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Mechanical Ingenuity of Farmers.

One of the component parts of good farmer is
mechanical ingenuity. Some lose half days time
for want of knowing how to repair breakage, which
an ingenious person could do in five minutes A
team and two or three men are sometimes stopped
whole day at critical season for want of little
mechanical skill. 1t is we'll for every farmer to
have at hand the facilities for repairing In addition
to the more common TOOLS he should keep supply
of nails of different sizes, screws, bolts, and nuts.
Common cut nails eItoo brittle for repairing i'm
plements or for other similar purposes. Buy only
the very best and anneal them, and they will an
swer all the ordinary purposes of the best wrought
nails. To ennesl them, all that is necessary is to
heat them red-hot in common fire and cool grad
ualy Let them cool, for instance, by remaining in
the fire while it burns down and goes out One such
nail we'll clinched, will be worth half dozen unan-
nealed. Nothing is more common than for a far
mer to visit the blacksmiths shop to get broken
or lost bolt or rvet inserted, and often single nut
on bolt. This must be paid for, and much time is
lost. By providing a supply of bolts nuts, and
rivets, much time and trouble may be saved. They
may be purchased wholesale at low rate. These
should all be kept in shallow boxes, with compart.
ments made FOR the purpose, furnished with bow
handle for convenience in carrying them. One box
with half eo5en divisions may be appropriated to
nails off Sarent sizes, and another, with as many
compartments, to screws, bolts, rivets, etc. Every
farmer should keep on hand supply of copper
wire and sm-N pieces of sheet copper or copper
straps Copper wire is better than annealed iron
wire. 1t is almost flexible as Irvine, and may be
bent and twisted as desired and it will not rust.
Copper straps nailed across or around fracture
or split in wooden article will strengthen it in a
thorough manner.-Rural A.fairS.
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Keep the Gate Shut. :"

An English farmer was one day at work
in his fields, when he saw party of hunts
men riding about his farm. He had one
field that he was specially anxious they
should not,ride. over, as he crop vas IN 3
condition to be badly injured by the tramp
Of horses. So he despatched one of his
workmen to this field, telling him to shut the
gate, and then keep watch over it, and on
no account to suffer it to be opened. The
boy went as he was hidden but was scarce,
ly at his post, before the huntSmen came up,
peremptOrily ordering the gate to be opened.
This the boy declined to do, stating the
orders he had received, and his determine
ton not to disobey them. Threats and brides
were offered, alike in vain, one after another
came forward as spokesman, but all with the
same result, the boy remained immovable in
his determination not to open the gate
After while, one of noble presence ad.
yanced, and said in commanding tones ::
"My boy, you do not know me. I am the
Duke of Wellington, one not accustomed to
be disobeyed; and 1 command you to open
that gate, that and my friends may pass
through" The boy lifted his cap, and stood
uncovered before the man whom all England
delighted to honor, then answered firmly:
81 am sure the Duke of Wellington would
not wish me to disobey orders. must keep
this gate shut, nor suffer any one to pass but
with my masters express permission.
Greatly pleased, the sturdy old warrior
lifted his own hat, and said: 81 honor the
man, or boy, who can be neither bribed nor
frightened into doing wrong. With an army
of such soldiers 1 could conquer not only
the French, but the world" And handing
the boy glittering sovereign, the old duke
put spurs to his horse and galloped away,
while the boy rar of to his work, shouting
at the top Of his voice: "Hurrah, hurrah
I've done what Napoleon could mt dO-IVe
kept out the Duke Of Wellington
Every boy is gate-keeper, and his Mas
ter's command is "Be thou faithful unto
death" Are you tempted to drink, to
smoke or chew tobacco? Keep the gate of
your mouth fast closed, and allow no evil
company to enter. When evil companions
would counsel you to break the Sabbath, to
lie, to deal falsely, to disObey your parents,
keep the gate of your ears fast shut against
such enticements; and when the bold bias
phemer would instl doubts of the great
truths of revelation, then keep the door OF
your heart locked and barred against his
infamous suggestions, remembering that it is
only the fool who "hath said in his heart,
there is no God"
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Responsibility of Wealth.

The Methodist has an excellent article on
this subject, from which we take the follow
ing paragraph:
We would not have men desist from the
lawful pursuit of wealth, but we would have
them comprehend the true character of the
enterprise in which they are engaged. Riches
bring an Increase of responsibility which
cannot be transferred to another. The
faculty auire money, which is given to
some, wLl- .enieG to others, is talent, and
is subject to the same laws which regulate
the possession of other talents. Some men
have gift of public speaking; this gift they
are to use only for the promotion of the
right, whether in the pulpit, the forum, or at
the bar. In like manner others have the
gift of money-making. Every thing they
touch seems to turn into gold. God has
bestowed this gift on them that they might
bless the world. If they employ it only to
hoard money, or to squander on themselves,
they are recreant to most sacred trust, and
must account to God.
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Song of the Old Folks.

All, don't be sOrrowful, darling,
And don't be sorrowful pray;
Taking the year together my dear,
There isn't more night than day;
lis rainy weather, my darling,
Times waves, they heavily run;
But taking the year together, my dear,
There isn't more cloud than SUM-
We are old folks now, my darling,
Our heads are growing gray;
But taking the year all round, my dear,
You will always find the May
We have had our May, my darling,
And our roses long ago;
And the time of the year is coming, my dear
For the silent night and the snow
And God is God, my darling,
Of night as well as of day;
We feel and know that we can go
Wherever He leads the way.
All, God of the night, my darling,
Of the night of death so grim:
The gate that leads out Of life, good wife,
Is the gate that leads to Him.
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and government of God constitutes its great
controlling feature, and from that is devel-
oped the whole code of moral duties. The
power of these higher obligations in forming
the character of the young, and in CONTROL,
ing men through life, has been recognized
in every age and nation. The fact that MIR.
Huxley, distinguished sceptic, is now en-
deavoring to compel the reading of the BIZ
bic in the public schools of England, fur
nishes only another addition to the multi
tudes of cases in which persons without a
religious faith have testified to the disciple
nary value of the teachings of the Scrip
lures"
But having already made larger demand
on your columns, perhaps, than you can &C.
cede to, l leave this report with the convic
ton that no public document put forth by
any authority in the State merits wider
diffusion or more careful perusal.
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Makes Hard Things Very Easy.


And all the while, Jesus is saying to US,
Be faithful. Be tR0W faithful, for He speaks
to each one Of US
Some years ago the Atlantic Steamer,
Arctic, struck another steamer, and sunk in
four hours after. Three hundred persons
went down with her. They were all drowned.
Every steamer has a SjgRaLgWB on board,
which is fred off in time of danger, so that
other vessels may hear, and come and help
them. Now, this gun on board the Arctic
was in charge of young lad named
STEWART HOLLAND;
and it was his duty to FIRE it of.
As soon as the steamer struck, all was up
roar and confusion. Every one knew she
must sink, and all tried to get some way Of
escape. The engineer left the engines. The
hremen left the fires. The steersman left
the wheel, and Stewart was left alone at his
gun. But he never Ainehed. Women
shrieked. Strong men fell down in sudden
fear. Some cursed and sWore, not knowing
what they said Some prayed, and some
sat shll-uaia aud uotionless -ss marble
But ali through those four terrible hours,
the sound of his gun went booming over the
waters. His powder was gone. He took
an axe and broke open the door Of the mag.
azine for more. And again the sound Of
his gun was heard over the deep. But no
ship was nigh. No one was near to help.
Some lowered the boats and got off in them.
Others made a raft and tried to escape in it.
But Stewart Holland stood to his post
Others might get away if they could, but he
meant to be faithful. And just as the steam
er gave its last lurch, before going down,
the signal-gun sentit call booming over the
ocean once more.
And when the news eame-fOr some es-
eaped-the name of Stewart Holland was
on eyerybody's lips. Strong mems eyes
grew dim with tears as they told the tale, and
everybody praised the young lad who was
faithful to the work he had to do
Dear children, we are not called to do
what he did. But we are called to be faith
full Faithful in everything. Faithful all
the time Faithful even unto death. And
we shall never get to be so, until We begin
to-day. Just where we are now, and are
faithful in the YOrk-eyen the very little
gorE--Which every day brings US to do.
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The Great Wall.

One of our Missionaries writing to the
N. Y. Evangelist from China, thus speaks Of
its great wall. After seeing it at many
points, am forced to believe that it has
never been of any service to China. 1t has
proved vain thing for safety. The greater
portion of it presents only the appearance
of rough stone fence. 1t is, in fact, but
a heap Of small stones thrown together with
out mortar, except at the points near the
gates. The most of it is not more than
eight feet thick at the base, and it tapers
abruptly, the two sides uniting in ridge
over the base, and only foot OF Two higher
than the base is broad. But the wall varies
In size and strength. Near the gates and
near the highways it looks more formidable.
Seeing it at these points, at first, l had
formed an erroneous view of it, and sup
posed it to be about fifteen feet at the base,
and about as high as, or a little higher than,
broad. But even near these points the in
clination is such, that man can easily scale
it. l have scaled it repeatedly since coming to
Kalgan. do not believe it was ever any
thing of barrier to any enemy that cared
anything for the conquest of China. Seven
centuries ago Genghis Khan, the Tartar
chief, pierced it at any point he pleased, and
his barbarian hordes swept across the whole
land, bearing down everything before them.
China found her "Great Wall, which she
had been so long in building, at levy, it is
said, of every fifth man in the kingdom, and
at a great outlay of money, to be wholly
useless. At present it is out of repair, and
has been for centuries. A man on horse
back could ride, directly across it at many
poir.s, and here and there you will see that
it has been wholly destroyed and cleared
away.
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To CORRESPONDENTS: We give the above for the
benefit Of some who have favored US with the re-
suit Of their labors. We have several eommuniea.
tons that we cannot insert because they cover too
much space for the thoughts contained in them
We have been bordering the question Of trying to
do the eOndensing for the writers; but we find the
editorial caldron has to be kept all the while en-
ployed in evaporatng the "milk and water from
own articles, and then they not so strong as
We could wish. When you "bOil it down." it will
do no harm if some of the essay starch is evapo-
rated along with the dlutng water; and all the bet,
ter if you can infuse some pungent seasoning dur
ing the eondensing proeess.-[ED CEN. PREs.l
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Central 4lrtsbgtcrian,
BOIL IT DOWN.


Whatever you have to say, my friend,
Whether witty, or grave, or gay;
Condense as much s ever you can,
And say in the readiest way;
And whether you write Of rural affairs,
Or particular things in town,
Just take a word of friendly advice
Boil it down.
For If you 90 sputteriug over a page
When a couple Of lines would do,
Your butter is spread so much, you see,
That the bread looks plainly through.
So, when you have story to tell,
And would like little renOwn;
To make quite sure of your wish, my friend
Boil it down.
When writing an article for the press,
Whether prose or verse, just try
To utter your thoughts in the fewest words,
And let them be crisp and dry;
And when it is finished and you suppose
1t is done exactly brown,
Just look it over again, and then
Boil it down.
For editors do not ike to print
An article lazily long,
And the busy reader does not care
For q couple Of Yards OF ong:
So gather yoar wits ~ the smallest space,
IF you'd win the authors crown,
And every time you write, my friend
Boil il down.
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Nor FAR AWAY.-Two little girls were
walking homeward one moonlight evening
overheard one of them say: "Sister An
ME, it don't make any difference how fast
we walk, the moon keeps up with us every
step of the way; it don't move at all, and
yet it is always going along Fith us. So
it is with God in heaven; though he seems
far away he is keeping step with us in the
march of life.
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NHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.-On
v and after OCTOBER 1st PASSENGER
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
ington and North, and Lynchburg and South
1886 P. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN for
Gordonsville, except on Saturday, on which day it
leaves at P. NJ. This train connects at Gordons
vile with the night trains the Orange, Alexan.
dria and Manassas Railroad for LYNCHBURG and
WASHINGTON.
Through tickets, at low rates, sold to all points
Northwest and Southwest.
Storage tickets from Liverpool, Queenstown,
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Havre, Rotter,
dam, Bergen, Copenhagen, and Gothenburg, to all
points on this road can be bought of the General
Ticket Agent at Richmond, can be ordered
through any station agent on the road.
Further information may be obtained at the COM
pany's Offices.
No Passenger Trains are run on Sundays.
A. II. PERRY,
General Superintendent.
J. F. NETHERLAYD, General Ticket agent.
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FSTABLISHED IN 1914.
BOOKS, STATIONERY, PIANO FORTEs
AND MUSIC!
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,
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,
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and all other persons,
BLANK BOOKS,
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Such as are used by Tobacconsts, Druggists, Con
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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
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any article in our line of business to give us call,
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satisfaction, both in the quality and price of our
goods Respectfully,
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IMPROVED INSTRUMENT FOR LAND
SURVEYING.
INVENTED BY

INVENTED BY
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THIS INSTRUMENT has been adopted at the
United States Military Academy, West Point; WASH
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1872. FALL AND 1872.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Schedule Richmond, Fredericksburg and Pc.
tomac Route, Going into effect June7.


THROUGH TRAINS leaves depot, corner Byrd
and 9Th streets, as follows:
The DAY TRAIN daily at $50 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 S: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 run daily Sundays ex-
cepted, leaving the depot corner Broad and Fig nth
streets, at 4SO p M, and arriving in Richmond at
8:42 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,
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IL MATERIAL. Write for Price List, to GREAT
WESTERN. GUN Works, Pittsburgh, Pa. Army Guns,
Revolvers, &C., bought or traded for.
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Do THE BEST you can where you are; and
when that is done you will see an opening
for something better.
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GRACE, through a beautiful child, is but
child that must be upheld by the fathers
arms.
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If TIE DAY of mercy leave US graceleSs,
the day of judgment will find us speeches..
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A LITTLE SIN may at once bar the door Of
helYen, and open the door Of hell.
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L. q. KELLOGG, D. W. 1lBSoh'
KELLOGG & GIBSON.
Tmporters, 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 a complete assortment of goods in our line
at very low prices. -.
age extended to us heretofore, respectfully soil
cit continuance. KELLOGG & GIBSON,
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