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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-24

Claim great gains Their los. M the last el.c.
'i'n was over 1900 votes,and yet they strain
60 every nerve to get every ono of their men
to the polls. '''''
How did the election 90 In Indiana2 Tba
returns show that the Republicans have made
large gains in almost every part of the state.
This "great reaction" which the ooppsrheed
papers have talked 90 much abou. did not
happen to touch Indiana at all. Even the
Coppsrhead journals there rejoice in very
mild strains over the apathy of the Repibli-
cans in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They have
as much as they can do to explain how the
democracy happened to sustain such heavy
losses in their own State. The Republican
majority in Indiana is over 10000, larger than
it was in 1854, and nearly 10000 larger than
1t was in 1866. The Republicans elected their
county tickets in two-thirds of the counties,
and ten OF the eleven Congressional districts
gave Republican majorities. Now how about
Iowaa There did not seem to be much of
reaction in that State in favor of the Demo-
Gratis. The boot is on the other leg. We be-
lieve even the Argus did not crow much over
Iowa. All this hue and cry about democrat
ic gains, great reaction and new life claimed
for the Copperheads are sounds signifying
nothing, gotten up to tickle the ears of the
groundlings. But 1t will not do. The peo-
pie are not fools. Most ofthem can read and
understand, essecislly those who live
in what were always free States. =
We do not remember the time In the his
tory of our country when any POLITICAL party
attempted to make so loud cry with 50 little
wool. But they have been in such hopeless
minority for so many years, have suffered SO
much for crossing the war path of their
country, and have taken on such back-load
of sin and shame during the rebellion that
we ought rather to pity them in their ex-
tremity than wonder at their demonstrations
of JOY upon so slight foundation. We are
entirely willing to let them crow, but they
ought to tell some truths and shame the old
fellow who has had mortgage upon the
whole lot of them for the last seven years.
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Masters in New York.

americans in Eurepe-The "Indiaa Sum-
mer" do.on the Harbor, up the Hudson, in
Central Pdrk-The Natural Gorge in
Harlem Rirer.
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1867-11-27
How to Live Easily.

The art of living easily, as to money,
is to pitch your means. Comfort and en-
ioyment are more dependent on easiness
in the detail of expenditure than upon
any degree of the scale. Guard against
false associations of pleasure with expen-
diture-the notion is absurd that because
pleasure can be purchased with money,
therefore money cannot be spent without
enjoyment. What thing costs man is
no true measure of what it is worth to
him; and yet how often is his apprecia-
ton governed by no other standard, as it
there was apleasure in expenditure, per
Sc. Let yourself feel want before you
provide against it. You are most as
sured that it is real want, and it is
worth while to feel it little, in order to
feel relief from it. When you are unde-
cided as to which of those courses you
would like best, choose the cheapest
This rule will not only save money, but
save also a good deal of triaing and indie
cision. Too much leisure leads to ex-
pense; because when man is in want
of objects it occurs to him that they are
to be had for money, and he invents ex-
penditure in order to pass the timc.-
Henry Taylor.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1867-11-27
Talk about Health-A Word to my Dys.
peptic Friend.

You have asked me to prescribe for you.
You expect medicine. Perhaps you hope for
whisky, just now the rage for chronic maladies.
But | shall give you nothing to swallow. You
swallow too much already.
OF all the maladies, dyspepsia is the most
distressing. To get rid of its horrors, you
would part with your right arm. l believe
you. But will you part with portion Of your
table luxuries? [ fear not. But presuming
you are in earnest will prescribe for you.
l. Rise early, dress warm, and go out If
strong, walk; if weak, saunter. Drink cold
water three times. OF all cold baths. this is
the best for the dyspeptic After half hour
or more, come in for breakfast.
2. For breakfast eat piece of good steak
half as large as your hand, slice of coarse
bread and baked apple. Eat very slow.
Talk very pleasantly with your neighbors.
Read the cheerful comments of daily journals.
Drink nothing.
3. Digest for an hour, and then to your
work. L trust it is in the open air. Work
hard till noon, and then rest body and mind
till dinner. Sleep little. Drink water.
4. For dinner T. or 8 o'clock eat slice of
beet, mutton or fish, as large as your hand,
potato, two or three spoonstul Of other vege.
tables, and slice of coarse bread Give half
an hour to this meal. Use no drink.
.. After dinner, play an anaconda for an
hour. Now for the social, for pleasant games
"a good time.
6. No supper. A little toast and tea even
for supper, will make your recovery very slow.
Z. In warm room, battle your skin with
cold water hastily, and go to bed in well
room, before o'clock.
Follow this prescription for three months
and your stomach will so far recover that you
,an indulge for some time in all sort of irregu-
ar and gluttonous eating.
Or, if you have resolved, in the fear of
heaven, to present your bodies living sacrifices,
loly and acceptable unto God, you will con-
inue to eat and work like Christian. Your
malady will soon be forgotten.
Dio. Lepis, NJ d.
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The Little Hero.

A little boy only four years old was
once punished by his nurse for some mis-
chief he had done. He was shut up in
a store-room, and left there till long after
dinner hour. He became very hungry,
but no one came to open the door or call
him to his dinner.
But in the store-room there were some
very tempting things left that the nurse
did not know of or had forgotten. There
were dishes of oranges, apples, and cakes,
and all within the little boys reach
Could he keep his hands from them? He
had been taught not to take anything
that was not given him, and that it was
wrong to do it. Might not the little four
year old boy be excused if he did help
himself? He could not help thinking
how hungry he was, and how good the
the cakes and oranges would taste.
After ne had been there good while,
the nurse passed by the window without
his seeing her. She stopped and looked,
and she saw the hungry little fellow look
ing from one dish to another, but with
his hands clasped firmly behind him,
while he said to himself-his name was
William-"Billy must not touch them /;
Billy must not touch them; they are not
not Billy's own"
There was little hero, He was afraid
to do wrong, but he was strong to resist
a wicked thought. That wicked thought
would have made great many others
wicked. 1t would have been too strong
for them; it would have overcome them,
but it could not harm the little boy. The
brave fellow could not take what did not
belong to him, although he was so hungry.
Was he not as brave as George Wash
ington, who, when he was two years
older, said Il cannot tell ieI' Well
he became like Washington, a good if
not great man. Many long years after
that, just his look was enough to quell a
whole mob of excited and angry people.
They knew him, and knew that he would
do right, and though he was too sick to
make a speech to them, they grew quiet
under his look. That little boy became
minister of Christ, and his name was
Rev. DR.. William Marsh, of England
New York Evangelist
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1867-11-27
Never Give Up.

In most cases the wise and good men
will come down, but never give up. The
heroic thing to say is this: Things are
bad, but they may be worse; and with
Gods blessing l try to make them bet
ter. Who does not know that by reso-
lutte adherence to this principle, many
battles have been won after they had
been lost? Don't the French say that
the English have conquered on many
fields because they did not know when
they had been beaten; in short, because
they would never give up?
Pluck is a great quality. Let us re-
spect it everywhere at least. whenever
enlisted on the side of right. Ugly is
the bull dog, and indeed blackguard-look-
ing; but admire one thing about it, it
will never give up. And splendid sue
cess has often come at length to the man
who fought on through failure, hoping
against hope. Mr.. Disraeli might well
have given up after his first speech in
the House of Commons; many men would
never have opened their lips there again.
l declare l feel something sublime in that
defiant" The day will come when you
will be glad to hear me" when we read
it by the lghtof events. Of course, only
extraordinary success could Justify the
words. They might have been the vapor-
ing of conceited fool.
Calico, compelled to appear to come
down, did not give up. Still 1t moves.-
The great Nonconformist preacher, Rob
ert Hall, broke down in his first attempt
to preach; but he did not give up. Mr..
Tennyson might have given up, had he
been disheartened by the sharp reviews
of his earliest volume. George Stephenson
might also have given up, when his railway
and his locomotive were laughed out of the
Parliament Committee. Mr.. Thackeray
might have given up, when the publishers
refused to have anything to do with Var'-
ity FAIR.
The first articles of men who have be-
come most successful periodical writers,
have been consigned to the Balaam-box.
Possibly this was in some measure the
cause of their success. 1t taught them
to take more pains. 1t was taking
down. 1t showed them that their task
was not easy; if they would succeed they
must do their very best. And if they
had stamina to resolve that though taken
down they would not give up, the disap-
pointment was an excellent discipline.
have know students at College whose sue,
cess in carrying off honors was unexam.
pied, who in the first one or two competi-
tions were ignominiously beaten. Some
would have given up. They only came
down; they went at their work with a
will, and never were beaten more.
Country Parson.
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INSTITUTION AND OFFICERS
oFTHE
Presbyterian Church in the United States

CLERKS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D., Stated Czers.
Augusta, Georgia.
Rev. VIM. Brown, D. D., Permanent Clerk,
Richmond, Virginia.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF sUsTENTATION.
Rev. j. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary
Columbia, South Carolina.
Rev. Prof. James Woodrow, Treasurer, Co.
lumbia, South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. j. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary,
Columbia, South Carolina.
Rev. Prof. James Woodrow, Treasurer, Co
lumbia, South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird, D. D., Secretary,
Richmond, Virginia.
G. Gennet, Esq, Treasurer, Richmond, Va.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird, D. D., Secretary,
Richmond, Virginia.
G. Geunet, Esq, Treasurer, Richmond, Va.
TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Hon. Thomas c. Perrin, Chairman. Rev. B.
NJ. Palmer, D. D., Secretary. Joseph 81. Will
son, Esq, Jesse H. Lindsay, Esq, Robert Ad-
ger, Esq, J.. A. -Ansley, Esq, John A. Craw-
ford, ESQ.,, DR.. James B. Walker, Hon. j. A.
Ingis. John Whiting, Esq, Hon. r. NJ. Patton,
Rev. DR.. George Howe, Rev. DR.. j. l.. Kirkpa.
trick, W. L. Mitchell, Esq.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1867-11-27
The Young Mans Resolve.

An excellent physician, who cares for
the soul as well as the body, gave me
some facts of his early religious history.
He was reared in family where there
was little fear of God, and grew up a
careless and somewhat vagabond young
man. The time came when by some
family arrangement, he was to leave home
and shift for himself He gathered up
his scanty clothing, and started early one
October morning, full of hope, yet full
also of anxiety and suspense as to how
he might succeed.
An GRAND led him to pause on the
way, at the door of neighbor. He
stood on the door-stone, with his hand
uplifted to knock, when he was arrested
by the sound of prayer. His hand fell
and he listened. 1t was the morning
prayer of a good man, pleading for the
pardon of sin, for sanctifying grace, and
for divine guidance. Every word of that
fresh, hearty petition brought an arrow
to the young mans heart. He reflected
thus:
Does this venerable man, whom have
so long revered for his integrity, need
the guidance and forgiving grace of God
What, then, shall do without God as l
go forth to make my way in the world?
The thought held him; it held him with
such power that he could not release him
self from it, nor did he for more than
moment wish to do so. AS the prayer
closed, he lifted his heart to God, and
then and there said; my Father, thou
art the guide of my youth"
That covenant he always kept. To
secure the grace and favor of God was
his supreme aim, and his entire life was
yisibly ennObled by his resolve. Few,
if any, that l have known, could so truly
have said, Il was eyes to the blind, and
feet was | to the lame, and | caused the
widows heart to sing for joy"
Perhaps you are still young, What
will you do without God? How can YOU
hope to overcome wicked heart and re-
sist wicked world, and battle the wicked
enemy of your soul, if God is not with |
you? How can you have hope in death,
or stand in the judgment, if your Maker
is not also your guide, your sanctifer,
your Saviour ?-Ameriean MESSENGER.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1867-11-27
Committees of Education and Publication

The General Assembly resolved that the Chair
man of the Presbyterial Committees on Educa'
ton and Publication should be regarded as q
corresponding member of the Assembly's Com
mittees on these subjects. We give below the
names Of such members as have been appointed
by the Presbyteries.
EDUCATION.
East Hdnorer Pfes6ytyy-E. II. Rutherford,
Petersburg, Va.
Montgomry~Dr. J. D. Mitchell, Lynchburg, Va.
Rappahannock-J w. Pugh, Warrenton, Va.
TMsca!oosqnD: D; Sanderson, Eutaw, Ala;
Fl0rida-W. j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon-W. q. Hall, Columbus, Ga.
Roanoke. II. Davis. Charlotte c. a., Va.
Cherokee-Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Concord-G. Wilson McPhail, Davidson Col.
lege, N. c.
Charleston-w. E. Boggs, Columbia, s. C.
South Cdrolina-D. McNeill Turner, Abbeville,
s. Carolina.
Bethel-William Banks, Hazlewood, S. C.
South Alabama-James Watson. Selma, Ala.
East Alabama-G. R. Foster, Wetumpka, Ala.
Tuscumbia-W. 81. Mitchell, Florence, Ala.
Georgia L. Buttolph, Mcintosh, Ga.
Memphis-D. a. Cummins, Covington, Tenn.
Nashville-Rev. J. W. Neil, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Aississippi-T. Il. Cleland, Fayette, Miss.
North Nississippi-E. M. Richardson, Grens.
da, Miss.
Nep Orleans-R. Q. Mallard, New Orleans.
Red Rirer-Rev. j. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Western Teras-J. F. Martin, San Antonio, Tex.
Arkansas. j. Long, Batesville, Arkansas.
Ouachita-A. L. Crawford, Arkadelphis, Ark.
Indian-C. c. Copeland, Wheelock, c. Nation.
PUBLICATION.
E. HanOrsr Rrss1ytsy-D. W. Shanks, Amelia
G. a., Va.
West Hanouer-E. Woods, Charlottesville, Va.
Aontgomery-L. II. Blanton, Salem, Va.
koanoke-J. B. Shearer, Black Walnut, Va.
Rappahannock James 7. Leftwich, Alexan
ria, Va
Forida-W. j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
South Alabama-Dr. j. 81. Rice, Mobile, Ala.
East Alabama-J. K. Hazen, Prattville, Ala.
Tuscdloosa-C. NJ Hutton, Pleasant Ridge, Ala.
Concord-G. D. Parks, Charlotte, N. C.
Fayetteville cDonald, Fayetteville, N C.
Ordnge-Rev. j. II. Smith, Greensboro, N. G
Cherokee-Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Knorcille-T 81. McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Aemphis-Wm. A. Semple, Memphis, Tenn.
Nashcile-Rev. j. w. Neil, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Mississippi-T. 81. CIeland, Fayette, Miss.
North Mississippi-E. NJ. Richardson, Grena.
da, Miss.
S. Carolina-A. A. Porter, Spartanburg, s. C.
Charleston-W. q. Adams, Charleston. s. G.
Bethel-James Fl. Sage, Lewisville, S. c.
Ne,c Orleans-R. G. More, New Orleans.
Red Rirer-Rev j. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Western Teras-G. c. Moore, Victoria, Texas.
Artdnsns-S. W. Davies Augusta, Ark.
Ouachita-E. McNair, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Indian-E. Hotchkn, Doaksville. C. Nation.
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Auusehula Afuras .
The Little Girls Resolutions.

Oh, yes! will try, for the whole of to-day,
To do what they bid me, and mind what they say )
And even before they can say what they want,
I'll be thoughtful to do it, and not say 81 can't"
If any one leases, viii not be cross;
Nor for something to do need be at loss:
l can work in my garden and play with my
brother,
And do little errands to help my dear mother.
l will not be idle at lessons or work,
Nor disturb busy people with questions and talk;
To be earnest in business, merry at play,
Is the way to go happily through the whole day.
Now, if can keep resolutions like these,
1t will make me more happy and good and will
please
Not my parents alone, but that Father above,
Who delighteth in goodness and kindness and
love-
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Amsbanarp.
Fruits and Fruit Trees.
FALL PLANTING RECOMMENDED.

FALL. PLANTING RECOMMENDED.
The present month affords many advantages
for planting fruit and ornamental trees, and
we earnestly advise our farmers not to let it
pass without charging their present or plant
ing new orchards There may be reasons why
this important work should not be delayed.
In many portions of our State the ground is
closed by frost as December approaches, and
unless trees are planted this month, it cannot,
in these sections, be done until the Spring
opens. The farmer has more time at his dis
posal in the Fall than in the Spring. His
crops are all harvested and his wheat is sown
but as the Spring approaches heis rushed with
all kinds of framework. Corn, oats, tobacco,
cotton and the kitchen garden require his at
tention, and he either has or thinks he has no
time to attend to anything else. Itistrue that
his orchard and vineyard are more profitable,
and consequently more important than either
of these, but he often fails to realize this, and
if any thing has to be neglected, they are passed
by. Then again, in our latitude, where the
winters are seldom if ever severe enough to
injure either trees or vines, there is great adj
vantage gained by planting in the Fall. The
trees become firmly settled and have the bene-
fit of the Winter rains and snow, preparing
them for an early start in the Spring, and thus
securing them against injury from the Snm-
mer droughts to which we are liable. Again,
the stock of trees in our nurseries is generally
very much reduced by the Fall sales, and pur-
chasers have to take an inferior grade of stock
in the Spring.
We have SO frequently and recently insisted
upon thorough preparation of the soil for
young trees, and given detailed information as
to the mode of doing this, that we deem it un
necessary to say more on this subject at this
time than to remind our readers that the soil
must be made RICH deep and loose, either by
manuring, ploughing and subsoiling the whole
ground, or by digging large holes and filling
with rich loose earth around the trees
Very frequently when orders are sent to the
nurseries late in the season, trees reach their
destination after the ground has been closed by
frost, and consequently cannot be planted at
once. Whenever this is the case, or if from
any other cause the trees cannot be planted
Immediately upon their arrival, they should be
carefully unpacked and "heeled in,' that is,
the roots covered with earth and well watered.
Should the trees be frozen while IN transitu,
they should be buried entirely, tops and roots,
and allowed to remain in the ground few
days, until they have thawed and then they
may be planted or heeled in.
This is also the season for transplanting the
small fruits-raspberries, black berries, straw
berries, currents, gooseberries; and all of these
are profitable and necessary. Those who live
near railroad or water communication will find
the culture of these small fruits exceedingly re
numerative. and we advise all our readers to
see that they have at least an abundance for
home consumption. Southern Planter.
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A Compliment to Scottish Missionaries

The editor of the London Spectator,
an English Broad-churchman, who was
for long time resident in India, discuss
es the question, "Why do Scotchmen get
on in the world?" He denies their SUI
perior education and their narrowness,
asserting that in neither do Englishmen
yield to them ascribes their success to
their power of adapting themselves to
every body. He says:
"They change in India much less than
the English do-the Anglo, Indian is less
like an Englishman III ideas than an
Australian or an Amcrican-but they fit
themselves in, and are often exceedingly
popular. The Scotch missionaries in
Bengal, for example, have among all
missionaries perhaps the greatest infu-
ence over the people, an influence the
more remarkable as they of all mission
aries take the least trouble to acquire the
native tongue. Our Scotch friends, We
imagine, would smile to hear DR.. Duff
called an adaptable man, but watch a
group of Bengalee students talking to
him and to any Euglishman whatever, and
note the difference In the confidence given
to each. The Scotchman is far the harder
master, but in an experience of years,
we never heard a Scotchman interrupt a
native, and never heard native make a
long statement to an Englishman without
an interruption. Now an Asiatic prefers
little oppression to having his words cut
short"