Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1876, Page 7

LHE CHICAGU 'LRIBUN TIE REVIVAL. o Abatement in the Worl of Plucking Brands from the Burning. A A promincut Democratic Poli- {iclan Brought to o Knowle . edge of the Truth, Mr. Moody's Ex'poaltlon of the Life and Character of Jacob. i fhe Necessity for Fathers to Dring Thelr Children to Christ. FARWELL IYALL, TUB NOONDAY MBETINO. The congregation at Farwell Mail was the ost which has becnscen there for sevoral days, Aliing the alsles and stalrways, and ono of the rooms. adjolning the platform. Theopen- {ng bymn was “0, for a thousand tangucs to siog.? The Rov. Mr. Davis then rond the ré quests for prayer, 2 follows: That the Toly Spirit will manlfest Hia saviny wer with (e churchics, ministers, and péopis o Piteen cities"ani towns In the Northwest; dalres- ot Rezan, and.Chriatlan workers there; Ingor- 1okt ‘Canada, and for the Divino blessitig on the frbors of Hrother Crombla thars; for pho em- vauafn'hunlncu oftice In lhllclz: for a ynun; man In 8t Ln}l(mo‘n llgfirgltulhzfir‘tv;o\ilnndl ‘i::ht;:‘:o Fa 1 o st rer ) of - preat Intorent' in husband, **pray formy familys ;rx'h':rn:h; I‘ueir' c\Rldr’cn: pray forn wreiched sonls for fwo ministers; fora chiurch and Sunday- IcboolIn this clty: for an unsaved pretactin sl fees and & father; for the enlvation of twonty. Fight tons by parentss foe three persons who have 4adetcd from tho traths for the conversion of wenty young men; for a lawyer; *“Ask wiaiom of God for me," a special request: from ernl Christian workers that they be filled with the lloly Spiri: for eighteen brothore, that thoy saved and kept by God : by & hushnnd, ** Pray for my family™; for eight unsaved familics: & nnited requicst by pa- rentefora daughtor; **Pray for me and my fam- fly"s *'a lost sinnor''; for o ¢‘father In the dark's “'Pray for my wife," by a physiclani {or the converslon of threa young ladies: for txo danghtora; for.two aflicted nletersanda nleco ; sjoint request of wife and dauchior for the hus pand and fathor:. for a lusband who ean't ind time to reck the Lord; for tho conversion of elght business mens noveral Christinn women In poor beslth and In sorrow oray that the Comforter sbide with and bless themn;” far an old man, that he' be s w3 for a wayward son for % dagghter § conversion ol fre hnsbands h{ their wives § for s friend ~ interesfcd but mot rerent forthres Iadies and two friends: a wife for her hus. band, children, and scif; soveral sick [mnunl that m'!h testored to health; a pantor that ho be filled with the Holy Bpirit; for my brothers and elaters; ray that the Holy Spirit will visit with Erost pow er {he churchos and minisiera of Christian Allfance and reformed men in this city. Prayer was thon offered by the Rev. E. S, Wells, For the Scripture lesson Mr, Moody read the fwenty-third Pealm, begloning, “The Lord is my Shepherd, L shall not want! The Psnlm before ity he sald, speaks of the Good Bhepherd who lass down His 1ife for ‘the sheep; and the Psolm after it speake of the Chief Bhepherd, In the twonty>sccond Pealm wo have tho God of Judgment; fu the twonty-third, the God of Peacoj and in tho' twenty-fourth, the God of Glory. Ou tho third verse, beglaning, “Io restoreth my soul,” Mr. Moody said: 1 love to think of God as o Restorer; there area good many of you who have strayed away from tho {old, who want to como back and be restored to your first love; and this is just what the Lord wanta to do for you. If youare full of the joy of the Lord you will be full of power, Just pra{ ta-day that the Lord will now restoro your soul; pray, as David aid, ** Restore unto ethe joys ol Thy salvation, and uphold me with Thy Trce spirit, then will1 show trans- gressora Thy way, and sinncrs shall bo con-.| verted unto Thee.” David got na far away from the Lord as any sinner in Chicago, but the Lord restored him. It eecme to me that every day I find mors Christians troubled ahout tiicir " coldness and distanco from God. Now, at theclosaof ‘tho services, there are moto than thero wero at tho begluning. ‘T'his Psalm 1s for: thom Jut them remember that tho Lord fs ablo and willing to be a restorer unto them, * Onthe fifth verse, which closes with these words, “AMy cup runmeth over,” ho said: A Christian [s ot of much use until ho is full and Tunning over with rellrfors Qod's people try todo Hlis workon too small capital, and that seounts for the many fullures we sce. What Jouwant {8, to be so full of Chriet that you will hava something over to use in lielping your vefghbors, Lot tho cup be o full that it will nn over, Thu sixth verse reads, * Surcly fiodnus and_mcrey shall_follow me all tho myl of my life,” ° An_ Englishman once [d to me, “The Lord has mnot_any poor children; I you see o man olways walking ou think he Is poor; If ho sometinies takes 3 ansom cab, you think he s a littlo better offy i€ he hos his own turnout, you call him rich; i€ Dohas & footman up behind, ho must have a large fortunc; and If ha hos two footmen, you 18y he must bave a largo fnlicritanco to support such expense.” Now, the children offG6d hava w0 footmen-—Goodness and Mercy—and tho paalm savs they **shall follow me ull tho days of mylife,” Surely tha child of God must have a great inheritance to be uble to have such following. i : At the {oung converts’ mecting last night, some of them were speaking of thefr trials nml battles, Tho Lord Lud givon them new hearts, but tho flesl wus rising up to trouble them. Now Paul tells us what fa to bo dune in auch cases; * Likowlso also reckon yourselvea dead Indeed untao sin." It docsnot say tho old Adam Datureis actually dead, but that you are to reckon him dead, nnd it would not say anything thout reckoning f the old man actually was dead. “You don't reckon the peopie in Grace- land dead; they arc dead, and thero {8 no reck- oning about ft. Tho thing to do is to treat tho old nature ns {f {t were dead; keep 1t down; Xeep It undur; and God witl glvo tha now nature bower to overcome and destroy it, 1 went to n phialclnn tho other day to tell him that a nieca of ming, whom he had cured, 8 wa supposcd, had suffered arclapse, Wall, flillho octor, jusp increaso the remedy, That Is just what the' relapsed believer must do,—get more of Clirlst, 1t js sn old saying, “The sheep that Loeps nearest the shephord gets the most galt.” One summer I went up on to tho Tountain with my brother, who was golng to 4t hia sheep; and 1 noticed one_sheep which ‘ame right up to lfm, sud stood b bim, and got all the salt it wanted; then ft E:l its nose into his pocket and got an apple; t all the othor sheep scemed a little afrald ot Mm. Tnsked bin how it wus, aud ho sald ‘That sheep has been brought up a coasct, snd 1 not » bit afrafd of e, Boft (s with thoss stians who come close to Christ; thoy are ethe lhcenllhntguu the mostsalt; but n good '.""‘“1 Christians scom a little afraid of the Shep- erd; and because they keep away from Him ey nevey get much salt, A vart of the quaint old version of the twen- ty-third pealin was then sung: The Lord's sny Shepherd; £'1] not want} V e makes e down to He. + In pastures green He lcadoth mo, ‘The quiet waters by. This belug the day for the business-man, a Rumber ol tho prominent merchanta of Chicago :flldu remarks wod offered prayer. Amun‘xF }'"“ wera Messra, Case, Forsythe, Kean, J, V. Fuwell, and” othora, Brother Bugrell, * tho K'c"lxcl(at, reporled a. work of rovival jn the “.‘:: Mr. Wyekoft's church at Portage City, it A brother from Grand Raplds, Mich., re- ted an Intercating fucident of the converslon S great sinner in that place, ova i MIL, 18AAC 3. DILLER, s"l!lnumber of years Chiafrman of the Iilinols e Central Democratic Comtnittec, a poli- b and man of the world, gave an futeresting sount of his receut conversion to Chrlst, Mo i *1 belleve na ouo can be & politician with- [ being tempted to uss Intoxleating drinks. Q;:mul mysell, b{ reason of my assuciatiol e ¢ on from bad to worse, and nlmost bre m!{l icheart of iny wite. [ have attonded these Jitetinge & good “deal. The firet thne I heard Ot oody was ut the Purk Avenus Methodist 'hu“h soine years ago, When he usked those mnwm Chrlstiana o stand up, I did not rise; “‘:’.. lmnk'n to God, I know that I am u va“'"‘ The first {ntlmation 1 had from “g '8 Bplrit was when I heard Mr, Sankey sing ‘hf:ul 0f Nazareth passcth by;* it was at tho Jo fuade; tie hymu cate Lome to ma must m"UNUyhnnu L heguu to wonder if Jeaus hadt ted g by; but to-day I can say He has not ,h.i\d meo by, 1 am_ here, on the Lord's side. ch €8 weeks ugo I attended 3Mr, Raviin's fronchy and, whuther be proached differently I usual or not, It sounded different to meé, m" couvicted of my slus, and at the closo of ang orinon, 1 asked 3r. Ravlin ta como honie and nr)ny With me and my family, which ho did; Py hen I rose from iy knees I felt that Iwag kangwduan, Aud now I wish my frionds to |WU‘Umlm » changed man every re- Ur. Dlller's” axperiouce was Mstened to with -4 luteresy, l};n_vu was then offured by Mr, 8. A, Rean and the Rev. Mr. Carey. Mr.J. V. Farwell soka of the undercurront in thaminds of bualness-men, which was leading thom to think favarably of the revival, and to fecl that God Is In 1, 1Te mado nn carncat appeat to hua- incas-men to unite In carrying forward the good work, na the minfaters Al Christlan laymen had fovited, and predicted a preat and generai work of grace Lhroughout the North- west, If, by means of the press and the tele- gm[i’i the nowa could go out over the country that, the bustness men of Clieago were unltedly at work for Christ, Mr. Mnoddy then announced his Bible Jectire to warldly Christians, and the regular after- meetlnge, the men's meeting below liclng lad by the Rev, Mr. Sponcer, and the reformed men's meoting by Mr. 8harp, In the absence of Mrs. Wmln;}, the woman's meeting fn the upper hal has ot Tate been led by Miss Dryer, BIBLE-READING. | THE LIPH AND CIARACTER OF JACOIL ‘There was a larza nudlence present at Farwell IInll yesterday afternoon, when Mr, Moody de- livered one of his popular Bible lectures. The subject was “ Jacob,! nnd it waa treated with a great deal of ability, Prior to the dellvery of the Iecture the usual devotipnal excrelses took place. Followlag {s an abstract of the ovangel- fat's remarka: We havo for onr subject this afiernoon the 1ife and character of Jacob, I think you will find the kes-noto of all s diffeulties tn that passage of Matthew which contalns the parable about the labofers in thevineyanl. Thethought - I want to call your atteotion to fa In the second vorse, whers we are told jof tho agree- ‘ment the first laborers made in regard to thelr - work. We find In studying Jacob's character that he was all -the time muoking bargalns. 1 have learncd the lesson that wo should make no bargalos with tho Lord, It we trust tha good man of thavincyard, we witl ot a great deal more and come out better in ibio end than if wo were particular about enter- Jnfi into an ngreoment beforehand, There was a mo whon I thought that overything Bible charactors did and sald was right; but since I have become better acquainted with the subjoct 1 have found that a good many of theso charace- ters are put thero g & warniug tous. God docs not sanction any act thatIs not In accordance with His will, but such acts arorecovded for bur profit. Jucob I8 a character the like of which weacoall roundus. Whero we fiud but one Joseph, wo find & hundred Jacobs, Jucob's great fafllng was that ho only trusted God ra far a8 he could _ sec. The best contrast that can be made of Joseph and Jacob s, that tho latter walked by the sight of God and the formor hfl faith, In considering this chinracter we will be impressed with the truthof tho poss ‘ Whatever a man sows that will he reap.”” Sometimes, when a man develops & poculiarity, we say he got it from his father or his mother. 1think Jacob fnherited his chiaracter from his mothor. Rebeucs was not willing to walt on God, but wanted to arrahgo ave I“E connacted with her childran's futurg herself, like a good many modern parents. I should Judge that Isaac Iavored Esau, and that Tebecea favored Jocob. There is alwaystrauble whero there nrc favorites in a familyj tho pet- iing of one and fault-finding with nnother is sure to bring out the old Adamn In the children. Reboces formed 8 plan whereby Jacob would get into the good graces of Issac, and so dls- plant Esau; but you will notico that her plan was defented. Jacob hed to leave home, and the mathor dled before he returned. This should teach us that wo noyer maske much In trying to take things out of God’s hands. Up to the time of Jacob’s departure -from homge thero was nothlmf lovely in his character, and I wish to say that [f Jncob, with his mean, con- temptible disposition, could bo saved, there is hope for many of us. Ho had a mean, con- temptible nature, but God rave him grico to subduc it. The vision of Jacob Wwas next re- ferred to, and stress lald on tho proviso with which bo promised *then shall the Lord be my God.” What a low, contemptible idea that was, continued’ the speaker. But that isthe way with many people now; they say if the Lord will do so and 8o 1 will serve him. " During hia exile, Jacob was driving sharp bargains with his uncle, but it would be observed” that heg usually got tho worst end of them. o had his wages changed ton times. In tho firat place, ha started wrong; he went out with a lis 'upon his lps; ho decelved his father., We do not_hear that he made any confes- sion. One would _have thought that when God met him ot Bethel Lo would have confessed his ain, but ho did tiot, We find that he worked seven yeurs for his wifo and thenhad nndther ong put In the place of her he desired, He decelved his old father, and got deceived limself by his fatherin-law, A great many Imopla think that God nover punished -Jacob. Don’t you belleve that, my frlends, If Jucob did not get punished, who did? God has a gov- oronmont, and ho who transgresses ita laws will ‘have to suffer. But God was mot guln%lo for- et his promise, althongh Jacob forgat his, and that ought to bo encourugement enough to us. How mauy times have wa forgotten- our vows and been unfaithful to our ‘nmmlaul Somo of God’s promises ara on condition that we do cer- tain things; othera are unconditional. : The promise to Jacob wag of the Iatter class, * Thero ‘was God dealing In sovercign graco with that man. People want to know why God chose Jacob for advancement instcad of Eeau. Ho- causo God is a soverelgn, and hasa right to do what Hepleascs. We don't knaw why Ho did it. Somc say that He hatod Esau before ho was born, but we don't find that In Scripture. The Bibla suys that Jacob was chosen' before he was born—that wassclection but it does not say that his soul shall po saved and that Esau's shall be lost. Mr. Moody gavo the other prinelnal features In Jacob's carcer, showing and de- nouncing bis cowardly, vndllnung nature, He concluded the lecturs us follows: dJucob died in exile. He did not die in tho Promnfsed Land that God had offered him,—a poor, scemingly blind, decolved man, wlo was not willing to let God choose for him. o was saved by sovercign acoy I have no doutt of that, forlook at the hundreds and thousands of Clristians that are now saved by fire,—by tho skin of the teuth, es tho saying 8. Tfmy et into [Heaven, bnt they don't take thefr frioids with them. Let us give up the idenof planning and chooslng for oursclyes, and let God plan “and choose for ue, He can chooso better than we can. How man times huve wo scen mothers plan to get thelr sous Into sows positlon whers they would have influence, and they huve been rulned Dy It, and have turued into drunkards and been Gurled In drunlkards’ graves, The best thing we can do for ourselves and children {8 to lot God manage those things. He knows better about the future than we, Let us submlit and wait on Him, and say *Thy will bo done and not ours.!’ 'he meotlug closed with the benediction, THE TABERNACLE, AN IMMENBB CONGIEQGATION, Not less than 10,000 pcople attended the re- vival services Imst night at the Tubernacle nd F¥arwall Hall. The mnin meeting was denscly packed, and s0 great woa tho urzency of those who camo too late that thers was danger of o rush with o view to breakiog down the light doors and forcing an entrance, Thore ivas nothing of the mob spirit manifested, but some gentlemen with Indies, who had come fifteen miles by eleighs, on purpose to attend the Tabernscle service, were so fully de- termined to carry out thelr plans that it-was neccssary for the police to interfero for the protection uf the doors and the comfort of tho audience, alrcady stowcd much mora closely thau usual. There Ja no longer & zood and certain hope of admlssion tothe Tabernacla ufter half-past 7 in tho evoning, eyen on week nights; and in view of tho probable crowd of thio closliye Bunday, ar, Muo%ly haa fallecn back on the expedient of dividing the sudicnces, an- nounclug a sermon for yomen in the afternoon and for men in the evening, The o(pcn!n prayer was by tho Rov, Mr. Gur ney. Mr, Sankey saug #The Ninety and Nine." Mr., Moody read the Seripture losson from the niuth chiapiter of Mark, belug tho account of the curse of the manjuc lmy1 and a solo and chorus was sung, commencing 'l have a Savior: Ha's pleading {n elory.” Mr, Moody Introduced bis discourss by saving, “1 have been troubled to find o text for this evening, but aa 1 was coming out of Farwell Hall to<isy « mother met me withgreat angulsh of soul aid said ¢ Mr, Moody, ere these mcennq to closs end none of iy children savedi” “Then this text flashed across my mind, *Brlog him usto Me? You wilt find ft in this nluth chapter of Mark, at tho nineteenth verse, They ave the words of Clirist to the father of that poor boy posscssed with the dumb splrit, who bad brought his son to Chrlst's disciples, aud they could not cure him, ‘Thero wus a crowd of skepties around Him, and no doubt they were ridleu] huil the disciples for thelr fsllure. « #Bring him uuto Me» suys the BSavior, whou He hcars of fi. and us they brought bini to Jusus, the spirit threw Lim down and tors him, ‘That fs often the way with 8atan, He torments people all the more sometimes when ho sees thim about to coms to Christ. *Don't you never speak to e about religlon ugaln; if vou do I'll Icave the house,” sald 4 wicked young man to his gouly u\ndser, but forty-efght hours after that he wes on i3 kuces in prayer. Purents need not be dlscouraged at sucl signa of m\l&an hostility to rvelizion” ou the part of thelr |+ dren. Just hold thum right up to Christ in' prayer sud falth, and e who can do all things wili save them if they will only come to Him. Perhaps that wothur who spoko w me Las been : WhDnsSDA: DEUULMBER e, K [ Teantog ou the mectings, and thinking tlistwhen sa many peoplo are praging it must be a time for her children to be saved; but it will not do. ‘l‘nk%‘vuur eyes off the servants, and fix them on the Master; hear the words of Jesus, saying, " Bring him unto Me." ust at the close of our meeting in one of the «citlen (n Great Britaln, a Christian father woko up to the fact that he owed a duty to hisuncon- verted family, which he had been neglecting; n0 ho took 8 house In the next uly where wo wera to 4 took one son ot of school and anotlier out of business, and moved his whole family ta the pluce just with the hope of baving them converted. After awcek he cameto mo and sald: My wife {s converted, Now pray for the rest of m family,”” Preily aoon'hs came agaln and safd, .*One of my sons {s converted " then, ¢ Mysery- ant is econvertedy” and hefore those meetings cloed ho came to tell mo that the lost member of his’ household had found Christ, and thoy were all rejocing together. He said it wae Lhio Lest investment he had evermade; and after tho mecting closed hegaveupthe houseand roturned to his oivn beautiful home, one of the happlest fathers inall (ireat Dritain. But how many familles are there almosat in sight of this bulid- Iug who bave never taken the palns to bring thiclr children to thesc mectings! Oh, there are many parents In Chicago who are going to sca bitter hours, and many of them will go down to their frraves with broken hearta becausa of their wayward children, Some lmcnu say they have not been Mving tight, and they cannot talk re- ligion to their children, If that {a the case with ou, confess your ains to your children that you ave looked after thelr témporal Interesta and neglected thoir spiritual Juteresta; thon set up t Iuflm:ly sltar and bring your chitdren right to Shirist. You may have children who are wanderers from home. Well, you can reach them by way of the Throne. Therowas an old Scotchman who wrote us a letter asking us to Jook out for his lost son Willle, who had run’ away from home, and I was very deeply touched by his ca8e, Tor that I8 the name of m{ own sol, 8o [ told Mr. Bawyer to watch for him, and for six months ko did o, but all In vain; we could not find him. ~ All thia tine that old Scotch father and mother were praylng for tho Jost boy; and laat Friday, &t tho temperance- mecting, among “the men who rose for praver was that same lost Willie. 1e told us his sad cxperience; ‘ud he had just Falloped on to destruction; but now the Lord has suyed him: Okl how hoppy those parents will be to hear tho good newsl "And shall we not all belleve that God hcara the prayers of parents for thetr wandering sons? After relating the story of the ralsing of .the dead son of the Bhunamits woman, Mr, Mood! continued: Thore s another theughi 1 want to impress upon tho ,minds of theso parents: Christ eafd when the dlsclplu asked Him why thoey could not_cast out that devil, * Thy kind can cotne forth by nothing but by prayer and fastlog.! Perhaps there lsnot_fasting enough on tho part ‘of these parents, Thera arc othor kinds of festing besides abstalning from meat. Put inuflell right at the fect of Christ; fust a little )y kccvln away from tho theatre, and abstain trom nll those things which hinder the work of the spirit of God. Bome young people say, 41 don’t went to bo' better than my father, snd he ocs t&the theatre.” But the father says, ' Oh, only go to the theatre once a month or so, ' just for recreation.”” But how fs it with your Bon1 Maybe he has not the sama self-control a8 his father, and he will go down to death by that which you use only for rectcation, There have been some inquirers hero who have after- wards been to the thestre, and all thelr con- yictions have faded away. Buppose they goto tha prayer-meoting on Wedneeday night, to the thoatreon Thursday night, and toe dance on Friday nlfiht. where they waltz to tho tuuc % Almost Perspaded,’ can you expect anything but spiritual death from such a coursc of con- ductl If you aro hand-and-glove with the world you can't expect yourchildren to bosaved ; or, if they should bo, they wouldn’t amount to anything with such a low standard of roligious 1ii@in their homes. Take your children to God and pray for them. Pray for them by name. Ask God to bless John and help him fo be & good boy amongst his laymates. Ask God to bless Maryand hetp her to overcome ler faults, " Encour- ago your children, and tell thom troubles and to pray for help to bear them; for the troubles of the children aro just as hard for them as your troubles ave for you. Do not let all thereligion be outside of the famnily; tako it into the home. Religion was in the home a thousand years before it wus ever cstablished in a church or alnco of publls wor- ship, Read the Woard of God; have the chil- dren recits verses from it study the Sunday- achool lesson ot momh:{; Exrl)'nra; apeak well of the minister, and, instead of Anding fault with his preaching, cut the same meat up alittl finer for tho childron, and they will bo sure to cnjoy f. Mako the Sabbath the plens- antest day of tho weck, and give the family worship tho ULest hour of the day,—L c., the marning hour, Mr, Moody then spoke very strongly agalnst the custoin of lnvmng{nung men to drink wino at New-Year's calls, calling it an infernal cus- tom, to gt some of our best young men drunk on the very first day of the year. Ho closed with an incldeut of a soldier who, on tho (plains of Moxico, wus converted, an converted by the memory of, and o answer to the prayers of, his godly mother, «Prayer waa then offered by Col. O. G. Ham- mond’ and by Mr. Moody, and the immenso congregation slowly broke up, many remalning to various aftermectinga. ANNOUNCEMENTS, Noonday meoting at Farwell Hatl, Bible lecture thero at 8 p. m. Bubject: “Petor” Preaching at tho Tabernaclaat 8 p. m. Doots openat 7 p. m, Y THH POWHR OF HONG, To the Editor of The Tribune. &ioado, IIl,, Dee, 11.—There ara varfons theories regardiug the success of Mr. Moody in his revival meetings., Ono cause has beenen- tirely overlooked,—that [s tha potent part Mr. Bankey has taken In the cxerclses. All persons aro morg or less moved by the power of sweet music. Mr. Bankey’s voice is peculiarly adapted to the persuasive., Moody plows ~the soll with his rugged speech, while the dropping rain oud distilling dew of Bankey’s music breaks up the great deeps of the human heart. A lady froiy & nelghboring Btata attended the flrst meetiog at the Tabernacle, After o 1ew_proliminary remarks by Mr. Moody, Mr, Bnnkey sang the favorite hiymn, ¥ Ninety and Niue,’ 8he was deoply moved. After her re- turn home, the volee kept rluging In her cars, “Lost on the mountafus bleak and baro.” IL was a terriblo struggle to zivo up all her anti- clpated pleasure this winter at the Capital, butb she fouud no peace till the sacrifice was made. “Ih’.m llko Abraham offering Isnac," she wroto, 1 will cite another instance of the power of musle, at tho risk of being ous, Bomo * Iadles were sojourning in the miniog reglons of the "far north. The attempted ~ to establish n Babbath-schoof, but found ft slow work; most of the puplls belng of the mixed race, Iudian and white, were untameablo s tho nativo deer. Ouno after- noon an Indian girl came in; sho showed slgms. of having traveled far, and listoned to the exer- cisea with marked altention. At their close she produced a worn hymn-book and asked it she m|flht, aing for Jesus. Assent was m?"ell. and Yalley (for that was her name) made her own selection, Clear and sweet as the volve of amendow-larkk on o Juno morulng, the hymn went up, now carating joyously in acknowledg- ment of great mercies, then descending Ina wall of deep contritian, The volces of teachers and childron ceased, the rude door was pushed aside, and lofterers }rum the street thrust in thelr heads, listening to the wonderful melody. Yalley's God-given talent was secured; tho log school-housa wes msuiliclent for the multitnde g]! Inquirers, and they adjourned to the ipcn r. . st IS IT A BULLDOZE? The following ambiguons dlspatelh waa re- cefved at 10 o'clock lnat night:~ WiNcnesTER, lil, Dec. 12.—A company of Nutional Guards bas been orgaulzed here, They luva recelvod thelr arms from the State Arsonal, It 13 exiremely uubealthy in this vicinity at L’:em“' and the death-rato is larger thanever fore. s ¥ MASONIC. Epecial Dispaich to Tha Triduna DaxviLLe, 111, Dec. 13,—Tho following-named gentlemen were cliosen as oftieers of Vermillfon Chapter, No. 83, R. A, M., Just night: John I Norvell, High Priest; Jamos 8. Probst, King; Danlel Gurley, Berlbej A. L. Webster, Troas. urer; T, B, Castleman, Sceretary. ———————— SUICIDE. . Special Dizpatch to Tha Triduna 8. Lous, Mo., Dec. 12,.—Last night a whits woman named Maude Garrison, an {nmate of Maria Bland's bagnlo in Leavenworth, Kan., made sn attempt to commit suldde by taking laudanum. Bhe is not dead, but the probabille tles aro slie will dle. This was ler fourth at- tempt a4 sell-destruction. — e ——————— THE GREATEST OF THESE, Bpecial Dispach 40 Tha Tridune. BramerisLn 1., Dec, 13.—~The State Board of Public Charities met fu the Btate-Houss to- day, sud, afier looking over the reports of sev- eral inptitutions, went to Jacksonyills to inspect tho Stato (nstitutious there. JAIL BOARD. Serious Complaints Against Sher« iff Kern's Treatment of the Prisoners. How the Unfortunates Are Used a8 & Means of Wealth to That Official. He Says Ho Proposes to Make £8,000 & Yenr Out of Their Diet Allowance. There are plenty of abuscs for the new Coun- ty Board to reform; there are plenty of official departments that need reforming. The stien- tion of the Board ls directed to the following communfcation, handed Into this office, n refer- ence to the Sherill's allowance for the dleting of prisoners: (uicann, Dec, 10, — 70 the Counly Commisslon- ers of Cook Counly—Genrizmmn: The county, and, {n fact, tho whole State of 1ilinols, has b thrust upon IL during the Iate campalen the cry of **Reform," aud In now walting with expeciancy 10 sea what mensuren wiil he adopted to attainan oh}ecl which all deslre to see, t s o thorongh reform in every organlzation which has the spend- In{ of the public wum:(. An you aro the body which controls the fands of Cook County, I now propose a way In which you can savo the county s good denl of money: You are the gutrdians of the County Jall, and hava the letting of the coniract for the feeding of the prisonera; but beyond Lhe fact thet yuu Lnve fixed the amount per diem for exch prisoner, Lave you ever Ingnired whether the connty got value for Its money? Ilave yoi ever desmed It worth yonr while to nak whether tho prisoners received either enough fooid, or If it wax of the right kind, soch a your liberal allowanca called far? Have you not rather ply fized tho smount, and, & 1t concerncd mien wlio werg un- fortupately brought within the stunv salls, you have never given the matler Any further tronbla? 1 eall your attention to these matters simply in tho ghtof **Reform.” Most of you hold your poaition of Commilesloners na lteforniers, and this #esmu A most opportine time (o test the genulno. nera of your campaimm cry of Heform, Your alluwance for the Tood of ench prisoner per day s Uicents. Now lob un seo how far that amount {8 expended in the object which wo thor- oughiy believe you all had In view, snd that was to give the grlmnen sufilclent of good, plain, whole- some food, If yon woula make a visit to the Jall when the coffce—Ileaven save the mark—is ‘brought round in tho morning and the soup at din- ner. we hellove that e\'crrv ne of you would bo ready to cry out, **There f¥® nigger in the wood- Plleg thore's n big steal eomoelin ‘That there s, the facte bolow will prove. ~As ii is a matter of :?u simpleet arlthmetic all can foliow the computa- on. ‘There are now 2lhxdwnerl in tho Jail, inclnd- Ing men, women, and boys, and this number at 35 cants each maken the snng little sum of 875,25 per dsy. But, an the number varies, we will_take na an nvnuFe a dolly attendance of 200, Thia will give us the sum of $70, which, under tho allow- ance mado by your Bosrd, the' county pays orery day “for the feeding' tho prisoners wit suud. aufficlent, and wholesomu foad, What oes the :ount'y‘ncl In return for this money?! This ‘we proposc {0 you by showing you the quantity and quallty of the ataff used, and the cook' wages. fi,“ I?ui,hn p needed in the kitchen is furpished by 0 . all, A rmail 10af of bread, known as a ‘‘doffer,” 18 supplicd to each prisoner three timesa day; a tin of what is called coffee, withoat sugazor mllk, in the morning, and a tin of soup with half a potato otuoon, anda ‘' duffer’ ot night. This ls tho bill of fare. Tha brend conts 2% centa cach, or 7% cents per man per day, The soup I made from acraps of meat purchased from a butcher in the im- medlnto vicinity of the Jall, and which he could not otherwiso dispose of, and consists of sixty pounds of such refuse atn cost of 3 cents per pound. This quantity is never increared in amount 1o matter how many prisoners are to fecd, A balf lgouxln in cach tin “woull make 100 potatoca. ‘These are of the poorest kind, and many of them rotten and totally unfit for foad, The coffce i mudo from roasted wheat, ryo, or some other grain, and two pounds of this are nacd evory day. This graln costa O cents per pound. The coffec {s not made fresh avory day. Wu have now the fall bill ;lf fare. Let us recapitolate the total daily ont- ny: goodnler, st 4f cente, 2 pounds caflee (7) a8 ¢ Bay one-fin!f bushel potatos Cook's wages. . 80 pounds meat, st ceat.s Total.. eeeses, or In round numbers, $20 44 tho actual cost perday for food, —thus showing that tho_county is paying $50 por day, or a yearly total of $18,250, for noth- ing. Fino taxpayers of Caok County, heavily bardened a1 they ato, aro mulcted in this Jarge stm, and {t goes to ewell the Enlnl of an oflice alrerdy lucra- tive, There can be no wonder why mcn areso eager for the office of Sherif, nor can’ there boany snrprise how ensy it I8 for o inan who has held the ofiico but ona torm to leave tho ofica and at once launch {ntw the wholcsalo whisky business, —a busl- neas which nsunlly necds a considernble wum of g‘f"?i to carry it on,—8a per example our late erlil, Your Board will remember that your prerent ‘worthy President, Mr, Holden, during Mr. Agnew's term of offico hiad the por dlem cot down to 30 centa, and with what holy horror Mr. Agnow pro- teatad againet such an outrage, and tho influence brought to bear to ralee it to 1ts old standard. The {acts nbove atated cannat be dlaputed, and It yoa wili take tho tronblo to inepcct samples of Lhe coffee, and soup now at THE Tuinuse ofiice for yourselves, you will be couvinced, You are all,—or a8t lenst the citizens of Cook County lLsve been led 1o beliere so—licformery; that you are men who are anzlous to E“ a stop to all wholesalo steals,~who look with sorrow on the prerent barden of acbt on out own city and county; who aro not afrald to gmrple with'a wrong because it might hurt their political influence; who cun rise superior {0 the peity infinences of place and dare boldly to do rl:gt. 'Tue [nat GrandJury made a visit o the Jail, and a number of them learned tha kind of food given to prisoncrs, and they promised to give tho inatier thelr attention; but, as they have falled Lo 1ake any steps in tho matter, you are apgesled to, @ address iou itirough the public prints that an Inquiry may bo had, and If for no other reason than a saving to the county it Is your duty to give it yourattention, Cast asidsin this investigation, if " you wll), the conalderation of the prisoncra sltogothor, and look upon it elmply as the guardi- ana of the fundsof Cook County, and it will amply ropay investigation, and not only compela great saving to the county, but, what is of equal im- yortance, the civing of ‘good, suficlent, and whole- some food to tho prisoners, Tlierc ara many in the Jail to-day who are crying out with bunger,—poor and unfortunute fellows, who, having no (rlends, are compelled to be satisled with the plttance doled ont to them by the Jall oficials, ‘There ssems tobe 8 dllrulmml on the part of the prosent Sieri to attempl what b thinks & necded meanure of reform, for o hus cutdown the visit- ing daya (o Tiiesdays and Fridays, Mo, however, doca not. scom to realizs tho fact that the County Jall Is not lgllu:n of punishunent lige the Brido- well, or that there are many men at irceent within its who on trial will bo found as innucent aa himself, ant he shonld deprive anch mon of thelr friends' vislts threa times a week is more than we can understand. Ko forgets the old maxim, *Thats man s Emumed innocent until ho is proved fill"l!- " and by making thia chaoge ho fafiicts on all & most unjust and unwarraniable unishment. Better for bl to have turned Lis at« ntion to the food of the prisoners, and made the necessary chenges here, than depriviy men of privilcgea which tho 1aw in its wisdom allows every nian untll ho is sentenced by the Court. The proot of everything contained in ‘this communication is very simple and of easy accomplishment. Are you gentlemun able and willing to fackle 1t? DickxY Sax. WIAT RERN BAYS, The aboye document ls written with a direct~ ness and explicliness of statement that Indicate that the authoris on the Inslde, and has meaus of knowing whureof ho writes, Thercare plain chargos about the quality aud quantity of, food furnislied the prisoners, which, it true, deserve ofticial fnvestigation. In order to learn what the new Bherift had to say regarding the alicga- tions, & reporter called upon bim yesterday, Nr. Kem was fohud in_ his freshly-furnished oflice lu the County-Bulldiug, and fust recover- m; from 8 scyere fivasion of pluce-hunters. “ 1 don't kuow what 1 can say in suawer to that fellow," sald he. ' 1 haven't been in_the Slerifl’s oilice long enough to learn how affairs are really condueted in tha jall, especially as re- gards tho food.” “\What {4 your gunersl fnpression, drawn from s rending of the letterd " 44 I should thiuk the writer was one ol thoso fellows who are always grumbling, If be wera to have tenderloin and quuil ou toust for dinner E& \}r‘ou.l:\' growl because he dldn's bave prairie. ckert, “You fuferthat tho prlsoners recelve good Areatment i1 dun't say that they live lusurioualy; no, of course, they don't; they aro not expocted to fare very well, But this’l dosay: that there has been an fuprovenient fu- the quailty of the food siuco I came here.” You have then taken some pains to look fn- to the kitchen allalrs.” ' Yea; | went Into the kitchen tho first day, and saw what wss given out to the prisoncra, There was plenty of mcat—not the Lest cuts, certainly, but goud, solid, fresh tneats, Then thero wassoup. That was uot very good, and 1 gava directions linuiediately to have ft improved and strengtBened, You sée, wo have the same coak that Agnew Lad, und he was goiug shead juet tho same us always lieretofore. I also ordered beans to ba given oaut. That was some- thing new. Beans hud not been served before,” “That was u cominendsble move." “ Yes, Idon't clabw that we are giviog the men the best fuod in tho world, but [ do say lhu"wo sre maklug Lmprovewments as fast aa we # What do you think of the cstinates given La the letter of tho cost of tho food i “They are entlrely ont of tho way. For In- stance, this man puts down meat at threa cents a pound, when in fact I pay five cents, He alao jounds ut three cents, making the dally cost."of meat £1,80, whon In fact wo uze 200 pounds, costin How ahout the col 4 There he is ngain In error. The cofles conts not less than 20 cents a pound, and we use be- tween seven and elght pounda dally.” Jou think tho total estimate of §10.42 ' Mot certainly, this question of dieting. the whole profits ot the Bherifl's office come out of the feeding of the prisoners. I have o salary of $6,000, but that goes towards paying neces- sary ollice expenses, legal assistance, and iny was_all that the he office would not be warth holding. It Is sn office of responsi. bility and lisrd work, and ought to have been figurinj prisoncrs, and I e it cents from the county I pression of trade was referred to, and it was suggested that delegates he Instructed to take up the question of tariffs and urge on the Gov- ernment that they shiould be so framed that the {ndustries of the country wonld be daveloped. matter of discriininating freight-ratea shoulif algo receive attention, the Quebee Leglalature to enable nuns to trade and manufacture i8 to he inquired Into hy the delegation, it being stated that this would cause fnjmy to manufacturcrs and trade eatimates aixty ‘The LIl befors other out of the my position on ns, exempted from taxcs, td enter Into ou_understand that ened merchants and ILis reported that the Montres! Jourial of Commerce, in which saveral notable articles on the sugar question have recently appearcd, las Into the hands of Blr Francis Hii The Tribune 12.—~Mra. Collins, a esterdny dressed her two little dauah- helr beat attire and lelt the house for & walk, returning in about twenty miunutes with- out the children. When asked whete they were ahe said she had gent them to hcaven. of the eldest was found in the canal last Bearch 18 Leing made for the other. ho mother hiaa been arrested and committed to Bhe ls thourht to o Insane, Spectal Dispalch lo The Tribune. L 12.~A comninlites of the ssoviations of Quebec and On- tario to-day sent petitions to the Comminsioners of Crawn Lands reparding bush-fires, The petl- tlon says the Committea view with serfous ap- rchension the anuual destruction Ly fire of 0 quantitics of valuable pluctimber through- the Provinces of Ontario and Quehee, maln- 1y cansed by reckless carclessncss on the part of lumber operatises, and sportsmen, on- n the country in the inmittes recommend lon with tax-burd up tho cost of mato that at anallowance of can make about Now, that’a a fair statement of my position. I'in as anxious to serve the peo- ple as [withfully s auy onecan be, and I pro- sc to doso; and 1 also the prisoncrs than any ol “That Is all you have 10 say?’ * Yen, for the present. As T sald, not yet fully posted about the office, but I will al- ad to furnish the papers with In- ::‘p‘mmu‘(,m and facilities to tho extent of my L WASHINGTO! roposa Lo do betlor predecessors,” | stand her trial. 9 incalculabla loss u abiape of revenuc. The a thorough and rigid enforcement of tha law, o timber territor: province into distelcts, and the aopolntment of proyinual officers for the same, whose duty It would be to arrest and bring bofore a magistrate any person suspected of willfully causing the spread of fire {n the woo THE WEATHER. * ‘WasmrotoN, D, C., Dec. 13—1 8. m.—For the Upper Lake reglon, Upper Misstesipp! and Lower Missourf Valleys, slightly colder, partly cloudy weather, northerly to westerly winds, Increasing in force, rising barometer, and snow {n the northern portlons. LOOAL ORSERVATIONS, Cittoaao, Deo. 12, Bar [T M| Wind, :538, M, 20.82{ 97, 77 B.W. 38 e An Important Decision Affecting Holders of Public Lands € A the division of in Minnesota. The Bland Silver Bill to Be Voted Onin the House To-Day. IMPORTANT DECISION. Apecial Dirpateh to The Tribuna. Wasminaron, D. C., Dece. 12.—The Becretary of the Interior has made an_advorse declsion relative to the clalm of John Kimper, of the Bt. Cloud District, Minn., to enter a homstead upon the lands within the six-mile lmits of the grant for tho 8t. Paul & Paclfic Railroad, Bratnard Branch, The decision is a very lengthy one, and rewiews the entire legisiatlon on the snbject, The Sccrctary decldes that the Com- ‘pany never complied with the requirements of the scction of thelr enabling act, and, therefore, obtained mo ot was never tho Company, Maximum thermometer, 423 mio! GENERAL ONSEHVATIONS. Cit10A00, Dee i3-Midaight. alfons. , (Bar, | TAr | and conferred no rights upon the settlers. The Becretary says had the Company complied with the terms of the act it would have been a forfeiturs of such lands as had been sctually settled upon, and tho rights of their settlers and grantces could have been protected, but the Company not. having accept- ed or complied with the conditions of tho act, the Bocretary is of tho opinfon that it is not op- erative for any purpose, and therofore denles Kimper's applications and all similar appliea- tions made under the act of June 22, 1874, till further legislation s had to declare forfcilure ts of the Company to the land includ- ed {n this grant to tho United Statee. This de- clalon covers very large interests in Minnesota. SOLDIERS’ 1IOAB. The Maunngers of the Soldlers' Home held thelr semi-annual meecting here to-day. G Butler, the Presiden business {n Boston, Humpshire, presi SRAERUEREEER Bpecial Ditpatch (o The Tribuna. ADRIAN, Mich., Dec. 12.—Frank W. Bawyer, & telegrapher In tho service of the Canada Bouthern, died of comsumption st Slocum’s mctlnn on the 10th inst., and was interred Licre Masonic hunora. formerly a train-dispatcher for the Michigan lace, and was for many years Deceascd was and ex-Gov, 8myt Auditing “committees were app ointed to sudit and examine the ac- count of the four Homes at Augusta, Hampton, Va., Dayton, O., and Milwaukeo, Wis. Gen, Negley and ex-Goy. 8mythe nre the Auditing Committes for the Milwaukee branch. No changes will be made In the oflicers at anyof the branches ot present. PAST MATLS, Tt 18 roported that the fast-mail train on the Tennsylyania Road may bo reatored. MILITARY TRANSFERS. Gen. McDowell, it Is rumored, may be ordered to Chichgo, Gen. Sherldan to New York, and Gen. Hancock to the Pacillc Coast, THE BLAND BILVER DILL. ‘The polltfeal excitement has not tho sllver-monoy men from reassert! Bland, the author of the bill known by quite o parllamentary involving fucidentally the exlstonce of tho joint rules, got his Silver bill before the House as uniinished business of tho last session. two hours’ debate, by agreement It comes up The indications now are Sontbern at this e b maieh o s o rpatch to $IKARRAREE, LIL,, Dec. 13.—Mr. 1. N. Andrews, for mavy years famillar to the trading people of this socflon as * Knecht's cutter,” heart~discase last evening at 6 o'clock. a man of gentle manncers and good information, and was highly esteemed berc. C. P, Hamlin, a ncigbbor of Mr. Andrews, aud an old and respected resident of thiscounty, waos buried yesterday. His disease was con- AMUSENMENTS. McVICKER'S THEATRE---KEMLOGG, GRAND ENGLISH OPERA, Return for & limited number of repeereutations of this tnrivaled organization, commencing MUNDAY EVENIN Amériea’s Great Priua his name, after D, ‘Mr, C, D, HESE" for n vate to-morrow. Qriad Boxiion Ofers that there may bo a square vote, hard-money men fou, provent it from reach! now mora likely to_succeed in vecelving a vote than ever before. Howitt and Cox,on the Demo~ cratic side, however, and Kasson of the licau side, tnaintaln their opposition to it. CLARA' LOUISE KELLOGO, it oll tho last sesslon to a8 I THO VA TON RDA AN/ 0uu AT A Eale uf seata commences at the Box-Ofiice of the Thostrs Thursday, Dee, 14, HAVERLY'S THEATRE, Formerly Hooley's T MAGUIRE & HAVELL' WILL E. CHAPMAN., ** GAILY THE TROUDADOUNS." Week commenc- he Lighly succeastul organization, BADOURY, Ja thelr new mustcal extravayunzs, entited the BROOK. tn All the comlo operas. Dec. 18, x-slicet open oo Thursday, Dec.iL HAVERLY’S THEATRE, MATINEE BENBFIT 'To the families of the Iate HARRY . MURDOCH & CLAUDE BORROUGHS, ctims of the Brooklyn dissster, on WEDNESDAY, 0., fendered by the Management of tha ra. Irice—81, 75¢c, sod 50c. Reser vod scals for sala no: lile ot odhee. " i HAVERLY’S OPERA-HOUSE. ed Wasnmieron, D. C., Dee. 12. Appropriation blll, as reported b Comunittee on Appropriativns te reduction of about $1, of last session’s postal 000 from tho amount and a reduction of 600,000 from the Department estimates of the amount required for the next fiscal year. 1t is catimated that the pfiful recelpts dirds and tho hfllw actual appropriation $150,000 granted last scsslon to $120,500 for the The amount for the compen- sation of letter-carriers is reduced from §1,! 000 to $1,i50,000, Inland mail transportation by stage routes, stenmboats, and all other means of trausportation, except railroads, is re- duced from §6,737,850 to road service from $0,100 The blil also provides for a reduct! amount of ealaries of rullway postal-clerks, and other employes of that branch of the gery- Ice. The appropriation for trausbortatfon of forefgn malls is Increased from $220,000 to TUBLIC LANDS. The bill introduced by Senator Windowm for the relief ot settlers on public lands suthorizea homestead or pre-emption sctilers on any public lands, or pre-cinption scttlers of Indlan reserv tlan?. r;‘l]mr:d Lln‘q urupi werg dloafiloycd or yerel jur isahoppers In Lho ye: to lanyvu and he ib%fin fl'u‘:g sald 7, 18t of next July, or, If the ear next year, to a lke dest ‘to remafn away until July, 1 thelr rights, homestead or pre- tion, it they afterwards resume and perfect rscttlement. The billalso expressly extends their timo for making final proof, and payment for ane year after thu oxpiration of nbsence above contemplated, and furtherinore provides that ®il the proposed rights and above atated shall apply to snd fnclude scttfers under the timber-culture act of March, 1873, NAVAL INVESTIGATION, aval Otficers appointed by authority of Congress for the examination of ry-yards made a report recommending that places bo sbandoued and gls- -Yard at New Loudl leans, and naval prop- erty at Bruuswick, Ga. The loard say the harbor of Port Royal, 8, C., Is undoubtedly the finest harbor on”the Bouthern counst, several fuyorahle sltes for & naval station, all of which must be carefully studicd and com before the best one can bo determined. meantime the RBoard MISS NEILS! 3fr, MAX STRAKOSCI has s pleasure to annonnca {hiat, Dy srrangeliient With the Muudgeimneut of Haver- 7's bpera-llo MISS ADELAIDE NEILSON, nd's Represcutatlve Slaksperean Artiste, will ‘appesrance tu turee Years o Chicao, ' ENING, DEC, 18, 1870, Aiss Nellion's Engsgemont~during whic uf York Theatres—Is toextend over ON McYICKER'S THEATRE, LAST WEFK OF MR. & MRS, W. J. FLORENCE, 1a thelr sucosssful American Comedy, the MIGHTY DULLAR. on. 'l\lnl'll& Blats 'll'.!. General Gllor) shoppers reap- fon or injury vt of thie'day, foE SXIoRITY. foxt week, KRELLOG(FS ENGLISII OPERA. Yreparsiion, disrled ln Healo and Our loys, ADELPUI THEATRE. The Board of N The Largeat Theatro, ' unapproschable naval ground at New R PROGRAMME, Cheapest Prices, g 15, 25, 50, T3 cents. |50 conts, recommends that Port yal be used as atomnporary htting and coaling statlon for vosaelsstationed'in tho West Indles, NO PINANCIAL LEGISLATION, It is understood that the Committes on Wa; and Mcans have no important tinancial matters befors them, sud unlesa tl Treasury makes somu recommeondation in that thuro will be no Onaacial legisiation at- TUR YORTIFIOATION AVFPROPRIATION BILL, af the Inat scssion's bill, except that the nmmalula for the scacosst arima- Monday, Dec. 11, and durlng the week, The Great MNiaco Combination! Pl nasts [n the World, to; Latlre New Coinpany of Forty Fopular Artls LY, tvery Eveniog s he Secretary of the Entertalument i the Sunday Afternoon st WOoo's MUSEUM, o ‘The great hitof the New fumnl!y n the besatitul Trtalt drant; COLLEEN 1RGN PIPE, 28 reported, 18 a copy e —— JOURNALISTIC, al Dispaich to The Tribune. fch,y Doc, 13.=The Halsin Valley Tiecord, & Republican weekly printed at Tecyme sch, has lpecumhcd to tho hard times, snd the material, good-will, und subscription-}st has been purchused by the Zimes, of this city. &pactal Dispaich to The Tribuns, KaNgAKES, {1, Dec. 13, ~The fuerease in the circulation of Tug ‘Trisuxz is astonishing. Bince the vampaign opened, and particularl subsequent to clection, Its Nt has doubled. holly mede by discon- uow_taken by our newsdealers han halt of the 7¥mes’ subscrib- publicans, who read it for its scnsa- i — i, CANADIAN NEWS, Epectul Dlapatch o The Tribunse MoNTREAL, Dec. 19.—At & meetiog of the Board of Trade this afterncon, a dlscusalon took place with regard to instructions to ba given to the delegates to Ottawa. The contiuued de- Bawy, SPONI W VIEG VENTILATING APPARATUS Msuufactured by CRANE BROS. Mi"G CO., o 10 N, Jet{cirfitut. . The Dyhrenfurth Busivess Colege. ergies o It mansgoment sud th vement of 1t aysiom of fustruciias. 18 well knuwn 1o the Suslnest the Ipatruction L given. s {& I pencd 88 o NEW PUBLICATIONS, Holiday Music Books! " 17 SPLEWDID VOLUMES FOR PRESENTS. 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