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VOL. 51. WHOLE N° 1867. fPttscEltaiumw. J^OTICEOFEiLECTIOSr^ In Pursuance of Chapter 202, Section 13, of the Act of 1806, the Supervisor! of Elections of Baltimore County, Pub lish the Following Notice of Election. Notice ia hereby given to the qualified voter* of Baltimore county that an election will be held In the several Precincts and Election District* of Baltimore county. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1900, it being the Oth day of said month, AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES, VIZ: First District— First Precinct—At Newburgllall, Catons ville. Second Precinct—At Henry Lauman’s Gray’s. Third Precinct—At Odd Fellows’Hal 1, Dickeyville. Fourth Precinct—At J. J. Pilert’s, Freder ick Turnpike. Second District— First Precinct —A t Harrisonvllle Hail, Harrisonville. Second Precinct—At W. F. Piel’s Btore. Third District — Second Precinct—At Engine House, Ar lington. Third Precinct—At Odd Fellows’ Hall, Pikes ville. Fourth District— First Precinct—At J. D. Fisher’s Resi dence, Keisters town. Second Precinct—At Townsend Hall.Glyn don. Fifth District— At the White House. Sixth District — At Nelson N. Norris’ Btore, Middletown. Seventh District- First Precinct—At James F. Almony’s, (Sampson’s.) Second Precinct—At Mrs. Peter Hunter’s, Wiseburg. Eighth District- First Precinct—At Odd Fellows’ Hall. Cockeysville. Second Precinct—At J. C. Parks’, Timo nium. Third Precinct—At Williams', Pricevllle. Ninth District- First Precinct—At Engine House, Go vans town. Becond Precinct—At 416 Roland Avenue, at Terminus of Roland Park Cars. Third Precinct—At T. C. Linzey’s.Towson. Fourth Precinct—At Grange Hall, Towson. Fifth Precinct—At J. A. Matthews’, Falls Road and Lake Avenue. Tenth District- First Precinct—At T. M. Pearce’s, Manor. Second Precinct—At Wesley’s Hall.Sunny brouk. Eleventh District- First Precinct—At the residence of John T. Ambrose, near Ady’s Hotel. Second Precinct—At Julius Wildt’s Store, Belair road. Third Precinct—At the Casino,Upper Falls. Twelfth Destrict — First Precinct—At Second avenue and Clin ton street. Second Precinct—At 330 Clinton street, near O’Donnell street. Third Precinct—At Dotterweid’s Barber Shop, Foster avenue near Clinton street. Fourth Precinct—At Zorn’s Hall, Third street near Gough street. Fifth Precinct—At Mrs. Sompey’s. Hom bergville. Thirteenth District- First Precinct—At Ludwig Nagle's, Hulls vllle. Second Precinct—At Columbian Hall. St. Denis. Fourteenth District- First Precinct—At John Brautigam's, Gar denville. Second Precinct—At August Dumer’s, Fullerton. Third Precinct—At Harry Vollmer’s Dwelling, Orangeville. Fifteenth District— nrsi rnjciuci—aw ouhuu mui. Second Precinct—At Toll-Gate House, Eastern avenue. Third Precinct—At Wilson’s, corner Eben ezer road and Eastern avenue. For the purpose of electing Eight persons for Presidential Electors for President and Vice-President of the United States. One person for Congress for the Second Con gressional District, including the 2d, 3d, 4th, sth, 6th, 7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14tb and 15th election districts. One person for Congress for the Fifth Congres sional District, including the Ist and 13th election districts. polls will be opened atß o’clock A. M. and closed at 6 o’clock P. M. WILLIAM A. SLADE, President, CHARLES H. WISE, Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore County. THOMAS J. HUNTER, Clerk. Oct. 6.—te. OF VACANCIES FILLED JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS. Office Board Supervisors of Elections ) of Baltimore County, V Towson, Md„ October 4tb, 1900. i By virtue of the provisions of Article 33, Sec tions 7 and 10, Chapter 202, of the Acts of the Gen eral Assembly of Maryland, passed at its Janua ry Session, 1896, notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore county have appointed the following named per sons as JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELEC TIONS, to fill vacancies in the following Elec tion Districts and Precincts: Ist District. 4th Breclnct.—Clerk—Edgar F. Laurence, Ca tonsviTle, Democrat, in place of George P. M. Camalier. 4th District. Ist Precinct-Judge—Wm. A. Allers, Owings’ Mills. Republican, in place of Guy B. Groff, ex cused. 11th District. Ist Precinct.—Clerk—E.J. Bell, Kingsville, Re publican, in place of D. A. Harlan. 14th District. 2d Precinct.—Judge—Charles F. Cole, Laura ville. Democrat, in place of Frank Scharff, ex cused. WILLIAM A. BLADE, President, CHARLES H. WISE, Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore County. THOMaS J. HUNTER, Clerk. Oct. 6.—3 t. rjux COLLECTOR’S NOTICE. LEVY OF 1900. The Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for Bal timore county is prepared to RECEIVE THE TAXES for the levy of 1900. commencing Monday, May Tth, daily, AT HIS OFFICE IN TOWSON and also all back taxes due aDd unpaid on the levies of former years. —Offict Hours— April Ist to November lit from 9 A. M. to 5 P. Jf. November Ist to April lit from 9 A. If. to 3 P. Jf. Or ON SATURDAY'S ONLY, THE LEVY OF 1900 ONLY, FROM 9 O’CLOCK A. M. to 1 O’CLOCK P. M. AT THE MANUFACTURERS’ NATIONAL BANK. N. E. corner of Baltimore and Liberty Streets, Baltimore, Md. ALFRED FOWBLE, Treasurer and Collector. THOMAS J. MEADS. 1 THOMAS R. JENIFER, VClerks. FRANK P. BOSSOM, j June 2.—6 m. BUSINESS STAND FOR SALE. We offer for sale the Weber property atjEJ Perry HalL 9 miles from Baltimore, on the Bel air road; 25 ACRES OF LAND, half under cul tivation and balance in wood; large Frame House, stable, shedding, large ice-house (filled), and all necessary buildings, all in first-class con dition ; has been used as a public house about ten years: would be an excellent stand for a store; 5 miles from present terminus of electric line on Belair road, and 2 miles from the Phila delphia Division of the B. & O. Price $4,000. Term ?NTfel AP SNGNECKBR BROS., Aug. 25.—tf. Real Estate, Towson, Md. PROPERTY FOB SALE. We offer for sale a desirable House and Lot in the village of Reisterstown. fronting on the turnpike, and near the Hannah More Em •PAcademy. The lot fronts about 46 feet Jpa and has a depth of 129 feet, and is in fee. The house is frame, contains 6 rooms, good celler. and is in excellent condition. Pump of fine water at the door. The owner’s intention to leave the country is the reason for selling. Apply to LONGNECKER BROS., Oct 7—tf. Wo. 3151 Real Estate. Towson. Md. JWK SALE. A valuable and attractive farm of 83 ACRES, Mjh in Long Green Valley,one mile from Bald-A Eli win Station, Baltimore and Lehigh Rail--L. road; good house, barn and necessary outbuilds ings, in good order; about 15 acres in wood, bal ance under cultivation; schools.churches.stores, shops, etc., at convenient distance. Soil kind and very productive. Neighborhood healthy and water excellent. For terms, Ac., apply to LONGNECKER BROS., Ap1.28.-tf. [No.2ll] Real Estate, Towson, Md gHERIFF’B ELECTION NOTICE. PRESIDENTIAL and CONOKESSIONAL ELECTION, 1900. Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of Baltimore county that an election will be held in the several Precincts and Election Districts of | Baltimore county, j On the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1900, it being the Oth ’ day of said month, AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES, VIZ: First District. First Precinct —AT NEWBURG HALL, CA TONSVILLE. Second Precinct—AT HENRY LAUMAN’S, °Thil Precinct—AT ODD FELLOW’S HALL, DICKEYVILLE. Fourth Precinct—AT J. J. PILERT’S, FRED ERICK TURNPIKE. Second District. First Precinct—AT HARRISONVILLE HALL, HARRISONVILLE. Second Precinct-AT W. F. PIEL’S STORE. Third District. First Precinct-AT ENGINE HOUSE.MOUNT WASHINGTON. _ Second Precinct—AT ENGINE HOUSE, AR-, ’ 'SSrff 'PrewtTTPt-AT ODD 'FELLOWS’ TTXTTC? PIKEBVILLE. Fourth District. First Precinct-AT J. D. FISHER’S RESI DENCE, REISTERSTOWN. Second Precinct-AT TOWNSEND HALL, GLYNDON. Fifth District. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Sixth District. AT NELSON N. NORRIS’ STORE, MIDDLE TOWN. Seventh District. First Precinct —AT JAMES F. ALMONY’S (SAMPSON’S.) Second Precinct-AT Mrs. PETER HUN TER’S, WISEBURG. Eighth District. First Precinct-AT ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, COCKEYSVILLE. Second Precinct-AT J. C. PARKS’, TIMO NIUM. Third Precinct-AT WILLIAMS’, PRICE VILLE. Ninth District. First Precinct-AT ENGINE HOUSE. GO VANBTOWN. Second Precinct—AT4l6 ROLAND AVENUE, AT TERMINUS OF ROLAND PARK CARS. Third Precinct-AT T. C. LINZEY’S, TOW SON. Fourth Precinct-AT GRANGE HALL, TOW SON. Fifth Precinct-AT J. A. MATTHEWS’, FALLS ROAD AND LAKE AVENUE. Tenth District. First Precinct-AT T. M. PEARCE’S, MANOR. Second Precinct—AT WESLEY’S HALL, BUNNYBROOK. Eleventh District. First Precinct-AT THE RESIDENCE OF JOHN T. AMBROSE, NEAR ADY’S HOTEL. Second Precinct—AT JULIUS WILDT’S BTORE, BELAIR ROAD. Third Precinct-AT THE CASINO, UPPER FALLS. Twelfth District. First Precinct-AT SECOND AVENUE AND CLINTON STREET. Second Precinct-AT 330 CLINTON STREET, NEAR O’DONNELL STREET. Third Precinct-AT DOTTERWEID’S BAR BER SHOP. FOSTER AVENUE. NEAR CLIN TON STREET. Fourth Precinct-AT ZORN’S HALL, THIRD STREET. NEAR GOUGH STREET. Fifth Precinct-AT Mks. SOMPEY’S, HOM BERG VILLE. Thirteenth District. First Precinct-AT EDWARD MILLER’S.MT. WINANS. Second Precinct—AT COLUMBIAN HALL, ST. DENIS. Fourteenth District. First Precinct-AT JOHN BRAUTIGAM’S, GARDEN VILLE. Second Precinct-AT AUGUST DUMER’S, FULLERTON. Third Precinct-AT HARRY VOLLMER’S nn uuamua . i nuu. Fifteenth District. First Precinct—AT SCOTTISH HALL. Second Precinct—AT TOLL-GATE HOUSE, EASTERN AVENUE. Third Precinct—AT WILSON’S, CORNER 'EBENEZEK ROAD AND EASTERN AVE NUE. For the purpose of electing EIGHT PERSONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ONE PERBON FOR CONGRESS FOR THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, IN CLUDING THE 2D. 3D. 4TH. 6TH, 6TH, 7TH, BTH. 9TH. 10TH. 11TH, 12TH. 14TH AND 15TH ELECTION DISTRICTS. ONE PERSON FOR CONGRESS FOR THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DILTRICT, IN CLUDING THE IST AND 13TH ELECTION DISTRICTS. The polls will be opened at 8 o’clock A. M. and closed at 6 o’clock P. M. WILLIAM H. TODD, Sheriff of Baltimore county. Notice to Hotel Keepers and all Others Who Deal in Uqnors. For the information of all persons concerned, the following Act of the Legislature passed March 24th, 1865, is published: CHAPTER 191. AN A CT prohibitinq the tale of spirituous or fer mented liquors in the several counties of the Slate on the day of election. Section 1. Re it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for the keeper of any hotel, tavern, store, drinking es tablishment, or any other place where liquors are sold, or for any person or persons, directly or indirectly, to sell, barter, give or dispose of any spirituous or fermented liquors, ale,beer or intoxicating drinks of any kind, on the days of election hereafter to be held in the several coun ties of the State. Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That any person vio lating the provisions of this Act snail be liable to indictment by the Grand Jury of the county where the offence is committed, and shall, upon conviction before any Judge of any of the Cir cuit Courts of this State, be fined a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every offence—one-half the fine shall be paid to the informer, the other half to the County Commissioners, for the use of pub lic roads. WILLIAM H. TODD. Oct. 6.—te.] Sheriff of Baltimore county. JOHN TYRIE, COCKEYSVILLE, Md., Steam Marble W orks —ALL KINDS OF— MARBLE & GRANITE MONUMENTS A SPECIALTY. ALSO, ORDERS IN OTHER CLASSES OF STONE WORK PROMPTLY FILLED. Aug. 11.—12 m. WILLIAM E. STANSBURY, LIVERY AND SALE STABLES, Chesapeake Ave., near York Road, Edw. J. Rotter, Manager. TOWSON, MD. Telephone—Lutherville Exchange, I—3. -stagFline- BETWEEN TOWSON and LUTHERVILLE. HACKS FURNISHED FOR FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS. 49-Special attention paid to Livery Horses and stable open all night. I will continue my business of Heavy Hauling as heretofore. Terms moderate. A share of business solicited. MaystApl.l4. CUT FLOWERS, FUNERAL DESIGNS, .gjg. -: PLANTS:- .gig. * General Florist Work 1 AT LOWEST PHICEB. WM. McROBERTS, Jr., Bellona Avenue, Govanstown, Md. May 19.—12 m. ■“ALEXANDER A. GROTT, AAezr’olhLazELt; & Tailor, YORK ROAD, TOWSON, Md. (Store formerly occupied by late August Loose.) Branch or 236 Park Avk., Baltimore. Suits to order. $lO up. Pants to order, $3 up. Repairing, Cleaning, Dyeing and Pressing neatly done. Ladies’ work a specialty. [Aug.ll.—Cm. rjYRESPASS NOTICES FOR SAXE. NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS printed on mus lin at SI.OO per dozen and 75 cU.per half dozen at the office of “THE UNION ” Aug 20.—tf. Towson, Md. J&isjcellaujeuits. effilllfis ! FALL EXHIBIT f —OF— CARPETS, FURNITURE, RUGS, NOW OPEN FOR INSPECTION. 49-Our display this season includes many , novelties it will be impossible to duplicate. It will pay you if you need any goods in our line to make your selections now while stock is un • broken. I WECARRY— Everything Made in Furniture, Everything Known in Carpets, Everything Made in Rugs. Your Patronage Solicited. HALL, HEADINGTON & CO., Charles and Fayette Streets, BALTIMORE, Md. ss£“Towson cars pass our doors. [Aug.lß.—ly Mlpsley & Co., COFFEES & TEAS, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Gay and Colvin Streets, OLD TOWN, BALTIMORE, Md. rw~ All orders carefully packed and delivered to any railroad station FREE OF CHARGE. Jan. 6.—12 m. KIRWAN’S J&. 20 E. BALTIMORE ST., *** BALTIMORE, Md. SHffiTO! omim! cniiiTS: Best material, correct styles, colors and design. NECKWEAR. COLLARS. CUFFS, UNDER WEAR, BATH ROBES, NECKTIES, Finest Made at Moderate Prices. Men’s Furnishings Generally. GEO. W. KIRWAN & CO., 29 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Sept.29tMayl9. H. JOESTING, Jr., leading TOBACCONIST -:TWO STOKES 7 E. Baltimore Street, near Charles, 402 £. Baltimore Street, near Holliday, BALTIMORE, Md. The Largest Variety of Pipes IN THE CITY. Sept .15.-ly. Established 1885. “CHESAPEAKE” STITCHED CANVAS BELTING, Suitable and specially adapted for Saw Mill and Threshermen’s Use. Transmits more power than any other Belt. Thoroughly 'Waterproof and Fully Guaranteed. EP" Write for prices, etc., to THE CHESAPEAKE BELTING COMPANY, D. HOCKADAY, Prop’r, N. W. Cor. North and Pleasant Streets, BALTIMORE, Md. June 9.—6 m. THOROUGHBRED Light Brahmas, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Indian Games and Houdans, AT SEASONABLE FIGVRES. ALSO, EGGS FOR HATCHING. JAMES E. DAVIS, PARK HEIGHTS AVE., Near Rogers Ave., Baltimore County, Md. Mch. 10.—12 m. JOHN BURNS & SONS, UNDERTAKERS _ :AND: - i EMBALMERS, TOWSON, MO. Branch Office —MT.WASHINGTON, N.C.K.K. Coffins and Caskets Always on Hand. 49*Agents for Enterprise Slate Vaults.-®* Jan. 6.—12 m. TOWSON NATIONAL BANK. Cash Capital $50,000. Open dally from 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 P. M. ana 12 o’clock noon on Saturdays. Making loans on first-class security,and doing* general bank ing business. JOHN CROWTHER. Jr.. President. W. C. CRAUMER. Cashier. [Mch. 3.-12 m. J. MAURICE WATKINS & SON, —DEALERS IH— Staple, Fancy & Green Groceries Fruits in season. Fresh and Salt Meats. Full line of Tobaccos, Foreign and Domestic Cigars, &c. Tribune Bicycles. Bicycle Sundries & Repairs. July 28.—12 m. TOWSON, Md. ' Dress Goods, Notions, Millinery, Stationery, Toys, R. & G. Corsets and Brainerd A Armstrong Silks, to be had at THE MISSES MAYER & LOOSE, TOWSON, Md. Public patronage solicited. [Mch.3ltFeb.3. TOWSON, MD., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1900. SAVIN’ MOTHER. The farmer sat in his easy chair. Between the fire and the iamp-ligbt’s glare ; His face was ruddy and full and fair. His three small boys in the chimney-nook Conned the lines of a picture-book. His wife, the pride of nis home and heart. Baked the biscuit and made the tart. Laid the table and steeped the tea. Deftly, swiftly, silently. Tired and weary and weak and faint, She bore her trials without complaint. Like many another household saint— Content, all selfish bliss above. In the patient ministry of love. At last, between the clouds of smoke That wreathed his lips, the husband spoke: “There’s taxes to raise, and int’rest to pay. And ef there should come a rainy day, ’Twould be mighty bandy, I’m boun’ to say, T’ have somethin’ put by. For folks must die. And there’s funeral bills and grave stuns to buy, Enough to swamp a man, purty nigh. Besides, there’s Edward and Dick and Joe To be provided for when we go. So, ’f I was you, I’ll tell you what I’d du: I’d be as savin’ of wood’s ever I could; Extra fire don’t du any good ; I’d be savin’ of soap an’ savin’ of ile. And run up some candles once in awhile; I’d be rather sparin’ of coffee an’ tea. For sugar is high, And all to buy, And cider is good enough for me, , I’d be kina o r oare?urabout my cio’es. And look out sharp how the money goes, Extry trimmln’ ’S the bane of women. “I’d sell of the best of the cheese and honey; And eggs is as good, nigh about, ’s the money. And as to the carpet you wanted new, I guess we can make the old one due ; And as for the washer an’ sewin’ machine. Them smooth-tongued agents, so pesky mean You’d better get rid of ’em, slick and clean. What du they know about women’s work ? Du they calkilate women was born to shirk?” Dick and Edward and little Joe Sat in the comer in a row. They saw the patient mother go On ceaseless errands to and fro; They saw that her form was bent and thin Her temples gray, her cheeks sunk In; They saw the quiver of lip and chin ; And then with a warmth he could not smother. Out spoke the youngost, frailest brother: “You talk ot savin’ wood and ile An’ tea an’ sugar, all the while, But you never talk of savin’ mother!” THE CHURCH. In this latter day there is so much striving after the true church and the right church that we are puzzled to know what is right and what is not. Many are the expositions of the phrase “The Church of the apostles,” and many can tell what it was. Their ac counts, however, all differ. A writer has collected together many of the things which the church has taken to itself during the ages it has exis ted. Many of these have been in the church so long that we imagine that they have been there from the crea tion. We must remember, however, that the Romans, as conquerors, se lected the best of every nation and made it their own, and many of these accretions of the church have come to it while under the Roman domination. They are not found all in one branch of the church, but most are found in the Hierarchical Churches. The belief, for instance, that cer tain stones bring to bear certain in fluences on the wearer is an old Greek superstition. The perfection of sculpture, painting and other arts come to us first from the heathen, as do mechanics and mathematics, and philosophy. Egypt was a University when Abraham sought a home. The play and players are Orept Mono theism, the belief in one God, was common with all the ancient nations, though they worshipped many infe rior gods. ’ So the Christians prayed to God, then to angels, then to saints to aid them here below. The ancient sailors prayed to Venus, the modern to Virgin Mary, and the statues in many of the Italian and Eastern Cuurches of the Virgin are clothed statues of Venus. The Pagans made images and carried them about if small, or mounted them on Pedestals. So do we today. They burnt tapers before them all the time as a show of adoration, so do we copy the Pagan today. The Pagans taught that their stat ues came to earth from heaven, and performed miracles and miraculous feats. So taught the Church, and in today’s newspapers we read of miracles performed at some of these shrines. It was such a statue, Diana, which troubled St. Paul at Ephesus. The Romans told how the shield of Numa hung in the heavens until he took it down and put it into the tem ple of Jupiter. The church found a picture of the Virgin in the sky, and put it on the wall of St. Peters at Rome. Hercules, a heathen god, made foot prints in the rocks of Scythia. Castor and Pollux left foot marks on the rocks at Regillum. An old Roman cut a whetstone through with a razor. So we have foot marks of the Saviour shown us. St. George cut a great stone halt through in Venice. Finger and toe prints of saints are shown to all gullible travel lers to show the power of the Chris tian Saints. The pilgrims think that kissing the Pope’s toe is the highest honor. This can be traced back through all the heathen nations, from Roman to Greek, to Egyptian to Assyrian. The Druids kissed oheir High Priests’ toes i ,000 years B. C. Priests of Baal kissed their idols so. The heathen Hercules of Agrigentum lost part of his bronze chin from being kissed. The mode of infant baptism is Persian, though the teaching is Old Testament. Throwing three handfuls of ground in the grave is Egyptian. Incense is Pagan, and the early priests of the Christian Church died for refusing to use it. Holy water is heathen. Even the style of the vessel is borrowed from heathen temples. The days of our feasts are copies of heathen days. The Miraculous Con ception is kept on February 2nd, on which days the Romans first celebrat ed the Miraculous Conception of Juno. All Saints is on November 2nd, an other old Roman day. Candlemas is a Roman festival stolen bodily. Pur gatory is Christian adaption of Plato’s Gorgias, Phaedoand Virgil’s Aenrid. Prayers for the dead came from Asia, for Ovid tells how he prayed for the soul of Anchises, which custom was then strange in Italy. Opening the Bible and putting the finger on a pas sage to guide us in a church is a heath en custom. The pictures of satan are copies of the pictures of the heathen god Pan. Janue bore the keys of heaven before St. Peter. The statue in Rome which represented Popess Joan was a statue of Venus and Cupid. Monks and hermits, Celi bate and Nuns are all heathen. The Brahmins shaved their heads long be fore the priests did. The priests’ robes are a copy of the garb of Numa Pompilius of the Roman Empire. The “pelt” of the Canons is a relic of the time when priests wore the skin of beasts with the fur out, and these were not Christian priests. Gowns, girdles and cowls were the dress of Pagan ladies, not men. The tonsure is forbidden to the Levites. Burning persons at the stake is a Pagan custom. The Cardinal’s hat is a copy of the Old Priest of Jupiter. Pope is borrowed from the Latin, meaning father. Aves and Pater , Noster’s are a copy of the Chinese prayer wheel. Crossing one’s self is a copy of a Persian custom. Postur ing and nodding in prayer a copy of Baalism. Auricular Confession a relic of the old-Oracles. Nuns and Sisters of Mercy a copy of the old Yirgins aud Priestesses. We pray the lives are not copied. Holy pro cessions and carrying images older than the Christian Church. Written prayers dropped from heaven and heavenly visitants are a relic of Mythology. Thus we see what a large number of accretions have been added to the church from outside sources. The Church of Christ is simple in its way, in its worship, in its ritual. Its men are virile, and its women motherly. Its priests are fathers. Its confessor is God. Its hearer of prayer Christ. Its helper the Holy Ghost. — Ex. THE ART OF TALKING WEIL. It is better to be frankly dull than pedantic. One must guard one’s self from the : temptation of “talking shop” and of - riding one’s “hobby.” Whatever sets one apart as a capi tal “I” should be avoided. A joke or humorous story is depen dent upon its freshness for apprecia tion. Some emotions will not bear “warming over.” It is no longer considered good form to say a word against anyone. An ill-natured criticism is a social blunder. Gossip, too, is really going out of fashion. True wit is a gift,not an attainment. Those who use it right never yield to the temptation of saying anything that can wound another in order to exhibit their own cleverness. It is natural and spontaneous. “He who runs after wit is apt to catch non sense.” Talk that has heartiness in it and the liveliness and sparkle that come of light heartedness and innocent gay ety, is a fairly good substitute for wit. Offer to each oue who speaks the homage of your individual attention. Look people in the face when you talk to them. Talk of things, not persons. The best substitute for wisdom is silence. y Jt ic prmrin of alf cm cay “y**c. sir,” “no, ma’am” to one’s equal. Have convictions of your own. Be yourself and not a mere echo. Never ask leading questions. We should show curiosity about the con cerns of others only so far as is may gratify them to tell us. Draw out your neighbor without catechizing him. Correct him, if necessary, without contradicting him. Avoid mannerisms. Strive to be natural and at ease. The nervousness that conceals itself under affected vivacity should be con trolled, as should the laugh.— Mrs. Burton King stand, in August Ladies' Home Journal. A WOMAN'S TEUE WORK. “The work of a woman in the world is not to make money, but to make a home ; her true business in life is that t oi wife and mother,” writes “An American Mother,” on “Is a College Education the Besi for Our Girls?” in the July Ladies' Home Journal. “That is true with regard to nine out of ten of these pretty girls who are tiptoeing about now in caps and gowns, and cherish ing the fondest hopes that they may some day be learned Fellows and Deans. They will marry perhaps or remain single, helping sisters or aunts. They will have houses to manage, marketing to do, stupid cooks to guide, babies to rear, sick children and men to nurse. Not once in a woman’s life perhaps will she be call ed upon to quote from an Assyrian- Babylonic epic, or to dissect a cat. But three times every day a meal must be cooked under her supervi sion. At any minute, be she cook or countess, she may be called upon to make a poultice for a sick child, to change the sheets under him, to know why the bread is sodden and the meat 1 uneatable, to give medicine intelli ’ gently to the baby in her arms. The college, be it remembered, takes the girl for four years out of family life ! in which this kind of training would be given to her. Its controllers, in their anxiety to develop her brain as that of a man, forget the woman’s 1 life which is inexorably placed before : her, and do not fit her for its inevita * ble work. 1 OF COURSE HE TOOK IT. : “No, sirree,” said Farmer Corn . tossel; “I wouldn’t be postmaster at t our station not fur no money. I wouldn’t have it. Postmasterin’s too quiet fur me. It ain’t strenuous ’ enough. ’ ’ . “Well, I know a lot o’ folks who ’ think we kin run the postoffice with . out you.” ’ “Them’s the people I want to cir cumvent. I’ve been watchin’ the 1 drift o’, things lately, an’ I thought that by declarin’ over an’ over agaiu [ that I didn’t want it, mebbe I could | stir ’em up to be obstinate an’ make me take it ag’in’ my will.” — Wash , ington Star. \ •; f “I dunno how Bill’s a-goin’ to vote i in this election.” said the campaign 5 worker; “I’ve hearn tell he’s on the l fence.” “He wuz thar,” replied the - neighbor, “but one o’ the cander : dates let fall a dollar on the off side - o’ the fence, an’ Bill he get dizzy an’ ’ fell over!” 1 L A DAY AT MOUNT VERNON. Being in Washington immediately ; after the session of the Regents of ! the Daughters of the Amreican Revo lution, and hearing that they had left in such perfection the mansion and ■ the grounds at Mount Vernon, the : home of the first President of the United States, we determined to spend a day in this lovely spot, which, in the “midst of war and rumors of war,” is far from toil and strife. We started from the Seventh street wharf at io A. m., in the steamboat “W. W. Corcoran,” built by the 1 millionaire philanthropist of that . name expressly for the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Association of the Union. This is a commodious steamer, on each wheel-box of which is a wood carving of the river front of Mount Vcrnod, add on ike pilot kouoo a ktiei of Washington. We had a pleasant ride of seventeen miles. The river was smooth as . glass ; the air soft and warm ; the blue sky crossed by an occasional fleecy cloud, that gave the lights and shadows to the green hillsides that slope down to the water’s edge. After leaving the capital the first object of interest upon the left is the United States Arsenal; just across the Eastern Branch is the Govern ment Insane Asylum. The first land ing is at Alexandria. This is one of the oldest ports of the colonies, nam ed in compliment to its largest land owners. Here Washington cast his first vote; also his last, in 1799. From the river can be seen Christ Church, of which he was vestryman. A short distance below this old town, on the Maryland side, is Fort Foote, and a little farther down, Fort Wash ington. Now the hoisting of the flag and the tolling of the bell announced that we had reached the home of Washing ton. How calm and quiet it appean ed to us in all the beauty of the June day ! It seemed to breathe of that peace enjoyed as the fruit of the valor of the immortal Washington ; and so complete, indeed, was its restoration that one expected to see at the door way the dignified figure of the Father of His Country. No more beautiful site can be imagined than the one selected forthe home of Washington. Here the river is two miles wide, and the mansion, situated about two hun dred feet above the river, presents a commanding appearance. Immedi ately under the bluff is a reservation of several acres which was formally used as a deer park, and which in 1887 was enclosed and stocked with fine deer by the Misses Campbell, of St. Louis, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Robert Campbell, Regent for Missouri. We were met at the lauding (orig inally constrtirted hy Washington. but recently extended) by the polite superintendent, and conducted up the hill—first to the tomb. On our left was a wooded hillside, abounding in sweetbrier, rhododendrons, &c., and on our right an open park extending beyond the house ; about half way up, in a ravine, are several weeping wil lows brought from the giave of Napo leon at St. Helena. The tomb is of brick (built by Washington’s executors), with arch ed gateway and iron gates, above which is a plain slab with this in scription : “Within this enclosure rest the remains of General George Washington.” The ante-room to the vault is about twelve feet square, and contains the sarcophagi. To the right is the one that contains the remains of Washington, and the one on the left all that was mortal of “Martha, Consort of Washington.” The re ceptacles for the illustrious dead are made of Pennsylvania marble, and were presented by John Struthers, of Philadelphia, by whose own hands the carving was done. Over the tomb is a tablet on which is inscrib ed, “I am the resurrection and the life ; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. ” The sarcophagus of Washington is plain, ornamented only with the United States coat-of-arms an a drapped flag and the word “Washington.” Be hind the ante-room is an inner vault, containing the ashes of nineteen of his family. The old tomb in which he was first laid was thought to be insecure, as it was constantly desecrated by relic hunters ; so in 1837 the body was laid in the sarcophagus where it now rests ; the iron door of the vault was locked and the key thrown into the Potomac. Here they sleep their last sleep; above them the branches of the majestic oaks bend in whispered blessing; at their feet the waves of the beautiful river sing a requiem ; and silently, to and fro, pass the rev erent visitors: “Thousands of throbbing hearts, where theirs are at rest and forever; Thousands of aching brains, where theirs no longer are busy; _ , . Thousands of toiling hands, where theirs have ceased from their labors; Thousands of weary feet, where theirs have completed their journey.” The mansion house is a wooden structure, cut and painted to imitate marble. A wide piazza, paved with flagstones and supported by columns, runs the whole of the east front; and from the west are curved colonades, > leading, the one to what were the 1 servants’ quarters, the other to the offices. The green sward enclosed > between these colonnades is shaded by venerable trees. The house is 96 feet long and 30 feet deep; is two ■ stories high, with an attic and obser : vatory. It is divided by a main hall, : from which on either side open the 1 rooms. In this hall are seen the key [ of the Bastile, presented by Lafayette : to the “great friend of liberty;” a ■ number of rare engravings; Wash ington’s hall table, the gift of Mrs. Lily Macalister Laughton; and the . cases containing the swords belong i ing to his nephews. : In the music room are seen a harp ; sichord and guitar belonging to Nel ■ lie Custis, and the flute on which ; Washington played. The dining ’ room has a corner cupboard which contains an exact reproduction of the tea set presented to Mrs. Washington by the officers of the French fleet in 1792 ; this room also has the famous carved mantelpiece of Carrara marble, with Sienna marble columns, said to be the work of Canova. Its waved and polished floors, its fire irons, its old mirrors, Mrs. Washington’s sit ting room, the library, with its am ple bookcases, its old carved mantel and clock, its leathern chairs, and its many closets for silver, are interest ing. These beautiful old rooms had been neglected and fallen into decay until some few years ago, when Miss Cun ningham conceived the idea that the home and tomb of Washington should be given to the women of the Union. She wrote articles under the uom de plume of “The Southern Matron,” and succeeded in arousing the enthu siasm oi many ladies of refinement and culture. She organized the ‘ ‘La dies’ Mount Vernon Association of the Union,” and called to her aid vice regents from many of the States. To each State was given the restora tion and care of a room, so they have resumed their quiet elegance, their look of comfort and refinement. The stairway is plain and simple, though broad. On the first landing is a high, old-fashioned clock. On the second floor are the bedrooms, six in number, quaint and elegant in their furnishing and arrangement. Chief in point of interest are the Lafayette and river rooms. The former was oc cupied by the Marquis on each of his visits to Mount Vernon, and contains the bureau placed there when the room was fitted up for its distinguish ed occupant. The latter apartment, belonging to Pennsylvania, and fitted up by Mrs. Laughton, the late Re gent, is by far the most beautiful; the view of the lawn, the deer park, the river, and the wooded hills of Maryland make a picture. On this floor is the room in which Washington died, with its square bedstead, its large fireplace surmount ed by the family coat-of-arms, the secretary, the trunk with brass nails and plate marked “1776, G. W.” A narrow stairway leads to the room above, to which Mrs. Washington re tired after her husband’s death, and which she never left for seventeen months, when she also died. Then there is the cupola, from which is a most magnificent view—to the west the hills of Virginia; the smooth waters of the Potomac, or Pedhammock (they are coming,) as the Indians named this beautiful stream, seem to curve here and em brace the acres of this noble estate. We descend to the lawn and an in spection of the buildings at the ends of the colonnades, where Washing ton’s care for the comfort of his ser vants is shown. To the left of these buildings is the greenhouse. With a long sigh of weariness we sink down under a wide-spreading oak, but by the tolling bell we are soon apprised of the approach of the steamer. We gather up our belong ings, and with them our connection with the outside world, and quietly wend our way down the hill, past the mansion and the tomb, where, in the simplicity in which he lived, lies the founder of our country’s greatness; of whom, in the recent war with Spain, we feel that “though dead he yet speaketh,” and whose noblest epitaph, pronounced by Edward Ev erett, is, “The greatest of good men, and the best of great men.” — A. R. E. N., in Newtown (Pa.) Enteipiise. CREMATION. The custom of cremation was Ro man, but it disappeared with the Christian era under the influence of the belief in the literal resurrection of the body. Its revival in all countries is coincident with a broader interpre tation of the teachings of Christianity and with the development of modern science. The doctrine of the conser vation of matter, that the only change possible is transformation and not de struction, bears powerfully in favor of cremation. The transformation of the grave is relatively rapid, but both processes are the same, and, in com parison with the duration of the world, both are intolerably swift. We are cut down and we wither. Whether the decay is a matter of hours or of years is merely an inci dent of the inevitable process. Those considerations can be felt best in a time of scientific domination over the intellectual life. The hy gienic and sanitary reasons are most potent in an era of the rapid growth of large cities. Therefore, it is not surprising to know that the revival of cremation, begun about 1880, has grown rapidly not only in this coun try, but in Europe. Here we have twenty-two crematories. France has twenty-five. Italy and England have fewer. The appeal of science is for the new practice. Religion is not hostile to it, as is shown by its adop tion by an active and devout member of a great church. But sentiment, association and the whole mortuary poetry of the world is opposed to it. Those are forces which are modified slowly. They cannot be overcome by shock, and the attempt would be brutal as well as useless. But the growth of cremation is accompanying, if not keeping pace with, the growth of cities. In the next quarter of a century the custom will have become general enough to aid in the solution of the present serious problem of find ing suitable resting places for the dead. —Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Snipkins —“Ah, Mrs. High land, I have been wonderfully struck by the strong resemblance you bear to your husband.” Mrs. Highland—“ Young man, you are altogether wrong. Ido not bear any resemblance whatever to my husband. My husband looks like me, that is all!” He —“If I should try to kiss you Miss Maude would you scream for help?” She—“No; you’d have to help yourself. ” ESTABLISHED 1850. HOW DO FISH GET THERE? The scientists have failed in every B: effort they have made to cause the J spontaneous generation of life, writes 1 George Cary Eggleston, in the New I York World. They therefore con- I tend that there is no such thing as -a spontaneous generation. In this they ■ overlook the fact that nature does R many things of her own accord which 1 the scientists are unable to persuade I her to do at their bidding. Moreover, as the scientists deny the theory of ■ direct divine creation and assert that I all living forms have been evolved from inorganic matter, their denial of j the possibility of spontaneous genera tion is illogical. For if living forms were not brought into being by spe- I cial acts of creation there must be somewhere back of them a history of cpontattcowo goticration. not that be repeated now under fa vorable conditions ? The scientists say that wherever there is a body of water with fish in it and with no stream or other con nection with other bodies of water, somebody must have put the fish there. This I take the liberty of doubting, and my doubts are found ed upon the lifelong observation as an enthusiastic fisherman. Let me cite some facts. | In my boyhood I knew a “brick pond’ ’ out of which we boys used to catch thousands of “goggle-eyes” every sammer. How did they get there ? The pond was merely a pit out of which clay had been taken for brick-making. Rain water had filled the depression and made a pond of it. There was no other water near, and certainly none anywhere with which the pond was connected in any way. How then did the “goggle-eyes” get into it? Nobody in that region at that time had ever heard of stocking waters with fish, and had anybody been minded to do anything of the kind he would very certainly have selected some better fish than worth less little “goggle-eyes” for seed. Again : In 1862 I was encamped for many months near Pocotaligo, S. C., on the line of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. There were many “borrow pits” along the line— shallow depressions made by the re- J( moval of earth for use in building the railroad. Rain water had filled them, aud there was certainly no connection of any kind between them or between any other water aud them. Yet every one of them within miles of my camp was so full of fish that I well nigh fed my mess by angling in them. I have caught pike there that weigh ed several pounds apiece. It is sim ply preposterous to suppose that any body went along through those wood lands putting fish into all the “bor row pits.” How then did they get utilpw hj/ nntnrnl nr mml* ous generation ? Some people explain the matter by saving that fish “rain down,” but that is not an explanation to satisfy . an educated intelligence. A wise acre not long ago undertook to ans wer my question by suggesting that fish-haivks flying over with female fish in their talons or their beaks might have squeezed out the roes and some of the eggs might have fallen into the little ponds. But apart from the exceeding remoteness of the chance that this could have happened in the case of all these ponds, there is the additional fact that the eggs of ordinary fishes are not fruitful at the time of their deposition in water, but are fecundated afterward. One might fill a pond with the spawn of any of our common fishes, and if there were no male fish of the same species in the pond not oue single egg would ever hatch. Still again : If the presence of fish in kind-locked waters means that somebody put the fish there, why is it that the species most universally found in such waters is about the most worthless of all species, whether for food or for sporting purposes? Who that cared enough for fish or fishing to go stocking ponds would think of selecting the “pumpkin seed” (sunfish) for that purpose? Yet that fish is present in annoying abundance in every pond that I ever saw where there are any fish at all. An enthusiast or a practical fish cul turist might put bass, trout, perch or pickerel into an artificial pond. But he would certainly never think of adding the worthless sunfish, with its destructive habit of feeding fat upon the spawn of better varieties. Still less would he have selected that as the only fish to breed, yet, it is often the only species in a pond. Neither is it conceivable that any man with a thimbleful of brains would put rock bass into water, as that species is not only worthless for food but posi tively repulsive in taste and odor. The facts cited might easily be multiplied from my own experience, and the observation of others who have fished in many waters will bear them witness. They seem to me to show conclusively that fish do some how get into waters into which they_ could not have migrated from other waters, and into which no human agency has put them. If they have not been spontaneously generated or developed or evolved in their present habitats —as all species must have been evolved somewhere at some time —then those who deny the possibility of such local evolution should furnish some explanation that better accords with the facts than any which they have as yet given us. If I succeed in this article in inducing discussion of a subject so interesting, science and sport will alike be benefitted. A teaspoonful of salt in a glass of water, taken before breakfast, is said by people who have tried it to be a sure cure for hay fever. The rem edy is cheap enough, and, like the rooster on the farmer’s barn, if it does no good will do no harm, except it may act as an emetic. Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom. — Landot .