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TESTIMONIALS. ' Oqdkkhbubuh, N. Y., May 7; 67. Mr. McKklvet: Dear Sir Your'Life Compound' is working wonders in this section, and I have eyery reason to be thankful for what it has accomplished in my own case and that of my wife. My complaint, as you may remember, was Liver Disease in its worst form. I had not taicen your medecine more than three weeks when I felt so much encouraged as to order a box far iny wife also, who was suffering from what the physicians termed disease of the kidneys. This was in November last. We have now taken two packages each, and I am happy to inform you that we have good reason to concl ude we are both permantly restored to health and that, by your Life Compound. Encouraged by its good effects in our cases, several of our afflicted neighbors sent to you for the medicine and t am informed by three of them, with whom I am intimately acquainted, that they, too, be lieve themselves entirely cdred by it. You may make such use sf this statement as you may deem proper. With gratitude, Rsv.B.R. GORMLY. CruciusATr, Aug, 25, 1867, Mr. McKklvbt: Sir A thing of beauty is a foy forever, and a good medicino is mure than this. I take pleasure in commending your Life Compound, not so much on account of what it has done forme, as wai it may be the means of doing for thousands of others. To the sick and suffering, therefore, I wish, through your advertisement to say a few words of encouragement. One year ago I was an invalid I am now hearty and well. My disease was dyspepsia of th years standing; I had tried all means I knew of for a cure, without avail, antil about the first of September last I became acquainted with a young man who told me of Mr. McKLelvey's remedy, and the good work it had done in the neighborhood of his former home (Erie, Pa.) I immediately appled to Mr. M. for a box of his Life Compound and commenced taking it. I commenced improving in a few days and continued to improve, and in less than three months from that time was entirely restored, and have remained well ever since. Mine was rather an inveterate case, and pronounced so by all the physician of this city. The medicine was so successful in my case, that I cannot refrain from adding my testimony in its favor. D. R. GILFORD. Hundreds of Testimonials like the foregoing are in my possession, and cannot be given for want of space. The ' Life Compound' is the eheapest medicine in the world. One package of it will make a quart of Syrup, which is enough to last more than two months. The price is $2 00 a package. Inclose $2 00 in a letter and direct it to me, and by return mail I will send you a package of the Compound, postage prepaid by me. If you are sick you will find it just the thing ypu have been looking for, and you never will regret having sent for it. -1-. I always send the Compound well sealed up. so that jto one can tell what it is I do this for he reason that there are some persons who aad for it that desire t- keep their disease a saeret. The m may may in all cases be sent at my risk. Address all letters to M T. McKELVEY, Sapuskt, O

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VOjL. XXXVIII.i INAUGURATION ODE. , Mabcu 4, 1809. What song should hail the welcome hour That sees the nation waiting stand ' To pUee the emblems of its power Within its hero's faithful handT Resounding notes of martial fame Mix with the patriot's fall acclaim, Without surcease; While gentler strains the breezes bear On vernal wings, and everywhere Rises the sentiment and prayer, "Let us hare Peace!" Enough that War's fell rage is spent, And freedom still survives secure; Her stature loftier and unbent. Her strength increased, her vesture pure. The fame his country well bestows Upon the chief who crushed her foes V' All climes increase; But nobler rings o'er land and main, And nobler echoes back again. The manly, Christian, sweet refrain, "Let as have Peace!" There, from New England's busy mills; -' " From where the Mississippi flows; -"From where the bursting cotton fills The golden air with mimic snows; From where the gleaming nuggets shina Close neighbors of the fruitful vine, They will not cease: The countless voices raised to greet The soldier in the ruler's seat, This chorus ever to repeat, "Let ns have Peacel" Lippincott't Magazine. CAUGHT IN MY OWN TRAP. Dora and I had been silent fully fifteen minutes an unusual occurrence, when she suddenly broke out into one of her gayest, sweetest peals of laugh ter. The cars were going at the rate of forty miles an hour,- but Dora's laugh rang out above all their noise and con fusion. 'What is it, Dora, you witch yon? I said half piqued that she had not at first told me -what pleased her, 'and laughed afterwards. 'Nothing, Nell, only I was just thinking of something funny. Do you see that gentleman just in front of us, with the beautiful black whiskers and dreamy brown eyes? Well, he's been watching you behind that book for the last half hour, looking as though he would lore to take a bit of the red roses on your cheeks. Don't blush, but he's in love with jou, I'll bet my gold thimble on it. I was just thinking of some of the sto ries I have read s bout young ladies mistaking handsome young gentlemen for their brothers, etc., and thought what fun it would be if you could manage to mistake the gentleman for your brother Fred.' I was ready for fun in a moment, Tell you what I'll do, I broke out eagerly. 'You know I haven't seen Fred since I went to school, three years ego; and of coarse he's changed a good deal since then. Well, if that literary gentleman with brown eyes (lie's handsome, isn't he, Dora?) should get off at our station, I'll wait till he gets mixed up in the crowd, see him suddenly for the first time, rush up to him in a flutter of delight, cull him brother Fred , and give him such a kissing as he hasn't had since he saw his sweetheart last.' Yes, I would, if I were j'ou, said Dora, sarcastically. You dare not, you know. Don't I dare though ! Just you wait and see !' And so I dropped back into the cushion in silence, till the train stopped at our station. Dora gave me a wicked look, and whispered that she knew my courage would fail me, for the gentleman was really getting off. I- was not to Le triumphed over ' though; and so, as we stepped out on the platform, I saw the literary gentleman standing, amidst the crowd, and with a little bound threw myself in his arms and kissed him full in the mouth, hysterically exclaiming: Fred, my dear brother, how do you do?' , I caught a glimpse of Dora; she was in danger of going into convulsions.- I wa9 expecting to hear the stranger say, confusedly, that there was some mistake; but, to my surprise, he gave me a hearty embrace, kissed me two or three time, 8' id he was well, and that I had grown a great deal, and inquired for my little friend, Dora, who all this time was exciting the sympathies of the crowd, and as they supposed she was insane, judging from her frantic laughter. Father and mother are expecting you, Nellie, and are so impatient that they can" scarcely wait to see you. I was afraid you would not know me But I am really glad that my image has been treasured up so carefully in my sister's heart.' I was bewildered beyond measure. It was Fred., then, and I had uot known him. I fait slightly ridiculous, and while introducidg Dora to my brother, whispered to her to keep quiet in reference to my intended tiick. I was too much confused to think of inquiring how he came to be in the cars without seeing me, so we all went to the carriage wnicn was in waning tor us, and drove rapidlj' to our home.

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"- I had never known Fred to be so affectionate. He held my hands in his own all the time, and kissed me at un necessary intervals; but to tell the truth I had never loved him half so well before never thought him half so hand some. We retched the gate. Mother kissed me and cried over me, father repeated it; and finally a frank, hearty voice broke out with: Hallo, sis! are you going to notice your scapegrace of a brother at all? And to my astonishment a handsome fellow, I had not yet seen, gave me a genuine hug, and a kiss that you could have heard across the yard. 'There is some mistake, I murmered; are j'ou my brother Fred? I thought that gentleman was,' pointing at the handsome gentleman I had embraced at the depot. Why, sis, you are crazy! Of course I'm your brother, and that fellow there is my college chum, Archie Winters, who went half way up the line to meet you. What are you blushing at, Nell? I didn't have time to go, and let him take 3ronr picture with him, so that he wou'.d be sure and know you. He's been playing some of his wild pranks, and passing himself off for me, I'd warrant' I looked at Archie Winters beseech ingly, and as they were all gaing into the house I whispered to him: For pity's sake do not speak of that mistake. How could it have happened.' 'I overheard you in v.he cars, and wM keep your secret only on one condition.' He whispered something to mo that made my face turn scarlet; but I was at his mercy, and said I would think of it; and to the delight of the whole family, Dora and Fred, in particular, Archie and I were married in less thaa two months; and Dora said to me as I bade her good-bje that it would give unmistakable delight to herself and my brother Fred, if I would attend their wedding in a month, and I did so. The Massachusetts Indians. The enfranchisement of the Indians in Massachusetts has for a long time claimed the attention of public men in that State, but the measure has just received a new impulse' from Governor Claflin's indorsement of it in his late address. In discussing the question the Springfield Republican -says: "The number of Indians scattered throughout Massachusetts is no more than 1,600, while the so-called "plantation tribes" number 1,200. Among them there is probably not au Indian of pure blood, for they have intermarried for so many generatious, that their genealogy is hopelessly mixed up. They still own nearly 20,000 acres of land, chiefly at Marshpec and on Martha's Vineyard. This property they are not allowed to slienate, nor are they required to pay taxes, nor allowed to vote, except in their own communities; which are managed under a sort of town organization The State expends for them annually for schools and ministers, the relief of the poor, etc., upwards of four thousand dollars. They are generally poor, and many of them arc indolent but some are thrifty farmers, seamen and laborers, and there is as much intelligence in their communities as among the generality of the colored population of the country. It is now proposed to make them voters and tax payers. This was recommended by Mr. Bird, the longtried friend and champion of the Indian in the Legislature, twenty years a go by Mr. Earle, in 1860, and by Mr. Sanborn, last year. The recomrnendatio n of the Governor, seconded in the Legislature by Sir. Bird, will pr.-rbaly lead to their complete enfranchisement." ClILOROFOKM ON THE GaLI.OWS. The SheriiF of Oneida, county. New York, lately had to execute a murderer. Being a teiider hearted man, Le gave the crim inal chloroform before he put the rope around his neck. Thereupon he has been indicted for malfeasance in office. It is not easy to sec how he was false to his official duties in administering the chloroform; but it occurs to us that he might be indicted for murder if it could be shown that he administered chloroform enough to kill the man. He had no legal right to take the fellow's life in any way except by the rope; and if he had killed him in any other way, as with a bludgeon, or with arsenic, he would certainly have been held for murder. The practice of administering chloroform to persons in the agony of death from painful and fatal wounds was appro ed by some of the best surgeons during the war; and we have heard of a number of instances. But that would not justify a sheriff in using chloroform; though we do not see precisely what difference it would make, whether he gave the drug to a man on the scaffold or not. Exchange. Glasgow has a chimney 454 feet high, .the tallest in the world.

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How Henry Ward Beecher Makes His Sermons. Ralph Meeker contributes to the March number of Packard's Monthly, an interesting account of "How Beecher makes his Sermons:" When he first commenced to preach he wrote out a few of his sermons, until he had enough other writing to correct his style. Since then he has never written out a discourse in fall. He has an idea all the week as to what subject he will treat on Sunday. Still there is no definite plan in his mind till the time arrives. Usually, he does not touch pen to pa per before Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. Then he sometimes gets so many sermons under way that the one he intends to prepare is neglected until the first bell rings, whereupon he throws aside the.incomplete work, and, blocking out a discourse, he hastens to the pulpit. Generally, he writes wha t wo'd make a quarter of a sermon, embracing the leading points to be presented. In preparing a sermon he first "blocks it out," and lays the foundation with a part of the framework. At the proper places he cuts windows, through which the audience may see the beauties of the Gospel. The windows are designated by the letters "111.," inclosed in a line thus (HI ), showing that an illustration is to come in at that particular point None of the illustrations are ever writ ten out beforehand or with the sermon, but they are given as they occur at the time when they are needed. Often, when in the pulpit, he finds the windows in the wrong place. He always has a variety of new sermons on hand, to be used on special occasions. He said that in old times the housewife kept a batch of dough in the pantry, and when bread was required, all she had to do was to go to the tray and cut off enough for baking. So it is with his sermons. He never preaches the same one twice, though he frequently uses the same text, but it is always in a different manner. In reply to the question as to whether he selected the text first, or the sub ject, applying such a text as would suit, he said that a text may be compared to a gate opening into the Lord's Garden; many ministers, instead of unlatching the gate and leading their hearers in to pluck the fruits and flowers, content themselves by getting upon it and swing ing to and fio. . He always makes it a point to preach his best sermons on stormy days for then those who aro in attendance say to their friends, "You don't know how much you missed by not being present, though it was a stormy day." He well remembered the time when, on nearly every Sabbath during the Winter, it snowed or rained, "for it came near killing me," said he, laugh ingly. Some one inquired if he studied his prayers. .. "Never," said he; "I carry a feeling with me such as a mother would have for her children were they lost in a great forrest I feel that on every side my people are in danger, and that many of them are like babes, weak and helpless. My heart goes out in sorrow and anxiety toward them; and at times I seem to car ry all their burdens. I find that when one s neart is wrapped and twined around the hearts of others it is not difficult to pray." Another wanted to know if it would not be better for Mr. Beacher to travel about the country, - that the people of various sections might be . benefitted by his preaching. "No," said he; "what would a stove in the Arctic regions be good for if it were carried from place to place? Beside, more people come to hear me than I could reach should I go after them. It is far better for the United States to go through my Church than for me to go through the United States." The House, yesterday afternoon, pass, ed the Election bill, introduced by Mr. Williams of Union, which does away with annual elections, thereby saving an expense to the State of at least one hundred thousand dollars. Under the provisions of the bill, no elections will be held until the fall ot 1870, and all vacancies that may occur previous to that time are to be filled by appointment This is one of the best measures that has been brought to the attention of the Legislature, and should be shortly acted upon by the Senate. Ind. Journal, Feb., 26th. The Free Church of Scotland now secures to the poorest of its ministers an annual grant of 160 from the Snstentation Fund, besides a manse. The fund for the aged and infirm ministers amounts to 60,000. No other branch of the Church presents such an example as this. The Tablet says that one half the population of Wisconsin is Roman Catholic.

GOD'S, THY COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'S!"

MARCH 2, 1869. A Remarkable Story. The New York correspondent of the Providence Press narrates the following of an energetic woman: "She was born a 'lady, as the world says. She had a loving father, who spared no means to give her the brilliant accomplishments of her station. She had a troop of friends gay flutterers around her beauty and wealth. One she married, and rich and imposing was the wedding. But the married life ran out, of course. The husband, after spending the fortune of his wife in reck les3 living and wild cat speculations, and involving the father in disaster; after doing Ibis, and fretting her life away by inches, eloped one day, and left the young mother of his child alone, with his debts and disgrace, and her own sad heart alone, to work for her living as best she could, or starve, if work she could not The deserted woman pined away at first, and shed bitter tears, and became faded and broken. One day she awoke to the stern fact that she must work or starve. She could not go back to her father, and her pride kept her from former friends. What did she do? In vain she told over her list of talents. Every chance seemed closed to her. By sewing she could not earn enough to live and pay the rent Hei" music she had neglected after marriage. The doting father had given her ornament and froth in her education nothiug by which she could put her hands to for support At this time a man said to her, 'Come down to mv farm this season, and work in the strawberry field!' Nothing but dire neee3sit3' made her go. The man was kind to her, and made the work light. All the season she worked for him, and in the open air, and with the plain, regular living, her heart came back to her. She became healthful aad hopeful, as in former days. Here was her chance. When the season was over, she said to her employer, 'Take me in to your business! I have shown what I can do. Mypastlife I shall drop. I will become a business woman!' He thought she was jesting at first; but she was in earnest. Her offer was accepted. For three years this woman acted as clerk and manager for ono of the large produce-raisers Of Jersey. The details of the .business came into her hands. No better salesman than she, no better executive. At last she bought an interest, afterward half the business. It seemed as if her old life had been led by somebody else; from being a nervous, timid woman, she grew into a brisk, sound, laborious worker, one made a home in Jersey for her child and aged father. And to-day there is no more popular dealer in the market, and no more capable woman in New York, and no finer appearing lady anywhere, than this self-made woman, who can daily be seen managing her extensive business in Washington Market, associating with markctmen, but never forgetting, nor do they, that she is a lady, and commanding all the respect due to her sex." What the Cubans abb Fighting for. The Cubans, if we may credit their own story told officially and from mouth to mouth, are fighting for Representation, Se erance of Church and State, and General Emancipation. Every one of these are principles traditionally dear to the American people, and ends which we have been taught to believe just causes of war. Cuba has to day no representation in the Spanish Cortes, and never has had. She has not been offered even that constructive representation with which we were sought to be deluded in colonial times. She has no voice in determining the amount or the method ol collection of the taxes which she must raise. These taxes, again, arc not invested nor spent for her benefit, nor has she any power of any kind over them. She is simply the coffer of the Spanish throne. .The consequences of this disability are those which have always followed it, and are not few: A burdensome standing army weighs down and impoverishes ihe land. The rule of the captain -general is ab solute and arbitrary. The exercise of the right of petition has been followed by expatriation and imprisonment The corporate association of the peo pie for the purposes of science, art, or commerce has been discountenanced and impeded. The ports of the Island have been closed to foreign ships, for the purpose of creating a monopoly for Spanish bottoms. But why enumerate a lengthening list of evils? For this cause alone taxation without representation we went to war, and deemed the step well and prudently taken, The Revolution in Cuba, in March No. of Lippincott's Magazine. Hungary is to have a system of com pulsory public education, as in Prussia. 1

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Hindoo Writing. Writing is a curious art as practiced by the Hindoos. - They may be often seen walking along their native streets writing a letter. An iron stile and a palm leaf 'are the implements. In writing, neither table nor chair is needed, the leaf being supported on the middle finger of the left band, and kept study with the thumb and fore-fiinger. The right hand does not, as with us, move along on the surface, but, after finishing a few words, the writer fixes the p dnt of the'iron in the last letter, and pushes the leaf lrom right to left so that he may finish the line. The characters are rendered legible by besmearing the leaf with ink like fluid. A letter is generally finised on a single leaf, which is then inclosed in a second, whereupon is the address. - , .' . JThe Cincinnati Gazette justly says of the disorderly conduct in the House during the counting of the electoral vote: j - "The hearts of all good men must sicken with shame at the recital, but justice demands the strongest words of condemnation, and will be content with nothing less than is written. The afternoon work was the work of a mob - There was so much confusion that men's voices could not be distinguished, and therefore it has not been possible to give names, except in a few cases where persons made themselves specially prominent. At one time, for ten or fifteen minutes not less than a hundred men, few Senators, but mostly Representatives, were on their feet shouting and gesticulating in the wildest manner. Something of the confusion was doubt less due to Mr. Wade's lack of knowledge of parliamentary law and usages, but no ignorance of his duty on the part of the Presiding Officer could for a moment excuse or palliate the conduct of scores of members of the joint convention. The day that should have been one of peace, for the sake of him whose watchword is, 'Let us have peace,' was a day of gross violence, passionate disorder, and mob insolence a day to be remembered with averted head and the criuasonino; of shame." Advantage of Beino a Woman. A woman says what she chooses without being knocked down for it. She can take a snooze after dinner when her husband goes to work. She can go into the street without being asked to 'stand treat" at every saloon. She can stay at home in time of war, and get married again if her husband is killed. She can wear corsets if too thick and other fixins if too thin. She can, get divorced from her husbaad if she sees one she likes better. She can get her husband in debt all over, until he warns the public not to trust her on his account. But all these advantages are balanced by the great fact that she cannot sing bass, go sparking, or climb a tree with any degree of proprietr3LW An exchange paper speaking of the balls and parties that 'drag their ruinous length' after midnight, says: 'It is the after midnight carousal that is undermining our society, makes rakes of young men and ruins happy homes. Let the gaiety be confined to more reasonable hours. Away with this foolish waste and night walking. The evil has been growing out of all bounds, until it is a most serious one. It has grown till no father or mother can be sure of the safety of their children when out till near morning.' Important Decision. The United States Supreme Court has decided that contracts specifically to pay coin must be paid in coin. The Court holds that Government has created two kinds of legal tender, and that contracts which specify real money must be paid in that money, while other contracts may be satisfied with the paper legal tender. This straightens out the crooked decis ions by which coin contracts have been outlawed, and by which the Courts have refused to recognize that there are two kinds of money, of different values, al though the Government whieh created the paper tender preserved two kinds in its own transaction. Careful Count The New York Tri bune counts up the number of convicted and sentenced counterfeiters of our na tional currency, an foots up at one hundred. Of the felons, A. J. has rardoned only ninety-seven. The editor wants the out going President to signalize that auspicious event, by pardoning the remaining three, and thus consummate the infamous consistency of his counterfeit administration. Consent. The general readiness now-a dava of thieves of the most cowardlv and snea.tr. ing description, to commit murder rathA.1 V . er man oe caagnt, is explained by the fact that there is now hardlv more mm. ishment to be expected for murder than for theft By reduciBfir the aanntitv of life nearly or quite to the level of that of property, we are giving every thief the strongest temptation to get of his pistol another chance of escape, since it scarcely makes his chances of punish ment more formidable if caught. " A benevolent citizen of Brnnnwfolr Germany, supplies blankets to the nnnr during the winter months. They are stamped, to prevent their being pawned or sold, and are returned in May of every year. The system has been in operation six years, and not a blanket ha. been lost Less than twAnlv - n --- - -j j vjci uiau With nftv dollant nnri a K1i U -j iuu uuioc, star tea an iron fonndrv n K.vB,..;iin t J - -.WMUOTIUC AV day he is worth more than $200,000.

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Ml 4 Mi SUfe Ml 00 600 It I 12 IS 3 00l rselui oe e o , , oo 00 et t os J5 8 6j 8 2li5i 18 1ft SO 18 ( 3 010 00 0114 00 0118 00 12 00 18 00 22 ( 251 09 SO 00 45 12 00135 00 a Thb AppHBNTicas' Librart or Pnu adelphia The Apprentices' Library is lodged in an old historic building at the corner of Fifth and (now1 called) Arch streets, in the north wall of which is set in marble slab bearing this quaint legend: !:- '-s-j .' i V ! BY GENERAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE FREE QUAKERS. Erected in the Year ' or OCR LORD 1783 or the empire 8. The founders of the building were originally members of the .Society of Friends, from which they became serrated by taking part in the war of Ihe Revolution. When the war was ended they formed a religious society, and erected the present library building for a meeting house. There they assembled s fter the manner of their sect, but Time, gently covering old wrongs and bitterness, obliterated their misdeeds against the spirit of peace, and either they or their children were taken back at last into the old beloved fold, and then the building fell into disuse, and afterward into possession of the library. But the galleries where the ministers and elder sat, end the massive benches for the rest of those grim old fighting Quakers, are still preserved with very loving care. L. Clarke- Davis! in March No. of Lippincott's Magazine'"" ST The action of the Texas Convention in dividing the State of Texas, wiil, no doubt, receive the sanction of the people. If so, we shall have an East and a West Texas, The Colorado is made tbe dividing' line. The eastern portion will constitute a cotton growing country. The capiiol of Western Texas will be temporarily located at San Antonio. We copy the following description of it from the Houston Union: "Western Texas will be a thoroughly loyal State, and in many respects one of the roost important and interesting of all the reconstructed States. Its juxtaposition to Mexico invests it with additional importance. It includes a large quantity of most fertile soil, unrivalled advantages for stock raising cf all kinds, extensive mineral) resources, and, what it better thin all these combined, much energy, enterprise, and "go aheadativeness" among its population. A large majority of them have always been thoroughly loyal. The Republican party now is, and always will be, in that region, in the ascenden cy. The form of the- State, as defined by the Constitution, is symmetrical." In Watertown, Wisconsin, there is a young man who has been troubled for the last twenty years with some living creature in his stomaeh, whioh has had the effect of seriously injuring his health, and at times has - threatened to end hi3 life. The motions of the animal can be distinctly felt and heard by placing the hand or ear upon, the- stomach. Fre quently it comes -up into his throat and produces strangulation. At such times he says he can feel. the;-lower part of the creature moving about inhi stomach, leaving no doubt that it is . a snake, and not a very smalL cae either. The Lafayette Journal takes the Ind St. Sentinel to task. for soellin? narsnm a - d a f correcting the word by substituting an e for an i; whereupon the Sentinel ortho grapizes thoslyn 'If he will look in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary edition of 1865, on page 951, near the top of the second page, he will find 4parsnip.' The word parsnep cannot be found in the book except in the same paragraph ,! where it is mentioned" as one-form of spelling the word. .Parsnep- and turnepr went out of existence with mu sick, hon our, chymistry, etc;' ' George Alfred Townsend, who is generally pretty well posted, says that the organization of the next Congress is as good as settled, 'interested gossip to the contrary notwithstanding. Henry D. Washburne will be Sergeant atArms in place of Ordway, the present incumbent I had nearly said incubus. James G. Blaine will be- elected Speaker, and he will be the-only offieer taken from New England. Edward McPherson wi!l be made Clerk by right of chaste and honorable service, perfect integrity and high-mindedness. Good selections, each and every one of them. The Northern Christian Advocate has three colums of editorial and communicated protest against Bishop Simpson's connection with the New York Ledger. The Ledger's "distinguished clergymen" doubtless make a good use of their pay, and furnish more- substantial food for the mind than Sylv&n.s Cobb, Jr., which is good as far as it goes. - ' The Louisville Journal ungallantly says that woman, with all her I beauty and worth, should remember that man was the chief matter considered at the creation. She was only side issue. There : has been a irreat snow storm in Eastern' Canada, , blockin up the roads badly. In the streets of Montreal the snow is eight feet deep! More snow has fallen in that region this win ter than during any precious winter for twenty years. " A 1 ' r-