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St )£ tUc chill CoilGtitutionalist. Old Series—Vol. 25, No. 18. Will the Shadows be Lifted P ■Will the shadows be lifted to-morrow ? Does the sun ever shine in vain ? And the clouds that are loud in their sor row, Will they ever cease weeping again ? Will the fields e’er put on their greenness, And the flowers bloom sweet as before ? Will the sky. in its bluest sereneness, Look smilingly on us once more ? Will the shadows be lifted to-morrow From my heart, in its grief storm rent ? Will Hope, the kind soother of sorrow. With her bow of promise be sent ? Will the waves of my life’s troubled foun tains Ever cease in their ebb and flow ? Will the shadows that darken my pathway Be scattered like phantoms of woe ? Ah! yes, will the shadows be lifted From hill-top. and valley, and plain; And life-giving sunshine and gladness Replenish the dread earth again ? And then will the weeping of nature Be hushed by a joy-giving ray, And the beauty of sunset as ever Be loveliest hour of the day Ah! yes, will the shadow be lifted From mv pathway, so dreary and lone, And the dark, dun clouds will be rifted, And the winds cease their pitiless moan. Though I walk amid darkness and sha dows, , One promise unfailing is mine: I know in a future to-morrow About me one love will entwine. The Poor Working Girl. Little feet, a pity 'tis Neater boots should not encase you; Shapely hands the daintiest gloves Should be happy to embrace you. But I know no art that would Make your eyes a diamond brighter, Make y.mr lips a rose more red, Make your neck a snow-flake whiter. Straight and strong, with gliding gait, (Clumsy boots, I hate you so!) Every morning passes she, Rain or shine, or wind or snow, One small hand a parcel clasps, (Gloveless, happily for me); T’other lifts the shabby dress, Showing vaguely what might be. ******* Justice done, her work should bo Pulling petals from the rose, Feeding humming-birds, or else, Fanning fairies in a doze. Justice failing, likelier, She is gravely binding shoes, Making paper boxes, or Sewing slop-work for abuse. Little beauty, though your boots Shabby be, and coarse your dress, Toil your lot, and scant your joys; Rare kind words and rare caress, Yet I see that, in your eyes, That outshines all outward show; That makes poverty content, And that—makes me love you so! f Written for the Christian Standard. The Altar Witness. The men of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe Os Manasseh, dismissed from service, came At length, rich with the spoils of conquest, To the western side of Jordan—near their home. , And here they paused, recounting all the past, The battles they had fought, the victories Won, The stirring incidents of tent and Held; The wisdom, self-denial and renown Os their great leader—Joshua, son of Nun; And, not the least among the mighty, Ca leb, The Kenezite; and as they pitched their tents At night, in words of praise of these they - spoke, ' And invocations offered to the Lord of Hosts. They felt how dear the tribes they left be hind , _ , Were now to them; their toil and suffering In one common cause had bound them closer, As God’s chosen race, together. We are one— One now, and one forever: one in race And name, in heirship and in sacrifice; One, as true worshippers of the Lord of Hosts! Here, on some elevated spot on this side Jordan, let us build an altar, not for Sacrifice or offerings, or for praise, But as a living witness to our sons In future ages, that we are one in flesh And faith, in worship and in covenant; One in our fealty to God, his altar The tribes, now settled on their broad es- was done by those returning home; And rumor, with her brazen throat, hence filled . ... The air with portents dire, and cries of “Rank rebellion,” “schism," and words of hate! In haste they met at Shiloh to prepare For war; but wisely taking counsel, they Chose men—chief of the tribes—to inquire the cause Os this supposed revolt, and to arrest And punish the offenders; — This was well: to erect anew altar Looked suspicious: but the charge was hasty, Rash and cruel. Had they not been true to Every trust, loyal to God and to the tribes? The answer to the heavy charges made Was kind and gracious, full of truth and l° ve , . . . Disarming fear and hate, and bound their Anew in tender sympathy and love. This “ Witness Altar” has for us a lesspn If we would heed it. The Jewish code did Not require it; nor yet forbid; A beautiful expedient—only this; The outgrowth of the heart, in fear and hope, . . , In harmony with all that’s pure and good; It neither set aside the Scripture when It spoke, nor scorned its silence; it gave no Promise of revolt, of new departures, Heresy or schism; no just occasion Did it give for that most cabalistic Word, “ unsoundness ” —too often heard ’gainst those Who hold “the faith,” in love, more firmly than The warlike tribes held to the One Altab Then at Shiloh 1 A hymn sung by an old negro woman ran thus: “I hear a rumblin’ in de skies, Jews,screws, de flduaa 1 I hear a rumblin’ in de skies, Jews, screws, de fi dum 1 An Inquiry elicited the fact that the second and fourth lines, which form a sort of chorus, originally read : “Jews crueifled Him 1 ” A Brazil journal records the death of a man at San Jose de Leoniosa at the age of 150 years. [New York Tribune. MOODY AND SANKEY. The Remarkable Work of the Ameri can Evangelists in England. What the Clergy of the Established Church and the Dissenters Think of Them. The cable telegrams declare that from 16,000 to 18,000 persons daily at tend the religious meetings conducted by Meshrs. Moody and Sankey in Lon don. A review of the meetings con ducted by these American evangelists in Great Britain during the past year may be of interest. They have brought about one of the greatest religious movements ever known in Scotland and Ireland, and their recent appear ance in England has attracted a degree of attention in that country seldom given to a religious revival of this kind. The meetings at Manchester, Liverpool and London have been of such a character and magnitude as to command from the newspapers columns of descriptive and editorial articles. In America, the progress of Moody and Sankey haa been watched from the first, in religious circles, with profound interest. Mr. Moody was born in Massachu setts in 1837. He expressed faith in Christianity when 17 years of age, and soon after his conversion he went to Chicago, where he engaged in Sunday school work. In this he was so suc cessful that he gave up his business and deyoted all his time to it. During the war he acted as a missionary among the soldiers. At the close of the war he returned to his work in Chicago. During the great fire, his church was burned; a large church is now building in its place, at a cost of §IOO,OOO, Most of this amount was contributed by Sun day school children, and was obtained in small sums in various placss. In the Summer of 1873, in response to an invitation, Mr. Moody went to England, accompanied by Mr. Sankey, whom he had met in Pennsylvania a few years before, and had engaged as a singer to assist him, Sankey having an excellent voice. The two men held their first meet ings in York, England, where they had only slight success, not obtaining the co-operation of the clergy, who seemed somewhat suspicious of their visitors. In other towns in the North of England —especially Newcastle—they made u deeper impression, and met with such success that news of the revival spread to Scotland and they wsfe invited to visit Edinburgh, They arrived in that city in November, 1873, and wero at once taken Into the favor and confi dence of bow clergy and laity. The first week congregations numbering 2,000 persons attended the services every night, and the people were great ly moved by Mr. Moody’s fervent ex hortations * and Mr. Sankey’s songs. Noon prayer meetings were also held, these being attended by about 700 per son’s daily. In the second week it was found necessary to open several churches to acoommodate the constant ly increasing number of persons wish ing to attend the exercises. Ministers of the different Protestant de nominations entered hearcily into ac tive co-operation with the Evangelists, the number of converts rapidly in creased, and larger places of assembly were required. The Corn Exchange building was used every Sunday, and was filled with 5,000 persons, while halls and churches were crowded as never before. Mr. Moody preached seven times on Sunday, December 28, to audiences amounting to 15,000 per sons. In January, 1874, the evange lists loft Edinburg, and visited Dun dee and Glasgow. la the latter city they spent over two months, their preaching and singing, from the first, producing wonderful results. Here, as in Edinburg, the churches were too small to admit all who desired to at tend, an ! even the Crystal Palace, ca pable of holding over 7,000 pers >ns, was not large enough to accommodate all who came, aud hundreds were turned away. In seme instances meet ings were held both in and outside the palace at the same time, the entire space between the palace and the gate of the Botanic Gardens being occu pied by the assemblage. The num ber of people who attended these services was roughly estimated at from 15,000 to 30,000. In the same place a Christian Convention was held which Dr. Cairns said was unparalleled in the history of Scotch Christiani ty. It is reported that 20,000 min isters and other church officials, some of whom were from England, were pres ent on the occasion. Meetings were held in ship-building yards, and were attended by thousands of persons. It was stated that there were 10,000 con versions during Monday’s stay in the city. In May he returned to Edinburgh, and after a short period of successful work there visited Aberdeen, Dundee, and many other places, remaining in Scotland until September. He then crossed the sea to Ireland, and, begin ning at Belfast, stimulated by bis preaching great revivals in that place and in Londonderry, Dublin and other cities. At Dublin the public interest excited was beyond even what had been hoped for. Mr. Moody’s farewell meetings there continued through three days. On the second day he addressed a gathering of 2,000 converts, and on the third he met in conference 800 min isters from all parts of Ireland. In November the evangelists went to England. Their first meetings were held in Manchester, where extensive preparations had been made for their coming. They first attended a com munion service, in which 2,000 Chris tians of various denominations joined. They had the active co-operation of both the clergy and laity of the city, AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1875. and for four weeks great congregations met daily for prayer, Bible reading, and to hear preaching. Free Trade Hall was opened to the meeting, and there was no indication of a decline of interest when Moody and Sankey de parted to attend meetings at Sheffield, Birmingham and Liverpool. The meet ings in Birmingham were very success ful. The local newspapers said that never before in the history of their city had t.vo men drawn such large num bers of people together. The Town Hall, Carr’s Lane Chapel and Bingley Hall are estimated to have been occu pied, during the first two weeks by at least 250,000 persons. After spending three weeks at Birmingham, Moody and Sankey went to Liverpool, and be gan servioes in Victoria Hall Feb. 7. This was a temporary building, put up at a cost of §20,000, and capable of containing 8,000 or 9,000 people. Great expectations had been aroused by the news of the success of the evangelists elsewhere, and at their first meeting the hall was crowded, many persons having come a distance of thirty miles to attend the services. During the first week two daily services were held a prayer meeting at nomi, with 6,000 persons usually present, and preaching at night, with a large congregation present. On the second Sunday, in addition to the usual morning and evening meetings, Mr. Moody address ed 8,500 women in the afternoon. Dur ing the second week three meetings daily were held, and a constantly inr creasing interest was manifested.— Moody and Sankey remained in Liver pool until the close of the first week in March, and then departed to conduct meetings in London. It is said that Mr. Moody was more criticised and op posed in Liverpool than in any place he had visited. Some of the held aloof from him, the local press said sharp things about him, he daily received letters filled with attacks upon him, and was frequently hooted at in the streets by the populace. In one way or another there was much talk about him. He occasionally complain ed publicly that some of those atten tions were unpleasant. The Evangelists, it is expected, will remain in London during March, April and May, and as arrangements have been made to reach and influence the masses, through visitations aud great public meetings, important results are looked for. Ministers of the Established Church, and of the Baptist, Congrega tional, Wesleyan, and other churches, have agreed to give their aid to the movement in that city. A pamphlet has been printed in Lon don giving a summary of the main re sults believed to have been soured bjf Moody aud Sankey’s Work 'awfw Britain. They are, according to this authority, the reaching of niassos in different to religion, the conversion of from 40,000 to 50,000 persons, the ad vancement of the union of Christian bodies, the increase of activity of churches aud ministers, the raising of large amounts of money for church and benevolent purpases, the quickening of missionary zeal, and the increase of Christian publications. In this pamphlet occur the following words : “ Scores of eminent men, such as Dr. Arnott, Prof. Blaikie, Prof. Simpson, Dr. Bonar, the editors of leading jour nals, physicians, members of Parlia ment, noblemen, and merchants of the highest distinction, have all combined in rendering the strongest concurrent testimony as to the genuine character of the work, and the purport of all this testimony is that the work is of God, and not of men.” The friends of Mr. Moody say he does not encour age noise and excitement, and conducts the meetings in a quiet way. His method as a preacher is minutely de scribed in a Scotch newspaper, and the elements of his power are pointed out. “ He is,” it is said, “ not a man of much education and culture ; his man ner is abrupt and blunt; his speech bristles with Americanisms; his voice is sharp, rapid and colloquial, and he never attempts anything like flnishod or elaborate composition. Bat he is in downright earnest. He believes what he says ; he says it as if he believed it, and expects his audience to believe it. He getsjwonderfully near his audience, without any apparent effort. What ever size the audience may be, he is at home with them at once, and he makes them feel that they are at home with him. He is gifted with a rare sagacity and insight into the human heart, a knowledge of what is stirring in it, and of what is fitted to impress it. He has a large number of incidents stored away to be used as illustrations. He sometimes employs pathos with great effect. He always appears natural, un affected, and not sanctimonious. Ho has a great affection for children, whom he readily wins.” Mr. Sankey seldom takes any part in public meetings, except to sing. He throws much feeling into his singing. He articulates very distinctly, and al ways accompanies himself on the har monium. Clerical Carelessness. —A large number of clerks in the Printing Bu reau of the Treasury have been dis charged, and the pay of all those re tained reduced 25 cents a day, in con sequence of an oversight on the part of the Engrossing Clerk of the House of Representatives in not incorporating in the Engrossed Deficiency Appropri ation bill, a special appropriation for the Printing Bureau, agreed to by both branches of Congress, in addition to the regular deficiency appropriation of §200,000. “Sally, what time do your folks dine ?” “Soon as you go away—that’s missus’ orders,” [Atlanta Herald. AiSMg96 e of Our Ungrammatical BJ. Reporter. reader may notice that t|||||JH§jjss diction that adorns the iSH' the Herald is interspersed, oQjjfinHHiile, with such sentences as hsfeMflral’ taken her by the hand,” ■tit fflpke who done the deed,” etc. luef&wwy of the orthography is also . marred by the appear ap"4 Bpojjh strange, and yet familiar, “ oncore,” “ revynue,” bipil»B|Btc. We teel that a discrim- IlMnHplic is entitled to some ex pianaSgjjpof these crudities, and we .tru nfljSth to give it. Xtelß-W’ing to our reporter, Jones. Hafajpe man who does it. Jones has an ekiSM’ate contempt for “ tenses,” - ’ and those kindred subleties of sj ■|t'hV which a super-civilization ha&teapSbidered in an entangling frtttgpfipdn our sturdy Anglo-Saxon. above the slippered elegance blJflflK grammarians, and stalks ‘.broS’n the by-ways of speech with vigor of a backwoods pio ’poking his teeth reflectively wis&rS; jßowie knife (on which the faurdered “ tenses ” still glis imKJ> remarked to us the other ddj?“gjpy£eß we had expostulated with bimffef the recklessness of his gram *• When I have wrote athing up take the time to look it over. Sides,” sheathing his knife, what’s the difference ? ” lithography, Jones has but When he is troubled about lg of a word, he rises above eting guesses that force them his miud, and balancing him y in the mid-air, as you have umble bee do on a thousand afternoons, he darts straight ound ” of it. Once when he tllng with the name of the rman actress, he flung his hair from off his brow, and down “ Wannashek.” He eets all opposition to this air lod of spelling, with the ar hich has been familiar to us we were children, and which, bjMHpjMq we have never yet been able: L refute: “If k-a-t don’t spell ‘cat*'2pat doitepell?” It arty be ask’ed if these things are trbijiOy it is that we keep Jones on obr j»artorial staff ? We answer, that it iaMjfaccount of his legs. Brains and e JujaaL ;’>u are good qualifications for a qew.vkr>or reporter, but legs are the maiji fang No man, who does not know, '"an imagine theamount of walk ingj-jli feting and running about that a?#?':'*”' h'ie to do. A two-line item presents a tvfo-mile walk. The of a cqiuiiiu. of newoftep tto, “ church, frou: ihochurch to agb ‘hop from the gin-shop to the Capitm, from the Capitol to a negro hovel, from the hovel to On ’Change, from On ’Change to the slums, from the slums to the hotels, and from the hotels anywhere and everywhere that accident may call him or his fancy suggest. lie may swap legs over twenty miles a day, and then take a three-mile tramp, after midnight, looking up the details of a suburban brawl. Now, Jones is the only man that we know of who is absolutely übiquitous. He has no wings; he uses no veloci pede ; he doesn’t ride on the wings of the morning; he relies solely on his legs, a shapely but not a conspicuous pair, to carry him about. And yet he is everywhere. Nothing can happen, but what he is on hand takiDg notes. There was a fight the other night on a side street. That is, a gentleman knocked another down, and ran off. He was followed by a swift, dark fig ure for about a mile, and at last, find ing he couldn’t escape, he turnedjround to meet his pursuer. It was Jones. ‘•Gim me your side of it. I’ve got the other fellow’s story.” When Bob Bmith committed suicide the other day the writer of this was in two blocks of the house in which it occur red. When the pistol-shot broke upon the air he hurried over to get the de tails, feeling sure that lie would be the first man on hand. When he entered the room the corpse was lying in the middle of the floor and a man sitting astride of it, with a note book in one hand and the other hand engaged in exploring the dead man’s pocket. Need we say that it was Jones. The other night Mr. McCurdy stepped quietly out of his boarding house ou Forsyth street and started leisurely down town. Mr. Quigley just as quietly stepped out from behind a wagon and fired a pistol at Mr. McCurdy. Mr. McCurdy sprang at him—he fled; Mr. MoCurdy ran after him for fifty yards and then turned to retrace his steps. As he turned he met Jones, who, with his note book in hand and a fine glow of joy on his face, says: “ Lem’me have the particulars of the fuss. I’ve got all about tho shooting.” On Monday, news was received at the Herald office of a most distressing accident that had just happened in the house of a citizen in the east end of the city. A reporter was instructed to go out at once and get the particulars. “Can’t Jones go?” he asked. “No, I saw him just an hour ago on his way to the Water Works, (three miles off. He won’t be back before dark.” The reporter left and hurried out to the house. He was asked into the sitting room, and there sat Jones at a table taking “notes of the situation.”— “Hello,” says he “I’m just back from the Water Works, and, most broke down. Can’t you take my notes to the office?”—These are only a few of the übiquitous exploits of Jones. Nothing escapes his vigilant legs. We hereby defy anything, even of the smallest consequence, to happen, where Jones is not. We wager that, when Gabriel blows his trumpet on resurrection morn, that Jones will be there to ex patiate on the blow. j And the point which leads us to hold Jones, despite his failing, is that he is not a fighting man. When the bloodthirstiness of the average editor is considered, it is quite a compliment to Jones to say that when onlhe track of an item, he will rrot quit it, even to engage in a fight. The other night a horse thief was caught in a stable. Jones was on hancf.of course. Indeed he was so much on hand, that he was suspected of being-a partner of the thief. He was at once hustled out, and—without wasting Any time in fussing about it, he a plank at the side of the stable, .aud hustled back again, slipping intojthe grateful obscurity of a horse-stall, where he took notes on the affair. • So again, at the fire on Tuesday night, when a man pulled out a handful of'his whiskers, he pursued the even tenor of his way, being ready, no doubtrlf the gentle man who plucked him needed any more hair, to have* surrendered every whisker he had, rather than be swerved from the pSth of his duty. When any of the reporters of the other papers take occasion to pull his nose he merely gives the insulted organ a good strong blow to. assure himself that nothing is broken, and then re venges himself by .beating the other fellow getting up. the news. A man knocked his beavechat down over his face at the election the other day. By a dexterous movement of his right hand he punched~two holes in it just opposite his eyes,' and proceeded with his work without even asking who it was that had “ done the deed.” Every editor who is troubled with spunky re porters will understand how precious a man Jones is. When a man comes in to lick another reporter for publishing him, it suspends business frequently for nearly two.hours. Jones, on the other hand, will take his licking in twenty minutes and be back at work, disheveled, but firm. These explana tions we feel to be due to the public. As long as Jones continues to shine around in this exceedingly lively man ner, we shall keep him. We should, of course, like to have him correct in dic tion. But if this will tend to relax his legs, we shall prefer him as he is. If Bret Harte, who is the best writer of pure English on either side of the ocean, was out of a job, we might dis charge Jones and give Bret a trial. But if he gave evidence of lacking the “ git up and git ” that makes Jones great, we should recommend him to some literary magazine and renew our engagement with Jones’ legs. Jones has applied to us to buy him a writing machine. He thinks that it would expedite work for him to strap if back ie.o a ■ md-organ, aud ,as an twtfrmight p -i. auu griml out the We intend" to buy him one. And if some genius will perfect an ortho graphy and prosody attachment to the machine, we shall wind it about Jones’ frisky form, and send him to the Cen tennial Exhibition as a perfect speci men of the American reporter. [Danbury News. A Danbury Spelling School. An impromptu spelling school was inaugurated in Merrill’s grocery Sat urday evening. A young man who, last Winter, aided Mr. Couch in the management of the North Centre school, conducted the class. The first word he gave out was Indian. The first man said, “I-n, in, d-i-n, din—lndin.” The teacher shook his head. “Well, I declare, I thot I had it,” said the speller, with keen disappointment; but he picked up when the second man started, and eyed him with considera ble anxiety. The next man, with desperate earn estness, said, “I-n, in, d-e, de, inde, u-n, un—lndeun.” Then he sighed, and gazed anxiously at the teacher, while an old party at the end of the bench, who was watch ing the efforts with derisive amuse ment, turned tne quid in his mouth, and said; “You ain’t in a rod on’t, but go on; let’s su’ more try.” The teacher told the second speller that he also had failed, whereupon he sighed again. Then the third man took hold, He squared himself upon his seat, and holding up one finger, ticked off the letters with becoming solemnity, as follows : “ I-n in, d-d-d-a da, inda-i-n in—lndian.” The old party on the end of the bench who had been teetering on the preci pice of a laugh, while this effort was being put forth, snickered right out into a loud guffaw at its conclusion. “ Well, that’s a spell for you, I must say,” and then he laughed again. The speller said nothing, but he grew red in the face when his failure was announced, and cast •& baleful glance at the old party, whose turn had now come, aud who said: “You people should keep away from Oheo, you should. And now I’ll tackle that little word,” and he smiled all over his face, while his eyes twinkled with merriment, and looking sideways from one to the other, he rapidly spelled : “ I-n in, g-i-n gin, Ingin.” His smile deepened into a broad grin as he watched the chagrin flush to the contenance of the other spellers, who had been misled all the time on a wrong pronunciation of the word. He was grinning with all his might when the teacher said : “You ain’t got the right word.” “ Wh-ah-ot ?” and he bore down on the brazen-faced young man a look calculated to freeze him to the bone. “ Indian is the word. There is no such word as Ingin,” said the teacher. “O, there isn’t hey (sarcastically)? You know, of course. You know all about It, you pimply ” New Series, Vol. 8, No. 14. “ But, my dear sir, I ” “You needn’t apologize to me,” shouted the old party, stamping the floor with his cane. “ Who be you, any way, putting on your airs about me? I could twist your scrawny neck off of you in two minutes, you white-livered Puppy, you.” “ But, my dear sir, let me ex—” “It isn’t ‘ingin,’ is i#f” ground out the old chap between his teeth. “It’s somethin’ else, I suppose. O, yes! you know, of course. And a nice one you are, with your eddication. Why don’t your mother send back them apples she borrowed a month ago ?” and he looked around the store with, a tri umphant glare of sarcasm. “But just hear me—” “Hear you ! Who are you, anyway ? What’s your father ; will’s he drawed a sober breath, I’d like to know? An’ where’s your smart brother Ben ? In prison somewhere, I’ll be bound. O, I know yer hull family like a book. And a wuss lot than they are can’t be found in this neighborhood, and you just put that in your pipe and smoke it, you egregious ass. Talk to me about spell in’ 1” and the old man, stamping his cane again, stalked passionately out oi the store. The lesson was then postponed. [Berlin Correspondence of the New York Tribune. Very Hard Times in Germany. The general cry of dullness in trade is swelled not a little by the voice of Germany. If wages have been reduced 20 per cent, in America, they have been reduced 40 per cent, here; if tin re are hundreds of unemployed men a New York, there are thousands in E - lin. Last Winter this city had diffic t ty in finding street laborers at t o thalers per day; this Winter an indi i nite number can be had at 20 silb r groshen, or one-third the price. If the great manufactories in America make wholesale reductions in wages, those of Germany make wholesale dis charges of hands. Hardly a week passes in which the International Ga zette, the new American paper here, does not report such events. The reason is that it is simply im possible, at any rate of wages, to sustain a large production; and the concerns and it easier, there fore, to close their works. There is, in short, almost an utter prostration of business. The National Zeitung, this morning, makes a frank confession of the fact. It admits the distressing condition of trade in general, and es pecially of the drug in the labor mar ket; arid draws, on the whole, a picture which would not encourage many emi , grams to return hither in seaiifh of for tune. The National Zeitung Confirms the fact, which was indeed clear to all but too patriotic eyes, that the extraor dinary business prosperity that fol lowed the war was unnatural and could not endure. There were many reasons why the period after the close of hos tilities should have been marked by an abundance of money and an abundance of labor. The indemnity was passing into the country, and was increased, owing to the universal delusion about the future of Germany, by large in vestments of English capital. There was plenty of employment, even in re pairing the effects of the war—l mean in restoring the railways which the war had severely tried, and in enlarg ing fortifications. Os course the abundance of capital gave rise to a reckless prodigality in all sorts of pri vate enterprises. New railways were undertaken, great manufacturing com panies established to rival Krupp, and shipyards to compete with the Lairds were organized. Above all, new and costly houses sprung up in all parts of Berlin and in almost every other city. The most popular form of investment was in stock companies, and the multi plication of stock companies in 1871 and 1872 was marvellous. Money was plen ty, wages were high, aud hod carriers drank champagne at their daily work. But this did not last, and could not last. First the stock companies began to totter, and at length there was a general crash. Then wages began to fall, while the necessities of life were stationary. The fortresses were com pleted, and thousands of workmen thrown upon the market. People be gan to leave Berlin on account of the high prices until the evil spread and distributed itself throughout the country. The stock companies went to pieces one after another in all the chief cities, until that sort of or ganization became another name for everything unstable and treacherous. The new palaces of Berlin stood unoc cupied, and fewer new ones were of course begun. In short, a complete transformation has taken place, and in spite of the five milliards, it is to-day very difficult to raise money, and still more difficult to realize it on invest ments. Now it will help no emigrant’s fortune to return to Germany, even if he escapes impressment into the mili tary service. City Bings. —The Pittsburg (Pa.) Post says : “Pittsburg, with her empty trea sury and her ring government, is de faulting at the rate of more than SIOO,- 000 per month upon her current obliga tions, and her I. O. U.’s are to be found inall the shaving shops.” It requires constant watchfulness to keep all our cities frofn coming to the same condi tion. Baltimore has her watchers, and is therefore not a victim so far. Only some small pickings, under cover of law, are the prize of the small profes sional politicians there. Samuel Bell, a plasterer who lost his reason in the San Francisco revival meetings, has been committed to the Oregon Insane Asylum,
