3fP 2 -4- A-Nfe3f i, y Mz trolnmeXYHNe.76. LANCASTER, PA.,. SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1881. Price Twe Cmta. tVAXA3TAXl!Jl'S Alt mitTISMiXlSA'r. NEW JOHN WANAMAKEE'S, . ' THIRTEENTH AND MARKET AND CHESTNUT STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. Wc have done our bent every Spring te have ready the best and largest assortment of goods for personal wear and house u.-c. It is an easy thing te say that with ex perience gained since last season, this spring shall be an improvement that it shall be the very hist yet. Come and see hew great 'the contrast for the (better 'a siule year can make. Our whole stock for this spring is, we believe, the very best that we have ever gathered for our customers, and in carefulness of selection and excellence of ma terials and variety of uses, is net matched anywhere else en this side of the Atlantic. Kvcry railroad te Philadelphia will bring you within a few squares of the store, and if lime for shopping is limited or if it is net we can save you in purchasing, time as well as money. JUST FROM PARIS. I'arisian conceits in laces, received from our lesHent buyer. IVr-Ian lieint lace. Th" Inundation et Ore Ore Ien net is halfeevered with neglige cli tin with seliil llim-s of embroidery intcrupcrstrl. Twe pilteriis eiiiv. in one. the embroidery is iiil; subordinate, 3-lncli, 42 .1 yard ; in the ether, it is the principal feature, 4-ineli, $.'!. Spanish lace, ler p;ircisels ami tlrc-s. s te match. Tiiu combinations received arc blaelr-aud-cnrdiual, ami old-;e!l-and black. .JOHN' WANAMAKEIt. Second circle, i-eatli from centre. ALSO FROM PARIS. Silk Helm. embroidered with silk and jreld, and bordered with lace which i also embroi dered wit li silk and jield : 7 Cellar and culls of while satin embroidered illi elil and 1 rimmed with point d'.Ueiicen, 7. ltee.civcd, also lrem the faimi source, a jjeu eial a-eriiicnt of laeus and nets. These de no- ciill ler mention of th-niselvcs, li-caue they donet add te oil'-variety ; lint thej have the eirect te lower prices. When we jrain, you jjain ; ter we de net caru te make mere than an average profit. .1 Ol I V W X A 51 A IC K K. Nine eeue.ters southwest from centre. DRESS-GOODS. Shepherd s plaid, bhtck-iinil-u'lillu. brown brewn iiinj white. ray-ainl-uliile, at .17 cents ler 3 ineli, all-wool, will please niniiv. .mux WAXASIAKEIJ. Third circle .southeast of centre. DEI5EIGES, hverybedy known, are staple jjoeds. One leeks at ue'-elties and buy staples. Staple means something that almost everybody buys V ha! everybody buys is certain te be a geed thinjj somehow. The way ttcbeiuc.snre jjoed is this; the money jees all for use and none for shew: fir rather none for that kind of show which limits use. Why last spring wc bought in one let. $;e,OUO worth ei flcbeijii:.-, and have been buying in fleheiges ever tdncc. And new we h ive mere ilelH'iges limn you wii! leek at. all browns and grays: and nearly all new. Tin; prices are all the v.-uy lrem 23ccnt! ftir2J-iiich 1ei. ID ter IC-inels". Apartieulai'.y goednrdity is (Deems ter i:;-iiie!t. JOHN VA''A5IAKKi:. Second eiiele, south from centre. GINGHAMS. In eollen dress goods, there s no such staple na ginghams. Se tar as I lie appearance is con cerned, there's range enough in the American at IS cents; but if fineness of fabric is ic garded. you will buy tin1 scotch at ."I cents. The two make upneailv Irilfthc sleck et the oetlon dress goeiis eeunters. JOHN WAX.UIAKMi:. Fourth circle. northeast lrem cenlre. IILACK DRESS GOODS. Xw things in black tires. gerd of almost all sorts are ready. Silkgrencflines came se'tie time age; new the wool and silk and wool grenadines are here ; ami the var-ety is jr. ater than we ever had before, greater than anybody ever had, se laras we knew. XVw armures. plain and figured, are notable, especially the latter. Among them are ar mures with small liguivs and plaids, that.can le seen only when looked at in certain way. The draping of a dresel I lies1; would appeir te be partly plain an. I p irtiy iigurcd or plain. The flgures.u-jilaids seem te have no exist ence at all. Ven can't find them except by ac cident. .IOHX WAXAMaKKi:. Next outer circle, Chestnut Street entrance. SATEENS, ETC. Tolied'Alsaee is a similar labrie te Scotch gingham, but of softer finish, and printed ; :;e cent. Saici'ii i-t even liner, and the wirp is thrown upon the surface se simrcs-tully as te leave it as smoetii as patin, which indeed it much resembles. This also is printed in ex-.jui-ite deigns, and the priming is the mere successful. bccaiisM the surface is se smooth. The beucl square- (nobody else has them yet. se aras w- knew) appear te have been a I'arisiau atterlheught. Thevareei Kutcenantl are u-ed as girniture et sateen dresses. Xo Xe thing in cotton printing, probably, was ever anything like se rich lcfere. .IOHX WAXAM.AKICR. 1'eiirth circle, Thirteenth-street entrance. Thirteantli St. Market te Chestnut Sts. Philadelphia. 'JAKflSVS. KmilKST CASU l'KICi: AVIL.L, BE PAID FOR KXTRA XICE CARPET BAGS. Carpels made te 01 tier at short notice and sat is tact ion guaranteed. Rare chances in Carpets te reduce stock of 8,0 Em & AT AX I) 15KLOW COST. Call ami satisfy yourself. Alse, Ingrain, Rag and Chain CarpeLsiualmestentlless variety .at H. S. SHIRK'S CAEPBT HALL, 203 WEST KING ST3EET, 1'AXCASTKIl PA. SLEIGUS, AC. Carriages i Carriages ! AT EDGERLEY & CGS. PracticarCariiagc Itutlders, Market Street, Rear of Central Market Heuse.-, Lancaster, Pa. We liave en h;ind :i Large Assortment el BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES, Which we eiler at the. VERY LOWEST PRICES. All work warrantce. eivc us a call O-Repalring promptly attended te. One set of workmen especially emple yed for that purpose. rn55-t"til&w MVtilCAL 1XHT11UMM2ST&. k FINE CHKISl'aiAS ritKSKNT. A LANCASTER FAVORITE ORGAN. en a CHICKERING & SON'S PIANO. A full line et SHEET MUSIC, VIOLINS, ACCORDIONS. BAXJOS, HARMOXICAS, &c. The above Instruments will be sold at re duced prices during the Holidays. MANUFACTORY NO. S20.NOKTH QUKEN STUl::T. Uranch office durinj the Ileliilays, Ne. G CENTIUS SQCAltE. U3-lydS&lyw ALEX. MeKILLIPS. m WAXAMAKER'S THINGS In value and variety exceeding PARASOLS. Twenty-live filk parasol cover', embroid ered in China with silver and gehl, in quaint and Kit her characteristic, but net extreme, (Juiuesi: designs, with wide borders and v.-i ne gated silk lining-!, have been imported and put en neat frames, with variety of sticks. Fifteen of the twenty five have come te lis. They are In our collection of mjveltics, at $12. We shall have pleasure In showing you every i parasol we have. .IOHX WANAMAKKi:, Keund counter. Chestnut Street entrance. J HOSE. I Perhaps you will admire, in passing.the con siderable display of new heisery in the Arcade, before you enter tins store lrem Chestnut si reel . There are MM ether styles wllhin.which there isn't room te show in t he Arcade. .IOIIX WAXAMAKEK. Outer circle. Chestnut-street entrance. SHIRTS. Ceullcmcu can seeataglanceliKJnew French Penang shirtings. Shirts made te measure, $i."iu ; cut at the counter by a cutter who has no superior. .IOHX WAXAMAKKR. Oval counter, west of Chestnut street en trance. CARPETS. Wc ought net te emit carpels; but it is tee late te say anything mere than the general fact thai, wc have one et the larges', and some say l lie very choicest, collections of carpel in the city. .IOHX WAXA5IAKER. Northern gallery. DRESSES AND CLOAKS. Silk dre-ses el our own 'styles, net te be found elsewhere till they are copied, at $13, $17 and $IS ; and cloth dre-ses at $10" te $ 0. .Uiss.V and children's dicsses et llaiiuel and cloth : new. Alse debeige dresses, net new. at. less than half of last season's price: viz: $3 and ,1. Ladies' and children's spring wraps also in great variety. .IOIIX WAXAJIAICEK. iffiuthcii'il corner et building. LINENS. .1 est received a large qiiamity fit Irish shirt ing linens: uncommonly satisfactery: is te 7."i cents. Sume rcinnaiils at three quartern value. Sheeting and pillow linens et many makers. Ne ife.it yen plea-e, liKMueh sheeting at $1, and 1.1 inch pillow at 11 cents. . A certain three-ipiarlernapkin at $:! a dozen has been compared with one considered a bar gain elsewhere at a higher price. .IOIIX WAXAMAKKR. City li.ill Square entrance. COTTON-AND-W00L DRESS-GOODS. Here are three nolten-and-wool tires cloths el .single widths in browns and grays. llalerne cieth, like alpaca, but heavier, 184 cents. C.'shmere beige, in appearance somewhat likethu $1 melange described above; plain, 15 cents ; twilled. IS cents. .IOIIX WAXAMAKKR. Tliiid ciicle, ea-fc lrem centre. HOSE. Twenty-live styles et Knglish half and three iu:irter hose; plai", striped open-work cotton; plain, striped and embroidered and open-work lisle, :j() te 7.s cents. These, taken together with the German hosiery, which we have late ly spoken til". eceed in variety any children's lit"-icry stock anywhere. .IOHX WAXAMAKKR. Outer circle, Chestnut-street entrance. CORSETS. The Mtirget cerse for stout figures, very long and wit h wide baud at the bottom, w Inch v. e have b-en out e: for some time, is new here. ;-. We have also a general assortment of French, Ccimim and American corsets. .IOIIX WAXAMAKKR. Seulhwe-t corner et building. j'A pi;i:iiASGixas, -te. - - w jM. i'AIt:iCS. Our Present Stock of Goods is superior an j' that we ever had the pleasure of offering. ti WALL PAPERS FAXCY ;1LTS, FOR PARLORS, HALLS, DINIXG ROOMS, CIIAMRKRS, &c. GROITXOKI) AXI) COMMON PAPERS IX L A RG K V A Rl KT Y. KL KG AXT C KI L- 1XGS, FR1KZKS, BORDERS. &c., SCOTCH HOXjLA.NDS Fer WIXDOW SHADES. Plain Material the yard in any Celer and Width. by 8PRWG AND CORD FIXTURES. LOOPS, RAXDS, FRINGES, Etc. Extension Window Cornices. CURTAIN POLES, BRACKETS, Etc. PHARES W. PRY, NO. 57 NOKTII UUEEX ST. J! UKXITUISE. B UYi:i:S! liUYEKS!: HEINITSH SELLS: Ilair MattrcM lrem. Weel ' " . .$10.00 te $40 . 7.00 te 11 Ilusk " 4.50le Woven Wire Mattress trout. Spring Beds.-. ... lO.COte ... 2.50 te BeisU'i's ami Pillows Made te Order. Call anil gee my assortment anil be con vinced of the fact that my prices arc all right. Picture Framing a Specialty. Regilding and Repairing at short notice". HEINITSH, ir, HAST KINO STREET, JanS-Gmd Over China Hall. AUTER1ISE31H.XT. FOR SPRING 1881 -AT- any Eetail Stere in Philadelphia. SCOTCH GINGHAMS. Mere Scotch zephyr ginghams are in te-day. but. net all by any "'cans. Our prL-e is iil cents ; iu is the Xe w Yerk price. Xew, don't "uppes'sthtt such a dilp'rene-as tiiat means anything wirituvir in Hie ging hams It titles net. It means simply that wc buy et the maker", and save one pmllt .IOIIX WAX AMAKhR. Fourth circle. Thirteenth Streetentrance. . DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. It you would rather buv :i coarser or heavier gingham, tluil loessjiisl as we'd a little way oil", at Meents, ih V, idras zephyrs, et Ameri can iiuike, urc v.1 . v.u: want. They are last colors tee. Vhen the Zan.!l jrs, at IS cents, are a little heavier and cle-c ue ven. The u.e est Che v itit laids ).t l.Vt enls and ser.-uekers at 1.1 and is cenlsare licrc iiNe. .IOHX WW X A 5! A K KR. Feiirtheirele north from center. LADIES' CLOTHS. An entire counter is devoted te the ladies' cloth ter dresses. Tnerc.'s nothing new iu them but the colors, plain ami illuminated. Xew ladies' clot lis are here. It i; useless te say mere of thet,e laverlte stuff. .J lillX WA XA5! A IC E R. Third circle south from centre. MEDIUM WOOLEN DRESS-GOODS. There are three notable woolen tires fab:iM at $1. Melange pin checks, tit live cole-s. The warp is of a uniform light shade in eicli: the woei Is of alternate clustersef threads, tiueoer four f being light and tile next three or tour h.'Vim; twisted with them a thrcad'ef darker shade. Woolen sateens of eight colors, mere or less mixed in carding. The sateen effect is pro duced by heavy warped threads thrown al most wholly en the surface; they jump three or tour of the line warp threads and pass under enlj one. The warp seat cely comes te I the face ift all, as von can s e by the selvage. I Creise C.i-hinere of lltteen plain colors ; Iif- I fers from ordinary cashmere iu the twill. This I is, probably, no belt rmeii'-y's worth than the i fit hers; bulalmest exactly the same has just been offered us at nnlesale. ler a little mere ) money than wenre selling it at. JOHX WAX V3I.VKKR. ' Thir I circle south of centre. SILKS. ; H-avy rich tliimasse silks td'a'! colors. $1.71: ! last seaVen"s$.1anil $: goods : a re new selling in ' prelerance te the latest novelties, tit' course en ; account fif richness ami price. Plain silks of , the same colors te cemli'ne with them. The following are just rec-iwd from our ! buyer resident in Paris: Pongees, richly einbieidere.l by hand, with i spnivstit llewcrs ami with birds. The prices tit lliesc readv te-ilay are $iS te ?:! per piece of i t'. yards, iloieareceming. ! Xew flesigns in l'reueh foulards, $J. itayadere tmibiv striiic-. Here'.-, one, ler ex ample: garnet embre into geld alternating with gold-embre into breuz' : stripes hall an ' inch wide ami no interval between. Chequered tlanmsses. ilorgeens with coler: variety of tlcsi-'iis. the only fealura ' common te lliem all being the arrangement in I squares, net unlike a chequcr-beard. $2 te ' $f.7.l. .JOHX WAXAMAKKR. X'exl enter clrciC Ciiestnut st. entrance. . HOSIERY. 3Iises and boys Freiich ribbed hose at 40 te .11 cents, according te size; fi te SJ inch ; is said lobe selling elsewhere at t-1 te ?0 cents. Cardinals, navy blue and ecru. JOHX WAXAMAKER. Outer circle, Chestnut Street enlrance. DOMESTIC CALICOES. Chintz of iii'lje-blue ground with white polka tleis of various sizes and ether little fig ures net unlike the dots of th ; American make, at 10 cents, is a grc it favorite. Calicoes in general aits 8 cents : but some pat terns are .VJ, simply because they are net liked se well. " JOHX WAX AM AK KR. Fourth circle, northeast from centre. JOHN WANAMAKER. XOTICi 4 TTIiXTIOX, HOl'SKIilCKl-EKS! MOVING! MOVING!- MOVING! Personal attention given te all kind of MOVIXGS this Spring. BEST OF CAKE AXI) REASONABLE Leave orders for day and tlale et moving, or address te J. C. HOUGHTON, -CARK M, A. HOUGHTON, Ne. 25 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. IK OX r ON ItlTTKltS. IRON BITTERS! A TRUE TONIC. IROX lilTTKRSarc cient tonic; especially iilhly rccemmentled INDIGESTION, DTSPEL'SIA, INTERMITTENT FEVERS, WANT OF APPE TITE, LOSS OF STRENGTH, LACK OF ENERGY, &c. It enriches the bleed, strengthens the muscles, anil gives new life te the nerves, it act lRce a chiu-ni en tlic.iligcfctivc organs, renieving all dyspeptic rymptems. such as Tasting the Feed, Kelchmg, Heat in the btemach. Heartburn, etc. Tlie only Iren Preparation that will net nineteen tlie tectli or Rive Iieatlcche. Sold by all drug-'ists. Write ter the A 15 C Heek " pp. et useful and amusing reading mm: frtt. " ' ' " BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY, iSJ-iyd&w BALTIMORE, MD. tl'IXJES AXJi S. CLAY linn It VIXUCWtJ TTT T T I nmcu. niriuuiDu. triUn.u m nvh mmw,x n Ne. 33 PENN SQUARE, LAXCASTEB, PA. GIBSON'S WHISKY BOTTLED A SPECIALTY. waxahakeips autektisemex't. BOUQUET SQUARES. Tiie bouquet squares of sateen are a late thought from 1 hat wonderful city where every body vies with everybody a te who shall pro duce thelatest new thing. Xobedv has them iieic or iu Xew Yerk, se fur as wo'kuew. We sheuld'nt have them ourselves for some weeks yel, but for our buyer resident iu Paris, whe-c iluty it is te send us promptly every thing hew. Since their arrival, especially, sateens are rising in laver. t t he risk of being tiresome, let us repeal : Our sai ecus are mostly small figured : though ii have about .10 styles of large figured. There art; a se plain colored sateens et tile color of the ground of every stvle we have, ler combi nation with the figured. Tim bouquet squares mI'.e ler combination will; the figured, though in atlill'.-rent way, are each less than a yard, and cens'st eta plain ground with wide" bor der et darker Miade, ami witU u liu'ge bouquet in two corners diagonally opposite. The ac companying fashion plates show hew thev are draped. One nees net easily believe thai these bouquets are cotton priuts : but they aie. .JOHX WAXAMAKKR. Fourth circle. Thirteenth Street entrance. CHECKS. Rl.ick-and-wiiite, blue-white, green-anil-whiie, ami various mix-colored cheeks iu three sizes, all quite small ; fabric either wool, or cotton-and-wool, as you may prefer, at 75 cent-. When wool and cotton-and-wool are at the same price, you probably expect te find a dil ference in the appearance of the goods te make even the difference in material." Jifl'X WAXAMAKKR. Second circle, east trout centre. CHECKS AGAIN. The same cheeks in silk-aml-woel : but the silk has nothing te de with the checks. Tluee solitary heavy silk threads et bright color two cheeks apart, cress three ether just such threads t t the same bright, color; anil there's a coppery plaid ever t tit: hecks ! or blue! or antii ner coier : it is iikc aiteiicatc veil ever a lady's iace; doesn't hurl tin; face a bit some times. $1..10. JOHX WAXAMAKKR. Third circle, -eutkewi 1'i'eni the centre. A PLAID. A new we.iK-n plaid of very quiet though marked effect, has a figure about three inches squaie. Tin- p-ciiHurily of il is, perhaps, that :: don't kuewexaciiy where the figure be gins, or comes te an end :'and the colors are no mete pronounced than the figure Frem the double me-lest ; of tenn and color, comes the qule! ctfi-jt el the whole. $1.10. , .IOIIX WAXAMAKKR. Tli.nl circle, south of centre. FURNITURE. A clue te th-. cirir.ietiT of our furniture v. itheul seeing it. Take, ler example, a bed room suite of three pieces. Lewest prices : Ash. wt etl lops $iiJ .'.net her style, walnut or ash, marble tops Sj such us are in every furniture store ; common weed ami common work. We keep also a small assert uicntel 'cottage" or painted sets. Lewest prices in first-ciuss work : walnut, weed lops $47. Samestylein mahogany 55. of a plain style, but proper for some rooms iu any house, no matter hew rich. J.ewcstVriees in elegant werk: M.iple or walnut. Tennessee murbk'leps.$ 83 Lewest price in luxurious werk: Walnut, Tennessee marble tops $12.1 Samestylein maheganv 1:55 A very chaste and imbic stvle, perfection et work : Mupl.-. weed tops $iG1 Same in mahogany j.;,-, We have very large as-ertments both Iielew $!(:!. ami hetueen $10) ami 20. At higher prices there is no higher quality ; only mere costly decoration. .IOIIX WAXA51AKER. Tlta western gillcry. OF - KITTIJIS. TitON 151TTEKS. SURE APPETISER. ter all diseases requiring a certain and efll- I.1QUOKS. MILLER, m Vi ? iLtlttniStCr irlltCllJn'CllCCl. SATUEBAY EVENING, MAECH 26, 1881 EXTEMPORE FEEACHING. A Distinsulshetl Uier'yra.iii's gle With, " .Notes.' Icirst Strus- Iu a series of articles in the Independent, Rev. Geerge H. Ilepwertli, D. D., thus describes his lirst attempt at preaching without any further manuscript than a few notes of the main points of his (lis. course. lie went into the pulpit in high spirits but : "Once fairly in the pulpit, however, matters assumed a very different and much, mere serious aspect. I suddenly became despondent atid even hopeless. I looked at my notes ; but they did net pre sent that perspicuous continuity which I luui expected, .uy urniti was seen it: a whirl of excitement and seemed te throb like a large pulse ; and the probability that I was 011 the bi ink of it retrievable ruin, which had heretofore been only a momentary atid ghastly vision, began very rapidly te assume the shape of a calamity. If I could only get back te my study, I thought, and clutch the poorest among my many discarded manuscripts, I should be the happiest man en Hie earth. A man must be in a forlorn condition, indeed, when the poorest sermon he ever wrote seems a priceless been, far beyond his reach. 1 new think I must have looked about anxiously for a crack in the iloer, through which te disappear ; and I am sure thst I should have felt supremely grateful if some b.ise born but heaven-sent wretch had suddenly appeared and cried " Fire !" in order te disperse the people.. Hew fondly I clung te the hymn before the sermon ! I read it with satmicitral voice, and wished there had been fourteen veises, instead of four. I never before it'll, the singular propriety of saying amen at the end of this part of the service. As the choir sang the last line, I was prompt ed te ask thorn te repeat the whole hymn, with a different tune. Never until "that, moment did 1 sullieiently appreciate the value of church music, and never until that moment did I wish that the quartet might sing forever. Cut there is tin end te ail tilings, and I devoutly hoped that that supieme moment might net lie long delayed. When I rose again in my place, I icad my text with .significant deliberation tr I knew that se long as I clung te the words of Scripture I was safe ; ' bur. what might happen after the congregation hud been made sufficiently acquainted with the text I dared net th'uk. It seemed te me a mistake that I had net chosen for the text the longest chapter in the Uible. In order te make sure of something I read the verse a second time, and thou in unutterable dea pair, I read it a third time. I wanted te read it. a fourth time, but knowing thai, if I did, I should be lelegated te a lunatic asylum, I closed the Uible and gave my self up te unutterable misery. If jouknew hew a vessel fveli when en a l.'j she:e and. within a few hundred yart rocks, its cable parted and the tempest using the uhreuds. and strings of an teeiian harp, with play : dirge ; if you knew hew a rock feels when it llies off in u wil is of the howling repjs as which te mettvrie l tangyiit aimlessly led het from the parent pias and is hurled through space, becoming v. tin utmespneric inctnm, you have some slight conception of my state til m'-nd. I may tiuly say lhat en that occasion herrcr did 01: horror's head accumulate, and that confusion became woise confounded. Fer a single sawful moment suicide saem.- i te be net simply a privilege, but an impera tive duty. I gazed en my notes ; but they were :-.e bluiivd by :; trembling optic ueive that the words seem te have run together. In a voice which could be distinctiv heard for half a mile, and under the inipiessien that if I. could only r.jictk loud enough the people would eatcii my idea, I read these notes one after the ether, disconnected as they were, te the amazed congregation. Four pages of catch-words, without a com ment, did I inflict en these leu-sufTciiug pewhelders. It was perfectly evident lrem their wondering eyes that I had net spoken loud enough for them te catch my itlea, or else, dreadful alternative, that there was no idea te catch. I have since observed that when speakers have m.th ing te say they always say it in stentorian tones. Great beads of pcispirutieu were en my brew, while I shook from head te feet with nervous terror, atid was compelled te held en te the pulpit with both hands for support. "When my nets wese ex hausted, I longed for sudden death. While Uiey lasted, I breathed very thin air, indeed ; but when they wcie gene I began te suffocate, and felt as lonely and homesick as a mau who has been trans ported te the eternal and airless cold of intcr-sideral space. Raising my voice te a still higher pitch, as though the bulk of my congregation were in Siberia, where I honestly wished they really were, I rapidiy told the people everything I had ever thought or dreamed of, cvei thing, tela vt'.nt and irrelevant, I cvjr expected te think or dream of, if my life should be spared for several centuiics te come, and then reached the. grand climax of vocal ization with an amen se loud and resonant, and withal se entirely soul-satisfying, that I have net yet recovered from the eil'ects of it. Ne man that ever lived has enjoyed the intensity of mingled happiness and misery which lillcd my heart te bursting when that comforting amen was en my lips. What I had been talking about neither I nor anyone else had the slightest concep tion This sorrowful vagueness was, how ever, well covered up by the unspeakable reliel I felt at having ai rived at a termi nus. I looked at the clock, and found that I had been talking or, rather, screaming, just twelve luinutes. I never knew be fore the exact time required te pour one's self entirely out, leaving net a drop, nor a vestige of a drop, behind. Te say that I was empty was te say nothing. I was fearfully, dolefully, supcruaturully empty. And this, I said te myself, a-; I wiped my brew, is what you call extempore speak ing. Heaven save the mark ! In about four Sundays, i continued, in soliloquy, that kind of extempore speech would enable your diminished number of friends te fol fel low yen te the graveyard. They would de se with a serene sense of relief ; and, when casting about for a successor, the first question would be : " De you write your sermons ?' If he answered in the negative, they would take him te my rest ing place, point te my tombstone, and re mark : "Our experience with extempore sermons has net been all that could be de sired. The effort te preach without a manuscript killed a promising'yeuug man and came very near killing us. This church is net inclined" te enceurage a rep etition of.the experiment and you had bet ter go somewhere else te die." Thus consolingly did I commune with myself. I had been told that extempore preaching is as stimulating as gymnastic exercise ; but I found that it was somewhat over ever stimulating te a man of my temperament and as an exercise I discovered that it was rather violent thanhcalthful. The worst criticism, that was made en ' ,nv cflert was n,v Peer father's silence. i thing the old gentleman never suffered much in se short a time. - As the -iSu inlay diuuer it was his delight -.te discuss the morning sermon, and te iudieate in a very encouraging and llattenng way t!ie por tions of it which struck hitu as peculiarly effective. On this particular Sunday net the most distant allusion was made te anything that had occurred te the church. Indeed, it was painfully evident that everybody was making the greatest pos sibly effort net te allude te it, and was at the same time afraid that something which was said en another subject might be construed as an allusion te it. Conver sation under such embarrassing limitations is net only difficult,' but impossible. Te talk while standing en the edge el" a volcano, and with the consciousness that some trivial expression may possibly have, without your knowing it, a diabolical double meaning, which may start the vol cano into vehement activity, is net the most enlivening task iu the world. I was positively burning te talk the matter ever, in order te relieve myselt, and everybody else -was burning te express for my posi tion a profound pity ; hut it would never de. I was both overwhelmingly crushed atid tremendously defiant ; but my father and mother took rather a sad view of the matter, and would net far worlds express their real opinions, even if they had had u sufiicieut command of the English language te de it justice, which they evidently did tu5t have. S I nipped my soup and spkeef the appalling condition of the heathen in Central Africa and then expressed a very decided opinion that, it the coining winter should prove a very cold one, we should certainly have both snow and ice, and continued by re marking that, if wc all lived till spring and summer, the temperature would probably rise and the snow and ice would p.issibly melt ; te all of which prepositions my lov ing parents gave their quick ami ceiilia! asseut. -Iu his own original lemarks iv.y father expsessed great sympathy for sick people, and, without seeing any naiallt'Iism said that his heart always went, out with peculiar tenderness toward a family one of whose members had been suddenly strick en with incurable insanity. .The dinner season was, en the w-iele, far vivi.il, and the feed eaten, if I from the indigestion of the was net especially nourishing. lrem . ni nny judge afternoon, When, at last, 1 get into my study, I licked the deer, and gave way te mingled emotions, in which positive agony had its place. Such a Sunday afternoon seldom falls te the let of mortals. I prayed earn estly for the afflicted congregation, that the catise of religion might neb suffer en account of my peculiar performance ; and for myself, that my aberration, if it was that, might he merely temporary. I looked ever : volume of sermons which were said te be extempore ; but did net find any that iu the remotest degree resembled the one I had just delivered. I took a wretched and cynical satisfaction in the fact that no one would accuse meet" cribbing that particular sermon from any c debrated author, be cause such productions are never printed. 1 took an equal satisfaction in the fact that if my own sermon were te be publish ed, there was no one iu the wide world who would think jt worth while te steal it. It was tee original, tee unique for that. It would alw'avs stand alone, the eul v one el' the kind ever preached, perlrtps the only one of the kind that ever ought te be preached. I turned ever the leaves of the dietienr.ry and caught sight of several ob eb ob jurgaeory adjectives which seeme 1 te have :. diiect personal application. I laughed at the ridiculousness of the situation in a hysterical sort el way, and ended bv cry ing ever it as a tcrublu tragedy. It is needless te say that in the evening I pieachcd with a manuscript. At the end of Urn service, an old lady shook hands with me very sympathetically, and ex pressed the nope tiiat I felt better than I lid in the mering I casually remarked that in the morning I had some difficulty with my head, te which she naively re sponded that she had suspected ir. One of my go-id deacons also pressed .my hand very warmly, and said, in a guarded way. that he feared I had used tee much vocal energy in the morning service. I simpK answered that I had been somewhat uu well, but hoped te recover during the week. And se'tiie day msscd. The reeel lectien of it is burned into my memory as with a het iron. I can never forget ir",:md I may add that there are ether p.-eplu in the world who will never forget it either. I think I suffered as much as sialic An toinette did when during a single night her hair turned white. SE.N.VXOK IAVI1 a A. VIS Will 'et Withheld His Vete Friwn Ouiiruiu. In Lhe United States Senate Tdr. Davis (lil.) said : On a recent occasion J. stated the reasons that determined my vote- en the organization of the Senate, net ex pecting te satisfy a class of politicians ac customed te party discipline and unable te appreciate free thought atid independent action. Fair criticism is always entitled te respect, and the public man who shrinks lrem it, even when harsh, does net deserve; forbear ance. An at:cmpt has been made te have it appear that the Legislature which elected me te the Senate contained a Iiu publtcan majority, and that the state ei Illinois, en the popular -vote, was also largely Republican. Beth these assump -t ions are unfounded. Tlie Legislature at that time steed a? fellows, acceiding te the official compilation of the secretary of state : Republicans Senate, 21 ; Heuse, 70. Democrats Senate, 23 ; Heuse, G7. In dependents Senate, 5 ; Heuse, G. it is thus seen that the Republicans and Democrats were almost equally divided, and that a few Independents turned the scale. Fer president, Hayes received 273,2:J2, Tildcn, 238,001 and Cooper 17,233 votes. Hayes's clear majority was 2,393 in a poll of ever half a million. These figures prove hew closely balanced the two parties were its 1876-77. 3Ierc than ninety per cent, of the votes voluntarily cast for ma as senator were from Democrats, without pledges, condi tions or correspondence of tiny kind what ever. They knew my political antecedents and they knew also that neither the honor which was freely conferred Jupen me, nor any ether distinction which could be oil'er eil'er ed, would alter any conviction I had form ed, or deflect me from the course of duty as 'it appeared te my best judgment. Having accepted this generous, trust under these circumstances, geed, faith required me te sustain the organization of the Senate as it had existed in the last Congress. Xe principle was involved, but merely, the contract of committees and officers. I hate voted steadily against change, and I shall continue in that way until the end is reached, being answerable only te my conscience and te my constituents for this act. What my friend, the distinguished Sen Sen aeor from Xew Yerk, properly calls "a csnsitutienal majority " was disclosed when the vice president, net a member of this body, gave the casting voice for the committees. However fleeting or frac tional that a majority may be, wc arc com manded te accept it, and te obey it. The majority that cbesa the committees is I : I'.iirly entitled te cheese, tue officers of the se Senate. One naturally gOW with the i ether in order te perfect the organization. l ms conclusion will neitaer De delayed nor obstructed by anvetf of. mine; Md it cannot be reached tee. seen for the pab lie interest. I de net regret at all that the new ad ministration, which has te confront the country with its policy, should hare the control of both branches of Congress. The responsibility for measures te be proposed cannit " be avoided, with dse " power te initiate all legislation. The -jerityis net large enough te Indulge" ia rash experiments, and the miaeritv is. sullieiently strong enough te check any. tendency te excess. 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