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Year: 1874

Among the attendants at late
Methodist conference was very beautiful
and Intelligent looking young lady, who
drew the admiriug gaze of many eyes,
masculine, always on the lookout for
female faces. During the iutermission.
at noon, spruce young minister stepped
up to the presiding elder, and said, with
an air OF secrecy:


"Did you observe the young lady who
sat by the first pillar on the leitI"


Yes" said the elder, what of her 7"


"Why," said the young man, Il feel
i'm pressed that the Lord desires me to
take that young lady FOR my wife. I
think she would make good companion
aud help. mate in the work of the
ministry"


The elder, as good Christian ought,
had nothing to object.


But In few moments another candidate
for ministerial e Forts aud honors, aud for
the name Of husband, came confidently to
make known like impression regarding
the same young lady.


"You had better wait awhile. It is
not best to be too hastv in determining
the source of such impressions" said the
prudent elder.


And he said we'll for hardly were the
steps Of the second youth cold at his side,
ere third approached with the same
story, and while the worthy confdant
still marveled, fourth drew near with
the question


"Did you notice the fne, noble looking
woman on your left p


"Yes." cried the swelling elder.


"Well, SIR went op the fourth victim
of the unsuspicious girl, ''it is strongly
borne in upon my mind that it is the will
Of the Lord that should make proposals
Of marriage to that lady. He has i'm
pressed me that she is to be my wife"


The elder could hold in no l3ugcr


"Impossible impossible p he cxclaim-
ed in an excited tone "thc Lord never
Intended that four men should marry
that one woman -
Year: 1874

a ''hard times" ball is to be given at
St Petersburg, Clarion county, about the
holidays Gentlemen must wear patched
clothing aud unblacked boots, and ladies
nothing finer than calico, while all jewelry
will be tabooed. The supper will consist
Of mush and milk and baked potatoes
Year: 1874

Five thousand miners and mechanics
in aud about Scranton have agreed to
subscribe ten cents per mouth esch TO-
ward memorial fund for the support OF
The Lackawauua hospital iu that city
Year: 1874

Judge Judgment brought upon themselves By
the o7er Of salvstion. Although God ID long suf-
fering the day Of the Lord win oome when the
too late then to think OF repentance. Beware Of
provoking the wrath OF the Lamb But those ,nS wn1
back at their days Of doubling as some think OF q
journey, when they have been overtaken BY dark.
ness. when their reason u overp0weredi tney
sumo fantastic and CHASTITY shapes as they sway
backward and forward in the wind, the road
pitfalls and prectpiceA till at length the
through the darkness and inspires o new nope In
the Pilgrims breast and this hope, growing with
the coming day helps him on, till at last the morn
his hight and warmth on the way, and be laughs at
the doubts and iears which seemed TO besst him
on every side all through tho weary night 80 IL
Is with the sinner, when the blessed seed OF hope
mas taken root ana u growing up and spreading
forth its beaute0us nowers to all mankind.
Year: 1874

dead faith "Faith without good works viii avail
notv TheA we must love God with all our heart
and above al thinRe. ana we must love our neigh
Dor as ourselves He proves his faith best who
continually asks God for grace to fulfil MS daily
work. Recognise Him, then, my beloved brethren
II you have been strangers heretofore to the hap
piness engendered by peace with God be so no
longer, but hasten to drink Of the fountain Of
calvary ana strengthen and inyigorate an VINO
Worthily partake thereof
Year: 1874

application. There vas the nlghtof dAr1mess for
the soul, the lear Of danger. the anxious looking
for the coming dawn. There was the great city ol
truth, on whose watch towers were


GOSPEL MINISTERS


procfaimirg messages OF peace and good win to
all men, In this connection he devoted some time
in showing the high mission Of the Gospel minister
as described by the poet Cowper:-
Year: 1874

For some time past there has been
new method adopted in the country dis
tricls in Ohio, for the benefit Of the TEN.
perance agitation and the suppression of
the liquor traffic, which is of highly
original character, to say the least 1t
consists OF organizing, under the direc.
ton Of the pastors of the churches, the
female members Of the same, and Undue
iny them to proceed in \ body to such
places as may be pointed out. where
king Alcohol regns, and has an abiding
place These saloons, bar.rooms or
stores they enter, and forthwith organ.
ize a prayer. meeting. when the most de.
yout prayers are made for the suppress.
sion of intemperancc and for the closing
up ot all sinks Of inquty where the ar.
dent can be purchased. II they can not
force admission into the saloons they or.
ganizc the prayer meeting in front Of
them on the streets. The saloon keep.
ers and the devotces Of drink, as may be
naturally supposed, are taken aback by
this sudden conversion Ot their rooms
into female prayer-meetings. and some
OF them have submitted to the pressure"
und abandoned the traffic. The women
engaged in it doubtless believe that they
are rendering great service to the cause
of morality and temperance, and on the
surface it may so appear. But they are
not They injure by such means rather
than benefit the cause. That which re.
auircs a mob to enforce it for these 70
male prayer meetings arc really just that
and nothing moroccan not long live.
The pressure Of excitement which gave
birth to the mob. will soon suhside. and
then will come a reaction that will be far
worse than the original cause which led
to the mob II the laws Of Ohio are not
adequate to the suppression OF the liquor
traffic, such suppression can not be had
through the ill.resulated enthusiasm Of
female prayer-meetugs in saloons.- Gin.
einsoai Enquirer.
Year: 1874

The Register is busy writing up the
printing muddle. We expect an obituary
notice Of Moses, and treatise on naval
architecture of the times of Noah, next
week. Pshaw, man, we have disposed Of
that matter, and our present fight with
the Telegraph is because Its principles re-
semble yours too closely to suit tho aver,
age Texas Democrat.
Year: 1874

A CARD.-I take this method of
thanking my friends of the Farmers Con-
vention for the evidence of their good will
and for the honor intended in nominating
me as their candidate for the Legislature,
but as l would prefer not to do any thing in
the political line this year.. I would most
respectfully withdraw my name.


E.. w. BROOKS.
Year: 1874

y


The editor Of the Republican is trying
to establish his claim to insanity by at
tempting to make his readers believe that
he was trying to shoot himself last week.
Hear him: "We rather thought we should
stir up some Of these oficious patronizers
Of the farmers who have been trying to
persuade them to one certain line of politi-
cal sction by the cheap arts Of SMALL POLL
E1c1AHs. Our text was ". s. Grow, but
our AIN oas at GLASS;" "SHALL PoI171-
T1c1ANs!" Who in the name Of the Seven
Wonders is this Jennison If he is not one Of
"them?"


Simmons & stradnes are filling their
store with large stock Of we'll selected
goods embracing everything in their line
excepting ready made clothing. They have
decided to close out their stock Of this
branch Of goods, ready made clothing, at
cost and below, and for cash; they do not
propose to have the price stand in the way
Of sale. This firm propose to keep the
best goods in the market and not to bs un.
dsrsold, and in the clothing line untN they
close out this part Of their stock, they pro,
posesto make it red hot. call Il onse, Ssnd
get On outfit at your own figures.
Year: 1874

Washington dune lTth) Special to the Gin


cinnati COnme7cial.l


The principal points Of the new bank


rupt bin, which only requires the Presi-


dents signature 10 become law, are rs


follows; Forty days are allowed TO


elapse before q merchant or trader who


fails 10 pay his commercial paper is liza


be to he thrown into bankruptcy. The


assent Of One-fourth in number and one


third in value OF the creditors is required


TO throw n debtor into bankruptcy. This


provision relates back to the first Of last
December. Proceedings may be diseon-
tiuued whenever a debtor pays those Sc
cured debts which were the ground of
throwing him into bankruptcy, or when
ever, with the consent of the court, he
and a majority Of the creditors shall ask
for a discontinuance of the proceedings.
In order to set aside hypOthecated pledges
or liens on the bsnkrupt's estate, it
must appear that the party dealing with
the bankrupt knew that he intended
to perpetrate fraud on the bankrupt
law, and that he intended to 60 into
bankruptcy. When a loan is made to a
bankrupt in good faith and security Ia
ken, with the intention of aiding him to
pull through, it shall be considered as
having actual value, and the security
shall not be invalidated by proceedings
IN bankruptcy. A voluntary bankrupt
may have his discharge If his estate pays
thirty per cent. of his debts, or, provided
be obtains the assent Of the same num-
Der Of his creditors as is necessary to
throw him into bankruptcy. An invol-
untary bankrupt can get his discharge if
his conduct is free from all fraud, and he
is innocent of any violation or infringe
ment Of the bankrupt act. Assignees
are prohibited from dividing fees with
other persons engaged in the case. Com
position Of creditors may be made with
the debtor, providing a majority
Of the creditors join, were ap-
proved by the court, for the release
and discharge OF the debtor. The fees
and expenses are reduced one-half until
the judges Of the supreme court shall
establish a permanent reduction and
proceedings. All the acts of
the persons connected with the execu-
ton Of the law shall be made public IN
the shape of full and minute reports
from the clerk, The assignee, the mar
shal and the register. Original jurisdic-
ton is conferred upon the Territorisl
courts, with an appeal to the supreme
court Of the Territory.
Year: 1874

CHANGE OF CoLoR.-Sudden shocks
occurring to human beings have fire.
quently changed the color of tho hair
from black to white in a single night. A
physician of Berlin, strong, healthy,
and less than middle aged man, sent
his wife and daughter to spend the sum-
mer at watering place. The day that
he expected letter informing him of
their arrival, there came one saying that
his daughter had been taken i'll suddenly,
and was already dead. The shock was
terrible, and instantly his hair became
entirely gray. lie had to visit some pa
tients that afternoon, and they scarcely
recognized him.


Another case was that of man thir-
ty-fve years old, living in the Neither
lands. lie was one day passing a canal
in Rotterdam, when he saw a child strug-
Cling in the water. He plunged in and
brought it to land but it was already
dead by the time he had rescued the
body. Bending over it to try and restore
life, he discovered that the dead child
was his own son. The blow was so sud-
den and unexpected, and coming upon
him when he himself was so much ex-
hausted, turned his hair entirely gray,
and left him scarcely recognizable.
Year: 1874

A REASONING FoX-A certain Jagare
who was one morning keeping watch in
the forest, observed fox cautiously make
his approach to the stnmp of an old tree.
When sufficiently near he took a high
and determined jump onto the top of it,
and after looking around a while, hoped
to the ground again. After Reynard had
repeated this knightly exercise several
times, he went his way, but presently he
returned to the spot, bearing a pretty
large and heavy piece Of dry oak in his
mouth, and thus burdened, as it would
seem for the purpose of testing his vault
ing powers, he renewed his leaps onto the
stump. After time, however, and when
he found that weighted as he was, he
could make the ascent with facility, he
desisted from further efforts, dropped the
piece of wood, and coiling himself up on
the top Of the stump, remained motionless
as if dead. At the approach Of evening an
old sow and her progeny, five or six in
number, issued from eighborng thick
ct, and pursuing their usual track, passed
near to the stump in question. Two OF
her sucklings followed somewhat behind
the rest, and just as they neared his am
bush, Michel, with the rapidity Of thought
darted down from his perch upon one of
them, and in the twinkling Of an eye,
bore it in triumph on to the hstness he
had so proydently prepared beforehand.
Confounded at the shriells of her off
spring, the old sow returned in fury to
the spot, and until late in the night, made
repeated, desperate efforts to storm the
murderer's stronghold; but the fox took
the matter very coolly, and devoured the
pig over the nose of its mother, which,
at length, with the greatest reluctance,
and without being able to revenge herself
on her crafty adversary, was forced to
beat retreat.
Year: 1874

The RoTUNDITY OF THE EARTH.-One
of those people with whom "seeing is be-
lieving," and the deductions Of logic and
mathematics 60 for NOTTINGHAM English
man bearing the immortal ntle of
mpden-recently risked five hundred
pounds on the assertion that the earth
could not be proved to him by ocular
demonstration to be round-or more pre-
cisely, that the surface Of sheet of quiet
water was fat, not curved. The bet was
accepted by Mr.. A. r. Wallace, (presum-
ably the eminent naturalist of that namel
and the experiment was tried on the
Bedford Level" where a line Of six
miles could be obtain ned. Three disks
were placed, one at each end of this line
and one at the center, each disk exactly
forty-two feet above the surface of the
water Immediately under it. The three
were then observed through a selected
and approved telescope, and the central
one was found to be about five feet above
the line joining the two others. That rise
of five feet forced Mr.. Hampden to come
down with five hundred pounds. 1t is to
be hoped that he paid his water money
more readily than the great Hampden
his ship money. Any surveyor could
have told him that in running levels over
any considerable distance it is necessary
to make correction for the curvature of
the earth, as well as for refraction. These
corrections become very important when
it is desired to survey line for the con-
struction of a ditch or canal. A man
sighting through telescope at an object
ten miles distant, and apparently on the
same level, would be really looking at
point nearly ffty-seven feet higher in true
altitude than his eye; and if he made no
allowance for this fact, it might happen
to him, as it has happened to rude sur
veyors and constructors before now, that
when his ditch was done, the water would
not run in it. At this distance, the posi-
tive error in curvature is nearly sixty-sev-


en- feet; but there is partial Offset in the


opposite or negative error OF refraction.
Year: 1874

Three hunters sat one Autumn night,
AT my cabins bright freside, [homes
And l asked them why they had left their
To roam the prairies wide.
One said the fever of gold had led


His foolish steps to roam,
And one that the blood of a causeless strife
Had driven him far from home
The third had a young and thoughtful face,
And he leaned on his ride nigh,
And turned on the fire a wistful gaze,
And he said with a saddened eye:
"For a lost loves sake and a false loves
l wander the wilderness wide, sake
With my mustang grey, and my rifle good,
And my faithful dog beside.
Nor grizzly's hug, nor panthers spring,
Nor red mans arrow l fear;
For the love that was bright is lost in night,
And | am stranger here"
They feasted well, those hunters three,
At my cabin-board so bright;
And thon, with a hearty but brief adieu,
Passed away into the night.
AT early morn our settlement,


With tidings wild was rife
That the Indian foe was abroad again,


With gun and scalping-hnifc.
And at noon were brought into our camp
Ny three of the night before,
And he that had sought for gold was sound
And the second was wounded sore.
But he that had roamed for lost loves sake
Was pallid and cold in death,
Though his lips had caught peaceful smile
Ere they lost the feetng breath.
And l closed the eye with touch devout,
And dropped the reverent tear,
But | could not grieve that the Lonely One
Was no longer a stranger here.
Year: 1874

A London paper contains long let


ter on the subject of the Brunswick


onyx vase. From the information con-


tanned IN the letter we make the follow
ing interesting extracts referring to its
later history Like many other fugi-
tives of note, the Mantuan onyx re-
rnained in London till 1914, when it re-
tured TO Bruins wick with the long ex-
lied princes of the duchy. For time
It seemed as if nothing more could now
threaten the peaceful rest of the wan
derer but in 1880, when the reigning
Duke Charles heard his people clamor-
ing for his downfall, and saw his palace
in flames, he bethought him of his
Mantuan treasure before he sought
safety in fight and having sent a con-
fidential friend to remove 1t from the
dUcal museum, he carried it away with
him. Thenceforth nothing was known
of it. No one ever saw 1t during the
lifetime of the eccentric Diamond
Duke: and, when the city of Geneva,
In conformity with his testamentary
wishes, claimed as his universal residu-
ary Iegatee all his works of art, a fruit
less search was made for the long
vanished onyx vase. At length, after
oft-repeated examination of the ducaI
treasures, it was noticed that a shred of
flannel protruded from the base Of a
metallic vase which appeared to be of
very little value. On a closer inspec-
ton this vase was found to be split
lengthways, and to be excessively heavy
when compared with another vase of
identical form and external appearance
with which 1t seemed to form a pair.
On separating the split surfaces the
onyx came to view perfectly intact and
uninjured, and thus the mystery Of its
supposed disappearance was at once
explained. Geneva art-lOvers were
overioyed at the discovery, but their
hopes of calling a peerless beauty their
own were shattered by the claim set up
by the reigning Duke Of Brunswick for
the Mantuan onyx as an nailenable
heirloom Of his family; and now, after
a second separation of thirty-four years,
the gem is restored to the ducal muse
um of Brunswick. Since its unexpected
resuscitation, various drawings and
have appeared of it IL
Germany, and, among these, the best Is
a water-color sketch by Professor a.
Gnauth, which gives a very correct rep
reseptation of the figures with which it
Is decorated.
Year: 1874

! CrIr National Game


The admirable part OF the play had
all through been the fielding. Nothing
/ hit up in the air escaped. The accu-


racy of the catching would have re-
! joiced the heart of old Clark, and made


many a slow bowler enYious of the


pairs of hands But the accuracy and
skill of the catching was surpassed by
the wonder of precision of throwing.


A moment to look, moment to get the


proper equilibrium, and then the ball Is


hurled, 9 sharp and low" quite straight


to the baseman's hands. No fumbliDg,


no half-voIleys, no wide throws. So


accurate was it that the exclamation OF


many a cricketre present was: With such


throwing who would not be wicket


keeper? The Philadelphians were un-


able to make up their lost ground-the


seventh inning of Boston and the ninth


and last were both skunks, but in their


last three hands the Blue Stockings had


only made two, and at the end Of the


play they were only seven, whereas their
conduerers were thirty-fOUr. Had the


game been nearer it had been better,


but il sufficed to show the nature of the


play and many of the qualifications of a
good player. The lessons which it taught


were, as we suspected, first, the immense


advantagesof cultivating fielding. Could
English cricketers throw and field as


the Americans did we should see much
less of mammoth scores, and matches


would be far more interesting. Secondly,


the advantage of losing no time. If the
outside took the field with half the alac-
rity shown by the Americans during
base ball, or when the time came for
them to resume cricket when the base
bell was done, far fewer matches would
be left drawn, and far more men would


be able to play. Lastly, the necessity
of playing for the side. A mans hits
tell In his favor when the record is kept,
but they help his colleagues as much as
himself. In the fielding, too, he con-
stautly keeps IN mind the necessity Of
enabling others to distinguish them
selves, and he knows that his unaided
efforts are useless unless he IS well
backed up. A man, for instance, who
has caught a catch when a player is on
base, hurls the ball at once to the base
man in the hopes of getting two birds,
as it were, with one stone. All the
players play for the side, and not for
themselves. Individual prOwess is
merged in united success, and every
one cares more for his fellow than for
himself. There can be no fear that
cricket viii be ousted by base ball. 1t
has more variety and many more phases.
1t is both harder work and greater idle
ness. But many men could find time for
base ball who haye no time for cricket,
and in bringing under the notice of Eng
a game which has so many good
points, and the great advantage of be-
ing playable in three hours, they have
conferred on US benefit for which our
thanks are Que.
Year: 1874

The London Times says "The in


ventor of the balloon steering apparatus
which Is awaiting trial by the war de-


partment at Woolwich is Mr. G. 4.


BowdIer, whose plan has been under


the consideration of the war Office for
two years past. 1t has been subjected


to some preliminary trials by means of
models on more than one occasion.
These trials being made within doors
and IN a still atmosphere, are said to
have demonstrated he practicability of
navigating balloons in a still atmos-
phere. The object of the forthcoming
experiments Is to ascertain whether the
same end can be attained IN the open
air under slightly adverse circum-
stances, for to sail the balloon IN oppo-
sition to q strong wind is at present IN
thought Of, 1t viii be regarded as q
great and important result If the bal
loon can be steered even a single point
from the direction of the wind, though
there be ever so slight a breeze. The
inventor, with Mr.. COXwell and Mr..
OrtOn, another well known aeronaut,
who is taking an interest and some part
IN the experiments, was again at the
Royal Arsenal, WoOlwich, yesterday,
making arrangements for the ascent
with Lieut.. Edwards, R. E, who is IN
charge of the works department, but
the wind was again unfavOrable, blow
ing with considerable velocity and
directly seaward. The steering appa-
ratus brought down in a cab, consists Of
a screw propeller like that of a ship, of
metal made as light as possible, and is
20 be fixed TO the car horizontally, and
made to turn at the rate of about four
teen revolutions per second by means Of
some simple machinery worked by a
single hand winch IN the car. a SINH
lar screw, fixed vertically, and worked
by the same gear, Is designed for TaIs-
ing and depressing the balloon without
any expenditure of gas or ballast, ard
a disk shaped rudder of canvas TO steady
the balloon completes the apparatus.
Mr.. Coxwell much prefers the small
screw propeilers, which are but three
feet IN diameter, to those proposed by
a French aerOnaut, which are to be six
teen feet high, and are therefore re-
garded as unmanageabie and dangerous
to the balloon, especially IN the descent.
The screw viii probably be made some
what larger If the trial is IN the least
degree successful, but it is considered
preferable to increase their power, If
necessary, but multiplying the speed Of
revolution by the use Of some other
motive power than manual force, either
electricity or atmospheric pressure or
even the steam eDgiue-an agent which
has hitherto been discarded on account
Of its necessary weight and the T-Ek At
tending II. Mr.. CoIweu has recently
instructed two dstzchnents Of the Ger
man army in military ballooning, but
steering balloons formed no part Of the
drill. the principal purpose of which
was 20 teach the troops the use Of cap
tive balloons for accommodating. He
was engaged by the English government
ten years ago for a similar object,
columns Of troops being marched ont
In various directions for the purpose Of
observation"