Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 1, 1876, Page 13

. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: — e = f— RELIGIOUS. An Orthodox Celebration of the Day of Atonement, The White Robes and the Psalm---Fasting and Prayer. Seventh-Day Adventist Camp-Meet~ ings in Michigan and Tllinois. persecution of the Protestants in Spain--—-Mediseval Bigotry. Noteé and Personals at Home and Abrpad=r=Church Services To-Day. YOM KIPUR. THE OBTHODOX OBSERVANCS. Among all the Hebrew holidays none is 50 rigidly observed as the Day of Atonement (Yom Kipur). . While all the other holidays are more orless jgnored by those not belouging to the orthodax creed, this one is observed rigidly by poth the reformed and orthodox. The day is ot exactly a holiday, but is rather one of pen- gnce, andt neither food nor water is partaken of by Israclites. In former years no Israelite could be found who was above the age of 13 who could be induced to partake of food or drink on this day, or who would not spend the entire day in prayer in the synagogue. But, since then, re- form has made quite an inroad in Judaism, and there are thousands now, especially in large cities, who no longer believe in the old ceremo- nies and religious customs, and these, though they still keep this day, do not keep it as rigidly 25 is commanded by the law. They go into the synagogue, pray, and listen to a good sermon, but as to sbstaining from food or drink, there are few among them who will pot go out and ‘take something,” thongh sometimes ‘“‘on the sly.” The cere- monies of the Reformed Israelites on the Day of Atonement are very beautiful and interest- @ing, but aside from saying some of the prayers Inthe Hebrew language, they differ but little from the services of the Episcopal churches, and have 80 often been described as to be famil- farto most Christians as well as to Israclites. The Orthodox Jews, however, still adhere to the same customs and manners that were in vogue a thousand yearsago. They ask no ques- tion why these Services and céremomes are beld, or what is their meaning; it is sutficient for them that their forefathers did so, and there- fore they must go on do likewise. Allthe Polish Jews in this as well as in otuer cities be- long this class, and_they observe the Day of Atonement very rigidly. “While during the year they are traveling around iue country peddling tueir wares and making all the money they van, and rarely visit their home, yet on the approach of this da¥, no matter how profitable their busi- ness or how far away they are, they start for lome to celebrate the day and plead in the synagogues tor forgiveness for their sins. Last Wednesday evening the Day of Atonemeat came around again and was observed until Thursday night. In order to see how the most orthodox Israel- ites celebrate and observe this day, 8 TRIBUNE reporter sought out the most orihodox syna- ogue in the city. He found th. place in an old e strmctare on Clark street, between Polk and Harrison. The rearof tius building was formerly a church, but is now used by a Polish Hebrew congregation. - The reporcer went through tLe Lall of the front building and final- v reached the portal of the temple. It was guarded by two Polish seraphim dressed in long white gowns, and white skull caps, and in their stocking feet. ;: ave you a ticket?? was the first question ssked. “ No." eaid the reporter, “but I should like to get in and attend services.” ‘““You must pay some admission-fec,’” said one of the 5. e are very poor and cannot admit sdybody for nothing.” Money being o _object to the reporter, he pulled out a greenback and handed it to one of tue seraphs, who quickly deposited it in a cigar- box, and the door flew open. The reporter found himself in a small antechamber furnisbed withtwo woodeu chairs and & table. Onthe table there stood & soap-box filled with saw- dust in which was stuck about a dozen hghted tallow candles. There were, beside the two guardians, 8 number of men in the hall taking off thuir boots or shoes, and dressing themselves in white gowns and skull-caps like those worn by the guardiaus of the door. One of the doorkeepers touk hold of the reporter and let Lim into the holy of holies, where the services were already being conducted, and after provid- 1 im with aseat placed 2 Hebrew praver- bouk into his lap, and showed him* how far the eervices had proceeded. b The synagogue, whichisan fll-ventilatedframe building, with a gallery on both sides, was filled to repleton. The lower hall was oceupied by men only, and the gallerics by the women. All the elder men were dressed in white owns and skullcaps like those worn )y _the doorkeeper, and none had boots or shoes on. _These gowns and caps are only worn on the Day of Atonement aud in giving the *Sedur” on the evening of the Easter cele- bration. They are the robes in which the men will be clothed after death, and on this occa- sion are worn to remind them of their ultimate fate. All the males above the age of 13 were also wrapped in white woolen shawls with black borders around them, from the four corners of which dangled four white woolen fringes. The shawls or caftans are called ‘‘ Talith,” and the fringes “Zizis.”” These shawls and fringes are mamfactured from tae wool of live sheep, and are worn in the synagogue on all occasions: Before putting on the shawls the four {ringes wre taken up and fervently kissed as a sign of devotion. As Stated before, the women were allon the gallery, and most of them were dressed in white.” Among the orthodox the 'men and women are not allowed to worship to- getber, and therefore the separation. In the east end of the room stood a8 square wooden box, “Oror._hakodesh,” 1n Which were deposited the “Thoras” or the scrolls of 1aw. This shrine was covered with & neat white curtain. In front of this was a small platform on which wer. seated two Elders with a desk before them, on which stood the * Chassan?® (chantes and reader). Back of this was another platform surrounded by 8 rail, and furnished with a desk. This is the *“ Almemor,” on which the “ Thoras” are unrolled and the law read. Back of this was the masculine congregation. The scrvices were conducted entirely in the Bebrew language. . The chanter, who in this instance was a really excellent zinger, sang in finished operatic style 8 prayer or psalm. ~The whole congregation ilowed, reaaiin,fil the remainder in all oiues, some shouting as loud as pos- fome being half o mile ahead of the others. m all speak exceedingly fast and £way their bodies back and jorward with great Intensity. As soon as one gets through he sits flown, and so oo until all Luve finished and are seated. Those who can read the quickest and tan ghout the Joudest arc always ten to fiftecn minutes ahead of those who slow. Then the chanter again sings some Verses or chapters as the case may be, in a very Artistic mauuner, and is always followed or re- peated by the congregation,who do not sing but merely shout as discordantly as possible. At times they sway their bodies very violv:uug and an, smite their breasts. There is no variety o kind dufing the whole evening. They go on in lihe same manner until the end, and then go lome. As soon_as daylight makes its appearance the Bext morning they are all at their posts ninxn In the synacogue, and there theyremain in their stocking feet and death-robes, enshrouded in the white shawlor *talith,” swaying to and Iro, smiting their breasts, and chanting and thouting their psalms and prayers until the Stars appear in the evening, all w{lhnflt'lumng IBeir places for asingle moment. Wan an: Weary from excitement and privation they wend their' waz home after the close of the ceremony and break their long fast. BEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. CAMP-AMEETING AT LANSING, MICH. Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. Laxsiyg, Mich., Sept. 20.—The campers be- fun the Sabbath Friday evening, Sept. 22, at funset, in accordance with their usual custom. They cling with great pertinacity to the ancient bath, presenting very convincing arguments 10 support, of their position. They also observe the day in the primitive mauner, refraining - obedience; and thisisthe reason that the seventh SUNDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1876-SIXTEEN PAGES. \ i {rom all secular business from the setting of the sun on Friday evening to sunset on Satur- day night. They are almost Puritanieal in the strictness with which they observe the Sabbath, making it a day of perfect quict and devotion to religious exercises and meditation. Before the sun had set, the active bustle of the camp bad ceased. All was stillness throughout the Lotton city, Every tent company had made all Tecessary arrangements, 6o that no avoidable labor need be performed on the Sabbath. Al- though the sun was hidden by clouds about the time when it should have becn secn sinking be- low the horizon, the people assembled in the great tent and listencd to appropriate Te- marks. Eld. D.{M. Cauright preached a uiscourze from Rev., Xiv., 6-16, ° He showed that the text ‘was a description of the second advent of Christ, and the events immediately preceding. Accord- &g to the prophecy, three messages of warnin ere t0 be sounded immediately” before the ad> vent. Two of these, he argued, had already been given, while the third is now bein The first, announcing the hour of judgment, ‘was given by the Adventists in 1516—’4-!. Al- though they mistook the nature of the event which was ‘to occur, supposing it to be the purifying of the earth by fire instead of the cleansing of the hr.-nvenlly sanctuary, as shown by ipture, nevertheless the warning given wasa fulfilment of prophecy. The sccond message was the fall of Babylon, which is ful- filled {n the present formal and fallen state of the modern churches. The third and last pre- sents the commandments of God as & test of day, the Sabbath authorized by God, should be ‘k?c sacred as & part of that holy law. aturday evening a meeun%wu held at which the delegates to the General Conference report- ed the results of lavor in their respective Con- ferences. More than fifty tents have been in the field during the past season, the raissiona labors conducted with them being aimost uni- formly attended with eminent success. At the beginning of the year there was not a single Seventh-Day Adventistin the State of Virginfa; now there are several companies of believers. About 3,500 people were on the ground Sat- urday. Thisis the largest gathering of Seventh- Day observers ever held on this continent. Sunday, Elder Canright preached at 10:80, answering the arguments commonly urged in favor of Sunday-keeping in a very convincing manner. In a discourse at2 p. m., EId. White gave the reasons for the pculiar views held by the de- ‘aomination. At 3:30, Mrser White addressed the immense throng gathered in the cotton tubernacle on the subject of Christian temperance. Her remarks were listened to with undivided attention, and madea deep impression by their eminently practical character. At 2 p. w. Monday Elder D.M. Cauright preached upon the subject of baptism, After the sermon, a large number of the audicnce re- paired to the Graud River, at adistance of about three-fourths of 2-unile, where the ordinance of baptism was administered to about forty candi- dates, Elders E. R.Jones aud D. H. Lawson acting as adwinistrators. At4 p. m. Elder White and Mrs. White bade the people farewell, being oblized to leave the ground before the conclusion of tne meeting. A large portion of the audicnce were in tears us they listened to the touching words of the speakers. A meeting of the Scventh-Day Adventists’ Publishing Association was held at 5p.m.,at whic! following oflicers were elected for the President, Elder James White; ident, Elder S. N. Haskell; Secretary, M. J. Cnannn; Treasurer, James Sawyer; Auditor, C. W. Stone; Committee on Publica- tion, James White, U. Smith, J. H. Kellogg. ILLINOIS. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. KAKNEAKEE, Sept. 29.~The Se¢venth-Day Ad- ventists of Illinois are how in camp three miles east of Kankakee.. The location is a beautiful grove, mostly second-growth, on the bank of the river. The camp-ground belongs to the Methodists, who have quite & number of build- ings bere. These are much more comfortable than tents this chilly autumn weather, and are fitted-up very comfortably. In addition tothese quite a number of tents are pitched, making an aggregate of about thirty-five ordinary tents 12 by 14 feet. A 60-foot circular pavilion, capable of seating 800 people, is prepared for the con- gregation in case of bad weather. There is also & speaker's stand on the open ground, with a well-seated auditoriurm. Elder G, W. Coleord, with the Camp-Mebting Committee, Messrs. G.Toreman, A. Nettinghan, and J. Rubert have spared no pains to ‘make all the arrangements ol the ground suitable and complete. It Is estimated that 250 people arc already encamped here. A business session of the Confcrence was held yesterday, in which twenty-three churches were represcoted, five ministers belonging to the Conference being present. Public services were held in the large tent yesterday at 10:30a.m. and 2:: . M. The speakers ‘were Elders G. W. Coleord and R. F. Andrews. = ‘At 2:30 to-day Elder Caaright, of New Ym-lii reached, alter which J. E. Mourin, an educate renchman wino has recently embraced the Seventh-Day Adventist faith, spoke to quite a congregation of French coaverts. One of the most pleasing featurcs of the meeting is the can%'regutiun singing, accom- panied by Master W.diie Colcorde with a cabi- net-organ. Elder White, President of the Gen- eral Confcreace, arrived to-day, with his wife, Mrs. Ellen G. White, the well-known female cvangelist. They are just from the- great national cam;)-meu‘dng held last week in Michi- gan, where 2,500 S8eventh-Day keepers were en- camped. X RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE. PERSECUTION OF PROTESTANTIS) IN SPAIN. “MADRID, Sept. 9.—7o the Editor of the London Times: It has occurred to me that you might, perhaps, admit and even welcome an independ- ent account of the circumstances through which the Protestant missions in this city have been and are still passing in these days. ‘You heve doubtless received intelligence of the conduct of the Sub-Governor of Mahop. That conduct, severely commented on and cen- sured by the Opposition press of the Capital, produced as its natural and legitimate result the application of the criterion applied in Mahon, to the announcements of Protestant worship in Madrid. You are also doubtless aware that no- tice has been served on all the Protestant pas- tors of this place tu cause to disappesr all in- scriptions or placards which they had caused to befised up in any public place, and which bad reference to worship, education, or the sale of ! religious books, because such znnouncements arc not guaranteed by the eleventh article of the Constitution.”” The facts are shortly these: On the afternoon of Monday, the 4th current, a zentleman rep- resenting himself to be a delegate of the In- terim Civil Governor of Madrid called at the depot of the British and Foreign Bible Soclety and at the chapels of the Calles Madera B2ja 8 and Leganitos 4 with a verbal message from the Governor asking them to be good enough to have all their sign-boards taken down that very dsy before sunset. This was between 3 and 4 o'clock. A delay of two or three days was afterwards conceded in consideration of the ma- terial impossibility of compiying with them as originally given. ‘The same order was subsequently communi- cated, also verbally, to the chapel of the Plym- outh Bretbren in thle district called Chamberrl. to that of the Irish Presbyteriau Church in the district called Penuelas, and to that of the American Baptist Mission in the Calle Cabeza. A curious feature of the case is that no notice has yet been served on the German Mission of the Calle Calatraya. It would be interesting to Jnow if this was on account of a salutary dread of the great German Chancellor, or because that mission does not employ tle word “Evan- gelical " on its signboard. ‘The representative of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the pastors of the chapels of Madera Baja and Penuelas made haste and obeyed the verbul message of the Governor, caus- ing their signboards to be painted over. But the pastors of the chapels of Leganitosand Chamberri presented themselves to the Civil Governor, and respect{ully requested the favor of the order in writing, indicating to him_the impossibility of otherwise complying with his Exceliency’s re- juest. In the interview which these gentlemen had with the Governor, it appeared that that author- ity, according to his showing, had received the order verbally from the President of the Cab- inet. in whicli form it was trausmitted to the diferent pastors, and that on that account no written order could be supplied. The said gen- tlemen, however, respectfully but firmly reiter- ated their petition for the order in writing, and their inability otherwise to yield obedience. The Governor took o day to think over i rather to consult with the deus ez machina, Can- ovas del Castilo, and the day following that of their interview,—viz., Thursday, the 7th,—they received the following written order: 1t having been declared in the eleventh article of the Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy that the Catholic Apostolic_Roman religion is that of the State; tlat in the Spanish Dominions 1o one shall be inferferea with on account of his religious opin- fons, nor for the exercise of his respective wor- ship, always saving the respect due to Chrlstian morality, ~not being permitted, however, anycere- ‘monies or public manifestationsother than those of the State religion,—I have judged it rizht, in con- firmation of the verial order which 1 com.- municated to you, to appoint yon a new and final term of three days, ~ which ehall come to an end on °the 10k carrent, in which time you will cause to disappear all inscriptions or placards which yon have caused to be placed in public places having reference to Worship (or service), education, or the sale of re. ligions books, which announcements (or advertise- ments) are not guaranteed by the above cited con- stitutional precept. It would be easy to comment at great length on this order, and show first its thorough-gofng intolerance. If dissenters from the State re- ligion are to be permitted no méans of mani- festing their existence, and have only the poor Dermission to meet in their chapels, it is clear that, so far as the Government can secure it without_actual violence, they will drag on a fecble existence, and soon become altogether extinct, But there is a more scrious aspect of the question, and that is the material interests that are thus injured. Our benevolent and generous countrymen have prepared and are carrying on at %'e:n_ expense considerable establishments, both religious and educational, and great injury is done to their work by this forced silence. Henceforward it will be “altogether impossible to make known the existence of these estab- lishments, and thus their intention {s almost, it not altogether, defeated, In one case,—that of the, dm{ucl of the Calle Legitanos,—in addition to the signboards round the door of the chapel, th:upnstor had rented a large space on a vacant wall in the centre of the city, and this pcrma- nent announcement, made at considerable ex- .pense and maintained owing to a heavy stated payment, is rendered useless, and of course the owner will not take into consideration the order ‘of the Governor and release Mr. Jameson from his contract. Representations have been made to her Maj- esty’s Charge d’Affaires at present with the Court in La Granja, and he has promptly moved in the matter; but diplomatic ways are verbially slow, and little is to be expected at present from them. Had her Majesty’s Minis- ter, the Right Hon. A. H. Layard, been in Mndrid at this time, the case would have been yery different, His prompt and decisive action has more than once stood the English Evangel- Jeal workers in zood stead. But Canovas, im- ‘belled by the Ultramontane section of the Cabi- net, has chosen very astutely his opportunity. Neither the English nor_thé German Ambassa- doris in the country. Neither the Englisi nor the Spanish Parliainent is sitting, and’ all the influential Opposition members of Congress who spoke 50 clearly and decldedly during the debate on the Constitution in favor of complete relig- ious liberty, are also out of town. 1t would not be right to omit the fact that all the Opposition press, and even several semi- Ministerial papers, have very heartily come for- ward in dcfense of the threatened liberties. Very prominently the Imparcial has constituted itself the champion of the coerced Dissenters. 1 have already, I fear, trespassed too far on your space, and img to remain, Yours respect- Tully, AN E sLisg RESIDENT. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CHURCH In GENERAL. A church in Vermont udvertises for a pastor, and says: * No political stumper need apply.” ‘The first Baptist sermon in Texas was preach- edin 1837. The denomination now consists of 70,000 communicants in that State. The Cauadian Irish Catholics will make g pil grimage to Rome next summer, and will carry an offering of $10,000 to the Pope. The Church Missionary Society (Anglican) re- ports forty-six baptisms in Western India the past year, and » total of 336 communicants. A tremendous ““ Amen ”” from bis vast congre- gation followed Mr. Spurgeon’s prayer the other day that the Turks mizht scon be driven ont of Europe, and the whole of the Mohammedan power swept away from off the face of the The Methodist Board of Church Extension has a building 1van fund of $270,000 cash, and over $200,000 in good subscriptionsand promises to pay, and SGO,&X) in real esrate, besides over Slm;wfl Kknowun to be on the way to the fund in wills. There bas been of late years, according to the statements of Jewish papers, an unprecedented return of Jews to Palestine. The Jewish popu- lation in Jerusalem, they report, has doubled within ten years, and is continually increasing. Mauy of these Jews come from Russia. The earliest religious- newspaper was the Christian Remembrancer, published in Philadel- phia in 1818. The idea of such a paper was sug- gested by Dr. Archibald Alexander, and was carried into effect by a member of his church (Pine Street Churcit), and was publishea for about two years. % o ‘The Congregationalist says that a great man; New England ministers bivc felt the shn'nknfii of the hard times by the reduction of their safa- ries. As the New England churches, except in a few of the large citivs, were never celebrated for paying large salaries, any reduction will be a hardship to these overworked aud underpaid men. There is o body of Baptists fn West Virginia. kmown as the * Thirty-Day Baptists. They are so named because they have preaching only once in thirty days. They are regular Baptists, how- ever, aud have preaching only once a month be- cause the churches are too small and poor to support pastors, and one man serves as many as nine congregations. The Fourth Unitarian Church are contem- plating a disposal of their present property, and & removal to the vicinity of Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-fifth or Thirty-ninth street. This locality will better sccommodate a majori- t7of the membership, 2s well gs bring them into a field more distinet from that of the Church of the Messiah. : The Tablet learns from private information that the iniquitous persecution of the Holy Spouse of Carist by the nsurping Government at Rome is continued with unabated violence. Religious processions are now forbidden out- side of the churchies, and the Adorable Host can now be carried to the sick only by stealth in the midst of a profoundly Catholic population. ‘The last Episcopal Diocese of Ohio passed a number of resolutions of a permanent nature, condemning horse-racing as incousistent with the humane precepts of Christianity, and the- strical amusements and dancing as destructive of religious life. It is assumed that communi- cants who indulge in such amusements are rare- :Eh worth anjthing to Christianity and the Manuscript sermons are becoming more and more unpopular, and the desirability of a min- ister Is rated according to his ability to preach without manuscript before him. “Concerning one.of Boston’s ablest_preachers, Zion's Heral says: “Hehasa noble voice, @ fine delivery; if a breath of the Holy Spirit’ would only blow away his manuscript when he goes into tlie pul- pit, the Church would find one of her noblest 5006 in him.” The Eastern German Baptist Conference, which_has just met in Baltimore, represeats forty-four churches in Canada, %onuectiuut, New York, and the adincent States. The mem- bers number 4,000. There 15 also the Western German Baptist Conference, which represents 100 churches, as many ministers, and 4,000 members. The two Conferences unite in a tri- ennial General Conference, which has two chairs in Rochester University, oue of theology and one of languages, and has established a Stu- dents’ Hall at Rochester with a fund of $20,030. Mr. Geo?e Muller, of Bristol, England, has Just published the Thirty-seventh report of the charitable institutions under his care. Within the past year he has established five additional day schools, making in all seventy-five day schools, tweniy-nine Sunday-schools, and six adult schools, supported by the funds he has re- ceived. A large number of Bibles and tracts were also distriouted. His income for the year was £45,000, all of which came without request. In the lorty-two years of his work Mr. Muller has received the sum of £710,000. Inthe Detroit Methodist Episcopal Confer- ence, recently held, a decision was rendered by Bishop E. R’ Ames_in which it was held that thereis no authority in the discipline of the Church for the licensing of a woman to preach, In the Michigan Conference, which followed after, a resolution was offered on the 18th inst. declaring that the members of the Conference ‘would exert themselves to the utmost “ toplace upon the record a clear and full warrant for the license of proper women to preach.” The reso- lution was, on motion, laid on the table. ‘The Jews in England have some considerable contention-among tiremselves on the.subject of modifying the Prayer-Book. The anclent litur- g5, whick, according to the Talmud, was com- posed during the Babylonian captivity, is re- markable for its beauty and sublimity. During the persceutions of the Middle Ages this was enlarged by objectionable compositions and nar- ratives, noting particular distresses and deliver- ances, which have remained s part of the ritual to this day. The movement contemplates the elimination of these additions and & restoration of the services to their original form. { At the regular weekly meeting of the Metn- odist ministers of Boston, Sept. 15, the Rev. Dr. Butler, of the Mexican Mission, gave an ac- count,of his labors in the City of Mexico. He stated that he had already received $7,000 of the $12,000 he desired to raise in this country for the mission, besides guarantees for the cost of the pubumdon of sixteen religious works in 4 2 Spanish. The Baptist ministers of Boston, upon the same day, discussed * The advantages of the covenant inceting to a Baptist church.” The topic for their sext session Iz, ““ To what ex- tent uu%bt the ministers of the Gospel to be identified with politics? The Rev. John Johns, minister of the Metho- dist Church in West Thirtv-fourth_street, New York, read, before a recent Methodist ministers meedng in thet city, an essay upon * The Les- sons Deducible from the late Hippodrome Re- vival.” He gnld a high tribute to the popular preacher, who, fiftecn years ago, expounded Scripture to a colored boy in 2 _little cabin by the light of a tal._w candle, and whose earnest- xess and simplicity later in' life zdrew tens of thousands to the Hippodrome. " * Moody," the speaker said, ‘‘is free from church cares; be has the Divine spirit in him; the people lke him because he tells home truths in plain and pas- sionate words.” The speaker continued: * How can we best imitate him? When we look around we see plenty of fine churches from which the poor are shut out, and we see one lady singer paid $3,000 and given a carriage and hotel ex- penses to do, what? What the ministers ought Lo do—teach the Eeople to pray to God. This ‘may be religion, but it cert: s _not Chris- tianity. [Apolause.] Build plainchurches free to all, let the rich not be ashamed to go to the same house of worship with the Soor and let the rich go and help the poor and afflicted. I have enough of the cant and the whining con- descension with which an up-town minister an- nounces that on certain evenings the Q‘(;or mAay sit gratis {n the pews ol the rich. e have enough of Gospel claptrap and trickery, the present Gospel Teut for example.” PERSONAL, Two Roman Catholic prickts have recently joined the English Unitarians—Fathers Suffield and Hargrave. The latter,has just been called to a prominent congregatioWn Leeds. Bishop Green, the episcopal head of & small body of colored Methodists in the United States and Canada, announces that a consolidation has been effected with the African Methodist Epis- copal Church. The death is announced from Rome of the Rey. Father Perrone, of the Soclety of Jesus, a learned Roman Catholic theologian, and the head, at different times, of various Church col- leges in Rome. Father Perrone was-born in 1794, and died upon the 23th of last August. Ex-Gov. Pinney, 50 long 2 resident in Africa, and more recently connected with the New York Colonization Society in this city, saited last week in the schooner Nellie Treat for the coast of Africa. He will examine into the condition of Liberia College, and its educational institutions and pms})ct:'.s, with a view toa judiclious applica- tion for funds for tke good of that country. Bishoy Cridge of the Reformed Episcopal Chureh returned on Sunday last from England, where he had becn as delegate to the Free Church of England. While there he consecrated two Bishops, Price and Sugden, for the latter church, thus cementing the federal union already existing between these two bodies. He was warmly received by the Evangelical ministers generally. B Ah For, a Christianized Chinaman, who_built & ‘chapel in Virgima Ci bunred a few months ago, has sent they follow- ing letter to Miss M. A. Grosvenor,*of New York, lhrou&h whose liberality the female seminary at Keno, Nev., has been established: “ Aliss M A Grosyenor of New York so kind to the heatain Chinanens which live here And few mouths ago sanded ,000 six hundred dollars to Bishop O. W. Whitaker for help Ah For build another new Chapel for teach his people But in time the white made great force Yordrive them away from Nevada for they work low price So A For thinks he must have to go some another countrys thine put the money to Bishop build white girls school at Reno, Nevada.” The Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, of 8t. Luke’s Hospital, ou Saturday, Sept. 16, completed his eigiitieth birthday, and on that occasion, says tue Churchman, ©a number of personal fricnds united in presenting to him, ‘in'loving honor of the day,’ a sum verging upon $20,000, as the beginning of ¢ the Muulenberg endowmnent for St. Jobnland,’ whih, as time goes on, it is expected will increase as to yield a handsome addition to the support of the en- terprise, and, together with this, keep always alive the blessed name of its founder. The contributions for this munificent birtuday gift, in -amounts varying from $5,000 to $50, have been made so privately and quictly that the good Doctor was wholly ignorant of the mat- ter until the eve of the presentation.” BREVITIES. “Ma, dear,” said an intellizent pet, “ what do they piay the organ so Joud for when church is over? 1sit to wake us up?”’ Andrews' Bazar: Itisa good sign, when you gointo a young man’s room, to find a well- thumbed Bible lying upon the table. It isa sign that there aré pious servants in the house. A bright-cyed little gitl, on being taught by her orthodox mother that Jesus was God aud the Father, said: “ Why, mammna, how can God be on the righit hand of heself"—Boston Beratd. ’ “You labor over-much at your composition, Doctor,” said a flippant clergyman to a venera- ble divine. “I writea sermon in three hours, and make nothing of it.” ‘So your con- gregation says,’ quoth the Doctor. A theological stadent, supposed to be efficient in judgment, wa3 asked by a mecasor, in the course of a classexamiuation, “ Pray, Mr, E——, how would you discover a fool 7 By the questions h; would ask,” was the rather stun- ning reply. The Cincipnati Saturday Night, in a moment of absolute and utter depravity, says the tree in which Absalom was caught and banged was ** a hair-puil tree.”” Don’t believe it, anyhow, for when Joab went to that tree he was looking tor a neck-to-wring. . New Orleans Bulletin: People may be absent- minded in everything else, even forget the din- ner-hour, but you caw’t find a man or woman who overlooks the necessity of getting that 10- cent bill changed on the way to church to geta nickel out of 1t for the contribution-plate. An Englishman was boasting to a Yankee that they had a book in the British Museum which was once owned by Cicero. “Oh, that ain't nothin’,"” retorted the Yankee; *in the muscum in Boston they've ot the lead pencil that Noah rficd tfi }:’he‘.'k off the animals that went into e ark.’ One of the youngsters who was fond of Bible storles swallowed a bottleful of paregoric be- cause it was nice. They gave him a powerful emetic, and he thus described the sequel to his brother: “ Budeic, I was & whay-nl, a_regular Whay-al. 1didn’t fror,up Jonah, bat I frew up lots of uver things.” A clergyman, preaching a sermon on death, concluded with™ the following obscrvation: “ But even death, my brethren, so well-deserv- ed by mankind for toeir sins, the wisdom of Providence has, in its paternal kindness, put at the end of ourexistence; tor only think what life woula be Worth if death were at the begin- ning.” The modern child s pretty quizzical. This time she lives in St. Louis, and reads her Bible with thoughtfulness, but makes her own com- mentary. “Did tisey take a picce right out of Adam to make his wife?’’ “ Yes, darling.” *“Wnat! right out of him? And wasn't l'“lz always sickly afterwardsi”—Christian feg- ister, : Burlington Hawkeye: A stranger stepped into the meeting of the German Methodist Church last night, late, and wishing to_know who had spoken, leaned over, and askedjthe man in front of him - How long have you been here?” He was surprised at tue length of the session when be heard the reply Tex years.” Explanations and laughter ensied. CHURCH SERVICES. METHODIST. TheRev. Dr. William C. Willing will preach this morning and evening in Langley Avenue Church, Langley avenue and Thirty-ninth street. Morning eubject: *‘Is Faith the Giftof God®' Evening subject: ** Advice to Politicians." ~—The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preschat1l a. m. and 7:30 p. m. inthe Wabash Agenue Church, corner Fourteenth street and Wabas@kvenue. ~—The Rev. C. G. Traesdell will preach ot 10:30 2. m. in Grace Church, corner North LaSalle and Whitestreets. In the evening the Sabbath-school, under the direction of Mr. J. B. Hobbs. Superin- tendent, will hold their annual missionary and floral festival, —The Rev. C. G. Trusdell will. preach at 10:30 8. m., and the Rev. R. S. Cantine at 7:30 p. m. in the Fulton Street Charch, corner Fulton street and Artesian avenue. Evening subject: **The Way to Heaven.” —The Rev. Dr. Tiffany will preach at10:45a. m, and 7:30 p. m. in Trinity Church, Indians ave- nae, neer Twenty-fourth street. Communion at ‘morning service. —The Rev. Dr. Jewett will preach at 10:45 a. m. inthe First Church, corner Clark and Wash- ington streets, Subject: ! Elements of Power in Christianity, which Give it Permancnce, and Prom- | Park Church, Ashiand avenue and Wosl ise its Universal Ascendancy.” The Rev.Mr Luce, of Portland, Me., will preach at 7:30 p. m. RPISCOPAL. The Rev. B. A. Rogers wiil preach this morning and evening in the Church of the Epiphany, Throop street, betweer Monroe and Adams. ~—The Rev. Dr. Cushman will preach this morn- ing and evening in the St. Stephen's Church, Joha- son street between Taylor and Twelfth street. ~The Rev. Henry G. Perry will preach this morning n_All_ Saints' Church, corner of North Carpenter and West Ohio strects. ~—There will be_morning and evening services In the Churchof Our Savior, corner of Belden and Lincoln avenues. ~The Rev. Dr. Locke will preach this morning and eveningin Grace Church, Webster avenue mear Sixteenth street. ~The Rev. Dr. Warren will preach this morning and evening in St. Mark's Church, corner of Cot- tage Grove avenne and_Thiry-sixth street. Morn- ing snbject: **In the Faith.” —~The Rev. Samuel S. Harris will preach morn- ing and evening in St. James' Church, corner of Cass and Hurou streets. ~The Rev. Fruncis Mansfield will officiate at 10:30 8. m. and 7:45 p. m, in the Church of the JStonement, comer West Washington and Eobey —~Daurlug the ralsing of SS. Peter and Paul's Ca- thedral the ususl eervices will be conducted in the old Congrezational Church (Snow's Academy), cor ner Green and Washington streets, entrance on Washington street. Morning prayer, Litany, and Holy Communion at 10:30; Sabbath-school &t 3; evening prayer at 7:30, —The Rev. Edward Sullivan will oficiate at 10:45 & m. o0d 7:30 p. m. in Trinity Church, corner Michigan avenue and Twenty-sixth strecf. Holy Communion at the morning service, —The Rev. Luther Pardée will ofiiciate morning ond evening in Calvary Church, Warren avenue, between Oalley street and Western avenue., Com- munlon at 11:30 3. m. Holy Communion at 8 8. m. in the Charch of the Ascenslon, corner Elm and La Salle streets. Morn- Ing prayer and sermon at 10:45; evening prayer at ~—The Rev. G. W. Morrill will officiate at 10:45 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. in the Church of the Holy Communion, Dearborn street, between Twenty- ninth and Thirtiethgtrects. BAPTIST. The Rey. J. W. Custis will preach at 10:45 a.m. and at 7:45 p. m. 4n the Michigan Avenue Church, on Michizan avenue, near Twenty-third street. Morning subject: ‘*'A New Creatare.” Evening subject: **Weighed and Found Wanting.” —The Rev. D. B. Cheney. D.D., will preach at 10:30 8. m, 6nd 7:30 p. m. in the Fourth Church, corner Washington and Puulina streeta. —The Rev. . Everts, D. D., will preach at 11a, m. andat7:45 p. m. in_ the First Church, Gorner South Park avenue and Thirty-first street. ~—The pustor of the Englewood Church witl preach £10:30a. m. Subject: **Abraham at the Altar of Sacrifice.” 2 —The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach morning and evening in ‘the Free Church, corner Loomis and Jackson strects. . Galusha Anderson will presch at 10:30 %, m. and 7,40 p. m. in the Second Churchy ‘eormer Morgun and Monroe streots. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Dr. Cooper will preach this evening in Immanuel Church, corner of Centre and Dayton streets, Subject! ‘*God In Natare, in Provi- dence, and in Revelation.™ ¢ —The Rev. R. I Bosworth will preach this morning and evening in Emmanuel Church, corner of Hanover and Tweaty-eighth streets. Mr. Bos- worth will also preach for Trinity Congregation in the Buptist Church at Englewood at 3:30 p. m. —The Rev. W. E. Willumeon will. preach this morning and evening in the Church of the Good Shepherd, cornor of Jones and Homan strcets. —Bishop Cheney will preach ot 10:45 8. m. and 7:45 p. m. in Christ Church, corner Michigan avenne and Twenty-fourth street. Morning sub- ject: ** A Working Christian;" evening subject: ** Alone.™ PRESBYTERIAN. ‘The Rev. J. XI. Walker will preach this morning in the Rennion Church, West Fourteenth street, near Throop. —The Rey.. David J. Burrell will preach” this morniug and evening in Westwinster Church, cor- ner of West Jackson and Pcoria streets. Morning lbul::je:l: ¢ The Revival and the Gift of the Holy 08t —The Rev, Mr. Freeman, of New York, will preach this morning and evening in the Fourth Church, corner of Kush and Superior streeta. —The Rev. Jacob Post will preach in the Lolland Church, corner of Noble and Erie streets, this moruing and evening. The cvening services will be in Englivk. The Rev. Charles L. Thompson will preach morning and evening in the ¥ifth Church, corner Indiona avenue and Thirtieth street. Aorning subject: **Christian Umon. ™ —The Rev. C. C. McIntire, of Rockport, Mass., will preach morning and evenitg 1n the Eighth Church, cormer Washington and Robey streets, ~The Rev. d. Monro Gibsou, D.D., will Kruch at 1 a.m, and 7:30 p. m. in the Second Charch, corner Michigan avenue and Twentieth street. —The Rev. James Maclaughlan will preach morning and evening in the Scotch Church, corner Sangomon and Adums streets. Morning subject: **ihe Spirit's Work. " —The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach at10:45 @. m. in the Sixth Church, corner Vincennes and Oak avenues. Subject: ‘‘A Thing that is Up- side Down.’" In the,evening, anmiversary exer- ciges of the Young People’s Union, with addresses by B. F. Jacobs und others, TNITARLAN. ‘Tho Rev. Brooke Herford will preach this morn- ing in the Church of the Messiah, corner of Michi- gun svenue and Twenty-third street. Subject: *‘The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. The first of a serigy of lectures on books and read- ing, **The Books of the Older World,” will be given in the evening. - —The Rev. Robert Coliyer will preach in Unity Charch, North Dearborn street. Subject: *‘The Tender Mercy of God." —The Rev. E. P. Powell will preach at 10:30° 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. in the Third Church, corner Monroe and La.in streets, Morningsubject: **The Baptism of Sorrow." Evening suoject: **A Lib- eral's View of Swedenborg. " —The Rev. J. T. Sunderland will preach in the Fourth Church. corner Prairie avenue and Thir- tieth street. Subjecu: **The Desire for Infallible Guides in Religion.” CONGREGATIONAL. 'The Rev. D. N. Vanderveer will preach lz}:fignn Btrect, this morning and evening. —The Rev. George H. Peeke will preach this ‘morning and evening iu the Leavitt Street Church. —The Rev. Z. S. Holbrook will preach this niorning and evening in Oakland Church, Uakwood ‘boulevard, weet of Cottage Grove avenue. —Prof. Fiske will preach this morning in Plym- onth Church, Michigan avenuc, between Twenty- fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Sumner Ellis will preach this morning in_ the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Wash- ington and_Sangumon streets. Subject: *‘Re- vivalism and Christian Character." —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach morning and evening in St. Paul’s Church, Michigan avenue, near Sixteenth street. LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmand Belfour will preach this morn- ing and evening in the Church of the Holy Trinity, corner of North Dearborn and Erie streets. CHRISTIAN. The Rev. Knowles Shaw will preach morning and evening in the First Church. corner Indiana avenoe and Twenty-ffth street, and at 3 p. m. in Campbell Hall, corner Weat Van Buren street and Campbell avenue. . SPIRITUALISM. Mrs. Cora L. V. Tappan, sn eminent trance speaker,. will lecture for the First Society of Spirit- ualists in Grow's Hall, 517 Madison street, at 10:468. m. ana 7:45p. m. In the morping the subject may be chosen by the audience. Evening subjoct: ““Life fn the Spheres,” Ly Thomss aine. MISCELLANOUS. Elder C. C. Rumsey will preach in Advent Charch, 91 South Green street, this moraing and evening. —Disciples of Christ meet at 3 p. m. at No. 220 West Rundolph street. —)irs. Maria B. tfolyoke will speakat3p. m. in the chapel of the Washingtonian Home, corner of Ogden avenue and West Madison streets. 'he Rev. J. C. Armstrong will preach at West- ern §) rlnfii at4p. m. asusual. " i . W. Whittle will preach morning and GOSSIP FOR TEE LADIES. Two Letters, His and Hers= Matrimonial Advice. An Englishman on American Bathing--~¢¢ Orders* for ‘Women. Why She Was Impatient---Origin of Fashions---Buskin on Dress. - TWO LETTERS. HIS. 1f you were dead, and in some silent valley A& red wild-rosé were blooming on your grave, In some lone fen where idle breczes dally ‘And sombrely green willow-branches wave, ‘With willing feet I oft wonld stand above you, And with sad eyes your moss-grown name spell ouf Th!nldn; ‘uut once each eaid to each, ‘‘Ilove a1 In those far days befors we dared to doubt. But no, yon are not dead; the world adores you, Kneels at your feet, and calls your face divine; Praises your beauty, worships till it bores you, Kna!\;; not and cares not that you omce were ne, Edith, I care not that your blood is flowing In splendid radiant cheek or dalnty wrist; That on your supple throat there atill s glowing A queenly coil of pear] and amethyst; Ourlove is desd, 8o yon are dead thrice over, ‘Though on your face have dropped no mourner's tears: . And youand I, who were once maid and lover, Are further sundered than the furthest spheres. Bat stars and spheres— ‘ Oh! what a silly letter A plain and proay man will sometimes wWrite. T'm sentimental, and you can't do better ‘Than Iaugh at me, once more, with all yoor might. The fact, you see, is this: T can't forget yon; 1n ull our quarrels I alone was wrong; ~And I've been biue enough since last I met you, A month ago; it secms ten times as long, On! Edith, could I only go and see yon, And tell you all the things I waut to say; I cannot give you up; I will not free you: Tlove you, Edith. ' May I come to-day? HERS, ‘Why Tom, dear Tom, of course you may— You see I call you Tom again; So please come over, right away, ‘ou oddest, truest, best of menl To tell the truth, T've pitied yon, And you, moat likely, pitied me; Bat then, you know, it wouldn't do To let the world my pity see. You men, of course, are very wise, And think you know a woman's heart; But bats and owls have brighter eyes Than you to understand her art. You were just hateful, though, that night; . Bat I'm afraid I made yon so; Tom, drop our quarrel ouit of sight— Forgive, forget, and let it go. ‘Well, Tom, I'll not write any more, Althongh, indeed, I've wuch to say; My music-master's at the door, % 5o an revoir, and come to-day. P. 8.—You frightened me to death With ** willow, " **valley, **grave, " and *‘fen," Dear me! T almost lost my breath! Tom, don't you dare do 50 again. —Chartes F. Richardson in Frank Lestic's Titus- traled Newepaper. ‘¢ ORDERS * FOR IWOMEN. The London News eays: *‘French women are 80 far less fortunate than their sisters in most other Continental countriés that thera is no spe- cial ‘order’ or ‘dzcorations’ for women in France, and it is a very rare thing for a lady to be awarded the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor. At the present time there are not more than four or five ladies who possess this distine- tion, and one of them is an English woman, Lady Pigot, who tended the French wounded during the late war. The ladies who care for these outward and visible signs of social dis- tinction must regret that they did not live 200 years ago, when, if they had been lucky enough to win the good graces of the Duchesse de Maine, they would have been able to s the order of the ‘Honey Fly.’ The witty Duchess, a granddaughter of "the great Coude, and wife ot the Duc de Maine, the natural son of Louis XIV. and Madame de Montespan, held a literary court of her own at Sceaux, and exercised, with her courtiers, all her ingenuity in inventing, from time to time, some new diversion. It occurred to her one day that she would ijostitute an order of chiv- allrrv for both sexes, and call it the ‘Honey Fly’ (Mouche-a-micl). The idea was taken from Tasso’s line—* She is tiny, but she can inflict severe wounds,’ which had been applied toher on account of her diminutive stature aud great f‘mwem of repartee. The dis- tinctive mark of the order was a gold medal, with the efligy of the foundress, and upon the reverse the line quoted above. The members of the order had to take the following oath: ‘I swear by the bees of Mount Hymettasobedience and fidelity to the foundress of the order. I swear that all my life long I will wear the order of the Honey Fly, and obey the statutes. If I am false to my oath, may the honey become gall in my mouti, the wax tallow, the flowers nettles, and may wasps aud hornets sting me.’ The costume of the order was a coat in cloth of fiold, spangled with silver bees, for the cheva- lers; and the ladies wore a robe of green satin, embroidered with silver bees, and a diadem of flics in emeralds. The institution of the order Wwas o great saccess, and the fetes in celebration of it lasted many days at the Chateau de Sceaux, which was the residence of the Duc and Duch- esse de Maine; but the order dia not outlive its foundress, whose lutter years were passed in serlous study, and who had long ceased to wear Ler ¢ decoration.” MATRIMONIAL ADVICE. The young woman said her lover was coming on the midnight train, and she was going with him to the next station to be married. Where- ‘upon the old lady said she had much experience in the “ marrying business,” and would give the young lady some advice, and here is what she said: " “Well, child, never marry a raflroader, for he is liable to get killed at any time. Besides, he has such a nice caance to flirt. Never marry a military man, for ne’s lable to go to war and get shot. Besides, his gorgeous clothes attract the attention of the women. Never marrys hotel-keeper. My first husband was a hotel- keeper, and fell” through the elevator-openin, ana broke his darned skull. It riles me when think of that man. Never marry a traveling- man, for he's always away from hum. Nol knows what these men are up to when they are away from bum. Never marry asteamboater. My second husband was a steamboat Captain,and got blowed juto 4,000,000 pieces, blast him! r o . evenlog 2t the Tabernacle Church, corner of Mor- | always get terriby mad when I think of that gan and Indiana sireets. man. Never marry a dry-goods man. Dyes in —Elder J. M. Stephenson will preach at10:30 | cloths is so_injurious. ey never live half 8. m. and7:30 p. m. in the church cornerof War- ren avenue and Robey street. Morning subject: 1 Christ fo De the Ante-Type of Melchigedec.’ Evening subject: ** Future Rewards and Puniah- ments,’ CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. 'EPISCOPAL. 0Oct. 1—Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. CATHOLIC. Oct. 1—Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost; So- lemnity of the Holy Rosary. et. 2—Holy Guardian Angels. Qct. 3—] Ferla. Oct, 4—St. Francis of Assis], C. Oct. 5—Oftice of the Blessed Sacrament; S8, Pla- cidus and Comp., M. Oct. 8—St. Bruno, C. Oct. 7—Office of the Immaculate Conception; St. Mark, P. C. ; SS. Sergius and others, MAL = TAKE COURAGE. Courage, pilgrim! though aweary, Downcast, heart-grieved, sick, and weak; No one’s life is always dreary. Not all days are chill znd bieak. Dark muy be thy path at present, But to-morrow light will dawn, Making life's viewed landscape pieasant ‘With the sun of joy’s sweet morn! Do the storms of trouble try thee? Climb Hope's height, the clouds above, And the angels wiil come nigh thee, ‘To assure that God is Love. Do not deem that dust all ea-thy 1s 2 clond eent down from Heaven: We are often made naworthy By the stripes that self hath given. If we constantly are striving God'n approving smile to gain, All the awords of 6in's contriving ‘Cannot cleave our joys in twaia! Bravely war against temptation, Hearta of hope and souis of trust, And at length high Heaven's salvation Ye shall see all the just. Epwazrp P. NowzLL. their days. Never marry & grocer. My third husband was a. ocer; and he was killed by a molasses barrel fallin’ on him, When I think of him I'm mnfipletuly disfinstei Never marry a carpenter. My fourth husband was a car- penter, and fell off a scaffold and was smashed toajelly. May his soul sleep in peace! Never marry 3 machinist. My fifth husband was a machinist. I'll never forget the day he was brought home on a board. I didn’t recognize him. A belt had come off a Puiley and hit bim glum in the face, and sp: his nose all over is countenance. I promised him on his dvin’ bed that X'd never marry another machinist.’” Just then the train rolled in, and the old lady asked: Child, what business is your lover in#" ¢ Insurance business.” * Oh, mercy! You don’t mean to marry him! Mfismh husband was an fnsurance—"" ut the young lady was gone to meet her lover. 'AMERICAN BATHING THROUGH EN- GLISH GOGGLES. Virtuous and decorous England, thou that dost, provide scparate bathing-machines for thy sons and daughters, take back to thy bosom this b-less Briton ere he loses his primitive simplici- ty. The American correspondent of the Lon- don Times, baving visited Ocean Grove, has been amazed, if not horrified, by the unconscious manners of American women. In the first place, he saw & lady publicly *doing her hair with the utmost sang frold ”—which must be & new bair-wash. But this was not the worst. * Just after my arrival, as I was walking amo! the tents, I was considerably amazed. not tosa; alarmed, by 8 very stout female Christian sud- denly popping out from a tent just in frout of me, wi bare feet, a huge flapping straw-bat, innocent of® all ribbon or other ornament, and but two garments, the lower of which looked very much as if it belonged by right to her hushand. My first hasty impression—due, perbapp, to the bare feet—was that she wasa beg WOman sum- marily ejected from the tent, and that she had got herself up in this style to excite compas- sion,—a gngularly weak-minded illusion, it struck me, since in the hot weather she looked enviably cool, comfortable, and, in one word, jolly. -The sea was 300 or 400 yards off, but it seems to be the Bmflce of the pilgrims to dress and undress in their tent homes, instead of go- ing to the expense of a bathing-house, and one may meet them at a distance from home some. times , sometimes dripping, but always in- nocent of shame, as Adam and Eve before their fall. From a notice in my hotel, which is about. a quarterof & mile from the ses, that ‘the guests arszequestednot to change their bath- ing suites in their rooms,’ {t must, I fear, be in- ferred that the practice of dressing,. or rather undressing, at home for the bath is less general than it was, and that Ocean Grove s 3o far los- ing its primitive simplicity."—New York World, pitsme by HER IMPATIENCE. As 3 Woodward-avenne car (says the Detroit Free Press) was going north the other evening with a young lady and old gentleman s sole passengers, she exhibited symptoms of impa- tience at the slow progress made. The car had to halt for a team on the track, and she would ‘have got off but for the gentleman, who said: **It's only for half a minute—don’t be impa- tient.” Then the car waited two minutes on a switch, and she put her head out of the window, walked m rl:nd down, and was on the platform when he ‘“There comes the other car. You seem so impatfent that I am led to believe thatsome of your family are sick. Is it so?"” **They are all unusually well,” she replied, as she took her seat agaiu. One; block more 2nd the carleft the track. She waited balf a minute to see if it conld be a:nlexl on againright away, and then she started 20 It will be all right in & minute,” protested the old gentleman. “ Can’t see it," she cartly replied. +Then you will got” oI willh “ And it isn’t sickness?” ¢See here,” she said, standing on the lower step, ““if fion are dying to know the cause of my burry I will tell you. My fellow is to be at the house at half-past 8, and I'm not going to run the risk of losing s good offer for the old men and all the street-cars in Detroit. There! does that make you feel any better?’” He pondered over it as the car slewed uround and bounced and bobbed, and he concluded that she was perfectly correct, though a little im- pudent. —_— ORIGIN OF FASHIONS. Trace fashion to its origin (says an exchangs), and you will nearly always find that it springa from the consclousness of a defect and a wish to mask it. The fatherland of crinoline is Spain, and & Spanish queen first wore hoops to dis- simulate unequal hips. An actress of the Boulevards, who committed snicide by throwing herself over a balcony a few years ago, revived the high-heeled shoes which Louis Quatorze originally brought into fashion to appear taller than the King of Spain at the meeting in the Isle of Pheasants. A French lady, who derive: a prestige from rank, fortune, and striking beauty, scalded her arms three winters baclke. An ugly mark bore witness to the accident.” She thought of wearing, to con- ceal it, those loog-armed gloves which, out of mercy tothe plebeian wives of Napoleon’s Marshals and Generals, the Empress Josephine adopted. The hats slanting down over the eye- brows were the result of a fady of exalted rank losing her front bair. Queen Elizabeth’s neck was yellow and thin; hence the ‘‘stiff muslin mane.” The double veil of white and black tulle was contrived by a lady with a bad com- plexion. She used pearl powder to hide her red skin, and the white and black vell to dissimulate the pearl powder, which would have shown on the black net. An old Parisian beau, with an experience of more than hslf a century of fashionable society there and at the Continental gambling and watering-places, maintains that, when a fashion s not traceable to a deformity, it must have originated in the desire of some reigning or rising belle to crush a rival. RUSKIN TO GIRLS ON DRESS. John Ruskin thus addresses the girls on the sabject of dress: “Dress as plainly as your parents will allow you, ont in bright colors (it they become you) and in the best materials— that is to say, in thosé which will wear the long- est. When you are really in want of a new dress, buy it (or make it) in the fashion. but never quit an old one merely becanse it has be- come unfashionable. And if the fashion be cost- 1y, you must not follow it. You may wear broad stripes, or narrow, bright colors, or dark, short petticoats, or long (in moderation), as the public wish you; bmuion must not buy yards of nseless st to make 8 Jmoi or a flounce of, nor drag them behind you over the ground, and your walking-dress must never touch the ground at all. Ihavelost much of ghe 1aith I once had in the common sense, and even in the personal delicacy, of the Fresenz race of average English women by see- ng how they will allow their dresses to swesp the streets, if it is the fashion to be scavengers. Learn dressmaking yourself, with pains and time, 2nd unse a part of every day in needle- work, making as pretty dresses as youn can tor poor people who have not the time or taste to make them nicely for themselves. Ypu are to show them in your own wearing what is most right and graceful, and help them to choose what will be prettiest and most becoming fx their own station.” — THE STOGRY OF A BOUQUET. 1t was at_the United States Hotel, Saratogy (says the New York Sun), that a pretty deb- utante and ahandsome unmarried lady were chatting together,when s *‘too lovely " boaquet of elaborate design was brought in by a waite. and plumped down before them. To scan the address, scize it, exclaim, “For me! how cha-a-r-ming!” and fling it, torn in two, under the table, was the work of a moment on the part of the elder of this fair twain. The ~ younger of the two had no sus picion, until at the ball in the evening a very devoted young gentleman asked whether she re- ceived the flowers, and hoped she admired the cage; for there was amid the roscbuds a can- ning conceit in that form. Then the whole thing shed ‘across her, and she went to mamma. The lady wss equal to the occasion. She repaired to the parlor and found the card with her daughter’s hame duly inscribed, and forthwith *“went for " the other one. But here we draw a vell. Moral: Never, under such cir- cumstances, leave addresses on the floor. e FEMININE NOTES. . Aman can't travel into & woman's affections by getting on her train. Good headquarters for young men—on the shoulders of their sweethearts. Moral of the Ann Eliza trouble—Never have more than one wife in the same place.— Rocke- ter Democrat. ‘We hardly dare to think what it means. but the Graphic says every married man is troubled by a saytrap. * You put too much grease om your hair,” id a boarder to his landlady, as he gently re= lieved a silver thread of its golden butter. She will sit all day at the sewing-machine, tucking that new dress-petticoat, while her hus- band’s shirts in the drawer baven’t got a button on them.—New Orleans Bulletin. This is not from * Daniel Deronda »: * She was plump and beautiful, and he was wildly fond of her. She bated bat, womsn-1 ;he Strove to catch him. What was he? lea. ' Does our constant chatter disturb you?’ asked one of the three. talkative ladies of 3 saber-looking fellow-passenger. * No, ma’am; T've been married nigh on to thirty years,” was the reply. Girls, don’t flirt; there's untold daoger in it. Your father may be lurking behind a distant tree boxX, watching you, or your big brother may come unexpectedly lounging from behind tha blindsof a san‘?ple-mom just s the fun is grow- ing furious.—Buriington Hawkeye. “OQurs.”—Coachman (on being told by his Lordship that he will not want to drive out to- day)—Well, me Lord, then perhaps I had better take our children out? His Lordship—Now, Johnson, look here; I don’t mind you saying our carriage, our 'orses, or our ’ouse; bulj must draw the line—and f draw it at owr chid- dren.—Fun. Dobbs (who - is 3 jolly old bachelor) and a right {nung lady scquaintance were bantering other about marriage. ‘“Oh!” sald she, “yun‘u’get married one of these days, 1 know; and you'd have me now if 1wonld wait for you? “You'd have towalt until m{vumud childhood, then,” said Dobbs. “Well, I shouldn’t have long towait,’ was the quick rep- artee from the lady. - A wretchedly ugly aud correspondingly rich man in Ohio induced & poor blind girl to marry him. Inacouple of months her sight was re- stored, and then there was music in theair, mother. Shebrought suit against him for ob- tainiog property under false pretenses, snd hs seeks a speedy divorce on the grounds that he never would have married her had he not be- lieved she never would look a% him. .