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Year: 1878

There's come sing'lar doctrine, Sue,
Into our church to-day;
These GURUS words are what the new
Young preacher had to say:
That literal everlastin' fire


Was mostly in our eye;
That sinners dead, if they DESIRE


Can get another try:
He doubted If a warmer cline


Than this world could be proved
The little snip-I fear some time


He'll get his doubts removed
I've watched my duty straight an true.
An tried to do IT well;
Part OF the time kept heaven in view,
An'part steered clear o. hell;
An now half Of this work is naught,
If must list to him,
An this ere devil have fought


Was only just whim;
Vain are the dangers have braved,
The sacrifice they cost;
For what fun is it to be saved.


If no one else is lost2
Just think--suppose, when once view
The heaven I've toiled to win,
lot OF unsaved sinners, toe,


Comes walkin grandly inI
An acts to home, same as if they
Had read their title clear.
An looks to me, as if to say,


"We're glad to see you here r.
As II TO say, "While you have ben
So fast to toe the mark,
We waited till it rained, an then
Got tickets for the ark ~
Yet there would be some in that crowd
I'd rather liked to see:
My boy Jack-it must be allowed,
There was no worse than he
I've always felt somewhat to blame,
In several different ways,
That he lay down on thorns o. shame
To end his boyhood's days;
An I'd be willin to endure,


If that the Lord thought best,
minutes quite hot temperature,
To clasp him to my breast.
Old Captain Barnes was evils SON
With heterodoxy crammed;
used to think he'd be the one
II any one was damned;
Still, when l saw a lot o. poor,


That he had clothed and fed,
Cry desolately round his door


AS soon as he was dead,
There came q thought couldn't control,
That in some neutral land,
I'D like to meet that scorched-up soul,
An shake it by the hand.
Poor Jennie willis, with cry


OF hopeless, sad distress,
Sank down, one night, to die.


All in her ballroom dress;
She had precious little while
To pack up an away:
She even left her sweet good smile
Twas on the face next day;
Her soul went off unclothed by even
One stitch of saving grace;
How could she hope to go to heaven,
An start from such place?
But once, when lay sick an weak,
She came, an begged to stay;
She kissed my faded, wrinkled cheek
She sOothed my pain away;
She brought me sweet boquets Of flowers
AS fresh us ner young neart-
Through many long an tedious hours
She played Christian part;
An ere long will stand aroun'
The singn' SAINTS among,
I'll try to take some water down.
To cool poor Jennie's tongue.
But tears can never quench my creed,
Nor smooth Gods righteous frown,
Though all the preachers learn to read
Their Bibles upside down.
hold mine right side up with care
To shield my eyes from sin,
An coax the Lord, with daily prayer,
To call poor wanderers in;
But If the sinners won't draw nigh,
An take salvation's plan,
I'll have to stand an see 'em try
To dodge hell If they can.
Year: 1878

''Our Old Actors form the subject of two large
volumes which Richard Bently l. Son have published
and which Henry Holt l. Co. announce. The author
is Henry Barton Baker and these volumes have been
made up from his articles this subject which at
tracted so much attention in Temple Bar This work
is not q simple reprint Detached essays have been
linked together to form chronological history
of actors and acting from Shakespeare to Macready


In drawing his work to close Mr. Baker has much
to say on the subject OF the stage of the present
day. 'The decay of the art of acting" he says,
'scan be traced with the retirement Of Garrick" The
breaking up of the old theatrical circuits he greatly
laments .All the old conditions of the stage" he
tnues, "have been swept away. What is to be said
Of the present and the future? In regard to the
future it is dificult to predict Our theatre is in
transition period, slowly emerging from the utter
ten or fifteen years back by burlesque and sensation
Dramatically it stands in far higher and healthier
position than it did then. but histrionlcally
in an plight. Many actors have disap-
peared during the last twenty years whose places still
remain vacant The light comedian. the old man. the
low coInedian-as far tho highest excellence is
concerned-have disappeared There is not low
comedian the stage who excite a laugh by
genuine humor, or by anything buffooncry;
few grimaces and mouth twistings,
few mannersms repeated ad in every
at the present day" The two volumes which COM
prise this work brimful of anecdote and form a
treasure house of theatrical information and amen
itics.
Year: 1878

The report, said to be widely circulated, to
the effect that the late Admiral Pauidng died mill
are is pronounced untrue. So far from possessing
fortune 1t stated that his estate consisted Of small
and Willy tagged farm IN Suffolk County iwhere he
lived Of his dentbl life insurance policies
the amount Of less than $1,000 and few hundred dol
lars cash This was his entire estate after sixty
wears service and it all devised TO his widow,
now over seventy years OF age. for her lifetime. The
stories OF Admiral Pauding being In Russia and reoeiy-
ing gifts the Gar To fabulous amount are de-
olared false IN every particular.
Year: 1878

Mrs. May Agnes Fleming will commence tho
publication OF her ana intensely interesting love
story next week in No " The New-YOrk Weekly. It
is one Of her best stories and IL entitled Carried by
Storm" 1t was written expressly for and can be read
only in The New-York Weekly.
Year: 1878

WAKNING AND INSPIRATION FOR REPUBLICANS,


From The Troy TiInos lRep)


There can be no Disgusting the fact that the
Republican vote this Fall received larger accessl0ns
frOm the Democratic rarty than at time since 1S12
This due 10 various cher Of VIII ch were the
more satisfactory attitude Of the Republican pary with
regard to financial questions, the bad record made Dy
the present Congress its late and the pubca
ton OF the cpne: dispatches In TIE NLw-YORK TRIB
USE. The late Republican victories may be Traced
clealy to Democratic And in tbs fact tine
Republican party surely fad both warning and AN
nspiratiOn-a warning that the country will not tolerate
grade of staesmansnp, and inspiration 10 the
performance OF tie highest and nObest patriotic duty
The election OF 1850 already settled If the Republican
party is itself Wherever t been lntrusted
by the people with power, It should that power TO
promote the public good solely.
Year: 1878

Judge Danforth can thank The TRIBUNE
cpnerS for his elevation TO the hgh position winch be
viii grace with so much dignity and ability. He Is not
under obligations TO the Cooper combination" IN this
cy much assistance II brought out an increase OF
10000 Democratic votes against him.
Year: 1878

Dennis Mcclure and Frank Mcclure
were committed to New Castle this
morning, by the Mayor for 80 days. tits
a pity that there Is not some place
where they could be committed Tor a
year at hard labor, as they richly deserve
Year: 1878

We are very well aware that the


argument could be used that paper,


are not compelled to take contracts n,


these Rates, bu' this is not fair aryu.


ment. Newspapers are designed


more for The sub>ervence of public


interests than any other institution


ana therefore are deserving of at least


u moderated y 'air remuneration for


their labor. No intelligent. unprciu.


diced man doubts for a moment that


the crushing out of carpet-bas gov.


eminent IN Louisiana has been of in.


calcu'able advantage to the tay.pav.
ers OF the State. Nor does he doubt


that this desirable result has been


mainly due to the efforts of the Demo.
crat press. That press for long wears
was kept down in the very dust of
poverty through Radical legislation.
and 1t was not an unreasonable hone
that when the fight was won and the
Democrats came into power the press
would be fOstered to a reasonable and
legitimate extent. That this hope has
never been realized is fact sadly felt
oy every paper in the State. We
have a realizing sense that the Times
has sunk at least $4,000 during the
seven years it has been run. That it
could have made money by betray.
al OF the public interest no man not a
thrice sodden ass doubts. And we as
sumo that every one of our suffering
in the state has a sim.
lar record.


Fair wages for honest work is n
'ule every honorable and rigbt.min.
led ran adopts in the conduct of his
private affairs, and there is no good .
eason why Legislative, parish or mu.
llclpal bodies should not adopt the ,
ame rule. Ifa merchant in Sbreve.
'or: bad a vacant clerkship for which
here were half dozen applicants ,
whose necessities would virtually
orce them to accept any wages the
,erchant might see fit to offer, is it at O
II likely that he would put the place b
p to the lowest bidder and knock it a
own 10 the impecunious applicant
mo should offer to work for say $40 q
er month, when be well knew the !,
IAN could not live on that amount? o
'e think not.-MrerepoT Times
Year: 1878

Every diplOmatist has bis OWL way
OF conceaiing bis thoughts. Prince
Bismarck found tbat the best way to
deceive was to tell the truth, because
there was presumption in the mind
of bis bearers that be would not do
so. The plan Of Iguatieff is to mix
up truth, with falsehood. In one con.
versation be will contradict himself
dozen times, and if this is pointed
out to him be merely smiles. Viewed
from an artistic point, there is a Ger.
tain merit in this habit. for it is far
more puzziiDg than persistent truth
or persistent falsebood.
Year: 1878

When Daniel Webster was young
man about commencing the study Of
,aw' ne was advised not to enter the
legal profession. for it was already
crowded. His reply was, There was
room at the top"
Year: 1878

Ambition to. the mind is what
the cap Is to the falcon !; it blinds
Us first and then compels us to
tower by reason of our blindness.
But, alas when We are at the
summit of our ambition, we are
at the summit of vain ambition.
we are also at the depth OF misery.
Year: 1878

A singular instance of superstition came
to light not long since, which is thus re-
lated Going into neighbours house, one
day last week, found one of the children
suffering from severe cough,and expressed
my opinion that it was case in which
medical assistance should be obtained
The mother of the boy agreed that 1t was
very bad, but said that before calling in a
doctor she intended to try cure that she
had long used in similar cases, and never
found to fail. On being pressed to COM
municate the prescription, she gravely in
formed me that the charm consisted in
HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND AND TAR,
and that it could be obtained of all the
druggists. Price SO cents. and 81. Great
saving by purchasing large size. Depot,
Crittenton, 7 Sixth avenue, New York
City.


Pixies TooTHAcHE Drops cure in one
minute.
Year: 1878

impossible for any returning board to
decide what the vote of the State is. The
central system must be Abandoned, and the |
district system be substituted. The
district system divides the political control.
The same party does not rule in all the
districts. Hence, if electors we're chosen
by districts, the vote of the State would
be divided. The results as to all the
electors would therefore practically be a
division of the votes between the parties,
substantially 10 the ratio of the division


existing in the House Of Representatives.


The central political power resident at
w ashington thus far has been powerIess


In times when the popular feeling is


deeply moved, to exercise a controlling


influence in the Congressional districts,


and unless some new device is contrived,


the choice of electors would probably be


free from undue influence on the part of


the national administration. Of course it


will still be possible for the State board Of


canvassers to perpetrate frauds; but they


would necessarily be subjected to the


same scrutiny as now exists in regard to


members of Congress, and in practice no


garing abuse is found to exist in this


respect.


| If, therefore, it should be deemed


desirable to continue to choose the Pres
ident through the intermediary agency Of
electors, it would seem indispensable tc
substitute the district for the genera
q ticket system now in vogue. The objection
. to the district system is that the large
5 States will loose their preponderatinl


influence in the choice of President. Blu
a in fact there has heretofore been no sucl
q preponderating influence, and if it dit
! exist, it would scarcely seem desirable t.


perpetuate it. If any one State coult
q always make the President, it would b
9 generally felt and conceded to be a
: IiDjustic to other States, and such Stat
q would, if wise, gladly surrender such a
Q invidious privilege.


e \
Il The result of the deliberations of tn
- Committees of the Senate and House no.
considering this question so vital to th
20 future destiny of this country will, it is
!. be hoped, solve the question in satisfa'
Q. tory manner. In making these suggestion
70 I do not pretend to PREJUDICE the
conclusions, which l expect to be able
8 support, because the Committees are 1
- composed as to be entitled to the con6dent
4 Of the country.


IA ARRAN s HEWITT.
Year: 1878

Wile Col !ugerso read, the audience laughed, and "a
T he and Of a
sible.1 II you don't understand II after ii iSi.
got to be- busy howling and yelling with endless sese o
ments simply 10 make the blessed happy Ought moi
god TO practise what he preachesi Shall be
damn mime =" Let us measure these thtn..
by what we hone and by what love- The,
Yes, two agree as to what the Bible means and
you can't tell which way north is by your compass a
like town clock. where everyone may set his watch.
But the hands go around the other way:


and the short hand the minute hand another says II ba
been wound up TOR years Let us wait until the sun,
Heaven without f the Bible For my part am Witt wbs no
give up Heaven TO get md Of hell would rather hers
should be Heaventbat there should be anIhilatlon
than that single soul should toss in fire and suffer
endless tOrments


There is not in the Old Testament word Of hops
spoken the grave OF the dead The idea Of eternal
iife OF Immortality not born OF any book religion
creed. II born OF human affection and VIII exist
SO long as kisses the lips OF DEATH We love- there
fore we wish to live. Religion is not q creed tisa
living, thing There have aye been sa,o heatnen who
Think Of this beautiful story written IN the Persian book
when you pay your money for missionaries Persian
knocked at the gates Of Heaven and in answer To the
question who is there, replied: "Thy servant oh Godis
The ates did not Open After spending seven years in
same question: said "hy slave. oh God!" and again he
received The third time. after seven years.
he came andanswered, "rhysef. OH God" and gates
few oven. Another heather story shows a man who
on reaching heaven was told by God that his friends
who had fallen by the wayside, were in hell
He elected to give up heaven and TO be With
them Whereupon God told him they had reached
heaven before HIM, and the horror had been told 10
test him. But he needs take In his dog. who had
followed him To the gate OF heaven And when the God
objected he said Ingratudc Is the bases Of crimes:
will not desert my faithful dog" And the God told
MIN to come in, dog and all


We are getting better every day We begin TO thar
society produces its rascals You have got q
change men physically to reform them. belleye-bad
az am--that the time will come when we shall treat
criminal as one infected with disease Science has
rescued Us from the pri son OF superstition.
Year: 1878

Did you ever find lying in some
neglected spot, buried among the
grass, perhaps, some old tool, which
You remembered was sharp, bright
and useful, but which is now cover
ell with rust and useless! The
rust aud dull edge have come of its
long rest. Had it been con-
stantly used it might have been
broken, but it never would be that
dull useless thing while it lasted.
1t is just so with human beings.
Inactiou is worse for them than
hard work. Unused talents rust.
The mind that is never sharpened
grows dull. One who has not done
what he might finds his power gone
at last. Sometimes when the mind
lies useless and the hands are fold
ed, the soul rusts also. know not
st. Simon's history, but ! doubt If
he was as worthy saint as many
another, Just because he lived at
the top Of q pillar, and to quote
Miss Braddon, chad his meals sent
mp to him in a basket Had he
come down for his food be might
have found some chance OF being
useful. There is work in the world
for every mind, heart and body.
Year: 1878

To dream of having a great
number of servants is-madness.


TO dream of bear foreto1ens
mischief, which your vision shows
you is o bruin.


When a fashionable young lady
dreams of tilbert, it is sign that
her thoughts are running upon a
Colonel.


To dream that your nose is red
at the tip is an intimation that you
had better leave off brandy and
water.


To dream of milestone about
your neck is a sign of what you
may expect if you marry an en-
travagant wife.


If you dream of clothing it is a
warning not to go to law for, by
the rule OF contraries, you will be
sure of q non-suit.


To dream of q fire is sign that
il you are wise you will see that
all the lights in your house are out
before you go to bed.


1t is very lucky to dream that
you pay for a thing twice over,
since afterward you will probably
take care to have all your bills re-
ceipted.


For a person in unembarrassed
circumstances to dream that he is
arrested is very fortunate, for it is
q warning to him on no account TO
accept bill.
Year: 1878

TIE NEW ANTI-SocIALIsT Law now pend.
ing before the German federal council is Bit
terry opposed oy the ultramontane and pro
gressist journals. The national liberals view
1t as an improvement on the former measure


and will probably support it with some modi.
ncatlons. Their support would secure its
adoption by Parliament, Wv
Year: 1878

|

 An old gentleman, who had been led away by the folly of finding the philoso- pher's stone and who had given years to the vain search, having one day left his laboratory open, his servant took the opportunity in the absence to attempt discovering the objects of his studies. Among other things her attention was engaged by 8 furnace full of fire,7 in which were several substances thrown in under a certain aspect and disposition of the planets. Curiosity induced her to stir and try to bring out the materials with very large and handsome silver spoon that was used at table, which, to her surprise. melted, and fell to the bottom eff the furnace. Terrified at the circumstance she flew out of the room.

 Her master soon afterward returned home; and, on extinguishing his chemical fire, was astonished and de- lighted to see mass of silver in his furnace, and imagined he had proved successful in the object of his researches, and might soon make his fortune by converting the baser into the purer and more valuable metals; and on the strength of this idea, invited @ large company the next day to dinner, for the purpose of acquainting them of his good fortune. FFh

 He did not sleep all night, as may easily be imagined, for joy, and the next day had his table furnished in the most sumptuous manner. His friends came, when informed of his success, and even those who were incredulous congratu- lated him on the occasion. But while he was indulging himself during dinner time in the effusions of triumph, he missed his silver tablespoon. His servant was asked where it was, and she answered with equivocation and trembling Upon insisting, however, to know, she. con fessed that curiosity had induced her to attempt extracting several of the sub- stances contained in the furnace with it, and that it had melted out of her hand. Her master turned pale and tainted; the harmony of the day was of course destroyed, and thus ended the discovery of the philosophers stone.'g ledl Hs
Year: 1878

The deeply significant statistics given, says an exchange, showing the steady increase of insanity among our popula- tion are meat for the most thoughtful who consider the relations of modern society. From these must be drawn the inevitable inference that the sharp attri- tion of modern life, the higher and higher pressure at which the human machine is driven, tends to wear out the mental before the other vital functions. Much of our progress is in the direction of sparing the exertion of the body, but at every new step fresh demands are made upon the mind. Business becomes more complex and more interdependent, and with this complexity unexpected and unforeseeable reverses are brought which tax the mental balance as much as the balance at the bankers. Alcoholic stimulants, not taken for the more or less of pleasurable exhilaration that they give, but as fuel for the wearied brain in It's terrible race, play their part in hast ening mental decay. Other excesses assist. Self-denia1 loses its rGison d'etre in an age ignorantly materialistic. The conservation of all forces by their regulated expenditure, paradoxical as it may seem, is true materialism applied to life. To live, one must expend force, but expenditure may become so prodigal that natural recuperation is impossible, and the path is downward all the way. That insanity is sweeping in rich and poor alike shows how the strain of mod. ern life tells all along the social line. A life of excess in one generation may not produce it's lunatic until the next gen. cration. When the immense and com- plex causes of this terrible disease are considered, the prospect of relief seems almost hopeless. Yet from the causes only can this cure be indicated. Whatever tends to render bodies healthier will tend to decrease the percentage of ln. sanity. That is the broad ground. The rich have the remedy in their own hands, but for the poor all that can be done must be done by their more fortunate brothers and sisters. Let them be less hived in the cities :; let the baneful be less within their reach and the profitable be made moro attractive for them. They must in many instances be helped in their own despite.
Year: 1878

prise, or building one mile Of
railroad in the direction Of its
eastern terminus.


The railroad company practi-
cally abandoned. any design OF
building tho branch across the
mountains, three years ago
The bill they had before Con
gress at the last session for the
extension of time made no pro-
vision tor the branch over the
mountains; they never intended
to build it, and this has been re-
peatcdly publicly declared by
nearly every member of the pre-
sent Board. But they engaged
in mining speculation; bought
a coal claim thirty miles south
of Tacoma and built railroad
to it with the means OF the rail
road company. This road goes
back on their own track; every
mile Of it being within the linn
il of the lands already earned
by and conceded to the cempa-
ny, and exclusively for the i'm
provement Of their own private
property. Then they filed new
map for a route which has not
yet been surveyed, and intended
only to cover this coal road and
claim the land theron as part
of the branch road, and, as will
be seen by the report, that the
representatives Of the company
at Washington abandoned their
claim to the balance Of the grant



for the branch in favor of Port
land, to secare the subsidy to
their coal road. If the people of
Tacoma have been betrayed in
this bargain between the N P.
Co. and the Portland Board of
Trade, they have no cause to
blame Jacobs and McGilvra for
it. They labored faithfully to-
defeat the nefarious project, and
deserve the plaudits Of the peo-
pie for their fidelity uader ad-
verse circumstances.