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BENJ. ICA
FRED DOUalaM' ESCAPE
Frederick Douglass, the well
known colored orator sad old-time
abolitionist, has at last revealed the
I manner of his escape from • slavery,
4 a story be has always refused to make
public. Howard Catcroll, the travel
ing correspondent of 'the New York
Times,
called on the old gentleman
at his home in the District of Colum
bia the other day, and the story oc
copies a full page of the Times. The
record begins with the birth of Doug
lass, about the year 1817; upon the
eastern shore of Maryland. The
chief recollection of his younger days
i is embittered by the almost starva
-1
tion he bad to endure, often fighting
with the cats and chickenti" for the
table cloth crumbs which were shaken
out of doors. Slave' children' were
i entirely neglected aoo food had
clothing until they got old enough to
work. • 1 ' •
Mr. Douglass recalled ninny''sial:'_
stances of ,cruelty to_ slaveti that he
witnessed 'on his - plantation. One
was a beautiful quadroon woman who
was almost whipped to death, being
tied to 1 tree in the preience Of her'
children:because she refused to sub-
mit to the lust of her master; another
was that of a . young black man who
took refuge up to his chin in a creek I
to escape a whipping. He refused to I
come nut.at the third call of the over
seer,
seer and • was then shot in the head
and killed: . Slaves often suffered with
cold, and Mr. Douglass said : "In
hottest summer and coldest winter I
was kept abiost in a state of nudity
—no shoes, no stockings, no jacket,
no tronsers - , nothing but coarse sack
cloth or 'tow linen' mad( into a sort
of shirt reaching down to my knees.
This I wore night and day, changing
it only once a week. In the winter
time I could, during the diy, protect
myself by keeping on the sunny side
of the 'house and in bad weather in
the corner of the kitchen chimney.
The great.d ifficulty was to keep warm
during the night. 1-. had no bed. The
pigs in the penhad leaves, the horses
in the stable had -straw,:but the chit- : ,
dren _had no - beds ; they lodged any
where. I slept geterally in a little
closet, without even: a . blanket to
cover me.: In very cold weather I
sometimes got down the bag in which
'corn meal was usually carried to the
mill and Crawled into that, sleeping
there with .my head in and my feet
out. I Was partly protected, though
not comfortable. My feet were at'
times so cracked from the frost that
a good-sized knife-blade might he'l
laid is the gashes." • ?,
When Douglass was 'ten, years old.
he was trinsferred from the plants-;
Lion to %be residence of his master's
biother in Baltimore. His new' mis
tress was a kind 'ady, and taught the
slave boy his - letters, .and he could
almost read when her husband' dia
covered what was 'going on and pe
remptorily orderedkr to stop teach
ing a nigger how' read and write.
This was a hard blow to.the boy, but
1 - y the aid of white plhymates, he '
tinnily becameanxpert reader and
writer. He learned to write by a.
most ingenious process. Near his
master's house there was a ship yhrd,
to which he was allowed.to go during
his hours of leisure, and in which , he
observed the carpenters, after cutting
and getting a plank or piece of Lim
tier ready for use, write on it the ini
tials of the name of that part of the
ship for which - it was destined. For \
instance, when a plank was ready for
the starboard bow it was marked "S.
B ," and so on for the different parts`
of the vessel. The boy quickly.,saw
for what purpose those letters' were
intended and learned to make them.
The death of the master in Balti
more sent him back to theold plan
tation In the country, - and having
arrived at.the age of sixteen or eigh
teen.his owner sent him to a .man
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nam — ed - t Covey to "bre4 him in."
,
It was deemed in those days profits
ble to 'have slhves well broken in
to work, and also to yield implicit
obedience. Covey l eas a cruel, pow
erful brute., Fred, bad been on the
breaking-in farm la. a couple of
days, when Covey trumped up h-Com
plaint*against him, and he - was given
a terrible flogging. just to break him
in and break down his high-strung
spirit. it was successful.
Patience at last ceased to be .... vir
tue even in a slave, and the boy,
goaded almost.tO madness, and car
ing nothing for the reindtis escaped
r nov t 1-75.
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OUTCAST..
With weary eyes and matted hair,
By streams that shieer dark Mid deep,
Through leafless woods and meadows bare
Where drear winds roar and sweep.
lie wanders Slowly, hoovering
ragout of birdsoind sunlit skies.
For irogropt.blossome of the 'Flog,.
'And noolilthat violets prise• -
Through hateen valleys. , •
His footsteps seek the wave4wepteaud. °
Where thick Top clang. damp and chilled,
Float back across the laud. ' .
He bears ito sound, bus standing milers-
A high cliff marks a tideless bay,
lie sees the , leaden depths of air
Bend over waters gray
The ghostly shadows of the sea
Rho op and fill his soul with fear :
Dim faces, full of,mlsery, '
Float by and disappear. - -
He hears the suppliant prayers of those
Sad souls In gleamy reglons pent,
O'er whom Incessant vapor flows,
By tempest tossed and sent.'
Far on through darkness, lying vast
Where old. dead worlds, forgotten long,
Float wildly on a stormy_ blast,
A cud and countless throng,
Ile speeds, to find black cliffs, that rise
Through mistasthat ceaseless fret and toss,
And grim ravines where piercing cries r
Are Aung his way across.
Now where the drifted suoweelds lie,
lie hears thanorth winds stormy . wrath
Then over des4rts hot and dry
Stretches bli lonesome path.
The,tong years dune, the long years - go,
Andsitiless they pass hitn by ;
Time his no healing for Marroe,
And routs cau never die.
—Boston Transcript
He Tells at a Last the Story—
Thrilling Narrative of His .
Eventful Life.
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from the 'tbreaking-ln fIIZEI/ and
returned to' brave-the-anger' of his'
owner. This he - found greater even
than he had expected, and before
many days he was once VISO *mil
hi the possession of his crneltask
master. But he came back i to Covers
with y t new sp i rit. He made up his
mind t,hat,come what might, he woul d .
be flogged no more. , LikeAbat other
slaya who was told of In the history
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of tini time, he was determined that
those who had' power over him might
kill him, but that they should not
heat him. Covey wits equally deter
mined,: as the result provedi that be
should' be flogged within an inch of
his life, and upon the very first op
portunity he underteok to perform
that task. Hardly had he laid hands
upon Douglass, however, when the
powerful young slave;.turned upon
him, seized him suddenly *by the
throat and hurled him to the ground.'
There h; held him, his nails buried
deep, in the white craven's flesh and
the red blood of hie vanquiphed toe
mentor flowing all aboiti : " You
mean to resist me, you , spoundrel ?"
Mired the negro-breakeri, "Yes,"
was the calm reply of the slave A
desperate fight ensued. C'ovey cried
lustily for help, but could secure
none, and at last gave up the unequal
contest, and during the remainder of
the time that Douglass remained on
his farm, dreading a repetition of the
scene, he treated him with marked
consideration. 'He was shortly after
wards sold to h man in Baltimore,
named-Auld. While there, he made
up his mind to .
ESCAPE MOM, SLAVERY
Mr. Auld hound him out to's ship
carpehter, andi the young slave was
allowed to keep aamall. portion of
his monthly - wages. . ' After making up
his- mind that„ceme what might, he
would eseafe from a condition of
bondage, the young man; after three
months, of hard work, pinching-him
' self ; at every turn, managed to scrape
together $l7. He knew that it was
impossible for him to obtain so-called
" free papers," which would permit
him to leave Baltimore without ques
tion, but hti did iucceed,'after= some
effOrt, in securing what was in those
days called a' " sailor's protection."
This was a certificate of citizenship,
duly signed and staled by the author
ities,' which was given to all colored
seamen leaving Baltimore and other
Southern ports, as a . guarantee
'against molestation because of their
race. An old friend of Douglass, a
freeman who had ceased going to
sea, and who had in his possession
one: of those certificates, gave it to
him.) it Is true that the description
of the man contained in it was very
far from fitting Douglass ; still, after
attiring himself in a full suit of sail
or's clothes, and knowing that no '
matter how closely he might be ques
,tioned, he could, because of his famil
iarity with , ships and ship-yards'ous
tain the guise, he went to the railroad
depot, and just as the train was de
parting for New York jumped upon
it and wkit into the_ `-`,,colored car."
At this time one of the _rallying cries I
of 'the dominant party was .‘ Free 1
Trade and Sailors" Rights," and as
the train was obligedio pass, entirely
through Baltiniore, thus giving am
ple time fOr the examination of col
()red passengeri3. None of the officers
at the depot attempted to prevent
Douglass, apparently. Sresh from the
sea, from takin4 passage in_ the car.
Having" "succeeded, to this extent. he
still knew that his chief ordeal was
yet before him., At the time in ques
tion railroad companies werenot only
held responsible for the safe delivery
of, goods and passengers, but also, to
a certain extent, for the value of
slave - property which might escape
over their .roads. Having , this re
sponsibility, the conductor and other
servants of the railroads were given
authority to arrest and-detain those
whim they-bad-good-reason to be
,'lieve were slaves, attempting to es
cape._ 'As the. conductor of - the train
upon which' Douglass was approached
him, he was fin a moment much
alarmed, but summoning all-his cour- ,
age and resolution to his aid, he put
the boldest front upon the' matter.
After minutely questioning all the
other colored people in the car, the
conductor came to what seemed to
him to be a young sailor; and said :
" Well, Jack, of course you've got
your papers?" 4Y-- -
" Yes", ' replied DPuglasi boldly,
and without - the"slightest apparent"
anxiety ; " I guess I've got papers
here that will carry me anywhere ;"
saying which he drew out his " sail
or's protection,♦' and banded it to
'his questioner. The conductor glanc
ed at it rapidly, saw that the brad
eagle of the Government was at its
top. and that it was duly signed 'and
sealed, arid; fully satisfied that Doug
lass had every right to travel where
he would, passed into the next car.
' Until the- train reached Havre de
Grace the fugitive encountereii no
further- detention. At that place,
however, his train and that which
was 'smith bound met each other on
opposite tracks, and the window of
the seat in which he sat, as chancel
would have it, came direetly opposite ;
that at which, a Captain McGowan,
Who knew him Well, was seated.
Fortunately, however, the trains sep
arated without Dotiglass being recog
nized by this man, who would cer
tainly have secured his return to his
master. On the boat from Wilming
ton to Philadelphia the young man
was met by a nee() who had known
him in slavery, and who, with very
little of that caution for which his
race is proverbial, said,quickly and
=quite aloud': - ,
".I-suppose you are not going back
this itsysery soon ?"
-He was going onto make further
remarks in the same direction, when
Douglass, with a look and a word or
two spoken under his breath, effectu
ally silenced him. Having passed
through these slight dangers, he ar
rived safely at Philadelphia, and had
no trouble in making his way to New
York. -, How rejoiced he was to be
within the limits of tibia free State
may. be inferred from the fict that at-1
the time in question runaway slaves
were almost invariably whipped with
in an inch of their_lives, Wand then
sold ,to planters in the Gulf States,
literaßy to be ground up into sugar
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and rice, for it. WAS - then * universally
acknowledged by land oilier* in the
south that the most profitable way to
work a plantation was tn use up a
fhll - grown k' nigger "'in seven years,
andthen -commence anew _Arith a
fresh - crop. 'That Is to say, it.-was
the custom to work a negro night
and day for as long a' time as he
would hold ont-4he longest period
for which it was ppssible for human
nir o re to endure such treatment wait
us ly.seven years—when the unfoi,-
tuattn man died miserably and his
place waiktaken by one e
()file "ash
'6rop." For a tim after his 'arrival
in New York he bad good reason to
fear that he might at any moment be
taken to make up one of this "fresh
crop." With this prospeet'continu
ally before him, he knew that be .
could not live contentedly in New
York, and he concluded to, try and
make a homoin New England. With
this intention hei went to New Bed
ford and tried to get work at his'
trade. By a few -good people who
belonged to the then growing Aboli
tion Party, he was very kindly treat
ed and. much. encourage& But by
OM working classes about the ship
yards he was made to feel plainly --
that he was au unwelcome intruder.
Still he struggled on against injury
and -lusillt,,,,the knowledge that he
was at least a free man supporting
him through many trials. This sort
of life he, continued for some years,
and little by little hit - condition im
proved. His marked intellectual
ability; and his power as : a public
speaker and writer otOpies connect
ed with slavery, brought him into
communication with Garrison and
many other advocates of the emanci
pation movement, and they were all
glad to recognize in him a man wor
thy-of esteem and admiration.. Still
his every-day life continued to be
most disagreeable, and - at last having`
saved a little money and having re
newed reasons to fear that he might
be recaptured and sold as a -- slave in
to -the `far South, he made up,' his
mind to go to England. -
While in England, friends of Mr.
Douglass bought free papers for him
when he returned to the 'United
States and began working in the
cause of abolition. He was intimate
ly associated with John Brown, and
had to flee to Canada time to
escape arrest as a conspirator. Dur! - ,
ing the war he secured the enlistment
of colored troops. He is_now United
States Marshal of the' District of Co
lumbia. The "runaway slave is a
resident of Uniontown; in the Dis
trict of Columbia. ,He is a strong
man—strong in mind and strong *in
body, though now fast advancing up
on the sacred limit of "three - score
years-and ten." Ills life has been a
most eventful one, yet he bears , few
traces of the many hardships through
which he has passed. From the very
lowest depths he has struggled up
ward to high position. It is doubt
ful if any,man in any country, com
mencing so low, has climbed so high
as has Frederick*Douglass.
An Interesting Invalid.
Mr. Spoopradykr's Camp... From the
" What, what's the Otter, .my
dear ?" • cried Mrs. Spoopendye, as
Mr. SpoOpendyke limped into the
room and. dropped into a chair.
" What on earth has happened to
you?" •• • ,
" 1 fell down and killed myself,"
moaned Mr. Spoopendye.:
.44 Now ? Where?'" asked Mrs.
Spookendyke, bustling around him;
all nervousness. - . " IlOw'did yon do
it ?"
" Slipped on the ice and broke my
arrnr= from head to foot," sighed___Mr.
Spoopendyke faintly. -
' Great gracious!" ejaculated Mrs.
Spuopentlyke; — " Where did it
.hap.
pen? Whereabouts ?" •
" Out doors, dod gaetit! Where
Wye s'posel did it ? Think I brought
the ice in the house, and Payed down
on it? 0, dear ! I'll never get my
clothes off again. I've got to sit
here and die," and Mr. Spoopendyke
leaned back in the chair and cloaed
his eyes with resignation.
" I'll help you off with your tat
and overcoat," said Mrs. Spoopen
dyke tenderly.. " Let.me help you.'!
" Be very careful about taking off
my hat," said Mr. Spciopendyke,
rushing up. -"
Take it off easy, or
you'll hurt my elbow. Pull the left,
arm of my overcoat, down, \so it sill
slip off What- ye doing ? Try
ing to skin me ? 'That sleeve's full
-of broken bones, I tell ye. Now help
me to a chair.. 1- - knew _ I must go
'sometime, but I never expected to
die so suddenly as this," and Mr ..
.Spoopendyke lifted his sprained arm
and dropped it, again, to see if there
were any animation left in his sys
, tem.
"Can't I do4omething for you,
dear ?" said Mts. 'Spoopendyke, with
tearful eyes. - •
"If you could sing a hymn with
out starting the cats, it ipight make
my last minutes more peaceful," re
plied Mr. Spoopendyke, putting his
feet, on a chair and composing him-,
self for dissolution. .
" You'd better let me attend' to
your arm," recommended Mrs. Spoo
pendye. "If it is badly , sprained,
you • ought to have something On
" Didn't I tell ye it was broken ?
Jug, got curiosity to see, haven't ye?
Can't wait for post modem, ban ye ?
Go ahead. Do what you please. In
a little while I'll , be beyond pain.
JustAake and do what you'like with
it," and Mr. Spoopendyke .stick the
maimed arm out straight,and waived
it, around like a ham.
," If you let we rotate it a little,
and then bind it upwith arnica,you'll
be all right in an hour," cooed , Mrs.
Spoopendyke, affectionately. •
" Rotate it, then , " murmured Mr.
Spoopendyke. "I don't suppose it
will make =eh difference to my es
tate. Take it down in the kitchen
and rotate it. You might --hold
on, dod gast it! What d'ye think I
am--a, pump ? Got an idea that Pm
a clock? Let go that arm, will ye ?"
and Mr. Spoopendyke pranCed around
the room. "Oh you're a, surgeon,
you are. All you want is a hacksaw
and a broken balustrade to be a med
ical college, GolOg to pull it out by
DiOARDLICIS 4iir DIMINUTION FROM An Qum=
Silent T•mb.
the roots? fi'pnse = that's a- tooth
It .isn't.it's an ann, and ita busted
like 'torpedn!" and SpoopeW
dyke, who had - been brindisbing the :
injured _member, began to stroke his
shoulder; - and sympathise ,with .him.
• .
self. •
"Let me-blithe it in arnica," said
Mrs. Spoopendyke. " That's the best.
thing in the world. Let me turn op
your shirt-sleeve and I'll fix It in_ a
minute."
"Very good," said Mr. Spoopen
dyke;"l don't:suppose it will do
any h arm to hurry matters. - - Is my
dress suit all .brushed ? Have I got
a pair of soars that my immortal
Soul won't shine throng!) the toe of ?
If you thinki'm going into the-tem-b
-all covered with grease,and my shirt
dapping around on me like I was a
clothes line, you're mistaken, that's
all," and Mr. Spoopendyke eyed his
wife`gloomily,.while she prepared to
lave his sprained shoulder. " Will
yon put rrvi in a casket?" he moaned
as . she began operations.
" Yes, dear. "
Mr. Spoopendyke regarded his
wife with one. eye, and grunted fee
bly. I •
And vault Put on a silver plate
with my-name and age, and get a few
flowers? You don't want many. I
shan't MISI3 'em if there ain't morli
six. 'Will you attend to it ?"
" Yes," answered Mrs. Spoopen
dyke. "I'll see that you have loti
of -bowers and a big fun—"
"I _ don't want any big funeral.
Suppose I'm being cut off in the
midst of my usefulness just because
funerals are cheap?'. Have you got
a_ clean handkerchief to put in my
pocket when I'm dead ?"
Certainly, dear," replied Mrs.
Spoopendyke; and, having thorough.
ly bathed the arm, 04 .bandaged it
carefully. " Dorilt you feel better ?"
"Perhaps-if it were amputated in
time I might get well," rejoined Mr.
Spoopendyke, hitching his arm
around to see if he could find a pain
anywhere. " What kind of a cravat
have I got to wear in'case of—in the.
event of—the worst ?" and Mr. Span
, pendyke approached the climax of
his question as becomes a man who
Tshrinks from the inevitable.
" The one you've got ou will do;
won't it?" inquired Mrs. Spoopen
dyke.
No, it s won't either. is that all
- I've .got ? Expect I'm going to be
buried anion strangers in this dog
gaged necktie that won't hang to
gether four days longer ? Calctilate
that I'm going to the promised land
as though I was huntinglor , a job ?
Want me , to prowl around among the
late lamented as though I'd busted
up in,business? Think I'm a imeasly
tramp ?" and Mr. Spoopendyke tore
off the tie and • stamped on it, and
then dove into the bed.
t i Can't you bring up my break
fast?" demanded Mr. Spoopendyke,
-the next morning. "My arm's so
lame I can't go down stairs."
Mrs. Spoopendyke brought it to
him. Ark hour later, when dressing,
he asked Tor his necktie. .
"I wish ypu'd look for it," queru
lously. You know I can hardly
move."
Here it is, dear," said Mrs Spoo
pendyke, handing it to him. " You
tore it off last night with your
sprained arm;" and she left for down
stairs, without waiting to h&ir his
remark about "measly wives, ..whO
only need a long beard and a comic
song book to be a Solomon."—
Broalyii
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THE END OF THE WORLD.
Predptillons et - Professor Piwornistedt,
•
Ike Indiana Prophet.
I
Aecordincr to the writer's' under
standing •of e 'the Bible, the gospel dis
pensation - will . expire at midnight,
Novernber 12, 18 1. At - that time
Chirat will descend into_our atmos
phere.. The holy dead and living
will then be made immortal; and will
be caught up into We air to meekthe
Lord at Ris arming. -c'The nations
will then be ushered into a judgment
period of forty years duration, after
which the earth will be renovated by
fire. The wicked will-all-bellestroy
ed by this fire. (See IsaialLixiv., l o.
The good alone be preserved.
Christ will reign personally and visi•
illy over the new earth for a thousand
years. •A. city made of pure gold is
to descend -out of heaven from God.
;;It wilt be four square, and 1,500
:.miles in eircurnference.s It will be
the - royal city of' Christ, and his
'saints who reign with him.
This will be the golden age of the
earth. The, curse will belremoved
from man, from woman, from the
animal creation and from the earth.
The plane of the ecliptic and the
equator will be ' one. Hence, a per
petual spring will reign. The earth
wilVbe made hollow, as at present.
The planes of the polar circles will
be parallel to each other, but inclined
to the equator at an angle of about
twenty-three degrees. Through these
open polar regions , the sun's rays
will be Ogre& The inner world will .I
, thus be filled with beatify and light.
and warmth the 'same as the outer
world. The "prison " referred to in
Isaiah xxiv., 22, where the wicked
kings of the -earth - and the demons
are to be "shut up" during tbp
lenniuin is to be located between the
two crusts of the earth.
Electricity will be the great motive
power of the new srorld - It - will - also
be used - in a thousand different ways
. The soil will produce bountifully ;
-fruit trees will -bear twelve different
kinds of, fruit each year (see Bev.
xxii., 2). All tears and sorrow, pain_
and death, will be banished from the
earth during that thousand years,
and God. himself Will" come down
from heaven and dwell among men
during that happy period (see Rev.
xxi., '0). The first three chapters of
the Bible refer to the Eden,that was
lost through Adam.; the last three
describe tife Paradise to be restored
to the earth through Christ.
Before we reach that blissful period.'
the judgments of God, as outlined in
the book of Revelation and in the
old prophets, are to come upon an
ungodly world, for .its sins. The
writer believes with all kisteirrt that
.these judgments begin in 1.8.81,by the
opening of the fourth, fifth and sixth
se ills of Revelation vi.'
It is a very remsikable coincidence
that at midnight of November 12,
Abe seven stars, from whence Christ
will descend, and Jupiter, the earth
and the sun will all be
_in a direct
line with eacti other. Thecomet will,
I think, come straight down this line.
The most direful effects will follow its
contact with; our planet. Both bodies
travellag at tbe rate of more than
1,000 mileis per minute, them can but ,
ensue the most disastrous conaequen
cep, It will produce the most awful
earthquakes,volcanie eruption:l L :whirl-
Winds and , tornadoes that the world
has ever witnessed. The mountains
-will flow down with moltenzlava, also
with torrents of water, caused by the
melting of the accumulated snows of
centuxies. Whole cities will be swept
away by these floods. Other et les
will be thrown down by great e
quakes, and still others will de
stroyed by tornadoes and whirlwi ds.
Many others will be destroy& by
fire and brimstone, like Sodom and
Gomorrah.'
Isaiah xxiv. tells us, the earth will
" reel to and fm like .a drunk rd,"
under the mighty bombard ent
through which it will have , to i ass.
St. John Says : "The heave ' wiiL
depart as a scroll; when it is rolled
togeher." This indicates ilia the
force of the great concussion W,411 be
so dreadful and will produce lich a
tempest that the clouds wh,icti sur.
round the earth will be "rolled to
gether as a scroll " And carried oil by
tie comet.
The earth' will present a wrecked
and ruined. appearance as it emerges
beyond the comet's train. Accord
ing to St. John the world will be
come panic-striken as it ; resehes the
earth. Kings will desert their thiones,
great men their estates, rich, men
their wealth, the chief captains and
the mighty men their armies, and all
other men their occupations, and will .
flee to the caves and rocks of the
mountains for shelter. And --aLer
they reach those places, their terror
will be so great amid the appalling
calamities that , herald the approach
of the ChriSt they have so long,re
jected that they , will al fcir the
rocks and ountains to fall on them,
and hide the from the face of ,him
that sitteth on the throne, and from
the wrath of the Lamb. '
All who give themselves whollyto
God now, and seek the shelter point
ed out in the ninety-first Psalm Will
receive the supernatural protection
promised in this Psalm, and will be
• made immortal at the coming of the
Son of God.—Cineinnati
Mother Shipton's- Ghost.
Bev. Dr. Pierson, a well'known
and highly respected clergyman,
writes to the. Net's of that city the
following interesting" letter relative
to that, perrenialrollt fratid,,,Mother
Shipton
Letters from Prof. Piazzi Smith,
Sydney Hall, Esq , and others, .to
which I have just had access; assert
theunqualified falsehood of the whole
claim even to antiquity.
Sydney Hall instituted athorougb
search at the British museum, and I
condense_the result of his researches:
" Some sixteen- years since much
excitement was caused by the publi
cation of some so-called prophecies,l
alleged to have been given to the
world - by a - certain Mother Shipton'
_upwards of four hundred years ago.",
"It is' gravely asserted thrit Mother
Shipton's prophecies were first pub
lished in a printed book in 1448,
which book is now in the library of
th4ritish museum. Of course this
cannot be true, as the first printed
hot le is in the Nazarine bible dated
from 1150.55. This falsehood being
exposed, another has been "resorted
to. The printed _ b ook became a
manuscript. The existence of such a
manuscript is• altogether fabulous.
The truth is that not till the year
1641 was-any of- Mother Shipton's
prophecies given to the world in print
or in writing. This book the British
museum does possess, but there is
not to be found in it any of those an
ticipations of the steam engine, the
balloon, railways, the-crystal - palace,
etc.-, which have so startled the credul
ens. • .
`" In 1.71;:l a Mr. Charles Ilindley- of
Brighton. published ant' edition of
Mother Shipton's prophecies, and
here for the first time were given the
rhymes which contain these pretend-
Opredictions of things which had
already happened. This book aroused
a , controversey oboist the existence,
life 'and prophecies of Mother Shiri
ton, which was continued from time
to time in Notes and Queries,' and
in aeries 'IV 'vol. XI, the editor an
nounces that Mr. . Ilindley has ac
knowlialged that he is the author of
'the prophetic rhymes.'-- 4
What then of the rash assertion ofl
the edit& of the Christian - Globe, that .
"of the antiquity of this rhythmical
prophesy there can be noidoubt ; that
-it-has-been found in old :books. of a .
type and .design as ancient as those
of Caxton and Wycliffe!" It seems
that not readers but editors too are
sometimes afflicted with gullibility.
Probably the real truth is as we
stated yesterday. Between two and
three handed years ago• a crude
prophecy. Was put before the public,
that possessedoo real prediction im-,
plying any prophetic foresight, and;
this Mr. Hindley is at least one of
those adroit scamps or wags who de
light in such tricks as those of Chat
terton, the author of the " Amber
Witch, " or _the perpetrator of the
".Moon Hoax." If the further agital
tiotrof this matter brings to light the
first rythmical form of these prophe
cies with their subsequent modifica
tion it will be an interesting study
of modifica
tion,
legerdemain.
I cannot forbear to add that it is
d astonishing proof of the perver
sity_of_buman nature that men will
fight for two thousand years to taint
inspired prophecy with the Suspicion
of imposture, and then gulp down
without straining, a pure and simple
forgery, scarce stopping -to salt It
with an inquiry as to its claim , oPon
faith! We shall do well, to remember
what Archbishop Whately said shunt
I o_6 - 0- etednlity of ineredulay," •
ARTIFICIAL. LIQUORS.
•
TIM liamst of a Clammiest Itslase Tells
'Haw Timm ame Made.
A St. Ws — Mires reporter was
accorded,in interview with the agent
of a chemical house, who showed him
a sample-case with the remark that
lie was the second man, outside of
the trade., who ever saw its contents.
Hethen 'opened the ease, which was
divided into about twentrfive small
cottiPartmen te, each containing a two-,
ounee vial of liquid. These liquids
were of a variety of colors, and as
the case was: opened, a heavy and
rather offensive odor greeted the re
porter's
nOstrils. It was an indescrils.
ableonixture of all sorts of odors,
from a sharp, pungent acid, to the
smooth, mellow flavor .of ripe fruit,
and suggested the atmosphere of a
rectifier's establishment an
unlimited number of tithes:
"Now for the 'essences," said the
agent. "In my travels I have often.'
been spoken of as the man who makes
whisky opt of water, and I want to
correct that impression. You cannot
produce liquor Wthout a spirit basis,l
and we always advise the use of a' '
good•cologne spirit, which is doubly
distilled and rectified, and therefore
entirely free from fusel oil. Other
spirits will answer the purpose, butl
they will not yield as good
,a quality
'of liquor. You_see, the first run of
the still produces highwines, the
second run produces common spirits
and the third cologne spirits. These
runs are made through charcoal, and.
the third rune frees the spirit of fusel
oil and all impurities. " This," he
continued taking up a two-ounce vial
partially filled with an oily, yellowish
fluid, "is - Cognac oil, worth 020 a
pint. One-sixth of an ounce of it
will make a barrel of brandy. You
take forty gallons of the best cologne
spirit-proof, one-sixth of an ounce of
'this oil, put in a pint of alcohol and
a pint and a half of sugar syrup, and
you hive a barrel of fine brandy. The
same process is followed : with Bour
bon rye, gin; kimmel, etc. One-tenth
of an ounce of the : : . kimmel essence
makes a bared of kimmel or gin. The
kimmel essence is made from cara
way seed, and the gin essence from
the juniper berry. For brandy from
tenanthic ether, you take four ounces
of the ether, l one ounce of .Imaica
rum essence and a pint of sugar
syrup to a .barrel of proof spirits.
Rochelle, seignette, catawaba, apple,
peach, eider and cherry brandies arc
made in' the same way, except that,
instead of the tenauthic' ether, essen
ces of each kind are used. To make
Holland 'gin, schiedam schnapps,
London dock gin, etc., you take forty
gallons of cologne spirit, four ounces
of ' the essence and a pint and half of
anger s'yrup. • "Here„' he continued,
taking up vial after vial, and naming
the essences, ”is New York gin,
Jamaica rum, St. Croix rum, New
England rum, Irish whisky, Scotch"
whisky, Bourbon, rye, l / 4 -31onong.ihela,
Tennessee, Robertson county and
malt whiskies, and Spanish, Hostet
ter, Plantation, Boonecamp, Ham-_
burger and Berliner bitters. You
have - probably tasted Hostetter's bit
ters; smell of this and see if you
recognize it.". (handing the reporter
a small vial containing a thick, dark
liquid, which seemed to be a highly
concentrated extract 'of the well- ,
known bitters.) Whenever a new
bitters comes, out we analyze it
,and
,produce , an essence which will make
the bittern in less than no time. To
make the Hostetter bitters take forty
gallons of spirits, l 5 ,per cent. below li
W
prooix to eight''ounces of this
essence, one or.two gallons of sugar
syrup, and one pint of sugar eolor
iiig. This coloring (taking ups a vial
of thick liquid resembling analiiie
ink) is made simply from burned
sugar, and is the only liquid coloring
used. But here is an article (exhibit
ing a small vial of yelldWishliquid
with a ropy sediment) which is call
ed bead-oil, ,and will , put a bead on
aoything.. You know that pure proof
Whisky has a bead on it, which, dis
appears as soon as *water is added.
A great many judge whisky in this
- way. If they see a bead on it they
are satisfied that it is full proof, and
if there is no bead on it then they
are convinced that is below . proof.
Now, this oil, which is worth $2O to
$4O per gallon, will put a bead on the
poorest bust-head whisky in the mar
ket. You take three• - quarters of an
ounce of the oil to a barrel of whisky,
and it will have as jibe a , bead on it
as you want. The whiskies made with
these essences cost only half a cent
'per gallon above the price of the
spirits, and can be -made 'ready for '
use in five minutes. Of course they
can be , made at any price you wish.
If you want whisky at 90 cents a
gallon, all you have to do_is to re
duce your spirits with water until you
get it down to where you want it,
and then add the essence. The corn
tnonest grades 01 these whiskies can
be improved 'by adding good straight
whisky. it
' . •:.-- •
The great cardinal fact , of Christi
anity is Christ._His earthly birth is
our assurance' of kinship with the Al
_ ty-.---; His life is our - example,
His teachings are our inspiration. In
His death and resurrection, we find
our only hope of immortal ty. Only
a few weeks ago. the whole Christian
world celebtated with rejoicing, the
anniversary of His birth. Tai-day it
enters upon a season of fasting and
repentance, in commemoration --of
His fasting and temptation. He was
tempted:in all things like as we are.
He was led of the spirit into the wil
derness; and was tempted - and ;over--
came. We are also led by the spirit.
We are in the wilderness, surround
ed by , temptation. 1 The spirits of
good and evil, strive together within
Ats. When, we would do good, evil is
ever present with us. We buy, and
sell; work and ficherne; solely with
reference to the present life. We
pursue pleasure; wealth, ambition,—
laying our plans_and using our tal
ents and energy for their accomplish- .
ment, as.though this llreewere to last
forever. But there come times, when
we are taken 'bp into the high moun,
tail), and survey the, kingdoms.' of
this world, and , the et:4y of them;
and set them_beside the:eterual yeti-
xl.OO per Annum In Advance.
ties, and estimate their value. The
demon of unbelief says to us : " All
these things will I give thee, if thou
wilt fall down and worship me." It
seems that we hive bat to reach
forth the hand, to grasp the hands
which will make for us a happy an
successful worldly 'career. The ob
ects of ow ambition seem easy of at-
tainment. Of whit account is this
old, old story of the Fatherhood of
GOd, and the Brotherhood of man' .
Is it not merely °ne s e the supersti
tiona which have come down to us
from an early time, which , the light
of modern science is rapidly dispel!.
ing ? No man bath seen Him. There
is nothing tangible, real or practical
in this religion of faith, in things,
not seen. These things we' can see
and feel; weigh and estimate. Why
should we not reach forth and take
them. Let us eat, ' chink, :and lie
merry, for tomorrow we die."
It is that our vision may -be clear
ed, and our conscience quifkened, so
that we may be enabled to truly- es
timate, and rightly choose; that the
' church inculcates and • prescribes
these lenten observances. • Not while
all our energies are fully occupied
with the things of this world, can we
obtain strength to say, " Get thee
behind me, Satan, for—it -4s written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, .
and Him only shalt...thou - serve.' " It
It, is, by self-denial in small things,
that we learn -to say " No !" when the
greater temptations' assail us.. It is
by repentance and prayer, that- we
place ourselves in the relation- of
penitent children, to the Father, and
gain istrengt4 to repel the adversary
of our Souls. But it is not by these
observances e alone that the battle can
be w=ina Sackcloth and ashes, and
fasting; are all profitable aids and oh.
' servances, if accompanied by.
,the
true Lenten spirit. ;
1441 111 . - . -
Lent.
NUMBER 41
"Yet think 'not prayer and fast were trien,
To make one step 'tout earth and heaven."
We cannot with these alone, laY
hold.of the.eternal verities of our ek
iStenee. The Fatherhood '"of God
implies the. Brotherhood r cif man..
Neither in - things • temporal, - nor
things spiritual, can man live to hinv..i
self alone. -, Self : denial and self-sac
riiiice for our brother's sake, is as es
sential as for our own. Our duty to
wards our neighbor; is as
.imperative
as our duty towards God. And
above all, the church calls on us' at
this time to renounce the " kingdoin.
of the-workl,ind the glory of them,"
and heed 'the injunction of the proph
et- to . " Turn ye even 'to Me, saith
thejLord, with all your heart, and
'wit fasting, and with weeping, and
with 'mourning. rend your
heart,-and not your garMents, - and
turn 'unto the Lord - your God,". '
•
Jamaica Rum Made from Old
.' - • Shoes:-;
Speaking of the industry statistics,
says a - New York letter to the Spring
field Union, reminds me that several
curious busineases have been discov
ered by the eensus.diqiuties, of which
so far no newspaper ha* given aii ac
count. The surerintendent . of _ the
.Brooklyn census was much puzzled
some weeks ago upon discovering
that there was some use made of old
shoe.4 ' which was :not known to any
the deputies in his employ, and
could not be discovered„—lt--was
found that the old shoes were collect-,
large •
eel in arge qualitities by ragpickeis
and junkmen, and sold' to mysterious
persons, :for . whit purpose nu. -one
could divine... 'lt was well known
that Prussian blue is - made out - of
old leather, but• the persons engaged
in the business - werrfectly. willing
to have their workg . inspected. After
much inquiry and investigation, it
was found that ;the ,old shoes were
made into Jamaica rum. When they
came from the rag pickers the good
pieces were cut out and sold tosmall
ciibblers for patching-purposes: The
rest was distilled withispirits,;eolor
ed with burnt sugarj and sold as
Jamaica rum, and the.filost singular
fact about the_business is that' it. is
bonght, not .only by saloon keepers;
but by druggi-ts, who pride. them
:
selves on'the purity or their articles.
1 1 Many industries were found in which,
thoiigh the vabie of the product was
considerable, no value was attributed
to the raw • material: One man who.
made tomato catsup acknowledged to
making $lB,OOO wentirof catsup every
year, but said. :that his raw material
cost nothing. :When pressed for an
explanation ' .he said that. every year
in the fall he sent to, the factories
where tomatoes are canned; big tubs .
into: which the peelings . and trim
iningssof the tomatoes were thrown.
bribe men who prepared them for.
canning.' This material he got for:
the trouble of carrying it away. lie
groundlt; flavored it, andsolclit for
catsup'to the extent of 18,000 a year.
--• -44.4. • -
Behavior When in Company
. _....
Wt reprip"tfrom the litst' Worces- .
Let editiop of Isaiah. Thomas'' - " Lit.'
tte.Pretty Pock t' Book," one of a
Set of juvenile hooks—ve — rUpopular.
when our grand-parents were. boys
arid-girlef, the following very. practi•
dal and siraple. - rules - for behavior
while in company. • The Mosaic style
is very apparent :
.'"---1. Enter not into the company of
thy . superior .without command or
&Idling, nor without , .a bow. - -
Sit not down in the presence of 1 IT is not so easy as philosophers tell us
superiors withont bidding. - I to lay aside our prejudices ; mese volition
3. Sing not nor hum in the mouth 1 cannot: enable us to divest ours.-ives of
I
long
established feelings, and even reason
While in the presence of i saperiors:) •1 is averse to. laying aside_ theories it has.
4. Stand_ not wriggling with 'thy once been-taught to admire. .
Inxly . „hither and thither, but - steady rfolit wit
and understanding are but
and upright. - . -7 - - • trifles without integrityOtin - that which
5:
,Play not wantonly, like a mimic gives value to every character: The . igno•
with thy fingers orit.et. ', , . rant peasant iitheint fault is greater than
6. In coughilig.or sneezing make the philosopher with many; for what is
. _ genius or,,,courage without a heart?,
is little noise as possible..
7. If thou canst not avoid yaitn- MERE are none living who do not, in a
ing,shut thine mouth w ith thi n e greater or less degree , . have- an influence
hand or handkerchief.--,.. lover the earthly happiness of others. The
's' . sense of contributing to the !pleasure' of
.1. 4 ., When thou blowest thy nose .let i others augments our own happiness. Un
iffy handkerchief be used, and _Make 1 genialness, Christian charity and loving
notn noise in so doing.. !, • : kindness arothe sunbeams of the soul.
9. Gnaw not thy nails, pick
_Omni
.114:FINEM-ENT lends to personal cleanli:
not, nd,r bite them With thy teeth. .. ! mess, neatness, good taste - and simplicity
10. Spit not ; In the- room, but in in dress. At home, whether elegant m or
the cornerand - rub it, with thy foot, i hrtu. , m n b e l i e, pe th ra e o r
at ln t ereta mere aboi p ds !
pretender are
or rather go out and AO it - abroad. . • "
! very different. In the former you will
11. Lean not on the chair of a su- } find no gaudiness or false glittering, but
periOr: sanding behind him . , : • -i with the latter these abound.'
. . r
>So
12. Spit not upon the fire,
too wide , with thy knees-at it:
18. Sit not with thy legs erosab.,
but:keep them Armand settled,""iin - d
thy feet even.
14. Turn not thy-back to any, but
place thyself so that more may be be
hind thee.
15. Read not books, - letters or oth
er writings in company, unless theye .
be necessity, and thou askest leave.
- 16. Touch not, nor look upon the
books or writings of any one unless -
the owner invite or desire thee.
17. Come not near when another
reads a letter or any other paper. -
18. Let thy countenance be mod
erately cheerful, neither laughing nor
frowning.
19. Caugh - not loud, but silently
smile upon any occasion.
20: Stand not before *superiors
with thine bands in thine pockets;
scratch' not thine head; wink not
with I.liine eyes, but modestly be—
looking straight before thee. •
2L Walking with tby superior in
the house or garden, give him the
right or upperhand, anqi walk not
even with him - eh - ea by jfile,but, a lit-.
tle behind him, yet not so distant
thatit will be troublesome to him .to
speak to thee, or hard for thee to
hear,
22. LoOk not boldly nor wishfully
in the face Of thy. superior. •
• 23. To look upon one in company,
and immediately whisper to another,
is unmannerly.
24; Whisper.not in company. - •
25. Be not among equals forward
and fretful, but gentle and affable.
Tit. for Tat.
An old tiny of his flock once - call - 7
ed upon Dr. Gill - with a grievance.
The doctorl neckbands were too
long for her ideas of ministerial hu
manity, and after a long harangue on
the sin of - pride, she intimated that,.
.she had brought a pair of scissors
with her, and would bb pleased if her
dear past& .would permit her to cut;
them down to her notions of ' pro
priety. The doctor not only listened
patiently, but handed over the offend
ing white bands to operate -upon.
When she hp.d eut . them to her satis
faction and returned the - bibs", it was
the doctor's turn. •
said he, "you must do me
a good turn, also."
"Yes, that I , will, doctor," replied
she, " hat can it be
"Fell, you have something about
you which is a great deal too long
and which causes me no • end of
trouble, and I should .like to see it
shorter:"
"Indeed, deal; sir, I , will not hesi
tate; what is-it? Here are the scis
sorsoise theni as you please."
Come, then," said the sturdy
divine, "good sister, put. Out , your.
tongue."
I=3
Innocent Ignorance.
. •
A straine story told. in the native
dialect o that region comes to us I
from NeVadit', which, weie it transla
ted by a competent - linguist, might
prove very interesting to the general
reader. We will do our best in a
few•words to give some. idea of it;
and the curious results that ensued.
A chlnaman and a Digger Indian._
'were " wrestling with ea . - .1 other at -
draw poker." Old Persimmons finally
had three kings dealt. outto him."
He asked for two more cards, and
the Chinaman gave \ dim _ two, one of
which was a • "king." Pretty soon
j-" they had $l3O apiece on the board.''
"Me call him," murmured - the 'ted
Man—a well-kn Own Indian phrase.
The Chinaman held
, fciur aces, what
ever that may mean,
_-)And "scooped
• up the coin." " You behp ebeatum,"
yelled the Digger • in hlstlative
gue. The Chiiiamait evidently mis
understood it, for r . hi; . instant he
was drawing a pistoiand the -Digger
flourishing a
that
But what it was
allatiout that should so excite them,
our ignorance of the .Nevadese and
the aboriginal tongue prevent our
• ,explaining.--z Troy Pre4:
FANCY biscuit are theSimade : In
to three pints of flour mix's teaspoon
ful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of lard ,
or butter,•ana one teacupful of warm
milk. - To this .adi two__ eggs well _
beaten and one teactipful of home
made yeast, Mix welt and set in a
warm place to rise; which -will.take
about five hours.; form into biscuit ;
let them rise again and bake. These -
are . nice for tea, as also are rusks
made as follows : Melt four ounces
of :butter in a half a _ pint of nevi
milk ; Etticl to this seven eggs well
a gill of yeast and. three- ,
ounces-of sugar; pour this mixture
gradually into as much flour as will
makcs,thick - batter, and let it rise in
a , warrn place half an hour; then add
flour till a soh - dough is formed;
knead well,..fi?rm into small loaves,
let - them -rise, and then bake them. •
When cold, slice them - and brown
!. them in the oven.
Thoughtful Thoughts.
.
Tim desires thatlave only a.bodily end
and aim, that are unconnected with the
holy and noble purposes of= a pure, true,
and holy life, are false desires, and4ret f 0...
...
be slain. ..
•
I.F.ss.Eu is the man who has found his
work ; let him ask / no other blessedums.
Know thy work, and - do it ; and work at
it like Hercules. One monster there is in
the world—the idle than
POVERTY is the load of some, and
wealth is the load of - others, perhaps the
greater load of the two, and—yet every
one-bon:ions to bear it, notwithstanding
it may weigh them down to perdition.
EVERT kindle word and feeling, every
good deed and thought, every noble action
and impulse, is like the ark-sent dove,
and•returns from the troubled waters of
life bearing a green olive, branch to the
soul. • •
Yoif tind yourself refreslied by the pres
ene,o of cheerfurpeOple. ~Why not make
earnest to confer that plea Sure on others?
You will find half. thebattle-is gained if
:you nev2r allow, yourself to say anything
gloomy. .
Ems in the jouruey of life are like the
hills which alarm travelers upon their
road - ; they both appear great at a dis
tance. but when we approach them we
- ibrthat they are far less insurmountable
than we had conceived. •