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■*7 JtELIGIOUS.
frof. Ewinrr on the Dnty of Chrhtiani
to llio Modern Beggar.
Tho Able-Bodied Tramp* Must BcTmifflit
(lie Habits of Imlhslry.
Dr. Thomas Discovirsas on Unity
in Unity church.
Tht Epidemic of Fraud—A Sermon by
the Uev. W. T. Crafts.
CHRISTIANITY AND TRAMPS
SERMON HI PROP. SWI.NO.
Prof. Swing preached yesterday motoltig In
the Centra) Church, taking as his text:
If nnv would not work neither nbouid he cab—
Jl. Thtt*.. IH.. 10.
The relations of charltv and calamity seemed
Inst Sunday plain enough. When unavoidable
trouble comes niioti an Individual or a commu
nity the love ot brother fur brother must rush
to the help of the utiforluualc. Today 1 pro
pose to you nnd to my*r!f a more difficult sub
ject of Inquiry—the relation* ol Christian ethic*
toward the common beggar. At the door or
pate of each one of you come* regularly the
beggar. In the form of man, or woman, or
child, these beggar* have come for ten or twen
ty years, nnd In such hurt rising number* I nut
the outlook of the next ten year* I* alarming.
We *ll feel that our charity, so-called, will
not bear the strain. Many ot tbo best
men, the most educated, and most re
fined, ami the most benevolent are wondering
what Is the Him of duly lowan! the mendicant
class. To-day let its who have gathered hero
think upon thin question. We cannot settle it,
but we can confer over It, nml I shall, lor my
part, speak not ns one who has absolute knowl
e-lgc, but as one willing to lie contradicted, and
anxious only »o tlnd at Inst the right path.
By Christianity In these remarks 1 mean not
the written religion of the churches, but wbnt
is called Christian civilisation, that ethics which
soemsto have come down from not simply the
words of Christ, but from His Spirit. Wlml
should bo the relation of our age toward* the
beggars that swarm ot our pales! Tlio reply
that wa must pity them, and feed them, nml
clothe them comes too hostile. Those helped
In the chapters of the Testament were not
simply poorer hungry, but they were helpless.
One of them who lay at tho rich man**
gale was sick; he was a victim of
the scrofula. Another had been on a
journey, and was ivnylnid and beaten, and left
for dead. Other* had leprosy white os snow;
others had been paralyzed for year*; other*
had been blind from birth; one had a withered
hnn*l; all those who lay about the pool walling
for the healing angel to touch the water were
helpless through physical Ills. Thus It will ap
pear that in tho group upon which Christ poured
his blessings there were none of those beggars
which with able hodlen pour out their dramatic
(ale* Into the ear of tho nineteenth century.
A* our form of beggar I,* not to bo seen In tho
New Testament, so tho best mode of dealing
will not be there In expres* words. Wo must
hence ask the general spirit of Christ—a*lc that
rcllcction which possesses something of Ills
justness, nml calmness, and kindness to como
to our old in this largo debate. Christianity
presents the genial Ulcus: that man must bo
Industrious', that tho moral good of society
must be sought, and that laws must not bo cruel
but mcrcll ul.
Whence camo this stream of beggars! All
livers Hour from sumo source. Man In his
natural state is avone to work. lie will always
Und the most possible of rest and sleep. In*
Uuslry, like taste ami learning, Is not a natural
Virtue, but an acquired one. ilenco the stream
of beggar* arose In tiio old highlands of hr*
Durance and stupor, and lias Unwed along and
tallowed the race. Greece hod few mendicants,
but the East at large was full of these human
drones.—Jerusalem was full, Homo was full.
In the last years of the Empire all the Idle and
poor of lloiue were fed by the Government, and
no labor was required of them. It was fur
hundreds of years the chief business of the
Emperors to plunder foreign elites that their
subjects nt homo might bo kept supplied with
plunder amt happy with glory. The history of
thu human race Involves not only d history or
art, and podrv, onu philosophy, and religion,
but also of tramplsm,—a quality ot man that
has never blessed tbo nations with even a lent*
porury absence.
Thu stream of mendicants that llowa through
Great Untuin nml Ameli a received wonderful
Impulse sonic centuries ago in causes which
sprang up additional to tlm natural Indolence of
iiiaii. The despotic (iurcrnmonis which carried
nil the land to the few tonic away the Impulse
ami reward of labor to tlm many, it Is com
inoidv cotifeftMxl that thu Crusades, which
dragacd the Western men into u roving life for
three centuries, which made religious gypsies
ol millions of the men and women highest and
lowest in Church and stoic, loft nil the good
Ideas of labor destroyed or unpopular fur many
generations.
To thu Inllucneo ot those great migrations wo
must add thu inllnence of the Church, which for
a thousand years made Identical u mendicant
and a saint. Out of mistaken exegesis of the
Testament, the ChurPh olfcrcd a premium to
Indolence by making the most ragged
ami forlorn beggar to bo the most
lidding saint. To go to heaven as
u Lnxarus on a mord of crumb-nicking
Was thought thu best way of reaching that land,
and hence the people were pointed to that route;
but that the other road of property and luxury
might not bo wiiully abandoned and closed up,
the Topes and Bishop* mid pious Kings fur the
most part took (hat more luxuriant way of trav*
el. '1 tie monks were all beggars; the nuns
beggars; the hermits all beggars; the spiritual*
ly minded were beggars. \Vhutimiat have boon
the elfcet of a religioussyslem widen could take
such an Intellect as that of Martin Luther and
make It acx-cpt of mendicancy as an honorable
vaicerl 11 our modern civilization could select
on Intellect like that of Carlyle or Palmerston,
and could make it ilnd la rags and beggary u
noble shape of life, it would men bo a picture to
V. 8 1 , , civilisation wnleh shaped Europe ami
Britain lor a Uiuu»md tears. In uuuy great
facts of the past you will thus find whence fol*
Jowod the creutlrlrar of Indolence and poverty.
llojrlarßuhiutlu.cYll bciomul lu England
and \\ ale* the beggars compare with the whole
population us one to about *eventecn. In Ire
land the ratio I* much larger, perhaps one puu*
per to every liveivu of the population. Between
the combined despotism u! religion and politics
that unhappy land has been enabled to export
beggars In wonderful numbers, one estate alone
sending U.UUU to America, one year alone •hip
ping d,OCO pour girls to Australia. Holy, Spain,
Holland, Belgium, ami Portugal contain one
pauper lor every eight ol the whole population,
what proportion exists between Ine beggars
and the whole people of our owueountry Ihavo
been unable to learn, but the proportion must
be more favorable than that of England. In
Miiftsuebusi-Übaboui one iu twenty Is a beggar.
From »Uch a basis wo may Infer that ourlsnd
possesses fully 2,Odd,QUO of dependents aside
from those made dependent by being deaf, or
Insane, or sick. And when wo remember
that of these millions the cities contain
the largest ratio and the must dangerous class,
tuo question ot duty becomes Important to the
degree of painfulmss. Thu fact that ot Ut#
years, since our lo.it War and the last comtuer*
cial crisis, the number of able-bodied l>eggars
b&s rapidly Increased, and that Communism
bos sprung UP to hasten on to criminality many
who were once uulv indolent, docs not lessen
the value and paiufuluess ol our inquiry.
Thu third question may be, What legislation
bare {Hates In past times taken In reference to
able-bodied mendicants I The old countries alt
contain records of perpetual legislation In this
direction. The English acts in the fourteenth
century confer a great favor upon our time py
luuima us suitable language witii which
tu designate that peculiar class of
Persons under consideration today. Our
Surd “tramp” suems to apply U> only a part of
the great crow d. The English acts denominate
them as it/. ttuiJy. and nu'-mid Uj*
IWs." and first embodied the idea that uo one
el IhU cla«s should beg out u( thutuvu whole
be nail been a resident for three years. '(hi*
would dimmish the amount ol Imposture by
[muting thy eloquence of the talu Ot wo to
those cars which could know how talse it were.
A man begging In one village to amend a calam
ity winch had befallen* him in a town a hundred
limes awqy was at unco arrested. Tbp penalty
t>l thus taxing out»lae charity was two days and
tnghts in u dungeon, and theu a dogging, ind
an uath to teturu to the town where be was
kuown.
lu Henry VIII.’* day It was found necessary
!° P JI » a luoie severe law, and ‘'thoable-
I'-iUled, fciurdv and vuilaut Dewar” suliered
*u« Jos* ol UU lijrlit ear fur a second ulleuse,
fci*d fur a third traiiaj;re»»;ou he was loulacd
lor * and loitering, «ud Ulvuc»»,
&u<4wiu put to death as an tueniv of h:s cuju
l.v’* 1t« •>.. .1... * •.
the public war rebuked for disregard of Ihl«
inw, ami wrk luxiHed of fOunvlmr "a foolish
pity nrt'l mcreyand a new law wan I*3**oll,
that Idlers should lm branded with the letter
“ V ’’ (vagabond) on tire shoulder on brat con*
vlctton, on a Fecund convleth»n should be
branded wltli “S” mid houslavo for life tolho
highest bidder; mnnhur away from this jcrvlcu
he ivn* to ho put to death. . * ,
Budi laws ore to bo quoted, not with approval,
but to allow what n sorlius problem these
rnlinnt fair/nri have offered the friends of good
government, nml bow grave tilts question of
Christian duty still remain*. Hut cruel ns
these laws were, n aocl.il wrltwr, now living nod
Very popular, expresses the conviction tlint all
tlwu drawn ul I lid l>lve dlioill;I bo in-rmltlwl la
■tanro or .!!□ nl <lWwf. lit! dllTrr, from Mu.iry
Vin nnd Edwortl VI. onlv In that Herbert
Spencer would have nature kill off the Indolent,
while those old monarch* would bring In the
callows nml ox to hasten tho natural work of
extermination. Spencer conceals his cruelty
behind n drnt*crjr oi decant language nml
Utriire, but within the gloved band Is seen the
handle of nu at, m*ne the less fatal irom be
lunuihff to natural law. Herbert Spencer says:
“ Pervading nil nature we may see at work s
stern discipline which Is n little cruel
that it may be very kind.
It Is much better that the ruminant animat
when deprived by. age of the vigor which made
existence a pleasure should bo kitten bv some
beast of prer, than that it should Huger out a
life made painful by Infirmities, to die eventu
ally of starvation. Uy tuo destruction ol such,
not only Is existence ended before it becomes
burdehseme, hut room is made for a younger
generation, capable of ttm fullest enjoyment. .
. . . . Meanwhile-the. well-known existing
huinanllv and the (infolding of it into thin ulti
mate perfection are both secured bv that same
Uciiiliecut though severe discipline to which the
animated creation at largo is subject—a disci
pline which is pitiless In the working out of
good; a felicity-pursuing law which never
swerve* for the avoidance of partial and tem
porary suffering. '1 lie (xivcrty of the Incapable,
the dlslrcfcseslliat come upon the Imprudent,
the starvation of the Idle . . . arc the de
crees of n largo and far-seeing benevolence.
. . . There arc many very amiable people
who have not the nerve to look this mutter fairly
in the face.”
Thu* tho’ great modern teacher of social
science Join* hands witn the Chinese, who kill
all apparently surplus children, ami with the
fabled Northmen, who pul their aged parent*
to death. Tho relations of Christianity toward
able-lKHltcd beggars must be quite different from
the relation* 01 Henry Vlil. or of Herbert
Spencer toward that class. Under tho lend of
Christianity there arc amiable people who do
look ttic matter fairly lu tho face, and who do
nut sen tho kind of face seen by tho author of
•• Social Statics.” Keccnt English Boor laws
have been too amiable. They have put beggar*
upon the parish, and, without compelling labor,
have paid them a weekly stipend. Tho good,
ndustrtou* people of England have paid tutor
rqtttfor generation*, without exacting labor
from tha recipient. Beggars are put on a jkmi
’slon. and thus rank, after a fashion, with old
soldiers, and old poets, and distinguished states
men. That millions ot Idler* have been devel
oped and made perpetual by English Boor laws
admits of no denial.
What shuuld be our State, or general, or our
cjfy legislation u|*od this matter! Only the
long thought of a largo number of our wisest
meu could frame n valuaolo reply In detail. To
one speaking hastily and briefly no light comes
dearly except that of general principles, nnd
sumo of the general principle* of Christian
philosophy ore these: Kindness and tho sacred
ness of Hlo must mark all social legislation.
Philosophy may command the Idle to die, but
Christianity cannot, She came to save the Idle,
nml is as eager to reform a valiant Uqyur as to
rutorm a man who will Hu or steal. Bhe cure*
Ignorance by teaching knowledge; cure* vice by
cultivating Its opposite; cures drunkenness bv
temperance; and heuce,. while Henry VI II. and
Spencer would kill an able-bodied beggar,
Christianity would make him leiru to work.
Feeding tbo “ ablo-bodlcd and villaut beggar ”
at the basement-door or ot a cheap eoup-nouso
forms no part of tho Christian philanthropy,
unless a pestilence, or a lire, or au earthquake
lias created a temporary dcinandfursueh a shape
of bendiceuco. Work la a sacred word In tho
Christian system, because idleness develops
into crime mid vice.
Secondly, Christianity loves the good and the
Industrious, a\»d hence acorns the charily that
Will feed the thousands ot Idler* who are ren
dering homes unsafe (duces fori life or property.
The home In the country is no longer the castle
whore tho mother und children feel sale, but it
U rather thu place where each noise tcrrllies, and
where thu wife and children often tremble and
wish morning would come. Now a Christian
elvdlxutlon wilt love these homes mote than It
will love tho personal liberty of a tramp, and
hence, out of loro fur tho homos of tho good,
and out of regard to the highest welfare of tho
vagabond. It will terminate ills free wanderings,
and will compel him to learn the pursuits and
tho habit* of industry. A philanthropy which
feeds a swarm of Idlers, and which forgets tho
•aereduess of nil the homes ot tho villages and
farms of tho land, Is a charity tuo shortsighted
to be denominated Christian. What waschurltv
at ydur gale to-day turns Into rapine and mur
der to-morrow. .
Thirdly, Christianity Is bust ofcr tho morals
ol the present and future. Kach adult beggar
Is training a low children In vice. Tim lazy val
iant mendicant sends out Ids children In raffs
and dirt, with well-practiced lies on their lips,
ami thus tho charity that lecds these In idle*
ness make tho quantity ol vice advance with an
advancing population, so that, each able-bodied
beggar well cured lor by charity becomes a col*
ouy, a swarm, In a low years; and hence In Italy
and Spain, where tho rich have scattered coins
to tho lazzaronl lor centuries, thu streets of
thesa ouco splendid States are now alive with
thousands ol beluga who, all combined, have
not purlurmed a good day’s work in a hundred
years. On account of tho vice and crime which
ro)ls like u pestilence out of such almsgiving,
we shall not dare to consider it any part ol a
dlvlnu Gospel.
Thus tho general principles ol Christian
moral philosophy point toward “ each able
bodied and valiant beggar " aafati offcmlcr, and
declare his act ol begging a misdemeanor In
volving Immediate arrest. Arrest to what end I
Evidently this, (hat In city or Htato workshops
and farms lie shall labor lor par( of his support
snd to acquire a new set ol habits. A Stole
farm ol rH},(XX) acres, with shops also ol all
works, would move every confirmed idler Irom
our cities and villages, and would not only give
thu country quiet homes and our cities some
security, but would turn vagabonds Into work
logmen, aud their children along honorable
paths. 1 may err as to tho manner ol support
ing and teaching these idlers, but It Is not pos
sible to err In tne notion that beggary Is a mis
demeanor and should lie followed at open by a
removal ot (he ollcnder from 000101)*. There
would be thousands ol pour people worthy
poor, who would bo cared lor by churches, and
associations, mid friends; but tho continued
trumps ol city ana country should be re
moved at once to sehobls ol all industry. It
must be evident to all that tbo century which
has, by common consent, brought so much light
t,o rim world, should not leave pauperism to
become a worse evil in America than it Vos In
own thu sixteenth century. Wo are Qmllng
auswets to many old questions which perplexed
our fathers. We havu learned howto travel;
howto drag produce long distances; how to
sail a ship across tho Atlantic in eight days;
how to aend news: how to grow forty bushels
of wheat from an acre, which ouce produced
only ten; how to make nails; how to cast guns,
—bat not yet have wo sat down and reasoned
together about the quantity and quality of our
beggars. It is peneetly curtain that should
c<ty or citato sit down by this question to salvo
U, It would net bo three years before the beg
gars or tlm .vagabonds would disappear from
road and street. In cur towns and
clues wo all lore material splendor
before wo do moral beauty, and
will build a Court-House to please thu eye tong
before we wilt buy wSU,bUO-acr« (arm lor the
segregation of idlers. 1 hero Is a county In this
Htato that Is remarkable for Us Court-House.
That uuiacu ol law cost pet Imps three mdlluus.
Had that money been invested In such a way
that no tramp could roam In tho country, eacit
acre of land would huru been bought up at
large cost by men anxious to live where there
wua promise ol peace all around the homestead.
Our national tioverumeut gave sixty millions
ol money to a railroad corporation, and count
less millions more to hundreds of other cor
porations; but It lias not yet come to any eon*
eeuuuu ol moral beauty: has made no study of
that “ beggar question,’’widen In Europe has
risen up uiu-u In bloody outlines bcioru Kings
aud Tarllamcuta. 1 would nut haw the com
munity take back any ol the money offered to
material things. Oar railways mud our
public buildings are u great good;
but to all this zeal for the material ttu must add
u zeal now lor moral things, and must sue Cu
the arrest and industrial education of iKtiiart a
vast work, demanding almost immediate atten
tion. I hat our age cun think ot better Jaw* ami
rvaurts than pleased the men who branded these
unfortunates as slaves, and of better laws and
resorts than pleases the philusopner uho sa>s
the idle should die, on« may entertain no
i)uUht. It remains lor us only to make thu
question one ol earnest debate and effort, for
out ot the intellectual attention society be
s’uws upon any point progress surges. Watt
looked intently Into a delicate element, and his
engine sprang up, Morse sut down by another
mystery ol nature, and thu telegraph came to
the world through hU inclination. A lew states
men pondered over human rights, ami giuat
HcpublUs grew out ol the dream*. A King ol
Cyprus haling tbe dn-aolute women of
h.s age, made an Ideal 'lovcij loan out ol
THE CHICAGO- TRIBUTE: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1873,
pure Ivorv. mid (lien so admired lf« beauty and
trmh that at la*l It turned Into HIV. Tim* Clod
made our world. A" under the Fundilm* me
seed baryta and turn*into leaf mid (lower, so
under the lovlnir rlndvof man llio dcpih* of
Nature give up Ilnur truth*. Th*<e question*
of stictrc and morals. which have baffled h*sty»
or eorelem, or i rurl Kings, mav,under the deep
er and kinder study of Christianity, he aide,
like the ivoty statue, to bn loved nnd studied
Into n divinn liln. Alsjvq nnd nrunml nun-nun
try tlitre He* 0 better Mnte.tiflcd Ihc Kingdom
(iMbrl. It i* always ready to crowd aside the
false nml harmful ideas of hiiitcrfect man; but
hr some myaterloua law of Nature man must
seek this higher law, or It will Jorovcr conceal
Itself. Philosophy, ntid pointer, and religion
must all seek it and Invite It, nr it n 111 never
enter into and take part In the affairs of man.
ALL IX OXK.
FERMOX DT TUB RBV. UR. THOMAS.
The Uev. Hr. Dioinss, of Centenary M. E.
Church, occupied ‘‘brother Collier’*” pulpit
yesterday morning, ami preached to a large con
gregation. His text was:
That they *ll mtybo one: ss Then, Father, art
In Me, ana I in Tnee, that they also may bo one in
Vt.—Joftn, aril., 21.
The uneducated eye, ho said, looking for the
first time upon nny complex mechanism, as an
engine nr a clock, might naturally suppose that
each part had a separata existence and moved
by Its own or n separate power. 80, In looking
upon tho phenomena of Nature,—life, growth,
wind, storm, coming and going of the suasons,
etc.,—the uneducated mind might think that
each had a being in Itself,—was moved by some
separate power. But a ulascr'attcntlon to the
engine or the clock would reveal the fact Hint
each one of It* part* In action was related to tho
other parts, and that all were moved by uno
power; and a closer study of the
phenomena ot Nature would show that a few
simple laws lav hack of all it* inanilcstatlon*.
Fltidiug tho law of uniting and pervading every
thine about u*,nnd reaching out and grasping tho
whole Rvslcm ot things ahavu us, and making
one universe. If wo turned our thoughts awoy
from these tiling* and ourselves, —snidicd tho
human family,—'we would meet with the namu
diversity and complexity; and analogy should
teach us that somehow there should ho unity,—
that the some law Whkh bound other thing*
should obtain here.
Attention was called to sotno of the things
that tended to unite mankind, or tended to
make them one. The first was found that In
tho general fact that, however different we
might be, all of us were one In this: that our
being was derived from a higher power. It
did not affect the argument Whether wo
said that power wr* one thing or another. The
proposition was not what wo* hack of us, but
that there was something back of us. Nor did
it affect the argument whether we say that
that power brought us into being by 0 special
crisis or by a process of evolution or continuity
of tbo action of the forces of life. The
proposltlon wasnol bow wo came, but the fuel
that we came by another power; nml it was tho
same whether wo said that that |K>wer made us
In one specific net, or. what ivns more probable,
and could prove to lie lound at last to l>o tho
truth, that wo came along a line of continuity.
There was over all meu one sot of great laws—
natural laws and mural law*. When one
rellected upon these facts iticru wuft
something In them which gave rise to tho feel
ing of unity,—the Us of unity. Another fact
wa* tho sameness of condition In many things,
—the struggle for life, for food, fur raiment,
of thought against darkness. lie did not say
that mankind were everywhere working on
exactly the same plane, but what he contended
for wo* that everywhere there wa* this strug
gle. The Imud of unity arising out of Inter
dependence must be a very strung one, because
We were each ncccssarv to the other,—one de
pendent in some woy upon tho other. If tho
world were owned bv half a dozen men. what
Would thev do with It? Evidently It was bv the
presence and co-operation of tbo many in this
world that Its richest gift* wore possible.
Another tlo wo* found in tho relation* of
country and race, binding men Into groups; ami
another was the tio of religion,— found In tho '
fact that there wa* a oneness of spirituality lu
tm,—a oneness of nature, huwever low or im
perfect It might be. that somehow apprehends
that it I* divine. However diverse they might
bo, there was running through all religion*
what wo* called the “ sympathy of religion,”—a
life that seemed common to them all in thought,
ami In spirit, and In worship,—a sense of con
science, of humnnltv, of reciprocity, of Justice,
of mercy, of brotherhood, of the hope of tbo
future.
C tseemed strange, yet It was a fact, that out
of the bonds which tended to mako humanity
one,—tho bonds of a common dependence on n
blgner power, of country, of a common condi
tion and struggle, and oi religion,—there arose
an clement the wry reverse,—n something that,
Instead of uniting, tended to put men apart.
Alter rcterrlng to the competition between
men and nations, ho adverted to sectarianism,
deploring that men could not how at oho altar,
or even shako, hands In tho work of humanity
that was so much needed. Denominations
could hardlv be Just to one another,—toll the
truth about one another,—rejoice in tho pros
perity of one another, lie, a* a Methodist,
could stand In a Unitarian pulpit and preach,
aud thu sects would wonder what be would say,
Muchas ho loved Unity** pastor, and much ns
the city loved him and Dr. ityder, and lung as
they had lived here, hail there been u Presbyte
rian, or a Baptist, or b Methodist puluit open to
them) (One man rapped once with his cano on
the floor.} The feeling ua tho part
of some, If distinctions were not
lived up to, was, ” What is to become
of my church)” It was only a question of time
when all the workers Inuod’sgreat cause should
bo looked upon by alt men ot sense and heart as
brothers and fellow-laborers—when tho sharp
lines of distinction should fade out before tho
onward move of tbo sunng-tlmo of the world’s
mind and heart, and God’a people would shako
bonds across tho chasms; und our children
would wonder that wo over stood apart in ills
great work.
Tho conclusion be draw was that tho goal was
unity. There were disturbing causes, but when
wo came to understand them they were orderly
and moved to n great result. Each nation, each
church, and each Individual, while not working
ou tho sktue plan,was worklnguu tho same groat
problem. By the processes that were at work,
God was preparing us lor tho Anal and higher
union, tu winch we should bo taught to look
above sect,—to look at humanity,—and we
should at lost bo ono In Him.
FtfAUD’fl EPIDEMIC.
brumo.n nr tub nev. w, r. ciuvm
The Uev. W. F, Crafts, ol Trinity Methodist
Church, preached yesterday morning on the
“Epidemic ot Fraud,” taking as his text:
This also comoth forth from the Lord of Hosts,
which Is wonderful In counsel and excellent in
working.—/#., axctll., go. *
Tho text was, ho said, another mode of put
ting tiro truth ol thu doctrine ol universal di
vine Illumination,—another way of stating that
Uud was not only hi all, but above all. Ueligiun
was not a thing for a lew places, but lor all
places, and adauted to meet oil tho wanta ol
humanity. This universal divine illumination,
declared In tho text as given to tho farmer, was
not less given to those engaged in any other
business. Bit, as oxygon united with all the
oilier chemical elements except one, so religion
united with all the occupations n( life except
one—sin. Among some ol the Mohammedans
there was 00 visible connection between moral
ity and religion, a prayer alter being tho pre
cursor of a murder or au adultery.
Hence tho Arabian proverb: ”11 you
neighbor has been on a pilgrimage to Mecca
once, watch him; If twice, avoid his coming; l(
three times, move into another street.' 1 There
was too much conforming to this practical di
vorcement of religion and morality even among
Protestants, and It was the building u( tuts
fence, as It wero, between the two, on the mot
to ol ** business is business,” which was at thu
root of the epidemic ol fraud that has been
sweepingao disastrously through the ranks ol
the Evangelical churches aud taking sumo of
thu most prominent Christians throughout tho
land. U was tu« Ignoring ol this all-ncss o( re
ligion. the bulldmg ol this fence between life
ana piety, between tho sphere of what was suo
|K>scd to bidong to Uud aud the sphere ol what
was supposed to belong to the world, that was
responsible for this epidemic. Yellow fever was
a terrible scourge, but U destroyed only the
bodies of men, whllq this broad fever, sweeping
through tlus commercial world, was Ur
mure tumble because of Its power to
destroy both soul and bulv fu bell.. What
travesties had been furnished In the words
tufclv,” •• fidelity." trust-tunds,” “ trust
deeds,” etc., us used in connection with many a
recent failure of corporations and Individuals!
•* Itciiuble ” had cqmc almost to mean ” to lie
andrclte.” 'Many a Christian bad oUowcdhis
watch to run down on Sunday night and not
allow It to run In hi* place ol business- It was
becoming, therefore, to look at the quarantine
regulations ot the Cnurch, to see thu rout of thu
evil, and have it removed. Th» professedly
Christian man went to enured on tMtnday, took
a spiritual stimulant in tbe service, had family
[waters and said grace ut Ids table, auJ on Mon
day morning went to ina place ut business with
out really asking Cod to h.c.-a him during the
peril* ut'lhal bo-dne.-:. lie came lu a pom I
where a maa would icausl wllaout com-
punrtlon in lonip frick In trade. and then Ids
would rnv " No,” Hu I, oforthe
struggle with eons* knee, kin would i»av, *•
ties* ii "A man mint llvr, M “Thev
nil doji,”" SVhrn vrninrc Withthe Itomnns.do 81
flic Romans and on that platform. com
put'd of four Mo'-kft !K»Hf»bfd bv the Devil, he
•'•ok hl« stand, feeling that ho was unite bonest
though. If a milkman, he soohpitealed his
milk: if a treasurer, bo reliTpotliecated securi
ties pul Into his hands. Wall street's molt)
was: "Don't speculate in rtlhcr people's funds:
hut If you do, be sore to win.” With really
honest, men crime by any other name would
smell os hud. If n grocer, he reported to adol
tcratlon and false measures, put the l>esl fruit
on top and the Inferior beneath, or used ms
stock of Hour-brands according lorcfjnhcmcnis.
If a landlord, he rents ill* building fur the
Devil's den*. Then, to cap tho climax,
he resorted -to a He in order
to iro through bankruptcy. So many
imprim-ioted mm had fled to that mo.lcnr city
of refuge that it was in order tor the churches
to appoint commit tree to look Into the cases of
lunkrupta and decide how many we»o honest
failures and now many wpi« irnuds. The
church should vindicate herself against those
who Were known to nave Improved on the sin of
Annanta* in passing over to their wires or rcla
tires property belonging to their creditors, and
then reporting a largo (allure with the Incredible
statement. "No assets.” Clerks worn taught
by their employers to be dishonest toward cus
tomers, and then, prntlMntr by their Instruc
lions, t urned around am) cheated' those employ
ers, Principles might tw ever so good, lull they
were of second-rate value when they did not
blossom out Into conduct. Hut tlm critic of
Chris! lan men—himself tto letter—should not
undertake io Judge his fellows,, remembering
that MoMacliu-clts IJullrr was crying "fraud ”
louder than anv other man In the country when
ho was that verr tlumf idinseif.
The first cure lor these evils was to avoid
their beginnings. \Vo should make a real, prac
tical truth ot the thought of the text—that (Jod
Is within us cmitinually. To (‘••store confidence,
which was absolutely necessary to a revival of
business, there must be a •[Ulckcrlng of con
science, and that must come by a deeper sen so
of Omnipresence in ami around us, and of con
tinual accountability to Ood. There must he
more o( the spirit and backbone of the Prophet
Daniel (n our religion, more stern Christian
.principle in the home, tho social, and business
llle, oml wc must throw to the dogs those mot
toes of the Devil. '*business Is business,*’
“They all dolt,” etc., and take the mottoes of
the Word of God, "Not conformed but trans
formed,” “ in tho world aud nut of ft,”
ELSKWIII3UK.
EVANGELICAL l.imißßA*.
Fptdat DUpatch to Vie Tribune.
Bprinopibld. 111.. Sept. B. —TJie Illinois Dis
trict of the Missouri Synod of llio Evangelical
Lutheran Church held Its annual mission at
Concordia College in this dty to-day. Clergy
men and congregations were present from
Peoria, Pekin. Bloomington, Lincoln. Decatur,
Mt. Pulaski, KlPaso, Havana, and other points.
Tho Her. Mr. Loebner of Trinity Clmrch,
Springfield, delivered tbo address of welcome.
Tbo Kev. Dr. Bartling, of Chicago, formerly of
this city, preached the morning sermon*
In llio afternoon the Her. P.
22. M. Zorcc, of Sheboygan, Wis.,
formerly a missionary In tho East Indies, re
counted his missionary experience*!!, and Prof.
Creamer, of Concordia College. delivered a brief
address on ehurch-work. Choirs from Bloom
ington and Decatur assisted the college choir
and that of Trinity Church, Horlngflcnl, in tho
inusiial cxwcljm**. The visitors present num
bered about 2.UJO. Tho services wore held in
tiiu college park, and the visiting congregations
were banqueted. A collection, amounting to
$l5O, was taken up for missionary phrposes.
THE FAR3I AND GARDEN.
I‘nor Corn—Why It Is So—l’oor Stacking—
educating llio I’ropto—l’oor Plowing—
Poor Driving—(lathering Fruit Early—
How It Is Done—a Palr-Wbck,
From Our Oicn VorrttpondenU
Champaign, 111,, Sept, 7.—During tho last
two or three weeks we have taken several trips,
of from twelve to twenty-five miles each, tbrqpgh
the country, and, In order to correctly estimate
the corn-crop, wo have paid particular attention
to it. In fact, there is nothing, uxcopt an occa
sional orchard with Its fruit, now growing to at
tract attention but corn. We have failed
to Cud what wo should coil a first
rate field of corn in ; our travels.
Wu did find, however, nearly oil the furthers
whoso places wo passed by or through were en
deavoring to raise two crops on the same land,
—corn and weeds. Fifteen years ago the farmer
who sullcrcd his corn-tlcld to grow up full of
weeds was looked upon os a sloven; now a
clean field Is tho exception.
WHY TUIB IS 80.
Wo asked an old farmer whom wo met on tho
mad, to tell us why this is so. His reason was'
simple: Because they tried to do too much, and
only half finished their work. They did not
like to hoe, and the weeds consequent
ly took tho cruu. The fanners of tho
iVcst will sooner or later realize that they
must cultivate better or hoe their corn; for, if
the fields continue to growwuedyos they have
In tho past two years, weeds will be tho only
crop grown. We expect that, in order to do a
good Job of cultivating, we shall bare to return
to the fire-toothed cultivator, and cultivate our
corn both ways. A lUtlu bowing lUuu will suf
fice to keep tho weeds out.
In one place we noticed about twenty acres of
what was intended (or corn, grown so full of
cockle-bum that the stalks ot corn were almost
hid from sight* The burrs stood six feet high
and very thick. It Is folly to attempt to grow
corn on such foul laud. Put many farmers try
lo do it, aud then blame Providence or the Uo
publican party fur their failure.
POOIt STACKING.
In a recent letter wo endcavurcd to Impress
upon our readers the necessity for good stack
ing. and gave a few directions. (In inquiry we
find that a very large per cent of the oat
crop of Central Illinois has been in
jured by Indifferent stacking. At least
one-third the crop Is so damaged,
and sells from <1 to 8 cents below the price of a
good article. Wo think it would be a good plan
for Farmers' Clubs and Agricultural Colleges
to teach bow lo put up u good stack, if they
know bow tt is done, and give the reason for
each operation.
BUCCATINQ TUB PEOPLE.
Every now and then a political speaker Insists
that one of the principal things to bo dune Is to
educate tho jicoplc. ami then they will see that
his party, or the principles he advocates, if he
has any, are right. The fully u( such a
statement is at ouco apparent whou
we consider that there are well
educated people belonging to all parties,
and believing all sorts of religious, tt is nut so
much education that the people need us It is a
good example. A good farmer will have many
imitator*. Agricultural aud other Journals have
been preaching to tue people tn« value of
thorough cultivation and preparation of the
soil, and yet, iu passing u dozen plowed fields
recently, we noticed that
I‘OOU PLOWING
'was tbo rule, and good plowing tho exceDlloa.
Why due# u uiau plow u btubUle-UcJd, ami
leave II looking as though a drove pf hum bad
liecu rooting lo It, ami hod been drivenuway bo
tore they completed me job I Why not turu
the weeds all under, out ui sight, and out of
the way o( the drill-teeth f it U Just a«
easy to do it os It la to half-plow, the
ground. Wo assume that last spring, after
there was no lurthur use lor them, vour plows
were wiped dry, and ail dirt cleaned from the
wood uud iron work, utki that the polished sur
faces were coated with uii and whiling, or white
lead aud tallow, it they were, you need not
so much aa tub their aurfaeoa
with a doth to remove it- They will
aeour before they have a gone rod. If your
weeds are a fool high or more, a single weed*
hook, sueh os has been described tn this torre
spoudeitee time and again, will turn them under
uud oqt of sight. if the weeds are
short, a tluiin may be fastened to the
plow-beam lu such a manner that It wilt
drag just ahead of the fumm-sll.o us It goes
over, and every weed will be covered. » e pre
sume that you always use a rolling-cutter; it
makes the plow run easier, and leaves me edge
of the furrow suuare. These are all little things,
hut ore not neglected by the good loaner. .
Hull tbe load is lu the driver. A good strong
team attached to a plow’dope not require a
great deal of driving. If their harness is prop
erly adjusted, the draft of the plow will keep
them guiug straight. This Is also true ui u
team bitched tu a wagon, when the roads
are good sod both annuals are of equal
strength and spirit, iiut this rarely happens.
One horse is nearly always larger, stronger, or
faster than the other, and such require a
driver. Docs one huxse start quick aud the
other stow, tbo slow one should olwata he
touched with tho whip, or given some other
admonition before the wont lu start is si*>kco,
The rciiu should always be a little shorter on
Inc fast Horse, so that he may be gently chuck
ed. uud the other nut fuel the clleel of a tight
rei-MJ. The driver’s alicutiju should always be
"ivcrt to his team, uud the road over which he t>
traveling. If thcie is a iut or a mud-bole
to J* avoided, tl la Lo
to avoid it before tho team or the wheels are In
a position to render avoidance impossible. Ibe
drivers who keep their team In the road, and the
wagon-wheels always in tho smoothest place,
are entitled to all credit. Too many men
give their teams the rein, and let them pick
out the road as best they may. If Ihc wheels
get out of the track, the? jerk the team back
to their proper place*. If a rut is to be avoided,
they wait until the wheels oru hi it before turn
ing out, and ihcn l«Hh team and vehicle are
strain'll to get them out. When thu teat is ac
complished, after mAi straining and tugging,
the necessity Is past. Kvfty farmer should Instruct
Ids hoys and hired men how to drive, 'ftaeh
them the lmt>ortancc of holding the lines taut:
to be ready for anv emergency; to watch the
team, and keep the wheels in the smooth track;
ami such ottier instruction* as will readily occur
to an experienced driver.
GATHER flll'lT RARI.T.
Wc have learned by experience that early
gatherrd winter-apple* keep the best As soon
as fruit has attained Its full size, we advise that
It be picked, In Central Illinois this will occur
bv the last of fhenresent month; farther North,
a little earlier. A few days' neglect of this im
portant duty may cause the premature ripening
of the crop.
ItOW IT IS DONk.
Immaxot.a. In., Aug. .to.—Will yon please tell
ns, through “The Farm and Harden." haw
nurserymen save their young trees from being
gnawed by rtbbllat can wo propagate cherries,
plumbs, or pears, by means of ruut-Rrafllticl
• A. D. F,
Ills often a difficult matter to save nursery*
trees from being ruined hv rabbits. \\ e make
an elfor*. to capture them in traps os toon as
cold weather begins. Then, when snow vuukh,
we hunt them persistently with dogs and mm.
We also keep a supply of ear-corn,sweet apples,
and green cabbage in the nursery. Still, In spite
of ail precautions, we sometimes lose the sale
of a great many trees, because they liavo been
gnawed.
I hc trees enumerated above may all bo propa
gated by root-grafts, but budding them is the
more popular method. It inav be done now or
at any time when the bark wilt separate freely
(rum the wood.
A PAIR-WEEK.
During the post week numerous fairs have
been in operation, and thu weather nos been
above reproach. (Sumo of the fain have
been successful, both in point of attendance mid
as exhibitions. Others, however, In spite of all
that the managers could uo, have been failures.
In this latter category may be Maced that of
this county. Allhough the prcmlum-Hst was
If()cral, and ho Immoral shows or gambling were
permitted on the grounds, tho people failed to
attend. We attribute a great deal of this apathy
to the absence of paddle-wheels, chuck-luck,
and fast horses. There Is no use of denying the
(act that these three thing* form mure ul an at
traction—do more to attract people—than any
other three things In an agricultural exhibition.
KUIUL Jn.
HOLY WELL.
A Miraculous Fountain In North Wales—lts
Kntcucr In Curing Dlaeaso—The Lt>|en<i of
Its Origin.
UpttUil CorrttponAfne* o/ The Tribune, •
Holywell, North Wales, July 80.— lu North
Woles, about a mile south of tbo brosd, bar*
Hho mouth of the Hirer Dee, Is the “ Holy
Well,*' or Fountain of Bt. Wenefrlae,—ln many
respects tbo most Interesting snd remarkable
spot iu England. The fountain is simply an
enormous spring, giving forth about fifty tons
of beautiful, cold water per minute. Over tbo
fountain, supported by high arches, stands a
little Catholic chapel, built, It is said, some
hundreds of years ago.
Hudi is the reputation of this water for per
forming miraculous cures, that.many thousands
of persons visit tbo springs annually. Indeed,
the littlo City of Holywell, numbering over
0,000 Inhabitants, is supported chiefly by tho
patronage of these pilgrims.
On visiting the well, 1 found the broad, deep
pool of water immediately below it literally
alive with invalids and cripples,who were splosh
ing about, shivering, taunting beads, making
crosses, praying, kissing Images, etc. Lot the
reader imagine an old mao immersed In the cold
water uo to bis ears, counting beads, crossing
himself, and praying vigorously, while his teeth
chatter, for ten minutest and hewllt have a con
ception of constant occurrences at this spot.
About half of the day Is reserved fur females,
who in great throngs visit tho well, and, (t Is
said, behave even marc ridiculously in its waters
than tbo men whom 1 saw.
The water looKsand tastes exactly like that of
Lake Michigan, and, in the absence o! anychcm
leal analysis, I conclude that it It Is not mate
rially different from ordinary spring-water. In
deed. tho proprietors of the spring—for It has
become a catchpenny concern—do not claim that
the cures result from the temperature or prop
erties of the water, bnt!from faith (n the patron
laint. in evidence of the efficacy of this plan of
treatment, you arc shown a museum of canes and
crutches left by invalids miraculously cured at
the spring. 02 those relics 1 counted nineteen
canes. thirty-five crutches, and one “ stretcher.”
As all are not cured, failure being tho rule, one
would suppose that the faith of the pilgrims
would wcakon In the face ot the facts,; but tho
Judicious saint very perfectly provided for this
contingency by announcing In advance that
those only would bo miraculously bealod who
wuu(d bo spiritually benefited tnerebr. There
fore, those uoi benefited go awav happy in the
belief that their afillctlon is a blessing iu dis
guise 1
A remarkable quality of this water, placing It
entirely beyond tue competition of any other
healing springs In Europe or America, is tho
fact that bathing in It ov proxy docs Just as
well as in prouna persona. Thus, a poor woman,
bed-ridden for seven years, residing at Kidder
minster, aunt a penny by a pilgrim to
the well, to ba employed to hire
a third woman to bathe for her.
At tbo very moment when tbo straogu woman
so hired Jumped into the water ot the well, tiie
sick woman Jumped out of bed, perfectly cured.
This miracle, and many others quite ai con
vincing, aro vouched for bv Catholic priests and
‘•clouds of witnesses.'* The people living about
the well weary one with the relation of miracu
lous cure* which they have “seen with their
own eyes.”
In the year 1630 a man was found lying dead
near the fountain.* A witness testified (hat ho
had heard him, an hour Indore, deride 81. Wcnc
frtde at tbo same spot: and accordingly the
Coroner's Jury returned a verdict that “Death
was tbo result of Uud’s just Judgment fur bis
uncivil cam ago in tbo piaeo." Had DleUscb
been there, the verdict would probably have
been, ” Death caused by bathing in the cold
water.”
Tue power of the spring and Influence ot tho
saint are, however, not confined to tbo practice
of medicine end surgery, hut are sometimes
manifested lit certain judicial and executive
functions, as in the above case, and in the fol
lowing: During the night a thief drove a cow
•way from her stall pear the well. In tbo
morning the owner was able to follow them
easily bv Ibe deep tracks they both made, even
lo solid limestone. On driving the cow back,
no unusual indentations were mode bv Perfect. 1
Through the agency of these “ tracks ” the thief
was not ouiy caught, nut ‘•converted to the
true faith.' 1 Another thief, who had stolon a
luwsu from near the well, soon after found his
light arm so badly swollen and iialuful that he
was glsd to return the horse to obtain relict.
The legend concerning tho origin of tho
fouutalu Is most romantic. A wealthr, beauti
ful. and refined virgin (afterwards di, Weuo
frtJuhnlylug from the rage of a rejected luver
•• of nigh degree,” was ovcrUkea near aa
old Catholic Church to which she was
fleeing fur refuge. At a single, stroke with hi*
broadsword, her disappointed suitor scut hir
head flying down the hill like a loot-ball. At
the point wbero It struck tho ground the foun
tain instantly burst forth, Tho priest, St.
Uucno, and bis pious congregation, bearing tbs
wmmutius, immediately rushed forth, aud
went horrified by the bloody spectacle.
The good priest, In bis rage,
cursed the perpetrator of tbe outrage,—
Lord Crsdocus,—whereupon tbe earth at ouco
opened and took him lu. The good man then
replaced the oead of tbo virgin, covered tbe
body with bis cloak, prayed devoutly, and lo!
the girl sprang up perfectly well,—tbe only
trace of the truly ••capital*' amputation befog
a tbiu white hue around her peck, which re
mained distinct until her natural death.
iu proof of these occurrence*, 1 was shown a
gorge lu tbo hillside,, sold to be the crack in the
earth Into wmcb Lord' Craducus fell; also, a
number of rusfc-qoiored spots on stones about
thq swing, saal (o be caused by the blood lust
by tho decapitated salut. That the crack is
mure than a hundred yards from the spring,
and that many other stones along the stream
arc similarly colored iby.uxlde of iron), are facts
which do sot at oil‘‘disturb ’he (alvh of
the pious devotees. AW tbo rvheadlug
operation on the salut occurred lu tbe presence
of the whole congregation, including her par
ents, aud is attested by tho priest aud auuy
other equally good and pious uieu. Uiw evidence
is, to say tip) least, mure abuudaut ami of a
belter quality than that relied upon lu some
coses w burn did Pot Wur lu North Wales. " -
right with a Hvs-Uuii.
The Norwich UuUeUn tells a story of a remark
able struggle ultu a giant bos*, caught iu a
tv'._e uL .Va-liveu .HaudaJ. Uuu esvaLCd by
breaking the meshes. A sumnd'liter gnl upon
Hi** frcat'li. Thev had hardly the coni*
Iwforc hr broke from the meshes, and. spring
ing high In the air, plunged down the shore to
ward the sea, ten or twelve fret away. The men
dashed cxr-lt<*«)ty after him, and vamlv sought
to stop him with desperate kicks from their
heavy fishing-boots and (low* from sncti Im
plements as they could pick tin on the beach.
No one dared to groan the monster, a* a turns
of large sire, armed with Its shorn linn and
razor-Hku teeth and (fills, f* one of the fiercest
and most dangerous of aeuflsh. The shore
water wan nlrcadi readied, and the hiss was
splashing furiously in the desperate endeavor
to gain water that would float him. An Instant
more and the prize would l« lost. At thin
moment Mr, Wlnshlp fcarlcndv threw himself
on (tie strtiirghnfr inoiintcr, d.-isplng his arms
aronnd his ncek, with one foot under his body,
and shouted for help. The struggles of the
fish and its eaotor hat] carried them into deep
water: hut the stout arms of the other fisher
men were quick to tin* reretie, and in an Instant
both man and bass were rolled deftiv up the
shore, and the has* was S'vnired. The whole
party, at the end of the struggle, were breath
less with exhaustion, but bad escaped with
scarcely a Wouud. The monster weighed VIJJf
pounds. _______
HAILUOADS.
THIS CTIICAHO EXTRNmON OF THE
GUAM) THUNK.
Mr. K. P. Ilannafnrd, Chief Engineer of the
timed Trunk Hallway, Is now at Borneo, Mich.,
and has lei the contract to push the railroad
grading to I’ontlae. The track f« to l«* laid
with sleet rail*, sixty pounds to the van), and
will he completed hythe Ifllli of November.
The Tort Huron 7/mreln speaking: of this new
line savs:
One of the projects contemplated br Ihe Oraml
Trunk taanaiprs H the extension of this line (n
Ann Art»>r. to connect there mth tna how road to
Toledo, ana also to Lansing or Charlotte, con
necting with the IVnm.ithr nrn through lino to
fhlcaco. This project npty not ,ta carried out,
however, as tho (irina Trunk will accept a more
advantageous proposition. should one be offered.
It need not Ik» hold a secret that the Oranrt Trunk
managers would prefer the Chicago \ hake Hu
ro«, from Port Huron hywvy of Find and Lan
•mg. swvc ad others, as a through runic to Chi
ctgo. hut they will not buy a lawsuit, or pay more
for the road thfto It wonhl cost to Urtlid n new one.
Th»r have the money fo timid or buy a tin.* to t.'id
cnjro. and are ready to rccelvu and consider propn
slllons from all sources. and will Im likely to clioosi;
the moiiadvanta'tcous; bat they will not make
propositions to any one.
The Jackson Patriot has the following regard
ing this mailer:
That (ho extension of tbo Ora ml Trunk (.inn to
this cut would l* im»«t iH'fie'lclnl and brine with it
grvaiand permanent advantages. no one will ques
tion. The protect, howgu-r, in not a new one,
and a company already exists wtlli oflicrrs and
headquarter* in this city, formed with (he express
object In slew of brlnrinetho Grand Trunk Line
through Jackson. This Company. the “Michlgan.Mr-
Line," organized mime ten yearn ago, succeeded
In constructing a line of railroad from Jackson
westward to youth Bend. lot!.. it?! miles. wlilc.i
waa leased to, and Is now be Ini? operated I*7. the
Michigan Central. The operations of the Alr-Llne
Company cast of Jackson wore extenalve, and. for
a time, vigorously pushed. Htartlmr at llldge
war. Macomb County, on tbo Grand Trank, they
constructed and Ironed n roadway twenty miles
westward to Washington. In the same connty.
From Washington to Pontiac the right-of-way was
also aecuri-d by tbo same Company, and tho road
bed graded by the way of Itochester, the entire
distance of thirty-live miles. Between Pontiac
and Jackson, fifteen miles, the Alr-Linc Company
made surreys, maps, profiles and estimates, and
secured thu right of way between Pinckney.
Livingston Countr, and Jackson, twonty-eicnt
tnllcs. Tbo grading between l*inckncy and Jack
sun has been perhaps half completed, and
a portion of the road-bed Is ready for
the iron. The section between KWgo
way and Pontiac Is controlled by tho Grand
Trunk, and is now being finished to the latter
point. Tae portion between Pontiac and Jackson
•till belongs to (he Air-I.ltic Company, who hare
expended between Pinckney and Jackson, In se
curing right-of-way, grading, etc., about ISO,-
000. As the mission of thu Alr-I.lnu Company,
is stated above, was for the purpose of aiding
the Grand Trunk through to Gulcago, and
as It Is. of course, interested In and favorable to
the project, tbo partially completed lino from
this city to Pontiac could be utilized and this SHO,.
000 expenditure made serviceable in the extension
now being agitated. And If tho Grand trunk
aulhurlllef would pledge thomiclrc# to adopt this
route as tbclr main line westward, they would un
doubtedly receive substantial additional aid and
encouragement from the towns through wbion they
pass and from this city. The Grand Trunk, how
ever. has its eye on Chicago, and has the means to
reach that terminus, and It euros less for local
(rattle than to tap tho granaries of the West,.and
If the SBO,OOO already expended on what
seems to bo tho rao-d direct and fapnrable
route, viz., the Air Mnu Company, will not
secure the extension through .lackson of the
Grand Trank Itoad, we do not understand bow thu
formation of a new Company here Is to help the
matter. To construct the lino between Jackson
snd Pontiac would necessitate an expenditure of
about 9*oo, 000, the groat hulk of winch must of
necessity be furnished by the Grauk Trunk. Be
fore Jscksim contributes further aid toward this
Important project, let the Grand Trank authorities
guarantee that they will take hold of tbo proposed
artery and push It to Completion.
NKW NKWFOUNI)LAND HO.VJ).
A London paper states that the Legislative
Assembly (if Newfoundland tuts passed a series
of resolutions offering facilities fer the construe*
tlon of ■ railway across the Island from tit.
Johns to St- Cicuriie's Bay, or some other con*
vcnlent point on the west coast. A pre
liminary survey his been made for
the purpose of aicertainlng the practicability
and cost of such a scheme, and It has been
proved that no serious physical obstacles exist
to prevent Us completion at a moderate outlay.
Jt Is proposed, thcrclorc. to grant uu annual
subsidy of 81‘,’J.UOO to any company whlcli will
construct am! maintain Mich a railway, hi addi
tion to grunting liberal concessions of Crown
lauds for the purpose. A glance at the map of
North America will show iho important
results which may lie anticipated from -such an
undertaking. In the first place, the wealt h of
the interior of the colony will bo opened up to
trade, and the Internal rcsouces of Newfound
land are known to Ik» far greater than have gen
erally been recognised. Emirmuua deposits of
cupper, iron, coal, nickel, lead, sm\ other min
erals exist, which am at present Inaccessible.
Ttiu great pine amt spruce forest* of tin*
Interior are lying almost useless. Vast tracts of
hell, arable land, capable of producing wheaf of
llie tlncst qtmlliyin abundance, arc awaiting (Un
plow ol civilisation; while the climate, in the
absence of the early and late frosts of many
parts of Canada and of the locust plague
of the United States, pla.xa the country in
advance of the adjoining continent in this
respect. tin the other hand, the
construction of the railway would bring Ameri
ca, so to speak, nearly I.UOO miles nearer to
England. The (urniattnn ni a railway witb a
corrus |>ondiuir service of steamers conuccUug
the island with the mainland on the other side
would enable the Atlantic trade—passengers,
mails, and merchandise—to bo landed at and
dispatched (rum a iu;liit of North America almost
|,oiw miles nearer to Europe thou New York,
thus avoiding the most dangeivus part of the
voyage between New York ami Cape Itaco where
so many disasters have occurred.
THK WAUAKIIV
To lb/ Editor oi Tbs TrUtuns.
I’tosu, 111., ticuL 7.—Your caper of yp-gtcr
(lay stales that an attempt wo* made at the
meeting o( tha Etueutlvu llallroud Committee
Tlmrsuay to equalise the amount of baggage
allows free for each passenger, anti also says
the Chicago roads allow 150 pounds, while the
bt. I.ouU toads ouly allow 100 pounds. The
Wabash Hallway Uou ex> eotion to (his rule, as
that Company has always allowed each llrat
class passenger I*W pounds (rum bt. LouU, os
well as all other station*) notwithstanding the
(act that the Cnlon-Dcpot Hoads at bl. Louis
are trying torom{>cl them ouly to check 100
pounds. Will you please correct the statement
mode lu yesterday’s pui»T and ohihru
11. C, Tuwvsbnd,
G. I'. A. Wabash Railway.
OBITUARY.
Boston, BepL 6-—Mr*. Frank Whtcher (Maud
Hlltou). actress, died to-day at jjydo Park, of
consumption-
UcaoouaQcld and ICostwAorw.
An liittrostlug Incident occurred at the (’tar.
lag Cius* btatlou la London, In eoaiiveilou with
the reception given to Lord Bcaaiusfleld on hi*
return fpg» the Berlin I'-ougu-ss. Among ttiu
prominent people prescut to receive him was the
veurau Jewish pUiiauiliropuu, btrlloae* Muut
utiorc, who 1* now 14 years old. Jvord Henry
Leouox Introduced the venerable Baronet to
the Freiuler, whom he had purer uiM before,
aud the tw o ahvuk baud* cordially aud rcmiiu
ud in conversation lurgome.piluutc*. bir Moses,
who I* celelrstod for LU Ci'Cuh scrvKe* iu be
half of tho oppressed dew* of the Bast, axuroM
ed bis sotlauetiou ut the action of the Comftesa
lu guaranteeing religl m* nquailty to the Jew*
of floumnula, and Lord Beueotulluid re
plied that thU wua uwu of the
most satisfactory result* of ..the work
done bv the Congress. Tho aceou phlle tuls
‘touversatiou was going on is desenbed lu a pri
vate Utter from London as altogether remark
able. iuii crowd lu tbc station was immense,
uud the hubbub aud cheering were almost deaf
ening ; but the hero of (ho hour, apparently ol>
liviuaa of hia sA.vjuaaajo'j, seciued euluvly
wrapped up In his companion, who, with ,TewMi
features ns pronounced a* Ids own, Inn stand
ing erect, over six feet talk with his snmr-widta
hair and spotless ahlrt-rnmc, was the ctnonuro
of all eves. An Sir Mo«cs talked with the Pre
mier, he sPhh! between l/ird Lennox-and his
yalct, lowering al>ovc both of them, and as erect
as either. The London -lews regard this puhllo
meeting of the champion of arintidox JtPlaUm
with Lord Ifeaconsfleid as an evidence of the
esteem In which the Premier In held by the
strictest member* of the Synagogue.
A Halt! Rattle’s Defense of Her Nest.
/;-i ktttrint <X. C.) Rfinib'tcnn.
List week, while K. .L Campbell was engaged
digging wild ginger «t» Uw aide of the Uoan.
about one and a half mites from Cloitdland
Hotel, ho found the nest of a gray eagle In a
fallen free-top under the cilfl of the mbnntaln.
containing one young eagle. While examining
the nest and Its contents suddenly he heard a
hmd noise, and, before he could ascertain what
It was. the old eagle had struck him in the face
with her hill ami claws, and, taking a circuit
through the air. atlgUled on a true about UK)
yards distant, hut In plain view of the nest.
Again the parent bird made an attack, nlrainent
Ins head; hut he avoided her, and she struck
him oq the arm, making a slight wound- 8b
returned to her post of observation, nut, as soon
as he attempted to touch the best containing
the ytntne eagle, she made a third attack- when
Mr. Campbell struck her with a stick and
brought her to the ground, where, after a severe
struggle, tte succeeded in kilting her. Mho
measured seven feet and two inches from tip to
tloof her wings. The male bird was not seen.
Tim place was a wild, uulreouculed part ot tffb
mountain. It has generally been supposed that
the eagle always built her nest In tho clefts of
the rocks, hut this one Had her nest In a fallen
tree-top. some feet from the ground, Imt In a
spot seldom visited hr man. This bird Is the
one known as tho grtv or baht eagle.
Fight with a Sharif.
,»*• flints /fsgtsfrr.
Capt, W. L. I’atllsoii had quite a fight with
the gmv man-eating shark Which ho caught off
tfhort Beach, Branford, tho other day. The
monster was nine feet four In length, and was
a* biff around us a Hour-barrel. Ill* jaws were
nine Ihliit* In diameter, And, after his head had
been cut off, the Captain put hi* head between
Ids six rows of formidable teeth and through Ids
throat, iho Captain hits been no the water for
twenty-two years, but this is the tlrst time ho
has ever known of a gray shark's visit to the
waters of the Bound. When he found the ugly
lelhiiv in ids flsh-nct, he had him drawn
to his yacht, and grabbed him by Ids lop
tin, as he expresses It. The shark was
decidedly opposed to lids method of treatment,
and snapped viciously at everything wilbludds
reach, occasionally taking something out of tho.
gunwale of tho boat, and twice biting the Cap
tain's leg. Finally hi* capturergota line around
the monster and hauled him on deck. Hero ho
took bis long knife and cut hU backbone In two.
Even ibis severe treatment did not euoTthc rage
id the man-eater: for two hours and a half alter
ward, when a pine plank an Inch thick was pre
sented to him, be Immediately hit It in two.
The snapping of his law could have Item heard
u distance of ton varus. Hu lived four hours
alter his backbone hod Ijccn disjointed, lie
weighed considerably mure than 40U pounds.
Ilia Own Medlohic.
AUitiHt Journni.^
One of the delegates to the National Conven
tion, on his return from Syracuse, went to kco
his heart’s delight, to whom tie had been on
roared fur six ecstatic motitns. Bhe met him at
(he hlujrc-weaKcncil crate with thu remark:
“James, 1 have learned to love another. To
night vc pari.”
“Learned to love another! Parti Why, Fan
ny, what do you mean I”
“I mean precisely what I Bay,” she answered.
With an icy smile.
“O, no; It cannot bo, it cannot bo. Savyou
are joking. You cannot mean It. llavo 1 not
your absolute promise to bo my wife!”
“You have,” shu replied In tho same unlm
passioned tone. “And It Is because you have
my absolute promise Uut X feel free to bo
flcKle.”
lie readied around to his hip pocket ami
whipped out his pistol, exclaiming: “If you
would not «oo me fa 1 1 dead at your feet, ex
plain.”
“1 will,” she said. 14 My 'absolute * prom
ise la like the absolute pa;»cp monov yon dote
oo,—there is no provision made for redeeming
U.”
Hu slowly returned bis pistol to bis pocket
and departed irutn her presence without a wont
A Fenny Saved u Twopence Earned*
A little Sozodunt used right along everyday costa
but Utile trouble, and l« pleasant always. It raves
year* of suffering from diseased gums and teeth In
Inter days. Its use ts economical of time and com
fort. Use tfozodonl.
When tho skin la hot and dry, take Hanford’*
Jamaica Glamor,
CUTICUIIA,
(nticura
THE GREAT SKIN CURE,
Infallibly Cures
Salt Eton or Eczema, Ringworm, Teller,
Scald HenOanW, Dry an 3 Falling
Hair. HrnplGS, Blotches, and Scrof
nlons Dicers and Sores.
Messrs. WKRRS * POTTKU. WtmlMshi TlnrtxMs.
of U.i*mru Mass.. respecifullr Inform (hojmhlic au l
ItxM afßlclad with apparently InenraMu affections of
Urn hkln and ticalp, that they hare succeeded. after
elsht years uf study amt experiment, In utiuinlujoy
dlutllallon front Vegetable Products, never. thev t>i-
Iteve, before used in medicine, a purely Hkln speetrta
of the consistence of Jefir. which ttier hellnvo tu iw an
Infallible cure fur every kind of Skin Disease. from a
enmuum Pimple to the worst caso of Sait UUcmn, scai.l
mail, or liaudrull,
CUTICITRA Iseernestty believed to be the only posl.
live hpeciflo Remedy fur the cure of Kail (thenni ur
Kcxema, UiOKWurm, Tetter, Pushes. Chin Whelk,
Psuriasla. Itch, liruuud Itch. IUrl"-rs* Itch. Red ami
Maternal Plmpis* and liPitches, niaclc dead*, (iruos
ur Worms, Puuaiurat lledaess uf the Sims and Face,
ICuusti uud Cracked skins. uudall Vesicular. Scaly, and
Pustular Kruptluo* and Irriiattans of the skin. Hcali
Head, Dandruff. Drf.Thla. and Fallluif Hair, Prema
ture llsldn--**. ami all scaly Krupiioua, Itcblngs and Ir
rlutlauaof the Scalp: Cuts. Wounds, bruises, m aids,
liiirua. nmid and lu blug Piles. Polo and IrnlammsUouj
liheuniaiism snd Aiferthma of Uiu Muscles and JulnU t
A<>re Tbrosi. Diphtheria, Croup, oud llbarseuvss.
Also, as a Veterinary Slmcifle.
scrofula. scrofulous Ulcers, and niandulsr Swellings
are diseases uf the Hlimd and 1 tours, and must not bo
eonfimuded with skin disease* bropur as above named.
They rctulru both external ami Internal treatment.
CIITICDUA externally and Ciri'ICUKA RESOLVENT
Infernally baveeifecicd sumo wonderful cures.
CUTIC JUA Is sold by all Druggist*. sod will be
milled tree un recrlj I of prloc-.’iu cents fur small box
mi Isrfn Inset, conlalnltiu two and one-half times the
qusuiliy uf sm*)i. aud Uierefore much the cheaper for
chroniccases. Si.
Price of Cutlcura Resolvent (oao be sent by atoms
oblrl. $1 per buttle: A bottles fur *5.
Prepared hy WEEKS A POTTER, Wheletaie Pni|-
gtau. Utt) Washlartun-st-. Husluu. Mass.
Ask fur Cu-Ti-cc-as, iheitreat Skin Cure.
Wholesale A items- Puller A Puller, Van Bcbasck.
Klevcuson A 110,, l.urd, htouienliuruh A To,, |l. A.
Kutlluu a Co., i wliuau * tviug. Morrison, PlatcuerA
Co.. flilcatfo.
SANFORD’S
Jamaica Ginger
The Quintessence of Jamaica
Ginger, Choice Aromatics,
and French Brandy,
A preparation so elegantly flavored and medicinally
uffeem* as to uuvrly surpass all previous preparation*.
Ksseucts «>r KttrscU of Clager, Composition. Herb
Teas, fain Reliever*. and the hundred ami one thsguu
tag and nauseating (kmscU wish whfbn v« have ueen
wool to dose ourselves, lu Instantaneous «fleet la
Chwlsra, cholera Morbus, Cramps and Pains, Chronic
DltirhuM, Dysentery and Cholera Infantum. Dltrrhwa
In Teething aud all Summer Complaints. Dyspepsia,
flatulency, (sluggish Digestion, Wautwf Tone and Ac
tivity Us the otuuiach and Bowels. Oppression alter
gating. Rising ot Food and similar Alluienu. Chill* and
fever*, Colds and ChLU. feverish symptoms. MslurUl
fever*. I’slnvln the Uon:s and Joints, Symptoms of
lUseumslUm. ScuiaVats aud Oout, Cold KttrvmlUes.
SuspendedCircuUtiou and Duprcueii condition ol Us
Vital forces, render It the blaudard Uousehoid iKU
cine ttiiMUgbont the length aud breadth of the laud.
(Hi mu. ou Laud. Cur the traveler. Co* the young. Uta
aged, under all ureumnances and conditions. UiUi os
a tuydlelnc and as a gentle stimulant or beverage, it Is
IU« most grateful and effective preparation ever co ia
pounded In tho history of medicine.
Beware of diluted and worthless Imitations recom
mended by dealer* ferpurooK* of gain. Asg fora.td
Insist upon baring SAXfOttD S JAMAICA ulSutli.
Sold by all Wboietola and Retail Druggists. Oruuri.
and Dealer* la MeClctue tuxougaout the United suit*
and Canada*'
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