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Year: 1878

That Christian church will be the
most Christlike which does the most to
"seek and to save the lost" Among all
the great moral reforms, none has a
stronger claim on Christian ministers
than the enterprise for saving society
from the crime and curse of drunken
ness. And intemperance never will be
overthrown. until members of Christ's
church feel that they are also members
of Christ's great temperance society. If
the church does not save the world. then
the world will sink the church. The
bottle is the deadliest foe to Christ in
our churches and our communities. A
friend of Christ must be an enemy of
the bottle. More souls are ruined bv
the intoxicating cup than by an any
single vice or error on the globe. Every
professed Christian who gives his exam
pie to the drinking usages is a partner
in the tremendous havoc which these
evil customs produce. lit is good not
to drink wine whereby thy brother stum-
bleth, or is offended, or is made weak
On this immutable rock of self denial
stands the temperance reform. There
the divine founders of Christianity plac-
ed it. With Christianity it is linked
with Christianity it will stand or perish.
IT L. Cuyler.
Year: 1878

i said II / might 60 back again


To the very hour and place of birth;
Might have my hfe whatever chose.


And live it in any part of the earth;
Put perfect sunshine into my sky,


Danish the shadow Of sorrow and doubt;
Have all my happiness multiplied.


And all my suffering stricken out;
II l could have known il in years now gone
The best that a woman comes to know;
Could have had whatever will make her blest,
Or whatever she thinks will make her SO;
Have found the highest and purest bliss
That the bride-wreath and ring enclose:
And gain the one out of all the world


That my heart as well as my reason chose;
And IL this had been, and stood tonight
BY mychildren, lying asleep in their beds,
And could count in my prayers, for a rosary,
The shining row of their golden heads;
Yes l said. If miracle such as this


Could be wrought for me, at my bidding. still
would chose to have my past as it is.


And let my future come as it will
Il WOhAu hOe hndhC tHc pdtu nave tLOu


More pleasant or even, more straight or wide
Nor change my course the breadth of hair,
This way or that way, to either side.
Ny past IS mine and take it all;


Its weakness-its folly, il you pease
Nay. even my sins, if you come to that,


May have been my helps, not hindrancel
If save my body from the flames


Because that once l burned my hand;
Or kept myself, from greater sin


By doing less-you will understand;
1t was better suffered little pam,


Better snned for little time,
II the smarting warned me back from death
And the sting of sin withheld from crime.
Who knows its strength. by trial will know
What struggle must be set against sin;
And how temptation is overcome


He learns who has felt its power withini
And who knows how life at the last may show.
Why, look at the moon from where we standi
Opaque, uneven, you say; yet it shines,


luminous sphere complete and grandI
So let my past stand just as it stands,


And let me now as 1 may grow old:
am what am, and my life for me


Is the best-or it had not been hold.
Year: 1878

A TERRIBLE RIDE.-A tramp who
was stealing ride in an empty car the
other night. on the Erie road. attempt
ed to jump off at Oxford. A hook on
the side of the car, used for fastening
the door. caught the unlucky fellows
clothing at the waist and suspended him
in mid-air. The train dashed on and
he was carried to Greycourt, three miles
distant, when some one saw him, stopped
the train Immediately, and the man was
taken from his very dangerous position.
There was not scratch on his person,
but the mental suffering he had endured,
expecting momentarily to be dashed to
pieces, completely oyercame him.
Year: 1878

ANNOYING PRopLE.-There are two
classes of them. Some people are very
annoying without seeming to be at all
conscious of the fact others appear to
take delight in tormenting theirneigh-
bors. The former may be cured by a
little good counsel, while the latter are
incorrigible. They may not be capable
of committing great crime. but they
are the source of perpetual irritation.
and like the autumn flies they always
light on the most sensitive parts. There
are ways of keeping off disagreeable
insects would that some specific might
be found to keep off disagreeable people,
or to reform them.
Year: 1878

Many people make the great blunder
of supposlng that our city pulpits mon
opolize the ministerial talent of the
country. 1t is very natural blunder
for people to make and yet it is a mis-
take, nevertheless. Every great city has
its great men in all the professions. But
where it has one great man, it has scores
of small ones. To one who has served
ministerially in country and city church
es, alike, the error of the popular esti-
mate is apparent. We know of dozens
of ministerial brothers, serving in coun-
try churches, many of them in small,
out-of-the- way parishes, who, judged Ell
ther by the standard of scholarship, of
zeal, or of pulpit efficiency, are able to
stand side by side with those who rep
resent the highest average of talent in
our city pulpits. Indeed, we do not hes
ltate to say that, in our opinion, taking
man for man, the preachers in the coun-
try churches. so far as New England
goes, will outrank on the average the
preachers of the cities.


A man must be very strong in his
originality, he must be intensely person
al in his characteristics in order to re-
sist those influences in city life which
are calculated to level him downward in
the scale of personal power. In the
country, a man can grow naturally. He
furnishes the standard of judgment to
his parish, in himself His development
is normal and not artificial. His study
of character can be more thorough and
his knowledge of life, while less varied.
less complex, less full, perhaps, can be
more individualistic than it can be in
the city.


There is also moral educa tion possi-
BILE to the preacher in the country par
ish, that is not possible to one who con-
ducts great, swiftly working metropol-
itan organization. He who can look cut
through his study windows upon wide
landscape, or a stretch of ocean view, Or
who lives within sight of the solemn
hills-who can retire at will from the
noise of human activity into the sweet
and suggestive quietudc of nature-has
possibilities of spiritual culture which
are denied those who live amid the noise,
and rumble. and narrow prospect of our
city streets. Meadows and forests, and
the solemn ocean shore, the quiet of
night, and the peacefulness of undis-
books, nor statues of bronze, nor the
sight of human faces can ever do
Golden Rule.
Year: 1878

To MAKE HOUSE PLANTS Chow
Where good earth is used for potting,
plants seldom need any special manure.
The best soil for plants is found in old
meadows, the corners of fences, etc.,
where sod has grown a long time. A
pile of sod laid up to rot makes excel
lent potting earth, and if taken from
what is called chestnut soil, that is
with good deal of sand, nothing can
be better. Many persons think if they
can get little black muck from
swamp they have the perfection of pot
ting soil, while it is the poorest soil
that can be procured. About q table
spoonful of guano in pail of water
makes good fertilizing material. but
must be used cautiously, and is not
often needed. Manure water, just as
good, can be made by putting little
stable manure in pail of water, and
using the liquid. Keep the earth mod
erately moist, about as it is observed in
the garden in what we call growing
time. Water not too frequently, but
thoroughly.
Year: 1878

Dry RoT.-The term "dry rot'' is Of
ten misapplied to the decay of timber.
which, in fact, depend entirely on hu-
midity and there appears to be two
different kinds of destruction of timber,
each of them essentially connected with
this matter of humidity. One of these
is produced by parasitical fungus,
which absorbs the fbres of wood when
subjected to a moisture, and thus disor-
ganizes the natural fabric of the wood
while the other mode of destruction is
by decomposition, which may be correct
ly termed rot. and it is occasioned by
alternate wet and dry. The solidity of
timber is not so durable when the tree
has been filled with its growing portion
of sap. That the absence of moisture
secures every sort of timber from decay
is shown among other conspicuous in
stances, by the ancient mummy cases of
Thebes. 1t is also point of much i'm
portance in this connection, but which
may be said to be almost universally
lost sight of by builders, that stones
which retain or imbibe moisture to ex-
cess are unfit to be placed in contact
with timber in buildings where the con-

struction is designed to be durable.
Year: 1878

Tho Special Term of the Court Of Common Pleas was
crowded. as usual, yesterday morning with motley
asscmblgge who out Of curiosity for other reasons
had come listen to the further proceedings in tho
Jackson-Hunt suit. Judge DAILY however, notified both
sides that owing to press OF business he would not
be able ~ 90 with the until next Saturday
which time and until the conclusion Of the trial no
as late as desired.
Year: 1878

Election Commissioner Angel will sit In Henry's
brick building. at 167th street. to hear charges in
of fraudulent voting. For the same purpose
United States Commissioner Little will sit in Lincoln
Hall, hGth street and Third avenue, and the usual
number of Commissioners will sit in the Post Office
building.


At meeting of the Young Mems Democratic Club.
on Monday. October 2s resolution indorsng Mr.
Coopcr's nomination adopted Last evening II
rescindct M II is violation Of the clubs policy
to indorse candidates for local Office


The Bulletins of the NEW YonK HERALD announcing
the result of the elections to-day will be read between
the acts at the Park 1t ,adway Fifth Avenue, Harry
Hill and other theatres during the evening perform
This is "a much more comfortable way of
ccving the news than to stand in dense crowd a
cold night and watch the neighboring walls. Arrange
ments have been made with the Western Union
Telegraph Company for the reception of election
turns at the Manhattan Club House this evening. At
the Cathedral fair the returns will also be pub
lishcd.
Year: 1878




The weather, ever unfailing topic OF converse
tion In New York, where 1t plays SO many naughty
pranks presented many features yesterday calculated
TO test tho most enduring patience. At early hour
before the miikman piped his tuneiul lay or tho
wakeful rooster INDUCED in his first crow, the wind
ana rain had concert all to themselves Many
sound sleep was brokon by banging shutters and
swinging gates and the Eolian chorus was deaening
The eastern gale blew with ury AS the day advanced
tho veod himself in nlst. The gayety Broad
was temporarily withdrawn, tho bright faces gem
orally adorn having fled bslore the beating rain ana
lerce wind Naught lett but the misa nth ropic
stage driver, tho dripping policeman and those whom
the cares OF business brought reluctantly out In The
street, In The afternoon tho wind devoted its atteL.
the first mentioned that wero In ans way shaky In
their fasepings either down subjected to
revolving process dangerous TO all In
their vicinity. But tho umbrella seems TO
have been especially invented Tor the aeiscta-
tion OF the wind Now II was elderly
gentleman holding his course SS.E., ana his
umbrella at the same time, and tackIng occasionay
ton. The wind iaid wait at the Grsi the
umbrella became distorted and disjonted fabric,
and there was hat carsering away In tho distance
and cbolcric individual trying TO remember ali his
Sunday school lessons 10 keep him from saying bad
words.


The ferry boats had no little difficulty In entering
their slips, as The strong tide converted them into
may Of their passengers. Evening brought refresh
ing coolness and tho moon came forth In siivory
Splendor, dnging aside her Iight drapery OF clouds
ana touching everything with magic wand OF beauty
Year: 1878

The gsnisel tramp mounted the land
ing and rang the front door bell.
"would you be so kind" said he. as
the mistress Of the house appeared ut
the door. "io exchange this piece OF pic
for couple Of hard boiled eggs and a
cup Of coffee l am OF dysp.ptic
turn. and this Is the ninth quarter OF
q mince PIE that l have tried to go
through this morning. | can't stand II.
Its too much Of . sameness. IL you
accept my proposition. you can also have
the satisfaction OF telling the nsighbors
that Mrs. Robinson. across the street.
uses allspiee instead Of cloves, and
that the under crust Is very slack bak-
ed" The temptation was too great.
and the gentsel tramp had his eggs and
coffee. and q large triangle OF frosted
cake as bonus.
Year: 1878

A year ago, q young girl one Of thcI teachers iu,a school ina great city, badc good-by to the children and went home,

 The children laughed g great deal, and

 the story went about how that Mis-

 Nelly was going to be married soon, and was going home to lealn 10 keep house.

 Nellie WAS one of tho mcrric5t girls in

 the world. In school or at home, every

 body tried to sit next to Der, to hear her

 laugh. Nobody was over so friendly ori so full of lifs, they sail. But she was

 not strong: and when she went home,

 instead of learning to keep house, she grew thinner and weaker day by day, while the doctors stood hclpeir~aIy look Ing on. The marriage was put of agala and again. At last she could not leave her room. Yet still people tried to come close to her; the laugh was always ready on her lips, and the biz blue eyes grew more friendly with each fading day.

 It began to be noticed, however, that she was anxious to sew or knit all the time, to make something for little chIl- | dren-soft white liulc shirts, or ba5y9 | socks. h the city where st!e liYei there is hospital for sick children, ill which

 there are many memorial beds given as legacie3 by dying women, or in re- memberance of them by their friends. i Nelly had no money to endoW a memo ! rial bed, but her thoughts were busy with l the sick babies.

 II will dress a box of dolls," she said, l so that each can Aayo one On Christmas

 morning." 1

 They gave her the doll and scraps of silk and lace, and she worked faithfully | at it with her trembling fingers.

 T will have them ready" she would ! say.

 But it seemed as if she would not evcn have one ready, she was forced so often to lay it down. One September night she was awake all night, and by dawn made them wash and dress her and give herher work box and scissors. By noon the doll was dressed, and she laid it down, smiling.

 An hour or two later they told her that the end was near She kissed them all good-by. Her face was that of one who goes upon a pleasant journey; and, hold ing her mothers hand she closed her eyes and went away.

 There is the little doll alone in its box I thought if each little girl who reads this story would dress doll and send 1t to @ poor child ill some asylum or hospital on Christmas morning, that Nelly would surely know of it, and be glad that she and her loving fancy had not been for

 gotten.-J. FranklM Pits.
Year: 1878

Last night we looked in at Good
Templar Hall as spectator of the
last formal rehearsal which will
usher in the grand Philharmonic
Concerts, which will be inaugur-
ated at the Horticultural Pavilion
tonight. Without descending to
details of the rehearsal, we will
merely mention that a rare treat,
to the success of which the musical
talent of all Southern California
will contribute, is a certainty to-
night and thereafter. We found
that Professor Conterno has his in
strumentalists well in hand, and
that the experience and accom-
plishments Of this gentleman,
United States band-master and
former valued member of Graful-
las famous New York City band,
have been applied to excellent pur-
pose. There will be special COM
pleteness about all the orchestral
and instrumental features of the
Philharmonic concerts. A notable
and enjoyable feature of yes.
terday evenings rehearsal, as
it will be of the concerts,
was a duet by Madame Maria and
Miss Mamie B, Perry, in which the
delicious mezzo soprano of the pro-
fessional lady will blend capitally
with the splendid and command.
ing soprano notes of her pupil.


Altogether we may safely yen-
ture to promise musical attractions
of rare order at every one of these
concerts. We learn that, to insure
the perfect comfort of the audience,
stoves will be provided during the
season. The matinee which was
arranged for this afternoon will be
dispensed with, the only matinee
being given Friday afternoon.
Year: 1878

The best and cheapest clothing
and furnishing goods can always be
found for cash at the Quincy Hall
clothing store, Dueommun Block.
You can dress stylishly and with
economy by buying your goods
here. oct31-tf
Year: 1878

Daniel Fox visited Philadelphia on Friday
In pursuit of evidence concerning the New
Castle skeleton. The friends of the actor
who was drowned last summer are of the
opinion the remains and the actor are of
the same identity. Mr.. Fox and Coroner
Rose went over to New Castle Saturday
and brought the remains to this city where
an inquest will be he'll as soon as the
friends in Ph'ladeiphia can come down
This will probably be on Wednesday.
Year: 1878

Wheeling, W. ", Jan. A singular
case of suicide occurred here last night.
Henry Daub, we'll known citizen of
this place, who was once very wealthy,
shot himself through the heart. He had
been married twice, and had quarreled
with his second wife, who turned him
out of the house, and is said to have com.
menced leading dissolute life. Late
yesterday afternoon he showed revol-
yer to a friend. and said he intended to
kill himself on his first wife's grave. AS
he could not be found this morning, the
friend went to Mount Calvary Cemetery,
and there, upon his first wife's grave,
covered with a foot of snow, his body
was found, and the revolver beside it.
This is the third suicide among the Ger
mans in this place within three weeks
Year: 1878

When pretty young lady and her aunt
were knocked bown by stage the other
day, some fasby dressed young men at
once rushed forward and helped them
up. It supposed they were gamblers,
from the fact that they assisted the young
lady, and then raised the ante"
Year: 1878

A piece of lemon bound upon a corn
will relieve in day or so. Itshould be
renewed night and morning. The free
use oflemon juice and sugar will always
relieve cough. A lemon eaten before
breakfast every day for week or two
will entirely prevent that feeling of las
situde peculiar to the approach of spring.
Perhaps its most valuable property is its
absolute power of detecting any of the
injurious and even dangerous ingredi
ents entering into the composition of so
very many Of the cosmetics and face
powders In the market. Every lady
should subject her toilet powder to this
test. Place teaspoonful of the sus
pected powder in glass and add the
Juice of lemon, II effervescence takes
place 1t is an infallible proof that the
powder is dangerous, and its use should
be avoided, as it will ultimately injure
the skin and destroy the beauty of the
complexion.
Year: 1878

The religious 'chat" of the New York
Herald contains some practical truths
that will bear repeating. We quote q
few of them: VI W


A man can profess more religion in
fifteen minutes than he can practice by
working hard for fifty years.


When we are young we waste great
deal of time in imagining what we will
do when we grow older, and when we
are old we waste an equal amount OF
time in wondering why we waited SO
long before we began to do anything.


It is well enough to hang up chrome
with "God bless our homen on it, but il
will do no harm to help on the matter
by little less fretting, A great many
people ask the Lord to do what they
won't lift up their hands to do them
selves.


There is a large class in the commu.
nifty who think it very wrong to pay
church debts on Sunday. The name Of
Kimball is a kind Of spiritual tired rag
which rouses their anger. They leave
the church in high dudgeon when any
financial enterprise is mentioned, and are
not visible until the money has beer
raised. This extreme sensitiveness may
be of the heart, but uacharitable people
are rash enough to say that it generally
proceeds from the pocketbook. They
have learned every word in the gospe
of "take," but deny the authenticity oi
the gospel of "give." They remind us
of the poem which says:
Old Farmer B., is stingy man.


Who keeps all he gets and gets all he can.
He goes to church and he rents pew,


But the dimes he gives to the Lord are few.
If he gets to heaven with the good and great
He will be let in at the smallest gate.S
Year: 1878

Pay no attention to slaDderers and
gossip-mongers. Keep straight on in
your course, and let their backbiting die
the death of neglect What is the use
of lying awake nights brooding over
the remark of some false friend, that
runs through your brain like lightning ?
What is the use Of getting into worry
and fret over gossip that has been set
aaost, to your disadvantage, by some
meddlesome husybody who has. more
time than character


These things cannot possibly injure
you, unless you take notice of them,
and, in combating them, give them o
standing and character.


II what is said about you Is true, set
yourself right; II it Is false, let it 60 for
what it will fetch.


If q bee sting you, would you go to
the hive to destroy III Would. not y
thousand come upon you?4 It is wis
dom to say little oftheinjuries you have
received. !,
We are generally losers in the end il
we stop to refnte all the backbiting and
gossiping we may hear by the way.
They are annoying, it is true, but not
dangerous-so long as we do not stop
to expostulate or scold. Our characters
are formed and sustained by ourselves
by our own actions and purposes, and
not by others.


Let US always bear la mind that "Ca.
lumniators may usually be trusted to
time and the slow but steady justice ol
public opinion" And o how much evil
designers fear public opinion!
Year: 1878




When q Fulton man came home the
other evening and stepped into the par
lor to I'll the coal stove, he was startled
to see when the flame of his hand lamp
dissipated the darkness that his daughter
and her ducky-doodle, Adolphus, were
under the lowered gas jet
But they we're in separate chairs! And
we're engrossed in box OF 6gs.


He felt compelled to ask:


"Something the matter with the gas :"
And the time-tried youth, ,grasping one
Of the golden thoughts that overwhelm
us in time Of emergency, answered, as
he mechanically picked up another fig:
mo, sir; we turned it down so as not
to notice when we bit into . worm"
Year: 1878

Be kind.


Be prudent. EA


Do not scold.


Air your cellars.


Use a butter. knife.


Always keep clean dish cloth.


Do not pour cabbage water down the
kitchen sink. .s.s.s -.


Give catnip tea to, infants instead of
soothing syrup.


Exquisite neatness is necessary in the
sick room. vs a . es
Sprinkle rock-salt over q dusty car
pet before sweeping. s5fg,s
Washing soda and unslaked lime will
remove paint from wood.


A brick floor will cause iron mold al
most as soon as iron itself.


To look as beautiful as she can Is the
duty Of every true woman.


Clean oil cloth with milk and water !;
brush and soap will ruin them.


Don't forget your spectacles OF note
book when you 90 to the Faif.


Give your wives all the money they
can make from the butter and eggs.


Tumblers that have hail milk in them
ought never to be put into hot water.


So bring up your child that he has
but to act In company as he has done a,
home. A.
Year: 1878

The housefy crawls out of his crack in
the wall, and with wings stiff and feeble.
begins to practice flying at mark. In
another week he will be himself again, ,and
able to bite mans nose ninety seven
times out of every hundred.
Year: 1878

The English feed for fattening sheep
consists of cotton seed and turnips.-
They claim that it will put on the most
fat, is the safest feed, makes the best
mutton at a less cost and produces the
best and strongest manure.