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6 T1TE SGRAOTON TRIBUNE, SATUrJ)AY,FEBRUARY 17, 1804. irrm I 1 LI Ec Gives Hi; Opinions on Leading Tomes ot the Day. How He Would Kako the Churches Moro Effect ivo Instruments for Good The tan Eo'.ution of tho labor ?roble-.v. The Adva-iced The-olopy-TLo tvacsclist and tho Gcod Ho Docs. NlW Yiir.K. Feb. mmg the hall dOMB American evnngfHiri "San" Jonn of Carton Tiiit', Georgia, la by all odds tho moil oootntrio and .he beat known. Though alt pec nil tr "taj it-: -" ii.ui' bona publlahod in all the leading awtpapcn ol the country, and he tout lectured lU a kkv. vu J.-vis. en varioui robjtota. thteii tl i Mart that h.'h ttivett to ir.t.-rv.ewvr o, tn'.cni on "IV you ;:: : . 1 it the churches to-day are going aB that should bv dane to t'w qmm of reiijc'onr tanked. "The Cfcnrob, m ja grgaitbed h I'.y. la little more than able to take care Of 11 salt tt is true that there are a grt tt many consecrated, ac tive tttrdatCM und mcnbtfl of the various thurchtt, her tbtbodj of the thurch 1 rie.de up, largely, d either i- tc tvo, 'mi. '"erect, or careless members, ami many more wlio lire post- hu':r.-r.3 Tm,'l cj ;rai r; . r:i:i. :il In thai! laHgtow profesiiioas. I aai tjiraking el all dt " W- it the cause of this natu of affairs I " We may start with the apostles: one in the twe've was positively vicious. A church of five hundred rMttkttt that has tn U forty vid eos trencer" II ta tha Hue Of ApoetoUc sucoes- nen aniens then:. All churches hare their members who e: crun!;, tell lies. swindle in , business, and -in and devilment no churcli can ciuira a pare::: right for bcln-t peed .. They all-in aUka." "Is this unsplritual cendition portly due to ; the tact tha: the church In its endeavor to (jet the world's money, shuts its eyes te the mere c .-.on tin cf its members.' " " A n an's life is e.cvcr better than his heart. Wto I i m.tn brm and what a man hates de terrn.aes h to character. The Scripture teaches thar. the children of the rlesh mind the thinci ct the rlesh. The dectrine of regeneration dees not appear to be a necessity to-day. As the Wedd l'iok3 upon the Church each man will say I can live the life oi the,; man in tho Church vritho'tt any reg-inerntien. Very tow men were well horn in their first birth ar.d. kr.o-v-;rar nothing cf the second birth and car ir. g taaa tm it. U is no woader that the baptUed host la the ehtuch Is runmng after the world, the rlesh 4kd the derll. The cnr.jcirrated pat tan in the various eT:ingoli.:al eh arches adnt:" that there rr.-.a; be a naolBtloa hi tho Church and a consecration to tho wor': cf God hefcre tiie conoaeet :f tho wcrld can ever ho brought about. I have aearcelv had a cioso personal cor. " ..nation with any paator w-o has not I I to tA the facts is above itated and berrailed the "ate of thinss ta his church. Our preach- ! en are nou cowardly cr bac'tsUdden but they teem to be at a less to know how to m-nAe the pmbiem. or bring abo".t a diflc.-en; state cf aifa.n." " How do ytu think lha present church organisation could be reformed to aa to bring a ir.ut the heat spiritual resnlta.'" "Our numbers make M an unwieldy army. Onr wane of unity crippies ua In our plans. We all agree that sor.ici.hing onghc to be done but wi can ncreragrii: upon nattiadl V"ar after 7ear the saloone mnitipiy, gambling holia Bflfleh, shameless hMMI gi;t la their work. The rank and f.le of the thank are idle, tad the captains cf the hoat of Israel eanr.ot agree upon any plan of battle, or as to the methwls fcy which the chureh can he icd on to vlotr.ry. 0HM prefer stagnarion, toruo sensation, and pruilenco cr.d conservatism dominate tho thnrch toIay. The .-ialv.cion Array is the most etl.y.t.ivo Christian force In the world at the present, time. They do not itlckin for eiet.bods hut ail are nr.itcd on the proposition that in U a (toattt, tatmikl in i; i .r.,1 uer.ee, world for Ohritl we must adopt business lueth.iHls r.ad iiiirlMeut pl.-.usof work. Take a town of twehe hundred politic and there uu will Hud Mathndltta, liapiisis, Pretbytartnts, Kplaoopallaiii add OoafNgatlooalltta, each do nomination haTtng a thunh five praachers and five churelies to take care of, t M i l e bun died people. Iialiles iiieliideil, HuppOM thai a large life Intnranol eowpiffly ihould work en the same mothod and plant tilt ageOtJ with I heft office.", in a little town like lh.it f The;, might pursue that course and do . some pas lets lie Oil I he rate. Mary preachers heve cut tho rate glory they propoaa to take a fellow through kO liaavoi on o much cheaper am! eaaiat baatt than their neighbor, the pat tor around the oonan in ether worda, if ont pat tor stands up fi rt'.oelrlnvmd lot dlMlpUna ood rlcht Urldg In hit chnroh and thon 1 duces friOtlOO and liisatVecticui, another pt ItOT around tht corner it; say to the diaaffeotod membera, It you oarmotha e pi ice ovorin . out church oomoo er and Join ntoti l wont bother I en about thou Uttlo tudltcretlaBa, w e either might topuul i.i.. . or else .ippe'iit a eommis- Ion that would Inpoaa a heavy Dm on any nan who mis .he rataa 1 "Do ieu think that the churches ol to4A) roach ihe poor.' " It the church does not reach the pO0T,il is mine the fattll Oi the DOOT than tlierlch church members, frequently, Utt rioh nii more kmdiy toward the pour than tht peer do toward the rich, Thlt OUlht to he true, whet her it It Of not. It Is a vrry h id m liter to make a fal lew em 01' 11 job, mid almotl nut cf MtlOM (Ot hllnteK and laimly, think very kindly ol Ihe UdUlonaiN who UOVOr knows 1 want or a care in his Bnanotal life. Buatnete eowlil ions lena- rate men hut the church doci tie', unite thtUt," "Do ycu think thai thocontetl between rap Itol and la DOT It an ethical ouettlou t he settled a eordtuH to Christian principles, cjt ta it to be rei tvod aooonl a to i' 0 rule ol tupnly and d maadf " to the great quottlon of capital and h-.ivr, l tietlee that tht lurtheroU the bminntt m rid W "' in trow the ton commandments ami the Bortnon on tht Mounl nal in that propor . .1 dltttCUil multiply and the hrcach he- tweet Capital and Utborwldtna, f can take tht Bertnoa on ihe Mount end solve all nroh- acta ii dltlategrating. Capital It moved by lelUshnete, 90 is Labofi There t nopoinl at which friction can cease and pence reiurn w hile cii'.sUncM is the tootivt that produces the labor strike, upon one side, and that strikes on tho other. But when the golden rule thai! be applied to t'uth sides of this queatlon it will make tht world a common brotherhood, and tt Billionaire and the oonunon la bore; trtendt Indeed. Tho lien and the lamb will He down ttgOthtt tad a Utile child will lead them. Hut until something Is dOM tof tht UoQyotthud better nut turn Hie lamb hi with him t mi l, real y, 1 don't think that the lamb wants to t;o in at tin1 present it&c of the game." "What i our opinion ol the effect 0? the !i er ihl'lleal Criticism and new metheds 01' cn ...... Scriptural Interpretationf "1 think that advanced theology is a result rather than a eanto. Men made creeds t" begin with, and they win change thttn at their convenleaco, The Apostles' creed was formulated when Chrlatiaalty moanl MBit (kiw, Let me read a maa't creed and 1 ill writo M biography, Creeds are :iot so much tha reiiiilt of earefnl study of the Blblt as they are tho cxprestlua of the lives of those who w rite them. Primitive Christianity is sat li ned with the Apostles' creed; modern Chris- reviat i:j ctc-iu cr quit uc the battment of his churcli, or open a Christian HaliMin su as to draw men toivanls the Iwtttr to' tin nees, It like the fuuiish farmer who had a otten potato antl aald he would pack tbaut and tOUnd pOtatOCt around It a:nl try ami eavt it. A thorl lime afterwari!.. be WttUl In Ihe pllo ol potatoot and tht won all rattan, 1 do nut believe that tho boil way to mauns evil is to pull it in and make n retpcctable, TotbboO II. demnmce I!, cliiuhii .e it. e. 1 il il is tlm Onl true method prooedttrt, Be no untvonl) yoked togtthtf, There is nut an Inftrnalltm prnotited by mon thai the d .il would nut re juice to see it f ottered and prottotod by proaohtn ami ohurohta' "Are the two eicui polltloal parties doing their doty at Ihenretenl time tn promoting tht cause of kukI guv irnmtQt" "i have ne oonlldtnot elUiet tht Dtnto erutlo or the Htpublloan ptrtlet lor relori Ing anything uutil tht dm rotorai thoouvlvn, m 11 ii mm Somo Enro Good Ones Retold by Con gretinuui Cumniirijjs. Fli.shcs of Wit nmd Humor Which Enlivcnc ! the Tnrift Tobato in the Holier Constress- men Siblcy,r:.;hcrt, andClnrk An.onr; Thoo; Who Furnished Arnuucu. tit for Their Tel !uw Ktrflberi, A i 1 ' I . If I TUK DKVll V , .!'!.: 1(1 .l.ill'! ti a y tmut church.'' M it m m. u a . . n " -a it i ? ii n ; 1 ' ?iffii:;i?li r mi Ii Wonted Ue legislation on tho Sabbath one ton, oa the liquor question, on the pension question, and to on, but tho average Congrett man who itanda In Washington with tho money-bags ot the monopolists snaking at him and his oonttant dttlro to ho retained In office and the voting popdlacoon tht other tide the aroragt Congrtnman It in deed between the devil and the deep blue sea. A wise legisl.iiii..i mi monopolies, the labor quc-ition, the pontion question, the i-rml-rr.- Hon question, and to on, is an absolute in ni hility as long as tht protont tnflueneu ure brought to bear upon the a ventgo member ol Congrett." " What Is your opinion of the Prohibition 1 party ,"' "Theprohlbitionltti advocate the tzttrmin ation of the iiciuor t r file. They difltr from all other partite on that point, Asa Prohibitionist mytelt, 1 would be willing to adopt every plank tn the three other platforms presented by the three other parties, without a Word ol remon strance, if we could ce. iir, . th ' one hi":i ofthe i'rohibition party.' What matters 11 about the tarii.." What would the dltCU lion bttWOtn labor and capital amount to if the Sl.900,000,000 watted on drink could be emptied into the pantries and upon the tables 0! all our bomttl If whitkty was banished from our land no more children would cry for broad; and tho reason children cry for bread to-day is because their parents do ,iot cry for beer they have nil they wan:." " May I enquire. Mr. Jonr. if the newspaper:! of tht United states bat 0 generally treated you fairly i" "A3 a ru'e, yes, any public man Is much In debted to the nowtpeport. Bo a frequently 1 misrepresented, sometimes not Intentionally ; but, at oth'.r time) purpo.-ely. I have fre- rii.-nlle hdym ' Ihe mer.v n!" tli' MRVSflAtifip WaannfOTOX, I), c, Fob, IT. Ont of th" quali ie 1 iptahtn In the Konio ' tbi Hen. .! i'p',1 ('. M'dcynf I'enn-yivaid.i. lie II tall, f-suiit, ami angular, but bt ha 1 pit ismg taot, and i.'ii itratt 'ids quaint eontonooiwttli quaint gtituroi Ho made hti tpeeeh on the tarifl on the night ni January in. Tbagalteriot wort thronged and n knot ol oongri ttmen gathered around him on the Boor, Hoi uened biiipeteli hj tying that on a farm up i Penntylvania III ere were unco two eats. 'I hey had a o milium tuotheri Hit drank from tbt tamo bowli tht 1 ii i-eil hefnrfl the una ueei thoi rtelinad iiudii l ne euiiie nig, 11.111 liven e . im imiii t iiiuwna eatt ahnuldt In hargtony and peace, cue .sun doj when tho people had gone to ehurob tho boyi tied the tails in the two is togothor and Iiiiiii.' thorn nver 11 elothta line, Laotrhtod and blooding and axhauttod by their eflorti, tboy would hang Ii 11111. mil si ill; then the boyi would ii 1 tho lino and tho fun would begin again, 1 loteotetl by 1 heir p trtnti in tholr orutltyithoy said that the; hunitup tho oati bocauat they wnntod tn too the fur tiy, and thty ihook tht line tn keep the I'm' flying, The politician! hive to-day tlag togothor tht tailtol ihe bp 1 e, ti 1 11 uf thotounlry nnd wt were now v.-tt- 11. ni tuoinuKingoi iin line inut inn iiyui' 1 ( tilt lur. 'I Wat (11:1 for the 1 nya hut ii was i!e i'h fU Ihe etits. Putthorali ne, Mr. t il Icy 1 ild the following Inoldi atl When a ley he was in a ,hi lice's court anil heard two country hvwyori trying a n onto, 0 grei 1 wart thtir worgt and so loud their fury end no violent their domeanor that he dpi el e,l e 1 eil moment In see thom coiue to blqw ii" eii,.' il away ami olimbodinan open window whore ht oould And laloty and fly if necottary, The e.ise was ut !:ict ended. The phi ntilt and dofendanl divided tho cotta and I ho I iwj n id vldod the bitlani oof tholr ellontt1 ready money, with deadly hatred glaring from . hei" eyes th" 1 e.o law . vers left the Justice's court ami wont around baokofaharo. The Bibloy hoy followed and main too iumi. Tin 1 irgor 1 twyer ttuiuting not two pacai from his antagonttt, drew a weapon Irom his tmiiic I breast pooktl and pointed it with deadly aim at Ida nntagonllt'l head. The hoy ciosed bit eve,, but ii" report followed. The itloncc v.-na broken ot last by tho hoano tonotol the big lawyer ihouting, "For Qod'i take, Dill, leave hall of it." You ntvet thought the truth would raaob back' here, Hlr. f shall toll tbeso people the truth ami I ehiilleuge you to ileny OUt word of II, sir. Yes, ItlloW oitiaonii bt painted the proud uunt of Clarion under tho stern of tht brig, OndtT her ttanii gontlemen." 'iin- Indignation ol ihe people found vent in griiaiis and eitraeii, lieneral Hied tat 1, tunned . nd 1 pttohlait, No Bxcuatt would be aooppted mid the into of PKttd Cluxion mudu Judge '1 hompaon a Oongtaiinaji, "I cannot but think,'! kfr, tiblty con tinned) "that the word 'reform,' Intoribod on our Party 'l banntr In tstri, has by tontl means been Ottl out and sewed on Ihu teatt ol llieir Irouscr toOUl and they are dally nlttliig on their 're form,' a taring it tttrnall) behind thorn instead of in front." Kqnally as quaint In maimer and ipooch 01 Him. ontattva llbley u tho Hon. W, Jatper Talhert of rioutli fJnrollna, Toibert Is a well knit gentltnan with light eoioplexion and Roman features, lie prtttntt u marked oon trait to Mr, Blblty in ipeaking, Hlbley It siow-has a ptrtippUUe drawL Toibert talks UlU a nlraui nngine. TrOpOl, motaphorl, torlM ami ideas jty fnin, him lib ipafki trom J) k I iBa ', "sai.i.v. trtrfaoxTngaaona,' '4 ' 1 U 'i'j w - v. 1 1 i. V ',n , m j CtJ 'van con'a ka::k. i.h.l. uuvi half of it.' Ths hay uncivered his eyes. Thero was the llttlt man ttandlng, head thrown hack, trying 1 to swallow tho weapon, Buddtnly he took it Irom his mouth, patted it regretfully to Ids I neighbor and exclaimed as lie gatpod for breath 1 "H'.ro's health to Cue land that can raiso such ! rye." Speaking ol tho courts of so:ne who arc called ! Dctnocra.'p, Mr. Hiblcy eontinuod, he was rc- 1 lair, ltd if an Inoldtnt that occurred ome years ago up In PonniylvantOa An old deacon waa very, tell-wlUed and on two or three nceailoni h id madl endless trou'ile in church. Aftor 1 tome year ii bey got started cgain, out anot tier 1 1 1 4;;. i 'u s "Tit; rflB BTTTKR N'OT Tt TtN' TTIE EAlfl IV Willi him.'' " it is tatd by tht rtpvtatntativit of thi Higher Criticism that the old literal and ineir rect. interpretations of theStrlptur-i prev. i r.any from entering tht church ar.d that hence forth Christianity will bo strengthened and simplified. " "Modem theologl.-.na with their eMdl are trytag to teach men how to swim Into a river. PrimiftVI theologians and their creeds taught r.i n 'h.it, : -iey i.i'-i-. iwim .i." ' th r g .t i'd'i tiie rlvnr, hut, them was m Tirocess by which thty could swim iafithe ri cr; you must run Md j'i:.ip In, than d-yonr swimming." " Have you anything to say in regard to Ihe eritldim that tvangeliitt tometlmti do harm to ihe itrafeh bylnterferlflg wIUl the is-gnlar tnethodt of ehareb work ;" " That statement Is trn. iin! as It. Is true of the fisherman sitting nn tic luniks of a OTtek, taking with his book and ime, and n, oompany of nova coining down the creek with a ttlna and solninc the hole wbtft tbt BltMrtnan iltn j with ln nook Mid USt, Tbt boyi rf interfere j with the ItlkrW'l loreiii!0 job. Tbt seine . reporter, who sat before me taking down my j ro.v ., hro!tn mU M 1n,t ti)0 ohuroh clerk got up and laid, " Brethren and ilttort, I with j Deacon limes w as In hell," i'he nee,- paator and the tr.omberi were horrl Hod, and tho pattottald, "Brother Smith. iuoh 1 rem rk Itunktnd and unchristian. Why do you nie iuoh tgprc ilom about n brotharl " "Well, potior, " ho replied, "Ii aleulatoll Pea con Jon 01 was ia boll about six montbl he would tout it up." " And so," laid Mr. Sibley, "apply the moral. I eannot refrain Irom the with that tome of tho J Dttnocratlo brethren svere in hell about six month! ; not that I have anything against tho brothMn, but I lm'.n boll so had that I think the Unto would bo ample 10 work its dottrufr lion, lanuollinr part Ol Ml Fpeeeli Mr, Sibley ro- j fcrred to tht fc thai Mr, Wilton In making htttpoeoh laid that ovorythlng loo , ml bright, Tht Ponntylvanlan made a daih toward tha floor as if trying to lift a grating nnd raid, I "Tot, nnd If you will pull the cover olT hril you would dud everything bright thortl" Here Ii a third story told by Mr. Bibloy, which throw tht Itouaa Into oonvulitoni, Bt Mid that (lenenil Heed, e. U tiig, of 1 lie, onOO 1 n i rotonttd hit diitrtol in Congrett, Rtouwai tht largOlt VMtel owner on tlio lakt Tht ills" tri. t embfbci .1 the oounty ol Clarion, 11 wu a 0I1 m district, Heed wished to bt returned tu 1 e 1 nnd the Domooratfl namod .'udito Thompson as his iippniieiil. The innle't. he tiveea them w ived fust end fUrtOUt, It was gi; at ngalntl giant, Koar the eloet of tho cn in'g'i thty brought np togothor In the wlldi of ;ho Clarion lomt, Tho lumbermon and ln naotmtn gatbtnd from fr.r nnd near. As Clarion want, m wtnl tho election, titoneral Iteed ltd c(T In tho dsbgtt and drawing to a OlotO he told ttieni how bo hived Clarion cinmty and hr" pooplo, and that In her honor he br.d recently built 1 bi (aatoi I trail thai cv er untied the lakes and named her Clarion, Aathioreft tailed fiom iiuituiii to Krtti and trout Ohvi (land Utterance! v.hnn he was so ilrunk he ilmn 1 - know his hand Irom his heels, Bometbuai a ' little smart altok Is or. duly as a reporter, lie think! that hit potitlon on bit nowipaporand the publie, both demand that ha tbould mike ' as big an ass of tht ipa iker as !0, tbt reporter. , Is nai uraiiy. Bometimc tboy tend a bate-ball I reporter to report my lermoni In sueii a case the preacher generally 1 isi itlio innings. Some- I times 1 'iey g r . ; n c v u ,i"i , after the preaoher; ho iriie.,-i die dominie in on tht home-ttretoh, ntok to nook, with h.'s teat, Bometlmet tho priie .": Iiting reporter Is after u: ho generally knock! us out to the third round wuh a mash I mouth, I havo never eared what newtpapori laid editorially about mo or my work, but when thty mlireprotenl me 1 hat It tho most dieigf HMblt loatUTO of nil. If a plintngraph v were tota ie my kneot, tl bowtand note and pros 'lit 11 at a tlftititd pt-- t ur.i of myself tt WOUl 1 of OOUrK he considered an outrageous Bitot of butinoii, 1 have frt- 1, iienliy .,1 en re;r s nf -ci in ant leel ores o," mine which gave M lil I It Idea of What I really said as iuoh a phot fraph at abovt dtioribod wouldgivaof my phytloal form. Borattlmei tht New Fork Snawti after mo pretty lively, But old Dana has iasiiid no many ptoplt nn. I sn iniiny th ug" that "hen you sen It in tho .sua you know it's so. Mr. I Una Ins nothing agalni! mopartonallyormy work, Ut floes urn t hings fro. 11 the force of habit, Ht don't know how lobe m id with one man and In a good humor aitii tht balance of tht world. V ; 1 D bt 1 1 mail ht is mad With I .'"; imdy. I think If be could get Into a good humor with PuHtUr Of tht MtW ior U'm-lil bt WOUld he iii good humor with tht balanoe of the unl "llart you anything to any in regard to tht orltlotimi 'inn art made about lie large araounttof money you make I ' "I h ve requcntlj bean orlllcUeil by prttt and pi eher for thi turn of money 1 receive ni ron.I.'i itn. fi lie ii, Minns, Why inniMU 1 .:.! the ti.-h; the fellow wlln Ihe liM,k and ' ,1(J single tnt OUtl Why do thty not say that 11 1 w 1 , t ' . J v. . "IIN II A lllnKAHE.' and that Jesus (,'hrist !s the only divine Rr.vlor, Without creed or doctrine they go at the world with Ihoso two propositions. Tiny use drum nnd fife, they wear red shirts and fdrif popular songs to attract attention and draw the multi tude, to their pieces of worship. Meanwhile, tho dignified dnc'or of divinity stickle! for decency and order ; ncventy-lu c is a full hour.e, and eighty Is a turbid jam In his church." " Does not tho spirit of sectarianism keep tho churl linn from working in common 1 " "1 do not th'nk I hat sectarianism Is so much in the way. It Is nomorodlltleult to unite the different branches nf the churcli than It is to urito tho Mothodlstt und tho Baptittl upon any religious ijucstion. ii Wtevtr conquer tho 111 porriof iin- s iinesn t cel. a tdte, So, some. tjmatf a good, quiet Old ilietn'of divinity sits With Ids sllverilpped pole, silk line nnd nd painted cork. He adtnito that ho gots a few I lti 1 but ftntn't cniizht anything) nnd when the evangelist eotnei 11 In, g With ihe gttPOl net. nnd bagi all the fish it interferes with tht Bid dooter'i Bihtegi v at raiiy. tbt fish re taught end souls are wived. Hut. there ought to bt 00 ciash helween iaslornnd evnngellst; Ihe) are both ordained oi Ood, Due man toweth and gnotbtT rtapttbi bt thai inwetfa god bt that rtapi I h ihall fi logs 1 together," "What la your opMon ol modi m mitbodi of ( hiireli work, prm kting in Itrgl 1 hnrehtj n ail tog rooma, gyrMaatttrai, ballt for drilling, eto, " "i think all tppilanctt tuch aa libraiiet and oilier lienltlifiil sM ial fentlirtt in OhUNb work art arowptd IhttrumtntaliUit to help men to he good, to do C'i'k!, and to keep koimI. Hot. after nil, I he church bun hut one business In I be world and that i to pitch in god raU up Ite tieovet and bring tht world to Ohrtat, if )ou stop ihOTt Of tluil then It Is t lllcrar) sniii ty, ,r g In OtVOltnt inst II tit Inn ; Christ Iniiily isrevo liilirmnry or II tn nn' ItlfiK. You night tt Wgll I like a cholera patient to a fashionable re Inn rant and nrM liflti 10 tat a big men!, as liicspi Ot a gymnasium or a library to crusn Ilia tttifl Ol eln nn Ihe human luarl, or to iifurm Ihe wickesl habits of bad men." " Hornet lino slneo a Methodist oUrgyman proposed that the battmeatl of ohurohet thould be need at bllllard-rooms to draw young men aw'ny from tho regular rttortt, nnd In Jersey City there Is a church house w hich lias a bur, whero ten peraneo drinka are told. What do you think of these enterprises!" " Tho pastor who would put billiard tables in Jot .ii tii 1 11. recttm too much, or Irvln , et pattll 1 '; my icniiblt man know that 1 1 dly In the 1 pipit, 11 1 11 me not gener ally paid toon than thty an worth at Itaat not for a long Unit I I he.ve ntVOY minle I ton tract in any tvahgttfitlc notting 1 tvti held in ahhh dollar! and cents entered, 1 have taktt wind, thty ban voluntarily given me. After nil, let ween myitll mid any OtllU pf tacit ct in thli country it is only a qucitipn of quantltyi If tho Utvll gttt mi onmon ) hi v.iii pit 11 great many othtr pnathon, Won't ail prtaobm lake nil that It given than red lln:i is nil I haVI i ver dime. Afler all. il isn't lu.w Dlttob I Imve rtOtiVld but ahafaotef edniM In ori tho other qutttloni What did 1 do with 1 he 1 alter 1 1 1 1 1 -i id in 1 an perfectly oandld when 1 aj haven't got, it to-day. tS'lien the MOTttt nf all men Hindi he madt known than, and not tin then, win tht world knovi what Sam Jonet hat done with his large In ont," Qgogflg .1. m tn tog, IMrOl'ElliLE CCNDITIOflS. Miss llrlght. "I,' I'l play ' port rail gallery.'" Mr. AdniT. " W Inil mi 1 ol a gnlue is 1 luitl" Mi 1 Bright, It'i very tinplo, Thomaterlali anaonitotion ol newipaper portraltt of his hoM mid burglars. The gentleman who can tell 0110 f 11 nn 1 lie ni her van marry the girl be ia pi" Ing wit h." Mr. Adnrr Imlillyl. "At. lust I nee there's 1111 hope. Voil (lit nut loVt Inc." Fcm.ilo Friondihip. MAt'li.-Tlie pbOtOgMphfr bus mil done you Ultjoti dear. MaIUK. How nice of you to say lottearoil ! Maud, -Woi ho natinown nort mciey than justice. fiicK, If t ' 1 IS nWIMI To nn 1 si nil 11 11 1 tn Dttroi! and from Baginaw to Maoklnaw, to Ooononowoo and Manitowoc, Othkotb, Mil wattkotand ObloagOiln ivory port tbt foldtd bur while wliir mid I old of the cnunly that honored1 bin with a taut to Oongntt, The ptoplt "ere untutored to nautioal affaln and illttntd Willi rapt ut I lit Ion. As Ihe lieneral (ioeil his speech I!),, enthusiasm wan un bounded. Things loiikcd blue for Judge i'himipsnn. After a few nionmiits reiiulrcd to gel the mull l in e nut uf I In Ir seventh heaven Of riinlurc, be iteppod in the front nf tht platfom, I tan id nver II, liiotioned to the audience to come up close and said, "CiUSOUJ Of OgriOD, w hat Hen tral Held hat told you it tt 0, Hehai hullta brig, and a grand ont, But here do you sup pose be painted the proud name of Cliiriun?" Turning to (iencral Hi en, he said "Stand up here, sir, nnd tell these honttt ptOplt where jnii had thu painter put the unuioot Clarion 1111 anvil He ro:-es h!m-elf to farv. pourdi , bit detk, and animattt and enUiuin tlio tionee W11 bid he adorns Ids teu'enees with llic peeul- iar aeeent of the Bottthron, Uli ttoriet a re I always good and to the point, lie began bis ipotoh on the night of January 10 by laying that once nn olil oojorid parton appi a red before ; his congregation, doted up his Dibit, spread I both hands upon It and until : " Brtdron I'm'l ' gwlne to tokt no pertiekltr teg' dliyere night I'so ,'.1 gwino to preach dt Sort uteri, an to ! ciiu icaroh dt Borlnten to flue i.-y luhjeok, Inforn Yo will Ant It aonnon betwoea Oeneraihuni Canal began, oi nnd llotoluihonl, 'bout war dt 'Pottlo Paul plngMl his pistol at dt '1 iiosiuns." "So," laid Mr. Tulbcrt, "my ronarki will mit. lie ipaoiflod, but will range tntnewhore between tariff reform and (rot trade, about where the money power 1- abodt to ruin tide country." In rtftrrlng to 11,0 taritr prob! m he ai J Hint he was lonowhat like a young man who Wat ninking his lit.-', ipooch in !' .vklnivllle, Ooorgia, ue a cundlduto for the leghdaturo. He wns asked by one of the audience i! I e ob jected to tirprtttliig hinaelf on the tariff bill. " No," he replied, "Than," taid tbo questioner, "let's have your views 0:1 It, ' Well," said the candidate, " follow cltlaena, 1 tunc not ttudiod the queitlon very clotcly, hut from What I know of It I think the ded rolled thing ought to bo paid c3 at once an;', stopped.' Mr. Talbort applied the story by wr tog that he wat inclined to think that tht I hole thing ought to bo paid oiT with 1 gradui I I Income tax, the oniy way by which thu tart'' can or oi or will be reformed. Not long afterward be told the Mcry ol a young huvycr In South Carolina who Itarte i out to make his (list tpoc-b In a hot political campaign with the idea of remaining neutral 1 es to partial nnd mines, lie hud been told j by his friends that In speaking he mutt ru 1 1 his volco so as lo be distinctly hear ! by the whole erosvd. In order to do that he must, select homo person on tlio outer edge of hla audience and auircss himself to htm. The young lawyer storied out tn hit flat ipetoh under this advice with non-committe! Ideal it wns n hot day. As he nuuntcd the Itand be pulled eft his tout and collar, rolled up his slor ves and beg.; thuit " Fellow dtiacni I nm r.o Democrat; fellow oltlttna, I am no Rapubllcaai fellow cltiaent, 1 am no Third Party man." At this moment he remembered thtinttruc Hons about solceling a man cn the outskirts nf the croivd. and teeing nn old gentleman come up cn the outer tdgt r.nd take his seat on nn old log, the young lawyer With grei emphasis pointed bis linger at the old man nnd roared out in stentorian voice, "Fcllowdtl rens, then what am I," The old (allow, thinking the quest on ad dretied to bin, npUod, "You arc n gnrl- dan-led fool!" I jiler nn Mr. Talhert accused the HeptiMieans of attributing Wrong motives to tht South. He p. iid it reminded him of an anecdote oi n minister moving Intel little town and ns ttiual the brethren began to offer him advice. Ont brother told him tint to prrnohim: he mult not abuse tho lawyers too much ns they were liberal and paid 11 good deal tO the church. Another brother said " Now you must not say loo much about the Iwrkeepcrs for they too nre liberal towards the ehuroh," Hut they were unanimOUl in saying: "'there is a rich old Jow living on the outtklrtt of the town. He Is of no nee inn anyway and ,! i" net g've tiie ohuroh anytbtng at all, if you wan; to rant nnvbody Just irive lilm bell and scissors. "So ii is with our ltepuhltcan friend a," told tho Carolina Repretentatlva, "Thty all teem to delight in giving the South hoU and s ilttora, Thty seem to think that nothing go d can come out Xniareth nothing good can come out uf the South." More quaint man Bihlry or Teiberi is Ch i nip Clark of Missouri. He trade t v ot U III ipaoohtt, mod ell of wit and brevity. His smiles were few, nut good, an) his ntttphon were utterly unapproachable. Here Is n story ho told on January 19th. Ho sail there van nn old man w hn had bat n living in Hon, Joaepb 1;. tannon't Uittricl and bad voted for brother Cannon and tht Uepnhllcnn party fur twen'y ytart. When ht found out how tbt alootlon had goat three yean am when cannon wat defeated, ho tatd to his wife, "Sail), you pick up the gOOdl ss title I go lo town and pay none bills and we wiii nioveto some district which the Uotnoornti cant carry." Hail) packed up ihe goodi white ho wont i" .mi." mill beard tho news, from nil over the oountry. When htgot back lie mournful!) aid to hit ipouio, "sail) unpnok thegoodi, Tbtn Is no 1 lace tn Auierica that we en 11 ko to. i by, 1. null Lord even Uataaonuntti hi - ;.i at I lemuct niie." i ihanipaoouaod too rtopuhltoani of pn pagat ing frot trado nort raplol) tium rabbite multl ply in Australia. Bouie gontlemen toon tu ot much portUrbod ill ipirit unit wi ne. eil 111 ill sh 111 a futile attempt ,' Bud ouj what larifj rpformor is. 'the t-wi, nf Biiypnua waa a ItUtv rioui porfornanot uompared with that which t in kcui tntu have tnpotod uidii tiiomii Ivet, Thty might now rest non thtir labon -md polini lllnlr snllls ill poaot fpr he WOUld loll 1 in in, mid his language would bo plain, (lowai alwayi glad to Impart Information in icarohen tm- truth and tiirilf retnriii. He laid a tariff rofomer is a rudimontari trot 1 radi 1 . the trerni from w hich tho fret trader grow ,thei gfi mi whtoti Hie free trader is batched, Whui ihe Hcoru is in ihe oak ; wiuii the mount atn spring u. in ihe ruaning riven what the ui klliuj 1 ult 1 in the prouQ war bortti wnatthtchild lito Hi ' in in; su is the n.is.viil tarill returmor lo tht rtrilt and thorougngotng tree trader, Tim liepublioani ami aaalitanl Itcpubltcani are aclllig III H IpOClt) oi LUOU baton und nm batoning radloal free irudBrs from tariff reform eggi su (ait that a lightning calculator WOUld I'e herded In lolllil up I he chicle u amiw .1. Cummin oa, One of the Most Marveloi'jj Inineer-: mir; Worly; Ever Attempted. Cotting !; 15,000,000, it hat ZtgDgtagUd tha ! Inland Kmiifccttirirg City cfMcnchettcr to ' n Corr.r.'.2r.iiiu Seaport- She Outocao of I Tiade llivilry with liverpcoL While warlike rumors and political troubli nro svorrytng the govtrnnu nts of fii.i I mnl;.! Buropti John Bull is congratulating him i over the laceanfnl conplttton or ont of tht greatest 1 tecca of engineering his thrifty me- I gbanloal genius hn 1 . 1 ."lu.ptnt. fort"' rations past, tiio citlot of Liverpool and .Man chwtar bavt been rivuin in trade, population i nnd everything that pertalm to materia! prog rei. Witii nit tho id vantages ol - itrn-tM water front and tht line it docks in Rng the city en tho Sftnei itlll found it no ei task lo ktop ahoad of the httty, puihlng uuand borough, whoat great i 1 1 and far reael .ln l"duBt ries gave it a 1 - :i 11,1 : ' . ':; ." tecond to no city in Britain, Liverpool bow- PVtr, controlled tho cotton Import trade and tiie ratal oi Water eonunloatloti wtUi foreign porti ami for many yi . s Manel nter capital' it 1 bavt 1." en t: iking of dovliing a put 0 to y I ou r tl.u Liverpudlian monopoly, Kow tb 1 the plan has taken praotlcnJ effact, thi two great oitlei are itiB 'n hot competition; but White Manebgtter ggfot by tho canal, Llvei pool will hardly losi-.tm the Inci ItaUtlowt rii of 1 rii ei nutl gn ally Increi m Iradai ed hi enough to both. Although the for.".!.! cere: the c- ri'il dotl not. take ; it lies already iicen in occasion wns a grout d 1 vi 17 part n? I bat '. centre Itttttd In he re; that lined alttM r v.-1 There urr Wm elurc!:i it realy tttntd tl 1 : Q with all their relatione populai Ion, 1 n 1! ' u ' 1 minimum width at bottom 120 feet. Retwecn Barton end r tun hotter it is 170 feet at bottom and 3i feci ..1 vratcr-lerai. The Butg t'anal is tht aani di rt h, but hat only a bottom width of 72 feet: the Client Canal has n depth nf !;! Ifet 2 inches ui. d a bottom width of feet 6 Inches; and the Amsterdam Canal a depth ol S3 mnl n bottom width of t feet. 7 inches. Bo ween OUt end of the canal, ud tli" other th I ffcreUce in level of GO feet. To providt r Lucre ure live acts 0: lock , - S TflB 1 ' :u ET. Vi A Ltttsn by DAY. unlit afte A tir-,1" lion of steam bos , ai d thtir docks eVowdec with lioli' 1 Irregular intervals. Works and jetties ere beini along the baukb at atvi ral place long dock. Saltport, 1 . . I. '.J il''l.'J,-... ; ' ' E, L. Williams. r.NGixr.r.:: or mB cajcal. already indicate the ute to sshuh the great waterway WlB be put by thi nert, . numbers of large Vtntll I re air -Lily seen Ij at the w harf sides loading and unloading their cargnoi-. it is ten years tince the work was bcgiir. which has now changed M I hi Iter from nn Inland city to aataportt but the idea of doing so was ten years ago a novelty, it was men tioned in the early pari aflat) otntury, or at intervals from tin n t ' v!' -appearrjice at a practicable scheme. It was then proposed to make the ris er Dee the start, ing point. Modiftcationi ol thii tchenw wart proposed frcm time lo time till, in i"?. Ur, H. it. Fnlton. C. K protiosei u sr l.eni. for a ship canal, in i few year public intercut wat aroused and in 1881, the late Daniel Adaaton selves in the scheme, llr. Adamson was a man of boundleta ecergs ai L Mr. Lead rv, hams, by his construction of the canal has prove! himself in the front rank of engineers, Mr. Adanton comnunicatod i v s - enthnataini to other and soon natton Wl re ,;, shape for placing in 'ere Parliament, Mr. Leader Wil li vnv Hun propottd a achemt which wot adopted, but Parliataont made mnnr nlicra Hons before the bill Vi - alloU ed tOpOl fight began which coal aomothlng ovet - 10 HM, it Wat necessary tops throe timet to Porlia- ilgn, nn n! before the necoslary tatnod, so itrenueut nnd j was the orjpoiltlon coming Ire-1 '... the railway oonpattita, The hill 1 ' royal assent en the ft It An rust, l: I plan it proton bid Was v-cry much I ihe others submitted In earlier bill ttnl wa firs', lived a! .e.i,0iii. swollen tn JT.VW.iVM. and cf -.hat mm 11 1 U I Wen necessary for the Manchester Oorporatloo j I to advance several millions. I contract, about g88,ooo.f)0n, to be doncto four J years and a half. He was the builder oi the ' e I time to pet his enormous feces lo work, but he attacked the canal at hair a down placet, u and 111 one tine hud 18,000 men and boyi an uj ptoytd, niiiisl by PM steam cenve,oi . lei 1 team and othor cranct, isi portable and oth t , Rlcain cnglnet, and 101 steam punpa, Tho I w Unci of temporary railway, If pieced togotht . v would base been more than lUffletent to reach h front MatnhCBtM to London, had there were ' Kit looomotivn on thott ttnnornry lines it jt coat noarly $5,000,000 1 1 pro' Ide p ant tor tht j wnrka, Tha total amount of excavation M M hi donowaaabout fl.lWO000 cubic yardi, contain w ing about TuiiWOtOilO tons, ot which aflfl 1 was sandttono rock, Kvors man who mrerod wai y .Mii.,v...l! su ihnl iii ibis esse i".'.ch'iu'i n." In nm Interfered wuh labors in fact, hm tor the He km nroovt work cntild net er lia e r IN '1HK CAUJE OF CHAUITY. Bpokti nun nf RaUil Oonnitteo, " Now, kfr. Pllnurgir, tha woalthy ntrohann are u-.isi-ing us 111 our work, nm onl) b; oontrlbutlona. Inn, in, me uf I bciii. by scIIiiik the 111 oettarie ol Hie, such as tea, MOM, coal anil wood, at cost. What eu 11 you do fur tin I " I lllburK'or it lie ilnmitlsl 1. " Vein vi II Hint me ready to help dcr uncinpluyi d. I'ul down luideriiuiu vat tclli bojtaKu itampt at gOtt.- nun Inni ii , the urea l XmA Hie lotiilength of the oanal it thlrtj five 1 I a half miles, For fourteen miles after leaving Mauchceter, thooanal fullou s 1 ho eourae 0 lite trwell, andwhon that tt ream becomes ab irl in the Merely, ti continue! with the largo , river, roriiicriy ' sownire m ,iaiiciiuaiei. nainrn, umi uer mil ns en i ne in, en. "iii , . and iiu ir trtbutariet wns allowed to flow un purtttod Into the rivor nm! su nun tht oanAl, snifui-,1 hat eoutplettd now towrcepl Ing aowi m and pm If Ing wot a at Mode in Man chwtar iw 1 fouowod suit, mid construi ted tl 1 er I e,l- near 1' 11 1 en l.m I , , :, r .iflor purl- Bcallon nowing Into tho canal en the lowortide nf the locks, 'I he ItivoT Weavor had to he gol rid of b ihe conitruotlon of lerlotofimmenie ilutcoa, which carrj mi tho water at thoroteof M.OOOoublc leet parioeond, At Barton, alio, the Itridgewator Canal was sent over Hie ihip canal tn a itoel aquedttol iw Inging en a cut ml pier, w hich denrs oui nf tho wnj when ships p.s up or down the oanal, The tndioi the aqueduct and boat and nil twins round. The oquaduol is 838 feet long, fi feoi deep, and 1; leet wide. 'Hie weight when swinging I UNO Inns, and the spun mi either lldoVO feet. Si en railwa bridge! have hud to be 1 1 mo to t halght of ': feci and giv n clear ipani ranging trom ill to 888 feet, aud ihe approaohM to the brldgot havo, ol oour c si-' required altering. At iin varioualookt ihe oanal is widened out Considerably so that vessels may Hun and largo iteamert oan paai each othw at an) part ol tho oanal, and wnire worki are buUl on tht bank, to -bis are formed to allow Of ships I iuitaloni,--side. but. of the fiiir-w'a of ilieeannl. By meant Of Ult electric light siups Will M ablt 10 luivt- gate tha canal bj night, th 1 whotelangthol ihe canal botngtravi raeu in tiom eight totonhouri, The avarane Width of thcciinn! at witter-levi.lt ITS feet, us minimum depth tti leet, and its 1 all 11 1- tritlln' id her qui 10 Oil nil en -e 11 1 11 .,ii- houte, tlltemj candid irpittyononi w ."d1 carrier wain'l IniultcdwW Saint WjdH -tine's da) utlted. Kt be had hetn 1 .1 would hah put In Ins tcto.emcki .ten ; n-si-dent caevtland vetoed At Norl bibber Hmipo Ihei dene trirgot ten ay innfln rfboat WfJ Waltentine hinwef. lie lien nuflta ter.ln wM 1, ollihnen hat ho . 1 agulated around his htiffdas Like myself, hoi good num. an ' , her oh di 1 Uotpcl. Acoordin1 tar sums iirctbvtcr. which means, 1 iuppote.dat liewaa Jrcbylcrean. He wns kind wr ,ie pure, nnd tie broR 1,1 icandal wat nebber ralaed agu 1 ,, tie wai rewarded by bein poundod tet doff wld clubs mnl at n irdi bis hand wat ehomHUt nil 6omc few eh bis reraaini are .1; do churcli oh St. ITaxedet.ln nont,wUoh ii net far irom Utloa, IndetMattMrt NcWYawk, 1 will oloao dig Utanrj treat win. a word ol anod advise, R yon gita wenUntj, dori't keen nn. and send cm book tat yirfnendl next yeah, bokaat yer naj si mi em tor dj -nine puitunt what lent 'en tat yon. ami da) would be. 1 dead Btberway. Auts, Bwagt, ON TKE STYX. JuliUD Cn'S.ir.- " You're I lie man that fiddled when Komo waa mourningl " Noro.-"Sayl lit up. 1 waa connected will thu fire Department. Ptt,