by the general pubic for long time past.
This MEMBER OF the committee proceeded TO say
tnat while he could not assert positively that Mr..
MOult0n would not be called upon to testify Ia
reference to his statement he felt a strong per-
only waste OF very valuable time. lie was quite
certain that when the report OF the committee was
published IL would carry conviction to every can
did mind.
Year: 1874

A good wife Is like snail. WHY? Because
she keeps in her own house.-A good wife ia
not like snail. Why9 Because she does not
carry her all on her back. A good " .fs "a like
q town clock. Why7 Because she keeps good
time. A good wife is not like town clock.
Why? Because she does not SPEAK 50 loud that
all the town can hear her.
Year: 1874

The old saying, ENTER into thy closet and
shut the door," and the old examples Of the
greatest and holiest, were never more needed
In practical remembrance by us than now
Even for the sake OF making work truer, we
must make it a business to reserve these open
spaces in daily life for spiritual repose' we
must "study to be quiet, and when many are
coming and going, 60 apart By ourselves, that
they may rest awhile"
Year: 1874

General Sherman has been interviewed
by a newspaper correspondent, and the
views he gives are not exactly favorable to
the Peace Commission. AS usual the Gen
eral is inclined to be sarcastic, and when he
expresses an opinion it is always in point
ed manner. He believes in firm measures
regarding the redskins, for he speaks as
follows


"The Indians under the humane and ten
der treatment sof our Christian brethren
have been well fed during the past winter.
Now the grass is high enough for rowing
and predatory purposes, and the redskins
have no particular use for the mild-man-
nered gentleman until next winter The
history of some of the operations of the saw
ages woald, if properly detailed, be very
entertaining. | remember one instance
where the hungry devils were obliged to
suspend hostilities for want of rations, and
repaired to the agency to get their govern
ment allowance of subsistence. These par
ticular students of Christian civilization
had gone forth to raise the hair of an unof-
Tending tribe, but meeting with more re-
sistance than expected. suddenly discover
ed themselves without food, and applied to
the agency for additional supplies. The
case was pressing one, at least so the beg
gars thought, and what do you think they
| urged as a reason for having their demand


promptly attended toa Nothing less than
| a fear that portion of the troops stationed
at the agency would be sent to protect the
tribe against which one assault had proved
unsuccessful. There was the sublime spec
tacle of one portion of our army feeding


Indians who were ready to fight another
portion as soon as they could get away
The General expresses himself in favor Of
an aggressive warfare, and says that he
| does not have any apprehensions regarding
Clusters expedition, as the troops are well
| armed and equipped.
Year: 1874

~. l. SoHiiiitISlsii <1.i'CiSiSCt-


Minnesota is not only threatened, but
absolutely invaded, by one of the most ter
rible of the plaques of Egypt. The locusts
have attacked the Northwestern counties,
and are laying waste the crops, leaving the
country bare for miles around. In this
emergency the Governor of the State calls
upon the Secretary of War for aid, and
gracefully suggests an exchange of the
for it's equivalent i'll value of rations. Red
tape will doubtless interfere with this change
in the custom of the War Department, and
the people of the entire country are called
upon to consider the disheartening situation
of Minnesota thus laid waste by the ravages
af pestilent invader whose dire influence
can only be appreciated by those who have
witnessed it. In one of Jules Verne sreeent
books, he gives a very elaborate description
of the effect upon an African landscape of a
flight Of locusts, which does not encourage
any anxiety ON the part of the reader to


witness similar event in a locality where


he has any personal interest. There seems
certainly to be famine tendency in all
directions this year. but as far as We are
concerned, we have only to recognize the
fact in the present instance, and to do what
we can to alleviate its attendant miselies.
We hope that a charitable disposition will
be displayed by the general public, and that
speedy efforts will be made to relieve the
| unfortunate situation of Minnesota
Year: 1874

told the rose thy name it blushed and stirred;
Its petals trembfed as in ecstasy.
cried thy name aloud--and 10 the bird


furst into song within the thick -leaved tree.
| spake it when the m orn was gray and cold
And straight from out his east upshot the sun.
/ spake it in the night--the. clouds that rolled
Above dispersed; the stars came one by one.
Should any whisper it when on my face


The black earth lies. calm sleeping underground,
l think my heart again would beat space
And that my lips would tremble at the sound.
And if before the gates of heaven came,
And could for mine own worth no entrance win,
l think that then if l shoald name thy name,
The eternal doors would STIR and let me in.


Gerard BenddH in the Spectator.
Year: 1874

The political gossips of Europe affirm
that the Gear of Russia and the Queen of
England favor the accession of the Prince
Imperial to the throne Of France, and are
plotting to bring about this event, and if
successful Napoleon ". will become the
husband of the Princess Beatrice, Victoria S
youngest daughter.
Year: 1874

One year ago, the Sartoris seniors lost a
son, and this fact is given out as sufficient
reason for their failure to treat Nellie and
her husband to reception party. They
have quietly dropped into cottage on the
farm, without notice from English people.
Year: 1874

In Philadelphia every lady is centurion.
Everything in that city is centuplicated;
wherever you 60, whatever you do, the CEN
tennial stares you in the face; you have to
wear it on your paper collar and wash
your hands with centennial towels and
soap. The whole name is q farce, as it
would lead you to suppose it was to happen
but once in ahundred years; but in the City
of Brotherly Love it seems they are to keep
it up forever. The girls have powdered
their hair to make them look hundred
years older; The old women have powdered
theirs to make them look like the young
girls. On q careful estimate there are
about two hundred and twenty thousand
Martha Washington costumes in that city
now, which costumes consists of about
three yards of old fashioned curtain calico,
mop cap, a black patch under the left
eye, and seventy-five cent pair of high
f1erieti sfippers.--eefdt eefdtffffffttttE it'll.
Year: 1874

tfToH tlle Sal SupciJ


He was not reticent, neither was he diff
dent but he was glib of tongue and pos
sessed many accomplishments which are
taught and appreciated through the interi-
or. He could jump into the air, crack his
heels together four distinct times, and, when
he landed-stiff legged-could repeat the
well-known, /" am chief" in a manner
that betokened long practice and quiet de-
termination. When he found himself the
center of the right sort of All audience he
could assume a nonchalant air, and lead the
conversation into the proper channel, when
he would begin to count upon his fingers
the number of private cemeteries he had
established, and then fingers being insufi-
cient, he would call for sheet of paper
SO the number each contained might be cor
rectly enumerated. His first appearance
in Eureka was made last night, and he in
troduced himself as Cemetery Sam" gave
the particulars of his receiving the patrony-
mic, and stated that he was from Phoebe !;
was q "gun fighter" and asked if any
there were who doubted his statement. He
sloshed around considerably during the
evening, and by dint of suayity and terror
each applied as circumstances demanded
--he succeeded in loading himself with nee
tai, ere the midnight hour. Then he grid
ed up his loins and declared his determine
tion to start a corpse factory, but in order
that his victims might know who they had
the honor of being slain by, he thought
proper to offer explanation and in so doing
carried on q sort of informal dialogue, ask
ing the questions with informal and grave
earnestness and answering with cunning
lightness, thus:


"Who was it that inaugurated the grave
yard at Rocky Bar, because barkeeper re-
fused him drink ?"


"Guess it was Cemetery Sam"


"Who was it that caused the first orphan
asylum to be started in Montana ?''


"Cemetery Sam was the feller."


"Who was it that made public admin
istration rich in Eastern Oregone''
s'I'm mistaken if it wasn't Cemetery
SAM"


"Who was it that '-Here some one
present who evidently thought the thing
was becoming monotonous, smote Sam
heavily. and the latter fell. When he arose
he continued the monologue by asking:


"Who was struck by lightning just
now?''


"1f my memory serves me right, it must
have been Cemetery Sam


The Pope Expelled from the Free Ma
Year: 1874

The cremationists are increasing in Eu-
rope, cremation furnace in Dresden being
in process of construction, while in Switz-
erland the subject is attracting the attention
of all the intelligent and educated classes,
and the British Bishop of Manchester has
settled all doubts regarding the seeming
antagonism between burning and the res
direction of the body by the assurance that
the "on1nipotence of God is not limited"
and that He can raise the dead whether
they are to be raised bodily out Of church
yards or out Of an urn
Year: 1874

The comet has gone from our gaze, only
small piece OF its tail being visible late at
night Yet we hear of couple who "sat
by the river side" till near daylight aoatch-
ing tc have Coggia put i'll an appearance.
A fond parent pounccd upon the scene of
the astronomical observations, which made
them think the tail of the comet had really
struck the earth ahead of time, at least
that young mans coat tail went up pretty
high superinduced by a No. TO- brogan.
They will not star gaze in that neighbor-
hood any more.-Ffank KenyoB's Paper.


At the Plymouth Church prayer meeting
on the Sd of july Mr.. Beecher said: ''It
is one Of the infelicities of our career that
we have no privacy. There are many things
that we would like to say to each other
that would not sound so well in the morning
papers, and for that reason are omitted.
This, however, is the last prayer meeting
before my summer vacation Of three months,
and have it strongly impressed upon me
that | shall never meet with my people
again" He then went into brief retro
spective review of his career, but made no
allusion to the late unpleasantness.
Year: 1874

Daniel Webster was n farmer and took
delight in country things. lie had Il patri
arch's love Of sheep. Choice breeds thereof
he had. He took delight in COWS. He titled
pntcrnal acres with his own oxen. He loved
to give the kline fodder 1t was pleasant to
hear him talk of oxen; and but three days
before he left the earth, too i'll to visit them.
hi, oxen lowing came 70 see their sick lord .
and "a he stood in his door. his great cattle
We're driven up, that he might smell their
healthy breath, aud look bis last on those
broad. generous faces that were never false
to him.


What an eGccting scene is here described !!
Daniel Webster loved these animals for their
own sake and not for their value in silver or
gold. He loved to feed them with his own
hands in order to witness their happiness
while satisfying their hunger and to win
their love for him. They loved their kind
owner, and no wonder that they came low
ing, one by one. to see their sick lord The
Scripture says, The OK knoweth its owner"
Then all these splendid animals, numbering
between one and two hundred, knew Daniel
Webster rs they We're driven up and looked
on him for the last time. and who shall say
they did not miss him and mourn for him
when he came to see them no more? No
doubt this great man enjoyed more real
happiness in the society Of these dumb brutcs
Of every kind on the Mar>hiicld farm. than
he ever realized in hearing the plaudits Of
his fellow men as his elegant words rang
out in the Senate Chamber Hall of our great
nation and thousands of wor,hippcrs were
following in his train. lie knew that fame
was but a breath, and had learned. by bitter
experience, that the most devoted Of his
worshippcrs might desert and betray him,
but that not one Of these guiltless creatures
would ever prove false to him.
Year: 1874

A curious incident recently occurred on a
Western train. As the cars were moving
away from the Tcrre liaute depot, a pretty
young woman came from the ladies' car
and rushing into the smoking car tranticaIly
appealed to everybody to sop the train
Catching sight Of the conductor, she cx-
Claimed, "Mr. Conductor, do please stop the
train! I've left my baby" The train was
stopped, and the baby recovered, amidst the
hearty cheers of the people on the platform
and the passengers; and while the young
mother laughed and cried and hugged her
little one, she tried to explain how the baby
was such new one that she hadn't got
used to it.
Year: 1874

Some amusing incidents occur among
travellers by rail, and the following we can
vouch for On day last week a venerable
gentleman Of Concord, n. H., WAS riding
over an Eastern railroad to Boston, when a
lady entered at one Of the stations with a
child under one arm and dog under the
other The car being well filed, she made
for the scat where the gentleman was sitting
alone, AM was proceeding to stow herself.
child and dog into the vacant seat, when the
gentleman, who has great aversion to dogs,
blandy remarked to the lady; Madame
have no objection to one baby in this seat
but | have the most decided objection to
twins" 1t is perhaps needless to say that
the lady petu'antly moved on to fad a seat
for herself and dog.
Year: 1874

Beautiful faces, they that wear
Tue light as pleasant spirit there,
1t matters little if dark or fair.
Beautiful hands are they that do
The work of the noble. good and true,
Busy for them the long day through.
Beautiful feet are they that go
Swiftly to tighten anothcr's woe,
Through summers heat and winters snow
Beautiful children OF rich and poor,


Who walk the pathway sweet and pure,
That lead to the mansions strong and sure.
Year: 1874

SrRAzNIcKy is said to know the name and
place of every one of the hundred thousand
volumes of Astor Library. The same was
of old said of the great Librarian Maglia
bachi, who, besides knowing the name of
every book of his extensive Library, could
also repeat tie contents Of u great number
of them, and could tell any inquirer not
only what book would be the most satiSfac-
tory and pleasing to his wishes, but tho
chapte: unL page where the desired daIa
would be found.
Year: 1874

in his will, that unless his son complied with
this he should be cut short in any of his
estates, which were worth 100000 sterling.
The ashes remaining from the body were
taken up and put into silver urn for that
purpose. The reason that Mr.. Laurens gave
for this singular desire was that bis body was
too good to be eaten by worms


A foot-note, however, in Chadwick's "Report
on Intramural Interment" states that Henry
Laurens, having an infant child die Of small
pox, when the body was laid out, caused the
window to be opened to admit fresh current
of air. The air blowing over the body re-
stored the child to life, and in this manner it
barely escaped being buried alive. So horror
stricken was Mr.. Laurens at this event, that
he left orders in his will for his body to be
burned, and the inheritance of his estate by
his son was made conditional on his carrying
out the request. 1t is impossible to find the
details of the burning so far, but gentleman
remembers to have read them years ago in an
English book. The funeral pile was erected
on beautiful spot on his plantation. The
body, wrapped as desired in the will, was borne
on the shoulders of four favorite slaves and
laid upon the pyre, when incense and per-
fumes were thrown upon it, After the fune.
raj services were held beside it, the flames
were kindled, and when the pile was burned,
the ashes were collected and placed in silver
yase.-Ne,o York World, AprI IL.
Year: 1874

DEAD, But NOT BUR1ED.-When friend
dies and is buried, there is an end of him.
We miss him for space out Of our daily ex-
istence; we mourn for him by degrees that
become mercifully less y; we cling to the
blessed hope that we shall be reunited ir some
more perfect sphere; but so far as this Garth
is concerned, there's an end Of him. Howev-
er near and dear he was, the time arrives
when he does not form part of our daily
thoughts he ceases to be even an abstraction.
We 20 no more with flowers and tears into
the quiet cemetery; only the rain and the
snow fakes fall there we leave it tor fingers
of spring to deck the neglected mound


But when our friend vanishes unaccounta-
bly, in the midst of a crowded city, or goes off
on sea-voyage and is never heard of again,
his memory has singular tenacity. He may
be to all intents and purposes dead to US, but
we have not lost him. The ring of the door,
bell at midnight may be his ring the ap-
preaching footstep may be his footstep; the
unexpected letter with foreign postmark may
be from his hand. He haunts US as the dead
never can.


The woman whose husband died last night
may marry again within a score of months.
Do you suppose week passes by when the
woman whose husband disappeared myste.
riously ten years ago does not think of him :
There are moments when the opening of a
door must startle her. There is no real alb
sence but death.-T B. Aldrach, in Atlantic.
Year: 1874

The REVELATIONS OF BATHING-DREss-
Es.-I noticed a lette in your excellent paper
the other day. signed '.Y. M. C. A,"in which
the writer who is evidently a unnnq aanIIo-
man, protested against the indeeency OF pro-
miscuous bathing at our watering places, and
the impropriety OF ladies' bathing dresses. /
cannot help thinking that this young man is
very young indeed. He evidently has the
silly prudery which is not out of place in a
very young girl, but which is very ridiculous
in young man who intends to become al
some day husband and father.


As an old lady, feel the right to speak on
the subject OF ladies bathing in public. My
own daughters have always done it with my
warmest appreciation, and / should never
consent to have them enter the surf unless in
company with men who could look afler them
and keep them out of danger. 1 do not con-
slider that there is anything indelicate about
the bathing-dresses worn by women. They
cover the form completely, and the fact that
they permit the outlines of the body to be
seen after the dresses become wet is a matter
of no consequence.


The fact that women actually have bodies
is one which it is silly for us to pretend to ig-
more, especially in this age, when art has
made us all so familiar with the human form.
There is nothing immoral in our bodies, and
the men and women who as painters and
scuiptors are cons nsiantly made familiar with
the undraped iorm do not have their MOI ais
contaminated thereby. So far from objectiug
to the present style of bathing-dress, be-
cause it reveals too much. think it would
be greatly improved if it were made with
short sleeves and short legs, so that the wear
er could secure more freedom OF Inns. Ii Y.
M. c. A. does not like it, he can easily stay
away from the seashore. And will say, in
conclusion, that he is to be pitied, who, stand
ing on the beach in full view of the majestic
ocean, can see nothing except the wet bath
ing-dress of some lady on whom he has
turned his opera. glass. Lady Writer In a
Neao York Paper.
Year: 1874

duel is promised between the editors of
the two st. Adams papers, the Advertiser
and the Messenger; at all events, the former
says that something which the Messenger
has said is "couched in language Of personal
insult and malicious falsehood that demands
another place of settlement than the columns
of newspaper" We trust nothing serious
will come of it, but there is scarcely any
news