Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1878 — Page 1

VOL.. XXVE. NO 49. INDIAXAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1878. TTHOIiE NO. 240i

SEA. SIDE TALK.

-Jnst After tbe Arrival f tb Satardar Xlffbt Boat. Why! How d'ye do? Can it be yoa? "When did yoa get here, pray? Yoa know yoa wrote, In your 1 wt note. You couldn't get away. Yoa look quite 111, (Now don 't I Be still ! Don't squeeze my hand! Ill go!) You've heard! Heard what? I it tree, or not? Oil! that. How did you know? Yea! I've said yea. To whom? Just guess 111 tell too If you're rightIt Isn't out, Bat you, no doubt. Can keep it secret quite. What can you mean? I might have seen? Seen what? Yoa never said 1 couldn't gueNS, I told hkn yes, You don't wih you were dead. I met him here No! Just this year, ' There, tht'i his T cart ee? Yes! 'tis quite swell. And the groom as well, There, that little man ! That's HE. I must not wait, 111 be too late. He's goin to drive with me. 111 meet you then. On the piazza, when It's darK. and he can't see. New York Sunday World. RELIGIOrS MATTERS. Henry Ward Beecher regards poverty as a means of grace. Cut then he hasn't tried It lately. Mr. Charles K. Stowe, the son of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, bas just been licensed to preach by the congregational association: Among the seven members of a Newark church recently expelled are several young women, charged with undue relations with a former officer and teacher of the Sundayschcol. Two were sisters of good family, and another the daughter of a prominent politician. The Rev. C. W. Fitch, D. D., for ten years proftssorof languages at Kenyon college, and earlier and later connected with other western educational institutions, died at Louisville on Saturday, aged 77. He was born at Rensselaerville, N. Y.. In 180G, and graduated at the Alexandria, Va., theological seminary of the P. E. church In 182tf. DuriDg the last thirteen yean be was a chaplain in the navy, and was on sick leave when he died. When minister editors want to emphasize any point they can indulge In language and conipmsons as strong as their lay brethren. An illustration is seen in an oration delivered the other day by Dr. Fowler of the Christian Advocate. Speaking of a change of our government from a republic to monarchy he gave the following fine sentence: ''Rather than undertake to establish a throne, it would be better tor a man to go to sea in a (tone boat, with iron oars and leaden sails, wita the wrath of God for a breeze and hell for the nearest port." The Lichfield Enquirer says that one day during Mr. Moody's preaching in Hartford, last winter, a member of the house strayed into tb'e rink out of curiosity to bear the evangelist. Daily listening to the eloquence of Gallagher, of Andrews, of Brewster, and of Harlan made him rather fastidious, and after hearing Mr. Moody for a season he concluded to retire. Going to the door he was told that it was locked. "Mr. Moody did not like to be worried with folks going out adiI comiDg in." Rising to the height of six feet two. the member inquired of that door keeper if he ever heard of the great writ of habeas corpus. Thedor keeper never bad. Finally the member proposed a compromise: "Do yoa go to Mr. Moody and tell him if he will let me out this time, I will never worry him any more!" The man in authority was -obstinate, and in defiance of the great charter of the constitution, and of the special privileges of members of the legislature, he was compelled to hear the whole of Mr. Moody's discourse. The determination of Sherman's son, Thomas Ewiog Sherman, to become a priest, revives the romantic story of the lite and love of one of Central Scott's daughters. As the story goes the daughter fell deeply in love with a member of one of the foreign legation. The attachment was reciprocal, but the match was so bitterly opposed by the oll hero or Lundy's line that it was broken oil. She cared nothing for the world after that, and very soon was received as a nun in the Georgetown convent. Her lover returned to bis native country and was soon enrolled in the priesthood of the Catholic church. In subsequent years be was ordered to George- . town college and took his turn in hearing the confessions of the nuns at the convent. On one Of these occasions Miss Scott knelt in coafesnonal to her former lover.and under such circumstances a recognition took place. She fainted, went into a rapid decline, and soon after died, and be left the country again never to return. So a Washington gossip declares. 8CIEXCC AXD THE BIBLX. Eight years ago the Rev. Robert D. Bradley preached in a town in the state of Missonri from the text. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Mr. Bradley had from boyhood been an ardent admirer of the steam engine, and after returning to his study at the conclusion of the services his mind continued to dwell on the words of his text, and, as if by inspiration, a new field of thought was opened to him. "Man is a piece of machinery," he re as oned to himself, "with the Author of all things as his maker; aod, therefore, he must '.have been made perfect in a physical point Of view. The entire organism of man was created and completed, but , not until God breathed into Lis nostti '.a the breath of life did he become a living, active being. As soon as that pirtcf the human machine called the lan..s was breathed into, and the air ceils were tiiUd, then the heart was set in motion, the blood bfgan coursing through the body, and man became a living eoul." Discardirg the theory of Harvey on tb circulation of the blood, which supposes that the heart is the engine which forces the blood through the veins, Mr. Bradley conceived the idea that the expansion and contraction of tbe air cells of the lungs are the forces which send tbe blood coui sing through the body, and that the heart. With its valvular action, simply regulates the ar".pi!y. Acting on this theory the young clergy man, without any knowledge of the construction of machinery or of tbe science of chemistry, began the experiment of constructing a new motive power to supply the place of eteam and to do away with the necessity of the cumbersome steam boiler. For eight years the inventor has pursued his pet idea in the face of opposing obstacles, until at last be has perfected a motive power which, it is said, is destined to revolutionize the use of steam power throughout the world. This invention la known as the Bradley promethor. In ita construction It ij simple; its power is said to be unlimited,

and in point of economy it can be run at one-fourth the cost of the ordinary steam engine. The motive power is produced by forcing cold water through a series of iro n tubes (one end of which is perforated with holes so fine as to be Invisible to the naked eye) into a generator, composed of hollow iron globes. These, varying in number according to the power of the engine which is to be propelled, form a pyramid, and are attached to each other by iron tubes. Tbe water in being forced from the reservoir through the perforated tubes forms a spray, and this, injected into the heated generator, is transferred Into a substance which, for want of a better term, is called hydrogen gas. This is the power which is harnessed and applied to the piston of the engine. While water is known to ba composed of two elements (hydrogen and oxygen), yet it is claimed that the gas which is produced by forcing the spray of water into the heated globes or generator is net hydrozen, as the iron would not be able to withstand the action of that substance. The gas produced by tbe method described has not yet been analyzed, and "we are really," said Mr. L. Montgomery Bond yesterdav,"using a power the real nature of which has not yet been ascertained." Daring an experiment by Bradley's new process of producing this dry vapor or gas a half barrel of water was consumed, and not the least trace of tbe vapor could be discovered on the window glass. The speed of the machinery driven by this power is regulated by the supply of water forced into the generator. The advantage claimed over steam by tbe inventor of the machine is an immense saving in tbe cost of propelling an engine. It is claimed for it that it will only require one-fourth the amount of coal that is consumed in running an ordinary steam engine, to say nothing of the caving of labor, as in case of ocean steamships, where a large farce is required in the fire room. In making a trip of ninety-five miles a few days since, with this power only one and a half bushels of coal were consumed. Then there is eonomy inspace.no p nderous boilers being required to supply the engine with steam. It is asserted also that no explosions can result from the use of the new power. It causes but little noise, and emits no cinders to blind the eyes of passengers. Mr. Bradley is a native of Maryland, and he is now residing at Freston, in Caroline county, and is 3b' years of age. Altbougb strongly wedded to his wonderful enterprise, be bas never alowed it to interfere with bis ministerial labors in tbe Metbodist Episcopal church. lie is an able and an eloquent orator, and discharges the duties of his ministerial office purely for the love of the work, and without salary. Since realizing the fulfillment of bis hopes in the perfection of his ingenious production, he has secured patents to pro'ect it in 30 countries, in every part of Europe (except Holland and Portugal ). A company, with an authorized capital of $3,000,000, bas been formed in New Jersey, the charter having been taken out in that state on account of the liberal laws regulating patents. Tbe company proposes to sell the use of the promethor cn the payment of a royalty and to sell the - right in certain states absolutely, negotiations already having been proposed for tbe state of California. Tbe steamer River tjueen, lying at Kensington, and the Bradly, another steamer, have been furnished with this power, and will shortly go into service. THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHCRCH IX IKGLAND. We call the attention of our readers to the following leading editorial in the Rock, which is a most influential exponent of evangelical opinion in the established church of England.

DR. GREGCI AXD TnS REFORMED CHCF.CH. EPISCOPAL The attention of tbe bishops in convocation has been directed to the new "schism" which the action of Dr. Gregg and his followers has forced into public prominence. The Episcopal bench, in spite of the avowal made by one or two of their lordships, is evidently alarmed by the movement Whatever tbey may think about Dr. Gregg himself, there can be no doubt whatever that our Anglican bishops are far from feeling at their ease with regard to bis doings. His new position and functions occupied a con siderable amount of time and thought during the debate in the upper house of con vocation; and however the bishop my seek to disguise their real anxiety, it can not be doubted that there is good reason for it. The protest of their lordships against Dr. Gregg is strangely inconsistent with their connivance at t le ritualistic heresy, which has been mainly, if not exclusively, the sole ground for this new departure. Admitting, for argument sake, tbat the Greggites are heretics, surely the Puseyites are still greater offenders in that rexpect. Aud yet Df. Pusey is belauded to the skies by Mr. Gladstone, and, S3 far as we know, not a sicgle biabop has thought it worth while to bring the popery loving doctor before the bar of convocation. Bishop Gregg states plainly enough that he was driven out of the established church because of the ritualistic excesses practiced by an extreme party in our communion. Conscience, and not caprice, has actuated the new bishop to set up a reformed church by himself, and those who desire with him to worship God in spirit and in truth. He has a perfect right to do so if he thinks proper; and he is not in any way obliged to ask permission of bis late diocesan to take this step. Tne bishops also have an undoubted right to dispute his claims. Their lordsbips, however, would find it a very hard matter to establish their own in mi unbroken succession from the apostles. Archbishop Whately, one of the most learned divines that ever appeared in the English churcb, has said that "it is the height of presumption for anyone to put forward tbe doctrine of tbe necessity of apostolical succession in its modern sense as a principle of our church, and stigmatize as disloyal members and false bretnren all who doubt or deny that doctrine." That seems to be the point which most exercised tbe minds of the bishops the other day in convocation. Dr. Gregg is not in the line of their succession, lie stands aloof from their authority. He is a solitary stone of witness for the Gospel ot Christ, and, for these and other reasons, their lordships pronounce him a heretic, and seem quite opposed to deal with him as a heathen man and a publican. The fact, however, stands clearly revealed, tbat the bishops themselves have "nunei the pinion that impelled the iteel." Unquestionably they have not done their duty in tbe ritualistic heresy. Long ago, had tbey but had the heart to do to, tbey might have stamped it out; and even now, though irreparable misohitf has been done,it is not too la'e to put it down, if only their lordsbips were really in earnest. Tbe bishop of Peterborough fraukly admitted that tbe Greggite "schism" has been caused by ritualistic excesses. His lordship even goes so far as to cay that unless ritualism, disloyalty and contempt of legal authority be checked, not only is disestablishment likely to result, but positive disruption. Here we find ourselves face to face with the first frnitsof Episcopal neglect. Dr. Gregg and his followers would never have set up a new communion had it not been forced upon them by the utter disorder in the church of England as by law estab lished. and the inability or the unwillingness of the Episcopal bench to deal with the evil. The bishop o Peterborough la bent on strong measure, lie advises each, ol IlU

Episcopal brethren "to deal promptly and decidedly with those under their jurisdiction." .What he means by energetic action he explains by saying that, so far as he is concerned, be would call on any clergyman in his diocese to show cause why his licerss should not be revoked if he were found sympathizing with this new reformation. This la tbe prelate whose indulgence in Hibernian jocularity in the house of lords rendered a celebrated speech of his against the church association such a racy piece of satirical eloquence, although the occasion which called it forth arose from tbe decided action of tbe council of that society. His lordship, however, can exhibit a spirit of persecution after his own fashion, for he does not scrapie to declare that if he found any clergyman who should happen to be "under his jurisdiction." a defenseless curate, for example, he would deal with him summarily by revoking his license, if he dared, from conscientious motives, to give such support to tbe rival bishop as tbe being present at any of his church services would afford. It is a far cry to Ephesus. But, nevertheless, we all understand how widely applicable h the wellknown saying, "Great is Diana of tbe Epbesians." When the "craft" is in danger the silversmiths very justly and very naturally become instinctively alive to their duty. This opposition by Bishop Gregg has com pletely fluttered the orthodox bishops. It would be amuaing, were it not too terious, to read the debate in convocation on this sub ject. The bishop of St. Albans complained that Dr.-Gregg, not being properly consecrated, was only "a person' who officially undertook to exercise Episcopal rites "in my diocese." What really seems to annoy their lordsbips is not tbat Dr. Gregg should form a new sect, but tbat be should call himself "a bi&hop," and as such exercise Episcopal functions, thus necessarily setting up an Inconvenient rivalry between himself and tbe right reverned bench. All conscientious members of the church of En? and will regret deeply that Dr. Gregg should have been led to s:cnle from tbe national church, but they will still more deeply regret the cause wnich has urged him to adopt this painful course. The new bUhop of the new community s'ates plainly tbat his only reason for abandoning his former position was tbat increase of ritualis'ic prac' ices which bas alienated tbe minds of many of ber children from the established church. Had he seceded like the late Mr. Molyneux. and been content, as be was, to conduct public worship in St. James' hall, or any other p'ace of the same kind, we should never, in all probability, have heard anything about him from tbe bishops. It is not the fact of his secession, or the number of his followers, tbat have aroused their lordships' attention Tbe irritation that has worked up the EpV copal bench to excommunication point arises from tbe simple fact tbat he claims Episcopal power. But tbe bishops will not receive much sympathy from the great body of the people of England. Tbey have, by their own supineness. Indecision and connivance, brought this evil, for it is an evil, upon the churcb of England. Up to this very hour the bishops never de nounced ritualism as they lately have been denouncing Dr. Gregg's pretensions. Their lordsbips seem to c'aim an Episcopal monopoly, and hence they regard all intruders as little less than imposteis. But tbe laity will not long be content to have public worship debased by the superstition and idolatry of ritualism, just because tbe bishops prefer to have an easy time of it. Whether Dr. Gregg be a proper bishop or not, the fact remains that he offers to the dissatisfied laity an opportunity of cutting tbe Gordian knot without waiting for tbe more tedious and protracted process of legal or Episcopal disentanglement. Sensible people, who desire to worship God "in simplicity and godly sincerity," will not pause to inquire whether Bishop Gregg's Episcopal credentials bear the imprimatur of ber majesty, or whether any dean and chapter e.ected him under tbe formal process of conge d'elire. All hat the much enduring laity care for is to have a foim of worship from which papistry is eliminated, and wherein the midi;eval doctrines and ceremonies of the church of Rome shall not be publicly exhibited in spite of their earnest entreaties. If disestablishment or dismption comes, posterity will lay the blame, and most justly, too, upon the timidity of the bishops in regard to ritualistic practices. Why can not they as easily revoke the li cense of a disloyal and defiant curate who sympathizes with Dr. Manning, as that of a curate who favors tbe movement of Dr. Gregg? In tbe latter case, whatever the amount of ecclesiastical informality, tbe soul is not cheated of its spiritual food Where is, in the former, the poor sinner is deprived of all the blessings of the gospel by the introduction of mummery and laUehooa, which are as mncb opposed to the teachings of the church of England as they are plainly repugnant to the doctrines of tbe Bible. Tall Docking. Henry Bergh in New York: Ilerald.l The person who was indicted by tbe grand jury of this county a short time since for mutilating a horse, by cutting off several inches of the sensitive part of its tail, and who was subsequently tried in tbe general sessions and acquitted under circumstances which, It is hoped, will never recur, sends a communication to the Herald, wherein, after extolling the abominable deed, he jumps to the conclusion, because his case, under the influence of the buffoonery of counsel, was finally decided in his favor after long hesitation on tbe part of tbe jury, that he is henceforth at liberty to pursue "that branch of his business for any one requiring bis services." As this person is an Englishman it is well to make known to bim a recent decision in bis own country by Sir James Ingham, the chief police magistrate of London: "Surely the practice ot docking a horse must be a very cruel one under any circumstances. Witness said there could be no doubt tbat it was, and his worship was awar tbat this fact bad recently been recognize 1 by tbe legislature and was made a criminal offense. - This horse had been docked within a week, he was quite certain. "Witness All I can say is that it was docked before I bought, and I have had it a week; It injured itself. "Sir James Ingham Can it be ascertained who performed this cruel act of docking the animal for I should be very strongly disposed to issue a summons against him? "Prisoner I don't know. "Sir James Ingham If it could hive bscn proved that the prisoner docked tbe horse himself he would have b en very severely punished, for it hai been wisely determined to make (he cruel practice a criminal olFense. As it was, the prisoner had been guilty of grat cruelty la using a torse in sucu a condition, and he must pay a fine ot 3 10s. oM. or go to p.-icoa for a month. The horse was killed." By the foregoing this mutilator of animals may learn what he has tj expect on his return to bis native land, and tbe purpose of this communication Is to apprise him of a fact of which he seems ignorant that his own trial settled nothing but that particular case end that should he or any one else be detected again in that or any similar violation of the laws made for the protection of animals he and they will be arrested, and punlssd.it is hoped, with the same severity on this side'of tbe Atlantic that ha certainly

I would were the cruelty Inflicted In good old 4 wp. v

THE HEW LEG;

Or. Tbe Tark, tbe Tarter amd tbe Tii i ber Toe. I Air. "The Cork Leg." Ill tell yoa a tale without any flam. Of a terrible Turk, a horrid old (ham, Who many a year bad said "I am Tbe greatest Klory of the great Islam. With a tooral iooral, etc. ft e'd a fine estate, this terrible Turk. Hut be loved bis ease and be bated his work. And his only care was a l care to shirk, To bully his slaves, and his creditors burke. i With a tooral looral, etc. Protest who might, he'd not yield a peg. He socked his thralls as you'd suck an egf, And if for pity they come to beg. 9 lie kicked them out with hi terrible leg. With a tooral looral, etc. lint at last of fighting he had his fill. And In a terrible Tartar m ill . lie got his best leg crushed, until This terrible Turk lay spent and stllL With tooral looral, etc. Ill foes rejoiced, and bis slaves made game or the terrible Turk, sudden fallen latue, rr they thought the mishap might his tem- ; per tame, Or. at least, that he couldnl kick quite the 1 same. I With a tooral looral, etc. But a Jew by blood, if not by persuasion, An arttxt In words and education, dime In and checked their Jubilation By scheming the Turk's leg restoration. ' With a tooral looral, etc. rtays he, "Don't get in a rage. I beg, Only trust to my patent Balkan leg; And, strong on that artificial peg, lou shall stand-like an eastern fellas Wegg," I With a tooral looral, etc. The Turk didn't see his way out of It quite, So artist and doctors made it ail right. And the wooden leg shaped fair to sight, Aud fitted it on, and screwed it tight. With a tooral looral, etc. Both Tartar and Tark thought the leg a bore. And the Turks poor thralls did the dodge deplote; for they thought, ''If the old rogue's limbs they restore. He'll soon be kicking as bard as before." t With a tooral looral, ttc. I Quoth a rlvalartlst, one V. 0 Who with restoration did not agree, "Much belter bave left the Job to me I'd have cut off the other leg, ioo, d'ye see?" ' Wlih a tooral looral, etc. But the artful artist contented stood. And regar. ed hii work In triumphant mood. "At odaa I'll bark the new leg of wood Against the old one or flesh and blood." With a tooral looral, ett. Says W. G., " 'Tis fine to talk, No donb. y on faney you've scored a chalk, The lota cf the Turk 'tis your aim to balk. But wait till tbe old rogue tries to walk.' With a tooral looral, etc. If the Turk with this new arrangement agree. And manage to move, even W. li.. Wishing well to the Moslem as is to be, H is "Kesancani" may find in his L E U! W it Q a tooral looral, etc. Punch. F AMII ION KOTES. Summer figures for ladies' princess morning robes and for children's dresses are striped or else figured like old fashioned brillantes. ' White dresses were never more fashionable than at present, but they scarcely come under e bead of every day dress, as they are exeTTingly elaborate. The new pen u me are a peculiar attar of rose, called "Love's Faintest Sigh" and "Smothered Sigb." The great delicacy of these odors will render them popular. Basques intended for summer materials are decidedly dressy, and the vests are their chief feature. Buttons and bows of ribbon are much used, Ih addition to other trimmingi upon basques. Long crepe dechine scarfs of blue or brilliant scarlet are trimmed with rich fringe in J worn as an evening drapery. They are thrown across tbe shoulders, crossed in fiont, and carried around and tied In a loose knot over the drapery of the dress at tbe back. " A pretty and useful costume for little grls of 12 years consists of a kilted skirt, with a waist suspended by strata from the Shoulders, faced to simulate a vest, or a long itcket cut away slightly from the front. )own the front is a row of buttons, and buttons ornament tbe cuffs and pockets. ' It is poor economy to lay aside dresses and not wear them simply- because they are handsome, until their newness and fashiona- &, i , i .,, uieness nave uepartea, oniy uneanningmem to remodel them, when tbe colors proclaim their antiquity, and ail tbe additional expeme and trouble put upon them can not tnike them wearable. It has become a fashion lo set about a room in brackets upon the walls French plate mirrors, about a foot and a half in size each way, of which the frames are richly embossed brass, and forward of which, a!sa in brass, are three colon d wax tapers. When lit, these adjuncts add much to the life and brilliancy of a room. Silk, ricilienne and Indian cashmere continue to be the favorite materials for confections, and there is a decided tendency in all the scarf mantles to give the appearance of much narrowness to the figure. In some of tbe handsomest models a trimming of black velvet and beads is introduced at the back; n others the side pieces covering the arms are made of transparent Spanish lace. ! The linen colltrs worn at present are high at. the back and decidedly Mariner, and tbe points in front begin to turn over quite underneath tbe ear. The slope is gradual to tbe front. Ntwly inijortea linen collars have the points embroidered in gay linen thready, and a few bave a row of this bright colored embroidery extending around the collars and cuff. The edges are finished with small points or scallops. The "Cromwell" is the newest hat of tbe season. 1 1 bas a very wide brim, a Cromwell crown, and the brim is either turned up or left down as suits the taste. The populsr trimming is a facing for tbe brim, a bow fastened with an ornament where it is turned no, and a scarf knotted around the crown. The feat re for all tbe bats for country wear is the straight, flexible brim, which van be manipulated in any way to tuit the taste. Very little trimming is required for any of them. There are many novel features in plai tings for the throat and sleeves, notably in crepe live. They are stitched in tbe center, and frills are added at the edge; some have triple plaitings, and tbe plaitings are very fine. The muslin and tarlatan ruches are crimped aud mounted in box plaits, generally two rows, tbe outer one being eomewhat wider than the inner row. The new black net ruches are edged with amber beads; they are so full that tbey look like fraises round the throat, and to slender necks are most becoming. High colored fans are at present the rage, and crimson, scarlet and black are frequently chosen tor mountings, and the decorations are flowers or figures in white or some contrasting color. Decorated wood fans are also popular. There are handsome fans of medium size, made of satin and silk combined, and decorated with water color paintings. Some of these have sticks of ash or ' cherry tinted in beautiful colors. Costly

fans are not often seen in the warm season, the plainer ones being considered most appropriate for the weather. The most admired oversklrt at present in rogue is known as the "washerwoman's fancy." The front is a straight, smooth breadth; with a reserved piece trimmed at the top, and carried t ack far enough to button just back of the. seam which unites the front and back bread t as of the oversklrt. A large square outline makes tbe back breadth, which is also deeper ttan the front, and a puff supported bjr a strap supplies the drapery. This design is suited both for woolen goods and wash fabrics. The modes of making most admired for light woolens show a long or a short walking skirt, accompanied by a polonaise or else of an oversklrt or basque. Sach a dress has a simple trimming of either side or box plating on the foot of tbe skirt; tbe overskirt is close and smooth at the front, with either a round, square, or dieganal effect of outline, and the drapery at tbe back is placed very low. Tbe basque is made usually with a vestv Tbe back is rounded up, and is quite short, and finished .with a simple trimming, and . belt passes entirely around the waist. The yoke basque is sometimes preferred to either of the above kinds. .

Sleep amd Snnanaer. New York World.! Just at present the people of New York are fortunate in the visitation of comparatively cool nights, in which it is possible to sleep with comfort, and from which tbey awake refreshed, bat the time is coming when sleep shall not visit our eyes, neither slumber our eyelids, through tbe long watches of the night, unless we shall be very careful to take advantage of every little hypnotic device within reach. Then we shall wish tbat the blessing should be oars wbich fell to the lot of that ancient William Foxley, pot maker for tbe mint in the tower of London, who slept steadily for fourteen days and fifteen nights, nor could be aroused from his dreams even by the application of tbe thumbscrews and other pleasant devices with which the tower used to abound. From the days of Galen down to thof of Dr. Carpenter snd Dr. Hammond the subject of sleep has been most attractive to hysicians, and all sorts of means have been recommended by which, when coy, it may successfully be woed. . We bave been advised to fdh the feet together with alacrity; to fix our mind on something vast, such as the sky, tbe ocean, the grocer's bill ; to count until numbers lose all their signiflccnce; to read books which may be opened and dropped at any page, like Pepys' "Diary" or Burlcn's "Anatomy;" to take dumb-bell exercise and hot and cold baths before going to bed; to eat light or heavy suppers; to drink a glass of ice water or a nutmeg and tcat and a cup of ale or a posset of the same just before the head touches the pi'iow: in short, we have been instructed to take all sorts of contradictory courses of conduct If we would s!eep well, but as yet hd sovereign remedy for summer insomnia has been found. We do not think that one will ever be found, any more than it will ever be possible to keep people awake when they are inclined to nod, as they sometimes are, even in church. . And this reminds us that a century and a half ago JohnRuJge, a dying saint, who knew how much gxxl time he had wasted in slumber, bequeathed tbe sum of 20 shillings a year to come pocr man who would take it upon him in Trysail, Staffordshire, to go about the church and keep tbe people awake during divine service, and that many similar bequests bave been made from time immemorial. No such device is needed by us, for during tbe summer months, when worshipers by day are likely to drop off into the land of Nod. our clergymen wisely take their vacations by forest, held and stream, and gather strength with which in winter they keep their parishioners wide awake while tbey' discourse of politics and tbe wrath to come. The sight of a person asleep in church is now one of the rarest of things, although, if there be any truth in tradition, it was once one of tbe commonest. To what this fact is owing, whether to tbe excellent discourses of our clergymen, or to the fact, as it is said to be, that Americans do not, under any circumstances, sleep as much as their forefathers did, is, of course, a question open to aiscussion. But whatever the truth may be, certain it is that if we are restless and wakeful, we can not, like our ancestors, betake ourselves to the tanctuary, hoping reasonably for ease from our insomnia. Tbe churches are closed and can give us no deliverance. In tbe deg days we perhaps seem to suffer from sleeplessness more than in reality we do suffer. Tben we do not work as we do when the weather is cOol, and are half asleep much of tbe time. If it were not a perver sion of language, it might almost be said that man hibernates in summer, dozing and dreaoiiog at iropportune moments, and awaking fully only at tbe demand of tomething of immediate importance. The conseouencs is that at night he b1 umbers rather tlian sleeps. The cry of the milkman easily starts him at morn; the tickle of a fly disturbs him, and there is a general sense of bypera-itbesia at night which is the natural result of listlessness during the day. The main trouble eeems to be tbat in warm weather we do not use our force sufficiently during the day t3 be really sleepy at night, and when one is not sleepy no poppy nor mendragora can do more than to woo him to slumber, which is not sleep. The time to accomplish good work now is in tbe early morning, when three or four hours may be spent at it, and when a light lunch at noon, followed by a siesta, will do more good than any attempt to combat nature during tbe hours which In winter would be devoted exclusively to labor. A man who is wide awake when he is awake at all, and who then works after the fashion of men who have to work in order to live, is not likely, even in tbe warmest weather, to be troubled with sleeplessness when tbe time comes for him to sleep. But above all we should keep our consciences clean and clear in summer, and defer ail rascality to the winter, even when pirates can sleep tbe sleep of the just. Englaod'a National Blemlaa. From the moment when the public at large began to ay the taxes, and not the land, the extravagance of government expenditures grew amaztDgiy. and a national debt was commenced. When the people paid, and tbe aristocracy and their sons and kinsfolk received through government offices in tbe army or navy, from that moment tbe history of our boundlets confusion commences. Before this great transfer of taxation from the lands to customs, excise and other popular burdens, it must be borne in mind that there was no debt. So long Bathe land had to pay tbe taxes tbe aristocracy were not williog to incur a national debt; the moment they made this transfer, and could, living on their exempted lands, revel in the sweets of taxation, a dsbt was commenced. Charles, we shall find, borrowed J00.000 of the merchants of London, and soon informed them that he could never itpay it; it must remain a debt on the nation, the interest being alone obtainable. Tbe debt first commencHl has now grown, as the direct consequence of the grand fiscal revolu-. tion. to upwards of 800,000,000. Macaulev bas well said that this was not the first age of borrowing, but the first of frauding. . IWashingtorj-ie university ana vje Virginia military Institute bave redp.Ced the salaries, of their professors and employes.

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MA little elbow leans upon your knee Yoar tired knee that has so much to beais A child'! dear eyes are looking lovlnty From underneath a thatch of tangled hair. Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch Of warm, moist Angers holding yours so tight You do not prize tbe blessing overmuch Yon almost are too tired to pray to-night. Bnt It la bleasMness! A year ago 1 aid not see It as I do to-day We are all so dull and thankless and; too slow To eaten tbe sannblne till It Klirvway. Am now it seems Hurpafslng straDge. to me Tbat while I wore the badge of motherhood! I did 4 kfcv more oft and tendeky The little child that brought monly. gpoL. I wonder that' some mothers ever freb At little children clinging to their gown; Or that the totoprlnttt, when I he. days are. we. Are ever black enough to make ihem.fxewa. If I eonld find a little muddy boot. Or cap, or jacket, on my chamber floor " If I could kiss a rowy restless foot And hear It patter In my house -once-aaoce! If I could jaend a broken cart to-day,. To-morrow make a kite to reach the sky. There Is no woman In God's world oouit say She was more blissfully content than 1 But ab ! the dainty pillow next my own Is never rumpled by a shining bead t My singing birdling from its nest has flown The little boy I nsed to kiss is dead." GEHEBALIT1ES. A resident of Marietta, Ga., has shipped 32 tons of lead and iron gathered from the battlefields near that town. It is becoming quite the custom in western public schools to use a newspaper instead of a book for reading lessons. SL Louis bas a store over which there ia tbis sign "Schfoebenhuyser, Maxesteinbeck and Kintendoerffer." Tbis reminds us oX the days of old long syne. "Hurry up with tbat beer," said a customer to a barkeeper at Roanoke, Indiana, and the barkeeper shot hiat through the bead. This murder teaches as the value of politeness. ' Edison raid to a Chicago reporter who asked him if he haJ ever been in the western metropolis before:- "Yes; I was here tbirteen years ago. I had a linen duster, $2.50 and a railroad pass. I was not interviewed then." Tbe shah ojir Persia was the guest of a Paris restaurant keeper, who charged him $12 for one musk uitlon. Let's see; fifteen's in twelve ani two naughts make just eighty Santa Crn sours he might bave bad for the same money, A,n enterprising Chicagoan was discovered on Monday last selling tickets for a wake, which, he said, wiping away a tear, would take place probably on Thursday night, bnt certainly before Sunday -the poor fellow was sinking fast. John Jlonahan, the chief of the Troy robben Of present notoriety, is only 20 years old. lie regards iitinseu as a hero of the Jack Sbeppard sort, and describes his exploits with evident pride. He has been a close reader of dime novels. Miss Beckwith, who astonished London some little time since by swimming ten miles in tbe Thames before she was 15 years of age, will shortly try to swim twice the distance. Should she succeed, she may try tbe passage from Dover to Calais. Tbe French press pay a great deal of attention to tbe death of tbe queen of Spain and the possible political complications that may arise therefrom. A Spanish marriage and a candidacy for the Spanish throne cost the last two monarchs of France their crowns. A sailor, sained McCormic, stealing an anchor, has been convicted of whipped publicly at Hampton, Vermont, constable of the town, being man to undergo punishment whih went into effect in the by the negro the first white under the act old dominion on the 1st instant. The shah of Tersia has presented an immense photograph of himself to the ex Queen Isabella, and also one to the Duchess de Magenta. - He intends introducing pho- ' togfaphyinto his kingdom, as it is at present quite unknown there. His majesty has spent 3,000,000 francs in Paris. Forty -seven persons died in England and Wales from hydrophobia in 1875, aad 53 in 1876. Ten of these cases occurred in Yorkshire, six in Durham and six in London. Tbe number of deaths from this cause from. 1806 to 1876 averaged 35 a year, but they have been more numerous of late. Mrs. Lsngtry, the hen of the walk amoDjr the "reigning beauties" of Lonlon, is described by an undismayed colonial girt as "a quiet looking, somewhat pallid, dark haired, lare eyed, high shouldered, wasp-waisted lady, in a white dress," "nice looking, and trying a little too elaborately to display unconsciousness of the scene about her." The mayor of Montreal is a bigger man tbaa Premier Mackenzie, and what is tbe premier going to do about it? Mackenzie thought it was the privilege of citizens to walk the streets, but the mayor thought not, and the citizens did not walk. Has the mayor of a Canadian city the power to abridge tbe rights of citizens at will, or to interpret actions in accordance with his own prejudices? It results from the studies of M. Favre on tbe subject of color blindntss that 3.000.00 persons in France are afUicted with inability to distinguish colors ( Dal toaisni). The number of women so affected, as compared with the number of men, is in the proportion of one to ten. Nine cases of Daltonism out of ten may easily be cured in young subjeols.. The best means of treatment consists in methodical exercise upon colored objects. The French government has seized certain property of the ex-Kmpress Eugeiie asc security for tbe restitution of considerabU. sums of naoney wbich the Bonaparte are said to owe France. A committee of investigation has reported tbat Napoleon HI. owes the nation his allowance for September, 1870i wbich be drew in af.vaoc; also that tbe regular civil list was habitually exceeded by 30,000,000 francs, ar?di finally, that be alienated a large extent of men lands. Miscegenation prevails in Lit aria, according to the Charleston- News tm Cworier'a correspondent, and the morals of the lower class are no better than they n'ouM fee. You can swear at a native snd "ceil: him. all the names you like, except "rig-jar," oc itaeqivalenL The employment mI ihis ered word as a term of reproach is punished bv a fine. The correspondent migat have added that everywhere the negro resents as. the worst of ins-lfs an allusion to hrs color. "Black: nigger" is the worst name a quarrelsome African can rind for his enemy. The "Triumph of L)vc" ended in smcie and singed muslin at Pottstown, Penvsylvania, on Monday night. In the first &ct of the opera the 'dress of a fairy caugUt fire from a Mash of lightning made by one of the aa&istants, the alcohol in the instrument es caping from Ita place. The young hdy was instantly enveloped In flames, ani, screaming for help, Tan across the stage aud leaped into the arms of tne manager, who was sit ting at the piano below. Yith tbe aid of several men he extinguished the flames. Her face, neck and bodV were burned. A anlc was created, a&d the audience rushed or tbe doors. A fart of fairies escaped.