Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1878, Page 7

ITHR CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TULSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1878, {ts Wastes and Burdense«-=A Lact= ure by Henry Ward Beacher. §o Man Is 8trong Enongh to Boild So- ciety from the Ground. Three-fourths of Our Physical Power Absolutely Wasted. Urgont Need for the Enforcement of gtringent S8aniiary Laws. Animmenso crowd thronged the Tabornacle last night to listen to the Rev. Ilenry Ward Beecher's lecture un * The Wastes and Burdens of Human Life.” By 8 o'tlock the building was filled to overflowing, while a surging mnss of humanity blocked the entrance and strug- gled to reach the ticket-offices and tho doors. The maln ball, galleries, and platform wery sliko crawded, and a quarter of an hour befora the spenker advanced Lo the front thoro was not n vacant eeat jn the house. More than halt the audience were Iadics, and the prescnco of a number of city clergymen, mostly of the Meth- wdist persusalon, was noted. At 8:15 o'clock Mr. Beechier entored, accompanied by the Rev. C. IT, Everest. Ho waa received with slight ap- plause, principally by those on the platform, and remalned seated for a quarter of an hour while people continued to flock in, The Rev. Mr Everest suld it was his pleasant duty to introduce to the audicnce s man who had already Introduced himeclf to the entire natfon, It was oxtremely fitting that Mr. Beecher should be heard fn the Tabernacle, whichi ind been conseerated to the dlssoming. tlon of truth. Mr. Beeeher was recelved with much and con- tinucd applatise. 1o sald that oo the street- corners, in shaps and stores, men wero dlscuss- ing the nature of socloty, its wants and ndvan- tages, It scemed shinple and comprehensible enongh, but was rcally tho exact opposite. Man was born into the world subjeet to flve great Jaws. First came the physfeal law, then the suclal law. fle was one man among a mulion, and had to carry hlmsell not only through physical dificultics, but among soclety,” ‘Then tie was a clfizen, and was com- pelled to have n certuin knowledge of the lnwa of the town aud nation In which ko lved. Next enme tho business law, and above that the laws of morality und spiritunlity. No mun'was free who Teslsted God's lnws, which were not shnekles or burdeus. Forty milllons of men eame {nto life and moved up and down subject to oll these laws, Was the const itutlon of roclety au easy matter to under- staud! No, amd stlll leas waa it casy to rebuild or reconstruct, No man was strong enough to rebulld soclety - from tho ground, and the f(deas of the Fourlerites and still worse of the Communistascekiogto tn- troduce Old World uotfons lute & new country were IMPRACTICADLE PIANTASIES, His office was not to prophesy, but to criti- tse, not to expound a new Atlautls, but to an- alyza exlstenco as he found i, he first waate to be noticed was that result- Ing from slckness and wenknesa. Only onc- fourth the phvsical power of socloty was used, apd three-fourthis was wasted. An honest man, it such, would cither got well or dio, but {f ho were weak lie would juat hold on, ll.numuur.l In polltieal ecunomy sickness was looked upon as a waste. A man of sound varentage and tound morals ought to be ashamed to dle belore ho wus yeara old. Yet the nveragre }ifo of man was only thirty. three yenrs, and by rejecting the children and the old men past work {t wus shown that more than one-fourth the human race actually pros duced moro than they consumed. In England the subject of sunitary lecisiation was further wyanced thun fn Amcrica. There ft had been found that in a certain place nour a penitentiary the fnbabitants died ot thoe rato of scventeen rer 1,000 annually, whtle iuslde the penitentlary ihe death-rate was only threo per 1,000, making that fnatitution n very desirable place to be in. fnNew York the death-rate in tho city gener- ally was elghtecn per 1,000, but inthe tenement. boueen It was fifty-six per 1,000. Onpo honest, skilled fuventor or contractar was well worth twenty lpolll.lv:lmm, but the troubls wos that the good = dled Arst. Cisillzation gave every chancu for longevity, in diminishing the want and exposure to which wan s subjected in w savago venditfon, But where men were crowded together the fue fuences wera for evil instead of good, for therg was 10 polson 8o active us that glven off by man. Ile had epoken for forty years fn every conceivablo place, and he could counton his Bneers tho number of halls in which a large atdience could wit for a counleof hours without recelving serfous dumaee from the want of reatilatlon. Churches, Ivceums, halls, thea- tres, factorics, stewmboats, and milroad curs re all altku dll-ventituted, Theluws of health fobe enfurced by the Government, and speclally for tho benefit of the common, work- Ing peoplo of the lund. It was no use to elean amd sweep the maln strects, and lenve a fever- breeding neat i the poorer quorters of the town. Did they think that beeause they wera the'upper class they had no duties to perform to the lower classt THIE CELLAR AND THE FARLOR were very Intlmato uwl\mlutuncua. In old houses they stored potatocs and veretables in the cellars, nnd when the wurm, mofst weather ame thls veretable mntter decayed, and firat tne chlid, then the motiiez, s then tho fathor, were stricken down with malarlal disease, The doctor would come und profess himself unable to understand the casci the clergyman would talk about u mysterious disponsation of Provi- dence; tind knew that it was rotten onlons. [Lnughter.] ‘The next wasto was that resulting from fz- poranee, No mun was 8 man nntil ho was edu- eated. Ilo alid not mean that because o man could not read or write e was uecessarily fgnor- sut. Il had Known many wen who eonld rend aud wrlty who wera very fignorunt, and had cven teun gome mou graduato without knowing much, ‘T'ha tree that stopyed growing becamo a prey to all kinds of {nsccts, and thoe soclety whise growth stopped wus subject to all varie. tles ot evil. Wherw thero was a great ignorunt musa at the bottom of suclety the nvernge of in- telligence musat ba low, Bocloty must mova casily upoi fteelf, nnd there was @ current running through ft from top to bottom, No obstacle shuuld by ?umd in the way of men capablo of tlaing {n the world, and when thoso at the top becamo undlt for their position there should bo tome mesns for dropplog them out, ‘This elre culation was fmpeded, sod cyery man knew that there were n vast number of men at thetoy of the suclty who vught to coime down, aud a large number whose road ts th top ough {0 ho made easicr, Another great digsdvantage of [guorance wus thut it created a dungorous eluss, Tho lower cluse wero not danzerons in themaelyes, but, instigated by shrewd, intelif- zent, cold-blooded, solfish demagogues Working for thelr own onds, they becuing so. xu:'v asts were harmless ulone, but when mixe came explostve or deleterfous to the health, Ignorante made poor property, The real Peason that determined valuo was the amount of mind fnvested fn the property. Matter with S littls braln Ju [t was not so valuable as matter ¥t brafn-power combiued. Erer{ ox and uss In the refghborbood wus the natural competitor of the man who$ had uuthln[{' but Loncs snd muscles to offer, Moro grumbling awnong men ¥bo could do nothing but msouul labor would buver help them, Jgnorunt men had no power Vitalize matter; »ducated mien had, and this made the alffercuce between the . TOP AND LOTTOM UF SOCIKTY, . Wheraver they could ficz 8 law by which a may four feot Bbigh could reach as high as one 3% fect high, then strikes,atd Cominunism, and otler wuch remedics, mlgtt do souio good. here wus not o drop of blood fn Lis velus but what cume from the working people,—on bis mother's eldu from workers W leather, on his lather's from workers fu iron, He was proud of this, und hud always l‘i'mlml.hlud with thy lownirodden and oporessed, Consequently s a3 sorrowful und Indiguant when he saw falss fareign philosophers, tfiu product of European fidelity, dunghill philosophius, davgerous to Soclety, souhit'to he lotroduced futo this land, eu st ratsc themselves through the Church the school-liouse, through rellgion, snd orality, and clyilizatfon, sud must riso to the Pu'by proving themsetves men, [Ureat ap- ¢ The obatructive forc work must also bo @osidered. Men quurreled about means (o all felormarory sgencivs. 'The vrganizution of re- Ugion wag us fuperfect und us obstructive us Boseible, und but for thy individuals cotmposing B churchey those fustitutions would have L*:nu over the dam fong ago. It s wan bad hly ¢ act toward Jerusalew, they said ¢ Noj you Mol go except i oUF comvany.” Cre wus i reut waste resultant from men Vorklng sgutnst the gradn. A gioyhound wes gpnu ur thy plow, nor ua ox for thy race. h':4:11 @ wman don't koow what ho s b coutd “he know what bo fs Ot forl Y@etold wbout the wysteries of the upper thought, hut this mystery was mostly jgno- rancee, The great question as 1o man's advent into tha worlil, a9 to his capabilities and capacl- ties, Wi organization and hisuse, uuemcx{’lho very one um.fl on which men might look for a rovelation. — But thnat revelstion was never given. And men had gone on for over 5,000 Nears in Ignorauce and suffering, trying to find out what they were made for. It was very difficuit for a ¢hild Lo chioose a Pnrulculun when Ms father, hia minister, and his schonlmaster wero unabletondvise him, Takeabricklayer who hna risen by industry to _bo a tilllonaire, aud to whom (God has given five son and two danghters. When tho sons grow ur the pa- rents bogin to consider what to do with them,— the girls aro going to get marrted and s NHRD NOT DO ANSTHING, Tho mothereaye, & Now, liere Is our son Jamea, a truthtal, honest buy, We must moke him something in sccordunce with our pusition in anciety.” 8o they make him a lawyora~nd ha Tuils, nghter.) Aa to lenry, the second son, hie is nob very bright, hut ho Is very good, —and so they ke him & minister, to the oternal gricl” of lis nariah, 8o it goes all throughi the wrong men go into the wrong places, There are Judges on the bencl who might have made good farmers, men in the Lepisiaturo who had much better havo stayed at home. fle belfeved that the clerry as & hody wera a right royal set, of fellows, taking them at Iarge, but itany of them were totally unfit for the ministry. Then thera was the wasto resulting from lyinz, He spoke from a politico-ccnnmical standpolnt, and not as_a preachor. Whatever touded to destroy confidenca between men was hurtful to soclcty, and_lying_was the great troublo with husiness men. ¢ smaller the lo tho worse It was, for a bl lfo waa like a bl fly which plumped down on & mnn at once an got through with it, while the little col- oring of truth ‘which olsoned tha hearts of micn resembled tha small and Insignifieant but much more annoying mosqnito, It was a great pity that men shoald begin to llo Just ns scon ns party lines wore drawn, Darti- sans lied, editors lied, even politicians Med. True, there was somo consclousness ns to this matter, for the Democrats were greatly horrifled by & Republican Me, and vice vorsa. ™ The sys- tem of ofliclal ontha was another great broeder of hes. Men, swore in thg dark, not knowin; what they wero doing. Toko tho matter ol swearlng to involces; bustness Hrms kept o partner to do that. The well of perju wae deeper than tho plummet of trutl over sounded. Ho did not bolieve that onths In courts of justico were good, and he believed that {n many cases thoy were bad. A man swora to tell tho truth, the whole trutt, and nothing but the truth, and the first thing ho know & skiliful Jawyer had led him to the very brivk of a lle, Confusud and harassed, he ap- feals to the Judgo aud recclves tho dirgctlon, * Answer the guostion, sie.’” 1t ho says **yes,” it 13 n lie, If lic_snys “no,’* it is untrue. A Judeo in l’eunsylvnuln, now 80 years of age, who had been ity years on the benel, told hin that oaths {n courts of fustico WERE UTTERLY USELESS, and that, i the vourts Investiated one-half of the strenm of perjury which constantly flowed through them, there would be no time for any- thing ‘elsc. A man who would not tell tho truth without an oath would swear to a lleo whenever his interest was concerned, Another great cause of lying was the division of men Into sects, Young men fresh from the seminarics swore In tho most solemn way that 1hey would teach the doctrines and tencts of Church—doctrines of which knew littlo or nothing. It was all very well for men “who did ot ond contd net think, but for the thinkers, the best men fn the Church, when they came to know that though the truth wasthe truth, thelr Churet's way ol presenting it is false; they must leave “the Church, bo silent, or preach what is called heresy. People eald ha conld leave the Church; but tho Church was some- thing more than & boarding-house which = man could leave at any moment. A man could not tear up all his old” feclings and associntions by the roots simply beeause he had outzrown his armor. Menahould have liberty to apeak and to think, without havinz to go out of the Church * into the wilderness to flnd it. A bundred years ogo 1t was de- clared that mclul.{ would be overturned {f mon wera nllowed to speak out thefr notions and to think for themselves. Yot our 1athers came to this country and founded Common. wealths, which had grown until they covered a continent, aud it had been shown that no Gov- ernmont was so stable, no sucloty so sccure, ns where men thought for themselves and spoke out what thoy thought, Anather great drawback to the prosperity of mocloty was tha habit of dishonesty, This per- vaded all ranks and all [woulcn. Men robbed the Natlonal Government, used the State and Municipn] Legialaturea for the purposs of robhing the people, and defaulted on the pub- 1le funds intrusted to thelr carc, Dishonesty waa shown hy workmten to culpfl.ullnls. by capit- alista to those associated with them, and by employes to tho corporations which cmployed them, “The wastc of war was immenso. Twenty- fivo years ago, when Pence Congrresses wore ho- ing widely dfscussed, ho prophesied that therg would never bo any niore wara between civilized natious, Since that tine thero had been AIX GREAT AND BLOODY WAlS, and ho had got through prophesying, In Eu- rope there wero twelve milllons of young men drawn from the pursult of fndustry to conati- tute tho standing armics, Thy mnnunl waste fram this cause alone was 4000,000. But this wonlkd not continue forever. 'I'ho day must come when, if crowns were insensate, the people would rieo fn rebellion and demand their rights. It would he a bloody and a fearful confilct, and would result {n the utter demnolition of the old fabrie. ~\hen that time should como, i€ it camo {n lis day, no praver woutd go up from his lips, “God saye tho throne,” hut the cry of ** God save the laboring people ” would go up. To-day, by blowingz the brazen trumnot of war, he vould unittzs the world, but the silver trumpet of peacs would not ever unlte the secta of tho Church. Humanity bad galned the alphabet of knuwledgs but ot its lterature, ‘The modern conception of wanhoud and womanliood, of tho houschold and the citizen, was luumn\mml:.l‘y In udvance of that of tho the thoy most cultivated of auclent peoples. It took more In this [m.-sum day to make o alogle individual than was roquired for a generation In the thnes of Perleles or Sophocles. Womunhiood wus ene tirely a modern product ; & development of the lnst 200 years. 8t, Paul, in his Eplstia to tho Corinthlans, snld, "Let your 'women keep sllence in the churchies,” and that text was ap- piled or misapplied h{v many good,--orthodox clergymon us referring to women oven in our own land. But this was written to Corinth, o wealthy and corrupt city of Greeco of which Timothy waas Bishop, and did not suvoly to any other place and people. Women stood higher nmong the Hobrews than among any other natlon of antiguity, und 8t Paul dld not Intend this advica for the Hehrow churches, But in Greoee the ular {dea of a virtuous woman was *that she should ho igmorant, Shewas the slave of her own houae, the superintendony of tho kitchen; o slave lmmll,t 6 overscerof her slaves, Litaral- Ly it was truo that Iznorance was held asa duty; knouwledieo a8 @ vice, Thcre wan clducation for women in Greeee, it was true. Womon wero educatud to thelr Lighest capaclty in the arts, in painting, fu sculnture, I musie, oven In statesninnsbip, and no palis were sparcd {n tn- purtin knowledge to. the woman who was to beeomo ncourtesah. When a woman possessed aceonplistments und Enowledge, ovnr{ one un- derstood that sho was scceasibie, and those who wore fenorunt were supposed to b virtuous, Tills WAS FAUL'S REASON for forbldding wotnen to preach in the churches of corrupt Corinth, lcst mon should say, “This 15 un harlot.” [ thoss d rt was @ macred thing, and devoted to the o In all Athens, with its tomples and nmung fn every public place, thero was not o singlo house in which a modern man would kennel a dog. The houscs of thy citizens were squalld, barren, and mis- crable, and the humne of any honest mechanicof I(Hln{ held more than m{ one that could have been Tound in the proud City of Athens (n tta pattntest days. 8o the world had umwn.—fi:gwn ‘n 1ts conception of mankood and of womanhood, and the future was full of hope for the human raee. There would como a time when civilfza- tion would tuke possession of the Valley of the Amazou and the Contineut of Africa. The day waa approaching when alj Asia would be fnhab- fted by a clvilized aud rellgious people, and when Africa would Jift up her bands {u thank- fulneas to God. It had been eald that bumanity waa Jike o tece, which grew alowest at the joot and wost nuhfiy in branch aud blossotu, Thu buman race grown at the root aud the peogress had been slow, but our children would sve It in the bloom and the blossom, Thon its frultion would Le rapid, and natious would be born lu & day, —_— LERCHER AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH, To ths Editor of Ths Tridune. Cuoaco, Feb. 4.~Having becn an old corre- spondent of the Cloveland Leuder (a papor of merit, by the way), aud haviug thus acquired an affection for Journallsts, I slways focl an lm- pulse, when Isco or hear anything good, to sharo It with tho press. Allow me to premise this littlo articlo by saying that somebody has, spparcutly, stolen my nomy de plume, adopted {u 1374, sud I thercfore beg you to foform the public that everytbing that appears flat, stalo, and unprofitable, witleas, feeble, or false, Is the {llogitiate foal of en ass, U pigued “Pea Green | say this now, becauss 1 expect to become famous in due time oyer wy own signs- ture, and can’t afford to acknowledge a bad verae, Imbued with the desire to add to my ac- complishments, nccordingly I yestorday morn. Ing hurried my toflet, and, ledving my fnter- esiing family with a sigh, hestened to Plym- outh’ Church to hear the great theologian ogitate something, Arrived within fifty ards of tho doors, furthor progroas was mpeded for awhile by a motloy erowd of both rexes, fammed [ndlscriminately together, all staring at the oaken doora from which a placard atared buck. In Dlack-letter §t said: * This toor will bo opened at 10 a. m,"” The "g}"‘ of the church were occunled principalty by Fatsy, Mike, and a_deacendant of Muldoot, garnisheid with ‘scveral Emerald petticnats, all of whom looked down upon the gaping, walting crowd with - patronizing smiles and_facetious amall- talk, Cardaof admisalon had been fssued 1o paw-holdera and to cnouch of thelr friends to }lll the church comfortably; and these were all seated—having cantered “through the *hack wayV—before the frout doors wers opened. Having edged myaclf to within a few feet of tho steps, [ gently "but firmly ralsed my pinjons ahovo tho aurrounding, aqueezing forme, just ns the doars opened, and was at anico uplifted and bornasteadily forwardon theahoulders,as it were, intothevestibule by thesurging, jamming erowd, Becuring good standing room forward in the right isle, I walted patlently through the fnco- herent organ stralng, tho long efforts of the choir, the exhortaLion to the falthful by the pas- tor,—who wanted to reap o gold, silver, or reenback harvest from the gathered thousands ; and ag Inst a atriking Agure and face nupcnre«l behind the pulpit. A solid bulk, clad in black cloth, the frock closely buttoned ; a Byronie col- anr covoriug tho short, thick neck and throat: a massive neck and bold vlnt:e, from which the whitened locks were swept back, lung amd wav- fur, and a yolee pitched a little too high, but ofton siuking into & rich barftune, uiten tremu- lous with o dcep cmotion, now swelling with hathos, now bursting intu encrgy, or steadylng nto a nwnotone; the eyes bright and scarching ; the gesturcs frec and ponderous, but never out of balance; the manner of thought and of ac- tlon perfeatly disciplined. As I looked from this man around upon the vaat theong which bis single uame bad ™ assem- bled there, and thoughtof tho expoctunt hun- dreds onlelde who were walting through tho mornling hours for a glimpse of his face when he should ot last consc forth, a thrill, a tremory stolo throngh every fibre of my being, What an ovatfon| Was f¢ homage to mind, or whati 1 turncd towards him, determiued to know. flls volce was distinct In the beginnjug and middle of his acutences, but became often uniotolligl. blo at tho end of them; o bad but common do- fect in spcakers. Ilis languago was nearly al- ways good, sonetlines graphic, always forciblo ) hisreasoning gencrally logical, and often ca- tirely convinelng, but not often profound. IHis metliod is slmple, lntolllfilh}u to medlocrity, and his words' so mbrupt In transition that he I8 always intercsting, Ile follows no train of thought long, but his dis- coursc 18 rather a rambling dissertation. Yet ho {isominently a practical mind; and, by stcering clear of motaphysical shuals, ho Jm:a not of- fend the pedant “nor perplex tho people, Any .one can follow bim avery ong sympnthizes with him, His commonplaces are laughed at and en- joyed. His littls pathctie pletures evole quict tears; his (ndependent speech excltes approba- tlon, But—now hero Is a Httle sccret; nobody hns acemed to discern it—lo {8 a man from whotn everybodv expeets great things, great thoughts, great words, but who nover , fiits his measure. You will go to listen to him fifty-two vonsceutlve Subbaths, aud cach time you go you wilt have the same fecling ol expectancy, the runo faith that you will hear and sce wonderful cloquence, dramatie genius. You never do. At times, ps his brain teems with the rich muuf;hu which seem to Lo laboring there, lic breathes forth sonorous tones and words of beauty and puwer. But they are brict; the insplratlon seems dead ns soon as biorn, and only o translent gleam of genius darts from his ove, ouly a little Fpple of £old hubbles from his lips; then there la only o ponderous roll of waters,~not the glittering cascade which showors unoi us stars of silver, hut the heavy foree of tho river, which pushes by its own weight, aud catches light here and there through tharifts. You look upon hin as you would Jook upon a heaving mountain, irhich never burats into flame, but {8 always promising to, and which anon throws out little sparks of fira or jets of flame, and azain Inpscs {nto sombrencas,” Buch Is Henry Ward Beecher, gifted with physical oud moral powers, but al- ways & contradiction, In him you behold the shadow of Something,~something which is coming always, but naver comes. PeA Greex, RELIGIOUS. TIE METIIODISTS, The Mothodist ministars met yesterday morn- ing tn the confercnce-room over the book-store on Washington street. Elder W. C. Willing presided, and thore wus o large attendance, Aftor tho usual devotienal exerclscs and prayer by the Tov. W. A. Bpencer, the Hov, 8. Mec- Chesney read a paper on the subject, *Do Our Ruvival Mcthods Need Rovising! 7 Methodism, sald Dr. McChesnev, began as a rovival within the Established Church, and for tho Methodtst. Churel to iznore revivals would beto Ignore Its own origin, By tho Divine lessing the Church had been able to exhibit a continuoua rovival from I8 Inception tothe present day, and no man could polnt to any ong year fin which In Awmorica o revival under Mothodist supervision lad not been In vrogress, The Mook ~Concern wos cireulating revival lteraturo and bymns through the longth and breadth of tho Jand, and cven among the: Indians and the emancipated slaves. It Wwas too late In tho duy for Mothodlsm to fgnore revivals, and no minister or layman wortky of the namo wotld attempt to doso. But thoy might be oppased to certaln foatures of rovivals; featurcs which, in thelr judgment, marred tho work, and do- tracted from lts honetleent result, —There were two ways of working in the Church,—the regu- 1ar, atesdy, everydny work, and the fructional, spasmodic, high-pressure campaign which con- centrated all the vesources of the Church and borrowed all possible extrancous help. Thers were many strong churches which adhered to tha former method,—a method yery favorable to tha dovelopment of home talent, tho talent burled in the Church itsclf, But thero were strong arguments in favor of the other method. Bome churches lind not suflicient vitulity to stand regular work, and needed the forvor of excitement to encouruge thom, BSoma churches were 20 weak, nuiner- ically and spiritually, that to scize some fitting opportunity when cotverts could bo inada by Intenso rovival cffort was their only chunce. The young minlster was very llkclf to prefer the revival mathod. It had more of demaonstra- tlon. A few wecks of futense offore lifted things 1o a polut of now encouragement. Therv wero lnrfcr congregutions, scorcs of uccessious to the Church, and results Elnln,unuu tholr face, But there were mauy winisters who could do very effeettve work I the regrular chiannels, but whose physical condjtion would not allow thein to take tho risks of a regular campalgn, Thero was no reason, however, for seleetiug cither ot these methods to tho exclusion of the other, but the ordinary means of grace had been un- dervalued, and ‘the Church had bockslidden while waiting fu s state of Inglorious casu for the revival scason to coma round. Methodiam, whon true to herself, was true to all wstublished mcans of grace, and at tho samio thne cager to hall with delight the opportunity to galn a spe- cial yictory by speclal work. One of the mosu desirable * revivals of tho Church to-dy was ono that would sava the Church berscll. Thero could be no doubt that tho Lord Jesus was deeply interested In the salvation of the masscs. {lo died for thom, and flis sympathy for tho multitude—sheep without fold or shep- lurd—had been shown {n a thousaud wayi. This eagerness ta bring people iuto the Church with a rush might be founded on Christian zeal, but the conscquences might bo disastro A ver{ prudont writer, speaking of tho revival during the Millerite oxcitemcnt, hut Lwo or three such revivals would bu the death of the Church, It was the misston of the Methodist Church to lustst upon repentanca for ein s o precursor of conversion. The thing to be uvolded was rigidity,and the thing to be desired Is floxibilli 'he singing of nymus, tho calling 7, prayer ana prajsc, wero all parts of tho old Methodist lgltem. ‘I'he inquiry-room wmight bo usctul as a discretionary means. Cal- vivisin was and -lméu had “been opposed by the Methodist Church, and on tuls Mr, Beecher went as far as sy ot m‘cmoduL It bad boew sald for s quarterof & century that Calvinism was dead, but thu fact remaitied that Calviviatic churches oxisted, wero rowling daily, and bad furnished niany revivals fiu and ovangelste whoin the Church could never overlook, Americas Protestants must alwavs be tlad to hear prongunced the names of Whittleld aud Edwards, of Dorr and Gritlin, To-duy the Calvinistic churches wero waking us rapld stridcs as suy otbers fo chenshing tho true revival soirit, whilo the so<called Jlberal el mont in our churches was woefully deticlent lu all that appertaiued to the caruest, evangelical revival spirit which, wherever fu existed, crie out, *God give me soul, or I die.” We might, it wo wunld, wdvence alou; road ol lberaliun to join hands with the Universaltats d Unil never losiug su opportuit, to curse Calvinlsm; but the one fuct remalnc that this great un}mr lun;l‘ r«:tfit& :‘Imu; l‘:t:‘ first outpouring of the Holy upol Univereslist sud Uultarian Churches of thy land. *F'ie Bub-Committeo ou the Brighton Church reported (n favur of accuptivg certalu teriug of settlement offered by Ar. MeCaffery, uud, o0 . 7 . motlon, the Presiding Elder and partor of the church were fnstructed to settle up mattors on this basis. Dr. Edwardd doubted whether, when a charch was in peril, {t was heat to apend the time of the mecting In_ discusslon even of so linportant a mntter as that bronght un by Dr. McChesney. The meeting was not for the district alone, but for the wholo Northwest. A brother raid that it scemed to him that the child hiad heen born out of due time. They had canatdered the report of the Committee on the Brighton Chureh, had acted upon It, and had vassed to the regnlar order. Dr. Edwards—The old Jady had nothing clsc todo just then. [Laughter, Elder Willing eald thst tbe points made by r. McChesney were of the most fmportant character, and “he would he glad {f 1t could he proved he had sald more than the trath, The speaker did nob fully Indorse Iir, McChesney's atrong statements, and did not belleve Lhings were o bad In the churches as he thought. His impreasion was that there was n larzer per cont of triue Christlan people In the churches than the paper allowerd. But there was {mmense necd of constant, carnest work In Ci e ealle ed attentlon to the report prescuted by Buper- Intendent 1lickey of ‘the nuwnber of arrests muade by the city pollce durng 1877, In that vear probably more persons were arrested than the total meinberahiio of all the churches, Thero were 232 ehurches i Chicago, and {f they sub- tracted the eleven Jewish, thirty-threo Ioman Catholie, and twenty-nino Luthepan, the; hiad 178 Esangelical churches left, an he belleved their total membership was lean than the number of criminals arrested. Chicago had 2,325 licensed saloonss the Lord, and possibly ‘the Degl), knew how many unll- ceneed thero were, There were 46,008 chilaren in_Sabbath-schools, but nore then hslfl the children between the ages of 6 nmd 21 wero out- ¢hdo the aphere of Gospel influences, These facta ought to stlr up the Mcthodist ininiaters to action, The practical question ns to what shiould bo doue then came upy, and L scemed to him that utter sclf-abuegation was needed. 1o #poke more espeelally to the younger men, and belleved that they should think less of salatice, less of the respectabilitics, and more of the communion of the Holy (ihost. Night and da; he had puzzled over what this meant, lm{ it scemed to him that If thay could realize it they would find In it ‘a cure for these things they &0 much deplored, The apostolic benediction read, *The com- munjon of the Ioly Ghost be with you all," 10t with a favored Tew. Hlo thought that as & pustor he had failed nore than n any other potnt in taking advantage of the opportunities afforded him of speaking with leading laymen about tho condition of their souls. 'The mo- ment he apoko to one of his brethren, lay or clerieal, about his soul, that moment they found themselves drawn more closely togetber, Hio wantad encouragement from his brethren in the faith, yet not mors than one or two ol them I;m cver spoken to him about his apiritual con- ditlon. The Rev. A. \W. Patten led in prayer, and, after the conclusion of the devotioual exercises, the mecting adjourned. TIIE BAPTISTS. The Baptlst miuisters held thelr monthly meoting yesterday mornlng at No. 71 Randolph street, the Rev, Dr. Custis In the chair. Reports of chiurch work belng In order, the Rev, Mr. Kimball, of Englewood, reported four additions by baptism. Ho also reported an in- vrensed (nterest in the Sunday-school, and an Increase of the cougregation. The ubundonlng of the project of bmlding a church at Grand Croeslug had had the ctlect of sweiling the at- tendance. ‘The Rev. B._O. Taylor reported for Central Church four adiditions upon profession of falth, aud one by letter. ‘The Rev, Mr. Chapell, of Evanston, reported soveral ntercsting conversions, and the Rov, W, T\ Green, of Barrington, sald that his chureh had Just tiulshed the new basement of their edi- fice und had patd for it. ‘The Sunday-schiool had grown from thirty-five to scvents-five scholurs and the congregation had grown cor- respondingly. 'There seemed to be a huncering and thirsting after righteousness, ang he ex- pected n baryest soon. The Rov. Gnlusha Anderson, of ths Second Church, snnounced eight additions by baptisin aml two by letter. ‘Iho Rev. Mr. Akers, o Seminary student, who hins ministered to the chureh at “Bloomingdale, eald that for twelve years the church st that place bad been {6 a sca of troubles, and for four yeura there had been no conversious, Ilcmn:'lry tho peoplo had beeome onee moro united, bitter enomles alwok hauds cordiully once ogaln, and they ol seeined £ be agaln Taboring for the glory of the Lord. He reported several convoralons and numerous inguirles. The Rev, Mr, Clurk, of the South Church, spoke encouragingly of hia work, and the Rev. Alllson referred Ju hopeful terms to the sets of s cbarge, ‘The pastor of the Crystal Lake Church spoke In o simllar etraln, and the Bev, Mr. Crissy, of the Coventry Street Cburel, reported twelve couversfons. Dr. Lvorts, for the Michivan Avenuo Chured, an- nounced cloven additions by buptisn sud one by letter, e referred to the young people's organization asa means of focreasing the work of "tho church, particutarly 1n increasing the vumber of younz attendants, The Rov. Mr. Ougman, of the First Swedish Church, reported six baptisms, and satd that fn .lm)n(l){ury tho church debt had been decreased by l ) The Rev. . Swift, of tho Evangelical Church, reported two additiona by letter and five by ex- erlence. The Rev, Dr. Owoun, of University Inca Church, reported one by baptism, two by letter, and two by experfouce. The Rev, Mr. Wheeler, of Austin, reportad five wdditlons by baptism, ond sald thot ho had been holling in- teresting nightly mectlugs. The Itey, Samuct Huker reported three converslona n the church at Wheston, ‘The Rev, Dr. Northrun spoke very highty of thy work among the students at the Seminary, ond referred to them as the Huest class of young nien who had as yet been in the lustitutlon, The work among them wus wmost hopeful, and he Iuvited the pastors generally to visit and nssist tho lnstitution, ‘The Rev. Mr. Woudra(¥ sorrowfully aunounced that ho had acceptod a call to Quiney, and there- fors hie would not bo able agulu to meet with the Chicago minlsters, 1lo apoke very wadly of the troubles with his former people st Elgin, aud sald that the ditficulties arose out of a mifs understanding which Le and the Finanee Cow- wittee had oncountered concerning conditions under which he acecpted the pastorship at Elgin, He thought that ho was right, and the church peoplu untloubtedly thought that they wero in tho, tight, ~ There had been crimination and recrlindnation, sumo of hls Lest fricnds hul utterly fursaken him, and the chnrch waa divided agafnst ftself, " The state of focling waa very bad, and he hoped that soon all mistakes would be reetifled, and that those who had so coldly worked agalnst him would change thelr feeilugs to bim us ho bad his towand thom, The Rev. Mr. Kermoty sald that hoe had nreached ut Elein last Sunday and he thought that the people were sorry for all they bad sald sl dong, Tha Itev, Mr, Perrine, of the Weatern Avenue Church, reported one adaition by baptista, thres by letter, und five \.{ experiotiec. At the an- tiusl meeting of the Church the current iu- debrednoss was found to be luse thunat had be- lore v for years, and bo was eucouraged. “Tho ey, Mr. Hewitt reported six additions by letter to the Centennial Church, “The Rev, Mr. Hassellnihn, of the North Side German interest, aunounced ons whilition by Jetter und two by baptism, e acknowledgod the §25 collected at the Rov. 1. B, Cheney's Churcn for tny Geroian Mivsion on the North e, ‘The Rev, Dr, Custis, ot the Michigan Avenuo Chiurch, ul;arzud threo sdditions by Laptism and teu by lotter. Aftor prayer the meeting sdjourued. b NEW ENGLAND CHURCH, Last night, for the Arat tiwe in the history of tho saclety, the pews of the New England Con. gregational Church were disposed of by auction. And, after all, the auctfon was uot such an one #8 {8 usual upon shoilar occaslous, There wery vo playfut remarl 1L inake it §30.7 41t Ko you §3 better.” ¢ ['f ruise you $10." The dlsposal was very quivtly sccomplished and {n # way that gave satlfaction to ull cow cerned. For lustance, tbo mewmber who felt that he cuuld sfford than §50 for bl family scats selccted s seat the market vrice of which was §i2, say. Then by bidding 83 ho fucreased hls clionces of gmlnu the scat be desired, bovause the highust tdder had the tirst_cholee, and so on down Lo thy Jowest bids, Tho pews wers ull marked beforchand, and there was no auctioning off sats ouu by one. The bighest prewfum offered was sbout §13, Tho plas of disposul was fu- tendod not to increass the ruvenue from the pews,but shinply togiveull equul chasces to make thelr porketbooks sud {nclinations burmontzy, hhm the {em. ulcngant und protitablo (u.-lnlzgm‘ax( the evening was the oyater-supoer served by the ludles in the church |n’ulur. Kuu the aticod- Blce wad largo enough to {usurs the financial success of the undertuking, aud the utirsctivug beld oug to the ons who supped came in the forin of tha fulr young lady-walters, cach ous weariug a distinguishivg he car of bewilder- gty unltedfribbon andfiuce of such anature that by who did noy want to would cat agulu for thy pleasure of a protracted stay I the supper- room. It is inteuded thut the oyster-subper shall ba a feature of this winter's soclal epter- talumeat of the clurcl. ot more TIIE COURTS. Digsolution of the Injunction in the Canned-Corn-Beef Case. Sher!ff Kern Comes Out Ahead in the First Suit on His Bond, Another’ Snit to Prevent the Tifegal Twenty-Per-Cent Tax on Pers sonal Property. .Yudrzc‘ Blodgett In a lengthy opinfon vester- lay morning diesolved the Injunction granted a few weeks ago fn the patent cass of the Wil- son Packing Company snd Libby, McNell & Libby vs. Willlam B. Clapp, agent for the St. Louls Packing Company. The Judge sald the sult was to prevent the defendant from fulring- ing three patents owned by complainants for linprovements in packing cooked corn-beef. This improvement consisted in giving the can the shape of a pyramid, or of a portion of a pyramid, so that, the lower end belng opencd, the contents could hetarned out whole, The patents also cover- ed the method of fastenlng on the tou and tho vent and shleld over it. Thero was nothing In the evidence tending to show an fn- fringement; there was nothing with the excep- tion of the shield that was new. There were serlous doubts whether the mere shape of s can in the form of a pyramid or section of & pyramid was a patentable dogice, though It waa no doubt a convenient one, and that was the only distinctive feature |n tho patents. The vent-holo in the Wilson can was old. The process for parboiling frults, vegetables, and Mieats and eanning them had been known since 1510, and had been repeatedly described in the encyclopediua, The Bupreme Court {n the Potash case had gone 8 good way in holding that o patent could be maintained for A now articlo of commerce, but it was doubtful whether oll kinds of canped lmltn ncats, vegetables. cte., could be covered by different patents, and thereby become a new artiele of manufacture. At any rate, a court would bo_slow to Intetfere with veated rights and with other veople's buale ness carclessly, [pon the evidence, therefore, the Injunction ought not to be allowed to atand, and 1t would not have been grauted nhad it heen known that Clapp was tiot o manufac- turer within ‘this district, The result of the order a8 to haraes and annoy competing par- ties In uther cities in elmilar kinds of busl- ness, as when the temporary fnjunction was granfed clreulars were sent all over the country. Buch use of the order was unwar- ranted. It would have looked better had the complainants contested the infringement dl- In:cll.v with the monulacturery crusing the njury. 1u tho Winslow canned-corn patent aults, the Judgs safd he hud refused to grant injunctions agatnat every unfortunate grocer who hapnened to have some of thatcorn to el until the patentces had sued the parties violnting their patents, It was not a legitimate tethod to at- tack dealers after they had ollowed the com- modity to come sv rencrally into use that cus- tomers all cxoceted their grocers to keep it. The patent nnder consideration was on article of great cummercial hnportance and made by a lanre number of Emu.-s. and It was not right to attack throughthe courtsovery rrocer who had a few cans of beef, and enjofin him untll the contest had been decided between the cumpeting manufacturers, In view of the doubt over the patentabllity of the article at all, and of the other reasons ggiven, the tnjunction would e ddissolved, Mesars, J. N, “Jewet Goodwin, Oflield & Towle, West & Bond, and Muuday & Evarts ‘sppeared for complalnants, and Eldridge & Tourtellotte for defendant. BIELR(FY KERN ALIEAD, Judga Blodeett was engaged yesterlay in hearing n case brouzht by Edwin Bromeley ngainst Sherlit Kernn and his bondsmen on his ofllcial bond. The facts arc as follows: About o month ngo Bromeley took out an exccutfon on o judgment he had recovered. The exeen- tion was placed fu tho hands of the Sheriff, an indemntiying houd given, and the Sherdff di- rected to levy on some persoual property. e did ro, hut soon after it was discovered that the property did not betong to the defendant In the ]mlzml.‘nl. ‘The Suerlil then released the prop- ety and went to look at his bond, but fnding it worthlcas he declined to return the execution, ‘The platutift’s nuorucgn then applled to Judee Gary for a rute on the SherlfY to compel him to retuen {t, and also to make him responsivle for the loss, clalming that, had be returmedithe ex- ccution within the niuety duys, they would huve found ather ij)env out of which to st~ Isfy the jJudement, Judge Gary held that Mre, Iern did right. In rofusiniz to return the execu- tion when the bond was worthless. Bromeley then, belne a non-resident, bezan a euit n the Federsl Courts on Kern's bond. Yesterday this suit was tried, but atter the evl- dence was all fnthe plalnthil’s attorneys, fnding they had no ¢ took & nonsuit without lutting the ense wro to the jury at alh This result fully Juntifies Mr, Koruin hfs actiomdand Mr, Bromeloy will, when he gives another indemnifying bond, probably be morae careful as to its quality. UALEAS CORYFUS, An unusually futcresting habens corpus case was on trinl yesterday morning before Judge MeAllster, The potitioner Is Arthur F, Palmer, who I8 eecking to et possession of his two Ftrln, Florcuce, aged 13 years, und Rosa, about i years old, now belng cared for by Mr. E. A, Bfierburne, the lawyer. Palmer's” habits were written up some time 8go, at the time Mr, 8her- burno filed an application 1o the County Court tu by made guardiun of the children. Palmer fs an Eoglsbiman, carnfor Kiud of a living by plano-tuning, and came here Just_ spring, having deserted bls wife in Londen. He took rooms on Jackson strect, and, when he left home, shut hls chil- dren ugm the room, where the poor innocents were obliged to stayall day freless, studylng tasks e hud given them to learn, or trying fnvent some kind of amusement for thonisel 8. At Jast they resolved to go back to their moth- er, and actually Fnr. mratrainon the Michigan Central ltallroad. When thoy got to Kensiug- ton the couductor put thet off, and they wan- dered around untll they happened to “fall in with o farmer, who touk them in and cared for tham sotne days, when ho carrled them back to thelr father, Thelr cuse excited the attention of the nelgbibors, and finally Mr. Sherburne, hearing of them, volunteered to make uph{h‘uuon 0 be appointed their guande fun. In the meantime he took them to his own louse, where they are now. Palmer clajmed he was sble to supnort them, and denfed the churges as to his cruclty and as to starving them. Hu also bousted on the stand that he did not belleve in marriage, oxeept so long as the partice agreed to live together, und pro- clalued blmscll & vegetariau and sadvocate of hydropathy, Ho also charged that Mr. Sler- burng was bcfulllnu hls children away from Mm, and teaching them to dls- like him. Mr. Sberburnc denfcs this, snd clal that bhe touk them with Tslcr's consent, und that they do not want to return to thelr unattractive home, Tho girls, who ate quiws bright and attractive, wery i court yesterday, listenlug eagerly to the pro. ceedings. ‘The evidence was not concluded, and tho casu was coutiuued Ly to-morrow moruing. TAX-7IOUTHLS. The war on_the collection of the illegal taxes mmle by that phenome- Stute of Equal- in earucst. X’ul- the stockholders of Bank, represcuting il iuinet Mar several ol Third Natfousl 2,250 ahiarcs of stock, flled a b l\lmlnlll.1 South Town Cullector, to prevent hln terda; the 7, from collecting part of the tax aguiust the bank stock, ‘The stuck ol coinplaivants was asscssed at $78,000. ‘Thu County Board raised this to £03,50after thocertificates of the County Clerk had been forwarded (o the State Board, bus the Htate Bourd fruored the increase, aud added 57 per cent to_the ortginal valuation of personal property. The County Clerk, however, deter- mriued uot to be vutdone, added both the 20 per cent and the 57 per cent, and now asks for | $0,804.02 from complaluants as tho tax ou thelr stock, The latter, therefore, lo thelr bill usk- iniz for au injunction to preveot the collection of tha tax on this 20 per cent increase. JTEMS, ‘Fo-morrow will bu default dsy in the Supo- rior Court fu law and chancery, Judge Furwell yesterday granted s decree of divurce to Barbara Kelisrmaun from Emil Kel- lermany, ou the ground of descrtion. UNITED STATEY COURT4. Tho Cunnccticut Mutual Life lusurance Com- pavy and J. L. reeoe flled bill yesterday qnzul Jawmes I and Sussu HL Roberts, Br uard G. and Laurs Caultield, the Central Na- tional Bank and_ Q. R, Giover, Recclver, Joseob Puisols, aud A. H, Burley, Recviver of the Cook Couuty Natlonal Bank, to forecioss & wortgage for $16,000 outhe N.I{ of Lot 1, Block 7, ot Fractional Bec, 13 Additlon. Tho Unfon Mutual Lity-Insurance Company filed a bill agalust Francis K. Joues, L. D. Boone, 8. L. Boone, Williun Haisbrough, Bradtord Isucock, Assignee, Burah B. Jones, J. P. Ca- dicus, aud Frank Fuery, 10 foreclosy o trust- deed for $£33,000 on Lots 1and 8, Block 8, In Cans] Trustecs' new Enbdisision of blocks (n the B. E. fractional 3 of Sce, 21, 39, 14, Hiram Hyde filed a bill_agafnst Edgar Read- inz. Amella M, Reading, W. C. and Louise 8, Harrington, C. B. Blackman, R. 8. Carson, 8. . King, and_John 0O'Nell, to foreclote threa mortzages for £4,000 cach on Sub-Lot 13 and the 8. twanty-four feet of Subrlot 12, in Bay's Subdivision of Lots 18 and 19, Bluck 1, of Ellls® West Addition: and another agalnst Williniu C, and Loulse S, Harrington, W, Ii. Ranstend, and athers, ta foreclnse two mortenges for 81,500 cach on part of Rhaw's Division of Bub-Lots 3 and 8, in Forestville, 1 DAKKRUPTCY MATIERS, Willtam Sturges, of this city, was the fiest to start the week in going_ Into ‘bankruptey. s eccured ddebts ure $752500, with eecurities, chiefly rallrond Donds, estimated as worth 2218, 3. “The largest creditor_is Elijah 8mith, to whom £332.000 {s owing, The unsecureld debta Aamount to £419,202.50, bieridea 235,040 dua on discounted rmrcr, The largest eredlitor {s Alhert Bturges, who {s in for 210,000, The only assets arc some stock In the Crescent Iron Company, par value, 8250,000, and 250,00, worth par value in the Leavenworth, Lawrenco & (ialveston Railroad Company. Tho case was referred to Register HHibbard. Janes Balnard, of Riley, McHenry County, also flledd bie schedules yesterday, They ahuw his %;(\’\'etemd debts 1o be #102%he rewurnd $1,050, and tho unsccured $5,505. The usscta conalkt of lands, £8,700; waguns and cutlers, £56; farming stock and implements, $uki; horses, cows, hogs, etc., #7003 ln;{. curn, pata. toes, ete., 820). " Reference to Tteglster Coon, A comporition meeting will be held Feb. 10 1n the ease of [Al!nl((irun!. An the case of Kramer Brothers, on petition of the Cedarburg Woolen Mills the. bankrupts were ordered to show caitse within ten days whv their composition shioulil not be st asfde., In the csse of tho Plumbers’Supply Company, t:le stock was ordered to be sold st public aue- on. Charles A. Comoll and J. L. Manning were veaterday clected Arsignees of Ficld, Dinsmore & Co., under a bond for $1,000 each, \n": i.]-lcnklm was elected Assignee of Joseph Michael, The creditors of Jacoh Colin refused to aceept the offcred composition of 25 per cent. The compoeition meetiug of E. H, Goodrich is ect for ¥ p. m, to-day. CIRCUIT COURT. Charles Morgan filed a bill ngatnst Hiram and Hannah F. Hadley, Marcelius E. Collins, Will- fam Footner, Ileber 8mith, Jatnes Morgan, Francls Morgan, R. W, Bridge, Francelia M. and Romine V. I{otchkiss to foreclose two mort. gages for £4,000, made by Iotchkiss and wife, on Lot 10, save Lthe sonth twenty-five feet there- ofy of Block 0, in Ashland Second Additlou, THE CALL- Jrpax Dauxsonn—In chambers, Jroos Bronezrr—gecond and unlimjted “cal) of tho calendar. No 321, Bchulz Motrapol- itan Life Insurance Compsny, on trial, Junex Gany—114 to 133, Inclusive. No, 100, Wheat ve, 11ill, on trial, Juboe Moone~12, 13, 14. No, 11, Walker ve, Waiker et al., on trinl, Aunex RosEne—s1 and 61 to 75, inclusive. No, 54, Bell ve, Morrls, on trial. unaE BooTi—81, R, and 85 to 105, Inclusive, except 8. No casu on trial. & Dy 445, 2 McALLisTRR—Sct casen, term Nos, , and 43, and calendar Nos, 027 to 1335, tn- clasive, zxrc{-t 03, 05 07, 104, 104, 105 108, to 116, 120, , and 131, No care un trial, Arpar Fanwreir—182, Cam; 1ve, Darey; RBid, Dunn ve, Flaherty: va, Hamilton 1,341, Speer va, Speer, L, Fich va, Willard G4, Kean va. Wright; aud 1,000, Walker. va, Carleton. dvvoe WiLLiaxs — 324, Bedley ys. Pease: 1,278, Chasa ve. eelye, Nou. 407, McLsughlin vs. Bangs, on trial, : JUDGMERTS, Uxiten STATES Cutcury Count—Juvoe Brope oETT—United States va. Andruw.d, Grlgzs, F. 10, Myars, and J. . Bosen, 810100, —1. "%, Wood. ruft Wilson Packing Compsny, $708, . JSeesnion Count—Coxyseioxs-—Franklin Mac. Yeagn & Co. ve. Albert, Fred, snd Augnst flobu, £35. —Wiillam Spter va, Solnnon Spier. $365. ~E. I, Prasc vo. Loulee C. J, Busal o D“um"pym. tl ussing and logh L, Jupae Ganv=C. H. Frick et al. va. Wil Raleigh, $159. 40, « N, Eddy et s 11, nldo, $: 2, orze W, Joncs, £219, 8, Dob- tina, $5, 000, . Dobbins, + 8, Pease, Oeorge 8, Bowen, aud W05, —C. M. Lutler ve. Samne. y Clllmn‘ use of fuhatbitanta of .14, va. Edmund 1. Taylor; verdict $12,- 4, and motion for now’ trlal by both parties, mo ya., Sume: verdict $U,770.61, and both partics move fur new trial, ' T Covnr—itnur HDoota—Willlam Mc. retal. va, Fred V. ordict $iH4,01, — J. B, Dingmai M. Krause; verdict $45,22, e et — PAT'S ADVICE TO THE ' JOURNAL." To the Editor af The Tribune, Cmicaao, Feb. 4.—The Journal {8 worrled about the cumbrous nature of the silver doliar, Let o poor trishun sugeest the remedy. With the first §104 stlver recelvea by the Journal, letit purchase ajjackass and xaddle- bags, aud, when lie brinzs home his balances from the Clearlng-flouse, be sure to slwaya put the silvor fn one end of tho saddie-bays and a stone of equal welght I the uther. Then, by Jnbers, AT Lic Is a merciful man, be should alwass rida the Juckass, and curry the saddle-baga vu his shouldor, so as to divide the burden with the La YAT, SKEPTICISM. Nowadays peovle doubt ncarly everything. They forget that the known facts uf to-luy con- stituted the knotty problewis of Liypotheals but a fow years siuce. Unsuccessful practitioners of medieine anote the doubts and uncertaintics experienced by Sir Astley Cooper, who lived not long after Huarvey discovered the elreuts- tlon of tho blood, as evidence that but little is known of mediciucuaide frot conjectitre, entlres Iy Ignorityz the fact that their competitors are dafly healinge discases which Cooper thought tn. curable, I not such fgnorunce erlminal? Catarrh, tho most common und the moxt fucur- able of all chrunlc discases, readily slelds to the healing and soothing propertica of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Rewedy when used with Dr, Plerce's Nasal Douche. Tt the case be complicated, the blood must be enriched and purdfied by Dr. Toree's Golden Modical Discovery, No rewedy yet known equals tho Discovery in pormanently curing affections of the junge, liver, blovd, niul ekin, 1f aflhcted with comstipation try Dr. Plerce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. They are asura cure. Dr. Oltver Wendell Holumes, tu o lute address, speaking of our progress, salds * Ta thoso of 1ny coneration thia modery worlil, which most of you take as & inatter of eourse, {s a perpetual sourco of wonder, a standing mirs. cle. Belenco and wrt have so changed thy aspect of evoryday lifo that one of a certaln age might well bolieve bimsclt on anuthier plaset or In an- vther stage of existence.” No longzer does the sudentary man or the delicate woman suffer from torpid fiver, constipation, or draatic med- fcine. Buionce hastdemoustrated that the con- centrated extracts sro wore poteut snd relfable than the huge duses resorted to by our fure. futhers, hence tho great eale and popularity of ir, Merce's Pleasant Purgative Pellots, which aro scarcoly lnrger tian mustard seeds, yet are safe end certaln s & catbartic siterative and antl-billous remedy, Tho following nemes aro & few of the many who have bean cured by using the Deliets, to ‘whom the Doclor refers: Charles W. Btruble, Wauseon, 0.; David ‘Thompson, Mountfort, Wis,; Strs. N. M, Hast- fugw, Troy, No Yei L T, Mue, Pilot Polnt, Ore. William R. Bott, Hyde Puark, Pa.; Culeb Cow- ing, Eddytown, N, Y.; A, D, Brown, Lisle, N, Y.; L. Fogg, Btillwell, Iil. ; Thomas W, Landon, Falnnount, Ma. RBUSINESS CHANCES, OR SALE . i I Samieg et perng Millne aud Fauoy Goods departmicuia, dolng ul)l(n:_ Brateclasibudlness, located tu (olutubus Oblo, hav praoimpeiiion Tilivwisciat lfuea. sl ot OF e best locations [u the Th i the ¢l 'RR ral terma I fhea ou appruy rity. hatlafactury ressous k(ven ve wishing to s oF further particulars addrese WILEIE, Columbus, O. mnos. Iwmported CANARIES, Talki Parrow, sud vtber Fsucy Birds, Goldisb & Aquariuma. * FRED RAEMPFER, 127 Clark-ut, Tarlarmisy Malerly, b, Ahllfllfi!o ARTIEICIAL FLOWERS, PARTY SEASON 3 1o Flowers for* Partics and Weddingy, 101 bals and Eventng Dicssce, ol Mibe: i i ¥ w b Luporter, b0 Wabasli-av., suutl 1, wenth-at. Otdety 2w wbroad promptly attended, RAIE NESTORATIVE. SAVE|TO LEARN HOW TO DO YOUR| IT READ AND HEED HAIR| WHAT FOLLOWS, SAVE YOUR TAILR.—The laws of Health and Longurity demand ity the enstoms of ocls! lifa requiza §t. Tha maotter Is of grest importanca In evory way. . BEAUTIFY YOUR IIAITL—It is the sure passing crown cf glory, and for the Jossaf it there i no compenmtian, 2 CULTIVATE YOUR MAIR.—For by ma other mosns ean 1t e auved and beautified, LYON'S KATHAIRON, Disorered thirty-Sra years agn by Prof, Lyon, of Yale, Is the most perfret preparation in the world for prescrring and boautifying the Latr, Deatdes etng the best hatr dressing ever produced, Lyon‘s Xathotron will positively pravent grayness, and will re= atore new hair to bald heads, if tis roots and follicles nro ot destroyed. It nctuslly performs these sosaing wmisacles, of rhich tho follawing is . ' A FAIR SPECIMER, 1 had been entirely Lall for several yeary, con- stitutionsl, T suppozc. L used a fow bottles of athairon, nnd, 10 1oy great aurprise, Lhsve o thick growth of Foung lials, COL, JOIIN L. DORRANCE, U, 8. A. In every important respect the Kathairon fa abeos Jutely lacomparable. It s unoqualed 1. To Crao Daldness. 2. "To Yestoro Ozay Matr. 3. To Nemovs Dasliufl. 4. ToDrese nud Deatlify tio Tate, REAR IN MI¥D.—The Ratuslron fs 26 aticky pasto of milpliur nnd sugar-of-lesd, to paint aod daub tho hair and paralyzo the Lraln, It.ds n pus oad limpil vepetatlo lotion, iotendal tore- #toro tha hair Ly natuscl prowth snd reinvigoration, Ttis splendilly pesfamed, 10 mot delightful tolfet dressing Enown. No laly's or pentleman's tollet outfitIs comrle’e it Lyon's Kathairon. BOLD NVLRTWIRRE, BT _E--:-()l‘l-}RA. GRAND TTALIAN AND ENGLISH OPFRA. MAX STRAROSCH, Diector, THUIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, Feb. 3, First appearance of the lilastrious Angio-Franco Prime Donna. from Sler Malesty's Upera House, Joadon, IPLLE MARIE KOZ LA FAVORITA, In which character she haacreated vn Jmmease furore 1n F'hiinc lrm,:. Daitimare, \\'u'xln:m\:. &e. e, . K, lichrens, NINU, Feb. o, o Conductor.. Tu-MORR MWLLE MARIYE ROZE ARG To K e TIERIDAY E! With Bupert deenery, New Costumes. Grand Mise cn 8 eno, Military fiaad un stace, Grand altet. Rl o vy Fibiay Freainz, Endlieh Overs Nigut=TIIE 110 SILAN 18R K ELLOGES T s A I Admtaton, $1. Tteverved Seats, 80 crnts and §1 extrm, acconll Heai for . Famlly Clrcle, 73 cts. ran 30 10X Otiice. MPCORMICK HALL. Wednesday, Feb, 6, 1878, Posltively Last Appearanca in Chicazo Lhis sca- von_of the Waorld's Greatest Preacher and Vopular Omtor, THE KEV. HENRY WARD BEECHER, Who will deliver, by apecial request, hils Lectiire on “HARD TIMES.” Mr. Beecher will cive viowxs on the Fioances of the Country and the ver BT, Tickets, Ono Dollar, ‘ut sula at Chicagy Mudle €Ca., No, 152 State-at., on A ¥, 4th foat, at O MmN extra chargs for reserved aeats, Locture begins st ¥ o'clock, Tho proceeds ju b dounted 10 u denaeiug ouject. MCVICKER'S THEATIE, BILL OF MIRTH. EVIVAL of T. W Mehon- ougli's sucecnrul dramaiie fdyl. ith & grester cast Lban ulurf H Kiven fuany ol JOIN DILLON, 1L IL M'VICKER, ROLAND REBL anle Graham, Ha ‘earran, Harry Lee. Laura Don, A Geralding Maye, Ulara Sionesid, Alfee THastings, Jeiy pttLoN: . . BARNEY, TIE BARON, € Every Nisht and saturday Satines. HAVERLY’S THEATRE, (Lato Adeiphl, ) Jo I HAVELLY, roprietor and Manager, ner o sl aver. .y far superlor i et produc: eatee. The gifted Amer. KU and Siss KITET HIY & wonderful sirong cast. weata, Satioees Weanca ik e ea} NEW CIHCAGO THEATRE, Clark-st., uppostts shermup House., TO-NIONT, 'Tn«mllr. Tremendous Buccess and Crowded Hoses o witness Mr, Denman Thompson ax Joshua Whitcomb Amalstod by hisown L’un‘l‘%ny and the beautiful youns ras, MISS JULIA. WILSON. Datioees Weducaday and saturday, 5 COLISEUM, NOVELTY THEATKE, +No. 87 Clark-st. This Afteravon and Evenlag tircateat ILit of tha Sear son of the Celestial Wonders JACKITS-CHT’S JAPS £1x4a number, and 1o Leautiful Jai [UTH e el TAL Y Tho Woman Mate of Illinois, 273 THIRTIETH-8T,, Chioago, Vetwoen Wabash and Michigan-avs. ¢ Woman's Fres Digpenaary coabected with this ution 1 upen every Wedneaday aud Baturday from 1 v'clock for the gratultous treations of Dlscascs uf Wouiwn. FAIRBANKS" STANDAKD SCALES or ALL KiNDS. FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 0O, 111 %113 Lake St., Chicago. Becarofultobuyouly the Geguine, KUm Aread's Kumnys or Milk Wie, a do- ilitous sparkiing Tuluo ' a1l a2 K tor Its fuyigursil and fatteuh alaiitlea, spocially “usctul foF 44% | Bea. (o circularm. AL H Madison-at. SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF YALE COLLEGE. Courscato'Chiemisiry, Pure aad Applisd. (0 Clvll and inpysale Eogtucerlagn Agricaltirs, Doty Zoolugy. Mineralogy, a3d Geolugy, aud in Geoersd elentlfc Ktudich, Eugllab, French, and Germao, n oy Fyllier) Eoonaly, Wittorrete” rau, gddres Prof, GEJ. 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