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^yjp^jJa^aiea^J o u rn a|^aa4 ^ United States will civilise, ttsoquilize and aoik|MtbeJaian4.<. *#.»'• t»«»i .« » A meeting ef officer! and soldiers of the Army of 4be Cbtaberland, and others, was held at the HbewBan House, Chicago, Testerfiy. Weneraf Hheri&n pre^fm^. if com m i ttee ir#Wp0ol#Ut io biihf ftd MU*t* of Gen-
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rmmm'ismt priation of pabhc money to churches or aiurcb icboo^ FM Jaicpight TnstMte. %*» Coopvr pwWdfd, *nd id•dreaeas sraae «nade »toy Jtev. Henry Ward BeeCHhr •H otttoW^• ►' ^ ^'hk 1 Tbe latest.news from tbe dan Diego gold Atid advise tbe disooveri^of additional pla-
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omnSVXjk ftemoon in rfew-fHends, tmtions or tipis morn- ' Jeul-If-miiat
<1 i■covered, which, when tbe total number of hogs -2,656,470, an Increase ovei .W, head; tbe average w The funeral ansvices of dfci place at Han Frau cisco, yesl the presence of the family 1 Mr*. Thomas deetining any display. The body was se in#. The flag of the Bri oui. Admiral Fasqual
yesterday In respect for the deceased. ^terday, Hr. Hchau f uprodTfiVaVm finAg'th6*'faddfiy reit after the first Monday in Neaamber aa the day upon which Aepreaentativto and delegates to Congress shall be elected throughout the country. Relierrsd to the Judieiary Committee. In the Bouse, the toriff bM was discussed. The debate in dlabtmiltSe of She Whole Fill close
to-day. ;
A meeting of oScots mi Washington who served uodei Thomas, wus held last night, Gen. UanteU poaaidiag. A public meeting will be held aoou, for which commutes were appointed, to tollowai Resointions—Gen. Mo Cool, Oovernor of Colorado, Senator FTarner of Alabama, Generals Negiey, Slocum and Stokes of tbe Hause of Repreaentativee, and licneral Boynton. ArrangemeaU—General Garfield, Stoughtoa and Coburn of the House of Representatives, Generals Maaaey, McKibbcn, Btona, and Hon. Mayor Bowen, J. Durand,
R. 8. Beigs and W.8. Huntington.
A movement Is on foot in Chicago, with the ~TUdBM of Bltabeth Osgood, Goodrich, Willard SMlothacS at Its head, to organise ^sm Independent woman's suffrage association, in op-' position to the party of Mrs. Livermore, Susan JL Anthony and ethers, A meeting wilf Bb held at-yanrsll Hall, next Tuesday. The call takes the grounds that the legislative departments of the national, Bute and municipal departments of the gotcrument should be under the central of women, while the executive and judicial de-
partment should be under the care of men.
Ip Blue Earth county, Minnesota, during a recent storm, the house of L. Bates took fire •md burned, and before asaistonce could reach them his wife and three children perished with cold. Accounts are also given of the freering to death, during the storm of two brothers, named Coleman, living at Lake Belt, Martin county, Minneaota; of a German uamed Dunhardt, and a Norwegian, name unknown, at Spencer, Clay county, Iowa; of three other men, names unknown, at Cherokea, Iowa; and another at Huron Lake, Jack-
son county, Iowa.
A Fox Story. A man who resided on the banks of Hudson river, went to a bay on the river tn shoot ducks or wild jreeae. From the bank he saw sit geese beyond shot. He determined to wait tor them to approach the shore. Whilesitting there he saw a fox come down to the shore, alrt stand some time and observe tbe geese.
silently, sank himself; and then, keeping the tioa of sorrew was made
moss above the water—himself concealed—he
■Istsil among the geesn Suddenly on* of them was drawn under the water, and the fox soon appeared on the shore with the goose on
his back. He ascended the bank, and fou
f hale made by the tearing np ot a tree,
hole hectored, ptosed in the goose, and fjnHfHHHijj
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This COT-
l it with care, strewing leaves over it. The
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unburied the goose and closed the hole,aad en resolved to await the issue. la about K.it} —
another fox in
lace
i hour the fox returned, with another fb: impaav. They went directly to the p here the goose had been buried, and th it the earth. Tbe goose could not be fou
AXJrt^MDMding Jeach some ae. when suddenly the second fox attacked tAe otberfinriotolj, as if offended by the trick
of hts friend.—(Murray s Creation.
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down on the Episcopal Mood boiled when she
Cnrcaoo, Masrh 91. Rudolphe arrived yesterday with ahe champios cue and a splendid gold watch, which was presented to him in Saa Francisco. He baa realised about fifteen tbousond dollars during hie-absence. >
Nkw Vobk, March 3L Advices from Connecticut show that about 1,100 colored men have made application for registration, and, according to the laws of the State, the Boards of Registration can decide on their-Ctaims on the marirhig of the election. Ho that -the announcemeto of tbe adoption of the fifteenth amendment yesterday, will scours tbe right tuWotatoat least one half of the above number of colored men. Both Heuatcnc Ferry and Buckingham »»e expected home to-day. „
Omaha, Muck 31. A jail delivery is reported at Cheyenne, on Satoiday night last. Among those who escaped was William Dufey, lately convicted, but not yet sentenced, foe assault with intent to kill. A band of twenty-two Indians made a descent upon Rawling Springs, Wyoming, on the 28th, and captured four horses and escaped, with a loss ol.ooe Indian and one pony killed. A white man who was out hunting, a short distance from the station, had a narrow* escape from capture. Great excitement prevails. , , CUBA.
• Nxw Yomc, March 31. Late Havana correspondence states that two battles have been fought in the Los Tunas District, both of which have resulted iu the defeat ot the Spaniards. It was thought that General Jordan comtnaaded in the last fight. The report of these Cuban victorias was not credited in Madrid yesterday. The text of the address of the Spaniards in Cuba to tbe Spaniards at home, mention of which has been made by telegraph, is published. It opposes vehemently the transfer of Cuba to any foreign power, and concludes with this declaration: "The Spaniards who are in Cuba may be conquered; but ceded or •old, never. Cuba shall remain Spanish, or we will abandon her when wnrirerted to ashes.” FOMEIUN.
• Maobid, March 31. Tha government has officially announced its determination to abatain from all interference in the affairs of the Pope and the Ecumenical Council, Hwllam*. Haoi k, March 31. An animated debate occurred in the Chambers recently on a quest Ian «f privilege to one or two rival cables to America. Ministers were at lemrtb instructed to make equal terms. France. Paris, March 31. Uilificr recoivo# the graad cross of the order of Charles If L,of .ipain, his o«Hy decora-
tion.
OHIO.
ClkVXland March 31. About one o'clock this morning the Bruit factory of J. B. Glenn k Co., on Canal street was burned. Their lorn is $80,000. Insured for $5,000 in the Home of Albany. Loss to an adjoining building owned by F. D. Stone $20,000. Insurance unknown. Toledo, March 31. The sentence of Philip Steinmetx, whose execution for the murder of August Heck was fixed for to-morrow, has been commuted to imprisonment at hard labor for life. Dattox, March 31. A meeting of the veterans of the National Soldiers’ Home was held yesterday, to do honor to the member of their great commander, General George H. Thomas. Several touching incidents in the life of the deceased were related on he occasion. Minute guns were fired at the Home, and a general demonstra-
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This morning the soldiers who served in the campaigns of General Thomas, and others, met in tbe court house to publicly manifest
hero. General
with General Thomas Southwest, made the
leading address.
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You. March 31
The goo, could oot b« feomd! «*»»■■■ «• i»
progress here and in Washington looking to the removal of collector Grinnell and the appointment in kis place of ex-Senator Thomas C. Murphy. The moveaetots said to have considerable strength, and tn he ardently championed by General Butler.; 4 Morphy has not heretofore bed, Mppotod to be »ch a specially devoted friend df^fetoeral Great s
as he has been of E. D Morgan’s.
The steam freighter Camilla, which arrived
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gers of ttie steamship Vewkdela, of .the Wert 1
dred miles to the wart ward of the Arnica, brings the following particulars of the duaer: The Venezuela is a fine iron screw steamer, of Uf tans register, with engines of 200 horse power. She ie being rigged, and will he pieced on fhe line between Liverpool and AepinwaH, tooching at several of the West India Islands, and at ports on the Spanish Main She sailed from Liverpool on the 5th of March wlft a full cargo of general merchandise, £8,000 to specie, the smite, 13 powgcra, and a crew of 46 persons, nod bound for the West Indies. From the dtoe of sailing sbe experienced fresh gales, bn ten the 12th she encountered very heavy weffiher, which oontinvied nntfl tbe 15th. when she broke down at half-port eight in tbe morning. It was blowing a moderate gale, with a heavy croee-sea running, and without acw warning or shock, her rudder fell'ofT; at the same time her stern post broke off; leaving a bole In the vessel s side. Water rushed into the after store-room, and in fifteen minutes it was fulL Measures were taken at ouce to •'©a fine the water to tbe after compartment. Fortunately, the next day the Camilla hove in sight, and took on board the passengers. The captain, all of the officers, and thirty-foer of the crew of tbe Venec.ueia remained with the ship. In a few bones after the ships parted company. A heavy gale set in, and the^aptain of the Camilla fears that the Venemiela could net, in her crippled condition, weather it. There is a Strang feeling among tbe passengers, also, that the Venezuela did oot survive (fee gales of fhe 16th and 17th instant.
To the Senate and Home of Representatives: It is aansnal to notify the two Housee of Congress, by message, of tbe promnlgntion by proclamation of the Secretory of State, of the ratification of n eonstitntional amendment. In view of the power and vast importance of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, this day declared a part of that revered instrument, i deem a departure from the usual custom justifiable in n mtaeurt which makes at once four millions of people voters who were heretofore declared by thHugheet tribunal ia tbe land, not citixens of the United 8totos,nor
FB*M WAMKUfCrrOJV. Ttoe Texas Bill smb« BaSIBeatlaa Fewetaasatlaa — eaea’s Barew
lag Bill.
(Kvass the Cincinnati Oasette’s Special of this saarnTexas is restored to the Union, and the ratification of the fifteenth amendment proclaimed. These words stun up the great his-
day for Washington. The Texas into the House as soon as the
journal was read, with a recommendation that the Senate amendment be concurred ia. There < was a discussion. In which Butler, Paine and Wood took part, aad the bill was then put through by a party vole. Twenty minutes later the Speaker announced he had given it his signature. At the end of half an hour more it bad been signed by the Vice President, and was on its way to the White House.
lory of the day for
bill came
id was on its way to
o'clock a messenger reached the Cap-
jfe, which was at once laid
tusefi a fokrin-
ident.
About 4 o
itol with a message,
before the House, in which the President stated that he had signed the bill, and that the Secretary of State had issued his proclamation declaring the ratification of the fifteenth amendment complete. The President said he knew it was unusual to send such a message as be did to Congress, but he thonght the gravity of the occasion and the importance of the event signalized an ample justification for his action in the premises. So think all good andioyal mem and TRe heart of the coittftry will rejoice with the President in the work of
this 30th of March, 1870.
On the first of last September, General Howard had on hand about fl.YOO.ten, subject to use for the purposes of his bureau. On the 1st of last February he reported to the Retrenchment Committee that he haft spent all of this but about $840,000. Last week, in response to further inquiry, he reported that there was only $156,000 left and unappropriated. How be has used so much money since last fall had not yet come out in debate.
[From the Enquirer’s Special.]
Mr. Niblack, of that State, declared that the so-called ratification by Indiana was a fraud and untrue. Mr. Fernando Wood, with great emphasis, declared that New York had never ratified. Mr. Peters, of Maine, standing on the Republican side, said: “We think that New York has ratified it,” which chi burst of laughter, amid which Mr. Broo! quired reprovingly if the House was a town meeting. The Speaker restored order, and the House decide on raferring the message to the Judiciary Committee. This was about to be carried, when the Democrats moved to adjourn, to call the House, Ac., in oe^er to gain time to
: ecu re debate.
The Radicals seeing that they could gain nothing thereupoa, withdrew the motion, and the documents were hud on the Speaker’s table. The Democrats maintain thatthe amendment has not been ratified by three-fourths of all the States, and they expect to show that in the discussion. The Connecticut members say that the announcement of the ratification is too late to use the colored vote la the election in that State on Tuesday next, but the Wester* members atate that it wHi apply to the Iftwnshlp elections soon to come off ib Kentucky and Indiana. The Republicans ef this District will celebrate the ratification by a torch-light demonstration next week, for which preparation have hern made some
time.
The prospect for the ratification of the Ban Domingo treaty grow less as the debate goes on. A Senator who favors it made an estimate to-day that if the vote was now taken in the Senate it wonld stand, ayes 36, nays 35, or a bare majority instead of the two-thirds vote. Aroanvass, also, to the strength of the measure if it comes up in the shape of the an- , ttexaiiou of Saa Domingo by a joint resolution of the two Houses, as Texas was annexed, is •ot reassuring, as it is found that Senators who fevor the ratification ot tbe treaty fBI be Inclined, in the event of its rejection, to sustain the dignity, of the Senate by opposing the attempt to reverse the decision of that hodr through a joint resofthtion of the two Houses. [From the Commercial’s Special.] A large number of Rep resen tati fee and ibe HiMMA fioinaittrr on _ . fficea declare their belief that the Senate 11 take no decided action tn regard to‘the House bill abolishing the fracking privilege. It is believed that the Senate will delay the consideration of the bill ns long as possible, and endeavor to postpone action until the end of the session, or that it thrill he so amended, if action is had, es to reader It impossible for the House to concur, and thus effectually defeat tbe bill.
c iishl^ SiurpeOb rfoehMy gaue A hnique charge to several young Methodist ministers who were ordained at Philadelphia. In Hie course of it he said: “Talk neither too long nor too loud. Tbe measure of our duty is the measure of our ability. You must use tbe tone and power of your own voice and nothing else. Be as God made you and what he has Htrirfur N>uanr "jfumiw»a stiuugiy and thoroughly; loth sasatally and physical-
•rork for years An A reaches the peo-
ple. The more natural we talk the more effective will we be. Taka time for speaking. Speak naturally aad earnestly, aad stand
service. Her tall, queenly givea away bluest-look-
particularly in-
was asked, ‘
that the
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eligible to become so, with the assertion that the time of the declaration of iadenendem
Mbtod and universal among
the civilized portion of the white race, and
at
the ojuaion
^nce amon|
regarded as ah axiom ia morals, as well as ia politics, that black men had no rights which white men were bound to respect. It is, indeed, a measure of grander importance than any ether act of thekind from the foundation of our free government to tbe present time. Institutions like ours; in which gll power is' derived directly from the people, must depend mainly upon their intelligence, patriot-
ism and industry.
I call the attention, therefore, of the newly enfranchised race to the importance of their striving in every honorable manner, to make themselves worthy of their new privilege. To the race more favored heretofore by oar laws, I would say, withhold no legal privilege of advancement to our new citizens. The framers of qur Const it tie a- Arm iy believed that a republican form of government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused among the people. The Father of his Country, in his farewell address, used ibis language: “Promote, then, as a matter of primary importance, the iastitutioas for the general diffusion of knowledge. In propertton as the structure of the government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened-” In bis first message to Congress the same views were forcibly presented, and are again urged in his eighth message. I repeat that the adoption of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution completes the greatest civil change and constitutes the most important eveat that has occurred since the nation came into life. The (mange will be beneficial in proportion to tbe heed that isgiven to the urgent recommendations of Washington. If these recommendations were important then, witji a podulation of a few millions, how much more important must they be now with a population of forty millions increasing in a rapid ratio. I would therefore call upon Congress to take all means within their constitutional power to promote and encourage popular education throughout the country, and to encourage people everywhere to see to it that all who possess and exercise political rights shall have an opportunity to acquire knowledge, which will make their share in the government a blessing and not a danger. By such means only can the benefits contemplated by this amendment to the Con-
stitution be secured.
[Signed] U. S. Gbaxt. Execctivh Mansion*, March 30, 1870.
Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State of the United States. To all to whom these presents may come,
A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring. That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislataree, shall be valid, as part of the Constitution, namely: Article 15. Section 1. The rights of citizens of tbe United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State, on account of race, color, or previour condition of servitude. Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. And further, that it appears from official documents on file in this department, that the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed as aforesaid, has been ratified by the Legislatures of the States of North Carolina. West Virginia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine, Louisiana, Michigan, Sonth Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkanas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, .Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, Vermont, Missouri, Virginia, Alabama, Kansas, Missis-
Legislatures
have so ratified said proposed amendment constitote three-fourths of the whole number of States in the United Statu; and farther, that it appears from an official document on file in this Department, that the Legislature of the
; uaMed resolusaM aatification
tend tato a minute deaeriptioa of the process of engraving plates aad printiag notes, deecrbing toe van one articles which had been seized ia too Johnson house, and their uses in counterfeiting. Bat the most wonderful exhibition of his skill was la telling the name of the engraver of a plate by examination of a
engraver __
bill printed from ft. He was thoroughly famil- UhaJase -t,
ter with the work of all toosiff avers. He detected a counterfeit from a genuine bill at a glance. He readily designated as counterfeit aa issue which evea the Treasury Department took ae genuine foe some time before detecting as false, the Department being then obliged to cancel the genuine issue because the counterfeit was so nearly perfect. The United States Marshal has a hook containing samples of all the eomterfeits yet made. Trout looked at them bills aad told the engraver correctly each time, with very little examination. Among these bills were those from plates engraved by Boyd and Ulrich, and other celebrated counterfeiters, and which are so perfectly done as to deceive ninety-nine out of every hundred persons accustomed to the I examination of money. Trout could not describe the process by which he distinguished these various bills, but described it as an indescribable instinct. He said be had worked off hundreds of thousands of dollars in counterfeit money while he was engaged i n the busi ness." He is apparently about 35 years of age, and seems to be on the brink of a consumptive’s grave. His term of sentence does not expire for two years yet. But be says he does not expect a pardon ‘though so near death. He prefers to end his days in prison, and has made his coffin with his own hands. He is a modest quiet-looking man.
PRICE TWO CENTS. It dates back three hundred and seventy»y*bymr*(Thtoc.leulattontemdly inaech*?i u “ 0, d ** the beginning of the reign of Dedw^ and H ■ utterly ualtke onr ■MtMBK mtone. Ito you toink to impose on ml ***• K ^ eiu * 7 Believe mo, I shall make you suffer the severities of
utoms yu iuUto4ho ' WW " “ th ' E “-
The Bishop answered, “My son, there is no Emperor of that naiae; he who was thus
quiet-looking man,
aad says that his appearance always won him the confidence of those with whom he came in contact, and had much to do with his success in disposing of counterfeit money. Tt seems surprising that a man of his talent should choose to use it in a course of crime and end his life In a State prison. His skill, exercised in a legitimate direction, whould doubtless have gained him a competency. Bnt he is now a sad example of bow genius mar be perverted when It lacks the balance of good
principles or good sense. \
Tte« fteraB Sleepers af Ephesus. One of the pictasesqs myths of ancient davs is thus told by Jacques de Voragins, in his
‘ Legenda Aurea:
The seven sleepers were natives of Ephesus. Tbe Emperor Decius, who* persecuted the Christians, having come to Ephesus, ordered the erection of temples In the city, that all might come and sacrifice before him; and he commanded that the Christians should be sought out and given their choice, either to worship the idols, or to die. So great was the consternation in the city, that toe friend denounced his friend, the fatner his son, and
the son his father.
Now there were in Ephesus seven Christians —Maximian, Malchns. Marcian, Dionysius, John, Serapion, and Constantine by name. These refused to sacrifice to.the idols, and remained in their houses praying and fasting. They were accused before Dedns, and they confessed themselves to be Christians. However^ toe Emperor gave them a little time to consider what line they would adopt They took advantage of this reprieve to dispense Jhere goods among the poor, and then they rettred, all seven, to Mount Celion, where they
•Rtermined to conceal themselves.
04e of their number, Malchns, in the disguise of a physician, went to the town to obtain victuals. Dedus, who had been absent from Ephesus for a little while, returned and gave orders for the seven to be sought. Malchus, having escaped from the town, fled, full of fear, to his comrades, and told them of the Emperor’s ftiry. They were mech alarmed; and Malchns handed them the loaves be had brought, bidding them eat, that, fortified by the food, they might have courage in the time of trial. They ate, and then, as they sat weeping and speaking to one another, by the will
of God they fell asleep.
The pagans sought every where but could not find them, and Decius was greatly irrita-
He had their parents
this Department, that the Legislature of the State of New Y&rk has since ifrased resolutions claiming to withdraw saM »atification of said amendment, which had berti made bv the Legislature of that State^ and of which
after preaching die early. Endeavor to. live lang, aad try to do ns much good as you can. Oh I if, after we have learned to live, we could
live a thousand
ad yean, what a great dtto here! I am mos
more anxious
competent expert
our observation in this city was developed in tbe counterfeiting case now on trial in tbe United States District Court One John ‘B. Trout, wfco is now serving a sentence in the Indiana State Prison, at Michigan City, was brought here to show that the Johnson family had been in the counterfeiting business in Indiana from 1863 to 1867, at which latter date Troutwas sent to prison. Hut it came oat in the progress of the examination that he was thoroughly posted in the manufacture of counterfeit money, having been engaged in the fifteen year*, as an enat
ted at their escai
official notice had been filed in this Department; and, further, that it appears from an official document on file in this department, that the Legislature of Georgia has, by resolution, ratified said proposed amendment. Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance of the second section of the act of Congress, approved the 20th day of April, in the year 1818. entitled an act to provide for the publication of laws of the United States, and for other purposes, do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the
United States. N
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Depart-
ment of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this 30th day of March, in the Year of our Lord 1870, and of the independence of the United States
the ninety-fourth.
[Signed] Hamilton Fish.
CBCMTEftFEITUe.
Testimony of Expert bow Serving a Sentence la tfce Indiana Peniten-
tiary.
[From th ^Detroit Post, March 28}
It often happens in trials in courts that the services of persons specially skilled in a profession or branch ot business are required to throw light upon the matter to be considered by the court and jury. A few weeks since we gave some curious results of the examination of handwriting by experts, showing that kind of testimony, m that particular instance at least, to be contradictory and altogether unreliable. The value ot the experts testimony.of course, depends altogether upon his special skill and proficiency in the matter about
which he is called upon to testifv. The __ most remarkable case of a ^Iculariy [governor,"hiving beJd'of the excitement, that baa fallen under dered the vounsr man to be bronfirht before
ape. ne naa their pa
brought before Ilia, and threatened them with death if they did met reveal the place of concealment; bat they coaid only answer that tbe seven yoaag men had distributed their goods to the poor, and that they were quite
ignorant as to their whereabouts.
Decios, thinking it possible that they might be hiding in a cavern, blocked np the mouth with stones, that they might perish with
hunger.
Three hundred and sixty rears passed, and in the thirtieth year of the reign of Theodosius there broke forth a heresy denying the
resurrection of the dead.
Now, it happened that an Ephesian was building a stable on the side of Mount Celion, and, finding a pile of stones handy, be took them for his edifice, and thus opened the mouth of the cave Then the seven sleepers awoke, and it was to them as if they slept out a single night. They began to ask ‘Malchui what decision Decius had -iven concerning them. “H8 is going to hunt ns down, so as to force us to sacrifice to the idols,” was his reply ‘God knows,” replied Maximian, “we snail never do that.” Then exhorting nis Compaq ions, he urged Malchns to go back to the town to bay some more bread, and at the same time to obtain fresh information. Malchns to6k five coins and left the cavern. On seeing tbe stones he was filled with astonishment. However, he went on towards the city; bnt what was his bewilderment, on approaching the gate, to see over it a crossl He went to another gate, and there he beheld the same sacred sign; and so he observed it over each gate of the city. He believed that he was suffering from the effects of a dream. Then he entered Ephesus, rubbing his eyea, aad he walked to a baker’s shop. He beard people using our Lord’s name, and he was toe more perplexed. “Yesterday, no one dared pronounce the name of Jesus, and now it is on every one’s lips. Wonderful 1 I can hardly believe myaelr to be in Epbesna.” He asked a passer-by the name of the city, and, on being told that it was Ephesus, he was thunderstruck. Now he entered a baker shop, aad laid down his monev. Tbe baker, examining the coin, in * * whether he had found a treasure, and to whisper to some others in the shop, youth, thinking that he was discovered, and that they were about to conduct him to the Emperor, implored them to let him alone, offering to leave loaves aad money if he might only be suffered to escape. Bat tbe shopman seizing him, aaid: “Whoever you are, you have tonnd a treasure; shew ns where it is, that we may share it with yon, aad then we will hide yon.” Malchns was too frightened to answer. So they pot a rope round his neck, and drew him through the streets into the market place. -Xba news soon spread that the
youngmaa
tly protes
protested his innocence.
him. He stout
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dered the young man to be brought before
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4 bout it, unless indeed we except Laura’s one extravagance—the little bow window; bnt it had an eminently cosy, homelike air. The moment you stopped inside, you received a comfortable, cheerful impression, as if here were a place where people were in the habit ot enjoying themselvea. Enteriug a little square hall—on one side was the dining room; on the other the parlor; back of the parlor the bedroom. The furnace imparting a summer temperature, tbe doors of these adjoining rooms all stood open, giving good air, and a deal of roominess for so small a bouse. The parlor paper was a green and tilt flower on a light drab ground; the carpet, an ingrain, small checks, green the predominant color. Through the bow-window the sun abone in brightly oyer LauraAatents, making a summer within, even if the ground were white with snow outsidfe, and th© mercury down among the zeros. Each aide of the bow-win-dow, on little brackets, Parian busts, Eve and Psyche wedding presents, looked out from English ivy that twined around them, and then met oyer the hanging basket in the middle of tbe window. On the walls hung two or three good engravings and photograph', over them clusters of bright autumn leaves—souvenirs of the wedding tonr. A set of banging bookshelves, bearing the united libraries of Lance and Laura, presented an odd combination of E" tr y,ftnd works on agriculture and ‘The Horse. Then there was a lounge that was & lounge—not a rock cvntrived to exaspernt; the human frame to tbe utmost by its knobbiness 7-an easy chair, a camp chair, a Shaker rocking chair, one or two cane-seatad chairs, a centre table with the big lamp, books, papers, Laura a work basket. This was the family sitting room. Look in of a evening, yon would
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rocker with her sewing. One great advantage in marrying a farmer is, that you have him at home witn you evenings, provided you make yourself tolerably agreeable to him. Laura, if she was married, still thought it worth while to fashionably arrange her hair, wear the bright bow, the dainty collar, the httle et ceteras that really add so much to a woman’s attractions. Lance had to much respect for Laura and himself to sit down for the evening in his old frock, tumbled hair, overalls tacked into coarie boots, savoring strongly of tbe barn-yard. He brushed his hair, donned an old coat and slippers, and so, with a little trouble, gained vastly in comfort and his wife’* affections. From their windows the light of a happy home streamed cheerfully out over tbe snow, a benediction to tbe passer by. People were fond of dropping in there for aa evening;, it was "so pleasant,” they said. Many a fanner’s boy and girl, after an evening at Lance's went home thinking farming wasn’t so bad, after all, and they wouldn’t be in such a hurry to grow old enough to leave for the city, if it could be aa pleasant at home. For fashion in Knipsic farms had ordained an entirely different order of things from that prevailing at Lance’s. The parlor of every respectable fanner must contain a very hard and slippery hair cloth sofa, six chairs, and a huge rocking chair possessing the same qualities in even greater degree; other furniture to correspond, ‘ arranged at stiff angles around tbe walls. This sacred apartment, as well as the whole main part of tbe boose, was kept cold, dark,. shut up, suggestive to the bold invader who dared to penetrate their dreary shades only of funerals. The family lived mostly in the kitchen, sustained, probably, bytbeconscionsness of portessing a best parlor and hair-cloth farnitnre. Passing by at night, you wouldthink tbe boose uninhabited, did not a ray of light from way back in the L reassure yon. Did company come unexpectedly, so great a parade of building fires, opening rooms, getting oot toe best things was mode, that the anfortnnate guest felt that he should never come again. So Lance and Laura were unconsciously doing missionary work in demonstrating that a farmer’s house need not necessarily be destitute of any deatnble oomfort or refinements.—[Mary P. Wells, in Harper’s
Magazine.
■oil Mlagtag FxtrwomHusy. j One of tbe delegates from Mystic. Connecticut. to tbe recent Sunday School Convention in New Haven did oot arrive la the city until a late hoar ia the afternoon, and when he went to the chnrcb the committee to receive delegates aad provide them with stopping pieces had gone home. These were twenty other belated ones with him, and after waiting.* some time, they became fearful that they were not to be provided for. Tbo representative from Mystic, however, was a man of expedients. He said. Why not ring the church, beil?” The sharp clang of the bed pealed out over the city. The sexton wws aroused from his twilight nap, rushed out of kis boose, and down the street to toe church, and entering tbe bell room with frightened look, exclaimed: “What are you doing? Yon will have every fireman in the city here in less than
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