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Year: 1879

The last issue Of the Colsbia Spectator published
semi-monthly by the students of Columbia College,
says:-


The challenge from the Harvard freshmen has
been received and accepted by the class at meeting
held on February IL. Now that the freshmen have
committed themselves in this matter we hope
they will understand that they belong TO q
university as we'll as to class We know
they can produce good crew which can
and will fight pluckily; but this is not q
matter pluck only it will need regular. systematic
hard work. Three miles is good distance to
pull, especially pluck. We like the idea of this
with Harvard, the relations between us having
always been pleasant. of any kind will
strengthen these feelings. The coming oarsmen Of
both colleges become thus acquainted. Harvard has
over two hundred men to choose from, while we
have only 160; yet that will not lessen defeat If
we should not win, but it will increase our glory.
Columbia never has boasted before race. but goes
into any contest of that kind with the idea to do the
best she can and If she cannot win to be the
finish as possible. With this idea in mind we bid
the freshmen do all they can We wish them sue
cess both in the choice of well as in the
itself.
Year: 1879




DUcToRY TO THE GREAT FAST OF FORTY DAYS.


The circle of the ecclesiastical year will bring
around to-day the close Of the season OF fun and
frolic. of mirth and merrymaking and tomorrow
will introduce the of fasting and penitence by
which annually the Church Gala to mind her own
fraity and her dependence alone upon God. shrove
Tuesday. Fat Tuesday, the French call it. Pan
cake Day. 1t known in England-is observed the
day Of confession Of DID, preparatory to the begin
ming Of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Among Catholics
and Epscopalians marrying ana giving in marriage.
feastings and parties and balls suspended during
the forty days succeeding to-day. and conriton and
sorrow for sin supersede the carnival Of fun
which ends tonight. and the daily and Sabbath
ship Of the faithful for the next six weeks will be of
q very solemn order Special services will introduce
Lent tomorrow.


Sackcloth was worn in the olden time by penitents
when they appeared in church at the beginning of
Lent, and upon them the bishop sprinkled holy
water and ashes after which the priests and deacons
drove them out Of the church. to signify Adams
pulsion from Eden. This practice substantially, is
continued by the Greek Church to-day The Roman
Catholic Church, however, retains only that part of
the ancient custom which sprinkled the holy water
and marked with ashes the sign of the on the
forehead Of the penitcnt The sackcloth Is not
by any a mark of penitencc. the
people expelled Consequently they are not Obliged,
before the bishop priest the Thursday preceding
Easter





of Lent was the arbitrary act of Pope Gregory the
Great before whose time people tasted and assumed
the penitental attitude mt such seasons as they
pleased-the season varying according 70 country
and the circumstances OF the people The penitcntal
season, too. consisted of thirty-six days. which


Gregory forty by the transfer of the day
of opening. There Is conflict OF opinion M to
whether the seven penitential psalms were
sung in the ancient Lentcn service
only the fifty. .first. The Greek Church,
however retains the use of the seven and
40 does the Catholic Church. Except these and the
Episcopaians and few High church Lutherans
other Christian denomination here takes any special
notice of Ash Wednesday or of Lent. Trinity Church
will observe the day with sermon and holy COM
munion tomorrow morning and prayer this
afternoon, and during Lent three services will
be held each Sabbath and on Wednesday and Fri
day mornings and afternoons. Services will be held
In the German language also Sunday and
Wednesday evenings in the hall OF Trinity Church
House, on Thames street. and in English on Thurs
day evenings in the same place. During Holy Week
the communion will be administered at the morning
services daily and Good Friday afternoon the rite
OF confirmation will be administered by Bishop
Potter.


Tho usual regulations for the Lenten fast have
been issued by Cardinal McCloskey, aud services Will
be held daily I'm all the Catholic churches OF New
York, Brooklyn and Jersey City.
Year: 1879

It Is beautiful sight 10 get up early in tl1o


morning aud zee the sun rise, but tile wise mat
wilt continue to tie nbcl until the atmosphere


Is charged with tic aroma OF the breakfast cof-
fee.
Year: 1879

A novel way Of attracting people to
Church is that adopted by a Bristol
(England) clergyman. Just before SER
vice he marches through the streets clad
in white surplice and ecclesiastical hat.
In one hand he carries book marked
with large red cross and in the other
a bell, which he rings as he walks. He
is accompanied by boy with alantern
and like he..cherubim and seraphim-.
continually doth cry "Come to Church. y
Year: 1879

Yesterday Chief Maxwell received the
following dispatch from the Pennsyl-
vania station: Lookout for a man
with a gray mare and sulky. His
height is five feet ten inches, brown
hair and moustache, his side wkishers
are shaved off; the mare weighs about
eleven hundred, spawn on right hind
leg, little lame; and old sulky; good
harness, black mountings."


SAMUEL ELY.


A man answering this description
has been in this city for the past three
days, and yesterday he was at several
brick yards endeavoring to sell horse.
At one Of these places he was told to
call again this morning. He called, but
instead of calling at the right yard,
stopped at Mr.. Beggs' brick yard. Mr..
B., knowing that telegram had been
received at the police station in relation
to stolen horse, sent word at once to
the station house, and Sergeant Whelan
went out to the yard and made the ar
rest.


II Reporter Vi tue hbfI IhLl'AN nav
short conversation with the prisoner.
He said that his name was Harry Wa
ters, and he resided in Upper Oxford
township Chester County, Pa. The
prisoner said that the telegram said
the horse came from Maryland. The
horse was never in Maryland as it
was raised in Chester county. lie had
the horse tor.three years, the man whom
he got him from having raised him.
The prisoner further said that the
horse was a gray one, when his is a
"white horse" The prisoner stated
that he has been in this city for the past
four days.


1t is not known yet what action will
be taken in the case.
Year: 1879

was q piece Of acting. Helen was in
earnest and has no idea that her letters
were from her uncle.


"That he, in q moustache and cloak,
eloped with her, and wound up the at.
fair by robbing her; or that the driver
was his old friend Winter, who has
daughters Of his own, and who prom
ised to wind mp the affair in the most
dreadful manner possible.


"You must, however, premise to send
for Helen tomorrow, and to keep the
truth Of this affair secret, SO that it
may be a life. long lesson to her,


Mrs. White listened.


She was angry, but she had sense
enough to do as her brother desired.


And it was not until Helen was mar
ried that she learned that her love
affair, elopement and desertion were
all carried on by her Uncle Charles,
who knew what the result of boarding
school flirtations might be, and cured
his niece by giving her bitter lesson Of
all disposition to imprudent conduct in
foolish sentimenta'ity.
Year: 1879

The North will doubtless be called
upon to contribute money to relieve the
fever stricken cities of the South. The
people of the North would save money
If they raise purse and send scaven-
gers to every city in the South in the
spring of the year, who would do little
systematic cleaning.


Physicians prescriptions carefully
prepared at all hours Of the day or
night at Hartman's Drug Store, 9Th and
Poplar.
Year: 1879

When the daily occupation is monoton


Gus and uii-rngrossing.a full supply Of ex.
citement for the leisure hours may he de-
sirable. blt; where the mental powers have
been taxed to their utmost through the
hours Of labor. it is absolutely necessary
to health and happiness that they can be
entirely released for at least a portion OF
the time that is left. Ii is not enough that
the usual amount OF time he spent in the
absolute rest Of sleep. if every waking hour
be filled to the brim with eager. serious
occupation. II is not enough that certain
hours be secured free from absolute work.
if they are still permeated with energetic
thought. intense feeling or exciting pleas
ures. The mind needs rest from effort in
its waking hours, time when it may
rightly lay aside its activity and enjoy b.
ing acted upon b calm and gentle indu-
Year: 1879

Young children are sometimes very rest
less. and it is generally owing either to
examining them with heavy supper,
tight night-,lothes. or beirg overheated by
too many blankets; or it may result from
putting them to sleep too early. 1t is
right to offer them drink on going to bed.
but they should never be forced to receive
it. The simpler and lighter the food of
children. the more they will thrive. Never
1--WE them spirits or any drug to make
them sleep. Sometimes giving them
bath just before putting them to bed will
make them sleep soundly.
Year: 1879

About two weeks ago. as the overland
train was passing Cheyenne. the attention
OF the passengers was attracted by the Ia
mentatiOns Of a poor Irish immigrant,
whose berih had been robbed during the
night and every penny of his scanty earn
ings stolen. and whose family would there
fore arrive beggars in strange land. The
charitable passengers at once began a sub
scription whicl, finally amounted TO some
thing over two hundred and fifty dollars.
When the money had been handed to the
sufferer. a pious. plausible looking man
dressed in black and adorned with a white
cravat. drew him aside at one OF the sleep
ing places and said:


My dear man. | am truly sorry for you.
Your ease touches me deeply. am my
self we'll provided with this worlds goods,
however. and so will give you two hun
de anil Afty dollars more. Here is "a five
hundred dollar gold note. give me the two
hundred and fifty dollars you have and
keep the rest. May heaven bless your'


The poor Irishman did as requested,
with many blessings on the generous
stranger. who insisted that his sift should
not be made known. When the passen-
gers reached this side of the bay the pious
looking phianthrOpist was nowhere to be
found. he having evidently gotten of at
OakwOOd for IoisOns Of his own.


The next morning the immigrant 10
paired to bank to get his note changed.
The teller picked up the bill and began
examining it.


'''rhere-there is nothing wrong with
the hill. is there" gasped the poor fellow.


NOW the clever reader has seen all along
Just what was going TO happen. He has
read lots of just such incidents as this. It
the Oll-stOry. Well-we'il see about it.)


Nothing in the world is the matter with
T." said the teller quietly, and he handed
he msn fifty tens.
Year: 1879

Many parents who are polite and pol


sled in their manners toward the world
AT large are perfect Doors inside of the
home circle. What wonder if the child
ren are the same? If a man should acci-
dentally brush another in the streets. an
apology would be sure to follow; but
whoever thinks of offering an excuse to
the little people. whose rights are con-
staaily being violated by their careless
elders! II a stranger offers the slightest
service, he is gratefully thanked; but who
ever remembers to thus reward the little
tirrless feet that are travelling all day long
upstairs and down on countless errands
tor somebody: 1t would be policy for
parents to treat their children politely for
the sake OF obtaining more cheerful Obe-
diencc. if for no other reason.
Year: 1879

The Pope las addressed a LEFT.
ter to the Archbishops and Bish>
ops OF the ecclesiastical provinces
OF Tnrin, Vercelll, and Genoa on
the subject OF the bill recently
passed in the Italian Parlianent
maxi G the civil marriage cere.
mony obligatory before the religi-
Gus rite under pains and penal
ties. The Pope protests against
the state having any right what
soever to interfere in matters
connected with marriage. 1t is
necessary, he says, 10 deny the
fundamental principles of Chris.
tianity, and even the elementary
ideas of national law to affirm
that matrlmony is a creation of
the state and nothing more than
a vulgar contract. Having en-
larged upon this argument, the
Pope affirms that the church has
been unjustly charged with acting
Id this matter in way to injure
the prerogative of the state and
its political authority. No one
den es to the state that part
which may belong to it for the
temporal ordering of matrimOny
for the common good and Tor the
regulation according to Justice of
the civil effects thereof, and the
church and clergy are unjustly
blamed for that which is the natu.
raj effect of the institution and of
the religious convictions of the
Italian people-the infrequeucy,
that is, of the civil celebration
and the neglect of the legal re-
quirements. The Pope argues,
therefore, that the new law has
been dix tated rather by II desire
to cause new tribulatiOns to the
church and the clergy than by
d wish TO maintain order and
social rectitude, and this doubt
is increased in mind by observing
that while a loophOle is left for
escape to the contracting parties
who are the principal tran sgres-
Sors, the law is inexorable against
the priest. The law is IA reprisal
against the church for condemn
ing as iniquitOus the civil law
which disOwns the religious char
acter of the sacrament. He in
strncts the Bishops not to desist
from warning the faithful that,
except in the form established by
God and the church, there can
not be honesty or sanctity in the
marriage tie; but at the same
time, to prove the nntruth of the
charge brought against the church
that 1t is Systematically hostile to
the civil regulations regarding
marriage, he says he has only to
remind them Of the instructions
by which the church itself, aftel
having placed in safety the intes
rity Of the dogma and the dignity
), OF the sacrament, permits tn
faithful to take the benefit o


whatever social advantages sucI
. legislation affords.
Year: 1879

E A sad result of over-study and
excitement in an ambitious school girl
is the sudden illness of Miss Augusta
Hastings, of Reading, Mass, who sud
denly fell on Thursday in dead swoon,
she having been just examined for ad-
mission to the State Normal School.
She has remained unconscious ever
since, and it is not believed that she
will survive. Miss Hastings was
very ambitious scholar, and was over
wrought with intense nervous excite
ment caused by her desire to pass a
successful entrance. For several days
she had eaten nothing but fruit, omit
ting her regular meals, and the present
attack is believed to be snperinduced
by the exhaustion of the vital forces of
the body. Miss Hastings is about lS
years of age, and is of very exemplary
character. Northampton Gazette.
Year: 1879

StAuAE O<AN
There are bonds Of all sorts in this world of


ours,
Fetters of friendship and tics of flowers,
And true-lover's knots l ween;
The girl and the boy are bound by a kiss.
But there's never a bond, old friend, like
We have drunk from the same canteen!
1t was sometimes water and sometimes milk,
And sometimes apple,jack as fine as silk,
But whatever the tipple has been,
We shared it together. in bane or bliss,
And warm to you, friend, when l think of


this


We have drunk from the same canteen.
The rich and the great sit down to dine,
And they quaff to each other in sparkling


vine,


From glasses of crystal aad green;
But guess IN their golden potations they


miss
The warmth Of regard to be found in this
We have drunk from tho same canteen.
We have shared our blankets and tent to-


gether,
And have marched and fought in all kinds


OF weather,


And hungry and full we have been;
Had days of battle and days of rest,
But this memory l cling to and love the
We have drunk from the same caItecG
For, when wounded lay on the outer slope,
With my blocd iiowiHg fast and but little


hope


Upon which my faint spirit could lcan
Oh, then, l remember, you crawled to my


side,
And, bleeding SO fast it seemed both must


have died,


We drank from The same cantcen.


-Chas. G.. U0ipi7,c.
Year: 1879

LESSON OF SUBMISSION.
q pilgrim bound TO Mecca quite away his


sandals wore,
And on the deserts sand blistering his feet


grew very sore.
To let me suffer thus, great Allah is not


kind nor just,
While in his service confront the painful


heat and dust"
He murmured in complaining tone, and in


this temper came
To where around the Caaba pilgrims knelt


of every name,
And there he saw, while pity and remorse


his bosom beat,
A pilgrim who not only wanted shoes, but


also feet.
Year: 1879

HEALTH OFFICER EDWARDS calls atten-
ton in another column to the prevalence
Of diphtheria in the Fourth Ward, and
the necessity of keeping up proper con-
diiion OF cleanliness in all sections Of the
city. People ought not to be deferred by
any fear OF giving offence to their neigh.
b,rs, from reporting any localities which
need attention. The Health Officer has
ample means at his disposal to enforce
the Health Ordinance, and the other city
officers are disposed to cooperate with
him encrgetically in keeping the city in
good sanitary condition. 1t is manifestly
impossible. however, that he be made
aware of every case Of disregard Of the
ordinance, unless those who live in the
vicinity where it occurs, are willing to no.
tily him Of it. Clean up your premises,
and it your neighbors neglect to keep
theirs in proper condition, drop note to
the Health Department.
Year: 1879

The st. Louis Republican very pith-
ilv remarks: "If Grant were to be en-
quilted by q cyclone on the Pacific
where would the country be? Accord
ing to some of the boomers he is the
only man 'to keep down the South
and preserve constitutional liberty.
It is amazing what rubbish Of this
kind appears in various quarters"
Year: 1879

Suppose, in the sweet by.and-by, a
ritualist should meet an anti-ritualist
promcnading the golden streets, would
he kick him out Of the pearly gate, or
throw him gently over the jasper wall?
This thing ought to be settled while
there is plenty Of time to think about it.
Year: 1879

fashion:


Now lay me down to sleep;


Ipray THE Lord my soul to keep;


And If die before wake,


pray THE Lord my soul to take.
But the Evangelist says this is
wrong. We have all been wrong ;
we did not say the prayer correctly.
According to the Evangelist


"Probably there are few persons
who do not use the definite article
s'the" before the word "Lord' in the
second and fourth lines. BY so doing
they simply make an affirmation and
not an invocation. This writer, with
very good reason, holds the prayer
should be given as follows:
And now I lay mo down TO sleep;
| i pray, THEE, Lord my soul to keep;
| If I should die before 4 wake,
! pray THEE, Lord, my soul to tnkc.'
Year: 1879

One talent, we'll cultivated, deeponcd


and enlarged, is worth hundred


shallow faculties. The first law of sue


cess at this day, when so many matters
are clamoring for attention, is concen-


tration; to bend all the energy to ono


point, looking neither to the right nor
the left. 1t has been justly said that n
great deal of the wisdom of II man in
this country is shown in leaving things
unknown; and great deal of his
practical sense in leaving undonc. Tho
day of universal scholars is past.
"Life is short and art Is long" Tho
range of human knowledge has in
creased 80 enormously, that no brain
can grappIe with it and the man who
would know one thing we'll must have
the courage to bo ignorant of thouS-
and things, however attractive or in
viting. AS with knowledge, so with
work. The man who would get along
must single out his speciality, and into
that must pour the whole stream of his
activity-alI the energies of his hand,
eye, tongue, heart and brain. Broad
culture, many sidedness, are beautiful
things to contemplate; but it is tho
narrowedge men, the men of single
ard intense purpose, who steel their
souls against all things else, who ac-
complish the hard work OF the world,
and who are everywhere in demand
when hard work Is to be done.
Year: 1879

Mr.. Dexter Lewis was struck in the stomach
by brick while walking down Green street
Sunday evening.


A young lady named Foye, caught the heels
of her boots in the stair carpet at a house at
the east end, where she was visiting, Saturday
night, and was thrown to the bottom OF the
stairs, sustaining very severe injuries. The
doctor yesterday thought she was better


A lady living on Wilmot street had very
narrow escape from being burned to death
one day last week. She was filling lamp
with kerosene, and had spilled considerable on
her clothes, when the oil took fire and in an in
slant she was enveloped in flames. By the ready
presence of mind of her husband in throwing a
shawl around her she was saved.


An old lady belonging in Saccarappa, who has
been spending few weeks with friends in this
city, went out unattended to make some calls
in the western part of the city, and while
climbing flight of steps to the house of a
friend, slipped and fell to the bottom of the
steps, bruising her face and cutting bad cash
in her nose. She was taken to her home, and
a doctor attended her.
Year: 1879

suspected OF kidnapping.


Saturday woman accompanied by a little
girl made her appearance at Rochester, N. H.,
under circumstances which have given rise to
various theories on the part of the authorities.
The woman was perhaps 40 years old, stout
built, and looked like a very light colored
mulatto. She was dressed poorly, and was
coarse in her manners. The little girl was a
delicate and very pretty child. She was slen-
der, with light complexion and eyes, and with
heavy golden hair tied back. She wore a
brown straw sailor hat, a brown cloak and blue
and white woolen dress and button boots. The
little waif had the appearance of having been
tenderly reared and cared for. The woman
watched her very closely, and seemed unwill-
ing to have any one converse with the child
The woman claimed that the girl was her own,
which statement was without any doubt
falsehood. They appeared at the Mansion
House, asking for food, and were kindly fed
by Major Wentworth, who took them in the
afternoon to the Rochester Railroad station,
the pretended mother claiming that she was
going to the Shakers at Alfred, and asking
for free passage. The woman said they were
from Brooklyn n. Y, but had formerly lived
inNew Jersey. There was much mystery in
the case, and there was a pretty strong suspic-
ion that the child was stolen, and that the
woman is making her way with the little girl
to the British Provinces. At the depot q
reporter endeavored to learn the history of the
child who was asked if she liked to ride on
the cars, and she answered, "No, no." and
began crying, and would make no more con-
versation. The girl appeared to be in constant
fear of the woman, and evidently knew moth
ing of where she was going or the purpose of
the journey.
Year: 1879

We hope that all lovers of dancing will at
tend the Fraternity dance at City Hall to-mor-
row evening. AS these dances are got up for
ly for the benefit Of running the free evening
school, we hope that the citizens of Portland
will see that these dances are well attended as
all who attend not only help the fraternity
but will spend very pleasant evening, and to
those who don't enjoy dancing the music will
well nay them fcI attending
Year: 1879

whooping Cough is successfully treated by
separating the patients beyond hearing dis
tance of each other, and by the employment of
Fellows Hypophosphites. Whooping Cough
is a Nervous disease of SO sympathetic a neture
that paroxysm may be produced in one
susceptible by simply hearing the cough OF
another person. The above named trea tment
has been found singularly effective.


dec9dT&F&w
Year: 1879

Yesterday the feast Of the Conception was
celebrated The services at the Catholic
churches were very largely attended, and the
Cathedral services were quite imposing. The
priests were arrayed in elegant robes, and the
celebration of high mass was participated in
by the Bishop assisted by the clergy. Bishop
Healy delivered an address. Last evening
there was a sermon and the benediction of the
sacrament