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Year: 1877

| THE NOON PRAYER MEETING


The church was fillod, pews and gallerie.
being occupied. After very large num-
ber OF requests had been read by Mr. SAT-
ford, Brother Mial Davis offered prayer.
Mr.. Moody read from the 18th chapter OF
Matthew, the parable of the sOwer, and
briefly commented on it. As in Christ :
time, there are now four classes of hearers
The first are somewhat impressed by the
truth, but that il all /; it falls on them, but
they render no obedience to it. The impress
sion, OF course, is soon gone. There are many
such here, impressed but halting They d.
right to count the cost. but not to shrink
from 1t This is a matter which cannot be
compromised


The second clasS-of stony-ground hear
ers-is very common one. They 20 with
the crowd, whichever way it goes; but
their conscieuces have not been touched.
They have no depth of root. and they soon
fall away. Ii is necessary TO make thor
ough work, to have purpose which
reaches down to the depths of the heart.
So only can we stand.


The third class is also too common. Per-
haps We cannot say that they are not





cares of the world and the decetiulness
Of riches choke their piety. The new life
has feeble, untruitful existence in them.
God will not have the second place in our
affections. Those who prefer gay parties to
the prayer meetings better stay in the
world. These Christians who try to serve
both God and the world, are to be pitied.
They cannot find peace. There is. thank
God. fourth class-the fruit-bearer@, Yet
some of these seem to be afraid lest they
should have too much religion and bear too
much fruit But those who do the most for
the Master, who bear the most fruit. are
the happiest. There is no Joy like that of
leading souls to Christ. Let each remem-
Der that he has an account to rerGcr for
himself. There are fruit-bearing Christians
here, and if | should come back here ten
years hence. | know | should find here
some who had been going right ON doing
good and faithful work IN Christ's cause.
Let not such be discouraged because all
do not hold out. Some will fall away, but
Jesus remains faithful and will aid and
reward his own. \ great work Eas been
done in Burlingt ton but greater remains
to be done. Let each Christian do his duty
and this work will 90 on, and with great;r
power,


Mr.. Moody said he would like to hear
from those who believed this work was not
to stop here, ana a number OF ministers and
laymen expressed their strong conviction
that i, could not and would not stop. and
their willingness to aid in it. In answer to
a request from Mr.. Moody that those who
desired the gift of the Holy Spirit for
service would manifest it by rising almost
the entire congregation rose.
After several short prayers, the meeting |
closed. a number remaining to take Mr.. |
Moody by the hand ard give him their fare
wells and blessings.
Year: 1877

CuEoNIc drunkards ARE being put to nn ex-
cyllcnt use in Ohio under the new liquor law
at the hnnds aud feet of the chronic in
duc,s him to fill himself with Intoxicating
fuid and then kill himself. Suit il there
the misfortune To sell liquor to the deceased
aud the jury compcls him to pay what IL con
sidcrei II hair price for the departed A very
inferior article pi drunken husband can lie
made to net to his widow from five to eight
thousand dollars.
Year: 1877

THE New York Commercial Aduertiser
tells of butcher who would not 60 into
the strike " because he had too much at
steak, and it wouldn't have been meat for
him to have taken any joint action"
Year: 1877

We suppose that people think thaA newspaper men are persistent duns let a farmer place himself in q simuar busi- ness position and see if he would not .lo the same, Suppose be raised l,009 bushels of wheat, and his neghbor should come and buy a bushel, and the priee was a small matter, only $l.50 or less, and should say, Il will hand yon the amount in few days" AS the farmer don't want to be small about a small matter, he says all right, and the man leaves with his wheat Another one comes in the salnes way until the whole 1000 bushels of wheat are trusted out to one thousand different persons, and nohe of the purchasers concern himseH about it, for it is only small amoq, that he owed the farmer, apd of course would not help him any. He does not realize that the farmer has fritteL away all his crop of wheat. and that it's value is due him in a thousand l'te driplets, and that he is seriously embarrassed in his business because his debtors treat it as a small matter. But if all would pay them promply. which they could do as well as not, it would be very large amount to the farmer, and would enable him to carry on his business without difficulty. TAe above comparison is too true of the difficulties that the newspaper man has 10 conten l with. --- Chenango Ameriean.
Year: 1877

Give fools their gold snd knayes their pow Let fortunes bubbles rise and fall Who sows field or trains flower, Or plants q tree. Is more than all. For he who blesses most is blest; And God and man shall own his worth Who tolls to leave as his bequest An adIed ftauty to the earth. And, soon or late, to all that SOW, The time of harvest shall be given The flower shall bloom, the fruit 4hsll grow. If not on earth, at last in heaven
Year: 1877

Curiosity in children IS but an ap-
petite after knowledge. / doubt not
but one great reason why many chill
dren abandon themselves wholly to
silly sports, and trifis away all their
time insipidly, is because they found
their curiosity banked, and their In
quiries neglected
Year: 1877

Here is little child who is = great
tease and trouble. He is always ask
ing to do this or that impossible or
dnpermissible action. He breaks in
abruptly upon the conversation Of his
seniors. He destroys all peace in the
house By shouts and screams, impe-
riOus demands on tbs time and atten-
ton OF every one, endless interruption
Of every ones affairs. He is an imp
OF mischief, breaking furniture, over
turning ink-stands on the carpet, set.
ting trs to valuable papers, driving
nails into the furniture. How shall
you abate this nuisance ? You may
try TO destroy these bad habits BY
scolding him, by Febukes, by lectures,
by punishments. That is one way,
but not the best. These bad habits
often spring from an instinct OF Rc-
tlvity, an intense desire to do some
thing which the Creator has given
the child as means OF mental and
and moral growth. In trying to pull
I'D the tares, you are in great danger
OF roofing out the wheat also. II you
succeed by force in changing this dis
agreeable torment Of perpetual aetiy-
ity into a dull, quiet boy you have
changed = bright into a dull one. A
better way than destroying this ten
deDcy is to fulfill it by giving MIN
plenty of occupation OF an innocent
kind. Give MIN q heap Of sand to dig,
blocks Uf wood to build houses with,
a box OF tools and q board to saw.
Some work useful or interesting, or,
at least harmless. He will like all
this better than he likes mischief.
All his irregular activity was q cry for
something.
Year: 1877

PoTTsvILLE, Penn, July 22.-The men IN the
employ Of the Philadelphia and Reading koad' q. tls
have been dissatisfied for weeks on account OF seye
raj monthsback pay being due them Last night commit


tee of railroad hands disappointed inform Mr. Wheeler
superincndent Of the road here that unless they were
paid by Thursday next the full amount OF their pack
wages due them, strike would take place. The Com
pany has announced that portion Of the pay would De
made before Wednesday, previously arranged ana
the balance would be forthcoming early in An gust ana
thereafter, regularly The men seem satisfied and no
strike is considered probable. though there Is great
agitation and no one can say what the end will be-
Year: 1877

The Republican organs are busily en-
gagged in assigning causes for the recent
great Democratic victories. They point
to every one but the real and right one.
All are aware that dissensions existed
in the party, and that it was divided up
into factions, which, in Kilkenny cat
fashion, were engaged in scratch ng
each other to pieces; but why these dis
senslons and why these contending fac
tonS? Simply because rottenness and
corruption abounded, and the honest
portion of the party refused any longer to
sanction it. The efforts of the leaders to
demonstrate the possibility of reforming
the party within itself had proven most
decided failure. Instead of improve.
ment, there was greater abuse, until
finally general revolt ensued, and the
result is before us in the disastrous over


throw of the Republican organization.
Year: 1877

When we reached the roadstead where the castle in the air was anchored, the sun broke through the clouds, and we were assured by the Professor that we should have splendid view. After climbing into the car and taking our seats, the signal was given and slowly we began to leave the earth. There were the houses far below, presenting their roofs and their chimneys to break our fall in case of accident. The sad thought was that we should have to drop more than five hundred feet in a straight line before we could even Ian on 8 chimney. We did not seem to be going away from the earth, but the earth appeared to be dropping away from us. The carriages appeared small enough to hang on one's watch-chain for charms; and as for the human be- ipgs, the effect of our elevation was very peculiar. We saw them, of course, greatly fore-shortened. They seemed to be not more than foot or eighteen inches long. But when they walked we could see the full length of the stride. It was very curious sight men only foot long taking steps three feet in length. The old seve n-leagued boots seemed no longer a myth.

 Pretty soon I caught the Professor emptying huge sand bag.

 ''What is that for ?" I said.

 ''To go up higher" he answered.

 I looked at the little woman who sat beside me, and said, "Higher?"

 A nod in the affirmative.

 "There's pluck" I said in my heart; and in half minute we could look down on the entire town, and, indeed, upon such view we could hardly speak, so impressed were we with the magni- ficence of the great picture that lay far, far below us. To say that we enjoyed it, after the trepidation was over, is to speak in feeble language. Who would not enjoy sitting in the lap of friendly cloud, and looking down upon mi les of green pasture and throbbing towns?

 But all excitement must end; so we took an affectionate farewell of the upper air and of the mists that brushed by us, and soon stepped again upon the planet, glad to have been for once Cup above the world so high.''
Year: 1877

Oh you who read some songs that have sung, What know you of the soul from whence it

 sprung? Dost dream the poet ever speaks aloud His secret thought unto the thoughtless

 crowd ? Go take the pretty sea-shell from the shore You have it's shape, and color-but no more. It tells not one of those vast mysteries That lie beneath the surface of the seas. Our songs are shells-cast out by waves Of

 thought. Here-take them at your pleasure but think

 not

 You've seen beneath the surface of the waves Where lie our shipwrecks and our coral caves. -EHG Wheeler, in Frank Leslies Magazine
Year: 1877

Panic IS, Of course, one or the things against, which it is most easy to preach but which it is most difficult to preach dowrbt Still if it could be got into the heads of all the people in their cooler hours that, in case of an alarm of fire in theatre, the principal danger comes from themselves and is in their own control, it is probable that, even under the Influence of sudden excitement and fear, many who now would show bad example might then show a good one. Not very long ago sudden alarm took place in one of the best" of the Paris theatres. It was not alarm of fire, it was only a clattering and crashing among the branches, chains and lamps of the huge glass chandelier which hung from the roof. Those who were under the chandelier thought it was coming down upon them, and made wildly for the doors. The theatre was well enough constructed, and had many outlets, but in an instant some of the passages were completely damned and choked by ex- cited people. Luckily single instant was enough to allow one of the per- formers on the stage to see and explain the whole cause of alarm, and to con- vince the fugitives that there was no danger. The whole stampede was set goiug by the sudden pattering of hail. stones through an open window among the metal and glass of the chandelier. In that instant the alarm was but mo. mentary, and in many parts of the house was unobserved. Yet it was1evident to all cool observers that had it lasted, only few minutes longer and been allowed to spread, the passages and doors would have been hopelessly choked by panic stricken crowd, and some loss of life would most infalliblv have occurred.
Year: 1877

IF BEEF is poor and tough, season a thick steak with salt and pepper and fry slowly in little lard. Turn it often that both sides may be cooked alike and equally Drowned. When we'll Drowned add small quantity of water, half a sliced onion, some minced parsley and thyme, thicken with spoonful of flour, cover close, and leave it for an hour on the back of the stove, where it may simmer slowly; after this has been done add pound of can tomatoes, then let it slowly cook about two hours, or until the meat is ready to fall to pieces. A good-sized porcelain-lined pot should be used in preparing this dish.
Year: 1877

AN EXCHANGE says that Fwoman is like tar; only melt her, and she will take any form you please.'' She is not unfrequently Tartar also; only get her and you will take any form she pleases.
Year: 1877

SMOKY YSTovEs.-There is very simple way of avoiding the disagreeable smoke and gas which always pours into room when fire is lit in stove, heater, or fire place on damp day. Put in the wood and coal as usual; but, before lighting them, ignite a handful of paper or shavings placed on the top of the coal. This produces current of hot air in the chimney, which draws up the smoke and gas at once. Not one person in fifty even thinks of this easy eXDedient
Year: 1877

THE unlucky captain of New Bed- ford mackerel smack says he doesn't want any more geometry in his. The fishing season coming round he went out for try-angle and brought back a wreck k-tangle
Year: 1877

CURE OF BUNIoNs.-A good bunion remedy is to use pulverized saltpetre and sweet oil; obtain at the druggists five or six cents' worth of saltpetre, put into bottle with sufficient olive oil to nearly dissolve it; shake up well, and rub the inflamed parts night and morning, and more if painful. This is a we'll tried remedy.
Year: 1877

MOCK GoosE.-Taket two tender steaks, lay one in the bottom of the baking par and cover it with lard or butter; sprinkle over this bread crumbs, we'll seasoned with salt, pepper, sage, and a little onion. Lay on the other steak and prepare it as the first, then pour on a tumbler of water, and bake slowly. Keep it covered until nearly done.
Year: 1877

PURITY OF VINEGAR.-To test the purity of vinegar, pour out half wine

 glasstul and add ten or twelve drops of the solution of muriate of barytes. If the vinegar is pure it will show no change. If it contains acid it will gradually turn to a milky hue, accord ing to the quantity of acid it contains.
Year: 1877

SARATOGA PUDDING.-Beat together three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two of flour, three eggs and little salt. Stir into them a quart of hot milk. Beat together again and bake quarter of an hour.
Year: 1877

To BOIL CIDER.-Take cider that has been made but day or two, and boil it half away. Skim often. Bottle and cork it well. A. mould will form over the top, but it will not injure the cider.
Year: 1877

VALUE OF CoNDIMENTs.-By condi- ments we mean substances like sugar, spices, vinegar, and others that are en- ployed to impart flavor and piquancy to the staple foods. They are usually re- garded as non-essential, and some writers on dietics have gone so far as to condemn their use, unless in rare in- stances and in the most infinitesimal proportions. Like all good things they are liable to be abused, but when properly used they are valuable ele- ments in our daily food.

 Condiments have an important in- fluence upon the process of digestion and nutrition. The mere sight or thought of savory dish s'makes the mouth water, ,"-that is, it makes the salivary glands pour out their secretion copiously, which is an important stage in digestion, especially for certain arti- cles of food. Experiments made upon dogs show that a similar effect is pro duced upon the gastric secretion, and thus the work of digestion is further promoted. The loss of the sense of taste would be not merely loss of enjoy ment, but positive injury to the di- gestive system. The very smell of food may do us good, just as certain odors will restore person who has tainted.

 It does not follow because condiments are useful, that we may not have too much of them; on the contrary, their best effect depends upon their being usedssin moderation. The more decided the flavor of any article of food, the sooner does it pail upon the appetite. It is one of the peculiar merits of French cookery that t1aVOrs are so deliCately blended; no one is specially prominent, and yet by their different combinations a wonderful variety of ofappetizing effects is produced. We Yankees, like the English, are apt to use condiments in a coarse reckless way, and thus miss their finer and more exquisite effects, besides losing much of the benefit that might be derived from them. By nicer care ill their employment, the plainest and simplest diet might be made at once more delicious and more digestible.- Journal of Chemistry.
Year: 1877

SHERIDAN being on a parliamentary committee, one day entered the room as all the members were seated and ready to commence business. Perceiving no empty seat he |. bowed, and looking around the table with droll expression of countenance, said, "Will any gentle man move that 1 may take the chair ?"
Year: 1877

WHEN flies are about, the Husb a,ad- man recommends to take the crystals of carbolic acid and make weak solution which apply to horses. just enough to wet the hair, and no flies will trouble them. The wash will not discolor the hair. If there are any skin diseases it will be beneficial. There is nothing better than this wash to destroy yer min that annoy horses and cattle.
Year: 1877

out of their berths, one of whom
alighted between the kidnapper and
the dwarf The william dealt the
half-asleep passenger a blow on the
head which felled him to the floor.
This gave another passenger time
to come up, who struck the des-
perado in the head with a slung-
shot, which stunned him, and
caused him to drop the commodore,
who by this time was making more
lusty noise than all the women in
the car, every one of whom, in con.
cert with the men, were making a
lively racket. The kidnappers
sprang from the train and disap-
peared in the darkness. Great con-
fusion existed on the train for some
time, especially in the car where
the bold act was committed, and
every one shook the commodore's
hand in congratulation over his for
nate escape.
Year: 1877

this great occasion, he was irreso-
lutte, tremulous, nervous, and want
ing in SelfposseSsiOn and dignity.
Nothing could be further from the
truth and | venture the statement
that there is no one who saw him
then, or who knew his character,
who would not unhesitatingly con-
tradict such a statement; and |
venture the further suggestion that
neither of these charges will ever
be sustained, nor will any attempt
be made to sustain them by any le-
gitimate or trustworthy evidence;
and that no man will make such
charges who has respect for truth
and a just regard for his own repu-


tation.
Year: 1877

ulODo-DemOcretl


It's all very well for Mr.. Hayes
and his party to be swinging around
through such small cities as Gin
cinnati, Louisville and Nashville,
but if he really wants to see a first
class city and get a first-class well
come, he ought to cross the great
bridge and look in on ST. Louis.
We believe that the people of ST.
Louis would willingly lay aside
politics to welcome the distin-
guiShed visitors, and as the politics
around here are mostly bad, it
would BIS a good thing for both
parties. We do not hesitate to
claim that st. Louis possesses a
larger amount of available material
for a reception committee than any
other city in the Union.
Year: 1877

A Woll-Timed PFOtesG ARAiuat the
Recent Tragedy I'm Cory ellie COun-
~.


Dallas Herald. September l6.l


We are proud to see the growing
sentiment against mob Justice or
rather mob phrensy, which is mani
Testing itself in every respectable
neighborhood in the State, and
upon every occasion where the mob
spirit gives new impetus to the
loathings of the law-abiding and
peacefully disposed people. The
recent killing Of the Green boys in
Coryelle county is an indellible blot
on the State, and a lasting disgrace
to the neighborhood in which it
occurred. They may have been,
and probably were, bad men. We
do not know how this is, nor is it
pertinent to the subject to decide
whether they were or were not.
The safety of society rests alone in
reverence, respect and obedience to
law. But when a whole neighbor-
hood, in defiance of law, pity
and that charity, which even saw
ages sometimes show, condemn with.
out trial and execute without mercy,
barbarously and furiously-every
sentiment upon which is founded
the respect and reverence which
gives force and effect to law is vio-
lated, secuted and insulted. Can
good come to a community by and
through such meansP We do not
believe there is one sane man on
earth who thinks so. 1t would be
illogical and unreasonable to expect
it. What then follows? No other
conclusion is possible than that a
spirit of barbarous and savage re-
yenge lurked at the bottom of the
move, and procured the death OF
these men under their burning roof,
with their wives, sister and mother
clinging in terrified anguish to
them, and a mad crowd Of enraged
demons surging and hooting with
out. Had these boys been the most
blood-stained murderers and thieves
on earth, their death by such means,
and under such circumstances,
should have been an utter impossi-
bility in a Christian and civilized
country.


The scene within the burning
home of the Greens must have been
enough to have melted heart OF
stone. The brave but misguided
Bill, calmly stating his business
matters to the agonized wife, telling
her whom he owed and who was
indebted to him. Enjoining his
broken hearted wife to pay what he
owed, and after hurriedly arrang-
ing his earthly business, taking his
trembling sister = with whom he
had prayed as a child-by the hand
Come, Belle, let us pray as we did
when we were children. " The hands
of the aged mother tremblingly
snatched the straw, with which the
house is to be burned, away. Was
ever picture more graphic; was ever
death more tragic? After uttering
his prayer, Bill grasped his trusted
gun, stepped to the door and fronted
his foes, and before yielding up his
own life, sent the death dealing lead
to the heart of one of them.


Texas will never be known as a
law-abiding State while such scenes
are transpiring within her borders,
while such a mob can work, MUIR
der and get off scott free. The full
strength of the State constabulary
and military should never rest un-
til this foul blot has been washed
out by the arrest and punishment
of the perpetrators, We commend
the matter to the governor and
those directly charged with the ar
rest and detention of the violators
OF law.