Show EDITORIAL SUMMARY su A 11 the rev 0 B frothingham Frothing hamin y in I 1 a recent number of the herald of hof keai HeaZ healthy th makes some well timed remarks upon what he terms the I 1 bestiality of amusements or in other words the abuse and prostitution to evil purposes of pastimes and amusements which if legitimately indulged in would prove of great benefit to all who participate therein base ball rowing the art of self defence hice bice fice the turf and the theatre are all in turn critic criticised criticized lied and the popular method of conducting them is severely commented upon and censured I 1 of which the writer says nothing canjoe canby more harmless and which when properly indulged in is greatly conducive to health has got a bad name through its professors and does great harm but no good ordinary healthful walking is coming into disrepute hild and walking matche matches s are the fashion by which instead of being invigorated digoia vig orated ted the physical and nervous systems are destroyed and disease generated and not only this but these matches lead to betting and betting to cheari cheating ng swearing shearin g and other vices and thus a stigma is being cast on the art to such auch a degree that the use of ones pedal i extremities to any extent will by and by become disreputable base ball a much more valuable method of exercise than walking is fast becoming vulgar this game when used legitimately exercises the legs arms trunk eyes eya ears voice and lungs vigorously I 1 the mind also ia is kept on the alert it being impossible to td think of anything buethe but the game but the fashion noW listo to form clubs matches must be bd play rias played ed and betting fools mid arid maddens mad dens dena the pl players aers low tricks of cunning dissipation and abd step in and ere long iong parents will have to warn their children against base ball playing the hame same may be said of the noble art of self defence rowing the turf and theatres theartres the atres there was a time when in the city of boston the art of self defence was as popular as base ballor ball bali or cricket now it has great advantages as a means of physical training Un tinder derit denit it the body becomes lithe and tough the chest cheat broadens and deepens the muscles become more tense and the carriage more graceful yet how vulgar its ti tice cellas has haa become its very mention suggests buising cu ising drin drinking ging hing indecency and every species of knavery and brutality boating and rowing BO so well calculated to td benefit bennalt its devotees physically are also aiso open to many objections clubs preformed are formed avast a vast amount of time and mabank means wasted and their publio public displays are attended with indecent revelry and ridding to buchan buch such an extent that the moral sense and the peace and safety of the neighborhoods where they take place are often endangered of the turf nothing good can be said in england races are arean an unmingled abomination 1 where drunkenness lasciviousness profanity and gambling ambling hold high carnival in america ameerica the thi same influences and associations prevail to a great extent in connection with the turf in the theatres theartres the atres this low depraved taste is pandered to the refined drama is supplanted by the low comedy the extravaganza and the baliet ballet while in the opera houses the delight of the multitude rises in proportion to the indecency of the drama or the sensuousness sensuous ness nesa of the music musie by such means the nerves are jaded instead of rested and the senses stimulated instead of appeased the above is a severe criticism on the state of morals and feeling prevailing prevails pre ine lne among the masses of the leading nation of the earth by one religious teachers while such tastes and dispositions exist among the people generally who can hope for the regeneration of society weare we are gravely told by some that the civilization of today to day is the highest and best bast the world has ever seen in some respects this may be true but while under this boasted civilization art and science have reached an elevation unparalleled the worst pass passions lons ions of human nature ar are e developed the head is cultivated but not the heart bicart and such being the case the world would be none the worse for a little less of its vaunted geln science and refinement nent the only true civit civilization is that which while it ages science and art will de develop elep only the ar 9 and the true every godlike attribute of the human mind and re press afia ahia stamp out every evil the ane ade dawn awa bf that has commenced and hi brithe the fulfillment of its mission will transform earth into a heaven internal dissension at home and abroad disaffection in some of her colonies and the decline in s skill kill of her operative in several branches of manufactures hitherto considered her necla pecia speciality lity are looked upon by many as indications of the gradual decline of great britain against all these malign influences in fluen ces however she might by the adoption of a wise policy in the administration of her home and foreign affairs prevail and regain and maintain her prestige but bu t to set bet e t the inesita seal to her doom it seems that the gulf stream upon which it is said she is utterly dependent for sunshine and shower has taken such a turn that these indispensable aids to life and prosperity will be henceforth denied her and thus her complete downfall and ruin will be speedily effected iv this is the cry from certain alarmists alarmiste alar mists 0 and the following going the rounds of v the press of this country are the grounds upon which their theory is based the learned in such matters say that thith great britain would beas be as icebound ice bound and her climate as sterile as greenland and landwere Ice it not for the influence exerted by the gulf stream ll a abroad broad flow of warm water from the gulf of mexico and the caribbean seaf sea which courses through the atlantic ocean northward to newfoundland and then across the oce arito 11 the shores of england and europe Eu ropeS roper w the beneficial influence enca of this daily flow of warm water owin owing to the earth earthquakes of the jast year will wilt no longer DO e experienced by the isea sea girt isle its course having been changed so that it will hence henceforth forto flow in a different direction this momentous discovery gleaned from I 1 reliable sources I 1 is ma made male e known to the world ty by a massachusetts paper the worcester espy spy none but a I 1 spy would have made such a wonderful discovery whose testimony Is confirmed by nobody knows how many sea captains the change in the flow of this stream so fo vitally important to our transatlantic trans atlantic cousins is said to account for the great drouth that has prevailed in england during the present summer the world on the authority of shipmasters arriving at new york confirms the theP them reported change ia in the course of the gulf stream but doubts do abts the truth of the theory that the climate of england is affected by and dependant upon it there may be a chance for poor john yet but should this fe fearful report prove true theres a good time coming for the fenhaus Fen ians laus the irish republic Be public nova scotia and all other people powers and dependencies t to 0 whom the venerable bull may have made a d e himself myself obnoxious for his doom h ia 8 sealed e a 1 d and ina lna in a very little while he will be tin in the powe and used up by ice ico and snow A remarkable mor dorlite beor eeor lite fell a short distance from a place called IC heatham cheatham cross roads in the state of tennessee in the early part of august in its descent it made a terrible rushing hissing sound and though it did no damage it created considerable alarm for a short time tie tle place for several yards around around the meteor was quite hot for several days and a plentiful shower of rain falling a delise dody body of steam went up for several hours A few days after its fall a party of men were organized for the purpose of excavating this visitant from an unknown sphere the was found to be seven feet long from apex to base and its weight is estimated to be five or six tons measures are in contemplation for having the rock removed to the state library the nashville tenn banner of aug 14 contains an account of a rather exciting chase which occurred last month in tullahoma Tul lahoma A party of something over overa a score of men with about double that number of hounds set bet off for the mountains on a hunting expedition and had not got more than a mile from the town when the dogs dis covered a wolf which for some weeks previous had been seen prowling around the wolf set off in the direct tion of tullahoma Tul lahoma closely pursued by the dogs and men a tremendous hubbub being caused by the yelps of the hounds and the tooting from tile the horns of the hunters upon arriving in the streets of tullahoma Tul tui lahoma a scene of indescribable cri bable confusion ensued as tradesmen and professional men of all kinds and in fact men meu women and children I 1 white and black nearly a thousand in number joi jol joined in the chase after pursuing the game two or three times through the various streets of the city eth ech nashville train arrived when hi hla wolf ship being nearly exhausted took refuge in the mall mail car which was very rapidly vacated by the agent before he be could be dislodged the train started and by the time it got beyond the lim its of the city the wolf vacated hii hig hi place of refuge and got clean off omm ff |