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Volume XVUI--Ne.H3.
LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17. 1882.
Price Tw Celts.
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STORE. 137 and 139 North Queen
i&i-lyd&wl
E'er Sala at COCHRAN'S DRUG
atreet, Lancaster.
mtvsi: rujcifisuLsa uoeits.
;i.ISN Jtt W1LLSON.
BARGAINS!
FLira & WILLSOff,
ARE OFFERING THEIR IMMENSE STOCK OF
TINWARE, BUCKETS, &C,
nOVOlIT AT XEW VOliK AVCTIOX
A T LESS THAN HALF THEIR VALUE,
CLOTIUXG.
w
pNAMARKB 11ROWN
Clothing that
Wears W'ell.
Year alter year our customers
return because they are net dis
appointed in the kiuil of Cloth
ing we MtillIy them. With all
our reasonable pi ices wc iusist
0:1 the goodness of the mateiials.
The stock of Men's ami Reys'
fKeiceats ami Suits is s-t III quite
complete.
WANAMAKKR i- BROWN.
e.k H.u.l, .Sixth
Philadelphia.
and Market tieet.-.
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ALL AT VERY LOW
vania
of II0USE-9TIRE GOODS
PRICES.
in Central Pcnnsyl-
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l'l.UMllER'X SVl'l'l.IES.
TOUN I..
ARNOLD.
JO..,
PATENT COLD-CASE HEATERS,
REST PORTABLE IN USE.
SLATE HOOFER AND UOOFS REPAIRED,
PLUMBING AND GAS PITTING,
Step and Valves for Water, Gas and Steam.
HARK CHANT!"
IT OK
JOHN L. ARNOLD,
Nes. 11, 13 & 15 EAST ORANGE STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
taprJ-Md
CAMPEIS.
ItJtr GOODS.
1 KKAT 1IA1COA1M8 IN OAttfKTS,
1 claim te liave the Largest and Fines
tock et
CARPETS
InthlsCity. ilruar-els und Tapestry CAlti'LT.-i
i'lirceply, Extra Super, bupcr, All Weel,
iialt Weel Hint i'art Weel Ingrains : Irein the
jcsttetwwhcapc-t allow as 25c. per yard.
All the
FIX HUT A XV OHO WIS PA TVEHXS
that ever can tie seen !n this c!ty.
1 also have u Large and Hue stock el my
own make
Chain niul Kng Carpets,
AS LOW AS 35C. l'KU 1AUI).
ANeMAKE CAIU'ETS TO OUUEK nt slie:
notice. Sutl-tactien guiuentec.i
M-Ne trouble- te show goods It ou de m
wlih te purchase. 1 earnestly solicit a tali.
H. S. SHIRK,
203 WEST KING STREET,
LANCASTER I'A.
7-lARI'K"lS. .:.
NEW CARPETS
40,000 YARDS.
-,v Designs, Keaiitifiilly Celere-!.
Sau cents.
t cents.
7."i cents.
c
"1.0?INr. OUT!
AT AND BELOW COST.
ily entire stock et
DRY GOODS, IMS, Etc.,
f. rOUSALE AT AND UKi.OW COST.
" This is a ran chance ter
GOOD BARGAINS.
FfflE CLOTHES
ei: an
OVERCOAT
Made Un te Order at Cost Price.
in order te reduce my heavy "tock et
FIXE WOOLENS
1 -dialt make them up loonier ler the XE.1T
THIRTY HAYS ler Cash only at cost price.
This is without exception the urcatcst re
duction ever made in H.'K CLOTHES, and
is done te make renin for our heavy
Spring Importations,
which we eipect te have in stock by the early
part of February. We have the sample cards
id" these goods already in store, and anyone
dcsirleits et securing lirst choice ler SI'HIMi
WEAK can de se new, and the gceds will be
tallied for him.
Remember the above reduction is ler
Heavy Weights and Cash Only.
H. GBRHART,
Ne.
TAILOR,
(i East King Street,
A
UAl'i'Y NI'AV YEAR!
AS 1 JIAVK AN
IMMENSE STOCK OP WOODS,
On hand, which weie all imrcliuscd terca-di.
J. M. LONG,
jtffyi
l.NUUAINd
TAl'KsTRl
UltUSSELS
WII.TON AND
MOQUETTE3,
Oil. CLOTHS,
LINOLEUM,
LIGNUM.
S7
75 cents.
S5 cents.
UO cents.
85 vm-".
tMcenU.
$1.00.
31. tt'
$l.lu.
il.fti.
"I KKAT UAKHAINS.
!
Mumm Goeis.
GOOD VALUE
1 AT
AM. PICICES.
L
MATTINGS in Great Variety.
Hani'.seme'st shown for many ycara.
REEVE L. KNIGHT,
Ne. 1222 Chestnut Street,
u4-iylced&2tw I
PHILADELPHIA.
f-tjAKPKTS, COAL, c.
PHILIP SCIIUM, SON & CO.
MANUFACTORY,
Ne. 150 SOUTH WATER Sl'liKKl,
Lancaster, Pa.,
well-known Manufacturers et Genuine
LANCASTER QUILTS,
COUNTERPANES,
COVERLETS,
BLANKETS,
CARPETS.
CARPET CHAIN,
STOCKING YARN, &a
USTOSI RAG CARPETS ASPKCiALTl.
JLANCASTER FANCY
DYEING ESTABLISHMENT.
Dress Goods Dyed either In the piece or in
Garments; also, all kinds et silks. Ribbons
Feathers and Woolen Goods Dyed. Gnu
tlemen's Coats, Overcoats, Pants. Vests, Ac.
Dyed or Scenred; also, Indigo Blue Dyeing
ABerdcrs or goods left with us will receive
nremnt attention.
P CASH PAID FOR SEWED
CARPET RAGS.
COAL. COAL,
Ceal
tamily
-150 fcOUTll WATER STREET
XOW OPEX
IX FULL ASiiOliTMRS i
DI.EArilED AND UNBLEACiIED
SHEETINGS,
SHItcTIXG A XV PU.I.UW VASE
MUSLINS.
in all thebet makes and width.
SHEETING and PILLOW CASK LINENS
Fml assortment el
TICKINGS IN ALL GRADES.
ELEGANT LINES Ot TABLE LINENS,
In Bleached and llalt-llle.ichr
DAMASK-.
i.n " - " '
I of the best quality put up expressly lei
i use. and at the lowest market rates.
Y TRY A SAMPLE TON.
YARD-
2-lydRSl
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ELEGANT LINES OF i ELS
NAPKINS, QUILTS, COUNTERPANES.
COMFORTS AND BLANKETS.
ELEGANT NEW STILLS IN
Calicoes, Chintzes and Percales.
CARPETS.
Hancastcr JntcIIigcnccr.
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 17r 1882.
That Miserable Man.
Peru's Resources and Iler Ce or Tlicm.
New Yerk Sun.
Mr. Blaine's hopes of diverting public
attention from Lis mere flagrant short
comings by the specious project of an in
ternational conference, will doubtless be
extinguished when the information which
Mr. Springer has called for is communica
ted by the president te congress. We may
take for granted, however, that" the cx
secretury will try te again evade the gist
of the charge against him, te wit, the ar
rogant and uuwairanted, if net corrupt,
provocation of a friendly power. Instead
of meeting this issue squarely, Mr. Blaine
will fall back en the second Hue of defence
indicated in his Washington interview,
and seek te arouse our sympathies for the
sad fate of Peru, which, as he pretends, is
threatened with a destruction as complete
and cruel as the partition of Poland. In
asmuch as thi3 part of his plea is said te
have wrought upeu Mr. It. G. Ingersoll's
sensibilities, aud may possibly affect some
ether persons net conversant with the
the facts, it may be well te state what are
the natural resources of Peru, te what ac ac
ceuut she has turned them, and hew far
they will be curtailed by the just claims
of Chili.
"Humboldt," says Mr. Blaine, with a
delicious affectation of learning, "declared
Peru te be the richest country en the
glebe in natural wealth. But Chili," Mr.
Blaine gees ou te say, "will leave it
among the poorest. She will take the
guano and the nitrates, and leave te Pert!
the desert and the mountains." Here,
again, Mr. Blaine assumes that the aver
age schoolboy is as igneraut as an ex
secretary of state shows himself te be in
the sentence quoted. Humboldt's opinion
was expressed in 1801, while it was net
till 1810 that guano and the nitrates were
known in Ettrope or America te possess
any commercial value as articles of expert.
Neither of these products figured in Hum
boldt's estimate of Peruvian resources.
He had nothing in view but what
Mr. Blaine has chosen te describe
as the desert and the mountains,
which, however, under the Tncas aud
under the Spanish domination, did indeed
yield boundless wealth. What impressed
the German traveller was, first, the record
of the enormous quantity of silver ex
tracted from the mines of Peru during the
three centuries succeeding the Spanish
conquest ; and, secondly, the traces which
he discovered en every hand of a vast,
elaborate, and lucrative system of agri
culture organized by the native rulers, but
abandoned by the lazy, thriftless aud bar
bareus invaders. Humboldt s researches ; meut.s
The f-crtsen el 1S51 closed one el the
most brilliant and succcMtnl cam
paigns in the history el our trade. e
eniicratulate our patron-,and ourselves
in anticipation et a lively ami increas
ed spiin Trade.
In order te meet the demand we have
made extensive improvements in our
room and otherwise extended our factl
Hies te present our spring efferiiiK el
Select and Choice FOREIGN NOVEL
TIES te arrive about the First op Feb
kuvby. We will be able te please the
most e-sthetic as well as the general
class of trade. great desideratnni
unions; our people seems te be a chcup
:n tide in Clothing. There Is no geed
m it We have tried it and lennd it
don't pay. We will wager one et our
Pi Overcoats will last three seasons'
hard wear and leek genteel, while a $i0
Overcoat will hardly be recognized
alter ene season's wear. Where is the
economy in buying trash? Few per
sons are competent judges et line
articles et Clothing done up in llrst
cliiss style; therefore, wc Invite special
attention te our establishment, where
can be found at all times the very best
in l lie. market, at prices as reasonable
us can be expected. We are selling u
tew HEAVY-WEIGHT
OVERCOATINGS
-AND-
SU ITTNGS,
al very Lew miccs in order te c.le-e
them out 1e make room for our new
hpring Sleck.
Thanktul ler the very liberal patren-a-c,
wc hope te continue our motto ei
Square Dealing in all our transactions,
and siiew a practical and happy result
dining our Spring Campaign.
All are cordially invited te call at
121 N. QUEEN STREET.
J. K. SMALING.
ARTIST TAILOR.
I ALOTIUNG ! UT.OTMINU ! I
A- we wish te cleeOnl the balance et our
WINTEE
CLOTHING !
WE HAVE MADE
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS
IN MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT,
OPEN
NOW
VOAL..
B.
It. MARTIN,
Wuolenale and Retail Dealer in ull kt!M of
LUMRHR AN" COAL.
-taid: Ne. 4C0 Neith Water mid Punic
streets above Lemen Lauciister. irMyd
:imt NORTU WATER ST., Lannister, I .
Wholesale and ReU.il Dealers in
LUMBER AND COAL.
Connection With the Telephonic Kxcbuuge
llninch Office: Ne. 20 CENTRE SQUARE.
lcb2S-lyd
NEW STYLES IN MOQUETTE, 110DV AND
TAPESTRY BRTJ3SELS.
INGRAIN & HOME-MADE HAG CARPETS.
49AU persons in want of any et the above
goods will de well te call und examine our
stock bctore purchasing elsewhere, as we
knew wc are offering Choice New Goe.l-; in
large assortment. In every department.
AT LOWEST l'KICEs.
Throughout our Whole Sleck,
hand a large stock et
Wc have en
s.
k
HEAVY SUITS and OVERCOATS,
MAKKED AT SUCH LOW PRICES
AS WILL IKsl'KE A l'.EAOV SALR.
j-Wc only ihl: that you call and examine
enr stock ami !w convinced et what we ny
D. B. Metier k Sen
Tailors and Clothiers,
24 CENTRE SQUARE,
noie
REILLY & KELLER
T0B
GOOD, CLEAN FAMILY COAL,
Alse, Hay and Straw by the bale or ten.
Farmers and ethers in want et Superiei
Manure wUl una it te inctr advantage te enn
xara, iiarnseurg i-ikc. i
Office, 20H East Chestnut street. agW-i
NO. 25 EAST KING STREET.
LANCASTER. PA.
PATENTS.
WM.
H. RABCOCK,
! 513 Seventh street, Washington, D. C.
! Formerly an Examiner in the U. S. Patent
! Office ; atterwarrt. Associate Attorneyet Jacob
I Stanffer, esq., of Lancaster, Pa., until the lat
ter's death, would be pleased te hear from In In
ventnrs et Lancaster and nelshbering ceun-
' ties, and is still prepared te attend caretully
1 ana promptly te all Patent business at moder
ate rates. Jan3l-iindA;
2ilvd
LANCASTER. I'A
riNMICH'S I.ATKST
,n
!VI I5IPROVED PATENT
TOBACCO PRESSES,
Fer Casing and Haling Tobacco. Mlnnicli's
MANURE DRAG, ter cleaning stable-. All
sold en trial en their merits. Warranted te
cive better satlsiactien in every particular
than any new in nsc. It net satisfactory cun
be returned at my expense. Send for Illus
trated Circular. S. R. MINN1CH,
Landisville, Lancaster County. I'a
d23-3mdM4S&3mw
verified and supplemented by the work of
subsequent explorers, have shown tha..
the Incas practised irrigation eti a greater
scale and with mere miuntely diffused and
effective appliances than had beeu cxhib
ited by the Meers in southern Spain ; aud
further, that they were aware of the prop
erties of the guano deposits near their
coasts, and applied them in a careful, eco
nemical way te the end for which nature
herself seems te have designated them,
namely, the fertilization of the Peruvian
fields. Xet geld and silver, which were
net media of exchange, or used for any but
art purposes under the Incas, but a skilled
and unremitting tillage of what Mr.
Blaine secstfit te denominate a " desert," i
was the source of the wealth which sup
ported a teeming population en a high ,
level of average well being, and left an
ample surplus for public works and for- '
eign wars. j
The fust and most fatal step in the down i
ward course of Peru was taken when the j
Spanish coueucroi s summarily ami cons j
pletcly discarded agriculture, and con
sidled the bulk ei the native inhabitants
te forced labor in the mines. Fer mere
than three hundred years afterwaul the
whole population of Peru may be said te
have subsisted primarily and almost ex
clusively en the treasures drwu from
what Mr. Blniue airily refers te as "'the
mountains.'' But it may at least be said
for miuiug that it is an industry, although
it is indisputably the most uncertain and
demoralizing pursuit ou which a nation
can rely for its sole means of support.
The returns are variable, while the labor
is arduous and incessaut ; and accordingly
the Peruvians began te lese their taste for
mining m tue ieuriu uccaue et our cen
tury, when the secret known te the Incas
was rediscovered, aud the fertilizing prop
erties of their guano and nitrates seemed
te offer the means of living without any
work at all. Tiie idea of using these
precious deposits, as American larmers
would employ the manure collected ou
their farms, te increase the production of
their own soil, never seems te have dawned
upon a people who, taken as a whole, are
probably the most lazy, shiftless, and de
generate en the face of the glebe. Ne
sooner was the commercial value of these
staples understood than the sole pieoceu pieeceu pieoceu
patien of the Peruvians was te deal with
them precisely as a spendthrift deals with
his capital, aud turn promptly into cash
the only natural resources whose develop
mcut entailed en them no labor whatso
ever. Se they sold their guano as fast as
the foreign purchasers could remove it,
levied huge taxes en the products which
hard-working strangers, chiclly Chiliaus,
extracted from the nitre beds, and for a
time all went swimmingly.
By aud by, however, the Peruvians
found out what they, in common with the
Tnrks aud Egyptians regarded as a prec
ious financial secret, viz., that if, instead
of mectinsr current expenditures with the
public revenues, they should assign these
for interest en a foreign lean, they might
lay their hands en an enormous lump
sum of money, aud revel for a few years
in unstinted outlay and reckless luxury.
Accordingly Peru begau te borrow, and
the total amount of her foreign leans new
outstanding is $225,000,000, en which net
a coupon has been paid since 1876. She
has also a domestic debt estimated at up
ward of $125,000,000, but this we may
treat with the iudiffcrence displayed by
the Peruvian authorities, who have never
even professed an intention of paying it.
Te the fercicrn bondholders net only are
the revenues of the public railwyas and the
receipts of the custom house distinctly
pledged, but every ounce of guano remain
ing en the islands is iucludcd in the mort
gage . As for the nitrate deposits of Tara
paca, these, as we have said, are owned by
private individuals, and the state can only
derive profit from them by way of taxa
tien. All the revenue accruing irem tui
source ought te have geno te foreign
holders of Peruviau bends, but, wc repeat
they have net since 187G tcccived a penny
of iutcichl.
New, before recalling just what amount
of territory is claimed as a war indemnity
by Chili, aud inquiring with hew much
propriety its surrender may be likened
te the less of fiiv Southern and Pacific
states, let us see hew much guano is new
left en the coast islands, and hew large a
revenue Peru and Chili could derive by an
expert tax levied en the nitrates of Taw
pac?. A report made te the Chilian gov
ernment a year aae computed all the mar
ketable guano then remaining in the Peru- ! them.
viau deposits at 525,000 tens. These fig
ures seem te be confirmed by a recent
English estimate, which, after deducting
this years shipment's, does net place the
residue higher than JOO,000 tens. This at
the average net value of $30 per ten,
would represent no mere than $0,000,000,
or considerably less than ene year's
interest ou the foreign leau. As for
the annual production of nitrates, the
average during the last ten years has net
exceeded 200,000 tens, nor, as experiment
has shown, cau the deliveries be much in
creased in the present state of the demand
without sensibly lowering the market
price. If, then, we suppose se large an
expert tax as $30 per ten te be levied, the
gross income from this source would net
exceed $0,000,000. It is the subtraction
of this item of revenue (every dollar of
which Peru owed te her bondholders)
and of the trivial remnant el the guano
left ou her islands (net ene ounce of which
Peru has any right te appropriate) which
Mr. Blaine pretends is equivalent te the
dismemberment which our Union would
have suffered by the less of the eleven
seceding states together with the whele
Pacific coast.
What is the territorial indemnity with
which Chili asks that her bankrupt assail
ant should compensate her for the sacri
fice entailed by war ? She demands the
permanent cession of the province of Tar
apaca, which contains no mines aud pro
duces nothing of commercial value except
the nitrate and which comprises less than
one-twentieth of the teriitery aud little
mere than one per cent, of the population
of Peru. Such were the reasonable terms
offered aud rejected at the Arica confer
ence. New Chili claims, in addition and
as an offset te the outlay involved in the
needless prolongation of the war, a money
indemnity of $20,000,000, payment te be se
cured by leaving Arica and the guano
islands in pledge. But it may be said,
Why should Chili wish te control, even
temporarily, the guano deposits which
beleng te the foreign holders of Peruvian
bends? Tne answer is obvious. Net te
defraud the Peruvian bondholders, with
whom Chili has had from the outbreak of
the war the best possible understanding,
but te prevent some self styled Peruvian
patriot from cheating his country's credi
tors by seizing the most available capital
within his reach, and using it te defray
the cost of a new attack upon Chili.
Even if the province of Tacut, as well
as that of Tarapaca, were te remain per
manently in Chilian hands, they would
jointly represent a less of less than one
fifteenth of the Peruvian territory. There
would still remain te Peru all the sugar
lands, all the cotton lauds, all the mines,
which correspond te the natural reaeurces
of our Southern and Pacific states all the
sources of national prosperity which the
Incas or the Spaniards knew all the ele-
ei wealth contemplated by llum
beldt when he pronounced Peru the rich
est country in the world. It is true the
present generation of the Peruvians, like
their ancestors, would have te go te work,
and we may add that the sooner they wake
up te the. necessity the better.
English Superstition.
!mnu ltemarkable Instances Reported Frem
Statl'iird County.
Londen Telegraph.
In the county of Staffeid, about two
miles northwest of Dudley, and ene mile
from Scdglcy, lies the village of Lewer
Genial. This place during the last few
weeks has been in a statu el great excite
ment in consequence of ccttain rumors
being prevalent that ghosts were te be
seen walking around St. James' church
yard. The Ilev. .1. V. Hoeker, the vicar, two
years age was fired at and badly injured,
and several persons who knew Mr. Hoeker's
would-be-assassin asserted that tliey hr.d
seen him lurking about, while ethers de
clared that figures had been eberved
walking up and down the field which led
from the vicarage into the churchyard,
performing ail kinds ei strange antics. In
cetisequiVe ei' these statements a large
number of persons became se terrified as
te declaie openly that en no account
would they walk near the churchyard after
dark, aud se frightened were the female
mcmbeis of the choir that they refused te
! te nraeticc at iiinht unless some men
accompanied them for protection. The
j police have been called upon te inquire
into the truth el the rumor, out they nave
net in any way been successful in solving
the mvstcry.
Knewing th it the vicar had been perma
nently injured by a former attack, a band
of young men pledged themselves te watch
and inliict summary punishment en any
person found attempting te attack him or
his family. On the very fust night one of
these volunteers, net acting in concert with
the ethers, appeared en the scene te take
his share of the watching, but net being
recegnised in the dark, a cry was raised
that he was the guilty individual, and it
Vt'.is only by scaling the garden wall and
getting mle the back et a Heuse that nc
evaded his pursuers. On Saturday even
ing voices weie heard in the vicarage gar
den, aud the j)lice were sent for, but no
person could be dif coveted, although every
corner was searched. In a yard at the
back of the house mere voices were heard,
aud Mr. Hoeker, upon going out, was
seized by a man who cried out, " Yeu have
come te kill the vicar, have you ".' I've
sworn te take your life, you villain, and
I'll de it quick." Lights being procured,
the reverend gentleman's assailant was
found te be a neighbor who had been
drinking iu a public house.
The idea cannot be dispelled that the
churchyard is haunted, and te show the
kind of superstition which exists, it may
be Matttl that a woman a few nights age
called at the vicarage and requested the
Itev. Mr. Hoeker te permit her te cut a
turf four inches square from a particular
grave in the churchyar i, in which she al
leged was a young man who could net lie
at case in his grave in consequence of a
guilty conscience. She stated that if the
turf were put under the communion tabic,
aud allowed te lcmain four days, all ghosts
would disappear and remain at rest forever.
What Henry Watterson Did when lie
Became a 1'irate King.
Chicago Tribune.
The young comedian, Nat Goodwin,
was telling the ether night of a little poker
party into which he dropped where the
silent aud saturnine Shed Sheek and the
gallant and intellectual Henry Wat tcrseu
were doing the heavy business.
Waterson had lately heard the opera of
"The Pirates of Penzance," and fallen iu
love all ever again with its melody; par
ticularly was he pleased with the pirates'
song, and ever aud anon he broke forth
and warbled, "I am a Pirate King," or he
burst out and whistled a bar or se, as he
held his hand c'ose te his critical eye.
Poker, as several Ckieageans knew, is net
a conversational game; but Mr. Watter
son was in luck, and he varied his musical
outbreaks by an occasional reminisceuce.
Nat cheerfully played iu the amount he
thought he could contribute te the even
ing's amusement, left the table, and as a
looker-en began te enjoy himself. Just
then Teny Hart and a young man named
Billy Bairy Ethiopian delineator and
variety performer happened in. Barry
was unacquainted with the person of Mr.
Watterson, and nutbably never heard of
the Courier-Journal. Watterson had iust
picked up his cards, passed them uudcr
his eye whistled a bar of his favorite seug,
when he casually remarked:
" The last time I played poker was
with Grant."
" ' I was with Graut, the old mail
said,' " recited Barry" I 'spose the gen -eral
."'
" I said the general General Grant,"
responded Watterson loftily.
"Oh, hear him!" Barry addressed
Hart. " Just get onto that Graut ! I
'spese Rescoe held a flush as usual, eh ?
Oh, play de kiards !"
Mr. Watterson looked horrified at the
low interruption, but relapsed into his
melody, and informed the party in A
miner that lie " was a Pirate King."
At this juncture Teny Hart found he
held a pair of kings and a pair of aces,
and began betting.
Watterson softly whistled aud passed
his nose ever his cards.
' I have no reason that I cau see te re
frain from seeing you and going you fifty
better. ' I am a Pirate King.' "
Teny investigated his hand again with
such geed results that the stakes were
raised. By this time the ether players
were out. Watterson and Teny had get
upte $300. " The Pirate King" was com cem
iug with a piccolo precision from the edi
tor's puckered lips ; his head was en one
side like a magpie, and that gentle, soft
expression se often detected iu the Courier
Journal sat en the editorial face as Teny
called t
'' AVhut have you get ."'
' Twe p.iir," auswercd Watterson.
" Se've I can't be beat either."
" I am a Pirate King," sang the editor,
as he laid down two pairs all jacks and
raked in the money. '" I am a Pirate j
King.
' I'm paralyzed it you am
Teny, as the stakes disappeared, and Nat
Goodwin came away satisfied that if there
arc any pirate kings in the poker trade
Henry "Watterson takes the crown.
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I'hil'u lleceid.
Margaret Haughcry, ' ' Sister Margaret, ' '
was buried en Saturday at New Orleans.
All classes of people turned out te pay
her funeral honor. The Picayune says :
"She never had upon her hand a kid
glove, and she never were a silk dress,
though she earned by hard labor many
thousands of dollars. But no woman has
beeu borne te the tomb within the limits
of New Orleans who was mere generally
respected and loved. Te say that she was
honored by the funeral obsequies would
be te belittle her services and her worth."
The geed Catholic lady by a life of bene
faction had wen the love el all anil dissi
pated the narrow prejudices el sect. Gov
ernors and cs-governers, the mayor of the
city and its most distinguished citizens
were her pall-bearer's, aud she was follow
ed te her grave by a tearful precession
confined te no creed, color or condition of
life. There are saintly women in the
world whose tender charities outreach the
most renowned oratere. This was ene of
Practical Infidelity.
,". . Sun.
We iiud :u the GhriMian Philosophy
Quarterly, a journal published for the
American Institution of Christian Philos
ophy, aud in an essay by the Rev. Lyman
Abbett, D. I)., discussiuff the foundations
of Christian belief, the following startling
preposition :
" We believe iu our immortality, net be
cause the arguments addressed te us preve
it ; but, as the bird believes in its power
te sear in invisible air even before its
wings arc fledged, se we feel within our
selves the consciousness that in our souls
there is the power of flight that shall show
itself when once the cage deer is opened,
and we are allowed te Ily out from behind
our prison bats."
Has infidelity ever none any further thau
this in auy of its efforts te destroy the (
foundations of Christian belief ? What ,
does this doctor of divinity mean by tell- j
ing the people that the arguments for the ,
immortality of the soul de net prove it, !
and that he bclieics only by instinct iu j
foundation doctriue of religion ? We caU it i
the foundation doctrine because all faiih,
beyond Mr. Courtlandt Palmer's religion
of humanity, must appear unless there be
some positive evidence of immortality.
The man who says there is no such evi
dence docs his best te uproot all the feuu
datiens of Christianity and te blot out the
Chiistian church.
"As the bird believes in its power te
sear in invisible air, even before ite winf 8
arj Hedged," such, says Dr. Abbett, is h s
belief in the immortality of the soul This
is net a rational belief; it is net based
en any argument or any truth of faith
or of reason. In the first, place, young
birds have no such belief. They have te
be taught te Ily by their parents, just as
children are taught te walk. Hut even
if thev rcallvhad such a belief before their
feathers crew out, that fact wcu'.d net rc-
1
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mere than a mere animal instinct, blind,
natural, and worthless as proof et any
spiritual truth.
If the Institute of Christiau Philosophy
can preduce nothing mere substantial than
this, it had better shut its doers and sus
pend its philosephising forever.
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