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Aunsehula aFurds.
A Sermon for Little Folks.


-" If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye
do hem.'-John xiii IL.
l. "These things" that is, yOut duties.
You have duties, wherever you are:
1. AT home, obedience and respect to pa
rents, and kindness to brothers, sisters, and
servants.
2. AT school, respect to teacher, faithful
ness in study, and fairness in play.
3. At church, be quiet, listen, worship,
and give your hearts to the Saviour.
4. On the street, good manners, mOdesty,
kindness, minding your own business.
H. How should you do your duty?
l. Not for pay. That is a low motive.
Some always ask, "What will you give me ?"
2. But from love. So the Saviour did
when boy at Nazareth. So the angels do
Gods will-which is only another name for
duty. This will make you do it cheerfully.
3. Better every day. By trying to do
your duties, you will become more skilful.
So you improve in reading, writing, and
music. Peter says, "Grow in grace
III. Doing duty makes you happy. Sin
cannot make you happy. Sin did not make
Eve happy, nor Cain, nor Judas. DisObe-
disnoe at home does not make you happy
idleness, unkindness, bad manners, no kind
Of sin can make you happy.
But happiness comes from doing your
duty. That is Gods reward This is the
promise in the text Think of this every
day for just one week, and see how true it is.
Try, then, to know your duty. Be faith
ful in duty, in doing it for love to God and
man; then you will be happy in heaven
Msrtls.
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3. e. MAURY q Co.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS',
No. 1O16 MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE Posr OFFICE,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
STERLING EXCHANGE, GOLD AND SILVER,
BANK NOTES, STATE, CITY, AND
RAILROAD BONDS AND
STOCKS, &C.,
BoUGnT AND sold ON COMMISSION
~ Deposits received and Collections made on
all accessible points in the United States.
| de 5-1y.
nd ICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.

ID edmond AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.
IL On and after OCTOBER II, 1874, the trains
on this road will run daily as follows:
CHARLOTTE EXPRESS, Westward-Leave Richmond
at II p. M; leave Burkeville at 2:07 a. m leave
Dundee at $40 a M; leave Danvie at 7:44 M;
leave Greensboro at ii a. M; arrive at Charlotte
$3.50 p. m.
New YORK EXPRESS, Eastward-Leave Charlotte
at S:35 a. leave Greensboro at l:l5 p. M. leave
Danvie at 1886 p. M; leave Dundee at 3:4s p. M;
leave Burkeville at $40 p M, and arrive at Rich
mond at 11:09 p. m. This train connects at Rich.
mond with trains on the Richmond, Fredericksburg
& Potomac railroad for Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York, and all eastern points
THROUGH MAIL, Westward-Leave Richmond at
1913 D. M; leave Burkeville at 4:41 o. M. leave
Dundee at 1926 p. M. leave Danville at 1923 p. M;
leave Greensboro at 1920 a. M: arrive at Charlotte
at 6.22 a. M This train connects at Charlotte with
trains on the Atlanta and Richmond Air-L Line rail.
road and Charlotte Columbia, tlanta railroad for
Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Co.
umbia, Augusta, Savannah, Charleston, and all
Southern and South. western points
THROUGH. MAIL, Eastward-Leave Charlotte at
7:45 D. M; leave Greensbogo' at 2:15 a. M; leave
Danville at 5:13 M; leave Dundee at 5.25.a m;
leave Burkeyille at l1:S0 M; arrive at Richmond
at 2:22 o. M This train connects at Burkeville
with trains on the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
railroad from Chattanooga, Knoxville, Lynchburg,
and all South western points, and at Richmond with
the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac railroad
and Richmond, YORK River and Chesapeake railroad
for all northern points.
LYNCHBURG PASSENGER Westward-Leaye Rich.
mond at a. M; leave Burkeville at 1:1S D. M; ar.
rive at Lynchburg at 4:25 p. m.
BURKEvILLE ACCOMMODATION Leave Burkevie
at 4:35 a. M; arrive at Richmond at 1853 a. m.
All through trains connect at Dundee with trains
on the W. G., V. NJ and G. s. railroad to and from
Washington, Baltimore, and all eastern points
THROUGH TICKETS to ell points South and
West, and baggage checked through.
T. III. f. TALC0TT,
Engineer and superintendent.
81. I. DOUGLAS, Master Transportation.
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Perfection of Telegraphy.

Never has the perfection of modern tele-
graphy been so generally demonstrated as
on Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday
night as our readers know, that is during the
hours when darkness covers this hemisphere
of the earth, scores of antipodean telescopes,
and cameras, and spectroscopes and what
not, converged upon the sun and little round
spot slowly traversing his disk. Before mid
night of Wednesday almost any one within
reach of telegraph station might have
known, had he chosen to take the trouble,
that although the weather was unfavorable
in Tasmania (some six or eight thousand
miles from New York, as the crow flies, the
observers were especially favored at the time
of the transit, the American party alone
securing hundred and thirteen good photo
graphs; that in Egypt, India and Japan the
astronomers had like good luck; that at
Shanghai the sun was observed. By Thurs
day afternoon he may have learned of fail
ures at several of the Siberian stations, but
of fair success at one of them, and score
of others yet to be heard from. Only three
of the eight American stations are within
direct telegraphic range, but all these report
favorable weather, and it is apparent, even
now, that enough data have been secured to
justify us in assuming the success of the en-
terprise. Now will follow long and careful
calculations and comparisons, disagreements,
corrections and-results; and, by-and-by, we
shall be astounded to learn that we are
matter of FIVE or six millions of miles nearer
to or farther from the sun than we had been
taught to believe. Let not the irreverent
scott at this fractional part of line some
ninety odd millions of miles in length, for
on it depends the accuracy of our naviga.
tion tables and .sssdry othsr problems, sci
entifc and practical. Practical, for all that
we know, because they are scientific.
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In AN ADMIRABLE discourse on "Preach.
ing" delivered before the Drew Theological
Seminary by DR.. John Hall occurs the fol.
lowing: /" L had one person in my congre-
CATION, Sabbath School teacher, a few
years back-she is in heaven now. She was
comparatively young; personally very love-
ly; but her main charm was that she loved
Christ. He filled her heart. tell you ii
was as easy and as natural to that young
girl to speak of Jesus Christ, and the things
of eternal life, as it is to most of US to speak
about the weather. That is whatI mean by
being at heart-thoroughly, through and
throughout so much possessing the truth
as possessed by the truth and then there
will be freedom, there will be Spontaneity to
our efforts; we shall be able by the mani.
festation of the truth, to commend ourselves
to every mans conscience in the sight of
God"
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RalkY Horses.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals put forth set of rules for the
treatment of balky horses:
1. Pat the horse upon the neck; examine
the harness carefully, first on one side, and
then on the other, speaking encouragingly
while doing so; then jump into the wagon,
and give the word go; generally he will obey.
2. A teamster in Maine says he can start
the worst balky horse by taking him out Of
the shafts and making him go round in a
circle till he is giddy. If the first dance of
this sort doesn't cure him, the second will.
3. To cure balky horse, simply place
your hand over the horses nose and shut of
his wind until he wants to 60.
4. The brain of horse seems to entertain
but one idea at time; therefore continued
whipping only confirms his stubborn resolve.
If you can by any means give him new
subject to think of, you will generally have
no trouble in starting him. A simple rem
edy is to take a couple of turns of stout
twine around the fore leg, just below the
knee, tight enough for the horse to feel, and
tie in bow-knot. At the first check he will
generally go dancing of, and after short
distance you can get out and remove the
string, to prevent injury to the tendon in
your further drive.
5. Take the tail of the horse between the
hind legs, and tie it by cord to the saddle
girth.
6. Tie a string around the horses ear,
close to the head.
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RECTOR
Presbyterian Church in the United States.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.


THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly will meet at St. Louis Mo-
on the third Thursday of May, 1875 at II A. M
CLERKS.
REV. JOSEPH R. WILSON, d. D., STATED CLERK,
REV. WILLIAM BROWN. D. D., PERMANENT CLERK
The Stated Clerk Ex.OrFIOIO the Treasurer of the
General Assembly.
TRUSTEES
Hon. JAMES HEMPHILL President, Chester, S. q.
Jps s %IS4S E CharTse H
Greensboro, N. O.
SUSTENTATIoN.
REV. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, D. D., SECRETARY,
0o RRV. RICHARD MoILwA1NE, Coordinate szcRE-
TARY and TREASURER, Columbia S. @.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
REV. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, d. D., SECRETARY,
RIv. Richard MOILwAINE, Coordinate sEcRzTA-
RY and TREASURER, Columbia, s. G.
PUBLICATION.
REV. E. THOMPSON BAIRD, D. d. SECRETARY, Rich
q. GENNET, Esq, TREASURER, Richmond. Va.
EDUCATION.
REV. JNo. N. wADDELL, d. D., SEcKErARY,i Mem
pm. JAMES ELDER, TREASURES, Memphis, Tenn.
Applications the Executive Committee for aid are
first TO be referred the appropriate Presbyteria Exec
uve Committees for their approval and are to be for
warded by them TO the Assemblys Committees.
COLLECTIONS.
The General Assembly has appointed the following col
ectons TO be taken up annually in all the churches
For Sustentation On the first Sabbath in January
For Publication On the first Sabbath in March
For Foreign Missions: On the first Sabbath In, May
For the Relief of Disabled Ministers and the widows
and Orphans Deceased Minister'S On the first Sabbath
in July.
For Evangelistc Work: On the first Sabbath in Sep
TENDER.
cases where highly inconvenient 10 take up col
econs these days. they shall be taken up as soon az
possible thereafter.
The Assembly recommends to the churches that they
adopt apostolic plan of taking up weekly collections
and that the thus collected be appropriated
the above named objects or when necessary local OBJ
jecs such proportion the church session decide
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DR.. Cox on Immersion.

Conversing, or halfdebating, one day,
with Rev. DR.. S, prominent Baptist
minister and friend, in the presence of sew
eral others, on the subject of baptism, DR..
s. said, in halfbantering and half-ear-
nest way, in reply to some previous remark
SWELL, DR.. Cox, you must admit that the
Bible, on the whole, faVors the idea of I'M
mersiOn." "No," said DR.. c., 81 don't
admit it; for don't remember but three
cases of immersion in all the Bible, and it
was fatal in every one-Noah's food, Pha-
raoh and his hosts, and the two thousand
swine, which, when possessed by the devils,
ran violently down steep place into the
sea, and persisted in the waters!'
At another time, cOnversing on the same
subject, when a Baptist friend suggested
shat Paul, in writing to the Corinthians,
had said, that the Israelites were all bap-
tized unto Moses in the cloud and in the
sea, if this did not mean immersion, it would
be hard to say what could" DIR. G. prompt
ly, and with smile, replied, that che
thought it possible that the Israelites, in
passing through the sea, might have got a
spriakling from the waters, but he always
that immersion was privilege re-
served for Pharaoh and his hosts !"- Con-
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Temptation.
dag ReVe9l

Never count temptation so trlumphed
over, so beaten of, that it will never assault
you any more. Satan has been called Beel-
zebub, or the god of flies, some tell US, be-
cause he will not take repulse; because ne
comes back again and again; because 1t is
impossible so to drive him away that ne will
not return. Consider the Lord of glory
himself. When the tempter, thrice encOunt-
cred and thrice defeated in the wilderness,
left Him, it was only as we are expressly
told, "for a season." There were other
hours and powers of darkness still to come,
when the prince of this world should make
further proof in the garden whether there
was not something which he could not claim
for his own even in that Lord, who had so
foiled and baf1ed him in the desert. And
shall we think that when he departs from us
it is more than for season? Never, so
long as you bear about these sinful bodies,
count any corruption to be so dead in you
that you are perfectly safe from it hence
forth, that it can never stir or trouble you
again. How much that seems dead, by a
sad experience, will be shown to have been
only sleeping; like snakes, which, frozen in
winter, lose, for while, their power to harm,
appear as though there were no lifein them,
but, brought to the warmth, can hiss and
sting again. How many an old corruption
is, perhaps, at this moment thus torpid and
inactive in us, which yet only awaits the re-
turning warmth of suitable temptation to
revive in all its malignant strength anew
Trench.
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NHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.-Oo
" and after DECEMBER 18th, 1874, passen-
ger trains will run as follows:
FROM RICHMOND.
S:15 A. NJ. MAIL TRAIN.-For Gordonsyille,
Charlottesville, Staunton, Coyington, and all inter.
mediate stations daily Except Sunday arriving at
Covington at 7:2O P. NJ. This train connects at
Gordonsve for Orange, Culpeper, Warrenton,
Manassas, Alexandria, Washington, and the North,
and at Charlottesville for Lynchburg Bristol Knox.
vile, Chattanooga and the South.
Ais P. NJ. ACCOMMODATIONS Gordons
vile and all intermediate stations daily Except Sun
day. arriving at Gordonsville at 8:l5 p. M.
$40 P. NJ. CINCINNATI EXPRESS.-For Cor.
louisville, Charlottesville, Stanton, Goshen, Mill.
boro,' Covington, White Sulphur and all stations
west of White Sulphur daily Except Saturday ar
irving at Huntington at 5:25 P. NJ This train con.
meets at Gordonsville for Washington, Baltimore,
and the North, and for Lynchburg, Bristol, and the
South and at Huntington with steamers Bostona
and Fleetwood for Cincinnati and all points West
and Southwest, arriving at Cincinnati at 6 A. NJ.
Baggage checked through.
For through tickets, rates, and information, apply
at 1926 Main street, Ballard and Exchange Hotel, or
at the companys Office, Broad street near Sixteenth
G. W. MACFARLANE,
Assistant General Ticket Agent.
w. G. WICKHAM, Vice President.
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WAITING FOR HoME.-I do not know a
more beautiful sight on earth than man
who has served his Lord for many years, and
who, having grown gray in service, feels that
in the order of nature he must soon be called
home, He is rejoicing in the first fruits of
the Spirit which he has obtained, but he is
painting after the full harvest of the Spirit
which is guaranteed to him. think l see
him sitting on jutting crag by the edge of
Jordan, listening to the harpers on the other
side, and waiting till the pitcher shall be
broken at the fountain, and the wheel at the
cistern, and the spirit shall depart to God
who gave it. A wife waiting for her hns-
bands footsteps, child waiting in the dark
ness of the night till its mother comes to give
it the evening kiss, are portraits of our wait
ing. 1t is pleasant and precious thing
so to wait and so to hope.-SpWgeon.
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Ab5IsIdHI UtU6IdI IICk6G hR
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ID edmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
III Route.

ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 18th, 1873, mail
trains this road viii run as follows
UP DAY MAIL, via rail, and steamer, leaves
ByrdStreet station, 8 p. m.
UP NIGHT MAIL, via rail alone, leaves Byrd.
Street station, II p. M, Except on Sundsys.)
UP ACCOMMODATION leaves Broad. Street
station, p. m. Except on Sundays.)
DOWN DAY MAIL, via rail and steamer ar.
rives at Byrd. station at lao p. m.
DOWN NIGHT MAIL, via rail alone, arrives at
Byrd-Street station, 1850 a. M Except on Mondays)
DOWN ACCOMMODATION TRAIN arrives at
Broad Street station. 8:S7 a. m. Except Sundays
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Broad. street station
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 1854. m,
connecting at Quantco with the Alexandria and
Fredericksburg railway. Returning, arrive at Broad
street station on Tuesdays Thursdays, and Satur
days at p. m. j. B. GENTRY,
General Ticket and Freight Agent.
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THE ART OF WOOD ENGRAVING has seldom
yielded such admirable results as in the illus
trations to "The Silver Age" in the De-
cember number of Scribner's Monthly. In
tricate traceries and other designs are repro
duced in details 80 minute as to require the
magnifying glass to make them visible to any
but the best eyes, while diminutive figures
appear with graceful proportions and care
fully.wrought features.
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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FARMER.

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pulverized by suitable machinery at the
points of collection, are readily transported.
The same journal suggests the more extend
ed utilization of the bones from the estab-
lishments in Newfoundland, and estimates
the product from American fisheries at twenty
million pounds year.
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