VOL. VII. OXFORD, N. C.,* SATURDAY, JULY 16,1881. NO. 7. ?6Os^!?» RKVIEWJOD BY J. C. L. HARRIS, OF llAL- EIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. IOWA—1880. The Thirty-Seventh Annual Communica tion was held in Des Moines on June 1st, 1880, with Bro. Albert C. Abbott as Grand Master, and Bro. Theo. S. Parvin as Grand Secretary. Two hundred and seventy- seven Lodges were represented. Referring’ to territorial jurisdiction, the Grand ^Master says : “III common with our sister Grand Bodit .s, advocating and endorsing, in all its entir.-ty, the doctrine of absolute territorial jurisdiction, and thus consistently express ing our disapprobation of any enci-oach- ments upon these rights by foreign Grand Lodges, I can but express my earnest pro test against the disregard of this funda mental principle in its practical application at home, by those Avho are near neighbors to us, and with whom we fraternize with feelings of the highest esteem and regard. The difficulty which at present exists be tween the M. W. Grand Lodge of Minneso ta and the W. M. Grand Lodge of Dakota is notably a matter of deep interest to us, insomuch that, although nearly five years have elapsed since, by the formation of the Grand Lodge of Dakota, we relimiuished our control over all Lodges in that terri tory which owed allegiance to us. yet the. Grand Lodge of ^linnesota still maintains jurisdiction in the said territory, fortifying her position by the adoption of the follow ing resolution' at their last annual commu nication, in January last: Resolved, That any masonic boo(1ge. And still it is said that the claim that the Grand Lodge of Minnesota “lias at any time, or in any way, infringed upon ” the territory of this Grand T.odge “ is not in the least sustained bythe facts in the case.” Possibly not, but we leave these facts and this history to the caiidiil judgment of the Masonic world. Again, it is said that we have attempted coercion, and that the action of this Grand TiOdge has lieim 'uncalled for and unfrater- rial.’ Because we have protested year af ter year against this manifest disregard of our rights : because we have continued our appeals for fraternal reijoguitioii and de manded justice at the bauds of those who are not only our neighbors, but are bound to us by a common tie of brotherhood ; be cause all our communications were treated with silent contempt and a deaf ear turned, to all onr requests, we are now arraigned under tiie charge of exhibiting an ‘iinfra- tcrnal ’ feeling, and an endeavor to coerce somebody. Tt is hardly necessary to say th it no at tempt has been made by the Grand Lodge of Dakota, or any of its officers, to coerce or drive the Grand Lodge of Minnesota or any one connected therewith. We might liavo closed tlie doors of our Lodges against brethren acknowledging allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Minnesota. But we did not. Although the jjrovocatiou has been great, we have done no act of retaliation. We recognize the fact that there is no power to compel the Grand Lodge of Min nesota to accept and act upon oiir views. We have asked them to do so and we had innocently lioped that our patient waiting and our earnest appeals to bretliren in that jurisdiction would bring at last that kindly and fraternal recognition we so much de sired. The action of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota at its recent session, however, shows that we builded upon tlie sand. I will refrain from further mention of this subject, as it will doubtless fully From At Home And Abroad. TWO PlCTtRES. I. I am watching for my sliip wliieh is sailing o’er time’s sea. Viid wondrous are the treasures she is bringing home to me; f or tlie richest of tlie cargoes that cross the Indian main Are nothing to the treasures of my castles built in Hpain. I'Toni them my ship is laden and is bringing ill licr hold Imagination’s spices, fi’ankincense, myrrh and gold. Her sails are woven fancies and bright wishes twine each rope, Thougli calms delay her passage her helm is held by Hope ; ; efforts to rub the piece of stone-dust i out. Well, I wilLjust insert a drop i of castor-oil or best s-weet-oil, and ■ it will soon be easier ; but yon bad I better cover it up, and not use it for ; a few hours, till it seeins right again. ; Lucky thing for yon it was not ■ mortar or lime that got into your ; eye, for that is not only acutely i painful, but also very likely, unless ■ quickly removed, to very materially I aifeet the sight. • Now, if such had boon the case, I should at once liavo well washed it ; out with a tepid solntioi of v'inegar ! and water, using ahoui ,i lea-spooii- ; ful of vinegar to two ounces of ' water. After I had £civen it a good [ see her in the distance with her snowy | J should have everted the DAKOTA—1880. The Sixth Annual Communication was held at Yankton, June 8th, 1880, with Bro. G. H. Hand as Grand Master, and Bro. C. T. McCoy as Grand Secretary. Six Lodges were represented. We quote from the Grand Master’s address; “ We step from the decaying portals of the old year upon the threshold of the new one, whose golden gates swing open before us. Whatever there is in our individual lives of good or bad, is garnered into the great past, whose unending course reaches back beyond humanity’s birth, and whose commencement is as mysterious as time it self. And thougli it is ever behind us, its prophetic voice of wisdom, born of human experience, speaks to us of coming days whose record shall be bright with better deeds, or dimmed with failures and broken resolutions. As we enter the new Masonic year, let us resolve in our hearts that whatever there is of good in practical Masonry shall be ours. The future is before us. Upon its unsullied pages let us record our determination that the standard of Masonry in this jurisdiction shall not be lowered ; that its benign prin ciples, which have survived the assaults of men and the lapse of time, shall be cher ished by us and retained as our heritage forever. We do not need to cling to theories or wrangle over rituals to make the institution we represent to-day respected and honored in the land. But, more than all else, we need that practical application of its prin ciples in the lives of men, which challenges t-lifi •>flmli-ofirin fVifi 'wm'ld. It IS not SO discussed by the Committee on Foreign sails all set Vnd am counting on tlie i-ielies she’ll surely i)riiig me yet. tlie the file tide of life is ehbing 'y(‘t my ship is still at sea, I’m watching now for others, foi- she'll never land for me. Hope gave rhe lielm to duty wlieil barque was tempest tost, .4nd amid life’s shoals and hreakers vessel nearly lost. The sails are gray and ashen every rope is worn and tliin And she has no spicy cargo lier shattered diokl witiiiii. All mined are the castles that once I built in Spain And I can load no vessels at their golden gates again. TTet ill tile liazy distance a coming .sail I spy. And I’m watching for my sliip, and .shall watch until I die ; For tlioiigli slie brings no riches, frankin cense myrrh or gold, Witli ‘Mother I.ove she’s laden as full as‘ she can hold. Mary Bayarh Clarke. HAVii; soniE'riii.A« in my EYE.” BY IHB FAMILY DOCTOR. Have you, my good fellow ? AVell, I know it is a painful enough acci dent, althongli such a slight one, and I will see if I can not soon relieve you. It isn’t mortar or lime, you sa3’? Well, that’s all right: Xow don’t go on rubbing it so; it will only make it worse; the more yon rub, the more inflamed and dry will your eye become, and the less will be the chance of the offending sub stance coming out by itself. Keep your e3'e shut, don’t touch it, let the tears, which will surely flo-w, fill yohr eye, and in great probabilit3’ you will find that they will effectii- alty bring the fly, bit of dust, or whatever it may be, to the outer lid as before described to you, and seen if all the particles of mortar or lime were thoroughly removed. I should have then dropped some castor-oil into the eye, and told you not to attempt to use it or let the light get to it for some little time. I ma3’ here tell you that if such an accident did happen to you, it would be wise for 3’ou in any case to let a medical man see your eye, and make sure that no mischief had been done. If your eye had been injured b}’ a strong acid, the treatment would be to at once syringe it out with a so lution of bicarbonate of soda, about four gains to an ounce of water, and after that had been effectually done, you might then have some oil, as be fore described, dropped into it. Sup posing your eyelids were also injured by strong acids, it is best to dress them with a liniment composed of linseed-oil and lime-water, equal parts, with a little prepared chalk, well mixed. You dip a piece of soft lint into this liniment, and ap ply it over the eye, securing it with a pad of cotton-wool and a bandage. Kow sometimes you may fancy }'OU have suddenl3’ a bit of grit or brick-dust in your eye, and no argu ment will convince you that such is not the case ; but let me explain to you that this feeling is the first S3’mptom of an inflammatory cold of the outer covering of the eye called the eonjuiiciiva, and a yeiw painful feeling it is too. "S ou ask whatyou should do if you caught such a cold De Her de- tliat the 19th of June the Rodgers, recently purchased and refitted for the purpose, Lieutenant Bek KY conuuandiiig, sailed from San- I'rancisco, and on the same day the Alliance, Commander Wad- LEiGH, left the Norfolk Navy- yai'd on the same mission. The former will go, as the Jeannette did, by way of Behring Strait; will visit, if possible, the com- ])ai'Htivelv unknown world of Wrangell Laud, and will exhaust the courage and ingenuity of ac complished and capable officers in the hunt for cairns or other traces of the possible visit and adventures there of Captain Long and his comrades, further movements will be termined bv' the results of hunt. On the Atlantic, the Alliance will proceed to tlie neighborhood of Spitzbergen, and will explore so much of the seas between that country and Greenland to the westward, and Franz-Josef Land to the eastward, as ■ the ice or other obstacles will permit. Her voyage is based upon the theory that while the Rodgers may be vainly pursuing, in Behring Sea and tlie waters to which it imme diately opens, a vessel which passed, more or less fortunately, through those seas many months since, that same vessel, hav ing been carried by the east ward drifts, may be coming out on the Greenland coast, or at Spitzbergen, or Franz Jos. f Land, and may be sadly in need of assistance, which the Alliance will be prepared to render. PERSONAL BITS OF FUN. Correspondence. My ovn vievs have been heretofore expressed in connection ivitli the history of this controversy. I am not aware of having misstated any fact, and as this Grand Lodge has endorsed them, I see no reason to make any retraction.” On the second day’s .session a commmii- catioii was received from Bismarck Lodge, No. 1'20, surrendering its charter to the Grand Lodge of Dakota, and requesting that another charter be issued. This was done, and we hope this action settled the troubles existing between the Grand Juris dictions of Dakota and Minnesota. Tlie report of the Committee on Foreign Corres])ondence covers 122 pages, and is the first made by this Grand Lodge. The question of jurisdiction between Dakota and Minnesota is treated at great length, and we conceive the law to be with Dakota. North Carolina receives a good notice, and the Orphan Asylum work is specially commended. Bi*o. "VV. H. H. Beadle, Chair man of the Committee on Foreign Corres pondence, says, “ We recall most pleasant associations with North Carolina bvetiiren in years gone by when visiting their State.” part of the eyelid, from whence you the admiration of the world. It is not so necessary that we should increase in num bers as that we should grow in the grace of charity. Not alone that charity which in duces men to relieve the widow and the or phan, but that broader one which controls the unruly tongue and covers with the mantle of silence the frailties of our com mon humanity. The past, with all its rich inheritance of wisdom and truths will be as a fitful dream if it does not teach ns that amid the cares and perifiexities of this busy life we are not to forget the individual ob ligations we are under, to respect, defend and protect the character and reputation of each other. And so with grateful hearts we render thanks to Him who has blessed us in the past, and whose continued mer cies come unbidden upon us as the gentle dews from heaven. Keeping, then, onr high resolves for a better future as the years come and go, we shall reach the frui tion of our hopes, and be filled with that charity which looks to the welfare of each other, and guards with jealous care the reputation of every individual Mason. * * * That Grand Lotlge reiterates its will easily be- able to remove it. You disagree with me, do you? You say that you have often got aflyoiit of your eye by gently rubbing toward your nose. I.don’t doubt it fora moment ; but in all probability the fly was close to the edge of the eye lid, and you were possessed of some little knack in so removing it—a knack which possibly nineteen per sons out of twenty are not posses sed of—and consequently I think you will see that my advice on this point is, on the whole, good. What do you say ?—it won’t come out my way ? Well,, what is it, do you think, that has got into your eye ? A piece of stone chip. Very HFLIIEXCE OF CHRISTIANITY. We must remember that the'new spirit of hope which revived in a weary and death-struck world at the coining of Christ, which has breathed itself into modern civilization in all its great epochs and movements, which :is born only of his religion, and as that pene trates the spirit of the age. is what alone' can relieve the dreary prospect and light with new and everlasting beams of glory the years which are to come. It is be-, cause his kingdom is to come, because his spirit and teachings of universal charity are to enter wider and deeper into the coming life of the world, that the doctrine of human progress is possi ble to believe, that history looks not backward to Time’s rude and dark be ginnings, but up to levels of grandeur to heights of knowledge of virtue^ of peace, which are the poet’s vision and the propliet’s promise, “I hear now the infinite fierce chorus. The cries of agony, the cnclle'ss groan, Thick through the ages that have gone before us. well; sit down,, and let me see if I can not soon remove the cause of this irritating pain. Now look up at me. Don’t be frightened; I sha’n’t hurt you. Now I am almost sui'e from experience that I shall find it under your upper eyelid, and to get at it I must turn this up. How am I going to do this ? Oh, that is easy enough. I lay this small probe, for which I could easily substitute in your eye ? Most decidedly let a In long reverberations reach our own. and Down the dark future, through long ^ rations, The echoing sounds grow fainter then ceaS'^; And like a hell, with solemn, sweet vibra tions, I hear once more the voice of Christ say “Peace !” The woman who dyes her hair wants to keep it dark. needle, across the upper lid; I now take hold of the middle upper e3’e- lashes between 1113.' finger and thumb and whilst drawing them outward and upward, I gently press the probe upon the lid. I now tell you to look down, and the eyelid at once be comes everted. Ah ! now I see what it is giving you all this pain. I W'ill wipe it away with a oamel’s-hair brush, slightly moistened, or if I could not have got that, a piece of cotton-wool or soft handkerchief dipped in water would have done as well. Now it’s all right; you see it was not a very formidable operation either for you to bear or for me to perform. All you need do now is to keep your e3’elids closed for a little while, and it will soon he quite well again, I hope. ’ What should I have done if the substance had been imbedded ? Why, that .would have required a certain amount of skill on my part and patience on yours, and as no one hut a surgeon should attempt the removal of a'foreign body, whiqb has become inibeded,. from the eye, I need not describe the process to you. , The eye pains you still, does it ? Yes, I see it is very inflamed, owing in a great measure to your foolish medical man see it at once, for if this condition he not properly and quickly attended to, serious mischief may be the result. In all probability he will order you to take some aperient medicine, to stay indoors for a few days, and to wear.a shade over 3’our eye. He ma}' then tell you to foment it well with a decoc tion of poppy heads, made by mix ing an ounce of crushed poppy heads with a pint of water, and boiling this for a quarter of an hour, and straining through muslin ; or he may tell you to keep a piece of lint dip ped in some Goulard water over the eye, with a piece of cotton-wool and oil-silk outside. In a day or two, when the acute S3'mptoms have sub sided, he may then order yon to bathe it well with cold water or some astringent lotion. To do this properly you must procure a regular eye-douche, or an eye-cup, which are sold for this purpose. The eye-cup consists of a small oval-shaped glass vessel, somewhat larger than the e3'e, which, as it were, fits into it. You fill this glass with whatever the doctor ma3’ have ordered, and press it against the eyelids, which 3'ou must open whilst in the fluid, and bi.’ this method the eye is thorough^’ and effectually washed. Now I have told you all I think worth your while to know about the way of dealing with these slight ac cidents that may at any time happen to this most delicate and wonderful organ of sight, and I hope I have taught you sufficient to enable you to render help when required to some momentarily unhappy indi vidual, who, like yourself just now, has got something in his eye.—Har per’s Weeklg. The Arctic Search. It is nearly two years since the brave Captain De Long aud his comrades sailed in the Jeafl- nette from the Pacific coast on a voyage of exploration toward the north pole. Two months later the vessel was sighted fifty miles south of Herald Island, steering due north, with the evident in tention of reaching tlie island, or a point near it on Wrangell Land. From that day to this no tidings have reached us concerning her, but there is no good reason to fear that any disaster has overta ken her. Nevertheless, it was thought well to send out a search and re lief expedition, and the United States government has according ly dispatched two steamers in search of the missing ship. On Witty. Lord Mansfield, wliose decis ion in tlie Sommerset case made it impossible for a slave to live on English soil, was a remaika- bly pleasant Judge. Hi.s life is a good illustration of tlie fact, ignored by some great men, tliat a man can be learned and able and witty, and yet be a. gentle man. Mansfield was a Scotcliman who had emigranted early in life to England. Such were ids tal ents and courtesy, tliat even Dr. Sam Johnson, who liated tlie Scotch, alluded to him as ‘an in stance of wliat miglit be made of a Scotcliman who liad been caught young.’ One of the severest speeclies recorded of tliis pleasant judge is a witty interruption of'-ir Fletch. er Norton, a lawyer noted for ids want of courtesy. Pleading, one day, before Lord Maiisfieid on some question of manorial rigid., he clianoed to say,—- ‘My Lord, ] can illustrate the point in an instant in my own person. I myself liave two little manors.' ‘We all know that. Sir Fletch er,’ interrupted the judge, with one of ids blandest smiles. Another case illustrates ids good nature, and liow little he was prone to take offence A sailor was giving testimoii}’ in a case of collision at sea. ‘At the time,’ said the sailor, ‘I was standing abaft tlie binnacle.’ •Stay a minute, witness,’ said Justice Mansfield, anxious to un derstand the nautical term ; ‘you say that at the time in question, you were standing abaft the bin nacle. Now tell me wliere is ‘abaft the binnacle’?’ Tlie old tar liad drank too niucli rum before coming into court, and the question was too mucli for his gravity. Lookii.g upon tlie spectators with a comical ex pression, lie shouted,— ‘He’s a pretty fellow for a judge ! Bless my eyes ! You’ve got a pretty sort of a land-lubber for a judge ! He wants me to tell him wliere abaft tlie binnacle is !’ ‘Well, my friend,’ rejoined Lord Mansfield, laugldug, a on must fit me for my office by tell ing me where abaft the binnacle is ; you’ve already shown me the meaning of half seas-over P Young men should early learn tliat the figure of a bear is not the most appropriate for a great man’s coat of arms. EiiKirson fre({Upntly makes a coiieise statement wliicli at once Ix'gins to circulate thronglioiit the country. His latest is about religion, which he says has become “pew- holdiug.’’ Oliver Wendell Holmes says that -'a free public lihrar}' i.s as necessarv to a town as a nest is to a ]>iiir of l)irds. Scholars are sure, to be hatched in it sooner or later. Tliere, too, jniii will see a good many old birds nestling, wiiether they bi-eed and sing or not ’* Hon. Mr. West, who is announced as the successor of Sir Edward Thornton at Wa.^hington, is flft.y-four years of age, and a brotlier of Lord De La Warr. He is a baclielor of handsome iiresence, fond of society, and liberal in hospitality. He is now Britisl) Minister at Madrid. Dean Stiinlcy has made another and very popular innovation in the services at West minster-Abbey. On church festivals that do not occur on Sunday, instead of giving the audience the usual half-hour preach ment, he is so thoughtful as to preach only ten minutes. Tlie worldl}'" Journals heartily commend this new practice of the good hut eccentric Dean. The mild way in which Carlyle sometimes addressed people was exemplified in his re mark to an acciuaintance who had oeen combating some of his opinions. On taking leave of him at the door, Carlyle said : '‘Good-night, sir. And let me tell you that you have capaliilitics for becoming one. of the greatest bores in England.” Inidy Hill, widow of tlie late Sir Rowland Hill, died recently in London, aged eighty- five. She aud her husband were play-fel lows from a very early age, and her earnest and intelligent co-operation and assistance were of the utmost value to her husband in his struggle to effect the postal reforms which have made his name famous. Prince Torhuiia, of Rome, is practical iu his charities. He employs two doctors especially to attend poor families who have a horror of hospitals; he eiitirelj'^ provides for 300 children, and educates 350 more; aud he has establislied an asj’liim for old people, and a hospital for the blind. Every day he gives 120 dishes of soup, with bread and meat, to the poor. Tt is said that no one has ever applied to him in vain for help. 'rhe Princess Tionlse know.s other things than the polite ones sometimes supposed to be only permissible to royalty. In the clever article on.“Life at Rideau Hall,” in the July number of Harper’s Magazine, it is stated that the Princess does not think it beneath her dignity to go into the laundry and instruct the maids concerning their duties, or to give an occasional eye to the marketing when it is brought in. A lady dining lately at tlie Hall alluded to the ex cellence of the oyster iiates. “Yes,” re plied one of the ladics-in-waiting to the Princess, “they were made by her Royal Highness.” T'lie London correspondent of the Mel bourne Argus was puzzled by seeing among the arrivals in that city that of “the Rev. Henry Pahtahquahong Chase, hereditary chief of theOjilbeway [Ojibway?] Indians.” 'I'he puzzled scribe goes on as follows : “He may he a clergyman, or he may be a red Indian, but he surely can’t he both. I have never so much as heard of a red clergyman. If he was a bishop, nothing would induce me to permit this divine to confirm me; the laying on of hands might he a temptation too great for him. It would he very wrong of him to give way to it, of course; but imagine what a sensation he would make at home by exhibiting in his wigwam the scalps of a whole confinnatioii class !” Dean Stanley is proverbially kind to the younger elegy, and frcquentlj’' asks them to preach id Westminster Abbey ; nor is he particular as to their notions of church- manship. Among the recent preachers were II. E. J. Bevan, R. H. Hadden, C. AV. Stubbs, and S. D. Headlam. The last named is well known as a clerical patron of theatres and music halls, and a great power among the London Secularists; Mr. Stubbs is a friend of Joseph Arch, and an earnest exponent of the cause of the agri cultural laborers ; Mr. Hadden is an active advocate for charity reform, and a writer and lecturer uxion friendly societies ; and Air. Bevan is great at Sunday-school organi zation. “Swans sing before they die.’ They have to if they ,sing at all. Old maids are described as “embers from which the sparks have lied.” It is a queer circumstance that a miller often makes a meal of what he never eats. The chimney-sweep should he a good customer, for he aiqieaas with a fresh soot on every day. A woman who has four sons, all sailors, coiiqiares herself with a yeai*, because she has four sea sons. ■. • -- A small reward will be given for the pro duction of a young lady who has eloped who is not beautiful and accomplislieil. “Hands wanted on hoys pants” is the daily advertisement in the newspapers. ’Twas ever thus from childliood’s hour. 'riiere are some men so tender-hearted that they would decline to kick a bucket. They prefer to leave well enough alone. When it is written D. D., it stands for doctor of divinity, but when it is written d d it signifies something altogether dif ferent. Airs. Fennell says her minister’s sermons are “ a little obscure, but,” she says, “ I do love to sit and watch the lineages of his face !” “AATll your mother ever marry again?’’ he inquired. “Not with my approval,” she answered. “Such is my opinion thus far, aud not a step farther.” Short courtship : “Rachel, the Lord hath sent me to marry thee,” said the suitor. “The Lord’s will he done,’’ was the sub missive reply. A North Carolina w'omen stabbed the man who attempted to hug her. This proves that all women are not enthusiastic cally in favor of a free press. An old lady in New Scotland, hearing somebody say that the mails were irregu lar, said : “It was just so in my young days —no trusting any of ’em.” A dull old lady, being told tliat a cer tain lawyer was “lying at the point of death,’’exclaimed : “My gracious ! won’t even death stop that man’s lying?” If you want to study the immense varie ty of the human face in expression, you should bend your gaze upon the mobile countenance of a deaf and dumb man when he reaches under the plank walk for a lost nickle and picks up a raw humble-bee by the stem. “X can t go to the ' party to-niglit,” said Jones; “the truth is, my shirt is in the wash.”. “Shirt in the wash!” shrieked Smith. “Why, man alive ! have you but one shirt?” “One shirt!’ exclaimed Jones iu his turn ; “you wouldn't want a fellow to have a million shirts, would you ?” “Have you givvii electricity a trial for your conqilaint, madam ?” asked the minister, as he took tea Avith the old lady. “Elec tricity?” said she. “Well, yes, 1 reckon I have. I .was struck by lightning last summer and hove out of the Avindow, but it didn’t seem to do me no sort of good. Emerson says a man ought to carry a pencil, and note doAvn the thoughts of the moment. Yes, and one short pencil, devo ted exclustvely to that use, would last some men aa'c knoAA' about tAA'o thousand years, aud then have the original point on. A Avicked Connecticut man being recent ly taken ill, and believing tiiat he was about to die, told a neighbor that he felt the need of preparation for the next world and AA^ould like to see some proper person in regard to it. Immediately the friend sent for a tire-insurance agent. Father I.a Rocea, General of the Domini can Order throughout the Avorld, arrived in NeAv York a feAV days ago, on a tour to the Dominican priories at Somerset, Ohio (the oldest in the United States), Alemphis, Tennessee, Newark, NeAv Jersey, Spring- field and Louisville, Kentucky, and San Francisco. The Dominican is an order of preachers, founded by St. Dominic in 1215 in Toulouse. It is quite liberal in its gov ernment, the superior of every convent having discretionary poAver to dispense from the common rules Avhere the objects to he gained by preaching may he better subserved. The officers of the order, from highest to loAvest, are elected for terms of from three to six years. This arrange ment is favorable to manly independence and freedom of action, and has greatly contributed to tlie preservation of the order, Avhich has given to the Avorld such men as Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, SaA^o- narola, LasCasas, A^incent Ferrer, Lacor- dairc. and Father Tom Burke. There was a man in our tOAvn, He was so Avoudrous Avise He thought liis business Avould run itself. And he didn’t advei'tise. AAYll, business was dull at first. But better times came, and it’s queer,^ One day Avith a rush he sold all his stuff', But the sheriff' Avas auctioneer. A crash is heard in the kitchen of a house. The head of the family calls out to the cook: “What have you broken iioav, you blank black idiot ?” Alatilda stops singing a hymn to ansAver : ’Taint the forf commandment bress the Lord.” There is a man in our toAvn, and he is Avondrous wise; AAdienever he AV'rites the printer man he dotteth all his i’s.—Toledo Commercial. And Avhen he’s dotted all of them, Avith great sangfroid aud ease, he punctuates each paragraph and crosses all his t’s.—Meriden Recorder. Upon one side alone he writes, and never rolls his leaA’^es; and from the men of ink a smile, and mark “ Insert ” recewes.—Cincinnati Commer cial. And rarer yet he always knows AAdien it is time to stop, and does not let his sub ject “die,” as boys a spinning top.—Or phans’ Friend. To escape from being talked to by candi dates a prominent Gah^estionian rushed in to an eating house and ordered a plate of soup. He nearly choked to death on the first mouthful, and, on examination, found the foreign substance in his throat was a large coat-button. “This election,” howl ed the unfortunate man, “will be my death. Outside they button.hole a man to death, and inside he is strangled Avith the button. I Avant a monarchy from noAV on.” . A young man, Avhose mind was Avander- iiig, AA'as placed by his friends in the care of Dr. ,of the tOAvn of , in the Slate of NeAv Jersey, in the hope that he might, un der his judicious treatment, soon be re stored to health. He AA^as, however, A^er}' discontented Avitli the place, and with the restraint on his movements that Avas felt to beueedfid; andthe doctor, more than once, iu kind and friendly conversation, endeav ored to make him feel reconciled to his situation. And, as the young man Avas of a religious turn of mind, and a constant reader of his Bible, the doctor, one day, Avhen talking Avith him, said: You ought to remember, my friend, that the apostle has taught us that, in Avhatsoever state avc are, AA-^e should thercAvith be content.” “Yes,” replied the other, “I knoAV Raul says that; but then I don’t think Paul ever was in the State of Ncav Jersey.” c