Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1878 — Page 4

THE IXDIAXA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 24-1878.

11 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. JCMKIIATIC RT AT K TICKET FOR IS7H. Vnr RAfrptarv nf Kfaf. J. ii. SrlASKLIN of Vanderburgh County For Auditor of State, ' j MAHLON D. M ANSON of Montgomery Co. For Treasurer of State, WILLIAM FLEMING of Allen County. For Attorney General, THOMAS W. WOOLLEN of Johnson County For Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. II. SMART ol Alln county. The New York Bulletin says: "One of the "moat serious hindrances to the return of 'better tiiues is the va3t number of young 'men who are adrift in the larger cities, who 'can ge: nothing to do, simply because they 'can do nothing that anybody wants done." The '2Z i of April, the :J1 Uh anniversary of Shakespeare' birth, will be signalized at the Grand opera bouse, Baltimore, by special and appropriate performance. Edwin Booth will act Hamlet," all other parta being for the tirue taken by the best actora and actresses that can be procured. A sawEssFi'Land practical business woman of New York city is going to work to solve the proUem begun by the "Stewart's 'woman's hotel." She will provide plain, good food, neatly and comfortably furnished rooms, a library, bath room and other conveniences all for four dollars a week. Respectable working girls will be recMved as boarders, and will be allowed to brim, sewing machines, pictures and other furnit e with them when they so desire. It is said that Eliza Pinkston is on the way to Washington. She feels herself neglected, and rightfully so. She is the only one of the prominent actors in the Louisiana steal of the presidency who bas not been appointed tocfSce. Hayes should appoint her washer of the dirty linen of the white house and see that she gets a pension as a wounded Union soldier. These things might satisfy her, and surely he ought to satisfy every one of the damnable crew that thwarted the will of the people by forgery and perjury and made him president, if he has the power to do it The inscription on the tomb of Andrew Johnson is bat a single line, and was suggested ey Hon. Thomas Kinsella. When he was consulted by the daughters as to a "suitable motto, he said: "The chief character'istic of Mr. Johnson was his abiding faith 'in the people, and his conviction that they 'would approve his efforts," and he suggested the inscription: "His faith in the people 'never wavered." The monument will be ! unveiled on Tuesday, the L'th of May. The j !- t Vi f- tAmv.l. nill f .lira ... , f a ! r 1 monies and march in the procession from Greenville. A hitherto unpublb li-i letter of Thomas Jefferson has just coin; to liht, having been written lo a friend who invited him, while secretary ot state, to engage In a fiuauclal enterprise In hta rt-ply JehVrsou said : "YVheu I tirst entered on the Ktana of public life (now twenty-four years ago), I came to a resolution never to engage, while in public office, in any kind f enterprise for the improvement of my fortune, nor to wear any other character tiian that of a tanner. I hae never oepaned from it Jn a hingle instance, and 1 have til multiplied lnstane n found inyhtlf happy in being able to decide and to act a h public servant, clear of all interest, In the iiiultifwria questions that have arisen wherein I have seen others embarrassed and biased by having got themselve in a more Interested situation. Thus I have thought myse.t richer in content xient than I should have been with anv increase of fortune." This shows how cwrelul the father were to keep clean hands. Th average modern smteamau U not so punctilious by a long way. -Journal. It is not often we see in tb.8 Journal anything we can indorse or reproduce with any feeling that it will do good. But when we gee it quoting anything with relish from the father of democracy in this country, we are encouraged to believe that ones in a while it appreciates the pure principles of the creed. If the Journal had only sent Grant a copy of Jefferson's letter, and felt sorry that it didn't suspect that a democrat could bs so pure, we could sympathiza with it in its sorrow for the fate of those republican statesmen who have gone down the credit mobilier and Mulligan chutes. THE HENF.FIT OF A EI ROI'EIS WAR. The lion and the bear continue to train for battle. The one shakes his mane and roar?, and the other shows beneath the velvet touch of his paw the claws so valuable in war. Both sides profess earnest desires for peace, and both sides are straining every nerve for an early "ready" for war. We are in a position where it is difficult to predict with any certainty whether, as a country, we will derive benefit or evil from it All those industries engaged In the manufacture of .war material will flourish. It may cive an impetus to our marine interests. In the west our large crops of grain will find ready markets at remunerative prices. Speculation will probably run wheat to a price that supply and demand will not sustain. In the event of war, Russia, who is our main rival in exporting wheat, will not of course permit any to leave her borders. Tb.9 neighboring power, Aus. tria, that comes next to Russia in Europe as a wheat exporter, may prohibit any leaving her borders. Germany and Austria will probably have to maintain large standiDg armies, fully equipped and ready for the Jield at a moment's notice. This can not be done save at the expense of the growing crops; forfrom the husbandry of these countries comes their soldiers. These causes will compel England to draw nearly all her wheat from as; and, instead of furnishing her forty to fifty millions bushels, we may be called upon for double that amount. If, In the first wild rush and fever of excitement, our people run the prices . to an exorbitant figure, demand will be checked that soon, and reaction will force it below the level of legitimate value. We therefore say to our Iriends, if the wheat prospect continues as promising as now, sell your estimated growing crop when the price seems high. There is estimated to be but twenty per cent, of the old crop on hand. This shows what a consumption reasonable prices to the consumer induce; for last year's crop was estimated to be the largest ever raised. Corn which has been as cheap' as it was plenty, jand M plenty a3 it was cheap, will be ln

great demand, and probably hoarded by those governments who may fear that In tbe vortex of war they will be drawn, r Speculation and legitimate demand will advance the price to far beyond its legitimate value, and at high prices it may be prudent to drop the load one may be carrying. Ia provisions, Europe has taken our surplus heretofore, and the exports so far this season are about three-quarters of a million hogs over last year, but our crop was so larga that our home consumption would have to be increased in nearly the same ratio to use up our immense crop. Our principal consumer is the south and a European war would affect cotton her main industry, to such an extent that her purchasing capacity would be proportionately diminished. This deficiency would have to be made up by increased European demand and an opinion on this point, is, as yet, mere conjecture. Excitement at first would probably increase the price, but, in the end, the chances for material injury to that interest are about equally divided with those for its benefit If injurious, the overproduction of hogs would soon conform itself to the requirements of profit and loss; and a short hog crop would make farmers and packers rejoice on the credit side of their labors. We have thus endeavored to lay before our numerous readers interested in these crops an outline of the view the commercial world takes of them, with the hope it may induce reflection and iDsure to their benefit The Almighty last season bles ed us with abundant crops and health; and . He has given us indications so far tlm year that as a people we are in His keeping and among His favorite children. Although such abundant crops blessed u, the fruits of the earth, because of the vile and infamous radical financial legislation, yielded but comparatively a pittance to the farmer. Should the Almighty rule that a European war prevail this year, He provides an outlet for the abundant crops that are now put promises, and thus protects his people against the infamous piratical and contracting policy of the republican party. If war comes and the people get large returns for their labor, the republican party will claim it as arising from their financial wisdom. But we say that if these things happen they will happen because God wills it in spite of the folly of the republican paijy, and to Him should the people be taught to award tbe praise. When they begin to turn from the follies, the charlatanism and the crimes of evil rulers, arid select men who will "adorn their high places,' "whose mouths shall show forth wisdom," and whose hearts shall eschew dissensions

and hatred in this country, the blessings of a pleased Providence will crown them and their labors. parti cormjftiox. The fact that political parties are but seldom held to any direct responsibility makes it almost impossible to arraign them with any promptitude before the people. They are too much crowded with the rush of their party manipulations to admit of individual detection. Hence the tide of party rule rotls steadily on, like a ball under the impulse of its own velocity. Leaders are often traduced and policies criticised. Individual greed is- condemned and personal corruption is censured, and yet it is only row and then that the public storm can be aroused to destroy or defeat any corrupt manifestations of a party in power. The great masi.es of men in all governments are usually passive. Thev are afo sorbed in the obligations of their own personal callings and have but little time or inclination to watch the movements of party leaders or government speculators. The most of them think if they vote at the election they have done their duty, but in a government like ours where there is a quiet indifference among the people there is apt to be a corresponding moral failure on the part of party leaders. It is in this and In similar ways tb,at part)' corruption grows up in a government The people are indifferent of their birthrights. They seem not to care who wields the power of the government, or who lives off of the public treasury. Many even seem to think the government can run itself. They take no interest in public affairs because they are not paid for it, and, therefore, in many instances a half a dozen men at a county seat manage the political interests of the county, while the voters, the true sovereigns of the land, nise corn and hogs or make plows in mechanic shops. It is sometimes bard to tell who is to blame for political or party corruption, for it Is often the result of indifference on the part ot the people, who leave to the demagogues ond office seekers of the country the sinister manipulations of primary assemblies and of nominating conventions, and in this way men often get into office who care nothing for the interests of the people or the purity of the government or for the prestige of republican history. They seat themselves in the chairs of office, and at once enter upon what they conceive to be schemes of personal emolument. If they can make money and get rich on tbe spoils of office, with them the world goes well, and that is enough. They ask no more. The sky may be dark over ' the masses of the people. The stagnation of trade and the shrinkage of values may have driven thousands to bankruptcy and millions to poverty and idleness, but none of these things move the officeholder. He lives on hv public taxes, he knows no want, and .akes no complaints about the calamities of the Units. His ortune rorues down to him as the rain cometh from heaven, and why should he care? God, who rules in the fields of nature, has given us food in abundance. The products oi the land have been enough for tWD such peoples as we are, and we ha,ve been favored with national health and blessed with peace, and with all this our people still mourn. The shadows of financial death have been upon us, and the blight and mildew of destruction has gathered over us. The glee and gladness of other years are gone, and tens of thousands of our people sit in sackcloth and ashes. Fortunately for the poor people, our last winters have been mild, and they could keep warm without much fire, and then the skrinkage in manufactured goods has been so great that a very little money would buy

them a garment sufficient to hide their poverty and to cover their nakedness. God and niture and the manufacturers of the country have all. been good to us. But the hand, the cruel grip, of a miserable financial policy has been upon us since 1873, and for five years we have been, as U were, in a vice each year making the pressure worse and worse, until we are fast becoming a nation of bankrupts. General Jackson once said: "It is not in n 'splendid government that tbe American 'people may expect to find happiness, but in 'one that is justly and economically admin'istered." The wisdom of these words comprehend the whole difficulty of our national embarrassment. The justice which should have marked the policy of our government for the last ten or fifteen years was ignored in its legislation in regard to our finances. dohl was exalted above hlnxl. The poor crippled soldier has been forced to take his pension stipend in the common currency of the country, while the " bondholding speculator has been assured ttiat his bonds should not be taxed and that the interest and principal should both be paid in coin as good as gold. This was the wicked injustice which the policy of the republican party perpetrated upon the soldiers of the Union, and this was the financial grab which was given to the bondholder. . Then followed in the same line of unjust legislation the national bank theory, pf giving to the bondholder the privilege of obtaining six and ten percent on $10,000 for every $100,000 he held, which has enabled him to patch over with mortgages the most valuable property and interests of the whole country. Then this was not all. They clandestinely passed a bill demonetizing silver, and on top ot that another bill to resume on a gold basis of currency and exchange by January, 1879. Such legislation as this, followed by contraction of the currency, would bring any people to ruin, and it has so resulted in our present financial misfortunes. .'. . .. In these and in hundreds of other inter' ests republican legislation has been destructive of the public property. It is no wonder that the people of the land mourneth. But just turn over now to another page and look at the extravagance of the republican party. They began with the president, and doubled his salary; they Increased the salaried offices of the country from 15,000 to 'JO, 000; they filled the offices at Washington with three or four times as many clerks and employes as were really needed; they have pensioned for life on the government hundreds of men who had no more claims to such honor than the man in the moon; they have multiplied offices of emoluments until our national revenue is exhausted to pay the salaries of the men who fill them. They have grown rich amidst all our financial and national calamities. It is not therefore a matter of wonder that their wealth has made them respectable in church and state. They wear good clothes; they drive fine horses; .thejr ride in fine carriages; they live in fine mansions. The bondholder has doubled . bis wealth within the last four years, and the Shylocks of the country are twice as rich as they were. But where are the people the workinamen. tbe poor men of the land? Have they not been living now for years on the very verge of poverty and starvation? Has not our whole land been filled with American citizens, who once had bread to eat and

clothes to wear, who are now only vagabond tramps? They have no work, and tbey have been forced to beg They are cursed for being poor in "the best 'government the sun ever shone upon." We have looked at all this injustice and extravagance until we have grown sick and disgusted even with men, and we have asked if there is not a coming storm of public indignation that will sweep from the land the last vestige of this party corruption as with a mountain avalanche. It must come. A free people, will not submit to any such enslavement. The storm is coming. No one can stop it until it drives out of power the reigning dynasty as with the besom of destruction. We are willing to bide our time, for we know that God and truth and justice are .on the side of the poor. NOT FN AM) Ol'IMOXS. Telephone parties are fashionable in Nashville. ., Employers and firms In every city In the Union are paying employes In gold. John Mokrissey has returned to New York very much improved in health. In the last eighteen years Maggie Mitchell has played "Fanchon" about XJ0 times. WiiKModjeska takes the part of Cleopatra she will leave out the toy snake business. Thk ruins of the Southern hotel at St. Louis will tills summer be used for a beer garden. Pirs IX Received a"Peter'HPenoe"and other offerings from the faithful at least !5,000,XW. A LoCisville gentleman ha written a novel "We Are One." Probably just married, and thinks he Is going to be "boss." Trie wheat in Tennessee lx bauly affected with rust. In some sections It Is damaged so badly as to be comparatively worthless. STA5 LEY will visit Paris In June to receive his gold rcedal from the geographical society. He will then come to the United Slates to be lionized. Thk ioorest girls in the world, says tno Woman's Journal, are those who have never been taught to work. That poverty is not purely feminine. Two women clerks tell the readers of the Independent how they together make a year, keep bouse lu two rooms, and each put by yearly 1100. Milwaukee expect and ia preparing for 10,000 on the 4th of July to witness a match game of base ball bbtween the Huston nine and the Milwaukeans, These are three women lawyers In Chicago. Kach has an encouraging practice, especially with women, being much consulted as to the framing of legal documents. The Poughkeepsie Methodist district conference has licensed another, woman a a local preacher. The bishops have set their olUclal foot down on feminine aspirants .for regular ministerial position. Bi-si5Es.s In Chicago bust week seems to have been counued to bankrupt cases. Fifty-one bankruptcies were filed during that time, on Saturday twenty-one being begun. Sherman in getting his work in rapidly. A sl'ferh chalice is to be 6ent by Pope Leo XIII. to Sr. Andrew's church. New York, as a recognition of the real of the society. The occasion was the magnificent contribution sent by the church to aid the American college la Home,

j ' THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

Tbe Energy of the French. It is worthy of particular recollection that this energy of the French has been shown in the face of many grave obstacles. To conduct a successful exhibition when business was languishing in all the great civilized countries of the world; when civil war seemed imminent at its very door; when a king newly established on the throne of united Italy was dying, to leave the country in anxiety about the future; when a pope, after a long and eventful reign, was also dying in liome; when two European nations were at war, and. several others expecting they might join the conflict, his been no untrammeled task. It was less than a year ago that another of those Parisian revolutions, now so celebrated in nineteenth century history, threatened effectually to stop what little had been done. ' That danger removed, a 111 ssian army appeared on tho northern shores of the Danube, and the industry of Europe laid down its tools to look at the arms which seemed to concern it more. It may be said that not until last Jenuary, when the peace party of England seemed able to avert war, did real activity begin in thorough earnest. To day, it is true, the peace of Europe is again threatened. San Stefano has awakened new fears. A week ago Lord Derby resigned. The' English reserves are to be called out. But" in these two months and a half since January, surprising progress has Deen made on the Champ de Mars. Nothing short of a general war in Europe can stop the exhibition now, and that is not at all probable. England has been foremost among the nations to appear on the exhibition grounds. After France, she promises' ' to lead in all industrial departments. The first Englishman to arrive was named Adams. His punctuality has been rewarded 'with a handsome bouquet bearing the words: "Bon heur, hommage au premier exposant, otfert par la France. Vive l'Angleterre! vive la France!" I see it reported that a second bouquet was given to him with an inscription: "Jusqu'a a present Adam e'est le premier homme ici." There is so much ot the Frenchman in this latter that it ought to be true. On the Champ de Mars there is a more active scene than when I last wrote. The outlook is very encouraging. The tone of tbe exhibition will be more healthful than was the case in 187. Those who recall the brilliant displays of that time remember how striking was the want of definite industrial features. The collection was miscellaneous and was crowded together with little regard for system or those instructive features which are the only substantial value of all world's fairs. The buildings were hedged in by a crowd of cafes, buffets, kiosques and other lounging places; so much was it so that it was commonly believed that not over half the visitors ever penetrated beyond those Traces. The empty SDlendof of that period of the empire was well symbolized in the fetes and grand pageants which were seen continually. Where brilliancy made gains, of course industry paid for it. This year there will be less of the one and more of the other, though it by no means need be feared that Iogeantry will be wanting. It were impossible that an exhibition should occur in Paris without a goodly portion of that. The quantity of exhibits this year will be greater than then nobody questions that and the arrangements for them- far superior. Published estimates of the goods that are arriving place the amount considerably in excess of 1607. Even liussia has come .forward, though not vigorously. It is. said that the car loads that arrive rfech day number JO for all countries. Some American goods are already here. The c teamship Supply has arrived, and the Constitution is due.' Commissioner McCormick, accompanied by Lieutenants Buckingham and Eodgers, is now here, 'and will visit tbe grounds to-morrow, llapid work is exacted in the American department during the three weeks that remain. The commissioner general is some what disappointed that the United States should be among the last to appear, but is confident that the time which remains will be improved with all possible industry. There is no reason now to doubt that the opening will occur May 1. Some departments will be unfinished, but the exhibition, as a whole, will be in order. Ia Christianity Declining? The historian Froude publishes in the International Keview of New York city a sensational article which issummarized by the Herald as follows: These propositions are (1) that the present state of religions opinion throughout the world is extremely critical; (2) that theologians no longer speak with authority; (3) that those who uphold orthodoxy can not agree on what ground to defend it; (I) that materialism all over Kurope is respectfully listened to when it affirms that the claims of revelation can not be maintained; (5) that the existence of God and ;of - a future state, the origin of man, the nature of conscience and the distinction between good and evil are all' open questions; (6) religious opinion is moving with increasing speed along a track which it will never retrace and toward issues infinitely momentous. Fortunately for the present generation of 'Americans and englishmen,' Mr. Froude prophesies that they wilL, pass away before the inward change will show itself in marked external symptoms are apparent. Underlying these propositions of the English historian, there is, says the Herald, a great truth of current experience and observation. Religion or Christianity does not occupy the strongholds in the human hearts which it once did. The Bible is not held in such high estimation as it once was. The doctrines wnich it teaches are-not as firmly believed as they were in other days, and the ministry of the church fails to command the reverence may we ' say respect which it once had. There are rsaBons for this. The basis of church work has changed considerably within the last century. Ministers no longer go out after tbe multitudes as Christ and his disciples did. They are content in their pleasant gatherings to discuss the question, how to reach the masses, but they are very willing to leave the reaching of them to other, agencies. Church officials no longer make the salvation of the people imong whom they build houses of worship the goal of their endeavors. Religion is too dainty and high priced to-dy for the masses to have or enjoy it. It was once the glory of the church that the poor had the got pel preached to them, but now it is the rich who are thus cared for, and if our churches develop the club idea during the next twenty-five years in the ratio that they have in the past quarter of a century the poor will be obliged to go to the mountain sides or the sea shores, where Jesus and Paul found them in their day, to receive the comforts anu consolation of religion. No wonder, then, that while the church is shut in, as it were, in its club bouse, infidelity and scepticism make such headway among those who are oh the outside. Sumptuary laws can not take the place of hard, faithful work for Christ, and until churches and ministers understand and realize this, and act on it more fully and freely than they have done, religious opinion, if not religion itself, will hold a critical position as one of the great forces of civilization in the world. Strange Vatrarlea, ' Two wedding couples presented themselves at the mayoralty in a siburb of Paris to carry out the civil portion of their marriage contract. Tbey ranged themselves on opposite sides of the mayor's official throne, and facet I one another. - The mayor was asxing a question of one of the- bridegrooms, whoso attention was thus distracted from his bride. On turning around to look at her when he had answered the question, he caught her making "sheep's eyes" at the bridegroom opposite. Being of a jealous temperament, he laid hli band roughly oa

her arm, and Bald, sharply, "Mademoiselle, which of the two brides are yon? You are mine, I believe; then oblige me by confining your glances at me." The bride was a young woman of spirit, and resenting the tone in which the reprimand was made, retorted, ."Ah, monsieur, If you are jealous already, I am Jikely to lead a pleasant life with you!" The jealous bridegroom made an angry reply, and then the other bridegroom must needs put his oar in. "Bah! Monsieur, why should you make such a fuss because maiemois jlle chooses to favor me with a glance?" Thereupon his bride turned savagely upon hiai and exclaimed, "Ha,

moaweur, uwoaia seem, men, that you like to have ladies make eyes at you! Now, I ! Know what to expect from you; but you j might at least have had the decency to keep this proof of your faithlessness con- l cealed from me here!" And with this J fierce thrust she burst into tears. In vain I the mayor attempted to pacify both r arties. Tne bridegrooms srmed a each other, and the brides, between their hysterical sobs, mutually accused each other of perfidy. At last the mayor, losing temper, cried out, "Am I to proceed with this ceremony, or am I not?" The two brides, with one accord, screamed "No!" ' Perhaps," said the mayor, whose wrath had again cooled down, "you could arrange matters between you if you were left alone. The clerk will show you to my private room. I will give you half an hour." At the expiration of that time the psrties were summoned to appear again before the mayor. "Have you ?ettlcd your difl'erences?" he asked. "Yes, Monsieur le Maire," exclaimed both bridegrooms at ones. '(, then. I may proceed with the ceremony." "Yet, Monsieur le Maire; but but" "Well, v hat is it?" "We have effected i change. Monsieur le Maire." A change! What dS you mean?" VA change of brides, Monsieur le Maire." and so it was the jealous bridegroom had taken the jealous bride, and the young lady of the fickle glances bad taken the gentleman who liked ladies to "make eyes" at him. The astonished Mayor looked at them in silent amazement for a moment or two, but they met his look unabashed, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, if you are satisfied, it is no business of mine, I will proceed with the ceromy." And married they were. JAXAl'SCIIEU'S JEWELS. A Rich Collection on Exhibition nt Lehman's. - Chicago Tlmes.J Madame Janauschek's diamonds were on exhibition yesUrday at Lehman'?, No. 214 Ontario street, and were examined by a large number of visitors. Some idea of their extent and valuo may be obtained from the following, taken from an exchange: Diamond cross necklace, Czar Alexander of Russia.. . $16,C00 Diamond locker, necklace, Emperor Louis Napoleon..... . . 8,000 Carbuncle set, Turkish ambassador.. .. 2,-jOO Diamond ear rinjs, king of Holland 22,000 ituuy miu uutDioaa pin wnn pearl, queen of WurhJinbarg Kiuerald set. Princess Olga, Dentnarlc... Diamond cross, American gentleman... Coin necklace, pin and ear ring C'ity of Franktort... Solid i?oid diamond bracelet, king of Solid gold sapphire bracelet, crown 11.000 3,001 3,000 8,000 prince of Prussia 2,0X) Amethyst bracelet, duke of Mecklenburg .. .... 2,00 Sapphire link. duk of NaxevCobu-g h.iimj Diamond cluster, Prince Esterhazy 2KiO Marchlte set. Princess Mary of Russia... ... .. Solitaire diamond ring, archduke of Austria is,x Sapphire necklace, queen of Greece.., 11,200 This does not include several smaller gems amounting in value to over $25,000. The Czar Nicholas of Russia, father of the present emperor, presented her with a diadem and crown of diamonds, valued at $.30,000, one diamond alone of which weighs nine and one-half carats, and. is considered worth $11,000 in gold. This, we are Informed, has never been reet (contrary to a statement published), but still decks the diadem. The cross which she wears in "Mary Stuart" was presented to her by the present czar of Russia, and the solitaire diamond ring by the Archduc John of Austria. Knropenn Character. Datoa Ilouge (La.) Herald.J The Rev. G. Levy has handed us the following, translated from the German: In religion the German is skeptical, the Englishman dovout, the Frenchman zealous, the Italian ceraoionious. the Spaniard bigot. In keeping his word the German is faithful, the Englishman safe, the Frenchman giddy, the Italian careless, the Spaniard a deception. In giving advice the German is slow, the Englishman fearless, tbe Frenchman precipitate, the Italian nice, the Spaniard circumspect. In external appearance the German is large, the Englishman well made, the Frenchman well loosing, the Italian middle side, the Spaniard awkward. In dress the German Is shabby, the Englishman costly, the Frenchman fickle, the Italian ragged, the Spaniard decent. In manners the Germans are clownish, the Englishman barbarous, the Frenchman easy, the Italian polite, the Spaniard proud. In keeping a secret the German forgets what he has been told; the Englishman conceals what he should divulge, and divulges what be should conceal; the Frenchman tells everything; the Italian is close; the Spaniard mysterious. In vanity the German boasts little; the Englishman despises all other nations; the Frenchman Halters everybody; the Italian estimates cautiously; the Spaniard is indifferent In ofiendirg and doing good the German is inactive; the Englishman dees both without consideration; the Frenchman is extreme; the Italian ia prompt in beneficence, but vindictive; the Spaniard indifferent. In speaking the German and Frenchman speak badly, but write well; the Englishman speaks and writes well; the Italian speaks well, writes much and well; the Spaniard speaks little, writes little, but well. Servants are companions in Germany, obedient in England, masters in France, respectful in Italy, submissive in Spain. The women are housewives in Germany, queens in llngland, laaies in France, captives in Italy, slaves in Spain. In courage the German resembles a bear, the Englishman a lion, the Frenchman an eagle, the Italian a fox, and the Spaniard an elephant. In the sciences the German is a pedant, the Englishman a philosopher, the Frenchman a smatterer, the Italian a professor, and tbe Spaniard a grave thinker. In Germany the princes, in England the ships, in r ranee the court, in Italy the churches, in Spain the armories are magnificent Plain Talk. Colman's Rural World." A large majority of the young men that are growing up art) no account. Tbey are relying upen fathers to take care of them. Tbey would starve if tossed out in the world and compelled to take care of themselves. Tbey are lacking in selfreliance, in pluck, in perseverance, in tbe willingness to labor at anything to make an honest living, " The trouble is, whey feel above laboring for a livelihood and just as long as tbey have such notions there is no hope for them. Any trade or calling is better than idleness, foridlenes produces worthlessness. It is better to b4 a shoemaker, a blacksmith, a carpenter, a laborer on the farm, than it is tobealoa er. Some of our worthiest and best and greatest men have risen to their distinguished positions from these humble callings. Everybody respects tho man that is not afraid to work. People will trust him and honor him and do all they can to help him. It may be starting on the lower round of the ladder, but a higher and still higher roc nd can be reached by those pos sessing energy, pluck and industry.

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Wisdom Is the talent of baying virtuous I pleasure at the cheapest rate. I When a man is Lappy, every effort to express his happiness mars its campleteness. The praise of man is not a test of our praise worthiness, nor in their censure: but either should set us upon testing ourselves. If it is important for you to know whether a man will cheat you if he can, sound him as to his willingness to help you cheat somebody else. No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priesl, his heart the sacrifice, and the earth he treads on the altar. They that covet forbidden honors forfeit allowed onci Adam by eating of the tree of knowledge which he might not eat of. debarred himself from the tree ot life which he might have eaten.Never attempt to do anything that is not right Just so surely as you do, you will get into trouble. Sin always brings sorrow, sooner or later. It you even suspect anything is wrong, do it not until you are assured that your suspicions are groundless. Never trust this heart of thine that it will be well ordered, and kept In good frame, if thou carry not always a strong hand and a narrow eye over it If once thou let go the bridle or watchfulness, it will run out so far that it will be hard to bring it back again. Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may tor a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who profit by the cheat distrust the deceiver, and the act by which kindness was sought puts an end to confidence. - i f When you do attempt anything that is all right go throneh with it. Be not easily discouraged. Form habits of perseverance. Meld not to sloth and sleep and fickleness. To resist all these will not be easy; but vou will feel that you have done right when you get through. For preserving the complexion temperance. For whitening the hands honesty. To remove stains repentance. For improving the sight observation. A beautiful ring the home circle. For improving the voice civility. The best companion to the toilet a wife. Love is that affection which, being compounded of esteem and benevolence, becomes the bond of attachment and union between individuals of the different sexes, and makes them enjoy in the society of each other a species of happiness which they experience nowhere else. Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day. lay this precept well to heart: "Do the duty which lies nearest to thee," which thou knowpst to be a duty; thy second duty will already have become clearer. Simplicity of purpose begets simplicity of life. Tnis is manifested not in one way merely, but in every way. There is no double dealing in business. There is no praying for the salvation of souls, and then, for the sake of making money .helping them down to hell in the ordinary avocation of life. Truth-Is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out It is always near at hand, and sits upon our Hps and is ready, to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and setsa man's invention upon the rack, and one' tnck needs a great many more to make it good. The love of truth is a bow of peace, ready for every concession that is honest, firm ozainst every compromise that Is r.ot. It is the noblest stimulus to inquiry; ardent to seek, yet patient to examine; willing to communicate, but more willing to receive: contemptuous of petty curiosity, but passionate for knowledge. Chanty was solicited from a rich man as a loan to the Lord. He replied: "The security, no doubt, is good, and the interest liberal; but I can not give such long credit" Within two weeks he heard the summons: "Thou fool! this night thy soul shall be required of thee." The God whom he would not trust would no longer trust bim. As rivers are generally deeper in winter, when there is commonly more rain and less evaporation, than in summer, so are our religious feelings wont to be deepest in the wintry season of sorrow, being then most fed with the showers of grace granted in answer to earnest prayer, as also exempted from the exhaustive influences of prosperity. Self trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful. It by no means consists in rushing prematurely to a showy feat that shall catch the eye and satisfy spectators. It is enough if you work in the right direction. . A promise should be given with caution and kept with care. A promise should be made with the heart, and remembered by tbe bead. A promise is the offspring ot the intention, and should be nurtured by recollection. A promise and its performance should, like a true balance, always present a mutual adjustment A promise delayed is justice deferred. A promise neglected is an untruth told. A promise attended to is a debt settled. Quarrels, like thunder storms, would end in sunshine if it were not for the determination to have the last word. If you are scolded or criticised just bite your lips and keep still and it will soon be over; but if you retort you are in for "three years or the war." Many a man who pours himself in torrents ot rain for five minutes, and then breaks out into the sunshine of good temper again will settle down into a three days' dismal drizzle if he is weak enough to insist on having the last word. Children should go to church because it strengthens and endears the family ties. The tendencies of the times are to loosen and disintegrate them. The family habit of attending the sanctuary regularly and faithfully is constaHt protest against the socialistic and atheistic heresies of the age. The church of God is the guardian of the household. It pays back with interest into the home all that it gets from it and more. The families of the land can never do enough for the church, to which they owe so much of their peace, happiness, purity, power and proserity. The conversion of a dear child and its union with the church is a new era in the religious life of the household. t m 1 Tbe Bankrupt Legislation Philadelphia Times. A judicious bankrupt law bas been a necessity several times in the history of our government, but it has never failed to be stricken from our statutes laden with popular reproaches. The present bankrupt law was passed in the Interests of shattered speculators rather than to serve the cause of men crippled in legitimate business, and its amendments have been shaped to serve individual, ends. The result is that an estate in the bankrupt court is, as a rule, the wiping; out of the-claims of creditors, and proceedings in bankruptcy have become farcical in all things save (tbe discharge of th bank rupt from his debts lopn1ar. So popular are Dr. Trice's Special Flavoring Extracts, that few kitchens can be found where they are not used; and their introduction to any household is the advent of nevr pleasures at the table. Dr. Price has succeeded in producing flavorings peculiarly delicious.