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Academies as Christian Schools.

Or academies mast be distinctly and en-
phatieally Christian schools. Says DR.. Ar.
mold, of Rugby, eve need schools that are
not only founded on religion, but schools
that are religious" The great doctripss of
egangelical faith must underlie them and per
~ --hala $50. lar-.v~
Christian. Let this be understooo: Jet
there be no reserve, no concealment here
The best culture for the intellect will be fur
nished, but the moral and spiritual nature
will not be neglected. The aim will be to
lay the foundations of Christian scholarship,
and to send forth pupils either to college or
to the activities of business, consecrated to
Christ. If there are parents or guardians
who do not wish to subject those under their
charge to such Influences, there is no con.
straint Other schools are open to them
But sending them to an academy whose char
acter and aims are known, they will have no
reason to complain. Here, after all, is our
strong, and in itself sufficient argument for
academies. We could safely rest our appeal,
to Christian minds, here. Christianity in
any proper sense cannot be taught in our
public schools. There must be silence on
the most momentous themes. Our children
are coming forward in most perilous age.
Unbelief has bOldness, and subtlety, and
persistency, and plausibiity such as we were
strangers to in our youth. 1t claims to have
the advanced thought, the genius, the
science, the culture of the age on its side.
Its professors and advocates look down with
contempt, or with affected pity, on those who
are still in the bondage of old beliefs. But
in our public schools no caution may be ut
tered against the errors, the skepticiSm, and
the downright iu6delity now so prevalent in
all our communities. The teacher may be a
thoroughly Christian man, but his lips are
sealed. In this fact, we repeat, is sufi-
eient argument for academies. We need
learning, true scholarship. The Church
needs it. The nation needs it. Every in
terest dear to humanity needs it. But it is
8anctifed learning. Christian scholarship,
that is needed. DR.. Lamson IN the National
Baptist.
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Sayings of Dean Swift.

The following aphoristical extracts from
the writings of the original and inimitable
wit, Dean Swift, are but specimens of the
richness of the gems that may be gathered
in that Golconda of literary wealth:
We have just enough of religion to make
US hate, not enough to make us love one an
other.
How is it possible to expect that mankind
will take advice, when they will not so much
as take warning?
Apollo was held the god of physic and
sender of diseases. Both were originally the
same trade, and still continue.
When true genius appears in the world
you may know him by this sign that all the
ounces are in confederacy against him.
Complaint is the largest tribute heaven
receives and the sincerest part of our devo-
ton.
The stoical scheme of Supplying our wants
by looping off our desires, is like cutting of
our feet when we want shoes
The reason why so few marriages are hap
Ply is because young ladies spend their time
in making nets, not in making cages.
The latter part of wise mans life is
taken up in curing the follies, prejudices,
and false opinions he had contracted in the
former.
VIZ write knox how to behave him
s,s.. "lsa .~,sslol POS y, w.
slider in old books what he finds that he is
glad to know, and what omissions he most
laments.
Whatever the poets pictured, it is plain
that they give Immortality to none but them
selves; it is Homer and Virgil we revere
and admire, not Achilles or AOeas. With
historians it is quite the contrary; our
thoughts are taken up with the actions, per-
sons, and events We read, and we little re-
gard the authors.
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Bad Effects of Boarding House Life.

Live together and alone, if you have to 60
into the desert for it, and feed on herbs J
Abhor Sodom and Gomorrah-or boarding
housesl Men sometimes speak of the meagre
and pinched fare. Men sometimes speak Of
the inconvenience. These are not worthy
of notice. 1t is not these. 1t is that men
learn self-indulgence there. Men learn there
not to be householders And all the various
discipline, all that ministration of care, all
that drill of continuance, all that drill of
cultivation, all that social independence, all
that subtle atmosphere, indescribable and
unanalyzable, which belong to the solitary
household, they miss.
No man and woman can make husband
and wife, father and mother, and house
holders on the pattern of their fathers, who
begin and continue their married life in this
hot-bed style of existence. And yet, they
are now unwilling to take house that they
can afford; and they cannot afford to take
the house that they fain would live in, be
cause furniture is SO dear, and virtue is
cheap; because society requires a certain
amount of appearance, you know; because
it would not do to go into the outskirts of
the town.
A log cabin is better for young married
people than the Fifth Avenue hotel would
be if they had the whole for nothing! What
you get for nothing is the least valuable of
anything. What you earn is all value
Under these influences, the whole of life is
written in the wrong key. Ien having
started on the wrong principle they do not
get over it. They are perpetually tempted
to over live by their very affections. If there
is anything that an honorable and sensitive
mans nature feels and cannot stand, it is
the silent comparison, by the world, of the
way she did live, and the way in which she
did live. How does this, drive men into dis
honesty? How does it drive them out of
bold willingness to live according to their
circumstances How does it teach them to
live for other peoples eyes, and not for their
own actual needs? How does it teach them
to be more subject to vanity than love?-
Such life is hollow! OstentatiOn takes the
place of sincerity. And so, ere long, man
is educated to be rogue, and steals.
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.ses.a...s ~ aga! Pull the string up
90 She looked up, and saw string,
which, on being pulled, lifted latch; and
she opened the door upon two little, half
naked children, all alone. Very cold and
pitiful they looked.
"Do You take care of yourselves, little
ones? 2" asked the good woman.
"GOd takes care Of US, said the oldest.
"And are you not very cold? No FIRE on
a day like this r'
"Oh When we are very cold, we creep
under the quilt, and l put my arms round
Tommy, and Tommy puts his arms round
me, and We say, Now 1 lay me- then we
get warm, said the little girl.
"And what have you to eat, pray?"
"When granny comes home, she fetches
Us something. Granny says God has got
enough. Granny calls US Gods sparrows
and we say Oar Father and daily bread
every day. God is our Father"
Tears came in the good woman's eyes.
She had a mistrustiDg spirit herself; but
these two little "sparrows, perched in that
cold upper chamber, taught her a sweet les
son of faith and trust she never will forget.
CHildren's Friend.
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How to Make a Place Prosperous.

There can hardly be greater sign of
prosperity in community than a DISPOSE
ton to help one another, to lift a little when
a neighbours wheel gets stuck in the mud
l knew CT q place where mans barn,
with all his winter stores of grain and hay
was consumed Il she night. Immediately
all the men IofIIGe country side mustered
and hauled up timbers for new barn, and
then big raising came off. After that the
sound of twenty or more hammers was heard
until the whole was shingled and sided
But their deed of kindness was not done yet
one and another offered to take head or
two of his stock and winter them for him,
thus greatly reducing his loss, and assuring
his heart of the more durable riches OF
brotherly love and neighborly good will
No one can compute in money the value OF
one such example of noble liberality in a
community, especially in its influence upon
the young. Where this spirit prevails
there is sure to be progress, even if all
improvements are in their infancy. People
will like to come and settle in place which
bears such good name. Now, if you de-
sire to see your place growing, popular
one, do what you can to show yourself a
good neighbor, especially to those who need
little extra help.
If man starts tin shop or black
smiths shop in your place, don't harness up
and drive off five miles to buy your pans and
get your horses shod, Just because you have
been in the habit of doing it. Patronize
the new, conner, when you want anything done
in his line. Speak encouragingly to him,
and well of him to your neighbors. Little
words of approval or censure go long way,
and when once you have spoken them, you
cannot call them back
Help the sick, especially if they are poor,
for poverty and illness are indeed heavy
burden Perform all acts of loving charity
which fall day by day in your path, remem-
bering who it is that has said, aye shall in
nowise lose your reward. Country Gentle
man.
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AasbHAa4y.
Important to Cotton Planters.


We are authorized by Mr.. A. Bestwick,
of Richmond, Fort Bend county, Texas, to
state that he has discovered certain remedy
for the dreaded cotton worm or caterpillar,
This remedy is simple, easily procured and
applied, and is as follows:
Take the jamestown or stramonium weed
when full grown and in bloom, chop off five
stalks, leaves and bolls, fill vessel two
thirds full of the weed thus prepared, then
fill with water and boil slowly from one to
two hours, after which add small quantity
of lime to clarity; then sprinkle the growing
cotton with this preparation, using small
wateringpot or syringe, and it will kill the
worm as soon as applied. If done in time
it will destroy the egg or germ, and SO poi
son the leaves that the worm will not after
wards eat them.
The above, remedy was discovered last fall,
but too late to save the crops, but it was
tried and proved efectual on patches of cot
ton, on several plantations in Fort Bend
We have seen the certificates, given by the
owners of these plantations, stating that the
remedy proved entirely successful in each
case.
These facts are made public now by Mr..
Bestwick, so that planters can save or cult
vate good supply of the jamestown weed,
and when the time comes, have no trouble or
expense in making the application and van
gushing most relentless enemy. Fore
warned is forearmed "-GQlveStOn News.
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The Dusty Room.

A young girl was sweeping room one
day, when she went to the window, shade and
hastily drew it down. at makes the room
so dusty, she said, "to have the sunshine
coming in p
The atoms of dust which shone golden in
the sunbeams were unseen in the DINNER
light. The untaught girl imagined it was
the sunshine which made the dust
Now, many persons imagine themselves
very good people. One poor old man, who
had lived all his life without thought Of
love to God, said he was all ready to die.
''He didn't owe any man cent" If the
Spirit of God should shine brightly into such
heart, how do you suppose it would look ?
It would show them sins enough to crush
them.
This light Of the Spirit is ike the sunshine
49, Itrasea's what Was be-
RI hidden. whsa We begin TO fee IA.
happy about our sins, let US never try to put
away the feeling. Don't let US put down
the curtain; and fancy there is no dust 1t
is the Holy Spirits voice in our hearts. He
is showing US ourselves; and better still, he
will show US the true way of happiness.
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PRIDE MUST FALL.-When Napoleon was
about to invade Russia, a person who had
eudeavored to dissuade him from his pur-
pose, finding he could not prevail, quoted to
him the prOverb, "Man proposes, but God
disposes," to which he Indignantly replied,
81 dispose as well as propose.
A Christian lady, hearing the impious
boast, remarked, 81 set that down as the
turning point of NapOleon's fortunes" God
will not suffer a creature thus with impunity
to usurp his prerOgative."
1t happened, as the lady predicted, NapO-
Icons invasion of Russia was the commence
ment of his fall.
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The Snow Prayer.

A little girl went out to play one day IN
the fresh new snow, and when she came in
she said:
Mamma, I couldn't help praying when |
was out at play"
"What did you pray, my dear?"
81 prayed the snOW.prayer, mamma, that
1 learned once in Sunday School: Wash
me, and shall be winter than snow"
What beautiful prayer And here is a
sweet promise to go with it: Though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as
snow"
And what can wash them white-clean
from every stain of sin? The Bible answers:
"They have washed their robes, and made
them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Morning Light.
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Travelling Thoughts.

1. Eat regularly thrice day, and never
between meals.
2. Take with you one.third more money
than you calculate on spending.
8. Take small bills, rather than large, to
avoid having bad money passed on you in
change.
4. Aim to be at your place of starting at
least ten minutes before the time, and grow
merry and wise at the contemplation of the
splutterings and mishaps of those who come
In at the last minute, and half minute
later.
5. See that your baggage is on the con,
veyance before you are yourself.
g. Remember that you make your char
acter as you 60 along, by the quiet courtesy
of your manners.
T. Only Doors are boisterous.
s. Do not let the servants excel you in
patience and politenesa.
9. "PleaSe" should commence every re-
quest, and "Thanks" end every service
done.
10, A lady is always gentle; gentleman
always composed.
II. Never argue on any subject, if there
is more than one presett besides yourself.
II. Never fail to se@ That person down as
ignorant or low bred, VINO by word, or look,
or gesture, disparages woman, a clergy
man, tho Bible 49, s5bsth day.--HaU
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Good Health as an Element of Success.

1t is no exaggeration to say that health is
large ingredient in what the world calls
talent. A man without it may be giant in
intellect; but his deeds will be the deeds of
a dwarf. On the contrary, let him have a
quick circulation, good digestion, the bulk,
thews, and sinews of man, and the alacrity,
the unthinking confidence inspired by these,
and, though having but thimbleful of brains,
he will either blunder upon success or set
failure at defiance. 1t is true, especially
in this country, that the number of contours
in every community-of men in whom heroic
intellects are allied with bodily constitution
as tough as horses-is small; that, in gene
raj, a man has reason to think himself well
off in the lottery of life if he draws the
prize of healthy stomach with mind, or
the prize of healthy stomach without a
mind, or the prize of fine intellect with a
crazy stomach But of the two, weak mind
in a herculean frame is better than a giant
mind in crazy constitution. A pound Of
energy with an ounce of talent will achieve
greater results than a pound of talent with
an ounce of energy. The first requisite to
success in life IS to be a good animal. In
any of the learned professors, vigorous
constitution is equal to at least fifty per
cent. more brains, Wit, judgment, magma
ton, eloquence, all the qualities of the mind,
attain thereby force and splendor which
they could never attain without it. But in
tellect in weakly body is "like gold in a
spent swimmers pocket" A mechanic may
have tools of the sharpest edge and highest
polish; but what are these without vigor-
Gus arm and hand? Of what use is it that
your mind has become vast granary of
knowledge, if you have not strength to turn
the key?
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The Way it was Done.

We know of lady who teaches class Of
ten in the Sabbath School, and who has hel
scholars tenderly attached to her. They are
all children of German parents, none Of
them church members. Her method is to
visit them once a quarter at their homes, and
once or twice a year ask them to see her.
On a recent Saturday afternoon the whole
class spent two hours with the teacher at her
own home, a simple little table of sandwiches,
fruit and cake being set for them. As they
babe her good evening, each received small
volume attractively bound and illustrated.
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Only Jesus.

love to feel the Sabbath coming, but
cannot bear to awake and find it gone. But
yet Jesus is my everyday Sabbath, and in
him 1 find happiness and peace all the week,
and all the year, when 1 am kept abiding.
This is all I want, never to wander more or
expect any good from any thing or any body,
but look for all in Jesus, in whom now find
heaven begun.-Rutb Bryan.
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TSTABLISHED IN 1874.
BOOKS, STATIONERY, PIANO FORTEs
AND MUSIC!
Book Bindery and Blank Book Mandatory
PAPER BOX FACTORY

PAPER BOA FACIORYl
The subscribers have had in operation for the last
twenty years. in connection with their Bookstore, a
frst.class Book Bindery and Blank Book Manufac
tory and within the last three years they have es-
tablished Paper Box Factory.
They are now prepared to furnish Banks, Bank
ers, Merchants Insurance Companies, Judges Law
yers, Clerks of Courts, Treasurers of Counties,
Sherifs, Colleges, Schools, Registers, Assessors,
and all other persons,
BLANK BOOKS,
of any STYLE or size, made in the best manner, and
at reasonable prices They are also prepared to
make to order at short notice, and in large or small
quantities,
Paper Boxes of any Size or Pattern,
Such as are used by Tobacconsts, Druggists, Con
fectoners, Grape Growers, &c.
We are making every effort in our power to build
up and sustain the trade and manufactures of our
city-give employment to our own people, and keep
our money at home as much as possible Wethere-
fore feel justified in inviting all persons who need
any article in our line of business to give cali,
assuring them that we will do our utmost to give
satisfaction, both in the quality and price of our
goods. Respectfully,
ee l2-gm WO0DH0USE & PARHAM.
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COOP TEMPER is, with most people, deepen.
dentupon good health, good health upon good
digestion, good digestion upon wholesome,
well prepared food, eaten in peace and pleas
antness. A person of sensitive physique
may be nursed into settled hypochOndria by
living in close rooms, where the sweet fresh
air and sunshine are determinedly shut out,
and the foul air as determinedly shut in
Miss Muloch.
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Central Qresbptuian.
Office No. 1015 Main street, nearly opposite
the Post Office.
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party sending can make the estimate by counting
eight words to line. Payment in1arsa5ly in adj.
vance.
CONTRADICTIONS AND Letters on Bpss~
should be addressed to Central P'N
u, Richmond, Va.
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a Steam Ditcher.

A steam ditchiug- machine recently exhib
tied at Wolverhampton, England, is stated
to be capable Of digging a ditch two feet
deep, at the rat of about one mile an hour.
The following is 3 general statement Of its
construction; A strong frame is supported
on four wheels, the front and smaller pair
being provided with steerage gear, and the
two hind wheels mounted on a cranked axle,
having segment by which it can be turned.
A wire rope leads from the hauling engine
around sheave at the front of the ditcher
and back to the hind wheel of the engine,
thus securing double purchase. Beneath
the main frame Of the ditcher is attached,
by three strong Golfers, a large scoop, resem-
bling in form right hand and left hand
pillow joined back to back. In digging, the
two outside Golfers and the share cut the
sides and bottom of tie ditch, and the mass
of earth, split by the central Golfer, is brought
to the surface and thrown at some distance
from the margins of the cutting. The lift
ing of the scoop is thus brought about: The
sheave over which the hauling rope passes,
at the fronAof the ditcher, communicates by
clutch with small winding-drum operating
a chain which passes over the segment on
the hind axle and wheels, and throws the
SCOOP upward.
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Established 1848
TENo THE FARMERS AND PLANTERS of Maryan'
4 and the South generally:
HoRNERS Maryland SUPER-PHoSPHArD
s--r s5s,s,,;ss,e fneu,r1y

HORNER's Maryland SUPERrPhoSlHA ~
sleemies.s inquiry
After % year, experience IN be r ers,,l.,.,e
mess, and alter establishing wide reputation for
the purity and excellence of his Bone Dust the
subscriber has been induced to prepare Phosphate
suitable to the requirements and every way worthy
the attention of the Southern Farmer.
The Maryland" is ReJurendtOr and permanent
Improver OF the SOIL 1t stimulates equal to Peru
Wan Guano, and sustains equal Bone, being COM
posed almost entirely of these ingredients, with a
very liberal percentage of Potash in the residuum.
There is no adulterator nor inferior article used
every particle of the Phosphate being OF essential
benefit to tie land. Neither pains nor expense have
been spared in its preparation, and we claim for 1t
the greatest benefit to the farmer from the smallest
outlay.
For Cotton, Wheat and Corn, and as q general
stimulant and aliment for worn and impoverished
land there can be nothing superior. 1t is warrant
ed to run as high in Ammonia and higher in Bone
Phosphate than any other fertilizer in the market.
Price $50 per ton, in new bags. No charge for
delivery. JOSHUA HOkNEh, JR.
Manufacturer and General Commission Merchant.
Office and Warehouse, "a S. Gay ST., General
Warehouse, Cor. Chew and Stirling Sts., Balti-
more, Md.
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THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND.
This is Sabbath School journal published by the
Presbyterian Committee of Publication

presbyterian C0mmltCee OF fuOlcaIlon.
RICHMOND, VA.
1t is designed to make it an instructive and enter
tanning paper, for general circulation in Sabbath
Schools, and contains nothing offensive to any
evangelical Church. In each issue is published
WEEKLY LESSON, on the graded system making
1t convenient messs for family and Sabbath School
instruction.
TERMs-One subscriber, one year...............S 90
Eight subscribers, to one address,. 10
Larger packages at same rates.
A MONTHLY EDITION is published, at one
half these prices. Subscriptions must be paid in
advance.
Communications should be addressed to Rev. E.
T. BAIRD, d. D Editor and orders for the paper
to j. D, K. SLEIGHT Business Agent.
09--tf
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Whatsoever is dearest to US
is our Isaac, Happy are we if we can offer
it to God. They shall never rest with Abra,
ham who cannot sacrifice with Abraham.
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Hope is the sweetest friend that ever kept
distressed soul company; it beguiles the
tediousness of the way--all the miSeries of
onr pilgrimage.
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READING THE BIBLE.-I will answer for
it, the longer you read the Bible, the more
you will like it; it will grow sweeter and
sweeter; and the more you get into the spirit
of it, the more you will get into the spirit
of Christ.-R0maine.