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eigii Christian jl"C Adv ocate o Rev. J. 13. Bobbitt, Editor & iPul lislier. JPublished in the Interests of Methodism in 1ST orth Carolina. Rev. EC. T. Hudson, Corresponding Editor. Vol. XXIII.-No. G. Raleigh, N. C, Wednesday, February 13, 1878. Whole No. 1,195. yoftnj. I Soul Doili Ma;; inly the J-oil. Li-iK li. 4G-5.1. BY HEV J. It. EE ALE. My soul tlofh magnify tho L'ril, in i iu lit a minly na'ne r joice; j-spirit, too, with sw-rt a-cord sh ill join the music of div voice 1 fcotl, my Saviour, and my King, Mgrieiul tribute I would biiti. Thou doth regard U.V low esla't. Ani iroAD me with abundant rucc-. To raise in exaitau'-rt g;cat Above th rank of htiuiau ra-e; For ijeaeraiio .s yet iiuburu Sall ble-s x. i.U this sieiv.l mom. XHe mitfiity (KkI ur uie bntU wrought v ( A" jade -- f His lre, 1 JStiryassiu; grjp of human thought. Or wtit of uavtjuly miu li above; w All g ory to 111? ho y name," MiaLleacli ac.vcding a6' proc'aim. His lov .11; mercy, mil .vai free, To uiciu ho walk iu rili-ii it-ar. The biassed pledge ul" love shall be, XV uen durk temptations hover near: The -i-reuU of II U almighty arm bli4.il shield -torn dauber, ill and hrm The hiiihty ba-da who towvr with proud Iixiagiadti'.iu o the skie, lie scatters like the morning cloud; And tLose who iu taeir strength arie To seats of power, lie eatet:i tlon And blastetL- ty His w itiierinj; uruw u. Kxalting them of low decree, The kJTizry souls wita giad:ie-4 nil. But eoiptif 1 'i'ute tl:e proud shad oe Though pri lc his s,::is!i hert doth thrill; The Lord who holds Ilia servant- last. Ke.uemberall ll:s in. rvio past. Tj Abram's seed the word He spake. To father and to sou the same; The lasting ues ne'er -an break The changeless promis, of Jlis came Who a-t, ani is, uad ever be. All glory to the mjs ic Turee ' S o m inuniratc fc. For the Advocate. Viu. Cls D. D. To Rev. J Rev. ani' Dear Buothek: I have careful. y read your letter, published tju the Adc-Kate Jan. 23d, 1ST8. to you as my Presiding Ekler an J es teemed personal friend, I am indebted tfor much kindness and good counsel, i ' in the eanier years of my ministry. And in later years, I have often gone to you, as a venerable iatuer in tue church, and sought the benelit of your discriminating intellect and sound judgment, in reference to difficult and I - ' - I read your letter and saw that you differed 1'roLU mo in reference to the rights of Methodist citizens to a fair v representation in the University. I ' -betook myself to a careful revieio of . the jtoxtii-itt assum-d :n my 'first ar ticle,' and to which you so respectful ly cill my attention. I certainly ought to ftei giatrful to you for de . siri t correct what you regard as V an error in my article: and I hereby assa--i yoo, that if I have assumed a ! fa iso tmsiti'ia. and vou siiall show me .tthe falsity of that position, I will ' .my dear fiirnd and brother, I am . compilled to say, after reading your - letter and carefully reviewing my firs! article." I am ntmhlc to sue that I . am in t,rror. If that 'first article' had hpn bel'ora vou when vou wrote .t your letter, 1 am persuaded you woul 1 not have seen the error yourself. Hence, I regret that you wrote 'from memory,' for you have not presented my jjos'.tion forlj to the readers of the Advu.ate. You understand and state my position, fiom memory, to be this, viz: "That the Methodists-, Rrtiat I'rpsbvifrinns siisd TnisCO L J L palians being the four largest relig ious denominations of Christians in the Stat1, on0'ht, as a matter of righ , to be represented in the Board of Trustees and the Faculty of tne Uni versity, according to ttieir numerical strength in the State.' lleasoning ' -'- under the 'first diiliculty,' yoa make S T other?, except these 'four leading de- t -Tr.;.; -! i i-- l.-j.i f frotn all ropresentition in the Board ' versity ! I mo t respectfully si'bm't, ; that your representation of my posi tion u-jes ui, aiid the cause of truth, great injustice. A fdir construction of my language in tLe article referred to, does not justify any suc-i conclu sion as you have readied: and I there fore think, tint upon a calm and thoughtful review of my -fit st article,' . you will admit that your 'memoiy played truant, and th t you have net sU-el my positi-ju correctly. "That justice I to others fhow, 27" 'j'tji'l'-? show to mo." That 'first article' see us to have been a '.nhar,, ius!t.j;iJ ut,' and to hae so penetrate! and toin aside the cov- 1 eriD- of tlie maaa-r.-w-.ut' of iI.a Uni versity, and let in ,0 ip-i. light cpon its nakedness, tht its frk-mlb seem to vfeel bound to cover i: np, even though .the garment should be made of leaves. Lest you should not have my 'find ' article at Land, I will repeat that part or it to v.hicli you refer, and will .aot object if tho Editor shall print it in capitals. Iiereitis-viz: 'I do not or desire aore Methodist influ ence in tie UnivetBity than is proper M right This W10h j Xo and intend to seek after. There are in North Carolina 100 000 Methodists' and 4 500 Episcopalians. Is it fair, is it just, for the Episcopalians to have a controling influence in the Faculty and Board of Trust ees of the State University ? Hov? is it that they have this controling influence 1 Did it just happen so ? Was there a deeply laid policy, persistently worked to bring about this result ? I do net propose in this article to discuss how it came to pass. The fact that, thej have i his cntro ing influence, will hardly be called in question. The question which I desire to press upon the attention of the Methodists, Bap tis's and Presbyterians of tno State, is, shall this s'ate of things contin ue ? 1 desire to see Chapel Hill really a University. To this end I am willing and anxious to labor; but, as a Meih odist, I desire fair play. Are m t Methodists taxed to support the Uni iversity Have they not son9 to edu cale ? Have they not, equally with o hers, a right tD suggest how the educational interests of the State shall be conducted ? Are 1 hey not citizens of North Carol. na ? In what are they behind Episcopalians or oth ers ? Dj Methodists propose to be ignored ' Will they continue, by their mighty influence and votes, to hf-ap wealth, honor, place and power upon others, and shut out themselves and their children from their proper sh'.re in the public patronage of the State ? Magnanimous as they are, I hardly think they are disinterested enough for all this." 'A fair showing in the University and elsewhere is all we a-k- This much we shall per sister, tly demand.' Now, Doctor, how caa you construct the position which you attribute to me out of the ab.ive inatsrial ? 'If the foundations be lestroyed, what can the righteous do ?' The Episcopalians 4,.j00 citizen, are taxed to support the University. Methodists, Baptists and Presbyto rians 220,000 citizens, are taxed to support the University. The Univer sity is a State institution 'the com mon property of all the citizens of the State' Yet 4,500 citizens of the State have a 'controling influence' in tap L. aiversuy. ujore lunieiiLc control tnaa i:u,u(JU citizens i '-no denomination of Christians is taxed to support the University !' Y'et the 220,000 Metho lists, Baptists and Presbyterian cit'.zeits aro tsxed to sup port the University ! These 2-, citizens have less influence and "on trol in the 'management' of the Uni versity than the 4.500 citizens ! My position claims for Methodist citizens equal rights with Episcopalian citi zens, and with tho 'thousands of citi zens who belong to no denomination of Christians.' No more and no less Your 'diflic-iUies' are not 'involved' in my position. The 'management' in sists that 'the University is the com mon property cf a 1 the citizens of the State,' and that it is 'not denomina tional at all,' and yet 4,300 citizens who are Episcopalians, do the 'man- nrrinrr !' j This management professes to recog u ze he equal righ a of all the citi -z ns of the State, in this Stat insti tution, when in fact it recogniz-s only the unequal rights of 4,500 Episco- mlian citizens ! The management t his given tho Episcopalians the right to educate the sons of 220.000 citi Z)ns, but has denied to Meihodists, Baptists and ethers the right to edu cate the sons of 4,500 citizens ! It makes an immense difference whose ox is gored ! You say 'the legislature should sea to it that no deaomination of Christians pervert .it from its original design by making it denominational.' But the legislature (nr Romeieam or untler some influence, givan over the management to the Episcopalians 4,500 citizen of the State I I 'complain 'clamor, against makiag the University prac tically an Episcopal institution - against making the Episcopal church the State church against allowing the Episcopal church to manage and tiol Stats institutions and State patronage 4 500 citizens wno are should do be allowed to control the patronage and instita tions of the State. Doctor, aro you i tn submit to such ar- raiuy, ilu. j rogant assumptions of the -management ' Methodists, Baptists and 1'resoy terians 223,000 citizens of the State, I r-: St it institutions. are taxeu ie bujj- Thevhava -he right therefore to a .nni-nucniAtion in tht mai age XOJ." mnt of these S:ate ias'itu ions. Bui: does this right to representation carry with it tho relative obligation to patronize' these institutions ? Me hodists are taxed to support the Penitentiary, and therefore have a ri-ht to b fairly represented in the mtnagem.n ; bin are they therefore bound to rurnishiheir full convicts? If 100,000 citizens shad choose to send their sons to a donom inational college, can they therefore, u ,lAnrived of their nghfs as citizens to a fair representation in tho nunagement of State institutions? With great respect. Yours in Christian love, L S Bckkhkad. Jan. :50th, 1878. For the Advocate. Tli- Methodist Quarter! Confer ence. Ma EiuToit : The machinery of the Mho i3t Church is so wonderful that we cannot too accurately under stand e ch par icular part. You will pardon me iu the very outsit of this short ar icle, for s ly ing that I do noc aspire to be a Church reformer : believing as I do, that we have much more room for ex ccttivi; thiiu we have for reformatory tilen: Lenc. what I am about to write relative Jo the Quarterly Conference is in no sense looking to reform, but an attempt to come at a beiter under s audiug of what I consider one of the most important Conferences held in oiu Church. We hold now ice different Cnfer enc's: 1st, Church Conference; 21, Qu ti tny; Urd, District; 4th, Annual; 5ih, General Conference However much power may be exerled iu the Roman Church from the Pope downward and outward, it is not accoiding to the genius of JM ei hodirrn: which cousid' rs all undelegated rights as rtmaining with the laity. While the minis ry, called of God, form an indispensable part of the Chnrch; yet all this valuable class of workers, can easily be set aside by the Master, (as he is continually doing by H- b. h an d otherwise) and its p:actj filled with othern called directly from the rank and file of lay ni-mber3. The gi eat safe guard of Christianity is a pure and pious laity. Thfie are times in all ;hu:cbes, perhaps when the fas tor.s instimf. reform, and again other times when the membership inaugurate n form : but in ali cases reform is of small importance unless it betters the masses. Now I presume tht our coming General Conference will not aBpire to reform Methodism; but to review the machinery and readjust its parts, so as best to accomplish the object of Mr. Wesl-y, v z , to 'spread scriptural holiness over all lands.' v , V and should be kept up to the highest at ...... c .r.-. . standard of usefulness But the Q i .r erly Conference is so manife-tly a success, and so lony and marked & success, it deserves :c;-3 attention than we usually give lo it. The Chirch Conference has not been a decided success, nor has it ever been deemed indispensable, while the Qu aterly Conference is of paramount importance as working machinery. First, then it is composed of all the gr .des of pieachers and all the grades of official members : it is executive ai to discipline, and in many smaller details, (espcially as to finances, and local contrivances for promoting spir itnality) it is well nigh legislative : it meets four times a year, while the other Conferences (except the Church) meet only once a year, or once in four yoursas the General Conierenco. This Conference tries Appeals, su perintends tho interests of Sunday Schools : elects all the Stewards, Trustees, Sunday School Superinten dents, and delega es to Distiicts Con ferences. It creates every class of ifs own members except clas leaders, even the ministers, and while it does not ordain, it recommends to ordina tioa, and to admission into the travel ing connection. Now these are important trusts, and are justly participated in largely by the Jaity. Especially is that a high responsibility the authorizing men to preach, and no other Confer ence in our Church has this authority This is right and judicious, it is the people, selecting from the people, men of 'gifts, graces and usefulness,' and urging them forward. A great number are thus called out. Some mistakes are made of sourse (and it would be pa sing strange were it otherwise,; h- nee some are dropped; some are disciplined until they become exemplary and useful; some are recommended to Deacon's and Elder's orders; and some are re commended to constant work that is to the itinerancy and when they are no longer suited to this heavier work they are received back to the care of the Quarterly Conference. Each man, who preaches in our Church, was fuse examined, voted on, and licensed by a Quarterly Conference, and thufc compoed principally of lay members. This easy system of calling men in to the ministry is acknowladged by Rilnn McTveire to be one of the jiguw y great secrets of Methodist success in the world We offtn hear our Bishops and ablest men pra ing for more laborers in the vineyard, and this shows that too many in number hava not been called : of course not all who are li sensed will make itinerants, for m this respect 'many are called but few chosen', to this high and responses ork. While the laity in the Quarterly Conference, have the power to license, and to refuse renewal, it i-i oompara tivly easy to select the spiritual, and refuse tba doubtful. L seems lo me a h.ippy provision, that our ministers are selected by the people from am ng the people, and this in some measure, accounts for the great influence our preacheis h ve with the masses. It is true, the Qmrtrly Conference does not call men from theological schools, but each licensed preacher at once enters a theological school, es pecia ly wdere he enters the itiner ancy, for th s I consider the jlnist theological school in the world the course of study being ample, and re quired to be completed and put into practice at the same time. Even the local poacher must study and preach eight years before ho can be an Eider. Our polity is such as 10 make able ministers yea, learned ministers, in a way astonishing and almost unaccountable to other denom inations. The Quarterly Conference has a very large part in this work of bring ing out and training ministers : it is the Conference especially dear to the people, and the people will not readily con-en to any legislation that would curtail i s long established priviliges- L. Braxsox. C U u i cl Pi elci in e n I s When James and John solicited, through their mothers agency, places ofhoror in Cbrist's kingdom, our Lord made use of the occasion to teach them and their angry brethren a vital principle applicable to the government of his cojaing Chusch. 4iYe know," taid he' '.that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they that arj great exercise authority upon thern, but It shall not bo .so among you.'', Here we Lave a prohibition express ed in the most positive terms. But what is prohibited? Not all authority, but only such as was then exercised by tho existing secular governments; that is, despotic and arbitrary author ity dominion in which the mere will of -he rn'er regulated his action. Ot this a-.bitrary authority, Jesus said r among you. " Dr. Whitby paraphrases these un qualified words thus: "Your office being only to make known my will, you shall have no such government, no dominion over the faith of others, shall command noihing for mere will and pleasure, but your whole office shall consist in beiDg ministers for the good of others.'' Dr. Clark inter prets this text in the same spuit, and remarks that: "Every kind.of lordship and spiritual dominion over the Church of Christ, like ihat exercised by ihe Church of Rome, is destructive and antichristian-". Accepting . these interpretations, we affirm that just so far as any form of Church govern ment admits the piineiple, and pro vides for the exercise, of arbitrary power, it is not inharmony with the mind of Christ. A fit ting pendant to this prohibi tion of every form of despotism -s that radical charter of human liberty, equally, and fraternity, contained in those grand words of J esus, addressed, not to his chosen twelve only, but also to the multitude which gathered about him at Jerusalem. They were recorded in Matthew xxiii, 1-12. We quote 1 hem in part: "But be ye not called Rabbi; for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. And call no man your .father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ." These noble woids must be the corner-stone of every form ofChurch government which fills onr Lord's ideal. They are, in truth, the rock on which all Protestani6mstands. From them comes the justification of that individualism which claims the right for every soul to interpret the words of God by the light of his own reason and conscience, and to refuse absolute submission to fathers, Churches or councils, on all questions affecting his eternal destiny. "Call no man your father on earth; one is your Master, even Chris." He alone is a man's supreme guid. ; for to him, and not to pope, prelate, or priest, is every man accountable. National Repository for January. Many of our subscribers may not reside near their minister; in all such cases please not wait to be called upon, but forward the amount due at once. Send at our risk, if not convenient to obtain a Post Office order or send by check. At an Indiana wedding, lately, the choir sung, 'Come, ye disconsolate.' The officiating clergyman, feeling awk vard about it, altemptfed to mend matters by giving out a hymn, but unluckily struck into the one begin ning, 'Mistaken souls, that dreani Jieaven. Why' Men 3).r Afiirry. Rev. Henry Morgan o ce lectured in Boston, n "Why men don't marry: His headings were these Men don't um-ry: first because they can't. Tiiey can't get the oua they want; bachel or have high notions. Second be cause ininy of them are coward-; they dare noi face tho music they dodge the question Thitd because they are skep ic; 'hey have noL fai h in woman;ithey think marriage a lottery. Fourti they are i,elfit,h: theycan-notj.-ipjLi.fVjr anothers good; can't suppoi'f a iiiy wHut the sweats of life wj.-.o.tieariug its burdens. Fifth, i woman's est avagaiict;. ii-ro iLe speaker showed the true cause for mans hesitating; expensive living and ;xtravagan dress Ito st as much to iinneh a woman ou the sea of wedled liu as it would to fit out a smai schooner. A to sails, cordage, penniuts, streamers, the difference is in faw r of ihe schooner. Ne;t, Whom do mon marry Womrn of cou st. John Howard, the ;;reat philanthropist, married his nurf ; ho 25, she 52. John Wesley marriei a vixen. Peler tho great mar ried a peasant girl Humboldt mar ried a poor girl because he loved her. Shakefpeare wed dud a fa mers daughter- lyron married for money to pay his deitH. Robt Bu;ns mariied a woman he courted in tho plow field. Mil on parted from his wife Washing ton married a widow. Franklin mar ried the girl who saw him with the rolls un'e: his arm An drew Jacisou mariied a lady whose husband was liviug. Edward Lytton Dujwer married a si row. Gen. Fre mont mair.edthe daughter of Thomas Benton by eloping. Horace Greely married a scholmistiess, whose good sense will advise Horace never again to aspire after ihe presidential chair. Marl in Luther marriei! a nan. Father Hyacintbe married t convert that finally converted him. Mr. Morgan then refer.' ed to the uotorious Scott case, and do ed by portraying the trials and sorrows of the abused wife. The lecture was received with enthusi astic applsuso. anvf i reaehers think Vi0. iuey doc'i prach any tiling --Ion t preach Univer.-alfeTv, ui", or Darwinism, nor any Other ism; and so they take it for granted they are pri aching ihe truth, the renl Gospel, and that they are all right They never were more misiak en in their lives A man may avoid these and all other Leiisit-s, and not preach the gospel Th-re are preach ers, not a few, who don't preach any thing; they stand tin and siy their say; but there is no life in it: i' is des titute of f eshness. vigor, vilality. It dot s not come from the Leai", the ex peri'-nca. Tue speaker does not feel it, and nobody else lee;s it. To preach the Gospel means two things: it means to preach Vhe Gos pel;' and it means to 'preach' the Gos pel. K meaus some. Ling more man not preach heresy; though in leed, the worst here y tha the devil ever set on foot is preaching the gospel as though it were not the Gospel preaching the Gospel so that nobody cares whether it is true or not, whether ytu preach or not. National fiaptist. All Iiulinii Tradition Among the S minole Indians there is a singular tradition regarding th -white man's origin and superiority. They say that wlun the Great Spirit made th ' earth, he a'o made ihree men, all of wbom were of fair complex ion: and that, after makiug them ho led Lhem to the margin of a small lake and bade them leap tLerein. One immedi ately obeyed, and came ont of the wa ter purer ;han before ha Lathed ; the seoxad did not i6ap until the water hp, came slightly muddy, aid when he batfced he came up copper-colored; the third did not leap until tha water became b'ack with mud, and came out with its own color. Then the Great Spirit laid before th- m three packages of bark, nnd bado ihem choose, and on of pity for nis misfortune of color, he gave ihe black man h s first choice. He look hold of each of the packages and having felt heai, hose tue heuv iest; 'he copper color d one thn cho e the ee.oni heaviest, leaving the white man the lightest. When :hs packages were opened the firs' wa3 found to contain spades, hoes, and ail the lm plements of Ubor; the second enwrap ped hunting, fishing and warlike ap-apraratu-; the third gave the whi.eman pens, ink and paper the engines of the mind the moral mental improve meDt the social link of humanity thef nndation of the white man's su periority. The Manual of tho Discipline says that a pastor is juried i" withhold ing a certificate from a n ember who does not purpose to join another cir- cuit or siauon. cut of deem it inexpedient to withhold the 1 certifica'e. - . ' l.,V. i 1 A lilt ". J else. rJc or Skepu Ttie Central Cross. I believe hat this wrrld is just a be wildering miz , looked at from tvery point except one. I look back upon the records of history; I look back np on the speculations of tci nee; I en deavor to gaze into the future f this woild s caieer; where ever I turn I am opposed by the mysteries that hem in and ciush me down, until I take my stand at the foot of the cross. Then darkness and discord b come light and harmonj-; the mysteiy is solved; the night hat fhut me in becomes radiant with the divine light and glory. At t ie foot cf the cross, ar sconce litera ' lur. n . .1 L.'Ai . . - , . y rwnnma ai once cu - vine, a glorious, and a blessed thing And so I claim for my Lord his right d minion over all the works of his hand! We will gather alt the beauties of arf, and all the treasures of music, all that is brightest and best m this worl ', and will lay them down at his feet, for ' worth j is the Lamb that was slain to receive might, and majesty, and riches, and power, and honor, and glory.' His is the scepter, his is the right, his this universal woi Id Dr. 3la?i?ilng. DO THE LAWERS EXCEL THE I'REACHEKSf Here is a good thing from the Western Me.hodist: We lemember hearing a minister say this (by the way, he had a hand in bringing in lay delegation, and is of ten congratulating himself and bid brethren and the whole Chrch on the fact, and ihe beneficial working af lay delegation) but he said: 'The one thing I fear is our lay brethren, espec ially the lawyers and legislature men and Congressmen, will endeavor to adapt our ecclesiastical s stem to their civil system of jurisprudence. With the latter they are acquainted; with the growth aud adaptation and genius of the former they are no, acquainted. Great evils wvuld come of violent changes here.' Our dear friends, tho lawyers and jadges, sometimes criticise and almost make fm of the laws made and admin isiered by preachers. We hava known one or iwn, in a very friendly way, to pick to pieces our rules of court and 2?-Lj-arf lPa-n' ad our way of trials criminal eourtfe. There they wont have you knowhe proceedings are ali according to the 'high st reason,' etc. Nevertheless, we t ccasicualy fall on a case wbere all the substance sued for is wasted in tha suit where delays obstruct justice, etc. Take this, which we clipped some time ago from a secular exchange: AN OLD CSE. A case styled' Nancy G.Marr et al. vs. H. O. Gilliam et al,' and instituted in the circuit court of Maury couuty on the JJo'.n tl February, lboj, to re cover 1,(332?, acres of land, was com promised at the last term cf the court. It hss been tried, appealed to the Supreme Court, and reversed four times.'' TnE Teue Ceujich. 'Lion's Herald says "Not a little difficulty has been experienced in finding, amid the many Christian nameshe true Church of Christ. The Master Himself gave us an infallible sign and criterion. In all ages the genuine Church was to be a mission Church, taking up the great commission, and extending its bene dictions till the nations should be redeemed and the whole earth should be filled with the glory of the Lord. Here is the work of the Church. To preach the Gospel in the regions beyond as well as at home, is her whole reason for being. To be with out the evangelistic spirit is to be a spurious, and not the true, Church of the Lord. The genuine disciples have heard His last utterance to go; and with these marching irderes they hasten to take possession of th nations that havo been giTon to Him. Ahusbaxd, who only opposed his wife's ili-humor by silence, was told by a friend that he 'was afraid of his wife ' 'It is not she that I am afraid of renlied the hursbancl; 'it's the noise.' A person who had been listening to a very dull address, remarked tbat everything went off very well espec ially the audience. A hopeful minister says that he has no doubt that the time will come when the members of church choir will behave j ist as well as other folks 'Just keeping it lightel for another boy,' is the la e-t juvenile invention when a mother suddenly comes upon her little bov with a cigar iu his month. At a missionary station among the Hottentots, the question was propos ed, Do we possess anything tbat we have not received of God V A little girl of five years old immediately answered. 'Yes, sir, sin.' Quarterly Conference Blanks for sale at this office, Curious Derivations. The word 'pamphlet' is derived from the nama of a Greek authoress, Pamphylia, who compiled a history of the world into thirty-five little books. 'Punch and Judy' is a contraction from Pontius and Judas. It is a relic of an old 'miracle play,' in which the actors are Pontius Pilate and Judas Iscariot. 'Bigot' is from Visigother, in which the fierce and intolerant Arianism of the Visigoth conqueror of Spain is handed down to infamy. 'Humbug' is from Hamburg; 'a piece of Hamburg news was in Ger many a proverbial expression for false political i uuiu.o. j 'Gauze' derives its name from Gaza, where it was first made. 'Tabby cat' is all unconscious that hor name is derived from Aiab, a fa mous street in Bagdad, inhabited by the manufactuiers cf silken stuff called Atibi, taffety; the wavy mark ings of tho wateied silks resembling ( pussy's coat. 'Old Scratch' is the demon Skratti, who still survives in the superstitions of Northern Europe. 'Old Nick is none other than Xikr, the dangerous water demon of Scan dinavian legend. 'Religion' is from the Latin reliaere, to bind together; a derivation which couvevs a world of historical meaning. 'So long,' the common Western and Southern substitute for adieu, and which is used in the same sense by the sailors frequenting the ports of Glasgow and Bristol, is undoubted ly a corruption of the Tarkish 'Salaam' or 'God bo with you,' which latter phrase, in English, has been corrupt ed to 'good bye.' The Salaam travel ed westward with Islamism to the west coast of Africa, whence the negro slaves were brought to the Southern States of America, and in the thick articulation of the black man came changed to 'So long,' and from them was picked up by the sailors and low er clai s of whites. GlaoHow and Bns tol, in Scotland and England, respec tively, were the chief ports of the Bri ish slave trade, when that ins itu tion was existent a fact which ac counts for the prevalence of the phrase in these places, and adds probability .), &lova described derivation. WASTE cisKKl'. A little boy went to his father crying the other day, aud told him that he had kicked a bee that had a splinter in his tail. Are these cakes of soap all one scent; asked a lady ol a juvenile salesman. " No, ma'am, they're all ten cents a pieca, 'he replied. It is a bad plan to divide the ermon into too many heads, for this reason, that there may be consid erable difficulty on the part of ihe , congregation in fi idiug ears for all of them. He'd grown to be a polished gentleman, anyhow, sud an old lady, gazing fondly as sho sijoke, at the shining bald head of her son, just returned after a long absence. Russian to Turk, who received a bayonet thrust: 'But, my poor Turk, you don't eeem to object? 'lurk: Ti is the first time iu eight days that anything has gone into my stomach. A lady admiring a statue requested a dandy who was standing near to explain the inscription. He conceit edly excused himself by saying it was deg Latin. ' For that reason," re turned the lady, 'I applied to a pappy.' " Never, no, never marry for money, ' gravely remarked the pastor to the you'h Pa,' called out a young ster iust then trom b3hind the stady door " what do vou marry for, if tain't for money 2 any way, ard may be more, if the feller's rich?' A lawyer, returning to his office one day, said complacently to his assistant; " Mr. Peetkin, the world looks different to a man when he has three inches of rum in him.' " Yee, replied the junior; and he looks dif ferent to the world . The other day the Rdv. Monseig nor Fisher was examining a class of boys in the Catholic catechism. Ee put the question, 4 Ho v did the Lord punish Adam for his disobed ience , in tbe Garden of Eden C smart urchin replied, " Please sir, he turned nim out of the garden, took a rib from his bdyand with it mada a wife for him A bill for the suppression of tramps is before the Maryland Legis'ature- It provides tbat any wandering, indigent, and uoemp'oyed person may be senteu ced by a Justice of the 1'eace to six months' imprisonment. The tramp thns dealt with is to bo put to work: but be fore the committal he may have, if he do mands it, a trial by jury. 'Rocs or Aoks, by Toplady, was first published in 177 . -zsa Science. Castor oil is now largely used in the arts as well as medicinally. Its chief uses are as a lubricator for coach and carriage axles; in the manufac ture of shoe blacking.as a dressing for calf-skins; for treeing boots, as a sub stitute for neat's-foot oil, and for ma king leather soft, mellow, and pliable. Thf crude oil is used in the manufac ture of morocco. The mean distance of the sun as deduced bv ihe British astronomer royal.Sir George Airy, from a compar ison ot tha results obtained by the En glish ielescopic observations of the "Rif.of.yenns in 1874. is equal to 93,30(J,00U miles; Dut, ub mw4pSuiO- grapbs of the transit are "yet to be worked up, this estimate must be re garded as provisional only. The experiment of substituting Lardeneuglasa tor type metal haa been succe.-sful in France. It is stated that the type founders' moldes and ma chinery can in general be used with out further change. The new types, made of glass, preserve their cleanli ness almost indefinitely, they aro said to wear better than metal, and they can be cast with a tbarpness of line that will print more distinc ly than is possible with the old type. The 'gold' gilding bo profusely ut-'ed for ornamental purposes at the present day is said to be silver leaf turned yellow and golden by the ap plication of shellac. The discovery of the process is accredited to a German tinsmith, who while soldering a sauce pan, accidentally dropped upon the metal some of the resin he bad been using. This changed the bright tin to a sort of dead yellow, resem b'ing gold. The application of the obdeivation which this humble work man made years ago is the gildiug proce.-s of to day. -Sciential -- wweaed in nquetying nitrogen and hydrogen, the former under a pressure of 200 atmospheres, and the la' ter under 280. The latter gas was only reduced to an opaque mist, bet the air which we ordinarily breathe was converted in to a liquid, and poured out in a fine stream. The cold required for thete expurimenta it almost in none oifiV)Ve t is estimated at 300 deg. below zero of theCentigrade thermometer,equivalent to more than 500 deg. below of Fah renheit's Ecale. Careful investigation shows that the disease known as hay-fever can not be produced by heat, light, or o- zone. Dr. H. Blackley believes it arises from the contract of pollen with the respiratory organs. A mild form of the fever can be induced by breathing so small a quantity as 0 000,245 of a rain evry twenty-four hours, and the bevei e form can bo maintained by in- hailing every twenty-four hours 0.0011,2'.) of a grain. Of course, the constitution of the person affected must be piedisposed to the attack. HAULING OUT MANURE. For land that is to be manured iu the spring; the manure may be haul ed out upon it in the winter, piled in large heaps, eay aload in each, then have them put in good shape. aud compacted on the sides, and then cover them up with earth lightly, just enough to prevent the manure from drying ou the outside, and the escape of ammonia. When tbe land is to be plowel tbe manure can be spread, and time used in hauliug it if deferred till spring, is thus saved. Farmers must use their brains, ai well as their hands, in successful farming by plan ning their worz in advance. In win ter their teams may be idle, or part ially so : end there owners and hired help may be taking things easy. Now, whv not haul out what manure is ready? ' Time is money'' w ll in., and if any epring work can be done in winter it is so much clear gain. It is customary to do all repairing of fences in the spring, but why not repair them in winter, when one oan sparo the tims? The winds of winter may displace a board or rail here and there, but a few hours' labor will re pair a mile of fence in the spring when it is put in good order in the fall. New fences may be built in the fall as well as in the spring. In brief, hundreds of dollars may be saved on farms by doing work in winlei that is usually left till spring, and thea but half done for the want of time. v'ar mer's Friend. We shall always be glad to receive and consider any communications or suggestions from subscribers relating to subjects tba. come within the bounds of the paper Every family should have a re ligions pap r. It is a necessity, if we desire to know what the Church of Christ is doing. Who wouldn't bean editor? " asks au Indiana paper. "You wouldn't," replicH an Illinois exchange, "If yon tried a hundred years."