Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1875, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. ‘Here they were challenged, jes, and although Mother ¢ success of the American ca would neither take the cath nor sco. Although confined, they were dly by the suthorities f that old Dutch city, sd the posterity of their keepers seers mever to have learned 10 be unkind o the peopls called Bhakera, Many expressed themselves with borror at the religlons refogees in_dungoons while the conniry was struggling for liberty of consclence, & Tbe earth opened jta mouth and helped the woman ™ George Clinton, who released Qur foundar “fled_into the " and remained three years and a hulf. She many truth-loving souls. Sbe traveled ex- utions in the Esstern too incredible to fell. Having planted a pure ad fmperishable basis, es- fablishing 4 new mission eg:ns. Dy teaching and ‘ex~ ‘prominent haracies of Cari the soul of woman ia capable of receiving the spint oally wel with man,—she depaxted this life iving labored in this country & than ten yesra, Such are, indeed, the oat- of one who was moxt stubbord in support of Toa Eormaa 1 oo account e yet, because they ht, they were cast 4n the person of Gov. the ively, mesting with tates ber testimony upon ty of life as an casential and atiesting the troth whose bluffneas and who suffered nesrly rather than let the right go down,~en un- phetess and svior to her sex and race, The Bbakers do not worsbip Ann Lea. She was the medi- um of revelations which to them ars exseedingly good. We revere the apirit with which sbe was becauss s operations in the soul were dentical with ‘with us, those in Jema Sto was, with gs, Sl of land, ahall 8 bright ose light and voics will make the heavens o ndes 15 the bldamed Jeau” Th ciated by Ann Lee can best be referred answering the quastion, Who are the Stakers? » people whose Life-line of conduct th cerlain Christian principles {ntro- s goodly sort of & woman, Ann almost total extinction from the prac- tice'of the race, These may be clasted under the gen- eralhieads of “ Cammon Property,” * Non-resistance,” bacy in Life,”and * Distinction of Government. The Lelieve God snd Curist to_be dual anith Father and Motber. Toey beliove Jesus Locame Chris or anofnted by a ife prej self-demial ; and they believe duce the same effects cantinuously living the SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. THE XANE COUSTY CONVENTION. The Ninth Apnual Convention of the Eane County Bunday-school teachers met in the Elgin Baptist Church, Toesday, 3t 2 p. m. i The first honr was occupied in devotional gervices, led by the presiding officer, W. H. ‘The Shakers are il through an exceeding the samo cauges pro- l—making all Christ—by Delegates reported themseives from Daundee, Elgin, St. Chatles, Genevs, Batavia, Plato, snd for’ discussion was an- nouncad, ‘ Prayer as an element of success in our work.” The Revs. Mesws. Dickinson, Dandy and others participated. Committees inted as follows : et .m‘;m—nm Tolman, Muirhead, herman, & Bov. L. M. Woodraff, E, A, An- drows, and Mrs, H. Slade. tion then adjonrned till evening, FTitert ek e Pt i n, of Elgin, read an excel- title of *TheOld and the New,” and by request the essay became the eseay was made subject for discussion by Messra. Daudv, Dmkmml;‘n. Woodruff, Andraws, Foster, Brewster, and olbers. B The Convention then adjourned till 8:30 a. m. The first question meeting at 7:30 p. m., for thirty minutea. ‘Misa E. E. Kennyo! lent esmsy under The Convention met at 8:30 8. m © and after an bour speat in devotion proceedsd t® a consider- gramme. o “* Faulty Teaching " was & subject which elicit- ©d a hearty discussion, participated in by several members af the Convention. 3 The next subject, * Faithful Teaching,” was i by u sumber of persons. on Business re) ‘warmly discussed The Committee stitution, which was adopted, n: t sppoiutea to ascertuin expenses of publishing The Convention then procseded to eloct off- cers for the énening year, also delegates to the ‘Convention, which meets in Bloomington May. Officers were chosen 28 follows: H, Larkin, Eigia, -Wiiliam B. Lioyd, Clar! con, Dundee ; James Ham 3 Geneva ; &, B. Towne, Butavia; L. K. Big Bock ; Mrs, E. J. State Gnim—D. J. Pike, J. G. dwel, Adrora; B J. @ordan, Bugnr Grove, Dele Buker, the Bev. Balph, J, H. Eat H. Larkin, W. W. 5 ‘The Convention then adjonrned ill 2 p. m. Convention met at 2 p. m., beginnog with de- votional axercises led by the Rev. C. E. Dickin- The Rev. W. L. Boyd, delegate from Kane County to the State Convention last year, gave brief account of the proceedings of *that body, Toe County BSecretary then gave a report of the condition of the Sabbatb-schools in the County during the year preceding Jaly 1, 1875, from which it appears there wera in operation in the oonoty sixty-oue schools having regular ses- sion. The teachers and officers numbered 780, who are supposed to be active workers in their chosen duties. The totsl number of children who regularlylisten toreligious instruc- tion is 5,062, which includes abont one-eighth of the population of the county. Tt the county are dinided denominationally as fol~ Methodist Fpiscopsl, 17; Baptist, 11; Con- gregational, 7; Presbyterian, 5 dist, 5; Evsogelical 4; Lutleran, §; 4 ; Episcopalian, 2 b vinariat nfl.eh Gemun,l and g;;u:}im‘ Elgin HBspti 00l numbers ; Congrega-~ ol Eigin, 853; Methodist Episcopal of Elgin, 346. In Anrors, Cop, Baptist, 204 ; Second Baptisi argest ; 1each, Universal- ; sc.hoolivhin u;:d coanty, md! g. gin, of courss, Jeads. e total expenses of county schools for the year wors #3,596.66 ven to missionary societies, $738.40. One dred and thirty-two persons were recerved into the churches from the schools. Forty-nine #chools kept open through the year. The Convention then adjourned till 7:30 p. m. The last eubject for discussion—*‘ What is 1t to # Christian? Bible standard heart experiences ™ ~—was awnounced and opened by W. H. Brewster in an Interesting definition of the tonic. He was followed by others, aud the whole topic was argently impressed upon the audience present. ‘The discussion of ** Child benevolence and its present influence™ was opened by Johm 8. Adams, and participated in quite generatly. The Rev. Mr. Bacon spoke of the **future infii- ence ”_of child benevolence at some length. The Execntive Committee were empowered to select and announce the time and place for the Dex: session of the Union, and the exercises ‘were closed with the singing of the doxology, and each delegate resolviug to work more agaid- nooaly than ever in this chosen work, ‘The seventeon northern counties of Illinois are combined in ono district, and will ho!d acon~ vention in Freeport, Ill., commencing Sept. 21. Jola O. Foster, Chiairman of the General Lxeca~ tive Committes, made a brief address concerning the general progress of the work. A MORMON SAINT. DEATH OF MARTIN HARRIS. There is published in the Cinciunati Commer~ €ial an obitnary notics of one of the alleged authors of the Mormon Bible, which was evi- dently written by ooe who had never heard of the nil nisi bonum precept. It is copled below : i Boeks that folly and t into bis head to use i P & uew religion. ] [ scen the devitin a s gul £ £ g % £ 8 3 & g 5 £ tus thit Joo Smith's ord o Laban, ete., then a Baptist, after. Dot halted by the Moy i Y §1 4 i a1 2 suwgle guip. He d, then a Weale; fraad, he would: 12 all pr b Al uisting sectaric. and scoepted the ition of Tound Dimuelf uly commitieg Lo h "~ snd earnestly prociaimg Joomught putintobhim, afry, S i derived from the invest. 8 oo with grom | attempt boea made by those who. were Rresent, izes of advancement to Harria, he had a “revelation” that his fatber (old man Smitd) shouid help sels tho Bibles. But the old man was arzested with 8 basket {uil of Bibles, and {0 pay costs he had * to cut ” on the Lord’s price (81.25) and gell the lot for 50 cents splece! This interfered with *prior revelations™ given in favor of Harris, and troubles incressing, Smith, Harzis, Coudery, su iugers cleared out for Kirtland, O Here the * Twelve Apostles were appointed,—Harris being left out; but us he still had some money, & ltde homesty, and increased copacily for' ereduious busiues; Smith smoothed him' with_rew promises an daily revelations. In 1533, the Mormons in Jackson County, Mo., having extitod the wrath of the Jack- sonians by their immoraiities and fanstical insolence, were ordered out of the State, On learning this, Joo Bmith, Harrls, and perhaps 200 others, started for Missofri 1o, redeem Zion.” On the way they rad in- 10 the cholefn ; snd, notwithstanding Harria was saved in articnlo morts by Divine interposition, twenty of the Saints tarned their toes o the lined, 1 spite of Joseph's “ laying on of hands.” In Missurl Bishop Partridge succeeded in getting old Harris to advance 31,20 more to purchase land on which to establish Zion—7ion never o be removed ! Too many birds of 2 feather baving got together, Joseph found hia hau ful in to settle 'the diticuitiss which Deset the Church without and within. Many of the Baints wero whipped, jaiied, and shot for bad condact, and some of the chiefest among tbe Apostles turned against the Prophet. Couderyand Waitmer, two of the witnesses, were “cut of " for Ising, thisving, counterfeiting, etc. ; and the brethren mooted it open- Jy that Joseph was tad —real bad. Some of the sisters said so, and Coudery believed i, Coudery and Whit- Imer wére lurned over 1o Satan, * Poor Harris, who had Delped Joseph to get up the Mormon business, lost $,000 in the Bible investment, and had recently leut the Lord $1,200 to fix the foundations of Zio, did not escape the troubles which excessive piety bud brought upon the brethren. In company wit Parish, who had been c with swindilug, mas Kicked out of the camp of Isracl, His earnestuess and ignorance had served Joseph to thelr fullest extent; his money was gone, and he was named among tho “~ negroes with While aking,” and the Prophet posted Bim publicly sa & * Iackey,"” one 80 far beneats con- tempt that 10 notice him would bes sacrifice too great for gentleman like himself (Smith) to make! Pack- ing his valise, he cut_sticks for Kirtland, whece Lie lived unto 1570, when ho went o Utah and endeda ‘miserable life, Taving in his last delirium over the Book of Moraon—rwitnesses, facts, sad_fictionn of the ‘moat deplorable fraud recorded in history, Never was credulity ur avarice more useful in a bsd way or knav- ety mare successful than in tho lives of Joo Hmith and 3Martin Harris, T ———— THE NEW RELIGION. A EITCH EOMEWHERE. An editorial in the London Times, printed below, gives cnrrency to and discusses some curions rumors relative to the dedication of the Bomaa Church to the Sacrad Heart: When it was announced that the Pops bad dedicated * the Univereal Catbolic Church * to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Protestant and ths unbalteving world did not permit Hself to feel any embarrassing emotion. Seeing in the event only another Papul folly, it passed 10 Jess visionary themes, with the reflection’ that one incredibility moro or less would matter little. But it wonld scem thst ihe Church of Rome itself is dis- turbed by th Papal decree. Writing from Rome, & correspondent gives a glimpse of an embarrassing u which may be commended to the notice of the zealots of ecclesiastical consistency. Inaformer Jetter, he describod the rise of what he called tue New Religion, During the sitting of the (Scumenical Council, many Cardinals, Bisnops, and Abbotg had urged thie Pope {0 _dedicate the whole Church to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, The Pope would, no doabt, bave instantly obeyed the suggestion if it were the Labit of Rome to act on the spur of the moment, for 1t is well kmovn that the visions of Marguerite Marie Alacogue have no more devout believer than His Holi- pess. But the Papacy does not act on the spur of the moment, Even ita attrivute of Infallibility cannct dispense with elaborate machinery, which worka slowly, and tie creaking of which s Bometimes heard over i whole Christian world, No contrast can be &Teater than that Letveen the almost mechanical pre- clsion and methodical processes of the reality and the popular ides of & despotic spiritual chief who, being infallible when ho tpeaks ez euthedra on quostions of faith and morals, might_be suppcsed to be free from the liability {o go astray in_gining those practical de- cirions which are of incuiculsbie importsnce fo tho every-day life of the Charch, On the 16th cf June—the second centenary of Mademoisells Alscogue’s marvelous vision—the Catho- lo world moderwout the new dedication, and_the event was celebrated in the Church of the Jesu with a pomp worthy of the most splendid days of Latin Ritusl. At tho same time the Ctholio zeal of France greanized pllgrimages to Paray-le-Monlal, tho scens of the miraculous dreams, and the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris aftarwards consecrated the Church on Mont- martre to the pre B more important ceremony performed in Rome, and mow her religious os well 2 ber sccular journals are denying thut it ever was performed at all. The evidenca of the Journal des Debats msy Le euspected, because that eminent print resehts the French Acedemy, scholarship, ‘philosonhic cantion, and Parisian irony, and, thero: Zore, it canniot be supposed to be intrusted with the Becrets of the Curia. Butthe Semaina Relioleus: s an suthority which no one can doubt, for it is published under the authority of Cardinal Guitert himself, and is sold at the doors of Notre Dame, Well, that smail Lut favored journal tells us » atrange story about the Pope and the Sacred Heart. Scme missionaries hed beon 5o ezger tuai the Universal Church should be dedicated to it, that they canvaesed for signatures with the devotion of election agentr, to show how wide- spread was their wish, and _taey obtained several millions names,’ Binding {hem in magnificent _volumi they presented the petition to His Hoiiness. Dut the Pope, we are told, trested them rather cavalierly, According to 8 Florexce journal, he soems to have thought that they lacked ! sobriety and cloarness” of judgment, and to havo told them that to dedicate the Christian ‘Church to the Sacred Heart would be an act of tautology, since its mere_existence implied such » dedication sifeads, ‘Atall eventa, the officixl mewspaper of tho Parislan Ci- tholicism distinctly states that ne put the thirty vol. umes of siguaiurca on oue side, and refasod to comply with tho request. Yet the truth ig, that the Pope hss dedicated the Uni- versal Churck: to the Sacred Heart with all the publici. ty which can come from ofiicial documents and gor- geous ceremonies, Tha statement that he has rejected the prayer supported by the thirty volumes of aigna- tures is, then, either untfue or misleading, What, then. is the resson of this strange attempt to hide from Paris in the month of August an event which happened in Rome in tha month of June? It cannot be u:glur thst the Freuch peapls would be shocked by the last Papal innovation, for they can bs shocked by nothing ecclesiastical. ‘Those who are sincere devotees—and they are & far Iarger numbar than most people suppose—welcome TPapal innovations as 80 many new aide to faith. Nay, the French peoplo would “have bepn rather pleased than otherwise to find that the Pope had dedicated the Church 10 a eymbol whicha French nun lLsd the ‘honor to bring into_prominence, for they would have taken the act 232 compliment to their own country, They often speak, indeed, as if they found it dificult fo dismiss the ides that the Catholio Church is, some- ow, y French. 2 Cen it bo that the astute theologians of the Vatican suspect they havo made a mistake, and_that they wish to lesson its importance by saying as littls sbout it s possible? We must distiss the yulgar idea that such & discovery would cast any doubt on the dogma of Papal Tufallibility, for that doctrinessys aboug Papalacis. It dves nat depy that the Pope may ery when he does not speak in_the name of the Church on questions of faith or morals, . pletan S MODERN MIRACLES. LETTER FROX “A CATHOLIC.” o the Editor of Ths Chicago Tribune - Carcacoe, Bopt. 11.—In last Sunday’s issue of Tee Tmwose, in sn article on ¢ Modern Miracles,” there are 80 many misstatements of facts that warrant the conclusion that Tag TRIBUNE aitos, for some months past at least, to vilify eversthing Catholic, acd to impress its readera with the idea that it is by deception and priesteraft that Catholicity retaina its hold upou the masses. In this age, in which there isn certain dieplay of fairness and a boast of im. pertiality in judging of men and of principles, it is surprisiog, to esy ihe least, how an intelligent journal can accept rumors—the wildest and without appearance of founda- tion—to bring the gravest charges sgainst the Catholic Church; how the statements of the cnemies of the Church, no matter what their character for veracity may be, are received with applause, snd counter-gtatements, however well sustawned, are iguored and disregarded. The readers of TBE TRIBUNR will remember the story of the heaven-admitting paseports said to bave been iasued by a Bishop of South Ameri- ca. Of couse, it was a fabrication, a8 Trr TRIBUNE might have surmised at the time of its publication ; and 1t bas been proved such long 0, but I Jook in vain forits contradiction in uE TRIBUNE. Then there was the gtory of the apostacy of a Bishop in Portugal, which was equally false, and no contradiction, But to contend myseif with the artiole on * Mod- ero Miracles.” There is material enough to con- vince every. uflucrin;i mind at all' conversant with the bistory of Lonise Latesa of the in- imical epirit of TnE TRIBUNE against the Charch, and of a determination to frowu on every evi. dence brought forward in refutstion of the charges of her enemies, 2 The writer of the article in question betrays a most uppardonable ignorance. In the first place, scientific men, those who have examined the case of this young girl (mn:g of whom were non-Catholics), bave not declared * that Lonise'’s trances and stigmate wers the reaniis of epilepsy sad general nervons disease to which the girl been subject from early childhood;” on the contrary, they have declared that thare was no law known to them to explain these marvelous phenomena, Iamat a loss to know where the writer dia~ covered that this girl has been subject to ner. Yous disease from her chidiiood. Evidently he Was drawing on his imagioaiions, and wished to ewell the sentence. S The following statement ie equally false : The claim that only the Bishop or hisdelegate pos- Seused the power l:‘b’flnfl the (I;Apl o\i?'df‘::}g mx‘:’:- bas besn disproved by actual experiment ; and the fact that deception haa been practiced on this poist Trrranta the belief that the claiin of subsistence npon the consecrated water alone rests mpon a deceptive No deception has been practiced, nor has any At the “ecstasies” to prove that deception was ce "Tugzmomu 'Lg‘l of a reference to Lonise Latean in this arricle is th;_fnllomg dispatch from ndon Zines = manccsotrodllniu £°sdnmmu aper, Louise Latean, tho. Selgion girl whose alleged fasting. and stigmats bave Lieen 8o much vaunted by the Ultzamontanes, has re- sumed the habits of ordimary life. Her sister, con- cerned at seeing her wasting away, refused adwistion {o the houso to'the parish ‘priest and the Episcopal dclegates, from which time ‘the fasting, visions, and stigimats bave cesced . - The case of this young girl bas occupied the attention of the world for seven or eight years; was and continues to be the subject of many carious and laugug notices in slmost every news- paper 1n Christendom ; the 'sibject even of two or tbree large-sized books, written by dis- tingnisbed phyeiclans, men of wide experience, soknowledged “ability, and unimpeachable ver- acity; sbe bas been visited from all parts of Europe by infidel a8 well as Catholic, 2nd sub~ Jected to the closest examination by woll-known Scientists,—mnany of whom.are poted for their hogtility to the Church,—and now her case is dis- ‘missed, and the conduct of priest sud Bishop held up to opprobrinm, onjtho strangth of a dispatch from Paris in the London Zimes.—a dispatch which fortunataly reveals the only source of its information, ** according to s Brussels paper. In less important, or at least less promineut, matters, the London Times would have -sent a special cormsixmdenh to Bois d’Haine, where the young girl resides. Butin this instance no enih oot Ia droviat of, simply becauso the sim of the paper is to cry down this alleged man- ifestation, and to mvestigate her case Would be to revon] the mendacious character of the dis- patch. It is not trae **that the girl has resumed the habits of ordiuary life ;” neitber 18 it true that **her aigter has refused admission to the house to the parish priest and the Episcopal dol- egates.” They are admitted as heretofore, and they and others continue to witness on each Fri- day tho manifestations concerning which so much has been snid aud written, and for which no adequate explanation has yet beeu offered. But thera was no need of entering so mioutely npoo a refutation of tho charges contawed 1 the article on *‘Modern Miracles.” The writer does it far more effectivaly himself. In the firse paragraph he statea most emphatically that these trances, otc., were the result of epilepsy and various disesse; he is guite positive about that. Scientists, he says, are agroed upon that point. Her case i8 but one of the numerous cases al- ready on record in medical works. What can be more explicit? But the writer—who, it would appear, :gd not know when he took bis pen in bund what he was going to write, or perhaps, being & Catbolic in disguise, was fully deter- mined to make tha article ridicalous by its cort tradictions and thus help the causo which he was deputed to sneer at—quite forgot in the third paragraph what he had 80 forcibly stated in the first, for he writes: *‘But unfortunately for their (the priests’) pretensions, she has got out of their hands, and the miracle, like the Bank of California, ‘has busted.’” So. afier all, these manifestations are not the results of nervons disease, but are to be attributed to the trickery and artifices of the yriests. What o specimen of intelligent journalism! An cooclusion, let me add that the Church has not pronounced on the case of Louise Lateau, snd Catholics are not obliged to admit the sn- pernatural character of the wonderfnl manifesta- tiops. Thoy are forbidden, however, to believe in the imposibiLity of divine manifestation in the Church ; and they and all others would certainly sin against all roles of evidence if in the case of i whose condition remains a puzzle lc invessigation, in spite of the use of every preventative against fraud and_deception, they attributed their phenomens 80 the artiticea and deceits of priests. A Catsovric. —— PERSONAL. The Rov. W. 8. Crosswell, of SBomana, Cal., i8 visiting Chicago, and will remain some time. J. Bennett Anderson has returned to it. Louig, where he continmes his rehgious meat- inge. Thé Rev. Dr. Taylor, President of Wooster College, Wooster, 0., is visiting friends in the clty. Dr. A. W. Cowles, of Elmira College, has de- clined the call to the Presidency of Wells Col- lego, Aurora. Madam Hensel, a Jewess, sn antlior, and the musical {ostractress of Paiti, has lately been baptized into the communion of the Methodist Church at Binghamtos, N. Y., and contempiates the work of an evangulist. Maj. Whittle and Blies commence a union meeting in_ St. Paul, Minp., on tae 14th inst, The churches are all united in the work, snd as a preliminary move have already put 1 opera- tion & upion daily prayer-meeting. The Rov. S. A. Tyng, Jr., 18 prominently men- tioned as & candidate for the vacant Bishopric of Illinois. 2tis said that Dr. De Koven has ro- tired from the contest, and recommends Dr. Orlando Withetspoon, of Cincinpati. The Rev. A. J. Froat, of the University Place Baptist Church, annonnced on last. Sunday morning that he should presch his farewell ser- mon on the last Nabbath'in the month He will deliver, next Sunday, s commemorative discourse on Dr. Osgood. The Rev. G. N. Ferris, formerly from the East, but for the past two years pastor of the Baptist Church of Dubuque, Ia., has changed his dahominational relations, and united with the Upper Iowa Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Charch. The Bev. W. H. Dantels, of Rock River Con- farence, who went to Grest Britain some time since for the donhl:nflynxposa of seeking & rastoration of health and of preparing a history of the great revival moetings of ' Messrs. Moody Bankey, has returned to Chicsgo. His health i5 perfectly restored. The Rev. J. W. Healy, D. D., who was com- pelled some years since to leave the Chicago climate for thatof New Orleans, and who sul sequently spent gome time in Europe ia the service of the American Missionary Associa- tion, has accepted a call to the Congregational gjt;u‘;?h in Jows City, whither he removes imme- ly. The Pittsburg Methodist Recorder has the fol- lowiog reminiscence of Ira D, Sankey : During our first pastorate, at New Brighton, in 1863 3, a fine-looking Joung man from New Castlp used to come down cocasionally and sing with our choir, g always brought sunehine in his face, and mads music in the souls of all with whom he mingled. He mng like a Christisn; and he seemed entirely frea frons petty envies, Thero wasn frankness in this young man's countensnce, and s zeal in his tones and mane zer, which enlisted the confidence of all with whom e astociated. Our cholr wero alwaya glad when hp dropped in among them. That was the beginning of 20 scquaintance which we have cherished over siace. Afterward wo met our friend in New Caxtlo and elsg. wbere, and alwayz found Rhim the same warm. souled and radiant Ci man. He was Dot & professional singer. He for 3 own sweet sake, and used it as he maved among the people, simply, religiously, tmd as g Gospel gift. Hlg power in the church to wiloh e b longed was equal to that of ihe pastor, and his iife wan one of harmony and eace. Ho boro about with Rim an unconscious infiuence which was positiv practial, aad irresisuibie, Tho childten cluste when ho sang, and tears of joy atte tho epitit which ascompatied tho fereice. - Res pried do not wonder that this same young man, dow in thy maturity of middle life, » devoied- Christlan, endoweq Trich a wpecial gift from hesven, 15 5o blest ia singing salvation to the masses in Great Bratain, Wa foal Bors ored tonumber Brother Sankey, who 18 the fellow. orker with Brother Moody, 38 our personal and be. loved friend. Ho is a genuine evangeliat, and thy multitudes sre moved by his voico a8 mever by the Pomp and liturgy of the Succession. Pt e RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CHURCH IN OENRDAL. The only Presbyterian ohurch which received more than 200 accessions during the year 1874 was Dr. Talmage's Tabornacle in Brooklyn, the number being 233. The conversions in the Presbyterian Church :nuth dn:;? the past year are reported at 7,846, eing an addition of eight for every minister o ihe rolls of the Presbyteries. ~ In Bpain, where there are nine Roman Catholio Archbishops, ninety-thres Bishops, 100,000 priests, _14,000 monks, and 19,000 Duns, out of a Popalation of 15,000,000, less than a mllion can read or write, & Bev. Mr. Spurgeon doea ot adopt the mode; : ! o ideas of Christian Pperfection. He says that ng :oon n: ’1:! attaing perfection bis friends wil ear of most prabably by means i under the head of Deaths " A ahnt The new minutes of the Tl B inois Congrega- tomal Slate Associstion give the numberer charches, 239; members, 20,8353 ministers 37, The number sdded on_protasaion 18 1974 ¢ bristter, 1,055: towl, 2,425, The mot gain is 5. EA: the Annual Convention gz:;n:x:nmocue Of Nebraska, beld Iately at hurch was proposed ¢ admitting f - Bers to all tho rights sod priviloges s pea iy mals members "' After diacassion, ita frthey consideration was Ppostponed for one year. Tho Baptists of Ohio hold i Convention in October, at Z-ize?v:fi: e-f;‘wsh‘i‘:; place it was organized fifty years ago. They then did not as %000 membera in the State,_ . Homs missions for colored people. Now they have 43,000. Appropriate addresses and statistics will be_presented at the coming convention, and exercises appropriate to tho jubilee vear. The_statistics of the Reformed (German) Church show 635 ministers, 1,342 churches, 145.- 000 members, and 74,602 Sunday-school scholars, being an increaso for the last ix yoars at tie rate of 24 percentin the ministry, 11 per cant in the churcbes, 23 per cast in the momberstup, and 52 per ceot in Sunday-school Bcholars. Bishop Cummins, it is understood, will ordain & missionary Bishop without delay, to take charge of the colorad parishes in South Cq.rolmg that Iately united with the Reformed Episcopal Qhurch. They beeame dissatisfied with]the Prot- estant Episcopal Chrch because it delayed the oidination of 'a Bishop over them, in accordance with their earnest request. ‘A Catholfo_priest made s ehort speechat a teachers’ itstitute held last week in Forest, Hud- son County, Ohio, in which he stated that he wa3 in favor of public schools, and that the mass of their people Leld similar views, and {hat those Catholic papers which oppose the public schuols did Dot represent the sentiments of the Catho- lios in general, but individusl opinion. The Bishop of Talancingo. Mexico, in a pas- toral letter, deprecatcs the stralis to which the Church in that country is reduced. The salary of the priests does nof average tie wages of & day-laborer. The Bishop himeelf has fraquent- lyto dineon a crust of bread, There is nat money 8nough in the clergy's hands to keep'the churches and arnements in proper repair, and hence the Bishop eavs the sacristies are being filled with useless raps, giving the houses of God the appearancae of the most forsaken places. Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, the senior Bishop of the Protestant Epitcopsl Church, has called meeting of the House.of Bishops, in Grace Church, New York' City. Oct. 28, to elect Mis- sionary Dishops to Afrioa and China, and also w0 raceive the report of the Mexican mission. Chi- na wag created a missionary jurisdiction by the General Convention last u['L and Dr. Orrick was chosan Bishop, but declined. In Africa there is & vacancy caused by the death, last year, of Bishop Auer. There is in London a ** House of Faith " for tho racoption of bosrders and out-patients afllicted with diseases supposed to be incurable, Prayer isrelied upon for their restoration, but the use of medicine or surgical aidis not pro- hibited. Iis promoters say that “it is founded on the conviction derived from Beripture that the gifts of healing ale still exercised in the Chrigtian Church where thero is faith to receive them.” It should be said that the ‘‘House is n;n maintained by the so-called ** Peculiar Poo- plo” From the report of the American Baptist Mis- sionary Union, just issued, it nppears that the missions of the Union bave in ail 135 missiona- ries, 557 native preachers, 405 chorches, and 24,708 members. Tbe receipts of the Union have mors than doubled during twonty-five vears, aad tho total amount for 1374-'75 was $241.970. 'The defioit of the year, with the larger ono of the year previous, leaves the Union with o debt of £52,956. The Union suffers trom the lack of {funds, a8 more workers offer themselves than ©au be commissioned. ¥ The British Wesleyans have had a prosperons year. They reported at their late Conterence, Le'd ut Sheffield, 358,062 members, an jucrease of 6,012. The question of the participat.on of the ministersin politics, and more especially in the disestablishmentfeontroversy, was earnestly discussed. The Conference fiually adopted a resolution decliniug *‘to iuterfere with the nc- ton of any minister in the conscientious dis- charge of his duty as a Christian citizen go long a8 he honorably abetained from introducing di- viswva political questions into any of our courts, church gatherings, or public services, and care- fally avoids all words and actions which would compromise his brethren or be unbecoming the munisterial office or chaiacter.” The proposition for having Presidiog Elders elected by vote of the mimsters, instead of aj- poiotment by the Bishope, is now being discussed io the Merhodist Javers Another change is alvo proposed by- Dr. Cotter in the New York 4dvocate, that negotiations between congrega- tions be allowed and encouraged, and that the way be opened to all slike for privato arrange- ments, subject only to the assent of the Presid- ing Bishop, who wonld bs expected to eanction all sach arrangements, excopt when dacided un- reasonable. The prosent plan of appointing by the Bishop was well, he thinks, in “the old con- dition of things, but the new condition fally Justified the proposed change. The new plan will release the Bishop and Presiding Elders of & vast amount of labor and solicitudo, will lessen the chance for rebeliion, and will eecure more satisfactory appointments, A Catholic missionary sends to the London Tablet the statiatics of Catholic Indisn missions. They are extracted, he states, from the Jaffns Ecclesiastical Drrectory for 1873, and are the lati est official presentation of the subject : 1. Under the Vicars Vicara “Ayostolic in Apostoiis. Priests. Christiana, British Indis o el ey 817,653 Ceylon, ~ 2 61 12810 Siam. 19 1 2% 10,320 L Under the Ar:hbishop Viears of God, tn the Apostoic. Priests, Christians, Portuguesé Territory.... 177 s 245,358 TPlacos under the Extra- ordinary Jufisdiotion. 223 . HARVEST HOME SERVICEY. The Milwaakee Commercial Times describes an interesting service just introduced among tbe Episcopal churches of Wisconsin ; The Episcopsl churches, in accordance with the resolutions of the Inst annual conncil, and the pastoral letters of Bishop Welles, are beginning to hold harvest- home eervices. - The harvest home service for Wauke- sba Connty was held in St, Alban's Church, in the }'xfim of En:de?nl:fit Sux:.d-\oy‘. me;n were beautis ully arrange par tho chureh, principally in and around the chancel, Every wi.‘ndug was p?fl- tooned with whest, oats, and barley, relieved most ex. uisitely with vioes of® hope, which just now are at 0 helght of their beauty, the bumrches of rich blos- soma hanging down like grapes. Fruit and vegetables of all kindsand of the very best the neighlorhood could afford, wers arranged with good effect. The idoa of this new custom is g0 besutiful and appropri- ate, and this first attempt to put {t into practice was 80 Completely succesaful, that wo are encouraged fo Lope that it will becomo an institution in the church. Asthe harvest proceeds, sumilar services are to bo Dbeld in the Episcopal churches throughout the State, STATUS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. From reports made to the General Convention Iast fall the following statistical summary has been made of the Protestant Episcopal Caurch, Many of the items are incomplete, several dio- cesses and missionary junisdictions not . reporting : Dioceses. 282350 Sunday-school feachers, L anan Buaday-school acholars. 01,657 Parish sclioo] teachers.. L 250 Parish scbool oholars, 6,943 ‘Church hospitatd.. . o Domestic missions. Indian miselons. inistry. Agedand infirm clergy Total charitable offerings and income, . Total of salarie§ and parochinl expenses. ¥ Total of religions contributions. ... $17,964, These figures represent the Progress of thres years. it CHURCH SERVICES. PRESBYTERIAN, The Rev, J. H. Walker will preach morning snd evening (n the Reunion Presbyterian Church, on Weat Fourteenth street, near Thioop, ~—The Rev. H. M, Paynter will preach morning snd evening tn Campbell Park Chapel, gu Leavitt street, near Harridon. Morning subject : Delighting in the Lord.” Evéning subject: * Power.” ~—The Rev. Charles L. Thompson will preach morn- ing and evening in the Fifth Presbyterian Church, corner of Indians avenus and Thirtieth strect, Even. ing rubjfect : * The Kind of & Revival Wo Need.” —The Rev. David Swing will praach this morning in the Fourth Presbyterian Church. ~The Bev. W. W. McEaig, D. D., presches morning sud evening in the Ellia Avenus Church, nsar Thirty-seventh strect. —TXhe Rev. David J. Burrell preaches morning snd evening in the Westminster Church, corner of Peoris and West Jackson street. Morning subject: “Hero- ism.? Evening subject: * Lot's Wife,” —The Rev. Jumes Maclaughian will preach morning and evening fu the Scolch Church, cormer of Snga- mon and Adams strests. —The Rev. J, H. Taylor, of Lake Forest, will preact morningand evening in the Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Oak ayenues, —There will be preaching in the morning in the chiarch ot Niver Betk by the Rev. . B. Mo, —Preaching by the Rev. R. W. Patterson, at 10:43, in the Becond Preavyterian Church, corner Michigan ave- Dueand Twentieth street, —Eightn Presbyterian Church, corner of Robey and Washington streets. Preiching morning aod ovening by the Rev. Gearge Duffield, D, D., of Ann Arbor, Hicn, —The Rev. Arthur Swazey will preach in the Ash- lsnd Avenue Presbyterian Church -Lsredvnborgim Cha) corner of Washington street Ogt avo- nue) at 10:30) this mornlng. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev, AMert Bushnell presches morniag and eveninggn the Laavitt Street Church, corner of V- 1t aqd Adams atroots, ~—The Rev, 0; D. Helmer will prench mo and ing n the Union Park Congregational Church, Now England Congregational Chureh, on Dela~ are place, near North Dearborn street, The Rev. L. T. Chamberlain preaches morning snd evenitg, Sunday-school at 3 p, m. METIODIST. The Rev. Dr. 0, H. Tiffany will preach morning and vening—10:45 a, m. a5d 7:43 p. m.—in Trinity Clurch, corner of Indians aver.us and Twenty:fourth street, —The Rev. Dr. Daniel Lord preaches in the morn~ ing st 10::0 and evening at 7:45, in_Grace M, E. Oitayoh, cornor of North LaSalla sad Whils streste: Bunday-achool at 2:30 p. m. . —Centenary Church, on Monroo, near Morgan strest. The pasior will receive probationcrs into full counection at10:30 a. m,, and will raach in the even- ing at 7:45, Subject: “ Man Measured.” —The Rov. Dr. Thomas;will preach this morning in the First Methodist Chutch, corner of Washington and Ciark streets, In the evenlug, Prof. W, H. Hols- ington will lecture on * Moses and His Belatious to Egyption Culture.” —R. 5. Cantine will preach morning and evening in the Fulton Streot AL E. Church. —The Rev, N. H._ Axtell presches in Park Avcaue Church morning and evening, Subject for moraing & {Tho Vinlon of the Kingdoms,” Evening subjects 4 Christiana as Light-bearers.” v i —The Methodist Eplacopal Chureh, corner of Wosters avenue and Mourco Street. Preaching by the pastor, tbeRev, R, D. Sheppard, at 10:40 », m, and 7:30 p, m, Morning subject: “ Wiat Constitutes a Church 7% Evenlng subjoct: “ The Terrora of Religlon.” Boats ree. BAPTIST, ‘The Rev, Florence McCatthy preaches morning and evening in Amity Church, caruer of Warren aveaus and Robey street. Morning subect: * Can the Sactk be Abolished?” Evening subject: S in the Re- generate,” —The Kev., L, T. Bush will preach thia morning ta the Tweaty-fifth Street Church. The Rev. G. C. dell will preach this evening, —The Rev. J. D, Burr ;preaches morning and even- ing in Immanuel Church, 932 Halsted strect. Sunday- school at 12 m. ~—Free Baptist Church, corner Loomis and Jackson streets, t}la . Malvern, pastor,will preach at 10:46 a.m, an . . 5 —Fourth Baptist Church, corper ‘Wasbington and Paulina_streets, the Rev. D. B, Cheney, D.D., pas- tor. Preaching at 1:30 o, m. by the pastor, and at 7:i5p. m. by the Rev. Johin D. emo, & Seminols —becond Paptist Church, corner of Morgsn and Monroe slrcets, The Rev. T. W. Goodspeed will preach at 100, m, and at 1343 p. m., (he recogaition Bervices of the Centennial Bartist Church, and the ordination af the pastor, the Rev. Nathan ‘Eusebius Wood, will take place. Tae Rev, Dr, Northrup, Dr. Everts, Dr, Chetey, and T. W. Goodspesd will assist in the exercises, —Temple Baptist Church, corner of Harrison and Sangamon _streets, ~Services at usual hours and preaching by Prof. T. J, Morgan, . —Hyde Purk Buptist Church, the Rev. James Good~ mrn, pastor. Sorvices at 10:45 a, m. and 745 p. m. —First Baptist Church, South Park avenue, corner of Thirts-firet street. W, W. Everts will preach morn- ing and evening, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m, EPISCOFAL. The Rev, Dr. Locke will presch in_Grace Church this morning, In the evening the Rt-Rey. Bishop Welles, of Wisconsin, Hours of services, 10:45a. m. and 7:30 p. m, —Church of the Ascension, corner Elm and LaSalle streets, the Rev. Arthur Ritchic, Rector, Celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 8 a. m. ; morning prayer and sermon, 10:30 s m.; children’s service ¢ 3:30 p. m. evening service and prayer, 7:43 p. m. —Trinity Church, corner Twonty-sixth street and Michigen avenve. lorning eervice at 10:33; sermon Ly tbe Rector, the Rev. E. Sullivan, on Vacation Experi- encen. Evenlug sermon by the Rev. T. N, Morrison, of Bicomington. —St. Mark's Chureh, Cottage Grove avenus and Thirty-sixth street. Sorvices at 10:30 s m. snd 7:30 . m, by the Kector, tho Rev. D, F, Warren, D. D. ~Cathedral of 88, Peter and Paul, West Washington strest. corner Peorla. Morniug Prayer, Confirmation, and Holy Communion ot 10:30. The Rt Hev. E.R. Welles, Bishop of Wisconsia, will oficiate. Litany at 4p. m. Evening service at 7:30. — in’ Unity Churcli, Osk Park. morning and cvening, by the pastor, the Rev. J. W. Hinds. —3Morning prayers and 'Holy Commubnion by the Rev. George C. Street, Reotor, ab 5t. Teter’s Chapal, No. 143 South Stato street, at 10:45. Al zeats free, —At the Church of Holy Commanion, on South Dearborn street, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth, the Rev. H. C. Kinney will preach. Morning service, 10:45; ovening, 0. e ; —The Rev. fenry G, Perry will preach morning and eveningat All-Sajnts’ Church, corner of North Car- penter ond Fourth strects, —The Rev, Dr. Coshman will preach morning and evening in” 8t. Stepheu's Church, on Jobnson street, between Tsylor and Twelfth. —The Rev, Francis Manageld {n the Cnurch of the Attonement, cornor of Washington and Bobey streets. < —Tho Rev. Dr. Powers will preackin St John’s Chureh, on Ashland avenuo. Subject for morning service ! ™ The Beauty of Holiness.” 08 this morning West BEFOBMED EFPISCOPAL. ‘The Rer. W. M. Postiethwaite will preach this: morning in'Carist Chulrch, cocner Michigau avenue and Six- teenth sirset, ou “The Natural Sense of Justice,” Bixhop Cueney preaches in tho evening on * A Start- ling Vidion.” ~ Beats free at night, soreadbing in tho moruiughy Charles Edward Cheney at St Poul's Reformed Episcopal Church, at 10:30. Evening sermon by tho Rector, the Rev. Dr, Fallows. Bubject: *The True Testof Christianity.” Service at T:45, —Services at 10:45 a, m.and 7:30 p. m, fu the Charch of tho Good Shepherd, corner of omun sud Jones lmcl:. The pastor, the Rev. Albeit Walkley, will ‘preach, —Dr. Cooper will preach fn tho morning,—subject : “Lefevns of tho Rulston Failure,"—in Immunuel Clurch, on Centre strect; in the evening at Grant place 3. E, Church. Subject : “ How to Bo Saved,” —Chiidren’s Church at 3 p. m. Sermon bythe Reo- tor, and evening scrvice by the Bev. AMr, Clendenning, st Immanuel Reformed Episcopal Charch. LUTHERAN. English Luthersn Church of ihe Holy Trinity, cor- mer of North Dearborn cnd Erie streets, The Rev. Eimund Delfoar, pastor. Services at 11 2, m. aad 13 p. m. UNIVERSALIST. ‘The Rev. Sumner Ellla pretches this motning at the Church of 'the Redoemer, corner of Washington and Bangumon streeta. —The Rev. Dr. Eyder will proach this morning in t. Paul's Church, Michigan avenue, between Sixteenth and Eightéenth streets. Vesvers {n tho evening. UNITARIAN. o ‘The Rev, C. W. Wendte will_rreach this morning in the Fourth Church, conet of Prairie avenue and Thic- tieth street, —The Rev. E. P. Powell, haying returned, will oo~ cupy his own pulpit in church, corner of Lafiin_and Mouroe, this moming. *Subject of sormou ; ** God® —Unity Church. Sermon by the pastor, the Rev, Robert Collyer. CHIUBTIAN. Morning eervico only at the Christian Church, cor- ner Indina avenue and Twenty-fifth street. SMISCELLANEOUS. ‘Elder H. G, McCulloch will preach this morning in Advent Hall, No, 21 West Madison strest. In the evening Elder J, M, Stevenson will preach, —John Coulief. of Englend, will lecture cn * Popu- Iar Objections Answered," this morning, before the First Society of Spiritualists, at No. 517 West Madi 20m sireel. . —The Rov. A. 8. Kinnan preaches morning and evening in the Green Strect Tabernacle, —The Rev. Dr. Hibbard will preach in the New Chureh Hall, couer of Eighteenth street and_Prairle avenue, and at the Temple, corner of West Washing- ton and Ogden avenue, in the afternoon, —The Rav. Dr.Stowell will hold seivices at 3 p.m, in tne Old Pooples Home, on Thirty-ninth street. All friends invited to aftond. 2 —The Disciples of Ohrist meet at 229 West Ran- dolph strect, 4 p.m, They jnvite all who are 50 in. cilned to join them in worshiping God. el Sy CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, Sixteenth Fatter et t. 12—Sixteenth Sunday after Y. S 15—Ember-Day, Sevt. Yi—Ember] Sept. 18—Ember-Day. CATHOLIC, Sept. 12—Seventeenth Sundsy after Pentecost; Holy ammo of Mary. Sept. 130 the Sept. 1&—Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Sept. 15—Octave of the Natimity of the B, V. AL; Sk, N: us. AL; Ember-Tag. Sept. 16—88. Cornelius and Cyprian, MM 8S, Eu. phemis and others, A, | Sep. 17—The Stigmata of SL. Francis of Assisi, 0 N bér-Day. Sept. 15—5’? .ro:elp?g’nr Cupertino, C.; Ember-Day, CHATEAUX EN ESPAGNE. What beautiful castles e bulld in our childhood How fondly we cherian And cling to them stul] What ships we send out, Fullof hopes to be bartéred ‘or all things delighte Ohr faticy can Ai1} Will our castles all crambis Aud fall fnto rain 7 Will storms find our sh And thelr wrecks strew iife’s ahore Are our hopes all defusiona, Our fancies all worthiess * Is the faith of our childbood Adream, and no mure ? At Tast our dreamings Bhake off toelr doubt-wrappings, Apd golden Hops heralds Our ‘::xp- tome 2gan. Thanksgiving! thanksginng | Bebold in !:2 beaveds . A rainbow of promise,— Our castles in Spain, CaI04G0; Beptamber, 1876. —_— When Freedom from her mountain-beight un- farled her standard to the air, her skirts, pinned ::n-ck :u very tight, made hor appear exceeding AT Gko, Bonaxns, dress! Ivow, I hardly recognize you wore last vear I” \'nuug‘pnrgeg ::.:; f,b 2 cag & feeliogs, owing to the conscionsngas (LT~ insulted garb had'come direct from o e V33 0w worn for the first time: sy 5K picely dono, 1 think. By the way, al po tis ')—\ ‘whara you proccra yoor DOw te Thev are pertectly lovely. But I muay gy, ] Lliked yourlast yoar's falas. haie megty it than that you now wear.” Stately mnm.“" both s1des, and & mutual resoive naver gg ot nize the creature agair g GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. A Slight Mistake with Unpleas- ant Results, ‘“Biddy’s” Latest Exploit~--A Noble Roman Matron. PICNIC OBSERvATIONS, rseours. Bm'mrtcler. Now that the picnic season ig drawing ¢ close, we may give the result of soms og > closo observations, as foliows : - Girls with holes in their stockin, eprainéd ankles. R ah L Girls with stripod stockin, fondas; round dances. H e son iy o Girld with small fest are the most v, gome in climbing irees or wading swam, The girl who will fiy in tarror to tpy Hor sscort ataight of toud i, if e st upoo & snake when by hersalf, deliberatal; it by the tail and jerk its head ofr. "o 4T ey 1,0ne ordiuary h:nd_kemhiul’h Dot Iarge engrgy lor $wo persons $o sit upon at on, o P 1D e aad the gy The young man whose pants have been thy who Zoological Robes---“Pillering”---Picnis Observations---A Guarantee of Love.. . Miscellaneous Notes of Interest to Womens and COonsequently of Interest to Everybody, A LITTLE MISTAKE. Unfon Connty (0.) Chronicle. He took the evening srain np from Clevelsnd, andin looking through the cars discovered a femalo sitting alone in a seat, and it instantly occurred to him that she might be lonely. A vell dropped over her face, but thero was no Teason Lo sappose that sho waa not good-looking, and he gatlantly reised his hat and sat down be~ side her, remarlang, with a lovely smile: **It is lonely traveling alone.” She Just murmured a1eply, but thé accent was captivating, aud he wA8 won at the siart. N He waa practiced ia all the arts of polite tac- tics, aud gpoke to her soltly of this great, deso- Iate worig, with appropriate allusions to buman hearts. Ho told ber how he had hungered and thirated aftor tho affections of a true heart, and bad yearned to feel the breath of the heavenly e of love. 7 No, he sighed, be had no wife, 1o one tolove and caresa him and mend his suspenders ; and, when he mnquired if sho was treading the path of lifs single and alone, she marmured 80 pen- sively and eadly that he felt compelled to put his arm oo the back of ¢he seat, lest she shouid fall out of the window—which waa closed. They reached Norwalk, and, just a8 the train stopped, he heard a grating, hissing sound close to lus ear, and then the words : ** Y-o-uvillam, y-0-u old hvpocritical g-i-n-n-a-z, Il make you think you've been struck by a breath of heavenly flame, ycu ofd owl.” Ho loozed around just far enough to get s glimpse of & pair of flashing eves acd the face of his wife, who had mwmured 8o fondly to him along the journey. ' A sudden spasm seized him, but he managed to accompany her from the train, and, as they moved into the darkness toward home, her flasviug eyes lit np his pie face with spectral effect. gnos: mercilesely Kflm by thorns, is tis oge 18 the most urgently solicited to climh Bx swioga, oY £ elimb g g Bugs have no sense of propriety. SOME IOWA WOMEN. Fort Doage (la.) Messenger, Miss Eate Tupper, of Des Moines, hag bea town visiting at Mr. Bassett’s fora fey [ Kate comes of 8 family which is remarkabj 1t intelligent womanly effort and success, g, mother is Mrs. Ellen 8. Tupper, the Bes quae; of Iowa, whose work on bea culturaiss. nized authority everywhers; her eldest nigtyy a very oloquent preacher at E€olorado Bpringy, Miss Eate 8 studying medicine, baving tagey heraetf through a full course at the Ammhm: Collega by her own wotk, and Miss Mugs, v 18 only 17, ia 8 famous poultry raiser, g 1 officer of the State Poultry Association, Who bag made money enough in this business 10 detray her entire expenses through a fall collegiazy course. Mrs, lupper's family answer gy the question of woman's work, it thers wers % other. Let sny mother in Yows show thras o who can beat this, AN UNSATISFACTORY WORLD, Atanta (Ga.) Constitution, This good Littla boy was' sitting o the frocy stens whittlingup his sistor's embroidery.traeg and muttering to himaelf : * This. aln't no ggog world to liva in aniess s feller is his father's sng mother’s anlilorphm boy. What makes ma gig 80 mad is to Lave my sister go and faksall gy Tipe peaches to give to that big loafer of aswee;, heart of hers that comes ‘round here 48ven nighty in a week togit 3 square meal and make ou g it he wanted to talk politics with the old mag, wish they'd marry and go to Texas, Ido " And then be threw the remnants of the frames ity the dtreet and seemed lighter-hearted. THE LATEST CONGCEIT. 4 The dresses of ladies wil in future, in accord- ance with the latest Parisian fashions, be not only wonderfully but fearfally made. The Paris correspondent of the Warehouseman and Drapers’ Journal strikes the note of warning as to what we are shortly to oxpect. Desigos, it is stated, are “not only florsl and geometric in their tendency, but zoological.” Exquisite bro- cades are eprinkled profusely with lions, tigers, and panthers, ** medieval-looking beasts ” *- that are by no means life-like in their proportions or A GUARANTEE. Deurort Free Press.” Yesterday, when a couple of excursionista wary strolliog through the' market, the girl looked longingly at the fruit, and the young man, ity a struggle with himself. purchased several lugy plams 2nd divided with her. coloring, and far more nearly allied “D I illy 2 to tho ' fabulona croatures” in sione Ehat | they eoued op iy T bessied, u decorats » Gotbic cathodral than tho sav- | “SNCENSGEEDERE L L aze douizovs of a modern menagerie.” Artists, 1t seems, have also gove to museums and berrowed old heruldic devices with which to ornamest the robes of Indies who salue their personal appeer- avce. Unicorns, winged buils, and birds are used profusely. Oricntal writing, the hiero~ glyphics of tho ancient Egyptians, Persian arabesques, and Chinese and Japanese signs, are artistically converted ioto patterns. One design is mentioned r8 being “lefliufl_v pretty;” it 18 scrawi studded hereand thers with keys some three inches long. There are at least thirty sorts of keya of differant epochs, capitally ren- dered, OF all the pleasing novelties, however, which aro being introducsd, there are nome to equal a design in which * various 1nsects are in- troduced.” ¥ A TRIUMPH OF SERVANT:GIRLISM. Sew York Times. A triumph of servaul-girlism is reported from Long Ieland. A fom weeks ago the wife of a gentleman resident in a village there told one of her servants that she no lcnger required her servives, and concluded that the girl bttt on the day camed for her departure. However, this his proved a fond dewusirn on the lady’s part. Bridget, finding the fleshpots of her gituhtion “*Because,” he coutinned, “1f £ didu't love yoy I wouldn't be.sround buying boss plumsats cents apiece, would 127 She seemed satistied. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. , ~ A now dofinition of an old maid is—s womn who haa been made for a long time. * A Saratoga philosopher ssysa singlé wama, a3 a general thing, can be told from a wife, and ye: he has known many a girl to be taken for 8 wife. Brown, the mind-reader, fails seven times out of ten toread » Woman's mind. Tho ressanis, that only thres women ont of ten know their own minds. Upon the death of her husband, a 3t Lonis woman dyed her Spitz dog black. Sha kad recently purchased a very elegaat bonpel;. and coulda’t afford to go in mourning herself. Apropos to ths coun'ry fairs. Prayer tolh. dies with parasols (at the pig-pens of agricuk tural shows): *The rudo four fathers of the ham let atgep.”—Punch. Y A man mav form what opinion he likes,—this fs a free country,—ont it'a tbe expression of them in the presence of his wife's mother that makes agreesblo, and averse to changes which | life sapless ana barren as a last year's carn-cob, might Do atteuded with s cho kiew | 4 divorce in Grant Comnty, Wisconsin, waare | not of, clected to siay, enjoving bed cently applied for because ihe young mother in- a0d board, mious wages, In carrying ont this Tésoive ene wusassi:tod by a fellow-servant, who carried to ber room her meals as_*‘reglar” ci Ars. Gamp could have desired. Probably the inct that her whilom domestio was still s so- Journer beneath herroof would have been detected by tire lady bui for for the citcumstance that the time chosen was well selected, when she was al- most confived to berzoom, and the circumstance w88 at length discovered by accident. Probably there are not a few houses where a good many sisted on baving & 215-cradlo. **A bass-wood sap-trough i3 good enough FPor that litie red- faced vagabond,” said the brutal husband. *'Satah, yon're a good gal, bat thers aint no gal a oingyw call for two plates of icecream oa me and keep me for her feller!” were the clds- ing remarks of a younz gentleman of Bouth Broadway upon parting with his inamorats. Marriago notice, a la Childs: Take away his little latch-key ; more mouths zre filled thin thiss who }uv the He will need cigars no mors; butcher and baker c?:cuhla upon. T;m ’;he;ili- Lh!"anl‘n M’a is e;mu T ty of servants with their employers’- often m this sad and f: ur: Aot o abolt s AL B e Gone to meet bis mother-to-taw, amonants to absolute Iavishness. 2 “ A NOBLE ROMAN MATRON." . To the best of our recollection, howas sn Arkaneas clorgyman who bad been accused of trailing his ‘true inwardness” in the company of the wrong woman. Under these painfal cir- cumstances, his wife was freqaently compared to a “noble. Roman matron:” but she didn't seem to mind it, and firmly declared ber belief in her husband's innocencz. When the dsy of trial arrived she eat in court beside him, and moved the jury to tears by ing a 50-cent bouquiet in the buitontole of his cont. The case was at last oflcned. ard the witnesses for the prosecution called. ‘There were thirty or forty of thewn ; but before baif a dozen had testified, a miighty oliangé came over the face of tho wife, 3, getviog right up and addressing Lier re- marks to the Bunch, she eaid: *‘See here, Judge, I am satisfied, if you aro. Don’t mind me; Icah stand it. I reckon it's into me, Judge, to get even. Just hold on to him till calied for, am{a if any wotan wants him, he's ber'n, and no questions ssked.” Theu, turniog to her hus- band and snaiching the floral token from his Luttoohole, ehe bitterly exclaimed: **Remom- ‘ber, from the time forward, my home'a a den of ragin’ lions, and you ain't no Daniel"—Fxz- change. Timid young Brown—** Sir, I—I come fo sk - you if—" Food father—* Ah! I kiow lowit is. Take her, my boy, take her and ba i and when you are married we will come and lire with you. She's & Bplendid girl.” Brown— You—you are—are slightly mistaken, ir. 1- only waut to asi your cousent to tAkeher fo s picnic.” Now, young man, listan while ws tell you how to pop qfiun’on. Get your Jusebag well cornered where no one can overhear yoi, abd then poke thia conundrum at her: * When wili there be only twenty-five letters in the alpba- bet 2" Answer—* \Whenyou and I ars made one.” After that it is plain eailing She stepped into the car, radiant with youth and looking cool and bright in her flower-trime med hat and speckless suit of Linen. Four youog men 1mmediately offered her their seats. S accopted -ove with an entrancing smils, snd in- stantly gave it toa poor, wan, little old womaa who lufleen standing for ten blocks. Where upon the young men did ot kriow whether ta et up agala or not, and tried their best Toi 6 look: foolieh. g i E THE OLD FARM:GATE. The old far-gata hangs, sagging down, On Ao, bank and ber > *PILLERING.” Its Iatch s gone, and, here and there, Tliey were coming down from Saginaw on the It shows mfia traces Of repair, - " boat, and, asa sweil rocked the steamer, the That old farm-gate has seen, ekéh young lady screamed out and erawled around un- til she seized the young man’s arm, “Piller yer head right bere, Busan !” he ex- claimed, patting his beart with one hand-ad slipping the other round ner waist. *TWhen a fellér loves a girl as I love you, he could take Ler on_ his ‘back and swin 18 rhiles in & bee- line, and_ then go home and hoe corn till sun: down. Piller au head right here, wy love, and if she rains, and hails, and thunders blue blazes, don't you squeal one squeal !” ** Are we safe 2” she tromblingly inquired. “Safe 88 & cow tied to a brick wall 18 feet thick, iy love! Just Jean right over here, shut your pearly eyes, and foel as contented as if ye set on thetoprailof the pastur’ fence; waittn' fur & tin peddler to arrove in signt 1" She “pillered,” and everybody remarked that reen, e yea, - Iue blossoms bloom and digappesr; 'ruj bright~green Jesves of Spring unfolf, And turn to Ausamn’s red and goid. The children h:'va apon it clung, And, in and out, with rapture swtng When thar young hearts were and yiray. ¥hen hope was fair and faith was sdre, Bosido that gate. bave Tovera trus Told the old Mory, slways new ; Have made lhelr"vowl; have dreamed of bES And sealed each promise with a kig. Tho old farm-gate has opened wide . ' To welcome home the new-mads brida, ; When lilaca bloomed., and locubts far With their aweet fragrance filled the air. - That gate, with rusty weight aod chain, $ae closed upon the solemn train That bore her lifeless form away, he looked like a hero, Upon a dreary Autumn-day, RAPID CHANGE. The lichens gray and mosses gree A .oumacpm.u Tpon ita TotinR Posts ure been 3 ¢ Juitials, carved with youthful akill, Long yewrs ago, are on it still Vet dear to me abave all things, By reason of the thoughts it brings 1= kit old gate, now sagging dows, On rusty hinges, bent nd brOT. .-y g, Sm g After Jones. Vickaburg Herald. ‘The other day when s citizen in of 'E'- gro deck-band whom he met on the laves negro by the name of Jones worked on » ceriaia named boat, the biack asted : *Does you mean Lightning Jones2® “No:'I guesa not.” ¥ * P'raps you mean Buffalo Jones 2" “No, he isn't the one."” “Well, does you mean Big Foot Jones?™ *‘No. it must be another.” P * Can't be Gizes-Eye Janes, can it ?_ *No; this Jones has no sach name. wlsit gn{u-Sou;p Jones, thea?" * No, that isn’t the one.” £ “Is it Will Jones, Small Jones, Dick Joosh Sam Jones, or Peaceful Jonea?” 4 No, none of 2 s e “ Well, dawa all do Jonsses cn dat ax’ stedh boat, and 1if none of dem hxink G5 Cusp T bave to look furder.” The tapidity with which females adapt them- selves to the circumstances and fashions with which they are surronnded, aod especially the fasbions, is simply marvelous. On Monday last, siady, who empioys several domestics, gota new table-girl, just arrived in the city from ruzal districts,—s_bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked da:nge!, who blushed whenever any of the male members of the household lfooked at her; a girl whoas hair was combed smoothly back fromoff a tanned foreliead; whoss dress had slesvas to it, came apto her throat aod down to her fest. On ‘Tuesday her Bair went up on to ths top of her hesd; and waé coiled up over s—somathing ;: on Wednesday she cut the sleeves off her imss. turped it in at the throat, pinned it back, and bumped it out bebind, and conld look all the men in the house square in the face for balf ap hour without the hue of modesty showing throngh hor prepared chalk complexion. Yesterday she com- pleted her degradanion by catting off “all but an inch or two of her frout hair, CONVERSATION AT A FASHIONABLE WATER- @ PLACE. - 3 IN 2 Middla-aged party, envious of the belle of the room, and deteimined to put her down : * How sdmirably your dresamaker has altered your,