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Keep Your Promise

A boy borrowed tool from a carpenter,
promising 20 return it at night. Before
evening he was sent away on an errand, and
did not return until late. Before he went,
he was told that his brother should see the
article returned.
After he had come home aud gone to bed,
he inquired, and found that the tool had not
been sent to its owner. He was much dis
tressed to think his promise had not been
kept, but was persuaded to 60 to sleep, and
rise early and carry it home the next morn
ing.
By daylight he was up, and nowhere was
the tool to be found. After lorg and fruit
less search, be set off for his neighbours in
great distress, to acknowledge his fault
But how great was his surprise to find the
tool on his neighbors doorstOne And then
it appeared from the print Of his little bare
feet in the mud, that the lad had got up in
his sleep and carried the tool home, and gone
to bed again without knowing it.
Of course a boy who was prompt in his
sleep was prompt when awake. He lived re-
spected, had the confidence of his neighbOrs,
and was placed IL many offices of trust and
profit.
If all the grown folks felt as this boy did,
there would be good many tracks of bare
feet found some of these bright mornings
and what piles of tools and books would be
found lying at their owners doors !-Pbvn-
illogical Souvnal.
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J. B. ROOT IN FRUIT RECORDER.

j. B. ROOT IN FRUIT RECORDER.
Now that winter is upon US, We come to
the first and most important work of anoth-
er season-to plan the next campaign. The
year work should be laid out, not in a gen
eral way merely, but you should determine
definitely, first, to what crops your soil and
markets are adapted, then how much of each,
you are safe in growing, then upon what
part of your place each should be grown,
and it's exact boundries and finally, how
much manure, and exactly what culture shall
be given to each. A plan of all this on pa
per is better than any mans memory and,
retaining these rough plans from year to
year, they show you just how much manure
has been given to each piece, and where is
most need. From this plan, too, it will be
easy to calculate what seeds and how many
must be procured, that there may be no awk,
ward and expensive mistakes and delays at
planting time.
Then, too, it should be definitely planned
Just what shall be done the first working
days of Spring, so that every man and
horse shall spring to the work without the loss
of moment, and without single mismove,
and improve to the utmost those first few
pleasant days in which if seeds of hardy veg
etables be planted, they will be sprouted and
growing all through the following rough
weather, quite sure to follow, and during
which you cannot plant; and thus gain for
your crops an earliness and consequent price
you would otherwise have lost. At no sea-
son of the year are the hours 80 precious,
and all should be provided for, so there can
be no possibility of dawding at this time.
Another pleasant and profitable winter
work for the gardener, is to review and add
to his knowledge of each crop he grows
Take, for instance, onions or tomatoes, or
any garden crop, look up all you can find
upon it in books and papers, for which pur-
pose preserve all indexes, and bind chea ply
all your papers. You will be astonished to
see how much that is nonsense is annually
written and yet, on the other hand, you
will find hints and methods which your ex.
perience tell you are good, and what you
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nICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD
Il On and after CCTOPER H. 1874 the trains

II \
II On and after CCTOPER II. 1874, the trains
on this road will run daily as follows:
CHARIOT TIE FxPREss Westward-Leave RicI mond
at IL M. leave Burkeyille at 2:07 m leave
Dundee at 740 a. IN leave Danve at 7s44 m
lea,e Greensboro at II M; arrive at Charlotte
$3.50 p. m.
New YORK EXPRESS, Eastward Leave Charlotte
at 8. 35 a. m leave Greensboro at |. Is p. M; leave
Danve at 1886 p. M. leave Dundee at 1913 p m
leave Burkeville at $40 p M, and arrive at Rich
mond at ll:t9 p m. This train meets az Rich
mord with trains on the hichmond. Fredericksb urg
4 Potomac railroad for Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia New York, and all eastern points.
THROUGH MAIL, Westwsrd-Leave Richmond a.
l:3S D. M. leave Burkeville at AL p. m; leave
Dundee at 1926 p M; leave Danvle at 9:29 p. m. /;
leave Greensboro at 1920 at Charl, tie
at % a. m. This train connects at Charlotte with
trains on the Atlanta and Richmond Airline rail.
road and bsroue. Columbia. stapte railroad Cor
s1lis6ta, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orits1sy Co.
luEbis, Augusta, Savannah, Charleston, and all
southern and South western points.
THROUGH MAIL, Eastward-Leave Charlotte at
7:45 p. NJ leave Greensboro at 2:l5 a. m; leave
Danve at 5 IL a. m; leave Dundee at 5.25 a M;
leave Burkeville at ll:30 M; arrive at Richmond
at 2:22 p. J his train connects at Bui kew lie
with u aims Cd the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
railroad from Chattanooga, Knoxville, LyDchburg
and all South. western points; and t Richmond with
the Richmond Fredericksburg Il 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:l8 p. m; ar
rive at Lynchburg at 425 p. m.
BURKEvILLE ACCoNMoDATroN.-Leave Burkeville
at A IS a. M; arrive at Richmond at 1863 q. m.
All through trains connect at Dundee with trains
on the w. g., " NJ. and G S railroad to and from
Washington, Baltimore, and all eastern points.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and
West and baggage checked through.
L. NJ. K. fALCOTT,
Engineer and superintendent.
b. I. rOUGLAs Master Transportation.
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Retrenching Expenses.

Zion's Herald, noticing the tendency of
people to retrench their expenses in every
thing that relates to charity and the cause
of religion while personal expenses are kept
at the old level, says:
"Men drop suddenly down from hundreds
to tens and units, in their missionary sub
scriptions and charities, and rapidly narrow
even the number of those that receive the
smallest gifts. Sure enough, as they say,
they have not the money to bestow; their
honest debts must be paid; and in doing this,
their income is exhausted. So far from lay
ing up anything in these times, they truly
say, they are living upon the gains of other
days, and constantly exhausting their capital.
But cannot personal expenses be wisely de
creased? Even this would not really as
sumo the form of sacrifice, for tens of thou
sands pass their lives happily, and genera
tons heretofore have lived, loved, rejoiced
and died, with but 1.-THE of the Injuries
that have become the necessities of our lat
ter saints. But it would be form Of
sell ueDldl W Cut VII oone iuuuiSeuCe, mOie
acceptable in the sight of God, and condu
Give to our spiritual well being, than the gift
itself that We may be enabled thereby to
place upon the heavenly altar. We know q
wealthy Christian merchant, of neighbor.
ing city, who wore his well-battered over
coat an additional winter, that he ight have
little more money to add to his very gen
erous and constant gifts to all the charities
IF the Church. He asked no sympathy il
his self-denia, or even admiration for it
He was more than amply rewarded in the ad
ditional comfort he brought to his own life
from the luxury that he found in giving
The blessedness of giving is greatly enhanced
when we consciously feel the personal sacri
fee rennisite to it's bestoWment"
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LORD BLESS MY PENNIES. "A little girl
six years old, was DESTROYS of putting her
pennies into the missionary box with others.
When saying her prayers at her papa'S knee,
she hesitated a moment, and then added,
"Lord bless my two pennies, for Jesus sake,
Amen" After the child had gone to bed,
her father asked his wife, "What made
Oracle say that?" "She has prayed thus
every night since giving her pennies to the
missionary box," was the mothers reply.
Do you, dear young reader, pray, "GOd
bless my pennies, i" when you give your mite
to some ragged school? If not, pray ear
nes:ly for the blessing, and you will soon
find that prayer will do more than your
pennies.
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y edmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
IL Route.

ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 18th, 1873, mail
trains on this road will run as follows:
UP DAY MAIL, via rail, and steamer, leaves
Byrd Street station, p. m.
UP NIGHT MAIL, via rail alone, leaves Byrd.
Street station. II p M, Except on Sundays
UP ACCOMMODATION leaves Broad Street
station, p. m. Except on Sundays.
DOWN DAY MAIL, via rail and steamer, ar.
rives at Byrd Street station at lao p. m.
DOWN NIGHT MAIL, via rail alone, arrives at
BYRD. Stree station. 400 a. M Except on Mondays
Broad-Street station 8:a( a. m. Except Sundays
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Broad. street station
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7.25 a. m,
connecting at Quantico with the Alexandris and
Fredericksburg railway. Returning, arrive at Broad
street station on Tuesdays, Thursdays, aud Satur.
days at p. m. j. b GENTRY,
General Ticket and Freight Agent
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"That Serboniau bog
Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old,
Where armies whole have sunk

Do LIKE JoHN.-John the Baptist sent
two of his disciples to Christ. He was soon
to be taken from them, and felt much ankle,
ty about their future course. He knew their
ignorance and weakness of faith. So minis
tiers and parents and heads of families should
endeavor to provide for the future welfare of
those they leave behind when they die. We
should often remind them that we cannot
always be with them. We should often urge
them to beware of the broadway when we
are taken from them, and they are left alone
in the world.
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ECTORY
The
Presbyterian Church in the United States.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly will meet at St. Louis, Mo.
on the third Thursday of May, 1876, at Ii Al
CLERKS.
RSv. JOSEPH R. WILSON, u. D., STATED CLERK
REV. WILLIAM BROWN, D. ID PERMANENT CLRsK
The Stated Clerk oFFICro the Treasurer of the
General Assembly.
TRUSTEES
JOS. II WIL>ON, VICE President, Charlotte, N. a.
JESSE H LINDSAY, Esq, SECRETARY and TRSAsuRER
SUSTENTATION.
Rev. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, D. D., SECRETARY,
REV, RICHARD McILwAINE Coordinate sEcRE
rARY and TREASURER. Columbia, 5. q.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
REV. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, d. D., SECRETARY,
RLv Richard McILwAINE. Co. ordinate sEcRRrA
RY aud TREASURER, Columbia, s. O.
PUBLICATION.
REV E. THOMPSON BAIRD, d D., SECRETARY, Rich
q. GENNET, Esq, TREASURES, Richmond. Va.
EDUCATION.
REV. JNo. N5 wADDELL, ID. D., SgcRErARr,' Mem
JAMES ELDER, TREASURER, Memphis, Tenn
uve Committees for their approval aud be for.
warded by them 10 the Assemoly's Commuters.
COLLECTIONS.
The General Assembly appointed the following col
econs to be taken up annually all the churches:
For Sustentation On the first Sabbath In January.
For Publication On the first Sabbath in March
For Foreign Missions: Gu the first Sabbath In May.
For the Relief of Disabled Mi aud the Widows
and Orphans Of Deceased Minister'S On the first Sabbath
in July
For Evangelistic Work: On the first Sabbath in Sep
TENDER
For Education: On the first Sabbath in November.
In where tits highly nconvenient TO take up col
econs these days, they shall be taken up soon as
possible thereafter
The Assembly recommends TO the churches that they
adopt the apostolic plan of taking up weekly collections
and that the thus collected be appropriated 10
the above Objects when necessary, TO local oh
ect in such proportion the church session may decide
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.-o
~ and after JANUARY Sd, 1876, passenger

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.-o
~ and after JANUARY Sd, 1876, passenger
trains will run as follows:
FROM RICHMOND.
s:15 A. M. MAIL TRAIN.-For Gordonsville,
Charlottesville, Stauntop, CoviDgton and all inter.
mediate stations daily Except sunday arriving at
Covington at 1880 P. II. This train connects at
GordonsvilIe for Orange, Culpeper, Warrenton,
Manassas, Alexandria, Washington, and the North,
and at Charlotte for Lynchburg Bristol Knox
ville Chattanooga and the South.
4:I5 p. M. ACCOMMODATION Gordons-
vile and all intermediate stations daily Except sun
day,) arriving at Gordonsville at 8:l5 p. M.
500 P. M CINCINNATI EXPRESSION Cor
louisville, Charlottesville, StauntoD, 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 A. NJ.
Baggage checked through.
For through tickets, rates, and information, apply
at 826 Main street, Ballard and Exchange Hotel, Or
at the companys Office Broad street near Sixteenth.
c. W. MACFAkLANE,
Assistant ,,eperal Ticket gent.
THos. DoDAMEAD, Gen'l Sup't transportation.
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The DEVIL "goeth about" in many
places; but nowhere perhaps is he so active
as in congregation of gospel-hearers. No
where does he labor SO hard to stop the pro.
gress of that which is good, and to prevent
men and women from being saved. He is
almost sure to be ct church; he seldom stays
away from public ordinances. Let us re
member this and DO on our guard.
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The CHIEF MOTIVE. There will never be
more done for Christ till there is more
hearty love to Christ himself.
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want, and you can see how much they would
have been worth to you in the past season.
In fact, any article, though you may have
read it before, will now in the light of an
other years experience have ideas you did
not before notice, and may be just what you
are in need of When good authorities dis
agree, your own good sense will tell you
which is best for you This critical study of
a subject will also show you the detractons
and difficulties of each crop, as well as the
inducements which alone are wont to be shown
by writer with whom certain crop is
hobby, and thus shoy you if some of your
plans are not castles in the air.
FooD MEDIoINE.--Dr. Hall relates the
case of man who was cured of his bilious
ness by going without his supper and drink
ing freely of lemonade. Every morning,
says the doctor, this patient arose with a
wonderful sense of rest and refreshment, and
feeling as though the blood had been lit
orally washed, cleansed and cooled by the
lemonade and the rest. His theory is that
food may be used as remedy for many dis
eases successfully. AS an example, he cures
cases of splitting blood by the use of salt
epilepsy and yellow fever, by water-melons
kidney affections, by celery; poison, olive
or sweet oil, erysipelas, pounded cranber
ries applied to the parts effected bydropho.
bia, onions, etc. So the way to keep in good
health is really to know what to eat-not tc
know what medicines to take.
SLEEpLEss people7-and there are many
in America-should court the sun. The
very worst soporl6c is laudanum and the
very best is sunshine. Therefore it is very
plain that poor sleepers should pass as many
hours of the day in sunshine, and as few al
possible in the shade. Many women ART
martyrs, and yet do not know it. They shu
the sunshine out of their houses and hearts
they wear wells, they carry parasols, they
do all that is possible to keep off the subtlest
and yet most potent influence which is in
tended to give them strength and beau y and
cheerfulness. Is it not time to change a
this. and so get roses and color in our pale
cheeks, strength in our weak backs, anC
courage in our timid souls? The women Of
America are pale aud delicate; they may
be blooming and strong, and the sunlight
will be potent Influence in this transforms
| tion.-Boston Transcript
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The Latest Discoveries of Egyptologists
Relating 20 the Exodus.

{ BY PROF. B. WALL.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-05-14
Poetry.
ALONE WITH GOD.


Alone with Thee, my God! alone with Thee!
Thus wouldst Thou have it still-thus let it be.
There is a secret chamber in each mind,
Which none can find,
But He who made it-nOne beside can know.
Its joy or woe.
Oft may enter it, oppressed by care,
And find Thee there:
So full of w'atchful love Thou knowest the why
OF every sigh.
Then all Thy righteous dealing shallI see,
Alone with Thee, my God! alone with Thee.
The joys of e;srth are like summers day,
Fading away:
But in the twilight we may better trace
80. s,4.4 sss,.s.s Thy wendyous 4aslee. =
1he homes of earth are emptied oft by death,
With chilling breath;
The loved departed guest may open no more
The well known door;
Still in that chamber sealed dwell Thou with me,
And with Thee, my God! alone with Thee.
The worlds false voice would bid me enter not
That hallOwed spot;
And earthly thoughts would follow on the track.
To hold me back,
Or seek to break the sacred peace within
With this worlds din,
But, by Thy grace. I'll cast them all aside,
What ere hetide,
And never let the cell deserted be,
Where may dwell alone, my God, with Thee.
The war may keep Thou the CITADEL
And all is well.
And when I learn the fullnesS of Thy love
With Thee above
When every heart oppressed by hidden grief
Shall gain relief
When every weary soul shall find its rest
Amidst the best o.
Then all my heart from sin and sorrow free,
Shall be a temple meet, my God. for Thee!