She Centre democrat.
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NKVITOU WALLACE*# ADDHKSN.
"Pennsylvania's Formative Influence
on Federal Institutions."
A riTTINM lU I.OOV AND PtriNSE 0 THE
SYSTEM Or l-EMK.
From th- Lsneaslsr Inlslllgsocrr,
An audience of very fair size, includ
ing many representative business men
and prominent members of all the
learned professions in this city, gathered
in the court house last evening to hear
the address of Hon. W. A. Wallace, de
livered for the benefit of the city poor.
Promptly at 8 o'clock he was introduced
to the audience by M. Broaius, Esq., and
he was listened to very attentively as he
spoke from notes for an hour and a half,
lie devoted himself strictly to the an
nounced subject of his address, on which
he had manifestly applied a very consul
erahle amount of historical research,
inspired by State pride in the prominent
part taken by Pennsylvania in the for
mation of our federal system and the
wide influence exercised by the institu
tions founded by Penu. He fortified
his claims to her pre eminence in this
work by abundant historical citations,
and the address was garnished with a
number ol quaint nnd appropriate stories
illustrative of colonial life and laws.
Following is an abstract of the address,
which will be delivered at other points
in the State:
No apology is needed from a IVn n
sylvanian in addressing a Pennsylvania
audience on this theme. Her history,
name and fame art the liounteou* mother
of our federal government are worthy
of the best efforts of each of us. Her
(tower, wealth, agricultural importance,
tier great future and her record in the
past, all prompt us to use our noblest
]towers in her behalf.
The purpose of this lecture is to lay
before you some of the past history of
our greatcommonwealth. It has lately
become the fashion to decry and speak
contemptuously of her. Are we blame
less in accepting these insults with
silence? Have we striven to keep un
sullied her fair fame? It is not Ihe in
tention of this address to speak of those
later heroes of the sword and pen
Wayne, MitHin, Franklin and Kitten
house ; the desire is simply to trace the
history of Pennsylvania from the latter
half of the seventeenth century to the
Revolution, to mark h.-r prestige of ex
ample in creating the institutions under
which we live.
I>id she follow or lead ? Who built
the eternal barrier of common sense be
twixt Church and State, abolished slave
trade, and first gave her people univer
sal suffrage ? Virginia, New York and
Massachusetts all claim these honors,
but theirs is an empty pretension.
Pennsylvania it was that planted the
seed whose fruit we behold in the feder
al institutions of to day.
Institutions grow, they are not made
in a breath. As the infant becomes
successively boy. youth and man, so the
seed cannot leap ioto life as soon as
planted, but must grow bv slow degrees.
Knickerbocker New York, Puritan
Massachusetts, the "i lid Iominion" and
Huguenot -South Carolina all claim to
be the fountain head of our federal in
stitutions. And amid these conflicting
pretensions. Pennsylvania is silent, not
boastful. In a late publication, entitled
"A Century of liiabonor,'' our State is
branded Mr the brutal massacre of the
fonestoga Indians. The statements of
a careful and reliable local historian ex
planatory of ibis sad event are utterly
ignored. But let those who charge look
to themselves. The massacre of the
TJO Pequods and the murder of King
Ptulip make Pennsylvania's misdeeds
pale into insignificance.
As early as Ifil.l, Massachusetts and
the Plymouth colonies formed a union
against the French and Indians. But
it was not the broad far seeing policy
that Wm. Penn formulated and sent to
<treat Britain for approval. The latter
plan embraced a congress, the embryo
of our present Congress, which had
power to levy taxes, declare war and ad
just the differences between the constit
uent colonies. The time, however, wsa
not yet ripe for these developments,
and Penn's plan was not approved by
the Crown ; but the good need was town
and the day of its maturity was not far |
distent.
(iovernmenta are made for men. not
men for governments, ia the underlying
principle of the constitution of ITfttas
well aa that of ISJ3. And this feature,
more than any other, was made promi
nent in the early history of our com
monwealth. In the movement for relig
ious tolerance our State and Maryland
led the wy. Wm. Penn and Lord
Baltimore have the honor of being the
first to establish liberty of conscience in
the colonies. Liberty not in theory,
but in fact. And Pennsylvania's merit
consists in its uninterrupted retention
of religious liberty, while that of Msrv
land for a time passed away, f entreat
with these some of the sister Stales.
Virginia from its foundation had ita es
tatlished church and salaried clergy
men, and it was in fighting the exac
tiona of these latter that Patrick Henry
won his maiden spurs before the people.
The I>utch Reformed and Preshyteruns
..f New York persecuted ij lakers and
t'atbolica, while virtuous Massachusetts
imposed the penalty of flogging on those
who dared to kiee their wives publicly
on a .Sunday. These and countleee other
facts that might be narrated emphasize
Pennsylvania's prominence in being the
first to recognize rightful equality.
And what of popular rights? Pann
as early as HI7I had aid, "Let the peo
ple be governed by law* of their own
anecting." The assumed rights of the
Crown were antagonistic to the rights
of the people. A struggle was prscipi
tated and the Revolution decided in fa
vor of the people.
Power feeds on itself. The people
never obtain a right, that they will
yield beck without bloodshed. And
thus Pennsylvania, tenacious of ber
rights, never allowed her liberties to be
trampled on, and won the proud badge
of the moat rebellious of the English
colonies. Penn oonovded ber the right
tq levy ber own taxes, and she at once
demanded equality of taxation. The
manors that had been exempted from
the beginning no longei were allowed
this privilege, the Assembly justly claim
ing that equality of protection demand
ed equality of taxation. The right of
the people to control the public purse
was another of the cardinal doctrines
insisted on, and the foundations laid in
those esrly days are the self same on
which rests our modern superstiucture.
Any government is free wheie the
laws rule and the people make the laws.
Thus spoke Wen. l'enu; and the migh
ty struggle for representative taxation
hinged on this doctrine. The first di
rect issue on this point was made in
Philadelphia in 1740, and the rights of
the |>eople prevailed. Pennsylvania was
also foremost in the abolition of slavery
and the amelioration of the penal code.
Under Penn's wise administration mur
der alone was punished with death, and
workhouses were everywhere erected
for the punishment of minor offenses.
In New York, on thecontrary, that relic
of barbarity, the ducking stool for com
mon scolds, was still in use.
And in that most important part of
our modern political edifice, universal
suffrage, how stands Pennsylvania? At
the Revolution of the states save herself
had a property qualification attached to
the voting privilege, and Massachusetts
had a religious qualification. The "scot
and lot" test, consisting in a contribu
tion laid on people according to their
ability, was the only one required in
Pennsylvania,and her wisdom 200years
sgo is manifested in the general adop
tion of universal suffrage in modern
limes. A tight once granted can never
be taken back without the people's con
sent, and the rights granted Pennsylva
nia were always steadfastly maintained.
Conspicuous as Pennsylvania ever was
in her love of liberty and her defense of
her rights, she yet found time for the
cultivation of those politer arts, liter
ature, medicine and the law, and Phila
delphia may well be proud of her Cad
walader, her Hush and her Hamilton I
How marked the contrast between
Pennsylvania's constitution and that of
the Caroliuaa. The latter, prepared un
der the inspiration of the great mun
srehist John Locke, sought to avoid a
an evil a too numerous democracy, and
was agreeable to monarchy. The con
stitution of Pennsylvania has withstood
the storms of more than two hundred
years, and its influence has been fell by
more ban filty millions of people. Peac ,
justice and equality of l ights, these were
the broad foundations on which she was
laid in the beginning, and her progress
ive existence today is the enduring
monument raised by time to the illustri
ous founder of our state.
The Lad of Much Hard l.urk.
Mil Uk* Till 'in.
Twelve jeurt ago Henry L. Wallace
wa* married in New York City, and be
itifr a man of liberal means, took hi* wife
to Kurope. They nt.odo a two yeara'
tour on the continent and returned to
Liverpool, from whence they expected
to aail for America. Wallace and hi*
wifo took stateroom* in thekteamer.and
after going on board Wallace recalled
the fact that the servant girl at the ho
; tel who had acted aa nurne girl tor hi*
! child had not, in the hurry nt leaving,
been paid. A* there weretiil two hour*
before the steamer sailed he concluded
to go back and pay the nuroe lrt ahe
might mention the matter to other
guenl* and a bad impreioti ofbi* finan
cial integrity be created, lie started
for the notel, and on Ilia way we*
roughly joalled by a atranger. Turn
ing upon him he demanded to know
who he waa moulted, when aome hot
word* passed and he knocked the man
down. The police ruahed in and arre*
ted both men. At the atatioo houae the
man whom lie had knocked down
charged him with attempting to pick
hia pocket*. He tried to explain that
bis wife and child were on the "learner,
and finally ofl'ared f l.tMl to let him go,
but it waa of no avail, and the atory of
the steamer waa only looked upon aa a
fabrication to deceive the police.
When he was searched no money waa
found on hia person except a few ahit
lingo in ailver. having left it with hia
wile. Thia fact, taken in connection
with hi* oiler of f I,fK*t for hi* release,
made it all the more tuapicioua. While
he waa being examined in the office of
the Chief of Police a dispatch came
from I,ondon directing thedetectivea to
arreal a counterfeilure who waa about
to sail on the steamer. The descrip
tion answered exactlv for Wallace, and
he waa locked up. He sent word to the
hotel, and the keeper of the houae call
ed upon him. Wallace begged the man
to identify him, but the reply wa*:
"I only know that you stop|d a few
day* at my house, and when you left
you didn t pay a nurse girl whom you
hired. What do I know of your ante
cedente ?"
That the bill due the nurse girl, which
was the cause of all the trouble, should
t>e used against him waa a crushing
blow, and when the trial came off the
London detectivea swore that they be
lieved be waa the counterfeiter wanted,
but there waa not sufficient proof tocson
vict. The man whom'be knocked down
swore stoutly that he attempted to pick
his pocket, and he wa* sentenced for
two years,
In the meantime the steamer sailed,
bearing his wife and child, Mr*. Wallace
remembering the excuse he had made
to leave the steamer, presently began
to imagine, aa many women might do
under the circuaUncee, that he took
thia method of deserting her, and after
reaching New York gave up all hope of
ever seeing him again. She had con
siderable money, however, and finally
came West. She lived in San Fraooia
co lor eevetal years, and loat nearly all
she had in stocks. She came to' Salt
Lake with her child and took in sew
ing and fancy needlework, barely mak
ing a living.
After Wallace had aerved hie term in
Liverpool he spent two years in trying
to get something to do. and finally bad
to work in a rope maker's establish
ment to earn money enough to reach
America, coming in an emigrant ship.
Alter reaching New York be met some
of hia old friend-. Kxplaining hie mis
fortunes, he got a start in the world,
again, and making a good deal of money,
he tried to find hi* wife, but was unable
to do so. He went to Colorado two
years ago, invested luaklly in mines end
made considerable money, lost week
be came to Salt Lake, and while at the
Walker House with a friend, the con
versation turned upon the prosy subject
of good fitting shirts. Said the friend ;
"There is a widow woman up street
who makes my shirts. I give her iny
measure and they fit to a charm and last
longer than any store shirt 1 ever wore.
If you want some good shirts, coiue with
lUe."
Wallace agreed, and the two went up
to the widow woman'*.
"Sumo name a* you, by the way," said
the man a* lie ajiproaubed the house.
He introduced Wallace as a Iriend who
wanted some shirt*. The two looked at
each other. The woman guv* a big,
long scream; and there wa* the usual
tableau, which would require uousidera
ble work to properly describe.
Wallace found hi* wife, and also his
little baby, the latter now grown to
girlhood. These are the simple fact*
of a remarkable case, but the lull hi*
lory of the wanderings of the nepsmu-d
couple would make a hook. 'The two
left for new York on Tuesday lasl.
EDGAR ALLAN TDK.
The Slory of IIIN Daetli as Told by Dr.
Moran.
//-< Memory Vindicated ly One Who Wat
With lltm i Htt Ixut Moments—An
Klorjutnt and Towhing Tribute.
'I here was a fair audience at the Con
gregational church last night, to listen
to the lecture by l>r. J. J. Moral), of
l - all* Church, Vs., on t ho life, character,
dying declaration* and death of Kdgar
Allan Toe. Dr. Moran wa* introduced
by I'rof. Klmer 1L Reynolds, and in
opening his lecture said that hi* theme
covered the earlier and riper year* of
the poet, but would be more especially
devoted to his dying hours, when he sat,
by his bed*ido and wiped the moisture
from hi* face and sought to sooth hi*
last moments. After'giving a brief
sketch of Toe'* parent* he passed rap
idly on to the boyhood and youth of the
|et and traced hi* brilliant literary
career without any studied effort at ef
fect, drawing a most teeliog sketch of*
the viciaaitude* through which he pass
ed, and the deep anguish and gloom
that settled upon hint after the death of
his wile at Fordham. iSy an over
whelming weight of testimony the lec
turer controverted the slsnder that Too
had coui[>o*ed the "Haven" while labor
ing under a fit of delirium tremeni, and
quoted from hi* letter to Dr. Snodgrass,
recently published in the Daltioicte
American, to show the Into nature ol the
man wbo had suffered so unjustly at
the hand* of hi* biographer. Coming
down to the closing days of Tor-'* life.
Moran gave the true version of hi* last
visit to Ksltimore. He said Toe airived
in that city and went to a hotel, wb*r
he completed his arrangements for a
trip fo Tbiladelphia. Starling on hi*
journey he reached the Susquehanna,
river, which it was then necessary to
cross by boat. The weather was tem
pestuous and the water so rough that ho
! decided not to venture on the boat alio
' returned to I'altimore, where he went
to a hotel and left hi* trunk. Ijilvt h
• tarted for a walk about the city, and
those who last jaw him noticed tiial h
was followed by two or three suspicious
characters, whoclo*eiy dogged his foot
step*. A* the shade* of evening de
scended upon the city Toe ha-1 rambled
on until he bad reached a dangerous
portion of the town, where it was un
safe for a man to loiter alone. Here
the men who had been following came
up with hitn and he wa* forced into a.
low den, where be waa drugged, robbed,
stripped of hi* apparel, and then clothed
in the filthy rags of one of the brute*
wbo had assaulted bim. From this,
place he wa* thrust into the street, and
a* lie staggered alone, his brain be
numbed by Ibe deadly drug, be fell
over an olntarle in his pathway and lay
insensible for hours exftosed to the cut
ting i iclober sir. A gentleman passing:
recognised the face of Toe a* he l*\
prone upon the street, and calling a.
hack he directed that he be conveyed)
to tue Washington Hospital, sending
hi* card to Dr. Moran with the single- 1
word "Poe" written in the corner. Toe
was cared for and received energetic
medical treatment to counteract tin
effect of ht* denre*e<l condition. Dur-• i
ing this time lr. Moran *a:d to him 1
"How do you feel, Mr. Toe?"
"Miserable."
"Do vou suffer anv pain ?"
"No."
"How long have you been sick ?"
"I cannot say."
"Where have you been stripping?"*
"Ata hotel on I'ratt street, opposite j
the depot."
"Have you a trunk or anyihing you |
would like sent for ?"
"My trunk contains nothing but my
paper* and manuscript*."
In the course of this conversation.
Dr. Moran ays be critically examined
the condition of his patient, and could
discover nothing whatever o indicate
that it wa* the result of liquor or any
intoxicating drink. The speaker said
the slander had l-een reiterated that
Poe died while under the influence of"
liquor, and nothing otuld be farther
from the fact. Upon hi* arrival at the
hospital, the doctor que* tinned the hack
man who brought him there, aod he de
clared that Poe <va* not drunk, nor was
there the smell of liquor about him
when he lifted him into his vehic e. Aa
Poe # last hour approached. Dr. Moran
aaid that he bent over him and naked if
be had any word he eriahed communi
cated to bis friends. Poe raised bis
fading eye* sn<l answered, "Nevermore."
In s few moments he turned uneasily
and moaned, "Ob, God, is there no ran
torn for the deathless spirit?" Con
tinuing be said: "He who rode the
heavens and uphold* the universe has
His decrees written on the frontlet of
every human being." Then followed
murmuring, growing fainter and fainter,
then a tremor of the limbs, a faint sigb.
and the spirit of Kdgar Allot Poe bad
passed the boundary line that divide*
time from eternity.
A man named Woodio committed
tuicida at Laurel Spring#, A the county.
North Carolina. Heoamein frnmhunt
ing and aaked hi# wife to pull hi# hoot#
olf. She rafuaed to do o, which to
wounded hi# feeling# that he caught up
hla gun and, bjr the uaa of hit foot, dia
charged tba con ten U Into hla body,
hilling himreif inatantiy. They werw
both qnito young, and hare only been
married about twelra month#.
I'pHfttliig MOWN.
Allootu Tribuit*.
.Jim Manly begau to talk. "I say.
Deacon, Darwin's theory of evolution t
a little hard on the firm captor of Gene
■is. Of court" we don't know yet how
it will turn out, hut it lootct a little n
though they were going to up*et Monet."
The Deacon made noanawer. fleaurely
must have heard .lim'e remark. Pre*-
ently he wat observed to he counting
hi* finger* tlowly, and with |>au*e* for
thought between each enumeration.
After u while Jim ventured to a*k:
"Counting u|i your saw-logs, Deacon,
aren't you ?" "No," raid the Deacon;
"I'll tell you. Your remark aet me to
thinking. I wa* jurt counting up how
many timet in the coutto of human his
lory aomebody baa upset Moae*. First
of nil, two old juggler* named Jannea
and Jambrea undertook tbia, but they
failed. Then it certain king named
I'haraoh went at the work ol upsetting,
lie mutt have found it mom of a work
than he anticipated. for lie ha* not
reached home yet. Then three lender*
of liberal thought Korali, Dathan anil
Abiram—went at the job. They failed
in the upsetting part; hut they secured
a bit of a ranche for themtelver, which
they and their children hold quiet pot
session of until ihi* day. Later on a
king named Nebuchadnezzar entered
upon the upsetting business, lie did
out succeed, either. He npent seven
years chained to a slump, and when he
had served out his time lie had changed
his mind, and was a sadder and wiser
man. His successor met with still greater
disaster and in a similar attempt. Mince
that time there have been no end of
person* who have tried to upset Moses.
Some ancient heathen, Celsus and Tor
phyry anil Julian the n|>oiate, and lat
terly these German critics and scien
tists, so called, are at the same thing.
Years ago, when i chanced to be in
Itoslon, 1 beard of a meeting of Free
thinker* at a place called Chapman
Hall. I could not resist the temptation
to go just once and hear what they said.
I found about twenty (eraons there:
tfiree or four of them were women ; all
the rest were men. And what do you
think they were engaged in? The old
enterpriseofupsetting Motes. And yet
Moses has today in the synagogues of
Koslon more |M-rsons that preach him
than he ever b*d before, ft is aston
ishing how much upsetting it takes to
upset Moses. It is like upsetting a gra
nite cube. Turn it on which face vou
will, there it stands a* solid as ever. The
cube is used to being upset, and does
not mind it. It always amuses me when
I hear a fresh cry from some new quar
ter averring that some man whom no
body has ever before heard of h*s found
out a sure way of doing what all others
have tailed in. And now here comes
Jim Manly ; and Moses ha* to be upset
again. Ah, well!" and the deacon
sighed. There wa* a rosr of laughter
which made the rafter* of the fesrmiil
ring, and all joined in except Jim.
A Terrible K\pl*he.
Prof. Mcwroff, of Berlin, an cx|>crt on
explosive*. baa arrived in New York,
lie teen by a Star reporter. and hit
. view* were ot tamed on the subject of
| explosive* in general. "There are," taid
\ the profe**or. "three kind* of niiro gly
! rerine, which have different degree* of
| Mrength. There are mono niiro, hi
; nitro. and tri-nitit* glycerine. If y< u
| take gunfrowder a* a tlandard. then
1 mono-nitro it four timet at powerful at
! powder. Hi nitro ia eleven time*, and
> tri nitro it *sxty three timet at powerful.
1 'iunpowder explode* at the rate of l.ftfkt
| in• lea a minute; mono nitro, t.faat; bi
nitro, 1 1,000 ; and tri nitro, 19.000 mile*
a minute. Nothing that man can make
ran retiit the blow from a quantity ol
tri nitro glycerine. Thirty poundt of it
exploded in the right way and place,
would demohahand tink the rnott jw>w
erful iron clad. Thirty |>oundt will
generate five thouaand feel ol gat, and
I lie blow from that amount of gat would
ttrike the veaeel at the rate of nineteen
thouaand mile" a minute.
"You tee, that while the iron clad
might cot! an many nullioni that thirty
pound* of the In nitro will only roti
9150. At the time ironclad* were in
vented tri nitro waannt diaoovered. To
make a | •nund of tri nitro," continued
the prole#tor. "the matenal to-day trill
coat MS* at wholeeaie price*. Then
come the rettel and akilled labor nece*
*ary to make it. I tay akilled labor for
you need not expect to get any one you
pick off the Mreet to make a chrono
meter. A chemical operation ia nicer
work than making a wntch, and can not
be done by an ignoramut."
"Profeator. I will aak you one more
quoation. Ilow can the Irish get weap
on* of war?
"The way to get the che*|ett and
rnott effective weapon* ia for them to
aend twenty young men to New York,
and in thirty daya' practical teaching
they ran make pure iri-nitro glycerine
at the rate of three hundred pound* a
day. !<et them return to Ireland, and
five of them go to each province and be
gin the manufacture of the Bluff. It
will make the Hritiah lion roar. If.V
OOO.OODof ibetferman* were aooppreaaed
at the Iriah we would blow all the iron
clad* to the bottom of the *ea in twelve
month*. The piMol bullet make* a little i
man aa good at a big one, and tri nitro
glycerine make* a tmall nation a big aa
a great one."
I'anl Revere'* Tankard.
l*Ml*n4 Atlw.
Mr. Stephen A. Ivotaell. an Augu*ta,
Maine, jeweler, haa found a treasure
which would rejoice the heart of an an
tiquarian. It ia a cilver tankard made
over a century and a quarter ago by
Paul Revere, the lamou* Boeton cilver-
Muitb imL'ortaliaed by I/ongfellow. The
tankard haa the name of Paul Revere
"tamped upon it in two placet, and en
graved on the bottom ia the name of
Riiaabeth Goodwill. It ia of solid atlver,
and weigh* "AW ounce*. Mr. Huiwell
found it In a More in Walerville, where
ib owner bad left it, making that be
he allowed MO for it, about ib value for
bullion.
TH* contract for building a railway
tunnel under the fit. laiwrence River
haa been awarded to 8. B. Rouilliard f. r
93,500,000, including drainage and light,
ing complete, the wotk to be finished
a 1885.
Von Mollkr's Assistant anil Huccessor.
Iferlin Cwrt|atinlRK I/HHIOU Timaa.
Count von in not sucb a
voluminous author asCounl von Moltke,
but what tin iin written is of the very
best quality, The only complete work
on ttie Danish war based on official
sources and published hall anonymously
emanated from his pen. It is a some
what curious coincidence that both the
present and future Chief of the Grand
General ISlsll should have married An
glo-Saxon wives. Count von Moltke
wedded an Englishwoman, while Count
von Waldersee is married loan Ameri
can lady of the name ol l.ee from New
York, the widow of l'rince Frederick
huule August, of Sclileswig-liolstein,
whose son by a previous union was re
ferred to recently in an obituary in the
Timr*. Thus Count von Waldersee is
connected by marriage, if but slightly,
perhaps with the royal families both ot
England and Prussia. The count comes
to Perlin with a reputation for other
recommendahle qualities besides great
accomplish men ta in all the principles
ami details of his profession, lie is a
man of tall and most distinguished mili
tary presence and polished manners,
combining in a high degree the
in mwlu Willi the Jortiter ra rt — an attain
uieiil which is by no means common irt
Prussia in any sphere of life whatever,
especially in army circlet. In fact, in
addition to being an illustrious soldier,
Count Waldersee is also a brilliant cour
tier—an impress on eral Hub
erts and ins criuca! colleague* from
Kngland did not fail to carry away with
them from Hanover, when last autumn
they attended the mano'uvre* of the
Tenth Army Corps and were objects of
so much hospitable attention from the
chief of its staff. Whatever he tbeopin
ion as to his appointment abroad, I be
lieve there ate few officers in the Ger
man army who do not believe that by
his nomination as assistant and prettimp
live successor to Field Marshall Von
Moltke the right man has been put In
the right place.
Woufd a* I.Mcnrr*.
blpf-larult't
Woman is pr.manly a Wing who lis
ten* She hat in these day* loi much
of her original teachableness. but she
has not yet entirely ditririlrd the ap
pearance ol being teachable.. In her
capacity for her hearing without obey
ing Ilea her true poorer. A" a talker,
•he ha* her peera : a a listener, *he in
unequalled. If, a* a French writer esya,
the eontreraation of women in aociety 11
like the atraw in which china u packed
—worthlesa in itaelf, but without which
everything would be broken- the listen
ing of women ia what saves u from a
Battel of tongues that would bring the
•ky about ourears in no time. Not that
woman i always, or. as a rule, unwilling
to use her tongue < there is no need of
being radical, i but the listener who en
courages you with eyes and eg preasioo
and appreciative laughter is a woman.
She never lets her glance wander in an
absent manner, to be brought back to
meet vours at an im|nrt*ril |<oirit with
an effort of which you are both keenly
conscious. To whom you are tempted
to relate bits of rtiriou* personal experi
ence, the suffering caused by some ran
dorn arrow of outrageous fortune, the
fancies suggested by some hook, aotne
view, sortie journey ♦ To a clever, ttm
pathetic woman, whose eyes brighten
with interest or sadden with sympathy
as she listen* ; who seem* to anticipate
your next word with eager pleasure, and
who. lor some reason or other, just then,
while you are in this confidential mood,
ha* very few fancies of her own to com
municate—only hinta at them—just
enough to keep you in countenance.
* (TRIM S SK(T.
el-nan* ** piwiritMif rn* nrviH<.
iVtntj
The Hunker* profess ill the funda
mental principle* of the ('hrislinri (kith.
They Ho not. however, I relieve in the
eternal perdition of souls. They have
no creed npart'lrom the Bible. ' What
they aim at i* to restore Christianity
to it* primitive purity. *crupulou*ly to
follow the precept* and the example of
the Savior, and to make religious con
viction the sole arbiter of conduct in
life. They still baptize the neophyte*
—a* their foamier* at Bchwarzcnau
did—by immersing them three times
in the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Spirit. Their holy commu
nion i* proceeded by the rite of foot wash
ing. A curious discussion ha* of late
engaged their attention—upon the
question whether the siogle or the dou
ble mode ha* the better claim for ob
servance. When the same brother
both wa*he* and dries the fwt it is the
single mode; when each service is per
formed by a separate person, they call
it fool-washing by a double model It
is not to he understood, however, that
the whole congregation is thus served
by one or two of their number. There
are enough of them going around with
tub and towel to finish the ceremony
within a reasonable lime. Foot-wash
ing and communion are always ad
ministered in the evening : during the
afternoon a lovefeast is held, in com
memoration of the supper which Jesus
t<iok with his disciples. There is no
binding rule as to the choice of food,
though among the viands lamb haa
the preference. Kven such luxuries
as coffee and butter, unknowo to
Scriptural Palestine, are not objected
to. After the love-feast comes the
"holy kiss." The minister give* it to
the hrot her that sits next to him on
the right; he applies it in turn, to hit
neighbor, and thus it is passed along
the line, and by the last is carried to
the next table. The same order is
observed with the women, with the ex*
ceptioa that the first kiss is applied by
the minister to the first slater ■ band.
The Hunkers live ia peace with one
another, and seek no redress, for injnry
done them, by recourse to law. Disa
gree menu among themselves are settled
hy the elders, whose decision is final.
Only in exceptional cases, and after
permission it granted by the officers of
the congregation, do they institute
lawHuiu against the |H*oplc of the
world. Like lite (Quaker* owl Men
nonites, they refrain from Inking or
administering oaths, from participat
ing in warfare, or giving countenance
to it in any manner whatever. They
are averse to accepting public office.
I heir |>oor titey *up|ort. Among
their host of two hundred thousand
people, there i* not one who suffer*
Irom want. Kvcn those who fail in
business are aider! to make a new ef
fort, and such assistance may lie lent
three times. After the third failure
they take it to be the will „f(jod that
the unfortunate brother shall not suc
ceed.
Tussle With a Whale.
Mr. .Joseph W. .Meat], of Pougli
keepsie, is now on lemnl the bark
Hercules on a whaling vovage. His
ship was off St. Helena on the 2*th of
f fclober, from which place he sent an
interesting letter as follows: "On the
fith of June last we raised whale* and
got them all in favorable |xitiom,
when we lowered our Ism* and in a
short time < ur second mate struck one.
In a few minutes itfier the whale
caught the boat about the quarter and
completely chewed it up. Mr. Luce,
the chief mate, when he saw our signal
from the ship, sent a boat and had the
crew picked up. took the line and still
had the whale fast. The third mate
also came up nnd went on the whale
three tiroes. The fourth time the whale
caught and mashed his boat into fire
wood. I lie boat steerer was killed,
hut the rest of the crew w< re saved.
In the meantime the boats did no;
dare to go near the wounded whale,
hut fired at it from a distance with
guns. About this time we received
help from the ship Milton, which wnt
two boats to the rescue, for we were in
a very weak condition. liefore you
could think it possible, however.'the
Milton boats were both mashed and
their crews swimming in the water.
I hey were soon rescued by our boat*.
The boats hung about the whale until
dark, when we cut the liue and let the
huge monster go. The next morning,
however, we saw him again and took
another hold of him. aud almut - r
o clock in the afternoon we succeeded
in despatching him. It was the Lr
gest whale taken in this section for
many years, and made us JJO barrels
of oil. Its length was flO fret, and
jaw* Iff feet.,'
Why the Tar-on Left Kentucky.
' Tis. Mririjrs
A good many tears ago, when a
certain place in' Texas was a very
; small town, quite a number of promt
oeut citizen* went out on a hunting
expedition. One night, when liny
were nil gathered around the camp tire,
one of the party suggested that trch
matt should give the lime and reason
for his leaving his native State and
coining to Texas, whereupon earh oue
in turn told his ex|*erience. Judge
Blank had killed a uian in self defense,
and Arkatisaw General Standso, had
forged another man's signature to a
check, while another came to Texas on
account of hi* having two wives. The
only man who did not make any dis
closures was a sanctimonious-locking
old man, who, although a professional
gambler, was usually called "Parson."
"Well, Parson, why did you leave
Kentucky f
"I don't care to say anything about
it. Besides, it was only a trifle. None
of you would believe me anyhow."
"Out with it. Di I vou shiot any
body r
"No, gentlemen, 1 did not. Since
you want to know so bad I'll tell you.
I left Kentucky because I did not
build a church."
Deep silence fell ou the group. No
such excuse for coming to 'lexas ever
had been heard before. There was
evidently an unexplained mvstery at
the bottom of it. The Parsou was
called on to furnish more light
"W'cll, gentlemen, you see a congre
gation raised 13,000 and turned it over
tome to build a church—and I didn't
build the church. That's t II."
A sir * idea of having a loolh drawn
may be summed up as follows "The
doctor hitched fast on me, pulled Ins
beet, and just before it killed me the
tooth came out."
Ttt Chambershurg /Ifyantnrysays ibit
st least SSOO worth of bovine virus ha*
been shipped from the three farm* in
that vicinity for purpose* of vaccina
tion.
Ptv* hundred shoe latter* struck
Saturday at Rochester, N. Y., for an ad
vance of 35 per cent, in wages. Two
tbou*end men are thrown out of employ
me tit in consequence.
♦ in.
I.saoa coal tracta have been taken up
in Mercer county by Philadelphia capi
talist, and the tonnage will be aent to
Buffalo over the Buffalo, Pittsburg and
Western Railroad.
Tn* Pennsylvania K.iiroed Company
hs ordered ten locomotives, to be built
in the sbopa at Wilmington, acquired
by the purchase of the Philadelphia.
Wilmington end Baltimore Railroad
Company.
WII.US a P. S*srota, OF Upper Yoder.
Cambria county, who was 30 years i,"
age, died recently from exhaustion
Mused, it ia said, by rapid growth, lie
grew ten incbee in one yeer.
Tnt small pox still continue* bad in
PitUburg and Allegheny cities. It ia
Bow nearly a year since it first broke out
there and at no time since has it satin
fy disappeared from the two cities.