The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 September 1875 — Page 1

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: ; 9 CITIZENS -BANK, LIGONIER, : INDIANA.' - Ll First-Class Notes Wanted. " * ! . STRAUS BROTHERS. ~ M. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. _ Ligonier, Ind., May 6, 1875.-6-26, - s JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Otfice in the Court House, ALBION, V¢ - - - - - IND. 815 © L.COVELL, | -~ - ttorney-at-Law & Notary Public, EKendallville, Indiana. Office in yhe Seeley Block,-west side Main Street. . ' D. W. GREEN, ¥ 4 * . 3 ’ JusticeofthePeace & Collection AL, ‘Oﬂlce—Secoﬁd Story, Laudon’s Brick Block, . ‘LIGO;_NIER, = INDIANA. ¢ T p. C.VANCAMP, ATFTORNEY AT LAW, Ligonier, : : : Indiana. i Special attention given to collections hua conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and contracts. Legal business promptly attended to. Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 : “BE. G ZIMMERMAN, Attorney at Law & Notary Public, " Office over; Gerher’s Hardware, : Cavin Street. :“: Ligonier, }ndimm. ) Nenbary T EASOOF ~ - i H, K. l&’l\'lSE"liY, ! i d ATTORNEY AT LAW, . LIGONIER, - - -\ INDIANA. 2E—Oftice on second floor of Landen's Block. 7-2 | WM. B. McCONNELL, ¥ Attorney at Law and Cir- . cuit Prosecutor; . - Office in the Court House, Albion, Ind. All protessional business promptly and satisfactorily attended to. - ‘ 9-39

: . ALBERT BANTA, | Justice of 'the Peace & Conveyancer. i "LIGONIER, INDIANA. ’ s Special attention given to conveyancing and col« . - lections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, " and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’sstore, - C - May 15181315-8-3 ‘ M. WAREMAN, + InstranceAy't &Justice of thePeace iy . J z /KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. . . . Office with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will receiveé subscriptions to/Tue NATIONAL BANNER. IS]{. R. DEPPELLER, i $ - URQSCOPIC AND ']i(,‘],ECTlC' TP H Y SITICI-A N, . Oflice over Cunningham’s Drug Store,‘eaxst side of - Cavin Street, Ligounier, Indiana. | 10-2 « PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, © WAWAKA, IND.: . . " ‘Bothnight and day calls promptly attended to at all times. - . - 10-3mB y G, W. cCARR, . rig ily ) : Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER) =« - !- - - - IND, X Willpromptlyattend all calls intrustedto him. Office and residence on 4th Street. . { 1 c . P W.oORUMN, - Paysician and Surgeon, S LIGONIER, ' : INDIANA. _ oflice, first door north of Jacobs & Goldsmith's Store,.on Cavin street, where Emay befound at . all hours, éxcept when abzent or professionsl business., LA . Mayl2th, 1874. f e A S J. MUTEAL, L+ o : DENTIST, : SR Rooms over 'L 'E. Plke’s Grocery, { Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, : opposise the: Post Office, Kendallv:lle, Ind. 6@ All'work warranted.<&B : _ Kendallville, May 1, 1874, . a 0 .; ? —_— el| . H. A. MOYER, o - I,Succ_essur toW. L. Andrews,) : SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. : : LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the o painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted.. Examinations free. g&Office, Second , Story, Mitchell Block. R 8-14-1 y it o Aw GANTS, b Surgical and Mechanical Dentist,. g - LIGONIER, - - INDI&NA. ) » g g . Is prepared’ i ; ﬁ%q _ todoanything § /” Ly rnthci;ljne.A GrZ i,ﬁ A ) ' succesful prac- : %) i j’g*:";/fg_’_,f' vice-of .ovgr' 10. j heea S Roaeaaee . B Years justifies R e ":’:? him in sayiugz YN S 7. & e that e cap AR e EinE i ? girveeptiresat=i . ~ . ipfactionto all ; £o “ “ vgho may bestow their patronage. F& Officeonedoornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. ) ) o TEEGARDEN HOUSE, g . Laporte, Indiana. : : \ W.AXTELE; : :-: Prnprietor_ . Laporte, April 5. 1871, e ; i STOP. AT TEE ‘KENDALLVILLE, INDIA NA'. : NEW COMMODIOUS THREEJSTORY% BRICK sok Hotel, only ten rods from the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Deg'ot, and four squares from the G; R. R. R.— i ‘Quly ve minutes walk to any of the pfincipal bu- . sinesshonsesofthe city. Traveling menandstran- : %iﬂ will find this a first-clase house| * Fare $2 per = y. -~ : .J. B.KELLY, P ‘gtor, - Kend*Myille, Auge. 3.1870.-14 ° APBEIIOE,

i PHILIP A, CARE, . AUCTIONEEER, Offers his services to ﬂic publicin general. Terms moderate. -Opders may be left at the shoe store of | P. Sisterlien., - : ‘Ligonier, Janunary 8, '73-37 : . VL INEKS, DEALERINMONUMENTS, - Vaults, Tombstones, | AND BUILDING STONES o, ¥ LIGONIER, IND. - 5 Apri112,1871.-50 . - CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We keep constantly on hand and. sell in Isrgé’or : small gnantisies, to snit customers, _ Wine of Ou¥ Own Manufacture,, . b . Pure — Nothing but the Juice of i : the Grape. e S .- SACK BROTHERS. s Ligonier, July 8, "7}.-tf ! = -~ ~Winebrenner & Hoxworth, S HOUSE, SBIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, . Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. .~ /Bhop pear corner of Fonrth and Cavin Bts., oppo<Lt ° 1~ - site Kerrls Cabinet Shop, = e : Ligounier, -- = . fndiana, | g ¢ B. R, SHEFFER, | £ . i gz i ~ House Painter & Grainer, 18 prepared to do all work in hisline in first-class ¢ style and at reasonable rates, GRAINING MADE A SPECIALTY, and executed in exact imitation of the natural " wood. Examine our work. Sbo{o‘on Mitchell St., - rear of Baker’s tin-shop, Kendallville, Ind. [6m6 - ./THE PHENIX TILE MACHINE. | AggE Llty S e 5 a&.-ﬁmhrrmu;::mtm e el i ﬁ;—-,deﬂ:"»ﬁo‘-ﬂhm SR : ; head and. sides of the ehamber, thus : %m%u mud, s sdding G Ui ’!s‘.‘:‘ﬁomw"'.cn oy e h A T~ :g.:un Ty st s | Oy | : . 8t Imo AR B e . sEFORcmoULARS " fudlauapois, Ind st hd;‘:’" sraiter e s TR o eler e e s s I ongr % - Rlan il a - @%‘*'%:‘i-“‘*ww

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i : T A - i - SOL.. MIER, Conrad’s N-e_y\Brlck"Bmyk, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Money loaned on long and short tinie. i =2 . Notes discounted at reasonable rates. < ~~ Monies received on-depogit and interest allowed on specified time, e Exchange bought t.nd sold, and Foreign Drafte drawn on principal cities of Europe, . 82 TO THE FARMERS : | l’OU‘ will please take noiice that I am still engaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the hifbeetmarket price. : ' f you'do not find me on the streetl, call before selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad's Brick Block. : SOL. MIER. Ligoniér, Indiana, May Tth, 187}.-1!‘ o S 'ﬁ ) - - SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. """ CavinStreet, Ligonier, Indian g. ' Fresh Bread, Pies, Ciilies, &c., ,C'hoiceGrocerieé,P‘rovjaione;YankeeNotionﬁ,& Thehighestcash pricepaidfor Country Produce - May13.68-tl. - ~© SACK BRO’S. KEINGSFORD’'S COSWEGO gl PURE AND - (IE ¥R TRO GIEYA § ‘ﬂ SILVER GLOSS STARCH, For the IL.aundry. ‘ MANUFACTURED-BY : T, KINGSFORD & SON, THE BEST STARCH 1N Tlllj] WORLD. ; G.VES ABEAUTIFUL FINISH TO THELINEN. and the difference in the cost between it and common starch is scarcely half a cent for an ordinary washing. Ask yoar grocer for ity ) " : T it i | - KINGSFORD'S )SWEGO CORN STARCH, For Puddings, Blane .\laﬁgc, Ice-Cream, &e. ] Is original—Established in 1848. And preserves! its reputation as PGRER, STRONGER and MORE ! DELICATE than any other|ariicle of. the | 74 kind. offered, ‘either of the same =~ 3 name or with other title. . |

‘STEVERSON Maoxbay, Ph. D., &c., the highest chemical authority of Europe, carefully analyzed this Corn Starch,” and says it Is" a most. excellent| article of diet and chemical and féeding properties is fully eguil to the best arrow root. 5 . Directions for making Pudding, Custards, &e., accompany each one pound packages. 51-3 mos. ‘For Saleby all First-Crass (11 veers.

NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.'S “VIBRATOR” THRESHER:

The BRILLIANT SUCCESS of this Grain. Saving, Time-Saving THRERESHER, i unprecedented ig the anhais of Farm Machinery, In a brief period it has become widély known and FULLY ESUABLISMED, us the C“LEAPDING THRESHING MACHINGY

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Four sizes made with 6,8, 19 and 13 horse (*Monnted” Powers, also & speclality of Separalors ‘alene,’” expressly for STEAM POWER, £nd to miateh other korse "owers, e R

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Local Agents Wanted ! An Adgent Wanted for each - Town and County in the : ; i United States: : l Parties desiring to act as agents must uf:compa‘-} ny their application by a letter.of recommendaiion as to character zgnd respounsibility from hnd: siguedi by the Editor ot a newspaper publisked in the town or.county for which agent proposes to act.— The agency is to sell the bonds of the Industrial Ezhidition Company, ) ) e N, | Whole Bonds, $26 Each. Halt ¢« 16 ~ - 1, ¢ \ Quarter < 5 ¢« | The Industrial Exhibition Company will furnish agents with circulars, etc., etc. 8 o “Each newspaper »pubfig<hed in the town where agent 18 located Wwill, as goon as agency is establiehcd, be given an advertisement, advertising such agency and the compauy, and fally explainAng the plans, purposes and objects of thé company. - Such advertisement:will continue in such papers as long a 8 agencyis succéssfu]ly conducted. | The Industrial Exhibition Company is the tirst} to adopt.the plan o long in use by the European 'governments of issuing bonds when the principa]l /is made secure and not risked, but <where theré is a chance for a large: x‘n'eminm,'an investment of 820 is sure toreturn to the investor s2l—one dol-! ‘lg‘:r nigre thun’cogt—eand the holger of a 220 Bondii ‘may obtain a preminm either of 6150, $lOO, SQOO.I $5OO, 81,000, $3,000, $5,600, 810,000, 825,000 or £lOO,000. The interest, whicl is ordinarily distiibuted to allthe b'unfd*holgi_érq pro rata, is in thisloan distribiited by chance. |Th& purchaser of a bond knows he will receive bnck kis investment, with. ‘a emall rate of interest added, and in consideration of takingithis small fate of interest, he has a chance in the Above named premiums, which are| simply the distribution of interest on the wlmlc‘ Toan. -| . ° i 3 Y S e

Each bona. participates in four drawings each year, untikit has drawn a preniinm, when'it is surrendered, the preminm patd and the bond cancelled ' “The Industrial Exhibition Company, under a special charter, granted by the State of New York, i 8 given autherity to issue thesebonds. The Legislature of the Stafe, recognizing the great benefit which wilk arige from the success of this entérprise, hﬁvp*e:ﬁemptec} all the real estate and property of ttxle company . from taxation and aesessments for five years, and has also ‘conferred other great privileges. " . o e =

Every 'Amé}ican who lindetsm'mls\the ‘purposes of this company will, of & necessity, feel a pride in aiding it to 4 successful termination.

‘ Each ‘individual who buys a bond becomes an owner and an interested party, and when he views the structure erected with his money can ‘Bay, ‘1 aided to erectin our. conntry the most -magnificent-building the world has eyer seen, a palace which. in trath, represents, the iudustry, energy and mechanical genius of Q\e American people.’ ! L The mantfacturers and the inventors of America are peculiarly interested in the success of thix enterprige, for the reason that.that it is Lo be their home, wheré all their inventiors and manufactares can be exhibited and sold. - iy The building will contain 5,320,000 square feet ofspace; @ M T & S . Parchasers desiring Bonds before an agency is established where they reside, will communicate ‘direct with this office, ‘from: where they cgg.be tugplied.«:“ Al v . Partiesdesiring to act as agents or to purchase bonds will uddress -~ . - Wl INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION €O, - N 0.12 ‘E_ut,l'i’th Bt., bet, Broadway & sth Ave , 1010tf = NEW YORK CITY, mm wmamg’m& B e o sEe Tt D AN e e S R R M e Clier ol e a s s g A

'OPYRIGHT SECUKED.} gTt LY q! H ] . sl TheHeir of theliills ;‘. e & - The Dttoruey’s Lee, - " ALFRED B. TOZER, = AUTHOR OF “BowND lIAND .AND FooOT,” s “WHO WAS TO BLAME,” ErC., ETC. s CONTINUED. . - . i CHAPTER XVL. *© . | : | "IN THE HOUSEKEEPER’S ROOM. | When Hugh Gordon left Clayson’s residence he walked as fast as his weakened frame would admit of in the direction of ‘the Wallingford House. = ; As he had been through the ravine before, he had no trouble in finding his way on this - occasidn, although all was pitchy dark. After entering the first passage, however, he took ashort candle and a bundle of matches from a pocket and thus supplied himself with a light. After proceeding’a short distance, Hugh féund it necessary to sit down and rest. In this way he lost considerable time, and was, therefore, still in the upper passagewhen Ames enbfred the lower one. "Hearing steps below him he shrank close. to the seceret door leading into the second story of the house and waited for the intruder to develope his purpose. Previous to this he had extinguished his light. . As the steps came nearer:'and nearer he was at a loss .how to act, for the landing on which he stoud wus too small to admit of his being passed without discovery. . - “The person, whoever it is, evidently intends to visit thehousekeeper,” he'thought, “and must be frightened back until after I have seen her.” )

_ After some thought he hit upon the plan whiclfha.dfrightmmi Awmes so effectually, and was surprised at: its success. In that one blaze of light, whici - wad produced by re-lighting his candic un lor'the shelter of his coat, the young muan recognized Ames. . il

. Knowing he was there for no good, and ‘desiring to take advantage of the stupor into which Ames had fallen, Hugh, think‘ing that he would come to no harm, decid’ed to leave him where he had fallen until ‘he had accomplished his mission. To provide against all possible interference he secured the secret door aftér leaving the landing so that in case of Ames’ recovery ‘he could not force his way into the sittingyoom formerly occupied by Mr: Wallinglford, and the]%e into the rooms from which ‘the housekeeper’s slecying-room opened. . All was dark in the deceased’s apart‘ment, and Hugh, in order to avoid attracting attention thought best to extinguish his candle. He tried the hall-door and found it locked. He loosened the screws in the bolt socket and stepped outside the door to find a dim light burning at the further end of the hall, outside the housekeeper’s apartment. - He gained the door without encountering any one and knocked s.{tly. : “Who is there?”’ asked a voice from within, o . “Open and see,” replied Hugh,imitating & feminine voice. \ : e . The door was unlciked and eautiously opened a few inches—just enough to permit thé housekeeper to look out. She uttered a low scréam as her eyes rested. upon the: strunge figure standing outside, and would have closed and locked: the door again had not Huazh prevented such a proceeding by throwiny his whole weight againstit. i ; - *‘Hear me, Mrs. Ames!” he ‘said, softly, “hear me before you shut me out or make any outery. T assure you that you shall come to no harm.” e

“wiat do you want ?”’ demanded the old lady i 1 a trembling voice. i She opened the doaor, however,-and allowed Hugh to enter. s “You don’t rememler me,of course, Mrs. Ames,” said Hugh, sinking, from 'sheer weakness, into a chair.,, “You don’t know me, and yet I was born in this room, and the hands you uplift in horror now, were the first to hold me.”’

#But one child was born in this room,” began the housekeeper, ‘“and—" : ; “Lam that" child—Roland E. Wallingford,” interrupted the young man. - “Impossible!” ejaculated the housekeeper. ‘“l'he child you name is heir to this house and all the Wallingford property. He don’t need tocreepabout his own premises at such unseemly hours. But you are hurt—bleeding ! 'Who has assaulted you ?” exclaimed the -good woman, noticing the ‘cut on her visitor’s head as he removed his hat. 1 s "~ Hugh placed his hand on his- forehead, and withdrew it covéred with blood.” . “I'he voound must have been torn open in creeping through the vines,” he said. - ““Here, lic on this sofa and I will ecall for help to dress the wound,” said Mrs. Ames, all sympathy in the presence of suffering. : “No, no,” said the young man hastily, “no one must know that I am in this house. Don’t yow know that I am dead, Mrs. Ames?” ‘he asked, with a smile. ©ls it possible that you haven’t heard of my accident at Galen Gray’s otlics P I heard of an accident to a mill hand there, and heard that thebody was stolen,” said Mrs. Ames. ‘‘Have you been working in the mill Mr. Wallingford? and why did you take yourself off in that-strange manner?” . “Ah! you believe me at last, then,' said the young man, noticing the name she had used in addressig him. “I am glad of that. The question you ask makes a long story necessary, but it is proper that you should know.” < So, while the motherly old lady was caxing for and binding up his wound, Roland, as we must call him hereafter, told her the whole story. PN ‘ . “I«couldn’t consent to accept of a cent from my uncle after mother’s' death,” he said in conclusion, “becanse I was young and strong, and; atter wandering around New York for a year, l.came here, two weeks ago, and went to workas a mill hand and under an assumed name.” “And you think that Gray meant to kill you to make room for this other heir who bears your name ?”’ queried Mrs. Ames. b .

“['here can be nonoubtof hisintention,” was the reply. “Ican’t tell how far his client 1s implicated in the affair, however.” “It will be hard to make anyone here believe that Eugene had any hand in the matter,” said the housekeeper, “but I supose he will be in the same boat with his ﬁ\.wyer when it all comes to light.” 2

~ “l suppose so 0,” said Roland, thinking, with & pang, of the sweet girl for whom such terrible revalations were in store, ' “There is.one thing that I did not tell you,” said the young man, after a pause. “I encountered a wan in the secret passage, and the light 1 used in a little tableaw designed to frighten him away, revealed the face of your husband.”’ “Why does he continue to -persecute me ?” exclaimed the housekecper with a look of dismay. “l have no money to give him now.”’ e ‘ : You are safe from him to-night at least,” raid Roland. “I fastened the sécret door 80 that it will be impossible for him to enter. Besides, I left bhim half dead from fright, and L hardly think . he will attempt a.n’ything turther to-uight.” ‘ The housekeener lovied relieved. “You still hold the keys of the house, I suppose, Mrs. Ames P’ asked Roland. “¥es,” “And the keys of the mill are here?’’ ¥ent | i - | “Then, as the owner of the property, I. request you to keep the keys of the house in your dlzueulon. Deliver them to no one, I also desire you to gend a trustyman to the mills in the morning, to take possession in my name. Instruct himgtte leave the premises for an instant until he hears from me. Both yourself and the man mukb Whm&w Do you under- |

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1875.

jootiled luy aitoruey 1 New York,” he added, “to prevent any monéy béing drawn from the bank Ly this fulse heir.” It shall be as you sy, replied the old lady. “But what do you propose to do about the will?? . | .3 ¢ ; e “There is but one way to proceed,” was the reply. “I must prove that, although the names and d'escri&)tions are the same, the first claiinant is mnot the person named in the will. 1t may be jlle :al for me to ake possesgion now, but [ will run the risk.” ; “There will be no trouble, I hope.” “I anticipate none,”” was the reply. “But I must return now. My friends will 'be anxious.” ; s ~ “Why can’t you remain here, and send a note to them ?” suggested Mrs. Ames. ' There really was Tho reasoen why the ~young man should not adoit this course, unless, indeed, the fact that it would sep}amte him from Bertha could be regarded as one. : '- I “It'may be best not| to sée her again,” he thought. “How c¢an my foolish fancy avail me when such a wide gulf separates us.? A 2| e ; Yet he was'not content to abide by this reasoning. His whole. heart yearned toward the faircreature whohadsosuddenly ‘become a part of his life. : " “No, I think I will return to my friends;” he replied. “They have been very kind to me, and I fear they will be offended if I remain away now. You shall hear from ‘me in the morning, however.” - ~° ‘ After'reaching the door Mrs. Ames called ‘him back. SLLEAa it : } “But’ this—this man in the passage,™ she said, hesitatingly. “Won’t‘hé die there alone ?”’ B ; - “The world would not suffer much from the loss if hé ,di%” said Roland, bitterly. «I will look after him’ if you desire, however.” "o “That will be best,” rejoined the housekeeper, mentally wishiﬁg that her brutal husband had already |recovered and departed. ; v * “You can come withme to-thedoor if you like;” said Roland, “but leave the lamp in the hall. I will open the doér softly and creep down in the dark to see if heis still there.” ‘ o] . He soon reached the| spot where Ames had fallen and was, gratified to find that he had taken himself off. = : The housekeeper’s face brightened when informed of this. boolsiel vk So this is the entrance to the passage,” she said, viewing the paneled wall of the room. “Mr. Wallingford never believed in its’extistence, and I think myhusband was the only.one who knew about it until your poor-mother cime here) It is strange how shé learned the secret.” L

“Your husband sh(}wedher_one day while good mnatured from ‘wine she had given him,” explained Roland. i “He would never give me a clue to it,” said the housekeeper, “but used it himself in entering the house to extort money from me. You have no objections to my fastening the door from this side fora few days, Mr. Wallingford ¢ »

“On the contrary,” replied the young man. “I am anxious| that it should bLe closed forever. 'There is no knowing how many of his reckless associates may have been informed of the existence of the passage.. I hope I shall never use it again, for it makes me shudder to- think of the dismal place. =As it is late enough now to admit of my departure by the main hall,” said ‘Rol: Id, glancing at his watch; I will assist 7 ,u in fastening the door.” :

~ 'This was a task very easily performed, and Roland was soon ready to depart. - “on’t forget what I told you about retaining possession of the keys,”’ he said, as he stood in the lower hall. “Everything may depend upon that one point.” 2 “L'will not forget,’’ -replied the ~housekeeper. “And, whatever happens, I will rewain always your friend.”” . - Roland was highly oratified at the result of his'visit. His way secmed clear now—the immense property almost within his grasp. - Stili hisimind was by no means at rest as he walked along., As ‘before, Bertha filled his thoughts, and all the bright pictures of future happiness he tried. to draw séecmed to wamt oneé sweet face ito make them complete and perfect.. It is true that he knew not how his suit would be received, but he had an idea that Bertha was not entively indiffercut to him, «I would relinquish every claiw to this® property,” he murinured, *if I could feel assured of her love, for it cannot bring me happiness if it shuts me dway from her heart.”’ . f

~ The young man was indeed in a singular position. While he feared that Bertha would regard him as a very hasty fortune‘huntér if he declared his passion at once, he also feared that/if he waited until the whole truth was known, she would turn from him with horror as the cause of her ‘Jbrother’s ruin. He still believed that Eugene was equally guilty with the attorney in the attempt upon his life, and did not doubt that;;when the whole matter came out, both would Le dragged to prison together. . He'tried to think of & way by which Eugene wight be saved from trial on the charge of attempted murder, but could find none without making up his mind to leave the whole story of the agsault entirely ou of the case. Eugene had left the attorney’s vroow on that night just as Rolund had entered it, and the | young man regarded the fact as very significant, aval as strong evi-: dence agaiust him. e : When be reached his friend’s house he was still undecided. iicsolving to leave the watter to be contro.ied entirely by futurce cvents, he made his presence at the deor known by a losskaock, and was at once admitted Ly G ver, who looked ‘flarried and cxaiied T T

*“You wili-find « ligut burning in your room,” ‘he whispercd. JGo up stairs as qui-tly as you can, for Kugene and Mr. Gray wre in the:sitting-room. You will fina he doctor up staivs af you should need any Lelp.” :

- Susing this Grover returned to the sit-ting-rocm and Roland hastened up stairs. “Yo rctwn to what I was saying,”'said Gray, @s Grover re-euntired the room, “this young man advanced wmost singular claim to the property, and left wy room in a great rage. 16 is my opinion that the fall which resulted in nis death was caused not by « misstep, but by a tit produced by hiz excussive excitement.”” “And you don’t know who the man reaily was?"’ asked Eugene, . ' ®That is the stean .35 part of it all”? replied the atforney, 7 never heard of him before.” . ; : “Well,” said -Bugene, “this. is my first knowledge of a second claimant. I wish the poor fellow had lived. He might have heen the true heir afier all.” AL “And if he was—"" hegn the attorney, but BEugene interrupted him. E “That would have ended the matter so far as lam concterned. I should have withdrawn my claim at once.” : : “Even if a decision in your favor could have been procured ?” “That would have made no difference when the right of the case was considered, and I should most assuredly have done so,” was the firm and manly reply. “Well, well,” said the attorney, “that is neither here nor there now. The matter ‘was settled in a strange way, and it is not necessary to talk of what might have happened:? " N “But I don't feel quite easy about the ‘matter,” said Eugene. - IR ~ “You have nothing to fear, sir.” i 4L didn’; mean that. I meant thatlam not so sure of my right to the property as I was before.” ' e i

Gray laughed. b -“Never mind that,” he said, “you should not guestion such good fortune.” “Who was that person ?you was talking with in the hall just now ?” asked Eugene of hig/friend as soon as the attorney had taken his/departure, ° - : Grover colored deevly before replying, and'Eugene noticed it. | ; “It wag a man who came on business ‘anc:.l went away again,” Grover finally mi.X{ S - g :

BEugene was certain that he had heard some one pass up stairs, but, for fear of offending his friend; he said nothing more about it, and soon went home. Grover, impatient to know if Roland had overheard any of the above conversation, hastened up stairs and was glad to find him interested in a quiet talk with the e SRSI s D i

| CHAPTER XVIL| ' ; THE FORGED LETTER. Y " As the gttorney passed the stairway leading’to his office on his way: to the hotel, he saw Ames standing ‘there waiting for him, : t : “We!l,” he said, stopping at his side, “have you anything new ? Have you seen your wife ?” : hobi ‘ “Come up stairs” said the other, hoarsely. “I want ter see yer.” - Gray led the wpy info, the front office, and, after closing' the shutters, produced a light. e » : “Now what is it #”” he demanded angrily, for he saw by the man’s face that he had been drinking heavily. “Can’t yon speak ?” he continued; shaking him roughly by the shoulder. “Have you gone mad?” = “Praps Ibe mad,” said Ames, with a shudder, “but I've got sense enough left to keep out of this ¢ussed business for good. A man don’t want to see sach a sight as that but'once. || i .

“Such a sight as what?” dgmanded Grdy. “What infernal visions has your drunken brain heen conjuring up now ?”’ “I didn’t conger up nothin’,” was the dogged reply. “I seen the man’s ghost what was killed in that room as plain as I s€e yOu-now.' - . ; 3 “And where did you see this wonderful ghost 2” asked the a%erney; nervously. “In the secret passage. It was darker’n a pocket there, an’ all at once I heard groans, an’ ailight sprung up, an’ I seen it by that, with a bloody cut in its head an’ one hand raised like it was goin’ to strike out at me.” A b .

“And you, like a coward, ran away, I suppose ¢’ i o ~ “No, I didn’t,” replied Ames, “I couldn’t move. - I just tumbled down: all of a heap ‘p) i ‘ 4 i X “And gave up the attempt to see the housekeeper ?”’ - asked the attorney, in a rage.. - e o “No; wlien I comne to I went up to the door "cause yer sec it was nearer out of the infernal hole thut way, an’ the door was fastened. So I couldu't git into the house taall? ; e The| attorney sprang to his feet and walked nervously up and down the ‘floor. “I didn’t think youijwas sueh a fool, Ames,” he, finally said. '“You went there drunk, I suppose, and had a fit of the deliriwm tremens in the passage,” : “But, mister, there ain’t another:chap in this town as knows how ter fasten that door from the inside.” ~ 1 - L “Then, as a conseyitence, the ghost must have done it,” suid Guray, .with a forced laugh., “Now tell me the truth,” he continued{ “wasn’t you drunk when you went there P 77 Ry :

“Not exactly, but I had been takin’ a nip or two for the good of my health, but that braced me up rather.” Secing how confident the man was that he had really seen something in -the passage, Gray began to consider the matter in a serious light. After all, he had no positive proof that the blow he had dealt Roland was a futal one. There had been no medical examination of the body, and its sudden disappearance; the mystery which still enveloped that disappearance, and the fact that the young man’s most intimate friends appeared the least curious about his fate, were poiuts which Gray’s active mind was not long in sunuing. up. Besides, no onehut Koland—or young Gordon, as Gray still called him—knew of the secret passage dnd the means by’ which it ¢could be closed from the interipr of the house. i . o He could draw but one inferemce from these facts. ' ; “If you saw anything in that passage,” he said, turning excitélly to his companion, ‘it was not Hugh Gerdon’s ghost, but Hugzh Gordon himself, alive and well, and as tull of misghief and the, devil generally as ever.” Ao 2 ; “«J never thought of that,” said Ames. «You den’t think of anything,” said Gray, “and never wilkFuhtil you let whiskey alone.. If wyou had your - senses ‘about you Hugh éordon would never have troubled us again.” : : i “Curse him! curs¢ him!” ejaculated Ames, pounding the -tabke excitedly Wwith his c¢lenched fist, “when I meet him again it will be the'end of ‘him.” S “You wight make it an object to meet Lim,” suggestéd Gray, cautiously:feeling Liis way. : L e : “Suppose I did-—what then P’ exclaimed the villain, & greedy glitter creeping into his eyes. o ; ' o «It would be worth ten thousand dollars to you,” said the attorney eoolly. = ‘Ames started. |

“«Will yer stick ter that?” ‘he demanded. “Yes, yes,” was . the hasty reply. “Why do you doubt me? Have L evér deceived ou P’ - ’ ; - “T'hen his.game is up,” cried - Ames, excitedly. ‘“Buu I must haveone thousand now.”’ : : “I haven't that much wmoney here,” replied the attorney, but you need have no fears of being cheated in: such ‘a joh as this.” [ ‘ £ ] knows that,” said the other, “but I must have some tin to use.” 2 : «To ude!’* exclaimed Gray, “you haven’t swallowed a thousand dollars since morning, have you?” : : Ames then told the stopy of the robbery. “You are a fool, Ames,” said Gray, coolly. “Are you certain that youw didu’t tell this choice friend of yoursanything that he ought not to know?” S “Yes; dead sure.: We didn’t talk of such things,” was the reply. ‘I told him I got my cash whalin’)’ he added, with a laugh.’ . ; : “That is well; be careful next time. Here ave one hundred dollars. Not a cent more will you get until the job is completed. lam getting short of cash myself.” “But.where am I to find this covey ?”’ “How can I tell that? You must find hini the best you can.” “If he’s in this town. he won't last two days,” said Awey, confidently, as he prepared to take his departure. “Reme‘mber,” alincst hissed his conmipanion, “follow him likew bloodLound, but do it quietly. Don’t rest an hour by night or day until he is silenced forever. He has seen fit to set himself asainst me, and he should die if ten thousand lives stood between him and my hate.”’ After Ames’ departure, Gray, instead of going directly to the hotel, produced a number of letters and papers from one of the compartment of his table and sat down to examine them. 3 o They were the same which had been taken from Roland’s pocketion the night before, when he lay,as one dead,in the rear office. % . “It is best to be safe,” he muttered as he opened' paper after paper and noted its contents. “If anything should fail now, all would be lost. There must be.a scrap of that woman’s writing here somewhere. Ah! here it is!” he exclaimed, as a sheet in a lady’s handwriting was drawn from an envelope. S : The name of Margaret Wallingford was at the bottom of the sheet. ' Giray at once set to work imitating the style of ‘the writer. As he was a skillful penman, and remarkably good at work like the present, it was not long Hhefore he was sufliciently perfect in the style to bebegin, on a faded sheet 6f paper evidently prepared for that purpose, a letter pur. porsin; to be Mrs. Wallingford’'s message to herson. . - oy -I'he sheet first taken was full of glaring inaccuracies when the attorney had finished, and he destroyed it and patiently hegan on a neéw sheet, prepared like the tivate o P . 'l'his is what he wrote: ro o

: ' New Yorx, Sept. 15, 18—, My Drar Ronanp:—l must hand to you in writing that which I have not the cour- | age to tell you. I am not your mother. Don’t hate me for the deception I have aided in practicing upon you, my dear boy. I have loved you as fondly as though -you had been all you seemed to be, and I would now give all thatis left of my shatteredlife to siiicld you from this terrible blow. But that is impossible: When you know the facts of the case perhaps you will think . moie kindlly of my memory, for I fully realize that I am even now as one dead, I know that I cannot live a weck abt best. On the night my child was born,in Mr., | Wallingford’s hLouse, st Fayetteville, now ! nearly twenty-three yours ago, the wife of

a mill-hand who bore his master’s name, ,gauge birth’ to a male child. My marriage with the mill-owner’s brother had mnever been made public, and it was desired. by Br. Wallingford that it never should be, for, forgettul of my claims upon him, my husband married in France soon aiter he deserted me, and his wife still lives. Immediately after contracting this marringe he died, and it was the one greataim of his brother’s life ‘to shield his memory from dishonor. < For this purpose he even com‘promised himseli with the villagers. The children were changed, and I consented on the condition that my child should become Mr. Wallingford’s heir. As that was Mr. Wallingford’s’ only object in making the exchange, matters were soon adjusted. He did not wish to recognize a child in hiswill of whose existence his brother’s second wife was entirely ignorant, for that would lead to litigation as to thd child’s being bora in wedlock.. He also wished to have the child near him, and my child—iny darling ' babe. —was taken away and placed undes: the. care of the mill-hand’s wife. "1 cculd not reconcile myself to the change at first, and prayed to be allowed to remain .in the village where my boy was, but Mr. Wallingford declared that to be impossible, and sent- me here with you. I have allowed you to consider yourself as Mr. Wallingford’s heir because'lcould not allow you tothink of me in any but a just light, and I had not the heart to undeceive you. Forgive me, Roland, and believe .me when I tell you that this blow can cause you mo deeper grief than it gives me| to write it. My child will become Mr. Wallingford’s beir simply as the mill har ’s boy, and not as the mill-owners only living relative. You have only your own efforts to depénd . upon in thefuture, and I hope and pray that you will succeed as fullylas though’ you were the heir youhave always believed yourscelf to be. . S 1 am, in grief and shame, your friend, 2 MARGARET WALLINGFORD. It was nearly morning when the attorney finished this letter to his satisfaction. As will be surmised, he had drawn entirely ‘upon his fancy for the facts it contained. “There;” he exclaimed, leaning back in his chair, “when Ames -has déne his work lam ready to begin mine. Of" course the people will want to know why thy client made young Wallingford his heir; and I am prepared for them if anything serious comes up, although it is more than probable that this ancient bit of paper will never be used. Still there is no knowing how many friends he may have ready to hunt the matter up and I must Be safe.” The artful attorney’s chuin of deception and villainy seemed periect indeed, and link atter link it was closing around its victim, - ‘

| " (TO BE CONTINUED.) ° - PR AT TG TLIBT RN PETER AND JACOB. . . i : Having Lai(_i a Feoundation, Peter heveleps Eis Theory of the Sabbath. Perir—When we parted at the concluséon of our last interview, you '-e>§pressed. profound astonishment at my exposition ,of the giving of the Law, “and stated that yon would investigate the writings of Moses further with a view to testing the reliability and accuracy of my version. ; JAcoß—Yes, brother Peter, I have done so, and if you are prepared to hear me, I will tell you what conclusions I have reached.

PETER—AS it devolves upon me to lay ‘a broad foundation for the argument which is to sustain me in my position on the Sabbath question, I ask it as a favor that you permit me to add a few things to my exposition heretofore given. That done, and I shall be happy'to see you put in your best licks in eonfuting my doctrine. Jacoß—Dßeing: of .an accommoda-

ting disposition,.l'll grant your request. So, proceed. ‘ s

{ . PETER—You are familiar with my version of the giving of the Law.— Our chief contern is the fourth commandment, whicli Adventists claim to be binding upon the .Christian world, and which assertion I most positively deny. Now, it is very evident that s'()lngbodyzniu’st be in error. If Christians are bound to observe the Sabbath Day, let us see what the nature of that observance is. The Law reads thus: - - :

Art. 4 Remember the Sabba'h day to keep it holy. Six days thou shalt labor. and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Szbbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt ot do any work, thon, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-ser-vant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and ail that in them is, and rested the seventh day;—. wkherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. | Sy ; : i

Now, brother Jacob, you will observe that, in this command, God positively./prohibits all manner of work or labor on this day. Son, ﬂaughteiy servant, ecattle, . stranger, are commdnded to be exempted from all manner of work. In examining ﬂle particular precepts eriginating from this law, recorded in the Old Testament, wé find the following specifications:

§l. Ye shall kindle no fire throughont your hab.. itations on the Sabbath Day.—Ex. xxxv. 3. ® Abide ye every man in his place, (house or tent;) let no man g 6 out of his place, (house or tent.) on the Sabbath Day.—Ex; xvi. 29. sl 3. He'giveth you on the sixth day the bread of! two,days. Bake that which ye will bake this dz}y,g) and seethe that ye will seethe, and that which remaineth over, lay np for you to be kept until the morning.— Ex, xvi. 23. ! 4. Bear no burden on the Sabbath Day,nor bring itjin by the gates of Jerusaiem; neither carry fnlrth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath Day.—Jer. xvii.2l, 22, ' : 5. Not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own werds.— Is Ixii. 13. - : : 6 From evening unto evening 'shall you celebrate your Sabbath.—Lev. xxiii. 32. ! ' 7. Whosoever doeth any work on the Sabbath Dav he shall sarely be put to death. Every one that derileth it shall surely be .put to deatlr.—Ex. xxxi. 14, 15 7 o

~ During a fornier discussion I cited Numbers xv. 82-36, detailing the stoning to death of o man in Israel for bathering sticks on the Sabbath day. I nced not now repeat it. The items cited are but a few among many that might be selected out of the Old Testament on this subject. They are fair specimens lof the law given by Moses, as explained: and enforced mpon the nation of Israel. :

JAacoß—Abl yes; the law of Moses. You do n’t-seem to appreciate the fact that our people admit the ceremonial law to'be abrogated, but that themdr—al law, the Jaw given by -God himselfy from Mount Sinai, is still in existence, has never been abrogated, and is con-. sequently in full force. Here, brother Peter, let me give you a littlﬁﬁmﬁ« phlet entitled “The Two Laws! It' is a valuable little publication, {ull of strong points, and weH c&hﬂwﬁfgg demonstrate the commotﬁm%ﬁ‘? confounding. the two law&iﬁ@&ﬂ‘ and ponder over its inestimable truths. . Perrn—Tlaha! That is & espital joke, brother Jacob. . Why, bless yout soul, e rend this pumphiet lohg ago. |Ekler Lane handed me SRS WA holding forth on bhe Subbath question, Lksiow il sboub it and SR lEE

frankly that there is mothingsin it. The Scriptures, my friend, never divide the law of Moses into moral; cer-, emonial, and judicial. This iaf the ‘work of schoolmen, of doctrinaires,— of men who have philosophized, allegorized, .and mysticized ch'ristiav‘nit'y,‘ into an incomprehensible and ix!left'a’-: ble jargon of christianized 'pag:?'_xi'sm‘ and judaism. et R Jacos—Hold your temper, brother Peter. What an excitable persén-you are,anyhow! | . PeTEß—Well, T am deeply; iré earn; -est, and must be permitt_eé t& give expression to my ém'nest"co:iwi’fzti'ons.-’ I objeet to this uuauthm‘ize%l and unjustifiable division of the lAw— First, Beeause it was unauthorized by either: the Old or New Testament, 4. &, neither, God: by Moses,; his s.b;],!fiféSlls Christ, nor his apostles, had gvef “I'.lide | such a division. They alwiys' %okeg of the law as ong grand wh%ﬁ *The law was given by Moses,but the graceand the truth by Jesus Christ.” *7'he | law and the prophets continped untilJohn the Baptist.” “Ye arefnot.under the law,”. &e., &c. Here igfgr‘io n@%ral,; ceremonial, or judicial law-—but,“the law.” Secondly, Because this di\gsion of 'the law perplexes: the aindiof a student of the Bible, who,: while he meets the words “the law,” is puzzled to know which of the three is meant; ‘whereas, if he would nlwa\ys:'vievg the phrase, “thélaw,” ‘when, not. ot%her-'_ wise defined, as the one and yndjvided law of Moses, he would never beperplexed. Because, in the third place, this division is illo};ica], or’ incorrect; as respects the moral and judicial: laws. All the more noted writers and speakers blend in thein expogitions moral and judicial precgpts, making the latter as moral ds?the former.. They have no palpable or (ugtilldguiSh_--able criteria of distinction. Because; in the fourth place, they represent the ten commandments as the moral law; whereas they tell,us that the avhole law contained two tables—the former Teaching religion, or our duty tgsfiod; the second teaching .Inorzt~l"_i‘t§t»,;§§'(§§‘f_j¥;bu'r duty to our neighbor. T,h‘ig', ral law, then, is both moral and religious, | for these same :divines fﬁistmg’uish' religion from morality. In the fifth place, Because one precept of this moral law was as ceremohi,a]" as any item in théir ceremonial law, viz:, the. 1 fourth commandment; Fféffﬂmse';apd | other reasons that I might cite I objeet to this division of the law. Thislittle pamphlet, Andrews” book, and the other Sabbatarian docu{nénts, contain nothing that can in"the least af--fect my views upon this point. - : Jacoß—No, I presume’ not. You are so stubbornly attached to your, rock-rooted ideas that not even the most conclusive -and overwh-elm,i}rig proof could weaken your confidence.. PETER—(Smilingly) Perhaps. - Listen now.. I-maintain that Moses, the great lawgiver of the Jews, delivered this law as a rule of life to the Jews only; and it was all équally important to and birtﬁdingafﬁpon them. It was all holy, just, and good, as respect--ed its désign, and was equally divine ‘and authoritative. He tlfat touched

the ark dl‘éa’”ﬁr@"d‘éﬁ‘ﬁmgwmﬁ _he 1 who stole the golden wedge. He ‘tihé? offered strange fire upon the altar was consumed, as well as he that cursed’ his fathef. He that gathered fuel on ‘the Sabbath, and he that blasphemed. _the God of Isrdel, were devoted to the same destruction. But, noté this now, Jacob: the law of Moses was given for a limited time. The world was a. "triﬂe over 2,500 years old before it was given; “for until the law sin was in. the world,” and this law was de‘signed only to'continue till the prom-. iséd seed should 'come,—the great: Lawgiver, Jesus Christ. Moses point-. ed Israel to this great. Lawgiver;_—-'—r‘ Malachi' told the Jews to remember. ‘this law until Elias should come. The . Messiah said plainly “that the law and_ the prophets preaehed:till John.” But, since that time the Kingdom of God' was preached.” Paul affirms repeaté edly that Christians are not under the law, but under the gospel, as a rule of | life. In teaching the Jews he compared the law to a schoolmaster until Christ came’; but since Faith or Christ came, he assured them they were nelonger under the schoolmaster.: He declared they were delivered from the law—“they we'ré Sree from it”’—“they were dead to it.” He says “it is done away’— it is abolished”—“it is disannulled.” : o JAacoß—Consequently you attach no importance /whatever to God’s own Ahand-writ’in g,the ten commandments ? ~ PeTER—Yes, I do. While acknowledging Jesus as the great lawgiver, the great prophet, the great high priest, . David’s King, &e., we are assured that every part of Meses’ law worthy of our regard has been 916}0;&5 lished and're-enacted under more glors jous cireumstances and with more illustrious sanections by him. - Y%f)l_l would probably be astonished if I were to point out to you in the New Testanment, nine of the ten gomn{and.' ments—some of them almost verbatim — as re-published, re-enacted, re~ vised, amended and made stronger by | authority of Christ. e Jacoß——T rather think T would. If? you can do that, you will have accomplished mo»re'tinan‘ I ever knew to Jbe accomplished by anybody else.— Will you point them out now? | ! ~ Pergin—No, not until we meet again.; I have a few things yet to suggest to your mind—something in; regard to being under the law. The question plainly is: Are we under. this law? [s the fourth command: ‘ment_binding upon Christians? If we are under the law, we pay but lit= tle or no respect unto it: For who is thero that docs not Aabitually violate. aﬁ%’w‘%gwfrf%ﬁ%%wé B T TN : %’%e"mﬁ’%%‘i%‘%m”

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-go out of their houses, and travel on, their ‘cattle miles. Their daughters. ‘and their. sons do some kind of work; they bring in burdens of water, wood, -and prepare food.: They celebrate it not from evening to evening, but: from morning to evening they violate. it.-— They speak their-own words, and do ‘many ‘things worthy of death. .Why then is not the penalty enforced ? As: suredly their observance of thislaw is ‘mere mockery. It is.an insult to the JAacoß—Just stop 4 moment, if you please. Do we not read in the New Testament that certain “works of necessity and_‘; merey” ;i:,yi‘e .;)allowab'lez 7 And does this npt include the preparing. of food, bringing in of fuel and’ water, &e, 70 ol . PrrEr—No, sir. God explicitly forbade those under the law to do these things. . So far was he from counten-, ancing such “works of recessity” that he wrought three miracles to prevent the necessity of deing a “work of necessity.” e sent two days’ portion of manna from heaven the si;gth; day; he sent none the seventh; he preserved that gathered on the sixth from putre~ fuc‘i_i_on, until the close of the seventli—all these were special miraclés, for the space_ of forty years. If he wrought ‘three miracles to prevent an Israelite from crossing his threshold to gather up - alittle manna for his: daily food, Liow ‘dare any priest -of the ‘Sabbatarian persuasion give a dispensation, in God’s name,to do ‘that which is ten-fold niore laborious?! &= = - Jacoß—Why, Christ himself put tosilence "’ﬂlrosé',_*who\ accused ~him of breaking the Sabbath, by appealing to their .own :QOlltlllpt in relieving ani-malsin-distress! So, yousee, we have divine authority for the doctrine of “works of neé‘essi'ty.'dnd merey.” . PeTER-—Perversion,and not author-

ity, you should have-said: And this, very perversion shows consummate inattention to the laws of Jlsrael.— While the Israelites kept the law, there never would occur an opportunity for. a work of necessity or of mercy sué¢h as these Sabbatarians tolerite, . For ‘while the children. of Israel kept the law, they should#be blessed in their basket, stores, ﬁ%s, ‘houses, children, flocks, herds—nd’ house would take fire—no ox would fall into a pit, &ec. But if they transgressed the law; they should be cursed in all these respects, and no toleration of a violation of the law was granted as a means of mitigating the .curse.s Was there ever a Jaw published ‘.relafk ing that ri'g’.id observance of rest: énjoined upon the Sabbath? Was there ever a law published ‘saying, You may observe the Sabbath with legs care, ‘with less re‘spéct; you may now speak your own words, kindle fité in your houses, preDpare .viﬁbua_ls}-_ﬁe; ?. lask,you, «B;’jo. Jacob, or tliro% _you, Elder Lane, Eld. Waggoner, #Bldi Andrews, or any ‘of the high priestsof Adventism: Was there ever such. a,éiaw published ?— (Waiting.) . You do not answer. ‘You cannot say, yes. I say .é‘xyphatiq;ﬂl v, No! Either the law %'émainfs__‘in all its force, to the utmost extent of its

literal requirements, or it is passed away with the Jewish ceremonies.— If it'still exists, let us observe it accortiug -to’ law. And if it does not éxist, let us~abandon a mock! obseryance of another dayforit. . - 4 * Jacon—l see you are decraedly animated tonight. T shall not, therefore, protract this ‘discussion by adding-fu-el to the"ﬂrayuie; - You: will be a little more calm by and by. Hence, I had hetter Fetive <o e o il

‘PeTer—Nonsense! I am not excitped. On the contrary, I'am as cool as’ a cucumber. -'The trouble with you is that you can’t stand the pressure.— | You begin to appreciate the weakness of Seventh Day: ’Adv‘ehtisrm. Therefore, I'll presently give you rest. ‘But ~you must tarry a little while tonger. I ‘want to read you an extract from a sermon on the-Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sunday. Itis not lengthy but exceedingly brilliant; and it ema‘nates from-one of the ablest and most ‘eloquent divinés that ever expounded -the gospel. 'Listen while I read:

Christians, by ‘apostolic example, which to theniis the same as precept, are, in honor of the commencement of thenew creation,constrained byChrist’s authority and: grace to meet on the Jirst day of the week, to show forth his death and to. commemorate his resurrection. When they assemble they aré to be instructed and to admonish one another; they are to learn his statutes, and “to. continue steadfastly ‘in the apostles” doctrine, in breaking ‘bread; in fellowship, and in prayers, praising God.” Such was the practice -of the primitive church, as the epistles demonstrate.. The first day of the - week is notregarded to.the Lord when these things are not done. Ter if professors of christianity were to keep - in their houses from morning to-even--ing and celebrate this day as the Jews did the Sabbath, instead of honoring they are dishonoring Christ.. No two ~days are more unlike:in their import \ and design, than the Sabbath and the . “first day. The former commemorated ' the consummation of the old creation, the cessation of creation work; the, latter commemorates the beginning of the new creation. The former was . to Israel ‘a memorial that they wereonce slaves in Egypt—the latter as: sures us that the year of release has come. The:former looked back, with ~mournful aspect; to the toils and sorrows entailed upon thé human body, from an evil ineident to the old creas tion—the latier looks forward, -with “an eye beaming 'with hepe, to prepetu“al exemption from toil, and pain, and: sorrow. The Sabbath was a day of awful self-denial -and profound reli--gious gloom—the resurrection day isa ~day of triumph, of holy joy, and reli--gious festivity, The Jew, on.the Sab_bath morn, from his casement survey~ed the smokeless chimnies and the bolted doors of the silent tribes of, ‘not a Vﬂgﬁﬁtf‘”’t%“ﬂ’gmwfﬁﬁy S, TRESOMenI beeals SR ORI e '-tf";:»w;a‘-‘fé 9 21oh l‘ ’{?’ ' M|}; ik ?aem t# *‘WW*@)“"@%&%’&“@&% mutmies o the vocal ills, . Striking, LR L N N T %rﬁ’%ﬁ%%’%ﬂ*

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emblems of the silent vest allotted to ‘the tenants of the grave. The christian: welcomes the dawn of the tri---umphant morn. The new heavens and the new.earth” open to his view. The- incorruptible, the immortal bodies. of the saints, rising from the ashes of the grave, in all the yigor ‘and beauty of immortal youth, fill his soul ;with unutterable admiration of thé wondrous victory of the all-con-quering Chief. While he surveys his mortal frame and feels the sentence ‘of death in every department of his earthly house, his soul forgets the infirmities of its partner, and soars on the pinions of faith and hépe to the ‘resurrection morn; it is lost<in the contemplation of millions ofievery ‘tribe and tongue clothed in the indescribable beauties of immortality.— ‘While overwhelmed in the ecstatic admiration of the glorious bodies around ‘him, his-eye ultimately fixes on the FIRST BORN of many brethren, While he adores him at the head of the innumerable host of ransomed’immor.tals, his memory musters up the recollections of Gethsemane, Pilate:‘and ‘his ' judgment seat, Mount Calvary, and the sepulcher in the garden. .To the assembly of the saints. with eag.erness he hastens, and, ‘anxious to. share in, the praises of his glorious chief, to| join in the recollection ofshis humiliation unte death, and to participate i’ the triumphs of his resurrection, his soul is feasted with the abundance of his hguse and with ‘the . communion of those whom he hopes to embrace in his immortal arms on the day of the, reshrreetion unto eter-: nal life. i §o i Christians, what a difference be- ; tween the Jewish Sabbath and this ‘day of triumph!! They haye much to ledarn of the glory of christianity who ! think that going to a synagogue, and hearing a harangue, and returning to their firesides, is suitable to'the design. or .exlfressiy_e of the import of this joyful and trinmphant day. O this day Messiah ‘entered Jerusalem as Son of David, as King of Judah., On. this day he rose from the dead. On this day, after his resurrection, he generally: met: with his disciples in their assemblies. On this day he sent the- Holy Spirit down from heaven and erected the first christian church. “On this day the disciples came together to break bread.” On this day ‘the christians joinéd in the fellowship -ofthe saints,or in making contributions . for the saints. «And, on this day, the Spirit finished. its work of revelation on the Isle: of Patmos, in giving( to John the beloved the last secrets of the divine'plan ever (to be uttered in hnman language while time endures. If no authoritative precedent enforced “the assembly of‘saints on this day, and the observance of the order of the Lord’s house, the very circumstance of such a ‘coincidence of 'glorious wonders would point it out as the - LLord’s day; and love to him, the most powerful principle that ever impelled to -action, would constrain all” saints not- to forsa‘lke‘ the assembling of themselves on this- day; but td meet, to animate, and to be animated; to remember, to admire, to adore, to hymn in_ songs divine the glorious . and ‘mighty King. Christians, could you say not: . ; ‘

Lt ety i, -~ = $ i Brownlow on Johnson. ¢ Parson Brownlow. pays the followinn tribute to Johnson in his’ Knox« ville paper: In one respect, at least, ex-President Johnson was a model statesman.- He was honest. Whatever men hrgfe said of him politically, no responsible man ever called his unflinching integrity in question. Ile: was in public¢ ‘life almost half a century, yet no man can say that he ever betrayed the confidence of hig friends - Dby taking that which did:not belong to him. IHis character in this réspeet was .s 0 well understood that he was searcely, if ever, approached by a dis- ° honest lobbyist with a corrupt propo--sition. . This is one of the principal reasons why he was dlways so strong ‘with the masses. His personal integ- - rity always gave his personal policy specint-weight; and thousands relied upon him Without giving questions ‘much investigation, kiowing his @ | sonal incorryptibility. -He was goss. scrupulous i refusing to give ® . sort- of aid {gaenterprises wiS:T . could nof @ *=gouslyget . Just after L - TEESTE 00 StatesSengge. 1 e g Jillustratign RS a war vessel toAthe aboVé mentionsd Jslands, just befOugthe gront sgphchment trial commened, 1 © fleayored to mako use oF VGRSI | ered Mr. Johnson’s embarrassment.at the time in accomplishing his object. 7 But the President spurned him, and gave him to understand .that his official: sanction to measures in which | private parties are interbsted was not to be procured in that way. He al< ‘ways had a policy of his own, taking decided'grounds on all public. questions, and ‘was never swerved from | his purposes deliberately: formed by the desire for personal gain. .~ By his: ‘exercising frugality he saved suflicient from his earnings through a long pub-' lic life to placé him above want, hut was not wealthy. . What he had was! justly his own, and he came by everys "dollar of it honestly. This trait in “his character is worthy of emulation by all public men: His boundless ‘success is evidence that the American people fappreci‘a‘{afghonesty in their rulers, and that When they find such, they will reward them with their confidence and suppeort. =0 s ST S — The Largest Sugar Importing fiouse . in the United States Fails for' . | L SROOOOO. 1L " BALTIMORE, August 206.—Stirling, Ahrens & Co, said to be the largest . sugar ‘importing lxplxse in the, United ‘States, suspended payment this after'noon. ‘Ahrens thinks the liabilitieg ‘will amount toabout: $2,000,000, but if the assets are judiciously administered, the creditors can ultimately be paid dollar foridolar., He assigns, as causes for the failure, the' general de‘pression of business, and shrinkage in value of coffee and sugar, of which the firm .have large Stocks. They have also large real ¢state at present unavailable.© A detailed stateinent of their affairs will be prepared as quickly as possible., . g - The debts are due to parties in this - city. and in Cuba almost exclusively | It is said the business of the firm I footed up g;o%owpﬂf year.. They -we‘r& proprietors of two large sugar refineries, the Merchants’ and the Chesapeake, and agents of two others, the Calvert and Maryland. The efS 0 ot e tadity tonaine i NS . Itis no Wﬁn od, that the lia--3 !@"g-' - ;_'»A( e at two ill “ ;wgq“ : AN gIR S o iaed L private, Banking -hotse s Tho Ak el Sarking ot Tho- i 6 . ‘aﬁ}é}f%“;;p e o 3 in the rutineries and barrel fagtory. i o T A e e S