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To commence a Ut Wllkie Collins:
The time was morning; the scene, Miss
Nettlre's bed-ehainber ; the personages,
Mtee Nettire and an angel, on whom slie
bad just opened Iter eye.
Miss Net tire was a woman who regu
lated herself by certain Infallible rales.
Sue never deviated from lliem by the
breadth of a hair. Yon at once perceive
he could have had no faults. Her
neighbors did deviate from tbsse rules ;
worse yet sometimes wholly defied
their efficacy. Being faultier herself,
Miss Nettire had all the more tune to
do vote to her neighbors, and, as a right
minded woman, was in constant eon
eern about them.
Therefore, when, as I have just said,
-Ik beheld an angel, who demanded of
i't-r the names of the meet grievous sin-i,-m
who bad. offended her, she might
: ao bees) startled, but she was not
amazed beyond measure. She had a
feeling that It was very much what
Might hive' Veen expected of Heaven,
and tialUie angel's selection of a guide
wm not Saits. She answered the ques
.Uo with a Jail degree of composure,
and theja vs-t complacency expanded
within hf. .Cow It would be seen, with
the saaejioa (if J lent en Umn her, who
wertglitf abf.or tlte tteople who sneer
Ingly atarail that, if she were a saint,
they gjeforred to remain among the
sinners. -Hejv would they do now?
Would they shriek, or swoon, or fall on
their kee and call en her for protection?
II.
Tn proceed a la Wllkie Collins:
Place, Will Harileigh's baelielor lodg
ing; time, breakfast; persons iuvlsi
b!a,MhNeUlreaud the angel; visible,
Will Hartfeigh and bis chum, Neil Hill.
Mte HAtiw looked about her with
vlrtnom horror. Shu hardly felt safe
there, even In the eompauy of an angel.
He was a Hfrt. He attend theaters,
and talked geology, and made wieked
jests M Ute T. 1. (Truly Plou) when lie
met atM Nettire. Briefly, he was ab
solutely without a redeem ng trait, and
tbe least that the angel could do, In her
opiate, was to brand him and shut him
up in a cage.
"Ckw't do It, Ned!" said Will's Jolly
vole. "To 111 tbe troth, I bad set my
heart m running over to Europe this
.1 euiyfciUUwes obliged to lay out $1,000
in soother dlrectiou, so I must stay at
bosse tbie season."
That was all not a word more; but
under Ute solemn, benignant look of the
angel there flashed iuUt Miss Nettlre's
brain a sodden scorching consciousness
of their meaning. Tbe reeeut Junerose
vllle lit bad left Miles Stanley peuni
less. Ke was an old man, with helpless
faatQf.aad be was also Will Hartleigb's
Bsttetoet enemy. Some one sent Mile
Staaley. anony tnoo-ly, R gift of $1,000.
No one had praised the uoknown giver
more loudly than Miss Nettire. She
had also taken Will to task for his evi
dent satisfaction over his enemy's mls
forteoe. Tbe generous unknown was
Will Harlfolgh, and he had sacrificed
his year's pleasure for bis enemy, and
told Mbady.
hi.
Plaee, tbe itaraooage; persons, tbe
uinih 'On faring pastor and bis wore
eDduring wife; Mies Nettire and the
angel, Invisible.
Miss Nettire looked bard at tbe angel.
Tbie was a degenerate mrnn. He was
on horseback wbeti be should have been
visiting sick old women, and lie paid
throe visit to Mrs. Hanlou, w!h occu
pies! tbe most stalely bouse In June rote
villa, where lie paid one elsewhere. If
ever Ute thunder fell, what bead better
merited it thau that of this selfish, friv
olous, worldly, time-serving, latitudioa
riaa priest? And again Mis Nettire
looked bard at tiieaogel. The jwrson
laid down hie book and lookeii anx
iously at bis Wife.
I am troubled for Mrs. Hsuton," be
said, with s sigh. "Her trials are so
many! Tlrwt, the death of Lucy, and
now this terrible anxiety. Mr. Hauton
is undoubtedly insane, and yet his in
sanity ie mixed with so much cunning
ins itwwfra ue no easy matter to prove
It; and febo Is obliged to look on quietly
while be recklessly throws to tbe winds
her MMrea's property; and to crown
all comes this trouble betweeu Johu and
bis Jklbec Tbe young man will not
eredlt Ma father's meoUl condition
loaiacsromonetrating with him as If
he wars a responsible being. Tbe poor
woman, feels as If she were losing her
bhu HHttarHieee repeated fiiietlona."
KrsVVaieon looked sympathiiiug.
imi win ras mere to-day, James?'
an go mere, but I shall not ri.l
(bat some of my congregation are
with my new diversion.
jielott af the matter Is, their pas
rsoout for pleasure and at
tbe afrlicted suffer and
aim."
"Almltgo-you will walk two miles and
a bW through this deep mud vou
i -Bumed
who
ajme
ady so weak V replied his wife.
i'tyot beginning to glow on either
mtm,
.-"What did tbe doctor tell you
E'JTbnt you oould not hope
uer year in your pulpit
etlve exercise, and exercise
nlaasure, too. He said
you
i nie a pircexaeteel.eyerv
rear on MacJJSKtieTsome
Ptand.5rip,,-..,-cl to wear a bole there. I only thing I dare offer them. Tbrj lit
rcnllAta . , ...
.,, J mpie, sir. auu aoc t wij
i.uor.r ot jetute before yoareyel thocarrlgdrawn,up In front
when your duty to God aud yourself
calls you another way.- I had no out
side wrap this Winter." (Miss Nettire
started.) "To buy one out of your sal
ary was Dot to le thought of I had
given my shawl to Kate ; I couldn't see
her oome shivering home from school
every day. I hod some pieces of silk,
ten years old, and two extra breadths of
cashmere left from my dreH pattern.
Between the two I contrived myself a
paletot. It Is eut after the latest style.
I eould cut It no other way. I lined and
wadded it, ami embroidered It to hide
tht piecing ami help out the silk, ft l
very comfortable, and you say becom
ing. Well, Mies Nettire stands aghast,
r am told. Sbesays, 'It Is no wonder
that so many young women are going
straight to destruction, and that people
sneer at Chrlstlaulty, when a woman
who, from her position alone, should be
pre-eminently adorned with good works.
attires herself lust end In gold awl pearls
and broidered array;' that meaus my
pleeing, you know. What should I do?
ltotnain a prieouer In the houie. ami
then be censured for non -attendance at
the church, non-visiting, etc.? I say
we cannot serve two masters, ami I pre
fer God to M in Nettire. Be a wise man.
On and do likewise."
Ml?4 Nettlre'e thin face was crimson.
What sermons she had preached with
that paletot for a text ! What a scape
goat for the sins of the oommuiiity was
that luckless hor In her estimation !
and how much she had added to Mrs.
Huuton's heavy Iturdeus! How natu
ral, simple and Inevitable looked the
very things that in her eye had been
inexcusable!
IV.
Time, lunch-time; place, Mrs. Oo re-
out' -t breakfast loom; persons, the angel
and Mias Nettire, Mrs. Ooieout and her
cousin Sue.
Mrs. Goreout was a pretty woman,
and made the most of it. Her chestnut
hair was rolled back becomingly from
ber arch face. A lixht-mluJed bit of
lace perched jauntily over ler forehead,
evidently setting up for a breakfast-cap,
though It eould have no reasonable ex
pectation of befng takeu for more than
a rosette. Tu Miss Nettlre's opinion,
this bit of lace was tbe key-note to Mrs.
Goreout's character. It was of no possi
ble use. It oould not keep ber warm.
She did not need It, for she was not bald.
It was there just to look pretty Mrs.
Goreout's highest aim and constant eu-
deavor, although she hypocritically pre
tended to eare for better things.
"Now," thought Miss Nettire, "if she
knew an augel was looking at her, I
wonder if she wouldn't wish herself In a
plain gray dreee instead of that ru tiled
wrapper, and whether she would try to
tuck her hair behind her ears or not !"
But Mrs. Goreout evidently had no
suspicion of an augel. She eat compla
cently In her Iniquitous gown, smiling
as she dropped lumps of sugar Into her
cousin boe's eoiiee, anu talking In a
pleasaut voice.
"Grievous things areeabl against me?
What are they V
Sue smiled aud coined a word on tbe
spot:
"Nettirea."
"Ob!" and Mrs. Goreout's white fore
head contracted a tittle.
"You are a member of tbe church,
and yet, Miss Nettire says, you are ab
sent half tne time from the prayer
meetlugs, aud from the Mothers' Flan
nel assemblies; and more than that, she
don't see, for her part, bow you can
oome flouncing to the communion and
prayers In silk and velvet. She t-hnuld
think you would be afraid."
Mrs. Goreout sighed and looked down
for a moment, anil then flashed a bright
smile at Surnu.
"Foolish to eare, is It not? I won't
eare. It is true, I was not at the prayer
meeting Inst Wednesday. But there
was a reason for It. Old Usba's com
plaint Is just now so bad that it keeps
her in bed. I eould semi her what she
needs; but you know there are plenty
to attend the prayer meetiog, and there
are not plenty who will bathe Listm's
poor IIihIm, and bruili her bair, and talk
her into a happier humor. She told me
onee that for years her heart was as hard
as a stone, because she thought that God
d made one world for the rieli and
another for tbe poor, anil that the rich
threw alms to her, and such as her, as
they would to a dog to keep tbem from
being too troublesome. But when la
dies who were rieh awl bappy and fortu
nate left their grand Iiouhm to sit down
with her iu her smoky room, aud talk
to her about Iter troubles, and waited on
her with their own hands lor Jesus'
sake, then indeed she did believe there
was a Jeoufi. and that Christians did
love one another. Now, Sue. I would
uever oare to stay i y when she
needed me, after that. Think of tbe
his
barm I might do aoyooo already so sore
at heart."
Miss Nettire winced. She felt tbe
gaze of tbe angel fixed on her with a
look of solemn inquiry.
"And about tbe 'Flannel Society,'"
continued Mrs. Gnreout. "I was absent
from that, too. It was tbe ouly day on
die
to
wbieb I could take old Mrs. Bslhersby
ami Miss Simoox to drive, and they
have grown to count so on that weoklv
wiDugu moy piucu ana save every ceiar v
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i the obange, and they like, too,
roiTrvivx, oregox, TiimiSDAY, September ss, isso.
door. Their poor poverty-hunted souls
shako ofl their bondage, and you can
feel that a pleasant senseof eaaeand im
portance is warming them through
every fiber, as they ohat with me and
lean back on tbe cushions in an elegant
manner. It is pure selfishness, I sup
pose, on my jiart. These are good wom
eu, and if the cup of cold water is not to
be forgotten, I suppose even such a trifle
will bring Its blessing."
"And the silk aud velvet?" queried
Susau. "If raeut makes my brother to
offend, I was to eat tin meat while the
world stands, you know. And your
dree does ollend MIm Nettire."
"Yes, I know; but how if eating no
meat I would ofiVud a weaker brother
yet more?" said Mrs. Goreout, gravely.
"I like to look nlee, aud yet I do mi(h
pose I should have no right to trip Mies
Nettire with my fashions if it were
not for Frank. He declares that my
good sdrtts ami tasteful dress are tbe
best arguments ho 1ms ever heard in fa
vor ol religion ; and he can have conn-
deuce in a piety that does not eousist
chlelly in asceticism, but does every
thing as to God, even rejoicing and
looking lovely. Mis Nettire does not
need me as much as Frank does. Her
conversion is not at stake, while my In
fluence over Frank depends very much
on such trivial matters. But I know
what I can do. I can try to be better
friends with Miss Nettire. I fancy we
iiave none of us enough of what Itosa
calls 'love charity' for her. We think
ton much of the prickles, ami not enough
of the real gooduess in tier character."
Mls Nettire gased. From the sol
emn, benignant presence near her some
thing like a halo seemed tn shine about
Mrs. Goreout. A great sob came chok
ing into tiie spinster's throat.
"Go back," she said, huskily, "to
Sally Nettlre's boose. She is the sinner
whom you oame to seek, and who ought
to amuse all my righteous wrutli. I be
lieve now, if we oould but know all,
there are few for whom there Is not some
palliation, ami no case iu wbleh we can
be certain of judging a righteous Jul le
nient, and that is why God forbade us
In our blliiduee to judge at all. I could
not get over the rest; but to think that
such a butterfly as Muria Goreout should
be doing thiugs for Jesus' sake! I am
going home to pray not to be judged as
I have judged others."
v.
Mis Nettire at her window.
"I wonder why Julia Prlehard is for
ever In the street ! I should think she
bud better be at home with ber bed
ridden mother." Pulling herself up:
"No, I don't! I won't think like that.
Maybe she has the best of reasons."
Miss Nettire had concluded that the
angel's visit was a dream, but it hail
left lis traces. Hence n constant sus-
cesslon of single combats betweeu her
self and her second nature in private; In
poblie such a reformed edition of Mist
Nettire as set all Junerosevllle wonder
ing. If angels' visits were not so few,
how certain other communities might
lie similarly benefited I
Sad Ending of a Eotuanoe.
On a pallet of straw In a Chinese hut
at Courliand, in this oouuty, there died
recently a vouiik woman aged some
twenty-two years whose maiden name
was Itrauii. and who was usugnier ni a
once prosperous merchant ol Chicago,
but whose married name ws airs, jo
Sing, die being the wife of a Cbiuaman.
Some four years ago she was seized with
tbe romaiilie Idea that the proper thing
whs to wed Mr. Jo Sing, a moon-eyed
i-oii of the Orient, uiio hail become a
naturalized American citizen. In defi
ance of paternal threats, and despite the
pleadings of relatives and frieuil, this
romance-crazed girl left her comfortable
home and became the wife of her Chi
nese lover. A few months ago the
couple came to this State and located at
Coiirtlauil. The youug wife, it apears,
hail, during her liri.f career as such,
contracted the vice of morphine-taking,
aud It is supposed that her death was
accidental from over-indulgence in the
ute of the drug, although it may have
been taken with suicidal intent. She is
represented as having been of very pre
possessing appearance. The young
wile's transition from the very comfort
able borne of her family, where she wa
surrounded by congenial friends and all
the usual blessings of American home
life, to the stifltug hut of the Mongolian,
with its mob of chattering, yellow-
skinned creatures, should, it would
seem, have soon dispelled her silly ro
mance. Perhaps It did; but the step
which she had takeu had placed her so
far berond the pale or recognition by
her friends and relatives that she could
not retrace it, and all that was left for
her to do was to submit to the punish
ment which she had brought upon her
self. Sacramento lite.
Cure for Felon. When a finger
pricks hs though there were a thorn iu
it, aud throbs Intolerably when held
downward, and vet there is no external
sigu of mischief, the probabilities are
mat a leion is Iu prospect. Uo at ouce
to tiie butcher's aud nrocuresomeof tbe
spinal marrow of a beef creature. Take
a piece, say about two Inches in length,
and having cut It open lengthwise, wrap
it around the allected finger, covering,
of course, with cloth. In a few bouts
change the piece of marrow for a fresh
one, and continue to keep the finger en
cased uuttl all the pain has ceased and
mere is no discomfort when the marrow
Is removed. The finger will look
strangely white and porous, but the
cure is complete. This remedy ought
f become professional. It is vastly
i If "lr nlh"n .lbe ""'Eeou's kuife. aud
" 'nir - SW.
We see It advocated that Southern pgin-tban by any otheyroatnient.--45Dd &WjffijFtlffi8fc
Legislatures should pass game laws, to - '.. -?XW. -'muNif H,toofryby-ff?"
prohfblkIIIou- gam'e except In certain Abtus drain elTlB SrfSvTr np! ne M" '
?anSKSh0' It is bklleved jhau tbe riroteol.tbe comet payersqulte i "Ob, sir, I am one w!B lakes
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FKRE SHBBCH, F8EE PlUtSS, FUSE PEOPLE.
LETTES FROM. SEW Y0EK.
A GLIMPSE AT OOTHAM'S UKBAX WA
TERING 1'kACB IN' AUGUST.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRRSfONIIEXT.
New York, August 14, 1SS0.
To tbk Editor ok tub Naw NoartH west:
Crowded, stirriug as the city is this
time of year, there are really few Inter
esting events to write about, and fewer
personalities worthy of celebration.
Perhap poli'Ios should he referred to ;
but Iu thl- respeot the agony should tie
made as light and short as possible. We
will have to oame to it soon.
Tiie scribes of the International Press
bave returned from their rambles on
land and water, and, like half n million
of other eople, wilt rusticate for a
while at Coney Maud, whither go more
numerous thousands daily. That urban
watering plaee was uever seen to better
advaulage than now, iu its special liar
vest time, uhen tens of thousands of
men, women and children daily cover
lis fclisteuing sands or sport In Its glori
ous surl. From early morning tn mid
night, every train is crowded, and yet,
vast as the throng is, it is always good
natured and, well-behaved. Under tbe
most untoward circumstances, these
pleasure-seekers keep their tempers iu
a way wonderful tu see, as shown dur
ing a severe shower recently, when all
the reeourees of the plaee were taxed to
their utmost, and the crowd surging In
the walting-ronm at a station uceldeut
aily displaced a great leader, letting the
water pour Iu on the jieople below. Not
an angry word was heard, but every
body laughingly took it as one of the
"sorrowful ehauoes" common to most
mundane experiences.
All along the sauds are scattered tents
ami booths, which contain the side
shows of the Island, dear tn all children
and some grown folks, and especially
dear to boys. You may have your pho
tograph takeu In one at an astonishingly
low price, and you may gaze at the
"learned pig" In the next one; a little
further on is a shooting gallery, and be
yond stand tbe donkey boya, waiting
for chance customers.
Up at the bathing amphitheater
friends of tbe bathers sit daeldly look
ing on at their antics in the water,
while their children ere riding around
the building on meihuuleal horses, and
some poor mothers sit wearily rocking
their sick babies iu the comfortable cra
dle provided for them Iu the bhade ol
the overhanging roof.
In quiet corners you come upon par
ties of modest lunehers, who have
brought their food from home nnd are
discussing it with right good will and
appetite, while up at the great tables
the constant clatter of knives aud forks,
the popping of corks and the general
noise betoken that the orowds have be
gun to refresh the Inuer man and wom
an. Clams are the staple article of food
at the Island, as they deserve to be, and
ut almost any hour of the day there
may be heard the click of the spring
bell on the piazza railing, which indi
cates how many stews are to tie served
next to the man who presides at the
crackling fire in the little pavlllou on
the sands outside, where great stones
uie kept hot all the time for the Hirwfe
ol heating the masses of t-eaweed in
which the olams are so delightfully
cooked. Chowder, too, is In Its glory
here, and Coney I-lsnd cannot be prop
erly "done" uiileas yon Indulge in these
specialties of lis cuisine.
. , , , 7 ! . :J,
are the aquarium, with lis varied wou-
iers; tiie great Iron obervatory, from
which the view is astonishingly wide
and beautiful; and the chance for a
drive along tbe edge of the surf In a
broad-wheeled, comfortable vehicle.
From this time until midnight the
throng increases perceptibly, and tiie
toilets of the fair are of surlng
beauty and elaborateness. August.
Trials op IjITKKAKY Men. Car
lyle, Iu his life of Schiller, expresses the
following view on tbe unhappinees, the
faults and the follies of literary men :
Talent of uny sort is generally accom
panied with a peculiar fineness of sensi
bility ; of genius this is the most essen
tial constituent; and life in any shape
has sorrow enough for hearts so formed.
The employments of literature sharpen
this natural tendency ; tbe vexatious
that accompany them ffequeutly exas
perate ft into morbid soreness. The
cares and tolls of literature are the bus
iness of life; its delights are too ethe
real and ton transient to furnish that
nereunlal flow of salislactlnu, coarse
but plenteous and sub-dautlal, of which
happiiifM Iu this world of ours Is made.
The most finished efforts of the mind
irivo it little pleasure; frequently they
cive It rmln, for men's aims are ever
beyond their strength. And the out
ward recomnense of these undertakings.
the dlBtiuctlons they confer, Is of still
small value ; the desire for it is lusatia-
1,1a vnn when successful ; a
when successful : anil wueii
battled it Issues In euvy f oJ'?"8
o,i .vsrv nit ful and nalnlul feeling.
So keen a temperament, with so little
...otrntii nr satisfy, so much to tempt
or distress It, produces contradictions
which few are adequate to reconcile.
Heuce the uuboppliiess of literary men ;
hence their faults and follies.
; jf you have a boil and want to get rid
or (tin the easiest manner possible, just
cut a tomato in half, make a hollow iu -
8Je iar.,e enough to receive the boll
tin I Will " -1 waxa '--J
i,v.v'iois is wny tne Doorejliau miereavevcu mkuiiuii uvmi
LfeeTarafst, bass drums. T
LITTLE "EflODT."
FROM OUR REGULAR CORItRSVONDBNT.
Providence, R. I., August 15, 1SS0.
To thk Editor or thi N'kw Northwiwt :
Should I write to-day of tfiat which I
hear aud daily read, it would be but a
series of paragraphs of Jolly excursions
that were yesterday, are to-day, nnd will
be to-morrow. Not one-twentieth part
of these are Little Ithodiaus ; yet our
little State aud the attractive bay that
it so proudly and lovingly clasps in its
arms are the charm that dally calls
these long- excursion trains from alt
points, North, South, East nnd West, to
one common center and temporary
hatting place, the railroad station on
Exchange place.
Sunday excursions are yearly growing
more frequent. It Is ttl mated that at
Itocky Point last Sunday there were
2.300 people during the day. The larg
est party of the season also vitited Block
Island the same day, and it is estimated
that at the other sl-ore resorts there
were as many as 5,000 people. Just
imagine thousands of people visiting
these Summer "Hotels de Clam" daily
for two months, aud but u small portion
repealing their visit, and you can form
. .
some Idea How extensive Is this love ol
a clam dinner upon fair Narrsgansett's
banks. It was hinted last season that
even Congressional judgment was
biased by the succulent clam dinners
furnished by some of tiie "tony" clam
houses. After partaking of our "salt"
bivalves, bow eould they have the heart
to give their testimony against ue?
Well, they couldn't.
Narragunsetl Pier mourns the dearth
of young men. They are not numerous
enough tn make the "germau" inleieet
lug. This unreasonable absence of the
masculine element is accounted for by
the fact that business is so brisk that
the fathers, husbands, brothers aud sons
cannot lie spared from the otliec aud
eouuting-rooms. How very absurd !
Why do the women submit to neglect
for such trifiet as business ? The very
idea is preposterous ! Gentlemen, did
ye not bear that wail from the Pier
"Tiie germau is so stupid this season !"
I think of the dainty, perfumed bits
of feminine elegauce at tbe watering
places, thrumming the window seats
with their fingers of baby-like softness,
and wonder why It ever became the
fashion to think that It Is just for wive
and daughters to idle away their Sum
mers in fashionable frivolity at least
as long us the fullness of the family
purse deieiids upon the corJtUtnt labor
of the husband and father.
Speaking of tile Pier, reminds one of
Canonchet, aud that she who planned
the construction of the magnificent villa
now summers at a hotel within view of
it, and can sit at her leisure and gaze
upon the tomb of her dead hopes, what
ever they may bave been. No one but
He who reads all hearts cau ever know
the truth of sueh matters.
Tbe ionr children of Pawtuckel, with
some of their mothers ami grand
mothers, were last week given a free
excursion In K wky Point. A refiort r
says their behavior would have done
credit to the "prize bchnlam" of a Sun
day school. The feast he describes
thus ; "Clams consumed, 69 bushels ;
chowder surrounded, 130 gallons ; corn
eaten, 4.000 ears; baked fish, 300 (Miunds;
1,6110 clam eakes ; SO watermelons, and
without Dr. Tanner." One scene is re
tained in thiu wise: "Graodnm, who
' gave us this sail and all tne nice thing
to eat?" "I don't kuow." "Well, God
knows, aud I urn going to pray to Him
to-night that He will bless the man
who has made us so hamy." The "re
cording augel" is upxsd to btve re
corded that Itrayer on the record of
Henry Ij. Fairbrotber.
To-morrow some of our citizens will
favor the deserving poor of Providence
with a similar trip. At last accounts
there bud not Iteeti any such marked
exhibition of generosity as wob shown
at Pawtuoket, and It was feared some
would be left.
Newport has dedicated ber Casiun,
has played several games of polo, both
upon skates and "seiub ponies ;" has
flirted, "hopped," aud held literary
meetings; aud now has had the grand
est of all the grand weddings ever held
there, and is proud and happy. We did
hope Hint that most egregious of New
port's follies would not be repeated ; but
it has been, aud Miss Coates of Provi
denee, (laughter of the thread manufac
turer, took the "brush," and some "air"
was awarded the "pate." Had she been
like our Miss Coates iu Holland's
"Nicholas Minturn," she would not
have nttended sueh a mockery. For
Newport I can ouly quote, "The best
and smartest have their weaknesses"
and of habitues? That "Satan fiud
mischief ever for Idle bands and minds,"
and they might be doing worse than
i butchering timid foxes. Why not turn
... ., . ..
their SKIH witu me c.eaver in ,ne ew
port calves?
IkWItlU Oil 1,1, J
George Bancroft will shortly complete
his history of the United States. He
has been engaged upon It fifty-five
years. October 3d he will have lived
full four-sco re years, aud It Is said is
'hale and handsome, fond of society,
md a familiar figure iu it at Newport."
! na
RUU
The late Dr. B"thune asked a nooroee
I creatures."
NIDIBER ,-Jl.
B0BEETCOLLYER.
This eminent representative of the
Unitarian pulpit is well known as the
"blaoksmlth preaoher," having when a
young man spent twelve years at the
forge and anvil. It is said that a gen
tleman once slopped his horse near a
smithy in a Yorkshire village. On en
tering It, he hardly arrested the atten
tion f a boy who teemed to be absorbed
in the work of blowing the bellows.
Closer observation revealed tbe presence
of a book, plaeed on a sbelf near the
lad's bead, with Its pages kept open by
two bits of Irou. Each time he brought
down the bellows or released It, be ap
peared to catch a sentence from tbe book.
That boy was Kobert Col Iyer, who was
born December 8, 1S2S, at Keigbley, a
village iu Yorkshire," England. His
father was an uneducated blacksmith,
though regarded one of tbe best work
men at the forge in Yorkshire. In 1844,
while working at his trade, without
warning, he fell dead.
Itoberl was sent to school ijoite early
iu his childhood, and remained four
years, and this was all the schooling he
ever had. He quickly learned to read,
ami hniii beCHine thoroughly conversant
with the few books owned by his par
ents, viz.: the Bible, "The Young Man's
Companion," "Pilgrim's Progress," and
"Itobiusoo Crusoe." His father was
tben living at Fewstone Parish, where
tbe children of the poor worked iu the
lluen factories, and from eight or nine
to fourteen Robert's life was spent In
this way.
Then he left the linen factory, and was
apprenticed to a blacksmith of Ilkley ;
and to the twelve years sjtent at the
Ilkley forge he doubtless owes a strength
of lungs ami a robust frame exceedingly
rare in the clerical profession. Iu a re
cent address, he alluded to his health as
"brutal." While at Ilkley, all the
money he could tave was invested iu
bonks, which he kept on a sbelf in tiie
smithy ; and as he blew the bellows, lie
kept an open volume before him, and
snatched now and then a sentence, as
has been described. He made many a
good horse-shoe, a feat of which be is
still proud, aud during that apprentice
ship his future was decided.
In 1S47, inllueuced by tbe Rev. H. II.
Bland, now of Montreal, Canada, who at
that time made a deep impression on
the Yorkshire men, Mr. Col Iyer was
converted to .Methodism, and in the fol
lowing year, while still wielding the
hummer at Ilkley on week days, be at'
tended the neighboring Methodist
chspela on Sundays. His first experi
ence In preaching was gained In this
manner. Atthesamelime he continued
his studies assiduously, and gradually
prepared himself for his life-work us a
minister.
In 1850 he concluded to emigrate to
America, ami it was on the 11th day of
May that he landed in this eomilry, ac
companied by his wife, and a week later
went tn work at his I rude in Shoemaker
town, Pa, Having brought letters from
England introducing him to the Phila
delphia Conference, he was k rauted a
license as a local preacher. At Shoe-
makertowu, as at Ilkley, be pursued Ills
trade as a smith on work-davs, aud ou
Sundays exb-irted in tbe little cbapels
wherever be could fiud an audience.
It was customary then for local
preachers to support themselves mainly,
and for the ten years he thus Uhored.
what salary be received from the Con
ference amounted, aa he has himself
said, to "one aliuamte, various little
household neeesmsries, and ten dollars
in money."
Duriog the latter prt of bis black-
smith life he became aei'ahited with
Lueretia Mott and Dr. Fume, and
found that certain in theology
hich he had acquired were slm r m
theirs Dr. Furnens iuviied bun
pieneh in his pulpit, and by doing ro
Mr. Collyer Incurred the charge of
heresy, which was made iu Jauuary,
1S60, against bin), and the Coufereuce
refused to renew bis license as a preacher.
However, in February of the same year,
he was commended by Dr. Furne-s to
the First Unitarian Society of Chleago,
which was without a minister. He
went to Chicago, aud was Invited to
supply the pulpit the first Sunday after
his arrival. The church was then dis
turbed by political differences, and some
thirty or forty of the members with
drew, who Invited Mr. Collyer to be
come their preaoher. Thus the Second
Unitarian RoaUIv of Chicago was
forme!, and grew so rajddly that a new
edifice was built, which has been kuown
widely ns Unity Church, the congrega
tion becoming one of the largest aud
most nourishing In the Northwest.
Mr. Collyer was regarded one of the
features of the great Lake City, and In
separably Identified with Unity Church.
But after twenty years of hard work in
cnnneetlon with that society, he hesi
tatingly decided to accept the urgent
luvltation of the Church of the Messiah
in New York City, and last Summer he
removed thither to enter upon the new
connection. It will be remembered that
the late Dr. Osgood, previous to his
! withdrawal from Uuitarianlsm, graced
lUB ,U,P'1, "
Went and scholarly
the pulpit of this church with his elo-
presence for many
i years.
"He Mr. Lollyer was settled in Chi-
"erestig incidt pecurre.'.
ofOita, parjghlgoora happened to
tlsltKlkley, the early home of Els W
U- . JT pi. pas-
amz? "t ". 5-. iv a w as
I gn:w,be a considerable town. Co
Comwpoodenu writing over awwaied lgu
ton must make known their names to la
KdMor.or no attention will be given to tbr
eommantcatlona.
Imtiaaa had made wuy befi
fine mansions, and the smithy In
tbe boy scholar had worked and sludguS
still existed, but tbe day of its disappear- 1
ante was very near. Tbo visitor In-
pected with some Interest an old anvil
..., 1 1.... I., Ilia clinn
"How long has that anvil been here ?'
be asked of tbe proprietor.
'Why," said the blacksmith, "it
mdsi have been here nigh thirty or forty
year."
"Well," said the gentleman, "I will
give you twice as much for it as will
buy you a new one."
'Certainly," replied the puzzled
smith ; "but I would like to know what
you want with this anvil."
"I will tell you. There was formerly
an apprentice Iu this shop win used to
work on it. That boy has now become
a prominent man. Thousands love a:.-d
honor him as a friend and a teacher,
aud I wish to curry this anvil with me
to America, as a memorial of the hu, li
ttle beginning of his life."
The bargain was completed, ami the
anvil m now carefully preserved by the
society of Unity Chureb.
Weed or Flower.
A child is an undeveloped Wted nr
flower it devolves on the parent, to a
great extent, to decide which. It is
hard to say how soon perception and
reason eomineiiee'in a chilli, li is prob
able that they follow soon alter cou-sciou-Desa.
The mental nature equals
and frequently excels the physical tm-
ure In rapidity of growth. This Is not
always borne iu mind in the ohild'a ed
ucation. We are at nrst very consider
ate of the delicate frame, and fully as
Inconsiderate or the mind ; afterward
we pay little attention to tho physical
grou tn, and much attention to the de
velopment of the intellectual qualities.
During the first six or eight years we
urn the child out into tbe open air, let
him "ramp" ami play, so that bodily
ntrensth may be gained. During tul
llay neriod tbe active, inquisitive tnluu
Is entirely uiinourlsned, grows rami auu-
without discipline, except such as comet,,
nciuenuuiy wiiniii me iiome circle..
The body is given unlimited exerciser
and gradually comes to requite it. Then
comes the school period, suddenly, ant
without preparation, in which the child
is con lined in the school-room ddrlnu
tbe majority of the daylight hours.
Now it is all mind development, wltli
little bodily exercise. The ruddy cheeks- ,
lose their color. The eyes grow lumin
ous. Tbe child is nervous. The growth
which was abnormally physical is now.
abnormally mental ; or else, as Is fitiFS
qoeotly the ease, tbe mind has been aoj
loug dormant that there is not sufficient C
time to discipline It befere the child
opportunity is taken away, by lbs finafJ
1 L. 1 1 1 . - , 1 "... m. Ail
urn inauiiiiy i tie parents m nravMeJT
further instruction, or bv other causa.
..""i wiHMiiiy ins irue euuoauon uaca
not consist In merely intellectual on
merely physical attainment. Whnn W.a
desire results iu the vegetable klngfJoE
e uuujiiitjiice careiuny to Water, ptpt
k i n 1 1 tuu uwii ion i f u in in e moment
,lu .!.. I -- ,
fcn.j !"" oi, niKnrs uoove grqu
If we want meo and worn oil of tl
highest type, of tbe best culture We
must uot Influence them spasnilliyil
first in tbe physical, then in ttwirienttu,
then iu tbe moral nature. The mlpd
should tie disciplined, as the body fSjhy
daily exercise, gentle at first, amldrio.?
proportion, but commencing awf -jMhiJ
tluuing simultaneously. Thus Tjlltirf?
school will not be a sudden nasi vltifent
transition, threatening health will) Itg
unaccustmued demands upon undevel
oped faculties. An hour a doyf br in
many cases even less, woakl make a
beautiful garden wliere there Is toOfterfj
nothing but weeds. It is uot the soitr
that Is to blame ; It is the negligence o2
the cultivator Aud it is highly Incon
sistent to expert ail fliwers awl ll-,
weeds whenever, without thl prrj'ir-i
I ion, lbe lieu' .istv b -(ICf.it.
I'hk North i'oi.i-. r - m ut vtg r
ouelir! to ie.cn the X.rti. P.ate, ,.r
to make any i,,"tr adduce to tt by
means of direct ipi-r-aeti fro n mis one
given point, b
.,1
' d fattur
a new pt to of
t-i iS.ut '
pian
irtlii-
i -II v ,- -
; - - ' - li'u? a' .i
!,-...' i p .:'., In tbe ' r ,
lherlii e ,i till-. ; r p"ilil'iU, tbe Dm-;i
Government I' l- rsilved to establish a
station iu West Greenland; the Ujssiuu
Government will establish two, one s.
the mouth of the Lena, aud aunlher on
the new Siberia!! Islands. The Uuited
States has resolved to plant an observat
lory at Point Barrow in Alaska, and Jt,
is expected that Canada will occupy
some central point on her Aretlri' fron
tier. Holland has provided funds for a
station Iu Spltzbergen, and Norway
will select some point in the udrthern
extremity of Finmark. In addition to
these national undertakings, Qotint
Wilczec will nlaee a corps of observers
upon Nova Zembla. Tbe line of this
clreumvallation, by posts of observa
tion, will not be far from four thousand
miles iu extent, along which the ob
servers will be placed at an average of
only aoout nve Hundred miles distance
from each other. It is possible that this
may leau to some plan or advancing
posts and keeping tbem cp within supv
porting distances upon some more or""
less direct line. Iu this way, It re
thought the Pole may be eventually
reached anil tbe otreumpolar regions!
explored and mopped in aid of aoleiwist!
if not for tne advancement of comnftri
cll interests. f
The Seattle jFost says: "A. good lw
lustration of the generally prevaHinfil,
ideas at the East of tbo civilization ffT
Washington Territory is found In '"i
Newell colouv. A centlemnn wbflt.
came with them from New.York tail
us that the head of every family i
heavilv armed. Minv nf tlmmen ba
double-barreled sbntcuno. latest In
tirnvul .1 fl ....,ljrq add IQUE
deroua knives. Had their desllnatioi!
been the heart of Africa or uia-iBor
dangerous mining fields
tbor mm M not have been
alelv eauipped. They thi
rocjous , beasta andXS.'
ronmed'tbe uribrdkeBI
T.c,.ml nnd thatall't!
Kvlth their Heaif RutTed'
BOer less temptation ; s
aSSIpmg-knUaof'UJe
Of rt20Dt3
moral dee per-
lliTMsa Ie
nifpf&QfVa'-
irPrjeftfTTa wsht
ilrnhey M
l too
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