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Year: 1873

IT is said that the members of the cabinet
who were first opposed to the Civil Service
rules, have, since they have seen the result as
so far applied in the departments, expressed
their cordial approval of the plan. 1t is fur
ther stated that the attitude of Congress to-
wards the measure has been greatly changed
since December, from the fact that the Presi-
dent is so earnest in the enforcement of the
reform.
Year: 1873

The public will be glad to know that the
new syndicate will experience very little diff
ficulty in negotiating the $500, 900 of five
per cent. bonds; but newspaper publishers
are little surprised that the wealthy bank
ers who have made good contract with. the
Government should undertake to get their
advertising done without expense through
the associated press.
Year: 1873

MONDAY was not a good day in Congress
for opening avenues to the treasury or for
corporations to seize valuable sections of the
public domain. The best, and probably de-
serving project, the Australian steamship SUBJ
silly, was defeated in the Senate. In the
House, the former action of that body on the
Goat Island job was reversed to the great dis
gust of Mr.. Sargent and the Pacific railroad
lobby. The House also followed Mr.. Hale in
putting the cotton tax job in its premature
grave by refusing to assign day for the con-
sideration of the matter. The country at
large will rejoice at such action and will be
pleased with several ''blue Mondays if Con-
gress can hang out so good washing in con-
sequence.
Year: 1873

A BILL is pending in the Legislature which
provides that "dead head passengers ON rail-
roads shall be placed on the same footing in
case OF injury by railroad casualty as direct.
ors and officers of the roads, In the case Of
the ordinary 'sdead-head," we care not; but
If this measure is sinful device to put the
ordinary editor on level with railroad di-
rectors, we protest against the bill. OF course
we do not refer to directors individually, since
very highly and who would doubtless lend us
five dollars ($5) without great hesitation it is
in their corporate capacity and outside Of
their excellent qualities as individual citizens
that we object to being grouped with them.
Year: 1873

1T Is the popular thing at Augusta to rep
resent the vigorous young county of Aroos-
took as chronic pauper and constant beg
gar. Consequently every session for the past
half dozen years the Clerk of the House has
been ordered to report the appropriations
called for to aid roads and schools therein.
OF late these sums have been very small and
frequently exceeded by the amounts that have
been voted to other counties for similar pur-
poses. If these appropriations we-e so much
money out of the treasury, it would be a WISE
investment for the State, for in spite OF the
severe draft of the war that county increased
largely in population and wealth the last
decade. But the appropriations are not
charities, If the county had been credited
with the cash value of all lands therein that
have been donated to colleges, and for that
which has been sold and the money paid into
the treasury, there wonld be found to be a
large sum yet due the new county. 1t is
true that the county has its small land grab
bers like every other, but we protest against
this hardy and vigorous county being annual
ly insulted as beggar-so long as it has con-
tributed to the State treasury ten dollars
where it has received one.
Year: 1873

religion the one class will do it if they
feel like 1t, the other class, if they
take it as suggestion Of the spirit,
will DO 1t if they don't feel like it.,


The same will b. true in all business
affairs, in all the home life, in ali the
social life; the one class will do as
they feel-the' strongest impulse will
move them !: the other class will obey
the spirit. that is, viii obey their own
convictions of right and duty, which
Gods spirit is ever persuading men to
do.


Now the Apostle in our text says,
'1f we live ir the spirit let us also
walk in the spirit which is the same
as to say ; If we do in fact mean our
profession of religion, let US make ii
appear in our life each day, that we
are what We professor this-If we live
in tho spirit, that llie aoiU be manifest
in outward conduct, let US see to it
then that our external life is such as
truly manifests a life in the spirit
within US.


What nov are some of the things
involved in walking in the spirit---or
what will surely appear in the external
life of one who lives in the spirit?


1t is to be understood of course. that
varieties Of temperament, education,
and circumstances, will necessitate va
rieties IN the conduct Of people who
are equally good who equally live in
the spirit but these will always be
Indifferent matters.


There are few things that will in
e0itadiy appear in the lives Of those
who live in the spirit.


1st. Selt-control.


ID. Love for and JOY in the truth
in discovering and knowing it.


3rd. Loyalty to Jesus Christ and
sympathy with him.


4th. Love for the churches Of Christ
in the world.


9th. The spirit service. He who
lives in the spirit. will surely make il
appear that he is a servant of God, a
servant of Jesus, a servant Of tn,
church, servant Of his fellow mel
and that he chooses and enjoys th
service.
Year: 1873

THE CRIME OF SUICIDE.-Now how
can the act Of suicide lead an immor


tai soul to heaven? Does perjury dc
it? Does robbery do it? Docs for.
gerry do it? Does arson do it? Does
blasphemy do it? Does libertinage do
it? Does ordinary murder do it? 1t
is clear that none of these crimes lead
| to heaven, for if they are crimes, how
can they lead to heaven? 1t is impos-
sible. But none Of these acts is so
heinous as suicide. 1t is said that
mans life is his own, and, therefore,


that he has right to destroy it like
any other kind Of property he possesses F.;
an, consequently, the act being thus
lawful, leads to heaven. But it is false
that man owns his own life His life
is not given to him by himself; it is
not conserved in its existence by HIM
self; and the natural law Of right and


wrong tells every man that suicide is a
crime which is as wicked against di-
vine justice as it is abhorrent to the hu-
man family Suicide, therefore, must


be crime. Nay, it must be of neccs-
sity a crime of the worst degree.
For, as life is the highest good, SO the
wanton destruction of it is of logical
aud moral necessity, the most wicked
of acts. But how can the most wicked
of acts lead to heaven? If the most
wicked of acts leads to heaven, heaven
can be nothing but place of wicked
ness. That is natural common sense


1t will be said that God is infinitely
merciful. So He Is, for He is an min


ite being--the Creator, the Eternal


Father, the source of all good. But
how can God be merciful to suicides ?
Is His justice eternal? It must be


that, or He has no justice at all for
to give an eternal God justice which


is not eternal is absurd. The Creator
must be allowed to be consistent with


Himself in His eternal nature. But
suicide is the most wicked act man
can do. Therefore it has against it the
absolute, eternal justice--that is, it is
under eternal condemnation, which
means that there can be no pardon for
it. Therefore, there can be no mercy
for it. We are not here curtalling the
power, the mercy Of the Creator.
The Creator Himself, by His natural
] law, which He has implanted in every
human soul, and by His Christ declares
and has always declared that His ma,
ture has an infinitely perfect consisten


cy in it in all its attributes that self
murder Is the worst Of deeds, and that
there can be no mercy for it. Every
crime can be repentel for but one
suicide, When a man kills himself he
has terminated his power to repent, to
do reparation to the Almighty, and the
consequences must be taken. And let
not the tongue of Blasphemy break


out in ribald language against God tor
His eternal justice, for there is no in
justice. in Him, 10 impertectlonj but He
IS infinitely perfect in all good, ana
this he could not be if selt-muraer
were parlonabls dso1'-N ~ Her.
Year: 1873

Let our conduct not fall away
from the spirit; Who have begun to
be spiritual and heavenly, have cnly
spiritual and heavenly thoughts and
actions, for the Lord hath said, They
that honor me, | will honor. Ye are
not your own, with great price ye
are bought. Glorify and possess God
in your body.
Year: 1873

Death is the harmless thing that
a poor shepherd suffered yesterday, OF
maid servant to-day and at the
same time in which you die, in that
very night, thousand creatures die
with you, some wise men and many
fools und the wisdom Of the first
does not quiet him. and the folly Of the
latter does not enable him to die.
Year: 1873

1t is a good and safe rule to So
Journ In every place as if you meant to
spend your life there, never omitting
an opportunity Of doing kindness. or
speaking true word, or making G.
friend. Seeds thus sown by the way
side often bring forth an abundant har.
vest. You might so spend yonr sum
mer among the people that they and
their descendants should be better and
happier, through time and eternity, for
your works and your example.
Year: 1873

You can have no heaven after
death of which you have not sown
the seed before death. Keep s.
strict watch over your thoughts and
affections, over your imaginations and
wishes, for according to their char
acter Of the demons or angels that
keep you company. With what spir-
1t your soul is associated in the body,
into the hands of the same will you
fall when you are loosed from the
body.-John Pujyord.
Year: 1873

APPRECIATED. Milwaukee Sentinel
says DR. Prices Cream Baking Pow
der and Special Flavorings are the best,
without exception, that are made They
are growing daily IN popular favor, and in
every case where they are used give de-
cided satisfaction. We are using them in
our household and speak from know
ledge of the case. These articles are not
put into the market to compete in price
with those of low grade and inferior quail
ity-they claia purity and healthfulness.
Let those who read give them but single
trial and be satisfied
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
Of all the principal starehes in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

EUPEPsIA.-The only reliable treatment
for dyspepsia, (which includes indigestion
in all its forms, is the use of a good tonic
stimulant Such is DR.. Gottlieb. Fisch' S
Bitters. This preparation ought always
to be taken along with food So taken
its use is never followed by reaction. On
the contrary, the invigorating influence
which it exerts over the nervous system
is decidedly beneficial In dyspepsia, it is
chiefly upon the Sympathetic Nerves that
the stimulating qualities of the Bitters are
brought to bear. Those Nerves regulate
the functions of the digestive system. The
flow Of the gastric juice, and of the other
authoritative fluids is thus increased and
in ike proportion is increased the amount
Of blood which is thrown into the general
circulation In this manner, dyspepsia is
permanently remedied, and the system at
large is invigorated and built up-the Bit
ters accomplishing this simply by enabling
the organism to extract out of that food
contains


This subject continued next week under
" The Butcher the best Doctor.
Year: 1873

| It seems that the indefinitenes


concerning the next trial OF Edwar,


5. Stokes for tho murder Of Jane


Fisk, Jr., has to o certain exten


ceased, and that some arrangement


is in progress which will settle all d,t


ficulties between the District Attvr


ncy and the prisoners counsel. Il i
at least certain that no motion will


be made at present TO admit tn,


prisoner to bail. A prominent of


ficial in one of the criminal courts


yesterday told a reporter from tn.


Herald that no Judge in Now York


would admit Stokes to bail in the
present stage Of tho case. There il
no doubt that he will pass at least
the summer in the Tombs prison.


The trial, the reporter learned
from one OF the QistrlctsAttorneyt 4
assistants, wiif@ not lakc pl!lCl (6ll
term of the Court of Oyer and Tor.
miner. The present term Of the
court will last until October l. On
that day the new term of tho court
opens, and the case will be moved
on ono OF the first on the calender Of
the court, and will probably come up
for trial during the month before
Justice Brady, of the Supreme
court.


In the matter of the change of
venue for tho case, this could only
be done by mutual agreement be.
tween the District Attorney and the
prisoners co,;nsel, and in no event
will the District Attorney. consent
to such course. 1t is only in case
of its beng found impossible to get
jury after reasonable lapse OF
time that the prisoners counsel could
move for i change of venue, and then
it is question whether it would be
granted by the presiding judge
The District Attorney can see no
reason for change OF venue, and
holds that the new jury law, which
does away with triers and makes the
Judge the trier, and allows men to 90
on the jury who swear that, though
having an impression,they can decide
impartially on the facts Of the case
when the counsel for the defense
have exhausted thirty peremptory
challenges, they are then obliged to
take whoever comes, if the Judge SO
decides. Under this law the prose-
cutting officers believe that a jury
will be found very readily IN New
York, and therefore that there will
be no need to have it elscwhere.-
1t seems also to be the opinion of
these gentlemen that IN case the
"~rt jury should disagree there will
be no great difficulty in Stokes gett.
ing bail. The District Attorney be-
lieves himself capable, however, of
counteracting the effect OF any now
evidence which may be brought up
by the counsel tor tho defense.
Year: 1873

Nature furnishes something moro
tor our people to "wonder at" or
speculate upon, this morning, by
sending down during the heavy rain
fine shower of frogs or toads.-
These toads fell by the hundreds,
those who saw the shower declaring
the air was thick with them," and
the ground in the locality between
New Delaware and Central, and
Tenth and Fourteenth streets, was
fairly strewn with the little hop
pers' for some time after tie rain
From the description given Of them
We would Judge that they varied in
size from that OF piece of coal to
that OF a lump of chalk, although
Judge Porter lays somc were
as large as the end OF mans thumb
II Er.
Year: 1873

Reflect that q sound mind and body arc tho
most necessary requisites to promote connubisl
happiness. Indeed, without these the journey
life becomes weary pilgrimage the
prospect hourly dnrkcns to tho view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blightcd with our own.
Year: 1873

At the last Superior Court of Wayne,
North Carolina, His Honor, Judge Will
liam J. Clarke presiding,a colored youth
eighteen years of age, was convicted Of
the crime of forgery. We publish else
where, from the Goldsbore' Messenger,
the extraordinary remarks of Judge
Clarke after the conviction of the defen
dant.


1t will be seen that His Honor told
the defendant that il he would submit to
genteel thrashing at the hands of bis
paternal relative, he would not sentence
him to any further punishment; other
wise he would compel him to serve two
years in the penitentlary. His Honor
informed the defendants father that he
had no authority to order his son to be
whipped, but that the father had the
right to chastise him, and that if he
would take him down in one of the
rooms below in the court house and give
him a good chastisement the court would
not pass sentence upon him. The Judge
added: vi


II would like, to see you apply the rod
to him myself; but as ! can't 60, Sheriff
Woods will accompany you, and see il
well done, and report" a6s


John V. Sherrard, the Republican so
licitor, remarked to the father as he was
leaving the courtroom with bis son to
administer the penalty suggested by His
Honor, "Make him take off his coat
Raleigh News: T
Year: 1873

Go straight and don't mind them. Il
they get in your way walk around re-
gardless of their spite. p A man who has
no enemies is seldom good for anything
he is made of that kind of material
which is so easily worked thatevery one
has hand in it. A sterling character is
one who thinks for himself and speaks
what he thinks; he is always sure te
have enemies. They are as necessary tc
him as fresh air-they keep him alive
and active. A celebrated character who
was surrounded by enemies used to re
mark: "They are sparks, which if yor
don't blow will go out themselves. =
alive down prejudice was one of the
Iron Dukes mottos.


Let this be your feelings while endeav
oring to live down the scandal Of thos,
who are bitter against you; do as they
desire, and open the way for more abuse
Let the poor fellow talk-thcre will be .
reaction II you but perform your duty
and hundreds who were once alienatet
from you will flock to you and acknowl
edge their error.
Year: 1873

Society is full OF failures that Heed
never have been made; full Of men who
have never succeeded. when they might
have and should have sncGeeded full Of
women who, in the first half Of their
days. did nothing but eat and sleep and
simper, and in the last half did nothing
but perpetuate theft follies of weakness.
The worlds full, / say. Of such people,
full of men in, every trade ard profess
ion Who do not amount to anything and
of girls ard women without any trade
br profession who have no desire to
amount to anything; and do not speak
and trust not without due
charity. without making due allowance
to the inevitable in life, when say that
God and thoughtful men are weary Of
their presence. Every boy ought to
improve on his father; every girl grow
into a nobler gentler, more self-denying
womanhood than the mother. No re-
production of former type viii give the


world the perfect type. J. know not
where the millennium is, as measured by
distance Of time, but ! do know, and SO
do you all that it is great way off as
measured by human growth and expan.
sion. We have no such men and wo.
men yet--no age has ever had any-ss
shall stand on earth in that age of peace
that will come until men ard worthy Of
it: sssF
Year: 1873

in all his crime still treasured up bis
blue uniform and faded flag?


Who is this being of terrible re-
morse this man whose memories link
something of heaven and more of bell


Let US look at the parchment and flag
The old minister unrolled that faded
flag, it was blue banner, cleaning
with thirteen stars. a


He unrolls that parchment; it is a
Colonel's commission in the CoEtinen
tai Army, addressed BENEDICT Arm
OLD


And there in that rude hut, while the
death-watch throbbed like heart in The
shattered wall, unknown, unwept, insall
the bitterness of desolation, lay the
corpse of the patriot and traitor.


o, that our true Washington Ia
been there, to sever that good srighS
arm from the corpse and while theIdis.
honorable body rotted into dust, to
bring home that good right arm, and
embaIm it among the holiest memories
Of the past.


For that right arm had struck many
gallant blow for Quebec, Champlain
and Saratoga; that arm yonder beneath
the snow white mountain, on the deep
silence of the dead, first raised into sight
the glorious banner Of the States.


1t was during the renowned expedi
ton through the wilderness to Quebec
that Arnold encamped for two or three
days beside the River Of the dead, neaI
snow white mountain, which in lovely
grandeur lowered above all Others into
the autumnal sky A single soldier as.
cended the mountain with the hope oi
beholding from the summit the rocks
and spires of Quebec.


When he came down, Arnold took
from his breast, where for four days, in
privation and danger. he carried it, Q
blue banner cleaning with thirteen stars
He raised It into the light, and for the
first time the CO.. .inental Banner float.
ed over the solitudes of the Dead Riv.
er. This is a fact attested by history
and corroborated by tradition.
Year: 1873

Sometime ago we copied from the
Western Rural of Chicago, slip reflect
ing on the business management of the
Union Furnishing Co., of the same city.
We have since learned that the company
have sued the Publisher of the Western
Rurm for libel, damages $4,000. They
claim that the attacks of The Western Ru-
raj are false and malicious, and claim to
De doing ght-forward, legitimate
business, and fulfilling ali contracts with
their customers. As to the fact of their
shipping goods, and that these goods are
taken out by their customers and paid for
they refer to the Express Companies at
Chicago. There are evidently two sides
to the question.
Year: 1873

LOVE OF LABOR AND DILIGENCE.


Whatever makes labor or study pleas
ant will lead to this habit. The teacher
must be adapted to the capacity; they
must be made clear and practicable, but
not too easy 1t is altogether false that
children are naturally indolent. On the
contrary, they are naturally active, and
fond of exercising their faculties; and if
we can find out how to lead them to ex-
ercise their minds upon appropriate OBJ
jects, such as are suited to their state and
strength, we shall easily form this habit.
Indeed, our principal care is to see that
We do not break this natural habit by
absurd and unreasonable regulations.


Women are, intellectually, the equals of
men, and the highest good Of the commu-
nifty demands that they shall be equally
educated.
Year: 1873

The second annual regatta Of the New-York
Canoe Club was sailed Saturday afternoon, and the
spectaiors Witnessed ne sport. The steamer OF
the committee left the Battery soon after p n ana
proceeded directly to the starting point of Pamrapo' "


The course was about four miles in length. and the
following was the final list Of entries for the