Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1882 — Page 7

RELIGION AND SCIENCE.

A society has been formed in Eng land for the preservation of ancent sepulchral monuments in churches, j A people’s church, to cost SIOO,OOO, to be erected, in Boston, will be the largest religious edifice in New England. The Rensselaer county Sunday school union commemorated the 50tn anniversary of its foundation in Troy on May 28. The number of communicants of the Episcopal church in Massachusetts is nearly 18,000, or a gain of over 50 per cent, since 1873. The Presbyterian church in Texas, according to the census of 1880, foots up 13,000 members: the Methodists have 157,000, the Catholics 150,000, and the Baptists 125,000. The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of Trinity Parish, Newtown, Conn., and the consecration of the new church recently treed from debt will occur on June 8. It has been found desirable to appoint a special committee of the reformed classis of Illinois to assist the large number of Hollanders who have immigrated to Eastern Dakota, in forming churches. The 156th anniversary, on June 4, of the birth of Philip William Otterbein, the founder and first bishop of the United Brethren Church, was appropriately observed in all the churches of that denomination.

The Eastern Primitive Methodist conference of the United States reSorts an increase of 194 members uring the year, the whole number being 2,157, The whole value of its ■church property is about $270,000. • The Presbyterian General Assembly,recently in session at Springfield, had among its members a Dr. Hornblower and a Dr. Stillman. The formwas rarely heard in the discussions, while the latter made some of the longest speeches. The latest heretical tendency discovered in the Congregational denomination is one toward ritualism “Were there Dot candles on the speaker’s table at the recent festival in Fanuil Hall?” quietly remarks the Congregationalist. It is proposed to erect a suitable monument over the remains of Hester Ann Rogers and of the Rev. Mr. Thompson, the first president of the Wesleyan Conference after Mr. Wesley's death, which lie in the churchyard of St. Mary’s, Birmingham. The National Baptist says: “The man who complained of paying $lO for pew rent went to Barnum’s snow, and took bis wife and five children, paying $1 each for reserved seats. He is going to take a cheaper pew, and is in favor of reducing the salary of the minister.” The recent exploration party of Col. Mercer up the Spanish river, in the province of Ontario, is said to have discovered vast pine forests containing upwards of 24,000,000,000 of feet of a superior quality of pine timber, with facilities for getting it to the market equal to the best. A London paper says: “In the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland there are about 40,000 places of Religious worship; while it appears to be a well ascertained fact that for every 1,000 persons attending the house of God above 2,000 are to be found on Sunday in the publichouses.” Prof. Forel has been making experiments on the depth to which light penetrates water. By using photographic emulsibn plates, which he sank to various depths in Lake Leman for twenty-four hours, he found that all his plates were distinctly affected by the chemical rays of light, the deepest plate being at 99 metres (nearly 300 feet.) Les Mondes has recorded a very unnsu&l instance of suppression of telegraphic communication. Some time ago it was found that no messages could be sent between Souk-el-Arba and Medjez of-Bab. Those who had been detailed to make an inspection found that an enormous serpent had coiled itself around the wire and a post, and thus interfered with the conductivity of the line. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Haferstown, Md., was consecrated on une 7. In some respects it is considered one of the finest church buildings in Maryland. The corner-stone of the edifice was laid in 1873, and the building first occupied in 1875. The memorial tower and spire were erected at a cost of upward of $20,000 by Mr. C. C. Baldwin, of this city, in memory of his wife. Bailie Roman Baldwin. TheDunkers of the United States have just held their annual meeting, the Supreme Council of the church, at Arnold’s Station, Indiana, and it was attended by nearly 20,000 people. A feature of special interest was the trial of Mr. H. R. Holsinger, published of the Brethren’s newspaper, for having published objectionable matcontrary to the rules ot the Church. He was expelled by a vote of four to one, the whole assembly voting. The Examiner recently offered the New York Christian Advocate SIOO if it would “prove to the satisfaction of three scholarly men, standing in Evangelical denominations, that the Christians of the apostolic age understood the word baptizo to have anyother meaning than dip, blunge or immerse.’. The Advocate thought the sum not big enough, and suggested $20,000. The Christian Register takes both papers to task for betting on the meaning of the word, ana thinks it quite odd to decide a matter of scholarship after this method.

WHAT THE WITS ARE DOING.

Summer board—the circus seat. Last words of Webster: “Zythepsary, zythum. “I’ll shake you for the quinine,” said the ague to the victim. Quotation from Burns: “A chiel among ye r taken notes”—the pickpocket— In charity it mav be better to give than to receive; but in kissing it is about equal. They were twins. The parents christened one Kate and the other Dupli-Rate. What a pity it is that men of cheek have not more genius and men of genius more cheek. A kiss is called tetenamequiliztli in Mexico. Good long kiss, that, and that’s how it feels, to. Gloral: Apropos of the Language of Flowers,” how would forget-me-not do to send to a rich relative? A reason given why a piano was not saved at a fire was because nore of the firemen could play on it. Few people are so poor that they cannot keep a pair of horses—one for clothes and the other for wood. If our ancestors were monkey, they couldn’t have been ignorant. They all reveled in the higher branenes. / .

They have a brand of whisky in Kentucky known as the “horn of plenty,” because it will corn you copiously. A devil-fish with arms 32 feet long has been caught on the banks of Newfoundland. What a cashier he would have made. Journalistic: Some of the manuscript sent to printers is so bad thajt it ought first to be sent to the house of correction, with its author. What is the difference between an old tramp and a feather bed? There is a material difference. One is hard up and the other is soft down. Should and does: “Who shall decide when doctors disagree?” We don’t know who should, but we know that the undertaker generally does. “Why am T like jtti empty bag dearast?” asked a married man of his wife. “Give it up, eh? Because it gan stand when it’s full and I can’t. A curious fact: There are still a few persons at large who will invest their money in mining stock in preference to investing it in a dog and shooting the dog. A fish with eight jaws has been caught at Santa Monica, Colo. The scientists called in pronounce it a variety of what is known as the mother-in-law fish. A Spanish proverb has it that “Man is the child of his own deeds.” The American version should be that “Man is often the slave of his own mortgages.” Time: midnight. ‘She: “George, are you going to exhibit in the dbg show?” He: “No; w»?” She: “You are such a remarkably .fine setter.” Exit young man. “What is the best attitude for selfdefense?” said a pupil (putting on the gloves; to a well known pugilist. “Keep a civil tongue in your head,” was the significant reply:

A soft answer: “My dear,” said a husband to his wife, “what kind of a stone do you think they will give me when I am gone?” she answered, cooly, John.” At the opera in Dublin, a gentleman sarcastically asked a man standing up in front of him if he was aware he was opaque. The other denied the allegation, and said he was O’Brien. “Ineverarga agin a success,” said Artemas Ward. “When I see a rattlesnaix’s head sticking out ov a hole, I bear oft to the left and say to myself “that hole belongs to that snaix.” A western young man aged 18 has eloped with a married woman of threescore years. This esthetic craze for antiquities is becoming altogether too Eineral and threatens to cause troue. Lured into truthfulness; “Here, waiter, bring me some water to put in my wine. I always like my wine watered.” Waiter: “Oh, then, sir, you don’t want any I put plenty in before bringing it to you, sir!” Happy thought: “Young Tonemdown has at last had a picture (and a very bad one) hung on the line at the Royal Academy. He diguises himself as a policeman and stands by his picture all day. Great success! Why he disagreed: “Disagree,” said the juryman, “of course I did. D’ye think I’m such a commonplace lunkhead as to have no opinions different from the eleven donkeys I was associated with ? I disagreed, sir, as a matter of justice to myself!” A collegian’s feelings hurt: Sandwich man (to Mr. Smythe, of Columbia, who thinks it is the correct thing to wear his cap and gown in the street as “they do abroad, you know”): “I say, but you have an aisy place. Phat are ye advetoisin’, any way?” Pessemism: Little girl of eight: “I beard them say that after the divorce ma would marry M. Ernest, that gentleman whofalways gives us candy.” Little boy of ten, with the gloomy cynicism of his greater age: “And he won’t give us any candy then!” Powder explosion: A literary man, who had recently published a book, was observed to be very downcast last week. “What is the matter?” said a friend; . “you look all broken up.” “No wonder,” was the answer; “I’ve jusl been blown up by a magazine.”

SELECTED MISCELLANY.

Trust and you will not be trusted. Promise to pay is the father of bankruptcy. A wrong cannot be justified by its object. Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized. Credit often ruins both debtor and creditor. This world belongs to the energetic. —Emerson. Neven never helps the men who will not act. The great consulting room of a wise man is a library. Sentimen tat variance with f%cts is a bastard flower. The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver. What has been unjustly gaiued can not be justly kept. Strive for the best and provide against the worst. Money brings honor, friends, conquests and realms. In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or sorrow. Those are the most honorable who are the most useful. As civilization advances the necessity of law diminishes. A scar nobly got, or a noble scar, is a good livery of nonor. Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our impatience. No Legislature or Government ever enacted an honest man. No one can read another’s mind; few can read their own. On the day of victory no weariness is felt.—Arabic proverb. What makes life decay is the want of motive.—George Elliot; The first and worst of all friends is to cheat one’s self.—Bailey.

Be graceful if you can, but if you cannot be graceful, be true. Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.—Shakspeare. The. high-minded find it easier to grant than|to accept favors. The man who is always right finds every one else always wrong. Who is lavish with promises is apt to be penurious in performances. Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many. The cheapest advice is that which costs nothing and is worth nothing. Those who are always busy rarely achieve anything; they haven’t time. The truly wise man should have no keeper of his secret but himself. Popularity is not infalibility. Errors exist only while they are popular. Educated men sometimes steal, but education is not an incentiAe to stealing. Nature never moves by jumps, but always in steady and supported advances. Duties and rights are inseparable; one can not be delegated without the other. Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we gain, but what we do. —Carlyle. Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors than from his virtues. —Longfellow. It is the care of a very great part of man kind to conceal their indigence from the rest. On the margins of celestial streams alone those simples grow which cure the heartache. Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men are born to succeed not to fail. The visionary are always dangerous. No man can delude others so easily as he who deludes himself. A man in any station can do his duty, and doing it, can earn his own respect.—Charles Dickens.

In a crowd the average individual is small, and the purpose of parties is to take advantage of this fact. The law cannot supply br&ins for fools, and those who attempt it are the ones who hope to profit by it. Trust men, and they will be true to .you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.—Emerson. When honor comes to you be ready to take it; but reach not to seize it before it is near.—John Boyle O’Reilly., Be prudent, and if you hear some insult or some threat, have the apgearance of not hearing it.—George and. Justice exists independent of the law and no statute ern modify its principels, although it may effect its attainment. No matter what his rank or position may be, the lover of books is the richest and the happiest of the children of men.—Langford. By utalizing selfishness greater good can often be done than by decry ing it. Self is at the bottom of many good actions in their motives. Those who not knowing us enough, think ill of us, do us .no wrong; they attack not us, bu t the phantom of their own imagination—De la Bruyere.

FASHION NOTES.

Tan colored gloves are very fashionable. Red satin parasols are very fashionable. Polka dots grow larger as the season advances. Spanish lace holds its own with the rival ficelle. The sunflower mania has been adopted in Paris. White will be much worn for sum-mer-house dresses. Shot and changeable silks are once more in high favdr. All kinds of carpets copy Oriental designs and colors. Daisies are the favorite corsage bouquet of the moment. Grenadines in Spauish lace designs are novel and elegant. Neck ribbons are more frequently tied on one side than in front. Turn-over collars, with fanoy neck ribbons, are very fashionable. Little children will wear white for dressy occasions this summer. Chip hats, particularly black ones, will be much worn as the season advances. Baptiste and nun’s veilings take the {>lace of the white and tinted mulls of ast summer. Striped hosiery retains its popularity in spite of the efforts to render it unfashionable Quaintly shaped carved teakwood handles are seen upon some of the most expensive parasols. Shirred yoke dresses, with full skirts and no waist-band or shirring, are much worn by little girls. White pique bonnets and hats for little children are sold in large numbers to country merchants.

Kate Greenaway and Mother Hubbard aprons are all the rage for small children, both boys and girls. ’Hie newest white pique bonnet for little girls has a high Normandy crown buttoned on to a deep poke brim. Irish point collars and cuffs are sold in sets for children’s wear. They make the pla nest kind of a gingham frock dressy. A pretty elegance of the season are the rich colored street jackets, not matched to the toilek made of merveilleux or moire, The polonaise, or basque, with panier or extension and back draperies to simulate a polonaise appears on many new costumes. Stylish gloves come over the tight sleeves, fastening by three buttons at the wrist, and thence extending upwards in a deep gauntlet. Dressy shoes have remarkably short toes, closely beaded; they are made in white or black satin, or in the material of the dress itself. Gentlemen’s neglige suits for the house in midsummer are made es gray mohair with a sack coat, and with wide trowsers that have a cord and tassel around the waist. Fieclle, or twine lace, so plentifully used this spring, resembles macrame lace, the principal difference being that the ficelle is very muoh more delicate and finer in fibre. A Tuscan straw gypsy’s hat, faced with dark g;een velvet, and trimmed ofttside with a wreath of hazel-nuts and foliage, is sent to us from Virot’s among a number of other stylisn models.

An old-fashioned style is revived in the mode of finishing off the pointed bodice. A thick eord is set at the very edge of the corsage, and the tunic and paniersare set just underneath the eora. / Black silk stockings, reserved for morniDg vear, are dotted with red or blue butterflies, with yellow atennre. For evening, white lace stockings are embroidered with gold and silver stars, or tiny silken fiorettes. Small jeweled lace pins, matching the color and design or the earrings, are now used to fasten bonnet strings. The prettiest of these are in the form of crescents, arrows or butterflies, made of pearls and tiny diamonds. Hammered copper-heads in the shape of flat knobs or round balls, are on the newest canes of malacca, bamboo or other light wood. Crutch tops and knobs of hammered silver are also popular heads lor walking-sticks. Archery hats of dark green straws in the Queen Elizabeth shape to match dark green archery suits, are revived for archery wear this season, and are trimmed with only one stiff feather and bands of gold braid or gold cord. Rugs and lap robes for driving and for traveling are of soft, fine and thick Scotch cloths, with stripes or checks of mustard color and English green shades, or sage green with red lines, or else regular plaids or clan tartans. Graduation and confirmation dresses for young girls are made of white organdiea nd white dotted and sprigged Swiss muslins and are much trimmed with puffs, plaitings, and Valenciennes. Mirecourt ana Moresque laces. , The most startling parasols exhibied thus far are those of vermiltion satin, lined with old gold silk and trimmed with double ruffles of wide cream colored Spanish lace. The ferrules are surrounded by a wreath of brilliant scarlet roses, mixed with small yellow sunflowers.

MISCELLANEOUS. Vermont has 36,600 farms. Kansas has a town called Scandalla. Tokio, Japan, is to have street cars. Wheat is being harvested in Texas. Hanlan, the oarsman, is dangerously ill. Liverpool has about fifty coffee rooms. All efforts to grow truffles artificially have failed. The net funded debt of New York is $96,672,052,02. A seventeen ounce Jersey baby is called Jumbo. Dressy shoes foi ladies are remarkably short-toed. Even Louisiana complains of the March weather. The churches at Leavenworth are valued at $4,000. In Great Britain 4,044 people were drowned last year. A good many or the bonnets have two sets of strings. About 25,000 pounds of fish are sold in New York daily. Whittier’s idea of heaven is “progress and harmony.” Mrs. Jessie James’ lecture at St. Louis only drew $lO. Vennor, Tice and Couohall predicted an exeorable June. This summer Saturn will look larger than for thirty years. There were 1,382 persons arrested in New York last week. Five millionaire will cases are pending in about New York. The use of frogs as an article of food is increasing in Boston. The fattest man in Maine is dead, he weighed 400 pounds. * London truth says Edison is tb# most practical electrician. Cardinal McCloskey is the thinnest of the sixty-live Cardinals. Immigrants are rapidly swelling the Jewish oolony at Vineland.

Robert Bonner has paid $855,000 for thirty-eight trotting horses. There has not so far been a single growl about “the drought.” A Nebraska town has taken the name of “Weeping Water.” Eli Perkins blushes when he talks to the Colorado mine owners. The city of Charleston, South Carolina, has 250 drinking places. It is no longer Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, but Miss Kate Chase. Mississippi negroes talk of establishing a colony in Chihuahua. Southwestern Arkansas is suffering from another devastating flood. The consumption of sugar this year is 17,000 tons ahead of last year. Newark, N, J., ranks tenth among American manufacturing cities The latest tile decoration craze— Buying a new straw hat.—[Puck. The peppermint crop of the United States reaches 70,000 pounds a year. If the devil is not abroad in the land, he had better take in his sign. At the lowa Ag.lcultural College girls are taught to make good bread. In Boston society sausage is esthetically alluded to as “pig-croquets.” Texas wool growers are having an important convention at San Antonio. The King of the Belgians has given $24,000 for Corbett’s “Stone baker.” • New York brokers never sent out so many circulars as now to stir up trade. Mr. Bret Harte has dramatized a new play, called “Thankful Blossom.” A Buzzard sailing around the Capitol dome was a late Washington sight. Low necked, short sleeved dresses are revived for small girls under nine. The family of Garibaldi will leave Caprera shortly,to reside on the main land. There will be a convention of colored journalists in Washington this month. Card-playing is practiced in no country to so great an extent as in Russia. Garibaldi was initiated into the order of Free Masions while in this country. The first Masonic temple in Illinois, built exclusively by the craft, is that at Peoria. More than half the newspapers in the world are printed in the English language. Gentlemen’s patent leather shoes, with silk tops, cost only $lB a pair in New York. A little North Carolina girl got hold of a jug of whiskey, and drank until she fell dead. The Denver Tribune says General Fremont was “a man of superb limitations.” The first keg of beer ever manufactured in North Carolina was brewed a few days ago. The receipts at the patent office, from January 1, to June 1, 1882, amounts to $428,805. Stock of the bank of Ireland is selling at 816, that is higher than stock of the Bank of England. The Princess Louise is expected at only ninteen American wateringplaces during the summer.