Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1876, Page 9

BELIGIOUS. rommentaryonTo-Morrow's, gunday-Sohool Liegson. poter and John After Their) Discharge by the San- hedrim, Work of the British and Irish Home Missions of the " Baptists. New Testament Verses Stricken Out as Spu-. 4 rious by the Re- visers. gedterday’s Proceedings in fhe Mothodist General Con~ v forence. SUNDAY-SCHOOL TiESSON., THA BANIBDRIM. Acts., tv.~This lessoni s closelyconnected with /Abolast. Tho apostles were called again loto jourt and commanded to preach “Jesus Chirlst 4nd Ifim crucified ” vo more. Wewlll ot our friends, tho oposties, Peter wnd Jobn, With their aumerous converts, go pome. Wo will linger In the presenca of the gawhedrim, Wo are envious to obscrve thelr splendld regalla a8 thoy move about and talle ¥ith each other on the signal dofeat of the day. gho last man hog hardly Ieft tha court wom, Wwhen they begun to manifest great shogrin ot tho uncxpected result“of the ral. They wero greatly vexed, and deeply mortifled, that uncucated men, for whom they bad mo respect noresteem, should have so com- pletoly folled and boflled the well-lald plans of tho august Banbiedrim. They looked ns It the; «leoply felt tho disgrace which had so unoxpeci- dly {wfidhu them, Thelr Inslgnla of oflico Mhoy threw off as if they wished they lind never Jsorn them, After sumo converaation, the purport of igbich we can only conjecturc, they disporsed, JAs they wended thelr way homeward, we won- dered “what reeeption would greet them on mtering thelr own dwellings. Most of tem had wives, ecach of whom was ‘proud of M[“'i tho ‘“better half? of jome member of the Bupreme Conrt of Jerusa- fem. Women ors by nature more ptous than men. ‘Thelr religlous gerros usually develop at an earlier period of 1fe, and, in_due time, reach » good de%rea of maturlty. Men* souls are dwarfed and stunted by the cares and vexations o; h;lihlua, and by the deeeltfulnoss and flight of riches. Tho wives of some of therulers had heard Ihe Apustles ‘Ixrmch, nud werg nequainted with many of their converts to Chrlst. They ob- gervéd the wonderful change for the betfer In thelreharacters. When they heard that the priests and rulees had arrested tho Apostics and thrown them into the dark, damp cells of the tity prisan, they urged *their husbauds to do no berm to tho Apostles. These women were al- most parsunded to be Christians, Whaen it was e that tho Sunhedrim had put themn on irial, and hnd been complotely worated, and uuhlzuxu icsts r;mv.l rulers cou: not flud them of nny crime, or even of any wrong, and E:mymmpul cd “to let them go,’yleat l"{"l,nln- ing them should creato an uproar wmong the people, these good women were verg glud. 8o when thelr husbands came Fonte they did not hesitato to say to them, ““Whaat a fine show ou gentlemen of the Bugmmn Court mud 'r.uxing and _trembling lest the people shoul selze you and glncfl you In that, same stronglold In which you placed” thoso good men, the Apos- tles of rist, whom you crucified. Tlesc Apostlce-nro %uod and rellgious men. They are slucers worshipers of tha ouly lving xind. whom our fathers adored. Thoy havo wrought many wonderful things in ‘the namo of thoir Moster, Jesus. = They bave dono our city no harm. Thoy have converted to the religglon of thelr Mastor 5,000 souls. These con- verts aro greatly changed fo character. They did indulge In ull sorts of slns, but how the e anxious onlY to beand to do good. ‘Thcl now religlon. will mako them better ¢idizens. ‘B‘Y their frults you may know them,! " ‘fhe Court werg eruelly bont on thelr purpose, and yet they deemed it unwise to do unything that'might Talsc a storm among the p cople. AL last, mudo discreet and ‘un by nec essity, they concluded to follow the leadings o £ Provldence and endure patiently whut thoy soud not pre- vent. 8o tho priest and rulers ‘Vig* " spostles, surrounded by friend _,“!‘,Eu'::tg‘i'g m,l,:‘éi other fricnds and converts, W i could not find ¢ven standing room in the € guyell Chamber of the Sanhedrim. The fre' i und ardent con- verts felt that H_m apostle 3 yore really endued fromheavon, Thoy cor erauiated Petor upon his boldness and sticeer 53, yncoting and_subdu- g thoso royal lons fy hele den. Al thelr () l°“‘]r’ reatly £e’ joiced that Peter and Joln were released [rom , fhy ciptehics of the Taw, and o dark, HILhY ¢ J1ls of thoclty lock-up. Al in foroated "‘;f K¢" 1'to the place of assembling, ‘l"d gladly““'n .encd ta the reports of the Apos- Hea regardl’ up whn the pricsts and rulers sald e olater 4hoy thought, us Peter spoke, low foithea® 4y the Moxter's promiscs huvo been trely. o that ¢To would” be with them aud '“a‘.y deliver them from the mglu of the pricsts a4 e control of the rulers.” Tho very threats she 8anhedrim indicated that Chrlst wos al- aady o Po\vur oven {n their civil affalrs, and that hedr rulers had good reason to fear thut soinc ‘unscen forco would soon scatter them and fn- treduce new olements into thelrsocia), religious, and elvil affairs—that Moses must soon yicld to Christ—and rites and ceremonies to & purer ulth and slmpler forms of religlous warship, (1) The report grently fnercased thelr confi- lenco and their joy. Very lrn'purly the ;’3)05- tles and thelr couverts unitedly praised God, Wlo had so completely folled the wicked designs of thelr rulers, Peter was always the mouth of the company, He very happlly expressed tho feelings of all present ‘when ho sald that the famo Jehovah who, at tho fitting of tho earth for man, sald, * Lot light e, unid light was," Was now spreading the wings of Uls love over them, They all acknowledged God to be their Creator, Presorver, and constant enefoctor (35) 80 they harmonfously sang the rulscs of the great and absoluto Con- roller of - ull ~ events and persons. These men wers poaitive und carncst. They, to agreat extent, u]ulmrll\tcll that o long step hnd ven (Rloun townrds establlshing Christ's King- dous on earth that the wicked dogs, who had hoped to frighten them from thelr course of uty, had been, for tho present at least, driven from tieir posts, and were now trembling lest 4hio people sliould riso in their might and- de- Bl_rlvu tiem of thelr honors and thelr puracs, heso dogra burked fn vain, It wos of 1o use for tho heathien and people to rn?c aud to oppore . Ho does what I pleases, (%) The - Chrlstlane of that day felt that this opposltfon to them wns renlly Wickedness trylng to destroy goodness, kness trylng to annihllate Nght. So they conafdered their cause not o personnl, but_ons Inwhichall the world was Interested, They not forgotten that * the seed of the womai W23 2o brutso the serpent’s head,” They wero fully consclous that the sced was now actunlly fullliting {ta mission, that they were merely th feane tio ubsolute éavurulgn was employing to lceoml‘:)llnh the destruction of sin aud sorrow, And to substitute holincss and happinss, They on to Ftt Fllmpucu of God's plan, Bo thoy o ".m"lt 5 “m]i"lv“[l'll l!:;{ lllfluxll'.lb:,l ;:nd ml;ulura carth o ust Jehovah an L Gt 0 10 Bbt o4 (%) The disciples now congratulated ench ?ll 1ce thut this opposition of the rulers und the denulcs—thelr open and avowed enemles—had '“llb‘.lunwmlugly, u great deal for (od, Thelr 0es did exactly what the %mm Contraller of the universo futonded should be done, They M, % Jehovah hos surely defeated the endeaye ?«;‘ of Iis cnemfes, Ho inakes even thelr rago Dralse Him, ‘Ihoy can never prevatl, They fnhvuld glve up thelr own willa and fall &t oncu “'0 theranks of the wise and religlous men, ut do what they may—Jehovah witl’ use them executing His purposvs.’? _All thelr exertiony Weqhvaln, and yet mony Jews und Gentiles 'enl through lifc without” knowing the Chrlst nL""""‘“ upprecluting the eross, withiout recog- IHE Jesus us the Messlub, wiom their own P“‘{; eta lud foretold with wonderful clearness, m('~ ) The Apostles dld not now scem to be Iy 2lous 10 avold fronbles and trials. ‘They had n:'dnt'l to conslder them as wneans of moral Ipline, Bo they prayed (url(l’flli;(fll of pur- mh sud decfulon of churactor, snd the graclous hrotnces of the Holy 8pirit, cnough to mee} all u{fuu-nlnzs. und to press forward to tho mark of lxuhl L calling, Bome peoply wasy wonder lll! Uod cliose men of no cducution o cxocuto |h]:llur|1mcu, and still Hig wisdom appears hu'.fi.'.,’,.,"""“g Hod dlll‘w be{:fi ‘llcu‘rnetl n;lll great mo ed for mo ;llnleune unl paw&, they themselves would 1% gatned tho glory,’ Buk naw, weak mea ef, § tha'world are chiosen to confound the wise, Bo Peter, uneducated na ho was, confounded the Yandhedrim to such an cxtent that its members voted unsnimously “tolet them go," and the loty of tho result of the irial wan glyen to Jehiovah. Tho npostlca were consclous of thelr fochleness, and 8o the; Prnyed for nlruu{zm and bol(lnmi {hat, the might utter God'a truth in A1l its fullncas, Tho rulers had “lot "mmnfm'” But how suon they would again arrest and fin- prison them, tIme only could tell. The priests and rulers wero yet thelr enemics, they lind not. been converted, 8o the Apostles were” resolved to preach in atronger terms than cver ¢ Clhirfat and Illm crucied.” They manifested no in- clination to flinch from dul{ or from Inbors and trinla. They cared very little for the threats and commands of the ¢vil powers, and much Ices for the sncers and scufls of the thoughticss many, M’; They wished IHeaven would enable them o heal tho sick and to bless even their focs. They +dld not follow the had examplo of Davld, who Hm{ed for curees on his encinies, but they did osire that they might bo abla to blcss men by dolng wunders In the name of tho Maater—tho holy chilid, Jesus, Thoy wished to “speak tho truth, the whole fruth, and nothing but the ruti™ and they wera not satistied unless their Wwaeda of truth and messages of love produced Rumg Inrge results, It is noteworthy that they A not show any aciflsh disposition, "Thelr whole souls wers sbsorbed In the grest work of preaching the glad news of afroe salvation. Tho goodness and wisdom of Jehoval qijlrcnm in the inyrind uhj[el:la of His creatlon, but His love and merey in Uls nlm‘]flc'iflnn of maving oll men who wishto be saved. Theso early Christluns aid not clafm any meril, nor assign any reasohs why God should answer their prayers, They wished all things to be done in the namne of Jesus. They recognived Him as their medlator and Intercessor. They wished for the power of healing and coinfort! “fi of preaching and good living, " that they mig L thereby porsuado and confirin all men. (31) They hod now closed thelr Bmyun It was o slinplo pruyer to the great Disposer of cvents, It wna not a mixture of prayer to God wixd exhortatfon to thie people, as Is often made by eome modern aposties, hoping to bit the [mws by firiug from the pulpit and jiot to offend he people by aiming ot the Creator. It waa onc of thuse'slucere prayers that wo huve beard from rcl:glnus mothers, who wers humbly kneeling at tho bedsilo ofa lovely daughter or nn only son, sson 1o leave cartl for heaven— the sui crlnf! of this. life for the joys of the futuro. = They couversed with their Master, s If/ He " wos stlll in that upper room, sa redolent of }u{ and _trust, the pluo in which they were shook.” In the physleal world tho Creator nccomplished His purpoges of love in numberless ways, 8o in the Bpiritual world it {s o still smull voice, n dove, u tougue of light, a tremor in tho alr, & consclous- nesa of some unscen power, that says, “God Is here.” Bo theso disciples, united 1n 4 beautlful hnninony of love and wdoratlon, felt that their Master was near then. No doubt thelr requeats wero heard. Aud Jesus sald to thelr gouls: I will comply with your prayer. Bo of good cheer. You shall hive all nccded strength.!” At once they were full of the Holy 8pirit, und preached the Word with great power. The muulfestation of the Divine prescnes passcd away, but its miraculous force remained, The! were now fuller of zeal, coursge, and carncsi- ca, (32) The fow converts hud hecome a multl- tudo, llardly aday passed that did not udd many to thelr number. They all had but ono object of aflection, but one ‘purposs in vai;. ‘Thelr telals bad given them moral strengthl, Thelr mutual love and interest bad Increased their graces. Somo were poor, but thelr poverty ve un opportunity to the rich to cultlvate that icavenly grace, charity. Sordid scHfishness dis- oppeared.” The owners of wealth held it not as iclr own, but us almouers of the great Giver. Freely they had received, and frecly and cheer- fully “they wished to distribute, " Thoy held means of ‘comfort in trust for thoss in want. Conseeratiug themselves and thelr 1d to Christ wns a reality, and reliev- ing the meedy was a rcliglous duty. They never eald, * Be ye clothed and be ye fud,” but from a common iund they elothed the naked and fed the hungry. They sold thelr reulty that they might be real disciples of their Lord and Bavior, Jeaus Christ. One marked result of the onset of the pricsts and rulers was that it threw silken cords of sympathy and_good-will around tho hearts of I{)e converts that bound them indissolubly to ench other. If ono member suffercd, they hil willingly and cheerfully suffered. The more they were opl;m:cd and” persecuted, the closer and tho tighter they clung to cach other. The winds, and the storms of ad- versity mnde themn, like the sparrows on our trees, cling the closer to the object of thelr trust, And so the Apostles and the vonverts testified to the great centrnl doctrino of Chrlnmully' “the resurrcction of the Lord Jesus Chrlst, and grculfn\uc cameupon themell. Thefr clvil rulers and tho Jewlsh teachers had forbldden their teaching Christ. DId they obey? They deetmned it wiser to oboy thelr Maater, The history of these carly Christinns, minutely and closely read, has a moral sublimity that clearly shows that there was o Delty that dlrect- cd their course nud * shaped thelr ends.” TIE BAPTISTS. DRITISU AND IRIBU NOME MISSIONS Zondon Times. The anntversary of the Britssh and Irish Bop tist Homoe Mission was held at Bloomsbury Chapel Tuesday evening, Mr. IL. Ashwell, of Nottingham, in theehade, It was reported that, in accordance with a resolutlon passed ot the last aunual meeting foviting = closer union be tween the county assoclatfons of Baptist churchics and the mission, soveral of thicso assa- ciations nd appolnted representatives on the committee, and all had commended tho Boclety to the cordinl support of the denomination. The contributlons, exclusive of legavics, amount- od to £1,392, or £130 more than lust year; the legucies wero £600 ngainst £1,400 at the jssue of the Inst report. The Boclety's work had steadl- ly progressed both in Great Britaln and Ircland, The converis baptized, on a pro- fesslon of faith, were 220. BSixty churches wero helped by the Soclety, and of these n third had been founded by It, or at least resusel- tated. Twoof these new churches have been planted in England during the year—viz., ot ‘Tanbridge Wells and at Bornemouth—and, with others Intely furmed, promised to be soon self- supportiug,” In Ircland, In splte of the bitter opposition of the Romanists, especlally in tho Suuth und West, the Society had at the prosent thno 19 princl; ul statfons and 140 sub-siations, mostly in wild and smmcly-léuu iled districts, with an uverngo nttondance of 8,000, ubout 1,500 communivants, und 1,200 Bunday-school ¢ dren, Last ovening the Baptist Tract Bociety held its thirty-iith annuul imeeting st Exeter Hull, This hns been styled the most pronounced of all the denominational organizations, and may be regardedas the propagunda of the body, Its nvowed object is to eireuluto evangellcal truth and Baptlst principles by means of tracta. Tho Chafrman wis Mr, J. 8. MacMuster; the Sccreta- ry,the Rev. J. T Brlscoe,read the report. 1t stated tfmh the Soclety’s publlcations have now reuched 763, of which BS54 are tracts, 185 hawdbills, 40 books for children, and 23 ure published in tho New Spries, which, with the volumo of *IHowell - .on Commnunton,” make up the number. Of thiese thero had been printed of tractsand hand- bills, up to the Blat of Devember, 1874, aa many na 10,505,013, mnusmslug 48,007,118 pages, Th these were added lust year, of tracta und hand- Bills, 1,047,050 coples, comprialog 4,245,600 puyres. “Tho ferants durlig the yoar il 'reuched {074 In tructs, vepressnting 1,011,885 of the Baclety's {ssue, besldes £104 voted Inceash, The vxtracts frum the report reud by the Seeretary referred to the uperntions of the Soclety In varfous parts of the world, The auxilluries at Modros and Colombo were both muking progress, and o considerable number of the 'Boclety’s ‘Pamil and ‘Telugu translationa bad Dbeen well clreulated. Converslons were reported in Coylon sud in other parts of our Indlan Emplre, "The recent opening of the Buptist Chupel at Rowe Icmlunlcpuulnlkfn(cmut tothe Soclety’s operations in the Itnlian Penlnsula. ~ Dr., Taylor writes from that etropolls prupo!lll[.’\ to start a Baptist fflllflllfl for Rome, aud, without giving a pledge n referenco to the project, the Commlitee have voted him £2%0 to uld In hls general work of nublication. In the sminu elty u colporteur hus l)l:uu sot to work by Signor O, Cocorda, snd a largs dlstrlbution of somu thousands of tracts nfi leatlets hns alremdy Leenmnde iu the streets of Romo. Besides that, a monthly Baptist magazine, entltled Z¢ Seminatore (tho Bower), has been commenced. In Northern Italy, tha Rev, E. Clarke, of Bpeziy, who attended und took purt i the meeting, has been actively ut work, For Germany 50 hns been grranted to the well-known Buptist proj u\gnml'(‘sl on the Continent, the Rev. J. G, Oncken, To Holland also o graut had been twade, und the Rey, W, 2, Klockers represcnted thut country ut tho meoting. In Norwsy wmuch popular rellg- fous cxcitement hns ‘been stirred up by the Bn]ittut tracts, and the Boclety's sgent, tho Rov, @. Huepert, writcs that the ational r\ergy und thefr flocks have been worked up ntodn in- describable state of fermentation by the strungo leaven, At home the Bocicty's tracts haye beci distributed from the “evangelizing car” on Fairlop Friduy and fn other ways, 1ot ouly ln Loudon oud fis nefghiborhood, bt alse through- out England, \Vlhun, Beotlund, und_Irelydd, Tho uluallfl scadlon of the Uantm Unlon of S et e v bl yas ol 8t Walworl o Prosl- oot e Tov, D Lanasie 13 ‘tHa chalr, Th .tho_mash part followed the um'; it trnced In the President's Innufi:ml addrons, re- ported In Tuesday’s paper, st of ribacrip- lons towards tha” Baptlst Unlon annulty fund was read, Includlog £100 from the Rev. Bpurgeon, which o hoped Lo continue for 1 moreyeara; £100 from Mra, Brown, of Liver ]mnl. unknown, ns she sald, to her husband, and n thie hope that other wives would do she swine; A500 from Mr, Jamus Harvey, and £100 from Mr. Jmnes Benham, A puper wea read by the Rev, I3, C. Pike, of Birmingliam, on Religlous Educatlon and School Boards, in which the au- thor strenuotsly advoeated seculnr natfonal ed- ugatlon, suppletented by the Blrminghatn plan nfumvfdlnfi relgfous instruction for the chil- dren nttending Board schools. The ministers and delegates afterwards dined together, on the Invitation of the London Assodntion, ut the rooms of tho Metropolitan Tabernncle. After dinner tho proposal of the first of the usual Joy- al toasta was nccompanied by n temperate bitt untistakable deinonatration sguinat the con- temiplated addition of the title "Emrrus" to the Rayal !le‘ln. The Baptist Miselonary Boclety “held fts clghty-fourth anniversary ot Excter-Hall In tho evening, Bir Robert. Lush in the chalr, The report atated that some 09,000 cu{-lun of varfous portlons of Beripture hml left the mission press in Calentte. Of these, 60,000 coples wero s)rlnlm] for the Caleutta nux- fllury of “the British and Forelgn Bible 8oclety. Tho Issucs from tha 8ociety's own sluposltory have amounted to 84,188 coples. Many {nnr- noys for the purpusca of evangelization have beon made by the misslonaries throughout dis- tricts in India. The gencral effect sy ho summed up In the remarkably statemnent madu by Prof. Mux Mucller to the late Dr. Nonnan Maclead: * From what I know of the Ilindoos, Lhui' seetn to me riper for Chirlstinnity than any lon that ever aceepted the Guspell” By tho Hueral legacy of the late Mr. C. 8. Leckle, amounting to £4,000, o new misslon was about to he llezluu fn Cachur, fu_tho northeastern part of Bengal. In Ceylon, Chinn, Africa, Trintdad, and Tlayth, the misston work Itas been mnking progress. — Fromn Jamales, Brittany, Norway, and” Rome, enconraglyg reports had been re- uc(vct:l. Resolutfous of the usual character were passed. THE REVISERS. STRIKINO-OUT BI'URIOUS PABSAGES, 'Ths last number of the Churchman announces that the New Testament Rovision Committes have stricken out as spurfous tho last seven verses of the Jnst chapter of Bt. Mark., These are the verses on which the * Peeullar People found thelr crced, and are os followa: 14, Aftorward Heappeared unto the clovenastlicy aat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbe- llef and hardness of heart because they belleved not them which had seen Ilim after Lc was rison. 16, And Ife sald, Go yo Info all the world and Psach tho Gospel to overy creature, 10, Tie tint clieven nnd 1 Daptized shall be saved; hut ho that belleveth not shall be damned. 17, And theso nigns shall follow them that Delloy n My ‘pome shall they cast ont devil they shioll apeak with mew tongucs. 18, The: shall take up serpenta; and If thoy drink auy dead- 1y thing it ahall 1iot hurt them; tlioy shall lay hands on tho slck aud they ehall recover, 10, So then, aftor the Lord had apoken unto thom, Iie was re- colvod up {uto llcaven, and sat on the right hand of od. 20. And_they went forth and preached everywhore, the Lord working with them, and con- firming the Waord with sigus following. It is also stated that the Committee struck outt, u3 belng n false interpolation, a verse fn one of the Eplstics, which is frequently quoted 08 & proof of the cxlstence of the Trinity. The verse alluded to s !u[)po«ml to b tho seventh verae of the fifth chapter of the first eplstlegen- cral of 8t John, yiz.: ‘““For there _are three that bear record in_Heaven—the Fatlier, the Wurfl, and the Holy Ghost, und these three are one,’ THE PRESBY TERTIANS. GHNINAL ASSEMULY IN NEW YORK, New Youx, May 10.—The first holf-hour of the sesslon of the Presbyterian General Assem- LIy was spent [n devotional exercises. After the business meeting was called to order, the stand- ing committees were announced by the Moder- ator, wero then handed in. ‘The Rev. Dr. Prime offered s series of resolu- tions declarlug that the General Assembly was in hearty sympathy with the objects of the Cen- tennial Exhibition, and recognizing the hounti- ful goodness of God to the people of the Uited Btutes during the first contury of thelr national independence; record with satisfaction tho fact that the Commissioners having the Ex- hibition in charge have declded to closeits gates on the Lord's day, Suchrespect for the Sabbath 18 becoming a people whoso God is law, and who has sald, “Thenations that honorcth Mo 1 will honor.” The Genoral Assembly, there- fore, unanimously and heartily gives expression to its carnest desire that wo influence oy pro- vail to change the resolution so worthy of the Americau people, ‘These resolutions were adopted, and acom- mittce of thirteen appointed 'to go to Phila- ielphia and present them to the Commlssloners, The RRev. Dr, Adams read a report from the Sommittee onthe Reforin Church, The Commit- dee wns nwmm(cd at tho last Assembly to confer “with simllor committecs of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in regard to the unfon of the two Churches, o sald they had come to no conclusion, nlthough they wcere friendly disposcd. The Committee wos therefore dis- churged. A memorial from the Rev. Charles Knox, of Newarl, was read and referred, relative to the German populntion of Amcriea, It calls the uttention of the Assembly to this intelligent class, and pofuts out tho nceessity of extending the mission work In that quarter, Tho Chalrmun of the Committee on the United Presbyterion Chureh stated he had written that church and received no reply. ‘The Committec, ut his request, was discharged. At the afternoon session of the Presbyterion Convention, the Rev, Dr, Breckenridge protosted agalnst the declslon of the General ucmbl’y of 1805, which nllowed Catholles to jolu the Pres- 1?'Lcrhm Church without being re-baptized. Dr., Dreckenrldge claimed thut stich a reception of members was biconslstent, and that all Catho- lies who entored the Presbytecian Churches sliould o treated tho same as though they had never been converted to rellgion. * After some debate, thu protest was referred to a conunittee. 5 The Rov. Dr. Adams made an address, and offered o resolutfon, fo substance, that Profes- sor_should not be appointed on the Committes on Theological Seminaries. It was fnappropri- ute, ns they had to conslder imattors pertaining to themecives, Dr, Adums was [llcrmllu'll to withdraw: from lils membership of the Comnittee, und the Commltiee was reorganized, Drs, Atken and Iluut also retired from tho Committee, and to fill the lllnwcu of the retiring members the following gentlemen were chosen : ‘Ihe Rev, Juln_F, Hendy, G. D, 8towart, J, Il Scholleld, and Roburt Cralg, The subject of church” members sttendlng balls and duncing with promiscuous assembluges wus discussed, and thu matter referred to the Commnittee on Cliurch Pcm{. Full and complete reporis in printed form were reeclved In regurd to howe and forelgn missjons, and referred to the Comuittes on Mlsslons, There was read o_formal Invitation from tho Brooklyn Bunduy-School Unlon extending nn invitatlon for the Assembly to take part i the unniversary of the Subbatli-schools of Brooklyn on Wednesdoy next. The {nvitation waa de- elned, un it would not be convenfent for the delegates to attend owing to the pressurv of Lusincss. Adjourned. METIHODISM, TIH GENENAL CONPERENCE, BavTivone, Md., May 10.—In the Methodlst Generat Conference to-duy, a resolution to amend the Dlscipline, so as to provide for tho expulsion of members of the chureh who rent bulldings for the salo of fntoxicating drinks, was Tald over untit te-morrow. Gen. Flsk, from the Committeo to which was referred the communieation from the Methodlst Episcopal Church SBouth, presented a resolution that {u order to removo all abstacles to a formal fraternity between the two churclies, the Board of Blshops be dire appoint & commlttes of three minfsters and two Jsymen to mcet a simtur commisston authorized by the Methodist Eplscopat Church South, and adjust all difti- cultics. Adopted. ‘I'he Rev. J. M. Reld, of Michigan, was elected *Corresponding Missionary Sceretury, recelving 239 votes of the 309 cast. A motion to reconsider tho action of tho Con- ference tranaferring the publication und control of the Plttsbury Christian Advocale to the Book Concernat New York led to s prolonged dis- cussfon, and was laid over to recelve formally Bishop Cumming, of the Reformed Eplscopal Church, The Bishop was warnnly weleomed und delivercd un eloquent address, saying thal ull he was Lo owed to Methodisin, At the concluglon of his uddress there was prolongud upplause, and a resolutlon was udopt- ed llufu fratornal Jucsseoger be sent tot Refurmed Chureh, 'The matter of the Pittsburg CArlatian ddvacals e mmn:da’md the Conference finally re- qureea. its lop, transforring ita publication Official documents of different Presbyteries THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1876—TWELVY PAGEN, and management to the Now York Book Con- cern, ‘Tha report of the Book Committee relative to changing the name of the Ladles’ Repository and general scope and chiaracter. of that inagazine, investing thie ngents of the Western Book Con- cern, Lhe Western section of the Book Commit- tee, and editor of the Repository, with suthorit, to mal such change, waa taken up sndadopted, The Conference clected tho Rev, Reuben Nol- son und the ey, Luke Iltcheock, w8 Treasurcr and Asslsiant Treasurer respectively of the Mis- slonary Bervico, Adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS, ILLINOIS UNIVRRAALISTS, Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. Jorrer, 11, May 19.—The Fox River Assocla- tlon of Universallsts will convene' at 8t, John's Church, in this clty, week after next, and con- tnue in sesslon two days and three evenings. Its object Is the extension of Christian kunowl- edge and fellowship, and the transaction of suth ceelesinstical busluess 88 may be consider- el easential Lo the prosperity of the chiurch, Its jurlsdiction embraces the churches nud Bunday-schools within the bouuds of Lake, Cook, Wilf, 1 |l’ngc;\ Mecllenry, Kendall, Kane, DeKalb Counties,” Amopg the clergymnen who are {ts members, and who “are expected to be present, are Drs. Ryder, Balch, Dennis, Ellis, und Hunaon, of the New Covenant, An fiterest Ing meeting may bo expected. THE NEAREST WAY TO PURGATORY, Sina Chronicle, No one can well make a visit to Dresden with- out hearing of Augustus the Btrong. The great bronzo stutue of himself and his glgantle steed. is the most promlnent object in the Iaupt- strasse, and it s binposalble to traverse Dres- den's historic bridge without staring * August " In the face or regarding him In the rear. Helt wis who founded the chief of the renowned ort- colleetions of Baxony's Capltal—the Plcture- Gallery, the Green Vaoult, nnd the Muscuws, All visitors to the Historical Muscum wlll re-- member the broken horse-shoe snapped In two by the Royal grasp and the tremendous helmet. sald to have heen worn by the Buxon Bamson. All atudents of German history will be only too famnillar with his nume and his dcods, and noy reader of Carlyla's Lifo of Frederick the Great can ever forget that writefa grapbfc description of the character of *“August the Physleally 8troog,” his 300 frregular children, and the big baouock he baked—the biggest thut was evers baked—at the canp by Muchlberg. Augustus was the tallcst and the stropgest, as well us the wildest and wmost liandsome, man of his time. At the nge of 17 he was skilled {n all manly and martial excrelses; no leap was too will for him; he was equally ready for a bout with a fencing-master aud a wrestling-match with a blacksmith; he could crush a gublet in his grasp, break o horseshoce in his hand, stop o mad bull In full carrcer, sud suspend o fully-ae-+ cotitred trumpeter at arn's length, Augustus, whilst still a young man, succeeded his brother, in 1634, In the Electorate of Saxony. Atabitious of military renown, he joluced the' Iinperial army with a contingent of Baxon troops, recelved tho supreme cummand of the combined Christian forces, und led them against the Turks on the Lower Danube. The world bolleved that another Samson bad arisen, nod that the infidel hosts would be smitten hip and tligh, a3 were the Phillstines of old by the strong man of Zorab. But in two campalgns the Elector was worsted by the Grand Vizier, and, after the disustrous battle of Olaska, the young Prince felt himself coustrained to sur- render bis command Lo Eugene of Bavoy. It was during one of his'visits to Vienna, at ' this period of Lils life, that the Elector of 8axony * discovered the nearcst wuy to Purgatory, Tie ywas the guest of Juscpl, the Emperor's eldest son, n Prince who enjoyed the honorary title of King of the Romans, and with whom he had contracted an intimate fricndship. One night, Augustus, as was rather his habit, had re- tired to bed at o late, or, more properly, at an carly hour, and justcloscd hiseyes in sléep, when he reeclved o most urgent summons from his Royal and Imperial friend to go to him [m- mediately. He went, and was astonished to find his Romlsh Majesty—whom he had left, the previous evening, nppercatly fn (hucn]u{- ment of excellent health—lylng” prone on his coueh with closed e{cu and countenance of death-like pallor, teeth chattering convulsively, big gouts of persplration su\ndln;.i(on his brow and, when he attempted to_speak, broken and searcely dlstinguishuble words aloue fell from Lfs trembling Hps, 4 Good heavens! ™ crled the Elector, *what | alls your Mnjeslfi"l i “ A most terrible thing has happened, and I must soon dle; but what most concerns me, my noble guest, is that for you, even o worse fate Is reserved; not death only—which is the lot of all—but eternnl woo. 8it'down and lsten to my talo}’ Augustus took a scat, and his Romlsh Majesty continued: *This night havo I scen the most awful ap- parition over beheld of mortal ?'ua. I had slopt perhinps two hours, when, suddenly awaking, 1 ‘lmanl o sound of footsteps. Thinking thut some improper person lad obtalned access to tho room, 1 ¢xtended my hand for the purpose of ringing for my poople—when—when—i bheard the rattling of chudus, and there stood st the foot of my bed a tall and ghostly figure, clad in moldy and gravestained garnients, Tho spectre in o terrlble vofco addressed meo thus 4 Joseph! Juucshl Romish King! 1 am an unhappy soul, condemued for a space to burn fn Purguioriul fires. 8ent by thy guardian angel, I comp to warn thee from the hopending rulp to which thy friendship with the Elector of Buxony 18 exposing theo.” Forswear ut onee this fatal friendship, or prepare for sudden desth and the tortures of the dnmned - “ Ierowith the chuins aguln rattled horri'sly, and 1 beeamo speechless with fear, “{Thou answercth not! Is then thy & alva- tion of no moment to thee? resumed, the Ehuulnm. *Two duys are granted thee forre- ection; on the third vight from this I1xturn for thy nuawer.? “With these words, my frightful visitn ot dis- appearcd, and I was found half-dead with fear. For myself I cared but little, but for you, my dear cousin, I am deeply concerned. “Only by returning to the bosown of the true Churely ean you be suved. Let me entreat you®— “Was {uur Majesty fully wwoke ‘when this hnppunc( i1 * As fully awnke ns you arc now.” 4 Then I'should Hke to know,” reranrked the Prince, “how a ghost can, carry chuins about und clank them, or what the chulns can be lu- tended for?° Je a spirit to bo bound In chainsi Bomebody has evidently ployed your: Majesty a trick, with the intent to injure me."” Y Who could lave dared #* Augustus reflected and gave his oprnfon. *“‘Lhis Court swarms with pricats, the pricsts aro all Jesults, and Jesuits aro all deceit. Muy I vonture to ask ‘your Majesty 1f, In any of your conversations with these gentlemon, iny name has been mentionedi™ 1lis Romish Mujesty admitted that his di- rector hod threutened” to withhold sbsolution from him uuless he ceased his friendship with the Protestant Elector of Baxony. “ Ju that {ndeed s0? Then shall we soon come on Lhie traces of the speetre, 1 pray your Majes- ty to mentlon to no one what hus hnjipened, und W Jwrmlt me to spead the ulght of the rendezvous—the third from thls—in couceals ment fn your chamber here," Tho Romish King nssented to this proposal, and entered with great beartiness fu his frivnd’s scheme, At the time appolntedithe latter went sscret- 1y tothe Kiug's room, and ensconsed hlmself Lehind the eurtuins of 1ds Majesty's bed. All wus quict, and, at-the approach of *mnid- night's witching hour,™ there were ggin heard the sounds of stealthy footsteps, and the dis- mal clunklng of heavy chalns, aguin his l\ln‘]cuy of Romo saw the dredd and grave-stained figurs of his ghostly visiter, and listdned horror-struck to tho uccents of s terrible volcos o € Joseph! Josephu! Romlsh King 1" ; A startled ery; u short, feres struggle; and ! the messenger fram Purgatory lay prostrato on the floor, the hed of the strongest man in Eu- rope ]ln‘un:g heavily on his throat, The spee- tre hegged for merdy with more than mortal curnestiess; but Avgustus dragged him to o window, und with the words, *“‘I'iis Is tho short- estway to Purgatory; I will save youthe trouble of golug down stairs,’ flung hini into the court below, “Tho rwreteh hud o leg broken by the fall; and when the guard, attracted by his crles, camu to the man's help, they found—tha fathier-confessor of the King of thé Romuns! ——— UNSATISFIED, "Onlz a housomaldii" Sho looked from the itcho R Noat waa the kitchen and tldy was shoy There at s window o scametress st stitching; *'Were { scamstovss, how happy I'd bel 4 Only & Queent Sha looked over the waters— Fulr waa here Kingcom and mlfihl was sho} Thero st an Ewmpress, witl auuuun for her aughters; **Wero fum kmmcu, how happy I'd be " 81111 tho old frality they all of them trip fnl Evo iu ber daughicrs 1s over the same; Give her au Edon, sho sighs for a plppin; 3 Givo ber an Empiro, sho plncs for a name) *- ~Doston Adveritser, - ¥ F b EXPOSITION NOTES. Meerschaum and Ambers-- Costly Pipes from Vienna, 'l‘hev Jacquard Loom, a Won- derful Piece of Mech- anism, How It Operates, and the Centane nial Badge It Is Producing. George P, Grant’s Difference En- gine and Calculating Machine, Twoe Nathematieal Marvels in Iron, Steel, and Brass.Figurers That Make No Errors. From Our Own Correspondent. L PrrmApcLeniA, May 17.—Just back of the Imperinl Opera-llouse, at Vienna, on the bus- tliug Karntner strasse, f8 located one of the largest fuctories of meerschaum pipes In the world. Externally there fs nothing about the place to espectally attract the wandering gaze of the passer-by, unless, Indeed, ke bo a cop- nolsscur, and have o pecullar fancy for that clase of goods. I, though not uspiring to so lofty o title, used often, while tn Vienna, to view the shup-window of this factory with sdmiration. There wus so much art, and taste, and versatflity dlsplayed fn the making of those articles for smokers’ use, that one cxamining them closcly must wonder and ud- mire, though he were the sternest foe of to- baceo. Before leaving the town, I invested a few gutlders fn an unostentatious meerschaum, and carred §t away tenderly ns o great prize. Taking it out of its sillc-lined case every vnce in awhile, I'would fondly gaze upon its groceful shape, fts rounded proportions, and it seemed almost a sin to color its pearly whitcoess with the smirch of nicotine. Great were the pains that I took to save wny treasure from dust and jar, and gll the way to Culals my mind wus seldom free from care. At the latter place, however, I wns uncxpectedly relleved from further anxicty on the subject, for, in climbing down the Jadder to the ferry-boat, my beloved meerschaum was knocked out of my overcouts pocket and became the prey of the mighty deep. It has nlways been a precious consola- tlon to me ever since, that, In thus perlshing in the bloom of carly ilfe, it went forth us un- stalned, and fresh, and pure—like the dalsics on the unfroquented hillside—as when first drag- ged from the solitude of its native sofl. 1t was no smull gratification to e, the other duy, to come across, In the Austrian Departinent of ‘the main Exposition Bullding, a showcase of mecrschaurn pipes, with a label upon it stating that the contents came from the Karntner strassc, in Wien, M?- wmind at once reverted to the window of the shop near the Opera-House, Lefore which T had pauscd ro mun{ tinca in 1873, and 1 ecemed ulmost to recngnize the very carvinga of fatr femaln heads which bad smiled Euck npon me in those dayn, A polite uttendant declarcd his willlngmess to’ answer any questions that § might put to him regardiog the articles on exhibition, ne well na the manner In which they were constructed, I A very pretty show-case, tall, and ehaped some- thing like u jaguds, contalucd the pipes. The name of the proprietor, i glit upon the cornlces, Jran accomuonled by the sturiing thle of *Kalser: liche Koenigliche Ilof- Meerschaum-Hernatein, und Drechalerwciren Farikant in Weln." The exhib- ita were arrunged In neat style, fastened ngalnat the huck of the case, which, for greater effect, way draped in black velver.' The glass door opened outward, There were, of conurae, & great_many nipes of ordinary size’' amd appeatance. These varied in price frum $5 to 825 cuch, according to the amount of nmber used in the lxu'fllh\fleco. The cost of all meerschaimy, It I8 geaceally understood, depends upon two thing: the 'wouthplece und the caryings, In the construction, of the bowle, there 1s the wilest acupe for fancy. They are wrought into oll kinds of curloas shupes, and represent oil manner of devices, For Instance, I notlced ome howl which had heen nmade to reprepont a female Lust, The execution was Fortect equu fo the celebrated ivory carvings of Italy,' There were the falr young fucc, the nmlllnf: mouith, the expeetant eyea; whilg an abundance of buir ruiled off from the bravw, aud the circlet t'hat contalned it, in gracefully-curling masnes. O1ye arm bore a hasket of fowers: in the hand wau o, bouquet; while upon the other hand, which wou lifted almost to a leve) with the eyes, was perclud a tiny bird. The whole formeda com- plete pl sture. The price of this work of art was setat §745, Anolacr fermnlo head which 1 saw was a represen- tatlon of ane of thegny Viennere women, with a snucy ‘cap tipped elightly over on one side, a debon- naifuyet not coarae expression upon the face, which #cetncd like one of those Taces made 1a live only for Jovo. ‘The coet of this was $350." Ita high price Wwan due to the profusion of amber upon the pipe, Fatlior than to the claboratenuss of the carving, ul- *hough the latter wan uusurpassable. The mnber mouthplece was nearly 7 inches in lengih, and 1% inclies thick, Another favorite kind of catving iu the group- earving. This was excmplificd by many speci- mens, -~ One of these which happens to atrike my memory Just now was o representation of travelers chased by walvex, At the joltiing of the amber with the meerschaum were th horses, plunging and drawing, and evhlently straining every muscle to ercopo death. Hehind them wus tho slelgh. of Ruesian pattern, {n which were two'men, one of whom was. lasbing thoteam, while his companion, Lurned and facing the rear, was begting off thic ferce wolvea that were Plling over ewciVothor and ulrendy climbing upon ho acat. Tho pack of wild beasta extended clear uround the bowl, ‘Thia plpe \will cost the purchaser 8100, An equally 'E rited plece represented a Texan lassolug wild borses, ~Thls was priced at Of tho other atyles of pipe might bo mentloned that fn which the human face is made toshow black, Thus I noticed several Mussulmans' heads, with the regulntion turban and beard of white mzerachaum, while the faco wus lack. This kind of wark woaequally expensive, bat the pipes wers mostly smaller, conting from $35 to 850, OF the Inrger pipes tlere were many, Onc represents Ing’ u dug's hicad, abont 4 inches in - disme- ter, with o tremendous rh‘cu of amber, wae priced ot $100. There wns alxo a small mountain of mecrschauny, designed for nre as u hookah, whose cost was UKL 1t was about 12 dnches In'height, and, uf course very catefully <carved. The shoveare only o few of the langu coltection of pipes, The fortne into which thy sre carved were fnnumerable, —men sud women of all ruces, brutes wild and domestie, cattle with smber horns; in fuct, nearly allanbuate and inani- mate creation, Mythology, tuo, was lurguly drawi upon for subjects. . 1, 1 asked the gentlemun baving charge of Herr Tlenn' show-caso where the Vienna meerschanin- dealers got thete w niaterial, o sald ut Exl chir, in Asln Minor. 1 had, of courde, an in tinct Idea that meerschauns came from the ground romewhere, and wan ot made from the foam of the wea, as Its name would fmplys but my aock of knowledge, 1 confess, wan Hufted, e told me quite 'n wumber of interesting facts nbout the kaloand preparation of meerschiaum, which I think will be worth recouuting. Kskeschlr is not far from Constantinople. 1w Burope, the meerschaum {s found at Henbnltz, in Moruvia; at Bevastopol and Katfa, {n the Crimea; and on the connt of Spuin: tiough the product of {hoss places does not compare with (hat found ‘In Aula” Minor, t I a componnd of allfen, maguesin, und water, and Js dug, 1lke coel, ot of the earth, only it “accnrs fjust below tho roll. In Eskeachir, scveral thousand mon are constantly employed in' minng it. The work fs under the supervision of the Turks, who ship nearly all of It to Vienna ina rough state, Thero are twenty-five mevnschauu-deslors in Vionna, and they control the murketaof the world, Thu staft fa brought to them up the Dunube I bozes of two Ono cluss contuing the, larger lumps of sum, only forty or ity pleces in n box, 'Mhe other buxes hold s mahy ns 1,000 fo 1,000 Jumps. Tha trst class scll to’ the manufucturer for 300 guldeny, or 8200, 8 box, Tho other brings $150. The weerschaum in its rough etute 1a vouked in water o quarter ofan our, when it becomes woft,and can bocut with a knife as vasily as soop. In fuct, it1a very much like soap in ap- pearance, After hoing sottened to a proper degree, t s pot futo the hands of ekilled workinen, who carve it into wurlous shapes, according to thelr fancy and the slze' of {ho plece. Each picco 1a then dried, after which it Iy boiled and put in wax, which lattergive it tho yel- Towish tinge common to good meerschaum. Afier coolig again, tho pipo ls pollshed curofully with fino chalk, The entire operatiun lasty from vne to two daye. v, The manufactnre of meorschanm-pipes bekan tn Vienna some thine during tho lutter part of th last century, It was carrled on for many years in a wimnall way, hut it wus not uniil 1852 {hat tho first rogalar factory wae started, Pliero sre now 126 factorios In thiv city, employlng over 2,000 peoplo. Women and chlldren are ciiiployed for the easfor kinds of work, such as bolllig snd pollshing, Thesa and (e cheaper Class of workmun recelvo §5 0 week, ‘Pl skilled carvers ars pald $50 o wonth, whilo ss high us $100 §s pald forn sloglo pleco of vury vlsborate work. OF coursy, sauy days, aud cven weuks, ure reguired to fnlsh theso faor kinds. Auerlcans, mora than any gt.t:r natlonality, are duterested In'knowlng how' sl meerschaunin are Jodde aud got on ho wdrket, sihco thero” 188 far heaster pro; than to any conniry fn Europe. mannfactnre {8 easily told: Whi portion of theso RO Y respects the average inventor, i the dritonn carven | TCLTE Yom with long.wided, technical dcscry ont of the original lamp of meeraclianm the figurs of group wilch adds so % Mountain cut any reatly (o tho beauty iero 14 necesearlly whate,~ clippings, preserved and collected, . ‘The: lie manufacturer, who in_obl character of his are of no nee to ed to maintain the here fw o clars of ten In Vienna who bay theso fragments, snd mako them over into an Inferior grade of pi procoss 18 aimpla: The mosa ia bolled w of coment, then ‘hardened, and ngnin molded or carved nto plain shapes. thin rub-manufuctnre, chased at the factaries fo pounde, The meerechaum soll for $1 and upe "Thete in & Iarge profit Tho thiayings aro pur- r about $10 a hondred V. more branch of this intereating snb- This suabstanco is [ the laltic Sea, 1 in nny other quarter of It fa In rezand to amber. found at "}‘; l}'l" o ind Cof dredge, In plze from 1 inch to outslde {8 rougli and uninviting, The smalie bies cannot be used for pipe-rteme, into vacnlah, the price” beingabout $2n The «mallest meerschaum size i 1 inch In The rtanes ate rorte the cheapert eort from §: There are laryer, rines, cvenan high an $500. ponds somewliat on the color. rivs have thelr tasten In this matter. refer the clear ambor, while toucl pny that in not clow Hiack amber is very rare, ond is ouly fouud When found, and are turned o coting 3100 nplece, and O cuiirre, the price de- Butdiferent coun- complication can There i a very fine collection of amber in the rough in the German Departoient, not far from the I noticed one lump volued at 300, and several which, the praprivior assured e, could not be bought for less thun $:200, meerschaum goody. The vilud o relentic iy youd the one ey VI, The dncquard loom, {n Machinery Hall, fs daily ! being Itto 1t precent atate. Boi groip of Interenied sight-neaes, In trnth, it fw well worth oll the attention that cun Watcliing the nimble shit- ties aw they ply back and fortl, Intertwining the den of sllk, with marvelous accaracy, utiful furme and figures, that the mechanlsm Is endowed with sumne- Its reetless activity and powera nre oven far beyond the highest reach ot lman endeavor; and the only - coilsolation which poor, weak humanity can find, while In- #pecting the worklug of the loom, Is, that it Is the creature and the éreation of inan. of Joseph Marle Jacyuard, In Lyons, France, la a noble. tribute to the memory of the Inventor of the loam, who In life wan persecuted, poor, and anhonored. Jucquard wax Lorn a weavor; went through 8 book-binder, "o rirtonnded by a be bentowed upon it. one can slinort thing of the hnman, terme a minute, now publi sells for £ thtnz for Texs than & this Engine the whole o than it wonld L to reprint the samo §n ordl ltcxufl;'mu'!lhe terms of any table, aui dof them stamped in wax, from which au electrotype plate fn made, ready for tle prees. . prepares a mol varloun uccupat and & type-for ternal'Jocquand wove his the thread of Tife, hin eon found himself the pose ecenor of two humble, awkward old hand-loc s, which he thought af fret of throwlng luto the thone, ond then becoming o roldat, 772, Wiker connsel prevalling. hie wettied dosn to thic traile of his ancertorn, earsin u few koun s tiny, which he invariul 1ittlo estaminel across thstreet. liecame very impatient of the old methiode af w inz, and set himeelf to work to nprove hix lovin X1, et weft und clipped | Yet, after all, that which the people at 1a bent underatand ond apprecinte {n the Cale Muchine. This, Is simplo and beautifnl in Its ope erations. 1t fwumall, belng only 1 foot in length cht and whith, and weighs This plece of clock-work erforme al) the operations of multiplication, diviston, snbirac- ton, aud nddition with perfect 'enne zud rapidity. by hialt as much In hel, 20 pounds, After a while, e untll there was u Jong core agalnst him on the greasy account-hooks of the wine-merchant, the procer,and the butcher, Not onl savings exhaurted, but he wus ol workshop and fixtures (0 pay his debts. rled for moncy, was disnppointed, Jolned the Rey- olutiontsts, and defended Lyons the army of the Conventlon, turnied (0 iy old teade, and, happily for him, met 8 wealthy sllk-monufacturer, who encouraged his echemner for the improvement of 1n 1800, hie produced his first. appa erseding the use of druw-hoys in wen ile went to Varls, where N I he was the man who pi nga knot in a stretcl- o goll medal tn his to Lyons, where he was mobbed depriving them of their means of ie died paacefully, however, not- withstanding the many attempls upon his life, in il native village of Oullins, unde \rera hinfathers | fooeee fized o well his | firo e probubly o over the Whole of [t again. Calcntafor, Low 1411 Y ‘You udjuet by touch of the finger the nuinerals Indicuted, tarn & cranks and o] there = yourreanl befors your Sstonishet Ore you have hnd time o draw o Lreait, And fhere’ ix no mistake. The tron ciealure i as accurate ue mnthematics aclf, Sinco thn timo when Dascal, the distingulahed French philosopier, published S Arithuetical Machfne, " maie to produce un acenrate multiplicr, Vascal's Lnventlon wun not & anccees, tHough ho spont. soy- eral years n tryiug 10 bring {¢ to’ perfection. - lta faflure wan duc to tho fact that, 1t Wav 80 complic cated, detfeate, uncertaln, and Hmited {n opora- tianm, 84 10 b practically useless, cdmen bave pald n 1713 ngalnet Afterwards lie re- vyes, almost he poleon nsked hi cd tado the fmpossible,—t . Jucquard, ‘wit pocket, Tetume hy workmen for VI The loom cxblted in Machinery Hall Is from the fuctory of T. Btevene, in Coventry, England. It Iv now employed in' producing u Centennial cautiful and intricate #hip ax to be well worth deseription, used efther as o badge or 8 ool G inches [u length and 2 inch ground, or, techiiicolly speukl The top 18 fringed wit] of delicute colors, Benceath, for sbout golden thread cideil muccens “was Do Colmar, who, putented his *Arithmometer,” & muchine that {8 now I pructical ure in large numbers, This is sl mubject ta the rame obfcections as those ngainat Paecal's; for fta in u bigh d having a'mass of smalt cog-wheelk and delicate me= chanfsm, which require cloke adjustments, and which gét out of order ensily. The nceds of the time require a better design, ono of simpla re substuntiul construction; and such a one 18 Grant's, badge, of puch nark, belng about h a successfon —purple, acare, wcarlet, and directly on thcee figuren fn in acarlel the word **C the motto uppear the lesters ** U, 8. A.," In green, ecarlet, ana purple, respectively. “The fiddle purt 6f the badse ts occupled with a portealt of Washington, huving the shudlng and The picture i# surmounted I Father of Our *und_supported by a pair of cromed hen followe, in old’ English script, th familiar motto, **¥itet in War, First in e ¥irst b the Hearts of 1l Count gether, axle, and can emailer e, Onthe smal of recording wheels, and having thirty teeth, and a numenal stamped on eaclt tooth. ~ The larges cylinder Is divided up into steel bands, which cau bo revolved woparatcly, each having the ter numerals ataped upon ft {n different po; 18 ulvo an nrrangement of claws, whic Dress certain figures accordlng as required, Jultlplication is accomplished by ‘the princinle sive nddition of the multiplicand to {t- cxemplify, el us take the numbers 6a; color of an engraving. by the words, in purp Maln Centennial [hu witlt the double-cugle. 1hat this is all weven by machinery, without even o hand to guide the thread, and e can appreciate the wonderful nature of the loom, should he sald that, inthe production of this bady, cixht distinct colors are used. are belng woven slmnltancansly ou the canie ma- chine, 1t cun be secn thut 100 sluttlen are required The capacity of the loom 1y ding, ~—the whole concludin of wucees Still further, it x " an 1o tobe in operation, ttwlizelion tho scope of the Jacquard loom a limlted kind of ornumental device can he pro- The fuminated valentines with wuven silk centres, that have so delighted and_ Auierica, ribhoug, or textilog: eraphi, of all descriptions, ani of unrivaled delicar d perfection, fn wik of varlous colors, and shnded as #killfully axan ex- jert artit conld palnt them, are uiade Just as ¢ "f'o convey an ldea of the Intricacy of Ite mecl aufem, It woy be stuted that, to make un article d'the ** Forester's Scarf,™ 233 yurds loug nnd chies wide, requiren the use of 10,000 perfor- the fzvire, which Iy 15 fuches for the plain part, 14,000 of 30, 000 cards, inthe warp of cach searf 151,800, and there ure ffieen diferent colura In thi wliutes. ated cards to ‘The number of threads doul of fenrin wmuking, 18,000 threads of warp For the Centennial bl above-referred Lo, wuly 5,000 cards ure required. would be in the loon. To describe aceurately and intelligently the work- fngs of the loow, fxnotan eawry task, sume technleal terms must be used, however to tell the reader what [ kaw, and how careful exumination, stunds abont 12 The lower portiun curned of it, aft u entliro piceo_of s In this, & hallow ed, and extending the widih of the fabric, hus euch of its sides perforsted, in the di- rection of 1ts length, with a nuumber of holes, cor- ronding with the rows of as many needies ut- liedd 10 un opposite bar, Each necdle I8 pressod towarde the box by a splral spring, and cach hos, wamdng theough o loop In ita len; ook, which cextends downward takes up, when Wfted, the proper threud of the ow, the cards, of which I have heratofore mndo mention, uro_ oblung piecea of pustebonnl, Jooped togother 1o form w chuln of any required length, und all of n elze to carres perforaied Lox. wovement of tho plstun chiue I8 worked, ohw of thues curdn In brought directly over the face of the hox, groups of threads to be ralved ure delermined by perforating theeo eards beforehiand with groups of 1oles corresponding with the threads to be forthat purticulnr part of the puttern. w brought over thy agslust the rows of needles, thorw teeting the solid portion of the card are forced back, thelr Jifting- rods sre moved out of positlon, sud only those threads answering to the needles thut enter the holed are raised. Of course, 1n this arrangement everything de- d the canstruction thom i8 no cusy malter. variation or fmperfection dustroys the wholo work. They were at ohw thio very exponsive, costi a wlugle Gure ny Ligh od $4 long time in the mal The order sl . and occupylug u it fnproveunouis, 1 featurcs, is the Jucquard Thurstly sklif, N, In an out-of-the-way corner of Machinory 1lall, T huppened to notice, this morning, o plain-looking man atanding beslds queer-looking 1t waa vident at u glance that, whoover be, he was not overrun with {nquleitive visitors, There was nothing about the man or his wachinoto arreet the attentlon of the throng, the vieitors found plenty of occupation and mnuses ment in watchlng the busy looms, the power- the complicated d the thousands of £ wory fu uctive motlon ou ev 'Phis exhibitor stood solitary, [rowd il and {t se not stolcally Indifferont to thy manifest Iack of public {ntercat in his machine, resslon of discantent on his face, and occa- y ho shrugged Lis shonidors finpatlently, — But by madu no etfort to He was simply biding his tlme. ho knew that, when once the el to b oy e ing the essoncs in yeans,—curryin, s ¢ a:‘d li‘tvluu"yg D% luo:.. ?l)u:lmt housand wiles by v ad e h:?:‘lllffln w‘lm‘t, :I’l’:l’ r::lrltléfl and distributed by hand tocustomers one hundred tous uf csssnces, Whilo ut Wushingtondduriug the Administration of Jumus Mourue, ho sold Uuilted States u bottlo of peppermitit o cura bud cuso of nfiw%}xmw wllected 80 vown- lute cure that tho bre: l|;mua.l reception and bught & large quantity of - alwat contemptuoualy, call attentlon. been herulded abroad, f over, thero will bu nuthing fu Machinery Hall more vagerly soughit than the furenco Englne oud Calculating Muchiue of George machincs, bolh tltsw aro two Ay 1o Lhe St tae Ay o Grant 13 & qulu)l. unobtrusive follow, of his pot invenilon, And who to yon an Old intial pecunl mperfact model of a Differonce X, 8o the model remained In hia closet unf Fonts ug0, ho meanwhile procecding vo peioct pig Unlcuaiing Machine. In'1874, Falrman Rogers, Pliladelpbla,—n wealthy of Sclence,—raw tho moil preciating ita value to tho aclentidc world, o fopm !'nrliu‘l:onln;lm:ll,lhln. nn‘x‘l m'm;!.m lll ompleted, to the University of Ponns Since the, (rant hax beon te i and #o complicated is the fhat the entire o ot tho enging, and, it, Only “a the ont touches were put upan it, and th:mmnnhlna hrought down here to becomo one of the. woni of the World's Fair, How to describe it, or tq convey an fdea of its workings, T do nat koow, 1 hnve éxamined it carefolly, and have_ 1istoned tq the explunationn of th underatand ita proce: iearnnce something invento mer, What je Sume falnt notlon of it extraor cilof ordinagy pockethooks. red an expenditnre of 81 i what u wonderful power it for inetance, the two erv, 520 and 4,042, which you wish to omltiply together, 'In porforming “the aperation mentally, how carcfully you go throngh the figurcs, mul"plf’ln'fi‘.’fl firet by 2, uhn:lng the product ing utiother row of then by ; then by 43 and then adding up Jumns. * 11 unzloun fo b accurate, —yoi With ‘the e lne; then by 3, mal XII In this machine, two cylinders, ranning paraliel, —ane being Inrger than {he other, —are geared ta- nd worked ln consonance by means of twe vheeln nt the end. At the other end Is the handie or crank by which the mnchine fs worked. The lorger ct;lindcr slides back and forth on {te e placed n‘)pmllu any part of the and perform the operation. The o of the ‘cylinder, “and thres ning, ——— TUCK ME IN. Now the fllckering rays of gold Gleam ajalnst tho window-pane, And the evenin's purplo fol Clasps the ill, the vale, the platag Crimeon flushings [ the West Make o bed for God of Day; T will heed wmy poul’s behesi Fold all thought of time sway. Mothor! T1ay by the cares Which makes womui's 1ife complete. Ouce again 1 clinb the stulrs With my eager, childled feet, Fancy pafnts miy Tittle nd: wlred of play, and free from sin, Nestle three brown, curling hew "Thou did'st come'to tuck us in. i Mother! mother! Heaven {s thing, Yet 1 acem to kee thee thero, — Bruw Madonna-like, divino; Rippling waves of raven halr; Cheek Mke May-roso swuetly pressed By the pearly drops of dews Al my hirush falle, leave tho rest— Bwectest mother heart o'er know, As upon my brow in lald, In tny fusicy, coollmg K Lookie back T sore disnayed, For that night hath fown to this; And the crinmson und the gold, Fleetnz frow the brighter iy, Dring the twitight; il fold TWHL Ny tuy dream avay, Tu mother, can I guide My dear lambe from care and sln, As thon did'st i matron pride, Cowlog sweet 1o tuck o in¥ Euxa Pasysons Browk — Iow & Boy Drownod His Brather. Greenfleld (Mo.) Vedeits. Mr. Alexander Headly, n young man about 25 yeurs of wre, who was studying for the min. fatry, and wus Jately married, an ubout 12 or 14 years old, wers drowned lss v, whilo croslng Suc River fu o bark ’l‘l'x kml Tope ucross tho ereck by which to cross, und crossed In safet sevoral” thnes, Alexander wus taking b brother across to henl somu cattlo on the ra; on the opposite side of the ereek from thelr furm, und in starting it seems a b caught the Tittly fellow and threw him out, aud in ellmb buele fnto the skill Lo upsct it and threw his brother out. The elder brother got the younger one un his buck, and told bin to sit afet” and be would swinm Lim, but the little fellow was go exclted that ha ellmbud upon his brother's head sud susk bin, Loth golmg out of sight. ey bud stretcl ———— A Contennlal Essence YPeddler, Tho Rondout (N. Y.) Freeman says Garrott D, Prentico fs 53 yeurs of )q;u, and spry #s acricket., been au esseuce peddler for sixty-twa two tin trunks, that tine ho has who {8 always - o1 0 Man_ of Mo docs not meem to have {mnt fignre heratofore fn the seien- . tiflc world: nor, indeed, has o desired to do ro, He In siniply a delver for practical resnlts. HHe has devoted the beat partof hisjife to the con~ struction of these machines, and doee not ex; mr; Wlll!};lu (lbt-llll:. any ll;h;b\ eom them. It wan elx years ago duced tho fiet | Yot of & Dilfsronce ine; and that was onl Benos Iynfteryearaof patient thinks ng and unnatinfactory attempts, Hav] ro° far, Urant. was anabie ot funde, since even an inves and the proposcd maching for on¢ of nmall means. £0 on, sar lack ef’ ntor must eat and leep, 0 was terribly expensive (femon a c;icn e nd a patrox vania, ‘ot nt wotk conatanily. mechanlem of the Engin two yenrs have been required to fine ut T cannot yel It?- It Is Ina ke aloom; stands 6 feet I ielght - by 8 feet In length, nn. wnlfihl 1 insry he abtained from tho statome: that it contalne 15,000 #epnrate pleces 1|lulrm!:,‘ steel, and brass, \WWhat doca it dor 1 t with Inevituble ratiod recinion all largs matlhemntical tublee, anch axtablcs of logarithms, reciptocals, squnre and cube roats, ete, the: mnchine, of conne, In ehfefly & tutions, —ita great coet placing it s aincs, tangonte, t to the cause of ¢ It I« a great anxillory, Only sclentists car apprecinte the Innense labor and pains required t¢ eanstruct o table of Jouarithms, and the extrems lluhllll{_nf the human brain to err in the ealcnlns he Difference Englne never errs, snd i works off u tuble of Ingarithmuat tho rate of twenty It 18 well known that the tables »hed Are very oxpensive. Dagay's table, 6. Thixmachine can make the same 5. Towum np the whole 1ist of advantages, [t I« cheaper to calculate anew with one of the old tables, ed an account of his arjons offurts have been Many colebrat- articular attentlon to the mublect; amons whom were Huger lincon, Lefmitz (the ~Ioventor of thw Infinitesimal Calculum), Diderot, Gersten, and_bir Entel Mor- e only oie, however, who achicyed o do- n 1822, rec complicated, ¢r cylinder are o nminbey , There 111t or de- , 'or hunds, are firsyplaced in wuch o position show i a fow the figures 057,—the other alz hand, of cotieg, presentinganly zeros. The reconl: tuggwiieelnon the smal) cylinder aro mado o aliow all ou turn (he handle of the maching five times, 5 being the right-band figure of tie mul- tpllcr, and on the recording thie result of G6x57, or 2,585, Nexl, shovo the Iarge cylinder along Its axIx one space, to represent the'tens, and turn (he handle twice, second fignre of the mulipller. ply 675 by 2 und add ten timea tto product, o i, 140, (0 the 3,285 nlready obtatuc wheels will be shown 2 belng the This will n‘x‘ulll. Another the handlo ~ Wil complete the o und whow upon_thy recording who the finnl product, 213,595, ANl of thcse process which take_eo joug ‘in describlog, occupy on! about 10 keconds of time, T usked the e replied: “*but I usedto do a good when T was 8 boy, and I never ea: Joyed auytling o well us making thla machine, lis brother, ing to safo o shoro with ho President of the ident gave him & lnost