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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S. D. WTKLE & 00.. ProDrietors, CEDARTOWN. GEORGIA, FRfDAY MARCH 2, 1S77. VOL. HI. NO. 36. NEWS SUMMARY. Forty gypsiea are tolling tlio future of Maeon, Oa. There are 1,030 convicU in the Ton- nvsaoe penitentiary. San Antonin, Texas, in erecting an other ice manufactory. The nmount appropriated by congrc-is to the improvement of the Tenueiwn river waa larger than to any other Mingle object of the bill. Two negroes of Richmond, Va., were •ent to the chain gang twelve months for ■Ruling twelve ohickem. Two British steamships, the Van guard and the Maurice, drawing respectively It'S ami 15 *» feet, p netted through the jetties In>t week. The Hnzznrd family of Savannah aud the state at large have fallen heirs to a $15,- 000,000 estate in England. A Texas stockman recently sold to portion in southwestern Kansas <0,000 head of .-attlo and 2,000 horses for $140,000 iu ailvfcr. The receipts of cotton at Raleigh from September 1 to Fehuary 2 were 32,731 bales, nn increase of 0,353 bules over the same period Inst year. The United Stntea const atirvcy steam- ship IJluke made ono sounding of 7,845 feet in the Gulf of Mexico, one hundred add forty-five miles from I’aia Callo. The legislature of Arkansan lma adopt ed a resolution to appoint a state hoard of finance, the chief duty of which will be to settle with the creditors of the state. Two-thirds of the taxes of Tarrant county, Texas, for tha year 1876, 'have not been paid, and $40,000 for the year 1876 re main unpaid. A man in Georgia raised 3,100 {xxinds of seed cotton on three-fourths of an acre of laud, and secured the price of $56, which had been offered by the seller of the seed for the largest yield from a $5 package of seed. The Standard says that “a through passenger and mail stage route has been established from fort Worth to Sail Diego, California. The mail to Concho is tri weekly, connecting with the stage tiiere to El Paso and then to Han Diego." Charleston exjxirtx for the week end ing the 12th were 24-5 lings of sea island cot ton, 11,267 bales of upland cotton, 1,663 tierces rice, 1,053 ca*ka spirits turpentine, 8,90? barrels resin, 6 idries phospha both precincts is bad. There arc many oases of cholera in the distressed district of Madras," NINU'.I.USKOI'S. Pho Fresno (California) Expositor, ot January 17, says that a flock ot wild geese, formiug a solid column of birds seven miles in ^length, passed over that town the day The annual report of the New York chamber of commerce tor the fiscal year ending June SO, 1876, shows that while the aggregate value of the foreign commerce of all other parts of the United States except New York exceeded that of the proceeding year by more than $11,000,000, New York loss over $93,000,000, making a decrease iu the foreign commerce of the whole country exceeding $81,000,000. The value of the domestic exports of breadstufls from all other por»* was $64,200,502, against $60,080,- '.'63 from New York ; of provisions, $20,361, 813 from other ports, against $55,032,133 Jrom New York ; of tobacco and manufac tures of tobacco, $11,002,682 from other ports, against 14,070, 088 from New.York. CONGRESSIONAL. IIOI'MK. In the house, on tho 3th, after business was begun in the house of representatives to-day, Mr. llnle rose to n privileged ques tion and read a letter addressed to him from J. Madison Wells and Thus. C. Anderson, stating that they were confined in a damp, dark dungeon, or cellar of the Capitol: that Yesterday, by order of the speaker, they had been transferred to a much better room, and th it they hid been brought hack to the cells by order of tho sergeant-at-arms, and that on account of had air in the cell, one of them, Gov. Wells, was now on ids sick bed. Mr. Cox said it was in the same cell that the republieAii congress hud incarcerated Stewart and Irwin. The prisoners were con fined and in the close custody of the sergeant- nt-arms, tint they could release themselves by simply purging themselves of contempt of the house and answering questions which they had refused to answer. Mr. Cox moved to refer the resolution to the special com mittee on election in Ixiuisiann, with instruc lions to report speedily to the house whether such a state of affairs does not exist as is stated in the communication from J. Madison Wells, and tho resolution was referred — yeas 14.", nays 8!*. The house then went into committee of (lie whole on the defi ciency appropriation bill. The bill went cr without action, and the house took a -ess until 10 o'clock to-morrow. In tho house, on tin* l*th, soon after midday, to which time the recess had been extended, the deficiency appropriation bill passed, with the amendment appropriating $600,000 for the payment of claims against td« in ooventio States mid Me chairman of of the special committee I.oulsisnii affairs, submitted the rejmr that committee, which concludes with a nltillnii declaring that the democratic c a majority of The Now Orleans I’icnyuno aaya of the jetties, the 10th: The United States man-of-war Plymouth, Bassett commander, from Pensacola, passed through the jetties at 9:15 a. m., bound up, at low tide. Her draft is nineteen feet six inches. Him met with no detention. On tho price of mules the Augusta (Oa.) Constitutionalist of the 11th says: Tho demand for young broken mules the past week, while very good, did not equal tha* of the week previous, and the sales al together did not amount to ns much. A very good mule can be bought for one hun dred dollars, and for ono hundred and forty dollars a first-class imimnl can be hnd. One hundred and twenty to twenty-five are about the average prices fur young mules. Tim tendency , in pi ices is upward, an ad vance of at least ten dollars per head having resulted siuce December. roitKlMN. Captain General Campon telegraphed that the Cuban insurgents will he suppressed by May, when he will return to Spain. A telegraphic lino will soon be com menced «n the shores of the Mediterranean, to traverse the African continent to the Capo of Good Hope. The hard times iu Russia aro growing harder. At Odessa the price of bread has gone up from two copecks a pound, and there are fears of an Absolute famine. A letter to the Cologne Gazette from South Russia reports thst the j.olive have been ordered to hasten the general levy which w ill defend tho country and maintain order, but is not liable to service outside of the Russian territory. This is thought to IndioHte that the southern army will soou Assume the offensive. A few figures which have just been published In England show the evils which result from strikers in any branch of Indus- trv. There was a strike in the Houtli York shire mines about a year ago, in which 12,- >W men took part. The loss of the miners themselves amounted to $1,250,000, aad that of the railroads through reduced carriage of coal to $700,000. A dispatch from Pern wivh that the grand vizier, nt a .‘event interview, said that he was quite sanguine that peace would be concluded with Servia in three days af ter Christies arrival. It has been decided to grant Montenegro's request for the rectifica tion of her frontier. An amicable arrange ment is also probable as to the place where the negotiations shall be held. The rinderpest is on its march ngnin. It rages in Germany and appears in the suburbs of London. England is largely de pendent on the continent for beef. Her supply must necessarily be cut of! from that quarter, for the authorities will prohibit J port, spoke in favor of that report. The pre- further impo Die deficiency is to ( violin question being seconded, it was agreed be made good by Canada and the United that the vote on the resolutions should be States. Already the American export ■ taken to morrow at twelve o’clock. The .r.oiinls in .100 ton. *«W.v. >.J Ih'r* to ! »P«»k*r luH before tn. boon a m«n« . ... , , i from the president, transmitting a memorial rvery probability, with an increased ■?*• j from citizens of New York, asking for the temizAtion of the work and cheap railrcad ; passage of a law authorizing the proper de- tran-it from tho west, tha) this business of pnrtment to set apart sufficient ground on , . ... i -i i / > , n | either Bed low or Governor’s island in the tupplyinB Englan.l with l.eef ■« In a-.iinm h>rbor „, New y„ rk „ „| te |„ r , he enormous proportions. <,f “ Liberty Enlightening the World,” \ Times dispatch fr-m Calcutta says: which has been donated to the United States . ., >- , ...i;„.. K.hrn.r.9,1 »h» h .y, ,he French i ,e0 P le - K*f* r red. Recess I till ten a. m. • In the In state of I.oiiisiniiM. The pretended canvass and complication of votes for electors by the board of returning officers wns without au thority of law, fraudulent and void.Hiid that the vote of that state uanuot bo counted for Haves and Wheeler without confirmation and approvul of illegal and fraudulent ac tion of said returning board. Mr. Townsend (Pa.), submitted the minority report recom mending the adoption of a resolution de claring tliHt the republican electors have been elected in I^iuisiana mid that the elec tion was examined into, determined, de clared and promulgated by tho proper au thorities of said state under all the consti tution of tho United (States. Roth reports The house took a morrow. Iu the house on the 10th, tho speaker presented a communication similinr to that read in the senate from the president of the electoral commission. It was resolved to receive the senate in joint session nt one o'clock. Mr. Hah- endeavored to fix an earlier time, lint his amendment was do feuted by one hundred uml twenty to ninety. He gave notice that he would call for the yeas and nays whenever there is another attempt to delay proceedings. .Senate mnenoments to tiic Indian appropriation bill ami military academy appropriation bill were iion-concurred in. Tne speaker overruled the point of order againts the right to take a recess, mid accordingly the house took a reces* till ten o’clock Monda In the house on the 12th Mr. Field offered the following: "Ordered, that the rouuting of the electoral vote from Florida shall not proceed in conformity with the desiaion of the electoral commission, hut that the votes of < all, Yonge, Hilton and Rullock be counted as votes from the state of Florida for president and vice-president of the United Htates.” Mr. Hale moved ns adlndment: "Ordered that the counting of the electoral votes from the state of Flori da shall proceed in conformity to the de cision of tho electoral- commission.” After the disniKsion of several points of order, etc.,the house proceeded to the discussion of Abjections to the decision of the electoral commission. Mr. McCrary addressed the house in support of the report of the com mission. The debate closed at 1:16. and the house proceeded to a vote. Mr.HalirN amend- men! was rejected by a vote of 97 to 167, and Field’s resolution was adopted. It was then ordered that the clerk inform the the action of the hoi house is now ready senate in the hall of the house. In the houae on the 13th, the report of the committee on the election iu Florida, declaring that the Tilden electors had been elected in that state, was considered Mr. DunneU, who had signed the majority “ l„ the week ending February 2d the her of persons engaged in the relief decreased thirty-four thousand in Bombay and three thousand nine hundred and thirty- nine in Madras, as compared with the num ber employed the previous week. This de crease is attributable to the reduction of wages and the exclusion of persons net really destitute. There has been no rain ned no improvement in the condition of the j t b ermw, and the health of the population in j the 14th, considera- tion wan resumed of the resolutions reported by the special committee charged with the investigation of the recent election in Flori da, ami Mr. Thompson, chairman of the committee, addressed the house. In the house, on the 15th, the naval appropriation bill passed after incorporating eiidmgnt of Mr. Whitthome for the tmeni'of a commission to decide upon the future naval policy oft ho United Htates the commission to cousist of the admiral of the navy, general of the nruiy, senators, three representatives and two naval officers, to he designated by the president. The bill was parted re moving tho political disabilities of Joseph E. Johnston. The speaker laid before the house a message from tho president vetoing the bill perfecting a revision of the laws ot the United Suites. His objection Is to that section which directs the clerk of the lioitse of representatives to select ono newspaper in each of tho states "In which all treaties and laws of the United Hates ns may ho ordered for publication shall he published.” Mr. Durham moved to sustain the veto, and said he would, as soon as p sitde, report hack tho hill with tho obj tionable feature removed. The veto u sustained- yeas. 212 ; nays, 0. Mr. Durlu reported back tne bill, lonviug out tho s> tion objected to by the president, ami it was passed. The house then took recess until ten o’clock to-morrow. NKNATK. In the senate, on the 8th, Mr. Win dom called up the house hill to provide for the payment of James B. Eads for tho con struction of jetties ntithe South Pass. Aftei discussion, by n vote of 80 to 24, the hill was indefinitely postponed, and tho considera tion of the Indian appropriation hill was re ■tuned. The senate thou went into execu tive session, and when the doors reopened they took a recess till 10 o’clock to-morrow. In the Hcnate, on tho ‘Jill, Mr. Windom introduced a hill appropriating $7,000 for the expenses of the electoral commission. Referred. Mr. Dawes introduced a hill to authorise and equip nn expedition to tho arctic sea. Referred. The bill provides hii exhibition according to the plan suggest- d by CapL Ilowgate. A bill to encourage I promote telegraphic communication lie tween Europe mid America was passed. It construct the line, with the American end at Baltimore. 1 n the Honato on tho 10th, tho chair presented a communication from the presi dent of the eloetonal commission, informing the senate that it has decided upon the matter submitted concerning the electoral votes of Floridn. Tho sergeant-at arms was directed to request the atteudanec of absent senators nt tho conference—llie committee on the fortification and appropriation hill, Messrs. Windom, Logan and Davis. After further debate, the following, submitted by Mr. Sherman, was agreed to by a pnrty vote: !(• solved, that tho decision ol the commission upon the electoral votes of the state of Florida stand as the judgment of the HOiiate, objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. A long debate look place as to the form of the question sustaining or overruling the objections filed by Mr. Field. An order submitted by Mr. Whyte, that the senate do not concur iu the decision made by the commission, created under a clause approved Jnnunry 20, 1777, but that the votes oast by Wilkinson Call. R«l*t. Bullock, .1. K. Yonge and R. II. Hilton, as electors of the state of Florida on the 7th of November, 1874, are the true and lawful votes for president and vice presi dent of the United Htates, and should ho counted us the electoral vote of that state, was defeated by a strict pnrty vote. The following Ih the vote : Yens—Bailey, Bar naul, Bayard. Bogy, Cockrell,Cooper, Davis, Eaton, Goldtli unite, Hncford, Johnson, Jones (Fla.), Kcllv, Kcrhnn, MeCrcery, Mc Donald. Maxoy, Merrimon, Norwood, Ran dolph, Ransom, Haulslmry, Htevonson, Wal lace. Whyte and Withers; twenty-six. Xays —Alcorn, Allison, Anthony, lllniiic, Booth, Bout well, Bruce, Burnside,' Cameron (I’ll ) Cameron (Win.), Cliaffe, Chrlstlancy. Clay ton, Conk ling, Conover, Bragin. ' Dawes, Dorsey, Ferry, Frclinghuysen, Hamilton. Hamlin. Harvey, Hitchcock, Howe. Ingalls. Jones (Nev.), Logan, McMillan, Mitchell, Morrill, Morton, Oglesby, Paddock, Patter son, Robertson, Sargent, Sharon, Sherman, Spencer, Teller Wiwllelgh. West, Windom and Wright; forty-five. The senate then agreed to an order submitted by Mr Ham lin, that the vote of tho state of Florida should bo counted for It. B. Hayes for presi dent and Win. A. Wheeler for vice presi dent, us determined by the vlei'toral com mission. The vote upon this was, yens forty-three, nays twenty-five-a strict party vote. On motion of Mr Hargeant. the secre tary was direeteil to notify the house that the senate had reached a determination iu re. ard to the decision of the electoral com mission, and was ready to meet the house for the purpose of proceeding with the count. In tho senate on tho 12th, no business transacted up to noon. The senate was awaiting [notification from the house that that body was ready to resume the joint session to continue the count. At 2:20 the clerk of the house appeared nt the bar of the senate aud announced the decision of the house that the counting of thu vote of Florida shall not proceed in conformity with the decision of the electoral commission, and also notified the senate that the house was now ready to meet the senate in joint meeting. The senate then proceeded to the hall of the house. In the senate on the 13th, at the ex piration of the morning hour the senate- yens. 25; nays, 14—laid aside the unfinished business, the hill to amend the Pacific rail road acts, and the resolution submitted yes terday, providing for the issue of an attach ment tor the arrest ot Conrad N-Jordan, cashier of the Third Nutionul .ban.%>f New York, who failed to appear and testify as to the accounts in that bank of Samuel J. Til den, William T. Pelton and A. H. Hewitt. The Pacific bills were laid aside with the understanding that a motion to take them un again should be made as soon as the res olution for the arrest of Jordan should be disposed of. After some discu ssion, the res olution os submitted yesterday by Mr. Mitchell for the arrest of Jordan was agreed to without division. The bill to amend the Pacific railroad acts was taken up in order that it should be unfiniMhed business to-mor row The senate then went Into executive session, and when the doors were reopened took a recess until ten o’clock to-rnorrow. In the senate on the 14th, a bill ap propriating $250,000 for a fire-proof building for the National museum was placed on the calendar. The bill removing the political disabilities of Joseph E. Johnston, of Vir ginia, was paused. Mr. Dorsey introduced a bill amendatory of und .supplemental to the act of March 3, 1871, to incorporate the Texas and Pacific railroad, and the act of July 27, 1806, granting lands to aid in the r o; s'ruction of a railroad and telegraph line from the state of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific ocean. Referred. The hill is a copy of the so-called compromise of the Texas aud Pacific bill, recently snorted to the house of representatives by Mr. Lamar, from the committee on Pacific railroads, The senate resumed consideration of un finished business, being a bill to amend the Pacific railroad acts, so as to create a sink ing fund for the liquidation of the indeht- ness due the government by the Pacific-rail- ioa/1 company. Pending discussion, the senate went into executive session, when the door* re-ooened. The railroad hill was laid aside, with the understanding that it shorn . hf. the unfinished business of to ll anpron. ,, ,.— ... ,.. v . of tho electoral commission was passed in tho senate ou tho 15th, nt tho ... plratlon ’of tho morning hour tho Pacific railroad matter wan laid nsdle, and the house bill for tho support of tho government of tho District of Columbia for tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1778 was taken up. Various amendment-!, reported by the dis trict committee were agreed to. Ponding discussion by Mr. Wright demanded the regular order of business, being tho bill iu regard to tho Pacific railroad sinking fund. A lengthy discussion ensued during which Mr. Sargent said tho oommitto on appro- printiouH would soon proas tho appropria tion hills, and they would antagonize any thing which might bo before the sonntc. After further discussion Mr. Wright with drew his demand for the regular order, with the understanding Hint tho district tax bill should ho disposed of to-day. lie gave no tice that to-morrow lie would Insist upon a vote upon the railroad sinking fund bill, which would oome up as unfinished bus iness. Tho discussion upon the hill for tho support of the government of thu District of Ooluiohiu whs continued nt great length, tho pending tpicstlon being on tho amendment of Mr. Reman exempting from taxation property actually occupied and used for educational purposes. Tho debato wits mainly iu regard to exempting religious and educational institutions from taxation, Messrs. Ingalls, Cameron, Pa., Clayton and Alcorn, speaking in opposition thereto, and Messrs, Dawes, Reman, Saulshiiry and Mer- rlman, iu favor thereof. The nmomliuont of Mr. Kerimu was agreed to: Yens, 33, nays, 19. Other amendments, exempting the Louise homo, and the works ol nrt iu tho Corcoran gallery, as well as the building, from taxation, were agreed to. The bill then passed : Yeas, 19: nays, 12. The senate then took n recess until ten o'clock to-inor- Ltinibonnon—Tliolr Lire mid Work. Throe hundred men will cover and cut section of throe miles square, taking oil* over GO,000 logs, which would measure about 10,000,000 feet, eneh season. Work begins at daylight and ends at dark; and when tho days lengthen und the moon favors a longer twilight or earlier morn the men get the benefit in longer work ing hours. Un tho river, when the drive is started, work begins at three o’clock in the morning and ends at pine o’clock in the evening, tho men having live meals ; breakfast at six, lunch at nine, dinner at twelve, supper at five and tea at nine. The meals consist of jxirk ami beans, corn bread, molasses cake, and tea or cof fee. No stint is given to a man’s appe tite. The fare, such ns it, Ih, is abundant, monotonous, nutritious and cheap. A cook is provided for every lifty men. The beans are generally the large white hush, pur-hoi led in pots holding a half bushel, then ten pounds of pork is set in the middle of tho beans in tho pot, a quarter of a pint of molasses poured into it, and then the pot is set in a hole sur rounded by hot ashes ami burning char coal, the top covered with a stone over which a heavy wood fire is built, and boro they stay from five to eight hours, coining out a most palatable dish. All the baking is done iu rudely built stone ovens, which are hented before the dough is mixed, with a good wood (ire. The loaves of biscuit or cakes are set upon the hot stones, and are cooked quick and thoroughly. A camp of 800 men will consume daily four barrels of beans, half a barrel of pork, one barrel of flour, half a barrel of meat, one-quarter of a barrel of sugar, and five gallons of molusHCS. The men are oncamped in tents, making their beds of boughs, while their extra clothing, a pair or dark overalls, woolen shirt, and two pairs of woolen socks, is kept in an old grain stick, and used as a pillow nt night, Sunday in the woods is always a day for sharpening axes mending sleds, repairing hoots anil clothes,setting out a new tenting spot handier to tho cutting in the woods, and all tho odd chores which would grow out r “ o congregation of so largo a Isi.ly of All wcll-rogu luted camps exclude liquor. Being usually fifty to two hun dred miles from any settlement, and tho tnon not paid until the end of the season, there is little inducement for any specu lator to peddle rum through tho woods, or lor the men to straggle off in search of it. The consumption of axes and handles is enormous, an ax lasting about a month and a handle three weeks. The axes are sharpened daily, having regular sharpen ers, while others require each man to keep his own nxo in order. The old axes are never collected for tho junk dealer, the distance to shin them being almost too great to make it an economical meas ure. Woodsmen generally consider spruce harder on axes than either birch or pine. The gum which runs out of a spruce tree is found hard enough to chip tne edge of the axe when striking through it.—Norlhvtetlrrn Lumberman. An Ebony Epicurean. An emigration agent accosted an old negro In Columbus tho other day: “ I say, old- pjan, don’t you want to make somo mfti. ” Ilat’s jest what I'm scarchin’ roun’ fer, boss. I hungry right now.” R.)Vell, iu Mississippi the planters are paying’mighty high prices for good work hands, nmf if you ” “ Hole on dir. boss. Jess wait, a middle Georgia uiggei. I done been out dar. I’m a good wuk band too. f wuk myself out dar, an’ den J turn roun’ an’ wuk myself back agin, an’ dght here I’m gwine ter stay, ef do Lord spars me. When I dies I wants ter have belly spang full o’ bread an’ meat, an’ wants ter Ire berried in a seminary whar I’m ’ouainted wid do folks. You beertd my horn I”—Savannah News. Exporting American .KiiIch. The New York Herald of Sunday says: “Seventeen Kentucky mules were taken aboard the steamship State of Pennsylvania last night—‘kicking up before and behind,’ as a sailor expressed it. No liner animals of the kind are to lie seen, one of the chief kickers standing sixteen hands and three inches high and built in proportion. This is said to l>e the first shipment of the kind to Europe. They come from Stonewall, In Scott county, Kentucky, and are three years old. About forty more are to follow them in a week or so. The cheapest among them in Kentucky cost $150. They are to be used for dray horses in Glasgow.” The Ht. Louis Globe-Democrat says “a good rule in using French words Is to he sure you are right and then iw English.” Tlio s limit llwri*. Th» rollon inn versos aro from the non of lh« Uev or. Arthur T. I’lersvn, of liutioll. hlmsoir shoU. Known sous writer, anil wore rood st th« mrotlhii hold roroniTr in Hint oily In memory of ih« late Sir nnd.Mr* I*. (». IUIsa: The harp ot Ziou’s ixwlmlst now is still; Ion thousand oyos In bitter urlof have wont, Itmiuso (ho loin.I that, with n mntdor's skill, rhososllver chords so long, so swootlr wept, is turned to asho* Iu tho fntai Haines I No more, on earth, that voice redemption slugs, And sounds the Nauio above nil other names, \\ llh whoso high praises oven Renvoii rings! The harp Is still 1 The harp Is not hero, No more shall that anointed silver tongue Alonso the dull und Inutlautlve ear, And touch tu how the gospel mar be sung! Row nod a harp und hcatt, alike devote, _ noth wonts and melodics mar oouseerito, 1 111 t'hilst's own cull Is heard fn every note, And winds the wanderer to tho narrow gale The earthly harp is still j tint up on high, Where everlasting nutheuiN ceaseless mil A golden harp, resounding tn the sky, 'thrills with UuVtrluHiph on a mnsouir There’ mid the host of the celestial choir, runsomrd soul I I Jesus, on Ills iircHsl- " sep not for him, who now doth fully know ’1 he depths of moiry and Ihe grace divine; - ho precious hlood, that makes him while i He I cadet It him ; lie guides him with Ills eye; Light ot the world. He brightly In-ams on him; And, brethren, we shall inret hlui hy mid by, Where ant a tear tho ransomed eye shall dim. Catch un and echo ye Ills trumpet tone, w 'V w,<M,vor henroth shout the sound, We II tell ot Him who saves and saves alone. TUI sinners shall receive the world around, Hhnll shout: ’ fls done. I, too. believe the Hon. Till prmtlgnls come home, slid kiss His feet, Till hearts, emptied of self, hy grnee are won, Nothlug blit vosioln lor His use made meet. He'd bid us, could lie speak, troni mansions fair, Rescue I ho potlshimt, not mourn the dead ; Hid burdened souls dismiss their loads nt care, And loam that Jesus loves them- -tor them tiled. Ho seems In shout, trom over Jordan's wave, •• Hold yo tho fort I hr help of grace divine; Let lower ilglils tie burning, you may save Homo struggling seaman, It your light doth shine, I.ct IIS not weep. When Jesus comes, wo'll fly, re going home, ltd we sigh ■ won ay fool n Now coining tn the cross, ai..... ... With Jesus eruclfled, we shall, i HiiiiiIh.v-Neliool l.esson, sinsi gl'AItTKK, IH77. I -Kigali ai d the prophets a—- Kill ah mil Ills Karri liras. I Kings ! KHjah llnrjib I it lugs I \ *[!'," " r Nsl.-ilh | Kings 'j ilul what I i Sunt tier Venr. It Ih Haiti of Philip Henry, that when ho hiul reached tho age of three-score and ten, ho wns accustomed to ditto his letters, “ The year of my dentil.” And of both the older and the younger presi dent Edwards, it is said Unit on tho first Wabbuth of the years of their death ouch preached on the text. '• This year thou "bait die,” the text seeming almost a prediction of tho departure of each to that.hotter land to which they wore »'i- eting their hearers. Death may not une to tiH this year. And yet it may •mo at any inomont. But in viow of its irtalnly coming soon, and in tho possi bility that it may come at any moment when we expect it not, does it not become us to live in expectation and in prepara tion for it? “There are two words,” says another, “that may well take up much of our thoughts and cares, viz., time and eternity: tlmo because It is so fast passing away, and oternity bocimso it will soon begin ; time because it will soon he at an end. and eternity bcoauso it will never end.” wuh the now year's resolvo of tho Hunt Hannah Afore, “never to pass a day without thinking of tho end of days, and never to pass an hour without lifting up her heart to God, through Christ, to aid her to live for him.” And an ancient sculptor, when asked why he took such pains in a part of a beautiful statue that would l>e concealed hy tho wall of the temple, replied, “ The gods it." And as to every part of . wo should hear in mind that God secs it. and should endeavor so to live «h to he approved by him. On a plain tablet in Westminister abbey is an ription over the remains of ono who once eminent as a sculptor: int I wss, ns nn n r I Inf, hcciiiimI of mono I in- |K>rtani'<i to im» while J llvcl; I wss. ns s Imilfvcr In Joami Christ. Is ily tiling of lni|torlnnco to ms now 7 " And such will bo the judgmnnt of’evory one of us tin we look hock from tho hour of death, or from Pho unseen world, our earthly life and state. A departing or n coming year is full of lessons to us—lessons wo all should pon- The rules that some one has sug gested for the opening of erory year and for our guide through its days, if we are spared to behold them, are full of wis dom and safety: “Hay nothing you would not like God to hear. Do nothing you would not like God to see. Write nothing you would not like God to read. Go no whore you would not like God to go with you. Read no book of which you would not like God to say, ‘ show it tome.’ Never spend your time in such a way that you would not like God to say, ‘what art thou doing ?” Ko endeavor to live, and life will bo continually preparing you for death, and death will neier find you unprepared to depart. Dost tlion thk, “ Whan comes this hour? " Then, when It shsll suit thee best; t rust His fiilthfulni'ss ami power, Trust In Him, und quint rest. Labor on, and hope, and wait; Jesus never cornea too Jsto Suddenly though He may oome. 'TIs to l»oar then to thy home. —A”. Y. Ohurver, The "Widow Van Cott'sStorj. The widow Van Cott entertained her hearers in the West Thirteenth Htreet Methodist meeting house last evening by telling them the following story : She was announced to conduct a series of re vival meeting in one of the cities in the interior of the empire state. A young man who was at the club with a party of jovial fellows, Haid : “ Widow Van Colt is coming to town und I am going to attend her meetings,” One of liis com- radon responded : “If you go to bear the widow I’ll Ix-.t five dollars she will con vert you and make a Christian of you.” The young man clinched the wager. Then another comrade wagered five dol lars with tho young man, and tho exam ple was followed until every member of tlio company bad deposited five dollars against a corresponding amount with the stakeholder. '1 he pools were made on lition that the young man should attend the mootings every evening as long as Mrs. Van Oott was in town. “Theyoung man went to tho mooting,” said tho widow, “and God touched his heart, lie would have gone to the altar, blit he didn't want to lose his Money. Ho told me that alter I had gone away ho would embrace religion, and write and let me know tho fact. I said to him: ‘ You will not do as you think you will. You must como to the altar now or novor.’ ” Mis. Van Cott closed her meetings in tho place and went away. She did not get tho promised lotler; but she was told that tho young man, after winning his wagers, became more wicked than ever. He had won a few paltry dol lars, but lost his soul.—N. Y, Sun. Fashion Wulfk, Squnrc-nockcd corsages aro n A popular thin matoriul is pond-col ored or oink wire mesh gauze. Lace is no longer used for bonnet trim mings. Black satin is revived and is combined with black silk or velvet for street cos tumes. Necklaces in real lace, with pendants of various stylos have taken tlio place of Inco collars. Buttons aro now placed on tho bottom of corsets to which the underskirt is at tached. , Rich India h1iuw1h aro again in vogue. They are worn over long |K>lonaises by Parisian women for full dress. Album fans, each stick painted by dif ferent artists, with a subject of their own selection, aro among tho novelties in Paris. _ Cluny insertion an inch wide alterna ting with English embroidery of tho suine width, makes a very effective trim ming for Indio’s under wear. From tho robe do chambre to the ball toilet every dress lms it« fringo to match, put on in waves, taps or scal lops. Ladies who wear no petticoatH attach a handsome flounce with buttons and but ton holes lo tho lower part of their flannel undergarment* or the short bal- mornl. The newest thing in sleeve buttons are separable; that is, the two parts are connected with a string, and no button hole is required, oyolots permitting the shauksto pass through. Circular handkerchiefs of ValenceinneH lace and Swiss embroidery are much worn around the neckouUddooftho ruche und fastened hy a bow or flower. Along, slender dress, without scarves .j front, and without looping at tho hack, is being affected by elegantes. These aro worn without any tournure, and are as straight down tho back as the front. But at the floor tho train spreads out suddenly, like an open fan, near the wearer. On bonnets, ehenillo in forms of leaves and fringes occupies a prominent posi tion. That favorite coiffure of Mmo. Do Steel's, the turban, promises to revive again, much to tho delight of ladies who remember Us popularity a few years ago. The Dunichofi is numbered among now models for bonnets. Tho trimmings of the season, which show many novelties, have the mirth of being artistic, as, for example, the open moss work embroidery in scroll and leaf, shading from dark to light in dlflbrcnt colors to match materials. Broad bands of straw gimp, one and a half inches wide, aro shown on the newest evening dresses abroad. A remarkable waterproof has been in vented in Paris, It is of silk, and may lxi foldod almost as small ns a pocket- handkerchief. When unfolded it offers an ingonius series of pockots of different shapes, made to hold the fan and other essentials of fomtntno toilets. The hood can lxi raised over tho head hy meuim of a spring, so constructed us to prevent tho hood from resting on tho hat, and muss ing the flowers or other ornaments. Why ilo Wept. lie loft her and ■ topped out to see a friend between acts. “ Why, Edward,” said she, when he returned, “there aro tours in your eyes.” “ Yes, net,” replied ho solemnly. “ I supposo there aro—I saw such a sod sight when I was out.” “You did—-whnt wns it?” Inquired e. “ Such a sad sight”—continued he, keeping his face away that she might not smoll his breath—•* I discovered a young whom 1 have* known for years drink ing whisky.” “You did?” “Yes, standing right in plain sight before me, partaking deeply and careless ly of tho dreadful intoxicating glass.” There wus a little pause, when tho young lady suddenly said : “ Edward, was he standing right In front of you?” “ .Yes, pot,” was tho reply. There was another pause when the young lady asked again : “ Edward, don’t most of the fashiona ble saloon counters have great nice mir- rs right on tho walls behind them I” Edward flushed a little and looked quizzical as ho replied that lie “believed” they did. And there he permitted tho subject to drop. Scepticism In England. Mr. Joseph Cook, the new defender of orthodoxy, declares that there is no scholarly skepticism in Boston. Har vard college, in tho time of Tern Paino, was full or the wisest French skepticism. Lafayette has turned the whole heart of our people towards France. “The atrociously shallow and unclean, but brilliant and audacious Parisian infidel ity of the period—a scheme of thought which we now regard with pity, and which no scholar cares to hear named— was then attractive even to scholarly un dergraduates. Harvard never had a president Dwight to take the poison of our French period out of her veins. In that fact begins tho history of Boston scepticism.” Yale would have had the same experience as Harvard, had it not been for the massive arguments of Dr. Dwight against sciolism in religious science. Mr. Cook said, further, that it would do now to tell the truth of Har- ard and Boston, since they have slowly utgrown the poison. FACTS AM) FANCIES. Your rosy crib in tho rornor yol j I sit an.l watch It Just ns tho day la dsnd ; 4 ou can not prosa ntfslii. ,„y mulshed pot, Its pillow with your drowsy, guidon head. You can not resoh your arm to not my kiss, Or dart iilnuit with rosy, naked toot, niilddlnK soft syllables of that and thin, A tiny night-gown fairy, blithe and sweet. Empty tho home whore, frolicsome aud lair, 7 our precious presence made so bright a part; Empty your llttlocrib, your clothes, your chair:; Uut cmptlcat of all your uiothor s heart. Two women wore having some words together, when the daughter of ono of them pimped her head out of tho door aim cried out: “Hurry, mother, and call nor a thief before she calls you one.” Charity balls are still In season. Tho participators lmvo tho ball, and tho public show tho charity for thorn, tho poor—'well, tlioy have no direct interest in tho matter. Give work to tho able-lxxlied, give food and sholtor to the Hick, give sympa thy to tlio distressed, and consolation to tho nflliclod, but beware how you give alms to tho lazy. The Banner of Light, tho Spiritualist nowspanor, goes to tho oxpenso of cablo dispatches about the Slade case, and tho New York Sun wants to know why somo obliging spirit doesn’t bring ovor the nows freo of cost. The New York Telegram announces that “wages of servant girls nro to be cut down nt that point where tlio mistress of tlio house will be abln to ovortnko them on tho question of bonnet.” Em to rant physicians in tho Quakor city make affidavit that the ringing of church hells aro unnerving to healthy adult* nml dok'feructivo of the rest of in fant*, and ask, with property holders, for nn injunction to restrain the ringing of the bulls of St. It lark’s. Thih from tho 1)11 City Dorrick, in probably too good to bo truo: ’Twbb n young printer's iIbtII. who asked tor a kiss, tbit shu.qMlcklv replied, did tills port Ilf tin mins, " You look Inky and black, tho' your brad may ho Ilul I’ll never consent lo ho kissed by tho devil.” Years paused, and tho inis* became an old uinld With frizzes und curls, IhIno tooth and nornndn. Thou sadly sho sought lo recall l ho old Imiio, nut tho printer replied: "Tho devil won't klsa “ Yeh,” remarked a tramp ns ho stretched himself out to sleep on a seat in tho sonnto gallery, “tho glorious pal ladium of our liberties must lxi preserved. We can’t watch these politicians too closely ; In fact, I think I shall stay hero nil night.” There had Ixieti a discussion about tho cost of dress, and she wns wrat hy. “It’n all very well," she pouted, “for you to oxpoct a woman to bean angel; but I’d have you to know, sir, that I wouldn't ho even an angel, unless my wings could bo cut goring. There, now*!” Owner coming into stable and ad dressing hostler: “Isay, Jim." “Yes. sir.” “Take Romeo's harness oil ana put it on Ophelia.” “Yes, sir." “Give Gen. Grant somo oats." “Yes, sir." “Tnko Gen. Sherman out to water.” “Yes, sir." “And rub down tho Grand Duchess.” "Ay, ay, sir.” Two views of tho situation by tho Bur lington Hawkeyo man : If wo hnd ns lovely a home ns Judge Davis has at Bloomington, wo would not 'want to bo president. Wo wouldn’t want to do anything but sit m tha front yard and look at the house, and he glad wo lived there and had tho taxes to pay, and ono thing and another. But thnUs tho way. Lady (to shopman, nfter making him turn over uil his stock)—“There, that’s ixactly tho quality 1 want, but it’s green, and I want plum color.” Insin uating shopman—“You can’t do hotter than take this. Besides, ina’rm, it is plum color." Lady—“WhntI Plum color?" Shopman—“Certainly. Only the plums are not ripe.” When the wxt edition of Webster’s “ Unabridged” appears, wo may expect to Hfo tills addition to tlio overexpand ing volume of the English language— thus: I ▼. n. 'I ho act nt hulhdozlng tha , DOZE, ; condition ot being bull-dosed, as ) It worn; lo Iks the victim of h nilLL-POZINU, | bull-dozers; so to speak. Colloq., J and vulgar. Perfect Faith. pathetic episode in a lecture atBl. recently: A story was told of a street boy in lxmdon who had had both logs broken by a dray passing over thorn. Ho was laid away in ono of the beds of a hos pital to (lie, and another Ifttlo creature of the same class was laid near by, picked up with famine fever. The latter was allowed to lie down by the *ido of the little crushed boy. He crept up to him and said: “Hobby, did you uovor hear about Jesus?” “No, I never heard of him.” “Bobby, I went to mission school once, and they told us that Jesus would take you to heaven when you died, and you’d never have hunger any more, and no •c pjiin, if you axed him.” 1 couldn’t ask such a great big gen tleman as he is to do anything for me. Ho wouldn’t stop to speak to a boy like “But he’ll do all that if you ax him.” “How can lax him if I don’t know where ho lives, and how could I get there when Ixith my legs are broke ?” “Bobby, they told mo at mission school as how Jesus passed by. Teacher says as be goes around. How do you know but what he might come around to this hospital this vory night?” You’d know him if you was to see him.” But I can r t keep my eyea open. My legs feel so awful bad. Doctor says I’ll die.” Bobby, hold up your hand, and he’ll know what you want when ho pusses by.” 'They got the hand up. It drooped. Tried again. It slowly fell back. Three times lie got up tho little hand, only to lut it fall. Bursting into tears, he said : “ I give it up.” “ Bobby, lend me yer hand; put ycr elbow on my piller; I can do without it.” So one hand was propped up. And when they uame in the morning the boy lay dead, his hand still propped up for Jesus. You may search the world and you cannot find a grander Illustration of simple trust than that of the little boy who had been to mission school but once.