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EDWIN MARTIN, Proprietor. Devoted to Home Interests and Cmtcre. TWO DOLLj1H§ A Year in Advahct, VOLUME IX. PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRILS, 1879. ' NUMBER 14, New Advertisements. The undersigned will be found at liis old stand in Perry; With-a complete stock of GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, DRY" GOODS, SHOES, & HATS, Which lie proposes to sell as cheap any other house in Perry for Gash. l!1 persons wanting goods on Time i —.i-- a papers'—Such as I ist make a use. good FRESH MEAT. I will also at nil traps in season keep FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, and KIDS, as I expect \o keep up a reg ular meat market, and ask the peo ple to patronize and euconrage me to do so. J. W. MANN, C C. ANDERSON, • ATXORXr* A'JCl.AW, Hawkiimville, Ga. AS* Will practice iu tlic courts of Pulaski, Hous ton and adjoiuiug counties. 17 A. JOBSON, X . Aetisan, Perry, Georgia. Sewing Machines, Jewelry, Guns, Locks, and ev erything in his lino repaired and tilted tip iu the most substantial manner. All work not railed fur in ten days after being nnislicd will be sold to pay charges. Eg-Ail v/ill'll done promptly and at the Iowcb rices for cash, FURNiTURi_FREU5HT FREE. E.V1TRELY NEW AND ELEGANT STOCK 01 fusl received and for sale at i'o prices. v BUY AT S-SOraE?. A Hearse can bo furnished to order at any time on short notice. I eau be found in tjiu da> time at my store, next to the hotel; at night at my residenco adjoining Hr. Havis. Furniture Made to Order. and repaired at short notice. Burial Clothes, ready luade, for ladies, gentlcmeu and children. OARTLET’S UNRIVALLED SPRING BEDS. GEORGE PAIfL, PEltliV, GEORGIA. M X NURSERY STOCK is very large and fino this season, and if yon wish to jilant acclimated lees and such varieties as are best adapted to home i.d markLt nses, yon eau procure them at the i il Whig eitruordu.niy low prices: 3E=*2ES.XC7 23 LIST: APPLES. Single Trees s $ 15. Pur Hundred 10 OJ. PEACHES. Single Trees. $ 15. Per Hundred 12 OJ. PEAKS. Standard Two years old 50 cents cadi. 4% On* 4 * ao cents each. Dwarf Two Years Old .... 40 cents each. 44 One 44 .25 cents each. Lecount or Chinese Sand Pear *..$1 OOeaeh. Pomegranates and Grapes 25 cents Plums, Quinces, Mulberries and Figs 25 cents Strawberries.—Per Hundred $ 1,00 4 ' 4 44 Xhcusand. .... S.0U Special Rates Given for Large Orden. Descriptive Catalogue sent free on application. Address SAMUEL H. HUMPH, Willow Lake Cfuisery, Marshallville, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga. NEW HARNESS SHOP J. F. HUMPHREYS, Perry, « Georgia. H AVING located in Perry next door to the store of Moore & Bro., I respectfully solicit a liberal •hare of the public patronage. I keen on hand SADDLES, AT THE BEDSIDE: Oh, mothers whose children are sleeping. Thank God by their pillows, to-night; And pray for the .mothers now weeping O’er pillows too smooth and too white; Where the bright little heads eft have lain, And soft little cheeks bare been pressed; Oh, mothers who know no:this pehi. Take courage and bear all the rest! For the sombre-winged angel is going With pitiless flight o’er the land, And we wake in the morn, not knowing What be, ere the night may demand. YeB, to-night, while our darlings are sleeping, There’s many a soft little bed, Whose pillows arc moistened with weeping, For the loss of one dear little head. There are hearts on whose innermost altar There Is noth ng but ashes to-night; There are voices whose tones, ejdly falter. And dim eyes that shriek/rom the light. Oh, mothers whose children are sleeping. As ye bend to caress the fair heads, Pray for the mothers now weeping, O’er pitifnl, smooth little beds. BRIDLES, or make them to order. AND HARNESS, RtSPAIHSM©. Neatly and promptly done. PRICES LOW- THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR. OBIECTS AND PLANS OF THE OBDEB. The Order of Knights of Honor is a secret benevolent society, composed of a Supreme, Grand and Subordinate. Lodges. It was established in June, 1873, by persons who felt that the va rious systems of relief to families of de ceased member, as adopted by other orders, were deficient in important res pects, and who believed that an order established with the purpose of paying a (hath benefit 11s one of its main ob jects would meet with approval and success. The astonishing growth of the Order has confirmed the wisdom of its projectors. THE OBJECTS OF THE ORDER arc stated briefly by the Supreme Lodge, as follows: 1st. To unite fraternally all accepta ble white men of every profession, bus iness or occupation. 2nd. To give all moral and material aid in its power to members of the Or der, by holding moral, instructive aud scientific lectures, by encouraging each other in business, and by assisting one another to obtain employment. 3rd. To establish a benefit fund, from which a sum not exceeding §2,000 shall be paid at the death of a member, to tiis family, or to be disposed of as he may direct. 4*h. To establish a fund for the re lief of sick or disticssed members. FORMATION OF THE ORDER. The Supreme Lodge i; the head of the Order and is composed of its olS- csrs, committees’ aud representatives from Grand Lodgi s. Annual sessions are. held by the Supreme Lodge, and special sessions may be called by the written n quest of five. Grand Lodges. The v r ml L dges aie compi s. d of rep- 1 f sen tu lives from each Subordinate Lodge in the State, end are governed by such officers and committees as they may annually elect. Subordinate Lodg es are placed within their supervision and control, snl ject to the rules of the Supreme Lodge aud the principles of its Constitution. Subordinate Lodges are composed of members of gootl moral aud social standing, who are admitted upon peti tion, by ballot, alter passing a favora ble medical examination. The petition er must be a whits, male person, be tween the ages of twenty-one aud fifty- five years. Subordinate Lodges provide for the social, moral and intellectual improve ment of their members, for tilt relief of the sick, for the assistance of those out of employment-, and encouragement to each other in business. . DUES AND BENEFITS. Each member pays, as quarterly dues, such sum as his Lodge by law enacts, which may not be less than three dol lars per year. Weekly sick benefits are paid, or not, as the Subordinate Lodge chooses. . EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT. Each Subordinate Lodge pays a per capita, tax upon its membership of not more than one dollar per annum to the Grand Lodge, and each Grand Lodge pays a per capita, of twenty-five ’cents per annum upon each member within its jurisdiction to the Supreme Lodge. From the amounts thus received, the mileage of delegates, salaries, expenses of annnal sessions and incidentals are paid. SALARIED OFFICERS. The Supreme officers receiving sala ries are the Reporter, who is paid §2,500 per year, and the Treasurer, who receives §1,500. SECURITY’’'OF FUNDS. All officers of the Order who have charge of any of its funds, are required to give sufficient bonds for the faithfnl discharge of their duties. The Su preme Treasurer, who has charge of the benefit fund, is under bonds in the snm of one hnndred thousand dollars, and the Supreme Reporter to the amount ten thousand dollars, and other officers in proportion down to the officers of the Subordinate Lodges. These bonds may be increased from time to time as the numerical strength of the Order in creases. WIDOWS AND ORPHANS BENEFIT FUND. Each member, noon presenting him self for.the third degree, pays into the Widows’ and Orphans’ Benefit Fnnd according to the following rates: between the ages of 21 and 45 §1.00. 50 and 51 §2.00 45 “ 46 _ 1.05. 51 “ 52 2.50 46 “ 47 1.10. 52 “ 53 3.00 47 “ 4S 1.20. 53 “ 54 3.50 cant on joining^rremains his assessment [that the public seem' amply justified in for life, whenever an assessment is ren- i entertaining such an opinion, dered necessary, which is only when the j its progress and membership. amount in the Benefit Fund is reduced | It has grown rapidly from its first in to less than 82,000. - jception. and its members are mostly These assessments are collected and forwarded to the Supreme Tieasnrer as often a3 they are teqnired. for the pay ment of death benefits to the widows and orphans, or dependents of deceased members. They are collected and for warded in advance; the law requiring that the Supreme Treasurer shall al ways have not less than two thousand dollars in hand. Upon receiving official notice of the death of any member, the Supreme Treasurer immediately for wards two thousand dollars to the Trustees of his Lodge, and all Lodges are given bfficial notice of the payment. When the funds in the Supreme Treas ury are exhausted, so that less than two thousand dollars remain in the W. & O. B. Fund, all tfie Lodges are noti fied to forwai’d the assessment they have in hand, mid collect another as sessment from their members, wilhin thirty days, aud hold the same in readi ness for the next call from the Supreme Lodge. The expenses incidental to the collec tion and disbursement of this W. & O. B. Fund are paid from the money raised by the per capita tax and revenue from supplies, so .that the benefit fund re mains intact, and is not diminished by any expense whatever. The method of conducting this fund is such that all benefits are paid prompt ly and, at the S:tme time, there is no large accumulation of funds in the hands of the Treasurer. Its plan is based on sound principles, and furnish- es a species of insurance that is cheap er—as it is oblained at bare cos ; more secure, as the money is mostly in the pockets of the members until needed; and easier carried, because it is called for in small amounts and only as requir ed—than that of any other plan v< t de vised or likely to be. PROBABLE AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENTS. From the most reliable statistics to be obtained, if is estimated that from one ihousand insurable lives, about eight- tV ten will die annually. From the experience of our own and similar organizations, its is estimated that the cost, will be from twelve to fourteen assessments per year to each member, for the presen‘. Eventually, when the Order at tarns such ar. age as to reach the highest rate of mortality known to life insnr nee compa nies and the older benevolent societies, the number of assessments will be about eighteen annually. At this rate, the member under forty- five years of age, will carry two thon- sanb dollars insurance, in onr Order, .for one-half the ordinary life insurance rates. ADVANTAGES SECURED BY THIS PLAN. Founded upon business principles, it is calculated to perpetuate itself, as it is to the interest of,every-: member to have it managed systematically and hon estly. The. sympathy, pride and self; respect, as welt as selfish interest of each member prompts him to see\that the benefit is adjusted at once, upon satisfactory evidence of the death of a brother, and ail understand that this can be secured only by the prompt pay ment of the individual assessments. None but sound men are admitted, the medical examiner, who must be a member of the Order, being sworn to exercise his best judgment in each case. It accepts none over fifty-five years of age. The government of the Order is thoroughly democratic, each Dodge being entitled to equal represen tation in the Grand and Supreme Lodges, consequently .it contains no self-appointed board of directors, and the books of the Supreme, Grand- aud Subordinate officers are at all times open to the inspection of the Trustees and Finance Committees. By its meth od of assessments benefits are paid within sixty days from the time official notice of a death is received. Being a fraternal organization, with no stockholders, and; no one to be en riched thereby, there is little danger of an attempt to defraud the family of a deceased brother. EXPENSE OF ORGANIZING. The fee required by the Supreme Lodge for charter and supplies to a Subordinate Lodge, is one hundred dollars. After organization the fees for degrees are fixed by the Lodge, at such sum as may be thought best, provided that the three degrees shall not be conferred for less than ten dollars. ITS RELATION TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS. The Order is not in the field 03 a ri val to kindred institutions, but as an ally to them. Recognizing the good work which they have done, and are doing, it claims to meet a special want in the community hot supplied by oth er societies. Neither is it an opponent of life insurance associations, as it reit erates the arguments which reveal the absolute necessity, in many cases, of 49 50 1.30.. 1.50. 54 4.00 men of the highest standing in Mason ry, Odd Fellowship and other organiza tions. Xfs permanency is now conceded among those familiar.with its plans and methods, and the most skeptical have been compelled to admit its grand suc cess is a beneficial Order. Intelligent members who have stneHwd it3 methods and principles have entire faith in its permanency and usefulness. TILDEN AUD GRANT. While Speaker Randall was re-elect ed cn liis own merit, it is undoubtedly the fact that his success is looked upon by politicians as a decided indication of the success of Tifdeu in getting the Democratic nomination for the Presi dency. In fact the.old political stagers in Washington already put it down as an assured fact that Tildes aud Grant will be the party candidates pitted against each other in 1830. The figu ring for Tilden is on this base: The Democrats can count upon carrying ev ery Southern State, and will only need to carry New York and Indiana, and some smali State in addition, to get the requisite number of electoral votes. It is doubtful if there is another man who would be as sure of carrying New York as Tilden, and of course Hendricks would be a winning card in Indiana.— Then it is believed that. Tilden would stand a good chance of carrying New Jersey, and a yet better one of Califor nia, if that State was not neglected, as the California Democrats say it was in 1876, under Hewitt's management of the national campaign. Thus, with Tilden and Hendricks in the field, with a bold, < n »rgetic ESairiiian of the na tional committee, an easy victory is fig- med out by these calculations. On be half of Grant, of course, the figuring is reversed, aud a nearly solid North is claimed for him,"with! seme inroads up on the South. Whatever may be the result of the nominations, it looks to day as if Tilden aud Grunt will be the nominees. — Washington Star. A Famine Kitchen in India.—A large quadrangle, surrounded by a high wall, a’nd with one large, guarded door, and inside, round the wall, sheds with peris made of bamboo; and down the middle were two rows of slieds, and under the sheds a nd in the pecs little huddled heaps, mostly asleep. “Are these ani- mais.or human beings?” I think, and then a llnng comes towards me—a skel eton! It is easy to say skeleton—to realize it with all its ghastliness is im : possible. The limbs with no flesh, and iind the joints-with nothiug to conceal their articulation, are horrible enongb; brtt far more dreadful the head—mostly shaved here—shows not only the bone but suture, arid worst- the poor ribs, bs6k and- front, .with the shoulder- bladessfiekiDg on as if they had been .an afterthought; and the poor stomach, now full, but with the skin stretched on so tight "that one can fanny that one can trace the origans within. Now this is not exaggerated in the least. I have described one; they are all the same; add to these horrible skin diseases that would make even a Sc.otchm.-.n scratch himself, and imagine four, hnndred and ninety of these beings in one relief kitchen! Yet the famine is ever, and many eg these are convalescent end making sheds for the rest. fiLDEN’s victories. The-Tilden movement is nov tremen dously active, AH .at once it wins, two signal victories,, one over the opposition in in New York, and the other over, that in Pennsylvania. Some time ago the bar association of the metropolis ap pointed a committee to investigate charges of extortionate fees urged against the county clerk, and that gen tleman, with n mulishness signified by bis name of Gumbleton, refused to let it see his books. There was a fierce battle for a while, finally ended by an order from the Governor removing him. The Mayor, a stout Tilden man, ap pointed another stoat Tilden man to the vacant office. This transfers the power of that establishment from the hands of royal King John Kelly to his old enemy of Gramercy Park. The reg ister and sheriff, in mortal fear of their on n official heads, are reported to have made terms with Tilden also. Through the revolutionary sclmme, as King John’s organ calls it, Tilden gets con trol of the municipal patronage, which means that he will through this control the election of Tammany officers next mon th. * Con trol of Tammany is as re garded as good as the complete owner ship of New York Democracy. New York is regarded as the pivotal State, the one on which the next election for President wiii turn. This is the grand secret of the removal o f the grumbling Gumbleton. This is Tilden’s triumph in New York. In Pennsylvania it was the election of Randall to the Speaker- ship. The mere fact that-an ardent Til den man received that honor cn the first- ballot is in itself on important fact. But the more important one is that he re ceived it in spite of the desperate en deavors of an anii-Tilden man. In truth, this overthrow of King John in his own State aud that of King William in this does show that Tilden is not hopelessly paralyzed.—Pittsburg Tele graph. The slate of afiairs in Mandalay, Bcrmah, is creating grave anxiety, and the garrisons there have been doubled. It is stated that the recant massacre cf the Royal family, in which forty mem bers were killed, were attended by every possible atrocity, The victims were beaten and kicked, and the women, were shamefully abused. The Royal Princes were reserved to the last and made to witness the torture and death of their families. The bodies of all the violins were thrown, into cld welis. The fugitive South Carolina embez zler, Hiram Simpton, has sent to Hart ford, Conn., to find ont whether Gov ernor Andrews, of that State,'will de liver him up to the South Carolina au thorities on a requisition if he goes to Hartford to live. Andrews will give the criminal pet of Governor Rice' no satisfaction on the subject, and so Kimpton will have to stay in Massachn setts and dodge his lawyers, who he has already s win died ont cf their fees. r ■©-*-& Trichinosis seems to be becoming common all over the world. Twelve workmen in a brewery at St. Peters burg were attacked by this horrible ail ment a short time ago, and their symp toms, being misunderstood, at first, gave rise to a report that the plague had broken ont, and for a little while there was a general panic. Diseased pork, as usuaL was at the bottom of the mis- iigs some sort of insurance. The man who dies and leaves a family without the ehief. means of education or support, at the| period m life when they most need snch i One of the largest roosts of pigeons aid, is looked upon in this enlightened 1 probably in the world is in Grayson age as guilty of wilful neglect at le-isL county, Texas. It is said to be IS miie3 There are so many methods by which i wide, 40 miles iong, and contains mill- Le may provide .against snch a calami- ‘ lions of birds. SEELY AND BIS MOTOR So long a time has elapsed since any thing was heard from Krely and his motor that most people had forgotton him or concluded that he had given up in despair Lis attempts to “bridle” the new and powerful force which he claims to have discovered. During all these weeks and months, however. Keely has been diligently at work building what he calls his “vibratory engine,” which is to utilize the new motive power. This engine was completed some days ago, and the directors and stockhold ers of the company, who had said that one revolution of it would demonstrate the praatibility of Ms invention and in sure their fortunes, claim that they are fully repa’d for their long and anxious wailing by seeing it run for seven consecutive horirs. Ten-horse porter was developed, and Keely is now en gaged in “graduating-” the engine, which peculiar, process he. sayswill en able him to intensity the action of the vapor and-;.obtain- almost any desired power. Upon the strength of the- de velopments, a stockholder says that the stock has already advanced in price con sid erabjy.—Philadelphia Times. 0-4 ELECTRICITY AS A DISINFEC TANT. - The experiment cf disinfecting sewers by means of ozone produced by the electric spark was tried in 'London re cently. Twelve hundred cubic feet of sewer gas were enclosed in e receiver, and a torrent of nine inch sparks from a powerful Cbumfcroff coil was passed for one hour. Then the ozone was al lowed to act- for twenty-four hours. At the end of that time it was found that that the sewer gas was for the most part unchanged, although deodorized to a considerable extenl. A second ex periment wa3 tried, by placing a quan tity of decomposing sewer filth in the receiver, and again introducing the ozone. After twenty-fonr hours the enclosed gas was drawn off and fresh ozone introduced. It was then found that the pntrifleation of the mass pro ceeded much more rapidly in ozone than in air, bnt tha t the elfin via and the mass itself, were entirely destitute of these bacterial which are snppppsed to be the cause of zymotic disease. The experiment, therefore, was a partial success, and although the great cost of this method will prevent its general in troduction and practical nse, yet is one step towards gaining knowledge of the prevention of those horrible complaints arising from, defective drainage,, and which annually swept off thousands of children in all metropolitan cities. A Boston lady, who comtemplated purchasing a homestead in North Caro lina, wrote to an old settler in that vi- cinity asking if it was true, as reported that the grass in that country was ‘with ■jiggers,” that creep into the flesh. The reply was: “Yes,, bnt all that yon have to do is to keep yonr limbs greased and they won’t trouble yon.” She concluded not to buy. Six hydranlic cotton presses are soon to he erected in Savannah. They will be the most powerful in the United States, and will press cotton to the den sity of live oak, THE RETORT COURTEOUS. ThejNeW York San has a way of touching the raw spots oh the epider mis of its opponents that makes them very sore. Taking the Evening Post to task for having said that “patriotism was the last resource of a scoundrel, the Snn denies that Washington, the Adamses, Jefferson and Franklin, though patriots, were sconndrnls, and adds: “And the mention of Mr. Lincoln’s name; reminds ns of an occurrence wiuch may interest our readers os well as . the few readers of the Evening Post. One day we handed to Mr. Lincoln, at the White House, a number of dnen menst, among them an autograph letter from tile Eta William Cnilen Bryant. Mr. Lincoln carefully examined the oth er papers, but laid the letter from flic venerable poet aside. Alter twenty or thirty minutes conversation we vent ured to say; “Mr. President, yoa have not read the letter from Mr. Bryant,” “No,” said he, “I supposed that re ferred to the ease of his partner, Hen derson, who was indicted for defraud ing the government, and I have heard so much of his case that I wasn’t in any hurry to read another letter abont it. “Solely by the aid of Counsel, and on strictly technical points, Mr. Hender son, escaped. Eau; we think the Even ing PoBt—Mr, Bryant always was n stickler to have his paper called the Evening Post and never simply the Post—we think onr evening contempo rary is in error in speaking of patriot ism as the last resource of a scoundrel. If it had said the naval office is the last resource of a scoundrel, it wonlu have spoken from experience, and would have been regarded as an authority.” Henderson is the editor of the Even ing Post. oe* HUNTED TURNED HUNTER. Captain Aylward tells a droll story of a rencontre between a busbman and a lion. The narrator was acquainted with the man, and lias no doubt- of the truth of I he story. The bushmau while a loug way from home, was met by a lion. The animal, assured that he had lib victim completely in his power, began to sport and dally with him with a feline jocosity which the'' poor little bnsb- mr.n failed to appreciate, i- The Hod would appear at- a point in the road and leap , back in the jungle to reappear a Jittie farther.cn. But the Bushman' did not loose Lis presence of mind, and presently hit upon a device by which he might possibly outwit his foe. This .plan-was suggested by the lion’s own conduct. Aware that the brute was uhcr.d of him, Le aouged to Hie right, and feeling pretty sure of the lion’s whereabouts, resorted to Ibe coarse of quietly watching his move ments, When he bad dicovered that tl:e man had srddeoiy disappeared from the path, he was a good deal per plexed. He reared with' mortification when'he espied the busbman peeping at him over the grass. The bnshmah at once changed his position, while the lion stood.irresolutely in the path; fcl lowlngwith his ryes the shifting black- man. Xu another moment the little man resiled the reeds, vanished, and showed again at an other, point. The great brute was at first confused and then alarmed It evidently began to Sawn, npon him that he had mistaken the po sition of matters, and that he was the hunted party. The bnshman, who clearly recognized wont was passing in bis enemy’s miufi,.didn't ptmat to let the lion recover his startled wits. • He be-, gan to steal gradually iow-ml the foe. who, now iu a complete state of doubt and fear, fairly turned tail and decamp ed, leaving the plucky and ingenuous littlebushm.m master of the sitiiatipn.— COLLECTING Chambers' Journal. . — ■ The Don Cossacks of Russia have a peculiar way of decting thieves, and the results are sometimes peculiar. Five thousand roubles of the Govern ment money, appropriated for the e- auipment of a body cf - Cossacks, was locked ip.a Irnnk. which, for sate keep- mg, was deposited in the village church, the key being entinsted to a Judge. After a time the Atfaman i f qniic d a portion of the money, but the Judge who went to obtain it, quickly retained with ti e report that the whole of it bad been stolen. Following the custom of the Don Cossacks, the Atta- man ordered the villagers to send him their handkerchiefs, which be deliver ed to a fortune-teller, who was reqnired to ’i dentify the thieves. She was blindfolded and at once seized two of the handkerchiefs, exclaiming, “These are tlie thieves,” They belonged to the Jndge and the priest. Mr. David C. Grisholm, of Meriweth er county who was sent to the Lunatic Asylum from that eonnty.abont three or or four weeks ago, died in the asylum Monday night last. He was at one time one of the most influential men in ihe county, and filled the position of No man was e Ordinary for twenty-four years. At the time of his death he was 73 years of age. He leaves a large family. lllliil M:- IVe enter onr protest againts the em ploy me nf of special Agents, with enor* inous fees, to collect sums of money dna the State, We regard it simply as an outrage that more than ten thou sand dollars should be paid to Tiiggla for doing what it plainly was the duty of onr Congressmen to have dope, and what- either of onr Senators would havd attended to with 6 zeal not warined up by a fee. This is but another phase of Mnrphayism. It is unspeakably absurd to maintain tbat Congressmen have no time to look after, the interest of them States. They are in Washington sole ly for the purpose. The people have no other motive in the world in send ing them there. Every well-informed school-bcy knows this to be We charge nothing criminal against any one in the matter. Wo are sorry to say that there are precedents for this notion of the Governor. It is custom now, in these bitter and degen erate days: blit it is nonefhe less an ont* rage cn the poor, lax-ridden people of Georgia. The payment, of a cent to it special agent to represent Georgia’s in- ■erest before the authorities in Wash ington cannot be justified on any credit* able ground whatever; and if we s’and alone in opposition to it, we intend !0 denounce it withont regard to conse; quences. It is wrong. It is a Wtofcg for which there is no eScuse. The in* teresi of the prople ar too seldom looked to in these dark days upon whicll we have fallen. May God help ns to help ourselves.—Sparla Jshmaelile. -»•-<> CHINESE SPIRITUALISM. The spirits of the unseen universe ard directly invoked by the Chinese, chiefly in c. ses of illness. In matters which involve merely pecuniary interests, 3nch means ns planchette and yarions other indirect ways of consulting the oracle are preferred, being at once sim* pier and less costly to tlie inquire!*. A man who wants to learn the probable result of an enterprise he has in view, will drop into some roadside temple and will lay a small fee npon the alto!'. The attendant priest lights a fresh can* din or a new slick of incense, and the supplicant, after making the usual se ries of prostrations, reverently takes with both hands a kidney shaped., piece of wood which has beep split into tvro halves, so that each half shall have one flat and one convex side. These are raised above the head and dropped to the ground before the altar, and. from the combination which results, namely, (1) two convexes, (2) two flats, or (3) a fiat and a convex, a propitious or nnpropitious answer is deduced, being (1) negative, (2) indifferent, (3) affirma tive, respecliveiy. The more elaborate method, or that form known in Europe as Spiritualism, is to engage the servi ces of a medium, generally a Taoist priest, whose body is for the time be ing occupied by the god. This state of divine ‘.‘possession’, is brought’about iu the following manner: The medium, takes a seat, while his brother priests or confederates arrange the usual altar, light candles, barn incense, and invoke the presence of the deity required. Af ter a short interval, one of them ad- varces toward the medium and per forms certain movements, apparently me smeric passes, by which a state of unconsciousness is indneed; whereupon the god takes possession of the tempo rarily occupied body. From that mo ment evary word uttered by the medi um is held to be divinely inspired, or, more properly, tbe very words of the god, who simply use3 the medium as his month piece—Frazer's Magazine. THE TONGUE. All should go throngh life as through the Swiss mountains, whei-e a hearly . word may bring down an avalanche. Never praise any one in bis presence; never blame him in his absence.. One of the first questions a physician asks his patient is, “Let me fee yonr tongue,” His spiritual ad riser .might do the same. There is never a spur for the tongue in all the Bible; bnt many a bit. Never give your tongue its full liber ty; let it always be your servant, never yonr master. Speech is of sTvcr, but sileiice is of gold. S m? carry d'rks in their pockets, others in their mouths. We have, however, yet to learn that to convict a man of mnrder it is neeess try fo: him to have made with his own hands the knife witli which he dealt ihe deadly blow; that he used the knife is enough to convict him of the crime. So it matters not who origi all who repeat it are the guilt it docs. He a poison is as {. pounds it. . bes, -M .. - Itisc throw stones. Dr. ~ ’