The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 27, 1874, Image 4
London, Aug ob t '26 ?Germany noti
' flea the great powers that she will not
interfere with the internal affairs of
Spain. ' ? * -A
The latest estimates in regard to the
extent and effeots of tbe Indian
famine, show that 8,000,000 natives are
still dependant on oberi table relief.
Farther distress is threatened in Fir
hoat, where tbe weather has been ex?
cessively dry; unless rain falls bood,
the harvest will prove a failure.
Havana, Aogost 26.?Advices from
Porto Rico, to-day, report a terrific
earthquake on tbst island, this even?
ing. Houses rocked f righ t fully to and
fro for two minutes, and the inhabi?
tants rushed from them in tbe wildest
alarm.
TeicfEraontc?Arocrlcan natters.
Lotjisvillb, August 25.?Gen. Eli
Murray, United States Martial, left
ibis city yesterday afternoon, for
Frankfort, where ho will take com?
mand of tbe Federal troops nfcatinned
there, and maroh to tbe aid of tbe
Walker Russell party. There is some
fear'of a collision between State and
Federal 'troops.
New Yoek, August 25.?Ool. Trum?
pler, from Arkansas, did not appear at
the Court of Special Sessions to-day;
consequently Clark, whom be charged
with making an attempt upon bis life,
was discharged.
In December last, the Bank of
Kulm, in Western Prussia, was robbed
of 8180,000 in bonds and money by its
cashier, who fled, it was supposed, to
this country. Last night, a man giv?
ing bin name as Gustavo Meyer was
arrested as tbo fugitive and recognized
as the missing cashier by one of bis
countrymen. The Prussian Consul
was notified, but knew nothing con?
cerning the case. He has telegraphed
to Prussia for information. Meyer
was taken to the police headquarters
this morning, aud this afternoon be?
fore tbe United States Commissioner.
Judge Blatohford, to-day, decided
that although not so stated in express
terms in tbe amended bankrupt law,
answers in involuntary bankruptcy
cases must be sworn to.
Joaiah Shove, confidential olerk of
Oorlies, Maoy & Co., stationers, of
Nassau street, N. Y., was arrested to
day, charged by the firm with having
embezzled funds to tbe amouut of
$35 000, committed to him for making
purchases, &a. Tbe defalcation was
discovered, by an examination of the
books during Shove's summer vaca?
tion.
The thirteenth annual oonveutiou
of the Fenian Brotherhood, which bus
been in session here two days, conti?
nues its deliberations in secret.
A man, named James Cramsey,
jumped from K*ul Rock, an elevation
of over eighty feet, into the Hudson,
ou the 21th, and was drowned.
Boston, August 25.?A railroad con?
vention was held in this city to-day, at
wbioh tbe following lines were repre?
sented: Virginia and Tennessee; Air
Line, via Norfolk; Great Southern
Freight Line, via Savannah; Atlantic
Coast Line, via Portsmouth and Wil?
mington; Direct Steam Line; Pied?
mont Air Line, mVz Richmond; and the
Great Southern Dispatch Lino, via
Norfolk. A general reduction of freight
from Boston aud New York to different
points in the South, to take eft'eot Au?
gust 2Utb, was agreed to.
Spbingfield. III., August 25 ?The
Straight Democratic Convention or?
ganized temporarily by the election of
General S. W. Singleton, temporary
President, and R. O. Keets, Secre?
tary.
Buffalo, August 25.?Reed's ele?
vator, fronting on Water street, was
destroyed by fire to-day. Loss, $150,
000; insurance, $15,000.
Nbw Obleans, August 25.?D. J.
Richards, who fought the duel with
Dr. Gray, in St. Joseph Parish, on the
18th instant, and who was reported as
having died in just two minutes after
being wounded, still lives, with a pro?
bability of recovery.
Baton Rouge. August 26 ?Hon. J.
C. Moncare was nominated for Trea?
surer by acclamation. The Convention
adjourned amid the wildest enthusi?
asm. The platform was adopted una?
nimously. It commences: "We, the
white people." It declares that tbe
dominant factions of the Radioal party
in this State bus, by false and fraudu?
lent representations, inflamed the pas?
sions and prejuilie.es of tho negroes as
a race against tbo whites; disclaims
earnestly any intention of oarryiug or
attempting to carry tbe upproaohing
election by violence. "We deny that
Congress can constitutionally enaot
laws to forco tho two races into social
union or equality; that the white peo?
ple of Louisiana have no desire to
deprive the colored people of any
rights to which they nro entitled. We
announce distinctly that it is the deter?
mination of tbo people to have a fair
election, and to see that the result is
not ohanged by fraud or violence.
Irrevocably opposed to the recognition
of dishonest and fraudulent obliga?
tions issued iu tho uame of the State,
wo pledge ourselves, on the restoration
of tho Government to honest hands, to
provide for the payment of tho honest
indebtedness of tho State."
Nasuvxlle, Aogost 26.?A nomber
of negroes at Piokettsville, Gibson
County, six miles from Humboldt,
threatened u not, last Saturday and
Sunday, on account of some supposed
wrong doue thorn, und manifested a
strong desire to kill two or three citi?
zens and fire and sack the town. Yes?
terday, sixteen of the ring-leaders were
arrested, taken to Trenton and pluoed
in jail for safe-keeping. About 1
o'clock, this morniug, between seven?
ty-five aud 100 masked men entered
the town, und, riding up to tho jail,
demanded und compelled tbe Sheriff
to deliver up tho keys thereof. They
then took the sixteen negroes from the
prison, and, after killing four and
mortally wonndiDg two on tha_jaon
flnei of the towo, rode off with the re?
maining ten, and nro supposed io'-have
killed them. -Nothing has been heard
of the party since tbey left.. Consi?
derable exoitement exists among the
negroes, and the whites Sre: taking
Bteps to defend themselves in oase-df
sn outbreak.
Long Branch, August 26 ?In the
first raoe, to-day, for all ages, throe
quarters of a mile, eleven horses start?
ed; Warmins'sr won?time 1.17y2. A
bet of $10,000 to $8,000 has been
made on the raoe for to-morrow, that
Felloworaft will beat the field. The
second raoe wa^ for steward's onp,
three year olds, mile heats, won by Ida
Wells?time 1.47 >?. The third w?b a
hurdle raoe, mile heats, over four hur?
dles, won by Bullet?time 1.54)6.
The new steamship Oity of Peking
is on an excursion, with President
Grant and a number of other distin?
guished individuals. The weather is
fine.
Washington, August 26 ?Robort
M. Kendall, of Mississippi, has beeu
appointed Ooneul at Oanton.
Despatches have been received here
giving an account of a fight between
four companies of the Tenth United
States Cavalry, under Colonel David?
son, and the Indians, the Ocooese,
KiowaB and Comanches, at Wichita
Agency. The Ooonese were off the
reservation without a permit, and,
after a talk with Colonel Davidson,
promised to return; but, instead of
doing so, made an attack on tbo sol?
diers, iu which the other tribes joined.
Many Indians were killed and several
soldiers badly wounded. Four citi?
zens killed.
The following telegram was received
this afternoon ut the Bignul office in
this oity: An earthquake ooourred this
morning, at Porto Bioo. The vibra?
tions lasted two minrAes; houses
rocked, producing nausea. No cala?
mities yet reported. ,
Probabilities?During Thursday,
over the South Atlantic States, higher
barometer, slight changes in tempora
tnre, North-cast to South-east wiuds
and olear weather will prevail Iu
the Gulf States, slight ohunges in ba?
rometer, stationary or rising tempera?
ture, South east to South-west winds
.and generally clear weather. Over
Tennessee aud tho Ohio valley, lower
barometer, slightly higher tempera?
ture, East to South winds, partly
cloudy weather end occasional rains.
Richmond, Va., August 26.?Ex
Gov. G. O. Wulker was to-day nomi?
nated by the Conservative Convention
to represeut Riobmond District iu
Congress.
PiTTsnono, August 26 ?The Demo
oratio State Convention assembled in
Library Hall, this morniug, and was
called to order by Dr. Nubiugur, Chair?
man of the State Committee, who euid
it devolved upon the delegates to put
before the people u platform of princi?
ples of the Democratic faith, and it
remained with the Convention to de?
cide whether the old Key-stone State
would be wheeled iuto the Democratic
line or remain with the Ropubiiuuu
party.
Glue & Co.'s steam mills were
burned Sunday, at Mitrkigou, Michi?
gan. Loss $40,0U0; insured for $22,
U0U. Tbe steumer City of Toledo,
lying at Minintoe, was damaged by tbe
lire to the amount of $25,UDO, ou Sun?
day.
Charleston. August 26 ?Arrived?
Steamship. Equator, Philadelphia;
schooners David Bubcook, J. L. Clark
and Stephen Benuett.
Bowley und Jones, thu Radical ne?
groes, whose rivalry caused tbe riot at
Georgetown, have signed an agreement
declaring that no impediment to their
cordial friendship remains, and that
they will refrain from everything tend?
ing to public disorder.
Muuroo Jackson, a noted nogro
thief und murderer, who shot und
killed a man, named Wilbern, at Clay?
ton, Alabama, ubout nix mouths ugo,
uud also killed another man, named
Allen, near Columbus, Ga., three
mouths afterwards, bus been arrested.
Telegraphic?Commercial |lLeporta.
New York, August . 26?Noon.?
Cotton steady; Bales 745?uplands
16%; Orleans 17. Futures opened
steady: September 15 916, 16;%; Octo?
ber 15 5-16. 15^; November 15 3 16,
15#. Pork heavy?23.03. Lard
heavy?steam 14^. Mouey 2. Gold
9%- Exchange?long 4 87^; short
4 90?^.
7 P. M.?Cotton Bteadv; sales 1,085,
at 1?%@17)$. Southern flour heavy
and declining?common to fair extra
5 20@6.00; good to choice 6.05@9.00.
Wheat lo. butter and more doing?1.13
(a>1.20. Corn loss active und prices
without decided change. Coffee quiet
?lG>4@19i? Rio. Sugar eteudy and
iu fair demand, at 8(a}8jjj fair to good
refiuing; 8,% prime. Molasses dull
and nomiual?41)^@48 Muscovado;
46($G5 Porto Rico; 80@85 Now Or?
leans. Rice dull?b}?(g)Qy. Rangoon;
7%($8?4' Carolina. Pork lower?22 75
new mess. Beef quiet?12.50($13.50
mess. Lard firm?14j?. Whiskey
quiet?1.03. Freights to Liverpool
steady?cotton, steam 5-16. Cotton
net receipts 1; gross 116. Futures
closed firm; sales 16,000: August
15 15-16; September 15 27-32, 157/?;
October 15 17 32, 15 9 16; November
15 7 16, 15 3-32; December 15 15 32J
January 15 17 32, 15 9-16; February
15 25-32; March 15 31-32, 16. Monoy
easy, at 2(y)2j.<. Exchange dull aud
huavy?4 b7^. Gold O^fa^/i- Go?
vernments dull but steady. States
quiet and nominal.
^Memphis, August 20 ?Cotton quiet
?low middling l?y^l?^; receipts
57; stock 6,309.
Augusta, August 26.?Cotton offer?
ings light?middling 15j4'; net receipts
36; sales 36.
Charleston, August 26 ?Cottou
quiet?middling 15>?; not receipts 46;
sales 25; stook 3,750.
Baltimore. Augnat 26.?Cotton
dull and easier?middling 16%; gross
reoeipts 9; exports coastwiso 47; MbW
375; opinners 150; stook 2,928. Floor
dnll-and nominal?.high gtadee have
declined '25o. < Wtfeaw weak. Corn
ateady?wWfo 78@94. Bnlk meats
should ers d}4; clear rib Bides 18. , Ba?
con?shoulders 10%; clear rib sides
13%; sugar-cured bams lGj^@17>?.
Lard 14%@I5. Whiskey Arm and
scaroe?l.UU>^. Sugar firm and un?
changed.
Norfolk, August26.?Cotton dull?
low middling 15; net reoeipts 253; ex
ports coastwise 226; sales 30; stock 495.
Savannah., August 26.?Cotton dull
?middling 15%; net receipts 115; sales
68; stock 458.
Galveston, August 26.?Cottou
quiet, at a decline of %?good ordina?
ry 14; middling 16; net receipts 264;
Holes 5; stock 3,813.
Philadelphia, August 26.?Cotton
dull?middling 16%; low middling 16;
net receipts 45; gross 593.
Cincinnati, August 26.?Flour dull
and drooping. Corn firm and source?
68(7n71%. Pork quiet but firm?23 00
(3)23.50. Lard easier?summer 13%
(?U4. Baoon firm?shoulders 9%;
clear rib 13%; dear 13%. Whiskey
quiet, weak and lo. higher?97.
Louisville, Angust 26.?Floor un?
changed. Corn dull aud droop'ug?
74@78. Pork uochanged and quiet?
23 50. Baoon in fair demand and
higher?shoulders 10; dear rib 13%;
dear 14. Lard 16%@16%. Whiskey
96.
W ilm ingto n, August 26. ? Cotton
Cotton unchanged ? middling 151^ ; net
receipts 5; so lee. none; stock 180.
St. Louis, August 26.?Flour quiet
and closing weak?3.00@3 75. Cum
?rm, at 69 for No. 2 mixed on track.
Whiskey firm, at 98. Pork dull?
24 00. Bacon Qrm; buyers demnnd a
reduction?smull lots sold at 9%@10
for shoulders; 13%@13% clear rib;
14,?6 clear. Lard uteady?13@13%.
New Orleans, Angu*t 26.?Cottou
quiet?middiiug 16%; low middling
16; good ordinary 14%; ordinary 11%;
net receipts 2,041; gross 256; sales
150?last evening 200; stock 10,930.
^ Mobile, August 26.?Cotton quiet
and unchanged?middling 16; net re?
ceipts 1; exports coastwise 108; sales
50; stock 3,930.
Boston, August 26 ?Cottou quiet
and nuohanged?middiiug 17%; no
reoeipts; sales 150; stook 800.
London, August 26.?Amount of
bullion gone into tbo Bank of England
on balauco to-day, ?82.000; Consols
92% for money aud account. Erne,
preferred, 46.
Fbankfobt, AuguBt 26.-624 98%
Paris, August 26 ?Rentes 63f. 7Uc.
Livebpool, August 26?3 P. M.?
Cotton dull aud unchanged; wiles
12,000, including 2,000 speculation
and export; sales of uplands, nothing
below good ordinary, deliverable Au?
gust, September, October or Novem?
ber, 8, 8 1-16; nothing below low mid?
dling, deliverable August, September
or October, 8 1-16; sales uf shipments
new crop, on basis of middling up
i lands, nothing below good ordinary, 8.
6 P. M.?Sales of uplands, nothing
below low middling, deliverable Au
gnst, 8 1-16; sales of shipments new
crop, ou basis of middling uplunds,
nothing below good ordinary, 7 15 16;
sates of Orleans, nothing below good
ordinary, deliverable August, 8%; of
bales to-day, 7,200 uro American.
.<vh, tJLOltlO>22L ???,A<^i.? .
Executor's Sale of Personal Property.
By JACOB LEVIN, Auctioneer.
BY permission of Hon. S. D. Swygerl.
Probate Judge for ltiohland Couutv, I
will sell, on MONDAY, 31st instant, at 'tho
store or tho late Wm. MoGuiuuiu, deceased,
the entire STOCK OF MEliCUASDISE on
hand, comprising a
Variety of Dry Goods and Clothing.
A general STOCK OF GKOCEUfES, eun
sistiug of barrels of Sugar, Coffee in bags,
Molassen, Bacon Sides, Lard in tierces,
Koap, Candles, 8tarob, dandies, Spice*
Teas, Wrapping Paper, Whiskey, Brandy,
Gin, Tobacco, Crockery and Glassware,
Scalos, Ao.
also,
31 bales good Cotton,
Lbs. Sole Leather,
Sacks Corn, lbs. Castings, o.
and
On MONDAY, September 7, in front of my
office,
2 fine cream-colored Horses, one Quo
Bnggy, a new Carriage, three tiuoCows and
sundry Certificates of Stock.
Terms of aalo cash._ _Aug 1G rath
To Rent,
THE NEW 8TOBE, recently finished,
with four rooms in second story, op?
posite Hope A Gyles. Apply to M. COMEK
FORD; ou the premises. Auir 27
Notice.
STBAYED or stolon on tho night
of tbo l!Hh, from tho subscriber, a
small Mare MULE, of a dark brown
color, with ono white spot on oaoh shoulder.
A liberal reward will be paid for her return
or for a knowledge of her whereabouts.
BOBEiU H. WELCH.
BisnnrriLLE, S. C, August 21,1871.
Auk gg 3*_
Steelyards and Scale Beams.
ACOMPLETE assortment of PATENT
SCALE BEAMS and STEELY A KUH
just rocoivod and for sale atroducod prices,
by_ JOHN AGNKW A fci)X._
Kerosene at 25c.
BE8TqualityKEUO3ENE.H0 lire test,
at retail, at 25o. per gallon, and whole
sate at 20c. per gallon, at tho cash sto:o of
Aug 10 _ JOHN AGNEW A SON.
Flour! Flour!! Flour!!!
1 (\f\ BARBELS FANCY FAMILY
1UU FLOUit, ground from sehe toil
now Wheat, just received and for sale at
rednoed prices by JOHN AGNEW A SON.
Kerosene Oil.
BEST quality?25 conts per gallon. For
saleby QEOltOE SYMMKKS.
Smoked
HAMS, TONGUES, BEEF and BACON
STRIPS. For Bale by
Aug 25 GEOKGE 8YMMEUS._
Wines and Liquors
IN full supply, from common to finest
brand* known. Pure WHITE BHAN?
DY, lor preserving, at low figures. Fresh
supplies daily. QEOBOE SYMMERS.
...... .. Tanners' Girls.
. Up.in the. early morning,
* Just at the peep of day,
Straining the milk in the dairy,
? T?rning the cows away? 1
'y Sweeping the floors in the kitchen,
Making the beds up stairs,
Washing the breakfast dishes,
Dusting tho parlor chairs.
Brushing crumbs from tho pantry,
Hunting for eggs in the barn,
Boasting tho meat for dinner,
Spinning the stocking yarn,
Spreading the snow white linen
Down on the bushes below,
Ransacking every meadow,
Where the red strawberries grow.
Starching the cotton for Sunday,
Churning the snowy cream,
Ringing the pales and strainer,
Down in the running stream,
Feeding the geese and poultry,
Making the puddings and pics,
"Jogging the little one's cradle,
Driving away the Hies.
Grace in every motion,
Music in every tone,
Beauty of form and feature,
Thousands might covet to own?
Checks that rival tho roses,
Teeth the whitest of pearls,
One of the country maidens is worth
A score of your giddy girls.
Musical 0b.it-0hat.--No. 5.
Church Music, as a Three-fold System.
by walter steele.
Mr. Editor: I trust that your nu?
merous readers will peruse this num?
ber carefully, as it treats of ancient
customs, aud will try to bring it down
to the present age.
In reviewing tbe history of Church
music, we find that during the various
ages of the Church three distinct styles
of music have been developed : that
peculiar to the clergy ; that peculiar
to the choir ; and that peculiar to the
people.
Music by the people : This is the
oldest style of music in tbe Christian
Church. For the first three hundred
years after Christ there was no other
than this; the singing of tbe primitive
Christians was congregational, all ta?
king part in it. About tho year 350,
the first change occurred?that of re?
sponsive singing. The people, how?
ever, still bore a purt in this music,
which thus maintained its congrega?
tional character.
Music of the choir : Choir music
was first introduced into tho Church m
the fourth century. At this period a
distinct class of persons was first ap?
pointed to take charge of this part of
public service. Through the choir,
however, and through an instrumental
style of performance afterward intro?
duced, a great musical abuse seems to
have crept into the Church, and finally
the music of the theatre was bodily
transferred to the Church, which ac?
cordingly became the scene of great
theatrical pomp and display. To such
an extent was this the case, that it
brought down tbe severe censure of
Jerome and the Abbot Pambo of
Egypt.
Music of the clergy: Last in the
chain of changes, the music of the
clergy was introduced into the Church.
Unfortunately, however, this new fea?
ture involved a violent wresting of all
music from the people.
The entire monopoly by the clergy
of Church music continued until the
era of the reformation ; when Luther
restored, ns the cup to the mouth, so
congregational music to the lips of the
pesple.
In our modern Church, the choir
has most nil the say?music is made
by it, and Cod worshipped by it.
The office of the choir has yet to be
definitely determined and understood.
While we do not object to a few mem?
bers of a church formisg themselves
together as a band of singers, lilling
the position of leading or pitching the
key-note that all might follow, yet wc
object to a choir to undertake to wor?
ship God for us?no soul, surely, can
worship for another soul. No set
apart body of persons can do the wor?
ship for the rest of a church assembly,
In worship, each individual soul must
appear before its Maker, and itself
perform its own act of homage. An
entirely unmeaning thing is worship
by proxy.
The simplest feasible arrangements
for a church I hold to be, a pastor and
a pulpiti an organ and an organist for
a inelodeon.) With this arrangement,
all joining in the singing, and thereby
praise Cod, but do not let us hinder
and thwart devotion by making it the
responsibility of a few whose only
realize^ responsibility is the music.
Ten Thousand Human Beinus ion
as Old Bi.'ceet.?About seven hun?
dred years ago there was a country in
Europe called Modena, and another
country lying beside it called Bologna.
Some soldiers belonging to the State
of Modena took a bucket from a well
in the State of Bologna and carried it
away. The old bucket was of no
value and might have been replaced
by a few cents; and it is said the sol?
diers carried it away in more fun and
frolic. But tho people of Bologna
took it as a great insult. They de?
clared war against Modena, and had :i
long and bloody conflict about it.
More than ten thousand human beings
were butchered because of the old
bucket.?Angel of Peace,
Eternal Desolation.._ .
mile after mile 0?'silence and death.
a land accursed.
In the north-west corner of San Ber
uado county, lying partly also in Inyo
county, and, by tho newly surveyed
line, partly also in the State of Nevada,
is a region paralleled by few other
spots on the face of the earth. We
say the world is instinct with life.
Here, if the phraseology may bo par?
doned, is a place instinct with death.
A huge basin, whose rim is the ancient
hills, stricken with the barennoss of
eternal desolation, whose bosom, the
blasted waste of the desert?treeless,
shrublcss and waterless, save a few
bitter pools like the lye of potash
water, surrounded by mountains that
tower thousands of feet above the sea
level, itself lying 300 feet below the
sea. It is a very " Gehenna "?a place
of death and bones. Birds do not fly
over it; animals do not enter it; veg?
etation cannot exist iu it. The broad
sands absorb the heat, the bare moun?
tains reflect it, the unclouded sun daily
adds to it. Ninety degrees in the
shade (artificial shade, there is no
other,) means winter. One hundred
and thirty and one hundred and forty
degrees, that is summer.
The hot air grows hotter, wavers,
trembles with heat, until nature, goad?
ed to madness, can endure no more ;
and then the burning blast rouses
itself?rouses in its might; rouses as
an angry beast, with a hoarse, omin?
ous roar; sweeps mile after mile, on,
ever on,over the broad reach of the
desert, bearing in its black, whirling
bosom?black as the midnight?dust,
sand, alkali and death. Sometimes a
murky cloud gathers upon the moun?
tains above; then there is a rush?a
warning sigh on the winds?a low
rumbling iu the air; the hills quiver,
the earth trembles, and a torrent, half
water, half mud, bounds from the hills,
leaps into the desert, ploughing chasms
like river beds in the loose sand. The
I clouds scatter, the sun comes again,
the eternal thirst of the desert is not
quenched. The raging river was only
a dream.
In the year 1849, a party of emi?
grants entered the basin. Day after
day the}' toiled on, thirsting, dying.
The pitiless mountains walled them in;
no escape. One by one they dropped
and died. A few abandoned every?
thing, scaled the mountains and es?
caped. The others lie as they fell,
I dried to mummies?no birds even to
devour their Uesh ; no beasts to prey
upon them. Wagon tires intrusted ;
gun-barrels bright, untarnished. Such
is the place. Mile after mile silence
reigns; silence?and death.
" Walled by the mountains, domed
with brazen sky,
he-ague after league the never-ending
sand
Spreads like the ocean, to the lifting
eye,
An aged, weary, long-forgotten land;
As cursed in wrath, and stnit with
God's fierce hand,
No cooling mist quenches the endless
thirst
That rules supreme the boundless
stretches grand ;
Over its broad expanse no storm
clouds burst
With hurrying feet. It is a land ac?
cursed."
[J. P. H'idnei/, in Overland Monthly.
The Fisiunu Frog.?Writers on
natural history describe a hideous rep?
tile known as the fishing frog, which
angles for its game as expertly and
with as great success as tho most
adroit lly-fisher. lie is a clumsy,
awkwurd swimmer, but nature has
compensated him for his unwieldiness
by furnishing him with an equivalent
for a rod and line, and bait already for
use. Two elongated tentacles spring
from his nose, which taper away like
actual fishing rods. To the end of
them is attached by a slender filament,
J which serves the purpose of a line, a
i bait in the form of a shiny bit of mem?
brane. The hooks are set in the mouth
of the fisherman down below, and in
j order to induce the fish to venture
I within reach of them, the angler stirs
I up the mud at the bottom w ith his tail.
This attracts the fish, and conceals
j htm from observation. He then plies
his rod; the glittering bait glows in
I the water like a living insect. The
j dazed lish are taken in great numbers,
: perfectly circumvented l>3' the trick of
I the crafty angler.? The Galaxy.
J Apostolical Succession.? A few
'years ago, several young clergymen
j were dining at the house of a gciitlc
j man who attended both the services of
the Established Church and the Wes?
ley an Chapel. After dinner there was
a lively discussion on apostolical suc
i cession, hut turning chtelly in favor of
I it us asserted by zealous curates fresh
from Oxford ami Cambridge. The
'eldest son ol the host, who had been a
I silent listener, was at length appealed
to for his opinion on the subject, when
lie replied, Had the apostles foreseen
what sort of characters would have
claimed to he their successors, theyt
would have token care to have cut oil
the entail."
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