Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1875, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY JULY 25, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES sood men who woald be an hovor to cur Dio- vese. The nomines, knowing that a upanimouns vote had been caet for him, would feel encour- zeed to come smong nk. Aud here let me ank, What wan. ungder the prescot feeling, would be n him- ¥ at let a panimone call be’ given, and I ventara to sy the Standing Commiiiecsof a mn;ori\y of 8il the Dioceses world be wiiling to confirm the person cireted by the Diddeee 81 Niinoi 1 take thir oppoartunity, Mr. Ld:tor. to ask the tanding Commilies and oletavmen and laymen of te Diocese of 1llinois at large ta whink the zastier over, and aeeif ve cannot be men worthy of the name of Chnetiane. Therefore let those aune be selocted from our clersy and Inity, and niect and conEnlt together, avd ask Divine as- wistance 10 epable them to act for the good of all e CLurch. I sm. very reepectfuliy yours. —_— THE JEWISH CHURCH DIFFICULTY. ATPEALS TO THE COURTS DRPRECAZED. The Jerrish Messenger of last weok comments upen the opinion of Judge Latremore in the Totter of the application by Mr. Saloman, s momber of the Congregstion Bnai Jeshurun, for & pormanent injunchion restraming the Trustees from iatroducing family pews andan organ. It will be remembered thet the Coart beld that it wasnot s xubject for equitable intervention. The Mersenger says : ‘The time has come when two-thirds of the Jewieh ©nrgations of New York Tefuse to recognize any < julicature of the Church.,” Do the remuaing con- servative cougtesmilons care to riek controversics like Wit jart culminading in Znae Jeshurun » If the civil « ~uris are poweriers to protect the minority, and there i no respect for wncient or modern Jewish ecclesiasti- callaw, the ertostion may sa well bo accepted. It is ifcult pow than it was twenty years sinea—but it y#: impossilic—to inetitute a uzion for eccletjas- tical purposes nmong Fach cougregations a8 choose to Temain ju the 0l school On uestions mot purely dociripa, sll srashives will still heartily concur, But w. s2¢ resminded by the accomplished Judge that cery fadi. * questiaus propesly belong to the judicature of he Church,"—und if the conservatives consider the S.theth, circumeixion, Jewish marrisges, and other creniial rites Tacod upoa the Mosaic Law, as worthy of prexervition for ell time, they wust unite to eatab- 3% for Judaista that discipline and judicature which are andispenssble in otber religions communities, Seme organized representative body ought to declare What js essential to Judaism, what is optiopal with its professors ; and thera shiouid be ecclesinstical author- 3tics 1o apply the law to particular cases, pligseso st THE MONTEFIORE TESTIMONIAL. WHAT IT PCRPORTS TO BE. The Monsefiors {estimenial, reference - to which has been made in lato foreign diepatches, has refereace to a plan proposed for promoting the welfare of the Hebrews in Palestine. Bir Ifoses Montefiore had been a member of the London Committoe of the Deputies of Britich Jews for nuppwards of fiity years, snd kad been President for s very long veriod, It should be upderstood that the fanctions of thie corporation—which comprises about forty lomcn representing the most important v congregaticns in the United Ringdom— ist in watching over the intorosts.of the \ws of England, “and deliberating on what .y eandace to their welfarc and improve their oncral condition,” and of taking action in favor scwsh i individuals in gn copntoes cases of wrong or -furtune or oppression. This latter function rxore imporiant, aud there is no donbttbat <in varions par:s of the Continent owe immunity from danger in many cases to tho s intervantion of the Jewish Board of Dep- great influence possessed by Bir Xores Montefiore with the English Ministry, whether , Li or Couservative, gave the Dosrd s prominent poaition; and it wus mnot a matter of surprise, . there- tore, -tuat, when Bir Moses -Montefiore tendered his resiguation of the Presidentship, its membere should have been exceedingly de- sirous. of perpetuating the many charitable schievemetts of the venerable and distinguish- ed Laronet who badoften journered to Russis, Roumasia, Turkey, Rome, and Moroceq on be- half of thie Taog of which be is 80 remarkable & member. A testimonial committee was speedily formed, and the gentlemen composing it -wailed .upon i oses to inquire of him form he would desire the projected testimoninl to assume. - The vouerable champion of the appressed replied in & ‘most cheracieristic manner, and those .who are acquainted with the idess which have guided tum through life caunof ba sstonished that he shiould have selected - Jerusalem, the city of his heart, e8 the placo in' which the proposed memorial should sssume .form and existence. Hé suggestsd that, if they were desirous,of handing down his pame to posterity, nothing: could give tum greater pleasare than 1o witness the eystexatic promotjou in Jernsalem of, agri-: cultural snd mechanical ownputions by mezns of & permanent association, with a view to afct an improvement in the wretched atate of its Jew- ieh inhabitants, ~ He_impressed upon tha Tesli- monial Committes the 1mportanca pf tendering =seistance oaly to those . o’ple ‘who were willing 10 assist themuelves, mcpr avoiding to encour- age furiber destitution by any. species of alms~ giving. Upon this mission Sir Moses Montefiors, now 01 yeers of age, has journeyed to Jerusalem: in the interests of his co-religionists ; and . those who are agquainted with his irations on the subject of the Holy Land will feel no_ suwrprise st his undertaking, at this period of his life, a mission for tho purpose of inquiringanto the con- dition of Palestine, and the best means. of alle- viatiog the destitution of its Jewish inhabitants. From time immemorial simost tho Jews, Living in all parts of the world, have regularly, without intermission, forwarded sums of money to be distributed to the poor Israelites of Jeru- eslem, many of whom were sttracted thither by religions umpulees, yery orthodox Jows of Po- Jand, Russia, and Germaoy being actuated by a desire of spending their lsst days within the boundaries of the Holy City. Frequently, in- deed, the religions feeling was entirely foignod, pumerous famijles resorting to Jerusalem to cscapo the necessity of working for their liveli~ hood aitd share in the mouey provided for the yoorof the Holy Laud. Chuldren even grew up %o look apoa their portion of chatitable relief a3 their property, to which the law-entitled them. Ou the other hand thero wero mauy pious inca- pacitated old men, some immigrants, others in- digenous to the soil, who were inspireds by the highest motives, aud were content to subsist on - bread and water 8o long as thev had tho gratifi- cation _of breathing the air of the Holy City. Itneed not be aid that the system of in- discriminate almeziving employed in Jerusalem end the sarronnding cities was produciiye ‘of very unfortunate results ; all forms of industry dccayed ; the pamperism’ became chronic, and, 25 the popalation_increased, tho -portion of re- iief allctied to each individual became smaller. 44d frequent famine, discase, and political op- presxion to this state of things, and one may ob- iain & tolerably accurate ides of the siae of the Jews of Uslestine in recent times. i CURIOUS SUPERSTITIONS, SOXE SOUTHERN NOTIONS. A letter to the New York Graphic from St. Louis coutained the following : The colored Bishops are awskening great interest in bebalf of their own poople. Bishop Miles, in a meet-. ing yesterday, related a number of facts that had fallen under his own observation relative to the super- e, idolatries, etc., which alound in the swamp 28 of Mississippd and Alabama, e ssid many of ieved they saw God, talked with likewiso. They belicved thesa things to such sn extent thiat they would 8coff at the ides that any man Lo een couverted who had mot seen God, who Lud not been = suspended by a thread right ovér hell aud“ecen its Lorrors,” Aother claas worshiped a golored woman god. hey dressad ber up and siood ber in clurch. When they confested their sins they would lay her down on the floor with & pillow under Ler head, and would then lie down by ber and whisper 30 ber eats, Another soct hold their pastor as & veri- tabie sheplierd. _Their worship consisted of the shep- berd caliing * Sbocp, sheep, sieep,” and the peopls replytug bah, 2s they gatherod around Lun or follewed um to different pointa, A third sect ios 3 practical idea of conversion. It is that God cuts and -t Is proposed 4o . exiend : the -intervals be-! twesn the meetinga to flvo years. The annual recoipts of ;the American Baptist: Missionary Union has sdvanced, in twenty-6ve, yoarn, from $104,537 in 1850 to $241,970 in 1875. Tt in only eight years eince tho first Baptist Mis- sionaty Society was organized in Kottering, Eng. The American Baptist-Missions date from the’ vear 1514, The Baptists of Virginia have set apart $20,200 of the proposed Centennisl fund for the endow- ment of memorial scholarships -for - the benefit! of the sons of Baptist ministers In the State. Tn the other Southern States the Baptists; have’ sakon great jnterest in the Centenujsl educs- tional fand. : The Roman Catholic priest, at Barpia, Oat., dehounced all secrot Bocieties as anfagovistio to. the Roman Churct, and warned ; the members of bis congregation not to.assist at or patronize the 0dd-Fellows' fetes aboat to -be held thoro, on pain of the infliction of the usual penalties for, disobadience. A good. definition of - the . diffarence -bet ween tho ** 01d School " and the *‘New Sghool” iwas: “As given by the Hon. J. B. Grinnell, of Io near as I can understand,” said ho, 2s they are born, and the childreu of the new as soon a8 they know how.” Harvard University is proviog her fresdom y treating the alumni from the sectazian, s{»fl [ of her diFinity.school with'equal honor_without : respect to_denamination, and the Liev. Dr..Will- iam D. Wilson, of Corpell University, a promi- neut Episcopal minister, is chosen tirst preacher for the next anniversary of the alumoiof the school. : The Rev. J. H. Hopkins, of Plattaburg, has writton a caustio letter to the New York Tribune, roviewing the action of Bishop Cose in regar to the rejection of Prof. Seymour by the Epis- copal Church, and ssserting that Bishop Coso, by his subsequent courso, has virtually con-: fessed the gronndlessness of the accusations he then made. The Rey. Dr. Philip Schaff, of New York, was resent at the meeting of the Comncil of tho &ri:jsb ‘Branch of the Evangelical Allisnce, June 16, snd_announced the contemplated bienaial moetiog of the Americsn Brauch .in Ritisburg next autumn. The recoipts of the Dritish Alli- ance from July 1, 1674, to May 81, 1375, were £1,349; expenditures, £1,468. The Bishops of the Methodist :Episcopal Church, So having decided that the sale of . intoxicating liquors in largo or small quantities, 10 be used a8 & boverage, constitutes a violation of the Methodist [aw, the Augusta Distriot Con-: ference calls upon the members of the Meth- odist Church to sepsrate themselyes from this traflic, and requests the. pastors of the diferent .churches to **judicionsly yet-firmly " enforce the ruling of the Bishops. Grace Charch, New York, ig abogt to erect a ‘| -oup of buildings of a-remarkable charactor. t has secured the depth of.the entire block be- tween Thirteenth and Fourtoenth etreets. The group will include Grace Hall, having a frostage of 6234 feet on Fourteenth street; Grace House and Grace Parsonage, on Thirteeuth street, and Grace Chapel, which will occupy thoe centre of the block, with 1,000 sitfings. ~ Tho total equipment_will cost abont $150,000, and be the centre of all the thronging activities of that busy In 1852, the Rev. DryThomas Gallandet found- ed Bt.Ann’s Church for Deaf Mutes in New York, of which he has been Rector ever since. Three years ago he also founded *The Church Mission to Deaf Mutes,” which Society has gince astablished ten branches in different parts of the land. One ‘eature of this mission is a Na- tional- Home for Aved and Infirm Deaf Mufes. for which Dr. Gallandst now.calms for-8500. He purposes. devoting his remaining sctive nfe to the eleyadon and. smprovement of deaf muwce in tha United Btates. : There are two churches in this. country which are arranged with tubes for the conven- ience of deaf people, namely : the Firat Charch at ua, -N. H., aud the Presbyterian Church, at:Freehold, N. J. In the latter, » number of pews .are connected first by floxible tubes, then by tin pipes abont an inch.in .dismeter runnipg down through the floar, and connecseg with & kind of tunnel terminating just infront of the Bible. The plan works weli. 1t is sold for any given church for about $20. " Any tinemith can pat in the arrangement. A conwributor to. the Jewish Messenger of New ,York, in enumerating the advantmges enjoyed by his people in the .United States, specifies tho fact that here ¢ Jews are elected o offices—No~ tional, State, and municipal—without a word be-* ing seid against them on socount of their rage. .In this connection, .kt is .noteworthy.(be agds) ' that the Christian reigious papers, nearly all of which ;are -edited. by mibisters, though they are continyally.sbumvg esch other, and throatening .dissenting, branches. of ihs churches shey rep- resent with all sorta.of eternal uncomforcable- ness, seldom_or nover s’penk of ke Jows in any terms other than those of respect and kiodness.” The parties in the Church of Englaod are pro- pazing -for the conflist which they consider as cortamn to follow the coming into operation of the *Pablic Worship ‘Reguiation law.” Lord Penzance- will be the 'Judge -of the new Court which the Jaw-provides. -Pamphlets already be- gin to appesr. _One, entitled *Tha Coming Campaign, and How It 'Will Be-Won,” proposes the establishment of a rival place of worehip in any parish -in Englaod whero the eastward position and the eucharistic vestments are forbidden. “The English Charch Union has passed a resolution declaring ** that - no settlement of tho present ritusl controversy in the Church bf England will be generslly sat- isfactory which probibts any of the following ususges in the celebration of the Holy Com- munion, where they are desired by clergy s congregation, viz.: () The lights: (b) th veatments ; (c) the mixed chalice; (d) unleay- enpd bread ; (€) incense ; (f) the eastward posi- ey ‘The Pope haa rocently been unwell, but bas recovered his bealth.again. On Juoa 21, in au address to the Roman Nobles, he reviewed the conrse of events in Italy eince 1870. He said : ¢ France has raised the cry.of the Jubilee, and at a hundred sasciuaries have assombled mill- jous of Catholics. The City of Paris presented an edifsing spectacio at-the lsying of the foun- dation-stono of tho tewmple which is to bo raisoa 10 honor of the:Sacred Heart.of Jesns. That spectaclo was repdered iu an oxiraordinary degree impressive by the enormous crowds of worshipers, smong wWhom \ere many parsons of rank, as well_as our veneranls brotber, the Cardinal Archbishop of Puris, surrounded by other distinguished prelatce. Nor is this all. France is now employed in establishing freedom of oducation, & boon rigerously denied to Italians. At Vienna and through the Austrian Empire tho effects of .the Jubilee celebrated in so many different places have filled with con- solation the hearts of the good. Belgium, Ba- varia, and many other parts of Europe, have with noble courage entered the sacred lists. America haa given the highest proofs of sym- pathy for:ts Holy See. Spain, amid all her difficulties, with firmness dnd constancy de- ‘mands Catholic anity.” IN FAYOR OF CHEERFUL GIVING. A worthy pastorin Cleveiand, 0., bas pub- lished a card in explanation of his yielding his prejudices Bo far as.to sanction & “lawn fete” 10 be held {or the benefit of his church. But he takes occasion to se; Everybody kmows, at least everybody who we me, that I have al- ways been opposed to every kind of indirect method or sensational scheme for raising money to_suppart our churches and feed our starving ‘missionaries, and, in short, to a!i modern ‘inven- tions in the worship of God’ I have al- ways maintained that the plain sod bonest state- ment of ;qur objects .and claims, based upon facts and Gospel principles,—* the love of Christ constraining us,”* layiog by in store as God hath ©jem tlie brozst, takes oat the heart, opens it with a vasbes it. puta it Lack, placcs 8 Bible in <# thia Bidle in the bosom is & very general whenever cncountered it is quite imposaible te o idea and prevail upon them to azy other. The devdl was consequently fn—3 creatwe With “fost big as a - Misiel, znd eyes big o8 pewter pistes and red 2c fire” The Bishop mid he met with ome wan who “epoke up” in meeting, and exid he didn’t Liieve that “old God was ever friend to man.” '+ bt 01d Godortle o I3 JenOTah—was BEver & friend to man. Thit, what with lightning, winds, siornis, sun, froat, Wwar, tempest, plagues, etc., He wonid Lave destroyed the world long ago if it badn’t Vecn for Jesus Christ.” *+And don’t sou believe Christ is 2s cld 13 God 2" aeked the Biehiop, “Do you thirk I e & old as my f{ather?” replied the pative logiciun, e RELICIOUS MISCELLANY. ¥ THE CHUECH IN GENERAL. According to tha latest English statistics there are 14,000,000 Methodists thronghout the world. The total amount of receipts for the past year reported by the various religious societies of Great Dritain at the late apuiversaries was eon- eiderably over $350,000,000. The General Confercnce of the Ev-nzelml Association (Albright'Methodists) meeta in Phil- adclphia Get. 14. The meetings are quadrennial, prospered us,'—would raise more money and be a thousand times more practically successful than all the fairs, bagaars, pantomimes, stareop- ticons, tableanx, rafiles, lotteries, suppers, eat- ing, drinking, danciog, and smusiog ourselves generally for the sake of the Church, even thongh the whole namber of Christians in all the world were no more than the 120 assembled in Jerusalem, and sa poor as poverty itself in worldly goods. Such bave always peen my sen- timents.” A CHINESE MOODT. A Christian Chinaman named 8it Moon recent- 1y arrived in Honotutu from San Fraocieoo, and i8 labaring among bis countrymen there under the suspices of the Young Men's Chustian Asso- cirtion.” Says the Friend: “We are most hap) 10 inform our readers and the contributorstotl 8id of the Young Men's Christian Association that Sit Moon arrived by the lsst steamer from San Franoisco, and has entered most succesaful- Ivupon bis work among his countrymen in Houolylu. He has preached three successive Sabbath evenings in the Bethel to audiences averaging 150. His first topic waa the mission of the Son of God to our world for the salvation of smners; his second the Prodigal Son; and his third the Ten Commandments ; bat particu- Jarly the fourth, relating to the observance of the Sabbath. At the last gathering the exer- cises were varied by singing * There Is a Happy Laod,” 10 the Chinese language, ascompanied by the seraphine. Many joined in the singing, a3 tho colportenr has a class under instrme- @ chil-, drenof the pld school Presbyterians sin.as soon — tion in .mioging. _So far.as we are able ‘to. judgoe, he hsa made a most happy impression upon the Chineso community. He is an earnest sud practical man, speaks with much fluency, and, {1 the attention manifested among s Liearers, must greatly interest their minds. “After Sit Moon has lsboredafew woeks m Honolulu, the Associstion design sending him ng lis counirymen on_thoe otherialanas.. Tabora ‘seem to be most opportuns, when taken in connection with tho arrivel last week of 114 Clinsse passengers from China, who eame- to- labor-upor these ielanda. - Others may _be gxpected.” = 3 ,A STRANGE. HOSPITAL. 2 The Peculisr People of -England several of whose members ate now awaiung trial for man- | glapgliter.in not clling medical.aid when mem- bers of their sect were sick, haye resolved baldly. to_ put fo practical test the question .28 to “whother medigat aid_is- resily a necessity, or whether prayer. alone, is not sufficiently ,effica- cious in all cases . of sickness. ‘For somo time put,n lurge . twentyrroomed house, gituated in {Powor strect, on tho northeast side of -London Tields, Lomdon, has been empty. A.few days gince much excitement was caused in :the. _neighborhood by tho appearance outside of the Louse of & board bearivg the following insorip~ tion: * Honso of Faith, for te reception of such as aro. considered hopaless(ly] incysable, to be healed by tho prayer of faith.” *Aadall things whatsoever yo shall ask in prayer, beliaving, yo shall reccive.” Matt. xxi, 22. *‘I8.any sick among yon, let *him call for the elders of tho chareh, and let them pray over bim_and annoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith sball save tho sick, and tho “Lord ehall raige him up; and . if -be -have committed sins they shall be forgiven him. Coo- fess your faults one to another and £my for one 10 another, that ye may be healed. . The effactual fervent prayer of the righteous man availefh much.”—St. Jamos, v., 14-16. *‘And these signs sball follow them that belicve: in My name ghall they cast out dovils, they shatl speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents, and if thoy bring suy deadly thing it shall-not burt them ;- they shall lay bands oo the gick and - they shall recover.” -St.-Mark, xvi., 17-18. Thefe will be o strentous opposition on the part of the inhabitants to the opening of the hospital. PERE HYACINTHE ON THE CHURCH. At Geneva, on Sunday, June 20, Pere Hyacinthe proached a sermon upon *‘The Chureb,” which 1s highly intereating, not only as showing his conception of what that inatitation should be, but also as defining his position in relation to the Eastern and Western churches, and also to .tho Anglican and -tho more etrictly Protestant bodies. The preacher began his disconrss with the -statement that while the Church, like man, consists of body and soul, the goul is the more -important part. ‘The Chureh must be possessed of the living spirit of . If igis simply a body of forna and cer- emonies, without faith or life, it is the warst kind of pharicaism,—a corpse Without a soul. Still, as & soul needs a body, so tho Churchneeds some oxpression of dogma, some form of faith. ‘Three things are necessary upon the part of members of the Church in order that it may:be properly constitated, nemely : First, its mom- bers must be moved by religious motives aud not by political ones ; secopd, they must hold a living faith—n sincere ‘belief of positive truth; and third. they mus¢ follow the esample of Jesus Cbrist. In spesking more pariicnlarly of the-body of the Church, or its visible and outward form, the eacher said that it is to be resognized by ita Ef)lmng to the Catholic crceds, worship, and government. The name of the Uharch is Chris- tian ; the surname is Oatholic. ‘fhe Church holds its apostolic faith expressed in its creeds. Befbre giving to the Church the Book the Apos- tles gavo it living tradition. The Slreschar then proceeded to dectare him- self still & Catholic. I have been reproache eaid he, with-being o Protestant. Bui I shoul abhor the position I now occupy in Geneva if T held the opinions of the Protestants. No! I stand firm by the Oatholic ereeds and the Catho- lic sacramonts, of which baptism and the mass are she chief. I believe that in baptism grace is mysterionsly couveyed to the soul, so making it a member of Christ's Church. I beliove that in that much-misunderstood sacrament of the mass there is 8 holy communion between Jesus Christ and the recipient. And I believe in the episcopate, that apostolio form of government founded on the Scriptures. Attacked on both sides, openly by the Presby- teriaps in the name of liberty, insidiously by the Ujtramontanes in the name of authority, it is the safeguard of liberty and suthority alixe. This isthe Catholic Church to which I belong. It has been split into parts by the schisms of the West. But the Greek and the Latin are essen- fi“‘we- ‘There is also a third branch, the Anglican, which, acoording to the hmtorian Lin- gard, and the theologian Pusey, has grfimed fhe trus episcopate. True, Calviniem has crept into it at times, but it still remains & youthfal branch of the ancient Church. With these three churches I foel myself in commuuion, and if they will not raceive me the dificulty lies with them and not with me. 1 e VAT R PERSONAL~ Fhe sfafoment made Iast Sunday tHat¥heRev. M. Froat had received a call to Denver, Cal., proves o be without foundations in facs. The Rov.D. 8. Johnson, of Hyde Park, de- parts hence for his vacation next week. He and Dr. Noyes exchange pulpits to-dsy. The Rev. W. J. Erdman, in charge of the Bible work in Mr. Moody’s church, goes to Ver- mont next Thursday, to be absont one month. Bishop Paine, of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Chureh, who has been ill since April, is slowly recovering his health. He is an old man. Tho Rev. Arthur Ritchie, of Boston, will as- sumo the Rectorship of the Church of the As- consion Aug. 1. He is said fo be an able divine. The Rev.Dr. McCron, an eminent Lutheran clergyman, well known in Baltimore, has re- ceived and accopted & call as pastor of the Lu- theran Church of Polo, Ogle County, Iil. The Rev. J. 0. Peck, D. D., leaves the coming week for & three weeks’ trip to Green Bay, Green Lake, and other verdaut places of sum- mer resort. His family will accompany him. The Rev. R. 8. Cantine is occupying moet of his leisure tume in traveling ahoat the country. Last week he was at Clinton, and this week at Woodstock. He returns to his pulpit each Sunday. Tho old Christian Church of Jackson, Mich., has put on a new Unitarian dress. aud gives & call to the Rev. J. N. Pardes, late of Hyde Park. He haa accepted, and will bogin his Iabors im- mediately. 3 The Presbyterian coogregation of New Brighton, Beaver County, Pa., baye extended a call to the Rev. Dunlap Moore, late of Vienna, Austris, and in connection with the General As- sembly of the Presbyterian Church of Iraland, to become their pastor. The Rev. Mr. Williams, of the Forty-seventh Strect Presbyterian Church. started for an ex- tended trip through Canada, New Hampshire, Vermont, etc., on the 21st. He will return to resume his ministerial duties in Saptember. ‘The Baptist Churchat Canton, O., has called the Rey. Doucan McGregor, of Maachester, £ngland, end he has accepted. Tho church was unani- mous in the call of Mr. McGregor. He expects to begin his pastorate with them the ist of September. Dr. Faiton, of Brooklyn, who all along bas de- fended the virtue and innocence of Mr. Beecher, is now satisfied of his guilt—not because of any legal or circumutantial evidence introduced agaiost him, but because ha permitted Dr. Jeffrey, & liberal Baptist, to occupy Plymouth palpit. The Rev. Thomes Hooker Eady, M. D., and Mrs. Eddy, late of Pittafield, Yll., andthe Rev. Witliam Allen Fair, late of the Diocese of New Yorls, missionaries of the Board of the Protest- ant Episcopal Cburch, saited for Africa from New York on Thursday, July 1. Dr. and Mrs. Lddy expect to land at Monrovia, and Mr. Fair at Cape Palmas, The sev. Henry T. Miller, of Lockport, N. J., recently called t0 the pastorate of the Bixth Presbyterian Church of this city, will assume charge in October. The Lockport Daity Journal 8aye of him: Whea Mr. Miller firat came to this city the Journal weicomod him with words of kindly greeting. He hns fulfilled every pleas- ant prediction then made for him. As s ser- mopizer it is no fulsome flattery fo say that he excels. He marshals words with rare apprecis- tion of their diferent shades and meaning ; his illastrations glow and burn with poetic fervor ; he crowns all with maturity of thought and ele- gance of diction, Biuce he has been here ha a:: v;:n x‘:’:m,tm mg::!.] and largely sdded to ngregation um ‘worahipis Presbyterian Church. % g Ak e —_—— BREVITIES. Tacked way down in the corner of the Chris- tian woman’s hears forever lurks that sentiment, dear to all the sex, “A new bonnet, or no charch.” Baid one man to another: ““If it wasn't Sun- dsy bhow much wpuld you take for thatiumber 2 WIf it waen't Sunday I'd tell you,” was the very paoper.reply. _A Jamaica boy, who was hit in the stomsch with & ball, ratained breath enough to observe, «ivsluckyI j'ined the Sunday-school; and then curled up for the balance of the season. Professor (kindly)—** What is the maiter, Mr. «Gray? You took nnwell” ‘Sophomors (with "2 xolumo.of * Christian Martyrs ™ io his hand)— )y breakfast was burned st the steak ; that's what’s the martyr with me.” | Last week a Pittsburg editor wrote, * The closer people get.to Nature, the closer thoy are to God.” Then he obtained leave of sbseoce to ,go out intohe.connlry, and was dtruck by light- ning while robbing an"apple-orchard. The Sliding Scale.—Rector’s mfe (u‘avemy)— ©Tommy Robigsan, how is it you don't take off your hat when you meet me?” Tommy— “Well, marm,.if I take off my hat to you, what be I to do when I meet the Parson himself 2 "'— Judy. : Our good friend, Mrs. Malsprop, who is a stmthggnluuut, has beard some talk about the compulsory teaching of the masses. She can only say ehe trembles for the safety of the Church if anythiog so Popish as the masses should be taught in‘it.— Punch. + Alittlaboy sittipg in tbhe windowof & Mis- souri’ Snndn;—sebab singiog ‘“Rock of Ages™ with all.his might, suddenly lost hig-balance, fell to the ground, and had ali the sing knocked out | of him forever after. It is a sad reflection ; but, when we are young, Providence doesn't seem to tako much charge of -us. Ono of the first things that.a boy with a bean- blowerilearns is the:fact that the angle of reflec- tion is equal to.the angle.of incidence. Itis this knowledge that iemahles :him, standing-on the sidewalk, to fire through the open church- window at -the geiling of the galiery, and foich some unsuspecting worshiper every time. About this timethe following is not an unfa- miliar scene in ,New Jersey Sunday-schools : A small'boy rises in the cluss and gazes timidly but sigoiticantly at the:teacher. Teacher, speak- ing angrily—** Well, what's the matter with you now? " Small kay, in 8 low, melancholy tone of voico—* Groen watermelon.” ‘Teacher, promptly —** Scoat.”—DBrooklyn Argus. E A youthful clergymsn who recentlly went forth:to enlighten “tho ign while dealing with the parable of the Prodigal Som, was anxious to show.how.dearly the parent loved his child. Drawing himself together, snd putting on his most’ sober “looks, “he dilated at length _upon the killing.of the fatted calf. The climax was a8 follows : '*Ishouldn’t wonder if the father had kept that calf for years, awaiting the return of hisson:" - A boy of five_years was_ ‘‘ playing railroad " with s sister of two and a balf. Drawing her upon.a fogistool, he imagined himself both the engine and the conductor, After imitating the puting noise of.thosteam, he stopped and called ont *“ New York,"” apd_in a moment after ** Pat- erson,” snd then ‘*'Philadelphia.” His knowl- edge of -towns -was now oxhousted, and at_the next placehe.cried * Hoavon.” His little sister .eaid eagerly, **Tap, I das I'll det ous here.” A good story is told of & elave-mnster in Bfs- spuri, :in.the olden times of. pefto.vnnln.ge, who gaid to his chattel, * Pompey, I hear you are s great preacher.” ~ ‘* Yes, wasss, de Lord do hielp ‘me powerful gometimes.” * Well, Pompey, don’t you think the negroes steal little things on the plantation?” “I's:mighty Fraid dey does, mas- 8s." *Then, Pompey, I want rou to preach a .sermon to the negroes agaiuat stealing.” After & brief raflection Pompey explsined, ‘‘I say, massa, dat would never do, causg “twonld trow such a col'ness over de meetin”."” A friend of mine and I came aorpss a *‘ spoon- ing” couple the other -night, und a remark we chanced £o overhear inspired him 1o relate this littlo stary: Not long:ago, at & mansion.on Mar- ray Hill, a sentimental young lady strolled with & gentleman, on whom she had ber ey, into the conservatory, Looking up pensively into his face, she said, with tears in her voice, * Ah, no cne'loyes me, Mr. Barnes!” * Some one daes!” “Yes?” gaid.the lady dropping herhead, and ressing his arm ever 0 little, ** Yes, Misa Nol- ie,” said the wretch, *‘God loves you.”—Balli- ‘more Bulletin. At the late General Assombly, Dr. Allen, of Philadelphia, told & good story on himself in his speech anent the freedmen. He was preaching ono day away down in Tennessee, whenan old Alethodist brother, of the African perauasion, | came to him after the sermon, and said: **Ilike to hear you preach, for 1 understand yvaar pronchingz.” Dr. Allen replied, “Iam glad of it.” “Bat I undarstand every word you say.” +1 hope s0,"” eaid the Doctor, *'for I try to make myself understood.” Again the old man came to the cuarge. *Yes,” Lo sid, * I understand vou jos' as well sa if you was a nmigger.” Dr. Allen thought it & rare compliment. ~ Thomas, my sor, I presume you attended uservice this morning?” “Yes, 'um.” *‘And I snppose you remembered what you heard?” “Yes 'um,” *“Well, my eon, what did you bear?” ‘ Why, I heard that Mra Stukkup gets her dresses in Pans, that Mr. Sims stols lfi the money he has, that Mabel Lee's bonnet is Dot @ new one, but only last year's made over, that Jennie Wilson carries on shamefully with that Jolly boy, sud that Deacon Schramm 1s gowng to inders because his new wife i8 80 ex- wavagant,” * Dear me! Dearme! How relig- jon has advanced since I was & giri!” said my kind, old grandmotber, as she quietly folded her Loitting and lookod ont of the window.—St ZLouis Eepublicaz. . Bome of our worthy colored brethren of the Baptist persuasion bad & baptism down at the creek last Sunday, and the ceremony attracted a very large crowd of people, Mrs. Pilman’s colored servant girl wras very soxious to be pres- ent, and, 8s it was nob her Bundsy out, she slipped away from the house while the dinner was cooking, and went arouod m her working clothes. Her interest was so infense that she stood closo to the minister, who was in the water, while the ceremony procoeded. After gix or seven had been dipped, the clergyman, tilled with entbusiasm, seized her and pulled her ioto the water. She resisted, but the minister imagined that ehe was merely afraid pf the coldness of the water, 80 “before she could explain the situation he soused her. She came up spluttering, and exclaimed: *What you dain'? Lemme go, I el you!” But be exerted J.E:Bh‘ength,,and sent her *ker-chuck” below the surface again. She emerged, clawing the air wildly ond shomting: ~*G'way from hera! Don’t you chuck me un- der ag'in, you nigger ! But the clergyman wag ipexorable, and he plunged her under a third time, and held ber there for a minute, 80 as to let it soak 10 and do her good. Then she came up and atruck for the shore, and standing there, looking like a draggled mermaid cut in ebony, she shook her fist atthe astonished pastor, and shrieked : * Oh, I'll fix you! I'll bust the head offen you, yon or'nary trash! sousin’ me in dat dare creek and nearly drownded me, when you knowed well enough all de time dat I'se s Meth- odist, snd biu christened by dem dat's your bet- ters, and knows more about religion den all de Baptisses dat ever shouted, you mis'able black scam! and mo got the rheumatiz enough toset me crazy! O, I'llsee what de law kin doforyoul I'll baveyou resteddis very day, or my name's not Johsnna Johngon, you woolly- beaded herrin’! You hear ms ?"” Then Jobanaa ‘went home to rodress, and the ceremony pro- ceeded. Miss Jokngou is now persuaded that the Baptists are not any better than pagans.— New York Weekly. ——— CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. The Rev, James Goodman will presch at the Hyde Park Church at 10:45 2, m. and 7:43 p. m. ~The Rev. H. O, Mable, of Oak Park, will preach at the First Church at 11 s, m. The Rev, Dz, Everts will preach at the Indians Avenue Chapel in the evening. ~The Rev. D. B, Cheney will preach at the Fourth Church, corner of Washington and Panlina streets, st 10:30 5. m, and 7:45 p, ™. —The Rey. J. A, Smith, D, D., will preach st the Dniyersity Place Churchat 11am. No service in the evening, —The Rev, Stewart Grsy, of England, will preach morning and evening =t the Tempie Church, corner of Harrison snd Sangaman streets. —The Rev. Dr. Stowell will preach in the Englawood Church morning and evening. —The Rev. J. D. Burr will presch at Immanuel Church, No, $32 North Halsted street, morning and evaning. —The Rev, Florence McCarthy will presch in Amity Chureh, corner of Warren svenua and Robey troet, at 1030 8. m. and 7:45 . . Morning subject: ** The Lurury of Doing Good.” Evening subject: “The Eind of Ministers We Nesd.” ~The Rev. F, M..Ellis will presch at the Michigan Avenus Church morning snd evening. ~=Ths Bev. E, C, Chapman will preach st the South Church, corner of Locke snd sionsparte streets, at 11 s.m. Preaching in the evening by the Rev.R.T. Allison. Subject: * The Croes.” —The Rev. G, C, Barnes will preach atthe Free Churen, corner of Loomis and Jackson streets, at 0:45m EPTBCOPAL. ‘The Rev. H. C. Kinney will officiate at the Church af the Holy Communion, on_South ntreet, ‘between Tweaty-ninth snd Thirtisth streets, at 10:45 a m. snd 7,30 p.m. ~Ths Bev, T, N, Morrison, Jr., will officiate a} Bt Chy -10:45 8. James' Cliureh, orner of Gass nd. Turoa stroots, ¢ 10:45 in the morning. he Tier. 3. G- Burton, of Princers Anne, Md.. t the Chureh of the Epiphasy, on Throop Monrovand Adoms atreele, st 10:50 & be! m, and 745 p. M i 3 —The mv? ‘Theodore I. Holcombe, of Rock Island, will officlate morning and_ evening st Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-sixth streot and Michigan avenua. —The Rev. J. N.. Hume will officiate evening at the Memorial Episcopal Church, on Indi- AEI avenze, ‘betoreen Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth stoeets, e —There will by choral morning prayer &nd litany at tho Charch of Ascension at 10:30, No evening ser- Arthpr Ritchie will vice, pext Sunday the Rev. take el charge of the h a8 its Reotor. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will bfficiate morning and evening at Calvary Church, on Wabsah avenue, be- tween Oakley strect snd Western avenue, “The Rev. Francis Mansfield will officlate at St. John's Eplscopal Church in the'morning. No ovening servi T Fhers will be services morning and evening at the Church of Our Savisur, corner of Belden street and Lincoln avenue,, S —Tha"fiaév.h Dr. Og;!rmu tephen’s Episcopal -Church, en epenT:lylnrnnd Twellth stroets, at 10:30 a, 1. and 7 P. m. i Rev. Francis' Mansfield wil preach at fira Church of the Atonument, corner of Washington and Robey streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. ZThe Rev. Henry G.Ferry will officiate at All Sainte Priscopsl Ohiurch, corner of Carpenter and Fourth treets, morning and evening. e wom service ot the Gainedral of 8S. Peter and Paul, corner of Washington und Peoria sireets, at 10:30 &, m, and 7:39 p. m. CONGREGATIONAL. The Bev. Henry Mills, of ;will preach ot the Undan Park Cburch, morning and o i —Tho Rov, . B. Bull will preach ot Oakland Chureh, ‘morning and evening. Theologieal Y —Prof, Hopkins, of Chi Seminary, Aot the' Learite “Strest cfixm. carner of will officiats at BE. ‘Fohnson sireet, be- will nreach ‘| Leavitt and Adams streets, at10:30 . m. No evening service, —aj. Whittle will preach at Plymouth Church, on Michigan avenue, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty- sixth stzeets, at 10:30 a. 10, and 7:45 p, m. —The Bev, J. Bradshaw will preach at the Clinton Siront Olrurch 4 10:65 1. m. hin ‘st sermon befors vacation. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. J. B. Jenkins, of Amheret, Mass, will preach at the Second Chwrch, corner of Michigan avenue aud Twentisth street. - —The Rev, J. W. Bain will preach at the First ‘United Church, corner of Monroe and Paulina streets, 2t 10:30 8. m. and 7:45 p. m. —Tho Rev. James acLaughlan will presch at the Scotch Church, corner of Singamon and Adams ;;.mh." Morning subject: *The Reasonableness of yer. —The RBev. Arthur Swazey will preach at the Eighth Charch, corner of Washington and Robey streets, in the morning, and the Rev. G. M. Hair,Jof Lawndale, in the evening. —The Rev. Charles L. Thompson will preach at the Fifth Charch, corner of Indiuna avenue and Thirtigtn Btreet, ot 10:30 a. m, Bubject: ¢ Tho Bational Sup- port of Religion.” —The Rev. wF. Daniel Lord will preach st We ster Ghurch, corner of Jacksou and Peoria streets, at 10:30 8, m, ' No evening sorvice. —Tho Rev, Alfred Bewell will preach at the Sixth (Qhoreh, oorner of Vipcennes and Oak avenues, at 10:30 a. m, Mr. W. B. Jacobs aill in the evening st 7:45, Subject: “* A Modal Gi ~Dr, W. W, McEaig will preach in the Presbytorian Church, morning and evening, METAODIST. The Bev. M. M. Parkhurat will proach at the Michi- gun’ Avenue Church, between ‘Thirty-sccond and Thirty-third streets, morning and evening. —The Bev. Dr. Tiffany will preach at Trinity Church on Indiana syenue, near Twenty-fourth stregt at 10:45 . m, and 7:45 p. T, —The Rev. K. H. Axtell will preach at the Park Avenua M. E. Church, corner_of Robey street, morning and evening. Evcning subject : ! Home Heroisma,” —Tho Rev. £. C. Arnold will prosch morningand evening at the Dickson Stroet . E. Church. —Chapluia McCahe will preach st the Centenary Church, on Monroe etreet, near Morgan, at 10:50 a. . The Rev. Dr, Peck will preach at 7:45p. m. Bubject : “ Spiritual Bevolutions.” —The Bev. C. G. Daming, of North Carolina, will presch at 10:30 8.1, at the Ada Strect Churab, ~—The Bev, John Williamson will preach at the Wa- ‘bash Avenue Church. Evening subjeet : ** The Minor Hees of Prfiebinfl” —The Rev, H, L, Martin will preach at St. Paul's Chureh, corner of Newhrry and Maxwell streets, at 10:30 8,'m and 7:45 p. . —The Bov, AL Jackson will preach at the Jobn Wes- Jey’s Church, No. 144 Forrest avenue, in the evening. 2_Capt. Kitwood will preach in the morning at the ‘Western Avenue Church, corner -of Monroe street. ?‘hamv.no.nemmgm’flpmch in the ovening nt 145, —The Rev. Dr. Thomas wm‘elrmm at the First vurch, carner of Clark and Washington streets, at ‘m. and 7:45 p, m. Morning subject : ** Ays- tery and Raligion.” This will be the last servioe be- fore vacation. . 5 REFORMED EPISCOPAL. . ‘Bishop Cheney will preach at Christ Church, on the corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-fourth street, morning and evening. Morning subject: “An Ap- peal Refused.” Evening subject: * What s Captive Did.” ¥ —The Rev. Dr. Fallows will preach at the St. Paul’s -| .Ohurch, corner of Washington and Ann at 10:30a. m. and T:45p, m. Morning subject: *The Relations of Christianity to Literature,” Evening subject: *The Power of the Invisible.” —The Rector of,lmmanuel Church, corner of Centrs and Daytou streets, wiil ofilciate m and evan- ing. Evening subject: *“The Dignity of Om: Im- ‘mortality.” s —The Rev. Albert Walkley will preach in the Eaptist Church on Locke street, mear Union Rolling-mills, at 3p.m. UNITARIAN, No services wil bo Lield a¢ Uity Chursh untl Sap- tember. —The Bev. £. P. Powell will conclude his lsat Sun- dsy's subjoct, “Ia Jesus Divine?” this morning ot the Third Unitarian Church, corner of Monroe and Laflin streets. Avenns UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Sumner Elis will preach in the morningat tho Church of the Redeemer, corner Washington and Sangamon streots, CHRISTIAN. The Rev. J. LaGrange will preach in the Christian fie&m corner Indiana avenus and Twenty-fifth —The Rev. C. . Aortimer will preach moratngand evening in Campbell Hall, corner.Campbeil svenueand Van Buren street. Morning subject: “God’s Own Cause.” Evening subject: “The Christian Soldier.” LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmund Belfour wiil preach st the En- glish Luthieran Church, corner of Dearborn and Eris streets, at 108, m. MIECELLANEOUS, The Disclples of Christ meet at 229 Wost Bandolph street at 4 p. m. —The Rev. Thomas G, Bexter will preach morning snd evening in Tabernacle Church, 91 South Green street, —Elder H, W. McCulloch will preach in Advent Hall, No. 213 West Madison strect, morning and evening, —Tho ive Lyceum meets in Good Templars’ Hall, sonthwest corner Washington and Desplaines Btrogts, at 12:40 p. m. —E. V. Wilson will lecture before the First Soclety of Spiritualists at Grow®s Hall, No. 517 West Madison street, in the morning, In the evcning he will give one of his wonderful seances, LCALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. July 25—Ninth Sundsy after Trinity; St. James, CATHoOLIC, July 25—Tenth Bunday after Pentosost: St. James tho Greater, Apostle; Bt. Christopher, M. July 26—St. Anne, Mother of the B, V. M. July M1—St, Pantaleon, M. July 25—SS, Nozarius, Celsus, and Vietor, 30L; 8¢, Thnocen July 29—St. Mortho, V. ; 88, Felix and others, B0, July 30—S8. Abdon and Sennen, MM, July 31—8t. Ignatsus of Loyola, 0. — e DAY CHAMPION. Mignon, when your cousin told me one sought, ‘With willful malice or in hecdless thought, Todrag my standard down before Jour ejes,— Wrest that from me which 1 80 dearly prize,— Inmy defense o swift rebuke you sent, That folled him quickly in his “base atfempt : When 1 heard this, it thrilled me with And made » Imppier man of we that night, You know there havobeen lives all barred from love Robbed of all hope here and Heaven above, And driven, heart-crushed, on to welcome death, By these azsasaing' blows or withering breath. And oft in life the tales of burning shame They heaped with wicked purpose o my name Stung to the quick, and made tha bot blood start, In swift and scething currents, from my heart, Bat now ther day has passed! Thelr power to bring ‘A poignant pang hias gone! The painful sting That caused the tears to well within my eyes, Or made my blood in honest anger rise,— All their power to injure or deflle, 1a torn from them—Dby your approving smilsl And hence I stand a8 ane in former wars, With Pallas’ form in hand, or shield of Mara| There is s guerdon in‘great wealth and fame— In power—applause—an immortal name ; Bays won in forum, or ‘mid clash of arms— Great “troops of friends,”—thess, all these, han their charms; Bat, for all in life I have ever wrought, ¥or all life's battles I have ever fought, For all ife's honors yet ahead unwon, 1 wish no higher prize than your “ Well-done]™ Never once, since that glad December night, Has your life-study passed from out my night; ‘And, while I know you always try to do . To others ss you wish them do 10 you, Yet lives like yours are held in bigh And from thefr blighting breaths are not exempt, Xes, even lives like yours, with purest bearts, ‘Have felt a bitter anguisn from their darts. Mignon, to save your honor, Joy, or rest, Doyou doubt I wonid gladiy bare my breass To every crusi shaft thus at you sent, In thoughtless moment, or with bad intent 2 Or do you doubt that T would, for your sake, Giadly carry the burdens you must take ; And that, to keep my parpose pure, I wonld Dofihhwflfilmw—d!egnur Nay, more ; do you doubt that, with 3 My sword would switily from ita ed sorite, And give the blows required in your defense, To bring to justice those who gave offenso? Or do you doubt I would s bravely fight As ever Queen was served by loyal knight, AR o e e v gty dho? ‘your cause, 3 G B K | SPARKS OF SCIENCE. FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. The most striking trees'in the forests of Madagascar are the Chrysopias, which lift their superb canopies far above the surrounding vege- and } ation. Their branches terminate in masses of flowers whose rich purple petals contrast effect~ ively with the emerald foliage. From the bark of these trean, when punctured, thers flows an abundant yellow juive, which thickens on expo- sure sod forms an excellent resin. Butof the trunks of the Chrysopias the Madagashes con- struct their pirogue, or boat. Aloog the east- ern gosst of Madagascar the fatal Tanghinia venenifera abounds. This is & tree of remarka~ biy elegant aspect, ornamented with panicles of rose-colored flowers, but the kernel of its fruit, although pot larger than an almond, contains :"oiaonbemnngh to kill twenty men. The Tan- inia belongs to the noctaroal order Apocynacee, an order that hides a good deal of venom ueder a conspicuous display of showy blossoms and trim, handsome leafage. _ In the beds of the nivers and torrents of the island grows that wonder of the vegetable world, the Lattice or Window plaut, Outirandia fenen- stralis, an_squatic species belonging to the fomily of Naiades. Lis thick root-stocks branch extensively, forming crowns a: frequent inter- vals from which 1 of large leaves spring out and up to the surface of the water on Which they float, The main veins of the lesf run from the stem to the apex, and are crossed regularly ‘minor veins renning from side to side of the le. The square checks thus formed by the framework are destitute of parenchyma,—the green pulpy matter of the or leat,—and are, therofore. open like lace or lattice-work. In tint the leaves graduate from the palest green to the darkest olive, and with their strange Tace-like tracery are objects of singular beauty. Atthe timeof flowering a stem rises from the cen- fre of the leaves, and, dinding, bears two spikes of small pink flowers. Duwing the dry season the plant withers wholly away, and is revived in with the renewal of the rains and floods. The roots furnish the natives with an article of food that is highly valued. Fora long time this plant was supposed to be the only one of its genus, but about thirty years sgo M. Bernier, while ' studying the natural history of Africa | found a second but legs interesting mpecies. A .tl;nfd species has sinca been discovered in Sene- B! ECCENTRIC ANTS. One of the most interesting insects inbabiting Texas and Mexico is the honey-making ant (My- ‘mecocystus Mexicanus). Bat little is known of its domestic economy, yet that little is exceed- ingly curious. It generally chooses for the site of its bome an area of 4 or 5 feet square of sandy seil in the vicinity of shrubs and flowers. The colony that settles in this space is, as usual, composed of three orders, the males, females, and neuters, or workers. The Iast orderis di- vided into three olasses, viz.: the yellow nurses and feedors ; the yellow houey-makers ; and the black guards acd purveyors. The guards are constantly on duty parading around the borders of the square, and protecting it from the intru- sion of suy insect enemy, such asa wasp, Bpi- der, or beetle. While one body of the guards are thus employed as soldiery, another divis~ ien is busy iin foraging for flowers and aromatic leavea. Thege, when found and cut into manageabls bits, are broght home to the nets and deposited in & heap in the centre of the space. This accomplished, the round of duties devolving upen the guards and purveyors seexs to be concluded. Now the little yellow nurses and feeders take up their line of labor by bearing the sections of leaves and flowers from the common heap down into the galleries and cells of the nest under- ground. The first hall, entered by an aperture near the soucheast corner of the square, leads to a small excavation, acroes which is spread a web like that gpun by a spider, but divided into squares about one-fourth of an inch across. In the centre of each one of these squareasits a yel- low honey-maker, a helpless prisoner by reason of its enormous abdomen or honey-sack, which is distended to twenty times the size of tho rest of its body, and renders locomotion impossible. The nurses and feeders wait upon the honey- makers, kesping them conatantly supplied with flowers and pollen. From this material the honey-makers distil hocey by some process analagous to that of the bee, filling their abdo- mens with the delicious sweet until thereis ‘Toom for no more. . What disposal is then made of the honey is aa yet nnknown. It ia suggestea that the honey-makers may be killed when their 8acs are once filled ; and again, it is surmised that they diacharge their honey into prepared receptacles, and continue the process of elabo- ration indefinitely. As in the case of bees, the store of honey serves as food for the colony. The Mexicans are very fond of this ant-toney, considering it a delicate article of food. The; also manufacture it into an agreeable drink, ase it a8 a remedy far disease. The Ecifons are the most ferocious of all the vast tribe of ants. They feed upon other ani- mals, and spend their livee roaming about in great companies like bands of armed and blood- thristy pirates, destroying every defenseless creature that comes in their way. “To Mr. Bates, who spent eleven years investigating the fauna .of the Amazons, we are indebted for much of our knowledge of this interesting geous. Ho discovered ten different species in South Amorics, eight of which were then new to scienco. The giant among the Ecitons is the E. rapaz, the largest class of it workers measuring half an joch n length. This species march jn ninglu file whon out on marsnding ex- peditions, and do not trayel in very large com- panies. They chiefly plunder the nests of n ‘bulky and defenseless ant of the genus Formica, and are generally seen on their excursions laden with the mangled bodies of their prey. The Eciton is, 3 much smaller species, office was to serve as fooG for and thus indirectly praserve tnau:ain bod; E destruction. Froquently these Ecitongocl, ™ seryed to Dause in sunny places on thect % and indulge in_rest or recreation, The M & maintained their place in the coluge %4 stopred simultaneonsly, a8 if “‘amite’ “HN 3 sudden fit of Isziness.” o Wity aat-t The actions of these ants look gooee In idls smusement. beu.v::hg.m{‘xm T by excens of end Labors sbeclntely neccasiry Tor (he o0 apectes, and do they thus sxpend it 1y g &, nees, like young lambs ur Kittens, or fn ig, like Fational beings? It is prabable thay ot of relaxation and cleaning may be indis effective performance of their harder whilst looking at them, the conclusion that ‘were engaged merely in play was trreaiatible, The Ecuon praedator is a small species that hunt, not in columns, byt lanxes which sometimes spread overs = {rom 4 to 6 square yarde. They moys and consame whatever inactive and insects fall in thair reach. They moggs apex of all lower trees, searchiag overy py Lt leat, and pouring like & flood of durk pgi . over ita whola sarface. The Ecilon a,,.,-;fl hss eycs composed of a smgle lons, ag Bay tho foregoing species, but in this instaneg 43 are sunk in deep sockets. It forages ] reat of its genus, but avoias the bght, uader loaves apd fallen_branches, m an open space it constructs a cov Which te procession passes. . ™ Tl The Ecilon vasiatos and the . erratiny utterly blfnd. snd_ travel wholy upa eray 6 ‘The grains of earth forming ol roof of their passages are not ceman| i hold together in a surprisiog manger, Bates states that he has traced these aeadey a distance of 100 or 200 yards. When g course of their route these blind engineery: » promising hunting-ground, theystop to ny it, and then pass on, erecting a cover Jgt uwy columns a8 they laboriously advaace, & I i 3 {3 [y 8 FritE -2 FEE ELECTRICAL LIGHT., ‘The great light-house on Houter Poind, nggg the mouth of the Tyne, on the Engtinh oou illuminated with the most powerful wixy light in exiatence. The river ¢ this pumy thick set with manufactories on both its bty the smoke from which, mingled With froquey fogs, obscures the approaches from the sey, 1 light of eufficient brilliance to penetrao fy thickest fog or haze is therefore required foetty safety of the mariner. Thisiasecured bymmy of an electric current generated by two of Proy Holmes' patent rotary magueto-slectic my chines, driven by steam engines of sirbey power. The number of revalutions mde by each machine 18 400 per minute, and B3y 8parks pass per minute when both machmy are at work. The sparks pass betwsen im der pencils of carban, which are consunaly therate of about 1 inch per hour. They formed so rapidly that the eye does nob them, and the resnlt is an intensa beam of kgh 80 dazzling that it cannot be looked upon i & near position without pain. At a disteg soveral miles it is 80 bright as to throwa wel) defined shadow npon the deck of & vesel Iy enid to be equal in power to 800,000 siandf candles, and to be eight times as powerful ity best American fixed lighta. NUTRITIVE VALUE OF COCOA: Mr. John Holm, of the Edinburg Chemied Bociety, has shown by recent analyses that ey closcly resombles bee!f in its nulritie consth uents, and largely exceeds milk and wheat flour in its value a8 an article of diet. Itdifia widely from tea and coffesin beiogafoda fleah former, ‘while they are rather condmeny and stimulaofs. One-half the weight of cx consists of fat, and 20 per cent of albuminai material, wherens milk containa 3.5 per ceatd fat and 4 per cent of albuminoid material ; bt contains 2.87 par cent of fat aud 20.T50f o minoid matter ; and wheat contains 1.2 perest of fat, and 14.6 per cent of albuminoid i In addition cocoa contains etarch, whichisib gent in milk and beef, and present in but s sl proportion in beef. LINES ON AN UNKNOWN RIVER: wight .dgnwu s alsery sl un's bright glo gonag And oer tho deep aud silent vale Thi darkness broods alone; ° While hushed in sicep the felds rupose - Xud broaths the fragrance of the rose. . Tho thrush has stillcd ita lute ‘The panther sought hia lair ; And cessed the sparrow's mellow gty To stir the evening air; “The gloomy owi's loug cries resound, And shaks the drooping leaves aroundy Nor hears its fellows sough, As th’ gathering stoam in scornful Wil Treada leaf and flower in ‘s path. The willow bends its head ‘To touch the water’s breaat; ‘While trom the mountatn-top baa el “The fiamo that ¢ ite crost ; And darkness chains o still embracg ‘The relica of a shattered race. wnon;c;n‘uémdn?--m. Majestic in decay udwhonl:!nr;:‘ndmumblflu-m - ife has passed awa; r;m':mndmnlzwmm Disturb the silence of the night. 7 ‘How many years have flown, What awfal changes came, Stzco deslation ciaimel tsomn In thy forgotten name et stll y6 staad in solemn Like iales that rule the ocean's was found by . Bates only on the sandy wastes of Santarem. When bent on a raid it moves in broad columos made up of thousands of individuals. Ove morning Bir. Bates ob- served an army of these little bandits eagerly at work ravaging the nests of a large epecies of the Formice. They had run mines into the ground from 8 to 10 inches in depth, and in this way had reached the habitations of their victims, Fast as they could spring they were now bring- ing out thé dead snd dismembered remaius of the Formicie, and distributing the spoil among the carriers for transport to their own depots. Some were engaged lifting oat the bodies, others were tearing them io_pieces of porta- ble eize, whtle others again eeized each as much a8 it could bear, and hurried off with the home- ‘bound column. Mr. Batex himself dug into the nests of the Formice with a trowel, being_anxious o exam- ine the condition of thinga. The ZEcilons toak advantageof his assistance, rushinginto the breach be had mede, snatwching every grub, co- oaon, and Formice exhumed, and even tearing them from Mr. ™~tes’ fingers so that he had dif- ficulty in securing a few entire specimens. The reguitr system of co-operstion npon which the Ecitons labared in this work of murder and ra- pine excited the amazement of their keen-eyed observer. In about two hours the nests of the Formice were completely rifled, and the body of freebooters retired to their hive, which was situated in the base of a termitarium of the ‘white ants. The Eciton hamata and the E, drepan ophora are the species most commonly met with in the forests of the Amazons, and 8o much resemble each other that it is hard to distinguish them. Yeg the one species kreeps entirely separate from the otber, theltwo having no interest in common, and never intermingling. They travel in dense colums, uniting countless numbers. Their sapproach is always indicated by the twittering of flocks of plain- festhered birds (snt-thrushes) that make great havoc of the advancing bordes. On the appear- aace of these Ecitons the lower orders of animala are etricken with tarror, a8 it is impossible for most of them to escape. Blow-moving spiders, ants of other species, caterpiliars, and larva of insects, fall easy victims. The colum, from three to four deep, moves steadily farward, clearing the ground of animal matter, living or dead, ss it goes along. Should a mass of decaying wood sheltering a quantity of larva be anconnur‘e:fl the ants_concentrate alarge force upon it, every hole and crevice is explored and rifled. On meeting with a wasps' nest they cut it to pieces in no time, regardiess of the rage of its owners, and leave not a larva, pupas, or young one behind. Mr. Bates was pever able to track these Ecitons to their home. Whenever observed they were on the march. One day he saw a procession extending from 60 20 70 yards in length, and yet wveither the van nor the rear was inview. Themain column was accompanied by what might be calied & line of couriers, that ran backward snd forward, seeming to hold the members of the army in communication. Be- sides these, there , were regularly stationed on - the borders of the column large-hesded individ- | uals that appeared to have little or nothing to do, as they carried no burdens and showed no tion to fight for or protect the rest. Soms anthors consider theee the soldiers of the com- ‘munity, but Mr. Bates fancied their unhappy Wheaco came thy peoples might? Where hzs thelr pow ‘Fiaa death’s dark mantle quenched Celr sghd peacetul bed T & Havo kings who raised such towers as these o voice fo kive upon tho breezs whn’:“::n&drfimzfigrhm \Amidst the nations 35 And whence derived the strength dnd gza To rear these temples bold 2 Have all the tongues but thine forgat To tell the wonders of this spot? 1In vain my accents fall On columns gray and worn ; it Naught but the brook returns my eslf On midaight's bsom borne 3 Yot low and sad its answer ¢~ Like the dull roll of muffled 1t murmusing seems tosay Wy wake the echo drear? ‘Theee graven stoues in ruins isy Whep first I wander'd here ; The very bed on which I rest i Sarved, as a couch, tho buman byust! “Thou know'st when these were borm, roouarch grim and tall, - sk “That drinks tho Hght of coming mord * At daybreak’s early call, And rear'st aloft thy Tegal b Ve ‘As if the storm-cloud thou st wolk Cana thot not tell whose hand s bulls thesd lofty piles, ‘Thou gtant that above the land On prostrate Naturs smiles ? Andd:’mwuhhlxvfl‘d,nllbe’: 4 3ty secret dreads the Light af asy-” - And is thissll? Oman! ‘Thow shadow of » God, Thy might s bt & feeblo atraw ore thlavengere rods Thy genius tho world around,= “Then, fading, sinks beneath the groind. o g The Copenhagen COIT ¢ of lbl{" 218l Gazee, witing o6 ibo 4 w14 & aifair happened & fow days 360 Hotel Kong Casl, in Christianis, wbich resls { similar tragedy that occurred in wfl" couple of years ago. Abont & week A0 Germans, brothers, arrived by iha S0 Christianis, and took apartments in the Do Kopg Carl. Inthe middle of the ll_lshl"fl“m noise was heard in the room occupie V;m”‘ brothers ; chairs, tables, and cther T was thrown abhout, and some eéven ouiu windows. The other lodgers rushed room, when the door was suddenly O] one of the Germans, armed with & struck the nearest gentlomsn & fearful the abdomen, after which he cl sgain. The noise lasted a fow munates and then ail became quiet. When the tered shortly afterwards, both brotb found dead, with their throsts cut having first murdered the yoanger oce cat s own throat. About zw‘ni: ‘mouey was for in their poesessi cording to the information recerved fro@ 'y many, this money is part of the prwl'd‘ robbery effected shortly before thair dopadt®” from Lubeck.” Kihes & 3 X Wl