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RUSSELL ' S V. 6ENERAL INSURANC,E AGENCNI, '%t-irlt.-70tt - 1576 1 01VANI/1 INSVIZANCE AGENCY 1_ Mein strfrf..ppqat. thf 0 , 1 , 1r1 NOBLE & VINCENT, A,N INSTR-CE AGENct The following RELIABLE AND FIRE TRIED Cornranies represented. LANCSHIRE, rinxmi,tiomE,mEncHANTs March 1• Mt A1.0.N10 01:,BLATilrr u. l)o • 110IttiE-SIWEING A SPECIALTY. • ith.ease4 feet treated. Manufactures the ceief' brated CALIFORNIA PICK. Sbop on Plank Road, ne old Aertcult. Works To raadai s, 11{44 JOHN JENKINS'S fIEBNON The rnlutster sahliest eight, says he, '• Don't be afraid of It your Hit..ain't nothin• to other tolls, Why, what's the r' And,thats what I say to wife, aays'T;, ; There's Brown. the miserable stnr2r, - sooticx,a beggar would starve than give A cent toward buyin' a dinner. I tell you:ministers prime, he is, But I couldn't quite determine, When rheard him asivin' It right and left, Jo , d. who w.ts I;it by hi, s•rmon, or rourcr there couldn't he no mistake Witnn'he talked of long-winded prtyin' For Pelers and Johnson they ~at and scowled At ever:. word he was !...a,yin'.4l:: TOWANDA. PA And the rnitthter he went on to lay, •• Thrre's various kiwi, of cheatln', And religion's as fur every day As it is to lainz to ineetin', 4 I don't think mleh .•f a pan that . gives The Lord Anion!: a: fil - i•rtar . .llll. - , •pend; his time the weok Iticni•atite ata that .10o! 'a a,. IVor evion For a jor.es to ,tvalleri; Rut I potlyed 11,f. (Eau% .fl LI, !youth, Not race, aster that, to iilJikr. Hurrah. tap: I, for Crlt! 1111!.!Ater Of 1 . -ur, I ,:illl It quirt— t:lve to: ,otrie more t hi , open tail: It's very re f reshlirdie Tie it‘ll,l,terLlt'rruCev”ry IA 3 riggja*,,u: in 1..0. , and thing, And a emulti to church I styk.i, 1 t•ouldn'l lw!lo a win in', Awl a nu.lgne ins nl:,•,.aud.'.iy I And I ,ot. her Cal:Alit% sacs 1 to inc••l1. That sermon's pat, Bill man IN a pictr• crN•at : • At:d mm.tt afr.u.l that Li.;,l th,• Won't applfratton., Now II: M. ha I Nahl a syGnlalpeat :Sly ft , trNonal mod, of I'd have G,uc to vt,;rk to tight inyNt•lf, And not Net 11 , :e a gllnnin Just tlu•tt Ow inhaster s,a3q. h '' F AtIAI ❑OR' Vlie come to the fetters WltU*Ne tt-In t•ltowc•r'l4; u,itt* As sort of mt,1,1 " at:‘l 111: , 1 roar fatiltq, Ittten‘li.fluttrtin' your !Tot:ter'''. 410 tour•','• !ty.:. ttr.t! o couti You've tiled to fit f o r ouvrs My tvite stu liudgo4, an .I Brown he winked, And there wa. lo:s of ; .111 , 11. ts or h.4.1114* at our pcw ; a Says I 1 , , niy , •yll. (far tills..lSler 1s gittln' a little bltU•r: 11l tell httn; when rnet: , t In's out, that I Ath't at all that kind of a critter. ' iscrll lluv u!;. THE NEW TRINITY CHURCH, BOSTON Nor,LE AND ARTISTIC EDIFICE-FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING., .The completion of the new Trinity Church another to the limper pirs and imposing; edifices the spires , 9t* which have risen as if by magic above the sandv waste of the . so called Back thry. 'territory. This W est addition to the ceclesiastiml ar chitecture of that section of the city is by far the most original in de:;.ign,• the most grand and inspiring of the many churches which the genius of the • modern architect has desig:ned, and stands a noble monument to the minds that conceived its proportions and its beanties. and the liberality of the parishioners Irho have contri buted nnsparingly toward .it's erection. ~~~ II.1: t. ~-::.t (:IMF•. 1~.1 SEEM This is the third house of worship era:tea by the parish . , which wa foruud in 1 :2sy.the then existing; Epiacopal Church - es—Christ Church and .Kin!* - 5 - Chapel—ilut being suffi cient to accommodate all the wor shippers. The first church was erected at the corner of ts:'untiner street and Bishop all e y (now Hawley street). The corner stone was laid on the 15th of April. 1:34. by the Rev. Roger Price, .the - minister of the King's Chapel, acting as tin... Commissary-of the liishup of-London, the Diocesan. It was: . a plain structure, of wood,. ninety' feet in length, fitly feet in width. and thirty feet stud. with a gambrel roof, and stood with its,enet to Summer st.reet. Thirty-seven years before the blittle of Blinker IlllEutf the 17th of June, 1;39. the Holy Siw rament was administered within its walls by the Rev. Mr. Addington Davenport, assisted by the Bey. Samuel, Ilabury, of New London. Connecticutt ; and ou the rth Of May. 1740, Mr. .I/avenport 1e ;one its tirSt settled minis - ter. From "some memoranda of Trinity Church, 1365t0n," ton," we gather several interestinL , facts respecting the early history of the parish. In 1741 Peter Faueuil, Esq.. offend f:lmi toward buying a n or:ran. which cost I:300, and arrived, from England three years later. In 1742 communion plate. table cloths, prayer books, etc.. were presented by Goy. Shirley ; in 1759 a bell, taken at the capture of Quel Ice, was bought . and erected on 'Trinity Church; the " Greene Foundation for Assistant Minister was founded in 1 - 163 ; in , 1775 21Ir. Erving carried the records of the church . to England ; Dr. Walk er also went away with the Royalists; " The Widow and , Orphans' Fund," -established for ministers of this church, in' '1` 4 05 : in - 1 sl9 negotiations were had with Itev. Dr..larvis ' from the failure of whien arose' St. Paul's Church :- the Sunday school -was es tablished in 15 4 27, and the follbwing year it was voted to take down - the old building and erect a new stone church. On the 17th of September, Is2'4. the corner stone of the new stinte chapel was laid on the sqlne site. It was built of granite; . and,. though not an object of great beauty, was alWays attractive from its sturdy solidity, so characteristic of the faith of - which its pulpit has ever been such a,profound exponent. Interiorly, the eburch was a tine specimen of the gothic. The church had -an existence of forty-four years, and long before the disaster which numbered it among the things that were, a new place' of worship in a•ditlerent local ity was deemed a necessity by the parishioners. . .1. N. CA TAFF = !MEM TOW NDA, PA Designs had been matured and adopted, contracts made, and the ;ground plan staked out, before the names-swept through the old church, Tearing its bleached walls still erect the day after the Great Fire. In the winter of 1871,-2 a site was secured by' the Building Committee of the Church, consisting of News. 1, 0:A. BLABK EL S. W. ALVORD, Publlshoril VOLUME XXXVII. ,elerild Poet!. And wh••:l ho ,pohe fa,hl ,\ , a Art - I:san'... ru:iii*.p IC= THE NEW EDIFICE Charles Henry Parker, Robert_ C. Winthrop, Martaih Brimmer, Charles R. Codman, C. J. Morril, Robert Treat Paine, Jr., Charles W. Galloup, Stephen G. Deblois, William P. Blake and GOorge M. Dexter. The' latter gentlemaa, who was Senior Warden of the church, - was deeply interested in the new edifice, and during the changes, incident to the Great Fire contracted an illness which resulted in his death soon after. At a ,meet ing of the Waidens and Vestry held November 28; 1872, they reconi, mended "to the Proprietors that a tablet to his memory lie Oiced 'on the Walls of the new .‘ Trinity,' to which he had given so much of his time and thought." _ - The lot of land secured lies between Clarendon and-St. James streets and Ilunt**ton avenue, and embraces an_ area of nearly 110,000 square. feet. The matter of a desir'n next engaged the attention of the committee,-whose movements were followed with inter est by the Most prOmment and skill ful architects - in the country, whose competition for the coveted honor of erecting a chime!' -for a society so ancient anddistinpliished produced a variety of splendidly executed draw imrs. These were ' - ixhibited in the vestry of the. Stmnrger street clifirch. and were yMted by hundreds of in terested persons. Ile ides the six limited designs by - T Messrs. Peabody & Stearns. Sturgis & Brigham, Ware & Van Brunt of Boston, W. A. Pot ter, It. M. Hunt and Gambrill & of' New • York, others were submittel; which, thouli meri torlotts in certain lii Peet ions. were not taken into consideration. While all the designs had more or less in them to claim the attention of.the7commit tee.. the taste of the cotinnittee led them to deem the (lesions of Mr. l',ichardson it appropriate, and to, hint the highest place was awarded. Mr. Richardson's - plan. which is familiar to European archi teets, -embracing among others the iclea of a central power, was a bold and in many respects an on one. heing noticeable for its vidness of conception. the energy oininhgination which permitted no vagueness, but coerced every necessity-or arran•re ment, and evCl)..the accidents of situ tition into the service of the general effect. u.it colt, 1111 - The desi! , n of the church it; in the pt:re French Romanesque style—the plan that of a Latin cross wi;t4 the addition or a ~ , tni-eireular apAs tO the chancel. 4 Another featur, , of the plan is an open cloister, three sid . es.of a square, awl connect ing the ehuych with the chapel build infz, which occupies the fourth side. The rliest : noti6k:•alile feature ;is' 1111: CENTRAL TOWEII., Which has great advitntag-es in pro daring interior elfect. \o stone church prior to this ha. , been erected in t 1 United States with a tower , over Lie eenty, and titsmanner or u,ing such materials as eopld be pro eure(i so as to secure the g reatest -ztab:iitY and ceo y nom,. Wel'e qtlez.: tion- -, which required lon e [ investiga tions in an untried No build jug on the 11.tek Bev rests upon the surface stratum, which, being only - 4 , . m „ ! tr a v el . i, : u in, is inc,ipalle of -the weight of a building. Excypt the drlr in of a few experi mental piles to determine the depth of the Learin , :- stratum on which the building, would re,,,,t,_nothiyr. was done upon the 'ground until the spin , : of 1 when the wails were hwated and the pile driving begin in earnest under the , supervision of Mr. < if,„' 1i Bowtlitch, topo ! , rap.isleal eagi ti?;e.r. On the area formin:* a square some ninety' fee'.tin a side, the piles were cut oil' absolutely level; as no irregulak:i.tie.: were admissible which mkrht inCel fere with the jOining o: the stone work to come above. 4111(11 the gy( , and having 'been excavated to a depth of two feet below the top of the pilesond thy bank cleared away, concrete was put in risin! , to the top of ti , e piles and ens.la ddin: , tlrcm. in r:liz,t is nelw almost a solid rock. Ti.c strauptre rests on -tint) piles, driv( n to depth of 15 to 35 feet-, :old the fdudation extends from the w t iter line to the sidwalk, 134 feet. . is tnenvyr is carried h y four piers, etch supported on a solid pyra.tdd of Hoek gi unite from the water line to the church floor. tine four pyramids to t her en nntaiin:r alnout 10,0(10 en ,bic fact of masonry, all laid in Port land cement. The piers themselves are of cut ! , ranite, in the form of elti-tered columns, and the arches, w hi c h curt' the super,tructure of 'bri,nk in c-ment, 'tied Ns ith iron rods at the springing The great lire sup pled the building colamittee, against, their will, with a considerable quanti ty or stone, and the lust of this Was f tral,sported foun the ruins of the old( Trinity to the new site, where many a carved awl modeled stone is hurital In the foundation walls of the new edifice. The original desiem of the tower was a square, with turrets. at .‘,..!ae1l corner, not unlike the tower as at present, but stirmnrinted my an octagonal lantern, also of stone, some fifty feet hither. The walls advarreed, and the tower. "had begun to occupy the anxious at tention of the building. Committee and the contractors, when a sugges tion was Made that the average load proposed to be placeni upon each pile under the tower would be greater than some of the piles could be safely re lied .on to support. A change was accordingly made in the design. by which the weight of the tower was materially reduced. The octagonal upper portion was abandoned, and the excessive thickness of the main wall not being required to carry the superstructure, was reduced to the dimensions needed only for its sta bility. The tower roofs are covered with red tiles from Akron, Ohio, and the hiri.rolls and crockets were exe cuted by the Chicago. Terra-Cotta Company. The central tower, while massive and grandin its proportions and constructions, is nevertheless light and grac'efuPin its effect. On the 10th orf:October, I 87 . 3, the contract for the superstructure was signed between the building. commit tee: 'of the church and Messrs. Nor cross Brothers of Worcester. Opera tions were at otee commenced, Ded ham rose granite being selected for the body of the church, and Long TILE SUPERSTRUCTURE TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNMPA., TIIURSDAY MORNING, MARCII 8. 18 7. meadow.stone, a Very compact brown freestone for the trimming. .The contractors opened quarries at Long- meadow, Dedham and Westerly, Ili 1., the latter yielding apink granite which was used in certain portions. The walls are faced with broken range quarry-faced granite of a slight salmont Tor • and vet"- tine &aim, - • froniDed am: In places where large stones are required, the "redgranite from Westerly was substituted for the Dedlfm, the openings being long and narrow. Portions of the exterior are richly carved, especially the to ers,in front. of which there are,oo; surmounted. with turrets and having tiled roofs. The openings in the walls have been filled andi the space left for the introduction of sculptured' figures, it having, been the purpo4of Mr. 'Richardson in building this church to combine the arts of sculp ture and painting with 'his! own, be lieving that in. this way the most harmonious and pleasing effects could be prOduced. Spaces are left for six ligurclS, for the execution of which application has already been-mace by some of- the most accomplished sculptors in the . counl.ry. The bight of the walls 'is"s2 feet. and of tlie tower above about 160 feet; froth the floor to the top of the arch in, the nave and tram,cpt is 57 feet. The width of the : nave and transept is 5. , 1 feet. The - eXtreme lenith of the transepts 122 feet, and of the nave and chancel 11;0 feet. zits INTERIOR. On enti!rufg ihe church from the western or main entrance, one is Strllek With its grand priprn - ti(ms. The vestibule is twenty feet in width ; from the inside vestibule (loots to the chancel wall the length is one hun dred and twenty fret; the nave is fifty-one feet in,width ; the hi!. - ht the nave and ,transept zeiling from the floor is up Ward one hundred ; the tower 's forty-six and a half feet square. From •the main vesti ,bale flights of stairs of easy ascent lead to the gallery at -the western end of the fave, and by means of arched corridors : the galleries in the mlf - th and south transepts are reached. Ttiese latter galleries are agei acces sible- from entrances - on St. James and Huntington avenues. The.whith `of these galleries is twenty feet. At tin! south side of the chancel is a recess sixteen feet by twenty, in which the organ is placed, and the eli.iir will occupy :t small lodge, which may be viewed in the light of a e-mtinuation of the south transept gallery. Opposite the organ recess is a corresponding recess or gallery. The robing room is on the north side of the chancel. The pulpit and read ing desk occupy positions in front of awl to - the 'right and left of chart ed and under the central tower. A font of marble and alabaster present ed to the church stands in the chan ce!. The wood-work is all in highly polished black walnut, and is elabor can`ed-. The pews are remark dy handsqine, the hacks having a balustrade pr rope molding. Froin the receskin the north transept a Ilight of st i airs leads up through the northern litrret of the central . tower to'the lanttru, in which is the venti lating, shaft. Thh chancel., floor is raised live steps, with au additional knet•lill!r step at the ehancel rail. PI! altar,is surrounded by a, heavy black walnut rail, elaborately carved, and ag.iin4 the chancel wall are erceted thirty-six stalls for the clergy. The church . is richly carpeted and upholstered by Messrs. Bancroft c hoyden. The floor of the - church ac "cominodates one thousand persons, and the three galleries will ,seat 456 more. making the total seating capac ity hut sonic additional room 4%tn be had on occasion by putting seats in the northeast vestibule and - the room above it, both of which open by wide arches into the audito rium. I)f.Ctilt.tTlONS The greatest interest in the interior attaches to the decorations, which, in seine respects, arc the most novel and interesting features ofthe church, on account cif the richness and har monious artistic effect producei I. The decoration of t he church was entrust:- ed to a distinguished artist, Mr. John La Fargo of Newport and New York, ' NVISO has. by giving an important place iii his scheme to figure-subjects, opened a new and interesting field for future designers of monumental structtires. The donduant feature, of the decoration is the interior of the tower, which, being lighted by twelve large windows, is 'tire prinCipal source of well as the central point of the interior. It was not supposed that the whole of the interior would be seen as it is, and the at tists labor ed to make the upper portion rich nail attractive. Accordingly, within the space of the-tower is crowded as much luxury Of color 'as it can con tain, and the highest intellectual in terest is given - to it by the collossal figures. angels, prophets, patriarchs, each one a work of arty-: which arc painted upon its walls. The concep tion of this noble mode of decoratipu is due to Mr. LaFarge,. who entered into the views of Mr. Richardson with rare enthusiasm, and the result is, without doubt the finesl., , specimen , of a decorated interioeto be found on this continent. In order.tekliminish the volume of inclosed tar in the auditorium, and thereby add to the acoustic Mr. Richardson devised the turn of ceiling now seen in` the .building, which leads itself admirably to varkd effects of decoration. The ceiling is placed across the tower at a 'light of 163 feet from floor, and ornamented with the symbols of the finir-evange list—the bull of St. Luke, the winged -lion of St. Mark, the angel of St. Mathew and the eagle of St: John. Reside the symbol fur St: Luke is the text, " Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing men-in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." Beside that of St. John, "I will give them a heart to •know irne, that I am_ the Lord thy God, and they shall - be my people, and I will be their God." The cor responding spaces beside the other symbols are filled by two mosaic tresses of very large 'dimensions. The arches above lice twelve win dows are filled with Scriptural sub jects, such as the Good Shepherd, the Flight into Egypt, th,e'' Story of , .k.-01jiLti: REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION,FROM ANY QUARTER. Jonah, the Sacrifice of Abraham, the Prophecy of the Lion and the Lay* Adam and Eve, SantSon and the. Lion,'Ddy acid Night; etc,, almost all of which are based upon the antique, copied from the paintings in the Catacombs. Twp of these, paintings are original designs, by fMr..T. D. Millett of BoSton and Mr.. Maynard of New York. At the bases' of the small piers which divide the windows are panels upon which are painted heads of biblical characters. Below this is a gilt cornice, relieved with green, then a mosaic border, and a broad gold band, which encircles-the tower, hav ing on it in brown Roman letters this. text from. Revelations, chapter five - ,' verse thirteen:; "Blessing, and: Honor, and Glory, and rower be un- - to Him that, sitteth upon the throne and unto the ;Limn forever and ever." Beneath this band, on the east side of Ahe tower, arc figures of . St. Peter and, St. Pant, surported groups Of two angcls.on each side 'of the figures. ,On the north side are figures of Moses and David, the, for mer bearing the tablets of the law, and the latter the harp, and these are supported by single, angels. On the south side are the prophets Jeremfilli and - Isaiah, also supported by angCls. The west side is at present left plain, but will be eventually filled with ap propriate subjects. The figures are respectively fifteen feet high ; they are witilout stiffness, the pose of each being easyand natural, and they are as imposing in their efiect as they are grand in their proportions. The Whole of the above decoration is bound in on the arches which sup port.the tower by a heavy band oc . Id upon the red ground, which is the color of the entire tower. The four ch.stered piers 'which support the Ante are painted a very de'ep green, varied hi the smaller columns, and the capitak are elaborately orna mented and, with the heavy baStrs, ar gilded. The chancel ceiling is eoV,eTed With gold, relieved by a very swan quantity of white mosaic deco ratioct. Th4cnetrations of the seven windows in,che chancel are dectirated in .blue, green andtold, Wail figures, and•dther deV i ices. On the piers be tween the chancel windows are the usual tablets, containing the Lord's Prayer and creed, and the following appropriate texts selected by .IteY. PhilipS - Brooks: , , waat con , nortmg - . worth our Saviour Chrlht h unto all who truly . ' turn to Him. IMM=MI=NI laden and I will refresh you. - Seil.od loved flip lio.gave hls only he gotten Son. to the end that all that believe lo should not perish, but have everlasting life." •• Hear what our Lora Jeswi Christ salt!). Thou shalt Lobo ti n • -.Lord Thy nith all Thy heart and with all Thy soul, and witlf all thy m 14,1. Tht+l. the first and great cotumaudment, and th • scroll.: Is like unto Thou shalt love thy nelghbor ai thyself. On these two conunarnltnents hang all the law and the prophets." The two panels next to the en ranee to the chancel are decorate( by latye Latin crosses, ornamented with gold. Beneath the ornamented molding Which surmounts the lower stage of the - apses is a wide border of golden' colors similar to the well known (me in St,larks, Venice... The space below remains empty, and will be filled with historical figures. The window penetrations are all gilded, and dpon the gold are orna .ments of deep brown: ,The walls of the building arc red with bands of black and deep red, -except the clam ; eel which is painted a.dark (riven. The walls of the nave are left plain for figure subject's, which will employ the artists , during the remainder . of the winter' andspring,• it being the intention of Mr. LaFarge to carry out his designs very elaborately. The whole treatment of the decora tion, as far as was consistent, is in the Romanesque style, which corres- ion with that of - the church itself. The artist has studied 'earefully to keep within well atinthentieated pre cedents, most a which belot,* - to the early or llomanesque decorations of the Soutl of France. in theJprose cution'a this work Mr. LaFarge has been assisted by Mr. Saint,Gandens, painter and Sculptor, who, is.exenting the Farra ant monument in Newyork, by Mr. F. D. Millet, Mr. Oc;brge Champney, S. Smith, engraxey, of Boston, and F. K. Lotliroirand'ileo. W Maynard of New York. , TIM windows now in the building arc infended for temporary use only; most of them will .be 'ultimately re placed by memorial windows, large part of which are already in tile hands of Loud* and Paris artists. Of the seven windows in the chatted the three central ones arc to be dedi cated to the memories of Bish6p Parker, Rev. Dr. John S. J. Gardiner and Bishop Eastburn. The central window of the south transept will be tilled with a tribute of Harrison Gray. Ritchie to the memory of his mother, who was the daughter of Harrison Gray Otis. The central window be neath the gallery will he a tribute to the memory of the late Miss Abbv Lofin.r, who left some $200,000 to-the various charities of the city. The two side windows -over the gallery have been taken by Martin Brunmer and - Mrs. ..;:thaniel Thayer, while Hon R. C. Winthrop will furnish one to the memory of his parents; Will iam Amory one to theinemory of his father, and the family of the late Charles 11. Appelton to their father. On the. south side of the nave win dows have been Secured by the fami ly of the late James M. Beebe, by the Borland family and by IMbert Treat Paine, 'Jr. _'l he memorial tab let to -Dr. Gardiner, which was saved from the old church on the night of the fire 'by his grandson, Mr. Howard Gardiner, will be given an appropri ate place in the new-edifice. The church will be lighted -for evening services or other purposes from a central chandelier suspended from the ceiling of the central tower. It is entirely of polished brass, and is ninety feet from top to bottom. The corona is fourteen feet in diame ter and composed of a number of panels ornamented with beaten brass flowers. Above, this,-are two smaller coronas, the whole ornamented with numerous halls and twisted tubes. The entire chandelier weighs . some fifteen hundred pounds , and is furn ished with one hundred and twelve bumph In addition to this a - row of 3IEMORIAL WINDOWS ILLUMINATION gas jets encircles the centr tower close to the rocif + and eight 'oionas, each provided with twenty-four burn ers, are. suspended in the transept and nave. The various vestibules and entnes, are furnished with' brack ets of deli' and tasteful designs, fur, nished by Mr. Richardson, the archi tect, and executed by Mr. 0. R. Perry of New York, who . also onde'-, the massive hinges of the touter doors. TIIE IIIEATING APPARATUS. The systenr,adopted for heating the church is original with Mr. Fred; rick Tudor, ventilating engineer; of this citY,". and promises to- work a revolut.ion - in the method of heiiting large halls and churches. The entire basement has been taken for a eham berfor and distributing the air, which is dime by five immense iron stove the ednsutnption of which is about a ton ot coal a day. The air in the basement, •as fast . as it is warmed', rises through nearly' three hundred openings scattered about the floor.of the auditorium and neat ly concealed under the ends of the pew. During the presence. of the congregation, the fires will have been allowed to subside, and Ventilation will be set, up by opening a-sufficient number of basement windows on the windward side of the church and opening the great valve in the venti latine shaft of the tower. The entire apparatus, on account of its simplicii tp, has been completed at a very low cost: TILE OIt(I.A.N. Thii instrument, constructed by Mr. Ililbo}•ne L. Iloosevelt of New York, stags in an Organ chamber on the right of the chainic,l, , one set of front pipes being in the Chancel and another in , the transel t, •where the; keys are on -a level with the gallery:. 'flit organ may be said to be five stories high, the first in the basement being occupied, by the bellows, levers and hydraulic engines (which supply the wind): the second floor is occupi ed by the two large bellows and a portion of the pedal organ; thethird for contains the great and swell organs and the remainder, of the pedal' organ; the fourth floor Contains the .choir organ the fifth contains the echo organ, which is placed over the ceiling of the church and con nected with the main body of the organ by electricity. The echo organ contains the Vox Human stop, tl'e measurments of which were taken by the builder from the famous one in Freibur!*, Switzerland. - Its imitation of a choir singing in the distance is quite remarkable. The greatest care has been taken in the mattea of the voicing, thwaim being to combine in one instrument all the finest effects Of the different European organs. Ample passageways traverse the _in strument in different 'directions, Yeii dering all parts easy of access for tuning inyl adjiistment. The fronts of the exPosek.-pipes Will be -highly ornamented. ~ The organ is by no means completed, and any defects which may occur to mar the harmony of sound will in time be remedied. TilE CHAPEL This building, compiising on the lower story live rooms of different sizes, and on the. second story good sized chapel, was finished in Novem ber, 1874, and has been used for Sunday School purposes. The ye's tibacs and so-called clois),er -pas sageivay between the chii-OV and chapel are to lie paved. With e waustic tiles from Maubeuge, France OTHER MATTERS The cost of the church is s at $756,000, and - the Society from debt. . . . Five men have lost thelt;4iVes by accidents (luring the erection of the church. N' . 6arly all the pews have b i except those in the gallery) will be free forever. 112=01:1 , TR F; MORALITY Or MAI , ;NERS.- Manners 'easily and rapidly mature into morals. As childhood advances. to manhood, the transition from had manners.to bad morals is almost im perceptible. Vulgar, and obscene objects before the mind, engender 'the impure, images in the imagina tion and make unlawful desires pru rient.- From the prevalent state of the mind, actions* proceed as water; rises from a fountain. , Hence: what was originally.only a word or phrase becomes a though, is meretriciously embellished by the imagination, is inflamed into a vicious desire, gains f_ strength and holdness ,hy always 1 e ing welcome, until at last, unThr some urgent temptation, it daresfor once, to put on - the visible form )f action; it is then ventured opts again ante again, niore frequently and less warily, until repetitidn forges the chains of habit; and then language, 'imagination, desire and habit bind their Victim to the prison house of sin. In this way profane language wears away the reverence for things sacred 'and holy; :and .a child who has' been allowed to'follow, and mock, and hoot at an intemper ate man -in the streets is . far more to become 'intemperate himt self than if he has been accustomed to regard him with pity, as a fallen brother, and yrith sabred abhorrence, as one self brutified or demonized. So, on the other hand, purity and chasteness of language tend to? pre serve purity and chasteness of thought and of taste; they delight in the unsullied and the untainted, and all their - tendencies are on :the side of virtue.—/lorace akin. I • LUXURY 01, FAffOUE.—it is 3 pleas sure to get thoroughly :deed. The only way to fully :enjoy-. rest and sleep is to get tired, first. Many persond have an idea that idleness is pleasure. There cannot be a More erroneous notion. Idle persons en joy, nothing. A sense of languor haunts them through the night. Nor, on the other hand, is the en joyment repose: It is ,the happy combination of mental and -bodily labor, requiring recreation for both body and mind which alone qualifies one for complete realization of the the luxury of the change to rest and sleep. Arid it is only from sucL sleep. that we awaken greatly ltrOgthened and refreshed. rfilt r .. .... .. THE DAYS THAT ARE NO NOEL Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean. Tears from the,depth of some divine despair, 'Rise lu the teart, and*gather to the eyes, - In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, - - And thinking of the days that aro no more. Fresh as the first bedin glittering on a sail, That brings our Lest friends nr. from : the under world, . • Sad 119 the last wltleli reddens - over tote . That etnks with all we love lielotv - the verge; So sad, so . fresli, the days that are no snore., Ah, sad and strange tia In dark summer dityns, The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds Io dying can when unto dying eyes - • The casement. slowly glows a gnu; tyirlug square ; So ISM, so strange, the days that are no more. Dear as remembered kisses after death, And sweet as these by hopettiss tati , y feigned On lips that are for others : deep as love,- Deep as the ) first love, and wild with all regret, ODeath In fire, the days that are more. ,; NTERIOR OF THE HOUSE OF COM MONS. The rows of cushioned benches at run down each side ofAhe House are divided', erossWays, ,n' t distance about one-third of the*whole, length, by a -narrow passage, called the Gangway, which used to have a more important significance than at pres ent, when parties are not so sharply defined, alt i hougb even now it indi cates a•certain,line of separation in politics. Above the gangway, ,on the Ministerial side, are supposed to sit the most thorough-goingsupport crs of the Government, while-below it are those who profess to he- more independent, and give• a general but not indiscriminate vote to the Minis= try. Not Oat the line is too strictly drawn, and it is, - to a . certain:extent, a cross -division, like that of I,lie fa mous one of bread into white: bread, black bread, and French rolls—for it would be easy to name members Who sit above the gangway :end oc casionally speak =and vote .against particular measures ot: the Govern ment ; and still more easy -to mine some below the gangway to whom- _ the word of a Minister, is law, and who have never been guilty of •the crime of thinking the-Government in the wrong: The same general dis,- tinetion does not apply so strongly to the Opposition side of the House. The front row there• above the•gang way is occupied-by the ex-Ministers: but behind them Ist, many _who, if the whirligig of ! fortune brought those ex-Ministers into power, would givei tltem a good Leal of trouble by their speeches and their •votes. Be= low the gan!rwny, n the Oppositiori (now the Liberal) Ode, the more Ad vanced Liberals, o Radicals as they used to be called, (although the name• is falling into disuse), range, them selN:es with undoubted preferOice. There sit-Sir Charles Dilke. Sir Wil frid Lawson, Mr. NicLaren; Mi. Ry 7 lands, Mr. :Muncie Mr. Anderson, Mr. Richard, Mr. .Reter - Taylor,_Mr. Joseph Cowen, 'rofessor -• Fawcett: and others, who are li4ly .to, cause no little embarrdssment to any Lib eral Government which asks ,`far najority on which it can stead.ily,re- ly. There also, either on the front bench or that immediately behind it, cluster the Irish Members, - whose watchword is Home Bute. It is -.a rule that no one may cross an inary line drawn between the Speak=. er and a member Who is addiessin7 . the house. When we say "address ing tile House," w, e mean addressing . the'Speaker ; for 'every member-who speaks, unless he• is merely asking a question, is suppoSed to address Mr. Speaker, and not the assemply. And hence the reason of the rule 'justal luded to. As thelSpeaker is the per son addressed,,it,Would be an act of rudeness to intei*st the , body be tween him and the member who is speaking to him. i Sometimes, how .ever, in the heat of debate, a member (espeeially itlie be a new member) fOrgets that,* is speaking to the Speaker, and - apostrophizes his audi ence; and We have more than once hoard an excited member, full of ree= ollection of some Meeting of hiS 'con stituents, say. " Gentlemen !" instead of "Sir!"—an imPropriety at once rebuked by loud cries of " Order! or der!" As the rule about not cross ing the line would! sometimes 'neees •t down is free en sol( , wliiel sitate a rather tortuous eiretim-navi vation to enable a member to react his seat, it is amusing to see how i k evaded by ducking the head am stooping ;and almost creeping along` until the point of danger is passed. Noone may yise from his seat either to speak q4:4ange his place, or leave the Hotqe without taking off his hat. in other words, whenever he is upon his legs he must be uncovered. And Ire may not cross the flo_or or walk up or down, the House on entering or leaving it without makin ,. o a bow or, obeisance, as it is called in parlia'J mentary language, to the Speaker. But let not the uninitiated imagine that it Is a Sir -Charles Orandison bow. The merest inclination of the head is sufficient; and it often looks more like a familiar nod to the awful ocenpant . of the chair than a dignified homage to his authority, ,But — still, however done, it iS a inaiVer respect, and contributes something to the preserv.•tion of order and decorum. But as in the House of LordS ,the woolsack is not part of the Hot*, so in the house of:, Commons there are within its sacred precincts (ex clusive of the lobbies) spaces where a degree of liberty is allowed that is denied elsewhere. On entering the house, see a line drawn across the matting of the floor from'the seatme . copied by the Sergeant at Arin4F to the opposite bench, and within this 1 line members• may stand with their hats,oir and listen to the debate; but outside of it they must 'sit, or . to be instantly called to "order.",. They cannot, however, address the house in this position ; but if they wish to do so, must go,to one of the benches and speak from that place: When Mr. Plimsoll: began his, impassioned attack on the Ministry for*ithdraw ng their Merchant Shipping bill in the season of 187', 1 S he wag. standing at the door, but he had to move to the benches and Ontinue his philip pie there. There is also, within the House a space be find the ; ,Speaker's chair where mem ers may standwith, their hats on-:--th 1 reason of Which, we suppose, is that ,as it is a- physi cal impossibility l'or Mr: Speaker to see them, they earl show him "no dis respect by bein_ covered. AA the 4. , =I By ALFRED TENNYB9N Simei In AdvanCe, NUEER 36. . body_of the House is by no means. large enough to hold all the mem bers on a full- night, the overflow Must hetake itself .to the galleries, and members may spe c iik from them, although-we never saw such 'a case actually -happen. The general atti tude- or the. occupants of the 'benches is hardly that which a sculptor or a painter, would.approve of. Perhaps we may best describe it as. that Of undignified ease. Some with hats on, and some with bats off, they may be seen lolling, lounging, sleeping, and even gently shoring. AlaVorite attitude of one distinguished mem- her is to• sit with his legs crossed; and beat time with his foot to 'some imaginary tune. Every variety of costume is admissible,—from the eve niug dress coat and white neckcloth, which frequently appears after din ner,,t9 the pea-jacket and Wide-awake —the latter confined to very few. When an embassY from Carthage en tered the Senate-house at 'Rome, and saw the Conscript FatherS' seated in, their curnle-chairs, they were' 'so struck with their la4elares, the grav ity of their aspect,"and the dignity, of their 'demeanor, that they exclaim-: ed, "This is an assembly of Kings'!" if a 'Chinese embassy were to loolc down from tho gallery of the House of Commons ipon thgl,.scene beloW, with member bustliiin and' out and across the House, as if it were an hill—with its cries of " Or; der," and cheers and counter-cheers, 4 the freqnently long buzz of conver sation, and sometimes inarticulate groans—ire fear that it would be in clined to think that it was gazing upon a body of noisy school-boys. But if a question of profound inter est is, asked—say, for instance, as to the result of the conference at Con stantinople—then ) instantly all is mute .silence and fixed attention. You might hear a pin drop or a limuse stir; and the faces of all the memh,ers are turned with eager and painfal interest to the Speaker.— lEcialcoticrs Magazin': CYRUS J. lEUCHMORE. Laziness v - as his foible. He had that tinpleasent. qpality in kts su- ifeme condition. The throne ' of ndolence was vacant on our coast intil Cyrus lolled forward and fell nto it. Ile was own brother.to the snail, and. no relatlOn whatever to the ant. tY,cathis cautious father; discoursing. 6f, 1 him one day, acknowledged that "the boy was rather chickenhearted about- work." Unaided lonoinotion was distasteful to liini. If sent On an errand to the nest cottage, he waited patiently for an opportunity to transfer hithself bodily into the tail-end of somebody's passing wagon„ .considering it better to be thus as sisted along than to assume; the i',:"- po.nsi bil#y of moving forward on 111 . s1 own legs.: Ile spared himself all thel fatigue possible .to mortality, and , 1 over -nine labor - by -constantly lyin, in wait for " a lift", as he called it. lle.was the only sea-side stripling I ever met who eschewed fishing. Most boys are devotees of the rod and line, but' , : Cyrus was 4n ..excep-, tion. The necessary anterior search for bait was WO much for his inertia. Clam. and ~li-orm might lie :foreyer undisturbed, so far as he was .con r I cerned. dilatory - habit - rose sometimes to the audacity of genius. Ile could consume more hours in going a mile to the village post-office and return- ing with the mail - than one would credit unless his gait came under per 'sonal obseryatibrk We took a kind of exasperated delight. as we used L to watch him trailing alohl the ground, and we felt a fresh wonder every da,y, at his power , of slow procedure, se .It cined a gift, an endowment, now* for the tirst,time vouchsafed to mor tal inertness. The caterpillar would have been too rapid for him: he would lose in a race withithat dull groundling. lle seemed ter be count- ing myriads of somethin c g in the:road. When he cautiously and laboriously lifted up one foot, it seemed an eter nity before the ; other followed it Ile would frequently drop asleep in 'getting .over a stone wall, and. his az , recumbent fiqUre was imprinted under all the rrees by the road-side. •TuE .:Eszitirs OF EATING. is a grave error and an ungrateful d'eed to swallow well cooked, pala table food at such a pace as to pre vent your getting the full amount of pleasure out of the act.of eating, and which renders you indifferent to your- cook's skill. There arc some Supremely virtuous beings who con demn epicurism as something hor rible, and - as-likely to lead to murder petty larceny and btliers oltjection able crimes; but god souls, they often confound retinkmient and dis crimination in feeding with gluttony and,, in their desire to avoid - this,. and'set a high example of indiffer ence' to the tiesh, adopta_scornfulTrit gurd ot'what and how the,Y eat and drink, and pretending to be above, such mundane considerations, bring themselves to a chronic staterof ill health, which it takes years of strict. regimen to recover from. No, you must linger over the taste of ydur food as you linger over the smelliof a Bawer; nature demands of you this Concession to health, and there can ~ be nothing more sinful in indulging in the senSe of taste than the' sense of smell-Tinidey's Magazine. HE WAS A PI IYATE.—This comes to us-from the Gopher 'City—Pensa cola Some little while ,Ago, "at' a bar conclave at a Southern hotel gener als, majors - , etc., were each, with much ueclaination, giving =Account of an incident of the. war. *.ri' quiet man stood by, and at last said: " Gentlemen,:l happened to be there, and perhaps, might be able to refre'sh your mettiories as to what took place :" and lie'"gave, succinctly and inoffensively, an exact detail of a;smart action: . • The 1104-keeper said to him, "Sir, what might hasT , been your rank ?" "I was a privater was the..reply. Next day the quiet , man, as he was about to depart, asked fotilis bill. " Not,a'cent, sir; not a cent," an; swered the proprietor. "You are the very first privsite I-Ocr li/eV' PUN PACT AND FACETL • lis that thinks his biistaem below lilm will always be above his baldness. HE. that can read and meditate need not think the evenings long s or life tedi ous. WIN is a mail who marries an heiress a lover of music'?—Because he marries for tune. To keep moths out of old clothing, it is recommended to give the clothingto the poor. Surnoxfics says: 'Make your home happy—oven- if you' have to stay away from it." ifirpmr.ss generally..depends more on the opinion we have of things than onthe things themselves. • - "SOLITAIRES are well enough in dia monds, but when it comes to pancake's man reaches for clusters." - ' To what length may the widow when slcdesires, a new parent for her children? She may go one step-father. " WHAT did you getl" _she asked, 10 he returned from a :two dys,! deer hunt. " Got back !" wati,the reply: A Wall: Street luau Wants to know what is the ditlernnee between thet day: rate of gold and the nitrate of silver. A child beihg asked what were the three great feasts of the Jews; promptly replied. "Breakfast, dinner, and supper." A Down-East paper says there is a fog bell in its towtio: that is of no ,more use than a boiled carrot_hutig in a boot-leg. A coroner's_ jury, in the case of a man who was killed by a falling icicle, render ed the verdict that ho "died of. tard drink." LF.TTERS from! a French firm to the booksellers Bridgnian At Childs, in North amdton, Mass;, come directed " Brig,man et fits:" ' f _ THOSE young ladies :who missed fire during the leap year just paSsed,..now sadly sing ; " Imay be four years; and it may be forev r." IT has been 'efficially decided that that reasons why a law book is like a. frolic some ramjudping over aTence is becauso • they are both ipiundin; sheep. HE met a friend on-the 'street the other morning. "What is the matter with your 'eye ?" he asked. " of, I attended a `pound sociable' up here last night." ' 1 . I IF you have no cold victuals , for the poor hungry tramp, on't send him away.. without anything. Aive him your moth er's recipe for making oyster dressing. 1 DISCUSSION between a wise child audits tutor.—" That star you see up there is bigger than this world." "No, it isn't." "Yes, it is." "Then why doesn't it keep the 'rain . : off?" . A neg,rti was put on the stand as a wit ness, and the judgelnquired•if he under stood.the nature •of an oath. "For ' - ccr tail', bosP,"•said the citizen ; "If I swear to a lie I must stick to him , !" '.. . 1 •-•-- • SURPRISE is the essence' of wit ; but; . somehow; when, 'a man is climbing down a ladder iu a hurry and never finds out one of the rounds is,.gOne until he tries to step on it it never seems very funny to him. • • "Charley, what is it that makes - You so sweet r said a loving mother one day to her little boy, as she pressed him to her bosom. "I dess when God madd : me out of dust he put a' little.thugar in," said Charley. ON I ,E,of the old settlers at the Isles, of ShoalSi seeing the name of "Psyche ", 'on the' hull . of a yacht, the other, day, spelled it out slowly, and then. exclaimed.: " Well, if that ain't the biggest way, to spell fiSh - , zl: man caught fishing for trout on an other man's land the other day completely silenced the owner, Who remonstrated, with the answer: , "Who •wants your trout? I 'am only trying to drown this.. worn." ' • LORD Castlerealzh made so many new words that Canning called him tbe.literary coiner. " 'Helms got a mint in his mind," said he. "Mint in his mind !" rejoined Sheridan. "Would he have sage •in his head ?" Mosr people use their minister as 316- here did his . physician._ Of what use is •. - our doctor ?" said,the king to him one " Well, sire," was the reply, "he gives me pret criptions and I never follow them—that is all." "I never can enjoy poetry when I'm cookin',," said an old lady ; "lut.:when I step out to feed the hogs, and h'ist my .elf on !41 - e fence ; and throw my goul into a few lines of Cap'n.Jinks,' it does seem as if.this :dial; was made to live on, after all." . A young American prima donna,_ who took lessens in Milan a few years ago, and returned to this country disgusted. with the tyranny of Italian music teachers, has been engaged s a substitute for a steam whistle in a Makachusetts boot factory. • A gentleman, who rather suspec ). ted some one was peeping through the key hole of his office door, investigated , with a syringe full of pepper sauce, and wont home to find his wife bad been cutting wood, and a dhip had bit her in the ;eye. HE purehale l d his . sweetheart alair of ten-button, glr'es and handed them in at the .daor himself. The servant girl took them, and going to the foot of the stairs, bairled tip,: "Please miss, 'ere's a young man as has brought you a pair of leg- 'MAI - they always live in peace' and harmony !" was the Way, a Yankee mar riage shoUld have wound up. But the compositor, Who couldn't read manuscript so well, put in type and hdrrilled the happy couple. by making it read : "May they always live on peas and hoininy !" LAVENDER was aroused in the middle of lid night by his'wife, will) complained that she heard a noise. " What doeS sound like ?" asked he. "It sounds like • something ticking,"'said she. "It's prob-. ably the bed-tieking,ll:he murmured, and went off to sleep again. , A minister was telling a young girl, NOM was about to' become a • bride, that she must rernember,that the man and wife are one. "Well," said she, "if you were '.rny father and mother's window when they are quarreling, you'd think they were at least a dozen.' _ " NoW, nis' boy," said the - examiner, "If I had a mince pie and should give two-twelfths of it to John, two-twelfths to Isaac, two-twelfths to Harry, and should take half the - pie myself, wlu 'would there be left ? Speak out loud, so-that all can -bear." ",,The platel" shouted the boy. , PETTENGILL lays that the first "re-. turning board " of vehicle he has any rec ollection was a' shingle in the hands of his father. The three—father, son and shing4 le—used to hold frequent committee meet= aigs in the -back shed, but the returns came in siftly that alair count was impracti&ble. • .-;,, WHEN a man without . cash or credit (says the . C.)l City Derrick) attempts to leave a hotel, and bweis his valise out pf a back window by means of a rope, it makes charity seem cold to liear,the.voiee of the landlord beliisv, yelling c Ont : " kll right. I've got the valise ; let go the SCENE from a Sunday • school room. Teacher : • "Now, who was the oldest man mentioned in the Scriptures ."' YOung.; scholar; " l'Ounno. Who was the cove?" Teacher ; " Why, Methusaleli ; be was over dine hundred years old." Scholar : • Golly,what a lot of Cente_unialshows.hp •nfust have seen." A maiden lady said to her little neph ew : "\ow, you go to bed early, l i .and always do rO, and you'll be rosy •cheeked and handsome when you grow lip." Johnny thought over'this a few minutes, and then observed. ' "Well,. anxity r .you must havesat up a good deal when you were youn,"•t• • - , • g - A five-year old tot, l Who bad always closed her prayers at night with " And God help Katy to be a good girl," opened • hec" , eyes on that point one night in•green' apple time; and said very decidedly : I ain't a going to say the rest, for I don't want to . be a good girl, I want to eat green apples and swallow 'em." youfigA gentleman • fell asleep. in the barber's chair, the other evening. • When the razor-man finished his work and shook up •liis customer, he remarked, respect:. fully; "Tired; Mr. LOveberry?" " Tired, shir? Tired ?" replied the young gentle man,. with dignity. - "'No;'shir t' Can't you shee I'm drunk, you (hie) you ijit?" • A modern child is pretty quizzical.. This time she lives in St. Lours, and reads her Bible with thoughtfulness ; but she makes her own crimmentary. "Did they take a piece right out of Adam to make his'Wife, ma?", "Yes darling !" was the reply. 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