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vu-.;ra Cc-r.cntion of Congregational C';rt:':c.i -I ' OFFICIAL : ORGAN OF THE - PROHIBITIONISTS " IN NORTH CAROLINA; vol: IV: GREENSBORO, N; C FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1886. -NO. 47. f x . aV"'-- -r -t ; r- 1 r rr " ' : ' : t-IS'S"'11'""11"1'""'1'""1 , kl , i' if DIL TALMAGE'S SERMON X' AT THE jTABERNACLE- u A FAMH.Y- DIFFICULTY,' SETTLED." ' la Matters of Church. Attendance Should tlto V.'ife Go -with ttie ECnsband or , the Kn.kiat wltU the Wife? The Gospel Aljih:ilct. Ea;OiLYj.-. NOV.-28.' Tba Rav.,T. DeWitt ; T.iljiir' , D. D... preached in the Brooklyn. TalvriiaoJo this morning on the subject: ' "In il ir.lt tt-y: of Church Attendance. Should the " Vv'iie Lo wim the Husband, or theHiuband Gu wiilf the'Wifcr The tabernacle still re-' tains t il j Jeooi-ation o r ThuiksgiriQS i day, ; beiii sK-iuiens of Americanproducts from tho north, south, east and west. ' A vast con--greijiitioii sans tha opening hymn,' beginning:. Come, let us join our friends above, . .-s , , Vho have obtained the prizCj ; And oa the -eagle wings of love . I To joys celestial rise. , . For the greater part, the hymns used In" . Dr. Tali name's church are old and familiar, ' and when the ; whole audience rises to sing, ledJby Professor Ali, the cornetist, and Pro fessor Henry Eyre "Browne, the organist, the effect is overpowering. ;- r ' . ,-: Dr. Tal male's text was from Genesis Tiii,' 8,-9. "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, be tween me and thee, and between my berdmen and thy herdmen. , Is not t;he whole land be fore thee?" Dr. Talmage said: ' ' - ti' Uncle aiid nephew,, Abram and Lot, both pious, both niillionaires, and with such large flocks of bljating sheep and-lowing cattte that their herdmen got into a fight, perhaps about the best pasture, or about the best water privilege, or because the caw of one got hooked by the horns of the other. Not their poverty of opportunity, but ' their wealth, was the caBse of controversy between these two men. To Abram,' the glorious old Bedouin sheik, such controversy seemed abr surd. It was like two ships quarreling for sea room in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. There was a vast reach of country, corn fields, vineyards, ' harvests' and plenty of room in illimitable acreage.: "How says Abram: "Let us agree to differ. Here are the mountain districts, swept by the tonic and sea breeze, and with wide reaching pros pect, or there is the plain of the Jordan, with tropical luxuriance. You may have either. " Lot, who was not as rich as Abram, and might have been expected to take the second choice, made the first selection, and with a modesty that must have madeAbram smile, said to him: ."Yotf may. have the rocks and tho fine prospect; I will take the valley of tho Jordan, with all its luxuriance, of corn fields, and the river to water the flocks, and tho genial climate, and the wealth immeasur able.'" So the controversy tvaa 'forever settled, and great souled "Abram carriedout the suggestion of the text: "Let there be no strife, I pray three, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen. Is not the whole land before thee?" Well, in this, the last quarter of tbe.Nine tecnth century, and in7 this beautiful land, T7hich was called ' America, after Amerfcus" Vcspucius, but ought to have been been called Columbia, after its discoverer, Colum Lu s we have a wealth of religious privilege sind opportunity that is positively bewilder in:. Churches of all stvles of creeds, and of ali styles of governments, and 'all" styles tot - wo rship, ami all styles of architecture. What opulence of ecclesiastical opportunity ! Now, while in desolate regions there may be only ono church, and it must be that or nothing, in the opulent districts of this country, there is ruoh a profusion that there ought to be no difficulty in making a selection. No fight about vestments, or between liturgical or non-liturgical adherents, or as to baptismal modes, or a handful of water as compared with a riverfuL If Abram prefers to dwell in the heights, where r he can only get a sprinkling from the clouds, let him consent that Lot have all the Jordan in which to im merse himself. "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, and between thy herdmen and my herdmen. Is not the whole land before thee?" Especially is it unfortunate when families allow, at the breakfast, or dining, or tea ta ble, angry discussion as to which is the best church or denomination, one at one end of the table saying he "could not endure the rigid doctrines of Presbyterianism, one at the other end respondiag that she never could stand the forms of Episcopacy, and one at one side of the table saying he did not understand how anybody could bear the noise in the Methodist church, and another declaring all the Baptists bigots. There are hundreds of families hopelessly split on eccle siasrieism, and in tha middle of every discus sion 0:1 such subjects there is a kindling of indignation,' and it needs some old father Abva:n to come and put his foot on the load ed luje before the explosion takes place, and sarr : 'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, be-r twsvi me and thee, and between my herd-. j:h; aud thy herdmen. Is not the whole lani fief ore thee?" - r '.''oC-'' -' ' . : 1 iv. ulei'take a subject never before under take in any pulpit, for it is an exceedingly d-ii. uto subject, and if not rightly handled uii-j jfc giva serious offense; but I approach it wuiiout the slightest trepidation, for I am s;u."0I have the Divine direction in the 11 uit-crai I propose to present. It is a tremen dous question, asked all over Christendom, ot'ce.i asked with tears and sobs and heart bivul3, and involving the peace of families, tho eternal happiness of , many .souls;-In , matters of church - attendance, should the wire go with the husband, or the husband go wit h tho wif e) First, remember that all the evangelical churches have enough truth in them to save t jq soul and prepare us for happiness on earth and in heaven. I will go with you into any well selected theological library, and I will show you sermons from ministers in all de nominations that set forth man as a sinner and Christ as a deliverer from sin and sorrow. That is the whole gospel.; Get that into your soul and you are (;tted tor the hero and the hereafter. Tho wcld has twenty-six letters in alphabet, aud there are only two letters in the gospel alphabet S and C ; S standing for-our--sin, C standing for Christ, our rescue, b:e?sed be His glorious name forever I In any church where yon can thoroughly learn these two.iettors, and all they stand for, you ought to be edified and happy. There are differ- : ence ;, wo admit, and some denominations we Lira better than others. But suppose three or . four of us mako solemn- agreement-" to meet - each other a week from now in Chicago on important business, and one goes by the New. York; Central rail road, another by the Erie railroad, another . by the Pennsylvania railroad, another by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.- One goes this way, because - tho mountains are. grander; another takes this, because the cars are more , luxurious; another that, because the speed is greater ; another takes the other, because he has long been accustomed to that route, and allJ.he employes are familiar. 1 So far as. four engagement to meet ( is concerned it; makes no difference if ; w4 only? getf there,4; Now, any one -of ..the innumerable evangel ical denominations; if yta practice it3 teach ing although some Of their trains run on a broad gacg3, and some on a narrow gauge will bring you out at the city of the New Jerusalem. -. It being evident that you will -be safe la any of tho. -evangelical denominations, I pro ceed to remark, first: If one , of the married couple be a Christian and the other not, tha one a Christian is bound to go anywhere to a church where the . unconverted companion is -willing to go, if he or she will go to no other. You, of the connubial partnership, ..are : Christian.' , You are safe for the Bkies. . ' Then it is your first duty to secure the eternal safety of your lifetime associate. Is not the everlasting . - lfare of your-wife impenitent, or your husband impenitent, .of more Im portance than your church relationship? . . Is not the residence of your companion for the next quadrillion of years a mightier considera tion to you than the gratification of your ecclesiastical taste for forty or fifty years I A man ior ; a woman that would - stop half a minute to weigh preferences as to whether he or she had better go with the unconverted I companion - to t this or .that church or denomination has , no religion, at all, and never has : had, and I fear never will have. : You are loaded up with what you. suppose to be religion, but you are like Capt. Frobisher, who brought, back from his voy age of discovery a shipload of what he sup posed valuable minerals, yet instead of being silver i and ' gold, were nothing but common stones of the field, to be hurled out finally as useless. Mighty God 1 In all Thy realm is there one man or woman professing religion, yet so stolid," so unfitted, so far gone unto death that there would, bo any hesitancy in surrendering all preferences before such an opportunity of salvation and heavenly re union? If you, a Christian wife, are an attend ant upon this Brooklyn Tabernacle, and your unconverted husband does not come here, be cause he does not like its preacher, or .its music, or its architecture, or its uncomfort able crowding, and goes not to any house of worship, but would go if you would ' accom pany ' him ' somewhere : else, .change your church relations." Take your hymn book home with, you to-day. Sayr jjood-by -o 'jour friends in the neighboring pews, and go with him to any pne of a hundred churches, till his soul is saved and he joins you in the march to heaven. More important than that ring on the third finger of your left hand, it is, that your Heavenly Father command : the angel of mercy concerning your husband at his conversion, as in the parable of old: "Put a ring on his hand.n H No letter of more importance ever came to the great city of Corinth, situated on what was called the "Bridge of the Sea," and glistening with sculpture, and gated with - style of brass the magnificence of which the following ages have not been able successfully to imitate, and , overshadowed by , the Acro Corinthus, a fortress of rock 2,000 feet high I say no letter ever came to that great city of more importance than that letter in which Paul puts the two startling Traestions: "What knowest thou, oh wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband! Or how knowest thou, oh man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?" The dearest sacrifice on the part of the one is cheap if it rescue the other. Better go to the smallest, weakest, most insignificant church on earth, and be co-partners in eternal bliss," than pass your earthly membership in most gorgeously attractive " church while your companion stays outside of evangelical privi lege. Better have the drowning saved by a scow or sloop than let him or her go down while you sail by in the gilded cabins of a Britannic or a Great Eastern. : Second remark; If both of the married couple be Christians, but one is so naturally constructed that it is impossible to enjoy the services of a particular denomination , and the other is not so sectarian or punctilious, let the one less particular go with the other who is very particular. As for myself, I feel as much at home in one denomination of evangelical Christians as another, and I think I must have been born very near the line. I lik the solemn roll of the Episcopal liturgy, and I like ..the spontaneity ? of the Methodists, and I like the importance given to the ordinance of Baptism by the Baptists, and I like . the freedom of the Congrega tionalists, ; and I like the government and the sublime doctrine of the Presbyterians, and I . like many of the others just as. good as any I have mentioned, and I could happily live and die, and preach, and be buried from any of them. But others are born with so stout and unbending and inexorable a liking for some denomination that it is a positive necessity they have the advantage of that one. What they were in tended to be in ecclesiasticism .was written in the sides of their eradle, if the father and mother . had eyes, keen enough to see it They - would not stop crying until they f had put Linto their i hands - as plavthingf ;a . Westminster Catechism or the JTmrty-niDe Arncies. i ne whole cur rent of their temperament and thought and character runs into one sect of religionists as naturally as the James river into the Chesapeake.- It would be a torture to .such, persons to be anything outside of that one church. Now, let the wife or hus band who is not so constructed sacrifice the 'milder preference for the one more inflexible and rigorous. Let the grapevine follow the rugosities "and 1 6inuosities of . the oak or hickory.- Abram, the richer in flocks of (Christian grace, should say to Lot, who is built on a smaller scale: ''Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between; me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen. Is not the whole land before thee?" As you can be edified and happy anywhere, go with your companion,to the church . to which he or she must go or be miserable. r -. . ; Remark , the third : If both the married couple are very strong in their sectarianisms, let them attend the different churches pre ferred. It is not necessary that you attend the same church. Beligion is between your conscience and your God. . Like Abram and Lot, agree to differ. " When on Sabbath morn ing youcome out of the door of your home together, and one goes one way and the other the other, heartily wish each other a good sermon and a time of profitable devotion, and when you meet 'again at the noonday repast let it be evident each to each, and to your children, and to the.hired help, that you have both beeiron the Mount of Transfiguration, although you .went up by different paths, and that you have both been fed 'by the bread of life, though kneaded by different hands, in different trays, and baked In different ovens. "But how about the children?" I am often asked by hundreds of parents. Let them 1 1 Akm'nA TYin-er will with reverence for, both" the denominations represented by father and mother, if you,, by holy lives, commend those nominations. If the father lives the better life they win : have the more favorable; opinion of. bis de ' nomination. If the mother Eves the "better life, they will have ; tho more favorable opinion of j her. denomination. And some day both the parents will, for at least one service, co to the. same' church.' ;Th neigh bors will say: "I wonder what is going on to-day, for I saw our neighbor and his wife, who always go to different churches, going arm in arm to the same sanctuaryjFf WeU, I will tell you what; has brought V' them together arm in arm, to the . same altar. Something -very Important has - happened. Their son is to-day uniting with the church, He is standing in the aisle taking the - vows of a Christian,, Ho had been somewhat woy wartj., i ani gave father and mother ; e good deal of anxiety, but their prayers have been answered in his conversion, and as he stands in the aisle, and the minister of religion sys: Do you consecrate yourself to the God who made and redeemed you, and do you pronuse to serve him all your days?" and with manly voice he answers "I da" ' There is an April ,hower in the pew where father and mother . sit, and a rainbow of joy which arches both their souls, that makes all differences of creed infinitesimal. And the daughter who had been very worldly, and gay, and thoughtless, puts her life on the altar of consecration, and as the ? sunlight of that Sabbath streams through the church window and falls upon her brow and cheek, she looks like their other daughter, whose face was lumined with the brightness of another world, on the day when the Lord took her into Hi heavenly keeping years ago. - I should not wonder if, ; after all, these parents pass the evening of their life in the same church, all differences of .church pref erence overcome by the joy of being in. the house of God where their children were pre pared for usefulness and heaven. ' But I can give you. a. recipe for i-ulning your children. Angrily contend in the household that your church is right and the church of your companion is wrong. Bring sneer and caricature to emphasise your opin ions, and your children ,will make up their minds that religion is a sham, and they wfll have none of it. In the northeast storm of domestic controversy, the rose of Sharon and the Ely of the valley will not grow. Fight about apostolic succession, fight&bout election and free agency, fight about baptism, fight about the bishopric, fight about gown and surplice, and the religious prospects of your children will be left , dead on the field. -You will be as unfortunate as Charles, duke of Burgundy, who in battle lost a diamond the value of a nation, for in your fight you will lose the jewel of salvation for your entire household. This is nothing against the ad vocacy of your own religious theories. Use all forcible argument, bring all telling illus tration, array all -demonstrative facte but let there be no acerbity, no stinging retort, no mean insinuation, no superciliousness, as though all others were wrong and you in fallibly right. Take a hint from astronomy. The Ptole maic system made . the earth the center of the solar system, and everything was thought to tarn round the earth. But the Copernican system came, and made the sun the center, around which the planets revolved. . The bigot makes his little belief the center of everything, but the large souled ' Christian makes the Son of Righteousness the center, and all denominations, without any clashing, and each at its own light and in its own sphere, revolving around it Over the tomb of Dean Stanley in Westminster abbey , is the passage of Scripture: "Thy command ments are exceeding broad." Let no man crowd us on to a path like the bridge Al . Sirat, which the Mohammedan thinks leads from this world over the abyss of hell into paradise, the breadth of the bridge less than the web of a starved spider or the edge of a sword or razor, off the edges of which many falL - No; while the way is not wide enough to take with us any of our sins, it is wide enough for all Christian believers to pass without peril into everlasting safety. V But do not any of you depend upon what you call a sound creed for salvation. A man may own all the statutes of the state of New York, and yet not be a lawyer, and a man may own all the best medical treatises, and not be a physician; and a man may own all the best works on painting and architecture, and not be either painter or architect; and a man may own all the sound creeds in the world, and yet not be a Christian. Not what you have in your head and on your tongue, but in your heart and in your life, win decide everything. : . In olden times in England, before the mod ern street lamps were invented, every house holder was expected to have a lantern sus pended in front of his house, and the cry of the watchmen in London as they went along at eventide was: "Hang out your lights 1" Instead of disputing in your home about the different kinds of lantern, as a watchman on the walls of Zion I cry: . "Let your light so shine before men that they, seeing your good works, may glorify your father which is in heaven." Hang out your lights! You may have a thousand ideas about religion, and yet not the great idea of pardoning mercy. It is not the number of your ideas, but the great ness of them. A mouse hath ten offspring in her nest, while the honees hath one in her lair. All ideas about forms and ceremonies and church government put together are not worth the one idea of getting to heaven your self and taking your family with you. . ' But do not reject Christianity, as many do, ; because there are so many sects. Standing in Westminster hotel, London, I looked out of the window and saw three clocks, as near as I can remember, one on the Parliament house, another on . St Margaret's chapeL another on Westminster abbey, and they were all different j One said 12 o'clock at noon, another said 11:55, another said 12:06. I might as well have concluded that there is no such thing as time, because the three time pieces were different, as for you to conclude that there is no such : thing as pure Christian ity because the churches differ in tbfcir state ment of it It is about 12 o'clock-noon, of the , glorious Gospel " dispensation, although the church clocks somewhat differ, and under the present light you have, no excuse for neglecting your duty because you do not like this or do not like that:- "How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation!" . But let us all rejoice that, although part of our family may worship on earth in one church, and part in another church,, or bowed at the same altars, it must be in a compromise of preferences, we are, if re deemed, on the way to perfect church, where all our preferences will be fully gratified. Great cathedral of eternity, with arches of amethysts; and pillars of sspphire, and floors of emerald, and windows aglow -with the .sunrise of heaven! What wide aisles, spacious enough to : allow empires to pnteri What amphitheatres of piled-up splendor, -gallery above gallery, princes and prin- jungs ana queens Denaing , over ' What ' stupendous " towers, with angel hoisted and - angel rung! myriads of worshipers, white and coroneted! What an offlci- ator at the altar, even "the great high priest of oar profession!" What walls, hung with the captured shields and flags, by the church militant passed up to be church triumphant! What doxologies of all nations! Coronet to coronet, cymbal to cymbal, harp to harp, organ to organ! Pull out the tremulant stop to recall the sufferings past! Pull out the trumpet stop to celebrate the victory! ' When shall these eyes thy heaven built walls And pearly gates behold t Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, And streets of sliinlng gold. . Franco's Tax Upon Pianos. -' An attempt to pat a tax upon pianos In Paris is vigorously repulsed by The Siecle, which contends that the piano has amoral mission, being par excellence the home instru ment that keeps fathers and brothers within doors and away from the outside temptations of the great city. In addition to this, The Siecle contends that the piano has a refining influence upon the family which should never" be checked by taxes, New York Sun. them I chinras What ; robed Better keep yo" eye on de man what low rates his nabor. De dog dat fetches ur bone will tote one. Detroit Free Pres& -PERSONAL MENTION. What the . Newspapers Say of People who Are Much Talked About. . Jay Gould is assessed for $100,000 and no more in New York. . " : ; - Elbridge Gerry was the first person in New York to come out with a fur cap.'1 ' 4 Justice Mansfield, of Verona, N. Y. , is the oldest justice- of the peace in the United States, being 91 years old. William H. Peck, the story writer, has in Florida an orange grove, a pineapple patch, a yacht and a sea beach. t Professsor Huxley, In his retirement, will try to keep the wolf from the door with a pension of $7,500 a year. Miss Kate Field's favorite saddle horse is Tuck, a coal black stallion, upon which she takes daily exercise in. Washington. - : The mother of ; Gen. - Boulanger, French minister of war, was an English woman, and the general speaks and writes English excel lently, j '.' ' H ('-. .- . vVi-;" J:.; V Bicyclist Stevens, having made his legs his his compasses and seen the world on the top of a bicycle, wfll eaT Ids' Christmas pie in America if all goes well with him. -. Mrs. "Jennie June" Croly says that she is still occupying the editorial chair at Dem orest's publishing house, all reports to the contrary being false., ' - r:- . -; Frank SiddalL theThuadelphia soap man, says: "I have confined my advertising en tirely to newspapers. The man who does not read a newspaper does not use soap..? - - Gen. Miles says that he never had but one opinion concerning the Indians since the first arrow was shot into ' him by a hostile. They should be planted around the roots of grape vines as a fertilizer, j Ex-Congressman Root, of Arkansas, be-, lieves that "there is going to be a great southwestern boom,' and. Arkansas will lead that march of progress, embracing manu factories, diversified agriculture lumber shipments and mineral development " Admiral Porter proposes to write another book as soon as his health has grown better. He received $30,000 bonus for his navjsl his tory, and gets a royalty of 20 per cet on ' all the books sold. - - Thus far he has reoeived about $50,000 in alL - j-,- vs , , Sam Jones had a mixture of success and failure in Canada. He was. very popular with !many and made money, but was severely criticised by press and pulpit The clergymen of the Church of England accused him of blasphemy, while he shocked many laymen by his use of tobacco. Mr. Gladstone, in response to a request to contribute to a .book denning the Liberal programme, says: "My friends forget my years. I hold on to politics in the hope of possibly helping to settle the Irish question. But general operations of the party and par ticular subjects I am obliged and intend to leave to the hands of others,", ' . Roscoe CJonkling, it is ' often remarked, never forgets his politeness. V Several persons witn him in an elevator of : the United bank building one day this week observed him turn partly around on leaving the elevator, and pleasantly say "Good morning" to the elevator man. - The great lawyer has again donned the dark blue pea jacket which he wore during the famous Broadway investiga tion, and the -hat 4ie wears is still of the "slouch" style, similar to that worn by the Grand Army veterans. Henry- D. Woolfe has returned from a year's sojourn near Cape Lisbume, on the Alaskan coast, about 250 miles within the Arctic circle. He had charge of a whaling station there, and utilized his large leisure by making sledge journeys as far north as Point Barrow, and over a large extent of territory in the extreme northwest corner of AlsTry. He has fourteen boxes of curios for the Smithsonian institution, and has gathered much valuable data in regard to the customs and traditions of the natives. The other day citizen George Francis Train solemnly announced that he would not any longer talk to even the children who had for years formed the sole recipients of his collo quial confidences. Henceforth, like Iago, he would never speak a word. . That same .after noon on my way through Madison square I came upon the great reconstructor of modern society, lolling on his bench, surrounded by a ten deep crowd and. gabbling like a steam man to one of the mob. He talked so fast that it was absolutely impossible to make out what he was saying, but this did not seem to trouble his audience. They listened, grinning and gaping, and now ' and then gave him a cheer, at which the voluble citizen seemed vastly pleased. ' ' ' Horses for the English Army. ., Cot Ravenshill recently arrived at Fort McLeod, Oregon, from England on a tour of inspection and to purchase horses for the English army. He found very few among the numerous bands of horses in that section which fulfilled his requirements. He stated that the English government would purchase about 4,000 head of horses yearly if suitable stock could be raised, and would pay $150 a head for' them, halter broke, delivered at Montreal. The horses are required to be of good color, black or gray preferred, 4 to 6 years old and fifteen to sixteen hands high. The visit of Col. Ravenshill caused quite 'a stir throughout the northwest, and a number of stockmen are. making arrangements for breeding horses to fill the requirements. A good horse, fifteen to sixteen hands high, will bring $150 in almost any part of Oregon. New York Sun. An Earthquake at a Funeral. . A most extraordinary incident took place during a burial, service held in Lazaretto, at the quarantine station. While the - Rev. Father Wilson, of St. Mary's, was reading the beautiful burial service of the Roman .Catholic church, and just as his lips had given utterance to the .words, "And the earth shall open and give up its dead," eta, the mighty and deep roll of the earthquake was seen approaching, the house began to rock, and even the dead captain in his coffin seemed to respond to nature's throe, as the coffin gently swayed as though in- response to the mighty, voice. : Tbe faces of the surrounding officers, friends and crew portrayed, if possi ble,' more solemnity, as though i each was looking for the last great summons to come. Charleston News. . ' ' ,A Remarkable Death.'-- . . A remarkable death has recently occurred In Paris, in which the cause would never have been discovered had not an autopsy been held. A young girl was found dead in the street, and was at first supposed to have been the victim of foul play. :; When the post mortem examination was held, the larynx, was found to be closed by lumbricoid worms, which had been vomited, but had not been ejected from the mouth. New OTleanStTimes Democrat Forecasting by Berries. ; Benjamin Boutin, an old fisherman along the shpres of Green bay, predicts an open winter. He has for a long time observed that when the mountain ash trees, .are full of ber ries ' tho winter following, is. prolonged, and severe, while a short berry crop' foretells a mild and open season. This fall ' the berries re unusually scarce. Milwaukee Sentinel, WONDERFUL MENTAL POWERS. Phenomenal Ability of a Maryland Dredg '' er to Spell Iong Words Backward. John Harrison; who resides at Deal's island, about 20 years of -age, is possessed of won derful mental powers. - - He is a dredger, and says he -only attended school about two months altogether in his life. This great power consists in his ability to spell back ward any word, no matter how long or intri cate, that he can spell forward,' or that is spelled forward in his presence, and that, too, with the greatest celerity, - t ' : ' The American correspondent, hearing of his wonderful power, met him on Deal's isl and and requested him to give an exhibition of bis strange talent, which he readily con sented to do. Such ' Words as "incompatibil ity," "incongruous," "irreprehensible,; "Cm cinnati," "Philadelphia," and many other long words were spelled in' his presence, which he immediately spelled backward with lightning rapidity and without the least hesitation.- He never fails, but always spells the words correctly backward as they are spelled to him forward, and if he ever spells the word incorrectly, no matter how long it be it is always the fault of the questioner.' -Any word that he is familiar with and can spell forward he " can ; also spell ' backward, and words that he is not familiar with and cannot spell forward he can spell backward when they are spelled in his presence. ' K -. f. He does not spell the words backward 'by the sound, because in many instances the let-' ters make no sound. He says that he does not even carry the word in his mind as it is spelled forward, .and cannot explain by what means he is enabled to do it He says he first showed signs of this wonderful talent while he was going to school, the short time that he attended, by spelling backward the words propounded by his ' ;teacher,y much to the amusement of the: teacher - and the other scholars. Baltimore American. - MULTUM IN PARVO." Items an Mrs. James Brown Potter's; Popularity. The secret of her popularity is in the fact that she hasjworld wide sympathies, and the thorough goodness and amiability of such a nature as was Walter Scott, as . have been some : of the great geniuses of the world. There is no envy, no jealousy in that beauti ful nature. The spirit of .Mrs. Potter is as beautiful as her body, and that is saying a good deal. She is one of the beauties of the age, of any and nil : ages, and she has not ordinary abilities, but extraordinary abili ties. Her memory is phenomenal. I - have seen her learn a prologue to a play while she was dressing -for her part, and "What she learns she never forgets. Her memory is "wax to receive and marble to retain," Bos ton Traveller. Ho Could Afford It. I came down in an elevated railroad car the other day and th only other passenger was a rather old. gentleman,": who did not strike me as being able to pay very frequent visits to the tailor, judging from' hia attire,' After he had left the train the guard confi dentially remarked ; "D'ye know who that is? Why, it's William M. Evarts. ' Only the rich people can dress like that; a poor man always has to look nice;" and the elevated oracle was right New York Graphic." '3; - . . American Exposition Building. The American Exposition building in Lon--don is to be 210 feet wide and 1,000 feet longr. There are to be several smaller structures, in cluding an art gallery capable of holding 3,000 pictures. The main building will cover five acres, and is to- be constructed of steel rails and corrugated iron. ' . The use of steel rails in structures of this kind is a new idea," but has received, the approval of eminent en gineers." It enables the builders to put up or take downa building so constructed in a very short time. Chicago Herald. Two Boys' Agreement. - ' In Talbot county, Ga., more than thirty years ago, two boys, who had from childhood been warm friends, entered intoan agreement by which one of them guaranteed to the other a piece of land for the use of himapjf and wife for life, the rent being fixed at five cents per annum. ' The place has been improved by a comfortable dwelling and outbuildings, and the two aged people have the assurance of a "home in. which to spend the evening of then days, while- tha one who owned the land sleeps in death. Chicago Times. ' An Over Intelligent Bird. " , A Pictou (Canada) citizen has a bird of re-" markable" intelligence which he has taught several curious tricks. One of its tricks is to strike a match and hold it for the doctor to light his pipe. This trick it began rehearsing ui the doctor's absence not long ago, dropped a match on some loose paper on the floor, set the woodwork of a window ablaze and the -dwelling narrowly escaped destruction. .The bird will be sold-Chicago Times. ;, Shakers in the United. States. ' '' v A Shaker in a settlement near Albany tells a newspaper reporter that, while the order is a little over 100 years old, it numbers only seventeen societies, averaging from, 100 to 200 members each. Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut. New York, Ohio and Kentucky : are the states in which they exist, and their numbers are diminishing. 1W "T7- 1 O i i lurk DUU. - .'-. . - .-. . . :Z ' Spontaneous Combustion. ' A bin of bituminous coal in New HavenV cm . i m . j . : s t . - , . . - w xeeii iung, uu ieec wiae ana j.4 ieec aeep, and containing about 4,000 tons, caught fire from spontaneous combustion, and smol dered for .a week in spite of all the water poured upon it. Then workmen shoveled out the coal to cool it off. New York Sun. of all Sorts Gathered from ; Points of the Compass. - - , - The latest piece of slang in New York eity" is "foddering up." ' - r- -I- "" The use of bicycles' and tricycles is to be regulated by law in Philadelphia. , j. . - Another large ostrich farm is to be estab lished in California, this timer at Coronado beach, San Diego county. " - ' ? v - - In New York city a half dozen young' men have resolved to not wear overcoats during the coming winter. ' ' ' - - - At a recent dinner party in Boston, Mass. , 6,000 red roses ornamented tho tables. , There was not sufficient room f or the dishes. - " -A bootblack' at Salt Lake City, Utah, chal lenges attention , by a , sign . on which- U in scribed this legend: "Boots blacked at a sacrt- nce. ; - ; - ! t ; u a - i.- . r-. The tallest boy in Lancaster, Pa., is George Kersey, son of; Dr. Kersey., . He is 13 years old and seven feet high. ; He is stfll growing.' A resident of Portsmouth, England, owns U quadrilateral pyramid composed of the eighty- lour guineas round in .Nelson's possession when he fell at Trafalgar. - 11 " - At Atlanta, Ga., has been found an asso ciation of young ladies who are sworn .to do everything in their power to abolish the Natural gas accumulating in the stove in a Pittsburg public school exploded the . other day without hurting any one, but the children all gained a half holiday. . -1 --.s ' ": r ir.:'j In Alachua -county, Fla-, one candidate was accused of presenting the women in rural parts of the county with cheap finger rings. V- At a recent tea party in Arcade, N. Y eleven, very; old .ladies weie present - ; The youngest was 71' years old, the eldest 101; three were over 80, and their combined . ages were 850. --" '-;..'-- '. .- "- - . t---.'. - - i ' V i -i ; .'-;.;.: r : - - A young woman has been arrested in Chi cago for begging while arrayed in a "lights mng change" costume, by means of which she could transform herself in an instant if necessary. i ' ' t . ' l'! : -; ' : " Unquenchable fire is eating its way through hundreds of acres of coal in Westmoreland. county, Fa., the flames having started some time ago in a shaft of the H. C Frick Coke company. , '. 4 y, a -t h ) ' Bricklayers have been at work nights on a building in Rochester," Ni -YJ, by the aid of electric lights.-: The lights are arranged along the. top pf the building, and the men find they can lay brick as well by them as by daylight, . . When the steamship Polaris was eight days out from Hamburg f or; New York a large eagle, of a kind seldom caught, -flew on board exhausted and was trapped. It is a beautiful bird, delicately "speckled with brown and white feathers. - ; -'-:,"?v;;: .'.. .-;.:;';;::;-;-: .,;:.., The number of fruit trees in California is civen as follows: AddIc. 2.700.000: neacb. 1,200,000; pear 500,000; plum and prune, 600,000; cherry,; 400,000; apricot, 500,000; orange, 1,600,000 ; lime and lemom ,500,000. It is estimated that there are. 70,000 acres of grapevines. C"." "'V U The Sledge Dogs of Alaska. ' Tho ice being In good condition; with dogs and sleds laden with, cooking pots and a few provisions, a tent and deerskin, bedding, a start was made early in 'the morning: - The thermometer marked ; 15 degrees below; zero and there was an icy blast from the north, o it' may be imagined that ' the .'weather was somewhat cold. Smooth shore ice was found, over which our sleds went rapidly, and at dusk (3 d. in.) ' the does smelt the deer and tore faantically in their harness to get at them. : And here, en passant I may be permitted to dwell upon the annoyances and vexations that an Arctic traveler has to undergo when using the dogs for sled work.; . The most docile and mild looking animal is probably the worst of the team, quarrelsome; snarling and fighting whenever a chance presents itself. For an hour or so the dogs will lie quietly, seemingly at peace with one another;" then, as if by sudden inspiration, one springs upon the other, biting and tearing the legs, ears and those portions of ,the body -unprotected, by hair, and a general melee ensues,' only ceasing when heavy blows from pieces of wood or tent poles strike some tender part. Then, too, at night the howling in chorus not a genuine howl, but a "species of sharp, ' drawn' out wails breaks upon the ear, to the imagination seem ing like the wailing of a horde of lost, spirits lamenting their bitter lot Still," travel would be impossible, tiuring t-winter-iwere it not f or these dogs. So f ar as exhibiting attach ment or retaining any especial liking fo'r-an individual, these - animals cannot be said to show the slightest trace. They simply come to any one who feeds them, acting perfectly indiscriminately. Cor. San Francisco Chron icle. . . - A New Amusement. Several young ladies and gentlemen of fet Joseph have originated a new kind of amuse ment It consists of this: A party of eight pr ten ride out to the lake road. Two goals are decided upon, and the game of "Indian, " as they call it, is engaged in. The rules are that the gentleman is handicapped by the lady, she being given 100 feet the start .- The distance is-one-half mile. 4 Then the, race is made. If -the gentleman catches her rein before she crosses the "wire" he, as a forfeit is entitled to kiss. -Failinz to do so. the eentleman is .obliged to buy the lady a box of gloves. ' f As the ladies ride their own horses and then speed is known to the "Indians, the girls get L decidedly the worst of it, for the boys scour the city and get runners they know can win. The. game of "Indian" is a noble amuse mentSt Joseph Herald. . , RESULT OF THE OFFICIAL COUNT FOR CHIEF JUSTICE. COUNTESS. - ? 02 ' K ... Losing Faith in Toudooism. ' . , Negroes are losing faith in voudooism as a cure-all. One of its- prophets was arrested, in Charleston recently and sent to jail for exerting,' without avail, the charm of his rabbit foot and graveyard dirt on a patient's malady. New .York Commercial Adver .tiser. u Number of Colored Methodists. -! -: The total number of negro ' Methodists in the United States is 1,196,000, as follows: African Methodist Episcopal Zion, 400,000; African Methodist Episcopal, 391,000; Meth odist .Episcopal, 225,000; Colored Methodist, 155,000; all others combined, 25,000. Frank .Leslie's. . ---y- , : ) : Griddle CakeS to the Front. ;H Griddle cakes are to come conspicuously to the front this winter, and it is going to be quite the proper thing--so a lady prominent in society avers for the: fashionable young woman to boast of her achievements m this line. Griddlb cake parties are predicted Philadelphia CalL - - .. Paris Doll Show. During the holidays Paris is to have a doff show, with dolls front every clime and nation m"distinctive dress, and" tableaux of histori cal scenes with dolls as performers; '' The managers announce that 5,000 dolls, at least, will be on exhibition. Chicago Journal. ' Alexander of Battenberg had an income of $1,000 per year when elected prince of Bul garia. He is now worth $500,000 in gold.. Alamance, .. .-. Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, v Beaufort, Bertie, : ..i-. m -Bladen, .j--. Brunswick, Buncombe, - - Burke,' Oubarrus, Caldwell, Camden, ' Carteret,' I " '' ' Catawba, - VMw-eUi t Chowan - '-' Cberokee,' "' Chatham,.- , i Clay,- ,-, -Cleveland, .. . Coln,mbus, ti Craven, Cumberland", -Currituck,- . , Dare, Davidson, - - - Davie, Durham, Edgecombe, ' Forsyth, ' ' Franklin, I. y v Gaston, Granville,; Graham, ' . - : Greene, ' Guilford, Harnett, Halifax, Haywood,, i . . ; ...v Henderson, Hertford, . Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, ; ; . ;,. Johnston, , t . , Jones, ., ' '. Iienoir, ' ' ' ' Lincoln, : ' ' Macon, ' Madison, Martin, McDowell," Mecklenburg, ' Mitchell, Montgomery, ' ' Moore, - , - Nash; New Hanover, " Northampton, '" Onslow, v '' ' " : Orange, , Pamlico,. ... , a Pasquotank, , "TL, Penaer, t . , Perqnimans, Person, " Pitt, Polk, - " Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Kockingham, Rowan, ' - 1 Rutherford, Sampson, btanly, -Stokes, ' Surry, iSwain, Transylvania, - Tyrrell. Union, . - Vance, "' Wake, - " Wayne, Warren, Washington, -Watauga, Wilkes, Wilson, ' Yadkin, Yancey, a o K S3 Would Do ' Better Next. Time. . - ; : It is related by the gossips . that ' when Mr. 2L, a wealthy and ' aggressively aristocratic denizen of the . sacred slopes of Beacon' Hill, brought home his third wif e he. was , not .wholly pieased with the attitude of the grown -tin daughters of his first - marriage' toward . their newest mother. He summoned tho bold est and most aggressive daughter to a private conference and in good,' set terms reproved her for her coldness to his bride. The damsel listened, iwith that resoectful patience due "toward the author of her being, and when he -had finished his reprimand gave promise of amendment by saying with demure impu- "dence: ' "Excuse me; papa; I will try and do 'better the next time you : are , 'married."-- Boston Reoord. . ; '.,:V.'-. ; , ; i:i i"f;isJ-f-Aiiec5otei:f Poet Poe. " . I only remember once seeing him (Edgar A. "Poe, the poet) in liquor, and on that roccasioh he staggered up and began upbraiding me ' in ialf -humorous, half -earnest passion - for not accepting a poem of his. V I told him I should have been glad to but couldn't afford to pay : im a fair price, and he raised the siege by Temar king with a hiccough and his nearest approach to a smile:: "It was a great mistake, Sargent hid, great raistake! It would . have ""mortalized you, sir 'mortaUzed you?" Epes -Sargent -" " ' ' , ' , Better .Than Some Blen. ' . ' In a "recent speech in Boston Gen. Hatvley aM : "I think that the man who looks into the great broad face and dark brown eyes of ; a, New England ox has better company . than he has with some men some men of consider- - sabla intellect also." Chicago Times. ' 1463 . 420 592 1239 ' 1145 1552 1289 ... 1267 ' 716 1987 1032 1360 816 645 1188 1537 1183 -04' "422 .1906 312 1913 . .1473 1205 2293 918 195 1722 1301 ' 1574 1974 ; 1903 .1028, 1315 1806 271 ' 1045 2038 . 998 1646 1117 597 " 604 812 1311 ' 827 2042 r 674 1474 713 ..831 807 1430. ' 898 2942 589 839 1831, H01" 064: fl357 1045 1298 5i 77 '4 629 1179 2378 388 1885 1544 2277 1996 1507 1376 1950 830 981' 1357 495 486 '430 762 1065 3570 5362 1041 .540 577 1226 1877 .889 fi74 1204 . 263' '196 .862 ' - 789 1870 . 1237, 844 2390 , 516 215 ' 522 35 1553 ' 807 475 1409 191 473 1544' 1994. 348 1G06" 1023 732 ' 1439 2933 "2090 1943 664 262 2436 44 1069 . 1976 659 2779 585 718 . . .572 348 1660 752 .1366 . 216 199 231 1214 928 ,1287 1537 1559 .1038 557 82 1087 938 969 1728 492 1450 239 1890 176 1282 1030 1188 1351 60 ,. 213 193 132 1601 4801 2079 868 , (663 1442 1295 1112 242 , TtnTtn-n. rennblican. for asssu J"8 tice, receivea y,txx voces, wniea- w of course.be taken from the above figv ures in, order to get the proper demo- cratic majority. V. S. Lusk, republi can, for chief justice, received 2692 votes W.P.'Bynum republican, 1428. The vote for associate justices stood: Thomas Ashe, democrat, . 117,293 A. S. Merrimon, " ; ' 117,311 W: Albertson, republican, , 94,551 Vi .S. Lusk; -j i- " 7.91,146 A. E. Henderson 1; John Manning, a. 1, and, W. D. Pruden, d. 1. - ' 1 The vote for superior court judges stood: .--': v' i" ? "-") '"' V' :"--;:"--'--" ; -' -: ' H. G. Conner,, democrat, 116,927 Benj. F: "Bullock; jr., republican, 93,942 Benj. Bullock, ; ? , - 732 C.s R', Thomas, . ... . .. . Walter Clark, democrat, 117,196 Thos. P. Devereux, republican, 94,524 E. T. Boy kin, democrat, . . ,117,052 W. S. O'B. Robinson, repub. 94,201 W. O- B. Robinson, republican, . 473 Wr J. Montgomery, democrat, -117,096 D, M. Furches, republican, J. F. Graves, democrat, A; E.,Holton, republican, R. P4 Buxton, republican, A. C," Avery, democrat, Bowman, republican, r ; ' John. Marsh, i . . , John G. Bvnum, j. -T. H. Merrimon, democrat, Perry A. Cummin gs, ' Frank A. Cummings, ! . 94,553 117,022 94,567 21 116,980 94.321 145 ' 1 117,136 194,538 47 Wflmineton -Review: Mr. S. G. Hall, of Wilmington, - was bitten-on the neck by a venomous spiaer ana ior a tune hia nnniition-was indeed critical. His physician "was sent for; and every means . -mm . 1 '"I-. A 1 known to meoicai siuu we resoruju to before the unfortunate man was re lieved from distress and absolute dan ger. 'The bite came very near proving fatal, and Mr, JU.au s . sunerings , wero intense for a considerable time. . . The Asheville Citizen states that a project is on foot to move the Roman Catholic convent school, now located at Hickory, to Asheville. - t -" I '
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