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MILFORD, DELAWARE, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1877.
WHOLE NO. 692
VOL. XIV.—NO. 26.
TRANSPORTATION LINES.
J unction A Breakwater, Breakwater
A Frnnkford,* Worce»ter;Ballroads,
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Important Notice—Change of Time.
and after Thursday, May. 31,1877, the trains
,111 bo run as follows, daily, except Sundays:
JUNCTION AND BREAKWATER R. R.
SOUTHWARD.
NORTHWARD.
A.M. A.M.
P.M.
P.M.
12 10
12 25 W 50
12 40 3 15
.... Harrington.....
.Houston. ...
.Milford.
.Lincoln.
.EUendalc.
.Robbins.
.Redden.
9 40 11 25 Georgetown.
9 13 10 58
9 05 1150
10 40
10 30
I i:.
11 30
1110 12 55
10 50 12 35
10 30 12 18
10 15 1158
10 05 11 48
1 00
128 4 08
1 30 4 20
1 45 4 50
2 15 5 20
224 5 30
2 33 5 45
II
33
11
Cool Spring
...Nassau..
... Lewes...
.
6 00
2 12
- 1;.
BREAKWATER AND FRANKFORD, AND WORCESRER
4 BAltaOiMI.
NORTHWARD.
- t *UTttW ARD.
1 45 p.M. I Loave].. Georgetown [arrive] 11 80 a.m
2 29 " .Hillsboro. U 00 "
.Dagsboro...10 81 "
.Frankford .lo *° "
.Solbyvllle.10 00 "
,8ho wells..
.Berlin.
nco.
2 46 " .
2 55 " .
3 12 •» .
3 29 " .
3 51 " .
4 18 " .
4 33 " .
9 30 "
.9 11 "
.... 8 35 "
.... 8 15 "
fini::::::::
Snow
5 45 " .Girdletree. 7 15 "
6 00 " .Stockton. 7 05 "
6 15 " (Arrive.]..Franklin..[Leave.] 0 45 "
Trains of Junction aud Breakwater Railroad
make close connection at Georgetown. Dela
ware, witli trains of Breakwater and Frank
ord, and Worcester Railroads.
At Stockton, which is near the lino between
Maryland and Virginia, stages connect with
these Railroads for Greenback, 3 miles distant,
for Horntown, 7 miles distant, and Drummond
town, 28 miles distant; and for towns all the
way down the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Passengers from Delaware Railroad connect
at Harrington at 12:03 P. M. with train making
connection with Steamers for New York on
Tuesdays, Thursdays aud Saturdays at 3 p. m.
Steamer for Lewes leaves Pier 37, North
River, New York, at 3 p. m. on Mondays, Wed
nesdays aud Fridays. ,
At Harrington connection isrnado with trains
North ana South on Delaware Railroad, by
which the principal points on tho Peninsula
may l»e reached by rail.
At Berlin passengers can take tho Wicomico
and Pocomoke Railroad for Salisbury, Princess
Anne, Crisflvld, and other points, also for
Ocean City, on Sinepuxcnt Bay..
Freight not perishable received every day
in the week excopt Sundays, for New York and
all points east, west, north and south.
Perishable Freight is received at all points
tlie days the 8teamcrs leave Lewes, and is
ne in Now York early the next morning.
A. BROWN, Gen. Fr't & Pass. Ag't J. A B., B.
F., and W. Railroads.
THOMAS GROOM, Bnpt. J. A. B. R. R.
J. \j. MAPES, Supt. B. A F., and W. Roads.
11. A. BOURNE, Gen. Supt. O. D. 8. 8. Co.
«I
Phila. Wilm. & Balt. R.R.
DEL.DIlfISION TIME TABLE.
Summer Arrangement.
On and after Monday, May 4th, 1877, (Sun
days excepted ) trains will leave as follows :
NORTHWARD Puss. Pass.
A. M. P. M.
Mix'd
P.M.
12 15
Deltnar.
Laurel .
Seaford ....
Bridge ville
Greenwood.
Farmington
Harrington
Felton.
Canterbury.6 37.1 45
Woodsido
Wyoming
Dov
Moorton.7 08..
..7 13..
..7 00 ..
..7 20..
..7 24..
..7 31..
..7 37..
..7 54..
: '
4 20
12 41
12 57
I r.
I.',
1 07
I 17
I .
6 20
I -JO
6 03
0 33
1 40
6 25
« 32
« 41
] 50
1 :.o
6 54
6 48
6 55.
2 OS
7 10
.2 19.
. 7 BO
2 26
7 42
Branford.
Smyrna..
Clayton .
Green Spring
Blackbird ...
Townsend ...
Middletown..
Mt. Pleasant.
Kirkwood....
Rodney .
Bear.
State Road...
Newcastle...
Delaware Junction 8 42
Wilmington, arrive.8 50.4 20.10 27
Puiladclpliia, " 10 05.5 40.
Baltimore, " 11 35. 7 50.
.2 15.
.2 87.
.2 42. 8 18
8 06
..2 50
..2 59
8 45
3 10
3 26
!» 20
8 U2
3 37
:i
8 Ji
.8 13.
3 19
H 21
.8 2 *.
.8 52.
1 i-i
Pass
P. M,
Mix'd
A. M.
Pass.
A. M.
SOL Til WARD
5 15
s no
Philadelphia.
Baltimore.
Wilmington.
Delaware Junction...
New Castle. 5 25
State Road.
Bear.
Rod ne v .
kirawood.
Mt. Pleasant.
Middletown.
Townsend.
Blackbird.
Green Spring—
C lav ton.
Smyrna (arrive)
Brentord.
Moorton.
Dover.
Wyoming.
W oodside.
Canterbury.
Felton.
Harrington.9 00
Farmington
Greenwood
Bridgcville
Seaford ....
Laurel.
Del mar.
3 00
7 00
6 30
5 00.
. » 38.
9 n
6 i u
. 9 51.
.. 6 50
D 59
10 02
10 1C
6 07.10 18. 7 2C
.10 35.
.10 44.
.10 49.
7 02
5 31
7 10
7 38
(1 23
7 48
. 7 r»a
. 6 45.
10 3i
0 58
8 <M
.11 03.
.11 20.
.11 C8.
.11 14.
.11 24.
.11 31.
.11 89.
.11 44.
.11 49.
.12 03.
.12 10 .
.12 20 .
. 8 06
7 20.
> 12
8 19
7 38
8 31
7 37
8 37
8 4C
8 49
. 8 34.
. 8 54
9 07
9 12.
12 :»|
0 H
..IS so..
.. 1 02 ..
. 10 11 ..
.10 3«..
.10 50..
1 13
Tho mixed trains will ho run subject to de
lays incident to freight business. 1 rains will
stop only at stations where time is Riven.
Mixed train north will stop at New Castle
only to leave passengers from stations south.
Smyrna branch trains—additional to those
above, leave Smyrna for Clayton 10.45 A. M.
3.50 and 7.45 P. M. leave Clayton for Smyrna 7.25
A. M. 2.40, 4.15 and 8.10 P. M. to make connection
with trains (north and south) from Clayton.
Connections at Townsend, with Queen Anne's
and Kent Ruilroad. At Clayton, with Mary
land and Delaware Railroad and Kent county
Railroad. At Harrington, with Junction und
Breakwater Railroad. At Seaford, with Dor
chester and Delaware Railroad. At Delmar,
with Eastern Shore Railroad, and Wicomico
ltd Poeomoko Ruilroad,
II. F. Kenney, Supt.
M IS CEL LA NEO VS.
W. Wolf Pretty man,
DEALER IN
Domestic and Imported Segars ;
ALSO, ON HAND THE BEST BRANDS O*
CHEWING & SMOKING TOBACCO,
WALNUT ST., (Opposite Lowery's Hotel) MILfOBD, DEL
6-30-Cm
49» Patronage solicited.
ALEX. DEMPSTER,
TAILOR and CLOTHIER.
Having recovered my health I am now ready
for business and will cut and make gentlemen's
clothing in tho best stvlo and in a manner
much suporior to tlie clothing turned out by
the slopshops of the day.
STORE ON WALNUT 8T.,
A few doors Nortli of the Iron Bridge.
14.y
Peninsular Nurseries.
ALL KINDS OF
Fruit und Ornamental Trees,
Also Cabbage, Tomato, Egg ami Pepper
Plnuts Read; for Setting Out,
Rose!« and ail tandi cf Green-House Plants.
Office at Adkins 1 Grocery Store, and all orders
left there will bejDromgt^r filled.
11 J. w. €. «
B, milord, Del.
CLAYTON HOUSE,
CORNER OF FIFTH AND MARKET,
AND EXTENDING TO KING ST„
Wilmin gton, De laware.
, largo and commodious House, with
every modern convenience. No effort will be
spured to give satisfaction to all who may favor
the CLAYTON with their patronage. Terms,
$3 per day. ISAAC C. PYLE,
4-2-tf Proprietor.
This
A Singular Prophecy.
attention to
an editorial article published in the Inter
Ocean October 23, 1876, entitled "Tho European
War in Prophecy." and requested^! ta republica
tion. We reproduce It below. The partial ful
fillment of a part of the propheoy, and tre'pro
spectivc fulfillment of at least a portion of the
l'emalnder, is singular to say the least. Not
tho least Interesting part of the article are the
conclusions which were at the time drawn by
the Inter Ocean ii\ reference to it. "Should his
(Mr. Baldwin's) prognostications turn out to
be true," says the article, " the efforts of the Eu
ropean powers to patch up a piece will prove abor
tive; the actual occupation of the revoltedprovinccs
by Russian troops will take place. England will
oppose the Czar's progress with a sudden and tre
mendous onset ," etc., etc.
Part of these conclusions are alrcnd verified,
and the attitude of England indicates that tho
course foreshadowed for her will also be ful
filled. In spite of oui inorodulous smiles, we
cannot fail, in view of what ha9 already trans
pired, to read this sirffWilnr prophooy with in
terest :
A correspondent has called
PllOrHKOY.
THE EUROPEAN WAR
The military struggle which seems about to
commence between Turkey and Russia assumes
additional aspects of Interest and importance
from the consideration that many students of
the Bible,Irrespective of denominational creeds
regard tho war situation in Europe as begin
ning tho luflllment of the prophecy given in
the last six verses of the elevenl.li chapter of
Daniel, in these words:. JV . ; .
40. And at the time of the end shall tBPklng
of the south push at Moi; and tho king of the
north shall come against him like a whirlwind,
with chariots, and with horsemen, ami with
many ships; and ho shall enter into the coun
tries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41. Ho shall enter also into the glorious land
and many countries shall be overthrown; but
these shall escape out of his hand even Kdotn
and Moab, and tho chief of the children of Am
n *42. * He shall stretch for his hand also upon
tho countries, and the land of Egypt shall not
escape
43. But he shall h^ve power over the treasures
of gold and of silver, and over all the nrecious
things of Egypt; and Che Libyans and the Ethio
pians shall oe at his steps.
44. But tidings out of the cast and out pf the
north shall trouble him; therefore he 0
forth with great fury to destroy,.and utl
make away many.
45. And lie shall plant the tabernacles of his
jxUaoe between tho seas in the glorious noly
mountain; yet he shall come to Ills end, and
none shall help him.
A book out of print, entitled "Armageddon,
or the United 8tates in Prophecy," written by
the Rev. M. D. Baldwin, a Presbyterian minis
ter, of Nashville, Tenn., then President of
Soule Female College, but long deceased, was
published in 1854. When the work appeared It
attracted very wide attention. Among tho
predictions was a bloody and furious war to be
gin in 1881, and end
war which exactly fulfills the term of tlie late
rebellion, Johnston having surrendered to
Sherman April 26, 1856,and thus terminated the
array of arms. From this femarkable exposi
tion of the prophetic parts of the Biblo
so much os relates to the first four verses of our
quotation from Daniel as follows:
"And at tho time of tho end." This period
to be that between the first and last end
lngs of the three and a half times, or between
1776 and 1878, or betweert the 1,290 and 1,3% days.
During this period this willful king was to
come to his end, but. betöre his end, he was to
engage in war for some outlying countries, and
to be interrupted by two great powers, but
was to conquer and prosper till the "lastend of
tho indignation." As this was to be the great
monarchy power represented by the Imago that
was to be broken by tho stone (since it was
Rome), it is evident that its liond must bo in
Europe, ana must be tho empiro represented
by the septimo-octavo head ot tho beast in Rev
elation. Now, the * reut power * hich fills half
of Europe and overshadows and controls the
rest is the rising colossus,Russia; Russia, there
fore, must bo the power intended as fulling in
the holy mountain. Now, as Ezekiel, almost
literally, describes Russia as falling
mountains of Israel, in tho latter day, he furn
ishes further evidence that the fourth king
dom, in the time of tho end, was tobe resurrec
ted In or by Russia. The willful kingdom
an autocrat among nations, and so is the Rus
sian kingdom.
"The king of the south shall push or butt at
him; and the king of tho north shall come
against him like a whirlwind, with chariots,
and with horsemen, and with many ships."
The two kingdoms, under the names north
and south, aro to bo identified by their relative
P ositions to the Russian power,or toeach other.
lie king, or kingdom, ot tho south would,very
naturally, apply to Turkey, on the south of
Russia; but as Turkey exists by the sufferunco
France and England, it is possible that the
two great Western powers, which hold to each
other tho relation of north and south, may be
Intended. At any rate,the southern king makes
a short fight of it,if anything is to be understood
by the figure of butting at tho willful king, or
he brings on tho fight. The kingdoms of Syria
and Eg\pt, culled the kingdoms of the
and south, held about the same close relations
to each other, and to Rome, tnat England and
Franco do to each other and to Russia; only
they were on the east of Rome, and the case is
now Just reversed. The king of the north is
Greut Britain. This is evident from its north
ern position, as a great power, and from tho
immense naval, as well as land, forces, it pos
sesses. No nation but a very great one would
attack the autocratic king; and no nation has
such a navy us Britain. This north nation was
to come like a whirlwind, with his greut naval
indicated by
ships," and "chariots, and horsemen."
tuck was to be great and furious, but, finally,
un8ueoessful: for the autocrat moves right
to his purpose and more than galn9 it, accord
ing to the prophet.
"He shall enter into tho countries, and shall
overflow, and pass over."
Ilis entering tlie countries, intimates that
this was his original design, in which ho hud
been Interrupted by the two great powers that
hud confederated against him. England and
France, or England and Turkey, will unite
Inst Russia. And it seems us if a considéra
effort was to be made to check Russia's de
signs, yot Russia is to take tho countries this
side of the crossings, anil then to pass over into
Asiu, it would seem. The word "overflow" sig
great increase of his armies ami
umphs. To "pass oyer" implies tho advance
ment of conquest, by some great crossing, iuto
a new scene of warfare.
"He shall enter the glorious land." This at
once reveals his advancement into Palestine,
and shows that the passing over related to the
conquest of Asia Minor, and tho Turkish Em
11 go
ly to
tho 117tli day of 1865—a
copy
I
tin',
Ml
:th
and land forces, which are
"many
The
nifles tho
tn
pire generally.
"Many countries shall be overthrown: but
these shall escape out of his hand, oven Edom
and Moab, and tlie chief of the Children of Am
mon." This would litterally imply tho conquest
ot a great portion of Asiatic Turkey, with some
exceptions. These were conquests in, Asia.
"lie shall stretch forth his hundalso upon tho
countries, and tho land of Egypt shall not es
cape." This expression implies the exertion of
severe sovereignty. African countriesare here
referred to. as Egypt is used as a speciflo for a
_part of tho whole. "He shall
rave power over the treasures of gold and sil
ver.and over all the precious things of Egypt."
"The Libyans and Ethiopians shall bo at his
steps." Tills still further teaches tlie unlimited
dominion over Africain the West and South.
Thus having obtained nearly all Europe
and Africa, bo becomes indomitable, and his
empire almost limitless; it emulates old Rome,
as the possessor of three continents.
According to the views of Mr. Baldwin the
accomplishment of Daniel's prophecy was to
begin in 1876, continue through 1877, and ter
minate before close of April, 1878. Should Ills
prognostications turn out to bo true the near
future will develop startling and profoundly
interesting events. Iu that case the efforts of
the European powers to patch up a peace will
prove abortive; the actual occupation of the
revolted provinces by Russian troops will tako
place; England will opposo the Czar's progress
with a sudden, tremendous onset in magnifl
oont array, but without avail; Russian armies
will victoriously cross tho Dardanelles into
Turkey, making a conquest of the European
portion first, then pour triumphantly into Asia
Minor, reduce it to subjection, together with
Egypt, Palestine, and some African countries
besides. If Daniel's propheoy has been |ccu
rately interpreted, Russia Is to beoornc tho au
tocratic colossus among nations in the Old
World within eighteen months from this date,
and then precipitately tumble Into & vast and
wonderful ruin. Our readers, with this pro
phetic map of tho luture before them, will be
able quickly to determine, by the concurrence
or the divergence of approaching events, how
much truth or falsity there is in our quoted
exposition of scriptural dates and of occurrcn*
ces foreordained. In these times of European
upheaval and change, when diplomacy to baf
fled and despairing, and when the strong at
tentlon of two hemispheres to fixed upon the
•lo term or a
, Asia,
warlike situation, any fact or even hypothesis
bearing upon its aspects,from whatever source,
must prove interesting.— Chicago Inter Ocean.
An Hour With Scribner.
Scribner's Magazine foi July is full of instruc
tion and entertainment, a portion of which we
transfer to our own columns that our readers
may at least have a taste of Its excellence. It
has an elaborate illustrated article on archery
and archery clubs in which the whole art 19
discussed and tho formation of archery clubs
recommended for ladles and gentlemen of leis
ure;
"Archery clubs of from seven to fifteen mem
bers, both lautes and gentlemen, could bo
formed all over the country more easily,at less
expense, and with far better results than crick*
et, croquet,
ernlng such organizations should bo few and
simple, not unlike those of riflo clubs. Prizes
could bo offered, and medals of championship
adopted. Onco brought into public notice and
fairly established. no sport or game would be
half so popular or permanent. It basin It all
the elements of desirable nastime and recrea
tion. Tho physical exercise is better than
fencing, boxing or lifting; it has overy feature
of an exciting competitive game, is attended
with no danger, and "shows off" the human
form to tho veiy best advantage—all its poses
being tho860f grace, ease,and power combined.
A lady who has made hersolt "handy" with
the bow never looks so well as when in tho act
of shooting. In England, archery lias long been
cultivated by ladles and gentlemen, and es
teemed a fit sport for the gentlest und most
cultured clnsses."
From an extended article on "Richmond
clip the following article:
The "Powhatan estate" was for two hundred
years the property of tho Mayo family, and here
as the story goes, John Howard Payne foil
madly in love, when in Richmond, with Miss
Maria Mayo, (afterward Mi's. General Winfield
Scott) a famous richmond belle in her day,and
remarkable for her wit and intelligencers well
as for her extraordinary beauty. Poor Payne
laid bis heart at her feet,but she is said to have
toyed and coquetted with it, and then to bave
flung it aside. When all hope of winning tho
fair prize was abandoned,Payne wentto Europe
where lie remained for nearly twenty years,
and where he wrote his "Home, Sweet Home,"
which was first sung in his opera of "Clare," at
London. This traditional incident in the life
of Payne revives another (and one still cur
rent in Richmond ) connected with General
Scott. It Is said that when ho first addressed
Miss Mayo,ho was only a captain in the regular
army, and his suit was summarily dismissed.
Afterward, when a major, he renewed tho prof
fer of his hand, but with no bettor success. The
third time ho wore the epaulet9 of a general,
and these promptly secured his acceptance.
When asked by one of her friends why she bad
thus suddenly changed her mind, Miss Mayo is
said to have replied : "In my estimation, there
is a very decided difference between a captain,
or even a major, and a general In the American
army."
From the editorial department wo select tho
following on
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS.
"On behalf of the people ot the Union, who do
the voting and have no political ambitions, we
would like to speak a single word of warning
to the marplots and tlie irreconcilables who
opposo President Hayes. We are simply anx
ious that Justice shall be done iu this country,
and that peace and prosperity may follcfw
consequences. Gen. Grant and his friends have
bad eight years in which to accomplish the
work of pacifying tlie South, and have failed.
President Hayes lias announced and inaugu
rated another policy, which promises success'
and we propose to stand by him until he has had a
fair chance. He is only to have half the time
that was given to Gen. Grant,and he needs tlie
popular support which wo propose to give him.
Meantime, we propose to flglit and politically
kill every man of you who tries to throw diffi
culties in his way. Wo have no faith in your
motives, wo have lost all confidence in your
wisdom, we do not believe in your candor and
disinterestedness ; we regard you as void of
patriotism.
The people are tired of discord. They intend
that the policy of tho
have a fair ehanco. They want peace. They
want a reform ia the civil service, for they feel
that mercenary politics have been a curse and
a disgrace to them. They are, at least, not
ready to join in any crusade against tlie policy
of the President, until it lias had a fair chance
to work out its results. Any politician, there
fore, in any position, who undertakes a factious
opposition to this policy in its initiatory stage,
they will regard as a public enemy, on whom
they will not besltate to w reak thoir revenge.
It will bo a good plan for all tho domagogues
to take a low seat for tho present, and keep
their moutli9 shut,If they liavo any hope of a
political life in tho years to come."
From tho some department we have
THE PAUPER POISON.
"The spoils doctrine, as it has boon hold and
practiced in party politics for tlie lust thirty
years, 19 a pauper doctrine. It has grown out
of tlie almost universal wish to get a living, or
to get rich, at tho publie expense. To get a
chance at tho publie money, men have been
willing to sell tlielr Independence, to do the
dirty work of ambitious politicians, and to be
come morally debased to
extent. Men bav e hung to corporations in the
same way, and they cannot yet bo shaken off
from them. To got something for nothing—to
get something for less than it is worth—to get
something \\ ithout paying for it its equivalent
in good, honest work, especially if it could be
taken from the government or a corporation—
this has been the sliamorul greed of tho age,and
it Is only pauperism. It coiuc9 from the genu
ine poison. It is a direct and legitimate devel
opment of the moral scrofula which taints tho
blood of the country.
Tho signs of the poison are everywhere.
They are notably wherever there is a spirit of
speculation. Wall street is the very puradlse
ot pauperism—Its paradise or its hell,it matters
little which. Wherever there is a man who Is
getting something for nothing—receiving it,
not as a dire necessity, but gladly and as a mat
ter of policy—there Is a pauper. There are
multitudes of churches that insist that their
ministers shall be paupers. They never estab
lish a thorough business relation between them
selves and their teachers, but It is a gift by
whatsoever the latter may be boneflttcd. Un
happily, there are too many ministers who ac
cept the position gladly. Of course there is a
vital distinction between tlie gifts that flow
toward a public teacher as manifestations of
the popular affection, and gifts that aro doled
out to him because it is thought that he needs
them. The first
but tho second cannot be received, in any case
where the money has boon honestly earned,
without the disgrace of tho recipient and tho
moral damage of tho donor. But it happens
that multitudes of ministers aie actually
trained for pauperism. In a certain notablo
theological school, which now contains one
hundred and ten students, there are ninety
yonng men who are receiving uid. What meth
od is it possible to pursue with these
sure to destroy tlioir independence and manli
ness us this?"
base-ball clubs. Tho rules gov
since the war,"
administration shall
utterly hopeless
Who is not familiar with this venerable pro
verb? What tongue, speaking English, has not
uttered it hundreds of times ? Yet how many
who U9e it could give an intelligent account of
its origin?
Masson, in Ills exhaustive Life of John Milton,
oonneots Hobson's name with the great poet
1 because the latter w rote two humorous epl
ho received with honor,
so
'Hobson's Choice; This or Nothing."
BY REV. DANIKL WI8E, D. D..
taphs upon him, and because lie evidently con
sidered it worth while totally Inform the world
who and what Hobson was. The story is an
extraordinary one, and will interest every cur
ious, inquiring reader.
When Milton entered Uhrist's Church college
at Cambridge, Thomas Hobson was eighty
years old. His business was that of a "carrier"
between that city and the Bull Inn. in Blsh
opsgatc Street, London. Through the long
period of sixty years he had driven his wain
and horses every week between the two cities,
carrying letters and perçois, and such chance
passengers
moving conveyance,
speare's life," says Masson, "Hobson's cart
bells had tinglod, Hobsoij himself riding in the
cart or trudging by tho sWc of it along the Lon
don and Cambridge roadi Ho had driven tho
team
chose to travel by such a slow
"All through Shake
a grown lad for Ills father before Shako
Bpeare was born; and now, eighty years after
Shakespeare's bones had been laid under tho
pavement in Stratford Church, lie was still bale
in his old vocation."
But Hobson wus grca&r than his humble
calling. He
ter still, ho was highly and generally respect
ed. His fortune had bcoh wnn, not by gamb
ling speculations, but by honest thrift. Begin•
nlng life with a snug little property, a carrier's
wagon, eight team horses and a riding nag, he
had, by prudent management, made himself
of tho wealthiest oitlzens in Cambridge.
He owned bouses and lairds. He was a a fanner,
maltster and inn-keeper, as well as carrier. Ho
had a a sharp eyo to perceive,and a quick hand
to Improve opportunities for gaining money.
Uenoe, says Steele, in the Spectator : "Being a
man that saw where there might a good profit
arise, though the dulled men overlooked It,"
and "observing that thejacholars of Cambridge
rid hard," he had early begun to keep "a largo
stook of horses with boots,bridles and whips, to
rumlsh the gentlemen at once without going
from college to college to borrow."
The idea is common enough now, but wo owe
tho conception of a 11 very stable to the inven
tive Hobson, he being, says Masson "according
to all tradition, the very first man" in Eng
land, "who let out hackney horses." And it
was to his unique method of conducting this
then novel business, that
our proverb. Ho kept forty good horsos al
ways ready and fit for traveling, in bis spacious
stable. But having a monopoly of tho business
he managed It in tho imperious spirit, though
not with the injustice, of a modern monopolist.
Honest Hobson would deal fairly with both his
horses and his customers. Each horse must be
ridden in turn, and thq customer, whoever he
might be, was obliged
chanced to stand nearjbho stable door. Hence
arose our proverb, "Robson's choice; this or
nothing."
The old
a character. He was rich. Bet
are indebted for
tako the liorso that
loved Ills beasts ami did not like
to have them driven too hard or too fast*
Hence, when some fast student mounted one
of bis nags for a ride to London, he was in the
habit of saying to him, "You will come time
enough to London, young air,if you do not ride
too fast."
A sago bit of counsel|that, which many a col
lego lad or youth of any class might profitably
apply to his Journey through life.
How much or how little Milton patronized
old Hobson, either as an inn-keeper, carrier, or
a letter-out of horses, we do not know. That
he knew him, and felt kindly toward him. the
epitaph quoted below abundantly prove,though
its humorous cliuracter, wo think, proves also
that ho did not cherish any very high regard
for tho old man. Mew do not write jestingly
about those whom they have been accustomed
to think of with respectful affection.
Hobson died six years after Milton took up
his college residence in Cambridge. The cause
of his death was as singular as his character.
The plague which desolated Loudon in 1630 had
compelled him to cease his weekly journeys,
from spring to autumn. This long detention
from duties which had become the joy of his
life, worried him. He went moping about Cam
bridge like one who had lost the thing he valued
most. He could not reconcile himself to his
circumstances. His spirits sunk lower aud
lower, until about December, when tho abate
ment of tho plague made it probable that he
might soon be able to resume his accustomed
Journeys, ho was unable to rally, but took to
his bed and died. He left a handsome fortune,
however, to his two surviving daughters—one
of whom had married a baronet—and to his six
grandchildren, besides legacies to bis native
city,which,with his previous publie gifts, made
him an object of lasting pride to its citizens.
"At Cambridge," says Masson, "Hobson is still
in a manner tho genius loci."
We will quote the shorter of Milton's two epi
taphs on this worthy, partly for the reader's
amusement, and partly as an illustration of tho
great poet s muse when In its lightest mood.
"Hero Besold Hobson. Death has broko his girl,
Ar.d here, alas! hath laid him In tho dirt;
Or else, tho ways being foul, twenty to one
He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown.
'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known,
Death was half glad when he had got him down,
For he had any time this years full
Dodged with him botwixl Cambridge and tho
Bull;
And, surely, death could never have prevailed,
Had not his weekly course of carriage failed;
, lately, finding him so long at home,
And thinking now his journey's end whs come,
Ami that he had taken up ills latest inn,
In the kind offleo of a chamberlain
Shewed him his room where he must lodge that
night.
Pulled otf ills boots, and took away light.
If any ask for him, it shall be said,
'Hobson hath supped,anti's newly gone to bed!' "
The Founders of the Society of the Jesuits.
Ignatius Loyola, a young Spanish Knight of
noble family, was born in 1491, ami so was eight
years younger than Luther. He was a soldier
in the army of Spain and was fighting In the
Spanish army against
varre, at tho ago of thirty, when his leg was
shattered by a cannon ball. The one hope of
the young knight was such a recovery as would
lot him return to his soldier's life and pursue
his knightly career. He submitted to two cruel
operations in this hope, but alas, In vain. After
racking torture and fever, which brought him
near to the grave, he survived to find his con
tracted limb still a bar to his hopes. As he lay
upon his couch in pain and fever, ho changed
tho scheme of his life. Ho resolved to become a
soldier—a general—in another army, under a
higher King, fighting for the cross. Legends of
the saints inspired his Imagination with dreams
still more romantic than the tales of knight
errantry. In his delirium his fevered eye saw
visious of the Virgin, aad thus he thought ho
received divine commision to pursue his plan.
He would be a true son of the Church,the sworn
enemy of her enemies the heretics, Jews, or
infidels. His creed should be the soldier's
creed—obedience to superiors,bard endurance,
aud dauntless courage. Tho holy saints of tho
legends were his patterns. Ho prepared him
self for his work, os they did, by fastings and
the severest austerities. His food was bread
and water and herbs, his girdle sometimes an
iron chain, sometimes prickly briars, his work
humble service of the lowest kind,such os dress
ing the foulest wounds in the hospitals. Then
he dwelt for a while in a cavern in solitudo,and
fasted till he
had communications with heaven, And now
ho had perfected his plan—a soldier's plan—to
found a religious army, porfeot In discipline,
in every soldier of which should be absolute de
votiou to one end,absolute obedience to his su.
perlor, with no human ties to hinder and no
objects to divert him from the service required.
It was in fact lo be a new monastic order, and
to be called the Society of Jesus.
Francis Xavi kb .—There was a young Spanish
noble at tho university in Paris namod Francis
Xavier. While Loyola was studying at the
university he came in contact with him He
watched him, read his mind and character,and
then set himself to work to make his own.
insurrection In Na
visions again, and fancied he
Xavier sought fame and applause, and Just as
he got it, Loyola would come in his way with
the solemn question, "What shall it profit if a
man gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?" Loyola would help him to new tri
umphs,but as often as they came would come to
him again from Loyola the solemn question,
"What shall it profit?" At last the proud spirit
of the Spanish noble yielded to the spell. Xa
vier became a disciple of Loyola ; rivaled him
in austerities,and ere long became the mission
ary of the Society, carrying his cross, his Bible,
breviary and wallet to India and the Indian
Isles, and even to Japan and China, till at last
he laid down his life after eleven long years of
horolc labor, stretched on the sand of the sea
shore of a lonely island in the Chinese seas,
willi his cross in his hand,tears of holy Joy in
bis eyes, and uttering the words, "In Thee have
I put my trust, let mo never be confounded."
Of such stuff were the first Jesuits made—a
type of human nature which, rising up as it did
Just then, was of immense import to the future
of the Catholic Church. It was in truth a re
aotloa train tJ|c looseness both of morals and
creod which had marked tho recent condition
of tho Church. These men wore pious,earnest,
and dovoted to the Church, because tlioir minds
were cast in a mould which allowed them still
to be lie ve in her pretentions. They had ull the
piety, fervor, energy and boldness of the Prot
estant Reformers, but their reform took an
other direction. Instead of going back to St.
Augustlno as their exponent of the Bible, they
took St. Francis and the medircval saints as
their models, and rested with absolute faith on
the authority of the mediæval Church. To re
form the Catholic Church to mediæval stand
ards by the formation of a new monastic older,
having for its cortier-stone the absolute
render of free inquiry and free thought, and
absolute obedience to supremo ecclesiastical
authority—this was the project of Loyola. It
was not abortive. Before its founder died he
had succeeded in founding more than a hun
dred Jesuit colleges or houses for training Jes
uits, and an immenso number of educational
establishments under their influence.— See
bohm's Era of the Protestant Revolution.
South Carolina and Wade Hampton.
Governor Wade Hampton is Ju9t now tlie
coming man of the South. Ho is, perhaps,a
little over fifty years of age, a well-built, com
pactly formed man, and looks tho soldier and
the gentleman; ho has a remarkable power
over men, as was shown during tho political
contest, when nothing prevented the flow of
blood but his personal magnetism. In ante
bellum times he belonged to the old Whig
party, and opposed nullification and secession,
as long os there was any hope of staying the
tide, and then like General Lee in Virginia,and
others, he went with his State. lie seems to bo
a sincere, earnest, honest man, the friend alike
of both tho white and colored man, and fully
bent on keeping, in spirit as well os letter, the
pledges ho made, touching the treatment and
rights of the colored people, 09 guaranteed by
tho amended Constitution of the United States.
In this, he is said to bo ahead of the most of his
party, but if allowed to work out his own liu
mane plan, he will secure great and bénéficient
results to both races of his native State. Some
attempts have been made in the Legislature to
block his wheels, but so far he has proved him
self to bo the master of tho situation. Time
reotifle9 all things, and that alone will write
the true history.
Two very difficult problems
themselves for solution ; these are the financial
and the educational. The for
tho credit of the State be kept up, meeting all
her obligations, and yet the rate of taxation bo
such 09 the people will bear without complaint?
The eduoationul problem is, if possible, still
more difficult of solution. It is a great step in
advance for tlie late ruling classes to admit
their obligations to educate in a limited degree,
even,those who so recently were their property.
But by tho logic of events, a great change is
taking place in this same class; and now.undcr
tho lead of Gov. Hampton,they seem about to
take another step and declare for universal cd .
ucatlon of both white and colored. Verily,
tempora mutantur^et nos mutamer in illls.
The education of the two races in tho same
schools being simply an Impracticability, the
Governor's plan is understood to bo as follows :
For common school instruction, provide dupli
cate schools of precisely tho same grade all over
tho State; and for the higher education let the
State provide and foster two institutions of
equal grade and means. Under this plan the
South Carolina University at Columbia will be
devoted to the education of white young men ;
and some other institutions will bo provided
with equal means for the superior instruction
of colored youth. Whether
prehensive plan cun be realized remains to be
seen; there is, however, a good degree of prom
ise in that direction since Gov. II. seems thor
oughly in earnest, and to supported by the con
trolling minds of hto own party.
present
is, how can
not lhi9 com
Indians and Indian Schools.— The Chcro
kces, who number about 18,000, huvo 74 neigh
borhood schools, one high school for boys and
one for girls,costing about $'5,000 each,with ac
commodations tor 250 pupils, and an orphan
asylum, where ISOof the 260 orphans are clothed,
fed, and educated There to also n manuel
labor school, and It 1ms a flno farm attached.
The Cherokee-8 expend nearly $74,000 perannum
for education. Most of their teachers arc na
tives, graduates of their high schools or of
schools in the States. The Creek population is
16,000,having 27 neighborhood schsols, two high
schools, and
The last Creek Council appropriated $6,000 lor
an additional high school building for Creeks
and $3,000 for a colored high school. The Choc
taws number 17,005, have 52 neighborhood
schools and fonr academics .one. tho Now. Hope
Seminary, tor young ladies. The Chickasaws,
with a population of 6,000, have 14 neighbor
hood schools, and two excellent high schools.
Tlie Seinlnoles, tho Sacs and Foxes, Oaagcs,
Shawnecs, Pottawatomles, an«l other tribes,
have excellent schools. Tho high schools aro
all built of brick, substantial and permanent.
Ail are free to Indians. All are full of pupils.
English is the only language taught. There
are at the present time over 50 young men and
women being educated at the expense of the
various nations in the States. At La Grange,
Fulton, and Clinton, Mo. t they rank I11 deport
ment and progress with tho first. Tlie sumc
may be said of those in Illinois,Tennessee,Ohio,
Georgia, Virginia, and Texas.
Institute for young ladles.
Education.— Superintendent Harrington, of
Now-Bedford, at the recent meeting of tho
Now- England school superintendents, argued
that tho main dissatisfaction with the public
schools arose from the grave error in the pub
lic mind that the progress of education could
be measured from hour to hour, and the twin
error that any man who can hold a text-book
and ask questions Is fit to be a school commit
teeman. In the publio mind there was no rec
ognition of the great science ot education. It
was resolved by the meeting : That all school
superintendents should, within their respect
ive spheres of activity and influence, recom
mend and promote instruction in the rnetrio
system in all schools, both public and private;
that all teachers should make themselves ac
quainted with the system,and that they should
as far as practicable give their pupils instruc
tion in It whenever required or permitted so to
do; that a knowledge of the system should be
made a condition of admission to high schools
colleges, and technical schools: that the sys
tem should be tanght in all normal schools and
schools for training teachers; that at all teach
ers' institutes the importance and the best
method of teaching the system should bo pre
sented, that a knowledge of the system should
be required of all teachers os a condition of their
receiving a certificate of qualification for teach
ing.
RELIGIOUS.
_ \
IHMEARIIRABLE LOVE.
There's a wideness in God's mercy,
Like the wideness of the
There's a kindness ln IIis justice
Which is more than liberty.
For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of man's mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more simple,
We should take Him at His word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of tbs Lord.
The Church has been well said to he the
world's Bible. If you would have men hear
you, be sure to translate the Gospel Into your
life. Put it in bold and burning letters; cap
italize it.
Your religion commends itself most,when
your own life is irradiated and glorified by
it. Men want to se# ÿoUr Gospel tested
in your conduct and temper. They will not
make great allowance for your sins; they ex
pect the grace of God to eradicate sin, and
to fill tlie soul overflowing with God. They
want to see your face shine, to observe the
kindling of hope, the radience, the glow of
sacred joy.
If Jesus puts his precious hand away back
into the recesses of your spirit, and works a
delicious wonder there, how will lie ever get
the glory of it, unless you tell it. It is easy
enougli to praise to the fullest extent, the
works of men; but it is so difficult to get our
tongues stretched to the utmost tension in
sounding the full praises of Jesus and tell
ing, not a part, but all of his marvellous
works. Jesus said to the restored lunatic of
the tombs, "Go and tell what great things
the Lord hath done." Jesus does "great
things" and they must have a great telling.
The best evidence that you are a Chris
tian is fouud in your spiritual state and tem
per. You may perform many of the outward
duties of religion, and yet not be genuinely
religious. Religion lias its seat in the heart.
It is a union of the soul witli God, a passing
out of self and the world into the Divine.
When onr nature is renewed by grace, it
gravitates towards God; it grows like to Him,
and longs to know Him more perfectly and
to enjoy Him more completely. The soul is
touched and charged with a heavenly mag
netism, and trembles restlessly, like the mag
netic needle, till it finds its polar cen
tre and rest iu the Lord Jesus. If you are
Christ's, you are attracted towards Christ,
and find your supreme delight in nim.
Come to me, Thou who hast the powerto save 1
My spirit quicken and restore;
And let Thy smile shine out upon the wave
That bears me to tho other shore!
My God, since Thou my life and portion art,
Since 1 have given unto Thee
This too unfaithful, too unworthy heart,
Comfort, sustuin, and strengthen me!
My Father, turn not Thou away Thine eyes
Of love, so holy, so divine;
For heaven's supremest, purest pleasure lies
In one sweet, single smile of Thine !
The doctrine of Christ exccedetli all the
doctrines of holy men; and he that hath the
Spirit, will find therein an hidden manna.
But it falleth out, that many who often
hear the Gospel of Christ, are yet but little
affected, because they are void of the Spirit
of Christ.
But whosoever would fully and feelingly
understand the words of Christ, must en
deavor to conform his life wholly to the life
of Christ.
Wliat will it avail thee to dispute pro
foundly of the Trinity, if thou be void of hu
mility, and art thereby displeasing to the
Trinity?
Surely high words do not make a man holy
and just; but a virtuous life mnketh him dear
to God.
I had rather feel compunction, than un
derstand the definition thereof.
If thou didst know the whole Bible by
heart, and the sayings of all the philoso
phers, wiiat would ail that profit thee with
out the love of God, and without grace?
The Devil up and down the earth, can
see us at all times. He watches for our weak
places, and for opportunities to get the power
over us. When wcare off our guard, he will
slip in. We are told in God's Word to be
sober.be vigilant or watching, and resist him
steadfast in the faith. We may have the vic
tory over him if we look to Jesus.
Jesus lias promised to come in and live in
us, if we ask him; he is stronger than the
Devil, and will keep him from getting any
hold upon us. When Satan comes into our
thoughts, Jesus will crowd him out. Jesus
does not like anything that is unclean, ahd
he will drive out of our hearts all that is sin
ful or impure, if we let him do it. We must
ask him and look to him all the time.
He cannot live in us, if we are not pure.
Pray that we all may bo made pure, and let
us do all we can to make onrselves pure.
We must help Jesus. There would be no use
for us to ask him to cleanse our hearts, and
then bring in a lot of rubbish^
We must watch and do nothing that is
wrong. Think whether Jesus would be
pleased witli what we do and say, and be
sure to do nothing, or say nothing, or wear
nothing that we would be ashamed of if he
were hero witli us, in person.
Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity, ex
cept to love God, and to serve nim only.
This is the highest wisdom, by contempt
of the world to tend towards tho kiugdom
of Heaven.
Vanity therefore it is, to seek after perish
ing riclie8, and to trust in them.
It is also vanity to hunt after honors, and
to climb to high degree.
. It is vanity to follow the desires of the
flesh, and to labor for that for which thou
must afterwards suffer more grievous pun
ishment.
Vanity it is, to wish to live long, and to be
careless to live well.
It is vanity t* mind only tills present life,
and not to foresee those things which are to
come.
It is vanity to set thy love on that which
speedily passeth away, and not to hasten
thither where everlasting joy abideth.
Call often to mind that proverb, "That
the eye is not satisfied witli seeing, nor the
ear filled with hearing."
Endeavor therefore to withdraw thy heart
from the love of visible things, and turn thy
self to tlie invisible.
For they that follow their sensuality, do
stain their own consciences, and lose the fa
vor of God.
1
is
to
WIT AND HUMOR.
lawyers
More nice and subtle than those wire-drawers,
Of equity and Justice, common lawyers;
Who never end but always prune a salt,
To make It boar the greater store of fruit.
As laboring
Porters their backs, lawyers hire out their
tongues,
A tongue to mire and gain acco9tum'd long,
Grown quite insensible to right or wrong.
We want our names written in a book of
gold a9 one who love9 his fellow-men, but
fruit-tree agents and men with new kinds of
glue must steer clear of us just the same as if
we were a whole cage of Bengal tigers with
the hydrophobia.
"I tell you, sir," said Dr. —- one morn
ing, to the village apothecary, *'I tell you
sir, the vox populi should not, must not, be
disregarded." "What, Doctor!" exclaimed
tho apothecary, rubbing his hands, "you
don't say that's broken out In town, too,
has it? Lord help us! what unhealthy times
these are!"
Ministers should remember that tlie
weather is growing very warm, and tlie
same congregation which sits delighted
through two and one-half hours of a five-act
comedy can't possibly endure more than
twenty-five minutes of sermon and a three
minuto prayer. There is a limit even to
human endurance.
their bandSfCriers their lungs,
Rather Mixed.— A young man having
been requested at a dinner to reply to the
time-honored toast of "Woman" closed his
remarks with the familiar quotation from
Scott :
"O woman, In thine hours of case.
Uncertain, coy and hard to please."
Here his memory failed him : but after a
little hesitation he continued in triumph :
"But seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity, then embrace."
An Astonishing Translation. — The
only equivalent in the Japanese language
for the English word baptism or immersion
is soaking. A ludicrous illustration of its
application is the following from the Baptist
translation of the Bible into Japanese, which
that good orthodox, the Alliance , says great
ly astonished the Japs: "In those days came
John the soaker, preaching the soaking of
repentance. Repent and be soaked every
one of you."
An Unpaid Debt.— A widow in Balti
more put crape on her door. Tlie crape re
mained there about a week before the land
lord made bold to interrupt lier grief, and
when he entered he found nothing there but
the house. Her grief was so intense that
she had inadvertently removed all tho furni
ture. The debt of nature which had been
paid was suppo9itiou9. The debt for rent
remains uncancelled. And yet they say that
women are not calculated for business.
Popular suffrage lias been put to a singu
lar test in a village of Awa, Japan. The
neighborhood was harrnssed by a midnight
robber, whom nobody could detect. The
head of tho hamlet summoned the entire
male population under his charge and direc
ted every man to write the name of the per
son whom he suspected and deposit the tick
et in a box. Fifteen ballots bore the name
of Abe Tanihei, the rest being blanks. The
man whom everybody distrusted was so
overcome with astonishment that he made
full confession and went to prison. Never
before in the history of popular government
was a thief elected with such unanimity.
In the House of Peers, during the exami
nation of the magistrates of Edinburgh,
touching the particulars of tlie Porteous
Mob, in 1736, the Duke of Newcastle having
asked the Provost with what kind of shot
the town guard, commanded by Porteous,
had loaded their muskets, received the unex
pected reply, "Ou, just sio as ane shoots
dukes and fools wi !" The answer was con
sidered as a contempt of tlie House of Lords,
and the poor Provost would have suffered
from misconception of his patois, had not
the Duke of Argyle (who must have been
exceedingly amused) explained that the
worthy chief magistrate's expression wnen
rendered Into English meant to describe the
shot used for ducks and icaterfoiel.
As Good as He Gave.— "Speaking of
shooting ducks," said Or. F., puts me in
mind of tlie great storm that occurred when
I lived on the island. As you are well aware,
uur island was near Cisco Bay; an awful
storm arose, and was so fierce that it drovo
all the ducks in tlie bay into a pond, cover
ing about an acre, near my house. In fact,
so many ducks crowded into the pond that I
could not see a drop of water."
"Sho," said Smith, "didn't ye shoot any of
'em?"
"That's what I was coming at. I went
Into tlie house, got iny double-barreled shot
gun and discharged both barrels right into
the midst of them, but to my astonishment
they arose in tile air leaving not a solitary
duck on tho pond."
"Good gracious! You don't say so," says
Smith. "Didn't you have any shot in yer
gun, or what in thunder was the matter?"
"Well, I was coming to that," said Dr. F.
"It astonished me at first, but as soon as tho
ducks arose a few hundred yards In the air,
and commenced to separate a little ducks be
gan to drop, and whether you believe it or
not, 1 picked up tweuty-nine barrels full,and
it was a poor season for ducks, too. You
see the ducks were wedgrd in solid on the
pond, and when they arose they carried tlie
dead ones in the air with them, and when
they separated, down came twenty-nine bar
rels of dead ducks."
"Oh," says Smith, "I ffm not surprised at
that at all, or of the big lot of ducks you
bagged, for it was an awful storm. I re
member it well, Doctor; I had at that time a
corn barn full of corn; on the outside was a
knot-hole ; anil during the storm the wind
blew so fierce that it blew every ear of corn
right through the knot-hole ; and the hole
being just tlie size of a cob, the result was
that it shelled every ear, leaving the corn in
the barn, and the next morning I found my
corn barn half full of shelled corn, and not a
single cob. I hud a curiosity to know where
tho cobs had gone. 1 went to the rear of the
barn, and followed the line of these cobs
over eleven miles and at a distance of five
miles a large first growth pine tree stood In
the track, and darn me If the wind didn't
drive cobs in the treo from top to bottom.
Oh, doctor, that was an awful storm."
"Yes," sighed the doctor, "awful."