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h count of hlnuM-tf to (Jod."—RoOlHlia II : 12.
Central Thilh .—Patient fidelity shall,
in due time, receive rich reward.
This parable is not identical with that
of the talents recorded by Matthew.
Between the two there are striking re
semblance* ; but the points of differ
ence are more marked and great. They
•were spoken at different times and
places, and are unlike in structure and
purpose.
In his journey to Jerusalem our Sav
iour had reaabed Jericho. As he en
tered the town ho healed the blind Bar
timieus and another blind man whose
name is not given, lie visited the house
of /.accheus; and it was probably while
standing at his door that he spoke the
parable of the Pounds.
To understand its meaning it is to be
noticed that, in his present approach to
Jerusalem,our Saviour was accompanied
by increasing crowds of expectant peo
ple. They saw in him their long-prom
sed Deliverer and King. They thought
"that the kingdom of God should im
mediately appear." Moreover, they had
false ideas ot what that kingdom was to
be. Kven the disciples looked for per
sonal greatness and ease, not for trial
and patient and often lowly service.
It was to correct these notions that
the Saviour now addressed the eager
company. The form of the parable was
drawn from actual history. It was by
no means an unheard-of thing for a
prince of noble birth to go to a far coun
try (as Herod and his son Archelau*
went to Rome) to submit his claims nnd
receive a royal title. Jesus himself was
the real Nobleman, and heaven the far
country to which he was soon to go.
He was now in his state of humiliation.
Reascending where he was before, he
was to receive "dominion and glory and
a kingdom." By his Spirit he would
always abide with his people, but in his
visible person he would tor a time be
absent. As ate Vof their fidelity he
would commit to his servants, left be
hind, important interests. But. having
received the kingdom from the Father,
he would in due time return. Then to
each would he give gracious reward,
All judgment having been committed
to his bands, he would come to judge.
It is to be observed that to each of the
servants he gives the same, —namely, a
pound. Evidently this does not stand
for mental gifts and possessions. For in
respect to these (iod's servants greatly
differ. More likely it stands tor the
grace which is common to all. To know
the truth, to be hopefully a disciple, to
be accounted God's redeemed child, is a
great opportunity for service. It opens
the way to honor our Master. It is a
ground of great obligation. God calls
his own that they may bear witness for
him. Thus he tests them. Thus char
acter is developed. Thus fidelity is
evinced. In this all God's children are
espial. Each has his pound.
Doubtless the great practical truth of
the lesson is, that just according to our
use of opportunities to serve shall we
be judged. Differing degrees of faith
fulness will determine the differing re
wards. He who does much for Christ
will be the more richly blest.
There is great cheer in this for the
self-distrustful. Heavenly treasure will
not be determined by the talents we
possessor the places we fill. Have we
been faithful? That will be the all- j
important question.
There is also a very important lesson
here with respect to the nature of the
Christian's reward. It will not lie to
bask in sunshine, or to give ourselves
to beatific visions, or idly to worship and
sing. Heaven will lack no pure delight;
but here we are taught that the rewards
of service wilt mainly consist in enlarg- j
ed opportunity. To have been faithful
with little will be to be made ruler over
much. The spirit which has learned to
delight in consecrated service, in loving
work, will have so much the wider
sphere. This is not the heaven the
sensual and the selfish covet. Never
* theless it is the true heaven, that "joy
of our Ix>rd" on which the faithful are
bidden enter. The difference in our
future blessedness as compared with
the present will largely be, that, togeth
er with enlarged being and scope, we
shall have escape from weakness and
earthly ills. The testing will be over.
Character will be established. All con
ditions will favor peace and joy.
The penalty of the unfaithful will be
bitter indeed. Even opportunity is
taken away. Unloving, unfit for either
service or the companionship of those
who delight to serve, nothing is left but
separation from the true and good.
It is plain that by the "citizens" who
would not that Christ should reign over
them are meant-those who openly re
ject hia service. Defiant and scornful,
their punishment is as severe as it is
hopeless.
PRACTICAL ST'OOISTIONS.
1. Oar great concern should be not
to determine just how soon or in what
precise manner the Lord will come
again. Far more important is it that
be should find us ready.
2. The highest human ambition is
not to be learned, or rich, or "cultured,"
to posse** superior attainments, or to
fill a conspicuous plaoe. To lie humbly,
steadfastly, diligently doing bis work, is
far better. Hucn will the King delight
to honor.
3. Just to be a Christian—pardoned,
renewed, saved,—opens boundless op
portunity to do good. To enter the
Christian fold is the first step in the
highest usefulness. It is to begin ser
vice, which may forever widen.
4. It is a great mistake to plead want
of talent or opportunity as an excuse
for indolence in the Lord's work. The
Master expects service from ell. No
excuse will appear good when wo give
our account.
The groat peril of tho Christian is
self indulgence. Indeed, a selfish, self
pleasing Christian is a contradiction.
For such there is no place in heaven.
Against such a spirit there is need ol
ceaseless vigilance and prayer.
0. The Last Day will be truly a "rev
elation of tho righteous judgment of
God;" it will reveal tho judgment as
righteous, 'hit of their own mouths
will thu wicked be condemned.
7. It is sometimes said that it is bet
ter to be an open rejecter of God than
an unprofitable professor. Such a view
is not countenanced in this parable.
The idle servant is excluded from all
glory and heavenly joy; but the con
demnation of those who said, "Wo will
not have this man to reign over us," is
more startling in its severity.
9. Is it not a great blessing to be still
living in the midst of opportunity to
make sure the "Well done" ol the Di
vine Master? For such may also make
sure an exceeding great reward. Even
for the saved there will be degrees of
glory. Every cup will indeed tie full:
but what a difference will there be in
the capacity of the cups! "Wave I con
sented to Christ's rule?" should be my
first eager question. "When the Master
comes will he find me in the ranks of
the faithlul?" should be the second.;
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THE IH KK ir.U MALE.
RON ANTIC CARTER OF THE RICHEST or
I REM. II I'RISCES.
Paris lia-s above all cities an exclusive
hierarchy tenacious of caste. Entrance
to the Faubourg St. Hnnoro implies six
teen quartering* at the least. For a
century these great families, the pale
spectre of that splendid noblesse that
dazzled the courts in tho days of the
BourlxiiiH, have lived in exclusion. Dur
ing the Empire they held austerely
aloof from the parvenu monarch and
alluded to the Emperor and Empress as
M. and Madame Bonaparte. An event
that draws them from their seclusion
interests all Paris, and what interests
Paris, Victor Hugo says, must necessa
rily be of interest to the world. This
event was the appearance of the Duke
d'Aumale the other day as the master
of ceremonies at the academic recep
tion of Rousse a* the successor of the
late Jules Favre among the immortals.
The Duke i the fourth son of the Or
leans King Louis Philippe. About bis
life there attaches more scandal and
piquant on dits than any member of
the House of Bourbon since the merry
and valorous monarch Henry IN*.
The Duke has been for forty years a
force in a certain sort in the salons and
tho policy of France. He came into
notice in scandal and tragedy of tone
and incidents in keeping with the lurid
annals of bis house. It was the Duke
d'Aumale who succeeded to the colo-sal
inheritance of the Prince de t'onde,
Duke de Bourbon—the last of the great
race of I'onde. The Prince's proper
ties and revenues exceeded in affluence
the Crown revenues and lands. He was
an old man when Charles X, was driven
front Paris, in IS3O. He had been an
exile during the great revolution and
on the return of the Bourbon* bis es
tates were restored, with accumulated
interest, at the national expense. Dor
ing his exile lie bad fallen in with an
English adventure**, named Daws,
whom be c.ius-d to be created Brones
so soon as the King was in power.
This woman wis nta i for social recog
- ed a J
I'llileries and the title <--•<. The
Baron soon discovered the relations he
tween his wife and the Prince and I lew
his own brains out. She was none tin
less bent upon being the leader of the
court of Maria Amelia, mother of the
Duke .1' Aumale. The < jueen knowing
the woman's bold uiion the old and
childless Prince de ' ,'onde, encourage I
her hopes, hilt made as the price of
recognition the adoption by the oi l
Prince of the Duke d'Aumale as bis
heir, i'ne morning the Prince de Con
de, who had arranged for a grand hunt
ing party near his chateau, was found
hanging to hi* window, strangled to
death. The affair was wrapped in pro
found mystery, but a suit brought by
certain friends of the Prince left no
doubt that lie bad been foully dealt
with the very day after lie had been in
duced to make a will in favor of the
fourth aon of the house of < irleans,
which he held in cordial haired. There
was no doubt whatever that the mistress
had either made way with the last of
the Conde* or had admitted the assas
sin* to hi* chamber, a* she alone had
the keys.
The Duke d' Aumale, in spite of the
proof of fraud and murder, gained pos
session of the estate, lie became at
once a potent personage in the mon
archy. His excesses were the talk of
tho club*, and when, in IMS, the Re
public drove hia father, King Ix>ui*
Philippe, out, he carried a splendid
fortune into exile. He resented a fling
made against the vpnality and avari
ciousness of his family, as well as
against the parsimony of the King, by
Prince Napoleon Jerome, the present
pretender, and sent him a challenge
from Chiswiok, near London, where the
Orleans family had established them
selves in regal condition*, in the very
walks and haunts of Pope. But the
Emperor forbade the combat, and H
was front thi* that Prince Napoleon
derived the character of coward and
nickname of "Plon-I'lon," by which he
is known to this day.
On the fall of the empire d'Aumale
returned to Paris. Hi* name had be
come known for intrigue* even in Ixn
don. but he had bravely become settled
in hi* chateau when Paris was agape
over hi* escapades, Hi* most widely
gossipned liaison was with Madame
moiselle Croixette, the rival of Sarah
Bernhardt in the Comedie Francaine,
whose beauty ten years ago was the
reigning theme in the club* and on the
boulevard*.
But the Duke d'Aumale is a crafty
fellow, who hojies to secure the crown
one of these bright day*, lie managed
to ingratiate himself with Thiers during
his presidency nnd was made president
of the Basaine court-martial. He was
restored to his rank in the French
army, and is now Lieutenant General
and Inspector General of the forces.
He was sure of being Mar Mohan's suc
cessor, either as king or dictator, and
hitM taken his disappointment with a
pood deal of manifest chagrin. Ho tvu
elected metnher of the Academy of
Franco in 1871, and only figured an a
speaker week before la*t at the recep
tion of Rouhho. who Hucceod* the great
Republican orator, the late •luted Favre.
It fell to the lot of the Duko d'Aumale
to make the dpeech ot welcome, and
with hid tldtml adroitness he Hitcceeded
in avoiding any of the burning que*-
lion which it would lie diingeroua for
a princely person to meddle with in the
piedeut democratic efl'erveacenco of the
French elector.*.
Ah may he inferred, the occniiion wbh
one log with importance to the arinto
cratic caste. The Faubourg St. tier
main was out in such an array as few
Parisians remember nince the day of
the "King." The "immortals'' of the
Academy seem to he the last vestige of
the old condition of things, and upon
their rare reception the A autt noblcsm
turn out to mark their reverence lor
the only institution that has survived
the sacrilegious hand of revolution and
democracy, it was Richelieu, the orig
inal and prototype of Rismark, who
founded this serene and illustrious San
lied run, and the body exists to this day
almost on the plan drawn up by the
great and unscrupulous prelate, the
'animal King," bh lie was called, quite
as much in hate and fear as in awe or
reverence.
Admission to the "receptions," as the
installation of an immortal is called, is
no easy matter even lor the elect of the
Faubourg. A duchess may bo seen put
to the severe shifts and intrigue of an
ordinary plebeian in the rare cases
where duke* and prinoea are to be seat
ed as members or act as masters of the
stately ceremonials. The home of the
"Immortals" is called tho "Palace of
the Institute of France." It is histori
cal in the most sinister and picturesque
sense. Its foundations are those upon
which the mysterious "Tour de Nesle'
rested ; from which the profligate
Marguerite of Burgundy tlung her lov
er* into the Seine when she had no
further desire for them. The gabled
tower in which her amours were carried
on is still shown in prints in the neigh
borhood, but the river has been very
much narrowed sinco those days, and a
wide and sumptuous roadway runs be
tween the old tower and the water.
The ampilheatre or reception hall of
the institution it aliout the *ire of th
oM .senate room in Wa-hington ami
right under a nunature flonn>, At bet
not mora than thraa hundred people
can be aqeesed in. A the iHike d'Au
inula *,w to figure on thi* occasion a
the master of the reremonial and eu
logmt of the ni iv mfinUr, in addition
to the score* of duchesses and minor
nobility there were queen* qml ex
queen* and the Marchalede MicMahon.
Duchess of Magenta.
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h♦ , iitinky Hoy Marksman Sixty Vftir*
Mllff,
In Mr. .lo*iah i t 'uinoy's reminiscence*
of Washington iit wo find the fol
lowing:
Another remembered occasion wa* a
state dinner of forty ladies and gentle. ,
men, very splendid and rather stiff
My place wa* next a pretty Mi* ft il
lett, of Kentucky; but, to aay the truth. ;
the conversation rather dragged l
twcon u until I discovered that we
ha I a mutual fro-nd in I .art Anderson,
of Cincinnati. I ha>l known well
in college, and rem ember when he ar
rive l in Cambridge, a small, flaxen
haired boy, accompanied bv two com
pan ion* from the distant \Ve*t. They
iia I emus all the wav from Kentucky
'ill horehack. their effect* being borne
in s eldie b tgs behind tlie rider*. There
wa* no public conveyance, the roads
were execrable, and tins manly mode ol
ti tveiing "as then the only way of get
ting to Harvard, Now, I happened to
have n storv to tell about our friend
Anderson, which I felt sure would grat- |
ify the pride of a Kentuckiau: and as
I have not recorded a word of what my
(air neighbor aid to me, I can only i
fall back upon what I said to her, and
the substance of rny tale might be
written out thus :
Oxford street, in Cambridge, is at
present a very decorou* thoroughfare,
not at all adapted to the wild sport of
turkey-shooting, for which purpose the
ground it occupies wa* used when I was
in college, we stood with our (tack* to
the site of Memorial Hall, and di*
charged rifle* at long range at a turkey
which wa* dimly discernible in the dis
tanee. A small fee was demanded for
the privilege of shooting, and the turk j
ey w as to lie given to any one who could
hit it. Itut, except for some chance
shot, like that made by Mr. Tupman
when out rook shooting, it was safe to
predict that nobody would hit it. The
usual end of a Harvard turkey shooting
wa* the departure of the proprietor of
the turkeys with all hi* bird* and all
our sixpence*. Still, there was the ex
citement of a lottery about it, if nothing
else. The ball, if discharged, must
strike somewhere; and, if so, why
might it not happen to strike the turk
ey ? The logic wa* simply irresistible.
A fowl of tht magnitude would he *
most desirable addition to the meagre
fre furnished by the college commons ;
and so the rifle* cracked, with small re
suits to the students and splendid prof
it* to the turkey-man. One day a little
tow-headed fellow ap|>eared on the field
and desires! to take part in the *port.
Though he seemed almost too young to
l> trusted with a rifle, the master of the
fowls (foreseeing future gains) was quite
willing he should try. He mutt first
receive proper instructions about the
holding and pointing of hi* piece, and
then there would really be no danger.
Young loirs received the directions with
great good nature, raised the rifle, and
down went the turkey. The man stared
with amusement, and then broke into a
smile. "Try it again, foung one," said
lie; "most any one can throw sixes once,
you know.'' Another bird was procur
ed, and the ball flew to the mark with
the same result. The law of chances
wa* now so overwhelmingly in favor of
the turkey-man that a third bird was
set up with some confidence. Again
the boy raised his rifle, and that third
turkey waa added to the banquet upon
which his friends would regale. M W ell,
where in"— -in the Upited Mutes, let us
call it "did you com* from f" exclaim
ed the master of the fowls, who began
to realise that his occupation waa gone.
1 "I came from the Htate of Kentuoky,
sir," answered Lars Anderson, proudly ;
"and next time you meet a gentleman
from that (State, just remember there's
not much you can tell him about a
rille. That's all."
And thus it ws* that our good friend
Anderson broke the ice between pretty
Mis Bullet t and myself ut that solemn
dinner of high state, nearly fifty live
yeses ago.
I'KRKKAI. FINAM KS.
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Tlir. SAME I'RIVII.EOE ACt'OHOED $2.00,-
000,000 REGISTERED EIVES.
Washington, May 12.—Secretary Win
deiu to-day issued the 10,' id call for
bonds, with a provision for the contin
uance of ft per cents at .'!} per cent.
The cull gives notice that the principal
and accrued interest of the five per
cent, coupon bonds issued under the
acts of duly 14, IN7O, and January 20,
1871, and now outstanding and uncall
ed, will ho paid at the Treasury, in
Washington, on the 12th ol August,
1881, and that the interest on said
bonds will cease on that day, and none
of these bonds will hereafter be ex
changed for registered bonds bearing
per cent, interest -, provided, however,
that in case any of the holders ot the
said coupon bonds shall request to have
their bond* continued during the pleas
ure of the Government with interest at
the rate of .'JJ |ser cent, per annum in
lieu of their payment at the date abo've
specified, such request will be granted
if the bond* are received by the Secre
tary for that purpose <>n or before the
first day of July, 1881.
The Secretary also announces that
until the dote mentioned! July 1.1*81)
ho will receive for continuance in like
manner, subject to like condition*, any
ot tho uncalled f per cent, registered
tmnds of tho acta of July if, I*7o, and
January 20, I*7l, to an amount not ex
ceediog |2'iO,UOO.OOO, tho remainder of
the loan being reserved, with a view of
it* payment from the surplus revenues.
Foreign holders of any of tho !i per
cent, bond* above described may have
them continued as above provided u|Hin
the receipt of the bonds at the Govern
rnent agency established for that pur
pose at the banking house of Messrs.
Morton, Rose A Co., Bartholomew l.ane,
I/ondon, Fngland.
I"l,n the receipt of bond* to be con
tinued as above provided the interest
thereon to August 12, I**l, will be pre
paid at the rale the bond* now bear.
The department will pay no expense of
tran*|M>rtation on bond* received under
the provision* of tins circular, hut the
bond* returned wilt t>e ont by prepaid
registered mail unless the owners other
wise direct.
The amount of the coupon bond*
above referred to which are now out
standing and covered by tin* call i*
about $120,00.000. The total amount of
the registered '< torrent, bonds issbout
$- >0,000.000. The privilege of extend
ing registered per cent* at the reduced
rate of interest being limited to f
(Ml.ooo. there will remain at least $75,-
000 <KJO of them, which the Secretary
of tiie Trea.ury intend* to pay abso
lutely out of tlip surplus revenues. It
is believed at the department that much
more than F2-'io.um.(Sß) of these regis
tered bonds will be ottered for contin
uance, but all application* received
alter the in milium of s2fto,ol 10.000 shall
have been presented Will not be enter
tained.
I t to the rlose of business to-day
there bad been received and counted at
the loan d.vision of the Treasury De
partment fll J,081.9-M) of C per cent,
bond* for c >niinusnce t j„-r cent.
There sre known to be aboui sl7,(Mi.
ot► I tnore of these bond* now m the
Treasurer's office which lists not been
acted upon, which will swell the ag
gregate amount received lor onntinu
snce to more than $170,000,0, leaving
hut about #.10.000,000 Vet to tie heard
from. No return* have yet been re
ceived from the London agency.
The Royal Marriage at Vienna.
The marriage of the Crown I'rince
Rudolph of Austria and the Princess
Mechanic of Belgium w*s most imjios
ingly solemnised at the Church of .St.
Augustine, in Vienna, on Tuesday, the
10th instant. An immense multitude
collected in the streets through which
the imperial and royal personage* pro
ceeded to the church. An hour l>efore
the commencement of the ceremony
the church was densely crowded by a
brilliant and striking assembly. A fan
fare of trumpets signalled the arrival
of the cortege at the church door,
where it was received by Cardinal Von
Sell wartenberg at the head of his clergy.
Their Majestiea took seats under a
canopy over a throne. The bridal pair
proceeded to their places before the
sanctuary rails, where they offered a
short prayer. After a brief address
from the Cardinal the marriage cere
mony was proceeded with. At the
moment the rings were exchanged peals
broke forth from the bells of the city,
and sslvos of artillery were fired. At
the conclusion of the ceremony a Te
Deum was sung, after which the llof
hurg Choir executed an old German
march. Tne newly-married pair, ac
companied by the other imperial and
royal personages, then returned to the
City Paiace of the liofburg.
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What Is the Itible l,lket
It it like a Urge, beautiful tree, which
bears sweet fruit for those who are hun
gry, and affords shelter and shade for
the pilgrims on their way to the king
dom of heaven.
It is like a cabinet of jewels and pre
cinus stones, which are not only to be
looked at and admired, but used and
worn.
It is like a telescope that brings dis
tant objects and far off things of the
world very near to that we can see
something of their beauty and import
ance.
It is like a treasure-house or a store
house for all sorts of value and useful
things, and which are to be had without
money and without price. •,
It is like a deep, broad, calm flowing
river, the banks of which are green and
flowery, where birds sing and lambs
play, and dear little children are loving
and happy.
That lltil,hell letter.
Vrmn th* N. w Vurk HtrsM.
ii '.'V Jri'* '".relation to the Garfield
lluhhen li tters have not yet been fully
published. They are these ;
Mr. Jewell wo* constantly complain
ing of the backward iichh of the Wash
ington people in making contribution*
to the campaign fund*, and Present
Hayes wa* applied to by the chairmen
of the National Kxecutive committee*
jointly to use hi* influence with the
department* to procure subscription*.
I hi* Mr. Hayes cunningly evaded, and
Mr. Hubbell then set about working the
departments himself. Hi* success was
not very encouraging, and at la*t the
star route contractors were thought of \
a- a promising placer, the other govern- i
ruent contractors having been pretty
generally assessed. Brady was ser.t for, i
and Hubbell asked him for aid, suggest
nig that lie ought to he-able to raise a j
largo amount from the star route con
tractors who had made so go>>d a thing
out of the government. Brady told
Hubbell that the star route contractors
wore pretty sharp people and that lie
would not ask them lor a large contri
tuition without having something to
show to prove that the request came |
frotq Mr.Garfield. It would be useless,
he said, to do so, a* they were capable
of supposing that lie or lluhbell might ;
want the money to put into their own
pockets. Mr. Hubbell wrote these facts
to Mr. Garfield, who knew what the
star route contracts were worth, and
urged him to write Brady a letter ask- j
ing him to apply to tho contractors for
assistance. HuM-ell also complained of
the backwardness of the departments
in subscribing to the funds, and sug
gpsted that it might tie advisable to j
! touch them up a* well. It would be
: curious reading if that letter could be
, obtained for publication. After the re j
I ceipt of Hubbell * communication Mr. j
I Garfield bad a conversation with ex
| Senator I'orsey, and asked hi* advice j
in to the expediency of writing to Brady
on the subject of getting contribution* ;
(rorn the star route contractors. Mr. j
I'orsey in good faith counselled against j
It, and suggested that a letter couched
in general term* might be addressed to
HuObell, which he might show to Brady j
and which Brady might, if necessary, j
show to the star route people from j
whom he was expected to raise money.
This advice was followed, and hence
the Garfield letter to Hubhvll. which
begged assistance from Brady, the head ,
; (>l tbe star route service, and inquired
"how all the other departments were
doing. ' Tin* letter was first carried -
round by Hubbell to all the depart
j ments to stir them up to activity and j
I was then banded to Brady to he used 1
; to obtain contribution* from the tar ;
route contractor* and their "double*.'' !
I hi* is the true hi*lory of that episode j
<>f the campaign.
A Runaway Train.
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TWENTt riVB MILES AN Hot R.
A dispatch from Altoona dated May
16, says: "ne of the most miraculous j
escapes in the history of railroading j
happened here this evening to the Cm- '
I cinnati express, due here at 9 o'clock, !
iu coming down the mountain. The
engine lost control of the train by the
automatic air brakes becoming unman
ageable to hold the large train of twelve
i ar. 'The engineer whistled "down
brakes" and name into the depot at
the rate of twenty-five roilea per hour
whistling for clear track, wiurfi had the
• •fleet of bringing thousand* to the
depot to see tier steaming through at
a terrible rale, but fortunately an en
j gine which was in waiting at the Ninth
street cros.ing was run into and stop
|-ed the runaway train. Three engines
•site disabled, the cylinder heads being
- (down out. The passengers were tern
l.ly scared. Never since Altoona was a
railroad centre ha an accident occur
r< I which created such a | anic. The
j engineers, Aaron I'ougherly and Gen.
!''a*uly. deserve special mention and
credit for remaining at their jtosts. No
; jerson* w-re hurt.
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f rp Failure in Fngland.
The Worht special cable letter say* j
that there is every prospect of another
had harvest in F.ngland. Drought and !
late frosts have already killed oats and j
barley, and the growth of wheat hat j
been arrested at the most critical period ■
of the season. A* Mr. Jennings |K>iots
out. there has not been a really good j
harvest in Britain since 1874, and an
other failure will aeriously aggravate the '
stagnation and depression which prevail
at the great manufacturing centre*.
"It is an ill wind which blow* nobody
good," and the Western farmer with
his largely increased acreage of cere*'*
sown this year will profit by .the misfor
tune* of bis sorely beset Knglish brother.
Make Home < keerfal.
In a recent lecture Rev. I)r. Vincent
was unsparing in hi* condemnation of
the practice of debarring children from
the use ot the house—all parts of it—
as their home, and saving the carpet*
and furniture at tbe cost of their com
fort and the risk of their ruin. If quiet
was the great thing wanted, he recom
mended the parents to go to the ceme
tery ; they were sure to find it there.
For his part he wanted his hoy to feel
that tbe freest, jolliest place on earth
was his father's house.
The census of 1881, in Kngland, re
veals the startling fact that a decease in
the population o7 rural parishes in the
west of the country is going on with a
rapidity which threatens almost entire
depopulation. Towns are becoming
villacea and villagee hamlets, while
hamlets are passing out of existence.
A statement just issued by the board
of revision of taxes of tbe valuation of
the real and personal property of Phil
adelphia for the present year shows an
aggregate subject to city taxation of
S.V43 t 6<)9,t29, being an increase over
1880 of $7,001,296.
A young lady of Madiaon, Wis., re
ceived many anonymous poems of an
amorous and flatterlug character. She
finally submitted thern to an intimata
friend, a married lady, who recognised
the handwriting m her husband'*, and
was a alight stoim in that household.
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