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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1871-11-08
No. 1907 Main street, Richmond, V

We have removedto the large and elegant Store
lately occupied by Messrs Butler q Son, where
with increasing facilities and much larger stock,
we are prepared to offer to our friends and the
public, complete assortment of goods in our line
at very low prices. -,
With grateful thanks for the very liberal patron
age extended to us heretofore, respectfully soil
cit a continuance. KELLOGG d GIBSON,
IL l9-tf No. 1907 Main St., Eagle Square.
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THE EARNEST WORKER.
In the Sabbath School and in the Family.
Is weekly journal for Sabbath School teachers ant
Christian parents, published by the

Presbyterian Committee of Publication,
1O11 MAIN ST., RICHMOND, Va.
Subscription price SIS per year; payment in
advance, and paper discontinued when time paid
for expires
In connection with this journal there is published
a WEEKLY SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON, on
the graded.system containing the same questions as
those published in the Children's Friend, with the
addition of BRIEF comprehensive EXPOSITION, and
other helps for parents and teachers.
Communications should be addressed to Rev. E.
T. BAIRD, D. D., Editor, and all orders sent to
J. d. K. SLEIGHT, Business Agent.
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Importers, Wholesale and Retail dealers in
CHINA, GLASS, EARTHENWARE,
and HOUSE FURNISHING GOOD
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KELLOGG G. GIBSON.

4. e. KELLOGG
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Foa rnE CENrRAI PRrspYrERIAN.
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The GALLERY is fitted up in the most handsome
STYLE, and supplied with the instruments Of the new
est and most improved patterns, including
DALLEEYER's NEW PATENT PORTRAIT LENS.
Having himself been in the business since 1852
Clatterly with Messrs. G. r. Rees q Co.. and
thoroughly understanding it in all its departments,
he feels satisfied that with the aid of the competent
artists which he has in his employment entire salts
faction will be given to his patrons,
PHOTOGRAPHS will be taken in every style known
to the art and finished in the neatest and best style
Orders for LlFE-SIzE PIoTUREs executed upon
canvas finished in Oil Colors, India Ink, Crayon OF
Water Colors Also REMBRAYDT's and MEDALLION
CARDS DEvIsITE.
W. G. R. FRAYSER,
au 9-9m l0l1 Main street.
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STERLING EXCHANGE, GOLD AND SILVER,
BANK NOTES, STATE, CITY, AND
RAILROAD BONDS AND
STOCKS, &C.,
BOUGHT AND SOLD on COMMISSION.
aar Deposits received and Collections made on
all accessible points in the United States.
de Sly.
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w PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
W. G.. r. FRAYSER
has opened a new and splendid
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,

sTEARN's BUILDING, No. 1O11 Main street,
Immediately opposite the post office,
to which he invites the attention of his
friends and the public generally.
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l. The Edinburgh Review,
This is the oldest of the series. In its main fea
lures it still follows in the path marked out by
Brougham jeffrey, Sidney Smith, and Lord Hol.
land, its original founders and first contributors.
Q. The London Quarterly Review,
which commences its 10th volume with the Janu.
airy number, was set foot as rival to the EDIY.
BURGH. 1t resolutely maintains its opposition in
politics, and shows equal vgor in its literary de-
partment.
8. The Westminster Review
has just closed its 93d volume. In point of literary
ability this Review is fast rising to level with its
competitors. 1t is the advocate of political and re-
ligous liberalism.
4. The North British Review,
now in its SD volume, occupies very high posi-
ton in periodical literature. Passing beyond the
narrow Journalism of schools and parties it appeals
to wider range of sympathies and higher integ-
rity of conviction.
5. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine
commenced 81 years ago. Equalling the Quar-
teres in its literary and scientific departments, it
has won a wide reputation for the narratives and
sketches which enliven its pages.
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CALL AND SEE THE LATEST STYLES OF
RICH JEWELRY and SILVER WARE, now
opening at NOWLAN & CO.'S. New Sets, Pins
and Ear-d drops, Enameled Bands Handkerchief Hold
ers, Bosom and Sleeve Buttons, and superb Silver
ware, for bridal presents, Pitchers, Spoons Forks
Goblets, &C., &c, corner of Main and Tenth SITS.
THos NowLAN. RoBT. L. MACoMBER.
NOwLAN &C. CO.,
Corner Main and Tenth Streets, above Post Office,
RICHMOND, VA.
Diamonds, Fine Watches, Jewelry and
SilverWare.
ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING RINGS.
Special attention given to the Repairs of Fine
Watches and Jewelry.
ROY HAIR JEWELRY made to order.
oc 13-3m
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
Are you all Ready ?"

care you all ready for action on the gun
deck, said Lord Nelson to his head gunner,
at the commencement of one of the san
culinary sea fights in which he was engaged.
"All ready, sir came the response. ''Then
keep so,' was the stern order of the great
captain. We send the same query and the
same order to every one of our reader.
The duties of the opening spring will soon
crowd heavily, and all hands be needed for
action. Get ready and keep so.
The wood pile, we dare say, is all worked
up for the fire. Three weeks ago, when on
a little jaunt in the country, we found a
horse power TO which Il circular saw was
attached, moving from farm to farm, saw
ing up the farmers wood for the stove.
They were getting ready.
Keep ahead of your work. Take advan-
tage of the little time that remains and get
everything ready that will be required for
spring work upon the farm. Get home the
special fertilizers, (if not already obtained, }
and also be sure you have Il supply of all
the seeds, grains, &c, that you wish to sow
and plant. Place them Just where you can
put your hand on them when wanted. Get
ready and keep so.
Look at all the implements and tools.
Find out what new ones are needed and
what demand repairs, and have them made
at once. Don't neglect it Il day longer.
As soon rs it will answer, remove all
winter coverings from vines, plants, SC,
and clear up all the rubbish from about
your glounds and buildings, that has been
accommodating through the winter. This is
ono OF the first Jobs that can be done, and
will really need doing but once in the sea-
son; as afterwards by little care and at
tention the premises can be kept neat and
clean.
Prepare a hot-bed in which to put out
the tomatoes, vines, &c, you may have
started within doors. Every farmer ought
to know how to make one.
Look ont for some early peas, salads, po-
tatocS, and other garden vegetables. Sc
lect the Warmest land you haye-we hope
you prepared it last fall-and plant them
as soon as the frost is out.
Fences can be repaired as soon as any
thing can be done on the farm. Attend to
this so that when stock of any kind is ready
to he turned out, there will be no danger
of their getting beyond the enclosure.
This neglect to mend fences early in the
spring, makes breachy cattle.
Fail III the spring is equivalent to
failure for the entire season. Therefore be
in time. Plant and sow in season, that
hoeing will not be delayed into hay ing
that haying and harvesting will not drive
you, that Your crops will escape the frost
and all be secured before they are tlamag-
ed by untavorabe weather in the fall.
FINALLY get ready and keep so.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
VOLUME II.

Supplying stone broken up finely with angu-
lar edges, to the ground surface, and leav
Ing it to be worked in by the passage of
teams and vehicles. 1t was popular plan
for time and is still often initiated by ig-
Dorant and incompetent surveyors, but has
in fact been long since discarded by all in
teligent road makers, and the Telford road
has taken its place.
The Telford road is made with rough
and solid foundation with .macadam sur
face, and if well made it forms one of the
most solid, smooth and easy roads imagi-
nable.
Our roads are in most wretched condi-
tlon. The side cutters are scraped up and
thrown into the drive way, a mass of sand
and loan with all sorts of organic matter,
which on the first smart rain is apt to be
washed Off again, and If not it makes the
nastiest kind of mud, and it grinds up into
impalpable dust in dry time, and that is
almost as disagreeable as the mud itself.
There is no need of either, and a road
properly built and properly cared for will
he free from both. Mass. Ploughman.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
Our Heroine.

Her name shines not in hammered field
Where right and wrong so boldly war;
Nor rings her voice in any cause
Which men and women battle for,
Yet in her presence, subtle. sweet,
You long to kneel and kiss her feet
No wondrous romance wreathes her life;
Nor has she led a martyr tram;
Nor beautiful nor rich is she,
But poor-and some would call her-plain;
Yet in her two dear eyes you see
A beauty shining constantly.
No sken robe enfolds her form:
Nor dainty leisure hath her hands;
Her jewels are simple ring;
A ribbon binds her hairs soft bands;
Yet in her garments simple grace
Her souls regality your trace.
No gift has she to charm and thrill
A thankless world with warbled songs;
And art that wakes the ivory keys
To other hands than hers belongs:
Yet in her words of tender cheer
4 richer music meets the ear.
She walks in humble ways of life
That leads ottimes through gloom and shade
And cares and crosses not Il few,
Are on her patient shoulders laid;
Yet smiles and drinks each bitter cup,
And keeps her brave eyes lifted up.
And homey ways she wreathes with grace
Harsh duty turns to loving zest;
And CHEEKY hope and steadfast will
Are at her side in work and rest;
Yet never dreams she that you spy
That angel looking from her eye!
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
Honesty its Own Reward

Inc New York correspondent of the
Chicago Republican tells the following
good story, and vouches for its truth
A small boy a friend Of mine. was lately
undergoing an examination OF his
scholastic attanments, and to show his
penmanship, wrote the sentence, "Uoncsty
is its own reward"
Complimenting him on his chicographv
and oithography, still dissented from
the sentence as incorrect, inasmuch as
"Firtue" always sustained the position in
my copy-books, accorded in this instance
to ''Honesty."
"Well," said young America | guess
it's about right, for honesty don't seem to
bring in any bigger reward. / was down
to Cony Island with Pop last summer.
and | walked off down the beach bv N.Y.
self, and away off across the creek on to
Burnham's Island, / spied something shiny,
and it was a magnificent gold watch and
chain, and | was tickled most to death.
| thought about being honest, and seeing
my chance of finding the owner wasn't
very strong, | did go up to q house and
inquire if any of 'em had lost Il watch
No, they hadn't; and the boss told me to
hang on to it, as watches and dead horses
was coming ashore all the time, and he
had all he wanted. Well, Pop was ticklcd,
too, when he seen what | found, and
along about 5 we started on the boat to
come home. We was sitting up on deck
forward, when | heard big, fat, gay
dressed old gal talking to a chap about
twice my size, just giving it to him for
| losing his watch. l buttoned up my coat,
and tried to get Pop to go to the other
end of the boat. But no there he stuck ;
and pretty soon he heard the woman and
walked upand says ;'Did you lose anything
marm" Yes says she, my son. says
she, lost valuable watch and chain,
says she.
"And my SON. says Pop, found one. "
So | lost my watch in about two minutes
Then says the old woman, says she, Here
my little man buy good book and re-
member and always be honest And
how much do you think she gave me ?"
"Well," replied, 80"
"No," said the disguised victim of
honesty, Fifty cents"
That boys virtuous principle has been
so set back by his early experience of
human meanness, that felt called on to
recite some instance of different
character.
told him how John Morrissey, one
night some time ago, on his way home
from the West, laid over at the Delevan
House, Albany. In the morning he rush
ed for the early train and discovered
after steaming along for half an hour
that he had left $4,000 under the pillow
of his bed.
He reversed his engine at the next
station and ratified back to Albany.
Entering the hotel after Il three or four
hours absence, he found his money safe
in the clerks hands-having been found
by the chambermaid one hour after j John's
departure. Mr.. Morrissey looked over
the amount and said. ''Let's see the
party"
The chambermaid was sent for and the
Hon. John saw an elderly woman to
whom any gratuity would be welcome.
There were very few words, but the Con-
gressman pulled out his pocket-book and
gave the woman a $500 greenback--a
sum that was fortune to the creature.
Pm afraid there are fewer repetitions of
the last instance than of the first.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
Farm. Garden, and Household.
Barn Cellars.


III nus pfVo'ne very COMMON PA"o1Iee Ill
INC eiec''o" ol oainS' 10 lioNi"e ceI'f'
OF ""Se'ieut oen1"'i io' inc ieoePtloh Oh
INC nlanu'e' nc UfoPP4hSS can De very
''''''S U''toN." Vi IA " ''''ol ny "'ot'p'NS
'neii 'H'ouSl S0u'V'oS ii' Inc Aoof Oh Inc
sV"olN' Aholh9I argument uieNoF ol lhelr
uIiilly Is lhaI lAe manure thuS stored loses
none OF IFS eielnghlS by Ie@eblnS' Is no
ram can mere beat up"" IT, MS Is very
ueS'faole enI ia he ahJa1ned- A. many Oh
the component parts "i 'he manure ana eS-
peclaiiy the most Nal@Ao't' are caSliy soi"-
able, and 10y Ie2chlhg they are borne OIL and
often lost.
Manures should he protected from the
wet, and also from heating and becoming
IRE fanSed. Much of the value OF ma
nurc is lost when it is thrown, as is too
often the case, out beside the barn and un-
der the caves, where it receives the gath
cred rainfall from one-half the ROOT of the
barn, ana also that which falls directly up
on u. 1T could be placed in no worse
place, or in any place about the barn where
It's loss would he greater. Add to this the
suns influence upon dry, hot days, and the
loss is further accelerated
Mar,,r, ,,,, t,.,,.,..,:l .i,,,
''''' '''
'"ii'lV'S WIZ o'"I "lideS9 90 I'e iilut loSeS
largely by g. fire langin@; by getting over
heated. and in truth becomes uuftc worth
lass, I'D. ,1,.,,,i,.,, .,.,,i.,,, a.. f;1,oro+o1
"''' 'OiiSuiIe" tHe "eSV eieIleHO Vi i19 conn
position Horse manure is peculiarly liable
10 this loss. A moderate amount of heat
ing, which is 4 decomposition going on
among the component parts is not obiec-
tienable, but rather to be encouraged. as it
Hts 1t better for plant food; but this should
90 on slowly and if we would retain any
and all of the elements that may he ryoly-
ed cover with dry earth muck, plaster, or
other absorbent.
IL has been found Objectionable storing
manure in Easements unIicr barns, where
hay il stored above, The gases generated
will penetrate, and render the hay unpala-
table to stock. Experience Shows this to
he the case and i'll this connection quote
writer in the Country Gentleman-
Twenty Years ago built 4 barn with
o"Sei'gn', IeIe! ON inc east WIlh 'G iI oot
ON the rast Nritbrr hay mar g,.,iN w4nlJ
keep well over the cellar; grain would
grow on the bottom, and hay would turn
lg4 ai!u mus on Vle notlouh "hu ui on the
in the nndnrnirnin,r m ,l,rn 1ilr< ,.. and let
air circulate through the rclllI; since then
4ll Is ri@ht.
IL WouId seem necessary therefore, t."
lf"Ni'e "'nP'e ventilation WAeie manure Is
stored beneath ahd even then IL Is to be
questioned rs To It's harmlesSneSs. Ihe
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
An Interesting Case of Consciousness

In 1866 a merchant received through
the post-ofice q letter, written in dis
guised hand, as follows:
II owe the firm of -, s., which |
stole, and am anxious to pay. l hope to
tell you Of it personally, some day In
the mean time | will mail you ten dollars
a week, commencing the first of July,
till paid; interest and principal will be
to discover me. | send one dollar now !;
if you accept please advertise in the Her
aid personals" and sign yourself N.Y."
The merchant replied as requested.
Every week, from that date, an envelope
was received through the mail, enclosing
ten dollars, with no other writing but the
number OF the payment, until the two
hundredth payment was received, with
the following lines written in the same
disguised hand:
"IWO IIUNDREDTII PAYMENT. | send
ten dollars more; if you have got them
all, please advertise in the Herald ''Per-
sonals." If not, please advertise how
many are lost, and | will send them"
The merchant replied, 1.-The two hun
dredth payment is received. All right.
Come and see me, and your name shall
be sacredly confidential" A few weeks
after this, a young man met this merchant
on the sidewalk and handed him copy
OF the New York Herald, pointing out the
advertisement under the head of Person
ais, and with trembling voice said, 81
am the person who wronged you while in
your employ, and have been making my
weekly payments to you until paid the
debt, which hope God has forgiven"
"Never was my surprise greater" says
the merchant who communicates this fact,
ethan to stand before the individual who
had for two hundred weeks, without fail,
paid me out of his earnings the amount
he had taken from me; and he, one of
whom l never had the least suspicion"
Such an instance of continued stead
fastness of purpose and unostentation, is
evidence of true penitence and thorough
reform. 1t should be recorded as an ex-
ample for every one who has. been guilty
OF this sin. 1t is proper to add that this
young man is now in prosperous busi-
ness, and is worthy member OF Chris
tian church. BLESSED is he whose trans
gression is forgiven, whose sin is cover
ed.n
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

Now said the tailor, good-naturedly,
'let me give thee piece of advice.
When next thou hast occasion to get
suit of clothes, thou hadst better not at
tempt to cheat the poor tailor, but pay
him honestly; for then will thy conscience
not trouble thee, and thy sleep will be
sweet and refreshing. FAREWELL y
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

GOOD REToRT. A wife wanted her hus-
band to sympathize with her in feminine
quarrel but he refused saying: I've liv-
ed long enough to learn that one woman's
just as good as another if not better"
"And L." retorted the exasperated wife,
"have lived long enough to learn that one
man is Just as bad as another fnot worse ~
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

my dear" said Mrs. Bundle to her
daughter, "you must have something
warm around you in the carriage" Miss
B. mentioned the request of her mother
to her beau, who Immediately complied
with it.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

CURIOUS IABITS OF BEAVERS The
habits and habitationS of beavers furnish
many interesting lessons for study to the
WpOlmon and hunters, whether scientific
| uaturali>ts or not. In our bOyhood the
principal sources of information respect
inc them were the old dams and traces of
dams that were found on every little brook
/ where we ished. The beaver dams CON
sisted of ridges of earth from four to five
feet above the common level of the -'bea-
Yer meadow" fiat, running each way from
the brook to rising land The law of IN
lustry among the working beavers is at
tested by hunters These dams or houses
are built anew, or remodeled, every au-
tumn. in Il way to suit the height of the
water the succeeding winter and spring
The object OF the dam seems to be to reg
ulate the height of water at their houses,
where they have two or three berths at
different height, where they sleep high
| aud dry, but with their tails in the water,
/ thus being warned OF any change i'll the
! rise or fall Of water Some houses stand
/ six feet ut least above the surface of the
meadow. covered with mud. in the form
OF Il round coalpit, but intersected with
sticks of wood. so as TO be strong; and
the weight of three or four men makes no
impression upon it. A ''full family" as
hunters call them, consists of the parent
al pair, and all the males of the next gen
Grafton, with their mates. When the
| tribe gets larger than this, they colonize.
Sometime in the autumn, all single ones
| of both sexes congregate from considera-
BILE distance all at the deepest lake in the
vicinity, where they choose their mates
! how ceremonious the nnptials we cannot
say; then they all 90 home, the female
| following her mate, and all 60 to work,
first putting the dam in order for the
winter, then laying in their stock of wood
the bark of which is their food. They 90
up stream some three miles for their
wood, and run it down to their houses,
and then, in some mysterious way make
! it lie in Il pile at the bottom of the pond,
outside the house. where they may take
| it at any time in the winter for use Au-
tumn is a busy time with them, and it is
interesting to see their new dams in pro-
cess of building, as we sometimes find
them across large streams, and river-dri-
vers tear away their dams and get good
! head of water for their use. They usual
| lv build at the outlet of natural ponds,
and sometimes they flow large lakes and
pieces OF dead water, but they are always
moving and reconstructing. How they
/ keep their teeth in order for so much eat
ing, when the best steel would wear out,
is a mystery. They cut logs sometimes
a foot through, and every stroke Of the
tooth tells toward the OBJ and never q
tooth gets dull, as we can see.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

Some drunken loafers in Chicago lately stole
corpse from the dead-house of hospital, and
opening the door of lager beer saloon, threw
1t IN among the guests and then ran. They
have not been arrested
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald has the following in
reference to Senator Schurz's speech
against the San Domingo job:
The point the Presidents friends want
ed to make, was that pending the nego-
tiations for the annexation of Texas.
President Tyler, under the advice of his
Secretary of State, John G. Calhoun, had
sent an armed force there to prevent the
Mexicans from interfering, which result
ed in war with Mexico
While Stewart and Morton were wrang-
ling with Schurz upon this point, Mr..
Thurman, of Ohio, appeared in the rear
of Stewards seat and asked Schurz the
date OF the message of President Tyler
from which he had quoted. Schurz re-
piled promptly, whereupon Thurman said
that ior some time before there was any
war between Mexico and the United
States, Texas was represented in Con
gress. This was a center shot, highly ap-
preciated by the spectators, and Stewart
sat down as if he had been struck down
by lightning. That was the last attempt
he made to interrupt Mr.. Schurz
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
From the New York Sun,
Entangled in a Cobweb.

The ways OF matrimonial advertising
are so numerous, and the fools that walk
therein so common, that there names are
hardly worth mentioning unless by some
accident they arc prominently brought be-
fore the public. OF that rather numerous
class who have not met with success in
their dealings with the fair sex through
the columns of the newspapers, Mr. John
S. Paddock may be mentioned as promi-
nent and conspicuous member This gem
tleman had business. He was thriving
manufacturer of buttons in the city of
Buffalo, and as such was considered more
than ordinarily skiLllul. Hehad lived the
life of bachelor, and up to the time OF
the event which is herein recorded, had
never been suspected of matrimonial in
tentions. But the following advertisement
which appeared in prominent daily news
paper, published in this city, attracted his
attention: