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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JUJSTE 18,1881.
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E.ROSEWATEK , Editor.
John 1L Pierce Ii in Charge of the Clrcu-
ntion of THE DAILY JJKE.
THE bnrgo boom will BOOH bo boom
ing.
GIUST thinks Jeff Davis is n bigger
linr than lie is coward.
"Boss" SHEPHERD , formerly of.
"Washington , is reported assassinated
by his Mexican minors.
THE steamer "llogcrs" lion sailed
from San Francisco for Bohring Straits
in search of the "Jeanottc. "
GENERAL GRANT has arrived in Now
York , but denies that ho intends , to
take any hand ill the political game.
THE U. P. carried about 1,300 pas
sengers free to the Columbus jambo
ree , but the people paid for the fid-
dler.
WK have a wonderful country.
While Omaha is crying for sprinkling
carts , Pittabiirg is calling loudly for
life preservers
AKIKONA papers uro urging the re
moval of General Fremont from the
governorship on the grounds of inat
tention to duties.
EX BUTLEII says ho hasn't been in
Albany , but from all his experience
he believes that in politics money
makes the mare go.
RECENT statistics give Lpndon ! ) , -
314,571 inhabitants , a gain of 17.2 in
ten years. Now York has gained 28
I > cr cunt , in the name time.
IT is difficult to got at the truth of
the Albany investigation business. It
remains an open question whether
Bradley was the briber or the bribed ,
EX-SE.VATOU TIIUUMAN announces
his determination to stay out of pub
lic life. There are many men whoso
services could bo'bottor dispensed with.
Tun losses from the Quebec fire are
stated at 82,000,000. It ia oflicially
announced that G24 houses were de
stroyed , rendering 1,211 families and
0,028 people homeless.
SESSIONS saya that "old sledge"
was the favorite pastime during the
legislative' session. Two thousand
dollar stakes wore put up to make it
interesting to the players.
O.VK of the advantages of the now
railroad to Omalia will bo the opening
of the Weeping Water atone quarries
to our citizens , and the bringing into
market of the flno clay beds .of that
section.
THE Missouri Pacific ia Nebraska ,
JAJ * Gould'a now down-tho-rivcr Hue ,
will bo in active operation by January
1 , 1882. This will bo good IIOWB to the
inhabitants of Cass , Otoo , Nomolm
and Richardson counties.
HAU.UOADS honcBtly built , fairly
Blocked and equitably managed nro
great aids in the development of the
country. 'Before many years the
people will compel every road to bo
built , stocked and m&nagod in just
this way ,
If Postmaster-General James con
tinues with his retrenchment pro
gramme ho will make the post olllco
department self-sustaining before his
term expires , ilo is applying com
mon sense and business principles to
the work lie has in hand , and the figures -
ures show that he has already reduced
the annual expenditure over $1,000 ,
000 , with no injury to the public in
tercsts. In the past ten days ho has
effected a saving of 8190,000 in the
star route service alone , and $935,000
altogether aineo ho took charge. The
estimated receipts of the department
I !
-are 839,578,789 , and it is believed they
will be exceeded , while the appropria.
tion is $40955,432i ; BO tlmt only 91 ,
370,043 saving in expenses will make
the department self-supporting. As
91,000,000 have been already waved
and several hundred thousand dollars
more are provided , there U every rca-
on to hope that General James will
succeed in putting the department on
a paying basU before ho yield * up his
office to a f ucceuor.
NO COMPROMISE.
"Compromises with factions in a po
littcal party , where a principle is involved <
volvod , are the very essence of folly ,
The offer to conciliate the defeated
faction , defeated because in thowrong ,
is nil abandonment of the very princi
ple which enabled the winning faction
to triumph. And by the virtue of this
fact the section of the party which
was lately a faction , has become the
party itself , nnd is entitled to dictate
its policy and wield its power. To
allow the defeated faction to dict fo
the policy or name the parly standard-
joarore is to surrender the first fruits
of a justly won victory. It is equiv
alent to an admission that the late
contention was a mere scramble for
ilaco and power , devoid of principle. "
, Tliis compact enunciation of n polit-
cal truth formulated by the Chicago
Tribune hits the nail squarely on the
lead. It should bo indelibly graven
on the mcmory'of Nebraska's United
States senators who were both elected
as the representatives of great prin
ciples.
Five years ago the people of this
state were arrayed into two opposing
factions. On the * ono side were
massed the supportorsof | a political dy
nasty , founded upon the corner stone
of jobbery and public plunder , allied
with ana supported by the most pow
erful railway monopoly on the conti
nent. . On the opposite side was the
element that demanded , first , the ele
vation of ULO public service to the high
plane of competency and integrity ;
second , the emancipation of
the people from the domination
of rni ! " ' ! kings , and lastly ,
a radical change in party machinery
l > y tlio abolition of existing abusos'in
the primaries and conventions.
These wore the issues of the sena
torial campaign of 1870-7. The lines
were closely drawn , nnd the rank and
file of the victorious faction that
elected Alvin Saunders to the senate
was imbued with as much unselfish
devotion to great principles a were
the men who enlisted in the antislavery -
slavery agitation.
Thousands of the men who battled
with us against the cohorts of Jay
Gould nnd Hitchcock , braved every
discomfort , exposed themselves to the
most bitter persecution , incurred the
loss of profitable patronage , or worse ,
.ho loss of employment. They made
lioso sacrifices because they wcro
sincerely attached to the principles
and reforms which the anti-Hitchcock
clement was pledged to bring about ,
and because Nebraska had boon de
graded ' into a moro province of Jay
Gould.
\Vlun this element of the Republi
can party became victor in the elec
tion of Alvin Saunders it became
do facto the party , and upon Mr.
saumlors as its trusted representative
devolved the sacred duty to fulfill its
ilodgos and carry out the principles
which h'ad secured popular endorse
ment.
Nearly five years have passed , but
.ho pledges of 1870 still remain un-
'ulfilled. Some of the most flagrant
abuses which wo denounced during
that campaign , have continued with
out abatement. Some of the most
disreputable scallawags and bum
mers atill occupy positions
of responsibilty in the service. Some
very incompetent and untrustworthy
men hnvo been honored with impor
tant appointments. The wishes ol
railroad kings are moro frequently
consulted than the wishes of veterans
whosq loyalty to the principles repre
sented in the election of Senator
Saunders had been tested on n hun
dred political battle-fields.
This sad state of facts is mainly duo
to , the disposition of Mr. Saunders to
compomiso with the defeated faction.
Almost from the day of liia election ho
has yielded one position after the
other in n spirit of compromise anil
compromise in this as in every similar
instance has been an abandonment ol
principle. '
Five months ago another great po
litical battle was fought nnd won.
The faction that had been ingloriously
defeated in the election of Alvin
Saunders , was again overthrown in
the election of General Van "Wyck.
In the four years that had followed
the election of Mr. Saunders , popular
sentiment had boon thoroughly
aroused to the dangorn that threaten
the from the
country arbitrary exac
tions of railway corporations and
their political misrule.
Elected as a prominent anti-monop-
olist , in opposition to the candidates
championed by the railroads , Senator
Van Wycl : became the representative
of distinctive principles. U h muni
fcstly his duty to give tin-so principles
vitality in every appointment ml by
his vote and voice.
But nt the very threshold almost
from the day of his election , ho is
appealed to for compromises by the
defeated faction , At every stop lie
takes ho hears the plea for harmony
through concessions and compromises
With him as well as with Senator
Saunders , TUB BEE enters a solomi
protest agaiiut every compromise us a
breach 6f faith to the men who electee
them , Every compromise Uioy make
is a step backward , and every con
cession they make to the monopoly
faction , robs the people of the fruiU
of their hard fought victory. Ever ;
oompromue they make lowers then
in the esteem and confidence of thel
constituents.
OMAHA'S SCHOOLS.
The work of the year in Omaha's
schools is drawing to nil end. The
commencement season is approaching ,
Lho annual reports will soon bo made
ready , and the buildings will shortly
bo closed for the summer vacation.
The work of the past year in our
niblic schools has for tlio most part
icon well done. The records show an
ncrcascd attendance , and , wo believe ,
an increased efficiency in methods of
nstruction. Particularly in the pri-
nary departments , the faithful work
of experienced teachers nnd a com-
non sense system of instruction have
nado themselves felt in a raising of
ho standard and in the increased in-
crest taken by the punils in their
Indies. There has been greater har-
nony in the corps of instructors nnd
moro general satisfaction among tax
aycrs with the conduct of thu schools
han for a number of years past. All
) f llieso results are matters for general
ongratulation nnd speak well for the
uturo of our system of public instruc-
ion.
Omaha is justly proud of her pub
ic schools. She contributes gcnor-
lusly toward their mnintninnncc.
Svery movement towards an increase
if their efficiency and a common
icnso raising of the standard
of instruction will bo wel
comed and encouraged by our
citizens. What our people demand is
.hnt their children shall be given n
ihorough education in all that will
jest fit them for becoming good mom-
bora of society nnd valuable nliko in
, ho state nnd family. Our common
schools cannot fill the places of colleges
nnd universities. It is not intended
that they should. Their sphere is
limited to imparting an education
which , of necessity , must bo elemen
tary , oven in the branches taught in
our high nchools. But while literature
ind science can barely bo touched
upon , they should bo taught , in so
'ar as they are taught at nil ,
n n thorough manner. A
cnowlcdgo of the elements of
scientific knowledge , is essential to
every well-informed American , nnd
ihould bo furnished our children at
.ho expense of the community , to the
exclusion , if necessary , of a mass of
superficial knowledge in which they
can never become .proficients' , and
vhich lies outside of the sphere of
nibhc instruction.
Aside from her public schools ,
Omaha may well congratulate herself
over the successful operation of a mini-
> or of private institutions in her midst
vhich are doing an excellent cduca-
ional work. Croighton College ,
3rownoll 'Hall and a number of other
schools which might bo mentioned are
worthy of all encouragement asjfillhig
gap in the educational field and pro
viding facilities which our public
schools ought not to bo expected to
urnish. The recent commencement
exercises of Brownoll Hall and" the ad-
nirablo exhibit" mu'do of the year's
work in that institution , shows that
) maha parents , who seek a higher ed
ucation for their daughters than tlio
city furnishes , need not go away from
lomo in their search.
With such school facilities as she
now possesses , Omaha is fully abreast
of any other city of her size in the
country. It will bo the duty of our
school board and citizens to see that
in the future she retains her present
position.
THE PaU .Mall Gazette sounds a
note of alarm over the speculative
craze which ia now at its height in
England. It claims that every sccur
ity which was at ) a heavy discount , has
boon bought up by speculators until
there is nothing else to lay hold of.
The moro experienced operators on
the London Stock Exchange , unable
to see their way clear , and believing
that a collapse immt come , have long
since withdrawn from the speculative
lativo whirl , but the excitement
still remains , nnd prices con
tinuo to advance. The banks have
carried hugo deposit and loan ac
counts for the stock operators , and
those accounts , particularly the latter ,
keep swelling , until now , when Bottling
tling days como round , the money
market becomes fidgety , and the rates
stringent. At the last settling day
the pressure was so severe that the
Bank of England itself lent 810-
000,000 to the outside market.
The Gaette says that while no one
cau predict when the crash will como ,
yet all things tend to that conclusion.
The amount of stock "floating" on the
market increases at each settlement
nnd speculators are increasing their
borrowings , fortnight by fottnight , in
order to sustain quotations.
If England was not so closely con
nected , in a commercial sense , witl
the United States , the subject woulc
not bo of so much importance to our
people. Since April 30th the Now
York banks have increased their loan
able funds 843,000,000 , which is
largely duo to the demand for loans
for stock speculations. Tlio specula
tive craze in Wall street is hardly leas
marked than in I/mdbn. When the
strain becomes too great the bubble
must burst and the whole country
will feel the effect of the final crash.
THE safe arrival in'St. Louis of tlio
30,000 bushels of grain shipped from
Stt Paul down the Mississippi ch route
to Liverpool seems to prove the entire
nvailabity of the river route to the
sea board. The entire cargo arrived
without any heating or swelling nnd
tlmt , too , in face cf several exceptional
liol days. Experienced river men ex
press absolute confidence that the en-
iiro shipment will bo put down in Liv
erpool in perfect order in which case
one million moro bushels will bo soon
un the way from Minnesota to Eng
land by way of the river.
THK Now York street cleaning bu
reau has departed nnd n single com-
nissioner takes its place. The Her
ald says that moro persons hnvo fallen
victims to the inefficiency of the old
jurcau than were killed in all the
American Indian wars.
OAKI , Scuuitz has written a power
ful nrticlo against "stock watering"
.11 . the face of the reports that Villard ,
ho railroad king , owns n controlling
ntorcst in the Jtveniiig Post , Carl is
'ollowing the example of Stanley
Matthews , who delivered a strong
anti-monopoly opinion from the sit-
> remo bench within a week after his
election as judge.
LITERARY NOTES ,
< V Complete History of the Christian Re
ligion to A. 1) . , L-00. by Charles B.Waite ,
A. M.s C. V. Waite & Co. , Chlca
III. , puhliRhers ; price in cloth , [ $2.00 ;
sheep. 83.50.
Magazine of Art , for June.
The publication of the revision of
.ho now testament has bucn followed
a now interest in the subject of the
origin and history of the sacred writ-
ngs. One of the most important nnd
at the same time the most interest-
ng of recent works on the subject ,
s Mr. Waito's history of the Christian
Religion , which is certain to produce
a sensation in the theological world ,
[ t deals with the books rejected by the
council of Nice , and throws a great
deal of light on the firat and
second centuries after the birth
of Christianity , The author
makes a bold attack upon
> rthodoxy and fortifies himself with
: ho results of years of study and in
vestigation. In it's tone , Mr. Wnito's
volume reminds one of the famous nt-
acks made by the Tubingen school of
critics some years since. At the
same time the essay is calm and dis
passionate in tone. The facts are set
'ortli in regular chronological so-
jupnco , and no authorities have boon
rejected without most careful invest- !
; ixtion of their claims.
In his peculiar line AHnn Pinkprton
stands alone as the author of thrilling
sketches of detective life. Perhaps
.ho . writer to whom ho might best bo
compared is Emilo Gaboriun. Mr.
Pinkortoii's stories have the ad van-
incjo of being stories drawn from real
life in the experiences of the author.
For twenty-five years ho has been en
gaged in unravelling the webs of great
: rimes , and his narratives nro always
thrilling , because they are simply
revelations of facts which have fallen
within his personal knowledge. Of
all his worksj "Professional Thieves
nnd Detectives " is undoubtedly the
most exciting , and is destined to have
the largest sale. Mr. II. Noack is the
Omaha agent ,
MAGAZINES.
Castel'a ' Magazine of Art for the cur
rent month is n remarkable number.
The first transcripts wo find the vil
lage schoolmistress and her little class
playing "Hen and Chickens" at re
cess ; and over nways "Tho Queen's
Shilling , " another past time which has
called a group of children to the green
in front of some farm houses load on
the fancy , and ono forgets the presoni
in the life and movement of the pic
tured scones. But there is much that
cornea to stay in the instruction , descriptive
scriptivo and otherwise , in the long
June number making it ono of the
best wo have yet seen. In fact , the
finn paper and typographical beauty of
the work , which fit it so admirably for
binding , outside of its necessity to all
'
interested in art , make the maga'zine
very cheap at throe dollars and a half
a year.
GENERAL NOTES.
Mr. Julian Hawthorne has written a
novel called "Fortune's Fool. "
The Western Christian Advocate
makes a plea for ono dictionary and a
common language.
Tlio Gorman poet Heine has been
translated into English again , and the
book will soon be out.
Mr. Albert Sticknoy , of New Yoak ,
will have nn article in the July Scrib
ner on the machine in politics.
Porter & Coates have issued a com
parative edition of the New Testa
ment , embracing the old and now in
parallel columns.
An unusual group of pictures will
appear in the July Scribner in an ar
ticle on "Tho Yonng Painters of
America. "
The title of Miss Thackeray's now
novel , "Miss Williamson's Diviga-
tions" was an act of homage to her
father , who was the first to make use
of the word which has now been nd-
mited to Worcester's unabridged.
According to the Frankfurter Xeit-
ung , n manuscript copy of the "Do
Consolationo" ot Boothius , in the
handwriting of Boccaccio , who copied
it out for his own delectation , was
stolen recently from the Vatican li
brary and sold within a few hours to
another library in Rome.
Leasing , according to a Gorman
writer , was an inveterate chess player
and loved the game above all others.
Two of his favorite competitors were
Moses Mendelssohn and Lavator.
Out of his love of the game came tin
fable of the "Knighta in Chess , " am
the chocs' scone in "Nathan the Wise' *
is aaid to have boon derived from ar
incident in the play at Mendelsohn's
house.
Moro People Die
from diseased Kidneys than of con
sumption , but not ono fatal case in a
thousand would occur if Warner's
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure was taken
in time. By all means try it.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Annie Louise Cary eingi in a Portland ,
If , , church.
Harrigon nnd Hart began an engagement
n St. Louis on the 1'Jth inst.
Upright pianos nro now all the rage , and
lealera report a rushing business.
Herr .Trillium Strauii iiat work on n new
opera , "Der Luitige Krieg. " The book 19
v Zetland Ocnee.
Madame Ewipoff is In Vienna , resting
iftcr her concert neaion. She will probn-
> ly go to Kngland in the nutumn ,
Mi w May Davenport tirow ] c * to pass a
> ortion of the summer in Kurope before
oning ! her sister Fanny's company.
Mr. Arlmckle'n Ninth llegimcnt Band
vill commence their combat * at the Coney
T * land new pier about the ! ith Inst.
Mr. Franz Hummel ii in London. Ho
lerformed Grieg's piano concerto in A nt
itie of the recent Crystal Palace concerts.
Komi's lending lady will be Signorn 1'la-
nonte , the charming Italian nctrem wlio
ilnycd in this country with Salvlniinl878.
Lydln Thompson will manage the Lon §
Ion Royalty next senson , nnd Lionel
Jrongh will bo a leading member of the
company.
Levy hna commenced to blow hii horn nt
Jony Island , aiul the lawyers have begun
heir annual manipulations to gobble hia
iig salary.
M. Massenet , the successful compoflcr of
'Lo Hoi do Lahore. " is engaged upon anew
> pcra , the theme of which In to be nothing
'ess than a version of Goethe's "Wcrther. "
Herr Conrad Schleinitz , one ofthe
'ounders of the Liepsic Conscrvntorium ,
nnd for many years its director , died in
.hat town on May 12 , nt the age of seventy-
nine.
nine.New
New York is said to be'overrun with ac-
iOrs out of employment , many of whom nro
on the ragged edge nf starvation. The pro-
cssion ii overstocked , and there arc no
stock companies.
Clara Morris is having a piny written for
ler with a gypsy tor the principal female
: hnractcr. She proposes to go starring in
.he piece next season , and to put her oth
: rs all on the shelf.
Itichard Wagner went to the last reprc.
icntntion of his ' 'Nlebelungen" in Berlin
n order to show that work to his children ,
vho accompanied him nnd who were too
r'oung to attend the Bayreuth performance
Mrac. Jnnnuschck haa decided to visit
Europe this Hummer , nnd will probably
ail next week nnd return early in October.
Mr. and Mr * . Charles Walcot hnvo been
engaged na members of her company next
Reason ,
Mr. H. A. Crips , former'y ono of the
comedians ofthe Boston theatre and nn ex-
icrienced stage manager , in now peforin-
ng as Sir Mincing Lane nt Niblo's Garden.
Mr. Cripps will belong to the Comloy-Bnr-
.on company next season.
The Lcipsie Signale says : "AVd hear that
ilerr Neumann intends traveling with the
'Trilogie , ' nnd performing it in Paris , St.
Petersburg , London nnd America. " Herr
Neumann is the manager who haa recently
iroduced Wagner's grent work in Berlin ,
Billy Barry , Hugh Fay and Benjamin
Lewis have purchased the Elm Place Con
gregational Church , Brooklyn , for 810,000 ,
or the purpose of converting it into n var-
riety theatre capable of venting 3,000 peo-
ile. This is the second Brooklyn church
.vhich . has been given up for stage uses.
The New York Star says the suicide of
Jlive Hence of the Soldene opera company
Raid to have been caused by his wife's scant
Irvusing as a dancer in thu name nhpw. He
remonstrated with her , but she replied that
she must earn her salary or she wouldn't
; et it. She was the high kicker of the
troupe.
Milton Nobles lias engaged the follow-
ng named people for next season : Alice
Lewis , Ida Burleigh , Ilachel Adine Booth ,
Vda Wcmell , Alonzo Schwartz , J. V.
Melton , Kdwin L. Mortimer , W. C. An-
lerson , W. H. Cooper , Frank D. Wade ,
" "eorge W. Barnum , T. W. Gardner , and
'rof. ' William Bcndix , Musical Director.
Abbo LitzV ( the pianist ) feminine ad-
nircrs have furiiislied his new home in the
'esth musical academy with their own
andiwork. For months past 'the chief
nembers of the Hungarian society have
> ecnembr idering chairs , bofas , curtains ,
cushion1" , nnd table covers , copying their
latterns from old classic designs in the
tfusemn of Industry. The furniture is
lovercd with plush and leather1 in - < yjmbre
lues , and every worker has cunningly
vrought her monogram into the centre of
each design.
It is probnblo that the company of the
court theatre at Saxc-Meiningen , Germa
ny , now performing in London , will be
jrought to this country next season. The
organization is popular in Germany , is in
the employ of the Duke of Saxe-Meinin-
; en , and is remarkable for the perfection of
detnllwith Which it performs Shakespeare
and other standard drama. The duke is
an enthusiast in stage affairs , and hastraiu
cd his nctors to a high degree of perfection ;
but whether they would draw 'or please
American audiences is an open question ,
since nn one of them possesses any upcginl
reputation on this bide of the water.
EBLIQIOUS.
Binliop Potter , of Now York , ordained
eighteen young clergymen on Sunday ii
that city.
There nro forty-two Baptist churches ii
the District of Columbia. Of these , tcr
are white and thirty-two colored.
Joseph Cook delivered his farewell Lon. .
don lecture in Mr. Spurgeon'n Metropolitan
tan Tabernacle last Tuesday. He now
goes to Germany ,
Bishop Peck , who nulled from Now York
a week n o , is to opell Ui Germany ant
Switzerland conference of MothodUts as
president on Julv 14th.
The Very Huv. Father La Rocca , Gen
eral of the Dominican Order of the whole
world , accompanied by the Very Rev.
Carberry , has arrived in New York from
Kurope.
The English Quakers show a tendency ,
it is iaid , to atlilliate with the Methodists
mnro than formerly. Some of their pe
culiar customs and ideas , are loss promi
nent than formerly , "worldllneiis probably
having an effect ,
Indianapolis dnring the last six months
haa had the most remarkable religious re
vival in its history , no less than 2,000 con
verts having been made. Much of this re
sult Is due to the R v. Thomas Harrison ,
the well known "hoy preacher. "
The general eldership or conference ol
thu Church of God , a German Baptist
body of 30,000 members , has been held at
Fimllay , Ohio , Elder S. Newcomer was
elected president. Much attention was
gi\en to the educational facilities of the
church. *
Among the Baptists nt Columbus , G
there has been a great revival. The pas.
tor of the Firet Atrican church recently
adminUtenxl the ordinance of baptism to
twenty-bix candidates. Five or six thou
sand people of all colon and shades of col. .
or lined the river bank to see the sight.
The Episcopalians of Jobotown , an ob
scure village down in Jen > oy , where Loril
lard keeps his stables , are happy now. Hi
promised if ho won the Derby ho woult
( mild o new church for them , and they aay
lie always keeps bis word. IroquoU may
be said then to have won a big victo
both for religion and American noreun
The father of John B. Gough WM i
Methodist , hi * mother won a Baptist , am
ho himself was baptized by nn Episcopal
bishop. Mr. Gough says he lias fait a
though he was "a little of everything. '
In 1845 , however , he became a Congrega
tlonalUt , and joined the church , and uince
that time ha sayg that he "haa been heart
nnd sonl with that body. "
The committee appointed by the N *
tional Congregational council to select a
commission oftwenty-five dirinen to con
* lder the matter of preparing new erect
nud catechiim for the Cougrtfationa
churches hat announced the name * of tha
couffiUtioii. It ineludea Dr. J. H. Seelye ,
Henry M. Pexter , C. M. Mead , C. T
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L
Fisher , 1) . 11. Coe , W. M. Taylor ; Lyman
Abbott , A. F. Beard , nnd W. W. Patton.
They are to wlect the chairman.
The general assembly of the lnlte < !
Presbyterian * , which hai just closed its
Bfssions at Pittslmrg , I'enn , emiwwered a
commission to consummate n union uo-
twccn it and tlie Associate Ileformcd
Church of the south , with the undcrcland-
'ng that neither church change its stand
ard. The n cmhlv refused to rule in
strumental music in the churches.
The ix > pe IIM Issued ft long order defin-
tcly nettling the dispute between tha reg-
> lnr orders ami the Catholic bishopi in
England. He ordains that , excepting in
what regards the cure of suuli nnd the ad-
ninlstration of the sacraments , regular *
sen-ing missions out of their convent' are ,
on account of the present condition of the
church In England , still exempted from
the common Hwof the church , which pre
scribes that unless they bo alxmt MX of n
number they are subject to the jurisdiction
- > f the bishop ,
Diihop Llttlejohn says that the separa
tion of church and state In England is
nrther off than it was ten years ago ,
While lie regards the rellgioui condition of
the continent in Europe as anything but
trosperoui , he sees a large gain of vital
; odlncss ! in the condition of the Church of
Ungland. He believes that this is proved
> y the expenditure , within the last thirty
yearn , of ovtr $200.000,000 in building and
repairing churches and cathedrals , and in
spending 8 , ' ,000,000 in eleven years in the
establishment nud maintenance of church
schools. Puring his stay in Englnnd ,
Bishop Llttlejohn spent much of his time
with eminent dignitaries of thcchurch.nnd
iind large opportunity for seeing what Is
nctunlly going on in ecclesiastical work
there.
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THE SMALL PRY.
A four ydir old child , who , while visit
ing , saw bellows used to blow an open fin ; ,
informed her mother that "they shovel
wind into the fire down to Aunt
Augusta's. "
Tommy went fishing the other day with
out pcnninlon of his mother. Next
morning n neighbor's son met him , nnd
asked : "Did you catch anything yester
day , Tommyl" "Not till 1 got home , "
wns the rather sad response.
It is no uncommon thing to see the boy
who is so lame it almost gives him the
.ockjaw to go after a bucket of water , fill ] )
out the bock way and run the bases in a
; amo of ball at the rate forty miles an
lour.
lour.How
How came these holes in your elbows ? "
said a widowed mother to her only son.
"Oh , mother , I hid behind , the sofa when
3ol. Gobler was saying to Maria that he'd
.ako her oven if you nnd to bo thrown in ;
and ho didn't know I was there , and so I
teld my tongue and laughed in my sleiven
till I burst "am. "
A little girl called one of her dolls , a
ointlcss creature her " '
, "woman's-rights
loll. " "But why do you call her sot"
sked her aunt , a lecturer upon that much
liscussccl question. "Oh , 'cause" the child
inswered , "she's just like you ; she can't
ever sit down and be comfortable. "
About n week ngo Theodore Hcnneman ,
1-f-yenr-old boy , ran away from his home
n New Brunswick in company witli an
ther boy named Bonny. Mrs. Henncman
ook the matter so much to heart that she
vas unable to eat or sleep. She declined
11 health rapidly , and on Friday she died ,
lince his mother a death a card has been
cceivcd from the boy , saying that he is in
STew Haven.
The minister stopped nt a house on the
louth side last week , and sought to im-
irove the tinie by giving an 8-year-old boy
n instructive lesson in morality. "My
oy , " said the minister , "I have lived
orty-five years nnd have never used tobac-
0 iu any form , nor told a lie , nor tittered
n oath , nor played truant , nor " "Gim-
ny Crickets ! " interrupted the lad , "yer
in't had any fun at all , have yer ? "
A year or so ag o a little boy was
rowned by the falling of a sidewalk in
Omaha , while returning from a sewing ma-
bino oIHco with needles.VIicn the Injdy
, vas found the needles were tightly clasped
1 his hand. A neighboring family , while
iscussing the accident at the supper table ,
vero astounded by the remark ot their five-
ear-old girl , "I wonder , ma , if he wont
ive those needles to God to sewhis , pants
fith ? "
There was joy on the farm when Ben ,
lie oldest boy , came back from college in
ill sophomore year , nnd the village was
iroud of him. "Cheese it , cully , " he said ,
vhen ho met an old friend , the son of a
lelghborwho joined farms witli his father ;
'cheese it , cully ; shove us your flipper ;
clench daddies , pardy. How's his nibs ,
and what's the new racket ? " And his
> roud old father said , "It was jest worth
nor i twice't the money to hear Ben rat
tle off Greek just like a livin' language. "
Shreveport Times.
THE SPORTING SEASON.
John McCullough and Billy Florence
backed Inxjuois to win 7300 (936,500. (
George Lorillard paid $ -1,100 for the
yearling brother to Monitor at the sale of
I'reaknesa yearlings on the 2Cth ult.
On the day before Hannis was shipped
to the west ho showed Turner a milu in
2:21 , the last half of which was done in
1:09.
1:09.Richard
Richard Nagle has decided to have his
coming race with McKay , of Portsmouth ,
on thu Kennebecassis , that place bein ;
chosen in preference to Westfield.
At the gatncH of the Manhattan Athletic
club , in New York , recently , J. S. Voor-
hecs _ beat the best American record al
nuining broad jump , clearing 22 feet 7jj
The Young America cricket club has ar
ranged a game with the Manhattan club ,
f Now iork , the content to take place or
the grounds of the latter club on Wednes
day , Juno 25th.
Dennis Butler , the well known swimmer' ,
ofTcrN to make a match with any man in
the country to swim from one mile up to
five miles on the Delaware for any reason
able amount.
Vint , the winner in the late pedestrian
contest in New York , did not receive the
O'Lewy bcltvllichard 1C. Fox refusing to
surrender the trophy unless he received
9500 which he paid Hughes for it.
Mr. HiulceU , of the Lynn ( Mass. ) Cen
tral shooting club , mode the rather re-
markablo.record recently of breaking 500
glass balls in 24 minute * ; 2 second * . This
beats Captain Bogardus' best time 1 min
ute and 13 seconds.
Adelaide , record 2lt ; ) { , foaled a fine bay
filly by Volunteer on June 1. Adelaide
will be bred to Manchester , on of Het-
zell'H Hnmblctonlan.
11. 1 Tartan , of Cincinnatti , has sold to F ,
II. Flannlkcn , of IVnnsylvnnia , the bay
filly Virginia. 4 years , by Virgil-P.anetia ,
by Planet. Price , 81,000.
Mr Charles I. Cragln , Philadelphia , is
the owner of the five-year-old trotter , Ward
Medium , by Happy Medium. A few
( lava since at Bellmont park he was given
u mile and timed in 2:203. :
The five-year-old , Purity , belonging to
the Coleman estaU , in Lancaster , Penu , ,
was given a trial recently on a half mile
track at the farm. The first half was made
in 1:10 , and the full mile in 2:231. : A second
end heat was trotted in 2:22J. This in re
markable time if true.
Archer , the rider of IroquoLi , has won
the Derby thrice , firet in 77 with Silvio ,
next with Bend Or. An Englishman was
naked why Fordham , ono of the greatest
riders , boa never but once won the Derby ,
" " said he "Fordhnm can't
"Why. , got
round Tottenham corner , It's an ugly
comer , and to come round close to the rails
in the midst of a thundering field makes a
fellow a bit thoughtful. Fordham ia mar
ried , think * of hu wife and family , and
utters cautiously ; but a chap like Archer ,
for instance , pulii in clew , cock * one leg
up over the posts , eaya 'Lord help me',1 and
tuidtii through. By the time the oth r
man U utraighted gut for home in the mid
dle of the counwj. ha U lengths to the best of
it , and the race U over , "
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