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g goes to sleep, his sleep Inst
ag eight. hours: lila easy life

Ing eight hours. lila easy life
has Increased his weight in few months from
thirtyone to thirty-sevcn pounds. For some
lIs cid friend, Dr. FnI!ecnstr1n, was fetched,
who treated hlnt with qutn!ns ami Ems water
which made him better. When Dr.. 1lcrmes left
the gorilla, In the PREVIOUS Sunday, the latter
hands, and squeezed tho hand OF the Doctor as
an indication, the inter believed, Of bis rccov-
cry Such Intelligent and courteous behavior
on THO part Of a brute who has had but few
months association with mankind leads one to
yrs but little inferior ~ those Of bis dumb
human brothers.
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n edmond AND DANVILLE RAILROAD
II On and after JANUARY goth, 1876, the
train on this road will run daily as follows:
TRAIN No. S.-THRoUGH Mathew York to
the South. Leaves Richmond at $3.50 a. M; leaves
Burkeville at a. M. leaves Dundee at 1889 p. M;
leaves Danville at 1:4S p. M; leaves Greensboro
at 1885 NJ; leaves Salisbury at 1854 p. M; arrives
at Charlotte at 9l5 p. m.
TRAIN No. 4-NEw YORK and NEW ORLEANS
EXPRESS, Eastward-Leaves Charlotte at s. As m.
leaves Airline Junction at 625 a. M; leaves Sails.
bury at $50 a. M; leaves Greensboro at 10 SO p.
M; leaves Danvile at 1874 p. M; leaves Dundee at
lac p. NJ; leaves Burkeve at 6:61 p. M, arrives
at Richmond at 9:S5 p. m.
TRAIN No. 5.-LYNCHBURG ACCOMMODATIONS
Westward-Leaves Richmond at q. m. arrives at
Burkeville at 1885 D. M. leaves Burkevile at p.
M, arrives at Lynchburg at $40 p. m.
TRAIN No. 6-LYNCHBURG ACCOMMODATION
Esstward-Leaves Burkeville at LEO p. M; arrives
at Richmond at 434 p. m.
TRAIN No. LOCAL BURKEvILLE AcCoMMoDA.
TON daily Except Sunday, Westward-Leaves
Richmond at p. M; arrives at Burkeville at 1918
q. m.
TRAIN No. 10.-LoCAL BURKEvILLE AcooMMo
DATION, Eastward-Leaves Burkeville at 6:58 g. M.
arrives at Richmond at 12m
Trains Nos and connect at Richmond with
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
Trains Nos. and connect at Greensboro with
trains to and from Raleigh and Goldsboro'.
Train No. connects at Burkeville with the At.
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad from Lynch
burg, Chattanooga, and all South points.
All through trains connect at Richmond and Dun
dee with trains on the Richmond, Fredericksburg l.
Potomac railroad, and Washington City, Virginia
Midland and Great Southern railroad, to and from
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and N. York.
Trains Nos. 8 and connect at Charlotte with
trains on the Atlanta and Richmond Airline rail
road to and from Greenvie, Atlanta, Montgomery,
Mobile, Pensacola New Orleans, and ell South
western points, and with the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta railroad for Columbia, Augusta, Savan.
nah, Tallahassee, and all southern points.
Tickets sold to all southern and southwestern
points, and baggage checked through.
Unbroken gauge from Richmond to New Orleans.
Pullman seepers run on all night trains.
Local tickets are good only for continuous pas.
s ge to the points named on the ticket. No lay
over checks will be given.
L. M. 3. TALCOTT,
Engineer and superintendent
J. R. MAcMURDo, General Passenger Agent.
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AT RECENT MEETING of London Presby.
terry of the English Presbyterian Church,
Rev. Cara Bideau, from Bithynia, delivered
an address. He said that he had been at
Brussa for upwards Of ten years, and he
might remind them that it was the town abor t
which Pliny in olden time wrote to Rome,
saying that all the people we're Christians.
There were about three hundred mos ques 10
the town, and his own congregation bad in
creased from thirty till it now numbered three
hundred souls. He had been there now up
wards of ten years, and he might say that
his church had done so we'll that it was an
example amongst the churches. He had
three aourishing schools in connection with
his congregation, and new members were
added to them every year, especially from
the Greek Church. He might add that he
was educated at Basic in Switzerland, and
ordained in Germany. His chapel at Brus-
sa was the only place where the gospel is
preached in Arabic.
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Rush Bearing The Probable Origin of Floral
Emblems.

1t was formerly the custom, when there
were not many carpets in Eogland, to strew
the floors with rushes, which in the church
es, were changed only once year; and, in
the north, this changing. was done by the
boys and girls, with great ceremony, till it
grew into festival called the Crush bear.
ing" which is still kept up in Ambleside and
one other parish, though the rush carpets
have been long out of fashion.
On bright Saturday morning in July
the schoolboys cut quantities of rushea. which
they tie up in bundles, while the girls gath.
er wild flowers, besides begging all the tame
ones that they can from their friends
Young ladies make these up into beautiful
embems, such as green harps, trimmed with
water lilies, stars of golden yellow blossoms,
crowns of scarlet geraniums, and multitude
of others. These are fastened on to the
rushes, and the children march in process.
sion. each bearing one, and preceded by a
band of music, into the church, which is also
decorated with flowers; and the minister
breaches them little sermon about consid.
eriDg the lilies and the loving kindoess that
dresses the world up in fl 'wers Then they
leave all the emblems in the church. and
march to great green field, where they
have refreshments, and play every kind Of
game they can think of, till dark-the ia
vorite one being that of rolling down hill
don't know which looked the prettier. the
children or the flowers.
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Aansehnla Nards.
Who was the bad Boy.

Little Annie was prettily dressed, and
standing in front of the house waiting fol
her mother to go out to ride.
A tidy boy, dressed in coarse clothes, was
passing, when the little girl said:
"Come here, boy, and sake hands wi me
| dot boy dus' like you, named Bobby"
The boy laughed, shook hands with her
and said:
"Ive got little girl just like you, only
she hasn't any little cloak with pussy fur on
it,"
Here lady came out of the door and
said:
"Annie, you must not talk with bad boys
on the street. hope you haven't taken
anything from her? Go right along and
never stop here again, boy
That evening the lady was called down to
speak with boy in the hail. He was very
neatly dressed, and stood with his cap in
hand. 1t was the enemy Of the morning.
81 came to tell you that l am not tad
boy" he said 81 go to Sunday School,
and help my mother all l can. 1 never tell
lies, nor quarrel, nor say bad words; and
don't like lady to call me names, and ask
me if I've stolen her little girls clothes off
of her %
"Im very glad you're SO good, said the
lady, laughing at the boys earnestness.-
Heres quarter of dollar for you"
q don't want that !" said Bob, holding
his head very high. "My father works in
a foundry, and has lots of money. You've
got boy bigger than / haven't your"
"Yes; why ="
"Does he know the Commandments p
"Pm afraid not very we'll.
Scan he say the Sermon on the Mount,
and the Twenty-third Psalm, and the Golden
Ruler"
I'm very much afraid he cannot" said
the lady, laughing at the boys bravery.
"posen't he ride on his pony on Sunday
instead of going to church? 2"
I'm afraid he does, but he ought not,
said the lady, blushing little.
"Mother don't know came here, said
the bright little rogue, but / thought l
would Just come around and see what kind
of folks you were, and-and-I guess moth
er would rather your boy wouldn't come
round our door, because she don't like little
Mamie to talk to bad boys in the street.
Good, bye" And the little boy was gone
Watchman.
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May Baskets.

l suppose the children of the red school
house will be bringing May baskets to the
little SCHOOLING am and to each other this
year as they did last season. 1t is pretty
custom, but the birds tell me it is not so COM
mon as it should be. A May basket is the
sweetest and freshest thing l know of, always
excepting the little schoolma am. Sometimes
it is hardly more than tiny white paper
box with ribbon handles, filled with violets,
but it is always lovely, with its white or blue
ribbon streamers, and it's moss and early wild
flowers. hope all little lame children, who
cant 60 out and play, and children in hospi-
tails, will have May baskets sent them this
year. May baskets are such simple little
things, they cen be made and filed in any
way one pleases-and, what is more, they
grow like a flower, right out of loving hearts. .
st. Nicholas for MAJ.
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Girard College, Philadelpl ia.

The old c,ngregate system is to be gradu
ally abandoned, and the boys will be divided
into family groups of thirty, each group DC.
cupyipg separate house, and having its Own
study rooms play ground, and Workshop
At chapel exercises, at dress-pavade, ard at
certain stated games all the pupils will be
brought together. 1t is believed that the
family system will better lay the foundations
of moral character, and is alao better adapted
to secure thorough intellectual and physical
training. The surplus Income of the Girard
estate is being used this year in the erection
Of chapel and Of -four marble dwellings,, in
which the new method will be tried expert
mentally. If it succeeds the number of
houses will be increased from year to year
At present the college has accommodations
for only $50 pupils, but it is the purpose of
the trustees to increase its capacity to 1000
When this is done the contingent interest of
New York City in this noble charity will pro-
baby become valuable. By the terms Of
Stephen Girards will, fatherless white male
children, between the ages of elk and ten,
from within the limits of lbe old City of
Philadelphia, are first entitled to the privi-
leges of the institution; second, those born
in the State of Pennsylvania; third, in the
City of New York, and fourth, in the City Of
New Orleans.
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Good W alks.

When walk is made, it should be we'll
done, as it is for a life time. In the first
place procure all the cobble stones that will
be needed to fill in eight to ten inches deep,
and place them where they can be easily
reached with wheelbarrow. Then exca-
vate the walk foot.deep and remove the
earth to some other place; then fill in with
the stones, topping off with small ones, leav-
ing the top about an inch below the surface
of the ground Then procure enough coarse
gravel to make. the walk in the centre about
six inches higher than the level Of the ad-
joining ground; and as you apply this
gravel, rake off the coarser partsss you pro-
coed, so that the finer portions shall lie on
the surface. If short walk, wet it with
water pot as soon as finished, and roll it with
hand roller as soon as the ground is suffi-
GENTLY dry; and for extensive walks, the
rolling may be done soon after rain. Such
walk will endure for ages, and always be
dry.
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39,) Peter referred to the Abrahamic cove
nant as ground of encouragement to re-
pentance and baptism. These references
show that the apostles regarded this ever
lasting covenant" as still in force under the
new dispensatioD, and the church organized
by it as still perpetuated. Peter then
quotes that feature of the covenant which
extends its blessings to the heather.
V. &c. Having mentioned the promise to
the heather, Peter tells his hearers that the
gospel was first for Israel, (Rom. i: 49,
" Raised up, may apply either to Gods
preparing for them a Saviour in his Son
Jesus, or to his raising him from the dead.
With either sense, he was offered to them as
Saviour. This salvation was not to be in
their sins. They were not in their natural
state of heart to be the children of God, be-
cause the children Of Abraham. But they
were to be turned by the power of this Sa-
viour from their siGs.
Remarks.-1. Every sinner who rejects
Christ may be charged with his death.
2. Any sin, as we'll as that of refusing
Christ, may be more heinous "by reason Of
several aggravatiOns.
8. When the sword of the Spirit wounds
the balm of the gospel should be applied.
f. Sinners need, not only warnings, ba1
also encouragements to repentance.
5. Salvation is only by faith in the name
of Jesus; but whilst there is no other name
thu is all powerful. Z" He is able to save
them unto the uttermost, that come unto
God by him.
g. Ignorance does not relieve from guilt
yet it palliates it. Only those who have
sinned against light, siuned wifully, are 81
blinded by the god of this world, that thu
light of the glorious gospel of Christ does no
shine unto them.
Z. When God forgives sins, they are "blot
ted out; the charge is not renewed.
s. The rewards of repentance are present
and eternal refreshing to the soul, and share
in Christ'S mediatorial kingdom.
8. Men are called upon now to hear Jesus
the ambassador from heaven; and if they re
fuse, certain destruction is their doom.
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Fashions for Spring, 1875.

Affections are cut close, are worn by old
and young, and are equally becoming to all
They are useful for every,d day wear, for hill
climbing, and rock.scaling. They come
mostly in the old decided colors, and are
worn long or short to suit the taste or con-
venience of the vearor,
Honor is beginning to be considered a
somewhat Anticipated goods. Several large
houses are selling out below cost, preparatory
{, going out Of business, Gas there is 10
profit in it, they say. Large stocks have
accumulated on their hands, as they found
few purchasers for even the finest quality.
Some apparently heavy dealers have failed
entirely, and closed up for want of capital.
Generosity was much worn at the holiday
season. 1t isnot an imported goods. but of
home manufacture, and comes in all prices
and grades. .
Intellect is much sought after at certain
shops, where it is supposed to be found. A
"shoddy" article is often palmed off upon
shoppers, quality With cotton back and a
satin figure. But those really DESTROYS of
purchasing can always find genuine article,
and it is within the means of the poor.
Fraud, though not as popular as it was
last year, is occasionally worn as negRge
by those retiring into bankruptcy; and at
the reception of creditors by their two per
cent. debtorq,
There is another garment shown at the
openings which promises to be as great IA
vorite this spring as ever. Its common name
is Love. 1t comes in suits, prices ranging
from one hundred to many thousand dollars
per suit. 1t is made to order when desired.
Sometimes much profit is realized on the
sales. Many who have purchased say that
it can be turned and made over for another
season. There is much counterfeit in the
market. 1t requires practiced eye to de-
tect the false. Only the real will wear; the
frail imitation soon gets shabby by dust and
friction. l am told that some of our leading
fashionables invest in the cheap material,
and trimmed up nicely it is thought to look
as well as the genuine.
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Busy, but not Useful.

81 wish it was time to 60 to bed, said
little Ernest, one day, after tea /; II am so
tired mamma, let me sit on your knee and
hear one of your pretty tales.
His mamma kissed his cheek, and stroked
his head, as she inquired what it was that
had made her little son so weary.
1t had been fine day; the sun had risen
in the morning, and no cloud had crossed its
pathway through the heavens all day; and
now it was near the west, where it sets, and
if it could think as we can, it might have
looked back upon the day as having been
we'll spent, and it might have tried to count
the many people whom it had made glad by
its shining. There was the poor woman in
the lone cottage in the back lane who had
been dressing dolls for sale the sun looked
in at her window, and it made her glad
There was the little girl who was recovering
from an illness; because the sun shone she
was allowed to ride out in her little carriage,
and it made her glad.
There were the children of the school who
had had their treat that day. They had had
tea and buns in the field; and afterwards
had had all sortg of fun in the fresh cut hay.
Because the sun had shone the grass was not
damp, so there was no fear of their taking
cold. But still, little children, the sun is
kind to US, even though it should go behind
cloud, and the rain should fall for if
there was no rain, the gross or the corn
would not grow, and there would be no hay
for the horses, and no corn for US to eat.
But about little Ernest. He, too, had
been very glad because the sun shone. He
had been playing in the garden the greatest
part of the day. He whipped his top, or
trundled his hoop, or threw his ball. But
what should make him SO tired before it was
bed time9 In oil that he had done he had
only pleased himself, He had not even held
a skein of silk for his mamma, or played at
peep-bo with bis little baby sister, or brushed
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a fly off her face as she lay asleep in the
cradle. He could not, like the sun, have
looked back upon the day, and thought how
many people he had made glad by doing
something for them. We must not suppose
such little boy could not make himself use
full. He might have fetched his mamma
thimble, or her work, if she had left it in an
other room. And when his papa came home,
he might have brought him his slippers and
the newspaper. And ifyou, my little friends,
were to try during the day how much you
could do to make people happy, though you
might be as ready for bed when bed time
came, as little Ernest was, you would not
wish the time to fly away faster than it does.
Early Days.
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FoE THE CENTRAL PREsarrERrAN.
LESSON LIN.
FIERY SERPENTs-BALAAM.
Mum. xxi-xxii la.

l. Who attacked the Israeites while at
Mt. HOr? Result?
?. What punishment did God send upon
them for a repetition of their murmuriug ?
Effect of it upon the people? Remarkable
method of relief? Typical Of what? John
xiii, xiv, XIV.
8. By what are We all bitten, and in dan
ger of death?
4. In what direction did the Israelites then
march,-and where did they finally encamp?
5. What message was sent to SihOn, king
of the Amoritos What did ne dOG Re-
suit Where was the Arnon? The Jabbak
To whom did this country belong before the
Amorites Possessed it?
8. What additional facts are told concern
iseg this conquest in Deut. ii: 26-39.
- What other cAesssss sas made soon
after, and what was the occasion of it,
Where was Bashan2 What further particu-
lars are given in Deut. iii; Ill? as the
number and strength of its cities and towns
concerning Og himself, and the treatment Of
the conquered people? What do you know
to illustrate what is said about the bedstead
s. What effect had all this upon Moab
Who was king of Moab? What did he do
His message? The messengers? Who was
BALKAN, and where did he live?
8. Why did he wish BALKAN to curse Is
rael? Meaning of divination? What were
the superstitious notions of the ancients in
regard to this
10. How did BALKAN receive them and
what did he finally give them, and why
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CENTRAL PRESB TERRAIN

Policy is one of the most popular over.
garments of the season. It seems to be
worn by all ages and classes. 1t is consid-
cred the 'correct thing for court, business,
or society. Some skill is required in wear
ing it, 80 that the lining, which is often of q
different texture, shall not show. Those de-
signed for ladies are often trimmed with a
bewildering combination of pufs, bows, and
fields; those for gentlemen are ornamented
with red tape.
Orthodoxy is rot 80 high or straight as in
former seasons, nor buttoned so closely.
Heresy is very popular, especially when
worn with white neck ties.
Creeds are not SO much imported as at
one time, but are home made, which causes
great variety" Brio Brac;;' Scribner
for Nay.
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Ansbanarg.
Preservation of Fruit.

A recent writer dissents from the preva-
lent notion respecting the preservation Of
fruit, puttiIg forth his experience in the fol-
lowing language: " The surest way to mis-
manage the apple-store is to pick out the de-
caying apples. The fact is not generally
known, so this note may prove extensively
useful. II seems so natural to get rid of rot
ten apples that cannot feel surprised if
some should doubt my word but where ap-
Piles are stored in bulk the decaying fruit
should be left untouched until those it is in
contact With are required, when, of course,