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Year: 1875

ABRAHAMs s FATTH.-Once Alice asked
what the word 'sfaith" meant.


''To believe in any one and trust
him." answered cousin Helen. "Shall
l tell you a story that will teach you to
understand the word ?"


"Oh yes, said Alice.


81 told you about Abraham, and how
God gave him a son. He loved this
son, Isaac, very much, more than he
loved anything else excepting God.
Now one day God told him to take this
boy and sacrifice him. In those days
they worshipped God by laying an ami
nal upon a pile of stones called an
altar, and killing it. and burning its
body. That was what Abraham was
asked to do with Isaac"


80 cousin Helen, would that be right
to kill his own son %


''It seemed very strange thing to
Abraham, but he trusted in God, had
faith in Him, and he knew that what
ever God told him to do would be
right. So he took Isaac and went a
great way from home until they came
to high hill. Isaac knew that they
were going to sacrifice to God, and he
was carrying the wood and fire. But
he did not know that he was to be the
one sacrificed. After they had built an
altar, Abraham took his son and tied
him with a rope and laid him on the
stones"


''Did Isaac let him %


"Yes, Johnny, because he had faith
in his father. just as his father had
faith in God. And now the time had
come to kill the sacrifice. 1t was
hard thing to do. Abraham knew that
when Isaac was dead he would be child
less, and he did not see how God could
keep His promise to make Abraham's
children great people. Still he knew
that God was always right. So he took
up the knife and turned to the altar
where his son lay. And Just then God
called to him saying:


''Do not touch the boy. You have
shown how much you love and trust
me, because you did not keep even your
son from me-"


Abraham looked up, and there, in
the bushes, ram was caught by its
hOrns.-He took that and sacrificed il,
and then be and Isaac went home. How
happy he was 60 know that he had his
boy with him. and best of all, that he
had faith in God -


God loved Abraham, didn't he %


"Alice, God loves all of us so much
that He sent His own dear Son, Jesus,
to die for us. Near the very hill that
Abraham went to, Jesus was nailed to
the cross, and died, so that we may be
saved if We only have faith in Him."
Year: 1875

New York, June 27.-Up to o'clock
tonight nothing new had trarspired in
the Tilton .Beecher case. The jury remain.
ed locked up to-day as they were during
the night. No communication was re
ceived from them in the Court to-day.
Nothing is positively known as to how
they stand. All kinds of contradictory
rumors, at this point, are in circulation.


New YORK, June 28.-The World pub
fishes an interview of correspondent
with Beecher while the latter was on his
way TO Peekskill Saturday. Mr.. Beecher
is reported as saying "There is but one
man standing out. The root of the mat
ter is this There has been a good deal of
betting on the result, still this one man has
been hanging out from the first. We were
warned about him long ago. Judge Neil
son will keep the Jurors out for six weeks
if necessary, to induce them to bring in a
verdict


The correspondent also says Beecher
said he knew who the juror was who was
holding out


The Jury is still out.
Year: 1875

The Fresno ErpOsitor tells that NJ. S.
Thompson, ten years ago, got set OF
false teeth, mounted on n gold base. A
short time afterward he lost his teeth,
and he supposed they had been stolen by
an Indian boy in his employ, as he had
been in the habit of taking them from has
mouth at night, and placing them on a
table In glass of water. The Indian boy
strenuously denied the theft, but this
did net In the least remove the suspicion.
After time all thought of the false teeth


passed away, he having secured another
set. About three years ago Thompson
caught a severe cold, and from that time
forward he was troubled with ineessant
pain in his right breast In the region OF
the lungs. This was attended with a
severe cough, and frequent hemorrhages
of the lungs occurred. He thought he
had consumption, and for years has been
under medical treatment, without relief.


During the early part OF last fall he was
seized with violent fit of coughing, and
during its progress coughed up several
pieces of hard substance, which APP
peared ike bone, ON first examination.
He experienced some relief at this, and
during the next day he coughed up more
of the same species of material. From
curiosity he examined this closely, and


n
in doing so discovered pieces of metal
attached to the bony matter, which
though worn and discolored, looked like
teeth. The truth suddenly dawned upon
him. He had gone to sleep with his
false teeth in his mou tn, and in the night
he swallowed them, and they had passed
Year: 1875

into his lungs, and had lain there these
many years. In the course OF the
week he coughed up the gold plate, in
pieces, and the rest of the teeth. He
rapidly regained his health and strength,
and is now as hearty and robust as he ever
was. You needn't believe this story, if
You don't want to.
Year: 1875

BRONCHITIS, OR CHRONIC SORE
THRoAT.-It is attended with irritation of the
bronchial tubes which convey the air we breathe
into the lungs. This irritation produces sore
throat. hoarseness. coughing aud sometimes
splitting of matter streaked with blood. If it Is
neglected it will extend down to the lungs and
settle into confirmed Consumption. Aliens
Lung Basam will be found most valuable
remedy for curing this disease. and prevent its
running into consumption. For sale by all
medicine dealers.
Year: 1875

THERE is no risk in buying Mason &
Hamlin Cabinet Organ. These instru-
ments are known to be the best of their
class In the world But if the opinion
of dealer be asked he will frequently
recommend some other, for the simple
reason that he can get larger commits
sions for selling inferior instruments. =
Year: 1875

There is a magistrate in town in In
diana named Helser. \ clergyman in
the same place was called upon by a
young couple not long since, who wished
him to join them in the holy bonds of
matrirnony. He asked the bridegroom
"a soldier by the way for his marriage
license. The man in blue responded
that he had been engaged to the girl for
four years, and thought that would do.
The clergyman thought not, and re-
marked as the speediest way to obtain a
license 90 You had better take your
girl and go to Helser :" "You go to
hell yourself :" retorted the angry vet
eran. And seizing the bride by the arm,
he dragged her from the house, wonder
ing what manner of profane minister
he had met with-Erchdnge.
Year: 1875

: -
from the Martinsburg lndependent that
Attorney General Pierrepoint, and our
United States Senator, Hon. Fl. G.
Davis, have been in consultation about
the prompt disposition Of the 'incum-
brances which have been blocking the
way to an Improvement of the valuable
waterpower at Harpers Ferry for the
past few years. 1t appears from the
expressions of the Attorney-General to
Senator Davis that he regards the de-
laws that have taken place in the dispo-
sition of these matters as unnecessary,
and agrees to make such prompt move
ments as will settle the question as to
title at as early day as possible after
Judge Jackson shall give his decision
in the suit now pending in the Federal
Court Of this State, which he expects to
do early in November. It would there
fore seem that the delaysin this impcr
tan, matter are now near at an end, and
fit is hoped things will now be pat In
such shape as to utilize this valuable
property at an early day. 1t appears
also from the report that several ap-
plications have recently been made to-
the Government by private parties Of.
large means, looking to purchase Of
this property, and it would seem from
the expression in regard to them, that
Iifit should fall into their hands it would
be utilized in such a manner as 70 be
satisfactory to the citizens Of the place
and surrounding country, and OF great
advantage to this whole. region.


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Year: 1875

MARRIAGE-BEFoRE AND AFTER
Marriage quite frequently makes a radi-
cal change in, the contracting parties, A
counting young man finds one Of his
greatest pleasures in accompanying his
girl to church of Sunday evening, or
If denied that enjoyment, he gladly ac-
oepts' the position OF waiter at the taber-
nacle until the service closes. The
weather does not affect him. He will
wait as patiently in the driving sleet as
in the shimmering moonlight, and be as
oblisious to the keen cold Of winter as
to the balmy air of summer. He may
be drenched to the skin or chilled to the
bone, but he notices neither. After
marriage she thinks herself fortunate if
she can secure the company of a neigh
Dor going the same way, and reaching
home has to awake her devoted lover to
inquire if he is going to bed or if he is
going to sleep on that lounge all night.
Year: 1875

WEATHER sIGNs.-The editor of the
Gallatin (Tenr.) Examiner contributes
the following to the large stock Of
weather sighs: "For more than twenty
FIVE years we have known assign by
which we. determine the probability Of
rain for that day, which We have not
seen fail in single instance, and we
publish it that others may verify It's cer-
tainty, if they choose. Go out early in
the morning, in the Spring, Summer
and Fall, and if the spiders have over


night woven their fresh webs over the
the grass and about the bushes and fen
ces, set it down for fair day, even if it
looks like rain will pour down in five
minutes. The instinct Of the spider
never fools them. They are wiser and
surer than General Myers and all OF his
calculations of probabilities. A knowl-
edge of this fact may be sure guide to
the farmer as to his days work.
Year: 1875

In an article printed some weeks since,
entitled "The Mistake OF Virginians," 4" we
stated that the State was practically bank
rupt, and trembling upon the verge of re-
pudiation. This was simply alleged as a
matter of fact, and we then proceeded to
point out some of the causes which had led
to such deplorable condition of the affairs
of State wealthy in natural resources al
most beyond comparison. We asserted
that the credit and honor of Virginia might
have been protected by the proper and ju-
dicious employment of her labor. 1t VS.
held that the intelligence of the State
sought to depress and degrade manual
labor as unworthy employment for gentle
men, and that when skilled and intelligent
labor was attracted to the State from abroad
it was patronized and disgusted by being
constantly pelted with immense superiority
of birth and blood over genius and indus
try. Finding neither congeniality nor ap-
probation in Virginia, it sought other
localities. Allusion was made to the fact
that negro labor, in which the State was so
rich, was exceedingly initiative, and might
have been made largely productive if it
had been supplied with proper examples of
free labor for imitation. These it was ne.
cessary to import, because there was none
of native growth. But, had the system of
free labor been properly inducted, encour-
aged and protected, it might have doubled
or trebled the tax-paying capacity of the
land owners of the State. In few years
more the common school system estab-
lished by the Republicans would have edu.
Gated the labor into degree of intelligence
which would have again doubled its value.
Instead of making a strong endeayor in
this line, we pointed to the fact that the
land owners of the State had generally pur-
sued course directly opposite. The re-
suit attained had been general bankruptcy,
individual and corporate, or collective and
virtual reputation of ante bellum debts.


These observations were not kindly re-
ceived by our contemporaries in the Old Do
minion. Indeed, there is a certain class of
journalists there who rarely appreciate any
thing true spoken to the disparagement Of
the State. But they will never attempt to
disprove what Is said OF them truly.
Knowing they cannot successfully chal-
Ienge the truth of an unsavory allegation,
they have short method of branding it
lie, and threatening its utterer with coat
of tar and feathers if they ever get hold of
him upon the sacred SOIL" In view of
this latter proposition, ex-Secretary Nc
Culloch is to be congratulated that he is
far away across the briny deep, for al
though he gilds the pill with dattery and
complimentary illusions to a chivalric and
cavalier ancestry, he still administers the
dose of bankruptcy and reputation and
dIshonor in view so plain and practical
that the "wayfaring man, though fool, "
may understand it. He takes the pains
even 10 couple his own State of Indiana
with Virginia in her disgrace in order that
his structures may fall more lightly


II have spoken of Indiana in my last letter,
Year: 1875




Our old anti Beecher friend visits US occa-
sionaIly still. He thinks Beach is the greatest
lawyer in the country, and greater than any in
any other. He says he saw a great many
Beecher men yesterday, and they were all feel
ing "sick."


Beach, this pleasant old gentleman thinks,
is not too long, although Evarts, who spoke
one day less than Beach, was tiresome and
protracted beyond expression. He says Beach
is a very able man, who knows too much to
tire the jury. We find on inquiry that he Is
not absolutely certain that Beecher is going to
be convicted. He is low rather inclined to be-
Eeve that the jury will disagree. This belief
has had an unpleasant effect. He still believes
in an overruling Providence, but his temper is
not so sweet nor his countenance so CHEEKY as
it was. If it should happen that the verdict
was for Beecher his disappointment will be
truly painful to witness. Himself pure, up
right and blameless in life, he has fixed his
hopes and set his heart on having "the great
est preacher of modern times" convicted of
adultery. He will regard 1t as personal sf-
fiction ii he is not.
Year: 1875

A DISCUSSION is going on in the South
regarding the man who fired the last shot
at the Yankees at the close of the late civil
war. One j. Mayrant Smith seems to be
entitled to whatever of credit or honor at
taches to the act. He was q lieutenant of
artillery from Galveston, Texas, and
served under Major o. G. Jones, who COM
manded the Confederate forces at the bat
tie of Casa Blanca, fought for the purpose
of allowing General Slaughter to retreat
with the last organized command of the
Southern armies across the Rio Grande
river at Brownsville. No doubt this discus
sion has been indirectly provoked by the
recent Centennial celebrations in New
England, and it reminds us forcibly of the
duty we owe to our common country to
bury in blackest oblivion every incident
connected with our late sectional un-
pleasantness. AS Americans however,
having one country, one Constitution and
a common future, we must revere the
name of Smith, and the North, South,
East and West will cordially join in doing
honor to the brave soldier of that family,
whose most noble deed is here recorded.
The acts of Southern and Northern SOL
diers, it should be remembered, are our
common heritage. Three cheers for Smith
Year: 1875

"JoHN MoRRIssEY's former profession WAS
that of prize-fghter. His present profession
is that of 4 gambler. There is no secrecy
either about his past or present. He was
plucky in the prize ring, and he is not hypo-
critic about his gambling. But the fact that
he is not ashamed Of his vocation does not
atone for its character, or make it any the less
disgraceful that such man should employ the
intervals Of leisure left bin after the manage
ment of his various gambling houses in under
taking the management of the Democratic
party of New York. If Tammany has either
any pluck or any sense, it will embrace the
present opportunity, and remand Mr.. Norris
sey to a back seat"


The foregoing from the New York
Tribune recalls the old adage about the pot
and the kettle. The young editor of Jay
Gould's organ calls John Morrissey gam
bier. Which is the blacker of the two,
Reid or MOrrissey2
Year: 1875

WHILE admitting the existence of social
and political disorders in the South, there
are thousands of Northern Republicans
who assume to be Indifferent regarding
them and to conveniently declare that it is
"none of their business how things are
in that section. This is the basest kind of
neglect and ingratitude, and the political
organization which submits to the infu-
ences of such feeling deserves defeat. 1t
was the Republican party that originated
the plan Of reconstructing the Southern
States, and in doing so il accepted solemn
obligation to provide for the faithful execu-
ton of its details and the protection of those
who uphold the doctrines Of the party in
all the States.
Year: 1875

GEN. CHARLES w. ROBERTS, the Dem
ocratic candidate to be Governor of Maine,
was one of Fitz John Porter friends at the
second battle of Bull Run, when that indi-
vidual failed to come up to the support of
Gen. Pope. He resigned shortly after that
battle because his promotion did not follow
as the result of his fealty to a traitor. Since
then he has been a chronic sorehead, and
consequently first-class Democratic can
d:date. He ran for Governor some time
ago and was badly beaten, so that he will
not mind it much this time.
Year: 1875

THE harmony of the Democracy is some
thing wonderful to outsiders and appalling
to insiders. In New York they are fight
ing each other for the control of Tammany,
while in Ohio they declare in favor of paper
currency and initiation, and in Maine in
favor of hard money and specie payments


All over the country they are divided on
the question of the right of secession, and
generally are divided on all questions ex-
cept unanimous desire to hold office.
Year: 1875

ism, chastity and morality most flourish and
where achievement finds its legitimate home.
Germany, Scotland, England aud the United
States will not suffer by comparison with Asia.
The worthy editor of the Advocate will net
make any allowance for the moderate use Of
the light liquors; all, all must go by the board;
all, all are criminal. It is this extreme ard,
as we believe, impracticable view that we co.,
denim. 1t is this view which we think from
the constitution of human nature itself must
fail. The attempt to enforce It we believe
works harm instead Of good.
Year: 1875

THE Norfolk Day Book finds some con-
ISOLATION in the grasshopper plague with
which the Northwest is afflicted, in the
fact that emigration may be attracted to the
South, where such infections are unknown.
This would probably be the case if worse
plaques than grasshoppers did not abound
in that section. So long as they do
abound, however, the thousands of acres
of uncultivated and idle land of which the
Day Book speaks will continue in vain to
seek q market.
Year: 1875

''WE will return to W. 5yinia, and tell the
people that they shoulu come here and see for
themselves, as we have seen the people of Bos-
ton, and they will feel as we feel that this is a
great country, and we form part of it,
FTtz Hugh Lee at Boston.


Aye but how many Boston Yankees
have gone to Virginia and been made to
feel that it was another country, and that
they formed no part of it? And how
many black and white Republicans in all of
the Southern States who derive their
political principles from New England
teachings still feel that they do not form a
mart of that country7
Year: 1875

If THE REPORTS of aggressive move


ments on the part of the Black Hills Sioux
are true, Mr.. Sitting Bull and his friends
may as well rise up on their feet and pre-
pare to walk. There will be no temporiz
ing work with them this time, but every
energy of the Government will be exerted
TO teach them lasting lesson in return for
their impudent and imprudent attempts to
Year: 1875

The third game of the championship series,
between the Atlantic Club OF Brooklyn and the New
Haven nine took place the Union Grounds, In Brook
yo on Saturday. The Atantics went first 10 the bat.
The batting OF the Atancs was better than that OF the
N,wIiaNcns. who, however, won the game lhe follow
ing is the score by innings:
Year: 1875

From this date every garment
offered for sale by us will bear upon
it a printed statement as to the mate
rial of which it is made, and a guar
antee of the workmanship.


Every buyer will thus know just
what goods are shown, and this, with
our rigid one-price system, will make
error OF misunderstanding impossible


In absolute fairness and plain deal
ing, as in all other points, we are de-
termined to continue to lead the
Clothing Trade of the Metropolis.
Year: 1875

right of civil action accruing to any person
whether by reason of this act or otherwise
And any district attorney who shall wlltully
fail to institute and prosecute the proceedings
here required shall for every such offense for
felt and pay the sum of five hundred dollars
to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recov
cred by action Of debt, with full costs, and
shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and be fined not less than
81 900 nor more than $4,000. And provided
further, that judgment for the penalty in
favor of the party aggrieved against any such
district attorney, or Judgment upon an H.
dictment against any such district attorney,
shall be bar to either prosecution, respec'
lively.


Sec. 4. That no citizen possessing all other
qualifications which are or may be prescribed
by law shall be disqualified for service as
grand or petit juror in any court of the United
States, or Of any State, on account OF race,
color or previous condition of servitude and
any officer or other person charged with any
duty in the selection or summoning of jurors,
who shall exclude or fail to summon any citl-
zen for the cause aforesaid shall, on convic-
tion thereof, be deemed guilty of misde,
meanor, and be fined not more than five thous'
and dollars


Sec. 5. That all cases arising under the
provisions of this act in the Courts of the Uni
ted States shall be renewable by the Supreme
Court of the United States, without regard to
the sum in controversy, under the same pro-
visions and regulations as are now provided
by law for the review of other causes to said
court.
Year: 1875

The INVISIBLE CH1LDREN.-Itis is not when
your children are with you it is not when you
see and hear them that they are most to you
it is when the sad assemblage is gone; it is
when the daisies have rusumed their growing
again in the place where the little form was
laid; it is when you have carried your chill
dren out and said farewell, and come home
again, and day and night are full of sweet
memories; it is when summer and winter are
full of touches and suggestions of them it is
when you cannot look up toward heaven with
out thinking of them it is when they are
gone out of your arms, and are living to you
only by the power of imagination, that they
are the most to you. The invisible children
are the realest children-the children that
touch our hearts as no hands of flesh could
ever touch them.