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Year: 1875

THE EvANoELIsTs ABSENT FROM THE MEETINGS


YEsTEIDAY-A SMALLER ATTENDANCE.


PHILADELPHIA, Nov. q, 1875.
The meeting this morning at the hall was interesting
though there sensible decrease IN the attendance
owing mainly the superior attraction Of the obsequies
Of the Vice President very probably. As usual at this
hour OF the day the greater part Of the audience
sisted Of ladies' There but slight attendance of
the choir. arising, il is supposed, from the
dissatisfaction engendered by the locking out business
OF the past few days For tho FIRST time since the
opening Of the meetings Messrs Moody and sankey
failed TO put appearance but the Of their
absence was not stated Rev. Dr. Hatfield opened the
meeting by announcing the ninety -arst hymn. Rev
DR. Newton read the requests for prayer after which
he made a earnest prayer. DR.. Hatfield made ad-
dress upon faith, after which interesting prayer
meeting was held in which some Of the leading clergy
took active part,


At the conclusion Of the services there we're many
questions asked Of the managers present n regard
the absence OF the evangelists Mr. Thomas R. Cree,
Secretary OF the Executive Board stated that Messrs
Moody and Sankey needing rest had determined upon
taking Saturdays as days OF recuperaton from further
abors Despite this excellent reason a large number
went away extremely dissatisfied especially those who
had come from considerable distances Tomorrow
Sunday looked forward TO with much interest and
II the weather is proptous doubt thousands will be
in attendance
Year: 1875

Yesterday afternoon the second suicide by hanging IN


space Of weeks occurred in the cells of the Fifth
precinct station house, Williamsburg. Thel victim
is Jacob sauter farm laborer aged my years Up 70
the time Of his death in the employ Of Daniel Folk of
Ncwtown. lie left the farm with load Of produce on
Friday morning and arrested for intoxcat on and
lodged In the Pfth precinct station house yesterday
Al bali past eve p. M. the doorman left him and re-
turned with prisoner 10 the cells, which are IN de-
tached building On opening the outer door he saw
Sauter suspended by bis neck in leather waist belt TO
the grating the door. He cut the body down in
sianty and Ambulance Surgeon Hesse was sent for,
Sauter had fastened the belt around his neck and 70 the
bars Of the grating the door and then jumped down
from the platform IN tho cell thus breaking his neck.
He leaves wife and four children, all in the employ Of
Mr. FOX
Year: 1875

young woman, named Mary Ferris, living at No
s26 East Twenty fourth street created quite stir in
the Twenyhrst precinct station house last night She
claimed 70 have been robbed of az By Michael Burns
and The latter was arrested her complaint IA
Sergeant Reynolds was taking the pedigree or the
prisoner, Mary broke out,into violent STRAIN OF Bill
lingSgate roundiy abusing the police Paying no at
tention 70 tho woman, as she had evidently
been drinking, the sergeant was about to pro.
coed with his work when Mary rushed
behind the desk and in moment had her hands IN the
sergeants hair pulling 1t with right hearty good will
Before the astonlshed officer could remonstrate with
che she had scratched his face In several places
When sent TO the cells she her clothes from her
back and acted like gone mad. A police surgeon
was sent for and found her violent 1l Of hystcrca
She was properly attended 70.
Year: 1875

Editors Dispatch: 1t will be seen on re-
ference to your advertising columns that the
President of the Board of Health of the city
is asking proposals for the removal of night
soil By some "odorless pneumatic process >
Your correspondent respectfully suggests
That in view Of the present increasing de-
mand for ueedful expenditure in city im-
provemcnts the Board of Health and other
authorities should cautiously examine the
merits Of whatever " odoress pneumatic pro-
cess is referred TO in their advertisement.


The city authorities of Baltimore only last
week repealed by 4 four.titths vote the cX'
istiug ordinance which involved contract
with the " OdorleSs EXcayatng Company ~;
and from this fact we are left to conclude
that the practical workings of its apparatus
must have been tried and found wanting.


The writer is informed by 4 master me-
chanc of high standing that the popularity
of the soil of thi- city would seriously inter-
fcre with the suction of any pump or pncu.
matte arrangement because Of It's natural
sravclly and gritty formation.


Whether this will be SO or not it would be
we'll, as above suggested. for our authorities
not to bind themselves in any contract for
the use of rev Inventions introduced by
nou.residents and Strangers until they are
fully satisfied from the experience OF xotner
and wealthier municipal! governments that
the city would be benefited thereby in point
of both health and economy.


Would it not be well, therefore, for the
Board of Health to require the "odorleSs
pneumatic" process to be tried for length
Of time in such sections Of the city as the
Board might sclcct-say three to six months,
at the minimum rates fixed by law, and then,
if it should prove success, contract could
be awarded?


But it must be confessed single trial
would not be fair test, and the merit
claimed for the new process over the one
now in use would not be established and the
new invention thoroughly tested.


TAXPAYER.
Richmond, February -, 1875.
Year: 1875

SKATING ON THE BAsIN-The ice upon the
basin and canal was quite as good Yesterday
as it was on Wednesday, and large number
of persons took advantage of the occasion
and the pleasant temperature, and amused
themselves skating.
Year: 1875

Extra fine -four is nearly destitute of
phosphate OF lime, and will not make


teeth oatmeal is much richer in bone
material. The London Medical Record


says: "It has long been noted in this
country that in those districts where


the use of oatmeal in place of wheat
-four prevails, We find children and


adults with the best developed teeth


and jaws and SO well recognized is the
influence of oatmeal upon the teeth
that many practitioners order its use as
an article of daily diet for children in
cases where dentition is likely to be
either retarded or imperfect. Defective
teeth are more common than defective
bones but both complaints are un-
fortunately too we'll known where fash
ion and civilization deprive children
and adults of the very thing nature
demands to form and preserve through
life sound teeth, and soundness in all
other organs. Very fine family -four,
corn starch, rice, tapioca, arrow root,
sugar in all its forms, with cream, but
ter, and lard-living on the fat of the
land-operates to make dentistry a lu-
crative profession, and fill the mouths
of thousands with masticators formed
of porcelain or metal. Men and women
have so changed constitutionally that a
decayed tooth, infamed in nerve, and
full of pain, represents the most ad-
vanced humanity. The remedy is plain
enough, but how many will go back to
oat meal cakes and brown bread for the
sake of health, comfort, and long life :?
Year: 1875

He who has low and unworthy idea
of his nature will act unworthily while
he who feels how great is the life OF q
being made in the image of God Will
not readily blot and blur that image. II
any one be told that he cannot choose
the right and love the true, and live out
the pure, he will feel that if it be SO,
to try is hopeless work. But we are
very sure that 1t is not SO, else how
could there dwell within us sorrow and
unquiet after doing wrong, if we do not
feel that we can do, and ought to do,
the right ? If such chilling unfaith in
themselves and in their kind had been
in the heart of the sanity men whose
lives have blest the world who, like
salt, have kept the mass from decay !;
how, think you, could they have dared
and done? They had faith in man as
the fruit of faith in the God who made
him they felt that the life of man is not
what it will one day become, and this
it was that fired them to earnest effort
in the service and salvation of their fell
lows, and TO help on the time when
earth shall be the paradise it never has
been yet


Who rowing hard against the stream,


Saw distant gates of Eden CLEAN,


And did not dream it was dream.
It is the faith OF such men, some of
whose lives have been looked at in this
book, that you and I must share. Life
is full of duty, and to do well the work
that lies close at hand is to fulfil the
purpose for which we were sent here.
The weakest and youngest amongst us
is power for good as well as for evil,
and it should be our aim to do our part
on the side of ever-increasing human
goodness against ever lesseniDg human
badness. There is but one life, if life
it may be called, which seems to me to
be God -forsaken it is the life that is
idle or selfish. Those few words express
more than one might think, but their
has been set to sweeter music |
the story of Abou Ben Adhem, with |
which 1 close this book
About Ben Adhem-may his tribe increase =
Awoke one night from deep dream of peace
Aud saw amid the moonlight in bis room,
Making it rich and like a lily bloom,
An angel writing in book of gold;
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold
and to the vision in the room he said,
What writest thou?" The vision raised its


head.


md with a voice made of all sweet accord,
feplied, ''The names of them that love the


Lord"


And is mine one ," said Abou. Nay, not


SO"


teplied the angel Abou spoke more low,
'ut cheerly still, and said, Il pray thee,


then,


Write me as one who loves his fellow-men"
he angel wrote and vanished The next


night a
re came AGAIN with q e,l.eas l;l,t
[e showed the names WEo loved God had


blest
nd 10! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
- The Childhood of Religions.
Year: 1875

have the fullest benefit of their sojourn
by the sea. bungalows can be worked
and kept clean with very small amount
of labor, as many contrivances ii dimin-
ish servants work have been introduced.
To keep out the damp, to which houses
by the seaside are liable, two thin walls
are built, with space of about three
inches between them. IN the center of
this space a close screen of slate is
fitted, and all the moisture blown
through the outer wall is stopped by
this screen, and trickles down to the
bottom. The inner wall consequently
remains quite dry, for the moisture does
not blow through the slate, and the
bungalow is habitable whatever the
weather,
Year: 1875

Sound COMMON SENSE you are
well, let yourself alone, One of the
great errors of the age is, we medicate
the body too much. More persons are
destroyed by eating too much than by
drinking too much. Gluttony kills
more than drunkenness in civilized soci-
ely. The gymnasium is a wood yard,
a clearing or cornfeld. A hearty
laugh Is known, the world over, to be a
health promoter it elevates the spirits,
enlivens the circulation, and is marvel
Bodily activity and bodily health are
inseparable. If the bowels are loose,
lie down in bed, remain there, and eat
nothing until you are well. The three
best medicines in the world are warmth
abstinence and repose.
Year: 1875

BUNGALOWS FOR SUMNER HOUSES
An attempt has been made to introdue
into this country the kind of dwelling
house known in India as a bungalow.
For summer residence by the seaside it
offers advantages in which the ordinary
dwelling house is deficient; it is simple
in shape, is usually not more than ono
story high, and is covered by simple
low-pitched roof, which may be pro-
longed to form a veranda. What this
protection the inmates may pass most of
their time in the open air, and thus
Year: 1875

In A CAR WITH TIGER.-A recent
incident on the OEdensburg road is thus
described by the st. Adams CVt) Mes
senger of the 7th inst "a cage OF
tigers, which was on its way TO me-
nagerie now exhibiting south Of here, was
placed in one end of the car, and a
zebra was tied in the other end. The
watchman lay down on box and fell
asleep when he awoke he discovered
that one of the tigers had bent the iron
bars of the cage, forced it's way ont, and
was crouching in the opposite corner.
The regular keeper of the animals was
in the sleeping car at the rear end Of the
train, and there was no chance 90 COM
municate with him or with any one ont.
side. The poor watchman was fright
ened into motionless silence, and in that
awful suspense be made the long and
weary journey 20 ST. Albans. After tho
train came TO n halt here, one Of the
train men, in passing the car, saw n
large, cat-like nose thrust out Of an
opening, and not knowing tbat any ones
life was endangered in the car, but fear
ing lest the animal should escape, ran
TO the sleeping car and aroused the
keeper, who soon appeared, raw-hide in
hand, and lashed the beast back into
his den, TO the immeasurablo relief Of
the poor fellow who had been curled up
for hours.
Year: 1875

GROUP can be cured in one minute,
and the remedy is simply alum and
sugar. The way to accomplish the deed
is to take knife or crater and shave
off, in small particles, about teaspoon
full of alum ; then mix with about twice
its quantity of sugar to make it palata.
BILE, and administer it as quickly as pos
sible. Almost instantaneous relief will
follow.
Year: 1875

Inseparable said he was glad this in
cident happened, because it shows
conclusively that if dancing is a survi-
val it will probably survive as long as
the man from Pulaski is a survivor,
Year: 1875

Contentment makes one happy and rich
as the greatest king.


God accepts mans hearty desire, and
the will instead of the deed, when they
have not the power to fulfil it.


Nothing positively good has appeared
since the fall, in any human being, but -
arising from union with Christ.


Never part without loving words 70
think of during your absence. 1t may bs
that you will not meet sgain in life.


God has not taken so much pains in
framing and furnishing and adjoining this
world that they who were made by him
to live in it should despise it.


1t is easier to find score of men wise
enough to discover the truth than to find
one intrepid enough, in the face Of oppo-
sition, to stand up for it.


Take care that all is done in sweet and
easy way make no toll or task out Of the
service of GOD. Do all freely and cheer.
fully, without violent effort.


The wounds of Christ were the greatest
outlets of his glory that ever were. The
divine glory shone more out ofhis wounds
than out OF all his life before.


A good man and wise man may as
times be angry with the world, At times
grieved at it; but, be sure, no man was ev-
er discontented with the world if he did
his duty in it. . 1859.
Old age seizes upon great and worship-
full sinner like fire upon rotten house Il
was rotten before and must have fallen Of
it's If; so it is no more than one ruin pro-
Whiting another.


If We embrace error, we reject truth, and
the rejection of truth necessarily involves
in it the rejection Of the God of truth.
What is hell! The rejection of God and
Year: 1875

The season for vendues is drawing near.
Several gentlemen, intending to discontinue
farming, have already announced their pur-
pose to dispose of their stock and farming
implements in this way. We cordially invite
the attention of all persons who intend to
make vendaes, 10 the neat and attractive
posters printed at the TRANSCRIPT Office. Our
bills attracted a great deal of attention q
year ago, and since then we have added very
materially to our stock of display and poste,
type, and think that our work in this respect
cannot well be surpassed. Call and see fol
yourselves.
Year: 1875

So often is the proud deed done


By men like this at dutyis call
So many are the hOcors won


By them, we cannot wear them al
They make the heroic commonplace,


And dying thus the natural way;
Yet it is our worldwide English race


Eunobled by that death, to-dGyl
It brings the thoughts that fathomS things


To anchor fast where biliows roll
It stirs with sense Of wings


That strive to lift the earthiest soul.
Love was SO new, and life so sweet,


But at the call he left the wine,
And Epreng full statured to his feet,


Responsive to the touch divine.
'' Nay, dear, I cannot see you die.


For me, have my work to do
Up here. Down to the boat. GOod-by.


God bless you. I shall see it through
We read, until the vision dins


And browns; but, ere the pang be past,
A tide of trfumphs overbrims


And breaks with light from heaven at last
Thro' all the blackness of that night


A glory streams from out Of the gloom;
His steadfast spirit holds the light


9hat shines till night is overcome.
The sea will do its worst, and life


Be sObbed out in q bubbling breath;
Bat firmly in the coward strife


There stands man who hath vanquished death
a soul that conquers wind and wave,


And towers above a sinking deck;
A bridge across the gaping grave;


rainbow rising Ger the wreck.
He saved others; saved the name


Unsullied that he gave his wife;
And dying with pure aim,


He had need to save his life.
Lord how they shame the life we live,


These sailors of our sea-g1rt isle,
Who cheerily take what Thou mayst give,


And go down with heavenward smile
The men who SOW their lives to yield


A glorious crop in lives to be:
Who turn to England's harvest field


The unfruitfuI burrows of the ses.
With such breed of men so brave,


The old land has not had her day;
But leng, her strength, with crested wave,


Shall ride the seas, the proud old way.
Year: 1875

my hand, and went through the orchard
to the place where I had played " Lor
lei" for the benefit of Walter Gray
Bitterly regretted my masquerade, fOl
1 thought he could never be brought tC
like the red-haired, clumsy girl he had
pitied and been kind to.


lay on the grass crying, holding IL
my hand some of the dead leaves lying
all about me, and thinking how like my
| own hopes they were. How long I lay
there I do not know, till some one
dropped on the grass by me, and cool,
soft hand held nay own.


"Crying water-nymph ?" and before
I knew it I found myself close held by
two strong arms, and dear voice speak
ing to me.


'f Your aunt says you are going away,
Lorlei going away TO be educated, and
taught many things it is right for you
to know. I dare not let you go, little
one, until I ask if you viii think of
yourself as my own Lorlei, and try to
become as graceful outwardly as your
pure, good heart and natural abilities
will let you. [ have learned to love
you very much, and you will let me
hope, will you not ?"


For all answer, lay quiet, looking
Up in his face, and thinking how nice
it was and fearing to break the spell by
showing him my real self.


"Do you like this awkward, ugly,
clumsy, red-haired girl?" I finally
managed to ask, with q long-draWn
breath of satisfaction


Stop the adiectives," Sa answered,
closing my mouth gently with q caress
(and how glad l was my mouth was
pretty)i 'tAt times you are more grace
full than any one I ever saw, and as for
the hair"


sat up eagerly, and asked


"YOu like yellow hair, don't you ?"


eyes," he said, wondering at my
eager look and manner.


Turn your head away, and promise
not to look" I said, turning his head
so that he could not see me.


''I promise" came the voice I was
waiting for. With trembling hands I
took out the pins, unfastened the elastic
which held my red wig, and pulling it
of, turned his face toward me. He
looked as though he had seen a ghost,
and stared at the red hair In my hand
and the golden on my head, in mute as
tonishment.


eyes, it's mine," I said, answering
his look; and I pulled one of the short
curIs hanging over my eyes. ''And
can dance and sing, and play the piano,
and love ShakespeRrel I could get
no further, for the reasons lovers can
perhaps explain and when, an hour
after, IN my pretty white ruffies and
womanIy fnery, I crept into the sitting
room, found Aunt Hetty talking to
Walter, and saw him graveIy kiss her
hand as he came toward me. When I
saw the light in his eyes as he looked
at me, for the first time in my life
thanked God for my glorious beauty.


There was grand time when I went
home, and for a while my unfortunate
appearance" ceased to be the general
theme of conversation.


My first anxiety, when nurse brought
me my little Fannie to look at, was
whether she was pretty. I need not
have troubled myself. Her nose is fiat,
her mouth is wide, and only her blue
eyes and sunny temper keep her from
positive plainness. She has relieved
me from al fear of perpetuating the
race of "Lorleis. THE ALdipe.
Year: 1875

The solicitor of the treasury has pro-
nouneed as fraudulent the clam Of Sugg Fort,
Of Tennessee, and the secretary OF the treas
ury has directed action to be brought against
Fort in the United States circuit court at Nash
vile, for the recovery of the money, and has
called the attention of the attorney for the
District Of Columbia to the facts. for such
criminal or civil action as the case may war
Year: 1875

y EW ORlEANs, TeDTuuTN -O.-I 'll-
tions for and against the adoption Of the
Wheeler compromise have been in circu-
lation with the business men during the
dav, and have received numerous sigma
lures. Many Of the cotton factors and
others interested in staple products have
signed call for meeting for tomorrow
night to protest against the adoption "i
the Wheeler proposition. On the other
hand, large numbers of wholesale and re-
tail merchants have signed petitions in its
support. A majority of the newspapers
favor adjustment.


The Times says that there is
marked change in popular opinion
in favor of the Wheeler adjustment.
Among the Conservative property hold
ers and business men everything indi-
Gates that Kellogg has come to tha front
with renewed strength in the ranks Of
his adherents.


The Bee asks the Conservative caucus
to reconsider their decision while
there is vet time to say their action yes
terdav was deplorable submission.


The Picamtue says ave believe that
vast majority of the rejecting people
of this city approve OF the position of the
Conservative caucus, and we are glad to
learn that movement is on foot to give
Ineligible expression to this fact


The Bulletin calls upon every man who
shouldered musket on the l4th OF sep
tember 20 come forward tomorrow
evening and give his opinion OF the
compromise.


The Republican says of the compro-
mise. The bases of the arrangement Is
one that will be satisfactory to moderate
men, either Republican or Democratic
1t follows that Governor Kellogg will no
longer be considered as usurper Out
his authority recognized, and he Will re- re-
ccive the support necessary to carry out
the reform measures proposed.
Year: 1875

TOLEDO, February 25.-The warm
weather Of the past few days and the
warm rain last night, created considera-
bic anxiety among owners of property
along the river banks. The ice in the
river is very thick and ut its mouth the
action of the waves have piled up heavy
MASSES of ice twenty or thirty feet high.
Attempts were made 10 break up this
blockade 10y blasting and with very
good show of success until this morning,
when the wind changed to the north and
brought back theimmense field of broken
ice. making the blockade worse than be-
fore. Above the city the ice commenced
to move this morning, gorging near the
Atlantic and Great Western depot. The
water is over the banks and flooding the
flats, doing as vet but little damage.