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IWr:. * * * ' i • - ! > 1, ** * ~ f * ^JlfW * -< <• L '-. ItatuJ L ^ i \*i,ji tJ „ <1 ' **<T (tf"->•'•* ?•" •- ^,v\^ » i*„ * > '« j - i,-*- Biver, from, New York to Albany- ' " ' "iafgl }e applied vessels with*entire success. first practical demonstration ths could be n VIr,'~- •% ram-•nwinir THBEB score anA t&i&eii&n years have rolled by since Fttlfcon died, at the age of forty-nitre, eight years after the tefal trip of the CiewBOWfe ©n the Hudson " I--rtiie {jteam to the propulsion of Of those who enjojted the privilege of being on the Glftflaont's deck before the start, during the trip or just after the arrival at ^Jbuiy, tlierp is but pne alive, and he was carried in his mother s arms at the time, being only two years old. Hb personal rem embrance of the event, of course, does not amount to much, tittt lie has nevertheless a store of in­ formatics e$r~ce?ntog the trio, not in "the possession of anybody else, for as sodn as he became old enough to real­ ise the importance of the matter, he naturally sought With lndre assiduity than a person less directly interested would exhibit for facts pertaining to the occasion. This gentleman is the, Rev. Frederick Reynolds Freeman, a Baptist clergyman of Illinois, now with his wife and children on a visit to •.his city. Mr. Freeman is in his seven­ ty-third yfear, white-haired, but fresh- looking and vigorous. 4*The evfent is like a dream to me," •says Mr. Freeman. ** Probably my memory would MOW be unable to reach it but for the constant rehearsals of the scenes and incidents made to me in my youth. 'These vividly impressed the whole upon my mind, and together *vrith my faint personal recollection of the occasion left a more faithful picture than unassisted tradition or history -cbuld paint upon a memory lees allied to the circumstances. 44 The first steam packet (of 140 feet keel and 16£ feet beam) was trim and handsome enough, excepting the boil­ ers, machinery and smoke-stack, which were rude, cumbrous and of extremely formidable appearance. The side wfleel, too, was a clumsy affair, uncov­ ered, and with twelve huge paddles, held in their place by a ring half v.*ay j between their extremities and the bub, that sent water splashing updn the -deck with every revolution. The top of the smoke-9tack was about thirty feet above the deck--nearly as high as ithe two masts, from the rear one ol which floated the stars and stripes. "Hours before she started a great multitude had assembled along the •wharfs to witness the expected inglori­ ous ending of what was generally ^Itpown as 4 Fulton's Folly.' Cries of * God help you, Bobby!1 ' Bring us 'back a chip of the North Pole!' 4 A 'fool and his money are .soon parted!' etc., were frequent, loud and annoying. uVulton, however* knew that the crowd ^were sincere in their ridicule, and, -with a confident smile, went on super­ intending preparations for the start, as *£flhe knew that triumph would present­ ly more than overbalance the sneers, jibes and cat-calls of the vulgar, and tHe pitying manners of the more re­ lived. Smoke issiies from the stack; the hawser is drawn in; the side-wheel quivers; it slowly revolves; Fulton's «iwn hand at the helm turns out the 'bow; he is pale, but still confident*and self-possessed; the Clermont moves out into the stream, the pohdrous machin­ ery thumping and groaning, the wheel • frantically splashing ana the stack belching like a volcano: but the Cler­ mont steadily moves; all aboard swing their hats in the air, and give a cheer ifcat is immediately taken up by the •entire multitude on land; the Pennsyl- Tanian has triumphed, and the hitherto incredulous and mocking populace of New York are the first to do him honor; the crowd, remains cheering on the piers until the Clermont is out of sight up the Hudson." ? « • Mr. Freeman says that the boat ar- **i4ved at Albany, on Sept. 17, thirty-eix hours after starting from New York. *11; had npt been continually in motion, !^|he pdrty having'stopped at the resi­ dence, of Chancellor Livingston on the : njay Up. The speed was at the rate of : r five miles an hour. The appearance of ttie strange vessel as .she steamed up the river had a remarkable effect, even ih daytfohe, upon the crews of craft sing by; for comparatively few of e skippers coining down eould,. iu ' . ^choo6 days of slow mail • and fr6 tole- *jjjraph, have been prepared *to encoUn- ' " xer such an 'oddity; but at night the • Clermont spread consternation and ter s#c5r on all sides. It was very dark, and the fires werefed with dry, white pine * » Wood, which, when stirred, would send in winter. The ray* of heat quioken the vital powers, the chemical ra^S exert tHefr mysterious and potent influence, and the illum­ inating rays, independent of the others, as has been recently proved by Mr, Crooke to the satisfaction of the ablest scientists, communicate motion. The exhalations from cur bodies in warm weather are more copious than they are in cold weather, and if we shut out the light from our houses we remove the most efficient of all agents in de­ stroying what is unwholesome. The noxious vapors, which free admission of air and light would remove, are ab­ sorbed by carpets and upholstery, and become productive of disease. Those who are accustomed to the darkness and dampness of close rooms may not consciously suffer therefrom, but that they sustain real injury is evident in their pallid face*, their flaccid muscles and nerveless movements. The con­ trast between them and those whose lives pass in the open air is too evident ito need comment It may not be necessary to expose during the ^ day every room in the house to the direct rays of the sun; but- there should be frequent opening of doors and windows, so that the solar-beam may perform its beneficent office. Bedrooms and other rooms in constant use should receive most careful attention in this respect. Sick rooms especially require thorough sunning and ventilation, and, if possi­ ble, should always have, a southern as­ pect. More patients die on the north side of hospitals than on the south side; thereare more deaths on the shady side * of any street than on the sunny side. A notable southern housekeeper, observing strictly the following rule during the summer months, kept her house perfectly sweet anfd oool and dry from May to October. Until ten o'clock in the morning all the doors and win­ dows were opened wide; then they were closed until four in the afternoon; then opened again till nightfall. This rule might not do for all localities, but such a use of it as should secure free ju»o.ess of light and air to every part of the house at least once a day couid but be prodftbtitfe of good results.--QoMage fLmrlh, FACTS M ' v * f 1 jt ' \ ^ ' 1 j The JSew York Police Italy. ftii columns of flame and sparks from e mouth of tlie tall stack. This appar- nt volcano, moving steadily through the darkness up the middle of the river id accompanied by the rumbling and oaning of the hard-laboring machin- ,.„;fhe dai r, vsind ac r,/i^roani ~ T, was well calculated to strike terror o the hearts of sailors oh the sloops ery /fjsinto and other craft coming down with rttin and general f&rtn produce, wno fivisitY street and broad alley in the city, is divided into a series of,"pos£s" or "beats," patrolled by a single officer, which vary in length according to the locality, some in the northern part of the island being many blocks in length, While others in the lower wards, are scarcely two, blocks long, and are inter­ sected by other posts. Beside this, officers ate Stationed at much-frequent­ ed cornet's and street-crossings, at rail­ way stations, steamboat landings, wharves, ferries, places of amusement, in the municipal offices, and elsewhere on special duty. It is common cant that a policeman is always present--ex cept when wanted., In the lower part of New Yoik this is more slang than sense. How far will you Walk in the region of Ganal street, for exaitople, before meeting a policeman--that is, i^ you look for one, for it is his policy to remain inconspicuous? Lower Broad­ way, dim and gloomy at midnight, is full of police, furiously shaking the handles of the doors, to be sure that all are securely locked, peering the little peep-holes in the iron to see that no burglars are at work in the stores where lights are left burning night, or that an incipient fire is not working insidious destruction; lurking out of sight ?n shady door-ways while they watch suspicious loungers, or standing in groups of two or three on the corners where two posts intersect and a roundsman has happened to join them. Leaving Broadway and glanc­ ing down dark and fearful back streets, like Bayard or Elizabeth, West Hous ton or Sullivan, you are sure to see the flickering light of the street-lamps and the ruddy glare of red sign-lanterns re fleeted from the silver shield and brass buttons. Go where you may, you meet these erect and wide-awake watchmen They are strolling through the deserted avenues of Washington Market; they are watching, intently, the excited throng in the Bowery; they are keeping an eye on rogues in Madison Square they are pulling, silently, in and out of tliCj -shadows of the great ships lying asleep at the wharves; they are drows­ ing as "reserves" in the thirty-four sta­ tion-houses, ready, on telegraphic sum-, mons, to go to the ease of a tire or the subduing of a riot. The worshiper, coming from his weekly prayer-meet­ ing, finds the policeman at the door, enforcing his coveted quiet. The fami- - ly that goeo for a day's recreation at Rockaway is sure that its pleasure will not be spoiled by rowdyism, for a group stand on the deck, seeming- • THE 86liSftttf(¥*MRMcan notes the fact thfit of 260 hangings in .the coun­ try during the past Tjve years, 75 per CQnt. have occurred w$st of the Alle- ghanies. ' ' ... THE atmosphere xX London is viti­ ated by the fumes arising from its in* numerable coal fiiws. In a paper read before the Society of Ar.ts it was esti­ mated that the coafaiinuajly consumed, in London is over 8,000,000 tons. IN the Mariners' Family Asylnm at Clifton, N. Y., there are about forty old woftien,- wives, widows and sisters of sailors, varying in age from sixty to ninety years. One^ba^ reached the^e of ninety-nine4 and l^avs with cups and saucers and her doll! like a child. A RECENT calculation says that the demand for hmibfer increases in the' UrtHfed States at the rataof 25 per cent, per annum. The forests deerease at the rate of 7,000,QG0 acres a year. The fences alone are valued at $1,800,000,- 000, and they cost each year $98,000,- ooo. - THE cheapest railroad in the world is said to be in East Friesland, con neoting the Village of Westertede with the Oldenberg-Leer Railway, Ger­ many. It is five miles long, of 2 feet 5J inches gauge, and was built by the rural population of the district at a cost of about $60,000. . s THERE ware 20,000 shares of Keeley motor stock issued originally at $100 face value, selling first at $60, then go­ ing up to $300. Now no one will touch them. In the construction of the ma­ chinery $150,000 have been expended, and the company has spent all its funds and $10,000 of the Directors' money.-- Chicago Tribune. MK. EDWARD YOUNG- has contributed some valuable statistics to Financial Opinion, an English periodical, the general conclusion of wnich is that the foreign indebtedness of the United States amounts at the present moment to £210,000,000. There were no Na­ tional securities held away from home nt the outbreak of the Civil Wr?, the only Securities held abroad being some State bonds and some railway shares and bonds. An estimate of £10,000,000 i s believed to be ample allowance for these ante-bellum securities, so it fal­ lows that £200,000,000t#| the whole in­ debtedness has been incurred* duri*g the past fifteen years. A CORRESPONDENT of an English pe­ riodical incidentally gives some figures respecting the expenditure of Ameri­ cans abroad. He estimates that from 20,000 to 25,000 Americans visit Europe annually, expending on an average from £160 to £200 each. The total an- d ram^This movement uncovered tne catcher, who had both hands Handed stlWut three feet apart, in readiness for the oatph, but being intently absorbed in studying the coil on the back of the betters nead, she was not able to recover in time, and the ball caught her with sufficient force to deprive her of all her breath, which left her lips with ear-pieroing shrillness. Theise was a lull in the pro­ ceedings of tenjninues to enable the catcher to take some camphor and the other members of the club to arrange their hair. » The batter again took position, wlwn one of the party, discovering that sn< ItoligtoiM. 'V TMUST AND W8%. ISoct not, poor «>ul jjdjil® doubt a. >Y sight, and fmmmmr up - nital expenditure, therefore, of Citizens of the United States residing or travel­ ing in Europe amounts to £4,000,000. This large sum, annually expended in Europe, is, however, counterbalanced in part by the expenditures of foreign­ ers in the United States, on business or for pleasure, and in part by amounts" brought by the large number of immi­ grants who make America their home. Of these two classes, 4,379,413 persons have arrived in America during the last fifteen years. The average amount of money brought by immigrants is stated at from £13 10s to £20, and taking this as a correct estimate, it follows that during the last fifteen years the aggre­ gate sum taken to America by immi­ grants and other alien passengers amounts to £59,560,016--a sum almost exactly equal to the estimated expendi­ ture of citizens of the United States in foreign cpvutries, ,,. . , 'T ^ * e was holding the bat very much as a wo than carries a broom when she is after a cow in the garden, showed her that the tip rsuct rest! tx* the and at her right side, with her body a trifle inclined in that direction. The suggester took the bat and showed just how it was done, and brought around the bat with such vehemence as to al­ most carry her from her feet, and to nearly brain the catcher. That party shivesed ̂and moved laeck some fifteen feet. : 1 ' - I' V*'* • The batter took her place, and laid the tip of the bat on the ground, and the pitcher shut her eyes again as tightly as before, and let drive. The fielder had taken the precaution to get back of a tree, or otherwise she must have been disfigured for life. The ball was recovered! Tfye pitcher looked heated and vexed. She didn't throw it this time. She just gave it'a pitching motion, but, not letting go of it in' time, it went over her head, and capped her to sit down with considerable un­ expectedness. Thereupon she declared she would never throw another ball as long' as she lived, and changed off with the catcher. This young lady was some­ what determined, which argued suc­ cess. . Then she looked in an altogether different direction from tnat' to the batter. ' And this did the business. The bat­ ter was ready. She had a tight hold of •ilitj bat. trust as soon as sue saw We ball start, she made a tremendous lunge with the bat, let go of it, and turned around in time to catch the ball in the small of her back, while the bat, being on its own hook, and seeing a stone figure holding a vase of flowers, neatly clipped off its tewns at the el­ bow and let tjra flowers to the ground. There was a chorus of ^creams, and some confusion of skirts, &nd then the following dialogue took place: No. 1.--Let's giveupthe nasty thing. No. 2.--Let's. No. S.-r-So I say. No- 4.--It's horrid. , . ^ , This being a majorttjf, the aAjdnrn- ment was made. The game was inerely tin experiment; arid it is just as well it was. Had it been a real game) it is likely that some one would have been killed, outright. Danbury News. , , , r { while doubt and 'te6k ' ""While blind and ecrrfttts in tby siffht, J- («11 Strive not. nor struggle; tby poor tliTwill; "' ; A'"K,TnSfe'»K^."*u' dimt uiuu <ru ? nii v^iabk mum; !Vhy deape^kfondsBtdream* F »l ^ -V; ois*W. »nil Si«i' ~ • •" r7 if fyj^ySchoel ^ July II- July 21- ! Tarrb otiiartkn.1 " •Thft CMldtaoWf of Minisij v of John the Bap Ltik© SJ15-2J. sareth. .Luke 4:16-80. tnt. July 28--Jenus at Nagareth Aug. " more son," is a e-tfar country „ iuke 4:16 4--TheBtf&unhtfof i>ho8...Luke 8: 1-11. •1117: Sent. 8-TMGdbdSanMfifitan Imk» 10fl6-87. irer.. .Luke 11: .6-13. ke 12:13-29. £«rtbe Qnijlff. 4 Female Base-Ball ciik:,; . only attempt oh record of^Dan- bury trying to organize a femald base­ ball club ocourred last week. It was a rather incipient affair, but it demon­ strated everything necessary, and in that particular answered every purpose. The idea was bogitated and earned out by six youngdadies. It was merely de signed for an experiment on Which to base future action. Th# young ladies were at the house of one of their num coming down with grain and general ft -sr*g|tad never heard of any motive power Iffor vessels except wind, and who, with / m, were extremely superstitious. s •:. i " My father and others told me, " ^ays Mr. Freeman, " that whole crews .'"prostrated themselves upon their ki^ees and besought Divine Providence to protect them from the horrible mon­ ster that was marching on the tides and .lighting up ftf^pathway by its fires. " !((jt.. When the members of the Ereemap tfamily went apoard the Clermont, upon ' its arrival at Albany, Mrs. Freeman •observed a workman emerging from X <s £ ihe engine room--a place very sugges tive to her of the infernal regions-- j. carrjing in hi$,hands a ladle filled with y .^jnolten lead, ^ith this he proceeded . ,!'. Jio stop up holes. whose presence here ,*»nd there in the rude machinery was 4 indicated by escaping steam. Captain freeman then learned tfiat.the work- .m an had been.busily employed doin^ - 'the same thing ever since the Clermont ' had left New York. The people of A1 . <bauy had been apprised of the arrival in advtiioe, and the whole town turned out to receive Fulton and his steam-! ^v^ng them an, enthusiastic ' ; , reception. After a short s% the Cler- • , i mont, returned to New York, making ' Y t v t '"(•!' , vp Sunlight* • •J »»1I «•*/'. Hdft " '!*' » • 'i' BflitLititff rfeven more necessary to -- « wintert for that disin- of officers ly absorbed in the magnificence of summer morning on the bay, yet ready --readf! The opera-glasses sweeping the audience at '•Faust1' or "TheShau- gran11 cateh sight of a blue coat or two behind the ranks of white ribbons and pretty plumes.--Scribner for July. F-i"' 1 health in summer than in ****1 bne, ambng other reasons, I an ibctants of SU iorts are mote nec&ss^ry --tEverybody knows what foolscap is. It is writing paper of the dimensions of 16x13 inches. But it is doubtful whether ten in a hundred of those who us# it, can tell why it was so called. Oliver Cromwell vanquished ' Charles I., and was declared Protector of En gland--a ruler something like the Pres­ ident of the United States. • He caused the picture of the Cap of Liberty to be stamped on the paper used by the Gov­ ernment. After his death Charles II., son of Charles 1., was restored to the throne in consequence of Cromwell's s»A being unfit to govern the country One day he sent for paper to write on, and < some oi this Government paper was brought to him,. Looking at the stamp'of the cap on it, he inquired the meaning of it, and,, when told, said in a Contemptuous tone, "Take it away I'M have nothing to do with a fool's oap.'l Hence paper of iue niiq ftbore mentioned was palled foolscap.--^. JK. ftrfwfo .„,t „ .t ,u * ls there anything that will make grain come up quick? asked the gen­ tleman farmer of the old husbandman. "Well, no," I don't know of notfiin' that'll do it»" was the genial old fel­ low's reply, •' unless it's crows." Then the gentleman farmer wanted to know where he could get some.--N.^ T. Inde- m .m The Phonograph Khslc. ber when the subject was brought up. The prenusea are capacious and include quit? a piece of turf, hidden frqm the street by several drooping, luxuriant, old-fashioned apple-trees. The, youn£ lady of the house has a brother who is fond of base-ball aild has the ncfiessary machinery for a game. This was taken out on the turf- under the trees. The ladies assembled an^divided themselves into two nines of three each. The first three took the bat, and the second three went' to the ba^fes--One as catcheT, one as pitcher and the other as chaser-*-or, more technically, fielder. The pitcher was a lovely brunette, with eyes full of dead earnestness. The catcher and batter were blondes, with faces aflame with expectation. The pitcher'took the ball, braced herself,'rmtner arm straight out from her shoulder, then moved it around to her back without modifying, in the least its delightful frigidity, ana then threw it. The batter did not catcj* it. This,was owing to the pitcher look­ ing directly at the batter when she aimed it< The fielder got a long pole and soon succeeded in poking the ball from an apple-tree back of the pitcher, where it had lodged. Business was then resumed again, although with a faint semblAnoe of uneasiness generally visible. ' ' The pitcher was very red in the face and said, "I declare!" several times. This time she took a more careful aim, but still neglected to look in sotiie other direction than toward the batter, and the b^-ll was presently poked put pf an­ other tree. ' 44 Why, this is dreadful," paid tk# bat­ ter, whose nerves had been kept it a pretty stiff tension. Perfectly dreadful," chimed in tjie catcher, with a long sigh. j 441 think you had better get upin one of the trees," mildly- suggfistwi 'the fielder to the batter. These observations swtttad the pitcher, andshe declared she would not try! again. Whereupon a change was made with the fielder. She was certainly more seusi&le. Just as soon as she was ready to list drive she shut her eyes so tight as to loosen two of her puffs and pull out her back comb, and madly fired aw%y. The ball flew directly at the batter, which so startled that lady, who had the bat clinched in both hands with desperate grip, that she involuntarily crie«, «< Ob, mylM and THE phonograph has done many Won­ derful things, but it surpassed even it­ self on Wednesday night, at Irving Hall. Heretofore the sounds have been smothered somewhat, and the tone hae had a nasal twang. . But within th$. past Week Mr. Edison has supplied a new instrument, which reproduced words ih almost the natural tone and pitch of the person speaking. This has been accomplished by causing the cyl­ inder to revolve as rapidly when the phonograph is speaking as when the person talks into it. On Wednesday evening the instrument sang one or two soprano songs, and gave forth in a cap ital manner a cornet solo, blown ;nto it by Mr. Levy.* Mad. Cole sang " Comin' 'thro' the Rye," with all the trills and flourishes usually accompany­ ing that air. The phonograph repeal­ ed the tune and the words almost per- factly. The key was the same. Some oi the notes were, remarkably sweet, and tne trills weire not missing; the tones Were only slightly smothered. The phonograph thus becomes a musical in strument. The audience was delighted aftd applauded loudly. Mr- Levy next blew on his cornet, " Qod Save the Queen," in four different Octaves. This he claims is an octave lower than any­ one has been able to play on that in­ strument. The phonograph faithfully repeated the anthem in each key. The pitch was remarkably sustained,, and only a slight nasal twang was noticed. The phonograph, however, not having Mr. Levy's lungs, could riot give fdrth the tune wifTi lis mucli* force as he did It had been intended that Mr. Levy ^should play the air in tlie lowest oc­ tave, while the phonograph was re­ peating it in thelughest. This would nave been a perfect test of the ability of the instrument to sustain the key Btft owing to the lateness of the hour this part of the pr6grtni«ne was post­ poned.--#. Y. Tribwe* Tlie Biggest Flow in the World. Qod's Plans not Clear. HE but little concerning God's plan, who thinks that he knoWs all. He sees but dimly the workings of God's1 providences, who supposes that he can read them clearly. It is not from any revelations of God's dealings with His creatures that we are justified in believ­ ing that all which we wish to know concerning them is disclosed; for God declares no tmth to His children more plainly, than that mystery enshrouds Himself, His habitation and His prov­ idences. God 44 doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number." We see something of His goodness and power; 4 4 but how little a portion is heard of Him." "The se­ cret things belong unto the Lord our God." 44 There is no searching of His understanding." Even the Son of God, when he wondered over God's ways with the children of men, attempted no solving of the mystery; but His sub­ missive words were, 44 Even so, Father; for «o it seemed good< in Thy sight." And to His inquiring disciples His declaration was, 44 It is not for you to know the times Of the seasons which the Father hath gwt in His osvn power." Life is « ihystefry. Death Is a mys- tery. .Siin is a mystery. Redemption is a mystery. 44 And withopt contro­ versy, great is the mystery of godli­ ness." Why was sin permitted? Why by one man's disobedience were many made sinners, and death caused to pass upon all men? Why is there prosperi­ ty for the wicked? Why is there suf­ fering for the righteous"? Why do wars continue, and pestilences rage, and f am ines prevail? Why is it that The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead? appear what that when He like Him." $a an except under tiW house ttartooL " As the hart panteth after the water* brooks so panteth my soul after Th«e, O God," is not'the solitary cry of a single soul. "The Only-begotten S6n who is in the bosom of tlie Father, He hath declared Him," is the solitary declaration of a single Messiah* '.'Take a concordance; see how tjbe Bible abounds in Ijppe; and thenlobk in t.hfi nf rnnfnciii^ S2.CI*ed poems of the Brahmahs or the teach­ ing of Buddha for parallels. "In Thee, O Lord, do I Hope/* * k Hope in*GcM; for I shall yeFpnAe Him who" is the heftlth Of my counte-- nance and my God.',' ,,. < ^ 44 Thou art my hope, O God.'* *' Let Israel hope in the Lord." f ! it *' Haopy he that hath the Godpf Jacob for his, help, whose hope is in the Lord his God." ! * There* is mdfe hope lm the singl ̂ Psalmist than in all the pagan sacred writings put together. There is more hope in the Christian experience em­ bodied in a single hymn-book like the 4 4 Gospel-Hymns" than in all heathen hymnology. The voice of paganism is tne plaintive or the passionate outcry of the prisoner. The voice of Chris- tjanity is the assurance of the Deliverer or the triumphant song of the Deliv­ ered.--Christian Uiiion. l> igo the Chicago, Mil K ABOUT a month ai waukee & St. Paul Railroad Company gave* an order for a plow to be built ac cording to drawings furnished, which should be the largest plow in the world, The other day, we were invited to see the monster on the stocks and to take its measurements. The plow being now ready for delivery, we give some weights and dimensions which will enable one to form some idea of it. The share weighs 382 pounds, the mold-board 180 pounds the beam 900 pounds, the coulter and clasp 180 pounds, the clevis 60 pounds the standard 184 pounds. The sizes of the principal parts are: The beam is 16£ feet long, 10 inches wide and 17 inches thick; the, land-slide is 9 feet by 5x2 inches, the standard 40x7x1 J inches, the mold-board 8 feet by 26 inches, the share 5J feet by 12 inches. It will cut a furrow 87 inches wide, and is expect ed to go through any obstruction which comes in its way. The plow will be shipped to George W. Sanborn, Super-* intendent Of * the Iowa and Minnesota Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Mason City, Iowa, and will be Used in railroad construc­ tion, thej tjsam attached to it being a lo- eojnotive. The Railroad Company look upon it as an experiment, but the builders are confident it will prove a success, and« will vastly cheapen the ditching of railroads across our bro^d prairies.--Jhibuqu* (fawa) Jicr&ld. Speech and'silence1. At the best, 44 now we see through a glass darkly." Not even He who 44 brought life ana immortality to light in the gospel" make3 plain the methods of His dealing with those who follow Him. ning, And where our Lord iseilent, His dis- mples must wait in submissive faith.-- Suq^jfe^dipol Times. , , .. Hopeful Religion* t It our old religious opinions were somewhat too narrow, there is at least a possibility that in the reaction our present opinions may become. too broad. If we formerly erred in con­ demning all pagan religions as mon­ strosities of cruelty, ignorance and su­ perstition, there is a tendency to-day to over-praise them as the peers of Chris­ tianity itself. It certainly is true that the same aspirations and desires which find expression in the religious litera­ ture of the Hebrews find expression in the religious literature of other lands. It is certainly true that the ethical rules of the best pagan writers corre­ spond with those of the New Testa­ ment. . And if the religion of Jesus Christ were, what many of the apostles of Comparative Religion regard it, sirnplf a spiritual desire, of a code of morals, there would be some ground for finding in the best paganism a hint of Christianity. But at least in one respect the reli- fion of the Bible is easily diStihguisha-le from all others. It is the only hope­ ful religion; it is the only one which over against every aspiration sets an, anticipation of its fulfillment, and over against every law a Divine Influence potent to secure obedience to it. A broad charity would reasonably ex­ pert to find in the longings of the hu­ man heart everywhere a certain veri­ similitude. A profound philosophy would expect to find in the pronuncia- lnentqs of the human conscience ev­ erywhere a certain verisimilitude. It is in What the Divine offers to the hu­ man that the religion of the Bible transcends that of all ether sacred writ­ ings. * >V- = The burden of sin is as heavy in India as it ever waslri ^Palestine, as it is in Great Britain-or the United States. But Christianity is .the only religion that even so much as offers to lift that bur­ den from the sotil, and give in its place ! ari'unfathomable peace. The plaint of David is world-wide: 44 Oh! that I had wings like a dove that I might fly away andbe at rest." The promise Of Christ is unique: " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavjr-laden, and I will give you rest." a he longing of the warrior soul for victory over sin and the fruitfulijess-of righteousness is ex­ pressed in the religion^ hymnology of India with scarcely less pathos than ih that of Christendom. But the song of triumph, that resounds alike in the great cathedral and choir, and from the untrained voices of a negro congrega­ tion in the Southern meeting-house, has no prototype in pagan experience. 44 4 h#ve sipned ag§|î t ^ayeu aad in • , U r n ' m TJIE meekness which Christ honors and commends, the long-suffering and patience which hfe manifested in His life, the willingness to suffer wrong rather than do wrong--these appear to be at a great discount in the world, and even among many who lay claim to the name of Chrisi, without displaying that mind which was in Him. That, vary frequently, silence is the best reply that can be given, is hot credited by many. But it is certainly the very best reply which can be given under many cir­ cumstances. It is more overwhelming for the children of the Father of Lies thah the severest reproofs can be. Why reply to every malicious declaration * that may be made against us? Whv en­ deavor to cast from us every false accu­ sation that may be brought forward? Why reserit the insults which we rriay be called upon to endure? Following the holy example of Jesus, may grace be given us to be Silent as He was, and When reviled not to revile again; When suffering, threatening not, but commit­ ting our cause to him that judgeth righteously. Let no words of ours b« heard, but let the voice of an upbraid­ ing, reproving, condemning conscience sound forth in all its power--speaking far more in our favor than any reply which we could offer. Feeble as we all are, So inclined to lose control over our­ selves, and to be carried too far by our feelings, how much better, at times, is silence, than any other reply which we might offer! To bear iniuries in all meekness, to be silent under abuse, to resent not, but commit all to Him who judgeth righteously, is no evidence of Weakness, bat rather of power; it is not a thing which need call forth the, least shame within us, but rather cause for thanksgiving and rejoicing that we have been enabled, through Divine grace, to imitate the perfect example of our Lord, and to endeavor to display thf mind which was in Church Union. .,, , ' 'ffftvfel U&es of the Telephone. VARIOUS are the surprises which blossom out of that wonderful instru­ ment, the telephone. In France they have applied it for marine purposes. The French war-steamer Desaix had to tow:put from Toulon the old ship Ar- gonaute. A conducting wire was rolled round one of the towing cables, with an end on board each vessel. The electric current was formed by the ac­ tion of the sea on the copper-sheathing of the ships. A telephone was intro­ duced in the circuit on each, and com­ munication established between them. During the whole time of the naviga­ tion conversation could be carried on. easily between U19 officers of the Lwol vessels as if they had been seateri ml the same cabin. The next step wns to| apply the telephone to the work of tin- diver. One of the glasses of the hel-j met is. replaced by a ,c<M>per plate, h which is inserted a telephone, so that| tne man has only a slight movement of the 'head to make in prder to receive communication^ or report observa-| tions. The advantages of such an arj rahgement are obvious. Frequently jit sea the necessity arises of examinj ing the feeel or bottom of a ship. Thf diver descends, and is able to give at account of all he sees and does and n ceive instructions without having td be brought to the surface to givj explanations, as has* hitherto bee# the case. By the use of the telephonj a man at the bottom of the sea can re main in constant verbal communicaj tion with those at the surface. Bui the most singular application of till telephone comes from New Soutl Wales, where Mr. Severn, an enthusf astic experimenter, claims that he lu made the deaf to lnjar with it. Aftc describiftg a very simple telephoi %vhich he constructed out of a tin poj the closed end oi which he opened ar and tied over it a piece of parchmenj passing a fine string through the ceil ter and making a knot inside. Ml Severn says: 44 Make a loop in tlfl string some four feet long, put th loop ov$r the forehead of the listen^ (the deaf man), cause him to plad the palms of his hAnds flat and hai against the ears, let the loop pass ov[ the hands, and .now this listener wl hear the whisper, let him deaf or not. This fact may appea traordinary; It is nevertheless, tliat a deaf man ^may thus be made j hear the voice, music, etc."--N. Tribune. --44 Marriage Ceremonies Free," is the sign displayed Justice. He keeps a tavern, isfied with the profit on wh: parties eat and drink.