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Year: 1871

1t was not only the ignorant and ex
citable that yielded to the extraordinary
fascination Of Whitefeld's s oratory Nc
shrewder listener ever stood before him
than the celebrated Ben jamin Franklin;
and how little he was able to resist the
charm is shown by the amusing story
which he tells himself. White6eld had
consulted Franklin about the locality OF
his proposed orphan house, but had re.
fused 10 act on his advice; aud the re-
fusal had determined Franklin not to
subscribe. gag I"


IL happened soon after, says Frank.
lin, Ito attend one Of his sermons, in
the course of which perceived he in
tended to finish with collection, and
silently resolved he should get nothing
from me had in my pocket handful
of copper money, three or four dollars,
and five pistoles in gold As he pro
ceeded ! began to soften, and concluded
to give him the copper. Another stroke
of his oratory made Inc ashamed of that,
and determined me to give the silver;
and he finished so admirably that !
emptied my pocket wholly into the col.
lector's dish, gold and all


If any one could have resisted the
spell, one would have thought it must
have been Chesterfield; yet even of him
it is related that on one occasion when
Whitefield was describing a blind man
cropping bis way unawares toward a
precipice, till he stumbled on the edge
in the act of taking the last fatal steI
over the peer could not help springinl
forward in an agony from his seat, ex
claiming Good Godl he is gonel -
j. p. Gladstone.
Year: 1871

n


Significance of the schism I'm the
18it Episcopal Church.


Yrom the New York World


The movement that is to end in the
disruption Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States, if we may
believe her enemies, has at last begun.
The spiteful mutterings of the coming
storm which have gone forth from time
TO time from the rebellious pulpit OF
Cheney and the peripatetic pu lpit of
the younger Tying have at length been
followed by a thunderbolt from the hith-
erto calm sky of the Emmanuel Church
in this city. Last Sunday the Rev. Mr..
Thrall the pastor of this church, an
nounces that he would no longer use the


established liturgy, but that, having a
greatly improved and modnrnized
prayer-book in his hand, which fully
met the advanced demands of an en-
age, he would henceforth em-
pioy it to the exclusion of the elder and
effe,'e liturgy.


Here is an open secession from the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and as a
resnlt u new and wholly Independent
church d'ormed without bishops or con-
vocation. By the act of its pastor,
which is understood to be in accordance
with the d,,sire of the majority of the
congregation, Emmanuel Church is no
longer part of the Episcopal fold, and
is thus at lib erty to adopt any liturgy
and any article of faith that may seem
best IN Yitg sight Should the example
of the Rev. Mr.. 1'hrall and his flock be
followed by other Episcopal congrega-
tions the church win, of course, fall to
pieces. This is the result for which the
malcontents in that body, as well as out
side enemies, are earnestly, hoping 1t
is Just possible, however, that there is
some attachment among Episeopalians
10 their venerable church, and that Mr..
Thrall will prove prophet without dis
ciples except in his own congregation.
1t must be admitted that the conduct
Of that gentleman is in marked and
honorable contrast to that of Tying and
Cheney. Like them he dislikes the
liturgy of the church and declines to
obey its, regulations. Unlike them
however, be has the madness to with
draw from the church before he openly
breaks her laws.
Year: 1871

Age. fl


"The most beautiful face that ever
was" Alexander Smith says, " is made
yet more beautiful when there is laid
upon it the reverence of silver hairs.
Men or women make their own beauty
or their own ugliness. Sir Edward Bull
wer Lytton speaks, in one of his novels,
of man who was uglier than he had
any business to be; and, if we could but
read it, every human being carries his
life in his face, and is good-lookiDg, or
the reverse, as that life has been good or
evil. On our features the fine chisels of
thought and emotion are eternslly at
work Beauty is not the monopoly Of
blooming young men and white and
pink maids. There is a slow-growing
beauty which only come to perfection in
old age. Grace belongs to no period Of
life, and goodness improves the longer it
exists. have seen sweeter smiles on a
lip of seventy than | ever saw on a
lip of seventeen. There is the beauty
Of youth, and thereis also the beauty
of holiness beauty much more sell
dom met; and more frequently found in
the armchair by the fire, with grand
children around his knee, than in the
ballroom or the promenade. Husband
and wife who have fought the world side
by side, who have made common stock
of Joy and sorrow, and aged together,
are not unfrequently found curiously
alike in personal appearance and in
pitch and tone Of voce-just as twin
pebbles on the beach, exposed to the
same tidal Influences, are each others
alter ego. He has gained a feminine
something, which brings his manhood
into full relief She has gained a mas
culine something, which acts as fell to
her womanhood. Beautiful are they in
life, those pale winter roses, and in
death they will not be divided. When
death comes, be viii not pluck one, but
both. iN-i r'i
Year: 1871

Look into the baby-carriage. aud see
the bright face that gladdens some home.
See the ruby lips and dimpled cheeks,
and most Of all, the shiningseyes, which
set us wondering what their fature may
be. What a world of possibilities is CEN
tered in that little being, just launched
on the broad ocean of lifel And who
can tell what its destiny may be, or what
Time has in store for it2 In these little
buds of promise we see the embryo OF


the future nation. Wetake panoramic
view Of the past, present, and future,
And we see at aiglanes a how fraillwe are
How weak, yet how mighty how small,
vet how wonderful is that little creature.


IL we could only follow out each peculiar
characteristic which hath spoken itself
into life, in the Mechanism Of that little


mystery; could trace from cause to
effect, SO as to learn a lesson therefrom,
we should then know the significance OF
each little upturned face. We should be
more tender, more lenient to the erring;
should know how TO pity the unfortunate
how 10 do good deeds, and speak KIN d
words, and we should all be better and
wiser for looking into the baby-carriage.
Year: 1871

A colored man, named Geo. Troupe,
in Alexandria, Va, recently attempted
to play Elijah and get fed by the ravens.
Two weeks ago he left his employer,
dressed in his Sunday clothes, saying he
would work for man no more, as the Lord
had promised to provide for him. He
was found nearly starved to death and
SO weak that he could not crawl, having
eaten only two peaches and pear in
twelve days. Not single raven came
IN feed him r U..
Year: 1871

The Boston Commercial Bulletin,
speaking of the spring trade in hats and
caps, says;


Under the system Of drumming.
now so generally adopted, and which, Is
claimed 10 be indispensable with the
present sharp competition in the busi-
ness, the volume of sales does not foot
up as large as when dealers came in
themselves, made their own selections
and took stock enough to carry them
through the season. The result is that
dealers buy sparingly and often, and
take every advantage of the fluctuations
in prices so common nowadays, and do
not, 10 any extent anticipate their
wants
Year: 1871

Some time since ayoung gentleman,
well known about town, went to consult
legal gentleman about carrying off an


heiress. "You can do it withou; danger"
said the l,wyer; but let her mount a
horse. and hold the bride and whip, do
you then get up behind her, and be run
away with by her, in which case you are
safe" Next day the, lawyer found his
daughter had run away in the aforesaid
manner with his client g7oa tH --lf
Year: 1871

"Oh, no, mother, there's no occasion,
for in all these places never said q word
to any one about marrying, and then you
know passed il off as though really did
have business with the men folks"


"But what possessed you to ask such
strange questionsH Why did you not leave
all these things to time 2, .f.yrNr


I" No time like the present 10 settle
points which might make trouble for us If
left to the future. At my age wasn't go.
ing to ask any girl to marry me without
knowing her views. When l got out of
sight of Reads house / sat down on the
wall and tried TO settle whether l would
give itup and go home, or what. l had
better do. thought of all the hard work
had done on this place, and of what you
said last night, that you'd settle everything
upon. Solomon il / didn't marry in a
month, and he's nothing but child and
not fit to be trusted with clearing up the
land, so late as it was, and hungry and
tired as felt, walked over to the Widow
Slater's. The children came running out to
meet me you know they always 'peared
to like me they had been crying because
their mother had been ordered TO have the
house empty in fortnight's time. AS
soon as they told me saw what my duty
was, and why my way had been hedged
up all the day l stayed an hour, guess,
and we agreed upon everything, and 50
think your trials are about ever, mother,
for she is going to marry me as soon as
ever we can be published"


"She for conscience sake who do you
mean, for the widow has three girls who
have put on long dresses and taken to
doing up their hair"


"Why, mother, it's the widow herself,
though if I'd thought of it I'd asked Mi
rinda some questions; but It's too late
now the bargain is made, and when once
have the widow and her seven children
here nobody can complain of my not
having family. think have been led
to great usefulness"


ITO great foolishness, you'd better say.
How am / TO live with oil those children
running wild around here; and Solomon
will be flirting with those grownup girls.
Dear me; if your father had only lived,
and there'd been some head here, you
wouldn't have tried me So"


mo, mother; promise you about the
flirting. I'm going to do better than that.


The promise sounded q little mysteri-
GUS to Ephraim and his mother, but the
| explanation came soon enough, for Solo
mon was missing one day, as was also the
Widow Slater's daughter, Mirinda; and
when they returned Solomon presented
his wife to the family saying that "he'd
given his word to his mother that he
wouldn't fiirt, and he was bound to keep
it if it killed him"


The last we heard about the widow she
was tried" about what relation Solomon's
children will be to Ephraim and his wife
And though Ephraim had been chosen
deacon, yet with such mixed up state OF
things at home, she is Of the opinion that
her trials have only just begun.-Proci.
dence r. ~ Press.
Year: 1871

m. Regnault, the eminent French
artist, was shot In the face and so dis
figured that those who first found him were
not sure of his identity, and, unable to
carry away the body, they cut off the num-
Der on his coat and took 1t to his family,
who. recognized il as his. When the search
was renewed the body was nowhere 10 be
found, although the Prussians gave their
aid. In the public funeral another corpse
was substituted for that Of the great
painter.
Year: 1871

Shortly before noon yesterday Officer Kelly was
called upon 10 take charge OF an intoxicated man
who was lying on the sidewalk North Fourth ana
Second streets, Williamsburg. While on the way
to the station house the prisoner suddenly
knocked the officer down and fell upon him.
Both men being OF great physical prowess
O desperate struggle for mastery ensued while
they rolled on the sidewalk and in the gutter.
large crowd gathered TO witness the contest, and
to their shame be 1t said, they aided the prisoner
by jumping upon and kicking the olicer-even
women taking him by the hair OF his
head while he was PROSTATE. The conflict
continued thus for about twenty minutes,
when Officer Abbott reached the scene. At this
time officer Kelly was covered with blood and filth,
and his uniform torn to atoms lie had previously
broken a small rosewood club over his prisoners
head, but IL did not subdue HIM. lie was finally
taken to the Fourth street station house. where he
said his name was Jonn Smith, native OF Scotland
and mariner by occupation.
Year: 1871

DEATH FROM BLOWING Down LAMP
CHIMNEY OF those shocking
casualties resulting from the use Of coal
oil, occurred on west Side on Tuesday
night. Mrs. Elizabeth Stark, living at
No. Is Mill street, corner of York, dis
robed to retire about 10 O'Clock. She
attempted to extinguished the lamp in
the very common manner by blowing
down the chimney. The lamp exploded,
throwing over her the blazing liquid,an
in an instant she was enveloped in
flames. Her husband who was IN bed,
sprang out with all possible haste and
made every effort to smother the flames
by wrapping around her his coat and
other garments. The screams Of the
terrified and suffering woman called
the neighbOrs to her assistance, and the
flames were at length subdUed, but not
till the unfortunate victim had been
terribly burned. Medical aid was called
and everything possible done for her
relief, but She died about midnight, after
two hours OF excruciating agony. she
was the mother OF four children, the
Youngest a babe but seven weeks Old
Her husband was badly buried IN has
efforts 20 save her, but bis Injuries arc
not thought to be dangerous.
Year: 1871

warranted not to cut In the eye--not head
ache in q hhds. of it-it Is no sooner In your
belly than lis on your back in pound of beet
and it carries bead like necklace; for
sale by ,s
Year: 1871

HARD BKps.-The idea that the soft
side Of a plank makes the best couch
when one gets used TO it. was long ago
exploded. People who know "what Il
what" who read the newspapers and mean
70 be somebody. don't believe a word oi
it. Those who have settled down to q
Diogones-in. the-tub life accept the doc.
trine. II is true that the tired man o.
woman will sleep soundly on u hard bed.
and habit may make the hardness dear "a
them. It is also true that Napoleon's SOL
diers slept while on their march home
ward from Russia. and some Of them may
have become attached to loccmotion and
sleep united. Notwithstanding all this.
those who have once felt the almost hu-
man Kindness and warmth Of n hair mat
trcss beneath them. cannot 90 back to straw
and husks without pang. .'as - Fr


We do not recommend snftness, but
elasticity. Feathers, except in very cold
weather, are unwholesome. because they
retain an excess Of warmth about the
body. and also because they absorb the
insensible perspirafion thrown off By the
pores, and permiss the body to reabserb
the excrementitious matter A bed of
soft, fresh straw. evenly distributed and
covered with thin cotton or WOODEN mat
trcss. may be good resting place, and
furnish sweet sleep. But how can man
or woman rise refreshed, from a couch OF
straw or shuck mattress, which has been
in nightly use without renewal for a series
Of years? Yet there are portions of this
very land Of plenty. where travellers are
put to sleep upon just such beds as this.


Every man in grazing districts. may
own dozen or two Of coarse wooled sheep.
These and their increase will in shor,
time give him wool mattresses. than which
none are more pleasant. more wholesome.
or durable The tag-locks washed and
carded, should be boarded by every farm
er's wife for this purpose. In cities and
villages, and in the more populous parts
of our country. those who can afford good
sleeping places generally have them


As n general rule. the better care man
takes Of his body. in feeding it with skill.
clothing it with discretion, and giving il
due and refreshing sleep, the more work
he can do. and the higher the quality oi
his work. .-
Year: 1871

The great Blood Purifier and Delicious Brink. WARMERS VINUM vTTE, or WINE OF LIFE, is free from any poisonous drugs or impurities, being prepared for those who require stimulant It is

 splendid appetizer and tonic, and the finest thing most pleasant and delicious article ever offered to the publ!c far superior to brandy, ,-whiskey wine, bitters, or any other article. It is more healthy, and cheaper. Both male or female, young or old, can take the Wine of Life. It is, in fact, life preserver. Those who wish to enjoy good health and free flow of lively spirits will do well to take the Wine of Life. It is different from anything ever before in use. It is sold by all druggists. Price $1, in quart bottles
Year: 1871

How MANY young Ladies are unfltted to act well their part in life from sedentary habits, want of healthy out door exercise, 600 rich and too highly seasoned food, too much taxing of the mental faculties, too little physical exsrticn Remedy this evil. Take Warmers Dispepsis Tonic.-Give it . trial and then say if you feel tired when you rise at morn. See Advertisement - Daily Courier.
Year: 1871

thorlty can be found for the measure proposed.
But while q loose horse may be driven into
the stable, dish Of oats before him is better
than whip behind him. A general removal,
in this view, of the rebel disabilities Of the
fourteenth amendment would, we believe, do
more to reconcile the disabled dominant
Southern white class to things as they are,
than dozen measures of coercive legislation.


Mr.. Wendell Phillips, the famous humani-
tartan, thinks that the shooting, by drum
head court martial, Of at least half dozen
Southern millionnaires, is the only process
whereby law and order can be restored to the
South; and from several republican leaders
we have the opinion that unless these Southern
Ku Klux Klans are suppressed the repub-
lican party will be defeated in 1872, and
wreck and ruin will be brought upon the
whole country. But this Ku Klux idea does
not meet the case. What with the blunders of
Southern reconstruction, never ending and
still beginning; what with unscrupulous
carpet-bag adventurers in the Southern States,
and what with the intestine feuds and factions
in the Southern republican camps. we appre-
hend that the Southern States, from Maryland
to Texas, are gone or are sure to go over to
the democracy in 1872. The republicans have
lost or are losing their Southern negro
balance Of power from other causes than the
Ku Klux Klans. Senator Tfumbull hit the
nail upon the head in suggesting in Saturdays
debate that for the good of the party in power
the leVislafiou aneciallv needed now is IeoisTa-
ton for the reduction Of our heavy taxes.
There, North and South, is where the shoe
pinches. We suppose, however, that Ku
Klux bill is resolved upon, and if so, we have
only to submit in this connection that a pro-
vision in this bill or another bill removing
Southern rebel political disabilities will
operate better in behalf of the suppression Of
the Ku Klux Klans than all the reserved
forces Of the United States Army.
Year: 1871

IT is often very curious, on looking over the
notice how diametrically opposite has been
the handling by couple Of preachers
Of the same or closely allied topics. Let
us compare, for instance, the sermon by
the Rev. Mr.. Northrop yesterday on the
Presbyterian Church and Brother Beechers
discourse on Storm versus Life" Mr.. Northrop
did not take the trouble to show the impor-
tance of formal Christianity; he evidently
thought that 50 much ought to be conceded
without any waste OF breath or time, and
he plunged at once into description
and defence OF the Kirk. He was very mode
rate in his language, but he none the less
showed clearly that he deemed the Presbyte~
rian form of church government the only one
agreeable to the Bible. and very decidedly the
best road to heaven. Aud not only that, but
he also casually remarked that Thomas JefEer-
son. in mapping out the framework Of Ameri-
can government, had taken The Presbyterian
system Of church polity az his model, from
which tho inference was plain that in politics





Elders and the General Assembly, or something
like them, the dvinely appointed means Of
success He concluded, however, by ex-
rressly stating that the inner Christian life
was far more important than its outward
form, and that salvation was the sure reward
of conscientious godliness wherever it might
bud and flower.


Beecher, on the other hand, taking the
same subject, said boldly that Christ had left
us no definite teaching whatever as 10 the
form Of church organization. All forms,
therefore, though equally necessary, were
equally unauthorized, and it really mattered
nothing which path TO heaven man chose TO
take. All that was needful was to believe in
the Lord Jesus and to copy His life. If .
mau complied With Mose conditions DO might
Year: 1871

IT Is SUPPOSED now that Congress will re-
ID ain in session two or three weeks longer
Mr.. Sherman's Ku Klux bill is likely to call
forth brilliant debate, the democrats feeling
convinced that they ought no longer be still
and hear Ku Kluxism laid so vehemently to
their charge
Year: 1871

New Chapter of an Old story in
The picture which we presented yesterday
of the condition of Mexico as revealed by our
latest dispatches via Havana shows that in
conveniRg with almost an avowed purpose of


provoking revolution the Mexican Congress
is but opening new chapter Of an old story
in Mexico. 1t was generally thought in the
capital that Congress would pass law pro-


hibting the election of Juarez. IF so, Juarez


will ignore it; if not, revolution is inevitable


In either case Juarez, with the power of the
government in his hands, will have the ad-
vantage, at least in the beginning of the con-


1ict, with his opponents. But the chronic state
Of tumult and revolution cannot, in the in
terests Of such rich and potentially produc-
tive country as Mexico, nor In the interests of
humanity and civilization, be forever per-
mitted. If the Mexicans continue to prove
incapable Of taking care Of themselves they
must be taken care Of The best government
which they have ever had was that of
Maximilian; but that could not be perma-
nently tolerated, because it was at once
usurpation Of the rights Of the Mexicans and
violation Of the Monroe doctrine. Aforeign
and imperial government in Mexico was in
direct antagonism to the policy of this govern
ment and the principle on which it is
founded. But If the present experiment of
selfgovernment on the part of the Mexican
people should fail-as all signs seem to indi-
cate that it wil-the time will soon come
when the United States government must
assume the protectorate Of its sister republic
and constrain her. to develop the prodigious
resources of prosperity wherewith Nature has
endowed her. We should like to see more
evidence that the administration at Washing
ton is thoroughly alive to the duties which the
impending crisis in Mexico must ere long de-
volve upon it.
Year: 1871

they have appeared frequently; and our
readers will readily appreciate the styles and
characteristics of the three able divines
whose names head this article and which wo
have tried to indicate.
Year: 1871

Is IT NOT QUIRR that some Of the atrocious
punsters of the day have not yet referred to the
poor wretch sentenced to death for ship-burn-
ing as one Of the Enfan,s Perduss The
President ought to be inclined to mercy after
fhia