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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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