&)WlfaM HjSP? 1 ivVVyVM V I VAX' A Volume XVIIKe. 188. LANCASTER, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 9. 1881. Price Twe On1&. 'AXA3lAKi:U'& AVVEMCTISEXEXT. NEW THINGS FOR SPRING 1881 AT JOHN WANAMAKEE'S, THIRTEENTH AND MARKET AND CHESTNUT STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. In value and variety exceeding We have done our best every Spring te have ready the best and largest asseitmcnt of goods for personal wear and house use. It is au easy thing te say that with ex perience gained since last season, this spring shall be an improvement that it shall be the very best yet. Cor.ie and sec hew great the contrast for the ibetter a siugle year can make. Our whole stock for this spring ia, we believe, the very best that we have ever gathered for our customers, aud in carefulness of selection aud excellence of ma tcrials ami variety of uses, is net matched anywhere else en this side of the Atlantic. Every railroad te Philadelphia will bring you within a few squares of the store, aud If time for -shopping is limited or if it is net we can save you in purchasing, time as well as money. JUST FROM PARIS. Parisian conceits in laces, received from our iPM'lent linycr. Persian ri nt luce. Til" Inundation et Bre ton net is liallVevc-red with neglige clmin with ilil figure"; of mbreldery intersperse"!. Twe pattern eiilv. in one. the embroidery is finite subordinate, .'-incti. .52 a v:ird : in the ether, it i- the princlpid teat tire, 4-inch, $3. Spanish lace, ler pamtels and dre-'s-s te i inateli. The combinations received nrcbjaulc- nnd-cnrdinal, and old-xeld-and black. ' JOHN' WAXAMAKER. Second circle, south from centre. ALSO FROM PARIS. Silk tlc!iit,;-.nhi-oideicd with silk and geld, and bordered with lacn which is also embroi dered with silk and jre!-' : $7 ! Cellar ami enirsQi white at In embroidered with sold and trimmed with point tl'Aleneen, 7. j Received, nl-e iteni Hie same source, a j?en-ei-.il assortment of laces and nets. These de 1 niveau ler mention of themselves, because theyilonet:iill tee;:- variety: but the; have I heVireet ie lower prices. When vre Kaln, you j gain: for we. de net cue te make inore than; nu :tvera;;i! prellt. IOII.V WA.VAMAKEB. Nine counters keuthwcsi from centre. j DRE5S-G00DS. sle.-pln'.-il t. plalil, black-and-white, brown- ' nnd-whtte, !;ray-and-whlte, at 37J cents for 23- , Inch, all-'.veiii, will pteasn inanv." .IOII.V WAXAMAKER. Third c:ie!- southeast of centre. DKBEIGES, Everybody knows, are staple, goods. One leeks :ii novelties nnd buys staples. Staple mean., ,-eiuethint; that aluie-d everybody liuvs What everybody buys N certain te be a poed tiling somehow. 'The way ilcbclites are koeiI is tilts: the money gees all for use and none for -liew; or rather none for that kind of show ' Iil'-h limits use. Why last sprmjc we bought In one let $10,0(13 vnrth fu ilebeiiiif. and have been buying in delielt--, ever since. And new we luve mere ; -m d' . - II new The .rices "ire A nleVaV iiim 21 ceu..s fetacTOl! 10 ler I del;ei- s than u will leek at. nil browns and t'i-ineli. A part Iciilailv geed (lualitv Is GOcents for "-inch. .IOHX WAVAMAKEK. ''eceud ciicif. south Irem centre. GINGHAMS. in eotten dress goods, fherc s no such staple ris ginghams Se far as the appearance is con cerned, there's range enough in the American nt l.leeui-; but it fineness of fabric is re garded. en will buy the -cetci. til ::i cents. The two make up licit! !y Istlf the (lock et the retten 'It'j.ss goods counters. JOHN WAXAMAKER. Fourth circle, northeast lrem centre. 15LACK DRESS GOODS. Xew things in blank dress goods 01 aime.il Jill sorts uru'ivady. Silk givn- dines ciree some time age ; new the v. en! mil slik and wool grenadines are here; and ill varety is gr -atev than we ever had before, greater than anybody ever had, se far as we Iiimb. Xew ai mures, plain and figured, are notable, especially the latter. Among them are ar mu'f.s v. illi sin-ill timnv.-, and plaids, that can !! seen only wh'-n loekeft at in cerbiin way. rise draping of udri'ss of thC3e would appear te be partly plain an ! p-irtly figured or plnin. Thefluiiieaur plaids seem te have no exist ence at ii'l. Yeu can't fl ud them except by ac cident. JOHX WAXAMaKEU. Xct e uer circle, (Chestnut streer entrance. SATEENS, ETC. Tr.ih; d' Alsace is a similar fabric te Seetch gingham, but of softer finish, and printed ; ."0 cents. Sa'eeii Is even finer, and the wirp Is thrown upon the surlaee se successfully as te leave it as smooth as satin, which Indeed It much lCscmbles. Tliis also is printed in ex quisite design, and the printing is the mere iiiecessfiil. because the surface is se smooth. The bequet squares (nobody cNe has them yet. se lar as we knew) appear te have been a i'arNian afterthought, Tlieyaroet sateen an it are Used as girniiure of sateen dresses. Xo Xe thlngiu cotton printing, probably, was ever i.nythlng like se rich before. TOIIX WAXAMAKER. Fourth elrclc, Thirteenlli-street entrance. Tbii'teenth St. Market te Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia. VAJtfETS. Hieiiest cash rmcE iyix-i be 1'AIO FOR EXTRA XICE CAEPET BAGS. Carpets made te order at short notice aud safislactien guaranteed. Rare chances in Carpets te reduce stock el m m Brrals Garpets, AT AXI) 11ELOW COST. Call and satisfy yourself. Alse, Ingrain, Rff nnd Chain Carpctsinalmestciidlessvarlcry .at H. S. SHIRK'S CABPETHAIiL, 203 WSST liIKO 8TEBET, LANCASTER I'A. SLSIGIIS, &V. Carriages ! Carriages ! AT EDGERLEY & CO.'S. i'raci icalTan iagc Builders, Murhet Street, Rear or Central Market Houses, Lancaster, Pa. We have en hand a Large Assortment et BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES, Which we offer at the; VERY LOWEST PRICES. All work warrantea. uive us a call J 49Repalriug promptly attended te. One set et workmen especially employed for liat purpose. fn-Ju-ttd&w HO LEL8. MJSMLIilt IIUU.SIS, (lermcrly Clnrcnden.) 118 and 115 SOUXil EIGHTH STREET ( below Chestnut), PHILADELPHIA, Pa. On the European plum Meals at all hours, at medsr.ite rates. Reems, fiuc, 75c and $1 pot pet day. Hetel open all nliiht. J AlitlU .MISHLER & CO., Prep's, Formerly of the Mishler Heuse, Reading, Pa. tUliTtv'STEWiKT ssnpt formerly of I no bt. Clair, Atlantic city. iul2-Smil GRAIN M':CVLATIO In large or small amounts. $25 or $30,000 Write W. T. SOULE & CO., Couunissien Mer chants, IS'j !. saHe street, Chicago, UL. ler cii lare. E28-ryd WAS A UA KEB'S PARASOLS. 1 Twcnty-Ilvc silk parasol cover, enibrold enibreld I ered in China with silver and Keld, In quaint j and rather characteristic, but net extreme, Chinese designs, with wide borders and varic I gated silk linings, have been imported and put 1 en neat frames, with variety of sticks. Fifteen of the twenty five Have come te us. They are in our collection of novelties, at $1-. We shall have pleasure la shewinc you every parasol we have. , JOHN" WAXAMAKER. I Round counter. Chestnut Street entrance. I hose. i I'eriiaps you will admire, in passing, the con siderable display of new heisery in the Arcade, before you enter the. stere irem Chestnut street. There are S00 ether styles wltliln, which there Isn't room te show in the Arcade. .IOII.V WAXAMAKER. Outer circle. Chestnut-street enttance. SHIRTS. Gentlemen can sec at a glance K'Osiew French Penanc shirtings. Shirts made te measure, $2.50; cut at the counter by a cutter who has no superior. JOTtX WAXAMAKER. Oval counter, west of Chestnut street en trance. CARPETS i We ought net te emit carpels ; but it is tee . late te say anything mere than the general i'.inl !.. ,.. 1....... si... . 4 I. A !...... .....I ......... say the very choicest, collections of carpets In the city. JOHX WAXAMAKER. Xertlicrn gallery. DRESSES AND CLOAKS. Silk dresses el our own styles, net te be found elsewhere till they are routed, at $15, $17 and $1S ; and cloth dresses at $10' te $ 0. Missi-s' anil children's Ii esses et flannel aud cl"Ul 5 ew- A,5 eiBO dresses, net nexv, at " hMet acairt price : vtz : ?.1 hii.I Si. Ladles' and children's spring wraps also in 1 great variety. ; JOHX WAXAMAKER. I I Southeast corner of building. 1 LINENS. .) as', received a large quantity e Irish shirt- . ing linens: uncommonly satisfactery: 2S te 1 75 cents, l-eme remnants at three-quarters i value. Sheeting and pillow liaeus of many makers. ' Xe iie, it von pleasu, luOMnch sheeting at ?!, , and 45 inch pillow at t" cunts. A certain three-quarter napkin at $J a dozen - has been compared with one considered a bar gain elsewhere at a higher price. JOHN WAXAMAKER. City Uall Square entrance. COTTON-AN D-WOOL DRESS-GOODS. Here are three cottcn-and-weol dress c-lelis 1 of single widths in browns and grays, Ralerue cloth, like alpaca, but heavier, ICJ2 cents. C ishmere beige, in appearance somewhat like tne$l melange described above; plain, 15 cents : twilled. IS cent--;. .TOIIX WAXAMAKER. Third ciiclc, cast lrem centre. HOSE. Twenty-live styles of English half ami three- qjiaieaiiuse, pi.tt.-, siiiwet uucii-uih. cuiiuu; I ...... . 1 1 iiiiiu. i-iiiiivM unit uiiiuii uiiciciiuiitiup-ii-nwiK lisle. 30 te 7S cents. These, taken together with the German hosiery, which we have late ly spoken of. evceed in variety any children's hosiery stock anywhere. JOHX WAXAMAKER. Outer circle, Chestnut-strcct entrance. CORSETS. The Maraet corset for stout figures, very long aud with wide band at the bottom, which we have been out et for some time, is now here. 2. We have also a general assortment or French, Get men and American corsets. JOHX WAXAMAKER. Southwest corner et building. BOOKS AJfV STATIONERY. VEW AM) CUOIUt'J STATIONERY, NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, AT L. M. U'LYKN'S, Ne. 42 WKST EINO STREET. Tl-A'K HOOKS. JOM BAER'S SOIS, 15 and 17 KORTH qOEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA Have ler sale, at the Lewest rrices, BLANK BOOKS, Comprising Day Reeks. Ledgers, Cash Reeks, Sales Reeks. Rill Reeks, iiinute Heeks, Re celpt Reeks, Memorandums, Copying Reeks, I Pass Roekss, Invoice Reeks, &c. WRITING PAEEKS. Foolscap, Letter, Xete, Bill, Sermon, Counting Heuse, Drawing Papers, 1'apcterics, &c. EX VE LOPES AXD ST ATIOXERY el all kinds. Wholesale and Retail. FAMILY AND TEACHERS' BIBLES, Prayer Reeks, Devotional Reeks, Sunday tchoel Music Reeks, Sunday-school Libraries, Commentaries. &c. J! CJtH I TV HE. 3"meerr: TU'KS: BUYISKS!: HEINITSH SKLLS: Hair Mattress from $10.00 te $10 Weel " " 7.00 te 11 Husk " ' 4.50te C Woven Wire Mattress from 10.00 te 20 SprlngRcds 2.501O 7 Bolsters and Pillows Made te Order. Call nnd sec my assortment and lie con vinced of the fact that my prices ar all right. Picture Framing a Specialty. Kegilding aud Repairing at short notice. HEINITSH, ir,y2 EAST KING STREET, auWmd . Orcr China Hall, ADVER1ISE31EST. any Retail Stere in Philadelphia. SCOTCH GIXGUAMS. Mere Scotch zephyr ;iugliam are in te-day, but net all by any "icaiis. Our priee is el cents ; i1) Is tins Xew Yerk price. Xew. don't suppose thai such a difference as thaijucans anything wh.ilever lit the ging hams. It does net. it means 'simply that we bflvef the makers, ami save one prellt. .IOII.V WAXAMAKER. Ke'.irih circle, Thirteenth Streetcntrauce. DOMESTIC GIXGUAMS. It you would rather buy a coarser or heavier ingham, that loel:s iast as well a little way I etr, at 15 cent, t!- nlras zephyrs, el Ameri- can maKe, are wh colors tee. Then the Zanz.i heavier and de-- iii want. They tire last -. at 13 rents, are a little .veven. The n:e 'est Chev- let illai'H ill I.Mel:! and sccr.-juekcrb at 15 and 18 centiare hei v .t!-e. .TOIIX WAXAlfAKEK. Feul th circle north from center. LADIES' CLOTHS. An entire counter is devoted te the ladies' cietu ler dresses. There's nothing new in them but the colors, plain and illuminated. Xew ladies' clot lis are here. It is useless te say mere of these favonte stuffs. JI.HX WAXAMAKEU. Third circle south lrem centie. MEDIUM WOOLEX DRESS-GOODS. There are three notable woolen dress fabrics I at fl. j .Melange pin checks, etlivc colors. The warp i is of a unilerm light shade in each : the woei j is of alternate clustersef HiivuiN, three or four being light and the next three or tour having I twisted with them 11 thread of ib.rker shade. Woolen sat eeits of eight colors, mere or less ! mixed in carding. The saicen effect is pre- j duced by heavy warped thrcudn thrown al most wholly en the suiface ; they jump three J or lour 01 1110 litKj warp llirmus aim pass under only one. The warp scarcely comes te the lace at all. as you can s e by the selvagi Crei-e Cishmere of fifteen plain colors ; .lif ters from ordinary cashmere iy the twill. This is. probably, no liett riueuey's worth than the ethers: but almost exactly the same has just been offered us at w tielesiile ler a liltle mere money than weare selling it at. JOHX WAXAMAKER. Thirl circle r-enth of centre. SILKS. IK-ay iieh damassesiiks of all colors. $-2.75; last sea-en's $5 and -5 i goods ; are new selling in preference te the latest novelties, ofcenr.se en account of richness and price. Plain silks of the same colors te combine with them. lhe loi:e.ving aie just received from our buyer resident in I'aris : Pongees, richly embroidered by hand, with J sprays of flowers and with birds. The prices ! et tliese ready te day are fiS te f30 p r piece of i yards. Meie are coming. Xew designs in French foulards, .$ i. I ISayadere embre stripes, Here's one, ler ex 1 aiimic: irarnet embre into "old altcruatinir with ::old embre into bronze ; stripe., hail an 7 I inch wide and no interval between. Chequered damasses. iiorgeii with foler: variety of desi-'iis. the only feature common te them nl! lining the arrangement In squares, net unlike a chequer-beard, .f-2 te J.75. .IOHX WAXAMAKER. Xe.t eutei circle Chestnut St. entrance. HOSIERY. Misscsaud boys French ribbed hose at -10 te .i 1-.T ain't u r a. jiiv i 'U"i,ii 5-, CCnts. accerdlnir te size ; li te SKincli: is Mu! te be telling elsewhere at C5 te ?i) cents Cardinals, navv blue and ecru. JOHX WAXAMAKER. 1 inter circle. Chestnut Street entrance. DOMESTIC CALICOES. Chin!;: of indigo-blue ground with white polka dots of various sizes and ether little fig ures net unlike the dots of th-; American make, at 10 cents, is a greit favorite. . .i Il.tm i I. iri.tnir.ll i,.i S fmfc: twit untiir patterns are 5J., simply because they are net i liked --e well .IOHX WAXAMAKER. j Fourth cirele, ae.-t i:ist IV t.u cjn're. JOHN WANAMAKER. Zney rttOX IUTTKlS'i. IRON BITTERS! A TRUE TONIC. IltOX HITTERS aru highly recommended ler all diseases lequirlng a certain and effi cient tonic; especially INDIGESTION. DYSPEPSIA, INTERMITTENT FEVERS, WANT OF APPE TITE, LOSS OF STRENGTH, LACK OF ENERGY, &c. It enriches the Meed, strengthens the muscles, and gives new life te the nerves. It acts like a charm en the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as Tasting the Feed, Belching, Heat in the Stomach, Heartburn, tie. The i.iily Iren Preparation that will net elacKen tiie teeth or give headache. Sold by all druggists. WrltO for the ARC Boek, 32 rp. et useful and amusing reading tent free, BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY, iS5.fy.iAw BALTIMORE, MD. Fer Sale at. COCHRAN'S DRUG STORE, 137 and 139 North Queen street, Lancaster. LIVERY R E.UOVKD. HOUGHTON'S LIVERY, SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLES HAVE HEEX Ne. 221 NORTH (Zcchcr's Old Livery Stand), ihcrc parties can find Yin" Class Single and Deuble Teams, Safe Horses, New Bug gies and Harness. Alse will have a Xew Line of Omnibuses ter Sunday Scheel and Private Picnics ler thi Season. Special atteutien given te Moving. Alte railroad calls for passengers and baggage attended te. LIVERY OFFICE: 221 NORTH QUEEN STREET. CS-Scceiid-IIaud Buggies ler sale ; have been run hut a short time. WISES AXD S. CLAY . Brandies. Qins, wines Ne. 33 ENS.gQUAPE, XMCASTER, PA. GIBSON'S. iVAXAXAKER'S ADrEBTLSEMEXT. BOUQUET SQUARES. The bouquet sqnares of atecn are a late thought from tha wonderful city where every body vies with everybody as te who shall pro duce thelatest new thing. Xobedj- lias them heie or in Xew Yerk, se far as we knew. We should'nlhave them ourselves for some weeks 4-et, but for our buyer resilient in Paris, whose duty it i te send us promptly every thing new. tince their arrival, especially, sateens are rising in favor. At the risk of being tiresome, let, us repeat : Our sateens are mesilv small llgnred : though ! we have about 50 styles of large figured. There are a:se plain colored sateens et the color of the ground of every stvle we have, ter cembi nation with the figured. This bouquet squares also for combination with the figured, though in a. different wav, are each less than a yawl. 1 and cens'st et st plain ground with wide ber- 1 der et darker r-hadc, and wit!; a large bouquet I in two corners diagonally opposite The ac companying fashion plates show hew they are draped. One does net easily believe that j these bouquets are cotton prints: but they , "l" . .IOHX WAXAMAKER. ! Feui th circle. Thirteenth Street entrance. CHECKS. ! Illack-and-white, blue-white, green-and-1 white, and various mix-colored checks in three : sizes, all quite small : fabric cither wool, or cotten-and-wocl, as you may prefer, at 75 . cents. I When wool and cottenand-wool are at the i same price, you probably espeet te find a illt- fcrencc in the appearance of the goods t i make even the difference In material." i .TiMIX WAXAM.VICF.lt. i Second circle, cast from centre. CHECKS AGAIN. The .same checks in silk-and-wool ; bat the silk has nothing te de with the checks-. Three solitary heavy silk threads et brnrht oelor two checks apart, cress three ether lust such threads et the same briirlit color : and there's a coppery plaid ever tnc checks! or blue! or I another color '. It is like a delicate veil ever a j lady's lace: doesn't hurt the faee a bit some ' times. $i..iO. JOfIX WAXAMAKER. Third circle, southeast from the centre. A PLAID. A new we lien pl-iid of very quiet though marked effect, has a figure about three iuclies 1 .square. T pi'culiailiy of it is, perhaps, that j you don't knewexaetly where the figure be- gins, or comes te au etui ; a-.id the colors are no mere pronounced than the figure. Kreiu j the double niede-tv of form and color, comes I 1:1c quictcucei ex me wueie. i.ie. i JOHX WAXAMAKE LKER. Third circle, south et centre. FURNITURE. A clue te tlw character et our furniture without seeing it. Take, for example, a bed room suite of three pieces. Lewest prices : Ash. weed tops $;r, Anether style, walnut or ash, marble 1 OpS ......................... 3() Mich as are in every furniture store ; common weed and common work. We keep also a small assortment or '-cottage" or painted sets. Lewest prices in first-class work : Walnut, weed tops $17. Same style In mahogany se. of a plain style, but proper for some rooms in any house, uematier hew rich. Lewest prices in elegant werk: Mipleer walnut. Tennessee. murbleteps.$ 85 Lewest price In luxurious werk: Walnut, Tennessee marble tops $125 Same style in mahogany 135 A very chaste and noble style, perfection et work : Maple, weed top .- $165 Same in mahogany 175 We have very large assortments both below $100, and between $100 and 200. At higher prices mere is no ingner quality r only mere -"" i.umuun. .,...,, . ,-. JOHN W AXAMAKEit, The western galk-ry. JBITTEJtS. THON UITTEKS. SURE APPETISER. STABLE. TJEMOVED. REMOVED TO QUEEN STREET, LIQUORS. MILLER, Olfl Rye WliiskieiS. &c, A SPECIALTY. Eancastcr ImtrUigracer. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1881. THE BLANK BIBLE. TTbat Was Seen and Experienced In a Dream. The follewinjr is from " a dream " by a writer in " The Eclipse of Faith," wfie dreamed that the Bible and all extracts from it had beeu by some accident ex punged from literary record : " On inspection, it was found that every text, every phrase that had been quoted, net only in books of devo tion and theology, but in these of poetry and fiction, had been remorselessly ex punged. Never before had I had any ade quate idea of the extent te which the Bible bad melded the intellectual and moral life of the last eighteen centuries ; nor hew intimately it had interfused itself with the habits of thought aud modes of expression ; nor hew naturally aud exten sively its comprehensive imagery and lan guage had beeu introduced into human writings, and most of all, where there had been most of genius. A vast portion of literature became instantly worthless, and was transformed into se much waste paper. It was almost impossible te leek into any book of any merit, and read ten pages together, without coming te some erasures and mutilations, some Vs hiatus talde dejlendi,', which made whole pas sages perfectly unintelligible. Many of ,the sweetest passages of SShakspeare wcie converted into unmeaning nonsense, xvs te Milten, he was nearly ruined, as might naturally be supposed. Walter Scott's novels were filled with perpetual lacuna. I hoped it might be otherwise with the philosophers, and Feit was ; but even here it was curious te sec what strange ravages the visitation had wrought. Seme of the most beautiful and comprehensive of Bacen's aphorisms were reduced te enig matical nonsense. These who held large stocks of books knew net what te de. Hum stared them in the face. Their value fell seventy or eighty per cent. All branches of theology iu particular were a drug. One fellow said that he should net se much have minded if the miracle had sponged out what was huiann, as well as what was divine ; for iu that case he would, at least have had se many theusanu volumes of fair blank paper, which was as much as many of them were worth before. A wag answered that it was net usual, iu despoil ing a house, te carry away anything ex cept the taluablet. Meantime, millions of blank Bibles tilled the shelves of stationers, te be sold for day-hooks and ledgers, se that there seemed te be no meie employ ment for the paper-makers ia that direc tien for many years te come. A friend, who used te mourn ever the thought of palimpsest manuscripts of portions of Livy and Cicere erased te make way for the nonsense of some old monkish chron icler exclaimed, as he saw a tradesman trudging off with a morocco-bound quarto, for a day-book : "Only think of the pages once filled with the peetty of Isaiah and the parables el Christ sponged clean te make way for orders for silks and satins, muslins, cheese and b,;cen !" The old authors, ufcem&c, were left fe their mutilation. There whs no way in which the confusion could be remedied. But the living began te prepare new editions of their works, in which they endeavor te give a new turn te the thoughts which had been mutilated by erasure, aud I was net- a little amused te see that many, hav ing stolen from writers whose compositions were as much mutilated as their own, could net tell the meaning of their own pages. It seemed at lirst te be a net unnatural impression, that eveu these who could re call the erased texts, as they perused the injured books who could, mentally, fill up the imperfect clauses were net at liberty te inscribe them. They seemed te fear that if they did se, ;the characters would be as if written in invisible ink, or would surely fade away. It was with trembling that some, at length, made the attempt ; and te their unspeakable joy, found the impression durable. Day after day passed; still the characters remained ; and the people, at length, came te the conclusion that Ged left them at liberty, if they could, te reconstruct the Bible for them selves out of their collective remembrances of its divine contents. This led again te some curious results, all of them singular ly indicative of the geed aud ill that is iu human nature. It was with incredible joy that men came te the conclusion that the book might be thus recovered nearly en tire, and nearly in the very words of the original, by the combined effort of human memories. Seme of the obscurest of the species, who bad studied nothing else but the Bible, but who had well studied that, came te be objects of reverence among Christians and booksellers, and the vari ous texts they quoted were taken down with the utmost care. He who could fill tip a chasm by the restoration of words which were only partially remembered, or could contribute the least text that had been forgotten, was regarded as a sort of public benefactor. At length a great public movement ameug the divines of aU denominations was projected, te colhre the results of these partial recoveries of the sacred text. It was curious, again, te sec In hew various ways human passions aud prejudices cams into play. It was found that the several parties who had furnished from memory the same portions of the sacred text had fallen into a great variety of different readings ; and though most of them were of as littlcimportauce as the bulk of these which arc paraded in the critical recensiens of Mill, Qricsbach, or Tischcnderf, th became, from the obstinacy and felly of the men who con tended about them, important differences merely because they were differences. Twe reverend men of the synod, I remember, had a rather tough dispute as te whether it was twelve baskets full of fragments of the five loves which the five thousand left, and seven baskets full of the seven leaves which the four thensaud had left, or vice versa ; as also whether the words in Jehn vi. 10 were "about twenty or five-and-twenty," or "about thirty or five-aud-thirty furlongs." Te de the assembly justice, however, there was found r.n intense general earnestness and sincerity bi filing the occasion, and an equally intense desire te obtain as nearly as pessible the very words of the lest- volume ; only (as was also alas ! natural) vanity in some, iu ethers confidence in their strong impres sions and in the accuracy of their memory, obstinacy and pertinacity in many mere (all aggravated, as usual by controversy), caused many odd embarrassments before the final adjustment was effected. I was particularly struck with the varie ties of readiug which mere prejudices iu favor of certain systems of theology occa sioned in the several partisans of cacb. Ne doubt, tl.e worthy men were generally un conscious of the influence of these preju dices; yet somehow the memory was sel dem se clear in relation te these texts which told against them as in relation te these which told for them. A certain Quaker had an impression that the words instituting the Eucharist weve preceded by a qualifying expression, and Jesus said te the twelve " De this in remembrance of me,'' while he could net exactly recollect whether or net the formula of " baptism " was expressed in the general terms some maintained it was. Several Unitarians had a clear recollection that in several places the au thority of Griesbach's recensien was deci dedly against the common reading ; while the Trinitarians maintained that Gries bach's recensien in these instances had left that reading undisturbed. An Epis copalian began te have his doubts whether the usage in favor of the interchange of the words " bishop" and " presbyter" was se uniform as the Presbyterian and Independent maintained, and whether there was net a passage in which Timethy and Titus were expressly called 'bishops.' The Presbyterian and Independent had similar biases, and one gentlemen, who was a strenuous advocate of the system of the latter, enforced one equivocal remem brance by saying he could, as it were, dis tinctly see the very spot en the page be fore his mind's eye. Such tricks will imagination play withe the memory when preconception plays tricks with the imagi nation ! Iu like manner, it was seen that while the Calviuist was very distinct in his recollection of the ninth chapter of Remans, his memory was very fain!, as respect the exact wording of some of the verses in the Epistle of James ; aud though the Arminian had a most vivacious im pressten of all these passage which spoke el the claims el the law, he was in semu doubt whether the Apostle Paul's scnti ments respecting human depravity and justification by faith alone had net bceti a little exaggerated. In short, it very clearly appeared that tradition was no sale guide ; that, if, even when she was hardly a month old, she could play such freaks with the memories of honest people, there was but a sorry prospect of the secure transmission of truth for eighteen hun-', died years. Frem each man's memory seemed te glide something or ether which ' he was net iuelined te retain there, and ; each seemed te substitute in its ..te ul sumeting that he liked better. It was curious te see by what odd ass; ass; ciatiens sometimes of contrast, sonic times of resemblance obscure texts were recovered, though they were verified, when once mentioned, by the conscious- ' nrss of hundreds. One old gentleman, a miser, ceiiributed (and it was all he did ! contribute) a maxim of prudence, which he recollected principally lrem having sys- , tcmatically abused it. All the ethical maxims, iudecd, were seen collected ; ler, though, as usual, no one recollected his own peculiar duties or infirmaties, . every one, as usual, kindly rcmeui- j bored these of his, neighbors. Husbands remembered what was due from their ; wives, and wives what was due from their j husbands. The unpleasant sayings about "belter te dwell en the housetop " and "the perpetual dropping en a very rainy day " were called te mind by thousands. Almest the whole of Proverbs and Eccle-. siastes were contributed, iu the merest ; fragments, in this way. As for boleinon's 'times for everything," few could remem- hfi thnm all lint. vrvlMiflv rimmhrrte! some. Undertakers said there was a "time ,, , ,. ., . .. rr, Tvieiivi-i " e,wl nAtnnfninu tint- nimv. i" , ti a " time te laugh ;" young ladies innumer able remembered there was a "time te love," and people of all kinds that these was a "time te hate." Everybody knew there was a " time te speak ;" but a worthy Quaker reminded them that there was a 'time te keep silence." Seme dry parts of the laws e:'?,I(i:,cs were recovered by the memory of juiis-t.s, who seemed te have no knowledge what ever of any ether parts of the sacred vol ume ; while, in like manner, one or two antiquarians supplied some very difficult genealogical and chronological matters, iu equal ignorance of the moral ami spiritual contents of the scriptures. Ail Earlier rilahen:'. Tlie Memery of Valentine lies!. Ilai-risbnrg Patriot. When the Pennsylvania Legislature m-t ' in January, 1850, the Senate steed sev enteen Di'mecrats and sixteen Whigs. Valentine Best was a Democratic senator, regularly elected by the staunch Demo crats of the Columbia district. The Dem ocratic senators iu ciucus nominated for speaker James Pcrtcr Brawley; of Craw Craw feid county, and the Whigs nominated t Benjamin Mathias, of Philadelphia. It was rumored about the capital en the night before the meeting of the Legisla ture that Valentine Best was open for nc gotiatiens with his politica9epponcnts and , en the first ballet for speaker of the Sen- ate he voted against the caucus nominee, : giving his vote te auethcr Dcme-i cratic member. The Democrats were net long in discovering that the speaker- ' ship was what Best was hankering after. , Ballet after ballet was taken, when at last Best in response te the call of the roll voted "Valentine Best," aud the sis teen Whigs filed in behind him, the v.-tc standing for Best 17, for Brawley 1G. In this way Valentine Best was made speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania. lle might as well have voted for himself . gain with all its details had beeu com- plcted, but the traitor pretended te dally I with the bait which he had taken, te make a show of decency by which no i one. w.i: deceived. Tn return for tit.-, aid of t the Whigs in elevating him te the s-peak-crship Best gave them control of the com mittees of the state Senate. As a further consideration for Best the new county of Menteur was erected out of the territory of the county of Columbia, whose Demo crats he had betrayed. As in the present case of Mahenc, Best and his Whig fellow conspirators indignantly deuied that there was a dishonorable bargain. They pretended that they wee drawn together by considerations of public geed, just as Mahene and his Re publican allies hypocritically prate about the higher ground of "a free ballet and a fair count." But everybody called it a bargain, as the evidences of its character were only tee abundant. Best was a dis traced man and never after lifted his head in the politics of Pennsylvania. The In ture of Mahone is prefigured in his fate. The most that he can hope for is what has already overtaken Best, the charity of popular forgetfulness. 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