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Year: 1872

capitalists, who were getting 10 per cent per
month, and lending back the interest, thus keep
ing capital constantly in motion, sat sorrowfu1ly
down to see what they had lost, md found that
it WIS only four million forms, or $1,600,00o in
Munich alone, which is but q small
part Of tho sum total of losses.
Their capital is still in motion prob
ably, but it is heading the wrong way from
Munich, and is already retired from circulation
in the ancient city Of the Glyptothek and
Pinatothek, of Knulbach and Piloty, Wagner
and Wurst. The capital Of the past has lost
much capital of the present, and will probably
find its consolation in the capital music of the
future.


Meanwhile, where is the spitzeder2 We
regret to state abe may be already in this
country, OF ut 1east en- route for here. A needy
actor once applied to her for help and she gave
him a thousand dorins, saying to him, stake
this, 20 to America, and prosper" It she
thought that an actor with o thousand
forms could prosper in Americs, is it
not conclusive that she would deem
it the height of folly for an actress worth nil
lions Of florins to stay away? There are some
circumstances under which her advent in this
country would be d positive blessing. Let her
only como and plant herself and her forms in
the very thick Of Wall street, and make it lively
for Jay Gould and others Of his kidney, and the
spitzeder would be hailed as public benefae-
tress. Let her so in among CUR bulls and bears,
our wheat and our gold gamblers, and like Marcel,
IL Down with them, slay them all, every soul.'
Then will the eecond-class actress be first
class blessing, notwithstanding her sharp deal
ings With the Munich money-lenderB.
Year: 1872

new and very ingenious form Of the con-
ddence game was recently practisod On the New
York Il New Haven Railroad. 4 traveller was
induced, by the b1andishments of an at;iacti7e
female, to take seat beside her. She had q
male friend, and he had bottle Of sherry and
some lunch. The trio we're very social, and
soon the duo invited the solo to take lunch. He
did So He took drink Of sherry. He fell
asleep. He slept past his station, and did not
wake until he got to New Haven. When he
got there his two friends, his overcoat, and his
money, had been gone some time. Moral to
travellerB-Beware OF q pretty woman and .
bottle Of sherry on railroad cars.
Year: 1872

The next, it not the immediate, question in
France is the dissolution Of the present National
Legislature and the election Of new one. The
present Assembly was elected just after the
PrusRian occupation of Paris, and tho monarch
iHt and imperial factions have been made strong
er by the elections that have been held from
time to time to fill vacancies. President Thlere
will probably favor new election, in which case
he will bo supported By the Republicans now in
f1,o Aaeom1,1v
Year: 1872

Congress has unanimously passed, for the
relief Of Boston, measure the counterpart of


the Chicago Relief bill, except that it does not
exclude lumber from it's operation. The Secre-
tary Of the Navy was roughly handled in the de-
Year: 1872

There Is no limit to proof showing the superiority
Of that excellent article the Haford Leicestershite
Table Sauce, over each and everything Of slnitar
name. Everybody who uses it is its reference Avoid
all but this, and you to hive the best thing
and for the least money, for, depending upon large
price at which It can be sold. Buy one bottle and
makea trial Of it.
Year: 1872

Infection in the Air.-At this season the
vegetable world takes new lease of life; but
TO the sensitive and delicate members Of the
human family it is time of danger and often
Of great suffering. The moisture which rises
from the earth and hangs suspended over il
in the form of morning and evening mists
and fogs. holds in solution. so to speak. the
mephitic elements which produce fever and
ague. remittent fevers, rheumatism, and
many painful. nervous disturbances, and
which aggrayate dyspepsia, biliousness and
all minor affections Of the stomach and the
bowels. This. therefore. is q critical period
of the year. n season when the renovating.
refreshing and purifying operation Of the
mightiest Of all vegetable tonics and altera-
tives. Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters. is saliva
tion to the weak. and the best security for the
continuance of the health and vigor of the
strong. Now is the time not only to protect
the system against the common ailments Of
the season, but 10 prevent the disorders inci-
dent to warmer temperature. Let not the
exhausting heats of the summer months find
you unprepared TO meet them. A course Of
Hostetter's Bitters. commenced now, will put
all the physical energies in fighting trim.
double the capacity of the internal organs to
repel the causes Of disease, refresh the brain
and clear it Of all hypochondriacal cobwebs,
and place the whole physique in an attitude
Of defense. with every available point fortified
and guarded and as nearly invulnerable to
unwholesome influences as it is possible for
the human structure to be-.
Year: 1872

Now, this is really too absurd Here
is a man who dies in New Jersey, and
the telegraph attempts to define him as
the owner Of building in which GEN
eral Washington had bis headquarters. y
There is no American schoolboy who
has not known one or more men who
lived in a house that had been General
Washington's headquarters. The Gen
eral had more headquarters during his
service in the field than any other gen
eral of ancient or modern times. II ap-
pears to have been his habit to visit
every pleasant locality in the country
and Immediately build house as his
headquarters. he must have built them,
for there are more headquarters Of Wash
ington now in existence than there we're
houses standing in the country at the
time of the Declaration Of Independ-
egee. This being the fact, it is a very
dreary Joke for the telegraph to describe
a man as the owner OF house in
which General Washington had his head
quarters, l.,
Year: 1872

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The art of not hearing is fully as impor-
tant to domestic happiness as cultivated
ear, for which so much time and money are
expended. There are so many things which
are so painful to hear, many of which, if
heard, will disturb the temper and detract
from contentment and happiness, that every
one should be educated to take in or shut
out sounds at will. If man falls into a
violent passion, and calls me all manner of
names, the first word shuts my ears, and l
hear no. more. If, in my quiet voyage of
life, [ am caught in one of these domestic
whirl winds of scolding, 1 shut up my years,
as sailor would furl his sail, and making
all tight, scud before the gale. If a hot
and restless man begins to infame my feel
ings, | consider what mischief these sparks
might do in the magazine below, where my
temper is kept, and instantly close the door.
Does gadding, misunderstanding fellow be-
gin to inform me what people are saying
about me, down drops the portcullis of my
ear, and he cannot get it in any further
Some people feel so very anxious to hear
everything that will vex 'and annoy them,
they set about searching and finding it out.
If all the petty things said of one by the
needless or ill-natured idlers were to be
brought home to him, he would become a
mere walking pin-cushion, stuck full OF
sharp remarks. | should as soon thank q
man for emptying on my head bushel Of
nettles, or setting loose swarm of mos


quitoes in my chamber, or raising pungent
in my house generally, as to bring upon me
all the tattle of spiteful people. If you
would be happy, when among good men
open your ears; when among bad, shut
them. 1t is not worth while to hear what
your servants say when they have slammed
the door; what beggar says whose petition
you have rejected; what your neighbors say
about your children, what your rivals say
about your business or dress. have noticed
that well-bred woman never hears an i'm.
pertinent remark. A kind of discreet deaf,
ness saves one from not little apparent
connivance in dishonorable conversation.
Year: 1872

1t is related of DR.. South, who was chap
lain in ordinary and court preacher to Queen
Anne of England, that after service on one
occasion the Queen was graciously pleased
to say to him, doctor, you have preached
an excellent sermon to-day; l wish you had
taken time to make it longer"


MAY it please your Majesty" he replied,
& wish 1 had taken time to make it shorter. -


The remark of the Queen and the reply
of the preacher were indicative of the re-
spective mental power and cultivation Of
each; hers, of the immature judgment of an
uninformed mind; his, the proof of the &C
eomplished scholar and skilful writer. 1t
costs no great effort comparatively, to write
a long sermon, or discursive, rambling es-
say. Such a production of the brain may
be thrown off at a single heat; but sift and
analyze the thought, and to simplify and
condense the language so as to bring it with
in the limits of twenty or thirty minutes Of
time, or of two columns of a public journal,
require much longer study. And it is study
that pays. 1t pays in the pulpit and it pays
in the press. The lights in the sanctuary Of
God should be supplied with beaten oil, and
the busy public have no time to throw away
on crude compositions in religious journals
Brevity is the soul of wit"
Year: 1872

Close communion editors seem much dis.
pleased that the liberal men in the Baptist
denomination should have an organ through
which to utter their convictions. They have
endeavored to convince the public that those
whom they call the Irregular Baptist" have
nothing to do with the Baptist Union, and
that Freewill Baptists only contribute to its
columns and read its pages. But this policy
does not succeed. The public are rapidly
learning that many of the leading meu of
the denomination are writing for this paper,
and the result is that Regular" Baptists in
all parts of the land are subscribing for and
reading it with interest and advantage. We
just at this moment think of no less than
twenty ministers, several of them leading
representative men in the denomination, who
write for the paper and feel closely identi-
fed with its mission. Many times twenty
declare themselves in full sympathy with its
principles and purposes. Close-communion





and denounce this paper as an enemy,
"sapper and MINER" because it publishes
their communications. At first they pro-
posed to treat the whole thing with silent
contempt; but finding that the people will
read, they now adopt more actiye policy.
The open, bold, truthful utterances of Broth
er Melish and others are too effective to be
passed over silently by the opposing party.
They persistently declare that these liberal
principles are not baptistic, that abandon.
ment of rigid close communion is apostacy
from the Baptist faith, and that these liberal
men in fact have ceased to be Baptists, and
ought at once to leave the denomination. If
they would only go to the Freewill Baptists,
or to the Congregationalists, or anywhere
else, it would afford them great relief. But
these liberal men are not inclined to fee;
the Baptist Union is not inclined to deny
them utterance; its columns will remain open
for candid, kind, thorough discussion of
this whole question of liberty; we shall con-
tinue to send the paper to all kinds of Bap-
fists, and to all others who desire it, and ex-
pect to follow up this course until every
evangelical Baptist church in the land is
cordially fellowshiped and every church of
Christians is recognized by Baptists as
Christian church. We believe that liberal
Baptists have mission in this direction, and
we trust they will prosecute it in love and
fidelity, until it is accomplished. By so
doing they practically serve the cause Of
Christian union and do honor to Christ.


Baptist Union.
Year: 1872

A late statesman, one of the conspicuous
names on our country's roll of honor, told
me that he always carried in his pocket a
small volume, now one author and now
another, which he took out and read while
he was waiting for others. In this way he
had used the little intervals of time through
many years, and had (though without early
educational advantages) made himself q
learned man. Scarcely day passes in
which we have not to wait FIVE, ten, or fifteen
minutes, in Office, parlor, or committee room
for others to meet their engagements with
US, or for others to attend to our call. This
waiting is done away from our own business
places, so that we cannot attend to our OWL
business avocations, and so the precious mo
mentS are usually wasted. Suppose we have
an average of fifteen minutes day of sucf
waiting. 1t will make, in the business days
of the year, total equal to seven and {
half business days of idle waiting Now
think of seven and half days of careful
reading in history-for example, seven anc
a half long days, of ten hours each.-Er
change.
Year: 1872

The WHOLE BUSINESS OF LIFE.-The
amiable and gifted Jane Taylor, the last
time she took up her pen lit was on the day
preceding her DEATH wrote as followS:-"0,
my dear friends, if you knew what thoughts
l have now, you would see as I do, that the
whole business of life is preparation for
death"


How much time is spent in preparing to
live! How little in preparing to die


One who had lived more than fifty years
said, as the hand of death was upon him,
81 have all my days been getting ready to
live, and now must die!'


Would men but spend as much time in
preparing to die, as they spend preparing to
live, the physical agonies of death would not
SO frequently be heightened by the agonies
of despair.
Year: 1872

HEAVEN OR HE'LL.


My dear Friends,-In this cold and deaC
time vast multitudes appear to be as careless
as heather in regard to death and judgme
and our hearts are ready to bleed for them
But even the poor heather have their god
aud their daily worship, and will rise il
Judgment against Americans. Conscience
tells you there will be judgment and a JUS
reward TO the righteous and the wicked; and
the Bible tells us that heaven and hell vii
contain. all the human family. Or will you
madly fight against reason and revelation
The apostle John saw heaven as "the city
Of the great King" the new Jerusalem with
Pearly gates and golden streets, where night
is exchanged for eternal day, and sin and
sorrow are never known-where the spirits
of just men are made perfect in holiness and
happiness as the angels of God, and with ex-
banded intelle al faculties will survey with
ever increasing delight the wide field of Gods
creation, and dive into his deep DEGREES and
dark providences-and where they will feast
upon the smiles of their dear Redeemer, as
cribing " Blessing and honor, and glory, and
power, unto him that sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb fol lever and ever" But
on the other hand, what tongue can tell the
horrors of Lell! But little is said by way of
description, except as great and dreadful
lake that burns with fire and birthstone"
prepared for the devil and his angels, and
into which the impenitent are also cast,
where the smoke of their torment ascendeth
up forever and ever" But this is enough.
1t is no pleasure to a benevolent heart to
dwell upon the gloomy theme, but kind
physician should be candid with his patient
TO induce him to submit to the necessary
remedies. We are defled with sin, from the
crown of the head to the sole of the foot, and
Christ is the great physician. And will you
apply to him without delay? We want a
revival of religion in all our churches, and
multitudes of precious souls made monuments
IF the grace of God. Dear friends, We need
your service in the cause of God, and you
need the prayers and cOunselS of the Church
of God. No longer waste your time and
talents in the service of sin, and thus de-
grade your noble nature, but be men and
assert your dignity. All earthly things are
passing away; but when we shall have quit
this stage of being, there is another on which
we shall appear, and where our destiny must
be fixed forever. What will be our condi-
ton there? That is the great question.


SENEX.


P. S. l have been led into this train Of
thought by recent afliction that was up-
usual to me, but not very severe except for
a short time. When racked with chills and
scorched with fevers, and each of the tardy
hours strangely seemed nearly as long as a
day, l thought seriously of the endless dura-
tion of future punishment, and felt more
anxious to warn the ungodly.
Year: 1872

Brother Christian, move that light. Ever.
picture shows to better advantage when tn
light is properly adjusted. If you woul
study to profit that awful, yet beautiful pic
ture drawn by our Saviour in Matt XIV
31-40 inclusive, get the light in the righ
place. To whom are you handing that dol
lar? A poor old widow. Is hers the ONLY
figure you see? Look again-look with th'
eyes of disciple; let the light of that 4Otl
verse shine, and perhaps you will see Jesu
somewhere on the scene. zee your hant
extended again. Who is receiving you
aims this time? A missionary agent. Well
here you have large field of observation
Move your light till all the lines, all the OBJ
.jects, all the lights and shadows of this pic
ture stand out clearly before you. Here
you have the dusky Asiatic, the swarthy In
dian, the darker sons of Africa; even tht
dwellers in your own land, destitute poor
fathers, mothers, children-suffering for lack
of the bread of life. But now look closer
still; there is One among them you may no
have seen. Jesus is there; for every one Of
these who is child of God, He is ready tc
own your benefactions, and to say, "Inas.
much as ye have done it unto me-" Are
you one of those who give only because you
are expected to give, who, instead Of giving
largely enough to make you feel it is free.
will sacrifice to Christ, give just as little as
possible to save your credit? Move your
light. Are you in the habit of giving only
when compelled, for the sake of being saved
from the charge of niggardliness? Move
your light. Are you one of those who never
give in faith, beholding Jesus? Move your
light. Are you of those who never give at
all? Then, by all means, move your light,
and keep moving it till you can see where
you are and by whom you are surrounded
Remember the "cloud Of witnesses" for they
see you, whether you see them or not. Do
you wish your heart enlorged and filed with
the love of Jesus? There is no line of duty
fraught with richer return of joy and sweet
communion with your Saviour, than the con-
slant and liberal exercise of benevolence.
What is there in all that you can do which
will more nearly assimilate you to Jesus in
in feeling and action? "He went about
doing good" and He wants you to do the
same. Do not, then, be satisfied to give in
either of the ways indicated above, but study
thoroughly this Christian duty, till you un-
derstand it in all its bearings, and can feel
that in the discharge of it Christ will mani
fest himself unto you as He does not unto
the world.
Year: 1872

DRIFTED BAcKwARD.-It was a source of
much trouble once to some fish, to see mum.
Der of Holsters swimming backward instead
of forward. They therefore called meet
ing, and it was determined to open class
for their instruction, which was done, and a
number of Holsters came; for the fish very
gravely argued that if they commenced with
the young ones, as they grew up they would
learn to swim Alright. AT first they did very
well, but afterwatd, when they returned
home, and saw their fathers and mothers
swimming in the old way, they soon forgot
their lessons. So many child, well taught
at Sabbath School, is drifted backward by
a bad home influence.
Year: 1872

WoMAN's POWER FOR GOOD AND EVIL
One gifted and beautiful woman, if wrongly
disposed, can work more evil in society, can
scatter more seeds of corruption and death,
than, with their utmost effort, score of men.
Her capabilities for good in the different de-
partments of morals, are equally great, and
in such proportion to her powers, both for
good and evil, must be her condemnation if
she is false to her holy stewardship. Society
cannot be destroyed if woman is true, nor
saved if woman is false. Besides, society
shows no unequal discrimination in regard
to this particular class of offences. The
rule applies to all. A profane woman, a
drunken woman, female thief or murderer,
excites always greater horror and disgust
than if the crime had been committed by
man. And this is right, and it will be an
evil day for this world when woman in her
sin excites no more adherence than man.
Year: 1872

HoLINEss.--If it be heaven towards which
we journey, it will be holiness in which we
delight; for if we cannot now rejoice in hav-
ing God for our portion, where is our meet
ness for world in which God is to be all in
all, for ever and eYerE
Year: 1872

MAXIM FROM RURAL LIFE.-Elder Alfred
Bennett, of Homer, gives this warning to
those who are in danger of becoming ex,
cluded church members: "When sheep is
excluded from the fold it will bleat around
until it is readmit:ed; but when hog is put
out of its pen it will root around and try to
upset it.
Year: 1872

MANY PERSONS when they find themselves
in danger of shipwreck in the voyage of life,
throw their darling vices overheard, as other
mariners their treasures, only to fish them
up again when the storm is over.
Year: 1872

The National CM Builder thus describes
paper car wheels, the material Of which is
straw-board, in all respects the same as
that used in the manufacture of paper
boxes, and made of wheat, rye, or oat
straw: The tire is of steel, and, when
turned up ready for the filling, is made
taper inside, so that the inside diameter on
the fiange is one-eighth of an inch smaller
than on the other. The body Of the wheel
is a paper block made of straw board,
cut into circles thirty inches in
diameter, pasted together with ,ordl-
nary paste, and consolidated under a
hydraulic pressure of about three hundred
tons. This block after being slowly dried
for nearly two weeks in a dry-house, is
turned and fitted in common pattern
lathe. The turning tool is like that used
for iron, but the speed is about the same
as is used for brass. This block, thus
turned to fit the tire, is of course some
what larger in order to insure a perfect tit


A hydraulic pressure Of about foul
hundred tons is then used tt
force the block into its place. The


tire is heated nearly to the boiling point o


water, thus insuring perfect bearinI


when cool. When the paper block is L
the lathe, suitable hole for cast iro


hub is boared through the centre. Thi


hub has wide fange upon one end. Gov
ering the whole of each side of the whe'
, are two side plates of Norway iron boLs
} plate, which tit against shoulder turne
Year: 1872

If you cannot speak well of your
neighbors, do not speak of them at all. A
cross neighbor may be made kind one by
kind treatment. The true way to be hap
py is to make others happy. To do good
IS luxury. If you are not wiser and
better at the end of the day, that day is
lost. Practice kindness, even if it be but
little each day. Learn something each
day, if it be but to spell one word.-
Learn to control your temper and your
words. Say nothing behind ones back
that you would not say to his face.


Sc Deaka pa Doden, - Think of the
Dead, lis the plaintiye prayer which ap.
pears on every Swedish grave; and who
that would forget them? Death cometh
unto every man, and none should blind
themselves with the inevitable fact, or seek
to ignore the great life lesson which it
teaches. But whether in the spring tmt
of life or in the frosty winter of age, ht
| NAV even make his darkness beautiful, il
the comfortings of religious trust, and annie
the tender charities of the sick ROOM"


There is something which compels ou
admiration, though it fails to command ou
respect, in the straightforward way II
which some people go to the deyil-makinl
an "air line" with no hypocrisy or pretenss


about them. Such people are more likel.
to see their error and leave forbidden path


than are those who slyly sneak along tn


by-ways and secret walks of sin.


| "A st. Petersburg correspondence say


that General Sheridan and number {


other persons who entertained Alex


during his visit to the United States, are


receive decorations from the Gar in az
acknowledgement of the kindness shown
the Grand Duke. General Sheridan is
receive the order of the White Eagle. II
other recipients are not named.