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, •
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ed to him. omen with rat.rielt dt Foyle, (flier
.7;iurnal (Mkt), Towanda. Pa. 143110717.
. ,
JAMES WOOD,
~ ATTOIMEY-AT-L AW.‘
meh9‘7B -, • • ' TOWANDA : PA.
. :.
ti t-011 N F. SANDERSON,
. ATTiIIIN EY-Pa-TAW. . .
- OF FIC g.—Steans Buildinilorer rowell'o Store)
mch946 - TOWANDA, PA.
Se
W. & War. LITTLE,
A T TORNF.TS-AT-LAW, TOWANDA, PA
_Offiee ever Decker's Pnwlsion Stare, Mtn Street
Ti;wantl,%, 1 . 1A,1 April IR. 'le.
O EO.RGE D. STROUD,
A - 7.77? NYE A .VD CoUNNELI.OR-AT-L%
OrnriL—Mato-sti four eloors North of Watt House
l`rnetices , In Stnprerne Court . •
or rintil•ylvanln anti United T0W•A!.411).4,PA
Stales ennroa.—;lOnl.:7n,
Q , STREETER,
LAW OFFICE,
augto
OVERTON Ai.ItIERCUR,
ATTORNEYS. AT T.A.W.
- TOWANDA•PA.
'Office over Mentanyes Store. • rmay676.
MA; OVERTON,. RODNEY J. MERCUR.
WM. MAXWELL,
4 TTORNE 1 4 -4 T-LA
O Fri(' E OVER DAYTON'S STORE, - TOWANDA, PA
April t2 4 ls7G.
DTI ICK & FOYLE,
4 Y.TOR NE Y5-A 7-LA W.
Towanda, Pa.
ilyl7-7.1
Ottlet , , in Metenes Block
..JANGLE,
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.4 T TOR NE 1"...4 T.L.4 ir
'': . l:llce with Posies & Carnrwilan, Towanda, Pa.
13111.17
ei F. MASON,
T.. •
ATTORNEY AT LAW. ,
T4)WANIIA PA.
first door ; fmith or ('. 1;. Petrt, ROC
ond,ttkrryr. N0v.1.8. 'TS.
.. 14. 1111:.LIS, •
. ATTORNEr-AT.T.A
• Tt P.A.
Smltla k .15ontanye. (nov11-75
T . Als; r iIREW WILT,
.4 7"TOR.VNY roUNsEr,Lon-AT-T,AW,
omen over ecoss•ltonk Store, two doors north of•
viccons & Long. Towanda. Pa. May be consulted'
tn German. [April 12.':(1.7
44r.. KINNtY,
T TOT: YS'74
TciNVAIVDA,TA. °MCC 1111 4 r3Cy &?tiOblels Block
Timand,s, pa., Jan. 10, 1876
F GOFF,
•
Jo •
ATTORNEY:AT-LAW.
fdrdii Street (4 d'oors 'north of Ward 11,111* , ), To
wanda, Pa. • • [April 12, .1A77.
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11..11 ino.loos‘ entrusted to liis .e.ilv . in Bradford,'
F t lovon soil No . ..ming Counties. 'Olilleu" , sitit ffaq:
Porter.-
-- - ruitylo-74.
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111. ELSIIREE,
./.. , ,ATToitsk.:). - -AT-T.AW, _.
I 1.t14-751 TbNYANDA, TA. . N
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C ---,
i L. LAMII,.
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.ATT,ORNEY4L,T-LAW;
Collections promptly attended to.
(IVEIITON k.ELSBREE, ATTOR
KA'S AT i,AW, TOWA%DA, HivlnCeri
eiNp3rtner+lllp, otter tholi prote4tiltioal
Fii.rvieeti . lo the public.. Speelal attention evert LO
tllO I Irpll3lt'S and Itegt•ter's Courtm.
E. ()V JR. %aprli-76 N. C. ELMIt REF..
, .
Al Apl LEL &CALIFF, •
. ATToItNETR,AT LAW.' .
TOWANDA,.PA.
01,1 P.. In Wfioll's Block, first acx,r south of the Fleet
Nall,,na.l hank, Hp-stall - 1 , .
a.. 1,, MADILL. rJanS-731y) •.7. N. CAMP,
(1- RIDLEY icy J'AVNg,
ATV ) ILV E. IS-AT-LAM
TItAI- StutLirs If . 1.041%. MAIN' STBBET,
TOIV AN DA, I'A
Elsa
I=
=MIMI
ATTORNEY AT LAW, \
1.743. CO'3I3IISSIONER,
TOWANDA, F\
orn.ceNort.a . '4itle.rublic Square.
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1'11;5 tt, CATINOciIAN,
Arronm,:ys AT LAW,
IiERCITR BLOCK'',
be TOWANN. PA
4 t
PE ET, ATTORNEY-AT-I kW
t • Is prepaNd ;to pr.v..tlee all branches orbls
•
M ERC rt. BLOCK, (entiaafee on south
• - I- t Tow %No!, t'A. • ,(jarig-1%.
DR. S.M.IVOOL/BURN,
rian.and surgeon. OZlc.,!.ovar 0, A.B‘aclea
(n.,lsery ;titre.
May I. 14721 y•.
D. PA YNE,
lA.
P rsicr.4 AND S VAG EON
lover 51 , 04 iallye; . :311.11q, utrlrr boairs frnin to
1.• fr , m 2to 4. I. srmelai ittentron
•N‘l , , 11, , .:1A,s or Eye autl Ear.—0et.19.'76,-tt.
lyt. T. B. JOHNSON,
II 1 - SiCIA I; sbnaEOIV.
g..gli , .e ever I)r.Yorter & SorepDrugEgtore,Towanda.
: ixel 7 74tt.
- A I). E DCWSON . ,:DENtisT. I '
iy 1.. 4, n and after Sept. I,:ntiy I* found In the
.3;.1:1( 11., 10.1119 Oh 2,1.1 ftoir or Dr. l'rstt's new
qt , .• oit Street . Dustrates '9sDelted.
•
•
LY,
W over ll.- VF I ri ; el, l l -7 9 rr
T i o S ja . uda, O Ps. ce
tni (014, rllrer, Rubber, sna Al
lio base, Teeth eitradtett withort pain.
nit. C. M..STANLi", DENTIST,
tr !laving removed his 'Ceuta) °mos alto Tracy
n..w over Kent /c
c..w prvi.st,il to do all kind of dou - tal
Ici‘ alu. put .14.1 a new gait'aparatus. •
In 4.31375.
T . C. WHITAK*II,
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6r..llTpt BUT LDIS4I, TIII RD FLOOR. TowAsriA
RUSSELL'S
o F.N KRAL, •
Sti It A NOC E A„G N 0 Y
TOWANDA. PA.
, 1.1% Z.,..70t1
I8;6
))1' NI )A INSU It ANC E ApENCy
('our! Roust:
NOBLE A-, VINCENT,
•Jt A N , •
.1 ANCE A GENPY.
Tile followirig
11 ELI.Ari.F. AND FIRE TRIED
, P11114:vi ep re sentier
L A !:•,' • F:, I•II.E!'“X.IfOSSF:
I), fir!4cii•
EiaLLVORD, PubHebei.,
VOLUME'
_GOODS
NEW
. WE ARE NOW READY - WITH
A FULL STOCK OF -FURNI-
TITRE AT PRICES TO SUIT
HE TIMES, • !OF - OUR . OWN
gii , 'Mo - Oio* and *ire are visiting
s ._ , • Ox j
,rs. P ICE RIVES and children, of ,da9
ngton, . • C., halo been spending .do
1 wean; "th Mrs. IL's uncle, Gen. - .04
in this place. ,She returned to eve
ngton`last ;yea.. l ' ple
.
iss KATE M k 2i ' N: is spending a few • w t
"r
in this place as L the guest ~ of Mrs. t h e
'oomucn. the
OVERTON and wife have 'lle
pleasure trip to-Niagara Falls b e 2
er ,
plates of interest. They will
• •••
•nt about :Ivo weeks.' -
ss Loomts, of ,Mcshofitpen, is Visit
'
place: \ She is the'gii st of Miss
Dona \ •
MEacun is' making quite
•
vc totir thrmigh. the WeSt. We
,bled to him for \ c,opies of Chicago
MB
TpWANDA, PA
and Mrs. .
fa(
)(ling this week at 31inttequa.
Lot - isA JE,.ti; KS is visiting at S'r
L,77 . win 'spend. the siti
NV th her daughter iil nazi
.711 term ''.of her school will
le first:of September,
s. .1. W. Payne and daughter, of
insport, are visiting at Mr. Ponoes.
ANIIA Tit - ssta.l,, who is now an at.
_
MEI
THING IN OUR. LINE, GIVEIJS
A CALL.
,IREM•EMBER' THE
PLACE, AT ,TH OLD - STkliD
OF* MAIN. §THEET. -
s \
Towanda, Pa„ April 5, 11177
I,ILKE9.BAIIitII, PA
Jay 1.7
THIS . WAY FOR
SPRING SITIT'S
AND WARRANTED' •TO FIT
lENZEIM
MERCIIANT,TAILOR,
OrPQSZTE COURT IfOralli SQUARN,
MEE
. . ,
' , • list Just 24:clilired a '
..\
....
'NEW AND COMPLETT \ fiToCK, OP
.•
CLOTHS,' \ ti
GENT\ '
FURNISHING GODS
If
t \
TS,. , ' . • CAPS I \
\A\s„
-e, &e:, &a .
. .
\
? He IC misted 110 turn 4, to ordeby made to
meatinre,
SPRING AND SITNIIR. SUITS,.
or • \ .
14
'BEST QUALITY it LATEST % YLES,-
3 Tent
,) :\
At prices the most reasonable of any establlsl
In To and s . Call and examine my stock
ITicitiEsT,AW ARDS !
• J. REYNOLDS L SOK,
Nortkwut eprupT
7
TMIITICENTIFI AtiD FILBERi.-11Ttl.,
WROUGHT -IRON 4IR=TIGHT
• HEATERS,
With Risking aid ellofer-Ortodlog Mites for
, burying Antbrarpr or Blltturi'nous Oat
Dupriptivo circulars - SENT TRIM to any adOesif
El
FOR THE
SPRING , TRADE!
WHEN IN WANT OF ANY
FROST'S SONS
Merchant Tailor.
Mode to order,
11G, \ L. INICNIA*IOIII,
•
J. L. McMA HoN
Toiranda, Fa., April $, 1677
Staten, kc.
CETENNIAL EXHIBITION
Manufacturers ot
,psteuted
•
CENTENNTLI:
•
WROUGHTLIRON . HEATERS.
For Bituminous Cod
K EYSTOIN7 E
WROtGHT-IRON
fSwklng Eseges, Low-rlowil Orates, Etc
EXAMINE BEYOITE SELECTING;
April 717,1,T4
be
U.
L. KENT,'
(Successor to Ken
-• \
TOLL,OFFER FOR THE \:
NEXT PIIIRPY DAYEt HIS
.ENTIRE STOCK . OP DRESS
GOODS, WHITE GOODS,
MI
LINEN GOODS, &c., &b.,
AT BEDUCED # PRJOE S.
GLOVES, gOSIERY, 'LACES?
AND EMBROIDERIES IN
GREAT VARIETY.
A LARGE STOCK OF
SILK WQRSTED FRINGES
JUST RECEIVED.
gei
of
ply
pie
MI
TABLE LINEN, NAPKINS,
TOWELING, tfO., &c.
nu
oho
- .011 STOCK OF
CLOTHS AND.•
bo
flip
tits
Is UNEQUALED,
Ing,
eel \
•
D HAVIIVO SECUREb.THE
SERVICES. OF
BARRIS THE TAILOR,
1111
WE ARE PRE P ARED TO
CLOTHE ALL 117I0\ MAY
FAVOR US WITH EIR
P4T, IiONA
Towanda, Juno 2t, 18n
\IOVED itEMOVAEP
BOSTON & SHOE
NO. 3 \PATTON'S BLOCK, MAIN_ST.,
Twp doors above SL rctis Zs Long
Ilill
1% - o havb on hand largo stock of
FIItST-aASS BOOTS & SHOES,
ASTONISHING, : LOW:,.PHICES
Comeaoll see and ii!e.e4mrinced.
J. (111. SIIEFTE
Towanda, Pa., April 5, re\r.
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES I
ri
PLANING, MATCHING; -AND RE-SAWINGt
And all kinds of Planing-mill Wort,
AWAY DOWN t• DOWN:: DOWN!!!
I have air on hand a Lam stock of
SASII AND DOORS,
. Which 1 sro selling at prices to snit the times.
WINDOW-BLISTi9
Man protrippy to order, st slow price, for CAlgf
Il YOU WANT TO OET RICH QUICK,
Lumber Urns
under cower
Good ahedr fi
Tgwanil9, Pti?•1!11
El
,
-BARGAINS' IN ,
\
i\
;AP
J. L. KENT
Bemoved.
STORE,
Ita!, removed to
Which we Will sell at
liarratited as reptTsenteill
WE STUIEV 11) PLEASE
swirrat,ited ftiatn - Elpiolng. •
Itellpect fully Youi24;
NE
&e.
The undersigned is doing
So (sr yOu caul; see It.
my Goo4B and Prices.
tyit tots milled. wilt be kept
rteetty itty until taken away,
beieee, and a dry place to lead:
N
L. H. RODdrilf!
N .
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD , COUNTY, PA., TIIURSDAY MORNING, ULY 12, 1877.
• - (Poe the Iticro sig-)
• - I
raustos.,-.. .
Work, for the precious moments, passing,
-, Never , more, can be recalled,. . . .
~•
Work, for the Matiter's Voice is calling,
• ~
t•Go labor In my vineyard all:*
, •
„ • The gelds are rim unto the harvest, : ,
1.• . Sat thelaborers aro few,. , . , , ,
.•
• Stand thou not h‘re, In Idle . waliing,
- For the4e 4 s very much to do.
il .
Sow the good e , ,1 in Wets spring them,
' ire Its golden hours depart.
^.*t Mire's motto glade thee ever,
/ad !errs sunshine SR \ thy heart. . •
To thy blether, sister, *online,
• Speak a gentle, loving wOrd; '', .
' That a little throb of gladieste, ' •
*ay In sin aching 'heart be stirred. , -
1 ' f
Gently chide the waywardVanderet:
Tell him of a Savlom's love I , -
' Of Ms ransom, freely o ff e r e d ; . \
\
Of a mansion bright, above. •- '
Lend a Ilan& to help the fallen. \ „
..
fear the burdeils of the-weak:
Learn each day the good others,
And not all thine own to sec.
So shall thy heart be tilled w ill \gl
. • Thy fainting spirit be sustained.
•Forgetting all thy thoughts of sadness,
'Remembering not thy throbbing *pilti,„
ly Aen the shades of evening gather,
And thy intssion work is'dodo, '
Thou shalt hear the angels whisper,
' "Come up higher, faithful 0110."
° WHIM?
I know two maids, oh wonitrouS pretty
One has 405 otAalighine
Like the ware tint of heavens •
Palate* by an artist true.
Pon if lig alai,. th& rival elert
42ornalu teeth en dazzling white
Thfg the isles of the:Pacific
Owned never pearls as bright.
Skin as falr . as snow Juat follow ;
Tres.,ekllk4 ft:le-threaded gold .
Veil her le'thick, wavy masses
And their wealth of length unfold.
Ynlee,r3o musi6l and teltder, •
Llke the s:tinnier zephyr falls, •
And heraweet acid toggle nreeeneo
With its charm tni non! enthralls.
17mt th • Miter hy4ier poi+cr
I - Steals-OM chain and.seM, me tire;
Yet.alls! she binds them tighter
. •
When
, her lovely form 1 zoo.
'tills a brunette. tall and *niter;
id her It'slr Is Itlce.the -cloud
Whi;ti the storm at tuhlulght rages-
Aryl the thunder peateth Whit
'Stately, grathl her everi'motlpla ;
lent her heart 13 Warm 'and light, -
Oh
t that I could see her only,
'Or Out other filry bright;
Theh my Soul that one should ,worship,
ur the other's presence ceMre.
But,. ah'. e t thetr double beauty •
Renders me a doithle slave
A. H., f a Transcript."
icc ell.incva j;
~„
• •-••••.•••,
On tI ••
.
' ght- Road at Last.
.
a• finishing my duties at the
A cf,.l have been in. - the habit of
stepping into a lager beer • saloon
near by to inthilge in a' couple of
glasses of that '.,mild beverage" as
I then thought it, ere. I took myself
to bed. For some time past I had
noticed a young inanordinarily seat
ed at a partictilar table. What first
attracted my attention - Was 'the in
ordinate quantity . ..of strong liquor
which he drank, and. still he did not
sc •
seein to become intoxicated while I
reMained, although I felt positively
sure tat he must reach that stage
Wore the night would end. _Hia .
dress. wa*not one that-showed - care, i
nor' was its texture the' belt, yet
\-
there was an . air of respectability
about him whtlt leil",me.to think be
'was one to: whom hiq liorrn.indings
were :alien. lie t ' aloof
from.those who fi place,.
which though is not
patronized
.by better
classes. if any to ad-1
dress him, lie. ai y,,but
in such a .mantic eo, induce
him tot s continue• the coriveration.
.one cv,uning, I, saw as I entered\that
all the seats , were occupied with‘lte
exception of one which was opposi
Oda young man,: I took . the plar i :
Ordered my - beer, and edatinued
.smokino-,ri cigar vtlia4,l had 'brotight
,in 'with me. Feeling an inclination
to talk I 'concluded to the.
stranger. 'I began by referring to
the
.rood quality -of the ,1.). ,( .er which
our r 'Cl-erritan saleon-keepyr vended.
He answered me eiviliy?pd-.showed
an inclination to .con,tinue the con
veration. Ilia mantict7was thorough-,
ly well,hrtd; his language that - of 7 a
man of education./ We passed an
hour pleasantly, then'',karoSe and bid
him good night,',stating\that I would
be in on the following. eviiing, and
would.be ple - asi2d to meet lthn again.
The next'ufght I found him oectt
• eying Thistuylial scat: lie greeted me
- \
with, evid/
smiled o r
Wiens i e •eirt
face w ,. s ve
ir
wetked I
ed ith bra
Alt /. tights be
lie expressi.
ed manner,
Fray do
grieves me
tur drown
impOtine,
ceivect:
worse .tlilopgli 'tiverse .eireuiustari
ces."
. .
"Why," I said, "you are a young
man; youj do not, appear. tehe more
than thirty years of age, it' you are:
-that, and o one -no older,- with your,
endowments, however cruelly the
fates mayhave visited him,
assuredly
his care ; . 'not opeless."
"Ali," he, said, "Pe aps I am a
-moral coward,. I. presume I am,
NeverthelesS I have pad much to try
me. : Let me giVe you a short sketch
of; my life. You pre a perfect,
ul
stranger, h I should judge thatybtr
are syinpath 'tic, and I think there is
the ringof. rue. inetal ahout you." vl
" I was born .twenty-nine.. years
ago. My father-was a trian.of posi
tion, well coanected, and al.l&possess
ed of large Meant. My mother died
when I
• Wasl quite .young, so /that I
remember but little of her. After
that my, father broke tip housekeep
ing; for the] reason that I.4as his
only child, and platted me with hiS
sister, a married lady, with but one
child, a daughter. .• Mice, her (laugh-
Lor i a lovely child With a - dispoSition ,
almost angel ie, was n eprVl pro years
youtrger thin I. We , were reared
Om g; •111 P . blvtllo 0.41 til,f.itt7 l 119
WI
REGARDINA OF DENIINCIATIOM_ FROM 'ANY' QUARTSI
partiality being shown . by-illy, aunt,
Who strove to treat me as if I' were
were
her own son. Herlife,was quiet and
kindly; "charitable.. works occupied
much, of the timo.; , wihich Was not
taken, up by the care a her daughter,
myself and her household. ,She saw
but little iociety, althOugh herWeatth
and family connections would have
led an .ordinary , -Person to have
sought thalt amusement. • Her hus-•
, band was- la man 'or great natural
abilities, and.who was:also-Weil edit
ctited, a lawyer by profession. His
great failing was a love • for alcohol,
of which henotunfrequentlY indulg
ed:to excess. Thin weakne s ore the
part . of uncle'seemed to embitter the
life of my aunt She was kept in a
constant state of alarm lest he:should'
meet with••eorne mishap: }was aware
of my uncle's foibleil:Andliad s been /Le
v:detained to ft, Init - Onereping when
rny•father;called,.iti, a tate. of .com-
Plete drunkenness , my ' grief was. so
great that it was scarcely Oontroll
able: My aunt consoled 'the,' and
with many pious precepts taught-me
that it was my, duty to bear, aillght
ly as possible, 44. burden ao grievous,
and to learn a lesson from the this.
lfOrtunet of others. t .A - short while
afterwards my father died, and then
f learned. that he , had -_ not - only
mstened his own death by intemper
ce'.but also had Iso worn upon my
in her, tbrongli.liks infirmity, as to
end n existence Wholly Wiapped up
in his welfare. _ 'Although. I was but
fifteen - , . - father's fate made such an
impressio kon me that. I determined
to be aiwtiA n abstainer from ilea
holic liquors. ! • My father, after my
mother's dPatif, had speculated, to.
such an e x tent, that there was little
left of, what was once a large fortime,
.yet there ' was enoilgli to forni the
nucleus of another. I was only six
teen. when my - aunt a\i'xated my
entrance -lino Harvard, ,olleg,e.: • I
\ds„
Was admi tted, and went 'to - Cain
bridge; to proteento my i..s.studies.,
When - I left lurine—as -1- 'alwaYs
termed My aunt's residenee=4lice
and I parted with,much-sinineSi r We
thought it/the same as brother
and sister separated. I ~:have no
doubt we felt so - then. During 'my
stay at Cambridge t only returned
whenever ttiere was a vacation. le ach
year Alice seemed : to grow more
beautiful, both in rni'ttd , ..,: and,. person.
We correspondedfluring my sojourn
at college, and each time we wrote,
the-letters progres4eci 'in tokens of
endearment. , Although: -I was pos
sessed of ,a ; large amount of:animal
spirits, I:had- - escaped the ordinaiy
dissipationtief a student*. life until
the aenier.year of my course, whenll
met 4 young man to whom I becanie
very much - nitaelfed. His _.societly
was.agreeable, and\hia'vices so wcill
concealed that ere I' i . o_ aware of his
Vicious predilections, wits launched
upon a career of dig:l.44o_lln. "My
first knowledge, of how ft ad
vanced in that direction -- .. ,
nizance of the fact that
.intoxicated. My remora
~*l.
occasion Was . sincere,
lieve had I listened to my conscienee,
and not paid attention to,' the jests
and sneers o' my associates; I would
to-day . have - been i , Secce'ssful, man.
It was otherwise; I. harkened to the
song, of the 'syren, and ereilong, in•-
stead of being considered - one of the
most orderly and studious or youths,
I was looked upon as'bcing a leader
of college Vice. -Iti:;,wls - but a short
' time before I Was 'ln:Vended, and
soon a ft erwards I„viai"ekpelled, I
went home; my aunt's grief was in
tense. Alice felt my digrace, 'fully,
but displaYed much sympathy. I re
mained home but a short time.
During thht time' Alice consented to
become my wile, with this proviso,
that since it was not possible for me
to finish my education at' a college
wheie I had so dishphored myself,`l
should go to Germaay to accomplish
that Object. If, upon„ lily'. return, I
/was wholly reformed,',:she would joy
fully receive me as her afliitaced his,
band.
!winces •
\I accepted her terms ; . Went.to Hei
dle 'urg; there remained ten years;
then eturned to America. I found
.lice appy . and thankful. ' ,Our joys
seemed iirdirnited. The (lay was ap p
pointed fo'rour wedding. She was
taken: suddenly ill. The :physician
promiunced ityphoid fever: \
l - pray; \
erfully awaited he issue. - One eve
ning,exhameed• 1 this antagonizing.
tineertainty,"l stat*lito take a short
stroll About the imnicdiate vicinity .
I Walked with my heal, how--' '
in thought, when I el
than walking, in al, of
tion... It vira's my
,old
We Conversed awhile,
gesteLl our goift to a
untie the eonve' rsa' Lion
Winit weakness must
ine.. I accepted. The result was,
\was in a short thnecompletelynnder
6.clililuence of lipior. I left .
what a misnomer! I ,went
lioni6;^ . t - vened the door ; went to Al
ice's
room ; she wa.4' l7- ::.sleeping f ,, The
nurse did \ not see me., 1 staggered
against.the, bedstead ; it awoke A bee.
She saw mY•conditipn, gaff-e - a scream,,
then fell sobbing. Before the sub rose
she was dead. 'lolled- by. me I
no! not by Mei through_ the in
strumentality of aleoholl. ,From that
day to thhi my life i►as>_ bi eii but a
'sombre dream.- 1 drink to drown
get gl rf
-
beer: looked about rtir lily new
actiiiaintanee, -but did not se'e,bim\ .
I- felt a , , greater intrest. in his ease
Wan ever before; and for that reason
I would wait awhile, ati_ he might
come in within a short time._
thought I would I kee l if 'I could net
use even ni* 'small influence in his
bye tttri 'lily' to, IQ
•' H. - --, •,J
-:.
,-- •• ) • '-' .• •
' )7N '. , .' •-/ • '
1
:. , 't i i ~' •
, i k_ ,
\ . -
td
try to regain his tuner position of
sobriety. At this t le there was a
Temperance moveme t in some of
the church‘ to which lad paid but
slight attention. Provit mein:a so
ordainedit that. none of t immedi
ate members of my !amity ere at
all addicted to the use of al iliac.
liquors. , Owing to this'-L-which am
ashamed.to confess was purely eel s,
—I had mo4ntereat in the underfak
ing. I was aware that the evil of in
temperance was very grett, but had
no sympathy or charity for those
who indulued in it to greateieeess.
I hid always been a moderate drink
er, but, never felt a craving for spir
its; in fact theywere somewhat nau
seating ; however, I liked beeF and
drank it.'
I now ; began to view the Subject
from, a - (different ' standpoint:' I
thought,l here is a man filled4itb
the beat impulses, intended to be . . of
great use to the .world, possesiiing•
powerful• intellectiiil faculties,. hav•-•
ing a thorough education, and yet an
abject slave to drink.. Nothing could
save him from the gutter but death
or the interposition of Divine:Provo .
idence. I breathed, a prayer to God
- that fie might make me the instru
ment by means or which' this young
man could be saved for this world
and tor the great . hereafter.. I de:
termined that if there was aught that
I could do,- either by precept or ex
ample, that I Would leave nothing
undcine. • I accused myself of having
lOng • pursued an - evil course.„ Why
had I, a man for whom ihttior had
no attraction, whom' it did.nOt bene
fit in the leastset suehan example
to-young men ? While I was sitting
there, two young Men—mere .Ix,ye.:---
were drinking - beer . and talking
loudly, whilst I, a gray-headed,,re-
sPeetable "Christian Man," . was not
only countenancing their ilest - ruetion,
but even t adding to influence to. the
*Ay cause that was . so rapidly has
tening them to a drunkard's life. I I
ihen ,and there determined that never
gain would.(, by the grace of Clod,
-nowing,ly use as a 'beverage any
thing that contained one drop pi" al,
cohol. . .
Just'then the object of my thOughts
entered the room.. His face; though
flushed, was haggard. -- 'I felt that h
must be-under great Mental suffering.
Nevertheless, he smiled 'pleasantly,
seated himself opposite me, and or
dered hiszlass of brantly. .- •
." Are you well to-day ?" 'I asked.
" Well li" he • almost screamed,
" Well I Great Godi - I am suffering
the very tortures of the damned I",
-. I never before or--'since heard'
such wail come from - the human.
heart.' The poor- fello* sobbed like
a child. I placed my hand on his
shoulder and breathed in his ear all
the comforts and assurances of ielig-;
.ion. that lay within mY poker. After
awhile he, became quite calm. I then
gild him if he wouldgo with me to
the -meeting that was then'bcing held,
we - *mild ~ sign the pledge together..
After-much persuasion he' at last
consente'd to go with me, and to
,Make one last effort to reforrn.' On
our way,. he repeatedly said, " I
know I shalt break it." "No, you
Hill note I feel positive. Put 'your
.trustin,:a higher Being, and Ile will
(Tire you strength. Learn to pray
-
once more. Wien You feel Weak ap
peal to, Ilirn._ lie Will support you
and protect you." , With such , ass ar
anees I encouraged : him until We
reached our deStinatiOn.
`When we arrived at the hall they
were all bowed irv„Prayer. The per
son offering up the petition to the
'Ruler of all things seemed inspired.
The effect produced :uporyray friend
was marvelous. When the -prayer
was finished
,'l;e 'arose, with tears
streaming down his checks, with out
stretched hands and broken Utter- .
:Imes; pledged himself to his Maker
to be hencefOrth and forever an hoik
est, sober; *Christian 'man. It was the
proudest moment of-my life when
felt thnt I, a moderate drinkl, had
been the means by -which so great a'
result had been accomplished.. We
then approached the table and 'both
signed the pledge. I have never .re
.grette'd the step which I then. took.
.Never before had I' filled tho' true
role of the Christian; A fter 7 the meert
ing I iminecff,nim to- accompany me
home where - -he remained.' several
weeki, accompanying me -frequently
to my Qqice and assisting me, I Pro
curedAlifir a position on the reporto
rial-statrof a, paper in • the West,
where he is at present employed, with
much satisfaction to himself and his
employe:s. 1 append.a letter that
received from him;recently!- .
ID A 'crux: Phi°, May 11, 1877.
My DEAR FRIEND: First I:6t me my. "God
bless you, my more thatilrlenti—my benefactor."
Since 1 last saw you I liar!. kept Mypietitieud total
abstinence. and need I MIN 1 •ani now consig's('
that 1 have done so solely through 'the .goodness
.111 , 1 grace of Almighty God, These Words may,
and doubtless with surprise yOll, Well, \ I may say
linty surprise me as well. I know `not why,. bur
seem to have forgotten that I ever was an Infidel in
thought or word, Surely this Is God's work, not
mine. \I have-thoight malty times since I lett\you
of our isrment together over, **moderate drink
ing." YI u may. remember that "a man who mild
hot stoPul'itotit it pledge, had. but little tinuilniod`
In hint:" And later, that "I knew I had become
a drunkard, hut was not ready to surrender my
manly indeivatlemce by sighing a pledge." I have
changed my mintsince then. I can 1144 realize
that '6.1 have escaped•from - slavery by Signing the
pledge, and am now\free; and oh, how happy I
repeat, "God bless Yon for yourkttel words and
gem' advice." I ant already plaasantly and peria
nctdly bwated..ltt 'business. and have a Pr'sPect
already of !wing pronnoted\to a better position ee
the editorial stag of the panto:. lam reconciled to
old Minds for whom cared Much. lam healthy,
Jtappy.'auti hopeful—hopeful of\ my temporal, mid
it flat ; fur, let toe again wur4rlse you. 1 ant
about to Join the church, anti hope, by a life
tore usefulness. - to atone In a fiteaiture for the fol
lies and errors Of the 'past. Write \ to me often,
uty,hruther," (may I sop) and Lettere me. -
. Your erergrateful friend,
.. R .R.
Reader, .what argument hayou
to - oiler. against the logio eontrußed
•in.' the above life-sketch? Are you
any stronger than was my well-mean-,
l lng, kind-hearted chance acquaint.'
'Mice ? Po you, gtill stickle for your/
Et 111 .1 rti " to drink, and. perehance
. .
bee° a drunkard.?: Take warning
in turtle. Stop drinkincy. Stop/while
youican;kre it is too. late. Place'no
reliatice r lh .yonr
. own weak 'nature,
but appeal: to the Master.'; Ask for
aid from :tbot «Watch and pray,"
and ygti will lire to bless the.day
when you'becani'e \ a total abstainer
from the; use of iittoxicants. Tem
perance World; ;
Tun bog has I :ono out of\ 4e sausage
' , id to rooting t the. gar
,
'a Tien Thinak , Town
ir within the last \three
ly sitting; nnder blue rasa
inat(l. hie tan. 'llarly
k i:orie3 one ferj! about`
• t: •• .. •
~ • -
. ,
, , .
THE PUPPETS IS AMMIOAN roza-
.mui,stnib,
That the institution orthe Mato
nil College for . the election of the
Executive, should have listed foran
hundred - years illustrates the' defer
ence of the American people for the
formn.of law. It is true that in the
formation of the Constitution the
itlerent fornis for. tbe election of the
ecutive received‘caret ul and delib
eia constderatAon. But ttie system
of an . Naomi College - was adopted
as havi" , the highest traditional jus
tification \in political history. -It
made the • break from the pre
&dents of 'o constitutions.
It approache4\ , -- -
established
slight coiref
c conskitut
emperor by
Thererwas
in, the dist'
principle.
thb,peeple
site -knowtee
keep them
Otipacity thai
action. Thu
Witbdrawn.from the people, and re
ferred to a select-company of Men in.
each State, with whom it was pre
sumed that the-people, would lie at
--
(painted and who were Tresumed
have the reanisite capacity to act for.
the people. Thus nn organization was
made . to•carrespond . , to that of the i
Senate :. and not the,Boase of Regre-, 1
sentatiVes. -
Bat the process of the election of
an ENecutfreos- College of !ace
tors -has failed... It has peen set aside
from the start, and in a measure be=
cause it Was,.not democratic, The
people will nOt act in -AA election
Which is indefinite and impersounl.
They will not resign invariably to
any:man or body of.men. the deter
mination
,of the highest executive
power in their political life.. They
Will 'act with the largest freedora.and
the clearest determination which the
limitation of necessary political.
forms will Open, to them. They will
. aim increasingly at the most definite
expressionof their will; and, though'
working through existing lorms or
toward better and ampler formarctilk
set aside all that may thigart
purpose Or impair the execution of it.
Thus in :every etectio& a nanie has
been directly before the people. • .
There w4s- also an argument for an
Electoral 'College - on the.ground that
it gave an apparent:power the
separate' states. There was in the
minds of, the leading meh ot that time,
in Washington and ,MadisCon es
large' and profound con
ception.of the nation and df national
'rights and
.powers; but its organiza
tion is only attained , in lan historic
life?, and the pOver thus secured to
• the separate states is more apparent
than real: It only' in; a limited
,measure actual in the electoral, repre
sentation :which corresponds to the
organization_ of the 'Senate, and this
might be .retained under a more per
fect form..
:The electors, who were to consti
tute the College it was designed'
°should be men - of dititinguitAied ea:
pacity and Attaiti.nents. They were
to be those wlio would act-from wid
er knowledge and with larger
,reason•
and fteedom than the commotii.elec:-
tor. They were 'to he those Who
were lifted aboy theinflue r nces which
Would confuse the judgm . ref
strain are freedom of .the i aa.:4 of
men._ They:were, with higher quali
fications, pre-eminently- the : electors.,
Their (Mice was to elect a President..
The Constitution was. so strict in
guarding against any undue influence,
that might not leave the elector free
and unbiased in his action, that it ie
garded him as disqualified Ole held
the most obscure' odic& of honor or
\ eniolument under the General Gov
ernment condition whielibecomes,
whet& thevactual procedure of,..the Col
lege -I lectors is considered, apiece
of Irotik, --- which 'no line of the Greek
Drama i political satire :cotdd
surpass. - \ • •
The fact.ikthat the practice under
the, ConStitutiOn has been 'the three
reverse of that )w - hich was intended
by it, tuidi this invariably: Theelec:
tors who form the \ college exercise:.
no deliberation; they\are allowed no
freedoni. They are simply not the
electors. There is no JaW \ te• prevent
their deliberation or to. annul their
freedom. On the pontrary,lhe Con
stitution presumes this. ThiS \ i& the
condition of the very net -and\end
for which the Electoral Cellege\is
constituted: But it is this act which
has never been.' exereisell,, and thik
end which has never - been -realized;
The electors hase.alwayti Acted - only
as the instruments - to* register
and record the express 'will of the
people. r The Sr have themselves,• in
the first instance, been desi6rnated,by
the people, as these who could most
"thoroughly. be depended upon, to ex
einkte this express will in the election,
of. n" certain -.periion. This utaltrcZ .
standing has been -such as to forA
xn univ,rittea. contract, of the most
strict obligation.. .There could have
been no greater affront to- aifinciple
ojf honor for an .elec
ter to have tailed to cote in the flee
loral College.l - peison whose
name' alOn,e Ire - the people
when the elector chosen.
Bat in this procedure the
elector's thu's act with no -deliberation
,
and ,a r e alloived no freedom. They,
simply bear , a'm . gaffe , to\the Capi
tal, over whi they have \no more
Xetual-contro than the postboy . oveF i
the:letter which - he delivers. `Their
:actiou . isfaintply . .mechanical. They •I
move only as the puppets on the box
of the showman.. _They have no sel4\
movement, .Irf the conception of the
COnstittitiOn, they are jrrvesteil. with
the highest , Power. • In . the procedure
under the Constitution they arc mere
nondeseriptS. . it was is .good
.ai a
-play, were it no,t7eneof the most sig.'
nifieant of recent fn tees in -' , 'politics,,
to hear the- elaborate 'descriptions of
the character and b(licefiof an eleetoil
that were pr(k:ented to tim tleeto
CommiSsion. '.)llr. Stanley\Mattli s
said of the electors in the eketicl of
a President.:. " '!'here is a selee ly
of men in each - state who eon tote'
.y 0(
the constitutional body wili/ areo
make the election ; and I eed n C
reminl I,lth W1)11110 - f
MA , tlwv bove
&- - .
TIOS.
___ lip II
.. . .
,a, right: . to make a selection, as wl
as an election: It. is altogether; in
my judgment, atriistalle to suppose
thati• the, plectoral 'bodieS are, dele- .
'gates -
rePreSentinithe state or 'the
people of a state, as agents to accom; •
-plish :their Wilt- -They not only have
the power, .ii the Bengt , . of might, but
they have
,authority, - in the sense of
right, to .3'rote upon the - day . named
for , the person who in their judgment
ought ,to be, ail thingi.considered,
the : chief executhe of the nation."
This/ is 'good :for mere theory—for
the expression of an empty abstrac
tion in politics which has ma actuali
zation: ..It is, like the . gramniarian
'who lays down therulelpreseribed to
determine the usage of' a' language,
13u1; fails to add that there is no
.suct
usage"„of the language-that it has
never been written or spoken .in that
way;
. ;It islike the 4eographer who
defines the boundaries of a realm,
but omits Vapid : that, it has . never
poisesaedlthe land. Mr. Evarts 9 .
,the
I.
most eminent grammarian among all
laiyers, ,then
.underteok lo*iletine
the character o[ -an elector. When
lir. Thurman aiked,:" Do you think
that an elector is anpflicer at all?" Mr . .
Eyarts said : "No. I do not think he
is au officer. Ile certainly is not a state
officer; ..1 think he , is •air elector or
N oter,.baving nualifications; and his
.0 ' ee ; is , ok.the.same kind as the•otilee
'of-"fie citizen who is elector; so-call
ed.. Within the Constitution." 'Mr.
Campbell, '• in. reply, said : "The
learned counsel {Mr:\ Evartsl is able
to tell what sort of. Creature an
electorin.- lam not sure, from .what , : .
-he stated, that in' his conception no'
electorls even a human being." 'Bui.•
the faCt is that in the actnalpreeed
ure an elector is not to be regarded
as a human being. A 'human being,:
in , the words of an • old dramatist,
" liar a will and, faculties of
power to de or not to' do" ;but
•an elector 'has ,none. Mr Evarts; in
„a not very - constitutional phrase, -
then described 'the electors as simply
"state notables”: 'which,.. being pro
'posed. in a constitutional argument,
"it were welt tolmakenote 'of.", The
fact is, as we haVe 'said,' the office.of
an 'elector has nointrinsic character.
The ollicein actual procetturaiwvoid-,
WI
that through-a continuous and
i ariable precedent. Itiviereas . easy
t de.
efine the-office and-hnetionn, for
instance,' of a.,•fifth•wheel to a wagon,
As of an elector. Mr Evart's phrase
"state notable" does notgiye any in
dieation of it, and it were as well to
define it' as• simply "a state . circtim . -'
stance." ' The4ifliee has -become so
entirely stripped of all real Character
that it_ would seem_ doubtful if .men
of higlic individual_ character would
long be. willing to . accept . it. - It - is
Commonly :given to men who ere
identified . with. a party. . and whose
character and positionfurniiir the as
surance that they• will :execute:: im-.
plicitly - its behests. .- ' '
The ohjection• to the continuation
of the 'Electoral - College is in the
that it is antierfluous;
.; and the
snperfludhs is not merely of a nega
tive import, bnt, it ,may become an.
obstruCtion. -.lt creates unnecessary
complications. ' It is liable to disar
rangement. It is ~ a mere , , keight
which retards i action. lt: may b •a,
' hindrance to, progriaa. larger- aiad
better methods. ' . . '• - \
• Another objection is in the ,Ifact,
that it involves - a varifinck'.hetween
the Constitution and , proced are -uri
dr the Constitution.. This tends to
,weaken the rat)ect - of the people for
all forms of-law and for pw. Consti
tution
Again, if the system is to be re-.
tained, 4 as- the Republic .begins an
other centnry. it should, be made ac
tual. ...13ut it is in rain to demand'
this. It Would be a reverse in our
T s,
political life...lt; w 1 15.1 presume that
the people arein a . ate of pupilage .
still, and must .selec
.. guardians • to
.whoni they will entrust their-- most
important_political notion. - - -
The system for the, election of the
' Exechtive which is inosVeonsistent
with our historical antecedentsr-Lthe
SySteur of electoral list riots, in which
"each state - Is' divided • into , :il iStricts,
and the result in each district is de
termined by a plurality of votes, and
the result in the nation is . deterrein-:
cf
ed'by the plur itY in-the number, of
districts—this bas. every. advantage
.which there is in the present • syStem
and avoids its-defects..
.The . revision
.of the Constitution which - .Would, ob-
Viate the defects which bare - become
apparent in the organization of the -
Electoral College has beeothe
.ait, im-'
1 unapt political - neeeas4: . .' ; .
~ .
In one respect we may note regret
that the reference .of the elk ion/.,0f .
the'Exectitive to a .College ' f Elec.-
;
tors has failed. It has . disclosed,'
'Working beneath it and through it, a
b r ier and'lnore-fleterriiinate politi
cal life.. That it sliOuld . 11ave. been..
.thus 'superseded, said' that -the qi red
ac_tion Of -the people should have been.
of so high attainment; as in the ; line
of the rresklents . of the Republic,
will aid toward the development of
that democratic principle which beam
iii itself the hop - - It* hole
pi and of V-
Eisfroila
ME
This ant
haps of
.a
the cedar
tree Of.the
held . in •ti
exereiged
laces that
gels'three
beheld. sti
where, sin,
but k:and
lle. carries
them in
• and so . b z u..,
\history. i ctirinns.\, 'Cirowink on the
\ -
grave o Adain.in llehron, they, were
m
aft 4 . vr ids oSt\earcfully protected
by 1 inham, Moses-and David. Xf
ter, eir removal to\Jernsalern;, -the
. : PsWinswerecompose&beneatti them;
\
Od in due time, when.th had grown
itogetliity v : and unite& in one giant
tree, they, or it--f(ir it was , ow One
tree, a cedar of febanon:-7.._nras felli..d .
"by :b:elomon'ter the: pnrpoSe-of\heing
preserved forever as abeam in . the
temple. But, the. design - failed ; the
king's ca:rpbnters found theuiseivibk
utteily.unahle , to manage the mighty
.benin, . Tlic,7 raised it to its' intended
.Ploti(Oli PTVl:f9iiilct it.1091P.'1.1,F:; 'T!IO.,Y•
sa!veit-it,_ and it then 'proved too
short.. They spliced it, and then .
. found it, wrolg. It was evidently
intended for another, 'perhaps a more
sacred - office,rol they laid it aside in
the temple to abide its tima. While
waiting for' its appointed hour, - the
beam was on one occasion improper, -,
ly made use of by a Woman • named
Maximellais - ,who toolethe liberty of
sitting on ft, and presently e found her_ -
clothing ()Mire. Instantly abkplised. - -
a cry, and feeling the flames severely,
she !nvoked! the aid of Christ;- and'
was immediately driven from the .•
city and atoned, becoming in, her .
death a firoMbristian martyr. [ln
the Coutse#f iin - eventful histoiy, the . ,
predestinA taiun beanie , a bridge _ '
Over Cedroii, and hieing then thrown;
I• to thela :$441 Of Bethesda , it , proved
ti • causeitfamding virtues. ri.,.„ .
nal ;it b u ms the erode , was buried • -
in Ca valxhinfied by the Empress
Helen. chopped up icg a clinch.-and
distribo . -7.... s -
The mo , . taiga. of Lebanon form a .
range, kilo - . in Scripture as to the
north of Paref4ine. Lebapen algal- ; •
ties ." white,7 Of . "exceeding white."''
It - takes its name from-the brilliance
of fits silo* pefiks, not, as • fatoMe
conjecture, from its gray limestone, - -
which giveS' to-so many parts of Pal-
estine a faded appearance. Lebanon -
does not - riso in groups or clusters , .
like the Alps, or in one , long ridg e ' ‘,"-
like,alreApermittes, but in two pand- ` 4 .
let ranges of very unequal height,
running-nearly north and south;—
tho
western sloping gradually down,
by many subordinate ridges and ',
spurs, to the Maritime plain of Plim4,
-nici; the eastern, by a similar series , ' •
of deficentS, to sandy flats of afi
cientAram that encircles - Damascus.
According to the-usual reckoning , .
Lebanon may be said to extend about
eighty or ninetymiles iq length, and •
fr9rn fifteen to twenty in' breadth ;
though, of coarse in estimating the '
breadth and length\of such a range,
,it is7hot easyto gi ve \a precise mess-.
nrement. The two rah werevielr
known to classical write as Libanas
and anti-Liba l pus, and t o - ugh this -
distinctlion is not directly brought.
out in Ithe Scripture; "toward the : ,
sun-rising " ( - Joshua xiii, 5,) is meant
tojialicatc anti-Libauus. -
,Looking up the sloops of Lebanon
from the maritime - plains of Plimni
cia, one is not.struck with the fertili-
ty. 9r the. district; but when, he as- _
cowls the birrenness disappears, and
we findt ourselves among cultivated
slopes and terraces, covered - with
both fruit: trees • and forest, , trees.
-Many partfi of Lebanon are verdure- •
less, but others are rich in verddre. , '
't'h'e heights are often 'barren; buithe ' •
valleys arc clothed with all kinds of
trees—pines, oaks, mulberries, olive's, ‘'
and even figs and vines. The cedar
is not so plentiful -as it was three
thous - gad years ago. There are allu
sions to several ridges or peaki of
Lbanon in Scripture, but the identi- _
fication of, these ' with nay . modern ' -
name is difficult; The thander storms`:
of
. - Leb.anoa are terrific ; the thick
clouds, the dashing rain, the wild •
mountain blasts and the rapid light
ning gleams, make a scene of terrific
grandeur. - - • '
NUMMI
' Concerning the oft-mooted =ques ,
tion whether the sun may not some
v < 1.1%
day come in. ollisi-on- with a comet,
Professor I octUr 'says": "Suppose
lug there .re - is; I= will , not say
danger, but a ossibility, that our
sun may one clay; t4rough the arrival
of some very large cornet, traveling
directly toward share the fate
of. other suns whose ontbursts have
been described by astironomer4,
.we
might be destroyed unawares, or we
might be_awartfor" several ; weeks of
,
the • 'approach of the destroying
comet. Suppose, for. example, the
comet which might arrive from \ any
part of. the heavens, came fronrout
that part of the star i depths which is
k oecupietlPy .the o6nstellatioa Tau-
rus ; then, if the arrival were so
timed that the, comet, which might
reach the sun at any time, fell upon
him ii - iikfay Or June, we should know .
nothing, \of that. comet's, approach;
for it would approach .in that pat
of the heavens• which was occupied
by the sun, and his splendor Would
hide as - with a \ veil the destroying
enemy. On the \other_ hand„if :the
comet. arriving fipm the same region
of the heavens, so approached as• to .
. .
fall upon tlie-.`sun .NoN'ember or
ilecemizer, we slwuld e'it for sev-
eral:weeks. • For it would then - Ap
proach from the part , of the heavens
high-above the southern hOrizon at
AStionomers:
.Would be
able in.a few days nftert4 it was dis.
covered to determine . 'its• path and
predict ,its- 3 downfall. upon: the. sun,
precisely as NeWton ealeidated the
path of hi comet and predicted , its'
near approach to the sun. • It wonlilt ? _
be knovin - for weeks then that the. \
event 'TgeWton conteiiiplated.A
as4ikely to cause a trernendeu . s out-
ldyst of solar heat, competen t to de-.
stroy all life upon the surface 0, the
earth, was abOut to take place, and, 1•
! doubtless, the minds. of many stu-. 1
dents of science would. be . exercis ed driving That - interval in determining -
whether :Newton was riglit'or -
'lcir my. own, part, I have very little
doubt that, though the change in the
sun's condition in consequence of the
Aireet.downfall upon his SurfaCe of a I .
very large comet would be but •tem
jpor,ary,'-and in that sense slight, yet
the - tifect upon the inhabitants of the.
ea,"would be . birio means _slight.
.L 04)ot:think ,that - any 'students' Of
•.' i'ence would remain, after- - the
astrophe, to record its etiete..
"Fortunately, all that we have.
learned hitherto from the stars favor
:the belief that, while A . 'catastrophe
of this sort may be possible, it is ex
ceedingly unlikely. We/ may esti- .
mate the PrObabilitieS. precisely In .
the'tame stay that an insurance cont.: -..
. .
• .
pang- estimates the ehafice of A -rail- •
~
wakaccident. Such a comp . any.con-
shiers the number of railway jour- i •
.neis; from the smallness of the
her of accidents compared . with the .
nutnber of :journeys.. and• thus'.
mates the safety railwaytra .
Our sunis one amen.) , many millions_ I.
\ of suns, any 'one -_of • which (though
all \ but.a few thousands arc, actually
•
invisible) beeorsie.. visible to
the naked - eye, if .expoM4 ta thesaine •
conditions as have affected the sdns
in f!arn*referreci to' above. Seeing;:
then, that\during the last two thous ! -1
And - yeirs Or \ therealxits only a feli
instances_of the kind, certainly. nok,i_
. so many as twenty;havebeen.rec . ord.
ed, we may fairly„eonsider the clianetts.
exceedingly small( that difring theo
meet; two thotrand \ yearTs, our sung,
will be exposed to 'a 'catastrophe -01
this kind."
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'' (;f1) - . uho bath 'd no. singiilitr things for
(.43
oor good, may ind Justly. expect that
that svo should do a'ngular - thingslor
h is
glory. - - . -
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IT , wcro ten thvi . n . f.:4ll.l "tines Detter.l nat.
\we bail neierliiirii I.;orn ilito Elio world
tiTtetb4t we 0)91 0 1 14). litiF4, 1 011!"&t.! : dli
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THE SUN IN .SLAIID3;