Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1877, Page 2

e matE A 2l i i | L Hrire © w 2 her -omce grest deliny as a she did not posseus the senac of the rixht, she posscased at least the advantoge of being lovable, The uprizhtness of Zenobta delights the world, not W Zenobia, beautiful, and the charm was thus doubled. Had tha progress of tho human race teen honest in ail the old centuties, and not heen the <selflsh progress of the masenline fracment only, we thould fint history all full of heroines of inorality In all it forms, from falthtulness 28 a efster or wife and mother, to the deepeet falthfulness at the altars of Gol. The most of the world's herolsm reposes ipon men becauso men alone were the inhabitants of antiquity. For a little time woman was free in Greeee, but even thero It was an emancipative of & few pub- lle_beautics, and not of the noble wives, and daughters, and elsters, But in chat temporary emascipation of a clags there sprang u‘v proofs that in woman lay just those powers which move the world—the powers of poetry, and song, and consersation, and beanty. Along came the ruin of Greece, man military power, and olozlenl passion; and nothingne: When the Church monopolized government it gave toall things e thealogical dritt, and in that theology woman played no consplcious part. Indeed; it may bo aflhmed that unly in the last tivo centuries has woman stood forth Ju the pusseasion of ber mental and spiritual fnlieritance, And yet, althouzh she s been In eubjection, the truth could not be wholly Indden, and it has flashed out here and there, wnd woman s ever shone as o moral star of the first maenitude. Enougl wives, and mothers, and_glsters became great to kcnr mankind supplied with fdenls of moral- ity full of fmpreseivencss. A few womnen walk ncross the Bible scene in_great beauty, Even fn the Mosaie nee, when God was to Lz prafsed for mercies shown, therw was an Inspired girt ready with timbrel and song. This Immorial- fzed"woman lett a pratest upon the eacred page, for sbe says: * Hath the Lord indeed spokgn anly by Moses hath He not n}mkcn sa by ust” Indced the Lord hath in ol) ages, but thie volee hus been drowned in the louder notee of the dominant sex. waa In the anclent time permitted to touch re- ligion, it grew butter under that touch than wunder the hand of man. She poured fnto it beauty and pathoe. Mosea wroté laws, but women sang the songs. When the daughters of Babylon wept sud hung thelr harps upon the willuws they aifected deeply all whp saw thelr grief. Theologlans have designed the trunk and limbs of rellgion, but woman has ofter coine to array tho branches with follage and bloom. The chief part of religion aml morals {8 to bo found lu the sentiments, and hence great must always have been and shall he the power of those who exalt sentiments in their soul and actlovs, So true s this that the men who Lave been most influential in virtue have been those who approached tho feminino type. Not atype of weakness, but a type of tenderness and genernl sentlentality, . John and liis Mnster are the great leaders in this fickd, and these both possesseil the sensibil- lI{; and deep pathos of the “munul{ nature, Thue ail morul beinga full of pathos, ull ot the rtudy of life and death, full of charity toward the poor aud unfortunate, full of hopo of 8 fu- ture life, full of the landseape of heaven, they demand’ o soul capable of ‘poetry, and lience have in the lony past necded the freedum and dovelopment of that being who, blessed with these qualities, hos almost always been a sluve, ‘What a glorious mln{; for religion [ the times of Henry VIIL, could If have been shaped by Lad( Jane Grey rather than by the bloudy King of that perlod,” 1f for fiftcen centurles Cliris- tianity lacked tenderncss, and was full of doc- trine and emptv of cluuhy. one may well ex- laln such a hardness of clvilization by retmark- ngg that all religlon was evoived Trom the jutetlcet of hauglty despots on throne or in closet, and dlil not come pouring out of the hu- man beart, The belnzs who would have soft- ened the Church were o bondage, slaves of the house, few ot them heing ablo to read, or write, ar think intelligently upon any subjeet what- ever. ‘The heart of humanity lay broken. 1t polnts out the God ordained luflucnce of woman that I the midst of ditllcultics she has built up o few ldeala which have stood fn the moral Leavens as suns to gulde and cheer and color the multitude. Euch aze has scen and has treasured up u Utte of this Tnfluence, und lias handed it along until nt lust there was materlal enough on haud to serve for the constructioa of Mury or a Beatrice. As the Greek artists car- ried many fruzments to one place, now o fure- Lead, now o cheel, now an eye, now a bund, andal st put them together fna Venus du Mitu ur e Me.bich, s earth i its study und use ol worals hapinted hom all lands and thnes crutigh o, the s attered poteocices of woman to Justn i tagt s Madonuog, oe a Faith, or o Hupes Leatelee i Muonnn are uothing but comvo- titons winde from all the wmoral Leauly saved 1 the wrecks of tune, Slon's daughter's and all. tha pletures of female virtue lu Holy Wrt, Penelope amt Andromache and sll the pivotres tn uoholy writ, were taxed to the ut- must to complete_ut st theee Lwo portraits In Coristfamty. Tho existence of two such fdeals Leirays tho possibllities lving belore wunien 1 tho domaln ol murality, 'The wdeal wutnen fu Jiterature and art huve exerted an in- flucuce ipon 1orahity far beyoud any measures went. The power of Pove, amd King, and pricet has been weak compared with the sway of the Virgn Mary, Sodety fs intluenced on) by persous 1t can love. llence Pope, and Bishopy nod King must have been feeble teache ors ol virtue {n those szes when the Virgln looked down Lendsnantly from every ulche or stood sweetlv along the wayside wierever a deep shuue or & cool spring invited the traveler to puust aml minzle rest and prayer. ‘Luose who wiite croeda, uind 80 rigorously mulntaln them, feel that they ure the persons who hold tho winds of virtue and salvation in thelr fists; but, douitless, could the veit bo ralsed so that “the world could sco spiritual things, it would by fouud that tho huinalj ra.o bas druwu more vir- tue from fdeal mothers, mnl sisters, nod lovea “than from all the exact definitions of the ncade- mics. Nothing Is so poweriul ns benuli'. Not only have there Lecn queens of soddety rullng Jts " tushion and its conversution and its manuers, but there have been queens of soclety ‘whose tirune have held o sway of virtue wider and tmore profunud thanthe Einpiraot Recawler 1n beauty or of De Stacl In tellect. Thero bave been Muary's maoy and Beatrices 1nany whose acta hoave pulnted more peoplo to Hewven thun buve been polnted thither by the Luthers sud the Culvins, Bester than the fntcliect thay pulnts vut u way isthe beart tbut leads us along the way, und hénce almost Infinite has been the power of Lhoss hearts which, paseing along uuder thy vawe of Mudovna or Beatrics or thy less couspledous uame of wother or wife or frivnd, have not taught, but havo persuaded. Passing uway trom this gencral dlscusslon, we may well assutie nuw that the woral puwer of wotnay should be aud Is wdvanclng in these late veuturies which ure educating her and coufessing her llberty and equality, It owsht to be trug tbat her power in the” Pagun or Christian past was ouly o minimum compured with the quantity” of influcuey she tin the pusalod ceoturic and Mberty Jid not bilng with thew o new vanity, anew love of materfal show trom ]ulu(‘u to the siullest detall of tho tuitet, the utuence of woinan in our times would be fine wense, but us Lberty and education multiply tho vaths of activity and the vbjucts of purstut QwonLg nen, 80 aniwg the other sex civiibzation and munnn]uuuuu bave nut transformoed il women fito Sludonnas, but have nado willlons of them dream of things aud pursiits unkuown 1o the days of bouduze and hguorance, But, uls thouzh freedom unud cducation possess the bud qualitivs numied, the power ta develop vaulty sud unrest, yet doubtivss woman fn the olden Wwas su umituportunt wortal ugent comparod with what st I3 in the present, She fills our churches, vhe s the prayer-weeting room, she writes puwer ful moral Ltersture, abeinvades all strects and byways in ler crrands of werey, and agulngt the uitractions of tushlon and klleness, i3 almust quecn of the emplro ot religlon un charity. nder the broad rights which the preseut has mnade, wiorul seuse ol woman so long dealed cd s hurst 1orth 1 Hew power. When wo thuik of woman as a spiritual force, So far us woulnan s exerting 1T education as unc Jeading wankind by meuns o1 her utbm tivenss, do wo teel that the babot-box and ad- missfon Lo ull the protessiuns coula nut o suy wuy wid to her fnttuence for goodd- When tho mbad recalls We bar-reacling lorecs thug eimgiute fromw the quovus of socicty, religious ur literary, 4 in " sizuldcance oy e inimense sphituad emplre which Les befors Itis yet to be demoustruted thut the power bo wio atwuld be usiversal, Tio tlng of merit staply is that society bo repre- A law penoitting ouly the wgo of e Lhe Tigut 10 voie is dwarlc their feot, weutad ut the bullut-box. those men to Yols who 80 years, and could ed” sowo kind ol a1 gua.d and represeat were otferal t all pe bud roached aud write, and posse: hold, would us pert ety as thaugh uns Of whatev 5 conditivu. s the laws are, theru 1 a sclection. who * bave resched the wxe ouf 21 years; but thers must be a hall mullion youni e fnthe lusd who at 18 can vote a5 luteligently as the freedman can voteat What is demsuded 1s not o universal sui- frage, but u sutlruge which shall represent the This representation could be e compishied perietly it ooly men between the uges uf 20 wid G0 sbould excrelao that privileze ol voting. At best vory weuk s the argumont fu tuvor of the sutfruge of wowan, for in ber epiritual relatioua alic Wiclds u scbotcs whoss Ouly tuosa vute b0, multitude. power vould guin uothing frums @ dar politica. creator and sustainer of morais, 'The being destined 1o be the most Javeil [s the being destined to be most powerful in attracting toward virtue. 1€ dvantage of a finer hecauge it mprightiess only, but beeauee b was The good was found nlong with the the cxaltation of Ro- then of 8_narrow the- woman sunk agein into cuufession of her the fnuer UFTpPrLdue Those who ke kicas use grander thau those who vote thew. Tl wen who vow frecdom's tickets are not balf so great a8 the heroea who founded the freedom. Literature and the arts never vote. Musie, and learning, and relizion do not gro to the I\n"a: but, stand- Ing in tho background, thes fasulon men into noble cltizens, and seud thein to the clections, and Parliaments, and Scoates, Woman has always been powerful ns an inspiration. Snc has not been the warrfor on the great hattic-ficlds of life, but the trumpeter to ineplre the legions, Sho moved through the age of chivalry a strange Impulse, the moving spirit or cacn contest of knights and tho theme of cach harpist. What was i ilehty power fn romance can bu & mighty l)u\vcr in religlon, for the power to_lead {s not {mited to any one path. Eve, in her compan- fonehitp with the firat man, Intended no doubt to Tead him tu a high knowledgethat he might b as n god, and while ¢he erred as to the result, a strango power to lead revealed Itaelf right there, and ks never declined sivee. With her firm rcrfl'pthm of the true, with her Infinite love for ier husband, her children, and all her friends, keeping her heart sull of soliditnde for persans rather than for anstract fdcas, she is an clement in morals whose worth cannot be overstated in philosophy oreven In poetry. . Great in all morals, cspechally powerful I8 tho fdeal wotnan {n the midst ot the aystem of Christ. In read- Ing the eenlus of Christianity the woman of a time can always surpass the theologian of a time, for while the latter stuiles the origin, and germs, and class of the flower, the former fs full of joy over the colors and the perfume, While miasculing ju- tellecta etudy the way of life, woman flings her- self tuto thellle, and asks Christ no hard ques- tions, but bathes his fuct with tears. What mau must reason over for days woman knows {ntultively, and while man s stumbling nlong in skeptivlsm, she sces plainly the celestial city. Buch are the potencies of that belug which God ‘almd fu the anden as the companion of man, When she handed him the apple sha supposed it "to_contain {nfinite worth, * Ilence she urged him along. This power to lend captive remuins with hier, and in the light of these centurles her solicitude ueed make no mistakes. She knows what trces give renl life, trees whose fruits do not banist” from any Eden, but which, well tasted, make the low to be iugh in excellence, am! make lliterature, and art, and_ socicty, an religion tostand forth In high worth and heauty, 8he erred once, according to the (iencsls story, but many centuries bave passed since then, and now in the waving forest of Soclety she can do- tect afar by teaf or bloom the trees whose fruits will confer divineness and knmortality, METIIODIST LOVE-FEAST. CELEBRATION OF AN OLD RITS IN THE CRURCH. The aunouncement that an * old-fashioned lova-feast ” would be celebrated at Clark Strect Methodist Church yesterduy morniug at 0:30 abont half-filled the body of the chuech, mainly with members, with licre aud there an outslder. The Rev. Mr. Parkhurst presided, and the Rev. Mr. Spencer led the singing and managed the organ. ‘The preparations for the service were very shinple, including only a plteher of water, some glnsaes, and some plates of bread broken as If for sacromental usc. After the nudience had united In singing * Come thou fount of *overy bicssing,” Mr. Varlhurst offered prayer. “There 18 rest for tho weary was then sung, and Mr. Parkhurst, stepping down into the chinucel, spoke for a few moments to {ntroduce tho service, Sm:{-ch;} hits remarks by rwlmvsvnn part ol Malachl, Ui Ho sald, in cffect, that thelove-feust was not a_sacrament, aud did not purport to be; v wus simply nu exoression of Christian fellowship, and il that the catlng of the bread andthe drinkiug_of the water sym- ‘Dulized was good vill one to another,—an fndl- catlon and proicssion that the recipicut was at peace with the whole wurld. Certaln vencrable bretliren called Stewnrds «then pussed to ol present the broken bread und the water, and nearly every person presunt purtock of tiiem, tho cholr in the m.outime singlng ** Happy Day.” When all had testlfied thelr 1ove Ly eatlug and ddnking, Mr. Park- hurst called on all preseut to bear testimouy, ab the sama titne requesting themn to be us'brict us eslble, as the time was limited. Near- y cvery person -~ fu the chnrch thon Tosy I turn uml - mave evidenco generally In g very few words. not more than a sontcnee. Tno sisters were, with a coupie of exceptions, quite Inaudlble, and it wmust have been tho act, awd not the utterance, that did the good In thelr cases. Folluwlog are must of the remaricss & 1 have been In the Church forty-four sears, and alwuys attended tho love-fensts) I thauk fluld that do never Kept mo awsy trom one by sickucse. “1 have been twenty-five yearsa follower, and 1 nlwnp;u lave found great good in thu\ Tuasts. #1 have been twenty years o wcinber, and hays always found that the casiest way was to trust mysell waolly in His bunds.” It has been to e a place u. love, peace, and ijny, und I bave never iost my assarunve of His el sinew th thest one [ attended.” +1 have been sur mauy years 8 member of this chiurch, but this (s my lust morning bere; I lupe to meet you all ln Heaven.!? “Tha Preading Elder used to most uuwortiy should always testity first, sud L atways thought that meant me." Wrhls s the tiest love-feast I ever attended, though 1 lave beeu o member of another Chiurch for muny yearsy and 1 am thanktul that I came to-day.” ¢ [ g very thanklul for tho oxceeding love of G.ud this morniog.' WL wad i trotule, and I went to God wlen ny carthly friends lorsuuk me, and e took me up aud guvo me peace,” [ ave been to muany love-feasts, but it was ouly as u church-nember, not as o Christiau; 1t was ga'luml reliof wien trat I found the real o, + [ thank Glod this morning that my beart ls fixed on Jesus,™ I feel the angulsh of & lost life, for I have not long been a Carlattan, but now [ have a feel- ln¥ ot gooud will to ull men.” n l’zm\'u tricd with all my heart tolovo all wen,' 5 “1am trylng to lvo up to those principles which will please o™ * 1 am beginning to serve the Blessed Nawe," 1 thank God that He saved me from the street.!! WThe old things have passed away, and I thank God for what has passcd away [rom me,” "Thiis {8 my Hrat love-feast, and 1 thavk God for what He hus doue for me." ** L'tlLauk the Lord thut He has made me fecl 80 hapy this morning.” [ thinnk Uuod fur #ity-eight years of His love shed abroad in oy beart," “giod warmed iy heart to hear of His grace forty-thres years sgo." Tio meeting contiuued until thojregular sery- icwat 11 o'clock, DIBLE-READINGS. TUR REV. W, J. KEEDMAN ON. THE TWO COVENANTS. The Rev. W, J, Erdwan gave onc of his Sun- day nfternoon Bible talks ut the First Cungro~ gutional Church, vorner of Washivgton and Ann strects, yosterday, Thero was quite a large at- tendunce. Tho subject was # The Old and the Ncew Covenants,” After explafnlide hls view of the extent of re- demption, aud the dilfercuce betwees remlasion and precernission, the Reverend gentleman sald the maln purpose of the present lecturs was to rescue the Old Testament from sonie of the in- differcnco with which it had been treated oven by Christlans, Minisiers were somewhat to blame for this indilferencs by exaltlug too much the Guspel of the Now Teatuuent, Same little timu was thoen taken up by detlultions of the wounls covenunt und testuinent, woich were sald to mean substantially tue samie thing. God's covenant wus Hils armugement for the redom tlon of mau,—une of fta meanings was that 1t waa Hlis promlse to be fultijled on the condition ol faith, Uod entered fnto an agresment with Torae] that 1t they ubeyed Hs law 1l wonld be their tiud awd they shioubd be Hls peoplo and saould enter futo the land promived to thelr fa- thers, Tue covenunt began ut the foot of Sinal uid ended with the death ot Curst. Froue Abel 1o Abrahaws und trom Abraham down to Sinal Lioed’s covenant was virtualiy o promise of faith aud obedicoce to fultl, sud vould bardly Lo called o covenant ju the strict weaning of the term, But u o great many people wery puzsled us to how mew were saved befors the death of Jesus Curit, Lho unswer was thal every one wus saved on the principle which was embadiod in thy New Testanent, God cume to Adam and Eve uy their Redeciner and wade them u promise, free aud gracious, without asking anythiug of them i return, ‘Knat was God's atutude to sluners frow the beginuing of the world, “The prowlsy of God w Abrubam wlght be sumasaed in thiswise: » [ am thy God. 1w the shield und exceedlug great rewund; therclure believa Mu und obey Me.” At Singl the coveuant was made us tollows: *“If ye will obuy Meand kevn My connnaudwicnts, " then 1 will've your God.” “Thers was u great ditferenos betweon the two statewcots. —Ou the one band it was a promise ol grace and the other, it was u prombse certalu things to be fulilled yrovidiug thev were vbedleut, und Kept the law ot God. The lecturer then pouted out that Zovernment wus shivinely Institated, and that avy contruventlon ot its law way mn reality u dlsobeysl o1 the Lond’s comwands, Ju (lustratiou, by ¢ balliug of Jederson Davis by Horace Gir ou the gruutd that the Bibie told us to Ve wur cuctales.”? That applicd tu ndiyldual pes- ove- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1877 sonal encmirs, but was not fitted to this partic- ular case, Davis was not Greetoy’s persoonl in- dividual cpeiny, but the cucm{ of the Govern- raent, and as such wis to be dealt with, 1lu- man government had o rlfihlludehnd ftaclf, A natlon was not a dead echanical thing; it was a_ living organism, _ordaine of God. 8o In the Old Testament the moment Jehovah was accepted as tod and King, whoever waa an Iolator heeamea rebel, and as such oucht to liave been dealt with os having committed a capltal crime. The old covenant was a proparatory dispensation. Tt it should be remeinbered that the covenant was mata with a natlon. Dlessings were to coine to the nation If the law was obeyed; the contrast was u batlonal curee, deatl, and dissotation. During the whole of this dispensation the new covenant was forcshadowed. Tho prophets who were ralsed to bring toe Israciites back to the covenant all the while alladed to a new covenant to be made at a later day. The decpest meaning of the wonl ‘covenant" was brought out by the wonl *testament,’— the will of ong that has died and left an nheritance. \Vhen Christ catie and mada known Goil's will of redemption ever; thlng was righted. 1y Iis death fle made zood His testa- ment, in which Ife bequeathed the rreat Inherit- ance to the children of God. Christ was tho head and centrs of all that fs, has heew, or ever sball bejand when (ol frst established Iils covenant, it was not stmply with Adam, but with the Son of Man. It was a8 much as to sag, “Though through sin there anap- parent faflure of My original = purpose, vet the arrangement’ which I~ always ntended to exist between man and God shall be eatablished through Christ, who Is to come.” Al the wonders of Scripturo concen- trated in one Man, In Whoin was to be fonmi tho myatery of creatlon, the wmystery of re- demptfon, the sulutlon of ail difficultles, and adjustment of all disorder and jnharmony, aud when the world shall pass away kis namo shall be above every nate, A largo number of references were given during tho lecture, which was simply intended 1o sugwest & lina of study to Biblical students rother than an exhaustive and systemstized treatment of the subject., THE TABERNACLE, WIIITTLE AND STEDDINS. That there s no decrease In the Intense re- Heious fervor and revival rocently inaugurated Ly Mopdy and Saukey in this community, s bost evidenced by the large audiences which yet throng the Tabernacle. Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock the enormous cdifice was cumpletely flled to lston to the Gospel as preached by Ma). Whittle, and the singing of Mr. Stebbens. Previous to the reqular scrvices a bief conmre- gatlonal song service waa held, durlng which soveral of the lsmented Mr. Bliss’ most popular and goul-jusplring Liyinns wero sung. *' Rejolee and jod ¥ was sung by the con- gregation, stonding, as the upeniug of the regu- Inr services. ‘The Rev. Mr, Matthews led in prayer, alter which ** Luld the Fort ”* was sung, Mr. Btebulus, uasisted by a Tmuue‘ then sang a new plece eepeclully “writien for these servives by ‘George F, Root, The titls of the Liymn Is ** Watch, Seatinel, Wateh.” 1t {8 beau- tlful ln words andl sweet fn the conception of mualc\nud is destined tobecome popular. After Ma). Whittle had mado somno annouticeincnts for tho week three verses of the * Rock of Ages' wera sung by the mnirecnuun. My, Stebbing next sang she famous hymn, “The Niocty and Nine,' {n a must touching mannor. 5 )ln‘l. Whittlo then prayed fervontly for God's blessing upun the weeting, Thosubject of his discourss was ** \Vagos." The speaker safd it was a question in which evory one 1n this world was interested. It was Tne opinion that the subject of wages was oug that could be vastly soived, that inen, in this world, in the long tup, reeeived all they wers wuith. e sald there was room higher p. e urzed men to do tho best in their avocations, and alm to make themsclves invaluable to thelr employers. They got what they worked for, pgenetnlly, Ifrom em- pluyo to employer. ~ to “wanted then 1o liave heart and uot think theirs was the hard- est lot In the world. All had their dlsadvan- tapes, lo compared tho wordsof Gol, trom the slxth chupter of Romaus, tweuty-thinl vereo: **The wages of sin is death, but the gut ‘I’}n gLug Is cterual ife through Jesus Clhrist, our The speaker quoted from other portions of the Holy Scrivtures to shuw woat God had promised was true. Ho oxplamed thoruuglly what sin was, In o uunyl1 and forclblo style, Then trace buck ther Jife, and tind ‘the source of their sius, as on explorer did o river. ‘The svurce of slu was {u nslujul na- ture, which was withio them, aud thus they listened to tho temotor. He urged lis bhearers to scarch thelr heorts for siu. 'They wore all slnuers, and to-day they wers brought fuce 10 face with ain, ‘Ihe chlot und of man was to glorily God and enter His service for ever, Men the penalty of thelr sins according to God’s faw. Kor thcir sius they must suller the conscquence that G ud lold down. % The wages of sin s death.’ ‘This was proven fo overything, Men were careful to - learn the laws which govern anjmul life. Thers wos a riglt relation of a maw's suul with God, aud that relation brought everlasting life. To sln meant to live everlaating tn darkiness, 3Men did not like to think of thetr inthvidunt sins, Com- unitics did not like to think of thelr sins, Venitentinries, insanc asylums, (nebriate nsy- luwms, bLlud asyluns, wud houses of idlucy were dllied, and were the evidences of ein, “'The wages of sin I death! He appealed tn men to give up besc appetites, aud turn to tho everlusting life, through Jesus Curlst, our Lord, God swept them wl to ouo platform. They had all sinuedl, aud trom God alune cutosovereigu ife, through Jesus Chirlst ; and hecuuss men could not obtuln t.alone It wos considered w gift. Chrlst died lor sluners, aud through Him fvwas o ghit. Maj, Wuittle explalned what gifts were, and begged them to seo clearly huw salvation wos to - bo camed. God would lave a0 glorjtleation of man, but a gloritication ol God alone. Christ took tho wages of sin upon Himsulf on Calvary, nud the death that wua dus to men for thelr sins. He urged men W loul ta the Bibio for overlaating life, Christ wanted them to talke this great gifs. t wus freo toall. He uncclnll{ appealed to rallroad men to think of tholr souls. llo feclingly shouwed up the dangers to which they wure duly exposed, aud begeed than to come to the Cross und toke salvation. It wus thelr dut to obey Uod They had His word, “That = they who belioved in Him should have cverlusting Mfv.'? - Tho spealker guve scveral intercating Inadelts which had come under his vbservation, it urged upou the v. st congregation to seek God to-day, snd to give up their sinful ways. «The speaker closed with a stroug appeal for Divine mercy. At the close uf the meoting o greab i rsons went intg the inguiry-rooms, 3 tobblus conducted abuoys’ micéting, aud Mr, Bawyer that of the reforined drunkurds, both of ‘which were largely attended. ONMICAGO'S MIRACLE, TOW OTIERS BEE IT. New York imes. A yearor two agoa Methodist minlater with an unsstisfactory lez wus suddenly cured of Lis lameness whils attending a camp-muotiug at Oveun Grove. This slleged miraclo gave rise to 0 goud deal of discusalon ¢ the thne, tho min- tster Juststing that the jolot prayers of two clo- quunt alsters hud completely ropalred his log, while certain of, his feligw-ministers cloimed that be still perceptibly limped, sad that heneo his alleged cure, belng fmporlect, could not be regarded usa wiracle. Wiatever may bave been the truth as to this affalr, it bas been entircly throwu futo tho shads hy the recent cum of a aralytie Chicago lady, who, fustead of a merely jocal leg dlifienlty, was suflfer "F Irom Inmiihty to speak, vat, or watk, and wlo, without any extraucous wid, pmyexl herself entirely out of tho bouss and tuto 8 ueighbor's parlor, where sbo sany bymus with o deteruifuation to make up for lost tims which cast gloom over the eu- tlre nelguborhioods Th.s iuteresting woman becume paralyzed or clgat yeurs ago. Although ber left side, with 1ts appurtvnaices, was totally useluss, she was able L0 move Jrowm roow to room with crutehes, though, of coursy, too slowly to overs take an utive husbaud or u wary bouk agent, ‘The worst milsfortuns was ber’ joability to speak. Hes juws could only bo opeued, us shs usBCris, h‘v 'fl‘"f taew apart with a plece of cork an el k& of an foch wide,—aud ‘v may be Jucidentally remarked that tals s the et ine stance ou socord fu which cork bus been used oy a crowbar, Of cuurse, no wowan could do jus- tice to any suvfect by slowly diteriog her re. nurka through al openlng an elghth of an luch wide, and hence this reviarkable person b stalued durlug nearly eight years from all con- versatlon. Naturally, sbhe foundpgreat dittioulty {u vating, but her busvand, wno was quick to perecive” the advautuges of a wita who could mneither go out shopplng nor come tueat upon fau ts, alive with “‘uourlsbiug liquida,' have been truly pathetic to watels this devoted mau admiulsteriug * uourishing llquids ™ to bis helpless wile wilh g teaapooy, aud celiuly iguor- fug hor 1uty disdatistuction with the quantity ot sugar or the guelity of the lemon-pecl. Pure Laps, If be coull Lave foreseen the future, he would have swallowed the uourbshing o Limselt, procured @ divonve, apd warried o wifo from a duaf-and-dusb asyliuy, furnished with o wrilteu wuarantee of hier jucuwnubdity, But we cal pever kuow what tuay be Lhe cobscauenies of akind act. Many a man haswarmed a small buy in his bosom, only to have him grow ap and blow a tin horn {n his ears. Mauy an unmarried woman has cast Christmaa alippers before her astor, who has subsequently turned and rended her holtest Tectings by marrying some one else. We cannot tell what™ wisery asingle Kkind act may produce: and there are scures of men whaose lives have been blasted by a thoughtlesa kind wonl spoken to a determined widow, thor- oughly famlliar with tho sort of evidence that Insuirss sitceoss in a breach-ol-promise sait, The complicatod Chlcn{o paralytic lady en- dured her sufferings witl the resignation thatis #0 beautiful {n & woman who canniot Hit nstove- Nid or remark, 0! I'll let you kuow." Receut- ly, however, it oceurred to” ker to prays and, In Epitcof the fact that shewass_confiriood resi- dent of Chicago, she boldly kuelt down and be- g:m tier devotfons. If it be possiblo to criticiso erconduct in this particular without Irrever- ence, it may be asked why a paralytic who could not sustain herself without crutelies, shouid havo thrown thein aside and knelt? 8tll, weare obliged to accept the fact that she did kneel, for we have her solemnn assertion to that effect. Presently the devout lady heard a volce Ia the room, and” felt a natural indignation at tho {rreverent dnterruption. 'The sound of the volce grew londer and louder, until it occurred to her to lnveatizate her mouth and ascertain 1L it had ony connectlon with the phcenomenon, Having “put _her hand right ta between her teeth,” she discovercd that the vulee ln ques- tlon was ber own volee. She recognized it as goon as sho touched it, and her delight on find- fug that she could speak was so great that sho Instantiy sprang up and ran ncross the strect to mentlou the matter to an_intimate fricud. As sue was running she hajipencd to notice that she was nblo to maove without crutenes, and this nnlurflé&y added to her joy. That she demonstrated her recovery of her volee by violent sluging was not to bo woudered at, nnd it can hardly be doubted that shie also llusteated her Impruved condition In point of legs by lllm\'lnq’: for graceful somersaults,— althogh she abstalns ' from menttoning this lact. vell must be dropped over the subse quent meeting of the husband and wife. There are griels tuo sacred for comment, and weshould respect the feelings ot the man who turned to a once havpy home to find bis wife standing erect ut the front deor und overflowlng with long- suppressed language, Thls [, in snbstance, the story told by the woman herself, and It would searcely be worth repeating were it not that cer- taln good pcoglu in Chleago, Including at least one presumably futelligent minlster of n re- putable sect, Inslst that the wonan has been the subject of agenulne miracle, . It nay not be the province of a sccular news- per to devide upon the genuimencss of an al- leged Chicayro mirucle, but It {s perinissible to point out the conseyueucesdwhich the aceept- ance of the womun's story of her claim that Ther eure was miraculona nvolve, There is suf- ficlent evidence to prove that so-valled *mag- uctle healers” have apparently cured casvs of paralysis by vommandiug the patient ta throw away his crutches aud walk, The Zouave Jucob certaluly did this In several instances, and other quacks of cqual impudence linve been oceasion- ally equally successful, Why should wo re- fuse to accord these men the power of working mlracles, if wo grant that the prayer of n Ctilesgo woman has wrought a miraculous curci Or to maks a closer paralicl, tlers aro well-autheotieated cases of pnrn}_vucs. or otber invalids, who have been cured by praying at tue shrine of somo popular Roman Catholle salnt, We cannot rotuse to be- leve the miracles wrought at Lourdes if we be- llove the miracls wrought at Chicago. It the Chicago woman really was curred [u the form and manner alleged, it is much slinpler to as- sumg that her paralysis was a form of hysteria, v which case her sudden curo was jn no wise marvelous. To admit the truth of Mcthodist and Presbyterian miractes ls to admit tho truth of Roman Catholie miracica. If the Clicago Protestants who belleve that o genulng mirade has been wrought in that city are praparod to makethe lutter admiasion, it s thelr own busl- ness, but they will find that in this matter thero I3, at Rthh day, no stopping place between Rume and Reason. DOSTON CHURCHUS, THR CHUNCH OF TUB DISCIPLES. Npeciat Correspondence of The Tribune. Bostox, Jan. 25, —A stranger to Charles Sum- nery of whon bie asked tbo way to the Church of tho Disciples, sald: ¢ You cannot know much abouy Boston to be Inquiriug the way to Jumes Froeman Clarke's church1" . The rotort conrto- ous was inmcedlately inade by the shout of a ucwabays *Pleaso, slr, your autograph.” It was written on 4 leal torn from Lis note-book by the Light of the street Jamp, and the great man passed on to Hud the very bumble-looking church ho was in scarch of near tha corner of Brookline street ot the south end of tho city. It is o plain aud unprotending that the wise and knowing ones who worship In finer edifices have likened it to o gasometer. Tho resumblance is true In more senses than one. Jta {oterfor (s marked by no lofty tower or othier oruument, Its *‘tower of strongth' {s its wminister, who supplies 4 lurzo conegregution with steady burning light. The Church of the Disuiples Is free. Not u brick or any other materlal was used lu {ta construction that was notpold for {u odvauce, Thoso who atiend rogularly subscribe ny much or aalittlo as they cau afford, and the pastor fs sutistied with hus quite- lberal salory, for which his people aro never sent hungry away, Interiorlly the church is very pleasant, the beneties or sll ng arranged With o view to sociobliity,—that 1s, nbout the pulpit {osome- what of o semiclrele. The orgmn occuples tho corner at the minlater's l"if,(hl. and lcuds the wuurfliuuunnl slnglug. udgivg from the dress of the people who attend there, one would n:lppflll! then to belong to the common-sense cluss, I may not bo able to give o correct Idea of Mr. Clurke 08 he appears to others, Ills face ducs uot Lnpress we as a remarkable one, it «does not liztit up, or become transfigured with the greatness of his ideas. i manner Is not at all tuposing,~gentle, but not lacking ouergy or self-rellance. rge enough ta contuln him- self, bo does not nake you fecl, us do sumo wiiudsters, that he would Mky to bo tres from tho restraints of the body, and you leave his chiurch after hearing Lim repeat the Lord’s Prayer with irit 80 subducd that the nolse of the street scema disconsonant, ‘The subject of Sunday week's discourse was temptation, it causo and use, taking for hils text the thirteenth verso of the tenth chapter of flrst Corluthioms. Ile’ sald the Grock word translated temptations mcant also teiuls, aud spoke this connection of tha different invchnnieal works that bave to bo tested or tried befurs they can bo uscd, such 08 bridges, bollers, ns, composses, aud watehes, und plants and animals; also on the Darwinfun thoory of the aurvival of the fittest, Iu like manuer the human soul ‘was trivd by temptations. The trial of bridges, guus, watchues, ete,, luvolved, of necessity, a loss of strength, but the soul, wonderful' to relate, 1‘l|rew strouger by a certuin amount of tampla- ou. tome peaple, he sald, were apt to think that no teiuls wera fike Lo thelrs, l‘l’nd thoy wasted 80 tauch sympathy upon themeclves that thoy lost thio benelit of the triuls and teeded to ba 10kl that * there had na templations lup;n:nod to then but wuat wero commen to man” Of tha diiferent cladaes of tenptations, the Worl d the Plesh, and the Devil, we should beware, O the tlesh, thuse bolouging to our bodily urgants zatinm, cach vne, he thought, could tell what was pecullar to bimsolf, and, though not to blume for such tendencles, lio should iwoke special and cuntinuous otfort to overvoms them, curtain amount of self-denial, vyen of fnno- cent rocreation, was neceasary, Of the world, thoss belonging to soclaty we could run away from. A soclul utmusphero may be morally so debllitating that is like a maluria, An irritable person finding himsell becoming excited had better take bis hat and run, lwl{. Of the Dovil, were those belongiug to our bigher nas ture, addresswd to the rellulous cmotlons, tho consclonce, the love of doing good, the desire for self-cuitures, ct. The greatest. crueltics ever practicod by man wers done fu the name of religlon, % ‘I'rials wero neccs; for us and therd was always a way of escupo If we would look forlt,— sumetimes iouud (n wolitude, sometmes in so- clety, sometimes fu prayer, sumetiinos In actiou. Somicthues fricadsbip would holp us, and sumes thea the onlv help fust come trom Gud. The biggher the temptatlon the lnglier the hclr. In the utternoun Mr. Clarke comes out of his pulpit and lovtures to hia peopls upon the plany of the fntellect. He takes sole subject suited to tho thne, and mvesa tittle rambling lecture, wulking about the platform, lesnivg over the glu'ko w chalr, or louvging, s 18 most agrecas v Oue who would bu familiar with Boston should kuow the way to the Church of the Disciples. co S — MISCELLANEOUS, MBS, JULLL.WAKD HOWS, the well-known lecturer of Bostou, and who is also an ordajued minlster of the Unlvorsalist de- powioation, preached lust night to u very larke congregution fn Unity Church, whick was crowd- ed to Its utmost seating capacity., Tho Hev. Robert Collyer occupled a seat In the pulplt and ofliclated in part of the services. Mre. Hows up- pearvdupon thelecture-stand sud commenced her #crwon withoud iutroduction, snd used neither notes nor manuscript. Taking fop her text tha passape ¢ Beok ye flrat tho Kingdom of God,” © she tiret separated Luman nature nto two parls ~the “alavish ' and “the otlior or ' bright #ido.” Of the slavish sxde of human nature, of which sll wero nqun.«-d to_know from experi- ence, she spoke briefly, and, passing on to tho brighter slde, she sppfie cloquently and fater- catingly, showing ita beauty and peace. TWEST SIDR CHMISTIANA. The services ycs!cnln{ afternoon at 221 Weat Madison street, under the auspices of tha West Slde Cnristian Union, wore lareely attended, Tle excrelses commenced with sinzing * What a Friend We Havo in Jesus,’ after which Mr, 1, O. Bates, the FEvangellst, preached on that cplsoda 4n the 1litg = of Jacoh, iven tn the twenty-sccond chapter o icnests, vorses 9 to 13, luclusive. Tho preacher sketched the character of Jacob,—his humdlity, faithfulness, pradence, plety, and acknowledg- ment of God's kindness,—and nrged upon his hearcrs the necessity of exercising faith In tha Almighty, 8o as to éscape from tho wrath that ;;lm:: up for all who Jdo not love and fear the Apecial nu“fnom;; Trid to The una, DAVANFORT, Tney Heb. do—lev, . 1., Gar- teen, latu_pastor of a prominent Eplscopal Cuurch In Bultalo, N. Y., lias lurcfitcd acall to the rectory of Tr!nilf'. Kplscopal Church, In this city, and preached bia fiest sermon this morn- ing. Hois a mintsterof fine mccomplishments and much ability. ‘The new Episcopal Dishop of Towa, Dr. Perry, returned to his homo here ?'calcrn lay from an extended visit to all the parisfies In the State, 1lc Is an encrgetle. worker, and ia already infos- Ing new spirit into all the churches fu his ilo- veso, He s also wnaking strang efforts to placoe (riswold College, fn this clty, in a better coudi~ tion, both educatlonally and inancially, ADRIAN, MICIH, Special Dispatch to The Tritune. ADRIAR, Mich., b, 4.—~Thatirst of & serles of Gospel meetinzs devoted espuclally to non- professors of religlon hias called out o great as- semblage of impenitents at the Opera-liouso to-night. Prelimivary teetings for prayer wero held i all the churches. Ma}, Colo Is warming to his work, and a prolific harvest scems lme pending. IOWA., Dalrymen's and Stock-Brecders’ Conventlons —Slogular Ocourrence—An Elopoment— The * Je-Davis " Apple. Bpectal Correspondance af Tha Trivune. Des Moings, la., Fob. .—A\ convention will be held at Manchestor, Dolaware County, on the 27th and 2th inst., by those interested In the wanufacture of butter and cheese, for the pur- poscof organiziug the * Northwestern Dalry- men's Assoclation,” and the discusslon of pertinent toples. This is the county from which camo the butter which beat the world at tho Centennial BTOCK-BREEDERS' CONVENTION, A convention of stock-breeders will be hield at Weat Liberty from the 13th to the f5th nat, Prominent speakers upon cattic-breeding and other ngricultural toples will be prescut to address the meetlng. It is cxpeeted that the gathering will be large, and the State woll rep- resented. A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. Yesterday mornlug there came on the Chleago, Rock 1sland & Paclfic’ trafn, from the Eaet, at 8 o'clock, & youug woman, who went to the Morgun House, near the depot. Bhe reglstered as Miss Mary Davls, but omitted her residence, and was at once shiown o a room by the night- clerk. Not long after, the clerk heard loud moaning sounds, as of a person In agony. It was somo time bofore ho vould positively locate the source, but Lo finally did It at the room oc- cupled by Mles Davls, and, rapping on the door, recelved no response but frightful moans. He burst open the door, when ho dlscovered the room flled with gas, and the woman lylugIn bed nearly dead. A phyalclun wug summoned, who gave the proper antidotes, and siic revived, but refused to ;{lwo any aceonot of heraclf, which gives rise to the supposition of auleldal intent. AN ELOPEMDNT. . Putts Is a travellng salosman for a Chlcago firm of billiard-tasle makers, Witen tho Expo- sition hero was in fuil blast last October, ho put In an appearanco thero to demoustrats the pecul- far excellencies of o pair of tables onoxbibitlon; and at that time made the acyualntance of 3iss Alma Carter, step-daughter of Mr, Carter, of Cartor, Hussey & Curl, buok and statlonery dealers. The young tman was here again yoster- day, ‘The girl's mother Is serlously 1il, and her father 1a absent from tho city. ‘At about 10 o'vlock lost ovening, the gisl went ont at the rear of tuc house, entered o enrrlnx.l:n which stood at the cutrauce to the alley, and was driven _to a billlard-iall " down town, where Putts had placed a truok, which beini tuken on tho carrfoge, the twaln drove to the Chlingo train, and at 1L o'clock left the city, Tho polico wure notifled soon :L’u'“ they left, and the lightulug was scnt after om. A GOOD APFLE WITIL A DAD NAME, At the re.ent meoting of the ¥tato Hortlenl tural Soclety, G, W. Clark, of Ma:fon County, cxlubited n flue display of choles apples, atnon which was a new varicty benring the vame of “ Joft Davis,” The Commities on Premiums #at down on this nomenclature cmphatically, as follows: Mr, Clark prescuts a l02l“|n¥ applo of oo ap- pearanco and goud qualit, whicli was ‘produced o liis Stato from seod” of the Milan, and hearinz to us the dietasteful nomo of Jeff Lavis, Thle namo bas mot been puolicly bertowed, and the right Justly botongs to this Soclety to remove tho stigma attached to an lowa-grown#pple, —and a good uno at that,—of buing louded down with the name of the archi-traltor agninat this falr land. We vsk this Boclety to sca to jt that this act of justice be done, Whercupon Mr, Clark rlses to explain: In 1808 he . ordered of u nursery-agent u It of l‘)phflnm. among which wus’ the Bun-Davis, Shortly after, homcet tho agunt, und faformed Lim that bo had recelved all the trces ordered but tho Joff Duvis. 1t was ot tuat thne that the Natfon _ wns excited over the capture of JoiI Davis In potticoats, and licuco tho lopaus Jingums, ‘The matter passed vl as o Joke, The next fall, & friond brougit Mr. Clurk a ucw ap- rlo to Lili, to bo named, whict o supposed wag o Ben Davis, but which ho had grown from tho seed of a Milan, Durine the conversation tho fncident of the Jol-Davis upple-trecs was related, and they decided, ny o further. jest, to nawm the new upple Joit Davis, aud so it has been known elnce, {n that eection. Naw that It lhas como into promincnce ns a cholee nnd valua- blo apple, the Hawkeyea will not permit it to be cursed with a bad name. @ —r———— INDIANAPOLIS ITEMS, 8yecial Digpaich ta The Tridune. INDIANAPOLIS, 1ud., Feb, 4.—Cul, Ueorge W, Russ, late Chalrman of the Indoperdent Btate Central Committes, who went vver tu the Dom- ocrats In the middle of tho campalygm, wus yese terday appoluted Adjutant-General by Gov, Willlams, e was a Colooel {n tho Tilden sud Hendricks Guards during tho campaigu, The Rov. Wililam Alviu Bartlett preached to- night againast church taxation to a lurge audis euce—armong them Gov, Willlania and probably it the wmembers of the Leglslature, Mrs. Livermore addrgs:ed tho flunse yeater- duy on the sub’ucl of sullrage, After the ad- ddresa a reavlution decluring 1t the sunse of the House that the Fourteioth and Filteonth Amendments to the Coustitution of tho United EDUCAT@NAL, Covruxnsus, O,, Fcb, 8.-Btate 8chool Commls- stonor Bwart Ling lisucd o call for the meeting for Natlonal Teachers’ Assoclation at Washe ington March 1,2, sud & The fullowing sub- Jects have been Carranged for consid- eration: Organization of an’ educatioun! musoum aud the provision of plans and means for its olxmllun'. further consideration of plany for publicutions connected with aud growi out of thy Centennlaly proportion of uupnlx education fu thy Boutk; propused reduction of Jsularless relation, of secondary fustruction ly Ligh schuoty to the publiv school, e eattt—— THE GRASSHOPPER. Sioux Crey, Is., Kub, 4.—~Accoants - from many sections of the couutry which has been more or less devastated by grasshoppers for the last four years show that myrlads of cggs which bad boen deposited In the ground during the laat scason ure now batelilng out, aud, If thy present mild woathier coutlnues a few days louzer, 1t s consldered certain that the couutry will be entirely rid of the pests either by freez. fog or sturvation. This unexpected reliet will be fully sppreciated by those who kouw ol the immease damage doue In this section of lowa, -nd‘ in Dukots, Nebrasks, sud Miuuceota the past yuar, ————— MARD! GRAS, Mesrws, feon., Feb, L—Dreparations for tho spprowching curulval are nesrly complete. Tho costumes have wrrived from Parly, and tho pageant of Memphis will exceed in beauty guy provious vue. 3 EUROPEAN GOSSIP. cluslon that the potato dlsease fa not, tifle men have fondly unagined, dependent upon natural causcs, but a direct puntshinent of Heaven for the terrible slns of hes 4y and achisni. In pursuance of this conviction, he hay he bag A8 scien. How'a Guileloss Italian Jeweler Was Swindled. addressed a manifesto to hia flock, which written out i his own haud, and posted up on the door of his parlsh church. In this extragr. dinary altocntion 1 I3l 3 A Turkish Holy Man--Heresy and the | snail aro- solemniy warned st yan oy Potato-Rot. look upon the potato rob Just, ns n your tnfalthful hatred ho' Church, withont which yon wlmfi be nothing. 'Thera {8 no luck to Such os have evil will at Zton."* In Dickens’ *Chlmes ! aijy. sion {s mado to n parlsh, the young men of which were expected by the Rectog's wite to spend thelr cvenlugs in learning the arls of pinkin, and eyelet-boling, and to begnile a work other. ‘Wise monotonous in ftself by singing’a hymn of 127 verses, the refrain of which wns, “Oh, It us keap our proper statlons, Bloss the 'Squfr und his relations, Be thankful for our daily ry. tlons, And humbly fill our occnpations.” Thy worthy Rector of Ludgershatl has added to iy touch m} catechism a new articlo of faith, ang the Ludgershall parishioner is, or ought to to, taught to sings " They vexed the Lord with lllmlr dlu'scgl: 1}ml ’t‘}‘ll-.y mflpemlel:l not; And He, n anger’at their schism, Sent the potato rot,'— Lonton Teiegraphs ot e O B 4 BONBONNIERES. Tucy Hooper writes from Paris to the Phile. delplila Telegraph : ** Tho newest bonbon boxes of tho scason unite utility with Leauty in a very sensible manner, bolng nctual footstools with mountings of glit wood, covered with pointed o embroidered eatin, and opening like a box, the receptaclo for bonbons being placed fnside, Byt when thie sugar-plumnsare all consumed, and the holldays pussed away, thers will remaln, nota useless and porishabla toy, but a protty additlon to the parlor furnituraof the fortunate revipt ont. A quaint boubomnfers, diaplayed by Gourche, representa a bathlng-houso in atriped plnk and white satin, with a pretty little blunds head and naled feet just protruding from th cartalns that veil the flflomlll;- A fantastie llrmr: representing Winter,a sort oi dryad, tssuing from the trunk of a troe, draped fu_ bark, powderid with snow and fringed with felclos, 18 very pop. ular, but hor ladyahip 1s an extravagant present to give, 08 her hollow tree-trunic Is capaciots enough to contaln plums. Roller akntl’s ,udgmcnt * for Institutions of WBreslates-Paris Done bonnieress==A. Maguillcent Usurers A GUILELESS JBEWELER. During the Inst few wecks a perfect novelty in the art of swindliog has beon brought out In a town in Htaly, and, as o slmilar ruse might bo played upon the very sharpest tradesman In London, an account ol the mude of proceeding may be of intcrest to.tho residents'.of Bond strect and other purts. EHome time elnce a very gentlemanty-looking man, aceompanled by his daughter, a good-looking young lady of about 18 summers, alighted at thechlef hotelof the town. ‘They gavethemselvesouttobe English, and had, among other lugeage, four. large boxes, von- tatning two complete acts of drawers, like those used by oflicers In camp. They chose a salon and two bedrooms, one of which opened into the salan. As soon as they. wero scttled these drawers wers un- packed, and ore set was placed againat thio door in the salon, the other on the other sido of the door {n tho gentlemau's bed chamber, the door in question belug (ke most of those in Continental hotcls) very thin, For some time all went on very satisfactorily. The gentleman was nut extravagaut, but lberal, and was most particular fn calling for his bill and poaying it to*| the moment, Before he had been many days in town he paid a visit to the principal jeweler and inudo some sinall purchases—in casa pny- ing cash, and sbowing that he was well provided with baok-notes, The Jeweler was most anxlous 10 press his new customer, and brought out all kinds of beautiful acticles to tempt him, but at vast amount. of sugar. first his purchases wcro modcrate, though a of actual alze, laced vyver liberally pald- for.. At the end of pinkor bita satin boots, are among toe novel month tils ufient\emnn patd s visit alage, | 2hapesfor bonbounleres, s arc also boxes aluin. and, nfter making another purchase, observod Iatiug fans, and others with o singlo gigantic leaf, very beantifully painted, The ridiculously costly caskots that wereln vogua during the second Enplre—boxes vover. ed'with India shawl bordering, ot with rullies of polnt lace, or with valuable Snlnl!nm‘ et into tho lid—are out of fashion, and aro notnore to bo scen eave when sonio one of the great houses displays one-or two,-merely s n show and an advertisoment,. Time was when 850 was 0o unusunl prica to be pald for ono of thew mally t'?y:, but thuso times are happlly uow of 6 posl X ) that his daughter was aboutto be married, and that ha I.huu%hl. of rending to Paris for asct of diamonds, The Jewoler could not allow such n chance . to slip through his fingers. llo had 1he most beautnul sct in Europe, the propert; of n Princess; he was sure that only a Milor Ingless could by them, and bw‘\m‘l lils cus- tomer Just to Inspect them. The prico was only 400,000f. Tho inspection was made, but 110 decisfon. was come to thut day. The next day nnother inspection was made, and Milord agreed to take them, The jeweler was de- Mgnted. 1lc thought It would be best to ask 1f hé should send thom round that evening, but he recelved a perfectly stralghtforward anawer, 1 do not keep 8o much money about ma, I must draw upon my bankers in London. [ will ;uvu yuu 5001, to ¢lose the bhusiness, and tho ewels you can dellver agalnst cash n tho vourse of next weelr.”” The dchle was paid, und the Joweler satlsfied boyond a douht that ho was dealing with a most perfect gzentlenan, Eight days alter he was ronuested to the sauie mornfog ot 11 and bring the dlamonds, for wwhich hie would be pald. e arnved at tho mo- ment and found bis customer in his dressing fown, .ttuyg alone at the sct of open drawers reférrud to, o front flap of walch turned down 80 a8 to form a writingz table, Tho jeweler ad- vanced respoctiully, and lald the caslktet open on the flap {u questionn. “Mllord " justexamined the jewels, retuarked that of couras be did not wish his davghter to know anything of the trunsaction at prescnt, and then” proceedod to take out a large hondiul of beanthwul, erisp forming the hd. INSTITUTIONS OF BRESLAU. . Jeictsh Meazenger, Yes, many old things have passed away oven In Bresluu§ but many atill remain in this transk tion perlod, 2o that the picturesque and antlque hbave not whotly vanished, First and foremost como the hcarses; Lorses and hearse aroe still draped In bla#k; a beadle, with severe mien and a three-cornered hat, walks fn front; and such uclancholy strains are discourscd—disconrsed Is the nroper term—by the four wunlcians, that the decensod, In whosd honor the display fs ar. ranged, is "to be congratulated tiat he dues not hear tho sweetly-soothing, verve excitlog strains, The. goose atill remains the tutclary diviuity of the town. It is no wonder that tho aniwial’ bas become groaaly conceited, and fts countepance Is far lcss preposscasing than thet of a New York goose. Tha Breslaw animal is consclous of the fact that he receiyes cxtru attentions from - tho cook, and decks the notes. At that momont the door opeued, and | dinner-table In every varjety of form aud prepa. tu boundud the young Indy In question, ua the | ration. Tho njmaf 18 lu.!ld’ln such eatinition Jeweler o'terwards sald, ™ juat like & golden | that itIs talrly worshiped In thewiuter mouths, Twwu,” Nothing was mora” natural than that Miord shoull closo up the flap, and nsk the i‘oumt 1ady to go nway, as ho wiched tobe alone, ut shio was a spollt child and would have ber and after Fobruary the era of stuffed geeso bee pius. Naturally throughout tho wiuter the strects witness nany o goesc-chnse, and it Is a cowmon thing to “seoe boys, men, and women own way, Sho Lod como to toll “papa” | carrplug eese In thelr aFms, or tied to thor that the taflor was. walting for hflu in | shoulders; sometimes the nn?x'umuumund tho moxt roomn, mud he must | jn baskets, and sometimes they ave hield tied tor 20, and thut she waa quite sure the jeweler band, - But {n all cases can be rethier svould like her company_better than his; bo- hc ln ot o8, sho bl a lockes she conld not open, and the jeweler muat help ber. Tho joweler was not proof against tue playful churms of the voung lady; he saw lis gooda ‘eafe, not cxactly under hia oycs but nexs door to it. o bhe beg- ged her fatherto go awd he would watt, ** Mis lorid 1 left tha rovm und thoe pour dupo enjoyed half an_hour of delizhtful filrtativu with the oung lady, Thero was something very winning n liee ways, an.d then she was a young bride, “The tlmu passed liko a dream, and at Iast the {uung ladv pussed off to go and hurry her fa- ber. " The jeweler sat in meditation; his tuoughts wero at tirst all un%’usod with the sweet zlel who hud just left. Then he b gan to wonder how long his customer would be. “Then he wont and tried the flap of the drawer. It calnxl luvllf a wctkl‘snz nfm me!eénliral‘:g n; (Ilugs, and shoutlng' of asandyrs <h 13 une able to describe fimy lceno‘.’ e Y BISMARCK, , . When Prince Dismarck wives one of his politle cal partles, the pguests -are’ first shown Intoa room whero they find the Princess and ber daughter, whoso betrothcd dleid last year, There algo aro two or threa {ady friends, who asaist the Princess in receiving the Doputles, as she aersell goes out very little, being 8o engrossod in ae sistiog hicr husband that her personal acqualnt anco with his political supporters ls of the slightest. Passing to anothier ruom, thev find the Prince, always in full uniform. lo aliukes bands and couverses & littlo with those ke knowa well; werely shukes Lands with those lic knows lesai nud bowa to those with whom he hos the least ovqualntance, Heyond the small rooms in which he recelves, iaa large, comfortable apartment, full of lounges and con- venlent Mttle tables, ‘There, when ull have ure rived,~the party bezins about 9,—he joins them aud chats first with one group then with auoth- er. “At length large dours ars thrown open and reveal a handsowe cold ‘supper, and foamine lussos of the Prince’s beor, Which fa raport was ‘“all right;" {t was locked. So hesat down und mused again. After somo threo lours ho began to “think that ho muse be forgotten, Bo ho rang the bell and request- ed tho waiter to Just romind * Milord " tlat he was waltlng, but to do it very politcly, ‘The walter roplicd that Milord and tho Signorinahad f""" out an bour :ufo. There was nothing tode it to wait, aud wait ho did. Neither returned, Table d’hote passed, and, although the poor man begun to have o presentimens that some- thinge was wrong, the landlord was consulted, but was sure that his lest was a roal gentlo- tan, whott vbly - fault was forget{ulncas. Sg, | {he bust in Germany, The Dcbutlca regnlc, and Sisarn o walbe vatl past the “Sinall hotrs of | thereat Biz, atter couple of glessea ot I ti- vorite beverage, becoues far more genfal and chatty. Glass after glass goes down tho Parlia- moutary throats, until about 11'the Princess uy- pears on the scene, and abortly afterward the varty breaks up, AR —_— A MAGNIFICENT USURER, . An extraordinary caso of usury Is now being® trled by the Corroctional Tilbunal of the Selun Thoculpritis & rich Englishuan named Ed- wards, The total amount of moneylent by him durlng tho past two or three years {s put dowo at about 2,000,000 francs, for which he chargel an Intercst of about 1,000,000, ot at the rute of B0 per cent, ' “Among tho number of persons why have had recourse ta tho obliglng purse of Mr Edwards lgures Princs Taher-Boy-beu-Alad, who 1s descrived as * a Turk of lmrprmnw, and sone lu-law to Mustapba-Fuzyl-Pucha.”? Having, like wost of Lia countrymen, run throuwl his fur tune in Parls fn 1874, our Eastern Priuce, it up- pears, walted one morniug on > tho night. At carly morning tho landlord again returnot and he alio began to thiuk the case susplelous, Tha Jeweler waa furlous. He made o dasli ot the drawers, and, with the aid of a oker, broks apen the lap, s uext move was 0 take the caskot. [fo thrust his nead into tho compartment, and sank back into the armn-chair, 11e saw before him nothing but a square opon vold, leading into the sot of drawcra In the next room, ‘Uiio landlord dil kewise and ao did the wulters, Then they eat aud looked at each other and at last untered restoratives for tha !‘n‘xlw;!ller. who had faluted.— Vanity Fair (Lon- ") A TURKISII IIOLY MAN, The Couatantivoplo correspondeut of tho London Zeleyraph writes; * As regards bis cuse tue, [ may mention—I hope without offense— that o more nstonishing guy than this holy wau I uever belield {n my lifu. e bad on & kind of pollusc, mude, secringly, of Japancéo window- curtains, and underneath that & number of miscelluncons garmeuts of diver lucs hung about him In festoons of rags aud tatters. 1lis saah was stuck full of rosarles aad tussels, of Alr, Edwarda and eald, My dear sir, my wile hos just presented me with dn heir, and [desire ta réward her with Aflfl worthy of our rank, Will you oblica we." OF cuurae bio was happy to do sb, and forthiith lent bim 80,000 fraucs ut- bls usual rate of foter bits of colorcd glyss bangine frowm swall | est, But thisbirth of an heir wes ouly aruse « bones, apparently af mutton-chops; his tmtmnuu. Priuce Tuher had succceded [ Ungers wora covered thick with sleuct- [ finding a feweller wiliing to fet itm have 200,00 rlugs in sllver, or,° for cu:m-hv sot aught L conld tell, fu tin—theso were, franca’ worth of diuuonds if ho contd pa{ua chance, amulots, or charms—and lu cns havd he quarter down, aud as svon s Lo got the mouds Le pawned them to Edwards for another pay camned a bundlo of thin canes, girt about, criss- franvs. ‘Th i e Chons Tashinty Wit Darti<ccioiod Tibboie. - A4 | tuer pinasoy dlsclosares. o b leud for his turban, tho core thercof waa certalnly as — large a8 6 good-slzed pumpkin, while it ‘was swathod {njnultitudinous tolds of muny-hucd ragza bedizened with spangles aud shreds of gold and sliver lace, Tho grecu gauze veil waich de- uuted bis pecullar sanctity was not woundround his turban, but buwg from it at the bark and sides after the manner of & puggaree, framing his brown old face und stubby wiits beard very curlously and urtistically. ‘Ttanslated into dax» aling cofor by the ralnbow ;;wull of tho Iate ad- mlruble John Lewis, the holy man would bave cut a very finu figure ludeed st the exhibition of the Royal Academys but, ua Isuw him I the tlesh ln the Stambaul tram-car, 1 ambound, fn the futeresta of truth, to conluss that 1 found bim {udescribably grotesque and extremely objue- tionable. Iown—not withuut shume—that just us wo approached our goal tus frreverent thought came over mo of ‘tipping? the boly man, just to ses biow by would take 1t. I got togeihier o fuw paras, and stipped them {nto the band of the salsit aa § passed by bim on my way out. He touk it wituout the slightest sigu of befug olfended at my bolduess, amd fndecd wazgred hia bead and shook bis buudls of rib- A TRENCH BEGGAT A rather good story is circulating at the pres ent moment concerning an excellent geaticman, well kuown for hls unostentatious benevolenct, and whoig, not to wound his susceptibilities, we may term tho Marquis T—-=. " Though the Marqula can be geucrous aud cven mupifcent on occaston, yet, like mauy of his countrymed, he is for himself of a frugal wrn of mind, aud 3 beggar was b{uno syeaus surprised tho other day to sec bilm lssaing lorth from & swall liquor store, where ho had vldeutly boen baying somé clgurs, one of which be bad just lit. The mes- dicaut indecd lost no timoe {n turning the umy fng to profit, * Monsieur/! ho swou't you give e just teu sousl ™ ‘tand whytenl quoth thy (French) AMarquls, . *Just 1o buy myselt a liitle lmcket of tobaceo. - You, mob slour, are yoursell u smoker—you wust umler- stand my feciings.” # Bo {t 8o, replivd 100 fieutlemn. and stepped agaln doto the slop 10 uy tho covetod uarcotle, But the beguar, ¢ boldoued, Jald & hand an his sleove, ™10 you Do cked canvs In a pleasingly amicoble | pleass, monsleur, I think I would retler Lavd muuner. [ haited & moment to watch him rlw woney ball fu tobaceo und Ll fu ubsinthe. slight and waddle off to the shore, where i could | Thla was too much for % mousieur,” who & see bl barguning among the boatmen for & | placed the Lalf-frauc in bls waistes pocket— passage ina calquo to Beutarl, Thbe copductor | Parls letter. L\lrld e t}ml. he—the .allm'i‘;wl:l:l g?lnx “‘"fixéfi ————— ves & detachment of rkish troops w (3 bad juet marched in from a remots past.” “,‘f,',‘.',?’},," sTAl‘,lfl,E,fi?EY' okt IERESY AND TIF POTATO-ROT. Ludgerslnll, fu Buckinghawshire, and its neighburnoad bave been sgitated by a palaful coutroversy. Tho Rector of Ludgervhall, the Rev. Thomss Martyn, M. A., Is an Eoglish cler- gywun of tho strictest school, and, assych, s animated by & holy unger and plous grief which fuspire bl with zcal against non-couformity o any shape, and Weseyanlsm fu pasticular. kinghamshire &4, as w ull krow, ab conuent- y asrricultural ueighborhood, aod it Is at preseut much vexed sud distressed by the potale dis- cuse. The Rev. Mr, Martyn Las, it would seein, beeu exwniuing the Musule records, with the view of drawing from thew a woral far modera tlucs, aud bl studies bave led hiw to the cous Lansing, Mich,, ¥ob, 4.~Tho followinz Is 8 statement of tho receipts aud disburscinents 8 tha State Treasurcs's office for tha mouth end- ing Jan. 81, 1877: s Balance on band Dec. 33, 1670, Recyipta for the month,, Total... Disborsoments . Balance on band Jan. 81, 1877, - ————— 758,820 Vi Pruldabs A lawyer was noticed af 8 reoeut copeert o8 thuslastically opplauding vae of -tho aluzer # Fond of wusicy isn's bel' auld oo ssqusisl ance Lo avother, * No,! was the reply; I8 were professioual Instiuck. —He by saovisg for 8 Baw trlal E