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A Child's Faith.

A correspondent of the New York EUan-
gelist relates the following instance of child
faith:
Last year, coming from Pittsburg east, in
a sleeping car, my apartment was next to
that occupied by gentleman. his wife, and
their little daughter, perhaps four years old.
The lady was excessively timid-nOt to put
too fine point upon it, terribly nervous,
The Horseshoe Curve seemed to be her espe-
cial terror, and my sleep, and l presume
that of others, was disturbed by her talking
to her husband of the peril. The engineer
might be asleep, or the s|itch-tender might
be asleep, and then the train would certainly
be plunged down the abyss. But it was
worth while to be awake, when l heard the
sweet rebuke, not intended, but real, of the
little one: "Ma, God takes care of as, and
does God sleep2" Was not this the Ordain-
ing strength out of the mouth of babes !!
Happy for the mother if it proved strength
to her faith
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Singular Causes of Death.

The last publication of the British death
rate and its causes is curious reading One
man died from the bite of cat, and two
from the bites respectively of ferret and
an adder. Another was stung to death by
bees. A man and boy died of falling from
velocipedes, and an old lady was killed by
injuries inflicted by that agreeable machine.
The swallowing of shell, screw, and a
cherry-stone, put period to the lives of
three infants; while two died of putting, one
a stone, the other a bead, into the ear
Swallowing bones sent three people out of
the world, swallowing coins finished two, and
swallowing a pin quickly pricked on grim
death for one. A scratch from thorn kill
ed a woman of middle age; improper medi-
cines poisoned eight people, and improper food
FIVE; 444 young children were smothered by
bed-clothes, and $50 persons during the
year lost their lives in railway accidents
The proportion of suicides to every million
of the population is about seventy, the deaths
by hanging, the knife and drowning being
most numerous. Heart disease the years
record shows to be increasing, a state of
things which is said by eminent physicians
TO be caused by the great wear and tear of
business and the increased mental activity
Of the age.
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Sparrows and Mosquitoes,

A highly respected gentleman of New
York, we'll known in this city, having no
ticed our recent allusion to the great increase
of mosquitoes in Boston, writes US a private
note on the subject. He says that for three
years past these pests have been diminishing
in New York city. He had been in the city
day and night during two months lately, and
had not seen one mosquito, nor heard more
than two or three during the night watches.
He attributes this change to the active SER
vices of the English sparrows, which have
recently been introduced into the city. Four
years ago twenty pairs were imported, and
provision was made for their accommodation
Now it is estimated that there are FIVE thou8-
and pairs in the New York park and gar.
dens; and their active and industrious hab-
its are believed to have materially diminished
the swarms of mosquitoes which have hereto
fore made the city bywOrd and kissing
among all light sleeperS who have sensitive
skins. This theory is strengthened by the
fact that the same experience has marked
the introduction of the sparrows into Jersey
City. The mosquitoes have greatly dimin-
ished there even, which is moSquito-land it
self.
If there is anything in this; if the English
sparrow does actually wage war on moSqui-
tos, as on measuring worms and caterpillars,
and other insect nuisances, which threatened
at one time to compel the removal of shade
trees from all our cities and towns, then we 90
for importing one thousand or FIVE thousand
pairs at once, to be domesticated in Boston
and the immediate neighborhood, as a matter
of more Importance to the peace and com
fort of our citizens than would be the addi-
ton of one hundred extra polcemen.-BOs-
ton Traveller.
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New Washing Fluid.

The injurious action of soda upon linen
has given rise to a new method of washing,
which has been extensively adopted in Ger
many, and has been introduced into Belgium.
The operation consists in dissolving two
pounds of soap in about three gallons of
water, as hot as the hand can bear, and add
ing to this one tablespoonful of turpentine,
and three of liquid ammonia; the mixture
must then be we'll stirred, and the linen
stepped in it for two or three hours, taking
care to cover up the vessel which contains it
as nearly Theoretically as possible. The
clothes are afterward washed out and rinsed
in the usual way. The soap and water may
be reheated and used second time; but in
that case, half a tablespoonful of turpentine
and a tablespoonful of ammonia are to be
added. The process is said to cause great
economy of time, labor and fuel. The linen
scarcely suffers at all, as there is little ne
cessity for rubbing, and its cleanliness and
color are perfect. The ammonia and tur-
pentine, although their defensive action is
great, have no injurious effect upon the linen !;
and while the former evaporates immediate
ly, the smell of the latter is said to disappear
entirely during the drying of the clothes.
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Appetite.

At certain seasons, as in spring and sum-
mer, the appetite of even the very robust is
apt to fail, and the relish for meats and
heavy food to wane. This is all right enough,
for animal diet in warm weather heats the
blood, tends to headaches, and is generally
unwholesome, unless sparingl y used On the
other hand, fresh vegetables, berries, fruit
and bread, are cooling, corrective, and what
the palate most Graves. Don't be afraid to
90 without meat for month or so, and, if
you like, live purely on vegetable regimen.
We will warrant that you will lose no more
strength than is common to the time and
that you will not suffer from protracted heat,
as when dining on the regulation roast.
Many persons regard hearty desire for
food as something unrefned, indicate, and
to be constantly discouraged. This is a
greater and more harmful mistake than that
of coaxing the appetite. 1t is just as nee.
essary for a man who works only with his
brain tc eat beef and mutton, as for the man
who labors solely with his hands. The
stomach and the brains are twins the former
being the elder, and having prior right to
care Let that be we'll provided for; and
it will sustain its brother. The people who
strive to check wholesome and natural ap-
petite are the people who regard dinner
merely as feed, not the center of an
agreeable social custom and as the domestic
event of the day. We are sorry for them,
as they must regard eating at all as pro-
sale DUTY. obligatory on them because thew
have bias in favor of living. We all know
that we must eat to live; but we by no means
live to eat simply because We enjoy what
we eat. We are not gourmandS because We
relish chops, nor are we invalidS because
we want strawberries.
A good appetite is good thing but not
if it is to be worried by urging or by neg
Home and Society,"" Scribner's for
August.
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OVERWHELMING ARGUMENT.--Dr Lathrop,
in one of his sermons says, elf it were true
that there is no God, what evidence can the
atheist have, that he shall not exist and be
miserable after death? How came he to
exist at all? Whatever was the cause of
his existence here, may be the cause of his
existence hereafter. Or, if there is no cause,
he may exist without a cause in another
state, as well as in this. And if his corrupt
heart and abominable works make him SO
unhappy here, that he had rather be an
initiated than run the hazard of future ex-
istence, what binders but he may be unhappy
forever? The man, then, is a fool who
wishes there was no God, hoping thus to be
secure from future misery, for admitting
there was no God still he may exist there
after as well as here; if he does exist, his
corruption and vices may render him misera-
Bile eternally, as well as for the present.
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The Habit of Reading.

81 have no time to read, is the common
complaint, especially of women, whose occu-
pations are such as to prevent continuous
book perusal. They seem to think, because
they cannot devote as much attention to
books as they are compelled to devote to
their avocations, that they cannot read any
thing. But this is great mistake. 1t ism t
the books We finish at sitting which always
do US the most good. Those we devour in
the odd moments, half dozen pages at a
time, often give us more satisfaction, and are
more thoroughly digested than those we
make a particular effort to read. The men
who have made their mark in the world have
generally been the men who have in boyhood
formed the habit of reading at every availa-
BILE moment, whether for FIVE minutes or FIVE
hours.
1t is the habit of reading rather than the
time at our command that helps US on the
road to learning. Many of the most cult
waited persons, whose names have been ia.
nous as students, have given only two or
three hours day to their books. If we
make use of spare minutes in the midst of
our work, and read little, if but page or
a paragraph, we shall find our brains quick
ened and our toll lightened by just so much
increased satisfaction as the book gives us.
Nothing helps along the monotonous daily
round so much as fresh and striking thoughts,
to be considered while our hands are busy
A new idea from new volume is like oil
which reduces the friction of the machinery
of life. What we remember from brief
glimpses into books often serves as stimu-
lus to action, and becomes one of the most
precious deposits in the treasury of our rec
objection. All knowledge is made up of
small parts, which would seem insignificant
in themselves, but which, taken together, are
valuable weapons for the mind and substan-
tial armor for the soul. "Read anything
continuously" says DR.. johnson, sand you
will be learned" The odd minutes which
we are inclined to waste, if carefully availed
of for instruction, will, in the long run, make
golden hours and golden days that we shall
be ever thankful for.-Scribner'8 for August.
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VHO0DHOUSE & PARHAM'S
w ESTABLISHMENT.
No. 1905 Main Street, Richmond, Va.

First FloorIs stored their retail stock of BOOKS,
PIANO-FORTES, MUSIC, b.
BLES, PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, &c.
Second Floor Is their wholesale department,
which includes FLAT PAPERS for the manufac-
ture of BLANK BOOKS, and for Printers use
also, SCHOOL BOOKS used in the Public Schools
OF the State In quantities.
Third and Fourth Floors-Are devoted to the
manufacture of BLANK BOOKS and PAPER
BOXES, and includes their BOOK BINDERYS
with the best stock they have had since the war.
Wholesale BUYERS
may rest assured that they can obtain everything
needed in their line at satisfactory prices.
RETAIL BUYERS
will find beautiful stock of the choicest BOOKS,
(both Staple and Fancy,) and the
best PIAN0-F0RTES.
R0- Orders by mail receive faithful and prompt
attention. oc 2-3m
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The Guiding Hand.

There are few things in the history of
maritime discovery more wonderful than the
inoident-accident we are used to call it-by
which the career of Columbus was directed
to the tropical regions of America. On o.
tober 7th he was, as he reckoned, 216 miles
beyond the point where he expected to find
Japan. He was standing on course which
would have landed him in Florida, whence
he might easily have been borne up to Vir-
ginia. Perplexed aud anxious, he yielded to
the advice of Pinzon and bore up for the
S. W. Pinzon said to him,
cit seems to me like an inspiration, that
my heart dictates to me that we ought to
steer in a different direction"
Pinzon, it seems, had seen fight of par
rots heading S. W., and hither Columbus
steered. 1t was this which determined the
stream of Spanish colonisation to Central
America, and left the North free for the Eng
ish. Birds played many an important partin
ancient history, but never part so distin-
guished as this. These parrots decided, as
Humboldt says, "the first colonisation of the
new continent, and the original distribution
of the Roman and German races of men,"
1t is remarkable, too, that Raleigh's passion
ate endeavors to drive wedge of English
oak into the heart of SPANS Colonial EN-
pire failed miserably, while the almost casual
work of his hand, the colonisation of Yir-
ginia, grew in the end to splendid success
Those who believe in the Divine Leader of
men seem to see clearly here the work of the
higher hand Contemporary RevieaO.
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Bows and Their Mothers.

Of all the love affairs in the world, none
can surpass the true love of the big boy for
his mother. 1t is love pure and noble,
honorable in the highest degree to both. l
do not mean merely dutiful affection. l
mean love which makes boy gallant and
courteous to his mother, saying to everybody
plainly that he is fairly in love with her.
Next to the love of her husband, nothing so
crowns woman's life with honor as this
second love, this devotion of her son to her.
And never knew boy turn out badly who
began with falling in love with his mother.
Any man may fall in love with a freSh-faced
girl, and the man who is gallant with the
girl may cruelty neglect the worn and weary
wife. But the boy who is lover to his
mother in her middle age, is true knight,
who will love his wife as much in the scar
leaved autumn as he did in the daisied spring
time,
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Central 9resbpterian.
FoR tbs CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
BEAUTIFUL SNOW.

Beautiful snow, so soft and light,
Folding the earth in thy mantle white;
Over the housetops, over the ground,
Shedding thy purity al around.
Over the graves where our loved ones lay,
Their spirits released from Wondering clay.
Beautiful snow, looking on thee.
May not my spirit purified be?
Beautiful snow, would that my heart
Were white as thy mantle in every part.
And soft as thy fakes by the Spirit of God,
Leaving footprint on this earthly clod.
But not as thy soft fakes melting away,
And blending with earth in one short day,
Beautiful snow, my heart should be
Constant and true, in its purity.
Beautiful snow, the soil of earth,
Sullies thy pure and noble birth;
Darkens thy mantle, melts thee down,
Till not q trace of thy white is found.
So in my soul the presence of sin,
Sulhes and darkens all within.
Looking to heaven my spirit can be
White as thy robe in its purity.
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Rest after Eating-Every man who owns horse
and most men who are fond of driving, know that
horse cannot safely take its food Immediately af-
ter work, but how many men apply the same rule
10 themselves? The New York merchant or fnan-
cier who takes pride in the fine team which steps
before him through the Park, would angrily dis
miss as culpable ignoramus the hostler who
should allow the inmates of the stable to take their
midday oats as he takes his lunch in the down.
town restaurant. The professor in the midst Of
preparing his learned and exhaustive treatise,
hears the dinner-bell and begs to be excused for
moment or two while he stirs up his brain to do
just bit more important work, and rushes with
the ink still wet on his fingers, and the deep
thought lines still set on his brow to partake Of
food which must produce discomfort unless he
has the stomach of an ostrich. Remember the
rules by which the teamster or the jockey pre-
serves the horse for its labOrs rest before eating
quiet during eating, rest after eating.
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D edmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
IN RnntA

ON AND AFTER JUNE 10th, 1873, mail trains
on this road will run as follows:
UP DAY MAIL, via rail, and steamer, leaves
Byrd-Street station, $40 a. m. -
UP NIGHT MAIL, via rail alone, leaves Byrd.
Street station. $40 p. M, Except on Sundays)
station, p. m. Except on Sundays.)
DOWN DAY MAIL, via rail and steamer ar.
rives at Byrd-Street station at Los p. m.
DOWN NIGHT MAIL, via rail alone, arrives at
Byrd-Street station $40 a. m. Except on Mondays)
DOWN ACCOMMODATION TRAIN arrives at
Broad-Street station S:S7 a. m. Except Sundays.)
Ed. T. d. MYERS,
fe II General SUPERINTENDENT
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High Farming,

A noted farmer in New England, who is
also a prominent agricultural writer, in sum-
ming up the Impressions brought home from
a recent trip to Europe, says: 81 am thor
oughly confirmed in my old faith that the
only good farmer of our future is to be the
high farmer There is a widely prevailing
antipathy among the common farmers of our
State against not only the practice of high
farming but against the use of the phrase by
agricultural writer's. This is all wrong, and
should at once be corrected. Throug Oh some
misconception of the meaning of the phrase
and also of its application, they have come
to believe it synonymous with theoretical
book farming 'new-fangled notions, boast
ed strides of progress, followed by disap-
pointments and final failure. This is all an
error. High farming simply means thorough
cultivation, liberal manuring, bountiful crops
good stock, good feed and paying profits
therefrom."
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Central 4resbptuialr.
Office No. 10l5 Main street, nearly opposite
the Post Office.
TIE r n 8

TE II MS.
Three Dollars year, paid in Advance. If not
paid within the first tvo months, 81.
PosTAGE-Twenty cents year-to be paid at
the office where the paper is received
PAYMENTS may be made to local agents wherever
practicable; all ministers of our Church are author
ised to act as SUCH Or by checks, Rost.otce money
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.
vance.
CoNMUNIoATIoEs AND LETTERS ON BUSINESS
should be addressed to Central Presbyterian, Box
II, Richmond, Va.
Tarma nf Advarfiajno -psn.hI. - 49,.
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Corn CAKE.-One tablespoonful of sour
cream or butter, two heaping tableSpoonfuls
of sugar, one even cup of Indian meal, one
even cup of wheat -four, one cup of sour
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, and sweet
milk or water, mikes it equally good with
the addition of TWO teaspoonfuls of cream of
tartar. We like this recipe for corn cake
better than any other which we have tried.
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FEEDING Housewife Arabs, the most
careful of their horses of all people, do most
of their horse feeding at night. They say
that feeding in the daytime does not impart
SO much Vigor and elasticity to the animal as
night maStication does. Their saying is
that charley at night goes to the bullock
in the morning to the manure" They afford
water, too, very sparingly in the day time.
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PR E N I q MS.
The Leonard Scott Publishing Company,
ALSO PUBLISH
THE FARMERS GUIDE

TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.
By HENRY STEPHENS, F. R. s., Edinburgh, and
the late j. P. NORTON, Professor of Scientific Agri
culture in Yale College, New Haven.
Two vols Royal Octave. 1900 pages and numer-
GUS engravings. Price, $7i by mail, post paid, So.
de l3-t
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WESTWARD.
MAIL TRAIN.-Leaves. Richmond $50 A. NJ.
daily, Except Sunday connecting with W., c.,
Va, M. G. s. railroad at Gordonsville and Char
lottesyille and arrives at White Sulphur Springs at
sos p. NJ.
EXPRESS TRAIN.-Leaves Richmond at 10 P.
NJ. daily Except Saturday. connecting at Gordons-
vile with w., G., Va, NJ 4 G. S. railroad trains
for Lynchburg and Southwest and arrives at Hunt.
lngton at 6:2O P. NJ. next day. Steamer leaves
huntington on arrival of the train, and arrives at
Cincinnati at o'clock next morning
This train stops between Richmond and White
Sulphur only at Junction. Gordonsville, Charlottes
vile, Stanton, Goshen, Mboro' and Covington.
ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN. Leaves Richmond
at 5;1O F. A.; daily Except Sunday and arrives
at Gordonsville at 8:45 p. NJ.
EASTWARD.
Steamer leaves Cincinnati at P NJ daily, lex.
cept Saturday. and arrives at Huntington at A.
NJ, next day, connecting with express train.
EXPRESS TRAIN.-Leaves Huntington at 10
A. NJ, daily, Except Sunday,) and arrives at Rich
mond at 4,90 A. NJ. next day, connecting with trains
going south and with James river steamer for Nor.
folk. This train stops between White Sulphur and
Richmond only at Junction, Gordonsville, Char.
lottesville Stanton, Goshen, Millboro,' and Gov.
ington.
MAIL TRAIN.-Leaves White Sulphur 5:55 A
NJ, daily Except Sunday,) connecting with W., c.,
Va, NJ. G. S. railroad at Charlottesville and Cor.
louisville, and arrives at Richmond P. NJ
ACCOMMODATION RAIN.-Leav Gordons.
vile at $50 A. NJ, daily, except Sundays, connect
ing at Gordonsville with w., c., Va, NJ. & G. S.
railroad train from Lynchburg and Southwest, and
arrives at Richmond at 1915 A. NJ.
For further information inquire at the company's
office, on Broad near Seventeenth street.
A. II. PERRY,
General Superintendent.
j. F. NETHERLAND, General Ticket Agent.
my3
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WINTER FRUIT,-Apples should be ex-
amined, and those commencing to decay re-
moved from the shelves or barrels, and placed
by themselves, for immediate use. 1t should
not be forgotten that the decaying apple that
touches another apple will soon rot it; but,
more than this, the presence of decaying
fruit in cellar has tendency to induce de-
cay even in the fruit that is not in direct
contact with it. Remove all affected fruit
from the cellar as soon as possible.
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New Orleans Express Via Atlanta and Richmond
Air line) leaves Rict mond at 900 a. NJ; Danville,
1880 p. M; Greensboro, $3.50 p. m. Arrive at
Air Line Junction, 500 p. M; Charlotte, s. 15 D. m
Through Mail (via Columbia and Augusta) leave
Richmond at Los p. M; Danville at S:45 D. M;
Greensboro 1l.9S p. m. Arrive at Charlotte, 4O5
a. m.
Lynchburg Passenger leaves Richmond at 9:45 a.
m. Arrives at Burkeville, 1915 p. M; Lynchburg,
4;40 p. m.
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GOING WEST.

DICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.
~ On and after SEPTEMBER 2Sth, 1873, the
trains on this road will run daily as follows:
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GOING EAST.

New York Express via Atlanta and Richmond
Air Line) leaves Charlotte at Sl5 a. M; Air Line
junction, $3.50 a. M; Greensboro, u As p. M; Dan
vile, 1913 p. m. Arrive at Richmond 1927 D. m.
Through Mail (via Columbia and Augusta) leaves
Charlotte at $50 p. M; Greensboro, sl6 D. M;
Danville, 1l:l7 p. m. Arrive at Richmond 6:35 a. M
Lynchburg Passenger leaves Lynchburg at $50
a. M; Burkeville, 1885 a. m. Arrives at Richmond
at 2:S0 p. IN.
The New York Express will stop for passengers
only at the following places between Richmond and
Greensboro, viz: .Reidsville, DanvilIe, Boston,
Clover, brakes Branch, Meherrin, Burkeville and
Chua. The New Orleans Express and the through
mail trains East and West will stop at all regular
stations and also at flag stations when signalled
THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and
West, and baggage checked through.
L. M. X. TALC0TT,
oc Engineer and Superintendent.
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The BREATH of prayer comes from the life
Of faith.