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B.KOSEV/ATEIt , Editor.
UALK tlio country 1ms ROHO OHCHI
wild.
TUB narrowing of upper Farnhani
street would bo worse than a narrow
minded policy.
TUB school wnn novur intended tc
usurp the place of thu church. Cli.in
collor Fiiirliold and his regents should
bo tnadu aware of thu fact.
As exchange remarks that it was :
singular fruak nf nuturo giving Sul
livnn a mule's hind log for an arm
Ryan thinks HO for onu.
VANDEIUIILT wo.irn a twenty-five-
dollar suit of clothes. Ho can afford
it bettor than many a bank clerk will
a twenty dollar a week salary.
TmtKK movements in great citioe
cast for the establishment of free li
braries have lately hcon recorded by
the papers. Omaha's free library it
constantly growing iu influence and
usefulness.
TIIK Sargent boom seems to have
subsided and the Pacific coast jobbet
can now devote his attention to hatch
ing up another desert land swindle
for California , Judge Belford ia ahead
of him in Colorado.
" IOWA and Nebraska are already
joined by two bridges but the first
wedding with the free consent of both
parties will take place when cheap
tolls are brought about by a wagon
brick'o connecting Omaha and Council
Bluffs.
Miu VKHT is still prancing through
the senate and howling his loyalty in
appeals against the repeal of the ar
rears of the pension swindle. Mr.
J Vest has n largo amount of frozen
domagogry in his composition , iind
speaks onu word for the soldiers and
two for Mr. Vest's political popular
ity.
HKV. Ghowin 0. MII.N , pastor of
Unity church in Chicago , has aban
doned his belief in the Diety , the
Scriptures , and the immortality of thu
soul , and pronounces himself an ag
nostic , without creed or withputfaith.
Wo do not like to impute unworthy
motives to any man , especially on the
subject of religious belief. From a
personal knowledge , howoyor , of Mr.
Miln for nearly ten years past his lat
est freak causes us no surprise. His
great object during all his ministerial
career has boon a thirat for notoriety
which nothing could satisfy. As
Methodist ho out-Wesloyed Wesley.
As a Presbyterian ho out-Calvinod
Calvin , and his sensational changes of
creed and methods during the past
few years have been almost too fre
quent to -How , gravitating between
the most ascetic orthodoxy and the
broadest liberalism , Sincerity is al
ways commendable. It is especially
so in matters , of belief. Few who
have watched Miln's ' career aa a pul
pit pounder will give him credit for
anything more than an all-absorbing
egotism , fed by an overpowering crav
ing to uxcito public attention.
TIIK city council should not hesitate
n moment in refusing permission to
the railways to occupy Jiiokson street ,
Omaha has already dealt more liber
ally with her railroads than any city
of her size on the continent. The
valuable river bottoms are practically
given up to transportation purposes.
Three of our best streets , with the
adjoining alleys , have been vacated to
the Union Pacific. In addition morn
, than half a million of dollar * in bonde
and land have boon donated to thu
corporations. The last petition of
the Union Pacitio company to the city
council is a piece of cheeky import- !
nonce which ought to bo promptly
answered. Its only object is to pre
vent a rival railroad frsiu attaining
entrance to the trade center of om
cioy , It has boon recognized as sucl
by every leading merchant of Omaha
The petition against granting the de
niandoftheUnionPacificcontaiiwltlit
names of men who are making Onuiln
a great commercial metropolis , aw
who are vitally interested in prevent
ing the building of a Chinese wal
. around this city , through which non
but a single gigantic monopoly cat
penetrate , No member of the cit ;
council who casts hit vote iu favor o
granting thin impudent request cai
/roo hii ikirU' ' from the aunpicum o
undue corporation influence
THE POI/TAI , SAVINGS BIIA-
The bill reported to congress by the
ommlltio on post offices providing
or the establishment of postal B.ivings
) anks , is a measure which should
ocuro a speedy passage , lly its pro-
ioioiiH such post offices ns may bo
designated are inado depositories for
the protection of small savings , in
which nny person above It ! years ol
ngo may become a depositor , the
smallest amount receivable being one
lollar and the largest $100 , during a
loriod of thirty days. All deposit !
will bo free from luxation and wil
draw two per cent a year pur annum
calculated at the end of every calundat
month.
The postal savings bank is un insti
tution intended to assist frugality ant
thrift nmong the poorer classes. I
aims to provide for thn laborer am
mechanic and clerk and all others win
may take advantage of its use , perfect
safety for their savings and such in
tcrest as safety watrants. Thu oxpe
runout has bocn succosafully tried it
Grunt Hrituiti. It would Imvu fount
a place in thu United States serviuu :
number of years ago if eastern bank
OM had not joined in opposing an ;
legislation which they believed woiili
cut down their own profits in proportion
tion , as deposits were withdrawn nm
transferred to institutions under gov
eminent control. Thu postal savings
bank is needed on thu ground of tin
scarcity of places for the deposit o
small earnings , There aru only U'Jt
savings banks in the country. Al
these aru in fourteen states. Louis
iana and Maryland arc thu only south
urn states provided with these dupuai
lories , Ohio and Indiana the only
western states , and California stands
alone on the Pacific coast in possess
ing a single savings bank. Statisticn
show that the number is steadily de
creasing.
Another ground for thu cstubliahmon
of postal savings batiks is that of se
curity for depositors. In the past tei
years in Now York city nlono twenty-
onu banks havu failed , owing their
dopositoru 812,05)5,570. They havt
[ laid to their depositors , after tedious
lolays , at n cost of iiboui 8900,000 in
receivers' foes , § 0,353,20'or aboul
one dollar in two. The fudural gov
ernment settles the intricate affaire
of a national bank nt u cost of six pur
cent , on the payments mudo. Tilia
jntch of savings banks cost sixteui
> or cunt. Dupoaitors in insolvent
lational banks , who aru paid no inter-
eat and look for ordinary business
security , get over Bovonty per cent.
L'hesu naviiigs bank depositors rccoivet
Jiiroly fiftytwoper cunt. , and jot ,
with fair management , depositors in a
Havings bank should be safer than do-
lositora in a bank which takes the
ordinary risks of business.
There are several objectionable foa
.uros in the now bill which outfit tc
) o modified before it secures its fina
passage. The rate of interest is too
ow. Great Britain pays two and a
ulf per cunt , interest on deposits.
Why should thu Unitud Status deprive
ho poor man of a half per cunt , in-
roruat which it can very wull afford to
> ivu. It can pay thu ratu at which it
can borrow luss thu cost ot nmiuu'o-
nont. Thu government can borrow
at 3 pur cunt. Does any ono believe
, lmt it will cost 1 per cent , to manaro
.ho deposits ?
Another feature which needs modi-
ication is the limit placed upon the
ei/.o of the deposits. This is placed
jy thu bill at $3 , after which tuldi-
kinal deposits may bu nmdo in $1
amounts. This limit in outrageously
arije. Franco takus deposits of 2C
cunts a franc ; ' England of 25 cunts u
shilling. By issuing stumps , thu first
dupoait is brought down to 2 oeuta in
England , and in Franco the govorn-
nont achool savings banks , which have
J2'1'J80 depositors and deposits of
> 720,000 , thu acgrugatu of no ono du-
> oait larger than $1 , taku deposits of
a penny. Theru is no good reasons
why thu initial deposits should be
ilacud at a greater sum than that
illowud by other foreign governments.
TIIK free tradu fallacy is daily losing
iruund nmong American tanners.
They are beginning to understand
hat the true economic policy of any
country is exactly that of the nidi-
viduals composing it. The farmer
irst provides for his own family. II
10 raises wheat ho must first attorn ]
o the wants of his own household.
That is a market that never fails him ,
For some part of his production his
'iiiuily will constitute a certain mar-
cut and if ho chances to have a BUT-
ilus he can probably dispose of it to n
neighbor. In the samu way , when i
urge number of producers engage it
the same business there may be n
considerable surplus for which a con
vuniunt market is ono of the pressing
neo/ls. Can a policy carefully ad
justed for the purpose which creatoi
a convenient market for uucli u sur
plus bu unwise ! This is what u jus
protective policy does. It establinhef
and buildi' up numerous conveniun
local marked for the surplus produo
tion of thu farmer and in creating
auoh markets it creates u now field fui
labor , mechanics , and for artisans
If u home demand could bo croatci
for uvory bushel of wheat raised ii
thu country it would bo wise to creut <
such a demand. Buyers run the risk
and costs of ocean trasnportatlon tc
distant market * only when the horn
demand falls off. The moru perma
lent our homo demand becomes nnd
ho more its constancy increases the
norojprosporous and independent our
icoplo will become.
This is the entire protective policy
in a nutshell. TUB HBB favors it ns
a principle which , if properly and ju
diciously applied , is to the commonin-
ten slot both producer and consumer.
To the producer it furnishes a market
for his manufactured materials , and to
the consumer of manufactured pro
ducts it affords in turn a market for
his raw materials. To labor it affords
steady employment at remunerative
wages , and to capital an opportunity
to realize fair returns on homo invest
ments. The tariff system as a system
must not bo judged by the abuses
which havu crept into its operations.
It resembles a ifarment so patched
and tinkered that very little of the
original material remains. There in
great need of a readjustment of many
of the dnticn , especially in those
branches where n monopoly has been
created , held and wielded to thu pub
lic disadvantage by a fuw mun.
MAYOR Uovn wrifoi a communica
tion to the editor of Tun BKK qucs.
tinning thu statement that a numboi
of saloonrf aru running in this cit }
without license , and stating that he
has givun positive instructions to the
city marshal to make complaint ol
any all persons violating any of tlu
provisions of thu liquor law. Mayoi
Boyd further asks for a bill of par
ticulars , and promises thu immcdiati
arrest of any offenders whose name :
are presented to him. It in not to lx
expected that the editor of TIIK EKI
shall turn himself into a detective foi
the benefit of the police force whose
duty it is to invuutigato cases of thic
kind any more than it is to bo ex
pooled that iMayor Boyd ill make r
personal tour of the saloons uvurj
Sunday in order to examine whothei
the Sunday closing law is beinj
carried into i ll'-ut. Having performed
onu part of IIIH duty in announcing
his intention to enforce tin
law , it devolves upon the niayoi
to suu that his instructions are carriuc
out by his subordinates.
BACK in J807 thu Indiana legislature
turo granted a charter to the University
sity of Yincenncs , which contained i
clause allowing the raising of $200 ,
000 by lottery , and the supreme cour
subsequently decided that this lotion
grant was a vested right , and was vir
tually a contract between the stati
and university , beyond the ruacli o
legislation The trustees of the university
vorsity nt thin lalu day have decided t <
exorcise thin right , and have madi
terms with un old lottery manager
who will teen upon business. Fauci
the strait laced regents of thu Univer
lity of Nebraska engaged in such i
scheme for reviving the fortunes o
our University.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
Parliament opened on Tuesday wit !
the queen's speech , which was reui
by Lord Solbourno. Thu dominion
had the virtue of brevity , and was ai
vague as u candidate's letter of ac
ceptanco. It failed to refer to tin
Blainu-Granvillo correspondence , o :
te thu subject of the Chili-Peru dill't
culty , and the ex-secretary's inonacin [
position on the matter. In that pan
f the speech dealing with foreig : :
affairs , the two passages of nios1
weight are those dealing with tlu
Egyptian question and the Anglo.
French commercial treaty. Tninslat
ing the non-committal language propui
to a speech from thu thronu into intel
ligiblu English , thu declared Bntisl
[ tolioy in Egypt seems to bu to seel
to maku terms with the national
party and nuw ministry. Her majesty
is made to declare that Great Britain
will enforce her rights in Egypt "inn
spirit favorable to the good govern
ment of thu country mid thu prudent
development of its institutions. " This
scums to muan that the liberal and
constitutional aspirations of the na
tive Egyptians will bu encouraged il
they will only pay their debts , and h
MI apparent disavowal of the policy o |
joint intervention. The other Glad-
stono-Gauibettu project , the commer
cial treaty between England and
Franco , it ia announced , has not boon
abandoned , though thure hat
been no definite expression
in the quoon'a speech tojustify the be
lief fhat the negotiations have made
notable pronrcsB towards agreement ,
The sanguine ministers find the con. .
dition of Ireland improved since tlu
last session , but it ia to bu noted thai
the improvement described is in tin
more uifectivo administration of justice
tico , and not to the condition of tin
dcoplo. Ireland is .pacified , but not
relieved , Thu speech points out thai
the coercion act Inm been vigorously
executed and agrarian outrages sup
pressed ; but does not indicate hav
thu land act is working. A very im
portant and significant part of tin
speech is that which calls the attontioi
of parliament to the largo number o
important matters of domestic concern
corn awaiting its attention the bank
ruptey law , local self-government
Scotch education , thu repression o
electoral corruption and the prevention
tion of river floods and warns it tha
the nation expects effective l gislutioi
upon them , This means th t it i
thu intention of the ministry to uiaki
tliis a session of Imuinoaa , and din
ourago any more waste of lime in
pocch-making and obstruction.
Mr. Gladstone found himself in hot
water at the very opening of the par-
iamontary session in the renewed
attempt uf Mr. Bradlaugh to take the
oath of ollico as a member of the
uuiso of commons from the Northamp
ton district. Ho appeared at the bar
of the house , backed by the favorable
influence of Mr. Gladstone , who
maintained that compliance with the
formalities in the taking of thu oath
mot all requiruincnts , and that the
liouso had no right to go beyond that
and inquire into Mr. Mradlaugh's pri-
vatu opinions : and in apito of this ad
vocacy of his cauio , and of his own
personal assurance- that the parliamen
tary oath would bo binding upon his
honor nnd conscience , thu motion of
Sir Stafford Northcoto that ho be not
allowed to swear WAS adopted by n
rote of 28(5 ( to 227. Dradlauyh was
then ordered by the speaker to with
draw , but not until the house adopted
a motion to that ulfcct did ho consent
to abandon the uscsless contest.
M. do Froycinut has announced the
policy of the now French cabinet with
a promptitude and vigor which is in
strong contrast with the delays of hi ?
predecessor. The programme is both
moderate and business like in tone.
The now policy m ans pcaco- both at
home and abroad and will bo firm ae
well as conciliatory. Ho says that
"nations do not live by politics" and
this embodies the spirit ot the whole
policy. The laws relating to the pub
lie press and the nght of public meetings -
ings will be maintained and adminis
tered in a liberal spirit. There are to
bo no backward stops in the military ,
judicial and legislative reforms com
menced by the Gambetta ministry ,
but the revision ot the constitution ,
the n > ' k un which the late cabinet
went to pieces , will bo postponed until
thu term of the present legislature ex
pires. The cabinet will do whatever
ia possible to givu an impetus to labot
but no attempt will bu made to com
pel the creation of a debt in the pur
chase of railways by the state. The
I'overnmunt will spare no efforts 11
arrive at correct conclusions with re
spect to questions affecting the tniilf ,
and will suck to promote the moral
and intellectual improvement of tht
people. The tone of M. do Froycinel
is sincere , and the policy outlined
doubtl'333 represents the wishes of n
majority of the French people , but il
remains to bo seen whether the few
who really "live by politics" will per
init it to bo successfully executed.
The present debt of Franco is abou
520,000,000 , greater than * hat of Grea
Britain , and is about twice as largo a. .
that , of the United States.
The scruin do listo system of elcc
lions , which was ono of the rocksupoi
which thu Gambetta cabinet wa
wrecked , has been adopted by tin
Italian chamber of deputies by a voti
of 285 to 125 , it having been made i
measure.
It is announced that the Russia !
government has resolved to anne :
Corea which they claim is necessary tx
their protection giving them a goo (
sea coast on the Pacific ocean and en
abling them the more easily to succo :
their Asiatic possessions.
In consequence probably of raihoad
building , the trade of this countrj
with Mexico is increasing considera
bly , but still it is only a fraction o :
what it should bo. The aggregate o :
exports to that country for the 15
months ending .Tune 30 , 1881 , wai
§ 9,198,077 ngaint § 0,050,904 for tlu
proceeding year , but yet Moxict
bou"ht three or four times as much it
O
value from England and considerable
[ uantitios from Franco and ether Eu
ropean countries. Our inipoita foi
thu samu years were , respectively ,
$8,317,802 and § 7,200,51)3. A yreal
part of what Mexico now buys of ui
in manufactures , nearly all that '
needs is precisely what wo want tc
sell , and thu advantage ot securiiif
this great homo market is obvious
but high and badly arranged tariffs 01
both sidca stand in the way. So nmnj
interests on both sides of the line de
maiid it that the establishing of semi
kind of reciprocity treaty would soon
to bo the only a question of time , bu
Mexico would probably not ventui i
upon absolute free trade with us jus
yet because it depends aolargely upu
import duties for revenue.
ONE of the first measures whiol
will bo laid before thu British , parlia
munt convened Tuesday , will bo f
bill to quicken parliament procedure ,
the necessity for which was illustratec
by the facility given for obstructioi
and delay in the last parliament , ovei
after its adoption of thu "urgono ;
rule , " under which it was endeavored
to hasten the passage of the coorcioi
and reform acts. The oxperimen
was but n partial success , and tin
British government deems u furthe
measure to restrict debate and dolai
essential to the proper progress of legislation
islation at the present session. Tin
precise form which the now measure
will take has not yet boon dofmitol ;
announced , but it is understood ti
partaku of the nature of the "pro
vious question" as used in Americai
legislation , though the term for i
most frequently " od by Knglisl
writers and speakers in discussing th *
is "cloturo " word used
subject , a to
describe a similar process in vogue in
several continental legislatures. The
proposition is a greater innovation
upon English parliamentary prece
dents than haa over been niado be
fore , and will meet with bitter oppo
sition from the homo rulers and a
laiyo number of conservative mem
bers , but the liberal party is said to
be united in support of thu proposi-
.ion if it can ngreo upon its form.
HONEY POR THE LADIES.
Mulls continue nmnll , Init nre elnbor
inly adorned ,
1'lgnt pulfn era seen upon many Imported
: arri.go nnd dinner dresses ,
Toques of jiuro white vnltuie feathen
nre i-xquMtely pretty for young girl * .
\ Chicago dealer advertises corsets foi
ten cent" . It's wrnilcrful liow cheapsqucezi
; lint ) bcc ino in this country.
Largo Al attan bows of luoiic silk an
now w rii upon the lead by young nm
elderly ladle * , the latter choosing blml
ili me.
Sonic novel imported hatu nre mndc on
tiruly of a thick network of crystals nm
lieiidp , wlilcli In the evening glitter like t
tliouiunil c lorvd gems ,
The lie-went bnpques have n Waltoni
plnit In the back , instead of the two -loubli
box plaits which nio still monj used that
nny other arrangement.
I'anlerH are vurv narrow , nnd uro drawi
tightly over the Hide nud disappear in tin
iiouf , which itself is nut voluminous. Ttv
bargues ol the to sage fall almost over tin
Intituling of the pouf ,
RCTiffin , O. , has three fenmlo lawyers , Un
latest addition to the list being MIHH Kditl
ins , who has formed u partnership will
IJH Florence Cronise , under the firn
nmne of "Cronlao k S.tms , attorney.at
Inw. "
l-'ur cuffs nre ro'-ived. They nre it
varying MZCJ , none very Inrge. The mon
efT'ctirofur ' opes nnd culFn nre made o
tiger , cut and leopnrd skins. In the short
huired turn , beavers , fishertnil , and nc ;
otter nre the mode.
Trimmed skirts are of every possibh
cfTect and combination. In some case ,
the plain design , botwem two and throe
yards in width , it all there is that Jnav IK
called a model , the remainder of the skirt
representing only gai niture.
A. new Russian riding bo it , which Imt
become very popular , ia made of bind
velvet , with silk plush t-ips. They arc
- lit to come nliout three and one-hall
inches above the ankle , and nro fastcnoc !
with uninll , round buttons of French gold.
iV few days ago , nt ono of the church
weddings in New York , the bridesmaids
carried , instead of thu customary him-
quetn , ivoiy-bound prnyer looks , with a
conspicuous cross on the outside cover. It
was given out lli.it they were the gifts ol
the bridegroom.
A lady writer finds fault with the ninn1
ncrs of the king of Sweden becnusn liii
majesty sera ched Ids royal head with lilt
fork nt dinner. Some peoj.l- . < are entirely
too CnstMious. Would the lndy _ have hai
IIIH majesty hcrateh hU head with the lef
of a chair ? [ SomervH e Journal.
"Kxctiso me , Miss Mnlony , hut may ' .
inquir what thi * iirrnngement nieatiK thai
you have hunjt up on the wall ? " ' Oh
that ; Hiiro an it' u dado , mam , i-nd ju
wait till you see the beautiful naycock i
feather I'll ho after hanging above thi
dure. It's isithetic I am , main , if ) 01
pleas * , and my yallery greenery youiij
man's coming hero to lake tay wid m
thin evening '
label is Sitting at the Piano , and she i
Sinsdng n Song. The .Song miyn he i
Waiting for her iu the Glovniug. Mabe
nnp ars to be Ciivini ; hciself Dead Away
lie is not \Vniting for Her in the Gloniii
ing nt all. He has just Drawn a tohtrii
Flush , and he is Wondering whether h
had Better 1'ull out or Stand in on
Bluff. Mubel Would Touch a Responsiv
Chord in his liosnm if she were to Sin
take linck the Hand which thou Gavesl
Two old ladies were sitting before th
fire engaged in silent thought. Final !
one of tiKin arose , want to the windnv.
nnd Kcamiing the appear ilce of nntur
outi-ide , mid , "Betsy , I believe it's guin
to rain. " "jNo such thing , " returned th
other ; "the tun's uliinim. nnd the u'u not
clculd to he Been. " "Can't help that ,
resumed her compinii n ; "the tin roostr
on 'Squire Oilbert's bam is p'intin" straiyh
toward tin ea&t , and that's a Hiiro sign c
a storm. ' Betsy turned as she enid tliu
and looking her wniare ia the face with
comervniivo expresijfon , exclaimed , "Lo
nakes , , ) ane , how can you be rio superst
tious. " [ Brooklyn Eagle.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC
i Is playing iu Kgypt.
The tit. Louis comic opera , "L'Afrique ,
H a failure In New York.
Miss Agnes Burnett , the Alice Varne
of the Uene ievo Ward company , iu
cousin of Mrs. Scott SidJons.
Mr. John McDonough , who died i
I'hilndelphi i Monday , of cancer , hid : Lee
huffurint , ' from this malady for n little ovc
a year.
The thcatre < of Paris can ncconimodul
ovr ry evening 47 , ' 0 i H ectators , and th
cafe nine rt fiO.OOO , formin , ' ii total no
furnhur. 100,00' ' .
The Biirnum people pny M r , Vnnder
bill i2GOOU for the hippodrome for tsovei
weeks in the spring. .Mr. Ba'iuni form
erly paid but $1,000 mora a year for tin
structure.
Minnie Gumming has aguiu "cauifh
on. " She toiiirvil John Q. Hoyt am
steam < hip owner Guion DH ta'cnrity-aml I
theiinuinu is once more in possession o
the Nt w Haven Opera House.
A company out in Salt Lake City i
ulaying Mniried ami Buried , and tholoui
papers say the lay pleases everybody , I
IB prolubly the happy wind-up that cutchi
thu sutfciing wivej and husbands.
Thu score , libretto a il costumes of th
' 'Snake Charmer" wi-re sold in Brookly :
on Thurfdiiy , upon the attachment u
Mine Dolaro. They were purchased b
Mr. John A. McCaull , whopiid $710. Th
property originally cost S'J.&OO.
Vunk M iyo played Davy Crockett am
Badger StieetH of New York in New Or
e.ui last week It it said he has aban
doned the idea of playing tragedy for th
rt-jt of the BO.iHon , and will strive , In th
above named parts , to re ' in the moiie ;
-xperiment has cost him ,
James W. W.illnck , the actor , wore Nc
7 Bhves ; JMwin Forruat wore No. 8 , un
had an unfounded f. < ncy that his left le
3jj Mary Anderson wears
frequently wUhes that it s a No. f
Putll wear * a No. 2J.
The fiftieth anniversary of- the fin *
i > rip < Hrancu upon the stays of Williui
Warren , the actor , it to be -lehrated by
benefit wrfonnanco at the Boston museui
on October 2 next. At the performance
life-size portrait of the excellent comediut
by Fred. P , Vintou , i * to he exhibited o
the Museum stage. Mr. Warren tat ft
the portr.iit at the r < iue t of ( iuveriu
Lour , Oliver Wendell Holmes. Bt-v. K- .
ward Kvorett Hales , James 1 { .
Nathan Apjiluton , and n score of
hid Boston friends and admires.
RELIGIOUS.
Michigan has 171 Presbyterian churchei
with 10,150 communicants.
St. Mary's Catholic churohjof lown Cit
has purchased a $5,000 organ.
Sixty student * of Indiana Asbury Un :
Ter ity were converted in a recent re viva
The Cumpbellte BaptlnU number 4,7
hurchcB , 3-188 preacher * , nnd fir.3,928
nieiiibcrs
In North Carolina some of the colored
, a | > tntH nre being inimen.'cd iu the river *
ils cold weallior.
The English Baptist Hand Book for
R82 reports an Ii crcasof 13 churches , 37
Impel' , nnd 5,700 member ? .
Of the § 1,000,000 left the American
lonrd by Ucao in Oli , oue-uart ( ] r has nl-
cndy been invested In uulldings at their
ar oils mission ot itiotis.
The human "OldS uth" Con8'regatlonal
hurch in Boston , MBHH. , has votcil an an.
ntilty nflOJOti > llov. Dr. Mu.ning , n
in tor in ill health , n long as he lives.
The lleformed Presbyterian churcli
Covenanter ) ha < In lids cmtutry 107 mill'
stert" , 122 congiegation , 83 pastor * . UI
he congiegntiouft 31 ate without rcgulni
i.istors.
'J ho Southern Methodist chtiich has 88.
nc. 1 prfncher * , COS churche > , nnd 8i.l7t
cominunican in Tex.tH. Tht' additioni
.ho past ye r were 13'JG9 , and the IOJKC :
V > ll ! , leaving a ntt guin of 7,02' .
Dr. Tolmnn Whi'oler has pruwntet
BMiup L-iiion with $20,000 t-i l > o used h
nlniKiiu tdo work of iho Kpiscnnallar
lurch in Chlcngo , in coii"0 tinn wish ils
.athedril on Washington Boulevard.
Durltii ; 1881 the mlsclonailes of 'hi
\uifricin : Sundiy Riihool union in. tin
jiorthwuit ablisho.l W7 new Sunday
ehooln , acK d 1,011 odd f-cliool" , diitri
iiited 5,112 biblefl and tehtiunentf , and
visited 11,188 families
Pho net Increase of communicanlH lavl
year in the Protestant Episcopal churcl
n Ilia whole lTnited State- wiuonly',73(1.
There W.IM n dec-case of 3,000 Iu t-nDtisiiii' ,
of 50 in continuations , und of10 cantli-
JatcH for orders.
According to The Un'tarian Year Bool )
[ or IbSi ! , the total number of churches ii
311 , and < f tlicse 252 ro with tit paston
or stated supply. Fourteen clergymei
died during the p-iRt year , and only seven
were ordainecl. The Unitarinns supporl
i no foreign missio. ary , the Kev. Mr. Dale ,
nt Calcutta , India.
There ivere built last year iu this coun
try Ml Luthennchurches. Of this mini
ber 28 were in Ohio. 27 in Pcnn ylvn. 1 !
In fllinois. i > nd 10 each in Indiana , Michi
tn , and Nebraska. In the pant fi ui
years the Lutherans have built fiO ;
: hurclies , 309 for German and l2 ( ! for
English congregations.
The Knglish Congregational Yenr-Bool
'or 1882 ntate < that there nre-J,3)7chureha )
of th- order in Grent liritniu and 80 !
inimion ntntions. Besides these , there nn
ntitncroti churches uuder the cara of thi
L , ' ndon Missionary Hocietv in heather
nmfs , where there nre 92 \neinberii anil
3-13,708 adherents The number o
churches in London is 2 0 , bisidea 12 <
mission rooms
IMPIETIES.
Somebody heard n Boston girl siy : ;
; hink hojooke 1 like a perfect raving urge
n bin uniform ! He was awful heavenly. '
_ TI e good die youiiR. The had live ti
ic nbout the weather , and nre cpi.ken o
m the oldest inhabitants. [ New Orlean
Picayune.
Peopls who stay away from * -hurcl
througi fcnr of talc ing the mi.Ul po :
nay , in the swett hj'-iind-hy , be oun
'nmiliar with a bjttomlehi ] ) ic. [ Uostoi
Courier.
The q'ie < tion whether n Methodist lay
man in y race humes itliout Hin is ' efor
a Troy church. It w.ll probably bo < le
cidcd tli t he can if thu miners o th
Irnck have a few big pu p iiu on hand t'
look at between the rates.
Sa d the stranger run over by a hi are
iu Philadelphia : "I don't mind -lyin . :
cn feto'n i that. But oh , heivcn , tlinl
of dying in this town , and having in ;
death notice appear in the pipers witi
some of their cursed Phi udelphia poetr ;
attached. " [ Host > n I'ojt.
There ia a weUthy brewer in M ntrei
who built a church , nnd inscribed on it
"This church was erected by Thomas Mol
son , nt his sole expense , .Hebrews , x :
chapter. " Some of the McGill coll'g
wags got n ladder one ni ht , nnd nltere
the inscription so as to make it r. ad
' 'This chui ch wa erected by Thomas Mol
son nt his OU'H exnense. He brew
( double ) XX. " [ N w York P. bt.
The clergyman's daughter kn-jeled il iwi
and prayed at a revival meeting with t'
"worst lellow in town" at Bedford , In
diana , ami when -he got homo inia-ed lit-
gold watch. She would not b 'lieve h
took it , but consented to po with a part ;
of f iends and hunt him up. Tliey founi
him ( till at his devotions ui der a tree
She refuted o have him disturbed , but
rude sceptic , lushing in where nngel
feated to tread , found him kneeling nnd i
the net of burying the watch. [ " "troi
Fi ee Press.
Revivals are now fashionable nnd wor
next to the weather. They are cut bins--
in front , shirred behind and trimmed witl
cio.'tes of black satin nnd velvet , forlatlje :
while gentlmnen have them nit scant * i
fiont with a baptismal border around th
collar , and a brilliant colored crav.it at
tached to the heirt strings in order to ml
melody to the heavenly strains and nttrac
the crosses worn by the ladleto their un
selfish bosoms. In onlerto make the fas !
ion as prevalent as possible , rovivalsshoul
bo ma e of good goods , a yard wide , a
silk , or fiue textured fabrics , and cut wit
marvelous accuracy that tha wearoi ma
he able to show his or her form to the in
godly , in the'bo-tposaihlo way. [ Larnmi
Boomerang.
OONNUBIALITIBS.
To Klmira .all . things are possible. A
esteemed citizen has Just eloped with hi
gnl aunt.
Bloomingtoii , III. , furnishes a girl \vh
took § r > 00 in cuh : ami H jld nut her lover a
hour before tht-y were tu he married
Money is pruity tight in th.it ttate.
Joseph Smith , of lladley , M &ts. , < iei
ht Friday morning and his wife died oi
hours later. He was horn in J'Ylmi'irj
1790 , and she wus born the following Oc.c
her. They had been married uixty-'ou
years.
After n New JCeal-uid sa\ age marries h
is no * , allowed to 1 oc ! at , speak to , in liv
in the nimo camp with his wife's inothei
Sinijular Ih > t they call a race savages wh
had the wisdom to establish such a cunt i
as th t ! [ Somervill Journal.
Statistician * have begun to discover th
fact that widows live longer than ft-
other people. It seems , though , us if th
hud ku iwn this for a long time , kin
that the only way to ie ch that comlitio
is through marriage. [ Lowell C tizen.
A Tennessee girl who found a beau sh
liked better dklu't snap the go den cor
with thu old one by stidilen y rettirniu
his letti'H ' and oek of hair. Sh bent fc
him , tolil lilmhnnr It wan , give him $ .1 i
cosh and 30 ! ) pounds of peanut * , and too
his receipt iu full of all demand * .
The nine of Mr. William T Adau
( Oliver Optic ) in lioxton was the tcenti of
liuppy assemblage of relatives and friend
last 'aUmliiy after noon , the occ.ui , ui b-iii
the marriage of Miss Kmuiu L. Adauu
rnughter of the host , and Mr , fJeirg
White , of Oh-rlestown , Mak- ,
A hint is thus given to happy hrldi
g oems iii'lhe Cutliolia Mirror ; "Thoug
there have been a numlior of marriages c
wealthy Catholics of lute , we have tic
heard that nny of the parties concerne
tuve followed the good old Catholic cm
torn of distributing money to he poor o
those joyous iiccaniona. "
Spoliation ofTimoor Lands ,
S. f. CLronlvlc.
A bill is before congroas now fo
the reservation of a largo body c
United Stains timber land in th
YoBomito region where the Soquoii
gigantea grows. It is oatonaibly fu
the protection of this unique growth
which ia alleged to bo in rapid cours
of destruction by people who do nc
own or claim the land , Petition
have been forwarded by settlers nua
his proposed reservation , explaining
hat the patBAfio of thc bill would op-
urato na a great hardship on agricul-
urista whoso necessities require the
imbor other than Srquoia , biul wo in
cline to sympathy with the petition
ers. No doubt the timber lands nro ,
> eiiig sadly despoiled ; but it /
s not by small farmers , but by v \
iv Bystumatic and fraudulent effort of
nuiiopolists. An Oregon paper t-x-
) lains how it is done on I'ugot aotu.d ,
iind the osplanation fits tho" situation
in most of the timbered states slid
territories. Corporations owning lum
ber mills on the sound own from -JO-
000 to 200,000 acres each of the very
best timber land in the United States.
Thuy did not and could not secure
this quantity by anything like fair
purchase , for the timber lands there
linvo never been offered fur sale. They
are subject to the homcatend mid pre
emption laws , and no ono man can
honestly obtain from the United
Slates inoro than KiO acres. But
thcRO lumber corporations employ
dummies at so much a head
say S100 to § i.00-to enter
ouch a quarter section in his name , ,
the corporation bearing all expenses ;
aim after the entry nnd pnyment of
land ollico fees the dummy turns over
the land , by deed , to the corporation.
It costs them $200 per 100 acres , or
\l most S100 , plus the § 100 paid to
the dummy ; nud its real value is fn m
§ 2,000 to § 15.000. The same gnmo is
being successfully practiced in Geor
gia and other southern timber states
on a still larger Bcale , Of course , the
method involves perjury and fraud ,
but these are crimes which the gtab-
bers have mude&opopularandcommon * *
that but littlonotici ) istakenoftluMnin
cases where the United States is the
party defrauded. What is needed
from congress is a general law that
will protect the timber lands of the
country from destruction by men of
this character by the imposition of
severe penalties , both on the falsa
swearer nnd the monopolist that fin-
ploys and suborns him. There is tim
ber enough in Oregon ' and Washing
ton territory and in the California
Sierra aiid Coast range to supply this
whole coast with the best and cheap
est of lumber for three centuries to
come , but not if the monopolists are
allowed to po on as they liavo been
during the last twenty years. 4
SKINNY MEN.
"Wells' Health Renower , " grpatest
remedy on eaith for impotence , lean
ness , sexual debility , &c. One dollar
at druggist's. Depot , C. F Good-
an.
Bob IngorsoU'8 { Weakness.
Chicago Ileiald.
Nothnigfproyesjtho shallowncts of
the great anti-Bible orator's belief
like an open grave. In a public hall ,
in tlio glare of many Hunts , surround
ed by a mass of living humanity ,
playintr with infinite skill upon their
sympathies , ho is bold in ridiculing
the hopes and fears of Christians.
But in the presence of death the teof-
for drops his gibe , the trembling lip
replaces the sneering smile and the
full humanity of his largo soul yields
to the command of humanity for
something after death. Who that
has ever read will ever forget his
wonderful address delivered over the
grave of his bro her , Juno 2 , 1879.
It seemed to draw the whole couutry
within the influence of the sobered
scorner , as , bowing to the inevitable *
he bent above that grave and said : V
"But in the night of death , hope sees x\
a star , and listening love can hear the
rustle of a wing. " Then ho recorded
the last words of his brother , "I feel
bolter no v , " with an infinite pathos ,
and with 'a seeming faith that it was
o.
o.A few days ago Sir. Ingersoll was
a ain called upon to stand beside an
other open grsvo. This time it was
that of a little child of an acquaintance.
The occasion touched the great era *
tor with the full feeling of the iiijule
quacy of this life to fill the longing ;
of the heart. Filled again with hope
of a hereafter ho pleaded' that it
should bo ono of joy and happiness ,
not pain and tears. _
How many Christians to-day fool
with Ingorsoll that "Another life is
naught unlo.-is wo know and lovp the
ones who love us hero. " In his in
most soul he is not a disbeliever.
A Wonderful Effect. "
Mich. , Juno 30 , 1881.
II. H. Warner & Co. : Sirs Your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has had
the most wonderful eflect upon my
wife , who has been troubled for three-
or four years with n kidney and livt > r
difficulty. F. A. FKHOTOON.
febTlweod
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