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*Y ^ r m» %A%Ktm&Ktk \ U* /s t PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY -AT- &t. REGIS AAtiLg, V FBANKUN COUNTJT, N. T. L-. WEEMS-..$I.OO PEE TEAE, ( STRICTLY IN ADfANCX •11 letters sttd centtnnlcaUstts should be dressed to M. L ROWELL, Editor ind Poblisher, t> : ^OKD A *-'- .J- Devoted to Local News VOL. I. ST. BEG IS FALLS, Tho school officials of Boston have ' posted notices in nil tho School buildings of that city forbidding tho chewing of tobacco by tho pupils. They have even posted notices in the gins' high-sohool building, much to tho Indignation of the young women. i Oleomargarine costs at wholesale Ithir- >tecn cents a pound, and sells at eighteen, twenty-five, and sometimes thirty ejents. Though no sudden deaths may be tynced to its use, it may not be wholesome for all that. A Boston man says: \It is probibla that nine tenths of all the oleo sold is sold to tfiosc who do not wish it for their own ube. (fastest passenger steamer afloat is be tho Queen Yictoria, iwhlch is i _i * • i i .1* •* • * » .' Th •aid t to pi v between Liverpool and the Isle of Muni On the trial trip from Greenock to Llvoapool, she made an avcrago of tweiity-two and one-fourth knots or twcnty-flvc and one-half miles an hour. Thii was accomplished in bad weather and! ngniust u rattling galo. THE.CALU. I J I When evil, like a poisoned wind, Sweeps the good seed from soul and mind, Or hearts ignore the love di v ino— (| The tempter seeks each vacant shrine. We fall and feel we cannot rise, While others grasp the sacred prize; ' Bin's fog; enshrouds onr spirits view Till God's clear sunshine glimmers through. —William H. Hayne. . 'I . *' Practical Simplicity. dmen folks,\ old story of T lies menj FeJ ho Presidents ofj tho various. Repub- pf the world ar *, for the most part, in about tho middle period o' life, of them aro over sixty, and fcr va- rious reasons, none of them rfro so ;roung as^u any monarchs have been when they ntod the throne. The oldest is tho President of Grcyy fourth Frame—Francois Pj Jules his seventy- three njionths pxecu- is half who will finish year in less than froih tjm present time. Our own tiv(, Mr. Cleveland, completed h century some months ago. t The littlo 8ta(o of Belgium, snjs tho CulcivaUr, has always been tho battle ground of lCurojf. , Moro decisive battles have been foughoon its soil than on any other otojunl area in tho world. Should wur occur between Franeo and Germany, Belgium, must take thq brunt ! f the conflict. This small nationality] ppiar* to havo been kept distinct as a ghtlng ground for its bigger neighbors when they fell out. Just now thcpooplo of Belgium aro taking grout interest in French uixl Germau politics, though unable to do anything in either, except to patiently await tho turn of events. . Building railroads in China is 'an old theme. Circumstantial details have ap- peared from timo to time with accounts of concessions obtained and with pro-,, dictions as to tho timo when that country would bo covered with a tot work of tails. 1 ' Tho latest account is glvoh in the London Colliery Uutitdian y based on news from Pckln, which declaros positively? {that China is at last to havo railways. I Tho report is that tho Chinese, court has ad- vised tho empress to order tho coristruc- Ution of a railroad from Kaiping to Tukoo, tho port of Tientsin, and a lino- from Takoo to Tientsin. It is considered probablo that tho coal mines in tho vicinity of Pckin will bo eon nee led with that city by rnil, thus permitting tho cost of coal to bo cheapened. The building of those roads, and ^sitivoly others, is looked upon by British iron and stool manufacturers as likely to open a largo field for British goods of this character. The contial provinces of Spaip (the fc pndon by so Hvholo spaco royed Madrid correspondent of tho L Chronicle says) havo boon visited terrible a plague of locusts that districts aro ruined. Within tho of a few hours those pests havo desi every traco of vegetation—grass, vhcat, vines and* olives. Over considbrthlo ttWts of dountry not a vestige of (green is to bo seen, and tho reports stato tnat at times tho sun has been obscured when theso fourful pests havo bcon winging their flight from pluco to place In La Mancha the trains have been stopred by them, and gangs of workmen ha\ohad to go ahead of passenger trains in I rucks to clear tho lines of the myriads of locusts that have descended upon them. In many cases the Insects have lain so thick on tho rails tlmt trains have not been able to travel faster than three or four miles an hour. The cortes are about to irotoa large credit in aid of the s.ilTcrei^and to provide for a moans of destroying voracious swarms of insects. these Tho Chicago correspondent of thpNcw York Star says thsit Nina Vau Zan< t, the proxy brido of August Spies, the con- demned Chicago Anarchist,is In decided- ly ill health and probably dying. Hie has cut looso from her family and is having a hard time. The correspondent reports Miss Van Zandtsaying: 44 0h, this vorry is killing mo. Not only the anxiety nhout thv outcome of the case, but the intoler- able throngs of callers, curious only to ice me, and tho army of beggnrn Who havo read t hat I was rich; and t lit a 1 tho letters, bushel* of them, from every con- ceivable sort*of people, some of them threatening my life and some asking for | money; many abusing mc, and no end to tho marriago proposals from unknown vagabonds who say they aro much better than auy Anarchist; that Mr. Spiei will' jbe hauged anyhow, and I had better con* elude to accept their odor. A great' many include photos, so that I an see how good looking they are. Oh, [ did not know tho world was so full of silly fcols as it seems to bo. I am norvous, sleepless and rrcarly worried to, death. The injunction suit cost me a grcal deal of money, and my incomo has been shut off on every hand. I have nothing now but the income of my book on tho 1 fo of Mr. Spies, and tho attacks of the press have made its sales very slow. I have not spoken to mother or father for months; then camo that cruol edict from tho jailer that I should kot be allow od to •et Mr. Spies evaa through iron, ban.\ \Just thii w if with wi growled Mr. Htrrison, \the _._ „ ._ Flora McFlimsey over again, 'nothing to woar. ,M *'l)ut t papa, you want Us to dress re- spectably, don't you,\ asked pretty Polly, with a suspicion of a tear in tier eye. \Why yes; respectably,**replied Mr. Harrison, still grumpily, \my mother dressed res octet ably without these ever- lasting, flummeries you girls are always teasing me for; good, plaiu, sensible clothes and common sense shoes, no opera toes and French heels on her feet,\ and ho glanced suggestively at the dninty slipper, which inopportunely showed it- telf beneath the ramo of Polly's pretty morning wrapper. \Grandmamma woro a long green veil, and a nice big bonnet, too, didn't the r\ said mischievous Nellie, \and her hair in a little knob at the nape of her neck.\ | \You needn't make fun, miss,\ re- plied her, father, sternly, \your grand- mothef was always sensibly and neatly dressed, and i£ would bo refreshing to sec somo of her good taste in my fam- ily.\ . < \But 'really, Mr. Harrison, the girls have nothing suitable to wear to Mrs. Lincoln's grand party,\ said Mrs. Har- ris(Jn t a meek, gentle-voiced littlo woman. i *|No, and they haven't had anything for tho lust live years,\ replied Mr, Har- rison, with withering sarcasm; \buy! buy I and vet they are in tho sumo dis- tressing situation of tho female boforo mentioned,\.apd he leunod back in his thuirwlth an air of having clinched the conversation with an unanswerable ar- gument. ' \I wish I was a man,\ said protty Noil, with a pout, \thou I could wear one suit everywhere by varying my neck- tie*.\ \Papa doar. you aro going with ui to the nlcnic, alu't you?\ said Kitty anx- iously; she was a dainty littlo fairy and hor father's favorite, and, as she spoke, she glanced at her sisters with eyes so' full of fun and mischief, that they knew she had tome plan in\ her fertile little bndn. \ I 1 'Picnic 1\ said Mr. Harrison, in a soft- ened tone; ho could not bo cross with Kitty and she well know it. \Bugs and eantigst When I want my dinner sea- soned with spiders and grand-daddies, I can eat it in tne garden.\ l< Oh, but, papa, we want to go aw- fully 1\ said Kitty, coming and perching herself onhiskneo; she took during ad- vantage of her privileges as the young- est,' \and it is so awkwurd to go to sucli a place without.a gentleman.\ \Oh welll I can chatter Tom for the occasion,\ replied Mr. Harrison, ouito good humoroa)y, h ho is used to handling packages, ard you'll And he will manage your five baskets and fifteen bundles in ? ;ood stylo.\ Tom was porter in Mr. lurrison's largo store, and doubtless merited the recommendation. \(But that isn't you, papa,*'replied per- sistent Kitty, winding her arms around hor stiff-necked parent, and kissing the lips which could say such unkind things. \Oh you wheedlcr!\ responded Mr. Harrison, with a feeble 'attempt at dig- nity, \but there; I have just been in- formed that you have nothing to wear.\ \Oh! just for a picnic, papa, one can t wear anything, you know,\ and her oyos ' danced a perfect jig of delighted mis- chief, \plain white is perfectly suitable for a bug and beetle affair of that kind.\ \In my day, plain white was consid- ered just tho thing for party occasions also,\ said Mr. Harrison, quite mollified by his pet's attentions. \No hoops, or bustles, I suppose,\ said Kitfr, thoughtfully. \Not a hoop,\ replied Mr. Harrison, '\and as for bustlel, pah!\ \Now papa, Pill make a bargain with you,\ said Kitty. \If you will go to tho picnic with US) welll agree to wear our picnic dresses to tno party. Isn't that fair?\ \Well fair enough if there's no hidden reservations,\ replied Mr. Harrison, cau- tiously. ' 'HowTnany yards of muslin and bolt* of ribbon is it going to take to bo- frill you for tho picnic?\ \If you'l glvo mo ten dollars I think I can manage tQo whole matter,\ replied Kilty, dem irefy. \Wcllt^eltf that's getting off quite cheaply,\ t}id Mr. Harrison, laughing, as he counted out tho money, while Mrs. Harrison and tho sistors looked on in per- fect amazemcut, well knowing that Kitty had somo plan in her wise Tittle head, without in tho least comprehending what it could be. j\ The picnip morning was a rarity in the weather lino; a perfectly clear sky, and just breezo enough to make it delightful, and Mr. Harrison was in a rare good hu- mor also, which was unusual enough to add materially to. the-pleasures of tho day, for, unfortunately) he could bo de- cidedly \grumpy\ on occasions, but hap- pily for all concerned, tho preceding day naabecn a particularly profitable ono. \It appears to me, mother, it'takes those girls an unusual time to prink this .morning,\ said Mr. Harrison, looking at his watch a little nervously, \the train leaves at eight.\ \They'll l>e down' presently,\ said tho mother, with a surreptitious smile, as sho packed the sandwiches into one of the baskets. ; At. Ungth thero was a subdued rustling on the stairs, and the three girls filed in demurely, and announced themselves ready. ' \What in—*V* said Mr, Harrison, as his eyes fell upon them, and seeing the ioke and his own defeat at ono glance, he bit his lip, and left the sentence unuttered. Plain whito dresses without a ruffle, tuck, or overskirt, th ck, high boots, broad toes and no hecfc, not a hoop or bustlo, they were the plainest, primmest trio of maidens, that ivcr appeared before a fault-finding papa. Nell's bright hair was strained back from her high forehead, giving her a wild hawkish look, under her immense poke pat, which WAS adorned with a long green veil hanging in folds over one shoulder. j Polly was as near hideous as possible, under a great Urn), sailor hat, which flapped discontentedly at every motion, while dainty Kitty s good looks were effectually buried in the depths of a gen- erous white sunbonnet. \Your dresses aro tery , becoming, girls,\ said Mrs. Harrison, sweetly, as the youthful grandmothers ranged them- selves in a row. \We think so,\ replied\ Kitty, sol- emnly. \If I could only have finished my black silk apron.\ \And my handkerchief reticule,** said Nell. \Don't wo look-neat, papa?\ said Kitty, turning herself around for his in- spection. x i \Very rieat,v replied Mr. {Jarmson, dryly, turning fway to hido a smile of mingled amusement and vexation. ' \^fc quite ngreo with you papa, that so much frippery is all nonsense,\ said Nfcll, arrauging her veil carefully. \And (we are counting on- creating quite a sensation at Mrs. Lincoln's party,\ said Polly, mischievously, as sho picked out the bow of her muslin hat strings. Mr. Harrison was fairly caught in his own trap, pnd his own often repeated words camo back to him with rather un- pleasant force, as he looked at his daugh- ters in their unbecoming array, and thought of chaperoning the outlandish figures through the day. Ho had not before realized how proud ho .had been of tho daughters /whose good taste had made so much of nature's charms, and tho scanty supply of pin money, so grudgingly doled out to them. Not that Mr. Harrison's means necessi- tated close management; oti tho contrary, a steadily increasing bank account made such economy totally unnecessary, but unfortunately, as riches increased, liber- ality sliriyclcd and grew less, until Mrs. Harrison actually dreaded to ask him for money to carry on tho household, even upon tho most, economical basis. \You seo, papa, I've {jiven up cosmet- ics, and havo to rely on nature and a green veil for acdmplcxion,\ said Nell, drawing her veil closely ovur her face, as she dropped Polly's arm, and tooklicr father's in a delightfully filial clasp. \Ah Harrison 1 out for n pleasant trip, eh?' said a fashionablo acquaintance, as they turned into Madison street, looking quizzically nt the curious flgNPcs with a puzzled air. , \Yes sir; yes,*'replied Mr. Harrison, stiflly, getting very red; ho would havo given a month's profits if tho girls had been drcs<od in tho usual \fripperies.\ As might have been expected, tno party was tho observed of all observers, us thfcy passed along, and ono littlo streot gamip culled out enthusiastically* to an- otheit: \Hi there. Jimmy 1 seo them yer Kato Groouywajsr* and Mr. Hurrisonxelt as if ho was tho proprietor of a olrcus,arid would gladly havo left thorn to go alono, if ho could havo dono so, without acknowledging himself ignomluiously bcuten. In tho car it was worso still; sly gi'gglos and whispers greeted thorn on every hand, though, of course, their acquaint- ances understood that thero was some joke about tho mattor; but tho girls were seemingly entirely unconscious sensation they woro creating, and chatted and laughed under their monstrous head gear with all thoir accustomed vivacity, keeping close to thoir father the while to check any furtive attempt on hit part to escape to tho smoking car. In the grove, however, it was not so easy to keep him in surveillance,and aftor dinner ho took an umbrella and moodily stulked off to tho shade of a giant oak, aud stretched himself upou tho grass for a siesta. Ho had been there but'a short timc.wtfcn a-couplo of gentlemen strolled along that way, and, seating themselves on the other side of the 1 tree, entered into conversation.' \By the way, Clifford, who are those gawks over yonder, in tho stupendous millinery?\ Mr. Harrison turned cold with horror; tho spcuker was tho returned European, in whose honor Mrs. Lincoln's party was givcu, and whom ho had thought of in connection with Nell, who was still heart whole. \ 'Gawks' indee^l\ \Those?\ replied tho gentleman ad- dressed as Clifford, \why they are tho daughters of Mr. Harrison, tho rich mer- chant.\ \Not Chauncy Harrison's daughters ?\ replied the first in a volco of amazement. \Tho same,\ replied tho other, \and as they aro usually,modols of good tasto and neatness, I presume (here is somo joke at the bottom of thoir absurd ap- pearance to-day. I shrewdly suspect their father has been giving them a cur- tain lecturo on the follies of fashion, and they aro giving him an ocular demonstra- tion of his own ideas.\ \But surely, ho has no need to restrict them in any reasonable desires,\ said tho first voice. \Oh no 1\.replied the other, \but they do say ho is u dtiugy old bear in his own fumify and though tho girls appear neatly and tastefully dressed in public, my wife itells mo that thoy aro obliged to turn and re-turn and make over as rigidly as if they were at tho very foot of the ladder, instead of at tho top.\ \It's a shame!\ broke out tho younger man with warmth, \a man don't deserve a family who will treat them in that way.\ \That's .true,\ replied tho cldor gen- tleman,, and his tone had a shado of sad- ness in it. \I would glvo all I'm worth, if I had those merry girls to make sun- shine in my quiet home,\ and he sighed, as he thought of a far away cemetery, where the hopes of a|lifetimo lay buried. Just hero tho conversation was inter- rupted by Kitty, who came tripping along towurd tho umbrella qn tho pther side of tho tree; usually her movements wero most graceful, but to-day tho short, flappy drsss persisted in catching on the tops of her big shoes, in a most awkward manner. \Why papa, are you tired of ua, that you get away by yourself?\ she asked, sweetly, as she curleoj down by his side; meanwhile the gentlemen had risen, and, looking nt each other w^th horrified faces,'Had beaten a precipitato retreat. \No Kitty; no,\ ho replied, in an unusually gentle tone, and placing a caressing hand on the trim waist, \but I am thinking, so run away dear, please,\ and Kilty wisely obeyed. /Yes, he was thinking, and his train of thought was on a new line, as ho pon- dered over apd over the words ho had board, and, somehow, as ho weighed his merry daughters, with their protty, win- some ways, and their gcntlo mother in the balance with his long bank! account, tho money side grew wonderfully light, and ho thought with a shudder of what the world would bo to him with even one of the loved ones taken from him. \ 'Stingy old bear,' that just describes it,\ he said to himself, as he looked back over the many contests, in which the very lcas^ whicn could be made to supply the family wants had been grudgingly given, only too frequently, with bitter words which made tho giving worse than a charity. I \Hasn't this been a most delightful day, flaps,?\ said Polly, who escorted her father home from the train. \Yes assented Mr. Harrison, soberly,' \and a most profitable one also,\ and he meant his words, most sincerely, ZS~Z anct Home Interests. \ N. Y.,; SATUKDAY, JULY 9, 1887. NO. 18. \I don't thinl: so,\ said Kitty, as they were entering the gate, \for I have a hor- rid green gross i tain right on the hem of my dress, and I shall have to put in a new breadth before I can wear it to the party,\ and Mr. Harris )n bit his lip at the allu- sion to their compact, but said nothing. \Poor papa; '. le was so ashamed of us,\ said Kitty, as ho girls retired to their bed, \actually Nell, I never was so sorry for any one in ny life.\ \Girls said Mr. Harrison, the next morning at brcckfast, \didn't I hear you say something ibout a party to which you had been ic vited?\ with an innocent air of inquiring for information. \Ati Mrs. Lincoln's, perhaps you mean,\ replied Nell, fa ling in with his conceit and willing to ignore the past. \You may need a little pin mOney for the occasion,\ ho continued, taking a roll of bills from hi) pocket-book, and care- lessly flipping one toward the plate of each of his daughters, \and I presume a trifle of spending money wouldn't come amiss with your mother,'* he continued,as ,he laid a bill Inside his wife's plate, and hurried awviiy before the astonished family could thank h im for such a remarkable performance. \One hundred dollars 1\ said l\>lly, in an awe-struck one as she gazed at'.her bill in amazement. * \And mine < s two hundred,\ said the little mother, with actual tears in her happy eyes. \That meant that the new silk which you have necde d so long is to bo forth- coming at once,\ said Nell, patting her 6wfi bill with loving fingers. \And fororcc we are going to have party dresses, without one shred of econ- omy stitched into theral\ said Kitty, getting up, and dancing such a spirited pirouette in h;r delight, that the parrot wugged her head in wonder,as she shrilly inquired in her favorite phrase: \Bless mo 1 what ails tfie child!\— F. M. Howard, in the Current. tVost Point, ! North and east tho Point is hemmed in by the mijchty rivor, west and south by the rock ribbed Highlands. Tho plateau, littlo by little, hus been leveled and graded, intil today it is abroad, beautiful, gruis-grown plain, bounded on tho west by tl o cosy homes of tho orllcers and professors, on the south by tho •tatoly barracks, tho grim, old-fashioned \Academic the Grecian chapel, and tho domed tuirets of tho Library. Skirt- ing tho precipitous river bunks, a broad, graded road e ncloscs the plutoau on tho north and east, and other*,, as level and carefully kept, border it on west and south, and nearly bisect italong the meri- dian. Covered with well-croppod turf, tho western lulf of tho \plain\ is de- votod to infmtry drills; tho batteries and tho crunching hoofs of tho horses aro limited to tho gravel of tho eastern f . i half. All arofind aro the rocky heights, St„ 4 trS I t r * mme( * w ^ tn !^ no ftn d fl' * n d cedar, with here and thero a peep nt the stony parapet of so no old redoubt or battery thrown up in he days of-tho Revolution. The square built hostelry, once and for years known as Hoe's, Hands perched ut the northeast limit of tho plain. Statues in bronze or n arblc gleam hero and there amid tho foliage, and tell of deeds of heroism and dovotion on tho part of the sons of the ole academy. The tall white staff glistens a ;ainst the dark background of the High! unds, • and throws to the breeze, high o rcr all, tho brilliant colors of the Stars and Stripes; and on the easternmost vcrgo of the broad plateau lies the camp j pound, tho summer home of tho Corps o' Cadets. Laid out in mathematical regularity, with well-graveled, pathways, sentry C osts and \color-line shaded' by eautiful trecB, tho encampment, liko everything clso at West Point, is so ex- quisitely trim ind noat as to leave little icscmblance tc the \tented field\ as seen in actual servic B on the frontier. Tho white tents gleam in accurate ranks as though they were pitched by aid of the \straight- edge\ rule. Farthest to tho west aro tho guard and visitors' tents; then comes an open space bet cvecn them and > the color line, along wh ch the arms are stacked every bright day. It is in this spaco the Camp ceremonios—guard mounting, dress parade, ind tho weekly inspections —take place. Immediately behind tho color line are tho tents of four companies,' two inward facing rows to each, with n broad alloy, known as tho \general parade,\ separating the right and left wings. Tho company streets run east and west perpendicularly to the color line, and tho tints of tho cadet officers are. pitched ooking west along the streets of th:ir respectivo companies Behind tho rows of company officers' tents, and opp >sito tho right and left of camp, aro tho larger domiciles of those cadet magnate i, the adjutant and quar tcrmastcr. Beck still further aro the doublo tents ol tho four army officers who are immediate commanders and instruc tors of the foui * companies: and behind them all, at th s rear of camp, is tho big ' 'marquee\ of t IO Commandant of Cadets. Dotted about t io rear of camp are the littlo tents occupied by tho drum boy \orderlies the boot-blacks, varnishers, etc., and around them all, day and night, f ences the chaiu| of sentries, which, posted n mid-June, is never removed until tho simultaneous mil of every tout on the 28th of August).—Zfarpfra' Magazine. Cit| Street Hoys. faie verbal batteries of tho street boy are sometimes formidable enough to cope with the heaviest artillery, says a writer in the Brooklyn Cititen. With a littlo canister in the nhape of slang and around of grape in his sense of tho ridiculous he is as ready for a general engagement as for a ikirmish (ailing for lignt ammuni- tion. Among tho residents of tho Heights is a prominent bank official. His youth- ful son is as English as a massive walking stick, buggy t ouscrs and a hat with a mere apology or a rim cun make him. This extremely fashionable young gcntlo man passed TiiniCy Church on j Clinton street on Monc ay evening hiflt. Ho at- tracted tho atte ition of three exceedingly unfashionable boys. So far as I can re- member this is vhat ho was greeted with: \Git on toh m.\ \Who mado it?\ \Is it alive?' \No; the d<j>or opened and the wind blew it out.\ \Where is itk koeper?'* \Tell me what it Is and you can have it.\ The long' English stride of the dude banker's son quickened a little, and he turned the corpcr with this ringing i his ear: \Oh look That's tho way n't it wheel to the it's wound up.\ \ right. A certain anjount of opposition is a great help to m in. Kites rise against and not with the wi ad. Even a head wind is better than none. No man ever worked his passage any where in a dead calm. Let no man wax pale, therefore,-because of opposition, i I OLD EDIFICES. THE THREE OLDEST CHURCHE8 r IN AMERICA. Hingham's Ancient Fane—Washing- ton's Place of Worship—A Phil- adelphia Church Founded by Gustavus Adolphue. In tho matter of ancient churches this country is^ of course .far behind England, France and Italy; still, says a Philadel- phia letter to the San Francisco Chronicle, it has some pretty old specimens of church architecture, and sorqe facts about the venerable edifices cannot fail to be of interest. Almost thCf first thing settlers in America did was to begin the erection of^ schoolhouscs and churches. It is won- derful, if only one stops to consider it, what an effect the ocean passage had upon these church-builders. Their people at home built cathedrals and lived in hovels. The ocean passage or some other soHutiry effect caused those early immigrants to erect comfortable churches for the wor- ship of God and comfortable houses for themselves and their littflfencs. The reform has had a wondcrfuweffect upon the life of the workingraan of America. •For the oldest church in this country wo would naturally look to Virginia. OLDEST CHURCH IN AMERICA, II1X0IIAM, MASS. But tho aristocratic cavaliers who sailed up tho James river brought with them their cavalier notions about tho church and its legal establishment, and so thoy did not personally trouble themselves about religious matters. To be sure, chapels of tho Church of England were early erected, but none of them nro pro- served to tho present timo. The oldest churcn edifice in America is at llingham, Mass. Tho town of llingham is an un- pretentious one, rtot moro than a dozen miles from the center of tho city of Bos- ton. It was settled in 1UU5, and as-tho settlers were Puritans a church and a •choolhouso wero immediately erected. Both were frail affairs, put up until some- thing better could be afforded. It was not until 1081 that a permanent stru^turo was begun. It was finished and dedi- cated the following year. Its attendants wero Dissenters, and they had for a pas- tor the strict old Cromwellian divine, the Rev. John Norton. This man was of the Cotton Mather type, and like Mather he used to preach three or four hours and then warming up to his subject {turn over his hour glass and begin afresli The people who framed and crcjctcd this building wero loyal subjects of King Charles II, and but little altered it stnnds to-day a sacred beacon stil). What changes it has witnessed 1 And yet this whole period is spanned by tho pastor- ate? of only six men. It would seem to bo better than a life insurance policy to be chosen pastor of the First Cnunh of llingham. The present head of the (lock that worships there has seen thirty-twp years of service—the shortest period cov- ered by any of his predecessors. The fourth pnstor officiated for eighty-two years and the fifth for sixty-five. Among the parishioners have been many;Lin- coins, the Same family from which; the President sprung, a branch fronj nnj older Englisn brother. Rc^. CalviniLin-'* ooln, the sixth pastor of tho church, was also of this famous family. 1 Except in the seating and the winaows, the First Church of llingham stands at oresent as it did more thau a huuldrcd years before tho revolution. The peats are modern in style aud arrangement, THE OLD SWEDES' CHURCH, PHILADEL- PHIA. and the windows are not above twenty- five years old, thdugh they aro diamond- shaped and conform as nearly as possible to the pattern of the original. All of the remainder of the edifice is exactly as it wan when Boston was little more than the flagstaff that adorned old Beacon Kill, and Philadelphia, that now boast* so many ancient things, was'a swamp, in which a handful of Swedes were trying to found a city. j The pulpit in this quabft old church is a carved affai *Jthat resembles a goblet, and so high that were tho minister £ver to fall out of t he would most certajinly break his nee <. The old pews were square and boarded up so high that when the conarreuntion was seated not even; the head of a pers in could be seen, unless it was from the minister's eyrie away up on the north wall The central part of the church was ciu up into smaller pews, »od in front of the n aud just beneath the pul- pit was a raisi d pew, where the eldera were wont to sit. A committee met by arrangement o ace a year to determine in what seats the several people should sit. These selectloi is were not made according to families, nojr according to the ability | to pay rtioncy. They were made* with a view of preserving order. Our New England forefathers did not so much as tolerate a smile on the Sabbath Day. One would suppose that with the high boundaries to the scots it would havo ueen regarded safe to'allow a family tp^l sit together. But not so. The wojafen j were carefully separated from the f inen, as wcil as the single of both sexes from the married people. There was no fire in the church even in the coldest New England weather. It will surprise many, I think, to learn that King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden founded a church in America. It was just before he set out on the (fatal cam- paign which ended at Lutzen. He char- tered an American trading company and to its officers gave money and books with which he charged them to establish in their colony a church upon the Swedish faith. This they did, and Gustavus's suc- cessor, King Charles XI,- subsequently sent over books and a communion service. The latter is preserved to. this day. Christ Church in this city has a pulpit Bible, which it still uses, that was given to it by Queen Anne of England. The Swedish Church was almost iden- tical with the Church of England in form of public worship, but in belief it was strictly Lutheran. It was the mid- dle of the seventeenth century before the wishes of Gustavus Adolphus were car- ried out.*, The Swedes were then sole masters of Pennsylvania. William Penn came some twenty years later, and deter- mined the present site of Philadelphia— a site which the Swedes were trying to establish in a swamp. Of course they filled. wJiile the shrewd Quaker succeed- ed. Philadelphia was, by the end of the seventeenth century, a struggling village along the Delaware river front. The old chun h of the Swedes was becoming di- lapidated, because it had been poorly built, and a question arose over the site of a new one. As has so often been the case in later times, there grew out of it a bitter war of words. Finally it was agreed to Rettlo the matter by lot. The mimes of the two most favored sites were put in a hat. Tho present site was drawn, and on it to-day stands the famous old edifice which is a cherished relic of Philadelphia, so dear in fact that the city would as soon think of parting with its charter as allowing any harm to como to grand old Gloria Dei. For many years tho kings of Sweden were accustomed to send over rectors and to contribute money toward their support. Four of these faithful religious pioneers nrc interred beneath the altar. A fifth lien in the yard. Tho structure is small and stands several rods from the street, the cniiaico being down a shaded path among tho tombs, that reminds pne for- cibly of tho Jimo-covored approach to Holy Trinitv, at Stratford-upon-Avon. There is n window above the altar that was sent over from Sweden. There is uo chancel, but only a railing and rostrum that extend out into the body of, the room. Tho parish was formerly possessed]! of twenty acres of land now covered by the city, but through the,carelessness ofi/ some one it lost tho title to it and is now quite poor, whore it might have been one of tho wealthiest in the country. The QEO. WASHINGTON'S CHTTBCH, ALEXAN- DRIA, VA. Sweden took littlo part in public affairs, aud upon William Peon's last visit to America they accused the pious old Quaker of stealing their land. They did not make tho accusation stick, however, and were out of their land just the same. An effort has been making with some success for tho past dozen years to endow the parish. The neighborhood in which it stands has become about the lowest in the city and the congregation is by no means self-supporting. The Swedes years ago lost their standing in numbers in this part of the country, tho service was changed into English, and the church itself entered the Episcopal com- munion. A visit to it is liko going back into two centuries of tho past. The most historic, if not the oldest church in Virginia, is Christ Church, Al- exandria. It is locally known as \Wash- ington's Church,\ having been where Washington attended while he lived at Mount Vernon. The building is still standing and in use. It dates trom 1705, Colonel George Washington was one of the vestrymen, his name standing fifth on tho list, no less than four men having received Jiigher votes for the office, than ho. At that time the Episcopal WHS the established church of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and subject to the jurisdic- tion of the Bishop of London. With the erection of the diocese of Fairfax tho name of King (icorge apjwars and in ike documents Washington figures as ihc most humble sen ant of his Majesty. Thfr money of thej period was not gold nor silver, and so it happens that the contract for tho cons! rmat ion of the edifice calls for the payment pf 31,185 pounds of to- bacco. . ! • The parish bqing of the Established Church, the vestry had to do with all sorts of civil affairs, to care for the sick, to bury the dead, to maintain the halt and the blind, and to provide for all the foundlings and vagrants. On a leaf of the old vestry-book there appears the minute of a payment of twenty-four pounds of tobacco \for setting a poor man over the ferry,\ The rector of Christ Church was the .first bishop-elect in this'country, though he never became bishop, because the Commonwealth of Virginia was too poor to send him to England to have him consecreatcd. His name was David Griffith, D. D., and this unfortunate financial condition of Vir- ginia caused him to lose the honor of being the first American I bishop. The first were William White, ol Philadel- phia, and Samuel Provost, of New York. Dr. Griffith died of a broken heart, Xrom grief at not being^nble to go to England to receive the fulfillment of his ambition. After General Washington retired from the Presidency he went to live at Mount Vernon, and took great interest in his church work. He began a reform which made the pews comparatively free—the first instance of a free church in this country. t > An Excltls; Bear Hunt ' NE-EYED Zeke, who hunts for s living around Owen Lake and a'ong Oweu river (over in Inyo, came in yesterday to be doctored for a sprained ankle, t says a re- cent letter from •Calicnte, Cai., to the New aYork Sun. Spraining that ankle saved his life on this last trip. Zeke has a scheme of his own for killing grizzlies that is very effective if a man has nerve enough to work it and his gun doesn't miss fire. He earned a hca,vy double-barreled shotgun and a 44- calibre revolver, but never lugs a rifle oven when he goes after bears. When he sights a grizzly he pops at him with the revolver and gets him mqd, standing in the open where the bear can see him, and shooting often to dispel any possible doubts in the bear's noddle about the annoyance. A grizzly will go his own way usually if not interfered with, but if insulted with pistol shots he js pretty certain to make a disturbance of the peace. The exasperated bear snaps viciously at. the place where the pistol ball strikes him, concludes that Zeke is responsible for tho trouble and goes for him. Zeke waits calmly with a double load of heavy shot in each barrel aud the hammers at full cock. Caleb comes right up to him, and when almost within hugging dis- tance, rises on his hind legs to throw Himself unon Zeke. Then Zeke turn* loose both carrels at the bear's chest, and blows a hole as big as two fists nearly through him. The neavy charge at such close range smushes the grizzly's intcrioi works in a deplorable manner, and ht dies right away. It is far more effective than an express rifle -bullet. But it re qyircs nerve to face a big, ugly bear and r« serve fire until he is within half a doze* feet of the gun. , • ' - Zeke met a bear in tho mountains near Owen Luke and played his custoroar; N^f ''ZEKB WAITS CALMXY.\ . S ime, but not with complete success. y some extraordinary bad luck, both cartridges in his gun had defective prim- ers, and whan ho pulled the triggers he was very much pained and disap- pointed by the absence of the usual loud report. It was a critical moment for Zeke. It took him the thousandth part of a second to grasp the situation and spring desperately to the right. Another small fraction of a second was consumed'in his unexpected descent to the bottom of an old prospect hole that was overgrown with brush and escaped his notice. Probably that is the only prospect hole in that part of the Sierra Nevada, and it have must been dug by some half-cracked Forty-niner like Marshall, who pros- pected all the way from \ uma to the Columbia. Zeke vows it was dug by Providence. The sudden and unaccountable disap- pearance of the man with a gun surprised the bear, and he had thrown himself for ward and plunged into the chappnral several yards before he began to catch on to the fact that Zeke was not before him. As soon as Zeke struck bottom; he looked up to pee if the bear was coming down too, and then he removed the bad cart- ridges and quickly inserted two more in his gun. He knew the bear Would smell him out very soon. In half a minute Caleb's wicked snout appeared at the top of the hole. It dis- appeared and was at onco replaced by the boars hind legs. Caleb was coming down after the noxious person who had fired bullets at him. As the beat scrambled down ZekO aimed just under his shoulder and sent two handfuls of -buckshot careering through his vitals in a diagonal line. The wound was almost, instiuitly fatal, and the bear came down' in a heap at the bottom of the hole, which was about ten or twelve feet deep. The excitement being over, Zeke re- alized that he had been injured in the fall, and that standing up was painful. He sat down on the bear to rest and re-- 4c:t, and to induce reflection ho took out t^^Z&jji^ ZEKE STRIKF.H A M«TCI1. ; his pipe and lighted it. The flare of lh# match lighted up the prospect hole, and Zeke was interested on seeing a good- sized rattlesnake lying dead under his feet, it« head crushed by his boot heel. He had landed on the snake when he fell into the hole, and the slipping of his foot had sprained his ankle. Zeke had a hard time climbing out of the prospect hole and getting back to camp, but he got there, and Kent some men up to hoist the bear to tho sur- face. The grizzly's weight was esti- mated to be liOO pounds-. , Zeke says he doesn't care about the sprain, because if his foot had not landed just in that spot he would have had more company tnan he would have cared to entertain at the bottom of a prospect hole. \AHE you fond of tongue, sir?\ \I was always fond of tongue, madame, aiid I like it still.\.. THE QUivonHixtti Urns ^ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING / SUCH-AS Card*, Letter-Head*. Kotc-1lcad8, Bill-Heads, Statements, Envelopes, Handbills, Posters, die., NKATLT AND PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THE LOWEST LIVING PRICES FOR CASH. /, We solicit tMe patronage of the public and strive to . . »nicm ibe F&JSO. TEMPERANCE. The Foui-c It of July. God bk-ss our rocJcUr.m i coast, The land we lovo t h •» most. Our native land; Land where our uobl©sires Lit free iom's beacon-Tire* And shook with bells the spires, A patriot band. And when thoy died 'twas well Their starry mantle fell On heroes free; And to their colors true. The red, the whito, aud blue, The white light suanmi through On Liberty. Tis here our fathers sought The boon their valor bought With bleeding soars. Firm as the granite hills Were their unbeiidina; wills. And now sweet freedom fills Our flag with stars. Now let us break the chains And wash awav the sflfcius Without \delay. Intemperance is a sin That strikes the heart within. A good day to begin Is Freedom's day. ' When the saloon Is seaded, And broken hearts are healed, A And speech is dumb That would, if uttered, be Filth and profanity, Then our clad e\o» shall S3e> God s kingdom cone. •George W. Bungay, in National Advocate, Save the Youth. The supreme demand and work of the present day, says the Rev. L. F. Bickford iu the Ifyneer, is t o save the yonth. Wnv let them grow up in di^sii«ition. to ruin them- selves and cast a blight over the lives of pa- rents and friends, and b^omea dyjgrace to the community!' Why suffer them to become confirmed in evil habits, bound by the stroag chain of appetite, and then, with agony ana tears, and prayers try to rescue them, while the open saloon, unchocVe i, is continuing its deadly and ruinous work, and spreading its ftery devastations all over the landf The youth must be taught reverence and reajject for morals and religion. They must learn that thrse are their true Kafoguards.and tliat it is a nobl(*thing to siAnd on the side of morality and religion agamst all forms of vice and evil. We must leach them the same with reference to tho home; that home is a sacred citadel, ever to 1M» guarded from Jthe foul touch of that nthlcss destroyer, the liquor trallic. If a man cannot protect hftshome.hl* name, his character, his children from dotilement, temptation and vice, then public sentiment M at n low ebb, and law and government ar* znoAuinglew* things. Public sentiment dep.mdn up-m the kind of teachers it litis (Jovornnont dopy mis upon the kinds of hand* it fall* into. If we would have those Iw.'mne whit tbey should be. we must see to it that Hie youth maintain a high respect for virtue, morality, religion and law. If we would save the youth, we must not only rescue and protect them, but we must root out the ouuwe of their ruin. And the majesty of law and the power of Govern- ment must 1« invoked to do this. l>aw must be respected and ol>eyed. A nation of IHW- breakerlf would b.» the greatest way-mark of •in aud folly over set u|>on the pathway of nations, as they march on to their destiny. To demand of Government fro take cog- 1 nlsanoe of tho moral welfare of the com- munity is the right of the people, and when they speak demanding certain enactments it should mean something. When they express their wish for the enactment of certain laws to protect that which is dearest to them— their hordes, their sons, and the holy Bab- bath—theao laws must be made to mean everything they s«y. And the liquor power, mighty as it is in money and influence. musO not bo permitted to stay the execution nor continue a violator of the law., The fact is, even under the present imperfect laws against liquor-eelling, more than half the hquor- trafttc is iu violation of law. It is the greal law breaker of the land, the outlaw of out- laws. Let the people make it a complete out- law, and make it feel that it is amendable to law, and4t will have to bow to tho will of the people. The only remedy by which to save tho vouth, to save the home, to save the nation, is complete and uncompromising constitu- tional Prohibition of the liquor traffic. As Christians wo recognize that our religion teaches us to be true to .the highest interests of our fellow-men both in their private aud National capacity. There is before us to be wrought out the greatest triumph of our Christian civilization, and we must keep it a Christian civilization. 1 mean th* triumph of the people over the heart-desolating, home- destroying, youth ruining, man-slaying, liquor-tramc; and this Christian nineteenth century of light shall not close until it be done. - Prohibition Prohibits in Maine. The National Temperance Advocate says : Articles have recently appeared in the news- papers purporting to be written by pro- hibitionists from Maine, attempting to show that prohibition is a failure, is not enforced, and not a finder r.tisod lor its enforcement. Theso articles are freely copied into the liquor press over the country, and in Texas and Tennessee are scattered by the hundred thousand to defeat the amendment in these States. £o one pretends that all illegal sales are entirely suppressed, but the law as a whole, outside two or three cities, is a per- manent and wonderful success. Wo sent theso articles to Hon. Nob-on Lhngley, Jr., who is perfectly familiar with the workings of the law, and an entirely trustworthy wit- ness iu the case. He su^g-*: \Theletter is a most gross perversion of the facts. As a matter of fact the law was 'never better enforced than it is now, as a whole—the exceptions lieing a few cities where the foreign element is very large. The amendments to the law adopted bv the last Legislature are aiding us wouderfu|Iy.\ The Lewiston (Me.) Journal says: \The more the Maine rumseller looks*over the amended prohibitory law of Maine the less he is inclined to overlook it. It has the real grip to it. Our Rockland special gives tb» comment of an Em-tcrn Maine rumseller who could stand the Arcs of the old law-but who surrendered to J'rinvi f<tcie. We congratu- late him on his s irrendor. There is prima facie evidence that ho has abandoned a mighty mcanbusinoss. L *t him now start a real cold-wator mineral spring and go in peace! «^ M The atympt to evade the law by import- - ing 'original packages of grog is also fraught with peril. The Augusta and Bar Harbor rumsellers who attempt thus to sell mav jet be amenable to the law; t here is som# doubt about their right to do thus even under judi- cial decisions; but it is settled that they can- not sell packages of less than a dozen bottles or loss than iourt)*en gallons. Tfce fact is. the grog shops }n Maine aro pretty wall cor- nered\ Nat Ions Doatrojcd bj Drink. The great empires of antiquity might still have been nourishing but for certain destruc- tive agencies cherished v* ithin their own bosoms. Babylon was conquered, not so much by the arms of Ihe Mcdes and Per. inns, as \y drunkenness and revelry. Had *t not beeTH^' the ilcUtu< liery of in r IC- i^. ami th* geuer.Vl eflVmiua v of \vv p.-ople. x!n» m;gi:t long have leute f her l\!ty b-vw amon ' ill < nations, wit I h-r hanging gnrlcn* undlHi* f »;tiaee<, the admiration ail delight o( all ^holders.\ Persia fell. u->i so much by lue energy and valor of the ('!<•<•!; armies &A hy the drudkennesH of her Kurx* and people. Had it not Ijoen for th.s that wonderful peo- ple might still have i<een a power in the world. Greece, m her turn, feil not so mum by tho prowt s» of the Mo nun arms, as by her own discord u.nd effeminacy. JSave Tar this, Athc-is, in art, xeieire and manners, might still have beep the worlds wo.ider and ex- example. Rome fell, not so nni\h by the honles of Goths, Huns a.id Va rial. <l-s end- ing uponher plains and awsau.t ng her cities, as oy the carelws ease and sotti.i!i indifference of her people. Wine and spoil took away the hoart oi 1 tssi grott niti»a and umn-rved its mighty arm. Pmt for this. Home fi om seveg hills might still hav* been controlling the destrnit* of the world, or at leust lea hn^ in the van of nations.—/»•»' h li'oivt/. Dr. Prudden savs that an ordinanr glass of water 'may contain hundreds of thousands of bacteria, but nobody should quit drinkuiig water on that account and take up with the other thing. A bushel of bacteria, 'in his stomach will plav far less havoc with a mans natural hustoi-v than ever so small a snalce in hi» boot.— WathinQton/'CrUic.
