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THE AGED PASTOR.

He stands in the desk, that grave old man,
With an eye still bright, though his cheek is wan,
And his long white locks are backward rolled
From his noble brow of classic mould,
And his form, though bent by weight of years,
Somewhat Of It's primal beauty bears.
He opens the page Of the Sacred Word
Not a.whisper, nor low nor loud, is heard;
Even Folly assumes a serious look,
As he readeth the words OF the Holy Book
And the thOughtless and gay grow reyerent there,
As he opens his lips in silent prayer.
He stands as the grave old prophet stood,
Proelaiming the Truth and the living Cod
Pouring reproof on.the ears Of men
Whose hearts are at ease in their folly and sin
With challenge Of guilt still unforgiven,
To the soul untitled, unmeet for Heaven.
o. who can but honor that good old man,
As he neareth his three score years and ten
Who hath made it the work of his life to bless
Our world in its woe and wickedness,
Still guiding the few who were wont to stray
In paths Of sin, to the narrow way.
With kindly heart, through the lapsing years,
he hath shar'd your Joys, he hath wipd your tears
He hath bound the wreath on the brow of the bride
He hath stood by the couch when loved ones died.
Pointing he soul to a glorious Heaven,
As the ties which bound it to earth were riven.
Methinks ven weep another day,
When the good old man has pissed away;
When the last of his ebbing sands have run
When his labor is Ger and his work is done
Who'll care for the flock and keep the fold,
When his pulse is still and his heart is cold?
Wen miss him then every look and tone,
So familiar now, for ever gone,
Win thrill the heart with inward pain,
And you long and listen for them in vain;
When stranger form and a stranger face
Shall stand in your honored Pastors place.
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How to Give Children an Appetite.

Give children an abundance of outdoor
exercise, fun, and frolic, make them regular
in their habits, and feed them only upon
plain, nourishing food, and they will seldom,
if ever, complain of lack of appetite. But
keep them overtasked in shool, confined
closely to the house the rest of the time,
frowning down every attempt at play; feed
them upon rich or high seasoned food, can
dies, nuts, etc., allow them to eat between
meals and late in the evening, and you need
not expect them to have good appetites. On
the contrary, you may expect they will be
pale, weak, and sickly.
Don't cram them with food when they
don't want, or have no appetite for it-such
a course is slow murder. If they have no
appetites, encourage, and if need be, com
uand them to take exercise in the open air.
Don't allow them to study too much, and
especially keep them from reading the exist
ing light literature which so much abounds
in our bookstores and circulating libraries.
In addition to securing exercise for the
children as above, change their diet some
what; especially if they have been eating
fine -four, change to coarse or Graham flour.
Boston Journal of Chemistry.
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Cranberries.

The following statistics have been COM
piled by an exchange in order to give some
idea of the value of the cranberry crop in
New England, which in 1869, was as fol-
lows:
Maine produces 200 barrels; Massachu.
cetts, 5000; Connecticut, 1000; New
Jersey, so, OOO-principally from cultivated
fields. At ninety stations on the ST. Paul
and Milwaukee railroad IA, 585 barrels were
shipped to market. A ten acre lot in New
Jersey produced in one year 900 bushels, or
ninety bushels per acre.
The owner refused $4,000 per acre for
his lot.
Now these berries are. indigenous in the
swamps and low grounds of Eastern Virginia
and North Carolina, where they grow in
great profuSion. Why, then, we ask, are
they not cultivated?
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Life in Germany.

You enter German house, without knock
ing, through door which rings bell, and
thus announces the ingress or egre8s of some
one. At the foot of the staircase you fad
bell handle, by ringing at which you call
a servant who conducts you to a parlor or
reception room on the next floor, which you
enter by knocks You will fnd the parlor
and the best rooms in the house adorned
with beautiful pictures Oh the walls, and
elegant lace curtains the windows, but pro
badly without any carpet. The floor, how
ever, is tessellated with beautiful patterns in
various colors, and vanished, or at least it
is secured till it is as. white as the driven
snow, The amount of the fine white linen
which German house keeper has, and
which she is not reluctant to show her guests.
is fabulous, The Germans in this country,
and in such cities as Gottingen, keep early
hours, breakfasting It eight or earlier, din
ing at two, and usually going to bed as early
as ten. We attended, concert of most de-
lightful music, but ! began at FIVE o'clock
in the afternoon and closed at seven in the
evening. In short, The child-like virtues of
simplicity, candOr, naturalne8s and hearth
ness which have almost died out in fashiona-
bic American socioss astill exist in Germany
in all their primitive perfection Letter from
Professor Tyler Of amherst College.
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Unmarried Weeds

1t is stated that there are now no less than
PA weeds which have been introduced into
the United States from foreign countries, and
principally from England. As a proof of
the rapidity with which useless plants are
accidentally brought over the seas, it is said
that in 1887 there were only 1877 foreign
weeds known in this country. As far back
as 1872 curious little volume, called Nea0
Eagl0ndS Rarities, gave list of twenty
two plants which the author considered had
sprung up since the English had kept cattle
in New England. The author mentions the
"plantain, " which he says the Indians call
the "Englishmen's foot as though pro.
duced by the tread of the white settlers
The common "yellow toad fax, it is stated;
was originally introduced into the province
of Pennsylvania as a garden flower by
Mr. Ranstead, Welshman, residing in Phil.
adelphia, from whom it has derived the name
of "Ranstead weed In 1853 this weed
had overrun the pastures in the inhabited
part of Pennsylvania, and was the cause of
bitter complaints from the agriculturists of
that day. Chickweed, it is stated, was in
troduced in South Carolina as food for cana
ry birds, and in ten years spread for up
ward of fifty miles, and now occupies the
outposts of civilization. The "Scotch this
tle'' is said to have been brought to America
by clergyman who carried with him bed
stuffed with thistle down, in which some seed
remained Feathers, being cheap in the
new country, were substituted for the down
which was soon emptied out, and the seed
springng up, filled the country with thistles
Another account says some enthusiastic Scot
introduced the thistle as an emblem of his
country, which soon made itself at home and
became nuisance.-London Spectator.
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Seventeen Hundred Years in an Oven.

One house in Pompeii had evidently been
in state of repair when the volcano storm
buried it. Painters and decorators and
cleaners were masters of the situation The
household goods were all in disorder, and
the family, if not out of town, must have
been undergoing that condition of misery
which spring cleanings and other like infec-
tions inevitably entail. Painters pots and
brushes and workmen's tools were scattered
about. Tell-tale spots of white, wash SCARED
wall and floor. Such domestic implements
as pots and kettles had been bundled up in
a corner all by themselves, and the cook was
nowhere. Dinner, however, had not been
forgotten. A solitary pot stood Simmering
Gf it ever did simmer) on the stove. And
(start not, for it is true) there was bronze
dish in waiting before the oven, and on the
dish sucking-pig all ready to be baked.
But the oven was already engaged with its
full complement of bread. So the sucking
pig had to wait. And it never entered the
oven, and the loaves were never taken out
till after Sojourn of 100 years They had
been cooking ever since November 23d, A. D.
70. NJ. Fioreli has them now in his museum
at Pompeii, twenty one of them, rather hard,
of course, and black, but perfectly pre-
served,-Leisure Hour.
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TSTABLISHED IN 1914.
BOOKS, STATIONERY, PIANO F0RTES
AND MUSIC!
Book Bindery and Blank Book Mandatory
PAPER BOX FACTORY!

Book Bindery and Blank Book Mandatory
PAPER BOX FACTORY!
The subscribers have had in operation for the last
twenty years. in connection with their Bookstore, a
first 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,
Sheriffs, 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
fectioners, 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 We there
fore feel justified in inviting all persons who need
any article in our line of business to give us cali,
assuring them that we will do our. utmost to give
satisfaction, both in the quality and price of our
goods. Respectfully,
oc l2-Sm WOODHOUSE & PARHAM.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Il TO
CONSUMERS OF DRY GOODS.
All Retail Orders amounting to $50 and Over Deliv-
cred in any part of the Country Free Of
Express Charges.
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS,

HAMILTON EASTER & SONS,
OF BALTIMORE Nd,
In order the better to meet the wants of their Retail
Customers at distance, have established
SAMPLE BUREAU
and WILL upon application, promptly send by mail
full lines Of Samples of the Newest and most Fash
ionable Goods, of FRENCH, ENGLISH and Do
MESTIC Manufacture, guaranteeing at all times TO
sell loaC, if not at less prices than any house in
the country.
Buying our goods from the largest and most cele-
brated manufacturers in the different parts of Eu
rope, and importing the same by direct to
Baltimore, our stock is at all times promptly sup
piled with the novelties of the London and Paris
markets.
AS we buy and sell only for cash, and make no bad
debts we are able and willing to sell our goods at
from Ten TO FIFTEEN PER CENT LESS PROFIT than
if we gave credit.
In sending for samples specify the kind of goods
desired We keep the best grades of every class OF
goods, from the lowest to the most costly.
Orders unaccompanied by the cash will be sent
c. o. d.
PRoMPr-PAYING Wholesale BUYERS are invited
to inspect the Stock in our Jobbng and Package de-
partment. Address
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS,
1877 1919, POI and 203 West Baltimore St.,
oc lily Baltimore, Md.
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Newspaper Work.

The Brooklyn Eagle, in an able article
on Newspaper work and workers, truth
fully remarks that there is no other profess
sion but enjoys immunity from observation
as to its modes. The preacher writes in the
privacy of his study, and can concoct plati-
tudes or pad out plagiarism that would be
the ruin of the editor and reporter. The
lawyer consultS his client and organizes his
campaign in private, bringing into court only
as much as makes for his cause and against
the cause of his adversary. The doctor plies
his potions and launches in his lancet in Sc,
cret. If the patient recover, it may be the
medicine or it may be in spite of it; if he
die, it may be pills or Providence. the ply
sician is scatheless. None of these come to
light that their deeds may be reproved.
Moreover, the work of the press is contin-
uous, as we'll as constantly public. There
is no peace in our ar. There is no rest for
the weary. SIP is no more annihilated
by telegraph tha ae by journalism. The
evening and the hing are not merely the
first day, but all seven. Night is ami
hilated as to all a quantities of repose.-
Every minute of every hour of the twenty.
four is occupied by some workers doing some
work that shows itself in the newspaper of
the day and afternoon. Repetition is as
impossible as rest. Facts are ever new
Comments must be as fresh as facts, and the
edition is a remorseless giant that eats up
all the seconds. The making of newspa-
per is perpetual motion in a thousand fields.
In such a work, demanding ceaseless effort,
permitting no pauee, exacting eternal and
ever varying exercises, it is impossible for
wheat to be unmixed of chat, for accuracy
not to be impaired by mistake, for injustice
not occasionally to be done.
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Central 4resbpterian,
Office No. 1015 Main street, nearly opposite
the Post Office.
TIE r M

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paid within the first tco months, S4.
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PAYMENTS may be made to local agents wherever
practicabe all ministers of our Church are author.
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orders, or letters Registered by Postmaster. Other
wise IT MUST BE AT THE RISK OF THE PARTY SEND.
ING IT.
OBITUARIES. Charged at ten cents line The
party sending can make the estimate by counting
eight words to line. Payment Invariably in ad
Uance.
ADvERTIsExENTs.-N Presbyterian paper offers
so good medium for this purpose in Virginia and
West Va. Terms moderate: Circulars furnished on
application.
CoMMUYIoATIoNs AND LETTERS ON. BUSINESS
should be addressed to Central Presbyterian, Box
IL, Richmond, Va.
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ELEvATED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ELEVATED GRAssHoPPERs.-Cr ickets and
grasshoppers are found abundantly at the
height of 10000 and 1900 feet on the
Sierras of California. Professor Brewer
says, in the Naturalist that the latter flourish
in immense numbers at the highest attitudes
reached. They fly more than our Eastern
species, and seem to fill the air. If they
chance to alight on snow they soon become
chilled and perish. When large snow banks
melt in the summer, the number left dead
on the rocks is so large that it is no exag-
geration to say that tons of them may be
seen. On clear day on the top of Mont
Lincoln ia, 1913 feet the air seemed to be
filed with flying grasshoppers to distance of
upward of several hundred feet, so that even
with field glass they seemed nothing but
floating specks. An occasional butterfly
was seen with them. Flies of a voracious
kind are co,inhabtants of these lofty regions,
making horses frantic with their bites; which
is no wonder, considering how rare q feast
horSe-fesh must be for them.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.-On
" and after THURSDAY, June 1st, PASSEN-
GER TRAINS leave Richmond Sundays excepted)
as follows:
$50 A. M.-MAIL TRAIN for the White Sui
phur Springs connecting at Gordonsville with the
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas train for Wash
ngton and North, and Lynchburg and South.
1885 P. M.-ACCOMMODATION TRAIN for
Gordonsvie, except. on Saturday, on which day it
leaves at p. m.
On and after the 18th of June PASSENGER
TRAIN will rum daily Except Sunday between
Stanton and the White Sulphur, as follows:
Leave Stanton at..... a. Nj.
Arrive at White Sulphur 1882 p NJ.
Leave White Sulphur at......".. ......".2:35 T. NJ.
Arrive at Stanton at........ p NJ.
Through tickets, at low rates, sold to all points
Northwest and South-west
Further information may be obtained at the COM
pany's Offices
No Passenger Trains are run on Sundays.
A. H. PERRY,
General Superintendent.
j. F. NETHERIAND, General Ticket Agent
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IMPROVED INSTRUMENT FOR LAND
SURVEYING.
INVENTED By

]. NJ. LILLEY, Stanton, Virginia.
THIS INSTRUMENT has been adopted at the
United States Military Academy, Yves, Point; Wash
ington College, Va, and many of the leading Insti
tutons of learning of the country, and is recon-
mended by the Professors of Mathematics and En-
gineering, and by Practical Surveyors who have
used it, as superior to any instrument in for
the purposes for which it is designed.
Send for Circular containing description Of In
strument, price list and recommendations.
Orders filled promptly.
Address r. D. & j. C. LILLEY,
Stanton. Virginia.
Or the following Agents. Messrs. Stackpole &
Bro, Al Fulton Street, New York; r. W. Carroll
& Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; j. P. Morton Il Co., Lou
isville, KY, A. S. Aloe, st. Louis, Mo.
feb 2-tf
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Who is Little Sunshine? The child who
does not pout, or frown, or say cross words,
but goes about the house laughing, smiling,
singing, saying XIII words, and doing kind
deeds-that child is title Sunshine.
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WHEN the thief cannot break in at the
door himself, he finds child, and puts him
through the little window, and then the great
door is speedily opened. Thus do little sins
open the door for great sin.-SpurgeOn.
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J. W. VAN GELDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HAMBURG.
feb 24-f hRkANSho.
Is |.
Is |.

tomac Route, Going into effect June7
THROUGH TRAINS leaves depot corner Byrd
and Sth streets, as follows:
The DAY TRAIN daily at $40 a. m. Arrives in
Washington at 1915 Baltimore except on Sundays
at 2:15 Philadelphia at 6:l5 and New York at TO-
20 p. M. THE SAME DAY.
The NIGHT TRAIN daily Except on Sundays
at 8:45 p m
The Day Train arrives in Richmond at 2:17 m.
The Night Train arrives in Richmond Mondays
excepted at 3:30a. m.
The ACCOMMODATION TRAIN between Rich
mond and Milford will be daily Sundays ex-
copied, leaving the depot corner Broad and Eighth
streets, at 4;80 M, and arriving in Richmond at
S:42 a m.
FREIGHT TRAINS leave on TUESDAYS and
FRIDAYS at 645 a. m.
THROUGH Tickets and through Baggage Checks
to all principal points in the Northeast and North
west.
Apply at the CoMPANY's OFFICE, corner of Broad
and Eighth streets.
Ticket Office, corner Byrd and 9Th streets
j. B GENTRY,
General Ticket and Freight Agent.
Ed. T. D. MYERS, General Superintendent
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/. The Edinburgh Review.

INDISPENSABLE TO ALL DESTROYS OF BEING WELL
INFORMED OF THE GREAT SUBJECTS OF THE DAY.
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This is the Oldest of the series. In its main fea
lures it still follows in the path marked out by
Brougham. Jeffrey Sidney >mth and Lord Hol.
land, its original founders aud first contributors.
2. The London Quarterly Review,
which commences its 10th volume with the Janu.
airy number, set Oh foot as rival to the EDIN-
BURGH. 1t resolutely maintains its opposition in
politics, and shows equal vgor in its literary de.
psrtment
3. 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-
ligious liberalism.
g. 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 SIackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
was commenced "a years ago. Equalling the Quar-.
terlies in its literary and scientific departments it
has won wide reputation for the narratives and
sketches which enliyen its pages.
TERMS FOR 1871.
For any one of the Reviews, S4per annum.
For any two of the Reviews,
For any three of the Reviews, 10
For all four of the Reviews, II
For Blackwood's Magazine,
For Blackwood and one Review, 7
For Blackwood and any two Reviews, 10 I"
For Blackwood and three Reviews, 10
For Blackwood and the four Reviews 10 %
Single Numbers of Review, ST. Single Mum.
bers of Blackwood, 35 cents
The Reviews are published quarterly; Black.
woods Magazine is monthly. Volumes commence
in January.
PosTAGE.-The postage on current subscriptions,
to any part of the United States, is Two Cents
number, to be prepaid at the office of delivery For
back numbers the postage is donhe
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N THR ACITE
BITUMINOUS
OAK AND PINE '

W1GS, BRAIDS AND CURLS.
J. HANEY
HAIR DRESSER, WHIG- MAKER, IMPORTER AND
MANUFACTURER OF WINGS, ToUPEES,
BRAIDS CURLS, &C.
Every description of Ornamental Hair Works, for
Ladies and Gentlemen constantly on hand and made
to order at the shortest notice and moderate prices
For any of the above named articles or information
concerning them, address j. HANEY,
141 W. Baltimore Street,
my lily BALTIMORE, MD.
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DICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.
N CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.-On and after
JJJNE 4th 1871

ID edmond AND DANFILLE RAILROAD.
II CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.-On and after
JUNE 4th, 1871,
GOING WEST.
TRAIN No. l, Through Passenger leaves Rich
mond daily Except sundays at 4:1O a. M; leaves
Danville at ll:03 a M; arrives at Greensboro at
l:52 p. m.
Train No 8, nynchburg Passenger leaves Rich
mond daily at 9.l5 a. M; arrives at Lynchburg at
5 p. m.
Train No. 5, Through Mail and Express) leaves
Richmond daily at 2:40 p. M. leaves Danville daily
at 10:47 p. M arrives at Greensboro daily at 1854
p. m.
GOING EAST.
Train No. 6, Through Mail and Express) leaves
Greensboro daily at $3.50 p. M. leaves Danvile daily
at 040 p. M; arrives at Richmond daily at 5:19
a. m.
Train No. s, Through Pessenger) leaves Green's
boro' daily Except Sundays) at l1:05 a. m; leaves
Danyille at LIZ p. M; arrives at Richmond at Sl5
p. m!
Train No. 9, Qynchburg Pessenger) leaves Lynch.
burg daily at $50 a. M; leaves Burkeye at p. M;
arrives at Richmond at 4 p. m.
Trains Nos and connect at Greensboro with
Trains on N Carolina Railroad for all ,ints South.
Train No. connects at Burkeville with Nan on
Atlantic Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad for all
points Southwest and South.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and
South west can be procured at the ticket office in
Richmond. JOHN K MACMURDO,
Je IA General Freight and Ticket Agent.
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STANDARD PERIODICALS FOR 1871.

Republished by the Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,
140 Fulton Street, New York
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T. 81. KELLOGG, ]. W. GIBsos,
KELLOGG & GIBSON.
Importers, Wholesale and Retail dealers in
CHINA, GLASS, EARTHENWARE,
and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
No. 1907 Main street, Richmond, Va.
We have removedto the large and elegant Store
lately occupied by Messrs. Butler & 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 heretofore, we respectfully soil.
cit continuance. KELLOGG d GIBSON,
ia 18-tf No. 1907 Main St., Eagle Square.
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This is the Oldest of the series. In its main fea
lures it still follows in the path marked out by
Brougham, Jeffrey, Sidney >mith and Lord Hol.
land, its original founders and first contributors.