or touu. imu. of a, a nni will be tbe opecmg up ui t -e,-, . . -.a. i 1 t t.In tone It! ' " ' i will be settled. Bowen ia ma ef New York, February 21, 1STC. Iaeftn! aQd Las no reason to Iilce tee btch vis. Reecber, or Plymouth Chareb Ur . ... . .1... mitr nnn lit vui IWu-1 Drew. Ibf great Stock, gam- uiai. ". - nip-ht. .;,,trl u.r.nn!r..in. BlndiDIlB a .. . ... i -;ii tra the bitter eno. iuu.-.T - "-,.-. bier, ishc uu .- o - .nar.d before a coia- lie pare, 7.',i u rh. Tthodisi miuee oi " KIM'S fcAST WHIfMSS. ET SOPfflt JtAT. TLcre was once a wretched little Wl Leoce before long Cborch, and year, over $100,000 to Mt comffiil. minarie and churches, and aa an proposea to H , offset pare tbe bar privileges ou ... LU boats to bis son. P.i..el tbrewd W pentiemao-be b.8 wb p cd cvervtbing that ever stood op be tl ll but be will hod bis match in prim Deatb. And then what i . r i.; nronertv? Where, l.riouic . i- . - K.,l,h.tm- tben. will bia ranroacs, and stock! Drew is estimated jofIjM 15 1.00.000. Liehi quite enourrb tbetc to ruio all bin cbi.area. Conimodoi YanderWt, a grea.er tat bad bisansir iu " d.la departure Tbe fid peoueniau i ,,. I ha naa a tee Ol a!8.uw:rt;eicu mvKi tbe troth of wbat re Baa buttbis committee declined, men Bowen said tbat in ten days be would appear before a committee of the -i,.,rrh nd nrove it. Ab they can- ! not decline tbis, it is Tery probable .k.mcha have anotber eatrw' ecber to divide interest with entencial. THE CHEAT TIKE, which destroved $4,000,000 of prop erty on tbe'eoner of Grand and Broadwav. Tuesday night, ebows that Vew" Vork is asshamniiiy built - Chicago was. Tbe buildings de- me iLan Dr-w ir.pt !.r a su two vears. mt.A I I'uri v. i ... ,.f vlrr close calls. T he j d ere 8mont? tbe finest in are never perium (city, externally, DUt uen ure wuiu- CU I u Ul lui I ' . - i est flimsiest Kructures imapinable. Light thin walls, with pine joists and i ; 1 i at .... arc fiU'K. I , .i1P. tbe vast interest! Lec.ntr!e'iWt demoralized tbatnoonccouidfee tbeend. A rnnerthat be is iil aeoda bis rtocl do n ten jr cent, in a mmntc, and i-a autb'.ritotive contradiction re-,.r.- it iurt a- fjuirklj. He cannot la-t loup however, and wh-nbedoes pi uuder tb.-re will le a f mash sncb as tbe country never t-aw. He has tiiken BiivaniuLu vi , rncnt '.t.. n.artcl Limelf. Occasion- ' o'l'i- i:.nre of the stock oi bis various r..o",!. Lure rune oat of bis hands l than Le deMred, and to pet their k rbeapiv be would take bis room f.,r a dav. aiid let it leak out that be i wahill." His brokers would Mep in' wl-rri tLev were dow n and buy up as . :: .u: L an be needed for bis purposes, j v.L- tbe eld peotlemac would ap-i on tliC hi reel s iunnu : tnli-nted old man is (.ornel- jK i.r A erv Tbe fl..nrmr It jiilv took an uour lor a whole block to go up. It is athame (or insurance companies to put in surance on Mich traps. Had the buildings been properly built tbe Cre never would have got out of the building in which it originated. There was no wind, the fire depart- the be?t in tbe world, was proraptlv at work, and tne lire, w ben discovered, naa maue out he&dwnv, but yet, before it could be subdued", a whole block was con sumed. Tbe death of young Beers, or tbe fr department, was a very sad thing- He was not on duty that niirM but was snendinir tbe evening with the young lady to w bom be was to have been married in a lew weeks i Hp beard the alarm, and witnout I waitinp a moment, rushed to the fire, Tit.wi s ash A'. easts. jjja betrothed following him as far as i . . . I rr-- .1 romnc thA no ice wou d rermit uer. icu 14 1 l r a ;ntrv is- :n:esiec minutes after, a wall Beers in the ruins. fell, burying 'be poor girl saw tbe cata.-tropbe, and was carried and va-rants. and as tne ci;y cujojb tLe jireenee of fur times as many t ,.r.rn ia vherp do thev all cine from ? Never in the!tober home a raving maniac. Ihe tbere so builders oi tcose uunaiug uic u.- ti.. .,,.,.:, fn reel r rpdionjib c lor 31 ica!-i im i. rrr whn nehter vou at every .lives. i with their importunities, and the sand bank all summer, and in a snow bank all winter, waiting f-r a btroug north wind to blow it over. "Sav, what will vou sell tbat school bouse 'for?' asked "a traveler of a lit tle boy wbo stood on one toot oa tbe ricketf door step. "For a bunch of matches," answer ed tbe b y, quick as thought The roan laughed and rode on. The bov was Kicufcall Frince, tbe rogue ot tbe town of Skoodac, Dis trict No. 3, and tbe try patience of all his teachers. He was a hand Some lad, ten years of gc. I don't mean to say that be was alw ays ten years old, but tbat was bis age w ben nflai3htv: but. vou see, the ... . 1 , 3 -: - ' - w hip vou, tne more money Miss Pentecost wbipied him tud tbere is where our story begins. Now Miss Pentecott taught tbe school tbat summer of District No. 3 She liked Kim evervbodv liked Kim, but tbat was no reason why be ,;n ns lcelj, together. rv of New i ork were rmriV a.- now. of IT bL-k areas ere crowded witu ttiem. Some few make atbow of some kind of business, but as a rule tbat pretext is not oWrved. but they come at you with a bold, and, generaly, impudent (lemaiid f.r charity. If you give, wliut you give is converted into rum in thcVhoricst pos-ible tiwe, and then tLe station-house furnihbes a lodging for the vapraut. Tbe taxes tbe city j avti for Uier vermin is sonietbing otii.riii.iLM. There arc over ."0,(M)0 professional thieves in the city, aud when the senii-tbieres, thoe wbo live unlawfully, but manage to keep out of tbe hands of the law, is added, the hum tntal is something awful to fuuteuiplaic. It is a pity tbat some plan for compelling those sturdy vil lians to earn their own liviug could Dotle devi-ed. Tbe attention of tbe public is being eallea to it, and doubt-le.-s the Legislature w ill give the city the relief it ho much needs. If tbey could only be arrested and compell ed to work on tbe public works, or on the streets, it would be immense i-aviug to the city and would do away w itb a nuii-ance tbat Las grown into vust proriioij, and is daily iurreas iuir. Mendieauey ia t-o much easier here than ia, Europe vbat tbouands come here 'to Plv their vocation. Kvery hteanjer, and ever sail-vessel ns well brings its assortment of thieves and vagrants, to reinforce our native product Congress will be petitioned tbis winter to take some Krps to prevent New York being made the receptacle of the crime and puuperiMii of the Old World. But wether it can be done is doubtful. There is no doubt but that something ouk'bt to be done, for the nuisance is well-nigh unbearable. IN WALL STREET. Wull street is as old as the city, but its habitues are not so ancient. Tbe average stay of a man in that f treet is very brief. He may make a great deal of money one year, but be is morally certain to lose it the nest, nnd ninety per cent, ol them go out poor. The oldest man in the street has only been tbere twenty-seven years, and be has staid that length of time by doing a strict'.y commission business, and never taking a rik. Tbu offxe that this man now occupies be paid $l.r0 per year for at the be- giuiug of bis career. -Sow, lie is paying 4,000 for tbe same premises. He has one building that be rents for more money each year than the prem ises cost him fifteen years ago. The msioritv of tie men on the street are young, twenty-one to thirty being the ages of tbree-fourtli3 of them. A man can't live long in that street, for tbe life is one of too much e xcitcmer.t. It is tbe wildest form of gambling known, for there is no cessation or relief. When tbe speculator has put sll on a certain stock it may take a week for the result t be known, and that week be carries around with him a load of anxiety. It is with him at bis meals, it walks Wsidc him and sleeps with him, or rather won't let him sleep. He has all staked on events which he cannot control, and Le has to simply wuit in suspense till the matter is decided for or agaiDst bim. Of course to carry this load he invariably resorts to stimulants, and the upshot of the matter is o early death-bed, and seldox a very pleasant one. But the places of those who dropout are filled by a new stock, and the game goes on forever The business is pure gambling Wall street doesn't earn a dollar or produce one. It is pimply wagering money tbat stocks will go tip or down, and in most cases the money wagered be longs to some one else. A lie that will influence a stock is considered virtuous, and erjury is not '.!.-credii- ablc unless it fails to pr dtice the do sired effect. In brief, if there is a sin that has not been adopted in Wall street, you may be sure it is only be cause it couid not be utilized THE EEECUER TROCELi.. The statement of Henry C. Bow- en. tbat be believed Henry Ward Bepcber to be a perjurer and adulter er, created a profound impression, particularly as every body knows tbat Mr.(Bowen is in a position to know more of the inside of tbe case than any man living, and especially as he is the enemy of Tilton- It puts'tbe mat ter in such a shape that Mr. Beecber cannot ignore it. Mr. Bowcn is an entirely resposible man, and a state ment so broad and sweeping must be met, otherwise, tbe public will have a ripht to belive it to be true. And M'K'I'Y AM' SAN KEY. The crowds that goto benr Moody and Sankey at the Hippodrome are wonderful" There seem- to be a good many christains left in the city vet, for the vast audiences are slill mainly composed of "them. The idea of the Evangelists is to work for a revival among tbe Church es first so thuti heir members will Le prepared to belpin the work of re tcb- irig sinners. Those wbo scoff are I those wbo stav awav, for it is impos sible to put ones self under the influ enced the meetings and not to be affiled. Tbe nuiet in which tbe multitudes drift into their scats, tbe silence of prayer, tbe singing of thousands, hushed and full of feeling, fell rather than beard, some times stir tbe most nnitnpresssible. Whether they w ill accomplish any permanent good is questionable that they suc ceed in producing an intense feeling for the time tbere can be no doubt Their audiences increase in number every meeting, and it could be Kept up forever. i IETRO. Americas jBflprneee. Horace White, in one of Lis letters from Europe, writes as followa : Tbe disclosures of rascality in public lite, of which the American press has for a Ion? time teen iuu, uavr dvu-whu- cd notice, though I must Bet it down as an extraordinary mark of interna tional comity that I have not seen any, except the most distant, allusion to" them in any newspaper, either English or Continental. A more prolific source of disfavor arises from tbe growing distrust of our judieial proceedings. I have been asked over and over again wny it is so aim- cult in America to punish a rascal or recover stolen property. Ibe hard est thing for our people to under- sUnd," said a Franktort banter w no has large interests in New York, "is why justice cannot be depended on in your courts. I know of several eases at this moment where large sac rifices are beicc made in the way of settlement with sharpers, rather than run the risk of long delay, beavy costs, and uncertain verdicts in Amer ican tribunals. It is this uncertainty, qnite as much as the failure of recent speculative investments in America, tbat deters German capitalists from nuttin? more money at risk on your side of the water. 1 suppose you treat us as well as you treat each otb er. In fact I know you do; bu. you must relorm your code, wcca out your technicalities, anu unu some way to pet betterjurics " Mr. White says our eminent legal hair-splitters will be shocked to learn that in tbe effete monarchy where the above colloquy took place a flaw in the indictment is of no advantage whatever to a criminal ; tbat the ef forts of courts arc directed to cxpedit ing rather than hindering tbe course ol justice; and ttat a man worth $100,000 is as liable te go to jail, if guilty, as a tramp without a groschen in bis pocket. He adds : An Antwerp merchant worm some 10,000,000 francs and having influen tial connections was recently detect ed in some beavy frauds upon the rev enue. Within a fortnight's time be had been indicted, tried by a jury of his peers, and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment and to pay a "fine of 1,000,000 francs. How tbe foundations of society would be shak en if this had happened in Chicago, and wbat public-spirited effort would be made to secure the poor man's pardon ! Aa Aaeat r Whlatm. John Cochrane sends the follow ing to the New ork Sun: After tbe Revolutionary war Washington and many of the army officers, then living in New York, met frequently at dinner at each other's houses. My grandfather, Dr. John Cochrane (Surgeon and Direc- tor-Gcnerai of tbe military hospital of tbe army), attending at one cf these, had directed his son, my uncle, then a lad, to come in tbe evening to escort him home. As the son of tbe doctor he was admitted to the dining-room, where, in tbe midst of their hilarity, be saw Gov. Morris, who was talking, turn suddenly toward Washington, next to whom he was seated, and clapping him on the back heard him cry oat: "Wasn't it so, my old boy?" Washington, my uncle said, sat unmoved and a deathlike silence now come otner men wbo say that' fell Dpoa the whole companv. which i r i . m- jiti i ......... . A ..n t . i i - tell wbat be knowa in a court oi ius- tice, fur tbe reason tbat he has in bis safe documents tbat substantiate all that be asserted and a" great deal more. Mr.-Jieecber; so'faT, has done" nothing about it, but he cannot long remain silent. Bowen is determined to force it to an issue, and the result soon after qnietly broke op, It was understood tbat tbe scene ' occasioned by a wager that a liberty could be taken with Wash ington. . Tweed has soWed the problems of rapid transit, large profits, and no returns. should be allowed to tie the girls together by the hair tbey wore long braids in those days or Ere pa per balls or cat cbuke cherries, or stick pins in tne seats to make ice ABC scholars cry' O!" when they were not saying their letters. Miss Pentecost never winked at fashiona ble at that period, she w hipped Kim regularly three times a week. It was considered tbe most direct way of reaching the conscience. But Kim never could remember a whipping more than a day and a half, or a; the longest three days, and Miss Pentecost began to grow discouraged. Must Kim always goj on doing mischief and neglecting his lessons a boy wbo couid learn so well if he chose? She knew bis mother a poor widow, with a large family of children and was sure Mrs. Prince could not afford to send Kim to school merely to play. "What can I do to make an im pression on tbat child?" thought Miss Pentecost one day as she tied the strings of her gingham "log cab in" under her chin, and steppe i out of tbe scboolhouse. Just then she heard those words spoken by Kim with great energy and a flourish of fists: "Tell you it's true. Bob Whiting, for my mother said so; and if mother says it's so, it's so, if it uin't so!" Miss Pentecost laughed all to her self, and passed on through the sand bank into the dusty road. Wbeu she had gone as far as the big willow, she paused a little, and laughed again. "I like to hear a boy talk so about his mother, even if it is nousence Kim is an affectionate little fellow, aud I shouldn't wonder if be is a pretty good sou. Anyway, I've got an idea, and I mean to try it, and see bow it will work." Next day was the time for one of Kim's regular whippings. He had been more trying lhan usual, and Miss Pentecost sent Bob Whiting out for a remarkably strong birch rod, which could better express her feelings than the old one, that stood iu tbe corner. .She spent some time in trimming the new twig, though she was careful to leave a few small knots on it to give emphasis to the blows. "I don't think I ever saw a better birch rod," said she, as bbe looked at it with critical admiration. "Now, Kimball, you may take off Tour jacket." He was so used to taking it off tbat he usually kept bail the buttons unfastened to save time. Miss Pentecost gave him lu unus ual bard whipping, and alter it be cried till ho could hardly see. He thought that was enough, and it was w hat tbe boys ca'I a "square thing." but tha evening, as he was running out of tbe scboolbouse wbisuicg, Miss Pentecost1, called bim to her desk. "Well, Kimball, I've whipped you very hard to day." Kim thought there was uo room for a doubt of tbat fact. "Yes'm," he lesponded meekly. "Look at this stick. Didn't I take pains to get a good one?" "Yes'm," said Kim; but ho dida't gaze at it as if be loved it. "Do you know, Kimball, ii is very bard work to whip you? It lames my arm and it hurts my feelings. Really, I can't afford to do it, day afier day, for nothing." Kim looked up in surprise. This was a new view of the matter. "You understand me, Kimball? I can't afford to do it any more for nothing. Why, there is not another boy in school that I've whipped as often as you; and this lime I must be paid for it. Don t you ibiuk that fair?" "Yes'm," said Kim, Lis eyes black and shining as watermelon seeds. "Well, Kimball, I ibiuk it's worth about twenty-five ceuts, and I dou'i want jon to come to school to-morrow without bringing me the money. Tell your mother about it, and tell her if yoa don't bring it I shall have to send you hoinn for it. Good night, and don't forget what I sav." "Yes'm." "Wbat did she do to you ibis time?" inquired Joe Fuller, w ho had been waiting outside. "O, go 'long, now; she didn't do anything to me," replied Kim, sbeep- ishlv. "Come, let s go down to the pond and catch mud-suckers." Next morning about school time. Kim stole along into tbe shed kitch ed, and hung about the cheese tub, where his mother was cutting curd. " by don't yoa start for school: You'll be lute, ray son." "The mistress whipped me yester day," mut'ered Kim, helping him self to a lump of curd. "Did she? Well I've no doubt you deserved it There, go, and see if you cant be a better boy to-dav." "But, mother" "Well, what?" "Why, you see, the mistress " "Well, speak out quickly sonny; I'm in a hurry." "Why, you see, mother, she wants twenty-five cents for whipping me." "Twenty-fine cents?" "She says it lamed her arm," 6aid Kim, hanging bis head, "be says 6he can't whip me for nothing, and if I don't bring it she'll send me home." Mrs. l'rice looked down at the curly headed culprit with a twinkle of fun in her eyes and she had black eyes, very much like Kim's "Well, sonny, go and get mv purse out of tbe end cupboard. If I am poor, it shan't be said tbat I don't do all I can for my children's educa tion." Kim brought the purse a red worsted one with steel rings. 1 es, here is a silver quarter with tbe pillars on it. We are out of gin gerbread, and 1 was going to spend it for molasses; but never mind. I don't blame Miss Pentecost. I know 1 it was hard work to - whip you, and she deserves tbe money." "Thank yoa, Kimball," said Miss Pentecost, in a low yoke, when she received tbe bright quarter. "Didn't your mother think 1 deserved it?" "Yea'm," and his chin eunk down into the. hollow of bis neck. "I thought she would. Well, now, my dear, I shall carry ibis quarter borne, and keep it; and the nest time I whip you, you must bring me another one. Do you understand me?" Kim scowled down at his little bare toes, and tried to stick them in to a crack in tbe floor. Why tbis was geitin? serious. Would tbe woman keep oa crying "quarters" forever? His mother had had all she cou'd do to support tbe family be fore; but what would they do now? "You may take your seat," added Miss Pen'.ecost, sail in a tone, so that no one could bear, but with a smile that exasperated poor Kim. j 'It is dreadful that you will be so! more 1 I shall get; and perhaps before the summer is over I shall have enough to buy a new dress." 'No ma'am," thought K;m, shut- Catch me letting mother buy a dress for you. Why, we have got to go without gin gerbread to-day. You won't get another chance to whin me for long while, raa'am now sec." To avoid whippings it was essary to study, fir Kim was a tbat must be doing something, saw Bob Whiting go to sleep longed to drop a cherry into Gen. Skeraaaa SpeecU ing: "This one aec-boy He and bis moult), lie saw .loc t uncr saunter ing down the ais'.e, looking straight befure Lira. It was the "cutest chance" to trip him up; but Kim resisted these allurements and fifty more, and got bis geography lesson so well that Miss Pentecost, patted bim on the head aud said, "that's ray uood bov," which would have been delightful to bim if only he could have forgotten that gingerbread. Next day be tried studying again and got to tbe head of his spelling class "Whv. I haven't had a whipping since Tuesday," thought he, Satur-j day noon, as he ran home with the silver medul of honor on his neck. After that he seemed somehow to fall into the habit of studayiog. Studying is a habit, let me tell you, just as much as playing, although I suppose it is rather harder to ac quire. The litt'c fellow's w ill was aroused, aud that was precisely wbat be wanted. In short, Kim had had his Ust whipping from Miss Peutecost or anybody else, and instead of being mt most troublesome boy, became her best scholar. "I shan't be able to buy that dress after all," said she the night before she left Skoudac; "but Kim, dear boy, I know you arc plad." "Yes'ui," replied KiiU, meeting her eve with a smile. "I'll keep ibis quarter to remem ber you bv; your uiuther wishes me to" "Yes'm." Kimball Priaco is now one of tbe wealthiest aud most respected citi zens in bis native State. "And tbat man," said 'Squire Hathaway the other day, in his Fourth of July oration, "was educa ted over here in Skoodac. boys in tbat little black scboolbouse, that is so miserable that, when a few years nio it took fire it wouldn't burn. Mr. Kimball Prince returned from Europe last May. with bis wife, and I beard Mrs. Hatbaway say she was once Miss Peutecost that she tuouirbt bcr lasl wbippioe maue a man of him." "He wanted that old quarter of a dollar," 6aid Mrs, Hathaway, laugh- in?; "bat I could not part with it; So ho cut it in two, and we have each got half." "A riea for lb fklekea Hnk; The Cry of "Infldrl" nnd "AtheUt. The principal weapons in tbe con bat are worth examining. Tbey a.re very easily examined. iou may pick them up on any of the battle fields of science; but on tbat held they were used with more effect than on almost any other, lnese weap ons are two epithets: "Infidel" and "Atheist." Tbe battle fields of sci ence are thickly strewn with these. Tbey have been used against almost every man wbo bas ever done any- ibinz for bis fellow men. The list of those wbo have been denouueed a infidel and ut heist includes almost all u'reai men of science general schol ars. inventors, philanthropists. The deepest CLrisliau life, tbe most noble Christian character have not availed to shield combatants. Christians like Isaac Xewton and Pascal and Jobu Lock and John Milton, and even Howard aud Fenelon.bave had these weapons hurled againstthem. Of all proofs of the existence of a God, those of Descartes have been wrong mo.-t thoroughly into the minds ot modcru men; aud yet tbe Protestant ibeoloiriaus of Holland sought to bring bim to torture aud to death by tbe c barge ol atticism. 1 bese can hardly be classed with civilized wea pons. Tbey are burning arrows. 1 bey set lire to great massen ot pop ular prejudices; siiu.ke ries to obscure the real questions, fire burst, forth ai limes to destroy the attacked party. Tbey are poisoned weapons. They go to tbe bearts ol loving women, they alienate dear children. They injure the man after life is ended, for ibey leave poisoned wouods in the hearts of those who loved him best fears for his carnal happiness dread of tbe Divine displeasure. Of course, in tbese oavs, these weapons, though often effective in disturbing good men, and in scaring (tood wo men, are somewhat blunted. Indeed, thev not unfrequently injure assail ants more than assailed; so it was not la the days of Galileo. Tbese wea pons were tben in all their sharpness aud venom. rrecidcnt White, in Popular Science Monthly for Feb ruary : At a recent reunion of the New England Society in New York, Gen. Sherman made an interesting speech from which we extract the follow- great land .extends from ocean to ocean. It is densly popu lated in other parts, and tbe little army of 25,000 men is the connect ing link between the future and the past. They have a ta3k to perform the same as our Pilgrim Fathers bad, and some future generation will look forward to them as they did, and even at Fort Laramie, 1 hope there may be a banquet tben somewhat the same as there is here to-night. Ap plause. The Army is now one of peace, and should lead our bearts to peace. It does. There was a space a few years ago when everyone was in war, when we were struggling for our existence, and I need hardly refer to it. I appeal to you all, and be lieve yoa will say that there was never such ai example since the time of Christ that the conquering race gave to the conquered the same rights tbat they themselves possessed. Applause. The very moment the war ceased, that very moment we snared with them our food, gave them employment, and took them to the protection of that flag which is to be tbe common flap of our hou e. TAnnlause.1 I say apain aad I be lieve I say what others will echo with me that every Southern man that will come with us heart and hand to build up this nation, to make it as it were the very perfection of all civil ized nations; where property is se cure, w here life is secure, and where contracts are enforced and where honesty is enforced from the highest down to the lowest I sa they are as welcome as if they were born on the surface of Plymouth Kock. Ap plause. But let item cherish one ihouth'. cf hostility, let tbeui have anything in reserve any boast ofj their old Confederacy a storm will rise over their heads tenfold as fierce as the last one which swept over this laud. Applause. Gentlemen, I am speaking now for an army scat tered all over tbis continent n t o' the regular army, for that is a small body of raea now bntfor an army of men for the muscle, and bane, and brain which now agitates Amer ica. Applause. We see ourselves to-day in asort of apathetic position. I bear more complaints in New York iban I ever beard in my life and I used to live here of hard times, of dull times. I don't see it, but I hav'nt had the means of looking be hind the couuter, nor inside your ledg ers But the country at large is not unprosperous. Tbere is more land cultivated than ever befi re. There is more mines developed every day than ever before. There is more room for the unoccupied han ever be fore. 1 will guarantee honest em ployment for 40,000,000 more people if tbey will only come over from Eu rope, not if they bang around the cities to become only clerks or por ters. Now the trouble witb this country is tbat the people have flock ed too much in the cities. Come out West! Tberfc is plenty of wheat there and plenty to drink. Laugh ter. We will treat you all kindly. You wont have such good wine as you bave at Delmonico's, but we will give yoa an ample meal and a hearty welcome. 1 do not suppose any of you merchants will go there, but you can tell your firiends that there is plenty of vacant land in Colorado, in Kansas, in Nebraska, and iu Wy oming for all tbe unemployed men ibat now infest yoar cities. iNow, gentlemen, I have said probably more tbaa 1 ougbt to bave said. feries of "No. no," "Go on,"l but of course, being somewhat of a rover, wandering about tbe earth, and look ing at things as tbey occur to me with my own eyes and ears, and when 1 hear your people in New York complaining of hard times, and see so many people riding out in earraige like princes, I cannot un derstand it all It don't seem to be uatural at all. If the Plymouth fathers had had one-tenth of what each and every one of tbe citizens of New l ork has to-day, tbey would bave counted themselves rich ; and if tbe people of New York and Ameri ca w ill only practise the economy, or one-half tbe economy of tbe Pilgrim fathers, tbe national debt will be ex linguished in ten years in five years. Cries of "Good, good " s to spe cie payment u will come as a matter of course. If, however, tnis great nation of forty millions of people, by the wisdom of Congress deem it bard and oppressive to maintain 25,000 soldiers to keep the peace amonp tbe Indians and moog our border pe:ple if ibey deem it extra veagant let it be done; let us go back to our own civil employments, turn our swords into pruniug books, and I myself will give the example of poiur back and earning ray own living as I did be fore the war. But I hope this great nation will not forpet the lesson of Washington, who bade t'icm always to be prepared ; let tbe danper be ever so little, to be prepared f r the danger and to maintain not only the nucleus of an array bot the knowledge of the art of war, and the art of naval war, too, and preserve it as something and above price, so tbat we won t bave again to submit to the uiortiCca tion of sending to Germany for men to drill our soldiers in our next war. New AdvertiscemntB. New A doertizements. According to tLe estimates of the secretary of the New Hampshire Board of Agriculture, hawks, foxes, and oiber birds and beasts of prey destroy more than half tbe chickens and turkeys batched out in the State. John C. Diaville of Salisbury township, who has frequently de lighted the readers of tbe Inquirer with his well written articles, makes the following plea for tho chicken hawk, in the January number of tbe Lancaster Farmer: In ibe discussion of the bird ques tion at tbe last meeting of tbe Lan caster County Agricultural and Hor ticultural Society, while it was agreed that all other birds should be protected by law from tbe gunner, ibe society seemed unanimous in their verdict tbat the chicken hawk should be tbe target of every rifle and shot guu in the country. Atone time 1 entertained similar views in re gard to the chicken hawk but I bave not shot one for years, being fully convinced that be is a friend to the farmer. Darwin 6bow3 how, in many cases, the crop of clover seed is dependent on the supply of cats in the neigh borhood. Humble bees distribute the pollen on tbe clover bloom; field mice destroy the young humble bees; cats catch the mice. But the chick en hawk is a better mouser than tbe cat. Nothing hurts tbe eye of tbe farmer worse than to see great bare spots io his grass fields, where Geld mice have worked under tbe snow and destroyed tbe roots of the clo ver. I have a fine large hawk that every day sits for hours perched on a horrizoutal dead branch of an old chestnut tree in the Geld. He forms a Due, clear cut picture against the wintry sky as he sits there motion less ns a statue. Now and then he swoops down aud takes up a nioute, witb. perhaps, some dead grass, in his talons. I would not exchange bim for the best game cock or tbe best Brauiah in tbe couatry. True, be sometimes catches a rabit pr a partridge, or bears off a pullet for bis crop, but he is fully entitled to these as part pay for his services as a mouser. It is true that, vicved from a sen timental standpoint, birds of prey af ford but few traits to challenge our admiration. But science teaches their use, aud when science and sen timent come io conflict, w e are bound to accept the surer results of the former. Tbe crow is also a much maligned bir j, but thanks to his sagacity, this "bird of ill omen" generally escapes tho shots of his persecutors. Ibe crow is represented s living to a great age. Tennvson alludes to tbis iu the sonorous line "As the many wintered crow that lala the clangiuK ruukerv home. The crow has a decided taste for "grubs," and does good service in the coru field in early spring. 1 bave known this bird to book cut worms out of a hill of corn with its beek, and leave tbe grain untouched. I ouce was very much amused at one of these ebony birds tbat found a nest of ben's eggs near a neighbor's barn. 1 saw bim roll tbe eggs out of the nest and then fly off to a grove near by. Presently two crows re turned iroui tbe wood, ana bad a happy time eating the eggs. I judged that one of tbese crow tbat found tbe eggs other was his wife, though be qualified that such was Perbapsit was anotber crow's wife. 11 my brst conjecture in regard to their consanguinity was right, the bird certainly showed more solici tude for ihe comfort of bis alt frau than some husbands I know of. I feel kindly to arils these black scaven gers, and throw the butchering offal wbere tbey can get it. Tbey get terribly bungrywhen the ground is covered with snow. N RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, From January 11, 1875, to January 11, 1876. $ New Advertisements. J.W. PATTON. CO. HURST. NEW FIRM. EW GOODS. THE NEW FIRM OF run ui a nunai 'So. 4, IJaer's Ittock, GEORGE M. NEFF. Treasurer of Somerset County, in ac count with said County. JDJEl. To cash received from collectors of State and county rates and levies, as follows: Outstanding State and county taxes for the years 18"3nnd 1874 included. CoriECTous. Districts. Gillian C. Lint eoix W. Kcnfor.l .. John A. Walker Tot.ias A. Miller Simon H. Friti Jacob Mwnman Iredertc-k Shallij Alam It. ShakT John Dnrla Itctrich Krorrr John A. Philinni Olllla . U Miller William sjoott Simon Bvrkey fiKr hyie Alberto. Keini John Sii ylor Herman Slab I Privilege ! ! Year. A Buffalo man dreamed that he was going over the Falls, aud he bad his wife by tbe throat when be woke op. Next night she bad a dream, and broke his nose as she struck at an IndiaD. William McGuirc bas been impris oned in Philadelphia tor having bit ten off the nose of William Kose. A Rose without a nose will not smell as sweet. Catch not too soon at an offense, nor give too easy way to anger, tbe one shows a weak judgment, other a perverse nature. the "Young ladies have tbe privilege of saying anything they please .dur ing leap year," sbe said eyeing him out of one corner of her eye with sweet look. His heart gave a great bound, and while he wondered if she was going to ask tne question wbicb be bad so long desired and leared to do, be an swered "Yes." "And the young men must not re fuse," said she. How could they?" sigh tben," said sbe, will you He fell on his knees and said : "Anything, anvtbing, you ask, darl ing." "Wait till I get through. Will you take a w alk, an not hang around our bouse so much:" And be walked. Oil Citi Der rick. "No, no ed be. "Well, Tbe English Rifle Association bas accepted the challenge of the New York Rifle Association to organize a term in the contest for the champ ionship of the world. A singular grain of wheat, acci 1 VI . a a . . uentuiiy dropped in a garden in tloveringbara, bngland, last spring produced 93 ears and over 3,000 grains of wheat: probably tbe lar gest yield ever known, but showing wbat good soil and good cultivation can accomplish. Reports from Constantinople give details of tbe persecutions of tbe Armenian Cbrisiians by their Turk ish rulers. Many are professing Islaimisra to escape outrage. The wife of tbe Marquis of Bute was recently delivered of twins a pair of Butes, as it were. Detroit Evening News. So was tbe and the I cannot tbe fact Jorinh Kimincl. WllllatL, Urubnker Frederick P. Walker... Daniel Swarner John H. Benfopl John A. Walker Oeorjre o. Walker r reUerlck w.pe Henry Hay : itamei rionman New Ion Ti.'huc J acot S . L.lven;?ooJ Conrad Eiehenuur Ahm. It. Howanl Frederick O. Neif W. S. Matthews ,. ( Sconce ( irfcer Frederick Hiimbold .... Jeremiah Whipkey.... acnarian anT'icr Alexander Walker William Gillespie William Flick Samnel J. Boyer Tobias Lehman Kenj.imin Bowman S. J. Liven! Jonathan Voder 11. A. Flick Frederick Weller Jacob Troutman John M. Scrock Paul U. Sehluz Aneustu Meilary Oeorire W. An-lerson .. Herman loutikin William O. Earhart.... 'Pule. City borooffh '.Somernct boronh ! Addion I Allegheny Illroihersvallcy Owcmauh - .lelierson Jenner Lower Turkeyioot MMdlecreek ! Mi) ford i Mevcrsdale hormeU iNcw Centrcville boroajrh ! Paint ILluemahonlnK 'Salisbury borough I Shade Somerset borough ' Somerset - jStonycreek .... istoy'stown borouli jSummir jl'l'per Turkcyfoot I'rsina borough lAd.llfon I llerheny j Berlin twroaizh i Hrothcrsralley iConemnuffh 'oriHneuce boroiejb jKlkliek. 'ijrecnville ....i Jcficrson I .Tenner j Jonnerville borough. Larimer .'. Lower Turkcyfoot Alid.llecreek Milford pteverfctale bor. nirh i New Baltimore, borough j.Vew I'entreviile borouuh Northampton j Paint tluemnbontntr i Salisbury borough Shade..". Somerset borough Somerset iSouthamp'on Stonyereek SK.yftown borough ! Summit ',t'piMr Turkcyfoot jl'rsiua borough iWellersburg borough Yeae. Stat Tax. Covstt Tax. 1373 1ST4 ... To amount of State tax for HT3 and 1ST4 ' cash borrowed from I Hinder, order No. H - received from K Kimmei 1 " " ' H. B. Younkin " redemption money on unf eated lands 1 babn-c inh.mii of Treasurer at lft settlement Total . ;t 29 49 14 14 2 6? 4 M 10 v.' ;u at Km 4iJ 14 l :5 "1 4:1 15 i NJ 17 3T U'J lis hi Wilt 'J' 1 Jl 3.VJ OS 17 64! ol 72 dl 04, 547 37 19 .: 1 4 1 Mi 1"9 -1 11 Si; 604 ;7 4."'! SiuT ! Vi 232 :V, 6 -' " I IVl V) I M ()' 1 a: I 124 w 9 40i Ml 'i 7 7S Ul 2 111 71 1.102 4i ,V1 Oil 411 5i 1.2W1 On 1.054 H 2o it 1,4'iS Oo Ml 47 7oi 6;J 1 362 80 s IT, 220 S4 J4') 00 3 20 1.42 27 j i)oo W I 67 07 20 I Mi 00 479 00 I it : ! ?'T 32 i 4. . I 2.223 20 "" " 7dS .V, 107 71 67 174 ft 87 73 17) 6S w; : :2 H 1.' 00 t) :', 0 1 1 00 29 M . 13 sm.io 4 re now In receipt of a tork of ifsxls adaoled to je present wants of the people. Purchased wlth n the last ten days and ulnca the decline In tha priee. of Staples and Domestics, they are enabled to offer special inducements to all la want ol jc.ods of every desoriptk n In n h Tar.ety as cannot be found anywhere else In town, comprising a ;en fP! """'nent. They call spcctul atteutl.n to ineir large assortment of CALICOES, Bleached and Unblcael td Muslins GINGHAMS, S II HIT ING. TICKING, BOYS AND MENS' HEAVY PA XT STUFFS, in Cottonade, Double ami Irish eTcaiis, Satinets, Cassiniercs, &c., DRESS CiOOIDS, in Plain and Corded A Ipaccas, Pop lins, Cashmeres, French Msrrinoes, 4c, ST A PL K A FANCY NOTIONS HATS Sc CAPS, BOOTS Sz SHOSS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS, The bcstass.'rtcient of By cash paid on order.' issued by County Commissioners, as follows: tS 140 91 ! 'M l 04 By imotmt paid on bridge building assessors . . I JloatSt. Mlrbel. And wbat is St. Michel? A sane tuary from time immemorial. Its rocky souiuiit rising into tbe air Grst crowned with Druidical remains. later with & Roman temple, and last ly with a Christian church bas been in turn tbe shrine of tho legend, tne romance, ana tne religion or at least twenty centuries. Though not always isolated, it was always sa cred. Tbe remains of tbe vast for est of Quoquelunde, as late as tbe sixib century, still stretched from ibe main land to tbe rocky mount. Iu ibe seventh century the remnants of it disappeared be-fore the inroads of tbe rapid tide, but a wooded slope on tbe north-east side of tbe island, still recalls tbe ancient homes of tbe Druids; aud tbe earth, in many parts, is riddled through aud through with eouutless warrens, made by tbe lineal descendents, no doubt, of tbe O d forest rabbits of tbe mainland. As we look op at the wondrous pile from the sands, and note tbe mighty walls and towers bebiud which nes tles for protection the little town, the eye measures those ancient graa ite masses, as solid and collossal as the rack on which tbey ft aud, aud is fairly bewildered at the abrupt eleva tion, one above the other, of castle and monastery, until, on the summit of the whole, a vast cathedral, woa dei ful to behold even in its decadence, leaps into tbe air with flying but tress, pinnacle, and spire. And wbo built it. and how was it built? We kuo where the granite came from; but how were the immense blocks floated over from the neighboring Rochers de Cancales, hardly visible in the remote distance? How were tbey got across that shallow, treach erous tide, or bow, when the sea went out, were they prevented from . inking into tbe sands? Tbese are light matters, as the student of St. MicbtPs Mount will socn learn. Was not tbe great Archangel watch ing over the destinies of his shrina? A string of miracles, a group of shin ing legends, light up tbe pages of its eventful history. As we read far back in tbe past, tbe colors seem all fresh, like the gold azure of tbe ancient missals on the yellow parch ment of tbe monastery itself. Tbe good Bishop St Paterne.of Avrancbes (sixth century,) sent through the forest of Quoquelunde his band of pious workmen, who cleared part of ibe rocs, and founded two churches to Sts. Symphorien and Stephen, and a monastery. St. Scubilion was the first abbo but the Christian le gend begins only after the washing away of tbe forest in tbe seventh century. Tben it was that St Michael twice visited St. Aubert, (A. D. 703.) Bishop Avrancbes, and pointed Io the isolated rock as bis chosen sanct uary. The holy man, mistrusting such visions, opened his Bible and meditated on St. John's words, "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirts." Again he fell asleep, and tbis time St. Micnael pushed him roughly with one finger on one side of h s bead (pulxalur amteriux,) upbraiding him w!th bis sluggish incredulity; and tbe Bishop arose to found a church endowed with its own lands, and destined to be become one of the most famous pil grimages in Christendom. Good Words. Come to Jesus now. " " " Commissioners' attorney, w. H. Postlcthwalte " " " '-onimisrioners' elerk, Jacob Netf " ' ' Ounty Auditors J. J. Sjielchcr J.J. Welter I. S. Miller Branvmnt paid County Commissioners V. J. Miller F. J. 4 tountryuun O. W Buyer v By amount piij AuditeriT clerk and statcuiunts ' " for constable' returns " " lor election expense " " for fox and wild cat (culpa " for fuel " " " for printing " " " icnwd jurors " ' " ILatrerae jurors " " " tipstaves ami janitor " " jury commissioners " " " lor dockeisand stationery " money refunded " " of county script destroyed By amount uiid for Inquisitions " ' ' for repairs " " " reform school : " " road and bridire views and sates " " on miscellaneous orders ' " " stenographer " " " for erect Ing meridian line " " for merchandise for prisoners " " " SheritTs bill. O. Knepter, in part , " " " Protbonotary's bill, E. M. Scnrock " " " penitentiary " " " tor damages u " " for commonwealth costs " " " of borrowed money " " of money relanded Ui State M " of redemption money paid out " " paid for township lines " ' on Poor-house order " " " out on school and road orders on unseated lands " " State tax. puld ont of county funds " " " Treasurer's commission on ft .2,293 S, at 2!4 per cent. " balance iu hands of Treasurer 'lac county loo (d ! 477 'J j 38 00 j S O. r e oo 440 00 s; oo 307 00 . 00 eyj 37 1.247 19 M 9i 6n 00 1 14 20 704 13 3,140 OS OKI 00 3, 78 21 VI M 13 14 00 12 60 37 '0 214 79 7o4 M l 220 63 M 10 77 40 IS M 247 340 40 194 4o 112 SO 1.041 62 1.0 0 lO t3 'Aft 20 SI 41 80 f.380 33 694 SI 17& 08 807 91 82, Totals ;433, 189 48 3, 153 46 We, the undersigned Auditors of Somerset County, do hereby certify that in pursuance of the 47th section of the act entitled "An act relating to ibe counties and tow nships," &c., passed the 15th day of April, A. D. 1534, we met at tbe Commissioners' ofiice ia tbe borough of Somerset and did audit, adjust, tnd settle the account of George M. Neff, Esq., Treasurer of Somerset County, with the county, for the year 1S75, and that the said aceount as above stated is correct, and that we find a balance due tbe said county from the said treasurer of ninety-one dollars and eighty-two cents (91.82). In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hand3 and seals this 15th dav of January, A. I. 137G. Attcst- Jon J. Sciiell, Clerk. SAMUEL SAMUEL GEORGE S. MILLER, SMITH, A. THOMPSON, I.. 8 L. S. L. S. County Auditors. MILITIA FINES, DISTRIBUTED TO THE SEVERAL SCHOOL TRICTS OF SOMERSET COUNTY. GEORGE M. NEFF, Treasurer of Somerset County, count with said county for militia fines : D1S- m ac- I)r To outstanding militia fines forlS7.1and 1S74 t 690 4K To aggregate militia fines for 1S75 : 1 291 84 'R. ' By additional exonerations allowed for I 4 13S Pi ! By additional commissions for 1S74 59 bj exonerations allowed collectors lor ! 1S75 'By commissions allowed collectors for I 187& . By amount of outstanding; fines for 174. . 1 By amount of outstanding fine for ls;&. . By Treasurer's commission on t8;7 ss, at 1 per cent Balance in hands of Treasurer due the several school districts W7 52 19 17 42 10 704 02 0 79 e;i 10 197 .T2 DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: Addison Allegheny Berlin bofoueh Brothersvalley C-onemaUKh Confluence bomuiih Elklick Greenville Jefferson Jenner Jenncrville borough Larimer Lower Turkey f, at Meyersdale borough Mlidlecreek Milford New Baltimore borough . 31 44 New Centrcville borough. 23 04 Northampton 12 89 Paint XI 4 Quemahotiinir 24 12 ,Salisbury borough 9 64 .Shade 23 M Somerset borough 12 80 Somerset 17 37 Southampton 08 73 Stonyereek 3 34 Stoystowo borough 10 s iSummlt 27 27 Vpper Turkcyfoot 2109 T 'ntina horouirh 12 Ml Wellcrsburg borough 30.01 3 42' Total... 4 19 OS 28 4o 27 IS 10 NO 17 00 29 V7 (W .VI 13 77 33 30 8 48 .11 0O 24 "4 12 9 7 47 871 10 We, tbe undersigned Auditors of Somerset County, in the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, do certify that in pursuance of the 47th section of tbe act entitled "An act relating to the counties, townships," &c, passed the loth day of April, A. D 1834, we met at the Commissioners' office, in the borough of Somerset, on tbe 3d day of January, A. P. 1876, and did audit, adjust, and settle the several accounts required of as by law, agreea bly to tbe several acts of Assembly aud the supplements thereto, according to tbe best of our judgments and abilities. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our bands and seals at the oflJee aforesaid tbis 14th day of January, A. D. 1S7G. Attest John J. Feb. 2. Sen ELL, Clerk. SAMUEL S. MILLER. SAMUEL SMITH, GEORGE A. THOMPSON, L. 8. L. 8. U 8. County Aaditors. Carpeting and Oil Cloths everbroui-ht to t, wn. A Unre stock ..f (n ware. iJeterciiiied to be up to the times in asor mem.styles and prices, wo rct-Hully solicit a call from thoie in want cf z S.n Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCER! Flour and Feed STORE. We w.jul.I nest respect rnllr amv-ence to friends and the pub! le ujneraiiv. in the lon vicinity of Somerset, that we tin opened, our XewStore on MAIS' CROSS STREET. And in a Jl ;-!--!i to j fi:il line or the best Confrrtioiieris. otions. Tobaccos, Cigar, sts?.. We wilt en leavor.atall times, to renp'r jut cus turner! with the ' BEST QUALiTY OF FAMILY FLOUR, CORN-MEAL, OA TS, SHELLED CORN, OA TS : CORN CHOP, Jin AN, MIDDLINGS And everytkiusr pariulninir ') the Feed Derar mental the LOWEST POSSIBLE FRICES. foi: CASH ONLY. Also, a well selected stock of Q!aj3ware; Stoneware. Woodenware, Bruin ai kinds, and STATIOXERI Which we will sell as cheap as the cheipeet. Please call, examine onr grx!s or all k lad?, be satisfied from yoar own judgment. Don't forget where we stay On MAIN CEOSS Street, Somerset, Ps Oct. 2. 1572. WIRE & YOUNG, AND DKALEIW, WlioleHale and Retail, IM FRESH 3E-cVrS, ALT KTNPS, SfCH AS BEEF, rOKK, nilTTu.N, TEAL. LAMB, SATS AGE. PfDDIN'il, BOLfKJNA AND LARD, CUR OWN RENDERING. MarhetiltiT?. Taesdavs. Thnrsdavr ami 5tnr. lavs. marl0'7i THE Keystone LIME bavin; completed their LIME KILNS, a re now freiarcd to Fill all orders for LIME. Their Lime U of the Mountain Lima Stone Formation, favorably known In other parts of the county as th Peck and Findlay Lime Stones. Its quality is unsurpassed, either for Wki or Afijicuirnral Purposes. td. tress all orders ty Kcvstone Junction, Som ki county, Pa, Keystone Lime Co nor24