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Baataeai KMur.
U EN KYF.rCHFXl ATTORNEY AT LAW
end Boenty eatPen.ioa Agent, Somer-et.
i-k. UlM la KimiMl block. J- U-U.
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H POSTLETHWAITE, ATTtRNEI
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d to
rAW NOTICE. Alexander H- OoBrota ku
leu. T. .
i' 'aIestine"hat. attorney at uw
.ad dealer 'Ti'JL.
.'tend to .11 eture to bjeea -tia
prumptaea, ud adeiity. .
J It B. L BAER, ATTORNETS AT
LAW, Sotaeraet. wiU preotiee In so-n-
erwt and .f-"mur ouu.in.M5a. All o
uiedwa II jUiflyttdl;
I OHN H. UHU ATTORNEY TIW.&UM
J ert, P -Hi pnenptly dto
eutrte4 to him. M rj .dr.ocoJ oo Oo.iccuoe
ke. utnee ut MabuboUi fcaihilna;.
I I "iiATAMlf.TtosTzr rTOK;'Ei.ttT
L-. Jvanereet. P.-, wilt rie lnl
tJto,,ttaie- tre.ia u, SS
,oJ the aijoiniag eoeaiiee. I mice la rriaiuni
ttoOM KoW.
"Jhxu.s.imveu attcrset atjlaw.
,rlml. wrtend "
Ue,wtkprumpu.eMeade.deUiy. ott .n am
moth UiocK. "l 1
o. OGLE
ATTORNEY AIUW,
Sorcery Fa. Prof.efl-nAl b"! Bnt!.?
to my cr.Atte4ltowiUprumptneAiAindeli.r.
a.'-- w. -"-
-KiFFKUTHkKrPPEU ATTOKN EY 8 AT
CJllw. Allbu5tne.enlrute.ltetheircarewm
be fpoedily aod paueteail attended to.
Mamioutn tiluck.
roiiN Tii scott,
ATTORXEY AT LAW.
All t.UMiieM tnlnnteJ u bu cre AUeodeJ tu iu
jron.inc aoU BJeiiiy.
r AMES L. ruGii,
ATTOENEY AT LAW,
S.imft. P- M.nuwrth Bl..k l
uetuiwi wwiih i.r.Hnituef And Ddcd.y.
julyl.
gUKV EYING.
Writing; iVeds, ic,
i . i . i i ....:; i 1 ' mi 'ii-'le tara" -
-Li.culre At Ca'r A Cu.'f Store.
C. F. WALEEK.
Ai(l.
riirsiciAXS.
Or. j. K. JWILLERhM permanently lorated
in HerlmlorU pracm-e ol Lis pr ie!oo.
littce opppf lie tharlee Kruwiuger t nura.
at. -tI.
DR. H. BRT BAKER Under, blf profeMlcnal
rr mt to the ciuaene of 5xerM and
. . i . n- .A ut u hir-
li y . inixxunucw1w.M
OR E. M. KIMMEL wlU eonUnae to pral
Me-liclue, ABd ten.ltm hi .roteMal em
r tn the pitiien. S-eret And -rvr,!.n
country. Orhre t the .44 ptaea. oea eA
ol Ui. tllade Hooko.
g S. GOOD,
PlirSICIAN t- SUUGEOS,
SOMERSET, PA.
Sv-Orru-s la KahuboUi Block
SeA'Ta
DTLA. G. MILLER, after twelve
T.A-V afttr. prartlc la ShAnhtvill. hat
.. pnt-n.i.Uy heated At !merr lor t he prac-
to U dtlaeM o( S.ert Zr$r7l
OAoc la hU ITU Stora. !.r.tte th. Bareet
H.m, -hr. he eaa b. aomaltea at all Ume,
anlrw prhafiHiAlly crufWtrd-
ar.MfStnlli promjAiy antwerad.
dec 1. fl-ly.
I) r. VvVrFUNDEN REllG
Ij.tc RM den hurjteon.
Sew Tart Eye an! Ear Infirmary,
City cf CnSESIiro, i-T i
f-r 3 ZZCL wSTTS treatsest cf all
di:iEes f the lye asi Ear, irdni
irriKe cf the Scce azd Threat
office, S: t Ctre trt.
JuncAj.
DENTISTS.
DR. WM. COLLINS. DENTIST. Somerset,
Pa. Ortso. ta Caeber' Blork. ap ftAlra.
r :ie-e be can At all time, he f ond preiarl u do
a.1 kint of work. n a ciltrr. rerulatitw. ex-u-aciina.
ae. Arun lal teeth oT all kilf. Aad of
IheUwlUiAiarta.l.luaoneJ. operUon warranted.
JOHN BILLS,
DENTIST.
OCce ta CeBroti A Nefi new bnllJlr.i.
Kaia Cms, Straet.
Somertet, Pa.
"WM. COLLINS,
DEXTIST,
t ifhce at"re Caaeheer A rrae'f rtore. S avert t.
Pa. In the last tdeen yean l hare grfatly re
drd the pr o r.in-lal teeth In thl plaee.
The n nr. an I inrreaainc denand lortcein baa In
dujed nun eniarx. a-.y laoiiitie, that 4 can
make r e;. of ateta at h-wer prion than yoa
n ret them In any other plaea U lhl mantry.
Im w w tn wlrr a r""d mi of teeth for, and If
(rrr bTt)ld art pern am aiy ihonnand,
rAto:r tnthw or tt a.ij.t!ln Mnut that
I hare ande teetotor that U n.rtl.r ! aat
IstaetKm. they eaa rail on mt at aay time and ret
new act tn ut chArre.
marl.
RTIFICIAL TEETII!!
J. C. YITTZY.
DEMIST
DALE C1TT, jmerel Ca Pa..
Artificial tk war anted to be of the erry beat
beMftvw. Paruraiai aueutlue td to the prea-
rratH of the aaiand lartK Tk wichln. to
eonralt at. by teur, eaa 4u au by oaekjatnc atamp
Addreat a. Abora. KU-TX
UOTELS.
II
ILL HOUSE.
JOHK BILU Paor-uiroa.
Th pn-prlrtor H pmared to AarnmmlAU raeru
in Uie aioet cuKihnal. And aaUMaeury aftanner.
Th tm'eipc pat'ik and permanent btrderv fur
Blhd with tb heal of hotel aer..mod.ihta.
1 ae tabic will aoatieac to a faratahoa wnA the
boot the market Aflorca. Ears and eonuauah
aUlaini attacbad. laell
JIAM0XD HOTEL.
STOYSTOWX PA.
SAMl EL.CI STEII. Proprietor.
Tal. pcfMlaf aad wan kaowa koaat la at ail I
tlae dradrabm ivu Hmt tut the tr, rellnr i
I-atdie TabM aa4 Atom tnteaa. OooA ata- I
bUA. Hkaa tear, aailr tur Johaatawa aa4
Tlie Somerset' - Herald.
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VOL. XXYI. NO. 40
BAKES, ETC.
J. 0. K IM3IEL & SONS,
Sar?eenrt to
Schell & Kimmel,
SOMERSET, PA.
Accounta of Merchants and oth
er Business People Solicited. Drafts
negotiable in all parts of the Coun
try for sale. Money loaned and
Collections made.
ST1W T3VsTlv.
:o:-
Sssisrsst CoiL-ty Back
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
faultier and Muuoger.
Onrti.i made in all pan. l t'nitad Staut.
Chartrri moJrrate. Better n! other thetkf cj1
leeteJ anl !iti. E1ern ana W-tcrntichAne
lwy on hand. Kt'Oiiitaneef nsa.le i:h j.r.q!pt
ne93. Aoc.'iinia .jlieitcd.
Partly deirlnt to pnn!iae l S. 4 PEK
CENT. FUNDED LOAN. ca he acOB:mrv.
dated At th: lUi.k. Tlie eupunf are prejiai 1 in
denui mtion, of S0. l.oot.
Toliacco asJ Cigars,
TaoLlf-lLC AjrDaETlII-
I. -
" a
H ''fUf J H -c,n-ne,-,l,
The bert of rlcars of '.Serect ramif.P
tored Iit of ttie rtvtfrm M uJi--.
1 lic rlicaif cn- if r xrflli-a ty any in tb mar-kt-t.
me ol the lt i' kJ frf . lif.ii.it t.'lo
erer lruulit to Somerset. Prl U fui t the
time. Jfini
BOOTS VCI SHOES.
PARK Kit TRllXT,
7i,V of Allegheny City, l'a., ho
remorcJ to
SOMERSET, I'ENN'A..
! anl itcedct A thop, fiT the nias.u'elK.' of
Beets, Shcss and Ga ,
tn the til 'lnjt. earner .Mum And Plr.;jrit Si.,
E:! cf Iiii-aiotJ.
He U able i; turn "at BrfiUa w-rii ai tl.e
lnwt pn-tc aod will KOar.in'ee. jxr-ct saii
f.rti ,Ti t .11 who ffiv. him their patn-naire. or-
j drr prwiptly ai 'ended to. K-pKirin T-atly
1- - T T .
1 U JL -J I Am
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DEALER IS'
T.T fllTl I VTI '''''i i
Groceries,
Confections.
Queensware, Willcwware.
Salt, Fish,
Tolnoo ami t'igar,
Arc, tc. ttc,
gNew Stock.3
om: mice.
All Goods Positively
SOLD -A.T
BOTTOM PRICES.
FAIR AND SQUARE
IS
Om jNXotto.
Io ol Fail to C'ive
KO. I BAIR'S BLOCK A CALL,
When doing your
SHOPPIITG.
Jan. SO
IJ4 HTCn FarmjuwUandei.-hare. We
Wn It I L.U have hnndredf or rnn.rtner,
waotio to i uj i.irm? jan now. Nerer knew a
lHirlime toiU Arrtl" at tair jirlce.. AS Jie-if-le
are liftli.c nioeT tnm bankr an.1 w-klnr Acre,
1.4 f.le'.T. Adtrvn S.M.JAMES,
Plitfbnra-h Farm A!CT. Smithhell St.
PittVmrxh, Pa.
Tb'e in k in h of Iirffie tnd for prlnte.1 Firm
Eti.ri?ter.
N..i 2S
O W. KIDDLES. X. IV,
0-u1iat nnd Auri-t.
tll'KH'E AND INVIhMAKV.
"! Pean Are ruifanh. P..
All 1:eaw of CTL EAR .M
1 1IXUtT. and atarrai nxtrwini.
lr treated. I nieratitct, l.r t .l.raet,
-FalPapilA.' "Crooked Eye.""Wlld
Haija." (..rer and TbbVc of the
li t. Ear. N..e .-r Thr-jai. Ptriitlam.
"Woeptna Eye." Ptoda. Conlral V'X-
Bea.crelra B.lle. Eztlriath. ke ,k!!llnl!y
det enpilT And UiunraleJ pamx'tile. of easeA
- J
Th3 Made Coin Ess
KSJ 1 led I- "eT ?i0t of Silrrr O.iti. tn
Han i.t4iar.iaaneriiotar. trim.-
A Nickehi. The merest Bi TCmct t f
Tuar thamb pashe. the dealre-l eda
iou nr band. ard anher one im
mJi.ir r takcitt tlare ar if br magic. Make,
cn.njre la hallt he lime, with Bodaorer -.rfdrtfina
a.v, sample dipikwi i
Silrer. aeat poatpaid M ri. Arcnte trial pack
are, roouiinlnr throe Coin ikiie. br i.oii Elo-trate-ICJial'-jiie
of Xoivlty Cbroan,. Jew-lry.
iatii hatt Pa'kare. Ac. Ac . tree. Arent want
ed errrywhere. hit pay. NaTioxL N.nntt
(,o.. No. 4ou Chei.ut Street, PhiladeLphia, P.
Feb to
4 SSIGXEE'S NOTICE.
Jioti-w IfberebT rhrea.that AlrxamlerC. Heam
6f Jenner Twp . hj deed W e.natary unjiiaMt
huawiinMd .11 hK ertale real aol provAl k
the aenrat of hi, eroditur, to H. fc. Fleck. AH
perauca Iu!el4(.l uthe Mid ealtte will piraee
make Imrnwutat payment, and taoae hArtar
daimi OfmuU ui prr.eat them to the undor
aigtied at Jeoner X Koi.it.
B. S. FLECK.
Feb. !A) Anufuee-
S3
BOIB PIATCB WATrn M.CheaarM
. the know. worM. amr-M WauM a.
UraM. Aadreav A.Coti.Ta 4Co-,ChkAtt.
The mat omplete bariAen eollrre la the Ual-
' ted Stale. I V.irw of atndr c,ii cti.n . t K.-
vara aod eminently practical. Madras rareJrea
al any time.
w-Fr rrrrwlar, lrea,
J. C. SMITH. A. M. PrindDal
rb.U PlTiaulkuB.
MISCELLANEOUS,
no. h:ca.
la BC BlfXA
iyjents for Fire ani Life IaiM,ai
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMERSET. PA..
And Real Estate Brokers.
KSTAISI1ED 18SO.
Ptrvou van d1rto eILy or exrhABW prop.
id-onlr sold or rental. Keal tAt Uuiatn
igncrlly wlllbe promptly aiwv
j au 1.
URUIG, FOLIAISBEE & CO,
Merchant Tailors,
AndMntturfnfl
! Gent's. Youth's and Boys,
! MsMi Goo
NO. 42 Fimi ATEMX.
PITTSBURGH.
LATE ROOFS.
few who are now Nill.!h-.- hc-f houl 1 ttoow
tha tf tt cheaper in the Ion run u pot on Slate
i Konl U.n tin or f hlnitlea. !1K will la" i-reer,
and n. rri air are required. SUte the pnr
"... ..,..,i..tri.i.mi Slate l Ere i-rnol. Every
! - h.in.i.h.mld hare a Slr:e rooi. The onder-
JlTid If tTaUl in ComherlAnd. where he hai A
j good tUj.iy oi
Peachbottom L Buckingham
ISL AT E
lor -&lnir the verr tiet rti.-Ie. He will on t'T
uke u. pat S!aie K- "n Huttrt. phllc and pri
rat.. ire. Vr.. ei'her in town -r ooontry ut le
lowext price. an t warrant th si. 'all awl a
hlai or alJre l.ita At his Oiltce, No. 11 Haiiiroor.
S:reet, CtiiaDerian t M L Crderf itay U left with
NOAH CASEBEEK,
Agent, Sk.auemt, Pa.
W. H. SuirLar.
Airl
a, irt.
WITH
ROUSE, HEMP3T0SS & GO,
2S5 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D.,
WooMreetfMr"lhiner-h:Ut, i4 vner-
FANCY GOODS
auriD thf-m atli-faion V.ta as rearar! price
and quality of rouUA The merehanta Tuitinx
HIGHEST AWARDS! gSSSffi
J. REYNOLDS & SON,
"NOKTIIWEST COENEH
THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS.
PHILADELPHIA,
MANUFACTURES OF PATENTED
Wroughl-lron Air Tight Heaters
WITH SHAKINtf AND tXINKER-QEIND
ING GRATES FUR BURNING ANTHRA
'ITE OR BITUMINOUS COAL.
CES'TESSIAL
WRGLlGHT-iRON HEATERS,
Ft'K BITUMINOUS COAL.
KEY8TOSE
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
Cooking Ranges, Low-Down
Crates, Etc.
licxriptive Circular, tect free to any addres.
EXAMINE EEFORE SELECT INQ.
A; ril ii.
Cook & Beerits'
FAMHY GEOCERl
Flour and Feed
STORE.
W. woalj mt rsepert folly Anooanc to ocr
frlendf and the pnbl ic reneraliy. Is the town aod
Tlcinlty oi Somerret, that we hare opined oar
Nawstore on
3IAIX CROSS STREE1
And tt Additive to o ful! Hit at the beat
Confectioner!-, olIon,
Tobacco, Cicar. Ac.
We wlli enJeiror, At all time, to an.lj tct nz
tomen with the
BEST QUALiTV OF
FAMILY FLOUR,
CORN-MEAL,
OATS, SHELLED CQEN,
OA TS tt CORN CHOP,
EUAN, MIDDLINGS
AaJererrthlnr artainl&r to th. Feed licpart.
aieniatthe
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
FOR
CASH ONLY.
Alas, a well Mlactod ma or
QUarwan: SUmew.re. WcaxleswArc, Bra'ae.
Alk.ada. And
STJa.T10jTER1E
Whldk wa wlK tell aJ cheap at the eheapeai.
Plraae rah, examine oar Rcodi of All inda,aa
be (Atlanad from yow ewa jadrmaat.
Deal forret wber w. ltay
MAIN CROSS Slrawt, Somertt,PA.
WARDfELL
SOIErtSET,
EPITAPH OS A CANDLE.
A viciti one lies burled uer.
WhodledtaarWiar:
lie acTar row la rack, I fear,
Thoagh he wac born to taiM.
He onee waj fmX, then iaieed,
O rcw thin at any grtever :
He died, the doctor. All agreed.
CH a tBot burning Sent.
If 'er yoa said: "Go out, I pray,"
He much Ul-natcre shewed,
(a ,uch oeeAfUvu he would ny :
Vy, if I Jo r toic a.
In thi hi friend do all arree,
AUbonrh yoa think I'm jt'kinK,
When yeia; ear, "ti saM that he
Vai rery fond of laojliny."
Since all reUsioti he depleJ.
Let theae few wjrd f aiSce
Before be erer wis bjptlied.
They dieji'd him cue or twice.
GRANT IS THE EAST.
Splendid Reception in
Egypt..
VISIT TO ABYDOS.
THE I'BAME OF CIIMZAT10X TOMB
ANP TSMPttS CENTIRIES OLD.
Ox the Nile, Jaa.'iC. 1S7S Ou
the morning oftbe I9:h of January,
that being the third day of cur jour
ney, we came to the town of Siout.
or AfHout, as some call it. We
have a Vice Consul bore, and tokens
of our earning bad been gent, aa could
be Eeea by the flaes which decora ed
the batik.'aad the crowd oa the shore.
Siout i9 tte capital of Upper Egypt,
and U a city of 25,000 inhabitants.
The city is ecnie distance bark from
the river, aad grew iato importance
as the depot of much of the caravan
trade from Parfour. Upcn trriving
the Vioe Coos-ul and bis son came
oa board and were presented to the
Geceral. Congratulations were ex
chaaged, and we effcred our fiiends
coffee and cigars in tbe true Oriental
etvle. The name of our Consul here
is Wafeif el Uayat. He L a Syriaa
aad a brge landed proprietor. He is
a grave elderly person, who ppeke
only Arabic, bat bin son had been
educated in Deyroat, at tbe) mission
school?, and knew English. We all
drove to the town. It was over
parched fields, through a country
that ia more favorable years wculd
bloom like a garden. But the Nile
is bad this year, and a bad Nile is a
calamity second cmy to a Uuiine ia
Lgvpt. W e rode into toe town aad
through tbe bziiars, all tbe town
seemed to kaow of our comiog, f jr
wherever we went crowds swarmed
arcund us, and we hai to force our
donkeys through masses of Arabs
and Egyptians of r.ll ages and condi
tions, some almost naked crowds
crying for baksheesh or pressing ar
ticles of merchandise upon us. The
bazaars are narrow covered ways,
covered with matting r loose boards,
enough to break tbe force of tbe
sun. The stores are little cubby
boles of rooms, in front cf wb:cb tbe
trader sits aad calls upon you to bay.
As these avenues are not more than
six feet wide at best, you can imag
ine what a time we bad in making
our progress, ibe town baa some
Gee boases and mosqaes, but ia the
main it was like all towns in Upper
Egypt, a collection of mad hovels.
Wo rode beyond the town to tombs
built in the sand and climbed tne
limestone rock oa car donkeys.
This was our Erst evidence rf the
manner of stpalpture in the olaen
time. These desert rocks of lime
stone were tunnelled aad made into
rorms, aod here the mommied dead
found rest. The chambers appoint
ed for them were large and spacious,
according to the means of the deceas
ed. In some that we entered there
was a chamber, an ante-chamber and
sometimes connecting chambers.
There were inscrip'.ions on tbe walls,
but they bad been defaced. The
early Christians had deemed it their
duty to obey the first coumaadmeat
by removing the representatives of
the gods that came ia their way.
The ceilings of the tombs had beea
once decorated, but modern Chris
tians have deemed it their duty to
deface them by Criag pistol shots.
When yoa visit a tomb and notice
the blue stars aad astronomical forms
that the ancients paiated with so
much care, it is so cuaning to try the
echo by firing yoar pistoL Cocse
qneat'y the roefs are spotted with
bullet marks. Here al.-o came the
wanderers Lr shelter, and yoa see
what tbe fires have done. What the
tombs may have been in the past
when they came fresh from pious,
loving tands you cau imagine. Hut
wLat with accieat Christian icono
clasts, mcdera Christian wanderers,
Bedouins, Arabs selling the gravt
for oraameats, nothing remains bat
empty limestone rooms filling with
san and a few hieroglyphic memo
rials on ice Walla.
RECEPTION TO GENERAL GRANT.
We were bidden to aa entertain
ment at the home of Wanf el Hay&t,
and, seven beiag the hour, we set
forth. We were ail aczicu3 about
our first Arab entertainment, and af
ter some deliberation our d&vaI men
concluded to go ia their uniforms
Tbe Doctor rode ahead in the car
riage with General and Airs. Grant
and the Consul General. As the
Doctor wore his ur.ifurm and the oth
ers were in plain dress he wa3 wel
comed br the awe stricken Moslems
as the King cf America. Hadden
and the rest of us rode behind on our
trusty acd well beloved doakeys,
Hadden ia uniform, followed by won
dering crowds. I suppose he was
taken for a minor potentate, as in the
Oriental eyes all that lace and gold
could not be w asted on anything less
than princely rack. Bat we all had
more or lers attention, although we
could feel that the uniforms were the
centre of glory, and that we shone
with borrowed splendor. Aa we
came to the house of Wasif el Hay at
we saw s real transformation scene.
Lanterns lined the streets, servants
stood on the road holding blazing
torches, a transparency wes over the
gate with the words, "Welcome
General Grant," The "N" was turn
ed opside down, tot that made no
difference, fcr the welcome bere in
far Africa made tie heart throb qa!ck-
ESTABLI K p 18 9 7.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
er. As we rade np tofebe blared, j amusement cf the company. Had
rocseu went np iato iLi a'r, various j den'a experience with donkeja bad
colored lizht3 were burned, and we made Lim circumspect, and the Gen-
Deed iuto tie court-tard clowia?
wilh light acd cJor, passed iato the
house over carpets aad rugs of teavy
texture acd gorgeous pattern. Our
b?-t met us at the gates? of Lis house
aad welcomed us in the sta'.elr Ori
ental way, kissing tbe Ueceral's head
as he
clasped it ia hii two haads,
and thea touched bis ova heart, lips
aad brow. Hero we riet the Gov -
ernor. and more welcome still the
Bev. I. II Alexander aad Lis wife.
Mr. Alexander is one f tbe profes
sors in the missionary college and is t self, and at last when he set out with
under the direction of tbe Uai;edaa umbrella under his arm aad his
BrehbyUfriaa Church, j The dinner
came, aad it vas regal in its profu
sion aad splendor. t should say
there were at least twenty courses,
all well served. Wbea? it was con
cluded tbe son of the host arose and
in remarkably clear aad correct Eng
lish proposed the General, health.
You will allow rce, I am sure, to
give a fragment cf 'this speech.
'Long have we heard and woader
ed," said the speaker, "at the strange
progress which America has made
daring the past century by which she
has taken tbe first position anions
the nio.-t widely civilised nations.
She has so quick!- improved ia sci-
eaces, morals and arts that the world
stands amazed at this txtraordioary
progress which surpafcses the swift
ness of. lightning. It ia to the hard
work of her great aad wise men that
all this advance is imputed, those
who have chowa to the world what
wise, courageous patriotic mea can
do. Let all the world look to Amer
ica and follow her example that na
tion which has taken a the b.tsis of
her laws and the object fcf her under
takings ta maiataia freedom Bud
equality amobg her owa people aad
secure them for others, .-.avoiding all
arubitioas schemes which would draw
her into bloody aad disastrous wars,
crd tryiogby all meaai to maiataia
peace iateraally aad externally. Tbe
only two great wars nj on which she
has engaged were entered upon for
pure aod just purpotei the first for
releasing herself from' the English
yoio aad erecting her iadependeace,
aad too other for stoppiag slavery
aad strengthening the .union of the
States; aad well we kaow that it
was mainly uader God due to the
Uleat, courage aad wisdom of His
Lxccllency G
ccral Graat that the j
latter cf the two enterprises was
brought to a successful issue." The
speech closed by a tribute to the
Genera! and the Khedi.e. Geaeral
Grant said ia response that nothing
ia bis whole trip had so impressed
Lim as this unexpected, this generous
welcome ia .he heart of Egypt. He
had anticipated much pleasure ia his
visit to Egypt and lha aaticipatioa
had been mare thaa 'realized. lie
thanked the host aad especiallv the
voangmaa who Lad spokea of
him with so high praise for their re
ception. Tbe diaaer dissolved into
coffee, conversation and cigars. Mrs.
Graat had a bag talk with Mrs.
Alexander about home Mrs. AleA-
aader being a fair young bride who
came out from America to cist her
lot with her husband in this unprom
ising viaeyard cf Siout. And when
the evening drew oa we rode back to
our boat, through
.be niht
and over
tbe plain. lurch bearers accom
panied us through the towa. Don
key boys and townspeople accompa
nied us to the river bank. The moon
wa3 Ehiaing, aad as we rod? hoaia
Too see we alreadr call the boat
heme we talked over the pleasant
surprise we bad found in Siout and
of its many strange phases cf Orien
tal life
FRIESDS ON THE WAY.
Oa the 21st cf January we hauled
up to the bir.k ia the town of Girgel.
We found Admiral Steedmaa and
Mr. Davis, cf Boston, moored ia their
dahabeeab, aad they repeated the
same story that we beard ail along
the Nile, that tber Lad bad a good
time, a Fpleadid time, could not have
bad a better time. It seems that
their dahabeeab had run agroutid and
tbe Admiral came out in fine old
quarter-deck form and gave ail the
orders necessary to save the vessel.
But after be bad given tbe orders as
became a veteraa tailor who bad bat
tied with tempests ia every part of
the world, it was discovered that the
crew were Arabs and did not under
stand ja word of English and proba
bly thought that the Admiral's vig
orous furms of speech were a kind of
devotion a manner of worship com
mon only to the infidel. So the Ad
miral' vessel had to save itself and
we had our own fun out of the nar
rative as we sat on tbe deck over
cur coffee and watched tbe Arabs
crouching1 over tbe fire. The Admi
ral and Mr. Davis spent a part of the
evening with us; bat jast as the talk
was at full tide the dragoman came
on board with word that there wa3 a
rising wind. Those who sail ia the
dahabeeab must take the wind when
i it comes, and so our welcome guests
hurried away and in a few minutes
were fpeeding up tbe stream.
POXKET RII'ING IN THE I'ESERT.
It was rather a long distance from
our landing place to Abydos, and
Sanii Hey had given orders that we
ehocld be ready at eight for cor jour
ney. I am afraid it was quite an ef
fort for some if tbe party whose
names shall be withheld to beed this
command. Bat the General was the
first on detk aad very soon came
Mrs. Grant eager and smiling. And
as tbe General waits for no one those
who were late Lad to Larry their
breakfasts, acd some cf them were
ekurrying op tbe side of tbe bank
with half eaten biscuit There were
oor Arabs and donkey all wailing,
and the moment ocr company began to
master there was a choni3of screams
"Good donkey," "Good morning,"
"baksheesh," and other limited forms
of speech. The donkeys charged up
on us in amass, each owner scream
ing out tLe merit of Lis animal. It
was onlr by vigorous effort on the
part oi Hassan that we could see and
select onr animals. Hassan Lad giv
en me a private bit of information as
to which donkey I should select, and
I found myself the master of a little
mite of a creature, scarcely high
enough to keep my feet from tbe
ground, but vigorous and strong, and
disposed to stop and bray for the
MARCH 13, 1S7S.
era! advised bim to delect as email aa
animal as possible, or as a precau
tioaary measure that a valuable life
should be saved to tb navy, th'. he
should tie himself on its back. The
General himself had a hcrse placed
at his disposal by tbe Pacha who
rules the district, but he rode the aa-
animal with a protest, as it had a
, shamb'iog gait, aad wished that
courtesy to his host did not prevent
his taking a doakey. The Marquis
had soma difficulty in pleasing him
'eyes shaded with sambre spectacles,
the suggestion was made that be was
a Methodist colporteur oa a journey
or preaching. But there was a
gleam of satisfaction in his noble
face, as he informed us that a couple
of camels had gone np from the town
ladened with refreshments, and that
we should have breakfast ia tbe tem
ple. As I have hinted ia this corre
spondence, the Marquis has no en
thusiasm for ruias, especially Egyp
tian ruins, while he has positive and
valuable views about breakfast. So
ia time we were off over tbe country
forAbvdo3. The fields were crack-'
ed, aad the ditches, which ia good
j times woold carry irrigating streams,
were drr. Each of us had two
Arabs for 8a escort, and the doty of
these attendants seemed to be to en
courage Lis beast br a sound some-
thiag between a whisper and a hiss,
or shouting or beating him. I rath
er tatak the beatinz did not amount
to much, for these people love their
animals and live with them and make
them companions and friends. Bat
tbe lady of our expedition would not
enaare tee stick, and we were cauea
and ila-saa was summoned and told
ta say to the attendants that they
must not beat the donkeys or they
would have no baksheesh, not a far
thing. There could be no more fear
ful paaishmeat than this, aad there
was to more beatinir. Bat tbe Arabs
L3d their satisfaction ia kaeeling and
running at your side and seekiag a
conversation. Their observations
beeama monotonous. "Good don
key,' "My name Mohammed,' "My
name AH."" "Good donkey," "Yankee
Doodle," "Good morning,' "Good
Donkey." Others came with bits of
scarabee and bits of ancit.nt pottery,
fragment of mammvlids and shreds
of mummr cloth to drive a trade. I
was 03 the point cf making a moral
observation upon tbe character ot a
people who would rifle the tombs of
their ancestors and make merchan
dise of their bones and grave orna
ments, when it occurred to me that
those were Arab3 and descended,
not from the Egyptians, but from the
mea whe conquered the Egyptians
and occupied their land. I hope it is
not against the laws of war for a
conquering race to sell the banes of
those tber have defeated, for onr
Arabs were so poor and wretched
that no oae could grudge them any
means of earning a paistre. Thi run
ning trade continues all the way,
and in time yoa become used to it,
as in time one could become used to
anything, except, perhaps, Laving tLe
Democratic party in power. You
become used to the noises, the con
versation, the eatreatie3 to bay, and
rode on unconscious, or, if anything,
amused with your Arab, who is gen
erally aa amusing, good natured
scamp, of wonderful endurance, and
anxuus to please. I became quite
friendly with my Mohammed Ali,
who had two English phrases with
which he constantly plied me "I
am serece'' and "Yankee Doodle."
The latter phrase wa the name of
his donkey, and I was about to thank
bim for thi3 kind recognition of my
country when Hassan, from whom I
draw great stores of information,
told me that they had a variety of
names English, French German,
Italian which they use according to
tbe nationality cf their riders. I had
no doubt that my present plodding
xaakee Doodle nad done daty as
Bismark, MacMahon and the Prince
of Wales.
THE BATTLE WITH THE SUN.
Our journey was through a coun
trr that in a better time mast have
beea a garden; but tbe Nile not hav
ing risen this year all is parched and
barren. Abydos was built on the
edge of the Libyan Desert, and the
road to the great oasis leads to it
over the mountains. The old Egypt
ians were practical in this respect,
that not having land to spare they
built their tombs aad temples in the
sand, and kept their narrow, fertile
lands for corn. They could worship
their gods in tbe sand, they could
sleep ia the sand; bat onion and
corn needed all the parsimonious
Nile would give. We kept on over
a series of irrigating ditches, over
eand hills, over road that bad not
been mended within tbe memorr of
man. My first impression wa to
hold my animal well in Land and
guide him, to keep from going over
his head into a ditch and show him
tbe safest paths. But I soon learned
tbe elementary lesson in donkey-riding
namely, that your animal
kaows more about the subject thaa
yea can teach him, aod that yon had
better discbarge your mind from all
care on the subject and allow him to
go in hi own way wherever Mo
hammed Ali will lead him. Then if
yoa can make up your mind to dis
engage your feet from tbe. stir
rup and let them swing jast as
when a boy you used to swing over
a gate, you will find it easier in tbe
long ran. I noticed that those of
our party who had the most experi
ence of Egypt rode in this tasbion,
and so, while some of our ambition
members, who had learned horse
manship in tbe best school and lov
ed to brace themselves in the saddle
and were anxious about stirrups, Holder a one of the buried Aztec
allowed myself to dangle. I here is
another reason for thi, as I learned
from practical experience one day at
Assouan. The donkey is apt to fall,
for the land is full of boles and traps.
To fall with year feet in the stirrups
might be a serious matter. Bat
when Yankee Doodle took it into his
head to throw hi bead upon the
ground aad hi heels into the air it
only remained for zne to walk from
him, as though I had risen from a
chair, and wait till be came to a bet
ter frame of mind. But it is not the
docker that troubles tcu. for tbe.
beast is as good A3 a patient, wil-ibere. To the ancieat Egyptians' the
ling wife, but the eaa that blazes, burial place of that god was as sa
overhead. This, voa man reaiem- cred as Mecca is t the Moslems or
ber, ia the had of the Sua. where tbe Holy Scripture to the Mediaeval : ,'V. . " . :T.,K
.,... ,,. ' , i, . . . 4., , 1 j bee Itft a aote saviag that sbe was
His Majesty is never abdicated. 1: 1 Christians. The government has, . , . - . r.u,-,- ,j
, , . , . j , , , , i j anxious to oi-come a Christian, ana
may be cool ia the evening aaa m 1 therefore, beea digging ia ad "tree- , . , , . '.
j -tic 1 .- . 1 r. - i .1, 1 kaowiag that she coulu not remaia at
the morning, and voa will fiad heavy Hons, aad we started after Brugach . . . . r-K. .t. .;,,
. t . -.a .a. -.v.i. .l i. r. . j v 1 borne aaa aaopt tae Christian taitn,
inata a p-imfnrt Rut with the noon tn boa th wnrK Alra. Iract rode i ...
he comes ia his power, aad yoa ride
over tbe desert with the full force
upar. yoar brow. Ia the matter of
head dress we had various plans.
The Doctor kept his stiff wideawake.
Jesse Grant wore a light peaked
straw hat, swathed ia silk. The
others of us wore white poiated hel
mets made of pith or of cork, com
ing over the eyes aad over tbe neck.
My helmet was a burden to me
when I first wore it, aad I took a
hiat from Sarai Bey, remembering
that was his land and h9 kaew how
to battle with the sua. By the aid
of the Marqais I obtained a coijfe
chapeau of heavy siik, orange and
green, about a yard or more sqaare.
This I bound over my Turkish fez so
that it would drape my face and fall
over the shoulder So when tbe
sua came I had only to draw the
web over my brow aad throw the
folds over mv shouldert aad ride on.
Although mach heavier thaa any or
dinarr hst, and apparently oppress
ive from it textare and the lapping
folds, there was no discomfort The
power of tbe sun was set at naught
Whaterer breeze might be stirring
was sure to creep into the fo!d3 and
toy with my cheeks. Then there
was an artistic sense to satisfy. It
lit up the landscape. Yoa could be
seen from afar, and a the dress was
that of a high Bedouin chief of an
Arab officer of rank yoa knew that
yoa were more than a pilgrim; that
you were the symbol of authority to
wandering desert eyes faraway, who
saw your flaming headdress stream
ing over the sand and felt you were
a great pacha.
THE FOUNTAIN HEAD OF CIVILIZA
TION. 1
Here, said Brugsch.a we dismoun
ted from cur donkeys aad followed
him into the ruia3 of the temple,
" here we should all take eff cur
hats, for bere is the cradle, the fount
ain bead of all the civilization of the
world." This w3 a startling state
ment, but Brugsch is a serious gen
tleman aad does not make extrava
gant speeches. Then he told ua
about Abydos, which lay around us
in ruia3. This was the oldest city
ia Egypt It went back to Menes,
the first of the Egyptian kings, who,
according to Brugscb, reigned 4,500
years bffjre Chaist centuries be
fore Abraham came to Egypt It is
hard to dispute a fact like this, and
one of the party ventured to ask
whether the civilization of China and
India antedate, or claim to antedate,
even Abydos. To be sure it did, but
in China and India you have tradi
tions; here are monument. Here,
under tbe sands that we were crunch
ing with our feet, here first flowed
forth that civilization which has
streamed over the world. Hebrew,
Indian, Etruscan, Tersiaa, Roman,
Greek, Christiaa whatever form
yoa give it, whatever shape it takes
this i tbe fountain of it all. Stan
ley had been telling me a few days
ago, a we sat at breakfast at Alex
andria, of the emotions he felt when
he came to the sources of the Nile,
where a trickling of water that you
might arrest and imprison within tbe
goblet' brim set out on it mighty
journey to the s.a. I recalled the
enthusiasm of my illustrious and in
trepid friend aa I thought that bere
wa tbe source of another Nile that
had been flowing for ages, that had
enriched the world even a the river
enriches these plain with ail tbe art
and civilization and religion known
to man, and that it was flowing, and
still flowing, with growing volume
and riches. You see I am a believ
er. I came to these land with rev
erence and Lave faith i a these stones.
I shall never know mach about
Egypt; I am afraid I shall never
care enongh for it to enter into tbe
controversies about time and men
that adorn Egyptian literature. I
believe in the stones, and bere are
tie stone on which are written the
nauie of tbe kings from Menes to
Sethi I. Sethi built thi temple some
where about fourteen hundred yeir3
before Christ, and like a dutiful king
be wrote the names of his predeces
sors, seventy-six in all, beginning
with Menes. Here is the very stone
which Brugsch reads as though it
were tLe morning lesson, reading as
one who believes. Here i the very
stone, beautifully engraved, and,
thank to tbe Band, kept ail these cen
turies as fresh aa when tbe sculptor
laid down hi chisel. It wa only
Lund in 1SC5, and i perhaps the
most raiaable of the monuments, be
cause it knit up tbe unravelled
thread3 of Egyptian history and
give yoa a continuous link from
this day to tLe day cf Moses. Ycu
pass your finger over the stone and
note bow beautiful and clear are the
Hoes. And a you see it, yoa see the
manifest honesty of tbe men who did
the work, oftbe king wLo told all he
knew, and of the truth of what was
written. I believe in tbe stone and
feel, as I said a moment ago, a little
of tbe enthusiasm of Stanley when he
stood at tLe trickling source of the
Nile.
THE RIINID CUT OF ABYPOa.
So we follow Brugsch out of tho
chamber and from ruined wall to
all The rum are on a grand
scale. Abydos is a temple which
the Khedive is rescuing from the
sand. The city was in its time of
considerable importance, but this
was ages ago, ages and age; so that
it glory was dead even before Thebes
began to reign. Thebes i an
old city, and yet I suppose, compar
ed with Thebes, Abydos is as much
towns in Central America i older
than New York. When the temple
i all dug out we shall find it to have
been a stupendous affair, but there
are other temples to be seen in bet
ter condition, and what, interests us
at Abydos is tbe city. Here, ac
cording to tradition a tradition
which Plutarch partly confirms
was buried the god Osiris. Tte dis
covery of that tomb will be aa event
as important in Egyptology a even
tbe discovery of America by Colors,
bus in his day. In the earliest times
WHOLE NO. 1392.
k was b.-lieved Osiris was baried
along od her donkey aad the ret of j
us went in ai3ereBt directions onioot.
There had been troubles inlbenei?h-
1 1 x . t ,1,
uutuvJUU riuta ai iaiu uu: vi biio
vt J . , . . , " . , ,,...
-iiic aua laics. oj ww nam guana
who hovered around us ooe soldier,
whom we called, ia obdieac-3 to the
law of physical coincidences, Boss
Tweed keeping watch over the
Geaeral. He was a fat aad ragged
fellow, with a jolly fm.-e. It was
quite a walk to the ruins, aad the
walk was over hills aad ridges of
burning sand. So the Marquis went
to the village to see if the camels had
come beariag the luncheon a sub-
iject that was of more value to his
practica. mind than tbe to mo c! a
dethroned deity. It wa an interest
ing walk, to us especially, as it was
our first real glimpse cf the desert
and of aa ancient city. The General
aad the writer found themselves to
gether climbing the highest of the
mounds. It wa3 rather an effort to
keep our footing oa the slippery sani
Beneath us was one excavation forty
or fifty feet deep Yoa tonld see
the strata that age after sze hai
heaped upon the buried city. The
desert had beea slowly creeping over
it, aad ia some of the strata were
marks of the Nile. For years, for
thousands of y tars, this ma-s, which
the workmen had torn with their
pades, had been gathering. The
city was really a city of tombs. In
the ancient davs the devout Evp-
tiaa craved burial near tho tomb cf
Osiris, and so for centuries, I sup
pose, their remains were brought to
Abydos from all parts of Egypt
This fact gives special value to the
excavations, as it gives a special so
lemnity to our view. A we stood
oa the elevation talking about Egypt
and the impression3 made upon us by
our journey the sche.iie wis very
striking. There was the rcuLd teni-
p:e;
here were the
g3!lh1
ks and
excava
p ttery.
tions failed with bri
Here were our party, suie gather
ing beads and skulls aad stonej;
others having a lark with Sami Bey;
others following Mrs. (iraat a a
bodyguard as her d 11 key pidded
his way along the slopes. B-vond,
just beyond, were rolling plai 3 of
shining sand shining, bii-oia,- aand
and as the shrinking ey- fuliowed
the plain aad searched tho hills there
waa no sign of life; nothing except,
perhaps, some careering hawk hurry
ing to the river. It was tbe apothe
osis of death and ruin, a fit mantle
for the sepulchred city below. I have
seen no scene ia Egypt more strid
ing than the view from the mout,ds
of Abydo?.
HOME A'JAIS.
The sua was beating with contin
ued fierceness, and we kept our way
to the cluster cf tree and the vil
lage. The Marqais. with illumina
ted eyes, informed us that tbe cam
els had come aad the luncheon was
ready. We sat aroand oar modest
table aid feasted feasted in the
temple sacred to the memory of Osi
ris, aad built by the pious maaiS
cence of Sethi, the king who rests
witn 00a. ibe wait cau given us
an appetite aad put us all in high
spirit, and we lunched ia merry
mood. There were toasts to the
Khedive, to Sami Bey, to the Gen
eral, and the invariable toast which
comes from gracious womanly Hps
to friends and dear ones at" home.
Then Brugsch ;to!d us of Salib, aa
Arabian who had been for twenty
years, working at the excavation.
He worked with so much diligence
that he had become entirely blind,
aad it was now his only comfort to
wander about the ruins, direct the
workmen, and perhaps trace with his
finger many a loved inscription that
bis zeal had brought to light Salib
lived near tbe ruin on a pension al
lowed by the Khedive, and after
luncheon we called on him and took
our coffee in Li house. The coffee
wa served on the roof, while some
of us, weary with the sun, lay uader
the shadow of the wail and the date
trees, and others sat about the court
yard smoking, and Brugsch, who
never misses Lis chaace, improved
tbe shining hour to copy a hiero
glyphic inscription. After an hours'
rest we went back again very much
a we came. But the journey was
long, the road was dusty, and when
we saw the flag flying from our boat
we were, some of U3 at least, a wea
ry, very weary party. We had rid
den fifteen miles on donkey aad
walked two or three on the sand,
and tbe shelter acd repose of the
cabin was grateful when at Inst it
came.
Hare IV ark.
"What is your secret?" a-ked a
lady of Turner, the distinguished
painter. He replied, "I Lave no
secret, madam, but hard work."
Says Dr. Arnold: "The difference
between one man and another is not
so much in talent a in energy.''
"Nothing," says Beynolds, "ia
denied well directed labor, and noth
ing i to be attained without it"
"Excellence in any departmen,"
says Jobbson, "can now be attained
by the labor of a lifetime, but it is not
to be purchased at a less price."
"There i but one method," eaid
Sidney Smith, "and that i hard la
bor; and a man that will not pay
that price for distinction had better
at once dedicate Limseif to tLe
suit of a fox."
Par'i
"Step by step," read the French
provero, ope goes very lar." -oth-1
ng, lays Mirabeau, "1 impossible
to a man who can and wiiL This
ia tbe only law of success." Have
you ever entered a cottage, or travel
ed in a coach, ever talked with a
peasant in the field or loitered with
a mechanic at the loom," asked Sir
Edward Bulwer Lrton, and found
that each of these men had a taleut
you have not, knew something you
aid not ; Tbe most useless creature
tLat yawned at a club, or idled ia
rags under tLe suns cf Calabria, has
no excuse lor want of intellect
Wtat;men want ia not talent .but pur-
nose 1 in other word not the oower
ta achieve bat the will to labor.
HOW A TOCS; JEWESS LEFT HE2
H0M8 A5D WAS BAPTIZED IS A
CIIHISTIAM
Lacy Sherek, a pretty young Jew
ess, aged seventeen, daughter of pa
rents who are firmly attached to tbe
fiith of their fathers, Las for a year
beea receiving Christian instruction
ia the Appletoa Mission, ia Kent
avenue, Brooklyo. She left her pa
rents bent on becoming a Christian,
! aad has followed the instruction giv
i en her b Miss Emma Holmes and
other t?ichers ia the Mission with
?P from her
aoa.e ai iz .mta street, teornary
Sib, created much commotion among
her friends, who already knew of her
intentioa to rvaoaace Jadaism. She
had been a a!eswomaa ia Benjamin
Wade' faacy gooda store at 13"!
... ... - ,
She did not tell where ah wa go-
i lcl.
aad Mr. Jordan. Superinteadeat
, . , . , - - t i ,
Ol lue Api'iBioa -Ulseuuu, auicu auo
. j;,l,A l.
fkt(rV (.vr U STT A ( I V U VA m o-i. a v i.tv aaa
wbereabou'a. The family bad ex
faaiilv bad
perienced much trouble with aa older
daughter, Fannie, who, renouncing
ber faith, married aa Irish Catholic
named lialiaher, and had adopted
his. faith. They had already had
ma ay worJa with their daughter
Lucy about the same subject, telling
her that her conduct would disgrace
them ia the eye of their people, and
wculd be a standing reproach to
them. Mr. Sherek did not learn of
hi daughter' stoppiag -lace until
Wednesday. Then he heard that
she had been living with a Mr. Ross,
aad tt at she expected to be baptized
on that evening ia the Appletoa Mis
sion. Both parent attended the Mission
on Weduesday hiifht, and heard the
Rev. Reuben Jeffery, pastor of the
Marcy Avenue Baptist Church,
preach on the subject of baptism
from Roman vl, 4. After thi ser
vice the baptistry wa opened, and
Miss Shtrek, dressed in black, reliev
ed at the neck and elbows with white
linen bands and in front with a white
rose, wa led to it by tbe Rer. Dr.
Jeffrey. She steppedinto the water.
The minister bathed ber temples, and
then asked, "Do you believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ?" She answered
in a loud voie "I do." She then
chose the name of Rath, and the min
ister saying: "I baptize thee. Lacy,
as Ruth Sherek, ia the name of he
Father, Son and Holy Ghost," gent
ly lowered her into the water, dipped
her head beneath the surface, aad
lifted her up again. The sobs of the
parents were audible during the ser
vice. She wa congratulated and
kissed by her Christian friends, acd
departed with them her face radiant
with happiness.
She professes her willingness to
return to her parents, provided that
they receive her a a Christiaa, else
she will go to live with the sister
who La become a Catholic.
Mr. Jordan of the Mission believes
tbe yonng woman to be aa earaest
Christian.
Creating Ih.rthDekla.
Under the head ef "Religion and
Dishonesty," the Insurance Journal
relates the following instances :
"Oaly a few days since, we came
across a paragraph in a New York
daily paper, stating that a church bad
jast been sold, ucder a foreclosure by
an insurance company, for some
$5,C'0U les3 than the amount of the
mortgage, and the question was rais
ed whether a re!igiou3 society onght
to cheat even a life insurance com
pany oat of $o.000. There ia, in tbe
good city of Hartford, a religious
society which ha borrowed upon it
property the last dollar it could bor
row, its final mortgage being one of
f 10,000 to the Charter Oak Life In
surance Company. It ha never had
a reasonable prospect of repayment,
and to-day is without a pastor be
cause the congregation cannot pay
oae; ha an unfinished chnrch, a rec
tory, and a lot cf land worth, alto
gether, about fifteen or twenty thous
and dollars, and mortgaged for over
thirty thousand dollars. TLe con
gregation can afford to pay about a
thousand dollar a rear to keep up
the service of the church in the
parish.
"We have in our mind another ia
Chicago a poor congregation, that
undertook to build a $200,000 church
with other people's money. Oae of
tbe officers of it wa the agent of a
life insurance company, and induced
hi principals to loan somewhere be
tween thirty and forty thousand dol
lars on the building, which wa suf
ficient with what they raised in
fairs and subscriptions, and begged
in the East after the Chicago fire, to
pat a roof on a part of the building,
and board up tbe windows, andplas
ter the basement. They did not par
interest on their loan, and finally, the
insurance company Lad to foreclose
tbe mortgage, and not many month
since, we beard members of the con
gregation inveighing bitterly against
the insurance company for bidding
in the property at less than the mort
gage, and still holding the society in
debted to them. We stated then,
very emphatically what our New
York exchange now stages, that; we
did cot believe it was right for a
church to chisel an insurace com
pany. We even went farther, and
stated our belief that no clergyman
could effectually preach against ex
travagance, acd corruption, and dis
honesty, from the pulpit of a charch
plastered from spire-tip to foundation
stone with mortgage and unpaid
interest"
In a disinterred letter ot Horace
Greeley, written in lSl'J, he says:
"Since I wa eight year old, I have
only seen the iosi le cf a school house
in winter; since fourteen not at all;
and cur terms did cot average Ive
month per annum ia those days. 1
know a little newspaper Latin and
French, and might have mastered a
little Greek in the same war, if the
barbarians bad known enough to use
an intelligent alphabet Of mathe-
! matica I learned what 1 contained
in Adam' arithmetic; ot grammar.
jast enough to see clearly that Lind
le' Murrar knew rery little, and
blundered shockiorlr. Aa to ehiro-
' o-raohr. mine speak for itself, aot
clearly a to matter, but quite dis-
Unctiy enough a to manner. How
ever I know a little of what may be
fished np on a tolerably busy and rag
ged journey through the world, bar
ing always loved hooks better thaa
play, and devoured newspaper with.
; i03aB aT idity ,
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j Singular, ain't it, that wLen a man
gire hi wife a dime to hay a box
01 hairpins, or a gam ring for tbe
baby, h looka aboat seren itmea as
big as when he planks it down for a
little bitten for the stomieh's sake.
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