Tbe main characteristic of modern civ
ilization is the remarkable diffusion of
comfortable homes among largo masses
of the people. The cases of sudden
rises aud fall are exceptional and do
not spply generally. A ortk American.
A London despatch of last Thursday
says : The number of cases of cattle
disease for the quaiter ending the ICth
of October was as follows : la Soiuer
setsbire, 83,000 ; in Cheshire, 50,000 ;
in Dorsetshire, 48,000; in Gloucester
shire, 44,000 ; in Oxfordshire, 39 000 ;
in Warwickshire, 33,000; in Norfolk,
31,000; in Cumberland, 23,000.
Throughout Euglaud and Wales there
were, for tbe same time, over 500,000
cases. The money damage is estimated
at a million dollars.
The Mood j aud Satikey meetings are
progressing amazingly in Brooklyn.
The other day while Meojly was preach
ing a sermon on tbe Confession of
Sin," great excitement prevailed.
Amtdst it, a man seated close to tbe
;.lt:orm fainted and was carried out.
T.'.is excited the aodiecee still more,
aud Moody, quickly eateliing their
spirit, thundered, "There's a man dead
fr five minutes. Suppose be was dead
for all eternity, and Lad died without
confessing his sins ?"
Two buiid red trains pass daily over
the Pennsylvania Ki it road between
New York and Philadelphia. A train
leaves Jersey t ity every seven minutes,
night auJ day. A day will eome when
II this will be considered slow.
A ire in A irgiuia City, Nevada, last
week, rcnJcrcd 10,000 people houseless.
National ThankBgiTing,
November 26 Appointed by the Preri
dtnt. tt'Anm.ioTO.i, October 27. By the
President of the United States of
America.
