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LOCAL NEWS. Onr Public HchonU. WRITING Of TT1K BOARD OF TRITSTKK. The Board of Public School Trustees met last evening. A communication from Mrs. Huton, stating that her son had lost an overcoat at the Abbott building, was referred. A communication was received from Superintendent Wilson calling attention to the Peabody and Farce buildings being Inadequately ventilated and ueated; rWern d to the committee on buildings, with power to act. The abstract of reports was presented, showing whole number of pupils? white: Washington, 13,017: Georgetown, 1,400; county. t>98; colored: Washington, 6.773; ieorgKown, .">37; county, l.iss?total, 23,373. A communication was lecelved from Prof. o. T. Mason, asking if by some means the weight, height and ages of pupils can be recorded for future comparison, to ascertain if the race Is deteriorating: referred to superintendents. The applications of the following persons for teachers' positions were referred: Helen M. Manning. Florence P. "Allliams. JL II. IIeapp?, Frank Gordon, Nellie Hobson, Mary E. Cast lemon, Thos. J. I-amar, Annie B. Davis, sallle Daniel, Mary <;ibson. J*ss!e Sothron. Annie E. I.oomls and W. I). Parkinson. Mr. Fairley. froin tlie commlt'eeon prizes. preserved a report on the proposition of Mr. Lovejoy, to do away wi?u prl/es. 'iiie report recommends that prizes oe continued, but thattheeertia<- iK's be of smaller ilze. Mr. Pearson printed a minority report in the shape of resolutions; th tt at.er i h? el ?-e of the present year, the giving of eertitioa^ ?x.-ent in the ?th grade and high school, be d continued; laid ovtr. PBOP0SKD KEAHU'STlfENT OF SALARIES. Mr. Lov. joy. from the committee on teachers made a report on tue readjustment of salaries, fixing those of the supervising principals of the tlrst six divisions at $l,soo per annum: male teachers, ^th grade, commence at *.? m and increase per year to $! .250 for i hose In charge 1 of building; all other >th grade teachers com mence at $900 and Increase $50 per vear to 11 200; principal of boys- high school, do. girls do., ?'.4?o; sub-assistants lu all divisions to be abolished; salaries of principals of Sam- < ner, Lincoln, Cook and Randall buildings $1,250- ! do. I'.owen, Chamberlain, Minor and Lovejoy ! buildings f950 each; three assistant music teachers In the Prst six divisions $600 each, and principal of high school in seventh division $1,259. COMirtTTIES REPORTS. The Committee on accouuts reported without recommendation two bills of the Noble School Furniture Co. <*934. and IS97.40.) and re id in connection with the Mils, receipts or Trustees Brooks aLd Lovejoy stating that certain articles of furniture did not come up to sample or were unsuitable. Mr. Mathews, from the committee on the resolution offered at the last meeting requesting the commissioners "to assume eutire charge or t he expenses of repairs, and this board be re lleved of auditing the 3ame," submitted a report recommending that the resolution be noc passed. In this report the laws la relation to the board are quoted, and the committee states that the functions of the board cannot be at.ridged without a repeal of the law. The report was adopted. Mr. Lambert, of the second division, made a report on the proposition of Mr. K. o. Holtzman, proposing to lease certain property on t street, between 3d and iy. stieets, that they cannot recommend the leasing or the property, because the Improvements art- unsuitable for school purposes; th>y favor the adoption or such measures as shall lead to the purchase of it. being influenced lit making the recommendation by a consideration of the location, which ? is but Inadequately supplied with school accommodations, b> a regard for the liberal proposition and th?? peculiarly favorable character of the neighborhood for the location of a schooladopted. "OLIVIa'3" grievance. A communication from Mrs. E. E. Brlggs to the District Commissioners and uy them referred lo rue board was read. She says: "ilavIng utterly tailed in securing protection from tue malicious attacks on boui property an person as inflicted by the puplis of Wallach school building. I now call udoo you as the last resource to allow me to enjoy those inalienable rights guaranteed to the humblest by the unmistakable laws of the repubde. When I laid my pitiful case before the so-called supervising principal or the public schools of Capitol Hill, w ith sneering lips he recalled to mind his digullied position in t\e following forcible language I am not a policemen." When I appealed to , our solitary trustee, he gave me to understand that teachers were not responsible for the acts of the pupils, except when they were directly ' under the teacher's eye: also that Mr. ste varf principal or Waliach school budding, was nor to blame for the lov order of puplis a a it come from the streets adjoining the Navy Yard, coaveylcg the idea that the acts or the children during the sc-hcol recess was due to the low parentage from which they sprang. Let ua have a ttacher capable of managing this mus- i ' ular element without calling In the aid of th1 police during tue hours which pertain to our public schools. If we are to have weaklings ror teachers, let us have a policeman detail.-l at the school building, as that will be the safest I and most economical plan. Walla.-a school bnlldiiig Is 1 ist becoming a 'rowdy mill' or suei vast proportions that safety to lire and pro . ptrty can only be secured by tae strong arms ! of the L'cmtnis-.loi)ersoi the District, and yj.ir timely aid is most earnestly invoked." Mr. Middleton, to whom the letter was re- , /erred, said: '-in pre-enting this communlca- ' Hon I am simply performing an odlclal duty. Without ti gnirymg the charges therein vith i reply in detail, I reel it is due to myself to say * hit iiai parr of the communication charglig me with 'sneer'eg' a? tho 'low parentage* oi me children attending I he schools I ha /e r an honor . to represent- is abnoiuie'-j and nbMi. ioiiSett's ' 1 and the enur. communication is characterized by reckless misstatements. Th^ language anil position l am accused of using and assuming are inconsistent with my relation to and interest in the public schools and pupils"' After some debate as to the proper disposition of the communication the following endorse- I ment was adopted: "Respecttally returned to the Commi.soioners with the suggestion that i charges respectfully preferred ag.dnst any member of this board or any school officer will SL^.Wa,?.c?nsldm'a byll- "he board not deeming this letter either to be respectful or to convey a charge, declines to entertain It." i MlaCKIXAJJEOFS MATTERS. A v-CCtpriUnLation was received from A. Wat 1 son, su>ig?Sting thfc placing of temperance < pledges in the schools: referred. The biils or the Noole School Furniture Co., ! reported irom the committee on accounts for in- j structions, were taken up and some debate fol- ( lowed, la which the furniture was s^oJicnol aa ? not being up to sample. A relation wa3 , adopted t hat they b* apuroved provided a de- i ductlon of 50 cents is made on each chair. Messrs. Lasabert, Middleton, Lloyd. Pearson. Matthews. Curtis, Fairley, and Wilkinson (>). ! oting la the affirmative, and Messrs. Lovejov. ' 6amaon, Brcwn, smith and Broois (5), In the negative Mr. Middleton offered a re-solution ilnt no sub-board shall authorize local concerts to be given without the approval of the board; laid over under the rules. The resignation of Miss Llr/le M. StrombefgW ! of the third division was received and accepted, Mr. Lambert tendered his resignation as chairman oi the committee on annual reportaccepted. j Mr. Lovejoy offered a resolution that a committee on legislation be appointed: adoptel. Also that the consideration of the report of the committee on prizes be postponed to the next meeting, and that the roll of honor of the i schools be omitted from the annual report. Mr. Brooks offered a resolution that the commiteioners be requested to p'.ircnase no more of the Noble School furniture: laid over. Adjourned. Deft < in Fee have been nied as follows: ? tos. ruiams to I>*?ter A. Barilett, lots it to 15 inclusive, in sub. of lot 6, sq. C3U $ . Benj v rnln Fendali, trustee, to Jonu K.Murray, suo. j lota 33. 34 and 7^. s-j. 191; f . Alice L. Wyckoff ct aL to Thos. Welch. ]>art lot 4, s<i. .55; |?. Th>son to c. G. Berryman, lo?s 99 at d loo, suo. s?i 4i;.; $1,050. i a tries II. , C'raglnet al. to Ellas Kaaher, part original lots I 2 and 3, sq. nortn of sq. 515; f .109. A. L. Bar- ; beret aL io Mary llatcaa, lot 4, block , Le Droit Park: <4.0(>0. E. M. Willis to lleniy Willis, j lot it at.d j)art 25, sub. of sq. 727; *-.'.30o. S. ! ? ross and Geo. Nugent, trustees, to American j Life Ina Ca of Philadelphia, lots F and <?, sub. I 169; $'o,2?s>. (;lover and Warner to a. Kyneal, ' part let 1, sq 523; $5,209. U. W. J. Landon ! to Margaret K. lloge. lot 21, sub. s?i. 47s; $?. ! Jno. E. liero l to Jno. McLean, lots 3W, 347 and ?is, in 1'nlontowi,; $!,lsi. Joseph E. Fitch to : Elizabeth Busey. part sq. lulu: $ . Also, iot 5, in Peter s sq., Georgetown; $?. John Cammack et al. io H. it. Souvrler. lo^s, i?. io and part 7, sq. 24 '; fo ll M. souvrler to J. O. Ames, do.: | H. M Souvrler to K. II. T. Selpold, do.; o?h). K. o. Holt/man et aL to >amuel N'orment, lot ll, sq. 344; 5.;.?. Mildred tkrry to N. L. Co-oper. lot 13, sq. 3S; $ ?. Peter Campbell to J. B. Taylor, lot 3, sq { ?. A. w. John.-oc to c. t'. Glorer, lot 9, sq. . ? Trustees of Foundry M K. churca l.? _c* c- Oiover. lot 9, B+l. 15-v; |2 449. i?# , DlUh 1? Henry Franc, lot ?. sq. 455. and lot l->, sq. 4 < ; f 16,0**0. John Hit/ et aL, assignees. to Bicnard Lt<htbora, lot 2s. h<i. 503; i -6o. M. C. U>me et ai to K a. Hauser. lot ll, %j. S6; $13.W s J. Buff to E. B iff, lot 12. sq. ail*; fWA L Lambee et aL to AUoe Anderaon, lot 34, sq. 5"3; |o"'- E.aliy inugherty to J. Bcggs, lot 1. sq. 961; $10. 8. T. Suit to J. H. Jones, part of sq 675; $4,500. H. J. Harrison to A. B. W ililams, lot 15, sq. 416: $!.:?>?- F. E. Alexander. trustee, to O. A. Dalley, lots ? and 3, sq. 5; r>, and lot 14. sq. ."?S4; f.'i. Sarah Johnson to M. S. Kolb. iota 7 and s, sti* 56i, $1,300. w. J. Mider et i!.. trustee, to s. Scheii, lots corner of Brown and Caton sts., Cieorgetown, D. C.; $215. P. V, H \gner to A. ii. Hacner, part 13. sq. 14';$?. A B. Hagnir to P. v. Ilagner, part 13, eq. 141; $?. K. D. N'ailor to A. Nallor, jr., ions m sq. 255. 25s, a vi 227 and 22S. H. W. llowgate u> M L. Klagsburv, lot 31. s*i. 205; $1.T00. E. T. Farrar to Mary E. Ferguson, lot 22. sq. S76; $!.200. J. E. Fitch to Elizabeth Busby, part sq. 010; and lot ,r>, in Pettrssq.. Georgetown $?. LETTERS FROn THE PEOPLE. A Word for the Teacher*. B'l if or s< or: Having read with Interest during the past two or three years the various coalplaints against oar public school system, and seeing no defensive response elicited there*/ I arrived at the conclusion that there was bit one side to the question; that our public school teacbe rs dally assigned unexplaln-d lt^sons for Lome study, thereby nightly imposing onerous burdens upon the parents; mat ther overi1^C^!h^eoCHl(J1ren ln the school-room with impossible and incomprehensible tasks- thar ,bx!r tlme ln hearing recitations instead of teaching; in short, that the teacher's life here meant a great deal of salary for th" smallest possible amount of labor. But since r,0' *a p!ib!,c 30fe?01 teacher into the ?52221,?f Diy *? awarder, l have b?en gradually as a Methodist exhorter would phrase .???QlriK under conviction," and mav now ?andldly confess myself -converted" to a dift?Tt linking. I am fully persuade! that of all patient, overworked, underpaid tU,Dnappr^:U'^' c fures known, the Washing ton public school teacher heads the list. *1?^ are the facts which opened mine eye3ni V \ 2"''' Mlss x (my boarder) returned from her work at 5 o'clock, not 3 .as feuppostd), and after dinner, though evident ly i very much latlgued, seated herself to the j >b of 1 critically a formidable pile of rnaau | script, which, on inquiry, prove! to be the j written work of her Go pupil* in history conMating of 5 questions eaci I timed h-rf* jSift I h 'Ur.s and 10 minutes, Tuesday Nov 2'^1 I another pile this time grammar?3 hours 5 ? Wednesday. Mov. mh. still another, ari'hmetlc?2 hours 20 minutes. Thursday Nov. 20th, (a holiday, too.) geography?3 hours lo minuter Monday, Xov. 29tb. physics? 2 hours 4? minutes. Tuesday, Nov. 30 tu orthography, co papers. 40 words each-2 hours. yi ediiesaay, Dec. 1st. fr) pupils' reports! for the month?? hours, Thursday Deo 2d. copying into a record book. 1 hour, and ; selecting trcia a miscellaneous lot of bvoks and | papers suitable Items to assign her pupils for ' h?ur. Prufay, Deaein jef3 j, copying on oblong pieces of card board an assortment of problems in arithmetic for the improvement ct her scholars on the Monday fallowing, 3 hours. And this, she tells me, is a fair sample of the amount or work done out of school by teachers ln the grades above the firth. Saturdays she spends1 hour ln a drawing cl tsi another ln elocution. I ventured to inquire when she found time for social recreation, ineatal improvement, sewing, correspondence, &e. She replied, grimly: "Don't and it?go without those luxuries."' Whereupon I coim to the conclusion that a little of the surplus sympathv lavished upon the public school children mlL'&t with advantage be directed towards the public school teacher. y 2 What To Do With the Fiats* Editor Star:?it you are not already too much worried with "all sorts of suggestions," which luve been made in relation to the best plan to dispose of the river flats, I will give you and your readers one more. Previous to the construction of the causeway approach to the Long bridge, some arty years ago, there were no data visible even at the lowest tides either above or below the bridge. The construction 0* the causeway has produced au eldv both above and below the bridge, and thus tn'e mud has been deposited there. Another bid effect 13 that the water is mostly earrlei through the Virginia channel until it strikes Glesborough, when tt rebouuis and forms a lurge tddy from the bridge down as far as the Four-Mile Kun, in which mud Is deposited ln large quantities, which ln a few jears will be as great a nuisance to the ciry with our prevailing south winds *3 thetlats adjoining the bridge next to the city. My plan is to remove tae said causeway and construct a bridge on piles or piers as the other portions of the bridge, and allow the current, to pass, i hen open the channel on the District side at the upper end and direct the current into It. The for.*; of the swirc current and some assistance by dredging would in my opiuIon in less fian ten years obliterate the tl its oa this sid<- as well as on the Virginia stde aad restore the original currents of the river. ONE OF thk Oldest Ikiubitaj?t8. tfcrcy to tlie Horn. Ed,.or Star:?in such biting cold weather as we Lave had lately, all owners of horses would lind it for their interest to see that the rvfi arS.??1 puVnT? mouths of the autm ils re o"n ^ ^ danger of breaking the skin by Its adhering to the cold Iron. The next application renders the hurt worse, and soon a o r sore ,s made. the harness is "not kept iii a warm room dip the bits la warm (aot hot) water. A northern rarmer would as soia neglect to ;eed hLs horses as to fail to use tuts precaution. Ut the drivers try cold lroa in his gv ii mouth. The IIurean o* Engraving and Printing. Editor ? a<~:?TLI3 branch of the Treasury department la one of the leading institutions of tfce city.and the work performed there jUjtly attracts the curiosity and admiration not on y or our own people but those from oth r lands but, while mis is to our credit, taa svstem o? m^Hr?ent ?J tUe Institution bespeak? bur little in favor of either our humanly or ub>*radty. In 1 he press room of the buLdlnsr wnere ^ttwo uun.ked and firry feniUesare em ployed, it is ondersttood a ne w rule has beea or Is ab >ut being carried out req ilrlu ' th"se 10 ? ? haud and ready for wor.c at ^ m.. now before the sun rises. Mauv of jjSS.f'SiS'wIff Si houses at ^ a l0 w V-9*?! ^afded. At 6:3C a. m. the njght is as d&ik as at la, m., and many of tue iadh s are off the lines of street cars. Tsiy lad;ts. ior very many at least of these fe-n de3 are as well entitled to be called "ladles'* as the r more fortunate bisters, who are la the Treasury or interior building who go on duty a' 9 o'clock ??> at 4 ?'c'0i'k- a&d who are paid from $60 to $100 per month. The Bureau of Eagraviu^ and Printing {emalea are constantly oa their arc1'and are ln a large room, amid tSSaM?? constantly of the presses, and breathing a -very unhealthy atmosphere. Taev get $..2.5 per day. But what I wish specially to speak of. Mr. hdltor, is the cruelty an J injustice of making these females go to work at sucn 1 be new rule, I bellsve. is expected to be brought about bv the printers, so t haf they can make a dollar or more additional pay per .1 hope. 01. Irish will set las foot down against this proposed change, in the interests ot the printers alone, who have no feeling whatever for the remaka who work with them at the presses, ir he does not. then Congress should at once condemn and prevent the uniust and inhuman proposition, C.K. j Aaron Iltirr'v Love LeHern. &iitor star:?In the article headed as above, which appeared in Saturday's Star, the alleged | statements of Mr. Thurlow Weed ln regard to the final disposition of the letters received by j Aaron Burr are erroneous; or, at least, they are i at variance with the version or the sublet ' given by Burr's biographer, Matthew L. Davis ! who. la the preface to the "Memoirs of Aaroa Lu.r' sajs with reference to iettera:-"As i soon as Col Burr's decease was known, with miown hands / oomvtiUeti to the lire all such cor- ' respondent, and not a vestige of it now remains, - - I aionr have possessed the prl ! vate and important papers of Col. Burr; and / I'ltrtye inij honor that e\ery one of them, so far i as I knew and believe, that coull Injure the feelings or a female or those of her fnendi Is i destroyed." It is. of course, within the bounds of possibility that Mr. Weed may not have made the statement attributed to him, but if he did. he must be in . rrror: ror it is not easy to discredit th?- ver} emphatic testimony of Matthew Davisv hlcb, had it been false, would at once hav been detected by the ladies Involved, who it Is reasonable to assume, were among the tlrst to read the memoirs. VV. I'icbxi ickian Holidays. tMHorSfar:?city papers Monday made announccment that secretary Ramsey had ordered that employes ln the War department desiring to join In the welcome to Gen. Grant should be allowed to quit their desks at noon; also, that the other heads of departments had extended the same permission to ex-soldlers and sailors. As an employe ln one ?f the departments, and an ex-soldier, will you permit me to state that nv ij'isJi grq^r w^ promulgated in the department ln wnleh I am employed, so far as I ; am aware. I have also heard the same of another department, and the same 1 suspect to be true in general. I Such statements usually turn out the same Monday was not an exception to the rule. The like discrepancy, between the press announcements of holidays and half-holiday, in the departments, and the actual state of tilings, is of frequent occurrence; as for exbinpie, ihe "alleged" half-holiday precedluir i Thanksgiving Day. ! I do not speak of this by way of complaint f- gainst tewspaper reporters or department ! ?iii'-lals. The former doubtless speaic by the lest authority, and the action of the latter is governed by most worthy motives. But, munwhile, these public announcemenLs ot holidays unenjoyed foster the absurd impression thar government employea nave little work aad much play. Please understand, Mr. Editor, and cause your readers to understand, that maav of the orders granting holidays and half-holidays in the departments are to betaken in a Pickwickian sense acd not literaiiy; and that government emi'lojes are generally expected to keep close to bus;ness, and to accomplish their full quota of work, legal rest-days generally (not always) accepted. Y ours in verity, Clirk. Marhuo* Licenses have been issued to Geo. Brocks aLd Annie llenson; Walker Brown and Nannie cbisiey; Joseph Thompson and Delilah Peacccx, bo h of taffax county, Va.; Samuel Lewis and N. ?. Wlli ams: Benjamin P. 4ilng and Elizabeth Pevcnjh; Joseph Wlillams, oi springOtid, ohio. and Catharine A. Livingston. % I ' " 1 1 ? ' ' " 11 ' * RELIGIOUS NOTES. ? Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, almlnlsi end the sacrament of confirmation at St. k'ephen's. on Sunday, to about 200 candidates. B-any of these children. ? The protracted meeting at McKendree C hapel, (Rer. c. Q. Richardson), which closed a few weeks since, resulted in some thirty conversions. ? Rev. Father Wigett. well remembered here < In connection with Gonzaga college, St. Aloyi lslus and St. Joseph's churches, Is now stationed I at ?r. Thomas'. In Charles county, Md., and has recovered his former robust health. ? The new edifice of the 9th street Methodist Protestant church needs now atnut {?oo to finish It and pay all Indebtedness*,and on Sunday last a proposition by a laly to be one of fifty to raise the necessary amount wts followed by another, and ov>r $300 raised. Rev. Mr. Hall, the young pastor, has had an accession of twelve to the membership. ? For a week past Rev. Father Majulre, l (formerly of Georgetown college and St. Aloyj slus,) Fathers Mclntee, Strong, and Morgan have teen holding a mission at St. Aloyslus ! church tor the women. Tills week the mission is tor men. A sermon Is preached every ;norn' lng at 5 o'clock followed by misses at 6, 7, and j * o'clock, sermon at 9, the stauons of tne cross 1 at 3 o'clock and sermon at 7 o'clock. ! ? Rev. Father Cunningham, who has been transferred from Rockvllle to Baltimore, was the victim of a "beat," a few weeks ago. A j party who had been operating as a bogus priest took the role of a lawyer, and calling on Father Cunningham represented that a bequest ot |2o0 had been lett him, but that before it was paid the expenses incident to securing It?$-"> or $30 ? would have to be paid. Father Cunningham at once compiled, and paving the $25 received the check, which he deposited in Rlggs & Co.'3 here for collect ion, but no returns were recei ved therefrom. ? The action of the Baptist Association recently In session at Dr. Cole's church In East Wellington in refusing to admit the churches of Rev. W. J. Walker and Rev. Mr. Gasklns, which are colortd, seems to be misunderstood, espeelallv by the colored Baptists. So'ne of I them regard this action as based on prejudice to the colored race, and do not bear In mfnd that | the white church at Tennallytown was also refused admission. The racts are that the qualifications for admission of cnurches in associations are "regularity in practice and purity of doctrine," and in these cases the committee did not deem there was sufficient evidence, and relei red the applications to a committee to report at the next session. ?IAt the approaching session of the Baltimore annual conference of the M. E. Church In March there will be a number of changes among the pastors of this District. Under the old rule a minister could be stationed but two { years at oue charge, but within the past few j years tnis rule has been changed so mat it Is possible lor a rclulster to remain at oue place three years. There are some ministers lu the conference who regard a two years' term as long enough. Rev. Dr. John Lanahan, who for the past three years has been Mrs. Hayes'pastor at the Foundry, will be assigned another apSointment, as also will Rev. YV. I. IcKenney of liamllne, Rev. J. R. Wheeler, of Waugb, Chaptl, who are closing their third year. Rev. W. G. Daale. of Wesley Chapel, being a two-years mau, will likely receive a new appointment. It la uncertain what charges will be made among the others wno have served two years, viz: Rev. J. L. Hayghe, at Union; Rev. G. V. Leech, at East Washlngton: Rev. Mr. McLaren, at North Capitol; Dr. McKendree Relley, at Duubarton street, Georgetown; Rev. Mr. Hyde, at V2th street east, and Rev. J. W, Starr, at Gorsuch. It is likely that changes will be made lu the two last nam"d appointments. Metropolitan, Rev. R. N. Baer; | McKendree, Rev. C. H. Richardson; Grace, Rev. J. W. Smith, and Fletcher, Rev. L. R. Morgan, will not change positions. ( ougli'M bread of an Audience. In his new lecture, "Platform Experiences," j Jonn B. Gough saye: "1 never knew a time | w:.en 1 did not dread an audience. Often that | fear has amounted to positive suffering, and j seldom am 1 called on to face an audience when t I would rather by far run the other way, and j as I grow older, this suffering Is lncreuslag. A very large assembly depresses me at first sight. I have otten begged the chairman to make an ! address to give me time to recover. There are occasions w ben, without the relief of the chair- I man's remarks. 1 should commence my speech j llaterlngly and with tears. In my suffering, trembling seizes upon every nerve; my threat ! and tongue become dry aud feverish; my voice , hoarse or lrmky, until the first few minutes j have passed. At one time the painful sensation 1 may be much stronger than at another, but the i occasions are very rare when I am In any good degree unembarrassed, and never am I at perfect j ease in sight of an audience There are some ; persons who consider this affectation. I have been told that it was impossible that any man ! who had faced over s.ooo audiences should be ! nervous or apprehensive or troubled at the j t-lght of the people. From the first speech I j ever made, when my heart beat like a t'lp-ham- > m* r, and after uttering the half dozen senten- I ces I sat down shaking In every limb, to the ! la^t, I have more or less suffered from this un- i accountable dread at every public address. I ! thh.k in my whole experience 1 have never | \olimteered a speech and never asked for ao ) Invitation to address an audience. After the > tiist i YvUsnf1^ hag parsed, I have but little se nsation; except the desire to ma^e my audigl-ce fee) as I feel, see as I see, aud to gain dominion for the time being over their wills aud affections. It 1 succeed in this, or think that I have their sympathy, and especially should be responsive, the fear 13 all gone; then comes a consciousness of power that exhilarate-*, excites and produces a srtange sensation of de light. In Spurgeon's church, In England, I was once announced to speak before an audience of mo"e than 0,700 people. The fright seized me so violently that I was obliged to beg off for a few minutes until I could go into the vestry and calm myself. I spoke in the old Tremont Temple 222 times, and many a time I have walked up and down the street outside with my wife, saying that 1 felt as If I could not possibly SyOftk. When, placed in circumstances new and strange, I have been asked suddenly to perform son e public service, through a nervous timidity I have been utterly unable to comply with the request. Daring my recent visit in London, 1 frequently heard Dr. Joseph Parker. On one occasion, at the close of one of his powerful sei mon8, to which I had listened with Intense Interest, I was startled to hear blm say: ' I see my friend John B. Gough in the audience. Will he please come into tne pulpit wnilo they are singing the anthem, and conclude divine service with prayer?" I turned to my wife and said: Mary, what shall l do? I can't go up there to take part in the service." She said very quietly, "You had better go Into the pulpit and explain to Dr. Parker.'' so. witQ head bent, I passed down the aisle, ere pi up the stalts and entered the desk, where Dr. Parker sat waiting for me. His pulpit, a very beautiful one, presented to him by the corporation of London, is large and rather high. as I half stooped I could hardly be seen by the congregation. There is a small platform on which the doctor stands I said, "I cannot pray here. "Oh, yes, you can/' r ., 4*i>ui 1 cannot here. If I wero alone I coulu, but here, afier that sermon, I cannot lead the devotion and worship of this people. Indeed? indeed, I cannot. Please excuse me." He very kindly excused me, and asked me to give out a hymn. I told him I would try to do that. He told me to give out the 27th hymn, and only read the first verse. I had just commenced when he bade me stand on the platform, as not much more tnan mv head could be seen ijy tne audience below. That added to my em harassment. I stood on the platform and said In a/very husky voice, "The 28th hyma." i He corrected me: "The 27 th hymn." More and more nervous, I said: "The 27th hymn," and blundered through the four lines. Out how, I know not. Now this was real suffering, and I suppose I ought to have been In the spirit of prayer for we are told to "continue instant in prayer." But to me it has fever been a task and a cross t o lead the devotions of other*; for I consider it the most solemn exercise lnwhlca a man can engage. I cannot help It and I cauuot overcome it. When Rev. Mr. Finney was in Aberdeen, Scotland, I heard from him a wonderful sermon. The next morning ne, with his wife, called on us at the hotel. In the course of our conversation I said: "Mr. Finney, I fear lam in the seventh chapter of Romans." "What?" 'I fear I am in ho seventh chapter of Romans."' He instantly said. "Let us kneel down." When we were on our knees he said: "Pray." I told him l could not. "Pray." he repeated. "I cannot." "Pray," again he b lie me. "I cannot pray, and I will not." Then he said, "O Lord, have mercy on 7hl3 wiry, little unbeliever," and offered a prayer himself. A DiMguwted Baby. There fs a three-months-old baby living with his parents on Blank street, who was recently thrown into the society of three married, aud two single ladles. Tne conversation was cmducted chiefly by the ladlc3 and prosoudal ia tnis wise: "Oh, de 'Ittie darling:" "Did 'e want to ilss!/. mazzer?" "Will he s'ake 'Ittle han'y?" '-'On, oo 'ittle peclous!" "Why don't'e lias e' lad??" " Wuere's iz tootsies?" "Oi. d >ae/ i c'y'" "Wh\t "e matter wlv um latnmy?" Ttvo Infant at last looked up. and with an expression of ineffable disgust remarked: "Wait a Dlavruey set of fools you all are! War in * t no don't you talk sense and talk English?" [Vats Is a lie from ono end to the other. With that exception It Is ail tru Boston Transcript. I % ? f 0 HIGHLY INTEBESTIKfi INTEL. I'lUENCE. Something: About (be Latest Fashionable Dance*. fDetroit Poet.] ~ _ What meets, whet dances ro wear awey this long age of three hour*. , Tnere are about fifteen teachers ot danclue ? petroit and some half dozen schools ana academies where the science of rythtnetic mo- i tlon is expressed in chalked circles and heel and ' toe movements, and where awkward youths tro through agonies of bashfulness with their eyes giued to their feet and their elbows balanced at right angles like the wings of a trussed fowl j for dancing is no loDger a mild and swavlne mp *on to tne sound of slow music or rapid uhlrl-about, in which the dancers lIus like a top. The new dances demand an imm-mse amount of energy, hard work, and dislocation I members, so that a good dancer of modern dances has all th%> accomplishments or a contortionist and the grace and flexibility of a Grajco-Koman wrestler. Indeed, it is i i 2s? wbo are elegant dancers of the , round dances who can acquire with any ! 01 ^ronc'ency the new glide steps of the L-KP E* rS?u,er'' Sallie xv<iters, Rockaway. cradle Knlckerbockt r and new glide. There Is a peeuK 10 one 8l<le' wlllcb is caused by extending one foot sideways and balancing in , Tinat clrectlon, then recovering by bringing the tiuant loot back with a step that Is very hard 1 bur wlJen once acquired Is the very ?? a ZL?LmotJm- The much-talked-ot raquet toLnc.?.f dance that amoug round dances Iriri Uinoi 1?" J' 18 very attractive to the eve, ?,^ i e wii0 dance It well form the best pi juire ever seen on a ball-room floor. The movement, which is only to be described by the rockj lrg motion of a cradlj.ls the ideal or graee I naturally, cannot be acquired easily by persons who are unable to bend sideways. The f^f^ng motion 13 continued through th* eutlie figure, and the further th3 couple can la a K^dtbe quicker they can gain theirV^ai"re more exPen ami accomplished tu y J?MIle ,)Vater3 is a hop, skip, and jump ^?pf. 11 a Jiff attachment, and a clog da .ee combination in the heel tap. It derives isuane a riS?1,t song called- The Babies in e> ir mock. The expiession of the music is in -2 4 l.me, and it is very pretty with a waltz move- i ' Tuesong runaPulie"um:8leP' ?? j little.Sallie Waters Sitting in the Sun, Crjii,g- aud weepliiK j J> or a young man. OL! rise, Bailie, rlee, ,?> ii?e your eyes with your frock. irutV sun* by all the babios That aie living in our block. T^crud* is cne figure of the raquet, the I i* e motl?n like the rocking of the cradle? I 1 and is a-s pretty and poetic as a picture. The ' I Knickerbocker is in 1-2-3-4 step from side to side, and is too tiresome to last long. A new quadrille is called "The Polo," and ' win be popular this winter. There is more bal- 1 anting in quadrilles than has been the fashion ! or late years ana less stately walking about 1 alter the style of the old minuets of wasum''! 1 ton s day, but whether it 13 an improvement, or 1 not v\ ould be hard to say. The practice which j some young people seem to patronize of clasp- 1 ing each other round the waist or shoulders with a vigorous grip, in which the hands look : muscular and obtrusive, does not seem to be flult^' necessary, any more than it is to clutch the fabitc of the dres3 as If holding on for dear 1 .1 noticeable among neophytes that the'gentlemen are more embarrassed than the 1 ladh s, and what they lose in seif-possesstou > t^ey mak^ up in vigor; but it is the inelegant j dances s who pound the hardest and are tlr^d out the soonest, I I ^Tl^Koc,klaway ,s a lonS slide step heel and I : toe, the old polka step with variations and the ' ! conventional slide steps. The ripple calls for ' special music, it is a very pretty dance, and 1 less tiresome than any of the others- but it requires a graceiul, slender figure and Hying oM polka has gone out, by name, at ! 11?assJ he dow"a. and the mazurka, and ' ^ "'S^and schottische. ana the waltz, as it ; Used to be. The walking step is maoh taster in the glide than formerly. Dancing, r0 be auv- ; thing now, is rast and furious, and not the J Promenade it has been for some years. 1 ihe side motion is a decided innovation. Dar.- { cers do not hop up and down with the snrin 'y motion or the knee, as in the old waltzes. 1 ?hen people went b ibblng and courtesylns 1 about like Dutch dolls, and the gentleman ! held his partner discreetly at a distance with his extended arm. Now he and his partner are one and indivl&ibiC as they whirl like teetotums ' to the music. < The prairie queen Is left of the old quad- j rules, and t he lancers are as populir as ev?r 1 and so also is the german. it is the fashion * now for influential ladies to get up a class of 5 young people who are all acquainted, and have ' inem attend a dancing school under the name ' of "Mrs. s class," where they learn to 1 dance the germ an. The great objection to 1 teaching t his elegant dance is that ouiv persons ' i?.ow? 1? each ot Ller ca Q enjoy it. For the ben- 1 tni of the cpn-daucing community we will give ( a brief dcoeriptlon of some or the figures, there 1 being at least a thousand different ones, one c or the prettiest is the Looking <;ias3. \ lady- i seats herseir In the dance, and her maid ha :ds f fl/T a i .T01 wblch she see-, one by one, the i fa^sot the gentlemen who c jme and i an over t her chair?when she sec-s the right one ehe f turns the glass down. He leads her out and I dances with her, presenting her with a * ravor " j ^Tic,n ?ay be a !an^ br,(iuet, or anything heln3 } selected-tcandy or ornament. "Faith, Hone. I ?i^ars aiid pyramids aiv 'til beau- ^ tiful and attractive figures in this med'.ey of 2 beauty and grace. r It is not the young people onlv who are s learnmg to dance, but grandames and ?rand- ? sires, who like the amusement, and think it is ) not too late to learn. Occasionally some old widower who is going to marry a society ratss. V takes private lessons, but one turn at the raquet usually gives his rheumatic old limbs c such a jolting that, with many an " oh" and au 0 ah, he is forced to acknowledge with Solo- a monthat "there is a time to dance." and also ! that he has outlived 1L But for the supple 1 limbed girls and boys who can spin round on 1 t heir toes, laughing defiance in the face of time c that season seems a long way off. Their motto 1 IS 8 On with the dance, let Joy be unconfined. a ? c The Question of 1'ndertvear* 1 [Beaton GlobeJ * In caring for personal health much depends J upon the care or the skin, and whether its func- t tlons are maintained, especially with reference 1 to protection from extremes of heat and cold k and sudden changes of temperature. Our cloth- I ing should furnish this protection, and its chief I value in this regard depends upon its belne a bad or non-conductor of heat; in summer to f prevent the absorption of heat from without ^l?^ln,tc,r.lhe escape of heat from within! [ The material that carries on this process most slowly is the one most enioaclous forthepur- c poses of warmth. The comparative value of l different stuffs In this respect is easliy demonstrated by experiment. Woollen fabrics rank v first; cotton and silk next, and those of llnm f last. Garments that become moist by cutane ous exhalations conduct away the h?it f J the body rapidly, and the effect is soon \ ^Jowed by a feeling of chilliness. This is to ,Ve case wlth llnen eoods when worn ! ^x.t to the person, refreshing and delightful, 6 no doubt in tropical climates, or in oertatn ex- 1 ceptlonal conditions of the cuticle, but l?ss ( agreeable than cotton, silk or woollen in cold 1 or changeable latltutdes like our own. These ! latter absorb moisture less rafXdly. and. because of their comparative open texture , through which vapors escape, are slow to retain the perspiration, aud thus cool the surface ' slowly. Because of the absorbing and diffusing ( of the perspiration there is le^s dauger from ' sudden changes ot temperature or reaction 1 rrom violent exercises. Upon the texture as f well as material depends the non-conduct!mr 5 quality of clothing. A loose, open texture 1 confining considerable air in its tissue is warmer 1 than a close woven one. For thi3 reason, two thicknesses of any material are warmer than . the same weight in one thickness. To meet all 1 requirements the degree ot coarseness or fine- ! ness of texture must be taken into account, , V'oarse garments produce irritation, which ' some pei sons cahuot bear. Tli?re are those w>io ' seemingly cannot endure wooiien of the 1 ilncst quality, the skin Is so sensitive. These must employ something mldwav be- 1 tween woollen and linen, which means cot- ; ton or silk?something warmer than linen J and less Irritating than woollen. Much of the manufactured underwear of the present ! day is woven of a mixture of cotton and wool, more acreeable to many persons than ! either would be alone. Other tacts may be of service In reaching conclusions on this subject, A succeesful physician informed us that in treatlug the bowel troubles of children he never ; used drugs, bur instead quilted powdered Peruvian bark between two thicknesses of fiannei, ! placed it over the stomach and bowels, and they got well. A remedy for seasickness we have known successfully applied is to wind a long strip of tlannel several times ab">ut the body and wear it during the voyage, or until no ' longer necessary, it is a fact that shipwrecked sailors have prolonged their llVv*s by keeping their woollen garments wet with salt water. 1 1 his rtsult has been attributed to the absorp- 1 ' (jn of salt and water through the pores of the 1 ^Ln/.J0W?rer tliat may Oe. there Is no doubt Elp^nting the escape or n atural h??*t and ltallty, through the non-conducting proper??tH?!w?0l?ri cloth,ng. must have much to ao with prolonging life under such nxpoaures. in thoV'R ?.r ?.hlldren lt should bo borne in ml id that their little bodies are much warmer natu rally than are those or adults. ^ Qatu women are constitutionally warmer blooded than men, and consequently no^ rtv quire the same amount of clothl.-gu,^ n?M?o?,xrc*ure- r,(V this raot explain and rnnia y ap/010^2^ ror a common experience on railway trains, where an apparently delicate female will seem to enjoy the cokl dra r from MR? window, when all the gentlemen In t a.' are shivering with cold? Bat, doubt^ "pan r of these oft-recurring rxpertenoes 'f tl?e lady would remove her furs fortSetim' ^nf?^K1Uon8 wo:|11 etseutialty modWtd. Still, there tro difference^ so mm're?) between the sex; s in this regard we rn-m conclude that what may be desirable for one may not be equally bo for the other. Mwt ladies I spend mure uroe indoors tnan do gentlemen, are ifcss exposed to the changes of tempt r iture ' aod take less violent exercise than men. Ought i trie/nor therefore to be protected in a differ- I ent de gree, though discreetly? Througn tgaor- ! ance, tear and want, of consideration many per- ' sons go to extremes In this matter of under- ' clot bine, and if they suffer therefrom they mist b'ame themselves. As has been said, sensible persons who think may easily determine what Is best for thrm. They should not, however. Ignore nor fall to take Into account the possible effect upon the constitution of previous lifelong habiw. Great changes should not be made too suddenly. The woman of to-day Is delicate and Incapable ot enduring?as did their mothers and grandmothers, when girls, all over New England, were a match for the boys, would waix one or more miles to school, help break paths through the deep winter snows, and enjoy ; he sport, knit themselves the woolen stock n ;s they w ore, also riding much on horseback and E recusing the duties or housQkeeplng. to he tted later as mothers to raise large families; generally doing their own work; often sjinn;nr and weaving the very tlannel of which thHr own and children's garments weremade. Th?--e weie no furnaces and sttam headers la tiros*1 da>s?no hot and cold water p p -s, stationary tub* and waste pipes. Water was drawn from the well by the bucketful and heated by the kettleful, perchance in i he great fireplace. They slept In cold rooms, and in most matter* th'lrcustoms and methods were d-rec lvopposed to the general characteristics of our UKdero ways and high-wrought, civllizatlou. T1 is, perhaps Is a digression. We do not ro?* ail those begone old-fashioned wavs an dosirab'.\ generally to be revived- In our "day; but do not these facts and contrasts suggest that, after fill we say, or whatever we may determine. as to the relative merit or demerit of this or that n aterlal for underwear, there rema'ns much that can be accomplished, by personal effort, to s- cure the great and desirable boon of good Lealth, w ithout which there la little enjoyment or any other blessings. It is a sublect broad, deep and important, not only for ourselves, but for coming generations. We have only dls cu-ted the material of which a portion of our c'othlng should be composed. The fonn. st\ !e and construction of all we wear is a matter of vital consequence also. SHAMS IX Tin; THEATER. Tlic Ingenious Work of tlic Property Man-Remarkable Effects I?rodured Willi Cheap and Common Itlateriai*. [N. Y. Tribune ] Theatrical properties, so-called, Include all things placed upon the stage except what are painted as part of a scene by the scene painter. Irns, vases, flowers, pictures, pianos, carpets, rugs, furniture, and all ornaments are "proper ties.' Besides these ail articles used by the actors in the performance of the play, such as canes, cigars, pistols, clubs, knives, pocket boobs, money, and other things of slmi^r nature are properties. The property man of a theater has a responsible and arduous position. I pon him depend many of t he mportant points in a play. The check ror ?3i(,ooo that saves the Impecunious artist from &n untimely grave; the secret drawer and hidden win which, when revealed restore the wandeiing heir to hLs rlehti.il Inheritance; the carriage bell that hangs a hove thehead3 of the happy lovers In the fifth act. and the pit! less snow through which the shivering blind girl wanders singing her mournful 30ngs?allare prepared by tne property mm. Sad 13 the lot of that luckless wight who forgets to load the pistol with which the desperate villain islain. The property man is provided by the stage manager with a complete list of the prop. ?rties needed for each scene, and It Is hlsdu^v to see that they are prepared and ia their proper places berore the curtain rises. In the earlier davs of the drama it was customary for the property man to make ail his ^wn proj ertles. From the simple bronze urn to the massive oaken fire-place, everything was slowly and laboriously wrought out by this aelng of Inexhaustible Ingenuity. in the Shakespearean drama the property man still aas plenty of this kind of work; for the helmets, spears, shields, and battle array of the motl^v jroups of dumb warriors are ail the results o'r lis toil. In the modern di ama. however, it has jeen found easier and more effective to borrow properties than to make them. The ebonv ?asels. the Turkish rugs, the rare engravings, he t>rlc a-brac and art objects that crow.i lie parlors of the modern Croesus on the stage are readily borrowed from some iiiterprklng dealer, who lends them lor :he sake oi t he advertisement. One oi the leading theaters in this city actually buys the elegant furniture displayed on its stage, selling it ifter the run of the play has ceased for p.raaps >ioo less than the original cost. Nevertheless here are many little things which the property nan 13 still obliged to manufacture. X'rus vhlch can be used at any time, bronze figures, lower-pots, flowers, and rustic furniture ar Jsually made by this Industrious worker. All it the articles just mentioned, except flowers md rustic furniture are made from oil scraps )f wrapping paper. The maker obtains some common clay, wets It. and. la> ing it on a broad, >njOolh board, models It in the shape he wishes. Ground this model he builds a wooden box. lie ' hen mixes some plaster of Paris and wafr-r nuking the mixture pretty thick, and stirring t rapidly to prevent its hardening, it : s pouted over the clay mould, and alow ed a halt hour to dry. The mould 13 hen si parated from the plaster and an urn oi be latter material is found completely firmed ind ready for the paper. Heavy paper, free rem all glazing, is used. It is first torn mtc .mall pieces and soaked thorouguly in clean vater. The mould 13 then carefully greased vlth aweef oil or lard, and a wet coat of 11 a pet s laid od, care being taken to see that it nils tp all the nooks and crannies ot the mould. ; 'our additional coats of the paper are theu put . in smoothly and evenly. Then comes a layer if muslin and glue. Three more coats of paoei i ire added, and the article is allowed to dry ibout twelve hcurs. When it is perfectly free 10m moisture, the Inner coats of paper are Irawn out, leaving the muslin and the three tutside layers ot paper. Onlv half of a vase or irn is moulded at a time. When the two halves Lre ready, their edges are neatly trimmed and , ewn together with strong twine. The twine is iovered with a thin coat of paper, and the urn s ready ior color ing. It receives flrst a coat of vhltenlng, after which it Is sand-papered, "hen the flnal coat ot color is put on. and what- I ver ornaments are desired can be added, i n this way a capital imitation ot a blue and rold vase a bronze urn or figure can be obtained. ' I'he blue and gold vase is painted with the dlsemper color used by scenic artists, and grldel; 1 1 bronze vase receives a coat ot bronze powder j >uch as can be bought in any patnt store. silver and gold goblets are also easily counter- ! elted in this manner, though these things are >ometlmes turned out of wood. It takes four lays to make a pair of urns la this wav, and * quires great care. If the mould 13 not "pro p;rly greased, the urn will siick to it and tear vhen an attempt is made to take it from the nould. Articles made in this way are very lght, and can be kicked about, as they always ire, without breaking, old oaken flre-places nade of this material, ar.d apparently velghing 300 pounds, weigh in reality about ifteen pounds. What is called a "banquet let," consisting of plates, knives, forks, oast chicken, potatoes, baskets of fruit, and )ther things needful for a feast, Is sometimes nade of paper. Flowers are made of tissue japer. The paper is cut in circular pieces and a^tened to snort sticks. These are then set in 1 wire frame, A handsome marriage bell can xj produced in this way. Rustic chairs are nade from common wooden chairs. Rope covered with paper answers for the twigs which wine around the back, arms and legs, vines ire made of paper, rope and wire. Heavy ferns md tropical plants are easily counterfeited. A sheet or pasteboard is cut in the shape of the eaf. A piece of rattan is then split and the pasteboard Inserted. The whole is then colored n a suitable manner. The weight of the pasteboard leaf bends t he rattan stem, and its swayng at the lightest touch gives it a natural appearance. A snows torm is all paper, and Is a produclon which the property man detests. The snow consists of small bits of white paper, which he Bust cat. These cuttings are placed in the snow-box. This is a long, narrow box, the bot:om of which Is made of slats. It is suspended ibove the stage by a rope at each end. By pulling on& rope a see-saw motion is given to the x>x. and the snow sifts through the bottom. A cloth is spread upon the stage, and the snow, falling upon it, Is carefully swept up with an ?conomy that nature does not need, and used igaln the next night. The silver moon, that ooks so calmly upon the agonies of the players, is a hollow sham. It 18 simply a cane suspended try wires with the base toward the audience, mis base is coveted with pale green silk, and a candle inside supplies tne mild radlence that enchants the eye. The fellow who falls from the scaffolding in "L'Assommoir," is made of rattan; the iimt>s are jointed, and the dummy is dressed in old clothes. Ills face is made of the inevitable paper. Stage money, as many know, is counterfelt beyond all doubt. The coin is usually made of tin. The paper money sometimes consists of old counterfeits, taken in at the box office, and sometimes ot the advertising greenbacks that are circulated In the streets. The property man also makes the colored tires which Illuminate the last acta of the spectacular plays, and which Invariably appear wttn fairy transformations. Red fire, which is most used.consists of stronchl shellac, and potash. The flames which lick the sidts of barning dwellings are of po rdered l:?copodlum. This is placed in an instrument known as a 'flash torch," wMch has a p-'^per box top and a lamp over It When thj torcia is swung, the powd>-r sins through Into the li;no tlaine and Mazes up in long tougues of d ames. The mast t ffeetlve lightning Is ma ie of magnesium. A small pluch is placed on t he blade ot a knife and ignittd. It produces a q lick, blinding tlare that, is very realistic. It is not used pr> tu&ely, as It costs $20 per ounce. THI "CHCRt'tf-DSBT KATBBR," EDWARD Kllf ball, was wt:h tne Union Presbyterian churoli of New burgh, N\ Y., Sunday, when $25,000 were raised. aDd the iwlanceof $7,000 w as expected to be provided fcr yesterday. # In tbc Chil4iva*a Rnapltal. [From Tonnywn's Now Volume. ? KM MIS. Oui doctor had called in anotlier, I never bud ??v?o him ts-fore. But he s*Jit a chii: to my heart when 1 saw him come in at the doer. Fresh from the surgery schools o! Franc* and of other land*? Harsh ml hair, 1>:k voice, t>i< chest. t;ir merc<!e?s hands! Wouderfi,l cures he had done. ? ye*, but they said too of him He was happier usinx th. knife than iu trvinjr to sa-\e the limb. And that I c*u well believe. for he look'd so c and bo red. I could think he wan one of those who would break their Jet-ts on the dead. And niamrle the li\in* do* that had loved UJai an t tawn'd at his kui-e Drenched with the hellish oorali?that ?\er such thin*.-* should !>e! Here Was ? boy-l aiu sure ihats<>i leof o.irch Iren ' would (lie Rut for the voice of Love, and th smile, an! tlie ! coiuf. rtin>r ej.? Here was a N v in the \*ard. everv Ihiuc ee :iie 1 out of it* pU. e? Caught in a iiilll and cmsh'd-it *in all hut a hoi>e Ie*s case; Ami he handled him iceufly enough; but h:s r and his faiti were not kind. And it wiif b'it a b"|>ele^ oa*e. be had se n it and made up bis mind. And lie said to u e roughly, "The lad will m 1 little more of your cure."' "A.l the more need," 1 told him, "to -eek .in l.,,. 1 Jesus m prayer: They are all h:s children here, and 1 pray for theiu all as inv own But he turn'd u< me, "Ay, gocd nonian.can pray r set a broken N>neJ" Then lie mutttr'd bm-f to bioiwif, bt;l I anon ih:?t I b '?rd him say "All very well but the ;.-<>< d I,..?td J-Sxis h:'?h?dhi* Uay." Had* lias it e- iuc? I; has only davvu'd. It will come ! by and bv. 0 how could I *erve in IV wards if the hope of the . \?<-rlu were a Be? H<nv could 1 lie*r with the sight* and the I. atliso.ue I Kii ells of d sesse, lb t that He said " \ do it to uie, when ve do it to these? * Sj he went. And wc past to this ward, * here the ! jounuxr children are Here la the cot of our orphan our darhun-, nt Mack < little maid: Empty you see just now ! We have lost her who loved her so much? Patient of pain tho' as quick a? a sensitive riant to ' the touch. Hi rs was the prettiest prattle, it often move ! me to tears, Hers was the frratefullest bean 1 hare lound in a child of her years Nay you ren ember ourEnunie; you used to seud her the flowers; How she would smile at 'em, play w ith 'cm, talk to | * 'em hours after hours! They that can wand, rat will w U.-re the works of the L< >rd are reveal'd Little aness what joy can be trot from a ciwslip aut of the held Flowers to these "spirits in prison" are ail they can know of the spriUK. They freshen and sweeten th-- wards lil.<- the waft of an aiiKelV winy; Ami she lay with a flower in one hand and her thm bands crost on her breast? Wan, but as pretty as heart ean de*ir'\ and we thought her at rest. Quietly sleeping?so quiet, our doctors said "poor little dear. Nurse, I must do it to-morrow; she'll never live thro' it, I tear.''' 1 walk'd with our kindly old d--ctor as far as the bead of the+itair. Then I retnrn'd to the ward . the child didn't see 1 was there. Never *ince I was nurse hud 1 Iwen so gricv ed av.d so vest! Emnne had heard him. Softly she cah'd from her cot to the next, " He says i shall ne.er ;i\e thro' it, O Auuie, what shall X dor" Annie considered. "If I," said the wise little Annie. 'was you. I should cry to tin- dear Lord -Jesus to help me. for, Emmie, y. >u see. It's all in the pictur there: 'Liitle children should come to me."' "Meaning the print that }Wi gave us, I f>inl thaft it always can t-lease Ota children, the dear Lord -Jesus with children aboxit his km-es.) " Yes, and I wih," sa:! Emm' ; "but then if l call to the Lord, How should he know that it's ci' ' such a ! >t of beds in the ward!" That was a puzzle for Annie. An-ain she consider'd and said: "Emmie, you \mi out your arms, and vou leav.'em outside on the bed ? The Lord has so much to to! but, Enituie, you tell it him plain. It's the little tfirl with her arms lyiu# out oa the counterpane. I h: d sat three nijrhts by the child?I could not watch her for f >ur My brain had 1* t un to reel I f< it I couid do it ti<? more. lhat was my sleci'iufr-nig-ht, but 1 thought that it never would pass. There was a thunder-clap once, and a clatter of li e. on the iriass, And there * as a phantom crj that I heard as I to-> about, The motbeiless bleat of a lamb in the storm and the darkness without; My sleep was broken beside with dreams of the dreadful knite _ And ftars lor i ur delicate Emmie who scarce wo.iid escape with her life; Then in the Krny of the morning it seem'd she stood by me and smiled. And the doctor came at his hour, and we w lit t > -* to the chi d. He had brctiKht hi? frhast!y tools . we 1>,-Ue\ed h r asleeji airain? Her clear, lonx, lean, little arms l>imr out on t'j>' counteri anc; Say that His day is done? Ah. whj-should we < ai% what, they say? The Lord of the children had heard her.au 1 Cmuiie had i-assed away. A Galveston miiuonaikb was ask<Hl rocket i i toy a delegation of liib frtfiida It h? wouli n r. conatnt to allow his nauic to be used la coan , tlon wttlv the I uited states senatorshlp. !I replied that he never had meddled lnp:ll'l< .s before, but just now he liad made up his mind to apply for a position other than the senator -hip. "Ah! 1 bupposeyou want to get on the supreme bench," said one of the committee. The heavy property-owner shook his he&d and tojed with his fi.ooo diamoud ring. ' Perhaps t.arfltid is going to offer you a piace in his cat>lnet?" "No. You havn't guessed It yet." "Foreign mlsslouv" "Gentlemen, ril be can did with you. For years I have been trying to get the city authorities to have tho slop barrel at my back gate emptied once a month, and have failed. I am determined to have that slop-barrel em pi led. so I have applied to the city council for the position of driver to a scavenger cart."?Oait^estun xerrs. J^onSlANA mTKLOTTEB*. TAKE NOTICE' All correspondence should be with M A Dauphin as below. In all ewe the TICKETS themselves are sent, and ?utvr circulars offering ' i certificates or anythin* eiae instead. Any one pro- j poeinR to offer anything else by circular or othir wise, on hia own behalf or that of the Com. any, i? a awuutitr. A. Splendid Opportunity TO WIN A 10UTUNK. FIRST CUiAND DIoTBIBUIION. CL.iSS AT NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 TH, 1B81, 128ia Monthly Dbawinu. Louisiana State Lottery Company. This institution was mralarly inoorporatttd by the lexlslature of the state for educational and charitable pun?08e? in 1868 for tlie term of twenty-five years, to which contract the in violable faith of the state is pled?red, which pledge has been renewed by an overwhelming popular vote, securing its francliise in tbe new oonstitutiou adopted December 2d, A.D. 1879, with a capital of $1,000,000, to which it has since added reserve fund of over $350,000. ITS GRAND SINGLE NEMBER DISTBIBU TION will take placa monthly oa tho second Taos Qoy It Sever Scales or Poxtpones. Lock at the following distribution: CAPITAL PRIZE, f30,000. 100,000 TICKETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH. HALF TICKETS, ONE DOLLAR. 1 Capital Prize $3!), 000 1 Capital Prize 10,000 1 Capital Prize 5,000 2;Prizes of #2,500 6,1(00 5 Prizes of 1.000 5.000 30Prizes of ... 10,000 100 Prizes of 100 10,000 200 Prizes of 60 10,000 500 Prizes of 20 10,000 1.0O0 Prizes of 10 10,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZB8. * 9 Approximation Prizes of C300...... $2,700 9 Approximation Prizes of 200 l,8uo 9 Approximation Prizes of 100 9-JO 1,857 Prizes, amountinK to ...... $110,490 i.Rtsponein e corresponding agents wanted at aU points, to whom liberal compensation will bo p?ia. For further information, write clearly, kiviuk full addrec?. 8end orders by express or Keristerwl Letter, or Money Order by mail. Addressed only to M. A* DACPHM. ' Maw Orleans La . or M. A. DAUPHIN, at Ho. $1V Uroadwafi Haw fo?*. Or S. P. BOBBACU, 0OS 14th St. B.W., WaiWngUa I>.C. Utr-All our Grand KxtTaordinary Drawings are under the supervision and T. BEAUREGARD andJOLAL A. EARLY del5 pit.fm" RO CUBB'I WO PAYUI Treatmect almost Painlet-s. No Cattln*! No Utfatin^! No Medicine to Swallow! Recent and Wonderful D'.ecovery!! Tho Work of another Ohio Jlanl Prac-Peed only by Myself East of the Mountaii s. Will >rtvt $!.000 for any ease of Piles I cannot Cure. Can be s<en at 529 13Ux at , corner P northwett, every alternate week, Dec. 30 to 25, Jan. 3 to 8, 17 to 22. 91 to Feb. 6, U tc-19, "i8 to March 6, U to 19. 28 to 2d At ril. JAMES CHESS, n.D., n26-.rim 09V 13th at., cor. F northwest. rELw tXJK"> "HJi-VKNT. ?Warranted to cur* Hard and ooft COKKB without inJn.-T or pan O.GIEMJii, A/ect, Bdota and esnoea, 1031 7th *t. n.w No cur? no pay. oetSli-Xxa Am IBTIBMIINV ft>iatn??ion In Ihf H?liini?rr Mr4lr*l On the Mrt-itn mti / Vrietry A ? Mrdlrinr In thf Trrntmrut of* Mcraott* IN?ri?r? It Lm proved to be the niaat reliable and permanent >eroae tad Nerv* food known to the |'r >fw?tton *i rra*nt. it kth nrat u??d ia France in the cure of Sick Headache, Neryoua Healaohe, Ne.irabrla, Nt<rvoti<noes ar. t Para' v?m w.tb mack au?; but <rreat difficulty wis found in irettliii? tha extract in a eouveuieat and rallabl" f irm. That d Utculty liaa noar be?:i overcrmi" by Dr O W. benaou, ?bo Una i?i trettia* * perfect extract, which it combination with Extras t-f Ch-uaKtuile in t? c form of a pill. h?* e\ alt other itiiediM iu U>c cgnot uervotia dl*eaw?, bciiache* au<l iudbotion. The addition of the C"i?" on ile not only maktw the Pi'.l a r>'hab'e and rai id oure for Inili<>M on ard D>a|H>i>e:a, liu' aleo add* Rival.y to tV.e efficiency of she Oolory aa a nerve tonic The p?i'*r it.on of OeVry and OhitmomUe U at once onet t U<e moet reliable addition* to th<> Vat* na Me'ica, and ono <?f the moat eltvnt wi t pit-? medicinc* ever i rej jred. and uinat became a universal favorite end found iu all refined h iteeh Jd?. It* ofloct upon tlie ttkin if we'l known aud appreciated l>y ail lovers of a fair oomplcxinn. 1 heee Pills are sold by all (rood dru?r<r ata Price MJ cents a box. or si* b-xea for CI M. p*t a<ce free to any address Ef r<>t 106 North Eataw atreet. Baltimore, Ml. Money sent by mail at proprietor's risk declt TOt.tr iioi k %\n u> TOLD HOOK AND BYE TOLC HOOK AND BVB TOLD BOOK AND RVB i [Trade Mark Secured. I TUB GBEAT APPETIZER. AND UniiE CUBS FOB COUGHS. OoLDS, BRONCHITIS, AST d MA. CONbUttl'flON. AX 0 ALL DISEVSES OF THE TUROtr AND LUNGS TOLD. The moat acceptable preparation TOLD. TOLD. TOLU known for Bronchial, Pectoral and TOLU. TOl V TOLD. PulmonaryAffectioua an EX081,TOLD. TOLD. TOLD. LENT APPETISER aud TONIC, f >r TOLD. . TOLD. TOLD. ifenera! aud family use TUeimridasa TOLD. TOLD. TOLD. and Increarin* axiee and testimonial! TOLD. TOLU. TOLD- received dally are ttin beat evidences TOLD. of ita virtnee and popularity. TOLD. TOLD. TOLD. PUT DP IN Or: AUT SIZE BOTTLES TOLD. TOLD. TOLU. GIVING MORE FOR TAB TOLD. TOLD. TOLU. MONEY THAN ANY TOLD TOLD. TOLD ARTICLE IN Till MARKET TOLU. TOLD. TOLD. PRICE ?1 PEIl B JTTLK. TOLU. TOLD. TOLD. CAUTION. TOI.D. DONT BE DECBIVED by nnprlnTOLD. cipled dealer*, who try to palm off TOLD. common Rf?ok and Bye in place of our TOLU. TOLD ROOK and RYE, which i? the TOLD. only MEDICATED article made, the TOLU. GENUINE bavin* a PR'JPKI S f A KY TOLD. eoVERNMENT STAMP ON BACH TOLD. BOTTLE. TOLD. LAWRENCE * MARTIN, TOLD. PROPB1E TORS, TOLD. CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. TOLU. TOLU. SOLD P.Y DRUGGISTS. GROCERS TOLD. and DEALERS EVERYWUEBE. TOLU. j. c. i:r?;ood & < ?., Wholeoalb Agents ra Wakhisotok, D. O a. vo(>ei.i:k * co., novlU-eoiam BaLTinonn. LI) M B felR. Ai?lA7.l>(;(.Y I.OW PKICM. FLOORING (Dnc.8f.ED) SI BO and tt.7? BOARDS. TBS BK8T ?... St *** SOABDS. Oomkow... ?...SI.I U EXTEKPKI?C: Wt, HAVE IN ODB EMPL'J* AX ARCMTECT, READY TO FURNISH ESTIMATE* PRE IS OF CB A RGB WILLET Jfc LIBBKY, (en STREET AND N. T AVB BPRAGUE'H SQUARE, BETWEBH U * tN. L. MARKET SOHABB. Port oecokd band clotbltti. sss of yUl street northw?*t. Order* by mail will da % promptly attended to. norll 1 imk AND CEBEHfTi BAYLOR'S PORTLAND OBMBNT. Tba trontraat, obaaoMV t>ecl. &OCKLAND (MAINE) LIMB, The beat in America. Bun. OBUBOH. SCHOOL AND OFFICE FUBNITUKB. WOOD MANTELS ABO TILING of tnfT ?m ertptton a apaeUtty SanaMsSldSa. UE OBB?RAHD CLOTHINU B3DGHT aiid the hbrheat oaah prioee paid. Alw\ *%Xeh?+, Jewelry, Gtrna, PiBtola, etc OaD or addmw 8KB ZOO. WWMmt . near Pa am. _ yETEBUIABI HBmVABTEBS. SOB Favrtfentk ttfaat Sklllfnl treatment for Sick or Lame Am- . man Honorable dMlinf wiito the ?wn?ra. m Fair remcnemtion In ail ohm aubmitted to oar oar*. OotlS SMIBT BMTH * CO. jUITCHELL, COOKE m. o*? i STOCK BBOKERB. SB Broadway, S?w T*rk( Ri ^^'Bgg5S?^^gg?SSX.? qagkOanCSi at ?*>ee rataa Oorraapoodej^